1. The ancient Greeks
believed humans once had four arms,Copy !req
2. four legs, and a single head
made of two faces.Copy !req
3. We were happy.Copy !req
4. Complete.Copy !req
5. So complete that the gods,Copy !req
6. fearing our wholeness would quell
our need for worship, cleaved us in two...Copy !req
7. leaving our split selves
to wander the Earth in misery.Copy !req
8. Forever longing.Copy !req
9. Longing.Copy !req
10. - Longing...Copy !req
11. for the other half of our soul.Copy !req
12. It is said that when one half
finds its other...Copy !req
13. there's an unspoken understanding.Copy !req
14. A unity.Copy !req
15. And each would know no greater joy...Copy !req
16. than this.Copy !req
17. Of course...Copy !req
18. the ancient Greeks
never went to high school.Copy !req
19. Good hang out.Copy !req
20. Whatever.Copy !req
21. Or they'd realize...Copy !req
22. Crap.Copy !req
23. we don't need the gods
to mess things up for us.Copy !req
24. If you ask me...Copy !req
25. people spend far too much time
looking for someone to complete them.Copy !req
26. How many people find perfect love?Copy !req
27. Or if they do...Copy !req
28. make it last?Copy !req
29. More evidence of Camus' theory
that life is irrational...Copy !req
30. and meaningless.Copy !req
31. And that, my friends, is some
A-plus love philosophy right there.Copy !req
32. Or A-minus if Mrs. G is in a bad mood.Copy !req
33. Either way, it's an A or you don't pay.Copy !req
34. Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers,
the immoral persons.Copy !req
35. And everyone who loves
and practices lying...Copy !req
36. Ellie Chu!Copy !req
37. Chugga chugga Chu Chu!Copy !req
38. Fantastic.
The angels weep with joy.Copy !req
39. Next up...Copy !req
40. the winter talent show.Copy !req
41. Mandatory for all seniors.Copy !req
42. This is your last chance
to strut your stuff. Mandatory.Copy !req
43. Once again, the wall tubas
must be checked out before use.Copy !req
44. These are very delicate instruments
with sticky valves.Copy !req
45. Some bad news.Copy !req
46. Someone left their Dr. Pepper
in our storage cupboard.Copy !req
47. - Imagine a world without flutes...Copy !req
48. - Did you mute me, Bruce?
- No, Kaitlin, I didn't.Copy !req
49. I can tell
if you mute me, Bruce. I can tell.Copy !req
50. Jerry's parents are in Spokane...Copy !req
51. - I'll bring the Xbox.Copy !req
52. please bring it back.Copy !req
53. - No questions asked.Copy !req
54. Is there a problem?Copy !req
55. No, Mr. Flores.Copy !req
56. Next up, we had an issue...Copy !req
57. I heard his sister
went to Seattle with the church.Copy !req
58. She's majoring in sociology.Copy !req
59. Hey. Send this down to the big guy.Copy !req
60. - I think I'm going deaf.
- Oh, thank you very much.Copy !req
61. No, but honestly, man,
the man I want to be when I'm olderCopy !req
62. is not the man I am today,
you know what I'm saying?Copy !req
63. Aster!Copy !req
64. - So, you've just gotta keep living, man.
- Always has her head in a book.Copy !req
65. - You've just gotta keep living life.
- Choir, stand up.Copy !req
66. Let's all turn to page 49.Copy !req
67. - In case you haven't guessed...Copy !req
68. this is not a love story.Copy !req
69. Are you men or are you losers?Copy !req
70. - Come on, ladies, let's go!
- Coming through!Copy !req
71. Or not one
where anyone gets what they want.Copy !req
72. Munsky!Copy !req
73. Notice the lack
of fire and brimstone in No Exit.Copy !req
74. We are the source of our own hell.Copy !req
75. Five hundred words on Sartre's use
of thwarted desire, Monday.Copy !req
76. - Six different takes on Plato. Impressive.
- Just the one.Copy !req
77. That's what I tell the bartender.Copy !req
78. How come you never turn me in?Copy !req
79. And have to read
the actual essays they'd write?Copy !req
80. - You know I'm going to E-dub.
- Damn shame.Copy !req
81. Damn full ride.Copy !req
82. I can live at home and, plus,
I get to stay in lovely Squahamish.Copy !req
83. - Hell-quahamish.
- It's not that bad.Copy !req
84. Okay, it's not that good either,
but it's what's happening.Copy !req
85. I spent four of the best years of my life
at Grinnell.Copy !req
86. And look at you,
back home in Hell-quahamish.Copy !req
87. You're right.
Stay away from the liberal arts.Copy !req
88. - Try not to get fired over the weekend.
- Are you kidding?Copy !req
89. Everyone in this town fears God,
but you know who God fears?Copy !req
90. The Teachers Union.Copy !req
91. - Chugga chugga Chu Chu.Copy !req
92. Hey!Copy !req
93. Hey.Copy !req
94. Hey!Copy !req
95. Hey!Copy !req
96. Hold up!Copy !req
97. Whoa!Copy !req
98. What is wrong with you?Copy !req
99. I'm sorry. I, uh...Copy !req
100. Uh...Copy !req
101. Ten dollars for three pages,
$20 for three to ten.Copy !req
102. Not in the over-ten-page biz.Copy !req
103. No, I'm not trying to cheat.Copy !req
104. Nobody is. Whose class is it for?Copy !req
105. No, it— it's not... Um...Copy !req
106. - What's this?
- A letter.Copy !req
107. - Who writes letters these days?
- I— I thought it'd seem romantic.Copy !req
108. - Can't help you.
- I— I just need a few words. Good ones.Copy !req
109. I'm not writing to Aster Fl—Copy !req
110. To some girl.Copy !req
111. It'd be wrong. A letter is personal.
It's supposed to be authentic.Copy !req
112. - That'd be awesome.
