1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,563 Previously on Everwood… 2 00:00:03,246 --> 00:00:04,743 It’s from Juilliard. 3 00:00:04,778 --> 00:00:06,888 It’s my evaluation from the summer program. 4 00:00:06,923 --> 00:00:08,481 Basically I failed. 5 00:00:08,481 --> 00:00:09,502 I mean I know what you’re going through, 6 00:00:09,502 --> 00:00:11,051 my report card last year was terrible. 7 00:00:11,051 --> 00:00:12,834 It’s not a report card, Amy. 8 00:00:12,869 --> 00:00:16,172 This is my entire life – my whole plan an-and it’s falling apart. 9 00:00:16,207 --> 00:00:19,405 Andy Brown, I would like you to meet my husband, John. 10 00:00:20,164 --> 00:00:22,771 I know all the treatments, Andy. All the drugs. 11 00:00:22,806 --> 00:00:24,612 Five years can make a big difference. 12 00:00:25,962 --> 00:00:27,485 Just give me one month. 13 00:00:27,881 --> 00:00:28,752 I’m scared. 14 00:00:35,097 --> 00:00:36,930 Tell us about yourself in such a way 15 00:00:36,930 --> 00:00:39,090 that we will have a good sense of who you are. 16 00:00:39,879 --> 00:00:41,127 500 words. 17 00:00:41,550 --> 00:00:43,622 I wish you would’ve asked me that two years ago, 18 00:00:43,622 --> 00:00:46,536 I could’ve told you exactly who I was, who I’d be. 19 00:00:46,571 --> 00:00:50,654 Two years ago I knew it all and the thing is I was right. 20 00:00:51,631 --> 00:00:53,611 How far is that from Juilliard? 21 00:00:53,611 --> 00:00:57,329 What, NYU? It’s like 50 blocks. 22 00:00:57,329 --> 00:00:59,006 You can walk it with a good pair of shoes. 23 00:00:59,041 --> 00:01:00,523 That’s not bad, what else you got? 24 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:02,918 Sarah Lawrence. It’s in Bronxville. 25 00:01:02,918 --> 00:01:06,167 It’s about 40 minutes outside of the city by train, 26 00:01:06,202 --> 00:01:08,342 but apparently they are very tattoo-friendly, 27 00:01:08,774 --> 00:01:10,059 so that’s good. 28 00:01:13,941 --> 00:01:15,185 Is this too much? 29 00:01:15,458 --> 00:01:17,413 I told you that I was only applying to schools 30 00:01:17,413 --> 00:01:18,914 that were close to your conservatories 31 00:01:18,914 --> 00:01:21,246 and now you’re actually hearing me and... 32 00:01:21,327 --> 00:01:22,934 you’re actually freaking out. 33 00:01:23,213 --> 00:01:27,723 No, I was just thinking that 40 minutes is pretty far. 34 00:01:29,249 --> 00:01:30,228 And now I like you again. 35 00:01:30,459 --> 00:01:32,427 Well, think about it, end of the year all the other couples 36 00:01:32,427 --> 00:01:34,322 are going to be freaking out about the long distance thing 37 00:01:34,322 --> 00:01:35,135 and we’ll be set. 38 00:01:35,135 --> 00:01:36,447 Exactly and it’s not like New York 39 00:01:36,447 --> 00:01:38,265 and Boston don’t have the best schools anyways. 40 00:01:38,265 --> 00:01:40,215 It’s like you’re a genius sometimes. 41 00:01:40,250 --> 00:01:43,495 I know. I could do journalism at Columbia, 42 00:01:43,530 --> 00:01:45,511 NYU has the best theater, 43 00:01:45,511 --> 00:01:47,742 Tufts has the best pre-med. 44 00:01:47,742 --> 00:01:48,895 Ephram Brown? 45 00:01:48,895 --> 00:01:51,253 The Guidance Counselor’s office asked me to call you down. 46 00:01:52,019 --> 00:01:52,967 What for? 47 00:01:56,070 --> 00:01:57,158 Hey, 48 00:01:57,158 --> 00:02:00,493 Chris Templeman. I’m a recruiter from Colorado A&M. 49 00:02:00,493 --> 00:02:04,370 Well, I hate to tell you, but I, uh, don’t really play any sports. 50 00:02:04,370 --> 00:02:05,891 They don’t even let me go to games. 51 00:02:05,891 --> 00:02:08,099 I’m with our Music department. 52 00:02:08,134 --> 00:02:10,695 We try to keep an eye out for the local talent, 53 00:02:10,730 --> 00:02:12,252 like the sports guys do. 54 00:02:12,252 --> 00:02:14,482 I hear that you’re applying to schools now. 55 00:02:14,517 --> 00:02:19,707 Let me guess: uh, Juilliard, Berklee College of Music and …? 56 00:02:19,742 --> 00:02:20,643 That’s it. 57 00:02:20,678 --> 00:02:22,106 Guess you’re sleeping well. 58 00:02:22,141 --> 00:02:23,965 No, I don’t mean to be, uh, 59 00:02:23,965 --> 00:02:26,939 y’know, I mean it’s, very cool just to be asked. 60 00:02:27,174 --> 00:02:31,104 Uh, but, uh, I’m-I’m pretty set on going to Juilliard. 61 00:02:31,104 --> 00:02:32,505 It’s kinda the place to be. 62 00:02:32,505 --> 00:02:34,323 Don’t be so sure. Take it from me. 63 00:02:35,260 --> 00:02:36,533 You went to Juilliard? 64 00:02:36,533 --> 00:02:38,105 Class of ’81. 65 00:02:38,730 --> 00:02:39,391 Wow. 66 00:02:39,781 --> 00:02:40,461 Think of it this way: 67 00:02:40,461 --> 00:02:42,497 You go there, you come out knowing 68 00:02:42,497 --> 00:02:44,433 a lot about actually playing of piano. 69 00:02:44,433 --> 00:02:45,414 And that’s it. 70 00:02:45,634 --> 00:02:50,819 You come out of our program and you have top-notch technical training. 71 00:02:50,819 --> 00:02:54,860 And that’s worth something out there in the job world, trust me. 72 00:02:55,139 --> 00:02:58,913 Look, I appreciate all this, but I’m pretty set with my plan. 73 00:02:59,147 --> 00:03:00,338 You’re seventeen, 74 00:03:00,338 --> 00:03:03,242 I don’t know how you can be expected to know 75 00:03:03,277 --> 00:03:05,492 how you’re gonna fee l ten years from now. 76 00:03:05,492 --> 00:03:06,614 Or thirty. 77 00:03:07,492 --> 00:03:08,886 I mean, you’re ready to say 78 00:03:08,886 --> 00:03:11,306 that this is what you want to do for the rest of your life? 79 00:03:14,325 --> 00:03:17,019 It never hurts to explore your options. 80 00:03:17,054 --> 00:03:18,405 Talk it over with your parents. 81 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,248 If you feel like coming down, 82 00:03:20,248 --> 00:03:23,046 I’ll get you on the tour. Think about it. 83 00:03:25,651 --> 00:03:27,526 Plans are like candy to the Fates. 84 00:03:28,097 --> 00:03:30,066 The only thing you could ever be sure of is, 85 00:03:30,066 --> 00:03:32,159 nothing ever goes the way you imagined. 86 00:03:32,601 --> 00:03:35,267 I should probably be used to that by now. 87 00:03:38,587 --> 00:04:19,078 "Shoot the Moon" 88 00:04:31,879 --> 00:04:34,359 What are you doing and why are you still here? 89 00:04:34,394 --> 00:04:35,777 One answer for both questions. 90 00:04:35,777 --> 00:04:37,345 I’m fixing you breakfast. 91 00:04:37,345 --> 00:04:40,398 Waffles, muffins, brownies, too. 92 00:04:40,433 --> 00:04:43,116 Though technically that’s more dessert than breakfast, 93 00:04:43,151 --> 00:04:45,128 but who's gonna arrest me? 94 00:04:46,775 --> 00:04:48,758 Don’t mean to be ungrateful but 95 00:04:48,758 --> 00:04:51,233 shouldn’t you be driving a bus load of screaming kids to school? 96 00:04:51,268 --> 00:04:52,133 Not today. 97 00:04:52,168 --> 00:04:53,406 What’s the matter? Are you sick? 98 00:04:53,406 --> 00:04:55,676 Even better, I quit. 99 00:04:55,676 --> 00:04:56,106 You what? 100 00:04:56,106 --> 00:04:58,321 I told ‘em, I want to retire, they said okay. 101 00:04:58,321 --> 00:05:01,410 No more bus, no more driver. I’m done. 102 00:05:01,445 --> 00:05:04,229 These are waffles of celebration. 103 00:05:04,229 --> 00:05:06,105 I’m gonna open some champagne. 104 00:05:06,140 --> 00:05:08,362 You keep that cork where it is. 105 00:05:08,397 --> 00:05:11,638 Since when do we make life decisions around here without a consult? 106 00:05:12,768 --> 00:05:15,028 It was spur of the moment. I thought it; I said it. 107 00:05:15,063 --> 00:05:16,705 They pulled out the papers. 108 00:05:16,705 --> 00:05:19,970 But I gotta tell ya, I never slept better. 109 00:05:20,275 --> 00:05:21,382 And that’s the end of it? 110 00:05:21,382 --> 00:05:23,989 Be happy for me, Edna, have a waffle? 