All language subtitles for Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) - S01E17 - Stand (Up) and Deliver (480p DVD x265 Panda)_track3_[eng]

(STUDENTS CHATTERING)

Hey, yo, Ace! Wait up.

Oh, you've got
a determined look
on your face.

No, what I've got
is a proposition.

Ah, your desk or mine, huh?

Look, it came to me
in the middle of
the night like a vision.

"Run for office"?

No one even knows me here.

Yeah, but that's perfect.
No one knows you
well enough to hate you.

Have a nice day, Andrea.

Brandon, please.

The candidate I was backing
chickened out.

There is no reason
we have to let
the popular airheads

run the student government.

Now, are you
a candidate or a coward?

Well, at least you weren't
snoring in class.

I don't know
what's wrong with me.

Maybe you have mono.

Thank you, Dr. Donna,
but it's only happening
in school.

DONNA: I don't know.
Well, I'll see you
guys later, okay?

Bye.

Hey, a moment of your time?

Mmm, I'm counting.

I can't take you
to the Fallout Club
this weekend.

I have to fly
down to Mexico City

and see the old man
for a few days.

The old meeting Dad excuse.

Brenda...

Look, I understand.
Take me with you.

Yeah, right.
Me, you, Dad. Mmm-mmm.

I'm just so bored here.

Poor baby.

Well, look,
you can go to the club
and use my name.

They'll let you in.

Yo, politicos.
A last minute
dark horse entry

into the junior class
presidential elections.

Brandon Walsh,
the new kid on
the West Beverly block.

The sister is always
the last to know.

He kind of looks
like a politician.

He's got that Kennedy hair...

Yo, Pres!

It's like a magnet.

What?

Power.

(DOORBELL RINGING)

I can't believe you guys
didn't just honk...

Uh, we wanted to
congratulate Brandon.

Hi.

What great news!

You know, we've always
felt bad about moving here

and screwing up your plans
to run back home.

Do you think
you can pull it off?

Oh, definitely.

The other guy's
a nobody, too.

JIM: Hey, girls.

Hi, girls.
Hi.

No offense.

Uh, I've never been friends
with a candidate before.

Friends with
a candidate's sister.

Right. I've never even voted.

Well, you got to
get involved, Kel.

It's important to
try to change things.

I've never thought about that.

I'm gonna go
change my jacket.

Congratulations, Brandon.

CINDY: Brenda.

Uh, Brenda, honey, do you know
where the art supplies are?

Sorry.

Mom?

Do you ever feel
like a phone call
that's been disconnected?

Honey, it goes
with the territory
of being a teenager.

Along with hormone hell,
bad driving,

classes that
don't relate to life.

Well, don't worry, honey.

I know it sounds hokey,

but it's all part of
growing into who you are.

I just feel like...
JIM: Cindy,

let's get these
campaign buttons rolling!

Yes, sir!

Honey, you'll do just fine.

KELLY: Come on, Brenda,
we're gonna be late
for the club.

I feel like I don't belong.

Hi. For you newcomers,
my name is Sky.

Welcome to the coffee house
that doesn't take
itself too seriously.

We've got a little
bit of everything here,

comedy, poetry,
personal confessions.

Talk about not belonging.

We have just walked
into Beetle Juice.

Oh, come on, you guys,
this is the hot new place.

But it's so smoky in here.

Basically our motto is,
"If you'll sit through it,

"we'll do just
about anything up here."

Anyway, like I said,
my name is Sky,

it really is.
My parents named me that.
No kidding.

And it gets worse.

My middle name
is Blue Yonder.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

You see,
my dad was in the Air Force,
my mother was a pothead.

I guess that makes me
an airhead, huh?

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

You know something though,
being a GI brat
was great training

for being up here,
because in both instances
I had to learn

how to make people
like me. Fast.

The most grueling part
of my basic training

was switching high schools
in the middle of the year.

I would pray to God that
I wouldn't wind up a POW.

Permanently Outcast Wuss.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

Well, I figured it out.
In order to survive
the high school trenches,

I had to devise
a battle plan and I did.

My strategy was
swift and comprehensive.

First point of attack:
Don't join any cliques.

Join every clique.

That is so true.

It's not that funny.

Anyway, this girl Sara
has the most amazing body.

She's got this
citrus thing going.

All she wears is orange.

It's bizarre.
Mmm.

All right,
how does this sound, man?

"I'll listen to
my student body."

