The Choice Page #4

- What?

- Would you clean those steamy,

slimy fish guts out of that nasty,

bloody bucket?

[Ben]

And maybe after that,

you can drain the grease trap

on the barbeque?

And make sure you get

all the chunks of fat

or you're going to have

a maggot problem.

If y'all make me puke,

I'm going to save it,

put it in little plastic bags,

put it on your pillows tonight.

Believe it or not,

she's single, folks!

[Matt]

Hey, where's Monica at?

Monica's sitting this one out.

You don't say?

I can invite whoever I want.

- It's my boat.

- It is his boat.

- It's our day!

- [Ben] It's our day.

Be nice.

You know how to pick 'em, Trav.

[Stephanie]

You've got an air of authority

and dignity as the captain today.

- You like that?

- Yeah.

Well, I'm borrowing

his ship today.

Yeah, it's new.

[Stephanie]

You seem awfully focused.

I'm driving, so I can't drink.

She's making me nervous as hell.

[Stephanie]

Woe is you.

Hey, y'all, this is not

a middle school dance.

Go bother somebody else.

Hey, you doing all right'?

Hey. Yeah, I am great

Not getting seasick

on us, are you?

- No.

- Good.

- This is unbelievable-

- It's great.

I can't even believe

you get to come here

all the time and do this.

Hey, mind if we join you?

- Hi.

- It's so hot.

It's 80 degrees.

Take off that sweatshirt. Are you crazy?

Okay. Okay.

- It's hot.

- It's the Spanish Inquisition.

You can lay off.

[chatter continues]

We might be in trouble, boy.

[chattering]

You can do it.

You're so close.

- [Ben] Come on, Moby. You can do it.

- You're going to make it!

[Matt] Someone needs to teach

that dog how to swim.

- Cooked to perfection.

- All right, thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir.

- Don't even think about it.

- Aww.

I saw that before.

It's happy.

It's a happy color.

Well, to good times.

[Stephanie] Mattie and Ben

have a pretty successful loan company.

But I keep thinking

Mattie wants out,

like he feels like his life

is passing him by or something.

What do you think?

None of my business.

I'm not one to gossip.

What about that guy?

- That guy?

- My knucklehead brother?

I don't know.

You tell me.

Well, he is the glue.

The good old buy who's mastered

the art of Southern charm.

Women give him

anything he wants.

Anything.

He gives them just...

Just enough to keep them coming back

and has never been in love

because he backs off

when things get too hard.

That's why he has that chair.

You know, the chair

out in the from of his house.

That lonely chair.

Well, it is just one chair.

The man with one chair

likes to sit alone.

You know, I sure like

talking to you.

Pass it!

- Yeah!

- Nice.

You are in so much more trouble

than I thought.

[Matt] Hey, over here!

Pass it!

[upbeat music playing]

I can keep

my head inside

When the modern drift

is all I have

[Travis]

ls this seat taken?

No, it is not. Go ahead.

Thank you.

Yeah.

- Hello.

- Hello yourself.

Hey, uh, I have a confession.

Okay-

My friends like you better

than they like me.

Yeah, yeah.

I was actually afraid

that was going to happen.

I just don't get it.

- Yeah.

- I don't get it.

I mean, you're not funny,

you're not smart.

You're nothing to look at.

No. I think it's, um...

...it speaks a little more to,

you know, you, and you're just...

You feel quite mediocre

and unattractive.

I'm lowering the bar.

- Yeah.

- That makes sense.

That's it. That's why.

So they can tolerate you.

- Yeah, I thought so.

- That makes sense.

Yeah.

I love it here.

Thanks for coming.

I'm really glad you came.

Yeah, me, loo.

I feel really good out here.

I haven't felt

like that in a while.

- That's good.

- Yeah.

- You dork.

- You're a dork.

You keep looking at me.

Ow!

Son of a...

You look...

[squeals]

Well, good night.

I noticed you didn't eat

a lot out there today.

What do you say we

throw some red meat on the grill,

tell a few lies?

Has anyone ever

said no to you before?

- "No"?

- No. I thought so.

I am making history,

Good night.

There you go again bothering me.

She said no to us, Stink.

[Moby barks]

Yeah, I know.

I'm not familiar

with that term either.

Come on.

[Gabby sighs]

[phone rings]

[Moby panting]

If you've been

in the fish guts again...

Hey.

What you gut?

Good boy.

Come on, boy. Come on!

[knocking on door]

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I brought wine.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

Handy, my ass.

Well, the young 'uns are looking good.

I think they're down for the night.

Good.

Damn, I thought you were

just going to whip something up.

I am.

If this is how you whip,

I might just have to get down

on one knee right now.

- Excuse me'?

- Mm-hmm.

My mama is an amazing cook.

I just paid attention.

Hang on a minute.

Is this you right here?

Yeah, it is.

It's my favorite memory.

It's at the property

where we grew up.

We used to swim

and ride bikes and fish,

and I used to put on

these silly little plays.

My dad would tell me

stories at nighttime

about the constellations.

They sound like good folks.

Yeah, they are.

A hurricane washed it all away,

though, when I was 12.

Broke my heart.

It's funny, I wonder if that's why

that's my favorite memory.

What do you mean?

When things go away, you know?

Makes you appreciate

them so much more

than when you

actually have them.

Yeah.

It makes you pay attention to the things

that are just right in front of you.

Okay, dinner is sewed

on the eastern-most

botanical mezzanine.

Ooh, so the porch

with the trumpet weeds?

Exactly!

[Travis]

Beautiful.

I'm sorry.

This view we got here

is just beautiful.

[Gabby]

Yes. The view.

[Travis]

Mm-hmm.

I really can't get enough of it.

[chuckles]

Yeah.

It is really something.

It makes you wonder

where it all comes from, doesn't it?

Not really.

Not really?

- No.

- Okay.

So you don't believe in God.

- Oh, boy.

- Oh, boy!

This was going so good.

"Oh, boy"?

Don't "oh, boy" me.

An honest question

deserves an honest answer.

All right.

- I apologize.

- Okay.

So?

You want to know

what I believe in?

Yeah.

Moby, come here.

[Gabby] Oh, he has an opinion

on this, does he?

Oh, yeah.

Watch this.

Now, you see that?

How he pushes back?

He does it every time,

and he only does it for me.

Now, that's loyalty.

I know it sounds stupid,

but it's love.

Your friends,

your family, yourself.

That's all you can count on

in this world.

And that's what I believe.

What do you believe'?

I believe...

...in the moon,

the stars.

It's that feeling

that I'm a pan of something

so much bigger than myself

that I will never,

ever begin to understand.

And it's something

that I cannot control,

no matter how hard I try.

So, if you can tell me

where that comes from

and why it is

so damn beautiful...

...then I will stop saying

my prayers before bedtime.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Well, that was lovely.

It was, wasn't it'?

We just had the God conversation

and it wasn't bad at all.

It didn't go that bad.

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