SurrealEstate - Season 3 Episode 5 -
The Gardener
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The Gardener
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00:00Business there's the first sale sign outside our house Paul. Don't you think our friends have some inkling we're not together anymore
00:06Right the house
00:10We had so many plans for this place it's like leaving a painting unfinished
00:17Do you remember when
00:19It's late, and I can't
00:22Look the agent said we can sell faster if we just upped our curb appeal. Why don't you take inside? I'll clean up out here
00:28You don't want to even be in the same house in there you are
00:32It'll just go faster if we stay out of each other's way
00:36Hey boss, hey Jen
00:58I
01:28I
01:41Got showings all day today. Are you still good to cover my clients tomorrow?
01:45Yeah, everything okay repairs. Oh, yeah, I just think they need some help at the funeral home
01:51No, they are getting older
01:53My dad just can't handle the bone saw like he used to I imagine that's harder than joints not if you sharpen it regularly
02:00Good morning
02:03It's the man I wanted to see
02:06August as you know we are thrilled to have you back
02:10How
02:12Movie there is one small issue
02:16Our electricity bill is through the roof
02:19these
02:21Devices do draw considerable energy
02:24Could you maybe unplug them at the end of the night my equipment is precisely calibrated
02:29It cannot be turned off and on without a loss of efficacy
02:33Truly the increase isn't that substantial
02:43Dear
02:45I'm off to the Lowry house. Yeah, good luck. I hate to see them. I'm in trouble
02:50You're talking to Paul Lowry later. Yeah
02:53divide and conquer
02:55You know, it's interesting how well love and war metaphors go together. Who was it who said love is a battlefield
03:02Sun Tzu
03:15By
03:17The way, I ran into Shannon McConnell the other day she was asking about you what you tell her fine busy
03:26Unattached I didn't have the updated press kit. So I kept it simple
03:30Shannon is a very nice lady. You should call her
03:34You should call somebody ever since you and Megan split up. You have done nothing but work. We didn't split up
03:41In the parlance of our industry. She accepted a better offer
03:44We're still friends, you know, we drink we laugh I'm just saying I think you should call Shannon
03:50Maybe I will
03:52No, you won't no, I won't I just I
03:58Hate to see you waiting for something that's not gonna happen. I'm not waiting for anything
04:07Okay, we'll catch up on Larry bear later
04:13You
04:33Hey, where'd you come from pretty, isn't it?
04:38I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. Okay, I just could have sworn that wasn't here yesterday
04:44They don't just pop up for anyone
04:47Most like you. Oh, believe me. I did nothing to deserve it. Not a gardener
04:52Could have fooled me
04:56I'm Blake. Yeah, you live around here. Yeah pretty close
05:03But don't waste your money on that stuff
05:05Flowers need bone meal. They eat it right up. Trust me
05:11I'll keep that in mind
05:14Do the garden Jen it's as close to creating the world as we ever get
05:19I
05:36Yeah
05:38I'm curious about your new client. Mr. McNeil
05:42He's been commanding much of your attention lately. Oh, that's putting it mildly
05:46I've jumped through hoops for a sale before but Wow
05:50How much do you know about him made his money in retirement communities fledge this he runs a solid six-minute mile
05:56Do you trust him hasn't give me a reason not to something on your mind?
06:02Nothing I can quantify nor defend just a
06:06Disquieting feeling mr. McNeil isn't all he appears a
06:09a
06:11Guy like Tyler all that money
06:14Influence, I'm sure there's a skeleton or two somewhere, but some clients are just like houses. You gotta take him as is
06:20Gotta pay those electricity bills somehow
06:23Do Sherry Oh
06:28Who's your friend
06:30Something that came in the mail. Don't worry about me. Oh, I know what I'm doing
06:36Of course you do
06:41You'd be shocked at what a little landscaping can do to build traffic
06:45I'm good for you for doing it yourself. Most people just hire out. I'd rather save the money unknown future at all
06:53But honestly, it's been a nice distraction from you know
06:59How are things between you and Paul Oh
07:02strange I
07:04Mean we used to be so like absorbed in each other wherever we went. It was Janet Paul like one entity
07:11I'm sure you've had relationships like that
07:14Sure
07:16Now it's just cold and weird
07:19But the worst part is when I told him I was having doubts. He just kind of accepted it
07:24That's disappointed
07:26You wanted him to fight for you. Yeah, I know that sounds weird and manipulative
07:31Hey, there is nothing wrong with wanting to feel wanted
07:37Closest I've come lately was when this guy who ghosted me for like a month finally texted back because he needed a ride to the
07:43airport
07:44Did you do it? I was available. I was on refundable
07:49But look you're gonna be fine Jim
07:53There was somebody out there for you. I know it
08:01You
08:31You
08:39What the hell
08:49Hey, hey track mud all over the floor
08:57That wasn't me so who else is Chelsea through our house
09:02Paul that wasn't me
09:04Well, the mess is on the inside. So I guess that means I have to clean it up
09:08That's the rule
09:15Wasn't you who was it
09:31You
09:33You
09:58Nancy welcome home
10:00Thanks for making the trip mom, you look great. Thank you. I'm assuming that someone else's blood. Oh
10:09It's just preparing the lamb
10:12Sorry to pull you away from your big important how to paint job
10:15But we've really been up against it lately and Lord knows your siblings can't be bothered to help
10:22It's okay. I've actually been looking forward to this
10:27Where can I start?
