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00:04what no are you face down on the desk i'm thinking uh-huh it's been over an hour
00:11no has it i haven't heard any typing i think fuck over and over it doesn't count
00:23i know did you want out yeah of course i went out but i have to write
00:27keep me locked until dinner okay do we let you out no that was a test right i can't inspiration
00:42that's the spirit love you fuck you too
01:11does it suck no no it's great and diane the mother it's gold trust me
01:31there's the phone hello les hello yeah it's me look outside
01:35okay well the door is still locked i know i first found you dangling from the garden
01:39house i think it was a great different side right
01:41oh my yes i did a thorough inspection um no bugs of any kind what about roomba shut down magoo
01:46aborted are you going to work yeah i have to please don't i'll hide in your pocket i won't make
01:52a sound
01:52the lab is a very dangerous place a lot of uncontrolled variables what am i supposed to
01:55do sit around and wait i'll go crazy you could explore the doll house it's just our house with
02:00bad drapes and broken chairs i know everything isn't perfect but look closer there's more there
02:04is yeah what about the 162 bottle dual zone fully stocked wine fridge and i bet you just walked right
02:09by the total body massage chair that a former investor gifted martin that i miniaturized it martin
02:12didn't want it no no he's electric to touch but the doll house started as kind of just miniature
02:17research and i got carried away i don't know that's my heart is it's racing you know am i am
02:22i okay
02:22does it have to do with my size do i need to be worried no just a little panic attack
02:25maybe but
02:26it'll pass just breathe there you go okay but les are you really so close yes but really though
02:35really trust me
02:57i'm in a doll house i'm safe i'm just i'm just anxious i need a cappuccino
03:06yeah i have food
03:09oh my god
03:26have you ever thought about miniaturizing a human being jesus jolly christ are you nuts
03:31vivian has got this place on lockdown and you want to shrinky dink chunky public it was just a
03:35question okay wait well here's a question we have 28 days before we lose our shirt so can you
03:42stick to corn yeah head in the other direction make one baby it's just a passing thought great
03:46well we will pass unless you know hey i don't want to quash creativity you know look but there
03:51likely be hundreds of animal trials maybe thousands and realistically of course animal trials yeah yeah
03:58what was i thinking you'd be scared there for a minute martin i would never minister the human
04:01being without say using i don't know cats or some other animal as a test case first that would be
04:05insane yeah negligent even you're my rock where would i be without you high school physics teacher
04:16you're in my office it was unlocked well should be i unlocked it why i wanted to make sure you
04:21got
04:21this new protocols and procedures in print so there's no misunderstanding you'll find an electronic
04:25copy in your inbox and this so i can keep track of your every movement no more secrets dr little
04:32john
04:32i don't have secrets everyone has secrets is that a cat no my chair squeaks
04:45hold on i do not have time for this neither do you
04:55hey you ready to go on a fantastic voyage mr google help me and help lindy yeah
05:08oh wait i donated all of this to goodwill didn't i space golem
05:15last shrunk everything
05:20this was my night
05:24but what if it doesn't fit what if it does
05:42beautiful okay can we get one of justin's
05:44all mine to me okay so if you pop it square and your next big idea tomato red
05:55you go he's not a coat rack you know it's okay i'm moving each of y'all's crack a country
06:03these are the moments when every fiber of my being urges me to retreat to remain unseen unexamined
06:09comfortably small but this incredible prize is a beacon of courage reminding me that when you take
06:19that risk and when you make that risk and when you make that leap and when you refuse to be
06:23small
06:24that is when great things happen i need to thank my agent and my publisher and most importantly
06:32my book editor terry girl we did it thank you so so much from the bottom of my heart i
06:37could not
06:37have done it without you and with that i am speechless thank you love you
06:47oh my goodness one more one more sorry i saved the best for last because i never forget my husband
06:52less less little john you did it no seriously he chained me to my computer and locked me in my
06:55office so that i would finally finish this book there is no book without you so love you thank you
07:32i don't know who remembers anyone's number anymore
07:45is that still a thing maybe star 69 okay
07:52lindy lindy is this an emergency my life is an emergency what happened what happened okay listen
07:55i didn't want to tell you okay but i did something bad well i didn't do it i mean it
07:57wasn't my fault but
07:58i just need i need terry's number terry it's a long story and i'm not going to say anything about
08:01you know i just but i need to speak to her okay well just take a breath and i won't
08:04say relax or
08:05calm down please don't but just know that i'm taking care of everything and it will only be a couple
08:08more
08:08days and then call terry okay no less just you know enjoy the house and eat and drink and try
08:14on
08:14another dress and i'll be home before you know it lindy are you still there yeah i'm still there
08:19okay enjoy this vacation okay you know what you're right i will all right bye less
08:30we need to retrace our steps
08:38yes sorry sorry to impose but um uh carl's having trouble accessing the uh chemical freezer
08:43who are you again i'm janet in richard's department yes richard where is richard he's um having a
08:47polyp removed he'll be back shortly so what do you need janice janet uh um sorry uh carl carl
08:52the um chemical freezer is the new protocol oh the fucking protocol
08:56it's um what is that oh um i think that was installed overnight what for for um motivation
09:01what the 30-day deadline as per the contract yes i got it carl i'll talk to bivian
09:08i'll be your security clearance okay
09:13what something wrong with the reader um it says employee what's your say
09:19employee my badge is the same as janice's
09:35a couple of days my ass face going trust me
09:42is it wrong i don't want to go no it's not wrong but
09:46new york st louis new york i think you're gonna love it i mean the house is huge we're gonna
09:52have so
09:52much space and your office is near this apartment and we have a pool i love pools i love you
