00:06I am calm, I am relaxed, I am a happy tree.
00:18You are making it very hard to be a happy tree!
00:24Sorry, Liv, I'm just, I'm losing my mind, waiting for this letter that will tell me if I made tryouts
00:30for the Junior Olympics.
00:32Junior Olympics.
00:33It's just a chance to play basketball for my country and travel the world for a year and score a
00:40bangin' Team USA duffel bag.
00:42You know what, it's no big deal.
00:46It's the biggest deal ever!
00:47Bam! What?
00:50I just got home, and now she might be leaving for some once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent our
00:56country as a Junior Olympian?
00:59How selfish can she be?
01:02Maddie, I totally hope you do get to do your basketball audition.
01:07It was called a tryout.
01:09Well, whatever it is called, I hope you break a leg.
01:15Maddie!
01:16This was on the porch.
01:17Oh! My letter!
01:19I'm gonna throw up.
01:21Okay.
01:22Okay.
01:23You open it.
01:24Don't touch it!
01:25Okay.
01:26Okay.
01:28Ready?
01:32Socks?
01:35You have been pranked by Joey.
01:42Booyah!
01:49Booyah!
01:50Booyah!
01:53Booyah!
01:54Booyah!
01:56Booyah!
01:57Booyah!
01:58Booyah!
01:59Booyah!
01:59Booyah!
02:00Booyah!
02:01Booyah!
02:02Booyah!
02:03Booyah!
02:04Booyah!
02:05Booyah!
02:05Booyah!
02:05Booyah!
02:06Booyah!
02:07Booyah!
02:08Booyah!
02:08Booyah!
02:11Booyah!
02:12I dare you come on and follow, you dance to your own beat, I'll sing the melody when you say
02:21yeah, I'll say no when you say so, all I wanna do is go, go, go.
02:30You, you, you're the half of me, me, the half will never be, me, the half will just get crazy,
02:39you, you, the better half of me, me, the half will always be, we both know, we're better in stereo.
02:57Boom, that is 14 in a row, where's your defense, little man?
03:07It is three feet below your shoulders, that's where.
03:13How is this even fun for you? I'm done here.
03:18Oh, come on. One more?
03:19I'm just trying to keep my mind off Maddie in the Junior Olympics.
03:22I really don't want her to leave.
03:24Have you heard anything?
03:25I keep my nose out of such affairs.
03:29Come on. One more game?
03:31Why don't you just get Joey to play with you?
03:33I mean, he's not leaving for his pottery class for a little while.
03:38Wait a minute. Pottery class?
03:41He told me he was meeting with his zombie appreciation society.
03:46Wait. He's lying to us?
03:49Why would you lie about doing either of those things?
03:53Unless you're doing something even more pathetic.
03:57What do you think he's up to?
04:00I don't know.
04:01Just when you think you have a munch all figured out, he throws you a curveball.
04:07Maybe he has a secret girlfriend.
04:16Okay, look. We need to figure out what Joey's hiding.
04:20Last time he had a secret, I woke up with 64 white mice in my bed.
04:26Wait. So are you saying this is an affair you would stick your nose in?
04:31Oh, Diggie.
04:32My nose goes where it's needed.
04:41Hey, Rooney. Did you hear anything from the Junior Olympics people?
04:44Uh, no. Still no letter.
04:47Wow. Serious?
04:48I said no letter!
04:53I'm sorry. I was just hoping for good news about the tryouts.
04:56Oh, wow. Okay. So you're saying you want me to move away for a year?
05:02That's not what I'm saying at all.
05:03Oh, okay. So then you don't want me to make the team.
05:08Oh, wow. No. Um, I want what you want.
05:12Mm-hmm.
05:13Exactly as much as you want it.
05:19Hey, Maddie. Hear anything from Junior Olympics?
05:22No!
05:23I swear, if one more person...
05:26Hey, Maddie. Did you hear me?
05:39Yes! Thank you for taking the bouncing upstairs, Maddie. It is so much better!
05:47Sorry. Any sign of the mail?
05:50No?
05:54You know what? I'll check again.
