CREATED BY

Ryan Murphy | Brad Falchuk | Ian Brennan

EPISODE 1.01

“Pilot”

After a charismatic candidate joins the race for student body

president, Payton searches for a running mate who will make him
seem more authentic.

WRITTEN BY:
Ryan Murphy | Brad Falchuk | Ian Brennan

DIRECTED BY:
Ryan Murphy

ORIGINAL BROADCAST:
September 27, 2019

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 MAIN EPISODE CAST

Ben Platt ... Payton Hobart

Zoey Deutch ... Infinity Jackson
Lucy Boynton ... Astrid
Bob Balaban ... Keaton Hobart
David Corenswet ... River Barkley
Julia Schlaepfer ... Alice
Laura Dreyfuss ... McAfee
Theo Germaine ... James
Rahne Jones ... Skye
Benjamin Barrett ... Ricardo
Jessica Lange ... Dusty Jackson
Gwyneth Paltrow ... Georgina Hobart
Ryan J. Haddad ... Andrew Cashman
Trey Eason ... Luther Hobart
Karen Brundage ... Olive Garden Woman
Courtney Taylor Burness ... Karen
Mari Del Rosario ... The Manicurist
Gina Dunlap ... Cafe Hostess
Trevor Eason ... Martin Hobart
Penelope Kapudija ... Baby at Podium
Tracy S. Lee ... Vicki
Devin Mroz ... Field Hockey Coach
Natasha Ofili ... Principal
Andrew Patrick Ralston ... Dean Lawrence
Alveraz Ricardez ... Officer Kellen
Richard Wharton ... Thomas
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[man] It was a waking dream,

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the kind that arrives in the twilight
between sleep and the real world.

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I sat straight up in bed
and said out loud,

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"I'm going to be President
of the United States."

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It does seem to be the hot job
everyone aspires to nowadays.

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The air of impossibility has been removed.

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I had that dream
when I was seven years old, Dean Lawrence,

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and I've spent my entire life
studying the lives of former presidents

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to identify common experiences and traits

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that led to their inevitable
election victories.

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Such as?

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I only went back as far as Reagan.
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As far as I'm concerned,
he created the modern presidency,

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the presidency of television
and celebrity.

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People like to think of their presidents
as characters they see on TV.

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Most never actually see them
in real life.

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Reagan and Bush Sr.

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were both presidents
of their senior classes in high school.

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Which, I assume,
you are on your way to accomplishing.

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I believe I have the election
well in hand, yes.

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Interestingly, Reagan, Clinton, and Obama
were all born into poverty

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while the Bushes were both highborn.

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How do you reconcile that
with your master plan?
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Well, I have the good fortune
of being born both rich and poor.

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Your family has generational wealth.

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Yes, true, but I’m also the only son
of a cocktail waitress

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from the Landing Strip Gentlemen's Club
in Laconia, New Hampshire.

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-You’re adopted.
-Yes.

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Why Harvard, Payton?

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Harvard's produced more presidents
than any other school. Seven.

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Hmm. Well, I appreciate that.

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You’re clearly a very well-prepared
young man. Polished.

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Thank you, Dean Lawrence.

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But I’m not here to see the polish.

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You're concerned about my GPA?
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-Because I've--
-I don’t care about your grades.

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I want to know you.

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The real you.

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Have you ever been compelled
to go meet your birth mother?

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No.

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My real mother has always been my
greatest champion and closest confidant.

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When was the last time you cried?

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I cried at the end
of It’s a Wonderful Life last Christmas.

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Everyone cries at the end of that movie.

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I know.

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Did you cry because you were moved

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or because you felt like
you were supposed to?

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Does it matter?

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[Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago" playing]

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♪ I fell in love again ♪

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♪ All things go, all things go ♪

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♪ Drove to Chicago ♪

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♪ All things know, all things know ♪

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♪ You came to take us ♪

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♪ All things go, all things go ♪

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♪ To recreate us ♪

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♪ All things grow, all things grow ♪

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♪ We had our mindset ♪

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♪ All things know ♪

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♪ All things know ♪

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♪ You had to find it ♪
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♪ All things go, all things go ♪

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[gulls crying]

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[bell rings]

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You were great.

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I’ve noticed... every time we have sex,

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no matter what I do,
you seem to really enjoy it.

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I don’t know, I feel like,
maybe, sometimes, you’re faking it.

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I am.

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Wh...

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I don’t like you pretending. I mean,

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aren’t we supposed to be
generating intimacy?

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Sure, but we're also giving you
the self-confidence you need

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to become the man I know you can be.

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I know you watch porn.

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Your brain is wired to enjoy sex
that's presentational.

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-Okay, but I don’t want presentational.
-[giggles]

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I want authentic.

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I will do better at appearing
more authentic from now on.

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I don’t want you to appear authentic,
I want you to be authentic.

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I don’t understand. What’s the difference?

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[stammers]

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[sighs]

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I promise to be more real from now on.

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-Where you going?
-I have a surf lesson.

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We’re going back to Hawaii this Christmas

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and I refuse to let my dad call me Barney
and vanquish me to the ankle busters.

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Let there be one place he doesn’t find me
a complete disappointment.

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Hey, he thinks you're great.

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He thinks I’m pretty.
And he likes pretty things.

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[door shuts]

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[front door opens, closes]

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[tires screech]

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[man] River!

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-River!
-[River] I'm in here.

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You traitor.
You backstabbing son of a bitch.

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You know how important this is to me.
How dare you run against me?

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 -Oh, I know. Listen, calm down--
-No. You calm down. I have the floor now.

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Since when have you wanted
to be the president?

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This wasn’t even your idea, was it?

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No, it was Astrid's idea.

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She said I had to do it if I had a shot
of getting into Stanford and...

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I had to do something
to get my parents off my back.

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Screw you. Do you not understand
you're gonna beat me?

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Okay?
You're better looking than me.

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You're more popular,
co-captain of the lacrosse team, so--

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You're blowing this thing
way out of proportion.

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The moment you win, I'll tell everyone
that we had sex and you're living a lie.

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So, there's that.
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-Payton.
-I'm warning you,

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do not screw with my dream.

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All right? I'm on a singular path. Okay?

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You're not gonna get in the way,
or I swear to God, I will make you pay.

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Okay? So don't mess with me, River.

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Are we clear?

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I've never seen you like this.

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I don't recognize this person.

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Well, I don't care, okay?
I'm not a box, right?

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I don't need to have four sides for you
to look at and approve of, okay?

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I have-- I have feelings, River.

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These aren't feelings,
you're just hysterical.
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Well, this is the true me.

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This is who I am. I'm a winner.

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I'mma win at all costs.

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I know what my future's gonna be
and I know how to get there.

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And I will not be stopped.

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[door slams]

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[car door slams, engine starts]

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[tires squealing]

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[woman] We have time for one more question
each before closing statements.

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Payton, Mark Twain's classic novel
Huckleberry Finn

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is part of this school's
freshman year English curriculum.

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Do you believe racial epithets
should be removed from Huck Finn

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before it is taught to students?

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Hmm.

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Well, first of all, thank you, Vicki,

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for your years of service
as part of our yearbook club,

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and thank you for what is a
very thoughtful and provocative question.

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Now, this question doesn't have
an easy answer,

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so all I can give you is an honest answer.

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No. We should not be rewriting
literary giants like Mark Twain.

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Mark Twain loathed racial inequality,
and through the eyes of Huckleberry Finn,

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he was attempting
to shine a light on the...

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the heinous, shameful sin of slavery,

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and the systemic racism
that pervaded every aspect of his life
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in the environment in which he was raised.

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But make no mistake,
the racism that Mark Twain wrote about

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has not been banished
to the ash heap of history,

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it's with us in this room today.

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Right? It's different, to be sure.
It's... more subtle.

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But we have a long way to go towards
true racial equality in this country,

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and as student body president,
I'll ensure every student at this school

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has an equal opportunity to succeed,

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regardless of their color,
creed, national origin,

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gender, sexual orientation,
genetic information, or disability.

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If you choose to honor me by electing me,
I will fight for each and every one of you

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 so as long as there is
strength in me to fight.

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So, give me your vote, and help me
lead this great school into the future.

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Thank you.

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[mouthing]

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[man] River, last question.

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Uh, should the school be able to limit

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the size of sugary drinks sold
at Saint Sebastian?

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[sighs]

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Um...

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I mean...

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Yeah? No?

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Who cares?

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[audience chuckling]

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No, sorry. I appreciate the question,
it's a good question.

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I think it's important that we make
smart decisions about the food we eat.

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I just feel like,

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it's hardly the most pressing thing
that any of us are dealing with.

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-The world is dark, yeah?
-[softly] Oh, my.

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And I think teenagers nowadays
realize that.

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And... I don't know,
it kind of feels like the world's ending.

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So, you know, if a 42-ounce Mountain Dew
makes you happy, I say go for it.

