06x18 - Too Cool for School

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We'll deliver
on the first.

Ok. All right, bye.

Another satisfied customer.

-Hey, Gus.
-Hey.

Haven't seen you
around here for a while.

Well, I hate to admit it,
but I could get used to this.

I just took my grandson
to a ball game,

played 36 holes
at Pebble Beach--

And trust me, it's easier
to get tea time
during the week.

Well, you've earned it.

That's kind of why I came in.

I got a call from
standard home furnishings
last week.

They want to
buy me out, Charlie.

S.F?

What happened, we stole
the Mill Valley job,

and they figured
if you can't b*at 'em...

Wait, Gus,
you're not actually--

Well, you got
to face facts, Charlie,

I'm not getting any younger.

Hold on, I don't--
I don't get it.

I mean we're just
starting to turn
things around here.

Exactly. That's why now
is the perfect time to sell.

[sighs]

I don't believe this.

Now, we talk every week,

and you never once
mentioned a word
about wanting to sell.

Because I didn't think
I'd get the right price.

But now, thanks to you--

Yeah, well, that's
what bothers me, Gus.

I mean, you ask me
to run the place,

and then you suddenly
pull the rug out like this?

Look, relax. Those guys
know all about you.

They're gonna make you
a very nice offer to stay.

That's not it, Gus.
That's not it.

I've got plans here, you know.

I mean, we're just
into production
on the bedroom line now,

but I've still got designs
for living room,
for dining room,

plus I've been doing
all these sketches
of high-end office stuff.

Which you'll still
be able to do.

It'll just be
with Standard
instead of me.

They have much deeper
pockets than I have.

If anything, you'll
be able to do more.

It's the best thing, Charlie,
for everybody.

Trust me. You'll see.

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♪ Like they wanna live ♪

♪ And everybody wants to love ♪

♪ Like they wanna love ♪

♪ Everybody wants to be ♪

♪ Closer to free ♪

♪ Closer to free ♪

[Victor] That's right,
just keep stirring
in the chocolate
so it doesn't burn.

Just like
on the food channel.

We never had candy
in our chili before.

This is so awesome,
Claud.

Victor, this would
be great for school.

You could tell everyone
how you learned to cook.

Boy, you're like
a dog with a bone
on that show and tell thing.

What show and tell thing?

It's for his class.

You come in and tell
your life story.

Owen seems to think
that my life would be
interesting to a bunch of kids.

-Which it would not.
-It'd be fun. Please?

We discussed this,
kiddo, I said no.

-Why not?
-Owen, I said no. That's why.

Well, I mean, Owen, come on.
What about me?

I could come in.
Play my violin.

-That's boring.
-That's not boring.

Thank you, it's not boring.
Victor, tell him it's not...

So, we've been talking
about making choices.

How we don't just
throw words down.

How character, detail, style,

it all speaks to the story
we're telling
and what's going on.

Julia...

I see that you've attempted
a stream of consciousness
narrative,

which I get,
but let's talk about why.

Well, I wanted to see if I
could be less specific.

I didn't want to
tell the reader
what to think.

But do you feel
an obligation
to guide the reader

to not be lazy? To help him
understand the story?

Well, I guess.
I mean that would
probably--

Wait, excuse me.

Ulysses is all stream
of consciousness, right?

Mmm-hmm.

Well, whoever
understood that?

Well, yes, but, you know
if you look carefully

at the language
in Joyce's Ulysses,

you'll see that it's
all there for a reason.

Well, that's not
what I got at all.

I mean, I got passion
and freedom...

Risk-taking.

You know, it's just
what Julia is doing.

[whispering] Adam...

Yeah, Adam, if
you've read Ulysses

without extracting
any meaning from it,
you haven't really read him.

And how do you know?

Excuse me?

Who said everything
has to mean something?

I thought art meant
not following rules.

Well, that kind of sounds like
a rule itself, don't you think?

The point is,
is that I don't think
I can tell you the rules.

Any more than you
can tell me.

