(rock music playing)
You know why it's a great day?
For you? Because it's a day.
Endless possibilities lie ahead.
Nothing is endless except your goofy face.
What a great day!
Looky here. What should we buy?
We're not buying anything. That money is not yours.
This is where our friendship ends, right here, right now.
Goodbye forever.
Maya, somebody dropped that.
Who? Name? Whose is it?
Whose? I'll take any "whose." I'll take the "who's" with the apostrophe
because I never know which is right.
How could you live knowing that that belongs to somebody else?
Everything I own belonged to somebody else.
Riley, it's a five-sky. Not even a one-sky.
Anybody could find a one-sky.
Put it back.
This is my only source of income.
(bell rings)
Read what it says, Maya.
"In God we trust."
Seriously, you're going to go all the way there?
Don't you believe that someone is always watching
to see if you do the right thing?
Not anymore.
Maya, you know what I'm talking about.
And you know what I'm talking about?
Two mocha-chip ice-cream cones.
Mocha-chip, you say?
With a mocha chip in every bite.
How do they do that?
Riles, how about I do what I do, and you do what you do?
That's ridiculous.
Riley? (gasps)
Oh, no.
What a great day!
I mean, come on!
Are You seeing this?
(theme music playing)
♪ I've been waiting ♪
♪ For a day like this to come ♪
♪ Struck like lightning ♪
♪ My heart's beating like a drum ♪
♪ On the edge of something ♪
♪ Wonderful ♪
♪ Face to face with changes ♪
♪ What's it all about? ♪
♪ Life is crazy ♪
♪ But I know I can work it out ♪
♪ 'Cause I got you to live it with me ♪
♪ I feel all right, I'm gonna take on the world ♪
♪ Light up the stars, I've got some pages to turn ♪
♪ I'm singing, "Oh oh oh ♪
♪ "Oh oh oh oh" ♪
♪ Take on the world, take on the world ♪
♪ Take on the world, take on the world. ♪
Riles, it was just a coincidence I happened to find it.
Can you leave it alone?
There are no coincidences, Maya.
A coincidence is just the universe's way of saying, "Hi."
Hi.
Somebody here needs to learn a lesson.
In 1425, Joan of Arc, a 13-year-old girl,
believed that she heard the voice of God...
(whispering) This is your lesson.
...telling her to drive the English out of France.
-Wow. -Amazing.
Yeah, back then you could drive at 13?
Nobody hears voices in their head.
That's just crazy.
It is so!
Now Joan knew that this belief
could cost her her life.
What if she wasn't crazy, Farkle?
What if she just deeply believed in something?
Well, why believe in anything you can't prove?
Ah, now there's a question.
-Guess where this is leading us. -To an assignment.
-(all groaning) -Yay.
You've all walked through life long enough
with your blissfully empty heads.
But what do you guys really believe in?
Some of our greatest thinkers believed in something so strongly
that they gave their lives to change the world.
Show-offs.
Does anyone here believe in anything, anything at all?
I believe that Maya did wrong
by taking somebody else's five-dollar bill.
I believe in five dollars' worth of ice cream.
And I believe that you two are the perfect team for this
if there ever was one.
You guys are going to report on Thomas Jefferson.
Aw, boo!
Farkle, you're a man of science.
I needs me my proof.
-And Lucas. -I have beliefs that work for me, sir.
Well, this is going to be fun.
You guys are going to report on Joan of Arc.
-She's a saint. -Yeah, a saint. Whoo-whoo!
Now I want you two girls to really learn something from Jefferson.
Ah, boo!
Why do you keep booing Jefferson?
-He hates us. -How do you know?
-He's making us do this. -He died over 200 years ago.
-So it's you making us do this. -Yeah.
Both: Aw, boo! STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop)
Thank you. Thank you.
Auggie: I'm doing my best,
but some days are hard.
Like today was a hard day.
I'm doing my best.
Do you fly around up there?
Is it crowded?
