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[ fabolous' "so ny" plays ]
♪ new york ♪
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♪ I said I'm so new york ♪
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♪ weezy probably
don't like me ♪
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♪ I'm so new york, weezy
probably don't like me ♪
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♪ I'm so new york, weezy
probably don't like me ♪
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♪ la da da da, da da da da ♪
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first signs of life
post-graduation, bitches!
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Woman: Who you calling
a "bitch," bitch?
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Yeah?
Say it to my face!
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I love new york.
[ chuckles ]
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everyone said life after college
would be hard, but, honestly...
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♪ I'm so new york,
weezy probably... ♪
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...Your girl's thriving.
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♪ la da da da, da da da da ♪
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[ ding ]
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honestly, my entire crew
is killing the game.
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Zoey:
Which I kind of expected.
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The only real surprise is that
these two are still together.
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No one saw that coming.
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♪ I'm only comin' out to play ♪
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and, of course,
there is a certain someone
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that I haven't mentioned yet.
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After years of countless
breakups and make-ups,
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an incarceration,
a six-hour marriage
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officiated by a cartel pastor,
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I'm sure it comes
as no surprise...
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We're doing great.
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Thanks to google calendars
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and a couple
after-dark snapchats --
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just to keep
the mystery alive --
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we are making
long distance work.
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Flight attendant:
Welcome to los angeles.
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Mm!
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♪ what about today? ♪
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and now I'm back
to surprise my guy.
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Zoey:
After aaron's afro-salon
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became an international
success,
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cal u made him an offer
he couldn't refuse --
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assistant professor,
tenure track.
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Today's not just a fresh start
for aaron,
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it's also a new beginning
for someone else.
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Bro, it is geometry.
Just turn left.
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That's what I'm doing.
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No, your other left.
Use the hypotenuse.
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Use english
when you're talking to me.
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I am!
Hypotenuse!
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My little brother's
taking on my alma mater!
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You heard that right --
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junior is enrolled
as a freshman,
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so of course I had to be here.
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You're not using
your knees.
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I am.
Surprise!
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[ camera shutter clicking ]
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ah!
Ah!
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Zoey.
You gotta be
[bleep] kidding me.
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[ giggles ]
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they're so excited to see me!
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That's my toe.
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♪ watch out, world,
I'm grown now ♪
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♪ I'm grown ♪
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♪ learn something new
every day ♪
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♪ I don't know,
so I'mma feel my way ♪
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♪ got the weight of the world
on me ♪
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♪ but no regrets,
this is what I say ♪
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♪ watch out, world,
I'm grown now ♪
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♪ I'm grown ♪
♪ you can tell me ♪
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♪ my heart beating so loud ♪
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♪ mama, look, I'm grown now ♪
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♪ I'm grown ♪
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aren't you excited
to see me?
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Yeah, yeah,
so excited.
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Just didn't get the alert
on our shared calendar.
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Okay.
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Today is a huge day
for both of you,
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so I flew in
on business class --
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you mean,
"used dad's miles."
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point is, I am here
for 19 1/2 hours,
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and I can multitask
for the men I love.
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Or man and boy.
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I -- you are 11 months
older than me.
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I mean...
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All right, that is
a collectible charizard statue,
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limited number.
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You know, I don't need
to justify it to you.
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Mnh-mnh.
All I'm saying
is I'm proud of you.
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I mean, you're finally embracing
the whole college experience.
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Look, I'm not here
to butt-chug beers
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and go to pep rallies.
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I'm here to get in,
get out,
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and get back
into the real world.
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What I realized during
my gap year is that college
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is a stepping stone,
not a standstill.
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Uh, that was a gap year?
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Yeah, well, hey, listen,
there's nothing wrong with being
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a geriatric freshman.
That's fine.
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The point is,
I've got this.
Oh.
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Nice to meet you.
Hi!
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Zaara.
Zoey.
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Dig your vibe, z.
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Ooh, thank you.
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But, oh, I'm actually
not your roommate.
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I'm here to help
my brother settle in.
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This is the brother
right here.
Yeah.
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Hi. I'm junior.
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Lakers flag, jordans,
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axe three-in-one
body wash.
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This is what I get
for rolling the dice
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on gender-inclusive
housing.
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All right.
Yeah.
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Godspeed.
