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- You know that myth about icarus?

The guy with wings who ignored his dad's warnings

and flew too close to the sun?

I would never condone such risky behaviour, but...

Ugh, I get it.

I mean, if you got a little taste of flying

or, you know, fame...

Wouldn't you want to see how far you could go?

To my adorable boyfriend, who I admire in a feminist,

partners not-patriarchy kind of way.

Happy one-month anniversary, oscar moreno.

- And clink! (laughing)

and then we cut to the video that oscar sent me yesterday

of his speech, and then he spins around

and falls into the grass beside you,

and you look up at the clouds and then you smile at each other

and... Wow, I've outdone myself.

Now hashtag "one month" and "best boyfriend".

(giggling) and set to post in three days

so you don't have to worry about posting

on your actual anniversary.

- Perfect, 'cause oscar actually says

he has a date planned for us.

- Ooh! Make sure to take tons of pictures

and post those too. - Of course.

- Now, I have something super exciting

to share with you.

Look! - Oh, what's this?

Oh! (laughing)

it's a cheque for $208.42! - Eee!

- I cannot believe that we got this from posting

a few photos and videos.

- Sixty-four perfectly curated photos

and 18 videos, but who's counting?

- I think I hear my mom coming. - Okay.

- I want to go show her. Okay, can you hold this?

- Yeah. (car doors closing)

- mom, everyone is going to wondermental adventure park!

I'm finally old enough to go on the skycrusher!

It has a 245-foot drop!

- Okay, honestly, heather, by the time we get the ticket

and then lunch, and then there's taxes,

and then there's parking, and then there's gas,

it's just... It becomes really pricey, okay?

And we just don't have that kind of cash lying around.

- What if I... Pay for heather's trip?

- Really? And... And with what money?

- I just got paid for all the videos I've been posting.

- You make this kind of money doing social media?

- Yeah.

- If you want to pay for it...

- How can I deprive heather the pleasure

of abject terror and adrenaline?

(chuckling) - uh, wow. Thank you.

(laughing)

- plus, you can use the rest to help pay the bills.

- Holly, that's really generous.

- And maybe, when I grow my following,

I can really start to help out.

- Ooh, are you gonna be like empress of slime?

- Who? - Perfect slime every time?

She's got, like, three million followers.

- Maybe.

Guess that means I've got 2,990,000 more followers to go.

Better get to work. (laughing)

♪ you and me run to a different beat ♪

♪ we are brave, lead the way, lead the way ♪

♪ be the you inside and watch the world take flight ♪

♪ we are brave, lead the way lead the way ♪

♪ be the change ♪

♪ be the change ♪

♪ gotta be the change ♪

- so you're telling me this gum makes you smarter.

- Technically, it just deploys anthocyanins

to the sublingual region.

- And for those of us who sit at the back of the class?

(laughing)

- chew a piece. In five minutes,

you'll be primed to memorize and recall faster.

- Wow. (chuckling)

this might be my best newspaper article yet.

And it really works? - I've been testing the gum

on a sample group for the last month and the results

are promising, especially in the over-40 cohort.

- Right. Didn't dad take part? - Yes. In fact,

his results were staggering.

After chewing, he had twice as much recall.

This gum could have real clinical implications.

- And I might win a nobel prize for this article.

- No, robbie, you would win a pulitzer.

I would win the nobel prize.

- Oh, do you mind if I look at your data?

- Yeah, of course. I just need to do one more test

with your dad to confirm results, but after that,

it's all yours. - Great.

(bright music)

(indistinct chattering)

- ah, 1,271 new likes!

Piper, what's happening?

- You're blowing up! You have 9,901 new followers.

9,981. 10,081!

(squealing)

thought you didn't care about that stuff.

- If I get more followers, I can make more money,

and if I make more money, I can help my family.

- Now, we need to strike while the iron's hot.

But if you really want to make an impact,

you should do something that's trending right now,

like the "where you at?" challenge.

- Alright, let me look it up.

(thudding) ah! Claudia!

- Sorry to intrude, but I need to solicit your help.

I'm a rapper and I have aspirations of performing

a music piece at the open mic.

- Oh, it would be your first performance!

- Yes, but I don't want to humiliate myself.

If I sent you a track, could you listen and provide feedback?

- Yes, of course. After I watch this video.

- Thank you. - Cool.

- Okay, so it starts with a rodeo and then a shimmy.

(birds chirping)

- um... Uh...

Ah, sorry, amy, I can't remember where the other bike is.

- Just take a guess.

(sighing)

I mean, last time, your recall improved 50% with the gum

and this time...

