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00:00:05There was a buffet of delicacies, all for my taking, but best of all, I could be alone.
00:00:20Oh, how I miss the peace and quiet of home, especially during the hell of a field trip.
00:00:30Day 1,401 of my captivity, a herd of third graders and their inept teacher here to learn
00:00:37about marine life and ruin my afternoon.
00:00:39This guy's name is Marcellus and he's a giant Pacific octopus.
00:00:44Kevin, stop licking the glass.
00:00:46I don't see him.
00:00:46It's not in there.
00:00:47That's because I'm camouflaged, Kevin.
00:00:49Read the plaque.
00:00:52In this aquarium, I am subservient to a species beneath me in every observable metric.
00:00:57To be at their mercy is humbling.
00:01:02Their only redeeming quality is the tiny mural they leave on my cell, each one unique, each
00:01:08one as intricate as a moonsnail.
00:01:12Of all the humans, I suppose I mind the cleaning lady the least.
00:01:17Feeling a bit antisocial tonight?
00:01:20Feeling a bit antisocial tonight?
00:01:20I know the feeling.
00:01:22She can't hide from me.
00:01:24I hope you got some fresh scallops today.
00:01:27I told Tara you must be sick of that frozen halibut.
00:01:29Ugh.
00:01:30Oh, you have no idea.
00:01:33Unlike the rest of her dull species, we share some similarities.
00:01:38We both prefer the night.
00:01:42We enjoy our solitude.
00:01:44Hello, my lovelies.
00:01:45Like me, she has a distaste for wolf eels, and sticky floors.
00:02:00And we both dream of the bottom of the sea, of what we lost there.
00:02:31How are your allergies treating you?
00:02:32Fine.
00:02:33Miranda Dern's been complaining about hers as well.
00:02:36What works for her is a cold washcloth on her feet before bed.
00:02:40Hm?
00:02:40Of all things.
00:02:41Well, that's her business, isn't it?
00:02:44Aye.
00:02:45Right.
00:02:46Fifteen dollars, please.
00:02:47Ten.
00:02:49Five.
00:02:50Okay, there you go.
00:02:51Perfect.
00:02:52Night.
00:02:52Night-night over.
00:02:54Drive carefully.
00:02:55Roads are slick out there.
00:02:56They always are.
00:02:57I'm still in one piece.
00:03:23You have one new message.
00:03:26Mrs. Sullivan.
00:03:27Bruce from Charter Village Senior Living calling you.
00:03:29We're excited to have you join our community up here in Bellingham.
00:03:32I just need to hear from you to officially claim your spot.
00:03:34And then we can talk next steps for your moving in.
00:03:36Give me a call back when you can.
00:03:37Thanks.
00:03:38Thanks.
00:04:18Oh!трinas
00:04:19That one's
00:04:19a myth. No! Are
00:04:26you kidding
00:04:26me?
00:04:32Oh, no, no, no.
00:04:33Ah!
00:04:39Now my phone.
00:04:41What the hell?
00:04:42Can I help you find something?
00:04:43Yeah, a car with a goddamn working radiator.
00:04:45Probably the one thing we don't carry.
00:04:47Yeah, well, how about a phone charger?
00:04:49Uh, Tanner?
00:04:50Yeah?
00:04:50We got a phone charger and a cup of coffee for our downwardly mobile friend here.
00:04:55Nice.
00:04:55What brings you to Sol Bay?
00:04:57I was just looking for someone.
00:04:59A friend?
00:05:00No, somebody who owes me a lot of money.
00:05:01That's a fun person to be after, huh?
00:05:03Yeah, it'd be a lot more fun with a working van.
00:05:05Tanner, I don't hear you moving.
00:05:07Thank you, man, I appreciate that.
00:05:09Oh, no, shit.
00:05:10Freako.
00:05:10I love Freako.
00:05:11We almost opened for them.
00:05:12It got really political.
00:05:14They really wanted us, though.
00:05:15Who's us?
00:05:16My band, Moth Sausage.
00:05:19Wait, you play with Moth Sausage?
00:05:22Yeah.
00:05:23How did you find us?
00:05:24Band camp?
00:05:25Do you know us?
00:05:27Yeah.
00:05:27I was just kidding.
00:05:29Oh.
00:05:30And you were just lying?
00:05:32Yeah.
00:05:32I feel terrible now.
00:05:34Just for that, breakfast is on the house.
00:05:36We do a fantastic sandwich.
00:05:38Tanner!
00:05:39You're there.
00:05:40Gee.
00:05:41Make a special for, uh, what instrument do you play?
00:05:44Guitar.
00:05:45The lead guitarist with Moth Sausage.
00:05:48Okay.
00:05:48And then we'll get you connected with Peter over at the auto repair shop.
00:05:52It's bad, isn't it?
00:05:53It's bad.
00:05:54The last part she made tasted like socks.
00:05:56And Harriet sees Carol in the waiting room.
00:05:58Mm-hmm.
00:05:59They get to talking and realize that they have the same symptoms.
00:06:02That's how they knew Fred Murphy's sleeping with both of them.
00:06:04Oh, my goodness.
00:06:05That's just like White Ruth and Black Ruth and Charlie Simpson.
00:06:09Barb, I can't say White Ruth and Black Ruth.
00:06:13Oh, those are their hair colors.
00:06:14Otherwise, it gets confusing.
00:06:16Didn't anyone else even bring their yarn?
00:06:18Fresh out of the oven?
00:06:19Mm.
00:06:19You know Ethan from the shopway?
00:06:21Well, he smokes pot.
00:06:23I smelled it last time I was in there getting cottage cheese.
00:06:26Marianne, everyone smokes pot.
00:06:27It's in butter.
00:06:28It's in gummy bears.
00:06:29It's in gummy bears.
00:06:31Oh.
00:06:33Toby, you're awful quiet today.
00:06:34You feeling all right?
00:06:35She shouldn't be working those nights.
00:06:37You shouldn't be working at all.
00:06:38I hate to think of you on your hands and knees with all those chemicals.
00:06:41I'm just knitting.
00:06:42Gossip doesn't interest me.
00:06:44And Carol and Harriet are dating the same man.
00:06:46Well, of course they are.
00:06:48They both had the same wallpaper for 30 years.
00:06:51The wallpaper, I can understand.
00:06:53Fred?
00:06:55So well day is a fish tank.
00:06:57That's what Will used to say.
00:06:59He used to say he couldn't buy a jar of peanut butter without the whole town knowing an hour later.
00:07:07Will.
00:07:09He's the one that got us on the list at that daycare for seniors, Charter Village.
00:07:14They keep calling me, wanting to know my plans.
00:07:17Right before he got sick, he put us on the list.
00:07:20I think he was just worried about me ending up in that house alone.
00:07:25Will wanted to sell the place.
00:07:2830 years ago, right after Eric...
00:07:32After he was gone.
00:07:34Move on, he said.
00:07:35Move on, sell the house.
00:07:39I couldn't.
00:07:43Maybe he was right.
00:07:46Maybe, maybe I've got to move on.
00:07:50Though she lives in a larger tank than me, I can deduce that the cleaning lady also wishes to break
00:07:56free.
00:07:57My superior intelligence makes me uniquely attuned to the behavior of all creatures.
00:08:03And I suspect that what she needs to escape lurks somewhere deeper.
00:08:13Oh my goodness, for God's sakes.
00:08:18Come on.
00:08:21Come on.
00:08:24Oh.
00:08:26Oh.
00:08:27This is disgusting.
00:08:30There we go.
00:08:31Back in.
00:08:35Oh my God.
00:08:40Marcellus?
00:08:43How did you get here?
00:08:45Oh.
00:08:46Oh no, no.
00:08:48It's okay.
00:08:49It's okay.
00:08:50Oh, you're all tangled.
00:08:52Just...
00:08:55Okay.
00:08:55I got that.
00:08:56All right.
00:08:58There we go.
00:08:59Here we go.
00:09:00Okay.
00:09:00It's gonna be okay.
00:09:01It's gonna be okay.
00:09:01Oh.
00:09:03Oh.
00:09:06Oh.
00:09:07Marcellus.
00:09:07Oh my God.
00:09:11Oh.
00:09:13Oh.
00:09:15Oh.
00:09:18It is said we octopuses once had shells.
00:09:22Giving them up was dangerous.
00:09:24It exposed us to predators.
00:09:26But it also gave us freedom.
00:09:28To slip through cracks and crevices.
00:09:31To explore.
00:09:32To hunt.
00:09:33And when necessary, to escape.
00:09:36In this prison, my gastronomical satisfaction depends on it.
00:09:42But there are consequences to my exceptional bravery.
00:09:47Every minute out of the water dries my skin and slows my three hearts.
00:09:52Tonight, it nearly cost me my life.
00:09:59Oh.
00:10:00Marcellus.
00:10:01She saved me.
00:10:03You scared me half to death.
00:10:12Oh.
00:10:13Oh.
00:10:16Oh.
00:10:18Oh.
00:10:19Oh.
00:10:20Oh.
00:10:21Oh.
00:10:22Oh.
00:10:27Oh.
00:10:28Oh.
00:10:30Oh.
00:10:31Oh.
00:10:31I did not intend to make her fall.
00:10:32Oh.
00:10:33My tug was instinctual.
00:10:35Because I felt the hole in her heart.
