- I'm ready to throw myself back into work 24/7.
I'm ready to pick up where I left off.
- Assistants are generally right out of college.
You're way too o- - Over qualified.
- No, I, I think she was gonna say-
- Orange.
- I'm way too, "Orange"?
- Industry term.
Please don't put words in my mouth, Liza.
(poignant upbeat music)
- How is it the older and more experienced you are,
the less desirable you become?
- I'm Josh.
- You are way too young for me.
- Whoa, whoa.
I'm 26, dude.
I mean, we gotta be the same age, give or take.
- Would you stop feeling sorry for yourself
and listen to me?
What, no one wants to hire a 40 year old has-been?
Tell 'em you're 26.
- I'm gonna need some highlights.
- Oh, girl, we're going way bigger than that.
(lively upbeat music)
- What would you say makes you special?
- I'm a grown-up.
I don't think I'm special.
I got the job.
- Congrats.
As Taylor swift said,
"There is a special place in hell
for women who don't help other women."
I've got your back, girl.
- Thanks, girl.
(Lauren gasps)
- Oh my God.
- What?
- That bush.
- Wow.
- Oh, it looks like my mother's vagina.
- Do I really wanna trade my dignity,
wisdom, and self-respect for another chance at my 20s?
- Yes, yes you do.
(empowering upbeat music)
(Liza giggling)
- What's so funny?
- This guy's really into you.
- I know.
That's why I gotta tell him the truth.
(poignant upbeat music)
Hi.
- I...
- Uh, there's something that I need to tell you.
Never mind.
I am now officially acting like a 26 year old monster.
I'm part of a crew now.
I have bitches, Maggie, and we rule.
- Can I, can I offer you a drink?
- Sure, I'll have what you're having.
- Ah...
- (chuckling) Okay, thank you.
- This divorce has been rough.
- Messes make people interesting.
- You sure you're 26?
(poignant upbeat music)
(Liza chuckles)
- Don't be so hard on yourself.
It's not like your lie is hurting anybody.
- I'm not so sure about that.
- I love you.
- I love you too, Josh.
That's why I have to tell you,
I'm a 40 year old mom from New Jersey,
and I've always thought of myself as the nicest person,
but as it turns out, I'm kind of a sociopath.
You don't understand.
I have to lie about my age at work or I'll get fired.
- Oh, you could tell Kelsey.
- Charles just gave me my own imprint.
It's gonna be huge.
And I want you to be a part of it.
We're gonna be 26 year old bosses.
- You're gonna have to be two people, Liza.
Do you think you can do that?
- I think I can.
- I have no idea what I'm doing. (crying)
- Kelsey, nobody knows what they're doing.
You just fake it till you make it.
Now come on,
if we're gonna run the world before we're 30,
we gotta get moving.
Thank you for keeping my secret.
- Yeah, well some secrets are worth keeping.
- If Diana knew the truth.
she'd have you blackballed from publishing. (chuckling)
There might even be a lawsuit.
- I am no longer a person.
I'm a game of risk.
- I'm done.
- I chose staying in the closet at work
over going public about our relationship.
- You're a 40 year old mother.
- Yeah.
- And a 26 year old marketing assistant.
- Right.
What was something you've always wanted to do,
something you couldn't do because of your job?
- Do you really wanna know?
- I will let you keep your job,
as long as you keep me happy.
- You can tell everybody about me.
I don't really care anymore.
- Wait, wait, wait.
This isn't over.
- Oh yes, it is.
(crane clanking)
(beam whooshes) (bean thuds)
- People aren't perfect, Liza.
We're all entitled to our own secrets.
- Liza quit?
Most things in life are outa your control.
While you're at it, think about this.
(poignant upbeat music)
- Please don't ever disappear on me again.
- I wanna be with you, (Liza crying)
whatever that means.
I'm all in.
(poignant upbeat music)
- I'm just not sure I'm ready to go through all this again.
- A hot guy who will lie for you?
What more could anybody want out of a relationship?
- I know my priorities.
It's Caitlin, you, and my job.
Anything that gets in the way of that is a mistake.
- You're gonna kiss him again.
I know you.
(poignant upbeat music)
- Without you,
I would be living in Michelle's pool house
and folding boxer briefs at Nordstrom.
You've given me a home
and allowed me to make a better life for myself
than the one I had.
Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Uh, I am telling you way too many stories about myself.
(Liza chuckling)
- No, not at all.
I like hearing them.
- I like you.
(romantic mellow music)
- Oh, man.
This feels so good.
