Speaker 1: Gio.
Speaker 2: Thanks for coming. Of course, it was nice to hear
from you. I needed to see you.
Speaker 1: Well, are you going to invite me in?
Speaker 2: Yes? Sorry, come in.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 3: I know we agreed that we'd have some space between us,
but I need your help.
Speaker 1: You're okay, right, oh.
Speaker 2: Well, as well as can be expected.
Speaker 1: I miss you. I miss you too.
Speaker 4: I've missed the smell of this big old manner. It's
waiting for new memories. To bring it back to life.
Speaker 1: It'll need some serious smudging. Considering well, your wife lives here.
Speaker 2: She took Diego to the Roman Estate for the weekend,
so no one will bother us taking I know, I'm sorry,
I didn't mean it that way, Gi. I wanted to
talk to you.
Speaker 3: About Well, I'm sure you've heard about the Santa Barbara
Waterfront Commission's war revitalization project for JJ.
Speaker 1: He mentioned something about it.
Speaker 3: It's a big deal for every developer along the California coastline,
and I am presenting.
Speaker 2: My proposal for the project today.
Speaker 1: That's exciting.
Speaker 3: It feels like a logical next step now that the
hotel is complete. My mother is always going on about
our storied history in Montecito, so it makes sense for
me to lead this.
Speaker 1: Project if you get it.
Speaker 3: Uh huh exactly, and if you have time, would you
mind going over a few of the design.
Speaker 1: Elements with me? You want my help?
Speaker 2: Just a second pair of eyes. My presentation is in
about an hour.
Speaker 1: I really appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Go so.
Speaker 1: Will you help me? This is mata sid.
Speaker 5: If we tighten this section, it'll drive home our core
competencies as a company and trusted steward of the local community. Okay,
why are you looking at me like that?
Speaker 6: Look? I appreciate your help, Bethany Gina, But I got this.
I mean, you're not the CEO of Eagleton I am.
Speaker 5: I'm only trying to help.
Speaker 6: What you're doing is taking over.
Speaker 5: I am not. Your environmental impact study was verbose and
wildly complicated.
Speaker 6: The company paid top industry consultants, overpaid hacks a lot
of money to get the best results.
Speaker 5: You should accept my help. We both know that the
company needs to win this.
Speaker 6: Bid back off. I have the lenders on my back
about our aging portfolio of projects. I don't need you
harping on me too.
Speaker 5: I'm not harping.
Speaker 6: You need to trust me to run the company. The
board trusts me.
Speaker 5: I don't want to fight with you. There's too much
at stake today. Let's run over phase two of the
Harbor project plan.
Speaker 6: I have my notes.
Speaker 5: I just want to be clear that you're completely.
Speaker 6: Sober, stone cold. I am ready for this presentation. I'm focused.
I've got this look. I know everyone's watching me, waiting
for me to fail. I just want to do this
one thing right. You understand that, right I do?
Speaker 1: JJ.
Speaker 5: I think it'll help if I'm in the room during
the presentation.
Speaker 6: You drive the call my god.
Speaker 5: I'll only jump in if I need to.
Speaker 6: You always say that I've heard that before. I know
you can't help yourself.
Speaker 7: You can, oh, I hope you too are discussing Bord
business without me. I deserve to be in every meeting
and involved in every conversation.
Speaker 1: JJ, I'll be in my office.
Speaker 5: I don't like to be in hostile environments.
Speaker 7: Bethany, Gina, you tried to kill me. I was in
the hospital. You could at least apologize.
Speaker 6: You know, my.
Speaker 7: Injuries from the night you tase me are still raw
and now I have bruises fell heel. And what about
the emotional trauma you caused me and my son when
you throw what's onto the streets without our clothes.
Speaker 5: I am not dealing with you today.
Speaker 6: I'll be back, JJ. That was uncalled for me.
Speaker 7: You'r a Lita's sister treated me and Diego like we
were squatters. She's jealous because not only do I look
better in a bathing suit, but I have more power
and influence in Monacito than she does.
Speaker 6: I do not need this right now.
Speaker 7: She's the reason you're stressed out.
Speaker 6: Don't look at me, Mina. I really need some quiet.
Speaker 7: Then I have the best thing for you. Have some
Dutch courage.
Speaker 6: I can't, you can.
Speaker 7: You're so tense. I won't tell.
Speaker 6: This meeting is a big deal, Mina. I don't want
to blow it.
Speaker 7: You won't screw it up if you're totally relaxed.
Speaker 6: I hate I shouldn't. No, no, I need to do
this sober.
Speaker 7: Wow. I can't believe you're willing to take a huge
risk like this, JJ. We both know you're at your
best when you're fully free of the stress that comes
with the immense pressure that Bethany Gina puts on you.
If I were you, I wouldn't take a gamble like that.
Come on, JJ, have a sip, do it for me.
Speaker 8: We project that our three sixty management of the war
will lead to a complete revitalization of the Santa Barbara waterfront,
its ecosystem, and above all, it's standing in the world.
