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♪ LA-LA, LA, LA-LA ♪
- WHY, QUINN, THIS IS DARLING.
- YOU LOOK SO HAPPY, SWEETIE.
- I FELT HAPPY.
I ALWAYS FEEL HAPPY ON PICTURE DAY.
DO YOU THINK THAT NATURE'S PRECIOUS WONDERS
WAS A GOOD CHOICE FOR BACKGROUND?
'CAUSE I ALMOST WENT WITH STARLIGHT OVER YOSEMITE.
- I THINK IT WAS A FINE CHOICE.
WHAT DID YOU PICK, DARIA?
- BLACK CLOUD SWALLOWING CHERNOBYL.
- COME ON, DARIA. WHERE'S YOUR SCHOOL PICTURE?
- [sighs]
- WOW, THAT'S SHARP FOCUS.
- DARIA, JUST ONCE, WHY CAN'T YOU SMILE
WHEN SOMEBODY TAKES YOUR PICTURE?
- I DON'T LIKE TO SMILE UNLESS I HAVE A REASON.
- DARIA, PEOPLE JUDGE YOU BY YOUR EXPRESSIONS.
- YEAH, AND I BELIEVE
THERE IS SOMETHING INTRINSICALLY WRONG WITH THAT SYSTEM.
I HAVE DEDICATED MYSELF TO CHANGING IT.
- HEY, DID YOU GUYS SEE THESE?
- THIS IS IT, MACK DADDY, THE WEEK OF WEEKS.
- TOO MUCH HERO WORSHIP ISN'T HEALTHY, YOU KNOW.
AND DON'T CALL ME THAT.
- BUT THE MAN IS COMING, THE MAN!
TOMMY SHERMAN BROUGHT IT HOME, BRO,
THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND NOW HE'S COMING BACK TO LAWNDALE.
- I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT.
JODIE'S GIVING A SPEECH ABOUT THE NEW GOALPOST, REMEMBER?
- OH, YEAH.
DOES SHE NEED ANY HELP WITH IDEAS FOR THAT,
LIKE FROM A QUARTERBACK'S POINT OF VIEW?
- GEE, I'LL ASK HER...
WHEN THERE AREN'T ANY SHARP OBJECTS AROUND.
- COOL.
- WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT THIS FOOTBALL GUY ANYWAY?
- HE WAS QUARTERBACK THREE YEARS AGO,
WHEN THE SCHOOL WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
MY BROTHER KNEW HIM.
- WELL, WHY NAME THE GOALPOSTS AFTER HIM?
WHY NOT THE WHOLE STADIUM?
- GOALPOST.
SEE, HIS TRADEMARK WAS,
HE ALWAYS WANTED TO RUN THE TOUCHDOWN IN HIMSELF.
- A REAL TEAM PLAYER.
- BUT HE COULDN'T KEEP HIMSELF FROM WAVING TO THE CROWD
WHEN HE DID IT.
THEY'D CHEER. HE'D WAVE.
AND, WHAM, HE'D RUN RIGHT INTO THE GOALPOST.
- WHAT AN INTELLIGENT YOUNG MAN.
- HE BROKE HIS OWN NOSE TWICE.
THEN, IN THE PLAY-OFF THE WEEK BEFORE THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP,
HE SCORED THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN AND HIT THE GOALPOST SO HARD,
HE CRACKED HIS HELMET.
HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR SIX DAYS.
MIRACULOUSLY, HE WOKE UP THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BIG GAME
FEELING GREAT.
THE NEXT DAY, HE LED THE TEAM TO VICTORY.
- STIRRING. - ISN'T IT?
SO NOW THE SCHOOL'S BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE NEW GOALPOSTS
DESIGNED TO BREAK APART RATHER THAN SPLIT YOUR SKULL.
- WHY ONLY ONE?
- BUDGET CUTS.
AND THEY'RE NAMING IT AFTER GOOD OL' TOMMY SHERMAN.
AND HERE COMES THE LUCKY STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBER
WHO WILL DO THE HONORS.
- GIVE ME A BREAK.
HEY, DARIA, I CAN'T GET PAST THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SPEECH.
CAN I READ IT TO YOU?
- DOES THAT MEAN I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT LATER?
- "GOOD AFTERNOON, STUDENTS, FACULTY,
"AND DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF LAWNDALE HIGH.
AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR STUDENT COUNCIL..."