- No! I can't be you being authen—Copy !req
113. Get a thesaurus, use spell-check.
Good luck, Romeo.Copy !req
114. - No, I can pay more for authentic.Copy !req
115. Did you call the power company?Copy !req
116. They don't understand my accent.Copy !req
117. Did you try?Copy !req
118. Shh.Copy !req
119. Best part.Copy !req
120. "I think this is the beginning
of a beautiful friendship."Copy !req
121. I'll call tomorrow.Copy !req
122. - Inland Power And Light.Copy !req
123. I'm calling for account 460A38.Copy !req
124. Please hold.Copy !req
125. Please re-enter your selection.Copy !req
126. Bill. Extension.Copy !req
127. Please hold.Copy !req
128. These hallways are murder.Copy !req
129. I'm Ellie Chu.Copy !req
130. Yes, I know.Copy !req
131. You've only been playing my dad's services
every Sunday for, like, four years.Copy !req
132. You're his favorite heathen.
He can't handle mediocre accompanists.Copy !req
133. Even if they are saved.Copy !req
134. Remains Of The Day.Copy !req
135. Loved it.Copy !req
136. All that barely repressed longing.Copy !req
137. "I'm Ellie Chu"?Copy !req
138. Yes, I know. Your bill
is three months overdue, Mrs. Chu.Copy !req
139. If we don't get a minimum payment of $50,
your power will terminate tomorrow.Copy !req
140. Fifty dollars, one letter.
After that, you're on your own.Copy !req
141. Yes!Copy !req
142. "Dear Aster Flores:
I think you're really beautiful.Copy !req
143. Even if you were ugly,
I'd want to know you,Copy !req
144. because you are smart and nice, too."Copy !req
145. "It's hard to find
all those things in one girl.Copy !req
146. But even if you were only
two of those things, I'd be into it.Copy !req
147. But you're, like, all three,
just to be clear."Copy !req
148. She's like all three.Copy !req
149. Thanks for clarifying.Copy !req
150. "About me.Copy !req
151. Some people think
I'm the cutest one in my family.Copy !req
152. Those people being my grandma...Copy !req
153. who's dead now.Copy !req
154. Never mind about my dead grandma.Copy !req
155. All I'm saying is that I like fries.
I like dipping them in my milkshake.Copy !req
156. Is that weird?Copy !req
157. It's actually really tasty.Copy !req
158. Would you like to try that
with me sometime?Copy !req
159. I work part-time and I have a truck.
Let me know whenever.Copy !req
160. Thanks.Copy !req
161. Paul Munsky, second string tight end...Copy !req
162. football."Copy !req
163. - So what you're trying to say is—
- I'm in love with her.Copy !req
164. Have you ever spoken to her?Copy !req
165. I'm not good with words.Copy !req
166. But you know you love her?Copy !req
167. I know I think about her when I wake up.Copy !req
168. And when I'm doing my sprints.Copy !req
169. And when I'm eating my mom's bratwurst
and when I'm saying my prayers—Copy !req
170. That just means you're stubborn.
Not that you're in love.Copy !req
171. No, it's love.Copy !req
172. Love makes you screwy.Copy !req
173. Don't you get screwy?Copy !req
174. No.Copy !req
175. This whole section needs...Copy !req
176. Although, that fry thing does sound good.Copy !req
177. A dangling modifier.Copy !req
178. Oh, I get it.Copy !req
179. Get what?Copy !req
180. You've never been in love.Copy !req
181. You want a letter about love?
I'll write you a letter about love.Copy !req
182. One that'll make her fall in love with me,
not storm off in a huff like you're doing.Copy !req
183. This isn't even American.
How are you going to learn English?Copy !req
184. Shh.Copy !req
185. Best part.Copy !req
186. "Longing...Copy !req
187. longing for a wave of love
to swell up in me."Copy !req
188. You sealed it.Copy !req
189. No, I'm sure it's good.Copy !req
190. Hushmo me.Copy !req
191. Hey.Copy !req
192. - Hey!Copy !req
193. Hey!Copy !req
194. - She wrote back.Copy !req
195. "I like Wim Wenders, too.Copy !req
196. Wouldn't have plagiarized him, though."Copy !req
197. Who's Wim Wenders
and why'd you cheat off him?Copy !req
198. - I didn't cheat off of him.
- No, I looked up "plagiarize."Copy !req
199. - I kind of cheated off him.
- I paid you!Copy !req
200. - But this is good.
- How?Copy !req
201. It's...Copy !req
202. It's like a game.
She's, like, challenging us.Copy !req
203. But in a good way.Copy !req
204. So, uh...Copy !req
205. we're... we're still in the game.Copy !req
206. Yep. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
207. We are. So...Copy !req
208. yay.Copy !req
209. Game on, Aster Flores.Copy !req
210. Game on.Copy !req
211. - "Dear Aster: Okay, you got me."Copy !req
212. "I sometimes hide behind
other people's words.Copy !req
213. For one thing, I know nothing about love.Copy !req
214. I'm 17.
I've lived in Squahamish my whole life."Copy !req
215. Such a downer.Copy !req
216. - It's not a downer.
- A major downer.Copy !req
217. - Ask her to hang out.Copy !req
218. What exactly is...Copy !req
219. hanging out?Copy !req
220. You know, uh, hanging out.Copy !req
221. - But, like, what do you do?
- Munsky, what's up?Copy !req
222. Uh... uh, confession.Copy !req
223. - Want to go to Joey's and hang out?
- Yeah.Copy !req
224. "I hang out with my friends.Copy !req
225. - I keep my head down."Copy !req
226. "I'm a simple..."Copy !req
227. - Paulie!
- "... guy."Copy !req
228. This meat won't grind itself.Copy !req
229. "Which is to say...Copy !req
230. if I knew what love was,Copy !req
231. I would quote myself."Copy !req
232. Right here, man.
People, air, weather.Copy !req
233. Why would we ever leave?Copy !req
234. - Psst!Copy !req
235. In here!Copy !req
236. Isn't this sacrilegious?Copy !req
237. She wrote back.Copy !req
238. "Dear Paul..."Copy !req
239. - "You know it takes 11 muscles to yawn?Copy !req
240. This is the sort of weird fact
I find myself recallingCopy !req
241. - to keep myself from..."Copy !req
242. "... well, yawning."Copy !req
243. We believe that God loves us.Copy !req
244. "Or showing anything I feel really."Copy !req
245. - We believe blindly and...
- "So, yeah...Copy !req
246. I turn to other people's words, too."Copy !req
247. imagine how the right gravel
can change your life.Copy !req
248. Sweetheart, sit up straight, please.Copy !req
249. Like a lady.Copy !req
250. "When you're a pretty girl,Copy !req
251. and I know it makes me sound conceited,Copy !req
252. but that's why you're even writing me,
right?"Copy !req
253. "When you're a pretty girl,
people want to give you things."Copy !req
254. It would look so cute on you.Copy !req
255. - "What they really want..."
- Oh.Copy !req
256. "... is to make you like them."Copy !req
257. Thanks.Copy !req
258. "Not like them as in, 'I like you,'Copy !req
259. but like them as in, 'I am like you.'"Copy !req
260. Like...Copy !req
261. so cute on you.Copy !req
262. Oh.Copy !req
263. Oh, you— you mean right now?Copy !req
264. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
265. "So I'm like a lot of people.Copy !req
266. Which makes me kind of no one."Copy !req
267. Uh...Copy !req
268. - Can I text her now?
- Too soon.Copy !req
269. No, I'm gonna do it.Copy !req
270. If you want her to think
you're like everyone else.Copy !req
271. "I never really thought about
the oppression of fitting in before.Copy !req
272. The good thing about being differentCopy !req
273. is that no one expects you
to be like them."Copy !req
274. Hey, wait for me!Copy !req
275. "Doesn't everyone
think they're different, but...Copy !req
276. pretty much we're all different
in the same way?"Copy !req
277. - "Says the girlCopy !req
278. perched on the rarefied peak
of Mt. Popularity."Copy !req
279. Babe!Copy !req
280. Taco time.Copy !req
281. "Easy, Mr. I Know Nothing About Love.Copy !req
282. I may surprise you."Copy !req
283. So, where do you wanna go?Copy !req
284. I want to go somewhere
where I could get pajamas.Copy !req
285. Do you wanna go to Gap?Copy !req
286. The one in Tukwila has a GapBody.Copy !req
287. I love GapBody.Copy !req
288. It has, like, 15 dressing rooms.Copy !req
289. Oh, it's the better Gap.Copy !req
290. So much better
than the one in Wenatchee.Copy !req
291. Ugh. Wenatchee...Copy !req
292. Oh, my God. Go look at Molly's posts.Copy !req
293. - Eww.
