CREATED BY

Ryan Murphy | Brad Falchuk | Ian Brennan

EPISODE 1.01

“Pilot”

After a charismatic candidate joins the race for student body

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

WRITTEN BY:
Ryan Murphy | Brad Falchuk | Ian Brennan

DIRECTED BY:
Ryan Murphy

ORIGINAL BROADCAST:
September 27, 2019

NOTE: This is a transcription of the spoken dialogue and audio, with time-code reference, provided without cost by [Link]
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 MAIN EPISODE CAST

Ben Platt ... Payton Hobart

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

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

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I sat straight up in bed
and said out loud,

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

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

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The air of impossibility has been removed.

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

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

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to identify common experiences and traits

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that led to their inevitable
election victories.

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Such as?

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

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the presidency of television
and celebrity.

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

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Most never actually see them
in real life.

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Reagan and Bush Sr.

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were both presidents
of their senior classes in high school.

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

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

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

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while the Bushes were both highborn.

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

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Your family has generational wealth.

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

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

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-You’re adopted.
-Yes.

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Why Harvard, Payton?

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

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Hmm. Well, I appreciate that.

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

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Thank you, Dean Lawrence.

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But I’m not here to see the polish.

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

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I want to know you.

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The real you.

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

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No.

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

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When was the last time you cried?

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

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Everyone cries at the end of that movie.

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I know.

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Did you cry because you were moved

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or because you felt like
you were supposed to?

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Does it matter?

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[Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago" playing]

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♪ I fell in love again ♪

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♪ All things go, all things go ♪

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♪ Drove to Chicago ♪

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♪ All things know, all things know ♪

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♪ You came to take us ♪

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♪ All things go, all things go ♪

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♪ To recreate us ♪

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♪ All things grow, all things grow ♪

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♪ We had our mindset ♪

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♪ All things know ♪

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♪ All things know ♪

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

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[gulls crying]

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[bell rings]

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You were great.

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

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

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

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I am.

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Wh...

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I don’t like you pretending. I mean,

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aren’t we supposed to be
generating intimacy?

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

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to become the man I know you can be.

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I know you watch porn.

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

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

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I want authentic.

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

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

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

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[stammers]

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[sighs]

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I promise to be more real from now on.

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

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We’re going back to Hawaii this Christmas

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

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

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Hey, he thinks you're great.

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

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[door shuts]

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[front door opens, closes]

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[tires screech]

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[man] River!

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

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You traitor.
You backstabbing son of a bitch.

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

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

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Since when have you wanted
to be the president?

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This wasn’t even your idea, was it?

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No, it was Astrid's idea.

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

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

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

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Okay?
You're better looking than me.

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

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You're blowing this thing
way out of proportion.

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

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

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do not screw with my dream.

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

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

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

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Are we clear?

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I've never seen you like this.

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I don't recognize this person.

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

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

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I have-- I have feelings, River.

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

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

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I'mma win at all costs.

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

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And I will not be stopped.

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[door slams]

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[car door slams, engine starts]

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[tires squealing]

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

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Payton, Mark Twain's classic novel
Huckleberry Finn

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

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Do you believe racial epithets
should be removed from Huck Finn

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before it is taught to students?

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Hmm.

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Well, first of all, thank you, Vicki,

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

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

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

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so all I can give you is an honest answer.

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

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

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

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the heinous, shameful sin of slavery,

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

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

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has not been banished
to the ash heap of history,

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it's with us in this room today.

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

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

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

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has an equal opportunity to succeed,

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regardless of their color,
creed, national origin,

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gender, sexual orientation,
genetic information, or disability.

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

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

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

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Thank you.

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[mouthing]

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[man] River, last question.

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Uh, should the school be able to limit

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the size of sugary drinks sold
at Saint Sebastian?

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[sighs]

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Um...

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I mean...

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Yeah? No?

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Who cares?

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[audience chuckling]

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

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

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I just feel like,

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

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

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And I think teenagers nowadays
realize that.

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

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

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[crowd cheering]

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

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is that we’re all alone.

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

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it just makes it worse.

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[whispers] Ah, man.

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[trembling sigh]

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I tried to kill myself last year.

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

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

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

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We're friends. We know each other

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

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

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

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

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

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I was afraid
I was always gonna feel that way.

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

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

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

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I tied it to my ankle

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

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[breath trembling]

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

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 I was really ready to die.

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

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

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

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"No one's here, man.

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You're gonna die alone."

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[sobs softly]

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And then, um...

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next thing I remember
I was floating at the surface.

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[gasps]

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There's no cool ending to the story,

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

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-I don't know, I never did Boy Scouts.
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No one was there.

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Oh, God, he's sweating like Nixon.

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

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

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that your lives have value.

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And that they're important.

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That you're important.

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That’s all I got to say.

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I love this guy.

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[applause, cheering]

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

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[soft stammer]

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I’ll pick it up.

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

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

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and, most importantly, authenticity.

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Basically crushing you in that department.

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Especially after that masterclass
he put on during the debate.

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Girls love it when a guy
who looks like that cries.

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Not blubbery at all,
more of a silent, sexy cry.

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Okay, fine, why don't all of you
just vote for him, then?

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Our loyalty is with you, Payton.

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This is a plane.
We're all headed to the same place.

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

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We need you to get us to the White House,

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but we wouldn't be doing our job
if we weren't being honest with you.

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If we don't tell it like it is,
we'll all crash.

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Okay, what's my next move?

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We need to get you a running mate
that softens you up.

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Someone undeniably real.

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I recommend a student
from the special ed class.

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I believe the proper modern vernacular
for them is "differently abled."

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So, you're going
for the sympathy vote, am I right?

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What do you mean?

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 Well, it's not like
we're super good friends.

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Been going to school together
for three years,

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the most you and I have
ever said to each other is, "Hello."

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So, you obviously have
some sort of strategy in mind.

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The only strategy I'm interested in

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is being a president
for every student at this school.

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That includes people like you,

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who traditionally have not been
well represented in student government.

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What exactly does that mean,
"people like me"?

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C'mon. I mean someone with a disability,

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someone who might enjoy
sharing the spotlight for once

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and having a hand
in shaping the culture at this school.
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And "student body vice president" looks
pretty good on a college application.

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Oh, how thrilling.

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What, so you are not even gonna
consider it?

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[man] Eat a fat one!

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John McCain tried that. It was a disaster.

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[sighs]

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Your family once hired Pinkertons
to bust up union organizers.

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You have three lesser Picassos
in your housekeeper's room in your home.

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Annie Leibovitz took your family
Christmas card photo last year

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and you have a 4.3 GPA.

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You're untouchable. You need
a running mate that can humanize you.

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So, what kind of music do you like?
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Britney Spears and Insane Clown Posse.

278
[Link],212 --> [Link],380
Yeah, me too.

279
[Link],798 --> [Link],217
If you had the chance to stand up
in front of the whole school,

280
[Link],300 --> [Link],886
and you could say anything you wanted,
what would you say?

281
[Link],054 --> [Link],013
I don't know.

282
[Link],097 --> [Link],932
Well, what would you want
to get off your chest?

283
[Link],015 --> [Link],101
Like, if you could change one thing,
what would it be?

284
[Link],229 --> [Link],940
Everyone should quit being a faker.

