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Wait for it... Here it comes.

Oh god, we've jumped to three this year.

And you're not opening a bottle of champagne?

That's two notches above last year.

Well, which puts Danny's chances

two notches closer to impossible.

Have a little more faith in our son.

Who's at one and two?

Well, Princeton knocked Harvard off the top.

Great.

That's going to make about a quarter of my office

insufferable today, and another quarter in despair.

I love you.

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♪ The mess you made always seems... ♪

Hey.

What did we say about studying your algebra?

The test today could tip it to an A.

Your grades junior year are everything.

Everything is a big word, Caroline.

Okay, all right.

But if you don't ace Algebra Three,

you don't get into AP next year,

and you know what an important piece of the puzzle APs

are for Stanford.

Your entire obsession with me getting in

is a massive delusion.

Hey, don't be so sure.

Double legacy, your verbals on the SATs, your music?

We are this close.

You cannot imagine the way going there follows you through life.

The doors it opens.

I mean, it's worth the hard work.

Now I know my son.

It's not the hard work that's the problem,

it's the music.

And why should he even go to college at all?

And we don't have to tell you that music is basically

un-monetizeable unless you reach the absolute top.

You can climb that mountain with a great job

that you're proud of,

just as well as you can climb it while you're waiting tables.

Andale, bro.

Will you give it your all, please?

And will you keep studying in the car?

Yeah, yeah.

I guess math will come in handy

when I've got a table that wants to split the cheque.

I love you.

I love you too.

Later, buddy.

-Molly barely broke 1300. -Hi.

But they say PSAT plus 75 equals SAT,

so that would put her maybe, maybe,

maybe in the Emery Zone.

The extracurricular would have to be off the charts.

She does tutoring every weekend for abused kids at a shelter.

Is that stuff even working anymore?

I hear nowadays they have to start their own program.

Well, and that barely counts unless you get big press.

This is gonna kill me.

This is absolutely gonna kill me.

How did Danny do on the PSATs?

You know boys that age and testing.

But we are sicking an army of tutors on him

once we settle on a consultant.

How bad was it?

High twelves.

What consultants are you thinking?

Still shopping.

We adore Joanne Goldman.

She got Jimmy Dewitt into Harvard,

and that was no mean feat.

And I hear Emily Duran is a wiz with the UCs

and Lauren Garland did great work with the Orsi twins.

Too fast, too fast.

It sounds like we are all burning in the same inferno.

Caroline DeVere, Bethany Slade.

Nice to meet you.

Good to meet you.

If the rumours are true, I might have found us a saviour,

Have you ever heard of a Rick Singer?

Pricy.

His got clients who send their jets for him.

The story is, last year alone, three at USC,

two at Stanford.

In one year?

Yeah.

So next week, we are having a meet and greet with him

at my office in Santa Monica,

San Remo Wealth Management,

You know, something little that we do for our clients.

If you text me, then I can give you the details.

My partner set the whole thing up, swears by him.

His daughter's college counsellor

had her pegged for Skidmore at best.

And now, her mother's picking out dorm room curtains at...

Where?

Yale.

Wow.

-Wow! -Nice.

So, worst case scenario, we're with fellow sufferers.

Best case scenario, San Remo Wealth Management

gets some new clients.

Yeah.

I think I finally got the copy right.

How's this?

"Hunger isn't far away in the fields of Africa,

"or the slums of India, it's just around the corner..."

It's... it's beautiful, the graphics are a little homemade,

and the guy that does our quarterly reports is a genius,

and I'm just going to get him to spruce it up.

Corporate and glossy is kind of the opposite of the point.

Not gloss.

Impact.

And the more impactful it is,

the more you're gonna shine on your college-

Please don't say it.

I'm not doing this for college suck.

I'm just saying that it's possible to do well

by doing good.

If we're going to this stupid thing,

can we go already?

As soon as your sister is dressed.

I'm totally dressed.

Someday I will teach you how to make an impression.

What am I, 50?

There's no way I'm wearing that.

No, I won't guarantee

your kids will get into any particular school.

All I'll guarantee is I know

what particular schools are looking for.

And how to get you to check those boxes.

This isn't an art, this is a science.

And um, I've already done all the risky lab experiments

so you won't have to.

But you know, after all the chaos,

the payoff for me, the thing that I do this for

is so they'll find the school

that's the right fit for them.

Because that's all that matters.

Your kids and their success,

and the one life any of us get on this beautiful planet

with all of its infinite possibilities.

Thank you.

Are they torturing you too?

The thought of running away to Siberia has crossed my mind.

Yeah, if that's far enough.

Ooh, there he is.

The man of the hour.

Hello.

And this young man, I... I know you.

You do?

Yes.

I know you very well.

IQ busting off the charts, parents going out of their minds

because the grades ain't showing it?

That's because your mind's on something more important,

it's your music.

Playing that guitar.

Mom, did you tell him?

I have never met this man before in my life.

I sense the vibe.

The soulful eyes.

Okay, the telltale callus on the left thumb.

No, seriously, it's because I'm looking in a mirror.

I was you.

Don't let them bully you.

Only you know what's right for you.

Right?

And you, smart move coming with.

Never too early to start building your brand.

Personally, I think the whole thing's insane.

Oh.

I'm never applying to college, I'll just join the army.

West Point for this one.

Um, may I give you my card?

Oh, yes you may.

Here's mine.

Oh, thank you.

Great, thank you. Just give me a call back.

Founding Partners, San Remo Wealth Management.

Residences in Aspen, Fisher Island,

Manhattan, and Bel Air.

Husband.

Uh, divorced.

Ugly custody fight.

Drug problems on the dad's side,

six billion in managed funds on the wife's.

Guess who won.

I'll follow up, if she doesn't.

Social workers.

Honoured by the city for outreach to homeless youths...

La, la, la, la, la.

Uh, Jackson DeVere, attorney.

The firm is Estrin, Orloff and Lobell.

Partner?

Yep.

The wife is a decorator who counts among her clients

three Oscar winners, and a sultan or two.

Tell me what you want to do in life.

I know this sounds dumb, and like what everybody says.

But I've been so lucky and I want to do something

that'll, you know, will help other people be lucky.

Like the food bank thing I showed you,

but in a way that, like, really changes things.

And why do you think Yale in particular

is going to make that come true?

Um...

Isn't that the definition of self-evident?

You wanna change the world, and you have to go to the school

with the people that are going to be running it.

Maybe we should let Emma explain it in her own words.

That's really it.