10:28bless you
10:30Downstairs and we've kept you old makeup kit. Nobody contours a reconstructed eye socket like you. Oh
10:39You old sweet sucker
10:43So here it is
10:45Pictures don't do it justice
10:48No, they do not
10:50Houses in this neighborhood never come on the market. Oh, you got that, right?
10:56One moment, please
11:01Coffee bar, please. Go check it out and I'll come find you. Okay
11:07Rita Luke
11:09Welcome to my listing
11:11Enjoy it drink it in and immerse yourself in the splendor and then die just a little bit inside because it's not
11:19yours
11:22It is quite a listing. Mm-hmm
11:24I
11:25Look at you. I look at this house and I feel a rush of emotions
11:32Elation because the sign outside has my face on it. Not yours
11:37pride because of the excellence of this house the prestige of the location the
11:44expansive scope of the master suite walk-in closet
11:47featuring a
11:49rotating shoe salon and
11:52Finally a deep satisfaction
11:55grounded in the
11:56Overwhelming I'm betterness that it shines into a dark and uncaring how many bathrooms?
12:05Six so how'd you pick this place up? I drive past it every week
12:10look, I
12:12Don't ask you how you cast your spells or commune beyond the veil
12:17Or make your hair do that
12:19Please don't ask me to divulge my trade secrets look upon my works and despair
12:33You know the selling agent that's good, right? Oh, yeah, it's great
12:49Oh
13:05Since you're better at this than you thought I
13:08Guess so. They're perennials. They grow back every year here
13:14I
13:18Try this
13:22Won't bite you I promise
13:29Oh, wow, I know
13:31Perennials are my favorite
13:33They sit on the ground and wait just biding their time
13:36Waiting for something magical to come along and coax them out of the ground
13:42It's almost romantic
13:46Really know a lot about gardening huh? It's a passion of mine. Maybe you'll catch it
13:53Maybe
13:55Would you like some help with these bets seems like a big job for one person? Oh, no, I wouldn't want to put you to work
14:03It's not work for me
14:07Okay, sure
14:12You
14:18Still no music, huh? I like the silence
14:23Your mother made me a work playlist lots of journeys some steely dad
14:28Do you know how to get the ads to stop interrupting?
14:31You have to pay for premium
14:33the hell with that a
14:35dinner's ready, by the way, and
14:38We've got something we'd like to discuss with you
14:42You
14:46Want me to take over the business
14:49We do
14:51We love this place
14:53But we're getting older and we just can't keep up like we used to and it's
14:57Relentless day after day and regardless of what Frederick March said death does not in fact take a holiday
15:03And you'd be so good at it. I
15:07Have a career, you know
15:09Sweetie are you really happy selling houses to frilly rich city people?
15:17It's a bit more involved than that. No, if you don't take it
15:20We'll have to sell to one of those big death care conglomerates and we don't want this place to become just another McMortuary
15:27No, it should stay a family business
15:32Just say you'll think about it
15:35You
15:37Okay, I will
15:39Wonderful Oh Walter tell Nessie where you found your wedding ring last month. Oh, so here I was
15:47Reassembling this poor guy who got pulled into one of those big machines that cans tuna
15:57You can have the bedroom
16:04I could take the couch. I'm good here. Hey Jen
16:14The CDs do you want to donate them or do I keep them?
