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(Irv narrating)
Ask any mom or dad
and they´ll tell you

with drop-dead certainty that
their child is extraordinary.

A genius of some kind..

...gifted by the gods and
deserving of great privilege.

One in a million
might even be right.

Just try to tell the other

couple of hundred thousand
they´re not.

Wow.

I think Everwood
got its own stock exchange.

Since when
is college such an ordeal?

No, no. You´re dealing with

college admissions, raw
competition.

From here on out, parents
you once carpooled with

are the enemy.

They´re just juniors.

Just juniors?

Don´t you know anything
about getting into college?

Well, I thought I did
until you asked me that.

You have no idea, do you?

You haven´t read
the guidebooks? School rankings?

Talked to guidance counselors?
Anything at all?

Well, I´m here.

Oh, this? This is a chance
for actual face time

with actual admissions officers.

Even with a candidate as strong
as Amy, that takes preparation.

I had her make her priority list
weeks ago. Amy?

I´m going to sketch out
my game plan.

Alright. Only because your son´s
future hangs in the balance.

Pay attention.

You´ve got two hours.
You´re battling a class

full of parents.

Give eight minutes per reach
school. Six for safeties.

Pick up a bumper sticker
for anything on West Coast.

You need me, I´m with the Ivies.

(Andy)
´Hey.´

I guess I should check this out.

Have fun.

I thought you were diving in.

I was gonna check out
the Tufts kiosk...

...but Betsey Baird´s mom
cross-checked me out of the way.

Survival of the pushiest.

This year is gonna hurt,
isn´t it?

Mm. Grade polishing. SAT
tutoring. Resume stuffing.

Parent management.

No.

That´s the one advantage
of having a father

who has no idea what´s going on.

He´s too clueless to become
one of the pod parents.

Ephram. Hey, Ephram.
Come on down.

Duke´s giving away Frisbees.

Oh, God.
He´s become one of them.

Welcome.

You look tired.

I was up all night
with these college books.

In my day, you threw out
two or three applications

maybe...and you knew you were
gonna get in..

...but now, it´s like this whole
continent

I´ve never heard of before.
Number of kids applying.

All these extracurricular
activities

you need to do to stand out.

Newspaper, yearbook, club
sports, public service hours.

You ever done any of this stuff?

Probably, but I don´t think I
enjoyed it.

This is just to get ready
to apply next year.

We are so behind the curve here.

What we, white man?

We got so many college brochures
in the mail...

...I assumed they´d
be more solicitous.

Look at this.

"Top 10 universities take 80
percent of their students

from the top 5 percent
of high-school classes."

I guess we know
where I´m not going.

Dad, can I wear this shirt?

Sure, why not?

I can´t remember
if I wore it yesterday.

I don´t think it matters
in fourth grade, honey.

You and I aren´t done talking.

We need to work on an academic
strategy.

I have a year before
I have to worry about this.

You´re a junior, Ephram.
This is a big deal.

If you´re gonna be competitive,
you need to get your grades up

...and build a better profile.

We need a plan here.

Well, you can help yourself

but we have a shower to take and
homework to finish on the bus.

- Wow, I want these.
- No way, these are better.

(powerpuff on tv)
´I´ll have these.´

(Harry)
´Amy.´

(Harry)
´Amy?´

(professor x)
´I can´t see where I--´

Did you know that Woodrow Wilson

was the 13th president of
Princeton

...before he became president
of the United States?

I was not aware of that.

Well, you will
by tomorrow at 4:30.

Aren´t you going to ask me?

- What´s tomorrow at 4:30, Dad?
- Oh, well.

Only afternoon tea with the
admissions rep from Princeton.

She´s looping back up through
Everwood on her way to Cheyenne

and is stopping to meet with us.

Well, meet with you.

Is it okay if I´m not sure
that I wanna apply there?

Not want to?

And miss your chance to walk the
same halls as Eugene O´Neill

F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Jimmy Stewart, Einstein?

Do you know
how many Nobel laureates

have graduated from Princeton?

I´m sure I will by tomorrow.

