Rachel Hansen: Look, it's easy, Tom. Just don't be a pussy.
Narrator: Summer's employment at the Daily Freeze during her sophomore year coincides with an inexplicable 212% increase in revenue. Every apartment Summer rented was offered at an average rate of 9.2% below market value. And her round-trip commute to work averaged 18.4 double-takes per day. It was a rare quality, this "Summer effect." Rare, and yet something every post-adolescent
male has encountered at least once in their lives. For Tom Hansen to find it now in a city of 400,000 offices, 91,100 buildings and 3.8 million people... Well, that could only be explained by one thing... Fate.
Tom: Can you believe that shit?
McKenzie: I'm sorry what shit?
Paul: I think I missed something.
Tom: She said, "It was good." Emphasis on the "good." She basically said she spent the weekend having sex with some guy she met at the gym. Skank. Whatever, I'm over her.
McKenzie: What the
hell is wrong with you?
McKenzie: So, do you have a boyfriend?
Summer: No...
McKenzie: Why not?
Summer: 'Cause I don't want one.
McKenzie: Come on. I don't believe that.
Summer: You don't believe that a woman could enjoy being free and independent?
McKenzie:
[robotic voice] Are you a lesbian?
Summer: No, I'm not a lesbian. I just don't feel comfortable being anyone's girlfriend. I don't actually feel comfortable being anyone's anything, you know?
Tom: [On a date at IKEA] Home sweet home.
Summer: Our place is really lovely, isn't it?
Tom: Yes.
Summer: Ooh! Idol's on... The TV's not working.
Tom: Oh... Well, I'm famished. Let's eat.
Tom: [walks into kitchen] Mmm. Smells delicious.
Summer: Oh, honey, that's because it is delicious. I made it myself.
Tom: Bald eagle.
Summer: Your favorite.
Tom: Mm-hmmm.
Summer: The sink's broken.
Tom: Well, that's okay because... that's why we bought a home with two kitchens.
Summer:
You're so smart. I'll race you to the bedroom.
Tom: [they both lean in for a kiss] Darling, I don't know how to tell you this, but... there's a Chinese family in our bathroom.
Tom: [speaks to himself in mirror] Okay. Settle. She's just a girl. Just a girl. She wants to keep it casual, which is why she's in my bed right now. But that's casual. That's what casual people do. That's fine. That's great.
[walks out to see Summer in bed, naked]
Tom: Hi.
Summer: Hi.
Tom: But what happens when you fall in love?
[Summer chuckles]
Tom: What?
Summer: Well, you don't believe that, do you?
Tom: It's love. It's not Santa Claus.
Summer: Well, what does that word even mean? I've been in relationships and I don't think I've ever seen it.
Tom: Well, maybe that's because...
Summer: And most marriages end in divorce these days. Like my parents.
Tom: Okay. Mine too, but...
Summer: Hey, um, I just wanna tell you that, um, I'm not really looking... for anything... serious. Is that okay?
Tom: Yeah.
Summer: 'Cause some people kind of freak out when they hear that.
Tom: No, not me.
Summer: You sure?
Tom: Yeah. Like, casual, right? Take
it slow.
Tom: Right.
Summer: No pressure.
Paul: So what are you exactly?
Tom: I don't know.
Paul: Are you her boyfriend?
Tom: It's not that simple.
McKenzie: Sure, it is.
Tom: What, like, are we going steady? Come on, guys. You know, we're-we're adults. We know how we feel. We don't need to put labels on
it. I mean, "boyfriend," "girlfriend." All that stuff is... it's really juvenile.
McKenzie: You sound gay.
Paul: You really do.
Tom: [points to McKenzie] Okay, first of all, your last girlfriend was Amy Sussman in seventh grade. And you dated for, like, three hours.
[points to Paul]
Tom: And
you... You've been with Robyn since what, like, 1998?
Paul: '97.
Tom: '97. See... Shoot. I don't think the two of you are exactly authorities on modern relationships.
McKenzie: [Day 1 of having met Summer] I hear she's a total bitch. Yeah. Patel tried to talk to her in the copy room. She's totally not having it.
Tom: Maybe she was just in a hurry.
McKenzie: Maybe she's an uppity, "better than everyone" superskank.
Tom: Damn.
McKenzie: I know. She's
pretty hot.
Tom: That sucks. Why is it pretty girls think they can treat people like crap and get away with it?
McKenzie: Centuries of reinforcement.
Tom: [scoffs] You know what? Screw her. I don't care. If she wants to be that way, fine.