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What does this mean?

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-I don't understand what you're doing.
-The emoji. When you smile and do this.

3
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What's the context?

4
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-Um… never mind.
-Come on, Mom. Just tell me.

5
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It's something that felt rather sincere.

6
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-Who sent it to you?
-It's an undercut.

7
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It undercuts
the meaning of the message, right?

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Could be.

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Or it could simultaneously
reinforce the message.

10
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-Or… it's a dare.
-How?

11
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If you're texting with someone, right?

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Say they, like, open a door to something,
but then they're scared,

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so they undercut it with the emoji
to make it safe.

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Like, "I love you. LOL."
Like, now they haven't really said it.

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And as a result,
they've put it in your court.

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My court.

17
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Then it's on you to find out
if they meant what they said.

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People are… fearful.

19
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Mm-hmm.

20
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Oh!

21
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Why are you being so nice to me?

22
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Are you going running?

23
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Obviously.

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Oh.

25
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Oh shit.

26
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That motherfucker.

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Record everything for your own sake.

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Oh, hi. Flo told me you were meeting.

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-Were you looking for me?
-No, actually. I was looking for…

30
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to schedule our subcommittee
since we had to cancel last night.

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Oh, sorry.

32
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-I had a therapist's appointment.
-Oh.

33
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Yeah, apparently, I don't know how
to read the shared calendar.

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-Um, let's talk.
-Us?

35
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-Yeah.
-Oh.

36
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-We can keep checking in, okay?
-Yeah.

37
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-Yeah.
-Thanks, David.

38
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Do you wanna just
bang out the dates now or…

39
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Um…

40
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-Later. When can I find you?
-I have a lot of emails.

41
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-All right, David.
-Excuse me.

42
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Okay.

43
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I just need to get him alone,
and then I'll know.

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Is the door, as they say, open?

45
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-Yeah, close it.
-You need to talk?

46
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Mm-hmm.

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You gotta return the file.

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-I don't know what you're talking about.
-You were in my office.

49
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There's a file missing from a box
that I am supposed to hand in

50
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to the Title IX coordinator
for the hearing.

51
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It pertains to Lila Green.

52
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It's very disorganized in here.

53
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-By tomorrow. End of day. Please.
-I'm sorry you misplaced something.

54
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This is not gonna go away, okay?
And don't put me in this position.

55
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You missed a button.

56
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I know.

57
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Edwina, hi.

58
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I turned in your letter.

59
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Are you kidding me?

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Ma'am, the deadline is the deadline.

61
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I have a chronic illness.

62
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I'm sorry, but this is not gonna be
part of the candidate's package.

63
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You're gonna jeopardize the future of
a student just because it's one day late?

64
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We did not jeopardize
the future of the student, ma'am.

65
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-Feel better.
-Well, I can't feel better.

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Do you not know the definition of chronic?

67
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See, I know you can pull it off.

68
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I just don't think
I can pull off double-breasted.

69
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You can do it. You have great shoulders.

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It's not the front that I'm worried about.

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Oh, hi!

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Hi.

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I wanted to see if I could help coordinate
with Florence about our subcommittee.

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Yes, sorry.
Anytime before five that I'm not teaching.

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I'll make myself available.

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Available.

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Great, I'll make a snack.

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-Ooh, she makes great snacks.
-Well, I love a snack.

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Gluten-free.

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You remember everything.

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Okay, well, I will leave you two to…

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Bond.

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-Wednesday at 3:15.
-I'm teaching.

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-Thursday at 10:30.
-I'm teaching.

85
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-Thursday afternoon?
-I teach then too. Friday morning?

86
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It's okay if you can't come
to the first session. We can take notes.

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-Let's find a time that works.
-It's not a big thing.

88
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-I'm trying to come.
-I want you to come.

89
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-Let's circle back.
-Oh, absolutely.

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The only way you can finish a book
is to delude yourself into thinking

91
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that it and you are utterly brilliant.

92
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Though this is quite good.

93
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I can't see it.

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I got most of it out. It's a remnant.

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-How'd you get this?
-From God.

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Where were you last night?

97
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A friend.

98
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You know, those cocksucking deer
destroyed my whole garden.

99
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I'm sorry that happened.

100
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Marriage.

101
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I… I gotta use a needle.

102
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No! No, no. It'll work itself out.

103
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What are you guys doing?