111 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:25,089 You eat it. 112 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:26,584 Oh, come on, Edna. 113 00:05:26,584 --> 00:05:29,990 Sorry, bucko, some of us still got a job to get to. 114 00:05:35,147 --> 00:05:38,015 Oh, please, don’t mean, you didn’t read all of this just for us. 115 00:05:38,475 --> 00:05:40,337 Oh, you need to get out more. 116 00:05:40,572 --> 00:05:43,511 -Maybe join Netflix. -Are you kidding? 117 00:05:43,511 --> 00:05:45,727 Research is half the fun of the job. 118 00:05:45,762 --> 00:05:49,008 Now I can say cognitive neurorehabilitation at parties. 119 00:05:49,008 --> 00:05:50,362 You just made my guest list. 120 00:05:50,362 --> 00:05:51,201 Actually... 121 00:05:52,077 --> 00:05:55,212 I’m amazed at the depth of research into stroke recovery 122 00:05:55,212 --> 00:05:58,319 especially with patients with long term aphasia like your husband. 123 00:05:58,894 --> 00:06:02,265 Has anyone ever mentioned music therapy to you before? 124 00:06:03,085 --> 00:06:04,070 I don’t think so. 125 00:06:04,070 --> 00:06:06,205 Well, if you’re willing, I would like to give it a try. 126 00:06:06,412 --> 00:06:10,284 I want to build a structured music plan in your home. 127 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:11,254 Music plan? 128 00:06:11,289 --> 00:06:13,291 And it’s basically what it sounds like. 129 00:06:13,458 --> 00:06:15,694 We load up your 50 CD changer, 130 00:06:15,694 --> 00:06:17,903 then we keep the music playing at regular intervals. 131 00:06:17,903 --> 00:06:19,858 And from what I understand, the first priority is 132 00:06:19,858 --> 00:06:23,836 consistent stimulation and apparently music is the best kind. 133 00:06:27,809 --> 00:06:32,578 Uh, Schubert, Hyden, no Skynrd, huh? 134 00:06:32,618 --> 00:06:33,649 Uh, uh. 135 00:06:34,677 --> 00:06:35,932 And you think this will help? 136 00:06:35,932 --> 00:06:37,121 Yes, I really do. 137 00:06:38,206 --> 00:06:39,319 You know how, uh, 138 00:06:39,319 --> 00:06:41,853 overeager parents are always playing Mozart for their babies? 139 00:06:41,853 --> 00:06:43,016 The crazy ones. 140 00:06:43,016 --> 00:06:44,457 Yes, it’s the same principles actually. 141 00:06:44,457 --> 00:06:46,309 We have found out that the human brain 142 00:06:46,309 --> 00:06:48,813 is much more malleable than we ever thought it was. 143 00:06:49,092 --> 00:06:52,763 Connections form and strengthen constantly 144 00:06:52,763 --> 00:06:54,192 in response to environment. 145 00:06:54,227 --> 00:06:56,804 Now, the more stimulated the environment… 146 00:06:56,804 --> 00:06:58,027 The more the connections. 147 00:06:58,668 --> 00:07:01,467 Hopefully. At least it’s a start. 148 00:07:02,362 --> 00:07:03,946 I’ve had starts before. 149 00:07:03,946 --> 00:07:05,912 I know you have. I know you have. 150 00:07:05,912 --> 00:07:08,595 Your husband’s been nonresponsive for 5 years 151 00:07:08,595 --> 00:07:10,553 and I know how hard it must be for you 152 00:07:10,553 --> 00:07:12,039 to think about treatment at this point, 153 00:07:12,039 --> 00:07:14,394 but I have to tell you that I wouldn’t put this out to you 154 00:07:14,394 --> 00:07:16,557 if I didn’t think that this was a way in. 155 00:07:17,923 --> 00:07:21,161 Worst thing that could happen is you load up your CD collection. 156 00:07:21,890 --> 00:07:23,565 Come on, what do you say? 157 00:07:25,814 --> 00:07:26,698 Why do I get the feeling 158 00:07:26,698 --> 00:07:29,094 that you’re gonna keep asking me until I say yes? 159 00:07:29,565 --> 00:07:32,731 Because you are getting to know me. 160 00:07:34,126 --> 00:07:35,892 Amy, would you come here please? 161 00:07:36,562 --> 00:07:37,158 Yeah? 162 00:07:37,705 --> 00:07:38,662 Whoa. 163 00:07:39,024 --> 00:07:39,903 Amy Abbott, 164 00:07:40,461 --> 00:07:43,019 allow me to be the first to introduce you to – 165 00:07:43,651 --> 00:07:45,283 your future. 166 00:07:46,305 --> 00:07:50,916 Suffering from application anxiety, overwhelmed by the options. 167 00:07:50,916 --> 00:07:53,053 Well, fret no more. 168 00:07:53,053 --> 00:07:56,237 Because we answer all questions tonight. 169 00:07:56,923 --> 00:07:58,347 What? What did you do? 170 00:07:59,506 --> 00:08:01,748 Oh, only sent away for every piece of material 171 00:08:01,783 --> 00:08:04,657 available on the top 50 universities in the nation. 172 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:07,423 Applications. Promotional videos. 173 00:08:07,423 --> 00:08:08,846 Articles. Reviews. 174 00:08:09,278 --> 00:08:11,237 Everything you ever wanted to know about schools but 175 00:08:11,237 --> 00:08:12,945 you were afraid to order online. 176 00:08:12,980 --> 00:08:15,001 I have Kaplan’s. I have Barron’s. 177 00:08:15,001 --> 00:08:19,065 I even have the Hillel Guide to Jewish Life on Campus for good measure. 178 00:08:19,065 --> 00:08:20,782 Dim sung has been ordered, 179 00:08:20,782 --> 00:08:23,167 so in a few hours I shall be dumpling stuffed 180 00:08:23,167 --> 00:08:26,815 and you will have narrowed all this down to your top ten. 181 00:08:26,815 --> 00:08:28,317 We shall begin with the, uh, 182 00:08:28,317 --> 00:08:32,457 shameful Number 50, Penn State, and work all the way up to... 183 00:08:32,955 --> 00:08:33,923 Princeton. 184 00:08:35,060 --> 00:08:37,677 Dad, this is great. Really, I mean I love the hats. 185 00:08:37,677 --> 00:08:39,732 All 50 of them. But, um, 186 00:08:41,002 --> 00:08:42,984 I already know where I want to apply. 187 00:08:44,809 --> 00:08:45,866 You do? 188 00:08:46,651 --> 00:08:47,946 Kinda, yeah. 189 00:08:49,341 --> 00:08:52,382 Well, I was rather hoping we could make those decisions together. 190 00:08:52,821 --> 00:08:55,986 I’m sorry. I did the research at school like a month ago. 191 00:08:55,986 --> 00:08:58,185 I already have my list down. Um… 192 00:08:59,744 --> 00:09:00,850 NYU 193 00:09:01,468 --> 00:09:03,110 Columbia, 194 00:09:03,110 --> 00:09:08,196 Amherst, Wellesley, Sarah Lawrence, 195 00:09:08,334 --> 00:09:11,398 Barnard, Tufts, and 196 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:13,996 Harvard. 197 00:09:13,996 --> 00:09:16,559 So that you don’t start skipping church? 198 00:09:17,038 --> 00:09:18,047 And I’m good. 199 00:09:19,238 --> 00:09:20,293 Is that all? 200 00:09:21,031 --> 00:09:22,158 Its 8 schools. 201 00:09:23,318 --> 00:09:25,743 It’s not if you can’t afford a 9th. 202 00:09:26,496 --> 00:09:29,142 Say a school with remarkable prestige, 203 00:09:29,142 --> 00:09:32,325 consistently ranked in the top 3 by U.S. News, such as… 204 00:09:32,891 --> 00:09:36,790 Princeton, perhaps. Or-or, or how ‘bout… 205 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:38,771 Princeton. 206 00:09:39,482 --> 00:09:41,328 Dad, I know you’ve always had a thing for them. 207 00:09:41,328 --> 00:09:43,093 It’s just I don’t see myself there. 208 00:09:43,093 --> 00:09:44,805 I mean eating clubs, what’s that about? 209 00:09:44,805 --> 00:09:47,895 Come now, this was always your dream school. 210 00:09:47,930 --> 00:09:50,465 Honey, I have baby pictures of you 211 00:09:50,465 --> 00:09:52,378 in a little orange sweatshirt. 212 00:09:52,609 --> 00:09:55,673 Can’t you just fill out the application for good measure? 213 00:09:57,264 --> 00:10:00,123 It’s one more I don’t have to write, but, uh, this is great, Dad. 214 00:10:00,123 --> 00:10:02,765 Honestly, you saved me like a week of downloading. 215 00:10:02,978 --> 00:10:04,311 So thank you. 216 00:10:04,346 --> 00:10:05,663 I’ll start tonight. 217 00:10:10,673 --> 00:10:13,977 Okay, we’re down to A Cinderella Story... 218 00:10:13,977 --> 00:10:16,136 “PPPowderpuff Girls” and “SSSaving Private Ryan. ” 219 00:10:17,093 --> 00:10:18,305 I like to mix it up. 220 00:10:18,638 --> 00:10:20,367 Okay, now walk me through the Powderpuff Girls again. 221 00:10:20,367 --> 00:10:21,338 I’m gonna go practice. 222 00:10:21,338 --> 00:10:23,741 Oh, FYI, I’m ditching school tomorrow. 