1
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A spell-check might
be nice on these essays.

2
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Planning on taking
your boards again?

3
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Love those extracurriculars.

4
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Have you heard
about the meal plan?

5
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Fantastic.

6
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Where do you see
things going, you know,

7
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after... after college?

8
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Yours or mine?

9
00:02:04,534 --> 00:02:05,418
Mine.

10
00:02:05,494 --> 00:02:06,934
You can have it if
you want, though.

11
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Is that a new shirt?

12
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Yeah, it is.

13
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Do you like it?

14
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Don't ask me that.

15
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Why?

16
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Because it's not my job

17
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to make you feel good
about yourself anymore.

18
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That'll be all for you?

19
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Anything else?

20
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Oh, no, that's it.

21
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That's a nice shirt.

22
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Thanks.

23
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Hello?

24
00:03:22,611 --> 00:03:23,734
Jesse Fisher?

25
00:03:23,810 --> 00:03:24,773
Yeah?

26
00:03:24,850 --> 00:03:26,054
It's your favorite Communist.

27
00:03:26,130 --> 00:03:27,373
Professor Peter Hoberg?

28
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Screw you. I'm not a Communist.

29
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How you doing?

30
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Oh, you know.

31
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Listen, I don't want to take
up too much of your time,

32
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but here's why I'm calling.

33
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Ever since I announced
that I was packing it in,

34
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it's funny, but this whole
place has finally decided

35
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that they don't really
hate me after all.

36
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Now, I know Ohio is not
as glamorous as New York,

37
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but they're throwing me
a retirement dinner thing

38
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at the end of the month,

39
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and they asked me to
invite any former students

40
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that might want to lie and
say some nice things about me.

41
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And since you're one of
the great liars that I know...

42
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When is it?

43
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Weekend of the 25th.

44
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You know, check your schedule.

45
00:04:00,289 --> 00:04:02,891
Checking now.

46
00:04:02,968 --> 00:04:09,371
Looks like I'd have to shift
some things around, but yeah.

47
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I'll be there.

48
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Look at this.

49
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How are you?

50
00:05:33,244 --> 00:05:34,647
- Jesse.
- Yeah,

51
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Hi, I'm David. This is Susan.

52
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Peter warned you
that we'd be here?

53
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He did. He did, yeah.

54
00:05:41,124 --> 00:05:42,927
We're making him take
care of us while we're here.

55
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How was your drive?

56
00:05:44,203 --> 00:05:45,766
It was good, yeah.
Pleasant, actually.

57
00:05:45,843 --> 00:05:47,406
Peter, Jesse's here!

58
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So it's good to be back?

59
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Yeah. Yeah, it's weird.

60
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I drove up the hill.

61
00:05:50,923 --> 00:05:52,206
I suddenly felt
like I was seeing

62
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an ex-girlfriend or something.

63
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- The one that got away.
- Exactly.

64
00:05:55,763 --> 00:05:57,366
Zibby loves it here so much,

65
00:05:57,443 --> 00:05:58,686
she gets sad to
come home on breaks.

66
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Zibby?

67
00:05:59,802 --> 00:06:01,086
Sorry. Elizabeth, our daughter.

68
00:06:01,163 --> 00:06:02,166
She's a sophomore.

69
00:06:02,243 --> 00:06:03,206
She's in the improv group.

70
00:06:03,282 --> 00:06:04,606
We came up to see
one of her shows.

71
00:06:04,683 --> 00:06:06,166
- How was it?
- Hilarious.

72
00:06:06,243 --> 00:06:08,565
Filthy but hilarious.

73
00:06:08,642 --> 00:06:10,006
So how do you guys know Peter?

74
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He was my camp counselor.

75
00:06:11,762 --> 00:06:13,125
No way.

76
00:06:13,202 --> 00:06:16,281
He made us sing pro-union
songs around the campfire.

77
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He never writes. He never calls.

78
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Let me look at you.

79
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Not bad.

80
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Who's hungry?

81
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- I'm hungry.
- Okay, let's go.

82
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We've got reservations.

83
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Oh, man, 37 years.

84
00:06:38,241 --> 00:06:39,484
Can you believe it?

85
00:06:39,561 --> 00:06:43,763
Native New Yorker
spends 37 years in a county

86
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where the tallest
building's nine stories.

87
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Oh, my.

88
00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:50,523
How are you
feeling about it all?

89
00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:51,603
- The retirement?
- Yeah.

90
00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,324
Oh, I don't know.

91
00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,124
Another year of
faculty meetings,

92
00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,203
I'd throw myself off
that nine-story building.

93
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So how's the
admissions game, buddy?

94
00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,998
"How's the admissions
game, buddy?"

95
00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,603
Is that Professor Fairfield?

96
00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:08,602
Yeah.

97
00:07:08,679 --> 00:07:10,522
She looks fantastic!

98
00:07:10,599 --> 00:07:11,843
Professor!

99
00:07:11,919 --> 00:07:13,682
What is she like? Is she cool?

100
00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:15,202
She's definitely not warm.

101
00:07:15,279 --> 00:07:18,242
I loved her British
Romantic lit class.

102
00:07:18,319 --> 00:07:20,482
She was, like, the
best teacher I had here.

103
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She was, like, the second
best teacher I had here.

104
00:07:25,479 --> 00:07:27,002
Unbelievable.

105
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You are unbelievable.

106
00:07:28,718 --> 00:07:29,878
What?

107
00:07:39,158 --> 00:07:40,441
Tell her how you feel.

108
00:07:40,518 --> 00:07:41,957
I will.

109
00:07:44,118 --> 00:07:45,441
Jesse, this is my
daughter, Zibby.

110
00:07:46,557 --> 00:07:48,281
Hello.

111
00:07:48,357 --> 00:07:49,681
Peter, should we follow you?

112
00:07:49,757 --> 00:07:51,436
If you think that's wise.

113
00:07:54,877 --> 00:07:57,680
And he's like, "I had it
up to here with America"

114
00:07:57,756 --> 00:07:59,760
and its repressive,
regressive, fascist", whatever.

115
00:07:59,836 --> 00:08:01,239
I sound like that?
That's how I sound?

116
00:08:01,316 --> 00:08:02,360
You do. You sound like that.

117
00:08:02,436 --> 00:08:03,680
And he gets up in
front of the class.

118
00:08:03,757 --> 00:08:05,400
He says, "I just... I
couldn't take it anymore",

119
00:08:05,476 --> 00:08:09,239
so I picked up my life,
and I moved to France".

120
00:08:09,316 --> 00:08:11,319
This is being ludicrously
misreported, by the way.

121
00:08:11,396 --> 00:08:12,600
So I raised my hand.

122
00:08:12,676 --> 00:08:14,359
I said, "Wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, Peter."

123
00:08:14,436 --> 00:08:17,039
You're telling us you got
so angry at this country

124
00:08:17,116 --> 00:08:19,799
"that you moved to France?"

125
00:08:19,876 --> 00:08:22,519
And Peter says, "Yeah."

126
00:08:22,595 --> 00:08:23,674
Well, I had a Fulbright".

127
00:08:25,315 --> 00:08:26,519
Yeah, well, yeah, if I told you

128
00:08:26,595 --> 00:08:28,079
what this putz was
like when he was here,

129
00:08:28,156 --> 00:08:29,238
he'd run out of the room crying.

130
00:08:29,315 --> 00:08:30,438
That's probably true.

131
00:08:30,515 --> 00:08:32,278
Well, what were you
like when you were here?

132
00:08:32,355 --> 00:08:35,359
I was very handsome, wasn't I?

133
00:08:35,435 --> 00:08:36,638
Am I remembering that correctly?

134
00:08:36,715 --> 00:08:37,839
No, I don't remember that.

135
00:08:37,915 --> 00:08:39,958
But what I do remember
is you being a real jerk

136
00:08:40,035 --> 00:08:41,878
to your parents on
graduation weekend.

137
00:08:41,955 --> 00:08:43,197
He didn't want to leave.

138
00:08:43,274 --> 00:08:44,398
It's true.

139
00:08:44,475 --> 00:08:47,158
And I blamed my parents,
weirdly, all four of them.

140
00:08:47,235 --> 00:08:49,038
Like it was their fault
college was ending.

141
00:08:49,114 --> 00:08:50,117
Don't do that to us.

142
00:08:50,194 --> 00:08:52,198
- No, I won't.
- She says that now.

143
00:08:52,274 --> 00:08:55,437
So your parents told me
you're in the improv group?

144
00:08:55,514 --> 00:08:56,557
Yeah.

145
00:08:56,634 --> 00:08:57,597
How's that?

146
00:08:57,673 --> 00:08:59,277
It's the best. I love it.

147
00:08:59,354 --> 00:09:00,517
What do you love about it?

148
00:09:00,594 --> 00:09:04,917
I think I love
how terrifying it is

149
00:09:04,993 --> 00:09:08,117
and how you have to
say "yes" to everything.

150
00:09:08,194 --> 00:09:10,037
Sorry, what does that mean?

151
00:09:10,113 --> 00:09:11,596
It's, like, the only
rule of improv.

152
00:09:11,673 --> 00:09:12,836
You can never say "no".

153
00:09:12,913 --> 00:09:15,796
You have to say "yes"
and then add something.

154
00:09:15,873 --> 00:09:18,236
Like... like, look.

155
00:09:18,313 --> 00:09:20,676
Okay, Mom, you and I

156
00:09:20,752 --> 00:09:22,916
have been wandering
in the desert for days,

157
00:09:22,993 --> 00:09:24,755
and we're about to die, okay?

158
00:09:25,992 --> 00:09:30,791
Okay, and I say, "Hand
me that lemonade".

159
00:09:33,152 --> 00:09:35,391
So hand me that lemonade.

160
00:09:37,792 --> 00:09:40,155
Jesus, Susan, hand her
the goddamn lemonade.

161
00:09:40,232 --> 00:09:41,235
Never mind.

162
00:09:41,311 --> 00:09:44,030
Jesse, hand me that lemonade.

163
00:09:45,151 --> 00:09:46,830
Thank you.

164
00:09:49,951 --> 00:09:51,154
Sweet, just the way I like it.

165
00:09:51,231 --> 00:09:52,511
I nailed this.

166
00:09:56,591 --> 00:09:57,554
It doesn't make sense.

167
00:09:57,631 --> 00:09:58,834
We're in the desert.

168
00:09:58,911 --> 00:10:01,270
I mean, where would
we get lemonade?

169
00:10:04,070 --> 00:10:05,194
It's great seeing you guys.

170
00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:06,514
So what was your major?

171
00:10:06,590 --> 00:10:08,874
I was English with
a minor in history,

172
00:10:08,951 --> 00:10:10,713
just to make sure I
was fully unemployable.

173
00:10:10,790 --> 00:10:12,113
- Right.
- What about you?

174
00:10:12,190 --> 00:10:13,153
Drama.

175
00:10:13,230 --> 00:10:14,514
I mean, not officially yet,

176
00:10:14,590 --> 00:10:16,513
'cause my dad's not
totally thrilled with the idea,

177
00:10:16,590 --> 00:10:19,153
so maybe also art history?

178
00:10:19,230 --> 00:10:21,233
I'm just happy you go
to class occasionally.

179
00:10:21,310 --> 00:10:23,233
I thought maybe you just
improvised all day long.

180
00:10:23,310 --> 00:10:24,593
Nope.

181
00:10:24,669 --> 00:10:25,912
I mean, I do, I guess.

182
00:10:25,989 --> 00:10:27,273
Have you ever
thought about that?

183
00:10:27,350 --> 00:10:28,392
About what?

184
00:10:28,469 --> 00:10:30,912
How everything in life
is basically improvised?

185
00:10:30,989 --> 00:10:32,152
There's no script.

186
00:10:32,229 --> 00:10:35,073
We're just making
this up as we go.

187
00:10:35,149 --> 00:10:36,352
That's true.

188
00:10:36,429 --> 00:10:37,432
So yeah.

189
00:10:37,508 --> 00:10:39,752
Well, improv is deep, man.

190
00:10:39,829 --> 00:10:41,152
Well, we're about to head out.

191
00:10:41,228 --> 00:10:43,152
- Pleasure to meet you, Jesse.
- Yeah, yeah, you too.

192
00:10:43,229 --> 00:10:44,392
Take care. Bye.

193
00:10:44,469 --> 00:10:45,912
So I'll... I'll see you
around, I guess.

194
00:10:45,989 --> 00:10:47,912
Yeah, yeah, see you around.-

195
00:10:47,988 --> 00:10:48,991
It was nice to meet you.

196
00:10:49,068 --> 00:10:50,511
Yeah, you too.

197
00:10:50,588 --> 00:10:52,747
- See you later.
- Okay, bye.

198
00:10:56,148 --> 00:10:58,067
Enjoy college.

199
00:11:04,628 --> 00:11:07,026
You wearing a tie tonight?

200
00:11:11,347 --> 00:11:12,866
What can you say, really?

201
00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:17,470
People get up and say all
this great stuff about you.

202
00:11:17,546 --> 00:11:18,830
You know, I'm thinking,

203
00:11:18,907 --> 00:11:20,666
"Who in the hell are
they talking about?"

204
00:11:27,547 --> 00:11:30,149
It's just, where
does the time go?

205
00:11:30,226 --> 00:11:31,310
This seems impossible.

206
00:11:31,387 --> 00:11:32,670
37 years.

207
00:11:32,746 --> 00:11:34,985
37.

208
00:11:36,826 --> 00:11:38,349
There comes a
time in a man's life

209
00:11:38,426 --> 00:11:40,625
when it hurts to do the math.

210
00:11:47,546 --> 00:11:50,668
You know, I worry that
I've been here so long

211
00:11:50,745 --> 00:11:54,424
that I'll be lousy
being anyplace else.

212
00:11:55,705 --> 00:11:59,864
Oh, well, I guess I'll
find out very shortly.

213
00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:14,267
Hey, thanks for the chicken.

214
00:12:14,344 --> 00:12:17,463
It was a little
cold, but still I...

215
00:12:19,464 --> 00:12:22,107
Think nice thoughts
about me when I'm gone,

216
00:12:22,183 --> 00:12:24,463
if you can.

217
00:12:30,503 --> 00:12:32,706
No, they did it at Macalester.

218
00:12:32,783 --> 00:12:34,026
I really think it
could work here.

219
00:12:34,103 --> 00:12:35,386
Well, it sounds great.

220
00:12:35,463 --> 00:12:37,786
I tell you, let's talk
about it on Monday.

221
00:12:37,863 --> 00:12:39,866
Oh, sure.

222
00:12:39,943 --> 00:12:41,106
Night, Jesse.

223
00:12:41,183 --> 00:12:42,741
Yeah, good night.

224
00:12:44,863 --> 00:12:46,102
It's a good idea, though.

225
00:12:47,503 --> 00:12:49,581
It's a terrible idea.

226
00:12:52,182 --> 00:12:54,745
Oh, what a disaster.

227
00:12:54,822 --> 00:12:57,145
What... no, it was nice.

228
00:12:57,222 --> 00:12:59,621
You're not half the
liar you used to be.

