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Previously on Dawson's Creek
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I can't tell you how much
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I've missed this, Joey.
- Me too.
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I mean, granted,
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you know, it's only
for a school project, but,
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it just feels good to be
making movies again
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thought you were talking
about us, you and me.
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How long did you
think it was going to be
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before some guy comes along
and is interested in her?
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And when that happens,
what are you going to do?
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When I walk through that door,
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and I say hello to this guy,
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I'm not just going
to be telling the world
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that I'm gay, I’m
actually going to be gay.
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What happened?
I didn't even go in.
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When it comes right down to it,
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I'm just not brave enough
to walk through the door.
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And what happened there
is proof positive
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that the good Lord
doesn't take lightly
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to those who dabble
in the black arts.
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Nice entrance.
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Dawson,
isn't there a limit
on the number of times
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a person can watch
their own movie?
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I've gotta
be prepared.
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We've got
a Q&A session
after the screening.
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Oh, the screening.
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How Sundance.
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Let's not blow this
completely
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out of proportion,
shall we?
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What's the matter?
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Nothing.
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Could it be...
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What?
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Dawson Leery,
the gifted, young,
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self-motivated auteur,
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Capeside's own Spielbergian
wunderkind be nervous?
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Yeah.
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Yeah,
of course I am.
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I mean, it's,
you know...
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It's one thing
to be a big fish
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in a small pond,
that is, Capeside--
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But entirely another
to swim in the talent pool
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with hundreds of
your egocentric competitors.
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Exactly.
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And thank you for
that gut-wrenching
visual.
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Now, I may be
a little biased
here because...
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Well, let's face it,
I am one of the stars
of your movie,
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but it's really good.
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And look at it this way,
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I mean,
for better or worse,
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this experience will only
take you one step closer
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to realizing your dreams.
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Besides, you don't have
to spend an entire weekend
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with a complete stranger.
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That is kind of
cruel and unusual.
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Yeah, well, I signed up
for the college tour.
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They pair you off
with one of the students.
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So...those are the rules.
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Are you nervous?
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Yeah.
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But...in a good way.
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I mean...I know
we're just visiting, but...
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This trip
kind of gives me hope.
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That maybe one day
I will make it outta here.
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Hey, Joey.
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It's never once
crossed my mind
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that you wouldn't
make it outta here.
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It's easy for you
to say, Dawson.
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Come on, Joey,
stick with the
original impulse.
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Look at this weekend
as an adventure.
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All right? I mean,
this is--this is
our first foray
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into the real world.
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You know,
this weekend
could be a glimpse
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into the rest
of our lives.
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Or it...
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It could be
the weekend when all
of our hopes and dreams
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just come
crashing down around us.
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I mean, forcing us
to withdraw from
mainstream society
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and spend the rest of
our days as these cynical,
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embittered shadows
of our former selves.
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It's just a thought.
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I feel like
Richard Dreyfuss
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in Close Encounters
of the Third Kind,
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you know, the director's cut
where he finally
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boards the mother ship
and mingles with the aliens?
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News flash, Dawson.
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We are the aliens.
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What, uh,
what's goin' on
there, sis?
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These students
enjoy the distinction
of attending
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America's
finest college!
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Founded in 1626,
it was named after
a British colonist
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who ended up donating
his entire collection
of books.
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The original faculty,
teaching in
the colonial wilderness,
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could hardly have
imagined that over
the next 3 centuries,
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it would become known
throughout the world
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as a premier center
for teaching
and research!
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Maybe you should write
for the catalog, Andie.
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Oh, it is
the catalog, Dawson.
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I think she sent away
for it when she was about 9.
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Uh, class of 2005, baby.
Early admissions.
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I am going to ace
this interview.
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Well, I guess I better
go meet my roommate,
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uh, A.J. Moller.
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Joey, you are
gonna have a blast.
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I took a junior tour
last year.
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As a sophomore?
Early bird gets into college.
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What are you doing, Jack?
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Uh...just hang out,
I guess.
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Do the tourist
thing.
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Well, it is
about that time.
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Yup.
Yeah.
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Hmm. I am so psyched.
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Me, too. Me, too.
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Dare I say gulp?
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Ok. Bye!
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Bye.
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L-double e-r-y.
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First name?
Dawson.
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Movie, please.
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Which category?
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Comedy or Drama?
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Documentary.
Well, actually, more of a--
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Date of birth?
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Uh, 3-14-83.
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Uh, favorite
director?
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Spielberg.
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You're kidding.
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As a matter of fact, no.
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Steven Spielberg.
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Undoubtedly
a gifted filmmaker,
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but I mean, come on.
Where's the edge?
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Edge is...fleeting.
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Heart lasts forever.
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Say cheese.
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Sign here and here.
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This card'll get you
into the flicks and...
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You didn't
fill out a synopsis.
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Not enough room.
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See, uh...
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The film started out
as a documentary
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chronicling
the history of
this local island
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rumored to be
haunted, but--
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Another
Blair Witch Project.
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Gotcha.
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Good luck.
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Next!
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Excuse me--
- Shh!
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I'm sorry, I--
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Shh!
J-J-Just a second.
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Yes? What is it?
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I'm looking
for A.J. Moller.
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Is this her room?
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No. This is not
her room.
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She's supposed to be
my roommate for the
weekend junior tour.
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Do you have any idea
where I can find her?
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Nope.
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Heh.
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Ok, well...
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The number on
my information card
says room 381.
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I'm certain it does.
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And this is room 381.
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You betcha.
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And you can't tell me
where to find A.J. Moller.
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I didn't say that.
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What I said was
I don't know where
you can find her.
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Him I can point
you directly to.
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I'm A.J. Moller.
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And that
must make you...
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Potter comma Joseph?
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I guess our gender-
ambiguous names
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have fostered
a precarious
situation.
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To say the least.
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Before you start
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crying
and calling home,
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I promise to give
you one of the beds.
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And I-If you're
really nice,
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I'll even
leave the light
on for you.
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Huh. I'm not staying here.
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I mean, this is not
what I signed up for, ok?
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I'm supposed
to be spending
the weekend with someone
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who's going to show me
what college is like,
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tell me what to expect,
someone...
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With ovaries.
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Yeah.
Listen, Joe...
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Uh...Joseph?
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It's Josephine.
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Joey.
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Listen.
This is what
college is like.
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Guys and girls
living together,
mostly in harmony.
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I mean, at Columbia,
they even have
co-ed bathrooms.
