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Beth, you have a minute?
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Previously on This Is Us...
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We have to let you go.
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BETH: This is Beth Pearson.
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I was checking to see
if you got the résumé.
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But I hadn't heard anything, so...
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if you could, uh, call me back?
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Your last boss, Bill,
couldn't rave about you more.
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That must have been hard parting ways.
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Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT)
Sorry, it's still a little raw.
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(CHUCKLES SOFTLY, SNIFFLES)
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- My mom hurt her damn hip again.
- She okay?
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Yeah. I just hope
she didn't break it again.
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Um, I got to head down to D.C.
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- Of course. When?
- Now.
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("I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER"
BY ARETHA FRANKLIN PLAYING)
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♪ Say a little prayer for you ♪
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♪ The moment I wake up ♪
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- ♪ Before I put on my makeup
- ♪ Makeup ♪
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- ♪ I say a little
- ♪ Prayer for you ♪
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(SCHOOL BELL RINGS, STUDENTS MURMURING)
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♪ And while combing my hair now
and wondering what dress... ♪
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Damon. Damon Henderson.
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Mr. Henderson, I know you hear me.
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Mrs. Sawicky said
you were late for homeroom.
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- Again.
- I'm sorry, Principal Clarke.
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Oh, you don't have to apologize to me.
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Apologize to yourself,
and don't let it happen again.
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Yes, ma'am.
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- Oh.
- (SNAPS FINGERS)
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I got a "B" on my history exam today.
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Okay.
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Last time, I got a "C."
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So next time you get an "A." Go on, now.
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Don't be late for third period, too.
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♪ Please love me true ♪
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♪ This is my prayer... ♪
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No running! There is no run...
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- Ow!
- Ooh! My bad, Principal Clarke.
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Oh, God.
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BOY: Are you okay, Mrs. Clarke?
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I'm fine, Donald. Keep going.
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Go on, go on.
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(GROANING, WINCING)
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You okay?
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Yeah, I'm fine.
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(TLC'S "WHAT ABOUT
YOUR FRIENDS" PLAYING)
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- Yes! '90s on 9 for life! Ha!
- (TURNS UP VOLUME)
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Remember when we used to pretend
we were in this music video?
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♪ What about your friends? ♪
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♪ Are they gonna be lowdown? ♪
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♪ Will they ever be around? Hey ♪
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♪ Or will they turn
their backs on you? ♪
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♪ Every now and then ♪
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- (BOTH LAUGH)
- ♪ I get a little crazy... ♪
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Oh, thanks for coming
down to D.C. with me.
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Of course. Hey, telling
that woman she needs to retire
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- is definitely a two-woman job.
- Yeah.
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She can't be on her feet all day
chasing after teenagers.
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She's lucky she only
bruised it this time.
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She keeps this up, she's gonna
break the damn hip all over again.
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Mm, we need to get in
there and lay down the law.
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♪ Amen. ♪
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You are gonna lay down
the law with me, right?
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Not just lay down?
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Uh... what's that supposed to mean?
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Beth, when it comes
to standing up to your mom,
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you have this... tendency to clam up.
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I do... What?!
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- I do not clam up.
- You do. You clam.
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I get it. She's terrifying.
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I bet she's driving you crazy
about losing your job, right?
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- Nope. Not really.
- Seriously?
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She's not all over you
about finding something new?
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(IMITATES CAROL): "Gap in your résumé
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is a red flag for
any future employer, Bethany."
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No. She's been pretty cool, actually.
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Oh, my God. You haven't told her
you got laid off.
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Fine, all right? She doesn't know.
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And I wasn't gonna tell you
until right before we walked in,
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because I didn't want you
to give me crap about it
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- the whole car ride.
- I'm not gonna give you crap.
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Thank you.
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- You know why you didn't tell her?
- Why?
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- You clammed up.
- I hate you.
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(LAUGHS)
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♪
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CAROL: Bethany?
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Bethany?
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Bethany. Is this homework time,
or is this drawing time?
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Homework time.
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"Is this homework time,
or is this drawing time?"
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- (GIGGLES)
- Miss Zoe, you have something to say?
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I know you're new here,
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but in this house, we show respect.
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Sorry, Mama C.
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All right.
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(BETH GIGGLES)
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- (JAMAICAN ACCENT): Guess who.
- (SIGHS)
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Someone who ate something
with mustard on it, that's who.
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- (LAUGHTER)
- ABE: You are a very cruel woman.
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But I love you.
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Oh! Come on!
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- Ew!
- (LIVELY CHATTER)
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- Okay, that's enough.
- (PHONE RINGING)
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That's enough. How was the day?
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- ABE (LAUGHING): Good.
- Yeah?
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- ABE: Yes.
- Good.
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Hello? Yes, this is she.
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What? I got in?
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Bethany, who are you speaking to?
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I got into the academy!
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Child, give me this phone.
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What academy?
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Hello? Who am I speaking to?
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I s... I see.
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Well, now, I have to talk
to my husband about it.
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I will return your call, yes.
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That was Vincent Kelley from
the Whitmore Ballet Academy.
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He came to my dance class at school,
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and Ms. Allen said
we should dance our best,
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'cause he was gonna pick
one of us to join his academy.
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- (ABE CHUCKLES)
- And you think this is funny?
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That our daughter auditioned
for a prestigious dance academy
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behind our backs and got in?
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A little, yes. (CHUCKLES)
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Baby, you've seen how good our girl is.
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It couldn't hurt
to just check the place out.
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She's our little island girl.
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She danced before she walked.
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Remember?
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(SIGHS)
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(WHISPERS): Okay.
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♪
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I hope she still keeps a spare
under one of these plants.
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They gave her a walker.
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I don't want her to have to
drag herself to the front door.
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- Please. She's probably already in bed.
- (DOOR OPENS)
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CAROL: I thought I heard
some rumbling around out here.
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Why are you two messing around
in my plants?
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- Hi, Mom.
- (LAUGHS) Hi.
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- Hi, Mama C.
- Oh.
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You two didn't have to drive
all the way down here.
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- It's just a bruised hip.
- No, we know we didn't.
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We wanted to.