104
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Oh, hi, honey. What are you doing?

105
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Uh, Alexis sent me some research
on Dad's accuser.

106
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-Are you talking to Alexis?
-Uh-huh.

107
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Did you know Lila Green has a Substack?

108
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It's pretty… People have problems.

109
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Yes, yes, they do, honey. Um…

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I have something to tell you.

111
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You burned her file?

112
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-I can't go back in time, so what do I do?
-Are you insane?

113
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Sid, I need forward movement, please.

114
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What is this?

115
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Well, now that you've done that,
you have to go talk to her.

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-There's no other option.
-What the hell is that?

117
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-I have one more possibility.
-What is your possibility?

118
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No butter? This fridge looks like
it belongs in a horror movie.

119
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You're welcome to go to the grocery store.
I hear they let everybody shop there.

120
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And, honey,
if for any reason it doesn't pan out,

121
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we'll talk to her tomorrow.

122
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Do you promise? I feel like
you're on another planet these days.

123
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-Will you come with me?
-Yes, I promise.

124
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-Which one are you going to?
-Don't know.

125
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-The one on 19th?
-I don't know. Why?

126
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I have an errand.

127
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Hey.

128
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Dawn. I didn't realize it was you.
John, remember?

129
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So, uh, adjuncting just isn't cutting it,
or what?

130
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Well, this is how I get my benefits. It's…

131
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I like it. I get 10% off groceries.

132
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But do I, is the question.

133
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Ooh. Sorry.

134
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-Tess!
-Oh, yes.

135
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This is my favorite novel.

136
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I was listening to a podcast
the other day.

137
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Did you know that Thomas Hardy
wrote Tess of the d'Urbervilles

138
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because, apparently, he got an erection

139
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while watching a woman being hanged
at a public execution?

140
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Oh wow.

141
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Some say he wrote the entire book
as an apology.

142
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That's awful.

143
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Can't be sure if the erection happened,
but I love to think it happened.

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Human psyche. Fuckin' wild, right?

145
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-Yeah.
-Well, we gotta get you a second class.

146
00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:05,169
Yeah.

147
00:09:05,795 --> 00:09:06,754
Bye!

148
00:09:15,429 --> 00:09:17,557
-How's this feeling?
-John, please.

149
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What?

150
00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:20,893
Did you see that?

151
00:09:20,977 --> 00:09:22,728
-Get in the car.
-Hey.

152
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-You forgot your phone.
-Oh. Thanks, Dawn.

153
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Hi, Dawn.

154
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Excuse me. I'm… I'm working.

155
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Ooh, have I mentioned
that I… I haven't taken advantage

156
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of the agreement between John and myself
for many, many years?

157
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Well, I have not.

158
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Not since…

159
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David.

160
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I brought you this.

161
00:10:03,936 --> 00:10:04,770
Why?

162
00:10:05,354 --> 00:10:08,733
Can we have one honest conversation
before we die?

163
00:10:09,317 --> 00:10:12,361
-I strive to have many.
-Good. Well…

164
00:10:15,156 --> 00:10:16,699
I loved you, and you broke my heart.

165
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This is true.

166
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Oh God. What?

167
00:10:22,038 --> 00:10:23,039
No.

168
00:10:23,539 --> 00:10:25,291
Okay. Okay.

169
00:10:25,374 --> 00:10:28,169
I was ready
to leave my husband for you, David.

170
00:10:28,252 --> 00:10:30,921
I waited at that fucking train station
for you.

171
00:10:31,005 --> 00:10:34,842
I waited for three hours,
and you never showed up.

172
00:10:34,925 --> 00:10:36,385
I couldn't do that to my daughter.

173
00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:39,180
Bullshit. You were just scared
of getting into it with your wife.

174
00:10:39,263 --> 00:10:40,556
I didn't handle it the best.

175
00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,727
Then I tried to have fucking coffee
or herbal tea with you,

176
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and you avoided me for a decade.

177
00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:49,315
Uh-uh.

178
00:10:50,191 --> 00:10:51,776
-Okay.
-I'm a grown-up.

179
00:10:51,859 --> 00:10:55,154
I know closure is just a myth
believed in by people under 30,

180
00:10:55,237 --> 00:10:57,448
but I gave you a lot of slack.

181
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What do you want?

182
00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:02,328
I don't have the file anymore.