223 00:10:24,146 --> 00:10:25,228 Can I ditch too? 224 00:10:25,228 --> 00:10:26,375 Only if you get a job. 225 00:10:26,375 --> 00:10:28,463 It’s a school thing. I’m gonna go down to Colorado A&M. 226 00:10:28,463 --> 00:10:30,745 They’ve got this walking tour, thought I might check it out. 227 00:10:30,745 --> 00:10:33,073 Colorado? Why? For Amy? 228 00:10:33,073 --> 00:10:36,595 Uh, no, for me. I figured I might put in an application. 229 00:10:36,595 --> 00:10:38,219 Wa-Wait a minute, when did this happen? 230 00:10:38,254 --> 00:10:40,467 Today. Why you think it’s weird? 231 00:10:40,502 --> 00:10:41,225 Do you? 232 00:10:41,666 --> 00:10:42,332 No. 233 00:10:42,332 --> 00:10:44,476 Well, neither do I. I’m just surprised. 234 00:10:45,315 --> 00:10:46,869 We talked about all this last year 235 00:10:46,869 --> 00:10:49,500 there was yelling and then there was hugging 236 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:51,001 We decided on the conservatories 237 00:10:51,001 --> 00:10:52,440 – Juilliard. We had a plan. 238 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,431 Yeah, well, it doesn’t mean I can’t look. 239 00:10:55,277 --> 00:10:57,348 Colorado’s got a huge music department, 240 00:10:57,668 --> 00:10:58,761 besides if I go there, 241 00:10:58,761 --> 00:10:59,818 I can take something other than piano 242 00:10:59,818 --> 00:11:01,333 and anyway it’s just a tour. 243 00:11:02,150 --> 00:11:04,944 You know what, you’re right. We’ll have a great time. 244 00:11:04,979 --> 00:11:07,904 No, not we. You’re not coming. 245 00:11:07,939 --> 00:11:10,349 Come on, it’s just a walking tour. I’ll walk with you. 246 00:11:10,384 --> 00:11:13,315 See what they have to offer. I’ll clear my schedule. 247 00:11:13,957 --> 00:11:14,729 Fine. 248 00:11:15,269 --> 00:11:17,685 Great. You drive, I’ll bring the doughnuts. 249 00:11:17,685 --> 00:11:19,125 Low on popcorn. 250 00:11:22,083 --> 00:11:25,307 You have no learning curve. 251 00:11:34,137 --> 00:11:37,166 Stand back Mama Bear, Papa’s gonna flambé. 252 00:11:37,166 --> 00:11:38,505 Ooh, what is it this time? 253 00:11:38,540 --> 00:11:39,623 Bananas Foster. 254 00:11:39,658 --> 00:11:41,936 Retirement breakfast part two, 255 00:11:41,971 --> 00:11:44,472 if I can just keep from over-caramelizing the sugar, 256 00:11:44,472 --> 00:11:46,411 which really just means burn. 257 00:11:46,411 --> 00:11:47,942 Love the Food Channel. 258 00:11:48,703 --> 00:11:51,975 Too bad the bananas aren’t the only thing fired around here. 259 00:11:53,248 --> 00:11:54,904 How did you find out? 260 00:11:55,263 --> 00:11:56,231 It’s a small town. 261 00:11:56,231 --> 00:11:58,805 Why didn’t you tell me that you were canned? 262 00:11:58,805 --> 00:12:00,423 Because I didn’t want to get into it with you. 263 00:12:01,265 --> 00:12:03,642 They did their thing about cut backs 264 00:12:03,642 --> 00:12:05,709 and me being so close to retirement 265 00:12:05,744 --> 00:12:08,395 and I-I just didn’t want you going off half-cocked. 266 00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:10,508 THOSE BASTARDS FIRED YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE. 267 00:12:10,508 --> 00:12:12,875 Like that. ‘Causing a ruckus. 268 00:12:12,910 --> 00:12:15,905 YOU BET I’M CAUSING A RUCKUS. MORE THAN THAT A FREAKUS. 269 00:12:15,940 --> 00:12:17,697 AND THEN I’M JUST GONNA KICK SOME ASS. 270 00:12:17,697 --> 00:12:18,541 No you won’t. 271 00:12:18,576 --> 00:12:21,897 Now I’m not a fan of their reasons but I don’t need to fight it either. 272 00:12:21,897 --> 00:12:23,868 So you’re just gonna let them put you out to pasture. 273 00:12:23,868 --> 00:12:26,296 No. No. I may be done with the job but I’m not done. 274 00:12:26,296 --> 00:12:29,224 I’ve got a postcard in my head, Edna, 275 00:12:29,673 --> 00:12:31,185 I want to take you there. 276 00:12:31,583 --> 00:12:33,330 I just started a new job. 277 00:12:33,365 --> 00:12:36,317 And Doc Hartman needs you, but he won’t forever. 278 00:12:36,317 --> 00:12:39,675 Help him set up and then we’ll skip town. 279 00:12:40,856 --> 00:12:43,751 I’m ready for Phase Three of my life and so are you. 280 00:12:43,751 --> 00:12:47,001 Think of all we could do; all we could see; 281 00:12:47,690 --> 00:12:50,366 all the places we could make love. 282 00:12:50,401 --> 00:12:52,581 No fair, talking all romantic. 283 00:12:53,131 --> 00:12:54,884 That’s what I do. 284 00:12:55,079 --> 00:12:57,974 Well, do we have to wait until Phase Three to get some practice in? 285 00:12:58,009 --> 00:12:59,655 Don’t you have to go to work? 286 00:13:00,735 --> 00:13:04,012 He can answer his own phone for an hour. 287 00:13:08,016 --> 00:13:10,813 Try to keep up, ‘cause this might take a while. 288 00:13:12,536 --> 00:13:17,368 Okay, now, uh, on your-left-my-right, is Goodwin Hall, 289 00:13:17,368 --> 00:13:20,683 which is the largest of the frosh dorms. Now... 290 00:13:20,683 --> 00:13:25,078 ... it is all one-room-triples but they do have in-room cable 291 00:13:25,078 --> 00:13:28,441 so I would definitely put this down as my preference. 292 00:13:28,441 --> 00:13:30,077 Dorms look okay. 293 00:13:30,112 --> 00:13:32,931 Yeah, nice refugee camp vibe. 294 00:13:34,082 --> 00:13:36,877 -Okay, folks, right this way please. -Howdy. 295 00:13:36,877 --> 00:13:38,533 Can we go now? I am starving. 296 00:13:38,533 --> 00:13:40,772 We haven’t seen the departments yet. 297 00:13:40,807 --> 00:13:43,906 They’re big and brown and blocky like every other building here - 298 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:46,526 - it’s like they built this place with an endowment from Lego. 299 00:13:47,091 --> 00:13:48,129 Let’s go get a blintz. 300 00:13:48,129 --> 00:13:50,549 So this is Walker Plaza. 301 00:13:50,549 --> 00:13:54,000 Okay now every year the Seniors gather here. 302 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,700 They wrap themselves from head to toe in toilet paper 303 00:13:56,700 --> 00:14:01,087 and they do this kind of Mummy Walk around campus, 304 00:14:02,012 --> 00:14:05,466 it’s just really totally hysterical. 305 00:14:06,662 --> 00:14:09,316 I will give you a thousand dollars if you tell me you’re kidding. 306 00:14:10,094 --> 00:14:11,366 Could you be quiet please? 307 00:14:11,366 --> 00:14:14,295 I would if this wasn’t so BORING. 308 00:14:15,893 --> 00:14:16,961 Don’t mind my father. 309 00:14:16,961 --> 00:14:19,428 He had a stroke recently. Very sad. 310 00:14:22,609 --> 00:14:23,481 Edna? 311 00:14:23,516 --> 00:14:24,986 I’m here, Boss. Sorry about the late, 312 00:14:24,986 --> 00:14:26,237 how’s the morning going? 313 00:14:26,272 --> 00:14:29,134 My morning was ass, Edna. Where the hell were you? 314 00:14:29,417 --> 00:14:31,310 I had something at home needed dealing with. 315 00:14:31,310 --> 00:14:34,084 So we-we open at 9. Patients came in at 9. 316 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,462 When I worked at Cedars for an awfully long time, 317 00:14:36,462 --> 00:14:38,454 and the rule was you come in when your shift begins - 318 00:14:38,454 --> 00:14:39,809 rain, shine, problems at home, 319 00:14:39,809 --> 00:14:41,203 and I’ve been trying to reach you all morning. 320 00:14:41,203 --> 00:14:42,897 How can you still not have a cell? 321 00:14:42,932 --> 00:14:46,254 Easy up, boss, I didn’t go AWOL on ya, I was a little late. 322 00:14:46,254 --> 00:14:47,876 You were over an hour late. 323 00:14:47,876 --> 00:14:49,816 Now I don’t know how things worked at your last job, 324 00:14:49,816 --> 00:14:51,122 but here it’s a pretty simple concept. 325 00:14:51,122 --> 00:14:52,687 You show up, you do your job, 326 00:14:52,722 --> 00:14:53,950 you get your check on Thursdays 327 00:14:53,950 --> 00:14:55,604 and if you can’t handle you just say the word. 328 00:14:56,324 --> 00:14:57,614 -You’re right. -Good. 329 00:14:58,192 --> 00:14:59,330 What’s the word? 330 00:15:01,126 --> 00:15:01,792 What? 331 00:15:01,792 --> 00:15:02,870 How ‘bout schmuck. 