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- [Ever] My name is Ever Wong…
- [whimsical music playing]
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…and this is Chagrin Falls, Ohio,
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maybe the most… [chuckles]
…uneventful suburb to exist.
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My parents immigrated here
from Taiwan 22 years ago.
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This is them. Cute, right?
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Twenty-one years ago, they had me.
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Wait, hold on.
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That's better. I don't think
they made it out of that hospital
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before planning
every single moment of my existence.
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The center of their world.
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I don't really like being
the center of anything, though.
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Maybe because when you look like this,
in a town that looks like this,
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attention seems to find you.
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But all this planning was for one purpose…
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Ever Wong, MD.
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Now that I'm heading to med school,
I thought I'd finally have a break.
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But instead… [sighs] …my parents decided
to send me to summer school
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- in Taiwan.
- [music concludes]
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["I Am Here" playing]
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♪ Feel like I just woke up
From a two-year nap ♪
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♪ Everything's been so strange
But I woke up now I'm finally back ♪
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♪ Feeling myself and seeing things
I never used to notice ♪
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♪ Life don't look so hopeless now ♪
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♪ I'm clicking my heels
And I'm skipping my feet ♪
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♪ Everything seems so new
It's like I'm me ♪
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♪ But with a whole new piece
Never thought I'd come through ♪
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♪ But now I know that all the dark times
Only make the light shine ♪
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[Ever] The school is called
the Taiwan Study Tour in Huwei.
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An intensive eight-week program
filled with immersive language
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- and history classes.
- [counselor] Hey! Take it in, people.
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- Taipei will be your home…
- [phone vibrating]
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…for the next eight weeks.
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[Megan] I'm not sure
if you're still on the plane,
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but this place sucks without you.
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And promise me
you'll find time to rehearse.
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{\an8}Hi.
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- Hi.
- [Sophie] Counselor Mei-Hwa asked me
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to introduce myself to you
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because you're by yourself
and not talking to anyone.
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Oh, um, uh, okay. [chuckles]
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I'm Ever.
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I'm Sophie Ha, like ha-ha. [giggles]
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- What's that?
- It's nothing. [chuckles]
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- Do you go to college?
- Um,
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- yes.
- What are you studying?
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- Oh, I--
- I'm at Dartmouth for Computer Science.
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It wasn't my top choice,
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- but an Ivy is an Ivy, right?
- [chuckles]
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So, where are you from?
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I'm from New York City.
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Actually, I grew up in New Jersey.
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Went to high school there
after my parents divorced,
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which, I know… [sighs]
…makes me tragically less interesting.
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So I just tell everyone
I'm from New York City.
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So, are you excited for the summer?
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See any guys you like?
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[both chuckle]
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Do you not like to talk?
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Um, I… I'm at a four-year
pre-med program in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
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You know,
I don't really know if excited
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is the right word.
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I haven't really-- Oh. Oh, okay.
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You're not excited to be here?
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This is obviously
your first time coming to Huwei.
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Yeah, uh, where I grew up,
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I only knew, like, three other Asian kids.
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- [upbeat music playing]
- [exclaims excitedly]
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My-- my parents wanted me to come,
so I could see…
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[upbeat music playing]
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[whispers] Oh, my God.
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Boy Wonder.
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[indistinct chatter, laughter]
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Boy Wonder?
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Are you one of those manga geeks?
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- Uh-- No, no.
- That's not my thing.
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That-- that guy sitting over there,
that's Rick Woo.
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Uh-huh?
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[Ever] Like, the Rick Woo.
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He's been on the cover
of the World Journal at least ten times.
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[Ever] I have read
every article about him.
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{\an8}He's a piano prodigy.
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{\an8}You know, he also won
the National Spelling Bee at age nine.
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{\an8}Wow, this boy's the real deal.
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[Sophie] Sounds like someone has a crush.
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- Ever! Ever!
- [Ever chuckles] No, no, no. My mom…
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There's another feature on
Rick Woo in the World Journal.
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…has been obsessed with him
since, like, forever.
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{\an8}[Mrs. Wong] Looks like
he's studying at Yale.
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{\an8}Economics.
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- Oh, and he's the star of a football team.
- Mm-hmm.
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[whispers] And so handsome.
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He's her ideal child,
and she is constantly comparing me to him.
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[sighs]
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{\an8}You know, if anything,
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Rick Woo is the bane of my existence.
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[music concludes]
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He's my cousin.
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You're… you're messing with me.
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No, we are very much related.
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["Limelights" playing]
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♪ Oh, yeah, it's Taipei ♪
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[all laughing]
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[song continues in Mandarin]
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[Ever speaking in English] If this trip
was attracting Boy Wonder-level talent,
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this program was gonna to be a lot.
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[song continues in Mandarin]
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[in English] ♪ I feel like
I can't take it ♪
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- [song concludes]
- [indistinct chatter]
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[chuckles] You okay?
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[indistinct chatter]
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Come on. [grunts] Yeah.
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- [groans]
- The… the bag was stuck.
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- [Rick] I saw that.
- [Ever] Oh, no! I got it.
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- Really, it's okay. I--
- Don't worry. I got you.
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[indistinct chatter in distance]
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[sighs]
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Rick! This is Ever.
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She's a big fan.
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What?
No, no, no. I… I am not a fan.
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She calls you Wonder Boy
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and talks about you
all the time with her mom.
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Hey, you should ask Ever out.
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I mean, you're single,
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and she struggles with social skills
and making friends and stuff like that.
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- It's perfect.
- That's… that's not--
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- actually…
- I'm not actually--
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He used to date this girl, Jenna.
She's a model.
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But, of course,
you would probably know that,
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being an obsessed super fan.
[chuckles]
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You know, Ever is pre-med.
So that's at least something.
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[whimsical music playing]
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[speaking Mandarin]
Welcome to Huwei,
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the cultural and education
immersion program…
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[in English] The Dragon is still here?
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- Mm-hmm. [sighs]
- The what?
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The headmistress of Huwei.
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Head misery of Huwei. I thought
she was going to retire last year.
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[headmistress speaking Mandarin]
As you enter,
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head straight
to registration for elective selection
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and room assignments.
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[Ever speaking English]
What is she saying?
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She just wants us
to check in for registration.
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I-- I don't understand.
If you two already speak Mandarin,
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why did your parents make you come?
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No one made us.
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[scoffs] Why would someone choose
to spend their summer taking classes?
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[indistinct chatter]
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I mean, it's Loveboat.
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Loveboat?
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[indistinct chatter]
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I'm already lost.
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Why does everyone look so…
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[upbeat music plays, stop]
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[romantic music plays, stop]
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[funky music plays, stop]
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This isn't the '90s, Ever.
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Everyone knows Asians are cool now.
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And this isn't summer school.
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This is Loveboat.
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See, you keep saying that,
but I don't know what it means.
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Follow me.
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Parents send their kids here
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because they think
it's a cultural program.
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But we're all here
because we know what it really is.
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One big party. [chuckles]
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- [Marc] If it isn't Mr. Yale Superstar.
- All right, Stanford.
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Hey, what up? I'm David.
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- Ever.
- [David] Hi.
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- [Ever] Hi.
- [Spencer] Sophie, right?
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It's me, Spencer.
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Uh, we met in Forensics Nationals.
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Oh, hey!
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[clicks tongue] Hey, Rick,
we're going to sign up for the bo staff.
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You in?
Hell yeah, 100%. Let's do it.
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Catch you later, Ever.
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- Bye, Rick.
- [gentle music playing]
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[Ever] Okay, Boy Wonder wasn't
the intense hyper-genius I expected.
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In fact, none of this was.
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I'm Sophie Ha, like ha-ha.
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- [chuckles]
- [Sophie] And this is Ever.
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Wong. Like Wong.
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Okay.
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Sophie and Ever.
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And you two want to room together?
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That could be fun.
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[indistinct chatter, laughs]
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If this isn't summer school,
why'd they give us so many books?
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You won't need them.
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Hey!
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- [Mindy pants]
- [Xavier] Hold up!
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- Stop!
- Wait, wait, wait!
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[energetic music playing]
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[music concludes]
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[Mindy giggling]
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Okay, I think I know
why they call it Loveboat.
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[both chuckle]
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[upbeat music playing]
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[both] Surprise!
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[music concludes]
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What is it?
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[inhales sharply] You are going to Taipei.
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Tai-- Taipei?
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- Like… like Taiwan?
- [chuckles]
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You leave Saturday.
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- Wait, like this-- this Saturday?
- Yeah.
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We see how hard you've been studying
and preparing for your medical school
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We want to give you
something special, as a reward.
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Sometimes, we put too much pressure on you
to follow in your father's footsteps.
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We know that, so…
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[Mr. Wong] You have
your whole life to work.
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But now you're just 21 years old,
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and we think you deserve to have some fun.
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Which is why we're sending you to Huwei.
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Think about it,
it's going to be the perfect summer.
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{\an8}Eight weeks of Mandarin, calligraphy,
and Chinese medicine.
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{\an8}And it's a highly competitive
program to get into.
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Learning the language
will look great on your resume.
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{\an8}- [sighs]
- I think you're going to love it here.
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{\an8}[upbeat music playing]
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- Don't worry.
- [gasps]
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I'm gonna make sure you get
the full Loveboat experience.
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Now be honest,
what do you think of this dress?
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Oh, it-- it looks great.
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[chuckles] I know.
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Why'd you fly halfway around the world
if you don't even wanna be here?
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[sighs] It was my parents' idea.
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[Sophie] I get that.
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Everyone comes here
because of their parents.
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At least the first time.
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I mean, it's not like
I don't want to be here.
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It's just, I was really hoping
that I'd get into this dance company.
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Fun. I love to dance.
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A group of us are going
to hit up the clubs later tonight.
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You want to come?
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Oh, that's-- that's all right.
I think I'm just gonna…
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- take it easy tonight.
- [Sophie] Suit yourself.
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[Ever] But, um, maybe another night?
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Oh, don't worry.
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There'll be plenty of other nights.
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Don't wait up.
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[door closes]
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[gentle music playing]
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[Ever] The only place
I've ever been able to
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shut off all the pressures of med school
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and just be myself is dance.
246
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When I'm moving, it's like
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all the expectations melt away.
248
00:11:02,745 --> 00:11:03,872
I got offered an audition
249
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for a dance company
in New York this summer.
250
00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:08,084
[indistinct chatter in distance]
251
00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:11,337
[Ever] It's a long shot,
but if I get accepted,
252
00:11:11,421 --> 00:11:13,882
I'd finally have the guts
to tell my parents
253
00:11:14,007 --> 00:11:16,509
I want to hold off on
med school and pursue it.
254
00:11:17,218 --> 00:11:21,222
- [indistinct chatter]
- [Ever] Except now, I'm stuck in Huwei,
255
00:11:21,472 --> 00:11:24,309
with nowhere to rehearse
or record my audition.
256
00:11:28,021 --> 00:11:30,023
["Gold" playing]
257
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♪ Free your eyes of what you see ♪
258
00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:44,662
♪ You know the secrets we told ♪
259
00:11:44,996 --> 00:11:48,499
♪ Remember the heartache they wrote ♪
260
00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:51,878
♪ I won't tell anything I know ♪
261
00:11:52,629 --> 00:11:56,049
♪ Underneath all the pain endures ♪
262
00:11:56,966 --> 00:11:58,092
♪ Is gold ♪
263
00:12:01,346 --> 00:12:04,766
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
264
00:12:04,849 --> 00:12:05,892
♪ Is gold ♪
265
00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:12,315
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
266
00:12:12,523 --> 00:12:13,483
♪ Is gold ♪
267
00:12:16,653 --> 00:12:20,156
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
268
00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,241
♪ Is gold ♪
269
00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:25,286
That was good.
270
00:12:27,830 --> 00:12:29,666
[chuckles] How long
have you been up there?
271
00:12:29,916 --> 00:12:30,792
Longer than you.
272
00:12:31,334 --> 00:12:32,210
[chuckles]
273
00:12:32,293 --> 00:12:33,586
I-- I didn't mean to scare you.
274
00:12:33,670 --> 00:12:34,921
You didn't scare me. I just--
275
00:12:35,046 --> 00:12:37,382
I-- I didn't think
that there was going to be someone,
276
00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:40,426
like, on the roof, lurking in the shadows.
277
00:12:40,510 --> 00:12:42,220
Uh, yeah. Uh, neither did I.
278
00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:44,847
- [Ever] I wasn't lurking, I was--
- Twirling.
279
00:12:45,390 --> 00:12:46,724
That's not what I was…
280
00:12:47,016 --> 00:12:48,935
[Xavier] Don't-- don't be embarrassed.
You're good.
281
00:12:49,018 --> 00:12:49,894
[chuckles]
282
00:12:50,561 --> 00:12:51,729
In a pirouette kind of way.
283
00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:54,857
You-- you know what a pirouette is?
284
00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:57,360
Of course. Don't you?
285
00:12:57,777 --> 00:12:58,695
[chuckles]
286
00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:00,446
I'm Xavier.
287
00:13:02,323 --> 00:13:03,199
Ever.
288
00:13:03,658 --> 00:13:05,285
Ever do what?
289
00:13:05,702 --> 00:13:08,746
No, no, my-- my name is Ever. [chuckles]
290
00:13:09,247 --> 00:13:10,123
Forever Ever?
291
00:13:19,674 --> 00:13:21,592
So, what are you doing here anyways?
292
00:13:21,676 --> 00:13:23,678
You filming a TikTok or something?
293
00:13:24,762 --> 00:13:25,638
No. [chuckles]
294
00:13:26,264 --> 00:13:27,682
You just like to dance on rooftops?
295
00:13:28,349 --> 00:13:31,519
I was just clearing my head.
296
00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,689
[gentle music playing]
297
00:13:34,772 --> 00:13:37,275
Yes, I like to dance.
298
00:13:39,527 --> 00:13:40,445
[cell phone chiming]
299
00:13:43,781 --> 00:13:46,117
Yeah, I-- I gotta go, but…
300
00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:48,369
Well…
301
00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:51,581
you have a good night, Forever Ever.
302
00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:12,602
[sighs]
303
00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:14,103
[cell phone beeping]
304
00:14:15,146 --> 00:14:16,356
[Megan] Ev, how's Taiwan?
305
00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:17,857
Couldn't wait one day?
306
00:14:18,232 --> 00:14:20,193
You should have just smuggled
yourself here in my suitcase.
307
00:14:20,318 --> 00:14:22,403
I can't help it.
I'm miserable without you.
308
00:14:22,737 --> 00:14:24,614
All right, well, guess who's here.
309
00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:26,532
Boy Wonder.
310
00:14:26,616 --> 00:14:28,409
The gorgeous guy
from the newspapers you save?
311
00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:29,660
My mom saves them.
312
00:14:30,286 --> 00:14:32,330
You know, I bet she knew
that he'd be here.