229
00:13:03,061 --> 00:13:05,225
You know, it really
means a lot to me

230
00:13:05,302 --> 00:13:06,384
that you came out for this.

231
00:13:06,461 --> 00:13:07,624
How could I miss it?

232
00:13:07,701 --> 00:13:09,264
You're the second
best teacher I had here.

233
00:13:09,341 --> 00:13:11,460
I'm serious.

234
00:13:15,821 --> 00:13:17,224
I'm gonna take off.

235
00:13:17,301 --> 00:13:18,344
Well, I'll come with you.

236
00:13:18,421 --> 00:13:20,104
Oh, no, no, no, you stay.

237
00:13:20,180 --> 00:13:22,219
I want to be alone for a bit.

238
00:13:47,579 --> 00:13:49,623
I feel you, man.

239
00:13:49,699 --> 00:13:52,818
A lot of information in trees.

240
00:13:57,379 --> 00:13:59,302
How's your night going?

241
00:13:59,378 --> 00:14:00,342
Fine.

242
00:14:00,419 --> 00:14:03,462
Is your name...

243
00:14:03,538 --> 00:14:05,502
Ethan?

244
00:14:05,578 --> 00:14:07,941
No. Why?

245
00:14:08,018 --> 00:14:09,382
You look like an Ethan to me.

246
00:14:09,458 --> 00:14:11,141
My name's not Ethan.

247
00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:13,221
How cool would that have
been if that was your name

248
00:14:13,298 --> 00:14:14,701
and I just, like...

249
00:14:14,778 --> 00:14:17,221
Knew it?

250
00:14:17,298 --> 00:14:18,861
Are you a student here?

251
00:14:18,938 --> 00:14:21,741
No, but thank you
for thinking that.

252
00:14:21,818 --> 00:14:22,781
You?

253
00:14:22,857 --> 00:14:23,980
Nah, man.

254
00:14:24,057 --> 00:14:26,021
I'm just here visiting
a buddy of mine.

255
00:14:26,098 --> 00:14:29,421
But it's not a bad
place to kill a little time?

256
00:14:29,497 --> 00:14:31,180
I'm Nat.

257
00:14:31,257 --> 00:14:33,220
I'm Jesse.

258
00:14:33,297 --> 00:14:35,460
Do you hear that music, Ethan?

259
00:14:35,537 --> 00:14:37,980
It sounds like a celebration.

260
00:14:38,056 --> 00:14:40,140
I say we do a
little sherlocking,

261
00:14:40,217 --> 00:14:42,260
find out where it's coming
from and what's going on.

262
00:14:42,336 --> 00:14:44,580
- No...
- Don't say no.

263
00:14:44,656 --> 00:14:47,015
Fortune never smiles
on those who say no.

264
00:15:02,536 --> 00:15:05,579
I would get you a beer, but
alcohol's for suckers, man.

265
00:15:05,655 --> 00:15:06,898
Yeah.

266
00:15:06,975 --> 00:15:08,899
Listen, Nat, this isn't
really my scene anymore.

267
00:15:08,975 --> 00:15:10,299
I'm gonna...

268
00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:12,339
Give yourself five minutes
to adapt, my brother.

269
00:15:12,415 --> 00:15:14,734
Change is never easy.

270
00:15:23,375 --> 00:15:25,378
Tell me this.

271
00:15:25,455 --> 00:15:28,418
What are your
thoughts on crop circles?

272
00:15:28,495 --> 00:15:30,418
I don't have any.

273
00:15:30,494 --> 00:15:34,057
There's some seriously
weird shit going on, bro.

274
00:15:34,134 --> 00:15:35,977
You think it's just a bunch
of drunk English guys

275
00:15:36,054 --> 00:15:37,257
with planks and rope?

276
00:15:37,334 --> 00:15:39,017
You're a fool.

277
00:15:39,094 --> 00:15:41,817
Spend some time
with those patterns.

278
00:15:41,894 --> 00:15:43,617
You can feel it.

279
00:15:43,694 --> 00:15:46,657
Something's trying to
communicate with us.

280
00:15:46,734 --> 00:15:50,897
It should be on the front
page of every paper every day.

281
00:15:50,974 --> 00:15:53,296
Thanks.

282
00:15:54,453 --> 00:15:56,096
I thought that was you.

283
00:15:56,173 --> 00:15:58,177
How'd you end up here?

284
00:15:58,253 --> 00:15:59,376
He made a friend.

285
00:15:59,453 --> 00:16:01,536
Yeah, yeah, I... yeah.

286
00:16:01,613 --> 00:16:02,896
Look at you.

287
00:16:02,972 --> 00:16:05,376
You're, like, back in college.

288
00:16:05,452 --> 00:16:06,415
Whee!

289
00:16:06,492 --> 00:16:07,731
How does it feel?

290
00:16:08,772 --> 00:16:10,131
Oh, this is Vanessa.

291
00:16:11,612 --> 00:16:12,735
I'm Nat.-

292
00:16:12,812 --> 00:16:13,735
Jesse's an alum.

293
00:16:13,812 --> 00:16:14,975
We had brunch this morning.

294
00:16:15,052 --> 00:16:17,055
I think my mom has
a little crush on him.

295
00:16:17,132 --> 00:16:18,215
You went here?

296
00:16:18,291 --> 00:16:19,215
I did, yeah.

297
00:16:19,292 --> 00:16:20,575
When'd you graduate?

298
00:16:20,651 --> 00:16:23,411
Oh, man, it was the '90s.

299
00:16:24,452 --> 00:16:27,294
That was when we were born.

300
00:16:27,371 --> 00:16:29,334
Yeah, yeah.

301
00:16:29,411 --> 00:16:30,974
I'm old.

302
00:16:31,051 --> 00:16:32,811
But you look good.

303
00:16:34,491 --> 00:16:36,970
And you're overdressed.

304
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,690
That's better.

305
00:16:54,570 --> 00:16:56,813
Why do I like this guy so much?

306
00:16:56,890 --> 00:16:58,888
Because he's likable.

307
00:17:00,290 --> 00:17:01,973
Hey, let's get you
guys some drinks.

308
00:17:02,049 --> 00:17:04,173
Yeah, no, I think I'm
gonna... I'm gonna take off.

309
00:17:04,249 --> 00:17:05,373
No, you should stay.

310
00:17:05,450 --> 00:17:07,452
No, really, I should go.

311
00:17:07,529 --> 00:17:09,733
- Do you drink coffee?
- Yeah.

312
00:17:09,809 --> 00:17:11,612
What? That's crazy.

313
00:17:11,689 --> 00:17:13,652
So does my friend here.

314
00:17:13,729 --> 00:17:15,572
You two, tomorrow.

315
00:17:15,649 --> 00:17:17,332
Shoop! Coffee.

316
00:17:17,409 --> 00:17:19,572
Yeah, I could do
that. You want to?

317
00:17:19,649 --> 00:17:21,532
I... yeah... yeah.

318
00:17:21,609 --> 00:17:23,292
That'd be... that's great.

319
00:17:23,369 --> 00:17:24,768
9:00 okay?

320
00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:30,052
Oh, you're serious.

321
00:17:30,129 --> 00:17:33,531
Is 11:30 okay?

322
00:17:33,608 --> 00:17:35,291
Yeah, that works.

323
00:17:38,048 --> 00:17:39,291
Can we talk?

324
00:17:39,368 --> 00:17:41,491
Yeah. Yeah, sure,

325
00:17:41,567 --> 00:17:43,051
See you tomorrow?

326
00:17:43,128 --> 00:17:44,731
Yeah, yeah. See you then.

327
00:17:46,807 --> 00:17:49,447
Hey, Vanessa.

328
00:17:51,847 --> 00:17:54,770
Don't sweat that guy.

329
00:17:54,847 --> 00:17:57,810
She only had eyes for you.

330
00:17:59,687 --> 00:18:01,050
Good night, Nat.

331
00:18:01,127 --> 00:18:03,326
Good night, Ethan.

332
00:18:52,484 --> 00:18:54,447
Can I help you?

333
00:18:54,524 --> 00:18:55,727
Sorry.

334
00:18:55,804 --> 00:18:57,367
I just...

335
00:18:57,444 --> 00:18:58,967
just the best book of all time.

336
00:18:59,044 --> 00:19:02,167
I just like holding it, I guess.

337
00:19:02,244 --> 00:19:03,807
Best book of all time?

338
00:19:03,884 --> 00:19:05,246
Well, one of them, sure.

339
00:19:05,323 --> 00:19:07,127
Have you ever noticed
how everyone around here

340
00:19:07,204 --> 00:19:09,007
speaks in wild hyperbole?

341
00:19:09,083 --> 00:19:10,287
Everything's the best.

342
00:19:10,364 --> 00:19:12,406
Like, "He's the
best professor ever",

343
00:19:12,483 --> 00:19:14,926
or, "This is the best
patty melt on the planet",

344
00:19:15,003 --> 00:19:16,686
as if they've sampled
every possible variety

345
00:19:16,763 --> 00:19:18,326
of professor and patty melt,

346
00:19:18,403 --> 00:19:21,521
which is, as we know,
logistically impossible.

347
00:19:30,642 --> 00:19:32,801
All right, do we have
enough time for that?

348
00:19:37,762 --> 00:19:38,645
Am I super late?

349
00:19:38,722 --> 00:19:40,085
No. You want a coffee?

350
00:19:40,161 --> 00:19:42,965
No, I'll just drink yours.

351
00:19:43,041 --> 00:19:44,324
You okay?

352
00:19:44,401 --> 00:19:46,640
I don't know yet.

353
00:19:50,881 --> 00:19:53,360
I smell like beer.
Do you smell that?

354
00:19:55,241 --> 00:19:57,280
Yeah, actually, you do.

355
00:19:59,801 --> 00:20:03,444
I... I need to
excuse myself just...

356
00:20:03,521 --> 00:20:05,640
just for a...

357
00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,483
Sorry about that.

358
00:20:18,559 --> 00:20:20,603
Back there.

359
00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,323
You walked away, and
I was just wondering

360
00:20:22,399 --> 00:20:26,562
why I was being rude to someone
who loves the same writer I do.

361
00:20:26,639 --> 00:20:29,523
And I don't have
an answer for that.

362
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,842
Okay, so yeah...

363
00:20:33,919 --> 00:20:34,923
I'll just...

364
00:20:34,999 --> 00:20:37,282
My grades tanked senior year.

365
00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,922
That book was the only
thing I wanted to read.

366
00:20:39,999 --> 00:20:41,162
You liking it?

367
00:20:41,239 --> 00:20:44,282
Yeah.

368
00:20:44,358 --> 00:20:46,157
It's my second time
reading it, actually.

369
00:20:47,278 --> 00:20:48,202
That's impressive.

370
00:20:48,279 --> 00:20:49,282
It's not short.

371
00:20:49,358 --> 00:20:50,441
Yeah, I know.

372
00:20:50,518 --> 00:20:52,001
You know, he said
the purpose of fiction

373
00:20:52,078 --> 00:20:53,521
was to combat loneliness.

374
00:20:53,598 --> 00:20:55,121
That's good.

375
00:20:55,198 --> 00:20:56,442
I never heard that.

376
00:20:56,518 --> 00:20:57,481
Yeah.

377
00:20:57,558 --> 00:20:58,961
Well, on the other hand,

378
00:20:59,038 --> 00:21:01,081
spending most of your
time with an 1,100-page book

379
00:21:01,158 --> 00:21:02,961
tends to put a dent
in your social life.

380
00:21:03,038 --> 00:21:04,960
Yeah.

381
00:21:05,037 --> 00:21:09,281
Loneliness simultaneously
increased and decreased.

382
00:21:11,117 --> 00:21:12,920
What, you guys know each other?

383
00:21:12,997 --> 00:21:15,600
Yeah, we had Symbolic
Logic first semester.

384
00:21:15,677 --> 00:21:17,040
Zibby.

385
00:21:17,117 --> 00:21:19,040
Right. Dean,

386
00:21:19,117 --> 00:21:20,720
I'm Jesse, by the way.

387
00:21:26,076 --> 00:21:27,440
Interesting guy.

388
00:21:27,517 --> 00:21:28,559
Yeah.

389
00:21:28,636 --> 00:21:30,680
I can't believe he's
even back here.

390
00:21:30,756 --> 00:21:32,399
Why? What do you mean?

391
00:21:32,476 --> 00:21:35,120
He had a manic
episode last year.

392
00:21:35,196 --> 00:21:37,320
Eventually, they
took him to a hospital

393
00:21:37,396 --> 00:21:40,079
and, I don't know,
calmed him down, I guess.

394
00:21:40,155 --> 00:21:42,234
He's supposed to be,
like, the smartest guy ever.

395
00:21:44,636 --> 00:21:45,679
Everything okay?

396
00:21:45,756 --> 00:21:48,038
Yeah, everything's great.

397
00:21:48,115 --> 00:21:49,554
I puked.

398
00:21:50,875 --> 00:21:51,918
That's gross.

399
00:21:51,995 --> 00:21:53,319
Sorry, you did not
need to hear that.

400
00:21:53,395 --> 00:21:55,274
Come on, let's... let's walk.

401
00:21:59,675 --> 00:22:00,998
My parents really liked you.

402
00:22:01,075 --> 00:22:02,238
That's nice.

403
00:22:02,315 --> 00:22:04,278
I like them.

404
00:22:04,355 --> 00:22:06,718
You're really lucky to
have parents like that.

405
00:22:06,794 --> 00:22:08,197
Like what?

406
00:22:08,274 --> 00:22:09,837
Like, I don't know.

407
00:22:09,914 --> 00:22:11,917
Around, first of all.

408
00:22:11,994 --> 00:22:14,557
Still together so they can
fret over you as a team.

409
00:22:14,634 --> 00:22:16,077
Yeah, I guess.

410
00:22:16,154 --> 00:22:18,637
I like them best when
they're not being so parental,

411
00:22:18,714 --> 00:22:22,237
which is, like, 1% of the time.

412
00:22:22,314 --> 00:22:24,797
Oh, I thought
of this great trick

413
00:22:24,873 --> 00:22:25,997
for having them annoy me less.

414
00:22:26,074 --> 00:22:27,116
Want to hear it?-

415
00:22:27,193 --> 00:22:28,877
Okay, I decided
to treat my parents

416
00:22:28,954 --> 00:22:30,276
like they're always drunk.

417
00:22:30,353 --> 00:22:32,157
No, really, it works.

418
00:22:32,234 --> 00:22:34,676
Any time they say something
irritating or offensive,

419
00:22:34,753 --> 00:22:37,196
I'm just like, "Oh, I
can't get mad at them."

420
00:22:37,273 --> 00:22:39,116
They're drunk.
It's not their fault".

421
00:22:39,193 --> 00:22:41,276
And why should I take advice
from drunk people seriously?

422
00:22:41,353 --> 00:22:43,116
That's great.

423
00:22:43,193 --> 00:22:44,956
Do you like classical music?

424
00:22:45,032 --> 00:22:46,476
Yeah, sure.

