01x03 - Escape

[bunniefuu]

William: I always wonder if I got

this positive review in the Times

'cause Dad called in a favor.

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That reviewer loved your father.

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I mean, really loved him.

They have not filled

the position at Carlisle.

Whoa.

Yeah, I know.

I'm in excruciating pain. [GRUNTS]

I can feel the stone passing.

It could be due to stress.

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I'm submitting an alternate budget.

Think about what you can pull off

with three less professors.

[CAR ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[CRASH]

["MONDAY, MONDAY" BY THE

MAMAS & THE PAPAS PLAYS]

Bah-da, bah-da-da-da ♪

Bah-da, bah-da-da-da ♪

Bah-da, bah-da-da-da ♪

Monday, Monday ♪

Bah-da, bah-da-da-da ♪

So good to me ♪

Bah-da, bah-da-da-da ♪

sh*t!

Monday mornin' ♪

It was all ♪

- sh*t!

- I hoped it would be ♪

[TIRES SQUEALING]

Oh, Monday morning ♪

- [CRASH]

- [SONG ENDS ABRUPTLY]

[♪♪]

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[♪♪]

[SHOWER RUNNING]

[RUMBLING]

Shaking.

You want me to do something different?

The room is shaking.

[MACHINE WHIRRING]

Hey, hey, hey! What's this?

What are you doing?

[MAN] Dropping your stuff off.

This isn't my stuff.

Are you 44 Allegheny?

Yeah.

Wait! Why did you drop

it in front of my garage?

I can't get my car out.

You actually use that garage?

Let me say this again, okay?

Can you get this giant hunk of metal

out of my g*dd*mn driveway?

What's going on?

He says he's gotta deliver this here.

Well, obviously, there's a mistake.

No mistake. 44 Allegheny.

He just confirmed it.

If you need to arrange a pick-up,

call the number at the bottom.

Have a nice day.

You have a nice day.

Hey, let's get a beer later!

It's from New York.

West 112th Street.

Oh, isn't that Columbia?

Yeah.

That's my dad.

Maybe it's a pony.

It's a pleasure speaking

with you again, Marnie,

and thank you for picking up.

This is Hank Devereaux,

the one and only.

Now, cut to the chase,

there's a giant metal box

parked at the end of my driveway.

It's actually blocking my car in.

Can't you get around it?

No, I can't.

I don't I don't think that I can.

Um, so, look, what is it?

It's your father's office.

We packed it up.

Okay, and you put it in a box,

and then, well, you sent it to me.

You're doing great.

Mr. Devereaux Jr., I called you

- Not junior.

- several times

and you never got back to me.

Yeah, and I'm really

sorry about that right now.

Jump ahead.

Look, why did you send it to me?

He needs a place to keep it.

But why me?

I mean, we're hours away.

And look, if you

wanted to get rid of it,

why didn't you just throw it out,

I don't know, donate it, raffle it off?

You could melt it all down

and exchange it for something

more precious, like sand.

- Too much?

- It's just not funny.

He'll be able to access

it when he gets there.

What do you mean, when he gets here?

I think this should

come from your father.

Well, so much should

have come from my father,

but it is what it is, Marnie.

[HANK SR.] Hello?

Hello?

Hank?

- Hank?

- [HANK ENDS CALL]

He can't think this is okay?

Right? To come here?

He might.

Does he think I'm going

to take care of him?

I don't know.

After he just left us,

just walked out and

never stayed in touch,

not a word to me or

Mom in over 15 years?

Should you warn your mother?

Lily, the number of times

that he betrayed her,

he cheated on her.

One more Kn*fe in the back,

I think she's a goner.

I don't know. I think

she's pretty resilient.

Yeah.

[HANK, THINKING] When

you abandon your kids,

you should have to sign a release

that says you understand

you will never be

welcomed into their home.

The release could be available

at every Walgreens, or Walmart,

wherever you buy your fungal ointment.

All family obligations

would be then wiped clean.

Feel free to die in the

Airbnb of your choice.

- [LINE RINGING]

- [LAUREL] Hello, Hank.

Oh, hey, Mom. Are you sitting down?

