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00:00:38Do you realize this draft isn't anywhere near being ready to defend?
00:00:44I thought it was pretty good progress to consider.
00:00:46Bullshit.
00:00:47Excuse me?
00:00:48Ben, you and I both know that's bullshit.
00:00:51I have the ideas there.
00:00:52Look, I get it.
00:00:54It's a lot more fun to spin theories out loud
00:00:57than it is to sit at your computer and make things make sense.
00:01:00With a little more time.
00:01:02You don't have any more time.
00:01:03This is your seventh year.
00:01:05Your clock has run out, man.
00:01:07If you don't defend on schedule, all your coursework becomes invalid.
00:01:15Now, your argument and dialectic isn't bad.
00:01:19An overview of the philosophical spread of Calvinism across Western Europe.
00:01:25I'm focusing on how the idea of predestination shaped society,
00:01:29how it affected politics, culture...
00:01:31Yeah, yeah, I get it.
00:01:32Not bad.
00:01:33But you've got to stop procrastinating.
00:01:35That may have gotten you through your master's,
00:01:37but it's not going to work here.
00:01:39Now focus and get to work.
00:01:58Stop it.
00:02:00Mohammed, be nice to your sister.
00:02:03She's a girl.
00:02:04But she started it.
00:02:05Mohammed, drink your orange juice.
00:02:06I want apple juice.
00:02:07Enough, we ran out.
00:02:09Ara, is that food almost ready?
00:02:11Almost.
00:02:11She let us have donuts last time.
00:02:14Ara!
00:02:15I didn't give them donuts.
00:02:16Miriam, you know what Allah says about lying.
00:02:21I spoke to your grandmother today.
00:02:23Every time I call her, she's asking about you.
00:02:25When are you going to call that woman?
00:02:27It's always the same conversation about great-grandkids.
00:02:30I'll give her a call later.
00:02:31Oh, and Najib's mother called.
00:02:33She's insisting that you join them for dinner this week.
00:02:36It's not a good week for that.
00:02:38When is it going to be a good week?
00:02:40A good man like Najib isn't going to chase you forever.
00:02:44Ara, you have to start taking your place in the community.
00:03:05I take it you're finished for the night.
00:03:10I just started proofing.
00:03:15I'd like to get a little more finished before I have to get up tomorrow and do it all over
00:03:18again.
00:03:19Maybe it's time to give the dissertation a break for the night.
00:03:22Give yourself some rest.
00:03:24Mom.
00:03:26For your own sake.
00:03:28Remember, scripture says,
00:03:30To the righteous soul it will be said,
00:03:33O thou soul, in complete rest and satisfaction.
00:03:37What would a righteous woman do tonight?
00:03:40Didn't you say something about your friend's art exhibit?
00:03:43Why don't you take the evening off and go support her?
00:03:47Sasha wouldn't miss me.
00:03:48Would you stop it?
00:03:50Go see it if just for curiosity's sake.
00:03:53I guess I'm obsessing over this because it's my last paper as a student.
00:03:57If you give it too much power, it will control you.
00:04:01Sweetheart, go to the gallery.
00:04:23Hey.
00:04:25Hey.
00:04:26How's work coming?
00:04:28Slow.
00:04:29Okay, well, uh, are you going to be there all night?
00:04:33I don't know.
00:04:34Might break for a few and then get back to it.
00:04:35All right.
00:04:36Well, you are still coming to the family dinner on Sunday, right?
00:04:40No.
00:04:41No, I need to skip this week.
00:04:45Please stop being a martyr because you could come if you wanted to.
00:04:49And do you understand that you are wasting your time on a PhD that is essentially worthless?
00:04:56I don't need this from you right now.
00:04:58You are afraid of the real world.
00:05:00What is the real world?
00:05:02Really?
00:05:02Here we go again.
00:05:03No, tell me.
00:05:05Accounting firms are the real world and academia isn't.
00:05:08Is that right?
00:05:10You're going to cure cancer or they're going to be it?
00:05:12You know what I think?
00:05:13I think that I'm going to go out with Manny tonight.
00:05:15Is that cool with you?
00:05:18What are you asking me now?
00:05:21People change.
00:05:22And, you know, frankly, I really don't need any more drama in my life.
00:05:26So, yes, I'm asking.
00:05:29That's the deal, right?
00:05:31We can go see whoever we want.
00:06:06Name, please.
00:06:07Vivian?
00:06:09Okay.
00:06:10You're good.
00:06:11Name, please.
00:06:12Ara Jalali.
00:06:14Sasha's friend, right?
00:06:15Yeah.
00:06:16Go ahead.
00:06:16Thanks.
00:06:18Name, please.
00:06:19Alice.
00:06:22I didn't think you'll make it.
00:06:24Wow.
00:06:25It all looks so beautiful.
00:06:28It's amazing.
00:06:29I am so glad you're here.
00:06:30Me too.
00:06:32You know.
00:06:33He's going to be coming here later.
00:06:36Okay.
00:06:36Which one is it this time?
00:06:37Jamar, of course, my Frenchman.
00:06:40Hmm.
00:06:42What about you?
00:06:43What about me?
00:06:45Don't play them.
00:06:46There's no time.
00:06:47Why don't you make time?
00:06:49You keep staring at my champagne.
00:06:52You want some?
00:06:52No.
00:06:53I just like the smell.
00:06:56I love you, Ara.
00:06:57Excuse me.
00:06:58You have a bio?
00:07:00Excuse me.
00:07:01Okay.
00:07:29What were you thinking?
00:07:32I beg your pardon?
00:07:34When they took the photograph of you, what were you thinking?
00:07:37I don't know.
00:07:38My friend took it.
00:07:40It was more of a favor to her.
00:07:43You didn't answer the question.
00:07:47The answer is nothing.
00:07:52It was a windy day.
00:07:54Kind of chilly.
00:07:56I was just looking up at the clouds.
00:07:59It's impossible.
00:08:00No one really thinks about nothing.
00:08:02Excuse me?
00:08:03Maybe you're thinking about how cold it was outside.
00:08:06Or about how you want this to turn out well for your friend.
00:08:10It's just a turn of phrase.
00:08:12Why not say my mind was wandering or nothing in particular?
00:08:17Saying just nothing that's inaccurate.
00:08:19You take things pretty literally.
00:08:24I go to school with you.
00:08:26We're in the same department.
00:08:27Ben Johnson.
00:08:29Oh.
00:08:31It's an amazing photograph.
00:08:34Everyone's really raving about your work.
00:08:36You're about to defend.
00:08:37Fourth year in.
00:08:38Is it ever really ready?
00:08:43What about you?
00:08:44I am woefully behind, actually.
00:08:50That was helpful.
00:08:51What?