00:10:38Your hidden affliction.
00:10:43The cleaning lady's heart.
00:10:45I must find a way to heal it. It's the least I can do to repay her for saving mine
00:11:13Tova, I can't remember the last time I saw you in the light of day. How about a breakfast sandwich?
00:11:19Tanner, get a sandwich going. We'd do a classic sausage, egg and cheese, but my secret is I had whole
00:11:26grain mustard.
00:11:27No, I just want some pain meds. What would I help you? Nothing serious, I just sprained my ankle.
00:11:31Well, ankles are serious. Tanner, get the first aid kit. It's not necessary.
00:11:37How about a nice cup of tea where they wrap your foot? Goodness sakes, no.
00:11:41Well, you should not be on your feet. And I hope Terry's not expecting you to work tonight in the
00:11:44bum foot.
00:11:54Terry, well, what's going on here? Oh, hey, Tova. Well, it seems our friend Marcellus has found an escape route.
00:12:02Really? Yeah, Mulliskin and the reef tank keep disappearing, and this guy's gained eight ounces in a month,
00:12:07so put two and two together. But, you know, it's not his fault. They all get like that near the
00:12:11end.
00:12:12What does that mean? Well, they start acting out. Want to get in some last bit of fun.
00:12:17I thought he had more time, but I guess he is getting up there. He's lasted longer than most.
00:12:22Now, to what do I have the pleasure of having a daytime visit?
00:12:25Um, well...
00:12:29Tova. It's nothing.
00:12:32I'm a glorified job, man. The slipknot is basically just vamping. That's improv. That's been around the dawn of man.
00:12:37I think this is the problem with millennials. Refuse to learn from their elders.
00:12:40What I'm saying is that Jimi Hendrix played his guitar upside down. I mean, I'm sure his elders would...
00:12:46Oh, my God. What? The mechanic is gouging me. I mean, this is like... I can't afford this.
00:12:55You're not hiring, are you? I just hired Tanner.
00:12:57But despite his generally deplorable job performance...
00:13:01Yeah, I have to give him a couple of weeks to prove himself.
00:13:03You don't know anywhere, like any temp jobs that are hiring?
00:13:09Just be sure to rest.
00:13:10Okay. Thank you, Terry.
00:13:16Don't worry. I'll be all right.
00:13:23What's gonna be left for me and Saul will be after you're gone?
00:13:31I'll be right back.
00:13:31Tova, it's Bruce from Charter Village again.
00:13:33I know better than to ask you to call me back, so I'll just say it here.
00:13:35You've been on the waitlist for three years.
00:13:37If you don't claim your spot now, you'll have to start from the bottom all over again.
00:13:40I need to know if you're taking it by tomorrow.
00:13:49Night, Mom.
00:14:23Oh, come on, buddy. Just stop messing around.
00:14:25Go, go, go, go, go.
00:14:27What the heck is going on in here?
00:14:30Nothing.
00:14:32Oh, my God.
00:14:33Octopus.
00:14:33How long has he been out?
00:14:34I don't know.
00:14:35I just found him out the back door.
00:14:37Okay, Marcellus.
00:14:37It's okay.
00:14:38It's me.
00:14:39I'm here.
00:14:40We're gonna get you back in the water.
00:14:41It's okay.
00:14:42Just move down.
00:14:43Get all this stuff off here.
00:14:44Get all this stuff off here.
00:14:45It's okay.
00:14:45Okay, come on.
00:14:48Come on, Marcellus.
00:14:50Keep going.
00:14:51Keep going.
00:14:52Open the lid.
00:14:52Get the seat clamp off and open the lid.
00:14:55Go ahead, Marcellus.
00:14:57Get, get, get, get.
00:14:58Okay.
00:14:58There you go.
00:15:02Oh, good, Marcellus.
00:15:07Oh.
00:15:07Holy shit.
00:15:08Yes.
00:15:09Oh, my God.
00:15:10Now, maybe you can explain yourself?
00:15:14I told you already.
00:15:14I found that thing like halfway over the back door.
00:15:16It's not a thing.
00:15:17His name is Marcellus.
00:15:18And what was the back door doing open?
00:15:19I was taking out the trash, okay?
00:15:20And nobody told me that this place is like night at the museum.
00:15:23And actually, by the way, we're closed right now.
00:15:26I am not a patron.
00:15:27I'm Tova Sullivan, the cleaner.
00:15:28I suppose you're the person they've asked to replace me while I'm...
00:15:31Okay.
00:15:32Yes.
00:15:32Yeah.
00:15:33Ethan told me about you.
00:15:34Sorry about your leg.
00:15:35It's not my leg.
00:15:36It's my ankle.
00:15:36If he's gonna gossip, at least he can get it after it.
00:15:39Just clean this stuff up.
00:15:40What a mess.
00:15:41Okay.
00:15:41Okay.
00:15:45Oh, he's actually red?
00:15:47Well, it depends on his mood.
00:15:48He can also change pattern, texture.
00:15:51Wow.
00:15:53Where are you going?
00:15:54Home.
00:15:55Well, aren't you gonna finish?
00:15:56I am finished.
00:15:57No, look at the floors and all the glass is covered with smears.
00:16:00Look, lady, I did everything on the checklist.
00:16:02I did everything that Terry asked me to.
00:16:03It's all done.
00:16:03Look, bud, there's a right way and a wrong way of doing things.
00:16:06I'm so sorry.
00:16:07I don't mean this out of disrespect, but, like, this isn't really your job anymore.
00:16:10And so it's sort of my way now.
00:16:11Oh, I see.
00:16:11I see.
00:16:11I see.
00:16:12Well, I guess then I have to tell Terry that the guy he hired to take over for me almost
00:16:17lost his octopus.
00:16:18I'll call him when I get home.
00:16:18No, no, no, no, no.
00:16:19Sorry.
00:16:19Okay.
00:16:20I just, I really need the cat.
00:16:21I need this job.
00:16:23And Mark is fine.
00:16:24Marcellus.
00:16:24His name is Marcellus.
00:16:25Sorry.
00:16:26Sorry.
00:16:26Marcellus.
00:16:27He's fine.
00:16:27And I will not leave the back door open ever again.
00:16:30I promise that.
00:16:30So please, please, don't tell anybody.
00:16:33Don't tell Terry.
00:16:33He doesn't need to know about this.
00:16:35Mm-hmm.
00:16:36Um.
00:16:38What are you doing?
00:16:39Why sit down?
00:16:40Hmm.
00:16:41I guess I can refrain from telling Terry right now.
00:16:45Yeah.
00:16:45If you promise to take the job seriously.
00:16:48Yes.
00:16:49And if you're committed, I'd be happy to give you a proper tutorial on the right way to
00:16:52do things.
00:16:53Oh, sure.
00:16:54Okay.
00:16:54Yeah.
00:16:54You can teach me how to use a mop or whatever.
00:16:56Is that your attitude?
00:16:57I give you the gift of my...
00:16:59Humans and their incessant jabber.
00:17:01If they could just quiet down, perhaps they'd make better use of their eyeballs.
00:17:05Ugh.
00:17:09I'm sorry about the boy, man, whatever he is.
00:17:14I...
00:17:15I really came by because I wanted to tell you I took the spot at Charter Village.
00:17:23Oh.
00:17:25I wish you could tell me if I've done the right thing.
00:17:29How do I stop her from fleeing her home?
00:17:31If not for her inferior vision, perhaps she could see that this slow-witted male may have
00:17:37more to offer than his manner suggests.
00:17:39Indeed, I noticed the same sadness in his eyes.
00:17:43Oh, there he is.
00:17:44The working man.
00:17:45The van running all right?
00:17:47Yeah.
00:17:47Pete gave me a month to pay it off.
00:17:49How's the job?
00:17:50Dream come true.
00:17:51I really will fix that and anything else that needs work around here.
00:17:54I want to earn my keep.
00:17:55Ah, don't worry about it, son.
00:17:57It's nice to have the company.
00:17:59Are you sure you don't have the couch?
00:17:59No, I'm good.
00:18:00I'm good.
00:18:00Thanks, though.
00:18:01Night.
00:18:02Night.
00:18:07No way.
00:18:07Yep.
00:18:08Use this.
00:18:08And if that doesn't work, you can use this.
00:18:10I'm not touching some random kid's gum.
00:18:12I'm not asking you to chew it.
00:18:13Just get it off the floor.
00:18:15Get all the water out now.
00:18:17All the water out.
00:18:18Really, really, put your weight into it.
00:18:20That's all my weight.
00:18:20Honestly, otherwise it'll be all puddles.
00:18:22You really gotta wipe it hard.
00:18:24Everything sticks on that.
00:18:25Really clean that.
00:18:26The kids like to lick up in there.
00:18:29That's barely even noticeable.
00:18:31That's like part of the patina.
00:18:32It sticks on people's shoes.
00:18:34Circular motions, not up and down.
00:18:35Circular motions.
00:18:36If you go up and down, it just makes streaks.
00:18:38Come on.
00:18:38Yeah.
00:18:38There you go.
00:18:44Nothing is really coming off.
00:18:46Yes, it is.
00:18:46Yes, it is.
00:18:49I actually think that if I scrape this off, it'll be more noticeable.
00:18:52Potentially even a divot.
00:18:53You're spending more time arguing about it than it would be just to scrape it off.