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And why don't you just
text me when you need me?
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Yeah.
And, um,
you will need me.
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Yep.
You guys have fun.
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You got this, j.
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Thanks.
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Rule number one --
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if you're gonna watch porn
or "pokémon,"
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headphones on.
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♪
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[ sighs ]
some people say
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returning to campus
as an alumnus
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is like being
the ghost of christmas past,
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haunting a life that's
technically no longer yours.
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I mean, what if cal u's
forgotten me?
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♪ zoooooeeeeyyyyyyy ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
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yes!
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Who am I kidding?
It is great to be back.
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This is such
a crazy surprise.
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Hey, there is no way
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I'd miss seeing my dude
stroll down his campus
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as a tenure-track
assistant professor.
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Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah.
Class of '22, whaddup!
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Oh!
Wait.
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Did you not graduate?
[ chuckles ]
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of course I did, dummy!
Barely.
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I had to take a sociology class
online over the summer.
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But real question is,
what are you doing on campus?
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Welcome brunch with the
graduating class of gammas.
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Mm-hmm.
My frat brothers
needed me, so...
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Mm.
They make him
dress like
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he's selling bean pies
for farrakhan.
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Hey, oh,
don't hate.
Yeah.
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Hey, when you work at
the number-three marketing firm
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in cali,
you gotta dress the part.
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All right, okay,
gucci loafers.
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And right, right, right.
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Turner and hyde --
that is such a sick company.
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Congrats, doug.
Yeah.
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Hey, you gotta come
to my black excellence
white party tonight.
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Mm.
So you're celebrating blackness
with whiteness?
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Wait, a party?
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You really can't throw a party
without telling big zo-zo.
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But, hey,
your girl's here now.
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What if I make
my infamous jungle juice?
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'cause I still have
that grain alcohol connect.
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We just have to
drive to fresno.
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Zoey, no jungle juice.
This is not a college party.
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This is an adult party,
okay?
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Mm-hmm.
They only turn up
just because.
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If anybody needs to turn up,
it's teachers, okay?
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I literally feel like
I'm --
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I'm shaping the future minds
of america.
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Mm.
You never forget that
first professor
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who made an impact,
you know?
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Actually, I --
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I can't remember the names
of any of my professors.
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I'm so glad I'm not
the only one.
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But not to say that's
gonna happen with you.
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Everyone's gonna remember
your name, baby.
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Yeah.
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Tenure-track assistant professor
aaron jackson. Ooh!
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♪ you're now rockin'
with the best, yes ♪
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♪ better than the rest ♪
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♪ this a level up
'cause I'm way too fresh ♪
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♪ all I do is win,
so I tend to say less ♪
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♪ except when I come
through to flex ♪
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♪ rockin' with the best, yes ♪
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♪ better than the rest ♪
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so, while aaron and I
got reacquainted with cal u,
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junior was in the middle
of freshman-ing.
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And he was beginning
to question
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if he had made
the right decision.
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Hey, so welcome to your first
day as residents of king hall.
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I'm kiela, your ra.
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And, you know, let's start
this orientation off
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with an icebreaker.
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Tell me your name
and why cal u.
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I'll start.
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I'm kiela, sophomore,
and I'm at cal u to figure out
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how to save our democracy
before the next insurrection.
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Who's next?
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I'm annika, freshman,
repping brooklyn.
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I came to cal u because
of the legacy, the history,
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and, statistically,
cal u has the most attractive,
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financially stable students
on this coast,
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so it was a no-brainer.
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Yo, I'm slick.
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Um, I'm just --
I'm just happy to be here.
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Wherever "here" is.
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Uh...
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Wait.
What was the question?
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I'm zeke, freshman,
and I'm just here for football.
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And the ladies.
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So get at me
before I get drafted.
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I'm zaara, freshman.
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Why did I pick cal u?
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Um, because harvard,
brown, and yale
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don't offer accelerated
medical-degree programs.
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Go, titans.
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[ clears throat ]
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oh.
Um, right.
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Sorry.
I -- why am I here?
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Why am I here?
Right.
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Uh, I guess, because,
after dropping out of howard,
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I got a job
that didn't pay enough.
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Thought I found the love
of my life,
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tried to settle down,
but that didn't work out.