All right.

Also venture capital.

I've always really
loved the idea of helping
other businesses get started.

And consulting...

And, Marketing?
Maybe Marketing?

Ok. All right.

Let's stop here
for a second 'cause
we have quite

-a list already.
-Ok.

Let's try to narrow
this down a little bit.

Let's talk about where
you've been headed so far.

What's your degree?

Actually,
I dropped out of college
my sophomore year.

Really, well--

But, don't worry.
I've got a great resume.

I ran my family's
restaurant business

-for over two years.
-The family business? Yes, and I
completely turned
that place around.

I can print up the financials.

I'm gonna have to interrupt. You need a degree.

But I'm saying the
average business
school graduate knows
less than me.

Yes, but that's
not how they hire.

The first thing they ask me,
is "What's his degree?"

I just-- I can't believe
that if they met me

and then they've
heard about everything
that I've done--

It doesn't matter
what you've done.

Without that piece of paper,
I can't even
get you in the door.

[announcer]
For over 40 years, the Standard
Home Furnishing family
of products have

spanned the broad spectrum
of home design in temporary,
classic and traditional model.

Standard Home Furnishings
building on
traditional excellence.

So, with our sales
and distribution,

producers like you
are just free to build.

Take your mind off
the hassles that most
independents get swamped by.

How's that sound?

It sounds great.

It really does.

And, by the way, thank you.
I really appreciate
all this trouble.

It's no trouble.
We want you to be
part of Standard.

Did you have a chance
to look over the salary
and benefits package?

Yeah. And...

It's impressive.
It's very impressive.

I sense a "but."

No, no, it's just...

The main reason
that I took over for Gus,

was so I could
build certain things.

Terrific. That's why
we want you.
We like what you're building.

Well, there's
other stuff, too.

Designs that are still
on the drawing board.

I can't wait to see them.

Just put together a portfolio
and we'll run it by the E.D.G.

The E.D.G?

Our Executive Design Group.
They review all
of our product lines.

I need their approval
before I can build anything?

Don't worry. The group
just helps us track
buyer preferences.

So once they've signed off,
then that's it.
I'm on my own.

Well, actually,
Marketing has
to sign off, too.

But that's
just a formality.

Provided, of course,
consumer testing goes well.

Five whole days
in the Big Apple.

I'm gonna miss you.

You should do
something fun, you know?

Go to a great jazz club,
or, see if Woody
is playing Elaine's.

Like when?
I'm gonna be locked

in a smelly
recording studio

with a bunch of other
session geeks.

Told the same thing
to Mabel when she said
we should go out.

Who's Mabel?

Just this girl I know there.

Girl?

She's the cellist
that we're using.

Ok.

You know,
you never mentioned her.

Well, we're
old friends and,
we grew up together

and then she moved
to New York for work.

-What work?
-Modeling.

Todd.

We haven't seen
each other
in a really long time.

Yeah, but I mean, you've
obviously kept in touch.

Well, she writes me
these letters, and...

Why? I mean,
did you guys date
or something?

Date? No.

I mean, maybe, you know,
she kissed me once.

-Kissed you?
-No, it's not like that.

I mean maybe she was just
a little bit
in love with me--

In love with you?

See... No.
But it was eons ago.

Nothing else ever happened.

Right, because, you know,
she's too busy
being a model.

Claudia, Oh, man, man,
I shouldn't have said anything.

No, you should
have said more.

You should have said everything.

I mean, 'cause now I feel like
you hid this from me
for a reason.

What?

No, I didn't mean...

Ok.

Ok, you know what?
Just forget it.

Is there anything else?

No. No.

So, the answer's no.
You're not going to college.

Just a flat-out, arbitrary no.

It's not arbitrary.
It's based on years
of experience.

Years that seemed
like decades.

You know, school isn't
that boring, Bailey.

Latissimus dorsi.

Oh, god.

This Latin. I've got to stop
transposing the i's and the u's.

See? Even you can't
get into this stuff.