ANY IDEAS?
- "IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TODAY TO ONCE AGAIN SEND THE MESSAGE
THAT LEARNING IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR WINNING."
- "AND THAT IT'S NOT HOW HARD YOU STUDY;
IT'S HOW HARD YOU PLAY FOOTBALL."
- GOSH, THANKS SO MUCH.
YOU THINK I LIKE THIS?
- IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF IT, WHY GIVE THE SPEECH?
- BECAUSE I'M ON THE STUDENT COUNCIL.
IT'S A JOB WITH MANY RESPONSIBILITIES,
AND TODAY IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO KISS THE BUTT OF SOME JOCK
GETTING A GOALPOST NAMED AFTER HIM.
BUT AT LEAST NOW I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.
- HEY.
- LEAVE ME ALONE!
- CHICKS.
- YEAH, CHICKS.
- KEEP GOING; IT GETS BETTER.
HELLO, BEAUTIFUL.
I SEE ONE THING ABOUT LAWNDALE FOOTBALL
HAS IMPROVED A LOT
SINCE I WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER:
THE CHEERLEADERS.
- YOU'RE TOMMY SHERMAN.
- YOU KNOW YOUR SPORTS.
- MY BOYFRIEND'S KEVIN THOMPSON.
HE'S QUARTERBACK OF THE TEAM.
HE WORSHIPS YOU.
- THAT'S GREAT.
LISTEN, THEY'RE PUTTING ME UP AT THE LAWNDALE MANOR.
WHY DON'T YOU AND I HEAD BACK THERE,
ORDER SOME CHAMPAGNE, GET HORIZONTAL,
AND YOU CAN FIND OUT JUST HOW BIG A HERO I AM.
- DIDN'T YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?
MY BOYFRIEND IS YOUR BIGGEST FAN.
- WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME? HE WANTS TO WATCH?
I DON'T KNOW.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. HE CAN WATCH.
HEY, WHERE YOU ARE GOING?
DID SOMEONE FLASH THE BIMBO SIGNAL?
- TOMMY SHERMAN.
- THAT'S THE NAME. DON'T WEAR IT OUT.
- I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN.
- I DOUBT THAT, UNLESS THE REST OF THEM ARE PYGMIES.
- I'M KEVIN THOMPSON.
THIS IS MICHAEL JORDAN MACKENZIE.
WE CALL HIM MACK.
- MICHAEL JORDAN MACKENZIE?
YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?
- IT WAS MICHAEL JAMES MACKENZIE.
MY DAD WENT TO A BULLS' PLAY-OFF GAME WHEN I WAS 12,
AND THEN HE...CHANGED IT.
- THAT'S SICK, MAN.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS,
ON THE INTRAMURAL SQUAD OR SOMETHING?
- VARSITY, DUDE.
I'M THE QB.
- [laughs]
[both laughing]
WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?
- UM, WHY ARE YOU?
- I'M JUST PICTURING
A SCRAWNY LITTLE GUY LIKE YOU TRYING TO PLAY
FOR SOME THIRD-RATE JUNIOR COLLEGE SOMEWHERE
AND GETTING YOUR BUTT KICKED EVERY WEEK.
- OH, YEAH. THAT'S FUNNY.
- NO, IT ISN'T.
- HEY, BRITT, DID YOU MEET TOMMY SHERMAN?
- YES!
- HEY, BABE, WHAT'S THE MATTER?
- PLEASED TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE.
- YEAH, MAKE SURE YOUR FATHER DOESN'T GO
TO ANY WHOOPI GOLDBERG MOVIES.
[laughs]
- EXCUSE ME.
- YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?
YOU THINK I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU?
YOU, MAYBE--
LIKE, FOUR HOURS INTO A KEGGER.
- PERHAPS AFTER I VOMIT ON YOUR SHOES?
- I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
- YEAH, RIGHT.
YOU SAID, "EXCUSE ME."
- YOU'RE ON MY LOCKER.
- DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
TOMMY SHERMAN?
- I KNOW THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS TURNING ITSELF INSIDE OUT
BECAUSE OF SOME EGOTISTICAL FOOTBALL PLAYER.
AND I'VE SEEN YOU INSULT OR PROPOSITION
JUST ABOUT EVERYONE YOU'VE COME ACROSS.