10:00i love you why else would i live in new york for st louis lindy i get it i did
10:06get it you just got
10:07to the top we're leaving new york but i'll be missed right and then and i'll be back yeah
10:13yeah how long again do you think two years maybe three tops
10:20two three that's perfect my next book will be written terry will be thrilled it's gonna be great
10:25trust me i do
10:32i don't i bet he could make me big right now but he won't i'm his lab rat i'm his
10:58sixth
11:03i'm gonna go around the back
11:04i don't want to go around the back
11:20lindy wherefore art now lindy
11:29oh hey huh huh who are you no what what the fuck are you doing what the fuck are you
11:34doing
11:34sorry sorry sorry sorry oh wait wait wait wait you ha ha you must be lulu why do you know
11:39my name
11:39because i work with your dad at the lab my name's richard okay richard from the lab are you stalking
11:44us stalking no no no no no no i'm not stalking i was i was in the neighborhood and i
11:48just thought
11:48i'd come by and wish the family merry christmas and you know and keep into the windows my dad's not
11:53even
11:53home which you should know working in his lab and all all right oh see i am an employee and
12:00a
12:01physicist and a creep okay okay i am seeing this from your vantage point and i understand the
12:06intimations therein so i will not bend your ear any longer okay so uh maybe you can just uh take
12:12these right now to home and uh you know wish your mother merry christmas for me is she home writing
12:16my
12:16mom doesn't write she doesn't write okay that's not now richard from the loud i'm gonna go i'm just
12:22pray for your troubles and merry crimbo whatever
12:44one semester down seven to go unless you graduate early like me love dad
12:55in the name of science these protocols must end no no no i cannot do my work with these protocols
13:04in place how can you not see that i see a frustrated employee
13:12i'm also just a scientist standing in front of another scientist asking her if she really believes
13:20these protocols are more important than changing the world who you remember the feeling of being
13:25so close to a breakthrough on the precipice of something monumental when the only thing that
13:29matters is the work you don't you don't eat you don't sleep you don't see your family what family
13:33it's just the work it's the it's the science it's the math it's the vision come on you feel it
13:39too
13:39you know i'm going to crack this wide open and change the world so join me
13:42as partners not corporate versus labor but scientist to scientist let's make history together
13:50partners partners
13:54is that a cat what no i hear everything i see everything i can even
13:59smell everything dr little john show me show you in the name of science show me
14:06it was the last unauthorized experiment i swear i don't even know what i was thinking
14:17i do you're thinking bigger than fruit and vegetables dr little john yeah am i i don't
14:21usually underestimate men oh well yes i am i am going to have to confiscate her is that necessary
14:26she's now company property she's a he mr magoo you named him how wonderful
14:39i would consider lifting a few of the protocols should certain missing lab equipment and chemicals
14:44find their way back to the lab asap uh-huh one water truck one remote control two animal cases yeah
14:48i
14:48did hear something about that let me see what i can do he's so warm he is warm
14:55of course the temperature um so you'll take good care of him the best i mean yes and you'll keep
15:02track on smiles yes and this will be our little secret animal trial yeah and you will inform me
15:07immediately of any abnormal results yes i love this cat fine yes go
15:16we'll be best friends forever
15:25we'll be best friends
15:30hey wendy it's me um i'm just picking up a few things and i'm heading back to the lab you
15:34okay
15:34uh yeah good yeah i found the wine i'm gonna take a nap
15:40well hello to you too doris
15:44i can get to the lab see what he's hiding
15:47yeah it's a long way down but okay right i agree
15:52let's do it
16:15i can get to the lab see what he's hiding
16:19Lulu, you're home.
16:20Yeah, you told me to come home?
16:23For the vows? At the Greyhouse?
16:24Oh yes, of course, the vows. Yeah, yeah.
16:27Where's Mom?
16:27Oh, Lulu, it's so good to see you. It's so good to see you.
16:30So how was the last semester and your finals?
16:32Good, good. Fantastic.
16:34Good. Yeah, it runs in the genes. You love science.
16:37Um, hey, some weird guy from your lab came here.
16:40What? Who?
16:41Richard.
16:41Why?
16:42I don't even think he knew.
16:43Oh, well, he's harmless. He's not dumb, but he's a good scientist.
16:46Dad.
16:46Dad, you're being really weird.
16:48I am?
16:49We've been hugging for like five minutes.
16:50Sorry, I'm happy to see you. The work's being crazy.
16:53Speaking of crazy, where's Mom?
16:57We're gonna get a bit of water from the kitchen.
16:58We're in the kitchen.
16:59The deeper kitchen.
17:01So I think Mom has had...
17:04An emotional breakdown.
17:05No, no, no. Shh.
17:06She's done.
17:07Oh, is she upstairs?
17:08Yeah, yeah.
17:08No, no, she's not.
17:09Yeah, she's...
17:10Your mom has gone to the Greyhouse.
17:13Yeah.
17:13Okay.
17:14So Hurricane Lindy is tracking for these...
17:16What can I do with you?
17:17Don't say that.
17:17I don't know what you're fucking about.
17:18She's gotta be like at least a five.
17:19Am I right?
17:20Oh, these phrases you're using, that's not a nice thing to say at all.
17:25What's with the dollhouse?
17:26Huh?
17:26What's that tube for?
17:27Well, I'm cleaning it because I wanted to decorate it for the holidays.
17:29Like festive.
17:29You're still shrinking things for the dollhouse?
17:31Oh, fuck.
17:31Let me see.
17:32Oh, no.
17:33Oh, God.
17:33Dad.
17:34Yeah.
17:34What?
17:35Are you okay?
17:35Yeah, I'm okay.
17:36I'm fine.
17:36But you...
17:36I think you should rest.
17:38You gotta rest.
17:39You gotta rest, honey.
17:39Because you've been traveling from college and there's a lot.
17:41And you know what?
17:42I'm gonna fill your fridge downstairs with so much good stuff that you won't even feel
17:45the need to come upstairs.
17:46And better still, I'm gonna give you my card so you can just get what you want.
17:49That's all good.
17:50I knew it.
17:51I'm the villain.
17:54Yeah.
17:56Fuck that.
17:57Stick to the plan.
17:59That's my ride.
18:03Shit.
18:04Yeah, it's good.
18:05Right.
18:06Get me Deborah.
18:07At New York or not?
18:08Right now, what I said, get her.
18:09Okay, so two words.
18:10George Saunders.
18:12Two more.
18:12Get her.
18:18I've got Deborah.
18:22Deborah, hi.
18:23The happiest of holidays to you and yours.
18:25Absolutely not.
18:26Oh, hear me out.
18:27This isn't about me.
