1. Let's be honest.
Sometimes there's nothing harder,
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2. than being happy for somebody else.
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3. Like lottery winners
or extremely successful people who are 27.
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4. And then there's that hell
that only your friends can inflict on you...
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5. the baby shower.
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6. You couldn't drag me there
with a grappling hook.
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7. Frankly, I think it's sad. She's using
a child to validate her existence.
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8. Exactly. Why can't she just use sex
and cocktails, like us?
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9. I'm happy for her.
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10. If I see another paper stork,
I'm gonna rip its beak off.
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11. Would any baby shower bother you
or is this one worse because it's Laney's?
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12. Laney Berlin. You can't describe her.
You just had to know her.
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13. Chances are eight years ago,
you probably did.
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14. So help me.
She fucks on my couch. She buys it.
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15. - That's how you got the couch from me.
- Laney, show us your tits!
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16. No. Give it a rest.
You guys have seen enough of my tits.
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17. Tits! Tits! Tits!
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18. Laney did A and R for a record label
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19. or as she used to call it -
sex with an expense account.
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20. Every time she went on a scouting trip,
she came back with some hot new group
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21. and a rare gynaecological condition.
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22. Those things make so many public
appearances, they need a booking agent.
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23. Look at her!
The poster girl for low self-esteem.
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24. I have low self-esteem
but I express it the healthy way
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25. - by eating a box of double stuff Oreos.
- She's so sad.
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26. Take it off!
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27. Samantha and Laney
had a long standing rivalry.
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28. Both wild, both sexy.
Both incredibly insecure.
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29. Two years ago, Laney did the
most shocking thing of all.
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30. She met a Wall Street investment banker,
married him, and moved to Connecticut.
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31. That wasn't supposed to happen.
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32. She was supposed to have sex
with Sid Vicious and move to heroin.
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33. Come on, it'll be fun.
We've never visited her in Connecticut.
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34. - There's a reason for that.
- Lyme disease?
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35. - That's another good one.
- It's a baby shower.
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36. - No, it's a cult.
- It's a cult? What are you talking about?
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37. They all think and dress the same
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38. and sacrifice themselves
to the same cause - babies.
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39. - She's insane.
- I've lost two sisters to "The Motherhood".
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40. - I know what I'm talking about.
- We should go, it's the right thing to do.
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41. - Give me one good reason.
- OK.
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42. You're driving down the road,
you see a sign, it says two-headed snake.
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43. You pull over. Wild Laney
is having a baby shower, you pull over.
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44. She's got a point. It's the right thing to do.
Just imagine how fat she must be.
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45. As I pencilled in the date,
I noticed something missing.
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46. In between the Versace show
and dinner at Moomba,
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47. there it wasn't - my period - four days late!
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48. That Saturday,
also known as seven days late,
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49. four city girls set off to visit
the country mice.
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50. Are we there yet?
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51. I've already had two of these,
so we're gonna be stopping a lot.
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52. Hey, nice outfit. Is there gonna be
belly dancing at the shower?
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53. Yeah, right after the gifts.
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54. Shit! I totally spaced.
I forgot to buy her a present.
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55. How tacky is it to give the mother-to-be
a fistful of cash?
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56. Don't worry you can go in on mine.
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57. You bought a pregnant woman
a bottle of Scotch?
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58. - The invitation said BYOB.
- That meant bring your own baby.
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59. - What did you get her?
- Condoms.
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60. - Seriously, what'd you get her?
- Seriously. They're pastel.
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61. Guys, wait, wait.
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62. Hey, guys, wait for me.
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63. Oh, my God. Look at the size of that thing.
We can drive that to Connecticut.
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64. I'm putting my name on that card.
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65. All right.
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66. Does anybody know how to drive?
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67. As I turned the mid-sized coupè
on to Hollyhock Lane,
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68. I was struck by how a place
so filled with nature could look so unnatural.
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69. Oh, Toto.
I don't think we're in Manhattan anymore.
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70. Her house is beautiful! And look at her dog!
