"Captioning" "Jennifer:" "PREVIOUSLY ON "EXES  OH'S"." "ELIZABETH?" "JENNIFER BUTLER?" "NICE ASS FOR A SHRINK." "WHAT DO YOU NEED TO MAKE YOU HAPPY?" "I WANT THAT." "I ALSO WANT YOU." "YOU WERE A STRIPPER ALL THE WAY THROUGH COLLEGE." "UH, YES." "I MADE ENOUGH TO GRADUATE DEBT-FREE AND START MY BUSINESS, AND WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL." "AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU MAKE MONEY BY EXPLOITING WOMEN?" "NO, NO, NO, POLE DANCING EMPOWERS WOMEN." "IT TEACHES THEM TO PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE" "AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN WHOLE NEW WAYS." "POLE DANCING DOES ALL THAT." "MM-HM." "THE ONLY WAY TO UNDERSTAND IT IS TO DO IT." "YOU KNOW, I USUALLY FIND WOMEN THAT HOLD BACK IN ONE AREA" "USUALLY HOLD BACK IN LOTS OF OTHER AREAS." "ONE DAY, I SHOULD TAKE A CLASS AND FIND OUT." "WELL, HOW ABOUT NOW?" "[*...]" "Woman: * I HEARD ABOUT THIS GIRL BEFORE *" "* WHAT HAPPENED TO HER, I'M NOT SURE *" "* SHE COULD NEVER FIND REAL LOVE *" "* SHE'S JUST A CONSTANT LOVER. *" "[MUSIC ENDS]" "[MAN SCATTING...]" "Sam:" "HI, SORRY." "WHAT?" "NOTHING." "YOU OK, SAM?" "YEAH, I'M FINE." "WHY?" "JUST, YOU KNOW, THIRD CASE OF BEDHEAD THIS WEEK." "EVEN FOR YOU, IT'S A LITTLE..." "I'M GOOD." "HEY, HOW DID IT GO WITH THE, UM, POLE DANCER?" "OH, UH, FINE." "YOU KNOW, SHE WANTS ME TO TAKE A CLASS." "[LAUGHING]" "YEAH, NOT WITH $1 MILLION AND MIA HAMM'S PHONE NUMBER." "MAYBE WE COULD LOOK INTO A SPERM BANK." "UGH, THAT IS SO IMPERSONAL." "I MEAN, WON'T SHE OR HE NEED A FATHER FIGURE?" "WELL, NOT ONE THAT'S GONNA BE A PART OF THEIR DAILY LIVES." "WE'RE THE PARENTS." "SURE, SURE, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD THING FOR HER OR HIM" "TO KNOW THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER, WOULD IT?" "ARE YOU THINKING THAT WE SHOULD USE SOMEONE THAT WE KNOW?" "MAYBE." "BEING A CONSULTANT BLOWS." "YOU KNOW, I ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEY REALLY WANT" "AND THEN I TELL HIM, AND HE DOESN'T EVEN LISTEN." "OK, MOONSTRUCK COFFEE IS A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION." "IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE I TOLD HIM THE MUFFINS WERE SQUISHY." "HAVE THEY PAID YOU?" "BECAUSE LIVING IN MY STORAGE ROOM IS NOT..." "MOONSTRUCK COFFEE IS A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION." "TAKE A PICTURE." "WHAT?" "YOU'RE CRUTCH." "YEAH." "I FOUND YOUR SONG ONLINE." "AW, YOU'RE A FAN OF MY MUSIC?" "YEAH, AND I THINK I'M GAY, LIKE YOU." "Jennifer:" "ELIZABETH, OH, HI." "OH, THANKS FOR COMING." "SAM, YOU REMEMBER ELIZABETH." "THE THERAPIST, YEAH." "HOW COULD I FORGET?" "UH, WELL, JEN, THIS IS A BIG NIGHT." "YEP, UM, FIRST SCREENING, SO..." "I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE GREAT." "AND BEING NERVOUS IS A NORMAL PART OF THE PROCESS." "[LAUGHING]" "I LOVE HOW SOMEONE CAN'T JUST BE NERVOUS." "THERE HAS TO BE A PROCESS AROUND IT." "SHE HAS SOME ISSUES WITH THERAPY." "THERAPY'S CRAP." "WELL, USUALLY, THE PEOPLE WHO THINK IT'S CRAP ARE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST." "THAT'S SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE THERAPIST." "YOU'VE NEVER TRIED THERAPY, HAVE YOU?" "DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF THERAPY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT." "TALKING KIND?" "I PREFER THE PHYSICAL KIND." "AT SOME POINT, YOU MAY ACTUALLY HAVE TO ENGAGE YOUR MIND." "SPEAKING OF ENGAGEMENTS, UM, WHEN ARE WE GONNA GO ROWING?" "YOU KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULD CONSIDER IT." "DO YOU HAVE A CARD?" "CALL MY OFFICE." "ROWER, HUH?" "YOU MUST HAVE GREAT UPPER BODY STRENGTH." "[MOUTHING SILENTLY]" "PROUD OF YOURSELF?" "LITTLE BIT, YEAH." "Sienna:" "JENNIFER?" "SIENNA." "HI." "KRIS TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR SCREENING." "SHE SAID, UM, YOU NEEDED A ROOM FULL OF OPINIONS, SO I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND MY COMING." "NO, UH, NOT AT ALL." "HAPPY TO HAVE YOU." "WELL, I'LL SEE YOU IN THERE." ""HAPPY TO HAVE YOU?"" "YOU ALWAYS DO THIS." "YOU PRETEND THAT YOU ARE NOT FEELING WHAT YOU ARE FEELING." "WHAT?" "I WAS JUST BEING POLITE." "HAVE YOU EVER JUST GOTTEN PISSED AT HER?" "YEAH, OUR ANNIVERSARY DINNER." "SHE WAS LATE." "AS I RECALL, IT TOOK YOU THREE WEEKS TO TELL HER THAT YOU WERE UPSET." "YEAH, SO, SEE, I DID TELL HER." "LOOK, IT'S NOT LIKE I HOLD BACK ALL THE TIME." "[CHUCKLING]" "And what do you say to the argument that you make money by exploiting women?" "Woman:" "No, no, no, pole dancing empowers women." "It teaches them to put themselves out there and express themselves in whole new ways." "Jennifer:" "Pole dancing does all that." "Woman:" "Mm-hm." "The only way to understand it is to do it." "Lauren:" "How's the screening?" "Jennifer:" "IT'S, OOH, THEY'RE COMING OUT NOW." "CALL YOU LATER." "BYE, LAUREN." "OK." "OH." "SO, UM, HONESTLY, WHAT'D YOU THINK?" "DON'T HOLD BACK." "NO HOLDING BACK." "I CAN TAKE IT." "JEN, YOU, YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING SPECIAL." "YOU HAVE MADE SEX..." "BORING." "IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A PBS THING." "IT WAS BETTER WHEN YOU DESCRIBED IT." "YEAH, I TRIED." "I FELL ASLEEP." "SORRY." "YOU SAID DON'T HOLD BACK." "NO, IT'S OK." "I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I JUST NEED TO DO SOMETHING..." "DIFFERENT." "ALL RIGHT, NOW, THE KEY IS TO GET ENOUGH LIFT IN THE LEG SO YOU CAN FINISH THE SPIN." "OTHERWISE, YOU WILL HIT THE POLE." "OK, SO WHO'S UP NEXT?" "WHO'S UP?" "HM." "I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BIGGER." "[GASPING]" "THAT IS THE GUY THAT WE WANT." "Kris:" "THE DOGGIE LEASH MODEL?" "NO, NOT HIM-HIM." "LIKE HIM." "TOTALLY INTO BEING A DAD, AND FUN." "WELL, WE DON'T WANT TOTALLY INTO BEING A DAD." "OK, SOMETIMES INTO BEING A DAD, AND FUN." "AND SMART." "AND A GOOD DANCER." "AND CUTE." "BUT NOT TOO CUTE." "GOT TO LOVE ANIMALS." "HE'S GOT TO, GOT TO." "OK, A FUN, SMART, CUTE GUY WHO TOTALLY LOVES ANIMALS AND IS A GOOD DANCER." "GAY MAN." "Man:" "SAMANTHA BARROWS." "UH, YEAH?" "I'M DR. HARRISON." "SO NICE TO MEET YOU." "Sam:" "I THINK THERE'S BEEN