- Not so great, huh?

- You're actually worse than you were without the gum.

Did anything change?

- Not that I can think of.

Oh, I did stop taking the muscle relaxers last week.

- Muscle relaxers.

Being is less pain probably helped your performance.

- I hope I didn't screw up your experiment.

- No, it's all just part of it. - Ah.

- I should tell robbie to hold off on that article

until I test a wider sample. Do you know where he is?

- Right here. - Oh.

Hey, you can't write that article about my experiment.

- I know, 'cause I already did. It's in today's paper.

Our astrologist missed her deadline, so we needed

something to fill the space.

- I thought you were waiting for data!

- I didn't need it. I decided to focus on the human angle.

- But your dad's improvements aren't because of the gum.

It's because he was taking muscle relaxers.

- What about your other test subjects?

- There were slight upticks, but your dad's results

were the most drastic and they skewed all the data.

You have to unpublish that story.

- I can't! It's printed. Look.

Okay, just don't worry.

Our readership is very, very low.

(phone vibrating)

- oh, my gosh. Dr. Manning.

I'm sure this is just a coincidence.

I mean, she definitely doesn't read

the collinsville newspaper. - Yeah, probably not.

Ooh. Although... I did call her for a quote.

- No. - Yeah.

- No, no, no. Um... (phone vibrating)

okay.

Hi! Dr. Manning!

Oh, it's so lovely to hear from you.

Yeah, my research is very promising.

You want me to present it?

To your doctoral students.

(laughing) great.

Yeah, that is just... So great.

Thanks.

- It's not the worst thing in the world.

- Yes, it is!

She's gonna think that I lied about my experiment

in the newspaper and then my science career

is gonna be over forever.

- Okay, what if you just didn't tell her the truth?

- I can't do that. That's cheating.

- Who's gonna know? You, me, and my dad.

- I mean, einstein did fudge the numbers on e=mc2

so it would gain widespread acceptance,

and it was never proven until after his death.

- And everyone thinks he's a genius.

(sighing)

- I can't believe I'm actually considering this.

I need to talk to someone with a stronger moral compass.

Where's holly?

♪ where you at where you at ♪

♪ where you at where you at ♪

♪ where you at where you at ♪

♪ show me show me ♪

(funky music)

um... What is she doing?

- Taking part in a cultural movement, I think.

It reminds me of my theatre days.

(chuckling)

- hey, amy, what's up?

- Uh, do you have a minute?

- For my best friend? You can have two.

- Can we go somewhere else, maybe?

- Ugh. I'm so out of sync. I've got a lot of work to do.

(music playing) this dance challenge

ends at 8:00. Can it wait?

- Yeah, sure. Meet me here?

Tomorrow, 9 a.M.? - Okay, cool. Thanks.

(music playing)

people love my video, piper! Oh, you were right!

(laughing) someone commented that I should

call my fans the holly hobbie-ists.

- Write "only a hobbie" with an upside-down smiley face.

More comments going through! This one's a hit!

- Oh, cool. The next one says--

- okay, some of us are trying to get some sleep here.

- And some of us are trying to engage with our followers.

There's 287 comments. I have 64 more to go.

- You've been at it for hours.

Can't you just finish them in the morning?

- Heather, this is my job now.

This is what it takes to get the followers,

which gets the cheques, which gets you the ticket

to the amusement park.

- I can still feel the gs in my bones.

(chuckling) ah, fine.

- Holly! - What? What is it?

- Whoa, this is big. - Well, tell me!

- I can't! It's so big,

I have to record your face when I tell you.

I'll be there tomorrow morning. Look cute.

(laughing)

you ready? - Absolutely.

- The empress of slime is on a cross-country tour

doing collabs. She saw your dance video

and she's a huge fan!

So, you are gonna be her wisconsin stop.

- Oh, the empress of slime?! - Yep.

- Oh, my gosh, you guys, that's amazing news!

I-I can't wait to share her visit with you!

Piper?! - I know!

- Ah, I wish amy was here to celebrate.

Oh, no. Amy!

Ah.

Hi. I am so, so sorry.

Piper had some big news and I got distracted.

I can be there in 15 minutes?

- That's too late. I have to catch a bus

to ossington university.

- Did I mention that I'm sorry?

- Look, you're busy. I get it.

And now I've gotta go.

- It's okay. We'll catch her up when she gets back.

Right now, we need to focus on the slime at hand.

I'm sending you some essential viewing now.

(laughing)

- and that's it. You can squish it, swirl it,

poke it, pull it, anything.

(sighing) - okay, I have to choose

my signature slime. Huh.