SO MY GUESS IS THAT YOU'RE THE FOOTBALL PLAYER GUY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU MUST HAVE WORKED VERY HARD
TO BECOME SUCH A COLOSSAL JERK SO QUICKLY.
- [snickers]
- YOU KNOW WHAT TOMMY SHERMAN'S GONNA DO NOW?
HE'S GONNA GO OUT ONTO THE FOOTBALL FIELD
AND CHECK OUT HIS NEW GOALPOST.
HE'S GONNA READ THE PLAQUE
AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ADMIRE HIM.
BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE MISERY CHICKS,
ALWAYS MOPING ABOUT WHAT A CRUEL WORLD IT IS,
MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT
SO PEOPLE WON'T NOTICE YOU'RE A LOSER.
- I DON'T THINK HE LIKES YOU.
- THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
WHAT BOTHERS ME
IS THAT THAT JERK IS GOING TO BE TREATED LIKE A HERO
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
- WELL, MAYBE HE WON'T LIVE THAT LONG.
- COME ON; YOU KNOW WISHES DON'T COME TRUE.
crash!
- OH, MY GOD, THE GOALPOST FELL!
TOMMY SHERMAN'S DEAD!
[sobbing] HE'S DEAD!
- ♪ LA-LA, LA, LA-LA ♪
♪ LA-LA, LA, LA-LA ♪
- HOW DOES ONE MAKE SENSE OF A TRAGEDY SO...TRAGIC?
A YOUNG MAN, A HERO STRUCK DOWN IN A FREAKISH ACCIDENT
BY THE VERY GOALPOST
THAT WAS TO HAVE BEEN DEDICATED IN HIS HONOR.
WHAT LESSON CAN WE TAKE FROM ALL OF THIS,
OTHER THAN NOT TO LEAVE ANY GOALPOSTS
AND SHARP-EDGED WOODEN CRATES LEANING PRECARIOUSLY
AGAINST THE BLEACHERS?
THE LESSON IS TO SPREAD JOY, SPREAD LIGHT.
MAKE IT YOUR GOAL TO MAKE OTHERS FEEL GOOD.
AND WHEN YOU REACH THAT GOAL,
YOU KEEP RUNNING UNTIL YOU REACH THE GOALPOST.
YOU HIT THAT GOALPOST...HARD.
THAT'S WHAT THIS YOUNG MAN DID, AND THAT IS THE LEGACY
HE HAS LEFT TO YOU, TO ME, TO LAWNDALE HIGH.
- [sobbing]
- WILL SOMEONE GET HIM OUT OF HERE
SO WE CAN ALL SING ONE SWEET DAY?
- IT'S WEIRD.
ONE MINUTE HE'S STANDING THERE, CALLING ME A LOSER.
THE NEXT MINUTE, HE'S DEAD.
- YEAH.
- I MEAN, THE GUY MS. LI WAS TALKING ABOUT
DIDN'T BEAR ANY RESEMBLANCE TO THE GUY WE MET, BUT STILL.
- LISTEN, I'M GOING HOME TO CHANGE.
I THINK I'M GOING TO GO FOR A RUN.
- I'LL WALK YOU.
- ACTUALLY, I THINK I WANT TO WALK BY MYSELF FOR A WHILE.
SEE YOU LATER.
- HEY, DARIA.
COULD I TALK TO YOU?
- WHY?
- ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TOMMY.
I'M REALLY BUMMED OUT.
- YEAH.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, KEVIN,
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
I ONLY MET HIM RIGHT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.
- ME TOO!
BUT, I MEAN, IT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK.
GOT ANY, LIKE, WORDS OF WISDOM OR WHATEVER?
- LIKE WHAT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I FIGURE YOU THINK ABOUT DEPRESSING STUFF A LOT.
YOU'RE THAT TYPE, YOU KNOW?
- NO, I DON'T KNOW.
- I MEAN, THE GUY WAS A HERO--
A REALLY GOOD QUARTERBACK, EVERYBODY LIKED HIM,
KIND OF HUNKY, YOU KNOW.
NOT THAT I'D NOTICE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND NOW HE'S JUST, LIKE, THE DEAD GUY.
- TELL ME, KEVIN; DID HE REMIND YOU OF ANYONE?
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- MAYBE HIS DEATH HIT A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO HOME?
- HMM, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS, DARIA.
- WHAT?
- YOU'RE SAYING HE GOT HIT ON THE HEAD
OUT THERE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, THE TEAM'S HOME,
AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE CURSED OR SOMETHING
AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE ALL OUR GAMES.
