1 00:00:09,017 --> 00:00:11,545 Hello, and welcome back to Dueling Pencils, 2 00:00:11,578 --> 00:00:14,840 the only podcast where one story always has two sides. 3 00:00:14,873 --> 00:00:18,927 Today, filling in for my usual co-host is Esmeralda Grand, 4 00:00:18,961 --> 00:00:20,971 editor of TTT Online. 5 00:00:21,004 --> 00:00:24,391 Thank you, Ned. Ciao, Toledo, I love you. 6 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:26,894 Today's topic is fragrances. 7 00:00:26,927 --> 00:00:28,645 Are they a must or are they a bust? 8 00:00:28,679 --> 00:00:29,813 Let's find out. 9 00:00:29,846 --> 00:00:31,648 I say if I can smell you 10 00:00:31,682 --> 00:00:32,816 before I can see you, 11 00:00:32,849 --> 00:00:34,151 you're making a big mistake. 12 00:00:34,184 --> 00:00:36,703 Same. Agree. Good point, Ned. 13 00:00:38,855 --> 00:00:40,949 You're also welcome to offer a counterpoint. 14 00:00:40,983 --> 00:00:44,036 Oh, I thought because they were both pencils... 15 00:00:44,069 --> 00:00:45,370 No, they're dueling pencils. 16 00:00:45,404 --> 00:00:47,247 Of course they're doodling, they're pencils. 17 00:00:47,281 --> 00:00:49,333 Not doodling, dueling pencils. 18 00:00:49,366 --> 00:00:51,001 - What's "dueling"? - Dueling is fighting. 19 00:00:51,034 --> 00:00:52,336 Your people invented it. 20 00:00:52,369 --> 00:00:54,212 Did you listen to the episodes that I sent you? 21 00:00:54,246 --> 00:00:55,964 Or read the name of the podcast? It's on the mug. 22 00:00:55,998 --> 00:00:59,468 Why not call it "Pen and Pencil"? Those are opposites. 23 00:00:59,501 --> 00:01:02,179 Just disagree with me. I say, "Fragrances are bad." 24 00:01:02,212 --> 00:01:03,972 - You say... - Fragrances are good 25 00:01:04,006 --> 00:01:05,140 and you smell like shit. 26 00:01:05,173 --> 00:01:06,508 I win. Next topic. 27 00:01:06,541 --> 00:01:09,770 Welcome to Dueling Pencils. My usual co-host is out today, 28 00:01:09,803 --> 00:01:13,482 so I am joined by local radio legend, Salty Peanuts. 29 00:01:13,515 --> 00:01:15,776 It's Salty Peanuts, WBRT, the Bert. 30 00:01:15,809 --> 00:01:17,444 We're not on that right now. 31 00:01:17,477 --> 00:01:19,237 Fragrances is the topic of the day, 32 00:01:19,271 --> 00:01:20,739 and Salty, I don't like 'em. 33 00:01:20,772 --> 00:01:23,325 Yeah, fragrances, you know what, fragrances and rights. 34 00:01:23,358 --> 00:01:25,827 Women have too many of both of them, eh? 35 00:01:25,861 --> 00:01:28,121 These opinions, by the way, are mine alone, 36 00:01:28,155 --> 00:01:30,424 and are not shared by WBRT, the Bert. 37 00:01:31,533 --> 00:01:34,094 You're an awful person. - I know. 38 00:01:35,037 --> 00:01:36,179 I know. 39 00:01:36,913 --> 00:01:39,091 Welcome to Dueling Pencil. 40 00:01:39,124 --> 00:01:40,676 I am your host Ned Sampson, 41 00:01:40,709 --> 00:01:42,970 and today's topic is: fragrances. 42 00:01:43,003 --> 00:01:47,482 Listener, I don't like 'em. But also, I get it. 43 00:02:20,415 --> 00:02:22,843 I haven't felt great the last two weeks. 44 00:02:22,876 --> 00:02:24,594 I'm not sure what it is. 45 00:02:25,796 --> 00:02:27,723 {\an8}Might be connected to the flu shot 46 00:02:27,756 --> 00:02:30,267 {\an8}that Ann made us all get to protect Marv. 47 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:32,602 {\an8}I mean, I'll feel bad if that's what it is 48 00:02:32,636 --> 00:02:35,605 {\an8}because it seems kind of anti-vaxx. 49 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,908 {\an8}My body is usually very pro-science. 50 00:02:39,309 --> 00:02:41,194 A parasite from the cat that I got 51 00:02:41,228 --> 00:02:43,530 to make my apartment feel less lonely. 52 00:02:43,563 --> 00:02:45,115 That's been the worst part, though. 53 00:02:45,148 --> 00:02:47,951 Everyone in the office finding out about me and Mare 54 00:02:47,984 --> 00:02:49,628 at the same time we broke up. 55 00:02:51,697 --> 00:02:54,791 - How long have you been there? - As long as you need me. 56 00:02:54,825 --> 00:02:56,710 You're gonna get through this. Father God, 57 00:02:56,743 --> 00:02:59,296 I just commit Ned Sampson in your hands. 58 00:02:59,329 --> 00:03:01,882 No. I'm not praying for him. 59 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:03,592 He just patted me on the back yesterday, 60 00:03:03,625 --> 00:03:05,635 and I hate that, so this is payback. 61 00:03:05,669 --> 00:03:09,347 Okay. You're good. And you will get through this. 62 00:03:09,381 --> 00:03:10,816 You are strong. 63 00:03:14,636 --> 00:03:17,689 Yeah, the rumors died down. Which is nice. 64 00:03:17,723 --> 00:03:21,868 Except for the Joe Burrow one, but I don't really mind that. 65 00:03:22,686 --> 00:03:23,987 It's been okay. 66 00:03:24,020 --> 00:03:26,073 Yeah, I talked to Ned a week ago? 67 00:03:26,106 --> 00:03:27,290 Week and a half? 68 00:03:28,150 --> 00:03:29,159 Um... 69 00:03:29,192 --> 00:03:30,744 So I've been working with Todd 70 00:03:30,777 --> 00:03:33,663 on this big investigative story that should be front page, 71 00:03:33,697 --> 00:03:36,041 so it's kind of hard to think about anything else. 72 00:03:36,074 --> 00:03:38,335 You know, I think it's for the best. 73 00:03:38,368 --> 00:03:42,172 Things were just getting so weird. 