WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:05.768 --> 00:00:09.268 - [Alex] Abdicate. 3 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:09.268 --> 00:00:13.200 Abdicate. 5 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:15.140 I'll use it in a sentence. 6 00:00:15.140 --> 00:00:17.720 Geraldine is abdicating her responsibility 7 00:00:17.720 --> 00:00:21.163 to study for her SATs which are in a week. 8 00:00:22.840 --> 00:00:25.453 - To neglect or abandon a responsibility or duty. 9 00:00:26.390 --> 00:00:29.030 - Or? - To renounce one's throne, 10 00:00:29.030 --> 00:00:31.530 for instance, despite the urgings of other members 11 00:00:31.530 --> 00:00:33.650 of the royal family, General Douglas MacArthur 12 00:00:33.650 --> 00:00:36.980 pressed Emperor Hirohito to refrain from abdicating 13 00:00:36.980 --> 00:00:39.630 the Japanese throne in the aftermath of World War II. 14 00:00:40.660 --> 00:00:41.523 - Showoff. 15 00:00:42.540 --> 00:00:44.880 - How many more of these do we have to do today? 16 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:45.810 - Why? 17 00:00:45.810 --> 00:00:48.513 Practicing SAT words with your cousin isn't exciting? 18 00:00:49.510 --> 00:00:51.100 - No, I'm just tired. 19 00:00:51.100 --> 00:00:56.100 - Fair enough, since you got the last 65 questions right, 20 00:00:56.430 --> 00:01:01.223 I guess I can let you go after this last one. 21 00:01:02.071 --> 00:01:02.904 Disencumber. 22 00:01:02.904 --> 00:01:04.620 - To free oneself of an encumbrance. 23 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:09.550 - And what's- - An encumbrance is a burden, 24 00:01:09.550 --> 00:01:10.820 an albatross, an obligation. 25 00:01:10.820 --> 00:01:11.940 For example, you might think 26 00:01:11.940 --> 00:01:14.100 that the end of this tutoring session disencumbers me 27 00:01:14.100 --> 00:01:15.710 from everything that I have to do tonight. 28 00:01:15.710 --> 00:01:17.020 However, little do you know 29 00:01:17.020 --> 00:01:19.650 that now I've got to go to soccer practice. 30 00:01:19.650 --> 00:01:20.600 - [Alex] The test's in a week. 31 00:01:20.600 --> 00:01:22.340 Your folks are still making you play? 32 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:24.360 - Yep, hedging their... 33 00:01:24.360 --> 00:01:27.783 My bets. Got to get recruited, too. 34 00:01:28.785 --> 00:01:30.780 - I forgot how insane college admissions is. 35 00:01:30.780 --> 00:01:34.510 - Can't be too bad compared to grad school. Speaking of. 36 00:01:34.510 --> 00:01:35.950 - I find out in... 37 00:01:37.860 --> 00:01:40.670 23 minutes. - Good luck. 38 00:01:40.670 --> 00:01:41.503 - Hopefully. 39 00:01:42.390 --> 00:01:45.550 Then I'll never have to tutor another high schooler again. 40 00:01:45.550 --> 00:01:47.240 - Tutoring us isn't exciting? 41 00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:48.880 - You see, the thing with college students is 42 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:50.963 they actually choose to be there, 43 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:53.800 so it's a bit less like pulling teeth. 44 00:01:53.800 --> 00:01:55.301 - I don't know what you're talking about. 45 00:01:55.301 --> 00:01:56.530 This is exactly what I want to be doing 46 00:01:56.530 --> 00:01:58.050 after eight hours of school 47 00:01:58.050 --> 00:02:01.590 and before two hours of getting kicked in the shins. 48 00:02:01.590 --> 00:02:04.540 - Go play video games or snort some glue 49 00:02:04.540 --> 00:02:06.180 or whatever teenagers do. 50 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:08.300 - Seriously? You're, like, 24. 51 00:02:08.300 --> 00:02:11.470 - 25. I'm geriatric. 52 00:02:11.470 --> 00:02:13.377 - Okay. - Don't you have to get going? 53 00:02:13.377 --> 00:02:15.703 - Yes, yes. Good luck. - Thank you. 54 00:03:21.519 --> 00:03:24.436 (optimistic music) 55 00:03:53.762 --> 00:03:56.345 (Darren sighs) 56 00:03:58.946 --> 00:04:02.196 (Darren clears throat) 57 00:04:06.450 --> 00:04:07.800 - Good evening, Mr. Tanaka. 58 00:04:09.380 --> 00:04:10.880 You too, a pleasure as always. 59 00:04:14.660 --> 00:04:15.493 Uh-huh. 60 00:04:21.910 --> 00:04:23.840 Uh-huh, wait, wait, no no no, Mr. Tanaka, 61 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:24.790 you have to understand 62 00:04:24.790 --> 00:04:26.740 that great films require great capital. 63 00:04:29.870 --> 00:04:32.500 Okay, look, I can guarantee you 15 1/2. 64 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:35.530 You know what, 17 1/2 percent. 65 00:04:37.829 --> 00:04:41.550 Okay, but we've been talking about this for months. 66 00:04:51.670 --> 00:04:52.620 I understand, yeah. 67 00:04:54.150 --> 00:04:57.490 Look, Mr. Tanaka, you are making a big mistake 68 00:04:57.490 --> 00:04:59.990 and passing up on one hell of an opportunity here. 69 00:05:00.930 --> 00:05:02.253 I know you'll reconsider. 70 00:05:07.390 --> 00:05:08.940 My regards to you as well, sir. 71 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:18.713 - Shit, man, I'm sorry. 72 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:21.550 - It's fine, it's fine, honestly. 73 00:05:21.550 --> 00:05:23.040 I've got plenty of other investors lined up, 74 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:25.380 so if the guy can't appreciate my vision, fuck him, right? 75 00:05:25.380 --> 00:05:26.213 Fuck him. 76 00:05:31.830 --> 00:05:33.330 Wait, today's the 14th, right? 77 00:05:35.910 --> 00:05:36.743 - Yeah. 78 00:05:38.010 --> 00:05:41.340 - Oh, shit. And... 79 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:44.193 - I got in. 80 00:05:46.900 --> 00:05:48.810 Sorry about the phone call. - Dude, dude dude dude dude! 81 00:05:48.810 --> 00:05:51.340 I'm so happy for you, that's amazing. 82 00:05:51.340 --> 00:05:53.383 I mean, now we have something to celebrate, right? 83 00:05:54.339 --> 00:05:56.710 Come on, let's not fucking sulk, come on. 84 00:05:56.710 --> 00:05:58.833 Seriously, seriously, come on. 85 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:03.070 No, it's a big deal. It's a big deal. 86 00:06:03.070 --> 00:06:05.450 You're taking a big step here, right? 87 00:06:05.450 --> 00:06:06.800 I'm proud of you, honestly. 88 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:10.640 - I mean, it's a big decision. 89 00:06:10.640 --> 00:06:13.250 The next five years of my life- 90 00:06:13.250 --> 00:06:15.430 - Shut up, shut up. It's awesome. 91 00:06:15.430 --> 00:06:17.193 It's awesome, that's what it is. 92 00:06:18.290 --> 00:06:20.721 Now, let's do some fucking drugs, right? 93 00:06:20.721 --> 00:06:23.804 (upbeat dance music) 94 00:06:50.999 --> 00:06:53.749 (shower running) 95 00:07:01.176 --> 00:07:03.926 (birds tweeting) 96 00:07:23.343 --> 00:07:25.760 (Alex sighs) 97 00:07:34.984 --> 00:07:37.817 (water splashing) 98 00:07:54.807 --> 00:07:56.720 Good morning, Mr. Howard. 