Yeah.

What my mom said.

Amazing faculty and super smart kids.

Okay, but... but Yale isn't the only place with those things.

I'm thinking that there's something else, am I right?

Well... My boyfriend's a freshman.

Okay, now we're talking.

See, there's nothing like a personal motive

to get you working on your grades

and your SAT scores, right?

Look, about my GPA and scores,

realistically if I want to be near my boyfriend,

should I just be going for Trinity?

Don't give me heart attacks, and don't sell yourself short.

I want to hear what you think, Mr. Singer.

Honestly, looking at what I've got...

...Do I stand a chance in hell of getting into Stanford?

I mean...

Is my mom on crack?

No more than everybody's parents are on crack.

What the top schools are looking for are special kids.

Kids with a personal brand.

You know who that kid is?

That's you.

You just need to prove it to them.

So I'm going to be expecting a lot out of you

in the next few months.

Some college courses to shine up those grades,

you can take them online.

You're in a band at school, right?

Pull together a few bands.

Make yourself leader of the program that you created,

and you build that brand.

Your sand trap is those scores, and the swing that gets you out?

SAT prep.

Two nights a week.

Practice tests till your head explodes.

But oh, when those pieces come back together,

you're going to be a Stanford man.

A little pain now, a lot of gain later,

you write your own ticket.

The choices are yours, the rest of your life...

Are we ready to roll?

That's not good enough, I need to hear it.

Nice and loud.

Now, are we ready to roll?

Go Stanford!

Go Stanford!

Go Yale!

Go Yale!

Yeah!

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Ms. Slade.

There's nothing ungood about any of this.

There's just knowing where we are.

With these scores, Yale is not remotely a possibility.

But given Emma's interest in non-profits,

the public policy department at George Washington

may actually be a better fit.

Seriously?

Because every year,

I pay my $50,000 in tuition like clockwork,

and the best you've got for me is George Washington?

Ms. Slade, the faculty there is...

I know what this is.

Some kind of a privilege thing.

This is some twisted revenge on the one percent,

and if you think that you're going to deprive my daughter

of the support that you would give to any other child,

we will see how long you have your job.

Are... Are you threatening me?

I think that I am.

Yeah.

It's brain structure.

You can either do the test or you can't.

Well, it's... it's not just the tests, Danny.

It's the last two science quizzes,

and the procrastinating.

I mean, have you even started your paper on the 100 Years War?

No.

Because that's not due for another two weeks.

Oh, so you're going to wait two weeks minus one day.

Yeah, yeah, go ahead.

Say it.

"Like you always do."

I'm scared for you, Danny.

I mean, you keep going this way, in this world the way it is?

I don't know how you're going to earn a living.

And... and don't think we're going to support you

the rest of your life.

You're going to end up homeless and in the streets!

Caroline!

Okay, yeah.

Now we've left the planet.

Where are you going?

I... I don't know, maybe to stake out a place in tent city.

I don't know how to help him anymore.

I swear to god I'm losing my mind.

I am so sorry, but I need to get to court.

That's all right, you can go.

I can handle it.

She's just right here.

Thank you.

All right, listen.

Some of these counsellors,

they don't know shit from shinola, okay.

You worked with the Kriegers, right?

Yeah, yeah.

Clay's a...

Clay's a good kid.

Clay's IQ is the same number as his shoe size.

I'm telling you, Rick, whatever magic

you worked to get Clay Krieger into Georgetown,

you're going to wave that same wand for Emma at Yale.

Are we clear?

We're clear.

So what is it?

What is the magic?

Hi, Mr. Singer.

Carry on, soldier!

To be honest, there's um...

There's no magic at all.

Oh, Rick. Thanks for coming.

Hi, hi, hi.

Look, we'll just take the SATs again.

I know we can squeeze a couple hundred more points out of him.

Honestly, I... I don't think he can do that.

I mean, you do such great work for so many people.

There must be something you can do for Danny.

Um... Well...

Well, what?

There are things.

One thing in particular, actually.

Well, we'll do anything.

The admissions committees give a lot of weight

to the athletic group.

Being recruited for a sport.

It's a very common tactic,

kind of a side-door, if you will.

Okay, well, I mean for a kid who doesn't even know

how to hold a baseball bat,

I'm really not up for jokes right now.

Nobody's joking here.

This is insane.

Mmm. It was completely surreal.

So, how does it work?

The... the coaches just get to...

Yes.

They get to pick a few kids that they want in,

and that list gives those applications

the extra gas they need to get over the line.

So what, Singer just hands the coaches a bag of cash

and then they pick your kid,

whether or not your kid

actually ever played that sport?

Well, there's Rick Singer's foundation,

and that foundation is supposed to provide scholarships

for underprivileged children.

But it doesn't.

Apparently not.

Oh, my God.

And the parents put money into that foundation,

and then the foundation...

Pays the bribes.

Are they bribes?

Yeah. They're kind of bribes.

No, they're actually bribes.

Well, there's more.

But it costs extra.

There's this "shrink", Rick Singer's shrink.

Paid for out of the scholarship fund for the "underprivileged"?

Mm-hmm.

And the shrink says that your kid needs

extra time for the SATs,

and the kid goes to this special location

where there's a proctor, who's also on the payroll.

No.

Yes.

Yeah, and the proctor either provides the answer for the kid,

or takes the test after the kid goes,

and the scores go up like 400 points,

or whatever you want.

Oh, my god.

So, so that's how he does it.

Yeah.

So all of this Ivy League,

all of this Stanford, Georgetown, USC, UCLA...

He says he's done it for hundreds of families.

And names you would recognize.

Actors, actresses.

It seems so easy.

I'm amazed everybody doesn't do it.

Well, not everybody has a quarter of a million dollars

laying in their kitchen drawer.

That's how much?

Well, it's 150 for the sports and 100 for the test.

Cheaper than endowing a library.

And no more fighting with Danny.

Yeah, well, there's that.

So?

Well.

Do we?

Are you seriously asking me that?

Yeah. Yeah, why not, do we? I mean...

We could get into very serious trouble for this, Caroline.

All right?

And it would kill Danny.

I mean, you know him, he's so...

I know, but...

Caroline.

I know, I know.

Morrie Tobin.

Quite a resume.

Yale alum, zillionaire, criminal mastermind.

Cuffing a guy like this in front of his family.

That sends a message.

Am I bad that it made me smile to see all those 0.01 percenters

running around like ants when you poke a stick in their hill?

Yeah, pretty bad.

