1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:24,125 --> 00:00:25,393 Amy, can I see you for a second? 4 00:00:25,493 --> 00:00:26,694 Yeah, great work, Victor. 5 00:00:26,794 --> 00:00:28,196 Catch you in a couple of months. 6 00:00:29,097 --> 00:00:29,763 Hey. 7 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:30,698 I need an answer. 8 00:00:30,798 --> 00:00:32,533 I gave an answer weeks ago. 9 00:00:32,633 --> 00:00:33,767 I've got a flight to catch in three hours. 10 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:35,536 My cab's downstairs. 11 00:00:35,636 --> 00:00:37,771 This is a good offer, I want you on the team. 12 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:40,341 Ah, freelance, Hal, freedom, 13 00:00:40,441 --> 00:00:42,076 endless new horizons. 14 00:00:42,176 --> 00:00:43,777 Five grand more a year, it's the best that I can do. 15 00:00:46,114 --> 00:00:48,116 I'm not playing hard to get. 16 00:00:48,216 --> 00:00:50,118 Sticking with the on-the-road gambit. 17 00:00:50,218 --> 00:00:52,153 I pick Thelma and Louise up on Tuesday. 18 00:00:52,253 --> 00:00:54,155 Well, if you hit the Grand Canyon without a body count 19 00:00:54,255 --> 00:00:56,157 and find the cash reserves getting low... 20 00:00:56,257 --> 00:00:57,625 You'll be my first call. 21 00:01:01,195 --> 00:01:02,496 Yes, this is Amy. 22 00:01:03,864 --> 00:01:05,333 Annie Landry? 23 00:01:05,866 --> 00:01:09,170 Yeah, I know her, knew her, another lifetime ago. 24 00:01:10,738 --> 00:01:12,373 Handle it in person? 25 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:14,842 No, I'm sorry, there must be another way. 26 00:01:14,942 --> 00:01:16,544 I'm on my way overseas. 27 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:21,649 Please, don't call it home. 28 00:01:22,683 --> 00:01:24,118 I'll figure something out. 29 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:05,519 Thanks for squeezing me in, Bell. 30 00:03:05,619 --> 00:03:07,588 Trying to get this wrapped up quickly. 31 00:03:07,988 --> 00:03:10,891 No, no, I don't need directions. 32 00:03:11,425 --> 00:03:12,960 Everything's right where I left it. 33 00:03:25,339 --> 00:03:26,974 This is a springing power of attorney. 34 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:28,509 Springing? 35 00:03:28,609 --> 00:03:29,977 There's a trigger. 36 00:03:30,077 --> 00:03:31,612 When the doctor determined that Annie 37 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:33,447 could no longer make decisions for herself, 38 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:34,848 the trigger was sprung. 39 00:03:34,948 --> 00:03:36,450 That's when you were notified. 40 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:38,386 I didn't have to approve it? 41 00:03:38,486 --> 00:03:40,988 The designee is not required to give consent. 42 00:03:41,088 --> 00:03:43,291 I mean, it's unusual that the power would be transferred 43 00:03:43,391 --> 00:03:46,260 to someone who's not a relative or close friend, 44 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,262 but it is perfectly legal. 45 00:03:49,497 --> 00:03:51,265 Okay, so how do I get out of it? 46 00:03:51,365 --> 00:03:52,433 You don't. 47 00:03:52,533 --> 00:03:53,567 It's binding. 48 00:03:53,867 --> 00:03:55,303 What? 49 00:03:55,403 --> 00:03:56,704 I have a plane to catch. 50 00:03:56,804 --> 00:03:58,706 I have plans 6,000 miles away. 51 00:03:58,806 --> 00:04:00,541 I have a life out there. 52 00:04:00,641 --> 00:04:02,810 This life ended for me a long time ago. 53 00:04:02,910 --> 00:04:05,245 Would you just listen to yourself? 54 00:04:05,913 --> 00:04:08,649 Annie is dying and probably soon. 55 00:04:09,617 --> 00:04:10,751 She asked for you. 56 00:04:10,851 --> 00:04:14,922 Bell, Annie had hundreds of students, taught thousands. 57 00:04:15,756 --> 00:04:18,492 I haven't even spoken to her since... 58 00:04:28,502 --> 00:04:29,903 Look at us. 59 00:04:30,638 --> 00:04:32,039 Look at us. 60 00:04:32,706 --> 00:04:35,676 God, that was her whole life, wasn't it? 61 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:41,615 I'm glad you decided to come. 62 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:43,884 I don't issue many personal invitations. 63 00:04:44,485 --> 00:04:46,354 You, so good to see you. 64 00:04:50,391 --> 00:04:51,992 Everybody, everybody, everybody. 65 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:54,928 Welcome to the first official meeting 66 00:04:55,028 --> 00:04:59,400 of the St. Delphine speech and debate team for 1984. 67 00:05:03,003 --> 00:05:05,473 We had an amazing time last year, 68 00:05:05,573 --> 00:05:08,742 our fifth straight state championship 69 00:05:08,842 --> 00:05:12,346 led by the unbelievable team of Miller and Bourke. 70 00:05:12,446 --> 00:05:15,849 They came this close, this close, 71 00:05:15,949 --> 00:05:18,719 to a national championship. 72 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:20,888 Who's next? 73 00:05:21,722 --> 00:05:23,991 Who's here to fill those shoes? 74 00:05:24,091 --> 00:05:26,760 If you are here today, in this room, 75 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:28,796 thinking you can be part of this tradition, 76 00:05:28,896 --> 00:05:31,098 thinking you can go on trips every weekend 77 00:05:31,198 --> 00:05:33,967 to places like Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, 78 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:37,838 Alexandria, Shreveport and its fabulous twin city, 79 00:05:37,938 --> 00:05:39,940 Bossier City. 80 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,542 Well, how about New Orleans? Is that better? 81 00:05:41,642 --> 00:05:42,443 Yeah! 82 00:05:42,543 --> 00:05:44,412 Let me hear some noise. 83 00:05:44,512 --> 00:05:46,914 And for those of you who work hard enough, 84 00:05:47,014 --> 00:05:48,849 who practice long enough, 85 00:05:48,949 --> 00:05:51,685 who have the innate smarts and talents, 86 00:05:51,785 --> 00:05:53,020 who slip me a little money on the side, 87 00:05:54,121 --> 00:05:55,989 New York in October, 88 00:05:56,089 --> 00:05:58,091 Chicago in November, 89 00:05:58,191 --> 00:05:59,960 Boston in February, 90 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:02,763 Los Angeles, California in April 91 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:05,999 and this year's national championship location, 92 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:07,968 Miami, Florida. 93 00:06:08,068 --> 00:06:09,403 Are you in? 94 00:06:09,503 --> 00:06:10,738 Yeah. 95 00:06:10,838 --> 00:06:13,073 Are you ready to make this team your new home? 96 00:06:13,173 --> 00:06:14,475 Yes. 97 00:06:14,575 --> 00:06:15,843 To work hard every day, every weekend, 98 00:06:15,943 --> 00:06:20,514 forsaking all others and keep the tradition alive? 99 00:06:21,615 --> 00:06:22,916 Let's get to work people! 100 00:07:11,599 --> 00:07:13,033 Oh, Annie. 101 00:07:18,506 --> 00:07:22,042 Been here for weeks by myself since she got so sick. 102 00:07:22,142 --> 00:07:24,077 No family, no visitors. 103 00:07:25,012 --> 00:07:26,880 How are you related to her? 104 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:28,081 Oh, I'm not. 105 00:07:28,181 --> 00:07:29,517 I haven't seen her since high school. 106 00:07:29,617 --> 00:07:30,684 We lost touch. 107 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:33,020 Mmm, yeah, there's more to that story. 108 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:34,522 Past is past. 109 00:07:34,622 --> 00:07:37,591 I'm here out of an obligation to the paperwork. 110 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:39,893 I'm going to see it through. 111 00:07:39,993 --> 00:07:41,962 Past is never past, my friend. 112 00:07:43,230 --> 00:07:44,798 But I'm not gonna bug you. 113 00:07:44,898 --> 00:07:46,066 Thank you. 114 00:07:47,935 --> 00:07:48,869 New York, right? 115 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:50,003 Mostly. 116 00:07:50,103 --> 00:07:52,139 I'm a freelance news producer at CZN. 117 00:07:52,873 --> 00:07:56,243 It's a bit of an offshore schedule, you know 14 on 14 off. 118 00:07:56,343 --> 00:07:58,045 I work for six months or so in New York 119 00:07:58,145 --> 00:08:00,514 then travel 'til the money runs out. 120 00:08:00,614 --> 00:08:01,949 Ooh, I feel ya. 121 00:08:04,017 --> 00:08:06,019 I'd miss my stuff too much. 122 00:08:06,119 --> 00:08:08,756 My TV, my crawfish, 123 00:08:08,856 --> 00:08:10,758 my mama's rice and gravy. 124 00:08:10,858 --> 00:08:13,961 Well, if you've ever seen the sun set over the Pacific... 125 00:08:14,962 --> 00:08:18,999 My youngest, Kaylie, is like you, a dreamer. 126 00:08:19,099 --> 00:08:22,235 She saw New York on TV and thinks that's where she belongs. 127 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:24,672 Like they're gonna bring out the welcome wagon . 128 00:08:24,772 --> 00:08:25,706 What does she study? 129 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:28,809 She's never gonna leave that boyfriend of hers 130 00:08:28,909 --> 00:08:30,010 and go anywhere. 131 00:08:31,011 --> 00:08:32,580 You're selling her short. 132 00:08:33,213 --> 00:08:34,982 You haven't met her yet. 133 00:08:37,184 --> 00:08:39,587 Anyway, I gotta run. 134 00:08:40,788 --> 00:08:42,155 You mind locking up when you leave? 135 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:43,957 You're leaving Annie alone? 136 00:08:44,057 --> 00:08:45,893 Her insurance doesn't pay for a night nurse 137 00:08:45,993 --> 00:08:47,995 and she has her pain meds. 138 00:08:48,095 --> 00:08:50,163 She'll be out all night and Kathy comes in real early. 139 00:08:50,263 --> 00:08:51,932 That doesn't seem right. 140 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:53,834 It doesn't mean you have to stay. 141 00:08:53,934 --> 00:08:55,235 Don't I? 142 00:08:56,469 --> 00:08:58,572 I thought your obligation was for the paperwork. 143 00:08:58,672 --> 00:08:59,807 Yeah. 144 00:08:59,907 --> 00:09:01,108 So, can you lock up? 145 00:09:02,142 --> 00:09:03,644 When I leave. 146 00:09:04,077 --> 00:09:05,178 Thank you. 147 00:09:32,105 --> 00:09:33,106 Why? 148 00:09:34,041 --> 00:09:35,676 What was so important 149 00:09:35,776 --> 00:09:37,611 that you needed to get me back here? 150 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:03,136 - Oh, you came. - Annie. 151 00:10:03,236 --> 00:10:05,338 Chop up this bell pepper as finely as you can 152 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:07,775 and could you hand me that onion please? 153 00:10:07,875 --> 00:10:10,010 Oh, check the freezer in the carport. 154 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:11,311 We need to use up that shrimp tonight 155 00:10:11,411 --> 00:10:13,280 and there may still be some crab meat. 156 00:10:13,380 --> 00:10:14,848 Will you go check? 157 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:17,050 It's just two of us. 158 00:10:18,151 --> 00:10:19,252 For now. 159 00:11:03,196 --> 00:11:04,832 You shouldn't be here. 160 00:11:04,932 --> 00:11:06,066 I was invited. 161 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:07,735 You'll upset everything. 162 00:11:07,835 --> 00:11:09,937 You need to go, right now. 163 00:11:27,154 --> 00:11:28,321 Oh, stop cleaning up. 164 00:11:28,421 --> 00:11:30,257 Just sit down here for a minute. 165 00:11:31,124 --> 00:11:32,292 Tell me a story. 166 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,928 I haven't had a chance to talk to you all night. 167 00:11:35,863 --> 00:11:38,698 Tonight was heaven . 168 00:11:38,799 --> 00:11:39,900 Wasn't it? 169 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,202 Better send off than I could've dreamed. 170 00:11:42,302 --> 00:11:43,737 It was something. 171 00:11:43,837 --> 00:11:45,705 Didn't you have a good time tonight? 172 00:11:45,806 --> 00:11:46,439 Truthfully? 173 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:47,941 Of course. 174 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:48,942 I had a good time. 175 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:52,212 Well, that's not very persuasive. 176 00:11:52,312 --> 00:11:53,747 I taught you better than that. 177 00:11:53,847 --> 00:11:55,082 Nah, you want a perfomance, huh? 178 00:11:55,182 --> 00:11:57,050 I want you to sit here with me. 179 00:11:57,517 --> 00:11:58,952 Tell me why. 180 00:11:59,052 --> 00:12:00,387 Isn't it enough that I wanted to see you? 181 00:12:00,487 --> 00:12:03,924 Come on, Annie, the past was gone, buried. 182 00:12:04,024 --> 00:12:05,458 I moved on. 183 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:10,030 Mmm, maybe, but you haven't let go. 184 00:12:10,397 --> 00:12:12,933 You asked Nick to leave tonight. 185 00:12:13,033 --> 00:12:14,802 I don't have anything to say to him. 186 00:12:14,902 --> 00:12:15,969 People leave, Annie. 187 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:18,338 That's the one truth I do know. 188 00:12:18,438 --> 00:12:20,273 Isn't that what we're doing here? 189 00:12:20,373 --> 00:12:21,875 Waiting for the end. 190 00:12:21,975 --> 00:12:23,310 Darling, you're the only one who can decide 191 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:24,411 why you're here. 192 00:12:24,511 --> 00:12:26,079 Right, a cosmic riddle. 193 00:12:26,179 --> 00:12:29,149 Find peace in uncertainty, find beauty in loss. 194 00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:31,051 I don't need a zen Hallmark card, Annie. 195 00:12:31,151 --> 00:12:33,053 Loss is loss, love ends. 196 00:12:39,226 --> 00:12:40,961 Tell me a story. 197 00:12:41,061 --> 00:12:43,864 I haven't had a chance to talk to you all night. 198 00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:48,235 You wanna hear the story? 199 00:12:49,002 --> 00:12:51,905 As if talking can change the outcome. 200 00:13:01,381 --> 00:13:06,019 It started the summer before Nick and I went to debate camp 201 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:07,821 in New Orleans. 202 00:13:08,956 --> 00:13:11,124 I couldn't wait to get out of my house. 203 00:13:21,234 --> 00:13:22,569 Hey, have you seen this? 204 00:13:25,038 --> 00:13:26,506 What the hell, Shane? 205 00:13:26,606 --> 00:13:27,440 It's just a joke. 206 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:28,508 That's three weeks of work. 207 00:13:28,608 --> 00:13:30,110 That's not funny. 208 00:13:30,210 --> 00:13:31,278 Hey, lighten up. 209 00:13:32,245 --> 00:13:33,080 You never could take a joke. Right, Shaney? 