99 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.250 Yesterday I spoke to Mr. Tanaka and he informed me 100 00:07:59.250 --> 00:08:00.600 that he was unable to meet 101 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.940 his financial obligations as a producer, 102 00:08:03.940 --> 00:08:08.791 so I am prepared to offer you- - Yes, mom, I'll find out 103 00:08:08.791 --> 00:08:10.002 about financial aid later this week. 104 00:08:10.002 --> 00:08:11.552 - An extraordinary opportunity. 105 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:15.350 - So what if I got things in a couple weeks late? 106 00:08:15.350 --> 00:08:19.950 It's not gonna be a huge deal. They have a huge endowment. 107 00:08:19.950 --> 00:08:22.700 - But Mr. Howard, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. 108 00:08:30.220 --> 00:08:33.623 I regret that you feel this way. I know you'll reconsider. 109 00:08:50.260 --> 00:08:51.573 - Yes, I love you too. 110 00:08:52.713 --> 00:08:53.546 Bye. 111 00:09:13.830 --> 00:09:16.413 (door opening) 112 00:09:34.610 --> 00:09:37.620 - Uh, catching up on required reading? 113 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:38.453 - Trying to. 114 00:09:39.900 --> 00:09:42.750 - Oh yeah, I think I know, um, 115 00:09:42.750 --> 00:09:44.760 about three words on that page. 116 00:09:44.760 --> 00:09:47.080 - Yeah, if I know 10 of them by the time I'm done 117 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:49.960 with my Phd, that'll be 10 new words for me. 118 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:53.990 - Ah, 10 words for $250,000. 119 00:09:53.990 --> 00:09:56.210 What does that come to, $25,000 per word? 120 00:09:56.210 --> 00:09:58.943 Wow, expensive words. 121 00:10:01.400 --> 00:10:03.560 Yeah, that's nice, that's good, keep it. 122 00:10:03.560 --> 00:10:04.823 Hold that, hold that. 123 00:10:07.060 --> 00:10:08.033 Hold it, hold it. 124 00:10:09.070 --> 00:10:10.863 Cut, shit. Cut. 125 00:10:15.190 --> 00:10:16.023 Hello? 126 00:10:20.330 --> 00:10:21.940 What, um... 127 00:10:21.940 --> 00:10:24.890 No, it's Saturday. No, you said I... 128 00:10:25.730 --> 00:10:28.197 You said I didn't have to work this Saturday, so. 129 00:10:28.197 --> 00:10:30.697 (tense music) 130 00:10:50.820 --> 00:10:52.930 You're tying your tie wrong. 131 00:10:52.930 --> 00:10:55.630 Your belt and shoes clearly don't match. 132 00:10:55.630 --> 00:10:58.093 When was the last time that you dressed up like this? 133 00:10:59.450 --> 00:11:01.800 - [Alex] Your grandfather's funeral. 134 00:11:01.800 --> 00:11:04.560 - Damn, that was like freshman year of college. 135 00:11:04.560 --> 00:11:05.393 - Shit. 136 00:11:07.540 --> 00:11:10.810 I'm going to this alumni networking event. 137 00:11:10.810 --> 00:11:12.510 Do you want to come? 138 00:11:12.510 --> 00:11:13.343 - Gross. 139 00:11:15.170 --> 00:11:16.003 The only people that are there 140 00:11:16.003 --> 00:11:18.950 want to give life advice or get life advice. 141 00:11:18.950 --> 00:11:21.350 You're already going to grad school, why do you want to go? 142 00:11:21.350 --> 00:11:22.250 - It's free booze. 143 00:11:23.280 --> 00:11:24.113 - Tempting. 144 00:11:29.690 --> 00:11:30.523 Here, let me fix it. - No! 145 00:11:30.523 --> 00:11:31.870 - Come on, stop, stop, stop. 146 00:11:49.686 --> 00:11:51.436 - Well, you're early. 147 00:11:52.330 --> 00:11:56.040 Things aren't gonna get hopping here for another half hour. 148 00:11:56.040 --> 00:11:57.730 - Sorry, I didn't have anywhere else to be. 149 00:11:57.730 --> 00:12:00.820 - It's all right. What, you get out of work early? 150 00:12:00.820 --> 00:12:03.600 - I don't work. 151 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:06.020 - No? What do you do? 152 00:12:06.020 --> 00:12:07.442 - I'm going to grad school. 153 00:12:07.442 --> 00:12:09.483 - (gasps) You gonna get an MBA? 154 00:12:10.870 --> 00:12:11.703 What, a JD? 155 00:12:11.703 --> 00:12:13.840 - [Alex] A PhD in literature. 156 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:15.480 - Ooh, you're gonna be a writer. 157 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:17.760 - [Alex] Well, I'm going to be teaching 158 00:12:17.760 --> 00:12:20.329 the promising minds of the next generation. 159 00:12:20.329 --> 00:12:21.220 - Uh-huh. 160 00:12:21.220 --> 00:12:23.180 - [Alex] Keeping the dying art of literature alive. 161 00:12:23.180 --> 00:12:24.235 - Uh-huh. 162 00:12:24.235 --> 00:12:25.068 - [Alex] You know, we live in a world 163 00:12:25.068 --> 00:12:28.370 that's so over-inundated with all this mediocre content 164 00:12:28.370 --> 00:12:30.710 designed for a generation with attention spans 165 00:12:30.710 --> 00:12:33.320 really only of about five seconds. 166 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:36.130 - There's gonna be plenty of people for you to network with 167 00:12:36.130 --> 00:12:37.610 any minute now. 168 00:12:37.610 --> 00:12:39.510 Right now, why don't you have a drink? 169 00:12:40.830 --> 00:12:42.323 Go on, it's good for you. 170 00:13:10.437 --> 00:13:13.437 (crickets chirping) 171 00:13:25.832 --> 00:13:27.082 - Um, so I, um. 172 00:13:29.410 --> 00:13:34.040 I am a little tight on cash at the moment. 173 00:13:34.040 --> 00:13:35.390 I was wondering 174 00:13:36.770 --> 00:13:37.790 if you 175 00:13:40.610 --> 00:13:42.583 might be able to, 176 00:13:44.780 --> 00:13:47.423 you know, um... (laughs) 177 00:13:54.609 --> 00:13:56.423 Um. - If I could spot you? 178 00:13:57.500 --> 00:14:02.500 - Yeah, yeah, if I could dip a little bit into Darren debt. 179 00:14:02.560 --> 00:14:04.310 - You mean deeper into Darren debt. 180 00:14:10.130 --> 00:14:11.380 What if I were to say no? 181 00:14:13.450 --> 00:14:16.340 - I'm gonna get cash later this week from my mom. 182 00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:17.283 - From your mommy. 183 00:14:23.470 --> 00:14:25.887 (Alex sighs) 184 00:14:44.198 --> 00:14:46.865 (bag crinkling) 185 00:14:53.848 --> 00:14:56.515 (door knocking) 186 00:15:12.408 --> 00:15:15.158 (relaxing music) 187 00:15:21.566 --> 00:15:22.399 - Got it. 188 00:15:25.830 --> 00:15:27.883 - [Kyle] Hey, eyes over there, guys. 189 00:15:32.527 --> 00:15:35.194 (safe clicking) 190 00:15:43.540 --> 00:15:46.240 Well, now that business is concluded, 191 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:48.163 I believe that congrats are in order. 192 00:15:49.050 --> 00:15:50.980 - He filled out an application. 193 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:54.120 - Yeah, but it's not like they accept everyone. 194 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:56.550 - [Darren] I'm sure a pulse is required. 