1 00:00:22,940 --> 00:00:25,734 Mr. Marcus Skinner... 2 00:00:25,817 --> 00:00:29,279 care of the English department, Stanford University. 3 00:00:30,364 --> 00:00:34,326 Dear Mr. Skinner, my name is Shaun Brumder... 4 00:00:34,409 --> 00:00:38,163 and I think you are a total genius. 5 00:00:38,247 --> 00:00:40,290 I live in California... 6 00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:42,459 in a place called Orange County. 7 00:00:48,340 --> 00:00:50,801 A year ago, I was just another Orange County surfer... 8 00:00:50,843 --> 00:00:53,387 spending my days at the beach with my buddies... 9 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:57,558 playing volleyball... 10 00:00:57,641 --> 00:01:00,143 Spike it, Shaun! 11 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:03,146 and spending my nights around a bonfire partying. 12 00:01:05,524 --> 00:01:07,985 School was always a walk for me. 13 00:01:08,026 --> 00:01:10,612 I did pretty well without trying too hard. 14 00:01:10,696 --> 00:01:12,614 There's a tropical storm off Laguna. 15 00:01:12,698 --> 00:01:14,449 Let's go, dude. Surf's up. 16 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:15,909 I was easily distracted. 17 00:01:15,993 --> 00:01:19,496 -What about next period? -Twenty-footers. Screw your period. 18 00:01:19,580 --> 00:01:21,832 Twenty-footers? 19 00:01:21,874 --> 00:01:27,588 Then last April, me and my crew drove out to Emerald Cove... 20 00:01:27,671 --> 00:01:29,965 to catch some major tsunami waves. 21 00:01:40,684 --> 00:01:42,895 I don't know, you guys. 22 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:45,731 Dude, face the fear. 23 00:01:47,858 --> 00:01:49,151 This is intense! 24 00:02:06,627 --> 00:02:08,587 Righteous. 25 00:02:15,302 --> 00:02:20,265 Lonny always said he wanted to die eating foam in a massive wipeout... 26 00:02:20,307 --> 00:02:22,768 but I bet he's up in heaven right now. 27 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:25,521 After Lonny drowned, I did some heavy meditating. 28 00:02:25,604 --> 00:02:30,067 I thought, maybe there's more to life than extreme sports... 29 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:32,236 and trying to get laid. 30 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:34,905 Maybe there's a bigger purpose for me... 31 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:37,533 and I've just been too high to figure it out. 32 00:02:37,616 --> 00:02:41,203 I was sitting on the beach, totally cogitating. 33 00:02:41,286 --> 00:02:45,749 I looked down, and there, in the sand, was a copy of your book. 34 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:51,505 It was like a sign, like your book was calling out to me. 35 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:54,091 Read me. 36 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:57,803 For the next few days, I read it from cover to cover. 37 00:02:58,804 --> 00:03:01,682 Your book totally captured what it's like to be a teenager... 38 00:03:01,765 --> 00:03:04,059 the excitement, the confusion, the horniness. 39 00:03:05,477 --> 00:03:10,357 Sometimes I laughed so hard, I thought I was going to puke and die. 40 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,817 Other times, I cried. 41 00:03:15,863 --> 00:03:17,823 Shaun, are you okay? 42 00:03:17,865 --> 00:03:20,784 It's just so sad. 43 00:03:21,827 --> 00:03:24,663 I read your book 52 times that month... 44 00:03:24,746 --> 00:03:29,126 and I finally realized what I wanted to do with my life. 45 00:03:29,168 --> 00:03:31,128 I want to be a writer. 46 00:03:31,837 --> 00:03:35,465 I've been writing ever since. It's all I ever do. 47 00:03:35,507 --> 00:03:37,926 All day and all night sometimes. 48 00:03:38,010 --> 00:03:42,598 It was hard to get going, but, once I did, I couldn't stop. 49 00:03:42,681 --> 00:03:45,475 I'm like a machine, and nothing else matters. 50 00:03:45,517 --> 00:03:50,105 Guys, I'm selling my board. I don't have time to surf. 51 00:03:50,189 --> 00:03:53,150 -I need to focus on my writing. -What? 52 00:03:53,192 --> 00:03:55,944 My friends think I've lost my mind. 53 00:03:56,028 --> 00:03:57,946 He's lost his mind. 54 00:03:58,030 --> 00:04:00,699 Let's get lit and go jump off the roof of my house. 55 00:04:00,782 --> 00:04:03,452 Now you're talking. 56 00:04:04,286 --> 00:04:07,331 I need some feedback, and there's no one here to help me. 57 00:04:07,372 --> 00:04:09,833 Got your story here, Shaun. Wow. 58 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:13,420 I have the sneaking suspicion that my English teacher is illiterate. 59 00:04:13,504 --> 00:04:17,883 I noticed you used a lot of big words. Nice. Good for you. 60 00:04:17,966 --> 00:04:21,220 It was a little long, so I didn't read the whole thing. 61 00:04:21,303 --> 00:04:23,597 But who cares? 'Cause I gave you an A. 62 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:29,061 My brother, Lance, is perpetually recovering from the night before. 63 00:04:33,982 --> 00:04:36,735 I'm sorry. I don't feel good. 64 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:41,490 My girlfriend is the only one who's actually read my work. 65 00:04:41,573 --> 00:04:44,910 But she's always so positive, it's hard to take her seriously. 66 00:04:44,952 --> 00:04:48,205 It's, like, the best story I've ever read. 67 00:04:48,247 --> 00:04:49,706 Really? 68 00:04:49,748 --> 00:04:52,376 It's funny and original. 69 00:04:53,877 --> 00:04:55,587 I mean... 70 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:58,131 I think it could be a movie. 71 00:05:07,224 --> 00:05:09,226 I don't know if Orange County is the best environment... 72 00:05:09,268 --> 00:05:11,186 for an aspiring writer... 73 00:05:11,270 --> 00:05:15,148 so I'm applying to Stanford. To study with you. 74 00:05:15,232 --> 00:05:16,942 You are a shoo-in. 75 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:21,321 Do you think I should apply to some safety schools? 76 00:05:21,405 --> 00:05:23,490 No need. Don't be a scaredy-cat. 77 00:05:23,574 --> 00:05:27,077 There's no doubt in my mind you're gonna go to Berkeley. 78 00:05:27,119 --> 00:05:28,704 Stanford. 79 00:05:28,787 --> 00:05:31,832 Yes. Stanford is where you're going, mister. 80 00:05:32,875 --> 00:05:35,669 I'm sending you a copy of my story. 81 00:05:35,752 --> 00:05:37,671 Hopefully, with your wisdom and guidance... 82 00:05:37,754 --> 00:05:40,257 I will one day be a real writer. 83 00:05:41,592 --> 00:05:44,303 I look forward to seeing you in the fall, Mr. Skinner. 84 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:47,681 Your greatest admirer, Shaun Brumder. 85 00:06:53,455 --> 00:06:54,915 Watch it, man. 86 00:06:54,998 --> 00:06:56,667 What are you doing lying here? 87 00:06:57,751 --> 00:07:01,922 My parole officer wants to give me a drug test, and I need your urine. 88 00:07:03,674 --> 00:07:06,051 Can I score some of your piss? 89 00:07:06,134 --> 00:07:08,720 -Yeah. -Awesome, man. 90 00:07:12,516 --> 00:07:13,934 Bob? 91 00:07:14,017 --> 00:07:16,228 Don't yell at me! 92 00:07:16,270 --> 00:07:17,563 Bob, are you okay? 93 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:19,439 It's my kitchen! 94 00:07:19,523 --> 00:07:21,525 Mom. Hey, Mom. 95 00:07:21,608 --> 00:07:24,736 -What? -Something's wrong with Bob. 96 00:07:24,820 --> 00:07:29,366 -Did you feed him his pills today? -I don't know. Is he okay? 97 00:07:30,367 --> 00:07:33,078 You gotta remember to feed him his pills. 98 00:07:34,037 --> 00:07:37,416 Lupe, did you give Bob his pills? 99 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:39,626 I'm not a nurse. 100 00:07:39,710 --> 00:07:43,589 Shaun, you've got to get rid of her right now, okay, baby? 101 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:47,301 She has a bad attitude, and she's... �You stole my Palm Pilot! 102 00:07:47,384 --> 00:07:50,429 You did. Admit it. 103 00:07:50,512 --> 00:07:52,598 -That's it. -You did. 104 00:08:10,657 --> 00:08:13,493 Yeah. It's over. 105 00:08:28,342 --> 00:08:31,470 What? What happened? What'd she say? 106 00:08:31,553 --> 00:08:34,306 She's sorry, and she thinks you're an incredible lady. 107 00:08:34,389 --> 00:08:38,101 Listen, Mom, when the mail comes, will you call me on my cell? 108 00:08:38,185 --> 00:08:40,646 'Cause I'm supposed to hear from Stanford today. 109 00:08:42,356 --> 00:08:43,941 Okay. 110 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:47,486 Come on. Don't get upset, Mom. 111 00:08:47,569 --> 00:08:50,656 All right? You knew this day was gonna come. 112 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:53,951 I'm just goin' to college. It's not like I'm leaving the planet. 113 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:55,536 Mom, get a grip. 114 00:08:55,619 --> 00:08:57,746 I won't. 115 00:08:57,829 --> 00:09:00,290 I'm going back to bed. 116 00:09:15,472 --> 00:09:17,808 Check this out. You gotta help us out. 117 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:19,810 -Don't call me a punk. -You're a punk. 118 00:09:19,893 --> 00:09:23,981 You remember the night we all went golfing and I paid for everyone? 119 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:25,983 -'Cause stinge-king over here... -Who paid for parking, bro? 120 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:29,027 I don't remember you ever paying for anything in your sorry life. 121 00:09:29,069 --> 00:09:32,197 Of course you don't remember when someone else does. 122 00:09:32,239 --> 00:09:34,825 Did you guys know that it's April 15? 123 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:37,327 A year ago today, Lonny died. 124 00:09:40,164 --> 00:09:42,249 Hey, dude, that's true. 125 00:09:42,332 --> 00:09:43,542 I can't believe it's been a whole year. 126 00:09:43,625 --> 00:09:46,628 I was thinking that, you know... 127 00:09:46,712 --> 00:09:49,339 maybe we should do something in his memory. 