00:18:57No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:18:58You're not finished.
00:18:59You have to tie a knot in it, otherwise it'll slide all the way to the bottom.
00:19:02It's fine.
00:19:03No, it's not fine.
00:19:04There is a right way and a wrong way to do things.
00:19:06I'm aware you've said that like 600 times.
00:19:08Didn't your mother ever teach you any of these things?
00:19:11Nope.
00:19:11She didn't stick around long enough to teach me anything.
00:19:13Oh, I'm sorry.
00:19:15I'll tie the knot next time.
00:19:24You're not going to have to do things.
00:19:27I'm sorry.
00:19:33I'm sorry.
00:19:34What are you doing?
00:19:35I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:19:37I'm sorry, I'll be right back.
00:19:37I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:19:37I'm sorry.
00:19:38I'm sorry.
00:19:44I'll be right back.
00:19:58I'm going to be on store. Oh, come in. Oh, good. Finally. Finally. We knew you'd come
00:20:09one of these days. I've got to go the yarn store. They're holding the last game. Okay.
00:20:13Okay. But first, what do you think of the back room at the Blue Canoe? What? For Mary Ann's
00:20:19farewell lunch, and she loves their bread rolls. That doesn't mean we should all suffer. I think
00:20:23my back curler is smoking. Oh, before I forget, is it true that the vagrant is subbing for
00:20:28you at the aquarium? He's not a vagrant. Ethan told me that he's here searching for someone
00:20:32who owes him money. That's gangster. Screens gangster to me. I wonder who he's looking for.
00:20:39Simon Brinks. Yeah, he's been really hard to get a hold of. Yeah, I imagine that's on
00:20:43purpose. He's a pretty high-profile individual. I know. I know. He's like an almighty real
00:20:47estate mogul. But I just know that he's going to be very grateful to whomever puts us in
00:20:50touch. And so I thought you, being a very successful and powerful realtor, maybe you are interested
00:20:53in being the hero. He's got new construction going up downtown. I might have the foreman's
00:21:01number. Amazing. I'll go look. Jessica! Where's Jessica? She just went out back. She's handling
00:21:11some important business for me. Sure, dude. Jessica! What does that mean? What does sugar mean?
00:21:17It means that, you know, Jessica sells multi-million dollar homes and, well, it looks like you can't
00:21:21grow a full beard and your fly's down, so. Good lord, Avery. Did you turn off the hot water again?
00:21:25To reduce our utility bill, not everyone showers at their place of business. Okay, well, I paddle
00:21:29before work, you know that, and I pay you rent, so please, just keep the water at a normal
00:21:33bathing temperature, okay, or I'll be back tomorrow. Are you okay? You seem really worried.
00:21:39Yes. Sorry, who was that?
00:21:45I can grow a beard. Or what? I was just saying I can grow a beard, like a pretty impressive
00:21:50beard,
00:21:50or a goatee or a mustache. I need facial hair, really. Oh, wow. Well, I finally have what I need
00:21:55to sleep at night, so thank you.
00:22:01Hey, sorry. Uh, do you always treat your customers like that? Because I was about to maybe buy
00:22:05some surfboards, but no, definitely not, yeah. Oh, man, you were, you were going to buy some
00:22:09surfboards, huh? Yeah. Wow. Yeah, those are all paddleboards. Right, well, okay, I call them
00:22:14surfboards. Customers always write, figured, so. They're different, and I can talk to people
00:22:18however I want, because it's my store, so. Yeah, totally. Are you, you, you own this place? Yeah.
00:22:25But you're like my age. Yeah, that kind of feels like more of a you issue. It looks
00:22:28like you live out of your car. Well, joke's on you, because I do live out of my car. It's
00:22:32a disgusting little camper van that my mom OD'd in, so. Oh. Sorry. No, I'm sorry, I was
00:22:38mean. Sorry I said that. Is your, your neck bothering you, or? Yeah, I'm sleeping on a
00:22:43little sliver of foam, so. Uh. Not the worst. Here, you should try this. It's a tiger bomb
00:22:48with CBD oil in it. Oh, I'm, I'm okay. Thanks. Just take it. It's on the house. Well, that's
00:22:54very nice. Thank you. I'd offer you a shower, but. It's more of a cold plunge. Yeah. Well,
00:22:58I'll just, uh, go take a bath in this. Okay. No, no, no, no. No way. Oh, look where you're
00:23:10calling. Chop. Chop doesn't laugh. I was in there for five minutes, man. Just calm down.
00:23:18Woohoo. Woohoo. Mrs. Sullivan. Oh, no, no, no. I, uh, I heard about your spill. Are you
00:23:23doing all right? Oh, I, I, I'm all right. It's, I'm in pain, but I, but I'm, oh, gosh,
00:23:27I, I, I hope I haven't caused my, my good friend Cameron to be in any trouble. He was
00:23:32so good to drive me around on my errands today. I am, I'm happy to pay any fine that he
00:23:38might
00:23:38have. No, no, that, that's all right. Okay. Next time, just use the corner lot, okay? Okay.
00:23:43Yeah. Corner lot. We'll, we'll use the lot on the corner. Get in the car. Get in the car.
00:23:46Okay. Bye.
00:23:53Thanks for that. God, what an asshole. Oh, no, stop. He was just doing his job. You
00:23:59can't flagrantly ignore the rules and then be surprised with the consequences. I wasn't
00:24:03flagrantly whatever. I'm. Ew. Ew. Ew. Okay. It's not. I hope you're leaving Ethan's driveway
00:24:14a little tidier than this. Yes, I am. I haven't had time to. I'm going to make you some lemon
00:24:18oil and vinegar to clean up in here. Oh, thank you so much. You're welcome.
00:24:22Oh, God. Bye. Bye. Sorry for the confusion. I thought we were meeting at my office. Yes,
00:24:31well, we were. I, you know, I got held up. Oh, yes. So, uh, this is the house. My father
00:24:37first built it as a log cabin. It has its quirks. Oh. But the view is, is nice. Oh, you
00:24:45aren't kidding. I know. Isn't that lovely? Oh, the details are just incredible. Thank you.
00:24:51Oh, did you say there was a second bedroom? Yes. It's down the hall on the right.
00:25:10Oh. It's a gorgeous home. So much character. I am sure it'll go very quickly. Yes. Um,
00:25:16Jessica, I, I would appreciate you being discreet about this. I haven't told anyone I'm moving
00:25:20yet. Of course. And, you know, just given that it is a small town and people will inevitably
00:25:27talk, it might be good to have all of the rooms thoroughly cleaned just to avoid any reminders
00:25:33of tragedies. Huh.
00:25:38Sorry. I'm late. Sorry. I was trying to get a hold of that Simon guy. Whatever. I finally
00:25:42heard back from the guy at the 930 club and he thinks we might have a, like, a slot in
00:25:46the
00:25:46fall. I think he's, what? Yeah. Um, the reason we wanted to Zoom was because, um, well, we
00:25:52think, uh, maybe moth sausage should take a hiatus. Like, maybe like permanent hiatus. What?
00:25:58What do you mean? Look, man, you're, you're not here. I mean, we're, we're having a baby,
00:26:01so. Yeah. And, but I, like, I'm coming back soon and you can, you can bring the baby on
00:26:05the road. Oh, boy. I don't want to bring the baby on the road. Sorry. What are you guys
00:26:09talking about? Like, this, this is our, this is our band. This is our band. This is our,
00:26:14our life. I, come on, man. It's, it's, it's fun, you know, but, but this isn't our life.
00:26:19I mean, you came to what? Like, half our rehearsals when it was in our living room? I don't, I
00:26:22don't
00:26:22think you guys, like, understand. Like, I'm, I'm about to come into, like, a serious, serious amount
00:26:26of money. Cam. Like, make an album and put the album out type money. Cam. Buddy, we love
00:26:30you. You talk a big game and you never follow through. And then she leans into me and says
00:26:36very nicely, you know, she says, given how people will talk, I know how people talk,
00:26:41gossip and rumors. I mean, there's, they're still looking at me like I like, like it's.
00:26:47What time? Where's Cameron? Oh, for God's sakes.
00:26:51She was hurt long ago, but still feels that wound exposed. I understand. I also live under
00:26:59the gaze of hideous neighbors, a constant reminder of my worst injury. I'd rather not talk about
00:27:05it. Cameron. I'm just finishing this up. You are an hour late. Well, I promised Ethan
00:27:10I would fix his door, so I'm fixing his door. I don't care about the reason. You have a job.
00:27:13You have responsibilities. What is your problem? I'm doing a nice thing for your friend and
00:27:17I had a really shit day. I don't need to hear your reasons. And I don't need your help. I
00:27:21know
00:27:21how to mop a goddamn floor. All right. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. It's your life. Your job.
00:27:30What happened? No, she came all the way over here to yell at me for being like a tiny bit
00:27:33late.
00:27:34Bloody hell, Cameron. I ain't the one who recommended you for that job. Well, it's not my fault, okay?
00:27:38She's insane. It's always the wrong way to do things, the right way to do things. It's all she has.
00:27:42Okay, I'm sorry. I didn't know that you guys were like a thing. Well, no.
00:27:46It's all she's been through a lot. I've been getting sick and dying and the way she lost
00:27:50her son and the awful things people said. You told her how to say it?