05:57Even though it's only been eight minutes since the last time...
06:03I'm sure the mailman is standing right there, about to knock.
06:10Got a certified letter for Maddie Rooney?
06:13Okay. Have a good day. Bye.
06:19Junior Olympics.
06:21Did it come?
06:25Um...
06:26Did you see that moment of hesitation where I almost did the right thing?
06:33No! No mail here.
06:37It was brief.
06:39But it was there.
06:41No!
06:41No!
06:42No!
06:43No!
06:43No!
06:44No!
06:44No!
06:48Dude, what are you wearing?
06:51We are not following Joey into the jungle.
06:55You don't know that.
06:57So, Maddie might move away, and now you're dressed like a shrub.
07:04I got big problems, kid.
07:09Leave them at the door.
07:11We have work to do.
07:13I installed a GPS tracking app on Joey's cell phone.
07:17Would you believe his password was one, two, three, four?
07:20What a munch.
07:23Total munch.
07:26Hey, can you teach me how to change the password on my phone?
07:29No!
07:46My GPS app just said Joey entered the school.
07:51we just saw joey enter the school i know this thing's good huh
08:06okay i just don't get it who wouldn't mysteriously sneak out at night just to
08:10come back to school a teenage superhero who uses ridgewood high as his bat cave
08:18i knew his dorkiness was just too dorky to be anything but a secret identity
08:24dude i can't believe i have to say this out loud but joey is not a superhero
08:31now i'm embarrassed i brought it up
08:37someone's coming hide hide
08:51boom jungle
08:56you're welcome
09:26what are you two doing here
09:29we're superheroes and this is our bat cave
09:38i didn't open maddie's letter but i struggled for hours about what to do with it in the end i
09:45decided there really only was one right thing to do hide it long enough for her to miss tryouts
09:52yeah it turns out that the toilet tank is not a great hiding place
10:04and there
10:06oh hair dryer is there any problem you can solve
10:14f y information life is going to get a lot more complicated for you both when you grow up
10:22live honey can i come in
10:42hey how are you doing
10:45oh so good i am phenomenal i am just great
10:53poor maddie has been out on that basketball court all night
10:57she is so anxious waiting for this letter to arrive it's just cruel that they make
11:02her wait so long i have just been a nervous wreck thinking about another one of my babies leaving the
11:18nest
11:18but you you're right there supporting your sister
11:22it's just like this picture you two made sisters by chance friends by choice
11:29you know you girls live that every day
11:33every day
11:35twice on sundays
11:39oh i remember the night you're leaving for hollywood
11:54mom mom guess what
11:57what is it maddie
11:58we played basketball recess today and it was better than everyone
12:02oh even the boys bam
12:04what
12:05bam
12:06what
12:08oh i like that
12:10bam what
12:15what
12:21is happening
12:25joey parker just follows you around because he worships the ground you walk on
12:29it is cute that he can't take his eyes off of you
12:33so that's why he poops with the door open
12:37he'll grow out of that
12:43appreciate the offer what offer bluetooth and babe
12:51okay here is aunt dina's number in case you need to get a hold of us in la keep it
12:56someplace safe
12:57got it
13:01there she is look out hollywood it is live rooney
13:07i had the most amazelicious idea instead of saying the name of my show i should always sing it
13:14sing it
13:20that's gonna get old
13:23gonna
13:26all right everybody time to take mom and live to the airport
13:30wait i need a twin moment
13:33are they gonna hug or fight
13:35i never know
13:38i could be gone for a long time
13:41you see the word and i won't leave
13:43you have to go live
13:45you have to go live
13:46i'm gonna miss you
13:46but this is your dream
13:51thanks that means everything to me
13:53now go out and show hollywood how we do it in steven's point
13:58bam wood
14:02yeah don't do that
14:12wow thank you mom really needed that reminder of how selfless my sister was
14:18i would be a monster not to do the same thing for her
14:21oh a hideous monster
14:29all righty you figured out my secret i'm in a drum circle we're called the bucket street boys
14:39go ahead make fun
14:42joey that was awesome
14:44and you know i die a little inside every time i compliment you
14:51i was really impressed too joe
14:54yeah no one's taking you seriously right now diggy
14:57stand down soldier stand down
15:04so uh what's with the sneaking around well you know some of my guys are a little shy
15:13a lot shy
15:16so we've been rehearsing in private but we're going public tomorrow between fifth and sixth period
15:24whoa that's hallway rush hour that's the point we're gonna stop traffic with our insta jam
15:33pick up some insta hallway tread
15:37that's cool i mean you just became slightly less munchy
15:44i just don't get why you keep the one thing you do well a secret
15:48one thing clearly you have never seen me give medicine to a cat
16:09maddy couldn't sleep so she was practicing free throws whatever those are and have you ever noticed how a
16:16bouncing basketball sounds like guilty secrets trying to pound their way out of your skull
16:33what is happening
16:44what is happening
16:52I felt like the picture was trying to tell me something.