Nobody offered you coffee?

I'd like it if you got to the point.

I actually don't think you will,

but whatever you say.

Congrats on stealing eight figures

of the hard-earned money of others

in this calendar year alone.

But just for reference, the last fellow we pulled in

on a pump-and-dump on the scale of yours is about...

three years into his 18 in Lompoc.

Frankly, I'm scratching my head,

wondering what you could possibly be building

this lunacy on.

Scratch no more.

What if I had something for you?

Something like what, Morrie?

Does it involve a lot of, you know, money?

Oh yeah.

And sports.

And powerful families, and most of all,

elite bastions of higher education.

Okay. We're making quick progress here.

I've got my shrink lined up to meet with Emma anytime Wednesday

that works for you guys.

'Kay, you are a genius, and you're a beautiful person.

I will get that set up ASAP.

Should I make the 500k payable to your business?

No, no, this goes a different route.

My foundation.

You got a 5013 on that?

Yep.

Okay.

So I get to deduct the whole thing.

That's a fringe benefit.

And soccer works for the sport.

Easy to work up a photo of Emma kicking a ball.

Okay.

I'm on it.

Now, when Emma meets with the shrink,

she's going to have to make herself look a little um,

you know, stupid.

She's going to have to sell a learning difference.

Will she play?

She's her mother's daughter.

Well, kids, you know.

I could say you never know.

It's um, it's doable to keep the kid in the dark,

but it's riskier.

Well, I'd prefer to save the risk for my clients.

Very wise.

You coming in?

I need to find three examples of irony in the first chapter

of Pride and Prejudice, and the quiz is timed.

Opening line, for one.

Her famous fact, universally acknowledged

is neither acknowledged nor universal nor a fact.

God, you're sexy when you know what you're talking about.

As rare as that is.

Sweetheart?

When you're finished with your quiz,

could I talk to you for a second?

For the Farbers,

in an ironic dentist waiting room 1959 kind of way.

Yeah.

Let's give it a shot.

Uh, listen Colby.

Would you run down to the design centre

and make sure that Dina isn't drowning in that Aspen thing?

I'm on my way.

So for the Anderson boy, I'm thinking crew.

Never picked up an oar, but perfect body for a coxswain.

That's worked for us before, right?

Gorgeously.

So we'll do that for the usual 100k to you...

And 50 to USC Athletics.

Okay, thank you. Excuse me.

Hey, Caroline.

Hey.

So I talked to Jackson,

and we are feeling that you are doing such great work for us,

and we want to stay the course, but with no, um...

Extra services.

Yeah, if... if it's all right to continue on that basis.

Are you kidding? Of course.

He'll do great.

Just keep cracking that whip.

Okay, so we'll talk soon.

Yep.

Wait, seriously?

I say I'm in soccer and I see a therapist,

and that's it, I'm just like, accepted to Yale?

Yeah, basically.

Wow.

Okay, I know, I know, it's a lot.

But it's... it's normal.

Rick's done it hundreds of other times.

What happens to everything else?

Do I keep taking the online courses?

Yeah, you know, with just a little help from Rick's people.

They take the courses for me.

Well, yeah, 'cause that way you can just...

you can focus on your schoolwork, right?

Emma.

Darling.

Do you remember when we went on the college tour

and we saw all those concert halls and the stadiums

that were named after the families

that gave them money to build them?

Of course.

Yeah, yeah.

Do you think the descendants of those people

had trouble getting into those schools?

Of course not.

And we understand that, and we think it's fair,

because we know those people gave that money

to help preserve the future of the children they love, right?

I mean, I can't endow a concert hall,

but I can do whatever I can for the child I love.

And, I mean, it's not just the wealthy

who find the ways to do the best for their children.

Like, what parent of a brilliant minority child

wouldn't take every advantage they can?

I've read about minority kids who've been accepted

to Ivy League schools with SATs 200 points lower than yours,

and we understand that, and we think that's fair,

because we know those communities are doing

whatever they can for the children they love.

They have their advantages, and we have ours.

It's just one continuum.

You studied Darwin last year, didn't you?

Yes.

It is the natural way of the world.

Some species survive, and some don't.

Some people can do this for their kids,

and some people can't.

And, I mean, don't kid yourself,

think about how far Yale is from Trinity.

It's not just another city in Connecticut,

it's on another planet, in another galaxy,

and without Rick Singer's help for the next two years,

Bryan is going to be on another planet without you.

So, we need to start planning.

I need to get a photograph of you kicking a soccer ball,

for your athletic profile.

Can I start setting this up?

I don't know.

I have to get dressed, can we talk about this later?

Yeah.

Sure.

Hi.

Is your Dad coming out west for his week with you?

Not for a while.

He got a job in Philadelphia.

He doesn't think now is the time to ask for time off.

Oh!

A job means he's sober.

Yeah, almost seven months.

Fingers crossed, sweetheart.

Come here.

What?

Your dad has this huge heart, just like you.

But he was born with, what... what's the word for it,

not contempt, but a disdain, for the natural way of the world

and it just brought him down every single time.

And I pray that you can listen to your huge heart

without shutting out your mind like he did.

I love you.

I love you too.

Come here.

Um, I'm glad we could get together

and finish this up in person.

Coach Meredith.

You and me both.

So it's a guarantee?

For the 450k, my daughter will be recruited

for women's soccer at Yale?

Yet to fail.

Two thousand gets us rolling, right?

Yeah.

You never get nervous that somebody's figuring this out?

The number of Ivy League titles and championships

I've racked up in my 24 years of coaching at Yale

the Great and Mighty?

I'm pretty high up on the trust ladder.

This something you do on your own?

Morrie, Morrie, don't go so fast.

This one's on my own,

but sometimes I work with a guy named Rick Singer in LA.

Ever met him?

No.

You ever hear of Rick Singer?

No.

Look, we all want the same thing, right?

For Danny to come out on top.

So are we all ready to move forward?

Yes.

Danny?

You too?

'Cause how you're going,

it's not just Stanford that's at risk,

it's all the other places you're applying to

down to the safes.

So, are you with us?

Yes.

Okay.

Uh, now there's going to be a little screw tightening,

just the common sense kind.

So Danny.

We want you to stay in until your grades improve,

especially in Algebra and Bio.

Wait, um, uh, are you grounding me?

It's not punishment.

No but this is screwed up, because I'm...

I'm playing the Airliner next Thursday.

Do you know how long I've been trying to make that happen?

That can be rescheduled.

