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Okay, I'm thinking we put
the charging stations here

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and then the restrooms here.

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By the front door?

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Well, that means that
people will be coming in

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from the street to pee.

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I don't want
street pee-ers.

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Hey, what's up, fam?

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I'm not usually a hat guy,
but check this out.

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You are gonna look so handsome.

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Oh, thank you, Mama.
Uh-huh. Mwah.

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Oh, man.
Hey.

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The proudest day of my life.
Hey.

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My son, the college graduate.
Hit me up, Pop. Yeah.

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Uh, wow.

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Look, I didn't mean it
like that, Marty.

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I mean, I always knew
you was gonna graduate.

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Yeah. I-I got two degrees.

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Wow.

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You know what? Y'all don't know
how to take compliments.

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Hey, is that the new
westside Fusebox?

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Yup. I better
get over there now.

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My traffic app says
it's gonna take me

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about 82 minutes to get there.

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Aah! Uh, rerouting to 89.

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Oh. Oh.
What? Now it says 93.

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Love you. Mwah.
Okay.

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I have got a lot
to do to get ready

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for the big graduation party.

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Aren't you excited, Malcolm?

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Yes, I am very excited.

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You know,
things are finally starting

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to come together for me.

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I got an agent, my-my manuscript
is about to go out.

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Oh, yeah, that's right.

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Well, you know, we have
so much to celebrate.

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Yeah. Yeah, we do.

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Uh, but about the party, Mama.
Uh-huh.

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You are not going
to go overboard, are you?

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Yeah.

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Look, look, look.
Look. Look at...

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Look at this evite.

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Is this my face

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on a guy doing the running man?

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It was my idea
to add the little hat.
Yeah.

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You know?
Thanks. Let me see,
let me see, let me see,

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No, don't...
and...

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send.
Oh, God.

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Yeah.

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All right now, babe.

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This party is not gonna
stress you out, right?

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On our baby's
graduation day?

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Oh, no. Nothing is
gonna stress me out.

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What the...?!

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What is it, Ma?

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Gemma just sent an evite.

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She's throwing a party for
Grover on the same damn night.

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What the...?!

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Gemma, what were you thinking,

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throwing a party for Grover
on Malcolm's graduation day?

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It's Grover's
graduation day,

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and I was gonna ask you
the same thing.

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Oh, come on, Gemma.
Really?

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Eighth grade graduation
isn't even a thing.

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Not a thing?

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Do you think people just
waltz into ninth grade?

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Uh, yes.

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Well, look, I guess we're just
gonna have to have

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two separate parties
on the same night.

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Unless

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we do something way, way better.

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Co-party!
Co-party!

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Oh, my God. This is
gonna be so much fun.
Yes!

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That's what I was thinking.
Oh, my God. Oh, my.

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* Welcome to the block,
welcome to the neighborhood *

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* Welcome to the hood. *

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Um, can one of you
take me to the mall?

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Yeah, sure, buddy.
What do you need?

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Uh, never mind if you're gonna
ask me all these questions.

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No, it's fine, I'll
take you. Which mall?

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Oh, my God!
With the questions.

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Okay, fine.
You know what,

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we'll just drive you
until you say stop.

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Uh, Century City.

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That's pretty far.
Well, yeah, but my friend says

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the cool clothes
are at Century City.

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Which friend?

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Oh, you don't know her.

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Her?

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Does her have a name?

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No.

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Come on, Grover.

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No way. I don't want you

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to make her feel
weird at the party.

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Grover, we're not going
to embarrass you, okay?

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You know what, fine.
Let's just go to Century City

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and, as the kids say,
I will put you up on game.

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Mom, can you take me?
Yeah, sure.

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That ceremony was so nice.

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You know, I was
surprised to see

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Bad Bunny was
the commencement speaker.

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Okay, I'm gonna text
Malcolm where we are.

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Everybody hold up
your giant heads.

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Okay, okay,
we got 'em, we got 'em.
Oh, yep, yeah.