- She looks so gross.Copy !req
294. - She looks so gross.
- Why would she post that?Copy !req
295. I have no idea.Copy !req
296. Trig checked in at Dick's Fry Fry.Copy !req
297. Aster is so lucky.Copy !req
298. Totes lucky.
His family owns half of Squahamish.Copy !req
299. Hers doesn't even own their house.Copy !req
300. - You're so rude.Copy !req
301. You know that it's true.Copy !req
302. - Yeah, it's true.Copy !req
303. "What's surprising is people
don't see what they're not looking for."Copy !req
304. "The obvious unseen."Copy !req
305. So...Copy !req
306. this is why half my class
is failing their essays.Copy !req
307. I'll be reopen for business soon enough.Copy !req
308. And this can't go on much longer.Copy !req
309. "I've been thinking about what you saidCopy !req
310. - about seeing and not seeing."Copy !req
311. Yes, I do!Copy !req
312. "I had a painting teacher
once tell me thatCopy !req
313. the difference between a good painting
and a great painting...Copy !req
314. is typically five strokes.Copy !req
315. And they're usually
the five boldest strokes in the painting.Copy !req
316. The question, of course...Copy !req
317. is which five strokes?"Copy !req
318. "I get it. After one's slaved away
at making a pretty good painting,Copy !req
319. the last thing you'd want to do
is make a bold stroke and potentially..."Copy !req
320. "Ruin everything.Copy !req
321. That's why I gave up painting.Copy !req
322. Still, I wonder if that
is how I'm living my life."Copy !req
323. Hey, babe?Copy !req
324. Which one?Copy !req
325. Right one, right?Copy !req
326. Great.Copy !req
327. Let's do this.Copy !req
328. "It's a...Copy !req
329. pretty good life.Copy !req
330. Probably the best life one could hope for
in Squahamish."Copy !req
331. "Perhaps...Copy !req
332. but how well
do you really know Squahamish?"Copy !req
333. "Oh, so that's your boldest stroke?"Copy !req
334. "I'm into the slow build.
What was that?"Copy !req
335. "Decisiveness.Copy !req
336. But, please,
take all the time you need to be bold."Copy !req
337. "Is this bold enough for you?"Copy !req
338. "And thus was abstract art born."Copy !req
339. "And transformed."Copy !req
340. Hey!Copy !req
341. Hey!Copy !req
342. - "Or not."Copy !req
343. "Everything beautiful
is ruined eventually.Copy !req
344. Maybe that's the thing.Copy !req
345. If you do ruin your painting...Copy !req
346. you gotta know
you have everything in youCopy !req
347. to get to that
pretty good painting again."Copy !req
348. "But if you never
do the bold stroke..."Copy !req
349. "You'll never know
if you could've had a great painting."Copy !req
350. triangle is different.Copy !req
351. All polygons with three sides.Copy !req
352. Take one side away,Copy !req
353. now it's just an angle.Copy !req
354. Add a side, that's a square.Copy !req
355. When does the dating start?Copy !req
356. This is dating.Copy !req
357. No, dating is burgers
and fries and shakes.Copy !req
358. And maybe another order of fries.Copy !req
359. And...Copy !req
360. - I'm gonna text her.
- Wait, what?Copy !req
361. - At a certain point, you've gotta close.
- We're not at that point!Copy !req
362. We're way past that point.Copy !req
363. Oh, my God.Copy !req
364. I've gone...Copy !req
365. "Little sister hacked my phone.Copy !req
366. Can we take this to a safer platform?Copy !req
367. Ghost Messenger?Copy !req
368. My handle's...Copy !req
369. Smith Corona."Copy !req
370. - Who's Smith Corona?
- Just a guy.Copy !req
371. - Crap.Copy !req
372. Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!Copy !req
373. I'm the king of the mud!
Babe! Babe, did you get that?Copy !req
374. Caption it, "Mudding king."Copy !req
375. Mudding king! Mudding king!Copy !req
376. Mudding king! Mudding—Copy !req
377. New ghost message.Copy !req
378. - Yeah, we did it!
- Yes!Copy !req
379. She prefers abstract to representational.Copy !req
380. If she brings up Remains Of The Day,Copy !req
381. talk about how the movie loses out
by not spending more time on the Nazis.Copy !req
382. Relax. I got this.Copy !req
383. - But—
- It's a date, not a book report.Copy !req
384. I got two of them signed when he came
to Powell's Books last year.Copy !req
385. I drove all night to get there.Copy !req
386. Oh, uh...Copy !req
387. Cool.Copy !req
388. You've probably already read it.Copy !req
389. - Thought you'd like one.
- Uh, yeah, totally.Copy !req
390. No, I— I love, uh...Copy !req
391. Nazis.Copy !req
392. I mean, the— the ones in the book.Copy !req
393. I mean, like, more of those Nazis.
Am I right?Copy !req
394. Uh, speaking of Nazis...Copy !req
395. thank you for meeting me here.Copy !req
396. My dad...Copy !req
397. he isn't a Nazi exactly, but, uh...Copy !req
398. he can be pretty strict.Copy !req
399. You know, people talk.Copy !req
400. Um, yeah. Talk. Ugh.Copy !req
401. It's nice...Copy !req
402. to make a new friend, though.Copy !req
403. Oh.Copy !req
404. A friend.Copy !req
405. Good.Copy !req
406. They use Reddi-wip.Copy !req
407. Oh.Copy !req
408. It's, uh... from a can.Copy !req
409. Uh... but it's okay.Copy !req
410. It wasn't that bad.Copy !req
411. What about that date wasn't bad?
You have nothing in common.Copy !req
412. Not yet, but—Copy !req
413. Game over.Copy !req
414. I can't give up.Copy !req
415. Look, you and Aster Flores,
not gonna happen.Copy !req
416. - Chugga chugga Chu Chu!
- Hey!Copy !req
417. - Who are you calling "Chu Chu"?
- Shit, let's get out of here!Copy !req
418. What kind of wusses say dumb shit
and then drive away?Copy !req
419. Yeah, you'd better run!Copy !req
420. What?Copy !req
421. Aster Flores thinks
you're into abstract artCopy !req
422. and repressed British literature.Copy !req
423. - Yeah.
- None of that is you.Copy !req
424. It could be. I started reading
that Remains Of The Day book.Copy !req
425. - Really?
- Yeah. I fell asleep a few times,Copy !req
426. but I'm still reading it.Copy !req
427. That's gotta count for something.Copy !req
428. There are no points for effort.Copy !req
429. Isn't that what love is? How much effort
you put into loving someone?Copy !req
430. Well, whatever love is,Copy !req
431. - we just blew it with Aster Flores.Copy !req
432. Yes!Copy !req
433. No, I can do this.Copy !req
434. We can do this.Copy !req
435. Okay.Copy !req
436. I'll pay you double.Copy !req
437. You don't have to pay me.Copy !req
438. Don't be weird, dude.
Why else would you do this?Copy !req
439. No, I've got savings.Copy !req
440. Next date is three weeks away.Copy !req
441. - Three weeks?
