1 00:00:04,094 --> 00:00:06,992 Ladies, stop stuffing yourselves with pancakes. Daddy's coming in 2 00:00:07,054 --> 00:00:09,264 at a nine, and we're seconds away from being at a ten. 3 00:00:09,334 --> 00:00:11,599 I got Ruth an interview at Lillypads, 4 00:00:11,668 --> 00:00:13,235 the most prestigious preschool 5 00:00:13,304 --> 00:00:15,203 in all of Jerry Brown's California! 6 00:00:15,263 --> 00:00:18,122 - Ugh! Lillypads? - I found out there was an opening. 7 00:00:18,185 --> 00:00:22,021 Uh, the mayor of Malibu's son just disappeared like that. 8 00:00:22,089 --> 00:00:23,722 We're all praying for his safe return, of course, 9 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:27,159 - just not until enrollment closes. - Oh, my God. 10 00:00:27,228 --> 00:00:28,994 Wait. Didn't you guys already look at a preschool? 11 00:00:29,063 --> 00:00:30,329 You mean Triangles? 12 00:00:31,798 --> 00:00:34,533 Okay. 13 00:00:34,601 --> 00:00:37,002 - Ew. - Chicken. 14 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:38,670 - Hmm? - I made eye contact with the chicken. 15 00:00:38,739 --> 00:00:39,914 He knows that I had eggs for breakfast. 16 00:00:39,985 --> 00:00:41,718 Take her. Take the pretty one. 17 00:00:41,765 --> 00:00:43,006 I don't think that a chicken 18 00:00:43,031 --> 00:00:44,006 - cares that you had eggs. - No! 19 00:00:44,031 --> 00:00:45,695 I mean, I kind of liked Triangles. 20 00:00:45,734 --> 00:00:47,487 Besides, are we really Lillypads people? 21 00:00:47,574 --> 00:00:49,775 - Yes. - I hope not. That kind of competitive, 22 00:00:49,844 --> 00:00:52,277 overpriced private school, B dash, dash, 23 00:00:52,346 --> 00:00:55,515 dash, dash, dash, dash, dash... T 24 00:00:55,609 --> 00:00:58,483 is the reason why I got out of teaching in the first place. 25 00:00:58,552 --> 00:00:59,751 What did happen at Banyon Canyon? 26 00:00:59,819 --> 00:01:01,019 Yeah, what did happen at Banyon Canyon? 27 00:01:01,087 --> 00:01:02,242 You know I can't discuss that until 28 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,122 one of four civil lawsuits is settled. 29 00:01:04,191 --> 00:01:06,625 - I know, but what... - No further questions. You guys, 30 00:01:06,693 --> 00:01:09,161 this is crazy. Look at this beautiful, impressionable child. 31 00:01:09,229 --> 00:01:11,495 Lillypads is the key to Ruth's future. 32 00:01:11,564 --> 00:01:14,298 If she gets into Lillypads, she gets into Willows. 33 00:01:14,367 --> 00:01:15,700 If she gets into Willows, she gets into Harvard. 34 00:01:15,769 --> 00:01:17,168 And if she gets into Harvard, 35 00:01:17,236 --> 00:01:19,322 - it's a bullet train to the Oval Office. - Hmm. 36 00:01:19,369 --> 00:01:21,305 Don't you want Ruth to be the president? 37 00:01:21,374 --> 00:01:23,507 Of course I do, but you can do it without going 38 00:01:23,576 --> 00:01:25,543 to some pressure cooker that turns her into a robot. 39 00:01:25,611 --> 00:01:27,979 Meep, meep, alphabet, meep, meep, numbers. 40 00:01:28,049 --> 00:01:30,242 Have you not seen Star Wars? Robots are helpful and 41 00:01:30,296 --> 00:01:32,093 - often delightful. - Please don't start this again. 42 00:01:32,156 --> 00:01:34,195 You two have been arguing about how Ruth should be raised 43 00:01:34,243 --> 00:01:35,309 since the day she was born. 44 00:01:35,359 --> 00:01:36,411 I'm sorry, I have to. 45 00:01:36,489 --> 00:01:37,988 Okay, if it was up to her, Ruth would have been born 46 00:01:38,057 --> 00:01:39,899 in a rusty tub in the Ladies Y. 47 00:01:39,945 --> 00:01:41,867 I'm not letting your hippie-dippie mishegas 48 00:01:41,899 --> 00:01:43,344 ruin Ruth's future. 49 00:01:43,406 --> 00:01:45,996 This child is a genius. 50 00:01:46,065 --> 00:01:47,602 Yay! 51 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,666 - Oh! - Whoa. 52 00:01:49,735 --> 00:01:51,234 She does this all the time. Just give her a minute. 53 00:01:51,303 --> 00:01:52,432 - She'll come to. - Yeah. 54 00:01:52,457 --> 00:01:54,537 - I'm okay! There she is. 55 00:01:54,606 --> 00:01:56,439 - Oh, my God. - Okay, all right. 56 00:01:56,508 --> 00:01:59,761 Synced & corrected by kinglouisxx www.addic7ed.com 57 00:02:00,345 --> 00:02:02,405 Ruth! I turn my back 58 00:02:02,467 --> 00:02:04,729 for two seconds and you turn yourself into a cat toy. 59 00:02:04,782 --> 00:02:06,082 Hey, Jess. 60 00:02:06,150 --> 00:02:08,017 - Hi. - I'm off to the bar to write. 61 00:02:08,086 --> 00:02:09,752 This is the first day working on my new idea 62 00:02:09,821 --> 00:02:11,688 and I have a perfect plan to make pages. 63 00:02:11,756 --> 00:02:13,256 - Okay. - All right, I'll see you. 64 00:02:13,325 --> 00:02:15,525 Good-bye, Mr. Diarrhea-head. 65 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:17,526 Hey, do you have my money, Ruth? 66 00:02:17,595 --> 00:02:18,728 Then we have nothing to talk about. 