425
00:22:46,552 --> 00:22:49,516
Okay, I took this music
survey class last year.

426
00:22:49,592 --> 00:22:51,275
Oh, my God!

427
00:22:51,352 --> 00:22:53,232
It totally changed my life.

428
00:22:56,152 --> 00:22:58,875
I'm really happy I
ran into you last night.

429
00:22:58,952 --> 00:23:00,595
Yeah, yeah, me too.

430
00:23:00,671 --> 00:23:02,551
It's random.

431
00:23:04,152 --> 00:23:06,754
Who was that guy?

432
00:23:06,831 --> 00:23:08,235
What guy?

433
00:23:08,312 --> 00:23:09,715
The... last night, that guy.

434
00:23:09,792 --> 00:23:14,474
Oh, his name is Eric.

435
00:23:14,551 --> 00:23:16,634
Eric.

436
00:23:16,711 --> 00:23:19,114
Is Eric your fella?

437
00:23:19,191 --> 00:23:21,954
No.

438
00:23:22,031 --> 00:23:25,074
No.

439
00:23:25,151 --> 00:23:29,434
You know, I think I like almost
everything about this place

440
00:23:29,510 --> 00:23:32,113
but the dude situation.

441
00:23:32,190 --> 00:23:33,474
Not great?

442
00:23:33,551 --> 00:23:35,114
No one, like, dates.

443
00:23:35,190 --> 00:23:39,553
Everyone's so
casual about it all.

444
00:23:39,630 --> 00:23:41,833
Same as when I was here.

445
00:23:41,910 --> 00:23:44,833
Yeah.

446
00:23:44,910 --> 00:23:49,268
I guess there's part of me
that's a little old-fashioned.

447
00:23:54,429 --> 00:23:56,432
Well, on behalf

448
00:23:56,509 --> 00:24:00,872
of all current and
former 18-to 22-year-olds,

449
00:24:00,949 --> 00:24:03,432
I'd like to apologize.

450
00:24:03,509 --> 00:24:05,112
Forgive us.

451
00:24:05,189 --> 00:24:06,872
Seriously.

452
00:24:06,948 --> 00:24:09,748
We know not what we do.

453
00:24:14,668 --> 00:24:15,751
I think one of the things

454
00:24:15,828 --> 00:24:17,871
I loved the most
about being here

455
00:24:17,948 --> 00:24:20,471
was the feeling that
anything was possible.

456
00:24:20,548 --> 00:24:23,591
It's just infinite
choices ahead of you.

457
00:24:23,668 --> 00:24:27,390
You'd get out of school,
and anything could happen.

458
00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:30,670
And then you do get out, and...

459
00:24:30,747 --> 00:24:31,871
life happens, you know?

460
00:24:31,948 --> 00:24:33,270
Decisions get made.

461
00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:36,190
And then all those many
choices you had in front of you

462
00:24:36,267 --> 00:24:37,990
are no longer really there.

463
00:24:38,067 --> 00:24:39,510
At a certain point,
you just got to go,

464
00:24:39,587 --> 00:24:41,990
"Oh, I guess this is
how it's going down".

465
00:24:42,067 --> 00:24:46,470
And there's just something
a little depressing about that.

466
00:24:46,546 --> 00:24:50,589
Well, don't you think you're
romanticizing youth a bit much?

467
00:24:50,666 --> 00:24:53,189
You know, 'cause it's
just as hard and annoying

468
00:24:53,266 --> 00:24:56,589
to be young as it is to
be old, I'm assuming.

469
00:24:56,666 --> 00:24:58,910
Not that you're old,
'cause, you know, you're not.

470
00:24:58,986 --> 00:25:03,269
Look, I get the whole
"we're all equal" argument,

471
00:25:03,346 --> 00:25:05,908
and it's kind of true, but
it's also kind of not true.

472
00:25:05,985 --> 00:25:10,628
Like, okay, I feel different
now than I felt when I was here,

473
00:25:10,705 --> 00:25:14,428
and I hate to break this
to you, but so will you.

474
00:25:14,505 --> 00:25:16,228
So you're saying things suck?

475
00:25:16,305 --> 00:25:18,229
I should prepare
myself for suckiness?

476
00:25:18,305 --> 00:25:21,428
No, a liberal arts education
solves all your problems.

477
00:25:21,504 --> 00:25:22,708
Thank God!

478
00:25:22,785 --> 00:25:24,144
Worth every penny.

479
00:25:28,145 --> 00:25:30,428
We should hug.

480
00:25:30,505 --> 00:25:31,788
What?

481
00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:33,588
I mean, we could keep talking,

482
00:25:33,664 --> 00:25:38,388
but I think it would
be better if we hugged.

483
00:25:38,464 --> 00:25:40,507
Come on.

484
00:25:44,703 --> 00:25:46,147
- Who starts?
- I do.

485
00:25:46,223 --> 00:25:47,503
Here we go.

486
00:25:59,983 --> 00:26:01,866
God, so you were
here a long time ago.

487
00:26:03,423 --> 00:26:05,541
- I mean...
- Enough, enough.

488
00:26:09,583 --> 00:26:11,745
That's... I mean, I just
mean because I thought,

489
00:26:11,822 --> 00:26:13,746
with the greenhouses...

490
00:26:13,822 --> 00:26:17,825
Hey, before you go, I
thought you might like these,

491
00:26:17,902 --> 00:26:20,145
'cause I don't really need
'em anymore and here.

492
00:26:20,222 --> 00:26:22,901
Look at this one.

493
00:26:25,261 --> 00:26:26,984
No?

494
00:26:27,061 --> 00:26:28,265
Nah.

495
00:26:28,341 --> 00:26:29,665
Oh, please,
that's a great shirt.

496
00:26:29,742 --> 00:26:31,504
You know the trouble
I caused in this shirt?

497
00:26:31,581 --> 00:26:32,665
I can only imagine.

498
00:26:32,741 --> 00:26:34,784
You got no taste on
top of everything else.

499
00:26:34,861 --> 00:26:36,584
Oh, my God, what
a beautiful shirt.

500
00:26:36,661 --> 00:26:38,144
- Not giving it to you anyway.
- All right.

501
00:26:38,221 --> 00:26:39,340
Oh, it feels great!

502
00:26:43,701 --> 00:26:45,184
Hello?

503
00:26:45,261 --> 00:26:47,384
Oh,

504
00:26:47,461 --> 00:26:50,784
No, no, he's... he's still here.

505
00:26:50,861 --> 00:26:52,019
Yeah, hold on.

506
00:26:55,020 --> 00:26:56,619
Zibby.

507
00:26:58,140 --> 00:26:59,063
Hello?

508
00:26:59,140 --> 00:27:00,183
You haven't left yet.

509
00:27:00,260 --> 00:27:01,503
- No.
- Good.

510
00:27:01,580 --> 00:27:03,903
I need to see you before you go.

511
00:27:03,980 --> 00:27:06,059
Will you meet me
at the bookstore?

512
00:27:07,819 --> 00:27:08,782
Say yes.

513
00:27:08,859 --> 00:27:11,262
Yes.

514
00:27:13,499 --> 00:27:15,178
She's asking about a
book I recommended.

515
00:27:16,179 --> 00:27:17,222
All right, I'm off.-

516
00:27:17,299 --> 00:27:18,582
Be a gentleman.
Walk me to my car.

517
00:27:18,659 --> 00:27:19,902
All right, all right.

518
00:27:19,978 --> 00:27:21,982
Thanks for the shirts. I'll
get them next time, okay?

519
00:27:22,059 --> 00:27:23,942
Yeah, you'll be on the
road, and you'll be saying,

520
00:27:24,019 --> 00:27:25,131
"Oh, maybe I'll call him up".

521
00:27:33,818 --> 00:27:35,581
Sorry, I don't want to
hold you up or anything,

522
00:27:35,658 --> 00:27:37,621
but I...

523
00:27:37,698 --> 00:27:38,861
I made this for you.

524
00:27:38,938 --> 00:27:40,941
Burned it, whatever.

525
00:27:41,018 --> 00:27:43,101
It's music from the survey class

526
00:27:43,177 --> 00:27:44,221
I was telling you about.

527
00:27:44,298 --> 00:27:46,697
Classical, baroque, opera.

528
00:27:48,657 --> 00:27:49,940
This is great.

529
00:27:50,017 --> 00:27:51,620
I know none of this.

530
00:27:51,697 --> 00:27:53,700
Who says we always
have to be listening

531
00:27:53,777 --> 00:27:55,060
to obscure indie bands, right?

532
00:27:55,137 --> 00:27:56,540
Right.

533
00:27:56,617 --> 00:27:58,660
So yeah, I don't know.

534
00:27:58,737 --> 00:28:02,620
This is all music I never
thought I'd like or care about,

535
00:28:02,697 --> 00:28:04,540
and this class just...

536
00:28:04,617 --> 00:28:06,900
well, you know how you can
be told something so many times

537
00:28:06,977 --> 00:28:08,780
and it's like, "Whatever",

538
00:28:08,856 --> 00:28:10,300
and then you have
a great teacher

539
00:28:10,376 --> 00:28:11,499
take you through it,

540
00:28:11,576 --> 00:28:16,339
and suddenly it's
like, "Beethoven, ".

541
00:28:16,416 --> 00:28:18,219
Yeah.

542
00:28:18,296 --> 00:28:19,659
This is really great. Thank you.

543
00:28:19,736 --> 00:28:23,179
I wish I had come
with something for you.

544
00:28:23,256 --> 00:28:26,418
Well, you know
what you could do?

545
00:28:26,495 --> 00:28:30,179
You could write me a letter.

546
00:28:30,255 --> 00:28:31,258
I could do that.

547
00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:32,539
Handwritten, I mean,

548
00:28:32,615 --> 00:28:33,858
like with a pen or something.

549
00:28:33,935 --> 00:28:36,298
Yeah, paper.

550
00:28:36,375 --> 00:28:38,459
Maybe seal it with some red wax.

551
00:28:38,535 --> 00:28:40,138
I could listen to
this while I'm writing.

552
00:28:40,215 --> 00:28:42,658
Right, it'll be like
full-on 17th century.

553
00:28:42,735 --> 00:28:44,777
Right, right.

554
00:28:44,854 --> 00:28:47,138
So I don't have your address.

555
00:28:47,214 --> 00:28:48,658
Oh, 108 is my P.O. Box,

556
00:28:48,734 --> 00:28:50,137
and you can figure
out the rest, right?

557
00:28:50,214 --> 00:28:51,497
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

558
00:28:51,574 --> 00:28:55,817
I also... I put my number
on the inside of the case.

559
00:28:55,894 --> 00:28:57,537
Yes, you did.

560
00:28:57,614 --> 00:28:59,097
You know, in case you ever...

561
00:28:59,174 --> 00:29:00,137
whatever.

562
00:29:00,213 --> 00:29:02,817
Yeah, right.

563
00:29:04,014 --> 00:29:07,457
- Well...
- Well...

564
00:29:07,533 --> 00:29:08,536
Yeah.

565
00:29:08,613 --> 00:29:10,053
- Bye.
- Bye.

566
00:29:19,173 --> 00:29:21,656
Professor Fairfield.

567
00:29:21,733 --> 00:29:24,456
Jesse Fisher.

568
00:29:24,532 --> 00:29:26,376
I...

569
00:29:26,452 --> 00:29:28,376
I took your British
Romantic literature class

570
00:29:28,453 --> 00:29:31,536
when I was here as a student.

571
00:29:31,613 --> 00:29:34,295
And?

572
00:29:34,372 --> 00:29:39,331
And I loved it.

573
00:29:45,611 --> 00:29:47,931
Great.

574
00:29:56,811 --> 00:29:59,170
Hey, Dean.

575
00:30:01,211 --> 00:30:02,774
I know it's bad for you.

576
00:30:02,851 --> 00:30:06,014
Just quit when you
graduate, like everyone else.

577
00:30:06,090 --> 00:30:07,613
Sweet ride.

578
00:30:07,690 --> 00:30:09,013
You jerk.

579
00:30:09,090 --> 00:30:10,614
It's a rental.

580
00:30:10,691 --> 00:30:13,813
I'm not the best at flying.

581
00:30:13,890 --> 00:30:14,974
I can understand that.

582
00:30:15,050 --> 00:30:15,973
Where you headed?

583
00:30:16,050 --> 00:30:17,133
Back to my dorm.

584
00:30:17,210 --> 00:30:19,329
Get in. I'll give you a lift.

585
00:30:29,850 --> 00:30:31,492
So you went here, right?

586
00:30:31,569 --> 00:30:32,533
I did.

587
00:30:32,609 --> 00:30:33,532
You liked it?

588
00:30:33,609 --> 00:30:35,092
A lot.

589
00:30:35,169 --> 00:30:37,172
I mean, you block out
the bad memories...

590
00:30:37,249 --> 00:30:40,012
writing a senior
thesis, February.

591
00:30:40,089 --> 00:30:41,692
Yeah, February here sucks.

592
00:30:41,769 --> 00:30:43,292
Yeah, it's horrible.

593
00:30:43,368 --> 00:30:47,892
So other than February,
things are good for you here?

594
00:30:47,969 --> 00:30:51,012
I wouldn't say that.

595
00:30:51,088 --> 00:30:55,487
You want to... you can
tell me about it if you want.

596
00:30:57,648 --> 00:31:00,851
Well it's not exactly a secret.

597
00:31:00,928 --> 00:31:07,091
Last year, I kind of
lost my mind a bit.

598
00:31:07,168 --> 00:31:08,530
I don't really
remember much of it,

599
00:31:08,607 --> 00:31:13,131
but apparently I got up to
some pretty amusing antics.

600
00:31:13,208 --> 00:31:17,811
So now they've got me
on this pretty heavy stuff,

601
00:31:17,887 --> 00:31:20,691
which I guess
allows me to function,

602
00:31:20,767 --> 00:31:24,050
but it also makes
everything seem underwater,

603
00:31:24,127 --> 00:31:26,970
which is not as
pleasant as it sounds.

604
00:31:27,047 --> 00:31:29,570
Why'd you come back?

605
00:31:29,647 --> 00:31:32,730
My mom's a nurse.

606
00:31:32,806 --> 00:31:34,810
She raised me on her own.

607
00:31:34,887 --> 00:31:37,169
I got a full ride.

608
00:31:37,246 --> 00:31:40,569
She's...

609
00:31:40,646 --> 00:31:42,845
so proud I'm here.

610
00:31:48,765 --> 00:31:51,205
Thanks for the lift.