210 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:41,855 Good job. Hurry up, Chris ain't gonna wait. 211 00:13:41,955 --> 00:13:43,090 Y'all ready, boys? 212 00:13:43,190 --> 00:13:44,291 And my brother acted like such a jerk. 213 00:13:44,391 --> 00:13:46,259 It made me glad I was adopted. 214 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:47,594 Nick was my next stop. 215 00:13:47,694 --> 00:13:49,496 That made everything all right. 216 00:13:49,596 --> 00:13:51,364 I sensed we had a strong connection, 217 00:13:51,464 --> 00:13:54,467 but I had no idea if he felt the same way about me. 218 00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:56,469 His family life was no picnic either. 219 00:13:56,569 --> 00:13:58,838 He wouldn't even let me pick him up at his house. 220 00:13:58,939 --> 00:14:00,173 We were debate partners. 221 00:14:00,273 --> 00:14:01,241 That was enough. 222 00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:03,110 Debate was where we belonged. 223 00:14:03,210 --> 00:14:04,945 What's with the fancy luggage? 224 00:14:05,045 --> 00:14:07,948 I had to work late, no time to pack. 225 00:14:08,048 --> 00:14:08,848 Your bike? 226 00:14:08,949 --> 00:14:10,483 Nick, there's no room. 227 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:13,921 We might be a little squished, but we'll make it work. 228 00:14:15,588 --> 00:14:17,257 Even though I tried to act cool, 229 00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:20,427 Nick'd flash me that smile, and he'd win every time. 230 00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:30,570 Dang it, Shane. Stupid worms. 231 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:31,939 Don't worry about it. 232 00:14:32,039 --> 00:14:34,074 There's a Newsweek on the couch. 233 00:14:34,174 --> 00:14:35,042 Go get that. 234 00:14:38,345 --> 00:14:41,081 Any last minute surprises from your dad? 235 00:14:41,181 --> 00:14:42,515 No, he's been offshore. 236 00:14:43,516 --> 00:14:45,085 Good, 'cause I told your mom 237 00:14:45,185 --> 00:14:49,122 in no uncertain terms that your scholarship 238 00:14:49,222 --> 00:14:52,459 to St. Delphines is conditioned on your participation 239 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:55,963 on this debate team, so this summer camp is crucial. 240 00:14:56,063 --> 00:14:57,430 And Nick knows. 241 00:14:57,530 --> 00:15:01,501 We all know, but I think it's important that we say it 242 00:15:01,601 --> 00:15:04,104 out loud while we're here together. 243 00:15:04,204 --> 00:15:05,272 Eat. 244 00:15:06,306 --> 00:15:06,339 - Thank you. - I mean it, Nick. 245 00:15:06,974 --> 00:15:08,075 Everything is open to you, 246 00:15:08,942 --> 00:15:11,011 every possible future you can imagine, 247 00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:14,614 if, if this year goes the way I think it should. 248 00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:17,317 You could be the national champion. 249 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:21,421 The two of you as a team. 250 00:15:24,691 --> 00:15:26,526 You, you don't have a tie? 251 00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:30,163 Go into Roy's closet, pick out a tie. 252 00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:31,564 The nicest one you can find. 253 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:32,932 Okay. 254 00:15:37,604 --> 00:15:39,039 Listen... 255 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,175 I need you to watch out for him. 256 00:15:43,143 --> 00:15:44,344 I know. 257 00:15:44,444 --> 00:15:47,547 You are the rock of this team. 258 00:15:48,315 --> 00:15:51,018 You're careful, you're responsible. 259 00:15:52,552 --> 00:15:53,953 He needs that. 260 00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:56,956 All right. 261 00:15:57,357 --> 00:16:00,660 I am going to pick this one. 262 00:16:01,561 --> 00:16:02,462 Okay. 263 00:16:02,562 --> 00:16:03,630 Oh, you guys have to get going 264 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:04,998 if you're gonna get to the airport 265 00:16:05,098 --> 00:16:06,499 to pick up Rosa on time. 266 00:16:06,599 --> 00:16:08,168 Who's Rosa? 267 00:16:08,268 --> 00:16:09,536 A girl from Stuyvesant. 268 00:16:09,636 --> 00:16:10,570 Annie told her coach in New York 269 00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:12,139 we'd pick her up in New Orleans. 270 00:16:12,239 --> 00:16:14,107 Get going, come on. 271 00:16:15,608 --> 00:16:17,677 Okay, give me a hug. 272 00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:20,380 Get going. 273 00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:23,016 Do your best. - Okay. 274 00:16:23,116 --> 00:16:24,751 You guys make me proud. 275 00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:27,220 So, um... 276 00:16:28,688 --> 00:16:31,058 I need to stop at my sister's place on the way. 277 00:16:31,158 --> 00:16:32,492 We don't have time. 278 00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:35,295 10 minutes, I promise. It's important. 279 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:41,368 Five minutes, no other stops. 280 00:16:41,468 --> 00:16:43,370 I get to pick the music. 281 00:16:43,470 --> 00:16:44,237 Okay. 282 00:17:08,828 --> 00:17:11,698 So, um, here's some money from mom 283 00:17:11,798 --> 00:17:14,201 and a little bit of what I was able to make. 284 00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:17,704 I know it's not enough to fix the car, 285 00:17:17,804 --> 00:17:21,608 but I thought I'd leave my bike for a few weeks. 286 00:17:25,112 --> 00:17:26,246 I guess that doesn't really help much. 287 00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:31,518 Dad bought you that bike. 288 00:17:31,618 --> 00:17:33,520 He'll notice it's missing, and it'll give him another reason 289 00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:35,188 to go ballistic. 290 00:17:35,288 --> 00:17:36,723 He's offshore. 291 00:17:36,823 --> 00:17:38,225 Mom will tell him. 292 00:17:38,325 --> 00:17:39,592 Maybe. 293 00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:42,061 It was a nice thought, thank you. 294 00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:44,831 Hey, I have your mail, college brochures. 295 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:48,235 Oh, I don't want to keep Amy waiting any longer. 296 00:17:48,335 --> 00:17:50,603 How about I come on the way back from New Orleans? 297 00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:15,395 You look like a debater. 298 00:18:15,495 --> 00:18:16,529 Rosa? 299 00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:18,131 We're here to pick you up. 300 00:18:18,231 --> 00:18:18,865 We? 301 00:18:21,201 --> 00:18:23,102 That must be Stacen, right? 302 00:18:23,203 --> 00:18:24,571 Now it makes sense. 303 00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:26,806 Adam told my coach he needed a favor. 304 00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:28,308 I agreed to partner with Nick here, 305 00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:31,178 and I get my pick of partners at Dartmouth in August. 306 00:18:31,278 --> 00:18:32,812 He's your warm-up? 307 00:18:32,912 --> 00:18:34,113 Basically. 308 00:18:34,847 --> 00:18:35,882 Later, y'all. 309 00:18:35,982 --> 00:18:37,450 I'm headed to Cancun. 310 00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:39,152 Saint Lucia's nicer. 311 00:18:52,899 --> 00:18:56,236 Billy Joel, Hall and Oates, I mean, it's so Top 40. 312 00:18:56,336 --> 00:18:57,870 It was number one for four weeks. 313 00:18:57,970 --> 00:18:59,606 Should've been five, really. 314 00:18:59,706 --> 00:19:01,741 No, Smiths, The Cure, 315 00:19:01,841 --> 00:19:04,644 I mean, they're replacements, for God's sakes. 316 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,182 Dear God, where am I? 317 00:19:33,473 --> 00:19:35,442 Oh, sorry, I must have the wrong-- 318 00:19:35,542 --> 00:19:36,876 I asked to transfer. 319 00:19:36,976 --> 00:19:38,478 My first roommate was a bore. 320 00:19:38,578 --> 00:19:39,812 I didn't think you'd mind. 321 00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:44,951 You play? 322 00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:47,387 A little, only mess around. 323 00:19:49,722 --> 00:19:50,957 Where's your second camp? 324 00:19:52,825 --> 00:19:53,860 Second camp? 325 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:54,927 Yeah. 326 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:56,396 Lucky to get one. 327 00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:58,265 Nick too? 328 00:19:58,365 --> 00:19:59,766 Mmhmm. 329 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:00,900 Then he'll have to be as naturally talented 330 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,702 as everyone keeps saying. 331 00:20:02,802 --> 00:20:05,672 But your squad has seniors at other camps, right? 332 00:20:05,772 --> 00:20:07,206 Just me and Nick. 333 00:20:07,307 --> 00:20:08,541 I saw him at the end of last year 334 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:10,277 in quarter finals with that other guy. 335 00:20:10,377 --> 00:20:11,378 Miles. 336 00:20:11,478 --> 00:20:12,845 They were fine. 337 00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:15,882 Nick was one of the only juniors to get that far. 338 00:20:15,982 --> 00:20:17,917 I know. I just don't get the hype. 339 00:20:19,952 --> 00:20:21,921 CZN News might cover the finals this year. 340 00:20:23,356 --> 00:20:24,524 How do you know? 341 00:20:24,624 --> 00:20:26,293 Um, Keith, Adam's assistant, was asking me 342 00:20:26,393 --> 00:20:29,262 about a woman who went to my high school a while back. 343 00:20:29,362 --> 00:20:31,664 She works for Bill Tarrity now, the news anchor. 344 00:20:31,764 --> 00:20:33,966 I know who Bill Tarrity is. 345 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,802 We get national TV here. 346 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:38,838 Tarrity was a debater. 347 00:20:38,938 --> 00:20:40,340 He was plucked from obscurity 348 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,009 in rural Nebraska or something. 349 00:20:43,109 --> 00:20:45,345 Won nationals, changed his life. 350 00:20:45,445 --> 00:20:47,314 He wants to do an inspiring story about debate 351 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:50,317 with Nick as the star, passing the torch 352 00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:52,685 or the boot straps or something. 353 00:20:52,785 --> 00:20:54,354 Pick your metaphor. 354 00:20:54,454 --> 00:20:56,255 Well, it's good for you, right? 355 00:20:56,356 --> 00:20:59,258 I mean, you're Nick's partner here at camp. 356 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,928 Why would I care about getting on network news? 357 00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:04,964 Spent my whole life dodging my father's camera. 358 00:21:06,499 --> 00:21:07,534 Do you sing? 359 00:21:07,634 --> 00:21:08,868 No. 360 00:21:08,968 --> 00:21:10,470 Come on. 361 00:21:10,570 --> 00:21:12,004 No, like, seriously, no. 362 00:21:27,887 --> 00:21:29,322 Hello? 363 00:21:29,422 --> 00:21:30,957 I'm so sorry for not calling sooner, Annie. 364 00:21:31,057 --> 00:21:32,659 We're here, everything's fine. 365 00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:33,893 Well, call me again soon. 366 00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:34,894 I'm always here. 367 00:21:35,728 --> 00:21:36,929 Yeah, I'll call again in a few days. 368 00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:37,964 Don't worry. 369 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:41,968 I would like to take this opportunity 370 00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:44,971 to formally welcome you to the Summer Debate Institute. 371 00:21:45,071 --> 00:21:47,006 Policy debate has produced many national leaders 372 00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:48,641 over the generations. 373 00:21:48,741 --> 00:21:52,979 Perhaps there's a future governor or senator among you, 374 00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:56,816 a future network news anchor or Supreme Court justice. 375 00:21:56,916 --> 00:21:58,951 I know that each one of you represent the best 376 00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:01,320 of what your generation of young people have to offer 377 00:22:01,421 --> 00:22:05,091 this country, and we are delighted 378 00:22:05,191 --> 00:22:08,395 to be some small part of your preparation. 379 00:22:08,495 --> 00:22:10,563 Lab meetings begin in 15 minutes. 380 00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:12,565 Keith here, to my right, has the assignment sheet 381 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:15,735 if you somehow missed it yesterday at check-in. 382 00:22:16,736 --> 00:22:17,804 Do me proud. 383 00:22:25,878 --> 00:22:28,047 Who has memorized this year's resolution? 384 00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:33,853 Mr. Stacen? 385 00:22:41,928 --> 00:22:43,963 Do you always do his homework? 386 00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:47,967 Rosa, please write the resolution on the board. 387 00:22:51,170 --> 00:22:54,073 Mr. Stacen, I expect more from you. 388 00:22:56,509 --> 00:22:58,678 I expect more from all of you. 389 00:23:00,513 --> 00:23:02,014 This isn't summer vacation. 390 00:23:02,982 --> 00:23:04,651 Mr. Carter, proceed. 391 00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:09,622 So, the word from the esteemed organization 392 00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:14,594 which governs our activities is that some wires, critics, 393 00:23:14,694 --> 00:23:16,663 think that we turn out debaters 394 00:23:16,763 --> 00:23:20,166 who can't actually give a persuasive speech, 395 00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:22,902 that they speed unintelligibly through piles of evidence 396 00:23:23,002 --> 00:23:24,504 that they can neither understand nor can make 397 00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:26,773 comprehensible to anyone else. 398 00:23:26,873 --> 00:23:30,543 That is not how Adam and I run our program 399 00:23:30,643 --> 00:23:32,078 up at the paradise on the Charles River 400 00:23:32,178 --> 00:23:34,647 that many of you are clamoring to attend, 401 00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:36,449 and that is not how I run this lab. 402 00:23:36,549 --> 00:23:38,451 If you want to succeed this year, 403 00:23:38,551 --> 00:23:41,954 if you think you are capable of being a national champion, 404 00:23:42,054 --> 00:23:43,923 if you wanna gain a scholarship to my program, 405 00:23:44,023 --> 00:23:45,858 or any other top program for that matter, 406 00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:48,628 you have to be a top researcher, 407 00:23:48,728 --> 00:23:50,797 a master of logic and reason 408 00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:52,699 and a persuasive speaker. 