What are you waiting for?
Give it a whirl.
- Happy Birthday... - Happy Birthday...
Hold on a second. Who's--
- ...Dusty - ...Dad-
- Happy Birthday to you - Happy Birthday to you
- Aah! I got 'em all. - Yay!
What did you wish for?
I totally forgot to do it.
You didn't make a wish?
Hey, with a family like this, what else could I need?
That's fucking dumb.
So you want me to return your 40 presents now?
I got 40 presents? Get 'em!
Let's move this along.
- Original trail mix. - Wow.
A new headlamp!
Batteries.
- That's better. - Okay, honey.
What's in here? What are you eating?
A shirt that's funny and also makes me feel bad.
I'm really proud of it.
Four dollars...
- stapled together. - Love you, Dad.
A scooter! Shut up!
Oh, my God, yeah. That is the perfect gift for a fully grown adult man!
And look, it even comes with a camo helmet
because you're practically military now that you drive a scooter.
- Kinda. - Okay. You can go to school now.
Thank you.
- Thank you. - Happy birthday.
Thank you, Tri.
- Look at this! You are amazing. - Look at-- You're just so cute.
You're gonna be amazing on it. I can't wait to see you.
I'm gonna sit with it. Get used to it.
Okay.
This is a surprise!
- Too much. - All right.
Ready?
Ooh. Wow. Look at that.
It's-- It's a-- It's a--
It's a theremin.
- A theremin. - Yeah, yeah.
It's this old-timey musical instrument that uses electromagnetic waves.
You don't even have to touch it.
- Did I ask for that? - No.
No.
Just figured you might like it because you're so musical.
You're always whistling.
Are you surprised?
You've outdone yourself, darling.
Yay. And you know that's not it, right?
It wouldn't be your birthday
if I didn't have another little surprise for you when you get home tonight.
- Oh, my goodness. - Mm-hmm.
Cassandra Hubbard, it's not even Thursday.
I know.
Whoo. Shit.
Hey! Morning, Izzy.
Ooh, I think you mean, ''Good morning, Mayor Fontaine.''
That is what I meant. Thank you for correcting me.
Dusty! I see you got a new hog.
- She's a sweet ride. - Yeah.
All she needs is a bit of rocket fuel.
- Okay. - Two milks, one sugar, please.
It's on the house, birthday boy.
My secret's out.
I'm turning 21.
I see you noticed my new toy.
Believe it or not, for the two bucks you saved on coffee,
that thing will tell you your life's potential.
Is that right? Where'd you get it?
No idea.
Jacob was manning the store when it arrived on Friday.
But a lot of people used it over the weekend,
and it seems to be good for business, so I'm not asking questions.
What do you think, Mr. Malik?
Best two bucks you ever spent?
Jimbo!
Morning, Larry. Morning, Lisa!
Hey, Jamie! Hey, Jamie C!
Hi, Jasmine. Ooh, new hair, I like it.
Hi.
Hi. How you doing?
Hiya.
- Hey, Josh. - Hey, nice scooter, birthday boy!
Thank you. You can borrow it!
- I'ma hold you to that. - Maybe.
- Hey, what's happening? - Mr. Hubbard! Ay, check it out.
Guess who's gonna be your next great "Meteorologist."
I see someone's been to Mr. Johnson's.
What-- Axel, is that your life potential?
That's right. And according to the MORPHO,
I'm gonna be building your rocket ships one day.
That's not even close to what a meteorologist is.
He probably just made the card himself.
- Aha! Boom. - Wha-- No!
You see, who needs a silly machine?
Savannah just proved her potential as a criminal prosecutor.
No, no, no. Jacob! Jacob was there. He saw me do it.
Jake. Jake, come on. Back me up.
I think it's bullshit.
All right.
Let's check our language and open our textbooks.
I believe we were discussing the wives of Henry VIII.
Let's try and get through them a little quicker than he did.
He got through them pretty quick. Doesn't make sense.
I like it. No.
So, if you wanna know if it's gonna rain tomorrow,
all you gotta do is call up my worst student, Axel.
Maybe I will, okay?
Who knows?
Maybe this will inspire Axel to actually...
What? To become a meteorologist?
Or just believe in himself.
