1 00:00:25,484 --> 00:00:28,778 Twelve, 13, 14, 2 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:31,989 fifteen, 16, 17. 3 00:00:32,074 --> 00:00:33,866 Okay, this place is huge. 4 00:00:33,951 --> 00:00:35,535 How much did you say this is? 5 00:00:35,619 --> 00:00:37,328 It's $250. 6 00:00:37,413 --> 00:00:39,205 A month. 7 00:00:39,289 --> 00:00:41,416 It's got really great light. 8 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:45,086 Okay, what do you think I could get for, like, $800? 9 00:01:04,523 --> 00:01:08,484 I mean, two thumbs the fuck up. 10 00:01:08,569 --> 00:01:10,403 Well... 11 00:01:10,487 --> 00:01:11,821 Does that mean you want it? 12 00:01:47,357 --> 00:01:50,234 - Don't bother. - What? 13 00:01:50,319 --> 00:01:52,904 You're in lowa. No one locks their bike here. 14 00:01:52,988 --> 00:01:55,531 - Really? - One hundred percent. 15 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:56,949 Are you a first-year? 16 00:01:57,034 --> 00:01:59,327 Uh, no. Me? I'm in graduate school. 17 00:01:59,411 --> 00:02:02,455 Yeah, no, you don't look like an undergrad at all. 18 00:02:02,539 --> 00:02:04,373 Sorry, bro. 19 00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:06,459 Well, I mean, a lot of people think I am 19. 20 00:02:06,543 --> 00:02:08,753 I get carded all the time and no one ever thinks I'm legal, 21 00:02:08,837 --> 00:02:10,129 like, in the bedroom. So... 22 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:16,844 I'm gonna break eye contact with you now. 23 00:02:17,429 --> 00:02:19,305 Let's go get your materials. 24 00:02:19,389 --> 00:02:21,474 Awesome. Are you sure I can leave my bike? 25 00:02:21,558 --> 00:02:23,684 Hell, yeah. This is lowa. 26 00:02:25,771 --> 00:02:29,023 Okay, this is my living room, which is really more like a lounging parlor. 27 00:02:29,107 --> 00:02:30,650 This is my shelf of curiosities. 28 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:32,985 There's my Lubriderm. 29 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:35,696 This is my kitchen. 30 00:02:35,781 --> 00:02:38,366 I'm sort of figuring out the decorative scheme. 31 00:02:38,450 --> 00:02:42,328 Can you believe it just took me four minutes to show you my entire house? 32 00:02:42,412 --> 00:02:43,996 In New York it would've taken four seconds. 33 00:02:44,081 --> 00:02:45,665 I'm telling you, Iowa's incredible. 34 00:02:45,749 --> 00:02:48,251 We should all move here and start the revolution. 35 00:02:48,335 --> 00:02:50,044 No one is moving to Iowa ever, 36 00:02:50,128 --> 00:02:52,213 but I'm so, so glad you're happy. Seriously. 37 00:02:52,297 --> 00:02:54,340 Honestly, I feel like I made the right decision, 38 00:02:54,424 --> 00:02:56,676 which is a totally new sensation for me. 39 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,303 I mean, I'm eating grapes as a snack. 40 00:02:59,388 --> 00:03:01,222 I knew you would do it eventually. 41 00:03:01,306 --> 00:03:02,390 How's New York? 42 00:03:02,474 --> 00:03:04,517 It's really good. And don't start. 43 00:03:04,601 --> 00:03:06,602 Don't start with what? 44 00:03:06,687 --> 00:03:08,855 I just know that you're gonna try to talk to me about Adam right now 45 00:03:08,939 --> 00:03:10,147 and you're gonna be subtle about it. 46 00:03:10,232 --> 00:03:12,608 Don't start. I'm not gonna tell you. 47 00:03:12,693 --> 00:03:15,945 I didn't want to talk about Adam until you brought Adam up. 48 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:18,990 - I mean, how is Adam? - Oh, my God! 49 00:03:19,074 --> 00:03:21,409 Marnie, we talked about, like, 20 things first. 50 00:03:21,493 --> 00:03:24,328 I just know that whatever I tell you is gonna make you act weird. 51 00:03:24,413 --> 00:03:27,081 Marnie, I've 100% moved on, okay? 52 00:03:27,165 --> 00:03:30,793 I'm here, I'm totally at one with my body and my surroundings. 53 00:03:30,878 --> 00:03:33,421 - Good. - I just want to make sure that if he were to, 54 00:03:33,505 --> 00:03:36,799 say, go into the hospital, you would let me know. 55 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:39,552 Okay, here's the deal. If he goes into the hospital, 56 00:03:39,636 --> 00:03:41,512 I will tell you. I promise. 57 00:03:41,805 --> 00:03:44,223 Great. That's all I ask for. 58 00:03:44,308 --> 00:03:46,017 By the way, what are you doing? 