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Oh. There's Malcolm over there.
Malcolm!

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- Malcolm!
- * Malcolm, Malcolm *

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* Malcolm's a graduate!

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* Malcolm's a graduate
Stop, stop. What are you...

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Stop cheering, Daddy.

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Malcolm.

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Congratulations.
Hey!

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Hi.
Thank you so much.

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Oh, look at this.
So proud of you.

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I'm so glad
you could make it.
Of course.

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Yeah, I didn't think you...
I wouldn't miss it.

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Mom, Dad, Marty, this is
Lisa Chatsworth, my book agent.

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Oh, thank God.
Oh! Okay.
Oh.

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Lisa, pleasure to meet you.
So nice to meet you.

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Hey, Lisa. So nice.
Pleasure. Yes.

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You must be so
proud of Malcolm.

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Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Yes.

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Now, where does he
get his genius from?

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Well, you know, he gets a
little bit from his mama,

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but most of...
He gets it all from me.

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Now, do you mind if I borrow
the author for a second?

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- Sure.
- Okay, thank you.

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Okay, Malcolm,
I just want you to know,

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I've got your manuscript
out all over town.

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Lots of eyeballs,
lots of chatter.

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Everyone loves the writing,
and they love you.

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Oh, Lisa, that is great.
So, we're getting offers?

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Uh, not per se.

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But this is a process.

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And we're at the part
of the process

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where there's a
lot of rejections.

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Well, that sounds terrible.

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No. No, no, no.
Rejections are good.

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Yeah, if we weren't getting
rejections, I'd be worried.

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Because...

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You're right. I don't
know why I said that.

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Excuse me, Lisa, would you mind

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taking a picture of us
by the big 2025 sign?

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Of course.

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Thank you so much.

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You know what,
let me handle this. Okay.

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All right, y'all have
been here for a minute.

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Can you all please leave?
'Cause it's our turn.

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Thank you so much.
And congratulations.

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Yeah. Okay.
Yeah.

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Go on, now.

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I'm sorry. Could we...
Get out of here.

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Okay.

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Let's smile. Okay.
Here we go.

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Cheese.
Oh, so nice.

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Now point to the graduate.

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Oh, he's the man.
Here we go! Here we go!

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And duck face...

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It's like a
little kissy face.
Oh, do...

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Yeah, yeah,
yeah.

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And now Charlie's Angels.

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Gorgeous.

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Dave.

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What the hell is this?

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It's a silent disco.

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Well, I hear the silence.

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Where's the disco?

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It's in their headphones.
It's a thing now.

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Well, couldn't they just
take the headphones off

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and let the music play
over the speakers?

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Come on.
Calvin, then it wouldn't be a...

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Oh, my God.

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Is this stupid?

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So, let's figure this out.

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Who do you think Grover likes?

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I don't know.
It's hard to tell.

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None of the kids
are pairing up.

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They're all in just
one big clump.

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And they're not really
even dancing.

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Are you sure they're
listening to the same song?

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Hey! Hey!

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Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

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Hey! Hey!

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Got that...

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Huh?

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Yeah, you see that?

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All of Grover's friends
came early,

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and they're eating up
all the adult food.

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I spent three days on this.

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Tina, j-just relax.

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I mean, as long
as there's food out,

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people will be happy.

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Screw "people," okay?

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I am not happy.

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I marinated those shrimp.

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I deveined them.
I trimmed the tails.

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All Gemma did
was just dump a bunch

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of Costco corn dogs
in the air fryer!

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Hey, my man.
You here with Grover?

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Give me that shrimp,
and you take a corn dog.

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Sorry, bruh. Go on, now.

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Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.
What is that?

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What is this?
Who brought the cooler?

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Oh, I did.
No need to thank me.

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We family.

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Does that have liquor in it?

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Oh, well, this one does.

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See, I bought Sunny J
for the kids,

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and Sunny J Hard
for the adults.

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So, you mixed 'em
in the same cooler?

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How many coolers
you think I got?