00:27:56It's not my story to tell. But I will say this. She's a wonderful woman. She was a wonderful
00:28:03mother.
00:28:12The cleaning lady did not return that night. Or the following.
00:28:19As you can imagine, I missed her.
00:28:26What?
00:28:28Circles. Okay.
00:28:31Is that better? Is that good for you?
00:28:34It'll do.
00:28:36But then something happened.
00:28:38The juvenile began to converse.
00:28:41She's not a small town hot.
00:28:42She's like objectively hot.
00:28:44Maybe too hot.
00:28:46Very likely.
00:28:48And once he started, he would not stop.
00:28:51He spoke of his desire for a mate.
00:28:55Can I help you with something?
00:28:58And of the mother who bore him, but did not raise him.
00:29:03She was even more of a screw up than me.
00:29:05And I knew it, you know.
00:29:07Even as a kid, I knew she had problems.
00:29:10Of a childhood spent shuttling from an aunt to a friend to a stranger's burrow.
00:29:15And of the news of his mother's recent death.
00:29:19And the den on wheels where she'd been holed up for years.
00:29:24Well, they told me that I inherited the van, you know.
00:29:28Like, it was like some, like, gift.
00:29:31When really, it's like a rancid shithole.
00:29:40Here he found hoarded treasures.
00:29:45Artifacts of his parents.
00:29:47And a ring belonging to his father, which revealed only that he loved...
00:29:52eels.
00:29:53Yes, Simon Brinks.
00:29:55It's really important that I speak with him.
00:29:57And was apparently as elusive as one.
00:30:00Hello?
00:30:01Yes!
00:30:03Sorry.
00:30:04I suppose his chatter was illuminating, but also exhausting.
00:30:08And I worried I had missed my chance to help the cleaning lady.
00:30:20Don't you, I didn't take his beer.
00:30:21Don't leave me.
00:30:22Don't talk.
00:30:22Eric, don't walk away from me.
00:30:24Get out of the chase!
00:30:34Eric, can we talk about yesterday?
00:30:37No, Mom, don't come in.
00:30:41Something had to be done.
00:30:48I saw him when I came in, and then I saw him again when I was vacuuming.
00:30:53And then I came in to say goodnight, and he's nowhere.
00:30:56To say goodnight?
00:30:57Yeah.
00:30:58Oh, good.
00:30:59No.
00:31:04Oh, there he is.
00:31:06He's just messing with me.
00:31:08We octopuses are masters in disguise.
00:31:10Funny.
00:31:11Funny little joke.
00:31:12We adapt ourselves to any environment to deceive and manipulate our neighbors.
00:31:17Tonight, a simple round of camouflage was all it took to lure the cleaning lady back to the juvenile.
00:31:22Good to see you, too, my friend.
00:31:26Oh, what the hell?
00:31:28He's teasing you.
00:31:30Oh.
00:31:30Go ahead.
00:31:31Go ahead.
00:31:31He won't hurt you.
00:31:38Oh, gosh.
00:31:39Mm-hmm.
00:31:46There it was again.
00:31:48That familiar feeling.
00:31:55Sorry, I was such an asshole the other night.
00:31:57You were right to call me out.
00:31:59Did you find the guy you were looking for?
00:32:01Nope.
00:32:02Simon Brinks very much does not want to be found.
00:32:05Simon Brinks, the developer?
00:32:07Yep.
00:32:07Oh, oh, I'm sorry.
00:32:08I mean, real estate deals are very complicated.
00:32:11No, it's not a deal.
00:32:12He's my dad.
00:32:13I mean, like, technically, biologically, or whatever.
00:32:18Yeah, he left my mom when she was pregnant.
00:32:19I didn't even know who he was until a few months ago, and then I found out he's insanely rich,
00:32:23and so I came here to get the 18 years of child support that he owes me.
00:32:28But I can't find him.
00:32:31Well, he has certainly missed out on knowing a very spunky person.
00:32:38You're welcome.
00:32:39Each of my eight arms is covered with suckers capable of touch, smell, and taste.
00:32:45The signals I perceive with one touch are beyond humans' limited comprehension.
00:32:50Indeed, I likely have more intelligence in a single tentacle than a human does in its entire skull.
00:32:57Despite my vision dimming by the day, my suckers have detected this.
00:33:01The cleaning lady and the juvenile share a similar affliction.
00:33:05Helping one might heal the other.
00:33:07Oh, my goodness.
00:33:10How did you do that?
00:33:11Ethan helped me.
00:33:12We pulled out the glass, and Spock cleaned it with acetone.
00:33:15Well, that was nice of him.
00:33:17Well, he knew it would make you happy.
00:33:20You know, I was thinking, when you were looking for Simon Brinks, did you check out the phone book?
00:33:26The phone book?
00:33:28This is where you live?
00:33:29Yeah.
00:33:30There, I'll get the books.
00:33:32Okay.
00:33:35Why the hell do you work at an aquarium?
00:33:37Well, I just stayed busy.
00:33:39This wood is gorgeous.
00:33:40The floorboard's a little loose, though.
00:33:42My own personal death traps.
00:33:44The nitwits keep reminding me.
00:33:46The what?
00:33:47Oh, my God, here he is.
00:33:48Here it is.
00:33:48S Brinks.
00:33:50Yeah.
00:33:50Right here.
00:33:51Holy shit.
00:33:52Holy shit.
00:33:52Yeah, here it is.
00:33:58Push the button.
00:33:58Okay.
00:34:01That checks out.
00:34:03Disconnected.
00:34:03You can't give up so easily.
00:34:05Look, you have an address.
00:34:06It's in Elsbeth, 50 miles from here.
00:34:08Okay, there's no way my van is making it 50 miles away.
00:34:11Well, I have a car.
00:34:12I would offer to drive, but I don't do freeways.
00:34:15I could drive.
00:34:19What is that?
00:34:20That would be my van.
00:34:22Your van?
00:34:22Yeah, Moth Sausage.
00:34:24Moth Sausage.
00:34:25Yeah, it wasn't my idea.
00:34:27Oh.
00:34:28Well, it's rhythmic.
00:34:32Okay, what are you like?
00:34:33Penny G and Michael Dublé?
00:34:35You have some CDs around here?
00:34:37What do you have?
00:34:37No way.
00:34:38The set?
00:34:39So old school.
00:34:40I didn't even...
00:34:40Moth Sausage.
00:34:41Why do you have such a good taste in music?
00:34:43I don't really want to hear those.
00:34:44Oh, my God.
00:34:45Radiohead?
00:34:45I haven't heard this in like 20 years.
00:34:47No, really.
00:34:47I don't want to listen to any of that.
00:34:49Okay, I just want a song.
00:34:49Hang on, hang on.
00:34:50Okay.
00:34:51Oh, God.
00:34:52No.
00:34:52Toba, this is, this is, um, I can't.
00:34:54This is like probably the most underrated song on Pablo.
00:34:57No, no, it's too much noise.
00:34:59It sounds a lot better if you take your fingers out of your ears.
00:35:01Then we're going to listen to the whole song.
00:35:02Those are the road trip rules.
00:35:09Oh, shit.
00:35:10What?
00:35:10Oh, no, no, no.
00:35:11Wait, wait, wait.
00:35:12No, no, no.
00:35:13No texting and driving.
00:35:14Those are road trip rules.
00:35:17See?
00:35:18Someone named Avery says the fiberglass...
00:35:21Why is this font so small?
00:35:23Okay, you can't just read people's text messages.
00:35:25Is that Avery from the panel board shop?
00:35:27Yes, yeah.
00:35:28Are the two of you dating?
00:35:30No, no.
00:35:31We're just, we're texting.
00:35:32I mean, barely.
00:35:32I'm just playing it cool.
00:35:35Whatever that means.
00:35:36How do you want me to respond?
00:35:37I don't want you to respond.
00:35:38I'm going to text her to Mom.
00:35:39Put the phone down.
00:35:40What?
00:35:41If you have any hope of ever dating someone like Avery,
00:35:44you have to take her seriously.
00:35:45I do take her seriously.
00:35:46It's called flirting.
00:35:47I'm flirting.
00:35:48What is flirting?
00:35:48Flirting is nothing.
00:35:49It's words and eyes and everything that...
00:35:51matters.
00:35:52It's time and effort.
00:35:56Okay.
00:35:57Okay.
00:35:59What is that?
00:36:00What?
00:36:00What is that?
00:36:01What?
00:36:03You're calling her.
00:36:04No, I'm not.
00:36:05Tova, hang up the phone right now.
00:36:06I didn't call her.
00:36:06Yes, you're calling her right now.
00:36:08I did not.
00:36:08Hang up the phone.
00:36:08Tova.
00:36:09No, no.
00:36:10Hello, Avery.
00:36:12Yes, did I call you or did you call me?
00:36:14Just hang on.
00:36:15Oh, no.
00:36:16No, this is Tova Sullivan.
00:36:17I'm here in the car with Cameron,
00:36:19and he's driving,
00:36:20so he can't text you right now.
00:36:21Sorry.
00:36:22And he would like to ask you out on a proper date,
00:36:25maybe to go paddling together sometime.
00:36:27What are you doing?
00:36:30Well, you know,
00:36:31I have to tell you,
00:36:31he has very good company,
00:36:33but...
00:36:35Aren't they all?
00:36:36Yes.
00:36:37How about Sunday?