128 00:09:49,423 --> 00:09:54,011 We should pull a killer prank. We should go jump off something. 129 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:56,221 Yeah, bro, or blow something up. 130 00:09:56,305 --> 00:10:00,267 Maybe we should go to Emerald Cove and have a surf in Lonny's memory. 131 00:10:00,350 --> 00:10:02,728 Shaun doesn't surf anymore, stupid. 132 00:10:02,811 --> 00:10:06,023 I forgot. He doesn't surf or skate or pick his butt. 133 00:10:06,106 --> 00:10:10,027 -Writer boy now. -What's up, Dr. Seuss? Cat in the Hat? 134 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:12,029 Principal Harbert, as you may know... 135 00:10:12,112 --> 00:10:15,073 there was an oil spill last week off the coast of Redondo. 136 00:10:15,157 --> 00:10:19,203 Today's paper just says hundreds of seagulls have been affected. 137 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:22,206 I propose a school-sponsored fund-raiser... 138 00:10:22,289 --> 00:10:25,709 with all the proceeds going to the Seagull Rehabilitation Fund. 139 00:10:25,792 --> 00:10:28,921 As the community-service leader, we would be morally remiss... 140 00:10:29,004 --> 00:10:31,298 if we did nothing for these seagulls. 141 00:10:31,381 --> 00:10:33,342 Fine. 142 00:10:33,425 --> 00:10:35,928 One more. Last one. 143 00:10:36,011 --> 00:10:41,350 After this, we'll let all sick and endangered animals die horrible deaths. 144 00:10:41,433 --> 00:10:43,018 Agreed? 145 00:10:43,101 --> 00:10:47,564 Now, people, June is just around the corner. 146 00:10:47,648 --> 00:10:50,484 Let's talk graduation speakers. Ideas? 147 00:10:50,567 --> 00:10:52,152 Toni Morrison. 148 00:10:52,236 --> 00:10:55,239 She's in town that same weekend for a book signing. 149 00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:58,408 She's won the Nobel Prize. 150 00:10:58,492 --> 00:11:00,077 Interesting. 151 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:04,289 Dana, didn't you say you have a cousin who's friends with Britney Spears? 152 00:11:04,373 --> 00:11:06,166 Yeah. Best friends. 153 00:11:10,379 --> 00:11:15,092 Now when I say Romeo and Juliet, who comes to mind? 154 00:11:16,009 --> 00:11:18,178 -Dana? -Claire Danes. 155 00:11:18,262 --> 00:11:20,848 That's right. Claire Danes. Who else? 156 00:11:20,931 --> 00:11:24,852 -Leonardo DiCaprio. -Right. Who else? 157 00:11:26,228 --> 00:11:28,480 You know, someone else was involved in that movie... 158 00:11:28,522 --> 00:11:32,192 who, in some ways, is as famous as Leonardo DiCaprio. 159 00:11:32,276 --> 00:11:34,528 And his name's William Shakespeare... 160 00:11:34,611 --> 00:11:37,531 and some great movies are based on his plays. 161 00:11:38,407 --> 00:11:41,994 Hamlet, West Side Story... 162 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:45,330 Talented Mr. Ripley, Waterworld... 163 00:11:45,414 --> 00:11:48,500 Gladiator, Chocolat. 164 00:11:49,543 --> 00:11:55,090 Mr. Burke, as you know, my boyfriend drowned in a surfing accident. 165 00:11:55,174 --> 00:11:58,719 I don't think I can handle Romeo and Juliet right now... 166 00:11:58,802 --> 00:11:59,887 emotionally. 167 00:11:59,970 --> 00:12:02,181 Tanya, Lonny died a year ago. 168 00:12:02,306 --> 00:12:06,768 Sometimes it takes decades to recover from a tragedy like this. 169 00:12:06,852 --> 00:12:09,646 You only went out with him for two weeks. 170 00:12:09,730 --> 00:12:13,984 Tanya, your mom's outside! She says you got into Stanford! 171 00:12:38,258 --> 00:12:39,676 Hello. 172 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,138 -Hey, Lance, can you do me a favor? -Who you lookin' for? 173 00:12:43,222 --> 00:12:45,098 It's Shaun. 174 00:12:45,182 --> 00:12:48,185 Shaun, pick up the phone! 175 00:12:51,897 --> 00:12:53,815 He's not here. 176 00:12:58,779 --> 00:13:00,197 What? 177 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,991 Will you please just go to the door and tell me if the mail's there? 178 00:13:03,075 --> 00:13:04,493 I'm begging you. 179 00:13:04,576 --> 00:13:06,870 Fine, fine. 180 00:13:07,955 --> 00:13:09,998 Do I have to turn on your computer? 181 00:13:10,249 --> 00:13:13,085 No, no, no. Just go to the front door. 182 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:15,796 The mail would be in the mailbox. 183 00:13:15,879 --> 00:13:17,798 Okay. 184 00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:19,800 You owe me one, buddy. 185 00:13:24,888 --> 00:13:26,807 Yeah, it's here. 186 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:54,918 Today's the big day, Gary. 187 00:13:55,002 --> 00:13:58,839 -Wow! -Look at me! I'm... 188 00:14:02,926 --> 00:14:05,512 Where is it? 189 00:14:05,596 --> 00:14:08,098 Come on. Where is it? Where is the mail? 190 00:14:08,182 --> 00:14:10,100 -I don't know. -Are you sitting on it? 191 00:14:10,184 --> 00:14:12,311 Dude, I see it on the floor. 192 00:14:12,394 --> 00:14:13,604 Yeah. 193 00:14:16,899 --> 00:14:18,192 Push him. 194 00:14:19,526 --> 00:14:21,361 I'm moving your chair. 195 00:14:30,787 --> 00:14:32,372 This is it. 196 00:14:32,456 --> 00:14:35,167 This is my future right here in this envelope. 197 00:14:35,209 --> 00:14:37,294 Hey, you're blocking the tube. 198 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,296 Sorry. 199 00:14:46,637 --> 00:14:48,555 "We regret to inform you... 200 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:51,558 that your application to Stanford University was not accepted." 201 00:14:53,685 --> 00:14:55,521 Wait. What? 202 00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:03,612 I didn't get in? 203 00:15:04,488 --> 00:15:06,406 I didn't get in? 204 00:15:07,991 --> 00:15:09,701 But... 205 00:15:09,785 --> 00:15:12,538 I don't get it. 206 00:15:12,621 --> 00:15:15,332 I don't unders... 207 00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:18,085 You're overreacting, dude. 208 00:15:18,168 --> 00:15:21,088 I didn't get into college, and check me out. 209 00:15:21,171 --> 00:15:22,506 I'm kick-ass. 210 00:15:25,092 --> 00:15:26,718 What's wrong? 211 00:15:28,095 --> 00:15:30,013 Something horrible's happened. 212 00:15:30,097 --> 00:15:32,307 Is Bob dead? 213 00:15:32,391 --> 00:15:34,309 Did something break? 214 00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:39,606 I got rejected from Stanford. 215 00:15:43,902 --> 00:15:46,113 Baby, I'm sorry. 216 00:15:46,196 --> 00:15:48,115 It's okay. 217 00:15:48,198 --> 00:15:50,409 I'm so sorry. 218 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:54,413 You're just gonna have to go somewhere closer to home. That's all. 219 00:15:54,496 --> 00:15:56,790 And you get to keep living here... 220 00:15:56,874 --> 00:15:59,585 with Lance and Bob... 221 00:15:59,668 --> 00:16:01,795 and me. 222 00:16:21,398 --> 00:16:24,902 Okay, and are you a student here? 223 00:16:24,985 --> 00:16:26,904 Yes, I'm a student here. 224 00:16:26,987 --> 00:16:29,239 I'm Shaun Brumder. I'm the class president. 225 00:16:29,323 --> 00:16:32,618 And you didn't get into Stanford? Too bad. Tough break. 226 00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:35,162 Where else did you apply? 227 00:16:35,204 --> 00:16:38,207 Nowhere. You told me I was a shoo-in. 228 00:16:38,290 --> 00:16:40,292 Nowhere. Not even a safety school? 229 00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:42,628 You said shoo-in. 230 00:16:42,711 --> 00:16:46,465 Calm down. Let's see what we can do. I'm just going to pull up your file. 231 00:16:49,927 --> 00:16:53,472 Well, looks here like your GPA is... What, 2,5? 232 00:16:53,555 --> 00:16:55,933 And your S.A.T.s combined are 940. 233 00:16:56,016 --> 00:16:57,559 No, no, that's low. 234 00:16:57,643 --> 00:17:02,397 940? No, no, I had a 1.520. 235 00:17:02,481 --> 00:17:04,399 It says 940. 236 00:17:05,567 --> 00:17:10,113 That's not my transcript. That's Shane Brainard's transcript. 237 00:17:10,197 --> 00:17:12,658 -And you are? -Shaun Brumder. 238 00:17:24,211 --> 00:17:26,213 You didn't? 239 00:17:27,506 --> 00:17:29,216 You couldn't have. 240 00:17:32,344 --> 00:17:34,471 You sent in the wrong transcript? 241 00:17:35,973 --> 00:17:37,391 What's up, Shane? 242 00:17:37,474 --> 00:17:40,435 Hey, guys, I got into Stanford. 243 00:17:40,519 --> 00:17:42,145 Cool. 244 00:17:42,229 --> 00:17:45,232 I applied as a joke, and they let me in. 245 00:17:45,315 --> 00:17:46,692 I'm freakin' out. 246 00:17:46,775 --> 00:17:48,277 -I didn't. -Yes, you did. 247 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:50,487 -I didn't. -Yes, you did! 248 00:17:50,571 --> 00:17:54,449 You just don't throw accusations around. This is nobody's fault. 249 00:17:54,533 --> 00:17:56,577 Yes, it is. It's your fault! 250 00:17:56,660 --> 00:17:58,579 You're screeching at me. 251 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:01,957 Because you are a moron! Now listen to me, lady! 252 00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:10,007 Code red! Code red! 253 00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:12,092 Call 911! Code red! 254 00:18:12,176 --> 00:18:13,844 Call 911! 255 00:18:42,498 --> 00:18:44,458 Hey! Watch it. 256 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,587 Tanya, I got into... 257 00:18:49,630 --> 00:18:51,215 Yale. 258 00:18:51,298 --> 00:18:53,842 I gotta get outta here. 259 00:18:54,843 --> 00:18:56,720 I gotta get out of Orange County. 260 00:18:58,472 --> 00:19:00,599 Shaun, where are you going? 261 00:19:00,682 --> 00:19:03,227 I'm going to my dad's. 262 00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:14,655 All right. I'm gonna go in there and I'm gonna say to my dad... 263 00:19:14,738 --> 00:19:18,158 that he abandoned our family, and, if he wants to make it up to me... 264 00:19:18,242 --> 00:19:21,787 then he can start now by making a massive donation to Stanford. 