18:28I, um, I didn't submit Lindy's story visibly my, uh, misstep regarding Mr. Saunders.
18:33And allow me to sincerely apologize once again for besmirching the New Yorker's reputation
18:37in the process.
18:37Uh, my humble request comes at the behest of the author, who has a few minor tweaks and
18:42would love to hold off publishing until a later date.
18:44I heard a rumor you may be getting your own publishing imprint.
18:47If there's anyone that you think I should meet, say the word.
18:49Oh, quite the opposite.
18:51Vis-a-vis your humble request, fuck right off.
18:55Hey, so that was brutal.
18:57Get me David Remnick.
18:57Oh God, I've gone over Deborah's head.
18:59Can't wait.
19:00Okay.
19:03I got David.
19:05David Remnick, my old pal.
19:07Happiest of holidays to you and yours.
19:09Yeah, it's Deborah.
19:10Nice try.
19:11Fuck off.
19:12So out.
19:18Wendy?
19:21Wendy?
19:23Wendy?
19:23Wendy?
19:36Wendy?
19:38Wendy?
19:40Wendy?
20:04What the fuck?
20:07I'm so weird.
20:20Please.
20:22Richard, here are my...
20:23Were you at my house earlier?
20:24Um, no, I was in the neighborhood.
20:27Stop, stop.
20:27I don't care.
20:28Don't do it again.
20:29Reset.
20:30Richard, here are my thoughts.
20:31The regrowth reaction has become too exothermic,
20:33and so we have introduced solid ammonium nitrate into the solution to control the temperature.
20:37Through aqueous ammonium and nitrate ions.
20:40Thought's complete.
20:41Bob's, implement his thoughts.
20:42NH4, NO3 solid, added to form NH4 positive, and NO3 negative ions.
20:47Complete.
20:48Bob, implement his thoughts.
20:58Complete.
21:06Let's make history.
21:26Five seconds.
21:31Ten seconds.
21:35I knew it.
21:37He can do it.
21:39Fifteen seconds.
21:42Twenty seconds.
22:00A significant success.
22:01Subject expanded to regular size for 30.8 seconds.
22:04An increase of 28.7 seconds.
22:07Huge progress in the name of science.
22:09Richard.
22:10Oh, Bob, the explainer.
22:14That's not like it came from in there.
22:16So good.
22:22Let me...
22:23You fucking liar!
22:26Oh, maybe we should give him some privacy.
22:30I found it 30 seconds, and explode!
22:32Oh, you don't know what you saw?
22:33I'm so close, my tiny fucking ass!
22:35No, I've never let you explode.
22:36Fuck you!
22:37No, no, no, Lydia!
22:39I'm getting close now!
22:40Oh!
22:41Oh!
22:42You can't keep me prisoner!
22:44I'm not a fucking lab rat!
22:45Listen to me.
22:45No, never!
22:47I want to tell the world what you've done to me!
22:49Lydia, no!
22:50I don't trust you.
22:51How long until you can fix me?
22:54For real, I need the truth!
22:59I don't know.
23:01You don't know.
23:04That's the truth.
23:05You can't say when.
23:06It could be tomorrow.
23:07But it could be weeks, months, or...
23:09Never!
23:10No, not never.
23:11My theory is sound.
23:12I just need to figure out the math.
23:14And I know it must have looked like a disaster,
23:15but I'm making really good progress.
23:17You know, yesterday was two seconds,
23:18today was over 30.
23:19I'm scared.
23:20Is this my new life?
23:22No, it's temporary.
23:23I promise.
23:25I want to trust you, but I can't.
23:28In a minute!
23:29We'll just go.
23:30Okay, well, I'm going to need you to get in my desk drawer to hide.
23:33My height, my autonomy, and now my dignity.
23:36Please, thank you.
23:37I'm going to need something, too.
23:38Anything.
23:39Stop locking me in the dollhouse.
23:40Well, that's for your safety, but fine.
23:42Lose the cameras.
23:43Yeah, I know you're spying on me.
23:44Also for your safety.
23:45And I'm not spying on you.
23:46There's no audio.
23:47I'm in a series of daily chickens.
23:48Oh, like a mental patient.
23:49Like a loving husband with a miniature wife.
23:51Fine.
23:52Then I need a working laptop and toothpaste that I like,
23:55and my lipstick.
23:57My favorite lipstick's in my purse.
23:59Coming!
24:00Ah!
24:00Sorry, sorry, sorry.
24:01Too loud.
24:02Yes.
24:03Yes.
24:03Fine.
24:03Deal.
24:04Make a list.
24:08Love you.
24:10Fuck you, too.
24:31Oh, God!
24:35I'm home.
24:37Terry!
24:39Come on.
24:41Oh, for God.
24:42Shit!
24:43Come on!
24:45If you do.
24:46Oh!
24:47Okay.
