ADRIAN BRIN BRYON CORGAN DIRK DR_HINDLE GRACE_SINGLETON GREG LUCY MAE MARCY MICHAEL_DARLING MIHAIL NURSE_DAWN NURSE_RITA SOUNDTRACK WAITER WENDY_DARLING LUCY Well, womp-womp. ADRIAN Hey, come on. Stop it. LUCY I can’t. LUCY I, I can’t. I just wanted it to be natural. ADRIAN It will be natural. Just let me call him. Look, he’s one of the top five fertility specialists in the world. LUCY As a woman, this is the one thing I’m supposed to be able to do, and I can’t do it. ADRIAN Well, let’s just find out if we can get pregnant. And if we can’t, then, you know, we’ll blow the college fund on some of the best vacations of our lives. LUCY Call him. ADRIAN Really? Oh... Oh... You’re gonna love him. ADRIAN Wow. NURSE DAWN Hello. ADRIAN Hi. LUCY Hi. ADRIAN Hello. NURSE DAWN You must be Lucia and Adrian. ADRIAN Yes. LUCY Um. LUCY I go by “Lucy,” but… NURSE DAWN Can we get a name change from “Lucia” to “Lucy” please? NURSE DAWN I’m... NURSE DAWN Doctor Hindle’s head nurse, Dawn. Let me just get you started with some paperless paperwork. And... NURSE DAWN Rita…can help out with the refreshments. ADRIAN Do you want any, uh, espresso or something? LUCY Sure. NURSE RITA Mm. NURSE DAWN Enjoy it while you can. ADRIAN Go ahead, take a seat. NURSE DAWN I’m changing the.. NURSE DAWN file name now. LUCY Thank you. ADRIAN Here. Rita recommended that for you. LUCY Mm. DR HINDLE Adrian. ADRIAN Hey. DR HINDLE So nice to see you. ADRIAN Yeah. ADRIAN It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? DR HINDLE Yes, it has indeed. ADRIAN Yeah. DR HINDLE Oh Lucy. LUCY Hi. DR HINDLE Lovely to meet you. LUCY Such a pleasure to meet you. DR HINDLE So. You two need a little help. ADRIAN Um, ye- yeah. LUCY Yeah. We’ve been trying pretty hard for two years. DR HINDLE Hm. DR HINDLE Yes, I know. Adrian told me. LUCY I don’t get it. LUCY I thought I had been doing everything right. I eat well, I exercise. I haven’t even had a drink for two years. DR HINDLE I don’t want you to have to question everything you’re doing. I will give you the best possible chance of getting pregnant. DR HINDLE How does that sound? LUCY That sounds great. DR HINDLE Good. DR HINDLE Oh, thank you, Dawn. DR HINDLE Did you know that Adrian was the most talented surgeon I ever taught? ADRIAN Oh, God, stop it. DR HINDLE There was this one woman... DR HINDLE she had breast cancer, and the hospital wouldn’t pay for a post-mastectomy augmentation. So your husband, he just... DR HINDLE goes and does it without telling anyone. ADRIAN No, I, I told her. DR HINDLE Yes, and the board wanted me to let you go. I told them... DR HINDLE “If he goes, I go.” DR HINDLE I was sick of teaching at the hospital anyway, so I quit. DR HINDLE We should have started our own practice right then and there. ADRIAN Yeah. That’d have been great. ADRIAN Lot of work, though. DR HINDLE Mm, I know it’s hard. DR HINDLE Sometimes I wish I could clone myself. DR HINDLE It’s the only way I’d get the job done. Okay. DR HINDLE Your architecture is great. ADRIAN Oh. DR HINDLE Problem is low. DR HINDLE hCG levels. I’ll give you a little boost. Post and pre-insemination. DR HINDLE Monitor your numbers from there. LUCY That’s it? DR HINDLE Yes. LUCY Really? I’ve just... LUCY been tested so many times-- DR HINDLE All these women, all these women here had troubles. Some, some worse than you. All happy moms I’ve sent home with babies. DR HINDLE We have IUI and IVF. IVF makes babies in a test tube... DR HINDLE Iui makes them inside of you. I’ve invented a method that’s a little of both. I like to call it, um, “In Utero Hindle Fertilization.” DR HINDLE Uh, you can help me with that one as you’re the marketing genius. DR HINDLE Okay. ADRIAN Oh, well then, thank you, John. DR HINDLE It’s a pleasure. ADRIAN Yeah. LUCY Thank you so much, Doctor Hindle. Thank you. GREG Luce? GREG Got five? GREG Dirk’s considering making you lead on the Wyth account. LUCY Oh, my God! LUCY Are you serious? GREG Yes! Mihail’s managing four clients. I’ve got six, and I was like... GREG “What about Lucy?” LUCY Greg, you said that? Thank you so much. GREG Of course. He wants to see Bryon’s ideas before pulling the trigger. LUCY Of course. GREG But you’re what this pitch needs. GREG Some female intuition. Although I think I cover a little of that myself. GREG Now, if this works out, it’s... GREG gonna come with more responsibility. Travel, more money. GREG Luce... GREG I’m fightin’ for ya. Also, I’m thinking Dig Inn for lunch. What do you think? LUCY I’m obsessed with Dig Inn. I’ll start an order. GREG Great, I’m gonna do the, uh, Grilled Tofu