183
00:11:02,411 --> 00:11:05,039
This is a terrible conversation.

184
00:11:05,122 --> 00:11:06,624
I hate this conversation.

185
00:11:06,707 --> 00:11:08,668
Please can you cover for me, David?

186
00:11:08,751 --> 00:11:10,086
I…

187
00:11:10,169 --> 00:11:12,672
We fucked for three years.

188
00:11:12,755 --> 00:11:15,257
I mean, I thought we were in love.

189
00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:17,093
We were.

190
00:11:19,637 --> 00:11:22,306
You know, I was rereading our old emails.

191
00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:24,225
Again?

192
00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:26,394
I thought you deleted them.

193
00:11:26,477 --> 00:11:28,354
Do you still have that cabin?

194
00:11:33,275 --> 00:11:36,946
I rent it out, mostly in the summer,
before it gets too cold.

195
00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:40,658
I'm trying to pay off Sid's loans.
What are you asking?

196
00:11:41,158 --> 00:11:42,118
Nothing.

197
00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:43,911
I just remember you.

198
00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:46,747
In that doorway.

199
00:11:47,832 --> 00:11:49,834
That is an image, as I get older,

200
00:11:51,627 --> 00:11:53,379
that I am glad I have.

201
00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,006
And the file?

202
00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:58,175
I can't help you with that.

203
00:12:11,981 --> 00:12:12,815
Okay.

204
00:12:17,653 --> 00:12:19,989
Thank you so much for coming.

205
00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,324
Sure.

206
00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:25,411
So, um, my mom wanted to talk to you.

207
00:12:25,494 --> 00:12:27,413
-This is my daughter.
-I know.

208
00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,209
Mom, go ahead.

209
00:12:33,210 --> 00:12:34,170
Hi, Lila.

210
00:12:35,212 --> 00:12:36,046
Well…

211
00:12:37,798 --> 00:12:40,342
-I wanted to apologize.
-For what?

212
00:12:40,426 --> 00:12:44,346
I am very sorry that you felt
you had to drop out of school

213
00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:46,932
based on what you believed
were my actions.

214
00:12:47,016 --> 00:12:47,892
Really?

215
00:12:47,975 --> 00:12:49,226
-Mom.
-What?

216
00:12:49,310 --> 00:12:51,187
That's not an apology.

217
00:12:51,270 --> 00:12:53,105
Well, it's as much as I can muster.

218
00:12:53,189 --> 00:12:54,356
You retaliated.

219
00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:55,483
No, I didn't.

220
00:12:55,566 --> 00:12:58,611
Lila, Lila, I'm worried
you're going into this blind.

221
00:12:58,694 --> 00:13:01,906
This hearing is not going to be
an easy experience.

222
00:13:01,989 --> 00:13:05,242
Do you really want
to put yourself through that?

223
00:13:05,326 --> 00:13:07,244
This is what you invited me here for?

224
00:13:07,328 --> 00:13:10,331
I'm concerned
that you haven't thought this through.

225
00:13:10,414 --> 00:13:13,334
I'm concerned
that you have yogurt on your shirt.

226
00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:16,837
-And your mother is a vindictive cunt.
-I'm sorry, what?

227
00:13:16,921 --> 00:13:19,548
No, no, she can say that.
It's okay. You can say that.

228
00:13:20,049 --> 00:13:23,552
"She liked to hold his penis in her hand,

229
00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:26,013
stroking the folds of his crinkled scrotum

230
00:13:26,096 --> 00:13:28,933
until he grew hard
and impossible to ignore."

231
00:13:29,016 --> 00:13:29,850
-Sid!
-What?

232
00:13:29,934 --> 00:13:32,228
Is this your little Internet porn journal?

233
00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:33,354
What… what… are you doing?

234
00:13:33,437 --> 00:13:34,897
And even if you take it down,

235
00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:38,192
I've printed out copies of all
the pervy little entries you've written.

236
00:13:38,275 --> 00:13:39,652
That's fiction.

237
00:13:39,735 --> 00:13:42,655
Please. "She longed
to have his cock inside her."

238
00:13:42,738 --> 00:13:44,865
-Put your phone away.
-"Or any cock. It didn't matter."

239
00:13:44,949 --> 00:13:47,368
I'm gonna read every line of this
out loud at the hearing.