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[crowd cheering]

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I keep thinking that, uh,
the only thing we all share together

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is that we’re all alone.

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And we take pictures, and we post them,
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and we Facebook and Insta
and Tweet and Snap and everything and...

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it just makes it worse.

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[whispers] Ah, man.

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[trembling sigh]

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I tried to kill myself last year.

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Yeah, I never-- I never told anyone that.

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[chuckles] This is weird, I'm up here,
you guys-- Can we--

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Can I come down there
and talk to you? This is--

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We're friends. We know each other

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-[cheering]
-We don't have to do this.

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-We can have a serious conversation.
-Okay, he's walking.

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So, it was, uh, like,
about a year ago, and...
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I don't know,
I was just feeling really depressed.

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Not even depressed, just...
just hopeless, because, um...

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because I felt so alone. And I, uh...

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I was afraid
I was always gonna feel that way.

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-He's crying. This is bad, this is bad.
-And, so I...

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I went home after lax practice one day
and I was working out at home...

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and something made me take
a 45-pound plate and, uh...

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I tied it to my ankle

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and I went out to my pool
and I jumped in the deep end.

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[breath trembling]

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And, for a second, I was really...

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 I was really ready to die.

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And then I, like, realized. I was, like,
"River, what did you just do?"

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And I panicked and I tried to get
the rope off my ankle and I couldn't.

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And I just remember looking up
at the surface of the water and thinking,

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"No one's here, man.

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You're gonna die alone."

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[sobs softly]

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And then, um...

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next thing I remember
I was floating at the surface.

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[gasps]

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There's no cool ending to the story,

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it's just the rope untied itself
from the weight.

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-I don't know, I never did Boy Scouts.
 -[all chuckling]

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No one was there.

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Oh, God, he's sweating like Nixon.

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I don't want anyone here at this school
to ever feel like that.

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It's really important to me
that all of you know

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that your lives have value.

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And that they're important.

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That you're important.

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That’s all I got to say.

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I love this guy.

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[applause, cheering]

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[Vicki] Candidates, it's now time
for your closing statements.

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[soft stammer]

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I’ll pick it up.

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People lie, numbers don't. River's
ahead of you ten points post-debate.

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And if you dig down the tabs at the polls,
he is leading you in looks, charisma,

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and, most importantly, authenticity.

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Basically crushing you in that department.

235
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Especially after that masterclass
he put on during the debate.

236
00:14:08,806 --> 00:14:10,683
Girls love it when a guy
who looks like that cries.

237
00:14:10,766 --> 00:14:13,185
Not blubbery at all,
more of a silent, sexy cry.

238
00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:15,604
Okay, fine, why don't all of you
just vote for him, then?

239
00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:16,897
Our loyalty is with you, Payton.

240
00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:18,691
This is a plane.
We're all headed to the same place.

241
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You're the pilot,
James and I are your navigators.
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Neither one of us knows
how to fly like you can.

243
00:14:22,486 --> 00:14:24,154
We need you to get us to the White House,

244
00:14:24,238 --> 00:14:26,866
but we wouldn't be doing our job
if we weren't being honest with you.

245
00:14:26,949 --> 00:14:28,909
If we don't tell it like it is,
we'll all crash.

246
00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:30,828
Okay, what's my next move?

247
00:14:37,293 --> 00:14:39,461
We need to get you a running mate
that softens you up.

248
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Someone undeniably real.

249
00:14:41,088 --> 00:14:43,215
I recommend a student
from the special ed class.

250
00:14:43,299 --> 00:14:46,260
I believe the proper modern vernacular
for them is "differently abled."

251
00:14:46,343 --> 00:14:48,304
So, you're going
for the sympathy vote, am I right?

252
00:14:48,387 --> 00:14:49,305
What do you mean?

253
00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:51,557
 Well, it's not like
we're super good friends.

254
00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,392
Been going to school together
for three years,

255
00:14:53,475 --> 00:14:55,811
the most you and I have
ever said to each other is, "Hello."

256
00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:58,439
So, you obviously have
some sort of strategy in mind.

257
00:14:58,522 --> 00:15:00,024
The only strategy I'm interested in

258
00:15:00,107 --> 00:15:01,901
is being a president
for every student at this school.

259
00:15:01,984 --> 00:15:02,943
That includes people like you,

260
00:15:03,027 --> 00:15:05,988
who traditionally have not been
well represented in student government.

261
00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:08,574
What exactly does that mean,
"people like me"?

262
00:15:09,033 --> 00:15:10,618
C'mon. I mean someone with a disability,

263
00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:12,995
someone who might enjoy
sharing the spotlight for once

264
00:15:13,078 --> 00:15:15,748
and having a hand
in shaping the culture at this school.
 265
00:15:15,831 --> 00:15:19,418
And "student body vice president" looks
pretty good on a college application.

266
00:15:19,501 --> 00:15:20,502
Oh, how thrilling.

267
00:15:22,129 --> 00:15:23,964
What, so you are not even gonna
consider it?

268
00:15:24,048 --> 00:15:25,507
[man] Eat a fat one!

269
00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:27,927
John McCain tried that. It was a disaster.

270
00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:32,765
[sighs]

271
00:15:43,859 --> 00:15:46,737
Your family once hired Pinkertons
to bust up union organizers.

272
00:15:46,820 --> 00:15:49,865
You have three lesser Picassos
in your housekeeper's room in your home.

273
00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:52,493
Annie Leibovitz took your family
Christmas card photo last year

274
00:15:52,576 --> 00:15:54,411
and you have a 4.3 GPA.

275
00:15:54,536 --> 00:15:57,498
You're untouchable. You need
a running mate that can humanize you.

276
00:15:57,873 --> 00:15:59,583
So, what kind of music do you like?
 277
00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:02,878
Britney Spears and Insane Clown Posse.

278
00:16:03,212 --> 00:16:04,380
Yeah, me too.

279
00:16:05,798 --> 00:16:08,217
If you had the chance to stand up
in front of the whole school,

280
00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:10,886
and you could say anything you wanted,
what would you say?

281
00:16:12,054 --> 00:16:13,013
I don't know.

282
00:16:13,097 --> 00:16:14,932
Well, what would you want
to get off your chest?

283
00:16:15,015 --> 00:16:17,101
Like, if you could change one thing,
what would it be?

284
00:16:20,229 --> 00:16:22,940
Everyone should quit being a faker.

285
00:16:28,237 --> 00:16:29,780
Alice? What do you think?

286
00:16:31,949 --> 00:16:34,493
I love you. Unconditionally.

287
00:16:35,077 --> 00:16:37,204
You are the front man
of my favorite rock band,

288
00:16:37,287 --> 00:16:40,457
you are the star of my favorite movie,
you are my king of kings.
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Nothing is going to stop you
from winning this election

290
00:16:44,753 --> 00:16:46,588
and turning this school upside down.

291
00:16:47,297 --> 00:16:49,383
But you've got to listen to your advisors.

292
00:16:57,599 --> 00:16:59,518
[woman] I'm just so happy to be alive.

293
00:16:59,601 --> 00:17:02,062
I love when I can get outside
into the sunshine

294
00:17:02,146 --> 00:17:04,064
and smell the ocean, you know?

295
00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:06,483
-Are you not eating lunch?
-[Beethoven's "Für Elise" playing]

296
00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:09,528
No. No, with the chemo
I don't always have an appetite.

297
00:17:09,611 --> 00:17:11,447
My Nana says I have to eat,

298
00:17:11,822 --> 00:17:15,617
but it's just the medicine I take,
it makes everything taste so spicy.

299
00:17:15,993 --> 00:17:17,745
I'm so sorry to hear that. I...

300
00:17:18,787 --> 00:17:22,291
I cannot imagine what that must be like.
High school is hard enough as it is.
 301
00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,585
I just don't look at it that way.

302
00:17:25,919 --> 00:17:27,880
I think that every day is a gift.

303
00:17:30,132 --> 00:17:31,842
And every time that I wake up,

304
00:17:33,260 --> 00:17:36,263
even if I have to get
a platelet transfusion from Dr. Sengal,

305
00:17:36,346 --> 00:17:37,556
I think to myself,

306
00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:44,855
"A lot of kids around the world don't
have the same medical care that I do. So...

307
00:17:46,398 --> 00:17:50,861
If that's what I have to go through,
that's God's plan."

308
00:17:54,364 --> 00:17:57,618
I'm looking for a VP candidate, because
I'm running for student body president.

309
00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:05,626
Yes, I heard. Andrea told me. She's, um...
She said you were good at the debate.

310
00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:08,629
She takes notes for me
when I can't be at school.

311
00:18:08,712 --> 00:18:09,630
[Payton] Mmm.

312
00:18:09,963 --> 00:18:11,673
I wish I could've been there, but...
 313
00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:13,884
a lot of nice people heard about my chemo

314
00:18:13,967 --> 00:18:16,053
and they paid for me to go to Disneyland
with my Nana,

315
00:18:16,136 --> 00:18:19,181
and we got to skip all the lines
and it was so much fun.