16:19Donate. Are you sure you don't want to like we can sort through them
16:23Not really
16:25Good night
16:29Good night
16:34You
16:53Hey you
16:56Hey, oh
16:58Shoot did we have a walkthrough scheduled today? We did
17:03Sorry, I totally lost track of time. Everything looks amazing. You were just a regular I
17:12Don't know any famous gardeners Ava Gardner, I can't take all the credit Blake's been really helpful
17:19Who's Blake just a friendly neighbor. He really knows flowers
17:25Purple ones are lovely. Hmm. They grew here on their own
17:29These all grew in a couple days, it's that normal it's the bone meal I guess here
17:42Smell this. Oh, no, it's all right. I can't allergies. My face will blow up like a parade float
17:53It smells like joy
17:55like
17:57It grew from a happy memory someone planted
18:01I have to say you do seem a lot happier here to brighten up your office. I'll go clean up
18:28You
18:30Seem distracted
18:35I don't know what to do next
18:37Well after suturing you usually move on to setting the features. I mean with my life
18:43Life, I remember that. I'm sorry. I don't mean to rub it in
18:49My problem is your parents want you to run the funeral home and you're on the fence about it
18:55How did you guess I'm your subconscious remember
18:59Subliminal coping mechanism to help you sort through the thoughts that you can't share with the living
19:04Because of your trust issues. Okay, one character flaw at a time, please
19:08Well, you seem happy here. Maybe you should stay
19:14Maybe
19:17But I like Roman Ireland too, how about a pros and cons list I'll take con it seems
19:24thematically appropriate
19:26Okay
19:28Pro if I take over the home, it would make my parents happy
19:33Gone
19:35What if they can't let go and they got all micromanaging it might ruin your relationship with them in the long run
19:41That's a good point
19:43pro I
19:45Enjoy what I do
19:47And I'm good at it con. There's a stigma attached to the death industry
19:52People think you're weird
19:54Remember middle school and all those poorly attended sleepovers. Oh, yeah, and real estate agents are all respected and revered villagers lay down palm fronds
20:02We pass. Oh
20:05Funeral homes are recession proof big pro
20:07You say you don't care about money and you just want to be happy and do something meaningful
20:12Is that your Miss America speech or is it true?
20:16Jury's still out either way at Roman Ireland you help souls move on
20:22That's worthwhile. Well, I do that here too. I help people deal with death
20:28Not theirs, of course con you left for a reason you wanted to do your own thing
20:40Pro
20:43Sometimes you have to leave to appreciate what you left
20:45Oh
20:49Come on
20:50Gardens look amazing. Yeah, it's Jen. She's totally obsessed. It's so weird
20:55I she never liked flowers and she's always like give me something you can use and people change
21:01Shouldn't something stay the same forever. I take it. We're not talking about landscaping anymore
21:07Sorry, you're my real estate agent. I'm a therapist, you know, it's okay
21:11Transitions are hard new houses new lives. I guess it's just feels like she gave up on us
21:18Something just happened and I don't know what or why?
21:23She said she wants to stay friends, but can you stay friends with someone that you love so much
21:30Good question
21:31Send for us for you
21:33Me Jen. She's just out there
21:36She isn't actually
21:41I
21:47Love this spot
21:49So pretty it's pretty old people used to come here a lot
21:53couples families
21:55Who just walk for hours just talking and laughing?
22:00Don't really do that anymore. It's a shame their loss
22:08I have a confession to make him
22:11I planted those flowers in your garden
22:14Why cuz she looks so sad and I wanted to make you feel better
22:21Who are you
22:32I should go home. Of course. Thanks for the walk
22:40I
23:10I
23:30Hey
23:33What do you know about flowers
23:35Preferred donations to the charity of the givers choosing. Well, these are growing all over my clients yard
23:43Maybe tag and look into them. Could you ask him for me? I could
23:47well be prepared to listen to its history from prehistoric spores to its
23:53subversive role in the tulip mania of
23:561836
23:57He is thorough
24:02Everything okay
24:05I have a feeling I first felt when my youngest daughter drove off alone for the first time
24:12The feeling I'm less necessary than I once was
24:16What do you mean?