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Calvin. Like, some...

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some of the kids may have
gotten the wrong one.

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Oh, oh, oh. Hey, my man.

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Yo, I need to see
what you're sipping on.

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Get him.
No, no. Don't you run.

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Go get him, Calvin!

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- Don't run! I need...
- He's got one!

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So, what'd you get
your degree in?

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Oh, uh, English.

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Oh. What you gonna
do with that?

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Well, I'm a writer.
I'm gonna write.

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Hmm, okay. My half brother,
Herman, he's a writer.

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00:09:01,970 --> 00:09:03,610
Oh, that's good.
What's he working on?

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00:09:03,710 --> 00:09:05,570
His résumé.

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00:09:08,110 --> 00:09:10,380
He's trying to get a
job at the post office.
Ah.

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00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,550
Good thing you got
that coaching job.

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00:09:12,650 --> 00:09:14,120
No, I-I quit that.

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00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:15,380
Mm, really?

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00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,420
What you gonna
do for money?

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00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,360
I'm going to write.
Thank you.

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For your information,
a lot of writers do very well.

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That's not
what I heard.

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You two enjoy the party.

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Excuse me.

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Hey, uh, Malcolm.

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Why are there so many little
white kids at your party?

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*

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Hey, babe, how you doing?

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You, uh...
We're out of paprika.

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Did you get any paprika?

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00:09:43,210 --> 00:09:45,480
Baby, I don't think I've ever
bought paprika in my life.

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00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:48,820
Is it an oil?

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00:09:49,820 --> 00:09:53,090
Tina, come on, relax.
I want this to be fun for you.

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Parties aren't
about having fun, Calvin.

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Look-look,
I have standards, unlike Gemma,

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the corn dog queen.

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00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:06,500
And-and where the hell is Marty?

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00:10:06,570 --> 00:10:08,340
He's missing his
brother's celebration.

248
00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,070
Look, I'll-I'll call him.
Tell him to get some paprika.

249
00:10:12,510 --> 00:10:13,610
Hello?

250
00:10:13,710 --> 00:10:15,110
Hey, hey, hey,
where-where are you?

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00:10:15,210 --> 00:10:17,950
I'm at the club getting
bottle service.

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00:10:18,810 --> 00:10:22,550
I am stuck in traffic, father!

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00:10:23,420 --> 00:10:24,950
This app is driving me crazy.

254
00:10:25,050 --> 00:10:26,620
It had me take the 91 to the 10

255
00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,860
to the 110 to the 5,
and now it wants me to take

256
00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,360
the 134 to the...
to the 2! The 2!

257
00:10:33,460 --> 00:10:36,000
Son, turn that GPS off.

258
00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:38,130
Satellites don't know
how to drive.

259
00:10:38,970 --> 00:10:40,140
Listen. Okay.

260
00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,540
This is what you're gonna do.

261
00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,870
Get off the 5,
get off the 5 at Fletcher,

262
00:10:43,970 --> 00:10:45,210
Now go straight,

263
00:10:45,270 --> 00:10:46,980
past the place that
used to be a Blockbuster.

264
00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,080
Now I want you to make a right
at the alley, right there.

265
00:10:49,140 --> 00:10:52,750
You go down that alley, and take
it all the way down to Glenoaks.

266
00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:53,950
When you get to the end,

267
00:10:54,050 --> 00:10:56,420
you make a right
at the Wendy's or...

268
00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,650
or maybe it's a McDonald's,
I'm not sure which one.

269
00:10:58,790 --> 00:11:01,320
Okay, w-which one is it?

270
00:11:01,420 --> 00:11:02,590
I don't know, Marty,

271
00:11:02,690 --> 00:11:04,430
when you smell burgers,
make a right.

272
00:11:05,890 --> 00:11:08,330
But if you pass
a old man on the corner

273
00:11:08,430 --> 00:11:11,130
juggling with a one-eyed dog,
you went too far.

274
00:11:11,230 --> 00:11:12,600
Paprika!
Okay.