No. I actually
love this stuff.

Ok, for instance, did you know
the liver can filter
over 2,000 pounds

of minerals every year?
I mean, you can't tell me
that's not exciting.

For you. You're pre-med.

Well, you've just got
to find your "pre."

Oh, that's it?
Just find my "pre?"
Why didn't I think of that?

I just meant what better place
to figure stuff out?

I mean, college
has courses on every
conceivable subject.

What better place?

How about
the real world?

That's what
interests me.

So for you any subject
is automatically
less interesting

if it's experienced in a book.

Yup. Pretty much.

I guess that makes us
pretty different, then,
because I can't think

of any aspect
of what I'm studying

that I wouldn't choose
to read more about.

Oh, yeah?

Thank you.

The external...

Obliques?

You wanna look up
the spelling?

Maybe check
the classification?

That's not a fair
argument, Bailey.

Come here.

I don't know, Kirsten,
I don't know if I
could work that way.

Someone over my shoulder
every second,

telling me how
to do my job.

How do you know that?

Look, I took a look
at their catalogs,

and, I mean,
they push this whole

cutting-edge image thing.

But really they're all
about Market share,
just like any big company.

Which means, you know,
making a product
that everybody likes.

Which means sooner
or later me having to make
stuff that I hate.

Ok, then don't take it.

Just leave and find
someplace else to work.

I would...

Except all my designs
belong to Gus.

Everything I've been drawing
for the last six months.

I want to build that
stuff, Kirsten,
I can't just walk away.

Maybe you should buy
the company and not them.

I thought about that.

What?

That was a joke.

I know, but, I mean, why not?

They're asking me to run
the company for them,
why not run it for myself?

Charlie,

how much would that cost?

A lot.

It's a lot of money.

But, I mean, that's why
they have banks.

It's just...

I mean it's huge.

I know.

I mean it's like
millions huge.

I mean, I know--
I'm sure that you
could do it, but...

But, Charlie...

That's huge. Hey.

Hey, you.

What's going on?

Spring cleaning.

Out with the old...
In with the new.

You're in a good mood.

Yeah.

Why wouldn't I be?

What, no "hello.
How was your day"?

I know how your day was.
I spent it with you.

That's right.
You did. You were there.

So you couldn't
have missed it.

Missed what?

Adam, what happened
with you today

in Walker's class?

I mean, it was sweet if
you were defending me,
but I couldn't tell.

And I know he's been
giving you a hard time
about spelling--

That little
discussion we had?

It wasn't just
a little discussion.

You were really
getting on his case.

Well, he should hear
stuff like that more often.

He's a professor.
We're supposed to be

hearing stuff like
that from him.

Julia, please.

Don't say stuff like that.

What do you mean?
Don't make sense?

Yeah. Exactly.

Why not?

'Cause it's depressing
watching my girlfriend
turn into a drone.

A drone? How am I a drone?

You are taking
their crap as the Gospel.

Why?

Why, 'cause
they have tenure?

I mean, what
does that prove?

I mean, how does that
qualify them to judge you?

Adam, it's called school.

I pay them thousands
of dollars to judge me.

I mean, that's
why I'm there.

Really?

-You mean that?
-Well, yeah.

-Hey.
-Hey.

You know,
I was just thinking

that you spend all
this time in our house,

and you practically
know everything
about us,

but we're kind
of clueless about you.

I mean, you like to salsa.

You put chocolate in your chili,
but that's kind of it.

You know? I don't know
where you grew up.

I don't know your family.
I don't know if you
moved from somewhere.

I hate to disappoint
you, Claudia,

but there really
isn't much to tell.

Ok, so, I'll admit,
yesterday with Owen,

kind of made me
a little curious.

It seemed like
there was something
that you didn't want to say.

But you decided
to ask me anyway?

No, I just--

I thought maybe it was
because Owen was there.

You know,
maybe it was something

you thought
he wouldn't understand.

Maybe it's just personal.

Ok?

Right.

Right, ok.

