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♪ What would we do, baby,
without us? ♪
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♪ What would we do,
baby, without us? ♪
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♪ And there ain't no nothing we
can't love each other through ♪
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♪ What would we do, baby,
without us? ♪
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Ripped By mstoll
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- (knocking on door)
- MALLORY: Hey!
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- Hey, Lauren, come on in!
- Hi.
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MALLORY:
Long time, no see.
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Hey, Lauren. How was
your psychology conference?
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It was great, except for
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I really missed Alex.
Is he around?
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- No. - No. - I haven't seen him.
I haven't seen him.
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Out of sight, out of mind.
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Maybe he's with that other girl!
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- Andrew! ...don't know
what you're talking about.
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You mean Marty.
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Oh, he's told you about her.
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Sure, he told me
he was tutoring her.
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- Oh, he is! - Oh, yeah, yeah,
purely business.
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- Business relationship, yeah.
- He's tutoring her.
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Hey.
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ALL:
Oh, look who's home!
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- Hey, honey.
- Hi, honey.
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ALEX:
Hi.
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So, did you miss me?
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Yeah, sure, I did; sure, I did.
You miss me?
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Well, sure.
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But I did get kind of friendly
with a man at the conference
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who suffered
from wide mood swings.
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See, he even signed
my Freud anthology.
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"Dear Lauren,
it was nice to meet you.
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P.S. I can't stand you."
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Uh, what do you want to do?
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You want, you want to go get
a bite, something like that?
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No, let's just sit and talk.
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After all, it's been two weeks.
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You know, I think that's
the longest we've ever gone
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without seeing each other.
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Yeah, well,
not-not-not including
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the 20 years before we met.
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(chuckles anxiously)
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Alex, are you okay?
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Yeah, I'm just,
I'm like really tired.
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Well, if you're tired, then
I'll just see you tomorrow.
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Lauren, wait a minute.
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What?
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We've always said that we were
gonna be completely honest
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with each other
about everything.
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Alex, what is it?
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This girl that I've been
tutoring, you know,
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from my economics class?
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Marty?
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Yeah.
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Well, we've been spending
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a lot of time together lately.
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(Lauren sighs, mutters)
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And I would be
lying to you if I, if I,
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if I didn't say that I was
thinking about her a lot.
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Do you love her?
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I don't, I don't know.
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I mean, I don't know.
I don't know, I don't know,
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I don't know, I don't know
what I feel.
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I don't know what I'm thinking.
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I don't know anything.
I just need a few days, okay?
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- Just a little bit of time.
- Okay, sure.
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Lauren? Lauren?
Are you all right?
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Of course, I'm okay.
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I'm a trained psychologist.
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I know how to handle
these types of emotions.
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- Hi.
- Hey, Marty.
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Hi. Uh, Cecilia,
can I get a yogurt?
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You're too skinny, Marty.
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Well, I'm not very hungry,
and besides,
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I'm a little short of cash.
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Hey, hey, it's on me.
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Oh, no, no... no, no, no,
I couldn't, really.
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Don't worry about it.
I'm loaded.
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Besides, most of it's
your money.
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Oh, well, then I'll have
a meatball sub, in that case,
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and some soup, a large salad,
uh, the yogurt, some milk,
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and-and some Twinkies.
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Thanks.
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What, are you going into
hibernation later today?
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Alex, we need to talk,
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so I'm gonna go...
I'll go get us a table.
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Yeah, all right.
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(sighs)
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Hi.
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Hi. Lauren! Hi.
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Cecilia, can I get
a yogurt, please?
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Sure. I'll put it on Alex's tab.
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Alex, I think we need to talk.
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I'll get us a table, okay?
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I don't believe this.
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This is like a bad episode
of Love, American Style.
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- Alex.
- Alex.
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Hey, there.
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Let's see, you had the yogurt...
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...and you had the yogurt,
the meatball hero,
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the soup, the milk
and the Twinkies.
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Well, if that'll be all
for you ladies...
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Alex, what's going on?
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Marty Brodie,
this is Lauren Miller.
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(splutters, coughs)
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You okay?
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I'm fine, I'm fine.
