- Well, ma'am, I really hope we can count on your vote
for Bobbie Yang.
No, no relation to Andrew Yang.
In fact, Bobbie's official statement on Andrew Yang is,
"I don't know her."
[chuckles softly] Yes, like Mariah Carey.
Uh-huh, and if you like Mariah Carey,
you're gonna love Bobbie Yang.
So can we count on your vote? Great.
Hey, bud, when you said we'd be phone banking today,
was that-- - I know, I know.
But I am working on Bobbie's campaign.
I'm about to head up to Albany
to try to get Deirdre's endorsement.
And I actually-- I really need your help.
- Okay.
- Is this sweater too sexy?
- For what? I mean, never mind.
It's not too sexy for anything. - Good.
Because when I see Deirdre,
I don't wanna lead with romantic energy,
but I want it in the mix.
- Absolutely. - You know?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Well, it's giving, "I'm in my prime.
I'm out on the town, but I'm not trying too hard."
- Right?
What about a vest? - What?
- Yeah, maybe a vest is the way to go,
'cause it kind of implies there's a torso.
- Bud.
- I'm overthinking this. - Yeah.
You look great!
- Thank you. Okay.
- It's not too sexy.
I need to make some more calls--
- You lied to me! - What?
- This is too sexy. - [sighs]
Please don't put on a vest! - You've lost all credibility!
[upbeat music]
* *
- Oh, hello, beautiful. Look at you.
[soft upbeat music]
* *
- What are you doing? With bare hands?
You're touching those with bare hands?
Stop, stop, stop. Stop.
- They've been kept away for far too long.
Each of these items have an energy.
They want to breathe. They want to be held.
This doll wants us to visit with them.
- Okay, well, visit in a pair of these, please.
The longer you handle them, the faster they degrade.
- Would you wanna be touched with hands covered in gloves?
- You don't know what I'm into, man.
Just put 'em on. - Fine.
You know, traditionally speaking,
most of these items are supposed to disintegrate
back into Mother Earth by now. - Okay.
Would love to listen to the rest of this tradish TED Talk,
but I actually have to go.
I'm applying for a land assignment.
- Land? You don't have kids.
- Yeah, I know that special treatment is given to families,
but I don't know, this museum is kinda my baby.
- Yeah, I think that would be fraud to claim that.
- [sighs] How are you native?
You have no sense of humor.
- All I'm saying is that tribal bureaucracy
isn't really for the weak.
- Yeah, I know it's rough. I get it. I'll be fine.
In college, they called me
the nerd queen of paperwork, so...
I'm just realizing now that they were being mean,
um, but whatever, it's still true.
* *
- It's okay. She's decolonizing.
It's all a part of the process.
* *
[knock on door]
- Nathan Rutherford's here.
Do you plan to inform him that you're...
[whispers] with child?
- Charlie. I plan to. Obviously, I'm going to.
Just let him in.
- Thank you, Charlie.
[chuckles] Well, well, well.
Uh, nice office.
- Nathan, hi.
We have a lot to talk about. - Well, good.
Let me just lay my cards right on the table.
Bobbie Yang, my former assistant,
current fashion icon, is running for mayor
and I am their campaign manager.
- Weren't you planning to run?
- I considered it, yeah,
but just trying to support others more,
focus less on myself.
- So you're selfless and employed now.
Good to know.
- Well, this trip's not entirely selfless.
I am seeking your endorsement for the campaign.
Your word still carries a lot of weight.
- Let me-- let me think on that.
Bobbie's lovely, but with my new job,
I have a lot of eyes on me. - Yeah.
Of course. Sure.
The new job!
[chuckles] Look at this place.
It's wild.
You got an elk on your desk? - Yeah, yeah.
- So I mean, how's it going?
How are you?
- It's a complicated time. - Okay.
- Lots of--lots of balls in the air.
- Yeah, I mean, the Albany Train Museum,
that place is like the Studio 54
of historical train sites.
- Yes. We're doing an audit. - Good, you should,
because that foam core budget is astronomical.
Unless it's their quincentennial coming up.
Is that-- No, that's not till 2027.
- I'm gathering you know a lot about this museum.
- I did have my 7th, 10th, and 16th birthdays there.
Yeah, well, not the 16th. That was canceled.
Lack of interest.
- Would you mind lending me your expertise?
I would love to pick your brain about a few things.
- Yeah, of course.
What can I do to help?
- Hey, Reagan! - Hey.
- Cool earrings. Is that snakeskin?
You're wild, girl. [chuckles]
- It's salmon skin, so.
My mom makes them.
