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Oh, hey, Melissa.
Hey, Barbara. I'm baaaack.
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We're all back, kid. It's a Thursday.
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Well, yeah, but I'm back back.
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Yeah, but wasn't
your first day back last week?
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No, it's today.
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Welcome back, Janine.
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Well, thank you, Mr. Morton.
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You know, for someone
fresh off maternity leave,
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- you look great.
- I did not have a baby.
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I was working at the school district.
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Sure. [P.A. SYSTEM BEEPS]
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AVA: I have an exciting
announcement, Abbott.
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Today is the long-anticipated
return of one of our faves...
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cinnamon buns in the cafeteria.
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[CHILDREN CHEERING]
Cinnamon is da winnah, mon!
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[CLEARS THROAT] Good morning, everyone.
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- STUDENTS: Good morning.
- Hey, Alex.
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I'm happy you're back, Miss Teagues.
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Thank you.
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Let's get started.
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[MAKER'S "HOLD'EM" PLAYING]
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- Synced and corrected by synk -
- www.addic7ed.com -
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Oh, great job, Esme.
Way to carry that one.
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We're gonna do great things
this year, guys.
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It's almost May.
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I've officially been back
teaching for 45 minutes.
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We've already played
the States game on the big map,
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done a math worksheet,
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and one of the students threw up
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from eating too many cinnamon buns.
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I can't believe I was
ever not doing this.
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[KNOCK ON DOOR]
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Hello! I missed that knock.
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It's good to have you back.
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Uh, those are nice.
The kids get those for you?
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Oh, no. Those are from
my friends at the district.
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Ah. Oh, um, do you still have
those glitter glue sticks
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I lent your class back in September?
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Yes. Those were for me,
not my class. One second.
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Okay.
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I hid them in a secret compartment.
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[WHISPERING] It was a shoe box.
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- Ah. Thank you.
- You're welcome.
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Mmm. Yum.
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I missed this coffee so much.
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Really? I think it's bleaching my gums.
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Oh, hush!
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I got to finish this before book club.
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Oh, I have books. Can I join?
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- No, you cannot join.
- Admission is closed.
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Besides, the first meeting is tonight.
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[CHUCKLES] Well, who's in
this exclusive book club?
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Me, Barb, Ava, Ms. Inez,
Mr. Johnson, Mr. Morton.
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Morton?!
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BARBARA: Book club was Ava's idea.
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She's become a voracious reader.
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And Ms. Inez told her
that she might enjoy,
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you know, discussing them with others.
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And I love literature and community.
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Even if she did name it AARB.
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Ava And Her Reading Bitches
going off tonight in the gym.
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This bitch is ready.
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I should be that bitch.
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Plus, I ordered Danny Wok's
and Morton's paying for it.
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That's a rotating schedule, right?
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[LAUGHS] Sure. Anyway, I am hype.
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It will be a most erudite discussion.
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MELISSA: Yeah, I flew through it.
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Even though it did kind of
give arsonists a bad name.
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Oh, please. Shh! I'm not done.
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You didn't finish your homework?
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Proud of you, girl.
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JANINE: Well, what's the book?
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"Parable of the Sower"
by Octavia Butler.
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Oh, I've read that!
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What an intense, sad, introspect...
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We do not need this feminist
novel mansplained to us.
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Well, then why does Morton
get to be in the club?
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Because he's trying to better understand
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the female perspective
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while he goes through
his trial separation.
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So, there.
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Yo, yo! Greggo my Eggo.
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Tonight I'm getting dinner
with this paramedic
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- I've been seeing, Avi.
- Okay.
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And he's got this super-chill coworker.
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He thought, oh, it might be fun
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if we made it, like, a double-dateski.
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He asked if I had a straight friend,
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and I was like,
"I've got the best one ever."
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- You in?
- Um, you know...
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I am getting
a little tired of these apps.
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Why do you need apps
when you've got J-date?
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Or, no, sorry.
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Yeah, let's do it.
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It's probably time to shake
it up. My last date kept using
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the wrong spelling of "there"
in every single text.
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You'd think she'd get it right
even by accident.
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Uh, anyway, I'll see you T-H-E-R-E.
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- Heck, yeah!
- Oh.
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- You okay?
- Sorry, Quinn.
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- Very good.
- I did.
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All rise!
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Or don't.
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This book club is now in session.
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Since this is my first nerd hang,
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Roz, what do we do?
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Well, we can start with everyone saying
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whether they liked the book.
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I loved it.
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It was so refreshing
to have a protagonist
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that actually put
her faith first in decisions.