409 00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:54,834 You have to do it all. 410 00:23:55,668 --> 00:23:58,037 It's a decathlon, not a sprint. 411 00:23:58,137 --> 00:23:59,872 We will start with a series of exercises 412 00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:01,908 on making persuasive speeches, 413 00:24:02,008 --> 00:24:03,776 the kind that you would give to your grandmother 414 00:24:03,876 --> 00:24:06,112 or the garden club with the little finger sandwiches. 415 00:24:06,212 --> 00:24:08,948 And then, this afternoon, 416 00:24:09,048 --> 00:24:11,117 our real work begins. 417 00:24:11,217 --> 00:24:14,887 I want 10 affirmative and 10 negative speeches 418 00:24:14,987 --> 00:24:17,657 every morning, fully researched. 419 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:20,493 Okay, who's next? 420 00:24:20,593 --> 00:24:21,928 We need a topic. 421 00:24:22,028 --> 00:24:22,995 Let me see that. 422 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:26,032 Baton Rouge Monthly, really? 423 00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:29,836 Okay, topic, topic, what do we got? 424 00:24:29,936 --> 00:24:31,170 Contras, no. 425 00:24:32,038 --> 00:24:34,674 Gorbachev and Star Wars, no. 426 00:24:34,774 --> 00:24:36,876 Deficit, no, we need something with a moral stake, 427 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,678 something that the grandmothers will want to hear. 428 00:24:38,778 --> 00:24:39,979 If we wanted to talk about moral issues, 429 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:41,714 we would've signed up for Lincoln Douglas. 430 00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:44,817 Editorial page, okay. 431 00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:46,485 Here's something for the blue hairs. 432 00:24:46,586 --> 00:24:48,254 You've all heard of this baby X story, right? 433 00:24:48,354 --> 00:24:50,022 Couple hires this mother to have their kid. 434 00:24:50,122 --> 00:24:52,925 She changes her mind, steals the baby back. 435 00:24:53,025 --> 00:24:54,561 Rosa, should the United States allow 436 00:24:55,795 --> 00:24:56,896 surrogate mother contracts or should we ban the practice? 437 00:24:58,097 --> 00:25:00,032 Five minutes go, oh, next person takes the opposite side, 438 00:25:00,132 --> 00:25:01,568 all around 'til we're done. 439 00:25:01,668 --> 00:25:03,002 We need prep. 440 00:25:03,102 --> 00:25:04,270 If you need prep, you don't belong in this lab. 441 00:25:04,370 --> 00:25:05,838 Rosa, go. 442 00:25:05,938 --> 00:25:07,039 - Which side? - Doesn't matter. 443 00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:08,040 I can do either, you pick. 444 00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:09,208 Against. 445 00:25:10,176 --> 00:25:10,209 Women in this country are barely a decade 446 00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:11,243 into a new era in which they have full control 447 00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:13,179 of their reproductive rights and choices. 448 00:25:14,146 --> 00:25:14,781 Medical advances have created new options 449 00:25:15,748 --> 00:25:16,816 to solve the unspeakable pain of infertility. 450 00:25:17,884 --> 00:25:18,618 Are we going to turn the clock of freedom back now, 451 00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:19,886 reducing these choices? 452 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:21,020 Are we going to limit women's rights 453 00:25:21,988 --> 00:25:22,521 out of on an irrational fear of the unknown? 454 00:25:36,803 --> 00:25:38,705 Okay, I'll see you guys later, okay. 455 00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:44,777 Hey, are you okay? 456 00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:46,012 I'm fine. 457 00:25:47,213 --> 00:25:48,615 Keith almost showed real humanity 458 00:25:48,715 --> 00:25:49,982 and sent out a search party. 459 00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:53,285 I had some water, I'm okay. 460 00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:55,054 Okay. 461 00:25:55,988 --> 00:25:56,856 Okay. 462 00:25:57,289 --> 00:25:59,058 So, it's all good? 463 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:02,962 Fine, I freaked. 464 00:26:03,062 --> 00:26:04,130 Big time. 465 00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:07,066 I'm not in this league, in your league. 466 00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:08,968 I've only been in one national tournament. 467 00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:11,237 I went one and three, total disaster. 468 00:26:11,337 --> 00:26:12,872 I'm only in this lab because of Nick, 469 00:26:12,972 --> 00:26:14,106 and I'm holding him back. 470 00:26:14,206 --> 00:26:16,709 So, that's it, end of story? 471 00:26:17,644 --> 00:26:19,078 What? 472 00:26:19,178 --> 00:26:20,880 You wouldn't be here if you coach didn't think 473 00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:21,914 you had it in you. 474 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,316 You're here to learn, right? 475 00:26:25,952 --> 00:26:27,053 All right. 476 00:26:28,354 --> 00:26:29,889 Show me what you got. 477 00:26:29,989 --> 00:26:31,190 Um, okay. 478 00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:37,063 Uh, new government spending will trigger automatic cuts, 479 00:26:37,163 --> 00:26:39,231 Washington Post, July 8, 1986. 480 00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:40,933 The Congressional Budget Office reports today 481 00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:42,268 that any additional federal spending 482 00:26:42,368 --> 00:26:43,035 - will trigger- - Wait. 483 00:26:43,135 --> 00:26:44,036 That's from today. 484 00:26:44,136 --> 00:26:45,638 Where'd you get that? 485 00:26:45,738 --> 00:26:46,706 Library. 486 00:26:47,306 --> 00:26:49,075 That's a great card. 487 00:26:49,175 --> 00:26:50,342 You can use that against any affirmative case 488 00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:51,911 linked to the disad. 489 00:26:52,011 --> 00:26:52,912 - I know. 490 00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:55,014 Um... 491 00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:56,315 Senators Phil Gramm and Warren Rudman said that they would-- 492 00:26:56,816 --> 00:26:57,383 Wait, stop, stop. 493 00:26:58,084 --> 00:26:58,751 Great cards aren't everything, 494 00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:01,053 although I do want a copy of that one. 495 00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:02,989 What's in-between? 496 00:27:03,089 --> 00:27:04,323 Uh, nothing. 497 00:27:04,423 --> 00:27:05,858 To find the connective tissue, 498 00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:07,827 the words that link the evidence together, 499 00:27:07,927 --> 00:27:09,361 weave the argument, tell a story. 500 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:11,030 But... 501 00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:13,132 You can't plan that ahead of time. 502 00:27:13,232 --> 00:27:14,801 Exactly. 503 00:27:14,901 --> 00:27:16,302 You have to do it on the fly, different every time. 504 00:27:16,402 --> 00:27:18,738 Right, it's all improvised, 505 00:27:18,838 --> 00:27:20,372 conditioned on what comes before. 506 00:27:21,073 --> 00:27:23,075 And that's when I panic. 507 00:27:24,276 --> 00:27:26,145 I was terrified too. 508 00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:28,948 Once, I think. 509 00:27:29,381 --> 00:27:31,117 When I first started. 510 00:27:32,018 --> 00:27:33,986 How did you get over it? 511 00:27:34,921 --> 00:27:36,889 Just have to let go of everything. 512 00:27:37,423 --> 00:27:40,659 Be in the moment, get a flow, a rhythm. 513 00:27:41,828 --> 00:27:43,129 It's like, um... 514 00:27:51,470 --> 00:27:52,939 It's like music. 515 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:54,440 This is ridiculous. 516 00:27:54,540 --> 00:27:56,843 Do you want my help? 517 00:27:56,943 --> 00:27:58,177 Yeah. 518 00:28:02,114 --> 00:28:03,082 Very badly. 519 00:28:03,182 --> 00:28:04,917 Then sing it. 520 00:28:34,180 --> 00:28:35,882 I think you're getting it. 521 00:28:35,982 --> 00:28:37,183 Oh my God. 522 00:28:37,283 --> 00:28:39,085 I urge you to vote affirmative. 523 00:28:39,185 --> 00:28:40,352 As Hickman in '85 concludes, 524 00:28:41,420 --> 00:28:42,789 early investment in education reduces inequality 525 00:28:42,889 --> 00:28:44,857 in both the short and long-term. 526 00:28:46,425 --> 00:28:48,027 Not bad, 527 00:28:48,127 --> 00:28:50,196 and you used your full eight minutes without stopping. 528 00:28:50,296 --> 00:28:51,363 Who's next? 529 00:28:51,964 --> 00:28:53,866 A word Mr. Stacen. 530 00:28:59,872 --> 00:29:01,974 This is a release form 531 00:29:02,074 --> 00:29:04,443 and an envelope with a stamp. 532 00:29:04,543 --> 00:29:06,245 Take it, seal it, 533 00:29:06,345 --> 00:29:08,014 address it to your parents. 534 00:29:08,114 --> 00:29:11,050 Instruct them to mail it back in one week. 535 00:29:11,150 --> 00:29:13,019 When these things are accomplished, 536 00:29:13,119 --> 00:29:15,454 you will be interviewed by CZN News 537 00:29:15,554 --> 00:29:17,223 regarding your prowess. 538 00:29:18,157 --> 00:29:20,793 I don't think I need to tell you how important this is. 539 00:29:26,132 --> 00:29:27,266 A lazy Louisiana summer 540 00:29:27,366 --> 00:29:29,268 was passing outside debate camp, 541 00:29:29,368 --> 00:29:32,304 but we were working so hard we barely noticed. 542 00:29:32,404 --> 00:29:35,141 I still don't think we have enough evidence here. 543 00:29:37,243 --> 00:29:40,012 Do you have the binders Miles left behind from last year? 544 00:29:40,579 --> 00:29:42,481 Some are still in the car. 545 00:29:42,581 --> 00:29:44,116 So get the keys. 546 00:29:48,154 --> 00:29:49,922 Where are you two going? 547 00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:53,792 We'll be right back. 548 00:29:55,227 --> 00:29:58,064 I didn't think of it before, but it fits. 549 00:29:58,164 --> 00:29:59,565 Miles thought I was a crappy researcher. 550 00:29:59,665 --> 00:30:01,133 It's good stuff. 551 00:30:01,567 --> 00:30:03,502 That means we're done for tonight. 552 00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:07,106 I'm hungry. 553 00:30:29,361 --> 00:30:30,262 Come on. 554 00:30:35,067 --> 00:30:36,102 Come on. 555 00:30:36,202 --> 00:30:37,169 Wait. If somebody steals the car-- 556 00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:38,971 It'll be fine. 557 00:30:39,071 --> 00:30:41,040 Not a very convincing argument. 558 00:31:07,566 --> 00:31:09,535 - We should go. - Not yet. 559 00:31:09,635 --> 00:31:11,103 Assuming my car is still there. 560 00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:12,204 Not yet. 561 00:31:13,072 --> 00:31:14,540 Nick won that debate. 562 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,409 We stayed out that night 'til the sun came up 563 00:31:17,509 --> 00:31:19,245 over the river. 564 00:31:19,345 --> 00:31:20,980 Did you know they're turning the World's Fair site 565 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,381 into a mall? 566 00:31:22,481 --> 00:31:23,983 Yeah. 567 00:31:24,083 --> 00:31:25,517 Did you go? 568 00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:27,519 To the World's Fair? 569 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:30,222 Yeah, I don't remember that much. 570 00:31:31,023 --> 00:31:32,358 We went. 571 00:31:32,458 --> 00:31:35,094 Me and my mom and my sister. 572 00:31:35,194 --> 00:31:38,630 My mom just had to see the Vatican exhibit. 573 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:42,969 Spent the whole day looking at jeweled chalices and crosses. 574 00:31:43,069 --> 00:31:44,937 We came back the same night. 575 00:31:45,537 --> 00:31:47,039 We pull in. 576 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,109 My dad's truck is in the driveway. 577 00:31:53,545 --> 00:31:57,016 He's sitting there under the carport 578 00:31:57,116 --> 00:31:59,351 in a folding chair having a beer. 579 00:32:00,586 --> 00:32:02,054 Some explosion shut the rig down, 580 00:32:02,154 --> 00:32:03,922 and he was home early. 581 00:32:04,023 --> 00:32:05,557 You weren't suppose to go? 582 00:32:06,993 --> 00:32:08,160 I don't know. 583 00:32:09,695 --> 00:32:11,530 Who knows what he really wants? 584 00:32:12,698 --> 00:32:17,503 My mom, she was just frozen in place, wouldn't move. 585 00:32:17,603 --> 00:32:20,306 I mean, he didn't know where we'd been, but... 586 00:32:21,207 --> 00:32:23,275 There was nothing wrong with it. 587 00:32:24,443 --> 00:32:27,179 We didn't do anything wrong. 588 00:32:29,181 --> 00:32:31,283 I just opened the door. 589 00:32:31,383 --> 00:32:34,020 Must have broken the spell or something. 590 00:32:36,055 --> 00:32:38,490 My mom just fixed her hair, 591 00:32:38,590 --> 00:32:42,028 grabbed her pocketbook and started towards him apologizing. 592 00:32:43,162 --> 00:32:45,464 I just got on my bike and I rode off. 593 00:32:49,235 --> 00:32:51,103 Do you ever... 594 00:32:52,138 --> 00:32:53,739 wish you had a different family? 595 00:32:54,140 --> 00:32:55,307 I do. 596 00:32:56,108 --> 00:32:57,676 Sometimes . 597 00:32:57,776 --> 00:33:01,447 I mean, my situation is not like yours. 598 00:33:03,582 --> 00:33:04,750 But... 599 00:33:06,485 --> 00:33:09,455 I just feel like I don't belong there. 600 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,492 Maybe I never have. 601 00:33:15,527 --> 00:33:17,063 'Cause they don't get debate? 602 00:33:18,264 --> 00:33:20,032 Because they don't get me. 603 00:33:24,303 --> 00:33:26,272 Yeah, I guess we are kinda freaks, huh? 604 00:33:54,233 --> 00:33:56,468 I'm gonna go get some coffee. 605 00:33:57,869 --> 00:33:59,371 Yeah, no, yeah, sure. 606 00:34:00,172 --> 00:34:01,573 Yeah, I'll see you later. 607 00:34:10,282 --> 00:34:11,150 Hey, Megan. 608 00:34:25,164 --> 00:34:26,198 Inequality is a temporary feature 609 00:34:26,298 --> 00:34:27,466 in a growing and vibrant economy. 610 00:34:27,566 --> 00:34:28,600 Citation? 611 00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:30,536 Council of Economic Advisors, '82. 612 00:34:30,636 --> 00:34:32,604 No, you can see that that study was fought in cross ex. 613 00:34:32,704 --> 00:34:34,206 Now that claim is unsupported. 