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And since my high school
ap credits can get me
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in and out of cal u
in three years,
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I thought, hey,
it's a means to an end.
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♪♪
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oh, and, uh, I'm junior.
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Kiela: Uh, yeah, so...
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[ cellphone vibrates ]
...You know,
second icebreaker.
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Let's just
get right into that.
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Everyone a fan?
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[ conversation continues
indistinctly ]
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♪♪
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we're excited to have you,
aaron.
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Hey, it's good to be here.
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Actually, I wanted to run
a couple things by you --
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basically my plans
for the semester.
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I've written out
a proposal --
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now, while I love
your enthusiasm,
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as a new member
of faculty,
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your focus should really be
on your intro course.
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Right. Uh...
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But when you hired me,
you told me to think big,
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so that's what I did.
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Well, for the time being,
maybe think a little...
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Smaller.
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Smaller, right.
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Okay.
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So, aaron's got a new place,
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and I'd say it is in desperate
need of a woman's touch.
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I mean, why wouldn't you put
almond milk in the fridge?
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[ sniffs ] whoo!
That is why.
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Yikes!
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Hey, babe.
251
00:09:33,390 --> 00:09:35,941
I put your almond milk
in the fridge.
252
00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:37,242
[ sighs ]
253
00:09:37,394 --> 00:09:39,945
which, I guess if you
really don't like it,
254
00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,696
I could put it back
on the counter.
255
00:09:41,782 --> 00:09:43,365
It's not that.
256
00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:45,116
You remember that I had
those three, uh,
257
00:09:45,252 --> 00:09:46,585
competing job offers?
258
00:09:46,703 --> 00:09:50,622
Yeah, but then cal u offered
you a tenure-track position.
259
00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:52,207
How could you
turn that down?
260
00:09:52,259 --> 00:09:53,708
I think
I made a mistake.
261
00:09:53,794 --> 00:09:55,576
Really?
Yeah, dean watson --
262
00:09:55,629 --> 00:09:58,430
he promised me
I would have more agency,
263
00:09:58,548 --> 00:10:01,383
but I-I can't even choose
what color markers I have.
264
00:10:01,468 --> 00:10:02,968
It's the same
bureaucratic bs.
265
00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:04,886
I...
266
00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:06,605
Think I played myself.
267
00:10:08,775 --> 00:10:10,525
[ groans ]
268
00:10:10,611 --> 00:10:12,944
that's a cry for help, right?
269
00:10:13,063 --> 00:10:14,229
I'm glad you're here.
270
00:10:15,482 --> 00:10:16,982
He needs me.
271
00:10:17,117 --> 00:10:19,100
Um, babe, you know,
272
00:10:19,152 --> 00:10:21,286
anti-muse is mainly virtual
these days,
273
00:10:21,438 --> 00:10:24,272
which means, technically,
I can work from anywhere.
274
00:10:24,324 --> 00:10:28,627
So how about I stay with you
for a few weeks?
275
00:10:28,745 --> 00:10:30,778
Yeah?
Really?
276
00:10:30,831 --> 00:10:31,796
Of course.
You're sure?
277
00:10:31,948 --> 00:10:33,748
Hundred percent.
278
00:10:33,834 --> 00:10:36,617
Mm.
Yeah?
279
00:10:36,670 --> 00:10:38,219
Mm.
280
00:10:38,305 --> 00:10:40,505
[ whispering ]
I love being needed.
281
00:10:42,759 --> 00:10:44,643
[ mid-tempo music plays ]
282
00:10:44,761 --> 00:10:48,847
♪
283
00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:51,266
I know that the food here
is kinda weird, right?
284
00:10:51,351 --> 00:10:52,684
Oh, junior.
285
00:10:52,819 --> 00:10:54,986
Airdrop me your info so I can
add you to friend tracker.
286
00:10:55,138 --> 00:10:56,855
We've known each other
for 12 hours.
287
00:10:56,973 --> 00:10:59,140
Why do we need
to find each other?
288
00:10:59,192 --> 00:11:01,276
People get lost.
Exactly.
289
00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:03,445
You never seen
"abducted in plain sight"?
290
00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:05,196
Well, a bunch of us
are hanging out later.
291
00:11:05,332 --> 00:11:06,531
Come through.
292
00:11:06,667 --> 00:11:09,284
Oh, um, I'd love to,
but I actually have something.