- You told her you're slammedCopy !req
442. - with football training.
- I— I did?Copy !req
443. Yes. Also, you're in a debate
on who's the better Hepburn.Copy !req
444. Who there?Copy !req
445. Ba, did we wake you?Copy !req
446. School project.Copy !req
447. Hi, Ellie Chu's dad.Copy !req
448. We don't have time to school you
on everything Aster thinks you are,Copy !req
449. so we have to be selective.
Deep versus broad-based learning.Copy !req
450. - Huh?
- We spy on her,Copy !req
451. then cram you on her greatest hits.Copy !req
452. Oh, cool.Copy !req
453. - Are you ready for this?
- Yes.Copy !req
454. Are you ready for this?Copy !req
455. Yes, sir! Yes, sir!Copy !req
456. Shh!Copy !req
457. So, in No Exit,
three people are trapped in hell.Copy !req
458. A door opens, but nobody leaves.Copy !req
459. That's nuts. He can't stand these people.Copy !req
460. A door opens and he doesn't leave?Copy !req
461. He's trapped in hell.
It's a metaphor for existence.Copy !req
462. My nana hated Minnesota. She left.Copy !req
463. Your nana wasn't one of
the great thinkers of the 20th century.Copy !req
464. - Nana's not trapped in hell either.Copy !req
465. Hey! Hey, where are you going?Copy !req
466. The hell's got into Munsky?Copy !req
467. You're like some marvelous, distant,
well, queen, I guess.Copy !req
468. You're so cool and fine.Copy !req
469. I don't want to be worshiped,
I want to be loved.Copy !req
470. Key thing about The Philadelphia Story
is it's a plea for tolerance.Copy !req
471. Check this out. I'm calling it
taco sausage. Do you want a bite?Copy !req
472. No. So tolerance...Copy !req
473. Two hand foods, one great taste.Copy !req
474. Conversation is like ping-pong.Copy !req
475. I hit one and then you...Copy !req
476. What the...Copy !req
477. Oops.Copy !req
478. We're writing a profile
on the student we most admire.Copy !req
479. Oh, cool, cool.Copy !req
480. - Views on women in the workplace?
- Does Aster like lean meats?Copy !req
481. What are you doing?Copy !req
482. - I'm good cop.
- Then how come you aren't smiling?Copy !req
483. I'll smile when you follow the plan
that I carefully—Copy !req
484. I'm surprised more kids
haven't asked to interview me. Huh.Copy !req
485. I'm going in.
I'm going in with my smile.Copy !req
486. Looks like The Moose have a man open.Copy !req
487. Oh!Copy !req
488. You're not hungry?Copy !req
489. Not if it's not time to eat.Copy !req
490. Now that's weird.Copy !req
491. Hey, uh, can I ask you a question?Copy !req
492. I don't want to try a taco sausage.Copy !req
493. Why Squahamish?Copy !req
494. Just, like, your dad seems so unhappy here
and you also seem kind of unhappy.Copy !req
495. - I gotta go.
- No, no, no, wait.Copy !req
496. No, you're not taking this seriously.
I have a ton of work I have to do.Copy !req
497. No, just, you're so smart.
Like, too smart to, like—Copy !req
498. Waste my time trying to win you a girl
who'll never look your way?Copy !req
499. - No, it just seems weird.
- You're weird!Copy !req
500. No— Yes.Copy !req
501. - Enjoy your happy life in Squahamish.
- No, no...Copy !req
502. The thing about No Exit is it's like how
what I really want is to run my own shop,Copy !req
503. with new recipes. And— And FYI,
taco sausage is really effing good.Copy !req
504. Okay, but I'm the fourth sonCopy !req
505. and my family's been making
the same sausage for 49 yearsCopy !req
506. and it doesn't matter
if they're going broke, or out of style,Copy !req
507. they're Nana's recipes.Copy !req
508. If Ma can't have Nana,
at least she can make her sausages.Copy !req
509. If I break away, it'll break her heart.
And it's either her heart or mine.Copy !req
510. So I stay.Copy !req
511. We had to go
where my dad could get a job.Copy !req
512. He studied trains?Copy !req
513. Engineering.Copy !req
514. PhD, no less.Copy !req
515. So, uh,Copy !req
516. he became the station manager
at Squahamish.Copy !req
517. To start.Copy !req
518. The plan was to be promoted
to system engineer.Copy !req
519. Or anything engineer.Copy !req
520. Squahamish was a jumping-off point.Copy !req
521. It turns out speaking good English
trumps having a PhD.Copy !req
522. Or one from China anyway.Copy !req
523. And my dad, he—Copy !req
524. Doesn't speak very good.Copy !req
525. - He's not bad.
- I don't speak very good either.Copy !req
526. True.Copy !req
527. What's your excuse?Copy !req
528. How do you feel about pot roast?Copy !req
529. I should get back to the station.Copy !req
530. I know, but we've gotta eat.Copy !req
531. - Mom!Copy !req
532. Tommy, stop friending my friends!Copy !req
533. Would you like to weigh in or are you
just gonna scream throughout the meal?Copy !req
534. I'll deal with the dog wrestling.Copy !req
535. - Mom!
- It's your fault!Copy !req
536. Or we could go to your place?Copy !req
537. Match energy, match strokes,
and just say one thing.Copy !req
538. Where were you born?Copy !req
539. In Squahamish.Copy !req
540. What about you?Copy !req
541. Okay. Good. That wasn't so hard.Copy !req
542. But where were you born?Copy !req
543. I don't need talking practice.Copy !req
544. It just seems
like a really short conversation.Copy !req
545. I was born in Xuzhou, China.Copy !req
546. When did you come here?Copy !req
547. When I was five.Copy !req
548. - What do you like about Squahamish?
- Uh...Copy !req
549. I've never been anywhere else.Copy !req
550. Me neither.Copy !req
551. How does Satan get his message through?Copy !req
552. Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers,
the immoral persons.Copy !req
553. Does he write letters?Copy !req
554. - No, he causes us to question.Copy !req
555. Question our lives, our path.Copy !req
556. Our very faith in God.Copy !req
557. - Satan plants the seed of doubt...Copy !req
558. and, from that seed, grows sin.Copy !req
559. Sin is everywhere.Copy !req
560. We're lucky to live in a good town
like Squahamish.Copy !req
561. But the world is changing.Copy !req
562. Let us stay strong against Satan's call,Copy !req
563. lest sin creep in and destroy
the good life God has prepared for us.Copy !req
564. You know what it's like to finally meet
someone your age who gets you?Copy !req
565. You know where else you can meet
people your age who get you?Copy !req
566. College.Copy !req
567. You should send some emojis.Copy !req
568. I'm not sending her emojis.Copy !req
569. Do pineapple, owl,
caterpillar with glasses.Copy !req
570. What does that mean?Copy !req
571. That doesn't mean anything.Copy !req
572. Glasses make the caterpillar look smart.Copy !req
573. Favorite food?Copy !req
574. Braised pork over rice. Yours?Copy !req
575. Taco sausage.Copy !req
576. - Does braised pork have five-spice powder?