67 00:02:18,796 --> 00:02:21,463 Aunt Jess, I have to pee. 68 00:02:21,532 --> 00:02:23,365 What? Oh, no. We have to untangle you. 69 00:02:23,434 --> 00:02:24,934 Oh. We're not, we're not gonna make it. 70 00:02:25,002 --> 00:02:26,235 I'll figure it out. 71 00:02:26,303 --> 00:02:28,204 Wait, wait, what does that mean? 72 00:02:28,272 --> 00:02:30,372 - Hey. - Hey, why is my baby wrapped up in... 73 00:02:30,441 --> 00:02:31,440 never mind, she'll figure it out. 74 00:02:31,508 --> 00:02:32,874 We just came back 75 00:02:32,943 --> 00:02:36,211 from Lillypads and we need your help. 76 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:37,512 We were picking up our paperwork 77 00:02:37,581 --> 00:02:40,282 when we ran into that supervillain/wax figure/ 78 00:02:40,351 --> 00:02:43,285 former best friend of mine, Benjamin. 79 00:02:43,354 --> 00:02:45,419 Have you gotten your kid ready for this interview yet? 80 00:02:45,466 --> 00:02:48,056 We got ourselves a 365 tutor, baby. 81 00:02:48,132 --> 00:02:50,398 Christmas, New Year's Eve, Fourth of July, 82 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:52,127 we own this man's ass. 83 00:02:52,195 --> 00:02:54,229 W-What are they getting tested on? 84 00:02:54,297 --> 00:02:56,898 Draw a face. Cut a circle. Know colors. Make eye contact. 85 00:02:56,967 --> 00:02:57,957 I'm sorry, hold on. 86 00:02:58,019 --> 00:02:59,734 I'm sorry, at three? 87 00:02:59,803 --> 00:03:01,770 How could a child... 88 00:03:01,838 --> 00:03:03,571 Is that your boy over there playing the piccolo? 89 00:03:04,841 --> 00:03:07,708 Oh, yeah. That's my seed, all right. 90 00:03:07,777 --> 00:03:10,778 I had to lay down. At which point, Benjamin's child 91 00:03:10,846 --> 00:03:12,513 started giving me shiatsu. 92 00:03:12,582 --> 00:03:13,648 - Oh. - Which is apparently 93 00:03:13,716 --> 00:03:15,416 another thing he knows how to do. 94 00:03:15,485 --> 00:03:18,286 - Ew. Preschool tutors? - SCHMIDT: Okay, Jess, 95 00:03:18,354 --> 00:03:19,820 Ruth is never going to make it through this interview 96 00:03:19,889 --> 00:03:22,230 without a professional tutor. And if we look past the whole 97 00:03:22,325 --> 00:03:25,566 Banyon Canyon debacle, that's you. 98 00:03:25,627 --> 00:03:27,761 Eh, I got out of that game years ago. 99 00:03:27,830 --> 00:03:29,096 Look, I know it sounds crazy, 100 00:03:29,165 --> 00:03:31,098 but Lillypads was really magical. 101 00:03:31,167 --> 00:03:34,501 The kids wear uniforms and, you know, not to sound weird, 102 00:03:34,569 --> 00:03:37,104 - but they look hot. - That sounds weird. 103 00:03:37,173 --> 00:03:38,772 - They did. - I hear you, I hear you. 104 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:40,640 They looked super hot. Anyway, I have to run to work, 105 00:03:40,709 --> 00:03:42,475 so is there any chance that you could, you know, 106 00:03:42,544 --> 00:03:44,778 teach her how to draw a face, cut a circle, 107 00:03:44,846 --> 00:03:46,613 carry out a conversation... 108 00:03:46,682 --> 00:03:47,951 Okay, fine. I'll do it, for Ruth. 109 00:03:48,016 --> 00:03:49,802 - Yes. - Under one condition. 110 00:03:49,912 --> 00:03:52,352 - Sure. - You do it on my terms. 111 00:03:52,490 --> 00:03:53,785 What? 112 00:03:53,810 --> 00:03:55,445 I'm gonna have to go on a craft run, aren't I? 113 00:03:55,523 --> 00:03:57,290 I'm gonna need pipe cleaners, glitter, glue, 114 00:03:57,358 --> 00:03:58,958 finger paints and six different types of macaroni. 115 00:03:59,027 --> 00:04:00,526 And that's just 'cause I'm hungry. 116 00:04:00,594 --> 00:04:03,129 Honest to God, you don't already have all of that 117 00:04:03,198 --> 00:04:05,798 in this room already? 118 00:04:05,867 --> 00:04:08,267 I mean... 119 00:04:12,373 --> 00:04:14,606 Martini time. 120 00:04:14,675 --> 00:04:17,309 I like martinis. 121 00:04:20,881 --> 00:04:22,815 You know, I would be back to writing 122 00:04:22,883 --> 00:04:25,684 because I'm kind of in a nice flow, but, say, 123 00:04:25,753 --> 00:04:28,153 do you mind telling me that really interesting story 124 00:04:28,222 --> 00:04:30,989 you just told me about when you bought those shorts? 125 00:04:31,058 --> 00:04:32,557 I bought 'em. 126 00:04:32,625 --> 00:04:35,160 A-And from the start of it, 127 00:04:35,229 --> 00:04:36,661 when you realized you needed new shorts? 128 00:04:36,730 --> 00:04:38,009 What was going on there? 129 00:04:38,086 --> 00:04:39,872 You just looked around your house and there weren't shorts? 130 00:04:39,933 --> 00:04:41,499 Not the fingers, man, I'm a writer. 131 00:04:41,568 --> 00:04:43,034 What are you doing here, coming up on me like a maniac? 132 00:04:43,103 --> 00:04:44,302 Um, it's me, Winston. 133 00:04:44,371 --> 00:04:45,670 Sorry, man, I'm just really edgy right now. 134 00:04:45,739 --> 00:04:47,171 - All right, man. - Working on this thing 135 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,206 - about Chicago, actually. - Ooh. 136 00:04:49,275 --> 00:04:51,175 So you know it's gonna be raw. You know it's gonna be personal. 