I most certainly am not.

I sat enough in my life.

Well, you'll never believe

what your ex-husband did.

Oh?

He basically dumped

the entire contents of his office

into my front driveway.

He might be coming here.

That whole thing in the newspaper,

"I'm going to spend more

time with my family,"

I thought that was just a sick joke.

Oh, dear.

[♪♪]

[STUDENTS LAUGHING]

Oh, God.

Jason!

Stop that and put it away!

- Oh, that's going to be

- So gross!

[STUDENT] So disgusting!

[LILY] Pierre!

I need you.

There was a

there's urine all over the

lockers and hall near the library.

Nope.

I'm sorry?

Don't do urine.

Don't do feces.

You do mopping, right?

Not urine.

Pierre, everybody really appreciates

all the hard work you

do here at the school.

We wouldn't be able

to get by without you.

I don't do urine.

Yes, but I'm sure

that you can understand

that the students need

a urine-free environment.

I mean, this really isn't an option.

It is. I won't.

Clean the urine!

Don't do urine.

[PRINCIPAL] He just said he won't?

Yeah, that's what he said.

Huh.

What do you think we should do?

I mean, if the man won't do his job,

then I think that he

needs to be replaced.

I think you're right.

There's a union hearing

he gets, I think,

and, uh, if I'm remembering correctly,

he gets an appeal.

Christmas, maybe?

I'm sorry, what do we do

about the urine that is in the hallway?

The weekend crew will get it.

But it's Monday.

Mm.

There is urine in the hallway.

[HANK, THINKING] Okay, I'll admit it,

I was a difficult boy,

and I've always been a difficult man

a fact easily confirmed by

unlucky people around me.

But the extent of the pain

I'm willing to inflict?

Come on, there's no

comparing me to my father.

I specialize in minor strife

and insignificant irritation.

That's my lane.

My father is into life derailment.

[HONK!]

Shoo! Get outta here.

I saved your ass.

What's wrong with you?

I was too happy. I'm

trying to bring myself down.

I can help.

Did you hear any of

those rumors about a list?

No.

Ah, well, there's this

crazy rumor going around

that President Pope

has asked me to get a list

from my department heads,

naming 20% of their

faculty that can be cut.

An actual list with actual

names of human beings?

That's the rumor.

Crazy rumor.

I'm going to need that list.

What? Really?

I know.

It's this guy, Dickie Pope.

He's a real k*ller.

They say he was Jeb Bush's

spanking partner in Skull and Bones.

Well, I hope he hit hard.

20% of the adjuncts, too?

Absolutely not.

They're half the price.

You should load them up.

Yeah, I'm not making a list.

I know, and I'm not asking you to.

End of the week. Don't tell anyone.

They're just going to freak out.

We don't want to cause any distress

[QUIGLEY] There's Spanky.

We know about the rumors.

He's not going to tell us anything.

Hank

we all have a right to know.

Can you not be yourself

and be straight with us for one minute?

[EMMA] My friend in sociology

heard there were going to be cuts.

My friend in history said the same.

It's possible they

heard it from each other,

but also possible it was

two independent sources.

If history is to repeat itself,

which it is wont to do,

bore that it is,

then we are waltzing a waltz

that we have waltzed before.

We need not fear a misstep or a st

[EMMA] Finny!

[GRACIE] We've earned the truth, Hank.

We demand the truth.

It's all true.

I'm gonna go make a list now, okay?

They wanted me to lie to you,

to tell you it wasn't happening.

They were concerned

that you might panic,

but I said no. No, they're all adults.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[♪♪]

Still waiting for my recommendation.

What's going on?

Don't become a professor.

Just stay an adjunct.

There's more freedom that way.

If you get this job,

you will throw yourself

into your teaching,

but it won't be long

before you realize you

can't help these kids.

There's more promise in a

senior-citizen yoga class.

They're not that bad.

Yeah, so fine,

you will throw yourself into

your writing, but guess what?

Selling 460 copies of your novel

about being a professor in a small town,

that's not as exciting to

your publisher as you imagine.

So, finally, you decide, you know what,

I'll just use my chairmanship

to torment my arrogant, petty,

self-obsessed colleagues.