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My doctor says I'm not getting
enough calcium
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in my, in my nose.
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LAUREN & MARTY:
I think I should go.
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No, look, look,
I got a better idea, okay?
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Why don't I go?
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Alex, don't worry, you can stay,
because I'm leaving.
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Wait, Lauren, listen.
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Come on. Come on.
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You haven't even finished
your yogurt.
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I just decided I'm not hungry.
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MARTY:
Oh, my God.
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I paid $1.20 for this.
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Oh, Alex, this is terrible.
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I really, I feel horrible.
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I cannot stay here... Oh!
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Alex, I'm-I'm-I'm sorry.
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I'm... I'm really hungry.
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Did you ever see
Fatal Attraction?
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ELYSE:
Hi, Mallory.
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Hey, Alex.
Feel like catching a movie?
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No, thanks. I'm not really
in the mood tonight.
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Well, we're running late.
Come on, let's go.
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- JENNIFER: Bye-bye, Alex.
- STEVEN: See you later.
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Uh, Alex, you okay?
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Oh, yeah, Dad, I'm fine.
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Just a little distracted lately
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with this whole
Marty-Lauren thing.
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Well, look, I'd be more than
willing to miss this movie
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so we can stay and talk.
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I'm not really up for it.
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Besides, I got to stay here
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and work on my valedictory
speech for graduation.
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I can't get a handle on it.
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Well, you let me know.
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- I'll be around.
- Thanks.
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(door shuts)
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I'm gonna need some quotations
to kick this thing off.
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Let's see what we got here.
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Shakespeare...
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Bunch of pretentious guys
in tights...
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talking to skulls.
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Better than my speech.
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Lauren's Freud book:
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Narcissism: An Introduction.
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Nah, I think too much of myself
to read that.
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Jean-Paul Sartre.
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You know,
maybe Jennifer's right.
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Maybe life is absurd.
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(French accent):
Of course it is!
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You think I was just trying
to sell some books?
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Jean-Paul, don't take it
personally.
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I'm just a little skeptical
about this existentialism stuff.
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Oh, really? Look at your life.
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If that isn't absurd,
I'll buy you a ribs dinner.
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(German accent):
Jean-Paul, you're wrong.
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His life is not absurd.
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Thank you, Dr. Freud.
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He is just highly sexually
repressed.
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Jean-Paul, Sigmund,
please, I got a problem
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I'm trying to work out here.
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I have an emotional attachment
to two women.
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It can't be worked out.
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Alex, don't you see?
Love is an impossibility.
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It's nothing more
than an attempt
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to justify one's own existence
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by possessing another
in a futile gesture
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at warding off
the bleakness of death.
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And you wonder why you don't get
invited to more parties.
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You're wrong, Jean-Paul.
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Love does exist.
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Yeah, back me up on this,
will ya, Shakespeare?
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Uh, Bill?
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May I call you "Bill"?
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Please.
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As I wrote in Hamlet,
about love...
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"Doubt the stars are fire,
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"doubt that the sun doth move,
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"doubt truth to be a liar,
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but never doubt my love."
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How do we really know
you wrote those plays?
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Guys, guys, guys, come on.
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Look, we're getting nowhere
fast here.
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You're supposed to be
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three of the greatest minds
in history.
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You can't help me out?
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The truth is, Alex,
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we don't know more about this
than anyone else.
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In the end, we're all just
poor players
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strutting and fretting
our hours upon the stage.
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It's true.
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When it comes to love,
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as my friend Camus once said,
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"It can burn, or it can last,
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but it can't do both."
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God, that's depressing.
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I want it to do both.
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Hmph! Don't we all?
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That's why people
are so unhappy.
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Well, I'm not unhappy.
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I would be if I was wearing
that outfit.
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Alex...
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...all I can say is...
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to thine own self be true.
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And remember, you must take
responsibility
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for your own choices
in this life.
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(coughs)
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Talk to your dad.
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(sighs heavily)
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I should have gone
to the movies.
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(playing gentle melody)
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ALEX:
Oh, Marty...
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Iook at you at that piano.
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You look so right sitting there.