332 00:15:03,422 --> 00:15:04,663 Excuse me. 333 00:15:04,698 --> 00:15:06,892 You heard me. I don’t need this. 334 00:15:06,927 --> 00:15:09,410 I’m tired of you getting by on your dimples anyway. 335 00:15:09,410 --> 00:15:10,083 You can’t quit. 336 00:15:10,083 --> 00:15:11,851 You’re out of doctor’s offices to work in. 337 00:15:11,851 --> 00:15:13,943 I don’t need an office anymore. 338 00:15:13,943 --> 00:15:15,880 I’m moving to Phase Three. 339 00:15:17,267 --> 00:15:19,128 By the way, next time you’re at the dentist, 340 00:15:19,128 --> 00:15:22,446 ease off on the bleaching, hurts my eyes. 341 00:15:25,555 --> 00:15:28,941 Okay, so, this is our music hall. 342 00:15:28,976 --> 00:15:30,650 You got any cool concerts coming through? 343 00:15:30,650 --> 00:15:31,593 All the time. 344 00:15:31,593 --> 00:15:35,295 Last year we had a lecture from the guy who invented the Koosh Ball. 345 00:15:36,818 --> 00:15:38,246 Oh, good acoustics. 346 00:15:38,246 --> 00:15:41,151 Actually, yeah there’s-there’s no gum in the hall. 347 00:15:41,151 --> 00:15:42,259 Oh, fine. 348 00:15:42,294 --> 00:15:44,674 All gone. See? 349 00:15:44,674 --> 00:15:46,850 Okay, that’s it, go wait in the car. Tour’s over for you. 350 00:15:46,850 --> 00:15:48,513 Oh, come on, I want to see more. 351 00:15:48,592 --> 00:15:50,443 I heard they’ve got the fifth-largest 352 00:15:50,443 --> 00:15:52,061 microfiche collection in the whole country. 353 00:15:52,061 --> 00:15:57,227 Yeah, I just wanna keep the tour moving so if anyone is tired... 354 00:15:57,227 --> 00:15:59,681 or they just maybe wanna stay here 355 00:15:59,681 --> 00:16:01,469 and work out some family issues, 356 00:16:01,469 --> 00:16:02,816 that’s-that’s fine. 357 00:16:04,632 --> 00:16:05,387 Thank you. 358 00:16:06,239 --> 00:16:07,281 Any time. 359 00:16:07,811 --> 00:16:08,574 Why’d you bother coming 360 00:16:08,574 --> 00:16:10,125 if you were gonna bag on the place the entire time? 361 00:16:10,285 --> 00:16:11,425 Well, I thought I might get a sweat shirt, 362 00:16:11,425 --> 00:16:13,130 My son gave up a promising future 363 00:16:13,130 --> 00:16:14,976 and all I got was an instate tuition [clases particulares]. 364 00:16:14,976 --> 00:16:17,451 Come on, you’re really not gonna go here. 365 00:16:17,451 --> 00:16:18,769 Yeah, I might. 366 00:16:18,804 --> 00:16:21,541 After all you’ve worked for. You’re gonna settle for this. 367 00:16:21,541 --> 00:16:22,517 What’s wrong with this place? 368 00:16:22,517 --> 00:16:24,288 Nothing, if you’re not trying to get into Juilliard. 369 00:16:24,323 --> 00:16:26,391 Do you know the chances of you’re getting accepted there? 370 00:16:26,426 --> 00:16:27,226 Yeah, better than you do. 371 00:16:27,226 --> 00:16:27,856 No, I don’t think so. 372 00:16:27,891 --> 00:16:31,444 There are 4000 kids applying and only 30 spots for piano. 373 00:16:31,444 --> 00:16:34,624 The slightest loss of focus and the next kid gets your spot. 374 00:16:34,624 --> 00:16:37,556 You can’t even give yourself the option of failure. 375 00:16:37,556 --> 00:16:39,386 Well, maybe failure’s not such a bad thing. 376 00:16:39,386 --> 00:16:42,119 Piano takes up so much of my life that I don’t have time for anything else. 377 00:16:42,119 --> 00:16:44,478 You’re not supposed to be doing anything else. 378 00:16:44,478 --> 00:16:47,064 -You are a concert pianist. -How do you know? 379 00:16:47,064 --> 00:16:48,394 How do I even know? 380 00:16:48,429 --> 00:16:50,111 You-You’ve been pressuring me for so long 381 00:16:50,111 --> 00:16:51,840 I can’t remember if piano is something I actually wanted 382 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:53,437 or something I agreed to when I was 10. 383 00:16:53,437 --> 00:16:54,120 Oh, come on. 384 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,568 You-You just want me to go to some special school for special kids 385 00:16:56,568 --> 00:16:58,518 ‘cause God forbid I turn out to be normal, 386 00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:00,560 instead of a magazine cover. 387 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,103 You know what, you can blame me if you want to, 388 00:17:02,103 --> 00:17:04,153 but I’m trying to keep you on track 389 00:17:04,188 --> 00:17:07,430 and all I see right now is you getting scared. 390 00:17:08,227 --> 00:17:12,285 This is when you need to trust your abilities and dive in - 391 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,525 not look for some kind of escape route. 392 00:17:14,651 --> 00:17:17,359 You cannot be afraid of failure. 393 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,927 I’m not scared of what happens if I fail and don’t get in. 394 00:17:20,537 --> 00:17:22,785 I’m scared of what happens if I do. 395 00:17:23,377 --> 00:17:28,805 If I got to Juilliard, then that’s it – one thing – piano. 396 00:17:29,029 --> 00:17:31,471 I’ll be just like you right before she died. 397 00:17:33,401 --> 00:17:38,492 I mean, it took mom dying to wake you up, 398 00:17:38,492 --> 00:17:41,167 I don’t wanna have to lose something 399 00:17:41,167 --> 00:17:43,088 to keep myself from turning into you. 400 00:17:55,484 --> 00:17:56,875 Excellent roast, Rose. 401 00:17:56,875 --> 00:17:57,920 Well, thank you, dear. 402 00:17:59,351 --> 00:18:01,783 Also, thank you. I think. 403 00:18:02,075 --> 00:18:05,455 You know who has fine meal programs for incoming freshman. 404 00:18:05,490 --> 00:18:08,228 Dad, I’m not going to Princeton. Get over it. 405 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:11,712 I just can’t see why you won’t add one more application. 406 00:18:11,747 --> 00:18:14,055 You’ve covered all the comparable schools in the northeast 407 00:18:14,055 --> 00:18:16,642 – Ivies included – so that rules out reverse snobbery. 408 00:18:16,873 --> 00:18:18,449 You have something against New Jersey, 409 00:18:18,449 --> 00:18:21,703 because outside of Newark, it’s actually quite blue-collared. 410 00:18:22,264 --> 00:18:24,421 Oh, nice, let me guess. 411 00:18:24,421 --> 00:18:25,624 Only New York and Boston. 412 00:18:27,714 --> 00:18:29,760 Well, connect the dots. She’s staying near the hub. 413 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,015 Shut up, Bright. 414 00:18:31,429 --> 00:18:32,583 What hub? 415 00:18:32,973 --> 00:18:37,590 Man, there’s a lot of good piano schools in them cities, aren’t there? 416 00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:40,575 Oh, so then all of this – 417 00:18:41,244 --> 00:18:43,315 all this talk of researching your options, 418 00:18:43,315 --> 00:18:44,704 I got my list down, 419 00:18:44,704 --> 00:18:47,498 that was all about choosing your schools around your boyfriend. 420 00:18:48,188 --> 00:18:50,417 Ah, you couldn’t even add another one for Dad? 421 00:18:50,785 --> 00:18:54,908 Actually, I did. Ephram and I are both applying to Colorado A&M 422 00:18:54,908 --> 00:18:58,581 as a safety which you know anyone with a pulse could get in there so… 423 00:19:03,311 --> 00:19:05,522 Now that was unnecessary. 424 00:19:05,522 --> 00:19:06,534 So was he. 425 00:19:08,634 --> 00:19:09,690 Well 426 00:19:10,369 --> 00:19:13,654 this is plum absurd, not to mention disappointing. 427 00:19:14,916 --> 00:19:17,408 No correction, I will gladly mention disappointing. 