240
00:13:47,451 --> 00:13:48,285
No, we're not.

241
00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:51,288
No, Sidney, we do not prosecute someone
on the fiction they write.

242
00:13:51,372 --> 00:13:54,792
Mom, stop living in fantasyland.
This woman wants to bring you down.

243
00:13:54,875 --> 00:13:59,088
You think your parents don't have
to face the consequences of their abuse?

244
00:13:59,171 --> 00:14:00,464
Abuse?

245
00:14:00,548 --> 00:14:03,467
I will not let you ruin their lives

246
00:14:03,551 --> 00:14:06,887
over something stupid
you initiated over ten years ago.

247
00:14:06,971 --> 00:14:08,472
-I'm leaving.
-No, Lila.

248
00:14:08,556 --> 00:14:11,058
You wanna know who's a vindictive cunt?
You want to?

249
00:14:11,141 --> 00:14:14,937
-Who?
-Me. Me. I'm a cunt! I'm a cunt!

250
00:14:15,437 --> 00:14:17,523
-Go fuck yourself!
-Why did you do that?

251
00:14:17,606 --> 00:14:19,233
Why didn't you apologize?

252
00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:27,992
Sidney.

253
00:14:28,784 --> 00:14:29,743
What?

254
00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:33,289
You're not a cunt.

255
00:14:40,254 --> 00:14:43,048
Oh no! I forgot the coffees.
I can go get them.

256
00:14:43,132 --> 00:14:45,259
No, no, no, no, no, no. Please.

257
00:14:45,342 --> 00:14:46,635
-You sure?
-Mm-hmm.

258
00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:47,803
Okay.

259
00:14:48,929 --> 00:14:50,306
These are

260
00:14:51,307 --> 00:14:55,269
peanut butter, flaxseed,
oatmeal date balls.

261
00:14:55,352 --> 00:14:58,147
Gluten-free, no added sugar.

262
00:14:58,230 --> 00:14:59,565
Yum.

263
00:15:06,363 --> 00:15:07,698
Is that nice?

264
00:15:09,491 --> 00:15:12,328
Vlad, I… I… I want to talk to you
about something.

265
00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:16,540
-And she made it.
-I thought you were teaching.

266
00:15:16,624 --> 00:15:20,502
Gave 'em a group project. Ooh, balls! Mm.

267
00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:21,462
Mm!

268
00:15:21,545 --> 00:15:23,589
"We strive to dismantle hierarchy

269
00:15:23,672 --> 00:15:26,300
so that students may be free
to interrogate power dynamics."

270
00:15:26,383 --> 00:15:30,387
I don't know about dismantle hierarchy.
Pedagogy is hierarchy.

271
00:15:30,471 --> 00:15:32,890
But you could aim
to be in a listening position.

272
00:15:32,973 --> 00:15:36,185
Well, I aim to be an engaged teacher
and an expert in my subject.

273
00:15:36,268 --> 00:15:37,561
How does that help the students?

274
00:15:37,645 --> 00:15:39,188
Because they will learn something

275
00:15:39,271 --> 00:15:42,107
that will make them
bigger and better human beings.

276
00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:44,902
I mean, if you succumb to this idea, Flo,
the fucking knowledge…

277
00:15:44,985 --> 00:15:45,986
No need to curse.

278
00:15:46,070 --> 00:15:48,072
…fucking knowledge, learning, culture,

279
00:15:48,155 --> 00:15:50,282
and higher education as we know it
is useless.

280
00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:51,742
Then you succumb to the idea

281
00:15:51,825 --> 00:15:54,578
that all we're supposed to be
are transactional worker bees

282
00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:57,873
whose only purpose on this earth is
to amass wealth or to chill out.

283
00:15:57,957 --> 00:15:59,875
-I mean, it's so facile.
-In--

284
00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:01,460
So fucking facile. Sorry.

285
00:16:01,543 --> 00:16:03,796
In my opinion,
college is more environment.

286
00:16:03,879 --> 00:16:05,464
It's what you're exposed to.

287
00:16:05,547 --> 00:16:09,301
No, I… I… I think it's more than that
because we are… are their guides.

288
00:16:09,385 --> 00:16:11,387
We are responsible for their souls.

289
00:16:11,470 --> 00:16:14,765
Really?! Sorry.
You should tell that to your husband.