285
[Link],237 --> [Link],780
Alice? What do you think?

286
[Link],949 --> [Link],493
I love you. Unconditionally.

287
[Link],077 --> [Link],204
You are the front man
of my favorite rock band,

288
[Link],287 --> [Link],457
you are the star of my favorite movie,
you are my king of kings.
 289
[Link],709 --> [Link],670
Nothing is going to stop you
from winning this election

290
[Link],753 --> [Link],588
and turning this school upside down.

291
[Link],297 --> [Link],383
But you've got to listen to your advisors.

292
[Link],599 --> [Link],518
[woman] I'm just so happy to be alive.

293
[Link],601 --> [Link],062
I love when I can get outside
into the sunshine

294
[Link],146 --> [Link],064
and smell the ocean, you know?

295
[Link],148 --> [Link],483
-Are you not eating lunch?
-[Beethoven's "Für Elise" playing]

296
[Link],859 --> [Link],528
No. No, with the chemo
I don't always have an appetite.

297
[Link],611 --> [Link],447
My Nana says I have to eat,

298
[Link],822 --> [Link],617
but it's just the medicine I take,
it makes everything taste so spicy.

299
[Link],993 --> [Link],745
I'm so sorry to hear that. I...

300
[Link],787 --> [Link],291
I cannot imagine what that must be like.
High school is hard enough as it is.
 301
[Link],875 --> [Link],585
I just don't look at it that way.

302
[Link],919 --> [Link],880
I think that every day is a gift.

303
[Link],132 --> [Link],842
And every time that I wake up,

304
[Link],260 --> [Link],263
even if I have to get
a platelet transfusion from Dr. Sengal,

305
[Link],346 --> [Link],556
I think to myself,

306
[Link],059 --> [Link],855
"A lot of kids around the world don't
have the same medical care that I do. So...

307
[Link],398 --> [Link],861
If that's what I have to go through,
that's God's plan."

308
[Link],364 --> [Link],618
I'm looking for a VP candidate, because
I'm running for student body president.

309
[Link],120 --> [Link],626
Yes, I heard. Andrea told me. She's, um...
She said you were good at the debate.

310
[Link],460 --> [Link],629
She takes notes for me
when I can't be at school.

311
[Link],712 --> [Link],630
[Payton] Mmm.

312
[Link],963 --> [Link],673
I wish I could've been there, but...
 313
[Link],757 --> [Link],884
a lot of nice people heard about my chemo

314
[Link],967 --> [Link],053
and they paid for me to go to Disneyland
with my Nana,

315
[Link],136 --> [Link],181
and we got to skip all the lines
and it was so much fun.

316
[Link],264 --> [Link],141
[giggling]

317
[Link],225 --> [Link],559
Best day ever!

318
[Link],729 --> [Link],563
What?

319
[Link],690 --> [Link],859
What are you--?
Why are you looking at me like that?

320
[Link],943 --> [Link],694
[stammers] I don't know. I just...

321
[Link],446 --> [Link],864
I really like you, Infinity.

322
[Link],615 --> [Link],741
You're so real.

323
[Link],161 --> [Link],163
[Beethoven's "Für Elise" continues]

324
[Link],675 --> [Link],510
[instrumental music playing]

325
[Link],593 --> [Link],345
 We'd like a table for two, please.

326
[Link],428 --> [Link],682
-Sure, do you have a reservation?
-Yes. Jackson.

327
[Link],391 --> [Link],144
Dusty and Infinity Jackson.

328
[Link],561 --> [Link],147
I'm sorry. I don't see a reservation
under any of those names.

329
[Link],230 --> [Link],151
Well, that doesn't make any sense.
I mean, I know I definitely called.

330
[Link],234 --> [Link],695
Sorry. We're fully booked until 9:30.

331
[Link],778 --> [Link],697
Would you like to make a reservation
for then?

332
[Link],534 --> [Link],871
Karen, I want you to meet someone.

333
[Link],835 --> [Link],962
Infinity, say hello to Karen.

334
[Link],005 --> [Link],339
-Hello, Karen.
-Hi.

335
[Link],466 --> [Link],012
You were really looking forward
to eating here, weren't you, babydoll?

336
[Link],095 --> [Link],847
-Uh-huh.
-[both chuckling]

337
 [Link],930 --> [Link],267
Hell, I said, "Let's go to Coco's."

338
[Link],350 --> [Link],730
I was so excited. I love me
some of that Coco's pot pie.

339
[Link],813 --> [Link],068
No, but you dug in.
You said, "I want Olive Garden, Nana."

340
[Link],152 --> [Link],654
-[chuckling]
-I want Olive Garden, Nana. I do.

341
[Link],779 --> [Link],782
I just got my feeding tube taken out,
and my Nana said,

342
[Link],866 --> [Link],119
"Sure, yeah. You want
endless breadsticks, let's go for it."

343
[Link],203 --> [Link],162
[soft chuckle]

344
[Link],079 --> [Link],333
Why don't you tell Karen
about your cancer? Hmm?

345
[Link],042 --> [Link],793
You're in pain sometimes, aren't you?

346
[Link],252 --> [Link],129
I'm sorry. I couldn't help overhear.

347
[Link],213 --> [Link],422
Uh, we're ahead of you,

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

350
[Link],553 --> [Link],096
We'd also like to pay for your meal.

351
[Link],973 --> [Link],058
Oh, I...

352
[Link],517 --> [Link],895
I don't know what to say.
Thank you so much.

353
[Link],978 --> [Link],146
[woman] It's our pleasure.

354
[Link],813 --> [Link],024
You really ought
to be ashamed of yourself.

355
[Link],733 --> [Link],692
Bye.

356
[Link],776 --> [Link],444
-[buzzing]
-Ooh!

357
[Link],527 --> [Link],862
[whistles]

358
[Link],946 --> [Link],113
It's blinking.

359
[Link],572 --> [Link],823
I can take your buzzer.

360
[Link],701 --> [Link],869
[Karen] Right this way.

361
[Link],955 --> [Link],039
 Thank you.

362
[Link],915 --> [Link],166
Enjoy your evening.

363
[Link],250 --> [Link],251
Thank you. You too.

364
[Link],502 --> [Link],504
[soft music playing]

365
[Link],965 --> [Link],049
It's so good.

366
[Link],092 --> [Link],594
Jesus H. Christ. It's like Rome.

367
[Link],970 --> [Link],600
I mean, all you can eat,
and then a quick trip to the vomitorium.

368
[Link],684 --> [Link],230
Dining out used to be something
you earned. Well, like you have. But...

369
[Link],564 --> [Link],359
Don't eat that fast!

370
[Link],442 --> [Link],487
You're gonna yack it all up
like a baby bird. Spit it out.

371
[Link],405 --> [Link],074
Oh, Christ. Look at that. Jesus.

372
[Link],700 --> [Link],160
Don't forget, we have free tickets

373
[Link],619 --> [Link],998
to the Florida Georgia Line concert
on Friday night.
 374
[Link],081 --> [Link],208
We're gonna be sitting right up in front,

375
[Link],292 --> [Link],211
right in the handicap section,
right next to the stage.

376
[Link],628 --> [Link],673
-Free tickets. Wow, cool. [chuckles]
-Yeah.

377
[Link],756 --> [Link],091
So, how was school?