[CHUCKLES]

If you would. I´ve already
downloaded some information

just so you can familiarize
yourself with school history..

...class demographics.

Eight percent Latino. Mm.

Oh, and if I may be
so bold as to make

one note on wardrobe..

...you would look quite
promising in the Burberry skirt

that you wore
last Founder´s Day.

[Harry clapping]

[school bell ringing]

(Bright)
´Hey, are you gonna eat these?´

Your father has deep-ended.

"The Princeton library carries
1.2 volumes

in the reference section alone."

- He wants me as a tour guide.
- I´m sorry.

I wish I could be there to talk
Jersey history

but I got football practice.
Homecoming grudge match

this Friday against the Ben
Franklin Poor-Men!

[crowd booing]

Yeah, I didn´t notice.

Uriel Alvarez just graduated.

Their new running back totally
sucks. So if I can hold him

we got the greatest chance to
take the playoffs this year.

[cheerleaders cheering]

Don´t look now, incoming.

(Woman # 1)
´Ready.´

(Woman 2)
´Go, County.´

(cheerleaders)
´Miners go in long!´

´Miners go in deep!´

´Miners do it with helmets on
And never go to sleep!´

´Miners go in long!´

´Miners go in deep!
Miners do it--´

-Who is the new girl?
-Stacey Wilson.

It´s kind of hard
to tell since she--

Since the hooter fairy
paid a visit.

Damn.

Wallflower to prom queen
in two cup sizes.

Oh, I love puberty.
Are you sure she´s not new?

Too bad you only know she´s
alive now that she´s stacked.

It´s not my fault I´m shallow.
It´s how God made me. Blame him.

(Beels)
´Bright Abbott?´

Excuse me, I´m, uh, Mr. Beels,
the new guidance counselor.

- Can I borrow you for a second?
- Uh, could you wait a minute?

Um, they´re about to make
the pyramid.

(cheerleaders)
´Miners do it with helmets on
And never go to sleep!´

Is it wrong
to have enjoyed that?

Technically, I´m not
the new guidance counselor

it turns out I´m the first.

The board decided that a gym
teacher

who passed a correspondence
course wasn´t the best way

to shepherd students on
the road to excellence, so..

Oh. Mrs. Lippman was cool.
She got me out of Spanish.

Uh, look, Bright, I hate to be
the sheriff on this

but there´s a problem
with your math grades.

Oh, right, my, uh, trig thing.
I blew the final last spring

but I took it over this summer
at ECC.

Yeah, that´s the problem.
We got your grades back

um, and..

You failed the class.

Um, I can take it
over again, right?

I already worked out
a new schedule for you.

But here´s the part
you´re not gonna like

you can´t play until
you pass the class.

What about-- What about
football?

It´s school policy.
You can´t fail a class

and play varsity. I´m sorry.

But I´m a senior now.

I´m applying
to colleges right now.

And I´m hoping
to get recruited for football.

How can I apply
if I can´t play football?

There are other strategies
for getting into college.

How do you feel
about your grades?

(Andy)
´Well, luckily,
nothing´s broken.´

Ice packs tonight and keep the
weight off it for about a week.

I think we should stay off the
top of the pyramid for a while.

Any idea how you fell?

I was having killer cramps
all day

but I just got made new co-head
cheerleader

and I didn´t wanna miss my first
rally.

- I got your message.
- Mom, you didn´t have to come.

- I was worried. Is she alright?
- It´s barely even a sprain.

He said I´m fine.
I´ll be out in a second.

(Andy)
´We´re almost finished here.
You can stay.´

You know, Stacey,
I could prescribe something

for those cramps, if you´d like.

You had cramps
or did you have chest pain?

It´s nothing.

(Wilson)
´It might not be nothing.´

She had breast implants
before summer.

I can´t believe you
just told him that.

Could you just not
say anything, please?

You had implants?

I mean, Stacey,
you just turned 17

your body´s barely done
developing.

I offered her a Jetta
for her birthday

but she knew what she wanted.

It´s not like everybody doesn´t
have something done anymore.

Demi Moore, and, like,
half the cast of "Friends".

My mom had a peel at the same
time. It´s totally normal.