316
00:18:19,264 --> 00:18:21,141
[giggling]

317
00:18:21,225 --> 00:18:22,559
Best day ever!

318
00:18:25,729 --> 00:18:26,563
What?

319
00:18:28,690 --> 00:18:30,859
What are you--?
Why are you looking at me like that?

320
00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:32,694
[stammers] I don't know. I just...

321
00:18:34,446 --> 00:18:35,864
I really like you, Infinity.

322
00:18:36,615 --> 00:18:37,741
You're so real.

323
00:18:41,161 --> 00:18:43,163
[Beethoven's "Für Elise" continues]

324
00:18:54,675 --> 00:18:56,510
[instrumental music playing]

325
00:18:56,593 --> 00:18:58,345
 We'd like a table for two, please.

326
00:18:58,428 --> 00:19:01,682
-Sure, do you have a reservation?
-Yes. Jackson.

327
00:19:02,391 --> 00:19:05,144
Dusty and Infinity Jackson.

328
00:19:05,561 --> 00:19:08,147
I'm sorry. I don't see a reservation
under any of those names.

329
00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:12,151
Well, that doesn't make any sense.
I mean, I know I definitely called.

330
00:19:12,234 --> 00:19:14,695
Sorry. We're fully booked until 9:30.

331
00:19:14,778 --> 00:19:16,697
Would you like to make a reservation
for then?

332
00:19:20,534 --> 00:19:23,871
Karen, I want you to meet someone.

333
00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:31,962
Infinity, say hello to Karen.

334
00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:34,339
-Hello, Karen.
-Hi.

335
00:19:36,466 --> 00:19:40,012
You were really looking forward
to eating here, weren't you, babydoll?

336
00:19:40,095 --> 00:19:41,847
-Uh-huh.
-[both chuckling]

337
 00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:45,267
Hell, I said, "Let's go to Coco's."

338
00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:49,730
I was so excited. I love me
some of that Coco's pot pie.

339
00:19:49,813 --> 00:19:55,068
No, but you dug in.
You said, "I want Olive Garden, Nana."

340
00:19:55,152 --> 00:19:57,654
-[chuckling]
-I want Olive Garden, Nana. I do.

341
00:19:57,779 --> 00:20:00,782
I just got my feeding tube taken out,
and my Nana said,

342
00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:04,119
"Sure, yeah. You want
endless breadsticks, let's go for it."

343
00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:05,162
[soft chuckle]

344
00:20:06,079 --> 00:20:09,333
Why don't you tell Karen
about your cancer? Hmm?

345
00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:11,793
You're in pain sometimes, aren't you?

346
00:20:12,252 --> 00:20:14,129
I'm sorry. I couldn't help overhear.

347
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:15,422
Uh, we're ahead of you,

348
00:20:15,505 --> 00:20:17,507
but we'd really like you
to have our table.
 349
00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:21,470
-Oh, no. No, we couldn't poss--
-[woman] Please, I insist.

350
00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:23,096
We'd also like to pay for your meal.

351
00:20:24,973 --> 00:20:26,058
Oh, I...

352
00:20:27,517 --> 00:20:29,895
I don't know what to say.
Thank you so much.

353
00:20:29,978 --> 00:20:31,146
[woman] It's our pleasure.

354
00:20:31,813 --> 00:20:34,024
You really ought
to be ashamed of yourself.

355
00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:35,692
Bye.

356
00:20:35,776 --> 00:20:37,444
-[buzzing]
-Ooh!

357
00:20:37,527 --> 00:20:38,862
[whistles]

358
00:20:38,946 --> 00:20:40,113
It's blinking.

359
00:20:40,572 --> 00:20:41,823
I can take your buzzer.

360
00:20:44,701 --> 00:20:45,869
[Karen] Right this way.

361
00:20:47,955 --> 00:20:49,039
 Thank you.

362
00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:51,166
Enjoy your evening.

363
00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:52,251
Thank you. You too.

364
00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:55,504
[soft music playing]

365
00:20:57,965 --> 00:20:59,049
It's so good.

366
00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:02,594
Jesus H. Christ. It's like Rome.

367
00:21:02,970 --> 00:21:08,600
I mean, all you can eat,
and then a quick trip to the vomitorium.

368
00:21:08,684 --> 00:21:13,230
Dining out used to be something
you earned. Well, like you have. But...

369
00:21:14,564 --> 00:21:17,359
Don't eat that fast!

370
00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:20,487
You're gonna yack it all up
like a baby bird. Spit it out.

371
00:21:21,405 --> 00:21:24,074
Oh, Christ. Look at that. Jesus.

372
00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:27,160
Don't forget, we have free tickets

373
00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:30,998
to the Florida Georgia Line concert
on Friday night.
 374
00:21:31,081 --> 00:21:33,208
We're gonna be sitting right up in front,

375
00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:36,211
right in the handicap section,
right next to the stage.

376
00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:39,673
-Free tickets. Wow, cool. [chuckles]
-Yeah.

377
00:21:39,756 --> 00:21:41,091
So, how was school?

378
00:21:41,383 --> 00:21:44,553
Okay. Payton asked me
to be his vice president.

379
00:21:44,636 --> 00:21:45,804
Who's Payton?

380
00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:49,182
He's a boy who's running for
school president and he asked me to--

381
00:21:49,266 --> 00:21:51,393
Jesus Christ, he's going to get more food.

382
00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:52,311
Yeah.

383
00:21:54,187 --> 00:21:56,106
What? He asked you to be what?

384
00:21:56,189 --> 00:21:58,400
He asked me to be his running mate.

385
00:21:58,483 --> 00:22:00,986
-Yeah?
-I don't really know. I mean, he's rich.

386
 00:22:01,069 --> 00:22:04,656
-He's really cute.
-Well, I hope you said yes.

387
00:22:05,282 --> 00:22:06,450
I said no.

388
00:22:06,533 --> 00:22:07,409
Why?

389
00:22:08,076 --> 00:22:09,328
[softly] I don't know.

390
00:22:09,745 --> 00:22:10,704
[softly] Sad.

391
00:22:10,787 --> 00:22:14,541
I felt like he was using me,
and I don't like to be used.

392
00:22:14,958 --> 00:22:16,376
[Dusty sighs] You know what?

393
00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:20,881
You're gonna finish
your endless bread basket right now.

394
00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:26,386
And tomorrow, you are gonna march up
to that boy and you are going to say,

395
00:22:26,970 --> 00:22:30,557
"Thank you very much.
I accept your offer."

396
00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:35,020
Something like this
could change your life.

397
00:22:35,729 --> 00:22:37,189
Do you understand me?

398
 00:22:37,939 --> 00:22:39,733
You can be vice president.

399
00:22:40,442 --> 00:22:41,568
Aim high.

400
00:22:41,651 --> 00:22:42,486
Yeah.

401
00:22:43,278 --> 00:22:44,446
You can get it all.

402
00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:52,579
-Hi, Infinity.
-[gasps] Hi. Jesus!

403
00:22:52,662 --> 00:22:55,916
So, listen, I just was wondering if
you had thought any more about my offer.

404
00:22:55,999 --> 00:22:58,210
-I've thought about it.
-Mm-hmm.

405
00:22:58,293 --> 00:22:59,461
The answer is no.

406
00:23:00,253 --> 00:23:01,880
-Why?
-I don't need to tell you.

407
00:23:02,422 --> 00:23:03,632
[woman whispers] Payton!

408
00:23:09,888 --> 00:23:11,223
We have a problem.

409
00:23:11,306 --> 00:23:15,352
[River] That's why I'm proud to announce
my running mate,

410
00:23:15,811 --> 00:23:18,730
 your next student body vice president,

411
00:23:19,940 --> 00:23:21,191
Skye Leighton.

412
00:23:21,483 --> 00:23:23,485
[cheers and applause]

413
00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:31,868
Thank you so much, River.

414
00:23:32,786 --> 00:23:35,747
And, uh, thank you for giving students
at Saint Sebastian

415
00:23:35,831 --> 00:23:40,544
the historic opportunity to elect
a gender non-conforming African-American

416
00:23:40,627 --> 00:23:41,878
to be their vice president.

417
00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:45,215
Now, I can't promise
that I'm always gonna agree with you.

418
00:23:45,298 --> 00:23:48,677
I have a reputation
for speaking my mind loudly

419
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,220
when I disagree with someone,

420
00:23:50,303 --> 00:23:55,016
but I can promise you strength,
fortitude, and the passion

421
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,936
to make Saint Sebastian an amazing place.

422
00:23:58,019 --> 00:23:59,271
-[crowd cheering]
 -Thank you.

423
00:23:59,354 --> 00:24:00,564
[microphone feedback]

424
00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:06,403
[cheers and applause continuing]

425
00:24:21,835 --> 00:24:22,669
River!

