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Good morrow, my minishonka counterpart.

Nathan, wow. Really leaning into it.

Yeah, well, I figure what better way

to judge a history fair than to be living history?

Did you steal the cloak from an exhibit?

It's a little bit cry-for-help-y.

Yeah. Well, hey. With this lawsuit,

I want to remind the town how important big Larry is.

And besides that, these kids spent months on their projects.

I just want to show them history can be cool.

Right? Totally.

We are cool and so is history.

Just one concern.

We are going to pf. Chang's directly after,

so I'm slightly worried that you're going to get orange chicken

all over the antique clothing.

I'm not an idiot.

I packed allister rutherford's eating gown to change into.

All right. Great. Yeah. Almost forgot.

Ooh... wait, what are we doing?

Why? Got this for you.

This is my great, great grandmother's favorite gown.

She was actually strangled to death in this thing.

Mmm, no. You know what?

Yeah. Let's forget h, yeah.

Youlookgreat thank you.

Nathan: It smells like hot glue, paint, and unbridled ambition.

We got ourselves a god damn history fair.

Mmm-hmm. Did you guys see

that awesome Susan b. Anthony?

She had the sash and everything.

Well, it takes a little more than a sash, there, frank.

Good to see you. Glad to have you on board this year.

I must say, I'm used to arguing in front of a judge,

not having to be one.

I'm a little nervous.

Nathan: Well, the stakes are high. Frank: Yeah.

But don't stress yourself out.

Reagan and I are old hands at this.

Been doing this a long time,

so, uh, you can leave the heavy lifting to us.

Yeah, we're always on the same page.

So just consider yourself a fun little add-on,

like an extra toe.

Oh, my god. How did you know?

What is it exactly?

It's pompei covered in ash after the volcanic eruption.

The city's underneath the box.

I melted some lego people and houses in a pot on my stove.

They're all dead.

Very inventive.

Good luck.

Put this kid on some kind of watch list.

Mmm-hmm.

Terry.

Good to see you as always.

Mayor chisenhall, hello.

Just doing my duty as a history night sponsor.

I trust that whatever disagreements we have

because of your actions,

we can still deliver a cordial evening for the kids.

Kids come first today. Mmm.

Any issues we have will play themselves out through the courts.

Although, anyone can see they're mostly your fault.

Okay. Well,

I'm going to give a speech,

and after that, I'll thank the sponsors

and allow you to say a few words. You'll allow me?

Well, I'm the mayor.

Well, my casino employs many of your constituents.

So it's kind of like we're co-mayors.

It's not like that even a little bit.

Ifyou'ii excuse me.

Whoa. What is the deal with you two?

I don't wanna talk about it.

Nathan: A swing and a miss on Theodore Roosevelt.

Reagan: Big time, man. Lazy.

Uh, I think the clear winner

of the freshman and sophomore division is...

Story of Benjamin Franklin

as told through the point of view of electricity.

I mean, I was impressed. They kinda went there.

Nathan: Kid's got charisma. Mmm-hmm.

If it's not my three favorite judges.

Reagan, love the dress.

Frank, you've been working out?

Bobbie, we can't be seen with you

before we judge all the entries. It's unethical.

Totally get it.

In fact, ethics is a big part of my short film.

It's called "god #blesstheusa."

It's really alovelefier to america.

As a child of immigrants...

Bobbie. Get out.

All right. So, uh, electricity kid's going to get that blue ribbon.

And let's go judge the upperclassmen.

Oh, my gosh.

We're gonna make it to pf. Chang's by seven o'clock.

Frank: Ooh, never been.

More of a pb and j guy.

Ethnic food makes me play the old butt trumpet.

Good to know. Gross.

Ah, jeez! Hi.

You guys going to pf. Chang's?

I took my dog there for his birthday.

They made him wait outside,

but I had the best time by myself.

Nice. That's odd.

Should we make it a double date?

Nathan and I could get a round table

so that you two love birds can have some privacy.

Ew, no. Frank: Yeah.

She never... really? I feel chemistry.

Nathan: Here's the thing.

This is, like, kind of a tradition that we have.

So you're sick of it, and you wanna go with someone new?

Ha! Kidding. Unless that's what you were gonna...

No, no. I... no. Uh, what? No.

I know, right?

See you later.

Deirdre: Good afternoon, everybody.

Before I announce the winners of the freshman

and sophomore division,

I want to say a few words about this town's history,

which I know a little bit about,

as the first black mayor of rutherford falls.

