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What would we do, baby, without us?

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What would we do, baby, without us?

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And there ain't no nothing we can't love
without you.

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What would we do, baby, without us?

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Hey,

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Andy and I are going out for a walk. You
want to come, Jen?

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Oh, no, thanks, Dad. I've got this paper
to write, and it's going kind of slow.

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Well, maybe I could help.

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I don't think so, Dad.

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I see. You think that now you're in high
school, your homework's getting a

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little too complex for your old,
intellectually washed -up dad.

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Well, it's just that you go completely
overboard in these situations.

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It's like the time when you tried to
help me with that book report on Huck

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and we had to write it on the raft
floating down the Mississippi.

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I'll tell you what.

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I'll only help you if your paper's in an
area of my expertise.

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All right, Dad. I'm writing a paper for
my Introduction to Philosophy class on

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the existentialist perspective of Soren
Kierkegaard.

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Soren Kierkegaard?

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Sorry?

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Who's Kierkegaard?

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He was a Swedish philosopher, Abby.

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He was a Danish philosopher, Dad.

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Technically, he was Danish.

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But he had an apartment in Sweden.

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Lauren, Lauren, come on, come on, let me
take that. Alex, this one bag, I can

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carry it. Hey, listen, the woman I love
is not going to be lugging around a

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heavy grocery bag.

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No, Alex!

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Sorry, sorry, forgot you were out there.

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It's all right.

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I'm used to it. The minute we walked
into the market, I knew you two were in

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your own world.

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Lauren, I still can't believe it. After
three months of going out, you still

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seem to like Alex.

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Have you ever taken a really good look
at him?

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Oh, my God.

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You're right.

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Hey, hey, of course he likes me.

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I'm cute, I'm intelligent, and I have
unlimited earning potential.

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I know that's what attracted me to you.

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I think you guys make a cute couple. I
just never want to go shopping with you

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again.

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Oh, I've got it.

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Hello.

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Um, yeah, yeah.

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Hold on a second.

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Lauren, it's for you.

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Hello.

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Eric, what a surprise.

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How'd you get the number here?

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I see.

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Oh, I'm fine, fine. How are you doing?

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That's great.

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You know, I don't know.

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Yeah, I'll have to think about it.

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Yeah, I will.

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Good hearing from you, too.

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Bye -bye.

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About Eric Matthews.

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Uh, Eric Matthews. Why does that name
sound familiar?

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He's the guy that I went out with before
I met you.

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Yeah, that's it.

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Well, he's coming in from New York
tomorrow night and he wants to know

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dinner. Oh, well, geez.

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Uh, I'm busy tomorrow night.

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I think he meant me.

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Oh, of course. Oh, you. Oh, you. You
should go.

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Alex, that's so sensitive of you.

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I thought you'd be threatened by
something like this. Hey, what, are you

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kidding? Come on, you should know me
better than that. Now, let's just put

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rest of this stuff away, okay?

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We'll go in, we'll have a nice dinner.

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Afterwards, we'll get married.

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Alex, sit down, I'll make us some tea.

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Oh, no, listen, I'm going to get going
because I don't want to be here when

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gets here. Alex, you don't have to leave
just because Eric's showing up.

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Well, I know, I know, but you two
probably have a lot of catching up to

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know, I'd just be in the way. So you go
out and have a nice dinner.

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You're not going to go out like that,
are you?

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You know, dressed up.

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Alex, this is just a sweater.

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Well, I know, I know. It's just such a
fancy one. I mean... Alex, if you're

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nervous about this, I'll call it off.
No, no, no. I'm kidding.

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I'm kidding.

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Okay, you sure?

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Positive.

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Eric. Lauren.

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Oh, you look terrific.

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Your hair's a little shorter. I like it.
Thank you.

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You look terrific, too. Your hair's a
little longer.

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Thanks. Nice of you to notice.

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Mine's exactly the same.

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I'm sorry, Eric. I'd like you to meet
Alex Keaton. Pleasure meeting you, Alex.