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So joyous, so full of life.
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You look like me filling out
the new 1040 short form.
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There's so much
I like about you.
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Of all the basic applied
economic principles
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of capitalism in the post-
industrial-era seminars
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in the world,
you had to walk into mine.
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This is crazy.
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This can't work.
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I'm probably gonna go get a job
on Wall Street.
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You've got two whole years
of college ahead of you.
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So even though I know
this is gonna hurt you,
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we got to stop kidding
ourselves.
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We've got to bring this thing
to an end.
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I'll never forget the time
we spent together.
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The way you hold your knife,
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the way you sip your tea,
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the way you changed my life...
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Oh, no, they can't take
that away from me.
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(song ends)
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Hey, hey, don't stop.
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I-I have to.
It's-it's the end of the song.
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I'm just, I'm here practicing
for the ceremony.
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I've gotta, I've gotta practice
the old "Pomp and Circumstance."
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Oh, yeah? How's it going?
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Well, I've got the pomp down,
it's-it's the circumstance
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that's giving me
a little trouble.
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We got to talk
about this, Marty.
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Yeah, I know, Alex.
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I-I've been thinking, and, uh,
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you know, even though I know
this is gonna hurt you,
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I-I think that we've got to stop
kidding ourselves
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and we've got to end this.
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After everything
we've been through?
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Alex, really, the last thing I
want to do is break your heart.
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Aah! Aah!
256
00:12:29,682 --> 00:12:33,319
Aah! It's a little late
for that now, isn't it?
257
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Alex...
258
00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:35,988
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please.
259
00:12:35,988 --> 00:12:39,825
Can I just have a minute
to be alone with my thoughts?
260
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I hope he doesn't start to cry.
261
00:12:43,262 --> 00:12:46,599
ALEX:
I'm not crying.
262
00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:49,034
There's something in my eye.
263
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MARTY:
Excuse me?
264
00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:54,306
ALEX:
There's something in my eye.
265
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MARTY:
Do you want a tissue?
266
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Marty, Professor Heller
needs you to look over
267
00:13:02,581 --> 00:13:04,150
the arrangement
for the processional.
268
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Well, I have to go.
269
00:13:07,686 --> 00:13:09,916
Yeah, I know you do.
270
00:13:11,724 --> 00:13:14,284
Good-bye, Mr. Keaton.
271
00:13:16,328 --> 00:13:18,853
Bye, Miss Brodie.
272
00:13:38,384 --> 00:13:40,920
ALEX:
Oh, Lauren.
273
00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,287
Two years... such a long time.
274
00:13:45,858 --> 00:13:49,128
And there's been a lot of good
times in those two years.
275
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Remember the first time we met?
276
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In that little psychology lab?
277
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It was really love.
278
00:13:59,071 --> 00:14:01,207
You were so beautiful.
279
00:14:01,207 --> 00:14:03,509
Well, you are so beautiful.
280
00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:07,346
I'm not so bad myself.
281
00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:10,649
I don't know what
happened to us.
282
00:14:10,649 --> 00:14:12,518
But whatever it is,
283
00:14:12,518 --> 00:14:16,188
I've got to admit
my true feelings.
284
00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:19,458
And be honest with you.
285
00:14:19,458 --> 00:14:22,161
And I know it's
probably gonna crush you.
286
00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:24,597
(men laughing)
287
00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:27,623
And yet you seem to be
handling it pretty well.
288
00:14:29,101 --> 00:14:31,670
I just have
to be honest with her.
289
00:14:31,670 --> 00:14:35,040
Just tell her that she's
a wonderful,
290
00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,744
decent, intelligent,
291
00:14:38,744 --> 00:14:41,647
unique individual.
292
00:14:41,647 --> 00:14:44,683
And that we're not
in love anymore.
293
00:14:44,683 --> 00:14:46,252
(clears throat)
294
00:14:46,252 --> 00:14:47,419
Lauren.
295
00:14:47,419 --> 00:14:49,321
Hi, Alex.
296
00:14:49,321 --> 00:14:51,323
Uh, can I talk to you
for a minute?
297
00:14:51,323 --> 00:14:52,620
Sure.