378
[Link],383 --> [Link],553
Okay. Payton asked me
to be his vice president.

379
[Link],636 --> [Link],804
Who's Payton?

380
[Link],887 --> [Link],182
He's a boy who's running for
school president and he asked me to--

381
[Link],266 --> [Link],393
Jesus Christ, he's going to get more food.

382
[Link],476 --> [Link],311
Yeah.

383
[Link],187 --> [Link],106
What? He asked you to be what?

384
[Link],189 --> [Link],400
He asked me to be his running mate.

385
[Link],483 --> [Link],986
-Yeah?
-I don't really know. I mean, he's rich.

386
 [Link],069 --> [Link],656
-He's really cute.
-Well, I hope you said yes.

387
[Link],282 --> [Link],450
I said no.

388
[Link],533 --> [Link],409
Why?

389
[Link],076 --> [Link],328
[softly] I don't know.

390
[Link],745 --> [Link],704
[softly] Sad.

391
[Link],787 --> [Link],541
I felt like he was using me,
and I don't like to be used.

392
[Link],958 --> [Link],376
[Dusty sighs] You know what?

393
[Link],169 --> [Link],881
You're gonna finish
your endless bread basket right now.

394
[Link],340 --> [Link],386
And tomorrow, you are gonna march up
to that boy and you are going to say,

395
[Link],970 --> [Link],557
"Thank you very much.
I accept your offer."

396
[Link],017 --> [Link],020
Something like this
could change your life.

397
[Link],729 --> [Link],189
Do you understand me?

398
 [Link],939 --> [Link],733
You can be vice president.

399
[Link],442 --> [Link],568
Aim high.

400
[Link],651 --> [Link],486
Yeah.

401
[Link],278 --> [Link],446
You can get it all.

402
[Link],369 --> [Link],579
-Hi, Infinity.
-[gasps] Hi. Jesus!

403
[Link],662 --> [Link],916
So, listen, I just was wondering if
you had thought any more about my offer.

404
[Link],999 --> [Link],210
-I've thought about it.
-Mm-hmm.

405
[Link],293 --> [Link],461
The answer is no.

406
[Link],253 --> [Link],880
-Why?
-I don't need to tell you.

407
[Link],422 --> [Link],632
[woman whispers] Payton!

408
[Link],888 --> [Link],223
We have a problem.

409
[Link],306 --> [Link],352
[River] That's why I'm proud to announce
my running mate,

410
[Link],811 --> [Link],730
 your next student body vice president,

411
[Link],940 --> [Link],191
Skye Leighton.

412
[Link],483 --> [Link],485
[cheers and applause]

413
[Link],367 --> [Link],868
Thank you so much, River.

414
[Link],786 --> [Link],747
And, uh, thank you for giving students
at Saint Sebastian

415
[Link],831 --> [Link],544
the historic opportunity to elect
a gender non-conforming African-American

416
[Link],627 --> [Link],878
to be their vice president.

417
[Link],254 --> [Link],215
Now, I can't promise
that I'm always gonna agree with you.

418
[Link],298 --> [Link],677
I have a reputation
for speaking my mind loudly

419
[Link],760 --> [Link],220
when I disagree with someone,

420
[Link],303 --> [Link],016
but I can promise you strength,
fortitude, and the passion

421
[Link],100 --> [Link],936
to make Saint Sebastian an amazing place.

422
[Link],019 --> [Link],271
-[crowd cheering]
 -Thank you.

423
[Link],354 --> [Link],564
[microphone feedback]

424
[Link],401 --> [Link],403
[cheers and applause continuing]

425
[Link],835 --> [Link],669
River!

426
[Link],964 --> [Link],717
Why are you doing this to me?
Why did you have to pick Skye Leighton?

427
[Link],009 --> [Link],428
Astrid said if I picked her,
I'd have my best shot at winning.

428
[Link],511 --> [Link],512
Why are you listening to her?

429
[Link],596 --> [Link],264
She doesn’t want what's good for you,
she wants power.

430
[Link],347 --> [Link],183
You're the way she's gonna get it.
She's Lady Macbeth!

431
[Link],266 --> [Link],643
-You gotta calm down.
-She's jealous of us, can't you see that?

432
[Link],727 --> [Link],604
That is why she's trying
to take this away from me!

433
[Link],771 --> [Link],106
Why are you hurting me?

434
[Link],648 --> [Link],816
 [trembling exhale]

435
[Link],610 --> [Link],570
You-- You have so much pain.

436
[Link],410 --> [Link],453
You don't need any of this.

437
[Link],536 --> [Link],580
You're gonna go to college
and join the Peace Corps.

438
[Link],663 --> [Link],040
This isn't gonna help you.

439
[Link],708 --> [Link],876
I'm sorry.

440
[Link],628 --> [Link],795
I really did love you.

441
[Link],922 --> [Link],548
-[gun cocks, fires]
-[Payton] No!

442
[Link],763 --> [Link],389
I wanna bag a Shiras moose.

443
[Link],015 --> [Link],891
[arrow thuds]

444
[Link],351 --> [Link],311
I wanna bag a Siberian buffalo.

445
[Link],770 --> [Link],482
All right. I wanna bag...
Margaret Edmund Meyers.

446
[Link],565 --> [Link],526
-Maggie Meyers?
-Yes, Maggie Meyers.
 447
[Link],609 --> [Link],985
-I already did.
-Really?

448
[Link],069 --> [Link],695
-Full bush.
-Dude, nice!

449
[Link],823 --> [Link],618
[Payton] Firstly, it's illegal
to hunt Siberian bison.

450
[Link],701 --> [Link],578
Secondly,
when you talk about bagging things,

451
[Link],662 --> [Link],081
you sound like douchebags,
especially with your mother present.

452
[Link],164 --> [Link],999
You should totally
come hunting with us, Payton.

453
[Link],083 --> [Link],627
Yeah, that way we could
accidentally shoot you in the back.

454
[Link],710 --> [Link],504
-[both laughing]
-That's enough!

455
[Link],509 --> [Link],969
Yo, that's good, Mom.

456
[Link],052 --> [Link],429
It's for a series I'm doing
to raise awareness and money

457
[Link],513 --> [Link],681
for the Syrian war debt.

458
 [Link],764 --> [Link],393
This is Orhan. He was killed
in an airstrike earlier in the year.

459
[Link],685 --> [Link],519
Bummer.

460
[Link],983 --> [Link],484
Are you boys gonna be back for dinner?

461
[Link],568 --> [Link],571
No, we have that event in support
of eliminating net neutrality.

462
[Link],654 --> [Link],115
How can you be for
eliminating net neutrality?

463
[Link],615 --> [Link],368
This family holds 54 million dollars
in telecom stocks.

464
[Link],451 --> [Link],371
-He doesn’t care, he's barely in the will.
-Boys!

465
[Link],454 --> [Link],206
Why are you always defending him?

466
[Link],290 --> [Link],835
Because you're bullies.
And you're borderline psychopaths.

467
[Link],420 --> [Link],714
Of course you're in the will,
same as them.

468
[Link],881 --> [Link],008
I saw to that.

469
[Link],636 --> [Link],887
Don't tell your father.
 470
[Link],099 --> [Link],435
You know, I read this study

471
[Link],978 --> [Link],937
from Columbia.