290
00:16:15,349 --> 00:16:18,852
Jesus Christ, Florence.
You can be such a bitch.

291
00:16:18,936 --> 00:16:20,729
-Oh, that's inappropriate.
-I know.

292
00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:23,023
No, you're both being very inappropriate.

293
00:16:25,234 --> 00:16:27,945
I give everything to my students.

294
00:16:28,028 --> 00:16:31,490
Well, I don't know,
maybe you need to work on your boundaries.

295
00:16:34,118 --> 00:16:36,245
The passion between the sisters,
that's great,

296
00:16:36,328 --> 00:16:39,915
but I think you just need to expand on it.
On top of that…

297
00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:43,752
I was thinking that…
maybe another paragraph.

298
00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:45,504
May I speak to you?

299
00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,675
Hey, we're just in the middle
of something right now.

300
00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:51,552
Well, I wanted to…

301
00:16:52,094 --> 00:16:54,555
Oh, I feel so intensely awful.

302
00:16:54,638 --> 00:16:56,849
It looks like my letter bounced back.

303
00:16:56,932 --> 00:16:59,727
I mean, do you know if it went through?

304
00:16:59,810 --> 00:17:03,439
I'm… I'm so sorry.
I feel like I've jeopardized your future.

305
00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:04,732
It's fine.

306
00:17:04,815 --> 00:17:07,901
Well, it… it is not fine.
It's… it's… it's awful.

307
00:17:07,985 --> 00:17:09,945
I will do whatever I can
to make it up to you.

308
00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:13,032
No, it's fine.
Um, Professor Tong turned it in.

309
00:17:13,907 --> 00:17:16,035
Oh, I'm… I'm not a professor.

310
00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:17,453
Oh, when?

311
00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:19,913
The night it was due. It was 11.

312
00:17:19,997 --> 00:17:23,792
I saw that it wasn't turned in yet,
so I texted Cynthia.

313
00:17:23,876 --> 00:17:26,712
What, you… you… you wrote it that night?

314
00:17:26,795 --> 00:17:28,005
I sent her a draft.

315
00:17:28,088 --> 00:17:31,133
Sorry, we're just supposed to be meeting
about her essay right now.

316
00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:33,594
Oh God, thank you, really.
I'm so relieved. I…

317
00:17:34,094 --> 00:17:36,638
Oh God, I thought
I messed you up, Edwina. I…

318
00:17:37,347 --> 00:17:38,432
You're fine.

319
00:17:38,515 --> 00:17:41,769
I mean, you know how much stress
I've been going through recently, so…

320
00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:43,395
-Um…
-You're a student.

321
00:17:43,479 --> 00:17:46,774
You don't need
to take on any of our stress, okay?

322
00:17:49,818 --> 00:17:52,029
We're in the middle
of working on something.

323
00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:58,619
I'm… I'm sorry I let you down.

324
00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,255
I've never before in my life
missed a deadline

325
00:18:10,339 --> 00:18:12,216
for a recommendation letter.

326
00:18:25,187 --> 00:18:28,857
Lily, Selden, The House of Mirth.

327
00:18:29,399 --> 00:18:31,860
They love each other,
but they can't be together

328
00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:34,530
because society.

329
00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:35,531
Let's read.

330
00:18:37,074 --> 00:18:40,244
"'The only way I can help you
is by loving you,'

331
00:18:40,327 --> 00:18:42,830
Selden said in a low voice."

332
00:18:42,913 --> 00:18:46,083
"She made no reply,
but her face turned to him

333
00:18:46,166 --> 00:18:48,001
with the soft motion of a flower."

334
00:18:48,085 --> 00:18:51,713
"His own met it slowly,
and their lips touched."

335
00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:54,758
"She drew back and rose from her seat."

336
00:18:55,259 --> 00:18:58,971
"Selden rose too,
and they stood facing each other."

337
00:18:59,054 --> 00:19:03,183
"Suddenly, she caught his hand
and pressed it against her cheek."

338
00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:07,437
"'Ah, love me, love me,
but don't tell me so.'"

339
00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:14,111
What is Wharton doing in this scene?

340
00:19:15,362 --> 00:19:17,531
He's gay.

341
00:19:17,614 --> 00:19:18,615
No.

342
00:19:19,908 --> 00:19:21,869
They wanna love each other,
but they can't.