I'm not gonna push.
It's just--

If you ever do want
to talk about something,

I mean,
Victor, you're our friend.

You know? Just because
you don't think

it's in your job description
doesn't mean that--

I just said
it was personal.

Didn't you hear me say that?

I don't want to pitch this
like it's some big
long sh*t, you know?

I want to pitch it
like it's a lay-up.

I mean, our next
couple lines come out,
hit the Market,

we make a balloon payment,

And bang! The bank's
back in the black
in less than two years.

I don't know, man.

Bailey, the numbers are good.
If anything,
I'm being conservative.

I'm not saying you're not.

-It's just...
-What?

It's so huge.

Yeah. So I hear.

Not that I'm saying
that you can't
do it, at all. Bailey, you know how it is.
Everything's relative.

It's just an extra zero or two.

But it's more zeroes
than anything
I've ever come near.

This is more zeroes
than all the expansions
at Salinger's put together.

Are you saying
I'm making a mistake here?

No, I'm not saying
you're making a mistake.

It's just...

It's so...

-Huge.
-Huge.

Thanks, that, really takes
all the pressure off.

So why do you need
all these books again?

Well, I've got two labs
and a paper due,

and you're carrying
my bibliography.

Can't believe you
have room in your head
for all this.

Thank you for your help.

You're welcome.

-Ok, see you later.
-Bye.

Bailey, you sure you don't
want to try it?
Just one little lecture?

Holly, you don't want me
in there.

Ok, I snore at lectures.
Really loud.

But it's reproductive
biology, and if that doesn't--

Holly, drop it.

Look, it's just...

School.

It's these people
and these classrooms,
I just don't fit in here.

Why not?

They make me feel stupid.

What?

I'm not a great reader.
I'm not a great writer.

And everybody else here,
they're like you.

They can do this. So...

-Ok, listen--
-No.

I know you mean well,
but that's not gonna work.

-So, I'll see you later. Ok?
-Ok?

I want to start today
by talking about subtext.

Now, there's a school of thought
that holds that the best writer

never lets his character say
what he's actually thinking.

Excuse me, Walker?

What's this note mean?

Let's talk
about that after class.

No, where it says,
"Brevity, sharpness.
We need a point"?

I'm just curious, you know.
Why do you say that?

[whispering]
Adam, don't be an idiot.

Could you explain
why you say that?

All right...

In a nutshell,
the language did not
make any sense to me,

and I felt that it took me
longer to read the story,

than it probably
took you to write it.

But what if there's
nothing specific
you're supposed to get?

You know? What if
I wanted the reader

to lose himself
in the language?

Well, ok, Adam.
But you know,

if you just throw words
down on a page,

and they don't add up
to anything,

then you're doing
the reader a disservice.
And yourself.

You're, pretty
sure about that?

All right, now you're
just wasting my time.

"Beckett's language
in The Lost Ones
is extremely playful,

yet still erudite.

The author deals brilliantly
with issues
of isolation and doubt

by letting the reader drift
with his own ambivalence."

Sleeping Giant review, 1954.

What?

You didn't recognize
Samuel Beckett?

He didn't write
just plays, you know.

There was also
short stories
and other stuff.

You know, but they
were easy to miss.
There were only like
19 copies printed.

This supposed
to be funny?

I'm just trying
to make a point.

Well, it's good work.

Putting all your energy
into a big, raised finger.

You trying to say
I shouldn't be
teaching this class?

Nah, I just...

I don't know.
Maybe nobody should.

Yeah, the company's
had some growing to do,

And it's been
a lot of work.

When I computerized
the billing system,

it was like I invented
fire or something.

Charlie, there is no one
I'd rather see run
this company than you.

We were about
to foreclose
until you came along.

So?

So, their offer,
this figure
we have to b*at--

Please... Don't say
it's huge.

No. It's the premium
they're putting on it.

It's too much for
the company's assets
to fully collateralize.

Well, that's because
they're banking on all
my outstanding orders.