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Yeah, and I love novels
about societal collapse.
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A world without laws?
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Don't threaten me
with a good time. [CHUCKLES]
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Well, I think we can all agree
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that some of the feminist
rhetoric was a bit over the top.
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Well, actually, couple's counseling
is going pretty poorly. Why?
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Okay, back on topic.
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Uh, let's imagine
in a post-apocalyptic society
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like this one, what skills
would you bring to the table?
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For instance, if pushed,
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I could strangle someone
to death with my bare hands.
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Pfft. Well, I have a family history
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of doing what needs to be done.
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I can fish and throw a plunger
60 yards if it comes to that.
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My strength is my faith and my voice...
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♪ To heal the sca-a-a-red ♪
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Amen.
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I'm funny, and I know science.
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You are not funny,
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and you know the periodic table
and plate tectonics,
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not how to filter water. [CHUCKLES]
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Honestly, I'm pretty shaky
on plate tectonics.
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Mm.
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Uh, what about you, Ava?
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I'd be leader, of course.
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You wouldn't be my leader. [CHUCKLES]
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Why not? I've been prepping
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for environmental catastrophe
since I was 10 years old.
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I have a year's worth of fresh
water hidden in this very...
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in a building that I know someplace.
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Mm. Well, thank you very much, Ava,
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but I think that my faith-based
governance would thrive
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in the end times.
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[SCOFFS] Yeah, right.
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Barb, you know I love you. Um...
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Just that you're a spiritual woman,
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and there are a couple of stone tablets
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that might get in the way
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of the [CLEARS THROAT] tough decisions
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that you have to make in the apocalypse.
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So I think I better go it alone.
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- Well...
- Can you dig a hole?
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Can you dig two holes?
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Yeah, Barb. How many holes can you dig?
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Blood was spraying everywhere.
I was literally soaked.
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That is disgusting.
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[LAUGHS] It was totally disgusting.
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And so I-I applied
the tourniquet and, um...
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And he looks up, and he says,
"Did I look cool?"
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And those were the last words
he ever said.
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I know.
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- No, I'm just kidding. I was just kidding.
- Are you serious?
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Yeah, no, he was fine, yeah.
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I-I really believed you
right there for a second.
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We brought him to the ER. He was fine.
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Probably. We don't
usually do follow-ups.
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Okay. What is the most blood
that you have ever seen?
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Trust me, I can handle it.
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"Gory" is literally in my name.
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Okay, you're weird, which is perfect
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'cause so is Olivia. [LAUGHS]
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So, we are looking at
like a 45-minute wait.
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Gregory, keep your ringer on. I
gave your number to the restaurant.
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Oh, should we get a drink here
while we wait?
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They have darts.
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Oh, Jacob's banned from the
darts here, speaking of blood.
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Oh. How am I supposed to get better
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if they won't let me practice?
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GREGORY: It's just a liability.
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[MUSIC PLAYING, LOUD CONVERSATIONS]
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This place is packed.
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Does anyone see a max-occupancy sign?
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Avi.
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You're right. We're off the clock.
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I'll grab the first round.
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Is that Janine?
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JACOB: Oh, my Godot,
it is. She looks amazing.
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Is she on a date?
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With Manny?
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And now, Janine is back
working at Abbott.
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Avi, you remember Janine.
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She punted the CPR dummy.
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Exactly. Let's go say hi.
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No, no, no, no. I don't think we should.
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Um, no one wants to be on
a date around their coworkers.
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Well, Avi and I coworkers
and we're on dates.
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Same for you and Jacob.
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Yeah, and I-I'm not so sure
that it's a date.
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Janine would have told me.
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Well, that's exactly why
we shouldn't go over there.
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I mean, she clearly wants her privacy.
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Why are you so sure she's on a date?
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Look at what she's wearing.
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Yeah, that's a freak'um dress.
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She's on a date. God, and he's cute.
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See, Jacob? It's a freak'um dress.
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And he's cute.
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♪ Every day ♪
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- Not gonna get involved in all of it.
- How are we gonna flow
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if no one's listening to each other?
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- That's the problem.
- All I'm saying is
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at some point, cannibalism
becomes a caloric necessity.
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I-It feels like we all had
different takeaways.
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Which is okay!
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No, it's not. It's disgusting.
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The message of the book
was actually quite simple.
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His messages usually are.
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Oh, yeah, if you agree
that the message is
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human beings should rarely,
if ever, trust each other.
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- And avoid California.
- Mm!
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AVA: I see why y'all
didn't want me to be in charge.
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You obviously lack
reading-comprehension skills,
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which explains a lot about this
school in general, actually.
