Breakfast is ready!
Whoo. Thank you, dear.
You are very welcome.
Good morning, Benji.
Morning.
Do you have time for breakfast before you go?
No. I'm running late.
You should eat something before you go.
I will eat when I get back.
Bye.
-Bye. -Bye.
I guess it's just us.
Fuck you.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Fuck you! Fuck you!
You cannot be fucking serious!
How can it be over?
I want to die.
Why do you say that?
Because...
I don't want to live anymore.
Hey.
Hey, you're gonna be okay.
Let's just focus on getting through the weekend, okay?
Oh, God.
I almost wish we didn't have to go.
Then we don't have to go.
We don't have to go if you don't want to go.
Or... you can go,
and Emmie and I can stay here.
No. No. We've got to go.
They're expecting us.
Hey. Hey.
You have to learn to do what you want to do, okay?
I mean... if you're really dreading this,
then just don't do it.
We can't all be like you, Luce.
We can't just do whatever we want to do.
Mommy! Mommy! Can I come in?
Of course you can, baby. Hi!
Ooh!
He's coming this week.
Where are my keys?
All right, can you make sure to feed the cats, please?
I will feed... Mmm...
I love you. I love you.
Love you, too.
All right. And please give my love to everybody, okay?
Tell Benji I'm sorry I couldn't be there.
I will.
And please text me when you get there
so I know you made it safe.
I will. Love you, babe.
Love you. I'll text you when I feed the cats!
Okay!
♪ The more words we use ♪
♪ The less things are clear ♪
♪ So, why not say very little? ♪
♪ The love fades in you ♪
♪ The less close becomes nearer ♪
♪ So, why not stay in the middle? ♪
♪ It's no use
♪ There's nothing I can do ♪
♪ Feel it go, feeling
♪ Feel it grow
♪ The limits of the language ♪
♪ I want to say
♪ I'm sorry
Man: Well, speaking of Boston,
when do Norma and Evonne arrive?
Well, Norma should be here...
pretty soon. You know how she is.
Yeah.
Well, I'm off.
Have a good day.
You, too.
I love you.
And I just hope that I was able to transfer
not only my knowledge about the subject,
but also my passion for it to you as well.
If any of you need a humanities credit,
I would be honored to have any of you
in my class in the fall.
So, maybe I'll see some of you there.
If not, have a nice life.
Class dismissed.
Hey, Benjamin, can I talk to you for a minute?
Sure. What's up?
I have really enjoyed having you in my class.
Your writing is so cogent.
Are you gonna be around next fall?
Oh, no. This is actually my last class as an undergrad.
Oh?
Yeah, I just needed the one final humanities credit.
But I really enjoyed it.
So, you're walking tomorrow. Well, congratulations.
Your family must be proud.
Thank you. Yeah, they are.
Well, I just want you to know that I think
you have a real talent for writing about art.
I mean, it's a skill that I hope
that you're able to use in the future.
Oh. I don't know.
My parents, they always, um...
raised me to appreciate art,
but I'm actually a science major.
So, I'll probably only be appreciating art
from a distance going forward.
Continue writing, Benjamin.
Thanks, Dr. Bradley. I will.
It was a pleasure.
Mine, too.
All right, then, best of luck.
Here's your laundry.
Leave it there. Thanks.
Okay. We've talked about this
over and over again.
Your mother may tolerate it, but I won't.
Fuck.
You cannot smoke marijuana in this house, Rodney.
It helps me relax, okay?
Relax from what?
You know, let's talk about that, huh?
When was the last time you...
applied for a job?
Oh, this isn't about weed, is it?
I just need to know your plan.
I love you, but... I mean, I ask myself
how you ended up this way,
and I just can't help but think
that it's because of Sa...
Dad, do not say her name.
I swear to God, you're gonna snap
a fucking tendon in my brain.
There are no tendons in the human brain, son.
You know what I mean.
Look...
we need to have a serious conversation.
Oh, a serious conversation?
You want to talk about the book you're reading,
the one about death?
Okay. Fine. You don't want to talk to me.
Maybe you'll talk to your mother.
But, you know, when she retires,
we won't be able to keep you afloat like this forever.
I know that your heart is broken...
Dad, stop. I'm in the middle
of something, and you're embarrassing yourself.