614 00:34:34,306 --> 00:34:36,208 The preponderance of evidence suggested in this round 615 00:34:36,308 --> 00:34:38,610 shows that extreme income inequality is a feature-- 616 00:34:38,710 --> 00:34:39,811 Temporary feature. 617 00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:42,114 Would you please let me finish? 618 00:34:42,314 --> 00:34:44,416 I feel something slipping here. 619 00:34:44,516 --> 00:34:46,385 Rosa, next please. 620 00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:55,527 Opportunities are not evenly distributed 621 00:34:55,627 --> 00:34:56,762 in this country. 622 00:34:56,862 --> 00:34:58,530 A child born into a lower economic ground has no chance to 623 00:34:59,731 --> 00:35:00,866 change their life without federal investment in education. 624 00:35:04,570 --> 00:35:06,272 Amy, my brother, Dylan 625 00:35:06,372 --> 00:35:07,639 Hello. 626 00:35:07,739 --> 00:35:09,141 He's in town doing research for a movie. 627 00:35:09,241 --> 00:35:11,177 Well, what a coincidence. 628 00:35:11,877 --> 00:35:13,645 Rosa, let me introduce you to, 629 00:35:13,745 --> 00:35:15,214 well, you probably already know Susan Levine? 630 00:35:15,314 --> 00:35:17,149 She's an up and coming producer at CZN News. 631 00:35:17,249 --> 00:35:18,717 No, we haven't met. 632 00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:20,752 Rosa is the top debater at Stuyvesant. 633 00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:22,821 She's also Nick Stacen's debate partner 634 00:35:22,921 --> 00:35:24,156 here at the institute. 635 00:35:24,256 --> 00:35:25,357 I've actually heard a lot about you. 636 00:35:26,425 --> 00:35:26,792 I would love to interview your father some time. 637 00:35:27,493 --> 00:35:28,660 I'm a great admirer of his work. 638 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:29,795 I will be sure to tell him. 639 00:35:29,895 --> 00:35:31,129 Please do. 640 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:32,664 His Kennedy film is genius. 641 00:35:32,764 --> 00:35:34,333 Ah, my brother, Dylan. 642 00:35:34,433 --> 00:35:36,735 Well, you two probably went to Stuyvesant together. 643 00:35:36,835 --> 00:35:39,238 No, I think I would remember you. 644 00:35:39,338 --> 00:35:40,406 Ready? 645 00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:53,219 Tell me again why Susan is here. 646 00:35:53,919 --> 00:35:55,287 Due diligence. 647 00:35:56,355 --> 00:35:56,922 Tarrity sent her to determine whether the story 648 00:35:57,856 --> 00:35:58,890 that we've been pitching matches the facts. 649 00:36:00,025 --> 00:36:01,393 If she agrees, then they send an on-air correspondent. 650 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:02,794 But if someone else wins the tournament, 651 00:36:03,429 --> 00:36:03,895 then they get on the news. 652 00:36:04,463 --> 00:36:06,164 No, Nick's the story. 653 00:36:06,265 --> 00:36:08,300 If some overprivileged prep school kid wins, 654 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:09,735 then there's no story. 655 00:36:09,835 --> 00:36:11,570 Nick feeds this log cabin myth 656 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:12,938 of national greatness, 657 00:36:13,038 --> 00:36:15,907 and Tarrity gets to relive his New York rise. 658 00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:18,910 Besides, being on the news is good for you. 659 00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:21,247 Tarrity's gonna be on the national news 660 00:36:21,347 --> 00:36:23,849 telling every coach and judge in the country 661 00:36:23,949 --> 00:36:26,852 that Nick is destined to be the national champion. 662 00:36:26,952 --> 00:36:28,754 If he does well in the interview, 663 00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:31,557 then the judges will want to make that dream a reality. 664 00:36:31,657 --> 00:36:33,559 The judges aren't gonna cheat. 665 00:36:33,659 --> 00:36:34,793 It's not cheating. 666 00:36:34,893 --> 00:36:35,827 It's politics. 667 00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:37,263 It's PR. 668 00:36:37,363 --> 00:36:39,431 Look, everyone's good at that level. 669 00:36:39,531 --> 00:36:40,899 And short from a major meltdown, 670 00:36:40,999 --> 00:36:42,501 the top rounds at the national tournament 671 00:36:42,601 --> 00:36:43,869 are determined in millimeters. 672 00:36:45,103 --> 00:36:46,938 If Nick's the star, then he gets more of the close calls. 673 00:36:47,839 --> 00:36:49,575 I don't know. 674 00:36:49,675 --> 00:36:51,477 You don't know what? 675 00:36:51,577 --> 00:36:53,379 What, does this ruin some idealistic view 676 00:36:53,479 --> 00:36:55,213 of the news industry for you? 677 00:36:55,881 --> 00:36:57,249 Or maybe it ruins the idea of debate 678 00:36:57,349 --> 00:36:59,885 as a noble pursuit of knowledge. 679 00:37:13,499 --> 00:37:15,901 Look, you're a good researcher, 680 00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:17,869 and you're improving as a speaker. 681 00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:19,871 You're not gonna determine whether Nick wins 682 00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:21,507 or loses this year 683 00:37:21,607 --> 00:37:24,410 That almost sounded like an apology. 684 00:37:24,510 --> 00:37:25,877 I'm doing you a favor. 685 00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:28,013 You want to make it in the larger world? 686 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:29,881 How do you get there? 687 00:37:29,981 --> 00:37:30,949 I work hard. 688 00:37:31,049 --> 00:37:32,584 Then maybe someone will notice? 689 00:37:32,684 --> 00:37:33,919 That's a fairy tale. 690 00:37:34,019 --> 00:37:35,454 There's no national merit exam 691 00:37:35,554 --> 00:37:37,989 that gives everybody what they deserve. 692 00:37:39,625 --> 00:37:42,794 You wanna be a New York artist or an intellectual? 693 00:37:42,894 --> 00:37:44,029 There's your entrance exam. 694 00:37:44,129 --> 00:37:46,298 You wanna be a New York news producer? 695 00:37:46,398 --> 00:37:47,933 There's your entrance exam. 696 00:37:48,033 --> 00:37:50,035 But at some point, you are going to have to determine 697 00:37:50,135 --> 00:37:51,937 where you belong. 698 00:37:52,704 --> 00:37:55,006 Winners set the agenda. 699 00:37:56,842 --> 00:37:58,577 Losers get the scraps. 700 00:38:04,716 --> 00:38:06,585 Oh Keith, could you meet up with my crew 701 00:38:06,685 --> 00:38:08,854 at the library, show them around campus? 702 00:38:08,954 --> 00:38:11,289 I'd love to get some B-roll before we lose the light. 703 00:38:11,390 --> 00:38:12,424 Absolutely. 704 00:38:12,524 --> 00:38:14,292 And, Rosa, if you've got some time, 705 00:38:14,393 --> 00:38:15,761 I'd love to meet some of the other folks 706 00:38:15,861 --> 00:38:17,396 from the lab to determine who to interview tomorrow. 707 00:38:17,496 --> 00:38:18,564 Sure. 708 00:38:18,664 --> 00:38:19,931 Hey, um, can I get to Delphine Street 709 00:38:20,031 --> 00:38:21,833 with public transportation? 710 00:38:22,534 --> 00:38:24,002 Not any time soon. 711 00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:27,773 I don't suppose I could impose on you for another ride? 712 00:38:36,782 --> 00:38:38,984 Sorry to drag you out again. 713 00:38:39,084 --> 00:38:40,919 Imagine you have work to do. 714 00:38:41,019 --> 00:38:41,853 It's okay. 715 00:38:41,953 --> 00:38:44,456 I kinda like being the one with a car. 716 00:38:45,391 --> 00:38:46,892 Yeah, I never learned to drive. 717 00:38:47,826 --> 00:38:49,861 Ironic, though, my gramps drove a cab for 10 years 718 00:38:49,961 --> 00:38:51,863 when he first got here. 719 00:38:51,963 --> 00:38:55,367 Not here here, like New York here, America. 720 00:38:55,467 --> 00:38:56,568 Yeah. 721 00:38:58,937 --> 00:39:00,839 Rosa said you're from New Orleans? 722 00:39:00,939 --> 00:39:03,341 About two hours west. 723 00:39:03,442 --> 00:39:05,577 New Orleans is the big city to us. 724 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:06,945 Wait, the Cajun part? 725 00:39:07,045 --> 00:39:08,346 Yeah. 726 00:39:08,447 --> 00:39:09,781 That's great. 727 00:39:09,881 --> 00:39:10,949 No, that's actually related to the thing 728 00:39:11,049 --> 00:39:13,419 with this guy, Mark, with why I'm here. 729 00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:15,887 Uh, Mark grew up in New York but got obsessed 730 00:39:15,987 --> 00:39:17,723 with Louisiana ritz music. 731 00:39:17,823 --> 00:39:19,725 Came to Jazz Festival one year and had this, like, 732 00:39:19,825 --> 00:39:21,527 religious, mystical experience 733 00:39:21,627 --> 00:39:23,962 listening to Gatemouth Brown play blues guitar. 734 00:39:24,062 --> 00:39:25,731 I mean, you probably know all about this. 735 00:39:25,831 --> 00:39:27,966 Look, your sister already gave me a hard time 736 00:39:28,066 --> 00:39:29,901 for only listening to Top 40. 737 00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:31,703 Why would I tell you what music to like? 738 00:39:31,803 --> 00:39:32,838 I'm just... 739 00:39:33,739 --> 00:39:35,474 But, look, I mean you're, 740 00:39:35,574 --> 00:39:38,477 you're here at the home of jazz and blues. 741 00:39:38,577 --> 00:39:40,779 It's an iconic American story. 742 00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:43,949 That's what I wanna say in my movie. 743 00:39:44,049 --> 00:39:44,983 You make movies? 744 00:39:45,083 --> 00:39:47,152 Sure, little documentaries. 745 00:39:47,252 --> 00:39:48,587 Like my dad. 746 00:39:48,687 --> 00:39:50,589 A movie about a guy who falls in love 747 00:39:50,689 --> 00:39:51,923 with Louisiana music. 748 00:39:52,023 --> 00:39:53,425 More than that. 749 00:39:53,525 --> 00:39:54,960 Story of this New York kid 750 00:39:55,060 --> 00:39:57,929 who wakes up one day and has an epiphany 751 00:39:58,029 --> 00:39:59,998 and realizes he's been born in the wrong culture, 752 00:40:00,098 --> 00:40:01,433 switched at birth, right? 753 00:40:02,501 --> 00:40:03,502 So he moves to New Orleans to set things straight. 754 00:40:04,936 --> 00:40:05,671 That's him. 755 00:40:05,771 --> 00:40:07,038 Uh, hey. 756 00:40:07,973 --> 00:40:09,040 Hang out with me. 757 00:40:09,908 --> 00:40:11,409 Let's hear his story. 758 00:40:14,212 --> 00:40:16,014 Opportunities are not evenly distributed in this country. 759 00:40:16,114 --> 00:40:18,016 A child born into a lower economic ground has no chance to 760 00:40:18,116 --> 00:40:19,951 change their life without federal investment in education 761 00:40:20,051 --> 00:40:21,853 or federal regulation of educational standards. 762 00:40:21,953 --> 00:40:23,421 As the University of Iowa City shows, there's significant-- 763 00:40:23,522 --> 00:40:24,189 Perfect. 764 00:40:25,023 --> 00:40:26,492 You don't need my scrutiny. 765 00:40:26,592 --> 00:40:27,859 Well, if you can spare someone, Keith, 766 00:40:27,959 --> 00:40:29,795 I could use a volunteer to help with the crews 767 00:40:29,895 --> 00:40:31,429 while we set up for the interviews. 768 00:40:32,197 --> 00:40:33,131 Anyone? 769 00:40:33,965 --> 00:40:34,933 Great. 770 00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:37,135 So forget about me. 771 00:40:37,235 --> 00:40:38,904 Look directly into the camera. 772 00:40:39,004 --> 00:40:40,539 Rodney's gonna adjust the lights. 773 00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:42,741 It just helps to have a body in the chair. 774 00:40:46,512 --> 00:40:48,614 Are you interested in news? 775 00:40:48,714 --> 00:40:50,081 As a job? 776 00:40:50,181 --> 00:40:51,550 As a career. 777 00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:54,520 You said travel's the best part of your job. 778 00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:56,087 And you research stories, right? 779 00:40:56,187 --> 00:40:57,923 I'm good at that. 780 00:40:58,023 --> 00:40:59,658 Good. 781 00:40:59,758 --> 00:41:00,759 Okay. 782 00:41:00,859 --> 00:41:02,694 Um, do you know anyone? 783 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:05,030 Friends of your parents or other relatives, 784 00:41:05,130 --> 00:41:07,899 someone who could help you with a summer job, maybe? 785 00:41:07,999 --> 00:41:08,867 Oh, you know what? Look this way. 786 00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:11,136 We're just gonna move the camera, okay? 787 00:41:12,871 --> 00:41:14,506 And we're gonna get a level now, 788 00:41:14,606 --> 00:41:16,508 so I just want you to speak slowly and clearly 789 00:41:16,608 --> 00:41:17,909 into the microphone. 790 00:41:18,009 --> 00:41:19,244 Uh, what should I say? 791 00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:21,513 Oh, anything, it's just a test. 792 00:41:28,554 --> 00:41:29,888 I'm sorry, I'm screwing this up. 793 00:41:29,988 --> 00:41:31,623 No, wait. Hey, hey, hey, 794 00:41:31,723 --> 00:41:33,158 Anything at all, okay? 795 00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:36,094 Who are you? 796 00:41:37,996 --> 00:41:39,998 I'm Amy Hartington. 797 00:41:40,999 --> 00:41:44,803 I live in a small town in south Louisiana. 798 00:41:44,903 --> 00:41:46,237 I'm a debater. 799 00:41:47,038 --> 00:41:50,008 And what are your plans for the future? 800 00:41:52,110 --> 00:41:54,212 You want me to say that out loud? 801 00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:55,581 On camera? 802 00:41:55,681 --> 00:41:56,782 I do. 803 00:41:56,882 --> 00:41:58,049 Keep talking. 804 00:41:59,184 --> 00:42:03,088 I wanna win a national championship with my partner. 805 00:42:03,955 --> 00:42:05,924 I wanna debate in college 806 00:42:06,024 --> 00:42:07,726 in a big city. 807 00:42:07,826 --> 00:42:11,863 I wanna travel everywhere and see the whole world. 808 00:42:11,963 --> 00:42:14,633 I want the best parts of debate to never end. 809 00:42:17,102 --> 00:42:17,936 One minute it's boiling hot. 810 00:42:18,036 --> 00:42:19,905 Then it's really cold. 811 00:42:20,005 --> 00:42:21,907 The rain, the mud, the humidity. 812 00:42:22,007 --> 00:42:23,709 How do you people live here? 813 00:42:23,809 --> 00:42:25,110 You'll escape to Dartmouth next week 814 00:42:25,210 --> 00:42:28,313 for your next camp, and this will all be a bad dream. 815 00:42:28,413 --> 00:42:29,848 Come with me. 816 00:42:31,116 --> 00:42:33,619 Just the person I'm looking for. 817 00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:36,054 Your partner's still playing hide and seek. 818 00:42:36,788 --> 00:42:38,624 Adam clearly asked Nick to get his parents 819 00:42:38,724 --> 00:42:41,893 to sign the release forms for the people at CZN News. 820 00:42:41,993 --> 00:42:43,128 Nick hasn't done so. 821 00:42:43,228 --> 00:42:44,763 So? 822 00:42:44,863 --> 00:42:48,166 So, Adam communicated directly to Nick's parents 823 00:42:48,266 --> 00:42:50,101 and sent the forms to them. 824 00:42:50,201 --> 00:42:52,871 He'll be contacting Nick's dad tonight. 