16:56And it seems to me that if a picture comes to life, you should probably listen to it.
17:03Give her the ladder!
17:05Fuck!
17:08You had better be asleep by the time I get back, young ladies.
17:17Maddie!
17:19Look who just came.
17:20Two letters from the Junior Olympics.
17:23Finally!
17:28Wait, this just got here?
17:30It's midnight.
17:33Yeah!
17:34Yeah!
17:36It's this new feature that the post office has where they wait until the last second to deliver something important
17:43to build excitement.
17:44It's called, um, it's called the Anticipost.
17:52Liz, when did this letter really get here?
17:56Okay, so we got here this morning.
17:59What?
18:00You had this all day?
18:01Hey, you cannot blame the messenger.
18:05Well, I can't if the messenger never gave me the message.
18:09Now, what is going on out here?
18:12Liv, hit my Junior Olympics letter.
18:14All day.
18:15Hey, what?
18:16Olivia Rooney!
18:19You see that?
18:20That is the face of an appalled mother.
18:22You appalled her because you are appalling!
18:28Well, I wouldn't say Mom looked appalled.
18:30She just looks kind of worn out.
18:34Liv, you tried to sabotage me.
18:37I would never sabotage your dream like that.
18:41Well, now, Madison, that's not totally true.
18:46Do you remember five years ago?
18:49Liv's audition DVD?
18:50We are not talking.
18:52About five years ago, Karen.
18:56Well, I think I'd like to hear Karen's story.
19:04Say goodbye to Hollywood, Liv.
19:07Maddie, stop!
19:09What are you doing?
19:10I'm destroying Liv's audition video.
19:13I don't want her to leave.
19:15Honey, no.
19:18Oh, I know this is going to be hard,
19:20but this is Liv's dream.
19:22We have to let her try.
19:24If she doesn't, she will always wonder what might have happened.
19:28You're right, Mom.
19:30I once passed up a chance to move to Indianapolis
19:34to fill a coveted spot in a regional production of Oliver
19:38as Street Urchin No. 3.
19:42I carried that regret with me every single day of me life.
19:51You almost destroyed my audition DVD?
19:55Liv, I...
19:56No, no.
19:57Huh.
19:58It's cool.
19:59Wow.
19:59Um, for a while there, I thought I was the evil twin,
20:02but it turns out we're both evil.
20:05Samesies!
20:08You can't call samesies.
20:10I was, like, ten.
20:13Okay.
20:14I think we should focus less on the evil that you share
20:17and more on the love.
20:19Neither one of you wanted the other one to leave.
20:23Maddie, she's right.
20:25I mean, I moved back to Wisconsin to be with you.
20:29I'm not ready to let you go.
20:33So, yeah, I hid your letter.
20:36I'm sorry.
20:40I mean, I get it.
20:43Your heart was in the right place.
20:46Liv, just know that whatever is in this letter,
20:50we're never going to lose what we have.
20:52That's right.
20:53You'll always be sisters by chance, friends by choice.
20:59Yeah, so let's not say that out loud anymore.
21:04Open your letter.
21:06Open the letter.
21:07Yeah, open the letter.
21:09Okay, fine.
21:10I will...
21:11Diggy?
21:14What are you doing here?
21:16Just walking by.