Dude, that's not
gonna flush here.

You know what
the vice president of

Beverly Hills High School
did last year?

He took out a different girl
every week. Know why?

So he could nail their votes.

That's sick.
No, that's slick.

Politics are very ugly
in kind of a cool way.

What do you mean?

Well, my mom says that
politics and show business
are in the same game.

You have to know
the A-list people.

Listen, Steve,
all I want to do is...

Win?

Politicians that win
go for the jugular, Brandon.

I just don't know
if I've got
the killer instinct.

Yeah, you do.

(EXCLAIMING)

Walsh. Walsh.

So that's my life story,
soon to be
a minor motion picture.

Thank you very much,
boys and girls.

And please,
be kind to your waitress.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Excuse me?
SKY: Yeah.

You were really wonderful.

(CHUCKLES) Thanks.

You look so familiar to me.
Have you been here before?

No, I'm new in town.

An accounting brat
from Minnesota.

Oh, we're practically
related.

Would you girls
like some coffee?

Cappuccino.

Uh, cafe au lait
with chocolate,
hold the cinnamon.

Can I just get a Coke?

Yeah, you bet.

Uh-oh. Here comes Jack.

You girls are gonna love him.

Hello!
It's good to be back here
at the Fallout Club.

Nice to see all you
mutant radiation victims.

Uh, whipped cream on mine.

"Whipped cream on yours"?

So, what do we have here,

a typical
California girl, blonde,
into the important things,

like clothes, make-up.

Way too much make-up.

Let's get out of here, girls.

You know, I love it
when people make
snap judgments

without any information.

You can be so much more
objective that way.

(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)
Ooh. A hecklette.
Let me guess.

You tried on 50 jackets
and none of them worked,

so you decided to
go with this one.

Yeah, kind of like you.
You tried out 50 jokes
and none of them worked.

Ouch, I'm cut, I'm bleeding.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

I didn't know
she could do that.

Neither did she.

So there I was,
listening to
Kelly being heckled,

and instantly
I knew what to do.

That's great, honey.
Would you pass the glue,
please?

(DOORBELL RINGING)

Oh, that might be the door.

Mom,
these performance-oriented

coffee houses
are really happening.

I mean, I really
felt part of it.

Right.
Is this button crooked?

No, it's fine.

And Dad, I'm pregnant.

Just testing.

(SIGHS)

Use neon.
Or a big "W" for winner.

That's a good idea. Thanks.

I was, uh, up all night
from that toxic cappuccino,

thinking about what you said
about getting involved.

Brandon, I can help you win.

I know everyone.

Or how to glom on
to everyone. Right?

And that is exactly
what you need.

Kelly, whenever
political stuff comes on,
you switch to MTV.

Any help would
be appreciated.

Any help doing what?
Excuse me, hi.

I am going to run
Brandon's campaign.

What?

I thought I was
gonna do that.

Well, isn't there
enough room for both of you?

Excuse us.

Brandon,
remember when I told you

about that friend
who was gonna run
and then backed out?

Yeah.

That coward was me.

Why'd you quit?

Because I didn't
want to lose.

Well, neither do I.

Democracy needs you, Andrea.

I need you. Okay?

Okay.

Okay, I'm ready.

Oh, Brenda,
I can't go with you.

We need to have
a campaign meeting.

Yeah, why don't you stay
and work with us?

I can't.

Sky invited us to
a political blab-fest
this afternoon.

Donna and I will go.

Well, actually,
the smoke in that club,

it just murders
my contacts, really.

Fine. I'll go alone.

BRENDA: I guess Sky is
too mature for you guys.

Please. They don't even
card at that club.

Do they?

♪ Once upon a time

♪ Was a bright shining light ♪

Hey, Brenda,
I'm glad you made it.

Listen, Jack and I are doing
this Earth relief benefit.

Here's a flyer.

Oh, cool.

Tomorrow. A.M.

Why, you
a morning phobe, too?

No, I've got
school tomorrow.

I wish I didn't.

Truth is,
I feel out of touch
with all that stuff.

Oh, God, I hear that.
That's why I left
bad old Modesto High at 16.

What about your parents?

They bagged on me
a little bit at first.
But they came around.

Wow.

Yeah, it was sweet!

My cousin was driving across
the country and I just had
to go with her.

So then we took off for Greece
and, many adventures later,

I wound up here.

You've really lived.

I've been stuck
in popularity contest land.

