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ADMISSION
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<i>An admissions officer
must have a strong constitution...</i>
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<i>to be on the receiving end of...</i>
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<i>..-an entire nation's application panic.</i>
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<i>To endure the frustration and anger
of all the so-called millennial parents,</i>
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<i>who just realized...</i>
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- Come on, hurry up!
- God, mom, relax.
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<i>There isn't room
for every perfectly nurtured,</i>
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<i>organically fed,
well-tutored offspring.</i>
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OK, I'm your tour guide.
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There's no point
in trying to impress me.
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I have absolutely no power
over your fate here.
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The people with the power
are right in there.
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The Admissions officers.
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And no,
that sign is not an omen.
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Except for some of you.
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Almost all of you, actually.
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We had twenty six thousand,
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two hundred and forty one
applications last year.
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One thousand, three hundred
and eight of those applicants...
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are attending school here.
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James, tours leave at 9:15.
It is 9:25.
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Sorry, I thought I'd wait.
We had a late arrival.
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I'm sorry, our GPS lied.
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No worries, Mrs...
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...Lafont.
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Welcome to Princeton.
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So what's the secret
to getting in?
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The secret.
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Just be yourself.
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If this is the right place for you,
then this is where you'll end up.
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- James?
- Ok, let's go see Princeton.
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We're going to play
a fun game.
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It's called spot
the Nobel Prize winner.
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<i>What's the secret
to getting in?</i>
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<i>There has to be one, right?</i>
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<i>Well, there is.</i>
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<i>But I can't tell you.
Not yet.</i>
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<i>What I can tell you
is everyone thinks we're sadists.</i>
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<i>That we like saying no.
This is not true.</i>
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- No.
- Portia.
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<i>No no no.</i>
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You're second reader
on my territory this season.
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Yes, I know.
As are you on mine.
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That's the way it works.
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I'll just wail
until you catch up with me.
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<i>We are in this job
for one reason.</i>
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<i>- Hello?
- Is this Portia Nathan?</i>
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<i>To say.</i>
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Yes.
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Wow, I didn't think I'd gel you.
It's John Pressman...
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...from the New Quest School
in Keene, New Hampshire.
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OK.
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Yeah, I sent you a few e-mails
and left a couple messages.
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Listen, thank you for calling.
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Can you please e-mail me your information
and I will call you back?
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<i>Hey, not so rough.</i>
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How'd you like
to have your udder yanked like that?
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- Excuse me?
- Sorry, I was just talking to a student.
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People, everyone, please.
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I have a couple
of announcements.
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There is an announcement.
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Portia,
we're a new developmental school...
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and we have our first
graduating class this year.
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I know you're going to be making
your school visits in the next few weeks.
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<i>I'd like for you
to visit our campus.</i>
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<i>Our kids would gain a lot from it
and I think you would too.</i>
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Right, I will look into it.
Gotta go.
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You know,
I went to Dartmouth, same time as you.
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Bye.
Thank you for calling.
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So we're breaking records
in application numbers, naturally...
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...because we've been
number one for so long.
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Number one until today.
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Princeton has just fallen
to number two.
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What this means
is that we all have to work harder than ever...
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...because I want to go out on top.
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Yes,
you see the rumors are true.
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I've decided to retire.
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And pass the baton
to a worthy successor.
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I'm spending an extra four days
in the Andover-Hotchkiss triangle.
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And I've added five full days to the San Francisco
Bay Area and Northern California.
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And I've added a number
of new schools.
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In fact, I was just talking
to the co-founder of Quest.-.
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...a developmental high school
with their first year of college applicants.
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Clarence,
we're going to be back on lop.
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We're going to make that happen.
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By working together.
Right, Portia?
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Absolutely.
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As a mother myself,
I know the importance of teamwork.
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And I am not a mother,
but I know the importance of it loo.
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Can't go it alone.
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Good.
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Because you two
are my superstars...
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...and nothing would make me happier
than if one of you...
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.-.were to have this office next year-.
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OK.
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Class of 2016.
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Pediatric surgery best combines
my love of children...
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...of science, and my desire
to give back to my community.
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Yes, but you didn't challenge
yourself academically.
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B's in Physics
and you didn't take AP Chem.
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UNLIKELY
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<i>Princeton's awesome.</i>
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Since 1841, every male in my family
has attended the place.
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Student Body President.
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And gymnastics
national champion.
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Educated family.
Privileged upbringing.
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Unfair advantage?
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2400 on the SAT. 4.5 GPA.
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And my poetry,
written in my mother's psych ward...
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...will be published by Knopf.
And my father is Cuban.
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And in a wheelchair.
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- Can I gel some advice?
- No.
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Applicalus interruptus.
You know the rule.
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Never start a folder
if you can't finish it.
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I have to start over anyway.
OK.
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This kid from Alaska,
Aput Kunayak.
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High grades,
but low scores.
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President of ten clubs,
but that might be because of his ADD.
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We want to accept people
who will succeed here.
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You know, I once fought for a bipolar Inuit girl
and she lasted nineteen days.
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- Do you think he might fail?
- Maybe.
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I like him.
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It's so hard.
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You can't take it
so personally.
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You have to toughen up
or you won't last here either.
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Now outsies.
I'm swamped.
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<i>Portia?</i>
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I hope it's you.
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Thank you.
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Back to work.
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<i>Portia!</i>
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Hello?
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Portia?
Portia? Portia...
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I'm so sorry,
I've got an emergency.
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Can you just watch the kids
while I run to the vet?
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Because Richard's
at his Faulkner seminar.
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Me?
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Well, Mark should have been home
twenty minutes ago,
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and it's our poetry night, and...
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...really, I'm the last person
you want watching your kids.
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Quiet!
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- Did someone die?
- Rachael's dog is sick.
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She begged me.
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Good times.
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- I've got essays to grade.
- No.
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It's OK.
Mommy's here.
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What did you do to them?
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Rachael,
you know Portia's not good with kids.
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It's not her fault.
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Kids just don't take
to some people.
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I don't know
what you were thinking.
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Sorry, he's right.
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They're like pit bulls.
They can smell fear.
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Good night.
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Take them all.
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You know, if I gel Clarence's job,
this will be my last travel season.
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Lovely and wonderful.
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I've got everything planned out.
I'll be back in time for the department lunch.
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And I've ordered everything,
you just need to pick up the...
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...chicken and I will stop and get
the famous bean salad on my way home.
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The famous bean salad.
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Is that horrible Woolf woman
going to be there?
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Helen is the preeminent
Virginia Woolf scholar.
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It was quite a coup
to get her from Cambridge.
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But I think
she has other plans.
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Lovely and wonderful.
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I like this life.
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- I do, I do.
- Good. So do I.
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It's so wonderfully...
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...simple.
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Well, we're simple folk.
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Woof!
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Excuse me?
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You just patted me
on the head like a dog.
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Did I?
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Good doggie.
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Hi.
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Thank you so much for coming.
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My pleasure.
We love Deerfield students.
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I'm so pleased.
Good.
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- Can I help you bring in your things?
- Yes, please.
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<i>Princeton.</i>
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<i>In the nation's service
and in the service of all nations.</i>
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So, you all want to know
the secret formula for getting in, right?
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Take out your pens.
Write this down.
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There is no secret formula.
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<i>Left on Pony Run Drive.</i>
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But I will tell you
what not to do.
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No champagne,
no baked goods,
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and when you phone,
it is noted in your file.
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So put the reins
on those eager parents of yours.
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We're looking for passion.
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Whatever it's for,
doesn't matter.
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Passion.
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<i>Right on Shady Lane.</i>
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Does that mean every Princeton
undergraduate is a genius or a prodigy?
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Absolutely not.
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Although we certainly
wouldn't hold it against you.
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Almost enough for everybody.
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Recalcu Eating.
Recalculating. Recalculating-.
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Make a U turn
as soon as possible.
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The New Quest School
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No Service
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<i>HEY-</i>
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Hi.
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Portia Nathan,
Princeton Admissions office.
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I know. I'm John.
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Yes, and you said
you went to Dartmouth?
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Yeah, and my dad,
and his dad, and his dad.
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A legacy-
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A legacy of what,
I'm not really sure.
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So you're chopping
some wood here?
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I'm showing them how to build
a sustainable irrigation system.
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This is my third world
development class.
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Well, nice axe.
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Great axe.
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- So let's gel to it.
- Yeah.
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Hi there.
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You all want to know the secret formula
for getting in, right?
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Well, take out your pens.
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Take them out.
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Yes?
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I'll tell you what I'd like to know.
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Why should I apply
to an elitist institution...
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.-.with a history of anti-black, anti-gay,
and anti-female oppression?
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Well, actually,
I reject that stereotype-
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Speaking of rejection,
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don't you reject 99.9 percent
of your applicants?
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And don't you just want to drum up applications
to keep your number one position...
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on U.S. News
and World Report?
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Well actually,
I think it's number two this year, right?
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- Yes, but-
- No, I'm sure it's an aberration.
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Don't people just need
a college degree if you want lo pursue...
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the societally
approved definition of success?
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Yeah, wouldn't you be better
off sitting in your room reading books...
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instead of spending all that money?
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I'm sorry, _
are you a senior?
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No, I'm in sixth grade.
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Yeah, Portia,
this is my son, Nelson.
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I'm adopted.
I was born in Uganda.
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- Love you, buddy.
- OK, dad.
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I thought it would be educational
for him to sit in on this.
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How's it going so far?
Are you learning a lot?
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Kind of.
Half and half.
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- Well there you go.
- OK. Right.
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Well, Nelson, sure...
248
00:13:06,778 --> 00:13:10,240
sitting in a room and reading books
would be very cost effective, but-
249
00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,117
Princeton is a corporation.
250
00:13:12,117 --> 00:13:14,369
No different
than an oil company.
251
00:13:14,369 --> 00:13:16,996
We should be educating ourselves
to be citizens of the world...
252
00:13:16,996 --> 00:13:19,123
and not of some guarded
suburban enclave.
253
00:13:19,123 --> 00:13:23,627
What we want is to leave the planet
better than we found it.
254
00:13:27,548 --> 00:13:30,175
OK. Well.
Good luck with that.
255
00:13:30,884 --> 00:13:31,760
Wail, wait.
256
00:13:32,052 --> 00:13:35,514
I want to hear about Princeton, please.
257
00:13:35,514 --> 00:13:38,809
OK, fine.
But first, I have a question for all of you.
258
00:13:38,809 --> 00:13:41,979
Just how will you leave
the planet better?
259
00:13:41,979 --> 00:13:44,982
Will you eradicate disease?
You're going to need a medical degree.
260
00:13:44,982 --> 00:13:47,735
If you want to create new drug therapies,
that's a PhD.
261
00:13:47,735 --> 00:13:51,864
Do you want to defend the innocent
and secure justice for all?
262
00:13:51,864 --> 00:13:55,492
I regret to inform you
that you will have to go to law school.
263
00:13:55,492 --> 00:13:58,245
There are plenty
of college graduates out there...
264
00:13:58,245 --> 00:14:01,415
...ardently hoping to leave the world
better than they found it.
265
00:14:01,415 --> 00:14:03,667
We are looking
for those people!
266
00:14:03,667 --> 00:14:09,048
Students with blazing minds
and hearts who will change the goddamn world!
267
00:14:12,968 --> 00:14:15,638
All right, Portia.
Well done!
268
00:14:15,638 --> 00:14:18,766
I bet you guys
feel like bunch of assholes.
269
00:14:23,646 --> 00:14:24,396
Sorry,
I probably should have warned you.
270
00:14:24,396 --> 00:14:26,190
Sorry,
I probably should have warned you.
271
00:14:26,190 --> 00:14:28,859
We tend to encourage
that sort of spirited debate here.
272
00:14:28,859 --> 00:14:30,361
But you did well.
273
00:14:30,361 --> 00:14:32,695
You can hit a curveball.
274
00:14:33,780 --> 00:14:37,242
You know, I'd really like
to introduce you to somebody.
275
00:14:37,242 --> 00:14:39,077
This is Jeremiah Balakian.
276
00:14:39,077 --> 00:14:40,745
He's a very special student.
277
00:14:40,745 --> 00:14:42,830
My parents work in a mini-mart.
278
00:14:42,830 --> 00:14:44,207
They're not very educated.
279
00:14:44,207 --> 00:14:46,626
Do you think that matters?
280
00:14:46,626 --> 00:14:48,962
Of course not.
It's your application.
281
00:14:48,962 --> 00:14:51,381
Maybe I should apply then.
Princeton seems like a cool place.
282
00:14:51,381 --> 00:14:53,132
It's very cool.
283
00:14:53,132 --> 00:14:55,134
So you're saying
I should apply?
284
00:14:55,134 --> 00:14:56,886
You know,
I'm not really your typical student.
285
00:14:56,886 --> 00:15:01,224
My brain sort of goes
on a little Walkabout, you know?
286
00:15:01,516 --> 00:15:03,851
Yes, you should apply.
287
00:15:03,851 --> 00:15:06,646
And if you would like
to visit the campus...
288
00:15:06,646 --> 00:15:09,649
...we can match you up with an undergrad
and you can spend the night in his room.
289
00:15:09,649 --> 00:15:10,733
That sounds great.
290
00:15:10,733 --> 00:15:13,945
Then you could hang out
and gel to know each other.
291
00:15:13,945 --> 00:15:16,364
Well, I don't really hang out
with the applicants.
292
00:15:16,364 --> 00:15:17,991
- That's not how it works.
- Right.
293
00:15:17,991 --> 00:15:19,242
Because
there's over twenty thousand of them.
294
00:15:19,242 --> 00:15:20,410
Exactly.
295
00:15:20,410 --> 00:15:23,371
Still,
I think you should gel to know this one.
296
00:15:24,914 --> 00:15:26,666
So, Portia,
like the Merchant of Venice?
297
00:15:26,666 --> 00:15:27,250
Yes.
298
00:15:27,250 --> 00:15:29,669
My mother thought if she named me
that I would grow up to be wise.
299
00:15:29,669 --> 00:15:30,920
I'm lucky
she didn't name me Athena.
300
00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:32,714
Or Minerva.
Or Sophie.
301
00:15:32,714 --> 00:15:33,923
Except a lot of people
are named Sophie.
302
00:15:33,923 --> 00:15:35,258
They probably don't even know
what their name means.
303
00:15:35,258 --> 00:15:37,010
Or Metis.
That would be really strange.
304
00:15:37,010 --> 00:15:41,598
Or if your name was Aushenaya
or l?ok or Saraswati.
305
00:15:41,598 --> 00:15:43,308
I think you got lucky.
306
00:15:43,308 --> 00:15:46,144
If you had to be called something
that stands for wisdom.
307
00:15:49,730 --> 00:15:52,107
Well, thanks for this.
308
00:15:52,107 --> 00:15:55,277
I have to go.
I have robotics class.
309
00:15:58,864 --> 00:16:01,116
- Interesting kid.
- He's a great kid.
310
00:16:01,116 --> 00:16:03,118
He's become
like part of my family.
311
00:16:03,118 --> 00:16:04,745
I met him at a garage sale.
312
00:16:04,745 --> 00:16:06,288
He was reading a law
encyclopedia.
313
00:16:06,288 --> 00:16:09,291
We went and had coffee
and talked for five hours.
314
00:16:09,291 --> 00:16:10,459
He's a prodigy.
315
00:16:10,459 --> 00:16:13,295
Well, be sure to include all of that
in your recommendation.
316
00:16:13,295 --> 00:16:14,755
Bye.
317
00:16:18,926 --> 00:16:21,845
So how long have you been
at Princeton?
318
00:16:21,845 --> 00:16:23,055
Since college.
Sixteen years.
319
00:16:23,055 --> 00:16:25,098
Wow, that's a long time
to stay in one place.
320
00:16:25,098 --> 00:16:25,891
Are you married?
321
00:16:25,891 --> 00:16:27,267
No I live with someone.
322
00:16:27,267 --> 00:16:28,518
- Chair of the English Department.
- Kids?
323
00:16:28,518 --> 00:16:29,478
Thousands.
324
00:16:29,478 --> 00:16:31,355
Can you get these cows
out of the way?
325
00:16:31,355 --> 00:16:32,898
I doubt it.
They're enormous.
326
00:16:32,898 --> 00:16:34,316
That one's pregnant.
327
00:16:34,316 --> 00:16:35,651
Where do you stay
while you're here?
328
00:16:35,651 --> 00:16:38,946
My morn lives
about ten miles away.
329
00:16:43,033 --> 00:16:44,493
Mom?
330
00:16:44,660 --> 00:16:45,953
It's me.
331
00:16:46,411 --> 00:16:48,288
Who?
332
00:16:48,288 --> 00:16:50,123
How many people
call you morn?
333
00:16:50,123 --> 00:16:53,335
Why didn't you tell me
you were coming?
334
00:16:53,335 --> 00:16:55,837
I left a message.
I was visiting a school nearby.
335
00:16:55,837 --> 00:16:57,631
<i>K never check
my messages.</i>
336
00:16:57,631 --> 00:16:59,299
That's a good policy.
337
00:16:59,299 --> 00:17:02,344
<i>Thought Yd spend the night
if it's a“ right with you.</i>
338
00:17:02,344 --> 00:17:05,638
I've got to gel up very early,
and then hit a few schools and race back...
339
00:17:05,638 --> 00:17:06,847
...for Mark's
department lunch.
340
00:17:06,847 --> 00:17:09,600
How can you stand
those English Department gatherings?
341
00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:10,851
What could be more dull?
342
00:17:10,851 --> 00:17:15,022
Sometimes you make sacrifices for the person
you've been living with for ten years.
343
00:17:15,022 --> 00:17:16,691
That's what a healthy relationship is.
344
00:17:16,691 --> 00:17:18,693
Thank god
I'm not in one of those.
345
00:17:18,693 --> 00:17:19,569
Yes.
Thank god.
346
00:17:19,569 --> 00:17:24,365
If I had to do what I was supposed to be doing
every minute of my life, like you do...
347
00:17:24,365 --> 00:17:26,492
...I'd kill myself.
348
00:17:27,535 --> 00:17:30,329
Did you just say if you were me
you would kill yourself?
349
00:17:30,329 --> 00:17:32,540
Portia, don't' exaggerate.
350
00:17:32,540 --> 00:17:33,624
I'm working on my bike.
351
00:17:33,624 --> 00:17:38,045
You know, they actually have stores
where you can buy bikes already made.
