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You despise him.

No, we...

have our differences,

but I'm trying very hard

to have a pleasant

and mature relationship

with him.

Hmm.

LILY:
So, "C, sardonic.

D, ambivalent..."

Because he's rich?

- Excuse me?

- Because he leaves you

envelopes of money?

Okay, that was for

my broken laptop.

He doesn't just leave me

envelopes of money...

Okay, but you and your mom

must still know

that it's in your best interest

to keep him happy.

Okay, I... actually,

I think we're done here.

AMANDA:
What's wrong?

I don't know.

AMANDA:
I just think you should

be honest about your feelings.

Otherwise it starts coming out

in passive-aggressive ways.

Like, for instance,

you start inviting

your creepy friend over

to make him mad.

- That's not why you're here.

- Of course it is.

Look, if that's how you feel,

then why don't you go

ask your mom to buy you

another friend?

I'm sure you're just rolling

in options.

AMANDA:
The answer is "D,

ambivalent."

That's right.

You know, my friend

taught me this trick,

where whenever it says

"ambivalent" on the SAT,

that's the answer.

You're not hurt?

It's the first honest thing

you've said to me

since sixth grade.

[SIGHS]

You're incredibly off-putting

and you freak me out.

There you go.

In kind of

a fascinating way,

like a YouTube video

of a giant zit being popped

or a baby born without a face.

Love those videos.

You actually smell

kind of weird.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- Have you showered?

- Only every couple of days,

lately.

But no one said anything

so I thought

I was getting away with it.

You're not.

Not sorry I tried.

How's that feel?

Really good.

Seems like it.

Well, we should actually

probably get back to work.

- Sorry.

- No...

Sorry. That was just sudden.

It looked like an attack.

- No, I was trying...

- Right...

[INHALES]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[WATER RUNNING]

[WATER TURNS OFF]

[WATER DRIPPING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC OVER TV]

Come here.

Why do you do this to me,

Frank?

- AMANDA:
Yikes.

- LILY:
What?

AMANDA:
That's the worst

fake crying I've ever seen.

Do you have to go?

I have to go, Paula. I know...

- LILY:
She's...

- All right, go...

- AMANDA:
Trying.

- Go anywhere you like.

You can go to blazes

for all I care.

Paula.

Paula.

- AMANDA:
Look, that's better.

- Yes, I know I'm...

- I'm being foolish.

- LILY:
Actually,

that might not even be fake.

AMANDA:
It is.

LILY:
No, look,

those are real tears.

She's just using The Technique.

The what?

FRANK [OVER TV]:

Come on, fix your face.

We'll go down to Eddie's

and have a drink.

I mean, maybe she actually

fell in love with the actor.

And they're f***ing

between takes, and...

it's the last week of shooting,

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