293
00:11:09,369 --> 00:11:10,618
Maybe next time, though.
294
00:11:10,704 --> 00:11:13,505
Well, in case your plans change,
you know how to find me.
295
00:11:13,623 --> 00:11:14,822
[ cellphone dings ]
296
00:11:14,875 --> 00:11:16,758
anyway, that's exactly
what I was talking about...
297
00:11:16,843 --> 00:11:19,844
♪ hey, hey, hey ♪
298
00:11:19,963 --> 00:11:21,996
♪ I came to steal the show ♪
299
00:11:22,049 --> 00:11:23,164
♪ hey, hey ♪
300
00:11:23,216 --> 00:11:25,100
♪ 'cause it's my time to flow ♪
301
00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:26,384
♪ hey, hey, hey ♪
302
00:11:26,503 --> 00:11:28,336
♪ I came to steal the show ♪
303
00:11:28,388 --> 00:11:30,188
♪ whoo, whoo ♪
304
00:11:30,307 --> 00:11:32,173
if there is anything
diddy taught us,
305
00:11:32,275 --> 00:11:34,275
it's that the two-step
will never die,
306
00:11:34,361 --> 00:11:36,227
and nothing screams
"black success"
307
00:11:36,346 --> 00:11:37,678
like an all-white party.
308
00:11:37,731 --> 00:11:40,014
Ironic,
but somehow still true.
309
00:11:40,067 --> 00:11:41,316
♪ shots! ♪
310
00:11:41,401 --> 00:11:43,651
♪ shots, shots, shots,
shots, anybod-- ♪
311
00:11:43,704 --> 00:11:45,353
zoey, zoey, zoey.
312
00:11:45,455 --> 00:11:46,705
W-what are you doing?
313
00:11:46,856 --> 00:11:49,324
I'm helping bring on
a mild but pleasing buzz.
314
00:11:49,409 --> 00:11:50,325
No, no, no.
315
00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:51,876
I-I-I have mixologists
over there
316
00:11:52,028 --> 00:11:54,129
making overpriced
lychee cocktails.
Mm.
317
00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:57,298
And you're out here
doing this red jell-o thing.
318
00:11:57,384 --> 00:11:58,866
I don't want people thinking
that this is
319
00:11:58,969 --> 00:12:00,635
some low-budget
college party.
320
00:12:00,721 --> 00:12:01,869
You see what
I'm doing here?
321
00:12:01,922 --> 00:12:03,838
Oh, gotchu, gotchu,
gotchu.
322
00:12:03,924 --> 00:12:05,306
But people love
jell-o shots.
323
00:12:05,392 --> 00:12:07,175
So why don't we just agree
to disagree?
324
00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:08,876
No.
Why don't we just agree
to disagree?
325
00:12:08,929 --> 00:12:10,178
No. [ sighs ]
326
00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:14,182
♪ bring the entourage ♪
aaron: This is like
old times, huh?
327
00:12:14,267 --> 00:12:15,517
Zoey: Mm-hmm.
328
00:12:15,602 --> 00:12:16,768
I mean, not like the times
when we broke up
329
00:12:16,903 --> 00:12:19,387
and got back together again,
or even got arrested,
330
00:12:19,439 --> 00:12:20,939
but, like,
the good old times.
331
00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:23,024
Mm-hmm.
I'm so glad I'm home.
332
00:12:23,110 --> 00:12:27,112
I feel like we have so many good
new old times in our future.
333
00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:28,747
Speaking of our future...
Yeah.
334
00:12:28,865 --> 00:12:30,949
...I was thinking
we really should, like...
Yeah?
335
00:12:31,067 --> 00:12:32,283
...Try to spend more time
together, you know?
336
00:12:32,402 --> 00:12:34,702
Like, one-on-one time.
Mm.
337
00:12:34,788 --> 00:12:36,454
J-just the two of us.
You know what I'm saying?
338
00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:37,455
Mm-hmm.
Vibing, connecting.
339
00:12:37,591 --> 00:12:39,290
Yeah.
Because I've missed you.
340
00:12:39,409 --> 00:12:41,760
Aw.
Baby, I missed you, too.
341
00:12:41,878 --> 00:12:43,128
[ megan thee stallion's
"girls in the hood" plays ]
342
00:12:43,263 --> 00:12:44,596
yeah?