59 00:03:46,101 --> 00:03:48,686 You haven't knit since, like, second semester, freshman year, 60 00:03:48,770 --> 00:03:50,730 when you made the hat for the bipolar guy. 61 00:03:50,814 --> 00:03:52,732 You're gonna make fun of me. 62 00:03:52,816 --> 00:03:56,652 - I'm knitting Desi a scarf. - So you made him one? 63 00:03:56,737 --> 00:03:59,322 Why didn't you just go to Uniqlo like a regular person? 64 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:00,823 Because I wanted to make him one 65 00:04:00,908 --> 00:04:03,743 so it's, like, homemade, and so that I'm always with him. 66 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:06,370 - I don't know. - Even when he's with his girlfriend. 67 00:04:06,496 --> 00:04:08,456 This is why I'm not telling anyone about us. 68 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:11,584 You mean because it's an affair and those are generally kept secret? 69 00:04:11,668 --> 00:04:13,502 No, and stop using that word. 70 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:15,421 It's because people are really judgmental 71 00:04:15,505 --> 00:04:16,839 - and they're threatened by this idea. - Mmm-hmm. 72 00:04:16,924 --> 00:04:19,592 Would they be happier if their boyfriend... 73 00:04:19,676 --> 00:04:20,968 Marn? 74 00:04:23,138 --> 00:04:26,515 Marn, your face is frozen in a very funny position. 75 00:04:36,151 --> 00:04:37,151 Cool, well, that's it. 76 00:04:37,235 --> 00:04:38,402 - Thank you. - Yeah. 77 00:04:38,487 --> 00:04:39,904 Your hair looks like it smells great. 78 00:04:39,988 --> 00:04:41,447 It smells so good. 79 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:47,620 Must be nice to have your parents paying for all your shit. 80 00:04:47,704 --> 00:04:49,205 What? 81 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:52,124 Just, you know, must be nice to still be on the teat. 82 00:04:52,209 --> 00:04:55,294 I'm a graduate student, so that's not really my situation anymore. 83 00:04:55,379 --> 00:04:56,879 Okay. 84 00:04:57,422 --> 00:04:59,131 So, yeah, this is four things of nuts. 85 00:04:59,216 --> 00:05:00,591 - Four nuts. - Brain food. 86 00:05:00,676 --> 00:05:03,177 Four nuts for a nut, right? 87 00:05:03,261 --> 00:05:04,762 Cool. 88 00:05:04,846 --> 00:05:06,097 - Here you go. - Thank you. 89 00:05:06,181 --> 00:05:07,640 Oh, my God. What did you do? 90 00:05:08,058 --> 00:05:10,351 It's a long story, but the strip still works and that's what matters. 91 00:05:10,727 --> 00:05:13,938 I mean, it looks like somebody tried to cut it and then you found it in the garbage. 92 00:05:14,022 --> 00:05:15,815 Nope, my card. Says my name on it. 93 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:18,192 Okay, fine. I don't really care anyway. 94 00:05:18,276 --> 00:05:20,069 Normally, you would do this... 95 00:05:20,529 --> 00:05:21,988 Uh-oh. 96 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:23,572 It says we gotta call Amex. 97 00:05:23,657 --> 00:05:25,574 - You have another card? - Nope, let's call Amex. 98 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:28,035 No, I don't want to. Just give me another card. 99 00:05:28,412 --> 00:05:30,287 I said let's call Amex. 100 00:05:30,372 --> 00:05:31,831 If it says let's call Amex, let's call Amex. 101 00:05:31,915 --> 00:05:33,791 Okay. Who travels with one card? 102 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:36,085 Just have another card. 103 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:37,837 - Can you call Amex? - Absolutely, yeah. 104 00:05:37,921 --> 00:05:39,797 - Thank you so much. - Customer's always right. 105 00:05:39,881 --> 00:05:40,881 Thank you. 106 00:05:40,966 --> 00:05:43,050 That's not true, though. 107 00:05:52,269 --> 00:05:54,103 Yeah, don't bother. You're in the dead zone. 108 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:56,647 It's, like, this block and 200 feet that way. 109 00:05:56,940 --> 00:05:58,774 Yeah, but my phone worked here earlier. 110 00:05:58,942 --> 00:06:00,818 Yeah, I don't know. It's weird and random. 111 00:06:00,902 --> 00:06:02,528 Phones work at the yacht club, though. 112 00:06:02,612 --> 00:06:04,155 You should come by. Battle of the Bands tonight. 113 00:06:04,239 --> 00:06:06,365 I'm drumming in both bands! 