Hey, lay off my mom.

But it's not too long before

even that holds no joy.

You will be trapped

by tenure in this town,

and you will regret it.

Hank, slide over.

No, sit there.

I'm getting close for effect.

You know how good a teacher I am.

Just because I haven't

published that first book yet,

I'm invisible unless I have the

endorsement of someone like you.

You know what?

If I don't get tenure here now,

I will have to move,

probably to, like,

Nebraska or something

Okay, I get it.

Or I would stay an adjunct,

and if I want to make

anything more than my rent,

I've gotta keep tending

bar in this sh*thole!

Sorry, guys, you know I love you.

Hank, don't tell me that tenure's

not a big deal when you have it.

I'm not even on track for it.

[♪♪]

You write it, I'll sign it,

but I won't read it.

I could write anything?

Go nuts.

That we're lovers?

Yeah, if you think that will help.

Well, I'd have to describe your penis.

It's square.

Color?

Okay. Okay, go.

[FINNY] I have a friend at Haverford.

He told me they had an opening

for a comp lit associate last spring.

They received 314 applicants. 314!

God, it is the worst

time to be an academic.

Do you think they filled it yet?

Mm you're media studies.

I could teach comp lit.

- Emma.

- I could.

No one from Railton is

getting a job at Haverford.

Or anywhere.

My point was the applicant pool

was the largest they've ever had.

You don't have a friend at Haverford.

[GRACIE] Any attentive Dean would know

Paul Rourke is not interested

in teaching freshman courses.

Yes, Jacob, I do have

a point, and that is

if there is a decision to be made,

it won't escape anyone's attention

that there are two poetry professors

in this department.

One of them is stuck

in the 18th century,

and the other receives

consistently higher cue scores

and can teach anything in the canon.

Well, if you like my confidence,

then you should tell

Hank what I just told you.

Don't flirt with me, Jacob.

I'm not in the mood.

[ENDS CALL]

The character's circumstances are dark,

and with the imagery

of light and darkness,

- the

- [DOOR OPENING]

well, her inner monologue is

is

energetic,

so it never bogs down

I need to talk to you.

This class has three more minutes.

[HANK, THINKING] Some

men can pull off a vest.

I don't know if it's

the shape of his arms,

or just his vest-y attitude,

either way, I am jealous as hell.

Okay, class is over.

They, uh

they tell me you're

going to make a list.

Yeah, I'm looking for my stencils.

I'm thinking of a decorative border.

I spoke with Leslie Schonberg.

Ms. Schonberg?

Oh! My second-grade teacher.

As our union rep,

she says that we don't

have to take this,

and I agree.

I guess we could all run

away and hide together.

We need a big enough building

abandoned factory, but spiders.

Okay, shut up.

Instead of a list, here's what you do.

You give them a signed

statement of solidarity,

all the departments, all the faculty.

We make sure those bozos in Harrisburg

know that we're not playing around.

They won't want a full

walk-out on their hands.

What if they do

want a full walk-out on their hands?

Why would they want that?

To test out their new sneaker gloves?

What the hell is it with you?

What do you even want?

Whose side are you on?

[DOOR CLOSES]

We know what we bring to the table.

And we know you know. We

don't have to enumerate it.

But do others know?

Do they know about our publications?

Do they know about our scholar

Guys, can I just stop you

before you settle into a rhythm?

And I appreciate you saying

that this would be a short meeting,

but I have to ask what the topic is.

The cuts. The list.

The list.

- Hank told us.

- Oh.

He told us you told him.

And he told us that you

told him not to tell us,

so you didn't hear this from us.

[TEDDY] We know the university

bias towards seniority.

We're the most recent

tenure-track hires,

and if seniority is, in

fact, an element here,

we just need to make sure

that people are acutely aware

of everything else we have to offer.

Well, until the legislature,

which is 100 miles away,

passes a budget for us,

there's nothing to discuss.

There's nothing for you to do,

so there's no point in worrying.

Okay, Dean

Okay. Okay.

There is a new committee.

I think we're a little

all over the place.