298
00:15:00,599 --> 00:15:02,590
Excuse us.
299
00:15:12,311 --> 00:15:13,913
Lauren, I got
to be honest with you.
300
00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:17,249
I have to be honest
with you, too.
301
00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:19,685
Alex, you're a wonderful,
302
00:15:19,685 --> 00:15:23,188
intelligent, decent,
303
00:15:23,188 --> 00:15:25,324
honest,
304
00:15:25,324 --> 00:15:27,459
unique individual.
305
00:15:27,459 --> 00:15:30,930
But we're not in love anymore.
306
00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:34,195
Nobody lets me get
a word in edgewise.
307
00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:41,173
Alex, the last couple of days
have been torture for me.
308
00:15:41,173 --> 00:15:42,508
I've been trying to think:
309
00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:45,678
What did I do
to make you stop loving me?
310
00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:49,615
Was it something I said
or was it something I did or?
311
00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:51,884
Was it that I was
just trying too hard?
312
00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:54,753
And then I realized it was
nothing I did,
313
00:15:54,753 --> 00:15:55,854
and nothing you did...
314
00:15:55,854 --> 00:15:57,219
it just happened.
315
00:15:58,924 --> 00:16:01,860
And it's wrong for me to try
to be something that I'm not.
316
00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:04,263
The same goes for you, Alex.
317
00:16:04,263 --> 00:16:06,532
You're an obsessive person.
318
00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:08,567
You don't love many things,
but the things you love,
319
00:16:08,567 --> 00:16:10,869
you really love.
320
00:16:10,869 --> 00:16:14,506
And either you love me
or you don't.
321
00:16:14,506 --> 00:16:17,109
Boy, you really know me.
322
00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:18,777
I do.
323
00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:21,981
And I know myself.
324
00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:23,682
And I got to admit
something to you.
325
00:16:23,682 --> 00:16:25,484
The other day when
Marty was giving a recital
326
00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:28,354
at Delaware Hall, I went and...
327
00:16:28,354 --> 00:16:31,323
I just wanted to see
what the attraction was.
328
00:16:31,323 --> 00:16:33,325
I also brought some
329
00:16:33,325 --> 00:16:35,828
rotten tomatoes, just in case.
330
00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:38,464
I sat there listening and I...
331
00:16:38,464 --> 00:16:41,133
I saw she-she's a real artist.
332
00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:43,736
She's kind of bohemian, and...
333
00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:45,938
she's very exotic.
334
00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:47,840
And I can't compete with that.
335
00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,142
- Lauren, you don't have to.
- Oh, I'm not.
336
00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:53,879
I'm not... I know who I am
and I like myself.
337
00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:57,016
I'm intelligent, I'm attractive.
338
00:16:57,016 --> 00:17:00,319
And I'm a good person.
339
00:17:00,319 --> 00:17:02,116
But I'm not her.
340
00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:05,657
And I'm not gonna make believe
that I can be.
341
00:17:05,657 --> 00:17:07,526
I'm gonna go on with my life
and find someone
342
00:17:07,526 --> 00:17:11,530
who loves me just
as much as I love him.
343
00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:14,500
Whatever happens...
344
00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:16,602
I just want you to know
that I can't be happy
345
00:17:16,602 --> 00:17:18,593
unless I know that you're happy.
346
00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,509
I really like you.
347
00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:26,979
And, um, we had a lot
348
00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:28,614
of great times together.
349
00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:31,650
I want you to know
that part of who I am...
350
00:17:31,650 --> 00:17:35,254
I mean one of the best parts...
is what you gave me.
351
00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:37,122
(laughs)
352
00:17:37,122 --> 00:17:40,025
You gave me a lot, too, Alex.
353
00:17:40,025 --> 00:17:42,928
I really love to tell you that
I hope you and Marty make
354
00:17:42,928 --> 00:17:46,659
a great couple,
but, um, I really can't.
355
00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:50,636
Yeah, well...
356
00:17:50,636 --> 00:17:52,604
uh, the crazy thing is...
357
00:17:52,604 --> 00:17:55,741
Marty and I aren't gonna
be seeing each other either.