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I-I-I have to say,
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usually reading discussions
expand the mind.
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But this seems to have
only reinforced your existing
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and troubling viewpoints.
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I'd rather die than change my mind.
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It's the American way.
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Perhaps one-on-one conversations
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would be more fruitful.
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Factions, you say?
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Well, small discussion groups.
[CHUCKLES]
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Fine by me. Melissa and Mr. Johnson,
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your shared nihilism
seems compatible, and...
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Mm-hmm.
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Roz, your ability to see
the best in everyone means
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that you'll thrive under my leadership.
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And, Barbara,
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you think that religion is the answer,
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which makes you the only person
that will take Morton.
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Okay, come on, Mr. J.
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I wanna hear more about your
philosophy on booby trapping.
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Nothing beats a good
old-fashioned pit of sharpened sticks.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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Greg. [CLEARS THROAT] Greg.
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- Yeah.
- Did you... Did you hear that?
250
00:09:39,662 --> 00:09:41,998
Yes. [CHUCKLES] That was hilarious.
251
00:09:41,998 --> 00:09:44,334
Oh. That I'm the oldest of four?
252
00:09:44,334 --> 00:09:46,861
Well, yeah, it was the
way you said it. I got to me.
253
00:09:46,886 --> 00:09:48,254
Oh, then you're gonna love this.
254
00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:51,216
I'm an only child. [CHUCKLES]
255
00:09:51,216 --> 00:09:53,760
Oh, you're a tough nut
to crack, Gregory.
256
00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,103
I was actually triplets,
257
00:09:55,128 --> 00:09:57,130
but I absorbed my siblings in the womb,
258
00:09:57,155 --> 00:09:58,907
and so my mom named me...
259
00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:00,892
Are you, um... you feeling okay, buddy?
260
00:10:00,917 --> 00:10:03,128
- Yeah. Yeah, I'm good.
- Okay.
261
00:10:03,153 --> 00:10:05,236
He's really just gonna
go sit next to her, okay.
262
00:10:05,261 --> 00:10:06,929
Well, you did say they're on a date.
263
00:10:06,954 --> 00:10:09,248
Yeah. I mean, of course,
and, like, it... it doesn't...
264
00:10:09,273 --> 00:10:11,002
Who cares? You know what I'm saying?
265
00:10:11,027 --> 00:10:13,488
But, like, they must be dating
for a while.
266
00:10:13,488 --> 00:10:16,950
And it's weird that
she wouldn't tell us, you know?
267
00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:18,576
You know what? He must have been the one
268
00:10:18,576 --> 00:10:21,496
who sent those flowers
that were on her desk.
269
00:10:21,496 --> 00:10:23,498
Of course. Look at his beard.
270
00:10:23,498 --> 00:10:24,833
What does his beard
have to do with anything?
271
00:10:24,833 --> 00:10:26,126
That's a date beard.
272
00:10:26,126 --> 00:10:27,486
What is a date beard?
273
00:10:27,511 --> 00:10:29,729
I-I'm just saying he grows
a really nice beard, you know?
274
00:10:29,754 --> 00:10:32,215
And that's... that's the kind of beard
275
00:10:32,215 --> 00:10:35,051
that you want to be on a date with.
276
00:10:35,051 --> 00:10:37,345
- Like, for example, Olivia.
- Hmm?
277
00:10:37,345 --> 00:10:38,930
You would be so much
more attracted to me
278
00:10:38,930 --> 00:10:40,265
if I had that beard, right?
279
00:10:40,265 --> 00:10:42,600
- Oh, that's not really...
- Definitely.
280
00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:45,103
Right.
281
00:10:45,103 --> 00:10:48,127
I identified with
the character's hyper-empathy.
282
00:10:48,152 --> 00:10:50,041
You know, you talk a lot
for a librarian.
283
00:10:50,066 --> 00:10:52,402
I can barely hear what
others are plotting.
284
00:10:52,402 --> 00:10:54,696
And I don't even think it's
even about the hentai anymore.
285
00:10:56,739 --> 00:10:58,992
Why don't I go and get us some water?
286
00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:02,704
And, uh, no need to pause
while I'm gone.
287
00:11:02,704 --> 00:11:06,249
Heads up... we got a missionary
coming our way from Bible-town.
288
00:11:06,249 --> 00:11:08,418
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
289
00:11:08,418 --> 00:11:10,086
I'm just grabbing
some water for our group.
290
00:11:10,086 --> 00:11:11,322
You're grabbing?
291
00:11:11,347 --> 00:11:14,600
We don't take kindly
to thieves around these parts.
