1 00:00:02,833 --> 00:00:04,958 Something new and exciting, please. 2 00:00:04,958 --> 00:00:05,875 We've done everything. 3 00:00:05,875 --> 00:00:08,166 Wouldn't it be a sad situation if that were true? 4 00:00:09,208 --> 00:00:10,833 -Oh... -You got somethin'? 5 00:00:10,833 --> 00:00:12,333 -Oh... -I predict that 6 00:00:12,333 --> 00:00:14,000 the next thing you say is gonna be ridiculous. 7 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,625 We should have our Sweet Sixteen now! 8 00:00:15,625 --> 00:00:16,875 -I'm right. -Why? 9 00:00:16,875 --> 00:00:19,875 Well, because, you see, I just turned 15 10 00:00:19,875 --> 00:00:22,000 and you're eight. 11 00:00:23,250 --> 00:00:25,000 (sing-songy) I have all my big teeth. 12 00:00:26,208 --> 00:00:28,375 We can't have a Sweet Sixteen. 13 00:00:28,375 --> 00:00:30,875 -I didn't get mybat mitzvah. -You're not Jewish. 14 00:00:30,875 --> 00:00:32,166 I didn't get myquinceañera . 15 00:00:32,166 --> 00:00:34,458 You're not Latina. 16 00:00:34,458 --> 00:00:36,583 I want something! I want something now, Daddy! 17 00:00:36,583 --> 00:00:38,375 No, still me. 18 00:00:39,625 --> 00:00:40,875 What can you do for me? 19 00:00:40,875 --> 00:00:43,291 I can tell you it's not time for a Sweet Sixteen yet. 20 00:00:43,291 --> 00:00:45,375 It's all so random. 21 00:00:45,375 --> 00:00:47,250 We should be able to have it any time. 22 00:00:47,250 --> 00:00:49,583 They just call it "Sweet Sixteen" because of suh suh. 23 00:00:49,583 --> 00:00:51,291 No, if it was a suh suh thing, 24 00:00:51,291 --> 00:00:53,333 they could have called it "Sweet Seventeen" just as much. 25 00:00:53,333 --> 00:00:54,458 No, they could not. 26 00:00:54,458 --> 00:00:55,750 "Sweet Sixteen," you're sweet. 27 00:00:55,750 --> 00:00:57,083 "Seventeen," who cares already? 28 00:00:58,583 --> 00:00:59,750 Ooh. 29 00:00:59,750 --> 00:01:01,416 -You got somethin'? -Ooh! 30 00:01:01,416 --> 00:01:03,875 I predict the next thing that you say is gonna be amazing! 31 00:01:03,875 --> 00:01:06,083 See, that right there is the difference between me and you. 32 00:01:06,083 --> 00:01:08,291 What if we did suh suh suh? 33 00:01:08,291 --> 00:01:09,958 Oh! Impossible! 34 00:01:09,958 --> 00:01:11,708 No one's ever done the suh suh suh before. 35 00:01:13,333 --> 00:01:15,833 -What is it? -"Surprise Sweet Sixteen." 36 00:01:15,833 --> 00:01:16,958 (whispers) Surprise. 37 00:01:16,958 --> 00:01:18,333 (whispers) Surprise. 38 00:01:19,583 --> 00:01:22,333 When we talk, magic happens. 39 00:01:22,333 --> 00:01:24,833 -Both: ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ -(theme music plays) 40 00:01:24,833 --> 00:01:26,208 -That's right. -Uh-huh. 41 00:01:30,958 --> 00:01:32,583 ♪ I've been waiting ♪ 42 00:01:32,583 --> 00:01:34,958 ♪ For a day like this to come ♪ 43 00:01:34,958 --> 00:01:36,583 ♪ Struck like lightning ♪ 44 00:01:36,583 --> 00:01:39,000 ♪ My heart's beating like a drum ♪ 45 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,000 ♪ On the edge of something wonderful ♪ 46 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,708 ♪ Face-to-face with changes ♪ 47 00:01:45,708 --> 00:01:47,416 ♪ What's it all about? ♪ 48 00:01:47,416 --> 00:01:49,125 ♪ Life is crazy ♪ 49 00:01:49,125 --> 00:01:51,750 ♪ But I know I can work it out ♪ 50 00:01:51,750 --> 00:01:55,958 ♪ 'Cause I got you to live it with me ♪ 51 00:01:55,958 --> 00:01:56,958 ♪ I feel all right ♪ 52 00:01:56,958 --> 00:01:59,708 ♪ I'm gonna take on the world ♪ 53 00:01:59,708 --> 00:02:00,875 ♪ Light up the stars ♪ 54 00:02:00,875 --> 00:02:03,291 ♪ I've got some pages to turn ♪ 55 00:02:03,291 --> 00:02:06,333 ♪ I'm singing "Go-o-o" ♪ 56 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:08,625 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ 57 00:02:08,625 --> 00:02:11,250 ♪ Take on the world Take on the world ♪ 58 00:02:11,250 --> 00:02:12,500 ♪ Take on the world ♪ 59 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:15,458 ♪ Take on the world Take on the world ♪ 60 00:02:15,458 --> 00:02:16,958 ♪ Take on the world ♪ 61 00:02:21,458 --> 00:02:24,291 In every life, there are landmarks. 62 00:02:24,291 --> 00:02:27,000 What are the historical markers of our lives? 63 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,250 Most important first. 64 00:02:28,250 --> 00:02:30,000 -Sweet Sixteen. -No. 65 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,875 Arbor Day! 66 00:02:31,875 --> 00:02:35,000 No. Even Sweet Sixteen is more important than Arbor Day. 67 00:02:36,250 --> 00:02:38,333 -Sweet Sixteen. -Arbor Day! 68 00:02:39,708 --> 00:02:42,000 No, most important first. 69 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,875 Sweet Sixteen is the doorway to our driver's license. 