426
00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:28,717
Why are you doing this to me?
Why did you have to pick Skye Leighton?

427
00:24:29,009 --> 00:24:31,428
Astrid said if I picked her,
I'd have my best shot at winning.

428
00:24:31,511 --> 00:24:32,512
Why are you listening to her?

429
00:24:32,596 --> 00:24:34,264
She doesn’t want what's good for you,
she wants power.

430
00:24:34,347 --> 00:24:36,183
You're the way she's gonna get it.
She's Lady Macbeth!

431
00:24:36,266 --> 00:24:38,643
-You gotta calm down.
-She's jealous of us, can't you see that?

432
00:24:38,727 --> 00:24:40,604
That is why she's trying
to take this away from me!

433
00:24:41,771 --> 00:24:43,106
Why are you hurting me?

434
00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:44,816
 [trembling exhale]

435
00:24:46,610 --> 00:24:48,570
You-- You have so much pain.

436
00:24:55,410 --> 00:24:56,453
You don't need any of this.

437
00:24:56,536 --> 00:24:58,580
You're gonna go to college
and join the Peace Corps.

438
00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:00,040
This isn't gonna help you.

439
00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:02,876
I'm sorry.

440
00:25:04,628 --> 00:25:05,795
I really did love you.

441
00:25:06,922 --> 00:25:08,548
-[gun cocks, fires]
-[Payton] No!

442
00:25:14,763 --> 00:25:16,389
I wanna bag a Shiras moose.

443
00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:17,891
[arrow thuds]

444
00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:21,311
I wanna bag a Siberian buffalo.

445
00:25:21,770 --> 00:25:25,482
All right. I wanna bag...
Margaret Edmund Meyers.

446
00:25:25,565 --> 00:25:27,526
-Maggie Meyers?
-Yes, Maggie Meyers.
 447
00:25:27,609 --> 00:25:28,985
-I already did.
-Really?

448
00:25:29,069 --> 00:25:30,695
-Full bush.
-Dude, nice!

449
00:25:33,823 --> 00:25:36,618
[Payton] Firstly, it's illegal
to hunt Siberian bison.

450
00:25:36,701 --> 00:25:38,578
Secondly,
when you talk about bagging things,

451
00:25:38,662 --> 00:25:41,081
you sound like douchebags,
especially with your mother present.

452
00:25:41,164 --> 00:25:42,999
You should totally
come hunting with us, Payton.

453
00:25:43,083 --> 00:25:45,627
Yeah, that way we could
accidentally shoot you in the back.

454
00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:47,504
-[both laughing]
-That's enough!

455
00:25:52,509 --> 00:25:53,969
Yo, that's good, Mom.

456
00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:56,429
It's for a series I'm doing
to raise awareness and money

457
00:25:56,513 --> 00:25:57,681
for the Syrian war debt.

458
 00:25:57,764 --> 00:26:01,393
This is Orhan. He was killed
in an airstrike earlier in the year.

459
00:26:01,685 --> 00:26:02,519
Bummer.

460
00:26:07,983 --> 00:26:09,484
Are you boys gonna be back for dinner?

461
00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:12,571
No, we have that event in support
of eliminating net neutrality.

462
00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:15,115
How can you be for
eliminating net neutrality?

463
00:26:15,615 --> 00:26:18,368
This family holds 54 million dollars
in telecom stocks.

464
00:26:18,451 --> 00:26:21,371
-He doesn’t care, he's barely in the will.
-Boys!

465
00:26:21,454 --> 00:26:23,206
Why are you always defending him?

466
00:26:23,290 --> 00:26:26,835
Because you're bullies.
And you're borderline psychopaths.

467
00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,714
Of course you're in the will,
same as them.

468
00:26:31,881 --> 00:26:33,008
I saw to that.

469
00:26:36,636 --> 00:26:37,887
Don't tell your father.
 470
00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:43,435
You know, I read this study

471
00:26:44,978 --> 00:26:45,937
from Columbia.

472
00:26:47,063 --> 00:26:48,815
It says that it's impossible for a parent

473
00:26:48,898 --> 00:26:51,526
to love an adopted child
as much as a biological one.

474
00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:56,323
Parents are programmed to be drawn
to the children that look most like them.

475
00:26:56,906 --> 00:26:59,826
I would assume it has something to do
with protecting bloodlines.

476
00:26:59,909 --> 00:27:03,330
Well, I would say that's a flawed study,
because I love you the most.

477
00:27:04,414 --> 00:27:05,373
I always have.

478
00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:10,045
You're just saying that
because they grew up to be such jerkwads.

479
00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:11,338
You're not wrong about that.

480
00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:14,799
You can't teach kindness.

481
00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:17,927
You know? I tried for a long time.

482
 00:27:19,888 --> 00:27:22,182
Can't do much with small hearts.

483
00:27:22,265 --> 00:27:25,226
Hard hearts, maybe, but not small ones.

484
00:27:25,518 --> 00:27:27,646
I love them, don't get me wrong, I just...

485
00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:30,190
The love has edges.

486
00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:34,778
It doesn't go on and on
the way my love for you does.

487
00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:38,281
And you felt that way about me right away?

488
00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:41,284
Like you were a part of me.

489
00:27:42,619 --> 00:27:46,289
It wasn't a meeting, it was a reunion.

490
00:27:46,956 --> 00:27:52,379
This funny, dark, Jewish hair.
These big Disney eyes. And...

491
00:27:54,255 --> 00:27:55,674
You were alone in the world.

492
00:27:57,342 --> 00:27:59,844
And I suppose I felt that way
about myself.

493
00:28:03,807 --> 00:28:06,518
Don't ever listen to your brothers
about who they say you are

494
00:28:06,601 --> 00:28:08,770
or what you might do in this world.
 495
00:28:09,813 --> 00:28:10,689
[gasps]

496
00:28:11,272 --> 00:28:14,109
[singsong] There's my surprise!

497
00:28:18,405 --> 00:28:20,448
[in Mandarin]

498
00:28:25,453 --> 00:28:27,956
[Georgina]

499
00:28:31,167 --> 00:28:32,961
[in English] Can I use your restroom?

500
00:28:33,044 --> 00:28:35,630
Well, yes, of course.
Just follow the path up to the main house.

501
00:28:36,047 --> 00:28:37,048
There's staff.

502
00:28:46,516 --> 00:28:49,310
-You could've at least said hello.
-What is he doing here?

503
00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,020
He's your new Mandarin tutor.

504
00:28:53,106 --> 00:28:55,859
That's River Barkley,
he's incredibly popular at school.

505
00:28:55,942 --> 00:28:56,860
So are you.

506
00:28:57,152 --> 00:29:00,321
Not his kind of popular. And he's dating
my arch-nemesis, Astrid Sloan.

507
 00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:02,657
She called me a fag in second grade.
I'm not even gay.

508
00:29:02,741 --> 00:29:03,575
Oh.

509
00:29:04,659 --> 00:29:06,619
Well, he comes very highly recommended.

510
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,205
I suggest you make him like you

511
00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:12,208
-and have Astrid Sloan be very jealous.
-[sighs]

512
00:29:15,211 --> 00:29:16,129
Fine.

513
00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:21,176
[door opens]

514
00:29:21,718 --> 00:29:25,764
Every single one of these books
is an autobiography.

515
00:29:25,847 --> 00:29:26,681
[door shuts]

516
00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:30,435
Lincoln, Ross Perot, US Grant.

517
00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:33,688
I like to read
about how others achieved their greatness

518
00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:35,774
so that I can mimic what worked.

519
00:29:36,941 --> 00:29:38,693
You know, fake it till you make it.
 520
00:29:42,947 --> 00:29:43,782
What?

521
00:29:44,365 --> 00:29:45,700
I fake it a lot too.

522
00:29:50,121 --> 00:29:52,415
People think I'm... all calm.

523
00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:57,253
I don't know if I really am.

524
00:30:01,549 --> 00:30:02,884
It's sometimes like I'm...

525
00:30:04,511 --> 00:30:06,679
feeling the whole world at once, you know?

526
00:30:10,058 --> 00:30:11,518
Uh, where did you learn Mandarin?

527
00:30:11,601 --> 00:30:14,729
My dad works for Goldman,
so we lived in Shanghai until I was ten.

528
00:30:16,606 --> 00:30:17,982
[in Mandarin]

529
00:30:18,066 --> 00:30:20,985
-[in English] "Bathroom"?
-[chuckles] Do you want to start?

530
00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:22,237
-Oh, yeah, sure.
-Yeah.

531
00:30:28,117 --> 00:30:29,244
[Payton clears throat]

532
00:30:30,745 --> 00:30:32,205
 [in Mandarin]

533
00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:56,479
-[repeats pronunciation]
-[mimics softly]

534
00:30:58,606 --> 00:31:00,358
[in English] Why are you so tense?