Now, I want to thank

all the generous sponsors who made this night possible

who we unfortunately don't have time to hear from.

Now every day,

I strive to make sure that everyone in this town...

Uh, Terry Thomas, everyone.

The ceo of the running thunder casino,

who has his own microphone?

Many apologies.

I was hoping to do a quick minishonka land acknowledgment.

I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge

that we are currently standing on minishonka land.

Beautiful. Okay.

Mayor Deirdre chisenhall...

Chisenhall.

Unfortunate genocide.

Mayor deidre.

So frigid.

Mayor Deirdre.

Unemployment.

Reagan: Okay, let's look at the upperclassmen.

Bobbie: The history of rutherford falls is the history of america.

And the history of america is the story of us.

Wait. That doesn't make any sense. Those are just words.

Bobbie: We are one heart under god beating red, white and blue.

And let us never forget that tragic day in 2001.

Wow... okay. That's a lot.

Bobbie: So god bless our active military,

defenders of truth and Liberty.

Thank you, public school teachers and single moms,

who are the real heroes.

I can barely move under the weight of these platitudes.

These kids treat this like an assignment,

but for us, it was a way to express ourselves.

Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm.

Yes.

What the hell, Terry?

You said my name five times.

And I distinctly heard you say "genocide."

America has a troubled past.

I think it's important to acknowledge that. Hmm.

We agreed to be civil.

I'm not the one with the history

of breaking promises.

Fine. Great. Fine. So great.

Okay. What happened with these two? I know you know.

I signed an nda, and I can't tell you.

But I will say ifyou're getting warm or cold.

Ooh. Is it a savings and loan thing?

They had an affair? They have a love child?

Cold.

Narrator: What is a nation

when you are the faceless and ignored?

What is sovereignty

when the president is treated like a king?

How can you protect your image

when it's always under attack?

Identity repurposed for entertainment.

This is good, right? Like really good.

Yeah.

Narrator: Yes, history is often written by the winners.

But if you listen,

you can hear the heartbeat of a still-great nation,

one that will rise again.

This is why we do this.

This is how you show people that history affects our daily lives.

The minishonka may be faceless,

but they're no longer voiceless.

Hi, I'm Spencer vanderslice.

And I hope you've enjoyed my film.

One love.

Wait. That kid made this film?

And he did all the narration.

Reagan: Okay. Next entry is from Taylor Hawkins.

A wise woman once said,

"there is a special place in hell

"for women who don't support other women."

And that woman was Taylor swift.

I present to you my project,

the fierce and the furious.

All the greatest feminist icons

showing off their strength and power.

And I dare you not to support me.

Uh... I do support you.

I love it.

I think this is also in the running.

It's... it's a strong contender.

Nathan: But you liked the movie.

I saw it make you cry.

Yeah, but is Spencer the right face

to represent the faceless minishonka?

I mean, seeing him, it just...

It makes me rethink what I watched.

She makes a good point.

You made a good point.

So good points.

Thanks, frank.

Good food for thought.

We can't just arbitrarily disqualify a movie

just because you found out who made it.

Reagan: But it colors my enjoyment.

Knowing that the film was made by some white kid,

albeit a seemingly woke one,

I just gotta question his intent

in making art about my people. That's all.

And if a minishonka kid made it?

Standing ovation. Give them all the oscars.

Okay, but you love dances with wolves.

And that was directed by the exceedingly white Kevin costner.

It's all we had at the time.

I wish that more minishonka people

were positioned to make movies about us, but_

Just Spencer doing it... it feels like a knife twist is all.

Okay. Yeah. Well, I think we should at least talk to him.

Find out why hernadethernowe. That's fair.

Let's bring in Spencer.

As a white man, I feel conflicted

about how my ancestors colonized this land

and made its indigenous people faceless.

It's, uh, super messed up.

No argument there. I'm with you so far.

Can't we just wrap this up? It's so obvious.

It's like with the rutherfords.

We have this huge, dumb statue honoring them.

I mean, are you kidding me?

No offense.

I'm sorry. Why would we be kidding you?

It's just that it makes no sense

to have a statue of some white guy,

instead of one honoring the minishonka.

Why are they faceless?

I think you should stay on topic.

Uh, not a bad question, though.

Know what? I say let's take down that bullshit statue

and change this town's name to minishonka falls,

or, you know, like whatever it was called before.

Uh-huh, uh-huh. It's called rutherford falls.

Okay? That's the name of the town that we're in.

And big Larry represents our history and our heritage,

and he means a lot to a lot of people.