313
00:14:32,455 --> 00:14:34,749
Maybe this is her delusional attempt
at setting us up.
314
00:14:34,832 --> 00:14:36,417
[Megan chuckles] Your mom is so extra.
315
00:14:36,584 --> 00:14:38,086
But also, he's hot.
316
00:14:38,169 --> 00:14:39,670
- Are you gonna ask him out?
- Like I said,
317
00:14:39,754 --> 00:14:41,255
I have been here for one day, Megan.
318
00:14:41,339 --> 00:14:43,841
[Megan] Maybe this trip is your chance
to let loose for a change.
319
00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:45,802
- Live a little.
- I mean,
320
00:14:46,677 --> 00:14:49,889
there was also this boy
I met up on the rooftop
321
00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:51,432
- when I was dancing.
- [Megan] What?
322
00:14:51,849 --> 00:14:53,684
You were dancing
with a boy on a rooftop?
323
00:14:53,851 --> 00:14:55,395
It must be that Spotify playlist
I made you.
324
00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,439
[sighs] It was nothing, Megan.
I was just practicing my audition.
325
00:14:58,523 --> 00:15:00,149
I'm so glad you're still gonna film that.
326
00:15:00,650 --> 00:15:02,485
- How long do you have?
- I checked their website.
327
00:15:02,777 --> 00:15:04,320
- I have seven weeks.
- Oh, that's good.
328
00:15:04,445 --> 00:15:06,072
I just have to find a studio or
329
00:15:06,489 --> 00:15:08,074
some place to practice my routine.
330
00:15:08,157 --> 00:15:10,660
Taipei's a huge city.
There's got to be somewhere you could go.
331
00:15:11,327 --> 00:15:13,121
Yeah. Maybe.
332
00:15:13,704 --> 00:15:15,748
- Hold on. I'll-- I'll call you later.
- [Megan] Keep me posted.
333
00:15:15,832 --> 00:15:16,707
[cell phone chimes]
334
00:15:23,339 --> 00:15:26,884
["It's Vexed to Talk about Love" playing]
335
00:15:49,740 --> 00:15:51,451
[speaking Mandarin]
I don't expect perfection,
336
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,871
{\an8}but I do expect
your best effort.
337
00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:59,375
Some of you may think this is a vacation,
338
00:15:59,667 --> 00:16:03,212
but you should be using this time
to prepare for grad school.
339
00:16:03,754 --> 00:16:04,714
[chuckles softly]
340
00:16:06,924 --> 00:16:08,843
[music continues]
341
00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:14,765
[in English] Hey. Check this out.
342
00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:17,977
And don't forget,
343
00:16:18,186 --> 00:16:19,604
the student with the best dishes
344
00:16:19,687 --> 00:16:22,231
will be featured
at our end-of-summer festival.
345
00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:24,025
What's the end-of-summer festival?
346
00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:25,651
Pretty much what it sounds like.
347
00:16:25,735 --> 00:16:27,236
They do it on the grounds outside.
348
00:16:27,528 --> 00:16:28,863
Lots of parents come.
349
00:16:29,238 --> 00:16:30,781
The whole entire neighborhood, really.
350
00:16:30,865 --> 00:16:33,784
Yeah, there's music, dancing,
showing off shit we made,
351
00:16:33,868 --> 00:16:35,912
and basically everything
we learned this summer.
352
00:16:36,078 --> 00:16:38,998
- Dancing?
- Yeah, it's a whole thing.
353
00:16:45,213 --> 00:16:46,464
This is amazing.
354
00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:48,216
Mr. Woo, you can do it all.
355
00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:50,510
- It's nothing, really.
- [girl] Wow.
356
00:16:51,427 --> 00:16:53,012
[indistinct chatter]
357
00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:54,805
[music continues]
358
00:17:06,776 --> 00:17:08,194
What are you always writing in there?
359
00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:13,241
Oh, um, it's just--
It's something that I do.
360
00:17:13,991 --> 00:17:15,785
Plan things.
It-- it keeps me accountable.
361
00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:17,078
Hmm.
362
00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:19,413
Well, maybe you should add
"have fun" to the list.
363
00:17:19,580 --> 00:17:20,623
Easy for you to say.
364
00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:24,293
You have things like ribbon dancing
and fan-throwing classes.
365
00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:26,462
I'm signed up for all of the stupid stuff.
366
00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:28,422
Which is why you need to have some fun.
367
00:17:29,090 --> 00:17:30,424
And I mean outside of class.
368
00:17:30,508 --> 00:17:32,426
[Debra] Oh, my God, yeah.
Like going out clubbing
369
00:17:32,593 --> 00:17:35,096
- and hanging with the locals.
- [Sophie] Exactly.
370
00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:36,681
What outfits did you bring?
371
00:17:36,847 --> 00:17:39,600
Um, uh-- This.
372
00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:44,313
I-- I guess I'm not really
the "going out" type.
373
00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:46,065
- [Laura sighs]
- Come on, Ever. [sighs]
374
00:17:46,190 --> 00:17:48,025
You're telling me you're not
gonna party while you're here?
375
00:17:49,652 --> 00:17:50,528
Not even once?
376
00:17:51,988 --> 00:17:52,863
Never?
377
00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:55,157
Never-Ever?
378
00:17:55,283 --> 00:17:57,243
[laughs]
Good one. Good one.
379
00:17:57,535 --> 00:17:58,911
- [Laura chuckles]
- Girl, you have to come.
380
00:17:59,704 --> 00:18:04,625
Well, actually,
I was going to meet up with someone.
381
00:18:05,334 --> 00:18:07,003
[Sophie] Okay, well, that's a good start.
382
00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:08,963
But you're gonna come
clubbing after, right?
383
00:18:09,213 --> 00:18:10,339
Oh. Dragon coming in hot.
384
00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:13,676
[speaking Mandarin]
It has come to my attention
385
00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:15,052
that students were sneaking back
386
00:18:15,136 --> 00:18:16,762
onto grounds in the early hours
of the morning.
387
00:18:16,887 --> 00:18:17,930
This is your reminder
388
00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:21,684
that there is a strict curfew
that we uphold at Huwei.
389
00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:24,395
Ten p.m. lights out.
390
00:18:27,231 --> 00:18:28,316
[in English] Uh, what?
391
00:18:29,692 --> 00:18:31,652
- [all chuckle]
- I will repeat in English,
392
00:18:32,069 --> 00:18:33,779
so that I'm crystal clear.
393
00:18:34,697 --> 00:18:36,907
The curfew is 10:00 p.m. sharp,
394
00:18:37,325 --> 00:18:38,951
and that you are all to be in your rooms.
395
00:18:39,869 --> 00:18:40,786
[Debra] No.
396
00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,580
- [all murmur]
- I know, just don't listen to her.
397
00:18:44,081 --> 00:18:47,960
You are here to learn
and experience your cultural heritage,
398
00:18:48,669 --> 00:18:51,756
not to go around the city
doing whatever you please.
399
00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:54,300
Ten p.m., lights out.
400
00:18:55,593 --> 00:18:57,762
- This is such bullshit.
- Yeah. Literally.
401
00:18:57,928 --> 00:18:59,639
- Clubs don't even open till 10:00.
- [mellow music playing]
402
00:19:00,056 --> 00:19:01,307
- Exactly.
- [cell phone chimes]
403
00:19:06,604 --> 00:19:07,480
[music concludes]
404
00:19:09,523 --> 00:19:12,276
[Ever] So, a little bit
about my mom's sister, Auntie Shu.
405
00:19:12,735 --> 00:19:16,489
She's the coolest, craziest,
artiest woman I've ever known.
406
00:19:17,031 --> 00:19:19,241
She spent her entire youth
traveling around the world,
407
00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:20,743
all so she could find herself.
408
00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:23,913
She's awesome.
She's everything I wish I could be.
409
00:19:24,288 --> 00:19:27,375
But unfortunately, everything I'm not.
410
00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:30,044
[chimes]
411
00:19:32,213 --> 00:19:33,255
[door opens]
412
00:19:37,218 --> 00:19:38,094
Where are you going?
413
00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:40,221
- Out.
- What? What--
414
00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:41,514
what about curfew?
415
00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:44,600
Hey, Ever, remember that crazy fun night
when you followed the rules?
416
00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:47,395
Um, no.
417
00:19:47,561 --> 00:19:49,772
Exactly, because no one
ever remembers those nights.
418
00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:52,817
- See ya.
- [Ever] Okay,
419
00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:55,027
maybe Sophie and Auntie Shu had a point.
420
00:19:55,486 --> 00:19:56,862
Time to finally break some rules.
421
00:19:56,946 --> 00:19:58,489
Wait. Let me come with you.
422
00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:05,246
[exhales sharply]
423
00:20:05,621 --> 00:20:07,373
[sighs] No, no.
424
00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:10,710
[mandopop song playing]
425
00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:31,105
[in English] So they get
to enjoy Loveboat and we don't?
426
00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:32,106
What now?
427
00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:35,609
[music continues]
428
00:20:37,153 --> 00:20:39,238
[in English] It's cool.
We got another way out.
429
00:20:41,449 --> 00:20:42,950
How are we supposed to get down there?
430
00:20:44,994 --> 00:20:45,995
Yo, check it out.
431
00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:51,041
Cabs. They knew we'd sneak out.
432
00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:52,752
Taipei coming in clutch.
433
00:20:53,169 --> 00:20:55,171
[music continues]
434
00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,771
Surprised you're here.
Sophie told me you weren't coming.
435
00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:13,564
Ooh.
436
00:21:17,735 --> 00:21:18,819
You think they saw us?
437
00:21:19,570 --> 00:21:20,446
I don't think so.
438
00:21:22,740 --> 00:21:23,616
Sorry.
439
00:21:25,159 --> 00:21:26,035
I wasn't complaining.
440
00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:34,543
- What?
- Got to say, a week ago,
441
00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:36,796
I didn't think
I was going to be in Taiwan
442
00:21:36,879 --> 00:21:38,589
- sneaking out with--
- Wonder Boy?
443
00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:41,634
I think that's, uh,
444
00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:43,511
- that's what you call me, right?
- [Ever chuckles]
445
00:21:45,346 --> 00:21:47,973
I mean actually, it's "Boy Wonder".
446
00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:49,850
Hmm.
447
00:21:50,726 --> 00:21:52,228
- I prefer Wonder Boy.
- [Ever chuckles]
448
00:21:53,395 --> 00:21:54,438
[chuckles]
449
00:21:54,939 --> 00:21:56,440
[Xavier] What are you guys doing?
450
00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:59,318
Sorry, I just--
I didn't expect to see people
451
00:21:59,401 --> 00:22:00,402
lurking in the shadows.
452
00:22:06,534 --> 00:22:07,535
Oh, it's all good.
453
00:22:07,785 --> 00:22:10,454
[electronic music playing]
454
00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:15,918
[music fades]
455
00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:16,961
See?
456
00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:23,968
[indistinct chatter]
457
00:22:26,554 --> 00:22:28,848
[in Mandarin]
Try this. It tastes good.
458
00:22:30,391 --> 00:22:31,767
[Rick in English] Yo, what's going on?
459
00:22:32,393 --> 00:22:33,727
[Sophie] Security guard.
460
00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:35,604
[Xavier] Oh, I can distract him.
461
00:22:36,397 --> 00:22:38,816
- [Marc] Who the hell is this guy?
- Xavier. Who the hell are you?
462
00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:41,777
- Did you invite him?
- Well it looks like he's inviting himself.
463
00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:45,072
- Hey, so where are we going?
- I know a spot, if you guys are down.
464
00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:47,575
All right,
you don't have to act like a hero.
465
00:22:48,075 --> 00:22:48,993
Who's acting?
466
00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:50,536
["I 3 ZEBULON" playing]
467
00:22:50,661 --> 00:22:52,621
[guard] Hey! Big man!
Come on, come on, come on.
468
00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:56,458
Hey!
469
00:22:59,211 --> 00:23:00,421
[Ever] The counselors!
470
00:23:01,463 --> 00:23:02,715
He needs help.
471
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:03,924
♪ After the show… ♪
472
00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:06,594
Is that Never-Ever?
473
00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:08,304
♪ "We go to Zebulon"… ♪
474
00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:09,263
[Ever] Hey!
475
00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:10,598
♪ I said "I guess" ♪
476
00:23:11,765 --> 00:23:13,183
♪ They said "It's rocking
When you're done ♪
477
00:23:13,267 --> 00:23:14,977
♪ You wanna do it all over again" ♪
478
00:23:15,352 --> 00:23:16,687
[Rick] He's always our hookup.
479
00:23:17,313 --> 00:23:18,355
He's my guy.
480
00:23:19,523 --> 00:23:20,399
Hey, hey.
481
00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,735
- Where's Ever?
- I-- I don't know.
482
00:23:25,529 --> 00:23:28,073
[music continues]
483
00:23:37,541 --> 00:23:38,417
[pants]
484
00:23:39,501 --> 00:23:40,586
[counselor Li-Han] Stop!
485
00:23:42,713 --> 00:23:43,672
[counselor Mei-Hwa] Hey!
486
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:45,966
[tires screeching]
487
00:23:46,383 --> 00:23:48,469
Girl, why are you just standing there?
Get in!
488
00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:51,513
- That was insane.
- [both laugh]
489
00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:53,432
Taipei, baby! Let's go!
490
00:23:54,558 --> 00:23:56,560
♪ You know I've got to go ♪
491
00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,604
♪ You know I've got to go ♪
492
00:23:58,687 --> 00:24:01,065
♪ Oh, Lord you know I've got to go ♪
493
00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:02,775
♪ You know I've got to go ♪
494
00:24:02,858 --> 00:24:04,026
[car horn honking]
495
00:24:04,568 --> 00:24:07,279
Okay, so I've got four spots
lined up, including Xavier's.
496
00:24:07,363 --> 00:24:08,238
[song concludes]
497
00:24:08,322 --> 00:24:09,531
[Sophie] Excited, Ever?
498
00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:11,659
Oh, um, sorry.
499
00:24:11,742 --> 00:24:14,411
I-- I actually I have to get
dropped off somewhere first.
500
00:24:14,495 --> 00:24:16,872
Oh, right. Your mystery meetup.
501
00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:18,582
Maybe I can catch up with you later?
502
00:24:18,707 --> 00:24:19,917
[chuckles] Okay.
503
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,377
[Rick] You sure you're good going alone?
504
00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:23,295
I mean, it's a new city
and there's a lot of…
505
00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:25,339
people.
506
00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:27,925
[chuckles] I-- I think
I'll be all right. Thanks.
507
00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:30,844
[sighs]
508
00:24:31,595 --> 00:24:34,056
Wow. This… this city is just--
509
00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:35,182
Incredible.
510
00:24:36,850 --> 00:24:37,726
Yeah.
511
00:24:39,770 --> 00:24:40,771
Check this out.