343
00:19:21,952 --> 00:19:25,372
Yes, I said that,
but what is Wharton doing in this scene?

344
00:19:25,455 --> 00:19:27,749
What kind of scene is this?

345
00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:32,838
Hint. This novel was written
at the turn of the 20th century.

346
00:19:32,921 --> 00:19:35,966
You could be arrested
for writing pornography.

347
00:19:36,049 --> 00:19:39,553
So what kind of scene is this?

348
00:19:40,971 --> 00:19:43,432
Sorry, is it, like, a sex scene?

349
00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:46,476
Yes, it is. Thank you, Rose.

350
00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,480
Yeah, Wharton is giving us
something steamy here, folks.

351
00:19:50,981 --> 00:19:54,193
So what are the erotics of this passage?

352
00:19:54,776 --> 00:19:56,570
-They kiss.
-Don't give me the plot.

353
00:19:56,653 --> 00:19:58,739
Look into the words, the syntax.

354
00:19:58,822 --> 00:20:00,616
His voice is low.

355
00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:03,285
-What could that mean?
-He's soft-spoken.

356
00:20:04,244 --> 00:20:05,537
He's an introvert.

357
00:20:05,621 --> 00:20:07,080
Mm-hmm.

358
00:20:10,834 --> 00:20:12,044
He's aroused.

359
00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:20,844
Right. Right.

360
00:20:21,428 --> 00:20:24,514
"Her face turned to him

361
00:20:25,182 --> 00:20:27,309
with the soft motion of a flower."

362
00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:30,103
Okay, soft motion.

363
00:20:30,979 --> 00:20:32,689
Like gentle rocking.

364
00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:34,274
"Of a flower."

365
00:20:34,775 --> 00:20:35,734
She's…

366
00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:37,569
she's opening.

367
00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:40,072
She's opening like what?

368
00:20:40,822 --> 00:20:42,032
Flowers.

369
00:20:42,115 --> 00:20:44,743
And what does a flower resemble?

370
00:20:45,953 --> 00:20:47,537
The female anatomy.

371
00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:50,874
"Selden rose…"

372
00:20:51,875 --> 00:20:56,088
What identifiable feature
of a man might rise?

373
00:20:56,171 --> 00:20:58,048
I'm not saying this to be dirty.

374
00:20:58,131 --> 00:21:01,260
I am saying that,
in a repressed world like this,

375
00:21:01,343 --> 00:21:05,639
every single word
carries more meaning than you think.

376
00:21:16,525 --> 00:21:20,028
This is as close to consummation
as we're ever gonna get.

377
00:21:20,654 --> 00:21:22,990
Ooh! Love Edith Wharton.

378
00:21:25,575 --> 00:21:28,036
But that's not actually what happens.

379
00:21:29,579 --> 00:21:30,998
What do you mean, Aaron?

380
00:21:31,081 --> 00:21:34,376
You just made all that up.
You don't have to read it in that way.

381
00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:37,337
Well, yes. Of course I made it up,

382
00:21:37,421 --> 00:21:43,176
but do you understand what I mean
when I say that we all, Aaron, even you,

383
00:21:44,928 --> 00:21:46,722
have a body?

384
00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:49,891
I don't understand that at all.

385
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:54,313
-That was fun.
-Oh!

386
00:21:54,813 --> 00:21:57,774
-What made you… come?
-Ah…

387
00:21:58,275 --> 00:22:00,235
I was feeling bad about the other day,

388
00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:03,071
and, you know,
I know you're going through a lot.

389
00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:06,241
Huh, well, I like to think so.

390
00:22:06,908 --> 00:22:09,870
-John's hearing is coming up, right?
-Mm-hmm.

391
00:22:09,953 --> 00:22:11,371
What's your take?

392
00:22:12,247 --> 00:22:15,167
I don't do takes.
Just wanted to see how you were.

393
00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:18,462
Actually, Vlad,
I wanted to ask you something.

394
00:22:18,545 --> 00:22:19,546
Hit me.

395
00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:23,300
-Well, not that hard.
-Oh.

396
00:22:23,383 --> 00:22:24,676
-Uh, you know what?
-Just joking.

397
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:25,927
Never mind.

398
00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:30,474
You know you can be very hard to read.

399
00:22:30,557 --> 00:22:32,225
Yeah, I get that a lot.

400
00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:36,229
I'm, uh… I'm almost done with your book.