I guess that's why
I oversleep on the weekdays.

I couldn't get
out of bed before noon
when I was in high school.

It's the legacy
of being a new kid.

But you know something,
when I got out,
I had this awakening.

I started reading
these great books

and getting into
environmental causes.

I could be doing this,
just like you.

Yeah,
you remind me a lot of me
when I was in high school,

but you know something,
those high school diplomas,
they really help.

No, I'm not talking
about dropping out.

I'm talking about getting
the best of both worlds.

Here's the high school
equivalency form
you requested.

Thank you.

You know, your parents
are gonna have to sign this.

Have you thought about
what you're
going to tell them?

I'll just tell them...

I'll tell them
I'm quitting school.

CINDY: What?

No, you cannot
drop out of school,

even if you pass
a high school
equivalency test.

It's not dropping out.

It's getting
your diploma early.

It certainly is.

Mom, you're always
talking about letting
your little birdies

fly off by themselves.

So go skydiving again, honey,

but the--the school experience
is too important.

I learn so much more
from my friends,

I mean, the people
at the Fallout Club,

they talk about
books and politics.

I want to learn from life,
not just memorize things.

Honey, we all have
fantasies like that
at your age.

That's true.

I wanted to be Judy Collins,
and go to Greenwich Village

with a guitar on my back.

And I wanted to
join the Peace Corps
and save humanity.

See?

There's a difference
between dreaming about
these things and doing them.

Exactly. And in my case
it's not just a fantasy.

You've raised me so well,
I'm ahead of myself.

Whoa, honey.
Put on the brakes.

We are not gonna let you
screw up your life.

No, you don't wanna
let me live my life.

You just don't understand!

Yes, we do.

No, you don't.

All right, we don't understand
and the answer is still no!

(DOOR SLAMMING)

Oh, boy.

She'll grow out of it.

Thank God,
Brandon's got his feet
on the ground.

(CAMERA CLICKING)

How's this?

Oh, great.

Tell me if I look
like a dweeb, right?

Here, I got some
cute politician photos.

Try to model yourself
after these guys, okay?

Well, you've been busy.

Kelly, Gary Hart
never made it
to the nominations.

And that's because he was
too cute for his own good.

Look, what I think
we need to focus on
are the issues.

Yeah, see, I had this idea
that, uh, maybe we could feed

some homeless people
with all the surplus food

they throw out
at the cafeteria.

That's perfect.
Exactly what
I'm talking about.

Wait, we have got
to hit people with

what they want
for themselves...

Hey, big news.
I've got my own
campaign going

to leave school.

KELLY: Brenda,
that is a great idea.

Yeah, we'll tell them
they can leave
school for lunch.

Brenda, you're not
really serious about
quitting school, are you?

Actually, I am serious.

Well, you're seriously nuts
if you do that.

KELLY: Brandon, we've got
to finish this roll.
The photo place closes soon.

(SIGHS)

(CAMERA CLICKS)

Excuse me.
Yeah?

Aren't you
Brandon Walsh's sister?

I feel like
Ferris Bueller's sister.

Okay, Brandon,
you have to go
up to everybody,

even those people
that you don't like.
All right?

Now, see those
girls over there?

I don't even know them.

Smile.

You have a cute smile.

I do?

Hi, how you doing?

I'm Brandon Walsh.
I'm running for President
and I'm glad to meet you.

David...

My God, she's waving at me.

She must need something.

She needs me.
She just doesn't
know it yet.

David, hi. Uh, listen,
I really need you.

Brandon needs
a hot campaign video.

Something sexy.
You can do it, right?

Well, I'd love to,
but since I'm broadcasting
Thursday's debate,

I think it'd be
a conflict of interest
or something.

Gee, that's too bad.

See, I was kind of hoping
that after the victory party,

you and I could go out
on, uh, a date or something.

I wonder what Geraldo
would do in this situation?

He'd go for it. Definitely.

The comedy of politics...

Hi.

He's over there.

Yes, I am his sister,
anything else you wanna know?

Not really.

Hi, Michael. I'm sorry.

This election stuff is just
so taking over the school.

I'm kind of sick
of politics myself.

Hmm.

So what you doing? Homework?

No, work hopefully.

Probably just
a bunch of pitiful jokes.

You do that stuff?

Well, I'm trying to get on
Amateur Night at this club.

Really?
Yeah.

Oh.
Kelly, hi.

Um, look,
I need to go, okay?

See you.