292
00:11:14,625 --> 00:11:17,920
Maybe you should try
praying for some water.
293
00:11:17,945 --> 00:11:20,018
M-Maybe we should
all come back together as a...
294
00:11:20,043 --> 00:11:22,087
- I got the water!
- Hey, what'd she do?
295
00:11:22,112 --> 00:11:23,571
Good distraction.
296
00:11:23,596 --> 00:11:25,223
Not what I was going for at all.
297
00:11:25,248 --> 00:11:27,245
I know. You're lucky
I'm such a brave leader.
298
00:11:27,270 --> 00:11:29,230
Now check me for wounds.
299
00:11:29,230 --> 00:11:32,734
I got Danny Wok's for... Phoebe Morton?
300
00:11:32,734 --> 00:11:34,322
Oh, that's me.
301
00:11:34,347 --> 00:11:37,046
It's my wife's credit card, and
boy, does she love to remind me.
302
00:11:37,071 --> 00:11:39,866
[CHUCKLES] Well, looks like
303
00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:43,036
the Good Lord delivered once again.
304
00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:44,287
[LAUGHS]
305
00:11:44,287 --> 00:11:45,663
Is that "Parable of the Sower"?
306
00:11:45,663 --> 00:11:47,533
I read that book.
307
00:11:47,558 --> 00:11:49,602
Well, how would you like
to join an alliance of
308
00:11:49,627 --> 00:11:52,755
independent barbarians scouring
the wasteland for resources?
309
00:11:52,962 --> 00:11:55,340
Hmm. Absolutely.
310
00:11:55,340 --> 00:11:57,550
I've been trying to get fired all week.
311
00:11:57,550 --> 00:11:59,260
BARBARA: Let's see what's in the bag.
312
00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:01,429
Oh!
313
00:12:01,429 --> 00:12:03,222
[MUSIC PLAYING,
INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
314
00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:07,518
♪♪
315
00:12:07,518 --> 00:12:08,937
Olivia, I'm sorry.
316
00:12:08,937 --> 00:12:11,481
I've been distracted, and that's rude.
317
00:12:11,481 --> 00:12:13,358
But have you ever bumped into somebody
318
00:12:13,358 --> 00:12:16,527
that you just didn't expect to see?
319
00:12:16,527 --> 00:12:17,946
Actually, yeah.
320
00:12:17,946 --> 00:12:20,198
Uh, I responded to a call
at my piano teacher's...
321
00:12:20,198 --> 00:12:22,408
Is that... Is that Tariq and Erika?
322
00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:24,166
Is she on double date with her ex?
323
00:12:24,191 --> 00:12:26,402
So you just know everyone
at this bar, then?
324
00:12:26,427 --> 00:12:28,929
Jacob, is Tariq dating Erika?
325
00:12:28,954 --> 00:12:30,683
I think he's still dating Nick's mom.
326
00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:33,044
Uh, hello. Can I be a part
of this convo?
327
00:12:33,044 --> 00:12:35,129
Um, yes, I'm sorry. So sorry.
328
00:12:35,129 --> 00:12:37,382
You were saying something about, uh,
329
00:12:37,382 --> 00:12:39,884
your piano teacher and a call, right?
330
00:12:39,884 --> 00:12:42,053
- [CHUCKLES] Yeah.
- Yeah. Yeah.
331
00:12:42,053 --> 00:12:44,305
So, I'm going up the stairs,
and I'm looking around,
332
00:12:44,305 --> 00:12:46,724
and I realize the guy looks so familiar.
333
00:12:46,724 --> 00:12:48,685
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
334
00:12:48,685 --> 00:12:52,563
Hey... Janine.
335
00:12:52,563 --> 00:12:54,440
Gregory?
336
00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:55,963
And is that Manny?
337
00:12:55,988 --> 00:12:58,282
- MANNY: Come on.
- That's crazy. How are you?
338
00:12:58,307 --> 00:13:00,088
I'm good, bro. How are you
doing, Gregory Eddie?
339
00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:01,280
I'm...
340
00:13:04,391 --> 00:13:07,377
Good. I'm gonna... Be right back.
341
00:13:07,402 --> 00:13:09,279
- No. No.
- I'll be right back.
342
00:13:09,304 --> 00:13:10,973
[WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY]
343
00:13:13,501 --> 00:13:15,420
- What's up?
- Gregory Eddie, what's up, man?
344
00:13:15,420 --> 00:13:16,754
- Yeah, yeah.
- It's good to see you.
345
00:13:16,754 --> 00:13:18,798
- Hey, Gregory.
