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ADAM: Who is it?

-Oh, hi! -Hi, I'm here to see the doctor.

I'm Dr. Farts. Come and have a seat.

Put your head down, you're ruining my doctor.

Dr. Fart, I'm really sick. Do you think you could help me?

Yes, I can help you with my farts.

With your farts? How does that work?

Um...

It will make you still alive.

Oh, that makes sense.

(BLOWS RASPBERRIES, LAUGHS)

The farts aren't working. I still feel sick.

-Do you think it's cancer? -May... be... yeah.

-So, what should I do? -Eat my poo,

it'll make you feel better.

-Your poo? -Yeah. (CHUCKLES)

NATHAN FIELDER: You want me to eat your poo?

Yeah. Eat the poo!

(BLOWS RASPBERRY)

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

ADAM: Eat it!

It's poo. (LAUGHS)

-Finish it. Eat it all. -NATHAN: Okay.

ADAM: It's crunchy.

NATHAN: Wow! I think I'm cured.

You always eat the poo.

(SMACKS LIPS) That's it.

Wow. Wow.

-What do you think? -Yeah.

I think that was pretty disgusting.

It was his concept.

-Was it? -Yeah.

Oh, really?

-You don't believe me? -No.

♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

NATHAN: All right, where's Adam?

Is he under this chair? No.

Is he under this chair?

-There he is! There he is! -(LAUGHING) No, no!

NATHAN: Ever since I turned Adam back into a six-year-old,

I was determined to take my duties

as a father seriously.

Woah! (LAUGHS)

-(ANGELA CHUCKLES) -NATHAN: I realized that neither me or Angela

would get anything out of this rehearsal

unless we were both fully committed to it.

-(BLOWS NOSE) -Good, good.

NATHAN: So I decided there would be

no other rehearsals besides this one.

-I win! -NATHAN: What? Oh! (CHUCKLES)

-You win? -Yes!

NATHAN: I was all in on my family.

"The Holy Spirit came down from Heaven

in the form of a dove..."

-Mm-hmm. -"...and landed on Jesus.

Then God said, 'This is my son.'"

ANGELA: Mm-hmm.

NATHAN: Back when I first joined the family,

Angela had expressed strong opinions

about Adam's education.

I'm considering a faith-based homeschooling curriculum.

-What do you think? -Yeah, sounds good. I--

If we had, you know, like a Monday through Friday...

NATHAN: I was raised Jewish,

and I still do all of the holidays and stuff.

But because Angela

was so passionate about Christianity,

I thought I'd be open to trying it her way.

And 100 million stood to attend him.

His clothing was white as snow.

His hair was like the whitest wool.

-Whoa. -Yeah.

NATHAN: But when Adam was three,

my parents drove down to visit from Vancouver, Canada.

So I invited them over for a picnic.

So, we're trying to raise him together and...

Oh.

-Doing our best so far. -Okay.

-Yeah. -Experiencing the challenges.

-Okay. -Yeah.

I mean, there's definitely a lot I don't know and I feel like...

she's been very generous with... like, she's very knowledgeable.

ANGELA: Yes. I feel like I get clarity and perspective

just from my relationship with God

and learning about God and what His word says.

-DEB FIELDER: Mm. -NATHAN: What was the book you suggested? Or...

John 1:1.

-DEB: So, certain things-- -John 1:1.

-ANGELA: Romans 8. -Certain things could--

-DEB: Sorry? -Romans 8.

Romans 8.

NATHAN: And after the meal, they cornered me.

I didn't realize that you were raising the kid with her.

-Yeah, I am. -Okay.

I mean, I kind of came into it after her.

-Yeah. -So, you know, we're...

Well, I think that, um, you know,

there's nothing wrong

with talking about the things that you've grown up with,

the traditions you've grown up with

and the values that you've learned also.

NATHAN: At the time, I didn't really understand

why my parents seemed to care how I raised a fake child

with a fake partner.

But it's kinda her... She's really into the...

this stuff, you know, and I don't wanna overstep or...

So, sometimes you feel like it's just easier

to go along with things rather than... (CLICKS TONGUE)

...you know, deal with the tension.

-NATHAN: Yeah. -Yeah.

NATHAN: But my mom's tone made me realize

they had seen this before.

My relationship with Angela was starting to parallel

real relationships I had had in the past.

