Antoine, did we get everything for the party? I must have enough food to feed an entire village. And the cake is so big that they are delivering it later. I couldn't fit it in the car. You really didn't have to do that. We could have just had homemade cake. It is your 30th birthday, babe. It is a celebration. I know, I know, but still, we have so many people coming. I just don't want to run out of wine or seltzer or, I don't know, gluten-free options. We won't. But also, they shouldn't care, my love. These are your colleagues, our friends, Olivia's classmates' parents. My colleagues are now advertising people. They are judgy. Well, hopefully we didn't invite the terrible ones to the party. How judgmental could people be who sell commercials for a living? Oh, you'd be surprised. Makes me miss DJing. Anyway, maybe I should go buy more wine, just in case. Another few bottles. If we don't drink them, we can have them later. Sure, babe, if you want to. We will be fine, but if it makes you feel better, have at it. Well- Here, take my card, get whatever you want. I want this to be the best birthday of your entire life. No worries, at all. Oh, and Sam texted me to remind you to call her. Right, of course. I've just been busy. I love how serious things have gotten between you and Antoine. Yeah, it's wild. Just like my mom predicted. And you're happy? Yeah, of course. Really, he's great. Great? Seriously. I mean, well, it's not like boom-boom fireworks, but it's nice. He's nice. We have a good relationship. It feels healthy. Enough about me. How's Gavin? You like the new job in London? Oh, Gavin is amazing. It's incredible. We're gonna go to Hydra tomorrow for the rest of the summer. And, I mean, the new symphony is taking some getting used to, but honestly, it's gonna be wonderful. They're working on giving me a huge solo, and they're setting up a few solo concerts for next year. Well, I'll be there in a heartbeat. You know that, right? I would hope so. All right, I've got a dash, though. Dinner time and all that. Give me a call in the morning and tell me everything. Yes, of course. Love you. Um, hello? Mind helping me? I need three or four bottles of white and maybe the same amount of rosé. Yeah, sure. You okay? You look a little kind of... Yeah, totally. It's just... It's my birthday. 30. Woo. Wow. And I'm in a rush. And do you believe in soulmates? Oh, um. Like, do you think you only have one big love of your life? Well, my ma used to say that every love has a different flavor and you're looking for the flavor you want for your whole life. Oh, that's insightful. Yeah. She was married eight times. I'm not sure she found what she was looking for, but she certainly found something. Did she feel like any of them were like the one? I think she wanted one with a big wallet. But I don't know. The last one she used to light up when she saw him in a room. I think that means something. But didn't you say you were in a rush? Oh, right, yes. The wine, please. Well, now we definitely have enough wine. I just had to make sure. Babe, things are going to be fine. I promise. Oh, I know, I know, I know. It's just... I only have two more letters from my mom after this, and I just want to be sure that I'm doing my life right. We are doing it right. We found each other. We're perfectly aligned with the prediction. I didn't realize I'd go bald as quickly as I am, but that's not a bad thing. Our life is good, you know? Maybe if you're lucky, I'll even put a ring on it this year. If you keep joking about it, you know you're actually going to have to come through. You are the most interesting, fun person that I have ever met, Izzy Temple, and I am not the least bit scared of going through with that idea. You're going to make your mom proud We are together I can't believe I get to make my life with you And little Olivia And little Olivia So what do you think about getting your birthday present early? If you promised me you wouldn't propose on my birthday Oh, don't worry, it's not that But it is something that requires commitment What? Why don't you just wait right here for one moment Please, please It's going to be good to do this before the party Antoine, what are you doing? One minute. What are you up to? Izzy Temple? I felt like our little family maybe needed to include just one more. So, please meet Tobin. Oh my gosh. A puppy? He's a Wheaton. But you, we... I know, I know, but... I just, he's so cute, but... Sam! Sam? Sam? Surprise! But you're going to Hydra! I lied! I wanted to surprise you. Wait. Oh my god, what's this? A puppy? Yeah. How cute! I just... This is... Oh my gosh, how long are you here for? I only booked out until Sunday but then who knows maybe the whole week Did you know that Peter is here for the rest of the year His job needed him to do something at some sort of studio I don know it in Boston But he just arrived yesterday for this temporary live thing Peter! I know how much you two get along. We have to get together for something, like dinner. Peter, great. Yeah, we should all go out. I haven't thought about him since the wedding. Uh, yeah, me, right, me either. He got married, right? Had the baby. I saw it on Instagram. Yes, Juniper. our little jelly bean. I love her. Glad he's good. Oh, hi, puppy kisses. Should we invite Peter to the party? No, no. It starts in like 30 minutes. That feels so rude. And Antoine, about the puppy. Oh my God, are you kidding me? Let's invite him. Peter loves you. In fact, I'm going to call him right now. to izzy temple the love of my life stop it stop it you guys okay this is wonderful thank you you are the very best people a woman could ever ask for in her life we love you izzy i love you okay okay thank you all for coming I do not want to stand between you and this three-layer cake. Antoine has promised me that each layer has a different flavor, so... Oh, God. Uh, enjoy! Hopefully it's