- What's up? Are you... Hey.
346
00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:20,393
Are you on a double date with Jacob?
347
00:13:20,418 --> 00:13:23,027
Yeah. Yeah, me and Jake are
on a... on a double date.
348
00:13:23,052 --> 00:13:24,554
I dunno know about y'all, though.
349
00:13:24,554 --> 00:13:26,639
Did you just call him Jake? I'm sorry.
350
00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:28,933
- I did. I did. Yeah. I did.
- Oh. Okay.
351
00:13:28,933 --> 00:13:31,144
But how we doing here?
H-How's... How's the date going?
352
00:13:31,144 --> 00:13:33,604
Yo, Talent Manager. What's up?
353
00:13:33,604 --> 00:13:35,773
Hey, uh, remember
that time you screamed,
354
00:13:35,773 --> 00:13:37,275
and then everybody looked at you?
355
00:13:37,275 --> 00:13:39,569
Yeah. You're a wild card, dude. [LAUGHS]
356
00:13:39,569 --> 00:13:41,612
Pretty normal card. [CHUCKLES]
357
00:13:41,612 --> 00:13:44,407
That girl you're with is cute.
358
00:13:44,407 --> 00:13:47,243
Who? O-Olivia? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
359
00:13:47,243 --> 00:13:48,786
She's cool. She's great.
360
00:13:48,786 --> 00:13:51,039
She's, um, a hero, actually.
She's an EMT.
361
00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:52,874
- Nice.
- But isn't it crazy that we're all here
362
00:13:52,874 --> 00:13:55,543
at Rubensteins tonight
just dating it up, everybody?
363
00:13:55,543 --> 00:13:57,462
You here. You here.
I'm here. We all here.
364
00:13:57,462 --> 00:13:59,255
- We dating.
- ERIKA: Well...
365
00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:01,591
Uh, no, not me. My lady's at the house.
366
00:14:01,591 --> 00:14:02,963
She taking in a Redbox right now,
367
00:14:02,988 --> 00:14:05,241
- a.k.a. a case of Merlot.
- Mm. Right.
368
00:14:05,266 --> 00:14:07,196
I'm here on official
PTA president business,
369
00:14:07,221 --> 00:14:08,940
meeting with Manny
on the district's tab.
370
00:14:08,965 --> 00:14:10,729
No, no, no. The district's
not paying for these drinks.
371
00:14:10,754 --> 00:14:12,827
Oh, well, someone with the last
name District bought these.
372
00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:13,963
[LAUGHS]
373
00:14:13,988 --> 00:14:16,846
Wait. I know you didn't think
I was on a date with Tariq?
374
00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:19,442
Oh, so only the people on the
right side of the booth are dating?
375
00:14:19,442 --> 00:14:21,527
No, Greg, none of us are on dates.
376
00:14:21,527 --> 00:14:23,196
Nobody here is on a date, so...
377
00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:26,407
Oh, but you all are dressed so well.
378
00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:28,158
We do look good. I'll give you that.
379
00:14:28,183 --> 00:14:30,049
Erika and I are going out to
the hookah bar after this, so...
380
00:14:30,074 --> 00:14:32,702
Ah, okay. So why are you
here with Manny?
381
00:14:32,727 --> 00:14:36,189
We were just tying up
some loose ends at the district
382
00:14:36,214 --> 00:14:37,423
- really quickly...
- Right, right.
383
00:14:37,448 --> 00:14:38,825
... and Rubensteins is the only place
384
00:14:38,850 --> 00:14:40,369
you can take your laptop out after 5:00.
385
00:14:40,394 --> 00:14:41,728
- Hey-oh.
- Oh, okay.
386
00:14:41,753 --> 00:14:43,255
I'm don't see a laptop, but, uh,
387
00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,198
you got up and you moved
to the other side, so...
388
00:14:45,223 --> 00:14:47,768
- Oh, you have been here a while.
- Mm-hmm.
389
00:14:47,804 --> 00:14:50,723
Okay. Well, Manny was
just showing me a text thread
390
00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:52,934
between him and the superintendent.
391
00:14:52,934 --> 00:14:55,353
He keeps responding to all my
texts with Nelson Mandela GIFs,
392
00:14:55,353 --> 00:14:57,146
and I think it's fascinating.
393
00:14:57,146 --> 00:14:58,731
Fascinating. So fascinating.
394
00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:00,358
I want to know so much about that.
395
00:15:00,358 --> 00:15:02,276
But then you popped that mint and...