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And if you're
not up for that,
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maybe you should
be visiting women's
colleges instead.
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No. Maybe you're right.
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There's really no reason
2 people of the opposite sex
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can't spend one night
together in the same room.
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That's my girl.
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Now, if you
don't mind,
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biggum college boy
have important paper
to write.
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Little high school
girl take long walk
around campus.
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You're kicking me out?
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You're kicking
yourself out
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so I can have
2 more hours
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of unadulterated
silence.
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That's not--
- Careful!
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Careful.
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Say "fair"
and you'll really
be showing your age.
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Oh, and, uh,
Potter comma Joseph,
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shut the door
on your way out.
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Otherwise I can
hear those idiot
econ majors
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playing
nerf basketball
down the hall.
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Hey. Whatcha got?
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Uh...just a...you know,
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a--a guide book
to Boston.
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Oh. Ok,
tell me you're not
going off in search
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of Thoreau's
butt print
at Walden pond.
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Heh heh. No, I hadn't
planned on that.
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Hey, you know
what you should do?
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I heard there's
a great art museum
around here.
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You should
go check it out.
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Ok. Maybe I will.
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Ok. Well,
I gotta go. Bye!
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See ya.
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Hi.
I'm Andie McPhee.
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Spell
the last name, please.
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M-c-p-h-e-e.
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Says here your appointment
isn't until march.
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Either there's something
wrong with my calendar
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or you've got
a very long wait.
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Well, Mrs...
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Boyd--
- Call me Fran.
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Great. Ok. Well,
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my dad,
Joseph McPhee,
is an alumnus.
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Class of 1972,
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and he always said
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if you want
something
badly enough,
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make sure you're
first in line.
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A Daddy's girl, huh?
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Me, too.
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God rest his soul.
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So, you think
you can maybe
squeeze me in?
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Not a chance.
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But, uh...I just
want 5 minutes
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with the Dean,
that's all.
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The thing is
everyone else here
has an appointment
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today.
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Oh.
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Well, do you think
something might
open up?
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Would you cancel
your university interview
at the last minute?
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See my point?
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Hey, the boat's here!
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Man. Been there,
seen that.
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Where do you
wanna go eat?
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Uh, ladies and gentlemen,
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if anyone has any...
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Questions or comments,
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uh, the filmmaker would be
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glad to answer them for you.
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M-Mr. Leery?
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00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:14,901
Uh, Dawson Leery, can you
step up here, please?
260
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Hi, um--oops. Heh.
261
00:12:37,506 --> 00:12:38,967
Sorry. Heh.
262
00:12:38,967 --> 00:12:42,011
Uh...I'm Dawson Leery.
263
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Um...
264
00:12:46,015 --> 00:12:48,141
D-D-Does anyone, uh...
265
00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,311
Have any questions or...
266
00:12:53,481 --> 00:12:54,398
Uh, yeah.
267
00:12:54,398 --> 00:12:55,399
Yes.
268
00:12:55,399 --> 00:12:57,110
Question.
Where's the Joey
chick?
269
00:12:57,860 --> 00:12:59,988
She here?
She is hot.
270
00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:03,825
Um...
271
00:13:10,832 --> 00:13:12,416
Dawson!
272
00:13:12,416 --> 00:13:14,251
You all right?
Yeah, fine.
273
00:13:14,251 --> 00:13:16,004
These screenings,
it can get
pretty brutal
274
00:13:16,004 --> 00:13:17,672
when the lights
come up.
275
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I can handle that,
I mean, it...
276
00:13:19,841 --> 00:13:21,425
So what if my movie's
not hip enough
277
00:13:21,425 --> 00:13:23,803
to arouse the interests
of these pseudo
intellectual
278
00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:25,304
art house snobs?
On the bright side,
279
00:13:25,304 --> 00:13:27,015
at least
no one threw things.
280
00:13:27,015 --> 00:13:28,599
Thank god
for small favors.
281
00:13:28,599 --> 00:13:29,725
You are upset.
282
00:13:29,725 --> 00:13:30,935
Wouldn't you be?
283
00:13:30,935 --> 00:13:32,687
I'm sorry about what
happened in there.
284
00:13:32,687 --> 00:13:34,022
I really am. But...
285
00:13:34,022 --> 00:13:35,898
In light
of The Blair
Witch project,
286
00:13:35,898 --> 00:13:37,733
I don't know what
you were thinking.
287
00:13:37,733 --> 00:13:38,985
What?
288
00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:40,736
Riding the coattails
of some absurdly
289
00:13:40,736 --> 00:13:43,238
successful cultural
phenomenon is simply
not gonna cut it.
290
00:13:43,238 --> 00:13:45,240
Before you eviscerate
my work any further,
291
00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,701
why don't you at least
tell me your name?
292
00:13:46,701 --> 00:13:48,619
Nikki.
293
00:13:48,619 --> 00:13:50,371
Nikki Green.
294
00:13:50,371 --> 00:13:52,165
Nice to meet you, Nikki.
295
00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:54,125
Take this
Joey character,
for example, I mean,
296
00:13:54,125 --> 00:13:56,209
who is she
and what does she
mean to you?
297
00:13:56,209 --> 00:13:59,047
Are--are you friends, lovers,
what? Nothing was clear.
298
00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:00,589
More troubling is
that you didn't seem
299
00:14:00,589 --> 00:14:02,091
to understand that
that was the most
300
00:14:02,091 --> 00:14:03,592
interesting part
of your story.
301
00:14:03,592 --> 00:14:04,969
Well,
aren't you perceptive.
302
00:14:04,969 --> 00:14:06,637
Don't patronize me.
303
00:14:06,637 --> 00:14:09,057
I'm trying to
give you an honest
assessment here.
304
00:14:09,057 --> 00:14:10,558
Well, excuse me,
but it's not every day
305
00:14:10,558 --> 00:14:12,143
that I'm subjected
to an unsolicited
306
00:14:12,143 --> 00:14:14,103
note session from a--
- Volunteer?
307
00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:15,270
Paper pusher?
308
00:14:15,270 --> 00:14:16,939
My position
and altruism
309
00:14:16,939 --> 00:14:18,774
invalidate
my opinion.
310
00:14:18,774 --> 00:14:19,859
Well, next time
I'll pick
311
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,360
which wounds to lick
more carefully.
312
00:14:43,132 --> 00:14:44,717
Well?
313
00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:45,927
You in or out?
314
00:15:13,162 --> 00:15:14,747
Dawson.
315
00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:17,083
Hey.