I´m concerned you´re still
experiencing pain

three months after surgery.
If you don´t mind

I´d like to have it looked at.

They said it would be normal
for it to hurt for a while.

Yeah, well, you are
the new co-head cheerleader.

I mean, you can´t afford to take
any risks with your health.

(Gellar)
´Someone told me I could find
Ephram Brown here, did I?´

Depends how much trouble
he´s in.

I´m James Gellar.

I´m with the App-Fest crowd
here, visiting from Juilliard.

Oh, you´re looking for me?

Well, if you´re the kid who
played the Schubert

at the Denver Rep teen recital
last year..

I heard all about you.

Is it okay if that freaks me out
a little bit?

What´s all this?

Oh, just checking out
the SAT vocab list.

Turns out there´s a lot I don´t
know.

I´ve been at it two hours and
I´m still in the B´s.

You know, most performing arts
schools don´t require SATs.

I like to think of it as time
wasted on entrance tests

as time that should be spent
on your instrument.

You wanna say that into
a tape recorder for my dad?

[chuckles]

But, you know, people

they forget how rare
this kind of gift is.

Do you realize the confluence of
events required

to get one great player?

Well, the right ear, ha, ha..

...is one in a million.

Musical ability to let it all
shine, 1 in 50,000.

Now, to bring those two together
in one person, do the math.

Well, if I could, I wouldn´t
have to study for the SATs.

A kid with those kinds of odds
shouldn´t have to.

Why don´t you play for me
tomorrow?

Not an audition or anything
like that.

Just to, um, let you know where
you stand.

-Are you interested?
-Sure, yeah. Anything specific?

You know this one?

-Not yet.
-Good.

See you tomorrow at 3.

[piano music]

(Andy)
´Hey, Ephram.´

Close your eyes.

Why?

If you don´t close,
you´ll know what it is.

I won´t close them.

Remember when I told you we
needed a plan

and you said, "Help yourself"?

It´s the new regime
for college applications.

We know what needs to be done
and when. What do you think?

You got a chance
of getting into Yale.

Hey, you´ve got a lot
to do this year.

I don´t wanna let
anything slip past us.

I don´t think you have this
skill for organization.

They medicate
for this much organization.

"Monday, Chemistry
3:30 to 4:30."

"Social Studies
4:30 to 5:00, Sci--"

I´ve never even heard
of Science League.

Well, colleges want kids
who are well-rounded

And, uh, TV doesn´t count,
I checked.

Besides, this times out
well with your SAT prep class.

- I don´t think I need it.
-Oh, really?

Really. Conservatories don´t
even look at SAT scores

piano gets me free.

You don´t know that.

I mean, an art school sounds
like a great idea

but you can´t count on that.

What if you change your mind?
What if you don´t get in?

A BFA doesn´t anchor
a resume like a BA.

I just wanna make sure you´ve
got all your options open

and you´ve got a backup plan.

You didn´t have a backup plan.

I didn´t have a father
who gave a damn.

He was done after he taught me
to swim.

Well, how do I get on that plan?

Hey, if, uh, Science League
calls, tell them I´m practicing.

(Man)
´Someone else! Go!´

[whistle blowing]

Come on. You´re not gonna take
that crap, are you?

Coach?

Hey, I heard about what
happened.

Sorry they had to bench you,
you´re one of the best

I got out here.

- Thanks.
- So how´d your folks take it?

I haven´t told them yet.

I tried telling
my dad last night

he´s emergency-eBaying half of
Princeton.

I got no D-line without you.

-I could use you this week.
-I´d really like to be there.

(Austin)
´Well, there´s nothing
I can do about that.´

I talked to Mr. Beels,
I told him

you were a really solid student
and all that..

...but, uh, they´ve got the rule
and, uh, it´s not a bad one.

It´s not only just that I wanna
play. I mean, I need this.

If I wanna get anywhere
worth going next year.

There´s gotta be some way
I can get back out there.

Well, there is.

I´ve, uh, been asking around.

You blew the class
when things were going rough.

You didn´t exactly have
the easiest summer there.