74 00:03:46,877 --> 00:03:47,778 Ooh! Look at you 75 00:03:47,811 --> 00:03:50,514 handing off files like a little badass. 76 00:03:50,547 --> 00:03:51,807 It's just paperwork. 77 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,527 I bet you could lift so much paper. 78 00:04:00,015 --> 00:04:02,109 It's 8:45 in the morning. 79 00:04:02,142 --> 00:04:03,660 I'm so bad. 80 00:04:04,728 --> 00:04:06,154 Detrick. 81 00:04:06,188 --> 00:04:07,948 I see. Everyone sees. 82 00:04:11,693 --> 00:04:13,620 These last couple of weeks have been incredible. 83 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:15,664 Ned and I, we've been going really hard 84 00:04:15,697 --> 00:04:17,415 on this Glass Club railing story. 85 00:04:17,449 --> 00:04:18,750 Oh, yeah, Detrick's kicking butt. 86 00:04:18,784 --> 00:04:21,920 We show the final draft to the lawyers today 87 00:04:21,953 --> 00:04:23,380 and then it hits the stands. 88 00:04:23,413 --> 00:04:26,550 Turns out, Desmond Sandoval was serving tables 89 00:04:26,583 --> 00:04:27,968 on the day of the tornado. 90 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:30,637 But it wasn't a tornado or murder that got him. 91 00:04:30,670 --> 00:04:33,223 A gust of wind grabbed a napkin from his tray, 92 00:04:33,256 --> 00:04:34,683 threw it off the roof. 93 00:04:34,716 --> 00:04:36,560 He chased it and fell... 94 00:04:36,593 --> 00:04:38,562 ...because the railing was too low. 95 00:04:38,595 --> 00:04:40,522 Ned said it was better than murder. 96 00:04:40,555 --> 00:04:41,898 He said it was pervasive bribery 97 00:04:41,932 --> 00:04:43,942 in the City Building Inspection Department. 98 00:04:43,975 --> 00:04:45,277 And that's our story. 99 00:04:45,310 --> 00:04:47,404 Okay, stop it. Stop it. 100 00:04:53,944 --> 00:04:57,205 Nicole. Everything okay? 101 00:04:57,239 --> 00:04:59,883 Mm-hmm! 102 00:05:01,117 --> 00:05:03,628 I don't know who New Cole is... 103 00:05:03,662 --> 00:05:04,546 Phew... 104 00:05:04,579 --> 00:05:06,756 But she is a contender. 105 00:05:06,790 --> 00:05:09,509 I recently started a relationship 106 00:05:09,543 --> 00:05:11,595 with one of the wealthiest 107 00:05:11,628 --> 00:05:16,099 and most powerful men in Toledo, Dustin Bonacker. 108 00:05:16,132 --> 00:05:19,603 It's not romantic yet. 109 00:05:19,636 --> 00:05:22,814 And so the hours are from 7 p.m. to midnight, 110 00:05:22,848 --> 00:05:26,151 turning down his bed, giving him a bath. 111 00:05:26,184 --> 00:05:29,112 And the best part is that I can bring Matteo. 112 00:05:29,145 --> 00:05:32,115 And he has a nice, quiet place 113 00:05:32,148 --> 00:05:33,742 where he can have dinner 114 00:05:33,775 --> 00:05:36,878 and do his homework in the laundry room. 115 00:05:38,196 --> 00:05:39,623 Hey. - Hey. 116 00:05:39,656 --> 00:05:42,542 Can we talk about what happened during the tornado? 117 00:05:42,576 --> 00:05:44,211 {\an8}Sorry. Sorry. It's okay. 118 00:05:44,244 --> 00:05:45,962 It's okay. It's okay. 119 00:05:45,996 --> 00:05:48,006 I don't think we need to talk about it. 120 00:05:48,039 --> 00:05:50,091 - Like never--? - I don't think we ever 121 00:05:50,125 --> 00:05:51,384 need to talk about it. 122 00:05:51,418 --> 00:05:52,727 - Never. - Never. 123 00:05:54,087 --> 00:05:56,973 - Okay. All right. - Okay then. Mm-hmm. 124 00:05:59,342 --> 00:06:00,610 Shit. 125 00:06:01,428 --> 00:06:03,563 That's ridiculous. 126 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:06,032 Matteo got a C-minus in math. 127 00:06:07,809 --> 00:06:11,988 There is so much unfairness to boys in the school system. 128 00:06:12,022 --> 00:06:15,325 I think I need to do an Esmeralda Undercover 129 00:06:15,358 --> 00:06:17,994 about this horrible social problem. 130 00:06:19,821 --> 00:06:21,706 Oh. Esmeralda Undercover. 131 00:06:21,740 --> 00:06:22,916 Every now and then, 132 00:06:22,949 --> 00:06:25,085 Esmeralda likes to put on a disguise 133 00:06:25,118 --> 00:06:27,671 to expose prejudice of various kinds. 134 00:06:27,704 --> 00:06:30,298 She first tried one about weight discrimination. 135 00:06:30,332 --> 00:06:32,926 Everyone should be able to play. 136 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:34,728 Slides are for everyone. 137 00:06:37,797 --> 00:06:40,767 See? Fat-phobic architecture. 138 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,102 Then she took on the plight 139 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:44,271 of the unattractive man in the dating world. 140 00:06:44,304 --> 00:06:46,356 Hello, girls, I'm Frank. 141 00:06:46,389 --> 00:06:47,857 Just because... 142 00:06:47,891 --> 00:06:52,070 ...I'm not Marlon Brando, what should I do? 143 00:06:52,103 --> 00:06:54,572 Hide in a hole and die? 144 00:06:54,606 --> 00:06:57,117 Why are you pointing your deodorant at me? 145 00:06:57,150 --> 00:06:59,953 Needless to say, these pieces were never published. 146 00:06:59,986 --> 00:07:03,581 She has a new one, and I'm very excited. 147 00:07:03,615 --> 00:07:05,750 All right, class, uh... 148 00:07:05,784 --> 00:07:08,878 I don't completely understand the situation, 149 00:07:08,912 --> 00:07:13,591 but Principal Bourla says that a man named Dustin Bonacker 150 00:07:13,625 --> 00:07:16,469 has offered a financial donation 151 00:07:16,503 --> 00:07:20,932 if we host a special visitor to our classroom this afternoon. 