Can you go downstairs and make sure

the cookies are taken out of the oven?

-NATHAN: Yes. -Thanks.

-NATHAN: Right now? -Yeah.

Okay.

ANGELA: Make sure to use an oven mitt.

NATHAN: I have a tendency to let my partner

take the reigns and make the decisions

as a way of avoiding conflict.

(SMACKS LIPS) Hmm... two more minutes.

Two-- Okay.

NATHAN: And by not asking Angela to raise Adam with Judaism too,

I was falling into my old habits.

We love you. In Jesus' name.

-Amen. -Amen.

(EXHALES) Amen.

But this could be an opportunity to change those habits,

to practice getting what I wanted

without it turning into a fight.

So I decided to wait until wintertime,

because I thought discussing holiday plans

would be a good way to ease into the conversation.

But it turns out winter is very expensive to maintain.

So I knew I couldn't put it off much longer.

♪ (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

I guess, since it's, uh...

winter, um...

should we talk about our holiday plans at all?

Yeah. Christmas is really important to me

and there's a lot I want to do,

so we should get started planning

sooner rather than later.

Yeah, and, um...

I was just wondering if, um, maybe we should--

or how you'd feel about incorporating

some Judaism into Adam's life too.

Um... (EXHALES SHARPLY) Okay.

-♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -NATHAN: I had flown out

one of my Fielder Method graduates to help me

better understand this woman I was living with

and navigate this sensitive conversation.

Okay, I just feel like this whole experience

was supposed to be about me, and now all of a sudden

it feels like it's becoming about you.

But in a real relationship, your partner might have

different feelings than you, right?

Yeah, but I know that they'd be Christian.

But people change their minds all the time, right?

-Were you always Christian? -(EXHALES DEEPLY)

NATHAN: Exactly.

There could be no flaws in my approach.

So I constructed an exact replica

of our entire home to get every detail right.

-ACTRESS: Hello. -NATHAN: Come on in.

-This is Angela. -ANGELA: Hi, there.

-This is Adam. -Hi.

How are you-- Hi, Adam.

NATHAN: I had the actress pose as a new nanny I had hired,

so she'd be able to secretly observe Angela

and learn everything about her primary.

Nathan and I are not--

-We were never... -Okay.

These are the teas she uses.

This is her handwriting.

-ACTRESS: Mm-hmm. -You see?

Do you find that it's been healthy for you here?

(ANGELA CLICKS TONGUE, INHALES SHARPLY)

Mm...

NATHAN: Making my rehearsal as true as life.

Okay, well, now I feel like you're just interested

in winning an argument

and not actually having a conversation with me.

-No, no. That's absurd. No, no. -ACTRESS: So...

This could be fun. There's a lot of couples that...

do different religions in a relationship.

It's very common.

Okay. Sometimes, when you set your mind on something,

it feels like you have tunnel vision.

And then I don't feel I have the space to object.

We're just-- We're doing-- This is what we're-- We're just talking.

Yeah, you're saying that we're talking,

but this is your project.

It's not like I really have a say. (CHUCKLES)

I mean, you...

Did you know that the term "fragrance"

can contain over 1000 nat-- a thousand manmade chemicals?

-Oh, really? -It's really, you know.

Forever chemicals.

But yeah, sometimes I actually b-- boil a pot of like, cloves,

to, like, make the house smell good.

-Cloves? -Mm-hmm.

I thought you said clothes.

-(ANGELA LAUGHS) -(CLEARS THROAT, COUGHS)

Smell of fresh clothes.

NATHAN: Um...

So, obviously it's winter and the holidays are...

-coming up and, you know... -Mm-hmm.

It's like Christmas time, and as...

someone who is a Jew, and...

you know, could there be a path

to doing Hanukkah too?

And maybe even beyond that, you know,

raising Adam with Jewish... uh, Judaism too.

-As a faith? -NATHAN: As a faith, yeah.

I'm pretty much like a no on the faith part 'cause...

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. So...

I'm not trying to get you to compromise your beliefs.

I'm just-- all I'm doing is saying,

well, is there... can I...

get a little bit too

and then we do-- we do it all together.

We do both, you know, however we need to.

I, unfortunately, cannot participate in Judaism.

Because Judaism denies

that Christ came and died for us.