00:08:52What we did earlier.
00:08:54Back and forth about nothingness.
00:08:56That was helpful.
00:09:01Do you have five minutes, actually?
00:09:03Just to bounce some ideas off of you.
00:09:07That's cool.
00:09:10Okay.
00:09:11Yeah?
00:09:11Sure.
00:09:16I'm writing about the concept of fate
00:09:17and John Calvin's teachings on predestination,
00:09:20how it affected Western philosophy.
00:09:23So where's your trouble?
00:09:25I have this great reading list.
00:09:26I did all this research.
00:09:28And then my first draft just sucked.
00:09:31You didn't send any segments to your advisor?
00:09:34Something like that.
00:09:37I don't know.
00:09:38I think philosophy is more about talking
00:09:41and fleshing out truths.
00:09:44Sounds like maybe you procrastinate.
00:09:47How do you know it's procrastination?
00:09:49You're in your last stage of a PhD program.
00:09:52You must have written papers in your master's
00:09:54that were good enough to get you here, right?
00:09:56Right.
00:09:57So you've probably had this habit for a while.
00:10:02What about yours?
00:10:04My dissertation?
00:10:05Yeah.
00:10:08It's about Cameroonian philosophy pre-colonization.
00:10:12How their ideas might have been different
00:10:14without European intrusion.
00:10:17It's like trying to ungraft a vine from a tree.
00:10:20How would have looked, you think?
00:10:22Better?
00:10:23That's objective.
00:10:25I believe thought develops best out of captivity,
00:10:28so in that respect, yeah, better.
00:10:33What about you and Calvin?
00:10:36Would have been better had he not come along.
00:10:38Or if his teachings never took off.
00:10:41I don't know.
00:10:42I never really weighed in on that specific topic.
00:10:46You don't have an opinion on how a major movement like that
00:10:49affected your religion?
00:10:50I'm agnostic.
00:10:51I don't have a religion.
00:10:53Ah.
00:10:55That can't be a surprise.
00:10:55Most of the departments that way.
00:10:59Not everyone.
00:11:01Sorry.
00:11:05I'm not religious, but I think the Reformation
00:11:08was more about freedom from Rome and the Pope.
00:11:12I mean, King Henry, come on.
00:11:13That had nothing to do with God.
00:11:14He just wanted a divorce.
00:11:20But, I mean, maybe separation from the papacy
00:11:21was a good thing.
00:11:22I mean, I want to be Catholic, right?
00:11:32Uh, I'd better get going.
00:11:34It's nice running into you.
00:11:35Yeah, you too.
00:11:36Um, do you want to make me meet up again?
00:11:39Like, can I get your number?
00:11:42Uh, sure.
00:11:45Okay.
00:11:46Um, here.
00:11:48Let me have yours.
00:11:49Yeah, I'll check it to you.
00:11:50Nice try.
00:11:52Just put it in here.
00:11:56Here you go.
00:11:58Thanks.
00:12:00It was good running into you.
00:12:01Me too.
00:12:11Ara, don't forget to schedule dinner
00:12:13with Najeev's parents this week.
00:12:17I know you hear me.
00:12:31There you go.
00:12:34Okay.
00:12:37.
00:12:41.
00:12:53.
00:12:54.
00:12:54.
00:12:54.
00:13:03my faith in Allah has been a source of strength and peace for me it feels like a lifeline really
00:13:10something that saves me from drowning when I'm at my lowest Allah that's why staying pure before
00:13:16Allah is so important we're created to crave God to want Allah but it's the human challenge to make
00:13:26our bodies and our minds sync up with Allah last Friday we talked about how the Holy Prophet
00:13:36said the best treasure is an obedient wife having a good disposition so that her husband is pleased
00:13:43to see her and when the husband is not home she protects her chastity but at the same time I
00:13:53feel
00:13:53like God wants us to explore the world that he gave us I think that's a big part of our
00:14:00relationship with
00:14:14him too hello dr. Jalali I presume not yet mom can you stop by the mosque and get the tablecloths
00:14:24that I
00:14:25loan to Najib's mom okay why don't you have dinner with them this week mom mom I'll think about it
00:14:40I have to go love you bye
00:15:02here you go thanks hey welcome
00:15:11so did you make any progress today yeah I finally started my second draft last night
00:15:16wait you're just now writing your second draft hey no I'll make it you're crazy
00:15:24you'd be proud I spent all morning writing I got you 10 pages out of what 150
00:15:31you should be chained to your desk yeah I work better under pressure why not set an appointment
00:15:37to write every day set an alarm if you have to but um I gave you the inspiration for your
00:15:43topic
00:15:45my experience is in Cameroon I would always hear my grandmother talk about the cycle of the human soul
00:15:50it wasn't until I was an undergrad that I realized that that's how my people preserve their philosophies
00:15:57a lot of our ideas survived I mean even though the country has been Christianized people still
00:16:03practice some form of ancestor worship what do they say about the cycle of the soul well my tribe
00:16:09believes that it's synced with the world around us particularly the ocean and that the spirit of our
00:16:17ancestors live in the sea the good ones act as an intermediary between us and God is that what you
00:16:23believe well I believe that when you die your soul enters an in-between stage the souls of good
00:16:29people are in a state of paradise awaiting the last day what about the bad people for them it's not
00:16:38so
00:16:38nice are there many other Muslims in Cameroon some I actually grew up Christian and then my mom got married
00:16:51to
00:16:51my stepdad who's Muslim and then we converted he was an American visiting Africa he was a missionary no he
00:17:00was a lawyer he converted you guys though well he wasn't an official missionary did you ever know your
00:17:10biological dad no he died when I was a baby my stepdad died a few years ago I'm sorry
00:17:25time to get back to work come on those like two minutes that's how it should be go right I
00:17:31don't want
00:17:31you failing to be on my conscience maybe again tomorrow um sure if I have time okay bye
00:17:49oh you look tired sit down have some tea
00:17:55Najeeb Najeeb Najeeb Najeeb and his father came by today
00:18:00Mr. Saeed just made partner and Najeeb is going to be an associate at the same fam when he's past
00:18:06the bar
00:18:07nice
00:18:10you know what they came by to talk about right
00:18:14I thought if I played dumb I could avoid the subject
00:18:18Najeeb is a hot commodity and he's not going to be on the market for long
00:18:22mom you don't even act interested in men
00:18:26that's because it's rare to find one who's interesting you mean all those years in college
00:18:31you haven't been interested in anyone so you do like men don't you yes all I'm saying is that
00:18:40you could give him a chance it's time when I'm done with my dissertation I'll deal with it
00:18:48you know Ara maybe that's your problem you look at love as something to be dealt with
00:19:00you know
00:19:12you know
00:19:18you know
00:19:21you know
00:19:40tomorrow I want us to stay at my place
00:19:44why
00:19:44because it's clean I mean your parents they hooked you up with this place the least that
00:19:50you could do is actually keep it clean
00:19:53I'll clean my more head with this
00:19:57yeah well I think that you have done enough work for today
00:20:06I need to finish this okay
00:20:09seriously
00:20:10I mean
00:20:11god forbid that we actually take our clothes off and uh touch each other
00:20:24I'm going to Manny's
00:20:35uh french roast with half and half right thanks welcome do you have a table inside
00:20:40uh you know actually I've been sitting all day long do you want to maybe take a walk
00:20:45uh sure
00:20:50so you never told me about your family
00:20:52what would you like to know
00:20:55where are you from
00:20:57I was born in Texas but we moved to Seattle when my mom got out of the Air Force
00:21:03so it was just you and your mom
00:21:05my stepmom too
00:21:09oh
00:21:11she is a lesbian
00:21:13yeah I got that
00:21:16so you never knew your dad
00:21:20yeah he was a bad guy
00:21:22roughed us up a bunch
00:21:25one night he beat us up both pretty bad she grabbed me and left
00:21:28I'm so sorry
00:21:29you don't have to be shit happens you know
00:21:32I don't think stuff like that just happens
00:21:35I could talk about it now it seems like a bad dream I used to have when I was a
00:21:39kid
00:21:40is that when you lost your faith
00:21:41and what? God? I don't recall ever having any
00:21:46your parents weren't Christians?