195 00:15:56.550 --> 00:15:57.610 - Well, you know, it's actually 196 00:15:57.610 --> 00:16:00.530 some really very high level stuff, you know, I don't know 197 00:16:00.530 --> 00:16:03.289 if you guys would quite meet the qualifications. 198 00:16:03.289 --> 00:16:04.122 - And why? 199 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.843 'Cause I deal drugs? 200 00:16:08.133 --> 00:16:08.983 - And I'm a suit? 201 00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:16.340 - I didn't mean to... 202 00:16:20.850 --> 00:16:23.600 No, you- - I'm fucking with you, man. 203 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:25.457 It's not like that, I'm fine. 204 00:16:26.950 --> 00:16:28.320 Well, that book-ology degree 205 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:30.890 has got to be mad expensive, right? 206 00:16:30.890 --> 00:16:35.233 - Yeah, well, a couple alums endowed a scholarship. 207 00:16:36.750 --> 00:16:39.720 I mean literally, like, $20 million in donations. 208 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.553 - Donations. 209 00:16:41.650 --> 00:16:43.523 You subsist on goodwill, Alex. 210 00:16:44.830 --> 00:16:48.303 - Better than bad will, am I right? 211 00:16:50.090 --> 00:16:51.840 - Some of us work for what we have. 212 00:16:53.030 --> 00:16:54.003 - Some of us. 213 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:58.573 - You subsist off of my donations, right? 214 00:16:59.650 --> 00:17:02.803 I mean, in theory, I could just steal your weed and leave. 215 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.370 What would you do, call the cops? 216 00:17:11.565 --> 00:17:15.982 - You wouldn't do that. I'd stop donating drugs, man. 217 00:17:17.350 --> 00:17:18.573 Now, who wants to smoke? 218 00:17:26.261 --> 00:17:29.261 (crickets chirping) 219 00:17:38.237 --> 00:17:40.062 - That was fun. 220 00:17:40.062 --> 00:17:41.012 - The weed was fun. 221 00:17:43.250 --> 00:17:45.130 - Kyle's a fun guy. 222 00:17:45.130 --> 00:17:47.433 - Kyle's a source of weed and weed is fun. 223 00:17:50.270 --> 00:17:51.780 - You know, maybe you'd have a little more fun 224 00:17:51.780 --> 00:17:53.350 if you weren't such a dick to him. 225 00:17:53.350 --> 00:17:54.343 - He's a fuck up. 226 00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:10.810 - I feel like shit, okay? Is that what you want me to say? 227 00:18:10.810 --> 00:18:13.020 I feel like shit about the whole 228 00:18:13.020 --> 00:18:15.363 accidentally making you spotting me thing. 229 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:21.003 - It's not a thing. It's not an accident. 230 00:18:22.540 --> 00:18:23.940 You just fucking stiffed me. 231 00:18:25.150 --> 00:18:27.860 - I'll pay you back. It's like 40 bucks. 232 00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:28.980 Don't you make that in an hour? 233 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:32.080 - I make that in 45 minutes, but it's about the principle. 234 00:18:32.080 --> 00:18:34.010 - The principle. - Yeah. 235 00:18:34.010 --> 00:18:36.530 Do you know what's fun? 14 hour work days. 236 00:18:36.530 --> 00:18:38.453 - Okay, I get it, I get it. 237 00:18:42.563 --> 00:18:44.894 (stammering) I fucked up. 238 00:18:44.894 --> 00:18:47.500 - (stammering mockingly) You did, yeah. 239 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:49.390 I work to make money. 240 00:18:49.390 --> 00:18:52.860 I save to make films, so paying for your drugs 241 00:18:52.860 --> 00:18:55.340 means I have less money to make films. 242 00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:58.430 - I told you, I will pay you back. 243 00:18:58.430 --> 00:19:00.860 - It's not about that. 244 00:19:00.860 --> 00:19:02.010 - Then what's it about? 245 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:09.740 - You get to pursue your educational aspirations. 246 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:11.130 You don't even want to cure cancer, 247 00:19:11.130 --> 00:19:14.430 you want to lord over young minds from some ivory tower 248 00:19:14.430 --> 00:19:16.190 and watch them suffer through student loans 249 00:19:16.190 --> 00:19:18.840 while you get to slither on through the tenure track. 250 00:19:20.910 --> 00:19:22.980 (Alex scoffs) 251 00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:26.763 - That's minimizing it. - No, no, it's not. 252 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:30.190 You literally want to get paid to read. 253 00:19:30.190 --> 00:19:32.610 Kyle gets to chill and smoke all day, 254 00:19:32.610 --> 00:19:33.700 even though the guy's got to be old enough 255 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:35.070 to have three fucking kids. 256 00:19:35.070 --> 00:19:36.587 If I had a tenth of the opportunities that you had- 257 00:19:36.587 --> 00:19:39.070 - Oh, no no no, do not pull that shit on me, man. 258 00:19:39.070 --> 00:19:40.370 No way, mm-mm, no. 259 00:19:40.370 --> 00:19:43.040 I begged my ass off for those scholarships, you know that, 260 00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:44.950 and it's not like I live in a fucking castle. 261 00:19:44.950 --> 00:19:46.920 - Yeah, but you have had opportunities. 262 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:49.060 You have had a future shoved down your goddamn throat 263 00:19:49.060 --> 00:19:50.670 by a fucking family that supports you, 264 00:19:50.670 --> 00:19:53.120 and that is way more than anything I've ever had. 265 00:19:54.010 --> 00:19:57.440 - So you resent the fact that I didn't grow up in a trailer? 266 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:00.630 - No, I resent the fact that if I had what you had, 267 00:20:00.630 --> 00:20:03.393 I would have already made five fucking films. 268 00:20:04.280 --> 00:20:07.943 - Well, you've got the savings. What's stopping you? 269 00:20:25.800 --> 00:20:27.198 Look, I obviously didn't- 270 00:20:27.198 --> 00:20:30.115 (Darren screaming) 271 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.033 - Why does it just seem 272 00:20:41.033 --> 00:20:43.180 like everyone gets whatever they want but me? 273 00:20:51.260 --> 00:20:52.710 - What do you want me to say? 274 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.733 - Nothing. 275 00:21:01.050 --> 00:21:02.177 Just learn to listen. 276 00:21:11.466 --> 00:21:14.133 (door clunking) 277 00:21:21.557 --> 00:21:24.140 (door opening) 278 00:21:29.950 --> 00:21:32.617 (keys jingling) 279 00:22:02.191 --> 00:22:05.774 (Darren breathing heavily) 280 00:22:39.743 --> 00:22:42.493 (birds tweeting) 281 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.033 You know I didn't mean any of it. 282 00:22:57.033 --> 00:22:59.263 - Yeah, I know, you were just frustrated. 