265 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:27,084 Remember when the sea lions beached themselves in Corona Del Mar... 266 00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:29,127 and nobody was doing anything about it? 267 00:19:29,211 --> 00:19:32,297 Well, me getting all hysterical didn't help anything. 268 00:19:32,381 --> 00:19:34,299 This is it, Ashley. 269 00:19:34,383 --> 00:19:36,593 I'm gonna tell my dad I wanna be a writer. 270 00:19:36,677 --> 00:19:38,637 Hey. 271 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,722 Good luck. 272 00:19:40,806 --> 00:19:42,724 Thanks. 273 00:19:48,188 --> 00:19:51,650 -Who are you? -I'm Shaun. 274 00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:52,985 I'm your brother. 275 00:19:53,026 --> 00:19:56,154 -What are you sucking on? -My poody. 276 00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:59,491 Well, aren't you a little old for a poody? 277 00:20:00,659 --> 00:20:02,327 Jake. 278 00:20:02,369 --> 00:20:05,247 What did you just do? 279 00:20:05,330 --> 00:20:08,333 Go pick up your poody, or you're gonna get a time-out. 280 00:20:08,417 --> 00:20:11,253 Pick up your poody. That's it! 281 00:20:11,336 --> 00:20:14,464 Rosa, take Jake upstairs and give him some Ritalin. 282 00:20:14,548 --> 00:20:16,842 I don't like your attitude! 283 00:20:16,884 --> 00:20:18,677 I don't like your attitude! 284 00:20:21,346 --> 00:20:23,265 Isn't he getting big? 285 00:20:24,558 --> 00:20:27,895 So what's up with you? You look great. 286 00:20:27,978 --> 00:20:32,357 You really filled out... your arms and your chest. 287 00:20:34,902 --> 00:20:38,030 -You been workin' out? -No. 288 00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:40,866 Bud is getting so fat... 289 00:20:40,949 --> 00:20:43,076 You should really talk to him. 290 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,537 He's gonna have a heart attack. 291 00:20:45,579 --> 00:20:47,539 Plus he's fat. 292 00:20:48,373 --> 00:20:51,543 Goddamn it! Are you trying to ruin me? 293 00:20:51,585 --> 00:20:53,295 Yeah, where is my dad? 294 00:20:53,378 --> 00:20:56,465 If you do this, I will eat your face! 295 00:20:56,548 --> 00:20:58,717 Come, my lady, come, come, my lady. 296 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,719 You're my butterfly, sugar, baby. 297 00:21:00,802 --> 00:21:02,554 My lady... 298 00:21:04,139 --> 00:21:06,016 Oh, puppy! 299 00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:09,019 Oh, God! Oh, my God! Puppy! 300 00:21:09,102 --> 00:21:10,395 A writer? 301 00:21:10,437 --> 00:21:13,857 What do you have to write about? You're not oppressed. You're not gay. 302 00:21:13,941 --> 00:21:17,236 -Not all writers are gay. -They're all poor. 303 00:21:17,277 --> 00:21:21,698 It's not true. What about Tom Clancy, Stephen King, Anne Rice? 304 00:21:21,782 --> 00:21:25,160 Three people in the history of literature. 305 00:21:25,244 --> 00:21:28,539 The truth is I don't care about making money. 306 00:21:33,127 --> 00:21:36,964 Shaun, I have a burst blood vessel in my brain. 307 00:21:37,047 --> 00:21:42,261 I could die at any moment, but I keep plugging away day after day... 308 00:21:42,302 --> 00:21:45,305 because I want to leave you with something special... a business... 309 00:21:45,389 --> 00:21:46,723 a legacy. 310 00:21:47,808 --> 00:21:50,936 -I want my poody! -Hey, pal, control yourself. 311 00:21:50,978 --> 00:21:53,146 Can you... Give me that back. 312 00:21:53,230 --> 00:21:55,190 -I want my poody! -Where's your mother? 313 00:21:55,274 --> 00:21:59,069 -Rosa, will you get in here! -Yeah, I'm coming! 314 00:21:59,152 --> 00:22:01,738 -Rosa, can you get him out of here? -Okay, okay. 315 00:22:01,822 --> 00:22:04,116 -Doesn't he need a nap? -Come here. 316 00:22:04,158 --> 00:22:07,578 -We want him to learn some limits. -Come on. 317 00:22:07,661 --> 00:22:09,037 Stop it! 318 00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:12,958 This is my life's work here. 319 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,460 When I started out, I had nothing. Now look at me. 320 00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:18,046 I've got 8 1/2 million square feet in Irvine alone. 321 00:22:18,130 --> 00:22:21,091 It's a goddamn empire, and I want to leave it to you. 322 00:22:22,009 --> 00:22:24,303 This is the life I want for you. 323 00:22:24,344 --> 00:22:26,305 But what about what I want? 324 00:22:26,388 --> 00:22:28,140 You want to be a writer? 325 00:22:28,223 --> 00:22:30,642 Before that, you wanted to be a professional surfer... 326 00:22:30,684 --> 00:22:33,061 so it's a little hard to take you seriously. 327 00:22:34,521 --> 00:22:37,232 Fine. I don't want your money. 328 00:22:39,151 --> 00:22:42,905 But just for the record, Dad, you've never done anything for me. 329 00:22:42,988 --> 00:22:44,907 It's always been about you. 330 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,000 What the fu...? 331 00:23:00,088 --> 00:23:03,926 It's over. I should just drive my car into the ocean and get it over with. 332 00:23:04,009 --> 00:23:06,178 Shaun, don't say that. 333 00:23:09,848 --> 00:23:12,768 He was running across PCH. He didn't have a tag. 334 00:23:12,851 --> 00:23:15,938 Was I gonna leave him there? No. He'd get killed. 335 00:23:20,526 --> 00:23:23,862 -Shaun, I have something to confess. -What? 336 00:23:23,946 --> 00:23:28,200 You know how you told me you'd pray you'd get into Stanford? 337 00:23:28,242 --> 00:23:29,618 Yeah. 338 00:23:29,701 --> 00:23:32,538 The other night, I prayed for something too. 339 00:23:33,539 --> 00:23:35,457 What? 340 00:23:36,917 --> 00:23:39,962 I prayed that you wouldn't get into Stanford. 341 00:23:40,754 --> 00:23:42,714 Why? 342 00:23:42,756 --> 00:23:44,383 I didn't think it was gonna work. 343 00:23:46,426 --> 00:23:50,722 I was sitting here thinking, whoa, my prayer was answered. 344 00:23:50,806 --> 00:23:52,349 I should be happy. 345 00:23:52,432 --> 00:23:56,228 I got into OCU, and maybe you can go to OCU. 346 00:23:56,270 --> 00:23:58,981 You can study creative writing, and I can study marine biology... 347 00:23:59,064 --> 00:24:00,983 and we can be together. 348 00:24:01,066 --> 00:24:04,736 But I just started feeling really guilty. 349 00:24:04,820 --> 00:24:09,408 I mean, this was your dream, and I'm just being selfish. 350 00:24:09,491 --> 00:24:11,660 I just feel awful. 351 00:24:11,743 --> 00:24:14,997 No. Ashley, this is not your fault. 352 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,916 I want to try and make it up to you. 353 00:24:17,958 --> 00:24:19,668 Thanks, but... 354 00:24:19,751 --> 00:24:22,588 I really don't think there's anything you can do. 355 00:24:22,671 --> 00:24:26,592 Maybe there is. Tanya's grandfather is on the board at Stanford. 356 00:24:26,675 --> 00:24:31,096 And Tanya's my friend, so maybe she can help us. 357 00:24:31,263 --> 00:24:34,474 My grandfather is not gonna bend over backwards for just anyone. 358 00:24:34,558 --> 00:24:37,352 Tanya, please. Can't you just help us? 359 00:24:37,436 --> 00:24:39,354 Can't you see I'm busy? 360 00:24:45,277 --> 00:24:47,196 Why don't you go check on the dog? 361 00:24:47,279 --> 00:24:50,199 Give him some water, okay? I'll take care of this. 362 00:24:56,830 --> 00:24:59,291 We need to have a little chat. 363 00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:02,127 Excuse me. 364 00:25:04,129 --> 00:25:08,091 Look, Shaun's my boyfriend, and I would do anything for him... 365 00:25:08,175 --> 00:25:11,011 even if that means breaking a promise to you. 366 00:25:11,094 --> 00:25:12,596 What promise? 367 00:25:12,679 --> 00:25:16,058 Halloween. Dana's little brother. 368 00:25:27,361 --> 00:25:30,489 -Everyone knows about that. -Maybe. 369 00:25:30,572 --> 00:25:33,033 But they don't know about Lonny's memorial. 370 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:40,541 I miss Lonny. 371 00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:43,544 Me too. 372 00:25:48,173 --> 00:25:50,092 Hey, I miss Lonny too. 373 00:25:56,223 --> 00:25:58,517 But, Ashley, you promised. 374 00:25:58,559 --> 00:26:00,060 And prom night? 375 00:26:14,324 --> 00:26:16,994 Hi, Grammy. It's Tanya. Hi, how are you? 376 00:26:17,035 --> 00:26:19,204 Is Grandpa there? 377 00:26:22,958 --> 00:26:25,419 You are so awesome. 378 00:26:28,130 --> 00:26:30,174 -But, hey, we should go. -Yeah. 379 00:26:30,257 --> 00:26:32,843 -Tanya's grandfather wants to meet you. -I want to meet him. 380 00:26:32,926 --> 00:26:35,721 He and his wife are gonna come by your house at 5:00. 381 00:26:35,804 --> 00:26:38,015 -My house? -Yeah. 382 00:26:38,098 --> 00:26:39,892 Do you know who lives at my house? 383 00:26:41,727 --> 00:26:44,479 Yeah, that's right. Just cover his whole head. 384 00:26:44,563 --> 00:26:46,398 Who are you? 385 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,443 I'm your wife. Cindy. 386 00:26:49,526 --> 00:26:51,445 We met in Maui. 387 00:26:51,528 --> 00:26:53,447 Hey, Shaun, look. Bob's still bleeding. 388 00:26:53,530 --> 00:26:57,826 What's this... What is... My God! 389 00:26:58,911 --> 00:27:02,456 He likes you. Yes. We found him on PCH. 390 00:27:02,539 --> 00:27:05,542 Get him out of the house. I don't allow dogs in here. 391 00:27:05,626 --> 00:27:08,086 But he's so sweet. 392 00:27:09,171 --> 00:27:11,465 Call the Humane Society. They'll have him put to sleep. 393 00:27:11,548 --> 00:27:14,760 Don't you think we should put out some cheese and crackers? 394 00:27:14,843 --> 00:27:16,762 They're gonna be here in 15 minutes. 395 00:27:16,845 --> 00:27:19,389 -Yeah, I know. -Who's coming? 396 00:27:19,473 --> 00:27:25,145 Mom, you might want to put on something more, you know. 397 00:27:25,896 --> 00:27:28,148 More what? More what? 398 00:27:28,982 --> 00:27:31,068 What's going on? 399 00:27:33,820 --> 00:27:35,781 Shaun, what's happening? 400 00:27:35,823 --> 00:27:37,783 Sit down. Sit down, okay? 401 00:27:37,825 --> 00:27:39,785 Just sit. Don't be nervous. 