00:21:48no both atheists
00:21:50grandparents too I guess you could say like a third generation skeptic
00:21:54so you've always doubted
00:21:55I've always maintained that anything these people say
00:21:58that they know about God is uncertain
00:22:02so you're first generation agnostic because your parents were atheists
00:22:05no they felt the same way
00:22:07right but you just said that they were atheists
00:22:10atheists aren't unsure
00:22:11they're certain that there is no God
00:22:14there are levels of atheism
00:22:16which one are you?
00:22:17atheist light
00:22:22was it weird when your mom came out?
00:22:24it was odd at first but she was so much more happy I didn't care
00:22:28and I love my stepmom too
00:22:31I wonder if you would have felt the same way in Texas
00:22:34why would that have mattered?
00:22:36places can affect people's attitudes
00:22:39I think if you're strong enough you can keep stuff out
00:22:42like water resistant wood
00:22:46when you go back to Cameroon does it affect your attitude?
00:22:47of course
00:22:50my grandma's crazy
00:22:53she's not religious but somehow
00:22:54our converting to Islam traumatized her
00:22:58you ever feel oppressed by religion?
00:22:59like having to wear the head scarf?
00:23:02it's called a hijab
00:23:04and I wear it because I want to
00:23:07my grandma bugs me about it too
00:23:10does it make you feel angry?
00:23:12no
00:23:13just
00:23:15alienated
00:23:17I don't fit in back home
00:23:18and I don't quite fit in here either
00:23:21makes me wish there was an in-between place
00:23:24like somewhere you could just be
00:23:26without offending anyone?
00:23:29yeah
00:23:32well
00:23:33it's time to get back to work
00:23:40Aura Jalali?
00:23:41yeah
00:23:44glad she's Sasha's friend
00:23:47so um
00:23:49how did you two meet?
00:23:51we've known her for a while actually
00:23:53we're in the same department
00:23:54met her in art gallery and we started talking
00:23:56you?
00:23:58uh
00:24:01she's Sasha's good friend
00:24:06so um
00:24:08are you guys gonna start seeing each other
00:24:11more often?
00:24:14no
00:24:18well
00:24:21I'm gonna go spend the night at Manny's house tomorrow night
00:24:29have fun
00:24:35yeah
00:24:38come on Aura you should've got that
00:24:40I'm out of practice
00:24:41you used to be really good right?
00:24:43good enough not to be embarrassing
00:24:45you ever miss it?
00:24:46I miss all my free time
00:24:48I uh
00:24:49play in the league
00:24:50helps me blow off steam
00:24:51wanna come watch me sometime?
00:24:53maybe we'll grab some food after
00:24:57I
00:25:15bye
00:25:16hi Manny
00:25:17hey baby
00:25:42So I was up like riding last night, and it all of a sudden came to me.
00:25:44I'm going to throw in a section of Spinoza's theory.
00:25:50You added a section about rationalistic pantheism?
00:25:53Mm-hmm.
00:25:55That has nothing to do with your topic.
00:25:57It has everything to do with it.
00:25:58I'm going to show that Calvin paved the way for other thinkers like Spinoza.
00:26:02So in a way, Calvinism helped move along the Renaissance.
00:26:04You have to show evidence.
00:26:06Are you sure you're not just a rationalistic pantheist and this isn't your way of infusing your personal beliefs into
00:26:12your argument?
00:26:13I'm agnostic. I don't think it's possible to know if any deity exists. Not even Spinoza's.
00:26:17Maybe some people can.
00:26:19There's no certainty that. Certainty is gravity, cell division, death.
00:26:23Okay, but wouldn't you say that some people innately have a better understanding of physics than others?
00:26:27I mean, maybe the same is true for supernatural things.
00:26:30Maybe there are physical ways to study metaphysics that we just don't know about.
00:26:34Based on what people know right here and now, there's no certainty.
00:26:38Well, Spinoza would argue that the universe is deterministic.
00:26:41Everything that has happened or will happen could not have unfolded in any other way.
00:26:48And you're welcome.
00:26:50Why?
00:26:51Well, Spinoza's deterministic theory is a tie-in to Calvin's predestination.
00:26:59Would you mind coming and taking a look at some of my writing?
00:27:02Sure, I'm curious at this point.
00:27:15Not bad. Your prose and ideas are great.
00:27:18Thanks.
00:27:19Ever heard of spellcheck?
00:27:21I hate spellcheck.
00:27:22That being the hardest part about writing a paper.
00:27:29I got a call from my friend Sasha the other day.
00:27:32She said you were seeing one of her friends. Gabrielle?
00:27:36Yeah. Gab mentioned meeting you once or twice.
00:27:38Is it weird for her that we're hanging out?
00:27:40No. Why would that be weird?
00:27:44Seems like she'd be jealous.
00:27:46Nah, we have an open relationship.
00:27:49What?
00:27:51We both see other people.
00:27:53She has another guy named Manny. I'm cool with it.
00:27:56And how many women are you seeing?
00:27:58So far, just her.
00:28:01I'm biggier than she is.
00:28:03You're all crazy.
00:28:05Why?
00:28:07Don't you find that the least bit abnormal?
00:28:09No, we don't.
00:28:11You don't want to get married?
00:28:12No, not right now. No.