And aren't you supposed to be
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staying off your feet?
And where's that walker?
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- The doctor told me you're...
- Lord, please. E.R. doctors.
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They are so dramatic.
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And that walker thing is for old ladies.
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- But you're supposed to be...
- Now, listen.
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I have already been lectured to
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by a doctor who doesn't
know me from Adam,
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so whatever this "take it easy"
nonsense business is
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you're about to spout,
I don't want to hear that.
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You must be starving. Come on in.
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I'll warm up dinner.
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- She's still scary as hell.
- Mm-hmm.
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(PIANO PLAYING
MID-TEMPO, MINOR-KEY MUSIC)
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So, these are my advanced students.
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One day this could be Bethany.
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How many classes does she have to take?
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Three classes every day after school
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and then all day on Saturdays.
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CAROL: And all of these classes
lead to what, exactly?
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VINCENT: Good question.
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Let's talk in my office, please.
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Baby girl.
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VINCENT: Every year, we put on
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a senior showcase
for our oldest dancers,
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featuring some of the classics:
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Swan Lake, Giselle,
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- some of the new works.
- CAROL: Mm-hmm.
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So all these years of training
are for one night of dancing.
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It's not one night of dancing.
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It's a chance to debut our students
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to some of the leading
ballet companies in the country.
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Our featured soloists
go on to have careers
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at the New York City Ballet,
The Royal Ballet, the Bolshoi.
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How many make it?
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Professionally.
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It varies.
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Some years, eight. Others, two.
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- CAROL: Two.
- Mr. and Mrs. Clarke,
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do you know American Ballet
Theatre has never had
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African American principal dancer
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in their 53-year-old history?
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Your daughter has
a remarkable raw talent.
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If Bethany works hard,
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I believe she could be the first.
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I believe she can do it, too.
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You know, she danced before she walked.
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That's a true story.
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- You know, I...
- Um, could we have a moment?
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In my, uh...?
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Yes, of course.
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This is a very expensive program.
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If she goes, you... you're
gonna have to work overtime.
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It's okay. I don't mind.
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I'll probably have to teach
summer school.
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- Abe, you heard the odds.
- Baby...
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when have we ever listened to the odds?
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♪
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Come here.
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Okay. We're gonna do this.
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Your father and I,
we're gonna make this happen.
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But if you go here, you'll
have to give it everything.
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You'll have to be the best.
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Now, is this what you want,
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to work hard at dancing
every single day?
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Yes, Mama.
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♪
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BETH: That smells good.
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Yeah. "Did you put
extra Scotch bonnet pepper,"
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just like your father liked it?
Yes, I did. (CHUCKLES)
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Aw, it's too bad your brother
and sisters are not here.
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- They love my curry chicken.
- Mom.
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- We can serve ourselves.
- Hmm? Excuse me.
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I can ladle this cream,
thank you very much. Mm.
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(ZOE CLEARS THROAT)
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So, Mom... (CLEARS THROAT)
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...Zoe and I know you don't
want us running your life.
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- Mm.
- And we don't want to.
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Mm-mm.
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But, um, I feel like we need
to talk about your job.
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What about it?
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Well... it's a lot.
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A lot?
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It... it takes a toll.
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Are there clams in this rice, Mama C?
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'Cause it's feeling
pretty clammy in here.
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(QUIETLY): Shut up.
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I...
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We were thinking that...
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(EXHALES)
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- May...
- Look, we think it's time you...
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thought about retiring.
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Are you kidding me? Are you...
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You want me to walk away from my job
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because of a bruised hip?
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Well, maybe retiring's extreme,
but there must be a way
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- for you to cut back.
- I have told you,
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I do not want to hear this,
especially from you.
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And what's that supposed to mean?
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What do you know about a job?
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BETH: Wait, Mom,
what are you talking about?
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- Zoe has a job.
- I'm not talking
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about a passion project, dear.
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00:11:38,901 --> 00:11:40,898
- I'm talking about a path.
- Mm-hmm.
250
00:11:40,923 --> 00:11:42,804
I'm talking about choosing a real path
251
00:11:42,829 --> 00:11:44,687
and sticking to it, like Bethany did.
252
00:11:44,712 --> 00:11:47,413
Bethany went to college.
Bethany got her master's.
253
00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,351
And, every morning, Bethany wakes
up with a sense of purpose,
254
00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:52,664
- because Bethany...
- Bethany got laid off months ago.
255
00:11:55,441 --> 00:11:56,664
(SILVERWARE CLINKS)
256
00:11:59,641 --> 00:12:01,937
Five, six, seven, eight.
257
00:12:04,594 --> 00:12:05,750
Clarke.
258
00:12:07,421 --> 00:12:08,851
Tendu derrière.
259
00:12:11,063 --> 00:12:12,973
You know, when I was about your age,
260
00:12:12,998 --> 00:12:16,125
I saw Misha perform
for the first time in Giselle.
261
00:12:16,476 --> 00:12:17,671
Shoulders.
262
00:12:18,609 --> 00:12:19,976
Do you know who that is?
263
00:12:20,773 --> 00:12:23,609
The greatest of our time,
Mikhail Baryshnikov.
264
00:12:24,672 --> 00:12:25,945
When he leaped,
265
00:12:25,970 --> 00:12:28,593
I thought to myself,
"If gravity does exist,
266
00:12:28,618 --> 00:12:30,398
it takes a vacation when he's onstage."
267
00:12:30,423 --> 00:12:32,398
He simply... soared.
268
00:12:33,273 --> 00:12:36,718
So, you, young lady, you've got
that flying part down.
269
00:12:36,743 --> 00:12:39,726
Now you need to master the technique.
270
00:12:40,338 --> 00:12:41,609
And you will.
271
00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,140
♪
272
00:12:44,569 --> 00:12:45,867
Again.
273
00:12:48,572 --> 00:12:49,781
♪
274
00:13:18,683 --> 00:13:20,517
Mind the tempo, Clarke.
275
00:13:20,852 --> 00:13:23,220
Pull up. Don't lose your center.
276
00:13:24,033 --> 00:13:25,304
♪
277
00:13:36,532 --> 00:13:38,118
Come talk to me after class.