352
00:17:38,045 --> 00:17:40,715
And did you know that women
are the only exploited group in history...
353
00:17:40,715 --> 00:17:43,384
...to have been idealized
into powerlessness.
354
00:17:43,384 --> 00:17:45,261
<i>- Erica Jung.
- Erica long.</i>
355
00:17:45,261 --> 00:17:46,637
Hey pups!
356
00:17:46,637 --> 00:17:47,930
Hey!
357
00:17:48,389 --> 00:17:51,058
Hi Gloria! Hi Betty!
Hi!
358
00:17:51,058 --> 00:17:52,602
Whoa, you're so skinny.
359
00:17:52,602 --> 00:17:53,769
Come on,
let's gel you something to eat.
360
00:17:53,769 --> 00:17:54,729
No, no.
361
00:17:54,729 --> 00:17:56,897
They're not skinny,
they're lean.
362
00:17:56,897 --> 00:17:58,816
Dogs are too dependent
on humans.
363
00:17:58,816 --> 00:18:01,235
I'm not their slave.
They can gel their own damn food.
364
00:18:01,235 --> 00:18:04,071
- From where?
- Outside. Gophers, squirrels...
365
00:18:04,071 --> 00:18:07,241
- ..-neighbor's cat.
- An unattended baby?
366
00:18:07,241 --> 00:18:11,245
They're carnivores.
They're meant to be hunters.
367
00:18:11,245 --> 00:18:14,999
Here,
hand me that chain break.
368
00:18:17,168 --> 00:18:19,128
Mom, you look...
369
00:18:19,253 --> 00:18:20,713
bigger.
370
00:18:21,130 --> 00:18:23,131
These?
Fake.
371
00:18:23,131 --> 00:18:25,675
Fake?
You mean you had a boob job?
372
00:18:25,675 --> 00:18:28,094
No, I had a mastectomy.
373
00:18:28,094 --> 00:18:29,512
These are prosthetic.
374
00:18:29,512 --> 00:18:32,098
I was wondering, you know,
women who have really big breasts,
375
00:18:32,098 --> 00:18:33,975
I'd like to see what that's like...
376
00:18:33,975 --> 00:18:37,395
...and I'll tell you,
they get so in the way, it's unbelievable.
377
00:18:37,395 --> 00:18:39,814
I'm thinking
of trading them in for a mid-size.
378
00:18:39,814 --> 00:18:41,900
When?
When did you have a mastectomy?
379
00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:44,277
I don't know.
Five weeks ago or so.
380
00:18:44,277 --> 00:18:46,071
Who keeps track?
381
00:18:46,071 --> 00:18:48,156
They found a lump.
It was aggressive.
382
00:18:48,156 --> 00:18:48,907
Hadn't spread yet.
383
00:18:48,907 --> 00:18:52,077
I'm aggressive too, so I said "what the hell,
why push my luck?
384
00:18:52,077 --> 00:18:53,453
Take them both."
385
00:18:53,954 --> 00:18:55,580
Why didn't you tell me?
386
00:18:55,580 --> 00:18:57,832
I am telling you.
387
00:18:58,124 --> 00:18:59,292
Now.
388
00:18:59,292 --> 00:19:02,754
Well I would have driven you
to the hospital.
389
00:19:02,754 --> 00:19:03,797
Portia...
390
00:19:03,797 --> 00:19:06,049
I cabbed it.
I'm OK.
391
00:19:06,049 --> 00:19:08,969
You know,
I'm thinking you should...
392
00:19:08,969 --> 00:19:12,347
.-.start calling me Susannah.
393
00:19:12,347 --> 00:19:14,683
I think
this could help us avoid...
394
00:19:14,683 --> 00:19:20,814
...all this mother-daughter role playing crap
that you can't seem to shake.
395
00:19:21,273 --> 00:19:23,066
You're welcome to stay...
396
00:19:23,066 --> 00:19:26,528
but there's not much for supper
unless you want to go pick some kale.
397
00:19:28,655 --> 00:19:31,408
I'm remodeling
your old room.
398
00:19:32,075 --> 00:19:36,329
That's good.
I'm going to make a tea kettle.
399
00:19:37,622 --> 00:19:39,999
<i>Come on, do it!</i>
400
00:19:42,418 --> 00:19:44,378
<i>Oh baby.</i>
401
00:19:52,136 --> 00:19:54,680
- Portia Nathan.
- John Pressman.
402
00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:55,681
Hi.
403
00:19:55,681 --> 00:20:00,269
Look, I wanted to see if you wanted to maybe
get a drink or a bite to eat or something?
404
00:20:00,269 --> 00:20:03,147
Maybe talk about the application process,
since we're new to it?
405
00:20:03,147 --> 00:20:07,234
- I can swing by and pick you up.
- I guess I could eat.
406
00:20:08,861 --> 00:20:11,530
The parents all think
that their kids' acceptance...
407
00:20:11,530 --> 00:20:14,199
is the final referendum
on their parenting skills...
408
00:20:14,199 --> 00:20:16,035
...which, hello,
it's not about you.
409
00:20:16,035 --> 00:20:19,496
As far as I can tell,
parents exist just to drive their kids insane.
410
00:20:19,496 --> 00:20:21,165
Of course,
what the hell do I know, really?
411
00:20:21,165 --> 00:20:22,958
Why, were you raised
by wolves?
412
00:20:22,958 --> 00:20:24,793
Wolf.
Singular.
413
00:20:24,793 --> 00:20:26,879
- One wolf.
- One wolf.
414
00:20:26,879 --> 00:20:29,131
And you never wanted kids?
415
00:20:29,131 --> 00:20:31,383
I love that question.
416
00:20:31,383 --> 00:20:36,347
It seemed unfair to subject anyone
to the miserable experience I had.
417
00:20:36,555 --> 00:20:37,723
Why would you?
418
00:20:37,723 --> 00:20:40,351
There's no way in hell I would raise
Nelson the way I was raised.
419
00:20:40,351 --> 00:20:41,226
Why not?
420
00:20:41,226 --> 00:20:43,520
Because I was raised by sheep.
421
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,232
So... Uganda.
422
00:20:46,232 --> 00:20:50,402
I was working there
and Nelson's morn was a friend.
423
00:20:50,402 --> 00:20:52,738
And she died in a car crash.
424
00:20:52,738 --> 00:20:55,491
Along with his uncle.
Nelson was two.
425
00:20:55,491 --> 00:20:57,659
So you adopted him.
426
00:20:57,659 --> 00:20:59,827
Seemed like the only thing to do.
427
00:20:59,827 --> 00:21:03,581
All my friends
thought for sure that I'd bail.
428
00:21:03,581 --> 00:21:06,251
That I was not ready
to be a father, but...
429
00:21:06,251 --> 00:21:08,753
- ...screw that.
- Right. Screw that.
430
00:21:08,753 --> 00:21:11,547
Nelson loves traveling.
He loves it.
431
00:21:11,547 --> 00:21:13,591
We've lived in Indonesia.
432
00:21:13,591 --> 00:21:17,262
We built a water
purification system in Myanmar.
433
00:21:17,262 --> 00:21:19,722
I'm sorry,
so you're just this single dad...
434
00:21:19,722 --> 00:21:22,767
...traveling the world with his kid,
doing good?
435
00:21:22,767 --> 00:21:25,812
Well, when you put it like that
it just sounds so appealing.
436
00:21:25,812 --> 00:21:28,314
But I have that on a t-shirt,
actually.
437
00:21:28,314 --> 00:21:31,067
'Single dad,
traveling the world with his kid, doing good"
438
00:21:31,067 --> 00:21:32,485
You can borrow it
some day if you like.
439
00:21:32,485 --> 00:21:35,196
I'm not sure
people would believe it on me.
440
00:21:35,196 --> 00:21:38,908
Anyway,
it's the best thing I ever did...
441
00:21:38,908 --> 00:21:40,618
...adopting a kid.
442
00:21:40,618 --> 00:21:42,287
It's getting late.
443
00:21:46,124 --> 00:21:47,458
Excuse me?
444
00:21:47,458 --> 00:21:51,588
Oh no, I can't do that, actually.
I can't accept gifts.
445
00:21:51,588 --> 00:21:53,172
Excuse me?
446
00:21:53,172 --> 00:21:55,967
Princeton wants to buy me
a chicken sandwich.
447
00:22:05,602 --> 00:22:07,812
Thank you so much.
448
00:22:10,023 --> 00:22:13,775
Portia,
there's something I want to ask you...
449
00:22:13,775 --> 00:22:16,320
...and I know
this is all a bit abrupt.
450
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:17,362
Yes?
451
00:22:19,615 --> 00:22:23,619
Do you think you have room
for one more in your life?
452
00:22:23,619 --> 00:22:25,287
One more what?
453
00:22:25,287 --> 00:22:28,540
One more person.
454
00:22:28,832 --> 00:22:32,794
Oh John,
that's so sweet.
455
00:22:32,794 --> 00:22:35,005
But you seem
like a great guy too.
456
00:22:35,005 --> 00:22:36,298
And you can handle an axe...
457
00:22:36,298 --> 00:22:40,135
...and you know,
you have a very nice nose and your...
458
00:22:40,135 --> 00:22:41,803
...face,
but I have a long-term boyfriend.
459
00:22:41,803 --> 00:22:43,931
Long, long,
long-term.
460
00:22:43,931 --> 00:22:45,974
And you know, we are happy.
We're very happy.
461
00:22:45,974 --> 00:22:47,476
We're so...
462
00:22:47,476 --> 00:22:48,435
haPPY-
463
00:22:48,852 --> 00:22:51,897
Wow, happy is one of those words
that if you say it...
464
00:22:51,897 --> 00:22:55,025
...a lot, it loses its meaning.
Like "fork."
465
00:22:55,025 --> 00:22:57,694
Fork. Fork.
Fork. Fork.
466
00:22:57,694 --> 00:22:59,071
Happv- Happy-
Happy- Hapw
467
00:22:59,071 --> 00:22:59,947
Happy. Fork.
468
00:22:59,947 --> 00:23:02,032
It's not...Portia, what I mean-
469
00:23:02,032 --> 00:23:06,411
No, goodbye. Thank you.
This was so much better than kale.
470
00:23:07,496 --> 00:23:09,831
OK.
I'm sorry.
471
00:23:09,831 --> 00:23:11,541
I was going for the cheek.
472
00:23:11,541 --> 00:23:13,418
Yeah!
That's OK.
473
00:23:13,418 --> 00:23:15,379
OK, well,
nice catching up...
474
00:23:15,379 --> 00:23:17,673
...and best of luck
with the application process.
475
00:23:17,673 --> 00:23:19,049
Here is my card.
476
00:23:19,049 --> 00:23:20,550
I have your card.
477
00:23:20,550 --> 00:23:22,135
- I gave you my card?
- Yeah.
478
00:23:22,135 --> 00:23:24,513
That's great.
Then you have my card-
479
00:23:31,852 --> 00:23:33,563
Oh my god.
480
00:23:33,563 --> 00:23:36,232
Sorry, it was there, you know?
You just...
481
00:23:36,232 --> 00:23:37,400
What are you going to do?
482
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:38,901
- Look, the reason that I'm -
- You look!
483
00:23:38,901 --> 00:23:42,780
I am an admissions officer
and you run a school and I live with someone.“...
484
00:23:42,780 --> 00:23:45,074
...and I've had a really long day...
485
00:23:45,074 --> 00:23:47,118
and I'm exhausted
and this never happened, do you understand?
486
00:23:47,118 --> 00:23:48,661
Portia, no.
487
00:23:49,245 --> 00:23:51,789
Portia, look,
I asked you here for a reason.
488
00:23:51,789 --> 00:23:52,915
And it wasn't to kiss you.
489
00:23:52,915 --> 00:23:54,834
Please communicate
with my associate Ben in the future.
490
00:23:54,834 --> 00:23:56,460
Portia, wait!
Wait, it's just...
491
00:23:56,460 --> 00:23:57,670
I think.-.
492
00:23:58,379 --> 00:24:01,716
I think
maybe Jeremiah's your son.
493
00:24:01,716 --> 00:24:02,925
What?
494
00:24:02,925 --> 00:24:04,427
Jeremiah.
495
00:24:04,427 --> 00:24:07,388
I think maybe he's your son.
496
00:24:07,555 --> 00:24:09,932
Are you
out of your fucking mind?
497
00:24:09,932 --> 00:24:11,309
All right.
Let me rewind.
498
00:24:11,309 --> 00:24:13,311
At Dartmouth,
I was friends with Shelley-
499
00:24:13,311 --> 00:24:15,771
I don't know what you're talking about
and you need to leave.
500
00:24:15,771 --> 00:24:17,607
- Now.
- Portia, wait-
501
00:24:17,607 --> 00:24:19,483
- Jesus!
- She said leave her alone!
502
00:24:19,483 --> 00:24:21,485
What the hell! Morn,
put the gun down!
503
00:24:21,485 --> 00:24:23,487
No means no, asshole.
504
00:24:23,487 --> 00:24:27,074
I have got this under control.
Go inside!
505
00:24:27,074 --> 00:24:29,785
You don't have shit under control.
You never have.
506
00:24:29,785 --> 00:24:32,538
Screw you, mom.
I do so have my life under control!
507
00:24:32,538 --> 00:24:34,957
You could have been somebody,
goddamn it!
508
00:24:34,957 --> 00:24:36,417
You could have been
a trailblazer!
509
00:24:36,417 --> 00:24:37,418
Right, like you?
510
00:24:37,418 --> 00:24:39,462
Holed up here
like some crazy old witch?
511
00:24:39,462 --> 00:24:42,673
You know what?
I'm just going to get into my car, very slowly...
512
00:24:42,673 --> 00:24:45,092
...and let you two chat.
513
00:24:46,177 --> 00:24:47,969
- Portia, I'll call you.
- Please don't-.
514
00:24:47,969 --> 00:24:51,056
Well you're not very good
at returning e-mails.
515
00:24:53,683 --> 00:24:55,310
- You all right?
- Fine.
516
00:24:55,310 --> 00:24:57,771
Watch where you're waving
that thing.
517
00:24:57,771 --> 00:25:00,273
Your breasts are sliding off.
518
00:25:02,817 --> 00:25:04,319
Hi everyone.
519
00:25:04,319 --> 00:25:07,697
Just back from a boring recruitment trip.
Uneventful.
520
00:25:07,697 --> 00:25:08,823
There she is.
521
00:25:08,823 --> 00:25:13,495
So, have you found the finest young minds
in the nation for us?
522
00:25:13,495 --> 00:25:14,496
I'm trying!
523
00:25:14,496 --> 00:25:18,875
Course she has,
she's our golden retriever.
524
00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:23,338
I love this.
I love this bean salad.
525
00:25:23,338 --> 00:25:26,049
It's just so beans
and vinaigrette.
526
00:25:26,049 --> 00:25:29,636
- So simple, but it just works.
- Yeah, beans.
527
00:25:29,928 --> 00:25:33,098
Oh, hello Helen.
So glad you could make it after all-.
528
00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:36,851
And I can guarantee personally
that next year all your Virginia Woolf seminars...
529
00:25:36,851 --> 00:25:39,020
will be filled with superhumans.
530
00:25:39,020 --> 00:25:42,482
I'll never really understand
your admissions system in America.
531
00:25:42,482 --> 00:25:44,067
Because we just do tests.
532
00:25:44,067 --> 00:25:47,028
You know, we don't really care
about your childhood...
533
00:25:47,028 --> 00:25:49,406
...or your recent conversion
to Buddhism.
534
00:25:49,406 --> 00:25:51,783
Gray matter,
that's what counts.
535
00:25:51,783 --> 00:25:54,995
Helen, would you mind putting
the bread on the table?
536
00:25:54,995 --> 00:25:57,622
Thank you so much.
537
00:25:59,332 --> 00:26:02,252
I just...
I want you to know that this...
538
00:26:02,252 --> 00:26:05,921
...us, this life,
it's everything I've always wanted.
539
00:26:06,213 --> 00:26:08,007
Helen, back so soon.
540
00:26:08,007 --> 00:26:10,467
Could you put the salad on?
541
00:26:14,763 --> 00:26:17,516
What's she got against bean salad?
542
00:26:18,893 --> 00:26:20,603
Portia, we need to talk.
543
00:26:20,603 --> 00:26:22,897
I can't do this anymore.
I'm sorry.
544
00:26:22,897 --> 00:26:24,398
Oh god,
I hate these lunches too.
545
00:26:24,398 --> 00:26:26,817
No, this.
Us.
546
00:26:27,610 --> 00:26:30,821
Is that Helen?
That's weird.
547
00:26:30,821 --> 00:26:31,739
Portia, I'm having twins.
548
00:26:31,739 --> 00:26:33,741
- What are you talking about?
- Twins.
549
00:26:33,741 --> 00:26:37,036
Twins, I'm having twins.
550
00:26:37,036 --> 00:26:38,162
You're talking like a crazy person.
551
00:26:38,162 --> 00:26:42,833
Helen is having twins. My twins.
I'm leaving you.
552
00:26:43,417 --> 00:26:46,754
I'm sorry,
you had sex with that woman?
553
00:26:46,754 --> 00:26:47,463
A bit.
554
00:26:47,463 --> 00:26:51,842
You had unprotected sex
with that vile Virginia Woolf scholar?
555
00:26:51,842 --> 00:26:53,969
There's no need to make a scene.
I'm sorry.
556
00:26:53,969 --> 00:26:55,846
You don't deserve this, you don't.
557
00:26:55,846 --> 00:26:58,098
You're loyal
and a good companion...
558
00:26:58,098 --> 00:27:00,267
- Slop it with the dog stuff!
- What?
559
00:27:00,267 --> 00:27:01,727
I have to go.
Now.
560
00:27:01,727 --> 00:27:05,189
No, you have to slay.
We have guests.
561
00:27:05,189 --> 00:27:07,942
And, we are a family..-unit.
562
00:27:07,942 --> 00:27:09,652
You didn't want a family.
563
00:27:09,652 --> 00:27:13,530
- Neither did you!
- No, that's true. I really don't.
564
00:27:13,530 --> 00:27:16,909
I can't stand babies.
They're repulsive.
565
00:27:16,909 --> 00:27:19,620
Oh god,
she's backing out now.
566
00:27:19,620 --> 00:27:20,411
That's the chicken.
567
00:27:20,411 --> 00:27:23,539
Would you mind, terribly,
taking it out? Goodbye.
568
00:27:24,958 --> 00:27:28,795
I kissed someone!