00:28:14She feels the same way. I mean, if it changes, it changes.
00:28:17Only in grad school.
00:28:19You're telling me that you've never had a boyfriend
00:28:22who you didn't want to spend the rest of your life with?
00:28:26I haven't really dated any.
00:28:28That's a little abnormal.
00:28:30Jerk.
00:28:34When everyone started dating in high school,
00:28:36none of the boys seemed interested in me, so...
00:28:39By the time we got into college, I was too busy.
00:28:43Did you make yourself too busy?
00:28:45Well, my parents wouldn't allow it, and, um...
00:28:48I wasn't ready for marriage yet, so...
00:28:50I put all that on the shelf.
00:28:52You couldn't date until you were ready to get married?
00:28:55No.
00:28:57Plus, I was coughing out.
00:29:00How so?
00:29:02Well...
00:29:03I guess I used my beliefs as a way of avoiding all the awkwardness.
00:29:08It was easier to hide behind them.
00:29:11Well, I've been hiding a bit myself, lately.
00:29:13You?
00:29:15From what?
00:29:16I don't know.
00:29:17Life?
00:29:18It's my seventh year in.
00:29:20I could've defended my fifth year if I'd won.
00:29:23Why didn't you?
00:29:28I've been a student all my life.
00:29:32I don't know what I'd do with myself.
00:29:38Are you nosing through my mp3 list?
00:29:39Maybe.
00:29:41I don't think we're in a music sharing stage in our relationship yet.
00:29:49See anything you like?
00:29:52Um...
00:29:52Yeah.
00:30:04I used to catch my mom listening to music like this when she thought no one was watching.
00:30:09Oh, yeah.
00:30:12Oh.
00:30:14Oh.
00:30:15Oh.
00:30:17Oh, yeah.
00:30:22I'm not gonna run.
00:30:24I'm gonna do what I need to do.
00:30:30Show you affection.
00:30:32Treat every moment like it was true.
00:30:37You don't have to worry.
00:30:41You don't have to hide.
00:30:44No need to protect your heart from me.
00:30:48Girl, I'm behind.
00:30:51So, call me if you're with this.
00:30:54Your voice is on my wish list.
00:30:56I know that it's not Christmas, but I'm longing for your presence in my everyday.
00:31:04Oh, shit.
00:31:05Shit.
00:31:06Shit.
00:31:06I'm sorry.
00:31:07Oh.
00:31:08Oh.
00:31:13It goes off, um, each day to remind me, right?
00:31:16Oh.
00:31:17Oh.
00:31:19You listened.
00:31:24Has it helped?
00:31:25Yeah.
00:31:26Yeah.
00:31:27I feel like I'm caught up.
00:31:31Maybe I can use my superpowers to help you with other problems in your life.
00:31:35Oh, you have superpowers, huh?
00:31:37Yes.
00:31:41What were you gonna write about?
00:31:45Spinoza and the ripples in the universe.
00:31:49About how everything that is or will be are all like ripples in a pond.
00:31:53All outside our control and nothing can change them.
00:31:57And what about Calvin?
00:31:59I was gonna use the time that you gave me.
00:32:01About how Calvin's predestination is a version of, a Christian version of Spinoza's theory.
00:32:10Do you believe that?
00:32:12Spinoza copied Calvin?
00:32:15No.
00:32:16And they're theories.
00:32:19I believe that what we do causes things to happen.
00:32:23And the consequences, they, they're unavoidable sometimes, but it's all because of the choices.
00:32:34So, cause and consequence?
00:32:36Yeah.
00:32:39You don't believe in destiny then?
00:32:41No.
00:32:43Okay.
00:32:43Well, if reality is all action and reaction, then could the thing that started it all be destiny?
00:32:51So you're saying that whatever caused the ripples in the universe, that's destiny?
00:32:56Maybe.
00:32:57In Islam, we call it Qadar.
00:33:00Qadar.
00:33:01Yeah.
00:33:02It's the Arabic word for destiny.
00:33:06Mm-hmm.
00:33:07We believe that everything that has happened or will happen is known by Allah.
00:33:14So everything's determined by God?
00:33:16No, it's still cause and consequence.
00:33:18It's just that Allah sees everything.
00:33:24What?
00:33:25No.
00:33:27It's just you.
00:33:29Just you.
00:33:30Oh, now, I've never been so comfortable.
00:33:38Both inside and out, I'm glowing.
00:33:42Because of your life.
00:33:46You, too, like my soul.
00:33:49You love me.
00:33:59I, too.
00:34:01You are listening to the music, I'm the way.
00:34:02Oh, now, you're listening to the music, I'm the way.
00:34:03That's not myself.
00:34:03Oh, now, you're listening to the music.
00:34:05I'm the way.
00:34:07I, too.
00:34:08You're listening to the music, I'm the way.
00:34:24Where's your silverware?
00:34:25George, the left.
00:34:28Mind if we eat standing up?
00:34:31Okay.
00:34:34At home, we have to sit until everyone's done.
00:34:36You ever get tired of the lifestyle?
00:34:38Yes and no.
00:34:39Which parts?
00:34:40Like having to save yourself for marriage?
00:34:42No, but when everyone else is doing it,
00:34:45it's like you're missing out on something.
00:34:48You think what we did the other day is a sin?
00:34:53Yeah.
00:34:55Can you let it be on me?
00:34:57It doesn't work that way.
00:35:00I have to take care of it.
00:35:04You want a confession?
00:35:06You've got your religions mixed up.
00:35:10Our repentance is called Taba,
00:35:12and you do it only to Allah.
00:35:14All that because we made out?
00:35:15Is that so hard to believe?
00:35:17Yeah.
00:35:18A little bit, yeah.
00:35:19You've never repented over anything you did?
00:35:22Not anything like that, no.
00:35:23It sounds horrible to me.
00:35:24Having to tell someone you're sorry all the time.
00:35:26Like you're constantly going to the spiritual principal's office or something.
00:35:30You're thinking about it the wrong way.
00:35:32It's reconciliation to God.
00:35:36You repent to get closer to God.
00:35:39What else do you ask God for?
00:35:41All kinds of things.
00:35:43Yeah, like what?
00:35:44I ask him to help people.
00:35:48I also pray for my stepdad.
00:35:50You said he passed away, right?
00:35:52Yeah.
00:35:53It's a do-a-prayer.
00:35:54You say it for the dead.
00:35:55What do you ask God to do for the dead?
00:35:57I ask him to make them among the guided ones and fill their graves with light.
00:36:06You ever pray before?
00:36:09Yeah.
00:36:10Once when I was a little boy, I saw a bunch of Mormons praying in a restaurant, and I
00:36:15prayed and asked God for a million bucks.