70 00:02:44,875 --> 00:02:48,000 Arbor Day is the doorway to nobody knows what it is. 71 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,458 And college. 72 00:02:50,458 --> 00:02:51,708 You're going without me? 73 00:02:51,708 --> 00:02:53,291 No, you're going to the little one next door. 74 00:02:53,291 --> 00:02:55,291 Yay! 75 00:02:55,291 --> 00:02:56,958 -Farkle? -Birth. 76 00:02:56,958 --> 00:03:00,125 Okay, let's go with that because it's not what you said. 77 00:03:01,291 --> 00:03:02,458 What's next? 78 00:03:02,458 --> 00:03:04,208 I win the Nobel Prize for Physics. 79 00:03:05,375 --> 00:03:06,875 Smackle, we just got born. 80 00:03:06,875 --> 00:03:08,500 Okay. I'll wait. 81 00:03:09,750 --> 00:03:11,500 -Our first birthday. -Okay, birth. 82 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:15,458 So then, we celebrate our birth every year. What's next? 83 00:03:15,458 --> 00:03:17,583 I win the Nobel Prize for Physics. 84 00:03:18,708 --> 00:03:20,000 Not yet. 85 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,708 Get to it! 86 00:03:22,875 --> 00:03:25,000 Our first steps, our first words, 87 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,250 our first day at school. 88 00:03:26,250 --> 00:03:27,875 -(students groan) -Yay! 89 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:30,875 The day I met Riley and Maya and Smackle and Lucas and Zay. 90 00:03:33,291 --> 00:03:36,083 Okay, so we get born. 91 00:03:36,083 --> 00:03:37,875 We learn to walk and talk. 92 00:03:37,875 --> 00:03:40,458 We meet our friends. Then what? 93 00:03:40,458 --> 00:03:42,000 You know. 94 00:03:43,750 --> 00:03:46,083 Then we grew up and we're not little kids anymore. 95 00:03:46,083 --> 00:03:47,458 And it went by fast, didn't it? 96 00:03:47,458 --> 00:03:50,416 It goes by very fast, Mr. Babineaux. 97 00:03:50,416 --> 00:03:53,750 Your adventures were my adventures 98 00:03:53,750 --> 00:03:55,000 not very long ago. 99 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Then we have our various coming of age ceremonies. 100 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Oh, you mean like... 101 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,875 I want us to have a Surprise Sweet Sixteen party. 102 00:04:00,875 --> 00:04:03,000 Riley, how is it a surprise if we all know about it? 103 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,500 'Cause we're gonna have it now 104 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:06,875 while we're all 15 and you're 24. 105 00:04:09,375 --> 00:04:12,625 Okay, everybody, make a big surprise face. 106 00:04:12,625 --> 00:04:14,458 (students gasp) 107 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,625 Yeah, don't do that. 108 00:04:18,875 --> 00:04:21,208 And anyway, it doesn't matter. It doesn't count. 109 00:04:21,208 --> 00:04:23,291 I mean, it must have been a "Sweet Sixteen" for a reason. 110 00:04:23,291 --> 00:04:24,875 Why? I don't care. 111 00:04:24,875 --> 00:04:26,458 Well, now actually, 112 00:04:26,458 --> 00:04:27,958 Zay brings up an interesting point. 113 00:04:27,958 --> 00:04:29,958 No, I don't. 114 00:04:29,958 --> 00:04:33,375 Riley has an instinct to accelerate the clock. 115 00:04:33,375 --> 00:04:34,500 Why do you think that is? 116 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:37,250 Because I want a party. 117 00:04:37,250 --> 00:04:38,375 Try again. 118 00:04:39,750 --> 00:04:42,500 Well, 'cause I agree with Zay. 119 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:44,000 We are growing up very fast. 120 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,291 What? You agree with me? 121 00:04:45,291 --> 00:04:46,458 Yeah. 122 00:04:46,458 --> 00:04:47,958 (gasps) 123 00:04:49,375 --> 00:04:51,208 Okay. Yeah, that was fun. 124 00:04:51,208 --> 00:04:53,208 Hey, but watch this surprise face. 125 00:04:53,208 --> 00:04:54,875 (gasps) 126 00:04:56,583 --> 00:04:58,333 Okay, only one was fun. 127 00:04:59,833 --> 00:05:01,708 Okay, so there it is, freshmen. STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop) 128 00:05:01,708 --> 00:05:05,958 You guys are all gonna be 16 or 17 in your junior year. 129 00:05:05,958 --> 00:05:08,000 You're gonna be thinkin' about where to go to college. 130 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,750 Stockholm University so I can be nearby 131 00:05:09,750 --> 00:05:12,416 to pick up my Nobel Prize. 132 00:05:12,416 --> 00:05:14,833 -We'll talk. -We'll talk in Swedish. 133 00:05:16,833 --> 00:05:19,875 Okay, Smackle has her life worked out. 134 00:05:19,875 --> 00:05:21,375 What about the rest of you? 135 00:05:22,458 --> 00:05:24,458 Are you better off letting life surprise you 136 00:05:24,458 --> 00:05:27,625 or is there a way to be ready for whatever is gonna happen? 