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S1 E15Unfinished Business

[about shooting Riley] This is never gonna work. She's a total amateur.

Well, that's why Anton hired her—a real girl for real denim. Oh, come on. Models are like jeans. You just have to break them in a little bit.

I see this all the time with the new girls. You know, she's just afraid to lose her inhibitions. I need hot, I need sexy.

How am I doing? Is everything okay?

Yeah. You're doing great. I'm just gonna shake it up a bit, look for a different look, so, um, keep the jeans and lose the top. [Riley looks shocked at Ella]

[while shooting Riley] I want you to show me the side of you that wants to unchain herself from the classroom, from the fiancé and everything else that's stopping you from being the person you really want to be.

I am the person I want to be.

Oh, come on. Nobody really wants to teach public school and marry some guy who can't even pay the bills!

It's your choice if you don't want to believe in yourself.

Since when does believing in myself require me to abandon all self-respect?

Do you think Jonah's self-respect soars through the roof every time he shoots a Dora the Explorer-themed birthday bash?

Maybe you shouldn't have pushed her so hard.

It's what I do. Until she's able to tap into who she really is, she should stick to the ABC's instead of selling out for a pair of jeans and a few thousand bucks.

Selling out? I'm sorry, weren't you the one who traded in the refugee camps for a 12-page spread in Vogue? Maybe Riley wasn't the only one posing out there today.

What, are you stalking me now?

David, this is serious. That must've been thousands of dollars worth of diamonds.

Not really your problem, is it?

Is it the thrill? Do you get off on doing this to people?

I see. First you're my doctor, now you're my shrink.

You did not just say The Killing was a better film than Reservoir Dogs. Reservoir Dogs is so much more polished.

KKendra

Dogs totally ripped off Kubrick. Most of Tarantino's so-called masterpieces are overrated knockoffs.

Yes, he appropriates. From, like, everybody. What makes him a genius is how he puts those pieces together.

KKendra

I love how one of the most original voices I've heard recently is defending one of the most unoriginal.

And here she is again returning home from yet another late night looking absolutely fabulous.

What are you doing here? I thought you had a client dinner.

Nope. Client cancelled. Anyway, I need all the deets on who you're getting dolled up for, so spill. Who's the lucky guy?

Believe me, there is no lucky guy. Just a lot of unlucky first dates.

You are being strangely secretive. You're not sleeping with a married man, are you? Or perhaps a married doctor?

Ella. No married man. Doctor or otherwise. Drop it.

You know, Lor, gossip may be my bread and butter at work, but off duty, I can actually keep a secret. So if you want to talk, the odds are high I've been through the same thing that you're dealing with, at least once.

I appreciate that. But my life's just not tabloid material.

[to Jessie Roberts] No more putting any of that crap up your nose. Otherwise, you're going to have to power lunch with River Phoenix. [Jessie gives Ella a clueless look] "Who's River Phoenix?" Oh, God, kill me now.

[comes into Jessie's room] I got a page. W... Ella.

Lauren. Hi. How is my favorite doctor?

You paged me?

Mm-hmm. I did. Come on, let's go chat. [Ella and Lauren go outside] Okay, listen, Lauren, I need a little favor.

Mm-hmm.

Jessie Roberts is one of our biggest clients, okay? He is Zac Efron and the Jonas Brothers wrapped into one squeaky clean, heartthrobby package.

Squeaky clean? Ella, that kid had so many chemicals in his system, it's a miracle he woke up.

What are you doing?

[holding an envelope of cash she found in Lauren's wardrobe] I was just going to ask you the same thing, pretty woman. The late nights. The amazing wardrobe. The mystery men. How did I not figure this out sooner?

Figure what out? My dad sent me that money for school.

Yeah, who's your dad, Tony Soprano? This is a brick of cold cash.

He won it playing poker. He's been playing every Wednesday night, ever since I was a kid.

Lor, it's the middle of the afternoon, and you're dressed like a million bucks. Which better be in the ballpark of what you're charging.

I was at a luncheon, okay? An interns special honors lunch. And I resent you interrogating me like I'm some kind of...

Prostitute? [Lauren yanks the envelope out of Ella's hand] You're right. I'm sorry. Having said that, if you help my client, maybe I can relieve you from some of your intern luncheons.

You're not seriously still trying to get me to change Jessie's hospital records?

Wow, Lauren. I'm confused. You refuse to screw the system just a little bit, but you have no problem at all screwing...

Hey. Seriously, stop.

So I hope you're not sharing your ridiculous theories about me with the whole world.

No, I didn't say a word about my ridiculous theories, and I won't bring them up again... to anyone, including you. But if you're ready to talk about it, I'm here, and if you're never ready to talk about it, I will still be here.

Yeah, Ella... [pause] There's nothing to talk about.

Understood. Now, can we go watch some movies? How about a Julia Roberts marathon?

Okay, you make one more Pretty Woman joke, I will kill you.

Hey, I was going to say Steel Magnolias. Closest I come to that crying thing you people sometimes do.

What I need for you to do is take over the lunch meeting I was supposed to have with Franz Keppler. You do know who Franz Keppler is, right?

Yeah, the German wunderkind who makes indecipherable indie movies that I would rather pluck my eyes out than sit through.

I wouldn't open with that. You know, Franz is white-hot right now that he's about to start rolling on the Bruckheimer blockbuster. So, I need you to convince him that he needs WPK.

Right. Um, okay, a couple of problems. I know nothing about his movies, I speak zero German and lederhosen is not my style.

You expect me to find a lawyer for you? The person who's blackmailing me? Go to hell.

VViolet

Actually, it's your marriage that goes to hell once I send your wife our little video.

People like you, they don't get away with this kind of behavior. It comes back to haunt you.

VViolet

You would know. My court date's December 11th. Your choice, Doctor. Either get me a lawyer, or I get you divorced.

[to Violet, after she deletes the video of the two of them having sex from her cell phone] And now we're done. Your days of milking me for money are over. Now, if even one single frame of that video shows up anywhere, I call Judge Davis and he throws your devious little ass in jail. Who says doctors don't make house calls anymore?

Always knew you were destined to win an Oscar someday, but I never thought it would be for acting. Bravo.

Well, I had to come up with a way to stop Franz from slipping you the Wiener schnitzel before salad was served.

I was talking about pretending to be a publicist.

Oh.

Jonah, hi, it's me, Ella. You actually think some horny director would ever faze me? I deal with guys like that all the time in my sleep. I think that you put your arm around me and pretended to be my beau because secretly it's what you wanted since the day that we met.

You really are drunk. Aren't you?

You know... funny thing is, is that you and I as a couple—completely natural. I mean, Franz totally bought it.

Yeah, after drinking an entire vat of wine, I think he'd buy anything we sold him.

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