Almost on purpose!
569
00:27:31,381 --> 00:27:35,635
Mark had an emergency.
A student was...
570
00:27:35,635 --> 00:27:38,763
...having a breakdown
about Robert Frost.
571
00:27:38,763 --> 00:27:42,642
Two roads diverging in a wood
and which to lake.
572
00:27:42,642 --> 00:27:45,186
So, who likes breasts?
573
00:27:45,186 --> 00:27:47,730
Mark loves breasts.
The more the merrier.
574
00:27:47,730 --> 00:27:51,234
In fact, why don't I just put
this aside for him for when he gets home?
575
00:27:51,234 --> 00:27:54,862
So who likes legs?
Well, Mark likes legs.
576
00:27:55,446 --> 00:27:58,700
Who likes assholes?
I guess that's me.
577
00:28:00,326 --> 00:28:05,290
Virginia Woolf was a twat.
Extremely overrated.
578
00:28:05,456 --> 00:28:07,834
No Gertrude Stein.
579
00:28:08,251 --> 00:28:10,420
I'll have a breast, please.
580
00:28:16,801 --> 00:28:18,344
Oh god.
581
00:28:18,553 --> 00:28:22,265
God dammit.
Dammit!
582
00:28:29,856 --> 00:28:31,524
Excuse me.
583
00:28:32,025 --> 00:28:34,986
This is your mother?
584
00:28:34,986 --> 00:28:36,487
Yes.
585
00:28:37,029 --> 00:28:40,741
I saw her lecture
on Frida Kahlo in 1977.
586
00:28:40,741 --> 00:28:43,952
She was extremely hot.
587
00:28:43,952 --> 00:28:45,954
OK.
588
00:28:45,954 --> 00:28:47,623
Is she well?
Your mother?
589
00:28:47,623 --> 00:28:48,874
Yeah, she's fine.
590
00:28:48,874 --> 00:28:53,837
Good. Well, thank you for the party.
It was very pleasant.
591
00:28:54,046 --> 00:28:56,548
Everyone is now leaving, OK.
592
00:28:56,548 --> 00:29:00,802
- I shall close this door behind?
- Yes. I'll be right out.
593
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,122
Get to work.
594
00:29:39,383 --> 00:29:44,429
I will always be there for you.
Nothing will ever change that.
595
00:30:12,707 --> 00:30:15,084
Top of the morning, Clarence.
596
00:30:15,710 --> 00:30:17,295
Morning.
597
00:30:19,547 --> 00:30:23,134
If you want to take
a couple personal days...
598
00:30:23,801 --> 00:30:25,928
Why would I?
599
00:30:27,013 --> 00:30:29,557
Everyone knows?
600
00:30:29,557 --> 00:30:32,602
- About Mark, I mean.
- Yes.
601
00:30:32,894 --> 00:30:36,355
And that Woolf woman.
602
00:30:36,355 --> 00:30:39,609
I'm very sorry
about the timing of this...
603
00:30:39,609 --> 00:30:43,988
...bul I want you to know
that I am here for you one thousand percent.
604
00:30:43,988 --> 00:30:47,158
This is my life.
It's what I'm good at.
605
00:30:47,158 --> 00:30:48,492
I know.
606
00:30:48,492 --> 00:30:51,829
And please, rest assured,
that nothing...
607
00:30:51,829 --> 00:30:54,165
...will affect my work.
Nothing.
608
00:30:54,165 --> 00:30:58,085
Well that's great.
You just carry on.
609
00:31:07,553 --> 00:31:10,889
And that
was the famous Blair Arch.
610
00:31:12,390 --> 00:31:15,352
Here comes one of our illustrious
Admissions officers.
611
00:31:15,352 --> 00:31:17,479
Clearly a very busy time
for you all.
612
00:31:17,479 --> 00:31:21,441
Any words of wisdom
for hopefully future Princelonians?
613
00:31:21,441 --> 00:31:24,027
- What?
- Words of wisdom?
614
00:31:24,986 --> 00:31:28,531
Just...
gel those applications in and...
615
00:31:28,531 --> 00:31:30,951
...remember to be yourself,
because...
616
00:31:30,951 --> 00:31:33,870
...who else could you be?
That's...
617
00:31:34,037 --> 00:31:36,248
.-.that's who you're stuck with.
618
00:31:37,249 --> 00:31:41,795
OK. You got the idea.
Let's keep moving!
619
00:31:41,795 --> 00:31:44,381
Any budding astrophysicists
in the crowd?
620
00:31:44,381 --> 00:31:46,174
Because I've got a treat
for you next!
621
00:31:46,174 --> 00:31:49,177
Jeremiah, from Quest.
Hi.
622
00:31:49,177 --> 00:31:51,429
- You remember me?
- Yes. I remember you.
623
00:31:51,429 --> 00:31:52,973
I'm Nelson.
624
00:31:52,973 --> 00:31:53,890
I remember you loo.
625
00:31:53,890 --> 00:31:54,975
I'm John.
626
00:31:54,975 --> 00:31:57,769
Turns out we had a chance to come down
here today, visit the campus.
627
00:31:57,769 --> 00:31:58,770
What a surprise.
628
00:31:58,770 --> 00:32:01,439
It's awesome.
It's like, ancient.
629
00:32:01,439 --> 00:32:04,317
I'm sorry, but what do you think
that you're doing here?
630
00:32:04,317 --> 00:32:06,861
Jeremiah wanted to see the place.
And you and I should talk.
631
00:32:06,861 --> 00:32:08,321
You are out of your mind.
632
00:32:08,321 --> 00:32:09,531
I almost forgot to ask...
633
00:32:09,531 --> 00:32:13,535
Remember when you said
I could spend the night with an undergrad?
634
00:32:13,535 --> 00:32:16,580
Is that still possible?
635
00:32:16,580 --> 00:32:18,873
OK. Yes.
That's possible.
636
00:32:18,873 --> 00:32:22,419
Just catch up with the tour
and meet me back at Admissions.
637
00:32:39,852 --> 00:32:42,271
What are you doing?
You're not allowed in here!
638
00:32:42,271 --> 00:32:43,439
What happened the other night.
639
00:32:43,439 --> 00:32:44,815
Nothing happened the other night.
640
00:32:44,815 --> 00:32:46,233
Right.
It was nothing.
641
00:32:46,233 --> 00:32:49,778
So don't let it get in the way of this.
642
00:32:50,779 --> 00:32:53,449
This is Jeremiah's
birth certificate.
643
00:32:53,449 --> 00:32:55,826
I knew Shelley.
Your roommate at Dartmouth.
644
00:32:55,826 --> 00:32:56,785
I had a car.
645
00:32:56,785 --> 00:32:58,787
She borrowed it to pick you up
after you had the baby.
646
00:32:58,787 --> 00:33:00,372
Valentine's Day.
647
00:33:00,372 --> 00:33:03,292
Shelley told me you had the baby
at 1pm on Valentine's Day.
648
00:33:03,292 --> 00:33:07,046
That stuck with me.
I hate Valentine's Day-.
649
00:33:07,046 --> 00:33:09,590
- It's a despicable holiday.
- It sucks.
650
00:33:09,590 --> 00:33:11,342
Here's the crazy part.
651
00:33:11,342 --> 00:33:13,886
When Jeremiah applied to Quest,
I saw this and put it together.
652
00:33:13,886 --> 00:33:16,931
It says that he was born
and given up for adoption on Valentine's Day...
653
00:33:16,931 --> 00:33:20,517
1995, 1pm at Blaine Hospital.
654
00:33:20,517 --> 00:33:22,519
I know you didn't ask for this.
655
00:33:22,519 --> 00:33:24,939
And I'm not trying to ruin your life.
656
00:33:24,939 --> 00:33:26,398
But I care about this kid...
657
00:33:26,398 --> 00:33:30,152
and I think he could use a
little more connection in his life.
658
00:33:30,152 --> 00:33:32,821
But I didn't tell him anything.
It's your decision-.
659
00:33:32,821 --> 00:33:34,615
I'm
just setting it up.
660
00:33:36,283 --> 00:33:40,955
He has his parents.
He has you, right? Nelson?
661
00:33:40,955 --> 00:33:43,499
Yeah, his parents are great people.
But we're moving on...
662
00:33:43,499 --> 00:33:44,958
.-.Nelson and me.
663
00:33:44,958 --> 00:33:46,668
Hey, maybe it was meant to be.
664
00:33:46,668 --> 00:33:47,877
Nothing is meant to be.
665
00:33:47,877 --> 00:33:50,505
And you don't just barrel into
other people's lives like this.
666
00:33:50,505 --> 00:33:51,923
This is bad form.
667
00:33:51,923 --> 00:33:54,551
- This is bad form.
- Bad form.
668
00:33:54,551 --> 00:33:55,760
I am not a project.
669
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,055
I am not some village in need
of a water system.
670
00:33:59,514 --> 00:34:02,809
- Hi.
- Hi.
671
00:34:03,226 --> 00:34:06,145
John Pressman.
Quest School.
672
00:34:06,312 --> 00:34:10,191
Clarence Hall, Dean of Admissions.
Princeton.
673
00:34:10,191 --> 00:34:12,569
- It's quite an operation you have here.
- Thank you.
674
00:34:12,569 --> 00:34:15,488
OK.
Well, Mr. Pressman was just leaving.
675
00:34:15,780 --> 00:34:18,283
Right. Of course.
676
00:34:19,117 --> 00:34:20,326
It was nice to meet you.
677
00:34:20,326 --> 00:34:23,121
Hey, I heard about you guys
dropping to number two.
678
00:34:23,121 --> 00:34:23,788
Sorry.
679
00:34:23,788 --> 00:34:26,791
But number two is,
you know, that's good..-too-.
680
00:34:26,791 --> 00:34:29,002
Here's the information
you wanted for your student...
681
00:34:29,002 --> 00:34:30,837
the undergrad
he'll be spending the night with.
682
00:34:30,837 --> 00:34:31,546
Thank you.
683
00:34:31,546 --> 00:34:34,716
And here is the information
you'll need on that student.
684
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,720
Ben, do you mind escorting
Mr. Pressman out?
685
00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:40,054
And Mr. Pressman,
in the future...
686
00:34:40,054 --> 00:34:42,724
e-mail is the appropriate form
of communication.
687
00:34:42,724 --> 00:34:46,603
Right. Sorry.
Yeah. E-mail.
688
00:34:46,603 --> 00:34:50,982
Will do.
All right, see you.
689
00:34:52,609 --> 00:34:55,695
You know,
it's highly unusual...
690
00:34:55,695 --> 00:35:00,241
...it's actually unheard of,
for a school director lo be back here.
691
00:35:00,241 --> 00:35:01,034
I know.
692
00:35:01,034 --> 00:35:05,078
I think we should hire a security guard
to keep the crazies out because...
693
00:35:05,078 --> 00:35:07,247
...it is getting out of control.
694
00:35:28,644 --> 00:35:29,978
New Hampshire Certificate
of Live Birth
695
00:35:29,978 --> 00:35:30,896
DOE, JOHN
696
00:35:30,896 --> 00:35:31,939
MOTHER'S CURRENT LEGAL NAME
DOE, JANE
697
00:35:46,286 --> 00:35:47,621
Yo, whassup?
698
00:35:47,621 --> 00:35:51,166
- I beg your pardon?
- I'm looking for my roomie.
699
00:35:53,293 --> 00:35:56,713
- Can I help you?
- You're doing a great job.
700
00:35:57,464 --> 00:36:01,343
So a zombie will move and talk
as if it were awake and genuinely aware...
701
00:36:01,343 --> 00:36:04,012
...of its surroundings,
but its inner light is off.
702
00:36:04,012 --> 00:36:04,555
Right.
703
00:36:04,555 --> 00:36:07,975
And if it is logically possible for a creature
to have a brain just like yours...
704
00:36:07,975 --> 00:36:09,351
...and no conscious experience,
705
00:36:09,351 --> 00:36:12,980
then consciousness
is not literally identical to brain activity.
706
00:36:12,980 --> 00:36:13,855
Exactly!
707
00:36:14,147 --> 00:36:15,315
Exactly!
708
00:36:15,899 --> 00:36:19,110
Hi.
You are not a student.
709
00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:22,822
- What, you're trying to crash or something here?
- Yo, whassup?
710
00:36:22,822 --> 00:36:24,824
L...Hi!
711
00:36:27,118 --> 00:36:30,454
Hi everyone, I'm from Admissions
and we like to come in and..-...
712
00:36:30,454 --> 00:36:33,124
...check on our overnight
high school visitors.
713
00:36:33,124 --> 00:36:35,668
So Jeremiah,
are you warm enough?
714
00:36:35,668 --> 00:36:37,378
Do you have everything
that you need?
715
00:36:37,378 --> 00:36:40,339
Do you need
a Princeton sweatshirt...
716
00:36:40,339 --> 00:36:43,342
or did you remember
to bring your toothbrush?
717
00:36:43,342 --> 00:36:44,719
I'm fine. Thanks.
718
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:46,470
Good.
What is that?
719
00:36:46,470 --> 00:36:49,140
- This is diet soda?
- Diet soda? Why diet?
720
00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:53,019
- I just like the taste better.
- So do I. That is...unbelievable.
721
00:36:53,019 --> 00:36:53,769
I guess.
722
00:36:53,769 --> 00:36:56,606
Just diet soda?
No...
723
00:36:56,606 --> 00:36:57,940
Yeah. It's just...
724
00:36:57,940 --> 00:36:59,692
Great. Good. Well...
725
00:36:59,692 --> 00:37:02,695
...gel back to your zombie talk.
726
00:37:03,404 --> 00:37:05,907
OK.
Thank you.
727
00:37:08,367 --> 00:37:10,995
Dude, what a cougar.
728
00:37:17,418 --> 00:37:18,586
Shit.
729
00:37:22,632 --> 00:37:23,716
Hi.
730
00:37:23,716 --> 00:37:26,510
You don't happen to actually have
an extra toothbrush on you, do you?
731
00:37:26,510 --> 00:37:29,430
On me? No. No. Why?
You do need a toothbrush?
732
00:37:29,430 --> 00:37:30,890
- Yeah.
- OK.
733
00:37:31,307 --> 00:37:32,600
Soft bristles, right?
734
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,477
That's what kids
- teenagers - your age...
735
00:37:35,477 --> 00:37:37,520
...are supposed to use, right?
736
00:37:38,063 --> 00:37:40,190
I think soft might be
more for baby teeth.
737
00:37:40,190 --> 00:37:41,441
I prefer to
use just a medium.
738
00:37:41,441 --> 00:37:43,318
Yup, don't listen to me.
739
00:37:43,318 --> 00:37:45,737
You'd end up
with a mouthful of cavities.
740
00:37:45,737 --> 00:37:48,531
Hey, how about this rechargeable
toothbrush?
741
00:37:48,531 --> 00:37:49,866
That looks pretty cool.
742
00:37:49,908 --> 00:37:50,992
Yeah, I don't think I need that...
743
00:37:50,992 --> 00:37:54,955
as much as I do appreciate
Thomas the Tank Engine.
744
00:37:57,457 --> 00:37:58,792
I'm an idiot.
745
00:37:58,792 --> 00:38:01,253
You just pick what you need.
746
00:38:02,128 --> 00:38:03,713
Just...
747
00:38:04,256 --> 00:38:06,132
Ok then.
748
00:38:07,217 --> 00:38:08,260
OK...
749
00:38:08,260 --> 00:38:11,179
- Well I guess this is it.
- Yeah.
750
00:38:14,266 --> 00:38:17,310
- Thanks.
- Don't mention it.
751
00:38:25,443 --> 00:38:26,987
Portia?
752
00:38:27,487 --> 00:38:30,407
Are you all right?
753
00:38:32,576 --> 00:38:34,828
I'm fine.
I'm great.
754
00:38:34,828 --> 00:38:36,162
What are you doing here?
755
00:38:36,162 --> 00:38:39,499
Well, we're just up the street.
756
00:38:39,499 --> 00:38:41,459
She said she's fine.
757
00:38:41,626 --> 00:38:43,086
Have you been drinking, Portia?
758
00:38:43,086 --> 00:38:45,839
A little bit.
You know me, I'm a lightweight.
759
00:38:45,839 --> 00:38:47,632
Where are your glasses?
760
00:38:48,091 --> 00:38:51,678
I thought I'd give contacts a try.
761
00:38:51,678 --> 00:38:55,514
Well, all right.
Good to see you.
762
00:38:59,768 --> 00:39:01,478
Oh no.
763
00:39:02,313 --> 00:39:04,690
That's harsh.
764
00:39:04,982 --> 00:39:07,484
Yes.
Yes it is.
765
00:39:11,488 --> 00:39:14,158
- Portia Nathan here.
- Susannah here.
766
00:39:14,158 --> 00:39:16,744
Your mother. Mom.
767
00:39:16,744 --> 00:39:17,661
<i>Mark called.</i>
768
00:39:17,661 --> 00:39:18,621
<i>I know he never liked me...</i>
769
00:39:18,621 --> 00:39:20,748
<i>but he thought you might be in need
of some comfort and guidance.</i>
770
00:39:20,748 --> 00:39:23,959
So, I think this is all a very good thing.
771
00:39:23,959 --> 00:39:27,171
Getting left is a good thing?
Really? I have to go.
772
00:39:27,171 --> 00:39:29,173
Good, you're angry.
You need to express that.
773
00:39:29,173 --> 00:39:30,883
Talk to me.
I'm here for you.
774
00:39:30,883 --> 00:39:32,134
Sweetie.
775
00:39:33,427 --> 00:39:36,639
Well, I actually feel really sad and-
776
00:39:36,639 --> 00:39:40,434
And that is exactly why I knew that night
on the train thirty seven years ago...
777
00:39:40,434 --> 00:39:42,645
...-the man reading
"I'm OK, You're OK".-.
778
00:39:42,645 --> 00:39:43,979
No, please,
not the train story.
779
00:39:44,021 --> 00:39:47,566
I knew I needed his sperm
but I did not need him.
780
00:39:47,566 --> 00:39:50,402
Hey!
Watch yourself, asshole!
781
00:39:51,362 --> 00:39:53,239
Mom. Susannah...
782
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:56,283
I wanted a child
but not some moody relationship.
783
00:39:56,283 --> 00:40:00,329
Sex with a stranger on the New Jersey Transit
was the answer to my problems.
