The Guncle Abroad

Patrick and Clara sit at the beach on the lake with Maisie and Grant. Patrick reflects on how different his life is now compared to five years ago when he was living alone and isolated in Palm Springs. Maisie interrupts his memory, arriving with lemons from the hotel for him to highlight her hair with. As Patrick works on her hair, Maisie once again presses him to stop the wedding. When he won’t agree to, Maisie dares him by saying that she will ask Palmina instead, knowing that it will annoy Patrick. Patrick dislikes how effortlessly cool Palmina is and worries that the kids like her more than him. When a man in a speedo walks by, both Clara and Patrick catch each other checking him out. Clara is clear that she is on the rebound from her divorce and is looking for a man at this wedding.

Palmina is also at the beach, and Patrick cannot help but watch her every move, feeling the jealousy rise within him. When he pokes fun at Palmina, Clara calls Patrick out for being dismissive of women. Patrick pushes back against this, saying that he has many women friends.