- How do you know five-spice powder?Copy !req
577. I kind of creeped in your cabinets.Copy !req
578. I'm always looking for new spices.Copy !req
579. Giving up on the taco sausage?Copy !req
580. Oh, no way. I've been writing to the paper
in Wenatchee for months now.Copy !req
581. If I could just get the guy to taste it.Copy !req
582. - The gateway to greatness is Wenatchee.
- Yeah.Copy !req
583. Hey, you gotta try it.Copy !req
584. What do the other Munskys think?Copy !req
585. They haven't tried it.Copy !req
586. Taco sausage has a nice ring to it.Copy !req
587. Yeah, right?Copy !req
588. Hey.Copy !req
589. Yeah?Copy !req
590. What was your mom like?Copy !req
591. Young, funny, dead.Copy !req
592. No, before she died.Copy !req
593. Young, funny...Copy !req
594. fun.Copy !req
595. She sounds cool.Copy !req
596. Yeah.Copy !req
597. I bet she would've tried
the taco sausage.Copy !req
598. What do you like about Aster?Copy !req
599. She's pretty...Copy !req
600. and...Copy !req
601. smart...Copy !req
602. and she's never mean.Copy !req
603. And she smells like fresh-ground flour.Copy !req
604. Why?Copy !req
605. Just wondering.Copy !req
606. What else could I like about her?Copy !req
607. I don't know.Copy !req
608. How her eyes look right into yours.Copy !req
609. How...Copy !req
610. she twirls her hair when she's reading.Copy !req
611. How...Copy !req
612. her laugh...Copy !req
613. busts out like she can't help herself
and she stops being so perfectCopy !req
614. for just a few moments.Copy !req
615. She has at least five different voices.Copy !req
616. How you could live
in an ocean of her thoughts and...Copy !req
617. feel like she knows,Copy !req
618. like really knows...Copy !req
619. I'm so stupid.Copy !req
620. - I just meant—
- No, I'm so dumb.Copy !req
621. - No—
- Like a real idiot.Copy !req
622. - Don't think that I—
- No, what you said.Copy !req
623. That's what you say when you love someone.Copy !req
624. No, I— I was just talking.Copy !req
625. - I would never, ever actually—
- No, it is.Copy !req
626. And— And you don't even care.Copy !req
627. I mean, I love her and I can't even...Copy !req
628. Agh!Copy !req
629. You try...Copy !req
630. harder than...Copy !req
631. anyone I've ever met...Copy !req
632. I mean, with the possible exception
of my dad with my mom...Copy !req
633. to show a girl that...Copy !req
634. you love them.Copy !req
635. And if love isn't the effort you put in...Copy !req
636. then...Copy !req
637. what is it?Copy !req
638. Yeah?Copy !req
639. Yeah.Copy !req
640. I can't believe you drink Yakult.Copy !req
641. Stadium vending machine.Copy !req
642. Coach is gonna provide it free.
Keeps him regular.Copy !req
643. Seriously?Copy !req
644. The only Asian grocery
is three hours by bike.Copy !req
645. Do not run after her train.Copy !req
646. Do not.Copy !req
647. Do not! Ugh.Copy !req
648. - It's kinda sweet.
- Kinda trite.Copy !req
649. Uh, it shows that he cares.Copy !req
650. It shows he's a moron.Copy !req
651. Who outruns trains?Copy !req
652. That girl's thinking, "Thank God I got out
before wasting my life on that idiot."Copy !req
653. She looks sad.Copy !req
654. Then she's a moron, too.Copy !req
655. Lost track of time
practicing for the senior talent show.Copy !req
656. A little freaked about it, but whatever.
Okay.Copy !req
657. Aster. If she brings up immigration,
you've been talking about the recent—Copy !req
658. - I know.
- When in doubt, if the name is Italian,Copy !req
659. probably an artist.Copy !req
660. - If French, it's probably—
- Hey.Copy !req
661. Uh, sure.Copy !req
662. I'm probably gonna crash and burn, but...Copy !req
663. thanks for sticking it out with me anyway.Copy !req
664. Well...Copy !req
665. - not like you didn't pay me.Copy !req
666. Well, uh...Copy !req
667. thanks.Copy !req
668. Hey.Copy !req
669. You're not gonna crash and burn.Copy !req
670. You're totally gonna crash and burn.Copy !req
671. - I was wondering—
- What about the immigration bill?Copy !req
672. Sorry, uh... go ahead.Copy !req
673. No, no.Copy !req
674. You.Copy !req
675. Oh, uh...Copy !req
676. The immigration bill.Copy !req
677. Mmm?Copy !req
678. Uh... right?Copy !req
679. Right?Copy !req
680. Yeah.Copy !req
681. Come on, dude.Copy !req
682. We don't have to talk about...Copy !req
683. serious things.Copy !req
684. Oh.Copy !req
685. Okay.Copy !req
686. What were you about to say?Copy !req
687. Oh, uh...Copy !req
688. It's still cool that we're...Copy !req
689. friends.Copy !req
690. Yeah. Yeah, it's cool.Copy !req
691. Friends.Copy !req
692. You messaged me?Copy !req
693. Uh, yeah.Copy !req
694. You're not just a girl.Copy !req
695. I think you are...Copy !req
696. You are...Copy !req
697. No.Copy !req
698. I don't want to be just friends.Copy !req
699. Wait, what?Copy !req
700. No, no. Bad. Sit!Copy !req
701. Uh...Copy !req
702. Oh.Copy !req
703. I think you're pretty and funnyCopy !req
704. and smart and your laughter, it's like...Copy !req
705. an ocean of thoughts.Copy !req
706. Like five oceans of thoughts. Like five...Copy !req
707. voice—Copy !req
708. I like you.Copy !req
709. I don't... I don't know what to say.Copy !req
710. Yeah, me neither.Copy !req
711. I'm not a good talker.Copy !req
712. That's okay.Copy !req
713. Okay.Copy !req
714. What up, haters?
Who rocked their second date?Copy !req
715. - Number 86, Paul Munsky!Copy !req
716. And now, his side-girl's gonna rock
the senior recital.Copy !req
717. It's a piano solo.Copy !req
718. - You're gonna be awesome.
- I'm gonna be puking.Copy !req
719. You're always playing for an audience.Copy !req
720. On the side.Copy !req
721. Not on stage, alone.Copy !req
722. - You're gonna crush it.