Market Bowl and a side of wilted beet greens. LUCY Yum. I’m gonna do the same. GREG Mm. NURSE RITA Is there anything else I can do for you? ADRIAN No, uh, thank you. NURSE RITA Okay. DR HINDLE Lucy, would you like to watch? LUCY Oh, no. NURSE DAWN Here you go. DR HINDLE Hm. DR HINDLE Perfect. Okay. NURSE DAWN Rita. DR HINDLE Good work, son. This is powerful stuff. DR HINDLE Brilliant. Hm. BRYON She looks like a smart shopper- MIHAIL Why are you fighting me on this? BRYON Okay, Luce, what do you think of her? LUCY She’s kind of too runway? LUCY I think of Wyth as more... LUCY girl-on-the-subway hot. BRYON Thank you, that’s what I said. We need subway hot, not runway. MIHAIL Subway hot? BRYON Okay, what about this one? LUCY Um, I’ll be back in a second. DR HINDLE You are one hundred percent pregnant. ADRIAN Oh, my God! ADRIAN Oh, thank you, Doctor. ADRIAN Oh! LUCY Oh, my God, thank you, Doctor Hindle. DR HINDLE Yes. Mm. ADRIAN Come on, stop it. ADRIAN I’m almost done. ADRIAN Alright. You go. LUCY After all that? ADRIAN Yes. LUCY Okay fine. If we have a girl… ADRIAN Mm-hmm. LUCY Wendy. ADRIAN Oh, Luce. That’s perfect. ADRIAN We can make Wendy a little Peter Pan costume in honor of your mom. LUCY That would be nice. ADRIAN Mm. ADRIAN Okay. I’m only gonna do boys’ names from now on. LUCY Okay. ADRIAN What about... ADRIAN Adrian? LUCY As in Junior? ADRIAN It’s kinda cool, right? LUCY Hey. Um, I will take orders in just a couple minutes, um, but I wanted to talk to you about something. GREG Sure. Are you uh, feeling nervous about the pitch? LUCY Actually, I wanted to let you know that I am pregnant. GREG I knew it! I seriously... GREG have some sort of women’s intuition thing going on. GREG You have been glowing! LUCY Oh! Thank you. MIHAIL Alright, what’s up? LUCY Oh. GREG Tell him. GREG Go on, tell him. LUCY Okay. I’m pregnant. BRYON Yes! MIHAIL Aw! BRYON No wonder you’ve been glowing. GREG That’s what I just said! BRYON I literally said that... BRYON to my wife last night. I was like, “Lucy is glowing.” LUCY You guys, thank you. That’s so sweet. GREG Hey, let’s... GREG get a really good lunch today. Whatever you want that’s even better than Dig Inn. LUCY What about Wyth? GREG You know, it might not be a bad idea to let them know you’re expecting. Make them feel bad if they don’t hire us. MIHAIL Yeah, and I mean, if you’re not showing by then... MIHAIL we’ll just plump you up with a pillow. BRYON Yeah, Wyth has really nice pillows. MIHAIL That’s true. GREG That’s right. BRYON DR HINDLE Thank you, Dawn. Ooh, wonderful, wonderful. NURSE DAWN Ooh. DR HINDLE Mm. DR HINDLE Right. Here we go. LUCY Oh, my god. Is that a-- DR HINDLE Yep. DR HINDLE And there’s the second. DR HINDLE Twinset. DR HINDLE Males. ADRIAN Twin boys? NURSE DAWN Twins. DR HINDLE And... DR HINDLE the third. DR HINDLE Female singlet. LUCY Wow. DR HINDLE Just relax. NURSE DAWN Nurse Rita, water, please. DR HINDLE Relax. This is absolutely normal for how aggressive we boosted your numbers. DR HINDLE I was not gonna send you home empty-handed. So, we’ve got twin boys and a female singlet. Total of three. Now... DR HINDLE selective reduction. DR HINDLE Far be it from me to tell you what to do, but with your history and these elevated numbers, we’re looking at an increase of possible complications. DR HINDLE Preemies. DR HINDLE or worse. Miscarriage. ADRIAN And by reduction, uh, you mean an abortion? DR HINDLE We’d be making a sacrifice to ensure a successful birth. Either the boys because they share the same sac or the girl. DR HINDLE Now I would strongly recommend we keep the boys. They look healthy. And the girl? Well, she’s a bit small. LUCY Um… C- um, could we... LUCY ...like, is there- ADRIAN It’s okay. LUCY Sorry. I, I. LUCY just don’t want to make the wrong choice. DR HINDLE Lucy, Lucy, Lucy. I will not let that happen. ADRIAN Yeah. DR HINDLE The odds of you. DR HINDLE having a baby have just increased one hundred percent. But yes, you do have a decision to make. LUCY Thank you. DR HINDLE Adrian, can I have a word? ADRIAN Oh. Yeah. NURSE DAWN I know, sweetie. It’s a lot to think about. LUCY Yeah. Thanks. WAITER I heard we have a celebration this evening? ADRIAN We did it. LUCY I’m pregnant. ADRIAN Yes, we’re pregnant. ADRIAN Come on. ADRIAN it’s expensive. ADRIAN Do you want to talk about it? LUCY I’m still processing the whole thing. Aren’t you? ADRIAN Yeah. But I... ADRIAN agree with Doctor Hindle. I think we should have the boys. LUCY You do? ADRIAN You said you’ve always wanted a sibling. ADRIAN You know, a lot of your quirks are from being an only