402 00:27:39,827 --> 00:27:44,039 Someone very important is coming over, and he's bringing his wife. 403 00:27:44,122 --> 00:27:46,208 If he likes me, he's gonna get me into Stanford. 404 00:27:46,291 --> 00:27:49,211 -They're coming over now? -They'll be here in a couple of minutes. 405 00:27:49,294 --> 00:27:54,132 Shaun, the house is a mess, and Bob is bleeding. 406 00:27:54,216 --> 00:27:57,928 You can't expect me to drop everything and entertain these strangers. 407 00:27:58,011 --> 00:27:59,972 Drop what? What were you doing? 408 00:28:01,682 --> 00:28:05,894 Look. This is my last chance to get into Stanford. 409 00:28:05,978 --> 00:28:09,314 I know, honey, and it's not a good day for me. 410 00:28:09,356 --> 00:28:11,441 -I have to go to college. -Why? 411 00:28:11,525 --> 00:28:14,319 Because that's what you do after high school. 412 00:28:14,403 --> 00:28:18,699 Please don't do this to me. Please don't sabotage me. 413 00:28:18,782 --> 00:28:23,287 Every time I try to depend on you, you start acting like a total lunatic. 414 00:28:31,879 --> 00:28:33,839 Mom? 415 00:28:35,132 --> 00:28:37,050 Mom? 416 00:28:37,134 --> 00:28:39,011 I'm sorry. 417 00:28:39,094 --> 00:28:41,305 So now I'm a bad mother. 418 00:28:41,388 --> 00:28:44,600 You're not. Please just put on some clothes. 419 00:28:44,683 --> 00:28:49,521 I sacrificed a lot for you, Shaun. I sacrificed Damian for you. 420 00:28:49,605 --> 00:28:51,148 Your tennis instructor. 421 00:28:51,231 --> 00:28:53,817 He was beautiful and Serbian! 422 00:28:53,901 --> 00:28:55,652 When your father left, I almost married him. 423 00:28:55,736 --> 00:29:00,741 And if I had, we'd be living in a condo, clipping coupons and eating lunch meat. 424 00:29:00,824 --> 00:29:02,784 So I didn't. 425 00:29:02,868 --> 00:29:04,786 I married Bob for you. 426 00:29:04,870 --> 00:29:08,123 I had sex with Bob four times for you. 427 00:29:08,207 --> 00:29:10,459 How can you say I'm a bad mother? 428 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:13,003 I'm not saying that. 429 00:29:13,086 --> 00:29:16,882 -You know money can't buy happiness. -Grow up. Yes, it can. 430 00:29:16,924 --> 00:29:18,634 You and Dad both have money, and you're both miserable. 431 00:29:19,718 --> 00:29:22,346 He's miserable? Did he say that? 432 00:29:23,555 --> 00:29:27,267 Mom, this is the most decisive day of my life... 433 00:29:27,351 --> 00:29:31,230 and all I'm asking for is one hour... one hour with no big scenes... 434 00:29:31,271 --> 00:29:34,191 and no nervous breakdowns and no Meryl Streep impressions... 435 00:29:34,233 --> 00:29:37,611 just one hour where you act like a normal, loving parent. 436 00:29:37,694 --> 00:29:40,113 Can you do this for me? 437 00:29:44,701 --> 00:29:46,620 Yes, I can. 438 00:29:47,371 --> 00:29:49,289 Thank you, Mom. 439 00:29:49,373 --> 00:29:52,125 But I'll need a glass of wine. There's Chardonnay in the fridge. 440 00:29:52,209 --> 00:29:54,878 Okay. I'll be right back. 441 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,880 Don't move. 442 00:30:01,635 --> 00:30:04,096 Oh, Ash, I'm really nervous. 443 00:30:04,137 --> 00:30:07,099 Don't be. Everything's gonna be fine. 444 00:30:07,140 --> 00:30:08,851 They're early. 445 00:30:11,812 --> 00:30:14,356 Some very important people are coming over. 446 00:30:14,439 --> 00:30:16,567 -Stay in your room. -Why? 447 00:30:16,650 --> 00:30:18,902 -Because you're an embarrassment. -Okay. 448 00:30:26,535 --> 00:30:28,036 They're here. 449 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,372 I look like a pinata. 450 00:30:30,455 --> 00:30:32,499 You look great. Just remember what I said. 451 00:30:32,583 --> 00:30:35,544 No big drunken scenes, okay? 452 00:30:37,462 --> 00:30:39,381 Yeah. 453 00:30:39,464 --> 00:30:42,885 Lupe's with Bob, Lance is in his room and Mom is dressed. 454 00:30:42,926 --> 00:30:44,887 How do I look? 455 00:30:44,928 --> 00:30:46,889 Very handsome. 456 00:30:48,348 --> 00:30:50,934 -Now just... just be yourself. -Okay. 457 00:30:51,018 --> 00:30:52,603 Come on. 458 00:30:56,106 --> 00:30:58,066 You must be Shaun. 459 00:30:58,150 --> 00:31:00,402 Yes, sir. Yes, sir, Mr. Gantner. 460 00:31:00,485 --> 00:31:01,737 Please come in. 461 00:31:01,820 --> 00:31:04,615 Mrs. Gantner. Thank you so much for coming. 462 00:31:04,698 --> 00:31:07,576 -This is my girlfriend Ashley. -Hi. 463 00:31:07,618 --> 00:31:09,578 -Nice to meet you. -Hello. 464 00:31:09,661 --> 00:31:13,040 -You're friends with Tanya. -Tanya's very upset by your situation. 465 00:31:13,081 --> 00:31:15,834 I don't like it when my granddaughter is upset. 466 00:31:15,918 --> 00:31:18,670 Tanya has Arthur wrapped around her little finger. 467 00:31:18,754 --> 00:31:21,089 -That's right. -Hello! 468 00:31:21,173 --> 00:31:22,925 Hello. 469 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,760 Hi. I'm Cindy Almond-Beugler. 470 00:31:26,762 --> 00:31:30,224 -I'm Arthur Gantner. My wife Vera. -How do you do? 471 00:31:30,307 --> 00:31:32,893 Hello. Welcome. 472 00:31:32,976 --> 00:31:34,978 Excuse me. 473 00:31:35,062 --> 00:31:37,856 Won't you please make yourselves at home? 474 00:31:37,940 --> 00:31:40,817 Thank you. Thank you. Thank... 475 00:31:43,237 --> 00:31:46,406 So, tell us about yourself. 476 00:31:46,490 --> 00:31:49,535 Well, I'm a National Merit Scholar... 477 00:31:49,618 --> 00:31:51,620 a straight-A student... 478 00:31:51,703 --> 00:31:54,039 and I want to be a writer. 479 00:31:54,122 --> 00:31:57,459 Do you like John Grisham? I sure do. 480 00:31:57,501 --> 00:31:59,461 Shaun's also our class president... 481 00:31:59,503 --> 00:32:03,674 and he was the representative at our model UN. 482 00:32:04,967 --> 00:32:07,135 He's a fabulous kid, Mr. Gantner. 483 00:32:07,219 --> 00:32:09,680 Arthur. Please. Call me Arthur. 484 00:32:09,763 --> 00:32:13,267 Even as a little boy, he was so smart. 485 00:32:13,308 --> 00:32:15,269 I miss those days. 486 00:32:15,310 --> 00:32:19,147 The last few years have been really hard. 487 00:32:22,651 --> 00:32:25,654 I helped my former husband start his business. 488 00:32:25,696 --> 00:32:29,700 Soon as he gets a little money, he starts screwing around on me. 489 00:32:29,783 --> 00:32:31,785 My goodness. 490 00:32:31,869 --> 00:32:36,456 He left me for a 20-year-old he met at the gym. 491 00:32:36,498 --> 00:32:39,080 I walked in on them at a motel in La Jolla. 492 00:32:39,084 --> 00:32:42,504 She's got him naked and handcuffed to the bed. 493 00:32:44,548 --> 00:32:48,093 So we divorced. I remarried. 494 00:32:48,177 --> 00:32:51,430 Then this new one, Bob... 495 00:32:51,513 --> 00:32:53,974 he starts falling apart, and... 496 00:32:55,058 --> 00:32:59,271 and it's just one shit storm after the other. 497 00:32:59,354 --> 00:33:01,857 -Let us in! -Hurry up! 498 00:33:01,940 --> 00:33:04,651 -Hurry up! -Come on! 499 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,238 Yo, bro. 500 00:33:08,322 --> 00:33:10,574 We heard you tried to kill Mrs. Cobb. 501 00:33:10,657 --> 00:33:13,035 Are you on a violent rampage, dude? 502 00:33:13,118 --> 00:33:15,204 What do you want? 503 00:33:15,287 --> 00:33:17,456 All right, bro. Check it out. 504 00:33:17,539 --> 00:33:21,376 We thought, in Lonny's memory, we could go down to Emerald Cove. 505 00:33:21,418 --> 00:33:25,589 We could take his board and push it out into the ocean. 506 00:33:25,672 --> 00:33:27,591 -Or blow it up. -Right. 507 00:33:27,674 --> 00:33:30,052 That sounds like a great idea, and we'll do it. 508 00:33:30,135 --> 00:33:34,598 But I can't right now 'cause I got important people over. 509 00:33:34,681 --> 00:33:37,559 -More important than us, huh? -No. 510 00:33:37,643 --> 00:33:40,604 -More important than Lonny? -Of course not. 511 00:33:40,687 --> 00:33:43,065 -This is his birthday, man. -Yeah, man. 512 00:33:43,106 --> 00:33:46,652 Like, his death birthday. Doesn't that mean anything to you? 513 00:33:46,735 --> 00:33:49,071 Just go hang with your little VIPs. 514 00:33:49,112 --> 00:33:51,406 Sorry we intruded on your tea party. 515 00:33:52,199 --> 00:33:56,286 If you need us, we'll be out in the van picking each other's butts. 516 00:33:56,370 --> 00:33:58,372 -Naked. -Huh? 517 00:34:03,377 --> 00:34:08,131 I visited Stanford in the fall. It's a beautiful campus. 518 00:34:08,215 --> 00:34:11,009 Isn't it lovely? We go up there for football games. 519 00:34:11,093 --> 00:34:13,554 And, of course, Arthur is on the board, so... 520 00:34:14,763 --> 00:34:16,348 Excuse me. Sorry. 521 00:34:16,431 --> 00:34:18,684 Shaun, have you seen my piss? 522 00:34:18,767 --> 00:34:21,854 My parole officer called. He wants that piss. 523 00:34:21,937 --> 00:34:23,814 I know I got it around here. 524 00:34:23,897 --> 00:34:25,774 Don't you see that we have company? 525 00:34:27,109 --> 00:34:28,986 Hey, what's up? There it is. 526 00:34:32,072 --> 00:34:33,782 I am so sorry. 527 00:34:33,866 --> 00:34:38,078 Somebody's gotta fill this up, or I'm going to jail. 528 00:34:38,162 --> 00:34:40,622 Would you just get out of here! 529 00:34:41,540 --> 00:34:43,458 Fine. 530 00:34:49,882 --> 00:34:52,593 I'd like to "protose" a toast. 531 00:34:52,676 --> 00:34:55,762 Shaun has been a wonderful son... 532 00:34:56,972 --> 00:34:59,391 and I want him to be happy. 533 00:35:01,852 --> 00:35:04,438 I'm going to be all alone. 534 00:35:04,521 --> 00:35:06,398 Hey! 535 00:35:06,481 --> 00:35:08,525 Hey! Hey! 536 00:35:08,609 --> 00:35:09,693 Dear God! 537 00:35:09,776 --> 00:35:11,278 Pills! 538 00:35:11,361 --> 00:35:13,697 Mom, you didn't give Bob his medication. 539 00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:15,699 Excuse me for a minute. 540 00:35:17,784 --> 00:35:19,495 Dude! 541 00:35:19,578 --> 00:35:22,414 Dude! Where are Bob's pain pills? 542 00:35:28,295 --> 00:35:29,755 This is Excedrin. 