283 00:23:01.070 --> 00:23:04.463 I could stand to learn how to read the room once in a while. 284 00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:12.833 - Shit. Thanks, man. 285 00:23:15.958 --> 00:23:19.541 (door opening and closing) 286 00:23:34.587 --> 00:23:37.254 (phone ringing) 287 00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:45.900 - [Janice] Hi, Alex, this is Janice Brown, 288 00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:47.590 acting assistant junior dean 289 00:23:47.590 --> 00:23:49.403 for admissions and financial aid. 290 00:23:53.630 --> 00:23:56.793 I wanted to extend my sincerest congratulations to you. 291 00:23:59.210 --> 00:24:02.270 Well, unfortunately we cannot offer you financial aid 292 00:24:02.270 --> 00:24:03.650 at this juncture. 293 00:24:03.650 --> 00:24:06.440 You are more than welcome to appeal this decision 294 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:09.623 as per the processes listed on our website. 295 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.823 Alex, are you still there? 296 00:24:17.280 --> 00:24:18.783 - Yes, hello, yes. 297 00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.453 Sorry. 298 00:24:22.203 --> 00:24:23.853 I'm just a little bit shocked. 299 00:24:25.090 --> 00:24:27.753 Tuition is a huge expense for me and my family. 300 00:24:27.753 --> 00:24:29.470 - [Janice] Tuition is a huge investment 301 00:24:29.470 --> 00:24:30.960 for all of our students. 302 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:34.310 I regret to inform you that several important documents 303 00:24:34.310 --> 00:24:36.000 were not submitted in a timely manner. 304 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.587 - Yes, but what about the- 305 00:24:37.587 --> 00:24:39.987 - Our Witzelberg Kennedy fund has been depleted. 306 00:24:45.290 --> 00:24:47.020 Well, congratulations again, 307 00:24:47.020 --> 00:24:49.320 and we look forward to seeing you in the fall. 308 00:25:01.028 --> 00:25:03.778 (pages flipping) 309 00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.990 - You all right, man? 310 00:25:17.550 --> 00:25:18.690 I threw in a bit extra for you there. 311 00:25:18.690 --> 00:25:19.840 I figure you needed it. 312 00:25:21.490 --> 00:25:24.100 - Thanks. I could use it. 313 00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.933 - Yeah, man. 314 00:25:25.990 --> 00:25:30.160 Listen, don't let this scholarship thing get you too down. 315 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:31.760 - I almost wish I didn't get in. 316 00:25:33.012 --> 00:25:34.400 - Yeah, but you did, 317 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:37.050 and that's something in and of itself, right? 318 00:25:37.050 --> 00:25:40.930 - It's them saying, we like you, but not that much. 319 00:25:40.930 --> 00:25:44.060 It's like your parents telling you 320 00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:45.790 you're their second favorite child, 321 00:25:45.790 --> 00:25:49.783 or finding out you're like a third string boyfriend. 322 00:25:51.280 --> 00:25:53.360 I should really just focus on something else 323 00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:56.583 and get my mind off of it. 324 00:25:56.583 --> 00:25:58.483 God, I'm such a little bitch. 325 00:26:12.413 --> 00:26:14.413 - [Kyle] Check this out. 326 00:26:24.540 --> 00:26:26.400 - U Chicago Law? 327 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:28.523 - [Kyle] It's the fourth best in the country. 328 00:26:31.110 --> 00:26:34.550 - So why do you deal? If you don't mind me asking. 329 00:26:34.550 --> 00:26:35.820 - [Kyle] I object to the question. 330 00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:37.933 I don't object to you asking it. 331 00:26:40.040 --> 00:26:42.950 - So you'd be upset if someone else asked it. 332 00:26:42.950 --> 00:26:44.780 - [Kyle] Well, I should mind, because it insinuates 333 00:26:44.780 --> 00:26:47.330 that I must've shat the proverbial bed. 334 00:26:47.330 --> 00:26:48.390 On the other hand, I don't mind 335 00:26:48.390 --> 00:26:50.423 because it is a valid fucking question. 336 00:26:52.800 --> 00:26:55.943 - Okay then, so tell me, why do you deal? 337 00:26:57.550 --> 00:26:58.640 - I like to exist 338 00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:02.300 outside the sphere of conventional commerce. 339 00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:05.620 You know, away from all this arbitrary bullshit. 340 00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:08.973 Like rules, laws, et goddamn cetera. 341 00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:12.233 - So what's your endgame? 342 00:27:13.930 --> 00:27:14.843 - I'm living it. 343 00:27:15.770 --> 00:27:18.323 I have no endgame, and that's the way I like it. 344 00:27:20.280 --> 00:27:23.200 - Well that's great for you, but I do, 345 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.513 so how does that help me? 346 00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:27.050 - Have you thought about how you're gonna deal 347 00:27:27.050 --> 00:27:28.450 with this scholarship thing? 348 00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:38.850 - I have not been able to think about it. 349 00:27:40.010 --> 00:27:42.743 The whole thing just hit me like a truck. 350 00:27:43.990 --> 00:27:45.410 - Yeah, but you're an intelligent person. 351 00:27:45.410 --> 00:27:48.080 You must have some kind of hustle, right? 352 00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.913 - What do you mean? 353 00:27:48.913 --> 00:27:50.220 - I mean something that makes you money, 354 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.993 like stocks or a side job. 355 00:27:56.370 --> 00:28:01.320 - No, not really. Except I have a tutoring gig. 356 00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:03.790 - [Kyle] Yeah, but tutoring can make you good money, right? 357 00:28:03.790 --> 00:28:05.710 - Yeah, if I had more than one client 358 00:28:06.590 --> 00:28:07.790 who I wasn't related to. 359 00:28:09.450 --> 00:28:12.588 - You have something else, right, Alex? 360 00:28:12.588 --> 00:28:15.433 'Cause I mean otherwise, you're just a bum. 361 00:28:15.433 --> 00:28:18.350 (melancholy music) 362 00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:22.540 - That's ridiculous. Kyle's my friend. 363 00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:24.440 - You pay him, and he gives you weed. 364 00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:26.570 That's the extent of your relationship. 365 00:29:26.570 --> 00:29:29.360 - He's an honest guy. He gave me a bit extra on the eighth. 366 00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:31.040 - He gives everybody a bit extra. 