00:36:40He says Sunday is perfect.
00:36:52Yeah, I think that's...
00:36:54Yeah.
00:36:54I think that's the one.
00:36:55Yeah, yeah.
00:36:56Okay, so I'll just go, uh...
00:36:58Just go ring the doorbell.
00:36:59Yes.
00:37:00Yeah.
00:37:09This is stupid.
00:37:10I mean, right?
00:37:10This is stalking, technically, probably.
00:37:12Cameron, you deserve some of his time.
00:37:14Now, stop it.
00:37:15Yeah, okay.
00:37:15Take a deep breath.
00:37:16Let it out, all right?
00:37:17Okay.
00:37:17Okay, be polite.
00:37:19Yes, yeah, yeah.
00:37:20Okay.
00:37:21Stand up straight.
00:37:26Okay.
00:37:45No, no, no, no, no, that was not good.
00:37:47That was not good.
00:37:48What happened?
00:37:48He was very angry.
00:37:49Then why would he be angry?
00:37:50I don't know,
00:37:50but I don't want to stick around and find out.
00:37:51No, no, we have not driven this far to be insulted.
00:37:55No, no, no, no, no.
00:37:56Toba, what are you doing?
00:37:57Absolutely not.
00:37:58Toba, I'm telling you.
00:37:59Toba, I'm serious.
00:38:00No, Toba, stop.
00:38:02Shame on you.
00:38:03I'm so sorry, sir.
00:38:04Who the hell are you?
00:38:05I'm Toba Sullivan,
00:38:06and this young man has traveled thousands of miles.
00:38:09If he doesn't get up on my property,
00:38:10I'll kick his ass all the way back from the king.
00:38:12Now, you listen to me, mister.
00:38:14He has chosen to give you a second chance,
00:38:16which clearly you do not.
00:38:17It's not Simon.
00:38:17All right, that's it.
00:38:18You say that name one more time.
00:38:20One more time.
00:38:21Get to hell.
00:38:22Here we go, here we go.
00:38:23We're going, we're going, we're going.
00:38:25Sissy.
00:38:25I'm going, we're going.
00:38:26We are going.
00:38:27You're the best I can.
00:38:28Don't come back.
00:38:29Okay, okay, I'm in.
00:38:30Is that a firearm?
00:38:31Yes, I think that was a firearm.
00:38:32Oh, my God.
00:38:33Oh, my God.
00:38:33Seatbelts.
00:38:34No, wait.
00:38:35We don't have seatbelts.
00:38:43Well, I'll tell you one thing.
00:38:45That person is no relative of yours.
00:38:48None.
00:38:54Take this exit.
00:38:55Take the exit right here.
00:39:15How do you know about this place?
00:39:18I've always loved quiet beaches.
00:39:23When Eric, Eric is my son, when he was little, he loved starfish, and my husband Will would
00:39:27help him collect starfish all day long.
00:39:29He would dig in the sand and pull up rocks.
00:39:32Sounds like a good dad.
00:39:42I'm sorry you didn't fight Simon.
00:39:45Oh, no, it's very unbranded for my summer.
00:39:48Car breaks down, van breaks up, mom dies.
00:39:52I don't know why, guys.
00:39:54Before she left, she used to always tell me how excited my dad was to have a kid.
00:40:00She said it all the time.
00:40:01I don't know why.
00:40:02I was like, wow.
00:40:03Why'd she need to rub our noses in it?
00:40:06But I think, I don't know.
00:40:07I guess she's just, she needed to believe it.
00:40:10And then when I found out what his name was and found his ring, it was like, it was like
00:40:17I needed to believe it, too.
00:40:21I was just being totally delusional.
00:40:26Well, sometimes you have to be delusional.
00:40:30I honestly don't know what the hell I'm doing.
00:40:34Whether I should stay or go or where I should go or why I'm even here.
00:40:41Yeah, I know the feeling.
00:40:49Day 1423 of my captivity.
00:40:52Oh, gosh, what is that?
00:40:54What?
00:40:54Oh, no, you did not.
00:40:57Total accident.
00:40:57I am no closer to home.
00:41:00But thanks to my cleverness, I can see the humans are moving towards symbiosis.
00:41:11Cameron?
00:41:12Yeah.
00:41:13Hey, here you are.
00:41:14Hey, Tova.
00:41:14It was nice.
00:41:15Terry's been trying to call you.
00:41:17You forgot the key, so I said I'd swing by.
00:41:19Oh, thanks, Tova.
00:41:20That was nice.
00:41:21I gotta go.
00:41:23Bye-bye.
00:41:23Okay.
00:41:26Tova!
00:41:27Yeah.
00:41:28Um, would you not stay for a beer?
00:41:30Oh, no, no, thank you.
00:41:31Oh, Ethan, I do want to thank you for suggesting Cameron be my replacement.
00:41:35It's just, it's worked out great, so thank you.
00:41:37You don't have to thank me for anything, but, uh, I would like to take you to tea.
00:41:44Blushing.
00:41:45Okay.
00:41:46One of the many design flaws of humans.
00:41:48Their change in color offers no protection, unlike octopuses.
00:41:52It draws attention when they most want to hide.
00:41:54They're all good.
00:41:55Tova!
00:41:56Toma!
00:41:57Toma!
00:41:59Toma!
00:42:00Oh!
00:42:01That's what you're wearing?
00:42:02What are you doing here?
00:42:03We're here to get you ready for your day.
00:42:05Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:42:06I brought some cookies.
00:42:07Oh, this is so cute.
00:42:08Who told you?
00:42:09Let me take a look on it.
00:42:11What, are these earrings?
00:42:12Do you wear it?
00:42:12Yes, I like my earrings.
00:42:13Oh, okay.
00:42:14How about this?
00:42:15Take this.
00:42:16I don't want your jacket.
00:42:16I brought your jacket.
00:42:17I don't want to wear your jacket.
00:42:19At least wear a little lipstick.
00:42:20Guys, this is silly.
00:42:21This is not a date.
00:42:23I'm having tea with Ethan.
00:42:25You're getting a drink with a man who's been googly-eyed for you for a year.
00:42:28He's not googly-eyed.
00:42:30Tova, he's crazy about you.
00:42:33As he should be.
00:42:34You are a catch.
00:42:36Oh, God, you're just absolutely out of...
00:42:42Is this a date?
00:42:43If he trims his beard, it's a date.
00:42:45No, it's the dress code.
00:42:46If it's a date, he'll be in a collared shirt.
00:42:48If it's just tea, he'll be casual.
00:42:50Most importantly, do you have protection?
00:42:52Oh, get it.
00:42:54Oh, he's here.
00:42:55He's here.
00:42:55We have to hide.
00:42:56Okay.
00:42:56Just go out the door.
00:42:58You came in.
00:42:59And stay quiet for once in your life.
00:43:03Hello, Ethan.
00:43:05Tova, you look wonderful.
00:43:08I'm starting a bit late.
00:43:09I had to trim the beard.
00:43:10Oh, great.
00:43:11Nice.
00:43:11Sure.
00:43:13Yeah, so whenever you're ready, you might want to just stand up.
00:43:15Yeah.
00:43:19Yeah, no, because it definitely does feel better down here, right?
00:43:21So...
00:43:22I just...
00:43:22I think you might get more out of your lesson if you stand up.
00:43:25Yeah.
00:43:26Yeah.
00:43:26Yep.
00:43:27Keep your knees bent a little bit.
00:43:28Uh-huh.
00:43:29You got it.
00:43:33Nice.
00:43:33You do this every day?
00:43:34Sometimes twice.
00:43:35It's really meditative.
00:43:36Yeah, no, it's very, very relaxing.
00:43:38You're the one that wanted a lesson.
00:43:39No, that was Tova's idea.
00:43:40I was thinking, you know, I was just happy talking about paddle boards.
00:43:44I think I might be too tall for this sport.
00:43:45You know what?
00:43:46That's not really a thing, actually.
00:43:47I think I'm a...
00:43:47Yeah, it just might be the outlier.
00:43:49You know, these suits are supposed to cut off all the circulation to your brain.
00:43:51Yeah, you kind of want to feel like you're going to pass out.
00:43:53That means it's all right.
00:43:54Oh, okay.
00:43:54I'm right there, then.
00:43:55Yeah.
00:43:55You know what?
00:43:56Maybe just try being quiet.
00:43:57It might help you focus.
00:44:09When I retired from the docks, I followed the dead around for a year or two.
00:44:14The dead?
00:44:15Aye, the Grateful Dead.
00:44:16Oh.
00:44:17Yeah.
00:44:18It was a wonderful community.
00:44:19A family, really.
00:44:21I started to make art.
00:44:22I did the street fair scene for a bit.
00:44:25But then I realized it's the people I enjoyed most.
00:44:29So when the shopway came up for sale, I jumped on it.
00:44:33It's been a lifeline ever since.
00:44:35Don't you ever want to be alone?
00:44:37No.
00:44:39No, it's a joy to see people every day watching their lives change.
00:44:44Well, you're the opposite of me.
00:44:47The aquarium is a refuge for me to get away from people.
00:44:51But you're not really alone.
00:44:52Well, there's plenty of curtains to keep your company, huh?
00:44:54Oh.
00:44:56Yes, that's true.
00:44:58That's true.
00:45:01Did you always want to own a paddleboard shop?