401
00:22:36,313 --> 00:22:37,230
Really?

402
00:22:37,314 --> 00:22:39,608
Yeah, I wanted to see if, I don't know,

403
00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:42,986
maybe you wanted to schedule
the reciprocal lunch.

404
00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:45,989
Oh, sure. Sure! Sure. Um…

405
00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:47,699
This weekend?

406
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,952
Um… weekends… weekends are tough.

407
00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:53,080
Oh, oh, okay, um…

408
00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:54,623
Uh, brr… Next week?

409
00:22:55,415 --> 00:22:58,293
How about Monday after next? Study day.

410
00:22:58,377 --> 00:23:00,921
Monday, uh, study day.

411
00:23:01,004 --> 00:23:02,839
Um… Hmm.

412
00:23:03,340 --> 00:23:05,592
Ah, study day.

413
00:23:06,093 --> 00:23:08,011
That's, um…

414
00:23:08,095 --> 00:23:10,472
-Or after Thanksgiving?
-No. No, no, no, no.

415
00:23:10,555 --> 00:23:12,766
No. See you then.

416
00:23:13,642 --> 00:23:15,602
Cool.

417
00:23:15,685 --> 00:23:17,562
-I'm this way.
-I'm this way.

418
00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:20,023
-I'll see you later.
-Okay.

419
00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:23,610
If he looks back, he loves me.

420
00:23:31,868 --> 00:23:34,079
Uh, come in.

421
00:23:35,539 --> 00:23:37,207
Do you have a second?

422
00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:42,337
Come in.

423
00:23:44,214 --> 00:23:45,257
We have a problem.

424
00:23:49,136 --> 00:23:51,555
Mm. Come in.

425
00:23:54,057 --> 00:23:56,017
Um…

426
00:24:02,816 --> 00:24:03,692
Hey.

427
00:24:06,153 --> 00:24:07,154
What is it?

428
00:24:12,325 --> 00:24:13,452
Guys?

429
00:24:19,791 --> 00:24:23,795
This afternoon,
the tenured faculty took a vote.

430
00:24:23,879 --> 00:24:25,797
There's no easy way to say this.

431
00:24:25,881 --> 00:24:28,633
Flo, just utter the words.

432
00:24:28,717 --> 00:24:31,678
We're asking you
to step down from teaching.

433
00:24:33,513 --> 00:24:36,933
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh

434
00:24:37,017 --> 00:24:40,395
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, oh

435
00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,564
Oh, oh…

436
00:24:42,647 --> 00:24:43,607
-Why?
-Sick

437
00:24:44,441 --> 00:24:45,942
Oh, oh

438
00:24:46,943 --> 00:24:49,404
-Sick
-We're all so tired and sick

439
00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:51,156
Of all the stupid pricks

440
00:24:51,239 --> 00:24:54,868
We're all so tired and sick
Of all the stupid pricks

441
00:24:54,951 --> 00:24:58,121
We're all so tired and sick
Of all the stupid pricks

442
00:24:58,205 --> 00:25:01,875
We're all so tired and sick
Of all the stupid pricks

443
00:25:02,959 --> 00:25:05,879
'Cause life is such a mess
And this place makes me super stressed

444
00:25:05,962 --> 00:25:09,883
'Cause life is such a mess
And this place makes me super stressed

445
00:25:09,966 --> 00:25:12,886
'Cause life is such a mess
And this place makes me super stressed

446
00:25:12,969 --> 00:25:14,888
I don't wanna deal
With these people no more

447
00:25:14,971 --> 00:25:16,890
I don't wanna deal
With these people no more

448
00:25:16,973 --> 00:25:19,976
I'm biting my nails
I'm biting my nails more than before

449
00:25:20,477 --> 00:25:23,396
I'm biting my nails
I'm biting my nails more than before

450
00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:25,398
'Cause life is such a mess

451
00:25:25,482 --> 00:25:27,400
'Cause life is such a mess

452
00:25:27,484 --> 00:25:30,904
'Cause life is such a mess
And this place makes me super stressed

453
00:25:30,987 --> 00:25:32,906
I don't wanna deal
With these people no more

454
00:25:32,989 --> 00:25:34,991
I don't wanna deal
With these people no more

455
00:25:35,492 --> 00:25:37,410
-Oh
-Uh-uh-uh-uh