512
00:24:43,232 --> 00:24:44,608
["Serendipity" playing]
513
00:24:46,235 --> 00:24:47,361
[Sophie] Okay.
514
00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:55,953
♪ I was looking for a place for answers ♪
515
00:24:56,412 --> 00:24:59,665
♪ I was looking for some feeling for me ♪
516
00:25:01,041 --> 00:25:05,587
♪ But I didn't know what I really needed ♪
517
00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:08,132
♪ Till you came and you found it in me ♪
518
00:25:08,966 --> 00:25:10,300
[song fades]
519
00:25:15,931 --> 00:25:18,726
[gentle music playing]
520
00:25:26,316 --> 00:25:27,359
[buzzer rings]
521
00:25:31,822 --> 00:25:33,323
[lock buzzes, click]
522
00:26:00,434 --> 00:26:01,602
[footsteps approaching]
523
00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:07,649
[speaking Mandarin] I only have 1,000,
so I hope you have change…
524
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,488
[in English] Oh, um, no, it's--
it's me, Auntie Shu.
525
00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:13,947
Ever?
526
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,116
Your niece.
527
00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:18,410
That doesn't make any sense.
528
00:26:18,786 --> 00:26:20,871
Why would my niece be delivering food?
529
00:26:22,289 --> 00:26:24,083
I'm not.
530
00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:26,543
- You don't have my chili tofu?
- No.
531
00:26:26,668 --> 00:26:29,546
Then go out and get some. Go. Go.
532
00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:33,926
Oh. Rea-- Okay. Yeah, I can--
533
00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:35,844
Oh, my God. I'm joking.
534
00:26:36,136 --> 00:26:38,639
You have your mom's
terrible sense of humor.
535
00:26:38,806 --> 00:26:40,140
- Come here!
- [chuckles]
536
00:26:40,641 --> 00:26:41,517
Hi!
537
00:26:41,850 --> 00:26:44,394
It's good to see you, kiddo!
538
00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:47,356
- Oh, my goodness, what are you doing here?
- [chuckles]
539
00:26:47,648 --> 00:26:50,150
But really, I am starving.
I hope it gets here soon.
540
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,485
Do you like vegan food?
541
00:26:52,236 --> 00:26:54,321
- Yeah. [chuckles]
- Yes, okay, good. [chuckles]
542
00:26:58,867 --> 00:26:59,993
Oh, thanks.
543
00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:02,996
I love all of the, um, art.
544
00:27:03,914 --> 00:27:05,749
So, you run a gallery?
545
00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:07,000
Eh, sorta.
546
00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:11,755
It's like an, um, artisan co-op.
547
00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:15,008
Bunch of local artists
all share this space
548
00:27:15,175 --> 00:27:18,554
as a workshop, gallery, retail store.
549
00:27:18,637 --> 00:27:20,139
Whatever. It's all of ours.
550
00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:21,807
I just happen to own it.
551
00:27:22,683 --> 00:27:24,309
- Do you live here alone?
- [Auntie Shu] Yes.
552
00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,061
I never wanted to get married.
553
00:27:26,436 --> 00:27:27,729
That was your mom's thing.
554
00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:31,066
I wanted to travel, paint,
555
00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:33,735
own lots of cats. I don't have cats.
556
00:27:34,111 --> 00:27:35,654
None that are alive, anyway.
557
00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:39,700
[chuckles]
558
00:27:40,534 --> 00:27:41,869
So, Ever, why are you here?
559
00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:46,957
Right, yeah, I'm taking classes
with the Youth Taiwan Study Tour.
560
00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:49,877
Mm-hmm. Loveboat.
561
00:27:50,544 --> 00:27:51,628
Yeah. [chuckles]
562
00:27:51,712 --> 00:27:54,214
My, um, parents thought
it'd be a good idea
563
00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:56,049
for me to learn about some culture.
564
00:27:57,176 --> 00:27:58,969
- [mellow music playing]
- Can't learn culture in a classroom.
565
00:27:59,094 --> 00:28:03,432
Culture is like
the music at a Gezai opera.
566
00:28:04,725 --> 00:28:06,810
Getting lost in a back alley.
567
00:28:07,144 --> 00:28:09,271
Somebody biting into a moon cake.
568
00:28:09,605 --> 00:28:12,524
Two bodies touching on the dance floor.
569
00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:17,237
That, girlfriend, is culture.
570
00:28:18,071 --> 00:28:19,198
[giggles]
571
00:28:20,908 --> 00:28:23,118
Don't get me wrong,
I was delighted to get your call.
572
00:28:23,327 --> 00:28:25,787
But I didn't even know you were in Taipei.
573
00:28:26,496 --> 00:28:29,208
I came here
because I need to ask you a favor.
574
00:28:30,334 --> 00:28:31,210
[inhales sharply]
575
00:28:34,421 --> 00:28:40,761
It's not much, but there's room to move,
and the lighting is good during the day.
576
00:28:43,180 --> 00:28:44,431
Oh, she's beautiful.
577
00:28:45,849 --> 00:28:47,517
I had fun painting her.
578
00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:50,896
I didn't know you were a dancer.
579
00:28:52,648 --> 00:28:53,982
I got a callback.
580
00:28:54,524 --> 00:28:56,526
There's this dance company in New York.
581
00:28:57,110 --> 00:28:59,196
I may never get a chance like this again.
[sighs]
582
00:28:59,529 --> 00:29:02,115
I'm guessing your parents don't know
about this callback either.
583
00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:04,826
My parents want me to become a doctor.
584
00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:07,537
- Oh. [chuckles]
- [chuckles] Yeah.
585
00:29:07,621 --> 00:29:08,538
[chuckles]
586
00:29:08,622 --> 00:29:11,959
They would be heartbroken
if I threw it all away just to dance.
587
00:29:12,668 --> 00:29:14,086
Yeah? What about your heart?
588
00:29:17,965 --> 00:29:18,840
Okay.
589
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:20,884
Does the room work?
590
00:29:22,010 --> 00:29:23,470
- Totally.
- [Auntie Shu] Good.
591
00:29:23,929 --> 00:29:25,472
It'll be nice to see you around here.
592
00:29:26,014 --> 00:29:27,182
But in the meantime,
593
00:29:27,683 --> 00:29:31,019
get out, enjoy the city,
and for God's sake, child,
594
00:29:31,728 --> 00:29:32,646
learn some culture.
595
00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:34,731
["So High" playing]
596
00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:41,530
♪ We're living in a blue sky ♪
597
00:29:43,031 --> 00:29:45,033
♪ We chase away the dark clouds ♪
598
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,204
♪ Diamond castles in our eyes ♪
599
00:29:50,747 --> 00:29:53,208
♪ The beautiful shimmers out ♪
600
00:29:54,751 --> 00:29:58,588
- ♪ The lights gleam in technicolor ♪
- ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
601
00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:02,592
- ♪ We wrap around our chrome hearts ♪
- ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
602
00:30:02,718 --> 00:30:06,513
- ♪ The sun only makes it better ♪
- ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
603
00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:08,932
♪ We're not afraid of who we are ♪
604
00:30:09,975 --> 00:30:13,478
♪ I'm climbing higher, higher, higher ♪
605
00:30:14,104 --> 00:30:17,232
♪ I'm getting lighter, lighter, lighter ♪
606
00:30:17,566 --> 00:30:18,567
[music fades]
607
00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:21,945
[indistinct chatter]
608
00:30:22,279 --> 00:30:23,488
[Ever] What-- what is it?
609
00:30:23,739 --> 00:30:25,032
[indistinct chatter]
610
00:30:25,490 --> 00:30:27,034
[speaking Mandarin] Taro balls.
611
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:29,661
Taro balls, okay?
612
00:30:29,786 --> 00:30:30,704
[in English] Okay.
613
00:30:30,787 --> 00:30:31,997
[both speak in Mandarin] Taro balls.
614
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,790
[in English]
All right, um, can I get one?
615
00:30:33,915 --> 00:30:35,459
- [vendor] One?
- One, please. Yes. One.
616
00:30:35,584 --> 00:30:37,461
[speaking Mandarin]
Make it two, keep the change.
617
00:30:37,544 --> 00:30:39,338
[vendor speaking Mandarin]
618
00:30:39,463 --> 00:30:40,797
[indistinct chatter]
619
00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:42,049
[in English] Hey.
620
00:30:42,758 --> 00:30:43,842
[chuckles] Hi. What?
621
00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:46,970
- [chuckles]
- Taro balls, huh?
622
00:30:47,929 --> 00:30:49,639
- Bold.
- That's what those are? Oh. [chuckles]
623
00:30:49,723 --> 00:30:52,059
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, they're not too bad.
- [laughs]
624
00:30:52,434 --> 00:30:53,518
- [speaking Mandarin] Thanks.
- [laughs]
625
00:30:53,643 --> 00:30:54,811
[in English] Thank you.
626
00:30:54,978 --> 00:30:56,271
- What-- Are you…
- Don't worry about it.
627
00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:58,607
- Just try it. Yeah.
- [Ever laughs] Did you apologize?
628
00:30:58,690 --> 00:30:59,566
[Rick] No!
629
00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:00,609
["Bear" playing]
630
00:31:11,411 --> 00:31:12,329
[in English] Thank you.
631
00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:13,580
[chuckles]
632
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:15,916
Mm.
633
00:31:16,625 --> 00:31:17,584
- Oh, yeah.
- That's good.
634
00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:19,378
- You pick next one. That one?
- Look at that.
635
00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:23,423
- This is amazing.
- [indistinct chatter]
636
00:31:23,965 --> 00:31:25,467
[Ever] I have no idea what this is,
637
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:27,260
- but it's-- it's amazing.
- [Rick] Right?
638
00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:31,723
So, why… why are you here?
639
00:31:31,932 --> 00:31:33,225
Why weren't you at the club?
640
00:31:35,811 --> 00:31:38,897
You know, I may or may not
641
00:31:39,356 --> 00:31:40,982
have followed you.
642
00:31:42,859 --> 00:31:46,279
I know. I get it, I get it.
Like, you would have been fine,
643
00:31:46,363 --> 00:31:47,823
but I had to make sure you were safe.
644
00:31:47,989 --> 00:31:49,741
[Ever] Okay, so,
that's why you followed me?
645
00:31:49,825 --> 00:31:51,243
- [Rick] Yeah.
- [Ever] Okay, well,
646
00:31:52,327 --> 00:31:54,996
then I should be thanking you.
647
00:31:55,956 --> 00:31:57,040
I'm having a great time.
648
00:31:57,416 --> 00:31:58,291
[chuckles]
649
00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:02,254
[pop song playing]
650
00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:04,131
[speaking Mandarin]
651
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:06,967
- [in English] Ready?
- Yeah.
652
00:32:08,385 --> 00:32:09,719
[crunches, chews]
653
00:32:11,346 --> 00:32:12,931
- Is that a tomato?
- Mm-hmm.
654
00:32:13,515 --> 00:32:14,516
So, that's a plum.
655
00:32:14,808 --> 00:32:16,893
I promise you
it is not as bad as it smells.
656
00:32:17,018 --> 00:32:18,728
- No, don't make me. Please.
- Just give it a little bite,
657
00:32:18,812 --> 00:32:21,189
just a little bite, little bite.
There you go. Yup.
658
00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:25,819
It's good.
659
00:32:26,069 --> 00:32:27,946
- I like it.
- Thank you. Thank you.
660
00:32:28,071 --> 00:32:29,072
[Ever giggles]
661
00:32:31,992 --> 00:32:33,618
- Oh, that's nice.
- I like this one.
662
00:32:34,578 --> 00:32:35,620
[speaking Mandarin] How much?
663
00:32:35,704 --> 00:32:37,122
- [vendor speaking Mandarin]
- [speaking Mandarin]
664
00:32:37,205 --> 00:32:38,457
- [in English] Wow.
- How much is that?
665
00:32:38,540 --> 00:32:39,958
It's like-- it's like ten bucks.
666
00:32:40,333 --> 00:32:41,376
Come on, I got it.
667
00:32:41,710 --> 00:32:42,752
[speaking Mandarin]
668
00:32:43,712 --> 00:32:44,963
[Marc speaks in English] Hey, Rick.
669
00:32:45,380 --> 00:32:46,465
What are you doing here?
670
00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:49,509
Uh, we're just grabbing a bite to eat.
671
00:32:49,593 --> 00:32:50,469
[Marc] Nice.
672
00:32:50,552 --> 00:32:52,345
We're gonna meet up with the others.
You want to come?
673
00:32:52,554 --> 00:32:53,430
Should be fun.
674
00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:55,765
Rain check?
675
00:32:55,849 --> 00:32:57,809
[indistinct chatter]
676
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,896
Uh, yeah, how about tomorrow at 6:00?
677
00:33:01,855 --> 00:33:03,773
Okay, what, like-- like a dinner?
678
00:33:04,357 --> 00:33:06,359
No, like a… like a date.
679
00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:09,154
[indistinct chatter]
680
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:10,530
[chuckles] Um…
681
00:33:11,615 --> 00:33:12,532
Okay.
682
00:33:14,117 --> 00:33:15,076
- Okay.
- [giggles] Okay.
683
00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:19,748
[phone chimes]
684
00:33:21,291 --> 00:33:22,626
[song ends]
685
00:33:22,751 --> 00:33:24,461
[Ever] I can't say I thought
this trip would lead
686
00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:26,046
to a date with Boy Wonder.
687
00:33:27,464 --> 00:33:30,717
But he was definitely different
than I expected.
688
00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:36,473
[whimsical music playing]
689
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,288
[sighs]
690
00:34:02,791 --> 00:34:03,708
Hey.
691
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,502
Did you sleep out here last night?
692
00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:09,005
[Sophie] Yeah.
Stupid key card wouldn't work.
693
00:34:09,756 --> 00:34:11,841
That's because that's our room.
694
00:34:14,344 --> 00:34:15,428
[chuckles] Oh.
695
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,430
[laughs]
696
00:34:18,765 --> 00:34:20,141
That's funny. [chuckles]
697
00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:23,186
Mm.
698
00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:31,778
Ever, you have a secret admirer.
699
00:34:31,945 --> 00:34:35,031
What? No, it could just be
someone being nice.
700
00:34:35,115 --> 00:34:37,659
People don't draw other people
in beautiful, pensive poses
701
00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:39,077
unless they're madly in love with them.
702
00:34:39,202 --> 00:34:40,537
[indistinct chatter, laughs]
703
00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:43,623
Okay, whoever did this is totally into you
and would die for you.
704
00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:46,626
Hi.
705
00:34:48,962 --> 00:34:49,879
I bet it's Spencer.
706
00:34:52,382 --> 00:34:53,758
Wait, no, he can't draw for shit.
707
00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:57,053
[indistinct chatter]
708
00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:58,638
[Sophie] Ooh. Maybe Benji.
709
00:34:59,139 --> 00:35:00,181
He goes to RISD.