137 00:05:27,625 --> 00:05:28,833 How would that be possible? 138 00:05:28,833 --> 00:05:31,958 By looking at the landmarks of our lives so far. 139 00:05:31,958 --> 00:05:35,166 Have they prepared you for what's gonna come next? 140 00:05:35,166 --> 00:05:37,750 Happy Sweet Sixteen, everybody. 141 00:05:37,750 --> 00:05:41,958 Your assignment is to tell me what's gonna happen next. 142 00:05:48,250 --> 00:05:49,875 Okay, let's pretend that we've finished 143 00:05:49,875 --> 00:05:51,875 our sophomore year and we're juniors now. 144 00:05:51,875 --> 00:05:53,458 What's changed? 145 00:05:53,458 --> 00:05:55,750 I don't understand what could be calculated by projecting the future. 146 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:57,000 You and Maya still best friends? 147 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,458 -Better than now. -Absolutely. 148 00:05:58,458 --> 00:06:01,000 -That is speculation. -Speculation is not scientific. 149 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,458 We can't learn anything this way. 150 00:06:02,458 --> 00:06:03,708 You and I still together? 151 00:06:04,875 --> 00:06:06,375 -I hope so. -Both: Huh. 152 00:06:07,458 --> 00:06:09,708 Riley's confidence in her relationship with Maya 153 00:06:09,708 --> 00:06:11,583 is far stronger than her confidence in Lucas. 154 00:06:11,583 --> 00:06:13,583 -Well, what can we take from this? -I end up with Lucas. 155 00:06:13,583 --> 00:06:15,125 -Smackle! -Yeah, like yelling at me 156 00:06:15,125 --> 00:06:17,833 is gonna change the course of destiny. 157 00:06:17,833 --> 00:06:19,708 You're not confident in us? 158 00:06:20,875 --> 00:06:22,083 I'm hopeful for us. 159 00:06:22,083 --> 00:06:23,208 But Maya? 160 00:06:23,208 --> 00:06:25,125 Both: We're forever. 161 00:06:25,125 --> 00:06:27,500 -I believe 'em. -So do I. 162 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:29,125 It's what gives me hope for all of us. 163 00:06:29,125 --> 00:06:31,125 So, regular friends are stronger relationships 164 00:06:31,125 --> 00:06:32,500 than boyfriends and girlfriends. 165 00:06:32,500 --> 00:06:34,708 Or are those types of relationships so new to us, 166 00:06:34,708 --> 00:06:36,416 we simply don't understand them yet? 167 00:06:36,416 --> 00:06:38,000 Well, maybe that's why we take up a whole lot 168 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,291 of high school trying to figure them out. 169 00:06:40,291 --> 00:06:42,000 I'm hopeful for us too, Riley. 170 00:06:44,208 --> 00:06:45,958 What is that? 171 00:06:45,958 --> 00:06:48,000 They know there's vulnerability in that kind of relationship, 172 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,416 -and yet that happened. -What is that? 173 00:06:49,416 --> 00:06:50,708 -What just happened there? -Feelings. 174 00:06:50,708 --> 00:06:52,875 How are we supposed to measure feelings? 175 00:06:52,875 --> 00:06:55,333 How are we supposed to know what we're gonna feel when we're juniors? 176 00:06:55,333 --> 00:06:57,208 What kind of dumb-head assignment is this? 177 00:06:57,208 --> 00:06:59,958 Get out the way. She gonna explode. 178 00:06:59,958 --> 00:07:02,250 I'm gonna fail this assignment! 179 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,458 I'm gonna fail this assignment. 180 00:07:05,458 --> 00:07:06,458 Click. 181 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Wh-- what happened? 182 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,375 She crashed. 183 00:07:12,375 --> 00:07:14,291 -What, like a computer? -Yeah, it's like 184 00:07:14,291 --> 00:07:16,375 the little rainbow wheel is spinning. She'll be back. 185 00:07:16,375 --> 00:07:18,708 -Lucas, can I talk to you for a second? -Sure. 186 00:07:28,375 --> 00:07:29,458 Maya? 187 00:07:29,458 --> 00:07:31,583 What if we don't care about our boyfriends 188 00:07:31,583 --> 00:07:33,000 as much as we care about each other? 189 00:07:38,708 --> 00:07:40,875 No, we'll just care for them in a different way. 190 00:07:40,875 --> 00:07:42,375 What different way? 191 00:07:42,375 --> 00:07:43,375 Less. 192 00:07:46,416 --> 00:07:48,625 Why do we make friendships if they're only gonna go away? 193 00:07:48,625 --> 00:07:50,208 Why do they have to go away? 194 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,458 'Cause we're supposed to think like juniors now. 195 00:07:54,458 --> 00:07:56,375 So? What's gonna be different? 196 00:07:56,375 --> 00:07:59,291 (mouthing) 197 00:07:59,291 --> 00:08:01,500 Well, right now, there are millions of juniors 198 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:04,166 all over the world deciding what college they want to get into. 199 00:08:07,291 --> 00:08:09,291 And even though they say that they're all gonna 200 00:08:09,291 --> 00:08:12,583 be friends forever, they're all going some place, Maya. 201 00:08:14,125 --> 00:08:16,458 We're going to the same college, right? 