Which makes
perfect sense.

I'm not saying they're
paying too much money.

So if it makes sense for them,
then why not for us?

They're not coming to me
for the money.

If they were, I'd
want extra collateral
from them, same as you.

Collateral? Mark...

On a loan this big,
I don't have money like that.

I've got credit cards
I can't pay down yet.

Can't we do something
creative here?

I mean, this deal is good, Mark.
You know me.

See, we're a bank, Charlie.

Fiduciary officers,
loan committees.

Creativity's not
really our thing.

I think you'll find
other banks think
the same way.

I'm sorry.

Peeling back
the external oblique
shows the irregular pattern.

The tendinous inscription
weaves across
the rectus abdomini

laterally, diagonally,
and then vertically.

It's a miracle.

[indistinct chatter]

[man] Your R&D is paid for,

you're already tooled up
with cash on account,

which is growing and growing.

It's money
in the bank, right?

How can that be
a bad thing?

Your balance sheet
strengthens.

Your debt equity ratios
right themselves.

What could be wrong
with this picture?

It's called
the time value of money.

Now, who could help me
with this?

Is this the interest
that you're earning

or the interest
that you're paying?

Neither.

Yes.

Neither?

Correct.

Very good.

It's the value
that you could be adding
by investing it elsewhere,

an opportunity
you might be missing.

There's a Market
for your money,

And you want the best value

when you're going
to sell it to someone.

Now, what is
the most efficient way
to determine that value?

Is it the equities Market?

Is it a limited partnership?

Is it starting a fruit stand?

Come on, help me here.

Equities.

Yes.

Equities.

Wrong.

The equities Market
seeks apt valuations,

but its limits to knowledge
are far too great.

Let me just add this.
This kind of thinking, this...

This street-smart
day trading,

blind faith
in the Markets

is anathema
to true wealth creation.

So I keep watching,

and she slips him
this package of whatever
and just walks away.

I don't know, Todd.

It's not like
I don't trust him.
It's just...

[girl] Hello?

Oh, sorry, Todd.
I didn't know you were
on the phone.

Todd, who was that?

It's no one.

That wasn't no one.

Well, it's someone.

It's just, she's not...
I mean, it's not
anything bad.

Todd, what did I say
before about...

I mean, we talked about this,
about not withholding.

Ok, look...

Me and Mabel...

We were leaving
this club
in the village.

She just wanted
to walk home,
but it started to rain,

and her body suit
soaked through,

and the only reason
that she came up
to my room

was to take a hot bath.

Plus, she lost her purse,

so that's the only
reason that she's
spending the night.

Claudia?

Are you there?

[dial tone beeps]

Hey, man, check it out.

I talked to a couple
of V.C. guys I know.

-V.C.?
-Venture capital.

And this whole thing's
not really their bag.

Everybody owns
a dot-com these days.

But I talked to him
about it anyway.

They told me
if you could scrape up
the littlest bit

-of collateral--
-Bailey...

And I got to thinking.

Collateral.
We got stuff, man.

We got the house,
we got the restaurant,
we have cars.

No way.

We can still
make this deal.

Charlie, don't
give up on it.

I'm not giving up.
I'm just...

I'm just
changing my mind.

Changing your mind?
Why? What's going on?
What's wrong?

Look, I've thought about
every way that I could
swing this deal, ok.

And I realized that
I'm asking a lot of people
to take big risks here--

The money people,
the workers, Kirsten,
even you guys.

And why? So that I
can be in charge?

So that I can be assured
of building the designs
that I want to build?

No, because this company
needs you, Charlie.

You have amazing plans
for this place.

And I'll probably
still be able to do
all that stuff

if I take the job
that they're offering.

I'll get paid very well.

I'll get to spend more time
with Kirsten.

Charlie, you have worked
so hard for this, man,
and it's right.

It is so right for you.
Can't you see that?

Maybe so...

But at a certain point,
there's other stuff
that's more important than that.

What?

You think you can hide?