535
00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:03,611
How do you know I'm tense?

536
00:31:05,029 --> 00:31:06,030
I just do.

537
00:31:07,448 --> 00:31:09,075
You don't seem very happy.

538
00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:14,122
Are you happy?

539
00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:19,711
I try to be.

540
00:31:21,671 --> 00:31:22,881
I try to be too.

541
00:31:26,050 --> 00:31:27,510
[voice quavers] I really try.

542
00:31:33,182 --> 00:31:35,643
It's so hard to have to try so hard
all the time.

543
00:31:45,361 --> 00:31:46,237
Um...

544
00:31:47,196 --> 00:31:49,407
Okay, that was weird.

545
00:31:49,490 --> 00:31:51,659
 Um, how did you get me
to be vulnerable like that?

546
00:31:52,452 --> 00:31:54,329
I'm never like that. [sniffles]

547
00:31:56,164 --> 00:31:57,206
I know.

548
00:31:57,832 --> 00:32:00,001
It's just kinda a thing I do with people.

549
00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:09,260
Maybe it was just what you needed.

550
00:32:13,723 --> 00:32:14,682
What do you need?

551
00:32:17,977 --> 00:32:19,520
[speaking Mandarin]

552
00:32:21,981 --> 00:32:23,816
[in English] I don't know what that means.

553
00:32:24,442 --> 00:32:25,526
Can I kiss you?

554
00:32:51,594 --> 00:32:52,679
See you next time?

555
00:32:54,055 --> 00:32:57,016
[door opens, shuts]

556
00:32:58,059 --> 00:33:01,062
[bell ringing]

557
00:33:01,646 --> 00:33:03,356
[Payton] Excuse me. Languages?

558
00:33:03,439 --> 00:33:05,525
-[woman] Third stack.
 -[Payton] Thank you.

559
00:33:31,426 --> 00:33:32,385
[gasps]

560
00:33:34,637 --> 00:33:35,847
I'm gonna dive right in.

561
00:33:36,889 --> 00:33:38,725
I know what's going on
between you and River.

562
00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:40,393
He told me what happened.

563
00:33:40,476 --> 00:33:43,062
I was mad at first,
but then I admired his honesty.

564
00:33:43,146 --> 00:33:45,565
River and I have complete transparency.

565
00:33:45,982 --> 00:33:48,901
I've always known he was fluid.
I am too, sorta.

566
00:33:50,528 --> 00:33:54,699
And if you're the way he deals
with that part of himself, that's fine.

567
00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:56,576
But I want in too.

568
00:33:57,076 --> 00:33:58,828
Come over to my house after school.

569
00:33:59,954 --> 00:34:01,330
Let’s all get it on.

570
00:34:02,749 --> 00:34:03,666
Okay.
 571
00:34:17,346 --> 00:34:19,932
[sirens wailing]

572
00:34:21,434 --> 00:34:23,644
I don't know where the gun came from.
Um...

573
00:34:24,353 --> 00:34:26,022
He just turned away for a moment

574
00:34:26,105 --> 00:34:28,858
and then he had it in his hand
and then he shot himself.

575
00:34:29,358 --> 00:34:31,027
[officer] Son, look at me.

576
00:34:31,152 --> 00:34:33,112
I never heard a sound like that before.

577
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:36,824
I need you to focus
and tell me everything you remember.

578
00:34:38,493 --> 00:34:39,494
What happened?

579
00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:44,082
He killed himself.

580
00:34:51,547 --> 00:34:53,466
He did this because of you.

581
00:34:56,302 --> 00:34:58,096
-[officer] Miss?
-I have to see him.

582
00:34:58,179 --> 00:35:01,182
-Sorry, you can’t--
-I have to see him! I’m his girlfriend.

583
 00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:02,183
[Astrid sobs]

584
00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:03,851
I'm his girlfriend!

585
00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:05,520
[sounds echoing]

586
00:35:08,189 --> 00:35:10,108
[indistinct police radio chatter]

587
00:36:08,082 --> 00:36:09,208
[knocking at door]

588
00:36:22,930 --> 00:36:24,056
I should be crying.

589
00:36:25,474 --> 00:36:26,475
Why aren't I crying?

590
00:36:27,476 --> 00:36:28,311
It's not you.

591
00:36:29,478 --> 00:36:31,522
They told me when you were born
you didn't even cry.

592
00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:34,442
You just came out and looked at everyone
with a furrowed brow.

593
00:36:35,401 --> 00:36:36,319
I’m worried...

594
00:36:37,445 --> 00:36:38,321
that I...

595
00:36:39,739 --> 00:36:41,866
that I don't have the same feelings
everyone else does.
 596
00:36:42,408 --> 00:36:46,579
I think a lot of young people
feel that way, especially nowadays.

597
00:36:46,662 --> 00:36:48,873
Your generation got the terrible idea

598
00:36:48,956 --> 00:36:53,002
that it was best to vomit every thought
and feeling all over each other.

599
00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:57,673
It's a pandemic of overcommunication
that's led to an absence of intimacy.

600
00:36:59,550 --> 00:37:00,927
It's more than that for me.

601
00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:03,804
What if I'm just wired differently?

602
00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:08,351
I mean,
what if I can't feel for anyone else?

603
00:37:08,976 --> 00:37:10,895
They say that sociopaths can't do that.

604
00:37:10,978 --> 00:37:15,399
What if all I'll ever able to do
is pretend to feel?

605
00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:18,194
Does it matter
if you can’t tell the difference?

606
00:37:31,499 --> 00:37:32,917
I'm sorry about River.

607
00:37:34,794 --> 00:37:36,045
He was a wonderful boy.
 608
00:37:38,839 --> 00:37:40,841
[soft guitar song plays]

609
00:37:43,469 --> 00:37:45,846
[woman] This is gonna sound awful,
but I'm just gonna say it.

610
00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:48,266
Now that River's dead,
you're running unopposed.

611
00:37:49,183 --> 00:37:51,060
-Seriously?
-I can't believe you just said that.

612
00:37:51,143 --> 00:37:52,603
Sorry, but it's my job.

613
00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:59,944
-[Payton sighs]
-You know you don't have to do this.

614
00:38:01,612 --> 00:38:02,613
I want to.

615
00:38:03,656 --> 00:38:07,159
[woman] And while they ask that you
respect their privacy at this time,

616
00:38:07,410 --> 00:38:10,204
River's family wishes
to express their gratitude

617
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:14,292
for the outpouring of support
they have received in the last few days.

618
00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:16,460
It's trying times like these

619
00:38:16,544 --> 00:38:19,880
where we, as a community,
 look to our student leaders

620
00:38:20,464 --> 00:38:22,883
for a way to move forward
and begin to heal.

621
00:38:24,010 --> 00:38:24,885
Payton?

622
00:38:34,770 --> 00:38:37,231
I didn't really get to know River
until last year.

623
00:38:38,190 --> 00:38:40,026
He was my tutor.

624
00:38:41,068 --> 00:38:42,403
Then he became my friend.

625
00:38:43,863 --> 00:38:45,031
And then, my opponent.

626
00:38:46,407 --> 00:38:48,200
We found ourselves
running against one another,

627
00:38:48,284 --> 00:38:50,578
but River never made it feel
like a competition.

628
00:38:50,661 --> 00:38:53,706
He would always say,
"Don’t worry about it, Payton.

629
00:38:53,789 --> 00:38:55,124
Let the best man win."

630
00:38:59,086 --> 00:39:00,504
Now, the best man can't win.

631
00:39:03,924 --> 00:39:05,843
Uh, River was very active
 in the drama department,

632
00:39:05,926 --> 00:39:09,889
so I've asked one of his many friends
to help me sing a song in his honor.

633
00:39:10,598 --> 00:39:12,600
[playing "River"]

634
00:39:29,492 --> 00:39:33,829
♪ It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees ♪

635
00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:38,417
♪ Putting up reindeer
Singing songs of joy and peace ♪

636
00:39:38,501 --> 00:39:41,128
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

637
00:39:42,088 --> 00:39:46,842
♪ I could skate away on ♪

638
00:39:48,511 --> 00:39:50,137
♪ But it don't snow here ♪

639
00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:52,681
♪ It stays pretty green ♪

640
00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:57,478
♪ Gonna make a lot of money
Then I’m gonna quit this crazy scene ♪

641
00:39:57,561 --> 00:40:01,023
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

642
00:40:01,107 --> 00:40:06,070
♪ I could skate away on ♪

643
00:40:06,654 --> 00:40:11,033
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river so long ♪
 644
00:40:11,784 --> 00:40:18,749
♪ I would teach my feet to fly ♪

645
00:40:21,293 --> 00:40:24,839
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

646
00:40:25,214 --> 00:40:30,302
♪ I could skate away on ♪

647
00:40:30,594 --> 00:40:37,560
♪ I made my baby cry ♪

648
00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:52,366
♪ He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease ♪

649
00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:56,704
♪ And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees ♪

650
00:40:56,787 --> 00:41:00,082
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

651
00:41:00,416 --> 00:41:05,171
♪ I could skate away on ♪

652
00:41:05,796 --> 00:41:10,968
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river so long ♪

653
00:41:11,051 --> 00:41:18,017
♪ I would teach my feet to fly ♪

654
00:41:25,816 --> 00:41:28,068
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

655
00:41:29,528 --> 00:41:34,033
♪ I could skate away on ♪

656
00:41:34,617 --> 00:41:41,582
♪ I made my baby say goodbye ♪
 657
00:41:51,967 --> 00:41:56,472
♪ It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees ♪

658
00:41:56,931 --> 00:42:01,268
♪ They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace ♪

659
00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:03,771
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

660
00:42:04,772 --> 00:42:10,819
♪ I could skate away on ♪

661
00:42:15,699 --> 00:42:17,034
[song ends on piano]

662
00:42:21,288 --> 00:42:24,458
[Payton] River's girlfriend, Astrid,
has asked to say a few words.