428 00:19:17,408 --> 00:19:19,778 I cannot believe that you’d be willing to throw away 429 00:19:19,778 --> 00:19:21,938 whole avenues for your future for a boy. 430 00:19:21,938 --> 00:19:23,262 I’m not throwing anything away. 431 00:19:23,262 --> 00:19:26,557 I’m still applying to 8 perfectly great schools that have everything I want 432 00:19:26,557 --> 00:19:28,309 plus plenty of bumper sticker pride for you, 433 00:19:28,309 --> 00:19:30,338 why-why does it matter what city they’re in? 434 00:19:30,338 --> 00:19:32,974 It matters if you limit even one of your options 435 00:19:32,974 --> 00:19:35,343 to chase after a relationship that could end. 436 00:19:35,343 --> 00:19:36,589 What happens if you break up? 437 00:19:36,589 --> 00:19:37,731 So we break up. 438 00:19:37,731 --> 00:19:39,022 At least, I’m not left wondering. 439 00:19:39,057 --> 00:19:41,001 Oh, by then, it could be too late to transfer. 440 00:19:41,036 --> 00:19:44,421 Dad, I’ve earned the right to choose where I want to go. 441 00:19:44,421 --> 00:19:45,394 My grades are great, 442 00:19:45,394 --> 00:19:47,794 I rocked the SATs, what else do you want from me? 443 00:19:47,794 --> 00:19:51,397 For you not to choose this of all moments to revert to infancy. 444 00:19:51,432 --> 00:19:54,199 How is it infantile to know that something’s important to me? 445 00:19:54,924 --> 00:19:56,736 It’s not like I’m going around with Ephram 446 00:19:56,736 --> 00:19:58,184 saying that we’re gonna get married, 447 00:19:58,219 --> 00:19:59,884 which, by the way, is exactly what you were doing 448 00:19:59,919 --> 00:20:01,094 when you were even younger than me, 449 00:20:01,129 --> 00:20:02,617 but I know how he makes me feel 450 00:20:02,617 --> 00:20:04,710 and I know that it’s worth making the small sacrifice 451 00:20:04,710 --> 00:20:06,372 so that we can stay together, if we want. 452 00:20:06,861 --> 00:20:10,984 Oh, no. No. No. You’re not gonna throw that at me 453 00:20:10,984 --> 00:20:12,887 and then pretend that it’s reasonable. 454 00:20:13,138 --> 00:20:16,489 You may have forgotten but you tried these bleary eyed romantics 455 00:20:16,489 --> 00:20:18,694 with me last year when you begged me to be grateful 456 00:20:18,694 --> 00:20:20,860 for how well that Cro-Magnon understood you 457 00:20:20,860 --> 00:20:23,372 until I had to pump his stomach in that abandoned motel. 458 00:20:23,372 --> 00:20:25,018 This isn’t even close to the same thing. 459 00:20:25,018 --> 00:20:27,038 Of course, it is Amy. This is what you do. 460 00:20:27,073 --> 00:20:28,867 You throw yourself into a relationship. 461 00:20:28,867 --> 00:20:31,021 You drop everything else, toss your family aside, 462 00:20:31,021 --> 00:20:34,404 then yourself all for some elaborate pageant in your mind. 463 00:20:34,404 --> 00:20:37,239 You’ve already changed your goals to suit his. 464 00:20:37,239 --> 00:20:39,157 How many times do I have to tell you, Dad? 465 00:20:39,157 --> 00:20:41,023 That is not my goal any more. 466 00:20:41,023 --> 00:20:43,444 Time to let it go maybe trust me for once. 467 00:20:43,444 --> 00:20:45,695 Look, how can I trust you when you make decisions like this? 468 00:20:45,695 --> 00:20:46,579 Like what? 469 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,330 Like have you forgotten how easily things change? 470 00:20:49,365 --> 00:20:51,538 You think I need you to remind me. 471 00:20:53,687 --> 00:20:57,241 I found the person I wanted to be with and he died last year. 472 00:20:59,008 --> 00:21:01,334 Why should I lose more? 473 00:21:04,013 --> 00:21:04,933 Amy? 474 00:21:06,604 --> 00:21:11,218 I want this to work and I’ll do whatever I can gladly. 475 00:21:11,253 --> 00:21:13,293 If that means pissing you off, Dad, 476 00:21:13,293 --> 00:21:16,787 I’m sorry, but some things are just more important than you. 477 00:21:29,965 --> 00:21:31,681 Round two as promised. 478 00:21:31,716 --> 00:21:32,895 You didn’t promise that. 479 00:21:32,930 --> 00:21:34,420 Well, I took the initiative. 480 00:21:34,455 --> 00:21:36,381 I found a case study that went on about Bach, 481 00:21:36,555 --> 00:21:38,700 something about the polyrhythms and as it turns out, 482 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:40,830 I have a son who has a whole classical musical collection, 483 00:21:40,830 --> 00:21:44,403 a CD burner, and a flagrant disregard for piracy laws. 484 00:21:45,653 --> 00:21:47,752 Actually I’m glad you came. Come on in. 485 00:21:47,752 --> 00:21:48,819 Thanks. 486 00:21:52,578 --> 00:21:53,751 Kinda quiet, isn’t it? 487 00:21:53,786 --> 00:21:56,839 Oh, I know, Charlie is actually doing his homework 488 00:21:56,839 --> 00:21:58,937 and I only had to remind him three times. 489 00:21:58,972 --> 00:22:00,455 No. No. I mean the music. 490 00:22:00,455 --> 00:22:02,278 It’s 6 o’clock. Shouldn’t you be on Hyden? 491 00:22:02,278 --> 00:22:06,654 Oh, the music plan. I took a break. 492 00:22:07,754 --> 00:22:09,514 Well, I hate to be the hall monitor here, 493 00:22:09,549 --> 00:22:11,332 but that’s really not the best approach. 494 00:22:11,332 --> 00:22:13,487 The-the theory is constant stimulation. 495 00:22:13,487 --> 00:22:14,790 I know. I had it on. 496 00:22:14,790 --> 00:22:17,538 I played Beethoven until I could sing the words to Ode to Joy in German 497 00:22:17,538 --> 00:22:19,550 and I’ll get it on again if that’s what you tell me to do, 498 00:22:19,550 --> 00:22:22,310 but first we need to talk. 499 00:22:22,310 --> 00:22:23,398 We already talked about this… 500 00:22:23,398 --> 00:22:25,929 No. No. I tried to talk to you 501 00:22:25,929 --> 00:22:27,528 and you read me more statistics. 502 00:22:28,367 --> 00:22:31,078 You’re an energetic doctor and a reasonably funny guy, 503 00:22:31,078 --> 00:22:34,816 but you’ve got serious listening issues so this time your plan – follow me. 504 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,614 You want me to trust you. 505 00:22:40,677 --> 00:22:41,512 Of course. 506 00:22:42,927 --> 00:22:44,235 I want that too. 507 00:22:45,289 --> 00:22:46,274 No, thanks. 508 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,066 The thing is 509 00:22:50,146 --> 00:22:52,248 you’re coming up with plans to try to help John becomes 510 00:22:52,248 --> 00:22:55,395 something of himself again, but you have no idea who that is. 511 00:22:56,189 --> 00:22:59,009 He was a guy for a long time before he was a patient. 512 00:22:59,267 --> 00:23:01,354 Did you know he lived in Bordeaux until he was 8 513 00:23:01,482 --> 00:23:03,241 or that he used to be a seismologist? 514 00:23:03,717 --> 00:23:04,628 No, I didn’t. 515 00:23:04,663 --> 00:23:06,298 Earthquake research at the university. 516 00:23:07,071 --> 00:23:11,099 Weird I know, but he knew more about the front range fault line 517 00:23:11,099 --> 00:23:12,075 than anyone in the state. 518 00:23:12,075 --> 00:23:15,289 He practically invented the early detection software for the entire region. 519 00:23:16,381 --> 00:23:17,394 That’s amazing. 520 00:23:18,281 --> 00:23:22,188 Yeah, he was amazing. 521 00:23:22,908 --> 00:23:25,590 John changed everything from the first night I met him. 522 00:23:26,704 --> 00:23:27,956 He’s right here. 523 00:23:27,956 --> 00:23:29,426 And right now you’re the only person 524 00:23:29,426 --> 00:23:31,391 I have telling me not to let that one go 525 00:23:31,426 --> 00:23:34,941 and that means I need you to know who you’re trying to bring back. 526 00:23:39,424 --> 00:23:41,631 So do me a favor? 527 00:23:43,267 --> 00:23:48,458 If you are going to start making plans for us, 528 00:23:49,981 --> 00:23:51,902 get to know him first. 529 00:23:54,688 --> 00:23:56,264 Then I’ll do whatever you say. 530 00:24:12,730 --> 00:24:17,705 When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now / 531 00:24:18,809 --> 00:24:24,752 Will you still be sending me a Valentine, birthday greetings, tending my roots? / 532 00:24:25,893 --> 00:24:31,239 If I'd been out 'till quarter to three, will you lock the door? 533 00:24:31,894 --> 00:24:34,774 Will you still need me, will you still feed me, 534 00:24:35,595 --> 00:24:36,712 When I'm sixty-four? 535 00:24:36,712 --> 00:24:37,776 You bet. 536 00:24:41,679 --> 00:24:44,908 I love you. Will you stay with me until I’m 64? 