611
00:33:01,242 --> 00:33:03,885
<i>"Dear Zibby, I can't
thank you enough"</i>

612
00:33:03,962 --> 00:33:06,645
<i>for introducing
me to this music.</i>

613
00:33:06,722 --> 00:33:08,244
<i>Beyond just genuinely loving it,</i>

614
00:33:08,321 --> 00:33:11,365
<i>I feel it's quietly altering my
feeling about New York City,</i>

615
00:33:11,442 --> 00:33:12,764
<i>with which I've always had</i>

616
00:33:12,841 --> 00:33:14,964
<i>a slightly conflicted
relationship.</i>

617
00:33:15,041 --> 00:33:17,525
<i>I've found that if you replace
the horns and the shouting</i>

618
00:33:17,601 --> 00:33:20,324
<i>with, say, Schubert or Telemann,</i>

619
00:33:20,401 --> 00:33:23,004
<i>the city becomes
unbearably beautiful.</i>

620
00:33:23,081 --> 00:33:26,284
<i>After years of thinly disguised
rage on both our parts,</i>

621
00:33:26,361 --> 00:33:29,804
<i>it's like the music has
mediated a truce between us.</i>

622
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,683
<i>Some early favorites.</i>

623
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,564
<i>Massenet's Meditation.</i>

624
00:33:33,641 --> 00:33:35,923
<i>If a more beautiful piece of
music has ever been composed,</i>

625
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,483
<i>I don't know it.</i>

626
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,043
<i>That Brandenburg
concerto is no joke,</i>

627
00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:43,239
<i>and I echo your sentiment
regarding Beethoven.</i>

628
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,163
<i>I have no idea</i>

629
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,323
<i>what the Vivaldi piece from
Giustino is actually about,</i>

630
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,203
<i>but to me, it
suggests deception,</i>

631
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,278
<i>some kind of elegant
double-crossing.</i>

632
00:33:58,758 --> 00:34:00,962
<i>It makes me feel
like I'm a double agent</i>

633
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:04,238
<i>knee deep in some
kind of sexy espionage.</i>

634
00:34:10,399 --> 00:34:12,802
<i>I've decided the Wagner
overture you included</i>

635
00:34:12,879 --> 00:34:14,562
<i>should come with
a warning label.</i>

636
00:34:14,638 --> 00:34:16,681
<i>According to some
quick online research,</i>

637
00:34:16,758 --> 00:34:18,081
<i>the opera deals
with the struggle</i>

638
00:34:18,158 --> 00:34:20,241
<i>between sacred and profane love,</i>

639
00:34:20,318 --> 00:34:24,121
<i>which is arguably the
only struggle there is.</i>

640
00:34:24,198 --> 00:34:26,481
<i>The other day, I was
crossing the street,</i>

641
00:34:26,558 --> 00:34:27,921
<i>lost in my head about something,</i>

642
00:34:27,997 --> 00:34:30,520
<i>a not uncommon state of affairs.</i>

643
00:34:30,597 --> 00:34:32,160
<i>I was listening to the overture,</i>

644
00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:33,840
<i>and as the music began to swell,</i>

645
00:34:33,917 --> 00:34:40,440
<i>I suddenly realized that I
had hands and legs and a torso</i>

646
00:34:40,517 --> 00:34:43,276
<i>and that I was surrounded
by people and cars.</i>

647
00:35:01,636 --> 00:35:04,119
<i>It's hard to explain
exactly what happened.</i>

648
00:35:04,195 --> 00:35:07,039
<i>But I felt in that
moment that the divine,</i>

649
00:35:07,116 --> 00:35:10,239
<i>however we may choose
to define such a thing,</i>

650
00:35:10,316 --> 00:35:13,119
<i>surely dwells as much in
the concrete and taxicabs</i>

651
00:35:13,196 --> 00:35:15,958
<i>as it does in the rivers,
lakes, and mountains.</i>

652
00:35:16,035 --> 00:35:20,438
<i>Grace, I realized, is neither
time-nor place-dependent.</i>

653
00:35:20,515 --> 00:35:23,278
<i>All we need is the
right soundtrack.</i>

654
00:35:23,355 --> 00:35:26,118
<i>I suppose this new
infusion of music in my life is,</i>

655
00:35:26,195 --> 00:35:28,278
<i>at the very least,
making me reconsider</i>

656
00:35:28,354 --> 00:35:30,153
<i>"my hostility to
dead, white males".</i>

657
00:35:31,274 --> 00:35:33,158
<i>"And I've you
to thank for that."</i>

658
00:35:33,235 --> 00:35:35,117
<i>How's things, by the way?</i>

659
00:35:35,194 --> 00:35:38,997
<i>"Your friend, Jesse Fisher".</i>

660
00:35:39,074 --> 00:35:42,477
<i>Jesse, things is good.</i>

661
00:35:42,554 --> 00:35:44,837
<i>So happy you're
loving the music.</i>

662
00:35:44,913 --> 00:35:46,837
<i>I felt my whole
life got an upgrade</i>

663
00:35:46,914 --> 00:35:48,517
<i>when I took that class.</i>

664
00:35:48,594 --> 00:35:50,237
<i>The thing that floors me most</i>

665
00:35:50,313 --> 00:35:53,476
<i>is that human beings
wrote that music.</i>

666
00:35:53,553 --> 00:35:56,317
<i>Are people writing
music like that nowadays?</i>

667
00:35:56,393 --> 00:35:58,596
<i>If they are, I don't
know about it.</i>

668
00:35:58,673 --> 00:36:00,676
<i>I hope you've fallen
in love with the piece</i>

669
00:36:00,753 --> 00:36:02,636
<i>from Cosi fan tutte.</i>

670
00:36:02,713 --> 00:36:05,796
<i>I find that when I listen
to it, for some reason,</i>

671
00:36:05,873 --> 00:36:09,556
<i>everyone I see becomes
instantly more attractive.</i>

672
00:36:09,632 --> 00:36:12,831
<i>"Please experiment with
it and get back to me".</i>

673
00:36:41,991 --> 00:36:46,394
<i>"Elizabeth, you were right
about the Mozart piece."</i>

674
00:36:46,471 --> 00:36:48,753
<i>It somehow made everyone
in New York look like</i>

675
00:36:48,830 --> 00:36:51,149
<i>a viable romantic partner.</i>

676
00:36:53,390 --> 00:36:55,714
<i>I can't escape it any longer.</i>

677
00:36:55,791 --> 00:36:58,513
<i>I think I like opera.</i>

678
00:36:58,590 --> 00:37:01,953
<i>You are never to
tell anyone this, ever.</i>

679
00:37:02,030 --> 00:37:03,709
<i>"Seriously".</i>

680
00:37:05,470 --> 00:37:07,233
<i>"Your opera secret
is safe with me."</i>

681
00:37:07,310 --> 00:37:08,993
<i>I've been relistening
to the music</i>

682
00:37:09,070 --> 00:37:10,552
<i>after each of your letters.</i>

683
00:37:10,629 --> 00:37:13,513
<i>I like hearing your take
and then revisiting them.</i>

684
00:37:13,589 --> 00:37:15,752
<i>And even though
Pennsylvania stands between us,</i>

685
00:37:15,829 --> 00:37:17,392
<i>knowing we're hearing
the same sounds</i>

686
00:37:17,469 --> 00:37:20,992
<i>makes me feel you
are not all that far away.</i>

687
00:37:21,069 --> 00:37:26,272
<i>If I haven't been clear
about this, I miss you.</i>

688
00:37:26,349 --> 00:37:29,392
<i>Don't really know why.</i>

689
00:37:29,468 --> 00:37:31,992
<i>I barely know you.</i>

690
00:37:32,068 --> 00:37:34,792
<i>By the way, handwritten letters?</i>

691
00:37:34,869 --> 00:37:36,032
<i>Greatest thing in the world.</i>

692
00:37:36,109 --> 00:37:37,787
<i>"Keep them coming".</i>

693
00:37:41,628 --> 00:37:44,991
<i>"You asked why music like
this isn't being written today."</i>

694
00:37:45,067 --> 00:37:47,671
<i>I wonder if these composers
were expressing things musically</i>

695
00:37:47,748 --> 00:37:49,831
<i>"that are too large for
our current psychic state..."</i>

696
00:37:49,907 --> 00:37:51,871
<i>"Anyway, all is fine here.</i>

697
00:37:51,947 --> 00:37:53,630
<i>College continues
colleging along..."</i>

698
00:37:53,707 --> 00:37:55,710
<i>"Massenet's
Meditation, for instance,"</i>

699
00:37:55,787 --> 00:37:57,951
<i>and I worry that
my nervous system</i>

700
00:37:58,027 --> 00:38:00,590
<i>"is ill-equipped to contain
such immensity of feeling".</i>

701
00:38:00,666 --> 00:38:02,630
<i>"I bet if we went
here at the same time,</i>

702
00:38:02,707 --> 00:38:04,030
<i>we'd have been great friends".</i>

703
00:38:04,106 --> 00:38:06,030
<i>"Will this music be
the death of me?"</i>

704
00:38:06,107 --> 00:38:09,910
<i>If so, you'll have blood
on your hands, Elizabeth.</i>

705
00:38:09,987 --> 00:38:12,105
<i>"Can you deal with that?"</i>

706
00:38:15,066 --> 00:38:18,309
<i>"Jesse, as much as
I love these letters,"</i>

707
00:38:18,386 --> 00:38:20,309
<i>I'd like to see you again.</i>

708
00:38:20,386 --> 00:38:21,629
<i>The sooner, the better.</i>

709
00:38:21,706 --> 00:38:25,389
<i>So come back here and see me.</i>

710
00:38:25,466 --> 00:38:28,428
<i>The dudes here continue
to be 18 to 22 years old,</i>

711
00:38:28,505 --> 00:38:30,189
<i>and they continue
to act their age.</i>

712
00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:36,108
<i>I'd like a gentleman caller,
and I'd like him to be you.</i>

713
00:38:36,185 --> 00:38:39,264
<i>"Ever yours, Zibby".</i>

714
00:39:58,701 --> 00:40:02,784
<i>"Dear Elizabeth, I've decided
to take you up on your offer."</i>

715
00:40:02,860 --> 00:40:05,784
<i>I'll be getting in on the
14th and staying at the inn,</i>

716
00:40:05,861 --> 00:40:09,783
<i>but I will be available for
walks, strolls, saunters,</i>

717
00:40:09,860 --> 00:40:11,624
<i>ambles, and promenades.</i>

718
00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:13,144
<i>Looking forward to it.</i>

719
00:40:13,220 --> 00:40:14,659
<i>"Jesse Fisher".</i>

720
00:40:42,699 --> 00:40:44,902
So, Bob...

721
00:40:44,978 --> 00:40:48,822
I've been asking myself a
lot of tough questions lately.

722
00:40:48,899 --> 00:40:50,822
Everybody knows I
made a whole stink

723
00:40:50,898 --> 00:40:52,942
about leaving this place,
you know, how it's time...

724
00:40:53,019 --> 00:40:53,981
How if you'd look back,

725
00:40:54,058 --> 00:40:56,261
you'd turn into
a pillar of salt.

726
00:40:56,338 --> 00:40:58,097
Yeah, all that. That's...

727
00:41:00,698 --> 00:41:03,817
I think I may have
spoken too soon.

728
00:41:06,497 --> 00:41:09,541
I think... I think I still got a
little gas in the tank is all.

729
00:41:09,618 --> 00:41:10,901
I just...

730
00:41:10,978 --> 00:41:13,501
Well, Peter, you have no
bigger fan around here than me.

731
00:41:13,577 --> 00:41:15,780
Thank you.

732
00:41:15,857 --> 00:41:19,060
When you announced your plans,
we were all sad to see you go,

733
00:41:19,137 --> 00:41:20,500
but you insisted
that it was time.

734
00:41:20,577 --> 00:41:22,980
Right, which I thought it was.

735
00:41:23,057 --> 00:41:25,940
We hired someone,

736
00:41:26,017 --> 00:41:28,140
young guy out of UVA.

737
00:41:28,217 --> 00:41:30,460
Very impressive candidate.

738
00:41:30,536 --> 00:41:32,660
He was our first
choice, actually.

739
00:41:32,736 --> 00:41:35,539
We didn't think we
would get him, but we did.

740
00:41:35,616 --> 00:41:38,900
You said you wanted
nothing to do with the search.

741
00:41:38,976 --> 00:41:41,339
Right, right. No, I...

742
00:41:41,416 --> 00:41:44,339
I just...

743
00:41:44,416 --> 00:41:46,379
I just didn't think it
would move so fast.

744
00:41:46,456 --> 00:41:50,178
Well, there was unanimous
enthusiasm for the candidate,

745
00:41:50,255 --> 00:41:53,734
so things just moved
along faster than normal.

746
00:41:55,655 --> 00:41:57,618
Bob.

747
00:41:57,695 --> 00:41:58,698
Give me this one.

748
00:41:58,775 --> 00:42:02,498
Peter, we can't.

749
00:42:02,574 --> 00:42:04,378
The department has
spent thousands of dollars

750
00:42:04,455 --> 00:42:05,458
on this search.

751
00:42:05,535 --> 00:42:07,138
He's turned down other offers.

752
00:42:07,215 --> 00:42:08,978
You know what goes
into this sort of thing.

753
00:42:09,054 --> 00:42:11,898
I hired you, Bob.

754
00:42:11,974 --> 00:42:14,013
You don't have to
tell me how this w...

755
00:42:15,894 --> 00:42:17,497
And let me tell you,

756
00:42:17,574 --> 00:42:21,617
there was not unanimous
enthusiasm for you back then.

757
00:42:21,694 --> 00:42:23,217
It took a lot of
arm-twisting on my part

758
00:42:23,293 --> 00:42:25,536
to get people to come around.

759
00:42:25,613 --> 00:42:29,617
And now, 20 years
later, the only reason

760
00:42:29,694 --> 00:42:31,697
that you're the chairman
of this goddamn department

761
00:42:31,774 --> 00:42:33,297
is 'cause I loathe politics!

762
00:42:33,373 --> 00:42:36,772
And you, for reasons which
I cannot fathom, do not.

763
00:42:39,013 --> 00:42:42,732
In fact, you seem to
have a real taste for it.

764
00:42:54,533 --> 00:42:56,732
I'm asking...

765
00:43:00,252 --> 00:43:01,855
I'm asking a favor.

766
00:43:01,932 --> 00:43:03,055
Listen.

767
00:43:03,132 --> 00:43:06,135
Just give me this
one, Bob, okay?

768
00:43:06,211 --> 00:43:08,491
I need three more years.

769
00:43:11,291 --> 00:43:13,775
I'm sorry.

770
00:43:13,852 --> 00:43:15,931
There's nothing I can do.

771
00:43:31,090 --> 00:43:32,174
Oh,

772
00:43:32,251 --> 00:43:33,693
Jesse, you remember
Vanessa, right?

773
00:43:33,770 --> 00:43:36,333
- Yeah, - You're back.

774
00:43:36,410 --> 00:43:37,489
Yeah.

775
00:43:40,450 --> 00:43:42,333
So I should...

776
00:43:42,409 --> 00:43:46,248
yeah, I got some stuff to do.

777
00:43:51,290 --> 00:43:53,212
So this is your room.

778
00:43:53,289 --> 00:43:54,292
Yeah. Fancy?

779
00:43:54,369 --> 00:43:55,372
Yeah.

780
00:43:55,449 --> 00:43:57,253
Forgot how small these are.

781
00:43:57,329 --> 00:43:58,848
Good training for
living in New York.