663
00:42:36,637 --> 00:42:40,266
Thank you, Payton, that was beautiful.
I’m sure River would've appreciated it.

664
00:42:43,269 --> 00:42:46,230
You were right
when you said the best man can't win.

665
00:42:47,898 --> 00:42:50,568
There was only one person in this race
up for the job.

666
00:42:52,027 --> 00:42:53,153
And now he's gone.

667
00:42:56,115 --> 00:42:58,867
That is why I've decided to run
in River's place.

668
00:43:01,453 --> 00:43:04,206
-My running mate will be Skye Leighton.
 -[applause]

669
00:43:04,290 --> 00:43:05,958
[people cheering]

670
00:43:12,381 --> 00:43:16,176
We will try to be the first all-female
ticket in this school's history.

671
00:43:16,927 --> 00:43:19,221
If you believed in what River stood for,

672
00:43:20,806 --> 00:43:23,183
good, because so did I.

673
00:43:23,726 --> 00:43:25,436
And if you give me your vote,

674
00:43:26,895 --> 00:43:31,108
then together,
we can keep River's memory alive.

675
00:43:36,447 --> 00:43:37,323
Thank you.

676
00:43:38,198 --> 00:43:39,825
[applause]

677
00:43:48,584 --> 00:43:49,918
[birds twittering]

678
00:44:07,519 --> 00:44:08,729
You wanted to see me?

679
00:44:12,566 --> 00:44:13,692
This came for you.

680
00:44:19,156 --> 00:44:20,449
[exhaling]

681
00:44:30,084 --> 00:44:31,168
 Open it.

682
00:44:33,545 --> 00:44:34,463
[sighs]

683
00:44:44,139 --> 00:44:44,973
[clears throat]

684
00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:55,192
Waitlisted.

685
00:44:58,529 --> 00:44:59,571
[sighs] Sweetheart.

686
00:44:59,655 --> 00:45:01,865
A lifetime of focus and planning,

687
00:45:01,949 --> 00:45:04,368
carefully studying applications
obtained on the black market

688
00:45:04,451 --> 00:45:07,287
to pinpoint the exact combination
of extracurriculars and test scores

689
00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:09,123
that would optimize my chances
at acceptance.

690
00:45:09,206 --> 00:45:12,418
Three years on that stupid
literary magazine. Model UN.

691
00:45:12,501 --> 00:45:14,670
And service-oriented summer camp
in Costa Rica.

692
00:45:14,753 --> 00:45:15,879
Flippin' Mandarin!

693
00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:19,800
-They haven't said no.
-This is worse. This is worse than no.

694
00:45:19,883 --> 00:45:22,511
This is-- This is, "Let's wait and see
if we find anybody better."

695
00:45:22,594 --> 00:45:24,763
This is, "Even if we take you,
you're our second choice."

696
00:45:24,847 --> 00:45:26,724
Why didn't-- Why didn't they want me?

697
00:45:28,475 --> 00:45:29,810
They took those morons.

698
00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:31,979
Well, your father
and I bought their way in.

699
00:45:32,271 --> 00:45:35,607
You were very clear.
You said you wanted to do this properly.

700
00:45:35,691 --> 00:45:38,819
No, I can't get in that way.
People know it. It stays with you.

701
00:45:38,902 --> 00:45:41,905
It's-- It's handing your opponent
a negative ad on a platter.

702
00:45:41,989 --> 00:45:43,532
[panting]

703
00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:45,159
Come here.

704
00:46:02,050 --> 00:46:02,885
Don't litter.

705
00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:06,805
 Okay.

706
00:46:07,765 --> 00:46:10,100
Waitlisted is not "no"
and you're going to get in.

707
00:46:10,184 --> 00:46:12,644
You're the most exceptional human being
I've ever met.

708
00:46:12,728 --> 00:46:16,273
Hold on. You must've
gotten your letter today too.

709
00:46:20,736 --> 00:46:23,822
I'm sure that they have an algorithm
that demands they take so many women

710
00:46:23,906 --> 00:46:26,325
and so many applicants
from this group or that.

711
00:46:27,534 --> 00:46:28,410
Yes, I got in.

712
00:46:29,703 --> 00:46:32,748
Alice, please, don't diminish
your accomplishments to soothe my ego.

713
00:46:32,915 --> 00:46:34,374
You're gonna be valedictorian.

714
00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:36,668
You have a gold medal in fencing
from the Junior Olympics.

715
00:46:36,752 --> 00:46:38,086
You speak six languages.

716
00:46:38,170 --> 00:46:40,547
No one deserves to go to Harvard
more than you.
 717
00:46:40,923 --> 00:46:43,509
-And I am so happy for you.
-[giggles]

718
00:46:46,929 --> 00:46:48,806
[Alice] Well, okay. [chuckles]

719
00:46:49,223 --> 00:46:51,934
Tonight is about getting you back
on your feet 100%,

720
00:46:52,017 --> 00:46:55,103
so you can win this election
and make this world a better place.

721
00:46:55,896 --> 00:46:58,273
Thomas, please go set up your table
in the massage room.

722
00:46:58,357 --> 00:47:00,442
You'll give Payton a treatment
as soon as we're done.

723
00:47:00,526 --> 00:47:02,569
Reiki, cups, and acupuncture.

724
00:47:04,696 --> 00:47:06,698
-You're too good to be true.
-[chuckles]

725
00:47:20,003 --> 00:47:21,547
I have a plan to help you win.

726
00:47:22,005 --> 00:47:23,924
But first,
I need to ask you some questions,

727
00:47:24,007 --> 00:47:26,093
and I need you to answer me honestly,
no judgment.

728
00:47:26,176 --> 00:47:27,135
 I swear.

729
00:47:27,427 --> 00:47:28,637
Did you kill River?

730
00:47:29,096 --> 00:47:33,225
I won't judge you or turn you in.
I just want to know.

731
00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:36,436
While you didn't anticipate Astrid
jumping into the campaign,

732
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:37,855
you might have correctly thought

733
00:47:37,938 --> 00:47:40,065
that River dying
would be your clearest path to victory.

734
00:47:40,649 --> 00:47:41,650
I didn't kill him.

735
00:47:42,943 --> 00:47:43,902
We need to break up.

736
00:47:43,986 --> 00:47:46,029
-You said you wouldn't judge me!
-Not really break up.

737
00:47:46,113 --> 00:47:48,824
We need to pretend to break up
in order for you to win the election.

738
00:47:48,907 --> 00:47:51,326
Right now, you and Astrid
are splitting the sympathy vote.

739
00:47:51,410 --> 00:47:54,204
I'm going to confess
that I cheated on you.

740
 00:47:55,414 --> 00:47:56,665
It'll be a scandal.

741
00:47:56,748 --> 00:47:59,334
You will dump me
and everyone will feel sorry for you.

742
00:47:59,418 --> 00:48:00,878
I've cleared with McAfee and James.

743
00:48:00,961 --> 00:48:02,629
They think it could gain you
six to nine points,

744
00:48:02,713 --> 00:48:05,173
depending on how magnanimous
you are about the whole thing.

745
00:48:05,257 --> 00:48:06,967
But everyone will hate you.

746
00:48:07,050 --> 00:48:08,051
I love you.

747
00:48:09,678 --> 00:48:13,432
This... is what love looks like, Payton.

748
00:48:14,016 --> 00:48:16,018
This is what sacrifice looks like.

749
00:48:16,101 --> 00:48:19,438
This is what it takes to change the world.

750
00:48:20,105 --> 00:48:22,316
I am your first lady today...

751
00:48:23,942 --> 00:48:25,027
and always.

752
00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:28,822
-But there are rules.
-Rules?
 753
00:48:28,906 --> 00:48:29,948
We will break up

754
00:48:30,449 --> 00:48:34,077
long enough for you to win and for no one
to suspect duplicity on our parts.

