Speaker 1: Diego and try my world famous blueberry pancakes.
Speaker 2: No one eats carbs.
Speaker 1: Oh, come on, that's not true. Actually, the blueberries come
from my garden. You know, our family has been the
bedrock of Montecito for generations.
Speaker 2: I know our family was in Montasuto before Columbus discovered
the New World. Without us, it would be nothing.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's enough. Diego Deacon.
Speaker 1: It's harmless banter between a grandmother and a grandchild.
Speaker 3: These pancakes are delicious, ew you syrup on your chin.
Speaker 4: No one told me the party was out here. I
would have hired caterers and a bartender.
Speaker 5: Hi, Grandpa, ea.
Speaker 4: Dog, I was boarding school. I hope you're flunking out
and breaking hearts like your old grandpa.
Speaker 6: Well, he certainly isn't making honor roll and had fifty
five thousand dollars a year.
Speaker 3: I expect a little more from him for.
Speaker 2: Each other's biggest disappointments.
Speaker 1: Dad Bradley, are you eating with us?
Speaker 7: Or is this a flying visit.
Speaker 4: I'm doing at the golf club now. Ish somebody who
are putting together financing for a hotel in Savannah.
Speaker 1: Well, I'm sure Deacon would like to go.
Speaker 4: Eh, Deacon's busy with his thing.
Speaker 3: It's a five star resort.
Speaker 8: Yeah, sure, I want to go to the golf club.
Speaker 2: My handicap is twenty four.
Speaker 4: Your dad can barely get it in the hole. Knowing him,
it's not that surprising.
Speaker 3: You're not going anywhere, Diego, we have planned today.
Speaker 2: You only want to be a real dad to me.
When people are watching, I hope you know how much
I hate you, Diego.
Speaker 7: You should apologize.
Speaker 2: No, I'm changing my last name when I turn eighteen,
just like my dad did because he hates Grandpa Diego.
Speaker 4: Where is this coming from.
Speaker 2: He only cares about his hotel. Everyone knows it's true.
Speaker 3: Stop parroting your mother.
Speaker 4: Leave me alone, Diego, come back nice one.
Speaker 1: Deacon boy needs professional help.
Speaker 9: He sounds just like his mother.
Speaker 4: Mina isn't responsible for Diego's outburst.
Speaker 5: That Herodin is the reason he's like this.
Speaker 4: She may be the only one who can get through
to him. I'll drop him off to see her on
my way to the golf club. Great family brunch.
Speaker 3: I really don't know what to do about Diego.
Speaker 7: He'll grow out of it, Deacon.
Speaker 1: Teenage boys have been surly since time immemorial. I was
never that bad mother, Yes you were, Deacon. You treated
your father just like Diego treats you.
Speaker 3: Because he wasn't there for you or us when you
were sick. He couldn't be bothered.
Speaker 5: I remember.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you view your childhood and much the same
way Diego views is. There's no right or wrong way
for a child to process.
Speaker 10: A parent's law. For Black thereof Deacon.
Speaker 1: It's just the way life works out in the end.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but I'm not a liar and a treat like Bradley.
Speaker 1: But what it's worth, I think you've been a wonderful father,
considering the mother of your child.
Speaker 6: I'll never understand why Dad's sides with Mina every chance
he gets.
Speaker 7: In his own way.
Speaker 1: I think he's trying to keep the peace for Diego's sake.
Speaker 3: Yeah, well that.
Speaker 6: Would be easier to accept if Mina hadn't spent the
last thirteen years turning our son against me.
Speaker 3: This is mota sdar.
Speaker 11: What in the world my son is monacito for a
long weekend and he'll be staying here with me.
Speaker 8: Go home, freeloader.
Speaker 5: Bradley's dropping him off.
Speaker 11: Apparently, Deacon and Helena verbally attacked him over pancakes. JJ
said we could swim in the pool, So you'd better
behave around my son while being a gracious host.
Speaker 8: If JJ wants you here, that's his problem. I will
not cater to you.
Speaker 12: We lost our house manager because of your antics.
Speaker 9: Me.
Speaker 5: The woman never liked me.
Speaker 11: I asked her for a glass of water, a simple
glass of water, and she gave me a lecture on
how that wasn't her job. So when I asked her
what her job was, she stormed off. I didn't do
anything wrong. If the lord's quit, that's on her, not me.