784
00:40:00,329 --> 00:40:02,873
<i>It's not healthy
to need other people too much.</i>
785
00:40:02,873 --> 00:40:05,584
Now you need to go out
and fall in love with yourself.
786
00:40:05,584 --> 00:40:08,337
- Well I'm going to go do that.
- You go, girl.
787
00:40:08,337 --> 00:40:10,672
Yup.
Going to go buy a train ticket right now.
788
00:40:16,386 --> 00:40:18,263
<i>Please Do Not Disturb</i>
789
00:40:19,013 --> 00:40:21,057
John, it's Portia again.
This is my eighth...
790
00:40:21,057 --> 00:40:23,393
no ninth message.
Please call me back.
791
00:40:23,393 --> 00:40:28,398
It is very important
that you not tell Jeremiah a thing about...
792
00:40:28,982 --> 00:40:30,024
...the thing.
793
00:40:30,066 --> 00:40:33,653
The thing that we were talking about.
Not a word.
794
00:40:33,653 --> 00:40:35,446
Call me back.
795
00:40:41,202 --> 00:40:45,999
<i>Maybe I got a glass eye, but it some from working
in a factory at the age of eleven.</i>
796
00:40:45,999 --> 00:40:48,334
They hooked it out
because they didn't have a shield on the works...
797
00:40:48,334 --> 00:40:51,045
...bul I wear it like a medal
because it tells the world where I belong,
798
00:40:51,045 --> 00:40:53,047
deep down in the working class.
799
00:40:53,089 --> 00:40:54,173
Yeah!
800
00:40:54,173 --> 00:40:55,758
Hey Princeton,
what are you doing?
801
00:40:55,758 --> 00:41:00,597
Just observing the school
so I can better evaluate applicants.
802
00:41:00,597 --> 00:41:02,181
Cool.
I'm cutting class.
803
00:41:02,181 --> 00:41:04,058
Cutting class
is never a good idea.
804
00:41:04,058 --> 00:41:07,228
I hate geography class.
I hate maps.
805
00:41:07,270 --> 00:41:08,605
You hate maps?
Why?
806
00:41:08,605 --> 00:41:11,232
Because you never know
where you'll end up on them.
807
00:41:11,274 --> 00:41:12,442
Not with my dad.
808
00:41:12,442 --> 00:41:16,571
Well, I'm sure your dad has excellent reasons
for living a rootless and impulsive life.
809
00:41:16,571 --> 00:41:17,363
I thought you loved traveling.
810
00:41:17,363 --> 00:41:20,283
I'm sick of traveling.
I love playing Bridge.
811
00:41:20,283 --> 00:41:22,327
Besides, do they even play
Bridge in Ecuador?
812
00:41:22,327 --> 00:41:23,286
No idea.
813
00:41:23,286 --> 00:41:25,246
- How long have you been at Princeton?
- Sixteen years, but-
814
00:41:25,288 --> 00:41:26,663
Wow.
You totally rock.
815
00:41:26,663 --> 00:41:29,958
- Yeah, thanks. Why is that?
- Because you're totally predictable.
816
00:41:29,958 --> 00:41:32,961
So, can you tell me
where I can find your dad?
817
00:41:34,171 --> 00:41:37,257
I've been trying to reach you.
I left you a million messages.
818
00:41:37,257 --> 00:41:38,592
Yeah, well sorry,
I'm a little busy.
819
00:41:38,592 --> 00:41:39,801
What are you doing
to that cow?
820
00:41:39,801 --> 00:41:41,845
The cow's in labor.
I'd shake your hand, but...
821
00:41:41,845 --> 00:41:44,473
- Look, I never told a soul-
- Stay back!
822
00:41:44,473 --> 00:41:45,766
This cow doesn't know you.
823
00:41:45,766 --> 00:41:48,602
Actually, I think we met
the last time I was here.
824
00:41:48,602 --> 00:41:52,439
Do you even know whether Jeremiah
wants to meet his birth mother'?
825
00:41:52,439 --> 00:41:54,233
He wrote an essay
last year entitled...
826
00:41:54,233 --> 00:41:56,944
I wonder who my birth parents are"
827
00:41:56,944 --> 00:41:59,321
Portia the Wise!
Nelson told me you were here.
828
00:41:59,321 --> 00:42:03,158
I just wanted to thank you so much!
I had the best night of my life.
829
00:42:03,158 --> 00:42:05,535
There is nothing I want more in life
than to go to Princeton.
830
00:42:05,535 --> 00:42:07,287
Nothing.
831
00:42:09,331 --> 00:42:10,499
Is something wrong
with that cow?
832
00:42:10,499 --> 00:42:12,292
Where's the goddamn vet!
833
00:42:12,292 --> 00:42:15,087
Well, I'm going to find
my own way out.
834
00:42:15,087 --> 00:42:16,838
Shit!
This isn't right.
835
00:42:16,838 --> 00:42:18,131
This isn't how it looks
on the internet!
836
00:42:18,131 --> 00:42:20,133
- OK, bye now. Best of luck with all that.
- Come back!
837
00:42:20,133 --> 00:42:21,468
Grab her head.
Calm her down.
838
00:42:21,468 --> 00:42:23,053
No, you said stay back.
839
00:42:23,053 --> 00:42:24,638
I changed my mind!
840
00:42:28,517 --> 00:42:32,771
- She looks so mad.
- Well she's probably protecting her young.
841
00:42:33,355 --> 00:42:35,732
Hey there, little mama.
842
00:42:36,149 --> 00:42:38,694
It's all going to be OK. Just...
843
00:42:38,694 --> 00:42:40,946
...just focus on your breath.
844
00:42:40,946 --> 00:42:42,947
Your terrible, terrible breath.
845
00:42:42,947 --> 00:42:46,409
Think how lucky you are
not to be on a beef ranch right now.
846
00:42:46,409 --> 00:42:49,453
I'm sorry,
that was inappropriate.
847
00:42:49,453 --> 00:42:52,290
Where is the bull
that did this to you?
848
00:42:52,290 --> 00:42:54,292
He's probably out partying
with his friends.
849
00:42:54,292 --> 00:42:56,294
She's clamping again!
Jeremiah, get back here!
850
00:42:56,294 --> 00:42:58,170
Please! Fast!
851
00:42:58,170 --> 00:43:01,215
You are not alone.
You are not alone, OK mama?
852
00:43:01,215 --> 00:43:04,051
We're here with you.
You can do this.
853
00:43:04,051 --> 00:43:07,763
Because it happens either way.
It happens either way.
854
00:43:07,763 --> 00:43:10,182
All right, it's coming!
Portia, gel back here, now!
855
00:43:10,182 --> 00:43:11,642
Horrible.
856
00:43:11,642 --> 00:43:15,479
Grab a hoof, grab a hoof.
All right, I'm going to count to three. One...
857
00:43:16,731 --> 00:43:19,358
...two, three, pull!
858
00:43:24,447 --> 00:43:26,032
It's gross!
859
00:43:30,077 --> 00:43:31,245
Boundaries!
860
00:43:31,245 --> 00:43:33,372
Did you not see
my "Do Not Disturb" Sign?
861
00:43:33,414 --> 00:43:34,332
Yeah, I saw it.
862
00:43:34,332 --> 00:43:36,125
But you're not the only one
who reeks of cow placenta.
863
00:43:36,125 --> 00:43:38,336
Why do you have
"Do Not Disturb" signs with you?
864
00:43:38,336 --> 00:43:40,713
Oh, I don't know.
Maybe for times like these.
865
00:43:40,713 --> 00:43:42,757
Here, try this soap.
866
00:43:42,757 --> 00:43:44,884
Look, he's a great kid...
867
00:43:44,884 --> 00:43:48,346
...and you're clearly a great,
mildly compulsive woman.
868
00:43:48,346 --> 00:43:49,138
Take the leap!
869
00:43:49,138 --> 00:43:50,890
I'm sorry,
who's mildly compulsive?
870
00:43:50,890 --> 00:43:53,142
Why do you run around
fixing everyone else's life?
871
00:43:53,142 --> 00:43:54,227
What about yours?
872
00:43:54,227 --> 00:43:57,563
My life is fine, thank you very much.
It's frigging great.
873
00:43:57,563 --> 00:43:59,689
Oh god,
the water just turned to ice!
874
00:43:59,689 --> 00:44:01,942
Whoops, sorry.
Yeah, it's solar powered.
875
00:44:01,942 --> 00:44:03,610
Bit finicky.
876
00:44:06,238 --> 00:44:09,574
Jeremiah has to get
his application in, pronto.
877
00:44:09,574 --> 00:44:10,367
Work on his resume.
878
00:44:10,367 --> 00:44:14,120
A unique talent that demonstrates passion
and commitment would be good.
879
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,122
He has got to get
going on his essay.
880
00:44:16,122 --> 00:44:18,917
And you have to prepare him
for an alumni interview.
881
00:44:18,917 --> 00:44:21,169
You may have built schools
in third world countries...
882
00:44:21,169 --> 00:44:23,171
and cleaned contaminated water
from villages...
883
00:44:23,171 --> 00:44:25,590
...but you have never tried
to get a kid into Princeton.
884
00:44:25,590 --> 00:44:27,717
- Neither have you.
- I am not trying!
885
00:44:27,717 --> 00:44:30,929
I am an Admissions Officer.
I'm just helping you try.
886
00:44:30,929 --> 00:44:35,058
As I would with any outstanding student
who may have been overlooked.
887
00:44:35,058 --> 00:44:37,435
There's nothing improper
going on here.
888
00:44:39,312 --> 00:44:41,314
I am going to exit
the shower stall now.
889
00:44:41,314 --> 00:44:42,399
OK.
890
00:44:42,399 --> 00:44:45,610
Well I'm going to remain in the shower stall
for approximately thirty seconds.
891
00:44:45,610 --> 00:44:46,903
Fantastic.
892
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:48,446
<i>HEY-</i>
893
00:44:48,488 --> 00:44:50,282
Yes?
How can I help you?
894
00:44:50,282 --> 00:44:51,992
Do you think he has a shot?
895
00:44:51,992 --> 00:44:53,869
Send me his transcripts.
896
00:44:55,620 --> 00:44:55,704
Nelson, take a corner kick.
897
00:44:55,704 --> 00:44:58,248
Nelson, take a corner kick.
898
00:45:00,417 --> 00:45:02,168
What was that?
Do it again.
899
00:45:02,168 --> 00:45:03,879
I'm not good at corner kicks.
900
00:45:03,879 --> 00:45:06,131
Horseshit.
Put your heart into it-.
901
00:45:09,217 --> 00:45:10,677
Hey, Portia-
How you doing?
902
00:45:10,677 --> 00:45:14,556
This is, without a doubt,
the worst transcript I have ever seen.
903
00:45:14,556 --> 00:45:15,223
Switch.
904
00:45:15,223 --> 00:45:18,684
<i>Ds and Fs in ninth,
tenth and eleventh grade?</i>
905
00:45:18,684 --> 00:45:22,187
Suspensions, detentions,
a Special Ed class?
906
00:45:22,187 --> 00:45:23,480
What the hell
were you thinking?
907
00:45:23,522 --> 00:45:24,523
Did you read the rest of it?
908
00:45:24,523 --> 00:45:27,109
Why?
Am I missing a police record?
909
00:45:27,109 --> 00:45:29,111
<i>Come on, man!</i>
910
00:45:29,111 --> 00:45:31,238
Quit half-assing it!
911
00:45:31,238 --> 00:45:33,782
Play like that, those Ecuadorian kids
are going to eat you up.
912
00:45:33,782 --> 00:45:34,325
<i>An right.</i>
913
00:45:34,325 --> 00:45:36,994
Jeremiah got the top score on eight
Advanced Placement tests...
914
00:45:36,994 --> 00:45:39,914
<i>...without ever taking
the Advanced Placement courses?</i>
915
00:45:39,914 --> 00:45:42,708
<i>And his SATs
are almost perfect.</i>
916
00:45:42,708 --> 00:45:45,252
- God, did he...
- Cheat? No.
917
00:45:45,252 --> 00:45:46,587
<i>I insisted
he take those tests.</i>
918
00:45:46,587 --> 00:45:49,924
He's the most brilliant
student I've come across.
919
00:45:49,924 --> 00:45:51,675
- Really?
- Switch!
920
00:45:51,675 --> 00:45:54,845
Regardless, kids like Jeremiah
don't get into Princeton.
921
00:45:54,887 --> 00:45:57,806
He's going to be up against kids
that have resumes fifteen feet long.
922
00:45:57,806 --> 00:45:58,515
So?
923
00:45:58,515 --> 00:46:01,393
<i>Those kids are so burnt out already
all they want to do is get stoned...</i>
924
00:46:01,393 --> 00:46:02,603
<i>and play frisbee
for the rest of their lives.</i>
925
00:46:02,603 --> 00:46:05,814
Princeton would be damn
lucky to have Jeremiah.
926
00:46:05,814 --> 00:46:07,399
Hey, "Fulbol."
927
00:46:07,399 --> 00:46:09,360
"Futbol"
- it's the world's sport, all right?
928
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:10,444
Put some
heart into it!
929
00:46:10,444 --> 00:46:11,946
Did you get
that other thing I sent you?
930
00:46:11,946 --> 00:46:14,198
- In the box?
- What?
931
00:46:19,703 --> 00:46:21,539
World's Greatest Mom
932
00:46:21,956 --> 00:46:24,625
- Very funny.
- Look, he wants this.
933
00:46:24,625 --> 00:46:25,709
He really wants this.
934
00:46:25,709 --> 00:46:28,754
And I think he would thrive there.
I can see it.
935
00:46:29,171 --> 00:46:32,258
Look, I can't do anything
that could get me into trouble.
936
00:46:32,258 --> 00:46:36,886
But since you're new to the process,
as a professional courtesy, I can...
937
00:46:36,928 --> 00:46:40,265
...send you books, resources,
everything that one might need. OK?
938
00:46:40,265 --> 00:46:42,100
- Great.
- Goodbye.
939
00:46:42,934 --> 00:46:44,936
What the hell was that?
940
00:46:44,936 --> 00:46:47,981
I put my heart into it-
"Futbol."
941
00:46:47,981 --> 00:46:51,109
I'll give you ten bucks
if you can do it again.
942
00:46:53,903 --> 00:46:56,030
They grow up so damn fast,
don't they?
943
00:46:56,030 --> 00:46:58,783
Yeah.
Which one is yours?
944
00:46:58,783 --> 00:46:59,826
Yeah.
945
00:47:03,872 --> 00:47:06,124
<i>How to Talk
So Teens WIN Listen</i>
946
00:47:06,124 --> 00:47:07,876
With a megaphone.
947
00:47:07,876 --> 00:47:10,795
Right?
Exactly.
948
00:47:13,214 --> 00:47:14,924
<i>College Bound and Gagged</i>
949
00:47:14,966 --> 00:47:15,592
<i>Fat Envelope Frenzy</i>
950
00:47:18,803 --> 00:47:20,388
<i>Admission Matters</i>
951
00:47:21,222 --> 00:47:23,766
OK, OK, I heard you.
952
00:47:23,766 --> 00:47:25,894
Let me.
It lakes a village.
953
00:47:25,894 --> 00:47:27,478
Get your hands off my baby!
954
00:47:27,478 --> 00:47:29,606
- No, I'm just helping.
- What are you doing?
955
00:47:29,647 --> 00:47:30,940
Everybody needs a little help.
956
00:47:30,982 --> 00:47:34,027
- What the hell.
- I'm helping you.
957
00:47:34,027 --> 00:47:36,821
<i>Come on, come on.
Right now!</i>
958
00:47:36,821 --> 00:47:39,741
I'm not a creep.
959
00:47:46,206 --> 00:47:48,708
<i>Balakian, Jeremiah</i>
960
00:47:54,004 --> 00:47:55,547
When I was eight years old...
961
00:47:55,547 --> 00:47:58,425
I realized my teachers
were not going to be able to teach me.
962
00:47:58,425 --> 00:48:01,428
So I became an autodidact.
963
00:48:01,428 --> 00:48:03,555
I read everything.
964
00:48:06,183 --> 00:48:08,435
<i>I read biographies...</i>
965
00:48:08,435 --> 00:48:12,064
<i>mainly because I didn't know how
other people lived their lives.</i>
966
00:48:18,195 --> 00:48:21,156
<i>I learned several years ago
that I was adopted.</i>
967
00:48:21,156 --> 00:48:25,410
<i>That I was supposed to be the son
that my parents tried so hard to have on their own.</i>
968
00:48:25,410 --> 00:48:30,415
<i>I think my voracious reading came from a deep
longing for something that was missing.</i>
969
00:48:30,499 --> 00:48:31,959
<i>I was searching for someone.</i>
970
00:48:31,959 --> 00:48:33,669
<i>For my story.</i>
971
00:48:34,378 --> 00:48:36,880
<i>To not feel so alone.</i>
972
00:48:42,386 --> 00:48:44,346
Portia?
973
00:48:46,515 --> 00:48:48,684
I knew you were taking
this all rather hard...
974
00:48:48,725 --> 00:48:50,644
but I thought by now
you'd be back on your feet.
975
00:48:50,644 --> 00:48:52,104
What?
976
00:48:52,104 --> 00:48:54,147
It kills me.
977
00:48:54,147 --> 00:48:56,191
It really kills me.
You'll get through this.
978
00:48:56,233 --> 00:48:58,443
- You think-
- I know it seems impossible, but you will.
979
00:48:58,443 --> 00:49:03,240
- No, this has nothing to do with-
- It's OK, it's OK. I understand.
980
00:49:03,240 --> 00:49:04,867
No really.
981
00:49:04,908 --> 00:49:10,162
Christ, I have to go.
Hang on in there.
982
00:49:11,038 --> 00:49:11,956
That's so funny.
983
00:49:11,956 --> 00:49:14,625
Il Forno is one of my favorite
restaurants loo.
984
00:49:14,625 --> 00:49:16,961
- That's amazing.
- I know.
985
00:49:16,961 --> 00:49:20,590
Portia, sweetie.
You feeling all right?
986
00:49:20,590 --> 00:49:22,049
Just terrific, thanks.
987
00:49:22,091 --> 00:49:22,967
Oh good.
988
00:49:22,967 --> 00:49:27,221
Then I think there was an evaluation card
that was placed on the wrong file.
989
00:49:27,263 --> 00:49:29,390
Jeremiah Balakian.
990
00:49:29,390 --> 00:49:31,183
- Balakian.
- Ba...?
991
00:49:31,183 --> 00:49:32,476
Balakian.