We are serious about this.

Yeah, and if you can't live with that,

we're prepared to take away your guitar and your recording gear.

Okay?

Hi, Daddy.

I hope that wall behind me is out of focus.

I do not want you screen grabbing it

and selling my entire plot on the black market in Malaysia.

Is there a black market for novels?

Only brilliant ones.

I read the first chapter six times a week.

Oh, my god, when Ethan finds the robin's nest,

it makes me cry every time.

Will you send me more?

Oh yeah. For the price of a visit.

The second that school's out.

Well, that would make me supremely happy.

Now, are you supremely happy, my angel?

I'm good.

Father's ears sense they aren't hearing the entire story.

What troubles your soul, my love?

I don't know, Dad.

Um...

There's just things that I'm not certain about.

Well, maybe that's because you're signing

into your mother's machine made,

consumer indexed idea of what certainty is,

when in fact the entire concept of certainty

might be entirely overrated.

So tell me, what's the problem and how can papa help?

There's no problem.

Really.

I'm... I'm good.

I actually have a ton of homework to do,

so I should probably go.

Talk to you tomorrow.

I love you.

I love you too.

Bryan, you're here.

Yeah, I got a later flight, I wanted to see you one more...

Yo! Dude.

Yo, listen, 'kay.

So we can move into the two bedroom on Dwight in January,

but if we drag in Megan and Priyanka,

we can get ourselves the big place on Wister Square

and get the hell out of the Yale dorms.

Yes, I knew you'd say that, man.

This calls for Pimm's Cup all around the second I get back.

Woohoo, let's go!

Come on, Emma!

You gotta kick here.

Come on, let's go!

Come on, Emma!

Right now.

Kick it higher!

Let's go.

I want you to put fruit in there.

Faster and higher.

Let's back it up.

One, two, three.

Higher and faster.

Yes!

I don't think my soccer matches are a picnic for my mom.

I mean, who wants to hear the other team calling

their supposedly sweet little girl names like "killer,"

and "monster," and "agent of death?"

Sorry Mom, but I wear those titles

like a queen wears a crown.

I can't believe I wrote that.

Well, you can thank my team.

Now, did the shrink send you the letter about the extra time?

I got it today.

Okay, when you send it on,

specify that you need to take the test in Houston,

because the place I use in West Hollywood is booked that day.

Well, what reason do I give?

Anything.

You're there for a family wedding, Bar Mitzvah.

They don't care.

So now, I call my test guy.

He's Harvard, total genius.

Can pinpoint it right to the number we want.

Can the number be 1540?

Down, girl.

A 500 point jump is a humongous red flag.

Let's target 1450.

With That and the soccer recruitment,

that's more than enough.

See?

Hold up, hold up.

Where we going now, boss?

I've got three new ones for you in Houston.

All right.

All right, kids.

So the trick here, if you didn't know already,

is for you all not to get the same answers right and wrong.

So.

For this first one, why don't you go "C," you two go "B."

How did it go?

Oh, my god, if people had any idea this was possible.

Shh, shh!

Yo, Danny.

You killed it tonight.

You killed it so bad, I'm surprised we don't hear sirens.

I owe it to all my fans.

I'll be seein' ya.

Good night.

♪

Woah.

The rents.

Probably wondering where the prodigal son has got himself to.

Oh, we know where you got yourself to.

Oh, well great.

Saves us the Q and A.

Peace out.

You are so high.

Almost as high as you were when you got kicked out of Disneyland

for jumping out of the boat in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Okay.

I should've never told you that story.

But that is irrelevant, because you have a Bio test

in less than six hours, and that counts as...

What? What?

What percentage of the grade?

Do you know it to the decimal point?

You knew the consequences of breaking the rules

that we set out for you.

Danny?

Dad?

Danny.

Okay.

What do Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan have in common,

besides being geniuses?

And David Bowie, Bruno Mars, Louis Armstrong.

What do they all have in common?

None of them went to Stanford!

Or any college at all.

Danny!

Danny!!

Come back here!

♪

Turn that off!

Danny!

Turn that off!

The police will be here!

Can you believe it?

-Are you serious? -No!

I know.

That's amazing.

It's incredible.

It's... it's everything.

Hi!

Someone just have a baby?

Guess how much Emma's SAT score went up?

Guess?

400 points?

380.

Is that not dazzling?

Well, if that's not dazzling, I don't know what is.

-That's good, right? -It's amazing!

Okay, sure.

Let 'em have their continuance.

They don't have a case.

In a month, they still won't have a case.

Craig wants you in meeting room A, partners' meeting.

What's going on?

We just learn Jeff Bezos is a client?

Better.

You know a little thing called "getting into Princeton?"

Shawn?

Ha, ha!

My son and heir got in early.

People donate millions for gyms and libraries

to get their kids into college all the time.

Is this any different than that?

Yes, it is.

No, it isn't.

And what about SAT training and tutors,

and affording better schools from pre-K on up?

It's all the same thing.

I mean, is there anything you wouldn't do for Danny?

Anything in the world?

Nothing.

He's losing his way, Jackson.

He needs us.

Parents are supposed to do anything they can

for their kids.

There isn't any limit to that.

There shouldn't be a limit.

And to think I was afraid we were pushing them on this one.

Don't admire it too long.

Gotta get this baby in the bank.

Put it to work.

Hello?

Okay, if we do this, there's a condition.

A big one.

Danny can never know about this, ever.

Is that doable?

That's the case with many of our families.

It's good that way.

Kids think they did it themselves.

Gives them confidence.

There's one thing I don't get.

What happens when he gets there

and he doesn't show up for sailing?

You send a note over the summer saying he had an injury,

plantar fasciitis.

We'll work all that out.

So...

Okay, I make a cheque payable to your foundation?

I'll have my accountant handle the details.

Okay.

Jackson and I will call you later

and we'll talk about the next steps.

Okay.

How does he know a coach will be receptive

and not turn him in?

Is it just the coach who doesn't feel

he's getting enough money or credit?

Just endless hounding to raise more cash for his sport?

Rick hears enough complaining, he makes his move.

I can't speak for any other coaches.

Is the illegal stuff just Yale,

just families in southern California?

I can't speak for any other regions or any other family.

Well, he doesn't have to.

Just check his client list.

My bet is, if we tap Singer's phone,

it'll blow our minds.

Yeah.

Kids into Stanford, Georgetown, tons and tons into USC.

From Morrie Tobin to Coach Meredith,

to Rick Singer.