child. The-- LUCY Two at once is a lot. ADRIAN Look, what do you think the chances are of us being able to get pregnant again? ADRIAN Slim. ADRIAN I’m saying that for myself, ‘cause I’m getting up there too. LUCY What about Wyth? ADRIAN I’ll just take on... ADRIAN more clients if you want to quit... ADRIAN work. LUCY I don’t wanna stop working. I’m just starting to get ahead. ADRIAN Babe, we’ve... ADRIAN always talked about having more than one. LUCY Yeah, that was before we couldn’t have any. ADRIAN Yeah, which is why I’m saying that we should have… You asked me my opinion, so I gave it to you. LUCY I want the girl. I’ve always seen her, pictured us lying together in bed, staring at each other. And she would see through me with these clear eyes, right past me to some better version of myself. ADRIAN Come here. ADRIAN I hear everything that you’re saying. ADRIAN I just don’t want you to regret your decision. LUCY Are you serious? WAITER Would you like to hear this evening’s specials? ADRIAN Um, yes. That would be great. WAITER Tonight we have a pan-roasted duck. It is... WAITER in a persimmon glaze, served with a side of roasted local root vegetables. We also have homemade... WAITER tagliatelle pasta with black pepper cream sauce with foraged mushrooms on top ADRIAN I’m sorry if I made you feel bad. LUCY It’s okay. ADRIAN Let’s have Wendy. ADRIAN It’s what you want. LUCY Are you sure? ADRIAN I mean, if you are. LUCY Thank you. LUCY I love you. ADRIAN I love you too. LUCY What? ADRIAN John wants me to present him with some big award. ADRIAN Probably just wants to embarrass me with a story or whatever, but… LUCY Well, you have to do it. That’s some real exposure. ADRIAN Yeah, but then I have to write a speech, then I have to— LUCY I’ll write it for you. Duh. ADRIAN Are you serious? LUCY Of course. He... LUCY got us pregnant. You owe him. ADRIAN Yeah, huh. ADRIAN Well, can’t argue with that. ADRIAN Lucy, you’re not gonna be doing this on your own. You should join a mommy group or something. LUCY That’s a great idea. ADRIAN Yeah. LUCY I wish one of my friends was pregnant. ADRIAN Yeah. LUCY You know, Eden doesn’t even have that boyfriend anymore, and Alyson is like-- ADRIAN Alyson’s Alyson. LUCY Come on, you know you love them. They’re just-- ADRIAN Loud? LUCY I was gonna say young, but they are also loud. ADRIAN Mm. MARCY So then I got into part-time food styling. I was just, like, “Fuck it.” LUCY Good for you. BRIN Yeah. CORGAN That’s great. CORGAN Um, well, I’m Corgan, uh, I’m a paralegal, and I’m seventeen weeks pregnant with Rafe. Like “Ralph” but French. LUCY Oh, cute. CORGAN My husband... CORGAN Brad, is a lawyer at Goldman, in-house. CORGAN Um, and we’re... CORGAN just so excited. We did a bunch of rounds of IVF, and, you know, third time’s the charm! MAE We tried two times... MAE and this one finally stuck. CORGAN Oh, good, good. MAE I kind of went a little off the deep end. CORGAN Mommy brain is a real thing. MARCY Oh, girl. LUCY We did IVF too. CORGAN Oh... CORGAN who’d you go to? LUCY The Hindle Women’s Center. CORGAN Oh... CORGAN my God… CORGAN …I was on a waitlist there for a year and a half before we gave up. LUCY Oh. Wow. CORGAN Can I ask how long you had to wait? LUCY Um, I actually didn’t, because my husband, uh, was his student in medical school. MARCY Oh... MARCY my God, how lucky! BRIN Wow. MAE Well what kind of doctor is he? LUCY Adrian is a reconstructive surgeon at Sloan Kettering. CORGAN Oh. BRIN Uh. BRIN does he do mommy makeovers? CORGAN Yeah! MARCY Can you get, like, a Hindle C-section and a tummy tuck all in one shot? LUCY I never thought about that, but I’m gonna ask him. CORGAN Uh... CORGAN Uh, I would really like to get in on that plan. MARCY Uh... MARCY yes! CORGAN Right!? BRIN Can we get... BRIN a family discount? CORGAN Yeah. CORGAN But you’re so tiny, you probably won’t even need it. LUCY Oh. MARCY You’re gonna be huge! LUCY Thank you. ADRIAN Lucy... ADRIAN are you ready? LUCY Yeah. DR HINDLE There’s no need to be worried, Lucy. I’ve done this procedure thousands of times over the past thirty years. NURSE DAWN Doctor Hindle is an innovator in the field. You are with truly the best in the biz. DR HINDLE I swear, I didn’t tell her to say that. You are in good, and hopefully, warm hands. Okay, you’re gonna feel a little pinch. Just breathe deeply. DR HINDLE That’s very good. Breathe. DR HINDLE Deeply. In through the nose and out through the mouth. In... DR HINDLE I’ve perfected the technique. ADRIAN Do you think she can hear us? DR HINDLE No, no, no. She’s out cold. She’ll get her