Oh!
343
00:12:44,714 --> 00:12:47,465
♪ I'm a hot girl,
oh, I do hot shit, ah! ♪
344
00:12:47,584 --> 00:12:48,850
♪ hate under my pictures
on the 'gram ♪
345
00:12:48,935 --> 00:12:50,218
♪ bitch, you better hope ♪
346
00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:51,519
♪ I never run across
your man, uh ♪
347
00:12:51,605 --> 00:12:52,637
remember?
348
00:12:52,755 --> 00:12:53,805
Sophomore year,
I'd have them play this
349
00:12:53,940 --> 00:12:55,940
every single night
at titanium.
350
00:12:56,059 --> 00:12:57,609
I'd make the bartender
play this at closing.
351
00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:58,977
This is my song,
this is my song.
352
00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:01,762
This is my
mother [bleep] song!
353
00:13:01,865 --> 00:13:04,765
Right.
♪ I don't text quick
'cause I ain't thirsty ♪
354
00:13:04,868 --> 00:13:07,068
♪ mad, mad,
they wanna hurt me ♪
355
00:13:07,154 --> 00:13:09,370
♪ I'm a hot girl, I do hot... ♪
356
00:13:09,456 --> 00:13:11,906
♪ spend his income
on my outfit ♪
357
00:13:11,992 --> 00:13:14,659
♪ I don't text quick
'cause I ain't thirsty ♪
358
00:13:14,795 --> 00:13:15,960
♪ these bitches mad, mad ♪
359
00:13:16,112 --> 00:13:17,912
♪ they wanna hurt me ♪
yeah!
360
00:13:17,998 --> 00:13:19,214
[ litty kitty's
"move somethin" plays ]
361
00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:21,299
♪ move somethin', baby,
move somethin', unh ♪
362
00:13:21,451 --> 00:13:23,835
♪ tell me if you wanna
do somethin', unh ♪
363
00:13:23,970 --> 00:13:26,120
♪ what you want, baby?
Choose something, unh ♪
364
00:13:26,173 --> 00:13:28,973
you're the ra who wants to stop
the next insurrection, right?
365
00:13:29,125 --> 00:13:30,291
Mm, and you're the freshman
366
00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:32,343
who's already over college,
right?
367
00:13:32,479 --> 00:13:34,262
[ scoffs ]
I never said that.
368
00:13:34,347 --> 00:13:37,348
Maybe not, but that's
your whole, um, vibe.
369
00:13:37,484 --> 00:13:38,799
Oh.
Yeah.
370
00:13:38,902 --> 00:13:40,185
♪ move, move something ♪
371
00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,303
♪ feel the beat like the... ♪
372
00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:43,822
kiela.
373
00:13:43,940 --> 00:13:44,939
Junior.
374
00:13:45,025 --> 00:13:47,692
Okay, junior,
same question --
375
00:13:47,810 --> 00:13:50,278
why cal u?
376
00:13:50,363 --> 00:13:52,947
I don't know.
I guess...To get a degree.
377
00:13:53,033 --> 00:13:54,315
You know,
same as everybody else.
378
00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:56,984
Look, I -- I know, for me,
to come all the way to cal u
379
00:13:57,037 --> 00:13:59,087
and live with strangers,
eat on a meal plan,
380
00:13:59,172 --> 00:14:01,039
and leave thousands of dollars
in debt,
381
00:14:01,157 --> 00:14:03,208
it just -- you know,
it has to be worth
382
00:14:03,343 --> 00:14:06,377
more than some piece of paper
in a fancy-ass frame.
383
00:14:06,496 --> 00:14:08,329
Also, it'll help
if you just loosen up
384
00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:10,098
and enjoy this whole
college thing.
385
00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:11,966
[ chuckles ] yeah.
386
00:14:12,052 --> 00:14:14,552
You never know
what will happen.
387
00:14:14,671 --> 00:14:19,390
All: 97, 98, 99, 100!
388
00:14:19,526 --> 00:14:21,526
[ cheering ]
389
00:14:21,645 --> 00:14:23,611
raah!