202 00:08:16,458 --> 00:08:18,833 -Riley-- -We're going to the same college. 203 00:08:18,833 --> 00:08:22,000 What if I need to go to Europe or something to study Art? 204 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,833 You will, so get into the same college as me. 205 00:08:23,833 --> 00:08:26,250 No, I won't. We're supposed to think like juniors. 206 00:08:26,250 --> 00:08:27,958 That's when we know we don't stay together forever. 207 00:08:31,583 --> 00:08:34,375 Sweet Sixteen isn't sweet at all. 208 00:08:34,375 --> 00:08:35,875 They lied to us. 209 00:08:35,875 --> 00:08:39,625 Okay, you two are the strangest people alive. 210 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,708 -Press any key to continue. -Never mind. 211 00:08:52,958 --> 00:08:54,083 What'd I miss? 212 00:08:54,083 --> 00:08:57,708 Well, Riley and Maya are more important than Riley and Lucas. 213 00:08:57,708 --> 00:08:58,875 I don't think anybody missed that. 214 00:08:58,875 --> 00:09:00,208 I like your glasses. 215 00:09:00,208 --> 00:09:02,083 Oh. I just got 'em. 216 00:09:02,083 --> 00:09:03,708 Oh, uh, and we probably 217 00:09:03,708 --> 00:09:05,083 won't be together after high school anymore. 218 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,416 Oh. 219 00:09:08,416 --> 00:09:10,000 Click. 220 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,125 All right, will you stop that? Who does that? 221 00:09:12,125 --> 00:09:13,708 Both: Click. 222 00:09:23,333 --> 00:09:24,958 -Listen. -Yeah? 223 00:09:24,958 --> 00:09:26,583 -Look. -Yeah? 224 00:09:26,583 --> 00:09:29,875 -Listen. -I don't want to get old here, Farkle. 225 00:09:29,875 --> 00:09:32,333 I just want you to know that if Smackle has feelings for you-- 226 00:09:32,333 --> 00:09:34,000 -Farkle-- -Shmeh. 227 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,583 -I would step aside. -Farkle-- 228 00:09:35,583 --> 00:09:36,708 Shmeh! 229 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,250 It's true. 230 00:09:39,250 --> 00:09:41,875 Smackle and I are people of science. We don't do well with feelings. 231 00:09:41,875 --> 00:09:43,458 If it's you she wants, I would step aside. 232 00:09:43,458 --> 00:09:44,750 I learned that from Riley. 233 00:09:44,750 --> 00:09:48,875 You and Riley have the deepest feelings I have ever known. 234 00:09:48,875 --> 00:09:50,166 Thanks. 235 00:09:50,166 --> 00:09:52,875 And if Smackle is into you, I-- I won't take it out on you. 236 00:09:52,875 --> 00:09:54,000 I'll just... 237 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,125 I'll just clone you and do terrible things to the clone. 238 00:09:57,416 --> 00:09:58,625 Are we all gonna be okay? 239 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:01,083 We always will be. 240 00:10:01,083 --> 00:10:02,583 How do you know? STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop) 241 00:10:02,583 --> 00:10:04,333 She believes in us, Farkle. 242 00:10:04,333 --> 00:10:05,875 I mean, yeah, but things change. 243 00:10:05,875 --> 00:10:08,583 The natural evolution of all beings is to grow and change. 244 00:10:09,708 --> 00:10:10,833 Hey, I know this. 245 00:10:10,833 --> 00:10:13,208 What kind of teacher is your father supposed to be? 246 00:10:13,208 --> 00:10:14,458 I'm going to fail this assignment 247 00:10:14,458 --> 00:10:17,000 and he's gonna cost me my Nobel Prize. 248 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,500 Does he know what he's doing? 249 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:21,208 Yes, he does. 250 00:10:21,208 --> 00:10:24,083 Finches and mockingbirds, his boat wasThe Beagle, 251 00:10:24,083 --> 00:10:26,416 and for extra credit, Galapagos. 252 00:10:26,416 --> 00:10:28,000 Charles Darwin. 253 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,083 How do you know the theory of evolution? 254 00:10:30,083 --> 00:10:31,958 Because I failed it. 255 00:10:31,958 --> 00:10:35,125 I know it because I failed it, but he made sure I knew it 256 00:10:35,125 --> 00:10:36,875 because he knew I'd need it someday. 257 00:10:38,958 --> 00:10:41,000 He's a great teacher. 258 00:10:42,333 --> 00:10:44,125 He's the best there is. 259 00:10:44,125 --> 00:10:47,125 And like always, 260 00:10:47,125 --> 00:10:49,750 he's just trying to get us to evolve. 261 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:00,750 Tell us about Cory and Topanga. 262 00:11:00,750 --> 00:11:02,125 -What about 'em? -How they happened. 263 00:11:02,125 --> 00:11:04,000 How'd you make such an important decision so young? 