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71. Hey, boy, come here, boy.
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72. Come here, boy.
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73. - Why didn't he come?
- Invisible electric fencing.
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74. It's the latest thing. My sister has it.
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75. OK. Ready girls?
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76. Let's go.
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77. Charlotte, sweetie,
don't forget our gift. Come on.
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78. Look at you, you're huge.
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79. Isn't it great?
I can eat anything I want. Jealous?
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80. Come on in. Come in.
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81. Brigid, Roxanne,
these are my friends from the city.
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82. - Hi.
- We didn't think you'd make it.
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83. We got lost. We took the wrong bridge.
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84. Remember that feeling
like if you left Manhattan even for a second,
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85. - you'd fall off the edge of the earth?
- God, don't remind me.
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86. - Hi.
- Oh my God, it's the Bellini baby basket.
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87. Everybody it's the Bellini baby basket.
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88. Speaking of Bellini's,
I'm gonna have a big drink.
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89. Jealous?
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90. Is she still bar hopping and bed hopping?
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91. It's so sad, isn't it?
When that's all you have.
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92. - This is Rebecca.
- Hi.
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93. - Susan.
- Hello.
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94. Mindy, don't get up, sweetheart.
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95. She's doing this in vitro thing.
She's not supposed to move at all.
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96. And that's Betsy and her boy, Harry.
They're inseparable.
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97. They do everything together.
We call them our old married couple.
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98. It's not really that funny now that Betsy
and her husband are getting divorced.
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99. Laney, we need you.
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100. So, all I have to do to meet the ideal man
is give birth to him.
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101. I love my son. Andy's 11 months old.
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102. He is a god and I tell him so every day.
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103. 30 years from now, what do you think the
chances are
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104. that a woman's gonna be able
to make Andy happy?
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105. I'm gonna go with zero.
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106. It's adorable.
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107. - Look at that Charlotte.
- I wish they made this in my size.
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108. I told you it's a cult. We can't separate.
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109. Once they isolate you from the herd,
it's over.
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110. As I watched Laney tear open
a terry cloth baby bib
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111. with the same enthusiasm she once
reserved for tearing off rock star's pants,
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112. I couldn't help but wonder...
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113. was I next?
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114. You know what, I have to pee.
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115. If you're not back in five minutes,
I'm coming after you.
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116. The truth is I needed to escape.
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117. The party had turned into a preview,
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118. a preview of a life
I didn't know if I was ready for.
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119. Even seven months pregnant.
Laney couldn't keep her clothes on.
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120. Clearly a part of the old Laney
had survived.
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121. But I wondered, what was still buried
deep inside the mommies downstairs?
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122. Before I married my husband,
I slept around with everybody.
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123. Now I have an internet lover.
No one knows.
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124. When I was senior vice-president,
212 people reported to me on a daily basis.
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125. Now I just yell at the gardener
who doesn't understand a single word.
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126. I'm exactly the same. I love my life,
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127. but every now and then
I can't help but think about Lisa.
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128. Sometimes I climb
into the kids' tree house, with my Walkman,
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129. light up a joint
and listen to Peter Frampton.
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130. There's a woman in there breast feeding
a child who can chew steak.
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131. You know how I feel about that?
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132. If you can ask for it
you're probably too old to have it.
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133. Jeremy, no!
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134. I just realised, maybe it's maturity
or the wisdom that comes with age but
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135. the witch in Hansel and Gretel,
she's very misunderstood.
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136. I mean the woman builds her dream house
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137. and these brats come along
and start eating it.
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138. - I have to say your home is beautiful.
- Thank you.
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139. I know it's a big change.
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140. But at some point
you have to get serious and settle down.
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141. Life is not a Jacqueline Suzanne novel -
four friends looking for love in the city.
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142. Stop it. You're not gonna clean up
at your own shower.
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143. Yeah, relax.
Once little Todd or Shayla comes around,
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144. - you'll never stop cleaning up.
- Did you say Shayla?