152 00:07:20,966 --> 00:07:23,435 It seems a confused woman believes 153 00:07:23,468 --> 00:07:25,020 that she's a boy your age. 154 00:07:25,053 --> 00:07:26,730 So I expect all of you 155 00:07:26,763 --> 00:07:28,732 to behave with your usual... 156 00:07:28,765 --> 00:07:31,117 ...politeness and kindness. 157 00:07:32,435 --> 00:07:34,154 - Okay. - Yo, bros. 158 00:07:34,187 --> 00:07:36,156 - Hello. - Oh, God. 159 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:40,160 I'm Jayden. I'm transferring in from another school. 160 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:42,912 Moving sucks, right? No cap. 161 00:07:42,946 --> 00:07:46,583 I hope I'll be treated fairly, even if I'm a boy. 162 00:07:46,616 --> 00:07:48,251 I hope so too. 163 00:07:48,284 --> 00:07:51,880 - Can I sit next to you, man? - Please, no. 164 00:07:52,706 --> 00:07:54,099 I appreciate you, man. 165 00:07:56,084 --> 00:07:58,303 Wait, wait, that's your legal advice? 166 00:07:58,336 --> 00:08:01,598 What do you mean we have to cut the parts about the Glass Club? 167 00:08:01,631 --> 00:08:04,893 The headline is "Glass Club Bribes City Inspectors." 168 00:08:04,926 --> 00:08:08,063 What should we change that to? "No One Bribes City Inspectors"? 169 00:08:08,096 --> 00:08:10,398 That would work. Perfect. That would not make sen-- 170 00:08:10,432 --> 00:08:12,317 I'm mocking you. Tell him. 171 00:08:12,350 --> 00:08:15,070 - He's mocking you, Dante, Jesus. - No, I see that now. 172 00:08:15,103 --> 00:08:19,074 The thing is, Marv, that you told the Glass Club in an email 173 00:08:19,107 --> 00:08:21,618 that TTT would write no hostile stories about them 174 00:08:21,651 --> 00:08:23,912 in order to ensure their continued advertising, 175 00:08:23,945 --> 00:08:26,206 and that could be viewed as an implied contract. 176 00:08:26,239 --> 00:08:30,126 That was to do with my misguided crusade, okay? 177 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:30,960 This is to do with 178 00:08:30,994 --> 00:08:33,004 our correctly guided crime reporting. 179 00:08:33,038 --> 00:08:35,173 But it doesn't matter. A promise is a promise 180 00:08:35,206 --> 00:08:36,925 and you made them a promise. In writing. 181 00:08:36,958 --> 00:08:38,385 It's an implied contract. 182 00:08:38,418 --> 00:08:41,054 But an implied contract has the same legal strength. 183 00:08:41,087 --> 00:08:42,430 You know what, Dante, 184 00:08:42,464 --> 00:08:44,140 stick to toilet paper. 185 00:08:44,174 --> 00:08:45,809 You get one parking space... 186 00:08:45,842 --> 00:08:47,477 ...that's uncovered, 187 00:08:47,510 --> 00:08:48,645 - in the front... - Sorry. 188 00:08:48,678 --> 00:08:50,021 ...and it comes with in-unit laundry. 189 00:08:50,055 --> 00:08:50,922 No need for coins. 190 00:08:50,955 --> 00:08:53,233 Uh, the laundromat's a little sketchy. 191 00:08:53,266 --> 00:08:55,068 I am literally outraged. 192 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:57,904 We made so many sacrifices to get the truth out there. 193 00:08:57,937 --> 00:09:00,740 My best reporter was sent to another city. 194 00:09:00,774 --> 00:09:02,826 This is-- It's so hot in here. Are you hot? 195 00:09:02,859 --> 00:09:04,994 Nice job, Dante. You worried the man sick. 196 00:09:05,028 --> 00:09:07,372 No, I didn't. I did absolutely nothing of the kind. 197 00:09:07,405 --> 00:09:11,000 Listen to your tone. You deliver bad news with such zeal. 198 00:09:11,034 --> 00:09:12,669 Oh! Oh, no! Ooh! - Oh! 199 00:09:12,702 --> 00:09:13,837 Call an ambulance. 200 00:09:13,870 --> 00:09:15,338 Ned. Elevate his legs. Oh! Uh... 201 00:09:15,371 --> 00:09:17,090 That doesn't look good. I wouldn't touch him 202 00:09:17,123 --> 00:09:18,266 if I were you. 203 00:09:21,419 --> 00:09:23,721 - Thank you. - Mm-hmm. 204 00:09:27,092 --> 00:09:28,393 Hey. Hey. 205 00:09:28,426 --> 00:09:30,437 I came as soon as I got your call. 206 00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:32,272 I don't know what's going on here, 207 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:33,606 but if it's the worst, 208 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:34,899 I want you to write my obituary. 209 00:09:34,933 --> 00:09:36,201 Ned, what's happening? 210 00:09:36,810 --> 00:09:38,820 Whoa. 211 00:09:38,853 --> 00:09:40,738 - I know. - What's going on? 212 00:09:40,772 --> 00:09:43,666 They don't know. They think it might be my heart. 213 00:09:54,285 --> 00:09:56,880 I just-- I'm so sorry that we had a fight. 214 00:09:56,913 --> 00:09:58,006 That was all my fault. 215 00:09:58,039 --> 00:09:59,340 Everything was all my fault, 216 00:09:59,374 --> 00:10:01,426 and I'm just so happy... 217 00:10:01,459 --> 00:10:03,678 ...that I get to die looking at your face. 218 00:10:03,711 --> 00:10:05,221 - Don't talk like that. - Listen to me. 219 00:10:05,255 --> 00:10:07,891 If I come back as somebody else, 220 00:10:07,924 --> 00:10:09,893 - I will come and find you, okay? - Okay. 221 00:10:09,926 --> 00:10:12,270 If you get a call from a college-aged guy 222 00:10:12,303 --> 00:10:14,731 when you're in your fifties, take the call. 223 00:10:14,764 --> 00:10:16,649 - Ned... - Answer all your calls. 