The whole thing with Colin,
I mean

that hit us all a little hard,
but you..

...you two were a team.

I don´t think it´d be out of
line for you to say so.

I don´t think I wanna play it
like that, coach.

I mean, Colin died, I´m not
gonna..

...use that, you know?

Yeah, that´s what
I thought you´d say.

(Austin)
´Come on.´

Well, it´s always a gamble
which is why

your breast is still
under warranty, if you can
believe it.

- But a rupture?
- Yep.

Right there.

Probably sustained in the
initial surgery

which accounts for all the
soreness.

The good news is that with
saline

there´s no danger of toxicity

and the tear is actually quite
miniscule.

So I´m not gonna deflate or
anything?

Not today. But you are gonna
have the implant taken out soon.

But they can replace
it right away?

- They can, but--
- But what?

It´s your fault I have to get
the surgery again.

You made me get them in
the first place.

Made you? You begged me
for those for a year.

You picked out the doctor.

I wanted to wait.
I wanted to buy you the car.

Well, you know, you can always
get it replaced, Stacey.

But you could also see this
as a chance

to correct your decision
and have both implants removed.

I can´t go back
to school flat again.

Everyone will know.
I´ll be just like Karen Fenmore.

She got her nose done

and now anytime you ask what
she´s doing, all they say is

"Oh, I hear she got a nose job."

Not, "I hear she got
a Fulbright."

Well, I understand
the pressure or the rewards

of looking a certain way

but there are certain
complications here.

There´s capsular contracture,
infection, nodules.

Plus the added recovery time.

It is something
to think about, sweetie.

We´re gonna listen to him?

I´ll be in the car.

I´m sorry. It might be hard to
get her to listen to you

after all that happened
with Colin.

You might wanna get
a second opinion.

Maybe she´ll listen
to someone else.

[piano music]

[music continues]

Have you ever played
that piece before?

Not really, but I like it.

Well, that was, um..

What? That was what?

I don´t know..

...how much
I should disappoint you.

Well, I was hoping not too much,
but--

It´s clear. You have the ear.

And you bring a genuinely
remarkable

dynamics and phrasing but, God,
you´re a mess of bad habits.

Why, your wrists are stiff,
your posture´s hollow

you utterly refuse to move your
carriage to the music

but that´s not what gets me.
All that I can stand.

You don´t sight read very well.
You barely looked at the music.

I learned it.

Still, you must always look
at the music.

The sheet is like a movie
you´ve watched 10 times.

You may know it by heart,
but you find

something new in it every time.

You´ve been getting by on that
ear and muscle memory

and it´s a problem.

Well, I´m allowed to make a
mistake, right?

As long as I have the ear
and the mechanics.

You need the eye too.

You haven´t been putting in
your three hours a day.

Look..

...if you wanna be the best
lounge player in Denver..

...that´s great.

But if you wanna get into
Juilliard..

...if you wanna sit in the
center, command performances..

It´s all too ordinary, really.

It´s an unfortunate combination
of bad habits..

...bad teachers
that let you get away with it.

Well, now I know what to work on
through the year, right?

If I wanted to be nice,
I would say yes.

But I´m afraid
too many people have done

you a disservice
by trying to be nice.

Sheet music
is like a language, Ephram.

The acquisition´s the same.

If you´re not fluent
by the time you´re 8

it´ll always be a foreign
language, a struggle.

But to play concert level..

...it must be your primary mode
of communication.

I´m sorry.

No, I mean, that can´t be it.
Come on.

There´s gotta be
something I can do.

How are you doing with
your vocabulary?

I hear wonderful things about
your women´s studies program.

I´m sure Amy will
be here shortly.

I´m sure.

So your mother served tea

we had some little cucumber
sandwiches..

...after which
I brought the photo albums

so she would know
what you look like.

Oh, the ones from your seventh
grade gymnastics tournament

really took the cake.

It wasn´t just embarrassing,
it was insulting to her.

I said I was sorry.

(Rose)
´We don´t ask that much of you.´

Everyone in this family
does their part.

Your father and I go to work.
Bright goes for football.

No one needs
to be reminded 10 times.