537 00:24:44,908 --> 00:24:45,835 Yes. 538 00:24:46,576 --> 00:24:48,071 These things are impossible. 539 00:24:48,828 --> 00:24:52,254 It’s just your basic Who are you and why do you want to come here? essay. 540 00:24:52,289 --> 00:24:53,679 Declare your intended major. 541 00:24:53,679 --> 00:24:56,333 Try Music.. Next. Hmm, 542 00:24:56,333 --> 00:24:58,831 this is actually really fun when it’s not yours. 543 00:24:58,866 --> 00:25:01,839 Yeah, except if I go to Colorado, then piano’s probably not a priority. 544 00:25:02,393 --> 00:25:05,560 Okay, so it’s just a safety, check Undeclared and move on. 545 00:25:11,779 --> 00:25:12,611 What? 546 00:25:14,053 --> 00:25:15,151 Undeclared.. 547 00:25:16,038 --> 00:25:18,497 I just never thought of myself as one of the clueless before. 548 00:25:19,302 --> 00:25:21,111 What like the rest of the world? 549 00:25:21,146 --> 00:25:24,420 Some of us are highly functioning members of society. 550 00:25:25,043 --> 00:25:27,334 Folding sweaters at mini-malls. 551 00:25:32,728 --> 00:25:33,925 What now you’re going? 552 00:25:33,925 --> 00:25:35,706 It’s called preemptive bailing. 553 00:25:35,706 --> 00:25:37,436 I’m trying to help, you’re trying to bite my head off, 554 00:25:37,436 --> 00:25:40,088 I can see where this is going and you do not really have time 555 00:25:40,088 --> 00:25:43,213 for a full fight cycle so call me when you’re done. 556 00:25:47,649 --> 00:25:48,901 This was a good idea. 557 00:25:48,901 --> 00:25:50,173 I’m full of ‘em. 558 00:25:52,792 --> 00:25:55,090 We get to tackle the whole world now. 559 00:25:55,090 --> 00:25:58,003 I even like the sound of it – Phase Three. 560 00:25:58,003 --> 00:25:59,684 Well, you’ll like the looks of it even better. 561 00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:01,563 Wait ‘til you see what I got planned. 562 00:26:02,775 --> 00:26:04,503 It all starts right here. 563 00:26:04,538 --> 00:26:06,187 Santorini. Greece. 564 00:26:06,222 --> 00:26:09,104 A villa on the Caldera with a month-to-month lease 565 00:26:09,139 --> 00:26:10,501 – beautiful view. 566 00:26:10,536 --> 00:26:14,057 I can write all morning looking out on the Med with no problems 567 00:26:14,057 --> 00:26:15,603 for the rest of the day bigger than 568 00:26:15,603 --> 00:26:18,155 whether to hit the black sand beach or the red. 569 00:26:18,894 --> 00:26:20,909 And what am I suppose to do there? 570 00:26:21,561 --> 00:26:24,066 Wiggle around in a bikin and mix margaritas. 571 00:26:24,066 --> 00:26:25,812 You have something else in mind? 572 00:26:26,358 --> 00:26:28,400 Two applications for the Peace Corps 573 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,551 with a pit stop in Guadalajara 574 00:26:30,586 --> 00:26:32,137 with Habitat for Humanity. 575 00:26:32,172 --> 00:26:34,800 We could be getting roofs over the homeless in a month. 576 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,220 Hold on. Hold on. You want to build houses. 577 00:26:37,456 --> 00:26:38,414 And then we’ll help some sick kids, 578 00:26:38,414 --> 00:26:41,014 maybe take a stretch over and see Linda in Namibia. 579 00:26:41,274 --> 00:26:44,706 That’s not really how I saw Phase Three. 580 00:26:44,741 --> 00:26:48,685 I-I saw us slowing down not kicking it into high gear. 581 00:26:48,685 --> 00:26:52,656 Well, I can’t lay myself out to rest. I gotta be doing things. 582 00:26:52,656 --> 00:26:55,805 Look, I’m not out to take on the world any more, Edna. 583 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,549 I can’t be running around all the time. 584 00:26:59,344 --> 00:27:02,981 Phase Three for me – I gotta sit still. 585 00:27:03,743 --> 00:27:05,608 I want you to sit still with me. 586 00:27:11,736 --> 00:27:13,589 Would you at least think about it? 587 00:27:32,629 --> 00:27:35,686 AMY, THIS ISN’T GONNA BE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MAKE-OUT APOLOGIES, IS IT? 588 00:27:36,035 --> 00:27:37,976 Oh, hey, Dr. Abbott. Uh, 589 00:27:38,603 --> 00:27:40,665 that wasn’t your daughter I was talking about. 590 00:27:40,665 --> 00:27:43,069 Amy and I – we’re just friends. I mean… 591 00:27:43,069 --> 00:27:46,401 Uh, are you looking for my dad? 592 00:27:46,537 --> 00:27:48,247 Actually I’ve come to see you. 593 00:27:49,267 --> 00:27:50,134 Should I be scared? 594 00:27:50,445 --> 00:27:52,240 Every day of your life. 595 00:27:52,690 --> 00:27:56,100 This regards another matter. I have a favor to ask. 596 00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:02,630 A Princeton application? 597 00:28:03,307 --> 00:28:05,888 All filled out, check signed, correct postage. 598 00:28:06,922 --> 00:28:09,049 She only needs to write the essay, 599 00:28:09,049 --> 00:28:11,360 which she can do in her sleep, if she wanted to. 600 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:12,300 Which she doesn’t. 601 00:28:12,521 --> 00:28:14,112 I know she doesn’t. 602 00:28:14,871 --> 00:28:16,734 I also know that she used to. 603 00:28:17,584 --> 00:28:18,912 It used to be all that she would talk about. 604 00:28:18,912 --> 00:28:21,740 When I go to Princeton, I want to live where Fitzgerald lived. 605 00:28:23,052 --> 00:28:24,539 At some point between freshman year 606 00:28:24,539 --> 00:28:27,401 and her relationship with you that changed. 607 00:28:28,329 --> 00:28:31,341 Well, a lot’s happened since then – not just me. 608 00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:33,812 I only want her somewhere where she can explore 609 00:28:33,812 --> 00:28:36,091 every facet of her curiosity. 610 00:28:36,126 --> 00:28:38,749 Princeton excels in everything 611 00:28:38,749 --> 00:28:40,645 that Amy has even the vaguest of interest in 612 00:28:40,645 --> 00:28:43,791 – English, Women’s Studies, Biology, Dance. 613 00:28:44,206 --> 00:28:46,274 She should have that. 614 00:28:46,309 --> 00:28:48,735 You know as well as I do, that there’s no convincing her 615 00:28:48,735 --> 00:28:50,393 of anything that’s not already in her head. 616 00:28:50,428 --> 00:28:53,982 I-I’ve tried. I-I’ve failed. I still have bruises. 617 00:28:54,017 --> 00:28:55,041 I know. 618 00:28:56,641 --> 00:28:58,906 But right now, you’re the one she listens to. 619 00:29:00,374 --> 00:29:03,315 Didn’t used to be that way, but now it is so here I am. 620 00:29:04,879 --> 00:29:06,964 That was her dream once 621 00:29:07,932 --> 00:29:10,740 – don’t deny her the option of turning it down. 622 00:29:12,701 --> 00:29:14,075 I can try. 623 00:29:15,140 --> 00:29:17,875 Well, that’s more than I can do. Thank you. 624 00:29:19,154 --> 00:29:21,017 It’s good to hear, by the way. 625 00:29:22,152 --> 00:29:22,975 What is? 626 00:29:23,361 --> 00:29:26,998 Your playing. It is as good as they say. 627 00:29:28,308 --> 00:29:31,096 That was an arrangement of a Bach motet, wasn’t it? 628 00:29:31,453 --> 00:29:32,951 Well, it’s an attempt at least. 629 00:29:32,986 --> 00:29:36,823 My teacher’s got me breaking down choral structure – he’s evil. 630 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,597 I didn’t know that you knew music. Do you play? 631 00:29:40,958 --> 00:29:42,367 I wanted to. 632 00:29:42,750 --> 00:29:46,171 But as with surgery I was born with the ear but not the hands. 633 00:29:46,811 --> 00:29:50,268 God has a cruel sense of humor. Apparently I’m his favorite channel. 634 00:29:50,268 --> 00:29:52,099 I’ve been working all night on the obbligato. 635 00:29:52,099 --> 00:29:56,298 Usually it just comes, but when I get stuck, it could take – a while. 636 00:30:00,024 --> 00:30:00,952 Is that funny? 637 00:30:00,952 --> 00:30:02,380 No, I’m sorry. 638 00:30:03,027 --> 00:30:05,926 I-In a way, you’re so much like your father. 