396
00:15:02,276 --> 00:15:03,807
Because we were eating garlic bread,
397
00:15:03,832 --> 00:15:05,197
and I didn't want to be
bothering Miss Teagues.
398
00:15:05,222 --> 00:15:06,227
Yeah.
399
00:15:06,252 --> 00:15:09,075
So, it's actually pretty
delicious, if you want some.
400
00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:11,119
But your beard.
401
00:15:11,119 --> 00:15:13,871
Crumbs are inevitable, man.
402
00:15:13,871 --> 00:15:16,374
Damn, Gregory! Any more questions?
403
00:15:16,374 --> 00:15:18,601
Rubensteins going off on a Thursday!
404
00:15:18,626 --> 00:15:20,336
What's up, Brunchy Bunchers?!
405
00:15:20,336 --> 00:15:22,004
[LAUGHTER] Oh!
406
00:15:22,004 --> 00:15:23,464
TOGETHER: Eat it up!
407
00:15:23,464 --> 00:15:26,592
Jake, um, so nobody here is on a date.
408
00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:29,053
None of them are dating.
409
00:15:29,053 --> 00:15:30,930
Which is what you were
trying to tell me,
410
00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:32,223
- and I should have listened.
- Right, right.
411
00:15:32,223 --> 00:15:34,517
Oh, oh, the, um...
412
00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:35,977
- We gotta... The... Yep.
- Yeah. Okay.
413
00:15:35,977 --> 00:15:38,604
Our, uh, table next door is ready.
414
00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:41,291
Um, but this was really great.
We should do this again.
415
00:15:41,316 --> 00:15:43,359
- Do what exactly?
- All right. Have a good night.
416
00:15:43,384 --> 00:15:45,845
Uh, all right, well,
now that that's done,
417
00:15:45,870 --> 00:15:49,173
Manny, what is the difference
between a BCC and a CC?
418
00:15:49,198 --> 00:15:53,536
And if somebody BCCs me,
who can CC that?
419
00:15:53,536 --> 00:15:54,954
- Are you ready to go?
- I am.
420
00:15:54,954 --> 00:15:57,039
Okay. Let's...
421
00:15:57,039 --> 00:15:59,565
Y'all just marinate on that, okay?
422
00:15:59,590 --> 00:16:01,455
Ava, you can't scarf
those wings all yourself.
423
00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:02,854
You're supposed to share.
424
00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:05,339
Mm-hmm. And why did you
give her the food?
425
00:16:05,339 --> 00:16:06,632
Well, she told me she'd give me a raise.
426
00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:07,807
And you bought that?
427
00:16:07,832 --> 00:16:10,424
Oh, so now I'm only supposed to
believe women some of the time?
428
00:16:10,449 --> 00:16:12,951
Ooh. It is this behavior
429
00:16:12,976 --> 00:16:16,021
why we would never let you
lead us in a crisis.
430
00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:18,853
Nobody lets me do anything.
431
00:16:18,853 --> 00:16:21,314
Yet, here I am, doing things.
432
00:16:21,314 --> 00:16:23,608
That's why I'm a leader.
433
00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:26,652
Now, who will bend the knee
and kiss the wing?
434
00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:31,616
- What... Have some self-respect!
- What is wrong with you, son?
435
00:16:31,616 --> 00:16:33,565
Ava, we are not your TikTok followers.
436
00:16:33,590 --> 00:16:36,971
We are all alphas. Well, most of us.
437
00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:39,415
What? I'm an alpha. Woof-woof.
438
00:16:39,415 --> 00:16:41,083
You know, I shouldn't have
trusted my food
439
00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:43,252
to any of youse anyway.
I'm gonna order my own.
440
00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:44,940
We closed a half hour ago.
441
00:16:44,965 --> 00:16:47,231
Wh... Why are you still here?
442
00:16:47,256 --> 00:16:49,041
Because we closed a half hour ago.
443
00:16:49,066 --> 00:16:51,385
He's an integral part
of my splinter community.
444
00:16:51,410 --> 00:16:54,705
All right, all right.
This has gotten really weird.
445
00:16:54,730 --> 00:16:56,899
I can't believe it's 8:00 already.
446
00:16:56,924 --> 00:16:58,893
I was supposed to
pick my kids up at 7:00.
447
00:16:58,918 --> 00:17:01,128
I've been thinking of "Grapes of Wrath."
448
00:17:01,153 --> 00:17:03,080
I ain't read this.
449
00:17:03,105 --> 00:17:05,651
This is not how book clubs
are supposed to go.
450
00:17:07,696 --> 00:17:10,491
We were supposed
to be creating community
451
00:17:10,516 --> 00:17:12,810
around the shared love of literature.