992
00:49:32,476 --> 00:49:35,479
- Balakian.
- Balakian.
993
00:49:35,479 --> 00:49:36,772
I think-.
994
00:49:36,772 --> 00:49:40,860
You didn't mean to put
"High Consider," did you?
995
00:49:40,860 --> 00:49:42,403
Let me see-.
996
00:49:46,115 --> 00:49:47,074
No, that's right.
997
00:49:47,074 --> 00:49:49,410
<i>But he has Ds
and Fs and suspensions.</i>
998
00:49:49,410 --> 00:49:53,164
But did you notice that he also got 5s
on all eight AP exams...
999
00:49:53,164 --> 00:49:56,042
.-.without ever taking
any AP courses?
1000
00:49:56,042 --> 00:49:58,878
Yes. I'm going to investigate that.
That's impossible.
1001
00:49:58,878 --> 00:49:59,921
No, apparently not.
1002
00:49:59,962 --> 00:50:04,300
If the child in question is a unique,
special child.
1003
00:50:04,300 --> 00:50:07,470
This isn't a child,
it's an applicant.
1004
00:50:07,470 --> 00:50:09,555
He's got
no extracurriculars at all.
1005
00:50:09,555 --> 00:50:11,390
The counselor at his old high school
said he was shocked...
1006
00:50:11,390 --> 00:50:13,100
Jeremiah
was even applying to college.
1007
00:50:13,142 --> 00:50:14,852
He's an autodidact.
1008
00:50:14,852 --> 00:50:17,396
He's an advanced reader
from the age of eight.
1009
00:50:17,396 --> 00:50:21,776
Leonardo DaVinci was an autodidact.
So was Benjamin Franklin-.
1010
00:50:21,817 --> 00:50:25,403
Did this Balakian kid
discover electricity or paint the Mona Lisa?
1011
00:50:25,403 --> 00:50:27,405
I must have missed that in his file.
1012
00:50:27,405 --> 00:50:29,115
He's a great kid.
1013
00:50:29,157 --> 00:50:30,450
Portia, dear.
1014
00:50:30,659 --> 00:50:32,327
Take a deep breath.
1015
00:50:32,619 --> 00:50:35,121
Teamwork, remember?
1016
00:50:35,163 --> 00:50:37,415
- I'm sorry.
- No, I'm sorry.
1017
00:50:37,415 --> 00:50:39,793
I forgot
you're in a very fragile stale.
1018
00:50:39,834 --> 00:50:43,922
Maybe you'd like to step outside
and see how fragile I am.
1019
00:50:45,966 --> 00:50:48,343
Only kidding!
Only kidding.
1020
00:50:48,343 --> 00:50:53,139
Just a little levity
to enhance the teamwork.
1021
00:50:53,181 --> 00:50:55,559
Thank you for your thoughts,
Corrine.
1022
00:50:58,853 --> 00:51:00,605
He is never getting in.
Never.
1023
00:51:00,605 --> 00:51:01,523
Calm down.
1024
00:51:01,523 --> 00:51:02,816
There's something great
I want to show you.
1025
00:51:02,857 --> 00:51:05,402
- It turns out Jeremiah was a stale champion-
- In what?
1026
00:51:05,402 --> 00:51:07,445
You know what?
It's better if you see it for yourself.
1027
00:51:07,445 --> 00:51:09,990
He's going to be doing it
at Nelson's birthday party.
1028
00:51:10,031 --> 00:51:13,368
Shows originality, intellectual passion,
everything the books talk about.
1029
00:51:13,368 --> 00:51:14,995
Slate champion.
Thank god.
1030
00:51:15,036 --> 00:51:15,829
Excellent.
1031
00:51:15,871 --> 00:51:19,499
<i>So Hi send you the address
to Nelson's birthday party.</i>
1032
00:51:19,499 --> 00:51:20,584
It's at my parents' house.
1033
00:51:20,584 --> 00:51:22,961
- I'll be there.
- Good.
1034
00:51:24,212 --> 00:51:27,007
Is she coming to my party?
1035
00:51:28,717 --> 00:51:30,343
Why do you like her so much?
1036
00:51:30,343 --> 00:51:32,596
I don't know.
She's weird.
1037
00:51:32,596 --> 00:51:35,724
- She is indeed.
- Doesn't matter anyway, right?
1038
00:51:35,724 --> 00:51:37,392
Sure it matters.
1039
00:51:39,895 --> 00:51:43,480
But, about this Spanish test.
1040
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,524
This is your third
"try harder" in a row.
1041
00:51:45,524 --> 00:51:47,860
Senora Garcia says
you have an aptitude for languages-
1042
00:51:47,902 --> 00:51:49,612
What if I don't?
1043
00:51:49,612 --> 00:51:52,781
What if I don't have an aptitude
for languages?
1044
00:51:52,781 --> 00:51:54,700
What if I'm not a genius
like Jeremiah?
1045
00:51:54,742 --> 00:51:57,494
I don't want you to be a genius.
I'm not a genius.
1046
00:51:57,494 --> 00:51:59,079
But I want you to be able
to get by in the world.
1047
00:51:59,079 --> 00:52:00,831
- Whatever.
- En espanol.
1048
00:52:00,831 --> 00:52:03,584
Whatever. I have class.
1049
00:52:05,044 --> 00:52:08,214
Even Becket emerged
from Goebbels' overcoat.
1050
00:52:08,255 --> 00:52:09,882
Not to mention Pinter, Janet.
1051
00:52:09,924 --> 00:52:11,383
- Professor Polokov.
- Yes?
1052
00:52:11,383 --> 00:52:13,510
- Portia Nathan.
- Yes, the sad lady.
1053
00:52:13,510 --> 00:52:15,638
The sad lady?
That's not really how I think of myself.
1054
00:52:15,638 --> 00:52:17,097
How is your mother?
1055
00:52:17,097 --> 00:52:18,432
She's fine.
1056
00:52:18,432 --> 00:52:23,437
So I wonder, would you consider conducting
some supplementary admissions interviews?
1057
00:52:24,063 --> 00:52:27,900
A scholar of your stature would carry
a huge amount of weight with the committee.
1058
00:52:27,942 --> 00:52:31,111
In fact, there's one
extremely unusual applicant...
1059
00:52:31,111 --> 00:52:33,906
...who's shown a strong interest
in literature and philosophy-
1060
00:52:33,948 --> 00:52:36,992
Why would I want to speak
with a high school student?
1061
00:52:36,992 --> 00:52:40,746
Of course, perhaps we could make
some sort of arrangement...
1062
00:52:40,746 --> 00:52:43,082
I can't believe you're pimping me.
1063
00:52:43,082 --> 00:52:46,210
I'm not "pimping" you.
He's a fan of your writing.
1064
00:52:46,210 --> 00:52:48,212
And I need him
to meet this applicant.
1065
00:52:48,212 --> 00:52:50,756
Besides, when was the last time
you went to a party?
1066
00:52:50,756 --> 00:52:52,758
With racist jockey statues?
Never.
1067
00:52:52,758 --> 00:52:54,843
Yeah, those are pretty weird.
1068
00:53:00,598 --> 00:53:02,433
Hey Portia,
thanks for coming to my party.
1069
00:53:02,475 --> 00:53:04,352
Hey Nelson, happy birthday!
1070
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:06,980
Glad you could make it.
1071
00:53:06,980 --> 00:53:09,691
So this is your parents' place?
1072
00:53:09,691 --> 00:53:12,235
Yeah, well,
my mom's now.
1073
00:53:12,235 --> 00:53:14,487
My dad passed away
a few months ago.
1074
00:53:14,487 --> 00:53:15,947
I'm sorry.
1075
00:53:17,031 --> 00:53:18,783
It's nice to see you again.
1076
00:53:18,783 --> 00:53:20,827
You're not packing heat
by any chance, are you?
1077
00:53:20,827 --> 00:53:21,578
Should I be?
1078
00:53:21,578 --> 00:53:23,705
No, no, we're all friendlies.
1079
00:53:23,705 --> 00:53:25,164
So, what is this?
1080
00:53:25,164 --> 00:53:27,917
That is a fossil
from the Jurassic era.
1081
00:53:27,917 --> 00:53:30,962
It has been in the same place
for a hundred and fifty million years.
1082
00:53:31,004 --> 00:53:31,838
Cool!
1083
00:53:31,838 --> 00:53:34,507
Welcome, welcome, welcome!
1084
00:53:34,507 --> 00:53:38,136
- Mom, I would like you to-
- I'm Johnny's mother, Mrs. Pressman.
1085
00:53:38,136 --> 00:53:40,138
Are you Johnny's girlfriend?
1086
00:53:40,138 --> 00:53:41,222
No.
We are friends.
1087
00:53:41,222 --> 00:53:43,641
Just friendly acquaintances.
Portia Nathan.
1088
00:53:43,683 --> 00:53:45,560
Of course.
What am I thinking?
1089
00:53:45,768 --> 00:53:48,146
He can't love anything...
1090
00:53:48,187 --> 00:53:51,191
...that's less than
a ten hour ?ight from JFK.
1091
00:53:51,191 --> 00:53:53,193
Maybe we don't have to go,
right Grandma?
1092
00:53:53,193 --> 00:53:56,279
- Nelson...
- You're absolutely right, Nelson.
1093
00:53:56,279 --> 00:54:00,533
There's nothing wrong
with staying in the same place for a while.
1094
00:54:00,533 --> 00:54:01,326
Ask Portia.
1095
00:54:01,367 --> 00:54:03,494
She's been in the same job
for sixteen years!
1096
00:54:03,536 --> 00:54:05,496
Yeah,
and it's a travesty, Nelson.
1097
00:54:05,496 --> 00:54:07,624
Portia was president
of her high school class.
1098
00:54:07,624 --> 00:54:08,166
Mom-
1099
00:54:08,166 --> 00:54:11,878
She resigned in protest
over funding for the girls' sports program.
1100
00:54:11,878 --> 00:54:14,339
She led a school-wide walk out.
1101
00:54:14,380 --> 00:54:16,173
And the relevance of all this is?
1102
00:54:16,173 --> 00:54:20,677
When you were nine months old,
you could walk.
1103
00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:21,762
She actually walked.
1104
00:54:21,762 --> 00:54:25,641
I don't mean just stumble walking
like an infant or a toddler...
1105
00:54:25,641 --> 00:54:27,768
...she waked with absolute certainty.
1106
00:54:27,768 --> 00:54:30,312
One day I saw her
tumble over her shoelaces.
1107
00:54:30,312 --> 00:54:32,814
She did not cry.
She didn't fall down.
1108
00:54:32,814 --> 00:54:37,819
She sat down, carefully,
and tied her shoelaces in a double knot...
1109
00:54:37,903 --> 00:54:40,864
.-.got up and kept going-
At nine months old.
1110
00:54:40,864 --> 00:54:42,449
There are a lot
of holes in that story.
1111
00:54:42,449 --> 00:54:46,203
You were fearless.
You were born an Amazon.
1112
00:54:46,203 --> 00:54:47,788
That's amazing.
I love it.
1113
00:54:47,788 --> 00:54:49,915
And what makes you think
she needs your approval?
1114
00:54:49,915 --> 00:54:52,209
- I don't.
- OK, that's enough crazytown.
1115
00:54:52,209 --> 00:54:54,878
When Johnny
got admitted to Harvard Law...
1116
00:54:54,878 --> 00:54:55,546
Oh god.
1117
00:54:55,546 --> 00:54:58,715
...he decided to go
and live in Outer Mongolia instead.
1118
00:54:58,757 --> 00:54:59,258
Yeah.
1119
00:54:59,258 --> 00:55:00,217
Outer Mongolia.
1120
00:55:00,217 --> 00:55:02,594
You know what, Portia, I'm with you.
Enough crazytown.
1121
00:55:02,594 --> 00:55:06,056
Have another vat of gin, Mom.
1122
00:55:06,098 --> 00:55:07,808
- Ms. Nathan.
- Yes?
1123
00:55:07,808 --> 00:55:09,643
Vladimir Polokov.
1124
00:55:15,315 --> 00:55:18,527
You are just as beautiful today
as you were thirty years ago.
1125
00:55:18,527 --> 00:55:20,362
I just had a mastectomy.
1126
00:55:20,362 --> 00:55:23,407
I was just translated into Finnish.
1127
00:55:25,158 --> 00:55:27,411
Brilliant.
1128
00:55:27,452 --> 00:55:29,037
Can I gel you some iced lea?
1129
00:55:29,037 --> 00:55:31,206
Or something stronger perhaps?
1130
00:55:31,206 --> 00:55:32,748
Why not.
1131
00:55:32,790 --> 00:55:33,958
I'll stroll with you-.
1132
00:55:33,958 --> 00:55:36,752
I would love to.
It would be a pleasure.
1133
00:55:36,794 --> 00:55:41,591
It was a pleasure.
Your lawn jockeys are just...outstanding.
1134
00:55:41,591 --> 00:55:43,301
Yeah, aren't they fun?
1135
00:55:46,137 --> 00:55:51,559
And now, with a special performance
for Nelson on his big day.
1136
00:55:54,061 --> 00:55:57,106
Performing the act
that won him honorable mention...
1137
00:55:57,148 --> 00:55:58,941
at the New Hampshire Slate
Championships.
1138
00:55:58,941 --> 00:56:00,776
Put your hands together...
1139
00:56:01,986 --> 00:56:04,363
Put your hands together!
1140
00:56:05,489 --> 00:56:08,534
For Jeremiah Balakian!
1141
00:56:11,871 --> 00:56:14,665
I want to dedicate
this performance to Nelson.
1142
00:56:14,832 --> 00:56:16,792
Happy birthday, pal.
1143
00:56:17,627 --> 00:56:20,129
Honorable mention,
I thought you said he won.
1144
00:56:20,171 --> 00:56:21,464
He was robbed.
1145
00:56:21,505 --> 00:56:22,965
This is my other friend...
1146
00:56:22,965 --> 00:56:24,800
...Rene Descartes.
1147
00:56:24,842 --> 00:56:28,137
- Say "Hello, Rene."
- Hello, Rene.
1148
00:56:28,179 --> 00:56:30,139
How are you, Rene?
1149
00:56:31,224 --> 00:56:35,728
I think, therefore I am.
1150
00:56:37,772 --> 00:56:40,983
Did you say you're pink,
therefore you're ham?
1151
00:56:40,983 --> 00:56:43,110
Do you have any advice
for a young man, Rene?
1152
00:56:43,110 --> 00:56:44,695
Whatever you do...
1153
00:56:44,695 --> 00:56:48,823
...don't put the horse before...
1154
00:56:49,366 --> 00:56:51,618
"Descartes.
1155
00:56:54,204 --> 00:56:58,833
Do you guys want to see Descartes
philosophize backwards?
1156
00:56:59,251 --> 00:57:01,920
I think, therefore I am.
1157
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:04,172
Oh god.
1158
00:57:04,172 --> 00:57:06,591
That's terrible.
1159
00:57:10,887 --> 00:57:12,138
What was that?
1160
00:57:12,138 --> 00:57:14,474
Come on,
that showed originality, depth-
1161
00:57:14,474 --> 00:57:15,517
Are you kidding me?
1162
00:57:15,559 --> 00:57:18,478
Here from the island of misfit toys
is Jeremiah Balakian.
1163
00:57:18,478 --> 00:57:19,813
Are those birds?
1164
00:57:19,813 --> 00:57:21,147
Those are doves.
1165
00:57:21,147 --> 00:57:22,357
For the party?
1166
00:57:22,357 --> 00:57:24,359
No, you know,
my morn has a dove room.
1167
00:57:24,359 --> 00:57:27,696
By the way,
I know that wasn't a perfect showcase...
1168
00:57:27,696 --> 00:57:29,531
but he can't pretend
to be somebody he's not.
1169
00:57:29,573 --> 00:57:31,449
Yes he can.
You should try it sometime.
1170
00:57:31,449 --> 00:57:33,618
It's how humans behave here
on planet earth.
1171
00:57:33,618 --> 00:57:35,412
I know how humans
behave on planet earth...
1172
00:57:35,412 --> 00:57:38,164
because I've actually lived
a few places on planet earth-.
1173
00:57:38,164 --> 00:57:39,833
Wait!
Here, help me out.
1174
00:57:39,833 --> 00:57:41,084
Aren't you ready yet?
1175
00:57:41,084 --> 00:57:43,587
- I'm lighting them as fast as I can.
- Hurry up!
1176
00:57:43,587 --> 00:57:45,171
Do you like the cake?
1177
00:57:45,171 --> 00:57:46,381
It's very patriotic.
1178
00:57:46,381 --> 00:57:47,924
Nelson's idea.
1179
00:57:48,633 --> 00:57:51,052
How many frigging candles
are on this cake?
1180
00:57:51,052 --> 00:57:52,095
Fifty.
1181
00:57:52,387 --> 00:57:53,555
It was my mom's idea.
1182
00:57:53,597 --> 00:57:56,224
Polokov was looking
at Jeremiah like he had two heads.
1183
00:57:56,224 --> 00:57:57,726
Well that's his problem, isn't it!
1184
00:57:57,726 --> 00:58:01,188
Look, I want Jeremiah to go to Princeton
because he wants to go to Princeton...
1185
00:58:01,188 --> 00:58:02,522
and I actually think
he'd do great there...
1186
00:58:02,522 --> 00:58:04,900
.-.but if he doesn't get in to Princeton,
if he gets in to another school-..
1187
00:58:04,941 --> 00:58:05,983
Well that's fine loo.
1188
00:58:05,983 --> 00:58:07,443
Because where you went to school...
1189
00:58:07,443 --> 00:58:09,987
and what your background is,
that's just a box and I reject it.
1190
00:58:09,987 --> 00:58:12,615
I reject being put into a box.
OK?
1191
00:58:19,872 --> 00:58:21,582
- Hi.
- Hi, morn.
1192
00:58:21,624 --> 00:58:23,459
- How'd it go?
- It was good.
1193
00:58:30,466 --> 00:58:34,595
Mr. and Mrs. Balakian,
I'm Portia Nathan.
1194
00:58:34,637 --> 00:58:39,225
I want to say thank you so much for everything that
you have done for this boy.
1195
00:58:39,225 --> 00:58:41,185
You're wonderful people.
1196
00:58:43,479 --> 00:58:45,981
She's from Princeton.
1197
00:58:46,815 --> 00:58:48,692
Well, you're welcome.
1198
00:58:48,692 --> 00:58:50,277
I love you.