Speaker 12: Oh, yes, nothing's your fault. I suggest do you get
to Sanya Seetrou and pick.
Speaker 3: Up some food.
Speaker 5: Relax. JJ is buying groceries.
Speaker 8: All I want to do is be left alone and relaxed.
Speaker 12: Now that we have a moment alone, I need to
talk to you about JJ.
Speaker 9: I'm going to it's serious.
Speaker 13: Hey everyone, Look who I bumped into at the bottom
of the drive jogging by.
Speaker 5: Who's that deacon's little bitch.
Speaker 13: Geo Carreri, this is my sister Bethany Gina.
Speaker 8: A pleasure, and you know Mina.
Speaker 5: It's always a surprise to see you. Geo.
Speaker 13: Will you two excuse us. We're gonna finish some business. Hey, Gee,
I really want to apologize for bringing you back to
Montecito under false pretenses and.
Speaker 14: All that man water under the bridge.
Speaker 10: JJ.
Speaker 13: Still it was super shady in me.
Speaker 14: I appreciate it, but we go back, it's forgotten.
Speaker 3: If you're still looking for a.
Speaker 14: Job, JJ, I appreciate it, man, but no, man, Yeah,
I'm serious.
Speaker 13: I mean, we don't have any openings at Regalton, but
if we have something that matches your what's a phrase
everyone uses, something that matches your key competencies or whatever,
in like architecture and design, I'll reach out. There's a
potential project with the Santa Barbara Waterfront Commission. Would that
sound good?
Speaker 14: Yeah?
Speaker 13: Thanks anytime.
Speaker 9: Dude.
Speaker 13: Well, I have two live lobsters that I don't know
what to do with. I should probably get them inside.
Speaker 3: And I meant what I said?
Speaker 5: Gee, what did he say?
Speaker 14: Giovanni, don't sneak up on me, Mina.
Speaker 5: You should have left Monacito days ago.
Speaker 14: I've given up on Deacon. Isn't that enough?
Speaker 5: No, it's not enough. This isn't a negotiation.
Speaker 11: I know you came back to Monacito because you need
a job and it all has to do with Marcos Medici.
Speaker 14: I don't know what you think you know about Marcos,
but he is not someone you want to tangle with.
Speaker 11: I'll do whatever I want. He doesn't scare me, but
he seems to scare you.
Speaker 14: Mina, please drop it. I think we can learn to
go esist.
Speaker 11: No, we can't. Deacon is my husband. We all know
that he has daddy issues. He won't make the same
mistake with Diego.
Speaker 3: Ever, breakfast was delicious. Mother. Thank you.
Speaker 1: You've been quiet since your father left with Diego. Tell
me what's bothering you.
Speaker 3: I feel like I'm losing my son, so angry, nasty,
just like Mina.
Speaker 1: It's not too late to turn things around the Diego.
The battle between fathers and sons has been going on
for as long as they've existed. I can see how
much Diego loves you and how torture it he is
as he tries to understand life and his place in it.
Speaker 3: So I have to sit here and wait for Diego
to finally accept me.
Speaker 1: Yes, you have to keep showing up for him.
Speaker 5: When Diego's ready, he'll know where.
Speaker 9: To find you.
Speaker 3: But Mina, she is always.
Speaker 1: Just forget about mina focus on Diego. If you want
to clean slate with your son, you'll have to be
honest with him.
Speaker 3: Honest. What do you mean come out to him? That
can make our relationship even worse? Absolutely not, Mother, Deacon.
Speaker 1: It's time you have to be honest with Diego about
who you really are.
Speaker 3: I can't, no, I know, the thought of it even
scares me.
Speaker 10: Think about it.
Speaker 9: I've always been here for you.
Speaker 5: No matter what.
Speaker 6: You know what I should get going? Yep, I have
to review my pitch for the war redevelopment project.
Speaker 1: It seems so much lighter the other day. I hope
you're not using work to avoid what's in front of you.
Speaker 3: Last night should have been a turning point with Geo. Easy.
Speaker 6: We should have been making plans for the future us,
just the two of us moving forward.
Speaker 9: But it's complicated.
Speaker 6: Last night Geo asked for space. He wants us to
live separately, right after we agreed to live together. I
feel like I'm in some kind of a restoration era
Fars without a trace of humor.