710
00:35:00,473 --> 00:35:02,100
Oh, my God, it's totally Benji.
711
00:35:02,892 --> 00:35:03,893
He's kind of cute.
712
00:35:03,977 --> 00:35:05,478
[indistinct chatter]
713
00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:07,439
[Sophie] I think
he's allergic to everything.
714
00:35:07,897 --> 00:35:09,065
[both chuckle]
715
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,776
I think that's adorable.
716
00:35:12,068 --> 00:35:12,944
[chuckles]
717
00:35:15,155 --> 00:35:16,197
[indistinct chatter]
718
00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:19,451
[speaking Mandarin] I expect you
to stay in line while you're here!
719
00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:24,581
You're embarrassing our family name!
720
00:35:25,332 --> 00:35:26,958
[Xavier speaks in English]
Dad, Japanese or English.
721
00:35:27,083 --> 00:35:28,418
You know I can't speak Mandarin.
722
00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:30,378
Why do you think you sent me here?
723
00:35:31,504 --> 00:35:34,007
[speaking Japanese] As long as I'm paying
for your lifestyle I expect you to behave!
724
00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:35,091
[head mistress]
Ever Wong!
725
00:35:35,175 --> 00:35:36,301
[Mr. Yeh speaking Japanese]
726
00:35:36,426 --> 00:35:37,302
- [in English] Ever--
- Drag--
727
00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:38,595
I mean, Miss…
728
00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:41,097
How are you?
729
00:35:42,182 --> 00:35:43,058
Li Han told me,
730
00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:45,602
he saw you running around
the campus last night.
731
00:35:46,311 --> 00:35:47,395
Hi, headmistress.
732
00:35:47,604 --> 00:35:49,439
Oh, loving the cardigan today.
733
00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:53,902
He must be mistaken about my roomie here
because we were together all last night,
734
00:35:54,277 --> 00:35:55,403
working on Ever's Mandarin.
735
00:35:55,654 --> 00:35:57,489
[chuckles] Go ahead, Ever. Show her.
736
00:36:01,117 --> 00:36:01,993
Uh…
737
00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:06,247
[speaking Mandarin]
Ta…rooooo?
738
00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:15,423
[sighs]
739
00:36:15,548 --> 00:36:16,508
[in English] Oh, thank you.
740
00:36:17,092 --> 00:36:20,595
You know, I'm pretty sure my parents
spent their life savings to send me here,
741
00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:23,431
so if I got expelled
for sneaking out or lying…
742
00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:26,726
disappointment wouldn't even
begin to describe it. [chuckles]
743
00:36:27,143 --> 00:36:29,771
No problem. I mean,
what are friends for, right?
744
00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:30,855
[sighs]
745
00:36:38,113 --> 00:36:40,448
[Sophie] Xavier's dad's here.
He lives in Taipei.
746
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,325
He must have gotten in trouble too.
747
00:36:42,659 --> 00:36:44,244
His family is super loaded.
748
00:36:44,494 --> 00:36:46,830
Okay, I heard that his mom
is a Danish supermodel,
749
00:36:46,913 --> 00:36:48,665
and his dad is half-Japanese,
half-Taiwanese,
750
00:36:48,748 --> 00:36:49,791
which is probably why he's here.
751
00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:51,209
How do you know all of this?
752
00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:53,753
Definitely not from the World Journal.
753
00:36:54,754 --> 00:36:58,383
Well, it sounds like somebody has a crush.
754
00:36:59,134 --> 00:37:00,802
[giggles] Um. Obviously.
755
00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:03,179
We had such a moment last night.
Could you tell?
756
00:37:03,388 --> 00:37:04,889
Like, there were definitely sparks.
757
00:37:05,515 --> 00:37:07,308
[sighs] I would kill
just to have the chance
758
00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:08,601
to have my heart broken by him.
759
00:37:08,727 --> 00:37:10,520
All right, maybe tonight we could--
760
00:37:10,645 --> 00:37:12,355
Whoa, whoa, whoa tonight? No, no, no.
761
00:37:12,605 --> 00:37:14,274
[chuckles] It's so early in the summer.
762
00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:15,608
[Ever] So?
763
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:18,361
People don't date the first person
they hook up with here.
764
00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:20,655
No, we have to play the slow game.
765
00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:22,115
It's called Loveboat for a reason.
766
00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:24,784
Oh, hey.
767
00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:26,953
Hey, is-- is everything all right
down there?
768
00:37:27,036 --> 00:37:28,079
- We saw--
- [Xavier] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
769
00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:29,289
It was just my dad.
770
00:37:29,789 --> 00:37:31,875
Nothing new.
What's going on with you two?
771
00:37:32,167 --> 00:37:34,502
Well, Ever was just wondering
why it's called Loveboat.
772
00:37:34,961 --> 00:37:36,171
Oh, you haven't heard the story?
773
00:37:38,548 --> 00:37:40,508
Well, let me tell you
the story of Loveboat.
774
00:37:41,509 --> 00:37:43,553
So, the program started
for college students
775
00:37:43,636 --> 00:37:45,305
to learn about Taiwanese culture, right?
776
00:37:45,764 --> 00:37:48,433
Well, one year, I think back in the '70s,
777
00:37:49,184 --> 00:37:50,602
a big typhoon hit Taipei.
778
00:37:51,644 --> 00:37:53,271
[upbeat music playing]
779
00:37:54,314 --> 00:37:56,107
[Xavier] Two students
got trapped in the storm.
780
00:37:56,524 --> 00:37:58,067
And they were trying to get back to Huwei.
781
00:37:58,318 --> 00:37:59,611
The water was rising fast.
782
00:38:00,195 --> 00:38:02,572
But they managed to find a rowboat,
and they climbed in.
783
00:38:03,031 --> 00:38:04,574
[squeaks]
784
00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:06,326
[Xavier] Taipei got completely flooded.
785
00:38:06,493 --> 00:38:07,535
It was actually really bad.
786
00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:10,538
But those two stayed safe
in a little rowboat.
787
00:38:11,581 --> 00:38:12,624
And on that day,
788
00:38:13,374 --> 00:38:14,334
in that little rowboat,
789
00:38:15,543 --> 00:38:16,461
those two fell in love.
790
00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:19,756
So, Loveboat.
791
00:38:23,009 --> 00:38:25,762
Since then, it's been
a little bit less about learning
792
00:38:25,845 --> 00:38:26,846
and more about love.
793
00:38:28,348 --> 00:38:29,974
I mean, even parents
push their kids to come here,
794
00:38:30,058 --> 00:38:31,309
hoping that they find someone to marry.
795
00:38:32,727 --> 00:38:35,146
Oh, my God,
that story is so freaking cute.
796
00:38:35,647 --> 00:38:37,357
Especially the way that you told it.
797
00:38:38,566 --> 00:38:40,068
Well, that's probably
because I made it up.
798
00:38:40,193 --> 00:38:41,486
- [Sophie] What?
- [Ever laughing]
799
00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:43,196
[laughs]
800
00:38:43,530 --> 00:38:45,907
[pop music playing]
801
00:38:49,828 --> 00:38:51,037
[horns honking]
802
00:38:52,205 --> 00:38:54,749
[Rick] You got Chinese, you got Japanese,
803
00:38:54,874 --> 00:38:56,417
you got Spanish,
you got Dutch periods of rule,
804
00:38:56,626 --> 00:38:58,503
so that when you take
one of these dumplings
805
00:38:58,670 --> 00:39:01,047
and you put it in your mouth,
you got all that history,
806
00:39:01,214 --> 00:39:02,215
and it's just…
807
00:39:04,509 --> 00:39:06,719
- Am I mansplaining right now? I'm sorry.
- [Ever chuckles]
808
00:39:06,803 --> 00:39:08,555
No, no, no. And these, um…
809
00:39:09,264 --> 00:39:11,057
These little wooden stick things,
what are…
810
00:39:11,641 --> 00:39:13,184
- What are these?
- I don't know.
811
00:39:13,309 --> 00:39:14,853
- Beats me.
- [both laugh]
812
00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:16,646
I'm sorry, I just-- I-- I love food.
813
00:39:16,938 --> 00:39:19,274
And I get excited when I talk about it.
814
00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:22,735
No, it's cute. And, I mean, yeah,
you do know a lot about food.
815
00:39:22,819 --> 00:39:24,696
You should, like,
run a restaurant or something.
816
00:39:26,406 --> 00:39:29,158
That is literally my dream.
817
00:39:29,784 --> 00:39:30,827
- Really?
- Yeah.
818
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,912
Okay, then, then why don't you do it?
819
00:39:34,581 --> 00:39:35,915
- [Rick] Cook?
- Yes!
820
00:39:36,541 --> 00:39:38,835
I'm sorry,
do you want my mother to die
821
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:40,295
- out of pure disappointment?
- [Ever chuckles]
822
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:41,296
[chuckles]
823
00:39:41,504 --> 00:39:44,048
I mean, if it's what you want to do.
824
00:39:48,094 --> 00:39:49,762
Are your parents supportive or something?
825
00:39:50,555 --> 00:39:52,432
[Ever] You know, uh, actually, yeah.
826
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:53,808
- [Rick] Yeah, tell me about that.
- Yeah.
827
00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:56,769
As long as I become,
you know, some kind of surgeon…
828
00:39:56,936 --> 00:39:58,521
- Yup.
- …and win a Nobel Prize or something,
829
00:39:58,646 --> 00:40:00,273
- they'd be…
- [Rick] Practical.
830
00:40:00,356 --> 00:40:01,357
…supportive. [laughs]
831
00:40:01,482 --> 00:40:02,901
- Why not do both?
- [both laugh]
832
00:40:03,526 --> 00:40:05,028
[speaking Mandarin] Here you go.
Careful, it's hot.
833
00:40:05,111 --> 00:40:06,112
- [in English] Whoa!
- Whoa!
834
00:40:06,279 --> 00:40:07,238
[Rick speaking Mandarin] Thanks.
835
00:40:08,573 --> 00:40:10,533
- [in English] Ooh. You ready?
- Okay.
836
00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:12,869
I will take this one.
837
00:40:16,331 --> 00:40:17,498
- I know.
- [Ever] This is really good.
838
00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:20,335
And you know what the crazy thing is?
You forgot the ginger.
839
00:40:20,460 --> 00:40:22,170
- [Ever] It gets better?
- I'm gonna make this one for you.
840
00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:23,796
- Okay.
- [Rick] You got to put it on the spoon.
841
00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:25,048
A little bit of ginger.
842
00:40:25,173 --> 00:40:26,758
[Ever] That's a lot a bit of ginger.
843
00:40:26,883 --> 00:40:29,844
Just… just eat it. Just eat it.
844
00:40:30,762 --> 00:40:32,513
[ambient music playing]
845
00:40:44,317 --> 00:40:45,318
[Rick] Here we are.
846
00:40:48,112 --> 00:40:49,447
This is one of my favorite spots.
847
00:40:53,660 --> 00:40:54,661
[chuckles] I can see why.
848
00:41:00,959 --> 00:41:02,460
Do you still have family in Taipei?
849
00:41:02,585 --> 00:41:04,128
[Rick] Yup. My Aunt Claire.
850
00:41:05,004 --> 00:41:07,465
[Ever] You know, my, uh, my dad,
he used to be a doctor
851
00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:09,217
here in Taipei.
852
00:41:10,134 --> 00:41:11,970
When they found out
they were pregnant with me…
853
00:41:13,638 --> 00:41:16,599
he quit his job and they moved to the U.S.
854
00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:17,767
[seagulls squawking]
855
00:41:17,850 --> 00:41:19,769
He couldn't afford
to go through residency again,
856
00:41:20,144 --> 00:41:24,565
so now he works at the pharmacy
in the hospital where I intern.
857
00:41:25,233 --> 00:41:26,484
Whenever I see him there,
858
00:41:26,818 --> 00:41:29,195
I remember how much he gave up for me.
859
00:41:29,696 --> 00:41:31,864
[gentle music playing]
860
00:41:31,948 --> 00:41:34,659
So, yeah, I-- I get what you said earlier.
861
00:41:36,411 --> 00:41:38,496
It feels selfish
to want to do what you want
862
00:41:38,579 --> 00:41:40,790
when your family has done
all the hard work for you.
863
00:41:41,582 --> 00:41:42,458
Yeah.
864
00:41:42,917 --> 00:41:45,044
Yeah, my mom wanted me to study finance.
865
00:41:45,837 --> 00:41:47,171
My dad wanted me to play football.
866
00:41:47,338 --> 00:41:50,800
So as a family, we came together
and compromised, and, um…
867
00:41:52,301 --> 00:41:53,428
now I'm just doing both.
868
00:41:53,594 --> 00:41:54,470
[both laugh]
869
00:41:55,638 --> 00:41:58,266
[Rick] Can we just forget about real life
and have fun this summer?
870
00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:02,520
[upbeat pop music playing]
871
00:42:06,941 --> 00:42:08,317
[both giggle]
872
00:42:38,681 --> 00:42:40,808
[all giggle, chatter]
873
00:42:55,865 --> 00:42:58,034
[in English] Oh, my God! Ever!
[exclaims excitedly]
874
00:43:02,205 --> 00:43:03,623
- Look now--
- I know.
875
00:43:03,748 --> 00:43:04,916
That's a nice smile.
It's good, right?
876
00:43:05,041 --> 00:43:06,459
Look at the dimple.
There's a dimple.
877
00:43:06,542 --> 00:43:08,211
[Auntie Shu] I don't wanna see you.
I wanna see him.
878
00:43:08,336 --> 00:43:09,462
Keep going. Keep going.
Full body.
879
00:43:09,837 --> 00:43:10,880
- Oh.
- [chuckles]
880
00:43:11,255 --> 00:43:12,548
He works out.
881
00:43:13,007 --> 00:43:14,759
[music continues]
882
00:43:25,561 --> 00:43:26,562
[sighs, chuckles]
883
00:43:28,689 --> 00:43:29,565
[laughs]
884
00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:47,792
[music fades]
885
00:43:50,294 --> 00:43:52,672
- [Ever in English] Hey!
- Ever, come help me with this.
886
00:43:53,798 --> 00:43:56,509
[gentle music playing]
887
00:43:59,428 --> 00:44:00,847
We're mopping?
888
00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:03,391
Mm-mm.
889
00:44:04,725 --> 00:44:07,061
We're painting. [exhales softly]
890
00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:13,234
Your life is so cool.
891
00:44:15,069 --> 00:44:16,320
[Auntie Shu] It has its moments.
892
00:44:19,323 --> 00:44:20,283
What is it, child?
893
00:44:21,033 --> 00:44:21,993
Out with it.
894
00:44:23,953 --> 00:44:24,871
I just…
895
00:44:25,997 --> 00:44:27,748
I don't know what I want.
896
00:44:29,292 --> 00:44:32,336
Right now in life, it feels like
I'm torn between two of everything.