1199
00:58:50,694 --> 00:58:52,404
OK.
1200
00:58:52,696 --> 00:58:54,406
Bye.
1201
00:59:03,791 --> 00:59:04,833
Portia?
1202
00:59:04,833 --> 00:59:06,168
What are you doing here?
1203
00:59:06,168 --> 00:59:07,628
I want to come live with you!
1204
00:59:07,670 --> 00:59:10,589
Why in god's name
would you want to live with me?
1205
00:59:10,589 --> 00:59:13,634
Because you're a normal,
boring adult.
1206
00:59:13,676 --> 00:59:15,261
I bet you'd take me
to Chuck E. Cheese.
1207
00:59:15,261 --> 00:59:17,263
What makes you think
I'm so boring?
1208
00:59:17,263 --> 00:59:18,973
You just are.
1209
00:59:19,014 --> 00:59:19,640
It's good.
1210
00:59:19,682 --> 00:59:21,559
At your age,
you're supposed to be boring.
1211
00:59:21,559 --> 00:59:22,976
I'm the same age
as your dad!
1212
00:59:23,017 --> 00:59:24,310
Tell him that!
1213
00:59:24,310 --> 00:59:26,729
- Hello?
- John, it's Portia. I have Nelson.
1214
00:59:26,729 --> 00:59:28,189
<i>- You do?
- He's fine.</i>
1215
00:59:28,189 --> 00:59:29,816
- He is?
- Yes. He's fine.
1216
00:59:29,816 --> 00:59:30,984
<i>Thank goodness.</i>
1217
00:59:38,741 --> 00:59:42,203
Nelson, you know how much
I love this statue, right?
1218
00:59:42,203 --> 00:59:43,162
Yeah.
1219
00:59:43,162 --> 00:59:47,834
You rode a horse three days
through Outer Mongolia in the pouring rain...
1220
00:59:47,876 --> 00:59:50,169
...living off
mare's milk to bring it back.
1221
00:59:50,169 --> 00:59:51,421
That's right.
1222
00:59:51,421 --> 00:59:56,467
And I've dragged it place to place,
across the world ever since I was twenty two.
1223
00:59:59,721 --> 01:00:03,433
That is nothing compared
to how much I love you.
1224
01:00:03,433 --> 01:00:05,977
Please don't scare me
like that again.
1225
01:00:05,977 --> 01:00:08,354
Why?
You do it all the time?
1226
01:00:08,354 --> 01:00:09,564
Hide out in cars?
1227
01:00:09,564 --> 01:00:10,899
Run away!
1228
01:00:10,899 --> 01:00:12,025
I'll never run away from you.
1229
01:00:12,066 --> 01:00:15,653
And going across the world
and helping people is not running away.
1230
01:00:15,653 --> 01:00:19,407
I know, but why
can't we ever just do what I want?
1231
01:00:19,407 --> 01:00:21,868
Because you are a kid.
I am an adult.
1232
01:00:21,910 --> 01:00:26,289
What I say in this house goes!
1233
01:00:35,465 --> 01:00:37,842
This parenthood thing...
1234
01:00:38,259 --> 01:00:40,260
...well, it's a disaster.
1235
01:00:40,260 --> 01:00:42,012
So I hear.
1236
01:00:42,012 --> 01:00:45,891
I'm screwing it up.
Am I? Screwing it up?
1237
01:00:45,891 --> 01:00:46,934
You're asking me?
1238
01:00:46,934 --> 01:00:49,895
I don't know, it's just,
Nelson and I have always travelled.
1239
01:00:49,895 --> 01:00:52,272
I wanted to give him the kind of life
I didn't have as a kid.
1240
01:00:52,272 --> 01:00:53,899
I wanted to give him
the opposite of what I had as a kid...
1241
01:00:53,899 --> 01:00:56,276
but now all of a sudden
he's turning into my mother.
1242
01:00:56,276 --> 01:00:59,613
You know, he plays Bridge.
He listens to Lite FM.
1243
01:00:59,613 --> 01:01:04,034
He asked for a blue blazer with gold buttons
and anchors on them for Christmas.
1244
01:01:04,034 --> 01:01:05,494
Does your mom
wear blue blazers?
1245
01:01:05,494 --> 01:01:07,371
No, that was my father.
1246
01:01:07,913 --> 01:01:09,915
How is it possible?
1247
01:01:09,915 --> 01:01:11,917
What am I doing wrong?
1248
01:01:11,917 --> 01:01:13,502
At least you're trying.
1249
01:01:13,502 --> 01:01:16,421
I mean, there's so many
different kinds of parents.
1250
01:01:16,421 --> 01:01:19,091
There's no one best way to do it.
1251
01:01:19,508 --> 01:01:20,842
Or so I have gathered...
1252
01:01:20,842 --> 01:01:24,596
with my vast experience
reading personal essays.
1253
01:01:26,306 --> 01:01:30,435
Speaking of which, I have
fifteen essays to get through tonight, so...
1254
01:01:34,606 --> 01:01:37,776
Well thank you
for bringing him back.
1255
01:01:37,818 --> 01:01:39,111
Of course.
1256
01:01:40,737 --> 01:01:43,240
So you really are leaving,
aren't you?
1257
01:01:43,657 --> 01:01:45,367
In a month and a half.
1258
01:01:53,834 --> 01:01:57,795
- I thought-
- Let's just not think for a while.
1259
01:01:58,337 --> 01:01:59,672
Great.
1260
01:02:32,246 --> 01:02:34,498
Hey Portia.
1261
01:02:35,666 --> 01:02:38,085
Are you going to be my mom?
1262
01:02:38,085 --> 01:02:39,837
What? No.
1263
01:02:40,796 --> 01:02:42,882
Just messing with you.
1264
01:02:43,341 --> 01:02:45,301
Right. Go back to sleep.
1265
01:02:46,010 --> 01:02:48,930
Guess you're not so boring after all-.
1266
01:03:06,531 --> 01:03:07,865
- Good morning.
- Hi.
1267
01:03:07,865 --> 01:03:10,034
Did you stay over?
1268
01:03:10,034 --> 01:03:11,869
Too long
of a drive back to campus?
1269
01:03:11,869 --> 01:03:13,453
I slept on the sofa.
1270
01:03:14,162 --> 01:03:15,997
So did your mother.
1271
01:03:16,540 --> 01:03:18,708
We did not make it
all the way to the bedroom.
1272
01:03:18,708 --> 01:03:20,168
I didn't need to know that.
1273
01:03:20,168 --> 01:03:22,712
Interesting.
Unique, I would say.
1274
01:03:22,712 --> 01:03:24,172
Really, that's enough information.
1275
01:03:24,172 --> 01:03:26,299
The boy. Jeremiah.
1276
01:03:26,299 --> 01:03:27,759
The ventriloquism...
1277
01:03:27,759 --> 01:03:30,971
Weird- I liked it.
1278
01:03:30,971 --> 01:03:33,515
- I will write a recommendation.
- Thank you!
1279
01:03:33,515 --> 01:03:35,767
Thank you, sad lady.
1280
01:04:00,750 --> 01:04:02,460
Mom?
1281
01:04:02,752 --> 01:04:03,920
Mom?
1282
01:04:06,590 --> 01:04:09,509
What are you doing here?
1283
01:04:11,136 --> 01:04:13,805
I wanted to tell you something.
1284
01:04:13,805 --> 01:04:14,890
I know.
1285
01:04:14,890 --> 01:04:17,434
You slept with that guy,
didn't you?
1286
01:04:17,434 --> 01:04:18,602
I did.
1287
01:04:18,602 --> 01:04:20,729
Then we both got lucky.
1288
01:04:21,313 --> 01:04:24,065
Yeah.
He's leaving.
1289
01:04:24,608 --> 01:04:27,527
It's OK. It's good.
1290
01:04:27,694 --> 01:04:28,486
It is good.
1291
01:04:28,486 --> 01:04:31,113
You don't need
any commitments right now.
1292
01:04:31,113 --> 01:04:32,740
It's perfect.
1293
01:04:33,824 --> 01:04:34,617
No.
1294
01:04:34,617 --> 01:04:37,161
Honey, I'm exhausted.
1295
01:04:37,161 --> 01:04:40,956
That old Russian guy
gave me a workout.
1296
01:04:43,167 --> 01:04:45,544
Just take a nap.
1297
01:04:46,629 --> 01:04:48,505
Just for a bit.
1298
01:04:49,965 --> 01:04:52,760
Actually,
I've got to hit the road.
1299
01:05:51,985 --> 01:05:53,319
Next victim!
1300
01:05:53,319 --> 01:05:56,364
Good luck with the fencing finals,
Sebastian.
1301
01:05:56,406 --> 01:05:58,700
It was a pleasure to meet you.
1302
01:05:58,700 --> 01:06:00,410
Thank you so much.
1303
01:06:00,702 --> 01:06:03,204
- Hi there.
- Hi.
1304
01:06:05,748 --> 01:06:07,625
This is Jeremiah Balakian.
1305
01:06:07,625 --> 01:06:09,878
Good to meet you.
Are you Mr. Balakian?
1306
01:06:09,878 --> 01:06:10,336
No.
1307
01:06:10,336 --> 01:06:12,463
His parents couldn't make it.
I'm his teacher.
1308
01:06:12,463 --> 01:06:14,174
Yeah,
you look like a teacher.
1309
01:06:14,591 --> 01:06:16,885
Might want to tuck that in, son.
1310
01:06:16,885 --> 01:06:19,262
So, Jeremiah, why don't you come
into my torture chamber...
1311
01:06:19,262 --> 01:06:21,764
...we'll have a chat and you can tell me
why you want to go to Princeton.
1312
01:06:21,764 --> 01:06:23,683
I rode crew.
1313
01:06:23,683 --> 01:06:26,603
Class of eighty-one.
Lot's changed since then.
1314
01:06:27,020 --> 01:06:30,607
Hey.
This kid, he's terrific.
1315
01:06:30,607 --> 01:06:32,567
Yeah. Great.
1316
01:06:32,567 --> 01:06:35,153
No, I mean he's authentic.
1317
01:06:35,153 --> 01:06:38,364
He doesn't want to just go to Princeton
to meet future business partners.
1318
01:06:38,364 --> 01:06:41,701
He loves learning
for the sake of learning.
1319
01:06:41,701 --> 01:06:43,953
That's what it's about,
isn't it?
1320
01:06:46,080 --> 01:06:48,082
Right.
1321
01:06:48,082 --> 01:06:50,627
Why don't you go get yourself
a cup of coffee.
1322
01:06:50,627 --> 01:06:53,296
Yeah, great.
Thanks.
1323
01:06:54,088 --> 01:06:56,508
- Prick.
- Excuse me?
1324
01:06:58,927 --> 01:07:02,931
I just called you a prick.
I'm sorry.
1325
01:07:02,931 --> 01:07:06,350
Don't take it out on him.
It's my own thing.
1326
01:07:09,478 --> 01:07:11,313
That's not very nice.
1327
01:07:11,313 --> 01:07:12,481
I know.
1328
01:07:13,482 --> 01:07:16,485
So, Jeremiah,
tell me about yourself-.
1329
01:07:19,071 --> 01:07:22,783
Myself as in, you know,
in relation to my soul or...
1330
01:07:22,783 --> 01:07:26,787
...do you mean myself as like a unified person
as the source of consciousness?
1331
01:07:26,787 --> 01:07:30,791
Or do you mean myself
like a narrative center of gravity?
1332
01:07:31,833 --> 01:07:33,168
How bad was it?
1333
01:07:33,168 --> 01:07:35,462
I'm not supposed to discuss
alumni recommendations.
1334
01:07:35,504 --> 01:07:36,547
<i>It was that bad?</i>
1335
01:07:36,547 --> 01:07:38,090
Can we get him
a second alumni interview?
1336
01:07:38,090 --> 01:07:39,216
I'm afraid not.
1337
01:07:39,216 --> 01:07:41,093
<i>Tomorrow,
the committee meetings begin...</i>
1338
01:07:41,093 --> 01:07:43,220
...and...look, I've got to go home
and get some sleep.
1339
01:07:43,220 --> 01:07:44,972
<i>It's the last chance
I'm going to have for three weeks.</i>
1340
01:07:44,972 --> 01:07:47,099
Your meetings
last three weeks?
1341
01:07:47,099 --> 01:07:49,101
- I have to go.
- Right.
1342
01:07:49,101 --> 01:07:50,269
Bye.
1343
01:08:12,165 --> 01:08:14,585
I have spoken
to the Judo Association and...
1344
01:08:14,585 --> 01:08:18,172
...they have no record
of his "national championship.'
1345
01:08:18,213 --> 01:08:20,214
<i>DENY</i>
1346
01:08:20,214 --> 01:08:22,216
Thank you. Goodbye.
1347
01:08:26,512 --> 01:08:29,348
I just want to say thank you.
1348
01:08:29,348 --> 01:08:34,353
I've tried to put
on a brave front about M-M-
1349
01:08:36,189 --> 01:08:38,191
I can't even say his name.
1350
01:08:38,191 --> 01:08:39,901
- Mark.
- Yes. Him.
1351
01:08:39,901 --> 01:08:41,277
And honestly...
1352
01:08:42,028 --> 01:08:45,364
...you're the only person
who has really been so sensitive...
1353
01:08:45,364 --> 01:08:48,993
...to what I'm going through
and I appreciate it so much.
1354
01:08:50,494 --> 01:08:52,997
Men can be such pigs.
1355
01:08:53,414 --> 01:08:55,666
People are all pigs.
1356
01:08:56,083 --> 01:08:59,795
OK, yes.
I'm with you on that.
1357
01:09:05,718 --> 01:09:07,011
Oh no-
1358
01:09:09,305 --> 01:09:11,974
Maybe we can declare
a truce, because...
1359
01:09:11,974 --> 01:09:16,896
...we women have to stick together
in this man eat woman...
1360
01:09:16,896 --> 01:09:19,148
...dog eat bitch world.
1361
01:09:19,440 --> 01:09:22,235
Sisterhood.
1362
01:09:23,444 --> 01:09:26,239
You are so right.
1363
01:09:29,867 --> 01:09:31,452
- Good.
- Yeah.
1364
01:09:34,121 --> 01:09:36,123
Friends, today...
1365
01:09:36,123 --> 01:09:38,542
...we begin
the process of choosing...
1366
01:09:38,542 --> 01:09:43,588
...the most remarkable freshman class
in Princeton history.
1367
01:09:44,130 --> 01:09:50,512
Here is the order of territories,
chosen randomly.
1368
01:09:50,929 --> 01:09:53,974
We begin with the West.
1369
01:09:54,266 --> 01:09:56,268
Ladies and gentlemen.
1370
01:09:56,685 --> 01:09:58,687
Corrine, are you ready?
1371
01:09:58,687 --> 01:10:00,397
Yes.
1372
01:10:00,981 --> 01:10:02,858
Yulia Karasov.
1373
01:10:02,858 --> 01:10:07,863
Class rank two of four hundred and fifty,
magnet school in a suburb of San Diego.
1374
01:10:08,280 --> 01:10:10,949
Her family emigrated
from Russia ten years ago.
1375
01:10:10,949 --> 01:10:15,245
She's captain of the cross-country team,
sports editor of the school paper.
1376
01:10:15,245 --> 01:10:19,624
Math 760,
Critical Reading 710, Writing 740.
1377
01:10:19,624 --> 01:10:21,376
But the recs aren't special.
1378
01:10:21,376 --> 01:10:24,838
They admire her,
but they don't love her.
1379
01:10:24,838 --> 01:10:28,300
Show of hands for acceptance.
1380
01:10:32,053 --> 01:10:33,221
<i>DENY</i>
1381
01:10:35,807 --> 01:10:38,059
Holy shit,
that's the kid that doesn't get in?
1382
01:10:38,059 --> 01:10:39,394
Sylvia Hadlock.
1383
01:10:39,394 --> 01:10:40,478
Applying from Los Angeles...
1384
01:10:40,478 --> 01:10:43,106
but she's originally
from our beautiful stale of New Jersey.
1385
01:10:43,106 --> 01:10:44,524
<i>DENY</i>
1386
01:10:44,983 --> 01:10:47,819
Wallace Thompson.
Twenty-one hundred combined SAT...
1387
01:10:47,819 --> 01:10:48,820
...class treasurer...
1388
01:10:48,820 --> 01:10:52,699
Volunteers for Santa Claus...chess champion...
prison web site... started an organic farm...
1389
01:10:52,699 --> 01:10:55,326
"electromagnetic waves on bees.
1390
01:10:55,784 --> 01:10:57,161
Alice Copley.
1391
01:10:57,161 --> 01:11:00,748
Her dream is to be a prosecutor,
then serve on the Supreme Court.
1392
01:11:00,748 --> 01:11:03,209
Alice's mother was murdered.
1393
01:11:03,209 --> 01:11:05,753
The murderer got off on a technicality.
1394
01:11:05,753 --> 01:11:07,505
Alice would like to retry him...
1395
01:11:07,505 --> 01:11:09,340
...and put him away for life.
1396
01:11:09,673 --> 01:11:12,760
Though she would prefer
the death penalty.
1397
01:11:13,177 --> 01:11:15,429
Excellent extracurriculars.
1398
01:11:15,429 --> 01:11:19,892
Twenty-two twenty
combined SAT. 4.2 GPA
1399
01:11:19,892 --> 01:11:24,396
I'm a little concerned about a revenge
fantasy fueling her academics.
1400
01:11:24,396 --> 01:11:28,567
Portia, you were second reader.
I see you put "Maybe"
1401
01:11:29,026 --> 01:11:31,237
I might have
underestimated her passion...
1402
01:11:31,237 --> 01:11:34,490
...upon first reading,
as we all sometimes do.
1403
01:11:34,490 --> 01:11:38,118
I think this girl's
self-knowledge is impressive.
1404
01:11:38,118 --> 01:11:39,912
She's an excellent candidate.
1405
01:11:41,956 --> 01:11:43,249
Vote.
1406
01:11:48,003 --> 01:11:49,338
Very good.
1407
01:11:49,338 --> 01:11:50,089
<i>ACCEPT</i>
1408
01:11:54,927 --> 01:11:58,389
Dashiel Weld Broward.
1409
01:11:58,472 --> 01:12:01,600
Fourth generation legacy.
1410
01:12:01,684 --> 01:12:03,727
Four point oh.
1411
01:12:03,936 --> 01:12:06,021
Captain of his sailing club.