Speaker 1: Things may have been moving too quickly for Geo, but
if you love him, fight for him, don't give up.
Speaker 10: Deacon Deacon as Eus you're said and done.
Speaker 15: I have the case in front of me. Once I
it's open, I have a seen GEO. I'll send you
my findings once I go through the case. This is
a nice surprise.
Speaker 14: Yeah, I thought we could have a lunch, my treat.
Speaker 15: I wish I could GEO, but I have consultations and
patients back to back until eight o'clock. How I haven't
had a breakdown is beyond me.
Speaker 3: I get it.
Speaker 14: I just wanted to thank you for letting me stay
with you and all of that.
Speaker 7: We're cousins. It's always okay. Is everything all right?
Speaker 3: Not really?
Speaker 16: You know, I reconnected with my ex Deacon Granville. I remember, Yes,
it was all great until the bubble burst. I feel
like such a moron for thinking hoping.
Speaker 14: I guess that we could just pick up where we
left off thirteen years ago.
Speaker 7: That's highly unrealistic.
Speaker 3: I know.
Speaker 14: I've been trying to trust the universe. I got my
hopes up for a job and thought that was a sign.
It would have been great to work in architecture again.
Speaker 7: You have a trust fund. You don't need to worry
about a job, Laila.
Speaker 14: I felt lost since I came back to Montecito, Deacon.
He was my safe.
Speaker 7: Space, even though he's still married.
Speaker 14: It's not what it looks like.
Speaker 3: Leah.
Speaker 7: Why are you being so cryptic.
Speaker 3: It's not for me to say, Geo.
Speaker 15: I don't know why you're putting yourself through this emotional trauma.
I thought Deacon was gay, but he's married with a kid,
and you're perfectly willing to play along.
Speaker 7: It feels like you don't have any self respect out
That's not fair.
Speaker 15: It's not about being fair, it's about putting yourself first.
Speaker 14: Deacon's been forced to live a lie, Laila. That's why
I came to see you. I need your help with something,
something really, really important.
Speaker 4: I dropped Diego off with Mina.
Speaker 3: He needs to be with his mother.
Speaker 5: He should be with us.
Speaker 1: Bradley, I thought your friends were expecting you at the
golf club.
Speaker 4: It was postponed from the heat, and it's too hot
for you to be out here trimming the hedges.
Speaker 1: This is my therapy. It's the only thing that keeps
me saying when when I know how much Deacon is suffering.
Speaker 4: Deacon needs some man up, Bradley.
Speaker 7: Deacon is a sensitive soul.
Speaker 5: It's been through a lot.
Speaker 4: You always say that because Deacon winds to you whenever
he needs his mommy.
Speaker 1: Deacon has abandonment issues thanks to no small part to you,
the way you disappeared from our lives when I was sick.
Speaker 4: I know what I did, Helena. I can't change it.
I married you twice. Doesn't that mean anything to you?
Every time we have a bit of happiness, Deacon swoops
in with another calamity and we're at each other's throats.
It's his life. He can't keep creating problems.
Speaker 1: Deacon is still traumatized from his childhood.
Speaker 4: His sister isn't.
Speaker 9: Amber is nothing like Deacon exactly.
Speaker 4: She's moved on. Deacon revels in the past.
Speaker 3: Look what he's doing with Geo Carreri.
Speaker 4: I thought hegrew all of that. He's been married to
a fox like Mina for over a dozen years.
Speaker 1: We both know Deacon was blackout drunk the night Diego
was conceived.
Speaker 4: Mina says he was very much the aggressor.
Speaker 9: You're too smart to believe anything Mina tells you.
Speaker 4: Bradley, Helena, we should be celebrating the golden years of
her life, not debating the ins and outs of Deacon
and Mina. Deacon is solely responsible for the way his
life has turned out.
Speaker 9: Well.
Speaker 1: I think we can both agree that through it all,
Deacon has been a wonderful father to Diego, despite his
wife from hell.
Speaker 4: Hey, Mina has to tolerate Deacon too.
Speaker 1: Bradley, what will it take for you to stop choosing
me to side over deacons?
Speaker 4: Mina is harmless. She's an alpha female. Deacon's a classic beta.
Speaker 1: She is not harmless. She is harmful to Deacon and Diego,
not to mention the fact that she's trashed meat for years.