Well, we need more members.

What about your roommates?

I can talk to them.

What do they look like?

If they're too hot,

no one is going to take us seriously.

We need a mission statement.

Yes, we do.

Um

okay.

Okay, take this down.

Wait, so am I a secretary?

- I'll do it.

- I'm doing it.

Is this the Excellence Committee?

We're allowed to be here.

Oh, we know. We know.

I'm Professor Washington-Chen,

and so is he.

We are here at Dean Rose's behest.

We're your faculty advisors.

Uh, that's an obvious

conflict of interest.

No, no, it's a confluence of interest.

We couldn't be more on board

with what you're trying to do.

Mm-hmm, and we believe that our support

will help you have a

greater impact on the school.

The community needs to

know that they can trust us,

and that means that we

need to have some teeth,

and at times, we're

going to need to bite.

We can't have faculty saying

that we can't ruffle feathers.

We're not pulling punches.

[TEDDY] Pull punches?

No, no.

No.

Hey, look, we're here

to help you hit harder,

bite better.

Yeah, what was the other metaphor?

- Feathers.

- Right.

Uh, fly higher.

"Fly higher"?

[TEDDY] Mm-hmm.

I like it.

Take that down. "Fly higher."

[CAR HORN HONKS]

[WOMAN SOBBING]

Hey.

Hey, something wrong?

Is something wrong?

What, are you kidding?

Is this about that ?

Well, obviously, I'm

gonna be on your list.

You know what? Never mind.

- It's just

- I'm sorry.

You know But think about

Sorry.

But you don't have to

[SIGHS]

[CAR ENGINE TURNS OVER]

Hey, what's up?

They want me to make a

list of people to fire.

Oh, sh*t. Are you going to?

Of course not.

I'll bet my father

would have made a list.

Just for fun.

[LILY] He was never Chair.

[HANK] Hmm, before he let Mom and me go,

I bet he made a list of us.

[LILY] I I don't know, Hank.

What are you going to do?

[HANK] Well

Ithink I might have a yard sale.

["LOW" BY BONFIRE NIGHTS PLAYS]

[♪♪]

[♪♪]

Oh, you jerks.

[♪♪]

[♪♪]

[♪♪]

[♪♪]

[LAUREL] "Dear Henry,

I just finished your manuscript,

and it is some of your

best work to date."

" You must not let Columbia

treat you as any other professor "

" Most modern literary critiques

owe you a tremendous debt "

"A three percent raise

is the least you should accept "

" I'm sorry to hear

about Stephanie leaving you.

I'm not entirely surprised."

" I've been thinking it over

and it seems best that I tell Hank."

" Though much time has passed,

next summer, please

consider staying with me."

" Hank is now out of the house,

so you won't be bothered

with any unwelcome distractions "

" You're very welcome in my home

and to consider it your home as well.

In time, I'm certain that

Hank will feel the same."

[CAR ENGINE TURNS OVER]

Oh!

For Christ's sake.

[GROANS]

["MONDAY, MONDAY" BY THE

MAMAS & THE PAPAS PLAYS]

- [CRASH]

- Damn!

[CRASH]

[GROANS]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[CRASH]

[GROANS]

[GRANDFATHER CLOCK CHIMING]

[HANK SR.] How can I get any work done

when he's always in my office?

There's too many

distractions in this house.

[CLOCK CHIMING]

- [CLOCK CHIMING]

- [PAUL, PRESENT DAY] Hank!

[POUNDING ON GLASS]

Hank!

Hank! What the hell did

you think you were doing?

I must have, uh, passed out

because of the kidney stone.

You lazy son of a bitch!

Will you help me?

[PAUL] We've gotta talk.

I've got our union rep here.

Will you drive me to my mother's?

How old are you?

You two aren't gonna

Jimmy Hoffa me, are you?

I don't go for B.S.

I never see any reason

my cards shouldn't be

face-up on the table.

Unless you're playing cards.

[HANK, THINKING]

Sitting in the back seat

as an adult

it can be either

infantalizing or empowering

like you're being chauffeured

around like a boss

and I literally am the boss,

but I feel like an infant.