278
00:13:42,759 --> 00:13:43,954
Nice work, girls.
279
00:13:43,979 --> 00:13:45,970
Bethany, it's been four years.
280
00:13:45,995 --> 00:13:47,402
We've talked about this before.
281
00:13:47,427 --> 00:13:50,009
You know other forms of dance
can be more forgiving.
282
00:13:50,798 --> 00:13:55,137
Vincent, I know I'm not built
like the perfect ballerina,
283
00:13:55,572 --> 00:13:57,423
but neither was Lauren Anderson.
284
00:13:57,448 --> 00:14:00,343
And now she's principal dancer
for the Houston Ballet.
285
00:14:00,368 --> 00:14:01,774
The exception, not the rule.
286
00:14:01,799 --> 00:14:03,700
I can be the exception, too.
287
00:14:05,740 --> 00:14:08,478
I've wanted this
since I was a little girl.
288
00:14:11,376 --> 00:14:14,937
I'm going to get the solo.
I'm going to get scouted.
289
00:14:14,962 --> 00:14:18,056
And, in a few years,
I'm gonna be living in London,
290
00:14:18,110 --> 00:14:21,946
working as the principal
ballerina with The Royal Ballet.
291
00:14:24,619 --> 00:14:26,454
If you really want this,
I'm still with you.
292
00:14:26,479 --> 00:14:28,513
But you're gonna have to work
ten times harder.
293
00:14:28,883 --> 00:14:30,157
You up for it?
294
00:14:38,612 --> 00:14:39,767
(WHISPERS): Yeah.
295
00:14:42,327 --> 00:14:45,110
Hi. Sorry I missed dinner.
296
00:14:45,384 --> 00:14:46,626
Stayed late to practice.
297
00:14:46,651 --> 00:14:48,532
I'm gonna have to do that
from now on. (SIGHS)
298
00:14:48,962 --> 00:14:50,251
You're home early.
299
00:14:50,625 --> 00:14:51,821
CAROL: Okay.
300
00:14:53,014 --> 00:14:54,251
She's home.
301
00:14:56,304 --> 00:14:57,509
Let's tell them.
302
00:14:59,267 --> 00:15:01,220
Uh, tell us what? What's up?
303
00:15:07,128 --> 00:15:09,853
You both know I've been, uh...
304
00:15:10,603 --> 00:15:12,345
coughing a lot lately.
305
00:15:13,127 --> 00:15:15,563
Your mama convinced me to see a doctor.
306
00:15:17,093 --> 00:15:19,071
And it turns out...
307
00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:20,821
(SIGHS)
308
00:15:21,406 --> 00:15:25,376
...I might be a little bit
sicker than I thought.
309
00:15:28,446 --> 00:15:30,165
He has lung cancer.
310
00:15:36,412 --> 00:15:37,977
But you don't smoke.
311
00:15:38,955 --> 00:15:40,204
I know.
312
00:15:40,843 --> 00:15:42,454
So unfair, right?
313
00:15:43,942 --> 00:15:44,978
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
314
00:15:45,003 --> 00:15:46,937
I might as well start.
315
00:15:47,167 --> 00:15:50,002
CAROL: We told your brother
and your sisters this afternoon.
316
00:15:50,347 --> 00:15:52,899
The doctor wants your father
to start chemotherapy,
317
00:15:52,924 --> 00:15:54,696
so that's what we're going to do.
318
00:15:57,111 --> 00:15:58,751
Wipe those tears.
319
00:15:59,433 --> 00:16:00,954
We have to be strong.
320
00:16:03,397 --> 00:16:04,602
Come on.
321
00:16:04,990 --> 00:16:07,016
This table isn't gonna clear itself.
322
00:16:07,041 --> 00:16:08,509
Can you give us a minute?
323
00:16:09,532 --> 00:16:11,433
We just found out the man has cancer.
324
00:16:11,542 --> 00:16:14,899
And your auntie told you
what we're going to do about it.
325
00:16:14,924 --> 00:16:17,103
Go now. Help her clean up.
326
00:16:20,890 --> 00:16:22,102
♪
327
00:16:22,220 --> 00:16:23,329
(SNIFFLES)
328
00:16:28,037 --> 00:16:29,337
BETH: Mom,
329
00:16:29,362 --> 00:16:32,329
can you please talk to me?
330
00:16:33,073 --> 00:16:35,208
You've barely said a word in 20 minutes.
331
00:16:35,233 --> 00:16:36,423
Okay.
332
00:16:37,171 --> 00:16:39,973
Let's start with how you've been
lying to me for months.
333
00:16:41,048 --> 00:16:42,923
I was always planning on telling you.
334
00:16:42,948 --> 00:16:44,853
I just needed
to figure things out first.
335
00:16:44,878 --> 00:16:47,884
- Have you?
- No, not yet.
336
00:16:48,095 --> 00:16:50,630
I've been interviewing,
figuring out my options.
337
00:16:50,655 --> 00:16:51,876
Okay.
338
00:16:52,507 --> 00:16:54,806
Okay, we will sort all this out.
339
00:16:54,831 --> 00:16:57,001
Tomorrow morning,
I will brew a pot of coffee,
340
00:16:57,026 --> 00:16:59,595
and we will make a list of all
the great firms in your city.
341
00:16:59,620 --> 00:17:01,478
Then, together,
we will proof your résumé,
342
00:17:01,503 --> 00:17:03,501
go to Staples, get some fancy paper,
343
00:17:03,526 --> 00:17:05,127
and begin mailing them out.
344
00:17:05,884 --> 00:17:07,247
Mailing it out?
345
00:17:07,348 --> 00:17:09,298
I'm sorry, did we step
through a portal to 1998?
346
00:17:09,323 --> 00:17:10,712
Don't be smart.
347
00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:16,876
♪
348
00:17:23,331 --> 00:17:24,884
(DISHES CLINKING QUIETLY)
349
00:17:29,293 --> 00:17:30,860
I'm going to quit dance.
350
00:17:32,216 --> 00:17:33,923
What are you talking about?
351
00:17:38,199 --> 00:17:39,501
It's my fault.
352
00:17:42,423 --> 00:17:43,470
He's...