00:36:17He didn't give it to me.
00:36:18It didn't work.
00:36:23I'm going to say prayer for you.
00:36:24Come on, get out.
00:36:25I'm going to.
00:36:26No, you don't have to.
00:36:27What would you pray for?
00:36:30My mom's sick.
00:36:33What's her name?
00:36:34Andrea.
00:36:36Andrea.
00:36:39Allah, you are ever merciful and kind.
00:36:43Great healer, please have mercy on Andrea and cure her from her illness.
00:36:51Hey, Ben.
00:36:52What are you making?
00:36:58Oh.
00:37:00Hi, Ara.
00:37:02How are you?
00:37:04I'm good.
00:37:05So, making pasta.
00:37:10Good thinking, Ben.
00:37:15Hmm.
00:37:17No wine?
00:37:18Come on.
00:37:19You're being a bad host, Ben.
00:37:20Yeah, she doesn't drink.
00:37:22Yeah.
00:37:23Really?
00:37:24Well, you're missing out.
00:37:28I'm going to have some, though.
00:37:33So, tell me, what else can't you all have?
00:37:38A few things.
00:37:41Actually, I have to go.
00:37:43Lots of meetings tomorrow.
00:37:44Hey, hey, hey, hey, I'll walk you out.
00:37:46No, it's fine.
00:37:56Well, that was weird.
00:38:09Be careful with her.
00:38:20Oh, my God, you're a kid.
00:38:23I swear I'm not.
00:38:24My little girl's so grown up.
00:38:26Hardly.
00:38:28You kept everything intact, right?
00:38:30Wow.
00:38:31I just want to make sure you're all looked up down there.
00:38:34But seriously, though, how do you feel?
00:38:37I can't shake the feeling that I'm screwing everything up.
00:38:40Screwing what up?
00:38:41My life?
00:38:43Family?
00:38:44God?
00:38:44God, sometimes you have to do what's right for you.
00:38:49Come in.
00:38:53Oh.
00:38:54Hi, guys.
00:38:56It's been a while.
00:39:01Hi, Aura.
00:39:03Hi.
00:39:03I actually wanted to talk with you a moment.
00:39:08Okay.
00:39:10Well, unless you guys are in the middle of something,
00:39:13no, it's fine.
00:39:15I'll leave you girls to talk.
00:39:29Look, I know the whole thing with you and Ben.
00:39:33And, well, I just wanted to let you know that I'm cool with it.
00:39:36So you both have other people?
00:39:41Well, I don't believe that you ever truly have somebody.
00:39:44I think we're more like jellyfish.
00:39:47They don't really ever hold on to their mates.
00:39:51They just kind of float around, touching each other.
00:39:55Is that what you believe?
00:39:57It's what I think is true.
00:39:59And I like you.
00:40:00And just because you're connecting with Ben
00:40:05doesn't mean that there shouldn't be any awkwardness between us.
00:40:08I like you.
00:40:17I like him.
00:40:22I like you.
00:40:24I like you.
00:40:24For the only reason.
00:40:30I like you.
00:40:32I like you.
00:40:34I like you.
00:40:35I love you.
00:40:37I like you.
00:40:38Here, go ahead.
00:41:04What does it taste like?
00:41:08It has bite like a soda but no sweetness to it.
00:41:12So bitter and sharp.
00:41:15That doesn't sound very good.
00:41:19You want a sip?
00:41:22Okay.
00:41:32That's close.
00:41:33You want a sip?
00:41:37You want a sip?
00:41:40You want a sip?
00:41:50You want a sip?
00:41:57Aileen.
00:41:58Tell your daughter I said thank you for watching the kids.
00:42:01Oh she was glad to do it.
00:42:03How long before Aura finishes her degree?
00:42:09This semester, thank Allah.
00:42:14Is that Aura?
00:42:16You need your eyes checked. Aura's a good two inches shorter than her.
00:42:53You okay?
00:42:56It's just that all my life I've been taught never to do this before marriage.
00:43:04Is that what you want?
00:43:08Hey. Hey.
00:43:11We don't have to do anything that you don't want to do, okay?
00:43:16I think people should be able to explore this kind of stuff when they're ready.
00:43:19And if you're not, that's okay.
00:43:22That's okay.
00:44:02I can't stay here.
00:44:04I just need my things.
00:44:06So what, you're not even gonna give us a chance?
00:44:08There is no us.
00:44:17Thanks.
00:44:21Hi, Mom.
00:44:23Hi.
00:44:24Hi.
00:44:26You okay?
00:44:27I'm just a little tired.
00:44:31Did you have a good time last night?
00:44:36It was all right.
00:44:36It was all right.
00:44:44Oh, Lord, forgive me.
00:44:47Oh, Lord, forgive me.
00:44:51Oh, Lord.
00:44:52Oh, Lord, forgive me.
00:44:58Hey.
00:45:01Can we talk for a minute?
00:45:03Yeah.
00:45:04Come.
00:45:10I owe you an apology for the other night.
00:45:12I just want to know what I did to make you run out of there like that.
00:45:15No, it has nothing to do with you, I swear.
00:45:20I know you don't get it, but I can't live like this.
00:45:26You're a great guy, and it wasn't fair for me to make you think that I could.
00:45:32I'm sorry.
00:45:35Well, apology accepted, I guess.
00:45:40You sure?
00:45:42Yeah, I'm fine.
00:45:45I was worried about you.
00:45:48I'll be okay.
00:45:51Tava.
00:45:52Tava.
00:45:54Okay.
00:45:56Well, I have to go.
00:45:59Okay.
00:46:01Okay.
00:46:02Bye.
00:46:02Bye.
00:46:11Bye.
00:46:13Bye.
00:46:18Bye.
00:46:31Did you have a bad weekend or something?
00:46:33No.
00:46:34I, um...
00:46:35I was just thinking about us, and I reconsidered.
00:46:40Okay.
00:46:42I was torn between what I wanted and God.
00:46:45I didn't think I could have both.
00:46:48But you're not torn anymore.
00:46:51I think...
00:46:54I have hope that God won't cast me out for being with someone.
00:47:01What if there wasn't a God, and you spent your entire life doing things that you didn't have to do
00:47:06to impress an imaginary friend?
00:47:08You really believe God is imaginary?
00:47:09Most intellectuals in society think so.
00:47:11There are other intellectuals in the world besides the ones in the U.S. and the U.K.
00:47:17I mean, if you interviewed professors in India, they'd give you very different answers.
00:47:20That doesn't mean they're right.
00:47:21Look at the cognitive difference between us and insects.
00:47:24You have creatures whose memory lasts a few seconds, and then there's humanity that can decipher how stars function.
00:47:30So?