21:17I thought I'd say hello.
21:20Aw.
21:21Weird, but sweet.
21:24Open the letter.
21:30I've made tryouts.
21:32I've made tryouts!
21:34Ah!
21:34Ah!
21:35Ah!
21:35Ah!
21:36Ah!
21:38This is huge!
21:39I'm so proud of you!
21:43Wait, I have to be in Chicago for tryouts in six hours?
21:49I'm never going to make that.
21:50Six hours?
21:52Ah!
21:53Six hours!
21:54What have I done?
21:55Okay, um...
21:56No, no, no.
21:57You know what?
21:57I can help.
21:58I can have you packed in five and a half.
22:01Whoa!
22:04Oh.
22:05This is trial to her next weekend.
22:09Oh, I know.
22:12Oh, but did you see her jump?
22:18Maybe I am the evil twin.
22:30Am I too late for the instant jam?
22:32I got a bathroom hall pass for my teacher.
22:34But I didn't tell her what bathroom.
22:39Guys, you made it.
22:41By the time sixth period starts, you'll be able to say,
22:45Joey, Rudy, I knew him when.
22:54Attention, Ridgewood!
22:57Get ready to get rhythm!
23:04One, two, three, four!
23:10Really?
23:13Seriously, now is not the time to be shy.
23:19Man, this is terrible.
23:20We have to do something.
23:22You're right.
23:23I have an immobilizing dart gun in my pocket.
23:26We could say he was dehydrated.
23:31I think I have a better idea.
23:38Thanks, man.
23:51Now, are you guys drummers?
23:54Or are you bombers?
23:59Well, the joke is on you.
24:01Joey's out there with the captain of the basketball team.
24:05And you guys are just standing here getting lectured.
24:09Bye, fifth grader!
24:15Hey, Joey, we got the band back together.
24:18Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.
24:23All righty.
24:24One, two, three, four!
24:48Way to go, Joey!
24:49What now, Biggie?
24:51They love me!
25:03So, how'd it go?
25:05Did you make the team?
25:06Well, they said she had a lot of potential.
25:10And she was one of only three sophomores invited to try out.
25:15Yeah, they, um, they said I did a really great job.
25:18And they, uh, said for me to keep practicing.
25:22Oh, Maddie.
25:24So sorry.
25:25Yeah, because we start in ten weeks!
25:29I made the team!
25:30Bam!
25:31What?
25:33Did you see their faces?
25:35I didn't give it away.
25:36I didn't give it away!
25:39Oh, Maddie, I am so proud of you!
25:44Thanks, Mom.
25:47Wow.
25:48I'm really gonna miss you, Rooney.
25:51But, I'll be here waiting for you when you come back.
25:56Thanks, Diggy.
25:57No way!
26:04So, um...
26:07I could be gone for a really long time.
26:09You just say the word...
26:11Don't go!
26:11Forget your dreams!
26:15What?
26:17I'm totally kidding.
26:18You have to go.
26:19I already made plans for you half of the room.
26:28Thank you for watching my audition video.
26:30I would love to be your Stephanie Einstein on Sing It Loud.
26:35Oh, that was great, honey.
26:40Now you go on up to bed, and we will mail this out tomorrow.
26:44Thanks, Mom.
26:45Okay.
26:46Sleep well, honey.
26:49Hello, Hollywood.
26:53Hope you enjoyed Liv.
26:55She's adorable.
26:56But while we have you here,
26:58I'd love to throw my hat in the ring for Stephanie's mom.
27:02Alberta Einstein.
27:04Now, I don't have a script,
27:06but here's how I imagine the character would be.
27:15Hello.
27:17Well, I didn't see you there.
27:19The name's Einstein.
27:22Alberta Einstein.
27:24Hey, honey, you want some popcorn?
27:27Yeah, sure, that'd be great.
27:32Okay.
27:32I hope you consider Karen Rooney for the role of Alberta Einstein.
27:37Thanks.
27:38Cheers.
27:39Cheers.
27:39Cheers.
27:42Cheers.
27:44Cheers.
27:45Cheers.
27:46Cheers.
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