How does it feel to be the match that burns down a forest?

What grade were we in when I first said

I wanted to do engineering at Stanford?

I don't know, how weird were you?

Six, maybe seven?

Fourth.

Because I heard Willie Hewlett went there.

Wow.

You're a double legacy, and you could give a shit.

And me?

I got nothin'.

You've got a 4.1 GPA, and 5s in all your APs.

So do 70 percent of the people who apply.

Oh, how about this?

He's moving the barbecue.

A little more effort.

Yeah, we could flip this and make it work.

I'll have my office give it a try. Oh, shoot.

Hey, honey.

Hey.

-Hey! -Come here.

Is there a meeting I didn't know about?

No, just going over some new stuff.

You're not going to believe it.

That gig I got publicly executed for playing last week?

Devon Blake was there.

He's this huge manager, he got Jesse Reed started.

Anyway, he has a bunch of ideas on things I should be doing,

stuff I could change.

But he wants to rep me.

Oh, wow.

Wow.

Actually, one of his guys here recorded my whole set

and put it on a flash drive.

Want to hear it?

Oh, that's so great, honey.

But just be careful, okay?

Careful about what?

Well, I mean, I mean, it's wonderful.

But just, so many people around here make so many promises.

Young people get preyed on.

So just don't sign anything until I have a look at it, okay?

He's this huge manager, and he loved what I did,

and he wants to take me on.

How can you not see how cool that is?

Oh my god, honey, it's so cool.

It's wonderful, we're so happy for you.

We're, we're just trying to protect you.

Okay.

What new stuff?

Talking about your favourite topic with this round of SATs.

Yeah.

So, Rick has lined up a psychologist to meet with you,

um, to see if we can get a letter

saying that you need extra time for the test.

What are you talking about?

Why would they give me extra time?

Well, look at everything we've learned about you.

Off the charts IQ, trouble with tests,

trouble keeping your butt in the chair,

I mean, if that's not undiagnosed ADHD, what is?

Right, and the doctor can meet with you Wednesday,

this Wednesday at 4:30 in Westwood,

so, is that good for you?

Yeah.

You know, the way you say that, it's like I have a choice.

It's okay.

It's okay.

You wanted to see me?

Yes.

Have a seat.

I'm not in trouble, am I?

I'm not sure.

I got a call from Yale, asking why your application

was all about soccer

when you haven't played any soccer in high school.

I'll have to say, I'm curious myself.

'Cause that's a summer thing.

Hmm.

Well, they're seeming to want some more documentation

on that activity.

Great.

I'll talk to my mom.

She has all the stuff, okay?

Okay.

Bethany, it's going to be okay.

It's not okay.

How are you going to get us out of this?

It's nothing I haven't dealt with 100 times before.

Rick.

It really scares me that you are not answering my question.

You never once said that anything like this was possible,

and you swore to us that this was airtight.

Bethany, we've got this.

You know why?

We got the secret weapon, and that is you.

Bethany, calm down.

I'm calm.

Please.

I'm with you. I want to help.

I promise.

Well, I'm really glad to hear that.

It's just the fact that this clueless college counsellor

missed the fact that Emma goes to France every summer

to play on the National Youth Soccer Team,

so that it doesn't get in the way

of her schoolwork during the year.

It's just that I was on the search committee that hired you

to run the place, it's just that I was Chair of the committee

that raised all the money to build the music building

that you got all the credit for, it's just that I have a daughter

who would be just as happy at another overpriced school

as she is here, unless you tell that clueless counsellor

not to stand in the way of something

my daughter has dreamed about all her life.

Am I making myself clear?

Repeat after me.

7, 24, 19, 11, 9.

7, 24, 19, 11, 9.

Okay.

Great.

All done.

I will put this in the system right away,

results should be on the site in 10 days.

Cool, thanks.

Mm-hmm.

It wasn't too boring, watching me fill the bubbles?

That's the gig.

Take care.

Thanks.

♪

She didn't just apologize,

she begged my forgiveness for ever doubting my daughter.

She grovelled.

It was gorgeous.

That is awesome news.

Well, I'm probably going to regret this,

'cause you might try to charge me more money.

But you are worth every penny

of the half million that I paid you.

So once we get this in the bag,

we get to work on Taylor, right?

Taylor's another ball of wax.

She's smart enough not to need this,

but you, Rick, you're a genius.

Well, tell friends.

Just don't tell them too much.

No way in hell.

Great job, son.

How did I... That's like 350 points better!

No, 385!

If I did that good, maybe I should,

I should take it again.

Like, blow the roof off!

No, no, no, no, no, no.

That's fine, that's better than fine.

You're good.

Does that get the embargo lifted?

Of course. Sure.

-Yes. -Yes.

Yes, yes!

Devon wanted me to do the open mic

at the hotel cafe this Sunday,

he's going to bring all these people to hear me,

I... I gotta... I gotta call him!

Go, yes!

That is amazing news, Caroline.

Oh, I know.

I mean, he was walking on air.

See? It's always that way.

It gives them confidence,

and they feel great about themselves.

...I'm just so excited.

Listen, I've got some people here.

I gotta go.

Oh, right, yeah.

Okay.

Well, thank you so much for everything.

The foundation endeavors to provide education

that would normally be unattainable

to underprivileged students.

To how many underprivileged students

did your foundation provide education?

Not directly, but um...

I want an answer, not an excuse.

The foundation isn't set up

to directly fund underprivileged students.

Some of the moneys are paid to athletic departments

for use in their programs,

which include support for the underprivileged.

And the rest?

Where did that go?

Your personal account?

The personal accounts of athletic coaches?

We don't have to answer that.

Okay.

Let's go to the charges.

Mail fraud.

Honest services mail fraud.

Racketeering.

There's a case to be made for 20 years.

Racketeering is illegal.

That's what we call the side door.

Getting my kid recruited for a sport

he doesn't play competitively?

Yeah, on this path, you pay 250.

It goes into my foundation, and the kicker is it's a 5013,

so you can write off every dime.

What are you asking us for?

Cheques came from the Isaacsons, and the Kaplins.

Got 'em both in the foundation, they'll clear tomorrow.

Sounds good.

So, here's the deal.

The yacht is now in Mykonos, and they want you to see it

before you start work.

But I thought I saw it in St. Barts.

He says he wants to make sure

that the colours in the main salon

work with the light of the Mediterranean.

Oh.

Hey, Rick.

What's going on?

I want you to be the first person I called

about something that's going on.