825 00:42:52,971 --> 00:42:56,074 So if you see Nick, be sure to convey that information. 826 00:42:58,777 --> 00:43:00,612 I really don't understand why this matters 827 00:43:00,712 --> 00:43:01,880 so much to Adam. 828 00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:04,349 Ego, he's a dictator in his own program. 829 00:43:04,449 --> 00:43:05,851 Worse than he is here. 830 00:43:05,951 --> 00:43:07,085 My brother bailed. 831 00:43:07,185 --> 00:43:09,020 Dylan was supposed to debate for him? 832 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,022 He did for six months, 833 00:43:11,122 --> 00:43:12,758 but he was miserable. 834 00:43:12,858 --> 00:43:14,192 Life's too short. 835 00:43:14,292 --> 00:43:16,728 Nick needs a scholarship to anywhere. 836 00:43:16,828 --> 00:43:17,963 Nick can't burn too many bridges 837 00:43:18,063 --> 00:43:20,031 if he needs a debate scholarship. 838 00:43:20,131 --> 00:43:22,167 Adam's wired with all the good college coaches. 839 00:43:22,267 --> 00:43:23,368 Would you talk to him? 840 00:43:23,468 --> 00:43:25,036 Why are you always looking out for him? 841 00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:27,605 He shouldn't be your problem. 842 00:43:27,706 --> 00:43:30,075 You're only his partner for this camp tournament. 843 00:43:30,175 --> 00:43:31,777 He's my partner all year. 844 00:43:31,877 --> 00:43:33,178 We win or lose together. 845 00:43:33,278 --> 00:43:34,913 Find another partner. 846 00:43:35,013 --> 00:43:38,016 Then I won't get invited to the best national tournaments. 847 00:43:38,116 --> 00:43:39,918 You're selling yourself short. 848 00:43:49,761 --> 00:43:50,929 Mexico. 849 00:43:52,063 --> 00:43:55,934 Um, Mexico as new affirmative case, 850 00:43:56,034 --> 00:43:57,135 as a new counter plan? 851 00:43:57,235 --> 00:43:59,037 As a destination. 852 00:43:59,871 --> 00:44:01,940 Sure, I'd love to go sometime, but-- 853 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:02,908 Now. 854 00:44:03,008 --> 00:44:04,075 The best part is we can drive. 855 00:44:04,175 --> 00:44:06,244 You can drop me off in Mexico City. 856 00:44:06,344 --> 00:44:07,946 Drop you off? 857 00:44:08,046 --> 00:44:09,647 I mean, you can stay if you want, too. 858 00:44:09,748 --> 00:44:11,683 But, um, I mean, you love debate, right? 859 00:44:11,783 --> 00:44:12,784 Just because I'm done with it doesn't mean 860 00:44:12,884 --> 00:44:14,119 you have to quit. 861 00:44:17,989 --> 00:44:19,791 Keith says this interview will be good for you. 862 00:44:19,891 --> 00:44:21,960 Keith doesn't know my father. 863 00:44:22,928 --> 00:44:25,130 I spend half of my life covering for things 864 00:44:25,230 --> 00:44:27,899 that might possibly piss the man off. 865 00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:29,100 Adam shouldn't have gone behind my back 866 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,802 and called him. 867 00:44:31,002 --> 00:44:34,172 A scholarship from Adam gets you away from your father. 868 00:44:34,272 --> 00:44:35,373 Forever, if you want. 869 00:44:35,473 --> 00:44:36,441 You're not gonna help me, are you? 870 00:44:36,541 --> 00:44:37,876 Help you leave? 871 00:44:37,976 --> 00:44:39,077 No. 872 00:44:39,177 --> 00:44:40,979 Nick, wait. 873 00:44:41,079 --> 00:44:44,682 Look, I'm not gonna pretend to understand your father. 874 00:44:44,783 --> 00:44:46,684 But don't run away. 875 00:44:46,785 --> 00:44:47,886 We can call Annie. 876 00:44:47,986 --> 00:44:49,054 There's got to be another solution 877 00:44:49,154 --> 00:44:51,189 we're not thinking of on our own. 878 00:44:52,791 --> 00:44:54,459 I don't like it. 879 00:44:54,559 --> 00:44:55,927 Tarrity's not gonna like it. 880 00:44:56,027 --> 00:44:58,363 Well, it will get you what you want, Adam. 881 00:44:58,463 --> 00:44:59,798 We're all clear here, 882 00:44:59,898 --> 00:45:01,800 but I've made no guarantees. 883 00:45:03,101 --> 00:45:05,036 All right, well, I'm gonna see you next week. 884 00:45:13,879 --> 00:45:15,814 Hey, what did you hear? 885 00:45:16,882 --> 00:45:18,083 Nothing. 886 00:45:18,183 --> 00:45:20,051 Oh, you can put the pieces together. 887 00:45:20,151 --> 00:45:21,719 What did you surmise? 888 00:45:21,820 --> 00:45:22,821 This is a test? 889 00:45:22,921 --> 00:45:24,055 Everything's a test, my dear, 890 00:45:24,155 --> 00:45:26,091 one way or another. 891 00:45:26,191 --> 00:45:28,894 We have a deal, a precarious one, 892 00:45:28,994 --> 00:45:31,096 but his dad will sign the release form 893 00:45:31,196 --> 00:45:33,965 if CZN agrees to interview him as well. 894 00:45:35,066 --> 00:45:37,302 Nick's dad wants to be on TV? 895 00:45:37,402 --> 00:45:39,504 He says that he spent the best years of his life 896 00:45:39,604 --> 00:45:41,940 sacrificing for his son 897 00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,109 and that he deserves some of the glory. 898 00:45:44,209 --> 00:45:46,111 Nick's not gonna be happy with that. 899 00:45:46,211 --> 00:45:47,212 I know. 900 00:45:48,146 --> 00:45:50,048 Sign of a good compromise, no one is happy. 901 00:45:50,148 --> 00:45:51,883 I thought adults were more reasonable. 902 00:45:53,551 --> 00:45:54,820 Now you know. 903 00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:56,387 All right, I'll see you next week. 904 00:46:02,493 --> 00:46:03,862 Amy. 905 00:46:04,295 --> 00:46:06,131 Still wanna learn about the news business? 906 00:46:06,231 --> 00:46:07,866 I guess. 907 00:46:07,966 --> 00:46:08,967 Well, help me out with something, okay? 908 00:46:09,067 --> 00:46:11,036 We'll call it an internship. 909 00:46:11,136 --> 00:46:12,838 I'll write you a nice recommendation letter. 910 00:46:15,140 --> 00:46:16,274 I appreciate it. 911 00:46:16,374 --> 00:46:18,109 I just, uh, didn't really want 912 00:46:18,209 --> 00:46:20,145 anyone else to know, you know? 913 00:46:20,245 --> 00:46:22,948 I actually don't know anything about debate. 914 00:46:23,048 --> 00:46:23,849 The rules? 915 00:46:23,949 --> 00:46:25,250 Yeah, I may have led my boss to believe 916 00:46:26,251 --> 00:46:27,986 that I had some sort of background familiarity. 917 00:46:28,086 --> 00:46:28,954 Okay. 918 00:46:29,054 --> 00:46:30,321 Yeah, I bluffed. 919 00:46:30,421 --> 00:46:31,923 Just give me the basics. 920 00:46:32,023 --> 00:46:33,224 This is the resolution, 921 00:46:33,324 --> 00:46:35,393 the topic we debate all year. 922 00:46:35,493 --> 00:46:38,563 At each tournament, there are four preliminary rounds. 923 00:46:38,663 --> 00:46:40,531 In one round, you argue the affirmative, 924 00:46:40,631 --> 00:46:43,101 often a case, a government policy 925 00:46:43,201 --> 00:46:44,870 that upholds the resolution. 926 00:46:44,970 --> 00:46:47,005 In the next round, you take the negative position, 927 00:46:47,105 --> 00:46:48,806 arguing against the resolution. 928 00:46:48,907 --> 00:46:50,375 Each person gives an eight minute speech, 929 00:46:50,475 --> 00:46:52,978 then is cross-examined by someone on the opposite team. 930 00:46:53,078 --> 00:46:55,246 Then, each person gives a four minute rebuttal. 931 00:46:55,346 --> 00:46:56,481 The judge examines the arguments 932 00:46:56,581 --> 00:46:58,116 against a set of standards 933 00:46:58,216 --> 00:47:00,018 and then decides who wins the round. 934 00:47:00,118 --> 00:47:02,320 The team with the best records advances to quarter finals 935 00:47:02,420 --> 00:47:06,257 then semi-finals until only two best teams are left 936 00:47:06,357 --> 00:47:09,094 competing against one another in the final round. 937 00:47:09,194 --> 00:47:10,561 Only one team can win. 938 00:47:11,462 --> 00:47:12,931 Perfect. 939 00:47:13,031 --> 00:47:14,933 That's exactly what we needed. 940 00:47:16,434 --> 00:47:17,602 That was fun. 941 00:47:18,236 --> 00:47:20,005 Your parents are gonna be so proud of you 942 00:47:20,105 --> 00:47:21,239 when they see you on TV. 943 00:47:21,339 --> 00:47:24,209 Thank you for your cooperation with the permission form. 944 00:47:24,309 --> 00:47:25,944 So that's it? 945 00:47:26,044 --> 00:47:27,612 You know, I just have to get the final interview with Nick 946 00:47:27,712 --> 00:47:30,215 and then we'll edit the package for tonight's news. 947 00:47:30,315 --> 00:47:31,950 The affirmative team's absolutely correct. 948 00:47:32,050 --> 00:47:33,318 We can see that programs for reducing inequality 949 00:47:33,418 --> 00:47:35,086 are necessary, even crucial for-- 950 00:47:35,186 --> 00:47:38,089 Debate camp's final tournament had arrived. 951 00:47:38,189 --> 00:47:41,159 Everyone was going to be there, you, Nick's parents. 952 00:47:41,259 --> 00:47:43,328 It was Nick's moment to shine 953 00:47:43,428 --> 00:47:46,397 for the news cameras and for his dad. 954 00:47:47,332 --> 00:47:48,266 Almost done? 955 00:47:48,366 --> 00:47:50,035 Maybe 20 minutes. 956 00:47:50,135 --> 00:47:52,070 Oh my God, watch and learn, kid. 957 00:47:52,570 --> 00:47:54,572 Mr. Tarrity, what a surprise. 958 00:47:54,672 --> 00:47:56,107 Well, we're starting off the road show early, 959 00:47:56,207 --> 00:47:57,542 pumping up the affiliates' ratings. 960 00:47:57,642 --> 00:47:59,044 Oh, you're gonna anchor from New Orleans tonight? 961 00:48:00,211 --> 00:48:01,579 From the local news room. Everything's under control. 962 00:48:02,647 --> 00:48:03,248 But I was just telling my old friend, Adam, here, 963 00:48:04,515 --> 00:48:06,985 how much I miss real reporting out side the New York bubble, 964 00:48:07,085 --> 00:48:08,253 and I hear there's one more interview 965 00:48:08,353 --> 00:48:09,454 to get for tonight, is that right? 966 00:48:09,554 --> 00:48:11,089 Yeah, Michael Sullivan is in the ballroom 967 00:48:11,189 --> 00:48:13,091 just getting ready. Oh, great. 968 00:48:14,492 --> 00:48:17,095 Sully, outta my chair son. 969 00:48:17,428 --> 00:48:19,264 I'm the field correspondent today. 970 00:48:19,364 --> 00:48:21,366 Amy, I've got Nick's parents here. 971 00:48:21,466 --> 00:48:23,068 Are you taking them in the finals? 972 00:48:23,168 --> 00:48:25,103 That's what I'm trying to decide. 973 00:48:25,203 --> 00:48:27,005 Hey, Bill Tarrity. 974 00:48:27,105 --> 00:48:27,672 Yes. 975 00:48:27,772 --> 00:48:29,174 Noland Stacen. 976 00:48:29,274 --> 00:48:30,575 We're supposed to talk. 977 00:48:30,675 --> 00:48:32,010 Well, if I had words with everyone 978 00:48:32,110 --> 00:48:34,145 who wanted a bit of my time, 979 00:48:34,245 --> 00:48:35,981 we'd be here for hours, wouldn't we? 980 00:48:36,081 --> 00:48:37,148 Is it final rebuttals tonight? 981 00:48:37,248 --> 00:48:37,983 Yeah. 982 00:48:38,083 --> 00:48:39,150 Okay. 983 00:48:39,484 --> 00:48:41,119 Here goes nothing. 984 00:48:41,219 --> 00:48:43,021 The affirmative team has not defeated our counter plan. 985 00:48:43,121 --> 00:48:44,422 State control is clearly superior, 986 00:48:44,522 --> 00:48:46,291 Osborne '82 evidence. 987 00:48:46,391 --> 00:48:47,592 Local control allows state . 988 00:48:47,692 --> 00:48:49,527 Go to the counter plan next. 989 00:48:49,627 --> 00:48:50,962 You have time, Nick. 990 00:48:51,062 --> 00:48:52,197 Hit everything. 991 00:48:52,297 --> 00:48:54,432 To experiment and find novel solutions. 992 00:48:54,532 --> 00:48:56,601 On their A, uniform federal standards, 993 00:48:56,701 --> 00:48:58,669 pull across the O'Conner card. 994 00:49:02,007 --> 00:49:04,042 They haven't even touched it. 995 00:49:05,110 --> 00:49:07,712 Judges, this is not a difficult decision. 996 00:49:08,479 --> 00:49:11,016 The preponderance of evidence is on our side. 997 00:49:11,749 --> 00:49:14,119 To solve for inequality, you must vote negative. 998 00:49:22,127 --> 00:49:23,061 Well done, Nick. 999 00:49:23,161 --> 00:49:24,729 So I want you to tell us about the final round, 1000 00:49:24,829 --> 00:49:26,664 and then we'll take you in here for the interview. 1001 00:49:26,764 --> 00:49:28,066 Nick, come here. 1002 00:49:28,166 --> 00:49:29,967 Nick, I'd like you to meet Mr. Tarrity. 1003 00:49:30,068 --> 00:49:31,236 Son, I'm talking to you. 1004 00:49:33,538 --> 00:49:35,540 You are ungrateful. 1005 00:49:37,608 --> 00:49:38,476 What's going on over there? 1006 00:49:38,576 --> 00:49:39,410 Who is that? 1007 00:49:39,510 --> 00:49:40,478 Is that his dad? 1008 00:49:41,546 --> 00:49:42,447 What's he doing? 1009 00:49:42,547 --> 00:49:43,381 This is a school. 1010 00:49:52,690 --> 00:49:54,992 After his father burned the permission slip, 1011 00:49:55,093 --> 00:49:57,062 embarrassing him in front of everyone, 1012 00:49:57,162 --> 00:49:58,329 Nick stormed out. 1013 00:49:58,429 --> 00:50:00,131 The look on his face made me think 1014 00:50:00,231 --> 00:50:02,167 he might be going for good. 1015 00:50:07,405 --> 00:50:09,207 I assume you can get this to Nick? 1016 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:11,342 If I see him again. 1017 00:50:12,143 --> 00:50:14,045 Somehow you'll survive. 1018 00:50:14,145 --> 00:50:16,181 I can't do debate without Nick. 1019 00:50:16,281 --> 00:50:18,216 It's a team activity. 1020 00:50:26,557 --> 00:50:27,525 Whoa, whoa, hey. 1021 00:50:30,761 --> 00:50:32,130 There you go. 1022 00:50:36,301 --> 00:50:37,202 It's okay. 1023 00:50:40,271 --> 00:50:42,173 You have to let go soon, darling. 1024 00:50:42,273 --> 00:50:44,575 Doctor says it's time for hospice. 1025 00:51:04,195 --> 00:51:05,196 We're leaving in a few minutes. 1026 00:51:05,296 --> 00:51:06,664 Go change. 1027 00:51:07,798 --> 00:51:10,135 You've completely forgotten, haven't you? 1028 00:51:10,235 --> 00:51:12,137 Your cousin Kathy's wedding. 1029 00:51:12,237 --> 00:51:15,173 Honestly, Amy, I don't know where your head is sometimes. 1030 00:51:15,273 --> 00:51:16,741 Great, have a good time. 1031 00:51:16,841 --> 00:51:18,276 Don't sass me, young lady. 1032 00:51:19,177 --> 00:51:20,545 Apologize to your mother. 1033 00:51:20,645 --> 00:51:22,113 You don't even know what happened. 1034 00:51:22,213 --> 00:51:23,114 Don't you debate with me. 1035 00:51:23,948 --> 00:51:25,183 That kinda talk doesn't belong here. 1036 00:51:29,187 --> 00:51:30,087 I'm sorry. 1037 00:51:30,555 --> 00:51:31,789 That's better. 1038 00:51:32,457 --> 00:51:34,825 I, uh, wanna show this to you. 1039 00:51:37,228 --> 00:51:40,131 Oh, sweetheart, the VCR's not even hooked up. 1040 00:51:40,898 --> 00:51:44,269 It's my piece on the news where I explain debate. 1041 00:51:45,336 --> 00:51:47,772 I know you didn't see it when it was on last night. 