"Damn!" "Wha... so he's dead, right?" "No, he's the lead." "He can't be dead." "Right?" "_" "Hey, I thought you wanted to, you know," "Netflix and chill tonight." "Ye... babe." "You know that means sex, right?" " We shouldn't tonight." " What?" "Why not?" "I just don't think it's a good idea." "Period." "Oh." "Wa..." "It's not a problem." "You know, I have a designated towel for these occasions." "It has, like, a really busy pattern on it, so..." " Hey, hey." " What?" "Just give me a couple days, okay?" "Yeah." "I get it." "It's like a... generational thing, you know?" "You know, maybe it is a generational thing." "David was just always so weird about it." "Oh, I bet he'd send you into the woods until the end of your moon." "You've never had period sex?" "Not on purpose." "Have you?" "Well, if you're a lesbian, you have to go with the flow, otherwise you're celibate for half the month." "Oh, I never thought about that." "And you don't even want to see when I sync up with a girlfriend." "My bed looks like a crime scene." "Thanks for the warning." "Hey, we've finally synced up, haven't we?" "Yeah!" "Happy day two." "Wha..." "What the hell is going on in here?" "Sorry." "No, you're not." "City ordinances clearly state you cannot begin construction before 8:00 a.m." "It is 7:53, and it sounds like a drone strike in here." "So tell me why I shouldn't call the co-op president right this very second." "Honey, unless you woke up spackled and pressed like that, you've been at work for a while too." ""Spackled"?" "No, it looks good." "I won't tell on you." "Listen, we got a deadline to hit." "The guys got here early, so I had them get started." "Well, have them get stopped until 8:00 a.m." "Guys." "Cut the noise." "What you looking for?" "Well, I was looking for my assistant, but now I'm looking for a sweetener that won't give me cancer." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I stopped at the tailor on my way in to check on your gown for the opera." "Oh, and Feliciano is all set to do your hair that night." "Do I need to do anything for your date?" "Do you know who you're bringing yet?" "Still TBD, Liza." "Diana." "I was looking for you." "Oh?" "Bryce is going to sit in on this morning's" " staff meeting." " Oh." "We just need to indulge him a little." "Listen to his ideas." "Keep an open mind." "Of course." ""P is for Pigeon," our lead title this season, is just weeks away from launching." "It is the story of the world's last passenger pigeon and a powerful meditation on the... extinction of the American middle class." "How are the preorders so far?" "Slightly lower than we'd hoped, but 5,000 should put us on the "Times" Best Seller list, and that is definitely within reach." "I have put a call in to the Audubon Society for a bird-watching and reading doubleheader at The Cloisters." "Got it." "Can Millennial discuss their IP?" "We are planning a college tour for "The Deciding Decade."" "And?" "And, uh, we really want to find the next Warsan Shire." "Nobody's breaking poets right now, except Beyoncé." "Dead end." "There." "Your next authors." "What's up?" "I'm Kray." "And I'm Tay." " And we're..." " The Stoopid Girls!" " Tay." " Hey?" "Are you wearing an adult diaper?" "Uhh... yeah, I am!" "Wait, so are you." "Oh, my God!" "Chonie chug challenge!" "First one to leak through their Depends is the winner." " Chugs." " Chugs, mm-mm." "Okay, here I go." "There's another 14 minutes of this?" "I can scrub through to the end if you want to see who wins." "I'm not sure this is on brand for us." "Great books come from great ideas." "We shouldn't be precious about the source." "And what ideas do these girls in... diapers have?" "They have 5 million subscribers." "If even 1/100 of a percent of them buys the book, they're on the "Times" Best Seller list." "Right?" "That is their manager's contact." "I hate talking on the phone." "What's wrong?" "Comment below if you've ever puked." "Could The Stoopid Girls really write a book?" "I mean, would they even want to?" "To make that much money being stupid, you have to be at least a little bit smart, right?" "Yes, exactly, and if they're thirsty enough to make 187 videos this year, they'll be down for any platform that feeds them more attention." "Snap 'em now while they're still just Internet famous." "Oh, we emailed their manager." "We just haven't heard back yet." "Oh, they're probably just busy prepping for VidPop." " VidPop?" " Mm-hmm." "It's a YouTuber convention at the Javits Center this week." "There's a YouTuber convention?" "No, there are dozens of them, and they're insanely popular." "I had to promise the firstborn I'm never having to get" "Hector and Dorff to be the official jockstrap of the VidPop gift bags." "Ugh." "I'll get you passes." "Great." "Did we have to come this close to Beth Israel to meet Max?" "And did we have to come here?" "I told you, with a doctor, you got to take it whenever and however you can get it." "You know, whether it's sex or a tequila-lime chicken finger." "We've hooked up in the on-call room