367 00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:33.160 Nobody actually weighs their shit, come on. 368 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.270 - So even if that's true, 369 00:29:34.270 --> 00:29:35.307 then he's stealing from you as well. 370 00:29:35.307 --> 00:29:38.110 - Yeah, but everybody steals from everybody, right? 371 00:29:38.110 --> 00:29:39.550 Everyone fucks everyone else over, dude. 372 00:29:39.550 --> 00:29:42.220 Kyle stiffs us, we stiff the waiter, the waiter- 373 00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:44.113 - We're not robbing Kyle! 374 00:29:47.020 --> 00:29:47.853 - Okay. 375 00:29:48.830 --> 00:29:50.570 That eighth that you just bought, 376 00:29:50.570 --> 00:29:52.510 did you smoke any of it? 377 00:29:52.510 --> 00:29:53.343 - Not yet. 378 00:29:55.780 --> 00:29:58.890 - How much do you think it weighs? Come on, tell me. 379 00:29:58.890 --> 00:30:01.750 - Um, let's see, so an eighth is 3.5 grams, 380 00:30:01.750 --> 00:30:04.313 so with a bit extra, that's 3.8. 381 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:08.700 - I bet you if you weigh that, you'll come around. 382 00:30:38.570 --> 00:30:39.403 - Mom. 383 00:30:44.292 --> 00:30:47.750 I didn't want to have to have this conversation, 384 00:30:47.750 --> 00:30:50.477 and it's probably gonna get fixed on appeal, but... 385 00:30:55.809 --> 00:30:56.759 - [Alex's Mom] But? 386 00:31:10.810 --> 00:31:12.560 - Everything from the structure 387 00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:17.040 to the precision of the language, fucking phenomenal. 388 00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:20.393 - Oh, come on. Maybe I'm good for a high schooler. 389 00:31:21.910 --> 00:31:24.860 And you're probably not supposed to curse at your students. 390 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.863 - Well, shit. 391 00:31:27.730 --> 00:31:28.990 I don't see any way you're not gonna get 392 00:31:28.990 --> 00:31:30.780 a perfect score on the essay section. 393 00:31:30.780 --> 00:31:33.883 - Thanks. I don't need any more compliments, though. 394 00:31:34.850 --> 00:31:38.510 - Why, all this flattery making you uncomfortable, Ger-bear? 395 00:31:38.510 --> 00:31:41.450 - Ugh, only my mom can call me that, and I hate it. 396 00:31:41.450 --> 00:31:43.556 I get enough compliments. 397 00:31:43.556 --> 00:31:44.440 - Well, aren't you special. 398 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:47.950 - I don't think so, but apparently I'm a pro grade goalie, 399 00:31:47.950 --> 00:31:52.010 according to my coach, and I'm a guaranteed valedictorian. 400 00:31:52.010 --> 00:31:53.900 - God, if I had that coming out of high school. 401 00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:56.150 - It's a lot of pressure. 402 00:31:56.150 --> 00:31:58.993 All these people with all of these expectations. 403 00:32:00.270 --> 00:32:02.350 - Well, a little pressure's a good thing. 404 00:32:02.350 --> 00:32:04.210 It keeps us accountable. 405 00:32:04.210 --> 00:32:06.700 - I think it's good to fail every now and again. 406 00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:08.653 Gives us a chance to reevaluate. 407 00:32:12.190 --> 00:32:14.290 - Have you ever failed at anything before? 408 00:32:21.370 --> 00:32:24.870 - No, not in any meaningful way, no. 409 00:32:24.870 --> 00:32:27.420 My parents or my coach is always there to catch me. 410 00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.610 It'd be interesting to see what it's like 411 00:32:30.610 --> 00:32:31.773 to actually fuck up. 412 00:32:33.850 --> 00:32:36.200 - It's a lot less interesting than you'd think. 413 00:32:38.530 --> 00:32:41.143 But anyway, if you do feel the need to fuck up, 414 00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.943 please don't do it tomorrow. 415 00:33:00.842 --> 00:33:03.342 (lamp clicks) 416 00:33:52.273 --> 00:33:54.856 (bag rustling) 417 00:34:09.658 --> 00:34:12.575 (depressing music) 418 00:34:22.020 --> 00:34:23.550 - [Kyle] That's solid work, you know. 419 00:34:23.550 --> 00:34:27.133 You're a great aspiring filmmaker, you are. 420 00:34:32.030 --> 00:34:32.943 - Aspiring, huh? 421 00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:37.560 Yeah, I've worked too hard to just be aspiring. 422 00:34:37.560 --> 00:34:39.500 - Well, have you made a movie yet? 423 00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:42.790 - Some shorts, but I busted my ass 424 00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:48.040 on this film, and I think it's actually gonna be good. 425 00:34:48.040 --> 00:34:50.290 - You ever thought about not working so hard? 426 00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.563 - Sounds lazy to me. 427 00:34:53.430 --> 00:34:55.680 - Yeah, but laziness is good sometimes, man. 428 00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:56.803 It keeps us sane. 429 00:34:57.730 --> 00:34:59.523 It gives us time to reflect, man. 430 00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:03.460 - You spend too much time reflecting 431 00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:06.560 and you waste all the energy that you could be using 432 00:35:06.560 --> 00:35:07.713 to actually do shit. 433 00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:10.640 - [Kyle] Fair point. 434 00:35:11.910 --> 00:35:14.260 Answer this, though. Why do you do what you do? 435 00:35:15.730 --> 00:35:17.130 - Why do you do what you do? 436 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.513 - I love what I do. 437 00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:23.063 Why do you do what you do? 438 00:35:24.600 --> 00:35:26.993 - I work to make money so I can make films. 439 00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.970 - You didn't answer my question, though. 440 00:35:29.970 --> 00:35:32.343 Why do you make films? 441 00:35:34.270 --> 00:35:35.923 Why do you want to make films? 442 00:35:45.990 --> 00:35:48.660 Look at you, man, you're gonna explode. 443 00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:51.110 I feel like your brain's gonna, like, just, pshh. 444 00:35:52.560 --> 00:35:54.133 You really need to learn how to relax a little. 445 00:35:54.133 --> 00:35:55.950 - Why the fuck do you think I smoke? 446 00:35:55.950 --> 00:35:57.800 - Still, you're gonna burn out, man. 447 00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:59.010 You're gonna blow a gasket. 448 00:35:59.010 --> 00:36:01.890 - Yeah, but if I don't burn out, I'm gonna succeed. 449 00:36:01.890 --> 00:36:02.790 - Succeed at what? 450 00:36:03.710 --> 00:36:07.040 - Succeed at being a success. 