755
00:48:34,161 --> 00:48:36,788
You will post photos of Big Sur,

756
00:48:36,872 --> 00:48:39,833
the truffle french fries at Hoagies Diner
on Route 14,

757
00:48:39,917 --> 00:48:45,464
and cute dogs on your Instagram
at least once a day with captions like,

758
00:48:46,548 --> 00:48:51,178
"Wish I was here," and "Yummy,"
and "heart emoji."

759
00:48:51,929 --> 00:48:54,890
When you do so,
I will know you were thinking of me.

760
00:48:55,474 --> 00:48:57,059
A secret code. I love it.

761
00:48:57,142 --> 00:49:01,063
And, most importantly,

762
00:49:02,648 --> 00:49:06,026
when you pass me in the hall,
you will not pay me any mind.

763
00:49:06,610 --> 00:49:11,114
But as soon as we're past each other,
you will turn and look back.

764
00:49:11,490 --> 00:49:14,618
 I need you to do this for me
or I won't be able to survive.

765
00:49:14,993 --> 00:49:16,536
Do you agree to these terms?

766
00:49:16,995 --> 00:49:19,373
You are the best thing
that will ever happen to me.

767
00:49:20,499 --> 00:49:21,333
Yes.

768
00:49:22,584 --> 00:49:23,418
I agree.

769
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,338
Let's move on to fish course.

770
00:49:27,798 --> 00:49:30,342
I don't want to say
"I'm overwhelmed with shame."

771
00:49:30,425 --> 00:49:32,469
-That's too calculating, it sounds fake.
-It is fake.

772
00:49:32,552 --> 00:49:33,387
No.

773
00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:38,600
[typing] "I broke up with Payton tonight.

774
00:49:38,684 --> 00:49:42,396
I guess you could say I cheated on him,
though it's more complicated than that.

775
00:49:42,604 --> 00:49:44,606
I will not name the other party involved
at this time

776
00:49:44,690 --> 00:49:46,733
out of respect to their family. Period."

777
00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:49,027
That's good. Mysterious.
Really makes you lean in.

778
00:49:49,736 --> 00:49:50,612
Post it.

779
00:49:51,530 --> 00:49:52,572
[exhales]

780
00:50:00,706 --> 00:50:02,040
-[social media alerts]
-This is good.

781
00:50:02,124 --> 00:50:04,835
Jesus, people are freakin' animals.
These comments are brutal.

782
00:50:04,918 --> 00:50:08,171
-[James] This is really good.
-[social media alerts continue]

783
00:50:11,967 --> 00:50:13,010
[phone vibrating]

784
00:50:16,555 --> 00:50:18,306
-Hi.
-Hi.

785
00:50:19,808 --> 00:50:21,184
I didn't like doing that.

786
00:50:21,393 --> 00:50:22,227
I know.

787
00:50:23,103 --> 00:50:24,479
It's the right thing to do.

788
00:50:29,651 --> 00:50:32,362
Hey, Payton.
 We're ready when you are, buddy.

789
00:50:32,446 --> 00:50:33,280
Okay.

790
00:50:40,537 --> 00:50:43,457
[Tame Impala's "Yes I'm Changing" plays]

791
00:50:49,296 --> 00:50:51,298
[alerts continue]

792
00:50:54,509 --> 00:50:57,137
♪ I was raging ♪

793
00:50:57,220 --> 00:50:59,473
♪ It was late ♪

794
00:50:59,931 --> 00:51:03,435
♪ In the world my demons cultivate ♪

795
00:51:03,518 --> 00:51:06,605
-♪ I felt the strangest emotion ♪
-[silent mouthing]

796
00:51:06,688 --> 00:51:11,693
♪ But it wasn't hate, for once ♪

797
00:51:15,864 --> 00:51:18,450
♪ Yes, I'm changing ♪

798
00:51:18,533 --> 00:51:20,827
♪ Yes, I'm gone... ♪

799
00:51:20,911 --> 00:51:21,745
[man] Payton.

800
00:51:22,746 --> 00:51:23,663
Hey, kiddo.

801
00:51:25,082 --> 00:51:28,919
Look, I know you've been struggling
with Mandarin and River was tutoring you.

802
00:51:29,836 --> 00:51:32,297
[sighs]
You must be going through a lot right now.

803
00:51:32,380 --> 00:51:33,256
Yeah, I am.

804
00:51:34,174 --> 00:51:36,676
Just show up for the exams,
and I'll give you an A.

805
00:51:37,594 --> 00:51:38,428
Okay?

806
00:51:38,637 --> 00:51:39,471
Thank you.

807
00:51:39,846 --> 00:51:40,680
Okay.

808
00:51:42,974 --> 00:51:44,226
Hey, man, I'm really sorry.

809
00:51:44,309 --> 00:51:46,686
[whispers] Numbers look great.
Genius. Wish I'd thought of it.

810
00:51:46,770 --> 00:51:48,647
Go to the cafeteria and press some flesh.

811
00:51:48,730 --> 00:51:51,566
♪ And I was searching endlessly ♪

812
00:51:51,900 --> 00:51:53,568
♪ But, baby ♪

813
00:51:53,652 --> 00:52:00,283
♪ Now there's nothing left
That I can do ♪
 814
00:52:01,535 --> 00:52:06,540
♪ So don't be blue ♪

815
00:52:07,207 --> 00:52:13,171
♪ There is another future waiting there ♪

816
00:52:13,255 --> 00:52:16,633
♪ For you ♪

817
00:52:18,635 --> 00:52:23,932
♪ It's calling out for you ♪

818
00:52:24,015 --> 00:52:28,979
♪ Arise and walk, come through ♪

819
00:52:29,229 --> 00:52:34,568
♪ Someone beyond that door ♪

820
00:52:34,651 --> 00:52:39,489
♪ Is calling out for you ♪

821
00:52:57,507 --> 00:52:59,551
Well, I can imagine.

822
00:52:59,634 --> 00:53:02,053
Well, well, well. Oh.

823
00:53:02,429 --> 00:53:04,556
Look who's home. [chuckles]

824
00:53:05,098 --> 00:53:07,267
Ms. Fancypants, shut the door.

825
00:53:07,350 --> 00:53:08,185
Yes, ma'am.

826
00:53:09,311 --> 00:53:11,229
-Sit down.
-Yes, ma'am.

827
 00:53:17,611 --> 00:53:21,573
[sighs]
This lovely young man was telling me

828
00:53:21,656 --> 00:53:27,287
that you turned him down again
as a running mate in the school election.

829
00:53:27,662 --> 00:53:32,375
That is twice now that you have defied me
and I would like an explanation.

830
00:53:33,543 --> 00:53:35,295
I just don't want all that attention.

831
00:53:35,378 --> 00:53:37,714
Oh, don't you lie to me.

832
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:43,970
You were the one who begged me
to call the Channel 13 news team

833
00:53:44,054 --> 00:53:48,016
so you could get a free trip to Legoland.

834
00:53:48,099 --> 00:53:50,185
And the second those cameras turned on,

835
00:53:50,268 --> 00:53:53,480
well, you just about peed your pants,
you were so excited.

836
00:53:53,563 --> 00:53:56,191
You know, actually, Ms. Jackson,
uh, Infinity, I have--

837
00:53:56,274 --> 00:53:58,652
I've seen all the local news stories
on you and they are...

838
00:53:59,611 --> 00:54:00,779
Oh, God, they're so inspiring.
 839
00:54:00,862 --> 00:54:04,407
But I really think that this could be
something even bigger.

840
00:54:05,075 --> 00:54:07,244
I think this could be
a national news story.

841
00:54:07,327 --> 00:54:11,456
Infinity, you could become the voice
of a generation of handicapable children.

842
00:54:11,998 --> 00:54:14,793
You know, at the risk of sounding vulgar,
it's worth remembering

843
00:54:14,876 --> 00:54:18,213
that you could parlay something like that
into serious, regular income

844
00:54:18,296 --> 00:54:19,923
just off of Instagram alone.

845
00:54:20,173 --> 00:54:21,132
Wait a minute.

846
00:54:23,343 --> 00:54:26,888
-We could make some money on this?
-Absolutely. Oh, absolutely.

847
00:54:27,347 --> 00:54:28,723
[chortling] Oh!

848
00:54:28,807 --> 00:54:30,058
Well, hot damn!

849
00:54:30,141 --> 00:54:31,810
[Payton] If it would be at all helpful,

850
00:54:31,893 --> 00:54:35,105
I'd be happy to provide you with a cash
loan that could be used for anything.
 851
00:54:35,438 --> 00:54:37,607
Paying off medical bills,
buying a new car.

852
00:54:37,691 --> 00:54:40,151
Wait a minute. A new car?

853
00:54:40,235 --> 00:54:42,946
-[stammers] Anything.
-[laughs] I like the sound of that.

854
00:54:43,029 --> 00:54:45,573
You know, I must say,
I like the sound of your voice.