three times this week." "Lucky you." "So anytime, anywhere?" "What if you're... you know... having your period?" "Why'd you whisper that?" "I don't know..." "I'm just a..." "I'm just asking a follow-up question, never mind." "No, no, no." "It hasn't come up yet." "But the only thing I don't do on my period is a yoga inversion." "So everything else is on the table?" "Wait, is Josh anti-period sex?" "No, that's offensive." "I thought he was so woke." "No, he is." "He... wait, what's woke?" "Enlightened, i.e., he's not terrified of the female body." "Oh, ah, you know what?" "There's Max;" "let's ask him." "No, no-no-no-no-no-no." " Hey." " Hi." "Hey, uh, Max, this is my friend Liza." " And you remember Kelsey." " Hey, again." " Nice to meet you, Liza." " Hey." "Um, honey, quick question." "You're cool with period sex right?" "Yeah." "I knew it." "Oh, shit, it's me." "I got to get back." "My attending's letting me do the episiotomy on a tiny woman having a huge baby, so..." " Bye." " Bye." "So?" "What do you guys think?" "Oh." " He seems really nice." " Yeah." "He... uh, he was super cute." "Nice handshake." "You know, it says a lot." "It does, it does." "Oh, I'm so glad you guys get him." "God damn it!" "You are at least 45 minutes past the legal cutoff time to be working." "It's not even that late." "I read 15 books a week for work." "That is impossible to do with you jackhammering away over here." "Do you even know what a jackhammer is?" " I'm gonna call the board." " All right, slow down." "No, I don't need to slow down." "What I need is peace." "What I need is privacy." "What I..." "Honey." "What you need is to get fucked." "Go, go, that way, that way." "Okay, I have never felt so old in my life." "Ah... me neither." "Okay, The Stoopid Girls are on in an hour." "Ugh, but maybe somebody else has a book you could sell?" "Oh, God, I hope not." " All right, come on, let's go." " Yeah." "Hey, guys!" "My name is Soy Random because I'm..." " Soy random!" " Yeah!" "I've been eating way too many gluten-free cupcakes so I made this exercise bike to mix them up so I don't feel bad about eating all of them!" "Oh, my God, she's Soy Random." "All right, anything can be hacked." "If you just use your brain, okay?" "Anything." "I couldn't get a date until I figured out how to hack the vagina!" "Am I right?" "Ladies, watch at your own risk." "Uh!" "Hey, y'all." " We're the..." " Stoopid Girls!" " Ew." " Gross." "Who wants to poke the Dare Bear?" "Me!" "Me!" "Oh?" "Hey, look at this." "Noob1993 dares me to wax off one of my eyebrows." " That's so stupid!" " So stupid!" " Oh, yeah." " Do me up, Tay!" "Waxing it on." "Wax it on." "Wax it off." "Should I do it?" "Come on!" "Three." "Two." "One!" "Yeah!" "That was so stupid!" "They're gonna save the publishing industry?" "Ah..." "Ah..." "Oh, yeah!" "I wonder if Bryce would be into a lifehacker book, but, like, like a sexy one?" "I don't think you should let anyone who calls themselves a lifehacker anywhere near your coin purse." "Oh, ooh." "Guys, we're up, we're up." " Come on, move it along." " Yeah, go, go." "Go, go, go." "Hey, dummies." "Hi." "I'm Liza," " and this is Kelsey..." " Hey." "And we're from Millennial Print." "We'd love to talk to you about doing a book." " Really?" " But... how can I write a book if I never learned how to read?" "Wait, where'd you say you guys were from?" "Millennial, it's a imprint with Empirical Publishing." "Bah!" "Big words hurt my brain stub." " Picture time!" " Whoo!" " Whoo!" " Oh." " Ha-ha." " Yay." "Okay." " Oh." " All right, let's go." "Uh, do you think you can center the jockstrap on your..." "on your chin?" "But then I'm gonna get teabagged by this big nasty thing." "Yep... no, just so they can read it on Instagram." "Dude, it's, like, three grand for social media posts." "My manager will kill me." "Okay, I'm just gonna sneak one." " Go, take her off." " Real quick, I'm sneaking one." " Buh-bye." " Okay." "Bye." "Uh, excuse me?" "Uh, you're from Millennial Print, right?" "You're..." "Tay?" "Uh, Taylor." "Nice to actually meet you." "Um, look," "I don't know if you would be into this at all, but I actually have a novel that I started when I was at Iowa, and I just, like, never did..." "You went to the Writers' Workshop?" "Yeah." "Yeah, um, this whole Stoopid Girls thing was supposed to be, like, a goof." "Wow, this is... not what I was expecting." "I'm so grateful for it, but I just..." "I feel kind of boxed in now." "And my manager says that dense historical fiction isn't trending, so for now, I'm stuck acting like a drunk child while I pay off the rest of my student debt." "You know what?" "Um..." "Send me a few chapters of your novel." "I would love to read it." "Oh, my God." "Really?" "Thank you so much." "That would mean so much to me." "You have no..." "Now slowly back away." "Just... just trust me." "Selfie?" "Hello." "It's a historical novel about Theodora, the empress who went from prostitute to power during the Byzantine era." "Oh, I think I know a drag queen by that name." "Very funny." "She's