543 00:35:29,838 --> 00:35:32,799 It's a decoy. I put my stash in aspirin bottles. 544 00:35:32,841 --> 00:35:35,594 Yellow are painkillers. They go in the Excedrin. 545 00:35:35,677 --> 00:35:37,638 Listen to me, all right? 546 00:35:37,721 --> 00:35:40,182 I need Bob's pain pills. 547 00:35:40,265 --> 00:35:43,352 Bob doesn't have any pain pills. I sold them, but these are good. 548 00:35:44,686 --> 00:35:48,148 Wait. Yellow are not painkillers. 549 00:35:48,232 --> 00:35:52,486 What are they? Speed. They're the X. Painkillers are in the Tylenol. 550 00:35:52,569 --> 00:35:55,239 Give him one of these. It'll knock him right out. 551 00:35:59,284 --> 00:36:01,885 Wait, please! Mr. Gantner, where are you going? 552 00:36:01,887 --> 00:36:03,705 You people are sick. 553 00:36:03,789 --> 00:36:05,707 Your mother's a drunk. Your brother's a pervert. 554 00:36:05,791 --> 00:36:08,460 Shame on you for abusing an old man. 555 00:36:08,544 --> 00:36:11,505 He's fine. Tell them you're fine. 556 00:36:12,422 --> 00:36:17,803 I know how this looks, but I do everything I can for Bob. 557 00:36:17,886 --> 00:36:20,013 -I love Bob. -Hey! 558 00:36:33,068 --> 00:36:35,821 Stanford is for the best and the brightest... 559 00:36:35,904 --> 00:36:38,240 the future leaders of America. 560 00:36:38,323 --> 00:36:40,450 You'll never go to Stanford... 561 00:36:40,534 --> 00:36:43,412 as long as I have a breath in my body. 562 00:36:43,495 --> 00:36:45,414 Watch your fingers. 563 00:37:00,012 --> 00:37:01,972 What happened? 564 00:37:02,014 --> 00:37:04,141 You went for a ride, Bob. 565 00:37:58,695 --> 00:38:00,614 Are you okay? 566 00:38:05,911 --> 00:38:07,830 I got ya, buddy! 567 00:38:07,955 --> 00:38:11,166 You should sue, man. This isn't right. Sue the school. 568 00:38:11,250 --> 00:38:13,001 Shut up, Lance. 569 00:38:13,085 --> 00:38:16,088 Just go to Stanford anyway. Go there and take the classes. 570 00:38:16,171 --> 00:38:19,216 Don't take "no" for an answer. Just say "I'm goin' here. Kiss my ass." 571 00:38:19,299 --> 00:38:21,885 -That's a good idea. -What? 572 00:38:21,969 --> 00:38:24,763 I should go up to Stanford. 573 00:38:24,805 --> 00:38:27,432 If I talk with the dean of admissions and tell him my situation... 574 00:38:27,516 --> 00:38:28,767 he's gotta let me in. 575 00:38:28,851 --> 00:38:30,811 I can get you there in three hours. 576 00:38:39,820 --> 00:38:42,447 You're getting into Stanford. I know it! 577 00:38:42,531 --> 00:38:44,324 Thanks, man. 578 00:38:45,409 --> 00:38:48,787 I have a question for you. I got something to say. 579 00:38:49,913 --> 00:38:53,500 I'm gonna do something with my life. Yeah, man. 580 00:38:53,584 --> 00:38:55,043 Good. 581 00:38:55,127 --> 00:38:58,088 I got these ideas. I got so many ideas. 582 00:38:58,172 --> 00:39:00,465 They're burning through my skull, buddy. 583 00:39:00,507 --> 00:39:02,968 I don't know, like, hats and shirts. 584 00:39:03,010 --> 00:39:05,470 Like Stussy. Do you know what? 585 00:39:05,512 --> 00:39:08,724 Stussy got started out making hats and shirts for surfers in Hawaii. 586 00:39:08,807 --> 00:39:12,311 Now he's, like, a millionaire. He parties in Hawaii 24/7! 587 00:39:12,394 --> 00:39:14,897 I could do something like that, don't you think? 588 00:39:14,980 --> 00:39:18,025 Like a fuckin' shirt that says "Loser." 589 00:39:18,108 --> 00:39:23,071 Or I don't know. "Talk to the hand" or something like that. 590 00:39:23,155 --> 00:39:25,073 Those would sell. 591 00:39:25,157 --> 00:39:26,408 Or... I don't know. I got these ideas. 592 00:39:26,492 --> 00:39:30,162 Like a hat, a big hat that goes... 593 00:39:33,332 --> 00:39:34,958 Watch the road, dumb ass! 594 00:39:35,042 --> 00:39:37,419 People have written me off. Do you know that? 595 00:39:37,503 --> 00:39:41,340 People have written me off, like Dad for one. 596 00:39:41,381 --> 00:39:43,550 Just keep your eyes on the road. 597 00:39:43,634 --> 00:39:47,262 Dude, I'm gonna have the last laugh... 598 00:39:47,346 --> 00:39:49,264 because here's why. 599 00:39:49,348 --> 00:39:51,725 Some little chumps go to college. Some little chumps stay home. 600 00:39:51,808 --> 00:39:54,520 Some little chumps eat roast beef. Some little chumps have none. 601 00:39:54,603 --> 00:39:57,773 This little chump's gonna cry "wee wee wee" all the way to the biz-neck. 602 00:39:57,856 --> 00:40:00,442 You know what I'm sayin'? 603 00:40:04,321 --> 00:40:07,282 -I love you, dude. -I love you too. 604 00:40:07,366 --> 00:40:10,619 We don't say it enough. It's true, and it's not the drugs, buddy. 605 00:40:37,855 --> 00:40:40,816 -Hi. -Hi. 606 00:40:40,899 --> 00:40:43,360 I need to talk to the dean of admissions. 607 00:40:43,443 --> 00:40:47,656 Well, it's 10:30 at night, so he's not here right now. 608 00:40:47,739 --> 00:40:49,908 I know, but, you see, this is an emergency. 609 00:40:49,992 --> 00:40:52,578 I'm sure. You'll have to come back tomorrow though. 610 00:40:52,661 --> 00:40:55,706 Could you maybe just give us his phone number? 611 00:40:55,789 --> 00:40:57,916 What? His phone number? 612 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,836 Please, you guys, cut me some slack. 613 00:41:00,919 --> 00:41:03,505 Come back tomorrow, all right? We're closed. 614 00:41:03,589 --> 00:41:05,507 That's such crap. 615 00:41:05,591 --> 00:41:07,926 That is such crap. Shaun, screw her. 616 00:41:08,010 --> 00:41:09,928 You know what? Screw her. 617 00:41:10,012 --> 00:41:12,431 -You cold? Want my jacket? -Yes, thank you. 618 00:41:13,932 --> 00:41:17,603 Man! She thinks she's so smart 'cause she goes to Stanford. 619 00:41:17,644 --> 00:41:21,064 Well, I'm smart too. I'm gonna pull a MacGyver. 620 00:41:21,106 --> 00:41:24,359 I will break in through a window, I'll look around and find a... 621 00:41:24,443 --> 00:41:25,444 What do you call that thing? 622 00:41:25,527 --> 00:41:26,945 Directory. You stay here. 623 00:41:26,987 --> 00:41:29,781 I'm gonna be back in 15 minutes with the directory. 624 00:41:29,823 --> 00:41:31,658 Reconnoiter. 15. 625 00:41:33,368 --> 00:41:36,830 The dean's probably listed. You could just call information. 626 00:42:00,604 --> 00:42:02,523 Hey, what are you doing? 627 00:42:04,733 --> 00:42:06,985 Hey, cutie. 628 00:42:07,069 --> 00:42:08,987 What do you want? 629 00:42:10,572 --> 00:42:12,491 Well... 630 00:42:13,408 --> 00:42:15,327 the question is... 631 00:42:16,912 --> 00:42:18,872 what do you want? 632 00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:23,877 Listen... 633 00:42:25,254 --> 00:42:27,506 do you want me to call public safety? 634 00:42:28,632 --> 00:42:32,845 Do you want me to get naked and start the revolution? 635 00:42:36,014 --> 00:42:38,559 I'll take that as a maybe. 636 00:42:50,737 --> 00:42:52,990 -Yes? -Mr. Durkett? 637 00:42:53,073 --> 00:42:56,326 -You're such a liar! -Girls! I told you. Knock it off! 638 00:42:56,410 --> 00:43:01,206 -Dad, Stephanie stole my flip-flops. -So deal with it, Gina. Go. 639 00:43:01,290 --> 00:43:02,624 -Yes? -Liar! 640 00:43:02,708 --> 00:43:06,295 I'm Shaun Brumder. I need to talk to you about my application. 641 00:43:06,378 --> 00:43:09,173 It's late. I gotta get up for a 7:00 flight. 642 00:43:09,256 --> 00:43:11,425 There's been a big mistake. 643 00:43:11,508 --> 00:43:14,428 I'm sorry. There's nothing I can do. Good night. 644 00:43:18,432 --> 00:43:20,017 Yes? 645 00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:24,396 Look, we drove all the way here from Orange County. 646 00:43:24,438 --> 00:43:27,649 Can't you just give us five minutes of your time? Please. 647 00:43:29,234 --> 00:43:32,070 Okay. You have five minutes. Go. 648 00:43:32,112 --> 00:43:36,200 Okay. Stanford University was my first choice. 649 00:43:36,283 --> 00:43:39,161 I didn't even apply to any other schools. 650 00:43:39,244 --> 00:43:41,830 My college counsellor sent you the wrong transcript. 651 00:43:41,914 --> 00:43:43,624 Show me your transcript. 652 00:43:43,707 --> 00:43:46,210 I left it in the car. I'll go get it. 653 00:43:46,293 --> 00:43:49,588 -Please don't go anywhere. -Okay. 654 00:43:49,630 --> 00:43:51,340 Don. 655 00:43:51,423 --> 00:43:54,384 -What? -Where are our bathing suits? 656 00:43:54,468 --> 00:43:57,513 There's a green-mesh dive bag on the floor of my closet. 657 00:43:57,596 --> 00:43:58,805 Just look in there. 658 00:43:58,889 --> 00:44:01,183 Who are these people? Get rid of them. 659 00:44:03,936 --> 00:44:05,854 Could I have one of those? 660 00:44:06,813 --> 00:44:08,315 Yeah. 661 00:44:08,398 --> 00:44:09,900 Thank you. My head is killing me. 662 00:44:09,983 --> 00:44:11,819 Take two or three. 663 00:44:11,902 --> 00:44:13,987 Thank you. 664 00:44:14,071 --> 00:44:16,657 You can just have the whole bottle. 665 00:44:16,740 --> 00:44:20,786 When you're done down there, I need help closing my suitcase. 666 00:44:20,869 --> 00:44:23,747 Okay. I'll be up in five minutes. 667 00:44:36,677 --> 00:44:38,637 Coming. 668 00:44:40,347 --> 00:44:42,099 Oh, come on. 669 00:44:42,182 --> 00:44:44,184 Jesus. You look like a beast. 670 00:44:45,435 --> 00:44:47,729 Where's Shaun? I need to talk to him. 671 00:44:47,813 --> 00:44:52,401 -Stanford. He's having a crisis. -I know all about it. 672 00:44:52,484 --> 00:44:56,029 You're such a good father, so good to your kids. 673 00:44:56,113 --> 00:44:59,825 I need a drink. Do you have any beer, coyote ugly? 674 00:45:02,536 --> 00:45:05,873 This is an excellent transcript. 675 00:45:05,956 --> 00:45:08,167 You should be very proud, but what can I tell you? 676 00:45:08,250 --> 00:45:12,129 If I'd had this by January 21, you might have had a shot. 677 00:45:12,212 --> 00:45:13,755 I need you. 678 00:45:14,882 --> 00:45:16,800 Excuse me. 679 00:45:20,137 --> 00:45:22,055 What is the big deal? 680 00:45:22,139 --> 00:45:23,640 He's gonna say no. 681 00:45:23,724 --> 00:45:27,269 Hey, don't let him say no. 682 00:45:27,352 --> 00:45:28,604 It's gonna be fine. 683 00:45:28,687 --> 00:45:31,482 Okay. Thanks. 