Thank you for your time.
Speaker 1: Oh h and I want to throw up. You're crazy.
You were great.
Speaker 2: It felt like I just gave a report in French
without knowing a word of French.
Speaker 1: That's just the nerve telling me that you did a
great job, Deacon. They were definitely impressed.
Speaker 2: I hope, So who's great having you in the room.
Speaker 1: With me, gl I didn't do anything.
Speaker 2: What you really clarify the design elements of the new
Navil Reserved building for me. I appreciate it.
Speaker 4: Deacon, you made the short list on your own. You
should be proud of yourself. You're going to the next round.
We have to celebrate. I'm so excited for you.
Speaker 3: I was able to soar in that presentation because you
were by my side. Geo, I'm serious, and it just felt.
Speaker 1: So right, didn't it.
Speaker 2: It felt like how it should have been for all
of those years. I'm so sorry. I just got swept
up in the moment.
Speaker 4: To quote Seneca, don't please, I'm glad we kissed. I
know I told you we couldn't be together because it's
messy and complicated, but I guess we have a lot
to figure out. I feel bad about walking out on
you the other night.
Speaker 2: It didn't feel great.
Speaker 1: I know I was caught up in the enormity of
it all, and I have to know. One thing.
Speaker 2: Was your decision to leave influence by Mina.
Speaker 1: I don't want to talk about her.
Speaker 2: If she said anything to you, I don't want to
talk about her.
Speaker 4: The other night, right before I left the bungalow, you
told me that you loved me, that you still love me.
Speaker 1: I do love you, Geo.
Speaker 4: I haven't been able to get it out of my head.
For some reason. I didn't think you could love me
after all these years. Why I feel like like I've
come into your life again and maybe made it complicated.
I don't I don't want to contribute to any more
tumult in your life, Deacon when.
Speaker 3: I Geo, having you back in my life has been
the most unexpected twist of fate I could have ever
asked for.
Speaker 2: I am ecstatic.
Speaker 4: I need to be honest with you about how I
really feel. Maybe it'll make things easier for you in
the future, or maybe it'll tear your whole life up again. Geo,
I love you, Deacon.
Speaker 9: WHOA, that ball's headed to the Channel Islands, Helena, that
sound amazing. I love your violent streak. You're not funny.
We both know you're imagining my head as the golf ball,
just like the other day with the hedge.
Speaker 10: That you guess it's the treatment you deserve for defending Mina.
But I'll play knights today. I choose peace.
Speaker 9: No, I must stay, Helena. Whether you like it or not.
Mina is not going anywhere. You have to stop asking
me to choose sides.
Speaker 10: I'm not so sure about that, Bradley, about what whether
or not Mina is sticking around for the foreseeable future.
Speaker 2: Nothing's changed over the last decade.
Speaker 9: Deacon's changing.
Speaker 10: He's not the same person he was when the hotel opened.
Something shifted inside of him.
Speaker 2: He's all over the place right away.
Speaker 10: He reminds me of you when you were his age.
Speaker 9: I was never like Deacon. I knew what I wanted.
I wanted you, and I got you.
Speaker 10: I'll forgive your feeble attempt at revising our tortured history.
You chased every woman you could before we settle down,
and sometimes during.
Speaker 9: I may have had a rocky start, but I sorted
myself out in the end.
Speaker 10: Bradley, we've been married twice. We're far from a stable couple.
Speaker 2: Ah, it hasn't been that bad, Helena. You came back
for more.
Speaker 10: That says a lot about me.
Speaker 9: If we can sort ourselves out. I guess there's some
hope for Deacon and his laundry list of problems.
Speaker 10: I hope he's able to find the love he deserves.
I remember neither of us were laughing in the middle
of our epic makeups and breakups.
Speaker 1: But you always loved me a curse.
Speaker 10: I loved you from the moment I met you.
Speaker 1: Buck.
Speaker 9: Likewise, I'm sorry about my comments about Mina. I know
how you feel. The better I'll do better. You deserve
more than an.
Speaker 1: Old buck like me.
Speaker 6: You're my old buck.
Speaker 2: I think you should hit the ball. Half the Junior
League is staring at us.
Speaker 6: Good afternoon, everyone. Hi, Hello, I'm JJ some of you
know that, and I'm hold on.
Speaker 5: Let me hello everyone on behalf of Egleton and the
Roman family. I would like to introduce my brother, our CEO.
He'll present our pitch for the wharf project. We're excited
to dive in.
Speaker 7: JJ.
Speaker 5: Are you ready to begin?
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, yes, yes, Sorry I my notes were all
over the place, but getting good now. So anyway, as
you you all all ready know, you should know that
Regalton is the best, the best private sector partner, because
we've been around for so long.
Speaker 1: We're the big dog.
Speaker 6: And I think that's because because of because is hold on, okay,
I don't want to sorry, don't want to skip ahead.
So we're a good private sector partner. Thirty redevelopments redevelopments.
Speaker 5: Our commitment to green redevelopment is a driving factor behind
our intention to revitalize the one hundred and fifty.