897
00:44:33,379 --> 00:44:34,463
Two cultures.
898
00:44:34,755 --> 00:44:36,966
Two languages. [inhales deeply]
899
00:44:37,091 --> 00:44:39,177
Two career paths. [exhales deeply]
900
00:44:39,260 --> 00:44:42,430
I-- I feel like I should try to figure out
901
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:44,473
my life for myself,
you know, like you did.
902
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,935
You traveled the world
and focused on art, and…
903
00:44:48,269 --> 00:44:49,645
and look at where you are.
904
00:44:50,062 --> 00:44:51,772
[chuckles] This place is awesome.
905
00:44:52,732 --> 00:44:53,983
It's awesome, yes.
906
00:44:55,234 --> 00:44:56,277
But look at your mother.
907
00:44:56,444 --> 00:44:59,572
She went to university.
She met a nice doctor.
908
00:45:00,406 --> 00:45:01,490
She had a nice family.
909
00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:04,827
And she moved to the one place
910
00:45:05,620 --> 00:45:08,372
where you can build
something from nothing.
911
00:45:10,291 --> 00:45:11,209
Ohio.
912
00:45:13,294 --> 00:45:14,170
- [laughs]
- [chuckles]
913
00:45:15,588 --> 00:45:17,340
She didn't follow her dreams.
914
00:45:19,425 --> 00:45:20,843
You know, maybe you were her dream.
915
00:45:27,141 --> 00:45:29,477
[chuckles softly] She looks so happy.
916
00:45:34,148 --> 00:45:36,651
Do you know why
I named this place Mèng Dié?
917
00:45:38,986 --> 00:45:41,239
It means "butterfly dream."
918
00:45:42,406 --> 00:45:44,951
See, there was this old philosopher,
919
00:45:45,326 --> 00:45:48,829
and one night, he dreamt
that he was a butterfly.
920
00:45:49,664 --> 00:45:51,707
And when he woke up,
he was just a man again.
921
00:45:51,958 --> 00:45:54,001
But because that dream, it felt so real,
922
00:45:54,418 --> 00:45:56,087
he wondered if he was a man
923
00:45:56,754 --> 00:46:01,259
who was dreaming of being a butterfly,
or if he was, in fact, a butterfly
924
00:46:02,009 --> 00:46:04,053
who was now dreaming of being a man.
925
00:46:07,181 --> 00:46:09,058
Do you understand
why I'm telling you this, Ever?
926
00:46:10,685 --> 00:46:12,895
Sometimes we're torn between two dreams.
927
00:46:14,230 --> 00:46:16,399
No. [chuckles]
928
00:46:17,024 --> 00:46:19,277
Mèng dié reminds me
929
00:46:20,111 --> 00:46:21,946
never to take life too seriously.
930
00:46:23,364 --> 00:46:24,615
Here's the thing, Ever.
931
00:46:24,907 --> 00:46:27,910
You worry so much
about the life that you want,
932
00:46:28,869 --> 00:46:29,870
you never take the time
933
00:46:30,663 --> 00:46:32,665
to appreciate the life that you have.
934
00:46:36,836 --> 00:46:38,212
- Your turn.
- What?
935
00:46:38,546 --> 00:46:39,463
- Me?
- [Auntie Shu] Yep.
936
00:46:39,547 --> 00:46:40,840
No! I don't know how to do this.
937
00:46:40,965 --> 00:46:42,591
[Auntie Shu] Yeah,
you're not supposed to. Catch.
938
00:46:42,675 --> 00:46:44,802
- [energetic music playing]
- Oh my god! [laughs]
939
00:46:46,387 --> 00:46:48,723
Go on, take it. Okay. Don't think.
940
00:46:49,348 --> 00:46:50,224
Have fun.
941
00:46:52,518 --> 00:46:53,394
Oh!
942
00:46:53,477 --> 00:46:54,770
[Ever] Auntie Shu was right.
943
00:46:55,438 --> 00:46:57,023
[Auntie Shu] Okay, see? There you go.
944
00:46:57,106 --> 00:46:59,317
[Ever] I just needed to try
and enjoy the moment.
945
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:00,401
[both laugh]
946
00:47:01,110 --> 00:47:02,778
[Ever] So for the first time in my life,
947
00:47:03,612 --> 00:47:05,239
that's exactly what I did.
948
00:47:06,866 --> 00:47:09,327
["How Will I Know" playing]
949
00:47:35,978 --> 00:47:37,229
[Megan]
You're literally glowing,
950
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:38,981
and I'm covered in spilled matcha.
951
00:47:39,482 --> 00:47:41,650
- I hate you, but I love you.
- [song continues]
952
00:47:57,366 --> 00:47:58,910
- [both in English] Ever!
- Did you have xiao long bao?
953
00:47:59,099 --> 00:48:00,951
- [Mrs. Wong] How's the Mandarin now?
- It's getting a lot better.
954
00:48:01,101 --> 00:48:02,546
[Mr. Wong] How many Chinese words
can you write?
955
00:48:02,630 --> 00:48:03,464
A-- a lot.
956
00:48:03,547 --> 00:48:04,757
[Mr. Wong] How's school over there?
957
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:06,467
- Yeah, um, got to go. Love you.
- [Mrs. Wong] Bye-bye!
958
00:48:06,550 --> 00:48:07,426
- [Mr. Wong] Bye.
- Bye.
959
00:48:09,011 --> 00:48:10,179
[song continues]
960
00:49:04,859 --> 00:49:06,110
[music ends]
961
00:49:14,618 --> 00:49:15,578
[chuckles]
962
00:49:21,917 --> 00:49:23,002
[in English] Rise and shine.
963
00:49:23,919 --> 00:49:26,172
- Mm.
- Want some caffeine?
964
00:49:26,797 --> 00:49:27,715
- Mm-hmm.
- [Rick] Yeah?
965
00:49:28,299 --> 00:49:30,593
- Lots of cream, lots of sugar. [chuckles]
- [sighs]
966
00:49:31,260 --> 00:49:32,261
[groans]
967
00:49:33,179 --> 00:49:34,597
- [sighs]
- [grunts]
968
00:49:35,264 --> 00:49:37,266
Oh, I'm exhausted. [sighs]
969
00:49:37,725 --> 00:49:40,352
Yeah, that'll happen when you
go out every night of the week.
970
00:49:42,855 --> 00:49:44,190
How did you even get in here?
971
00:49:44,857 --> 00:49:46,525
- Your door was open.
- [chuckles]
972
00:49:47,193 --> 00:49:49,403
- Not unlocked. Just…
- [slurps]
973
00:49:49,612 --> 00:49:50,779
- …open.
- Mm.
974
00:49:51,030 --> 00:49:53,157
- Yeah, lucky no creeps got in here.
- [chuckles]
975
00:49:53,908 --> 00:49:58,037
- I wouldn't be so sure. [chuckles]
- [sighs] All right, let's get up.
976
00:49:58,287 --> 00:50:00,498
Come on, let's go for a hike! [sighs]
977
00:50:01,582 --> 00:50:03,542
- Earthquake!
- [groans] No!
978
00:50:03,751 --> 00:50:05,794
- No. No!
- Come on!
979
00:50:06,378 --> 00:50:08,339
[chuckles]
980
00:50:09,507 --> 00:50:11,800
[Sophie] Oh, my God, the mosquitoes here.
981
00:50:11,967 --> 00:50:13,844
Oh, my God, wait, wait,
don't step on it.
982
00:50:14,011 --> 00:50:16,889
[indistinct chatter]
983
00:50:18,140 --> 00:50:19,099
[Spencer] I'm okay for now.
984
00:50:19,183 --> 00:50:20,392
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
985
00:50:20,935 --> 00:50:22,353
[Spencer] Feels like you're dying.
986
00:50:23,854 --> 00:50:26,524
[groans, pants] You know,
I'm not gonna make it.
987
00:50:26,649 --> 00:50:29,318
Uh, just go on without me. Please.
988
00:50:29,818 --> 00:50:31,487
- Just, please.
- You okay?
989
00:50:32,238 --> 00:50:33,113
Yeah.
990
00:50:33,864 --> 00:50:36,075
Soph, I promise,
the view from the top is so much better.
991
00:50:36,325 --> 00:50:38,494
But I'm already enjoying this view.
[chuckles]
992
00:50:38,619 --> 00:50:40,329
- [pants]
- [birds chirping]
993
00:50:40,454 --> 00:50:42,623
No, seriously,
I'll catch up in two seconds.
994
00:50:42,873 --> 00:50:43,749
You two cuties go.
995
00:50:44,208 --> 00:50:45,084
Go on without me.
996
00:50:45,668 --> 00:50:47,002
- You sure?
- [Sophie] Yeah. Yeah.
997
00:50:47,753 --> 00:50:49,046
[Sophie] Please. [pants]
998
00:50:54,927 --> 00:50:55,803
[sighs]
999
00:50:56,387 --> 00:50:58,597
- [Ever] So, how's it going with you two?
- [birds chirping]
1000
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:00,516
What, Sophie?
1001
00:51:01,725 --> 00:51:03,143
Uh, we're cool. She's cool.
1002
00:51:03,394 --> 00:51:04,270
I like her.
1003
00:51:05,062 --> 00:51:06,772
[birds chirping]
1004
00:51:06,855 --> 00:51:07,731
Yeah.
1005
00:51:09,650 --> 00:51:11,360
What about you and Wonder Boy?
1006
00:51:12,278 --> 00:51:14,154
[Ever] Rick? We're good.
1007
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:15,447
[indistinct chatter]
1008
00:51:15,906 --> 00:51:17,283
So, how's dance going?
1009
00:51:17,575 --> 00:51:18,576
Have you sent in your audition?
1010
00:51:18,659 --> 00:51:20,244
Uh, I think I'm gonna record it tomorrow.
1011
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:23,539
Yeah, I kind of put it off
till the last minute 'cause…
1012
00:51:24,373 --> 00:51:25,416
you know. [chuckles softly]
1013
00:51:26,208 --> 00:51:27,626
I don't know. Tell me.
1014
00:51:29,587 --> 00:51:32,673
I've worked really hard
to be good enough, but…
1015
00:51:34,383 --> 00:51:35,467
what if I'm not?
1016
00:51:35,759 --> 00:51:37,803
[gentle music playing]
1017
00:51:37,886 --> 00:51:39,096
Well, what if you are?
1018
00:51:41,473 --> 00:51:43,100
[birds chirping]
1019
00:51:49,732 --> 00:51:51,400
Hey! [pants] Hey.
1020
00:51:52,192 --> 00:51:53,277
Is everything okay?
1021
00:51:53,652 --> 00:51:54,862
[Rick sighs] Sorry, I'm just…
1022
00:51:55,404 --> 00:51:56,780
Kind of in my head, I guess.
1023
00:51:57,698 --> 00:51:58,616
What's wrong?
1024
00:51:59,908 --> 00:52:02,620
[sighs] My Aunt Claire is having
a party tomorrow night,
1025
00:52:02,703 --> 00:52:04,288
and she is strongly encouraging
1026
00:52:04,371 --> 00:52:06,749
that Sophie and I show up,
put on our clean faces,
1027
00:52:06,832 --> 00:52:08,959
and make her look good in front
of her high-society friends.
1028
00:52:09,293 --> 00:52:10,753
I take it you don't want to go.
1029
00:52:11,086 --> 00:52:12,171
- [chuckles]
- My family is
1030
00:52:12,296 --> 00:52:14,798
just still really bitter that
I broke up with Jenna.
1031
00:52:14,923 --> 00:52:17,384
And, if you can imagine,
they like her better than they like me.
1032
00:52:17,509 --> 00:52:18,552
[both chuckle]
1033
00:52:20,471 --> 00:52:22,264
Can-- can I ask you something?
1034
00:52:22,389 --> 00:52:24,183
- [birds chirping]
- [Ever hesitates]
1035
00:52:25,768 --> 00:52:26,977
Why did you end things?
1036
00:52:28,979 --> 00:52:29,855
[exhales]
1037
00:52:30,439 --> 00:52:32,941
We just had absolutely nothing in common.
1038
00:52:34,902 --> 00:52:35,903
Yeah.
1039
00:52:36,612 --> 00:52:38,447
Yeah, no, I-- I-- I get that.
1040
00:52:39,740 --> 00:52:40,824
It's important.
1041
00:52:44,036 --> 00:52:44,912
Hey…
1042
00:52:46,830 --> 00:52:48,082
Come with me to the party.
1043
00:52:50,084 --> 00:52:52,836
You're asking me to go to a party
where your family's gonna be there
1044
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:55,589
wishing I was your ex-girlfriend
the whole time.
1045
00:52:55,798 --> 00:52:58,175
Did I mention that there would
be free food and drinks?
1046
00:53:00,052 --> 00:53:01,136
And…
1047
00:53:02,388 --> 00:53:03,639
I'll be there. You know.
1048
00:53:04,682 --> 00:53:06,392
[Ever] Okay. [chuckles]
I'll think about it.
1049
00:53:12,523 --> 00:53:13,649
[Rick] Come on. Really?
1050
00:53:14,441 --> 00:53:17,486
- [panting]
- [Ever chuckling]
1051
00:53:17,569 --> 00:53:19,154
Wait, slow down!
1052
00:53:19,238 --> 00:53:20,197
["Reverse" playing]
1053
00:53:27,037 --> 00:53:27,955
[in English] Wow.
1054
00:53:28,205 --> 00:53:29,456
[music continues]
1055
00:53:53,397 --> 00:53:54,481
[in English] Hey, guys!
1056
00:53:56,650 --> 00:53:58,527
I finally made it. [chuckles]
1057
00:54:00,446 --> 00:54:01,655
[both laugh]
1058
00:54:20,007 --> 00:54:20,883
[Auntie Shu] Ever.
1059
00:54:21,675 --> 00:54:22,843
I have a surprise for you.
1060
00:54:26,972 --> 00:54:30,434
I figure since you're going
to a fancy event with this boy
1061
00:54:30,726 --> 00:54:33,479
who you say is just a friend who's a boy
who's not your boyfriend…
1062
00:54:34,813 --> 00:54:35,773
you might like this.
1063
00:54:41,195 --> 00:54:42,196
Oh, my God.
1064
00:54:42,654 --> 00:54:44,114
- [chuckles]
- Really?
1065
00:54:44,239 --> 00:54:45,282
- Yeah.
- [squeals]
1066
00:54:46,742 --> 00:54:47,910
Thank you, Auntie Shu.
1067
00:54:48,368 --> 00:54:49,620
It's beautiful. [gasps]
1068
00:54:49,745 --> 00:54:50,954
- You're welcome.
- [chuckles]
1069
00:54:51,789 --> 00:54:53,040
Hey, everyone's taking off.
1070
00:54:53,165 --> 00:54:54,500
Can you lock up when you leave?
1071
00:54:54,833 --> 00:54:55,793
Yeah, no problem.