472
[Link],063 --> [Link],815
It says that it's impossible for a parent

473
[Link],898 --> [Link],526
to love an adopted child
as much as a biological one.

474
[Link],277 --> [Link],323
Parents are programmed to be drawn
to the children that look most like them.

475
[Link],906 --> [Link],826
I would assume it has something to do
with protecting bloodlines.

476
[Link],909 --> [Link],330
Well, I would say that's a flawed study,
because I love you the most.

477
[Link],414 --> [Link],373
I always have.

478
[Link],042 --> [Link],045
You're just saying that
because they grew up to be such jerkwads.

479
[Link],128 --> [Link],338
You're not wrong about that.

480
[Link],964 --> [Link],799
You can't teach kindness.

481
[Link],759 --> [Link],927
You know? I tried for a long time.

482
 [Link],888 --> [Link],182
Can't do much with small hearts.

483
[Link],265 --> [Link],226
Hard hearts, maybe, but not small ones.

484
[Link],518 --> [Link],646
I love them, don't get me wrong, I just...

485
[Link],980 --> [Link],190
The love has edges.

486
[Link],858 --> [Link],778
It doesn't go on and on
the way my love for you does.

487
[Link],446 --> [Link],281
And you felt that way about me right away?

488
[Link],324 --> [Link],284
Like you were a part of me.

489
[Link],619 --> [Link],289
It wasn't a meeting, it was a reunion.

490
[Link],956 --> [Link],379
This funny, dark, Jewish hair.
These big Disney eyes. And...

491
[Link],255 --> [Link],674
You were alone in the world.

492
[Link],342 --> [Link],844
And I suppose I felt that way
about myself.

493
[Link],807 --> [Link],518
Don't ever listen to your brothers
about who they say you are

494
[Link],601 --> [Link],770
or what you might do in this world.
 495
[Link],813 --> [Link],689
[gasps]

496
[Link],272 --> [Link],109
[singsong] There's my surprise!

497
[Link],405 --> [Link],448
[in Mandarin]

498
[Link],453 --> [Link],956
[Georgina]

499
[Link],167 --> [Link],961
[in English] Can I use your restroom?

500
[Link],044 --> [Link],630
Well, yes, of course.
Just follow the path up to the main house.

501
[Link],047 --> [Link],048
There's staff.

502
[Link],516 --> [Link],310
-You could've at least said hello.
-What is he doing here?

503
[Link],394 --> [Link],020
He's your new Mandarin tutor.

504
[Link],106 --> [Link],859
That's River Barkley,
he's incredibly popular at school.

505
[Link],942 --> [Link],860
So are you.

506
[Link],152 --> [Link],321
Not his kind of popular. And he's dating
my arch-nemesis, Astrid Sloan.

507
 [Link],405 --> [Link],657
She called me a fag in second grade.
I'm not even gay.

508
[Link],741 --> [Link],575
Oh.

509
[Link],659 --> [Link],619
Well, he comes very highly recommended.

510
[Link],120 --> [Link],205
I suggest you make him like you

511
[Link],289 --> [Link],208
-and have Astrid Sloan be very jealous.
-[sighs]

512
[Link],211 --> [Link],129
Fine.

513
[Link],133 --> [Link],176
[door opens]

514
[Link],718 --> [Link],764
Every single one of these books
is an autobiography.

515
[Link],847 --> [Link],681
[door shuts]

516
[Link],765 --> [Link],435
Lincoln, Ross Perot, US Grant.

517
[Link],769 --> [Link],688
I like to read
about how others achieved their greatness

518
[Link],772 --> [Link],774
so that I can mimic what worked.

519
[Link],941 --> [Link],693
You know, fake it till you make it.
 520
[Link],947 --> [Link],782
What?

521
[Link],365 --> [Link],700
I fake it a lot too.

522
[Link],121 --> [Link],415
People think I'm... all calm.

523
[Link],794 --> [Link],253
I don't know if I really am.

524
[Link],549 --> [Link],884
It's sometimes like I'm...

525
[Link],511 --> [Link],679
feeling the whole world at once, you know?

526
[Link],058 --> [Link],518
Uh, where did you learn Mandarin?

527
[Link],601 --> [Link],729
My dad works for Goldman,
so we lived in Shanghai until I was ten.

528
[Link],606 --> [Link],982
[in Mandarin]

529
[Link],066 --> [Link],985
-[in English] "Bathroom"?
-[chuckles] Do you want to start?

530
[Link],069 --> [Link],237
-Oh, yeah, sure.
-Yeah.

531
[Link],117 --> [Link],244
[Payton clears throat]

532
[Link],745 --> [Link],205
 [in Mandarin]

533
[Link],686 --> [Link],479
-[repeats pronunciation]
-[mimics softly]

534
[Link],606 --> [Link],358
[in English] Why are you so tense?

535
[Link],527 --> [Link],611
How do you know I'm tense?

536
[Link],029 --> [Link],030
I just do.

537
[Link],448 --> [Link],075
You don't seem very happy.

538
[Link],121 --> [Link],122
Are you happy?

539
[Link],710 --> [Link],711
I try to be.

540
[Link],671 --> [Link],881
I try to be too.

541
[Link],050 --> [Link],510
[voice quavers] I really try.

542
[Link],182 --> [Link],643
It's so hard to have to try so hard
all the time.

543
[Link],361 --> [Link],237
Um...

544
[Link],196 --> [Link],407
Okay, that was weird.

545
[Link],490 --> [Link],659
 Um, how did you get me
to be vulnerable like that?

546
[Link],452 --> [Link],329
I'm never like that. [sniffles]

547
[Link],164 --> [Link],206
I know.

548
[Link],832 --> [Link],001
It's just kinda a thing I do with people.

549
[Link],342 --> [Link],260
Maybe it was just what you needed.

550
[Link],723 --> [Link],682
What do you need?

551
[Link],977 --> [Link],520
[speaking Mandarin]

552
[Link],981 --> [Link],816
[in English] I don't know what that means.

553
[Link],442 --> [Link],526
Can I kiss you?

554
[Link],594 --> [Link],679
See you next time?

555
[Link],055 --> [Link],016
[door opens, shuts]

556
[Link],059 --> [Link],062
[bell ringing]

557
[Link],646 --> [Link],356
[Payton] Excuse me. Languages?

558
[Link],439 --> [Link],525
-[woman] Third stack.
 -[Payton] Thank you.

559
[Link],426 --> [Link],385
[gasps]

560
[Link],637 --> [Link],847
I'm gonna dive right in.

561
[Link],889 --> [Link],725
I know what's going on
between you and River.

562
[Link],017 --> [Link],393
He told me what happened.

563
[Link],476 --> [Link],062
I was mad at first,
but then I admired his honesty.

564
[Link],146 --> [Link],565
River and I have complete transparency.

565
[Link],982 --> [Link],901
I've always known he was fluid.
I am too, sorta.

566
[Link],528 --> [Link],699
And if you're the way he deals
with that part of himself, that's fine.

567
[Link],533 --> [Link],576
But I want in too.

568
[Link],076 --> [Link],828
Come over to my house after school.

569
[Link],954 --> [Link],330
Let’s all get it on.

570
[Link],749 --> [Link],666
Okay.
 571
[Link],346 --> [Link],932
[sirens wailing]

572
[Link],434 --> [Link],644
I don't know where the gun came from.
Um...