You know, Nat, she got ''Storyteller'' on her card
and said it felt like someone reached into her soul
and articulated her secret dream.
I don't think you're allowed to call it a secret dream
if you constantly tell people you're a storyteller.
The woman just likes to gossip.
Okay, yes, but how does the machine know that?
It's clearly a scam.
You're only hearing about it from people who got a good life potential.
Nobody's gonna tell you if they got "Third Best Garbageperson in Deerfield."
That's what you got, isn't it?
What about you?
What do you think your life potential would be?
Happy, happy celebration It's your special day
We're so glad you came And brought your family today
At Giorgio's Italian Restaurant And sports center
You'll always be In the happiest mood
'Cause we bring endless fun And endless foods
Yay!
That was really nice. That was really ni--
It just-- It didn't feel like the entire staff was singing.
I understand that, yeah. It feels like this little section here.
- This section avoiding eye contact. - So quiet.
Why did you have to come here?
We came for the ''endless fun
- and the endless foods.'' - Endless foods.
All right. Back to work, people.
She doesn't know that we're her parents.
You don't recognize it's your mum and your dad.
From your house!
- We made you! - Yeah! Trina!
We love you!
- Hey, hey, hey. What can I say? - Hey!
It's hard to find good help these days.
Must be something in her genes,
and I know it's not coming from Cass, so I'm looking over here!
Okay, Giorgio.
I'm just kidding. I'm kidding.
We're having fun. We're having a little bit of fun.
Kid's got potential.
Speaking of, you two tried this MORPHO machine?
- Oh, my God. - We were just talking about that.
You wanna know what I got?
''Superstar.''
Is that spooky or what?
I was legitimately spooked.
- That's spooky as shit. - That is scary.
I don't know if you two remember,
but I was the first Italian-American goalie
in New York Rangers history.
And the youngest.
- How would we not remember that? - It's printed on the menu.
I was brimming with potential
until I suffered a permanent injury to my catching hand
- while I was dead-lifting over 465 pounds. - Yeah, yeah, we know the story.
- How much were you lifting though? - But if it wasn't for that, I guess,
- I wouldn't have this place... - Hey.
...which is also a lifelong dream.
Yeah, so, I guess, as that spooky machine can attest,
''Superstar'' can mean a lot of different things, Big D.
Dusty won't try it.
Really?
What? Why not, bro?
You don't have something you always wanted to be?
Some secret ambition or talent?
Ooh. Dusty is a really good whistler.
Among other secret talents.
A good whistler. Wow.
Cass is a lucky woman.
And you, my friend, are a very lucky man. I've been saying this since high school.
To end up with this one?
Maybe that's your life potential, ''World's Luckiest Man.''
- What do you think? - Yeah.
I think I have everything I ever wanted.
Maybe you didn't want enough.
Enjoy your night, you two.
- Hey, play some of the games, okay? - Mm-hmm.
- Get it now, babe. Whoo! - Yeah, yeah. Every time.
Shit! Watch out.
- I think it's the form. You hot? - I need to let loose here.
- Yeah, it's too restrictive. - Yeah, yeah. Let loose, babe.
Babe!
- No, I'm all right. - Zero points.
- Fuck. - Ooh!
- Is that-- Is this all you got? - Yes.
Yeah. I think there might have been something wrong with your machines.
- It's broken. It was broken. - Definitely.
Congratulations. You won a pencil.
Thank you.
I feel really special.
Maybe I've got more than one hidden talent.
You ever thought about that?
A couple times, I've thought about it.
What about me?
You? You were amazing.
Best you've ever had?
You're the only one I've ever had. So, yes.
Dusty?
You think you can fuck me again?
What was that?
You think you can fuck me again?
Definitely I can.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
You want me to-- You mean like before, but just again?
Yeah.
- That's new. - Uh-huh.
You mean right now?
If you can.
I definitely can, yeah.
- Yeah? - Yeah. I can get that done for you, baby.
- Okay. I got you. - Yeah. Yeah.
Just relax, baby.
Mm-hmm.
You know what, I actually don't know if I can right this minute.
- Okay. - I'm sorry. It's just--
- I had that second piña colada. - It's okay.
And part of me thought it might have been a nightcap.