00:47:32So, if we're that much greater than creatures we can observe, doesn't it stand to reason that they're creatures higher
00:47:37than us?
00:47:38Sure. Worthy of our worship, not so much.
00:47:40So arrogant.
00:47:40Why? Because I don't want to pay senseless homage to something that could be as made up as Santa Claus?
00:47:44No, because you think there's a possibility that God exists, but you don't think it's worth our time.
00:47:49I was reading the other day how a group of scientists figured out how to create matter out of light.
00:47:55Why isn't that praiseworthy? Why can't humanity focus on our own accomplishments?
00:47:58The atheist is most happy when he gets to play God.
00:48:03All cultures invent these tall tales or exaggerate things to give themselves significance.
00:48:09Like what you were telling me about your tribe submersing themselves in the ocean so they could talk to ghosts.
00:48:14You actually believe that?
00:48:15What if I did?
00:48:18The West declared a city of Troy was a myth until someone found it, and then they had to eat
00:48:23their words.
00:48:24The earth was flat until the West decided it was round.
00:48:28Before they were forcing us to be Christians, now they want us to be agnostic.
00:48:32God only exists when you say he does, right?
00:48:37Those ideas and stories you're mocking are the dignity of a lot of people.
00:48:43I think it's the kind of thing you make up when you have none.
00:48:48This was a mistake.
00:48:50Thanks for clearing it up for me.
00:49:31So are you going to tell me what's wrong?
00:49:35Ara.
00:49:38Please.
00:49:41Sweetheart, tell me.
00:49:44I'm here for you.
00:49:56I know what you're going through.
00:50:01I thought I was in love with a man I met at university too.
00:50:06Before you met my father?
00:50:08Yes.
00:50:10It's hard when you meet folks in a certain way, at a certain time.
00:50:17It's like they were tailored just for you.
00:50:22What was he like?
00:50:24You know, nice and fun.
00:50:30For the first time I felt free, like I had my own life and I could do whatever I wanted.
00:50:39Why didn't it last?
00:50:42I realised he wasn't really serious about life.
00:50:46He was more interested in going to one party after another
00:50:50than settling down and having a family.
00:50:54His lifestyle was unstable, just too crazy for me.
00:50:59When I came to my senses, I broke off with him.
00:51:03And soon after that, I met your father.
00:51:07And he was the right man for me.
00:51:13Did you ever hear about these couples and open relationships?
00:51:17Of course.
00:51:18It happens back home all the time.
00:51:20Some of the women, they just put up with it.
00:51:24Ara.
00:51:25Are you?
00:51:27Oh.
00:51:29Why would you be in that kind of relationship, eh?
00:51:33He has this woman he's been seeing since before we met.
00:51:38Ara, you know that isn't right.
00:51:40I can see how unhappy you are about it.
00:51:43Ara, this is going to make you an outcast in our community.
00:51:46You know that, right?
00:51:48The men in this country, they will not understand something like that.
00:51:52They'll judge you.
00:51:55I just don't know how I got wrapped up in it.
00:51:57You can unwrap yourself.
00:51:59Oh, sweetheart.
00:52:01You deserve better.
00:52:05When all this fire and passion dies away, and it will,
00:52:11you only find true freedom and peace in Allah.
00:52:24Come in.
00:52:33You're Ben Johnson?
00:52:35Yeah.
00:52:36You must be Ara's mom.
00:52:39No, sir. I do not wish to shake your hand.
00:52:42Beg your pardon?
00:52:43You have been defiling my daughter.
00:52:45And you should make this right.
00:52:47I don't know what you're talking about.
00:52:48You have been with her.
00:52:50She's never been with a man before.
00:52:53You understand?
00:52:54You're ruining her for her husband.
00:52:59My daughter is a good woman.
00:53:01And she deserves to be with someone who's going to treat her with respect.
00:53:04I don't think there's anything wrong with what we did.
00:53:07If you want what's best for her, leave her alone.
00:53:10Or you'll have to marry her.
00:53:13And women in Islam cannot marry outside it.
00:53:16So are you going to convert and then break up with that other friend of yours?
00:53:20Do you see yourself married to Ara?
00:53:24You heard what I asked you.
00:53:27You understand?
00:53:28You're making her an outcast in the community if this continues.
00:53:34She'll have trouble finding a good husband. And for what?
00:53:37So you can feel like a big man?
00:53:41If you don't have honorable intentions for her, then leave her alone and let someone who deserves her step up.
00:54:13Hey.
00:54:14I hate to just drop in on you like this.
00:54:17It's okay.
00:54:19Look, I know you're busy, but have you seen Gabrielle today?
00:54:23No, it's been a couple of days.
00:54:25You're not worried?
00:54:27No, she does this all the time. She's probably with her folks.
00:54:30She hadn't been returning my calls. I just got worried.
00:54:34Anyways, I just want to make sure she's all right.
00:54:36I'm sure she's okay.
00:54:42Is there something else on your mind, man?
00:54:51Do you love her?
00:54:55I don't know.
00:54:56Right. That's a no.
00:54:58What is love?
00:54:59Jesus. Look, I'm talking to a damn philosopher.
00:55:01No, I'm not being facetious. How do you know you're in love with someone?
00:55:05I can't stop thinking about her.
00:55:07I go crazy when she's gone. I go crazy when she's over here.
00:55:12I have never felt like this with another woman.
00:55:14Yeah?
00:55:16We're together. It just feels...
00:55:19It feels dangerous.
00:55:22Right.
00:55:24You feel the same way?
00:55:28No.
00:55:30With Gabrielle, it's comfortable and easy, but...
00:55:33No.
00:55:35The plans don't align.
00:55:37What about with the other woman you're seeing?
00:55:42In a weird way, yeah.
00:55:44There's your answer, man.
00:55:47Do the right thing.
00:55:48Make us all happy.
00:55:52I think she should move in with me.
00:56:10I think that's something...
00:56:10You..
00:56:15You..
00:56:23I think that's the rest of my life.
00:56:23It's from Pierre.
00:57:29Hey, I am so sorry I was such an ass.
00:57:33Can you forgive me, please?
00:57:35I'm sorry.
00:57:38Sorry.
00:57:50You're better than this.
00:57:51You know that.
00:57:54Mom, I just need some time alone with him to figure some things out.
00:57:58Have you thought about the example you're setting for Mohamed and Miriam?
00:58:02Did you tell them?
00:58:04No.
00:58:06Are you going to marry this man?
00:58:08Have children with him?
00:58:14Mom, I love you, but I have to go.
00:58:33How are you feeling after today?
00:58:36Good.
00:58:38It's good.
00:58:42Are you still talking to Gabrielle?
00:58:46No.
00:58:50Did you love her?
00:58:52There were times when I thought I did.
00:58:56Being with her was comforting, easy.