-So I can't deny that. -Well--

And I wouldn't raise a child to deny that.

'Cause it's the truth.

♪ (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

NATHAN: I wanted everything to stay as calm as possible.

Why don't we talk about something else?

Oh, okay.

Um...

What's your favorite movie?

(GASPS) I love the movie Apocalypto.

-(CHUCKLES) Have you seen it? -Yeah.

I think Mel Gibson makes really good movies.

Oh, yeah, it's a classic.

ANGELA: Yeah. He's one of my favorite directors.

Right, right.

I like his camera technique where he floats.

He's a little, um...

I think he just said, like...

bad stuff about Jews and, um...

Hmm.

Hmm.

NATHAN: But things quickly veered off course.

ANGELA: You joked about eating feces...

-He riffed it, so I went with it. -...with a child.

-No. -NATHAN: What do you mean, no?

It's not appropriate.

Do you know sketch comedy?

-ANGELA: Yes, I know-- -You have to--

I watch Key & Peele, I know sketch comedy.

Okay. So, you have to escalate the sketch, right?

ANGELA: Let me tell you something.

-So if you start with fart-- -This is adult subject matter.

Do you wanna finish the dishes?

-ANGELA: Sure. -Okay.

♪ (MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(MACHINE WHIRRING)

♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Okay, you wanna take these? Okay. Here, put the jacket on.

-Okay, awesome. Have a great time. -NATHAN: Okay. Bye.

-Bye. -ANGELA: Bye.

NATHAN: As much as we all love Mel Gibson as a director,

he's not the director of this show.

And in this show, I get to decide

which religion gets featured.

What do you know about, um...

-Jews? -What?

Judaism, Jews.

Mm... What is that?

There you go.

Okay.

This is a kippah.

And-- and it's a special hat that's for Jews only.

You don't get one of these if you're Christian.

-So, are you Christian or Jew? -Mm... Jew.

Jew. Okay, good. There you go. So you get one.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Pretty cool, huh?

I hadn't been to synagogue in years because it's so boring.

-NATHAN: Shabbat shalom. -ATTENDEE: Shabbat shalom.

NATHAN: But I couldn't help but feel excited

to reconnect with my faith through the eyes of my son.

♪ (CANTORS SINGING PRAYER) ♪

ADAM:

NATHAN:

But Adam had a lot of questions, and I found myself

unable to provide him with clear answers.

ADAM:

NATHAN: Uh... I don't know, actually.

ADAM:

NATHAN: Um... I think they're saying...

♪ (CANTORS SINGING) ♪

Uh...

So I decided the next step would be getting him a Jewish tutor,

since that's what I would do in real life.

-MIRIAM: Hello. -NATHAN: Hi, this is Adam.

-ADAM: I have a question. -Yeah.

Um, was Jesus the first Jew?

Jesus? No, no.

The first Jew, his name was Abraham.

Hey.

Okay, lean your head over.

I also needed to make sure that Adam had his story straight

if Angela asked him any questions.

So, each day before we got home,

I quizzed him about what happened.

So, what did do you learn at swimming today?

Uh, I learned to do a backstroke.

Okay, so you were looking up. So what color was the ceiling?

Um...

It was white.

-And was there a lifeguard at the pool? -Uh, yeah.

-And what was his name? -His name was... Bob.

-ANGELA: Hi. -ADAM: Hi.

You're all wet.

It was really fun.

And my teacher was Ukrainian and he had a blue swimsuit.

-Oh, really? -Mm-hmm.

(ANGELA CHUCKLES)

The lifeguard's whistle was red.

-Okay. Um, good. -Oh.

Yeah, so, I think he should go to his room maybe now.

I think he's had a...

-ANGELA: Okay. -He's a little tired, maybe.

-(EXHALES SHARPLY) -Would he like a towel?

Yeah, yeah. I should get him...

Just they get so wet in the water, the kids.

♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

NATHAN: For the first time in a while,

it felt like there was harmony in our home.

Okay, what do you want on there?

-ANGELA: I like that one. -ADAM: I want the spaceship one.

Okay, hang it up.

We were both able to get what we wanted

out of raising this child.

We're going to feed the chickens.

Okay. This way.

"Under King Antiochus, many Jews were afraid for their lives.

So they were forced to follow the King's orders.

This group was called the Maccabees."