573
[Link],353 --> [Link],022
He just turned away for a moment

574
[Link],105 --> [Link],858
and then he had it in his hand
and then he shot himself.

575
[Link],358 --> [Link],027
[officer] Son, look at me.

576
[Link],152 --> [Link],112
I never heard a sound like that before.

577
[Link],738 --> [Link],824
I need you to focus
and tell me everything you remember.

578
[Link],493 --> [Link],494
What happened?

579
[Link],914 --> [Link],082
He killed himself.

580
[Link],547 --> [Link],466
He did this because of you.

581
[Link],302 --> [Link],096
-[officer] Miss?
-I have to see him.

582
[Link],179 --> [Link],182
-Sorry, you can’t--
-I have to see him! I’m his girlfriend.

583
 [Link],265 --> [Link],183
[Astrid sobs]

584
[Link],266 --> [Link],851
I'm his girlfriend!

585
[Link],935 --> [Link],520
[sounds echoing]

586
[Link],189 --> [Link],108
[indistinct police radio chatter]

587
[Link],082 --> [Link],208
[knocking at door]

588
[Link],930 --> [Link],056
I should be crying.

589
[Link],474 --> [Link],475
Why aren't I crying?

590
[Link],476 --> [Link],311
It's not you.

591
[Link],478 --> [Link],522
They told me when you were born
you didn't even cry.

592
[Link],606 --> [Link],442
You just came out and looked at everyone
with a furrowed brow.

593
[Link],401 --> [Link],319
I’m worried...

594
[Link],445 --> [Link],321
that I...

595
[Link],739 --> [Link],866
that I don't have the same feelings
everyone else does.
 596
[Link],408 --> [Link],579
I think a lot of young people
feel that way, especially nowadays.

597
[Link],662 --> [Link],873
Your generation got the terrible idea

598
[Link],956 --> [Link],002
that it was best to vomit every thought
and feeling all over each other.

599
[Link],377 --> [Link],673
It's a pandemic of overcommunication
that's led to an absence of intimacy.

600
[Link],550 --> [Link],927
It's more than that for me.

601
[Link],011 --> [Link],804
What if I'm just wired differently?

602
[Link],931 --> [Link],351
I mean,
what if I can't feel for anyone else?

603
[Link],976 --> [Link],895
They say that sociopaths can't do that.

604
[Link],978 --> [Link],399
What if all I'll ever able to do
is pretend to feel?

605
[Link],733 --> [Link],194
Does it matter
if you can’t tell the difference?

606
[Link],499 --> [Link],917
I'm sorry about River.

607
[Link],794 --> [Link],045
He was a wonderful boy.
 608
[Link],839 --> [Link],841
[soft guitar song plays]

609
[Link],469 --> [Link],846
[woman] This is gonna sound awful,
but I'm just gonna say it.

610
[Link],930 --> [Link],266
Now that River's dead,
you're running unopposed.

611
[Link],183 --> [Link],060
-Seriously?
-I can't believe you just said that.

612
[Link],143 --> [Link],603
Sorry, but it's my job.

613
[Link],107 --> [Link],944
-[Payton sighs]
-You know you don't have to do this.

614
[Link],612 --> [Link],613
I want to.

615
[Link],656 --> [Link],159
[woman] And while they ask that you
respect their privacy at this time,

616
[Link],410 --> [Link],204
River's family wishes
to express their gratitude

617
[Link],288 --> [Link],292
for the outpouring of support
they have received in the last few days.

618
[Link],458 --> [Link],460
It's trying times like these

619
[Link],544 --> [Link],880
where we, as a community,
 look to our student leaders

620
[Link],464 --> [Link],883
for a way to move forward
and begin to heal.

621
[Link],010 --> [Link],885
Payton?

622
[Link],770 --> [Link],231
I didn't really get to know River
until last year.

623
[Link],190 --> [Link],026
He was my tutor.

624
[Link],068 --> [Link],403
Then he became my friend.

625
[Link],863 --> [Link],031
And then, my opponent.

626
[Link],407 --> [Link],200
We found ourselves
running against one another,

627
[Link],284 --> [Link],578
but River never made it feel
like a competition.

628
[Link],661 --> [Link],706
He would always say,
"Don’t worry about it, Payton.

629
[Link],789 --> [Link],124
Let the best man win."

630
[Link],086 --> [Link],504
Now, the best man can't win.

631
[Link],924 --> [Link],843
Uh, River was very active
 in the drama department,

632
[Link],926 --> [Link],889
so I've asked one of his many friends
to help me sing a song in his honor.

633
[Link],598 --> [Link],600
[playing "River"]

634
[Link],492 --> [Link],829
♪ It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees ♪

635
[Link],330 --> [Link],417
♪ Putting up reindeer
Singing songs of joy and peace ♪

636
[Link],501 --> [Link],128
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

637
[Link],088 --> [Link],842
♪ I could skate away on ♪

638
[Link],511 --> [Link],137
♪ But it don't snow here ♪

639
[Link],888 --> [Link],681
♪ It stays pretty green ♪

640
[Link],140 --> [Link],478
♪ Gonna make a lot of money
Then I’m gonna quit this crazy scene ♪

641
[Link],561 --> [Link],023
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

642
[Link],107 --> [Link],070
♪ I could skate away on ♪

643
[Link],654 --> [Link],033
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river so long ♪
 644
[Link],784 --> [Link],749
♪ I would teach my feet to fly ♪

645
[Link],293 --> [Link],839
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

646
[Link],214 --> [Link],302
♪ I could skate away on ♪

647
[Link],594 --> [Link],560
♪ I made my baby cry ♪

648
[Link],862 --> [Link],366
♪ He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease ♪

649
[Link],450 --> [Link],704
♪ And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees ♪

650
[Link],787 --> [Link],082
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

651
[Link],416 --> [Link],171
♪ I could skate away on ♪

652
[Link],796 --> [Link],968
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river so long ♪

653
[Link],051 --> [Link],017
♪ I would teach my feet to fly ♪

654
[Link],816 --> [Link],068
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

655
[Link],528 --> [Link],033
♪ I could skate away on ♪

656
[Link],617 --> [Link],582
♪ I made my baby say goodbye ♪
 657
[Link],967 --> [Link],472
♪ It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees ♪

658
[Link],931 --> [Link],268
♪ They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace ♪

659
[Link],352 --> [Link],771
♪ Oh, I wish I had a river ♪

660
[Link],772 --> [Link],819
♪ I could skate away on ♪

661
[Link],699 --> [Link],034
[song ends on piano]

662
[Link],288 --> [Link],458
[Payton] River's girlfriend, Astrid,
has asked to say a few words.

663
[Link],637 --> [Link],266
Thank you, Payton, that was beautiful.
I’m sure River would've appreciated it.

664
[Link],269 --> [Link],230
You were right
when you said the best man can't win.

665
[Link],898 --> [Link],568
There was only one person in this race
up for the job.

666
[Link],027 --> [Link],153
And now he's gone.

667
[Link],115 --> [Link],867
That is why I've decided to run
in River's place.

668
[Link],453 --> [Link],206
-My running mate will be Skye Leighton.
 -[applause]

669
[Link],290 --> [Link],958
[people cheering]

670
[Link],381 --> [Link],176
We will try to be the first all-female
ticket in this school's history.