I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED, DARIA.
- THAT MAKES TWO OF US.
- I DIDN'T FIGURE YOU TO BELIEVE IN ALL THAT MUMBO-GUMBO.
- GEE, I HOPE THIS WON'T LOWER YOUR OPINION OF ME.
- [laughs] COME ON!
HOW MUCH LOWER COULD IT GET?
- DARIA?
- BRITTANY?
- DARIA, I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU.
- ABOUT?
- TOMMY SHERMAN.
- MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO KEVIN.
- I CAN'T TALK TO KEVIN.
TOMMY SHERMAN WAS A JERK.
- YOU KNOW, NO ONE ELSE SEEMS TO REALIZE--
- I CAN'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT!
I CALLED A DEAD GUY A JERK!
- SO YOU ARE UPSET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED?
- THAT'S JUST IT. I FEEL TERRIBLE.
WHY DID THAT JERK MAKE ME HATE HIM?
NOW HE'S DEAD, AND I FEEL BAD, BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT BAD,
SO I FEEL TERRIBLE.
IT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK.
I MEAN, YOU'RE USED TO BEING ALL GLOOMY AND DEPRESSED
AND THINKING ABOUT BAD STUFF--
- WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP SAYING THAT?
- SO I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME TIPS.
- WELL, I GUESS WHAT I'D SAY, BRITTANY,
IS THAT HERE'S THIS GUY WHO REALLY WASN'T VERY NICE,
AND YOU DIDN'T LIKE HIM AT ALL.
YOU'RE SORRY THAT HE DIED...
- I AM!
- BUT YOU DON'T THINK YOU FEEL SORRY ENOUGH,
AND YOU'RE WORRIED
THAT YOU'RE NOT AS NICE A PERSON AS YOU THOUGHT.
- YEAH.
IT'S LIKE I FEEL BAD, BUT I THINK I SHOULD FEEL WORSE,
AND NOT FEELING WORSE MAKES ME FEEL BAD ALL OVER AGAIN.
- THE TRUTH IS, BRITTANY, THAT YOU ARE NICE,
OR YOU WOULDN'T BE FEELING BAD AT ALL RIGHT NOW.
- SO YOU'RE SAYING
THAT FEELING BAD ABOUT NOT FEELING WORSE IS GOOD.
- YES.
YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING.
- THANKS, DARIA.
- FEELING BAD, NOT FEELING WORSE, GOOD.
- DARIA?
- UH, HI, MR. O'NEILL.
- MAY I ASK WHAT YOU'RE JOTTING DOWN?
A REFLECTION ABOUT POOR TOMMY SHERMAN, NO DOUBT.
- NOT REALLY.
- IT MUST HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE SHOCK
FOR SOMEONE AS SENSITIVE AS YOU.
IT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK.
- UM, YEAH, BUT I'M DEALING WITH IT.
- [chuckles]
I FIGURED YOU'D BE DEALING WITH IT.
YOU PROBABLY THINK ABOUT THE DARK SIDE ALL THE TIME.
- THE DARK SIDE?
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE FORCE?
- THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE,
THE THOUGHTS OTHER PEOPLE TRY NOT TO HAVE.
THAT'S YOUR THING, RIGHT? FACING THE VOID?
[laughs]
[sniffles]
NO, I'M SURE YOU'RE DEALING WITH IT.
I'M NOT DEALING WITH IT.
[sobbing]
- [half-heartedly] THERE, THERE.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?
SO THEN AS SOON AS I GET BRITTANY SQUARED AWAY,
MR. O'NEILL COMES OVER, WANTING TO TALK.
AND THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING:
"IT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK."
I FEEL LIKE GETTING A COUCH.
- YOU'RE THE GIRL OF THE HOUR.
MAYBE I SHOULD TALK TO YOU.
- YEAH, RIGHT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THE WAY PEOPLE ARE REACTING.
I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S TERRIBLE WHAT HAPPENED,
BUT IT'S NOT AS IF HE WAS NICE TO ANYONE.
THEY'RE ACTING LIKE THEY LOST A FRIEND.
- BOY, DARIA, NOTHING GETS THROUGH TO YOU, DOES IT?
- WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
- THE GUY DIED,
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT A JERK HE WAS.
- I JUST SAID-- [sighs]
LOOK, YOU WANT TO GET SOME PIZZA?