- Hmm.Copy !req
723. Oh, did I tell you that some food guy
from the paper in Tukwila wrote me?Copy !req
724. He must have heard about me
from the guy in Wenatchee.Copy !req
725. He likes how my sausage sounds
and he wants to try it.Copy !req
726. Boom! It— It's Munsky time.Copy !req
727. Hey, look at you.Copy !req
728. So...Copy !req
729. what did you and Aster talk about?Copy !req
730. Uh, I don't know.Copy !req
731. You know, we got milkshakes and fries.Copy !req
732. And we held hands.Copy !req
733. It was, uh, quiet...Copy !req
734. and...Copy !req
735. nice.Copy !req
736. And then she had curfew,
so we walked back to her car and...Copy !req
737. I kissed her.Copy !req
738. How...Copy !req
739. does that...Copy !req
740. happen?Copy !req
741. What?Copy !req
742. The kiss.Copy !req
743. I kissed her.Copy !req
744. How do you know she wants to be kissed?Copy !req
745. Oh...Copy !req
746. She gives you a look.Copy !req
747. A look?Copy !req
748. Yeah, like, um...Copy !req
749. Um...Copy !req
750. Okay, she gives you a look and,
when you see the look, you make your move.Copy !req
751. Otherwise you look like a real putz.Copy !req
752. - Hmm.
- And now we've got, like, a date date,Copy !req
753. not just a friend date, when she gets back
from some youth group in Sacramento.Copy !req
754. There are dressing rooms, you know.Copy !req
755. - I'll just get this.
- Really?Copy !req
756. - Yeah.
- No, it's just...Copy !req
757. You know, without the jeans
and the flannel shirt...Copy !req
758. you look weird.Copy !req
759. Gee, thanks.Copy !req
760. It just doesn't look like you.Copy !req
761. Uh, all girled up.Copy !req
762. I know.Copy !req
763. Go to the dressing room.
I'll toss you some things.Copy !req
764. But you're a dude.Copy !req
765. I have a sister.Copy !req
766. Go.Copy !req
767. Well, our next senior
needs no introduction.Copy !req
768. What up, Squahamish! Moose!Copy !req
769. - Whoo!Copy !req
770. You know who I am!Copy !req
771. I know who I am!Copy !req
772. - Let's do this!Copy !req
773. - Whoo!Copy !req
774. Ellie Chu, three minutes till go time.
Last chance to pee.Copy !req
775. Chugga chugga.Copy !req
776. Trig! Trig! Trig! Trig!Copy !req
777. Trig! Trig! Trig! Trig!Copy !req
778. - Trig! Trig! Trig! Trig!Copy !req
779. All right, let's give it up next for...Copy !req
780. Ellie Chu.Copy !req
781. Chugga chugga Chu Chu!Copy !req
782. Next!Copy !req
783. Play your song.Copy !req
784. When did Ellie Chu get kinda hot?Copy !req
785. Hey.Copy !req
786. Hey!Copy !req
787. - Come on.
- Senior recital after-party! Whoo!Copy !req
788. The Chinese girl came!Copy !req
789. - Chinese girl!
- Ellie Chu.Copy !req
790. I just wanted to tell you
we've had math together all four yearsCopy !req
791. and I always wanted to say
that I like your nails.Copy !req
792. Oh.Copy !req
793. Yeah. Can't get the bike grease out.Copy !req
794. They look badass.Copy !req
795. Do you want to play Drinkers of Catan?Copy !req
796. Okay. So it's like Settlers,
but just, when you cross a fairway,Copy !req
797. you take three shots
and you just keep going.Copy !req
798. - Oh!
- That's a lot! That's a lot!Copy !req
799. That's so much!Copy !req
800. I will trade you wheat for rye.Copy !req
801. Oh, bourbon it is.Copy !req
802. Thanks.Copy !req
803. I want you to know...Copy !req
804. that I can tell
I have been drinking spirits.Copy !req
805. Because I have to pee far more often...Copy !req
806. than would be indicated by plain punch.Copy !req
807. So don't think
I haven't been monitoring the situation.Copy !req
808. Cool, cool.
How many cups have you monitored?Copy !req
809. Mmm...Copy !req
810. Let's get you home.Copy !req
811. Okay.Copy !req
812. He's at practice,
but you can leave it in his room.Copy !req
813. Yeah, it's just something silly
I thought he'd like.Copy !req
814. We went as far as Sekiu once,Copy !req
815. but we never made it
all the way to California.Copy !req
816. You're quite the little traveler.
I would love to go to California.Copy !req
817. - Oh, it's Paul's Chinese friend.Copy !req
818. I didn't hear you come in.Copy !req
819. I was just, um, dropping off some books.Copy !req
820. - Aster was just dropping off— Tommy!Copy !req
821. Hands off the grinder!Copy !req
822. Tommy!Copy !req
823. Hi.Copy !req
824. Hi.Copy !req
825. So, uh, you— you and Paul, you guys...Copy !req
826. Oh, God, no. No, no, no.
He is, like, totally, 100% into you.Copy !req
827. Oh.Copy !req
828. You know about us?Copy !req
829. He wanted to do some extra reading so...Copy !req
830. I lent him some books.Copy !req
831. He's doing extra reading?Copy !req
832. For you.Copy !req
833. That's, uh...Copy !req
834. That's sweet.Copy !req
835. It is.Copy !req
836. On our first date, uh...Copy !req
837. I just kept...Copy !req
838. talking about books.Copy !req
839. I think I almost drove him off.Copy !req
840. I can be such a nervous idiot.Copy !req
841. You could never be an idiot.Copy !req
842. I mean, Paul would never think that
about you, because he's way into you.Copy !req
843. - I should get back to the station.
- No, yeah, no.Copy !req
844. Oh, it's just some silly thing I made
on my trip.Copy !req
845. I like this stroke off to the side.Copy !req
846. Lonely,Copy !req
847. but hopeful.Copy !req
848. Yeah.Copy !req
849. He'll love it.Copy !req
850. Hey.Copy !req
851. Can I come with?Copy !req
852. To the station?Copy !req
853. I already lied to my dad
about where I'd be.Copy !req
854. I have the day.Copy !req
855. You get to do that every day?Copy !req
856. Twice. 6:40 a.m. and 11:40 p.m weekdays.
12:10 p.m. and 9:20 p.m weekends.Copy !req
857. Give or take an hour.Copy !req
858. That is awesome.Copy !req
859. - It's a real blast.
- No, it's— it's so...Copy !req
860. master of the universe.Copy !req
861. A teeny-tiny universe.Copy !req
862. Oh, well. At least you rule something.Copy !req
863. Hey, what about those?Copy !req
864. My dad doesn't trust them.Copy !req
865. Do you want to get outta here?Copy !req
866. Where are we going?Copy !req
867. Whoa.Copy !req
868. Right?Copy !req
869. Are these deciduous trees?Copy !req
870. I wouldn't know.Copy !req
871. We don't have trees like this
in Sacramento.Copy !req
872. Everything's reversed, so...Copy !req
873. things die off in summer,
turn green in winter.Copy !req
874. Is that where you grew up?Copy !req
875. Born there. Moved here.Copy !req
876. My life story.Copy !req
877. Is that long underwear?Copy !req
878. Yes.Copy !req
879. I almost forgot.Copy !req
880. There's no cell service here, so...Copy !req
881. And the Lord said, "Let..."Copy !req
882. It's like no one can reach us here.Copy !req
883. Ellie not here.Copy !req
884. Oh, this is for you.Copy !req
885. Taylor Swift's yacht saves the day.Copy !req
886. - You know...Copy !req
887. I don't think I've ever hung out with
a girl and not talked about boys before.Copy !req
888. Oh.Copy !req
889. - Sorry.
