The Wedding

The Wedding is the third episode of the first season of Red Oaks. According to the timestamp on David's footage, the episode takes place on Sunday, June 16, 1985, with the exception of the opening scene.

Synopsis
David shows Barry the music video that he filmed for Steve’s band, Fever Blyster. Barry is impressed by the video and hires David to help him film the Kornblatt wedding at the club that Sunday.

Attending the Kornblatt wedding are Getty, his wife, and his daughter. Getty and his wife schmooze with the wedding guests, revealing that Getty is interested in defeating Stan Fineberg in the club’s tennis championship. Getty also has a brief conversation with Nash about a stock tip Getty has received about a pharmaceutical company that is about to make a big announcement. He refuses to tell Nash the name of the company and laughs when Nash asks him if he will act on the tip, since that would be insider trading. As the party winds down, David finds Getty’s daughter swimming in the club pool and has a friendly conversation with her before they are interrupted by Getty, who leaves with his daughter.

Misty finds Wheeler, who is parking cars for the wedding, and returns the cassette he gave her. They smoke weed in the back of the bride and groom’s limo, and Misty mentions that she doesn’t see a future with Steve. She also says, “I'm not going to make the same mistake my ma did and marry some jerk-off with 12 bucks to his name," which visibly upsets Wheeler. Later, Wheeler encounters Ganz, a balding, overweight wedding guest with a hot date and a Porsche. Ganz asks Wheeler to deal cocaine for him at the club.

Nash and Skip spend the wedding trying to impress Alan Kornblatt. Both hope that Kornblatt will loop them into his frozen yogurt franchise, Yogurt Whimsy. After they are relegated to the kids’ table at the wedding, they engage in increasingly extreme tactics to ingratiate themselves to the Kornblatts. At the end of the evening, Kornblatt shakes Nash’s hand and gives him his card, only to reveal that he is only doing so in order for Nash to get the valet to bring around Kornblatt’s car.

An exhausted David returns home at the end of the night to find Sam watching TV. Sam invites David to watch a Sergio Leone movie marathon with him, but David falls asleep before Once Upon a Time in America begins. Sam kisses his forehead and tells David that he’ll let him know how it ends.

Music
The Key - Brian Page

High Climber - Bob McGilpin

Skid Row Smash and Grab - White Heat

True Love - 1982 - Manatua

Melancholy Blue - Bob McGilpin

I'll Tumble 4 Ya - Culture Club