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Pleasure to meet you, too, Eric.

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You're a little early. I wasn't
expecting you for another hour. You know

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always a little early. Can't help it. I
think it's important to be punctual.

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Don't have to tell me.

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I'm, uh, I'm... I'm here for a date next
week.

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Why don't I call the restaurant and see
if they can take us earlier?

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Good idea. Okay, I'll be right back.

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So, you and Lauren met over at Leland?

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Uh, yeah. Yeah, that's right. She was,
um... She's doing a psychology

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on overachievers, so I applied.

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I'm in the economics department myself.

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My old stomping grounds.

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How's Professor Carpenter doing?

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Great. I had him for micro this past
semester.

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He's a tough old guy, isn't he?

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Ooh, you bet. I was lucky to squeeze a B
-plus out of him.

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I mean, I deserve more, but he's got
this crazy rule against giving A's.

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Really? He must have started that rule
after I left.

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He gave you an A?

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A plus.

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Well, he made up for the low grade,
actually. He recommended me for the

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Scholarship. Congratulations.

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I won that, too.

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Well, I also won the Burke Scholarship
and the Harrison Scholarship, the

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Scholarship. I received all of those.

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Except the Matthews.

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Oh, well.

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Can't win them all.

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Especially not that one. It's named
after me.

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Did I mention my miniature golf trophy?

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Look, uh... Alex.

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It's sort of pointless for us to sit
here comparing grades and awards. I

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we might as well just exchange resumes.

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Right.

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This is amazing.

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This is incredible.

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I mean, Lauren told me you worked on
Wall Street. I had no idea it was done

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Bradley. It's on in Bradley. That's the
most prestigious banking investment firm

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in the world.

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Isn't it?

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I'd like to work there.

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It's so magical.

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It's hard to describe.

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You know that feeling you had when you
were a kid and your parents would take

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you to the bank?

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You'd dream about getting naked and
leaping into the vault?

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No, I actually did it.

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The only downside is that there's not
much time for a personal life.

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Even with all the success and all the
money, when I get home to my empty

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apartment, I feel like there's something
missing from my life.

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Maybe you need a dog.

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Okay, ready to go? Yeah, okay.

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I'm sorry, you meant you two.

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Okay, well, I'll meet you outside when
you're ready.

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I'm across the street in a black
Porsche.

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Nice meeting you, Eric.

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He's got a Porsche.

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Hey, do you guys have a minute? I need
your help on something. Yeah, what's up?

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Well, I've been up in my room trying to
figure out what is attractive about me.

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So far, a normal evening.

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Anyway, I've come up with a partial list
of some of my good points. Now,

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here's where I need your help.

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Carrying the list?

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No, no, no.

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Filling it in, rounding it out. You
know, making sure I haven't forgotten

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anything. I think it's fun for the whole
family.

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Wait a minute, Alex. You have a list
here of your good points and...

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Eric, good point.

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Who's Eric?

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Uh, my imaginary friend.

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Your imaginary friend has a Porsche?

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It's an imaginary Porsche.

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He also has a job on Wall Street, an
apartment in Manhattan, and he went out

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with Lauren for a year.

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Well, that's how we met.

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Lauren introduced us.

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At an imaginary...

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real person uh get together which group
were you

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with all right

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eric is eric's old boyfriend he's back
in town and they went out for dinner

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tonight you let them go let them go
what's so amazing about that

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Well, I just know that I'd be very
nervous if one of Nick's old girlfriends

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to visit him.

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We'd all be nervous, Mel.

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It would mean there'd been a breakout at
the women's detention center.

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Did you meet Eric?

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Briefly, briefly.

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We exchanged resumes.

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I guess a handshake seemed too obvious.

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Tell me, Dad, this guy is impressive.
It's the first time I've ever been in a

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room. with someone that I didn't feel
complete intellectual superiority over.

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Thanks very much.

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Mom, you know what I mean. I mean, this
guy, when you compare our resumes, he

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tops me in every category.

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Alex, you have something that Eric
doesn't have.