316
00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:18,292
How'd
the screening go?
317
00:15:19,168 --> 00:15:20,753
Huh.
318
00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:24,423
Come on, it couldn't
have been that bad,
could it?
319
00:15:24,423 --> 00:15:27,301
It was
an unmitigated disaster.
320
00:15:29,553 --> 00:15:31,055
What do those
hipper-than-thou
321
00:15:31,055 --> 00:15:32,181
film brats know,
anyway?
322
00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:34,307
Maybe they're right.
323
00:15:35,977 --> 00:15:37,311
Come on.
324
00:15:38,896 --> 00:15:40,231
You don't mean that.
325
00:15:40,231 --> 00:15:42,024
No, I--I've been
thinking that...
326
00:15:42,024 --> 00:15:43,651
You know...
327
00:15:43,651 --> 00:15:46,237
Maybe the problem
with having such
a big dream is...
328
00:15:46,237 --> 00:15:48,197
You never stop
to question whether
you actually
329
00:15:48,197 --> 00:15:49,740
have the talent
to back it up.
330
00:15:49,740 --> 00:15:53,161
What if I--I just
simply don't have
what it takes
331
00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:54,662
to be
a great filmmaker?
332
00:15:55,704 --> 00:15:57,790
Dawson...
333
00:15:57,790 --> 00:16:00,251
I've been there
from the beginning.
334
00:16:00,251 --> 00:16:02,962
To most people,
movies are just
a way of passing time,
335
00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:06,715
but I was there that day
that they became something more
to you,
336
00:16:06,715 --> 00:16:09,093
the day
you decided to pick up
your parents' camcorder
337
00:16:09,093 --> 00:16:11,220
and make a movie
of your own.
338
00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:13,306
The day that you said
for the first time out loud
339
00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:15,724
that you were going
to be a filmmaker.
340
00:16:15,724 --> 00:16:18,227
I've had the privilege
of watching you
take this dream
341
00:16:18,227 --> 00:16:19,228
and make it a reality.
342
00:16:19,228 --> 00:16:21,605
And you know what?
343
00:16:21,605 --> 00:16:23,357
I'm really proud of you.
344
00:16:43,211 --> 00:16:44,378
You!
345
00:16:44,378 --> 00:16:46,463
Mm-hmm.
How'd you get in here?
346
00:16:46,463 --> 00:16:47,548
The janitor.
347
00:16:47,548 --> 00:16:51,010
Don't worry.
I didn't touch anything.
348
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,636
But I brought you dessert.
349
00:16:54,096 --> 00:16:56,140
And I thought
I'd seen it all.
350
00:16:56,140 --> 00:16:58,226
Well, I thought
I'd be here,
351
00:16:58,226 --> 00:16:59,727
you know,
on the off chance
352
00:16:59,727 --> 00:17:01,896
that Dean Hargrove got back
early. Then I could, you know.
353
00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:05,107
You've got chutzpah,
I'll say that much
for you.
354
00:17:05,107 --> 00:17:06,067
So...
355
00:17:06,067 --> 00:17:07,318
Is he back yet?
356
00:17:07,318 --> 00:17:09,362
He's a notoriously
late luncher.
357
00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:13,282
What's the matter?
358
00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:15,701
Nothing.
359
00:17:17,078 --> 00:17:19,247
Do you know
how many kids
I have?
360
00:17:19,247 --> 00:17:21,456
7.
361
00:17:21,456 --> 00:17:23,709
You know
how many went
to this university?
362
00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:24,919
Zero.
363
00:17:24,919 --> 00:17:27,213
It didn't seem
to bother them much.
364
00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:28,756
So you don't think
I'm gonna get in.
365
00:17:28,756 --> 00:17:30,258
Oh, I gave up
a long time ago
366
00:17:30,258 --> 00:17:33,386
tryin' to figure out
who they're gonna
accept.
367
00:17:34,970 --> 00:17:36,180
So you had 7 kids.
368
00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:38,599
2 are doctors...
Um...
369
00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:41,852
One's an
investment banker,
whatever that is.
370
00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:43,062
The 3 girls
are married,
371
00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:45,398
and one didn't
go to college.
372
00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:48,317
Plays horn in a jazz
band downtown.
373
00:17:48,317 --> 00:17:50,485
Which do you think
is happiest?
374
00:17:51,946 --> 00:17:54,365
Ok. So what
you're telling me is
375
00:17:54,365 --> 00:17:56,617
avoid medical school
and wall street,
376
00:17:56,617 --> 00:17:57,868
don't get married,
377
00:17:57,868 --> 00:18:00,329
and skip college.
378
00:18:00,329 --> 00:18:02,290
What I'm saying is
whether or not
you attend
379
00:18:02,290 --> 00:18:04,875
this distinguished
university
380
00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:06,501
will have little
or nothing to do
381
00:18:06,501 --> 00:18:09,671
with what
kind of person
you turn out to be.
382
00:18:09,671 --> 00:18:12,341
Or whether
you find fulfillment
in your life.
383
00:18:12,341 --> 00:18:13,717
Hmm.
384
00:18:28,232 --> 00:18:30,484
Freshman English,
huh?
385
00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:34,780
You picked
a good one to visit.
386
00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:36,324
Don't tell me
you're in this class.
387
00:18:36,324 --> 00:18:38,492
Kinda.
388
00:18:40,995 --> 00:18:42,121
Wanna sit?
389
00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:44,497
Uh, no. I can't.
390
00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:46,500
So I, uh...
391
00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:48,169
I guess this professor's
really late.
392
00:18:48,169 --> 00:18:49,878
No, he's not coming.
393
00:18:49,878 --> 00:18:50,838
They do that a lot.
394
00:18:50,838 --> 00:18:51,839
Then
some poor schmuck
395
00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:53,466
undergraduate
teaching assistant
396
00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:55,217
has to come in
and try to
rally the troops
397
00:18:55,217 --> 00:18:57,928
for what's known as
discussion session!
398
00:18:57,928 --> 00:19:00,055
Hi, guys!
399
00:19:00,055 --> 00:19:03,267
Professor Taylor's
at a semiotics
conference in Seattle,
400
00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:05,311
so you're stuck
with me
401
00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:07,229
again.
402
00:19:07,229 --> 00:19:11,359
Now, we have a lot of
visiting high schoolers
in our midst today,
403
00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,445
so I thought we'd take
a break from our ongoing
great books discussion,
404
00:19:14,445 --> 00:19:17,948
and ask some of them
what books
they consider great.