390
00:14:26,283 --> 00:14:31,069
Some people might say
that traveling 2,789 miles
391
00:14:31,187 --> 00:14:33,238
to shoot copious alcohol
down your throat
392
00:14:33,356 --> 00:14:36,241
is poor decision-making,
and they would be wrong.
393
00:14:36,359 --> 00:14:39,077
The good news is,
I still have a high tolerance
394
00:14:39,195 --> 00:14:42,547
and remain the keg-stand goat!
395
00:14:42,699 --> 00:14:43,965
Hunh!
396
00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:47,919
Anybody that says that you
cannot relive the good old days,
397
00:14:48,037 --> 00:14:50,755
they're probably just
in their 30s.
398
00:14:50,873 --> 00:14:52,540
Ooh! Okay.
399
00:14:52,642 --> 00:14:55,393
Here comes the time of the night
that every party girl hates.
400
00:14:55,512 --> 00:14:57,428
I gotta break the seal.
401
00:14:57,547 --> 00:14:58,930
All right, excuse me, guys.
402
00:14:59,048 --> 00:15:01,215
Really gotta pee.
Really gotta pee.
403
00:15:01,268 --> 00:15:03,384
Tryin' to keep
this outfit white.
404
00:15:03,486 --> 00:15:05,436
Oh, my god!
Aahhh!
405
00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:07,705
[ screams ]
406
00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:11,409
excuse me.
407
00:15:11,528 --> 00:15:12,777
Hey, I need a drink
that'll erase
408
00:15:12,913 --> 00:15:15,246
the last three minutes
from my brain.
409
00:15:15,365 --> 00:15:16,614
Make it a double.
Sure.
410
00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:17,898
Zoey, I'm sorry --
shh! Shh!
411
00:15:18,001 --> 00:15:20,785
Okay. Cool.
It's understandable.
412
00:15:23,957 --> 00:15:25,506
Wow.
413
00:15:26,793 --> 00:15:29,460
Ooh.
Zoey, I am sorry
414
00:15:29,596 --> 00:15:32,297
that you had to see me
engage in carnal activities.
415
00:15:32,415 --> 00:15:33,348
Uh, again.
416
00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:36,134
Not as sorry as me.
Okay.
417
00:15:36,252 --> 00:15:38,336
But do you think
this is why I'm here?
418
00:15:40,307 --> 00:15:42,440
To have sex with kiela?
419
00:15:42,592 --> 00:15:43,942
No! No.
420
00:15:44,060 --> 00:15:46,694
But maybe?
I don't know.
421
00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:48,896
I-I feel like I started here
feeling out of place,
422
00:15:48,982 --> 00:15:51,783
like I was too old,
and I think that kept me
423
00:15:51,934 --> 00:15:54,319
from embracing
the college experience.
424
00:15:54,437 --> 00:15:56,821
But college needs to be
more than me
425
00:15:56,939 --> 00:15:59,791
just keeping my head down
and getting my degree.
426
00:15:59,942 --> 00:16:03,161
Yeah.
Of course it does.
427
00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:05,964
I mean,
I fell in love here.
428
00:16:06,115 --> 00:16:09,667
I figured out who I was
and what I wanted,
429
00:16:09,803 --> 00:16:12,170
how to go after it.
430
00:16:12,288 --> 00:16:15,223
College made me
who I am.
431
00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:19,177
And I just know it can be
all of that for you.
432
00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:20,345
And let me remind you --
433
00:16:20,447 --> 00:16:22,313
it is so much easier
than the real world.
434
00:16:22,465 --> 00:16:24,816
I just want my life
to be easier.
435
00:16:24,934 --> 00:16:26,234
I miss my meal plan.
436
00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:27,485
Oh.
Does that sound crazy?
437
00:16:27,637 --> 00:16:28,770
It's a little weird.
438
00:16:28,855 --> 00:16:30,188
That's crazy.
That food sucked.
439
00:16:30,306 --> 00:16:32,824
But sometimes
I just wish...
440
00:16:32,975 --> 00:16:35,526
I could come home.
441
00:16:35,645 --> 00:16:36,494
No, no, no, no, no.
442
00:16:36,613 --> 00:16:39,030
Zoey, you cannot
go backwards.
443
00:16:39,165 --> 00:16:40,948
What do you think future zoey
is gonna say
444
00:16:41,034 --> 00:16:42,367
when she looks back
at herself
445
00:16:42,485 --> 00:16:45,003
and sees that you gave up just
because things weren't easy?