00:59:00But we didn't fit in a lot of ways, and I felt guilty for not making it fit.
00:59:08I was afraid of being alone, I guess.
00:59:10Why?
00:59:14Ever since I moved out of my mom's house, I always had to have a woman around me.
00:59:19It was ironic.
00:59:21I was afraid of committing myself.
00:59:23It felt like the beginning of death.
00:59:28I thought love would step in and solve everything, but...
00:59:32You know, what is love?
01:00:01Do you believe God hears all your prayers?
01:00:03Of course.
01:00:06You think it's crazy, you know?
01:00:08No, actually, I'm a little jealous.
01:00:10Why would that make you jealous?
01:00:12Because it's something I can't experience.
01:00:16I need evidence for everything.
01:00:18The fact that you're so sure without it, oh, makes me a little jealous.
01:00:23You've never thought there was a God?
01:00:26I thought there could be one who was.
01:00:28When?
01:00:30There's one time when I was thinking about the origins of everything.
01:00:34Like the universe.
01:00:36What do you think about the soul?
01:00:38I don't know.
01:00:40Define it, and I will tell you what I think about it.
01:00:44It's your immaterial essence.
01:00:47The you-ness of you.
01:00:48Like a part of you that's separate from your body?
01:00:51Yeah.
01:00:54Sounds like a nice idea.
01:00:57Makes me wish I had one.
01:00:58You have a soul, silly.
01:00:59Mm-mm.
01:01:00I'm not for a...
01:01:01I'm not for a...
01:01:04I'm not for a...
01:01:22Go, shot.
01:01:26All right, all right, all right.
01:01:31Okay, um, black horsey.
01:01:33Five.
01:01:34Twelve.
01:01:36Come on.
01:01:38Checkmate.
01:01:39That's on you.
01:01:41Yeah, well, fuck you out.
01:01:42Come on.
01:01:43One, two, three.
01:01:45Come on.
01:01:49Hey!
01:01:50Hey!
01:01:51How are you?
01:01:51Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
01:01:53No, that's bullshit.
01:01:54What's not?
01:01:55No, it's...
01:01:56Are you even listening?
01:01:58No, listen to me.
01:01:59What?
01:02:00I'm telling you, it's complete and utter bullshit.
01:02:03No, it's not.
01:02:04You're telling me with a straight face
01:02:06that the sexual revolution didn't liberate women.
01:02:10What I'm saying is that women, as a group,
01:02:13stopped paying attention to who they gave it up to.
01:02:15That's caused us to be objectified more, that's all.
01:02:18It's true.
01:02:20You know, we don't usually say no if it's offered.
01:02:23But why shouldn't a woman fuck whoever she wants?
01:02:26Because we're the ones who get stuck with the kids
01:02:28when the asshole runs.
01:02:31Like you.
01:02:32You wouldn't want to have a baby with some random dude,
01:02:34would you?
01:02:36No.
01:02:37No.
01:02:38No.
01:02:40No.
01:02:41No.
01:02:41No.
01:02:41No.
01:02:42No.
01:02:42No.
01:02:43No.
01:02:43No.
01:02:44No.
01:02:49No.
01:02:50No.
01:03:16Good morning.
01:03:18Sorry to interrupt.
01:03:20That's okay.
01:03:22All done?
01:03:23Yeah.
01:03:24Yeah.
01:03:25Every morning, right?
01:03:26Yeah.
01:03:31Did you have fun last night?
01:03:33Yeah, I won bet.
01:03:37It's kind of awkward for you.
01:03:39Sorry.
01:03:41A little bit.
01:03:42Yeah.
01:03:42My friends drink a lot.
01:03:43Sorry.
01:03:44Yeah.
01:03:45Yeah.
01:03:46The girls were pretty funny.
01:03:50They were talking about what kind of man they'd want to have kids with.
01:03:53God.
01:03:57You ever want kids?
01:03:58Uh, one day, yeah.
01:04:01It could be a nightmare now, though.
01:04:02Jeez.
01:04:04Why would it be a nightmare?
01:04:07Take over your life?
01:04:09Tie you down to some screaming spawn?
01:04:11Well, you were a screaming spawn once, too, you know.
01:04:14Yeah.
01:04:15It drove my dad nuts.
01:04:19I think it's partly why he was such a psycho.
01:04:23One have PTSD, the other have unwanted children.
01:04:27He won all these, uh, medals in the Air Force for leadership, so it couldn't have been the stress.
01:04:36I used to throw glasses at my head.
01:04:40Crazy shit.
01:04:43I honestly think that if he would have had just the room to be himself, he could have been a
01:04:49better man.
01:05:00You busy today?
01:05:02Never been meeting with my advisor.
01:05:04You?
01:05:06I was going to work on my dissertation.
01:05:09Okay.
01:05:10I'm going to be late.
01:05:11Okay.
01:05:12I'm going to clean, okay?
01:05:13Okay.
01:05:14Okay.
01:05:48I'm going to be late.
01:05:55Ara, can we talk to you?
01:06:00This isn't the answer.
01:06:03I love you.
01:06:05Allah loves you.
01:06:06Mom, is this what you want?
01:06:10Are you really happy like this?
01:06:12Mom, you know I love you.
01:06:15This is just something I need to figure out on my own.
01:06:21I will wait on you forever.
01:06:30Do the right thing, Ara.
01:06:36Well, I don't know how you did it, but this looks ready to defend.
01:06:41Not bad, huh?
01:06:42It's good.
01:06:44It's thoughtful, well-written.
01:06:48What happened?
01:06:50I'm serious.
01:06:51This is a world away from your last draft.
01:06:55Yeah, I guess it is.
01:06:57Ergo, my question.
01:06:58What happened?
01:07:01I don't know.
01:07:03I don't know.
01:07:42Do the right thing, Ara.
01:08:19Do the right thing, Ara.
01:08:21Do the right thing, Ara.
01:08:21Do the right thing, Ara.
01:08:43Hi.
01:08:43Hey.
01:08:45So, uh, how did your meeting go?
01:08:48Great.
01:08:49All I have to do is defend now.
01:08:52Hmm.
01:08:52Well, um, I have some good news.
01:08:55I was accepted into Georgetown Law.
01:08:58Wow.
01:08:59Congrats.
01:09:02It was the first school that I applied to.
01:09:05So you're moving there after the summer?
01:09:07Right after graduation, actually.
01:09:10You didn't tell me you were applying.
01:09:12Yeah, well, I'm probably going to be heading there in May
01:09:15because I want to get a lay of the land before the fall semester starts.
01:09:19And, um, well, I wanted to see if you would come with me.
01:09:26I, uh, I'm pregnant.
01:09:34Are you sure?
01:09:36Yep.