I can take it, but she shouldn't be able to
get away with it.
Speaker 9: Whenever I put her in her place, you stay silent.
Speaker 4: You won't be happy until I blame Mina for everything
wrong under the sun. I'm not going to do it.
Speaker 9: And why is that? Why do you jump to her defense? Bradley?
What is it about Mina?
Speaker 2: No watch, no damns, no watch good damns, Yes, Irish.
Speaker 5: Good job, Diego go another Loug do it again again again? Hey,
I was listening to that.
Speaker 8: Your music is too loud.
Speaker 12: With all due respect, I don't think you should be
listening to that with your son.
Speaker 11: In the pool with no due respect. Mind your business bitch.
Speaker 8: I'd like to continue our conversation from earlier.
Speaker 5: Oh God, leave me alone. I'm with my son.
Speaker 8: I'm serious.
Speaker 11: Well, I'd rather drown myself in the pool than sit
here and listen to you, Nina.
Speaker 8: JJ is an alcoholic. The last thing I want is
for him to hit rock bottom.
Speaker 12: If you care about him at all, please stop giving
him alcohol.
Speaker 5: JJ can make his own decisions. I don't pour it
down his throat.
Speaker 8: That's not the point. He's had a problem with alcohol
since he was in middle school.
Speaker 5: Oh woohoo.
Speaker 12: He's battled this addiction his entire life.
Speaker 11: Then maybe you should ease up on him, Bethany, Gina,
because the pressure isn't coming for me. You're the one
who ghosted the company. You're the one leaking stories about
JJ to the press. You're the one who went to
the board of directors. You're also the one who tasted me.
Get over it. You're being unreasonable me. I have receipts.
Speaker 5: You try to kill me.
Speaker 11: I won't be blamed for what JJ does or doesn't do.
Speaker 8: Take a drink out of his hands every once in
a while.
Speaker 11: Unlike you, I don't have control issues. I respect JJ
for the man he is you don't you know what?
I don't have to deal with this level of aggression
and blatant disrespect between you, Deacon and my hag mother
in law. There is always a hypocrite wagging their finger
in my face.
Speaker 8: You benefit from JJ being incapacitated. Are you accusing me
of something everyone knows?
Speaker 12: An addict is easy to control when they're under the influence,
and quite frankly, you've gained a lot recently, Mina Wow.
Speaker 11: You thrive on keeping him down. JJ is alive when
he's with me. You're the only person who benefits if
JJ is drunken out of it. You're the only person
to blame, Bethany Gina you you want the company for yourself,
and you'll use your own brother's addiction to get your way.
You and I both know it.
Speaker 9: That's it.
Speaker 8: Get out, diego, get out of the pool.
Speaker 5: Don't you dare talk to my son like that.
Speaker 9: Get this through your head.
Speaker 12: You may have spun a web that trapped JJ and
won over Bradley and the board, but you will never
fool me.
Speaker 9: You aren't made for this life.
Speaker 12: You don't belong in this house, and you don't belong
in Montecito.
Speaker 9: Now get out.
Speaker 17: Next on Montecito, all eyes are on JJ Roman.
Speaker 5: You need to trust me to run the company.
Speaker 8: I just want to be clear that you're completely sober.
Speaker 3: Stone cold, and the pressure of this on go some
Dutch courage.
Speaker 5: Come on, JJ, have a sip?
Speaker 17: Will JJ fight the temptation?
Speaker 5: Do it for me?
Speaker 17: This has been Montecito created and executive produced by Grant Runner.
Executive story editor is Andrew Pemberton Fowler. Supervising sound editor
is Trey Boody. This episode featured performances by Crystal Chappelle
as Helena Granville, Belasco, Jake Gettman as Diego Grandville, Vincentierrazzari
as Bradley Blasca, Mike Manning as JJ Roman, Peter Porte
as Deacon Granville, Chelsea Rendon as Mina rast Granville, m
Riylan as Bethany Gina Roman, Quinn Marc, Anthony Samuel as
Geo Carreri, and Kelly Tebow as Doctor Leila Carreri. This
episode was written by Grant Runner and Andrew Pemberton Fowler.
Music furnished by Epidemic Sound. Original theme music composed by
Patrick Amil, voiceover by Rick Hurst. Production support provided by
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