451 00:36:07.040 --> 00:36:09.370 Look, I will blow my fucking brains out 452 00:36:09.370 --> 00:36:12.853 if I end up being a corporate stooge or a broke loser. 453 00:36:14.930 --> 00:36:17.393 What, what is your definition of success? 454 00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:20.793 - Easy, man. Being happy. 455 00:36:21.990 --> 00:36:23.720 - And are you happy? 456 00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:27.403 - Hell yeah. I wouldn't be doing what I do if I wasn't. 457 00:36:29.090 --> 00:36:31.423 And how about you? Think about it, for real. 458 00:36:32.610 --> 00:36:33.473 Are you happy? 459 00:36:41.021 --> 00:36:43.438 (door shuts) 460 00:36:47.055 --> 00:36:49.972 (elevator beeping) 461 00:37:17.155 --> 00:37:19.655 (tense music) 462 00:38:35.858 --> 00:38:38.858 (crickets chirping) 463 00:38:46.373 --> 00:38:47.530 I think your best bet is to write it 464 00:38:47.530 --> 00:38:49.400 like an appellate brief, show that you have 465 00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:51.450 a practical understanding of writing, 466 00:38:51.450 --> 00:38:52.640 also that you're savvy enough 467 00:38:52.640 --> 00:38:55.180 that they want to make sure they're one your good side. 468 00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:56.750 - That sounds intimidating. 469 00:38:56.750 --> 00:38:58.083 - Perks of a legal career. 470 00:38:59.340 --> 00:39:01.160 - [Alex] Why don't you wear it on your sleeve more? 471 00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:03.163 - Because it is intimidating, you know? 472 00:39:04.170 --> 00:39:06.440 It's great for big dicking cable companies, 473 00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:08.190 but it doesn't make me any friends. 474 00:39:09.223 --> 00:39:11.623 - [Alex] I guess I don't like being intimidated. 475 00:39:12.470 --> 00:39:15.080 - Listen, I'm a drug dealer. 476 00:39:15.080 --> 00:39:18.450 I sell people distractions, anesthetics. 477 00:39:18.450 --> 00:39:20.210 People deal with me because they don't want to deal 478 00:39:20.210 --> 00:39:21.100 with their own bullshit. 479 00:39:21.100 --> 00:39:22.350 - And what's my bullshit? 480 00:39:23.210 --> 00:39:25.563 - [Kyle] Come on, Alex, you really want to do this? 481 00:39:26.470 --> 00:39:27.303 - Fuck yeah. 482 00:39:27.303 --> 00:39:28.140 - Convince me you're actually passionate 483 00:39:28.140 --> 00:39:29.890 about being a literature professor. 484 00:39:37.010 --> 00:39:39.950 - Call it narcissism or a power trip, 485 00:39:39.950 --> 00:39:44.340 but I feel happiest when I am teaching, 486 00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:47.980 when I am helping someone get better. 487 00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:51.120 I enjoy teaching driven people. 488 00:39:51.120 --> 00:39:54.290 Kids in college, by virtue of having chosen to be there, 489 00:39:54.290 --> 00:39:57.850 are more likely to give a shit about what they are learning. 490 00:39:57.850 --> 00:39:58.740 - That's wishful thinking. 491 00:39:58.740 --> 00:40:00.420 Is that what you were like in college? 492 00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.330 - You're not convinced. 493 00:40:01.330 --> 00:40:02.163 - I don't know, man, 494 00:40:02.163 --> 00:40:03.940 it sounds a bit like an essay, you know? 495 00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:05.600 You're telling me why people go into teaching, 496 00:40:05.600 --> 00:40:08.520 but you're not telling me why you want to go into teaching. 497 00:40:08.520 --> 00:40:10.130 - Well, I've worked my ass off for this. 498 00:40:10.130 --> 00:40:11.190 Does that not convince you? 499 00:40:11.190 --> 00:40:13.350 - That's working off sunken cost theory. 500 00:40:13.350 --> 00:40:15.980 You know, I dumped so much time, money, and effort, 501 00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:18.250 and fuck, my identity into lawyering 502 00:40:18.250 --> 00:40:19.780 that quitting would've meant putting my tail 503 00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:21.940 between my legs and admitting that I fucked up, 504 00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:23.360 so I didn't abandon my investment. 505 00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:25.590 Instead, I worked my ass off to maintain 506 00:40:25.590 --> 00:40:27.523 the shitty fucking status quo. 507 00:40:30.130 --> 00:40:31.660 - So why'd you quit? 508 00:40:31.660 --> 00:40:32.623 - I got fired. 509 00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:35.233 - Why? 510 00:40:37.030 --> 00:40:38.033 - I got cocky. 511 00:40:40.270 --> 00:40:43.070 I started taking on cases that I wasn't ready to handle. 512 00:40:45.410 --> 00:40:47.833 - Did you ever try looking for other work? 513 00:40:50.303 --> 00:40:52.853 - The day I got fired was the worst day of my life. 514 00:40:55.690 --> 00:40:58.223 Pretty sure I cried when I cleaned out my office. 515 00:41:00.710 --> 00:41:04.383 I woke up the next day around noon, 516 00:41:06.180 --> 00:41:07.190 and I realized 517 00:41:08.950 --> 00:41:10.850 I didn't have anywhere I needed to be, 518 00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:14.170 didn't have anyone I needed to impress, 519 00:41:15.660 --> 00:41:16.493 and that... 520 00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:20.650 That was the best day of my life. 521 00:41:27.230 --> 00:41:28.240 - So you think... 522 00:41:29.570 --> 00:41:32.333 So you think I should give up on being a professor? 523 00:41:33.190 --> 00:41:36.093 - It's up to you whether or not you want to be a professor. 524 00:41:39.170 --> 00:41:41.753 Now, do you want to write this financial aid appeal letter? 525 00:41:44.118 --> 00:41:47.035 (optimistic music) 526 00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:28.567 (bag crinkling) 527 00:46:18.009 --> 00:46:19.990 - 2.7. - 2.73 grams. 528 00:46:19.990 --> 00:46:21.590 Apparently that's an eighth now. 529 00:46:22.660 --> 00:46:23.620 - I told you. 530 00:46:23.620 --> 00:46:27.630 What, do you want to go shake him down now for your... 531 00:46:27.630 --> 00:46:29.250 Actually, for my 40 bucks back, 532 00:46:29.250 --> 00:46:31.840 considering that you're still in Darren debt? 533 00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:34.493 - No, I want to empty his fucking safe. 534 00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:37.410 I don't see anything wrong with stealing from a drug dealer. 535 00:46:37.410 --> 00:46:40.140 Everybody fucks over everybody, right? 536 00:46:40.140 --> 00:46:42.553 - You know I was basically kidding about that, right? 537 00:46:43.550 --> 00:46:44.383 - Basically. 538 00:46:47.870 --> 00:46:49.560 - Got to applaud you for the- - He fucked us! 539 00:46:49.560 --> 00:46:50.953 Now we need to fuck him back! 540 00:46:50.953 --> 00:46:53.663 - Hey, hey, sh, easy there girl, easy there. 