405
00:19:17,948 --> 00:19:21,160
How about you?
406
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,537
In the cheap seats.
Brown-haired girl.
407
00:19:25,289 --> 00:19:26,999
What's my favorite book?
408
00:19:26,999 --> 00:19:29,293
You read, don't you?
409
00:19:33,755 --> 00:19:35,424
Little Women.
410
00:19:35,424 --> 00:19:38,177
Louisa May Alcott.
Interesting.
411
00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:39,345
You know,
I haven't read that
412
00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:42,723
since I was...
10 or so.
413
00:19:42,723 --> 00:19:44,266
As far
as I remember,
414
00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:46,643
it's sort of a less
successful version
of Jane Eyre.
415
00:19:46,643 --> 00:19:50,563
Something
about a girl
with a boy's name?
416
00:19:52,107 --> 00:19:54,235
The girl's name is Jo.
417
00:19:54,235 --> 00:19:57,405
She has 3 sisters,
a mother, a father
who's usually not around,
418
00:19:57,405 --> 00:20:00,241
and when he is,
he's very impractical
419
00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:03,077
and he's not
the greatest at providing
the material things in life.
420
00:20:03,077 --> 00:20:04,453
That's right.
421
00:20:04,453 --> 00:20:06,205
They're poor, but
they have each other.
422
00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,416
And there's
something to do
with a boy next door.
423
00:20:08,416 --> 00:20:10,042
Yeah, it's all
coming back to me.
424
00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:11,919
Ok, so Little Women.
425
00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:14,880
Perennial American
classic, yes.
426
00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,507
But great book?
427
00:20:16,507 --> 00:20:18,384
Worthy of inclusion
in the literary
canon?
428
00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:21,178
What do we think,
people?
429
00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:24,348
No way. This book is
completely anti-feminist
in spirit.
430
00:20:24,348 --> 00:20:26,225
I concur.
431
00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:30,438
I mean, the heroine
supposedly burns with
this artistic genius,
432
00:20:30,438 --> 00:20:32,856
but ultimately she gives up
all of her dreams,
433
00:20:32,856 --> 00:20:34,816
gets married, and
starts popping out babies.
434
00:20:34,816 --> 00:20:36,902
Alcott's a minor writer.
435
00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:39,947
Most of what she wrote,
she wrote purely
for money.
436
00:20:39,947 --> 00:20:41,865
And what's the lesson here?
437
00:20:41,865 --> 00:20:43,700
That we can't say
a book is great
438
00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:47,162
simply because we identify
with the hero or heroine.
439
00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:53,210
Joey, wait.
440
00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:55,963
Why, so you can sic
one of your little
overeducated minions on me?
441
00:20:55,963 --> 00:20:57,298
Try again.
442
00:20:57,298 --> 00:20:59,258
Admittedly we were
a little harsh.
443
00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:00,634
I concur.
444
00:21:00,634 --> 00:21:03,304
You said you wanted
the college experience.
445
00:21:03,304 --> 00:21:04,805
Don't be so glib.
446
00:21:04,805 --> 00:21:07,224
What you did in there
was insensitive.
447
00:21:07,224 --> 00:21:08,725
You hardly know me, A.J.
448
00:21:08,725 --> 00:21:11,270
Maybe I am just some naive
little high school girl,
449
00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:13,730
but I was actually
looking forward
to getting a taste
450
00:21:13,730 --> 00:21:15,483
of the fun part
of the college experience,
451
00:21:15,483 --> 00:21:18,486
not just that mean,
bitter part.
452
00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:20,404
Do you spend so much time
staring at that iBook
453
00:21:20,404 --> 00:21:22,739
that you've forgotten
that part even existed?
454
00:21:22,739 --> 00:21:24,283
I'm sorry.
455
00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:27,453
How about
we start over?
456
00:21:27,453 --> 00:21:28,621
Give me a chance
to show you
457
00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:30,080
what college is
really all about.
458
00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:32,666
What do you say?
459
00:21:38,547 --> 00:21:39,881
Whoa.
460
00:21:39,881 --> 00:21:41,300
Shh.
461
00:21:45,596 --> 00:21:47,139
You got any idea
who shot this?
462
00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:48,807
Shh. Quiet!
463
00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:51,310
It's on another level
is what I think.
464
00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:52,936
Hey, man, keep it down.
465
00:21:52,936 --> 00:21:54,688
Shh.
466
00:22:00,110 --> 00:22:03,030
Let's get this gifted
young filmmaker up here,
shall we?
467
00:22:31,058 --> 00:22:32,351
Dawson.
468
00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:34,269
Hey.
469
00:22:34,269 --> 00:22:37,606
I need a sugar fix after
all stressful experiences.
470
00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:39,733
Finally.
471
00:22:41,485 --> 00:22:44,905
Stressful? Come on,
that was a love fest.
472
00:22:44,905 --> 00:22:47,199
Don't sound so overjoyed.
473
00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:48,825
Don't be
falsely modest.
474
00:22:48,825 --> 00:22:51,286
If it had been
the other way around,
475
00:22:51,286 --> 00:22:53,539
I would have enjoyed
your success.
476
00:22:53,539 --> 00:22:55,957
So you're not only
a better filmmaker
than I am,
477
00:22:55,957 --> 00:22:57,750
you're
a better person.
478
00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:02,881
Look. Can we
start over again?
479
00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:06,385
Yeah. Let's.
480
00:23:07,636 --> 00:23:10,931
So, what did you
think of my film?
481
00:23:10,931 --> 00:23:14,476
Really.
Constructive criticism
only, please.
482
00:23:14,476 --> 00:23:16,937
I, uh, I thought
your film
483
00:23:16,937 --> 00:23:19,940
was technically
accomplished.
484
00:23:19,940 --> 00:23:22,109
"Technically
accomplished."
485
00:23:22,109 --> 00:23:24,737
That sounds like
a nice dismount
off the balance beam.
486
00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:28,073
Well, it's better
than derivative...
487
00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:31,118
Or unclear or
not understanding
your own material.
488
00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:37,666
Ok, maybe I was a little
insensitive in my comments.
489
00:23:38,166 --> 00:23:39,209
I'm sorry.
490
00:23:39,209 --> 00:23:41,086
Duly noted.
491
00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:44,715
Now, you never
mentioned before
492
00:23:44,715 --> 00:23:46,508
that you were
entered in this
film festival.
493
00:23:46,508 --> 00:23:47,676
Why not?