114 00:07:03,548 --> 00:07:04,757 No! 115 00:07:11,973 --> 00:07:13,057 Ahhh! 116 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:15,142 No! 117 00:07:15,685 --> 00:07:17,520 There's a bat. There's a bat... 118 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:31,700 Fuck. 119 00:08:19,124 --> 00:08:20,583 Fuck, shit! 120 00:08:26,423 --> 00:08:27,590 Ow! 121 00:08:42,439 --> 00:08:45,983 "She comes home after work smelling of cheap beer and menthols, 122 00:08:46,067 --> 00:08:49,737 "grabbing at her cheek, crying over her rotting tooth. 123 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,323 "'Looks like a fuckin' black hole, ' she says. 124 00:08:52,407 --> 00:08:54,992 "'How do they expect me to bag groceries when I got this pain?' 125 00:08:55,452 --> 00:08:57,953 "She smokes some of the pot I got her from my buddy Whiz. 126 00:08:58,705 --> 00:09:02,291 "'Give Mommy a kiss. I love you, ' she says. 127 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:07,129 "I go to my room and draw pictures of her rotting tooth." 128 00:09:10,759 --> 00:09:12,134 Thank you, D. August. 129 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:15,638 Who wants to say what the story was about? 130 00:09:16,514 --> 00:09:19,892 First of all, I just want to say that I thought this was one of the best pieces 131 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:22,186 that I've read in this program so far, 132 00:09:22,270 --> 00:09:24,396 - and I'm a second-year. - Ah. 133 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:28,150 Gut-wrenching. 134 00:09:28,235 --> 00:09:30,319 And not asking to wrench our guts. 135 00:09:31,655 --> 00:09:33,739 Just wrenching them. 136 00:09:35,825 --> 00:09:38,202 Chester, hi. Chester Chong. 137 00:09:38,495 --> 00:09:39,745 - Hi. - Hey, what's up? 138 00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:40,955 - Chester. - Um, hi. 139 00:09:41,039 --> 00:09:43,999 I liked how the language was really spare but cutting, 140 00:09:44,334 --> 00:09:46,001 and I thought you played with gender in a way 141 00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:50,839 that was really surprising and, like, almost offensive but not offensive. 142 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:54,009 - It's a really fine line. - Yeah, he's just walking it. 143 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:55,719 - It's really good. - Yeah. 144 00:09:55,845 --> 00:09:57,137 I agree. 145 00:09:57,222 --> 00:10:01,809 Man, I would literally cut my arm off or pay you everything I have 146 00:10:01,893 --> 00:10:03,852 just to write three more pages of that. 147 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:06,272 I need to know more, please. 148 00:10:07,315 --> 00:10:09,149 Well, I assume the mom dies. So... 149 00:10:11,361 --> 00:10:15,239 Okay, let's change focus here. Hannah? 150 00:10:15,740 --> 00:10:18,158 Okay, so I just wanted to say that I know you've all read the story 151 00:10:18,243 --> 00:10:19,702 in the privacy of your own homes, 152 00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:22,162 but hearing me read it aloud here today 153 00:10:22,247 --> 00:10:25,124 may bring up some of the more triggering aspects of the piece, 154 00:10:25,208 --> 00:10:28,043 so I just want you to feel free to quietly leave the room 155 00:10:28,128 --> 00:10:31,797 or express your emotional reaction in any way that feels safe, 156 00:10:31,881 --> 00:10:35,426 even if that is kind of a darker expression. 157 00:10:36,177 --> 00:10:37,636 Okay, here goes. 158 00:10:37,721 --> 00:10:39,638 This story's called Contact. 159 00:10:41,391 --> 00:10:43,100 "There was no going back. 160 00:10:43,184 --> 00:10:46,603 "There were new rules now, new reasons for him to call. 161 00:10:46,688 --> 00:10:49,148 "He made choices and I obeyed. 162 00:10:49,232 --> 00:10:51,650 "I let him press his thumb so hard into my neck 163 00:10:51,735 --> 00:10:53,193 "that blue marks appeared. 164 00:10:53,278 --> 00:10:56,155 "I let him bend my limbs ways they didn't go, 165 00:10:56,239 --> 00:10:58,157 "and once his arm reared back 166 00:10:58,241 --> 00:11:01,827 "and his fist landed with a thud on my collar bone, 167 00:11:02,370 --> 00:11:05,998 "like sex, that didn't feel like anything I thought it would. 168 00:11:06,082 --> 00:11:08,417 "He moved me where I had to go. 169 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:10,294 "The goal was not to say no, 170 00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:14,173 "and so it didn't matter if I was good in my choicelessness. 