358
00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:57,676
Why not?
359
00:17:57,676 --> 00:18:01,080
I think I got to take some time
to be with myself.
360
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,548
You know, I'll go to New York
361
00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:05,217
and, uh, get a job
on Wall Street.
362
00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:07,208
Try and meet Leona Helmsley.
363
00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:14,159
Good luck, Alex.
364
00:18:14,159 --> 00:18:16,627
Thanks, Lauren.
365
00:18:19,064 --> 00:18:21,055
(Lauren sniffles)
366
00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:26,371
What next?
367
00:18:26,371 --> 00:18:27,873
Huh?
368
00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:29,864
Locusts?
369
00:18:31,477 --> 00:18:34,213
Boils?
370
00:18:34,213 --> 00:18:36,204
Democrats in '92?
371
00:18:38,083 --> 00:18:40,552
Am I interrupting anything?
372
00:18:40,552 --> 00:18:43,282
(whining):
Mommy, my gown doesn't fit.
373
00:18:46,091 --> 00:18:48,193
It's okay.
374
00:18:48,193 --> 00:18:50,496
Your hat's no bargain either.
375
00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:53,332
Let's-let's fix this.
376
00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:55,400
This is just like when
you were a little boy.
377
00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,436
Couldn't get yourself
dressed then either.
378
00:18:57,436 --> 00:19:00,439
You'd come out of your room
with your shirt buttoned
379
00:19:00,439 --> 00:19:04,143
the wrong way,
and your pants on backwards.
380
00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:07,179
Although always with a tie.
381
00:19:07,179 --> 00:19:08,647
You'd come into the kitchen,
I'd say,
382
00:19:08,647 --> 00:19:10,949
"Alex, did you even look
at yourself in the mirror?"
383
00:19:10,949 --> 00:19:14,749
And I'd say, "I couldn't...
Mallory took it to school."
384
00:19:16,788 --> 00:19:18,357
What I wouldn't give
to be eight years old again.
385
00:19:18,357 --> 00:19:20,882
Well, you're still dressing
about the same.
386
00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:22,983
There.
387
00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:26,698
Well, let's get this hat
for you, okay, um...
388
00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:29,101
You know, moms were a good idea.
389
00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:31,170
Thank you.
390
00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:33,038
I mean, no matter what
else is happening,
391
00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:36,108
no matter what anybody
else is... doing...
392
00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:39,271
you're just always there for me.
393
00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:42,581
Well, we'll see.
(laughs)
394
00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:43,682
Okay.
395
00:19:43,682 --> 00:19:45,484
Let's try this.
396
00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:47,853
Yeah, right.
397
00:19:47,853 --> 00:19:50,014
Front.
398
00:19:51,056 --> 00:19:52,391
Hey!
399
00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:54,393
Hey, great, you did it.
400
00:19:54,393 --> 00:19:56,094
You know, Mom, you could
give up architecture
401
00:19:56,094 --> 00:19:59,198
and go into tailoring.
402
00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:02,000
Mom?
403
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,835
Hey, Mom, I'm only kidding,
you know.
404
00:20:03,835 --> 00:20:05,537
You're a wonderful architect.
405
00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:07,528
Oh, no, it's not that.
406
00:20:09,908 --> 00:20:13,412
I just can't believe
my little boy's graduating.
407
00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:16,582
You look very handsome.
408
00:20:16,582 --> 00:20:17,583
Yeah, well...
409
00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:21,086
It's a good thing...
410
00:20:21,086 --> 00:20:24,723
'cause inside,
I don't feel too terrific.
411
00:20:24,723 --> 00:20:27,726
Been a tough couple of weeks
for you, hasn't it, honey?
412
00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:31,196
The worst.
413
00:20:31,196 --> 00:20:33,498
Well, you know, if you were
eight years old again,
414
00:20:33,498 --> 00:20:36,735
I'd just kiss your boo-boo
and make it better.
415
00:20:36,735 --> 00:20:38,637
But you're an adult now
and that's, uh,
416
00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:40,628
that's a little more complex.
417
00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:45,866
I say we give it a shot.