25:01is she dead what who is who dead lindy you thought i died it was the only reason les would
25:07call me
25:07you sounded scared i was oh that means the world to me you have no idea ah wait how do
25:13you think
25:14i died what were you imagining threw yourself in front of a bus in order to avoid a career-ending
25:18plagiarism scandal uh-huh yeah but you're gonna fix that lindy i tried tried period that sounds very
25:23defeatist that's not you come on i i really really really really need it i hate to say it this
25:29is my
25:29problem your ex emotional whatever fuck let the story in i'm about to get my own imprint i cannot
25:33be associated with this shit what about our friendship is this friendship or business
25:37both well that that's the problem isn't it the the lines have blurred and we haven't conducted
25:42business in 15 years look lindy i love you i always will but what you're toxic it doesn't matter who
25:52sent the story to the new yorker it's out there and if it's out there and you have to deny
25:55it
25:56you're toxic i see well then by that logic if i were to put it out there that you knew
26:05about the
26:05story and encouraged me to submit it anyway and then you had to deny it you're toxic but you wasn't
26:11no not if it's friendship but if it's just business i'll keep you posted friend oh thank you friend
26:23oliver your friendship is so toxic i love it get me jackie fucking bull we're in my fucking office
26:26fucking tomorrow thank you god conclusions the regrowth process induced excessive molecular
26:30tension surpassing substratural limits of plant cells this tension compounded by a sudden and extreme
26:35rise in temperature triggered a chain reaction this is key oh it's me i've been miniaturized
26:40immediate suspension i'm in the laboratory i'm in less's death store he's taking me home to a
26:42dollhouse help me detonation bang and so wait what recommend richard what what personal call
26:48hang up hang up come get me i'm in the door i'm in the door open the the top de
26:52- hello
26:54apologies it was um it was my mother it's just a tiny issue
26:59recommendations immediate suspension of regrowth experiments involving compound x44 do we read
27:08do you think you'll tell your daughter about me lindy you wouldn't want hurricane lindy blowing
27:14through your special bond what was it category five what category is shrinking your wife to six
27:19inches tall it was five i'm very sorry what is the matter now anyway i think it would traumatize her
27:27i think she'd blame me i should probably move the dollhouse my prison within my prison
27:34you know uh dr carmichael says fuck that bitch whoa lindy that is a red light reaction can we
27:40please try to achieve a yellow light on the road to a green light response
27:48silence is the silent killer of a relationship
27:52i will take my foot off the brake and although i may sit here quietly it's not silence i feel
27:57that
27:57we have achieved the yellow light and will proceed with caution as dr carmichael says why don't we
28:03revisit us in the morning i as half of us agree
28:13well this um this is the gmo tomato that stands for genetically modified organism and um this gmo tomato
28:19really has the power to uh revolutionize agriculture and food production as we know it
28:22the gmo tomato um is disease and pest resistant um it has a longer shelf life it has enhanced nutrition
28:28and it reduces the need for fertilizers so win win win win win smells good too
28:42sam incarcerated bill grandpa warren great grandpa jeff
28:49gross gross
28:58it's not how you spell little john mr magoo
29:18at least he gets out
29:20let me get out
29:22let me get out
29:23let me get out
29:28let me get out
29:41this is gonna be a last event
29:44picked up a green light face
29:50Ritchie?
29:53Wait, are you real?
29:54I come bearing me, my love.
29:57Elise.
29:59Ritchie!
30:02This place
30:05is dead to me.
30:13That's my daughter.
30:20Ritchie?
30:20Oh, my God.
30:22Oh, my God.
30:23I can't believe it.
30:24I just...
30:25Oh, my God.
30:26Wait, you shrunk yourself?
30:27I did.
30:28I have so many questions.
30:29I have all the answers.
30:30Oh, God, I'm so relieved.
30:31I'm excited.
30:32Ow.
30:33Oh, you'll get used to that.
30:34That is loud.
30:34That's less.
30:35That's less?
30:35Yeah, he's walking around.
30:36What?
30:37Shh.
30:37You need to hide.
30:38Get in the closet.
30:38That says do not enter, ever.
30:40No, we're not.
30:40It's fine.
30:41Hurry, hurry, hurry.
30:41It smells really bad, isn't it?
30:43Okay.
30:49Good morning.
30:50Morning.
30:51Coffee and a chat?
30:52Yeah, sure.
31:00Oh.
31:02Is this really necessary?
31:03I just want you to be safe.
31:04Anything could happen.
31:05Okay, enough with that already.
31:07Wait, that was a red light reaction.
31:09My green light response is, I appreciate your concern.
31:14And my green light response is, I know the circumstances are not ideal, and I am truly,
31:19truly sorry about that.
31:20Oh, the red lipstick.
31:23And toothpaste.
31:27Oh, but I will miniaturize them when I can.
31:29But I did get a travel size of a toothpaste, so it's a little bit smaller, and Hilton has
31:32these new protocols, so I will find a workaround.
31:35Oh, and about Lulu, I thought a lot about what you said last night, and I will speak to her.
31:39About the accident, about me?
31:40About Hurricane Lindy.
31:41It's inappropriate, and it's hurtful.
31:44I appreciate that.
31:45About you and the accident, I do think that our current situation would traumatize her.
31:50And sadly, I could see her blaming you if not handled properly, and so I would like
31:53to propose accessing Dr. Carmichael's marital toolbox and employing the UPF tool.
31:58Do you agree?
31:59I agree.
32:00One condition.
32:01Oh, I'm open and I'm present.
32:02We stick to the definition of united parental front.
32:05No backdoor deals.
32:06That was once.
32:07I apologized, and I have grown.
32:09Fine.
32:14This is kind of nice, isn't it?
32:16Yeah.
32:17Except for the tiny elephant in the room.
32:19Fair enough.
32:19I promise I didn't forget about the laptop.
32:21It's just...
32:21New investor, new protocols.
32:22Got it.
32:23No problem.
32:29Bye!
32:33Oh, is he gone?
32:34Wait.
32:36And?
32:37Okay.
32:38We're clear.
32:39You're not going there.
32:39There are cameras, though.
32:40But if we have time, he takes a while before he checks them.
32:42Let's go.
32:45I should change.
32:47Um, how did you get up here?
32:50I'll show you.
32:55Richie!
32:55Oh, I could cry.
32:57Hidden stairs?
32:58You built this?
32:59Well, you know, I have a degree in engineering, too.
33:02Of course you do.
33:11Follow me.
33:14Freedom!
33:15Oh, you're a genius, Richie.
33:16Well, I actually am, yeah.
33:17But there's more.
33:18More?
33:18But I love stairs!
33:21What?
33:22Uh-huh.
33:23What is this?
33:24So we can get where we're going fast.
33:25I brought Desdemona.
33:26Where's Desi taking us?
33:27All the way.
33:34You thought of everything.
33:35And I brought everything.
33:37Everything?
33:39Every.
33:39Thing.
33:40Wait, how did you get past the new protocols?
33:42I don't know.
33:42Maybe I'm a badass.
33:44Yeah, maybe you are.
33:45Come on, Desdemona.
33:46Give me a little more.
33:55In my sleep dreams last night, I had an epiphany.
33:57It's the middle of the night, and I wake up to find a gun pointed to my head.
34:01The assailant has one question, and I must answer correctly, or he'll pull the trigger.
34:04And the question is, how do you, me, overcome 30 seconds to fragmentation?
34:11Isolation.
34:12Isolation?
34:12Isolation, Janet.
34:13It's Janet.