353
00:17:44,144 --> 00:17:45,431
He worked too hard.
354
00:17:45,615 --> 00:17:47,728
- And now it might...
- Bethany, stop.
355
00:17:48,501 --> 00:17:50,743
It is not your fault
that your father is sick.
356
00:17:50,768 --> 00:17:52,970
And you are not gonna give up
years of training.
357
00:17:52,995 --> 00:17:54,899
You're gonna stick
to the path you chose,
358
00:17:54,924 --> 00:17:56,462
and you will be the best.
359
00:17:57,483 --> 00:17:58,634
♪
360
00:18:10,187 --> 00:18:11,532
VINCENT: I trust you're warm?
361
00:18:11,932 --> 00:18:13,766
We're gonna learn a new combination.
362
00:18:13,791 --> 00:18:15,454
Sonya here will demonstrate.
363
00:18:17,151 --> 00:18:18,438
♪
364
00:18:35,809 --> 00:18:37,710
(SPORTSCAST PLAYING OVER TV, DOOR OPENS)
365
00:18:38,131 --> 00:18:39,965
ANNOUNCER:
There was an appeal, but that...
366
00:18:40,489 --> 00:18:43,161
Hi, Mom. Dad. Zo.
367
00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:46,996
Mm, this is late, even for you.
368
00:18:47,195 --> 00:18:49,096
CAROL: When will you hear
about the solo?
369
00:18:49,246 --> 00:18:50,931
I need time to make your costume.
370
00:18:51,262 --> 00:18:52,333
Eight weeks.
371
00:18:52,746 --> 00:18:53,942
Okay.
372
00:18:55,567 --> 00:18:57,105
(CLICKS TONGUE)
Time for bed, young lady.
373
00:18:57,129 --> 00:18:58,981
You've been watching TV for hours now.
374
00:18:59,074 --> 00:19:01,192
(SIGHS) It's not even that late. Chill.
375
00:19:02,091 --> 00:19:06,676
I know you did not
just tell me to chill, child.
376
00:19:07,349 --> 00:19:08,543
(LAUGHING)
377
00:19:10,305 --> 00:19:13,374
That girl is giving your mother
a run for her money.
378
00:19:18,552 --> 00:19:22,082
So, tell me, what is it
you all are working on?
379
00:19:22,107 --> 00:19:23,197
Pigeon Lake?
380
00:19:23,402 --> 00:19:24,597
(CHUCKLES)
381
00:19:25,770 --> 00:19:27,520
It's Swan Lake, Dad.
382
00:19:28,146 --> 00:19:31,098
(CHUCKLES) There it is,
that smile I missed.
383
00:19:34,643 --> 00:19:36,739
We got a new girl in class today.
384
00:19:37,079 --> 00:19:39,582
Oh? She any good?
385
00:19:41,251 --> 00:19:42,692
Better than good.
386
00:19:43,491 --> 00:19:45,067
I work hard, but...
387
00:19:45,874 --> 00:19:48,020
it just comes easier to her.
388
00:19:48,231 --> 00:19:49,278
I can tell.
389
00:19:49,418 --> 00:19:50,434
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
390
00:19:51,743 --> 00:19:53,778
My baby girl.
391
00:19:54,223 --> 00:19:56,997
18 months old
before you started walking.
392
00:19:57,022 --> 00:19:58,200
Yeah, I know, Dad.
393
00:19:58,230 --> 00:20:00,590
And your mother was scared to death.
394
00:20:01,457 --> 00:20:03,571
She took you to all kind of doctors.
395
00:20:03,596 --> 00:20:05,965
Wanted to find out
what was wrong with you.
396
00:20:06,897 --> 00:20:09,129
But nobody could tell her anything.
397
00:20:10,362 --> 00:20:14,165
And then, one day,
we were all in Kingston.
398
00:20:14,516 --> 00:20:17,127
Uncle Clem put on some Burning Spear.
399
00:20:17,152 --> 00:20:19,219
- You know the song?
- "Dread River."
400
00:20:19,282 --> 00:20:20,465
(CHUCKLES)
401
00:20:20,923 --> 00:20:24,840
That song started playing,
and it seem like
402
00:20:24,865 --> 00:20:27,967
it just pick you
right up off the ground,
403
00:20:28,254 --> 00:20:32,504
because you stood and
you danced straight over to me.
404
00:20:33,825 --> 00:20:37,262
Your mama would never
admit it now, but she sobbed.
405
00:20:37,572 --> 00:20:39,192
We were so happy.
406
00:20:40,501 --> 00:20:42,809
Our little island girl,
407
00:20:43,860 --> 00:20:46,629
who dance before she walked.
408
00:20:48,496 --> 00:20:49,786
That's who you are.
409
00:20:50,231 --> 00:20:51,387
♪
410
00:20:51,523 --> 00:20:53,254
Never forget, baby girl.
411
00:20:55,261 --> 00:20:56,457
I won't.
412
00:21:01,407 --> 00:21:02,692
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
413
00:21:04,641 --> 00:21:05,840
(SIGHS)
414
00:21:07,569 --> 00:21:08,731
Okay.
415
00:21:16,165 --> 00:21:17,598
(ABE COUGHS)
416
00:21:19,848 --> 00:21:22,496
- Dad?
- Yes, my love?
417
00:21:25,231 --> 00:21:26,403
Nothing.
418
00:21:26,988 --> 00:21:28,942
- Good night.
- Good night.
419
00:21:30,217 --> 00:21:31,340
♪
420
00:21:37,629 --> 00:21:38,755
(QUIET KNOCK ON DOOR)
421
00:21:39,309 --> 00:21:40,457
Come in.
422
00:21:44,114 --> 00:21:46,137
- You up?
- Hell yeah.
423
00:21:46,442 --> 00:21:49,207
Past 20 years have not been kind
to this mattress.
424
00:21:49,244 --> 00:21:51,543
Come with me.
I got something to show you.
425
00:22:01,681 --> 00:22:02,981
(BETH CHUCKLES)
426
00:22:03,074 --> 00:22:04,426
(QUIETLY): What are you doing?