264 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000 -Do we know what we're doing? -What's gonna happen to us? 265 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,958 What if we mess up our entire lives? 266 00:11:07,958 --> 00:11:09,875 -What if everything changes? -You asked two questions. 267 00:11:09,875 --> 00:11:11,291 You can ask two questions. 268 00:11:11,291 --> 00:11:13,500 -No, you ruined the whole thing. -Sorry, let's start over. 269 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:15,125 No! 270 00:11:15,125 --> 00:11:17,166 You're nuts because your father gave you an assignment? 271 00:11:17,166 --> 00:11:19,083 -What do you think? -What's the assignment? 272 00:11:19,083 --> 00:11:21,000 I wanted a Surprise Sweet Sixteen party now. 273 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,458 Diabolical. 274 00:11:22,458 --> 00:11:25,000 So, we're supposed to be 16 and think about what happens next. 275 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,750 -And you're scared. -Well, sure. 276 00:11:26,750 --> 00:11:28,833 What if Maya and I don't get into the same college? 277 00:11:28,833 --> 00:11:31,375 Why would that happen? What happened to all those A's you've been getting? 278 00:11:31,375 --> 00:11:32,875 I only got one A in Spanish. 279 00:11:32,875 --> 00:11:34,500 You're not getting into a good college 280 00:11:34,500 --> 00:11:37,083 -with only one A in Spanish! -You loved me once. 281 00:11:38,166 --> 00:11:40,458 So, I'm going to a lesser school 282 00:11:40,458 --> 00:11:42,000 so we can always be together. 283 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,166 Uh-huh. And now you say... 284 00:11:44,166 --> 00:11:45,583 -Okay. -Both: Yay! 285 00:11:45,583 --> 00:11:46,875 No! 286 00:11:46,875 --> 00:11:50,458 What kind of an idiot gives up a top school for someone else? 287 00:11:50,458 --> 00:11:51,958 You. 288 00:11:51,958 --> 00:11:53,708 You gave up Yale for Dad. 289 00:11:56,458 --> 00:12:00,291 Look, Topanga! I went in with two different socks! 290 00:12:01,583 --> 00:12:04,083 You know why? I woke up this morning and thought, 291 00:12:04,083 --> 00:12:06,333 "What's the one thing in my life that I haven't done?" 292 00:12:06,333 --> 00:12:08,958 Well, now I've done it. 293 00:12:10,166 --> 00:12:12,583 It's been a complete life. 294 00:12:12,583 --> 00:12:13,875 (groans) 295 00:12:16,708 --> 00:12:20,500 Oh, yeah, I... I gave up Yale for your dad. 296 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:22,291 I call a do over. 297 00:12:22,291 --> 00:12:23,708 Really? 298 00:12:23,708 --> 00:12:25,708 If I had my life to do over again, 299 00:12:25,708 --> 00:12:27,625 I would do exactly the same thing. 300 00:12:27,625 --> 00:12:29,833 So... 301 00:12:31,958 --> 00:12:35,000 it turns out today wasn't Crazy Hair Day at school at all. 302 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,458 You know what it was? 303 00:12:36,458 --> 00:12:37,875 Photo Day. 304 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:45,000 And in other news, today, I learned the word "wedgie." 305 00:12:49,875 --> 00:12:52,083 You can make all the plans you want. 306 00:12:52,083 --> 00:12:54,375 The truth is, we don't know what's going to happen. 307 00:12:54,375 --> 00:12:57,000 And your two-socks-wearing father knows that too. 308 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,291 So, why would he give you this assignment? 309 00:12:59,291 --> 00:13:02,166 He wants us to look at the landmarks of our lives. 310 00:13:02,166 --> 00:13:04,958 He said maybe they can prepare us for what comes next. 311 00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:06,291 He's right. 312 00:13:06,291 --> 00:13:08,000 That, you can do. 313 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,708 I was a unique, young girl, 314 00:13:09,708 --> 00:13:11,833 I met a boy named Cory Matthews... 315 00:13:11,833 --> 00:13:13,166 I kept some of my friends, 316 00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:15,000 some I don't see so much of anymore, 317 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,250 I'm an excellent attorney, 318 00:13:16,250 --> 00:13:18,375 my husband is an excellent teacher, 319 00:13:18,375 --> 00:13:21,000 we have two children that we love. 320 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,291 What we do and who you are is how we contribute to society. 321 00:13:24,291 --> 00:13:26,708 So, looking back at the landmarks 322 00:13:26,708 --> 00:13:29,208 of my life, here's what I know. 323 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:31,000 No. 324 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,250 No do over. 325 00:13:37,416 --> 00:13:39,333 Life knows we're forever, doesn't it? 326 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Hi. 327 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:58,875 Hello. 