fairytale ending. LUCY Wendy? LUCY Wendy. It’s time to go, sweetheart. ADRIAN Hey. DR HINDLE You zonked out on us. How are you feeling? LUCY Okay, I guess. ADRIAN You can just rest up now. DR HINDLE Lucy, I want you to think of this as a fresh start, okay? LUCY Okay. DR HINDLE Good. Oh, Dawn. NURSE DAWN Okay, sweetie. You might not want to tell anyone about this. You know, there’s so much judgement and misinformation out there. DR HINDLE Yes, you feel free to call us any time, visit any time you wish. LUCY What happens to the twins? DR HINDLE What do you mean? LUCY The, um, reductions? DR HINDLE Reduced fetuses attach to the placenta and get extracted with the afterbirth. LUCY So they won’t affect Wendy? DR HINDLE No, no, no, no. She’s all taken care of. LUCY Thank you so much, Doctor Hindle. DR HINDLE Oh, it- let’s have a hug, shall we? There we go. Mm. You rest now. Adrian. ADRIAN Thanks, man. DR HINDLE Yes. Good man, good man. DR HINDLE And when is she gonna start calling me John? ADRIAN I don’t- It’s up to NURSE DAWN Oh. LUCY Thank you, John. DR HINDLE Bye, now. NURSE DAWN Try to enjoy some quality mom time. You deserve it. Remember, you’re pregnant. LUCY You know, I thought I heard these weird things during the reduction. You and Hindle talking about... I don’t know. ADRIAN Really? Must have been dreaming. Right up here, Mohammed. Thank you. LUCY Yeah. Yeah. DR HINDLE The internet is... DR HINDLE full of misinformation. I don’t want you getting paranoid. What you have is called... DR HINDLE OHSS, Ovarian hyperstimulation. Actually, it’s a good thing. DR HINDLE Your uterus is making room, so it stretches. DR HINDLE Sometimes a little too thin, and it bleeds. LUCY So you’re not concerned? DR HINDLE No. DR HINDLE Now there’ll be no more Googling, understood? GREG Fucking killed it! LUCY I did, didn’t I? DIRK I’ve known Coraline for decades. We started at Crew together, and she’s a, uh, I don’t know, how do I say it? MIHAIL Let’s say, uh, tepid. DIRK Exactly. For her to say, “I like it?” Wow! MIHAIL No, no, no, no. She said, “I like it very much.” And that it was, “Very smart.” BRYON That’s a big compliment coming from her. LUCY I didn’t even hear you come in. Okay, guess what? ADRIAN What? LUCY I nailed the pitch, and I get... LUCY to lead the Wyth account. ADRIAN That’s amazing. LUCY Am I gonna be one of those women who has it all? LUCY My career, my kids, my old man by my side. ADRIAN Who you callin’ old? LUCY Oh, my God. That’s so scary. CORGAN Apparently. CORGAN umbilical cords are supposed to have two arteries, and mine only has one, because of course it does. LUCY I’m... LUCY so sorry. CORGAN Half the babies born with this have all sorts of awful complications. I mean horrible things like deformities. LUCY Oh, God. CORGAN I just can’t... CORGAN I just… CORGAN Doctor Davis says I essentially have to be on... CORGAN bed rest from here on out, which I guess is okay ‘cause I can quit now and not... CORGAN have to waddle into work for the next five months. LUCY You’re- you’re gonna quit? CORGAN Oh, Brad... CORGAN and I decided. I mean, if something happened to baby Rafe and I hadn’t done everything that I could, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself. LUCY Maybe you could do a little work from home? CORGAN Oh... CORGAN please. I’m so ready to check out. LUCY At least you won’t have to figure out where to pump. CORGAN Right? I go, excuse me guys, I’m just gonna go pump in the broom closet real quick?” Pump on the toilet? LUCY I’m actually gonna pump on the subway, ‘cause it’s less awkward than at work. CORGAN Oh. Thank you for making me laugh. LUCY Do you have your notes? ADRIAN Yes. Thank you, by the way. LUCY Use them, don’t read them. ADRIAN Yes, I know, I know. LUCY Just... let me get this here. LUCY Did you hear that? ADRIAN Yeah. I’m gonna take a look. ADRIAN It’s nothing. LUCY Oh. ADRIAN What can you say... ADRIAN about a man who has fundamentally changed fertility? ADRIAN The truth is you can’t really say enough. ADRIAN Not in words. But you can see it. ADRIAN You can see it in the eyes of a mother looking at her newborn for the first time, seeing her purpose, her destiny. You can see it in the giddiness and that nervous energy of new parents bringing their baby home, full of wonder and awe. ADRIAN I’m filled with an enormous warmth tonight. Being with John’s peers, of course, and honoring him for the fifth time in a row. ADRIAN Doctor John Hindle. DR HINDLE Good evening, ladies and gentlemen... DR HINDLE and honored guests. DR HINDLE Basic science, the fundamental foundation... DR