137 00:04:51,244 --> 00:04:53,043 - Oh, yeah. - Also, it doesn't exist. 138 00:04:53,112 --> 00:04:55,179 And if I don't have 20 pages by 3:00 today, 139 00:04:55,248 --> 00:04:57,214 - I'm gonna get punched in the face. - Who, your editor? 140 00:04:57,283 --> 00:04:58,850 No. Some guy I hired off Craigslist. 141 00:04:58,918 --> 00:05:01,551 Wait, so you hired a man to punch you in the face 142 00:05:01,620 --> 00:05:03,187 if you don't write 20 pages? 143 00:05:03,256 --> 00:05:05,189 Yeah. I have no idea what he looks like, either. 144 00:05:05,258 --> 00:05:06,357 You know, I would have punched you in the face for free. 145 00:05:06,425 --> 00:05:07,591 - Well, I got somebody. - Okay. 146 00:05:07,659 --> 00:05:09,093 Well, anyway, I have a real problem, 147 00:05:09,161 --> 00:05:10,527 one that I didn't bring on myself. 148 00:05:10,596 --> 00:05:12,609 - I'm just really slammed. - So, I'm a detective now 149 00:05:12,671 --> 00:05:14,398 and I have to testify in these trials. 150 00:05:14,466 --> 00:05:17,901 But you know I get rattled on the stand. 151 00:05:17,969 --> 00:05:20,604 Can you repeat the question? 152 00:05:20,672 --> 00:05:23,473 I asked you if you'd like me to repeat the question. 153 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,012 Can you repeat the question? 154 00:05:33,952 --> 00:05:35,785 Can you have her repeat the question? 155 00:05:35,853 --> 00:05:38,821 - Let's dig in. - Thank you. 156 00:05:38,890 --> 00:05:40,556 When I was at law school, I-I learned 157 00:05:40,625 --> 00:05:42,458 that if somebody falls apart on the stand, 158 00:05:42,527 --> 00:05:44,227 it's mostly because they're hiding something. 159 00:05:44,296 --> 00:05:46,934 So, I guess my question to you, Detective, is: 160 00:05:47,012 --> 00:05:49,232 - what are you hiding? - Nothing. 161 00:05:49,301 --> 00:05:51,400 - Nothing? - I have nothing to hide. 162 00:05:51,469 --> 00:05:53,602 Well, maybe not on this case, but perhaps you're hiding 163 00:05:53,671 --> 00:05:57,105 something from... your past? 164 00:05:57,174 --> 00:05:58,707 Objection. Form of a question. 165 00:05:58,776 --> 00:06:01,410 Withdrawn. Isn't it true, Detective, 166 00:06:01,479 --> 00:06:02,945 that this could be the result of a guilty conscience? 167 00:06:03,013 --> 00:06:04,580 I have nothing to be guilty about. 168 00:06:04,649 --> 00:06:07,782 Ladies and gentlemen, are we buying this? 169 00:06:07,851 --> 00:06:10,285 'Cause I'm not. 170 00:06:10,354 --> 00:06:13,094 My question is about the night of January 12. 171 00:06:13,140 --> 00:06:15,457 - Wait, what? No, no, no. No, no. - 2001. 172 00:06:15,525 --> 00:06:17,692 Nick, that is a cold case and I won't discuss it any further. 173 00:06:17,761 --> 00:06:19,227 Well, looks like we're discussing it now. 174 00:06:19,296 --> 00:06:21,096 I was not masturbating! 175 00:06:22,532 --> 00:06:23,898 Easy, Winston. 176 00:06:23,967 --> 00:06:25,667 You just screamed "masturbating." 177 00:06:25,735 --> 00:06:27,602 - What are you doing, man? - Sorry. 178 00:06:27,671 --> 00:06:31,473 Okay. 179 00:06:31,541 --> 00:06:32,907 Jess, we have four hours. 180 00:06:34,578 --> 00:06:36,511 What are they doing? 181 00:06:36,580 --> 00:06:37,946 What are they doing? 182 00:06:38,014 --> 00:06:39,113 What are they doing? What are they doing? 183 00:06:39,182 --> 00:06:40,114 What are they doing? What are they doing? 184 00:06:40,183 --> 00:06:41,615 What are, what are they doing?! 185 00:06:41,684 --> 00:06:42,783 We're practicing our breathing. 186 00:06:42,852 --> 00:06:44,285 Oh. Oh, okay, oh, 187 00:06:44,354 --> 00:06:45,652 well, good, wonderful. 188 00:06:45,721 --> 00:06:47,121 So, you're teaching Ruth how to do the one thing 189 00:06:47,190 --> 00:06:48,789 she's known how to do since birth. 190 00:06:48,858 --> 00:06:50,458 Do you want to get one of your other teacher friends 191 00:06:50,526 --> 00:06:51,692 to prep your child for free? 192 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,060 I didn't think so. 193 00:06:53,129 --> 00:06:54,628 So shut your souphole. 194 00:06:54,697 --> 00:06:56,797 Oh, look, it's Happy Sock. 195 00:06:56,866 --> 00:06:59,432 - Hi, Happy Sock. - Hi. 196 00:07:00,569 --> 00:07:01,935 See, Schmidt? 197 00:07:02,004 --> 00:07:03,670 We're not cutting circles; we're being circles. 198 00:07:03,739 --> 00:07:04,872 Right. Of course. 199 00:07:04,940 --> 00:07:06,473 Ruth can't hold a scissor, but now she can 200 00:07:06,542 --> 00:07:09,242 twirl around like a goon at a Phish show. 201 00:07:09,311 --> 00:07:11,879 Okay, well, now you're just napping. 202 00:07:11,947 --> 00:07:15,181 We're not napping, we're going on a brain exploration. 203 00:07:15,250 --> 00:07:16,549 I take that back, actually. 204 00:07:16,618 --> 00:07:17,817 Ruth is napping. 205 00:07:17,886 --> 00:07:19,652 Okay, well, that's enough, Jess. 206 00:07:19,721 --> 00:07:21,654 You're sending Ruth straight to Triangles. You hear that? 207 00:07:21,723 --> 00:07:24,090 That's the schoolyard chickens. 