34:14That's what I said.
34:14Oh, um, yes, Janet.
34:16Now, if we think of the equation, where's Richard?
34:17Um, he's taking a mini-signed sabbatical to care for a loved one.
34:20I don't understand that sentence.
34:21He's not here today, nor will he be here tomorrow.
34:23He's absent for an indeterminate amount of time, and to his loved one has recovered.
34:26Can he do that?
34:26According to the protocol manual, yes.
34:28Who's the loved one?
34:29Company policy precludes disclosure of said loved one.
34:30I reject that.
34:31I need Richard.
34:32I could be your new Richard.
34:34Temporarily.
34:36Reset.
34:37Where was I, Richard?
34:38Uh, Janet?
34:38Isolation.
34:39Yes, so if we think of the equation as a chain, we can posit that a single counterproductive link would
34:43be responsible for the regrowth instability.
34:44So, we find that counterproductive link, we isolate it, and we proceed from there.
34:49In the principle of last action, let us change epsilon to delta and a partial T to partial D.
34:55Oh, maybe not H hat.
34:56Try 4 pi epsilon naught.
34:58Try 5 pi epsilon naught.
35:01No, no, no.
35:027.
35:03Okay.
35:03You know what?
35:04Make it 100!
35:07Good.
35:07I've got your attention.
35:08Uh, allow me to introduce myself.
35:09I'm, uh, your new boss, Hilton Smith.
35:11You know me from the world.
35:13Pretty active out there.
35:14Uh, listen, I just have one question for each and every one of you.
35:17Who's hungry?
35:19Yeah, yeah, got you.
35:20Got you.
35:20Yep, over there.
35:21This guy seems smart.
35:22Hilton, good to see you.
35:23We break for lunch in half an hour.
35:24Oh, yeah, but I've had In-N-Out burgers flown in from California.
35:27In half an hour, that sounds great.
35:28Uh, no one wants a cold burger.
35:32We are on a very tight schedule in my lab.
35:33Every millisecond counts, as you can see from the recently installed doomsday clock looming over us.
35:36That's not a clock.
35:38That's me.
35:39Looming over everything that's mine.
35:41This lab, you, these people.
35:42Every millisecond belongs to me.
35:44So I get to decide what to do with it.
35:45And right now, it's burger time.
35:51Fine.
35:52We'll break now, and we'll return 10 minutes early.
35:54Okay?
35:55Great.
35:56You hear it, everyone?
35:56Come on.
35:57Let's go.
35:58Burger time.
35:58Let's go.
35:59Science, science.
36:00You need to put some food in your mouth so science can come over your brain.
36:02Oh, hey, I got animal style for you.
36:04Awesome, Les.
36:05My suggestion, eat every last bite of your burger.
36:08Let's go.
36:10Let's go.
36:11Let's go.
36:11Let's go.
36:12Let's go.
36:13Let's go.
36:13Let's go.
36:13Let's go.
36:14Let's go.
36:15Let's go.
36:15Let's go.
36:16Let's go.
36:20Let's go.
36:21Lulu?
36:24Steffi?
36:24I'm going to pull over.
36:28Hi.
36:28How are you?
36:29They still let you work there?
36:31Yeah.
36:31New management, and I don't steal as much, so.
36:33Oh, right.
36:33I mean, I steal a little bit, but it's, uh, I got to keep this job now that I'm, like,
36:35a Sears
36:36college student.
36:36You're in college?
36:37Don't act so surprised.
36:39Sorry, I didn't-
36:39No, it's fine.
36:40I, uh, I go to Forest Park Community College.
36:43It's, uh, and-
36:44Yeah, great.
36:46So what are you studying?
36:47Psychology.
36:48Uh, gonna help people out with your bullshit.
36:49You gonna start with yours?
36:51Um, how's, uh-
36:53Good.
36:53Made it through finals.
36:54You know, it's so weird seeing you.
36:56My mom was just asking about you.
36:57She always liked you, you know?
36:58Yeah.
37:00Um, what did she say?
37:02Oh, you know, she just asked why we stopped hanging out.
37:03Oh.
37:04What did you say?
37:05I told her you turned into an asshole.
37:06Hmm.
37:07Funny.
37:07I wasn't kidding.
37:08Okay, yeah, I get it.
37:09Okay, you, you fit in.
37:10I didn't.
37:11I think you didn't want to fit in.
37:12I think you wanted to be an asshole.
37:13Easy there, Psych 101.
37:14I'm just saying, I remember, you know?
37:15Like, before.
37:17Before?
37:17Before you decided you want to get the fuck out of here.
37:20We used to laugh.
37:22A lot.
37:26Mr. Jones?
37:31Mrs. Burns?
37:34Okay, well, it was good to see you.
37:35What are you doing tonight?
37:36I know the door guy at Krabby Pete's.
37:37No idea necessary.
37:39Well, who's gonna be there?
37:40Oh, everyone you shut out during high school.
37:43Hmm.
37:43A warm room.
37:44Hard pass.
37:45Come, my college friends.
37:46They don't know you.
37:47Clean slate.
37:48You could, guess, have fun.
37:50Or I could, ugh, feel miserable.
37:53Yeah, but isn't that, like, nearby?
37:57You know it.
37:58It's good to see you cracking a smile.
38:00Sardonically.
38:00Right, yeah.
38:01I'll text you.
38:02Bye!
38:14Is this how you got it?
38:18What is all this?
38:18I recreated our first milestone date.
38:21The bistro at WashU.
38:22The campus square.
38:23The snowflakes.
38:24The place that you said you were your happiest.
38:26Sorry, what is going on right now?
38:27Oh, okay, I forgot one thing.
38:28Ooh!
38:30Richie, how did you get in the house?
38:32Oh, I watched a YouTube video on how to pick locks.
38:35You can learn, like, anything on YouTube.
38:36Like, anything.
38:41Oh, shit.
38:42Shit!
38:43Just freeze!
38:58That was a good idea.
39:01Run!
39:02Oh, come on.
39:02Run!
39:03What?
39:03Oh, no!
39:03Shit!
39:05No, no, no!
39:05Close the door!
39:06Close the door!
39:07Oh!
39:08Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
39:10I know.