275
00:11:12,700 --> 00:11:14,800
Paprika.
And-and get your mama
some paprika oil.

276
00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:19,880
Ah, there you go.

277
00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:22,440
Hitting lemons?

278
00:11:22,510 --> 00:11:23,910
I remember back
in the day,

279
00:11:23,980 --> 00:11:26,650
you'd smack 'em all
the way to Cresthaven.

280
00:11:26,750 --> 00:11:29,550
Yep.
That was 25 years ago, Trey.

281
00:11:29,650 --> 00:11:31,950
Here I am, still doing it.

282
00:11:33,790 --> 00:11:36,620
You know, man, when I published
my first story, I...

283
00:11:36,690 --> 00:11:38,760
I imagined myself
living the life

284
00:11:38,860 --> 00:11:40,500
of a writer at the beach.

285
00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,000
You know, like-like Hemingway.

286
00:11:42,130 --> 00:11:44,600
Oh, yeah.
He-he got a lot of books.

287
00:11:46,470 --> 00:11:48,440
You gonna get there.

288
00:11:49,300 --> 00:11:51,340
I did what I was
supposed to do, right?

289
00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,240
You know? I took that leap
and it felt good, Trey.

290
00:11:54,340 --> 00:11:55,680
I grabbed life by the balls,

291
00:11:55,780 --> 00:11:58,350
and then, what do I have
but a handful of balls...

292
00:12:00,450 --> 00:12:02,280
Look, Malcolm...

293
00:12:02,350 --> 00:12:04,750
I know you down right now.

294
00:12:06,350 --> 00:12:07,620
And?

295
00:12:08,860 --> 00:12:11,890
Oh, I-I was just saying,
I know you down right now.

296
00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:18,870
Hey! My car.

297
00:12:19,970 --> 00:12:21,000
I'm sorry, Marty.

298
00:12:21,070 --> 00:12:22,570
You okay, man?

299
00:12:22,670 --> 00:12:24,110
You only hit lemons
when you're really upset.

300
00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:25,610
That is not true.

301
00:12:26,470 --> 00:12:27,580
Okay, we're doing that.

302
00:12:27,710 --> 00:12:29,310
So, what are you
not upset about?

303
00:12:29,410 --> 00:12:30,550
I am fine, Marty.

304
00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:34,020
Are you aiming
for my car?!

305
00:12:36,820 --> 00:12:38,020
Hey, McKenzie.

306
00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,760
How's it going?
How... O... kay.

307
00:12:44,460 --> 00:12:46,090
Hey, 'sup, Madison.

308
00:12:46,230 --> 00:12:49,130
You hear that new S-Z-A?

309
00:12:50,730 --> 00:12:53,200
She's pretty dope, right?

310
00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,510
Hey, Grover, Gr...

311
00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:01,910
Did you ask us
for a silent disco

312
00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,280
so we wouldn't be able to talk
to any of your friends?

313
00:13:07,580 --> 00:13:08,920
Grover, I'm asking you,
did you not want us to have...

314
00:13:09,020 --> 00:13:11,420
Dave, Dave, he's
messing with you.

315
00:13:14,860 --> 00:13:17,930
Come on, babe. You killed
it today, all right?

316
00:13:18,030 --> 00:13:21,100
Look, everybody's full,
and they're happy.

317
00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,130
Now it's your turn.
You-you take, come on.

318
00:13:23,230 --> 00:13:25,100
Calvin, I-I can't.
You know what,

319
00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,470
I-I still have
to whip the cream.

320
00:13:26,570 --> 00:13:29,440
I-I can't just put out
a naked pie, baby.

321
00:13:29,570 --> 00:13:30,810
Come on.

322
00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:33,710
Hey, deejay. Hey, put on
that St. Louis slide.

323
00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:36,210
I'm gonna show y'all something.
Got to show these
The slide?

324
00:13:36,310 --> 00:13:38,280
kids a little something.
I haven't done this
in years, Calvin.