Do you bump into anybody, or is there room to go fast?
Auggie, honey? Oh.
Are you sleeping?
Okay, I understand. Good night.
Can you see me from up there?
How many fingers am I holding up?
-Hi. -You're still here?
Yeah-huh.
Very clever with the shutting-the-door thing.
Thank you.
Are you talking to someone?
No, I was talking in my sleep. I'm sleeping right now.
Oh. 'Cause you're saying some very interesting things.
Could we talk about it tomorrow when I wake up?
Yeah. And you know, some things are just personal and private,
and that's okay too.
Thank you.
Okay. Just you and me.
Do you have anything you want to talk about?
I'm a good listener.
You don't just pick things up and think that they're yours.
Oh, my gosh! Look what I found!
You need to believe in things.
I might if my life was as hunky-dory as yours.
Oh, so you're saying it's easier to believe when things are going well?
Things are going well. I just got 10 bucks
and this new purse I just lent you.
Then why won't you believe in anything?
How can you go through life so blind, so trusting?
I do trust in certain things.
Why? What is that? I don't understand that.
I don't know. I just feel like I have a better life because of it.
You have a better life because of look-at-ya!
Your freak face is just a collection of cells and bone structure
that was randomly and somehow so perfectly put together
that if there is a force that did that for you,
I'll tell you right now, he hates me.
How has my deep, deep teenage belief system not rubbed off on you?
Thomas Jefferson, please.
Fine. What do we know about him?
He's on both my five-dollar bills.
-He's on the two. -I just said that.
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
-Lincoln. -Jefferson.
Do you even know the difference between them?
-Three bucks. -Hi, girls.
You aren't going to be any help on this, are you?
I have faith that somehow it'll all get done.
Yeah, by me, Maya, like always.
And we're just going to go over here.
They burned Joan of Arc at the stake because they were afraid.
Just like you're afraid there are certain things
that can't be explained by science.
They were afraid because they believed in witches and superstitions,
because they lacked the knowledge to diagnose her condition.
Why do you have to call it a condition? She had a vision.
Well, you say "vision," but you know vision, properly diagnosed
by a medical professional is, "Whoo!"
Farkle, you did it.
What I believe? All wrong.
I really respect how you and your--
your scientific mind have changed me.
Oh, either that or pffft!
Okay, I can't work with St. Huckleberry the Perfect.
-Tell me about it. -Riley, change partners?
-Absolutely. -Oh, of course, you'd make it a square dance.
Yes?
We want to switch teams.
"No can do, kids! Once you make teams,
"there's no switching back because what I say goes,
"because I have a whistle."
I don't sound like that.
Kids: You do.
Okay, fine, go ahead, switch.
-Really? -Sure.
(blows whistle)
Wow, he really does.
-He's up to something. -He's sneaky smart.
Well, maybe we should just stay the teams that we were.
-Not a chance. -I'm fine with my face.
Maya, come on, I won't bring it up again.
You and I are always partners.
Riles, I just-- I just need a break.
-From what? -From you and all these things you believe.
I don't think she really meant that, Riley.
She does. She wants a break from me.
Money changes people.
-Maya? -Maya's on vacation.
Please leave a message at the beep.
(slurping)
Oh, there's no beep, is there?
Look, Riley and I are just taking friendly little break.
-It's no big thing. -I'm not sure Riley sees it that way. STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop)
The two of you can't be apart.
It shakes the foundations of the whole world.
That's not very scientific, Farkle.
Some things are just true.
I'm on vacation,
just like you're on vacation from the cowboy.
How does Lucas have faith in stuff he can't even see?
How are me and him even friends?
Join me at the beach, Farkle.
Is nothing real anymore?
You know, it is possible that you're too close.
Whoa.
Okay, let's just do the assignment then.
How do you feel about Thomas Jefferson?
Well, the more I read, the more impressive he gets.
Right? He never once wavered from what he believed.
I admire his strength of character.
So we completely agree with each other.