224 00:10:16,683 --> 00:10:18,651 Okay. Let's just focus 225 00:10:18,685 --> 00:10:20,403 on getting you better. Mm-hmm. 226 00:10:20,436 --> 00:10:21,946 God, I can't believe the timing on this. 227 00:10:21,980 --> 00:10:24,449 I was just about to sign a six-month lease. 228 00:10:24,482 --> 00:10:25,667 Really? 229 00:10:27,193 --> 00:10:28,244 But you won't now? 230 00:10:28,278 --> 00:10:31,080 - Mr. Sampson? - Oh... Yes, Doctor. 231 00:10:31,114 --> 00:10:33,583 Glad you're awake. As we suspected, 232 00:10:33,616 --> 00:10:36,711 tests confirm exposure to toxic mold. 233 00:10:36,744 --> 00:10:39,130 Ned. Jesus. 234 00:10:39,164 --> 00:10:41,716 No, no. Just a simple allergy to mold. 235 00:10:41,749 --> 00:10:45,136 I see you're responding well to the medication we gave you. 236 00:10:45,170 --> 00:10:47,680 Um, Doctor, what meds is he on? 237 00:10:47,714 --> 00:10:48,681 Benadryl. 238 00:10:48,715 --> 00:10:49,974 - Oh... - Oh... 239 00:10:50,008 --> 00:10:52,352 We're sure it's not a heart blockage? 240 00:10:52,385 --> 00:10:54,062 I think there was some talk of that. 241 00:10:54,095 --> 00:10:56,147 No, no, that was just from you. 242 00:10:56,181 --> 00:10:57,156 Oh. 243 00:10:59,434 --> 00:11:02,487 Hey, Ned, I-I think I found what was making you sick. 244 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,656 - Oh. - Nurse? 245 00:11:04,689 --> 00:11:06,157 Smells kind of funky. 246 00:11:06,191 --> 00:11:07,492 Ooh. 247 00:11:07,525 --> 00:11:09,377 My God. doctor: Thank you. 248 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,756 Hm... 249 00:11:21,789 --> 00:11:23,341 What was it, I wonder. 250 00:11:23,374 --> 00:11:25,885 It was a blueberry muffin from The Granary. 251 00:11:25,919 --> 00:11:27,679 It's a present I left on your desk. 252 00:11:27,712 --> 00:11:29,314 Monday after the awards. 253 00:11:31,591 --> 00:11:34,352 Ah. Yep, mold. 254 00:11:34,385 --> 00:11:35,478 Oh. 255 00:11:35,511 --> 00:11:38,273 - With a cute note. - Right. 256 00:11:38,306 --> 00:11:40,408 - What did it say? - Doesn't matter. 257 00:11:46,856 --> 00:11:48,283 What's this for? 258 00:11:48,316 --> 00:11:50,752 I'm not supposed to talk about it. 259 00:11:59,202 --> 00:12:01,713 So, when you have, like, what you have, 260 00:12:01,746 --> 00:12:03,214 are you allowed to drive yourself? 261 00:12:03,248 --> 00:12:06,092 No, of course not. I'm not 16. Yet. 262 00:12:06,125 --> 00:12:09,762 In the place where you live, are there other people like you? 263 00:12:09,796 --> 00:12:12,640 Oh, you're asking if I have a bro-bro? 264 00:12:12,674 --> 00:12:15,226 Yeah, he just turned 47. 265 00:12:15,260 --> 00:12:18,396 He's cool, I guess. We could be closer. 266 00:12:18,429 --> 00:12:19,814 Do you drink beer? 267 00:12:19,847 --> 00:12:22,483 Of course not, I'm a woman. I drink wine. 268 00:12:22,517 --> 00:12:26,237 Yeah, no, I-I drink juice. I'm a kid, you know? 269 00:12:27,071 --> 00:12:29,949 Guys, we all drink juice. Dudes. 270 00:12:29,983 --> 00:12:31,701 Let me get this straight. 271 00:12:31,734 --> 00:12:33,161 - I left you a gift... - Mm-hmm. 272 00:12:33,194 --> 00:12:34,746 - ...on your desk... - Mm-hmm. 273 00:12:34,779 --> 00:12:38,374 ...that you never opened, then obviously forgot about. 274 00:12:38,408 --> 00:12:40,335 Because you don't want anyone to know I was your girlfriend? 275 00:12:40,368 --> 00:12:42,962 - I intended to open it. - Who does that? 276 00:12:42,996 --> 00:12:44,839 To be fair, it was behind some stuff on a shelf. 277 00:12:44,872 --> 00:12:46,049 - Detrick... - Very easy to miss. 278 00:12:46,082 --> 00:12:47,508 Do not defend him right now. 279 00:12:47,542 --> 00:12:49,427 - Thank you, Detrick. - This is all you, Ned, okay. 280 00:12:49,460 --> 00:12:51,179 This, this is the mold of indecision. 281 00:12:51,212 --> 00:12:53,681 Ned [stammers]: That is very well put, but I disagree. 282 00:12:53,715 --> 00:12:55,224 It is the mold of restraint. 283 00:12:55,258 --> 00:12:56,809 - That's a noble mold. - Restraint? 284 00:12:56,843 --> 00:12:59,395 You were just worrying how dating me would make you look. 285 00:12:59,429 --> 00:13:01,064 Just admit it. - No, I was worried about 286 00:13:01,097 --> 00:13:02,940 how dating me would make you look. 287 00:13:02,974 --> 00:13:05,401 - What? - I've dated plenty of nurses. 288 00:13:05,435 --> 00:13:07,070 It always works out. 289 00:13:07,103 --> 00:13:09,447 - Thank you. - Jesus Christ. 290 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:10,682 If I was important to you, 291 00:13:10,715 --> 00:13:14,002 you would've opened my gift that day instead of ignoring me. 292 00:13:15,945 --> 00:13:17,747 All right, give me the muffin. 293 00:13:17,780 --> 00:13:18,831 No, Ned. No. Sir, no. 294 00:13:18,865 --> 00:13:20,166 Step back! Step back! 295 00:13:20,199 --> 00:13:21,626 Don't eat the muffin. Don't eat-- 296 00:13:21,659 --> 00:13:22,627 I'm happy to eat it. 297 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:23,878 I'm happy to eat the muffin. 298 00:13:23,911 --> 00:13:25,129 Don't eat it now. Don't eat it. 299 00:13:25,163 --> 00:13:26,381 No. [screams] Ned! 300 00:13:26,414 --> 00:13:28,174 Oh, that is awful. Stop! 301 00:13:28,207 --> 00:13:31,052 - You're being an asshole. - Ned, you're insane. 