171 00:11:14,257 --> 00:11:15,966 "I was free for a moment." 172 00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:22,681 Okay, what is this story about? 173 00:11:23,433 --> 00:11:24,975 It's about a really privileged girl 174 00:11:25,060 --> 00:11:27,102 deciding that she's just gonna let someone abuse her. 175 00:11:27,270 --> 00:11:29,021 Yeah, that's what it's about. 176 00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:32,149 Honestly, I was very distracted by how Fifty Shades it was. 177 00:11:32,233 --> 00:11:33,650 I actually haven't read Fifty Shades of... 178 00:11:33,735 --> 00:11:36,195 Hannah, you know you have to sit tight until we're done discussing. 179 00:11:36,279 --> 00:11:37,571 Okay. 180 00:11:38,281 --> 00:11:41,033 In some ways, I was struggling not to be offended 181 00:11:41,117 --> 00:11:42,826 because it seemed to really trivialize 182 00:11:42,911 --> 00:11:45,412 the very real abuse suffered by some. 183 00:11:45,497 --> 00:11:46,747 I don't know if anybody else felt that way. 184 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:48,749 - Yeah. - That was just one paragraph. 185 00:11:48,833 --> 00:11:50,125 Hannah. 186 00:11:50,210 --> 00:11:51,627 Anything else? 187 00:11:54,297 --> 00:11:55,339 No? 188 00:11:56,299 --> 00:11:57,299 Okay. 189 00:11:57,759 --> 00:11:58,926 What's working? 190 00:12:02,013 --> 00:12:03,806 I'm sorry, I have to say something. 191 00:12:04,474 --> 00:12:07,101 I'm actually really struggling with how to talk about this piece. 192 00:12:07,685 --> 00:12:10,104 Like, I tried writing my notes for Hannah last night, 193 00:12:10,188 --> 00:12:11,814 but I think there's a larger issue here, 194 00:12:11,898 --> 00:12:14,566 which is how are we supposed to critique a work 195 00:12:14,651 --> 00:12:18,612 which is very clearly based directly from the author's personal experience? 196 00:12:19,656 --> 00:12:21,573 I had the chance to speak with Hannah yesterday 197 00:12:21,658 --> 00:12:23,867 and she is very much this character. 198 00:12:24,619 --> 00:12:26,328 Yeah. 199 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:29,039 Because this is a fiction workshop, 200 00:12:29,124 --> 00:12:31,959 I think we need to treat every piece we receive in here 201 00:12:32,043 --> 00:12:33,669 as a work of fiction. 202 00:12:34,254 --> 00:12:37,840 But I have the same problem, and I've never even met her. 203 00:12:38,299 --> 00:12:42,261 It's just... Look at her. She's obviously her. 204 00:12:42,345 --> 00:12:47,224 I mean, the main character is a girl with a lot of tattoos named Anna. 205 00:12:47,308 --> 00:12:51,854 Who needs to eat every two hours or she passes out. 206 00:12:51,938 --> 00:12:55,691 Well, even if the character was named Hannah, 207 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:57,109 it doesn't mean it's about her. 208 00:12:57,193 --> 00:12:59,570 I mean, writers do that all the time. We know that, right? 209 00:12:59,654 --> 00:13:01,822 And if it's about her, so what? 210 00:13:01,906 --> 00:13:04,116 Who fucking cares? This is her voice. 211 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,034 This is who she is. We can't squash her voice 212 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:07,244 of what she's trying to say. 213 00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:09,037 Totally, D. August. 214 00:13:09,873 --> 00:13:12,291 As usual, you hit the nail on the head. 215 00:13:12,709 --> 00:13:14,793 That's not really my problem with her piece. 216 00:13:14,878 --> 00:13:18,797 I definitely felt a lack of sympathy towards the male perspective 217 00:13:18,882 --> 00:13:21,341 and some stunted feminist idea... 218 00:13:21,426 --> 00:13:24,470 - I'm sorry, can I say one thing? - No, not yet. Not yet. 219 00:13:24,554 --> 00:13:27,014 - Five words. - No, I know it's hard, but just not yet. 220 00:13:27,098 --> 00:13:28,891 - One word. - Hannah. 221 00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:30,142 History. 222 00:13:30,768 --> 00:13:33,395 History didn't really focus on the female perspective. 223 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:36,440 I forgot what I was saying. 