Keep up the work.

Bye.

Brenda, how could you
do that with him in public?

Kelly, Michael and I
were just talking.

Michael Miller is
Brandon's opponent.

I know that. So what?

So, I hope you didn't
tell him anything.

Kelly, he was
interested in me.

Right, Brenda. Grow up.

BRENDA: "The image-fest
of teenage politics."

"Those guys are
trying to act like adults,

"but they pick
immature adults
to act like."

It isn't working, is it?

No, take it further.

Make them kiddies in playpens
being politicians.

(WHINING)

Elect me! Stuff like that.

That's great.
How do you learn to bring
all that stuff together?

SKY: It just takes practice.

My first bit was
so pretentious,

I pretended
somebody else wrote it.

Try getting
a little more personal.

The trick is to unlearn
everything you've learned.

It took me
years of performing
to get there.

Rumor has it,
that some things
you learn with Jack,

you never wanna unlearn.

Are you two...

No way.

Even good sex ruins
a good friendship.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Listen, Jack, I really hate
to ask you this, believe me,

but it's family
crisis time again.

I've gotta go up to Modesto.

Forget it. Every time
I house-sit for you,
we wind up in a fight.

"You didn't water the plants,
you forgot to
feed the yuppie."

The guppy.
Whatever.

If you need a house sitter,
I might have a candidate.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Enlighten me. What does
this have to do with
the high school election?

You told me that
girls vote more than guys.

(DAVID SPEAKING)

And he can deliver.

"Bran the Man"?

What?
What are you gonna deliver?

I mean, you haven't told us
what you're gonna do.

Well, that's the beauty of it.
He doesn't say anything.

Brandon, how could you
do this to our campaign?

Hey, we all
want to win, Andrea.

No, wrong. Not me.

Suddenly,
there's a small part of me
that wants you to lose.

Where are you going?

To grab
a submarine sandwich and rent
Sex, Lies and Videotape.

You're on your own, Bran-Man.

She deserted me.

Well, I'm still here.

(SIGHING)

I don't know,
maybe she's right.

Listen, Brandon,

if you really want something,

you have to go after it.

Hard.

You know,
Steve wouldn't like this.

Well, Steve's off
chasing some girl
in orange this week.

But he would love to be
in your position right now.

(DOOR OPENING)

Uh, hi, we were just,
uh, taking a break.

Hey, listen, don't mind me.
It's fine.

I've moved past all this.

(SCOFFS) Excuse us.

Oh, go ahead.
Play your little
political games

in your
kindergarten-like world.

I'm off to experience
the real thing.

What was that all about?

I have no idea.

Oh, hi, honey.
We didn't know
you were back.

Surprise.

Anyway, I'm not
for very long.

What are you doing?

I'm moving out.

CINDY: Brandon?

In Brenda's room, Mom.

JIM: Here are the flyers.

I should have
a sign like McDonald's,

"over five billion copied."

And I'm the McCandidate.

Thanks.

You know it's kind of weird
not having Brenda around.

Although I do kind of
like the extra room.

I can't believe
you guys just let her
go off by herself.

Me, neither.

Are we doing
the right thing?

Honey, what choice
did we have?

She was determined.

And we'd already said no
about the high school
equivalency thing.

Well, it's only
for three days.

Suppose she decides
to stay longer.

We drag her back
home immediately.

Well, at least the apartment's
in a safe area.

And we can drive by
and check up on her.

When Brenda gets it
in her head to do something,

trying to stop her
just makes it
all the more attractive.

When you're a kid,
you just wanna grow up.

And when you're older,
all you want to do
is be a kid again.

SKY: How did you ever
convince your parents
to let you stay?

I promised to call a lot.

Actually,
it wasn't that hard.

It kind of freaked me out.

Maybe they've just been
so focused on Brandon that
it slipped right by them.

Oh, come on, I doubt that.

You're pretty special.

(LAUGHING)
Yeah. Well, they only
let me out for three days.

Yeah.

Oh, uh, okay,
let's get organized, locks,

you gotta jiggle them.
Sort of like that.

Here's the keys.

You guys be kind to Brenda.

All right,
here is Shakespeare,

and this is his lean cuisine.

Yeah.

All right.

Are you sure
you're gonna be okay?

(SNICKERING)

Bye.