1042 00:51:47,872 --> 00:51:50,241 Well, Shane had a baseball game. 1043 00:51:50,341 --> 00:51:51,209 He got three hits. 1044 00:51:51,309 --> 00:51:53,144 Let's go Charlene. 1045 00:51:53,244 --> 00:51:54,812 We're going to be late. 1046 00:51:54,912 --> 00:51:56,481 Amy, please, go get changed. 1047 00:51:56,581 --> 00:51:57,548 You know how Father Mouton gets 1048 00:51:57,648 --> 00:51:59,684 when people walk into mass late. 1049 00:52:00,618 --> 00:52:02,387 Go, I'll meet you at the church. 1050 00:52:02,487 --> 00:52:03,621 Soon. 1051 00:52:03,721 --> 00:52:04,889 10 minutes, I have my car. 1052 00:52:04,989 --> 00:52:07,658 Okay, well, I put a nice dress on the bed for ya. 1053 00:52:08,559 --> 00:52:10,127 Wear a slip. 1054 00:52:11,562 --> 00:52:12,763 Of course. 1055 00:52:35,286 --> 00:52:36,754 Coming. 1056 00:52:38,423 --> 00:52:41,459 Oh, what in the world are you doing here this late? 1057 00:52:41,559 --> 00:52:43,428 I didn't have anywhere else to go. 1058 00:52:43,528 --> 00:52:46,231 Well, I was just gonna go to bed. 1059 00:52:46,664 --> 00:52:49,166 I could just keep driving, you know, 1060 00:52:49,267 --> 00:52:51,902 head west, not stop 'til I hit the Pacific. 1061 00:52:52,603 --> 00:52:53,938 Come on in. 1062 00:52:54,639 --> 00:52:57,342 Oh, honey, Nick will be back. 1063 00:52:58,843 --> 00:52:59,777 How do you know? 1064 00:52:59,877 --> 00:53:00,845 I don't know. 1065 00:53:00,945 --> 00:53:02,179 I trust. 1066 00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:04,615 It's highly preferable to despair. 1067 00:53:06,884 --> 00:53:08,819 There's something else. 1068 00:53:09,820 --> 00:53:11,822 It's not about debate. 1069 00:53:11,922 --> 00:53:13,924 Well, I got other skills. 1070 00:53:22,967 --> 00:53:24,802 Would you open this for me? 1071 00:53:25,536 --> 00:53:27,738 Is it a particularly fortified envelope? 1072 00:53:27,838 --> 00:53:28,939 Booby trapped somehow? 1073 00:53:29,039 --> 00:53:30,508 Please. 1074 00:53:30,608 --> 00:53:32,910 It's from the agency that did my adoption. 1075 00:53:33,010 --> 00:53:35,946 Oh, I always assumed you had a closed adoption. 1076 00:53:36,046 --> 00:53:38,649 I did. I've always known. 1077 00:53:38,749 --> 00:53:40,918 We just don't talk about it. 1078 00:53:41,552 --> 00:53:43,454 Well, that's a lot to hold in. 1079 00:53:43,554 --> 00:53:44,855 Just read it for me. 1080 00:53:51,896 --> 00:53:53,431 All right, well. 1081 00:53:53,864 --> 00:53:55,933 There's a lot of legal jargon. 1082 00:53:56,567 --> 00:53:58,836 "State laws are under review." 1083 00:53:58,936 --> 00:54:00,237 Okay. 1084 00:54:00,471 --> 00:54:03,641 "The adoption records remain sealed, 1085 00:54:03,741 --> 00:54:06,644 "but the agency does feel obligated 1086 00:54:06,744 --> 00:54:09,280 "to reveal certain communications." 1087 00:54:09,380 --> 00:54:10,915 Bottom line, please. 1088 00:54:12,417 --> 00:54:15,986 Three years ago, your birth mother, 1089 00:54:16,086 --> 00:54:18,423 she attempted to make contact with you. 1090 00:54:18,523 --> 00:54:20,791 She had a friend call the agency. 1091 00:54:20,891 --> 00:54:22,727 That friend's name and number are here. 1092 00:54:22,827 --> 00:54:23,961 No, I can't. 1093 00:54:28,065 --> 00:54:29,700 Where is she? 1094 00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:31,336 New York, Brooklyn. 1095 00:54:32,002 --> 00:54:33,871 That's a good distance. 1096 00:54:35,340 --> 00:54:36,874 Listen, Amy. 1097 00:54:39,377 --> 00:54:43,047 You have to feel pain before you can let it go. 1098 00:54:44,915 --> 00:54:48,018 You know, when my son died-- 1099 00:54:48,118 --> 00:54:49,520 Wait. What? 1100 00:54:49,620 --> 00:54:50,655 When? 1101 00:54:50,755 --> 00:54:52,022 It happened a long time ago. 1102 00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:53,958 It was a stupid accident. 1103 00:54:54,058 --> 00:54:55,760 The details aren't important, 1104 00:54:55,860 --> 00:54:58,496 but for a very long time, 1105 00:54:59,630 --> 00:55:02,833 I didn't handle the loss very well. 1106 00:55:02,933 --> 00:55:04,435 I may have went to work every day. 1107 00:55:04,535 --> 00:55:06,070 I went through all the motions, 1108 00:55:06,170 --> 00:55:07,872 but I wasn't really there. 1109 00:55:07,972 --> 00:55:09,740 I was a ghost. 1110 00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:11,576 And then one spring, 1111 00:55:11,676 --> 00:55:13,811 I think it was in a state tournament, 1112 00:55:13,911 --> 00:55:16,013 I got in a fight with one of the other coaches. 1113 00:55:16,981 --> 00:55:18,616 Something about the proper allocation 1114 00:55:18,716 --> 00:55:21,386 of judges for the finals, I don't even remember, 1115 00:55:21,486 --> 00:55:25,723 but I was absolutely outraged. 1116 00:55:25,823 --> 00:55:27,825 I screamed at him 1117 00:55:27,925 --> 00:55:30,995 and anyone else who had the misfortune of being there. 1118 00:55:31,095 --> 00:55:33,831 And I threw a chair clear across the room. 1119 00:55:33,931 --> 00:55:34,732 Honestly? 1120 00:55:34,832 --> 00:55:36,534 Oh, yeah. He ducked. 1121 00:55:37,101 --> 00:55:38,869 And then I left. 1122 00:55:38,969 --> 00:55:40,471 I disappeared without a word. 1123 00:55:40,571 --> 00:55:42,740 And I stayed gone for almost a year. 1124 00:55:42,840 --> 00:55:44,575 Roy must have been frantic. 1125 00:55:45,410 --> 00:55:46,711 You didn't care? 1126 00:55:46,811 --> 00:55:47,512 Not really. 1127 00:55:47,612 --> 00:55:48,746 I went to Europe. 1128 00:55:48,846 --> 00:55:52,417 I went to Spain and France and Italy. 1129 00:55:52,517 --> 00:55:53,150 I'd never been. 1130 00:55:53,250 --> 00:55:55,786 I blew through my life savings. 1131 00:55:55,886 --> 00:55:57,121 This isn't a parable. 1132 00:55:58,623 --> 00:56:01,492 I wound up in Valencia that next spring. 1133 00:56:01,592 --> 00:56:03,994 They got a wonderful festival there. 1134 00:56:04,094 --> 00:56:06,096 It's called the Falles. 1135 00:56:06,196 --> 00:56:09,834 It's a bit like Mardi Gras, the whole town celebrates. 1136 00:56:09,934 --> 00:56:12,570 They build these gigantic figures out of wood 1137 00:56:12,670 --> 00:56:15,606 and paper mache, animals, mythical creatures, 1138 00:56:15,706 --> 00:56:17,374 anything you can imagine. 1139 00:56:17,475 --> 00:56:18,943 They parade them through the town, 1140 00:56:19,043 --> 00:56:22,112 and on the last night everyone gathers, 1141 00:56:22,212 --> 00:56:25,883 and they set each masterpiece aflame. 1142 00:56:28,052 --> 00:56:30,054 They set those spirits free. 1143 00:56:31,656 --> 00:56:33,891 And these fires burn all night. 1144 00:56:33,991 --> 00:56:35,926 And there's music and dancing 1145 00:56:36,026 --> 00:56:38,062 and there's some crying. 1146 00:56:38,162 --> 00:56:41,932 And then the next day, they start building all over again. 1147 00:56:42,032 --> 00:56:43,501 I'd like to see it some time. 1148 00:56:43,601 --> 00:56:45,035 We should go together. I'd like that. 1149 00:56:45,135 --> 00:56:46,537 Yeah. 1150 00:56:46,637 --> 00:56:49,474 But something happened to me that night. 1151 00:56:49,574 --> 00:56:50,908 I came back here the next week, 1152 00:56:51,008 --> 00:56:52,176 and I started coaching again. 1153 00:56:52,276 --> 00:56:52,977 Back to normal? 1154 00:56:53,077 --> 00:56:53,944 No. 1155 00:56:58,182 --> 00:57:00,718 But I found a way to move on, 1156 00:57:00,818 --> 00:57:04,655 to remember who I was and why I was here. 1157 00:57:04,755 --> 00:57:06,056 That was enough. 1158 00:57:06,156 --> 00:57:08,593 Three years later, they had the World's Fair 1159 00:57:08,693 --> 00:57:10,127 here in New Orleans, 1160 00:57:10,227 --> 00:57:12,830 and I bought a paper mache globe. 1161 00:57:12,930 --> 00:57:14,665 You know, it was just a cheap souvenir, really, 1162 00:57:14,765 --> 00:57:17,001 but it reminded me of the Falles. 1163 00:57:17,935 --> 00:57:18,803 Did you burn it? 1164 00:57:18,903 --> 00:57:21,572 No, it's the one I have in my classroom. 1165 00:57:22,239 --> 00:57:23,808 You know what, honey? 1166 00:57:23,908 --> 00:57:25,075 You'd better get home. 1167 00:57:25,175 --> 00:57:27,478 We've got a big year ahead of us. 1168 00:57:29,279 --> 00:57:30,948 I didn't hear another word from Nick 1169 00:57:31,048 --> 00:57:34,752 all summer until he walked back in the first day of school. 1170 00:57:34,852 --> 00:57:36,821 I was so relieved, 1171 00:57:36,921 --> 00:57:39,023 and things went back to normal, mostly. 1172 00:57:40,090 --> 00:57:41,959 You were there. 1173 00:57:42,059 --> 00:57:45,830 It was the ordinary routine of school and tournaments. 1174 00:57:45,930 --> 00:57:48,899 We were winning, having fun. 1175 00:57:48,999 --> 00:57:51,035 Nick's dad was away. 1176 00:57:51,135 --> 00:57:52,570 It was almost time for graduation, 1177 00:57:52,670 --> 00:57:54,772 and Nick and I were so excited 1178 00:57:54,872 --> 00:57:56,741 for nationals in New York. 1179 00:58:06,050 --> 00:58:07,985 Unbelievable. 1180 00:58:09,153 --> 00:58:10,154 That bad, huh? 1181 00:58:10,254 --> 00:58:11,488 Yeah, I'm afraid so. 1182 00:58:11,589 --> 00:58:12,890 The school board is requesting 1183 00:58:12,990 --> 00:58:15,059 half of everyone's remaining budget 1184 00:58:15,159 --> 00:58:17,828 so that the football stadium can be built in time. 1185 00:58:17,928 --> 00:58:19,830 But the rest of this year's budget covers nationals. 1186 00:58:19,930 --> 00:58:22,499 Yeah. Can you give me a minute, please, guys? 1187 00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:23,534 I need you to clear out. 1188 00:58:23,634 --> 00:58:24,935 Base classroom is empty. 1189 00:58:25,035 --> 00:58:27,137 I need to talk to Amy alone as the team captain. 1190 00:58:27,972 --> 00:58:29,640 We'll go to New York alone? 1191 00:58:29,740 --> 00:58:31,642 I don't see that there's any other way. 1192 00:58:31,742 --> 00:58:34,511 I mean, if I don't go, that's an extra $1000. 1193 00:58:34,612 --> 00:58:36,513 And then if you find a place to stay-- 1194 00:58:36,614 --> 00:58:37,715 I'll call Rosa tonight. 1195 00:58:37,815 --> 00:58:39,684 Okay, that's another 500. 1196 00:58:39,784 --> 00:58:41,952 Oh my God, this is crazy. 1197 00:58:42,052 --> 00:58:44,889 I cannot believe they are forcing us 1198 00:58:44,989 --> 00:58:47,057 into this position when you guys have worked 1199 00:58:47,157 --> 00:58:48,826 so hard all year. 1200 00:58:49,359 --> 00:58:50,728 A football? 1201 00:58:50,828 --> 00:58:51,896 I mean, you know, it doesn't matter 1202 00:58:51,996 --> 00:58:53,297 how many championships we win as long, 1203 00:58:53,397 --> 00:58:55,733 okay, I'm sorry. 1204 00:58:55,833 --> 00:58:58,168 All right, solutions. We got to focus on solutions. 1205 00:58:58,268 --> 00:59:00,070 Uh, permission slips. 1206 00:59:00,170 --> 00:59:00,738 We got to do this by the book. 1207 00:59:00,838 --> 00:59:02,072 Your parents have to sign, 1208 00:59:02,172 --> 00:59:04,041 and Nick's parents have to sign. 1209 00:59:04,141 --> 00:59:05,142 Of course. 1210 00:59:06,176 --> 00:59:07,144 Okay. 1211 00:59:07,945 --> 00:59:09,614 This might work. 1212 00:59:15,986 --> 00:59:17,287 It was a scramble, 1213 00:59:17,387 --> 00:59:18,989 but the moment we arrived to New York 1214 00:59:19,089 --> 00:59:21,792 for the championship tournament mad it all worth it. 1215 00:59:24,094 --> 00:59:26,096 Hey, so do you two have everything you need? 1216 00:59:26,196 --> 00:59:27,932 We're taking the train downtown to my place. 1217 00:59:28,032 --> 00:59:29,834 - Think so. - Yeah. we're all good. 1218 00:59:29,934 --> 00:59:31,602 - You nervous? - Should I be? 1219 00:59:31,702 --> 00:59:33,938 If you still wanna debate for Adam next year. 1220 00:59:34,038 --> 00:59:35,039 You were wait listed, right? 1221 00:59:35,139 --> 00:59:35,940 Yep. 1222 00:59:36,040 --> 00:59:37,274 But he can't go without a 1223 00:59:37,374 --> 00:59:38,208 scholarship. 1224 00:59:38,308 --> 00:59:39,610 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1225 00:59:39,710 --> 00:59:40,177 You don't have to spill that every time. 1226 00:59:40,277 --> 00:59:42,146 So, breaking news, 1227 00:59:42,246 --> 00:59:43,648 Ashoke from Bronc Science 1228 00:59:43,748 --> 00:59:46,050 just turned Adam down in favor of Stanford. 1229 00:59:46,150 --> 00:59:47,584 One slot remaining. 1230 00:59:47,685 --> 00:59:48,886 Intriguing. 1231 00:59:48,986 --> 00:59:50,788 So you're not changing your mind? 1232 00:59:50,888 --> 00:59:52,122 About debating in college? 1233 00:59:52,222 --> 00:59:53,323 No way. 1234 00:59:53,423 --> 00:59:55,159 That phase of my life ends this weekend. 1235 00:59:55,259 --> 00:59:56,627 I'm winning here 1236 00:59:56,727 --> 00:59:58,963 and leaving debate in the rearview. 1237 00:59:59,196 --> 01:00:01,131 I knew there was some reason I liked you. 1238 01:00:01,231 --> 01:00:02,833 Can we get outta here? 1239 01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:24,989 Make yourselves at home. 1240 01:00:25,089 --> 01:00:27,057 Amy, I made you up the bedroom upstairs 1241 01:00:27,157 --> 01:00:29,827 and, Nick, you're on the couch. 1242 01:00:31,295 --> 01:00:32,930 This is amazing. 1243 01:00:33,964 --> 01:00:37,101 Hey, good, I didn't miss you. 1244 01:00:38,002 --> 01:00:39,236 Let me help you with that. 1245 01:00:44,074 --> 01:00:46,176 I should thank your parents. 1246 01:00:46,276 --> 01:00:48,879 They are sailing, I think, 1247 01:00:48,979 --> 01:00:50,380 in the Caymans. 1248 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:51,181 I don't really keep track. 1249 01:00:51,281 --> 01:00:52,850 Rosa would know. 1250 01:00:55,786 --> 01:00:57,922 In summer, you can see the Fourth of July fireworks 1251 01:00:58,022 --> 01:00:59,223 over the river. 1252 01:00:59,323 --> 01:01:01,025 Bring up one of those plastic kiddie pools, 1253 01:01:01,125 --> 01:01:02,659 couple of folding chairs. 1254 01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:04,028 No beach house? 1255 01:01:05,229 --> 01:01:06,997 Yeah, on the weekend. 1256 01:01:07,965 --> 01:01:10,167 Louisiana doesn't even have a real beach. 1257 01:01:10,267 --> 01:01:11,401 It's all marsh and mud. 1258 01:01:11,501 --> 01:01:13,370 Mississippi gets all the sand. 1259 01:01:13,470 --> 01:01:15,906 Born on the wrong side of the river. 1260 01:01:16,006 --> 01:01:17,274 Something like that. 1261 01:01:17,374 --> 01:01:19,143 New York must be culture shock for you. 1262 01:01:19,910 --> 01:01:20,845 No. 1263 01:01:21,145 --> 01:01:23,147 New York's on TV every day, 1264 01:01:23,247 --> 01:01:25,215 in the movies and nearly every book 1265 01:01:25,315 --> 01:01:26,683 I've ever read. 1266 01:01:26,784 --> 01:01:29,319 Sesame Street's in New York, for God's sake. 1267 01:01:29,419 --> 01:01:32,823 I feel like I've known New York all my life. 1268 01:01:44,802 --> 01:01:47,037 Is there something wrong with me coming here tonight? 