- I'M GOING RUNNING.
- AFTER?
- I DON'T KNOW; IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG RUN.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
- MONACO'S MOPIEST MILLIONAIRES TODAY ON--
[knocking at door]
- COME IN.
- DARIA--WOW, YOUR ROOM STILL LOOKS LIKE THIS?
- NEED HELP FILLING OUT YOUR PICTURE ORDER FORM?
IT'S Q-U-I--
- DARIA, CAN I TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE DEAD GUY?
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- SO I CALLED UP SANDI AND STACY AND TIFFANY,
AND THE FASHION CLUB IS GOING TO TAKE UP A COLLECTION
TO GET SAFE NEW GOALPOSTS,
LIKE TO HONOR THE DEAD GUY'S MEMORY.
- QUINN, WHAT A WONDERFUL IMPULSE,
TO MAKE SOMETHING POSITIVE COME OUT OF THIS DEVASTATING EVENT.
- DARIA GAVE ME THAT IDEA.
SHE'S REALLY GOOD AT THIS TRAGIC STUFF.
- THANKS.
BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE SAFE NEW GOALPOSTS THAT FELL ON HIM.
- OH. OOH.
WELL, IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS.
- AND HOW DO YOU FEEL, DARIA?
- I FEEL GREAT.
HOW ELSE COULD I FEEL?
I'M THE MISERY CHICK.
I'M GOING TO JANE'S.
[doorbell rings]
- OH, HEY, DARIA.
- HI, TRENT.
- JANEY WENT RUNNING.
- OH, WELL, I'LL SEE HER ANOTHER TIME.
- SCARY ABOUT TOMMY SHERMAN.
- YEAH, YOU KNEW HIM, RIGHT?
- WE HAD A COUPLE CLASSES TOGETHER.
I MEAN, WE DIDN'T SEE HIM MUCH--
YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T SHOW UP TOO OFTEN.
- NOT LIKE YOU, HUH?
- [laughs]
[coughs]
I GUESS I MIGHT HAVE MISSED A FEW CLASSES,
NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT.
WEIRD, THOUGH.
FREAK ACCIDENT.
- WOULD YOU SAY IT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK?
- NO.
- THANK YOU FOR THAT, TRENT.
- HUH?
- SEE YA.
- HEY, DARIA.
- YEAH?
- YOU KNOW, IT WAS A WHILE AGO THAT JANEY WENT RUNNING.
MAYBE SHE CAME BACK
AND I DIDN'T HEAR HER OR SOMETHING.
ANYWAY, WHY DON'T YOU CHECK HER ROOM?
SHE MIGHT BE THERE.
- I'LL YELL UP THE STAIRS.
- NO, UH...
SOMETIMES SHE'S GOT SOME MUSIC ON
AND SHE CAN'T HEAR YOU IF YOU YELL.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST HEAD ON UP?
[soft music playing]
- YO, COME ON IN.
OH, HI.
- ARE YOU AVOIDING ME?
- UH...
NOT ANYMORE?
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- NOTHING; I JUST HAVEN'T FELT LIKE TALKING TO ANYBODY.
- I'M NOT ANYBODY,
AND I'D LIKE TO TALK TO SOMEONE.
- BUT YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO EVERYONE.
- NO, EVERYONE'S BEEN TALKING TO ME.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
- WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK FOR, ANYWAY?
YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
- HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?
- YOU'VE BEEN TREATING IT LIKE,
"OH, WELL, ANOTHER STUPID DAY."
THE GUY DIED.
- I KNOW HE DIED.
I'M SORRY HE DIED.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND HE WAS SOME GREAT PERSON
WHEN HE WASN'T.
PEOPLE AREN'T UPSET BECAUSE TOMMY SHERMAN DIED.
THEY'RE UPSET BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO DIE.
- THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
- OKAY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING?
"YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL, DARIA.
"YOU'RE GLOOMY.
"I KNEW I COULD TALK TO YOU, DARIA.
YOU'RE ALWAYS MISERABLE."
TRAGEDY HITS THE SCHOOL, AND EVERYONE THINKS OF ME.
THE POPULAR GUY DIED, AND NOW I'M POPULAR,
BECAUSE I'M THE MISERY CHICK.
BUT I'M NOT MISERABLE.
I'M JUST NOT LIKE THEM.
- IT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK.
- FUNNY. THANKS A LOT.