494
00:23:48,843 --> 00:23:51,597
I don't lead
with my chin, Dawson.
495
00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:53,056
You can get hurt
that way.
496
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:55,808
Yeah, you can.
497
00:23:57,102 --> 00:24:01,273
Well, um,
you seemed to really
knock them dead.
498
00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:02,857
Congratulations.
499
00:24:08,697 --> 00:24:10,574
I think I'm gonna
write about her.
500
00:24:10,574 --> 00:24:12,743
For your
application essay?
501
00:24:12,743 --> 00:24:17,122
Who was the one person
who influenced you
the most and why?
502
00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:19,291
You should.
503
00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:22,835
Might help you
organize your thoughts
about her.
504
00:24:25,422 --> 00:24:27,716
I remember one day,
505
00:24:27,716 --> 00:24:30,636
it was
about 6 months
after the accident,
506
00:24:30,636 --> 00:24:33,221
I found her
by the creek.
507
00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:37,142
She was just sitting
in the water,
508
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:41,814
her blouse
was soaking wet, and...
509
00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:47,528
Her hair was
plastered in strands
across her face.
510
00:24:47,528 --> 00:24:50,405
It's like she didn't
know where to go
or what to do.
511
00:24:52,449 --> 00:24:55,619
I don't think I'll
forget that image
as long as I live.
512
00:24:55,619 --> 00:24:59,581
Do you mind if I lay
a dose of truth on you?
513
00:24:59,581 --> 00:25:03,460
Sure. After I spilled my
deepest, darkest secrets,
why not?
514
00:25:04,712 --> 00:25:08,256
One--always wear
sensible shoes.
515
00:25:08,256 --> 00:25:11,426
If your feet
are killing you,
you can't think straight.
516
00:25:11,426 --> 00:25:13,762
Ok, and 2?
517
00:25:13,762 --> 00:25:17,850
Let yourself off the hook
for things over which
you have no control.
518
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:21,061
Just because your mother
couldn't get past
your brother's death
519
00:25:21,061 --> 00:25:23,480
doesn't mean you have
to beat yourself up
520
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,773
for making peace with it.
521
00:25:26,941 --> 00:25:28,943
I'm sorry, I shouldn't be
sticking my big nose in.
522
00:25:28,943 --> 00:25:31,071
No, no, I was just
thinking something.
523
00:25:31,071 --> 00:25:35,158
Maybe when your mom
starts to lose her mind,
524
00:25:35,158 --> 00:25:36,785
you sort of do, too,
you know,
525
00:25:36,785 --> 00:25:39,747
as a way of trying
to understand what
she's going through.
526
00:25:42,583 --> 00:25:44,585
This is so weird.
I mean, incredible,
even,
527
00:25:44,585 --> 00:25:47,962
that I am sitting here
in Cambridge with--
528
00:25:47,962 --> 00:25:51,299
A 60-year-old
career secretary.
529
00:25:52,718 --> 00:25:55,512
Well, one thing I learned
a long time ago--
530
00:25:55,512 --> 00:25:59,600
life can surprise you in
a thousand different ways.
531
00:26:02,644 --> 00:26:04,104
You know, as much
as I appreciate
532
00:26:04,104 --> 00:26:06,106
your willingness
to spend time with me,
533
00:26:06,106 --> 00:26:08,400
I gotta ask,
where are we going?
534
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,110
You'll see.
535
00:26:22,831 --> 00:26:24,833
What is this place?
536
00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:27,878
Rare book and
manuscript library.
537
00:26:27,878 --> 00:26:30,631
Well, are we supposed
to be in here?
538
00:26:30,631 --> 00:26:32,800
What's the matter?
You afraid
the library police
539
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,636
are gonna
come snatch us up?
540
00:26:35,636 --> 00:26:37,387
I wanted to show you
something here.
541
00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:38,971
What?
542
00:26:41,224 --> 00:26:42,975
Have a seat.
543
00:26:48,816 --> 00:26:50,066
This.
544
00:26:51,777 --> 00:26:52,985
Little Women?
545
00:26:53,821 --> 00:26:55,864
Not quite.
546
00:26:55,864 --> 00:26:57,616
The book
we know today
as Little Women
547
00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:00,368
was originally
published in 2
separate volumes.
548
00:27:00,368 --> 00:27:01,787
This is just
the first.
549
00:27:03,246 --> 00:27:07,083
It's Louisa may
Alcott’s
very own copy.
550
00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:10,545
Go ahead, open it.
Carefully.
551
00:27:10,545 --> 00:27:13,340
Let's see what this
favorite book of
yours has to offer.
552
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:25,185
This is the part
where Jo and Meg
553
00:27:25,185 --> 00:27:27,019
go to Mrs. Gardiner's
party.
554
00:27:29,898 --> 00:27:32,400
"Jo saw a big red-headed
youth approaching her corner,
555
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:33,986
"and fearing
he meant to engage her,
556
00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:36,571
"she slipped into
a curtained recess.
557
00:27:36,571 --> 00:27:39,616
She found herself
face-to-face with
the Laurence boy."
558
00:27:39,616 --> 00:27:42,034
"Don't mind me.
Stay, if you like."
559
00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:47,332
"Shan't I disturb you?"
560
00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:49,793
"Not a bit.
I only came here
561
00:27:49,793 --> 00:27:51,461
"because I don't
know many people
562
00:27:51,461 --> 00:27:53,714
and felt rather
strange at first,
you know."
563
00:27:54,798 --> 00:27:57,217
"So did I.
564
00:27:57,217 --> 00:28:01,346
Don't go away, please,
UN-unless you'd rather."
565
00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:04,892
"The boy sat down again
and looked at his boots.
566
00:28:04,892 --> 00:28:07,059
How's your cat,
Miss March?"
567
00:28:08,645 --> 00:28:11,023
"Nicely, thank you,
Mr. Laurence,
568
00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:13,984
but I ain't Miss March.
I'm only Jo."
569
00:28:24,327 --> 00:28:26,038
My mom used
to read this to me.
570
00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:28,916
That's why she
named me Josephine.
571
00:28:28,916 --> 00:28:31,710
It was her favorite book.
572
00:28:33,754 --> 00:28:34,922
Was?
573
00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,090
She passed away.
574
00:28:40,928 --> 00:28:42,345
Sorry to hear that.
575
00:28:45,265 --> 00:28:48,894
I guess that's why
I read it
576
00:28:48,894 --> 00:28:50,562
and reread it.
577
00:28:52,606 --> 00:28:54,106
'Cause when I do it's...