She's a power vendor on Etsy, so.
If you like them, I could ask her if--
- What do you want?
- Um...
I am here to apply for a land assignment.
- Are you married? - No.
- Any kids? - Not a one.
- Good luck.
Proof of tribal enrollment.
- That, I do have.
- I can't accept this. It won't xerox.
- But you didn't even try.
- I just know. - [sighs]
Come on, Trish. You know me.
We went to Head Start together.
Remember in third grade when I dropped lemonade Slurpee
on my pants and everyone called me Miss Piss?
- [laughing] Oh, yeah. That was great.
- Yeah, I know.
- But I've never seen your papers.
* *
- This is all the budgets organized chronologically.
These are the things I've pulled
that I think need further review.
Full disclosure, I left out 2008
because that box was full of spiders.
Ugh.
But I will get it if you really want me to.
- No.
This is really helpful.
Thanks for being here.
- Yeah, of course.
- Nathan, I need to share something with you.
- Ah--oh. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Sorry to cut you off, but look.
Surplus funds are getting funneled
into an account called "Installation Upgrades."
- That's pretty generic. - Yeah.
You know, we should just go to the museum.
I've been there so many times,
I've basically memorized the exhibits.
I can tell you if anything's different.
- Okay.
Gonna gloss over that memorized exhibition part
for both our benefits.
Let's do it. - All right.
Oh, they might recognize me there.
Do you think I need to wear a disguise?
Nah, then I wouldn't be able to use my yearly pass.
Screw it. I'll pay full price.
Ah, but then I won't get the 20% discount at the gift shop.
But I don't need anything at the gift shop.
Ugh, except for that in-scale water tower.
Ah, were you trying to tell me something?
- Yes, but I can tell
you're still thinking about the discount thing.
- Well, if you don't use the pass,
you don't get the points, so...
- Did you buy that hat at the gift shop?
- Oh, no. Packed it.
You never know when you're gonna ride the rails.
I gotta say, nothing looks out of the ordinary here.
- Mm, I just know something is up with this place.
[tense music]
* *
- Well, she always takes my breath away.
[both laugh]
How long before she starts running?
- Nah. She's not running anymore.
- I'm--I'm sorry, what? Since when?
- Well, we told the museum director
that the motor was shot, but he won't replace it.
Now, it's display only.
- My heart is breaking in real-time.
- Wouldn't replacing that be an "installation upgrade"?
- Sounds like this place is really going downhill.
- Yep.
Had a line on an original 1832 silver railroad pass.
He said no.
Next day, comes driving in in a new RAV4.
I'm talking leather seats.
[scoffs]
I always say, train museums aren't for the people anymore.
- So the person running this museum
is a monster.
- Kind of picked up on that.
- There's no way you wouldn't buy that railroad pass.
1832. I mean, that's...
Mm!
This guy's definitely corrupt. - Mm-hmm.
- Right? Should spend time in prison.
Like, preferably Guantanamo.
What do we do here?
There's gotta be, like, a federal task force
or just-- we call the SWAT team.
- An investigator will reach out
and will most likely prosecute him
for misappropriation of funds. - Okay.
Okay, but this guy can't come within 500 feet of a museum.
He is a curatorial terrorist.
* *
- Bet you're not used to someone nailing it
on the first take. [chuckles]
[upbeat music]
* *
- Woof.
They really washed you out.
- I did notice. Yeah, thank you.
- Oh, you're not registered
with the land and water department.
- Oh? - Down the hall to the right.
- Okay.
So you want my last ten addresses
and my dad's first ten addresses?
No, I don't know if I'm gonna have a horse on my land.
Can I get back to you on that?
- You're not in my system.
[upbeat expressive music]
- Tony, it's been a while.
- Woof.
You could have used a little bronzer when they took this.
- I'll--I'll remember that for next time. Thanks.
- You're not in the system.
Come to me after you have the land assignment.
- That--that's why I'm here.
- No, go to the land management office.
- Wasn't I just there?
- I don't know your life like that.
Next.
- I don't carry a printout of my family tree with me.
I do have a pic of our last family reunion.
- Next.
* *
- Um, that's a tough one.
Marry Donatello,
have sex with Leonardo,
and kill Raphael?
Is that really a question on here?
- Next.
- I just need to know which plot of land
you're applying for.
- I thought you'd just give me whatever's left.
- Just mark on this map
which plot of land you're applying for.
That's assuming that you've established proof of residency
with the Land Retention Department.
- What the hell is land retention?
And how the hell is everyone always at lunch here?
Hi, can you please-- no?