224 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:38,192 Stunted feminist idea. 225 00:13:38,568 --> 00:13:40,360 Yeah, for me it would be much more interesting 226 00:13:40,445 --> 00:13:43,572 if there was a complex examination about the real ways 227 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,908 that people challenge each other sexually. 228 00:13:48,912 --> 00:13:51,205 - You coming? - Do they have onion rings at The Fox Head? 229 00:13:54,125 --> 00:13:55,250 - Hey. - Hey. 230 00:13:55,376 --> 00:13:56,877 You headed for The Fox Head? 231 00:13:56,961 --> 00:13:59,755 Uh, no, I'm just gonna go home and metabolize the notes that I was given, 232 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:01,798 figure out a way to integrate them into my work 233 00:14:01,883 --> 00:14:03,509 in a fashion that makes sense to me. 234 00:14:03,593 --> 00:14:06,011 No, no, no, no, you gotta go or everybody thinks you're a baby. 235 00:14:06,095 --> 00:14:09,014 No one's gonna think I'm a baby. I'm metabolizing my notes. 236 00:14:09,098 --> 00:14:11,016 Look, you're gonna go through a lot of these, okay? 237 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:13,852 So, suck it up. I'll see you there, all right? 238 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:16,939 I'm not stressed! 239 00:14:23,947 --> 00:14:25,697 No fucking way. 240 00:14:29,953 --> 00:14:31,453 Hello? 241 00:14:34,249 --> 00:14:36,166 Please bring my bike back! 242 00:14:38,127 --> 00:14:40,087 I mean, look. That is the danger of conferences, right? 243 00:14:40,171 --> 00:14:43,382 They really attract the lowest common denominator who don't want to write. 244 00:14:43,466 --> 00:14:45,050 They just want to talk about writing. 245 00:14:45,134 --> 00:14:46,802 - It's awful. - I don't mean that in a bad way. 246 00:14:46,886 --> 00:14:48,762 - I just mean... - I'm just gonna get another beer. 247 00:14:48,846 --> 00:14:50,514 Do you guys want anything? 248 00:14:50,598 --> 00:14:52,099 - We're cool. - No, thanks. 249 00:14:53,101 --> 00:14:56,979 Honestly, Logan, I felt so misunderstood in class. 250 00:14:57,188 --> 00:15:00,691 Oh, yeah. I can understand that feeling, you know? 251 00:15:00,775 --> 00:15:04,278 But you have to understand it's all just a part of one big process. 252 00:15:04,362 --> 00:15:08,532 Because in the real world, let's just say you were to actually get "published." 253 00:15:08,616 --> 00:15:10,325 I mean, you can't go to everybody's house individually 254 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:11,702 and defend your work, you know? 255 00:15:11,786 --> 00:15:14,162 It's important to know how your work comes across to a reader. 256 00:15:14,664 --> 00:15:17,958 I know, but, like, okay, just here alone, woman to woman, 257 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:19,459 you don't have to put on a show, 258 00:15:19,544 --> 00:15:22,254 you didn't actually think the piece was insensitive 259 00:15:22,338 --> 00:15:24,339 to sufferers of abuse, did you? 260 00:15:25,508 --> 00:15:27,676 That is how I perceived it. 261 00:15:28,553 --> 00:15:30,012 But it's just a story. 262 00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:33,015 Stories can be very powerful, Hannah. 263 00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:36,852 Oh, my God. 264 00:15:37,437 --> 00:15:38,604 What's wrong? 265 00:15:38,855 --> 00:15:40,606 You're a survivor of abuse. 266 00:15:41,065 --> 00:15:42,107 What? 267 00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:43,859 Of course you're gonna be sensitive to it. 268 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,360 You've a right to be sensitive to it. 269 00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:47,195 You're a survivor of abuse. 270 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,281 Hannah, I don't know what you're talking about. 271 00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:51,366 I knew aspects of the story would be triggering, 272 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:54,911 but I didn't imagine just how close to home it would hit. 273 00:15:55,538 --> 00:15:58,206 Okay, great, you don't know what I'm talking about. 274 00:15:58,291 --> 00:15:59,541 You don't know what you're talking about. 275 00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:02,794 And my story isn't about the time that I took a couple Quaaludes 276 00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:04,671 and asked my boyfriend to punch me in the chest. 