Okay.
Excuse me. I'd like to know how to download a book.
Okay. I can help you with that.
Do you want to read an e-book,
or do you want to listen
to a download able audio book?
Hmm. I'm not sure what the difference is.
Well, you read an e-book on an e-reader,
and you listen to an audio book.
My son got me a Kindle for my birthday.
Ah. Do you know what kind it is?
I'm not sure.
Well...
can you check your e-mail on it?
Yes, I think so.
Great. Then it's probably a Kindle Fire.
Do you have it with you?
Great. Okay.
Oh, this is a nice one.
Here. Let's...
David: Hey, Norma! Ho ho ho!
Hey, Daddy! How are you?
Oh, I'm great.
How was the drive?
It was so easy. I made good time actually.
Good, good. Well, come on in.
Thank you.
Hey, Rod, get your ass up here! Norma's here!
Norma: Why is he in the basement?
Oh, he thrives down there in the darkness,
like a fungus.
Dad! Come on.
Well, he didn't want to move back into his old bedroom.
Too many memories, I guess.
Rod: Hey, Norma.
Uh. Rod.
You look older. Has it been that long?
You look exactly the same.
How are you?
-Good, good. How are you? -Good.
Benji: Hail, hail. The gang's all here.
Oh, my god. Benji! Congratulations, brother.
Benji: Thank you. Thanks for coming.
Norma: Yeah. Are you kidding?
I wouldn't miss it for the world.
You just get in? Is Evonne here?
No. She's coming down on the train tomorrow.
Listen, your mother and I are going to a potluck
at the P.O. Box Collective tonight,
and I hope you can all join us.
Rod: Can't do it. Davey's got tee-ball.
The potluck runs from five till nine.
What time does the game start?
Jesus fucking Christ, Dad. I said I can't do it.
I'm sorry, Dad. I can't do it either.
You know my buddy Chase?
He's flying home for the summer tomorrow.
And so, I told him I'd get pizza with him tonight.
On a night that your sister's here?
Oh, it's fine.
If you have plans, you've got plans.
I'm sure we'll all have plenty of time
to spend with each other tomorrow.
I told Chase I'd have pizza with him tonight.
Invite him to the potluck.
A bunch of hippies eating vegan food?
It's not exactly his scene, Dad.
Okay. So, what is this potluck?
Oh, you should go. It's fun.
Yeah? Yeah. It sounds like...
A bunch of us got together in the neighborhood
and leased the old post office on Glenwood
and turned it into a space for community gatherings.
The food's pretty good, too.
Very cool.
We're working with a group called Food Not Bombs
to recover food from local grocery stores
that would ordinarily just get thrown away,
and we're redistributing it.
We're asking everybody that comes
to bring a side dish.
Oh. Well, that sounds good.
Hmm.
Listen, if you get get done early, son,
you might want to try and drop by.
It isn't often that you kids get...
I'll try my best. I promise.
David, Karen, hey.
How are you?
I'm so glad you came.
Hey, Salome.
I want you to meet Norma, our eldest.
Norma, here. Let me hug you.
She's from Iowa.
Nice to meet you.
Iowa? Come on. Let me show you around.
Stephanie, this is Norma.
Hi. Nice to meet you.
George, Norma...
George.
Karen and David's daughter, from Iowa.
Jill, Norma.
Hi. Nice to meet you.
Aaron, excuse me. Norma...
Karen and David's daughter.
-Welcome. -Thank you.
Mmm! Tavern-style, motherfucker.
This is the true Chicago way.
Don't try to hand me none of that deep-dish bullshit.
I hear you... to a certain extent.
What do you mean "a certain extent"?
Don't get me wrong.
Deep-dish is for the tourists.
But I like my thin crust cut traditionally,
because I believe
the crust should be like a handle
by which you can hold the slice,
because look at this slice in the middle here.
There's no way you can eat that
without putting your thumb directly on the cheese
and getting greasy cheese fingers.
Who wants to do that?
I do, motherfucker. Watch this. Watch. Watch.
-Hmm-mm. -Mmm! Mmm!
Hey, I know that girl over there, the blond.
We had a class together a couple years ago.
No shit?
And I kind of want to talk to her.