HINDLE of our economic, social, and environmental progress, is under attack. ADRIAN Hi, Mama. LUCY Hey, Daddy. ADRIAN I got you something. LUCY Adrian. We are nowhere near being able to celebrate yet. I don’t wanna jinx it. LUCY Mister. ADRIAN I am celebrating because we’ve been through so much already. ADRIAN It’s different this time. LUCY Adrian. ADRIAN You deserve it. DR HINDLE These are difficult times. DR HINDLE Challenging times. But there is no greater reward than to see a young mother who has toiled with a burning desire to give life... DR HINDLE and who now lies before me with her infants on her breast... DR HINDLE spent with exhaustion and euphoria of birth, to look into that child’s eyes, and to know that I’ve been part of their existence in this life. DR HINDLE That is the true gift of my work. ADRIAN I’d like to put it on you. LUCY Okay. LUCY It is very beautiful. LUCY Honestly, thank you so much. DR HINDLE We are building a generation, progressing families and giving mothers their fairytale ending. It’s why I’m here. Tonight and always. On behalf of all... DR HINDLE the families whose lives I am now forever part of, I humbly accept this award. GRACE SINGLETON Does your doctor claim to know more about your body than you do? GRACE SINGLETON That your body is... GRACE SINGLETON high-risk? ADRIAN Hey! ADRIAN Relax. What are you doing? LUCY I thought... I thought I heard someone. ADRIAN Oh. It’s alright. Come here. CORGAN We managed to get a second opinion, and we’re feeling so much better about Rafe and everything. LUCY Are you serious? CORGAN Yeah. LUCY That’s such a relief. CORGAN It is. LUCY Oh, I’m... LUCY so happy to hear that. CORGAN How are you? LUCY I’m good. LUCY I’m okay. CORGAN Are you? LUCY I, I just... LUCY I’m starting to feel nervous. CORGAN Ugh. LUCY A little... LUCY crazy. I, I’m seeing things. CORGAN Honey... CORGAN me too. I’m having the wildest mommy brain lately. Uh— LUCY I don’t, I don’t think it’s mommy brain. Something’s not right with Wendy. CORGAN What do you mean? Did Doctor Hindle say something? LUCY No, I, I, I think Doctor Hindle did something to Wendy. CORGAN Lucy. No, I mean, that’s... CORGAN You’re just... This is... CORGAN a lot. Have you talked to Adrian about how you’re... CORGAN feeling? I really think-- LUCY No. I think Adrian’s in on it. CORGAN In on what? LUCY That’s why I’m, I’m thinking of using this midwife instead. CORGAN Lucy... CORGAN this is not like Rafe. Unless something is really wrong, you should not be making... CORGAN sweeping changes to your birth plan. LUCY Yeah. CORGAN Hey, this pregnancy shit is no joke, right? LUCY Yeah. CORGAN I mean, it’s really scary. CORGAN But you are not alone. LUCY Thank you, Corgan. ADRIAN I’m gonna hop on the bike. If you wanna pass out before I come back in, I’ll be quiet when I come back in. LUCY Okay. ADRIAN Alright. Unless you want me to stay? LUCY No, no. Enjoy. ADRIAN Alright. GRACE SINGLETON Does your doctor claim to know more about... GRACE SINGLETON your body than you do? That your body is high risk? Do you feel disenfranchised by what swirls around us regarding motherhood? Trying to get pregnant, work, your birth plan, feeling connected to your changing body. GRACE SINGLETON Longing for a deeper experience. GRACE SINGLETON Hi. I am Grace Singleton, and I believe that women are gifted with the highest potential purpose for humankind. I became a midwife because I wanted women to connect with this planet’s most powerful and phenomenal instrument, their bodies. We have a spiritual current that flows through us. GRACE SINGLETON We are vessels for a cosmic feat. That privilege makes women the strongest people on the Earth. GRACE SINGLETON Modern gynecology stands on the shoulders of men who thought... GRACE SINGLETON the womb was an unruly creature inside a woman’s body. GRACE SINGLETON Doctors said labor was traumatic... GRACE SINGLETON and that we needed to be subdued. Suddenly... GRACE SINGLETON we can’t handle the pain... GRACE SINGLETON as our ancestors did... GRACE SINGLETON billions of women before us. GRACE SINGLETON As if birth was broken... GRACE SINGLETON before these men... GRACE SINGLETON came up with the solutions. They... GRACE SINGLETON fear loathe, and covet that power... GRACE SINGLETON and always under the guise of concern. GRACE SINGLETON We’ve been robbed of experiencing the richness of this process... GRACE SINGLETON in all its messy... GRACE SINGLETON complex... GRACE SINGLETON awesome entirety. GRACE SINGLETON Letting them make the decisions for us... GRACE SINGLETON that’s what I call