208 00:07:24,159 --> 00:07:26,826 And they're... and they're pecking at Ruth. 209 00:07:26,895 --> 00:07:27,827 And this time, they want her eyes. 210 00:07:27,896 --> 00:07:30,362 I need my eyes for TV. 211 00:07:30,431 --> 00:07:31,998 Oh, honey, don't you worry about a thing, okay? 212 00:07:32,066 --> 00:07:33,499 Daddy's gonna take over now. 213 00:07:33,568 --> 00:07:36,502 But the clock is a-ticking, so let's start with a drill. 214 00:07:36,571 --> 00:07:39,739 - No. No drills. - DRILL is an acronym. 215 00:07:39,807 --> 00:07:41,507 Do it. R: Redo it. 216 00:07:41,576 --> 00:07:42,842 Imitate what you just did. 217 00:07:42,911 --> 00:07:44,343 Learn to keep doing it. 218 00:07:44,412 --> 00:07:46,178 Live the rest of your life doing it. 219 00:07:46,247 --> 00:07:47,513 DRILL, DRILL, DRILL. 220 00:07:47,581 --> 00:07:49,014 Technically, that's an acrostic. 221 00:07:49,083 --> 00:07:50,849 Sweet burn, Jess. 222 00:07:50,918 --> 00:07:53,876 Yeah. You got me. DRILL. 223 00:07:55,509 --> 00:07:56,610 And again. 224 00:07:56,635 --> 00:07:59,423 Red, yellow, orange, green. 225 00:07:59,476 --> 00:08:04,202 And that is how you earn a dollar in America. 226 00:08:04,236 --> 00:08:06,916 She's not your child, she's not your child... 227 00:08:06,979 --> 00:08:09,105 Okay, Ruth, we're gonna do the colors one more time, and then, 228 00:08:09,173 --> 00:08:10,807 we're gonna move on to a section that I like to call 229 00:08:10,876 --> 00:08:12,510 "Get the numbers right, and Daddy will give you 230 00:08:12,565 --> 00:08:13,510 a stuffed animal." 231 00:08:13,578 --> 00:08:15,177 Here we go. 232 00:08:15,246 --> 00:08:19,115 Red, yellow, orange, Denise. 233 00:08:19,183 --> 00:08:20,517 - Yes. - I'm sorry. Uh... 234 00:08:20,585 --> 00:08:22,184 Did you just call green "Denise"? 235 00:08:22,253 --> 00:08:25,187 Yes. The color's name is Denise. 236 00:08:25,256 --> 00:08:27,156 Well, I hope you're happy. The interview is in an hour, 237 00:08:27,225 --> 00:08:28,824 and now green is Denise. 238 00:08:28,893 --> 00:08:31,027 Green is whatever she wants it to be. 239 00:08:31,095 --> 00:08:32,694 Green is whatever I want it to be. 240 00:08:32,763 --> 00:08:34,163 - Huh. - Green could be Denise 241 00:08:34,232 --> 00:08:36,265 or Juanita or Jerry. 242 00:08:36,334 --> 00:08:38,034 I just realized... 243 00:08:38,102 --> 00:08:40,702 - ...green is Jerry, for me. - Green is not Jerry for me. 244 00:08:40,771 --> 00:08:43,705 Are you and Aunt Jess in a fight? 245 00:08:43,774 --> 00:08:46,207 Oh, no, no, no. Uh, we're just telling stories. 246 00:08:46,276 --> 00:08:48,376 Uh, once upon a time, there was a fuzzy bunny 247 00:08:48,446 --> 00:08:50,612 who decided that colors didn't need names, 248 00:08:50,681 --> 00:08:52,213 and anything could be called anything, 249 00:08:52,282 --> 00:08:53,882 and the world descended into chaos. 250 00:08:53,951 --> 00:08:56,283 But the bunny was happy, because the bunny wasn't forced 251 00:08:56,361 --> 00:08:58,820 - into somebody else's definition of color. - Well, the fuzzy bunny 252 00:08:58,888 --> 00:09:00,775 wasn't really an authority, now, was she? 253 00:09:00,845 --> 00:09:03,761 Because she used to work at a school where instead of grades, 254 00:09:03,839 --> 00:09:05,175 they gave out rainbows. 255 00:09:05,245 --> 00:09:07,302 Bringing up the bunny's past is uncalled for 256 00:09:07,364 --> 00:09:09,831 in this cabbage patch. But the point is: 257 00:09:09,899 --> 00:09:13,601 I know about private schools, and the whole system is corrupt. 258 00:09:13,670 --> 00:09:15,910 Said the very fuzzy bunny. 259 00:09:15,972 --> 00:09:18,739 Until the Jewish carrot farmer brought down his mighty shovel. 260 00:09:18,808 --> 00:09:20,441 The whole system is corrupt. 261 00:09:20,510 --> 00:09:22,242 - What's going on? - Your friend 262 00:09:22,311 --> 00:09:25,633 - is costing us Washington. - Why didn't you marry Shivrang? 263 00:09:25,703 --> 00:09:26,914 Ruth, is that coffee? 264 00:09:26,983 --> 00:09:29,383 - Yep. - Okay, there is a child here. 265 00:09:29,452 --> 00:09:30,618 I'm gonna take her to the bedroom right now 266 00:09:30,687 --> 00:09:32,438 so she can watch local news bloopers. 267 00:09:32,524 --> 00:09:33,820 I don't know why she likes them so much. 268 00:09:33,889 --> 00:09:37,003 They're blowing their big shot. 269 00:09:37,136 --> 00:09:39,236 Okay. All right honey, let's go. 270 00:09:39,261 --> 00:09:40,427 Bye, honey. 271 00:09:40,496 --> 00:09:42,196 Mm-hmm. Talk to you later. 272 00:09:42,264 --> 00:09:43,597 Bye, Ruth. Great job. 273 00:09:43,665 --> 00:09:45,765 Green is green. 274 00:09:45,834 --> 00:09:48,101 - You did this. You did this. - You did this. You did this. 275 00:09:50,567 --> 00:09:51,872 - You did this. - You did this. 276 00:09:51,940 --> 00:09:52,873 Are we still on this? 277 00:09:52,941 --> 00:09:53,874 When are you gonna let this go? 278 00:09:53,942 --> 00:09:55,441 When you come clean, Detective. 