328 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:02,166 There are lots of empty seats around, 329 00:14:02,166 --> 00:14:03,708 and yet you are sitting very close. 330 00:14:03,708 --> 00:14:05,583 Oh. Does that bother you? 331 00:14:05,583 --> 00:14:06,875 Well, as you know, I don't like to be 332 00:14:06,875 --> 00:14:08,708 sat right next to except for Farkle. 333 00:14:08,708 --> 00:14:10,500 You have very nice eyes. 334 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:13,875 Okay. They formed in utero, starting with my optic nerves and then my retinas. 335 00:14:13,875 --> 00:14:17,000 So it's okay with you if I just stay right here, right? 336 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,625 Well, you know, Farkle's not here 337 00:14:18,625 --> 00:14:21,000 and you're invading my personal space like a Hun. 338 00:14:22,875 --> 00:14:26,833 If Farkle was here, you would be making a joke like I was hitting on you. 339 00:14:28,375 --> 00:14:30,875 You know what? Maybe everything will stay 340 00:14:30,875 --> 00:14:33,958 exactly the way it is and 16 will be just as sweet 341 00:14:33,958 --> 00:14:35,583 as all of our other years. 342 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,208 And now, here we are. 343 00:14:39,208 --> 00:14:41,458 Finally alone. 344 00:14:41,458 --> 00:14:43,125 And there is something I want to admit to you. 345 00:14:43,125 --> 00:14:45,583 -You're hot for my mind? -No. 346 00:14:45,583 --> 00:14:48,833 You mean you only see me as a steaming cauldron of woman? 347 00:14:48,833 --> 00:14:50,208 Okay. 348 00:14:51,875 --> 00:14:54,958 Lucas Friar, my heart belongs to someone else. 349 00:14:54,958 --> 00:14:56,833 -Say it louder. -Must I torture you? 350 00:14:56,833 --> 00:14:58,375 Would you please? 351 00:14:58,375 --> 00:15:01,000 I just always say those things 352 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,875 because I guess I'm a little insecure STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop) 353 00:15:02,875 --> 00:15:04,500 that Farkle doesn't really, really like me as much 354 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:07,250 as he says, so I guess I'm just trying to protect myself. 355 00:15:09,625 --> 00:15:11,000 You don't have to, Isadora. 356 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,208 I like you exactly as much as I say. 357 00:15:13,208 --> 00:15:15,875 It's possible I might even like you more than "like you." 358 00:15:15,875 --> 00:15:18,000 I don't know. Right now, that's just a hypothesis. 359 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,083 Based on what? 360 00:15:19,083 --> 00:15:20,333 (sighs) 361 00:15:20,333 --> 00:15:22,166 Should have seen how nervous he was from back here. 362 00:15:23,416 --> 00:15:24,708 I think we're a perfect match. 363 00:15:24,708 --> 00:15:26,833 -You do? -Yeah. 364 00:15:28,458 --> 00:15:30,250 Lucas knew how you really felt, but I wasn't sure. 365 00:15:32,083 --> 00:15:34,083 -You can go now. -No, stay where you are. 366 00:15:34,083 --> 00:15:36,708 -Smackle. -You may proceed. 367 00:15:36,708 --> 00:15:38,583 Lucas set this up so I could know how you really felt. 368 00:15:38,583 --> 00:15:40,208 Now you know. 369 00:15:44,250 --> 00:15:48,458 Define "I might even like you more than 'like you.'" 370 00:15:48,458 --> 00:15:50,583 I like you so much that when I'm 16, 371 00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:52,875 I'll tell you to go study in Sweden if you really want to. 372 00:15:54,125 --> 00:15:56,958 No. I'm going to stupid Princeton with you. 373 00:15:58,708 --> 00:16:00,875 Sweden? Princeton? 374 00:16:00,875 --> 00:16:02,000 What's the difference? 375 00:16:03,375 --> 00:16:05,875 They're going away. 376 00:16:05,875 --> 00:16:09,083 Why do people become friends if it's not going to be forever? 377 00:16:10,166 --> 00:16:12,125 I don't want a Sweet Sixteen. 378 00:16:12,125 --> 00:16:14,416 You don't? 379 00:16:14,416 --> 00:16:16,083 No. 380 00:16:16,083 --> 00:16:17,875 I don't want any surprises. 381 00:16:17,875 --> 00:16:19,583 I don't want anybody to go anywhere. 382 00:16:19,583 --> 00:16:22,208 I don't want anything to happen to us at all. 383 00:16:22,208 --> 00:16:24,000 But isn't that the opposite of life? 384 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,250 I don't care. 385 00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:27,000 Nobody move. 386 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,500 Nobody move at all. 387 00:16:31,875 --> 00:16:33,875 You heard her. 388 00:16:39,333 --> 00:16:42,875 Okay, juniors, how are your lives going? 