Riddle me this, Benji... if you had to choose
between never having any soup again for the rest of your life
or never having oral sex again for the rest of your life,
which would you choose?
What the fuck are you talking about?
It's a hypothetical question.
I mean, okay, let's just say
somebody had a gun to your head
and forced you to choose and was like,
"Motherfucker, pick one!"
What would you say?
No soup.
No, no, no! You're just saying that
because that's your first knee-jerk reaction.
No, I want you to really think about this for a moment.
You can never have any soup again
for the rest of your life.
Okay. And someone's gonna follow me around
with a gun and shoot me in the head
if I get a blow job? It's ridiculous.
Or if you eat pussy.
Get the fuck out of here.
But no soup means no tomato soup,
no cream of broccoli, no minestrone, no pozole, no...
I get it, dude.
There's a lot of different kinds of soup.
No. See, I don't think you do get it.
Now, I'm not accepting your final answer
till you had a chance to sleep on it.
Right. I'll text you my answer tomorrow.
Meantime, I'm gonna talk to that girl.
Oh. Good luck.
More pizza for me.
Hey, you're Hekla, right?
That's right.
I'm Benji Frank.
We had a geography class together a couple years ago.
Oh, yeah! Dr. Wagner's class.
Mm-hmm.
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Hey, can I get another gin martini, please?
-You got it. -Thank you.
Now, I remember that class,
but I cannot say I remember you.
Oh. Well, it must have been more memorable
for me than it was for you.
You know, I remember
that class being boring as shit.
Really? Well, that was the class
that made me want to major in geography.
Ha. I am so sorry.
I did not mean to offend you.
Hey, geography isn't useless, you know.
It's not like getting a major
in theater or something like that.
I'm a theater major.
Are you serious?
I swear to God I'm an actress.
Oh, my god. No, I'm so...
Uh, I'm sure your acting training...
Seriously, I'm sure your acting training
is useful and all. I'm just...
Aren't the chances of you, like, making it
kind of slim?
Okay, that depends on how you define "making it."
I'm not trying to be an actress
so that I can be, like, rich and famous.
I want to be a stage actress,
because, I mean, I love to act.
I don't see any reason why I can't support myself
doing that after I graduate.
That's cool.
Um... so, are you graduating tomorrow?
No. I actually have another year.
What about you?
Yeah, yeah, I'm walking tomorrow.
So, Benji...
what does one do with a geography degree?
Um...
Aside from teach geography?
I'm going to be a geographic
information systems specialist.
No shit?
What is that?
It means I'll be, um...
analyzing spatial locations
and organizing layers of information
into visualizations using 3D maps and...
I don't want to bore you.
Basically, I'm gonna go work for Google Maps.
-That's awesome. -Yeah?
Thank you. Oh, thank you.
So, okay, what you're basically telling me is...
you are a digital cartographer.
That is exactly what I am. Mm-hmm.
Amazing. Well, you know what?
Okay, Benji, you might be the only person
to get practical use out of that degree.
I think that deserves celebrating.
Okay.
Hey, come here.
I want you to meet my friends.
Okay. Um...
Whoo! No soup, my ass.
Karen: David, you did a good job with the pasta salad.
Yeah, it's really good.
You know what this reminds me of,
this feeling of community they have here?
Christmas.
Do you remember when we were kids,
and we'd go to Uncle Joe and Aunt Stevie's house
every year, and all the men would be, like,
hanging out in the living room watching football,
and Grandpa would sit in that big La-Z-Boy
and fall asleep?
Yeah. And all the women would be slaving away
in the kitchen. Ha ha ha ha!
And then, as kids, we'd be outside,
I mean, playing those games,
playing "Capture the Flag" and "Red Rover."
Ha. Hmm.
So... what's prompting this stroll down memory lane?
I don't know.
Maybe it's because we used to eat
off paper plates like this.
But also I've been thinking lately...
that I, um... I used to think
things would always be like that.
Like, I mean, I knew Grandma and Grandpa,
they weren't gonna live forever,
and, I mean, I knew we'd all go
and start families of our own one day.
But... I don't know.
I just thought that, the more things changed,
the more they'd also stay the same.
Only they didn't.
Well, that's what happens.
I mean, you kids are scattered far and wide.