452
00:17:12,949 --> 00:17:14,992
And instead, we just picked sides
453
00:17:14,992 --> 00:17:17,912
and refused to see
each other's point of view.
454
00:17:17,912 --> 00:17:19,956
Hmm. You know something?
455
00:17:19,956 --> 00:17:24,526
I'm starting to see Ms. Inez's
point of view very clearly.
456
00:17:24,817 --> 00:17:26,611
I'm leaving.
457
00:17:26,636 --> 00:17:29,148
Yeah, and for the first time
tonight, Barb, I'm with ya.
458
00:17:29,173 --> 00:17:31,050
Come on.
459
00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:33,678
[SLOW CLAPPING]
460
00:17:33,678 --> 00:17:35,763
Well, well, well.
461
00:17:35,763 --> 00:17:39,299
At least you all can recognize
that I'm the only one tough enough
462
00:17:39,324 --> 00:17:41,827
and smart enough to lead
in the end times.
463
00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:44,689
[CHUCKLES] Followers always give up.
464
00:17:44,689 --> 00:17:46,899
Now, follow the other losers outta here.
465
00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:48,776
Oh, do you feel that, Barb?
466
00:17:48,776 --> 00:17:49,947
Oh, I sure do.
467
00:17:49,972 --> 00:17:52,338
Yeah, that feels just like
I got a second wind.
468
00:17:52,363 --> 00:17:55,408
Oh, with such rich text,
469
00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:58,995
I could talk about this book forever.
470
00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:01,497
Fine by me. This is your simulation.
471
00:18:01,497 --> 00:18:03,291
I'm just living in it.
472
00:18:03,291 --> 00:18:04,959
Hmm.
473
00:18:04,959 --> 00:18:07,920
Now, where were we?
474
00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,839
All right, our tab's all closed up.
475
00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:11,299
Perfect, because our table is ready.
476
00:18:11,299 --> 00:18:12,675
Well, it was ready 30 minutes ago,
477
00:18:12,675 --> 00:18:13,705
and I think they gave it away.
478
00:18:13,730 --> 00:18:15,361
But that means we missed the rush,
479
00:18:15,386 --> 00:18:17,013
so we can just go put
our names back on the list.
480
00:18:17,013 --> 00:18:19,473
Actually, I-I don't know
if your friend is on a date,
481
00:18:19,473 --> 00:18:21,309
but you're not.
482
00:18:21,309 --> 00:18:23,227
I have to go.
483
00:18:23,227 --> 00:18:24,729
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
484
00:18:24,729 --> 00:18:28,107
Um, look, I'm sorry.
485
00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:30,192
Maybe I can still
see you around some time?
486
00:18:30,192 --> 00:18:31,971
Maybe.
487
00:18:31,996 --> 00:18:34,721
If you're in, like, a serious accident.
488
00:18:35,238 --> 00:18:36,823
[DOOR OPENS]
489
00:18:36,848 --> 00:18:39,518
Hey, um, sorry tonight
got a little weird.
490
00:18:39,543 --> 00:18:41,628
Oh, no. This is the best date
I've ever been on.
491
00:18:41,657 --> 00:18:43,617
Your friend is so messy.
492
00:18:43,642 --> 00:18:45,561
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.
493
00:18:47,468 --> 00:18:51,305
[WHISTLING]
494
00:18:51,330 --> 00:18:53,874
Oh, no. Hell no.
What are y'all doing here?
495
00:18:53,899 --> 00:18:55,901
- Ooh, ooh!
- Why does it stink?
496
00:18:55,926 --> 00:18:58,179
W-Where am I? What day is it?
497
00:18:58,204 --> 00:19:01,123
It's Friday, which means
you are all cleaning this up.
498
00:19:01,148 --> 00:19:02,627
The kids will be in here soon.
499
00:19:02,652 --> 00:19:05,530
Okay, fine, but before we go,
I think we can all agree...
500
00:19:05,555 --> 00:19:07,033
That I am the leader
501
00:19:07,058 --> 00:19:09,248
that will best protect us
during the end times.
502
00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:11,400
We agree on nothing!
503
00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,236
Hold up. "Parable of the Sower"?
504
00:19:14,236 --> 00:19:16,322
- Uh-huh.
- Well, you missed the point.
505
00:19:16,347 --> 00:19:19,016
The protagonist... she does not
want to rule over her followers.
506
00:19:19,041 --> 00:19:21,533
She wants them to see
the counterintuitive truth
507
00:19:21,558 --> 00:19:25,103
that the only path
to actual survival is diversity.