1269 01:01:48,238 --> 01:01:49,940 I wanted to see you. 1270 01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:52,910 I'm sorry, I just have a lot 1271 01:01:53,010 --> 01:01:55,112 on my mind for the tournament tomorrow. 1272 01:01:56,246 --> 01:01:58,983 I'm glad you wanted to see me. 1273 01:01:59,083 --> 01:02:00,184 I'm glad. 1274 01:02:02,352 --> 01:02:04,755 Whatever happened with your New Orleans movie? 1275 01:02:05,956 --> 01:02:08,258 I don't know, actually. 1276 01:02:08,358 --> 01:02:10,127 I'm helping my dad do some camera work 1277 01:02:10,227 --> 01:02:12,062 on one of his projects. 1278 01:02:12,162 --> 01:02:12,997 Rosa and I are going to Greece and Italy 1279 01:02:13,097 --> 01:02:14,364 after she graduates. 1280 01:02:14,464 --> 01:02:16,033 This other guy wants me to make a short 1281 01:02:16,133 --> 01:02:18,302 about this classic sailboat he's restoring up in Maine. 1282 01:02:18,402 --> 01:02:20,104 Lot of possibilities. 1283 01:02:20,905 --> 01:02:22,406 I guess I sound like a privileged jerk. 1284 01:02:22,506 --> 01:02:24,074 It's just not my world. 1285 01:02:24,975 --> 01:02:26,510 You don't know that. 1286 01:02:27,377 --> 01:02:29,780 You don't even know how different we are. 1287 01:02:30,380 --> 01:02:31,748 What kind of head start you have 1288 01:02:31,849 --> 01:02:33,217 over people who don't grow up like this. 1289 01:02:33,317 --> 01:02:34,484 Why is it a competition? 1290 01:02:34,584 --> 01:02:35,953 Nick and I need scholarships 1291 01:02:36,053 --> 01:02:37,421 to get to a good college. 1292 01:02:37,521 --> 01:02:40,024 And people like you start off so far ahead 1293 01:02:40,124 --> 01:02:41,391 you don't even have to compete. 1294 01:02:41,491 --> 01:02:43,027 You can make a little movie or not. 1295 01:02:43,127 --> 01:02:44,895 Debate for Adam or not. 1296 01:02:44,995 --> 01:02:47,064 Go to Europe or go slumming in New Orleans. 1297 01:02:47,164 --> 01:02:48,332 It's not that easy. 1298 01:02:49,033 --> 01:02:50,267 For anyone. 1299 01:02:59,209 --> 01:03:01,879 My whole life could've been different. 1300 01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:07,051 Another name, hometown, family. 1301 01:03:07,852 --> 01:03:09,153 What do you mean? 1302 01:03:12,857 --> 01:03:14,024 I'm adopted. 1303 01:03:15,525 --> 01:03:17,161 Lots of people are adopted. 1304 01:03:17,261 --> 01:03:20,797 No one ever talks about how it feels on the inside. 1305 01:03:20,898 --> 01:03:22,799 If the bureaucrat from the adoption agency 1306 01:03:22,900 --> 01:03:25,970 had chosen from column A instead of column B, 1307 01:03:26,070 --> 01:03:27,972 I'd be a different person. 1308 01:03:29,006 --> 01:03:30,941 It's completely random. 1309 01:03:34,578 --> 01:03:36,313 Which way is Brooklyn? 1310 01:03:37,948 --> 01:03:39,483 Follow the lights over the bridge. 1311 01:03:39,583 --> 01:03:41,218 Over the East River. 1312 01:03:41,318 --> 01:03:44,054 Last summer, I got a letter. 1313 01:03:45,589 --> 01:03:47,057 A woman in Brooklyn claimed 1314 01:03:47,157 --> 01:03:49,994 she knew my birth mother 1315 01:03:50,094 --> 01:03:51,962 and wanted to talk to me. 1316 01:03:52,062 --> 01:03:52,930 And? 1317 01:03:53,530 --> 01:03:55,465 I didn't respond. 1318 01:03:55,565 --> 01:03:58,435 My coach said I would do it when I was ready. 1319 01:03:58,535 --> 01:04:01,438 Here I am in New York for three days. 1320 01:04:01,538 --> 01:04:02,940 Are you ready? 1321 01:04:04,541 --> 01:04:05,876 I don't know. 1322 01:04:08,045 --> 01:04:10,080 Maybe after the tournament. 1323 01:04:10,180 --> 01:04:12,016 Debate comes first. 1324 01:04:34,704 --> 01:04:36,006 Yes. 1325 01:04:37,274 --> 01:04:38,575 Mr. Stacen. 1326 01:04:39,977 --> 01:04:41,011 Congratulations. 1327 01:04:41,111 --> 01:04:42,246 Thank you. 1328 01:04:43,313 --> 01:04:44,014 I don't wish to reward your behavior last summer, 1329 01:04:45,182 --> 01:04:47,017 but I understand there were extenuating circumstances. 1330 01:04:47,317 --> 01:04:48,652 Yes, sir. 1331 01:04:48,752 --> 01:04:49,954 I'm also willing to consider that you're nearly 1332 01:04:50,921 --> 01:04:51,956 a year older and that you may have matured 1333 01:04:52,822 --> 01:04:53,223 into the kind of young man who could be 1334 01:04:53,790 --> 01:04:55,392 a good fit for my squad. 1335 01:04:55,492 --> 01:04:59,029 If you advance as far as finals tomorrow, 1336 01:04:59,129 --> 01:05:00,998 I may have a place for you. 1337 01:05:01,098 --> 01:05:02,499 And if I don't? 1338 01:05:03,367 --> 01:05:05,369 Debate's not everything, son. 1339 01:05:09,039 --> 01:05:11,241 I want to make sure you have the key for the apartment. 1340 01:05:11,341 --> 01:05:12,542 Uh, yeah. 1341 01:05:12,642 --> 01:05:14,011 Will we see you later? 1342 01:05:14,111 --> 01:05:15,412 Actually, my coach has rooms for us 1343 01:05:15,512 --> 01:05:16,613 here at the hotel tonight, 1344 01:05:16,713 --> 01:05:18,048 so we can get an extra hour of sleep 1345 01:05:18,148 --> 01:05:19,950 before the early morning rounds. 1346 01:05:20,050 --> 01:05:21,551 So we should go back alone? 1347 01:05:21,651 --> 01:05:23,253 Yeah, you remember how to get there, right? 1348 01:05:23,353 --> 01:05:25,155 Just take the D to West Fourth. 1349 01:05:25,555 --> 01:05:26,690 Like we belong here. 1350 01:05:30,294 --> 01:05:31,028 What's this? 1351 01:05:31,128 --> 01:05:32,429 I have no idea. 1352 01:05:32,529 --> 01:05:34,298 But you can use the phone in the coach's lounge 1353 01:05:34,398 --> 01:05:36,066 to return their call. 1354 01:05:38,035 --> 01:05:39,103 Hello? 1355 01:05:39,203 --> 01:05:40,604 Is Nick with you? 1356 01:05:40,704 --> 01:05:41,538 Uh, he's in the lobby. 1357 01:05:41,638 --> 01:05:42,672 We had a great day. 1358 01:05:42,772 --> 01:05:44,408 Four zero in prelims. 1359 01:05:44,508 --> 01:05:45,009 That's wonderful. 1360 01:05:45,109 --> 01:05:46,576 I'm proud of you both. 1361 01:05:47,377 --> 01:05:49,479 All right, Mr. Stacen is here with me 1362 01:05:49,579 --> 01:05:51,481 in Principal Herbert's office. 1363 01:05:52,616 --> 01:05:53,984 That sounds bad. 1364 01:05:54,084 --> 01:05:56,020 It's very serious. 1365 01:05:56,120 --> 01:05:58,155 Mr. Stacen does not approve of this trip, 1366 01:05:58,255 --> 01:06:00,624 although Nick's mother signed the permission form. 1367 01:06:00,724 --> 01:06:03,193 Mr. Stacen wants Nick to return home 1368 01:06:03,293 --> 01:06:05,229 as soon as possible. 1369 01:06:05,329 --> 01:06:07,397 Quarter finals are first thing in the morning. 1370 01:06:07,497 --> 01:06:08,565 I've talked to the airline. 1371 01:06:08,665 --> 01:06:10,067 Your tickets are valid for any flight 1372 01:06:10,167 --> 01:06:12,102 before your scheduled return. 1373 01:06:12,202 --> 01:06:13,703 Do you have a pen, hun? 1374 01:06:14,538 --> 01:06:17,074 Okay, there are flights at 6am, 1375 01:06:18,042 --> 01:06:19,509 9:30... 1376 01:06:20,110 --> 01:06:24,281 Wait, we can win this tournament. 1377 01:06:25,182 --> 01:06:27,051 Where's the compromise? 1378 01:06:28,285 --> 01:06:30,354 It's out of my hands. 1379 01:06:30,454 --> 01:06:32,422 Everything we worked for. 1380 01:06:32,522 --> 01:06:35,259 As soon as possible, do you understand? 1381 01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:37,094 Yes, ma'am. 1382 01:06:39,163 --> 01:06:41,731 Suddenly, I had my own internal debate. 1383 01:06:41,831 --> 01:06:45,135 Was there a way I could break the rules and still win? 1384 01:06:45,235 --> 01:06:46,503 Everything okay? 1385 01:06:47,271 --> 01:06:48,738 Why wouldn't it be? 1386 01:06:49,339 --> 01:06:51,375 Well, I hear you guys did a good job today. 1387 01:06:51,475 --> 01:06:53,143 - Yeah. - We did. 1388 01:06:54,078 --> 01:06:55,612 I'll be judging all day tomorrow. 1389 01:06:55,712 --> 01:06:57,181 Perhaps I'll see you. 1390 01:06:59,416 --> 01:07:00,350 Food? 1391 01:07:01,485 --> 01:07:02,686 Hmm? 1392 01:07:02,786 --> 01:07:04,421 I'm starving, let's go get something to eat. 1393 01:07:06,523 --> 01:07:09,159 You're not gonna let them mess with you, are you? 1394 01:07:09,259 --> 01:07:10,160 What? 1395 01:07:10,260 --> 01:07:11,461 It's what he wants. 1396 01:07:11,561 --> 01:07:13,697 It's what Adam wants, to sike us out, 1397 01:07:13,797 --> 01:07:15,665 prove he was right about me all along. 1398 01:07:15,765 --> 01:07:18,535 Were you paying attention at all today, Nick? 1399 01:07:18,635 --> 01:07:21,305 I'm doing everything I can to win this tournament. 1400 01:07:21,405 --> 01:07:24,141 You don't know everything that's going on. 1401 01:07:28,445 --> 01:07:31,248 And you don't think we should track this lady down? 1402 01:07:31,348 --> 01:07:33,083 Tonight? 1403 01:07:33,183 --> 01:07:34,718 You have a round in eight hours 1404 01:07:34,818 --> 01:07:36,653 in a tournament that can change everything, 1405 01:07:36,753 --> 01:07:39,123 get us scholarships that can let us out of Louisiana. 1406 01:07:39,223 --> 01:07:40,757 Yeah, but this could change everything. 1407 01:07:40,857 --> 01:07:42,126 You don't understand. 1408 01:07:42,226 --> 01:07:44,094 No, I might be the only one who does. 1409 01:07:45,862 --> 01:07:48,832 I've got to live every day for the rest of my life 1410 01:07:48,932 --> 01:07:51,067 knowing that I share half of my DNA 1411 01:07:51,168 --> 01:07:52,602 with an idiot who thinks it's fun 1412 01:07:52,702 --> 01:07:54,571 to bully his wife and his children. 1413 01:07:54,671 --> 01:07:56,506 I could go anywhere right now, 1414 01:07:56,606 --> 01:08:00,076 but anywhere I go I'm stuck with him in my blood. 1415 01:08:02,546 --> 01:08:05,081 I mean, this could be the winning lottery ticket. 1416 01:08:05,749 --> 01:08:07,417 Don't you want to know? 1417 01:08:08,218 --> 01:08:09,819 What if I don't? 1418 01:08:10,854 --> 01:08:12,656 I don't have all the facts, right? 1419 01:08:12,756 --> 01:08:14,258 No evidence. 1420 01:08:14,358 --> 01:08:15,492 We can piece together the outlines 1421 01:08:15,592 --> 01:08:17,361 of the story without knowing everything. 1422 01:08:17,461 --> 01:08:18,228 You're assuming too much. 1423 01:08:18,328 --> 01:08:19,263 Think about it. 1424 01:08:19,363 --> 01:08:21,598 My real mom is not gonna be someone like Annie. 1425 01:08:22,332 --> 01:08:24,100 Maybe. 1426 01:08:24,201 --> 01:08:27,171 She was a teenager who got drunk and made a mistake. 1427 01:08:27,271 --> 01:08:28,305 Or a woman living in a trailer 1428 01:08:29,273 --> 01:08:31,175 with a deadbeat husband and four other kids. 1429 01:08:31,275 --> 01:08:33,143 Or a woman who just wanted out. 1430 01:08:33,543 --> 01:08:34,411 Yeah, but-- 1431 01:08:34,511 --> 01:08:35,879 I was her problem. 1432 01:08:36,846 --> 01:08:39,183 She solved it by leaving, 1433 01:08:39,283 --> 01:08:41,751 drove away and never looked back. 1434 01:08:41,851 --> 01:08:44,254 And I'm suppose to leave it in the past. 1435 01:08:44,354 --> 01:08:45,555 Never talk about it, never think about it, 1436 01:08:45,655 --> 01:08:47,191 never feel it. 1437 01:08:47,291 --> 01:08:48,525 Move on. 1438 01:08:48,892 --> 01:08:50,394 She might regret-- 1439 01:08:50,494 --> 01:08:52,128 There's no happy ending here. 1440 01:08:52,229 --> 01:08:53,830 I don't believe that. 1441 01:08:53,930 --> 01:08:56,866 This is an address for a bar in Brooklyn, right? 1442 01:08:56,966 --> 01:08:58,802 All I'm suggesting is that we go in 1443 01:08:58,902 --> 01:09:00,237 and we have a look around. 1444 01:09:00,337 --> 01:09:01,638 We can leave whenever you want. 1445 01:09:01,738 --> 01:09:04,140 We leave all the possibilities open. 1446 01:09:04,241 --> 01:09:04,874 Come on. 1447 01:09:06,943 --> 01:09:09,446 When have I ever led you astray? 1448 01:09:31,301 --> 01:09:33,870 Hi, um, do you know who this is? 1449 01:09:35,605 --> 01:09:36,706 Thanks. 1450 01:09:39,909 --> 01:09:40,810 I'm gonna go talk to her. 1451 01:09:40,910 --> 01:09:41,878 No. 1452 01:09:42,712 --> 01:09:43,880 I'll do it. 1453 01:09:49,419 --> 01:09:50,687 What'll it be? 1454 01:09:51,888 --> 01:09:56,426 Um, yeah, a beer, a beer, please. 1455 01:10:00,364 --> 01:10:01,631 Two beers. 1456 01:10:20,584 --> 01:10:21,618 Amy, wait. 1457 01:10:21,718 --> 01:10:22,652 She can't be the one. 1458 01:10:22,752 --> 01:10:23,820 It's the wrong ending. 1459 01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:25,655 You don't know that, go talk to her. 1460 01:10:25,755 --> 01:10:27,924 It's not her. 1461 01:10:28,024 --> 01:10:29,793 I know it. 1462 01:10:29,893 --> 01:10:31,561 I don't wanna settle. 1463 01:10:31,661 --> 01:10:32,862 I want the dream. 1464 01:11:18,875 --> 01:11:21,010 We should get off here. 1465 01:11:23,046 --> 01:11:25,715 No, Rosa's is the next stop. 1466 01:11:25,815 --> 01:11:26,983 Trust me. 1467 01:11:28,618 --> 01:11:29,486 Spin it. 1468 01:11:30,554 --> 01:11:31,455 What? 1469 01:11:32,489 --> 01:11:33,857 That's what the sign says. 1470 01:11:33,957 --> 01:11:34,991 You close your eyes, you spin the globe, 1471 01:11:35,091 --> 01:11:36,460 and then you point. 1472 01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:37,894 Then the bartender makes you a drink from there. 1473 01:11:37,994 --> 01:11:39,596 What if I don't like it? 1474 01:11:39,696 --> 01:11:41,631 Where's your sense of adventure? 1475 01:11:48,538 --> 01:11:49,906 The sun will be up soon. 1476 01:11:50,907 --> 01:11:52,509 Yeah. 1477 01:11:53,142 --> 01:11:56,513 Maybe we should get a little sleep before finals. 1478 01:11:56,880 --> 01:11:57,981 Sure. 1479 01:12:00,884 --> 01:12:02,051 What? 1480 01:12:08,024 --> 01:12:11,027 I'm not going back after the tournament ends. 1481 01:12:11,127 --> 01:12:12,095 Of course you are. 1482 01:12:12,195 --> 01:12:13,730 I have your plane ticket. 1483 01:12:13,830 --> 01:12:14,731 It's not like last summer. 1484 01:12:14,831 --> 01:12:16,633 I'm not running away. 1485 01:12:16,733 --> 01:12:18,502 It's just whatever's next, 1486 01:12:18,602 --> 01:12:20,737 whatever's in the new start for me, 1487 01:12:21,705 --> 01:12:22,939 it's right there. 1488 01:12:24,173 --> 01:12:26,876 And I don't know if I'll ever get this close again. 1489 01:12:28,011 --> 01:12:30,847 Things will look different tomorrow, after finals. 1490 01:12:30,947 --> 01:12:33,349 Win or lose, I'm not going back. 1491 01:12:33,450 --> 01:12:35,552 You win, I lose. 1492 01:12:36,953 --> 01:12:38,354 You'll be fine. 1493 01:12:38,455 --> 01:12:40,056 Don't tell me how I'll feel. 1494 01:12:41,991 --> 01:12:43,960 I wish there was another way. 1495 01:12:45,061 --> 01:12:46,630 There has to be. 1496 01:12:46,730 --> 01:12:47,897 Trust me. 1497 01:13:14,090 --> 01:13:15,425 Hey, I didn't think you guys 1498 01:13:15,525 --> 01:13:16,793 were gonna make it in time. 1499 01:13:16,893 --> 01:13:17,894 We had to pack. 1500 01:13:17,994 --> 01:13:19,062 We have to get back to the airport 1501 01:13:19,162 --> 01:13:20,864 whenever we wrap up here today. 