01:09:37I missed my period, and I went to the doctor, and I got the call today.
01:09:44I'm keeping the baby.
01:09:50I'm not saying this to be an ass, but are you sure it's mine?
01:09:54Yes, I'm sure it's yours.
01:09:56You are the only one that I have had unprotected sex with.
01:10:01You know, I just assumed that you would want to be involved in the life of your child.
01:10:08No.
01:10:09I mean, you're right.
01:10:12I'm just processing this.
01:10:32Oh, it's Ben.
01:10:34Oh, God.
01:10:35Oh, Ben.
01:10:38What's going on, stranger?
01:10:40I miss talking to you.
01:10:41Tell Ben I love him.
01:10:43Lana says hi and that she loves you.
01:10:45Nah, I missed you all.
01:10:48Sorry I've been busy getting my dissertation together, but...
01:10:52How's it coming?
01:10:53I, it's, it's ready to go.
01:10:55Are you all right, Benny?
01:10:57Your voice sounds strange.
01:10:58Yeah, I haven't been too careful here lately.
01:11:04You know, Gabrielle's pregnant.
01:11:06Uh, wow.
01:11:08Crazy, huh?
01:11:09How do you feel about this?
01:11:12I am, um, shaken up.
01:11:15Um, she's going to Georgetown.
01:11:19It's in the fall.
01:11:20She wants me to come with her.
01:11:22And, uh, you don't want to?
01:11:25No.
01:11:26Um, there's someone else.
01:11:28Someone else?
01:11:29Benny, this is soap opera stuff, huh?
01:11:32We have an open relationship.
01:11:33I, I'm an idiot bringing myself into this.
01:11:37I, Gabrielle, she and I, we were just good for the time being, you know?
01:11:41Um, and I finally met this other girl who I, I have a real connection with.
01:11:45And I, I just think I, I ruined it just like Dad.
01:11:51Ben, Ben, Benjamin, you couldn't be like that man if you tried.
01:11:58Do you want to live the rest of your life with Gabrielle?
01:12:04No, no.
01:12:06Well, could you be a good father if you weren't living with her?
01:12:13Yeah.
01:12:14Well, it sounds to me like you've answered your own question.
01:12:23Hey.
01:12:24Hey.
01:12:25How'd your day go?
01:12:27Not bad.
01:12:28I, I didn't mean for you to clean all of this.
01:12:30It's okay.
01:12:32I said I'd clean.
01:12:33It's fine.
01:12:35So.
01:12:38You're too good to me.
01:12:39You shouldn't have to take care of my mess.
01:12:41I work better when things are clean.
01:12:44You hungry?
01:12:45Yeah, food sounds good.
01:12:46Oh.
01:12:53Hey, there's something I've got to tell you.
01:12:56Something wrong?
01:12:58Yeah, I, I had a weird day today.
01:13:01I got some news.
01:13:04What is it?
01:13:08I don't know how to tell you this.
01:13:11I don't know how to tell you this.
01:13:13Gabrielle's pregnant.
01:13:20I just found out today.
01:13:22Listen, I'm going to tell her that even with the baby,
01:13:26I'm still going to be with you.
01:13:27I don't know how to tell you.
01:13:34Arr.
01:13:35Can you listen?
01:13:37Fuck.
01:13:38I didn't do this on purpose.
01:13:40Can you, can you give me the dignity of listening to me for a second?
01:13:51I need you to listen to me.
01:14:35It's very early in your first trimester, so you have lots of options.
01:14:40I have an opening as early as next Wednesday.
01:14:45Will it hurt?
01:14:46Some women have pain-like cramps during the procedure, but it's very safe.
01:14:55But you don't have to make a decision today.
01:15:18Hi, I talked to your mom.
01:15:21She's worried about you.
01:15:24I figured as much.
01:15:26I've been worried about you too.
01:15:29Is there anything I can do?
01:15:34I don't think anyone can help me now.
01:15:38Laura, my father and I have been pushy.
01:15:40I'm sorry for that.
01:15:42Look, I don't care what's happened.
01:15:45I want to help you feel that way.
01:15:51Professors, thank you for your time here today.
01:15:54My dissertation focuses on the tenets of Calvinism and how that philosophy spread across Western Europe and affected the politics
01:16:02and culture.
01:16:03And contrary to statistics, Cameroonian philosophies still thrive within Christianity, much like the cult of Isis survives within Roman Catholicism
01:16:12as the veneration of Mary.
01:16:14That was brilliant, Ara.
01:16:18Congratulations on a remarkable defense and on your engagement.
01:16:23So will you be Dr. Jalali?
01:16:26No, I'm choosing to take my husband's name.
01:16:32You can just have a seat over there.
01:16:49How did it go in there?
01:16:51It did okay.
01:16:55You?
01:16:57I'm pretty sure I passed.
01:17:00You think so?
01:17:03If I would have done this a month ago, I would have said no.
01:17:08You?
01:17:10I passed, I think.
01:17:17I heard you got engaged.
01:17:20Yeah.
01:17:25Congrats.
01:17:27Thanks.
01:17:31What are you gonna do after this?
01:17:35Moving to D.C. to be near Gabrielle.
01:17:38I got a teaching fellowship there.
01:17:45Well, I hope you two are happy.
01:17:50Ben?
01:17:51Ara.
01:17:55Hey, listen.
01:17:56I just want to say...
01:17:58No, Ben.
01:18:01Not here.
01:18:03They're ready for you, Ben.
01:18:26What were you gonna write about?
01:18:29Spinoza and the ripples in the universe.
01:18:35About how everything that is or will be are all like ripples in a pond.
01:18:39All outside our control and nothing can change them.
01:18:44Do you believe that?
01:18:45Do you believe that?
01:18:46Do you believe that?
01:19:19You?
01:19:40You?
01:19:42What are you gonna do?
01:19:42around my dimming side, oh, sweet time, when I was yours and you were mine.
01:19:59Fates a cold face, she stares unmoved, as we make our plans and do the things we do.
01:20:12But how we tempted her until the end, and though we're left and lost, I'd do it all again.
01:20:27Since the start, since the fall, there's someone trying to make sense out of it all.
01:20:40It seems a waste to give the tools to till the land, then turn around and take the harvest from
01:20:53our hands.
01:20:55Fates a cold face, she stares unmoved, as we make our plans and do the things we do.
01:21:10And how we tempted her until the end, and though we're loved and lost, I'd do it all again.
01:21:52Fates a cold face, she stares unmoved, as we make our plans and do the things we do.
01:21:59Fates a cold face, she stares unmoved, as we go to the center of the center of the center of
01:22:01the center.
01:22:14Fates a cold, she still has a cold face, she still has an cold face, she still has a cold
01:22:17face.
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