We both know you've had

your differences with

the union over the years,

pretty much from the beginning.

Yeah, I've had my differences

with the other side, too.

You're not the only ones

who think I'm a prick.

I'm not just talking about

these grievances against you.

I know it runs deeper than that.

You think we defend incompetence,

promote mediocrity.

I wish you would promote mediocrity.

We'd all get promotions.

What I'm saying is

nobody expects you

to become a union man.

We win this thing, we b*at Dickie Pope

and all his corporate education B.S.,

and you can go right back

to the way you were before.

Younger? You going to make me younger?

See?

I told you there was no

point in talking to this guy.

He doesn't care about anything.

Everything's a joke to him.

Yeah, everything's a joke,

but they're not all funny.

[" BADINERIE FROM SUITE NO.

2 IN B MINOR" BY BACH PLAYING]

[♪♪]

So gross.

[♪♪]

[♪♪]

What are these?

Flowers.

Aren't they pretty?

I picked them myself.

I'm not reimbursing you for this.

Jack, I needed those supplies.

You know that.

I didn't approve this.

Are you kidding me?

There was piss in the hall,

and I couldn't use the janitor's mop

because, apparently,

opening his closet is a union job.

We don't have a

cleaning-supplies budget.

There was piss

in the

I know that.

You have an emergency fund.

Not every piss can be an emergency.

We need to save some

for good emergencies,

like pizza for when

they do something good.

You have to ask first. I'm sorry.

Jack!

I'm taking a personal day next week

to interview at Arlyle.

Yeah, I'm going to New York

to interview at the Arlyle School.

Oh.

Have fun.

Send me a postcard,

and I'll send you one,

from England,

where I'll be auditioning

for the role of Henry

Higgins at the Globe.

So you want to work here?

Yeah, um,

if you want someone to work here,

I can do that.

Do you have a résumé?

Not with me.

So your father-in-law

tells me you're an idiot.

- Yeah.

- Hmm.

Yeah, he does say that.

I should be offended,

but that's, like, his defense.

You know, like, he uses

sarcasm to mask his pain.

Oh

Hank has a lot of pain?

Yeah.

I mean, you know,

guys of that generation

and their dads

you know, they were all

spanked, or whatever.

So Hank is his father's fault?

Well, yeah, Julie

thinks it's his father.

I think it's his mother, actually.

You've never met a

colder woman in your life.

It's like trying to have a conversation

with an ice sculpture.

I think that's where the

real abandonment comes from.

Actually, I think it

goes way darker than that.

I don't know if it's his work or

if he's in a terrible

marriage, or what

but it's bad.

It's kind of hard to tell

with that guy, though.

You know.

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah.

Hey, can I ask you something?

Yeah.

Why do you think

that he's reluctant

to support my tenure?

Because I know he respects me.

Yeah

I don't know, that's a tough one.

I mean, look, he respects me too.

I feel like the thing about Hank is

the guy can't make a decision.

He gets paralyzed by his own brain.

He's such a little boy sometimes.

Sometimes, I feel like I'm his dad.

I feel like you might

be being hard on him.

Because I know how Hank

feels about this town.

I mean, so I want to

be a college professor,

more than anything here,

but

I also know that there's a ceiling.

And

I think that Hank is

self-aware enough to understand

that Railton College, it's

not a destination

for anyone,

really, right?

It's like a

it's not even the

highlight of the journey.

I don't know.

I

I just see it differently.

I think the location is the illusion.

I think the adventure's

gotta be up here.

And here.

And a little bit down there, too.

And here, a little bit, too.

Maybe.

You never know.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hey.

Are you serious?

Yeah, I'll be there shortly. Thanks.

Meg?

Where is she?

She found Hank's whiskey.

[♪♪]

Hey.

Hey, it's me.

No.

Damn Spanky!

Damn college.

This place is a disgrace!

Uh-huh, it's a disgrace.

I'm still paying off Lucy's

tuition, for God's sake,

and they don't care!

Nobody cares.

- Okay, Mom.

- I'm going to sit.

- No!

- No, no, no, no, no, no.

Come on, come on, come on.