541 00:46:55.170 --> 00:46:56.320 What's this really about? 542 00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:59.150 - It's about me getting my money for grad school. 543 00:46:59.150 --> 00:47:01.620 What is he gonna do with all that cash? 544 00:47:01.620 --> 00:47:04.500 - I don't know, like, maybe move to the beach, 545 00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:06.380 retire, take some lovers. 546 00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:09.330 - Retire off of money he made by scamming us! 547 00:47:09.330 --> 00:47:12.010 - Didn't seem to bother you before. 548 00:47:12.010 --> 00:47:13.360 - I wouldn't be mad if he had just been 549 00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:14.630 fucking honest with us 550 00:47:14.630 --> 00:47:18.313 or if his advice had fucking helped with my appeal letter. 551 00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:22.180 - So you trusted him to write an essay, 552 00:47:22.180 --> 00:47:25.760 he does a shitty job, now you want to rob him. 553 00:47:25.760 --> 00:47:27.570 - Okay, okay, sure, sure. 554 00:47:27.570 --> 00:47:29.940 When you put it like that it sounds kind of terrible, sure. 555 00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:31.603 Sure, but the fact is, 556 00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:36.423 I want to go to grad school, and you want to make a movie. 557 00:47:39.240 --> 00:47:40.640 - I do want to make a movie. 558 00:47:44.505 --> 00:47:47.338 (Darren slurping) 559 00:47:58.610 --> 00:48:01.360 - Okay, I think we need to approach this 560 00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:04.890 in an orderly fashion, create an outline. 561 00:48:04.890 --> 00:48:05.960 - Step by step guide. 562 00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:07.310 - Go about it like a lawyer would. 563 00:48:07.310 --> 00:48:09.240 - So then what's step one? 564 00:48:09.240 --> 00:48:13.520 - Well, we need to figure out how to get into his apartment. 565 00:48:13.520 --> 00:48:15.270 - Step two is restraining him. 566 00:48:15.270 --> 00:48:17.080 - Right, we don't want him fighting back. 567 00:48:17.080 --> 00:48:19.410 - How's your knot tying ability? 568 00:48:19.410 --> 00:48:20.243 - I'm okay. 569 00:48:22.090 --> 00:48:23.670 - Right. 570 00:48:23.670 --> 00:48:25.080 - What if he screams? 571 00:48:25.080 --> 00:48:26.633 - Stuff a towel in his mouth. 572 00:48:28.520 --> 00:48:30.520 - What if he does fight back? 573 00:48:30.520 --> 00:48:31.970 - We're fine, I know tai chi. 574 00:48:40.130 --> 00:48:41.373 - Darren knows tai chi. 575 00:48:42.502 --> 00:48:43.970 - Look, we've got to be professionals about this, right? 576 00:48:43.970 --> 00:48:44.803 We can't have him thinking 577 00:48:44.803 --> 00:48:46.580 that we're a couple of fucking kids. 578 00:48:46.580 --> 00:48:49.880 Every morning I get dressed up so people see me 579 00:48:49.880 --> 00:48:53.400 and assume that I know what I'm doing, like a real adult. 580 00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:54.680 - Yeah, but there's a bit of a disconnect 581 00:48:54.680 --> 00:48:57.330 between being a real adult and a real criminal. 582 00:48:57.330 --> 00:48:59.050 - It's the same idea, though, right? 583 00:48:59.050 --> 00:49:01.021 Why do you think gangsters wear all that bling 584 00:49:01.021 --> 00:49:03.253 or, like, professors wear tweed, right? 585 00:49:05.030 --> 00:49:06.123 - It's a camouflage. 586 00:49:07.060 --> 00:49:09.740 Like a reptile pretending to be venomous 587 00:49:09.740 --> 00:49:10.920 so that it can ward of predators. 588 00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:14.060 - Yes, in the wild, animals do what they need to do 589 00:49:14.060 --> 00:49:15.850 in order to survive. 590 00:49:15.850 --> 00:49:17.700 You've read "Crime and Punishment", right? 591 00:49:17.700 --> 00:49:19.773 - Yeah, I know my way around a Tolstoy. 592 00:49:20.720 --> 00:49:21.723 - Dostoevsky, dipshit. 593 00:49:23.446 --> 00:49:24.360 - Yeah, I know, it's a joke. 594 00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:26.500 I know my way around bleak Russian literature. 595 00:49:26.500 --> 00:49:28.050 - Okay, so Raskolnikov's compelled 596 00:49:28.050 --> 00:49:28.940 to kill his landlord, right? 597 00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:30.850 He has to do it in order to survive, 598 00:49:30.850 --> 00:49:33.510 and he actually gets away with it until, you know, 599 00:49:33.510 --> 00:49:35.713 his guilt comes in and fucks things up. 600 00:49:36.688 --> 00:49:38.506 - I need to do this. 601 00:49:38.506 --> 00:49:42.010 I need to earn something for once in my life. 602 00:49:42.010 --> 00:49:45.110 I've never had to kill, but I eat. I'm a fucking parasite. 603 00:49:45.110 --> 00:49:48.150 Do you know why I didn't get the financial aid? 604 00:49:48.150 --> 00:49:50.363 - Weren't poor enough? - No. 605 00:49:51.540 --> 00:49:53.440 I didn't submit the documents on time. 606 00:49:55.610 --> 00:49:59.293 I didn't do what I needed to do to survive. 607 00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:03.460 - Wow, I mean, why didn't- - I don't know. 608 00:50:03.460 --> 00:50:07.270 I don't know why I do or don't do. 609 00:50:07.270 --> 00:50:08.243 - [Darren] What the fuck does that even mean? 610 00:50:08.243 --> 00:50:10.760 - I just keep thinking about things and planning 611 00:50:10.760 --> 00:50:15.730 about things when I need to be doing about things. 612 00:50:15.730 --> 00:50:16.563 - [Darren] Yeah, well, 613 00:50:16.563 --> 00:50:18.463 we know why we're doing this, you know? 614 00:50:20.540 --> 00:50:21.373 - Yeah. 615 00:50:24.640 --> 00:50:26.393 Net good, yeah, net good. 616 00:50:27.563 --> 00:50:30.163 If Kyle has all that money, one person is happy. 617 00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:33.983 If we take that money, two people are happy. 618 00:50:36.060 --> 00:50:38.610 - Besides, you know, once I make it big, 619 00:50:38.610 --> 00:50:40.630 he can get a cut of my film or something, right? 620 00:50:40.630 --> 00:50:42.570 You know, pay off the debt. 621 00:50:42.570 --> 00:50:46.400 - So really, the only thing that makes every person happy 622 00:50:46.400 --> 00:50:47.403 is us robbing him. 623 00:50:51.050 --> 00:50:52.880 - [Darren] I mean, we could rationalize this all day, 624 00:50:52.880 --> 00:50:53.713 you know? 625 00:50:55.400 --> 00:50:56.253 So, yeah. 626 00:50:59.070 --> 00:51:00.513 You want to go do some drugs? 627 00:51:02.430 --> 00:51:04.483 Yeah, let's do some drugs. 628 00:51:07.097 --> 00:51:10.014 (optimistic music) 629 00:52:06.700 --> 00:52:07.643 Mr. Tanaka. 