782
00:44:00,889 --> 00:44:02,772
So are you gonna
see Professor Hoberg

783
00:44:02,848 --> 00:44:04,492
while you're here?

784
00:44:04,569 --> 00:44:06,167
You know, probably not.

785
00:44:07,528 --> 00:44:10,012
And, you know, if
you... if you run into him,

786
00:44:10,089 --> 00:44:11,691
maybe don't
mention that I'm here.

787
00:44:11,768 --> 00:44:15,372
Okay.

788
00:44:15,449 --> 00:44:18,652
Do you want to sit?

789
00:44:18,728 --> 00:44:21,087
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

790
00:44:27,648 --> 00:44:28,970
So I should tell you,

791
00:44:29,047 --> 00:44:31,211
I feel a little weird
about being here.

792
00:44:31,287 --> 00:44:32,570
Why? Don't.

793
00:44:32,647 --> 00:44:34,411
Well, I don't know
if you know this,

794
00:44:34,488 --> 00:44:37,451
but I'm a few years
older than you.

795
00:44:37,528 --> 00:44:38,850
You are?

796
00:44:38,927 --> 00:44:40,331
Just a few, yeah,

797
00:44:40,407 --> 00:44:41,971
and I'm not
necessarily saying...

798
00:44:42,047 --> 00:44:43,530
I don't want to get
ahead of myself here.

799
00:44:43,607 --> 00:44:44,610
It's just...

800
00:44:44,686 --> 00:44:45,890
Oh, wait, sorry.

801
00:44:45,967 --> 00:44:49,846
You... did you think this
was, like, a romantic thing?

802
00:44:53,046 --> 00:44:54,366
Just kidding.

803
00:44:55,606 --> 00:44:56,849
Oh, my...

804
00:44:56,926 --> 00:44:58,965
Come here.

805
00:45:05,685 --> 00:45:08,849
Try not to overthink
things, okay?

806
00:45:08,926 --> 00:45:10,248
You're talking to the wrong guy.

807
00:45:10,325 --> 00:45:13,408
Well, look.

808
00:45:13,485 --> 00:45:15,368
We connect really
well, don't you think?

809
00:45:15,445 --> 00:45:18,049
We do, yeah.

810
00:45:18,126 --> 00:45:20,288
I just can't figure out if it's
because you're advanced

811
00:45:20,365 --> 00:45:22,289
or because I'm stunted.

812
00:45:22,365 --> 00:45:24,688
It's because I'm advanced.

813
00:45:24,765 --> 00:45:26,408
Maybe.

814
00:45:26,485 --> 00:45:28,924
But I'm also a little stunted.

815
00:45:32,085 --> 00:45:34,768
Look, I want to take
things slowly, okay?

816
00:45:34,845 --> 00:45:36,447
Yeah,

817
00:45:36,524 --> 00:45:38,888
Me too. Me too.

818
00:45:38,964 --> 00:45:41,447
But I would like to kiss you

819
00:45:41,524 --> 00:45:43,603
on your forehead.

820
00:45:44,883 --> 00:45:46,522
Can I kiss you on your forehead?

821
00:45:47,884 --> 00:45:48,847
Say yes.

822
00:45:48,924 --> 00:45:50,563
Yes.

823
00:45:57,443 --> 00:45:59,126
And your chin?

824
00:45:59,203 --> 00:46:00,562
May I kiss your chin?

825
00:46:18,162 --> 00:46:19,165
Sorry. Hi, sorry.

826
00:46:19,242 --> 00:46:21,521
Just need to grab something.

827
00:46:27,762 --> 00:46:29,485
Roommates.

828
00:46:29,562 --> 00:46:32,205
Can we... are you hungry?

829
00:46:32,282 --> 00:46:33,445
I could eat.

830
00:46:33,522 --> 00:46:34,724
Yeah?

831
00:46:34,801 --> 00:46:37,244
Maybe we could go into
town and grab something?

832
00:46:37,321 --> 00:46:38,284
That'll take too long.

833
00:46:38,361 --> 00:46:40,440
I have class at 2:00.

834
00:46:41,721 --> 00:46:46,479
But I know a place that's
good and even closer.

835
00:47:16,439 --> 00:47:18,158
Hey, Dean.

836
00:47:20,799 --> 00:47:22,522
You get a job here?

837
00:47:22,599 --> 00:47:23,562
I wish.

838
00:47:23,639 --> 00:47:25,482
Hey, I seem to
have lost my friend.

839
00:47:25,558 --> 00:47:26,718
You mind if I...

840
00:47:31,038 --> 00:47:33,001
What are you working on?

841
00:47:33,078 --> 00:47:36,761
Yeah, it's this...

842
00:47:36,838 --> 00:47:38,401
novel.

843
00:47:38,478 --> 00:47:39,682
Good for you.

844
00:47:39,758 --> 00:47:40,721
I guess.

845
00:47:40,798 --> 00:47:41,762
You happy with it?

846
00:47:41,838 --> 00:47:42,957
Not really.

847
00:47:46,797 --> 00:47:48,001
How you been? Any better?

848
00:47:48,078 --> 00:47:50,401
No.

849
00:47:50,478 --> 00:47:52,640
I kind of just wish
this would all be over

850
00:47:52,717 --> 00:47:54,116
as soon as possible.

851
00:47:57,157 --> 00:48:00,116
Why did you love
it here so much?

852
00:48:04,237 --> 00:48:07,559
It's the only time you
get to do this, you know?

853
00:48:07,636 --> 00:48:09,759
You get to sit around
and read books all day,

854
00:48:09,836 --> 00:48:12,799
have really great
conversations about ideas.

855
00:48:12,876 --> 00:48:16,879
People out in the world,
they're not really doing that.

856
00:48:16,956 --> 00:48:18,200
Think about it.

857
00:48:18,276 --> 00:48:20,280
You could go up to everyone
here and say, "I'm a poet",

858
00:48:20,356 --> 00:48:23,079
and no one will
punch you in the face.

859
00:48:23,156 --> 00:48:25,439
I mean, that's something.

860
00:48:25,516 --> 00:48:26,959
Yeah.

861
00:48:27,036 --> 00:48:30,239
I get that.

862
00:48:30,315 --> 00:48:32,559
I just can't get around the fact

863
00:48:32,635 --> 00:48:36,558
that I'm, like,
aggressively unhappy here.

864
00:48:36,635 --> 00:48:38,119
Jesse.

865
00:48:38,195 --> 00:48:40,074
Jesse!

866
00:48:48,595 --> 00:48:52,473
That's my number, if
you ever want to talk.

867
00:49:18,753 --> 00:49:20,596
Please tell me
this is Vanessa's.

868
00:49:20,673 --> 00:49:22,636
Nope, that's mine.

869
00:49:22,713 --> 00:49:23,836
Wait, you actually read this?

870
00:49:23,913 --> 00:49:24,916
Yeah.

871
00:49:24,992 --> 00:49:26,156
All of it?

872
00:49:26,232 --> 00:49:27,356
Yep.

873
00:49:27,433 --> 00:49:29,956
Unironically?

874
00:49:30,033 --> 00:49:32,956
Very sincerely.

875
00:49:33,033 --> 00:49:35,551
What is it with you
girls and vampires?

876
00:49:37,033 --> 00:49:38,395
What's it about?

877
00:49:38,472 --> 00:49:39,635
Vampires.

878
00:49:39,712 --> 00:49:42,235
No, what's it about?

879
00:49:42,312 --> 00:49:43,355
Vampires.

880
00:49:43,432 --> 00:49:45,275
I don't understand. Is it good?

881
00:49:45,352 --> 00:49:46,275
No.

882
00:49:46,352 --> 00:49:48,475
I mean, yeah. But no.

883
00:49:48,552 --> 00:49:49,435
Well, then why read it?

884
00:49:49,512 --> 00:49:50,715
'Cause I like it.

885
00:49:50,791 --> 00:49:53,235
That's no reason
to read something.

886
00:49:53,311 --> 00:49:55,475
Why else would
you read something?

887
00:49:55,552 --> 00:49:56,594
Seriously.

888
00:49:56,671 --> 00:49:58,834
Many amazing books in the world.

889
00:49:58,911 --> 00:50:00,194
Why would you read this?

890
00:50:00,271 --> 00:50:02,554
Okay, I hate this conversation.

891
00:50:02,631 --> 00:50:03,994
Can we stop?

892
00:50:04,070 --> 00:50:05,274
Wait, this is a trilogy, right?

893
00:50:05,351 --> 00:50:07,914
I'm afraid to answer that.

894
00:50:07,991 --> 00:50:09,674
You've read three of these?

895
00:50:09,751 --> 00:50:10,914
Have you ever read one of them?

896
00:50:10,991 --> 00:50:12,274
What do you think?

897
00:50:12,350 --> 00:50:15,074
How can you hate something
if you've never read it?

898
00:50:15,151 --> 00:50:18,474
I mean, isn't that like what
repressive regimes do?

899
00:50:18,550 --> 00:50:20,473
You want to burn
books you don't like?

900
00:50:20,550 --> 00:50:22,793
You're right. You know
what I'm gonna do?

901
00:50:22,870 --> 00:50:24,633
I'm gonna read
this book, all of it.

902
00:50:24,710 --> 00:50:26,593
And then we can discuss it.

903
00:50:26,670 --> 00:50:28,593
- Right now?
- Yeah, why not?

904
00:50:28,670 --> 00:50:30,513
I mean, how long
can it take, really?

905
00:50:30,589 --> 00:50:33,548
This is great, a
little book club.

906
00:50:35,349 --> 00:50:36,713
Seriously?

907
00:50:36,789 --> 00:50:38,472
Yup.

908
00:50:38,549 --> 00:50:40,388
See ya soon.

909
00:51:14,427 --> 00:51:17,071
Oh, no, this isn't what it...

910
00:51:17,148 --> 00:51:18,870
I'm reading it as a dare.

911
00:51:18,947 --> 00:51:21,666
It's a bet, actually.

912
00:51:23,907 --> 00:51:26,106
I loved your class!

913
00:51:55,546 --> 00:51:56,789
Should I start?

914
00:51:56,865 --> 00:51:58,548
Please.

915
00:52:00,625 --> 00:52:02,828
I liked it.

916
00:52:02,905 --> 00:52:05,108
It was fun and stupid.

917
00:52:05,185 --> 00:52:06,668
And it passed the time.

918
00:52:06,745 --> 00:52:09,868
And it's not Tolstoy, but
it's also not television.

919
00:52:09,945 --> 00:52:12,868
And it made me happy.

920
00:52:12,945 --> 00:52:14,943
Now you.

921
00:52:16,385 --> 00:52:19,103
Thank you.

922
00:52:20,744 --> 00:52:22,667
This...

923
00:52:22,744 --> 00:52:24,787
is the worst book

924
00:52:24,864 --> 00:52:27,426
ever written

925
00:52:27,503 --> 00:52:29,626
in English.

926
00:52:29,703 --> 00:52:33,987
So there are worse books
written in other languages?

927
00:52:34,064 --> 00:52:35,587
Probably not,

928
00:52:35,663 --> 00:52:38,067
unless this book is translated
into other languages.

929
00:52:38,143 --> 00:52:39,666
Okay, we really...

930
00:52:39,743 --> 00:52:40,746
we don't need to do this.

931
00:52:40,823 --> 00:52:42,266
No, please, let's.

932
00:52:42,343 --> 00:52:45,306
I need to know how
you read these...

933
00:52:45,383 --> 00:52:47,866
I guess you call
them sentences...

934
00:52:47,942 --> 00:52:50,065
close the book,
and feel anything

935
00:52:50,142 --> 00:52:51,146
other than offended and sad?

936
00:52:51,223 --> 00:52:52,466
Well, millions
of people like it.

937
00:52:52,543 --> 00:52:54,185
So when millions of
people like something,

938
00:52:54,262 --> 00:52:55,305
that means it's good?

939
00:52:55,382 --> 00:52:56,866
No, it means millions
of people like it.

940
00:52:56,942 --> 00:53:00,026
These books make people happy.

941
00:53:00,102 --> 00:53:02,265
We don't always have to
be thinking about poli-sci

942
00:53:02,342 --> 00:53:04,465
or reading Chaucer,
which, by the way, I hated.

943
00:53:04,541 --> 00:53:06,265
You're not supposed to like it.

944
00:53:06,341 --> 00:53:07,861
But then why read it?

945
00:53:08,941 --> 00:53:10,224
You love college so much, right?

946
00:53:10,301 --> 00:53:12,544
Isn't it all about understanding
different points of view?

947
00:53:12,621 --> 00:53:14,224
It's also about
developing taste.

948
00:53:14,301 --> 00:53:15,984
That was snobby. You're a snob.

949
00:53:16,061 --> 00:53:17,104
No, I'm not.

950
00:53:17,181 --> 00:53:18,224
Yes, you are.

951
00:53:18,301 --> 00:53:19,665
You think it's
cool to hate things.

952
00:53:19,741 --> 00:53:21,425
And it's not. It's boring.

953
00:53:21,501 --> 00:53:22,624
Talk about what you love,

954
00:53:22,701 --> 00:53:24,465
and keep quiet
about what you don't.

955
00:53:24,541 --> 00:53:26,504
Look, I know how this
sounds, but trust me.

956
00:53:26,581 --> 00:53:28,144
This is a big deal, okay?

957
00:53:28,221 --> 00:53:29,544
This country is in bad shape,

958
00:53:29,621 --> 00:53:32,023
and it has to do,
in large part, I think,

959
00:53:32,100 --> 00:53:34,943
with people liking things
that are very, very bad.

960
00:53:35,020 --> 00:53:36,703
But according to you.

961
00:53:36,780 --> 00:53:38,984
Why are you the one who gets
to decide what's good and bad?

962
00:53:39,060 --> 00:53:40,624
And do you only want
to surround yourself

963
00:53:40,700 --> 00:53:42,463
with people who've read
the same books as you?

964
00:53:42,540 --> 00:53:45,659
I guess we're gonna have to
move on to a specific example...

965
00:53:48,260 --> 00:53:49,623
Where are you?

966
00:53:49,699 --> 00:53:50,863
What do you mean?

967
00:53:50,939 --> 00:53:52,783
I mean, you are somewhere,

968
00:53:52,859 --> 00:53:54,063
but it's not here.

969
00:53:54,140 --> 00:53:56,663
No, I'm... I'm here.

970
00:53:56,739 --> 00:53:58,863
So why are we
spending all our time

971
00:53:58,939 --> 00:54:01,378
having a stupid
argument about a book?

972
00:54:13,779 --> 00:54:14,701
Hey, Peter.

973
00:54:14,778 --> 00:54:16,537
Zibby.

974
00:54:28,217 --> 00:54:29,620
Peter.

975
00:54:29,697 --> 00:54:30,777
Peter.

976
00:54:32,217 --> 00:54:34,177
What the hell are
you doing here?

977
00:54:36,177 --> 00:54:37,816
I don't know.

978
00:54:43,457 --> 00:54:46,020
You know how old I am?

979
00:54:46,097 --> 00:54:47,300
No, how old are you?

980
00:54:47,377 --> 00:54:49,260
It's none of your
goddamn business.