It's okay. I was just kidding.
Yeah, 'cause we just did it.
Cass?
You can whistle?
Yeah.
What the fuck?
Who you texting?
No, I wasn't.
I was just waiting for breakfast.
Sorry. No more pancakes.
Your special day is over.
It's not like I'ma join a biker gang,
you know? But let me tell you something.
Ever since I was a little girl, I always wanted to ride.
So if nothing else,
maybe this machine is letting me know that maybe I wasn't so crazy.
Or maybe I am!
I just blew my whole retirement fund on a brand new Harley.
Look at Father Reuben,
he's like, "Principal Pat, you're a crazy motherfucker!"
Is that what you're thinking, Father?
All right, look. I think it's natural
to wanna believe in something that might be too good to be true.
Like, when Dawn Caswell said she saw the face of God in her hydrangeas.
But, like I said to Dawn,
what were you looking for?
Don't worry.
I was third on my team in rebounds, so...
A crowd of onlookers gathers
to watch the Queen Mary named at the commission of George V
after the kingdom's greatest...
At Westminster Abbey,
an even larger crowd witnesses the coronation
of George VI and his wife Elizabeth,
as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of British Commonwealth
and as emperor and empress of India...
Shh.
...ascended the throne
upon the abdication of his brother, Edward.
Jacob! J-Pop! Wait up.
- Hey. - Mr. Hubbard. How was your birthday?
Yeah. It was pretty shakin'. Shakin' jams.
I don't think that's an expression.
Anyway, I just wanted to say we've got a lecture coming up on Henry I,
and if you wanted to sit it out, that's totally fine.
It involves brother-on-brother violence.
So, I was just a bit concerned it might be triggering for you.
I don't think it will be since I didn't kill my brother.
And he also wasn't a king, so...
Good points. Well-spotted.
And also, I wanted to say that
even though people aren't talking about what happened to Kolton,
it doesn't mean that everyone's forgotten.
Hope you know that.
I can't imagine what you're going through
and juggling all of that and coming back to school
and your job at Johnson's.
Yeah.
That must've been weird,
when you were working your shift the other day
and this frigging MORPHO machine turns up.
- I don't wanna talk about the MORPHO. - No, me neither. No, me neither.
Don't-- Everybody's like, ''Where did it come from?''
"Who cares!"
Not me. I couldn't give two hoots.
I couldn't give one hoot.
I'm surprised Mr. Johnson doesn't care, though.
If I'm honest, it feels strange.
I feel like if five pinball machines turned up in his store,
- he'd wanna know where they came from. - I don't know, Mr. Hubbard.
No, nobody seems to know.
- I should really get back to class. So... - Yeah. No, same. Totally.
Hey, how did you know it was my b-day, by the way?
Trina told me.
Are you two in classes together this semester?
She dropped most of her classes, so... no.
That's right. She dropped most of her classes.
I think we need to talk about Trina.
Are you aware that she's been dropping most of her classes?
- That's not ideal, is it? - Dusty, come on.
She's been through a lot.
I know. I know that. I just--
I don't want her taking advantage of the situation, or whatever.
- Taking advantage? - Yeah,
if it's gonna affect her down the line. This is a really important year for her.
Okay.
You don't want her to take advantage of the fact her boyfriend died?
Is that what you think she's doing?
No. I don't know what she's doing.
She used to share everything with us.
And now I feel like I don't know anything anymore.
What's wrong with that?
Maybe you don't need to know everything that's going on with everyone.
Maybe people want some things that are just for them.
That's a weird and upsetting thing to say. You all right?
- Yeah. - Okay.
'Cause you seem a little off.
- Off? I seem off? - Not "off" off, just--
- What is that? - Not off. Not off, just not on.
- Is it about this machine? - No.
Did you use it?
No.
- Are you unhappy? - What does that even mean?
Are you unhappy in this life?
Can you put your stuff away, please?
I wanna use my heat-press. And I just need space.
Okay.
The study of history is the study of change.
We investigate not only what happened, but when it happened,
where it happened, and why it happened.
Castles are built, battles are fought...
governments and laws are overturned.
But nothing happens overnight.
Tensions simmer and boil.
Conflicts ebb and flow, the tide is gradually turned.