277 00:16:04,756 --> 00:16:06,340 TMI, Hannah. TMI. 278 00:16:06,424 --> 00:16:08,300 By the way, TMI is such an outdated concept. 279 00:16:08,384 --> 00:16:09,885 There's no such thing as too much information. 280 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:11,637 This is the Information Age. 281 00:16:11,721 --> 00:16:13,555 We're all just here to express ourselves, 282 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,224 so it's like, to censor each other? 283 00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:20,646 We're no better than George W. Bush. 284 00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:22,606 When you licked my face, 285 00:16:22,690 --> 00:16:24,650 when you put your tongue on my cheek, 286 00:16:24,734 --> 00:16:26,652 apparently that was just what you needed 287 00:16:26,736 --> 00:16:29,988 to get in the mood to rip out my molars, right? 288 00:16:30,073 --> 00:16:33,241 I hope someday I know the passion that Huck feels for Quinn. 289 00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:34,826 But your tongue in my mouth? 290 00:16:35,662 --> 00:16:36,912 That's different. 291 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:39,247 You put your tongue in my mouth... 292 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:41,208 ...and now I deserve to live? 293 00:16:41,918 --> 00:16:44,294 - That's a thing? - Okay, it's, like, just a bunch of 0s. 294 00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:46,421 Prison. 295 00:16:49,717 --> 00:16:50,676 Hello? 296 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,135 You have a collect call from... 297 00:16:52,220 --> 00:16:53,428 This is Hannah. My phone broke. 298 00:16:53,721 --> 00:16:54,846 Hello? What? Hannah? 299 00:16:54,931 --> 00:16:56,640 To accept this call, press one. 300 00:16:56,974 --> 00:16:59,059 Dude, something insane is happening right now. 301 00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:02,270 - It's Hannah? - Can you hear me? This is a... 302 00:17:02,605 --> 00:17:04,147 Please enter your choice now. 303 00:17:04,565 --> 00:17:06,566 I, like, can't understand her. It's really fast. 304 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:08,235 "This is Hannah. My phone broke." 305 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:09,444 ...is calling collect. 306 00:17:09,529 --> 00:17:10,529 Can you hear me? 307 00:17:10,613 --> 00:17:11,863 To accept charges, press one now. 308 00:17:11,948 --> 00:17:13,240 Accept the call! 309 00:17:13,324 --> 00:17:15,409 - Should I pause? - Hello? 310 00:17:15,493 --> 00:17:17,119 Have you ever heard of a collect call 311 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:20,247 you motherfucking cunts? 312 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:31,174 Say your name after the tone. 313 00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:33,218 This is your daughter Hannah. Please pick up. 314 00:17:33,302 --> 00:17:35,137 - Honey? - Is it Hannah? 315 00:17:35,221 --> 00:17:37,139 Yeah, collect. She's calling collect. 316 00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:38,515 Accept the charges. 317 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:39,725 Hi. 318 00:17:39,809 --> 00:17:42,144 Honey, what happened to your phone? 319 00:17:42,228 --> 00:17:43,979 Ask her what happened to her phone. 320 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:46,773 Oh, I just dropped it, um, in a creek 'cause I was... 321 00:17:47,483 --> 00:17:50,235 Creek walking with just a group of my new friends. 322 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:52,571 Oh, that's nice. She has a bunch of new friends. 323 00:17:52,655 --> 00:17:54,573 - Yeah? Ask her what their names are. - What are their names? 324 00:17:54,657 --> 00:17:56,867 Oh, um, their names are Shannon... 325 00:17:56,951 --> 00:17:58,410 - Shannon. - Shannon. 326 00:17:58,494 --> 00:17:59,661 - Jeff. - Jeff. 327 00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:01,037 - Okay. - Jonesly... 328 00:18:01,122 --> 00:18:02,247 Jonesly. 329 00:18:02,331 --> 00:18:04,875 Rancheny, Nagasaki, and Cher. 330 00:18:04,959 --> 00:18:06,376 There are a bunch. 