A MISTAKE." "I'M TELLING YOU, MY APPOINTMENT IS WITH ELIZABETH." "NO, THERE'S NO MISTAKE, SAMANTHA." "ELIZABETH TOLD ME THAT YOU NEEDED A THERAPIST" "BUT SHE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO WORK WITH YOU HERSELF, SO SHE ASKED ME." "OH." "Sam:" "SHE PAWNED ME OFF ON YOU?" "WOW." "WELL, THAT'S ONE WAY TO TURN DOWN A DATE." "HAVE A NICE DAY." "YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE HOUR FREE, IF YOU WANT TO STAY AND..." "AND SAY WHAT?" "'CAUSE I DON'T NEED "THERAPIZING."" "I SENSE YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE." "SEE, THAT IS WHAT YOU GUYS DO, YOU KNOW?" "AND, UM, NOW YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO GET ME TO TALK ABOUT MY FEELINGS" "AND WHAT I'M REALLY UPSET ABOUT, AND DOESN'T MY FATHER LOVE ME?" "UH-UH." "I MAY'VE BEEN BORN YESTERDAY, BUT NOT LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW?" "WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT YOUR FATHER DOESN'T LOVE YOU?" "WHO SAID THAT?" "YOU DID." "NOPE." "NO, I, I LOVE MY FATHER, AND MY MOTHER." "THEY ONLY HAD ME FOR 18 YEARS, SO EVERYTHING AFTER THAT" "WHATEVER HAPPENED, WHATEVER I'M FEELING, THAT'S ALL ME, OK?" "SO DON'T JUST SIT THERE THINKING YOU'RE SO SMART." "[COOING]" "I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY THIS ABOUT POLE DANCING, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FUN." "AND A GOOD WORKOUT." "[LAUGHING]" "OH, MY." "WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU?" "COMPLAINING?" "NO, NOT AT ALL." "I'M BECOMING A HUGE POLE DANCING FAN." "GOOD." "WELL, ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN." "ARE YOU QUITTING?" "OUR NEXT CLASS IS WITH A SMALL AUDIENCE OF INTERESTED FRIENDS AND FAMILY, SO..." "OH MY GOD." "YOU'RE CHICKEN." "WHAT?" "NO." "[STAMMERING...]" "NO, NO." "LOOK, I WANT TO EXPRESS MYSELF, BUT FEEL NO NEED TO DO SO" "IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE I DON'T EVEN KNOW." "OK, BUT IF YOU CAN'T EXPRESS YOURSELF IN FRONT OF PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW" "HOW ARE YOU GOING TO EXPRESS YOURSELF IN FRONT OF PEOPLE YOU DO KNOW?" "HM?" "WHAT IF YOU HAD A FRIENDLY FACE OUT THERE?" "YOU'D REALLY COME?" "I WOULDN'T MISS IT." "THANKS." "THAT'D BE REALLY, THAT'D BE REALLY GREAT." "AND IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN STILL GET THE PRIVATE SHOW." "[LAUGHING]" "HUBBA HUBBA." "MM-HM." "[PHONE RINGING]" "UH, MM-MM." "MM-HM." "MM-MM." "HANG ON." "MM-MM." "I KNOW." "NO." "IT SUCKS." "MM-MM." "LAUREN BROOKS." "YEAH, I, NO, NO, I HAVE A SECOND." "CERTAINLY." "SHE'S JUST SOME KID WHO FOUND MY MUSIC ONLINE." "OH, AND SHE MIGHT BE GAY, AND SHE MIGHT NOT BE GAY" "AND SHE'S 16, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THAT." "TELL HER SHE'S LUCKY TO BE FIGURING IT OUT IN SEATTLE." "BACK IN OHIO, NOT SO EASY BEING A BIG OLD DYKE AND 16." "[LAUGHTER]" "TELL YOUR FRIEND NOT TO PRETEND." "TELL HER LABELS ARE FOR SOUP CANS." "TELL HER IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES HER TO FIGURE IT OUT." "TELL HER TO MAKE SURE THAT HER PARENTS ARE BEING HONEST