389 00:16:42,875 --> 00:16:44,583 What's next for you? 390 00:16:44,583 --> 00:16:45,750 Smarkle. 391 00:16:48,833 --> 00:16:51,583 Well, Smackle and I have applied early decision to Princeton 392 00:16:51,583 --> 00:16:54,000 and I have a pretty good feeling we're gonna get in. 393 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,958 Is that because you've maintained your excellent academic record? 394 00:16:56,958 --> 00:16:59,166 Yes, and because in the last two years, 395 00:16:59,166 --> 00:17:00,500 we've cured the common cold, 396 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:02,375 invented an alternative fuel source, 397 00:17:02,375 --> 00:17:04,958 solved global warming, and-- (sneezes) 398 00:17:06,416 --> 00:17:08,458 Ah, crud. 399 00:17:08,458 --> 00:17:10,958 So, I take it Farkle and Smackle are still together. 400 00:17:10,958 --> 00:17:12,875 -Yeah. -We have feelings 401 00:17:12,875 --> 00:17:14,291 for each other we must figure out. 402 00:17:14,291 --> 00:17:15,875 Because we're people of science. 403 00:17:15,875 --> 00:17:17,083 It may take forever. 404 00:17:18,291 --> 00:17:20,416 -Good. -Good. 405 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:24,166 Both: Thank you. We are Smarkle. 406 00:17:24,166 --> 00:17:26,125 (students clap) 407 00:17:28,750 --> 00:17:30,000 All right. 408 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,291 Lucas and Zay. 409 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:37,833 Well, I think that the big news is that 410 00:17:37,833 --> 00:17:39,875 Lucas peaked in his sophomore year and now it's Zay time. 411 00:17:39,875 --> 00:17:41,708 Hm. This is not what we decided on. 412 00:17:41,708 --> 00:17:43,500 It is not my fault that you peaked. 413 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:46,000 -You're over. -Yeah? What happened to me? 414 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,583 Know, you say that a lot now, 415 00:17:47,583 --> 00:17:49,000 where you're just like, "What happened to me?" 416 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 and I pull you around in your little red wagon. 417 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,500 You're like, "What happened to me?" 418 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:53,750 and I'm like, "I don't know! 419 00:17:53,750 --> 00:17:55,458 It's Zay time. Stop bringing me down." 420 00:17:56,958 --> 00:17:59,375 So, I'm guessing you've managed to remain friends. 421 00:17:59,375 --> 00:18:00,875 That'll never change. 422 00:18:00,875 --> 00:18:03,958 I used to have a little red wagon. 423 00:18:03,958 --> 00:18:06,166 You used to pull me around in it. 424 00:18:06,166 --> 00:18:08,375 Hey, if things ever do go bad... 425 00:18:08,375 --> 00:18:10,000 I'll be there. 426 00:18:11,125 --> 00:18:12,166 Thank you, gentlemen. 427 00:18:14,458 --> 00:18:15,875 So when did things start going bad? 428 00:18:15,875 --> 00:18:17,708 Oh, the triangle took all the life out of you. 429 00:18:17,708 --> 00:18:19,000 Yeah. 430 00:18:20,625 --> 00:18:22,000 Riley, Maya? 431 00:18:25,250 --> 00:18:27,875 We looked at all of the landmarks of our lives. 432 00:18:27,875 --> 00:18:30,250 We don't really have any control over being born. 433 00:18:30,250 --> 00:18:31,958 We just know that we're real lucky to be here. 434 00:18:31,958 --> 00:18:35,208 And if we get even luckier, we climb in through the right window. 435 00:18:35,208 --> 00:18:36,375 Yeah. 436 00:18:36,375 --> 00:18:38,833 We examined all of the landmarks of our lives 437 00:18:38,833 --> 00:18:40,833 from the very beginning right up until wanting 438 00:18:40,833 --> 00:18:42,375 a Surprise Sweet Sixteen party. 439 00:18:42,375 --> 00:18:44,458 And we found they all have one thing in common. 440 00:18:44,458 --> 00:18:46,458 They all put us in a world of people, 441 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:49,833 and what we do control is the people that we want to keep in our lives, 442 00:18:49,833 --> 00:18:54,416 and a party at any age is just another chance to be all together. 443 00:18:54,416 --> 00:18:57,458 So, I take it you're not ready for your Sweet Sixteen. 444 00:18:57,458 --> 00:18:59,375 No. 445 00:18:59,375 --> 00:19:01,750 Maybe never. 446 00:19:01,750 --> 00:19:04,000 I didn't want us to go anywhere. 447 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,458 I wanted us to sit still. 448 00:19:06,458 --> 00:19:08,458 But that's not life. 449 00:19:08,458 --> 00:19:10,000 We're freshmen. 450 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000 Exactly where we're supposed to be. 451 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,958 We should enjoy this now. That's life. 452 00:19:14,958 --> 00:19:18,416 Sweet Sixteen will be a lot sweeter when we are 16. 