671
[Link],927 --> [Link],221
If you believed in what River stood for,

672
[Link],806 --> [Link],183
good, because so did I.

673
[Link],726 --> [Link],436
And if you give me your vote,

674
[Link],895 --> [Link],108
then together,
we can keep River's memory alive.

675
[Link],447 --> [Link],323
Thank you.

676
[Link],198 --> [Link],825
[applause]

677
[Link],584 --> [Link],918
[birds twittering]

678
[Link],519 --> [Link],729
You wanted to see me?

679
[Link],566 --> [Link],692
This came for you.

680
[Link],156 --> [Link],449
[exhaling]

681
[Link],084 --> [Link],168
 Open it.

682
[Link],545 --> [Link],463
[sighs]

683
[Link],139 --> [Link],973
[clears throat]

684
[Link],358 --> [Link],192
Waitlisted.

685
[Link],529 --> [Link],571
[sighs] Sweetheart.

686
[Link],655 --> [Link],865
A lifetime of focus and planning,

687
[Link],949 --> [Link],368
carefully studying applications
obtained on the black market

688
[Link],451 --> [Link],287
to pinpoint the exact combination
of extracurriculars and test scores

689
[Link],371 --> [Link],123
that would optimize my chances
at acceptance.

690
[Link],206 --> [Link],418
Three years on that stupid
literary magazine. Model UN.

691
[Link],501 --> [Link],670
And service-oriented summer camp
in Costa Rica.

692
[Link],753 --> [Link],879
Flippin' Mandarin!

693
[Link],714 --> [Link],800
-They haven't said no.
-This is worse. This is worse than no.

694
[Link],883 --> [Link],511
This is-- This is, "Let's wait and see
if we find anybody better."

695
[Link],594 --> [Link],763
This is, "Even if we take you,
you're our second choice."

696
[Link],847 --> [Link],724
Why didn't-- Why didn't they want me?

697
[Link],475 --> [Link],810
They took those morons.

698
[Link],893 --> [Link],979
Well, your father
and I bought their way in.

699
[Link],271 --> [Link],607
You were very clear.
You said you wanted to do this properly.

700
[Link],691 --> [Link],819
No, I can't get in that way.
People know it. It stays with you.

701
[Link],902 --> [Link],905
It's-- It's handing your opponent
a negative ad on a platter.

702
[Link],989 --> [Link],532
[panting]

703
[Link],074 --> [Link],159
Come here.

704
[Link],050 --> [Link],885
Don't litter.

705
[Link],929 --> [Link],805
 Okay.

706
[Link],765 --> [Link],100
Waitlisted is not "no"
and you're going to get in.

707
[Link],184 --> [Link],644
You're the most exceptional human being
I've ever met.

708
[Link],728 --> [Link],273
Hold on. You must've
gotten your letter today too.

709
[Link],736 --> [Link],822
I'm sure that they have an algorithm
that demands they take so many women

710
[Link],906 --> [Link],325
and so many applicants
from this group or that.

711
[Link],534 --> [Link],410
Yes, I got in.

712
[Link],703 --> [Link],748
Alice, please, don't diminish
your accomplishments to soothe my ego.

713
[Link],915 --> [Link],374
You're gonna be valedictorian.

714
[Link],458 --> [Link],668
You have a gold medal in fencing
from the Junior Olympics.

715
[Link],752 --> [Link],086
You speak six languages.

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

718
[Link],929 --> [Link],806
[Alice] Well, okay. [chuckles]

719
[Link],223 --> [Link],934
Tonight is about getting you back
on your feet 100%,

720
[Link],017 --> [Link],103
so you can win this election
and make this world a better place.

721
[Link],896 --> [Link],273
Thomas, please go set up your table
in the massage room.

722
[Link],357 --> [Link],442
You'll give Payton a treatment
as soon as we're done.

723
[Link],526 --> [Link],569
Reiki, cups, and acupuncture.

724
[Link],696 --> [Link],698
-You're too good to be true.
-[chuckles]

725
[Link],003 --> [Link],547
I have a plan to help you win.

726
[Link],005 --> [Link],924
But first,
I need to ask you some questions,

727
[Link],007 --> [Link],093
and I need you to answer me honestly,
no judgment.

728
[Link],176 --> [Link],135
 I swear.

729
[Link],427 --> [Link],637
Did you kill River?

730
[Link],096 --> [Link],225
I won't judge you or turn you in.
I just want to know.

731
[Link],851 --> [Link],436
While you didn't anticipate Astrid
jumping into the campaign,

732
[Link],520 --> [Link],855
you might have correctly thought

733
[Link],938 --> [Link],065
that River dying
would be your clearest path to victory.

734
[Link],649 --> [Link],650
I didn't kill him.

735
[Link],943 --> [Link],902
We need to break up.

736
[Link],986 --> [Link],029
-You said you wouldn't judge me!
-Not really break up.

737
[Link],113 --> [Link],824
We need to pretend to break up
in order for you to win the election.

738
[Link],907 --> [Link],326
Right now, you and Astrid
are splitting the sympathy vote.

739
[Link],410 --> [Link],204
I'm going to confess
that I cheated on you.

740
 [Link],414 --> [Link],665
It'll be a scandal.

741
[Link],748 --> [Link],334
You will dump me
and everyone will feel sorry for you.

742
[Link],418 --> [Link],878
I've cleared with McAfee and James.

743
[Link],961 --> [Link],629
They think it could gain you
six to nine points,

744
[Link],713 --> [Link],173
depending on how magnanimous
you are about the whole thing.

745
[Link],257 --> [Link],967
But everyone will hate you.

746
[Link],050 --> [Link],051
I love you.

747
[Link],678 --> [Link],432
This... is what love looks like, Payton.

748
[Link],016 --> [Link],018
This is what sacrifice looks like.

749
[Link],101 --> [Link],438
This is what it takes to change the world.

750
[Link],105 --> [Link],316
I am your first lady today...

751
[Link],942 --> [Link],027
and always.

752
[Link],403 --> [Link],822
-But there are rules.
-Rules?
 753
[Link],906 --> [Link],948
We will break up

754
[Link],449 --> [Link],077
long enough for you to win and for no one
to suspect duplicity on our parts.

755
[Link],161 --> [Link],788
You will post photos of Big Sur,

756
[Link],872 --> [Link],833
the truffle french fries at Hoagies Diner
on Route 14,

757
[Link],917 --> [Link],464
and cute dogs on your Instagram
at least once a day with captions like,

758
[Link],548 --> [Link],178
"Wish I was here," and "Yummy,"
and "heart emoji."

759
[Link],929 --> [Link],890
When you do so,
I will know you were thinking of me.

760
[Link],474 --> [Link],059
A secret code. I love it.

761
[Link],142 --> [Link],063
And, most importantly,

762
[Link],648 --> [Link],026
when you pass me in the hall,
you will not pay me any mind.

763
[Link],610 --> [Link],114
But as soon as we're past each other,
you will turn and look back.

764
[Link],490 --> [Link],618
 I need you to do this for me
or I won't be able to survive.

765
[Link],993 --> [Link],536
Do you agree to these terms?

766
[Link],995 --> [Link],373
You are the best thing
that will ever happen to me.