Val, I will come down there
if I have to.

Look, just... I will call you later.

Is everything ok?

Yes. Why wouldn't it be?

Ok, look, I know
something's wrong.

Nothing's wrong, Claudia.

Victor, I saw you.

Today I got off the bus,
and I saw you.

Saw me what?

You're like the queen
of nonsequiturs lately.

You were fighting with
some woman in the street.

You handed her some money,
and she gave you something.

Look, I'm not saying you
were doing anything wrong,

but I wish you'd tell me
what's going on.

What do you think you saw? Hmm?

A little street action?

Some cr*ck whore selling
the Puerto Rican guy dr*gs?

That's not
what I'm saying.

I have a right to know
what's going on.

Victor, you take care
of my brother.

I have given you
no reason ever
to doubt me.

You're making it worse
by not answering me, Victor.

You have no right
to interrogate me.

And if that's not ok,

if having no privacy
is a condition
of my employment,

then you let me know,

'cause maybe I shouldn't
be working here anymore!

What? Why are you so quiet?

What's going on, Adam?
What's the matter with you?

I'm sorry. What?

One minute
you're picking fights
with professors,

the next, you're sweet
and romantic.

What is wrong with you?

Nothing is wrong with me, Julia.

Adam, that school is
about to suspend you or worse.

How can you sit there
sipping your coffee like
nothing has happened?

What has happened?

Don't you care that
you're about to be
kicked out of college?

I don't know. Maybe not.

Maybe I don't belong
in this place.

I don't get you right now.

I don't get you.

No, I am not letting you
do that again.

You might think I'm
a lemming or something

for listening to
teachers who have years
more experience than me,

but you know what?
At least I'm committing
myself to something.

-Like your book?
-What?

Your book about Ned
that you were so scared
to let out of your hands

because two lousy people
rejected it.

That is not true.

You told me yourself, Julia.

You said you re-read it
and couldn't figure out
what was wrong.

Maybe nothing was wrong.

Look, you have
all this talent.

You slink around begging
for scraps of approval.

I mean, it's like
your writing is not good
until someone else says so.

Maybe you're right.

Maybe I could stand
to commit to some things.

But at least
I commit to myself.

What are you doing?

Nothing. I'm just...
Just reading.

Go back to sleep.

Reading what?

My freshman econ text?

How long have you been
reading that for?

What?

Just a couple hours.

Hours?

On the theories
of Microeconomics?

This professor
said something today
that's got me thinking.

What professor?

It sounded wrong to me,
what he said.

But I looked it up
in this book,
and he was right,

according to this.

So I just figured
I'd keep on reading, you know,

and see what I thought
of the rest of it.

And it's good.

It's really good.

Some of it's just weird,
spacey theory

that has nothing to do
with business, but...

Bailey...

Yeah, I know.

Two years ago,
you couldn't have paid me
to slog through this thing.

But now you've been
out in the world.

Yes.

Right.

So it's not just ideas now,
you know.

There's stuff that I've done
that makes this real.

So what does this mean?

Does it change how you
feel about college?

I guess maybe...

I could give it a try.

Maybe.

-Hey.
-Hey.

-Hi.
-Hey.

Claud, hi.

Listen,
any time family dinner
turns into family lunch,

it's great for me.

I don't have to have deli
alone at my desk.

It's not really
a family lunch thing.

Actually, we asked
you guys here to talk.

What's up?

Is anything wrong?

We want you to buy
your company, Charlie.

Bailey...

-We talked about this.
-And we wanna buy it with you.

-What?
-Bailey told us
what's going on,

that you need
to put something up
to get this loan,

and so we took a vote,

and we want to
put our shares of
the restaurant in.

Ok, look, that's very generous,
you guys, but--

No, it's not generous.
It's smart.

It's a big risk, ok,
to put all your money in.

Well, we think it'd be
riskier not to.

Charlie, if we do this,

then we would
own a piece
of your business,

and we feel like...

It would be better to
own a piece of something
that's growing,

than a piece of
something that's not.