418
00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:54,019
I love you so much, honey.
419
00:20:54,019 --> 00:20:55,087
(knocking on door)
420
00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:57,055
Hey, you guys,
come on, break it up.
421
00:20:57,055 --> 00:20:58,924
You got to sit down,
graduation's starting.
422
00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:00,525
Well, can you give us a minute?
423
00:21:00,525 --> 00:21:02,194
We were just discussing
the meaning of life.
424
00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:04,930
Oh, that's easy.
425
00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:07,266
Be happy,
try not to hurt other people
426
00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:09,635
and hope that you fall in love.
427
00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:12,798
It sounds good to me.
428
00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:17,643
Me, too.
429
00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:20,635
Considering the source,
that's truly frightening.
430
00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:25,940
Well...
431
00:21:30,989 --> 00:21:32,057
ALEX:
So this is it...
432
00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:35,360
college is finally over.
433
00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:38,597
Fortunately, it ends
on a real high note for me.
434
00:21:38,597 --> 00:21:42,267
Broke up with two wonderful
women on the same day.
435
00:21:42,267 --> 00:21:45,470
I don't know, maybe Jen
really is right.
436
00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:48,440
Maybe life is absurd.
437
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,842
Still, it has its moments.
438
00:21:50,842 --> 00:21:52,911
Even the painful ones.
439
00:21:52,911 --> 00:21:54,079
Lauren...
440
00:21:54,079 --> 00:21:56,741
this was a tough day
for both of us.
441
00:21:58,283 --> 00:21:59,785
Still I don't regret
442
00:21:59,785 --> 00:22:02,654
one single moment
we had together.
443
00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:04,690
And Marty,
444
00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:08,627
even if I never see you
ever again,
445
00:22:08,627 --> 00:22:12,497
you'll always be a beautiful,
wonderful memory.
446
00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:14,399
You know, Jen,
447
00:22:14,399 --> 00:22:16,535
your pal Jean-Paul Sartre
once said,
448
00:22:16,535 --> 00:22:18,503
"Hell...
449
00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:20,572
is other people."
450
00:22:20,572 --> 00:22:22,240
Well, anybody who's seen
451
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,010
a few game shows knows
what he means.
452
00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:28,980
But I think he's
only half-right.
453
00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:32,643
Because Heaven...
454
00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:36,988
...is other people, too.
455
00:22:36,988 --> 00:22:39,491
I mean, after all, when
you get right down to it,
456
00:22:39,491 --> 00:22:42,527
we are all we've got.
457
00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:46,298
And no matter how much we may
argue or fight
458
00:22:46,298 --> 00:22:48,767
or hurt one another,
459
00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:50,469
in the end,
we just keep running back
460
00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:53,372
for more because we're human.
461
00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:55,374
And for some strange,
unexplainable reason,
462
00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:57,365
we need each other.
463
00:22:58,910 --> 00:23:00,379
And maybe that's
the only real wisdom
464
00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:02,214
any of us will ever have.
465
00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:05,117
That...
466
00:23:05,117 --> 00:23:07,219
and the words of another
very great philosopher
467
00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,187
who just happens
to be my sister Mallory,
468
00:23:09,187 --> 00:23:11,423
I quote:
469
00:23:11,423 --> 00:23:15,494
"The meaning of life
is to be happy,
470
00:23:15,494 --> 00:23:17,763
"try not to hurt other people
471
00:23:17,763 --> 00:23:20,254
and hope you fall in love."
472
00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:24,369
It's ironic.
473
00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:27,639
After all these years
of learning, Mallory teaches me
474
00:23:27,639 --> 00:23:29,402
the most important
lesson of all.
475
00:23:32,210 --> 00:23:35,680
Boy, life is funny
sometimes, isn't it?
476
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,583
...so now I present to you
the valedictorian
477
00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:40,786
of the class of 1989,
478
00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:42,821
Alex P. Keaton.
479
00:23:42,821 --> 00:23:46,348
(audience applauding)
480
00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:56,500
Ripped By mstoll
481
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,414
MAN:
Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog.
482
00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:10,403
(Ubu barks)