Proximity: Jake and Tess  - Sweetbitter
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Tess has a wet dream of her and Jake.

Tess runs into an old soccer mate from her hometown. We find out Tess didn't have many friends in school and that Tess's mother never raised her.

Tess sips wine alone and feels self-conscious about it.

When Tess makes it to Simone's house, Tess sees Simone is a lot less immaculate off the clock. Simone opens up during their conversation and shares her aspirations when she first moved into the apartment 16 years ago: she wanted to live a fantastic and wild life.  

Simone suspiciously avoids a phone call.

Simone and Tess have an impromptu lunch with champagne where Simone gives another lesson. Simone shares she lived in Champagne, France, and Tess admits it's hard to see her anywhere except the restaurant, which hurts Simone's feelings.

Simone shares that Jake's mother died when he was 8 and then he moved in with Simone. Simone gets an unhappy surprise when a huge bouquet of flowers arrive at her apartment "from a man who thinks he can have everything he wants."

Tess destroys the flowers, making Simone laugh. Simone warns Tess to stay away from Jake.

Tess falls asleep in Simone's tub, and when she wakes up Simone is cold to her. Tess is hurt by Simone's behavior.

Around 10, Tess heads to the restaurant where she runs into Howard, Ari, Sasha, Will, Scott, and Heather. Will seems uncomfortable around Tess, so Will bails when she opts to join the crew at another restaurant.

Jake shows up to the restaurant and flirts with Tess. Tess tells Jake not to go back home with Simone. Jake says Tess is right, and they make out.

Jake makes a date with Tess for the night he's supposed to go to Cape Cod with Simone.

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Sweetbitter
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Sweetbitter Season 1 Episode 4 Quotes

Everything that’s born into this world comes into its very own climate, soil, and time of year, and the idea with wine is that you can taste the terroir.

Simone

I laid eyes on this tub 16 years ago and I immediately saw my life. [...] I had to live a life worthy of it.

Simone