The Invitation

Will.

Will.

Hey. I asked

if you were okay.

Sorry.

You know, we don't

have to do this.

We can just go home.

I'll be fine.

God, this thing is so...

Thick...

Official.

Maybe they're overcompensating.

It's kind of hard

to call everybody up

out of the blue after two years.

Nobody's seen her?

I ran into her and David

at a supermarket,

and a little bit after that,

I heard they disappeared.

And they met in the grief group?

Mm-hmm, while we

were still married.

Yeah, I guess you could have

put odds on our divorce.

No, people

don't think like that.

Yes, they do.

No, they don't.

Yes, they...

Oh, my god.

Jesus.

What was that?

A coyote, I think.

Just stay here.

Oh, man.

You should go back in the car.

Okay, okay.

Oh, my god.

Jesus.

This was your house?

A lot of money in Eden's family.

Wasn't ever mine.

Come on, Ty.

Dinner's ready.

Hey, you're here.

F***ing a.

I win, see? Hi!

Was there a betting pool?

Uh, for entertainment

purposes only.

- Hey.

- Hey, buddy.

I am Gina.

We met at their...

- Yes.

- Nice to see you.

- Good to see you.

- God, Kira,

you look so f***ing

hot right now.

Will you bear a child for

us, like, right now?

We're not kidding.

And, you, I see

you've almost shed

that dirty dishrag look

that's so concerning.

What? I have

a dirty dishrag look?

Mm, less so now.

- It's just...

- What? Come on.

He did look like a dishrag.

How are you?

Eh...

Is this Kira?

- That's me.

- Hi. I'm Claire.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

Hey, will, I'm Ben.

Remember me?

We drove a thriving business

into the ground together.

Never thrived.

It was thriving

like a motherf***er

for three months,

and you know it.

Hey, wait.

Where's CHOI?

Late as usual, and I can't get

any reception up here either.

Is Eden and, uh...

I'm here.

Oh.

Let me look at you, will.

Mm, I missed you.

You, too.

House doesn't look

very different, does it?

No, not... not really.

Well, we're glad you're here.

Oh.

You're a mess.

And you must be Kira.

Hi.

Thank you for having me.

Will, you remember David.

Of course. Sure.

Will, come here.

Hey.

I'm so glad you're here.

I'm really glad, man.

Hey, how... how are you?

Oh, I'm brilliant.

I mean, we've got

a lot to talk about,

so much to celebrate tonight.

Kira.

Yes.

Ah.

Oh. Okay.

Beautiful.

What can I get you to drink?

No, i-I'm good.

Uh, I'd go with the wine.

It's an '85 Rothschild.

Are you shitting me?

Uh, okay, what does that mean?

Oh, will, you're adorable.

It's, like, $8 million

a bottle, Cro-mag.

Well, this night is special.

We shouldn't save these things.

We shouldn't put off enjoying...

What we have.

You sure?

I'm good.

Yes. Thank you.

Well, since everybody's here...

Except CHOI.

Oh, f***ing CHOI, man.

- F***ing CHOI.

- All right.

Except CHOI, but, you know,

I guess we'll just have

to start without him.

Um, first of all,

welcome to our

little reunion of sorts.

You guys are all

very special to Eden,

which... which means

you're very special to me,

and we really missed you,

and we love you.

You know, each and every one

of us is on a journey,

and we feel that it's important

to be on that journey

with the people you love,

and it's something we really,

really have good here.

We want to open up

the house again,

give it and us

a new start, so...

Let's raise this ridiculously

expensive glass of wine

to new beginnings.

Yeah.

- To new beginnings.

- Cheers.

- Cheers.

- Salud.

Hey! Save a glass for me.

This is Sadie.

Sadie, meet my friends.

Hey.

- Hey.

- Hi.

So, um...

How do you guys know each other?

Um...

Just friends in common, I guess.

We met in Mexico.

Sadie's staying here with

us and helping us out.

Yeah.

It's fun. We have fun.

Hope you don't mind me crashing the party.

It's awesome.

Huh.

They've told me

so much about you.

We hit a coyote

on the way up here.

- What?

- What?

It just came out of nowhere.

I mean, there was

nothing we could do.

It was in horrible shape.

He had to kill it.

What? How did you not tell

us this, like, immediately?

You killed it with, like, what?

Tire iron.

Oh, god. What?

I don't know how you did it, man.

That's pretty butch.

No, it was a good thing.

That was mercy.

Mm-hmm.

Would you mind if I looked

around for a little bit?

Of course not.

Thank you.

See you in a bit.

Can't believe it.

A tire iron requires a lot of...

- Wow.

- I know.

No, you don't. No, you don't.

No, you don't.

No. No. No!

- Will.

Jesus.

Sorry.

You scared me.

No harm done.

You're so handsome tonight.

You're shining.

And, Kira,

you're both really beautiful.

Thank you.

Heh.

Could you help me

get those glasses, please?

Bars on windows are new.

Well, I was here

alone for a while.

It's security, safer.

It's nice.

Thank you.

We got them in Mexico.

Is that where you've been

for the last two years?

Some of the time.

Did you worry about me?

Did you think about me?

Yeah.

I did.

Well, I'm fantastic.

I've never been better.

You don't have to worry

about me anymore.

You don't find it hard

to be in this house again?

No, not at all.

It doesn't have to be.

That's what's so incredible.

You look different, Edie.

I am different.

I'm free.

All that useless pain,

it's gone.

It's something

anyone can have, will,

and I want you to have it, too.

Eden looks hot.

I can say that, right?

We're all consenting adults.

It's good to see you again, Ben.

You, too.

It's been way too long.

Heh.

I'm just here for the food.

What were you guys

talking about?

Not my business.

I was just telling will

that pain is optional.

It is?

Why didn't anyone

tell me that before now?

I know.

But it's actually really simple.

All those negative emotions,

grief, anger, depression,

is all just chemical reactions.

It's entirely physical, and

it's completely changeable.

Kind of sound like

a pamphlet there, Eden.

You can actually expel

those emotions

from your body and live the

life you want to live.

So you're

shitting out your pain?

I can see you're not interested.

I'm sorry, Eden.

It just sounds f***ing crazy.

Eden, what the f***?

Until you stop making a

joke out of everything,

you'll never learn a thing.

That's why nobody

cares what you think.

Um...

Yeah. Okay.

Heh.

She f***ing gored me, man.

That was loud.

- Oh, it's not...

- For the vegetarians.

Has she been acting

like this all night?

Yeah. David, too.

Look, I'm all for whatever

you gotta do to get by,

especially you two,

with what you went through,

but you didn't lose your mind.

Oh, I didn't?

Not like that.

How are you?

I don't know.

I don't really know how to act.

Well, it's not like the good

old days anymore, you know.

No.

No, it isn't.

Wait. Where's Amanda?

Home with the kids.

- Yeah?

- Pissed.

What? What's up?

Think we hate each other.

That's not good.

Yeah. I know.

But the sex is...

It's so...

- Angry.

I can't get away from it, man.

Um, it's good to see you.

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