No one needs
to have a cattle prod.

To look at you,
I´d guess you don´t have

the slightest concern
about your future.

Well, I don´t.

- Can I be done here?
- Absolute--

(Harry)
´Rose.´

Yes.

Go ahead.

(Rose)
´Now, hold on.´

I know this is hard. I do.

You can´t just forget
about everything

that was important to you.

(Harry)
´Rose.´

We don´t have to do this now.

(Harry)
´Go on.´

Excuse me?

We´re angry. She knows it.

That´s enough.

[scoffing]

That is hardly enough.

It was a united front that got
us this far with them, Harold.

If we intend to get anywhere
with her--

There´s nowhere to go.

Not now. Can´t you see she´s
hurting? And with good reaso n.

- I can´t punish that.
- We don´t have to punish it.

But I cannot let her
continue in this void.

Of course I can see she´s
hurting. She doesn´t eat.

She´s up half the night with the
TV on. It´s not normal.

She´s not supposed to be normal.

You know, Amy´s not just
grieving for Colin

she´s grieving for the life
that she wanted and expected.

I met you when
I was Colin´s age.

Right now, the rest of her life
is like a second choice.

She´s becoming someone
I don´t even recognize.

I miss her. I miss her life.

All I have now
are eggshells everywhere

and this fear that I´ll say
something wrong to remind her.

Am I really supposed
to just do nothing?

Yes. You are.

Be thankful that you have
the easier job.

Dr. Brown said he could send
over the MRI if need be..

...but the rupture
was pretty clear.

- The only question--
- Is when it will be replaced.

I don´t know why
we´re still talking about this.

- And how old are you, Stacey?
- Seventeen.

Seventeen.

What was Dr. Brown´s assessment,
if you don´t mind my asking?

He said that getting it replaced
probably wasn´t the best idea.

Like after 7 grand
and a week of tubes

I´m gonna take them out
and use them as a paperweight?

I don´t know why
I went to Dr. Brown.

I´m lucky I came out alive.

And I assume you let him know
how you feel?

I didn´t tell him anything
he didn´t already know.

He suggested we get
a second opinion.

I see.

Well, I´m afraid
I can´t offer you one.

- You don´t have an opinion?
- None.

None whatsoever. No opinions
here. Fresh out. Tabula rasa.

Wait, doctor. It wasn´t easy
to get her to come in.

Oh, I´m sure it wasn´t.
Good day.

And good luck with your breast.

[knocking]

(Harry)
´Yeah?´

Generally, I´m thrilled
to take in refugees

from your inferior medicine.

I´m surprised patients don´t
flee across the street

from your office more often.

But when you give them good
reason to run

you take all the fun out of it.

I just met with your patient,
the adolescent implant case.

They needed a second opinion

from someone who wasn´t
a plastic surgeon.

Should I not send people
your way?

Well, I expect a minimum
of discretion.

Any idiot would know that
that girl has no business

getting more plastic surgery.

She should have never gotten
any in the first place.

It became very clear
very quickly

that she didn´t wanna hear
that from me.

(Harry)
´And since when does
that stop you?´

Ever since you moved here, all
you´ve done

is make people listen.
You´re Andy Brown.

You meddle, you push,
you enmesh and embroil.

Irritate till you get your way.
You´re like pestilence.

Look, if they don´t trust me,
if they look at me

and all they see
is Colin Hart´s memorial photo

there´s not much I can do.

You´re not gonna win their trust

by sending anything
more complicated

than a bagel wound to me.

Forgive my saying so
but this whole attempt

at rule-abiding good behavior
makes you painfully ordinary

and quite frankly,
you have no talent for it.

[phone ringing]

That ring takes
all the authority

out of everything you just said.

Hello, Rose. What?

What? No, no,
I´ll be right home.

[frog croaking]

At least fake it.

If you´re here
for the prep class

you´re about two weeks late.

- Traffic.
- Will you be joining us?

Looks that way.

You can pay for the book next
time. We´ll see how you do.

Am I about to be as bored
as I think?

And paying for the privilege.

And what, you´ve known how long?
You didn´t bother to tell us?