Looks like it.
Yeah.
Both: So why do I need you?
Both: I don't know.
I think Joan of Arc had a screw loose.
Eh, she was just a goofball teenage girl
that just wanted to show what she thought about things.
Sounds like someone we know.
Sounds like deep down, you admire her.
No.
I don't admire her.
I don't miss her
and I am quite enjoying my "me" time.
I miss her. I love her.
What did you do to me, Farkle? (grunts)
-Where are you going? -Airport. You ruined my whole vacation.
(buzzing)
-(both squealing) -Hi, peaches!
You're back! What'd you bring me?
Nothing. Where's my dinner?
(clicks)
Ooh, that's a good one.
Okay, we know you're going to say no, but--
-Switch again. -Thank you.
So are you and Maya back together?
No, Riley and I have decided to separate our work lives
from our bay-window lives.
Well, I'm sure that will keep the love alive.
Why did my father assign us Jefferson?
I get that he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
He said, "We hold these truths to be self-evident."
Is that what he wants us to know?
That believing in something is just the obvious thing to do?
Not to me.
A scientist needs to hold things under a microscope, Riley.
That's the only way to really understand what's right in front of you.
Did you ever think that when you look through a microscope,
you miss the bigger picture?
No.
So Joan of Arc. I think she was kind of amazing.
Lucas, what is it that makes people like her and you
have faith in a higher power?
Riley of Arc is trying to push me there,
but I'm just not the type of person
that likes to be pushed, you know?
Yeah, I've noticed.
I don't think you can be pushed into something this important anyway,
even by Riley.
Yeah. Joan of Arc thought she had a voice in her head.
(laughs)
Yeah. Look, don't expect it to be big, loud and obvious.
For me, most of what I believe comes to me when it's quiet.
Yeah? I don't get a lot of quiet.
What do you do?
I don't know. You just-- you just listen.
Honey, are you okay? Why are your eyes wide open?
Do they really burn people at the stake?
No. Who put that idea in your head?
They're talking about him-- Tony Stark.
They can't do that to him. He's made of iron.
Tony Stark? Oh. No, honey, calm down.
They were talking about Joan of Arc. It was a long time ago.
She was talking to people and no one could see
who she was talking to. It scared people.
So if you're talking, but no one is really there,
they come after you?
Auggie, this is not something for you to be worried about, okay?
Okay, then I won't.
(grunts)
Is this why I didn't hear you talking tonight?
(muffled) You wouldn't let anybody get me, right?
Auggie, nobody is going to get you,
except me.
Mommy?
Yes, Aug?
You think Daddy will be okay without you for a few more minutes?
Yes. He's a big boy. He'll be just fine.
Cory: Topanga, I'm lonely!
Can I ask you a very personal question?
Are there any other kind?
-Do you pray? -All the time. STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop)
-Isn't that sort of... -Amazing.
-...greedy? -Greedy? How?
Shouldn't you leave something for someone else?
-Huh. -Well, I think everyone gets heard.
See, I just don't get how those things are possible.
I mean, do you really believe He hears everything you say?
-Do you like computers? -I do.
Can I find out everywhere you've been with just one click?
-Yeah. -God can't do that?
Morning, guys. You get everything sorted out?
No. Why won't everybody just believe everything I believe?
-They won't? -No.
How dare they?
Farkle, I thought men of science
were open to new discoveries?
Look, people, it's simple-- seeing is believing.
So you don't believe that Joan of Arc heard the voice of--
-God? First you'll have to prove God to me. -Okay.
Okay, I'm right, or okay, you're actually going--
Take a deep breath, Farkle.
Now that air that you just breathed in,
that air that's between you and me, what color is it?
It's clear, Mr. Matthews. That's why I can see you.
I believe in you because I can see you.
-That's your position? -Yes.
-Roy G. Biv. -Uh-oh.
-What? -We learned about Roy G. Biv in first grade.
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
It's a rainbow.
You got a prism on you, Farkle?