767
[Link],499 --> [Link],333
Yes.

768
[Link],584 --> [Link],418
I agree.

769
[Link],920 --> [Link],338
Let's move on to fish course.

770
[Link],798 --> [Link],342
I don't want to say
"I'm overwhelmed with shame."

771
[Link],425 --> [Link],469
-That's too calculating, it sounds fake.
-It is fake.

772
[Link],552 --> [Link],387
No.

773
[Link],807 --> [Link],600
[typing] "I broke up with Payton tonight.

774
[Link],684 --> [Link],396
I guess you could say I cheated on him,
though it's more complicated than that.

775
[Link],604 --> [Link],606
I will not name the other party involved
at this time

776
[Link],690 --> [Link],733
out of respect to their family. Period."

777
[Link],817 --> [Link],027
That's good. Mysterious.
Really makes you lean in.

778
[Link],736 --> [Link],612
Post it.

779
[Link],530 --> [Link],572
[exhales]

780
[Link],706 --> [Link],040
-[social media alerts]
-This is good.

781
[Link],124 --> [Link],835
Jesus, people are freakin' animals.
These comments are brutal.

782
[Link],918 --> [Link],171
-[James] This is really good.
-[social media alerts continue]

783
[Link],967 --> [Link],010
[phone vibrating]

784
[Link],555 --> [Link],306
-Hi.
-Hi.

785
[Link],808 --> [Link],184
I didn't like doing that.

786
[Link],393 --> [Link],227
I know.

787
[Link],103 --> [Link],479
It's the right thing to do.

788
[Link],651 --> [Link],362
Hey, Payton.
 We're ready when you are, buddy.

789
[Link],446 --> [Link],280
Okay.

790
[Link],537 --> [Link],457
[Tame Impala's "Yes I'm Changing" plays]

791
[Link],296 --> [Link],298
[alerts continue]

792
[Link],509 --> [Link],137
♪ I was raging ♪

793
[Link],220 --> [Link],473
♪ It was late ♪

794
[Link],931 --> [Link],435
♪ In the world my demons cultivate ♪

795
[Link],518 --> [Link],605
-♪ I felt the strangest emotion ♪
-[silent mouthing]

796
[Link],688 --> [Link],693
♪ But it wasn't hate, for once ♪

797
[Link],864 --> [Link],450
♪ Yes, I'm changing ♪

798
[Link],533 --> [Link],827
♪ Yes, I'm gone... ♪

799
[Link],911 --> [Link],745
[man] Payton.

800
[Link],746 --> [Link],663
Hey, kiddo.

801
[Link],082 --> [Link],919
Look, I know you've been struggling
with Mandarin and River was tutoring you.

802
[Link],836 --> [Link],297
[sighs]
You must be going through a lot right now.

803
[Link],380 --> [Link],256
Yeah, I am.

804
[Link],174 --> [Link],676
Just show up for the exams,
and I'll give you an A.

805
[Link],594 --> [Link],428
Okay?

806
[Link],637 --> [Link],471
Thank you.

807
[Link],846 --> [Link],680
Okay.

808
[Link],974 --> [Link],226
Hey, man, I'm really sorry.

809
[Link],309 --> [Link],686
[whispers] Numbers look great.
Genius. Wish I'd thought of it.

810
[Link],770 --> [Link],647
Go to the cafeteria and press some flesh.

811
[Link],730 --> [Link],566
♪ And I was searching endlessly ♪

812
[Link],900 --> [Link],568
♪ But, baby ♪

813
[Link],652 --> [Link],283
♪ Now there's nothing left
That I can do ♪
 814
[Link],535 --> [Link],540
♪ So don't be blue ♪

815
[Link],207 --> [Link],171
♪ There is another future waiting there ♪

816
[Link],255 --> [Link],633
♪ For you ♪

817
[Link],635 --> [Link],932
♪ It's calling out for you ♪

818
[Link],015 --> [Link],979
♪ Arise and walk, come through ♪

819
[Link],229 --> [Link],568
♪ Someone beyond that door ♪

820
[Link],651 --> [Link],489
♪ Is calling out for you ♪

821
[Link],507 --> [Link],551
Well, I can imagine.

822
[Link],634 --> [Link],053
Well, well, well. Oh.

823
[Link],429 --> [Link],556
Look who's home. [chuckles]

824
[Link],098 --> [Link],267
Ms. Fancypants, shut the door.

825
[Link],350 --> [Link],185
Yes, ma'am.

826
[Link],311 --> [Link],229
-Sit down.
-Yes, ma'am.

827
 [Link],611 --> [Link],573
[sighs]
This lovely young man was telling me

828
[Link],656 --> [Link],287
that you turned him down again
as a running mate in the school election.

829
[Link],662 --> [Link],375
That is twice now that you have defied me
and I would like an explanation.

830
[Link],543 --> [Link],295
I just don't want all that attention.

831
[Link],378 --> [Link],714
Oh, don't you lie to me.

832
[Link],840 --> [Link],970
You were the one who begged me
to call the Channel 13 news team

833
[Link],054 --> [Link],016
so you could get a free trip to Legoland.

834
[Link],099 --> [Link],185
And the second those cameras turned on,

835
[Link],268 --> [Link],480
well, you just about peed your pants,
you were so excited.

836
[Link],563 --> [Link],191
You know, actually, Ms. Jackson,
uh, Infinity, I have--

837
[Link],274 --> [Link],652
I've seen all the local news stories
on you and they are...

838
[Link],611 --> [Link],779
Oh, God, they're so inspiring.
 839
[Link],862 --> [Link],407
But I really think that this could be
something even bigger.

840
[Link],075 --> [Link],244
I think this could be
a national news story.

841
[Link],327 --> [Link],456
Infinity, you could become the voice
of a generation of handicapable children.

842
[Link],998 --> [Link],793
You know, at the risk of sounding vulgar,
it's worth remembering

843
[Link],876 --> [Link],213
that you could parlay something like that
into serious, regular income

844
[Link],296 --> [Link],923
just off of Instagram alone.

845
[Link],173 --> [Link],132
Wait a minute.

846
[Link],343 --> [Link],888
-We could make some money on this?
-Absolutely. Oh, absolutely.

847
[Link],347 --> [Link],723
[chortling] Oh!

848
[Link],807 --> [Link],058
Well, hot damn!

849
[Link],141 --> [Link],810
[Payton] If it would be at all helpful,

850
[Link],893 --> [Link],105
I'd be happy to provide you with a cash
loan that could be used for anything.
 851
[Link],438 --> [Link],607
Paying off medical bills,
buying a new car.

852
[Link],691 --> [Link],151
Wait a minute. A new car?

853
[Link],235 --> [Link],946
-[stammers] Anything.
-[laughs] I like the sound of that.

854
[Link],029 --> [Link],573
You know, I must say,
I like the sound of your voice.

855
[Link],449 --> [Link],742
Really? Yeah?

856
[Link],826 --> [Link],495
Yeah, I really--
It's got a real melodic tone to it.

857
[Link],578 --> [Link],330
Is that-- Are you from the South?

858
[Link],497 --> [Link],001
Well, I am a country girl.

859
[Link],084 --> [Link],544
I knew it. I knew it.

860
[Link],627 --> [Link],131
-West-goddamn-Virginia. [chuckles]
-Of course.