♪ Pretty flower dancing
on the breeze

♪ She says that being lonely

♪ Really sets you free

♪ She's been that way
since she was 17

♪ She's walking down
St. Catherine, what a life

♪ Champagne limousine
takes her for a ride ♪

(MUSIC PLAYING)

It's brilliant.

I wish I could
take credit for it.

Oh, you have credit with me.

Now, here's what we want to
discuss in tomorrow's debate.

Kelly, I'm monitoring
that debate.

We have to play
by Robert's Rules.

Of course we do.

My phone number's
on the back.

Brutal.

How you doing? Brandon Walsh.
I am glad to meet you.

You're gonna
vote for me, right?

BRANDON: Right.
I like the button.
Keep wearing that.

Brandon hates that jerk.

Yeah. Well,
jerks are voters, too.

I can't believe
he'd let himself
get manipulated this way.

Yeah. Major integrity loss.

Oh, no, here comes Svengali.

Brenda, how can you
wear that costume?

Well, Kelly,
you put one arm through

one sleeve and one
through the other.

Brandon Walsh.
Hey, I'm glad to meet you.

Hey, if it isn't
Bran the Man.

First of all,
hippie witch is out.

It's not hippie witch,
it's Twin Peaks,
and it's very in,

but that doesn't matter.

What does matter is that
it'll hurt Brandon.

Uh, just till elections,
okay, Bren?

So, you coming to
the campaign party
at Donna's tonight?

We're gonna show
the new improved
campaign video.

Yeah, I got the gist.
We love him.

Actually, I'd love to,
but I have to feed Sky's fish.

Sounds thrilling.

Well, Kelly, when you're
finally on your own,

you'll understand
having responsibilities.

Sky, you back early?

Oh, my God.

Hey, what are you doing?

Nothing. Um, look,
I didn't see anything really,

'cause I have awful,
awful eyesight.

So I'll be leaving now.
Take anything you want.

Hey, lady, we don't need
your permission to
repossess these goodies.

Repossess? Hey, put it back!

At least let me call first.

Hi, this is Brenda,
I'm house-sitting for Sky.

Did she leave a number?

Is Jack there?

Thanks, anyway.

Just following orders, ma'am.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

There's nothing left!

Uh, you're something.

They took everything.

I know.
I saw them cruise by.

It's pretty awful.

Poor Sky.
Yeah.

Well, at least
it's only things.

We've got what's important.

You. Me.

Franco-American spaghetti.

Let's see here.

Seems like the gas company's
in a snit, too.

It's gotta be
a misunderstanding.

(CHUCKLING) It always is.

Hey, we don't have to be
slaves to the powers that be.

We've got food.

Yeah, right.
Food for the fish.

No, for the mind.

We'll imagine
a spectacular
romantic dinner.

Come on.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

What's going on?

Dinner is now a dinner party.

Kelly, I'm not in the mood
for a surprise party.

This party is for Brandon.

So this is the fish
you're feeding
while the cat's away.

Kelly!

Hey, Bren,
Donna's parents bailed

when they found
how many people we invited.

How many?

Ah, don't worry,
they all won't show up.

Bran the Man!

Bren the woman.

Sara, I want you to
meet my best buddy,
Brandon Walsh,

soon to be Class President.

Hi. Nice to meet you.
Hi. How you doing?
Orange, huh?

It's my favorite
color and fruit.

Thanks.

Where's the bedroom?

All right,
I'll find it by myself.

(ALL CHATTERING)

He has a talent for that.

Where's the food?

You know Kelly,
if I'd known
you were coming,

I would have stocked
the place for you.

Well, I tried calling,
but the phone
was disconnected.

What?

There is no food.

Eeuw!

That's sick. Gross.

There's no water, either.

Hello?

Hello?

I'm here at
the Walsh campaign party.

It's sort of
a stand-up event.

Everyone seems to be
having a great time.

And here's
the candidate's sister,

the hostess with the mostest.

Get out!

(CLEARS THROAT) Friends,
yeomen, country club men,

lend me those pierced ears.
Listen up.

How many of you
really know what this
candidate stands for?

Do you even know anymore,
Brandon?

I mean, you've
sort of turned into

this processed candidate,
haven't you?

David, uh, why don't we
turn on the video, okay?

She wants me, bad.

(GROANING) Great!

No manager is listed.

What do I do,
ring all the bells?

Low rent city, Brenda.

You're welcome, Steve.

Brenda, where's the fuse box?

Fuse box, I don't know.

Everyone's meeting
at the Peach Pit, okay?
Okay.