I had to hear it from Evanston
Keller at the Readersmart.

I mean, why didn´t you

just tell us
you´re kicked off the team?

- Think we´d be that mad?
- Because we are.

I figured you had enough going
on without me.

Just because Amy´s having a
rough time it doesn´t mean

you get to hide things.

(Bright)
´Yes, it does.´

You don´t wanna hear it from me.
You never do.

Everything is always about Amy
and her problems.

Amy and her schoolwork.

I always figure everything
out on my own.

Well, not this time.

I mean to get you back
on that team.

Your guidance counselor
may think otherwise

but this battle is far from
over. You´ve worked too hard.

I´m not getting back
on the team.

I´ve taken on
the administration before.

Your mom is not without some
influence. We´ll convince them.

There has to be something
that we can do.

Yeah, there is.

Coach told me, I need to do is

say I had problems with my
classes because of Colin.

Oh.

Well, then that´s what
you´ll tell them, then.

First thing tomorrow, we´re
making a call.

No, we´re not.
I´m not gonna cash in on that.

(Harry)
´Bright,
it might seem distasteful.´

But you shouldn´t underestimate
how much losing him

may have affected your
performance.

You deserve to be
back on that team.

You deserve
a football scholarship.

You think I wanna be benched?

Having everyone know
I´m off the team

because I failed a class
no one has a problem with?

- Then why don´t you tell them?
- ´Cause I blew the class.

And it wasn´t because of Colin.
I failed because I screwed up.

You know, I shouldn´t play.

I wanna go to college
but I wanna make it on my own.

Well, we have always assumed
the strategy of packaging you

as a student-athlete so it´s a
little late to change that.

I mean, making it on your own
includes all of your strengths.

My best friend´s death
is not one of my strengths.

So, do you even wanna
go to college?

- Harold, that´s not--
- No. Let me finish, do you?

It´s my job as your parent..

not to let your personality

stand in the way
of your success.

So, you will do whatever
you have to do

to get back on that team.

You wanna be mad at me about it,
fine, fine.

Let this be my fault. Blame me.

Be mad at me the whole time
that you are

in the college of your choice.

If the only way I can get into
college is by guilting somebody

then I shouldn´t get in.
And I won´t go that way.

So how will you go then, huh?

This isn´t petty rebellion time.

This isn´t some cute
wing-stretching opportunity.

This is your future, Bright.
You need a football scholarship.

How do you plan to get to
college without football?

I´ll work my ass off.
I´ll study harder.

I´ll work harder.
You push me to play.

You don´t push me to work.
I´ll be good at it.

It´s not like we´re hurting
so much I can´t get in

- without a scholarship.
- It´s not the money.

They won´t accept you without
football.

- Why? Why not?
- Because you´re not smart.

I-- Now, I didn´t mean..

(TV announcer)
´That is correct.´

Hey.

You know, I was hoping this
would be stew

by the time you got home but,
okay, we´re having soup tonight.

You´re back late.

- I added a new class.
- Oh, really?

- Which one?
- SAT prep.

- I´m sorry?
- SAT prep, okay?

The one you had no interest in?
When did that happen?

I woke up and thought, "How can
I make my life more bleak?"

I thought conservatories
didn´t care about the SATs.

I thought piano took you out.

Piano´s not taking me anywhere.
That plan´s retired.

I don´t understand. Yesterday,
you were playing Lincoln Center.

I don´t think my life´s gonna
turn out the way I hoped.

If it´s the charts, I´ve
recycled them.

It´s not the charts, okay?
You were right.

This guy from Juilliard,
he came for App-Fest.

He watched me play, gave me a
critique. I´m a lounge player.

If I´m lucky, maybe second
keyboard in a bar-mitzvah band.

Looks like your backup BA plan´s
been pushed to first position.

Wait. Hold on a second. You met
with somebody from Juilliard?

When did this happen?

You´re not listening. I sucked.

My technique is ass, there´s
nothing I can do about it.

I get to spend my life
knowing I blew it.

You get to spend your life
gloating about how you

begged me to take playing more
serious. I bet you love this.