578
00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:57,193
It's like she's with me.
579
00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,281
So it's like
a friend, the book.
580
00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:03,867
Yeah.
581
00:29:05,786 --> 00:29:07,119
Exactly.
582
00:29:11,165 --> 00:29:13,710
Well,
you can never have
too many friends,
583
00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:14,962
Potter comma Joseph.
584
00:29:20,008 --> 00:29:22,886
So, Miss A.J. Moller,
585
00:29:22,886 --> 00:29:25,555
what is
your favorite book?
586
00:29:25,555 --> 00:29:28,308
Some ponderous Tome
by Herodotus?
587
00:29:28,308 --> 00:29:30,142
Are you ready for this?
588
00:29:31,645 --> 00:29:33,855
The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe.
589
00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:38,526
Well that sounds
rather infantile.
590
00:29:38,526 --> 00:29:40,320
Entirely.
591
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,073
But like all
the best things in life,
592
00:29:43,824 --> 00:29:46,994
simple, sweet, magical.
593
00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:25,615
How you doing?
What can I get you?
594
00:30:25,615 --> 00:30:27,075
Good. Uh--uh, um,
I guess a, uh--
595
00:30:27,075 --> 00:30:29,786
My guess is
he can't handle much
more than a beer.
596
00:30:29,786 --> 00:30:32,205
Make that 2, please.
597
00:30:32,205 --> 00:30:33,957
Oh, you don't have
to do that. I-I'm--
598
00:30:33,957 --> 00:30:35,709
It's ok.
I wanted to.
599
00:30:35,709 --> 00:30:37,836
Ok, thanks.
600
00:30:40,463 --> 00:30:42,007
You're adorable.
601
00:30:46,636 --> 00:30:49,222
You're shy, right?
Let's just start
all over, ok?
602
00:30:49,222 --> 00:30:53,351
You're not adorable
and I am not
attracted to you.
603
00:30:57,105 --> 00:30:59,232
Would you like to
go somewhere else?
604
00:30:59,232 --> 00:31:01,442
I mean,
this really probably
isn't your scene,
605
00:31:01,442 --> 00:31:03,444
and we could
just talk, ok?
606
00:31:03,444 --> 00:31:06,406
Maybe, I don't know,
get to know each other
a little better
607
00:31:06,406 --> 00:31:07,699
and then we--
608
00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:10,911
Our second place
finalist,
609
00:31:12,079 --> 00:31:14,581
Windscape.
David steiner.
610
00:31:21,004 --> 00:31:23,965
And now, in first place,
611
00:31:23,965 --> 00:31:26,093
the award goes to...
612
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:30,471
Tommy and Mo.
Carl Michael Diggins.
613
00:31:36,937 --> 00:31:39,064
Very nice, very nice.
614
00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:51,284
Nikki.
615
00:31:53,536 --> 00:31:54,955
What now?
616
00:31:54,955 --> 00:31:56,790
Time to rub salt
in the wound?
617
00:31:56,790 --> 00:31:57,832
You were robbed.
618
00:31:57,832 --> 00:31:59,333
Excuse me?
619
00:31:59,333 --> 00:32:01,128
I saw every
single film
at the festival.
620
00:32:01,128 --> 00:32:02,587
Yours was the best,
hands down.
621
00:32:02,587 --> 00:32:05,048
Let's dispense with
the mock compassion,
shall we?
622
00:32:05,048 --> 00:32:07,550
Nothing mock
about it, Nikki.
It's a simple fact.
623
00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:10,262
If it's ok
with you, I'd like
to be alone right now.
624
00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:12,722
How can you be
so upset about this?
625
00:32:12,722 --> 00:32:14,390
Like your failure
didn't affect you?
626
00:32:14,390 --> 00:32:15,934
It did, but there's
a difference
627
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:18,186
between what
happened to me and
what happened to you.
628
00:32:18,186 --> 00:32:19,813
And what's that?
629
00:32:19,813 --> 00:32:21,355
Well, I learned that
I have to dig deeper
630
00:32:21,355 --> 00:32:22,899
and reveal more
of myself in my work
631
00:32:22,899 --> 00:32:25,068
if I'm gonna make a film
that's worth anything.
632
00:32:25,068 --> 00:32:26,444
You learned
that film festivals
633
00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:28,321
don't necessarily
reward the meritorious.
634
00:32:30,073 --> 00:32:32,324
I wanted to win, Dawson.
635
00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:34,327
Nikki.
636
00:32:36,704 --> 00:32:38,957
Your film wasn't
just technically
brilliant, ok?
637
00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:40,667
It was inspired.
638
00:32:41,251 --> 00:32:42,961
It inspired me.
639
00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:45,964
It made me remember
why I got into film
in the first place.
640
00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:48,466
Not to win
festivals,
not for glory,
641
00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:50,384
but to reach people.
642
00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:55,849
And you did.
643
00:32:55,849 --> 00:32:58,310
You made them laugh,
you moved them.
644
00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:02,230
No matter
what happens to me,
645
00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:05,066
I'm not gonna
give up until
I reach that goal.
646
00:33:06,067 --> 00:33:07,902
You really liked my movie?
647
00:33:07,902 --> 00:33:09,612
Yeah.
648
00:33:11,072 --> 00:33:12,824
I really liked
your movie.
649
00:33:20,414 --> 00:33:22,083
Are we
the first ones here?
650
00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:23,501
Yeah,
looks like it.
651
00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:26,504
So did you get
your interview?
652
00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:28,006
Yeah, I did.
653
00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:31,718
Not the one I expected,
but maybe the one
I needed.
654
00:33:31,718 --> 00:33:32,677
Pray tell.
655
00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:34,804
Oh, long story
short,
656
00:33:34,804 --> 00:33:36,556
I had this
chance encounter
657
00:33:36,556 --> 00:33:38,225
that yielded
a little clarity.
658
00:33:38,225 --> 00:33:40,476
What about you?
Did you get what
you came here for?
659
00:33:40,476 --> 00:33:44,772
Yeah, I did, also
in a most unexpected way.
660
00:33:44,772 --> 00:33:47,400
Hmm. I think that's
what screws us up
the most.
661
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,110
What?
It's like you get this picture
662
00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:51,363
in your head
of the way things should be,
663
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:53,156
and you end up
closing yourself off
664
00:33:53,156 --> 00:33:55,116
to some
of the wonder
and serendipity
665
00:33:55,116 --> 00:33:56,576
of the actual
experience.
