-Hey. -JAY: Hey, babe.
-I'm making shakshuka. -Oh, smells good.
Oh, paprika?
You got to warn a guy.
Hey, you know that huge tree
at the edge of the property, the really old one?
I heard the neighbors are gonna cut it down.
What? But that's been there for centuries.
Who cuts down a beautiful tree?
When I was a girl, I would while away afternoons
in its glorious shade.
I was even married under that tree.
You know what, cut it down.
We could protest.
In my day, we were
always protesting
to protect the environment.
Once, I took acid
to save the snow leopards.
Wait, are there still snow leopards?
-Yeah. -You're welcome.
Thor not understand. Is just one tree.
So many more like it.
There's one there.
And there. And there.
He's gonna point out every tree, isn't he?
Sam, you have to do something. Please.
Okay, I will go talk to the neighbors,
see if there's some way we can save the tree.
There's another large one there.
-Oh, that's a telephone pole. -It same!
Okay.
♪
TREVOR: Hey, Thor.
You like Flower, right?
Yes, but Flower not ready for two-person commitment.
And Pete too cowardly and selfish to be third.
Oh, sorry, big guy.
But that commitment stuff is just an excuse.
It means she doesn't like you enough.
Yet.
She's giving you an opening
with this environmentalism stuff.
What do you mean, "opening"?
Chicks like it when you're into the stuff
that they're into.
Like, when I was alive,
there was this nail polish brand that had
all these clever names for different colors.
Like, Make Your Mauve
and Orange You Cuticle.
Anyway, I memorized all of them.
And when I saw some hottie at a bar,
I would correctly guess which one she had on,
and boom, I was in.
You see what I'm saying?
You mean that if Thor take interest
in thing Flower into, like trees,
then Flower fall in love with Thor?
That's what I'm talking about. Yes!
Yes, Thor think Trevor very wise man.
Thank you. Can you start telling people that?
Because I say smart things,
but people can't get past the fact that I'm not wearing pants.
You are like Odin--
wisest god-- if Odin's butt cheeks
always visible every time he bend over.
Okay. I'm out.
Hi! We're your neighbors.
I'm Sam, and this is -my husband, Jay. -Hi.
Hi, nice to meet you. I'm-I'm June and this is Ally.
And this is our arborist Ted.
-Hi there. -Hello, Ted.
The June and Ally?
As in, Cover Crop Farms?
That's us.
They're, like, the biggest organic farmers in the area.
[stammering] I'm geeking out.
Sam, can we get to the tree, please?
Anyway. The reason we came to talk to you
is because we really love this tree,
and we were hoping to talk you into keeping it.
Yeah, we love the tree, too, but Ted says
it probably won't live that much longer,
unfortunately, so we're...
-we're cutting it down. -FLOWER: Boo!
Although I support your women-owned business,
but boo to the tree thing!
Well, aren't there things you could do to help the tree?
Listen, we just don't want it to damage our work shed.
Tell them the tree has special significance to the Lenape.
The thing is, this tree actually has
special significance to the native Lenape.
Really? Well, why do you think that?
See those markings? I made those, Sam.
For one thing, those markings are definitely Lenape.
Really?
The marks represent the 13 dialects
of the Lenape language.
Uh, yes, they represent the 13 dialects
of the Lenape language.
How-how do you know that?
Uh, 'cause my best friend is Lenape.
-Oh! -What the hell, man?
So now Sass is your best friend?[scoffs]
I mean, my good friend.
I have a lot of friends who I like equally.
-Okay. -Okay.
The point is, this tree is just really important.
No one loves nature and respects indigenous people
-more than we do. -Mm-hmm.
But this tree needs to come down.
And that's not us saying it. That's Ted.
He gets paid, like, two grand to make these calls.
So...
Rich and handsome.
If only he were dead.
THORFINN: Oh, uh, hi there, Flower.
Oh, hey, Thor.
So, how about the environment, huh?
-What about it? -Just listing things
that I deeply care about, like the environment.
-So you like Thor better now? -What?
It's just that, um, Thor like what you like,
and oftentimes that leads to woman being happy.
Okay, well, you haven't actually said anything
about the environment.
Like, what specifically are you concerned about?
Um...
Thor like your nails. Yes.
and, uh, recognize color.
Orange You Cuticle.
I think that's blood
from when I tried to fend off the bear.
Yes, well, it's working.
-Mm. -Cool.
I'm gonna...
-walk into another room now. -That's...
[grunts]
I'm so bummed about the tree.
Well, isn't there anything you can do to change their minds?