302 00:13:31,085 --> 00:13:32,512 Just cough it up. Put two fingers in. 303 00:13:32,545 --> 00:13:34,055 Doctor [sighs]: There we go, there we go. 304 00:13:34,088 --> 00:13:35,306 My jaws are weak. 305 00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:37,266 What did you put in that Benadryl? 306 00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:38,643 Yo, bros. 307 00:13:38,676 --> 00:13:40,144 Tell me about the teacher. 308 00:13:40,178 --> 00:13:43,272 I'm just asking as a kid, not some dumb journalist. 309 00:13:43,306 --> 00:13:45,733 Is she unfair to all boys? 310 00:13:45,767 --> 00:13:48,119 Or just that squirt with a big head? 311 00:13:49,270 --> 00:13:52,657 Hey, guys, sorry my mom's nuts. 312 00:13:52,690 --> 00:13:57,537 Your mom's not nuts, she just has problems, you know? 313 00:13:57,570 --> 00:13:59,247 One second. Esmeralda [sighs]: Bullshit. 314 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:00,665 Just trying to stop this. 315 00:14:00,698 --> 00:14:02,667 That's bullshit, man. 316 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:04,335 Hey, Mom? Mom. 317 00:14:04,369 --> 00:14:07,463 Maybe you could just chill out a little bit? 318 00:14:07,497 --> 00:14:08,965 Who are you, huh? 319 00:14:08,998 --> 00:14:11,259 You can't call another boy "Mom"... 320 00:14:11,292 --> 00:14:13,678 - Stop pushing me. - ...and not get pounded. 321 00:14:13,711 --> 00:14:15,179 - Stop. - He calls the mom. 322 00:14:15,213 --> 00:14:18,808 - Hey, Jayden. Chill out. - Do you miss your mom so much? 323 00:14:18,841 --> 00:14:20,852 - You little punk. You little... - Son. 324 00:14:20,885 --> 00:14:22,145 Enough. 325 00:14:22,178 --> 00:14:23,771 Okay... Stop! 326 00:14:23,805 --> 00:14:25,773 You're the one who volunteered to move to a different city. 327 00:14:25,807 --> 00:14:28,943 Oh, come on. That was something I blurted out in the moment. 328 00:14:28,976 --> 00:14:31,028 You're the one whose thoughtlessness 329 00:14:31,062 --> 00:14:33,289 has literally hospitalized you. 330 00:14:34,323 --> 00:14:37,160 All right, look, I didn't forget about your gift... 331 00:14:37,193 --> 00:14:39,662 - Then what? - ...or not care about it, okay? 332 00:14:39,695 --> 00:14:41,622 I was saving it. 333 00:14:41,656 --> 00:14:43,091 Until I really earned it. 334 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:45,501 It was gonna be my reward. 335 00:14:45,535 --> 00:14:48,346 For when we finished the Glass Club crusade. 336 00:14:50,164 --> 00:14:52,967 I just... Anyone else, I would think, is full of shit, 337 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,343 but I weirdly believe you 338 00:14:54,377 --> 00:14:57,230 for how specific and insane that logic is. 339 00:14:58,005 --> 00:14:59,440 Um... 340 00:15:01,342 --> 00:15:03,144 - I gotta go. - No. 341 00:15:03,177 --> 00:15:04,520 - I-- - You just got here. 342 00:15:04,554 --> 00:15:06,189 I know, I have a long drive home, though. 343 00:15:06,222 --> 00:15:07,231 Don't-- Don't leave. 344 00:15:07,265 --> 00:15:08,524 I-I have a lease to sign. 345 00:15:08,558 --> 00:15:10,151 Please. No, don't sign the lease. 346 00:15:10,184 --> 00:15:12,036 Please don't sign the lease. 347 00:15:14,730 --> 00:15:16,157 Fuck! 348 00:15:16,190 --> 00:15:19,293 Don't get comfortable. We need the bed back now. 349 00:15:25,241 --> 00:15:26,384 Nope. 350 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,217 Should you be back at work? 351 00:15:34,250 --> 00:15:35,510 I have dry mouth, dizziness, 352 00:15:35,543 --> 00:15:37,553 and blurred vision, but I feel alive. 353 00:15:37,587 --> 00:15:39,305 - What's happening? - Nothing good. 354 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:40,807 Lawyer's still not budging. 355 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,309 We can still give the police everything we know. 356 00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:44,769 And if they arrest the Glass Club members 357 00:15:44,802 --> 00:15:47,355 who made the bribes, we can write about it then. 358 00:15:47,388 --> 00:15:49,440 Anybody could write about it then. 359 00:15:49,474 --> 00:15:52,068 Look, Marv, I worked really hard on this piece. 360 00:15:52,101 --> 00:15:54,737 I know. But you heard Dante. 361 00:15:54,770 --> 00:15:56,489 Things don't always work out. 362 00:15:56,522 --> 00:15:58,491 Sometimes you start in second place, 363 00:15:58,524 --> 00:16:01,744 and you stay in second place, and you never get the girl. 364 00:16:01,777 --> 00:16:02,712 Wait. 365 00:16:04,530 --> 00:16:07,792 Wait, Marv. What did you promise The Glass Club? 366 00:16:07,825 --> 00:16:08,918 What exactly? 367 00:16:08,951 --> 00:16:10,169 I told them they can expect 368 00:16:10,203 --> 00:16:11,712 no more negative articles 369 00:16:11,746 --> 00:16:13,130 from The Truth Teller. 370 00:16:13,164 --> 00:16:15,091 Did you say anything about The Chronicle? 371 00:16:15,124 --> 00:16:16,267 No. 372 00:16:17,585 --> 00:16:18,561 No, I didn't. 373 00:16:19,587 --> 00:16:21,472 - I didn't. - Let's get in the car. 374 00:16:21,506 --> 00:16:25,693 Yes. Go make those Glass-holes pay. Yes. 375 00:16:32,308 --> 00:16:33,901 - Bye. - Bye. 376 00:16:33,935 --> 00:16:35,152 - Bye. - Have fun. 377 00:16:35,186 --> 00:16:36,737 - Yeah. - Thank you. I'll see you later. 