Love this? I don´t know what
happened. I was making soup.

You´d rather be right
than have me do well.

That´s not true. I pushed you to
study just in case

but I´d rather you be happy
doing something you love.

Well, lucky for you,
that´s not an option.

I think that´s the longest we´ve
ever gone without an insult.

Today is a special day for all.

Well, I´m not so
sure about that.

I´m seeing Stacey Wilson
again today.

Seems like I´ve had
this day before.

Do yourself a favor.

If I offer any more
unsolicited advice

on that subject or any other,
do the opposite.

Wow.

I´ve never heard you admit you
were wrong preemptively before.

Matter of fact, I´ve never heard
you admit that you were wrong.

It is, I´m sure,
a feeling I´ll get used to.

You have experience having a son
who hates you with good reason.

Is there anything
I should be doing..

...or is it all just pretty much
shouting and regret?

How bad was it?

My fight with Ephram yesterday
was about a five, maybe a six.

Nine point five, easy.

-Oh.
-Yeah.

Yeah. Ha.

I don´t suppose
there´s any way out.

Well, I find that contrition
works pretty well.

You just keep telling him what
an idiot you are.

They like that.
But 9.5?

Yeah, I called you
as soon as I saw it.

You´re sure her wrist is broken?
You didn´t notice that before?

Well, it´s a hairline fracture.
It´s very, very subtle

but it could take a long, long
time to heal.

It´s right there, see?

That´s not a fracture,
that´s a hair.

Oh.

Wow.

So it is. Ha, ha.

- One of mine.
- So my wrist isn´t broken?

I guess not.

While we´re here, we could talk
about your surgery options.

Really? We´ve heard plenty from
you doctors

- after plenty of visits lately.
- I don´t need to listen.

(Andy)
´Oh, I think you do.´

The proof is in those two leaky
bags you had hard-pressed

into your chest. Sit down.

Now look.

I don´t knock cosmetic surgery.
I´ve seen it save lives.

Not just the cleft palates
and reconstructions

but those were adults who had
had time to think about it.

You´re a girl who woke up one
morning

and decided to buy a woman´s
body.

At your age, everybody thinks
there´s something wrong.

That´s why most surgeons will
make you wait until you´re 18.

Like waiting another year is
gonna make a difference.

I´m old enough to decide now.

If your biggest concern when you
find out you have

to have your implants replaced
is your friends are gonna

find out you´ve got them,
you´re not old enough.

Don´t think I blame you.

You´re not the only one
who´s at fault here.

I was giving her what she
wanted. I kept thinking about

how much better
she´d feel about herself.

It wasn´t supposed to be this
complicated.

Well, now it is.

By giving in to your daughter,
you´ve consigned her

to a lifetime of surgeries.

If you´re lucky, they´re gonna
give you trouble now and again.

And so far, you´re not so lucky.

You are 17 years old, Stacey.

You´re gonna be living in that
body of yours

for a very long time.

Why don´t you just spend some
time in it

and see how it makes you feel?

And then make any changes
that you want.

Now...if you will
please join us,

we can talk about
some of our options?

You´re in Amy´s spot.

Yeah, well,
it always worked for her.

I have a quiz tomorrow.

It´s that many books for a quiz?

I´ve got, like,
three years to make up.

- Look, Bright--
- You can save it.

You´re not gonna have a football
player in the house anymore..

...just a mediocre student.

I never said you were mediocre.

No, no, just dumb.

You failed a class,
got kicked off the football team

you didn´t tell us.
I got angry.

If I´d known you
were having that hard a time

I wouldn´t have come down hard.

You could have told us.

You could have said something.

We don´t talk about
that kind of stuff.

Of course we do.

We talk all the time.

No, I mean, tests and grades.

I mean, we talk about
what´s going on in my life.

We talk about the game, but--

Well, that doesn´t mean that
I´m not interested

in your schoolwork.

But you´re not.

What? Is that why we went to
App-Fest?

Looked at all those brochures
together, you and I?

No, it´s all stuff
you do with Amy.

And she´s always better
at the stuff that you were

better at and you paid
more attention to her.