I just wanted to give you the heads up

that my foundation is being audited.

Should I uh?...

What... what do you mean, "audited"?

They're going over our payments, including the payment for 100k

that you made to have Mark Riddell take the SAT for Danny.

This is scaring me.

There's no reason it should.

It's totally routine, I just... I was calling to make sure

that you and I are on the same page.

Because of course I wouldn't tell the IRS that you paid 150k

to have an athletic coach at Stanford

recruit your son for a sport he didn't play.

So in case you get a call, you know.

Why would I get a call?

Well...

Audits, foundations, that's... that's what they do.

So in case you get a call, you're going to say that

the $250,000 total that you paid to our foundation

was to help underserved kids,

and you're not going to say what it was really for.

I'll just say that... that I was inspired

by your helping underprivileged kids get into college.

That's excellent.

This is not making me happy.

But you'll be happy when you get your letter from Stanford,

and you find out that the 250k was worth it for Danny.

Agreed?

Agreed.

Anyway, 99 percent chance you don't hear from anybody,

so we'll talk soon, okay?

Yeah.

Okay.

Uh, Kaplan.

Hey, Rick.

Gordon, hey.

I'm calling to give you the heads up my foundation

is being audited.

Do you think that I'm some kind of a moron

that I am going to tell the IRS

that I paid you to cheat on my daughter's SATs?

I'm just dotting my I's.

I'm just going to tell them that I made the donation

to your foundation and where the money went from there,

I know nothing about.

That's perfect.

Okay.

While I have you on the phone, Emma is on spring break

and I am just going out of my mind waiting to hear,

and I know that you're not supposed to say anything,

but I also know that you're five steps ahead

of any game that you're playing.

So, is Emma in at Yale or not?

Basically, Emma was in the second the athletic team

vouched for her.

Oh my god!

Slow down, slow down,

I'm not supposed to tip that, so.

Can't tell a soul.

Just you, okay?

[p

Hey, mom.

Welcome to the party.

Hey, honey!

Hey Beth.

Uh, want a gin and tonic?

I'm just calling to say that by rights,

it should be champagne,

and you have to totally keep this on the QT right now,

but honey, you got in.

You're going to Yale!

Oh my god, oh my god!

Oh my god!

We're going to school together!

I love you so...!

Listen, I know this is ancient history.

I mean, the boy's, what, a junior at Georgetown now?

But I appreciate knowing I can count on you to say

the right thing if the IRS calls.

Thank you.

Hello, Caroline.

Don't get mad at Bethany, she didn't want to tell us.

We practically had to beat her up to get it out of her,

but we heard about Emma.

And I know you know who's in and who isn't,

so if you know about Danny, please tell us now,

because we are practically jumping out of our skin.

I'm happy to discreetly inquire.

Call me back in an hour.

Thank you, Rick.

You're the best.

♪

♪

♪...these days, ♪

♪ this California sun is... ♪

Are you ready for this, angel?

Ready for what?

We just got off the phone with Rick.

You got in.

You're going to Stanford.

Wait, seriously?

Yes.

We're so proud of you!

We're so incredibly proud of you!

Oh my god, you did it.

Look at you, all lost in your phone.

What are you hiding?

What? Nothing.

You can't bullshit someone who's known you

since you were in diapers.

Let me see it.

Danny, why are you looking up images of Stanford?

Cause I got in?

How did you hear?

That guy that my parents hired?

He has some inside line.

Holy shit!

What's going on?

Uh... Big man on campus here just got into Stanford!

What?

You heard already?

Oh my god, Danny, that's amazing!

Guys, guess who just got into Stanford?

♪

♪

I plead guilty, Your Honour.

Your Honour, I...

I plead guilty.

Guilty, Your Honour.

♪

It's the FBI open the door!!!

Caroline and Jackson DeVere?

Yes?

I am placing you under arrest on charges of mail fraud,

honest services mail fraud, and racketeering.

You have the right to remain silent.

What's going on?

Anything you say can and will be used against you...

Hey, what the hell?

Why are you doing that?

It's just a misunderstanding.

A misunderstanding about what? What did you do?

We'll... we'll call you as soon as we can, okay?

Go to school,

and keep things normal like any other day, okay Danny?

Okay, you want normal, tell me what's happening!

You don't know anything about it.

Anything about what?!

Do I get to find out why there is a million cops

on our front lawn?

I don't know, but I am going to find out.

Esmeralda, will you get Taylor dressed for school

and take her there?

I might have to go with the police

and find out what is going on,

but I will be back by the time you get home from school.

♪

♪

You're joining our live coverage on this morning's breaking news.

The FBI calling it Operation Varsity Blues.

A nearly year long investigation...

Hey, bro.

Looks like you caught a good breeze there.

What the hell did they do?

So how long have you been lying to me?

No, Tristan.

I... I swear.

How about getting to second base with Nancy Hendler

in the sixth grade?

Was that bullshit too?

And what about this manager that wants to sign you?

Does he even exist?

Okay, no.

I have to call my parents.

So, so, taking the test, the extra time you got?

They paid that shrink to say you needed it.

They didn't tell me.

I didn't know anything until this second.

Right, they did this whole thing,

fake SATs, fake sports, for months and months,

without you happening to notice?

They just kind of slipped in a sailing championship

onto your application when you weren't looking?

Tristan.

Do you think I would do that?

No, no, no. Look at me.

Do you think I would do that?

How much did your SATs go up the second time you took them?

Tristan.

How many points did they go up?

385.

You know, it's funny.

A couple of weeks ago, you called me at 11:00PM

to tell me that Wendy Miller liked a comment

on your comment about Vampire Weekend's California tour dates.

But a 25 percent jump on your SATs, in a year,

when all we talk about is getting into college?

That wasn't worth a text?!!

Look, I didn't tell you about that because...

Because what?

Because I know how badly you want to go.

I... I just didn't want you to freak

that the competition was gaining on you.

Oh. Thank you for taking pity on me.

Tristan, Tristan, I swear.

I'm trying to think of an unmelodramatic way

of walking out of here.

But nothing's coming to me.

I can't...

♪

Jewelry, phones, and personal items.

How long do you think we'll be in custody?

There are various factors which will determine that.

What factors?

The first is how quickly we can process you through booking.

May I come in?

Sure.

Honey, uh...

You're going to need to go home this morning.

What?

We have a car coming to take you.

Did something happen to my mom or dad?

Nothing like that, they're okay, but...

Something did happen.

Is my mom going to jail?

Am I going to be arrested, too?