378 00:16:36,771 --> 00:16:38,406 - Bye. - See you. You're rolling it up. 379 00:16:38,439 --> 00:16:40,908 Sorry. H.R. Lisa: Whee! 380 00:16:40,942 --> 00:16:42,743 - Just go. - Bye. 381 00:16:42,777 --> 00:16:44,170 Miss you already. 382 00:16:44,904 --> 00:16:46,297 Whoo! See ya. 383 00:16:46,998 --> 00:16:50,801 So, you're seeing that HR lady? 384 00:16:52,078 --> 00:16:54,180 Um... A little bit. 385 00:16:54,622 --> 00:16:55,598 Hm. 386 00:16:56,749 --> 00:17:00,720 You don't find her to be a little bit... 387 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:02,104 of a psycho? 388 00:17:03,339 --> 00:17:04,724 Yeah, a little bit. 389 00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:07,393 But you know, a little bit's okay. 390 00:17:07,426 --> 00:17:08,569 I guess so... 391 00:17:09,604 --> 00:17:12,615 I mean, obviously, it's none of my business, but... 392 00:17:13,891 --> 00:17:15,409 Nicole's nice too. 393 00:17:16,727 --> 00:17:20,239 Yeah, I know. I know. 394 00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:22,909 Yeah. Maybe she has her head screwed on 395 00:17:22,942 --> 00:17:24,168 a little tighter. 396 00:17:28,406 --> 00:17:30,541 Okay, dude, I don't even drink coffee, okay? 397 00:17:30,575 --> 00:17:33,127 And you should know this about me, so I'm sorry. 398 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,513 That's a chai tea latte. 399 00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:38,883 Oh. Well, damn. I love chai tea. 400 00:17:38,916 --> 00:17:40,760 And it's cold now. 401 00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:42,762 You should have told me, you know? 402 00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:44,430 Now I have to like nuke it in the microwave 403 00:17:44,463 --> 00:17:45,932 like some kind of freaking heathen. 404 00:17:45,965 --> 00:17:48,100 And you know that when you nuke it in a microwave, 405 00:17:48,134 --> 00:17:49,518 it doesn't even taste as good 406 00:17:49,552 --> 00:17:51,771 because it's got all these cold spots, which suck. 407 00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:53,272 And it's with coconut milk, 408 00:17:53,306 --> 00:17:54,607 and you're welcome. 409 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,317 Thank you. 410 00:17:56,350 --> 00:17:58,444 Okay, we can have one conversation about it. 411 00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:00,529 For the time it takes for this tea to heat up. 412 00:18:00,563 --> 00:18:02,281 - You set it for a minute? - I hit quick start. 413 00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:04,367 Okay, well, I guess first thing up on my end 414 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,953 is that I enjoy working with you. 415 00:18:06,986 --> 00:18:08,245 - Thank you. - And I've liked 416 00:18:08,279 --> 00:18:09,455 - becoming friendly with you. - Mm. 417 00:18:09,488 --> 00:18:10,831 I like your clothes, everything. 418 00:18:10,865 --> 00:18:12,959 - Thank you. - And a second thing is, um, 419 00:18:12,992 --> 00:18:15,461 you know, I was being tossed around by that tornado, right? 420 00:18:15,494 --> 00:18:17,505 - Uh-huh. - And I couldn't have done that 421 00:18:17,538 --> 00:18:19,515 with my body, even if I wanted to. 422 00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:21,467 - Okay? - Mm-hmm. 423 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:23,394 And I couldn't have stopped. 424 00:18:24,962 --> 00:18:26,355 Even if I wanted to. 425 00:18:28,633 --> 00:18:31,944 - Even if you wanted to? - Yeah. 426 00:18:34,513 --> 00:18:36,440 Oh. Okay. 427 00:18:36,474 --> 00:18:38,025 Okay, well, I think we're leaving 428 00:18:38,059 --> 00:18:41,445 some things on the table, but let's call that progress. 429 00:18:41,479 --> 00:18:42,613 - Sure. - Okay. 430 00:18:42,647 --> 00:18:44,490 All right. 431 00:18:44,523 --> 00:18:49,295 I, uh, believe tornadoes are real now... 432 00:18:50,529 --> 00:18:53,716 I get why people chase them. 433 00:19:04,502 --> 00:19:05,928 Jayden, you're new here, 434 00:19:05,961 --> 00:19:10,599 but Matteo knows we have a strict no fighting policy. 435 00:19:10,633 --> 00:19:11,867 Yeah, he knows, man. 436 00:19:11,901 --> 00:19:17,982 But I think it's really unfair of the teacher to narc on us. 437 00:19:18,015 --> 00:19:21,527 Because we were barely fighting, and it was my fault. 438 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:26,073 So I think Matteo should get a boost to his grades 439 00:19:26,107 --> 00:19:29,493 for all the trouble that we're putting him through, man. 440 00:19:29,527 --> 00:19:34,457 Yeah. Jayden, what the teachers have observed today 441 00:19:34,490 --> 00:19:37,835 is that you are too smart for middle school. 442 00:19:37,868 --> 00:19:41,130 Uh, we all think you belong in college. 443 00:19:41,163 --> 00:19:42,715 Really? Principal Bourla: Yeah. 444 00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:45,718 I couldn't be kept in middle school for long. 445 00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:47,595 I'm too smart. 446 00:19:47,628 --> 00:19:51,766 So... off to college you go. 447 00:19:51,799 --> 00:19:55,019 Oh. I see it now. Principal Bourla: Yeah. 448 00:19:55,052 --> 00:19:56,604 I'm a genius, man. 449 00:19:56,637 --> 00:19:57,897 We gotta say goodbye 450 00:19:57,930 --> 00:20:00,858 to our new very special friend, Jayden. 