ABOUT THEIR REACTION." "WHY DON'T ALL OF YOU TELL HER?" "I THINK SHE WANTS TO HEAR IT FROM YOU." "[DOGS BARKING]" "Man:" "CHRIS AND KRIS." "HI, DR. BOB." "LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN." "I DON'T SEE A FURRY CREATURE WITH YOU." "YEP." "ODD." "YEP." "HEY, WOULD YOU, UM, COME TO OUR PLACE FOR BRUNCH TOMORROW?" "'CAUSE WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR ANIMALS OVER THE YEARS." "AND IT'S OUR LITTLE WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU." "* JUST BE WHO YOU ARE" "* AND WE WILL BE OK" "* NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE" "* WHETHER YOU ARE STRAIGHT OR GAY *" "* JUST BE WHO YOU ARE" "* AND IT'LL BE OK. *" "[MUSIC ENDS]" "THANKS." "I GOT TO GO." "THAT WAS A VERY SWEET SONG." "THANKS." "YOU'RE REALLY HELPING HER." "AND I'M MOVING OUT OF THE STORAGE ROOM." "I GOT MY FIRST CONSULTANT PAYCHECK." "IT HASN'T BEEN TOO BAD HAVING YOU HERE." "SHE'S LIKE OUR VALEDICTORIAN." "CLEARLY." "HEY, HOW YOU FEELING, CHAMP?" "EXPOSED." "YOU WANT TO TALK EXPOSED?" "I WENT TO THERAPY TO GET A DATE WITH ELIZABETH." "I GOT ACTUAL THERAPY." "I HAVE NEVER FELT SO EXPOSED." "[APPLAUSE...]" "SORRY, I HAVE TO GET SOME AIR." "OK." "ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT DANCER IS JENNIFER BUTLER." "Man: * OH, YEAH" "COME ON UP." "[APPLAUSE]" "[*...]" "Woman: * I THINK IT'S TIME WE *" "* STRETCH OVER AND BEND, YEAH" "* YOU REALLY NEED TO WORK IT, BABY *" "* STRETCH OVER AND BEND, YEAH" "* SWEAT AND TASTE THE BLOOD IN YOUR MOUTH *" "* I THINK IT'S TIME WE DISCUSSED *" "* IF YOU ARE WORTHY OF MY TRUST *" "* 'CAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO WASTE TIME *" "* START TO WORK OUT AND SHOW" "* IF YOU ARE READY TO GLOW" "* NOTHING LESS THAN PERFECT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME *" "* STRETCH OVER AND BEND, YEAH" "* YOU REALLY NEED TO WORK IT, BABY *" "* STRETCH OVER AND BEND, YEAH" "* SWEAT AND TASTE THE BLOOD IN YOUR MOUTH *" "* STRETCH OVER AND BEND, YEAH" "* YOU REALLY NEED TO WORK IT, BABY *" "* STRETCH OVER AND BEND..." "[APPLAUSE]" "SO GOOD!" "I CAN'T BELIEVE LAUREN DIDN'T SHOW." "DOESN'T MATTER WHO SAW YOU." "ACTUALLY, IT DOES." "NO, IT DOES NOT." "YOU JUST PUT YOURSELF WAY OUT THERE." "IT WAS INSPIRING." "HERE WE GO." "NO." "WELL, THE PESTO OMELETTE WAS OUTSTANDING." "OH, GOOD." "I DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD POACH A PEAR." "OH, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST BOIL..." "OK, UM, WHY AM I REALLY HERE?" "WE SO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE ANIMALS." "[LAUGHING]" "OK." "WE HAVE ULTERIOR MOTIVES." "BUT THEY'RE GOOD ONES." "UM, WE'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT HAVING A BABY." "MM-HM." "AND HOW WE WOULD DO THAT, AND, UM, WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED IS, WE WANT TO GET PREGNANT." "WE THINK YOU'RE AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING." "YOU'RE EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD WANT IN A FATHER" "SO WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU WOULD EVER CONSIDER