981
00:54:49,336 --> 00:54:53,219
Do you know how
old I feel like I am?

982
00:54:53,296 --> 00:54:55,819
19.

983
00:54:55,896 --> 00:54:59,979
Since I was 19, I
have never felt not 19.

984
00:55:00,056 --> 00:55:03,659
But I shave my face,
and I look in the mirror,

985
00:55:03,736 --> 00:55:04,939
and I'm forced to say,

986
00:55:05,016 --> 00:55:08,055
"This is not a 19-year-old
staring back at me".

987
00:55:10,376 --> 00:55:13,139
Teaching here all these years,

988
00:55:13,215 --> 00:55:16,298
I've had to be very
clear with myself

989
00:55:16,375 --> 00:55:18,498
that even though I'm
surrounded by 19-year-olds

990
00:55:18,575 --> 00:55:20,938
and I may have felt 19,

991
00:55:21,015 --> 00:55:23,138
I'm not 19 anymore.

992
00:55:23,215 --> 00:55:25,054
You follow me?

993
00:55:26,815 --> 00:55:28,413
Yeah.

994
00:55:29,575 --> 00:55:33,458
Nobody feels like an adult.

995
00:55:33,534 --> 00:55:35,774
It's the world's dirty secret.

996
00:55:47,254 --> 00:55:50,536
How perfect is the universe?

997
00:55:50,613 --> 00:55:52,856
You're still here?

998
00:55:52,933 --> 00:55:54,617
Lucky for you,

999
00:55:54,694 --> 00:55:58,292
'cause you look like
you could use a friend.

1000
00:56:02,613 --> 00:56:05,136
Did you know there's so many
preservatives in the food we eat

1001
00:56:05,213 --> 00:56:06,776
that they're finding
it's taking longer

1002
00:56:06,853 --> 00:56:10,736
for our bodies to
decompose once we die?

1003
00:56:10,812 --> 00:56:11,976
No way. Really?

1004
00:56:12,052 --> 00:56:15,091
Preservatives,
man. It's messed up.

1005
00:56:18,332 --> 00:56:19,655
Want some good news?

1006
00:56:19,732 --> 00:56:22,056
Please.

1007
00:56:22,132 --> 00:56:25,055
Caterpillars... give me my hat.

1008
00:56:25,132 --> 00:56:27,735
They're just
scooting along, right,

1009
00:56:27,812 --> 00:56:29,614
being caterpillars.

1010
00:56:29,691 --> 00:56:32,575
At some point, these cells
show up called imaginal cells.

1011
00:56:32,652 --> 00:56:34,215
Scientists don't know
where they come from

1012
00:56:34,291 --> 00:56:35,495
or why they appear,

1013
00:56:35,572 --> 00:56:38,734
but these imaginal cells
show up inside the caterpillar

1014
00:56:38,811 --> 00:56:40,614
and say, "Get
psyched, caterpillar!"

1015
00:56:40,691 --> 00:56:43,090
It's butterfly-turning-into
time".

1016
00:56:44,370 --> 00:56:46,174
And what do all the
other caterpillar cells do

1017
00:56:46,251 --> 00:56:48,094
when these imaginal
cells show up?

1018
00:56:48,171 --> 00:56:49,614
I have no idea.

1019
00:56:49,691 --> 00:56:50,694
They attack 'em!

1020
00:56:50,771 --> 00:56:52,294
Try to kill 'em!

1021
00:56:52,370 --> 00:56:55,174
They're like, "Screw
you, imaginal cells."

1022
00:56:55,250 --> 00:56:56,894
We're happy being a caterpillar.

1023
00:56:56,971 --> 00:56:58,573
"Get lost!"

1024
00:56:58,650 --> 00:57:02,494
But eventually, the
imaginal cells keep growing

1025
00:57:02,570 --> 00:57:05,254
and overtake the
destiny of the caterpillar

1026
00:57:05,330 --> 00:57:07,493
and will it into this cocoon.

1027
00:57:07,569 --> 00:57:09,293
And then guess
what happens next.

1028
00:57:09,370 --> 00:57:12,132
The caterpillar
turns into a butterfly.

1029
00:57:12,209 --> 00:57:15,012
The caterpillar
turns into a butterfly.

1030
00:57:15,089 --> 00:57:16,132
That's awesome.

1031
00:57:16,209 --> 00:57:17,413
I know it is!

1032
00:57:17,489 --> 00:57:19,052
Yeah, that's good.

1033
00:57:19,129 --> 00:57:23,372
And that is why there
is no reason to be afraid,

1034
00:57:23,448 --> 00:57:27,212
because everything is

1035
00:57:27,288 --> 00:57:30,972
Yeah, I don't know
if I believe that.

1036
00:57:31,049 --> 00:57:35,092
It has to be true.

1037
00:57:35,168 --> 00:57:37,807
There can be no other way.

1038
00:57:41,408 --> 00:57:43,771
You know, I'm not
even sure if you're real.

1039
00:57:43,848 --> 00:57:45,491
I mean, seriously.

1040
00:57:45,568 --> 00:57:48,371
It's all true, brother.

1041
00:57:48,448 --> 00:57:49,967
Whatever you believe.

1042
00:57:51,808 --> 00:57:52,931
What is that?

1043
00:57:53,008 --> 00:57:53,931
What are you drinking?

1044
00:57:54,008 --> 00:57:56,330
H to the 2 to the O.

1045
00:57:56,407 --> 00:57:57,810
You should have some.

1046
00:57:57,887 --> 00:58:00,047
Got to stay hydrated.

1047
00:58:01,607 --> 00:58:03,286
All right.

1048
00:58:10,847 --> 00:58:13,766
Oh, thanks.

1049
00:58:30,005 --> 00:58:32,164
You with me, bro?

1050
00:58:33,725 --> 00:58:36,969
Yeah.

1051
00:58:37,045 --> 00:58:40,888
I like you, Nat.

1052
00:58:40,965 --> 00:58:44,008
Thanks for being my friend.

1053
00:58:44,084 --> 00:58:46,208
Easiest thing in the world.

1054
00:58:46,284 --> 00:58:49,408
I enjoyed this.

1055
00:58:49,485 --> 00:58:51,404
I'm off.

1056
00:58:54,364 --> 00:58:55,883
You go get her, man.

1057
00:59:05,364 --> 00:59:09,247
Be love, man.

1058
00:59:09,323 --> 00:59:10,722
Be love!

1059
00:59:21,923 --> 00:59:23,526
You seem happy.

1060
00:59:23,603 --> 00:59:25,566
I am.

1061
00:59:25,642 --> 00:59:27,806
What happened?

1062
00:59:27,883 --> 00:59:29,805
I don't know.

1063
00:59:29,882 --> 00:59:32,086
Something.

1064
00:59:32,163 --> 00:59:34,126
Can I tell you some things?

1065
00:59:34,202 --> 00:59:35,406
Yeah, yeah, sure.

1066
00:59:35,483 --> 00:59:39,246
Okay, well, except
for the book thing,

1067
00:59:39,322 --> 00:59:42,925
which was genuinely
super annoying,

1068
00:59:43,002 --> 00:59:48,285
I... I feel really
good about you.

1069
00:59:48,362 --> 00:59:53,885
It's been a while since I
felt that way about someone.

1070
00:59:53,962 --> 00:59:57,365
And I like it.

1071
00:59:57,442 --> 00:59:59,724
Yeah, me too.

1072
00:59:59,801 --> 01:00:02,960
I want you to stay
here with me tonight.

1073
01:00:04,601 --> 01:00:06,684
You have a roommate.

1074
01:00:06,761 --> 01:00:10,120
She's sleeping elsewhere.

1075
01:00:13,400 --> 01:00:14,799
So will you stay here?

1076
01:00:17,441 --> 01:00:19,004
Yes.

1077
01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:21,604
Good.

1078
01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:23,399
But I have to tell
you something.

1079
01:00:27,560 --> 01:00:31,323
This... it would be my...

1080
01:00:31,400 --> 01:00:33,958
first time.

1081
01:00:37,039 --> 01:00:39,802
But I want to.

1082
01:00:39,879 --> 01:00:42,078
With you.

1083
01:00:48,119 --> 01:00:49,761
I have to...

1084
01:00:49,838 --> 01:00:51,001
hold on.

1085
01:00:51,078 --> 01:00:53,601
I'll... I'll be back
in a second, okay?

1086
01:01:22,237 --> 01:01:23,520
I should never
have told you that.

1087
01:01:23,597 --> 01:01:25,040
No, no, it's good.

1088
01:01:25,117 --> 01:01:29,640
I'm... I'm glad you did.

1089
01:01:29,717 --> 01:01:31,920
So is that a problem?

1090
01:01:31,997 --> 01:01:35,240
Well, yeah, it is.

1091
01:01:35,317 --> 01:01:37,315
Why?

1092
01:01:38,476 --> 01:01:41,280
Okay, well, first
of all, I'm 35.

1093
01:01:41,356 --> 01:01:43,119
- You don't look it.
- Thank you.

1094
01:01:43,196 --> 01:01:44,279
Plus, it doesn't bother me.

1095
01:01:44,356 --> 01:01:45,560
Well, it bothers me.

1096
01:01:45,636 --> 01:01:46,679
Well, it shouldn't.

1097
01:01:46,755 --> 01:01:49,639
Age is a stupid
thing to obsess over.

1098
01:01:49,716 --> 01:01:51,999
What if reincarnation is real?

1099
01:01:52,076 --> 01:01:53,439
Think about that.

1100
01:01:53,515 --> 01:01:56,759
What if I'm, like, thousands
of years older than you?

1101
01:01:56,835 --> 01:01:59,318
Okay, that's not really
a sound argument.

1102
01:01:59,395 --> 01:02:00,598
Why not?

1103
01:02:00,675 --> 01:02:02,318
Because it's like saying,

1104
01:02:02,395 --> 01:02:04,958
"What if reality
is all an illusion?"

1105
01:02:05,035 --> 01:02:06,878
Then there are no
consequences to anything.

1106
01:02:06,955 --> 01:02:08,678
We're completely off the hook.

1107
01:02:08,755 --> 01:02:11,678
And I believe in consequences.

1108
01:02:11,754 --> 01:02:13,717
No, you believe in guilt.

1109
01:02:13,794 --> 01:02:15,958
Maybe.

1110
01:02:16,034 --> 01:02:21,233
But guilt before we
act is called morality.

1111
01:02:26,194 --> 01:02:28,277
Why did you come back here?

1112
01:02:28,354 --> 01:02:30,517
To see you, but I
didn't know that you...

1113
01:02:30,594 --> 01:02:31,796
Why should that matter?

1114
01:02:31,873 --> 01:02:34,276
I mean, isn't it, I
don't know, flattering?

1115
01:02:34,353 --> 01:02:36,316
Listen.

1116
01:02:36,393 --> 01:02:38,112
Elizabeth.

1117
01:02:40,033 --> 01:02:43,476
Sex is really complicated, okay?

1118
01:02:43,553 --> 01:02:46,676
I didn't quite understand
that when I was younger,

1119
01:02:46,753 --> 01:02:48,076
but I do now.

1120
01:02:48,153 --> 01:02:50,236
Okay, look, I didn't sign
one of those contracts

1121
01:02:50,313 --> 01:02:52,036
when I was in high school, okay?

1122
01:02:52,113 --> 01:02:54,756
I'm not a prude or whatever.

1123
01:02:54,832 --> 01:02:58,995
It's just, I never met
anyone that I trusted

1124
01:02:59,072 --> 01:03:03,195
or even liked enough

1125
01:03:03,272 --> 01:03:05,190
until now.

1126
01:03:08,312 --> 01:03:10,111
I can't.

1127
01:03:13,991 --> 01:03:17,874
Are you not attracted to me?

1128
01:03:17,951 --> 01:03:19,994
No. I mean, yes, I am.

1129
01:03:20,071 --> 01:03:22,355
It's just,

1130
01:03:22,431 --> 01:03:28,354
I also care about you
a lot already, somehow.

1131
01:03:28,431 --> 01:03:31,794
So essentially,

1132
01:03:31,871 --> 01:03:33,074
you don't want to sleep with me

1133
01:03:33,151 --> 01:03:37,110
because you like and
respect me too much.

1134
01:03:39,790 --> 01:03:41,834
Basically.

1135
01:03:41,910 --> 01:03:44,193
Yeah.

1136
01:03:44,269 --> 01:03:46,514
That's, like, the
saddest thing ever.

1137
01:03:46,590 --> 01:03:47,873
Look, I want to be in your life.

1138
01:03:47,950 --> 01:03:49,033
I do.

1139
01:03:49,110 --> 01:03:51,713
Yeah, I already have
an older brother, okay?

1140
01:03:51,790 --> 01:03:53,669
And I don't need some mentor.

1141
01:03:57,950 --> 01:04:01,148
I can't just say
yes to everything.

1142
01:04:03,789 --> 01:04:05,832
Elizabeth.

1143
01:04:05,909 --> 01:04:07,672
Stop calling me that.

1144
01:04:07,748 --> 01:04:08,712
What?

1145
01:04:08,789 --> 01:04:09,872
No one calls me that.

1146
01:04:09,948 --> 01:04:11,272
You need to leave right now.

1147
01:04:11,349 --> 01:04:13,431
I'm really upset,
and you need to go.

1148
01:04:18,828 --> 01:04:20,947
Get out!

1149
01:04:38,667 --> 01:04:40,746
Well, well, well.

1150
01:04:44,307 --> 01:04:47,390
Now I remember you.

1151
01:04:47,467 --> 01:04:49,950
You do?

1152
01:04:50,027 --> 01:04:51,866
Not really.

1153
01:04:58,307 --> 01:05:00,509
Rough day?

1154
01:05:00,586 --> 01:05:02,265
Yeah.

1155
01:05:05,146 --> 01:05:07,869
<i>"Mock on. Mock on."</i>

1156
01:05:07,945 --> 01:05:10,709
<i>'Tis all in vain.</i>

1157
01:05:10,786 --> 01:05:13,269
<i>You throw the sand
against the wind,</i>

1158
01:05:13,346 --> 01:05:17,468
<i>"and the wind
blows it back again".</i>

1159
01:05:17,545 --> 01:05:20,589
Blake.

1160
01:05:20,666 --> 01:05:21,944
A-plus.

1161
01:05:28,585 --> 01:05:29,824
French fries.

1162
01:05:32,265 --> 01:05:35,663
I was just about
to order a basket.

1163
01:05:51,583 --> 01:05:53,307
Can you get me a beer?

1164
01:05:53,384 --> 01:05:54,702
Yeah, have mine.

1165
01:05:56,024 --> 01:05:58,147
Of course, I'm thrilled.

1166
01:05:58,224 --> 01:05:59,986
Newly minted PhD.

1167
01:06:00,063 --> 01:06:01,466
I'm feeling very fancy

1168
01:06:01,543 --> 01:06:04,986
and officially teaching
Ode on a Grecian Urn

1169
01:06:05,063 --> 01:06:06,306
for the first time.

