This group includes her two oldest friends, Roberta (Candice Bergen) and Susan (Diane Wiest), and her nephew, Tyler (Lucas Hedges) – who comes along to be his aunt’s assistant, and because of his curiosity about the long-lasting relationship between the three women. What unfortunately comes to light during the trip, however, is that Roberta resents Alice for using her as the basis for the protagonist in “You Always/You Never,” and, unbeknownst to Alice, Karen boards the ship with the party in order to spy on her client’s progress.