BEING THE FATHER TO OUR BABY." "WOW." "AH-HA." "THIS IS UNUSUAL." "UM, THERE'S A LOT TO CONSIDER." "LEGAL ISSUES." "HOW MUCH YOU'D WANT ME INVOLVED IN THE CHILD'S LIFE." "HOW OUR GENETIC HISTORIES WOULD COMBINE, UM, AND WITH THAT, OF COURSE" "WHICH OF YOU WOULD BE CARRYING THE CHILD." "OH, SURE." "SO WHICH OF YOU WOULD BE CARRYING THE CHILD?" "OH, WELL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE TURNS." "SHE'S FIRST." "[LAUGHING]" "[KNOCKING]" "HEY." "HEY." "YOU LEFT THIS AT MY HOUSE." "OH, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT." "THANK YOU." "OH, POLE DANCING." "I'M SO SORRY." "MY EARLY DRINKS MEETING RAN LATE, WHICH PUSHED DINNER WITH MY PARTNER" "AND THEN MY LATE DRINKS MEETING." "LET ME TAKE YOU OUT TO DINNER." "MAKE IT UP TO YOU?" "UM, SURE." "GOD, YOU'RE REFRESHING." "I DON'T DEAL WITH A LOT OF RATIONAL PEOPLE IN MY BUSINESS." "ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE, UM..." "DID YOU FINISH?" "I'M PARKED ILLEGALLY." "YEAH." "HI." "MONIQUE." "I'M JENNIFER, HI." "JENNIFER JENNIFER?" "WOW, IT'S SO NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU." "I'M MONIQUE, LAUREN'S GIRLFRIEND." "I'VE HEARD ALL ABOUT YOU." "AND YET, I'VE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT YOU." "[SIGHING]" "IS SOMETHING WRONG?" "UH..." "Lauren:" "MONIQUE AND I HAVE AN OPEN RELATIONSHIP." "WE SEE OTHER PEOPLE ALL THE TIME." "HOW NICE FOR YOU." "I WOULD'VE APPRECIATED KNOWING I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE." "COME ON, JEN." "I'VE MENTIONED MY PARTNER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS." "WELL, IN CASE YOU NEED THE REMINDER, UH, WE'RE LESBIANS." "YOU KNOW, IN THIS WORLD, A PARTNER CAN BE A LIFE PARTNER OR A BUSINESS PARTNER." "YOU HAVE TO CLARIFY." "YOU HAVE TO CLARIFY." "OTHERWISE, SINCE WE'VE BEEN SLEEPING TOGETHER" "IT WOULD ONLY BE NATURAL FOR ME TO ASSUME THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A BUSINESS PARTNER." "WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU?" "POLE DANCING." "YOU KNOW WHAT?" "I AM SO TIRED OF SHUTTING UP." "I AM SO TIRED OF MAKING NICE." "I'M SO TIRED OF MAKING EVERYTHING OK." "THIS?" "NOT OK." "YOU DOING THIS?" "NOT OK." "YOU'RE AN ASS." "HI." "I'LL DO THIS BOAT THING." "CAN YOU GIVE US A MINUTE?" "Sam:" "THANKS A LOT, ELIZABETH." "I SHOW UP FOR YOU, AND I GET THIS THERAPIST WHO IS CLEARLY NOT YOU" "AND IF YOU THINK THAT IT IS OK TO LIE AND TO TRICK SOMEONE LIKE THAT" "THEN LET ME TELL YOU, YOU ARE THE ONE WITH ISSUES." "I'VE SEEN HOW YOU GO AFTER PEOPLE, HOW YOU WERE GOING AFTER ME." "YOU NEEDED SOMEONE PROFESSIONAL TO TALK TO." "SO TALK TO ME PROFESSIONALLY." "ETHICALLY, I CAN'T, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND." "SO?" "SO..." "IT'S ON MY MIND TOO." "OH." "I'M..." "I'M SORRY." "I'VE BEEN ON A BIT OF A TEAR LATELY." "I KIND OF DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO ME." "MAYBE WE COULD START OVER." "UM, I'M SAMANTHA BARROWS." "I'M ELIZABETH DUNCAN." "ELIZABETH, NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN PROPERLY INTRODUCED..." "WOULD YOU HAVE DINNER WITH ME?"