Can you say "hanukkiah"?

-Let me hear. -Hanukkiah.

MIRIAM: That's right. Look how smart you are.

All right.

Would it be okay if we use the bathroom really quick?

-Yeah. Sure. -Okay. Come on.

But when we started using Miriam's shower

-after every class... -(WATER RUNNING)

NATHAN: Is that a good temperature?

...she began asking questions.

What happened to you?

NATHAN: It was just a little, um...

The shower accidentally turned on, and then I slipped.

(CHUCKLES) It's okay, I mean, it's okay. It's, uh, um...

Um...

The woman I'm, um...

parenting Adam with, um...

she doesn't want him to be Jewish.

And so I'm kind of having to do it in secret a little bit.

Wow.

I gathered that from the questions that he asked me.

You know, he asked me "Did the Jews kill Jesus?"

I mean, I talked to her about wanting to like compromise

-and be like, well, maybe we could do both? -Mm-hmm.

And she thinks Judaism is kind of an affront

to Christianity.

And so she doesn't want to do... and...

Oh, I wouldn't stand for that, man.

NATHAN: Miriam was making me feel like a bad Jew.

For centuries and centuries, the Christian people

were terrified of the Jews because their religion was older

and, you know, the real thing.

And that's why they tried to kill us

for so many thousands of years.

So, for me, that wouldn't be okay, you know?

You have to stand up to that. You're 38 years old.

You're not a kid.

-Yeah. -MIRIAM: You know?

NATHAN: And I was realizing that being a Jewish father

was more complicated than I thought.

MIRIAM: I heard your part.

I want to hear what she has to say about her stand.

You want to talk to her?

Well, I could bring in some of that knowledge

that I told you to study about.

NATHAN: Miriam wanted to talk to Angela

about how we were raising Adam.

And I thought that could maybe be a good idea.

Do you need to rehearse at all?

-(CHUCKLES) -(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

NATHAN: Miriam knows more about religion than me.

Maybe she could win her over.

-This is my friend Miriam. -ANGELA: Hi, Miriam.

-Hi, nice to meet you, Angela. -Nice to meet you. Pleasure.

So, you're very conflicted about Judaism

-being part of Adam's life. -ANGELA: Mm...

MIRIAM: So, can you tell me why, or what...

I wouldn't describe the way that I'm feeling as conflicted.

I might use a different word. I might use, um...

(SMACKS LIPS) I'm just against it.

-As a faith. -Okay...

ANGELA: Um, Judaism denies that Christ has returned yet.

What about the values of Judaism and the values of Christianity?

Do they conflict with each other too?

Same values. Same values.

-Yeah, so what's the deal? -Yes.

-What's the deal here? -NATHAN: Yeah, what's the deal?

Why are you so persistent about this one point?

Jesus Christ. That's the deal. He is the deal.

-He is the chief cornerstone. -You know what? Forget about it.

-Forget about it. -NATHAN: Forget about what?

About all of it.

I don't do well with anti-Semites.

So that's it.

I'm done with this.

-You know? -NATHAN: Okay.

-I'm not an-- -I think that's the end of the discussion.

She's saying she's understanding,

but then she's insisting that...

ANGELA: I have no hate towards anyone.

I love Jesus Christ and I won't deny Him. That's it.

Okay. And maybe one day you'll understand

that the world does not revolve around Jesus Christ.

Nathan likes to start fights. There was peace in the household

until, you know, he came with this.

NATHAN: Who does it look like likes to start fights, based on this--

-And he likes to manipulate people. -NATHAN: What do you think?

MIRIAM: You know that during the Middle Ages...

-uh... -It's hard for him to be honest.

MIRIAM: You don't have to talk about Jesus constantly.

Nathan has a problem with lying. He lies a lot.

He does.

NATHAN: I found myself needing a place to go

from time to time, away from the house.

♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

NATHAN: My replica bar set

had been sitting empty for months.

So I recently obtained an Oregon State special events liquor license

and built an 82-foot enclosed walkway

leading to the outside world.

For legal reasons,

I couldn't use the name Alligator Lounge,

but I came up with a new name that was even cooler.

The sign was enough to attract a few locals who had no idea

this bar was actually just a set in a warehouse.

I figured since it was here, I might as well use it.

And it was cool to own my own bar that HBO paid for.