1412
01:12:06,021 --> 01:12:08,732
He led them to victory
three years in a row.
1413
01:12:08,732 --> 01:12:09,775
SATs?
1414
01:12:10,359 --> 01:12:12,694
660, 710, 600-.
1415
01:12:12,694 --> 01:12:15,029
He's just one of those kids
that doesn't test well.
1416
01:12:15,029 --> 01:12:18,241
But, oh,
can he read the wind.
1417
01:12:18,241 --> 01:12:21,744
So what you're saying
is that an unusual candidate's strengths...
1418
01:12:21,744 --> 01:12:24,914
...in some areas
really do outweigh major...
1419
01:12:24,914 --> 01:12:28,543
...and I mean
major - weakness elsewhere.
1420
01:12:30,753 --> 01:12:31,546
Yes.
1421
01:12:32,839 --> 01:12:34,299
Well let's vote then.
1422
01:12:34,299 --> 01:12:35,967
For acceptance?
1423
01:12:40,722 --> 01:12:44,225
Aput Kunayak
from Nome, Alaska.
1424
01:12:44,434 --> 01:12:46,311
Managed
to take five AP classes...
1425
01:12:46,311 --> 01:12:49,522
...while working
on his father's reindeer farm and...
1426
01:12:49,522 --> 01:12:54,277
.-.starting and running a shelter
for homeless sled dogs-.
1427
01:12:54,277 --> 01:12:56,654
Had suffered
from ADD but overcame it...
1428
01:12:56,654 --> 01:12:59,199
...to become a leader
in his high school.
1429
01:12:59,199 --> 01:13:02,076
He'd be the first
in his family to attend college.
1430
01:13:02,076 --> 01:13:07,081
Now Ben, as you know, we have room
for very few of these "iffy" students.
1431
01:13:07,749 --> 01:13:11,127
But then again, we have to make room
for the exceptional, right?
1432
01:13:11,753 --> 01:13:13,254
Let's vote.
1433
01:13:26,059 --> 01:13:28,852
Aput Kunayak.
1434
01:13:31,438 --> 01:13:33,899
Are you going
to give me the file?
1435
01:13:34,149 --> 01:13:36,818
And last,
we come to the end.
1436
01:13:36,818 --> 01:13:38,820
The Northeast.
1437
01:13:38,820 --> 01:13:42,199
Portia, please begin.
1438
01:13:42,991 --> 01:13:44,409
Thank you.
1439
01:13:46,495 --> 01:13:49,790
Richard Guinness.
Rye Country Day School.
1440
01:13:49,790 --> 01:13:53,877
State champion in the one hundred
and thirty eight pound wrestling class.
1441
01:13:53,877 --> 01:13:57,965
Played "Rolfe" in the school production
of "The Sound of Music.'
1442
01:13:57,965 --> 01:13:58,674
<i>DENY</i>
1443
01:13:58,674 --> 01:14:01,510
Chess club,
makes an excellent souf??...
1444
01:14:01,510 --> 01:14:04,555
...member of the team
but not a leader.
1445
01:14:05,264 --> 01:14:08,183
Backbone
of the Woodwinds section...
1446
01:14:08,183 --> 01:14:10,143
...was the highest praise he got.
1447
01:14:10,143 --> 01:14:13,897
He is the kind of student
you could always call upon...
1448
01:14:13,897 --> 01:14:17,025
...-to help with
Martin Luthor King Day activities-.
1449
01:14:17,025 --> 01:14:18,277
Who isn't?
1450
01:14:18,694 --> 01:14:23,490
That's twenty eight
denies in a row.
1451
01:14:23,490 --> 01:14:26,577
Come on, Portia.
Make us fall in love.
1452
01:14:26,577 --> 01:14:28,370
OK. Let's see.
1453
01:14:34,293 --> 01:14:36,295
Jeremiah Balakian.
1454
01:14:40,549 --> 01:14:43,635
Jeremiah is our first applicant
from Quest...
1455
01:14:43,635 --> 01:14:45,553
...a new school
in New Hampshire.
1456
01:14:45,553 --> 01:14:48,389
Developmental,
but academically rigorous.
1457
01:14:48,389 --> 01:14:50,224
Jeremiah is an only child.
1458
01:14:50,224 --> 01:14:52,852
Parents both work
at a Stop N Go.
1459
01:14:52,852 --> 01:14:55,062
Neither
of them attended college.
1460
01:14:55,062 --> 01:14:57,773
The first three years
of his high school life were...
1461
01:14:58,274 --> 01:14:59,942
...a disaster.
1462
01:15:00,151 --> 01:15:02,862
If you're wondering
why you are even listening to this...
1463
01:15:02,945 --> 01:15:07,950
Jeremiah is also a self-described
autodidact since the age of eight.
1464
01:15:08,242 --> 01:15:09,243
He's very well read.
1465
01:15:09,243 --> 01:15:12,413
In fact, he's the most well read
person I have met.
1466
01:15:12,413 --> 01:15:13,498
Ever.
1467
01:15:14,081 --> 01:15:17,126
And why?
For his resume?
1468
01:15:17,126 --> 01:15:18,753
To impress someone?
1469
01:15:18,753 --> 01:15:23,466
For the sake of learning.
His passion for knowledge.
1470
01:15:24,425 --> 01:15:27,762
He had no plans to attend college
until this past fall...
1471
01:15:27,762 --> 01:15:29,222
...when he switched to Quest...
1472
01:15:29,222 --> 01:15:34,227
...and came into contact with teachers
who recognized his potential.
1473
01:15:34,810 --> 01:15:39,524
Last spring,
he took the SATs and eight AP tests.
1474
01:15:39,524 --> 01:15:42,276
Wail, so he took AP classes?
1475
01:15:42,276 --> 01:15:45,780
No AP classes.
No SAT prep courses.
1476
01:15:45,780 --> 01:15:48,991
But he got 5's on all eight APs.
1477
01:15:48,991 --> 01:15:53,996
And 790, 780
and 790 on the SATs.
1478
01:15:54,789 --> 01:15:56,874
- That's amazing.
- I'm sorry, what did you say?
1479
01:15:56,874 --> 01:15:58,793
- That's amazing.
- Amazing.
1480
01:15:58,793 --> 01:16:01,003
It's amazing.
Exactly.
1481
01:16:01,294 --> 01:16:04,965
Do you think he can handle
an intense academic community?
1482
01:16:04,965 --> 01:16:05,674
Thank you.
1483
01:16:05,674 --> 01:16:07,300
- That's a great question, thank you.
- You're welcome.
1484
01:16:07,300 --> 01:16:09,636
The director
of his new school says...
1485
01:16:09,636 --> 01:16:12,514
...he is idiosyncratic,
cerebral...
1486
01:16:12,514 --> 01:16:16,726
.-.a true original whose abilities
would lift the level of discourse.“...
1487
01:16:16,726 --> 01:16:18,478
...in any class he enrolled in.
1488
01:16:18,478 --> 01:16:20,689
You seem...
passionate about him.
1489
01:16:20,689 --> 01:16:21,648
I am.
1490
01:16:21,648 --> 01:16:26,570
So what was his GPA?
I mean, before Quest?
1491
01:16:26,570 --> 01:16:29,239
D plus.
One point five.
1492
01:16:29,239 --> 01:16:31,324
He was a lost kid.
1493
01:16:31,324 --> 01:16:33,702
And then he was found.
1494
01:16:34,828 --> 01:16:39,082
So Corrine, you were second reader.
I see you wrote "Deny."
1495
01:16:39,082 --> 01:16:40,876
Any second thoughts?
1496
01:16:44,004 --> 01:16:47,465
Well, he is like no other applicant
we have ever considered.
1497
01:16:48,508 --> 01:16:50,552
His alumni interview
was not so great.
1498
01:16:50,552 --> 01:16:52,888
That guy sounded like a jerk.
1499
01:16:55,432 --> 01:16:58,685
And he has a positive
recommendation...
1500
01:16:58,685 --> 01:17:02,105
...from no less of a scholar
than Vladimir Polokov.
1501
01:17:05,650 --> 01:17:09,905
OK, maybe from our perspective
he could have done more...
1502
01:17:09,905 --> 01:17:14,618
...made himself more of a resume
and paper trail.
1503
01:17:14,618 --> 01:17:19,121
But he look himself
from nowhere to where he is today.
1504
01:17:19,121 --> 01:17:23,626
He educated himself
purely by instinct.
1505
01:17:24,043 --> 01:17:26,962
Not because he wants
to put away his mother's killer.
1506
01:17:28,005 --> 01:17:31,467
He was as isolated
as someone in Nome, Alaska.
1507
01:17:31,467 --> 01:17:32,760
He was alone.
1508
01:17:33,135 --> 01:17:35,179
He was completely alone.
1509
01:17:36,722 --> 01:17:38,682
And you know,
maybe if his parents had been rich...
1510
01:17:38,682 --> 01:17:40,643
he would have been exposed
to more.
1511
01:17:41,477 --> 01:17:44,605
We have to make room
for these kids.
1512
01:17:51,445 --> 01:17:55,407
We have to make room
for kids like these.
1513
01:17:58,327 --> 01:18:00,788
Clarence, you told us
at the beginning of the year...
1514
01:18:00,788 --> 01:18:03,666
to find that undiscovered gem.
1515
01:18:05,209 --> 01:18:07,670
I found him.
1516
01:18:13,926 --> 01:18:16,262
Well, let's vote.
1517
01:18:16,262 --> 01:18:18,931
All in favor of admission?
1518
01:18:36,281 --> 01:18:40,618
He also received an honorable mention
at the state finals for ventriloquism.
1519
01:18:40,618 --> 01:18:42,287
We're in the middle of a vole.
1520
01:18:46,166 --> 01:18:47,876
Brandt?
1521
01:18:49,961 --> 01:18:51,629
I'm sorry, Portia.
1522
01:18:51,629 --> 01:18:55,133
I just think he's got
a little too much to overcome.
1523
01:18:55,133 --> 01:18:58,303
I mean,
the kid was in Special Ed.
1524
01:18:58,303 --> 01:19:01,681
I know sometimes we subconsciously
identity with applicants...
1525
01:19:01,681 --> 01:19:04,767
...who remind us of ourselves,
but honey, no.
1526
01:19:07,145 --> 01:19:08,813
OK then.
1527
01:19:08,980 --> 01:19:10,356
Pen)'-
1528
01:19:10,356 --> 01:19:13,651
Wait!
Polokov called him inspirational!
1529
01:19:13,651 --> 01:19:16,362
Portia, please.
Sit down.
1530
01:19:23,161 --> 01:19:25,663
It's too risky.
1531
01:19:26,664 --> 01:19:30,627
He's just not Princeton material.
1532
01:19:31,377 --> 01:19:35,715
I'm actually surprised
that you thought he was.
1533
01:19:36,049 --> 01:19:37,217
<i>DENY</i>
1534
01:19:46,351 --> 01:19:48,728
Tenisha Jones.
1535
01:19:49,020 --> 01:19:51,314
Brearley School, Manhattan.
1536
01:19:52,022 --> 01:19:54,858
Four point three.
1537
01:19:54,858 --> 01:19:57,694
Speaks
semi-?uent Mandarin.
1538
01:19:57,694 --> 01:19:59,238
<i>Two, three, four!</i>
1539
01:20:05,702 --> 01:20:07,120
<i>Listen to my tale</i>
1540
01:20:07,120 --> 01:20:12,125
<i>Man, it's really sad t got
those tiger-town blues and I got them bad</i>
1541
01:20:12,376 --> 01:20:16,088
<i>I've been hanging around
at the Nass a“ day</i>
1542
01:20:16,088 --> 01:20:19,466
<i>Hoping to drown
my blues away</i>
1543
01:20:19,466 --> 01:20:25,430
<i>Oh Lord,
I got those tigenown blues</i>
1544
01:20:25,806 --> 01:20:29,810
<i>Now these Princeton boys,
they're a bad bunch of boys</i>
1545
01:20:29,810 --> 01:20:33,272
<i>And they realty know
how to spread their joys</i>
1546
01:20:33,272 --> 01:20:36,900
<i>They've been running around
when they ought to be in</i>
1547
01:20:36,900 --> 01:20:40,112
<i>Hitting those books
instead of a bottle of gin</i>
1548
01:20:40,112 --> 01:20:45,576
<i>Oh Lord,
I've got those tiger-town blues</i>
1549
01:20:46,660 --> 01:20:51,665
<i>Those tigerlown blues</i>
1550
01:20:52,666 --> 01:20:57,671
<i>Those tigertown blues</i>
1551
01:21:06,138 --> 01:21:07,431
Portia Nathan.
1552
01:21:07,431 --> 01:21:10,391
<i>Hey, this is Bob Barrow
from Hotchkiss.</i>
1553
01:21:10,808 --> 01:21:13,895
<i>I wanted to talk to you
about one of our applicants.</i>
1554
01:21:13,895 --> 01:21:16,105
All decisions have been made.
1555
01:21:16,105 --> 01:21:19,942
<i>Yes, but I wanted you to know
that Jesse Bolton is going to Yale.</i>
1556
01:21:19,942 --> 01:21:21,819
<i>Definitely.
He was just in here.</i>
1557
01:21:21,819 --> 01:21:25,198
<i>Even though he's a legacy,
he's definitely going to Yale.</i>
1558
01:21:26,032 --> 01:21:28,701
<i>So look,
if you accepted him...</i>
1559
01:21:28,701 --> 01:21:30,703
<i>maybe that place can go
to another of our students?</i>
1560
01:21:30,703 --> 01:21:33,748
<i>Instead of Jesse
just rejecting Princeton.</i>
1561
01:21:33,956 --> 01:21:37,627
Thank you for your call,
but all decisions are absolutely final.
1562
01:21:37,627 --> 01:21:39,629
No changes can be made.
1563
01:21:39,962 --> 01:21:41,339
Yes, but-
1564
01:22:08,950 --> 01:22:10,868
<i>Password</i>
1565
01:22:15,873 --> 01:22:16,582
Love, Aleksai
1566
01:22:16,666 --> 01:22:17,708
Aleksai.
1567
01:22:27,551 --> 01:22:31,137
<i>Final Accept-Deny</i>
1568
01:22:36,017 --> 01:22:38,728
Bolton, Jesse
1569
01:22:44,693 --> 01:22:46,152
Balakian, Jeremiah
1570
01:23:24,524 --> 01:23:26,234
I'm sorry you feel that way.
1571
01:23:26,234 --> 01:23:28,612
No, there isn't
an appeals process.
1572
01:23:28,612 --> 01:23:31,281
How wonderful that Elissa
got so many acceptances.
1573
01:23:31,281 --> 01:23:33,658
Harvard and Yale too?
1574
01:23:33,909 --> 01:23:38,038
Listen, I'd love to talk to you
about the financial aid package we could offer.
1575
01:23:38,038 --> 01:23:40,916
No seriously,
I'm so happy too.
1576
01:23:40,916 --> 01:23:42,791
No, you rock.
1577
01:23:44,168 --> 01:23:46,170
Yes,
I know he is a legacy...
1578
01:23:46,170 --> 01:23:48,422
...and I certainly understand
why you would never want to give...
1579
01:23:48,422 --> 01:23:50,633
another penny
to this university ever again.
1580
01:23:52,092 --> 01:23:54,803
Wow.
That is a new one.
1581
01:23:55,137 --> 01:23:58,057
<i>You're our angel on earth</i>
1582
01:24:01,101 --> 01:24:05,523
<i>I hope you get rectal cancer</i>
1583
01:24:12,613 --> 01:24:13,864
Portia Nathan.
1584
01:24:13,864 --> 01:24:16,367
Hey, I have somebody here
who wants to talk to you.
1585
01:24:17,284 --> 01:24:19,787
- I got in.
- Yes, I know.
1586
01:24:19,787 --> 01:24:22,623
This is the best day of my life!
1587
01:24:22,623 --> 01:24:25,042
The best day of your life?
Well that's...
1588
01:24:25,626 --> 01:24:28,337
...good, good,
that's...I'm very happy.
1589
01:24:30,339 --> 01:24:33,092
<i>Look, we're having
a school dance here tonight...</i>
1590
01:24:33,092 --> 01:24:35,553
and I think
you should come and celebrate.
1591
01:24:37,263 --> 01:24:41,267
There you are.
Clarence wants to see you.
1592
01:24:41,267 --> 01:24:44,144
Yes, thank you.
I've been expecting that.
1593
01:24:44,144 --> 01:24:46,397
I have to go.
I'll call you later.
1594
01:24:47,231 --> 01:24:49,358
Have a seal, please.
1595
01:25:00,034 --> 01:25:05,748
- So, I had a call.
- Oh yes?
1596
01:25:05,999 --> 01:25:08,334
From Richard Bolton.
1597
01:25:08,501 --> 01:25:10,712
Class of '81.
1598
01:25:10,837 --> 01:25:13,214
Father of Jesse Bolton.
1599
01:25:13,214 --> 01:25:15,258
Do you recall Jesse Bolton?
1600
01:25:15,258 --> 01:25:16,509
Budding journalist...
1601
01:25:16,509 --> 01:25:20,013
writes for the Boston Globe -
is this coming back?
1602
01:25:20,013 --> 01:25:22,974
I remember Jess Bolton.
We loved Jesse Bolton.
1603
01:25:22,974 --> 01:25:24,350
We accepted Jesse Bolton.
1604
01:25:24,350 --> 01:25:25,727
And yet...
1605
01:25:29,564 --> 01:25:32,025
So I asked for the admit list.
1606
01:25:32,025 --> 01:25:34,444
Looked for Bolton, Jesse.
1607
01:25:34,444 --> 01:25:36,029
No Bolton, Jesse.
1608
01:25:36,029 --> 01:25:39,782
But I did find Balakian, Jeremiah.
1609
01:25:41,284 --> 01:25:45,955
We sent Mr. Balakian an offer of admission,
which he accepted.
1610
01:25:45,955 --> 01:25:47,373
The only thing is...
1611
01:25:47,373 --> 01:25:50,043
I don't remember
making him an offer of admission.
1612
01:25:50,043 --> 01:25:53,588
But I do remember
your plea that we do so.
1613
01:25:54,172 --> 01:25:56,633
You have exposed this office...
1614
01:25:56,633 --> 01:26:00,553
...and the University
to a completely undeserved scandal.
1615
01:26:00,553 --> 01:26:06,351
If word of this were ever to get out,
the damage would be irreparable.
1616
01:26:06,518 --> 01:26:09,020
Well, I won't tell anyone.