279 00:09:55,511 --> 00:09:57,317 There is nothing to come clean about. 280 00:09:57,387 --> 00:09:58,945 Wait, aren't you 11 pages away 281 00:09:59,014 --> 00:09:59,946 from getting punched in the face? 282 00:10:00,015 --> 00:10:01,515 Oh, just answer the question. 283 00:10:01,583 --> 00:10:04,783 Does or does not the evidence speak for itself? 284 00:10:04,852 --> 00:10:06,785 Do I need to refresh your memory, sir? 285 00:10:06,854 --> 00:10:10,156 I didn't phone ahead to warn you of my arrival. 286 00:10:10,225 --> 00:10:12,898 I just thought it would be fun to surprise you at college. 287 00:10:12,945 --> 00:10:14,284 It was fun. 288 00:10:14,327 --> 00:10:15,296 Well, it should have been fun. 289 00:10:15,359 --> 00:10:18,860 - A man in front of a computer... - No... 290 00:10:18,929 --> 00:10:20,028 I was checking my EarthLink. 291 00:10:20,098 --> 00:10:21,329 With no pants on. 292 00:10:21,398 --> 00:10:23,231 You know my bottoms run hot! 293 00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:24,866 Tissues suspiciously close. 294 00:10:24,935 --> 00:10:26,868 They were Doug's. 295 00:10:26,937 --> 00:10:28,403 Lotion. One sock. 296 00:10:28,472 --> 00:10:29,738 Ashy elbows. Cold left foot. 297 00:10:29,807 --> 00:10:31,468 Look, why am I explaining this to you? 298 00:10:31,554 --> 00:10:33,742 You're the one who's supposed to be writing right now. 299 00:10:33,811 --> 00:10:35,376 You know what I figured out? 300 00:10:35,445 --> 00:10:36,878 You are a procrastinator. 301 00:10:36,947 --> 00:10:38,179 Said the pro-masturbator. 302 00:10:38,248 --> 00:10:39,414 You always procrastinate when something 303 00:10:39,483 --> 00:10:40,582 is important to you. 304 00:10:40,650 --> 00:10:42,499 And you know how I know? 305 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,394 January 12, 2001. 306 00:10:45,455 --> 00:10:47,388 - Damn you. - You drove eight hours across 307 00:10:47,457 --> 00:10:48,889 the country to come see me at college, 308 00:10:48,958 --> 00:10:51,726 to ask me if I have seen A Bug's Life. 309 00:10:51,794 --> 00:10:53,027 - Oh... - A Bug's Life. 310 00:10:53,096 --> 00:10:54,595 The weekend before your midterms. 311 00:10:54,664 --> 00:10:55,930 You son of a bitch! 312 00:10:55,999 --> 00:10:58,231 ♪ Big test, oh, yeah ♪ 313 00:10:59,836 --> 00:11:00,901 Focus. 314 00:11:02,404 --> 00:11:04,772 Oh, I got to pick that up. 315 00:11:04,841 --> 00:11:06,073 Whoa! 316 00:11:09,512 --> 00:11:11,578 It's been a while though, hasn't it? 317 00:11:11,647 --> 00:11:13,947 You should have appreciated the fact that your friend hitchhiked 318 00:11:14,016 --> 00:11:16,416 across the country to visit you. 319 00:11:16,485 --> 00:11:18,652 You're a procrastinator. 320 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,920 You want to know why you procrastinate? I'll tell you. 321 00:11:20,989 --> 00:11:21,955 But you didn't give me a chance to answer. 322 00:11:22,024 --> 00:11:22,956 How am I supposed to answer 323 00:11:23,025 --> 00:11:24,458 if not given the chance? 324 00:11:24,527 --> 00:11:26,926 - Fine. Answer. - It's a vague question. 325 00:11:26,995 --> 00:11:28,561 It's not a vague question. Why do you procrastinate? 326 00:11:28,630 --> 00:11:30,630 - I don't know. - Nick, you procrastinate 327 00:11:30,699 --> 00:11:33,499 when something is important to you, because deep down, 328 00:11:33,568 --> 00:11:35,601 you're don't think you're good enough to get it done. 329 00:11:35,671 --> 00:11:38,104 That's the dumbest thing I've... 330 00:11:38,173 --> 00:11:39,639 It's also... that's possibly true, 331 00:11:39,708 --> 00:11:41,775 because that really feels like what I do when I... 332 00:11:41,843 --> 00:11:43,276 Keep going, you're in a good zone. 333 00:11:43,344 --> 00:11:44,943 So, of course, when you actually get the opportunity 334 00:11:45,012 --> 00:11:47,112 to write something about your own life, 335 00:11:47,182 --> 00:11:49,140 the first thing you do is choke. 336 00:11:49,187 --> 00:11:50,616 You know how I know? 337 00:11:50,685 --> 00:11:53,085 Well, because for some reason, I'm your oldest friend. 338 00:11:53,154 --> 00:11:55,821 So I hope you get punched in the face today. 339 00:11:55,890 --> 00:11:57,557 I really do. 340 00:11:57,625 --> 00:11:59,625 And then maybe, you'll finally see 341 00:11:59,694 --> 00:12:03,628 that you are good enough to be everything you want to be. 342 00:12:06,033 --> 00:12:07,432 You masturbated one time. 343 00:12:07,501 --> 00:12:09,802 I swear to God, Nick. 344 00:12:09,870 --> 00:12:12,537 If I wasn't kicked off of Craigslist... 345 00:12:17,277 --> 00:12:19,844 Schmidt, you look like you're gonna be sick. 346 00:12:19,913 --> 00:12:22,314 Remember, they've only been on the planet for three years. 347 00:12:22,382 --> 00:12:26,017 Oh, God. Is that kid reading Jonathan Franzen? 