684 00:45:33,233 --> 00:45:36,236 So what's up with your brother and aspirin? 685 00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:39,573 Does he get a lot of headaches, or what? 686 00:45:47,039 --> 00:45:49,625 What is that smell? What am I sitting in? 687 00:45:49,708 --> 00:45:51,627 Relax. It's just urine. 688 00:45:55,005 --> 00:45:58,842 Your son was being a real brat today, a real pain in the ass. 689 00:45:58,926 --> 00:46:01,428 -My son. -He said I was selfish. 690 00:46:01,512 --> 00:46:04,014 He said that everything's always about me. 691 00:46:04,973 --> 00:46:09,019 He called me a drama queen, said I was trying to sabotage him. 692 00:46:14,775 --> 00:46:17,778 So, how's Bob? 693 00:46:20,614 --> 00:46:23,200 How's what's her face? 694 00:46:23,283 --> 00:46:25,202 She's sleeping around. 695 00:46:27,371 --> 00:46:30,582 I can't talk to her. She doesn't play tennis. 696 00:46:31,792 --> 00:46:35,712 She's not a good mother. She's not like you. 697 00:46:41,635 --> 00:46:43,554 Want another beer? 698 00:46:57,651 --> 00:46:59,069 Look. 699 00:47:00,737 --> 00:47:03,907 Sometimes I leave the office at the end of the day... 700 00:47:03,991 --> 00:47:06,618 and I get into my car and head home... 701 00:47:06,660 --> 00:47:10,289 and, 15 minutes later, I'm here... parked in front of this house. 702 00:47:10,330 --> 00:47:13,041 It's annoying. It's totally out of my way. 703 00:47:14,501 --> 00:47:18,755 I made a mistake. I'm tired of paying for it. I want you back. 704 00:47:20,674 --> 00:47:22,593 You're such an asshole. 705 00:47:31,018 --> 00:47:32,269 Which ones were they? 706 00:47:34,605 --> 00:47:37,316 -Excedrin? -Excedrin. Okay. 707 00:47:37,357 --> 00:47:39,818 Excedrin are pain pills. 708 00:47:39,860 --> 00:47:42,863 -Pain pills. -Oh, my God! 709 00:47:42,905 --> 00:47:44,656 What? 710 00:47:44,740 --> 00:47:46,867 We just gave the dean of admissions three hits of... 711 00:47:53,290 --> 00:47:55,209 Where were we? 712 00:48:00,172 --> 00:48:03,342 Well, Mr. Durkett, to me... 713 00:48:03,425 --> 00:48:05,552 Stanford's not just a school. 714 00:48:05,636 --> 00:48:08,013 It's my entire reason for living. 715 00:48:08,096 --> 00:48:12,267 Every night, before I went to bed, I'd pray that I'd get into Stanford. 716 00:48:12,351 --> 00:48:14,686 And I worked really hard. 717 00:48:14,770 --> 00:48:17,439 And when all my friends were out having fun... 718 00:48:17,523 --> 00:48:19,691 I stayed in and I studied. 719 00:48:19,733 --> 00:48:23,362 That's good. That's what you have to do. 720 00:48:23,445 --> 00:48:25,405 Eighty-two percent... 721 00:48:31,578 --> 00:48:33,539 Wait a second. 722 00:48:33,580 --> 00:48:36,500 I like you. What's your name? 723 00:48:40,295 --> 00:48:42,256 I like you. 724 00:48:42,297 --> 00:48:45,008 I do. I don't know why. 725 00:48:45,092 --> 00:48:47,010 I just like you. 726 00:48:47,886 --> 00:48:50,264 Thanks. 727 00:48:50,347 --> 00:48:52,432 I feel so good. 728 00:48:54,476 --> 00:48:57,729 Is it me, or is it, like, hotter than hell in here? 729 00:48:57,771 --> 00:48:59,731 Can you help me? 730 00:48:59,773 --> 00:49:01,233 Yeah. Yeah. 731 00:49:01,275 --> 00:49:03,735 Yes. Yes, I can. 732 00:49:03,777 --> 00:49:06,321 There's no time. I'm leaving. 733 00:49:06,405 --> 00:49:09,533 I'm going to Bali with my family. 734 00:49:11,368 --> 00:49:13,745 I love them so much. 735 00:49:18,625 --> 00:49:21,378 I need water or... 736 00:49:21,461 --> 00:49:23,422 I need to lie down. 737 00:49:23,463 --> 00:49:25,382 Hey, before you do that... 738 00:49:27,467 --> 00:49:30,554 You're my same height. That is neat. 739 00:49:30,637 --> 00:49:32,723 It is. Let's go to your office... 740 00:49:32,806 --> 00:49:35,642 and you can add my name to the acceptance list... 741 00:49:35,726 --> 00:49:37,644 before you leave for Bali. 742 00:49:37,728 --> 00:49:39,229 Sounds good. 743 00:49:41,815 --> 00:49:43,734 Man! 744 00:49:43,817 --> 00:49:46,570 The lights are, like, vivid. 745 00:49:46,653 --> 00:49:48,864 Well, it's a beautiful night. 746 00:49:48,947 --> 00:49:51,700 -You're so beautiful. -Thank you. 747 00:49:51,783 --> 00:49:54,745 You know, I really appreciate this. 748 00:49:54,828 --> 00:49:56,747 That's okay... 749 00:49:58,499 --> 00:50:02,252 'cause I feel like I've known you forever. 750 00:50:03,003 --> 00:50:04,922 Hey! 751 00:50:07,382 --> 00:50:09,510 I have a confession. 752 00:50:09,551 --> 00:50:12,262 I never went to college. 753 00:50:13,805 --> 00:50:16,016 It's overrated. 754 00:50:16,058 --> 00:50:18,894 My brother wants to go here next year. 755 00:50:20,729 --> 00:50:24,358 Well, I hope he's on this list. 756 00:50:24,399 --> 00:50:25,692 What's that? 757 00:50:25,734 --> 00:50:27,861 It's a list of people they've accepted. 758 00:50:28,821 --> 00:50:31,073 They rejected him, the jerks. 759 00:50:33,909 --> 00:50:35,536 Don't do that. 760 00:50:39,206 --> 00:50:42,876 When I was little, I was a total pyro. 761 00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,045 I was too. 762 00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:53,679 Put that out, man. 763 00:50:54,605 --> 00:50:56,760 -Put it out. -Whoa! 764 00:51:06,441 --> 00:51:08,569 -Who are you people? -I'm Shaun Brumder. 765 00:51:08,610 --> 00:51:10,863 You're going to help me get into Stanford. 766 00:51:10,946 --> 00:51:12,865 And we're at your office. 767 00:51:16,368 --> 00:51:18,495 Oh, my God! 768 00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:01,038 Do me a favor. Back that engine out. We got a knockdown. 769 00:52:01,121 --> 00:52:03,499 That's negatory, Julio. I need you to wedge that popper. 770 00:52:03,582 --> 00:52:06,710 Hey! What's your name? 771 00:52:06,793 --> 00:52:09,087 -Joe... John. -What is it? 772 00:52:09,171 --> 00:52:10,130 Joe John. 773 00:52:10,214 --> 00:52:12,591 -Your name's "Joe John"? -Johnston. 774 00:52:12,674 --> 00:52:14,218 Johnston, Joe. 775 00:52:14,301 --> 00:52:16,345 You wanna tell me what happened here? 776 00:52:16,428 --> 00:52:18,430 Just a fire. I don't know. 777 00:52:18,514 --> 00:52:20,432 I came by and was... 778 00:52:21,850 --> 00:52:23,435 checking out the fire. 779 00:52:23,519 --> 00:52:25,479 Well, that lady, Mona... 780 00:52:25,521 --> 00:52:27,648 said that you two were in the building when the fire started. 781 00:52:27,731 --> 00:52:30,150 Yeah, she's a liar, 'cause I don't know her. 782 00:52:30,192 --> 00:52:32,694 So whatever she says is a lie. 783 00:52:32,778 --> 00:52:34,905 You're saying you weren't in the building with that woman? 784 00:52:34,988 --> 00:52:37,533 Not I. All right. 785 00:52:37,616 --> 00:52:41,119 She started it, all right? Because she was, like... 786 00:52:41,203 --> 00:52:43,455 "I hate my job! I'm gonna burn this mother down!" 787 00:52:43,539 --> 00:52:46,375 I said, "You better not! You'd better not!" 788 00:52:47,876 --> 00:52:50,003 -She said it was an electrical fire. -It was. 789 00:52:50,045 --> 00:52:52,798 It was a total electrical fire. It was, like... 790 00:52:52,881 --> 00:52:55,300 the switches had sparks coming out, and the sockets... 791 00:52:55,384 --> 00:52:59,346 -It was like the Fourth of July, man. -Why aren't you wearing your pants? 792 00:52:59,429 --> 00:53:02,391 I tripped and... 793 00:53:02,474 --> 00:53:05,519 Then I had to take 'em off to run faster out of the flames. 794 00:53:08,772 --> 00:53:11,108 I think I inhaled some smoke. 795 00:53:11,191 --> 00:53:13,110 Will you excuse me one second? 796 00:53:13,193 --> 00:53:15,863 I'll be right back. 797 00:53:15,904 --> 00:53:18,407 We've a got a sprinter. Five-foot-five, no pants... 798 00:53:18,490 --> 00:53:21,535 unkempt, portly. 799 00:53:21,618 --> 00:53:24,705 -You'll be fine. -Wait a second. 800 00:53:27,124 --> 00:53:29,084 This guy thinks he's the dean of admissions. 801 00:53:37,426 --> 00:53:40,053 Shaun, so psychedelic. 802 00:53:40,095 --> 00:53:43,307 Buddy, I light one match, and the building blows up. 803 00:53:47,478 --> 00:53:49,438 I was just trying to help you, bro. 804 00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:51,773 By setting the building on fire? 805 00:53:52,774 --> 00:53:54,735 Well, I was high. 806 00:53:54,776 --> 00:53:58,739 You're always high. You're a drugged-out loser. 807 00:53:58,780 --> 00:54:01,867 You think you're gonna create a T-shirt company? 808 00:54:01,950 --> 00:54:03,785 You can't even dress yourself. 809 00:54:11,335 --> 00:54:14,129 Harsh. 810 00:54:14,254 --> 00:54:16,256 Shaun, I'm so sorry. 811 00:54:16,298 --> 00:54:18,342 I should've seen this coming. 812 00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:21,929 The one day I need my family to come through for me... 813 00:54:21,970 --> 00:54:24,223 they end up doing what they always do. 814 00:54:25,641 --> 00:54:28,435 My father goes ballistic, my mother gets plastered... 815 00:54:28,477 --> 00:54:30,521 and my brother burns down a building. 816 00:54:30,604 --> 00:54:32,773 It's like they've all come together... 817 00:54:32,815 --> 00:54:35,317 in some evil conspiracy to prevent me from getting anywhere. 818 00:54:35,359 --> 00:54:38,153 Is that what you think? 819 00:54:38,195 --> 00:54:40,072 What else am I supposed to think? 820 00:54:42,991 --> 00:54:46,328 You know, I really believed that you wanted to go to Stanford... 821 00:54:46,411 --> 00:54:49,540 because you wanted to study with Marcus Skinner. 822 00:54:50,374 --> 00:54:53,961 -That's not it, is it? -What are you talking about? 823 00:54:54,044 --> 00:54:56,338 You want to run away. 824 00:54:57,673 --> 00:55:00,259 You want to be free of everybody. 825 00:55:01,343 --> 00:55:04,096 You think by coming up here, you're gonna meet people that are... 826 00:55:04,179 --> 00:55:07,391 smarter and saner... 827 00:55:07,474 --> 00:55:09,059 and better. 