325
00:13:38,380 --> 00:13:40,420
Oh, my God.
All right, all right.
Let's go, let's go.

326
00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,250
That's one, two, uh-huh.
I'm-a do this.
I'm-a do it, I'm-a do it.

327
00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:45,320
You know I know what I'm doing.

328
00:13:45,450 --> 00:13:48,090
Yeah. Like that.
Hip, hey, hey.

329
00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:49,930
Now to the left.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.

330
00:13:49,990 --> 00:13:51,260
Now, come on.

331
00:13:53,930 --> 00:13:54,760
Now slide.

332
00:13:54,860 --> 00:13:56,260
One, two, three, now.

333
00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:57,470
Let's bring it on around.

334
00:13:57,570 --> 00:13:58,430
Bring it on around.

335
00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,670
Marty, I thought my
book was really good.

336
00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,940
You know, my agent
thought it was good.

337
00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:06,470
But what if it's not?

338
00:14:06,610 --> 00:14:10,410
I blew up my whole life and
I have no kind of plan B.

339
00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:14,550
No plan B? Malcolm,
you always have a plan B.

340
00:14:15,380 --> 00:14:17,720
And B stands for brother.

341
00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,690
Get off me, Marty.
What?

342
00:14:24,830 --> 00:14:27,000
I'm trying to love you.

343
00:14:28,130 --> 00:14:29,630
Look, I know, I'm
sorry, all right?

344
00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:31,500
Look, I mean, look,
if you're worried about a job,

345
00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:32,970
you can stop that right now.

346
00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,670
'Cause you can always come
work with me at the Fusebox.

347
00:14:34,770 --> 00:14:36,240
A guy like you with your skills?

348
00:14:36,340 --> 00:14:39,570
I am not sure what they are,
but I'm sure we need them.

349
00:14:40,540 --> 00:14:41,680
Malcolm?

350
00:14:41,810 --> 00:14:43,210
What are you doing?
We're having a party,

351
00:14:43,310 --> 00:14:45,010
and you're over here
hitting fruit.

352
00:14:45,110 --> 00:14:47,780
I know, I just got
a little frustrated, Pop.

353
00:14:47,850 --> 00:14:49,520
Yeah, but don't worry
about it, Dad, I told him

354
00:14:49,620 --> 00:14:52,320
he'll always have
a place at the Fusebox.

355
00:14:52,390 --> 00:14:54,320
No, he won't.

356
00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,060
Come on, Daddy, I mean,

357
00:14:57,190 --> 00:14:59,060
I know he's not conventionally
qualified, but I'm sure...

358
00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,100
This is not about
qualifications, man.

359
00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:06,200
Son, I'm not gonna hire you
at the Fusebox,

360
00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:09,670
because you are gonna
go for your damn dreams.

361
00:15:10,470 --> 00:15:13,180
Yeah, Pop, but my damn dream
is a pipe dream.

362
00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,240
And I have
no kind of safety net.

363
00:15:16,010 --> 00:15:18,580
Safety net?
Safety net?

364
00:15:18,710 --> 00:15:21,080
Do you know what a
safety net gives you?

365
00:15:21,180 --> 00:15:23,250
Safety?
Safety?

366
00:15:24,750 --> 00:15:25,920
Exactly.

367
00:15:26,020 --> 00:15:27,390
And that's no good.

368
00:15:27,490 --> 00:15:29,590
It stops you
from taking chances.

369
00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,560
And that's just not
how I raised you.

370
00:15:31,690 --> 00:15:34,130
So come on, take that
bat off your shoulder.

371
00:15:34,230 --> 00:15:35,430
Give me a stance.

372
00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,500
Son, w-we don't walk,

373
00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:39,070
- we don't bunt.
- We don't bunt.

374
00:15:39,170 --> 00:15:40,740
We swing.
Swing, yeah.

375
00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,500
We swing. Let's go.

376
00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,740
That's weird, 'cause
you always told me to bunt.