I'm the Nate from Nate's Lizard Lounge. Yeah.

It was also a way of keeping some of my acting students

employed in between roles.

I had been reviewing the footage from the 16 cameras

I had installed in our home

because I was having an increasingly difficult time

interpreting Angela's behavior.

We were having more disagreements,

which was a good challenge for a rehearsal.

You ate feces.

-You ate the child's feces. -NATHAN: I did--

-Angela, it was a chocolate bar. -I don't care.

NATHAN: But sometimes I couldn't tell

if we were arguing as co-parents

or if she was actually mad at me.

Are you aware that eating poo is actually a satanic ritual?

-(SCOFFS) I-- No. -Like...

-And I'm-- -Maybe you should make a list for me

of all the things that are satanic,

so that I know when I'm doing something,

how to avoid them.

-ANGELA: To smear-- to smear-- -I'm gonna bring home oranges from the grocery store

and you're gonna be like, "That's satanic."

♪ (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

NATHAN: I had assumed she was just really engaged

with this parenting rehearsal.

But when I started reviewing the footage

from when I was out of town, it painted a different story.

From the moment I left,

Angela had completely abandoned the notion

that she was rehearsing for her future life as a mother.

ANGELA:

ANGELA: Joshua.

JOSHUA: Yeah.

NATHAN: There were no homeschool lessons,

no gardening,

and the fake orders she was supposed to package up

to simulate the future success of her home business

ceased to go out,

leaving the fake mailman with nothing to pick up.

All the effort I had put into

maintaining this delicate reality

had gone out the window.

Wheee...

NATHAN: So, what was Angela actually doing here?

I'm just so confused. You won't let me have...

the experience I want.

But I can't even tell if you're invested in this yourself.

I'm as invested as I can be.

But this is all sort of absurd, right?

Swapping out the kids through the window,

aging them three years at a time.

It won't work if you don't try. You have to want it to work.

Are you mad that I... have been caught up in my work

and haven't been prioritizing our family life?

-Because if so, I'm sorry. I-- -Nathan! What family life?

You know we're not your real family, right?

This is your work. All of this.

♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

NATHAN: I was starting to lose track

of which version of myself I was supposed to be

in these rehearsals.

But I wanted to know what Angela was hoping to get from all this.

So, is this silly?

Or is it something that I should take seriously?

(SCOFFS) It's silly and serious.

I mean, it's complicated.

Life can be more than one thing, right?

Life's complicated, and... Why are you even here, huh?

What's the real reason? Honestly?

Okay, well, why are you here? Huh?

Why are you doing this?

For you-- Are you really trying to help me?

Or am I the silly part that you talk about, huh?

Is my life the joke?

Do you sit here with your friends

at the end of the day laughing at me?

No, you're not the joke. Not at all.

No one's the joke.

The situations are funny, but interesting too.

-(QUIETLY) Shut up. -But this can be--

Like, the opportunity to raise your kids in-- in a rehearsal--

-Just shut up! -(LAMP CLATTERS)

♪ (SOFT MUSIC FADES) ♪

You're a liar. Because if this were real,

you would have some sort of emotion

instead of standing there like a rock.

Do you want to feel something?

Do you want to feel something real?

(SHAKILY) Yeah.

That's sad.

You never will.

No matter how hard you try...

you never will.

Oh...

Okay.

Maybe we can try a...

-just a nicer version of the entire scenario. -Yeah.

Okay. Yeah, we can do that.

-NATHAN: That was really good. -ACTRESS: Okay.

-How're you doing? -I'm doing very well, thank you.

-How are you? -Good.

-Good. -Um...

I was looking at some of the footage

from when I was away out of town.

-Mm-hmm. -I guess it seems like

maybe when I'm not around, that...

you know, you don't care so much about...

the reality of the experience, yet when I'm here,

you're very controlling about what I can experience...

-in it. -(CLICKS TONGUE) Oh!

-Does that make sense? -It definitely does.

Mm-hmm.

Um...

I navigated through a lot of situations that...

you know, were difficult and uncertain,

and I wasn't given a lot of direction.

Um, I could have been a-- a collaborator with you on this.

More so than-- than you've let me.

Angela, a collaborator? This whole thing is you.

-This is your ideal house. -I'm-- I'm talking about--

I'm talking about psychological.