And what might have seemed like a sudden, and shocking change,
through the lens of history...
seems all but inevitable.
You're late for class!
Hey, hey.
What are you doing?
Dude, why don't you just open it up, so we can see how you did it?
You think I could make this thing? I can barely use my phone.
Nobody touches it, okay?
You want a refund?
Here's your refund.
How did you do that?
I have been saving my childhood magic books my whole life.
Until I used this machine...
...I never knew why.
Now, who wants to go next?
No one who changed history
needed a little blue envelope to tell them what to do.
They made mission statements, and they believed in themselves.
They worked hard in the steady pursuit of their goals, and they took control.
They didn't throw everything away
and just put all of their faith in some random outside force.
Excuse me, Mr. Hubbard.
I don't mean to interrupt, but where you going with this?
Yeah, it's kinda weird that you've written this down.
It's called a lecture.
I-- I'm gonna tell you where I'm going with this.
I want everybody to pull out paper.
Can you do that for me?
We're gonna write two things on it.
On one side, I want you to write, "I am,"
and on the other, "I will be."
You're going to decide your own life potential, folks.
What are you now? What are you gonna be?
What about you, Mr. Hubbard? What are you gonna be?
Dusty Hubbard.
It's been a while since I've seen you in here. What can I get ya?
Something hard.
No, a beer.
All right.
Hey, Father.
What are you doing? Confessions over there?
Bottoms up to ya.
That's good.
What percent is that?
- Of alcohol? - Mm-hmm.
It's probably a 4.5.
It's good. It's hoppy.
It shouldn't be.
Hang on.
Father, I do, actually, have a little bit of a confession, if you don't mind?
- You can come-- No. - I'm just sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sure you don't wanna talk shop.
I have a student who has started developing
some weird blue marks on his... rectum?
- On his rectum? - I don't know the medical term.
Anus-cheek. Whatever.
Anyway, I wondered what you might advise?
First I would advise your student
not to show his ass or his rectum to his teachers.
He didn't show me his ass.
He just described it for me.
No, that's not--
I'm gonna be honest with you, Father. It's my own ass that I'm talking about.
So...
In that case, I would advise you to see a doctor.
No, I would, of course,
except, the only doctor in Deerfield happens to be my mother.
I don't know if I'm in the right place to reintroduce my mother to my bare bottom.
Hey.
Sorry, just gotta clear plates here.
Get this out of the way.
- Thank you, Hana. - Yummy beer.
Dusty, I'm kinda off the clock right now,
so if it's a medical concern, you s--
It's not just a medical concern.
It's about this stupid machine at Johnson's store.
I'm sorry. I don't know why it's bothering me so much.
It's not like I really believe there's a magical machine
that can tell people what they're capable of.
But, come on, literally everyone is trying it.
- Not everyone is trying it. - Okay, not everyone is trying it.
But you know what I mean. Everyone who is trying it
seems to be making some pretty drastic life changes because of it.
It's weird.
I just feel like I've already done my big life change.
When my mother brought us from Ireland,
it took a bit of getting used to,
but I got used to it, and now I just want to enjoy it.
This was it. This was--
This was the next chapter in my life story.
So, you think a book only has two chapters?
No, no. Not good books, anyway.
But what happens next, then?
I'm 40 years old.
Weird shit has started appearing on my body.
I could just drop dead at any minute.
I have no discernible talents, other than whistling.
And I've only ever been in one relationship.
Yeah, me too.
- With God. - Right.
You know what Kierkegaard says about anxiety, Dusty?
Yeah, yeah. But I'd love to hear your take on it.
He says that anxiety came before original sin.
When God told Adam not to eat the apple, Adam felt anxiety,
because he realized, for the first time, there was another option.
He realized he had a choice.
And this machine,
whether it's magic or not,
is reminding people that our lives have more than one possible path.
Which is scary.
The same way as it's scary to walk to the edge of a cliff.
Because you already know that you could stay exactly where you are,
or you could...
throw yourself off into the deep unknown.
And you know it's up to you.
Good old Kierkegaard.
What are you waiting for?
Give it a whirl.
Is it good?
Are you happy?
Fuck it!
Fuck it.
Dusty?
Are you okay?
I will be.