348 00:12:26,086 --> 00:12:28,753 Wow, this place is like the frickin' Louvre. 349 00:12:28,822 --> 00:12:30,988 There's a kid handing out mints in the bathroom. 350 00:12:31,057 --> 00:12:33,157 Well, then, why'd you come? To see your liberal snowflake 351 00:12:33,226 --> 00:12:35,860 - hippie trash handiwork? - No. I came for Ruth. 352 00:12:35,929 --> 00:12:37,995 And in silent protest against 353 00:12:38,064 --> 00:12:40,397 institutions such as this hellhole. 354 00:12:40,466 --> 00:12:42,499 But it's quicker to say "for Ruth." 355 00:12:42,568 --> 00:12:44,568 - You are a queer little woman. - Guys, tighten up. All right? 356 00:12:44,637 --> 00:12:46,503 They started assessing us the minute we parked the car. 357 00:12:46,572 --> 00:12:48,873 - Xiawuhao. - What? 358 00:12:48,942 --> 00:12:50,241 That's "good afternoon" in Mandarin. 359 00:12:50,309 --> 00:12:52,332 Just a little amuse-bouche for the judges. 360 00:12:52,410 --> 00:12:54,543 I also brought an actual amuse-bouche. 361 00:12:54,606 --> 00:12:56,918 It's a crostini with burrata and tomato. 362 00:12:56,996 --> 00:12:58,215 Doesn't that sound yummy, Schmidt? 363 00:12:58,284 --> 00:13:00,317 Back off, Benjamin. Your burrata doesn't scare me. 364 00:13:00,386 --> 00:13:02,686 - I think it does. - It kind of scares me. 365 00:13:02,755 --> 00:13:05,021 Ruth, just ignore them. You're gonna do great in there, okay? 366 00:13:05,090 --> 00:13:06,022 Feeling good? 367 00:13:06,091 --> 00:13:07,490 Meow. 368 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,127 Ha! She just said "meow." 369 00:13:12,430 --> 00:13:14,898 Okay. Kids, 370 00:13:14,967 --> 00:13:16,532 you can go inside. And parents, 371 00:13:16,601 --> 00:13:18,434 you'll be watching from a two-way mirror, 372 00:13:18,503 --> 00:13:20,237 which was a generous gift from a family 373 00:13:20,305 --> 00:13:22,872 that's too powerful to name. 374 00:13:22,940 --> 00:13:24,741 It's Tate Donovan. 375 00:13:24,809 --> 00:13:27,577 - Oof. - All right. Let's go. 376 00:13:27,646 --> 00:13:29,370 - Let's hit it. - Okay, you ready, honey? 377 00:13:29,456 --> 00:13:30,503 Remember what we talked about. 378 00:13:30,557 --> 00:13:32,261 ROYGBIV. Red, orange, yellow... 379 00:13:32,350 --> 00:13:35,143 Schmidt, she's got it. Okay? You're gonna do great in there. 380 00:13:35,214 --> 00:13:36,386 You're gonna bring the heat, aren't you, Ruth? 381 00:13:36,462 --> 00:13:39,209 Ruth gonna do what Ruth gonna do. 382 00:13:39,256 --> 00:13:40,686 - Oh, dear God. - Okay. 383 00:13:42,795 --> 00:13:45,791 - Please state your name, sir. - So... 384 00:13:47,519 --> 00:13:50,010 I'm Winston Bottoms. 385 00:13:50,105 --> 00:13:51,354 Uh, Winston I Was Wearing Bottoms. 386 00:13:51,425 --> 00:13:53,058 Damn it. S-I'm sorry to curse. 387 00:13:53,126 --> 00:13:55,259 I didn't mean... uh, that's... I know my name. 388 00:13:55,328 --> 00:13:57,411 Let's just get that... let the record show that. 389 00:13:57,497 --> 00:14:00,030 When you do your thing. And um... 390 00:14:00,099 --> 00:14:03,768 I'm Detective Bottoms. 391 00:14:03,837 --> 00:14:05,369 Are you okay, sir? 392 00:14:05,438 --> 00:14:07,371 Ha. I'm-I'm... yes, sir, I'm sorry, um... 393 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,007 My lower half has got the sweats. 394 00:14:10,076 --> 00:14:13,043 I'd like to put in a request for a wet wipe. 395 00:14:13,112 --> 00:14:14,511 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 396 00:14:14,580 --> 00:14:16,713 if anyone has a wet wipe, I will gladly 397 00:14:16,782 --> 00:14:20,384 receive said wet wipe and clean off my lower half. 398 00:14:20,453 --> 00:14:23,053 Your Honor, may I request a recess? 399 00:14:23,122 --> 00:14:25,289 Come on, Miller, churn out the magic. 400 00:14:25,358 --> 00:14:27,657 Come on. Let's get started. Let's go. 401 00:14:27,726 --> 00:14:31,561 "Nick Miller grew up in Chicago. 402 00:14:31,630 --> 00:14:35,899 "He came from a family. He hated Winston. 403 00:14:35,968 --> 00:14:38,401 "Winston was really annoying. 404 00:14:38,470 --> 00:14:41,070 In a lot of ways, Winston is still annoying, but..." 405 00:14:41,139 --> 00:14:43,739 It's supposed to be about me! 406 00:14:43,808 --> 00:14:46,275 Stupid Winston, it's sup... 407 00:14:46,344 --> 00:14:49,545 I'm screwed, I only have six pages. What time is it? 408 00:14:49,614 --> 00:14:51,447 Mmm... 3:01. 409 00:14:51,516 --> 00:14:53,883 3:01. I'm screwed. 410 00:14:57,155 --> 00:14:58,587 It was you. 411 00:14:58,656 --> 00:15:00,756 Craigslist, bitch! 412 00:15:00,825 --> 00:15:03,258 It was always you. 413 00:15:05,863 --> 00:15:09,410 Wow, Stuart really nailed the face-drawing portion. 414 00:15:09,458 --> 00:15:12,663 He included eyelashes and expressive eyebrows. 415 00:15:12,732 --> 00:15:14,999 Must you narrate? The whole point 416 00:15:15,068 --> 00:15:18,335 of the audio-enhanced plexiglass is that I can hear on my own. 417 00:15:18,404 --> 00:15:21,126 Oh, boy, it's circle-cutting time. 418 00:15:21,204 --> 00:15:23,657 Miss Carly is handing the scissors to Ruth. 419 00:15:23,712 --> 00:15:24,941 Ruth is taking the scissors. 