high risk. Lucy, how do you feel right now? LUCY I feel like my head is spinning. GRACE SINGLETON Confront whatever... GRACE SINGLETON it is that’s blocking you from you. Let it out. From your gut. GRACE SINGLETON Go. Go, Lucy. Let it out. GRACE SINGLETON Remember how you’re feeling right now. GRACE SINGLETON Empowered. Free. ADRIAN Lucy. ADRIAN You alright? LUCY Yeah. ADRIAN I thought I heard you scream. LUCY Uh, I, m- I must have been dreaming. ADRIAN Okay, um, well, time to turn off your iPad. Go to bed, you Millennial. (chuckles) GRACE SINGLETON Well, most pregnant people have had... GRACE SINGLETON medicalized entry into care, especially if you’ve had IVF or IUI. GRACE SINGLETON Pregnant people are not ill, they’re pregnant. GREG Uh, how is that even within the realm of possibility? Thank you. Well, we... GREG sent the portfolio two, over... GREG two months ago. Yes. NURSE DAWN Lucy. LUCY Dawn. LUCY What are you doing here? NURSE DAWN Well, I came to get the magazine... NURSE DAWN with Doctor Hindle on the cover. LUCY Oh. NURSE DAWN Well, he’s been working for, oh, for thirty years to get on that cover, and he doesn’t appreciate you taking it. LUCY I was only borrowing it. I’ll bring it back. NURSE DAWN Oh. Mommy brain. DR HINDLE Totally fine. LUCY Really? You don’t need to see, see her or-- DR HINDLE No, responding normally. Reflexes, heartbeat. You’d be surprised at how resilient they are. It’s very good that you came in, Lucy. DR HINDLE There you go. LUCY I’m really sorry about the magazine. DR HINDLE Mm. Okay. I’m sorry about Dawn. DR HINDLE She’s very loyal and proud of my work. Dawn has worked for me for the past eighteen years and fiercely defends her family. LUCY Mmm. LUCY I’m so embarrassed. LUCY I really only meant to borrow it. DR HINDLE Oh, I know that. Hmm. Yes, there’s a lot of voodoo out there. We just want to make sure that you get the best possible care. ADRIAN Thank you, John, for seeing us so last minute. DR HINDLE Hmm. ADRIAN Thank you, buddy. DR HINDLE Yes. NURSE DAWN Have a good night, hon. LUCY So? GREG Mmm. GREG So... GREG After talking to Mihail and Dirk, we worry about losing momentum. GREG We think Bryon should lead on the Wyth account. LUCY Really? GREG You’re gonna need time. It’s a marathon. GREG Luce, you don’t want this to be your first one out of the gate. LUCY Are you using my deck, my ideas? GREG They loved you at Wyth! We love you at Leigler, Lucy. Come on, don’t take this the wrong way. GREG We just want to make sure things go smoothly. ADRIAN I think I’m gonna need at least a three month buffer. Uh, yeah, well, she’ll, she’s gonna need me. Huge change, yeah. You... Hey, you know what? Yeah, can- uh, can I call, can I call you right back? Thanks, bye. You okay? LUCY No. ADRIAN Well, what’s going on? LUCY They’re using my deck and my ideas. LUCY I got the Wyth account, and now I’m not allowed to work on it. (sighs) It’s okay. It’s okay. I just had to get out of there and come see you. I got you something. ADRIAN Lucy-- LUCY It’s really, really good. LUCY We got it at work the other day. I can’t believe we haven’t had it yet. ADRIAN What the hell’s goin’ on? LUCY What? I can’t bring my husband lunch? ADRIAN You just brought me lunch. DR HINDLE Mommy brain is a real thing, Lucy. Pre-partum depression hits about one out of five women. NURSE DAWN Listen to Doctor Hindle. NURSE DAWN You should be enjoying this process. DR HINDLE We now know that Xanax is safe at point-two-five milligrams starting the third trimester. LUCY So this won’t affect Wendy? DR HINDLE Wendy? Mm, no. No, no. Try and take care of yourself, Lucy, hm? Do that for me? NURSE DAWN Smile, Lucy. It actually makes you happier. It’s scientifically proven. DR HINDLE There you go now. GRACE SINGLETON Lucia Martin? LUCY Yes. LUCY Oh, my gosh. I can’t believe I’m actually meeting... LUCY you. I’m a really big fan of your words... LUCY and your videos. Your whole thing inspires me. GRACE SINGLETON It is highly unusual for me to take on a client this late in the process, but you seem vulnerable. GRACE SINGLETON This time should... GRACE SINGLETON feel special and exciting, not a constant uphill battle. You have a lot to unpack. LUCY My mom died a few years ago. And I’ve been hoping that with Wendy, I might get a piece of her back. But maybe it’s wrong to put that kind of pressure on her. GRACE SINGLETON See yourself with Wendy. GRACE SINGLETON Loving her, nurturing her, laughing with her, giving her all the strength you have been given, have earned. GRACE SINGLETON And look at her. Strong little lady. ADRIAN Hey. How