666
00:33:56,576 --> 00:33:59,829
Who was this chance
encounter with,
Deepak Chopra?
667
00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:02,665
Yeah, something
like that.
668
00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,089
Are these taken?
669
00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:12,425
Uh, yeah. Kind of
saving them
for some friends.
670
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,803
No problem. Say no more.
671
00:34:19,307 --> 00:34:21,935
Actually,
you know what?
Um, it's cool.
672
00:34:21,935 --> 00:34:24,312
You know,
I don't even know
if they're coming.
673
00:34:24,312 --> 00:34:25,855
You sure?
674
00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:26,940
Yeah, yeah,
positive.
675
00:34:34,114 --> 00:34:36,741
Do me a favor.
Wake me up when we
get to Capeside?
676
00:34:38,826 --> 00:34:39,702
You're going to Capeside?
677
00:34:39,702 --> 00:34:41,246
Yep.
678
00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:42,997
Me, too.
679
00:34:48,502 --> 00:34:52,548
Hey, Porter, is
that decaf or caf?
680
00:34:52,548 --> 00:34:54,175
Nikki, hey.
681
00:34:54,175 --> 00:34:55,509
What are you doing here?
682
00:34:55,509 --> 00:34:57,887
I'm doing
the divorced kid
shuffle.
683
00:34:57,887 --> 00:35:00,681
Mom's a techie,
she's been transferred
to Chicago.
684
00:35:00,681 --> 00:35:03,893
So I'm going
to co-habitate
with my dad.
685
00:35:03,893 --> 00:35:07,647
I know the drill.
My parents
just got divorced.
686
00:35:07,647 --> 00:35:08,815
Sucks, doesn't it?
687
00:35:08,815 --> 00:35:10,275
Mm-hmm.
688
00:35:10,275 --> 00:35:12,652
I mean, I guess,
you know,
689
00:35:12,652 --> 00:35:14,654
it's for the best
and everything,
you know.
690
00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:16,406
It was a really
long, drawn-out
battle.
691
00:35:16,406 --> 00:35:20,327
If it's for the best,
then why do I still
feel so lousy?
692
00:35:20,327 --> 00:35:22,536
Yeah.
693
00:35:22,536 --> 00:35:25,165
So, um, where does
your father live?
694
00:35:25,165 --> 00:35:27,208
Um, a place
called Capeside.
695
00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:29,169
You're kidding.
696
00:35:29,169 --> 00:35:31,629
No, he's, uh,
the high school
principal there.
697
00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:35,633
Wait a minute.
Your father is
Principal Green?
698
00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:37,635
Do not tell me that
you go to school there.
699
00:35:39,762 --> 00:35:40,721
This is too weird.
700
00:35:40,721 --> 00:35:41,889
What are the chances?
701
00:35:46,186 --> 00:35:48,646
Wow, um--
so, Mr. Jordan is
the film teacher,
702
00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:50,773
and his film lab
is actually
really full.
703
00:35:50,773 --> 00:35:52,775
I had to beg,
borrow, and steal
to get in,
704
00:35:52,775 --> 00:35:54,777
but you know
I think I have
some pull with him.
705
00:35:54,777 --> 00:35:55,862
I'm already in.
706
00:35:56,779 --> 00:35:57,780
What?
707
00:35:57,780 --> 00:35:59,532
We've been e-mailing
each other.
708
00:35:59,532 --> 00:36:02,785
He's been giving me
this sort of private tutorial.
709
00:36:02,785 --> 00:36:05,913
Ok.
710
00:36:05,913 --> 00:36:07,999
I wasn't
aware that he did
that sort of thing.
711
00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:11,752
You can handle
a little friendly
competition, can't you?
712
00:36:16,090 --> 00:36:17,633
Bingham, Breely,
and Buckingham?
713
00:36:17,633 --> 00:36:18,843
It's a prep school.
714
00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:21,095
Sounds more
like a law firm.
715
00:36:21,095 --> 00:36:22,514
Sometimes it
feels like one.
716
00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:24,474
But in the main,
I'm just happy
717
00:36:24,474 --> 00:36:26,267
to be out of
claustrophobic
Capeside.
718
00:36:27,977 --> 00:36:29,187
So what brings you back?
719
00:36:29,937 --> 00:36:31,689
Heartbreak.
720
00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:34,192
I need a little
parental TLC--
721
00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:37,111
some chicken soup
and the comfort of
my childhood bed.
722
00:36:37,111 --> 00:36:38,821
Long relationship?
723
00:36:38,821 --> 00:36:41,032
2 years.
724
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:43,951
Feels like
a divorce, I swear.
725
00:36:43,951 --> 00:36:46,579
Not to mention that
I see him every day
at school.
726
00:36:46,579 --> 00:36:50,458
It's like we're
broken up but still
living together.
727
00:36:51,792 --> 00:36:54,754
What's the matter,
I get under the gaydar?
728
00:36:54,754 --> 00:36:57,006
That's what
everyone says.
729
00:36:57,006 --> 00:36:59,842
I'm the straightest
gay guy they know.
730
00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:02,636
What about you?
731
00:37:02,636 --> 00:37:05,432
What about me?
732
00:37:05,432 --> 00:37:07,683
Can people tell
right away?
733
00:37:12,146 --> 00:37:14,315
How can you tell?
734
00:37:14,315 --> 00:37:16,109
I mean,
is it that obvious?
735
00:37:16,109 --> 00:37:18,486
Actually, yeah.
736
00:37:18,486 --> 00:37:22,449
I mean, not in
a raging queen way,
but more in a...
737
00:37:22,449 --> 00:37:25,034
More in a what way?
738
00:37:25,034 --> 00:37:28,413
A babe in the woods
newbie way.
739
00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:30,540
Newbie?
740
00:37:32,750 --> 00:37:35,795
Any sweet,
inexperienced,
young gay man
741
00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:38,881
destined for
a broken heart.
742
00:37:38,881 --> 00:37:41,842
Make it sound so inviting.
743
00:37:41,842 --> 00:37:44,471
Well, let's face it,
most guys
are clueless.
744
00:37:44,471 --> 00:37:45,763
How do you mean?
745
00:37:47,056 --> 00:37:48,308
You'll see.
746
00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:53,605
Hey, what's
your name anyway?
747
00:37:53,605 --> 00:37:56,690
Jack. Jack McPhee.
748
00:37:56,690 --> 00:37:59,569
Ethan. It's nice
to meet you.