427
00:22:06,893 --> 00:22:08,231
(GASPS, MOUTHS)
428
00:22:09,668 --> 00:22:11,059
Zoe Marie Baker,
429
00:22:11,084 --> 00:22:12,918
did you hide drugs behind Big Mama?
430
00:22:12,943 --> 00:22:14,521
It's the only sacred place in the house.
431
00:22:14,545 --> 00:22:16,969
(WHISPERING): Lower your voice.
She might hear us.
432
00:22:16,994 --> 00:22:18,305
Is it still good? (SNIFFS)
433
00:22:18,854 --> 00:22:20,461
- Yeah, she's still good.
- (GIGGLES)
434
00:22:22,248 --> 00:22:24,547
I will never let you
tweeze my eyebrows again.
435
00:22:25,133 --> 00:22:26,586
(LAUGHS): I was a kid.
436
00:22:27,430 --> 00:22:28,964
So was I.
437
00:22:28,989 --> 00:22:30,797
- With no eyebrows.
- (BOTH LAUGH)
438
00:22:32,961 --> 00:22:36,864
I am sorry that my mom
laid into you like that.
439
00:22:37,061 --> 00:22:40,397
- About your documentaries.
- Mm. It's fine.
440
00:22:41,641 --> 00:22:43,985
It really is fine with you, isn't it?
441
00:22:44,907 --> 00:22:47,634
Man, I would carry
that crap around inside of me
442
00:22:47,659 --> 00:22:49,258
- for, like, a year.
- Mm.
443
00:22:49,283 --> 00:22:53,266
But you, you just explode,
and it's all over for you.
444
00:22:53,782 --> 00:22:54,883
Mm.
445
00:22:55,485 --> 00:22:57,961
Well, I think it's always been
different for me.
446
00:22:58,947 --> 00:23:02,016
I mean, by the time
I came to live in this house...
447
00:23:02,251 --> 00:23:03,383
(EXHALES)
448
00:23:04,986 --> 00:23:07,047
Well, it was safe here.
449
00:23:08,204 --> 00:23:10,766
And, uh, well, the rest of you,
you looked at your mom
450
00:23:10,791 --> 00:23:13,516
like she was this strict,
domineering woman, and...
451
00:23:14,870 --> 00:23:16,289
I just saw this...
452
00:23:17,212 --> 00:23:20,149
this person that couldn't hurt
me like I'd been hurt before.
453
00:23:23,047 --> 00:23:24,289
You know what?
454
00:23:25,205 --> 00:23:28,907
We don't talk enough about
how incredible you turned out
455
00:23:28,932 --> 00:23:31,711
despite all the crap
you were put through.
456
00:23:36,392 --> 00:23:37,492
No. (CHUCKLES)
457
00:23:37,692 --> 00:23:39,071
We really don't.
458
00:23:42,071 --> 00:23:44,266
But, uh, but your mom, she...
459
00:23:45,234 --> 00:23:47,164
she went easier on me, too.
460
00:23:47,603 --> 00:23:51,139
But the rest of you?
She... she was tough.
461
00:23:53,143 --> 00:23:57,071
Sister-cousin,
I know you inside and out,
462
00:23:57,096 --> 00:24:00,565
and something bigger
is going on with you.
463
00:24:01,461 --> 00:24:03,891
And you need to find a way
to talk about it
464
00:24:05,151 --> 00:24:07,024
before all that pressure...
465
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,094
(IMITATES EXPLOSION)
466
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:12,602
What was that?
467
00:24:13,931 --> 00:24:15,961
Uh, was supposed to be an explosion.
468
00:24:17,461 --> 00:24:18,774
I'm pretty high.
469
00:24:19,675 --> 00:24:20,883
(BOTH LAUGHING)
470
00:24:23,310 --> 00:24:24,617
♪
471
00:24:30,938 --> 00:24:32,274
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
472
00:24:35,321 --> 00:24:36,703
(WHISPERING): I'll be up in a minute.
473
00:24:36,727 --> 00:24:39,167
- (WHISPERING): Okay. Good night, cuz.
- All right. Night cuz.
474
00:24:40,717 --> 00:24:42,383
ABE: Never forget, baby girl.
475
00:24:43,826 --> 00:24:45,071
♪
476
00:24:53,316 --> 00:24:54,438
(ABE COUGHS)
477
00:24:56,955 --> 00:24:59,539
- Dad?
- Yes, my love?
478
00:25:00,767 --> 00:25:02,274
BETH: I'm gonna forget.
479
00:25:05,366 --> 00:25:07,391
I'm gonna forget that part of me.
480
00:25:12,759 --> 00:25:14,774
Dad, I want you to know that I'll...
481
00:25:16,063 --> 00:25:17,352
be happy.
482
00:25:19,564 --> 00:25:22,433
I'll find love. Great love, oh.
483
00:25:24,199 --> 00:25:26,934
With a man who reminds me
so much of you it's scary.
484
00:25:27,565 --> 00:25:28,836
(CRYING SOFTLY)
485
00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:34,469
But I can't be me without you.
486
00:25:38,996 --> 00:25:40,211
How could I be?
487
00:25:45,631 --> 00:25:47,992
Nothing. Good night.
488
00:25:58,930 --> 00:26:01,157
- (QUIET CHATTER)
- I know. I'm really excited, though.
489
00:26:02,244 --> 00:26:04,746
- Yeah, I know.
- Oh, hey, Bethany.
490
00:26:04,771 --> 00:26:06,133
Hey.
491
00:26:06,682 --> 00:26:07,969
(CHATTER CONTINUES)
492
00:26:13,727 --> 00:26:16,539
We were all real sorry
to hear about your dad passing.
493
00:26:16,860 --> 00:26:19,438
Mr. Kelley said you were gonna
at least take a couple days off.
494
00:26:19,463 --> 00:26:21,758
- Did you...
- I'd rather be here with you guys.
495
00:26:22,859 --> 00:26:24,760
Plus, I already broke two lamps
496
00:26:24,785 --> 00:26:26,426
- trying to rehearse at home.