To which people, though? Hmm? To which...

People?

That's a great quesfion.

No, it isn't, frank. You know what?

You're not a Spencer.

You're an adorable white ally.

You're a Mark ruffalo.

No. No, you're not.

Yeah. Yeah. That's a pretty big honor to be ruffalo-ed.

And I think maybe we hold back

on just bestowing that Willy-nilly

on any little asshole.

I just... no offense, spooner_

Spencen_ sorry.

You aren't...

Well educated, and that is all of our faults.

Uh, thank you, Spencer

I think we've heard enough.

You can go. Mmm-hmm.

Thank you, Spencer

Okay, Nathan.

Hey. I think it was such a good idea to bring him in here.

I definitely feel good about giving him my vote now.

Well, I'm voting for Taylor's cool "fast and furious" thing.

What?

We've reviewed your calendars,

and there's 45 events this year that you've both rsvp'd for.

So we think it's best you make peace tonight.

Now, I don't know the details,

but clearly, there was some kind of betrayal...

There were two betrayals.

One in the kitchen and one in the jacuzzi.

I offered to pay to fix it.

Terry: Plumber said that what your brother did

in myjacuzzi was the most horrific thing...

He'd ever seen, and he served in Afghanistan.

Oh. This is a housing issue.

Both: Airbnb.

I rented a casita from Terry

for my brother's visit,

and there was some damage to the property.

He threw up in the skimmer,

then used every kitchen tea towel to "clean" it.

And when I tried to address the problem directly,

this teacher's pet insisted we go through the website.

Do you have any idea what it feels like to lose superhost status?

It's humiliating.

I have no idea what it feels like to own an investment property.

I'm just a small-town mayor.

And as the... and as the first black mayor in rutherford falls...

Is that what you were gonna say?

You just can't see a world in which you could have overreacted.

You're stubborn. You're completely unable to listen to reason.

Oh.

So I'm the angry black woman now.

That's not what I said.

Even ifyou're still mad at me, it's no reason to undermine me at every turn.

Besides slanderous minishonka land acknowledgements,

what other tricks do you plan to pull?

Oh, so now I'm the "tricky, shifty Indian"?

I didn't even know that was a thing.

Oh. It's a thing.

What is taking them so long?

Spencer disrespected my ancestors.

Yeah, but for once, a movie didn't disrespect mine.

And I'm willing to overlook

the cultural appropriation.

Well, I'm not willing to overlook his obvious allegiance to Hitler.

There was no allegiance to Hitler.

And speaking of Hitler, you seem to be fine

overlooking Mel Gibson's allegiance

every year when you watch braveheart on your birthday.

That movie is a celebration of freedom.

It's bigger than any one man.

Besides, you watch Annie hall, like all the time.

I get one problematic movie, okay?

And I only rent it from the library,

so no money exchanges hands.

It's the perfect crime. I'm clean, baby.

Whatever you have to tell yourself.

You know what the problem is? Oh.

We're just so hungry, we can't even think straight.

Yes!

We've been at this for an hour.

I think we both know what we have to do.

Three pork dumplings, two chicken dumplings,

crab wontons, a Mongolian beef,

two salt and pepper prawns,

two orange chickens, a house fried rice,

and six honey walnut shrimp.

And before you ask, we do want that much honey walnut shrimp.

Uh, yeah. Man: Ah, nothing to worry about.

This is a judgment-free zone here. Ooh.

Thank you. I have nut and shellfish allergies.

Are either of those in the honey walnut shrimp?

Yes.

Nathan!

Just heard from Reagan.

She and Nathan couldn't decide on a winner.

They're asking for an additional hour of deliberation.

It's a high school history competition.

Nathan left? I mean, they all left?

I need to get out of here.

Text those ding-dongs. Tell them we'll announce the winner tomorrow.

There's no point in trying to salvage this night.

Ifeelyou, Deirdre.

Men, the worst, right?

Can't live with them 'cause none of them will move in with you.

Right?

Please do not see me as a confidant. Okay.

Okay. With Spencer, think of it this way.

What if the director of home alone

also had a private island

where he hunted and murdered kittens for sport?

Makes sense. Home alone was a very violent movie.

It's rated r, I think.

Reagan: But did Spencer murder kittens?

I feel like hejust said something that you didn't like.

And if that's the case,

then goodbye every episode

of Seinfeld with Kramer in it.

Bobbie? Yes.

I'm here to defend my work like Spencer.

God.

Fine. Whatever. Go ahead.

Okay, first point of defense of my film,

Taylor's painting is trash.