1170
01:06:06,383 --> 01:06:07,586
It's like heaven, right?

1171
01:06:07,663 --> 01:06:08,786
Right. Right, right, right.

1172
01:06:08,863 --> 01:06:10,546
And I decide to
be a little dramatic.

1173
01:06:10,622 --> 01:06:11,746
I'm really gonna go for it

1174
01:06:11,823 --> 01:06:13,346
and just recite the
whole thing out loud.

1175
01:06:13,423 --> 01:06:14,346
What the hell, right?

1176
01:06:14,423 --> 01:06:15,706
Sure.

1177
01:06:15,783 --> 01:06:19,666
And it's going very
well, if I do say so myself.

1178
01:06:19,742 --> 01:06:23,185
And as I reach the
immortal final lines

1179
01:06:23,262 --> 01:06:26,505
of one of the great poems
ever written in English,

1180
01:06:26,582 --> 01:06:29,825
I hear myself say the following:

1181
01:06:29,902 --> 01:06:33,540
"Beauth is trudy, trudy beauth".

1182
01:06:34,862 --> 01:06:36,744
"That is all ye know on
Earth and all ye need know".

1183
01:06:36,821 --> 01:06:38,384
That is great.

1184
01:06:38,461 --> 01:06:40,584
Great story.

1185
01:06:40,661 --> 01:06:42,384
When did you fall
for the Romantics?

1186
01:06:42,461 --> 01:06:43,825
Was it, like...
I'm just curious,

1187
01:06:43,901 --> 01:06:46,064
but was it in college
or grad school?

1188
01:06:46,141 --> 01:06:47,944
'Cause I knew almost
nothing about those guys

1189
01:06:48,021 --> 01:06:49,704
before your class.

1190
01:06:49,781 --> 01:06:50,984
Your class.

1191
01:06:51,060 --> 01:06:52,984
I can gush, right?

1192
01:06:53,061 --> 01:06:54,543
I mean, I still think about it.

1193
01:06:54,620 --> 01:06:55,980
It's just...

1194
01:06:58,140 --> 01:07:00,183
What?

1195
01:07:00,260 --> 01:07:02,739
You're very enthusiastic.

1196
01:07:04,180 --> 01:07:06,138
I guess.

1197
01:07:17,620 --> 01:07:19,218
I have a car.

1198
01:07:23,619 --> 01:07:30,462
I would like for you
to get in it with me,

1199
01:07:30,539 --> 01:07:34,498
and I would like to
drive us somewhere.

1200
01:07:36,819 --> 01:07:39,217
Where?

1201
01:07:46,578 --> 01:07:48,301
Don't worry about the fries.

1202
01:07:48,377 --> 01:07:50,697
They know me here.

1203
01:07:56,698 --> 01:07:58,180
Yo, Eric, what's up?

1204
01:07:58,257 --> 01:07:59,737
Oh, hey, man.

1205
01:08:20,816 --> 01:08:22,579
Okay, you got to go.

1206
01:08:22,656 --> 01:08:24,340
What?

1207
01:08:24,416 --> 01:08:26,579
Out. Go, now.

1208
01:08:26,656 --> 01:08:28,579
Are you serious?

1209
01:08:28,656 --> 01:08:30,059
Yep.

1210
01:08:30,136 --> 01:08:34,139
Yeah, I don't have to
stay the night or anything,

1211
01:08:34,215 --> 01:08:36,419
but could I... could I at
least catch my breath?

1212
01:08:36,496 --> 01:08:38,818
Sure.

1213
01:08:38,895 --> 01:08:41,454
How long do you
think that'll be?

1214
01:08:44,015 --> 01:08:45,138
- What?
- No, no.

1215
01:08:45,215 --> 01:08:47,538
It's just funny to
me all of a sudden.

1216
01:08:47,614 --> 01:08:50,458
What about it is amusing to you?

1217
01:08:50,534 --> 01:08:54,658
Your post-coital cigarette,
for one, is amusing to me.

1218
01:08:54,735 --> 01:08:56,177
What, you never smoked?

1219
01:08:56,254 --> 01:08:58,097
- No, I did.
- But you quit.

1220
01:08:58,174 --> 01:08:59,493
- Yeah.
- Pussy.

1221
01:09:01,175 --> 01:09:02,777
Okay, you are the
same Judith Fairfield

1222
01:09:02,854 --> 01:09:04,577
I took British Romantic
literature from?

1223
01:09:04,654 --> 01:09:06,857
"From whom I took
British Romantic literature",

1224
01:09:06,934 --> 01:09:08,497
and yes, that's me.

1225
01:09:08,574 --> 01:09:10,817
But just because we screwed,
don't assume we're suddenly...

1226
01:09:10,894 --> 01:09:13,056
what is it you kids
say nowadays?

1227
01:09:13,133 --> 01:09:14,377
BFFs?

1228
01:09:14,454 --> 01:09:15,617
Yeah, that's not really...

1229
01:09:15,694 --> 01:09:17,456
I mean, what do we really
know about each other?

1230
01:09:17,533 --> 01:09:19,057
You're a nonsmoker.
Congratulations.

1231
01:09:19,134 --> 01:09:20,656
You're going to
live to be a hundred.

1232
01:09:20,733 --> 01:09:22,656
But what does it matter
if your life is joyless?

1233
01:09:22,733 --> 01:09:25,136
And it will be. Trust me.

1234
01:09:25,213 --> 01:09:26,656
What's happening here?

1235
01:09:26,733 --> 01:09:28,616
You're getting your
clothes and you're leaving,

1236
01:09:28,693 --> 01:09:30,496
and I'm going to take an Ambien.

1237
01:09:30,572 --> 01:09:31,536
No, I meant, what is hap...

1238
01:09:31,613 --> 01:09:32,736
I mean, seriously.

1239
01:09:32,813 --> 01:09:34,376
You weren't thinking
we were gonna cuddle

1240
01:09:34,453 --> 01:09:37,136
the rest of the night as
I read you Wordsworth?

1241
01:09:37,213 --> 01:09:39,056
Not anymore.

1242
01:09:39,132 --> 01:09:40,736
Good.

1243
01:09:40,813 --> 01:09:42,776
I've taught at this
school for over 20 years.

1244
01:09:42,852 --> 01:09:45,895
I've seen the emergence of
your kind like an infection...

1245
01:09:45,972 --> 01:09:48,895
all these effete,
overarticulate man-boys

1246
01:09:48,972 --> 01:09:50,615
who never learned to toughen up.

1247
01:09:50,692 --> 01:09:52,095
Don't be one of them.

1248
01:09:52,172 --> 01:09:53,175
Go work with your hands.

1249
01:09:53,252 --> 01:09:54,175
Build something.

1250
01:09:54,252 --> 01:09:56,011
Punch someone in the face.

1251
01:09:57,451 --> 01:09:58,574
Too bad Norman Mailer's dead.

1252
01:09:58,651 --> 01:10:00,414
You guys would have
been perfect for each other.

1253
01:10:00,491 --> 01:10:01,534
Shall I count to ten?

1254
01:10:01,611 --> 01:10:02,494
Wait, just, can...

1255
01:10:02,571 --> 01:10:05,050
hold on just one second, okay?

1256
01:10:09,171 --> 01:10:10,970
You don't seem very happy.

1257
01:10:12,930 --> 01:10:15,134
Your powers of
deduction are stunning.

1258
01:10:15,211 --> 01:10:17,454
You must have gone
to a very good college.

1259
01:10:17,530 --> 01:10:19,733
I'm just confused how...

1260
01:10:19,810 --> 01:10:21,294
I mean, you're a
tenured professor

1261
01:10:21,370 --> 01:10:23,934
in one of the most prestigious
English departments

1262
01:10:24,010 --> 01:10:24,933
in the country.

1263
01:10:25,010 --> 01:10:26,693
That's not fulfilling?

1264
01:10:26,769 --> 01:10:28,893
Sit through a faculty meeting
at a liberal arts college,

1265
01:10:28,969 --> 01:10:30,293
Mr. Young Person.

1266
01:10:30,370 --> 01:10:32,533
I assure you, you will
lose all faith in humanity.

1267
01:10:32,610 --> 01:10:34,693
Okay, but what
about the classroom?

1268
01:10:34,769 --> 01:10:36,452
There had to have
been some joy there.

1269
01:10:36,529 --> 01:10:38,733
I mean, you were
such a good teacher.

1270
01:10:38,810 --> 01:10:40,732
Thank you.

1271
01:10:40,809 --> 01:10:42,612
I like to teach.

1272
01:10:42,689 --> 01:10:44,213
I used to love it.

1273
01:10:44,289 --> 01:10:45,692
What happened?

1274
01:10:45,769 --> 01:10:49,452
Life happened.

1275
01:10:49,528 --> 01:10:51,732
Okay, I'm gonna
need a little bit more.

1276
01:10:51,809 --> 01:10:53,252
Well, that's all
you're gonna get.

1277
01:10:53,329 --> 01:10:56,252
Unlike you, I'm not
from the "let me tell you"

1278
01:10:56,328 --> 01:10:58,852
"every sick, sordid detail
of my life" generation.

1279
01:10:58,928 --> 01:11:00,412
I value discretion.

1280
01:11:00,489 --> 01:11:02,371
I loathe self-pity.

1281
01:11:02,448 --> 01:11:04,211
So let's just leave it at this:

1282
01:11:04,288 --> 01:11:08,011
People are disappointing.

1283
01:11:08,088 --> 01:11:09,691
Yeah, it's just,
I would think...

1284
01:11:09,768 --> 01:11:11,171
- Don't get comfortable.
- Sorry.

1285
01:11:11,248 --> 01:11:12,331
I would just think

1286
01:11:12,408 --> 01:11:14,651
that spending so much
time with those poems

1287
01:11:14,728 --> 01:11:18,171
would make you more, you
know, optimistic and hopeful.

1288
01:11:18,247 --> 01:11:19,490
Nonsense.

1289
01:11:19,567 --> 01:11:20,770
They were miserable men

1290
01:11:20,847 --> 01:11:22,650
who were granted a few
moments of transcendence,

1291
01:11:22,727 --> 01:11:24,090
and they had the
talent and foresight

1292
01:11:24,167 --> 01:11:26,170
to grab pen and
paper and write it down.

1293
01:11:26,247 --> 01:11:28,250
Byron was probably
the happiest of the lot,

1294
01:11:28,327 --> 01:11:31,290
only because he put
his dick in everything.

1295
01:11:31,366 --> 01:11:34,050
This is the saddest
evening of my life.

1296
01:11:34,126 --> 01:11:35,290
Get used to it.

1297
01:11:35,366 --> 01:11:38,770
My advice to you is this:

1298
01:11:38,846 --> 01:11:42,925
Put some armor around
that gooey little heart of yours.

1299
01:11:48,326 --> 01:11:52,969
Well, at least I
appreciate the irony.

1300
01:11:53,045 --> 01:11:55,168
I just had the least
romantic night of my life

1301
01:11:55,245 --> 01:11:56,924
with a Romantics professor.

1302
01:12:12,404 --> 01:12:14,968
For what it's worth,

1303
01:12:15,045 --> 01:12:18,008
I meant everything I
said about your class.

1304
01:12:18,085 --> 01:12:22,968
It opened something in me,

1305
01:12:23,044 --> 01:12:25,848
and I'm grateful for it.

1306
01:12:25,924 --> 01:12:28,807
And if my heart is gooey,

1307
01:12:28,884 --> 01:12:32,643
you're at least partially
responsible for that.

1308
01:12:52,323 --> 01:12:54,726
So you're still
uninspired by admissions.

1309
01:12:54,802 --> 01:12:56,526
Yeah, pretty much.

1310
01:12:56,603 --> 01:12:58,766
No little Jesse
Fishers out there?

1311
01:12:58,843 --> 01:13:01,245
Well, if there are,
I'm not meeting them.

1312
01:13:01,322 --> 01:13:05,046
Well, maybe you're just
not recognizing them.

1313
01:13:05,122 --> 01:13:07,085
Anyway,

1314
01:13:07,162 --> 01:13:09,445
I do appreciate you coming by.

1315
01:13:09,522 --> 01:13:10,805
I really do.

1316
01:13:10,882 --> 01:13:12,205
It's great to see
you one last time

1317
01:13:12,282 --> 01:13:14,885
before I get the
hell out of here.

1318
01:13:14,961 --> 01:13:17,205
You feeling any
better about things?

1319
01:13:17,281 --> 01:13:19,204
Well,

1320
01:13:19,281 --> 01:13:21,164
I tried to turn the clock back.

1321
01:13:21,241 --> 01:13:24,405
It doesn't work.

1322
01:13:24,481 --> 01:13:27,124
No, it doesn't.

1323
01:13:27,201 --> 01:13:30,204
Now I just...

1324
01:13:30,280 --> 01:13:33,520
I keep waiting to feel
more resolve somehow.

1325
01:13:35,480 --> 01:13:36,884
What if I'm like one
of those prisoners

1326
01:13:36,961 --> 01:13:38,324
that gets paroled

1327
01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:40,083
and finds he can't
handle life on the outside

1328
01:13:40,160 --> 01:13:41,684
so he commits a petty crime

1329
01:13:41,761 --> 01:13:46,523
so he can go back
to what he knows?

1330
01:13:46,600 --> 01:13:49,279
You think this
place is a prison?

1331
01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:53,998
Well, any place you
don't leave is a prison.

1332
01:13:58,399 --> 01:14:01,523
Well, whatever.

1333
01:14:01,599 --> 01:14:05,522
Okay.

1334
01:14:09,239 --> 01:14:11,522
You know why you're my second
favorite professor of all time?

1335
01:14:11,599 --> 01:14:13,042
I have no idea.

1336
01:14:13,119 --> 01:14:16,318
Because you had us read
books by authors you hated.

1337
01:14:18,838 --> 01:14:22,078
Feel good about
what you did here.

1338
01:14:24,558 --> 01:14:26,917
Thank you.

1339
01:14:33,838 --> 01:14:37,117
Get in your car now,
and leave me be.

1340
01:14:53,997 --> 01:14:56,920
<i>"Dear Zibby, even
after all these months,"</i>

1341
01:14:56,996 --> 01:14:58,799
<i>I'm still half-expecting
a letter from you</i>

1342
01:14:58,876 --> 01:15:01,119
<i>to be sitting in my mailbox.</i>

1343
01:15:01,196 --> 01:15:03,439
<i>I'm sure you have little left
to say to me at this point,</i>

1344
01:15:03,516 --> 01:15:06,280
<i>but your letters are
very much missed.</i>

1345
01:15:06,356 --> 01:15:09,399
<i>I know I hurt
you, and I'm sorry.</i>

1346
01:15:09,476 --> 01:15:10,919
<i>Any bone-headed moves I made</i>

1347
01:15:10,996 --> 01:15:14,079
<i>were born of confusion
and not malice.</i>

1348
01:15:14,156 --> 01:15:16,559
<i>That said, I've been
feeling lately the stirrings</i>

1349
01:15:16,636 --> 01:15:19,198
<i>of something I can
only call growth.</i>

1350
01:15:19,275 --> 01:15:22,599
<i>It's a tribute of sorts to say
that someone 16 years my junior</i>

1351
01:15:22,675 --> 01:15:25,958
<i>helped me finally
start acting my age.</i>

1352
01:15:26,035 --> 01:15:28,519
<i>Awise man in a red
hat once told me,</i>

1353
01:15:28,595 --> 01:15:30,958
<i>'Everything is okay'.</i>

1354
01:15:31,035 --> 01:15:33,278
<i>I didn't believe him then,</i>

1355
01:15:33,355 --> 01:15:36,713
<i>"but for some
reason, I'm starting to".</i>

1356
01:15:43,754 --> 01:15:45,593
Sorry, we're closed!

