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Episode 6 | 6m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
Things are already tense for siblings Cypress and Peter following their aunt’s funeral.
Things are already tense for siblings Cypress and Peter following their aunt’s funeral. As Cypress works to surprise their grieving mother with a family recipe, she butts heads with Peter, who wants their mother to sign a document helping him secure a new place to live. Guilt Cake explores grief, sibling relationships, familial duty and the beautiful and tragic nature of moving on.
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Guilt Cake | NextLens
Episode 6 | 6m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
Things are already tense for siblings Cypress and Peter following their aunt’s funeral. As Cypress works to surprise their grieving mother with a family recipe, she butts heads with Peter, who wants their mother to sign a document helping him secure a new place to live. Guilt Cake explores grief, sibling relationships, familial duty and the beautiful and tragic nature of moving on.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle music) (gentle music) (gentle music continues) (door knocking) (door knocking) - Hey, loving family.
(door knocking) - Shut up, she's sleeping.
- [Peter] Oh.
- It was unlocked, you could have just come in.
- Oh, look at your setup.
Dream on, Cake Boss.
- Cream cheese?
- Yeah.
- What's in this?
- Oh, sorry, that's a drink, wine.
- Growing Glass, Peter?
Let's think this time.
- Let's think this time.
- You gonna keep being a (censored)?
- Sorry.
Um, you said mom's sleeping, uh, do you think she'll mind if I wake her?
- Yes, I think she'll mind.
- Well, I need to talk to her about the guarantor stuff.
- Right now, dude?
- I mean, I guess (indistinct).
- I really don't want her to see this whole thing.
If you wake her up, she's gonna want water or wine or something, and come out here.
So, since when has that been happening?
- What?
- Wine in bed.
- Well, I mean, her sister died, Cypress, shall we maybe give her a break?
- I know.
- I mean, why do you even care if she comes out and sees all this?
- Because I want it to be a surprise, like ta-da, sister's special pound cake, and because if you wake her up now she's just gonna come out here, and she's just gonna see the mess, and that's gonna mean- - I'll be really quick.
- More wine in bed.
Dude, don't.
(item bangs) - Ow.
That was refrigerated.
- Why does your stuff have to happen right now?
- Because I have to tell the realtor, or someone else is gonna get this place.
- There's bigger stuff happening right now.
- Like what, your cake?
Nothing's happening right now.
Dale's dead, funeral's over, Mom's asleep.
All the big stuff's done.
- It's not done, she needs to rest.
- I'm gonna let her, but I'm on a timeline, and I need to move out, Cypress.
- Just wait.
Look, huh?
- Uh-huh, nice.
- No, we got them from Sue's Buckman.
- Oh wait, you didn't tell me we had the Hazy Day cookies.
Fine, distraction successful.
(gentle music) No, I swear, she's like mumsy sometimes now.
We went to the mall, and she complained about being cold the whole time.
And how she didn't know any of the songs playing in the Macy's.
- I don't know what songs are playing at the Macy's.
- And she was such a...
When I chose to park in the garage.
(laughs) She makes me laugh, dude.
- Yeah.
(phone vibrating) What?
- Nickeil.
- The roommate?
- I need to wake her up, Cypress.
I'll be super quick, I just need to know she's gonna be a guarantor for this, and I won't tell her about your cake.
- Peter, can we please just do this tomorrow?
- Why are you so against this?
Not like I need your permission anyway.
- Because she's just not up to it today.
- How would you know?
You don't live here, I do.
- Because after the service, when you went driving around with Nickeil, I came here.
I've been with her today.
- I've seen her today too, and she's fine.
She's a tough old bird.
- She just doesn't need a reminder right now.
- A reminder of what?
- That you're leaving her too.
- Whoa.
- I'm sorry.
That's just how she's going to look at it.
- Little Miss Cypress, smart Cypress.
I know her better than you, I know how she's gonna look at it.
We've been talking about this since before Dale died, and believe it or not, I might understand her day to day moods better than you.
- I know her too, Peter.
Don't pull that with me.
- You're the one who's not here.
You can't just make a cake like you live here.
- That's not why... You know that's not why.
This is not a guilt cake.
- Oh, it is so a guilt cake.
I can smell the cup fulls of guilt.
- Fine, go.
I don't care.
Go wake her up, go ruin her day even more.
- Thank you, gladly.
(glass shattering) (footsteps thudding) - Seriously, dude?
- Um, sorry.
Uh, Cypress, I didn't... You know I didn't mean to.
- [Mom] Peter, what was that?
Cypress, are you okay?
- Coming Mom.
Let me.
(gentle music) (gentle music continues) (birds chirping) (gentle music) (gentle music continues) (birds chirping) (gentle music) Mom.
(gentle music) (gentle music continues)
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