You can find all that out when you get home.

The car is coming soon, you should pack up.

I don't want to go home.

Please let me stay.

You need to be home, honey.

You need your mom, and she needs you.

Bryan.

You never played soccer in your life.

How do you even know about that?

They published the complaint.

Stuff your mom said on a wiretap.

That means you know about this.

You know my mom.

She runs my life.

I didn't have a choice.

So did you, like, do a photoshoot?

Did you even take your SATs again at all,

or did they just have someone take that for you?

I'm setting bond at $500,000,

which I take it is not a hardship for the defendant.

It is not, Your Honour.

She's surrendered her passport?

She has.

Arraignment will be in Federal Court

in Boston, Massachusetts on the date to be set.

Government transport is available should you choose

to avail yourself of it.

Will you confirm that you will attend?

Actually, it would be really great to know

what that exact date is, right now.

Because I have a whole crazy series of client meetings

and taxes in Colorado that I can't move,

and also in Saint Louis the week after.

Bethany.

What?

I'm not saying that I'm not going to be there.

I'm just trying to...

Your Honour,

my client confirms that she will be at the arraignment.

Of course I confirm I'll be there.

I just think it's really fair

to see if there is any flexibility with these dates.

There is not.

I'm sure there is with this amount of lead time.

Your... Your Honour, we will be there.

Hi, Emma, honey.

I know you're on your way home.

Bryan's mom texted me,

so call me when you get back, okay?

He's still not answering.

I need to reach him.

Track him.

We promised him we wouldn't do that.

Caroline.

He's in Big Bear.

Of course.

He loves Big Bear.

Because we don't.

He's going to hate us for the rest of our lives.

Oh my god, the walk of shame.

I mean, Bethany, who could be surprised?

But Caroline?

She seems so down to earth.

Yeah.

Like, honest.

You just never know anybody.

Jackson better be hiring crisis PR.

'Cause we sure as shit are.

The parents paid William Rick Singer

who in turn allegedly...

Don't even say it.

It's all one big Rodeo Drive shopping spree

for these parents.

Chanel, Gucci, Mercedes, Rolex, Harvard.

...in his employ would help and or correct students' exams.

Hello, Bethany.

You made for some historic television this morning.

Okay, before you say anything,

I want to assure you that no shade

is going to fall on this firm, and I take full responsibility

for overstepping in my zeal, as any mother would.

So I've booked off the afternoon,

and I'm going to call the big clients,

and I don't think anybody's going to care

how Emma got her test scores.

Our recommendation is that you speak with Maggie.

What the hell, Tom?

Are you my partner of 18 years,

or are you some parrot trained by HR?

It's best that we talk in my office.

You're of course free to consult legal counsel at any time,

but it's our suggestion that you hear us out first.

And it's my suggestion that the next person

that uses the subjunctive go screw themselves.

I'm going to be in my office.

Hey, Colby.

They called about the trip to Mykonos.

I had to turn in my passport,

I don't know when I can go now.

Caroline...

They're cancelling the trip.

Oh.

Okay, well, did you find out when they want to reschedule.

They said they'd get back to me.

Caroline?

What?

There were some emails from the hotel in Carmel,

and from the Winograds.

They don't want to continue.

And what about the Doernbergs?

A text from their assistant cancelling lunch on Tuesday.

She said she'd circle back later on.

Okay, thanks.

I'll call you later.

...Across the nation from UCLA...

Okay.

I made a sizeable donation to the foundation

run by our educational consultant,

which, as far as I had any idea,

provided educational support to the underprivileged.

End of story.

So when Rick told you not to tell the IRS

what that foundation had done with the money,

you said "do you think I am some kind of moron

"that I would tell the IRS

"I paid you to cheat on my daughter's boards?"

Exactly.

I wouldn't tell the IRS that, because I didn't do it.

Come on, Bethany.

You... you know that a... a

jury will likely hear that differently.

The prosecution will argue that it's strongly implied.

I'm not pleading guilty.

Rick led like crazy on that call,

and I never once for a second followed.

The paper trail is...

...Leads to a foundation that donated money

to the underserved, full stop, end of story.

Bethany.

Allan.

You took pictures of your daughter

pretending to play soccer.

With a professional photographer.

Now, with enough contrition and smiting of the breast

I can maybe, maybe get you a fine and six months.

Me?

Prison?

For doing anything I could to help my child?

That's not something I'm going to apologize for.

Allan, thank you so much for being honest and upfront

about how you see this.

I'm going to seek counsel with the balls

to stand up to a lynch mob.

Works for me.

This isn't just about what law you have or haven't broken.

What you've done to Emma.

Allan.

Could they go after Emma?

I don't know if she'll be indicted or not.

We may not know for a while.

But could it happen?

I have no crystal ball.

I wish you the best of luck.

Allan.

Allan!

It's a nightmare we're never going to wake up from.

It's going to go on and on.

I can't believe this is actually happening to us.

It's not something that's happening to us.

It's something that you made happen.

What?

Are you really going to do that?

You're going to go there?

You're going to blame this on me?

You pushed us, you dragged us...

I dragged you?

What are you talking about?

You could've stopped it at any moment.

You're the lawyer, you knew the consequences!

Like I didn't try!

I told you that this was fraud.

I said "this is a serious crime."

Oh, come on Jackson!

You jumped in as deeply as I did,

the minute you found out your boss's kid got into Princeton!

You're right about one thing.

This is a nightmare.

Do you have any idea how bad this is?!

I mean, right now it's mail fraud,

but if they slip in money laundering,

that is real time.

How could that happen?

Could we go to prison?

It depends on what we do now.

What do we do now?

I don't know.

I don't know anything anymore.

Stupid.

Stupid!

Stupid, stupid, stupid!

Stupid!

It's your only hope.

Do you know what that means?

We plead guilty to a felony, I lose my license.

Not a lawyer anymore.

It's horrible, I know.

But the alternative.

It keeps hitting me in waves.

Everything that's gone.

You're young, time passes.

People forget and forgive.

Look at Martha Stewart.

I want to do it.

I want to plead guilty.

I want to beg for forgiveness of everybody.

It's our only hope.

Of what?

Of being able to walk outside our house.

Of our son ever speaking to us again.

You're sure of this?

What will they do to us?

The sentence is going to have a lot to do

with how contrite the judges think you are.

We're all exhausted.

Maybe we should talk tomorrow first thing.

Okay.

We'll get through this.

It's Danny.

His phone's back on.

Where is he?