1502 01:13:20,964 --> 01:13:21,765 Okay, great. 1503 01:13:21,865 --> 01:13:22,331 I'm glad you guys made it. 1504 01:13:22,432 --> 01:13:22,999 I'll see you later. 1505 01:13:28,905 --> 01:13:30,039 Just you? 1506 01:13:30,139 --> 01:13:31,508 Today's your lucky day. 1507 01:13:31,608 --> 01:13:32,909 We had some trouble finding enough judges 1508 01:13:33,009 --> 01:13:34,478 this early in the morning. 1509 01:13:34,578 --> 01:13:36,480 You'll get a panel on the next round, 1510 01:13:36,580 --> 01:13:37,881 if you make it. 1511 01:13:38,615 --> 01:13:39,516 Hey. 1512 01:13:40,517 --> 01:13:41,818 You awake? 1513 01:13:41,918 --> 01:13:43,653 Don't wanna affect the round. 1514 01:13:45,855 --> 01:13:47,991 Judge, would you like to share your philosophy now? 1515 01:13:48,091 --> 01:13:50,527 Tabula rasa, blank slate. 1516 01:13:50,627 --> 01:13:52,862 No preconditions, no outside baggage. 1517 01:13:52,962 --> 01:13:54,097 Do the summary at the end. 1518 01:13:54,197 --> 01:13:55,198 Weigh the issues. 1519 01:13:55,298 --> 01:13:56,900 Tell me why I should vote for you. 1520 01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:58,935 You determine your own fate in this round. 1521 01:13:59,035 --> 01:14:00,069 Call at flip. 1522 01:14:00,169 --> 01:14:01,204 Call. 1523 01:14:02,005 --> 01:14:02,839 Heads. 1524 01:14:03,640 --> 01:14:04,608 It's heads. 1525 01:14:04,974 --> 01:14:06,510 We'll take affirmative. 1526 01:14:06,610 --> 01:14:08,011 We've shown conclusively throughout this round 1527 01:14:08,111 --> 01:14:09,913 that income inequality reduces educational opportunities 1528 01:14:10,013 --> 01:14:11,180 or millions of Americans, 1529 01:14:12,281 --> 01:14:12,982 reducing their chance to reach their full potential, 1530 01:14:13,683 --> 01:14:14,183 limiting their endless horizons 1531 01:14:15,151 --> 01:14:15,819 that should be their birth right as citizens 1532 01:14:16,385 --> 01:14:17,186 of this great country. 1533 01:14:37,907 --> 01:14:39,175 You owe me one. 1534 01:14:39,275 --> 01:14:40,910 I didn't ask for any favors. 1535 01:14:41,010 --> 01:14:42,011 The round was in a mess. 1536 01:14:42,111 --> 01:14:44,113 Sloppy argumentation on both sides 1537 01:14:44,213 --> 01:14:45,515 and that ridiculous time you spent 1538 01:14:45,615 --> 01:14:46,683 on that counter plan? 1539 01:14:46,783 --> 01:14:47,617 I shouldn't have voted for anyone. 1540 01:14:47,717 --> 01:14:48,685 That's not the way it works. 1541 01:14:48,785 --> 01:14:49,886 You tied it up at the end. 1542 01:14:49,986 --> 01:14:51,087 You told me how to weigh the evidence. 1543 01:14:52,088 --> 01:14:52,922 The other team couldn't even manage that much. 1544 01:14:53,022 --> 01:14:53,923 Thank you. 1545 01:14:54,791 --> 01:14:56,225 You got a hell of a round coming up. 1546 01:15:05,001 --> 01:15:06,636 What is Adam doing here? 1547 01:15:07,971 --> 01:15:10,006 For the record, this is the semi-final round 1548 01:15:10,106 --> 01:15:13,076 between Stuyvensant A and St. Delphine A. 1549 01:15:13,176 --> 01:15:15,078 This is an elimination round. 1550 01:15:15,178 --> 01:15:16,880 Winners advance to finals. 1551 01:15:16,980 --> 01:15:18,882 Everyone in the right place? 1552 01:15:18,982 --> 01:15:20,216 Judges, raise your hands please. 1553 01:15:20,316 --> 01:15:22,686 One, two, where is my third judge? 1554 01:15:22,786 --> 01:15:23,587 Excellent. 1555 01:15:23,687 --> 01:15:24,954 Do we have a time keeper? 1556 01:15:25,054 --> 01:15:26,155 Let's try and start in the next 10 minutes, 1557 01:15:26,255 --> 01:15:27,223 keep things moving. 1558 01:15:27,323 --> 01:15:28,892 Coin toss. 1559 01:16:03,627 --> 01:16:05,962 I urge you to vote negative, thank you. 1560 01:16:06,062 --> 01:16:07,731 Okay, we've heard both sides. 1561 01:16:07,831 --> 01:16:08,765 Final rebuttals? 1562 01:16:08,865 --> 01:16:10,333 I'm ready. 1563 01:16:10,433 --> 01:16:13,069 Judges, Nick, Amy, 1564 01:16:13,169 --> 01:16:14,904 I'll go case side first, in order. 1565 01:16:15,004 --> 01:16:17,106 Briefly to the counter plan, disads one through three, 1566 01:16:17,206 --> 01:16:20,009 and on their deficit argument. 1567 01:16:20,109 --> 01:16:21,645 Over a full year of debating this topic, 1568 01:16:21,745 --> 01:16:23,079 I have yet to come across another affirmative case 1569 01:16:23,179 --> 01:16:24,648 that upholds the resolution better than ours. 1570 01:16:34,057 --> 01:16:35,258 No prep? 1571 01:16:35,358 --> 01:16:36,592 No. 1572 01:16:36,693 --> 01:16:37,861 Where we going? 1573 01:16:37,961 --> 01:16:39,162 Same order. 1574 01:16:39,262 --> 01:16:40,964 Case side counter plan. 1575 01:16:41,831 --> 01:16:43,800 No, case side, all the disads, 1576 01:16:43,900 --> 01:16:45,134 counter plan last. 1577 01:16:45,234 --> 01:16:46,369 Let's do it. 1578 01:16:46,469 --> 01:16:47,937 The affirmative is right about one thing. 1579 01:16:48,037 --> 01:16:50,273 This is an extraordinary set of policy proposals. 1580 01:16:50,373 --> 01:16:51,708 Guaranteed minimum income would be 1581 01:16:51,808 --> 01:16:53,042 the greatest expansion of government powers 1582 01:16:53,142 --> 01:16:54,343 since the new deal. 1583 01:16:55,511 --> 01:16:56,112 What comes along with that sort of financial windfall? 1584 01:16:57,046 --> 01:16:58,748 Rules, regulations and criminal penalties 1585 01:16:58,848 --> 01:16:59,883 for defiance. 1586 01:16:59,983 --> 01:17:01,651 You must vote negative 1587 01:17:01,751 --> 01:17:03,953 to preserve individual freedom. 1588 01:17:07,023 --> 01:17:09,058 Finals will begin promptly at 2pm 1589 01:17:09,158 --> 01:17:11,094 in the auditorium. 1590 01:17:12,328 --> 01:17:13,663 Thank you. 1591 01:17:18,702 --> 01:17:19,936 On a two to one decision, 1592 01:17:20,036 --> 01:17:22,338 the round goes to St. Delphine A, 1593 01:17:22,438 --> 01:17:24,407 Stacen and Hartington. 1594 01:17:24,507 --> 01:17:26,009 Thank you everyone. 1595 01:17:26,109 --> 01:17:27,811 Congratulations. 1596 01:17:30,980 --> 01:17:32,716 I've trained you well. 1597 01:17:32,816 --> 01:17:33,382 Maybe too well. 1598 01:17:35,384 --> 01:17:36,285 Ten minutes to finals. 1599 01:17:36,385 --> 01:17:37,320 I gotta get something to eat. 1600 01:17:37,420 --> 01:17:38,988 I'll get you something. 1601 01:17:39,088 --> 01:17:42,091 Ashoke says GPS is gonna run a new variation on warfare. 1602 01:17:42,792 --> 01:17:44,227 Greenbrier has the best neg against that. 1603 01:17:44,327 --> 01:17:45,995 Go and see if Omar has the brief. 1604 01:17:46,095 --> 01:17:48,231 Great, see you later. 1605 01:17:50,099 --> 01:17:52,035 I told you things would work out. 1606 01:17:52,135 --> 01:17:53,069 Here? 1607 01:17:53,169 --> 01:17:55,104 Everything. 1608 01:17:55,204 --> 01:18:00,910 No, this is actually my favorite part in the round. Nothing's been said yet. 1609 01:18:01,010 --> 01:18:03,412 I can imagine how it'll all play out. 1610 01:18:04,113 --> 01:18:05,915 Nothing messed up. 1611 01:18:06,015 --> 01:18:08,017 No arguments dropped. 1612 01:18:08,117 --> 01:18:09,819 No mistakes. 1613 01:18:10,987 --> 01:18:12,688 We're gonna win. 1614 01:18:19,128 --> 01:18:20,329 Why don't you go get set up 1615 01:18:20,429 --> 01:18:22,365 and I'll track down Alex and Omar 1616 01:18:22,465 --> 01:18:23,967 with the briefs. 1617 01:18:37,546 --> 01:18:38,782 Where's Nick? 1618 01:18:38,882 --> 01:18:39,949 They're breathing down my neck 1619 01:18:40,049 --> 01:18:41,150 to get this round started on time. 1620 01:18:41,250 --> 01:18:42,151 He had to get something. 1621 01:18:42,251 --> 01:18:43,987 Every other event is done. 1622 01:18:44,087 --> 01:18:45,989 People have flights to catch. 1623 01:18:46,089 --> 01:18:48,124 He'll be right back, like two minutes. 1624 01:18:49,258 --> 01:18:50,827 You're first A seat, right? 1625 01:18:50,927 --> 01:18:52,028 Yeah. 1626 01:18:52,128 --> 01:18:53,296 Get started. 1627 01:18:53,396 --> 01:18:54,030 Seriously? 1628 01:18:54,130 --> 01:18:56,265 Do it before I change my mind. 1629 01:18:59,068 --> 01:19:00,203 We're gonna get started. 1630 01:19:00,303 --> 01:19:02,171 Mr. Stacen will be with us momentarily. 1631 01:19:06,075 --> 01:19:08,077 Are judges ready? 1632 01:19:09,045 --> 01:19:11,114 Opponents ready? 1633 01:19:16,820 --> 01:19:17,954 Resolved. 1634 01:19:18,054 --> 01:19:18,855 The federal government should establish 1635 01:19:19,555 --> 01:19:19,956 a comprehensive national policy 1636 01:19:20,890 --> 01:19:21,858 to substantially reduce income inequality 1637 01:19:21,958 --> 01:19:22,926 in the United States. 1638 01:19:23,793 --> 01:19:24,393 The affirmative upholds this resolution 1639 01:19:25,094 --> 01:19:26,062 by presenting the fallen policy. 1640 01:19:26,863 --> 01:19:27,196 The most pressing issue right now 1641 01:19:28,031 --> 01:19:28,297 is an incredible rising interest rate 1642 01:19:28,798 --> 01:19:29,498 on Stafford Loans. 1643 01:19:30,399 --> 01:19:30,433 The United States Government will expand 1644 01:19:31,134 --> 01:19:31,935 its program of loans and grants. 1645 01:19:32,869 --> 01:19:32,902 A bigger picture is that these borrowers 1646 01:19:33,702 --> 01:19:33,736 are delaying major life decisions 1647 01:19:34,603 --> 01:19:34,637 like buying a home or car as a result 1648 01:19:35,204 --> 01:19:36,239 of their student loans. 1649 01:19:36,973 --> 01:19:37,573 The rate of home ownership is 36% 1650 01:19:37,673 --> 01:19:39,442 less student debt 1651 01:19:39,542 --> 01:19:41,310 for all qualified college students. 1652 01:19:52,321 --> 01:19:53,990 A comprehensive national 1653 01:19:54,090 --> 01:19:55,124 could substantially reduce income inequality 1654 01:19:55,224 --> 01:19:56,092 in the United States. 1655 01:19:56,192 --> 01:19:57,560 Nick's gone. 1656 01:19:59,095 --> 01:20:00,796 I don't think he's coming back. 1657 01:20:06,202 --> 01:20:09,038 Plank A, income inequality is increasing. 1658 01:20:09,138 --> 01:20:11,074 Plank B, access to education preserves 1659 01:20:11,174 --> 01:20:12,075 economic mobility. 1660 01:20:12,175 --> 01:20:12,976 Subpoint one... 1661 01:20:21,117 --> 01:20:22,251 I'd been thinking 1662 01:20:22,351 --> 01:20:24,087 everything would be fine if we won. 1663 01:20:24,187 --> 01:20:26,122 I never dreamed Nick would disappear for good 1664 01:20:26,222 --> 01:20:28,324 and that you'd be fired. 1665 01:20:31,660 --> 01:20:33,129 I did it. 1666 01:20:34,030 --> 01:20:35,064 Keith says I'll get my scholarship 1667 01:20:35,164 --> 01:20:36,132 out of Louisiana. 1668 01:20:36,232 --> 01:20:37,366 I'm happy for you. 1669 01:20:37,466 --> 01:20:38,968 You'll do well. 1670 01:20:48,244 --> 01:20:52,015 But Amy, I am angry with you too. 1671 01:20:55,118 --> 01:20:56,953 You have to understand. 1672 01:20:57,053 --> 01:20:59,555 What you did in New York had consequences 1673 01:20:59,655 --> 01:21:01,090 for others. 1674 01:21:01,190 --> 01:21:03,359 It's not my fault. 1675 01:21:03,459 --> 01:21:05,028 I treated you as an adult. 1676 01:21:05,128 --> 01:21:07,530 I put everything on the line for the two of you. 1677 01:21:07,630 --> 01:21:09,899 I told you to get back on that first flight, 1678 01:21:09,999 --> 01:21:11,134 didn't I? 1679 01:21:11,234 --> 01:21:12,368 Yes ma'am. 1680 01:21:13,169 --> 01:21:13,970 Well. 1681 01:21:15,538 --> 01:21:16,639 I don't know when I'm gonna be able 1682 01:21:16,672 --> 01:21:18,374 to trust you again. 1683 01:21:25,048 --> 01:21:27,216 After that, I didn't know where to go. 1684 01:21:27,316 --> 01:21:29,185 I drove to my parents' house, 1685 01:21:29,285 --> 01:21:31,054 but I couldn't go in. 1686 01:21:31,154 --> 01:21:33,456 With you and Nick both gone, 1687 01:21:33,556 --> 01:21:35,058 I didn't have a home here. 1688 01:21:35,158 --> 01:21:38,061 And I didn't think it would ever be possible 1689 01:21:38,161 --> 01:21:41,364 to create a new one anywhere. 1690 01:21:41,464 --> 01:21:44,367 All I could feel was loss. 1691 01:21:47,270 --> 01:21:49,505 We all left each other. 1692 01:21:49,605 --> 01:21:52,041 And we never talked about it. 1693 01:21:53,476 --> 01:21:56,980 And I put it in the past 1694 01:21:57,080 --> 01:22:00,116 and I sealed it up tight. 1695 01:22:00,216 --> 01:22:03,119 And I thought I moved on. 1696 01:22:03,219 --> 01:22:05,421 But now I realize if the adoption agency 1697 01:22:05,521 --> 01:22:08,257 had chosen from column A instead of column B, 1698 01:22:08,357 --> 01:22:10,526 you wouldn't have been in my life. 1699 01:22:10,626 --> 01:22:12,695 Maybe lots of life is random. 1700 01:22:12,795 --> 01:22:15,999 But I was lucky to have you. 1701 01:22:16,099 --> 01:22:18,267 You stayed with me all along. 1702 01:23:10,219 --> 01:23:12,188 We need our own ritual. 1703 01:23:48,124 --> 01:23:50,159 I got the papers ready in my office. 1704 01:23:50,259 --> 01:23:51,560 Come by when you're ready. 1705 01:23:53,262 --> 01:23:54,163 Did I forget. 1706 01:23:54,263 --> 01:23:55,731 Signing a two year contract. 1707 01:23:55,831 --> 01:23:57,566 My hand's gonna be shaking the whole time. 1708 01:23:57,666 --> 01:23:59,302 I'm available to hold it. 1709 01:23:59,402 --> 01:24:01,204 That's the cheesiest line I've ever heard. 1710 01:24:01,304 --> 01:24:03,106 Well, did it work? 1711 01:24:26,429 --> 01:24:28,597 Looks like I'm going to, uh, 1712 01:24:28,697 --> 01:24:30,766 be staying in one place for a while. 1713 01:24:31,867 --> 01:24:34,837 Oh, that'd be great, Rosa. 1714 01:24:34,937 --> 01:24:36,672 I'd love to see you. 1715 01:24:37,906 --> 01:24:39,742 Three weeks next Saturday. 1716 01:24:40,443 --> 01:24:42,711 Umm, I might bring someone. 1717 01:24:42,811 --> 01:24:44,347 I'm not sure yet. 1718 01:24:45,148 --> 01:24:46,415 It's new. 1719 01:24:47,583 --> 01:24:49,118 I know. 1720 01:24:49,218 --> 01:24:50,219 It's been too long. 1721 01:24:51,187 --> 01:24:52,087 Okay. 1722 01:24:52,755 --> 01:24:54,089 I'll see you then. 1723 01:25:07,736 --> 01:25:08,537 Are you our judge? 1724 01:25:08,637 --> 01:25:09,805 I am today. 1725 01:25:09,905 --> 01:25:11,274 Are you okay with . 1726 01:25:11,374 --> 01:25:12,608 Yeah, ease me into it. 1727 01:25:12,708 --> 01:25:13,809 I haven't been here for a while. 1728 01:25:13,909 --> 01:25:14,810 You were a debater? 1729 01:25:14,910 --> 01:25:16,712 Yeah, changed my life. 1730 01:25:16,812 --> 01:25:18,881 Ready for judging philosophy? 1731 01:25:18,981 --> 01:25:21,684 Basically, tabula rosa, blank slate. 1732 01:25:21,784 --> 01:25:23,486 Everything starts fresh from here. 1733 01:25:23,586 --> 01:25:25,421 Weigh everything for me in the end. 1734 01:25:25,521 --> 01:25:28,657 In this round, you make your own destiny.