I hope you weren't

expecting anything to eat.

I haven't been to the market today.

I have some crackers.

I don't know whether they're stale.

I'm fine.

I was in the middle of my column.

Oliver, the homeless man

that lives on Rail Street,

has been sent to a halfway house.

Apparently, he's happy there.

Mom, there's something I

want to talk to you about.

Oh.

All right.

Just tell me what these are.

Oh, my goodness.

He saved them.

That can't be the first thing you say.

No.

I see that.

Hank, I have been

corresponding with your father

for some time now.

Yeah. Why don't you jump ahead

to the part that I haven't figured out

from having read them already?

You read my letters?

No, no,

you are not turning this around on me.

Now, what I did was a minor infraction.

What you did here was a felony.

And what was the felony?

Writing to my husband?

Ex! Ex-husband.

You know as well as I do

you've been acting like

we've been on the same

page this whole time,

like he hasn't contacted

you either in 20 years.

You're envious.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

I never made any promises to you.

You haven't?

Don't you remember when he left us?

Hmm?

You remember what happened?

You said to me

"It's just you and me now."

Oh, stop it.

No, he abandoned us.

He abandoned you.

He moved away from me, and

now he's moving back.

No. No, he's not.

Well, that's not your decision, Hank.

Yeah, well, it's partly mine.

No, it's not.

I've invited him to

stay, and he accepted.

[HANK SIGHS]

[MARNIE] You have reached

Professor Devereaux's office.

Please leave a message after the tone.

[BEEP]

Hey, Dad, it's Hank.

Your son.

Couple things.

One, congrats on your retirement.

I hope you have some plans to relax.

I was meaning to send

you a set of paints.

That worked well for George W., which

that brings me to number two.

It's kind of the big one.

I've been holding on to a

lot of anger towards you,

and the more I think about it

the more

appropriate it seems.

It's well-earned.

So

you're not welcome here.

Don't come to Railton.

Enjoy the rest of the globe.

[JULIE] Dad?

Dad, are you okay?

Dad?

Did you really not hear me come in?

Is one of you moving out?

Huh? What?

The moving pod out front?

Uh

It's true, isn't it?

You know, I knew something

was going on with you guys.

What? No. It's a mistake.

I'm taking care of that.

What You want to sit

down, stay for lunch?

Yeah.

All right. I've got some

I've got some good bread

and, uh, ham and cheese.

I can make a grilled cheese.

[JULIE] Dad, I think

I'm in over my head.

I just

I don't know. I don't

know. I just feel

Let's talk about it.

We'll figure it out.

I started on this path a while ago,

and I started making all these choices,

and

- like with the pool.

- Uh-huh.

[SIGHS]

I just feel like

I started on this path a while ago,

and then I started

making all these choices,

like with the pool,

and now there's a

freaking rented backhoe

stuck in a hole in my backyard,

and I don't know how to get it out,

and everything is starting

to feel really overwhelming.

Yes, well, that's okay.

I mean, everybody gets there sometimes.

Yeah?

Here's the great thing, right?

You're not locked in.

Right? You can get out.

You're 24.

You can do anything.

Yeah, I know.

What do you what do you mean?

You can move to New York,

or Nashville,

anywhere where there's opportunity.

What are you talking about?

Are you trying to get me to leave?

No.

Well

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

I was talking about one

DIY project that went wrong,

one project, and now you're trying

to use it to kick me out of town?

I'm not kicking you out.

Yeah, I'm not an idiot, Dad.

I didn't understand.

It is obvious to me

that I have not lived up to

all of your expectations

I never said anything

I didn't go to grad school,

or, like, write a bunch of books,

and I'm not super ambitious

like you and Grandpa,

and I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry that my whole life goal

wasn't to, like, achieve

stuff, or something,

but I like it here, and

I'm going to stay here.

You don't have anything to say?

You rented a backhoe?

Here.

For your troubles.

Thanks.

I'm gonna need a lot more of these.

Okay, so it's true.

How deep are the cuts going?

I don't know.

Oh My mom is really worried.

Yeah.

Yeah, she is not doing great.

Hank, I'm not blaming you.

