Tallulah Page #5

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Manuel.

[clears throat]

Can I help you with something?

This is strange.

Would you like wine?

A glass of wine.

Would you like a glass of wine?

And you can't because you're working.

Eh, no. No.

It's okay, I'm gonna take a break.

I could take a break.

Yeah. I take a break

and I call my guy, he come up.

And he gonna watch the front desk

for me, okay?

Okay.

[speaking Spanish]

- Okay.

- Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

[Margo] Here's a Napa Valley Cab...

little big to drink on its own.

Here's a... ooh! A 2001 L'Armand.

That's more, uh, balanced.

I have to take these... These are just...

Ah. Oh, here. This is interesting.

A Rioja, Reserva Especial.

- You speak Spanish?

- No, I don't. Actually, no.

I really don't drink wine.

I'm more a beer kind of guy.

Oh, um. Yeah, okay.

Uh, I don't have beer. I've got whiskey.

Ooh! What are you doing?

Well, I thought you wanted me to...

- I thought you wanted...

- You were wrong.

Oh. Oh.

[clears throat] Okay.

I think it's best that you leave.

Okay.

Okay.

[door closes]

Margo?

- [Margo] Yes?

- She's dead.

What?

Or asleep...

- It's either dead or asleep.

- Jesus!

She's asleep.

- [sighs]

- Don't do that to me.

Well, she wasn't moving.

The breathing part was questionable.

She seemed dead.

I think we should wake her up.

No, don't do that.

Lu, babies need a routine.

[Margo] The kid is exhausted.

Leave her alone.

Oh, my God!

Oh, you scared the...

Can I lie down with you for a minute?

Well, um...

Well...

Oh, your feet are freezing.

Sorry.

- But she is gonna die.

- What?

Well, not now, not soon.

I certainly hope not.

Hopefully, like,

really far into the future,

but still she's...

she's gonna die and that... makes me sad.

Oh, we're all gonna die.

Right? We're all gonna die.

It's super sad.

Yeah.

I like it here.

Either you'll die first

and I'll be sad or,

I'll die first and you'll be sad.

Either way,

we're all gonna be dead.

[laughter]

- It's so f***ing sad!

- It's the saddest thing ever!

- So sad!

- So sad!

It's really sad.

[laughter]

Oh, what is the point?

It's sad!

- [laughter]

- What?

Oh-oh-oh.

I tried to seduce the doorman.

What? When?

This afternoon.

You slut!

He kissed me, and I threw him out.

Why did... You wanted him to kiss you.

- That's why...

- No! I mean, yes.

But he caught me off guard

and I didn't know what to do.

You should've grabbed his cock!

Just grab right on

to that shaft, you know.

Ah! Well, I didn't think of that.

Well, you should've. Oh, poor guy! God!

- Why poor guy?

- He likes you.

You tryin' to put the moves on me?

[giggles]

Nico used to do that. But...

[sighs] He was so bad at it.

[ship horn blowing]

[Nico] Dive in.

I dare you.

[chuckles]

This is my favorite spot in Manhattan.

I come here all the time.

Why?

Because it makes you realize

you're on an island.

Yep.

[Nico] And say all the bridges were gone,

and the tunnels, the subways,

and we all had to just jump in and swim.

[ship horn blowing]

[Nico] You could do it, you know.

Just swim away.

- I have to leave.

- What do you mean?

I have to get out of New York.

- I want to come with you.

- No, you don't.

Come on, why not?

Because you wouldn't like

the way I live, remember?

I love how you live, it's amazing.

Yeah, right.

Let's go, right now.

- Right now?

- Yeah.

What's stopping us?

Come on, stand up, let's go.

- You have to say goodbye.

- F*** that!

To your mom? You can't leave her alone.

[police sirens wailing]

They're coming for you, Lu.

[police sirens wailing]

[Margo] Just chattering away

in her crib. She won't go down.

If you woke her earlier,

she might go down for her nap.

Is that today's paper?

- Don't throw that out!

- I read it, it's trash.

It's the New York Times.

[phone rings]

Here! This is trash.

- Hello?

- Hey, it's Stephen.

Oh, Stephen, hi.

- Uh...

- Is everything okay?

- I'm fine.

- You called?

Yes, I called you.

I guess, I mean...

[breathing heavily]

[Margo] Okay! All right.

Why did I just do that?

Do what?

That was Nico's dad, he wants to meet you,

he's invited us for lunch.

That's all right, we can go do that.

I can't, he's with a man!

Yeah, I knew that.

I mean, I don't want to see him

in his blissful domestic gay...

I can't be part of that.

I can't go to that apartment.

I don't want to see him happy. I can't!

[buzzes]

[Margo sighs] How do I look?

Don't even answer me.

[Andreas] Sorry, sorry, it's Andreas.

I was in the kitchen trying to make sense

of the artichokes. Come in...

[door buzzes]

Would you like some wine, Tallulah?

[Andreas] Please don't wait for me.

Everybody dig in. It's gonna get cold.

I just have to finish this dressing...

which may or may not be a total disaster.

[Stephen] It'll be great.

- Here we go.

- Over here.

Aww, thanks, babe.

Oh, it's a dorji, it's from Bhutan.

It's a wooden penis.

[Andreas] It's a symbol of fertility.

People paint them

on their doors to protect their houses.

Turns out Andreas couldn't

contain himself from Cambodia.

We came home with two extra suitcases.

If we're going to adopt,

we want to make sure the baby's surrounded

by objects from his culture.

[baby cooing]

You're adopting?

No, no! Anyway, we can't.

Is that the big rush?

Hardly a rush. It's been three years.

No, it's just a conversation.

There's this orphanage in Phnom Penh,

you guys should see how these kids live.

They have absolutely nothing,

and you have to be really careful

because there's this

whole orphan tourism thing

that's going on there,

and it's unregulated.

And these people

hide behind Christian groups,

and a lot of these kids

have a parent.

Obviously we're doing

research and figuring out...

Anyway, there's...

so much red tape at the embassy,

it's not even worth discussing.

Let's eat.

[phone ringing]

Okay.

Try this one.

I'm sorry, ma'am,

there's a hold on the account.

What the f*** does that mean?

Perhaps you could call your bank.

Can you just run this card please?

Is this a joint account?

It's my husband's account.

Well, perhaps your husband knows

what's happened.

[phone ringing]

So, Tallulah, are you named after

the infamous Tallulah Bankhead?

- Yup!

- Oh, really? Hmm.

[Stephen]

Those are some footsteps to follow in.

She has one of

my favorite quotes, all-time.

- [Tallulah] Yeah?

- Yeah. Oh, how's it go?

"If I had to live my life again,

I would make the same mistakes,

only sooner."

I think that's a pretty great quote.

I don't know why I just said that.

I don't even know who she is.

I was named after a dive bar

in Summerville

where my mom used to waitress,

Tallulah's Bar and Grill.

It had, like, 65 beers on tap,

and one day they were

gonna go out of business,

so they threw this really big

kick the kegs kind of party,

and the whole neighborhood came.

And that's the night I was conceived.

Wow! An auspicious beginning!

[clears throat] Expresso, anyone?

- [Margo] I'll have one. Thank you.

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