No! Who would carry a-- why would you think-- yes.
Great.
So remind me what this does, please.
It slows down the speed of light
and refracts it into the elemental spectrum of colors.
Riley: Ooh, a rainbow.
That's right.
So this air that's between you and me
isn't really clear at all, is it?
-Even though we can't see that. -Okay, but I don't see how--
What's outside that window, Farkle?
Flowers, the fire escape,
the street, the people on the street, apartment buildings.
And what's in the apartment buildings?
I can't see that.
People, families, mothers, fathers, kids.
-And beyond them? -The sky, the stars, the whole universe.
All of it. Every person, every child,
everything out there, everything we see and we don't see--
all these shiny elements of a force that bound us together--
I like to think of that as a part of God refracted,
aspects of God that I can see.
What's the secret to life, Riley?
People change people.
We're here to discover what it is we want to believe in.
And different people believe in different things.
But it doesn't hurt to listen to people we love
before we decide for ourselves.
Oh. And, uh, Lucas?
-I'm in your daughter's room? -Yeah.
Just wanted to say good night, bud.
Daddy, you always protect me, right?
Don't you have faith in us, bubba?
I do.
-So I'm safe? -You are.
You live in a place where no one is going to hurt you
for saying your prayers out loud.
What? Oh, I wasn't praying.
I mean, I do pray.
I pray in the bathtub.
I pray I won't get sucked down the drain.
Well, it's working for you.
Wait, so Auggie, who have you been talking to?
Mrs. Svorski.
I'm worried she has no one to talk to anymore.
Auggie, you know what?
She's got people up there that love her.
And she's got you down here.
Don't worry. She's covered.
So I could still talk to her?
It helps me not miss her so much.
Any time you want.
Please say hi for us.
I will. Good night.
Good night, bubba.
Good night, you sweet boy.
So today I got you a cookie.
But I wasn't sure where to send it,
so I ate it.
Tomorrow I'm getting you a toy.
We're all up here together because we don't know who's with who anymore.
-Thomas Jefferson. -Joan of Arc.
Before he wrote the Declaration of Independence,
Jefferson warmed up with a little something called...
The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom.
-Found it, did ya? -You knew we would.
He strongly believed that in a truly free society,
religion should be a personal choice.
Thanks to him and what he believed,
we live in a place where we can listen to what others have to say
and then make decisions for ourselves.
So how can I not do the same for you?
Thanks, Riley.
Very enlightening, ladies. Guys?
Joan of Arc was the fiercest teenage girl there ever was, STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop)
and I know some pretty fierce teenage girls.
(chuckles)
She believed so much in what she thought was right,
her beliefs inspired a whole nation.
Did God speak to her? Who can say for sure?
But there is no question that she believed.
And that's what gave her a strong voice of her own.
-Nice report, guys. -Nice assignment, Mr. Matthews.
Thanks, Farkle. I try.
Want to know what I learned to believe?
Absolutely.
We are somehow surrounded
by the people we need in our lives.
They're right in front of me.
And I can see them.
I don't know how it happened
that the four of us are here together in this place
at this time right now,
That part's a mystery to me.
But I'm grateful that it happened.
What are you doing?
Well, we went on a pretty good journey for five bucks, didn't we?
It's worth it to me to give someone else the chance to go.
-(both laugh) -(bell rings)
I love you just the way you are
and I never want you to take a vacation from me again
and I will never try to make you do any--
I said a prayer last night.
Can I say yay?
It was real quiet.
I was alone in my bedroom looking out my window.
And all those people in all those buildings,
I just-- I wanted them to be taken care of.
I love you.
You were in my prayer last night too, and my mom.
Ooh, what did you pray for me?
No, no, no, don't tell me. That's between you and--
I want you to have an endless supply of great days.
Thank you. What did you pray for yourself?
Me? Nothing.
I would never bug Him about me.
Gee, I always bug Him about me.
I like what you believe, Maya.
Thanks, Riley.