ya doin’? NURSE DAWN You’re all set. Room nineteen ninety-two. ADRIAN Thank you very much. DR HINDLE Hi. ADRIAN John. NURSE DAWN Room nineteen ninety-two. LUCY I found this in Adrian’s safe. CORGAN What is this? LUCY Read this. Do you see that? I’m, I’m, I’m part of a study? What study? I, I, I didn’t sign up. LUCY Do you see that? An injection. LUCY Of what? LUCY Look at, look at this. LUCY Look at these photos... LUCY of me. LUCY I, I know they did something to Wendy. I’ve known it the whole time. CORGAN This is crazy. LUCY I am not crazy. They’re trying to make me think that I’m crazy. CORGAN Can I take this and show this to Brad? LUCY Why? CORGAN To get a lawyer’s perspective. I mean, he’s gonna... CORGAN need to see this for himself. He’ll know your rights. LUCY Right, okay. Thank you. CORGAN Just... CORGAN until we know what this is, you have to act like everything is normal. ADRIAN Hey! Here, look at me. ADRIAN You okay? What did you do? LUCY Oh, God. I think I s- swallowed water. ADRIAN There’s no shame in it. LUCY Good morning. ADRIAN What’s happening? LUCY I’m gonna quit. ADRIAN Eating? LUCY My job. Everything. Even Doctor Hindle. ADRIAN You’re joking. LUCY No, I, I wanna see Grace Singleton. ADRIAN Sorry, who? LUCY She’s this midwife I found, and I saw her yesterday, and Adrian, she was magical. She was just amazing. She’s just more… natural. Hindle and them, they feel so… ugh. Like… yeah. ADRIAN H- look, Luce we’ve been seeing him for months. I’ve known John for years. He, he, uh, he’s the one that got us pregnant. LUCY I know. He got me pregnant, Adrian. I don’t know, I’m just more comfortable with Grace. Doctor Hindle gives me a bad feeling. ADRIAN So you’re basing this all on a fucking feeling? And what am I supposed to tell John? LUCY I don’t know. He’s your friend. ADRIAN No. No. No, no, no. I, I, I have to draw the line somewhere. LUCY Well, not around my birth story. ADRIAN Your birth story? This is, what, you saw a post and now you’re, you’re, you’re basing our entire baby’s life on a fuckin’ Instagram trend? ADRIAN Let’s not forget, this is my baby we’re talking about too. LUCY Um, I invited Eden and Alyson to the shower. It’s gonna be really fun. Mm. ADRIAN Oh. LUCY This is delicious. ADRIAN So that’s it? LUCY Yeah. Do you want some? LUCY Did you send the sonogram over to Grace? ADRIAN Yeah, I told you. John is really mad and disappointed. LUCY Oh... LUCY my gosh. LUCY That is... LUCY gorgeous. CORGAN To Lucia, from me. LUCY Aw, thank you. What is this? CORGAN It’s a first edition copy of Peter Pan. CORGAN It’s the same one that your mom read to you. CORGAN I just wanted to do a little something besides the shower. LUCY Thank you. CORGAN Luce? Earth to Lucy! LUCY How did you know my name’s Lucia? CORGAN What? LUCY I’m sorry. Uh… CORGAN Is it baby brain or is it mommy brain, right? CORGAN Lucy, are you okay? CORGAN Hey! Is, is everything alright? LUCY You go to John. CORGAN What? LUCY You go to John. CORGAN I’ve had three miscarriages and tried IVF three times, Lucy. I didn’t have a choice. LUCY When did you go? CORGAN We were really worried... CORGAN about you, and, and when I told Adrian about my complications, he got me in. LUCY After everything I told you, you went to Adrian? CORGAN You were scaring me! CORGAN You were obsessing, and, and you seemed really not well. I... CORGAN just thought that your husband should know. LUCY Wait. You gave him the file. LUCY That was my proof, Corgan. CORGAN Lucy, Adrian said there is no safe in his office. LUCY Oh, my God. GRACE SINGLETON Push! Push! GRACE SINGLETON Push! GRACE SINGLETON Push! GRACE SINGLETON Keep pushing! Keep pushing! GRACE SINGLETON Here she comes, here she comes, here she comes. GRACE SINGLETON It’s a boy. GRACE SINGLETON It’s a boy. GRACE SINGLETON Yeah. GRACE SINGLETON It’s a boy. It’s okay. It’s okay. ADRIAN Hey. GRACE SINGLETON Oh, my God. Oh, my God. You’re crowning again. GRACE SINGLETON Okay. LUCY Oh, God! Oh, God. LUCY I’m having the twins! GRACE SINGLETON You need to go to the E.R. right now. GRACE SINGLETON She’s experiencing a full placental abruption. You need to go. GRACE SINGLETON Now! ADRIAN You’re doing great, baby. DR HINDLE You’re doing great Lucy, just push now. Push. DR HINDLE Push, Lucy, push, push. It’s coming, it’s coming. ADRIAN You’re doing great. It’s amazing. You’re doing... DR HINDLE The... DR HINDLE baby’s head is crowning right now. Push! DR HINDLE And here he is. Our second baby boy. ADRIAN This is hard, and it’s difficult to understand, but we will work through this together. But these are ours, and