1072
00:54:55,918 --> 00:54:58,003
[Auntie Shu] Oh, the typhoon's
not supposed to hit the city,
1073
00:54:58,086 --> 00:54:59,963
- but be sure to shut the windows.
- [Ever] Okay.
1074
00:55:00,214 --> 00:55:01,089
Of course.
1075
00:55:05,177 --> 00:55:06,512
[Auntie Shu] Good luck with the dance!
1076
00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:09,223
And remember, mèng dié.
1077
00:55:15,354 --> 00:55:17,439
["The Hedgehog" playing]
1078
00:55:20,943 --> 00:55:22,986
[Ever] After everything
I had experienced this summer,
1079
00:55:23,070 --> 00:55:25,113
I was finally ready for my audition.
1080
00:55:25,989 --> 00:55:29,910
But what I wasn't expecting
was how truly good it felt to just be…
1081
00:55:31,036 --> 00:55:31,912
me.
1082
00:55:32,204 --> 00:55:36,875
[music continues]
1083
00:56:20,085 --> 00:56:21,253
[cell phone chimes]
1084
00:56:25,007 --> 00:56:26,008
[in English] Oh, shit.
1085
00:56:41,899 --> 00:56:43,817
[wind howling]
1086
00:57:37,329 --> 00:57:38,205
[laughs]
1087
00:58:02,020 --> 00:58:02,980
[in English] I'll see you later.
1088
00:58:03,063 --> 00:58:04,356
[guest] Okay. Okay, see you.
1089
00:58:05,357 --> 00:58:06,692
[music fades]
1090
00:58:06,775 --> 00:58:10,821
Oh, my God. You look absolutely perfect.
1091
00:58:11,405 --> 00:58:12,656
- [chuckles]
- Wow.
1092
00:58:17,369 --> 00:58:18,870
I'm sorry I'm so late.
1093
00:58:18,954 --> 00:58:21,039
Oh, that's okay. Let's grab you
something to drink.
1094
00:58:21,164 --> 00:58:22,290
[speaking Mandarin]
1095
00:58:22,374 --> 00:58:23,250
[in English] Cheers.
1096
00:58:23,375 --> 00:58:24,292
[clinks]
1097
00:58:29,715 --> 00:58:32,968
I can't believe how amazing this party is.
1098
00:58:33,510 --> 00:58:35,345
That is my Aunt Claire for you.
1099
00:58:35,429 --> 00:58:37,139
She throws this party every year.
1100
00:58:37,639 --> 00:58:39,224
and no storm's gonna stop her.
1101
00:58:39,766 --> 00:58:41,810
How about I introduce you?
1102
00:58:43,395 --> 00:58:44,521
Okay. [chuckles]
1103
00:58:50,485 --> 00:58:51,611
Aunt Claire. Uncle David.
1104
00:58:51,695 --> 00:58:53,155
- Hi. Hello.
- Good to see you.
1105
00:58:53,405 --> 00:58:55,532
Uh, this is Ever, my date.
1106
00:58:55,991 --> 00:58:57,909
Hello, dear.
Are you enjoying the party?
1107
00:58:58,201 --> 00:59:00,871
Oh, absolutely. It's… it's really lovely.
1108
00:59:01,413 --> 00:59:03,582
So… how did you meet Frederick?
1109
00:59:03,749 --> 00:59:04,791
Oh, Rick?
1110
00:59:04,958 --> 00:59:07,127
Uh… [chuckles]
…I feel like I've known him my whole life,
1111
00:59:07,419 --> 00:59:08,837
thanks to the World Journal.
1112
00:59:09,379 --> 00:59:11,131
Oh, so you're a fan of his?
1113
00:59:11,214 --> 00:59:13,759
Oh, God, no.
You know, to be honest with you,
1114
00:59:13,967 --> 00:59:15,510
I've always really sort of hated him.
1115
00:59:16,470 --> 00:59:18,430
- [Ever chuckles]
- [Rick] We met at Huwei.
1116
00:59:18,847 --> 00:59:20,265
Ever is learning calligraphy.
1117
00:59:20,766 --> 00:59:21,808
Trying to.
1118
00:59:22,017 --> 00:59:23,310
- Oh, my goodness.
- [David] Yeah.
1119
00:59:23,643 --> 00:59:24,686
[Claire] Jenna! [laughs]
1120
00:59:24,770 --> 00:59:26,354
- You came!
- Jenna?
1121
00:59:27,064 --> 00:59:28,732
Jenna, like your ex?
1122
00:59:28,815 --> 00:59:30,692
- [Claire] Welcome.
- What is she doing here?
1123
00:59:31,234 --> 00:59:32,694
She was in Taipei,
1124
00:59:32,819 --> 00:59:34,696
and so we decided to
invite her to the party.
1125
00:59:34,821 --> 00:59:35,864
I can see that.
1126
00:59:37,365 --> 00:59:39,409
- Rick. Hi.
- Hey.
1127
00:59:40,202 --> 00:59:41,119
Come here.
1128
00:59:43,955 --> 00:59:46,958
Yeah it's, um,
it's really good to see you.
1129
00:59:47,292 --> 00:59:49,836
- You too. You look great.
- Thank you. You-- you too.
1130
00:59:52,506 --> 00:59:53,882
[clicks tongue] This is Ever.
1131
00:59:54,841 --> 00:59:55,967
- Jenna. Hi.
- [Ever] Hi.
1132
00:59:56,218 --> 00:59:57,469
I love your dress.
1133
00:59:57,552 --> 00:59:58,428
Thank you.
1134
00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:01,556
We were so sorry to hear
about you two splitting up.
1135
01:00:02,307 --> 01:00:04,351
[speaking Mandarin] Frederick's mother
said it seemed like everything
1136
01:00:04,434 --> 01:00:06,561
was going so well and then out of nowhere…
1137
01:00:06,853 --> 01:00:08,271
You sound just like my parents.
1138
01:00:08,438 --> 01:00:12,150
They were devastated when they found out
I was no longer dating Mr. World Journal.
1139
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:13,652
[Claire laughing]
1140
01:00:13,819 --> 01:00:15,821
[speaking Mandarin]
My mother still hasn't forgiven me.
1141
01:00:15,987 --> 01:00:16,905
[all laugh]
1142
01:00:18,490 --> 01:00:20,784
[speaking Mandarin]
Jenna, how is Harvard Law?
1143
01:00:20,992 --> 01:00:23,328
Really good! I'm very happy.
1144
01:00:23,787 --> 01:00:24,913
[Claire speaking in Mandarin] Great.
1145
01:00:26,540 --> 01:00:28,333
[in English]
Ever is graduating soon too,
1146
01:00:28,416 --> 01:00:30,877
and she's going to be studying medicine
at Case Western Reserve.
1147
01:00:31,670 --> 01:00:34,506
And her father is
a very successful doctor in the States.
1148
01:00:35,090 --> 01:00:36,174
Internal medicine, right?
1149
01:00:37,801 --> 01:00:39,761
Was a-- a doctor.
1150
01:00:40,637 --> 01:00:42,514
Yeah, uh, when we moved to America,
1151
01:00:42,639 --> 01:00:45,767
he had to give up his practice,
and he works in a pharmacy now.
1152
01:00:48,270 --> 01:00:49,521
[clicks tongue] But, um,
1153
01:00:49,980 --> 01:00:53,316
I'm-- I'm currently in the process
of auditioning for a dance company.
1154
01:00:53,567 --> 01:00:54,609
[Claire] Dance?
1155
01:00:55,277 --> 01:00:56,528
How lovely. [chuckles]
1156
01:00:57,904 --> 01:00:59,531
We must mingle. Jenna…
1157
01:00:59,865 --> 01:01:01,867
[speaking Mandarin]
Join me so we can catch up.
1158
01:01:02,033 --> 01:01:02,909
- Oh, Frederick…
- Yup?
1159
01:01:02,993 --> 01:01:03,910
…let's chat later.
1160
01:01:04,244 --> 01:01:05,996
- Okay.
- Nice to meet you…
1161
01:01:07,414 --> 01:01:08,331
Ever.
1162
01:01:08,540 --> 01:01:09,416
Yes. [chuckles]
1163
01:01:10,292 --> 01:01:11,501
Hey!
1164
01:01:11,626 --> 01:01:13,336
[indistinct chatter]
1165
01:01:13,670 --> 01:01:15,130
[Claire] You have met my husband.
1166
01:01:15,630 --> 01:01:16,673
[Rick] Ever.
1167
01:01:18,884 --> 01:01:19,968
What was that?
1168
01:01:21,052 --> 01:01:22,387
I didn't know she was gonna be here.
1169
01:01:22,512 --> 01:01:27,142
No, I-- I'm not talking about her. I mean,
like, my dad and-- and med school.
1170
01:01:28,977 --> 01:01:29,853
[sighs]
1171
01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:31,479
I'm sorry.
1172
01:01:32,147 --> 01:01:34,941
Okay? It's just,
I'm really, really nervous.
1173
01:01:35,692 --> 01:01:38,361
I mean, you could see it.
My family is complicated. And I just…
1174
01:01:39,779 --> 01:01:41,656
I just needed, like, some kind of buffer.
1175
01:01:43,491 --> 01:01:44,659
Is that why I'm here?
1176
01:01:45,076 --> 01:01:47,621
- I'm just-- I'm a buffer?
- [Rick] No, no, no. It's just…
1177
01:01:48,955 --> 01:01:51,499
I just don't want to give them
anything else to criticize me about.
1178
01:01:52,292 --> 01:01:54,002
Like my dad working in a pharmacy?
1179
01:01:57,297 --> 01:02:00,091
Oh, my God, such a shit show.
1180
01:02:01,384 --> 01:02:02,302
Mm.
1181
01:02:03,803 --> 01:02:06,097
Bringing Xavier? Huge mistake.
1182
01:02:06,473 --> 01:02:08,642
He just told Uncle Michael
he wants to travel around
1183
01:02:08,725 --> 01:02:11,186
and live in a van for a year.
Why would he say that?
1184
01:02:11,353 --> 01:02:12,979
Because it's the truth.
1185
01:02:13,355 --> 01:02:15,774
I swear, it's like he gets off
on making a fool of himself.
1186
01:02:16,149 --> 01:02:17,901
We're done. I'm so over it.
1187
01:02:19,069 --> 01:02:20,195
Wait, where are you going?
1188
01:02:20,403 --> 01:02:21,905
Suddenly I'm not in the party mood.
1189
01:02:22,572 --> 01:02:24,199
Here. You can finish that.
1190
01:02:33,625 --> 01:02:35,919
[pensive music playing]
1191
01:02:44,010 --> 01:02:45,387
[thunder rumbling]
1192
01:02:59,859 --> 01:03:00,735
[Xavier] Ever.
1193
01:03:04,155 --> 01:03:05,115
What are you doing here?
1194
01:03:07,075 --> 01:03:08,576
I saw you leave the party early.
1195
01:03:10,036 --> 01:03:11,371
They're kind of intense, huh?
1196
01:03:13,081 --> 01:03:13,999
Yeah.
1197
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:17,335
Rick was making me out to be
someone that I'm not.
1198
01:03:20,463 --> 01:03:21,673
Yeah, I hear you.
1199
01:03:22,966 --> 01:03:26,011
Sophie was parading me around,
1200
01:03:26,511 --> 01:03:28,096
gushing about my father's business.
1201
01:03:28,680 --> 01:03:32,183
Talking about how close him and I are,
which is complete bullshit.
1202
01:03:34,769 --> 01:03:38,189
My father avoids me
because I don't follow his rules
1203
01:03:38,315 --> 01:03:39,816
and be whoever he wants me to be.
1204
01:03:41,818 --> 01:03:43,486
I-- I guess we both got used tonight.
1205
01:03:46,156 --> 01:03:49,659
I just… I feel so stupid
in this dress right now.
1206
01:03:54,247 --> 01:03:55,123
Well…
1207
01:03:56,916 --> 01:03:58,793
For what it's worth,
I-- I think you look great.
1208
01:04:03,089 --> 01:04:04,466
[gentle music playing]
1209
01:04:05,383 --> 01:04:06,259
And…
1210
01:04:06,926 --> 01:04:08,553
if you want to talk about stupid…
1211
01:04:10,430 --> 01:04:12,223
what about me trying out your dance moves?
1212
01:04:16,353 --> 01:04:18,188
["Dynamite" playing]
1213
01:04:18,271 --> 01:04:19,147
[chuckles]
1214
01:04:19,856 --> 01:04:20,732
It's not bad.
1215
01:04:20,899 --> 01:04:23,109
Actually, it's more of a like…
1216
01:04:23,193 --> 01:04:26,404
♪ You've seen my red as blue ♪
1217
01:04:26,488 --> 01:04:29,115
♪ I don't belong in your universe ♪
1218
01:04:29,199 --> 01:04:30,867
[Xavier] Okay. Okay.
1219
01:04:31,159 --> 01:04:32,827
- I'm coming. There it is.
- [Ever chuckles]
1220
01:04:33,995 --> 01:04:34,871
[Xavier sighs]
1221
01:04:35,997 --> 01:04:36,873
Whoa.
1222
01:04:39,501 --> 01:04:40,377
Whoa.
1223
01:04:40,460 --> 01:04:41,711
♪ You'll get home ♪
1224
01:04:41,795 --> 01:04:44,422
♪ But I'm on my way out now ♪
1225
01:04:44,547 --> 01:04:48,051
♪ Not the same destinations ♪
1226
01:04:48,718 --> 01:04:51,930
♪ I will stay when you get off the train ♪
1227
01:04:52,013 --> 01:04:52,889
It's raining.
1228
01:04:52,972 --> 01:04:55,350
♪ You're as safe as a mountain ♪
1229
01:04:56,267 --> 01:04:57,143
Yeah, it is.
1230
01:04:59,604 --> 01:05:00,980
We should go. Come on.
1231
01:05:01,314 --> 01:05:03,608
♪ You're as safe as a mountain ♪
1232
01:05:04,818 --> 01:05:07,237
♪ You know that I am dynamite ♪
1233
01:05:08,988 --> 01:05:11,282
♪ Know that I am dynamite ♪
1234
01:05:11,366 --> 01:05:13,034
♪ Now ♪
1235
01:05:13,118 --> 01:05:15,453
♪ Know that I am dynamite ♪
1236
01:05:17,330 --> 01:05:19,791
♪ Know that I am dynamite… ♪
1237
01:05:32,137 --> 01:05:33,096
[pants]
1238
01:05:34,431 --> 01:05:36,641
Oh, man, it is really coming down.
1239
01:05:38,143 --> 01:05:40,437
Yeah, might have
to wait it out a little while.
1240
01:05:42,147 --> 01:05:43,106
[sighs]
1241
01:05:45,191 --> 01:05:46,067
Oh, here.
1242
01:05:50,363 --> 01:05:51,448
Thanks. [chuckles]
1243
01:05:57,078 --> 01:05:57,996
What's this?