453 00:19:18,416 --> 00:19:21,000 But for right now, we're protected. 454 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,458 We know exactly where we're gonna be for the next three years. 455 00:19:23,458 --> 00:19:25,958 -So, no party. -No, of course party. 456 00:19:27,875 --> 00:19:29,708 What our landmarks have shown us is that 457 00:19:29,708 --> 00:19:32,500 we picked the right friends and we'll always be together. 458 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:35,083 Life loves us. 459 00:19:35,083 --> 00:19:37,458 Hope isn't for suckers after all. 460 00:19:39,708 --> 00:19:43,000 And that's the best thing to celebrate any time. 461 00:19:48,708 --> 00:19:50,208 Party time! 462 00:19:50,208 --> 00:19:51,958 Does it have to be at our house? 463 00:19:51,958 --> 00:19:53,583 Life loves our house. 464 00:19:53,583 --> 00:19:55,583 (door closes) 465 00:19:55,583 --> 00:19:57,000 What happened? 466 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,833 Party doesn't have to be at our house. 467 00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:02,250 Tell her no, Dad! STYLE ::cue(.speaker) ::cue(.speakerTop) 468 00:20:03,458 --> 00:20:06,875 It just happened. Just happened right in front of Auggie. 469 00:20:06,875 --> 00:20:08,000 He heard everything. 470 00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:10,750 Mom? 471 00:20:10,750 --> 00:20:13,458 You know, I was a good student. 472 00:20:13,458 --> 00:20:16,166 I got a good job at a prestigious law firm, 473 00:20:16,166 --> 00:20:18,166 I moved up fast, I got promoted. 474 00:20:18,166 --> 00:20:20,291 I always wanted to be partner. 475 00:20:20,291 --> 00:20:23,875 They just named me partner. 476 00:20:23,875 --> 00:20:26,250 Oh. Double party. 477 00:20:27,333 --> 00:20:28,875 I am so proud of you, Topanga. 478 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,250 Tell her no, Dad. 479 00:20:31,250 --> 00:20:33,250 Why would I tell her no? 480 00:20:33,250 --> 00:20:36,625 They just named me the head of our London office. 481 00:20:38,375 --> 00:20:41,208 Ask her how she's going to do that from here. 482 00:20:41,208 --> 00:20:44,291 Ask her because she won't answer me. 483 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,708 I am so proud of you, Topanga. 484 00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:52,625 Oh, yeah. 485 00:20:52,625 --> 00:20:54,708 I'm so proud of you too, Mom. 486 00:20:56,708 --> 00:20:58,708 Congratulations. 487 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,833 I thought life loves us. 488 00:21:04,833 --> 00:21:06,583 Surprise. 489 00:21:13,958 --> 00:21:15,833 What did you tell them, Mom? 490 00:21:15,833 --> 00:21:17,083 Riley-- 491 00:21:17,083 --> 00:21:18,416 Wait. 492 00:21:19,958 --> 00:21:21,583 Okay. 493 00:21:21,583 --> 00:21:24,583 I told them that I needed some time to think about it. 494 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:27,875 I told them that I needed to talk it over with my family. 495 00:21:27,875 --> 00:21:29,291 What's to talk about? 496 00:21:29,291 --> 00:21:31,083 I'm not going to London. 497 00:21:31,083 --> 00:21:33,833 I don't even speak the language. 498 00:21:33,833 --> 00:21:37,708 Uh, did they offer you a raise in salary? 499 00:21:43,416 --> 00:21:44,958 Long live the Queen! 500 00:21:45,875 --> 00:21:49,125 Hip hip! Wot wot! Elton John! 501 00:21:50,458 --> 00:21:52,291 Chimney sweeps! 502 00:21:52,291 --> 00:21:54,166 Crumpets! 503 00:21:54,166 --> 00:21:57,708 Girls, this decision has nothing to do with money. 504 00:21:58,875 --> 00:22:01,000 Of course it doesn't. 505 00:22:03,875 --> 00:22:05,000 Girls... 506 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,500 listen, I know this is difficult. 507 00:22:08,958 --> 00:22:10,625 Don't worry. 508 00:22:10,625 --> 00:22:12,333 We're gonna make the right decision. 509 00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:17,458 Mom... there's a decision? 510 00:22:17,458 --> 00:22:19,833 Yeah. 511 00:22:19,833 --> 00:22:23,708 Girls, I'm sorry, but there's a decision. 512 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:32,875 (theme music playing) 513 00:22:40,875 --> 00:22:42,458 ♪ I feel all right ♪ 514 00:22:42,458 --> 00:22:45,500 ♪ I'm gonna take on the world ♪ 515 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:46,958 ♪ Light up the stars ♪ 516 00:22:46,958 --> 00:22:48,708 ♪ I've got some pages to turn ♪ 517 00:22:48,708 --> 00:22:50,708 ♪ I'm singing, "Go-o-o" ♪ 518 00:22:50,708 --> 00:22:53,250 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ 519 00:22:53,250 --> 00:22:54,875 ♪ Take on the world ♪