so cute when she nerds out over books," " isn't she?" " No." "This is about more than a book." "I mean, if this hits, she could finally be who she really is and stop pretending every day." "Oh." "Hmm." "Are you going home or you wanna..." " Ugh..." "I just..." "I think..." " Oh, all right." "No, it's good, it's good." "I got a full sleeve tattoo to do in the morning, so I'm gonna go home and sketch." "Okay." "Good night." " Good night, ladies." " Bye." "Good night." " Girl." " Ugh, I know." "Am I a prude?" "Uh, a little bit." "But, you know, sooner or later, your desire to get laid is gonna trump your desire for your awkward modesty." "And you're just gonna go for it." "Yeah?" "Probably." "Now, come on." "It's our heavy flow day." "I want to get home before we get mauled by a bear." "Ha!" "Excuse me." "It is after 7:00 p.m." "And you know the rules." "You're not gonna get off so easily this time." "So put down your big tool and stop all that... pounding." "You done?" "You're liable to flood the basement?" "I don't... know... if that..." " I know." " Good morning, ladies." "Hi." "She's smiling." "With both rows of teeth." "Oh, no, thank you." "I had one when I came in." "Here." "Is there a problem with the opera tickets?" "No." "I want you to have them." "Take your boyfriend or... whatever it is you're doing now, I can't keep track." "Enjoy the opera." "But your dress?" "And Feliciano..." "I already called him." "I'm busy tonight." "There's some construction in my building I need to stay on top of." " Well, I'd be happy to..." " No, Liza!" "This is something I need to supervise personally." "Enjoy the opera." "Bryce will be here in a minute." "Oh, cool." " Oh." " Uh, I'm in the wrong room." "No, no, no." "This is Tay..." "lor." "Uh, you might recognize her as one half of The Stoopid Girls." "I thought I cancelled that when I read the chapter." "I'm..." "I'm supposed to be on a VR meeting with Venmo." "I'm acquiring Venmo." "Don't tell anyone." "Wait, Br..." "Bryce, why..." "why would you cancel the meeting?" "The chapter was great." "Great disappointment." "Who wants to read historical fiction from a Stoopid Girl?" "Feminist historical fiction." "I love feminist historical fiction." "Ask Doris Kearns Goodwin." "I have her number." "She's a huge fan of mine." "But she can't do "smell my finger" like she can." "Are you okay?" "Kray and I are starting the human pincushion challenge in an hour, so" "I may as well get started." "See, now, that's stupid." "That's your brand." "Maybe we can do something with that." "It's for digital, and MTV already bought it." "Oh, my meeting is at Venmo." "Don't tell anyone." "I am so sorry." "Excuse me." "That was very rude." "You tried to game the system." "Clever." "I'll give you that." "You wanted a YouTube author." "Liza, relax." "You're an asset, okay?" "Your job is safe." "Why wouldn't it be?" "Because I'm recommending we cut staff by 45% next quarter." "Not you, just the old people." "Like Diana." "Empirical has to change." "Uh, can you?" "Your nostrils are flaring." "I..." "I should have softened that." "Spectrum." "Babe, am I underdressed?" "People are wearing capes." " That's 'cause she's a vampire." " Ah." "Is it free?" "Yeah, it's a benefit." "Everything's free." "Thanks." "Cheers, babe." "They all go to the same plastic surgeon?" "'Cause they all look exactly the same." "Inbreeding." "The 1% likes to keep the bloodlines closed." "Ah." "Wait, isn't that your boss?" "Yeah, should we go say hi?" "Uh, no." "No-no-no." "Uh, he's on a date." "Huh." "Good for him." "She's hot." "Actually, I'm gonna go use the restroom." " I'll meet you inside." " All right." "Excuse me?" "Uh, where is the, uh, plumber?" "Who, Enzo?" "He's already moved on to the next jobsite in Westchester." "What?" "Pipe's been laid, ma'am." "Liza." "Charles, hi." " Hi." " Wow, um." "I..." "I didn't know you were gonna be here." "This is such a surprise." "Diana gave me tickets." "How wonderful." "Do you need a hand with that?" "Yes, I do..." "Do you mind?" "Charles." "Radha." "This is, uh, a colleague of mine." "Liza Miller." "Ah, it's lovely to meet you." "Oh, you too." "And what do you do at Empirical?" "Oh, I'm just an assistant." "She's being modest." "Liza's co-running our Millennial imprint." "How did it go today with those Internet stars?" "The Stoopid Girls." "A favor to our new investor, a young guy in tech." "And Liza's imprint is the shiny penny that keeps him interested in Empirical." "That's me." "Shiny penny." "Actually, I wanted to talk to you about something" " that Bryce said today..." " Liza." "Hi." "Figured I'd hit the bar before we go in." "Josh, you remember Charles." "Yeah, nice to see you again." "You too." " Uh, this is Radha." " Pleasure." "Hi." "Oh, we should take our seats." "Have fun tonight." "You too." "Please." "That was fun." "Never again, though, right?" "Man." "Good thing I already ordered a Lyft." "Denang will be here in 11 minutes." " Come on, this will be faster." " What?" "Okay." "We can go to the opera whenever you want."