828 00:55:11,687 --> 00:55:14,982 You know, if you went to Stanford, that'd be the end of us. 829 00:55:17,526 --> 00:55:20,404 And it doesn't seem to me like that thought's ever crossed your mind. 830 00:55:20,487 --> 00:55:21,989 Oh, Ashley, come on! 831 00:55:22,030 --> 00:55:25,909 Shaun, I'm sorry you didn't get into Stanford. 832 00:55:25,993 --> 00:55:28,036 But if you think going here... 833 00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:31,165 is the only way you can be the person you want to be... 834 00:55:34,376 --> 00:55:36,295 then I just feel sorry for you. 835 00:56:02,362 --> 00:56:04,990 What's going on? What are you doing in that bathrobe? 836 00:56:05,115 --> 00:56:06,742 I'm not gonna lie to you, Krista. 837 00:56:07,910 --> 00:56:10,037 Did you sleep with your ex-wife? 838 00:56:15,042 --> 00:56:17,544 I want a divorce. 839 00:56:17,628 --> 00:56:18,962 Really? 840 00:56:19,046 --> 00:56:20,672 You can have the house. 841 00:56:20,756 --> 00:56:22,883 Really? What about Jake? 842 00:56:24,134 --> 00:56:26,261 I thought we could share custody. 843 00:56:26,303 --> 00:56:29,223 Okay. Great. 844 00:56:29,306 --> 00:56:31,433 But can you take him tonight? 845 00:56:31,475 --> 00:56:35,938 There's this new club in Newport that's supposed to be totally bitchin'. 846 00:56:35,979 --> 00:56:37,397 Oh, okay. 847 00:56:37,481 --> 00:56:39,274 Thanks, Bud. 848 00:56:39,316 --> 00:56:41,652 So you have my pager number and my cell phone number. 849 00:56:41,735 --> 00:56:45,113 If you need me just call me. And I think this is a great idea. 850 00:56:45,155 --> 00:56:46,281 Good. 851 00:56:46,365 --> 00:56:49,284 -Later. -Later. 852 00:57:47,384 --> 00:57:49,636 What are you reading? 853 00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:51,180 Faulkner. 854 00:57:53,390 --> 00:57:55,058 Great writer. 855 00:57:55,142 --> 00:57:57,144 Yeah. Sure. 856 00:57:57,227 --> 00:57:59,688 You're an English major? 857 00:57:59,771 --> 00:58:03,150 No. I don't even go here. 858 00:58:04,359 --> 00:58:06,361 So you're just visiting? 859 00:58:11,533 --> 00:58:13,702 I should probably go. 860 00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:17,080 It was nice meeting you. 861 00:58:22,586 --> 00:58:25,589 I'm going to a party. 862 00:58:25,672 --> 00:58:27,591 You wanna maybe come check it out? 863 00:58:27,758 --> 00:58:30,719 So do you like Faulkner? 864 00:58:30,761 --> 00:58:33,597 He's okay. I mean, he's kind of boring. 865 00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:35,599 I think I might just get the "Cliff Notes." 866 00:58:38,936 --> 00:58:42,064 There are some serious cuties at this party. 867 00:58:42,105 --> 00:58:44,691 And lock me up, because I am horny! 868 00:58:44,775 --> 00:58:46,693 Guys, this is Shaun. 869 00:58:49,112 --> 00:58:51,615 Oh, my God! This is our song! 870 00:59:10,425 --> 00:59:13,095 Scrabble? I love Scrabble. 871 00:59:13,136 --> 00:59:15,514 Last time I played, actually, I threw down the word "mazzard." 872 00:59:15,597 --> 00:59:17,724 It's a type of small cherry tree. 873 00:59:17,808 --> 00:59:20,686 I even got 50 bonus points. 874 00:59:22,396 --> 00:59:25,440 So, you don't look familiar. Are you a freshman? 875 00:59:25,482 --> 00:59:28,318 No, not even. I'm still in high school. 876 00:59:28,402 --> 00:59:30,362 -Did you apply to Stanford, or... -No, no. 877 00:59:30,445 --> 00:59:32,865 I'm going to Orange County University. 878 00:59:32,948 --> 00:59:36,451 -That's where I'm from. -I've heard of Orange County. 879 00:59:37,536 --> 00:59:40,247 I love it there. The weather's great, people are nice. 880 00:59:40,330 --> 00:59:42,958 I really want to be a marine biologist... 881 00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:46,003 so it's really the perfect place for me to study. 882 00:59:47,337 --> 00:59:48,463 What about you? 883 00:59:48,505 --> 00:59:51,967 I'm a comparative literature major. I want to be a writer. 884 00:59:52,009 --> 00:59:55,179 Fiction, poetry, screenplays, whatever, you know. 885 00:59:55,262 --> 00:59:57,598 Actually, I have an idea for a TV show. 886 00:59:57,681 --> 01:00:01,768 It's about vampires, ostensibly. But underneath... 887 01:00:01,852 --> 01:00:05,314 it's actually about the reunification of Germany. 888 01:00:05,397 --> 01:00:07,149 But it's funny. 889 01:00:07,191 --> 01:00:10,319 My boyfriend wants to be a writer too. 890 01:00:10,402 --> 01:00:11,528 Your boyfriend? 891 01:00:11,612 --> 01:00:13,947 Yeah, Shaun. 892 01:00:14,031 --> 01:00:16,283 He's really talented. 893 01:00:16,366 --> 01:00:19,495 He wrote this great story... 894 01:00:19,536 --> 01:00:22,456 about growing up in Orange County. 895 01:00:22,539 --> 01:00:25,959 And it's just really funny and smart. 896 01:00:26,043 --> 01:00:28,545 But it doesn't really matter what I think, so... 897 01:00:28,587 --> 01:00:30,130 Why not? 898 01:00:42,898 --> 01:00:44,898 What's up? 899 01:00:44,902 --> 01:00:46,272 Is this your boyfriend? 900 01:00:49,483 --> 01:00:51,283 What are you, like, spying on me? 901 01:00:52,569 --> 01:00:55,239 No! I was... 902 01:00:55,322 --> 01:00:57,533 I was just up on the balcony... 903 01:00:57,574 --> 01:00:59,868 and... 904 01:00:59,910 --> 01:01:02,996 Yeah, I was spying on you. Who's this? 905 01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:04,665 I'm Kip. 906 01:01:06,333 --> 01:01:09,294 Yeah, Kip. Let's go inside where we can be alone. 907 01:01:10,337 --> 01:01:12,589 Come on, Ash. 908 01:01:50,335 --> 01:01:51,795 Mr. Skinner? 909 01:02:00,300 --> 01:02:01,118 Hi. 910 01:02:02,035 --> 01:02:03,185 Hi. 911 01:02:05,476 --> 01:02:07,269 You're Marcus Skinner. 912 01:02:09,229 --> 01:02:11,148 You're a good writer. 913 01:02:12,649 --> 01:02:14,067 Thank you. 914 01:02:29,708 --> 01:02:33,045 I'm obsessed with you, Mr. Skinner. 915 01:02:33,128 --> 01:02:37,299 Not in a sexual way or romantic way or anything like that. 916 01:02:37,382 --> 01:02:41,011 Just your writing. 917 01:02:43,305 --> 01:02:46,225 I'm Shaun Brumder. I wrote you a letter a couple of months ago... 918 01:02:46,308 --> 01:02:48,477 and I sent you one of my stories. 919 01:02:48,519 --> 01:02:49,770 "Orange County." 920 01:02:52,689 --> 01:02:54,983 Yeah! 921 01:02:55,025 --> 01:02:58,070 Yeah, wait. Did you read it? 922 01:02:58,153 --> 01:03:01,448 Oh, yes. Yeah. It was a great story. 923 01:03:04,868 --> 01:03:06,453 I can't... 924 01:03:09,039 --> 01:03:10,582 I'm sorry. 925 01:03:12,084 --> 01:03:13,710 It's been a long day. 926 01:03:13,794 --> 01:03:17,965 Could you just say what you just said just one more time? 927 01:03:19,174 --> 01:03:22,052 It was a great story. I really enjoyed it. 928 01:03:28,725 --> 01:03:30,310 Mr. Skinner... 929 01:03:32,229 --> 01:03:34,857 Dude... 930 01:03:34,940 --> 01:03:36,900 you have no idea what that means to me. 931 01:03:42,281 --> 01:03:45,450 The characters are unique... 932 01:03:45,534 --> 01:03:47,202 well drawn. 933 01:03:47,286 --> 01:03:50,414 The mother... drunk... 934 01:03:50,497 --> 01:03:53,083 arguing with all the maids. 935 01:03:53,167 --> 01:03:55,085 The brother... always passing out everywhere. 936 01:03:55,169 --> 01:03:57,369 And I love the girlfriend... the bleeding heart animal freak. 937 01:03:57,471 --> 01:03:59,298 She was my favorite. 938 01:03:59,381 --> 01:04:02,384 You really love your characters. It comes through in the writing. 939 01:04:03,218 --> 01:04:05,762 Well, thank you. 940 01:04:05,846 --> 01:04:08,474 I never really thought about it that way. 941 01:04:08,557 --> 01:04:10,559 My only criticism... 942 01:04:10,642 --> 01:04:14,271 Yes. Oh, please. It's what I need. 943 01:04:16,732 --> 01:04:18,525 You need an ending. 944 01:04:18,609 --> 01:04:22,154 I know. I just... I don't know how to end it. 945 01:04:23,113 --> 01:04:25,157 You should figure that out. 946 01:04:25,240 --> 01:04:28,160 Maybe I can help you. 947 01:04:28,243 --> 01:04:31,914 Well, I didn't get into Stanford. 948 01:04:33,624 --> 01:04:37,878 Yeah, so that means I can't work with you. 949 01:04:45,052 --> 01:04:48,472 I want to be a good writer, Mr. Skinner... 950 01:04:48,514 --> 01:04:50,557 but I'm just afraid... 951 01:04:50,641 --> 01:04:54,728 that if I don't get out of Orange County... 952 01:04:54,812 --> 01:04:56,730 it's never gonna happen. 953 01:04:56,814 --> 01:05:00,192 You don't have to be afraid of that. You are a good writer. 954 01:05:01,568 --> 01:05:03,904 And every good writer has a conflicted relationship... 955 01:05:03,987 --> 01:05:06,490 with the place where he grew up... 956 01:05:06,573 --> 01:05:10,327 Joyce, Faulkner, Tolstoy. 957 01:05:10,410 --> 01:05:12,329 And that's what I remember loving about your story. 958 01:05:12,412 --> 01:05:14,832 It's very conflicted. 959 01:05:15,666 --> 01:05:18,544 'Cause at the beginning, you think these people are doomed. 960 01:05:18,627 --> 01:05:21,880 I mean, this family is heading for disaster, and then... 961 01:05:21,964 --> 01:05:24,550 as you read on, you see that there exists... 962 01:05:24,633 --> 01:05:27,010 beneath the surface, these very real connections. 963 01:05:27,052 --> 01:05:29,930 These deep relationships. 964 01:05:33,142 --> 01:05:35,727 What I took from your story is this... 965 01:05:37,062 --> 01:05:40,524 that even in a world where people can be superficial... 966 01:05:40,607 --> 01:05:43,986 and stupid and selfish... 967 01:05:44,027 --> 01:05:46,446 there's still hope. 968 01:05:47,865 --> 01:05:50,742 Was that the message you were trying for? 969 01:06:42,878 --> 01:06:44,463 Over here. 970 01:06:46,006 --> 01:06:47,466 -Sorry. -Ow! 971 01:06:47,549 --> 01:06:49,551 -God! -Sorry. 972 01:06:51,762 --> 01:06:54,765 -God! Lance! -I'm sorry. It's just a nick. 973 01:06:56,433 --> 01:06:58,894 Dude, you will never believe who I just met. 974 01:06:58,977 --> 01:07:00,479 -Who? -Marcus Skinner. 975 01:07:00,562 --> 01:07:03,982 -I met Marcus Skinner! -What? Who? 976 01:07:04,066 --> 01:07:06,360 The writer. He liked my story! 