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145. - It's so unique, isn't it?
- It's so my name.
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146. - I thought your name was Charlotte.
- No, it's not my name.
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147. It's my secret baby name
that I made up when I was 11,
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148. for my daughter when I had her. I told you.
Don't tell me you don't remember.
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149. - I'm sorry. I really don't.
- A complete lie.
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150. She remembered. We all remembered.
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151. Charlotte had made us all
swear never to use it.
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152. - I think my husband heard it somewhere.
- Really where?
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153. Because I didn't tell him.
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154. - You're freaking out over a name!
- You're not even pregnant.
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155. - That's not the point!
- What's going on?
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156. - She stole my baby name.
- You bitch!
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157. Let's go!
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158. Beers and bar nuts
at Flanagan's off Route Five
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159. were the perfect antidote
to Laney's house of humiliation.
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160. If I hadn't waited this long to have a baby,
that name would be mine.
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161. Charlotte, come on. You're still young.
You have plenty of time to have children.
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162. No, I don't. I don't want to be
one of those 40-year-old moms.
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163. - No, offence.
- I don't want to be one of them either.
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164. There are no frozen eggs in my freezer.
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165. - Was the bathroom clean?
- What do you think?
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166. This is why I hate baby showers.
I always leave feeling depressed.
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167. Patty, another round.
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168. I for one love my life and I won't be made
to feel inadequate by all this baby talk.
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169. I spoke to a woman
with a Masters in finance.
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170. All she wanted to talk about diapers.
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171. It doesn't have to be like that. You don't
have to lose yourself to have a kid.
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172. I know plenty of cool, hip mothers
who live in the city
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173. and who still have great careers and stuff.
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174. Who?
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175. - I'm late. I missed my period.
- Patty honey, where are those beers?
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176. How late?
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177. - Just a few, seven days.
- Oh honey, grey area.
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178. True you're in front of the firing squad
but you haven't been shot.
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179. - I was once ten days late.
- Really? Were you having sex?
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180. No.
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181. What are you gonna do?
Are you gonna tell Mr. Big?
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182. No, I'm not going to tell him until I know...
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183. Until I know how I...
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184. No, I'm not going to tell him
until I know how to finish this sentence.
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185. - What did I miss?
- Nothing.
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186. That night Charlotte got out her wish box
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187. where she kept reminders
of all the things she hoped for in life.
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188. A gift for Shayla.
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189. A town house in the city.
A beach house in East Hampton.
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190. Her dream man.
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191. Her back up dream man.
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192. It's very strange when the life
you never had flashes before your eyes.
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193. Carrie held hostage. Day eight.
Miranda and I went shopping.
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194. I'm on total ovary overload.
Which kind do I get?
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195. Here, this one's on sale. Half off.
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196. Sweetie, I just spent $395
on a pair of open-toed Gucci's last week.
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197. - This is not the place to be frugal.
- All right.
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198. What about this one?
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199. First Response! I remember I had
a reassuring moment with First Response.
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200. Here's hoping.
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201. - What if I am?
- If you am, you am.
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202. I don't think I'd be very good at this.
I mean, am I maternal?
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203. When I was little I left my doll out in the rain
for four days. Her face peeled off.
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204. - That can't be good.
- Yeah, but...
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205. I shaved Barbie's head
when I was mad at her.
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206. When I was little I took a rubber band
and put it around my dog Pepper's snout.
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207. - What!
- Oh, God.
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208. - Can you picture it? Us with...
- Kids?
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209. - Babies.
- I'll probably end up with five.
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210. Five hours and two packs of gum later.
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211. I decided I couldn't take the test
till I knew how I felt about the results...
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212. either way.
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213. - Hello.
- It's Laney. It was great seeing you guys.
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214. I know I was a big bitch but you gotta
know my hormones are going wild.
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215. Truth is Laney's hormones
have been going wild since she was ten.
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216. Seeing you made me remember
how much fun we used to have.
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217. Yeah, we did. It's amazing
how much time has gone by.