377
00:15:47,010 --> 00:15:48,240
Well, Marty,

378
00:15:48,340 --> 00:15:50,250
whenever you would swing,
you would fall down.

379
00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:51,780
Yeah.

380
00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:53,420
So, look, my point is

381
00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:54,950
is that I believe in you.

382
00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,520
Now I need you
to believe in yourself.

383
00:15:57,590 --> 00:15:59,920
Oh, thank you, Pop.

384
00:16:00,020 --> 00:16:01,720
You know, the thing is, uh,

385
00:16:01,820 --> 00:16:03,730
right now,
with no safety net,

386
00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:05,160
I, uh...

387
00:16:05,260 --> 00:16:07,400
could use a break on that rent.

388
00:16:09,430 --> 00:16:10,770
Well, I do believe in you.

389
00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:11,770
My man.

390
00:16:11,870 --> 00:16:13,370
Too much to do that.

391
00:16:25,780 --> 00:16:27,920
Don't look now,
but he's dancing

392
00:16:28,020 --> 00:16:30,050
next to the tall girl.

393
00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,390
She's cute.

394
00:16:35,690 --> 00:16:38,030
They do realize that
they're yelling, right?

395
00:16:38,830 --> 00:16:41,960
He keeps looking at the girl
with the red sneakers.

396
00:16:42,060 --> 00:16:44,970
Right on.
She's giving real boho vibes.

397
00:16:45,070 --> 00:16:46,070
Yeah.

398
00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,940
Mystery solved.

399
00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,470
Yeah. Grover's
girlfriend

400
00:16:52,570 --> 00:16:53,840
is red sneakers.

401
00:16:53,940 --> 00:16:54,810
Yeah.

402
00:16:58,210 --> 00:17:02,080
Who ate the hot dogs out
of these corn dogs, and how?

403
00:17:03,620 --> 00:17:04,650
Yeah.

404
00:17:04,750 --> 00:17:06,990
Grover has weird friends.

405
00:17:07,850 --> 00:17:10,190
Look, they ate around
the stick and the corn.

406
00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,560
Just straight dog.

407
00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:17,670
Come on!
Let's get this party started.

408
00:17:17,730 --> 00:17:19,070
Hey.

409
00:17:19,170 --> 00:17:22,970
Uh, Lisa, the party started
five hours ago.

410
00:17:23,070 --> 00:17:25,010
Well, this is party part deux.

411
00:17:25,670 --> 00:17:28,080
Oh, I'm glad your
whole family's here.

412
00:17:28,210 --> 00:17:29,640
And this guy.

413
00:17:29,740 --> 00:17:30,810
Cousin? What?

414
00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:32,750
Well, we're basically cousins,

415
00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:34,250
'cause we been friends forever,

416
00:17:34,350 --> 00:17:35,850
and in Black culture,
that makes us...

417
00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:37,920
So friends.
Good, good, good.

418
00:17:39,090 --> 00:17:41,790
Ah.
Malcolm.

419
00:17:41,890 --> 00:17:44,690
One word: Guanaco.

420
00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:46,430
I'm gonna need more
words than that.

421
00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,600
Uh-huh. Guanaco Press.

422
00:17:50,330 --> 00:17:52,270
They made an offer on your book.

423
00:17:52,870 --> 00:17:54,270
Oh!

424
00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:55,870
Did you say an offer?

425
00:17:55,970 --> 00:17:58,140
Yo, are you serious?
Yeah, and it gets better.

426
00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:59,870
I used the sale to start
a bidding war

427
00:17:59,970 --> 00:18:01,710
for the movie rights.

428
00:18:01,810 --> 00:18:02,940
Idris Elba, Kevin Hart

429
00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,080
and Jaden Smith all want
to play the lead.

430
00:18:06,910 --> 00:18:11,050
So was the character
description just "Black"?

431
00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:16,120
They offered a healthy advance.

432
00:18:16,260 --> 00:18:18,130
But a healthy advance
is for suckers.