977 01:07:06,443 --> 01:07:08,904 -He liked my story! -Shut up! 978 01:07:08,987 --> 01:07:11,281 That's awesome, but I am going to prison! 979 01:07:11,365 --> 01:07:13,575 -What? -Some cops are right on my ass. 980 01:07:13,617 --> 01:07:16,411 Listen, I've been thinking about it. We are going to Mexico, buddy. 981 01:07:16,495 --> 01:07:18,872 Right now! Please? 982 01:07:23,836 --> 01:07:25,796 Oh, God. 983 01:07:25,879 --> 01:07:30,050 All right, fine. We're leaving. But we gotta get Ashley first. 984 01:07:30,133 --> 01:07:33,428 No, I'm sorry. No, that's not in the cards, Broseph. 985 01:07:33,470 --> 01:07:35,514 Listen, she'll be fine. Just forget about her. 986 01:07:35,597 --> 01:07:37,641 Some dude'll pick her up and give her a nice bed to sleep in. 987 01:07:37,724 --> 01:07:39,143 -Lance. -Okay! 988 01:07:39,226 --> 01:07:41,145 We will go and get her. But you gotta follow me... 989 01:07:41,228 --> 01:07:44,314 'cause I am an expert at "excaping." 990 01:07:44,398 --> 01:07:47,317 Let's go. Fast "excape." Fast "excapes" are my expertise. 991 01:07:47,359 --> 01:07:48,986 Come on! 992 01:07:49,069 --> 01:07:51,238 Be careful. 993 01:07:51,321 --> 01:07:52,573 Follow me. 994 01:07:59,496 --> 01:08:01,456 Lance, are you okay? 995 01:08:03,292 --> 01:08:07,379 Go get the Bronco, Shaun, and come back for me. 996 01:08:07,462 --> 01:08:09,131 -Okay. -Dude? 997 01:08:10,048 --> 01:08:11,800 Promise me, dude. 998 01:08:12,843 --> 01:08:14,595 I promise. 999 01:08:20,017 --> 01:08:22,519 The whole time I'm thinking it's the alternator. 1000 01:08:22,603 --> 01:08:26,732 My bro says to me, "No, bro, it's the carburettor." 1001 01:08:26,815 --> 01:08:29,943 It turned out he was right. 1002 01:08:37,326 --> 01:08:40,245 -Would you get in the car? -I'm mad at you, remember? 1003 01:08:40,329 --> 01:08:44,208 I know, but can we talk about it in the car, please? 1004 01:08:44,249 --> 01:08:46,835 Hey, you heard her. Why don't you leave her alone? 1005 01:08:46,919 --> 01:08:49,505 Butt out, dude. Ashley, get in the car right now. 1006 01:08:54,426 --> 01:08:56,386 Shaun, apologize to her. Tell her you're sorry. 1007 01:08:56,470 --> 01:08:57,888 I'm sorry! 1008 01:08:59,807 --> 01:09:02,100 Dude, come on. Say it like you mean it. 1009 01:09:07,272 --> 01:09:09,358 I'm so sorry. 1010 01:09:11,527 --> 01:09:13,153 Now tell her you love her. 1011 01:09:15,280 --> 01:09:16,782 Tell her you love her. 1012 01:09:18,450 --> 01:09:20,869 I love you. 1013 01:09:20,911 --> 01:09:22,871 I love you so much. 1014 01:09:24,373 --> 01:09:27,668 Good. You love him. He loves you. Now get in... 1015 01:09:27,751 --> 01:09:29,670 the damn Bronco! 1016 01:09:29,753 --> 01:09:32,089 Ashley, now! Now! 1017 01:09:32,172 --> 01:09:33,882 Now! 1018 01:09:33,966 --> 01:09:36,176 Kip, it was really nice to meet you. 1019 01:09:36,260 --> 01:09:38,262 Get in the car! 1020 01:09:52,580 --> 01:09:53,398 Yeah? 1021 01:09:56,196 --> 01:09:59,616 Lance isn't gonna be able to hear anything. 1022 01:09:59,700 --> 01:10:02,919 He's passed out. He's not gonna wake up. I promise. 1023 01:10:03,950 --> 01:10:07,200 Okay, you don't believe me? Lance. Lance! 1024 01:10:11,420 --> 01:10:13,797 See? Nothing. He's out cold. 1025 01:10:13,839 --> 01:10:16,300 Like a light. Come on. 1026 01:10:16,383 --> 01:10:18,552 It'll be fine. I promise, okay? 1027 01:10:43,327 --> 01:10:45,329 Clearly, you're not an expert on negotiations... 1028 01:10:45,412 --> 01:10:46,830 so let me walk you through this. 1029 01:10:46,872 --> 01:10:49,041 You come in with a proposal that's over the top. 1030 01:10:49,124 --> 01:10:51,585 You want a new gymnasium... $40 million. 1031 01:10:51,668 --> 01:10:57,090 Then I counter with a lowball offer, like $2.000 for a medicine ball. 1032 01:10:57,174 --> 01:10:59,092 -That is absurd and offensive. -What? 1033 01:10:59,176 --> 01:11:02,554 It's offensive, sir. Stanford University doesn't... 1034 01:11:02,638 --> 01:11:05,432 -We already have a medicine ball. -You're not hearing me. 1035 01:11:05,516 --> 01:11:08,060 -I believe it's you who's not... -You're not hearing me! 1036 01:11:11,897 --> 01:11:13,357 Drink your milk. 1037 01:11:13,398 --> 01:11:16,276 I don't want milk. I want my poody. 1038 01:11:16,360 --> 01:11:18,862 Well, your poody's been retired. 1039 01:11:18,946 --> 01:11:21,615 You're a little big for... Where are you going? 1040 01:11:21,698 --> 01:11:23,158 What... 1041 01:11:23,242 --> 01:11:25,661 You don't want the milk? Fine. You want some juice? 1042 01:11:25,702 --> 01:11:27,079 Yes. Okay. 1043 01:11:27,162 --> 01:11:30,332 Go to the fridge, open it up and get yourself some. 1044 01:11:30,374 --> 01:11:33,126 And get some for me while you're at it. 1045 01:11:33,210 --> 01:11:36,660 You're helpful. Finally, some help around here. 1046 01:11:48,475 --> 01:11:49,893 Hey, guys, what's up? 1047 01:11:49,935 --> 01:11:53,897 Hey, what's up, dude? Hey, dude, check this out. 1048 01:11:53,981 --> 01:11:56,817 Last night we were at this party... 1049 01:11:56,900 --> 01:12:00,571 and little Arlo here decides to profess his undying love for me. 1050 01:12:00,654 --> 01:12:03,574 Did I tell you he was a fruitcake or what? 1051 01:12:03,657 --> 01:12:06,201 That's not true. This is the real story, dude. 1052 01:12:06,243 --> 01:12:08,453 Chad crashed at my house, right? 1053 01:12:08,537 --> 01:12:11,415 And I woke up in the night. He was fondling my... 1054 01:12:11,456 --> 01:12:16,170 Dude, I lost my keys. I was looking for 'em. 1055 01:12:16,253 --> 01:12:19,265 -Do you guys want to come in? -All right. 1056 01:12:25,971 --> 01:12:28,807 -What are you doing here? -Hello, everybody. 1057 01:12:28,891 --> 01:12:31,977 -Hey, Bob. -How was your trip? 1058 01:12:32,060 --> 01:12:33,979 It was okay. 1059 01:12:36,982 --> 01:12:39,318 Just come back with an offer. 1060 01:12:39,401 --> 01:12:41,445 Well, we don't have to dot the I's and cross the T's. 1061 01:12:41,528 --> 01:12:43,739 You have your people, I have my people. 1062 01:12:43,780 --> 01:12:46,950 I'll call you back. My kids just walked in the door. 1063 01:12:47,034 --> 01:12:48,202 Hi, guys. 1064 01:12:48,285 --> 01:12:49,912 Dad, what... 1065 01:12:54,958 --> 01:12:56,668 Mom, what is going on? 1066 01:13:01,632 --> 01:13:03,634 Something happened last night. 1067 01:13:03,675 --> 01:13:07,179 Your mother and I, we... 1068 01:13:07,262 --> 01:13:09,056 Well... 1069 01:13:09,139 --> 01:13:11,266 You banged Mom? 1070 01:13:12,976 --> 01:13:15,604 That's not the word I would use, but... 1071 01:13:15,687 --> 01:13:17,356 yes, we came together. 1072 01:13:19,650 --> 01:13:22,903 -Are you serious? -Guess what else we did? 1073 01:13:22,986 --> 01:13:24,947 I've been on the phone all morning with Stanford. 1074 01:13:25,030 --> 01:13:28,116 Your mother and I donated the money for a new admissions building. 1075 01:13:28,158 --> 01:13:30,536 I guess the old one burned down. 1076 01:13:32,329 --> 01:13:35,040 We got you into Stanford, Shaun. 1077 01:13:41,755 --> 01:13:44,466 -You did that for me? -Yeah. 1078 01:13:44,508 --> 01:13:45,578 Really? 1079 01:13:47,052 --> 01:13:50,182 -Yeah, bro, way to go, man. -We're stoked, dude. 1080 01:13:50,619 --> 01:13:52,667 Yeah, Stanford! 1081 01:13:58,397 --> 01:14:01,233 Congratulations, Shaun. That's... That is awesome. 1082 01:14:57,414 --> 01:15:00,751 I was just up in my room thinking about Faulkner... 1083 01:15:00,792 --> 01:15:04,171 and wondering if he had left the South... 1084 01:15:04,254 --> 01:15:06,173 would he have ever written Light in August? 1085 01:15:08,467 --> 01:15:11,470 Or what if James Joyce had left Ireland? 1086 01:15:11,553 --> 01:15:15,682 Well, I mean, he did leave Ireland, but not in his heart. 1087 01:15:16,558 --> 01:15:18,393 Do you see what I'm getting at here? 1088 01:15:21,522 --> 01:15:24,233 I don't need to go to Stanford to be a writer. 1089 01:15:26,109 --> 01:15:28,821 All I need are the people who inspire me... 1090 01:15:28,904 --> 01:15:30,405 Like my friends... 1091 01:15:32,366 --> 01:15:33,909 and my family... 1092 01:15:38,247 --> 01:15:39,540 and you. 1093 01:15:41,959 --> 01:15:46,380 So I'm gonna stay. I'm gonna stay in Orange County. 1094 01:15:46,463 --> 01:15:47,548 You are! 1095 01:16:03,313 --> 01:16:05,232 Stanford sucks! 1096 01:16:14,616 --> 01:16:17,870 "Dear Mr. Skinner, I'm writing you to say thank you... 1097 01:16:17,953 --> 01:16:20,831 for all your words of wisdom. 1098 01:16:20,873 --> 01:16:23,041 It took me a while, but I finally realized... 1099 01:16:23,125 --> 01:16:25,335 Orange County is the perfect environment... 1100 01:16:25,377 --> 01:16:27,880 for an aspiring writer. 1101 01:16:27,963 --> 01:16:31,008 Today I went down to the beach with a copy of your book. 1102 01:16:31,091 --> 01:16:34,011 I left it there by the water. 1103 01:16:34,052 --> 01:16:36,680 Maybe another mixed-up kid will stumble upon it. 1104 01:16:36,763 --> 01:16:39,892 And maybe it will change his life like it changed mine. 1105 01:16:39,975 --> 01:16:42,311 Later, Mr. Skinner. 1106 01:16:42,352 --> 01:16:45,355 Yours truly, Shaun Brumder." 1107 01:16:50,235 --> 01:16:52,988 Dude, don't touch! I'm lighting the fire. 1108 01:16:53,071 --> 01:16:54,990 It was my idea, and you're an idiot. 1109 01:16:55,073 --> 01:16:57,576 You're gonna blow off your hand. Give me the lighter. 1110 01:16:57,659 --> 01:17:00,370 Dude, Lonny would have wanted me to blow up his board. 1111 01:17:00,454 --> 01:17:03,665 -Lonny thought you were a tool. -Lonny thought you were a fool. 1112 01:17:03,749 --> 01:17:08,045 -Hey, guys, what are you doing? -Gonna blow up Lonny's board, man. 1113 01:17:08,086 --> 01:17:11,673 -It's gonna be explosive. -We got so many M-80s. 1114 01:17:11,757 --> 01:17:13,717 It's gonna be like the Fourth of July. 1115 01:17:15,427 --> 01:17:17,596 -Dude, what are you doing? -I'm going surfing! 1116 01:17:19,306 --> 01:17:20,891 All right! 1117 01:17:22,267 --> 01:17:24,186 Come on! Let's go!