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218. Tell me about it.
But I miss us. I really do.
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219. We should get together more often.
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220. But I mean we should get together.
Not just say we're going to, but really do it.
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221. - Absolutely. I've got to go. I'm late.
- Where you off to?
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222. - Actually Samantha's having a party.
- She is?
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223. - Yeah.
- Oh, man.
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224. That's the kind of thing! I love Samantha's
parties. Why didn't you tell me?
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225. Next time, I promise, all right? OK, bye.
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226. Faced with her own inadequacy,
Samantha did something only she could do.
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227. She threw an "I don't have a baby" shower
to let everyone know she was fabulous.
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228. Great to see you.
I don't have a baby. Everybody drink!
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229. - Are you having fun?
- Yes, but not quite as much as Miranda.
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230. Still convinced that marriage plus baby
equals death, Miranda chose life.
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231. Also known as Ed, Samantha's accountant.
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232. If she fucks on that couch, she buys it.
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233. Hey, you guys.
The entertainment has arrived.
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234. - What are you doing here?
- What I do best, partying!
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235. - Maybe we better sit down.
- Where's the bar?
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236. - Somebody get me a drink!
- I don't know. Think that's a good idea?
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237. I'm due any day.
What's one little drink gonna matter?
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238. Maybe it'll help me go into labour.
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239. She gives birth on that couch, she buys it.
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240. What are you doing here?
What is she doing here?
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241. - I missed you guys.
- Us?
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242. The pathetic single girls who think
life is a Jacqueline Suzanne novel?
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243. I'm sure you get asked this all the time,
but what is your problem?
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244. My problem?
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245. Just that I had a dream
and you killed it in a nutshell.
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246. Really? Then you're lucky. At least
you know what happened to your dream.
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247. I have no idea
what happened to mine.
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248. Hi, Laney.
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249. I was keeping Charlotte away from
Laney... and Laney away from the vodka.
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250. Well, look who came up for air.
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251. He's a good kisser
and he's gonna do my taxes for free.
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252. - Excuse me. Sorry. Hey, Carrie.
- Hey, Jonathan.
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253. Listen, I've just been talking
to your friend, Charlotte. She's really great.
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254. - Is she seeing anybody?
- Wide open.
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255. - Just don't mention the name Shayla.
- Sorry?
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256. Nothing. Private joke. Go forth and date.
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257. His name was Jonathan Bix, a trader
who was buying a house in the Hamptons.
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258. Charlotte suddenly realised all was not lost.
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259. As she sipped her beer, she mentally stuck
her dream house back together again.
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260. This party sucks.
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261. Laney. Maybe you should
be getting home, all right?
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262. No, I don't want to go back there.
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263. Hey, you fuckers!
Who wants to see my tits?
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264. - I'll take a look.
- Laney come back. Don't do this.
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265. Relax. It's gonna be fun.
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266. All right, look.
Now we're gonna have a party.
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267. Pregnant lady showing her tits!
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268. Oh, my God.
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269. This is at once so sad, and the most
fabulous validation I've gotten in my life.
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270. This is weird.
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271. I don't think I can do this.
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272. No biggie.
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273. Despite her best efforts to run free,
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274. it appeared Laney's invisible electric fence
stretched all the way to Manhattan.
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275. I know I can do it.
Just give me one more chance.
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276. It's not who you are anymore. It's all right.
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277. But I didn't know that was gonna happen.
Nobody told me that was gonna happen.
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278. - I mean somebody should warn you.
- All right.
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279. One day you're gonna wake up
and you're not gonna recognise yourself.
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280. Can you take her to Connecticut?
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281. I spent the next day on a park bench
watching children play.
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282. If I had to, could I do this?
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283. Would I be any good?
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284. Would I somehow manage to stay me?
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285. Hello. Oh, my!
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286. - Sorry.
- That's OK. She's adorable.
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287. Yeah, most of the time.
You want to go home?
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288. - Yeah. Bye.
- Bye, bye.
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289. On the way home, I got my period.
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