855
00:54:46,449 --> 00:54:47,742
Really? Yeah?

856
00:54:47,826 --> 00:54:50,495
Yeah, I really--
It's got a real melodic tone to it.

857
00:54:50,578 --> 00:54:52,330
Is that-- Are you from the South?

858
00:54:52,497 --> 00:54:56,001
Well, I am a country girl.

859
00:54:56,084 --> 00:54:57,544
I knew it. I knew it.

860
00:54:57,627 --> 00:55:01,131
-West-goddamn-Virginia. [chuckles]
-Of course.

861
00:55:01,506 --> 00:55:06,261
Yeah, I drove all the way to California
from Martinsville.

862
00:55:07,178 --> 00:55:08,680
You ever heard of Martinsville?
 863
00:55:08,763 --> 00:55:10,682
-I don't think I have.
-[chuckles]

864
00:55:10,765 --> 00:55:13,643
-Stop it. Stop it. Just stop it!
-What?!

865
00:55:15,353 --> 00:55:17,022
[whispers] I know what he's doing.

866
00:55:18,773 --> 00:55:20,358
I know what you're doing.

867
00:55:20,984 --> 00:55:23,194
Payton, you're trying to seduce us.

868
00:55:24,654 --> 00:55:28,116
You're using your money and your interest

869
00:55:28,199 --> 00:55:30,535
and you're throwing it around
like it's nothing.

870
00:55:30,910 --> 00:55:34,622
Hey, you are being a rude little toad.

871
00:55:34,706 --> 00:55:40,962
He's a fake, Nana. He's a fake.
I don't trust anything that he says.

872
00:55:42,630 --> 00:55:43,923
I'm so sorry.

873
00:55:44,007 --> 00:55:45,925
-I really do apologize, dear.
-No, no, no.

874
00:55:46,009 --> 00:55:48,345
-I am so sorry.
-Uh, no, no, she's right.
 875
00:55:51,306 --> 00:55:52,182
She's right.

876
00:55:53,975 --> 00:55:57,604
River died and...
my girlfriend broke up with me

877
00:55:57,687 --> 00:56:01,316
and I don't think
that I've processed any of it.

878
00:56:02,192 --> 00:56:04,652
Um, I just keep acting
like everything is normal.

879
00:56:04,944 --> 00:56:06,905
I just keep going through the motions,

880
00:56:07,655 --> 00:56:10,325
like nothing happened,
but it did, I know that it did.

881
00:56:12,869 --> 00:56:15,747
I know it did, and I still, I can't...

882
00:56:18,166 --> 00:56:19,626
I can't feel anything.

883
00:56:21,544 --> 00:56:23,296
You're right, Infinity. You're right.

884
00:56:24,130 --> 00:56:25,131
I'm a fake.

885
00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:29,719
You shouldn't believe anything I say,

886
00:56:29,803 --> 00:56:32,389
because I don't know
that I believe it either.
 887
00:56:32,806 --> 00:56:34,724
I think that's why I want you
for a running mate.

888
00:56:34,808 --> 00:56:37,185
You're authentic and you're real,

889
00:56:37,268 --> 00:56:39,979
and I can't even face the truth because...

890
00:56:42,982 --> 00:56:44,734
because the truth is... [sobs]

891
00:56:45,944 --> 00:56:48,363
...the truth is that I loved him.

892
00:56:50,448 --> 00:56:52,826
Oh, my God. I loved him so much.
[gasping]

893
00:56:53,243 --> 00:56:54,452
And now he's gone.

894
00:56:55,829 --> 00:56:58,998
-[Payton sobbing]
-Oh...

895
00:57:01,292 --> 00:57:03,086
I'm so sorry, Payton.

896
00:57:03,753 --> 00:57:05,004
I believe you now.

897
00:57:05,088 --> 00:57:07,674
[whispers] Hey, I believe you.

898
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:09,634
Okay?

899
00:57:09,717 --> 00:57:11,719
[gasping sobs continue]
 900
00:57:22,147 --> 00:57:24,274
[Infinity whispers] I'm sorry. Hey...

901
00:57:45,336 --> 00:57:46,754
[line ringing]

902
00:57:48,715 --> 00:57:49,674
We got her.

903
00:57:50,175 --> 00:57:53,845
Because that's what life's all about.
It's not about avoiding adversity,

904
00:57:53,928 --> 00:57:57,515
it's how we handle the hard times
when they come barging into our lives,

905
00:57:57,599 --> 00:57:59,684
destroying everything we hold dear.

906
00:58:00,518 --> 00:58:02,979
And that's why I've got someone
very special with me today.

907
00:58:03,646 --> 00:58:05,773
Now, this is a girl
that we've all met, but...

908
00:58:05,857 --> 00:58:08,276
she's someone that I don't think
a lot of us really know.

909
00:58:08,610 --> 00:58:11,237
And I think that the reason
that I find her so inspiring

910
00:58:11,321 --> 00:58:13,615
is because... I look at my life,

911
00:58:14,908 --> 00:58:18,369
and what's happened in the past few weeks,
 even the past few hours,

912
00:58:18,453 --> 00:58:19,746
does not even compare

913
00:58:20,079 --> 00:58:23,958
to the struggles that this young woman
has to face every moment of every day.

914
00:58:24,042 --> 00:58:26,002
And yet, she looks at the future...

915
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:29,506
with hope and optimism

916
00:58:30,215 --> 00:58:31,508
and a sense of humor.

917
00:58:31,591 --> 00:58:33,092
Infinity, you inspire me.

918
00:58:34,802 --> 00:58:37,680
That is why I'm proud to introduce you
as my running mate today.

919
00:58:38,348 --> 00:58:41,267
Ladies and gentleman, the next
vice president of Saint Sebastian,

920
00:58:41,351 --> 00:58:42,852
Infinity Jackson!

921
00:58:42,936 --> 00:58:44,938
[cheers and applause]

922
00:58:50,068 --> 00:58:50,902
Thank you.

923
00:58:50,985 --> 00:58:52,654
Oh, my God, that was so nice.

924
 00:58:54,656 --> 00:58:57,116
How about this one, huh?
Let's hear it.

925
00:58:59,369 --> 00:59:01,663
Thank you, my gosh, thank you. Uh...

926
00:59:03,540 --> 00:59:04,791
I guess Payton's right.

927
00:59:05,792 --> 00:59:11,506
My life hasn't always been easy,
but my Nana-- my Nana always says,

928
00:59:11,589 --> 00:59:13,967
“Infinity Maybelline Jackson..."

929
00:59:14,300 --> 00:59:16,761
Congrats on the musical, by the way.
Nice to see you.

930
00:59:16,844 --> 00:59:18,721
Hey, looking good, guys.
Thanks for being here.

931
00:59:18,805 --> 00:59:21,057
"...a lot worse than you."
And she's right.

932
00:59:21,140 --> 00:59:24,227
-She already has an 80% approval rating.
-And a fan account on Instagram.

933
00:59:24,310 --> 00:59:26,104
[Infinity] I'm one of the lucky ones.

934
00:59:26,187 --> 00:59:27,480
Sit back and enjoy the show.

935
00:59:27,564 --> 00:59:29,065
[Infinity chuckles on stage]

936
 00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:32,610
-But I'm counting my blessings today.
-[exhales]

937
00:59:33,319 --> 00:59:34,737
We're all lucky, aren't we?

938
00:59:35,321 --> 00:59:36,864
-Hey, Andrew.
-Eric.

939
00:59:36,948 --> 00:59:38,116
Right, Eric, sorry.

940
00:59:38,199 --> 00:59:40,285
You douchebag, my name is Andrew.

941
00:59:40,368 --> 00:59:44,289
I'm here, I'm alive,
I'm with all of you beautiful people.

942
00:59:44,372 --> 00:59:45,415
I was coming to find you.

943
00:59:45,498 --> 00:59:47,625
I’m really sorry.
I want you to know this was a really--

944
00:59:47,709 --> 00:59:49,877
She's scamming everyone,
you know that, right?

945
00:59:50,128 --> 00:59:52,088
-What? Who?
-Infinity.

946
00:59:52,964 --> 00:59:55,633
It's all a big scam. She's not sick.

947
00:59:55,717 --> 00:59:56,843
Thank you, Payton.

948
 00:59:57,885 --> 00:59:59,887
Thank you, Saint Sebastian.

949
01:00:00,305 --> 01:00:01,431
She's faking it.

950
01:00:01,764 --> 01:00:02,807
[Infinity] I...

951
01:00:03,099 --> 01:00:05,977
[laughs] I’m gonna work my butt off
for you guys.

952
01:00:06,060 --> 01:00:10,231
I mean, like, let's just get out there
and win this thing!

953
01:00:10,648 --> 01:00:12,692
-Yeah!
-[cheers and applause]

954
01:00:25,246 --> 01:00:27,123
[theme music playing]

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