I'll take care of her if I need to.

You know that.

Well, you're a lot better

daughter than I am a son.

I just left a message for my father

telling him he's not welcome here, ever.

Did you really?

Yeah, I did.

You don't even like it here, Hank.

Nobody does.

Yeah, no sh*t. We should all get out.

Can't. Tenure.

Can't. Mother.

Looks like we're both trapped here, huh?

[HANK, THINKING] When did she

start with the nose jewelry?

I mean, it's cute, but I'm not fooled.

It's a cry for help.

If nobody answers,

the next thing is gonna be crazy hats,

balloon pants,

and then she's riding a

unicycle down Main Street.

Meg, hey.

Listen

What?

They're instituting a hiring freeze.

There's not going to be any tenure

track positions for a long time.

For how long?

Years.

It's bleak.

g*dd*mn this place.

With these cuts,

I'm not going to be able

to give you any classes next semester.

Hey, you've got a k*ller resume,

and you're young for academia.

Your scholarship covers

all the hot topics.

Any school would jump at the chance,

even in this job market.

You should be out there looking around.

Seriously.

Yeah, I've got a better idea.

["SILVER TIMOTHY" BY

DAMIEN JURADO PLAYING]

I'll take I'll take one.

You want one?

[HANK] This is the good stuff?

[MEG] Yeah.

I was met on the road ♪

By a face that was mine ♪

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

Spots on the irises bleed ♪

Where the numbers were born ♪

[♪♪]

Go back down don't

touch the ground ♪

Go back down don't

touch the ground ♪

[♪♪]

Careful with the table there.

Yeah. Yeah.

[♪♪]

That's what I'm talking about.

I'm gonna get you a glass of water.

Okay.

Good night, Meg.

[HANK, THINKING] I was at the movies.

The restaurant.

A bar.

At the dentist.

I ran into Tony, and he needed a talk.

Oh

who cares where I was?

I mean, what, do I ask you

every damn thing about your life?

Come on, what, are we married now?

Yeah yeah, we are.

- You're still up.

- Mm-hmm.

I'm wiped.

I bet.

It's way past your bedtime.

Were you with Tony?

No, actually.

I was in the company

of a very attractive, young,

single, 30-something woman.

Mm. By the name of?

Meg Quigley.

Oh, you're working your way

through your bucket list.

You're my bucket list, baby.

She She was really drunk.

I had to drive her home.

Did you get any?

No.

Uh, we did end up in the bedroom,

and clothes were shed.

I mean, hers, not mine.

Is that is that true?

And I was forced to flee

to protect her honor,

and my honor, and your honor.

How lucky for all of

us that you were there.

Thank you.

She was really upset

because I told her classes aren't

happening for her this fall.

[LILY] That's terrible.

[HANK] No, it's not.

Somebody has to kick

her out of the nest.

I told her the classes

well, they're cut.

But are they?

[HANK] Well, no.

Did you lie to her?

Well, she was never going to leave.

She thinks she has to

take care of her mom.

Somebody has to end

this madness for her.

[LILY] But she had told

you that she wanted to stay.

Jesus Christ, Hank.

You're projecting all of

your sh*t onto everybody else.

What?

Julie, Meg,

telling everybody

they should leave town.

What is that?

Do you hate it here?

I take the fifth.

You can't treat

Forget it.

I talked to Tom.

I'm going to go to New York this week.

I'm going to interview

for that Arlyle job.

Yeah? You

Okay.

["GOTTA CHEER UP" BY

COTTON JONES PLAYING]

Come before us come the dark ♪

All the colors of your heart ♪

All the whistle in your park ♪

Children swimming through the sparks ♪

I was footing around ♪

- ALL: No cutting jobs!

- WOMAN: You spelled "humanities" wrong.

I know that you care

about those professors,

despite the fact that you

would never admit that.

President Dickie Pope.

You are the only department head

who has not submitted a

list of faculty to cut.

In that way I'm outstanding.

Lily. This interview could

give me some leverage.

Leverage?

The key thing to any organized

protest is that we're unified.

I will box a goose a day.

That man is chair over

the English department.

♪

[♪♪]