1244
01:06:00,039 --> 01:06:01,583
It reminds me to follow my own path.
1245
01:06:03,334 --> 01:06:04,210
I like it.
1246
01:06:05,170 --> 01:06:07,046
[thunder rumbling]
1247
01:06:08,131 --> 01:06:09,507
Here. Give me your arm.
1248
01:06:09,799 --> 01:06:12,719
[gentle music playing]
1249
01:06:32,614 --> 01:06:34,115
I didn't know you were an artist.
1250
01:06:35,700 --> 01:06:36,826
We're both full of surprises.
1251
01:06:43,249 --> 01:06:44,125
Wait.
1252
01:06:45,668 --> 01:06:46,669
Those sketches.
1253
01:06:48,963 --> 01:06:50,089
They're from you?
1254
01:07:20,912 --> 01:07:21,955
Sorry.
1255
01:07:32,173 --> 01:07:34,259
[panting]
1256
01:07:43,142 --> 01:07:44,727
[thunder claps]
1257
01:07:51,818 --> 01:07:54,404
[indistinct chatter]
1258
01:08:10,336 --> 01:08:12,589
- Ever, are you okay?
- Yeah.
1259
01:08:12,672 --> 01:08:14,132
The typhoon hit the city hard.
1260
01:08:14,382 --> 01:08:16,968
There is no power,
so we are gathering here.
1261
01:08:17,802 --> 01:08:18,678
Okay.
1262
01:08:29,856 --> 01:08:32,567
[gentle music playing]
1263
01:08:34,694 --> 01:08:36,446
[indistinct chatter]
1264
01:08:49,667 --> 01:08:51,711
[sighs] I was so worried
when we got back and you weren't here.
1265
01:08:51,878 --> 01:08:53,630
I made it back. I'm fine.
1266
01:08:55,298 --> 01:08:56,174
Can we…
1267
01:08:58,760 --> 01:08:59,636
Yeah?
1268
01:09:00,219 --> 01:09:01,429
[indistinct chatter]
1269
01:09:01,512 --> 01:09:03,640
[sighs] Listen, I… um…
1270
01:09:06,142 --> 01:09:07,435
I am so sorry…
1271
01:09:08,561 --> 01:09:10,688
about how I treated you
in front of my family.
1272
01:09:10,772 --> 01:09:11,814
How I acted…
1273
01:09:12,774 --> 01:09:14,734
has nothing to do with you.
1274
01:09:16,152 --> 01:09:18,571
Okay? I-- I care about you so much.
1275
01:09:18,946 --> 01:09:21,658
[indistinct chatter]
1276
01:09:43,179 --> 01:09:44,847
- [Ever] What's going on?
- It's the typhoon.
1277
01:09:45,473 --> 01:09:47,392
It's bad. The city's flooding.
1278
01:09:47,850 --> 01:09:48,810
Parents are worried, and…
1279
01:09:50,395 --> 01:09:53,022
they want us to leave
as soon as the storm passes.
1280
01:09:54,065 --> 01:09:55,608
They want me and Sophie out of Taipei.
1281
01:09:56,150 --> 01:09:57,026
You're leaving?
1282
01:09:57,193 --> 01:09:58,945
[indistinct chatter]
1283
01:10:00,238 --> 01:10:01,322
[Rick] I-- I'm sorry.
1284
01:10:02,573 --> 01:10:03,866
I wish things could be different.
1285
01:10:06,369 --> 01:10:07,495
I wish tonight was different.
1286
01:10:10,039 --> 01:10:10,957
Me too.
1287
01:10:11,207 --> 01:10:13,334
Because when I'm with you, I am…
1288
01:10:15,169 --> 01:10:17,130
more me than I've ever been.
1289
01:10:17,547 --> 01:10:19,716
[indistinct chatter]
1290
01:10:21,759 --> 01:10:23,845
[melancholic music playing]
1291
01:10:32,103 --> 01:10:33,146
[sobs]
1292
01:10:34,564 --> 01:10:36,649
[birds chirping]
1293
01:10:43,072 --> 01:10:44,782
[gentle music playing]
1294
01:10:51,956 --> 01:10:52,999
[sighs]
1295
01:11:06,804 --> 01:11:07,805
[sighs]
1296
01:11:13,561 --> 01:11:14,520
[sighs]
1297
01:11:30,870 --> 01:11:31,746
Oh, my God.
1298
01:11:46,469 --> 01:11:48,429
[sirens wailing]
1299
01:12:02,068 --> 01:12:02,944
No.
1300
01:12:18,584 --> 01:12:19,460
Auntie Shu?
1301
01:12:28,386 --> 01:12:29,554
Auntie Shu?
1302
01:12:37,728 --> 01:12:38,646
[Auntie Shu] Ever!
1303
01:12:39,272 --> 01:12:40,147
Oh!
1304
01:12:40,481 --> 01:12:41,858
I'm so glad you're okay.
1305
01:12:42,650 --> 01:12:44,151
We tried calling you all night.
1306
01:12:44,235 --> 01:12:45,695
Your parents were worried sick.
1307
01:12:46,070 --> 01:12:48,322
[both sobbing]
1308
01:12:48,781 --> 01:12:51,117
Auntie Shu, your… your gallery.
1309
01:12:51,742 --> 01:12:53,578
- Everything is ruined.
- I know. I know.
1310
01:12:54,412 --> 01:12:57,039
I'm-- I'm so sorry.
I left the windows open.
1311
01:12:57,248 --> 01:12:59,500
I was just--
I was in such a hurry to get out,
1312
01:12:59,625 --> 01:13:01,919
- and I just-- I forgot.
- It's gonna be okay.
1313
01:13:02,545 --> 01:13:03,546
It'll be all right.
1314
01:13:04,463 --> 01:13:06,173
[sobs]
1315
01:13:06,591 --> 01:13:07,550
[Auntie Shu] Hey.
1316
01:13:13,264 --> 01:13:14,640
You need to talk to your mother.
1317
01:13:16,017 --> 01:13:16,893
Come on.
1318
01:13:18,352 --> 01:13:19,562
- She's worried.
- [line ringing]
1319
01:13:21,814 --> 01:13:22,773
- [Mrs. Wong] Hello?
- [Ever] Hello?
1320
01:13:22,940 --> 01:13:24,191
[Mrs. Wong] Baba! It's Ever!
1321
01:13:24,692 --> 01:13:25,568
Ever!
1322
01:13:25,693 --> 01:13:26,569
- [gasps]
- Ever.
1323
01:13:26,694 --> 01:13:28,446
- Is she okay?
- Your father and I were watching the news.
1324
01:13:28,738 --> 01:13:29,906
- Are you safe?
- I'm-- I'm fine.
1325
01:13:29,989 --> 01:13:31,532
But Auntie Shu…
1326
01:13:31,949 --> 01:13:34,201
[Mrs. Wong] Do you have any idea
how many people we have called?
1327
01:13:34,493 --> 01:13:36,913
And you never told us
you've been visiting Auntie Shu.
1328
01:13:36,996 --> 01:13:38,289
Sorry, I-- I--
1329
01:13:38,748 --> 01:13:40,875
[Mrs. Wong] And… and now you're dancing?
1330
01:13:42,376 --> 01:13:43,252
She told you?
1331
01:13:43,794 --> 01:13:45,504
She didn't tell us anything.
1332
01:13:46,005 --> 01:13:49,258
We got a call from some man,
and he was talking about a…
1333
01:13:49,717 --> 01:13:51,385
[speaking Mandarin]
1334
01:13:51,594 --> 01:13:52,929
- [in English] Dancing audition.
- A, uh,
1335
01:13:53,012 --> 01:13:54,972
A dance audition. He couldn't reach you.
1336
01:13:55,556 --> 01:13:56,599
What did he say?
1337
01:13:56,724 --> 01:13:58,267
[Mrs. Wong] What aren't you telling us?
1338
01:13:58,809 --> 01:14:01,062
Stop, Mom, just-- just--
just tell me what he said.
1339
01:14:04,065 --> 01:14:06,108
He said you should try again next year.
1340
01:14:07,276 --> 01:14:09,695
[pensive music playing]
1341
01:14:13,240 --> 01:14:14,325
[sobs] That's it?
1342
01:14:18,079 --> 01:14:19,205
[Mrs. Wong] What is this all about?
1343
01:14:19,288 --> 01:14:20,665
It's nothing. I, um…
1344
01:14:21,457 --> 01:14:23,417
Don't be worried about me, okay? I'm okay.
1345
01:14:23,834 --> 01:14:24,877
[sniffs] Okay.
1346
01:14:26,128 --> 01:14:27,046
Bye.
1347
01:14:34,345 --> 01:14:36,263
[sobs, sniffles]
1348
01:14:40,601 --> 01:14:41,936
[sobs]
1349
01:14:42,395 --> 01:14:44,897
[somber music playing]
1350
01:14:48,651 --> 01:14:49,735
[Ever] A typhoon had come,
1351
01:14:50,277 --> 01:14:52,613
and all it brought was chaos in every way.
1352
01:14:56,283 --> 01:14:57,368
[message chimes]
1353
01:15:16,095 --> 01:15:18,347
[music intensifies]
1354
01:15:42,496 --> 01:15:43,706
Here, let me help.
1355
01:15:44,582 --> 01:15:45,833
[grunts] Thanks.
1356
01:15:46,333 --> 01:15:47,251
How you holding up?
1357
01:15:47,918 --> 01:15:49,795
You know… [sighs] …I'm doing all right.
1358
01:15:51,213 --> 01:15:52,923
The storm really did a number
on this place.
1359
01:15:53,591 --> 01:15:56,010
I hope they don't still expect us
to put on that festival.
1360
01:15:56,510 --> 01:15:57,511
I heard it was canceled.
1361
01:15:57,887 --> 01:15:58,763
Yeah.
1362
01:16:02,099 --> 01:16:03,225
Hey, um,
1363
01:16:03,642 --> 01:16:05,061
I'm sorry about the other night.
1364
01:16:06,645 --> 01:16:07,855
- [birds chirping]
- Yeah, me too.
1365
01:16:08,522 --> 01:16:10,191
I just really like hanging out with you.
1366
01:16:10,524 --> 01:16:11,442
Same.
1367
01:16:12,985 --> 01:16:14,987
I really screwed things up.
1368
01:16:15,821 --> 01:16:16,947
With my parents.
1369
01:16:17,740 --> 01:16:18,824
My aunt's gallery.
1370
01:16:19,825 --> 01:16:21,952
I even got rejected
from that dance company.
1371
01:16:23,704 --> 01:16:25,122
That sucks, Ever. I'm sorry.
1372
01:16:26,165 --> 01:16:27,166
Actually…
1373
01:16:28,250 --> 01:16:29,418
I'm kind of relieved.
1374
01:16:31,629 --> 01:16:33,881
I think I was trying so hard
to make it work in dance
1375
01:16:33,964 --> 01:16:36,842
because I thought, you know,
if I could just do that,
1376
01:16:36,926 --> 01:16:39,887
I'd convince my parents
that I can be whatever I want,
1377
01:16:40,471 --> 01:16:42,431
instead of what they expect me to be.
1378
01:16:44,183 --> 01:16:45,184
I get that.
1379
01:16:46,685 --> 01:16:47,603
You do?
1380
01:16:48,521 --> 01:16:49,438
Oh, yeah.
1381
01:16:50,022 --> 01:16:52,566
I stopped trying to become someone else
a long time ago.
1382
01:16:56,153 --> 01:16:57,571
I really messed things up.
1383
01:16:59,824 --> 01:17:00,825
["Summer Love" playing]
1384
01:17:00,908 --> 01:17:03,410
Well, being a guy who screws up a lot…
1385
01:17:04,411 --> 01:17:06,247
it's never too late to make things right.
1386
01:17:18,384 --> 01:17:19,593
[Ever] Auntie Shu.
1387
01:17:22,763 --> 01:17:24,849
[in English] This place looks like
it could use some help.
1388
01:17:33,691 --> 01:17:34,942
[in English] I have an idea.
1389
01:17:56,797 --> 01:17:57,798
[in English] There you go.
1390
01:17:58,382 --> 01:17:59,884
- Let me help. Let me help.
- You okay?
1391
01:17:59,967 --> 01:18:00,885
You got it?
1392
01:18:01,218 --> 01:18:02,511
All right. Ever, you okay?
1393
01:18:03,262 --> 01:18:06,056
♪ I got that summer love ♪
1394
01:18:06,682 --> 01:18:08,100
♪ Summer love ♪
1395
01:18:08,684 --> 01:18:10,352
♪ Summer love ♪
1396
01:18:11,020 --> 01:18:14,356
♪ Summertime I got that summer love ♪
1397
01:18:19,862 --> 01:18:21,530
♪ I got summer love ♪
1398
01:18:33,375 --> 01:18:34,251
[in English] How was that?
1399
01:18:34,710 --> 01:18:37,421
It was like an eight out of ten.
It was good. It was good.
1400
01:18:38,047 --> 01:18:38,923
Eight?
1401
01:18:42,176 --> 01:18:46,889
♪ Avenue, branding new
Falling in love, what I feel ♪
1402
01:18:47,389 --> 01:18:50,684
♪ Oh, no matter what I swear I do, yeah ♪
1403
01:18:50,809 --> 01:18:53,354
[singing in Mandarin]
1404
01:19:10,955 --> 01:19:13,290
[in English] ♪ Summer love ♪
1405
01:19:13,374 --> 01:19:15,251
♪ Summer love ♪
1406
01:19:15,668 --> 01:19:19,546
♪ Summertime I got that summer love ♪
1407
01:19:20,297 --> 01:19:21,924
♪ Summer love ♪
1408
01:19:22,508 --> 01:19:24,260
♪ Summer love ♪
1409
01:19:24,802 --> 01:19:28,430
♪ Summertime I got that summer love ♪
1410
01:19:36,814 --> 01:19:38,107
♪ Summer love ♪
1411
01:19:45,864 --> 01:19:47,366
♪ Summer love ♪
1412
01:19:47,908 --> 01:19:49,201
♪ I got summer love ♪
1413
01:19:49,326 --> 01:19:50,202
[song concludes]
1414
01:19:51,662 --> 01:19:52,621
Wow.
1415
01:19:56,959 --> 01:19:58,502
I guess you could call it a remix.
1416
01:19:59,128 --> 01:20:02,089
With your Auntie Shu's permission,
of course.
1417
01:20:04,258 --> 01:20:05,134
Thank you.
1418
01:20:07,386 --> 01:20:08,846
Yeah. Yeah, you're welcome.
1419
01:20:11,390 --> 01:20:13,225
[gentle pop music playing]
1420
01:20:14,059 --> 01:20:16,603
[Ever] They say the air
is clearest after a rain.
1421
01:20:17,396 --> 01:20:20,274
And as we finished preparing
our own Loveboat festival…
1422
01:20:21,233 --> 01:20:23,193
I started to feel that way
about my life too.