In my day, if one wanted change,
one would put pen to parchment.
It was my letters that inspired the public
to demand a second watering trough outside the statehouse.
Hamilton wrote 51 Federalist Papers
and saved the Constitution.
Just to further prove your point.
Thank you, Peter.
The ghosts are suggesting that I write an op-ed
to put the pressure on June and Ally.
Write your way out. Like Hamilton.
Oh, come on.
Okay, I have a lot of ideas.
And it's gonna be a really great op-ed,
but I'm gonna need some time to write it.
Babe...
Which means somebody has to make sure
they don't cut the tree down in the meantime.
Absolutely not.
Hey, guys. I'm so sorry about this
and I hope it doesn't affect our friendship. Oh!
I can see your sunchokes from up here.
They look great, so congrats on those.
-So, how'd it go? -Great. I pitched the op-ed
to The Ulster County Review and they loved it.
They're publishing it on their website tonight.
Babe, that's amazing.
-Thanks. -Champagne.
Oh, I don't need any.
I do. I was in a tree all day.
SASAPPIS: The Ulster County Review.
So did you see anybody else while you were there?
Any 500-year-old female Lenape ghosts, perhaps?
Hmm. Could you be more specific?
Sam, just tell me.
Yes, I did see Shiki.
Oh, hey. So funny running into you.
Really? I've been here hundreds of years.
Had to think there was a decent chance.
No, I mean because I'm actually writing
an op-ed that would interest you.
Just working on a pitch. So nervous.
-She says hi. -Oh. Nice.
I mean, that's cool, uh, no big deal.
You know? Either way would have been fine.
And I'm cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.
Get a hold of yourself, man.
Sorry.
Oh, dear, two men hunched
over Samantha's lap computer.
I know better than to look at what's on that screen.
Relax, it's a bunch of nature stuff.
Picture of a baby seal.
I don't care what you're into, you deviants.
No, Trevor help Thor look up stuff
about environment to impress Flower.
We have cut forests, dirty seabirds,
a river on fire.
[chuckles] That one actually pretty cool.
It says here the ocean heating up
is threatening marine life.
Cod lives in ocean.
And also herring lives in ocean.
And salmon. And haddock and...
Now he's gonna name all the fishes, isn't he?
They are in danger due to hot oceans.
Very bad!
[scoffs] I'm confused.
Now you actually care about the environment?
What began as mission to win one woman's heart
has morphed into mission to save
the planet!
Now, if I wanted to look up...
"stable boys..."
is that in there?
Uh, Sam, why is Jay just hanging out in the kitchen?
Yeah, who's watching the tree?
Oh, don't worry, I have Isaac over there acting as lookout.
If anybody comes to do anything...
He'll scream silently and invisibly at them.
He will come and tell us.
Babe, good news!
Your article is trending.
Well, I mean, locally.
In between "missing cow"
and "weatherman with a secret family."
-Nice! -Well, not for the cow's owner
or the weatherman's wife, but sure, enjoy your moment.
I don't understand. What does this mean, "trending"?
It means we're turning the pressure up on June and Ally.
Now everybody will know
that they're trying to destroy a piece of Lenape history.
Cool.
-Move him, please. -Jay, move.
I have news from the front. The op-ed worked.
Sam has rallied the public who now march in protest.
Jay, people are protesting at the tree.
We got to go check it out.
Wow. This is becoming a big deal, huh?
Hell yeah, it is.
The power of the pen-- it's mightier than the sword.
Not if it's a plus-two magic sword.
Those are pretty powerful.
-What? -It's a D and D thing.
You don't deserve Jay.
Everything okay?
I would have expected you to be a little more
excited, no?
Yeah. I mean, it's good, you know?
-Save the Lenape tree. -ALBERTA: Sass?
-What's going on? -All right.
Um...
I may have exaggerated
the tree being significant to the Lenape.
I mean, it's significant to me,
and I'm Lenape, so in that sense...
-You lied? -Yep, uh-huh.
So what is the significance of the tree?
Um...
you promise you won't make fun of me?
You have our word.
It's my Shiki tree.
So, when I was alive, I would make a mark
every time we had an encounter.
"Encounter," like, times you did it?
No...
Made out?
Not exactly.
Uh, it's the times
that she...
said hi to me.
Oy gevalt.
-Hey. -Hey.
-Hi. -Hey.
Hi!
I think it's sweet.
I mean, sad and pathetic, but also so sweet.
This is sick.
"Hi's"? You don't mark down "hi's."