The ones with glitter get 20,000 fewer views.

- Ahem. I have a surprise.

- Oh, hey. What's up? I'm just watching some videos.

- Our one-month anniversary date:

Two tickets to the songwriters roundtable

in madison! - What?! No way!

Jamie stevens? Sam morris?

Oscar, this is the best date ever.

- Um, what are you scheming?

- Holly's gonna be in an empress of slime video.

- She gets at least 500,000 views on each of her videos.

- Half-a-million views? Wow!

When's she getting here? - This afternoon.

- But the songwriter roundtable is this afternoon.

- She's only here one night.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime shot.

(heather): Hey, claudia. You're here.

- Holly, have you managed to check out my song?

- Oh, shoot. I'm so sorry, I haven't checked it out yet.

- It's that bad, huh?

You can't even tell me the truth.

- No, I just haven't listened to it yet. I swear.

- How will I know if I'm ready for the open mic?

- Um, well, we don't have an open mic scheduled yet.

(chuckling) - I thought you had one

every week.

- Hey, um, we're kind of in the middle of something

really important. - Sorry.

I didn't mean to disturb you.

- Come on. Uh, let's leave these two

to whatever this is.

- I didn't know you were so into slime.

- If I do this crossover, I'll get a ton more followers.

I'm really sorry, oscar.

But hey, at least we can celebrate tomorrow, right?

- I know we can. I'm not mad. I'm just wondering.

You've been spending all your time making videos

for your followers, but I thought

music was your thing. - It is.

- When was the last time you actually wrote a song?

- It's just how it works.

All of these influencers have songs of their own,

but their songs get way more views than mine do.

- But they're not known for their music.

They're known for... Slime. Is that what you want?

- You just don't understand. - I'm trying to,

but I see you're giving up...

Open mics, and playing music,

and going on dates for a few likes.

What about the people around you?

The people that actually like you?

Like irl?

- You just don't get it.

(soft music)

- amy abbasi. The next jennifer doudna.

It's in her dna.

For now. (laughing)

without further ado, I turn it over to amy

and her exciting research.

(applause)

- I am so honoured to be here,

where a crispr joke kills. (laughing)

I'd like to present intelligum,

a gum that uses antioxidants to enhance memory.

The results...

...Show promise.

- Didn't you conclude a 50% improvement?

- I did... Conclude that.

- Amy, I must confess I have an ulterior motive

for bringing you here.

At ou, we offer a summer enrichment program.

- Oh, I know all about it.

Research funding, 24/7 lab access and ap courses.

- Well, this is the board that decides the participants.

Amy, tell us more about your results.

Something that wasn't in the article.

- That they're all... A big, fat lie.

(whispering)

(knocking)

- here we go! (excited laughter)

hi! - Honoured to meet you,

your majesty. (laughing)

- nice to meet you. My mom's in the van

outside with some gear. She's wondering where to set up.

- I can handle that. I'll let you two influencers

get acquainted. - Come in.

(laughing)

- I love your feeds.

It reminds me of my old life.

And I love your song.

♪ I woke up like this ♪

what's next?

- Oh, I actually haven't had a chance to write much

with all the posting I've been doing, but...

I want to get back to it soon.

- I get that. I used to tap dance.

- What? I had no idea! - I did 45 tap videos.

Then I did one slime video with a tiara

and four years later, I'm still in that tiara.

- Well, if you ever want to tap dance,

there's a spot at the open mic with your name on it.

When I have time to schedule one.

- Will oscar and amy be there?

And that's piper with my mom, right?

- Yes. You know my friends? (laughing)

- I love the posts of you guys just hanging out.

- Don't you hang out?

- My old friends didn't understand why

I was always so busy posting.

But you can't disappoint the fans, because if you do,

they'll go somewhere else.

Sometimes I'm, like: Get over it, it's slime!

(laughing awkwardly) - okay, guys,

we are ready to shoot. - Let's do this.

- And we are rolling.

- Hey, guys! I'm coming to you with slimer holly hobbie.

Holly, don't you want to tell everyone about yourself?

- Right. Yes. Um, hi. I'm holly.

Which you already know. And, um...

I love music, even though I...

Haven't really been doing a lot it lately.

And, um...

The most important thing in my life is...

My friends.

- Great. Now let's make slime.

- I need to call amy.

- Holly, can't we wait till after the video?

- I need to apologize for ditching.

This can't wait. (sighing)

- schedule says I have three other videos to shoot today.

- And we won't waste any more of your time.

Right, holly? - Come on, it's just slime.

What? You said it first.