(tense music)
- But you're a liar and a cheater.
Your lies are hurting everyone around you.
- I messed everything up.
- Pull yourself together 'cause we got company.
- Kelsey, I have to show you something.
I'm not 26.
I'm gonna be 41 in a few weeks.
- I don't understand.
- Then let me explain.
I can't keep lying to the people I love,
even if it means
they're not gonna like me very much anymore.
- I don't think that I can ever forgive you.
You, you broke my heart.
Caitlin, hey.
I have been feeling like a shitty person lately.
- You did what you had to do for your kid.
I would like to think that my mom
would do something crazy like that for me.
(poignant mellow music)
We're good.
- Why'd you have to kiss him?
- Some part of me needed to blow things up.
Just please tell me that you'll be in my life.
Please, somehow.
There's gotta be a better ending to us than this.
(papers rustling)
(desk creaking)
I have to tell you something.
- D, d, d, don't talk.
All we do is talk.
- Jim!
(mellow upbeat music)
- Holy shit, Liza.
Sleeping with the boss doesn't end well for any of us.
- I'm going to a party with Pauline.
- Well you two seem to be getting along.
- We have a lot in common.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, we both found ourselves stuck
in lives we wanted to change,
and now we're changing them.
She still loves her husband.
- You still love her husband.
- Pack your bags. We're going to Ireland.
I think we should raise a glass to the happy couple.
- Yeah.
- To Clare and Josh.
- Clare and Josh.
- Thank you.
- She's a divorced, 40-something housewife from New Jersey.
- Who are you?
- I'm just a woman who lied about her age to get a job.
The world is ageist,
and until that changes, I can't play by the rules.
I'm a fraud,
but you do what you have to do.
- I don't care anymore.
(romantic upbeat music)
- We can't go back to how we were after this.
- We all have issues.
- We're all scared to put our hearts out there.
The good things only happen when we risk
letting the bad stuff happen too.
Project confidence
because everyone is secretly shitting inside.
You got this, Kels.
Everyone at work now knows that I'm the assistant
Charles was having the affair with.
I have lied to a lot of people for a long time.
And I know what it looks like.
Are you questioning my loyalty?
- Charles is your blind spot,
and you don't wanna see him lose.
- I don't want anyone to lose.
- When it comes to business, you need to choose a side.
- I wanted to tell you sooner
because I'm trying to be more real.
- Real? You're trying to be real?
You don't even know what real is anymore.
- Liza Miller is 42 years old,
and she's been lying shamelessly for years.
- You can't win the game without playing the game.
- Well maybe you did what you had to do.
And I can respect that.
- I love you too.
- Liza Miller,
will you marry me?
- Oh my God.
Everyone is pretending to be younger.
If there's one thing I've learned,
it's that age is irrelevant.
- It brings me joy to know that you are happy.
- Josh, you are so special to me.
I always want you in my life.
You promise me that?
- Yeah, I want you in mine too.
Always, forever.
- I believe in marriage.
- I think we're finally free
of needing to define ourselves
by those rules and obligations.
I want to be everything to you.
- We both deserve what we really want.
- Charles.
(lips smacking) (gentle melancholy music)
I just got to a place where my life can surprise me again.
You and I are independent human women
with our own agency in the world.
- Do you think we can pull this off?
- I have no idea,
but what have we got to lose?
Accept the past.
Embrace the present.
And keep moving forward.
- Is that what we're doing, moving forward?
- You better believe it.
- You are a remarkable woman, Liza Miller.
You have a way of making me see things
in a completely different way.
I'm sorry I didn't see it sooner.
(Liza sighs)
- I love him, Maggie.
It's not right to stand in his way.
I wanted to come and say goodbye.
- I couldn't get on that plane.
- What? Why?
- Because I was with the wrong person.
- Sometimes life gives you a second chance.
When we met, you said you had my back,
and I never forgot it.
So believe me when I tell you,
I will always have yours.
- Kelsey is going,
and I need someone to run this place
while I am at Yaddo.
- Seriously?
- Yeah, I've spent enough years
looking over other writer's shoulders.
You don't think it's too late
to start a second career, do you?
- Never.
(Charles laughs)
Charles,
(poignant upbeat music)
thank you.
- No, Liza, thank you.
- Sorry. I didn't see you there.
- Really? 'Cause you know what?
I've been right here,
by your side,
all along.
(poignant upbeat music)
♪ And I will never forget ♪
♪ You here with me ♪
♪ With me ♪
♪ Let's sail ♪
♪ Into ♪
♪ The sky ♪