Peter. I'll go check. Iz, it's 11.30. I know your mom's note has an 11.55 open time. Right, thank you. Um, okay. I'll be right back. If that's, uh, Peter. Well, I don't know. See if he wants a drink or something. Yeah, sure thing, babe. and let me know what your mom says. Okay. I'm scared. Oh, I can go with you. No, it's okay. It's just... Well, you know, it's the second to last. What will it say? How will it change the course of my life? Well, hopefully it's another limitless credit card and we can go back to Paris and I can drink French champagne with you in bed while overlooking the Eiffel Tower. May we be so lucky. Here, take Tobin. That way you have someone, but not, you know, someone. You are the world's kindest man. Come here, Tobin. We're going to have to come up with a cuter name for you, aren't we? Yeah. Hey, Sam. Uh, where's Iz? Phew. Just dodged the bullet, didn't we? Maybe we can stay here all night. We'll never need to see Peter, and I won't have to wonder if I'm really truly happy or if I miss the fact that this love feels nothing like that love. All the fire and passion and... That blew up in my face. Where's the mailbox? It should be right here. Of course, it could also be behind the mound of Antoine's things. It's normally right here. Oh, there it is. What do you have for me, Mom? Another grand vision? New life goals? What's going to happen when you're gone? You are gone, but... Gosh, at some point you'll be... Gone, gone. God. I do not want you to be gone, gone, Mom. Is this what it means to be 30? You are finally forced to really contemplate your parents' mortality, pretend you're totally fine with your exes, and fall in love with a man who looks exactly like you expected, but who maybe doesn't exactly light up every part of you. Basically, that's what I wrote to you about in this pink envelope that I know you'd like, Mom. There are astrological signs on the outside. Perfect birthday card. In it goes, and now, taking out your tiny card in response. What's your take, Mom? My Flora Moon. Writing these has given me such joy But today has been hard I'm tired so often I sleep Constantly sleeping And I only have time for this today Tomorrow I'll write another I think I'm getting stronger Except you weren't You kept pretending But mom, we all knew I wish you'd just admitted it So where are we? 30 Wonderful You're so close to knowing what it really feels like to be an adult. I imagine you've met him by now. I imagine you're falling in love. I imagine soon he'll propose and you'll say yes. And in two summers, you'll have the dress and the ceremony in the record shop with your handsome, bald husband and his daughter. Olivia. Our little family. And now Toby. Toblerone? Tobias? Well, a puppy. It brings me such peace to see you've created a world around you. You're building your way back to a family that's more than ours ever was. That's all I can think to say today. It's 30. Time to create. Lay the foundations. Drink big. But first, don't forget to eat the damn cake. Drink the champagne. Celebrate. It your one beautiful life Make it worth remembering I trying Mom But I Iz? Are you down there? I'm, uh, coming. The leader only has five minutes before he has to leave. Apparently he's got tennis in the morning with an investor. Sounds like a terrible life choice. You're telling me. Are you all good down there? Oh, oh, God, your mascara's running. Oh, my gosh. Okay, here, let me fix it. With your spit? Ew. Oh, my God, stop. You're fine. If you go fix it, you're gonna miss Peter. Come on. Izzy. Hey, Peter. She's 30! I'll be right back. I promised Antoine I'd let him know when you came up. Are you okay? Have you been crying? My mom's letter. But Toby has made things better. Toby? We're working on the names. What about Patti Smith? Seems like a big shift. Toby to Patti would be confusing. Right. Too bad. Not a cool singer name like you always wanted. Um, so you live in Boston now? For a moment. Six months. Never thought I'd see the day. Me neither. It's a surprise to me too. Toby's cute. I love this little pup already. Is he? Is everything okay in the basement? Uh, as... As much as it ever was. My mom was encouraging me to create, lay the foundations for a big life. She was? Seems we are right on track then. Yeah, totally right on track. Peter, your driver's outside. He says that you told him you had to get somewhere at midnight and you're going to be late. Right, yes, of course. Bye, Iz. Happy birthday. And nice to meet you, Toby. Bye. Peter. Come on. I promised your driver I'd kick you out. I know you two have always been friends, but there's just something so off about Peter, right? I always feel like he's lying about something. It's weird. Come on, people are waiting for you. And I don't think you've even had a piece of cake yet. You think so? About Peter? I mean, don't you? I've never really thought about it. You know what? Let's forget about it. You need cake, and I saved the strawberry and vanilla layers. Oh, no chocolate? That was the first one gone. What a night. God, my feet hurt. Is this what being 30 is about? Well, as someone who turned 30 five whole months before you, I can say with authority that you need better shoes. Or more wine. Here. Oh, God, I'm going to have a massive hangover tomorrow. Oh, my God, me too. At least I don't have to play tennis in the morning. Right? Poor Peter. Although, you know what? Not poor Peter. He's probably going to play tennis with some billionaire who's going to hand him $10 million without blinking an eye for whatever new video game or whatever thing he wants to create. The life. Things okay here? I know Antoine was struggling to find a job. Yeah, it took a while. Visa issues. That's so dumb. I can't believe you looked into getting a visa to work in Canada. When was that? 25. Ugh, 25. Man, that would have been awesome. Yeah, maybe. But my life is good now. Hey, back