1357
01:15:54,354 --> 01:15:56,673
Are you here for this?

1358
01:15:58,233 --> 01:16:01,677
I always notice you reading
it when you're in here.

1359
01:16:01,753 --> 01:16:03,757
Yeah.

1360
01:16:03,833 --> 01:16:05,436
Any bookstore I'm
in, I have to read the...

1361
01:16:05,513 --> 01:16:06,556
Last three pages.

1362
01:16:06,633 --> 01:16:07,992
I know. They're devastating.

1363
01:16:09,793 --> 01:16:11,472
Yeah.

1364
01:16:15,993 --> 01:16:16,876
I'm Jesse.

1365
01:16:16,953 --> 01:16:18,072
I'm Ana.

1366
01:16:22,152 --> 01:16:24,075
I love books.

1367
01:16:24,152 --> 01:16:26,595
I do in, like, the
dorkiest way possible.

1368
01:16:26,672 --> 01:16:27,675
Oh, me too.

1369
01:16:27,752 --> 01:16:28,996
It's a problem.

1370
01:16:29,072 --> 01:16:32,915
Like, I love trees 'cause
they give us books.

1371
01:16:32,992 --> 01:16:35,795
It's super cool of the
trees to do that, right?

1372
01:16:35,872 --> 01:16:37,835
I'm actually...

1373
01:16:37,911 --> 01:16:39,235
this is weird.

1374
01:16:39,311 --> 01:16:41,394
I'm actually
trying to read less.

1375
01:16:41,471 --> 01:16:42,675
Why?

1376
01:16:42,751 --> 01:16:45,030
I felt like I wasn't
watching enough television.

1377
01:16:46,391 --> 01:16:49,594
No, I just... I started to
feel like reading about life

1378
01:16:49,670 --> 01:16:52,554
was taking time away
from actually living life,

1379
01:16:52,631 --> 01:16:55,914
so I'm trying to, like,
accept invitations to things,

1380
01:16:55,990 --> 01:16:57,673
say "hi" to the
world a little more.

1381
01:16:57,750 --> 01:17:00,553
That sounds scary.

1382
01:17:00,630 --> 01:17:01,833
It's going well?

1383
01:17:01,910 --> 01:17:03,913
It's...

1384
01:17:03,990 --> 01:17:05,194
Most of the time when I'm out,

1385
01:17:05,270 --> 01:17:06,673
I keep thinking I'd
be so much happier

1386
01:17:06,750 --> 01:17:08,313
in bed with a book,

1387
01:17:08,390 --> 01:17:13,033
and that makes me
feel not super cool.

1388
01:17:13,109 --> 01:17:15,153
I still read tons.

1389
01:17:15,230 --> 01:17:18,633
I just feel like I'm more
aware of a book's limitations.

1390
01:17:18,710 --> 01:17:20,393
Does that make sense?

1391
01:17:20,469 --> 01:17:23,512
Yeah, totally.

1392
01:17:23,589 --> 01:17:24,793
How am I doing here?

1393
01:17:24,869 --> 01:17:26,593
What? Here in this conversation?

1394
01:17:26,669 --> 01:17:27,632
Yeah.

1395
01:17:27,709 --> 01:17:30,908
Very well. You are doing great.

1396
01:17:34,228 --> 01:17:38,472
So you maybe want to
get away from these books

1397
01:17:38,548 --> 01:17:40,712
and walk somewhere?

1398
01:17:40,789 --> 01:17:42,111
Yeah,

1399
01:17:42,188 --> 01:17:44,392
- Really?
- Sure, let's do it.

1400
01:17:44,468 --> 01:17:46,351
Great. Great.

1401
01:17:46,428 --> 01:17:48,631
And feel free to invite
your husband or boyfriend.

1402
01:17:48,708 --> 01:17:50,471
They're both pretty
busy right now, so...

1403
01:17:50,547 --> 01:17:51,751
Probably just be us, then.

1404
01:17:51,828 --> 01:17:54,266
Yeah. Just us.

1405
01:18:23,826 --> 01:18:24,710
Hello.

1406
01:18:24,786 --> 01:18:27,389
Oh,

1407
01:18:27,466 --> 01:18:29,349
It's Dean.

1408
01:18:29,426 --> 01:18:31,909
Franzen? We like
the same writer.

1409
01:18:31,985 --> 01:18:34,189
Right, Dean, what's up?

1410
01:18:34,266 --> 01:18:38,068
You gave me your number,
and you told me to call you.

1411
01:18:38,145 --> 01:18:40,509
Yeah. No, it's good
to hear from you.

1412
01:18:40,586 --> 01:18:41,829
How are you doing?

1413
01:18:41,905 --> 01:18:46,068
I'm pretty good, yeah.

1414
01:18:46,145 --> 01:18:47,868
Things...

1415
01:18:47,945 --> 01:18:49,783
I've been...

1416
01:18:52,905 --> 01:18:55,708
Dean?

1417
01:18:55,785 --> 01:18:58,387
I just took a bunch of pills.

1418
01:18:58,464 --> 01:19:00,908
What?

1419
01:19:00,984 --> 01:19:03,183
I just took a lot of pills.

1420
01:19:05,104 --> 01:19:06,268
How many?

1421
01:19:06,344 --> 01:19:08,303
I don't know.

1422
01:19:12,303 --> 01:19:13,347
I'm really scared.

1423
01:19:13,424 --> 01:19:14,907
- Where are you?
- In my dorm.

1424
01:19:14,984 --> 01:19:16,787
Stay... stay there, okay?

1425
01:19:16,863 --> 01:19:18,386
Stay right there.

1426
01:19:18,463 --> 01:19:20,227
Okay, yeah, just stay
ri... I'm gonna make a call,

1427
01:19:20,303 --> 01:19:21,507
and I'm gonna call...

1428
01:19:21,584 --> 01:19:23,226
I need you to stay by
the phone, though, okay?

1429
01:19:23,303 --> 01:19:24,342
Dean?

1430
01:19:26,783 --> 01:19:28,986
Miss Hanson to
reception area, please.

1431
01:19:29,063 --> 01:19:31,061
Miss Hanson.

1432
01:19:46,502 --> 01:19:48,621
Hey, man.

1433
01:19:49,902 --> 01:19:52,665
How you feeling?

1434
01:19:52,741 --> 01:19:56,065
Kind of ridiculous.

1435
01:19:56,142 --> 01:19:58,505
You didn't have to
drive all the way out here.

1436
01:19:58,582 --> 01:20:01,704
I flew, you bastard.

1437
01:20:01,781 --> 01:20:04,384
Thanks.

1438
01:20:04,461 --> 01:20:08,545
For picking up the phone.

1439
01:20:08,621 --> 01:20:11,500
I didn't know who else to call.

1440
01:20:14,540 --> 01:20:16,544
Can I make a suggestion?

1441
01:20:16,620 --> 01:20:17,824
Yeah.

1442
01:20:17,900 --> 01:20:19,344
Stop reading this.

1443
01:20:19,420 --> 01:20:20,864
Why?

1444
01:20:20,940 --> 01:20:24,704
Because he killed himself,
and you're not gonna do that.

1445
01:20:24,780 --> 01:20:27,503
You need to read something else.

1446
01:20:27,580 --> 01:20:30,783
Listen, don't be a
genius who dies young.

1447
01:20:30,859 --> 01:20:32,223
Be one who dies old.

1448
01:20:32,300 --> 01:20:34,143
Being old is cool.

1449
01:20:34,220 --> 01:20:36,383
Grow old and die old.

1450
01:20:36,460 --> 01:20:38,583
It's a better arc.

1451
01:20:38,660 --> 01:20:40,223
Listen to me, man.

1452
01:20:40,300 --> 01:20:45,342
This right now, all
this stuff you're feeling,

1453
01:20:45,419 --> 01:20:47,502
this is a footnote, okay?

1454
01:20:47,578 --> 01:20:49,302
You're gonna graduate,

1455
01:20:49,378 --> 01:20:51,462
and you're gonna
get out in the world

1456
01:20:51,539 --> 01:20:53,821
and stumble into
something like contentment.

1457
01:20:53,898 --> 01:20:56,942
I know it.

1458
01:20:57,019 --> 01:20:58,942
Is that how it's been for you?

1459
01:20:59,018 --> 01:21:00,978
Hell, no.

1460
01:21:02,858 --> 01:21:06,142
But some days are
all right, you know?

1461
01:21:06,218 --> 01:21:09,261
Some days are like a gift,

1462
01:21:09,338 --> 01:21:11,501
and some days suck.

1463
01:21:11,577 --> 01:21:14,216
But all of that's

1464
01:21:17,178 --> 01:21:18,896
So I'm taking you
off post-modernists.

1465
01:21:21,097 --> 01:21:23,661
What are you prescribing?

1466
01:21:23,737 --> 01:21:26,940
There are these vampire books.

1467
01:21:27,017 --> 01:21:29,140
The kids love 'em.

1468
01:21:29,217 --> 01:21:33,935
Trust me, they will empty
your mind completely.

1469
01:21:37,737 --> 01:21:40,415
Why are you being so nice to me?

1470
01:21:42,496 --> 01:21:44,540
You flew all the way
back here to see me,

1471
01:21:44,616 --> 01:21:47,619
and we had, like,
two conversations.

1472
01:21:47,696 --> 01:21:51,339
I have a soft spot
for good readers.

1473
01:21:51,416 --> 01:21:53,134
They're hard to find these days.

1474
01:22:13,255 --> 01:22:16,738
I really did miss you.

1475
01:22:16,815 --> 01:22:18,737
You know, we had
this thing happening,

1476
01:22:18,814 --> 01:22:23,573
and it was so exciting,
and then you were just gone.

1477
01:22:25,374 --> 01:22:27,257
But it's okay now.

1478
01:22:27,334 --> 01:22:29,373
I get it.

1479
01:22:34,214 --> 01:22:39,016
I sometimes feel like I'm
looking down on myself,

1480
01:22:39,093 --> 01:22:43,497
like there's this
older, wiser me

1481
01:22:43,573 --> 01:22:47,337
watching over this
19-year-old rough draft

1482
01:22:47,413 --> 01:22:51,256
who's full of all this potential

1483
01:22:51,333 --> 01:22:54,456
but has to live more

1484
01:22:54,533 --> 01:22:58,736
to catch up with that
other self somehow.

1485
01:22:58,813 --> 01:23:01,616
And...

1486
01:23:01,693 --> 01:23:02,936
I know I'll get there.

1487
01:23:03,012 --> 01:23:05,815
It's just sometimes I think

1488
01:23:05,892 --> 01:23:10,256
I want to rush the
process, you know?

1489
01:23:10,332 --> 01:23:11,775
And I don't know.

1490
01:23:11,851 --> 01:23:18,251
Maybe... maybe I thought
you were some sort of shortcut.

1491
01:23:21,411 --> 01:23:24,130
Does that make any sense?

1492
01:23:27,651 --> 01:23:31,534
If I wrote you, I would be like,

1493
01:23:31,610 --> 01:23:34,410
"This is the best
rough draft ever".

1494
01:23:42,330 --> 01:23:46,169
Seriously?

1495
01:23:47,490 --> 01:23:48,929
Roommates.

1496
01:23:52,449 --> 01:23:57,413
Well, I should get
back to adulthood.

1497
01:23:57,490 --> 01:23:58,572
Yeah.

1498
01:23:58,649 --> 01:24:01,449
See you there soon, I guess.

1499
01:24:04,929 --> 01:24:06,932
Bye, Zibby.

1500
01:24:07,009 --> 01:24:09,008
Bye, Jesse.

1501
01:25:01,086 --> 01:25:05,410
You're so beautiful
and fascinating

1502
01:25:05,486 --> 01:25:06,489
and age-appropriate.

1503
01:25:06,566 --> 01:25:07,529
What?

1504
01:25:07,606 --> 01:25:09,885
Oh, nothing.

1505
01:25:48,924 --> 01:25:51,087
Look, you're getting wise.

1506
01:25:51,164 --> 01:25:53,167
I'm getting old.

1507
01:25:53,244 --> 01:25:57,327
Not the same thing. I
say you're getting wise.

1508
01:25:57,403 --> 01:25:59,803
You worry about getting old?

1509
01:26:01,283 --> 01:26:03,526
I think being old's gonna be

1510
01:26:03,603 --> 01:26:06,126
It's just the getting there
that kicks your ass, you know?

1511
01:26:06,203 --> 01:26:08,326
You're gonna be a great old guy.

1512
01:26:08,403 --> 01:26:09,566
Really?

1513
01:26:09,643 --> 01:26:10,966
I feel like that's
the nicest thing

1514
01:26:11,043 --> 01:26:12,326
anyone's ever said to me.

1515
01:26:12,403 --> 01:26:13,926
Unless it's a criticism,

1516
01:26:14,002 --> 01:26:16,326
like, "You're already
judgmental and racist."

1517
01:26:16,403 --> 01:26:18,126
You're gonna be
a great old guy".

1518
01:26:18,203 --> 01:26:21,445
No, I mean you'll
wear baggy pants,

1519
01:26:21,522 --> 01:26:23,245
and you'll have a little belly.

1520
01:26:23,322 --> 01:26:26,086
And when you want more
coffee, you'll say to the waitress,

1521
01:26:26,162 --> 01:26:28,365
"Could you warm
this up for me, dear?"

1522
01:26:28,442 --> 01:26:30,125
You're right.

1523
01:26:30,202 --> 01:26:32,525
I will say that.

1524
01:26:32,602 --> 01:26:34,965
I think you're gonna be
a great old person too.

1525
01:26:35,042 --> 01:26:37,481
Thanks.

1526
01:26:39,162 --> 01:26:43,564
I want to be an old lady with
long, gray hair in a ponytail.

1527
01:26:43,641 --> 01:26:45,364
I can see it.

1528
01:26:45,441 --> 01:26:47,084
You're still foxy.
You still got it.

1529
01:26:47,161 --> 01:26:48,684
That's what they're
gonna say about you.

1530
01:26:48,761 --> 01:26:49,684
"She's still got it".

1531
01:26:49,760 --> 01:26:51,160
They're saying it now.

1532
01:26:53,241 --> 01:26:56,759
And I want a really,
really wrinkly face.

1533
01:26:58,400 --> 01:27:03,799
A small house,
maybe by some water.

1534
01:27:11,559 --> 01:27:15,039
I think getting old
could be really nice.