He's getting off the 405 and Sunset.

He's almost home.

I don't know if I can do this.

The parents indicted as a result of Operation Varsity Blues

include CEO of a major corporation...

I'm sorry we're so late, Ms. Bethany.

Congratulations on screwing every pooch in the kennel.

I don't need any grief from you.

No one giving grief?

You should've seen what it was like at school today.

Half the people looking at me like I had a skunk on my head,

and the other half gave me this stupid concerned moony faces,

asking if I was okay.

It was more than I could take.

Come here, angel.

Let me give you a hug.

I don't want a hug right now.

Mr. Singer, Mr. Singer, over here, over here...

Wouldn't you do anything in the world for Josesito and Shayla?

Anything?

I'll go put laundry in.

Hi, folks.

I... I got all chilled out in the woods,

so don't worry.

There's no fireworks this time.

So no Stanford, I guess.

Pesky little clause I signed about everything

on my application actually being true.

But you know, there is this one good thing.

You know how you always worried

about me trying to make a living as a musician?

You don't have to worry about that anymore.

'Cause Devon Blake called.

Don't know who that is?

Are you... you drawing a blank?

Click on the name, and the manager Danny's been

all foolishly excited over, pop right up.

Danny.

So Devon called me, and he said he feels like,

for right now, you know, just temporarily and stuff,

given everything that's going on,

maybe we should cool it.

As in, burn my number and scatter the ashes.

But hope's not lost.

'Cause you know, maybe someday, when you guys get out of prison,

you can come hear me open for the guy

who opens for the headliner at the San Bernardino Holiday Inn.

Sweetheart, please. Just listen to us.

What we did was so wrong, it was ugly.

Yeah, I know, keep going.

It was an act of violence against you.

Ah, that one I like.

But please know that we did this

because we thought we were helping you.

Because we love you.

And we're going to make sure that everyone knows

that it was all us, that you had nothing to do with this.

The courts, the press of Stanford,

your music manager.

Everybody.

We're going to spend

the rest of our lives fixing this, Danny.

You know, there was actually this one scene in the affidavit,

it, it gave me chills.

It was awesome.

I'm going to read it to you.

Dad: "For the payment, can we make it for consulting,

"so I can pay it from my business account?"

Rick: "Absolutely."

Mom: "So on top of everything,

"we can write the whole thing off as an expense?"

Beautiful.

Sweetheart?

You swore nobody would ever know.

You said this could never happen.

I am so sorry.

At least now I know what you think of me.

I love you.

Let me see, what was it?

Something like,

"I won't have to do this for Taylor,

"she's smart, not like her moron sister."

I was kidding. It was a joke.

It was just something that I was saying to Rick!

You were right.

I am a moron, for letting you talk me into this.

I thought that I was helping you get what you wanted.

Who even knows what that is?

I only know what you've told me to want my whole life.

Are blueberries even my favourite food,

or is that just something you programmed into me

because of the blueberry parfaits

at my stupid fifth birthday party

with the stupid clowns on the stupid blue ponies?

Sweetheart.

I tried to call Dad.

I tried him a hundred times, and he didn't answer.

He always answers right away.

He hates me now.

He thinks I'm just like you,

and he's never going to talk to me again.

Emma!

Sweetheart!

You two deserve each other.

He doesn't have any music on.

He never doesn't have any music on.

He needs time to process this.

Danny? Are you all right?

Door's open, you can come in.

Oh. Where are you going?

Far.

Danny, I swear to you...

No.

No. If you say one more word about how you did it for me,

you will never see me again.

You did it for one reason,

so you could have something to say at cocktail parties

that would make your friends jealous.

That is not true.

It can join the billion other things flying around

that aren't true.

Oh please, Danny. Please, please don't go.

How could you do it?

How could you lie to me for months?

I mean, would it have been so terrible

if I had worked as a waiter and I played in clubs?

What would've been so terrible if I had...

if I had failed at that, if I had starved?

I would've figured something out.

Sorry I wasn't the son you wanted.

Oh...

You are the son I've adored since the moment

I felt the first kick.

You're perfect.

Oh, Danny.

Danny.

Hi, Allan.

If you're calling to yell at me some more,

this door is closed.

I'm making this call as a courtesy,

to tell you something not very good, I'm afraid.

Your partners are firing you for cause,

and I've been notified that they're exercising

their right to take your equity.

I'm going to fight it.

That's a mountain of legal.

It's a good thing you have properties you can liquidate.

Your... your house, the place in Aspen...

Why are you laughing?

Because it's all just all such a gorgeous joke.

I mean, everything is leveraged against the equity.

Peter borrowed from Paul so many times

he didn't know which apostle he was anymore,

but I know what I am going to do.

I'm going to call Ruth Madoff and find out how she gets by.

So Allan, do you know anyone who has her number?

Bethany, I'm sorry that it's turned out this way, but...

Hello?

Leave me alone.

Emma, please.

Go away.

I don't want to talk to you.

It's me, if that's all right.

Daddy?

I got all your calls as soon as I landed.

Why don't you hate me?

I posed for that photo, I let somebody take my SATs,

I stole somebody's spot at Yale.

I... I know all that.

I know you were part of a terrible thing.

Then why are you here?

Because you inherited enough twisted genes

from me to account for a lifetime of terrible.

That's no excuse.

Not on its own, maybe.

But if you throw in being 17...

No, it's still not enough.

Bryan treated me like a disease, because I am one.

No college will take me, and they shouldn't.

Any job I ever want, they're going to look me up and...

I just want to die.

Right now.

I want to stop breathing and die.

Hey, listen.

There's only one thing that you can do,

and that is live better.

Until the world sees it.

That's what you can do, honey.

That is all you can do.

There she is!

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♪ Lay me down ♪

♪ I got this feeling in my chest ♪

♪ I think it's time we put it all to rest ♪

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♪ Cold dead ground ♪

♪ Wilted flowers in your hand ♪

♪ They may never come to life again ♪

♪ Lay me down ♪

♪ Lay me down ♪

♪ Just walk out ♪

♪ Oh, lay me down ♪

♪ Lives slow drown ♪

♪ You always knew this time would come ♪

♪ Closed our eyes and tried our best to run ♪

♪ Hopeful now ♪

♪ Chains were wrapped around our heart ♪

♪ Locked us up inside a funeral march ♪

♪ Lay me down ♪

♪ Lay me down ♪

♪ Just walk out ♪

♪ Oh, lay me down ♪

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♪ Lay me down ♪

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