Speaker 2: Year old wharf.
Speaker 5: Our vision is to make the wharf completely sustainable, as
seen on page.
Speaker 6: No, no, no, no, I don't.
Speaker 7: Escape, HEYJ let's just take a meat.
Speaker 6: I've lost my place. Stop trying to take over.
Speaker 5: Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 7: May we have a moment. What the hell are you doing?
Why did you end that call?
Speaker 6: You're throwing me off. I'm running this meeting, not you.
Speaker 7: I was trying to help you.
Speaker 5: You can barely string together a coherent sentence.
Speaker 6: What the hell was that?
Speaker 7: JJ?
Speaker 6: I have anxiety. You stressed me out. You wouldn't let
me think.
Speaker 5: You never take responsibility for anything. JJ, just go sober
up again.
Speaker 7: I'm going to dial back into the meeting in order
to save this.
Speaker 6: Deal, don't you dare. I am the CEO of Regalton,
not you. You want to take over. That's been your
plan all along. You come back to Montecito to undermine me,
cause trouble with Mina, and then you wonder why my
nerves are shots to held right now. You don't care
about me. You just want to get me out of
the way so you could become CEO of Regalton.
Speaker 5: I don't know if you're drunk, high or on a bender,
but I will not be talked to like this by you.
Speaker 6: Why because the truth is hard to hear.
Speaker 7: None of it is true, None of it.
Speaker 6: It's all true. You're still jealous that Dad made me CEO.
You don't have an identity in this world, so you
want mine.
Speaker 5: I won't sit by while you let our company burn
to the ground. You walk around here like a little emperor.
You're Nero through and through.
Speaker 6: Get out of my face.
Speaker 5: I've sat here for years watching you make mistake after mistake.
Speaker 7: It's any wonder we have a company left. This should
be my time.
Speaker 5: Do you know how embarrassing it is when Bradley is
asking me why I'm not CEO? All I can say
is well, I wasn't born male. Our father was an
idiot for entrusting the company to an alcoholic.
Speaker 6: Oh so you think I'm off my face right now?
Speaker 7: It's what you do.
Speaker 6: It's full. The only thing I wanted to do was
drink that flask, move to a bottle and just forget.
I haven't had a drink all day, and I didn't
throw the meeting on purpose. I just I can't think.
I just want one drink to take the edge off,
just to do something right. But I can't if my
gut isn't crying for a drink. You're picking at me,
nagging me, dragging me in front of the board, trying
to gaslight me. I've done everything I can to stay sober,
but it's never enough for you.
Speaker 7: JJ.
Speaker 5: I had no idea.
Speaker 7: I thought you were drunk.
Speaker 5: Where did you get that flask?
Speaker 8: Oh?
Speaker 7: So sorry, I'm lait. I had to get my nails
done just the way you like them.
Speaker 1: JJ.
Speaker 7: I hope we landed the bid. Are we celebrating, yet
leave Mina. No, you can't push me around.
Speaker 6: Like you try to push me around.
Speaker 7: I've never pushed anyone around.
Speaker 6: You tried to get me drunk before the meeting.
Speaker 7: No, I was trying to help you relax. You went
into my person, stole my flask. You know what he's like, Fiji,
don't call me that.
Speaker 6: It feels like you're trying to enable me, and I'm
sick of it.
Speaker 7: What I've always tried to support you, JJ, We're a team.
Speaker 6: Okay.
Speaker 7: Your sister is poisoning your mind against me. She hates me,
she hates you.
Speaker 6: No, she doesn't.
Speaker 5: I warned you, Mina. I told you not to enable him.
Speaker 8: Stop.
Speaker 7: You're trying to ruin my relationship with JJ just because
you're threatened by me. JJ. She's the real enemy. She's
our enemy.
Speaker 6: Get out, Mina.
Speaker 7: No, No, I have done nothing wrong. Okay, she's turning
you against me.
Speaker 6: I said, get out, go.
Speaker 11: Next Onsito. Mina's steeped in lies and manipulations.
Speaker 7: I have everyone exactly where I walked in.
Speaker 11: But what are you going to do when it all
catches up with you?
Speaker 1: We need to make sure everything is in order.
Speaker 10: I'll have a definitive answer about our little project in
no time.
Speaker 1: Cracks are forming.
Speaker 11: This has been Montecito created and executive produced by Grant Rutter.
Executive story editor is Andrew Pemberton Fowler. Supervising sound editor
is Trey Boody. This episode featured performances by Crystal Chappelle
as Helena Granville Blasco, Vincentirazzari as Bradley Blasco, Mike Manning
as JJ Roman, Peter Porte as Deacon Grandville, Chelsea Rendon
as Mina rast Grandville, m Rylan as Bethany Gina Roman Quinn,
and Marc Anthony Samuel as Geo Carre. This episode was
written by Grant Rutter and Andrew Pemberton.
Speaker 1: Fowl.
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Patrick Emil, voiceover by Rick Hurst. Production support provided by Soapcast.
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