446
00:16:45,154 --> 00:16:46,371
Yeah.
447
00:16:46,489 --> 00:16:48,673
Also, you have always wanted
to live in new york.
448
00:16:48,792 --> 00:16:50,541
It's all you've ever
talked about.
449
00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:53,211
Yeah, I know.
450
00:16:53,329 --> 00:16:55,797
What if I'm not ready for
the life I always talked about?
451
00:16:55,882 --> 00:16:57,849
We are never ready.
452
00:16:57,967 --> 00:17:01,019
Yeah.
But that's just life.
453
00:17:01,137 --> 00:17:04,856
We both need to take
that next step forward.
454
00:17:04,974 --> 00:17:06,224
Yeah.
455
00:17:08,061 --> 00:17:09,644
This is weird.
Yeah.
456
00:17:09,729 --> 00:17:11,062
Us talking like this,
like...
457
00:17:11,197 --> 00:17:12,864
Yeah.
...Adults.
458
00:17:12,982 --> 00:17:15,033
I mean, you're just
a real grown-up, dude.
459
00:17:15,151 --> 00:17:16,901
Yeah, you too.
It's...
460
00:17:17,019 --> 00:17:18,870
So weird.
461
00:17:18,988 --> 00:17:21,873
Also, it seems like the elder
johnsons have a type.
462
00:17:22,024 --> 00:17:23,157
What do you mean?
463
00:17:23,243 --> 00:17:27,328
You know, kiela is
luca's little sister.
464
00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:29,464
No!
Mm-hmm.
465
00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:32,166
Oh, my -- oh, my god.
466
00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:33,751
Uh, excuse me.
Bartender?
467
00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:34,969
I'll have
what she's having.
468
00:17:35,055 --> 00:17:37,722
Make it a double double.
You're gonna need it.
469
00:17:37,841 --> 00:17:39,891
♪ step out when I do it ♪
470
00:17:40,009 --> 00:17:41,642
♪ got the phone
with the panoramic views ♪
471
00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:42,927
♪ 'cause my view different ♪
472
00:17:43,045 --> 00:17:44,712
♪ let 'em watch how I do it ♪
473
00:17:44,814 --> 00:17:45,930
♪ mr. Wild wild west ♪
474
00:17:46,048 --> 00:17:47,548
hey.
Hey.
475
00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:49,600
I am so sorry
that I was out there
476
00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:53,237
acting like a spring-breaker
on south padre island.
477
00:17:53,356 --> 00:17:55,073
[ chuckles ]
I was just having
a good time,
478
00:17:55,224 --> 00:17:58,776
and then I didn't want
that time to ever end.
479
00:17:58,912 --> 00:18:01,079
Why? I thought things were
going good in new york.
480
00:18:01,197 --> 00:18:02,563
Yeah, they are.
481
00:18:02,615 --> 00:18:06,567
Anti-muse is bigger than
I could've ever imagined, but...
482
00:18:06,619 --> 00:18:09,069
I only have work-friends,
and I'm starting
483
00:18:09,122 --> 00:18:13,791
to really hate being away
from my family and from you.
484
00:18:13,910 --> 00:18:16,594
I thought coming back to cal u
would bring out the old me,
485
00:18:16,713 --> 00:18:19,931
but I think
that chapter's closed.
486
00:18:21,551 --> 00:18:24,102
And I'm okay with that.
487
00:18:24,220 --> 00:18:26,587
Look, zoey, I love you,
and whatever you want,
488
00:18:26,639 --> 00:18:29,524
wherever you want to be,
we'll make it work.
489
00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:31,425
All right?
490
00:18:31,528 --> 00:18:33,427
So you got
this flight tomorrow.
Yeah.
491
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,063
What do you want to do
until then?
492
00:18:36,149 --> 00:18:38,900
Just make the most
of our time together.
493
00:18:38,985 --> 00:18:41,152
Let's do that.
Yeah.
494
00:18:41,287 --> 00:18:42,904
I love you.
495
00:18:42,989 --> 00:18:44,605
I love you.