420 00:15:25,010 --> 00:15:26,343 Ruth is starting to use the scissors. 421 00:15:26,412 --> 00:15:27,743 Don't tell me what she's doing. 422 00:15:27,798 --> 00:15:30,013 Actually, you know what? Tell me. Never tell me. 423 00:15:30,082 --> 00:15:31,486 Forget it, this is a disaster, we should go. 424 00:15:31,511 --> 00:15:33,344 Ruth S. 425 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:36,720 Your circle is perfect. 426 00:15:36,788 --> 00:15:38,221 - I knew it. - I want to buy her things. 427 00:15:38,289 --> 00:15:40,189 I want to buy her lots and lots of things. 428 00:15:40,258 --> 00:15:43,192 Suck it, Benjamin! Your bouche just got amused. 429 00:15:43,261 --> 00:15:45,895 But what if it's not a circle, Miss Carly? 430 00:15:45,964 --> 00:15:47,860 - No! - What if it's a moon, 431 00:15:47,907 --> 00:15:50,299 and it's sad 'cause it's daytime? 432 00:15:50,368 --> 00:15:52,835 What a colossal crap of the bed. 433 00:15:52,903 --> 00:15:55,338 Ruth S, wonderful imagination. 434 00:15:55,406 --> 00:15:57,806 You just earned three tadpoles. 435 00:15:57,875 --> 00:15:59,708 - Three tadpoles! - Three frigging tadpoles! 436 00:15:59,784 --> 00:16:01,173 Everyone, right here. 437 00:16:01,220 --> 00:16:03,779 You know what got her those three t-poles? 438 00:16:03,848 --> 00:16:05,014 Hippie-dippy mishegas. 439 00:16:05,082 --> 00:16:06,414 Well, she couldn't cut 440 00:16:06,483 --> 00:16:07,716 a perfect circle without your 441 00:16:07,785 --> 00:16:09,985 cold-blooded demand for excellence. 442 00:16:10,054 --> 00:16:13,656 Is it possible that after all of this time fighting, 443 00:16:13,724 --> 00:16:16,725 that, together, we're the perfect parent? 444 00:16:16,794 --> 00:16:19,895 - I mean, look, you're sweet. - You're salty. 445 00:16:19,964 --> 00:16:22,097 Excuse me, she lived inside of me, ya jerks. 446 00:16:22,166 --> 00:16:24,699 No. No, Stuart! 447 00:16:24,768 --> 00:16:26,268 Oh... 448 00:16:26,336 --> 00:16:27,602 That's an oval! 449 00:16:27,671 --> 00:16:28,970 Oh, well, looky over there. 450 00:16:30,140 --> 00:16:32,907 What is this? Huh? 451 00:16:32,976 --> 00:16:34,709 I don't love you anymore! 452 00:16:34,778 --> 00:16:36,110 Oval's for losers. 453 00:16:36,180 --> 00:16:38,280 Hey. Your name is Denise now. 454 00:16:38,348 --> 00:16:41,248 What? No, it's not, Schmidt's kid. 455 00:16:41,317 --> 00:16:43,217 Piccolo! Piccolo! 456 00:16:43,286 --> 00:16:45,721 Piccolo! Piccolo! 457 00:16:45,783 --> 00:16:47,454 All right, I heard you. 458 00:16:47,523 --> 00:16:49,623 Too much pressure. He's a kid, Denise. 459 00:16:49,693 --> 00:16:51,471 - Oh boy. - Why is she calling everybody Denise? 460 00:16:51,541 --> 00:16:54,428 The whole system is corrupt. Meow! 461 00:17:09,011 --> 00:17:11,945 They jammed the damn door shut with a piccolo. 462 00:17:13,682 --> 00:17:14,948 Meow! 463 00:17:42,076 --> 00:17:45,550 Schmidt-Stain! Help me! 464 00:17:48,417 --> 00:17:49,985 Oh, God. 465 00:17:52,735 --> 00:17:53,867 Losing confidence? 466 00:17:53,937 --> 00:17:55,122 Nick, what are you doing here, man? 467 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,433 I came to thank you. I got punched in the face, 468 00:17:57,541 --> 00:17:59,741 and I gotta say, it set me free. 469 00:17:59,809 --> 00:18:01,976 Check it out, man. 20 pages. 470 00:18:02,045 --> 00:18:04,512 And they're all good. Some of them are good. 471 00:18:04,581 --> 00:18:06,481 Five pages are good. 472 00:18:06,550 --> 00:18:08,850 - I really like the title. - I'm proud of you, man. 473 00:18:08,918 --> 00:18:09,851 I couldn't have done it without you. 474 00:18:09,919 --> 00:18:11,119 - Aw, stop. - Honestly. 475 00:18:11,187 --> 00:18:13,654 You push me, man, you always have. 476 00:18:13,723 --> 00:18:16,824 I don't know who I would've been if I hadn't have met you. 477 00:18:16,893 --> 00:18:19,994 - Chicago, man. - Chicago. 478 00:18:20,063 --> 00:18:21,295 Tough love, man. Chicago. 479 00:18:21,364 --> 00:18:22,630 - Let's go see the Bean. - What? 480 00:18:22,698 --> 00:18:24,498 I-I don't know. I don't know why I said that. 481 00:18:24,567 --> 00:18:26,241 - Winston, I came here to punch you. - Okay. 482 00:18:26,335 --> 00:18:29,136 Punch you with my truth fist in your guilt nuts. 483 00:18:29,204 --> 00:18:31,505 Okay? And I'm gonna punch your nuts hard. 484 00:18:31,574 --> 00:18:33,206 - Okay. - How long you been working this case? 485 00:18:33,276 --> 00:18:35,008 Long time, man. Months. 486 00:18:35,033 --> 00:18:36,857 And does anybody know it better than you? 487 00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:37,911 Nobody. 488 00:18:37,946 --> 00:18:40,681 Then why don't you have the confidence to take the stand? 