it is a critical time to create a bond. You know, we have been... ADRIAN through a lot, and this is not, um… ADRIAN You’ve been through a lot Luce, these last couple days and… ADRIAN it’s overwhelming. ADRIAN It’s overwhelming. I know it seems hard right now, but this is a good thing. Wait ‘til you see how special these boys are. Such beautiful blue eyes. LUCY I can’t believe this happened to me. GRACE SINGLETON I know. I know. GRACE SINGLETON It’s crazy. LUCY What happened to your office? LUCY Wasn’t it more culturally, uh... Weren’t there, like... LUCY masks and...? Even your outfit looks… different. GRACE SINGLETON No. Nothing has changed. LUCY Really? GRACE SINGLETON Mm-hmm. GRACE SINGLETON I am not your mystical negress, Lucy. LUCY I’m sorry. LUCY Fuck. I don’t even know what to do with myself. GRACE SINGLETON Be better. LUCY How? GRACE SINGLETON I don’t have the... GRACE SINGLETON answers. It’s not my job. It’s yours. LUCY I need to talk to John. NURSE DAWN Do you have an appointment? LUCY I need to talk to John about reducing... LUCY the wrong-- NURSE DAWN This way. NURSE DAWN You have two babies and a wonderful husband. If I were you, I would go home and spend every minute with them. NURSE DAWN Mothering them. NURSE DAWN Just let Adrian and Hindle do the good work they’re trying to do. LUCY What? NURSE DAWN Oh, he didn’t tell you? NURSE DAWN I thought you two were closer than that. Uh, Rita? NURSE DAWN Can you bring in the Martin-Hindle paperwork please? NURSE RITA Hmm. NURSE DAWN Thank you. NURSE DAWN Mm-hmm. NURSE DAWN Adrian’s joining the practice. NURSE DAWN Just think of all the good work they’re going to do. NURSE DAWN Welcome to the family. DR HINDLE You poor thing. DR HINDLE What Grace did? Morally reprehensible. And for her not to have an affiliation with a hospital should be illegal. LUCY I just want Wendy, okay? DR HINDLE This world just breaks my heart at times. I don’t know what’s going on with people these days. DR HINDLE With the pedophiles running the government, terrorism in our schools. Sometimes I feel like there’s... DR HINDLE no hope. No containing the onslaught. DR HINDLE Most people don’t understand what’s best for them. They search... DR HINDLE for solutions, but God, money or magic, none of these things can fix our problems. DR HINDLE None of them cure disease. Science does. DR HINDLE We have a saying around here. DR HINDLE God doesn’t make babies. I do. LUCY Oh, my God. DR HINDLE When you and Adrian came in here... DR HINDLE you said you wanted a baby. DR HINDLE I gave you the best genes there are. DR HINDLE My own. LUCY You raped me. DR HINDLE Oh, please. Lucy. DR HINDLE There’s no need for hysterics. LUCY All I wanted was a daughter. All I wanted was Wendy. DR HINDLE Mm, yes. DR HINDLE Well, I’m sorry about the girl. DR HINDLE But these boys, these boys will spread the seed. DR HINDLE Now, I wish I didn’t have to... DR HINDLE do this, but it’s for the best. DR HINDLE Don’t worry. DR HINDLE It’ll be painless. NURSE DAWN I trained myself not to have a gag reflex. DR HINDLE Lucy! LUCY You’re gonna want to find a new doctor. MICHAEL DARLING Wendy... MICHAEL DARLING I’d so like for you to sing me a song for sleep. WENDY DARLING Close your eyes Michael, and I’ll sing. SOUNDTRACK Funny, the thoughts I have at night So... SOUNDTRACK different from the thoughts I have by day The moment Mama switches off the light A thousand different questions come my way And... SOUNDTRACK stay Who... SOUNDTRACK am I? Was it all... SOUNDTRACK planned in advance Or was I just born by chance Oh... SOUNDTRACK who on Earth am I? Did I... SOUNDTRACK ever live before As a mountain lion or As a fly? Someday I'll die Will I ever live again As a rooster SOUNDTRACK or a hen Or a lion in a den Or a robin or a wren Or a fly? Oh, who... SOUNDTRACK am I? ADRIAN Oh, my God. What happened? LUCY I know what happened. You knew we were having the boys. ADRIAN No, he, uh, he said he was gonna take care of us. ADRIAN This deal, this is gonna be a good thing for us, Lucy. ADRIAN Lucy. Lucy. LUCY Go. ADRIAN What am I supposed to do? LUCY Go! SOUNDTRACK Funny... SOUNDTRACK the thoughts I have at night A thousand different... SOUNDTRACK questions come my way And... SOUNDTRACK stay SOUNDTRACK Who am I? Oh, who on Earth am I? Did I ever live before As a mountain lion or... SOUNDTRACK As a fly? Can I be the only one SOUNDTRACK Who thinks these mysterious thoughts? Someday... SOUNDTRACK I'll die Will I ever live again As a rooster or a hen SOUNDTRACK Or a lion in a den Or a... SOUNDTRACK robin or a wren Or a fly? Oh, who am I?