433
00:18:18,260 --> 00:18:19,460
What the hell?

434
00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,630
I told them we want
a big-ass advance,

435
00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:22,860
and we got it.

436
00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:24,870
Okay.
That's my girl!

437
00:18:24,970 --> 00:18:27,400
That's my girl right there.
Nice.

438
00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:29,800
What's wrong with you?

439
00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:33,070
We did it, cuz.

440
00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,950
Trey, come on, now.
Get on out of here.

441
00:18:40,780 --> 00:18:41,950
See, son?

442
00:18:42,050 --> 00:18:43,990
See what happens when
you believe in yourself?

443
00:18:44,090 --> 00:18:45,250
Yeah, Pop.

444
00:18:45,350 --> 00:18:47,920
Y-You told me that,
uh, 15 minutes ago.

445
00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,430
And I never lost faith.

446
00:18:55,460 --> 00:18:58,100
Hey, buddy, you, uh, you good?

447
00:18:58,170 --> 00:18:59,100
Yeah.

448
00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,600
Oh. Great.

449
00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:03,770
We were afraid we
embarrassed you tonight.

450
00:19:03,870 --> 00:19:05,540
Oh, oh, you did.

451
00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:06,870
Completely.

452
00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,050
I mean, it was
utterly humiliating.

453
00:19:11,910 --> 00:19:13,320
Okay, uh...

454
00:19:13,420 --> 00:19:16,420
But, um, then someone told me

455
00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,220
her parents were, uh,

456
00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,490
almost as dorky as you are.

457
00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:25,030
Uh, and we
kind of bonded over that.

458
00:19:25,130 --> 00:19:27,360
So, uh, thank you.

459
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:29,230
Thank you for

460
00:19:29,330 --> 00:19:31,770
being so incredibly uncool.

461
00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,570
You are so
welcome, honey.

462
00:19:41,340 --> 00:19:42,780
Well, enjoy tonight

463
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,250
because tomorrow,
it is time to get serious.

464
00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:47,980
You go to your writing room
and you hunker down.

465
00:19:48,050 --> 00:19:50,220
Oh, I wish I had
a writing room.

466
00:19:51,020 --> 00:19:52,390
Where does the genius happen?

467
00:19:52,490 --> 00:19:55,120
Uh, well, sometimes
at the kitchen counter.

468
00:19:55,190 --> 00:19:56,560
In the living room.

469
00:19:56,690 --> 00:19:58,030
But when my baby
niece is there,

470
00:19:58,130 --> 00:19:59,930
I have got to go
inside my room and

471
00:20:00,030 --> 00:20:01,400
I don't have
a desk in there,

472
00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:03,930
so I got to balance
the laptop on my knees.

473
00:20:05,530 --> 00:20:08,140
Malcolm, you are not
that guy anymore.

474
00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,870
You got a check with
a bunch of zeroes in it.

475
00:20:10,970 --> 00:20:12,340
It's time to get your own space.

476
00:20:12,410 --> 00:20:15,140
Somewhere that gets the juices
flowing.

477
00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,040
Well, you know, I've
always liked the water.

478
00:20:17,140 --> 00:20:18,680
Boat. Love it.

479
00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:21,220
Ah.
No. No, no, no.

480
00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,820
I was thinking on the
land, near the water.

481
00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,650
Oh.
That's why you're the writer.

482
00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:28,720
Yes, I am.

483
00:20:28,820 --> 00:20:30,930
But you know what?
It's, uh...

484
00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:34,330
Yeah, it is time
I take my next step.

485
00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,200
You know? I just...

486
00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,830
...got to find a way
to tell my mama

487
00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:41,270
that I'm leaving the nest.

488
00:20:41,370 --> 00:20:44,570
Say what now?!
Who's leaving what nest?!

489
00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:48,240
I heard him say
he's leaving the nest!

490
00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:50,850
No, no, no.

491
00:20:50,910 --> 00:20:53,150
How did she even hear that?

492
00:21:03,060 --> 00:21:06,090
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