00:45:04No, I had other plans, you know, but life happened and, um, my 20s were pretty messed up,
00:45:09so I got good at pivoting.
00:45:11Happy where I landed, though.
00:45:13I'm sort of in the middle of pivoting right now.
00:45:16Yeah.
00:45:16How's that going?
00:45:17Really well.
00:45:18Yeah, because I'm like a musician and my band just broke up and I live in a band.
00:45:22And, uh, so...
00:45:23You're kind of right on track then.
00:45:23Right on track.
00:45:24Yeah.
00:45:25Musician, what do you play?
00:45:26Guitar.
00:45:27Nice.
00:45:28For how long?
00:45:29As long as I can remember.
00:45:31My mom left when I was little and all I had was her guitar.
00:45:35Sort of couldn't stop messing around with it.
00:45:38It's cool that you taught yourself how to do that.
00:45:41What kind of music do you play?
00:45:43Is it, like, singer-songwriter, sad, acoustic, songs about love and heartbreak?
00:45:48Why?
00:45:48Do you like that?
00:45:48Romantic, acoustic, like, sad boy?
00:45:51What's so bad about that?
00:45:51I like songs that make you feel something.
00:45:53So you probably dated a lot of guys who, like, are like, babe, pull me in really quick.
00:45:55I want to, like...
00:45:56This feels familiar?
00:45:57This feels familiar?
00:45:58Yeah.
00:45:58And they're like, I want to, like, sing you this acoustic song I just wrote.
00:46:01Yeah, they do.
00:46:01And they're like, let me just put my hair down and stop crying for one second.
00:46:04And they're like...
00:46:05Oh, no!
00:46:07Oh, no!
00:46:08Oh, my God!
00:46:10Old wine?
00:46:11Oh, no.
00:46:11Okay.
00:46:13Oh, that show.
00:46:16I drove all across the country when they played Milwaukee.
00:46:19Yeah, the crowd lost it when they covered that song.
00:46:22Everybody on their feet.
00:46:24What a night!
00:46:26Oh, no, no, no, Ethan.
00:46:32No, no, no.
00:46:33I don't do this.
00:46:35Oh, jeez.
00:46:37Oh, my God.
00:46:43Oh, Ethan, I'm so sorry.
00:46:47Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:46:49Are you all right?
00:46:50Could you please just take me home, please?
00:46:52Yeah.
00:46:57It's so cold, huh?
00:46:58Yeah.
00:46:59Yeah, okay.
00:47:05Hey, Mom, can I have some help with my calculus?
00:47:07Uh, yeah, of course you can.
00:47:09Uh, just go to the back.
00:47:10I'll be there in a second, okay?
00:47:11What?
00:47:13It's not exactly how I planned on telling you that I had a kid.
00:47:16No, that's not a kid.
00:47:17He's got, like, a mustache.
00:47:18Thanks.
00:47:19Okay.
00:47:19The back.
00:47:20Thanks, sweetie.
00:47:22No, that's cool.
00:47:23That's cool.
00:47:23I, um, I should, uh, you should go help with the calculus, right?
00:47:27And I know.
00:47:27You can stay.
00:47:28No.
00:47:28You don't have to.
00:47:29You should do the math, and I'll, I've got to.
00:47:31No, it's okay.
00:47:36Oh, I'm such an idiot.
00:47:37I totally blew it.
00:47:39I was just caught up.
00:47:40Oh, the tedium of human mating rituals.
00:47:42Even the synchronized dance of a seahorse lasts only eight hours.
00:47:46Dibs on the next appointment.
00:47:47Oh, thank God.
00:47:48I can go back to watching algae grow.
00:47:51I spilled my wine all over him, ruined the whole picnic.
00:47:55Luckily, I just stained his stupid old t-shirt.
00:47:57His Grateful Dead t-shirt?
00:47:59I don't know.
00:47:59I guess so.
00:48:00I mean, it couldn't have been an actual date.
00:48:02He wasn't even wearing a real shirt.
00:48:04Oh, no, no.
00:48:05That's from their show in Memorial Stadium.
00:48:06That's, that's like his prized possession.
00:48:08He keeps that framed on his wall.
00:48:10A t-shirt?
00:48:10Yeah, it's like really rare.
00:48:12I think it's like, like thousands of dollars.
00:48:14What?
00:48:15Yeah.
00:48:16Oh, my God.
00:48:17Oh, my God.
00:48:18Is it bad that I feel it's just a little better?
00:48:20I'm not the only one who ruined things?
00:48:21Yes, it's bad.
00:48:22From what you told me, honestly, I don't, I don't think you've ruined anything, really.
00:48:27I don't know.
00:48:28Here, she has a child, but she, she took time to spend with you.
00:48:31That means she must really like you.
00:48:33And if, and I think a genuine apology would give you a second chance.
00:48:37If you really like her, you want to try and spend, spend time and...
00:48:40An effort, I know.
00:48:41That's how you show someone you care about.
00:48:43I mean, your phrases are like stuck in my brain.
00:48:44Go ahead.
00:48:45I do, I really, I do really like her.
00:48:48I don't know if she makes me want to like, be on time.
00:48:52Oh, that's so romantic.
00:48:53It's not, it's bad.
00:48:54I, like, I'm making all these stupid plans already.
00:48:57Like, signing up for a open mic night tonight that I was going to invite her to at this bar
00:49:02downtown.
00:49:02And I was going to try and sing, and I don't even sing.
00:49:05Well, you should still go.
00:49:06Well, why don't you just perform to nobody?
00:49:09Well, no, not to nobody.
00:49:22No, this is stupid.
00:49:26Let's go, let's go.
00:49:26No.
00:49:27Yeah, we...
00:49:27I want to hear you.
00:49:29Do it for me.
00:49:30I'm not even a singer.
00:49:30So, let's, or let's get a beer or something.
00:49:32Now is the time for music, not for beer.
00:49:36I'm fine.
00:49:37Give you back if you leave that guy from work.
00:49:38Fine, sorry.
00:49:40If you leave that guy from work.
00:49:45Give it up for Tim, everyone.
00:49:49Okay.
00:49:50We have a new performer tonight.
00:49:52Cameron.
00:49:55Yeah, I heard this Radiohead song again recently.
00:50:00I thought I'd try it with a little less noise.
00:50:06Please forget the words that I just brought in the air.
00:50:16It wasn't me, it was a stranger.
00:50:22I heard this Radiohead song again.
00:50:25I heard this Radiohead song again.
00:50:27It's about to be here.
00:50:30There's nothing in this room to keep you apart.
00:50:33Count the chicks!
00:50:35Try to listen to the music!
00:50:41Even though I might
00:50:44Even though I try
00:50:46I can't
00:50:50Even though I might
00:50:53Even though I try
00:50:55I can't
00:51:00So many things
00:51:02That keep
00:51:03That keep me underground
00:51:08So many words
00:51:10That I
00:51:11That I can never find
00:51:17If you give up on me now
00:51:21I'll be gutted like
00:51:23I've never been before
00:51:29Even though I might
00:51:32Even though I try
00:51:35I can't
00:51:39Even though I might
00:51:41Even though I try
00:51:43I can't
00:51:48Even though I might
00:51:50Even though I try
00:51:52I, I can't, I can't, I can't.
00:52:17Cameron, that was wonderful.
00:52:19Okay, thank you. We can go now.
00:52:20No. Now, we drink.
00:52:23Thank God. Yeah.
00:52:25Okay, watch these deathtraps here.
00:52:27I gotta fix those for you. Okay.
00:52:28Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Okay. Well, you gotta move with me here.
00:52:31Hold on. I am.
00:52:32Why do you have like 18 of these?
00:52:33I sprained my ankle and they treat me like I'm an invalid.
00:52:37The Knitwits. The what?
00:52:39My friends.
00:52:41My knitting club.
00:52:42The Knitwits.
00:52:45Yeah.
00:52:46I could never understand why they were my friends.
00:52:49When the kids were little, it was nice.
00:52:51Now I just sort of feel out of place.
00:52:54Well, they're really fucking good because excellent chefs.
00:52:59Eric loved casseroles.
00:53:01Any casserole. Give me casserole.
00:53:05For his 13th birthday, I told him he could have some friends over and I would make his favorite.
00:53:11Flying Jacob.
00:53:13It's a Swedish thing.
00:53:14Curry, chicken, peanuts and bananas.
00:53:18Gross.
00:53:18And that is exactly what his friends said.
00:53:21Ew, gross.
00:53:22I mean, Eric said, ew, gross.
00:53:24But I got up in the middle of the night and I caught him eating it cold out of the
00:53:28fridge.
00:53:29And he just looked at me.
00:53:32We just laughed.
00:53:33You're in the headlights.
00:53:34We never fought, not really.
00:53:37Really.
00:53:41Except once.
00:53:46He was acting so differently.
00:53:51Secretive, sneaking out at night, stealing Will's beer.
00:53:54Will always thought that was a girl.
00:53:56There had to be a girl, he said.
00:53:57There's usually a girl.
00:53:59When I asked Eric about it, he blew up, smashed one of my mother's bell horses.
00:54:03And I, I yelled at him.
00:54:07I really, really yelled at him.
00:54:11He, he stormed out, he slammed the door.
00:54:15Next day, he never came out of his room.
00:54:17He, he wouldn't talk to me about it.