Brenda, you really have
the apartment from hell.
No offense.

You know,
you guys just burst in,

not even thinking
that I might have a life,

just assuming that
it would be okay.

You know, you could've been
a little more supportive
and offered the apartment.

What about you, Brandon?

You've been
so self-absorbed and taken
my friends with you.

I didn't take anyone.

You are the one
who ditched me

for the ever-groovy
Sky and Jack.

You know,
it just bugs you, Kelly,
when I get attention.

So you decide to console
yourself on Brandon.

Oh, come on, Brenda!

Look, you guys have been
passing me right by.

Why don't you just
keep on going
and leave me alone?

KELLY: Brenda!
Don't do this now.

Why? Is it bad timing
for your campaign?

I've gotta go now.
You sure you don't
want to come?

I don't think
I even want to vote.

You know what, Brandon?

You might really
have what it takes
to be a politician.

Looks like the party's over.

Imagine me gone,
sweet Brenda.

DAVID: Prick up your ears!

The great debate
starts in five minutes.

Tomorrow is election day

and date night.

Five minutes.

You guys,
we are in great shape.
Yeah?

Oh, definitely.
All the girls in PE class,
they're all voting for you.

Better crank together
a victory speech.

Because your pal Steve
here is gonna make sure
it's a done deal.

Maybe I should talk about
some of the community programs
I want to set up.

Let's wait till
you're in office
to make that stuff happen.

But first,
you have to win.
All right?

Yes.

Well, I guess
this is the place.

Hey, if it isn't
Bran the Man.

So, you ready?

Yeah,
not that it matters.

Hey, it ain't over
till it's over.

Spoken like
a true novice.

You know, I'm a veteran
of these campaigns,

and my prediction is
you'll end up with
about 80% of the vote.

Well,
that's optimistic.

Listen, when you've lost
as many times as I have,

you begin to
develop an instinct
for these things.

You're real popular
and I don't mean

you're an airhead
or anything, I, I, I just...

I have never seen anyone
mount a slicker campaign.

Thanks, but no one's gonna
vote for a president

just because
they like their video,
or they shouldn't.

You've got a lot
going for you, Mike.

What?

Well, like it says
right here,

all the extracurricular
activities you've done.

Your volunteer work.

You're in
the Honors Society.

You're really qualified.

You were even
a student intern

at the state capital
last summer.

You know,
I am real interested
in public policy,

especially since
it affects the homeless.

Yeah, me, too.

I was thinking of a program
where we could give away

the surplus food
from the cafeteria.

That's great!

And so when you get elected,
you can use the pilot program
I set up last summer.

Thanks, man.

May the better candidate win.

Same to you.

Mr. Walsh,
your proposals, please.

(CLEARS THROAT)

My first order of business
will be to get rock bands

every Friday at lunch.

(ALL CHEERING)

How do you plan
to implement this?

Well, uh,

contact the bands.

Uh, it's a little more
complicated than that.

There are releases
and permits and insurance.

When I was Assistant
Activities Committee Chairman,

I brought bands
in for the proms.

Are you aware of
all the red tape involved?

No, not really.

But you are.

(ALL MURMURING)

And that's just one
of about 50 reasons

why you're more qualified
to be president than I am.

And you've certainly run
a more honorable campaign.

What is he doing?
This is not in our script.

And that's the reason

why I'm throwing
my support to you,

(ALL MUTTERING)

Mr. President.

(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)

I cannot believe that
I wasted two weeks
of my life on this.

Brandon, you blew it.

I was gonna stuff
the ballot box for you.

Well, it's the thought
that counts, Steve.

So, maybe you're
redeemable after all.

It's too bad
you're still not running.

I might have
even voted for you.

Thanks, Brenda.
I can always count on you.

Um, Brenda, listen. Um...

So, how's apartment life?

Pretty powerless.

Uh, do you wanna
hang out tonight?

I can't.

I have to practice something
that I'm writing for
Audition Night at the club,

maybe.

So Kel, see you
in something wet.

Just you, me,

and my dad's hot tub.

The campaign debt
nightmare begins.

You know, Kelly kept talking
about whether or not
I wanted to win,

but I just didn't
want to win that way.

Anyway, I can always
run a different
campaign next semester.

I'm proud of you.

Now I can tell you honestly,
I hated your campaign video.

So did I.

So did I.

Brenda. Come on in.
Hey, stranger.

Hi, sweetheart.
How are you?