* *
What? How?
No! No, are you kidding me?
[horn honks]
- Let's get lunch sometime, girl.
- Bye-bye!
- Thanks for dinner.
And sorry I ate your fries and mine.
It's been a day. - Yeah.
Yeah, but it was a fun day, right?
I mean, I kind of felt like Encyclopedia Brown
back at the museum.
Well, the adult version of that.
- You mean like Sherlock Holmes?
- Yes, that--that would be a better reference
because he's a grown up man person.
- Well, since you helped me, I should reciprocate.
Hit me with your best pitch.
Why should Bobbie Yang, an 18-year-old, be mayor?
- Okay.
So Bobbie works hard. - Mm-hmm.
- They're pragmatic without losing their optimism.
On a personal note, I've watched Bobbie grow
from a frivolous 15-year-old
to a really serious, intelligent person.
Don't get me wrong.
They've got enormous shoes to fill.
- [chuckles softly]
- I mean, you kicked down a door,
left a path for other firsts behind you.
Without you, there isn't a Bobbie.
[tender music]
* *
You're incredible.
* *
- They told me I have to choose the land that I'm applying for.
It's like, why are you called the land assignment office
if you assign nothing?
- Well, you could just go and do what they said
and look at the land you want.
- Oh, with all the free time I have.
What am I, a cartographer now?
- Let's go.
- Oh, now? - Yeah.
You're just sitting around here, whining all day.
You can just go and do it.
[upbeat music]
- [softly] Okay.
Fine.
* *
- [sighs]
- Okay.
Thank you.
I'm not very good with maps, but I think this is it.
- [mumbles, spits]
- Are you doing a bit right now?
- The soil is bad on this plot, but the energy is good.
You need good soil
for your ancestral food garden.
- Oh...
- Wait. You are planning to start
an ancestral food garden, right?
- Yeah, I was thinking more of, like,
a AstroTurf backyard with an above-ground pool.
- [sighs]
- Oh, you brought a measuring tape.
- I don't mess around when it comes to getting land back.
Plus, I used to be a carpenter.
- Oh, cool. That's great.
I don't know anything about square feet, so.
- All right.
Don't worry. I got you.
[Randy Wood's "Look How The Stars Shine For You"]
* *
Keep going. Good.
Unravel. Like that.
- * Look how the stars shine for you *
- No, no, no.
- * My one and only you *
* They're telling you, I *
* I love you *
[vocalizing]
* *
- [clears throat]
Yes.
- [vocalizing]
* *
* Look how the stars shine for you *
- You know, you gotta make sure your door is facing the--
- Facing the east. I know, Nelson.
Your people didn't invent the four sacred directions.
- But we did refine it, though.
- Anyways, you can totally fit
a two to three-bedroom trailer here.
And that pool you said the ducks are gonna use
like Tony Soprano's. - Like Tony Soprano's.
- Yeah.
[cheerful music]
[knock on door]
- Come in.
- Hello.
Good morning.
Have an early departure for you.
I figured you could use these.
And I just wanted a chance to say goodbye before I take off.
- That's kind of you, Nathan. - Yeah.
Next time, I promise to take you on a proper brunch.
You know, maybe we could do, like, a weekend visit.
That way, it's a little more chill.
Uh, yeah. Okay.
You got a lot to do, and...
Did I do something?
- Last night was really great.
- Yeah, it was, right? Okay, good.
I--I'm glad we're on the same page there.
You know, I don't have to wear the engineer's cap every time.
That was just sort of a-- - I'm pregnant.
And you're the father.
- Okay.
I don't think it works that fast, but--
Oh...
Oh!
- I wanted to tell you sooner,
but you wouldn't return my calls.
And I'm still trying to wrap my head around all this.
Do they even make maternity pant suits?
My job is a lot,
but at this point in my life,
I really want this baby.
And I thought you should know.
But if you-- if you don't want--
- Deirdre, I'm excited.
- You are? - Yeah. Yeah.
I mean, this is a lot to take it in,
but like, it--it--it's good.
I mean, I'm in.
I can move up here to Albany and--
- Well, hold on. Hold on, Nathan. Stop.
I think you'll be an incredible father, but us being together--
- Would be amazing.
- You're a great guy and I like spending time with you,
but you're also the type of guy
who disappears for months to go and find himself.
- Come on, it was like a few weeks finding myself,
and then--and then a few weeks in the attic.
Yeah, okay.
- Look, you're clearly searching for something,
and that's okay, but I'm not,
and I can't afford uncertainty in my life,
and neither can this baby.