749
00:38:04,324 --> 00:38:06,618
I hope I didn't
keep you up
all night.
750
00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:09,662
You talked for 8 hours
about Ulysses.
751
00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:12,123
Yeah, I know.
Sometimes it's hard
752
00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:14,417
to get that teaching
assistant stuff
out of your head.
753
00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:16,377
Especially when
you're really
passionate
754
00:38:16,377 --> 00:38:17,837
about something,
you know?
755
00:38:17,837 --> 00:38:19,964
'Cause then
your inner geek
just runs wild.
756
00:38:21,382 --> 00:38:22,800
So what about you,
Joey Potter?
757
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,427
What are you
passionate about?
758
00:38:24,427 --> 00:38:25,719
What are you
a geek for?
759
00:38:26,513 --> 00:38:28,556
Mmm, I don't know.
760
00:38:29,807 --> 00:38:31,725
Um, I wish I did,
but...
761
00:38:32,852 --> 00:38:34,937
But?
762
00:38:34,937 --> 00:38:36,814
Well, for the past
couple of years,
763
00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:40,276
my life has kind of
revolved around this boy.
764
00:38:40,276 --> 00:38:41,819
How pathetic is that?
765
00:38:43,363 --> 00:38:46,240
But you guys
aren't together?
766
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:47,617
No.
767
00:38:49,619 --> 00:38:51,704
Do you know
what a manifold is?
768
00:38:52,997 --> 00:38:56,125
It's a math thing,
it's hard to
explain.
769
00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:59,170
But imagine yourself
shrunk to the size
of a pinpoint,
770
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,880
sitting
on the surface
of a doughnut.
771
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,423
Look around you,
and it looks like
772
00:39:02,423 --> 00:39:04,008
you're sitting on
a flat disk, right?
773
00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:07,011
But go down
one dimension
and sit on a curve,
774
00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:08,555
and suddenly
the stretch nearby
775
00:39:08,555 --> 00:39:10,682
looks like
a straight line.
776
00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:14,143
You kind of lost me
somewhere around
the doughnut.
777
00:39:14,143 --> 00:39:17,938
In other words,
the way something
appears from afar
778
00:39:17,938 --> 00:39:19,440
might be
quite different
779
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,360
from the way
it appears to your
nearsighted eye.
780
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,363
So in order for me
to figure things out,
781
00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:27,781
I should give myself
some distance.
782
00:39:27,781 --> 00:39:30,326
Take your face
out of the iBook.
783
00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:40,336
Would it be all right
if I were to, you know,
784
00:39:40,336 --> 00:39:42,755
phone you sometime?
785
00:39:45,883 --> 00:39:47,635
It wouldn't suck.
786
00:39:47,968 --> 00:39:49,721
Ok.
787
00:39:51,598 --> 00:39:53,182
Do you have a pen?
788
00:39:53,182 --> 00:39:54,642
Oh, yeah.
789
00:39:54,642 --> 00:39:57,103
Do you have
a piece of paper?
790
00:39:57,103 --> 00:39:59,313
Um, no.
791
00:40:31,387 --> 00:40:32,639
Bye.
792
00:40:35,057 --> 00:40:36,142
Bye.
793
00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:46,694
Joey. Hey,
this is, uh, Nikki.
Nikki, Joey.
794
00:40:46,694 --> 00:40:49,155
Hi. Nice to meet you.
795
00:40:49,155 --> 00:40:50,822
She's going
to our school.
796
00:40:56,245 --> 00:40:57,664
Who's that?
797
00:41:00,124 --> 00:41:01,959
My roommate.
798
00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:13,721
Is it just me,
or does the prospect
of going to college
799
00:41:13,721 --> 00:41:15,847
suddenly loom
a lot larger?
800
00:41:16,432 --> 00:41:18,392
I know what you mean.
801
00:41:18,392 --> 00:41:20,394
Is it the light
at the end of the tunnel,
802
00:41:20,394 --> 00:41:21,979
or is it
an oncoming semi?
803
00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:24,982
Or is it both?
804
00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:31,197
Well...it's definitely going
to take some getting used to.
805
00:41:31,197 --> 00:41:34,575
Huh...heh.
806
00:41:34,575 --> 00:41:37,411
Do you ever have one
of those moments where
you just kinda realize
807
00:41:37,411 --> 00:41:40,873
that the world has
snuck up and completely
blindsided you?
808
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:46,504
I've been thinking about
a career in fast food.
809
00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:49,716
Welcome to taco bell.
Can I take your order?
810
00:41:49,716 --> 00:41:52,051
It just kinda rolls
off the tongue.
811
00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:55,471
Dawson...everything in life
is not just about winning.
812
00:41:55,471 --> 00:41:57,306
I mean you have to find joy
in the process.
813
00:41:57,306 --> 00:41:59,433
You have to love
what it is that you do.
814
00:42:00,476 --> 00:42:02,019
Good point.
815
00:42:03,145 --> 00:42:05,439
Which begs the question,
816
00:42:05,439 --> 00:42:07,900
what life lessons
did you stumble upon
this weekend?
817
00:42:09,736 --> 00:42:11,904
Well...
818
00:42:13,072 --> 00:42:14,741
Well, college to me
has always been
819
00:42:14,741 --> 00:42:16,617
about getting the hell
out of Capeside, right?
820
00:42:16,617 --> 00:42:18,494
Right.
821
00:42:18,494 --> 00:42:21,205
Now I'm thinking that
it could be more than that.
822
00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:22,914
I mean, it's scary, sure,
823
00:42:22,914 --> 00:42:26,960
but...it's this world
full with these deeply
passionate people.
824
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:31,340
I mean, people who
get excited about books
and ideas and theories and...
825
00:42:34,510 --> 00:42:36,178
It kind of excited me.
826
00:42:36,178 --> 00:42:39,473
My suspicions
have been confirmed.
827
00:42:39,473 --> 00:42:41,016
What do you mean?
828
00:42:41,016 --> 00:42:44,604
You are a really...
Big geek.
829
00:42:52,820 --> 00:42:56,365
So is it just me, or...
830
00:42:56,365 --> 00:42:59,410
Does this room
seem a lot smaller
all of a sudden?
831
00:43:00,745 --> 00:43:02,413
Really?
832
00:43:04,457 --> 00:43:07,627
I was just
kinda thinking
it seemed...safe.
833
00:43:20,807 --> 00:43:22,892
I'll see ya, Dawson.
834
00:43:24,351 --> 00:43:26,228
I'll see ya, Joey.