39:15I present Jackie Baldwin.
39:16Hi.
39:17Hi.
39:17Take a seat.
39:18Miss Leland.
39:19The flight was just heavenly.
39:21Oh, you've got a little taste of first class.
39:23Oh, Miss Leland.
39:24Oh, Terry.
39:26Whoa.
39:26I'm sweating.
39:27Miss Leland, would you, um...
39:29I'm sorry.
39:29Would you mind pinching me so I know I'm not dreaming?
39:30This is crazy.
39:32Maybe just a little squeeze.
39:35See?
39:36Jackie, this is real.
39:38I'm real.
39:39The, uh...
39:40The six-figure book deal I'm offering is very real.
39:42Oh, my goodness.
39:42Professor Littlejohn sending me to you is just...
39:46Too real.
39:46I mean, Miss Leland, how do I even begin to thank her?
39:49Well, I should be thanking her for sending you to me.
39:51Lindy is a once-in-a-generation writer.
39:53A voice that cuts through the noise.
39:54A book editor gets one of those, if she's lucky.
39:56And here I am, starting for my second.
39:57You are just one signature away.
39:59I'm adding your name to my own imprint.
40:04Oh, sorry.
40:14You know, Terry, I should probably have my lawyer look at this first.
40:19You have a lawyer?
40:20Mm-hmm.
40:21She's close by.
40:22How close?
40:22Because I, uh...
40:23I do need to be getting back to it.
40:24She's in the hall, loitering.
40:25Well, I'm sure you have a minute for a once-in-a-generation writer.
40:28You're a quick study.
40:30Uh, I unleash Hell.
40:31Hmm.
40:31No punchline.
40:32You got my text.
40:33Sure did.
40:34Terry, meet Hell.
40:35I'm her lawyer.
40:36And her cousin.
40:38Once removed.
40:39Oh, you might wanna jack your phone.
40:41Heh.
40:46Oh, I see.
40:49Looks like we both have a Google Alert for Professor Wiljohn.
40:53Okay, here it is.
40:54Buried.
40:54An NDA.
40:56Good thing I know where to look.
40:57Hm.
40:58We're not total rooms.
41:00Excuse me, I just need to use the restroom.
41:02I won't be a moment.
41:04The old heave-ho elevator.
41:06Elevator.
41:11...
41:19Tough day.
41:22...
41:26Takes the shine...
41:28... Off the boot.
41:30Cool.
41:32...
41:41You don't know what I was going to say.
41:43Enlighten me.
41:43That was bullshit.
41:44This is still my lab.
41:45I am the head scientist.
41:47Follow me.
42:05Is this?
42:06Allowed?
42:06No.
42:07Does Hilton know?
42:08No.
42:09So I guess everybody does have secrets.
42:11And now we have two.
42:12But.
42:15In the name of science.
42:17He looks happy.
42:18Is that your scientific assessment?
42:20Yeah.
42:20Observation is foundational.
42:21So beyond observation, how's he doing?
42:23Strong vitals, good appetite, clean fluids, solid feces.
42:25What more could one ask for?
42:26Also noted increased speed and sensitive hearing.
42:29Interesting.
42:29But not harmful.
42:30Quite the opposite.
42:31Happy, as you said.
42:32Observed is accurate.
42:34Don't waste your energy on Hilton's antics.
42:37Think of him like an overbearing father with a sense of humor akin to pull my finger.
42:40There is no pleasing him, and he can only please himself.
42:44I have been told that, um, an overbearing father figure is a trigger for me.
42:48A scientist who's been to therapy.
42:50Since we're getting personal, I have no, um, I have no problem with it, but I have been to therapy.
42:54Couples therapy.
42:55So, here you go.
42:56You are surprising.
42:58Which is surprising.
43:00Oh, bite.
43:01I can do personal.
43:03How did it go?
43:04Okay, I'll bite back.
43:05Um, it's ongoing.
43:06Dare I say, complicated.
43:08Vivian, you have no idea.
43:09Les, you got my name right.
43:09You just called me Les.
43:13Which, please do.
43:21Is this an awful app at Union Station on Market Street?
43:24Richard, what's the fucking plan?
43:25Gotcha.
43:26Okay.
43:28You've had a phone this whole time, okay?
43:30Because I asked for help, and you brought me a piece of fucking pie, but we have a phone.
43:34Okay, so.
43:34Here's the plan.
43:35Hit me.
43:36I, Richard Paul Ware, willingly sacrifice my natural size and myself in the name of love for the greatest love
43:43story ever told.
43:43You will pen our story, inspiring lovers for generations to come, thereby earning a second Pulitzer.
43:49Then we will live out our days in the dollhouse as tiny people, but only in size, not in spirit,
43:54not in heart.
43:56Happily ever after.
43:59That's, that's the plan, huh?
44:00Yeah, that's the plan.
44:01So you, uh, I just, when, why, though, would you shrink yourself without a plan to make us big again?
44:10Richard, you have no fucking plan at all.
44:12Do I have that right?
44:12Well, no.
44:13Oh, my God.
44:13No, no, no, no, no.
44:14Why did I think that you would have any answers?
44:16I thought you were going to save me.
44:18Oh, my God.
44:19No, no, no, no, no, no.
44:20Les and the team are going to solve the formula eventually like they're so close.
44:22They're like, no, no, no, no.
44:23Once they solve it, we can choose tiny bodies, big love, big bodies, big love.
44:27Choose?
44:28You think I would choose this?
44:30Ah, I guess I've run out of battery.
44:31I should have, I should have packed the charger, but I put the pie in instead because you said it
44:34was your favorite.
44:34I'm walking away before I punch you in the fucking throat.
44:37What?
44:38Wait, wait, should I follow you?
44:39No.
44:39The train has left the station, okay?
44:42I'm going to get the next train.
44:43I'm going to get the next.
44:43No.
44:44It's the end of the line, Richard.
44:45All right.
44:46And the end of the metaphor, okay?
44:48All right.
44:48Do not fucking quote Shakespeare.
44:51Lindy?
44:53Fifteen years of silence.
44:54No, no.
44:55Fifteen years of silence, but.
44:56Fifteen years of silence.