Make yourself at home.

You know what I mean.

You want a sandwich?

Do you have tuna?
Oh, you bet.

Sprouts and tomatoes?

Wow, it's so supplied.

Oh, it's always like this.

Yeah, I guess so.

Are you really back home?

I... I...

Yes? Yes, honey?

I just came to get
some clean clothes.

And I need to know
where my high school
equivalency form is.

Now, Brenda,
we told you to forget that.

There is no way
we're gonna sign that, honey.

Guys, I just asked
you where it was.

This is killing me.

Let's just stop this farce
and beg her to come back.

No, let's drag her back
and tell her how much
we missed her.

No, wait.
We've got to resist the urge
to nurture her right now.

That's right.

Restraint. Control.

What are you doing?

Care package for Brenda.

Right.

Oh, God, what now?

Hi.

I know, I'm sorry.

I tried to get them
to leave the furniture.

No, I know.
It's not your fault.

Your apartment
still looks cool.

Things aren't always
what they seem.

It's really hard on your own.

I didn't wanna tell you,
'cause you looked up to me.

You made me feel so up.

Tell me what?

You know why I had to
go home to my parents?

You know what
the big family crisis was?

Me.

I needed money.

I'm what you call
plain old over-extended.

Is everything okay now?

Well, compared to
the homeless, yeah.

Compared to my dreams,
not exactly.

My parents are
getting older

and they just
don't have it
to give anymore.

But you've got a job.

Tips from starving artists,
myself included,

don't exactly pay the bills.

I refuse to cry.

Sometimes it's good to cry.

Look, um, you're more
than welcome to stay,

but I don't blame you
if you want to leave
this depressing floor plan.

You're not getting
rid of me that easily.

Well, I got an idea.

Why don't you stay here
and I'll move in
with your mom.

Wake up, Fallout victims!

It's Amateur Night
and anything can happen.

Anything at all!

BRENDA: I can't
go through with this.

Yes, you can.

No, I can't.
Sky, you don't know
what I wrote.

It's so personal.

This is all about
finding yourself, kid.

I, uh, I was thinking
of taking my high school
equivalency test,

getting my own place,
being oh-so-independent.

Where do I shop? Mom's.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

Hey, the price is right.

You know,
you think when you leave,

they're gonna run after you.

Well, think again.

My brother,
my twin brother,
my other half,

he takes over my entire room,

double the space,
double the pleasure.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

Are my parents freaked
about my absence?

Do they yell?
No. They're nice.

It made me want to say,
"Wait. I don't want to
grow up yet."

You know, being on your own
doesn't necessarily mean

having your own place,
it's about being
your own person.

It's pretty easy to glom
on to someone else, but...

Problem is that once you're
inside that person,

no matter how cool they are,
you just want to say,

"Oh, wait!
Let me out! I want me!"

You know what,

I think I found me
right up here.

BOY: This is great.
GIRL: Yeah.

So, I've decided not to put
my high school career
on fast forward.

BOY: Good choice.
GIRL: All right. All right.

I need some practice
being my own person

before I'm actually on my own.

GIRL: It's better.
BOY: Yeah,
this is a smart lady.

Thank you for listening.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Honey, you were terrific.

How did you guys
know to come?

Safety in numbers.

Don't press your luck.

So, you serious about
going back to high school?

Yes, Dad, I'm going to
stay in school forever.

You're going to have to
support me until I'm 90.

I've got to
go talk to Sky.

See you.

You were so great up there.

Well, you're now officially
a Fallout victim.

It's not an easy life,
but the right delivery helps.

Why, thank you.
I'm flattered.

Listen, um,
if you're not gonna use that
high school equivalency exam,

could I have it?

I'd never leave
home without it.

Hey, wait for me.

Come on.

BRANDON: Bren.

CINDY: All right.

I put on clean sheets,
just in case.

Thanks.

Welcome home, honey.

You know,
I could definitely get used
to this guest treatment.

Good night.
Night.

Good night.

I could never get
used to the smell

of the cigarette smoke
in those clubs.

You know, I'm jealous.

You had a good experience.

You got to hang in
a cool apartment,
you found a talent.

Yeah, I guess I did.

And you walked away
from the Oval Office.

Yeah, well,
I did learn something.

And what's that
pearl of wisdom,
your lowness?

I loved having
the bathroom to myself.

Well, those days are over.

(CLEARING THROAT)

Will you autograph
this for me?