24:17Tag handles the research science
24:21Luke seems to regard me as a luxury cannot afford
24:25Auggie we still need you
24:30But
24:32Reach the Sun new foliage must push aside the old growth. It's just the way of things
24:43Anyway, I'll I'll speak to tag tell him it's just a vibe something about it just feels off
24:59I can't even imagine you two retired
25:02Even do I don't know going to cruise
25:06Yeah
25:08Cultured cruise, but you don't lectures. She's caught us
25:12waterslides
25:13DJ's
25:15waterslides
25:16silent killer
25:18Wouldn't matter anyway, we couldn't enjoy ourselves. We knew our business was being taken care of
25:27She's in a better place. I thought it's hard to improve upon this neighborhood
25:32Hello
25:34Rita what are you doing here? Hello, Max? Oh, isn't it awful?
25:40Struck down at such a young age
25:42You were friends with Jessica. Oh, yes. Her name was Bernice
25:51What is that
25:59Rita Weiss grieved today move tomorrow
26:02You're handing these out for some occasions. The refrigerator magnet just feels a little crass. Oh my god
26:10Your hearse chasing you are cozying up to these poor bereaved people when they are their most vulnerable
26:17I call them D and D's
26:20Desirable neighborhood deaths
26:22Wouldn't you know it the widower in the corner is thinking of downsizing from a five-bedroom to a two and somewhere a
26:29Prospective homebuyers I in that neighborhood and asking who has to die for one of these houses to become available
26:39Apparently was Jessica Bernice, whatever I
26:45Have to admit
26:47I'm impressed. Mm-hmm
26:51Now get out
26:55Leaving
27:00You
27:03You're sleeping out here now
27:05Can't even stand to be in the same house as me anymore
27:09It's not all about you Paul. You barely talked to me. All you do is sleep and you work out here. I
27:17Mean, who are you?
27:24Say something
27:29I'm just trying to remember why I loved you once
27:36Okay, live your life Jan I'm done
27:52New flower is really something
27:54It's
27:57Genes point to South America
28:00Tag is looking into its origins further, but that's not the curious part. I found traces of human DNA within its genetic structure
28:08What does that mean? I have no idea the specimen requires further analysis, but suffice it to say
28:16I've never seen anything like it
28:19Is it dangerous?
28:22Difficult to predict a child picking daisies in a field would tell you flowers are harmless
28:30But the fly ensnared in the Venus flytrap, huh
28:38Might disagree
28:52You
29:00Luke
29:01I'm afraid the seller and I have accepted another offer. That's too bad. My client's gonna be disappointed
29:07Yeah, well, if he's your client, you should get used to the feeling I
29:11Heard how you've been getting your clients these days selling to the freshly bereaved. I gotta say
29:17Wow, you just wish you thought of it first. No
29:22Congratulations Rita because just when I thought you hit bottom you've managed to find a shovel for someone in your squirmy little niche
29:30in the business
29:30That's an awfully sanctimonious view of death as a sales tool. What I do is nothing like you
29:37Can you seriously tell me that that maggoty carry in your circling is any cleaner than mine?
29:44Those are two totally different things
29:46Keep telling yourself that Luke and have fun selling your creepy creaky old houses that dripped blood on
29:54Haunted Hill. Oh, you mean like 7-12 Riverwalk?
29:59What about it? It's my listing. Yeah
30:05Luck is not a strategy
30:09Sorry Rita. I gotta go. I gotta go cruise the ICU
30:13Find out whether or not the do-not-recess take orders rent or own
30:29Hi Paul, hey Susan is Jan with you she is not
30:34Is everything okay? I'm not sure. I can't find her anywhere. She's not answering her phone
30:40Okay, I'll let you know if I hear from her that'd be great. Thank you
30:48We need to speak
30:55It's a Puya chilense is better known as the sheep eater plant sheep eater native to Chile
31:01It's a large carnivorous plant animals
31:03Carnivorous plant animals most commonly sheep are drawn in by the scent of its purple flower then become entangled in its hooked spines
31:10Unable to escape the animal starves to death then decomposes at the base of the plant nourishing it with its nutrients
31:16More than just a clever name. That is not what's growing on Jan's lawn. I was confused, too
31:22Then I found an old local legend Tamia la flor morada
31:25It says that one day a poor farmer was walking in the woods and got snared in a sheep eater
31:31He died it absorbed his body blood bone brain matter and then the plant began to change it learned to speak and Lauren more
31:38Humans to eat then it would go dormant for six years only to awaken and feed again
31:44The story reads as folklore, which means it has a seed of truth
31:49Perhaps this organism is real
31:52It has been stalking us ever since
31:55Learning evolving becoming more human with each kill, but it's it's smart, right?