44:58And now my dream, my imprint, my publishing imprint.
45:01Perry Leyland Publishing.
45:03Simple, elegant, dignified.
45:05Slipping through my manicure fingers.
45:09Does she care?
45:10No.
45:11Does she demand more?
45:12Yes.
45:13Are we still friends?
45:15I don't know.
45:19You help her.
45:22Who helps you?
45:25Me.
45:28Transactional relationships are unsustainable.
45:33Unlonely.
45:38You are good people.
45:40I know at least 30 people who would disagree with you about that.
45:44More opinions that don't equal truth.
45:49You are so wise.
45:58You got me in a twist.
46:01I like that.
46:03A lot.
46:11May I ask?
46:12Are you married?
46:14You may.
46:18Oh, are you married?
46:20In a way.
46:20Is he, or she, he, he, is he, um...
46:23Alive?
46:24In a way.
46:25Oh.
46:25We're starting with alive.
46:26Isn't the term alive binary in its nature?
46:28A living organism is considered alive if it exhibits certain characteristics that differentiates
46:32it from non-living matter.
46:33In a way, my husband cannot be differentiated from non-living matter.
46:36May I ask?
46:37No, we're done here.
46:38But it felt good to share.
46:40Oh, no.
46:41What?
46:41I think Mr. Magoo is having a seizure.
46:43A seizure?
46:44What?
46:44She could die.
46:45Okay, I can't lose her.
46:47Her?
46:47Uh, sorry, him.
46:48Are you okay?
46:49Yes, I just left the fucking cat.
46:50Okay.
46:51The seizure has stopped.
46:53His heart rate is back to normal.
46:53Okay, good.
46:54My heart is racing.
46:58Your pulse is excessively high.
46:59The wrist, excessively sweaty.
47:03But, uh, nothing can happen to that cat, okay?
47:05Mr. Magoo is fine.
47:06I'm more worried about you.
47:08I appreciate your concern.
47:09I, uh, go.
47:11Excuse me.
47:16Oh, come on.
47:18Where is she?
47:20Oh, come on.
47:21Where is she?
47:21Where is she?
47:22Where is she?
47:23Come on.
47:24Oh.
47:30I'm utterly alone.
47:42I was just looking for you.
47:43Why?
47:44I wanted to tell you how much I loved your speech.
47:47What are your notes, professor?
47:49No notes.
47:49Very efficient use of your words.
47:51Yeah, sure.
47:52Right.
47:52Fishing again.
47:53Listen, I know that you didn't want to do anything for graduation, but I wondered if you
47:57and I could go get milkshakes at Mandy's.
48:01Not ten.
48:02Yeah, uh, I know.
48:04I just thought it would be, you know.
48:05Nostalgic?
48:06Mm-hmm.
48:07Yeah, you busted me.
48:07I'm so uncool, so.
48:10It's just ice cream.
48:11What do you think?
48:12Okay, I can't.
48:13Um, I'm leaving.
48:15For where?
48:16College.
48:17It's June.
48:17College starts in the fall.
48:19Didn't Dad tell you?
48:19He got me, like, some internship or observation, whatever thing.
48:23Uh, no.
48:25No, Dad did not.
48:26Dad did not what?
48:27Lulu's summer plans?
48:29I didn't tell you?
48:30No.
48:31Well, it was very last minute.
48:32Um, I thought I told you.
48:33Sorry.
48:39Where are you going?
48:42Didn't I tell you?
48:48You're the second person today, drowning sorrows in a milkshake.
48:51Oh, yeah?
48:52Huh.
48:53Was it another mother?
48:57It was me.
49:00How are you sad, Ever?
49:02I'd ask you the same thing, but I'll write your work.
49:04And I mean that with all respect.
49:06And a head to chest.
49:08Do I know you?
49:09No.
49:09No, no.
49:10I know you.
49:12And I love you.
49:12In full transparency, I work at the lab with your husband.
49:16Oh.
49:17Well.
49:19Too bad.
49:22Yeah.
49:27You know, I would be remiss if I didn't take the opportunity to tell you how much I admire
49:34and adore your no.
49:36No.
49:36But no, look, your ability to capture the weight, the burden of the mother's complicated emotional
49:41relationship, not only with the daughter, but with herself.
49:43Come on.
49:43That is a master class.
49:44It is a master class in dimension and in heartbreak.
49:47And in a lesser writer's hand, it could come across as cartoonish or salacious.
49:50But I was, I am, you know, it stays with you.
49:53And deeply moved by the daughter's ability to thrive under the complex emotional circumstances
49:57thrust upon her.
49:59It is a hero's journey underneath a comedic cry for help.
50:06I just wanted to give that daughter a hug.
50:09It's reductive, I know, but it's true.
50:15I could really use a hug.
50:17This might be overstepping.
50:19But I would be happy to provide one.
50:38Is this okay?
50:40That's perfect.
50:43Your mom's here.
50:44Yeah, okay, thank you, Barb.
50:48I should, I should go.
50:49Okay.
50:52She doesn't like to drive at night.
50:53The sun's out.
50:54It's setting.
51:06I am alone.
51:08We're all alone.
51:15Uh-oh.
51:19Oh.
51:19Oh.
51:24Ah!
51:26Ah!
51:28Ah!
51:30No!
52:01What are you doing?
52:02I'm going home.
52:03Because of the showdown at high noon over burgers?
52:05In my lab, I am the sheriff, okay?
52:06Great galloping god, what are you not getting here?
52:09Okay, listen, there's a new gun in town, and he's wearing a black hat, but he has got the money!
52:13Fine, whatever, he started it.
52:14That's adult.
52:15I have to go home, Martin.
52:16Okay, you know what?
52:16Hey, hey, Hilson has not left the building yet, this does not look good.
52:19Oh, fuck him!
52:20Him!
52:21Me!
52:22Everyone!
52:22Okay, you know what, you are tying your own shoes.
52:23It's a family emergency!
52:25What? Is it?
52:26Yes! People could be dead!
52:27What people?
52:27People!
52:27Who?
52:28What?
52:28People!
52:37Do we like that guy?
52:38We might.
52:39Okay, but do we have to, like, poke him a bit?