00:54:20And that evening, he went for a sale, something he did all the time.
00:54:30He never came back.
00:54:37I just, I sat, waited on the pier.
00:54:48Just waited.
00:54:52It was three days before they found the boat.
00:55:00The anchor rope had been clean cut.
00:55:03Just exactly the way Will had taught him if he ever got caught in the rocks.
00:55:07It was a bad night, really windy.
00:55:10It was an accident.
00:55:12I'm, I'm sure it was an accident.
00:55:15It was an accident.
00:55:20But one of the, um.
00:55:25One of the police officers asked me if maybe, if maybe, if maybe, if maybe he hadn't tied the rope
00:55:36around his ankle and jumped.
00:55:42And then the gossip and the rumors and.
00:55:48I just stopped listening.
00:55:58But I never saw him again.
00:56:03I never knew if he was still.
00:56:09If he had.
00:56:13Died angry at me.
00:56:16No, boys are just, they're idiots at that age, you know.
00:56:19I'm sure he didn't think twice about it.
00:56:22I have to lay down.
00:56:23I have to lay down.
00:56:24I have to lay down.
00:56:26I have to lay down.
00:56:27Okay.
00:56:33Here, here's your, your glasses.
00:56:35Oh, thank you.
00:56:37Find, find a pillow and sleep on the couch.
00:56:40Don't drive.
00:56:41Yeah, don't, don't worry about me.
00:56:42I'll figure it out.
00:56:43Okay.
00:56:44Careful on the steps.
00:56:45Let's do this.
00:56:48Okay, let's do this.
00:56:49Okay, let's do this.
00:56:52Let's do this.
00:56:52Let's do this.
00:56:54Um.
00:56:59Move the stairs because of western handsome.
00:57:01Okay, let's do this.
00:57:05They're waiting for the some of the doctor's deep in the house.
00:57:05I'm sure to get up for them.
00:57:07Let's do this.
00:57:09Let's do this.
00:57:21Cameron, Cameron, Cameron, Cameron, wake up.
00:57:23We overslept, it's almost noon.
00:57:25I've got to get to Marianne's lunch and...
00:57:26Oh, my God, I can't tell if I'm hungover for the beer.
00:57:29I already got my bars and we're getting dressed.
00:57:34Hi.
00:57:36Well, now we're right under the air vent.
00:57:38Mom, we are not changing tables again.
00:57:40Well, I was willing to put up with a round table, honey,
00:57:42but that was if it was going to be quieter,
00:57:44but now it's noisy and drafty.
00:57:46Yes, we are.
00:57:49Hello, everybody.
00:57:50Hey, Tova.
00:57:50Hey, Andy.
00:57:51Tova, you look awful.
00:57:52She's probably tired.
00:57:54She spent the night with the homeless gangster.
00:57:56Oh, good for you.
00:57:57How would you stop?
00:57:58He's not homeless and he's not a gang member.
00:58:00No, I just watched him perform.
00:58:03Perform what?
00:58:05Music.
00:58:06Lovely music.
00:58:07And then he drove me home and he stayed the night on the couch.
00:58:10I thought I smelled malt liquor.
00:58:11Andy?
00:58:12Adam, what are you doing here?
00:58:14Hi, hey.
00:58:15This is my wife, Eliza.
00:58:17Hi.
00:58:17And we're moving back here.
00:58:18Next month.
00:58:19Do you?
00:58:20No, no, I'm just up from Portland for the weekend,
00:58:21helping my mom move out.
00:58:22You remember my mom, Marianne?
00:58:23Hi.
00:58:24These are her friends, Janice, Barb, and Tova.
00:58:26Hi.
00:58:26Tova.
00:58:27Tova Sullivan?
00:58:29Yes.
00:58:30Adam wasn't kidding.
00:58:31This is a small town.
00:58:32We just toured your house.
00:58:34What?
00:58:34Yours is the beautiful one on the cove, right?
00:58:36Yes.
00:58:37Oh, it is so special.
00:58:38I'm sure you'll get a lot of offers.
00:58:40Tova, what on earth is she talking about?
00:58:42Are you selling your house?
00:58:44Oh, was I not supposed to say?
00:58:46No, it's fine.
00:58:47It's totally, totally fine.
00:58:48Very nice to meet you.
00:58:49Very nice.
00:58:52So, let's see.
00:58:58Okay, all right, all right, all right.
00:59:00I'm selling the house.
00:59:01What?
00:59:01Without telling us?
00:59:02Helen Brown just took the apartment down the hall.
00:59:05I have a place.
00:59:06Where?
00:59:07Charter Village up in Bellingham.
00:59:09That's so far.
00:59:10That old people home?
00:59:11That's for golfers, retired pros.
00:59:14I like golf.
00:59:15I want to learn how to play golf.
00:59:16No.
00:59:16You will room with me until someone else in the building dies.
00:59:20Oh, no.
00:59:21I don't care for your building.
00:59:22Tova, this is nonsense.
00:59:24You are not moving to Charter Village.
00:59:25Well, what would you have me do?
00:59:27Move in with my children?
00:59:29All right, party people.
00:59:31Who needs a drink?
00:59:36Hey, Mrs. Sullivan.
00:59:38Yes?
00:59:38I'm so sorry about earlier.
00:59:40We had no idea.
00:59:41It was a secret.
00:59:42An honest mistake, really.
00:59:45You're Eric's mom, right?
00:59:47Yes.
00:59:48We hung out a bunch in senior year.
00:59:49I mean, he was a really fun guy.
00:59:52And I never believed what people said.
00:59:56He just wouldn't have done that.
00:59:59You know, he was supposed to hang out that weekend at my family's cabin.
01:00:02He was going to sneak some beer and bring that girl that he was crazy about.
01:00:06Wait, he didn't have a girlfriend.
01:00:09I don't know what she was exactly.
01:00:12I mean, he was real secretive about it all.
01:00:15What was her name?
01:00:16It was Daphne, I mean.
01:00:18No, or Cassie.
01:00:19I don't know.
01:00:20It was Daphne or Cassie.
01:00:20Something like that.
01:00:21Adam?
01:00:22There's my wife.
01:00:23Are you...
01:00:23Yeah, fine.
01:00:24All right.
01:00:25Okay.
01:00:29There was a girl.
01:00:32There was a girl.
01:00:34There was a girl.
01:00:35There was a girl.
01:01:03I know what it is to scavenge.
01:01:09To forage, under reefs and rocks.
01:01:12But the human's obsession with objects goes deeper.
01:01:15They remember with them.
01:01:18For weeks, I've searched for an object to help the cleaning lady and the juvenile understand what is utterly apparent
01:01:24to me.
01:01:26But these missions are taking a toll on me now.
01:01:29My heartbeats are slowing.
01:01:31And I fear that as my own story nears its end, so too does theirs.
01:01:36And everyone involved will be left with a hole.
01:01:42No, no, no.
01:01:53It's over?
01:01:56They aren't even opened.
01:01:57They aren't even opened.
01:02:08Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
01:02:11No.
01:02:12No.
01:02:13No.
01:02:17No.
01:02:19No.
01:02:20No.
01:02:27No.
01:02:40Oh, yes, Andy.
01:02:42Andy, hi.
01:02:42Did you ever order your senior yearbook?
01:02:44Toba?
01:02:45What on earth's the matter?
01:02:46Do you have Andy's senior yearbook?
01:02:53Toba, are you home?
01:02:56because i never ordered it i didn't want it maybe in here maybe in here oh okay
01:03:04oh my god here it is oh let's see
01:03:10daphne daphne daphne daphne yes more there she is okay
01:03:18there she is i remember her she was new senior year i felt bad for her
01:03:23and always with that guy simon not eric not that i remember no well maybe adam got the name wrong
01:03:29it was a long time ago maybe and what does it prove anyway tova even even if there was a
01:03:35girl
01:03:35i don't know i don't know i don't know that he was he was happy i don't know but he
01:03:40was happy you
01:03:41know that he was happy look i i'm so sorry i know you're going through a lot right now i
01:03:46i really
01:03:46don't want to be a burden i'm so sorry will you stop
01:03:51you are not a burden tova you're my friend and this is what we do for each other
01:04:03do you know that i'm still not used to sleeping upstairs all by myself in that big bed
01:04:08i keep to my side and every morning i wake up surprised that i'm alone
01:04:14and now i have to leave my best friends and move to a city where i don't know anybody except
01:04:18my grandchildren i'm scared i'm i'm scared tova and i i really wish i could talk about this with you
01:04:28but if you are so busy trying not to be a burden to anyone you've forgotten how to be a
01:04:34friend
01:04:35i mean what's the point what's the point if you stop the business of living
01:04:52hello
01:05:00hello
01:05:00hello
01:05:04tova
01:05:07what what are you doing what are you doing sorry i hope i didn't scare you i i just i
01:05:11came to fix
01:05:11those death traps i need nothing fixed i need you to get out of there okay well you don't pick
01:05:15up
01:05:15your phone and you don't answer the door that doesn't give you the right to trespass now i need
01:05:18you to get out of there okay well i'm sorry i just thought you needed some help i don't need
01:05:22any
01:05:22help i don't need anything fixed i need nothing because i'm moving why why why as soon as i sell
01:05:29the house now i need you to get out of there okay
01:05:38i i get out get out
01:05:57how'd it go i don't want to talk about it
01:06:03mr sullivan great news we got an offer on the house you'll just need to come in and sign some
01:06:09paperwork talk to you soon
01:06:28it seems to be a hallmark of the human species abysmal communication skills
01:06:37why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire
01:07:03yeah hello hi i'm calling from simon brinks's office is this cameron yeah yeah this is him
01:07:09it's over how's that ankle good as new see nothing like a little rest i'm really glad that
01:07:15cameron has worked out so well he turned out to be quite reliable that kid yeah yeah i came to
01:07:20say
01:07:20goodbye actually i'm moving across the bay to charter village if it's all right i think i'll stay and do
01:07:25one last clean well we'll miss you tovah but before you start come meet our newest tenant
01:07:33oh yeah she was rehabbed by a group up in alaska after she tore a leg escaping a crab pot
01:07:38a bit ahead
01:07:38of schedule but you know me i couldn't say no what do you mean ahead of schedule marcellus was in
01:07:43a bit
01:07:44of rough shape today
01:07:51marcellus day 1431
01:08:09i'm sorry i've been a terrible friend i'm so sorry i'm sorry it is me who is sorry i have
01:08:21failed you
01:08:24um
01:08:37cameron
01:08:41look at you uh did you you want to grab a table or yeah yeah
01:08:46Yeah, yeah.