- Don't be.Copy !req
890. It's nice.Copy !req
891. Paul's cool.Copy !req
892. He's confusing.Copy !req
893. It's like when I'm with him...Copy !req
894. I feel...Copy !req
895. I feel safe.Copy !req
896. He's a sweet guy.Copy !req
897. Then it's like he...Copy !req
898. writes these things that feel...Copy !req
899. not safe.Copy !req
900. Not safe?Copy !req
901. I overheard Trig
talking to my dad about...Copy !req
902. our future wedding.Copy !req
903. I mean,
he hasn't even asked me yet, but...Copy !req
904. he's just...Copy !req
905. so sure.Copy !req
906. And maybe that's love.Copy !req
907. I should marry Trig.Copy !req
908. Oh.Copy !req
909. Should I?Copy !req
910. Oh, well.Copy !req
911. God doesn't know either,
if it's any consolation.Copy !req
912. I don't believe in God.Copy !req
913. That must be so nice.Copy !req
914. No.Copy !req
915. It's not.Copy !req
916. It's...Copy !req
917. lonely.Copy !req
918. Yeah.Copy !req
919. I wish I knew what I believed.Copy !req
920. I keep asking God for a sign.Copy !req
921. And then Paul's letter
appeared in my locker.Copy !req
922. I've...Copy !req
923. never felt so...Copy !req
924. understood.Copy !req
925. It's...Copy !req
926. It's silly, right?Copy !req
927. No.Copy !req
928. It's not silly.Copy !req
929. You know what is silly?Copy !req
930. - What are you— No, stop!Copy !req
931. - Come on!
- No. I—Copy !req
932. Did you layer?Copy !req
933. - I am a Russian doll of clothing.Copy !req
934. Gravity is matter's response
to loneliness.Copy !req
935. Who said that?Copy !req
936. I don't know.Copy !req
937. My mom loved this song.Copy !req
938. She said every song, movie, story...Copy !req
939. has a best part.Copy !req
940. Was that it?Copy !req
941. Are you asking or saying?Copy !req
942. Yeah.Copy !req
943. Hey.Copy !req
944. I hope you find something good
to believe in.Copy !req
945. - I'm getting married, Walter.
- You can't. You're a newspaper man.Copy !req
946. That's why I'm quitting. I want to go
someplace where I can be a woman.Copy !req
947. - You mean be a traitor.
- A traitor to what?Copy !req
948. To journalism.
You're a journalist, Hildy.Copy !req
949. A journalist? Hell, what does that mean?Copy !req
950. Paul made
a braised pork sausage. Pretty tasty.Copy !req
951. Yours is in the microwave.Copy !req
952. Hey.Copy !req
953. Hey.Copy !req
954. Do you believe in God?Copy !req
955. Uh... of course.Copy !req
956. Yeah.Copy !req
957. Yeah, no, of course.Copy !req
958. I, uh... I got your painting.Copy !req
959. It was— It was pretty.Copy !req
960. Thanks.Copy !req
961. Um...Copy !req
962. Big game this week.Copy !req
963. Uh, training.Copy !req
964. I'll, uh...Copy !req
965. I'll see you after?Copy !req
966. Yeah.Copy !req
967. - Um, cool.
- Okay.Copy !req
968. Paulie,
are you marrying the garbage out there?Copy !req
969. Looks like another blowout
with the Squahamish Moose down by 49.Copy !req
970. Fourth down on their own ten-yard line.Copy !req
971. Less than a minute left on the clock.
Players are lining up for the punt.Copy !req
972. - Hut!
- Whoa, bad snap.Copy !req
973. There's an awful lot of confusion
out there.Copy !req
974. Looks like the punter
is trying to free the ball upCopy !req
975. and salvage a few yards
out of this horribly crooked play.Copy !req
976. Behind you!Copy !req
977. - Oh! The punter takes a savage hit.Copy !req
978. - Come on, Munsky!Copy !req
979. And Number 86 Paul Munsky's got the ball.Copy !req
980. Fifty! Forty!Copy !req
981. Thirty! Keep going!Copy !req
982. Keep going. He scores!Copy !req
983. Squahamish Moose have scored!
First time in 15 years.Copy !req
984. We're on the board! We're on the board!
We're on the board!Copy !req
985. We're on the board! We're on the board!Copy !req
986. Hey.Copy !req
987. - All hail the pride of Squahamish.
- Thanks.Copy !req
988. Uh...Copy !req
989. You, uh,
you didn't have to get me a Yakult.Copy !req
990. Oh. Yeah, take one.Copy !req
991. No, no, I don't, uh, want a Yakult.Copy !req
992. Good.Copy !req
993. Uh... Nah, I need to talk to you.Copy !req
994. Okay. Uh, my hands are full. Could you...Copy !req
995. Mmm.Copy !req
996. - So good.
- Uh, hey...Copy !req
997. What?Copy !req
998. - What are you doing?
- You don't want me to kiss you?Copy !req
999. - No!
- Why?Copy !req
1000. Is there someone else?Copy !req
1001. Aster.Copy !req
1002. Aster, this is not...Copy !req
1003. We're— We're not...Copy !req
1004. You...Copy !req
1005. - Paul.
- You, um...Copy !req
1006. Uh...Copy !req
1007. Um...Copy !req
1008. You like Aster?Copy !req
1009. It's a sin.Copy !req
1010. You're going to hell.Copy !req
1011. I'm onto you...Copy !req
1012. Ellie Chu.Copy !req
1013. This is a nightmare.Copy !req
1014. I know why you're always hanging around.Copy !req
1015. Popping up everywhere.Copy !req
1016. Okay,
it was just supposed to be one letter.Copy !req
1017. - I didn't think—
- You're in love with me.Copy !req
1018. Yes, Trig.Copy !req
1019. I am in love with you.Copy !req
1020. I get it.Copy !req
1021. Get away! Go home!Copy !req
1022. Hey, hey, hey!
This is cashmere fleece, man!Copy !req
1023. - Get out!