496
00:18:44,657 --> 00:18:46,607
[ down-tempo music plays ]
497
00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:51,579
♪♪
498
00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:54,832
zoey: New beginnings are
exciting and terrifying
499
00:18:54,968 --> 00:18:58,252
for the same reason --
500
00:18:58,338 --> 00:19:00,671
anything can happen.
501
00:19:00,790 --> 00:19:03,174
What?
[ laughs ]
502
00:19:03,292 --> 00:19:04,592
I mean...
503
00:19:04,677 --> 00:19:06,594
[ yoste's "arc" plays ]
504
00:19:06,679 --> 00:19:09,847
♪ heaving ♪
505
00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:13,151
♪ hollow ♪
506
00:19:13,302 --> 00:19:16,604
♪ breathing ♪
507
00:19:16,689 --> 00:19:18,022
♪ so slow ♪
508
00:19:18,158 --> 00:19:20,858
oh, guys,
you remember junior.
509
00:19:20,994 --> 00:19:22,994
What's up, y'all?
What's up?
510
00:19:23,145 --> 00:19:26,981
♪ but tiring ♪
511
00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:29,500
♪ lost sight ♪
512
00:19:29,619 --> 00:19:31,202
♪ climbing ♪
513
00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,288
♪ coming to rest ♪
514
00:19:34,374 --> 00:19:37,324
after graduation,
everyone tells you
515
00:19:37,427 --> 00:19:40,344
you have your whole life
ahead of you.
516
00:19:40,463 --> 00:19:44,515
But no one ever tells you
just how scary that is.
517
00:19:44,634 --> 00:19:47,018
♪ I could breathe
in the colors so bright ♪
518
00:19:47,136 --> 00:19:50,521
for the first time,
you're really on your own.
519
00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:55,226
♪
520
00:19:55,344 --> 00:19:57,395
junior: Sometimes you have to
start over
521
00:19:57,513 --> 00:20:00,565
to get where you need to go.
522
00:20:00,683 --> 00:20:02,483
And you know what?
523
00:20:02,569 --> 00:20:04,202
Both: I'm not scared.
524
00:20:06,421 --> 00:20:08,623
Let's get it right this time,
gentlemen.
525
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:09,874
This is a love song to someone
who lives 3,000 miles away.
526
00:20:09,992 --> 00:20:11,292
Give it to me with some soul,
right?
527
00:20:11,377 --> 00:20:13,211
5, 6, 7, 8.
528
00:20:13,329 --> 00:20:14,378
♪ you're a hot girl ♪
hot!
529
00:20:14,497 --> 00:20:15,379
♪ you do hot sh... ♪
sh!
530
00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:16,547
♪ you're a hot girl ♪
hot!
531
00:20:16,683 --> 00:20:17,682
♪ you do hot sh... ♪
532
00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:18,966
♪ you're a hot girl ♪
533
00:20:19,052 --> 00:20:20,551
♪ you do hot sh...,
you're a hot girl ♪
534
00:20:20,670 --> 00:20:21,719
what are we
talkin' about?
535
00:20:21,837 --> 00:20:23,354
Give it to 'em
tender now.
536
00:20:23,473 --> 00:20:24,505
[ softly ]
♪ you do hot sh... ♪
537
00:20:24,607 --> 00:20:25,839
♪ you're a hot girl ♪
538
00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:27,191
♪ you do hot sh... ♪
♪ you do hot sh... ♪
539
00:20:27,310 --> 00:20:28,359
♪ you're a hot girl,
you do hot sh... ♪
540
00:20:28,478 --> 00:20:29,843
I don't think they can
hear us in the back.
541
00:20:29,946 --> 00:20:31,679
2, 3, hey!
[ loudly ]
♪ you're a hot girl ♪
542
00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:33,347
♪ you're a hot girl, what ♪
♪ you do hot sh ♪
543
00:20:33,449 --> 00:20:34,848
what!
♪ you're a hot girl ♪
544
00:20:34,901 --> 00:20:36,016
♪ you do hot sh... ♪
545
00:20:36,069 --> 00:20:37,017
my baby's hot.
♪ you're a hot girl ♪
546
00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:39,353
my baby's hot.
My baby's hot.
547
00:20:39,455 --> 00:20:40,521
♪ you do hot sh... ♪
548
00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:41,372
♪ you're a hot girl ♪
549
00:20:41,491 --> 00:20:46,277
2, 3, and zzt!