52:41You know, I can pull up the presentation, watch him shake bacon and shit.
52:45Not yet.
52:46He's not, not useful.
52:48Okay, it's your call.
52:50Until it isn't.
52:51That's not what we discussed.
52:53As the brains and boots on the ground, as you like to refer to me, I have final say.
52:56When it comes to the talent.
52:59The talent.
53:00Sure.
53:02But, my guts say poke.
53:05You can't help yourself, can you?
53:07Neither can you.
53:10Poke poke.
53:11Don't.
53:12Poke poke.
53:14Do not.
53:17What?
53:18I'm not touching you.
53:19Oh, you gonna go?
53:20Oh, really?
53:20Okay.
53:21Well, that's childish.
53:23Oh, God.
53:24Not now, Nils.
53:25No time for questions.
53:26No time for comments.
53:27No problem.
53:29Come on to something bigger.
53:29Oh, yeah?
53:30Bigger than me on the story.
53:31Not anymore.
53:32What?
53:34Whatever.
53:35I gotta go.
53:46Not failing.
53:47We're here.
53:47Look, we're walking through the doors.
53:48It's gonna be fun.
53:49It's gonna be great.
53:50You said you were coming earlier.
53:51What happened?
53:51This is earlier.
53:52Wear a damn watch.
53:55What's up?
53:55Mike.
53:56This is my old friend, Lulu.
53:57We go way back.
53:58Lulu.
53:58Mike.
53:59Hey.
53:59Go find me when you get a break, okay?
54:00Anything for you, boss.
54:02Wow.
54:04You got ID?
54:06What?
54:06ID!
54:07Yeah, I...
54:08It's...
54:08I'm just kidding.
54:08You look 21 to me.
54:14Hit Ray?
54:15I hate him.
54:37I will save myself.
54:43Come on, fucker!
54:57Ahhhh!
55:16This isn't goodbye Space Girl, it's over now.
55:23This Scene A tale Moon, not based on IT!
55:25This isn't goodbye Space Cullen. It's over now.
55:27I can't believe you did that.
55:33Mic drop! Mic drop!
55:35You did the thing at graduation, right?
55:37The, uh, the mic drop? Mic drop.
55:39Yeah, that was me.
55:40My grandma hated your speech.
55:42And, uh, I hate my grandma, so thank you.
55:44Hey, I told you, stupid assholes. It's her!
55:46Mic drop!
55:48See? No one cares.
55:50Fun, right? Sure.
55:52Are you at Forest Park? No. Are you kidding?
55:54It's just a question.
55:55Uh, she goes to school in Manhattan.
55:57Oh, did you guys know that her mom wrote
55:59My Brain Ghost Starts With Black?
56:01That's your mom?
56:02We read it in class.
56:04Your mom's childhood. The dinner table. Wow.
56:07The class was narcissism fiction, and we know it's fiction.
56:09There's a lot of truth in fiction.
56:10Was your mom capable of showing you any kind of affection at all?
56:13What the fuck kind of question is that?
56:14So defensive. Mic drop.
56:16Hey, mic drop. Hey!
56:18Shots. No. Lulu. Lulu.
56:20Go. She...
56:20Please don't. No, it's not. It's fine.
56:22We're doing shots with mic drop.
56:35You look, uh...
56:37Filthy.
56:37I was gonna say strong.
56:39So that's my phone.
56:40I'm impressed.
56:41That? Well, I hoped you would be.
56:43I'm driving.
56:44You're what? Wait, wait.
56:46We're leaving?
56:47Yeah. We'll come back and move the place.
56:50Where are we going?
56:52Into the sunset, Richie.
56:53It's the dawn of a new day.
56:58I'm a little worried.
56:59MSU, what are you talking about?
57:00Oh, we need to get you some water.
57:02What it was done was just stuff in the place.
57:03Was your mom even capable of, like, showing any actual affection?
57:07Funny.
57:08She's drunk.
57:09Steph, I'm gonna go.
57:10I'll see you after the New Year.
57:11Okay.
57:15What the fuck?
57:19Psycho?
57:19Let's go.
57:22Hi, guys.
57:22Hi.
57:23Oh, my God.
57:24Hi.
57:24What is wrong with you?
57:25I'm sorry.
57:26I don't go to LOL University with all y'all.
57:28You're acting like a bitch.
57:28Me?
57:29I'm a bitch?
57:30I think you overreacted.
57:31I get it.
57:32Your mom's a trigger, but...
57:33Wait, wait.
57:33No, is that, like, your professional opinion?
57:35Wow.
57:36Huh.
57:37Okay, look.
57:38You have to go to a better school if you want people to take you seriously.
57:41Okay?
57:41I'm just being real.
57:44Have you ever read your mom's book?
57:46No.
57:46Um, she wrote some shit about me one time, so, um, I already know she hates me.
57:50Hmm, yeah.
57:51Uh, well, you might want to read it.
57:53Oh?
57:53Why?
57:55Because you're just like her.
57:58My trouble.
58:06Word to the wise.
58:08You want to be liked.
58:08Don't be a dick.
58:09Okay.
58:10Word to the dipshit.
58:11I don't give a fuck who likes me.
58:13Uh, bullshit.
58:15Fact.
58:16No, you care too much.
58:17And it's showing.
58:36Liz?
58:36Mom?
58:37What are you doing here?
58:38What are you doing here?
58:38I live here.
58:39Well, you're supposed to be in Vermont here.
58:40I'm here to cat sit.
58:41Where is Mr. Magoo?
58:42Mom, stop.
58:43Put everything down.
58:45Put it down.
58:46Well, I'm almost done.
58:48Oh, my suitcase.
58:49It bumped the plan.
58:49I don't care.
58:50I don't care.
58:50Just leave it.
58:51Don't walk or move or do or touch anything.
58:54End it.
58:55Yes.
58:58I just cleaned that up.
59:00Here, let me.
59:01No, no, please.
59:01Just don't.
59:02Please.
59:02Just stay where you are.
59:03Do not move.
59:12Stay.
59:20Mindy?
59:22Mindy, where are you?
59:30Oh, fuck.
59:32Oh, fuck.
59:33Oh, fuck.
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