And this is why I didn't want to share it.
You got to tell Sam the truth, Sass.
Do I? So some protesters showed up.
So what? Maybe they'll save a tree.
Isn't that a good thing?
-That's true. -Well, maybe, I guess.
So was "hi" like a more sexual thing back then?
-And I'm done. -TREVOR: Buddy, no!
What am I missing?
I want to be on your side!
MAN: And once you got all that dirt up to the surface...
How long you watch TV?[both shushing]
Uses much electricity.
Bad for environment.
[screaming]
Hey! We were watching that!
Dude! Not cool.
What not cool is wasting energy.
Really, Thor? This is getting tiresome.
You are becoming the party guest who overindulges
in cocaine and traps one in the corner,
going on and on about Gilbert and Sullivan.
That was you. I was there, as ghost.
Well, then allow me to be your cautionary tale.
Dude, you need to relax.
Relax? Sort of like how you relax on private jet,
spewing toxins into the air on way to spring break?
That was legendary.
We went to a foam party on South Padre Island.
And, you, worst of all.
Industrial Revolution start of everything.
Thor read about dark seductress,
buried deep within the Earth.
Her name is...
coal.
We did get really into coal.
Both of you lived selfish lives, endangered Earth.
You should be ashamed of yourselves.
Dude, I hear you. But have you seen a stewardess
on a private jet? We're talking 1 Oak bottle service level.
And not Wednesdays.
Weekend 1 Oak.
[grumbles]
[chanting]:
Protect Lenape culture!
It's so good to be protesting again.
Flower, boundary.
Whoa.
Look at all these people.
Hey, uh, guys.
Hi. [chuckles]
I know this is a bit much, but we all
just really care about the tree.
We can tell.
PROTESTOR: Support Sam, she's a hero!
Oh, come on, I don't know about hero.
[chuckles] I mean, I was the one who climbed up in the tree.
Don't see a lot of Jay signs.
[chanting continuing] Hi. Hi.
My name is Bob. I'm with
the Hudson Valley Lenape Cultural Center.
Oh, hi.
You're the author of the op-ed?
I am. And honestly,
I was happy to do it.
Well, the thing is, I'm afraid
you might not have all your facts straight.
[gasps] Really?
BOB: Well, as you note in your article, you said
these markings represent the 13 dialects of the Lenape.
That's correct.
The Lenape language only has two modern dialects.
It's possible that we might've had more in the past,
but nowhere near 13.
I hate to quibble with you, Bob,
but I do have it on pretty good authority
that there were 13 dialects.
Right. And I'm telling you
that's not the case.
Sass, you got to get in there.
She's about to back down. It'll be fine.
It's cool that he knows this stuff though, isn't it?
Look, I appreciate that you come
from a place of experience, but...
Uh, sorry, just to, uh, just to clarify,
uh, so you're telling, uh, Bob here,
who, uh-- just checking--
-is Lenape? -That's right.
You're telling that guy,
that he doesn't know what he's talking about?
Well... [chuckles] I'm...
Hey, just a heads up, this is starting
to look a little Karen-y.
-Sass! -Okay, fine.
I know the optics on this aren't great,
and I don't have an explanation for how I know this,
but you have to trust me.
So I made up all the stuff about the 13 dialects.
When I say I want to humbly apologize.
[protesters booing]
[chanting]: Down with Woodstone!
Down with Karen! Down with Woodstone!
[phone ringing] Down with Karen...
Woodstone B and B, are you canceling
for the reason I think you are?
Totally get it. Have a great day.
Down with Karen! Down with...
Silver bird in sky, killer of cod,
I curse thee to Niflheim!
Hey, Thor, could I talk to you for a second?
[laughs] Yeah, just yelling at silver bird.
Cool, cool.
So, listen, I think it is so great
that you want to turn people on to the environment,
but you can't just make
everyone feel bad about themselves.
Why not?
Well, when we protested
the war in Vietnam, we didn't just yell at people all day.
We went to music festivals
and did lots of drugs. You see what I mean?
Thor not good at drugs. When alive,
drink tea of stinking henbane
and instead of having rapturous visions,
Thor just get worried no one like Thor.
I'm saying we had a movement,
which people wanted to be a part of.
You can't just...
yell at people, you have to inspire them.
Yes. Like when executing Danes in countryside,
leave one alive to tell tales of brutality.
You mean like that?
Okay, I'm gonna say yes,
'cause I don't want to hear any more examples,
but I'm sure you'll figure something out.
-Okay. -Okay.
-Figuring it out. -All right.