451 00:20:00,891 --> 00:20:03,652 - Bye, Jayden. - It was nice meeting you. 452 00:20:03,686 --> 00:20:05,196 I hope you get the help you need. 453 00:20:05,229 --> 00:20:06,530 We all think you're a kid. 454 00:20:06,564 --> 00:20:08,074 Thank you, bro. 455 00:20:09,316 --> 00:20:11,160 I will never forget you, my dudes. 456 00:20:12,194 --> 00:20:13,329 Bye, Jacob. 457 00:20:13,362 --> 00:20:14,663 I like this school. 458 00:20:14,697 --> 00:20:16,123 We have cool projects 459 00:20:16,157 --> 00:20:17,458 that really make you think. 460 00:20:17,491 --> 00:20:18,834 My brother. 461 00:20:18,868 --> 00:20:21,796 The one today really had an impact on us kids. 462 00:20:21,829 --> 00:20:25,599 Liam, I know we had issues, but you are cool. 463 00:20:27,168 --> 00:20:29,470 It taught us something about sensitivity 464 00:20:29,503 --> 00:20:31,847 towards the mentally ill. 465 00:20:31,881 --> 00:20:33,849 I really wanted to judge her at first. 466 00:20:33,883 --> 00:20:35,267 Text me! 467 00:20:35,301 --> 00:20:36,769 But then it made me feel 468 00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:39,355 I should apologize to my stepdad. 469 00:20:39,388 --> 00:20:41,857 I really take him for granted. 470 00:20:43,184 --> 00:20:44,660 Hey, bud. 471 00:20:45,478 --> 00:20:46,862 Hey. Hey. 472 00:20:46,896 --> 00:20:49,532 - How was your day? - It was good, Dad. 473 00:20:49,565 --> 00:20:51,992 - How was yours? - Yeah. 474 00:20:52,026 --> 00:20:53,035 Good. 475 00:20:58,491 --> 00:21:00,251 This place is fancy. 476 00:21:00,284 --> 00:21:01,969 Do you see her? No. 477 00:21:04,288 --> 00:21:05,431 Mare? 478 00:21:07,458 --> 00:21:08,684 Mare! 479 00:21:09,919 --> 00:21:10,895 Sorry. 480 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:14,431 Sorry... it's family. 481 00:21:14,465 --> 00:21:16,267 Hey. - Hi. 482 00:21:16,300 --> 00:21:17,601 - Missed you. - How you doing? 483 00:21:17,635 --> 00:21:19,019 Can I talk to him really quick? Sure. Yeah. 484 00:21:19,053 --> 00:21:21,397 - What's going on? - Yeah. Oh, so, um, I just-- 485 00:21:21,430 --> 00:21:23,315 I need to talk to you about something. 486 00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:25,860 - So... - Um, I don't think I was clear. 487 00:21:25,893 --> 00:21:28,070 Um... 488 00:21:28,103 --> 00:21:30,322 I don't want some big, romantic gesture. 489 00:21:30,356 --> 00:21:32,199 - I don't think-- - Stop. Stop. 490 00:21:32,233 --> 00:21:33,542 This is not about that. 491 00:21:34,902 --> 00:21:36,912 Okay. S-- 492 00:21:37,813 --> 00:21:39,540 Then what are you doing here? 493 00:21:39,573 --> 00:21:41,709 You liked our new Glass Club piece, right? 494 00:21:41,742 --> 00:21:43,878 Yeah. It was one in a million. 495 00:21:43,911 --> 00:21:46,589 It made me, honestly, very jealous. 496 00:21:46,622 --> 00:21:49,133 Yeah, so we can't put it out in Toledo. 497 00:21:49,166 --> 00:21:54,104 So I-I want you to take it and put it out here instead. 498 00:21:55,631 --> 00:21:56,816 In The Chronicle. 499 00:21:58,259 --> 00:22:00,311 Okay. Um... 500 00:22:00,344 --> 00:22:02,613 With one condition. 501 00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:06,901 Come on, dude, I'm not getting back with you 502 00:22:06,934 --> 00:22:08,819 - over a byline. - Not that, no. 503 00:22:08,853 --> 00:22:10,279 You have to share credit. 504 00:22:10,312 --> 00:22:13,073 With Detrick. Okay? He worked really hard on it, 505 00:22:13,107 --> 00:22:15,993 but we both agree that if you took a pass on it, 506 00:22:16,026 --> 00:22:17,211 it could be next level. 507 00:22:17,945 --> 00:22:18,846 Um... 508 00:22:18,879 --> 00:22:23,334 - Say yes. - Yeah, let me talk to Dan. Okay? 509 00:22:23,367 --> 00:22:25,553 - Tell him I said hi. - That's... 510 00:22:38,340 --> 00:22:40,025 - Hi, Detrick. - Oh, shit. 511 00:22:41,218 --> 00:22:42,519 What are you doing here? 512 00:22:42,553 --> 00:22:44,438 Well, I saw you were leaving from work, 513 00:22:44,471 --> 00:22:45,990 so I followed you. 514 00:22:46,974 --> 00:22:49,026 - Two hundred miles? - Yeah. 515 00:22:49,059 --> 00:22:51,537 I just wanted to give you this. 516 00:22:52,438 --> 00:22:54,531 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... Nicole. 517 00:22:54,565 --> 00:22:55,532 What are you doing? 518 00:22:55,566 --> 00:22:57,167 Oh, shit! 519 00:22:58,152 --> 00:23:00,204 Bang, bang. 520 00:23:02,990 --> 00:23:06,844 Salted nuts, your favorite. In case you get hungry. 521 00:23:08,495 --> 00:23:10,547 Thank you. Um... 522 00:23:10,581 --> 00:23:12,683 I'm not sure I understand what this is. 523 00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:17,388 I saw that you started hanging out with Lisa. 524 00:23:17,421 --> 00:23:18,981 I'm super happy for you. 525 00:23:20,466 --> 00:23:23,269 Thank you. I really appreciate you. 526 00:23:23,302 --> 00:23:26,355 I mean this. Appreciate you bringing me this. 527 00:23:26,388 --> 00:23:28,699 Okay. Good. 528 00:23:29,475 --> 00:23:31,744 Um... See you at work? 529 00:23:32,519 --> 00:23:33,529 Maybe. 530 00:23:33,562 --> 00:23:36,407 See you. 531 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,325 Whoo! Go get it. Have fun. 532 00:23:39,693 --> 00:23:40,869 Hey! 533 00:23:40,903 --> 00:23:42,746 That's my car. 534 00:23:42,780 --> 00:23:45,791 That's my car, you crazy little bitch! 