This is how you wanted to raise the children.

This is everything.

But I've never done this before.

-NATHAN: Yeah, and neither have I. -No direction.

-Neither have I. -No direction.

-And we figured it out. -Okay, well--

And I feel like we-- we still make mistakes, but...

-ANGELA: Yes-- -...we're doing okay.

ANGELA: So, originally, I wanted the whole thing.

-NATHAN: Uh-huh. -I wanted zero to eighteen.

-Yeah, we can still do that. -ANGELA: Yeah, but it's like...

kind of almost like I don't know--

I don't see an end in sight.

I don't know when we're gonna get to the 18-year-old.

-I don't know. -Uh-huh.

You know, and I think it's a good time

to bring closure to it.

Yeah. I think it's a good time.

Okay. Um...

♪ (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

I... I feel incredibly blessed to have been chosen for this.

And... yeah, thank you for all the work you put in

to tailor this to my experience.

Um, it's in-- they did a really excellent job

with-- down to the details. So thank you.

Thank you so much.

-Yeah, thank you. -It's very special.

-You're welcome. -Thank you.

Thank you for being a part of it.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

-Yeah, definitely. -Okay.

I'll take my tea.

Thanks.

Oh, thank you!

Thanks for this experience.

-Okay. -I really appreciate it.

-Yeah. -ADAM: Daddy!

NATHAN: The woman who this rehearsal was designed for

was now gone.

(CAR HONKS)

NATHAN: So what was this urge inside of me to carry on?

(BOTH SCREAM)

Hey, buddy! Can I talk to you about something?

What?

Your mommy's decided to leave the family, okay?

-Why? -I don't know.

But, hey! It has nothing to do with you, 'kay?

-Yeah. -You still got me, right?

Who am I?

Who am I?

Daddy.

NATHAN: Maybe doing this alone is what I needed.

To sink or swim on my own terms.

♪ (HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

It was time to stand up for my own values.

(GRUNTS)

And the values of those who came before me.

We don't always get to choose what happens in life,

but we do get to decide if we rehearse for it.

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

(CAR APPROACHING)

-Chag sameach. -Chag sameach.

NATHAN: So, uh... she's gone.

-MIRIAM: What? -NATHAN: Yeah.

MIRIAM: Congratulations, my dear!

What's gonna happen to Adam?

-I got Adam. -You got Adam.

-Yeah, he sticks with me. -She just left Adam behind?

-Yeah. -Awesome. (LAUGHS)

-Yeah. Pretty good, huh? -Yes!

-Come on in. -We're gonna make another Jew.

And hold it as we say the blessing.

♪ (BOTH SINGING PRAYER IN HEBREW) ♪

(ALL CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

Israel warned those civilians

that there was gonna be a bombing.

They had time to get out if they wanted to.

So the AP right away blamed Israel for everything.

Media is biased for the Palestinians

-against the Israelis. -Okay.

And that's how they present the news.

What's your opinion about Israel?

It's kind of a-- a hot button issue right now, isn't it?

-MIRIAM: What? -Israel.

You have a platform, you should support Israel.

-That's part of being Jewish... -Yeah.

...is supporting Israel.

So I should... I should say, like...

um... like my opinion, or...

MIRIAM: Well, what do you think about the Palestinian issue?

Well, um...

♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

I mean, I-- I-- I--

I-- I-- I guess I, um, support--

I mean it's-- it's tricky 'cause, you know,

I know there's a lot of people with strong opinions about it...

MIRIAM: You have a platform, you should talk about how beautiful Israel is,

how important it is in the whole Middle East.

Yeah. Okay.

-MIRIAM: How we are a light to the nations. -NATHAN: Yeah.

MIRIAM: How in Israel was invented

all kinds of medical advances

that help all the people of all the world,

and some of them don't even know that they were invented there.

NATHAN: Mm-hmm.

MIRIAM: And then that, uh, the Intel and the microchips

and the computers and the medical advances

and all kinds of things,

that we are ohr la'goyim, a light to the nations.

NATHAN: Yum, these doughnuts are delicious.

MIRIAM: Oh. In Hebrew, we call them sufganiyot.

-NATHAN: Sufganiyot, right. -They're not exactly sufganiyot

because the sufganiyot are not sugar coated.

These are just jelly doughnuts.

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