489 00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:42,646 The problem is, is you still see yourself 490 00:18:42,701 --> 00:18:44,417 as that 10-year-old boy 491 00:18:44,486 --> 00:18:47,854 who fainted the first time you went rollerblading. 492 00:18:47,923 --> 00:18:49,156 You rolled right into Lake Michigan. 493 00:18:49,224 --> 00:18:50,390 That did wake me up. 494 00:18:50,458 --> 00:18:51,691 But you're not that kid. 495 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,226 You're a detective now. 496 00:18:53,295 --> 00:18:55,361 Married to the love of your life. 497 00:18:55,430 --> 00:18:58,198 You have a child on the way. 498 00:18:58,267 --> 00:18:59,866 Unburden yourself, Winston. 499 00:18:59,935 --> 00:19:02,067 Now, I'm going to ask you one last time. 500 00:19:02,136 --> 00:19:04,236 Did you or did you not masturbate? 501 00:19:04,306 --> 00:19:07,173 I. Did. Not. 502 00:19:07,241 --> 00:19:09,141 - Damn it, Detective. - I didn't. 503 00:19:09,210 --> 00:19:11,911 Detective? 504 00:19:11,979 --> 00:19:15,381 Did you have intent to pleasure yourself? 505 00:19:15,450 --> 00:19:16,382 I did. 506 00:19:25,243 --> 00:19:26,602 _ 507 00:19:26,627 --> 00:19:29,061 Niiiick! 508 00:19:30,464 --> 00:19:32,198 I did have the intent, man. 509 00:19:32,266 --> 00:19:34,399 But you know how it is when you're a hot-blooded 510 00:19:34,468 --> 00:19:35,767 Chicago teenager, man. 511 00:19:35,836 --> 00:19:37,402 Oh, yeah. 512 00:19:37,471 --> 00:19:38,704 But it's over now. 513 00:19:38,772 --> 00:19:40,205 Wow. Man, I feel better. 514 00:19:40,273 --> 00:19:41,692 - Of course you do. - I feel a lot better. 515 00:19:41,755 --> 00:19:43,416 Get in here, man. Chicago. 516 00:19:43,477 --> 00:19:45,377 - Chicago. - Chicago. 517 00:19:45,446 --> 00:19:49,514 Detective, recess is over. We're ready for you now. 518 00:19:49,583 --> 00:19:51,749 I wanted to pleasure myself, 519 00:19:51,818 --> 00:19:53,751 and this man helped me get there. 520 00:19:53,820 --> 00:19:56,354 - Aw, you did it on your own. - Oh, no, you helped me. 521 00:19:56,422 --> 00:19:58,122 No, you did it on your own. 522 00:19:58,191 --> 00:19:59,423 Okay, I did it on my own. 523 00:19:59,492 --> 00:20:01,326 - Chicago. - Chicago. 524 00:20:03,496 --> 00:20:06,630 I really hope the paramedics got that piccolo 525 00:20:06,699 --> 00:20:08,532 - out of Miss Carly. - Oh, I doubt it. 526 00:20:08,601 --> 00:20:11,101 The doctor at the hospital said that 527 00:20:11,170 --> 00:20:14,304 Benjamin will have a permanent smile. 528 00:20:14,374 --> 00:20:15,551 Like the Joker. 529 00:20:15,629 --> 00:20:17,274 You guys, I'm so sorry. This is my fault. 530 00:20:17,343 --> 00:20:18,542 I'm just not cut out for this 531 00:20:18,611 --> 00:20:19,977 dog-eat-dog private school world. 532 00:20:20,045 --> 00:20:21,612 You should have never asked me for help. 533 00:20:21,681 --> 00:20:23,313 - No, honey, it's okay. - It was mostly your fault. 534 00:20:23,382 --> 00:20:24,748 You guys made such a cool kid. 535 00:20:24,816 --> 00:20:26,616 I mean, she's crazy and she's strong, 536 00:20:26,685 --> 00:20:29,486 and she's going to be exactly who she wants to be 537 00:20:29,554 --> 00:20:31,355 no matter what any of us say. 538 00:20:33,092 --> 00:20:35,192 Ruth gonna do what Ruth gonna do. 539 00:20:35,261 --> 00:20:37,327 Maybe we just need to get out of her way. 540 00:20:37,396 --> 00:20:38,628 Ruth, honey. 541 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,327 What school do you want to go to? 542 00:20:43,134 --> 00:20:45,835 Ugh. That boy is grooming Ruth like a cat. 543 00:20:45,904 --> 00:20:48,137 CECE: She looks so happy. 544 00:20:48,206 --> 00:20:50,507 - Again! - Chicken! Hey, you. Yeah. Chicken. 545 00:20:50,575 --> 00:20:54,310 You and me are gonna be friends. 546 00:20:54,379 --> 00:20:56,178 - Oh. Well, hey. - You came! 547 00:20:56,247 --> 00:20:59,619 Yeah, we wanted to see Ruth's new school. 548 00:21:00,218 --> 00:21:01,817 It's dingy. 549 00:21:01,886 --> 00:21:04,887 Daddy, come drink from the garden hose. 550 00:21:07,691 --> 00:21:09,491 Okay, guys, 551 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,593 if I'm gonna put my mouth on a dirty rubber tube, 552 00:21:11,662 --> 00:21:14,173 so are all of you... let's go. 553 00:21:14,198 --> 00:21:15,148 I don't wanna do that. 554 00:21:15,173 --> 00:21:16,565 - Come on. - I don't wanna do that. 555 00:21:16,634 --> 00:21:18,133 - Drink, Daddy, drink. - Hello, Mr. Triangles. 556 00:21:18,201 --> 00:21:19,367 Well, ma'am, let me get in there. 557 00:21:19,436 --> 00:21:21,036 All right! Get the germs. 558 00:21:21,096 --> 00:21:23,292 - Here I go. - Drink it. 559 00:21:23,363 --> 00:21:25,206 - Drink it, Schmidty. - Here I go. 560 00:21:25,275 --> 00:21:26,808 Here I go. 561 00:21:26,876 --> 00:21:29,044 - Yeah! - There you go. 562 00:21:33,516 --> 00:21:34,649 Yuck! 563 00:21:34,717 --> 00:21:36,551 Triangle water is chicken water! 564 00:21:36,643 --> 00:21:40,243 Synced & corrected by kinglouisxx www.addic7ed.com