01:08:50We were inseparable.
01:08:53Yeah, I know, it seems like it.
01:08:55So, what the hell happened?
01:08:59Well, I don't know, Cameron.
01:09:02After she left, I got very few updates from her,
01:09:04unless it was about you.
01:09:05She was always very proud of you.
01:09:06And you were fine just, like,
01:09:09not doing shit to help out with your own kid?
01:09:14Oh, Cameron, did you think that?
01:09:17I'm so sorry, I'm not your dad.
01:09:22She was my best friend, but I was never into women.
01:09:27You have to understand, my dad would have killed me
01:09:28if he found out, so,
01:09:30oh, she covered for me to keep him off my back.
01:09:37I had no idea you thought I was your dad.
01:09:39So, I guess, okay, this, that's not yours then?
01:09:41Is that difficult?
01:09:43Well, my initials are SOB.
01:09:45There's no way I was going to get that engraved on a ring.
01:09:47I just thought that was, like,
01:09:48your school mascot or whatever.
01:09:50Eels, no, our school mascot was the pirate.
01:09:53Nobody likes eels.
01:09:55So then, who the hell was my dad?
01:09:57She must have told you she was your best friend.
01:09:59She wouldn't tell anyone.
01:10:00I don't know what to say, Cameron.
01:10:02She was young, scared.
01:10:03Her father was even worse than mine.
01:10:06And I'm sure she was terrified that he would find out.
01:10:13Cameron, hi, where have you been?
01:10:15What the hell do you care?
01:10:16Oh, listen, I'm sorry, I should not have done that.
01:10:19I was taking things out on you.
01:10:21Yeah, well, lucky for you,
01:10:21I'll be out of your hair for good in a minute.
01:10:23What do you mean?
01:10:24I've been stuck here for nothing.
01:10:27What?
01:10:28What?
01:10:28That was completely out of my mind.
01:10:30That Simon Brinks guy, he's not even my dad.
01:10:32He's my mom's gay best friend.
01:10:34This isn't even his ring.
01:10:35Well, whose ring is it?
01:10:36I don't know.
01:10:37It's the friggin' eels.
01:10:38Oh, no, no, don't do that.
01:10:40Oh, don't do that, Cameron.
01:10:42Listen, okay, he wasn't your dad, and I'm sorry about that.
01:10:45But that doesn't mean you have to leave.
01:10:47You have a good job here.
01:10:48You really think that this is how I want to spend
01:10:49the rest of my life?
01:10:50Scrubbing fish tanks and cleaning gum off the floor?
01:10:53Oh, Cameron, please don't leave.
01:10:56You have so much here, people who care about you.
01:10:59Is that why you're leaving?
01:11:01And what about Marcellus?
01:11:02He doesn't have much time, but he needs you.
01:11:05That's not my problem.
01:11:06Oh, Cameron, you're better than this.
01:11:08No, I'm not.
01:11:10I'm really not.
01:11:12Cameron!
01:11:22Of all the tanks, he had to choose that one.
01:11:26There are few creatures more savage than wolf eels.
01:11:30That I should have one as a neighbor is punishment enough.
01:11:33But my hatred is personal.
01:11:42With my boundless wisdom, I should have known to use more caution.
01:11:46But the lure of a dungeonous crab is hard to resist.
01:11:56If not for my injury, I might have evaded the human's so-called rescue.
01:12:01I may be older and weaker, but I am also wiser.
01:12:08This time, I have come prepared.
01:12:12Besides, I have no choice but to face my enemy.
01:12:15please, that ring is the proof I need.
01:12:32What the heck?
01:12:43Marcellus.
01:12:46Marcellus, Marcellus.
01:12:49Oh, I'll get you back to your tank.
01:12:52Stay right there.
01:12:54Oh, my God.
01:12:59Oh, look at you.
01:13:04Oh, Marcellus.
01:13:05Oh.
01:13:07Okay, hold on.
01:13:08Hold on, we'll get you in.
01:13:10Hold on, hold on.
01:13:11My goodness.
01:13:14Oh.
01:13:16Oh.
01:13:18Oh, I'll get you back.
01:13:20Here we go.
01:13:21Here we go.
01:13:22What were you doing all the way over here?
01:13:28Oh.
01:13:37I see.
01:13:43Okay.
01:13:46Okay, my friend.
01:14:08We're outside, Marcellus.
01:14:11Can you tell we're outside?
01:14:13I mean, I'm almost home.
01:14:17I'm almost home.
01:14:43I'm here.
01:14:43This is my home.
01:14:48But I know.
01:14:54I know I have to let you go home.
01:14:58We both know you didn't want to end up here, but...
01:15:02I'm so glad Terry saved you.
01:15:07Because you saved me.
01:15:28Oh, honey.
01:15:45Out you go. Out you go.
01:15:53I'm going home myself.
01:16:02Goodbye.
01:16:13Goodbye, my friend.
01:16:39Goodbye, my friend.
01:17:00Oh, my God.
01:17:03Oh, my God.
01:17:05Oh, my God.
01:17:08Oh, my God.
01:17:09Oh, my God.
01:17:11Oh, my God.
01:17:18Oh, my God.
01:17:22Oh, my God.
01:17:25Oh, my God.
01:17:26Oh, my God.
01:17:27At first, I sink like an anchor, my arms as heavy as rocks.
01:17:31And then, with a twitch, I awaken.
01:17:37I do not say this to give you false hope.
01:17:40My death is imminent.
01:17:42But time enough remains.
01:17:43Tova?
01:17:48Tova?
01:17:59Tova?
01:18:03What are you...
01:18:05You're all wet.
01:18:06Cameron, you came back.
01:18:07Yes.
01:18:09I guess there's a right way and a wrong way to do things.
01:18:13Where's Marcellus?
01:18:14I can't find him anywhere.
01:18:16I let him go home.
01:18:19Really?
01:18:23Wow.
01:18:24Well, that's good, right?
01:18:27I miss him, though.
01:18:30Would you sit down here with me for a while?
01:18:34I want to show you something that Marcellus left for us.
01:18:39What?
01:18:43My ring?
01:18:44How did... how did...
01:18:46He paid a visit to the Eels.
01:18:52My son's name was Eric Ernst Lindgren Sullivan.
01:18:58It's his ring.
01:19:00He gave it to your mother.
01:19:02Daphne Casmar.
01:19:03I...
01:19:04I think he was in love with her.
01:19:13I'm... I'm... I'm...
01:19:16And you're saying that Marcellus figured out that you're my grandmother?
01:19:22I don't know.
01:19:24I'm...
01:19:25I don't know.
01:19:27I don't know.
01:19:28I don't know. I don't know.
01:19:29I mean...
01:19:33I...
01:19:41It's all right. It's all right.
01:20:00I swam down, down to the depths of the sea, with every ounce of energy left in me.
01:20:12Life is everywhere, as magnificent as I remembered.
01:20:21Until at last, I can feel it again, taste it, with every inch of my body.
01:20:32I am home, cradled by the same ocean floor that once held a cherished son, a long-lost father.
01:20:44All this time, I've been looking for the wrong person.
01:20:53I've been looking for the wrong person.
01:21:18Hey.
01:21:23I'm pretty busy right now.
01:21:25I'm sorry.
01:21:27Your life is so much bigger than mine.
01:21:30And I panicked.
01:21:33I really like you.
01:21:36And I'd love to be a part of that big life, if you let me.
01:21:39And all I had in the weather to pass the night through.
01:21:43It's so uncertain, but what can I do?
01:21:46Keeping it on, keeping it on.
01:21:50And I know I like it, but what does that mean?
01:21:54It's our pizza.
01:21:54It's our pizza.
01:22:15Tova?
01:22:19Yeah.
01:22:22Oh, my God.
01:22:32It's his box of treasures.
01:22:38All his little things.
01:22:48Is this your mother?
01:22:51Yeah.
01:23:08He named you.
01:23:11He's still staying home.
01:23:13All he was on with me.
01:23:16It's your sister.
01:23:16Hey.
01:23:20Jesus.
01:23:21I was really, yeah.
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