- I was just venting. Slime changed my life.

- I'm sorry. (sighing)

okay, this isn't about you or slime.

This is about me.

- Suit yourself. Empress of slime out.

- Uh, just... Just one second!

It's not too late. Just go and apologize.

- Piper, what am I doing? I don't want to make slime,

I want to make music.

- Just 20,000 new followers

and then we can relax.

- What, after that, it's gonna be 50,000?

Piper, I don't want followers.

I want my friends.

I forgot amy, I'm ditching oscar,

and I'm ignoring claudia.

- What about me? We worked so hard,

and I finally found something that I'm good at.

Why are you trying to throw this away?

- I'm sorry... Piper.

But this isn't who I am.

I can't do this anymore.

(soft music)

- amy, you'd said that intelligum was effective

and had a 50% improvement.

- I did.

And I believe intelligum could be effective.

But results on this experiment...

Were compromised.

(murmurings) doctor, that article you read,

the profile?

It was published before I found out

one of my test subjects had taken muscle relaxers

during the experiment.

The results are inconclusive.

The experiment was a failure.

- So you did not control for external factors...

And employed an ineffective methodology.

- Yes... Doctor.

- Good that you found the undisclosed medication.

You'll know to control for that in the next experiment.

- Next experiment?

But I messed up.

- You had a flaw in your method, which you caught.

Good job.

- Good... Good job?

So I didn't just embarrass myself

in front of wisconsin's finest scientific minds?

- There are always all sorts of unforeseen factors.

Trial and error is the process.

Better to not start tooting your own horn

before you're sure your results are bulletproof.

- Never again. (laughing)

- keep up the good work.

And maybe we'll see you this summer.

(upbeat rap music)

♪ excuse me ♪

♪ why are we so surprised to see ♪

♪ me commanding rhymes so extraordinary ♪

♪ always reading fantasy expanding my vocabulary ♪

♪ introducing claudia the rapping human dictionary ♪

♪ unstoppable phenomenal responsible and comical ♪

♪ think my jokes are horrible ♪

♪ don't answer that's rhetorical ♪

♪ fantasy vibes doing it live ♪

♪ always believed in the words of the wise ♪

♪ being yourself should not be a crime ♪

♪ create jubilation and give it a try ♪

♪ I'm working my magic the crowd's ecstatic ♪

♪ my rhymes just flow it becomes automatic ♪

♪ not monosyllabic always charismatic ♪

♪ and maybe sometimes it's a little dramatic ♪

♪ if I may I just wanted to say ♪

♪ my name is c-l-a-u-d-I-a ♪

(cheering and applause)

- claudia, that was amazing. You had nothing to worry about.

- Thanks for encouraging me.

- Next up, welcoming back to the stage from a hiatus,

please welcome tapping tabitha!

(cheering and applause)

(funky music)

(cheering)

- wow. That is the happiest tap dancer I've ever seen.

- She's glowing. (laughing)

- you know, holly, I wanted to say how proud I am of you.

You've really helped the family out a lot this month,

and I just... Thank you.

- About that, um...

I don't think that there's gonna be any more

cheques coming any time soon.

At least from posting videos.

It's just I was sacrificing things that I love,

things that make me... Me.

But I still want to help. Am I letting the family down?

- Oh, sweetie, no!

No, no, no, no. Look. It is not your job

to help with the family finances, okay?

That is for your dad and for me.

I mean, it's more important for you just to be healthy

and happy.

And you're not happy.

- I let my friends down too.

I mean, I invited them to this open mic

and I thought they would come, but...

I guess not.

- You know what? I think that you are gonna figure that out

one friend at a time.

(sighing) - I'm sorry, oscar.

You were right. I need to be...

Making music, not videos.

How was the roundtable?

- Awful. The worst. You didn't miss out.

(laughing) - really?

- But if you don't believe me,

I might have it on video for you.

- Oh! You are the hashtag "best boyfriend ever."

- happy one month, holly. (door opening)

- oh.

You came.

I'm a terrible friend

and I deserted you in a time of crisis,

and there's nothing I can do to undo that, but...

Can you please forgive me?

- Is that a banana chocolate chip muffin?

- With candied pecans.

- Okay, we're good. (holly laughing)

- from now on, I'm here for you. Whenever you need.

- What if it's telling a long story

about science and the search for statistical significance?

- If it's your story, I'm here for it.

(laughing)

(soft music)

(holly): So going back to that icarus thing.

Flying to the sun on wax wings? Not recommended.

But if you build your wings out of something solid,

something real...

Then why not see how far you can go?

(chuckling)