639 00:30:05,926 --> 00:30:08,419 See you’ve just described what it is to be gifted 640 00:30:08,419 --> 00:30:10,029 and you don’t even know it. 641 00:30:10,029 --> 00:30:15,273 The part that you call effortless that would be the life’s ambition 642 00:30:15,273 --> 00:30:16,743 of the less blessed and 643 00:30:16,743 --> 00:30:18,766 -and the part where it’s actually a bit of work – 644 00:30:19,378 --> 00:30:22,275 that’s an argument they wouldn’t even be able to follow. 645 00:30:23,197 --> 00:30:24,710 Well, the experts seem to disagree. 646 00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:27,389 I’ve got paperwork and very expensive schools to prove it. 647 00:30:27,389 --> 00:30:29,771 Well, that’s technique – 648 00:30:30,518 --> 00:30:33,596 the part that can actually be taught and graded, improved. 649 00:30:33,996 --> 00:30:40,254 What you’ve been given, it’s more like – the rain – simply happens. 650 00:30:40,661 --> 00:30:43,055 Nothing can alter it’s timing or course. 651 00:30:43,055 --> 00:30:46,162 You just have to dress for the occasion. 652 00:30:47,139 --> 00:30:49,991 You know, uh, there are words to that piece. 653 00:30:49,991 --> 00:30:52,735 Bach borrowed a poem by Johann Franck, 654 00:30:52,735 --> 00:30:53,517 do you know what they mean? 655 00:30:53,517 --> 00:30:54,537 No. 656 00:30:55,409 --> 00:30:56,509 You should find out. 657 00:31:08,140 --> 00:31:08,893 Morning. 658 00:31:10,311 --> 00:31:12,002 Word to the wise, chirpy. 659 00:31:12,037 --> 00:31:14,327 I don’t know what flies back in LA LA Land, 660 00:31:14,327 --> 00:31:17,961 but here that temper of yours is liable to get you nut punched. 661 00:31:17,961 --> 00:31:20,858 Now let me just get my boxes and then I’m a Christmas card. 662 00:31:23,793 --> 00:31:24,922 My stuff is still here. 663 00:31:24,922 --> 00:31:28,221 Yeah, and your work’s not finished either, what’s up with that? 664 00:31:28,221 --> 00:31:30,607 Where’d you put Mrs. Monihan’s chart? 665 00:31:30,642 --> 00:31:33,485 Maybe you didn’t hear the part where I said I don’t work here anymore. 666 00:31:33,485 --> 00:31:36,065 Yeah. I saw you stamp your feet too. 667 00:31:36,065 --> 00:31:37,040 World class tantrum. 668 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,599 If you keep it up another 10 minutes, it’d’ve counted as your cardio. 669 00:31:39,599 --> 00:31:41,689 If you need me to recommend you another nurse, I can… 670 00:31:41,689 --> 00:31:43,106 No, I’m good. I’m not worried. 671 00:31:43,106 --> 00:31:45,342 You’re not retiring; you don’t have it in you. 672 00:31:46,660 --> 00:31:48,096 You wanna bet? 673 00:31:53,476 --> 00:31:55,013 Dunkits and Doughnuts. 674 00:31:56,293 --> 00:31:59,481 What? You’re gonna kick back on some beach somewhere? 675 00:31:59,643 --> 00:32:02,677 You’ll chew your nails off in a day. 676 00:32:02,677 --> 00:32:04,349 You’ll be down to finger nubs in a week. 677 00:32:04,349 --> 00:32:06,472 I’ve watched you work, Edna, 678 00:32:06,472 --> 00:32:09,050 there are people who go to their offices 679 00:32:09,050 --> 00:32:11,854 and do their thing and the clock hits 5 and they’re out of there 680 00:32:11,854 --> 00:32:15,317 – thinking about surf conditions or whatever’s waiting for them on TiVo. 681 00:32:15,524 --> 00:32:18,309 The job doesn’t follow them one step out the office door 682 00:32:20,023 --> 00:32:21,424 – you’re not that lucky. 683 00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:29,194 My bet stands. 684 00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,214 You’re gonna be mad at me, 685 00:32:34,249 --> 00:32:37,313 but I have one more application to add to the list, can you handle it? 686 00:32:38,348 --> 00:32:40,177 Are you gonna get all pissy again when filling it out? 687 00:32:40,177 --> 00:32:41,442 No, it’s for a conservatory, 688 00:32:41,442 --> 00:32:45,055 Will and I talking about upping my odds and he-he likes this place 689 00:32:45,055 --> 00:32:48,545 – the Curtis Institute somewhere in Jersey I think. 690 00:32:48,545 --> 00:32:50,167 You don’t sound too excited. 691 00:32:50,167 --> 00:32:53,806 Uh, it’s not A list but he knows one of the instructors there. 692 00:32:54,219 --> 00:32:55,574 So what do you think? 693 00:32:55,574 --> 00:32:58,476 Can you add one more to the list? 694 00:32:59,150 --> 00:33:01,174 Jersey, huh? 695 00:33:01,174 --> 00:33:05,647 Guess I could apply to Princeton – keep the Dad happy. Two birds, right? 696 00:33:05,852 --> 00:33:07,050 Whatever works. 697 00:33:11,546 --> 00:33:13,330 You are so gonna crack. 698 00:33:13,365 --> 00:33:14,956 What are you talking about? 699 00:33:14,991 --> 00:33:16,085 He talked to you. 700 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,171 Wow, smart chick. Major downside. 701 00:33:20,067 --> 00:33:21,416 And don’t be mad, okay? 702 00:33:22,690 --> 00:33:24,216 At him or you? 703 00:33:24,788 --> 00:33:27,837 Uh, both. Preferably me first, if I had to choose. 704 00:33:28,383 --> 00:33:30,967 It was kinda cool, he was just trying… 705 00:33:32,649 --> 00:33:34,895 You did kind of break his heart on this one. 706 00:33:35,542 --> 00:33:37,835 Well, look, now you’re mad. 707 00:33:37,835 --> 00:33:39,607 Well, that depends, Ephram. 708 00:33:39,607 --> 00:33:42,150 Do you want me to apply because my dad backed up the guilt truck 709 00:33:42,150 --> 00:33:45,871 or because you’re worried about us? 710 00:33:47,054 --> 00:33:49,440 I- I don’t know. It’s a lot of pressure. 711 00:33:50,154 --> 00:33:52,164 You’ve given up things for us. 712 00:33:52,199 --> 00:33:57,251 It’s not like we don’t fight – a lot – yesterday. 713 00:33:58,156 --> 00:33:59,978 That barely counted. 714 00:34:00,530 --> 00:34:03,159 Yeah, what if we did fight or what if we broke up or worse, 715 00:34:03,159 --> 00:34:05,115 what if we stay together just long enough for you 716 00:34:05,115 --> 00:34:07,392 to get stuck in some city with nothing to do but hate me. 717 00:34:12,464 --> 00:34:13,400 Wow. 718 00:34:13,347 --> 00:34:14,536 Yeah, I know. 719 00:34:19,214 --> 00:34:20,969 You really worry about that stuff? 720 00:34:22,028 --> 00:34:25,654 One of us has to. Job was free. 721 00:34:29,026 --> 00:34:31,238 It took me a long time to get here, Ephram. 722 00:34:31,238 --> 00:34:33,683 You had to do a lot of fancy talking. 723 00:34:34,993 --> 00:34:37,509 But this is what I want. 724 00:34:38,523 --> 00:34:42,878 I wanna stay in love. You, me – us. 725 00:34:43,192 --> 00:34:46,731 That’s not gonna change and so what if I’m wrong, 726 00:34:46,731 --> 00:34:48,149 it’s my mistake to make. 727 00:34:48,149 --> 00:34:49,489 You don’t get to protect me. 728 00:34:49,489 --> 00:34:51,872 I mean you can try, but I’ll just kick your ass. 729 00:34:52,201 --> 00:34:54,682 It’s not your job. It’s not my dad’s job. 730 00:34:57,105 --> 00:34:59,291 I don’t need guarantees, Ephram. 731 00:35:00,015 --> 00:35:05,300 So you can worry all you want but I’m betting on us. 732 00:35:23,971 --> 00:35:26,007 I don’t like fighting. 733 00:35:26,372 --> 00:35:27,357 Me neither. 734 00:35:27,571 --> 00:35:31,097 I don’t like compromise a lot either , but I’ll take it over fighting. 735 00:35:31,132 --> 00:35:34,049 So here’s what I got – Costa Rica. 736 00:35:34,084 --> 00:35:37,057 They’ve got a Docs Without Borders outpost there 737 00:35:37,057 --> 00:35:38,819 - needs help with inoculations. 738 00:35:38,854 --> 00:35:40,960 Forty miles south of beachside 739 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:44,039 – I type, you can save the orphans. 740 00:35:44,508 --> 00:35:45,961 I took my job back. 741 00:35:48,681 --> 00:35:49,706 For how long? 742 00:35:50,652 --> 00:35:52,797 I’m in for the long hall. 743 00:35:54,314 --> 00:35:56,043 That’s not what we talked about. 744 00:35:56,477 --> 00:35:57,555 I know. 745 00:35:59,102 --> 00:36:03,018 I gotta work, Harper. That’s the way I’m built. 