then, when you were thinking about moving to... Where were we? Were we Toronto? Montreal? Montreal, I think. Montreal. You know what's so funny? I always hoped that you and Peter would get together. You would have moved closer to me. We would have been sisters. Oh, like every holiday, birthdays. You know, not just best friends, but like bound to each other. Too bad Peter's just Peter. Wait, you did? I mean, I know it's like a fantasy, but yeah. I always thought that you two would get on. And people think he's attractive. He didn't stop talking about you for the entire year after he met you. Did you know that? But then he became Peter. Wait, wait. Can I tell you something insane? Oh my god, always. I had the biggest crush on Peter for years. Actually, when we ran into each other in LA, we tried to date for a little while. Wait, what? You what? Yeah, we tried. It just, it didn't work out. Oh my god. What? Stop. Why? Explain. I never wanted it to interfere with what you and I have. You know, our friendship. Oh, Iz. Iz, what we have is so much more than any of that. I would have loved it. Are you kidding? My two best friends? But not if it didn't work out. Not if there was like this weird bad blood between us or something. But you don't know that it would have failed. God, what if it had worked? What if we could have been sisters and best friends and raised these little children together? I can't... I can't think about that. It just didn't work. Besides, he's married, he has a baby, a whole life, a wife. Yeah and you headed that way too Right Yeah Things are working out exactly as they supposed to I hope Hey have I ever told you why I love playing the cello Of course, there's how it sounds, which is nice, but there's also something that is so much deeper. I have always known that the cello was my instrument, and I feel that when I play it. Even though it gives me bruises. I have a semi-permanent bruise just next to my heart. And it's heavy, it's bulky, it requires me to play daily or else it gets stiff. It's not an easy instrument to love. But when I play the cello, there is a resonance between us. I feel something and she... Mona, she has a name, remember? Makes this sound. It's a duality. a true mutuality of knowing. I am because she exists. She is because I exist. And it's not easy, but it gives my life meaning. I know my heart because I know my cello. And that's a rare thing. Maybe the rarest thing of all. So? So I could have never played the piano. I only resonate with the cello. I was made for it. Everything is fine. I'm doing the right thing. Yeah, he's married. I'm gonna be married. This is okay. Right, Toby? Okay. Whatever Sam was going on about, Peter is not my perfect instrument. He does not say the words I cannot utter that's so overly romantic and over the top. It doesn't even make any sense. Is? Oh, my God. Hi. How long have you been there? I mean, or like, why are you here? Oh, I just crossed from the other side. Why? Are you okay? My condo is like three blocks away. Oh, in my neighborhood. Yeah. What a coincidence, huh? Yep, totally. Tennis went well this morning? I won. Great. I hate tennis. Oh. But he wants to invest in a Boston-based animation studio. So I wanted to see if he wanted to invest in me. And? He's going to partner on it. I'm going to be spending a lot more time in Boston. Oh, great. Well, we will have to invite you and Lily and Juniper, right? Over for dinner. That would be nice. They'll be moving in soon, too. Lily has taken some time off work. So not Lily the lifesaver? Lily the mom. That's nice. Yes, I suppose so. How are you doing? Are you happy? Why do people keep asking me that? I imagine it's because they want you to be happy. Are you happy, Peter? Mostly, yes. Yeah, and your life turned out like how you wanted? Did you really mean to ask me that, Is? I didn't mean- I wanted something. I didn't get it. I moved forward to something else that is meaningful. Right, of course. I have to- I'm not trying to make you uncomfortable. No, I know. I, well, Sam said last night that she always wished we had dated. She said it was her dream. She'd have loved to be my actual sister. She said that? Yeah. Funny, right? All that time I was worried about that for nothing. Well, you're also worried about the prediction. Right, but I wonder if I would have gotten past the prediction. If I thought Sam wouldn't have minded. What are you saying, Izzy? I'm married now. I know, I know. I'm not saying anything. It's just weird that you're here. That I had that conversation with her. That our lives are so different than we thought. And then everyone is asking me if I'm happy. And I'm trying to be happy. You get to make your own life, Iz. You don't have to live it for your mom. She wants you to be happy. No, no. She wants to be right. And I want her to be right. I want her to have voodoo witchy powers. I want her to know the future so that she can be a part of it. I want her to be on the other side of some veil watching all of this and knowing that I'm doing it. That I'm doing things right. And I want her to come back and haunt me or something. And I just don't want her to be gone. Liz, come here. No, I can't. It's okay. It's just a hug. It's not just a hug from you. If you hug me, I'm not going to be able to pretend that I don't still feel every ounce of attraction to you I ever felt. and then I'm not going to be able to walk back into my house and be happy and look at Antoine and keep what we have. Is. Are you as attracted to Lily as you were to me? No. But it's enough. It's enough to be happy. In some way. I hate you. I hate you for saying that. I'm sorry. I have to go. Is. I think maybe you just need... I don't need you to tell me what I need. I'm trying to do what I need I'm trying to learn to live with it just please don't try to hug me don't touch me I've got Toby come on we're going home Thank you.