331 00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:09,504 Hey, tell us more. Have you had class yet? 332 00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,047 Uh, no, I didn't have class yet. 333 00:18:11,132 --> 00:18:13,675 Just getting ready and, you know, hangin' with the new pals. 334 00:18:14,510 --> 00:18:16,678 So... Hey, Mommy, can I ask you a question? 335 00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:18,180 Sure, of course. 336 00:18:18,347 --> 00:18:20,056 Is it normal when you get to a new place 337 00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:22,684 to think about suicide for the first time ever? 338 00:18:22,894 --> 00:18:24,019 What? 339 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:26,146 Not that you want to do it or anything. 340 00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:27,314 Just that you could do it. 341 00:18:27,398 --> 00:18:28,565 You're thinking about ways to do it 342 00:18:28,649 --> 00:18:30,066 that never occurred to you before, you know? 343 00:18:30,151 --> 00:18:32,652 Just like cutting off your own wrist. 344 00:18:32,737 --> 00:18:34,112 I don't know. It's just that it's the only way 345 00:18:34,197 --> 00:18:36,573 to get out of your current situation that you're in. 346 00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:39,117 Yeah, I think that's normal. 347 00:18:39,202 --> 00:18:41,912 I mean, whenever I'm on a very high building, 348 00:18:41,996 --> 00:18:43,830 I always think I could jump. 349 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:47,542 - When I hold a baby, I... - You think of dropping the baby. 350 00:18:47,668 --> 00:18:49,336 - Just because. - You do. 351 00:18:49,420 --> 00:18:52,047 Honey, can you ask Hannah to call us back when we're done with the game? 352 00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:54,132 Ooh, your dad wants us to call you back. 353 00:18:54,217 --> 00:18:55,634 I think he has a really good word. 354 00:18:55,718 --> 00:18:57,594 - Wait. - We'll call you right back, okay sweetie? 355 00:18:57,678 --> 00:18:59,846 I think I can make... 356 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:18,573 Who opened the door? 357 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:21,701 I'm not kidding! 358 00:19:23,579 --> 00:19:25,831 I have a self-defense keychain 359 00:19:25,915 --> 00:19:28,917 that I bought illegally, okay? 360 00:19:29,794 --> 00:19:32,671 And I can slice you 361 00:19:32,755 --> 00:19:35,173 from top to bottom! 362 00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:38,009 Hello? 363 00:19:39,262 --> 00:19:40,262 Hello? 364 00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:42,389 I have a family! 365 00:19:42,932 --> 00:19:46,351 - What are you even doing? - Calm down. 366 00:19:46,435 --> 00:19:48,019 On the way here from the airport, 367 00:19:48,104 --> 00:19:51,106 two people asked me if I was Blake Lively's husband. 368 00:19:51,732 --> 00:19:53,358 Iowa is amazing! 369 00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:54,526 What are you doing here? 370 00:19:54,610 --> 00:19:56,236 Well, your last text was sort of a bummer, 371 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,446 so I figured maybe you could use a candy striper. 372 00:19:58,531 --> 00:19:59,781 Elijah, I can't use a candy striper. 373 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:02,242 I'm in the midst of a very intense... 374 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,953 - I love you. - I love you. 375 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:06,454 I love you. 376 00:20:06,789 --> 00:20:09,207 But there's no way that you came here just to be nice to me. 377 00:20:09,292 --> 00:20:11,126 Okay, well, that hurts my feelings. 378 00:20:11,586 --> 00:20:13,920 Honestly, New York was just too grotesque. 379 00:20:14,005 --> 00:20:16,214 I mean, I just feel like a fucking loser. 380 00:20:16,299 --> 00:20:18,466 I just keep running into people that I've slept with, 381 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:22,178 and then last week I saw a homeless woman fist herself on my stoop. 382 00:20:22,263 --> 00:20:23,305 No. 383 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:24,890 It's like, I've had enough. 384 00:20:24,974 --> 00:20:26,641 - I love you so much. - I love you, too. 385 00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:29,144 I hate everyone who isn't you. 386 00:20:29,270 --> 00:20:30,270 Me, too. 387 00:20:30,354 --> 00:20:32,814 I've been saying that for years. 