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Lauren's love.

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That's not something that can be put on
a resume.

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No, Dad, he's got that down here.

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I must be missing something. There must
be some good points that I have that

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Eric doesn't have. So that's why I need
your help, okay? I want to know what you

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like about Alex Keaton.

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Well, well, uh -uh.

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I don't know. It's so hard, Alex.

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Can I get back to you?

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Come on. You know, this is real
important to me now. My whole

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Lauren could be at stake here.

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All right, just give me a minute.

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Forget it, Mel. I don't want you to hurt
yourself.

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I don't know, Dad. I have to disagree
with you. Kierkegaard felt that all

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knowledge must be self -knowledge.

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I think you're wrong, Jen.

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He was also concerned with the larger
societal problems.

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Dad, you're missing the point
completely.

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am I?

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Kierkegaard believed that examining
man's existence within a larger

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a societal historical dialectic was an
avoidance of subjective knowledge so

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essential to comprehending any type of
spiritual truth.

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Jennifer, go to your room.

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That's a great argument, Dan. What do
you think Kierkegaard would have said to

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that? Who cares?

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He didn't have any kids.

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Alex, I thought you said you were going
to turn in early tonight.

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Oh, yeah, I was. I came down to get a
snack.

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You seem a little distracted.

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Oh, no. No, no, I'm fine.

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All right.

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Enjoy your Brillo pad.

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All right, Stacy.

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Yeah, is Lauren back yet?

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No.

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Yeah, yes, I know. I know she went out
with Eric.

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Yes, I know he has a Porsche.

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No message. No message.

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Hi,

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yeah, Columbus Grill.

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Is the Matthew party still there?

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I see they left two hours ago.

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Yes, I know he drives a Porsche.

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Honey bear.

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Sweetheart.

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Hey, Lauren.

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Ah!

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Alec, what are you doing here?

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What am I doing here?

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What am I doing here? I live here,
buddy.

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No, you don't.

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No, I don't.

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But I live very nearby.

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What the hell are you doing here? Look,
Alec.

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I think I know what you're thinking, and
you're wrong.

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Oh, really, Eric?

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Well, let me tell you something.

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I may not be one of your slick, fast
-talking, money -mongering, underhanded,

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Dun and Bradley friends, although I hope
to be one one day.

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But I am not that gullible. Alex, listen
to me.

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On the way home from dinner tonight, my
car broke down in the middle of nowhere.

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We had to walk two miles to a gas
station, get a tow truck, and then get a

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back here.

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Well, that time it was after 1. I didn't
have a place to stay, so Lauren told me

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I could sleep in her room.

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She's down the hall in Michelle's room.

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You expect me to believe that your brand
-new $40 ,000 Porsche just conveniently

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broke down tonight?

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Actually, it was closer to $50 ,000.

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Well, that's a very tough story to
swallow, Eric.

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Well, that includes dealer shipping and
handling charges.

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Look, I'm talking about what happened
with you and Lauren today. Now, believe

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or not, some things in life are more
important than money and finance

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Uh -huh.

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You don't believe that?

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Well, normally I don't. Normally I
don't. But in this case, Eric, there

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definitely is something that's more
important to me than money.

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All right, Alex.

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I'll be honest with you.

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I did come back here wondering if Lauren
and I could start seeing each other

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again.

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And from the minute I picked her up, all
she did was talk about you.

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I could see she was really in love.

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So, I decided just to have a good
dinner, enjoy driving my new car.

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Get a good night's sleep.

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Instead, dinner was lousy and
overpriced. My car's in the shop.

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It's 2 .07 in the morning, and I'm wide
awake.

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What a bust this trip was.

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I just hope I can write it off.

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You'd be able to write it off after all
we talked about business, right?

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You can tell them it was a recruiting
session for Dun and Bradley.

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Hiya, honey.

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What is this?

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Some overachiever pajama party?

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I'm sorry, honey. Did we wake you?

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Alex, what are you doing here?

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Oh, listen.

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I talked to Eric.

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He explained everything.