508
00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:29,335
But I'm not here to talk about
Afrofuturist speculative fiction.
509
00:19:29,335 --> 00:19:31,837
I'm here to heat up cinnamon buns.
510
00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:33,506
Now, get the hell out.
511
00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:34,882
- Okay.
- All right.
512
00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:37,134
- All right.
- My back.
513
00:19:37,134 --> 00:19:38,928
Y'all just gonna leave all this trash?
514
00:19:41,039 --> 00:19:43,250
Gregory, Gregory, Gregory.
515
00:19:43,275 --> 00:19:45,963
You sneaky little...
516
00:19:45,988 --> 00:19:47,657
- Hey, guys!
- GREGORY: Hey!
517
00:19:47,682 --> 00:19:50,260
Crazy running into you last night.
518
00:19:50,285 --> 00:19:52,667
Three tipsy teachers
tearing up the town.
519
00:19:52,692 --> 00:19:54,443
Say that three times fast.
520
00:19:54,443 --> 00:19:56,529
Three tipsy teachers
towning up... Dang it.
521
00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:57,580
Almost.
522
00:19:57,605 --> 00:19:58,696
You and Erika have a good time?
523
00:19:58,721 --> 00:20:00,049
I did. I did.
524
00:20:00,074 --> 00:20:01,697
And let me tell you what,
there is no pre-game
525
00:20:01,722 --> 00:20:03,677
like closing out your old
district e-mail account.
526
00:20:03,702 --> 00:20:05,518
[LAUGHS]
527
00:20:05,543 --> 00:20:07,014
By the way, it is so funny
that you thought
528
00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:08,332
Manny and I were on a date.
529
00:20:08,332 --> 00:20:09,542
Yeah, it was hilarious.
530
00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:12,128
- So, so funny.
- Yeah. Yeah.
531
00:20:12,128 --> 00:20:14,088
All right, well, anyway,
532
00:20:14,088 --> 00:20:15,714
I've got to go clean off my desk.
533
00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,426
The old flowers
from the district have wilted.
534
00:20:18,426 --> 00:20:22,054
But, um, could I grab some
from your garden?
535
00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:23,264
Yeah. Please.
536
00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:25,641
Okay. Thanks.
537
00:20:25,641 --> 00:20:28,561
Mm-hmm. [DOOR OPENS]
538
00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:31,021
[DOOR CLOSES]
539
00:20:31,021 --> 00:20:32,648
- I know.
- Do you know?
540
00:20:32,648 --> 00:20:35,067
I know.
541
00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:36,485
So, what are you gonna do?
542
00:20:38,446 --> 00:20:39,613
I don't know.
543
00:20:39,613 --> 00:20:41,282
[CHUCKLES]
544
00:20:41,282 --> 00:20:43,492
- Fix your face.
- Sorry.
545
00:20:45,820 --> 00:20:47,071
JANINE: Morning.
546
00:20:47,096 --> 00:20:48,681
BARBARA AND MELISSA: Morning.
547
00:20:48,789 --> 00:20:51,000
Oh, Gregory. A jade roller is usually
548
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,543
made out of jade and is a roller.
549
00:20:52,543 --> 00:20:53,836
Oh, this.
550
00:20:53,836 --> 00:20:55,504
I'm just touching up my new beard.
551
00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:57,381
Me and Jacob decided to grow 'em
out over spring break.
552
00:20:57,381 --> 00:20:58,758
Oh, yes.
553
00:20:58,758 --> 00:21:00,426
Yep. That is a... That's a beard.
554
00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:02,261
MELISSA: If you were in
my second-grade class,
555
00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:03,846
you'd have the eighth-best beard.
556
00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:05,556
[LAUGHTER]
557
00:21:05,556 --> 00:21:07,892
Yeah, Gregory, is this beard in the room
558
00:21:07,892 --> 00:21:09,053
with us right now?
559
00:21:09,078 --> 00:21:11,247
All right, look, y'all,
growing a beard is not a sprint.
560
00:21:11,272 --> 00:21:12,731
- Mm-hmm.
- It's a marathon.
561
00:21:12,756 --> 00:21:15,499
Yeah, but you can finish
a marathon, sweetheart.
562
00:21:15,524 --> 00:21:18,194
- Freeway got the hood on smash!
- Oh, no.
563
00:21:18,194 --> 00:21:19,445
Gregory, what the hell?
564
00:21:19,445 --> 00:21:21,113
I thought we were doing this together.
565
00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:23,157
I forgot.
566
00:21:23,233 --> 00:21:27,233
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