746 00:36:03,053 --> 00:36:05,080 Then take the show on the road. 747 00:36:05,115 --> 00:36:07,568 I wish I could. 748 00:36:07,568 --> 00:36:09,603 It doesn’t work that way any more. 749 00:36:09,638 --> 00:36:12,521 I’ve done a lot of things in my life 750 00:36:12,521 --> 00:36:15,716 – left my family, seen a lot of places – 751 00:36:17,181 --> 00:36:19,366 but I can’t say I did it with no regrets. 752 00:36:21,953 --> 00:36:23,988 I didn’t mean for it to happen, 753 00:36:24,908 --> 00:36:29,703 but I’ve put down roots now and they’re here. 754 00:36:31,525 --> 00:36:34,075 I came to this town for a weekend 755 00:36:34,522 --> 00:36:37,801 and stayed five years longer than I intended. 756 00:36:38,218 --> 00:36:40,575 I did that for you. 757 00:36:40,576 --> 00:36:42,933 It’s been five years, Edna. 758 00:36:43,303 --> 00:36:47,717 It could be a lot more. We’re good here – you and I. 759 00:36:47,752 --> 00:36:51,967 For now. I meant what I said. 760 00:36:52,637 --> 00:36:56,221 I told you I felt life was talking to me. 761 00:36:58,084 --> 00:37:01,656 I can try to keep my feet planted here for as long as I can 762 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,863 but I don’t know how long that’ll be. 763 00:37:05,948 --> 00:37:08,516 What happens when time runs out? 764 00:37:15,018 --> 00:37:16,415 I’ll put this away. 765 00:37:22,329 --> 00:37:26,077 The thing is you can never tell when everything you counted on might fall apart 766 00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:28,896 – no matter how solid the rock. 767 00:37:34,830 --> 00:37:36,221 Nice try, Harold. 768 00:37:37,279 --> 00:37:38,192 With what? 769 00:37:38,572 --> 00:37:43,117 You had him too. You tried. He tried. Everybody tried. 770 00:37:43,916 --> 00:37:46,054 Call me the difficult one. 771 00:37:46,089 --> 00:37:48,805 As a consolation prize, I’ve decided not to be mad at you 772 00:37:48,805 --> 00:37:50,789 for going to my boyfriend behind my back. 773 00:37:51,633 --> 00:37:53,376 I just want you to have the best. 774 00:37:53,411 --> 00:37:57,071 I know and you get major points for good intentions, 775 00:37:57,071 --> 00:38:00,217 but your execution sucks. 776 00:38:00,905 --> 00:38:02,561 It’s only one more application. 777 00:38:02,596 --> 00:38:04,981 I know Dad. 778 00:38:05,746 --> 00:38:09,293 Time to let it go trust me, kiddo, it’s gonna be okay. 779 00:38:12,368 --> 00:38:14,938 All right, Dad, good night. 780 00:38:17,806 --> 00:38:19,104 She didn’t budge? 781 00:38:19,491 --> 00:38:21,015 She didn’t even blink. 782 00:38:21,386 --> 00:38:22,459 She’s in love, dear. 783 00:38:22,459 --> 00:38:24,618 And how is that a comfort again? 784 00:38:25,007 --> 00:38:26,209 Try not to worry. 785 00:38:26,476 --> 00:38:29,801 I happen to know another Abbott who didn’t apply to Princeton 786 00:38:29,801 --> 00:38:32,084 so he could be with the girl he fell in love with. 787 00:38:32,084 --> 00:38:33,641 He turned out just fine. 788 00:38:34,776 --> 00:38:36,089 I’m going up to bed. 789 00:38:36,089 --> 00:38:39,337 Lose the pout and join me soon. 790 00:38:41,446 --> 00:38:43,250 Rocks break. 791 00:38:43,250 --> 00:38:47,593 Everything changes even when you think you’re sure, especially… 792 00:38:48,047 --> 00:38:50,137 To be fair if I was one of the Fates 793 00:38:50,137 --> 00:38:52,797 looking down at the best laid plans of dumb little people, 794 00:38:53,855 --> 00:38:56,212 probably see mine and want to mess with him too. 795 00:38:57,960 --> 00:38:59,005 Can I bug you? 796 00:38:59,005 --> 00:39:00,406 Mission accomplished. 797 00:39:02,445 --> 00:39:05,657 I, uh, I wanted to give you this. 798 00:39:10,993 --> 00:39:14,041 The gesture implies an apology. You can skip the rest. 799 00:39:14,076 --> 00:39:17,488 Well, humor me. I rehearsed. 800 00:39:19,549 --> 00:39:21,824 I’m sorry, I’ve been pushing you, Ephram. 801 00:39:22,339 --> 00:39:24,562 I thought I was helping you get what you want, but 802 00:39:24,597 --> 00:39:26,903 you’re right, there’s a lot about you that I don’t know. 803 00:39:27,579 --> 00:39:30,112 I kind of sprang the new school on you. 804 00:39:30,112 --> 00:39:32,347 Well, I could’ve rolled with it better. 805 00:39:32,983 --> 00:39:35,965 I know you’re worried, but you could never turn into what I was, Ephram, 806 00:39:35,965 --> 00:39:38,727 you’ve got more than just me in you. 807 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:40,880 That doesn’t mean you can’t question the plan. 808 00:39:41,550 --> 00:39:44,204 And if at any point you feel like you’re giving up too much, 809 00:39:44,204 --> 00:39:45,620 you tell me and we’ll change it. 810 00:39:46,190 --> 00:39:48,173 You can always go somewhere else. 811 00:39:49,933 --> 00:39:52,606 But the truth is that when I close my eyes 812 00:39:53,465 --> 00:39:55,262 and I think about you in four years, 813 00:39:55,262 --> 00:39:56,741 I see you at Juilliard. 814 00:39:56,776 --> 00:39:58,165 I know you do. 815 00:39:58,584 --> 00:40:01,548 I appreciate the crazy dad cheering section. 816 00:40:01,548 --> 00:40:03,954 It’s just I get so stressed out sometimes, 817 00:40:03,954 --> 00:40:05,799 I forget why I’m even doing this. 818 00:40:07,939 --> 00:40:09,150 The truth is on my end, 819 00:40:09,150 --> 00:40:11,486 I don’t know where I see myself in four years. 820 00:40:12,313 --> 00:40:13,247 Well, then try it. 821 00:40:14,341 --> 00:40:15,194 What? 822 00:40:15,732 --> 00:40:17,408 Close your eyes. Try to visualize it. 823 00:40:17,937 --> 00:40:19,349 -Yeah. -What’s the matter too cool.. 824 00:40:19,349 --> 00:40:20,687 ...to visualize with your father? 825 00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:28,539 Come on, picture it. Close your eyes. 826 00:40:33,261 --> 00:40:39,770 You graduate. You move ahead. You’re happy. 827 00:40:41,271 --> 00:40:43,323 What are you doing? Where are you? 828 00:40:47,517 --> 00:40:48,500 I’m playing... 829 00:40:50,288 --> 00:40:52,033 ... in Juilliard. 830 00:40:53,157 --> 00:40:56,724 And that’s what we’ll go for. That’s where we’ll get you. 831 00:41:03,736 --> 00:41:05,559 I should get back to this. 832 00:41:08,157 --> 00:41:10,040 Keeping all of your options open. 833 00:41:11,348 --> 00:41:13,740 Ah, something like that. 834 00:41:19,223 --> 00:41:21,324 You want to know about me in 500 words, 835 00:41:21,324 --> 00:41:24,227 I get scared sometimes and disappointed. 836 00:41:24,528 --> 00:41:26,847 I have doubts and I love getting my way. 837 00:41:26,847 --> 00:41:29,413 I don’t like change, but I know it’s good for me 838 00:41:29,413 --> 00:41:32,442 and inevitable so I welcome it as best I can. 839 00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:38,268 There’s a poem by Johann Franck that says it better than I will. 840 00:41:38,737 --> 00:41:41,064 Defy the old dragon, defy fear. 841 00:41:42,236 --> 00:41:46,840 The world may rage and quake but I shall remain singing in perfect peace. 842 00:41:47,858 --> 00:41:52,540 Yeah, things happen – things you don’t expect – or want or like. 843 00:41:52,540 --> 00:41:55,868 The world rages and you become someone you didn’t know you’d ever be. 844 00:41:58,101 --> 00:42:02,884 And there you are, in your clothes, in your life, this is my future, this is me. 845 00:42:05,229 --> 00:42:07,896 This is me ‘cause I want things I never thought I would. 846 00:42:07,896 --> 00:42:10,926 I want the possibilities a school like Princeton can afford. 847 00:42:14,797 --> 00:42:17,974 A place to grow, to meet new people, 848 00:42:17,974 --> 00:42:21,389 a place to be surprised when life turns out to be nothing like I imagined. 849 00:42:29,088 --> 00:42:35,236 You have to be grateful for it – in perfect peace. 850 00:42:46,196 --> 00:42:48,774 Script: Rosemary Srt: juanfran