- (CHUCKLES)
497
00:26:28,655 --> 00:26:29,837
The list is up. (CHUCKLES)
498
00:26:32,338 --> 00:26:33,415
♪
499
00:26:37,168 --> 00:26:38,353
(EXCITED CHATTER)
500
00:26:56,437 --> 00:26:58,509
I didn't expect to see you back so soon.
501
00:27:00,095 --> 00:27:02,157
Yeah, but my dad
would have wanted me to be here.
502
00:27:02,750 --> 00:27:05,040
Believe me, Bethany,
I wish it could've been you.
503
00:27:10,021 --> 00:27:11,681
I want you ready in five minutes.
504
00:27:12,819 --> 00:27:13,915
♪
505
00:27:23,554 --> 00:27:24,681
Hi.
506
00:27:27,425 --> 00:27:28,610
Mom?
507
00:27:30,790 --> 00:27:32,079
Mom, are you okay?
508
00:27:33,806 --> 00:27:35,485
I picked up some Chinese food
509
00:27:35,510 --> 00:27:38,002
after dropping your brother and
sisters off at the train station.
510
00:27:38,026 --> 00:27:39,173
Are you hungry?
511
00:27:41,189 --> 00:27:42,868
Mom, if you're sad, we can talk.
512
00:27:42,893 --> 00:27:45,195
- We can...
- Of course I'm sad, Bethany.
513
00:27:45,708 --> 00:27:47,306
What else could I be?
514
00:27:48,783 --> 00:27:50,250
How was dance today?
515
00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:55,431
Uh, they announced the cast
for the senior showcase.
516
00:27:59,628 --> 00:28:01,485
I didn't get the solo.
517
00:28:07,999 --> 00:28:10,095
(VOICE BREAKING): I worked really hard.
518
00:28:12,483 --> 00:28:14,329
I'm sorry if I disappointed you.
519
00:28:16,328 --> 00:28:17,853
You did your best.
520
00:28:18,408 --> 00:28:20,157
That's all I ever asked.
521
00:28:20,769 --> 00:28:23,110
Don't worry, Mom. I'm not gonna give up.
522
00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:24,668
(SNIFFLES)
523
00:28:35,579 --> 00:28:37,039
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
524
00:28:46,113 --> 00:28:47,368
Oh.
525
00:28:47,771 --> 00:28:49,905
- (MUSIC STOPS)
- Sorry. Is the music bothering you?
526
00:28:49,930 --> 00:28:52,345
I just wanted to practice
a little bit before bed.
527
00:28:52,386 --> 00:28:55,610
Bethany, come sit here.
I have something for you.
528
00:28:56,290 --> 00:28:59,149
I gave this to your sisters
and your brother.
529
00:28:59,174 --> 00:29:00,868
It helped them choose their colleges.
530
00:29:03,656 --> 00:29:05,142
But you know I'm not...
531
00:29:05,875 --> 00:29:08,812
I mean, the plan is
for me to get into a company.
532
00:29:08,837 --> 00:29:10,189
That was the plan.
533
00:29:10,714 --> 00:29:13,182
But now we have to choose
a different path for you.
534
00:29:15,387 --> 00:29:16,626
A different path?
535
00:29:18,235 --> 00:29:20,485
I'm sorry. I-I really am.
536
00:29:23,032 --> 00:29:25,220
But I just don't see dance
as a path for you.
537
00:29:26,353 --> 00:29:29,618
And I cannot watch you move to New York
538
00:29:29,643 --> 00:29:32,970
and struggle to make ends meet
while you audition for companies
539
00:29:32,995 --> 00:29:34,845
that you're never going to get into.
540
00:29:35,002 --> 00:29:36,946
I won't continue to pay for this school.
541
00:29:38,233 --> 00:29:39,946
It's setting you up to fail.
542
00:29:40,755 --> 00:29:41,985
♪
543
00:30:10,345 --> 00:30:12,246
Mom? What are you doing?
544
00:30:13,063 --> 00:30:14,329
- (EXHALES)
- It's 3:00 a.m.
545
00:30:14,649 --> 00:30:15,853
Oh, I couldn't sleep,
546
00:30:15,878 --> 00:30:18,696
so I thought I'd get
a head start on listing firms.
547
00:30:19,549 --> 00:30:21,720
I really don't need you
to help me find me a job, Mom.
548
00:30:21,914 --> 00:30:24,454
It's okay. I'm happy to help.
549
00:30:25,307 --> 00:30:26,978
Well, I'm not happy to have your help.
550
00:30:31,137 --> 00:30:32,782
I know you're embarrassed.
551
00:30:34,060 --> 00:30:35,805
But you don't have to be
rude to... (GROANS)
552
00:30:36,365 --> 00:30:37,571
to me.
553
00:30:39,977 --> 00:30:43,735
Yeah. Just keep on going
like you always do, right, Mom?
554
00:30:45,405 --> 00:30:46,696
Even in pain.
555
00:30:48,235 --> 00:30:49,923
That's what Clarke women do, right?
556
00:30:50,245 --> 00:30:51,782
No room for weakness.
557
00:30:52,845 --> 00:30:55,884
Dad dies, we just wipe our tears
and keep on marching, right?
558
00:30:56,222 --> 00:30:57,915
And what would you have had us do?
559
00:30:58,008 --> 00:30:59,509
Wallow in our grief?
560
00:31:00,782 --> 00:31:01,993
No.
561
00:31:02,427 --> 00:31:04,485
But we could've taken some time.
562
00:31:13,983 --> 00:31:16,329
Mom, I remember feeling so free...
563
00:31:17,259 --> 00:31:18,860
when I was a little girl.
564
00:31:20,763 --> 00:31:22,110
Do you remember that?
565
00:31:24,630 --> 00:31:26,282
I always had my head in the clouds,
566
00:31:26,307 --> 00:31:29,103
and I was always... doodling and...
567
00:31:31,886 --> 00:31:33,220
...always dancing.
568
00:31:34,357 --> 00:31:36,618
- Bethany.
- You didn't have to take it from me.
569
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,751
You had gone as far
as you could go, Bethany.
570
00:31:41,776 --> 00:31:43,189
It wasn't working out for you.
571
00:31:43,258 --> 00:31:46,027
You had gone as far as you could go.