1617
01:26:09,562 --> 01:26:12,899
That's right.
You won't.
1618
01:26:12,899 --> 01:26:16,069
What you will do
is submit your resignation...
1619
01:26:16,069 --> 01:26:19,655
...and take this week
to clear up your affairs.
1620
01:26:19,655 --> 01:26:20,989
And then...
1621
01:26:21,490 --> 01:26:24,868
...I don't ever want to see you
in this building again.
1622
01:26:33,043 --> 01:26:34,545
He's going to Yale.
1623
01:26:35,087 --> 01:26:36,713
Jesse Bolton.
1624
01:26:37,256 --> 01:26:40,217
The guidance counselor called me.
We never had a shot at him.
1625
01:26:40,217 --> 01:26:41,301
Yale!
1626
01:26:42,010 --> 01:26:43,804
Well,
that's not the point.
1627
01:26:43,804 --> 01:26:46,098
I assume
you will be standing by the offer?
1628
01:26:46,098 --> 01:26:47,808
Well I don't see
how we can rescind it...
1629
01:26:47,808 --> 01:26:50,769
without the whole thing
blowing up in our faces.
1630
01:26:50,769 --> 01:26:52,980
The whole system
would be questioned.
1631
01:26:54,022 --> 01:26:56,191
We wouldn't
want that to happen.
1632
01:27:14,459 --> 01:27:15,460
Yeah?
1633
01:27:17,963 --> 01:27:20,841
Oh hi,
glad you're here.
1634
01:27:21,633 --> 01:27:24,094
I was just coming down
to the dance.
1635
01:27:30,809 --> 01:27:32,186
- You OK?
- Yeah, why?
1636
01:27:32,186 --> 01:27:34,729
- You just seem kind of intense.
- I'm OK, are you OK?
1637
01:27:34,729 --> 01:27:36,647
Yeah, I'm great.
1638
01:27:37,857 --> 01:27:40,610
I'm supposed
to be chaperoning this dance.
1639
01:27:40,610 --> 01:27:42,361
You're doing a great job.
1640
01:28:00,129 --> 01:28:01,672
You can do this.
1641
01:28:13,643 --> 01:28:14,727
You having fun?
1642
01:28:15,770 --> 01:28:17,897
This is the best day
of my life.
1643
01:28:17,897 --> 01:28:20,691
You have no idea
how happy that makes me feel.
1644
01:28:21,192 --> 01:28:24,529
I want so much for you
to be happy and...
1645
01:28:24,987 --> 01:28:27,824
...for you to have all the things
that you want in life.
1646
01:28:28,199 --> 01:28:29,534
Thanks.
1647
01:28:30,034 --> 01:28:33,663
You know how when you're swinging
on a rope swing across a stream...
1648
01:28:33,663 --> 01:28:35,540
...and you're afraid to jump in
and then you just do?
1649
01:28:35,540 --> 01:28:38,793
No, I'm kind of afraid of heights, so...
1650
01:28:38,793 --> 01:28:40,044
Me too.
That's...
1651
01:28:40,461 --> 01:28:42,088
You and I
have so much in common.
1652
01:28:44,048 --> 01:28:46,050
That's not as odd as it seems.
1653
01:28:49,053 --> 01:28:51,346
Jeremiah,
there's something I want to tell you...
1654
01:28:51,346 --> 01:28:55,851
...and it's going to come
as quite a shock.
1655
01:28:58,061 --> 01:29:00,063
I'm your mother.
1656
01:29:00,480 --> 01:29:03,108
- What?
- Your birth mother.
1657
01:29:05,610 --> 01:29:07,779
I've been trying to figure out
the best time to tell you...
1658
01:29:07,779 --> 01:29:09,739
and I know,
I was speechless loo.
1659
01:29:09,739 --> 01:29:10,991
No, it's not that.
1660
01:29:11,908 --> 01:29:15,745
- It's just...you're not my birth mother.
- Yes, I am.
1661
01:29:15,745 --> 01:29:17,664
And I know this is very sudden
and I don't expect-
1662
01:29:17,664 --> 01:29:21,293
No, my birth mother
is named Janie Schroder and.-.
1663
01:29:21,293 --> 01:29:23,545
She's a hairdresser from Keene.
1664
01:29:24,212 --> 01:29:29,217
And I met her and my half sisters
a couple months ago.
1665
01:29:29,426 --> 01:29:31,678
I put my name in at the adoption agency
and they contacted me-
1666
01:29:31,678 --> 01:29:33,722
No, Jeremiah...
1667
01:29:34,014 --> 01:29:39,019
...you were born on Valentine's Day
at 1pm at Blaine General.
1668
01:29:39,227 --> 01:29:40,604
<i>To me.</i>
1669
01:29:40,604 --> 01:29:43,106
No, I was born at 11pm.
1670
01:29:43,106 --> 01:29:45,609
They said my mom
tried like hell to hold off till the last hour...
1671
01:29:45,609 --> 01:29:48,570
.-.so I wouldn't have some lame
Valentine's Day birthday-.
1672
01:29:49,279 --> 01:29:51,490
It's a copy - see?
1673
01:29:52,282 --> 01:29:55,327
That's an eleven
with one of the ones missing.
1674
01:29:56,036 --> 01:29:58,497
It's faded, you see?
1675
01:30:03,960 --> 01:30:06,421
I never told anybody because I didn't want
my parents to find out.
1676
01:30:06,421 --> 01:30:08,422
I was worried
that it would hurt their feelings.
1677
01:30:08,714 --> 01:30:11,759
And I don't want to hurt them,
because they're my parents.
1678
01:30:12,176 --> 01:30:13,511
Of course.
1679
01:30:15,638 --> 01:30:18,265
This whole time you thought
you were my mother?
1680
01:30:18,265 --> 01:30:19,350
Why didn't you tell me?
1681
01:30:19,350 --> 01:30:23,354
I didn't want anything getting in
the way of you getting into Princeton.
1682
01:30:23,354 --> 01:30:24,730
I'd have to recuse myself.
1683
01:30:24,730 --> 01:30:27,399
So everything you did
was because you thought I was your son?
1684
01:30:27,399 --> 01:30:30,110
No.
I completely believe in you.
1685
01:30:31,612 --> 01:30:33,572
I actually do.
1686
01:30:34,323 --> 01:30:36,867
You were lying to me
the whole time.
1687
01:30:38,494 --> 01:30:40,287
I don't understand.
1688
01:30:41,747 --> 01:30:43,999
I can't tell what's real.
1689
01:30:49,046 --> 01:30:50,381
I don't get it.
1690
01:31:00,599 --> 01:31:03,477
- How did it go?
- 11pm, not 1pm!
1691
01:31:03,477 --> 01:31:05,354
- What?
- Just stay out of my life!
1692
01:31:05,354 --> 01:31:07,439
Or what's left of it.
1693
01:31:11,819 --> 01:31:12,903
Hey!
1694
01:31:13,404 --> 01:31:14,780
Hold on.
1695
01:31:16,824 --> 01:31:21,078
Janie Schroder. A hairdresser.
His mother is a hairdresser.
1696
01:31:21,078 --> 01:31:24,455
What?
No, I read the birth certificate.
1697
01:31:24,873 --> 01:31:27,750
A copy.
A faded copy.
1698
01:31:31,754 --> 01:31:33,464
- Look!
- What?
1699
01:31:33,840 --> 01:31:37,218
Eleven.
That is supposed to be an eleven.
1700
01:31:37,218 --> 01:31:40,263
None of this was true.
This is all a stupid dream.
1701
01:31:40,263 --> 01:31:43,766
This is all in your head
and I just jumped in like a complete idiot.
1702
01:31:43,766 --> 01:31:47,061
I can fix this.
I'll contact adoption services-
1703
01:31:47,061 --> 01:31:47,937
No!
1704
01:31:47,937 --> 01:31:51,858
Do not fix anything!
I don't want to ever see you again!
1705
01:31:51,858 --> 01:31:54,194
Go be a citizen
of the planet!
1706
01:31:54,194 --> 01:31:57,071
I am so glad that you are going to Ecuador
except for one thing.
1707
01:31:57,071 --> 01:31:57,780
What?
1708
01:31:57,780 --> 01:32:00,950
I feel sorry
for the Ecuadorians!
1709
01:32:33,942 --> 01:32:37,654
Hi. Come on in.
You can help me grind sausage.
1710
01:32:38,613 --> 01:32:40,823
I've got something to say,
Susannah.
1711
01:32:40,823 --> 01:32:44,701
Having sex on a train with a stranger
to gel pregnant - really not so great!
1712
01:32:44,701 --> 01:32:46,453
You didn't even ask his name.
1713
01:32:46,453 --> 01:32:48,705
And so I will never know
who my father is.
1714
01:32:48,705 --> 01:32:49,790
Maybe he's in Paris.
1715
01:32:49,790 --> 01:32:51,166
Maybe he's in Hoboken.
1716
01:32:51,166 --> 01:32:51,959
Maybe he's president.
1717
01:32:51,959 --> 01:32:54,753
Obviously not that.
But I'll never know.
1718
01:32:54,753 --> 01:32:58,215
Because you forgot one important thing
on your way to self-empowerment.
1719
01:32:58,215 --> 01:32:59,174
Me!
1720
01:32:59,800 --> 01:33:01,927
Why didn't you ask his name?
1721
01:33:01,927 --> 01:33:04,972
- Why don't you just shut up.
- No, you shut up!
1722
01:33:05,389 --> 01:33:07,975
I got pregnant,
and I had a kid.
1723
01:33:07,975 --> 01:33:11,145
Back in college.
And I gave him up for adoption.
1724
01:33:11,145 --> 01:33:14,273
I wasn't in the Netherlands.
I was living above an auto repair shop.
1725
01:33:14,273 --> 01:33:16,400
Hiding.
From you.
1726
01:33:16,733 --> 01:33:18,861
Because I can't stand you.
1727
01:33:18,861 --> 01:33:20,946
And that's it.
That's all I have to say.
1728
01:33:21,196 --> 01:33:24,324
Except,
gel some goddamn dog food.
1729
01:33:29,496 --> 01:33:31,832
Wait,
Portia! Portia!
1730
01:33:31,832 --> 01:33:34,459
Portia, don't leave!
Don't leave!
1731
01:33:34,459 --> 01:33:36,879
Portia!
Wait, wait!
1732
01:33:41,550 --> 01:33:45,345
I didn't ask the name
of the man on the train because...
1733
01:33:46,346 --> 01:33:50,267
...actually,
I didn't have a grand plan.
1734
01:33:50,392 --> 01:33:52,394
I made all that up.
1735
01:33:53,103 --> 01:33:55,606
It was all an accident.
1736
01:33:56,815 --> 01:34:01,152
A happy accident,
because it led to you.
1737
01:34:01,152 --> 01:34:02,778
Baby, it led to you.
1738
01:34:02,778 --> 01:34:06,073
And I wished so many times
that I could have told you his name.
1739
01:34:06,073 --> 01:34:11,204
It's one of the disappointments of my life
and I am so sorry.
1740
01:34:14,499 --> 01:34:16,250
Please, come back in.
1741
01:34:17,627 --> 01:34:19,253
Mom, I have to go.
1742
01:34:31,057 --> 01:34:32,642
Dad?
1743
01:35:37,372 --> 01:35:38,540
MY car!
1744
01:35:38,915 --> 01:35:40,834
Really?
1745
01:35:50,802 --> 01:35:52,804
What happened?
Are you OK?
1746
01:35:52,804 --> 01:35:54,514
It's a slight fracture.
1747
01:35:54,514 --> 01:35:57,309
Fender bender.
It's dumb.
1748
01:36:00,395 --> 01:36:03,648
I'm sorry,
I mean, about everything.
1749
01:36:04,065 --> 01:36:05,859
I was stupid and selfish.
1750
01:36:05,859 --> 01:36:08,904
A selfish asshole.
And I just wanted to come here and...
1751
01:36:10,322 --> 01:36:12,324
...tell you that I'm sorry.
1752
01:36:16,495 --> 01:36:18,830
Wait.
How's Nelson?
1753
01:36:20,373 --> 01:36:22,125
Good. He's good.
1754
01:36:22,125 --> 01:36:23,502
How's his Spanish?
1755
01:36:23,919 --> 01:36:25,212
Terrible.
1756
01:36:26,171 --> 01:36:28,089
Is he ready for Ecuador?
1757
01:36:29,132 --> 01:36:31,134
We're not going to Ecuador.
1758
01:36:31,134 --> 01:36:34,178
- You're not?
- No. I passed on that job.
1759
01:36:34,178 --> 01:36:36,347
Nelson wanted to stay put and...
1760
01:36:37,014 --> 01:36:39,725
...you know,
I finally realized that...
1761
01:36:40,226 --> 01:36:42,436
...I want him to be happy.
1762
01:36:42,436 --> 01:36:45,189
So this decision, right now...
1763
01:36:45,689 --> 01:36:47,691
...I'm going to let him make it.
1764
01:36:49,276 --> 01:36:51,529
Nelson really likes you.
1765
01:36:52,488 --> 01:36:54,698
Nelson likes me
because I'm so boring.
1766
01:36:54,698 --> 01:36:56,826
- You're not boring.
- I'm pretty boring.
1767
01:36:56,826 --> 01:36:58,494
You're not boring.
1768
01:36:58,494 --> 01:37:00,287
I think you're exquisite.
1769
01:37:06,043 --> 01:37:08,420
- You want to go out sometime?
- Yes.
1770
01:37:09,088 --> 01:37:11,966
- I mean with me.
- Oh- Yes-.
1771
01:37:11,966 --> 01:37:13,092
Good.
1772
01:37:13,092 --> 01:37:15,636
I thought it was important
to acknowledge that it's maybe-
1773
01:37:15,636 --> 01:37:16,512
It's good to clarify.
1774
01:37:16,512 --> 01:37:17,763
I think so.
1775
01:37:20,057 --> 01:37:21,058
NO ADMITTANCE
1776
01:37:23,352 --> 01:37:24,895
Portia Nathan?
1777
01:37:27,148 --> 01:37:29,859
So, tell me about yourself-.
1778
01:37:30,359 --> 01:37:34,446
I worked in college admissions
for sixteen years.
1779
01:37:34,738 --> 01:37:37,992
I used to spend my days
passing judgment...
1780
01:37:37,992 --> 01:37:43,497
...on young people who were
way more together than I was at their age.
1781
01:37:44,248 --> 01:37:46,876
I'm figuring out
what I want to do next.
1782
01:37:46,876 --> 01:37:49,586
<i>I've been living at my mom's place
for the last two months.</i>
1783
01:37:49,586 --> 01:37:51,671
<i>I thought
that would drive me insane but...</i>
1784
01:37:51,754 --> 01:37:56,134
...actually, we're going to be throwing a graduation
party for a kid who I thought was my son.
1785
01:37:56,134 --> 01:37:57,802
He's a great kid.
1786
01:37:58,970 --> 01:38:02,432
I killed my bonsai tree
by over trimming it.
1787
01:38:05,310 --> 01:38:10,315
I got pregnant in college and my boyfriend
had already dumped me for someone else.
1788
01:38:10,607 --> 01:38:13,610
I didn't realize
until I was very far along...
1789
01:38:13,610 --> 01:38:17,155
...and I didn't think
I could be a mother.
1790
01:38:17,155 --> 01:38:18,031
Ever.
1791
01:38:18,031 --> 01:38:18,907
Portia?
1792
01:38:18,907 --> 01:38:21,618
Did you mean it
when you said I could do this?
1793
01:38:22,410 --> 01:38:24,787
Yes.
I meant it.
1794
01:38:25,580 --> 01:38:29,167
- Thanks.
- You're going to do great there.
1795
01:38:29,459 --> 01:38:33,963
My boy, if you are truly outstanding
you'll probably be kicked out of there after one term.
1796
01:38:33,963 --> 01:38:35,840
- Cut it out, Vlad.
- Excuse me.
1797
01:38:35,840 --> 01:38:38,301
Don't listen to him.
Did you decide what your major is?
1798
01:38:38,301 --> 01:38:39,969
Philosophy, love.
1799
01:38:41,304 --> 01:38:43,223
Not philosophy,
women's studies.
1800
01:38:43,223 --> 01:38:45,016
You know, that's
enough philosophy.
1801
01:38:45,809 --> 01:38:48,394
<i>And if your biological son
chooses to contact you'?</i>
1802
01:38:48,394 --> 01:38:49,145
<i>How would you feel?</i>
1803
01:38:49,145 --> 01:38:50,563
<i>I would feel...</i>
1804
01:38:51,439 --> 01:38:54,692
<i>...nervous, but...</i>
1805
01:38:54,692 --> 01:38:58,154
...lucky.
I would feel lucky.
1806
01:38:58,154 --> 01:39:01,866
I would just be grateful
to get to know him.
1807
01:39:02,200 --> 01:39:05,869
I overwalered it too.
The bonsai.
1808
01:39:05,869 --> 01:39:08,121
I just drowned it.
1809
01:39:08,121 --> 01:39:09,331
- It's OK.
- OK.
1810
01:39:09,331 --> 01:39:11,291
I can't promise anything...
1811
01:39:11,500 --> 01:39:15,420
.-.but we'll contact you
if there's any news.
1812
01:39:16,088 --> 01:39:17,214
OK.
1813
01:39:17,214 --> 01:39:18,131
Hey!
1814
01:39:18,131 --> 01:39:21,385
Hey.
It's a thin envelope.
1815
01:39:23,220 --> 01:39:25,013
That doesn't mean anything.
1816
01:39:26,431 --> 01:39:28,016
Open it.
1817
01:39:41,488 --> 01:39:44,449
It says he's not ready
to meet me at this time.
1818
01:39:47,452 --> 01:39:51,498
OK.
Well then...
1819
01:39:51,832 --> 01:39:54,084
You're on the waitlist.
1820
01:39:54,960 --> 01:39:57,087
That's not so bad.
1821
01:39:57,087 --> 01:40:00,132
No, it's not.
Right.
1822
01:40:09,349 --> 01:40:12,186
Hey Portia.
Everything OK?
1823
01:40:12,728 --> 01:40:13,937
Yes.
1824
01:40:23,321 --> 01:40:25,490
<i>What's the secret
to getting in'?</i>
1825
01:40:26,073 --> 01:40:27,533
<i>I can't tell you.</i>
1826
01:40:28,201 --> 01:40:30,828
<i>You have to find out
for yourself.</i>
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