388 00:20:33,149 --> 00:20:34,900 Why don't you change out of whatever this is, 389 00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:37,986 'cause we're gonna go to a rager on North Linn Street! 390 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:40,030 Elijah, I would love to go to a rager, but I'm sorry. 391 00:20:40,114 --> 00:20:42,073 I have to, you know, revise my story 392 00:20:42,158 --> 00:20:44,659 and meditate on Priya's story and... 393 00:20:45,411 --> 00:20:46,703 Let's forget who we are. 394 00:20:47,121 --> 00:20:48,413 That's why I'm here. 395 00:20:48,497 --> 00:20:50,957 - Your body looks amazing. - Oh, thanks. 396 00:20:51,042 --> 00:20:53,168 I haven't seen your pubic hair in a long time. 397 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:54,669 I just grew it back. 398 00:22:02,613 --> 00:22:04,531 I'm not gay. 399 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:06,241 Yeah, me neither, bro. 400 00:22:08,077 --> 00:22:09,619 Oh? Okay. 401 00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:13,707 - All right. - Yeah. 402 00:22:13,791 --> 00:22:16,376 Yeah. Parties are fun, right? 403 00:22:16,544 --> 00:22:17,836 Is this what happens at every party? 404 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,546 Every party I'm at. 405 00:22:24,885 --> 00:22:28,179 Excuse me, ding-a-ling, coming through. 406 00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:32,600 What's wrong? 407 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:36,271 My boyfriend, he's cheating on me. 408 00:22:36,647 --> 00:22:38,314 Your boyfriend is cheating on you? 409 00:22:38,399 --> 00:22:40,567 Where the fuck is that dingbat? 410 00:22:40,651 --> 00:22:43,820 Des Moines. He goes to lowa State. 411 00:22:44,655 --> 00:22:46,614 Oh, so you're saying it's a long-distance thing? 412 00:22:47,908 --> 00:22:50,702 Oh, then you're gonna need to snap out of it. 413 00:22:50,786 --> 00:22:53,288 Them's the rules, honey. Don't ask, don't tell. 414 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:54,873 If you're not gonna know what he's doing there, 415 00:22:54,957 --> 00:22:56,708 he's not gonna know what you're doing here. 416 00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:59,669 And that's okay. And that's why you're gonna move into that living room, 417 00:22:59,754 --> 00:23:01,463 and you are gonna bust a nut. 418 00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:04,883 You are gonna get your dick wet. You are gonna get yours. 419 00:23:04,967 --> 00:23:06,384 That's what you need to do. 420 00:23:06,469 --> 00:23:08,803 You can't sit around being Little Miss Faithful. 421 00:23:08,888 --> 00:23:09,929 That's fucking crazy! 422 00:23:10,014 --> 00:23:12,057 - Are you crazy? - No. 423 00:23:12,433 --> 00:23:14,684 I'm sorry. Here, drink this. Drink this. 424 00:23:14,769 --> 00:23:16,686 It's okay. It's just I've seen a lot of things. 425 00:23:16,771 --> 00:23:19,564 I'm 25 years old and I'm here to help you, all right? 426 00:23:19,857 --> 00:23:21,232 All right? You're gonna be all right. 427 00:23:21,317 --> 00:23:22,400 You're gonna be all right, okay? 428 00:23:22,485 --> 00:23:23,818 I'm gonna use the bathroom before you. 429 00:23:23,903 --> 00:23:25,278 Thank you. 430 00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:32,619 Get her! 431 00:23:35,706 --> 00:23:37,165 Come on, Hannah! 432 00:23:37,374 --> 00:23:38,416 Get her! 433 00:23:38,501 --> 00:23:40,001 Fight! Fight! Fight! 434 00:23:42,088 --> 00:23:44,089 Scissor her! Really lez out! 435 00:23:44,173 --> 00:23:45,548 That's what they all wanna see! 436 00:23:52,598 --> 00:23:54,015 - Yeah! - Go, take her down! Whoo! 437 00:24:00,731 --> 00:24:03,024 Yeah! 438 00:24:16,872 --> 00:24:18,498 Elijah? 439 00:24:18,582 --> 00:24:20,250 Elijah, let's go. 440 00:24:22,002 --> 00:24:23,753 Hannah, we did it. 441 00:24:23,838 --> 00:24:26,047 We did it. Come on. 442 00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:28,383 We did it. 443 00:24:30,344 --> 00:24:31,928 Everyone's sleeping. 444 00:24:32,221 --> 00:24:34,222 Why is everybody asleep? 445 00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:36,099 Fuckin' pussy. 446 00:24:37,601 --> 00:24:39,853 I want to go back to undergrad school. 447 00:24:39,937 --> 00:24:42,188 I don't want to stay in grad school. 448 00:24:42,523 --> 00:24:43,731 lowa.