So the protestors are finally gone,
but not before I had to profusely apologize
for being brazenly ignorant about Lenape culture.
What the hell, Sasappis? Why did you lie to me?
I'm sorry, Sam, but it wasn't all a lie.
The tree is important.
It was there when I was alive, and I did make those marks.
Okay, so what do they really mean?
They represent the 13 times
that Shiki said "hi" to me.
What's going on?
The markings were every time
Shiki said "hi" to Sass.
Really?
Just "hi"?
Okay, I'm not proud of it.
Why didn't you tell me?
I thought if you knew what they actually meant,
you wouldn't think they were important,
and you wouldn't help me protect the tree.
It is my unfortunate duty to inform you...
Tree dead!
Yes, I was trying to be more delicate,
but, yes, tree dead.
[sighs] Wow, it's really gone.
So were "hi's" more significant back then?
Shh.
Thor been here a thousand years.
Many things that were once here, plentiful,
now gone.
Not blaming Sam even though she use blow dryer
entire hour every day.
You're right, Thor.
It's all gone.
You know, I don't think it was just about
the markings that I made on that tree. It's that...
everything's gone.
My people were pushed out.
I watched all of it happen.
And that tree was the last thing left from when I was alive.
And now it's gone, too.
I wish there was something we could do.
Need to inspire.
What's that?
Thor think Thor have idea.
It's just hard to have much hope
when it's presented like that.
So, what is this?
What do y'all want to do?
Sass, oldest friend.
We can't bring back what you've lost.
But from the past is born the future.
These are seeds from the tree.
June and Ally gave them to us.
So, from your tree
will blossom many new trees.
And your tree of friendship
with Shiki will now be whole area
of friendship.
Sort of a friend zone is what you're saying?
Yes, friend zone.[car approaches, stops]
Well put.
Oh, God.
No better place to be.[car doors open, close]
Samantha, a man approaches.
Oh, hey, it's Bob.
-Hey, Bob. -We invited Bob over
to do a land acknowledgement.
It's a way that we can honor the Lenape,
who lived right here on this land.
It's just a small gesture
so that we can keep their presence alive here.
Who are you guys explaining this to?
Oh, uh, each other.
-Yep. -We like to explain things to each other.
[laughs] God love these dummies.
Okay, well, uh,
I kind of have a lunch thing I got to get to.
Right, sorry. Go ahead.
That's the thing, a-a land acknowledgment isn't something
for me to do. It's something for you to do.
I already know about our history.
Bob rocks.
It's up to you, who now want to live
and work on this land, to honor and acknowledge
that sometimes difficult history.
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
I'll give it a shot.
As we build our lives and our business here,
we want to acknowledge that this is
the ancestral land of the Lenape.
They have taken care of this land for generations,
and it is an honor to
continue that tradition.
[speaks Lenape] Thank you, Sam.
If you'd like, I could do
a traditional welcome, in-in Lenape.
Yeah, we'd love that.
[speaking Lenape]
BOTH: We are glad because you people come
to Lenapehoking.
Live well while you are here.
Thank you.
That was beautiful, Bob.
-It's been a pleasure, yeah. -Thank you.
We will watch these trees grow...
together, my oldest friend.
Yep, we're not going anywhere.
[grunts] Thanks, bud.
Yeah.
Friend zone!
ALL [chanting]: -Friend zone! Friend zone! -Stop!
-Friend zone! Friend zone! -Stop! Okay!
Friend zone... Okay...
Thor.
I thought it was really cool,
what you did with Sass' Friend Zone.
[groans] That name's sticking, isn't it?
You did something for the environment,
but you also did it in a way that inspired people.
I'm impressed.
It was nothing.
Me, too, Thor, especially because it won't even
affect you. It's Jay and my kids and their kids
that are gonna have to deal with all this climate change stuff.
Wait, are you pregnant? Did Jay's seed find purchase?
Am I about to be a great-great- great-great-great-aunt?
No. I just meant because Thor's a ghost,
so his life isn't gonna change
because of drought or rising sea levels.
In a way, I'd almost think you'd want climate change
to happen faster. The sooner the Livings kill themselves,
the sooner the Earth goes back to normal.
Wait, this is so true.
This is not Thor's problem at all.
Samantha, Thor change mind.
Climate change great thing. Keep up good work.
Get the Livings to die faster
to usher in glorious new era!
-Oh, no, no. -Yes!
[laughing]
-He's blowing it, isn't he? -Yeah.
But I probably won't remember it,
so he's still got a chance.