630 00:52:08.936 --> 00:52:12.103 (distant party music) 631 00:52:15.150 --> 00:52:18.283 Yeah, I'm so glad you came around. 632 00:52:22.740 --> 00:52:26.993 Oh yes, of course I could do the film for under 200,000. 633 00:52:32.120 --> 00:52:34.863 Yeah, and the 15% we agreed upon, absolutely. 634 00:52:35.950 --> 00:52:39.363 I assume that your lawyer will send over the contract, then? 635 00:52:48.720 --> 00:52:49.643 Always a pleasure. 636 00:52:58.021 --> 00:53:00.688 (Darren laughs) 637 00:53:01.762 --> 00:53:04.345 (Alex panting) 638 00:53:08.490 --> 00:53:10.440 - Yeah, I know, I'm a bit out of shape. 639 00:53:12.290 --> 00:53:15.243 - It's not that. (clears throat) 640 00:53:16.280 --> 00:53:17.443 - [Alex] What is it, then? 641 00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:22.763 - Nothing, just some film shit. 642 00:53:26.220 --> 00:53:27.693 - [Alex] Do you want to talk about it? 643 00:53:31.070 --> 00:53:32.823 - Nah, it's fine. 644 00:53:34.302 --> 00:53:35.802 - [Alex] You sure? 645 00:53:39.070 --> 00:53:39.903 - It's fine. 646 00:53:48.757 --> 00:53:51.674 (melancholy music) 647 00:54:05.101 --> 00:54:07.851 (shower running) 648 00:54:52.342 --> 00:54:55.342 (crickets chirping) 649 00:55:04.700 --> 00:55:06.050 I got funding for the film. 650 00:55:09.315 --> 00:55:11.015 One of the producers came through. 651 00:55:13.090 --> 00:55:15.893 - Wow. Wow! 652 00:55:32.210 --> 00:55:33.910 - What the fuck would you do, huh? 653 00:55:36.254 --> 00:55:39.340 - I wouldn't just hang me out to dry like this. 654 00:55:39.340 --> 00:55:40.923 - You think that's what I'm doing? 655 00:55:43.090 --> 00:55:44.440 Where were you when I was trying to get funding 656 00:55:44.440 --> 00:55:45.940 for this film this whole time? 657 00:55:51.110 --> 00:55:52.090 - Why does everybody- 658 00:55:52.090 --> 00:55:54.623 - Why does everybody seem to get what they want but you? 659 00:56:02.840 --> 00:56:05.880 - You know, I am, I am happy for you. 660 00:56:05.880 --> 00:56:07.053 I am happy for you. 661 00:56:08.520 --> 00:56:11.113 I'm just frustrated. 662 00:56:16.350 --> 00:56:17.650 - You're not happy for me. 663 00:56:19.930 --> 00:56:21.133 You're sad for yourself. 664 00:56:22.530 --> 00:56:24.743 - Like you were when I got into the PhD? 665 00:56:26.250 --> 00:56:27.083 - Yeah. 666 00:56:30.769 --> 00:56:32.069 Do you want a swig? - No. 667 00:56:34.720 --> 00:56:35.910 I think I want 668 00:56:39.620 --> 00:56:40.537 to go home now. 669 00:57:08.250 --> 00:57:11.667 (Alex breathing heavily) 670 00:57:57.673 --> 00:58:00.590 (melancholy music) 671 00:58:38.256 --> 00:58:41.256 (crickets chirping) 672 00:59:31.063 --> 00:59:33.980 (elevator beeping) 673 00:59:48.581 --> 00:59:51.498 (fingers drumming) 674 01:00:11.777 --> 01:00:14.527 (metal clinking) 675 01:00:35.364 --> 01:00:38.781 (Alex breathing heavily) 676 01:00:51.211 --> 01:00:53.961 (metal clinking) 677 01:01:10.269 --> 01:01:12.769 (lock clicks) 678 01:01:20.770 --> 01:01:23.687 (optimistic music) 679 01:01:34.068 --> 01:01:36.818 (birds tweeting) 680 01:01:45.619 --> 01:01:49.036 (Alex breathing heavily) 681 01:02:25.068 --> 01:02:27.818 (train rumbling) 682 01:03:00.780 --> 01:03:01.943 - You just- - Yeah. 683 01:04:15.749 --> 01:04:16.582 - Hey. 684 01:04:33.520 --> 01:04:34.370 - I don't get it. 685 01:04:38.380 --> 01:04:41.880 I mean, these aren't bad scores, per se, but... 686 01:04:44.550 --> 01:04:45.793 - I guess I just choked. 687 01:04:47.450 --> 01:04:50.590 - No, no, no, it's not that, no. 688 01:04:50.590 --> 01:04:54.153 Even if you choked, you knew all of these answers. 689 01:04:55.920 --> 01:04:56.753 What is it? 690 01:05:01.400 --> 01:05:03.403 - Fine, I bombed it. 691 01:05:04.820 --> 01:05:07.710 - Why? Why would you- 692 01:05:07.710 --> 01:05:10.120 - So that I would have a choice. 693 01:05:10.120 --> 01:05:11.670 - If you don't get into these schools, 694 01:05:11.670 --> 01:05:12.730 you don't have a choice. 695 01:05:12.730 --> 01:05:16.483 - No, if I get into these schools, I don't have a choice. 696 01:05:18.110 --> 01:05:20.090 - Have you ever tried saying no to your parents? 697 01:05:20.090 --> 01:05:23.840 - That's not it, I've got to say no to myself. 698 01:05:23.840 --> 01:05:26.180 Every time that I want to try something new, 699 01:05:26.180 --> 01:05:29.800 I get a fancy internship or an award shoved in my face 700 01:05:29.800 --> 01:05:31.523 and I always take the bait. 701 01:05:33.830 --> 01:05:36.740 - Have you tried studying something you're passionate about? 702 01:05:36.740 --> 01:05:39.680 - I don't know what I'm interested in. 703 01:05:39.680 --> 01:05:41.863 I just want to take some time off, 704 01:05:43.220 --> 01:05:45.553 maybe work, travel. 705 01:05:48.820 --> 01:05:53.810 - So you're afraid of getting pushed into something? 706 01:05:53.810 --> 01:05:55.260 - Yeah. 707 01:05:55.260 --> 01:05:58.053 If I keep on succeeding, I'll get too comfy to say no, 708 01:05:58.940 --> 01:06:00.293 so I failed. 709 01:06:04.134 --> 01:06:05.284 - And how does it feel? 710 01:06:09.097 --> 01:06:10.692 - Disencumbering. 711 01:06:10.692 --> 01:06:13.609 (melancholy music) 712 01:07:22.311 --> 01:07:25.042 (crickets chirping) 713 01:07:25.042 --> 01:07:27.875 (water splashing) 714 01:07:40.200 --> 01:07:42.150 - Have you paid tuition for school yet? 715 01:07:43.400 --> 01:07:46.363 - Thanks for reminding me. Got to get on that. 716 01:07:49.400 --> 01:07:51.463 - What are you telling your mom about the money? 717 01:07:52.960 --> 01:07:55.203 - Haven't really figured that part out. 718 01:08:02.310 --> 01:08:03.760 - You don't seem too excited. 719 01:08:06.980 --> 01:08:09.830 - Yeah, well, you don't seem too excited about the movie. 720 01:08:12.950 --> 01:08:15.313 - I guess getting what you want is overrated. 721 01:08:16.427 --> 01:08:21.427 - Yeah. 722 01:08:21.896 --> 01:08:24.813 (melancholy music) 723 01:08:27.880 --> 01:08:30.950 - Hey, Alex, it's Kyle. 724 01:08:30.950 --> 01:08:35.200 I haven't talked to you in a while and I just wanted to see 725 01:08:35.200 --> 01:08:38.930 how you were doing and was interested in, you know, 726 01:08:38.930 --> 01:08:41.543 knowing how that appeal went, if it went through. 727 01:08:43.410 --> 01:08:45.010 I know you're busy and everything like that, 728 01:08:45.010 --> 01:08:46.937 but I think we should hang out, you know? 729 01:08:46.937 --> 01:08:51.930 It was a good time hanging out, and I kind of, well, 730 01:08:51.930 --> 01:08:54.230 anyways, if you could give me a call back, 731 01:08:54.230 --> 01:08:56.100 let me know, and maybe, you know, 732 01:08:56.100 --> 01:08:57.993 maybe we can hang one of these days. 733 01:08:59.010 --> 01:09:01.830 All right, appreciate it. Take care, Alex. 734 01:09:02.879 --> 01:09:06.629 (melancholy music continues)