You never knew when
I had a test.

Or made sure I studied
or asked me how I did.

Picked me up from football
practice and make sure

I´d ice my shoulder
but school´s not our thing.

It never was.

So you really think I won´t get
into college without football?

I don´t know what to tell you.

The school´s that you´re looking
at, it´ll be tough.

You don´t have the grades.

Well, what if I study now?
What about your senior year?

Don´t they notice if people are
trying to improve or..?

Maybe.

- Maybe they do.
- Alright, well, I´ll try.

Want some help?

I do know a bit about the
Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act

the successful follow-up to the
Dingley Act

if I recall correctly.

I got it.

[drumming]

Well..

[school bell ringing]

- Ephram?
- Mm-hm.

(Laynie)
´I think your dad´s here.´

No, impossible. My dad would
never show up in school.

- I´d kill him.
- No, I really think it´s him.

Oh, please, God, no.

Hi, can I see
Ephram for a minute?

Uh, yeah, sure.

Everything okay?

Who was the best piano player
of all time?

- What?
- The greatest pianist ever?

- Franz Liszt.
- Remember how he got there?

1830, he locked himself
in his room to practice

didn´t break for food.

1838, he comes out
and invents the concert piano.

You got work to do. Let´s go.

- Well, I have class.
- You don´t. I´m taking you out.

The schools you´re applying
to don´t require SATs.

This is time you should spend
practicing.

I´m not good enough
to get into a conservatory.

Not yet, but you will be.

Now you know more than
Juilliard?

You can´t let
one person derail you.

You´re gonna meet
a lot of these guys.

My father tried when
I told him I wanted

to be a doctor.
I´m not about to let

this guy do it with you.
I dunno what he told you.

And he had a point
about your playing.

But I saw how
you blew up at me yesterday.

I blow up at you twice a week.

No, you were angry because
someone tried

to take your music away.

I know how that feels.

Ever since Colin died I´ve been
doing my best imitation

of a normal doctor but I´m not.

And you´re not a normal kid.

I´m sorry.

You have a gift and it´s weird
and I don´t understand it yet

but it´ll always be true.

And it may not take you
to Juilliard.

I don´t know where
it´ll take you.

But medicine took me around the
world and that was pretty cool.

Offer expires when
I get to the car.

Can you break me out
of gym tomorrow?

[door knocking]

What are you watching?

I´m not sure.

Does anyone really need
that much turkey jerky?

(Man)
´for nothing if you ask them,
use some soy sauce.´

Do you need anything?

You´re not hungry? You didn´t
eat too much at dinner.

No, I´m good, thanks.

- Can I have that back, please?
- No.

Maybe you don´t need a TV
in your room anymore.

Fine.

Aren´t you angry?

Don´t you wanna get mad?
Yell a little? Do something?

We used to fight.
We were good at it.

Remember when I tried
to take the phone out?

You had a hissy fit all night
till I changed my mind.

I said you were tying up
the line

and you said, "Well, that´s not
fair" or something childish

I said something childish
back to you

and then we went at it
back and forth like hyenas

for about an hour.

We were absolute brats,
both of us.

It was so much fun.

You´re not doing well,
you know that.

I guess.

Do you wanna talk
to me about it?

Not really.

Would you at least talk
to someone?

What, like a therapist?

Like anyone you think
might help.

Okay.

(woman on TV)
´Four dollars apiece.´

(Irv)
It´s overwhelming, really.

So much purports to be
extraordinary

everywhere you go..

...it´s hard to say what really
is anymore.

But like an elegantly
articulated brushstroke

or a perfect piece of music..

...or even a flawed one,
you know it when you see it.

It fills you with a flush.

It holds your breath for you.

[piano music]

You realize it´s 7?

You realize it´s Saturday?

You don´t have to be up for
school for about two days.

Are you punishing him?

No, honey.

He´s just practicing.

Let´s go back to bed.

I´m glad I´m not a genius.

I can sleep till noon.

(Irv)
You know you´re in the presence
of extraordinary

when there´s just no guessing.

And the only thought you can
carry..

...is a determination
to do even better yourself.