- All right, all right, all right!Copy !req
1024. Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!Copy !req
1025. Paulie, garbage duty!Copy !req
1026. Mom!Copy !req
1027. Get out of here, man!Copy !req
1028. See you next month.Copy !req
1029. Paul.Copy !req
1030. Sir?Copy !req
1031. Did you and Ellie...Copy !req
1032. mmm...Copy !req
1033. break up?Copy !req
1034. No, we weren't, um...Copy !req
1035. together.Copy !req
1036. She seems...Copy !req
1037. sad.Copy !req
1038. No, you don't, um...Copy !req
1039. see her.Copy !req
1040. See?Copy !req
1041. See what?Copy !req
1042. Who she is.Copy !req
1043. Could be.Copy !req
1044. Her.Copy !req
1045. When Ellie's Ma died...Copy !req
1046. I fell into a dark hole.Copy !req
1047. I didn't move for days.Copy !req
1048. A few days later...Copy !req
1049. I woke to find Ellie in the booth...Copy !req
1050. manning the switch.Copy !req
1051. She looked up at me.Copy !req
1052. Just 13... an adult already.Copy !req
1053. And I...Copy !req
1054. smiled.Copy !req
1055. Have you ever loved someone so much...Copy !req
1056. you don't want anything about her...Copy !req
1057. to change?Copy !req
1058. Outside are the dogs, the...Copy !req
1059. - You're late.Copy !req
1060. I had to grind something.Copy !req
1061. And to close our Easter services...Copy !req
1062. our final reading today
will be from Trig Carson.Copy !req
1063. "Love is patient.Copy !req
1064. Love is kind.Copy !req
1065. It does not envy.Copy !req
1066. It does not boast.Copy !req
1067. It is not proud."Copy !req
1068. Which is why...Copy !req
1069. I love...Copy !req
1070. this little lady.Copy !req
1071. And why she'll make me a fantastic...Copy !req
1072. wife.Copy !req
1073. Aster...Copy !req
1074. will you?Copy !req
1075. - No!Copy !req
1076. I, um...Copy !req
1077. Uh, um...Copy !req
1078. Love isn't...Copy !req
1079. It isn't—Copy !req
1080. Thank you, Ellie.Copy !req
1081. - Everyone—
- Love isn't pretending.Copy !req
1082. Uh, I know, um...Copy !req
1083. because I've been pretending.Copy !req
1084. Only for a few months, but...Copy !req
1085. it sucks.Copy !req
1086. Paul.Copy !req
1087. And I've been thinking about how much
it would suck to have to pretend to be...Copy !req
1088. not you...Copy !req
1089. uh... your whole life.Copy !req
1090. I always thought
that there was one way to love.Copy !req
1091. Uh, one right way.Copy !req
1092. But there are more.Copy !req
1093. Uh, so many more than I knew.Copy !req
1094. And...Copy !req
1095. I never want to be the guy
who stops loving someone...Copy !req
1096. for loving the way that they want to love.Copy !req
1097. And thank you, Paul.Copy !req
1098. That was...Copy !req
1099. odd.Copy !req
1100. Now, let's give Trig—Copy !req
1101. - I also have been pretending.Copy !req
1102. I've been pretending that—Copy !req
1103. Don't worry, everyone, I, uh—
I think I know where this is going. Um...Copy !req
1104. Look, Ellie, I am so, so flattered, um...Copy !req
1105. - but, see, you and I are never—
- You know, Trig,Copy !req
1106. I have been writing your papers
for the last four years.Copy !req
1107. And if you'll forgive me...Copy !req
1108. I'm just gonna rewrite you one last time.Copy !req
1109. Love isn't patient and kind and humble.Copy !req
1110. Love is...Copy !req
1111. Love is...Copy !req
1112. Love is messy.Copy !req
1113. And horrible and selfish and...Copy !req
1114. bold.Copy !req
1115. It's not finding your perfect half.
It's...Copy !req
1116. the trying...Copy !req
1117. and...Copy !req
1118. reaching and...Copy !req
1119. failing.Copy !req
1120. Love is...Copy !req
1121. being willing to ruin
your good painting...Copy !req
1122. for the chance at a great one.Copy !req
1123. Is this really the boldest stroke
you can make?Copy !req
1124. You.Copy !req
1125. Yeah.Copy !req
1126. Aster!Copy !req
1127. - Everyone, please, take your seats.Copy !req
1128. - Everyone, take your seats.Copy !req
1129. Wait.Copy !req
1130. So I'm the good painting?Copy !req
1131. Mommy wants you to know, in case
you are gay, Mommy still loves you.Copy !req
1132. - I'm not gay, Mom.
- Thank God.Copy !req
1133. I might want to change
our sausage recipe, though.Copy !req
1134. Are you insane?Copy !req
1135. - I love that recipe!
- Whatever Dad said!Copy !req
1136. Now that is some divine intervention.Copy !req
1137. This is a lot of dumplings.Copy !req
1138. Six days, 18 meals.Copy !req
1139. To Grinnell.Copy !req
1140. We didn't come here
so you could be like me.Copy !req
1141. We came here
so you could be like your mother.Copy !req
1142. You don't mean dead, right?Copy !req
1143. God, I hope not.Copy !req
1144. You haven't been to church.Copy !req
1145. I'm busy.Copy !req
1146. Yeah?Copy !req
1147. Yeah.Copy !req
1148. You need four portfolio pieces
for art school, so...Copy !req
1149. Art school?Copy !req
1150. That's great.Copy !req
1151. Yeah, well, nothing's great yet,Copy !req
1152. but we'll see.Copy !req
1153. What's going on with you?Copy !req
1154. Well...Copy !req
1155. I'm headed east to Grinnell.Copy !req
1156. - I'm leaving tomorrow—
- That's great, Ellie. Take care.Copy !req
1157. Aster!Copy !req
1158. I'm sorry.Copy !req
1159. It was just...Copy !req
1160. supposed to be one letter.Copy !req
1161. I never meant to hurt you.Copy !req
1162. Deep down, I probably knew the truth.Copy !req
1163. You really didn't use enough emojis
in his texts.Copy !req
1164. I don't know what they mean.Copy !req
1165. A puppy or...Copy !req
1166. - a sausage—
- I should have sent you a sausage emoji?Copy !req
1167. Fair point.Copy !req
1168. For what it's worth...Copy !req
1169. it's not like the thought
never crossed my mind.Copy !req
1170. You know...Copy !req
1171. if things were different.Copy !req
1172. Or I was different.Copy !req
1173. You could never be different.Copy !req
1174. "Am I sure I'm different?Copy !req
1175. - How do I know I'm sure?"
- Hey, I can be sure.Copy !req
1176. "I mean, what does God think?"Copy !req
1177. Oh, my God.Copy !req
1178. - And on, and on, and on, and on.
- And you know, you— you watch.Copy !req
1179. Okay? In a couple of years,
I am gonna be so sure.Copy !req
1180. Good luck with that.Copy !req
1181. Find something good in Iowa
to believe in, heathen.Copy !req
1182. I'll see you in a couple years.Copy !req
1183. I'll keep him busy tasting new ketchups.Copy !req
1184. Nice write-up in the Town Crier.Copy !req
1185. Yeah, Munsky Sausages is gonna blow up.Copy !req
1186. I might get to Iowa before you do.Copy !req
1187. I'd better get going then.Copy !req
1188. Here.Copy !req
1189. The caterpillar does look smart.Copy !req
1190. Too smart to be crying on a platform
like a wussy.Copy !req
1191. I'm not crying.Copy !req
1192. Wussy.Copy !req
1193. Wussy!Copy !req
1194. - Next stop, Cle Elum.Copy !req
1195. Hey!Copy !req
1196. Hey!Copy !req
1197. - Hey!
- What?Copy !req
1198. Paul, what are you doing?Copy !req
1199. Stop! Stop! What are you...Copy !req
1200. Moron.Copy !req