- NO, THAT'S WHY THEY WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
WHEN THEY SAY, "YOU'RE ALWAYS UNHAPPY, DARIA,"
WHAT THEY MEAN IS, "YOU THINK, DARIA.
"I CAN TELL, BECAUSE YOU DON'T SMILE.
"NOW THIS GUY DIED, AND IT'S MAKING ME THINK,
"AND THAT HURTS MY LITTLE HEAD AND MAKES ME STOP SMILING.
"SO TELL ME HOW YOU COPE WITH THINKING ALL THE TIME, DARIA,
UNTIL I CAN GET BACK TO MY NORMAL VEGETABLE STATE."
- OKAY.
SO THEN WHY HAVE YOU BEEN AVOIDING ME?
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING NOT TO THINK--
ABOUT THE WAY WE WERE MAKING JOKES ABOUT HIM DYING
AND THEN, BOOM, IT HAPPENED.
- WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH A GUY DYING.
IT WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT.
- YEAH, WELL, I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN I SAY PEOPLE SHOULD DIE
AND THEN THEY DO.
I DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY...
AT LEAST NOT UNTIL I'VE GOT A JOB IN MIDDLE MANAGEMENT.
- YOU DIDN'T MAKE HIM DIE.
- YOU'RE NOT THE MISERY CHICK.
- ALL RIGHT, THEN.
- HE SHOULDN'T HAVE DIED.
- NO.
- BUT HE WASN'T A NICE GUY.
- NO.
- DID TRENT KNOW YOU WERE UP HERE?
- I TOLD HIM TO TELL ANYONE WHO SHOWED UP
THAT I WAS OUT RUNNING.
WHAT A SURPRISE; HE FORGOT.
- NO, HE DIDN'T.
[school bell rings]
- "IT IS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST
THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL."
JUST WHAT IS LORD TENNYSON TALKING ABOUT HERE?
BRITTANY?
- UM...
LOVE?
- ANYONE ELSE?
DARIA?
- WELL, HE'S ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT IF SOMETHING MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD,
LIKE BEING IN LOVE,
THERE MUST BE A CORRESPONDING PAINFUL SIDE,
LIKE LOSING AT LOVE.
THAT'S JUST A FACT OF LIFE.
- SAD BUT TRUE.
- AND WHAT'S INTRIGUING ABOUT IT
IS THAT NO ONE CALLES TENNYSON A BIG UNHAPPINESS FREAK
JUST BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THAT.
- IS HE A BIG UNHAPPINESS FREAK?
- NO, HE'S A REALIST.
HE SAYS EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT
CAN BRING PLEASURE AND EXTRAORDINARY PAIN.
THEN HE DECLARES THAT IT'S STILL BETTER
THAN NEVER FEELING ANYTHING AT ALL.
- THAT IS EXCELLENT, DARIA.
- OF COURSE, THIS WAS WRITTEN
BEFORE THE ADVENT OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY LAWS.
- HELLO.
UH, QUINN'S COUSIN OR WHATEVER?
- YEAH?
- QUINN SAID YOU WERE REALLY GOOD
WITH, LIKE, BUMMED-OUT STUFF.
- YEAH?
- MY CAT, HE, LIKE, GOT INTO MY MAKEUP OR SOMETHING
AND, LIKE, O.D.'D ON FOUNDATION,
AND HE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY PUKING.
- AND THE EXPERIENCE
LEFT HIM QUESTIONING THE MEANING OF LIFE?
- AND I'VE BEEN FEELING BAD ABOUT IT,
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD, LIKE, SOME ADVICE OR SOMETHING.
- I'M AFRAID THAT INFLATION HAS FORCED ME
TO INSTITUTE A SMALL FEE FOR MY SERVICES.
- HUH?
- $10 IN ADVANCE.
- OH.
UH, SURE.
- WHAT IS THE ANIMAL'S NAME?
- FLUFFY.
- I SEE, FLUFFY.
- SO, LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE?
- FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO FEEL.
THEN YOU WON'T FEEL SAD.
GOOD LUCK.
- THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR $10?
ARE YOU KIDDING?
- SEE? IT'S WORKING ALREADY.
- THANKS.
- YOU JUST MADE 10 BUCKS OFF THAT POOR GIRL'S SUFFERING.
- YEAH, THAT WAS WRONG.
- REALLY?
NEXT TIME...
- 20.
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