How did you get that?

I stole it. Let it go. We have bigger problems.

Look closely.

Three of these feminist icons

are slightly different versions of Ariana grande.

Whoa. How did I miss the ponytails?

Why are there three more grandes than sotomayors?

Yeah, that's not a good ratio.

Although, while Ariana grande

may not have been a suffragette,

she definitely suffered at the hands of tmz.

Yeah, no. No.

That didn't sound good coming out.

Damn it, Taylor.

Who okayed that pf. Chang's dinner break anyway?

Okay, I'm sorry.

It's all on you, Deirdre. Once again.

Hey, Terry?

I just want to say

my brother's a hurricane of bad choices and unemployment.

I haven't spoken to Brian since he sold my dog

to buy a mini fridge.

Every family has a Brian.

Mine's named chadofie.

Well, good night.

Oh... would you also like to let your guard down

and express some vulnerability?

Not really.

Idontdo the backing down thing.

If I back down,

there's a whole community leaning on me that falls to the ground.

I understand.

As the town's first black mayor...

You've got to stop saying that.

I mean, I'm the first native American to win a squash tournament

at the adirondack country club,

but you don't hear me bragging about it.

Uh, yes, you do. All the time.

You had a custom trophy case

installed at the casino entrance.

Well, it was a historic victory.

Uh...

And I suppose if I was the first native mayor...

You'd be insufferable.

I know I say it a lot.

But it's because I'm the first dang black woman mayor

in the history of this town.

Do you know how hard I work,

how perfect I have to be?

I don't have the luxury of mediocrity.

I think I have an idea of what that's like.

I have aspirations beyond this town.

State rep,

governor maybe? Call me crazy,

butlsense a kindred spirit in you.

And I don't mean spirit in, like, a native way.

Point is,

we shouldn't be working against each other.

Understood. People like us...

Should stick together.

Good night.

Good night.

I'm glad that worked out.

I still don't trust him.

Call adirondack country club

and set up a squash game for me and Terry, please.

Well, Taylor was a bust.

Guess that means Spencer wins.

Bobbie: Oh, I'm glad you brought up Spencer

because I did a deep dive on his Twitter.

And here he is in dreads speaking in full patois.

Spencer: Ya, man.

Wit' your boy band displays on the ice skot...

Whoa! Oh, no!

And you judged my family.

Glass houses, little Spence.

Awful. Oh, my... oh! Gosh, no!

Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off! I can't.

You guys must vote for my film

because unlike the other two,

it says nothing and offends literally no one.

Nathan: Oh, please.

What are we going to do?

We never had a voting issue like this before.

I don't know.

Okay. I'm about to close out.

Is there anything else you need tonight?

Yeah, you've got to go with the "fast and furious" painting.

Oh! Well...

So then what's the line?

That guy's canceled and the other guy is, like, okay to play?

Hey, I get it. My sister still listens to ignition, remix.

Man: R. Kelly?

Mmm-hmm. Hey, I tried to tell her.

But then she said, "they're all bad."

Google John Lennon.

Mmm-hmm. Google. Go ahead. Man: Hold up.

I gotta admit something to you guys.

I still love thriller. I can't help it. Reagan: What?

It's a good record. Aw, no.

What did Michael Jackson do?

Frank, go home.

Okay.

Okay, but then how far do you go?

Like bill cosby, bad.

But is a different world off the table

or fatalbert? I mean...

Ihearyou. If rappers can say the "n" word,

why can't I?

All: What? Seriously, bro?

Why would you want to? Dude, no.

You cannot. Nathan: No, no, no.

Man: Come on. I thought this was a safe space.

Not that safe, Bob.

Okay, I get what everyone's saying, and I agree,

but, like...

What does all this say about us?

That if someone's talented enough,

we give them free reign to be monsters?

I mean...

It's just too thorny, you know? Mmm-hmm.

I think we know what we have to do.

Yup.

And the winner of this year's rutherford falls history fair grand prize

is Bobbie Yang.

Bobbie, your film was pandenng, subpan and utterly bland.

Congratulations.

Thank you. That is exactly what I was going for.

This is like when green book

won at the oscars. Nathan: Mmm-hmm.

Wouldn't a green book comparison be better placed on Spencer

since green book was a problematic movie

about racism made by white people?

Yeah, you're totally right. Mmm-hmm.

Jesus. We can't even agree on what green book meant?

This country's a mess.

You wanna go kill the leftover Chang's at my place?

Yes.

Thank you. Thank you.