32:00It only takes what it needs it emerges for one week every six years to feed which led me to this
32:06This woman went missing from the same area Susan's clients house almost six years ago
32:10Exactly Jan mentioned she met someone recently a gardener
32:16Tell me a la flor morada. What does that mean?
32:20fear the purple flower
32:24I don't know where she could be. I haven't seen her since last night
32:28But that doesn't mean she went off with some guy might not be up to her. They can be anywhere by now
32:35Do you have something of hers something emotionally charged would be best motion?
32:41Yeah, just a second
32:44You
32:48What is it on me just one of my devices fully charged at an exorbitant price
32:57Can it find Jean that's my hope
33:02Her wedding ring
33:09That way
33:13Oh
33:26Almost there just a bit further
33:40Must be 500 acres to cover
33:43They came this way hey
33:47No
33:49Okay, oh my god
33:52Oh my god. Oh my god. Yes. Oh shit. Oh my god
34:02It's okay, okay
34:09I knew you'd come. I'm so sorry. Oh
34:13I
34:23I'm sorry. I'm sorry it got so far. I'm so sorry guys. We should we should get out of here, okay?
34:43Oh
35:14Oh
35:16Let's get out of here
35:19Nice work money well spent
35:29What if he comes back I wouldn't worry about it
35:40Well, I can't say I'm not disappointed
35:43Are you sure you want to stay there? Yes seems so happy here. I love it here
35:49Coming back has been like putting on an old hoodie all warm and familiar
35:54It just doesn't quite
35:56fit anymore I
35:59Have had to push myself at Roman Ireland, and it's a good thing I actually enjoy working with people now
36:06live people the ones that actually talk back I
36:10I even have a best friend for the first time ever. Oh, not that Rita person. Oh god. No. She's the worst
36:18Look I will always be here for you. I
36:24Just really like the person that I've become
36:29Well it looks like our baby's grown up she's not a baby she's a real estate profession I
36:36I
36:38Still don't understand why it chose me. It was a predator
36:42Probably saw you were in distress and figured you'd be an easy target. It was almost right
36:49It wasn't counting on you
36:52We cropped us did the whole yard. We'll check in from time to time to make sure nothing new sprouts up
36:58So what are you gonna do? Oh, we're out of here
37:01Change a scenery fresh start
37:04Mm-hmm pick your cliche. I've got a lot of lost time to make up
37:12That's great seems some things are worth fighting for
37:25Hey
37:27I'm so sorry
37:29Crazy day in the ER. Yeah, but they're all crazy reaching out pulling life from the abyss. Oh, I
37:37Guess there's this trend going around where people toss fireworks in when someone's showering
37:42We are truly screwed species. You know the cockroaches they're gonna take over. They're gonna move in
37:48I'm gonna figure out how to unlock doors and they're gonna operate our small appliances
37:53Well Hunter showed me on his phone. I mean the videos aren't not funny
37:59Still makes me nostalgic for when fireworks victims only lost a finger
38:10Everything all right. Yeah
38:21It's just I don't want to do this anymore
38:25What can't you do this
38:28Acting like pals buddies goofing around knowing what we once had
38:35What we had yes, you know you
38:41Need the wine the pork chop the thing the love
38:49Yeah, the love I
38:53I
38:56I had no idea
39:02Maybe
39:06Once
39:10Not for a long time
39:14You know, I'm really happy that you found someone
39:18Except that I'm not
39:20I'm working really hard at being mr. Well adjusted to this whole thing, but honestly
39:25I'm tired. I
39:27Don't want to just be a friend. I don't want to be a good sport and hunter manderly. That's not a life partner
39:34That's the name of two adjacent model homes in a crappy new subdivision Hunter with a life partner
39:40Look when I went away to school, you didn't say a word
39:45You didn't say love
39:48You didn't even say stay you said goodbye what was I supposed to say don't go become a doctor
39:54Don't follow your dreams. No stay here with me along to the sheep. So my clients have something to wear
40:01You could have fought for us a little
40:12Yeah
40:15I could have
40:28So if we're not friends, what the hell are we
40:44If you figure it out, you know
40:52You don't have to leave I'll go stay this is your place
40:59Just
41:14You