535 00:23:45,824 --> 00:23:49,261 Maybe not. [laughs] See ya. 536 00:23:58,337 --> 00:24:00,180 Detrick, this is very good. 537 00:24:00,214 --> 00:24:02,016 You have written a story 538 00:24:02,049 --> 00:24:06,312 about a low structural barrier, and you've made it interesting. 539 00:24:06,345 --> 00:24:07,396 Thank you. 540 00:24:07,429 --> 00:24:08,564 Criminally low. 541 00:24:08,597 --> 00:24:10,024 I think it's pretty good. 542 00:24:10,057 --> 00:24:13,327 Just, uh, make those changes we talked about, but... 543 00:24:15,980 --> 00:24:17,740 Mare [chuckling]: Ho... 544 00:24:17,773 --> 00:24:19,116 Looks good to me. 545 00:24:19,149 --> 00:24:21,001 Oh... 546 00:24:22,069 --> 00:24:23,370 What's "NS"? 547 00:24:23,404 --> 00:24:24,413 New stuff. 548 00:24:24,446 --> 00:24:25,539 Non-story. Not a story. 549 00:24:25,572 --> 00:24:27,499 That is perfect. 550 00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:29,335 Should I send it? Yes. 551 00:24:30,661 --> 00:24:31,804 Done. 552 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:36,383 - It's good. It's really good. - Yes, it is. 553 00:24:36,417 --> 00:24:38,102 Oh, boy. 554 00:24:40,170 --> 00:24:43,557 - Thank you. - Please. It was fun. 555 00:24:43,590 --> 00:24:45,734 Yeah. Yeah. 556 00:24:46,969 --> 00:24:49,029 You still gonna sign that lease? 557 00:24:50,597 --> 00:24:51,824 Maybe. 558 00:24:54,935 --> 00:24:55,994 Don't. 559 00:24:56,854 --> 00:24:59,573 Oh, [laughing] come on. 560 00:24:59,606 --> 00:25:01,283 - What? - You can't look at me like that. 561 00:25:01,316 --> 00:25:03,836 - You can't do that. - You got the wrong look. 562 00:25:05,362 --> 00:25:08,582 I'm not looking at you like an ex-girlfriend. 563 00:25:08,615 --> 00:25:10,634 I'm looking at you like... 564 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:13,303 a great journalist. 565 00:25:14,329 --> 00:25:15,389 And it sucks. 566 00:25:17,583 --> 00:25:19,510 Because you can do that anywhere. 567 00:25:19,543 --> 00:25:23,430 You can do it here, or you can do it in Chicago, 568 00:25:23,464 --> 00:25:24,932 you could do it in Washington, 569 00:25:24,965 --> 00:25:27,851 but you will never be more important to anywhere 570 00:25:27,885 --> 00:25:30,070 than you can be to your hometown. 571 00:25:31,221 --> 00:25:33,323 So I think you should come back. 572 00:25:37,853 --> 00:25:40,831 You really want me to come back as a journalist only? 573 00:25:42,357 --> 00:25:43,834 That's all I'm asking. 574 00:25:47,863 --> 00:25:50,132 Okay. I'll think about it. 575 00:25:51,158 --> 00:25:52,843 Okay. 576 00:25:54,369 --> 00:25:56,588 Dude, you look exhausted. 577 00:25:56,622 --> 00:25:57,965 Mm! 578 00:25:57,998 --> 00:25:59,716 Oh, come on, it's like 11 p.m. 579 00:25:59,750 --> 00:26:01,135 By the time you get home, it'll be like 4. 580 00:26:01,168 --> 00:26:03,011 Do you wanna just come back to mine? 581 00:26:03,045 --> 00:26:04,313 You can crash on the couch. 582 00:26:05,839 --> 00:26:07,015 No funny business. 583 00:26:07,049 --> 00:26:08,725 I don't want any funny business. 584 00:26:08,759 --> 00:26:09,852 - Oh. - I'm on Benadryl. 585 00:26:09,885 --> 00:26:11,145 Wouldn't work anyway. 586 00:26:14,056 --> 00:26:16,650 Buddy. Dude. 587 00:26:16,683 --> 00:26:18,152 I was actually thinking that maybe 588 00:26:18,185 --> 00:26:20,988 - because I nearly died today... - Oh, yeah. No, so close. 589 00:26:21,021 --> 00:26:22,656 ...because of your awful gift, 590 00:26:22,689 --> 00:26:24,199 maybe you could crash on the couch? 591 00:26:24,233 --> 00:26:25,701 I don't know how you did that logic, but deal. 592 00:26:25,734 --> 00:26:26,827 Ned [laughs]: Deal? 593 00:26:31,782 --> 00:26:33,333 Uh... All right. 594 00:26:33,367 --> 00:26:34,760 So... 595 00:26:36,203 --> 00:26:38,839 I had my own moment of clarity. 596 00:26:38,872 --> 00:26:41,308 {\an8}When she walked into my hospital room. 597 00:26:42,876 --> 00:26:44,061 {\an8}I love her. 598 00:26:45,045 --> 00:26:46,396 {\an8}Can't live without her. 599 00:26:47,631 --> 00:26:48,974 {\an8}And if that's not something 600 00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:50,559 {\an8}that I can ever tell her, 601 00:26:50,592 --> 00:26:53,112 {\an8}then that'll have to be okay. 602 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:57,483 {\an8}It'll be torture, but as long as I can sit at my desk... 603 00:26:58,559 --> 00:26:59,860 {\an8}...at our newspaper 604 00:26:59,893 --> 00:27:02,830 {\an8}and see her face through my office window... 605 00:27:05,107 --> 00:27:06,750 {\an8}I can handle anything. 606 00:27:07,734 --> 00:27:08,702 {\an8}Dude. 607 00:27:08,735 --> 00:27:10,037 {\an8}- Jesus. - I'm so tired. 608 00:27:10,070 --> 00:27:11,797 {\an8}- Can we go? - Yes. 609 00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:15,918 {\an8}Yeah. - I looked it up. 610 00:27:15,951 --> 00:27:17,794 {\an8}The Best Western's like 99 bucks. 611 00:27:17,828 --> 00:27:20,055 {\an8}Don't think I won't drop your ass off. 612 00:27:24,168 --> 00:27:25,719 {\an8}Aah! Okay. 613 00:27:25,752 --> 00:27:26,970 {\an8}Jesus Christ. 614 00:27:29,882 --> 00:27:31,150 {\an8}Stop it!