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Don't worry.

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What is there to explain?

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Why don't I just step out for a minute?

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Hey, hey, Lauren. Listen, I wasn't going
to come over here. It's just that I

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kept calling and you weren't home.

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And then the restaurant said you left.
You called the restaurant?

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Alex, why? Don't you trust me?

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Of course I trust you.

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You got a funny way of showing it. Hey,
come on, Lauren. Any other guy... Alex,

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I don't care about any other guy.

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I care about you and our relationship
and trust.

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You know, I can't believe you did this.
I'm really mad at you.

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Lauren. Lauren.

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Hey, Dad.

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Where were you, Alex? It's three o
'clock.

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Oh, I was over at Lawrence.

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What are you doing up?

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Oh, just a little reading.

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Existentialism for dads.

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There's one thing I can say for
Kierkegaard. No matter how depressed you

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he's more depressed.

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In a strange way, it's sort of a pick
-me -up.

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Mind if I borrow this book, then? Sure,
sure.

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I recommend chapter eight.

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Existence is meaningless and life is
absurd, so wipe that smile off your

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What a rotten night.

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I was going crazy worrying about Lauren
and Eric, so I went over there to see

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what was happening.

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What was happening?

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Nothing, until I got there.

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And now Lauren thinks I don't trust her.

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I doubt she'll ever talk to me again.

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Look, Alex, there are a lot of... Let me
just leave you with a thought from

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the immortal Kierkegaard.

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Women.

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Can't live with them, can't live without
them.

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Hi. Hi.

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Lauren, I'm sorry.

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I'm really sorry.

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Look, it's not all your fault.

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I should have been more aware.

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I knew that even though you were trying
to act gracefully, deep down it really

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bothered you.

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That's the thing. I knew that you would
think that deep down it would bother me.

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So I wanted to go even deeper and prove
that you were wrong.

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It just so happens that I don't go that
deep.

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You go plenty deep, Alex.

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Too deep sometimes. You overanalyze
everything.

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I want you to have the best of
everything, you know?

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And then when I met Eric, I just
couldn't help but think that maybe he

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best. Alex, I don't love Eric.

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Why not? I do.

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The point I'm trying to make is that I
love you, and you're just going to have

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to learn to accept that.

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Maybe it might be a little easier for
you to accept that if I knew why you

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me. What do you mean, why do I love you?

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Well, in order for a guy like me to feel
secure, I have to know what it is that

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you love about Alex Keaton.

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Well, it's a lot of things. I can't just
sit here and name them.

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Why not?

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Because it just doesn't work that way.

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Can you tell me why you love me?

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You're smart, you're beautiful, you're
warm, you're wise, you're witty, you're

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sensitive, you're kind to children and
old people, you care about what's going

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on in the world.

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Boy, you're really good at this.

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Better than you.

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At least you can give me a token you're
a nice guy or something.

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All right, Alex.

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You want to know why I love you?

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Yeah. Because of the banana boat song.

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The banana boat song?

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Yes. We were at one of those economic
department symposiums you dragged me to,

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and some guy was joining on for...

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Hours and hours about the deficit or the
surplus or something. I don't know,

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it's excruciatingly boring.

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Then suddenly when I thought I just
couldn't take it for another minute, you

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sang to me the Banana Boat song.

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Day -o, day -o, daylight come and me
want to go home.

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That's why I love you.

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You ever heard me do Misty?

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Alice, it was the fact that in the
middle of this stuffy affair with all

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professors around, you sang me the
banana boat song.

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It didn't make any sense. It was a
complete contradiction.

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It's what makes you uniquely you.

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All right.

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All right.

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You can't come up with anything
concrete.

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That'll have to do.

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Ellie, this isn't something you have to
define.

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You don't have to clarify it. It just
is.

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And it's wonderful.

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Sure, I could sit around here all night
and rattle off great things about you.

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I got nowhere to go.

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Then say hello to Will and Grace.

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Whoa. Then more friends at 7. And
everybody loves Raymond at 7 .30. This

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