This is Dad's restaurant.

It's the family business.

I mean, if something
were to go wrong,

and it easily could,
and we were to lose that...

Yeah.

Yeah, we've thought
about that.

But you know what?
The thing is,
the family is different now.

I mean,
the family is us.

And maybe the family
business should be
different, too.

Listen, they tell you
in business school

that you should put
your money in something
that you know.

Well, I've been watching
you run that place, Charlie,

and we all know
what you can do.

There isn't anything
we would feel safer in
betting on right now than you.

Here you go. All right, kiddo,
go clean your room up.

All right.

Hi, Claud.

Hey.

Victor, we have to talk.

Last night felt bad.

I know.
It was my fault.
I lost my temper.

I'm not saying
I have any right to know
what's going on in your life,

or that your personal life
has anything to do
with your job. It's just...

Actually,
it has everything
to do with it.

What do you mean?

Claudia, the woman
you saw me with,
her name is Valerie.

I knew her back home
in Brooklyn. She was...

I guess you would
call her my girlfriend.

You had a girlfriend?

I didn't know
what I was then--

Gay, straight,
something in between.

I was 19.

We dated awhile...

And we got pregnant.

She wanted to marry me,
but I said I couldn't.

I was...

Starting to realize
some things
about myself.

And when she asked me to
help her with the baby,

I got scared and confused...

And I just didn't.

So she moved
out here to live
with her parents.

Victor, you don't have
to say anything else.

Later on...

When I realized
that I needed
to be here for her...

For my daughter...

I sold everything
and moved.

But Val's parents
won't let me see her,

so I don't get to see her.

Anyway, Val lets me
give them some money
sometimes,

which is--
That's what you saw, Claudia.

And she gave me this picture.

It was Charlotte's
sixth birthday.

Charlotte.

She looks like you.

Yeah.

Val's parents don't think
that I want this, but I do.

More than anything.

I just want to be
a good father.

Adam!

Are you in there?
I need to talk to you.

You know, Adam,
I listen to you.
Would you please just--

Oh, hey.
You must be Julia, right?

-I'm Blair.
-Hi.

-Where's Adam?
-Split for a while.

I'm crashing until
he gets back into town.

You know where
the cable hookup is in here?

I'm sorry. Did you say
"back to town"?

Yeah.
Kinda in between places.

Oh, yeah.

He left a message for you
on the machine.

[Adam] Hey, Julia.
What can I say?

I'm sorry.

I feel really bad about this
but I'm really confused,

so I'm gonna
take off for a while,

you know, try and
work some stuff out.

I 'm gonna visit some friends
at this commune in Mexico.

You see, only one thing feels
right in my life now...

That's you.

That's great but I
kinda need more.

So I'll see you.
Okay? I'll see you.

Ok, look, you cut me off
on the phone,

and the thing is,
there's an explanation
for everything.

-Todd--
-Claudia, just let me say this.

You are
the most beautiful,

most talented,
most amazing girl
that I've ever dated.

All right, you're
the only girl that I've
ever dated, but still...

Whenever it is
that you needed to know,

or whenever it is that
I need to tell you--

Todd, wait.

I don't need to know everything.

You should just tell me
if I need to worry.

Worry?

Of course not.

That's all you have to say.

What time is it?

Three minutes later than
the last time you asked.

Think we should call him?

Gus wasn't expecting
a second offer,
especially from me.

Now, he said he would call
when he had an answer.

Did he specify a year?

[phone ringing]

Hello.

Hey, Gus.

Right.

Uh-huh.

Right.

Well...

Thanks.

Ok, listen to me,
don't panic, ok.

We still have time
to sweeten our offer.
We'll call him back.

It's mine.

Wait. Wait, what?

He took the offer?

Charlie, you did it.

Charlie...

You did it, man!

What's wrong with you?

I don't know. It's just...

Just so huge.

My god, we gotta celebrate.
I'm calling the family.

Hey, where you going?

I'm just gonna...