[soft determined music]
* *
- Hi. I'm here for that land application.
I marked my plot on the map,
I've registered with all the land offices,
and here's my tribal ID.
- Great.
If you're approved by the land committee,
you should get your application form in the mail
in the next 8 to 26 weeks.
- What?
- Families are the tribe's priority,
so you're at the end of the line.
- Why should that even matter?
- I'm her husband.
- Since when?
- Indian way. Traditional.
I'm her husband.
- Aw, congrats you two!
- And we're gonna have a baby.
- Not right now.
- But we're trying.
- Not really.
- But we are, actually.
It's in the cards.
- Oh, well, okay.
Here you go.
- Oh, my God. Are you serious?
- You wanna give it back? - Nope.
No.
Thank you so much. This is great.
This is awesome. Thank you.
What?
[sighs] How?
Thank you for all that help.
- No problem.
- Why aren't you married?
Guys like you usually get snagged up in high school.
- In high school, I had a weird tooth,
and I had cystic acne.
- Ugh, woof. - Yeah.
I looked like Pizza the Hutt on "Spaceballs."
- [laughs] I love Pizza the Hutt.
- Then after grad school, I don't know,
people back home on my rez kind of were weird to me.
- Really? Me too.
- And then, after I left my fiancée at the altar,
she ended up marrying a white guy.
- No way. - Yeah.
[chuckles] I'm just kidding.
I mean--I mean, the first part, it's kind of true.
People in town, they told me about you,
but, you know, gossip's your people's way.
- [chuckles]
Listen, can I take you somewhere?
Well, here she is.
Nelson, meet my baby.
- Wow.
That's impressive.
That's way bigger than the cultural center back home.
Did you know is in the basement of our high school?
My grandpa, he made it work. - Mm.
- It's where I learned how to make my first hand drum.
- Yeah, I wanna put a room in the back
for language classes.
On Saturdays, the kids can come and listen to our elders
tell stories about the seasons changing.
Of course, a huge storage area, so...
You can visit with every single item in the collection.
- [chuckles]
You know, I've always wanted to categorize the items
by their region instead of their type.
I feel like it-- it tells a more complete story
about the relationship between the people and the land.
- I love that.
God, you were a really good hire, Nelson Renville.
- [chuckles]
- I feel like a lot of the things
that I've really been wanting
are finally feeling possible:
getting land, the cultural center...
A lot of things.
- And well, whatever you need, I'm here for it.
- I like--I like that.
I mean, your help is very nice, so...
- I get the feeling you want to kiss me right now.
- Oh, my body language wasn't clear enough?
How about now?
- Loud and clear.
[Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?"]
* *
[vocalizing]
* *
- You're gonna be a dad?
- You kissed Nelson?
- Okay, like, you've always had cool dad vibes,
but now you're gonna have a little human to justify it.
- I know, right? It's the sweaters.
- I know. - The sweaters.
I've been wearing these sweaters ironically.
Now they're not ironic, you know?
Okay, we're gonna circle back to you
because I fully want a play-by-play.
But yes, it is bonker donkers, okay?
We are leveling up, Reagan.
Do you realize you are about to
have a plot of land to-- to make flourish
and I am going to have
a whole-ass baby to feed and raise?
- Oh, my God.
Okay, promise you won't friend-dump me
when you and Deirdre get together, though.
I'm totally down to third wheel it.
- We are a package deal, Reags.
You know this. - Okay.
- But you don't even have to worry because
Deirdre said she doesn't want to be with me.
- Seriously?
Uh, okay.
I would offer to beat her up, but she's pregnant.
- She thinks I'm unreliable, you know,
that I don't know what I want.
And I see where she's coming from.
I'm kind of those things right now.
- No. Nathan, you're a really great guy, okay?
You had a little bit of a rough patch,
but adversity makes us stronger.
Hey, you were my "White Guy in the Cupboard"
when I really needed ya.
You helped me out when I struggled,
and you'll do the same for Deirdre.
- Thank you. I--
I know I'm not exactly what she wants right now,
but I really care about her.
I think I can prove myself over time.
- That's the spirit. - Okay.
- And until then...
Hey, everyone, Nathan's gonna be a dad!
Free pitchers of Michelob on me.
Cheers! - All right!
[both laugh]
Mm!
- [groans]
I guess I'm gonna be a stepmom. [chuckles]
* *
Cheers.
- * Where is my mind? *
* Where is my mind? *
* *
* Way out in the water *
* See it swimming *
* *
[vocalizing]
* *
* With your feet on the air and your head on the ground *
* *
[vocalizing]