572
00:31:49,635 --> 00:31:53,884
You ever wonder why Lisa, Isaiah
and Renee don't come around?
573
00:31:57,268 --> 00:31:58,923
It's because of how you are.
574
00:32:00,779 --> 00:32:03,047
There's no air around you.
575
00:32:04,522 --> 00:32:06,743
There's no air to breathe.
576
00:32:07,969 --> 00:32:10,360
No air to be sad. No air to fail.
577
00:32:13,708 --> 00:32:15,407
That's your big complaint?
578
00:32:15,782 --> 00:32:17,118
No air?
579
00:32:18,890 --> 00:32:20,431
Well, I can live with that.
580
00:32:21,735 --> 00:32:25,157
I promised my mother I'd push my
kids as hard as she pushed me.
581
00:32:25,717 --> 00:32:27,681
My kids may not come around,
582
00:32:27,793 --> 00:32:30,361
but that's okay with me
because I know you're all good.
583
00:32:30,386 --> 00:32:32,048
But I'm not good, Mom.
584
00:32:33,394 --> 00:32:34,814
I am not good.
585
00:32:35,922 --> 00:32:38,517
I haven't had my head
in the clouds for years.
586
00:32:39,235 --> 00:32:41,514
My husband, he dreams, oh.
587
00:32:41,946 --> 00:32:44,087
He dreams these big ideas,
588
00:32:44,112 --> 00:32:46,134
and he is never ashamed to do it,
589
00:32:46,159 --> 00:32:48,681
because nobody ever made him
feel like he should be.
590
00:32:49,565 --> 00:32:50,728
But me?
591
00:32:52,681 --> 00:32:53,814
I can't even look at him.
592
00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:55,962
I can't even look at the person
593
00:32:55,987 --> 00:32:57,462
closest to me in the whole world.
594
00:32:57,487 --> 00:32:59,814
I cannot look him in the eye...
595
00:33:00,411 --> 00:33:01,673
♪
596
00:33:02,906 --> 00:33:05,595
...tell him I want to be that
little girl who dances again.
597
00:33:14,214 --> 00:33:15,376
(GRUNTS)
598
00:33:17,851 --> 00:33:19,149
♪
599
00:33:33,361 --> 00:33:35,142
This sweater looks good on you, Bethany.
600
00:33:35,167 --> 00:33:36,853
And I like the braids.
601
00:33:37,143 --> 00:33:39,306
A freshman college mixer.
602
00:33:39,902 --> 00:33:44,728
This is a fresh start
filled with great opportunities.
603
00:33:46,712 --> 00:33:47,993
♪
604
00:34:53,195 --> 00:34:54,757
- Oh. I-I'm sorry.
- Oh.
605
00:34:55,163 --> 00:34:56,468
No problem.
606
00:35:15,391 --> 00:35:18,593
- Mom.
- No. Let me speak.
607
00:35:24,394 --> 00:35:28,064
My mother was
the smartest person I ever knew.
608
00:35:29,970 --> 00:35:33,155
Her little restaurant
on 129th Street in Harlem
609
00:35:33,398 --> 00:35:36,038
helped put me and my brothers
through school.
610
00:35:36,063 --> 00:35:39,358
My father thought education
was worthless for a girl,
611
00:35:39,893 --> 00:35:41,663
but she stood up to him.
612
00:35:42,067 --> 00:35:45,202
Told him I would have every
opportunity my brothers had.
613
00:35:46,427 --> 00:35:48,397
She worked hard for me.
614
00:35:49,689 --> 00:35:51,866
And I worked hard to make her proud.
615
00:35:53,937 --> 00:35:55,655
We hardly ever fought.
616
00:35:57,137 --> 00:35:59,311
Except, of course,
when I met your father.
617
00:36:00,483 --> 00:36:02,229
Oh, sh-she warned me,
618
00:36:02,254 --> 00:36:05,725
"Girl, bad company
will lead you astray."
619
00:36:07,771 --> 00:36:09,718
But Abe wasn't bad company.
620
00:36:09,837 --> 00:36:12,257
He just didn't take life so seriously.
621
00:36:15,009 --> 00:36:17,163
I had so many worries.
622
00:36:18,319 --> 00:36:20,335
Sometimes those worries suffocated me.
623
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,741
But when I was with him,
624
00:36:24,631 --> 00:36:27,038
I felt like I could finally breathe.
625
00:36:28,858 --> 00:36:30,054
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
626
00:36:30,621 --> 00:36:34,741
I guess he gave me that air that
you said I don't have on my own.
627
00:36:37,296 --> 00:36:39,546
Which is why I fell in love with him.
628
00:36:41,078 --> 00:36:42,936
And your grandmother came around.
629
00:36:43,598 --> 00:36:47,546
She came home one night;
Abe was over visiting me.
630
00:36:49,913 --> 00:36:53,248
He had brought me dinner
while I was cramming for exams.
631
00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:57,007
And he was feeding me.
632
00:36:58,272 --> 00:37:01,444
Literally, feeding me
one forkful at a time,
633
00:37:02,294 --> 00:37:05,116
because I wouldn't stop studying
to pick up a fork.
634
00:37:07,311 --> 00:37:10,446
And she saw that he was
exactly what I needed.
635
00:37:12,646 --> 00:37:15,983
I was too serious;
he wasn't serious enough.
636
00:37:18,009 --> 00:37:20,491
But together we made
the perfect balance.
637
00:37:26,877 --> 00:37:30,241
Bethany, I don't know if I made
the right decision for you.
638
00:37:32,545 --> 00:37:35,380
But I didn't have time
to question myself.
639
00:37:36,897 --> 00:37:38,514
Your father was gone.
640
00:37:38,988 --> 00:37:41,819
My air was gone.
641
00:37:42,034 --> 00:37:43,257
And...
642
00:37:43,887 --> 00:37:46,702
I just had me and my worries,
643
00:37:48,198 --> 00:37:51,007
wanting my last child to be okay.
644
00:37:52,723 --> 00:37:54,655
Our little island girl,
645
00:37:55,534 --> 00:37:58,241
who danced before she could walk.
646
00:37:58,587 --> 00:37:59,843
(CHUCKLES)
647
00:38:00,517 --> 00:38:01,655
(WHISPERS): Mom.