861
[Link],506 --> [Link],261
Yeah, I drove all the way to California
from Martinsville.

862
[Link],178 --> [Link],680
You ever heard of Martinsville?
 863
[Link],763 --> [Link],682
-I don't think I have.
-[chuckles]

864
[Link],765 --> [Link],643
-Stop it. Stop it. Just stop it!
-What?!

865
[Link],353 --> [Link],022
[whispers] I know what he's doing.

866
[Link],773 --> [Link],358
I know what you're doing.

867
[Link],984 --> [Link],194
Payton, you're trying to seduce us.

868
[Link],654 --> [Link],116
You're using your money and your interest

869
[Link],199 --> [Link],535
and you're throwing it around
like it's nothing.

870
[Link],910 --> [Link],622
Hey, you are being a rude little toad.

871
[Link],706 --> [Link],962
He's a fake, Nana. He's a fake.
I don't trust anything that he says.

872
[Link],630 --> [Link],923
I'm so sorry.

873
[Link],007 --> [Link],925
-I really do apologize, dear.
-No, no, no.

874
[Link],009 --> [Link],345
-I am so sorry.
-Uh, no, no, she's right.
 875
[Link],306 --> [Link],182
She's right.

876
[Link],975 --> [Link],604
River died and...
my girlfriend broke up with me

877
[Link],687 --> [Link],316
and I don't think
that I've processed any of it.

878
[Link],192 --> [Link],652
Um, I just keep acting
like everything is normal.

879
[Link],944 --> [Link],905
I just keep going through the motions,

880
[Link],655 --> [Link],325
like nothing happened,
but it did, I know that it did.

881
[Link],869 --> [Link],747
I know it did, and I still, I can't...

882
[Link],166 --> [Link],626
I can't feel anything.

883
[Link],544 --> [Link],296
You're right, Infinity. You're right.

884
[Link],130 --> [Link],131
I'm a fake.

885
[Link],550 --> [Link],719
You shouldn't believe anything I say,

886
[Link],803 --> [Link],389
because I don't know
that I believe it either.
 887
[Link],806 --> [Link],724
I think that's why I want you
for a running mate.

888
[Link],808 --> [Link],185
You're authentic and you're real,

889
[Link],268 --> [Link],979
and I can't even face the truth because...

890
[Link],982 --> [Link],734
because the truth is... [sobs]

891
[Link],944 --> [Link],363
...the truth is that I loved him.

892
[Link],448 --> [Link],826
Oh, my God. I loved him so much.
[gasping]

893
[Link],243 --> [Link],452
And now he's gone.

894
[Link],829 --> [Link],998
-[Payton sobbing]
-Oh...

895
[Link],292 --> [Link],086
I'm so sorry, Payton.

896
[Link],753 --> [Link],004
I believe you now.

897
[Link],088 --> [Link],674
[whispers] Hey, I believe you.

898
[Link],800 --> [Link],634
Okay?

899
[Link],717 --> [Link],719
[gasping sobs continue]
 900
[Link],147 --> [Link],274
[Infinity whispers] I'm sorry. Hey...

901
[Link],336 --> [Link],754
[line ringing]

902
[Link],715 --> [Link],674
We got her.

903
[Link],175 --> [Link],845
Because that's what life's all about.
It's not about avoiding adversity,

904
[Link],928 --> [Link],515
it's how we handle the hard times
when they come barging into our lives,

905
[Link],599 --> [Link],684
destroying everything we hold dear.

906
[Link],518 --> [Link],979
And that's why I've got someone
very special with me today.

907
[Link],646 --> [Link],773
Now, this is a girl
that we've all met, but...

908
[Link],857 --> [Link],276
she's someone that I don't think
a lot of us really know.

909
[Link],610 --> [Link],237
And I think that the reason
that I find her so inspiring

910
[Link],321 --> [Link],615
is because... I look at my life,

911
[Link],908 --> [Link],369
and what's happened in the past few weeks,
 even the past few hours,

912
[Link],453 --> [Link],746
does not even compare

913
[Link],079 --> [Link],958
to the struggles that this young woman
has to face every moment of every day.

914
[Link],042 --> [Link],002
And yet, she looks at the future...

915
[Link],920 --> [Link],506
with hope and optimism

916
[Link],215 --> [Link],508
and a sense of humor.

917
[Link],591 --> [Link],092
Infinity, you inspire me.

918
[Link],802 --> [Link],680
That is why I'm proud to introduce you
as my running mate today.

919
[Link],348 --> [Link],267
Ladies and gentleman, the next
vice president of Saint Sebastian,

920
[Link],351 --> [Link],852
Infinity Jackson!

921
[Link],936 --> [Link],938
[cheers and applause]

922
[Link],068 --> [Link],902
Thank you.

923
[Link],985 --> [Link],654
Oh, my God, that was so nice.

924
 [Link],656 --> [Link],116
How about this one, huh?
Let's hear it.

925
[Link],369 --> [Link],663
Thank you, my gosh, thank you. Uh...

926
[Link],540 --> [Link],791
I guess Payton's right.

927
[Link],792 --> [Link],506
My life hasn't always been easy,
but my Nana-- my Nana always says,

928
[Link],589 --> [Link],967
“Infinity Maybelline Jackson..."

929
[Link],300 --> [Link],761
Congrats on the musical, by the way.
Nice to see you.

930
[Link],844 --> [Link],721
Hey, looking good, guys.
Thanks for being here.

931
[Link],805 --> [Link],057
"...a lot worse than you."
And she's right.

932
[Link],140 --> [Link],227
-She already has an 80% approval rating.
-And a fan account on Instagram.

933
[Link],310 --> [Link],104
[Infinity] I'm one of the lucky ones.

934
[Link],187 --> [Link],480
Sit back and enjoy the show.

935
[Link],564 --> [Link],065
[Infinity chuckles on stage]

936
 [Link],233 --> [Link],610
-But I'm counting my blessings today.
-[exhales]

937
[Link],319 --> [Link],737
We're all lucky, aren't we?

938
[Link],321 --> [Link],864
-Hey, Andrew.
-Eric.

939
[Link],948 --> [Link],116
Right, Eric, sorry.

940
[Link],199 --> [Link],285
You douchebag, my name is Andrew.

941
[Link],368 --> [Link],289
I'm here, I'm alive,
I'm with all of you beautiful people.

942
[Link],372 --> [Link],415
I was coming to find you.

943
[Link],498 --> [Link],625
I’m really sorry.
I want you to know this was a really--

944
[Link],709 --> [Link],877
She's scamming everyone,
you know that, right?

945
[Link],128 --> [Link],088
-What? Who?
-Infinity.

946
[Link],964 --> [Link],633
It's all a big scam. She's not sick.

947
[Link],717 --> [Link],843
Thank you, Payton.

948
 [Link],885 --> [Link],887
Thank you, Saint Sebastian.

949
[Link],305 --> [Link],431
She's faking it.

950
[Link],764 --> [Link],807
[Infinity] I...

951
[Link],099 --> [Link],977
[laughs] I’m gonna work my butt off
for you guys.

952
[Link],060 --> [Link],231
I mean, like, let's just get out there
and win this thing!

953
[Link],648 --> [Link],692
-Yeah!
-[cheers and applause]

954
[Link],246 --> [Link],123
[theme music playing]

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