1423
01:20:24,111 --> 01:20:27,906
And the irony was my realization
that not everything needed to be clear.
1424
01:20:28,615 --> 01:20:31,702
The key was having the courage
to leap into the unknown.
1425
01:20:54,558 --> 01:20:56,393
I can't believe you pulled it off.
1426
01:20:57,644 --> 01:20:59,938
Don't jinx it.
I haven't pulled it off yet.
1427
01:21:01,106 --> 01:21:03,317
Either way, you made the festival happen.
1428
01:21:04,401 --> 01:21:05,319
Come on.
1429
01:21:05,569 --> 01:21:07,237
I have a surprise for you.
1430
01:21:13,577 --> 01:21:15,120
Mom! Dad!
1431
01:21:16,372 --> 01:21:17,539
- Ever.
- [Ever chuckles]
1432
01:21:17,873 --> 01:21:19,500
[Mrs. Wong] Oh!
1433
01:21:20,042 --> 01:21:21,627
It's wonderful to see you, Ever.
1434
01:21:22,294 --> 01:21:23,796
What-- what are you doing here?
1435
01:21:23,921 --> 01:21:26,256
We heard what you're up to,
and your Auntie Shu says
1436
01:21:26,340 --> 01:21:27,883
we should come see for ourselves.
1437
01:21:28,050 --> 01:21:28,967
[chuckles]
1438
01:21:29,885 --> 01:21:31,220
What I've been up to?
1439
01:21:35,641 --> 01:21:38,560
Um, can we talk for a minute?
1440
01:21:39,061 --> 01:21:40,854
Yeah. Sure. [chuckles]
1441
01:21:45,984 --> 01:21:48,612
I'm really glad
that the both of you are here.
1442
01:21:49,780 --> 01:21:52,366
There's-- there's something
that I've been meaning to tell you.
1443
01:21:55,035 --> 01:21:58,664
I haven't been completely honest with you.
1444
01:22:01,583 --> 01:22:03,252
I don't want to go to med school.
1445
01:22:04,795 --> 01:22:05,671
You don't?
1446
01:22:06,046 --> 01:22:07,798
But you're applying for all the programs.
1447
01:22:07,923 --> 01:22:10,259
I only did that
because I thought that's what you wanted.
1448
01:22:11,593 --> 01:22:13,512
I auditioned to the dance company
1449
01:22:13,804 --> 01:22:16,682
without telling you because I was afraid
that you would disapprove.
1450
01:22:18,142 --> 01:22:20,769
But, I mean, being here with these people…
1451
01:22:21,895 --> 01:22:23,564
it's made me realize that…
1452
01:22:24,606 --> 01:22:26,608
I'm still figuring out what I want.
1453
01:22:28,360 --> 01:22:29,862
["Dancer" playing]
1454
01:22:30,279 --> 01:22:32,906
♪ Is it painted on my face? ♪
1455
01:22:33,282 --> 01:22:35,576
♪ 'Cause you won't look away ♪
1456
01:22:35,659 --> 01:22:38,203
♪ I've put up a barricade ♪
1457
01:22:38,287 --> 01:22:40,539
♪ All my life ♪
1458
01:22:40,622 --> 01:22:41,832
♪ Life ♪
1459
01:22:41,957 --> 01:22:44,126
♪ I hide ♪
1460
01:22:46,795 --> 01:22:48,172
♪ I feel vulnerable ♪
1461
01:22:48,297 --> 01:22:50,048
[Ever] As we made our way onto the stage,
1462
01:22:50,257 --> 01:22:53,343
I didn't care about a dance company
or med school.
1463
01:22:53,886 --> 01:22:55,554
I cared about helping Auntie Shu,
1464
01:22:55,846 --> 01:22:58,307
and the artists whose work
was damaged by the storm.
1465
01:22:58,432 --> 01:22:59,433
[indistinct chatter, cheering]
1466
01:22:59,516 --> 01:23:01,977
We'd like to welcome you
to the first official
1467
01:23:02,436 --> 01:23:04,646
Loveboat festival.
1468
01:23:04,730 --> 01:23:07,191
And the person who put this all together,
1469
01:23:07,566 --> 01:23:08,901
Ever Wong.
1470
01:23:08,984 --> 01:23:11,361
♪ I'm not scared at all ♪
1471
01:23:11,445 --> 01:23:14,156
This performance
is a love letter to a place
1472
01:23:14,281 --> 01:23:17,034
that I never knew before eight weeks ago.
1473
01:23:17,367 --> 01:23:18,243
Now…
1474
01:23:19,411 --> 01:23:20,412
it's part of me.
1475
01:23:20,829 --> 01:23:22,998
It's called…
[speaking Mandarin] "Butterfly Dream"
1476
01:23:23,207 --> 01:23:25,626
[applauds, cheers]
1477
01:23:29,296 --> 01:23:30,923
[Ever] I cared about everyone
from Loveboat
1478
01:23:31,006 --> 01:23:33,383
getting to celebrate
the culture and the history
1479
01:23:33,592 --> 01:23:35,802
we spent the entire summer
immersing ourselves in.
1480
01:23:39,640 --> 01:23:41,642
I cared about my parents getting to see me
1481
01:23:41,808 --> 01:23:44,353
feeling more alive
than I ever had in my life.
1482
01:23:45,437 --> 01:23:46,522
♪ Every day ♪
1483
01:23:47,314 --> 01:23:48,524
♪ And night ♪
1484
01:23:51,527 --> 01:23:54,029
♪ When I close my eyes ♪
1485
01:23:54,196 --> 01:23:56,698
♪ I'm not scared at all ♪
1486
01:23:56,782 --> 01:23:59,076
[Ever] It was then
that everything in the universe
1487
01:23:59,243 --> 01:24:00,786
finally came together.
1488
01:24:01,161 --> 01:24:04,540
No more rules,
no more expectations, no more fears.
1489
01:24:04,957 --> 01:24:07,584
It was just all of us in this one moment.
1490
01:24:09,419 --> 01:24:11,672
♪ When you know how to move me ♪
1491
01:24:11,755 --> 01:24:13,173
♪ Like a dancer ♪
1492
01:24:13,340 --> 01:24:16,134
[all cheer, applaud]
1493
01:24:16,593 --> 01:24:20,347
♪ And I don't wanna hide ♪
1494
01:24:25,185 --> 01:24:30,440
♪ But I'm not scared at all ♪
1495
01:24:30,524 --> 01:24:33,986
♪ It feels like I've been
Waiting to surrender ♪
1496
01:24:34,236 --> 01:24:36,280
♪ I've been waiting all my life ♪
1497
01:24:36,363 --> 01:24:39,908
♪ Like it's easy to fall ♪
1498
01:24:40,701 --> 01:24:45,789
♪ When you know
How to move me like a dancer ♪
1499
01:24:49,209 --> 01:24:51,295
♪ I hide ♪
1500
01:24:51,587 --> 01:24:52,462
[music fades]
1501
01:24:52,879 --> 01:24:54,840
[indistinct chatter]
1502
01:24:57,467 --> 01:24:59,428
So this is what you've been up to.
1503
01:24:59,970 --> 01:25:03,140
Sophie! I can't believe
you came! [chuckles]
1504
01:25:04,266 --> 01:25:06,351
Obviously. I wouldn't miss it.
1505
01:25:07,394 --> 01:25:09,521
Oh, and this is Jeremy.
1506
01:25:10,022 --> 01:25:11,440
We met at a typhoon beach clean-up.
1507
01:25:11,940 --> 01:25:13,108
He's in a band. [chuckles softly]
1508
01:25:13,942 --> 01:25:15,277
My family's furious, but whatever.
1509
01:25:15,527 --> 01:25:16,945
They even had four songs
written about them.
1510
01:25:17,029 --> 01:25:19,239
Uh, five, actually.
1511
01:25:19,948 --> 01:25:22,075
- The new one just sort of came to me.
- [chuckles]
1512
01:25:22,284 --> 01:25:24,244
Hello, it's--
it's nice to meet you, Jeremy.
1513
01:25:24,328 --> 01:25:25,412
Yeah. Um…
1514
01:25:26,079 --> 01:25:26,997
Cool dance thingy.
1515
01:25:27,331 --> 01:25:28,290
[Rick] I second that.
1516
01:25:29,499 --> 01:25:32,210
It was a very cool dance… thingy.
1517
01:25:36,548 --> 01:25:38,050
- We'll catch you later. [chuckles]
- Okay.
1518
01:25:38,133 --> 01:25:39,968
Come on, Jer. I want to hear the new song.
1519
01:25:42,638 --> 01:25:43,555
They're cute.
1520
01:25:43,722 --> 01:25:45,515
- I give it a week.
- No.
1521
01:25:45,641 --> 01:25:46,933
Full album, at least.
1522
01:25:48,852 --> 01:25:52,272
Ever, what you're doing here
is really amazing.
1523
01:25:52,898 --> 01:25:54,983
Congrats. You should be proud.
1524
01:25:55,651 --> 01:25:56,526
Thank you.
1525
01:25:56,610 --> 01:25:58,820
And-- and thank you for showing up.
1526
01:25:58,904 --> 01:26:00,739
- It really does mean a lot.
- What, are you kidding me?
1527
01:26:00,822 --> 01:26:02,449
- I had to see Girl Wonder in action.
- [Ever chuckles]
1528
01:26:03,325 --> 01:26:05,869
[chuckles] Well, you know,
I-- I look forward to seeing
1529
01:26:05,952 --> 01:26:08,664
Boy Wonder in this year's
edition of the World Journal.
1530
01:26:09,706 --> 01:26:12,209
Actually, I was hoping
not to be Boy Wonder
1531
01:26:12,292 --> 01:26:14,294
in the World Journal this year. [chuckles]
1532
01:26:15,712 --> 01:26:16,797
[sighs]
1533
01:26:24,221 --> 01:26:25,347
Don't be a stranger.
1534
01:26:25,681 --> 01:26:27,516
Oh, no, don't worry. I won't. [chuckles]
1535
01:26:27,724 --> 01:26:31,520
My mom made me keep your contact
for "networking purposes."
1536
01:26:31,687 --> 01:26:32,646
- Ah.
- So… [chuckles]
1537
01:26:32,729 --> 01:26:34,981
Don't act like you didn't already
add me to your favorites.
1538
01:26:35,273 --> 01:26:36,650
[Ever] Shut up! [chuckles]
1539
01:26:37,693 --> 01:26:40,946
[gentle music playing]
1540
01:27:08,598 --> 01:27:10,559
[indistinct chatter]
1541
01:27:14,896 --> 01:27:16,481
[Xavier] One dance number wasn't enough?
1542
01:27:17,065 --> 01:27:17,941
Hi.
1543
01:27:22,404 --> 01:27:23,780
I just can't believe you'd do that.
1544
01:27:24,364 --> 01:27:25,282
What?
1545
01:27:25,866 --> 01:27:26,742
Dance without me.
1546
01:27:31,246 --> 01:27:32,581
[gentle music playing]
1547
01:27:36,793 --> 01:27:37,669
So…
1548
01:27:38,754 --> 01:27:40,297
what now, Forever-Ever?
1549
01:27:46,052 --> 01:27:47,637
["Moon Eyes" playing]
1550
01:27:49,848 --> 01:27:54,269
I… haven't really thought
much beyond that point.
1551
01:27:54,352 --> 01:27:56,313
Well, I think it's off to a great start.
1552
01:27:56,396 --> 01:27:57,522
- Really? Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
1553
01:27:58,857 --> 01:27:59,983
You know, it's…
1554
01:28:00,317 --> 01:28:03,445
It's actually kind of nice
not having it all figured out.
1555
01:28:05,739 --> 01:28:07,616
Nah, yeah, it leaves room for surprises.
1556
01:28:15,540 --> 01:28:20,629
♪ Darling, you take me to the moon ♪
1557
01:28:22,506 --> 01:28:24,174
♪ But you leave me here ♪
1558
01:28:24,591 --> 01:28:28,053
♪ Cold and without you ♪
1559
01:28:30,180 --> 01:28:34,976
♪ Darling, why'd you have to go so soon? ♪
1560
01:28:37,145 --> 01:28:38,980
♪ Now I won't have ♪
1561
01:28:39,272 --> 01:28:43,860
♪ Anyone to share the view with ♪
1562
01:28:44,361 --> 01:28:47,197
♪ But I'll stay put ♪
1563
01:28:47,906 --> 01:28:50,826
♪ No, I won't move ♪
1564
01:28:51,159 --> 01:28:57,290
♪ I'll wait another 40 hours ♪
1565
01:28:58,875 --> 01:29:03,004
♪ So I'll stay put here ♪
1566
01:29:03,088 --> 01:29:05,507
♪ I won't move ♪
1567
01:29:05,757 --> 01:29:12,138
♪ Maybe you've gone to buy me flowers ♪
1568
01:29:14,015 --> 01:29:18,812
♪ Darling, you don't have to be so kind ♪
1569
01:29:21,189 --> 01:29:22,899
♪ To travel down ♪
1570
01:29:23,233 --> 01:29:26,611
♪ All for my surprise ♪
1571
01:29:28,822 --> 01:29:33,618
♪ Darling, I'm covering my eyes ♪
1572
01:29:35,912 --> 01:29:37,622
♪ So I don't see ♪
1573
01:29:37,747 --> 01:29:42,252
♪ You've gone a long, long time ♪
1574
01:29:43,003 --> 01:29:45,547
♪ But I'll stay put ♪
1575
01:29:46,590 --> 01:29:49,509
♪ No, I won't move ♪
1576
01:29:49,843 --> 01:29:55,724
♪ I'll wait another 40 hours ♪
1577
01:29:57,434 --> 01:30:01,563
♪ So I'll stay put here ♪
1578
01:30:01,688 --> 01:30:04,232
♪ I won't move ♪
1579
01:30:04,441 --> 01:30:06,192
♪ Maybe you've gone ♪
1580
01:30:06,359 --> 01:30:10,739
♪ To buy me flowers ♪
1581
01:30:12,365 --> 01:30:15,076
♪ But I'll stay put ♪
1582
01:30:15,911 --> 01:30:18,705
♪ No, I won't move ♪
1583
01:30:19,122 --> 01:30:25,128
♪ I'll wait another 40 hours ♪
1584
01:30:26,963 --> 01:30:30,884
♪ So I'll stay put here ♪
1585
01:30:30,967 --> 01:30:33,470
♪ I won't move ♪
1586
01:30:33,803 --> 01:30:35,513
♪ Maybe you've gone ♪
1587
01:30:35,597 --> 01:30:40,310
♪ To buy me flowers ♪
1588
01:30:55,033 --> 01:30:56,743
[song concludes]
1589
01:31:02,874 --> 01:31:06,586
[gentle piano playing]
1590
01:35:09,078 --> 01:35:11,039
[music concludes]