648
00:38:08,582 --> 00:38:10,389
You didn't fail me, Mom.
649
00:38:15,382 --> 00:38:16,905
I'm strong because of you.
650
00:38:20,268 --> 00:38:22,296
I don't regret the path you put me on.
651
00:38:22,321 --> 00:38:23,788
It brought me to Randall.
652
00:38:24,983 --> 00:38:26,483
And my girls.
653
00:38:28,075 --> 00:38:30,733
And a job that I loved for 12 years.
654
00:38:32,647 --> 00:38:34,006
Still...
655
00:38:34,373 --> 00:38:36,975
I shouldn't have taken dance
away so quickly.
656
00:38:39,559 --> 00:38:40,655
I'm sorry.
657
00:38:48,064 --> 00:38:49,288
(QUIETLY): Thank you.
658
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:52,929
♪
659
00:38:56,811 --> 00:38:59,241
♪ The moment I wake up ♪
660
00:39:00,976 --> 00:39:03,575
♪ Before I put on my makeup ♪
661
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,866
Hey. There she is.
662
00:39:05,891 --> 00:39:07,538
♪ I say a little prayer for you ♪
663
00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:08,804
- Mwah.
- (SIGHS)
664
00:39:10,515 --> 00:39:12,060
♪ While combing my hair now... ♪
665
00:39:12,085 --> 00:39:13,343
How's your mom doing?
666
00:39:13,955 --> 00:39:16,156
She'll be fine. She's always fine.
667
00:39:17,327 --> 00:39:18,569
And what about you?
668
00:39:19,054 --> 00:39:20,374
I will be.
669
00:39:21,882 --> 00:39:23,655
I'm ready to tell you
what I want to do next.
670
00:39:24,530 --> 00:39:25,655
Okay.
671
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:29,222
♪ You stay in my heart
and I will love you ♪
672
00:39:29,247 --> 00:39:31,179
♪ Forever and ever... ♪
673
00:39:31,514 --> 00:39:32,914
(EXHALES) Should I come in with you?
674
00:39:32,971 --> 00:39:34,906
I could be, like, your hype man. What?
675
00:39:35,210 --> 00:39:36,546
- What? (HUMMING)
- (LAUGHS)
676
00:39:37,979 --> 00:39:39,983
- Thanks, babe, but I got this.
- All right.
677
00:39:40,008 --> 00:39:41,842
♪ To live without you... ♪
678
00:39:42,070 --> 00:39:44,530
- Hey, Beth...
- I know. It's crazy.
679
00:39:44,555 --> 00:39:46,179
People are gonna think it's crazy.
680
00:39:46,204 --> 00:39:48,249
Child, please. When have we
ever listened to people?
681
00:39:50,593 --> 00:39:53,085
What? I say something wrong?
682
00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:55,304
No.
683
00:39:56,126 --> 00:39:58,655
♪ I run for the bus, dear ♪
684
00:39:59,672 --> 00:40:04,475
♪ And while riding,
I think of us, dear ♪
685
00:40:04,599 --> 00:40:07,593
♪ I say a little prayer for you ♪
686
00:40:09,448 --> 00:40:12,866
♪ At work, I just take time ♪
687
00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:16,192
♪ And all through my coffee... ♪
688
00:40:16,397 --> 00:40:18,874
Mr. Marcus, get your head
out of that phone.
689
00:40:18,899 --> 00:40:21,210
There's a whole world out here
that you're missing.
690
00:40:22,017 --> 00:40:23,550
Sorry, Principal Clarke.
691
00:40:23,575 --> 00:40:26,443
♪ And ever, you stay in my heart ♪
692
00:40:26,468 --> 00:40:28,936
♪ And I will love you ♪
693
00:40:28,961 --> 00:40:32,497
♪ Forever and ever, we never will part ♪
694
00:40:32,522 --> 00:40:35,210
♪ Oh, how I love you ♪
695
00:40:35,235 --> 00:40:39,335
♪ Together, together,
is how it must be ♪
696
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,936
♪ To live without you ♪
697
00:40:41,961 --> 00:40:44,462
♪ Would only mean heartbreak ♪
698
00:40:44,487 --> 00:40:48,390
♪ For me... ♪
699
00:40:52,467 --> 00:40:54,635
♪ My darling, believe me ♪
700
00:40:56,501 --> 00:40:59,163
♪ For me, there is no one ♪
701
00:40:59,961 --> 00:41:03,297
♪ No one, no one but you ♪
702
00:41:05,467 --> 00:41:08,769
♪ Answer my prayers now, baby ♪
703
00:41:10,438 --> 00:41:12,624
♪ Forever and ever ♪
704
00:41:12,649 --> 00:41:16,647
♪ You stay in my heart
and I will love you ♪
705
00:41:16,672 --> 00:41:18,897
♪ Forever and ever ♪
706
00:41:18,922 --> 00:41:23,280
♪ We never will part,
oh, how I love you ♪
707
00:41:23,305 --> 00:41:27,275
♪ Together, together,
is how it must be ♪
708
00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:29,801
♪ To live without you ♪
709
00:41:29,826 --> 00:41:33,195
♪ Would only mean heartbreak ♪
710
00:41:33,728 --> 00:41:40,634
♪ For me... ♪
711
00:41:49,294 --> 00:41:51,270
- You really know your stuff.
- (CHUCKLES): Sorry.
712
00:41:51,295 --> 00:41:53,059
It's been a while.
I was just... (PANTING)
713
00:41:54,062 --> 00:41:56,747
um, getting a feel
for things again. (CHUCKLES)
714
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,778
Our beginner's class
starts in 20 minutes,
715
00:41:58,944 --> 00:42:01,667
but I think you're gonna be
bored to tears.
716
00:42:01,692 --> 00:42:03,790
You really belong in an advanced class.
717
00:42:03,815 --> 00:42:06,684
Actually, I have something else in mind.
718
00:42:07,095 --> 00:42:08,289
(PANTING)
719
00:42:08,462 --> 00:42:09,750
I want to teach.
720
00:42:09,781 --> 00:42:12,025
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