You have obligations of your own.
Look, I'm just glad we see each other
as often as we do, even if it is just one on one.
I'm glad that I still have two daughters
who live in the Midwest. Ha ha ha.
And we all still get along with each other...
more or less.
It's true. I think I just feel guilty,
honestly.
I feel guilty for making so many sacrifices
for Barney and the kids and... yeah.
I wish we lived closer to Chicago.
Well, feel free to... move back anytime.
So, what kind of name is Hekla anyway?
It's Icelandic.
Mmm. Is that where your... like, your heritage?
Yeah, on my dad's side.
Have you ever been?
To Iceland? Yes, actually.
I went for the first time last summer.
And let me tell you, oh, it was amazing.
Yeah? How so?
Well, it's full of geysers and waterfalls...
and progressive hard-drinking atheists.
Wow. It's so cold, they have nothing better to do
than get drunk and not believe in God.
Actually, it's not very cold.
Okay. Well, that sounds like paradise.
What's the population?
Only about 350,000 people.
So, basically, everyone in Iceland is related.
Yes! They actually have this very real risk
of, like, accidental incest.
They've got this app that you can download
where you can bump your phone
up against somebody else's,
like, if you're at a bar or something,
and it will make a warning sound
if they're a close relative.
That's amazing. Did you use the app?
Oh, of course.
I downloaded it right before I left.
And you'll never believe this.
The very first bar I went to, yes,
this guy started talking to me,
and I bumped my phone up against his,
and the alarm went off.
He was my second cousin.
No way. So, you didn't go home with him.
No, I totally fucked him.
So... how are you guys feeling
about having a nest that's still only half empty?
Oh, don't be so pessimistic, Norma.
We prefer to think of the nest as half full.
Ha.
Are you guys looking forward to tomorrow?
Oh, of course.
We haven't had the whole family together in...
what, two years?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Well, there's no point in waiting up any longer.
Ha ha ha. No.
I'm pretty tired, and we all have a long day. So...
Well, listen, if you want, Norma,
you can stay up and watch TV.
No. I'm good. I'm tired, too.
But actually, I was thinking about something.
Um... have you guys considered
putting this place up as an Airbnb?
Well, because I think you guys can make
a lot of money renting out our old bedrooms.
Yeah. Well, that... that's a thought.
Mm-hmm.
I'm... I don't know how I'd feel about
a lot of strangers coming through here, though.
I mean, you never know who's a psychopath these days.
Ha ha ha. Besides, it's hard enough
to keep this place clean
with just Rod and Benji here.
Well, you're welcome to get rid of some of my childhood things.
I mean, you don't really need to still have
"The X-Files" on VHS anymore.
You know, I have a better idea.
Let's just leave the room the way it is,
and we'll market the Airbnb
as a place for aging hipsters.
Yes, a monument to the lost youth
of those who came of age in the late 1990s.
Ha ha ha! All right, give me your plates.
I'll do dishes.
David: Oh...
What the fuck are you doing?
Snorting a line of cocaine. What?
Do you know there's probably, like,
a hundred people who can see
what you're doing right now?
I thought you college kids
were supposed to be, like, fucking tolerant.
How old are you?
Dad doesn't want me smoking in the house.
Someone could call the cops on you, Rod.
How do you think Dad would feel about that?
Who's gonna call the fucking cops?
Why are you such a fuck up?
Well, now you're just being rude.
No. I mean, seriously,
why are you so content
just sitting around all day
like a fucking sloth?
Don't you know what a burden it is
to Mom and Dad?
Hey, man, you live here, too.
Yeah. That's because I go to school near here,
and it's fucking convenient for me.
I'm moving out at the end of the month
like a responsible fucking adult.
You're 34 years old, dude.
It's been four years since you and Sarah broke up...
You don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
You never even fucking talk to me.
So, do not act like you have any fucking clue
what's going on in my life. Okay?
And I have a fucking job. I have several jobs.
I got that freelance sound design gig
and that other thing... maybe next month.
Fucking work. I've worked more than you have
in your entire fucking life, okay?
And I'm trying to get back on my feet.
So, can I please just have
a little bit of fucking compassion?
Compassion? You want me to have compassion for you?
I would have some fucking compassion for you
if you weren't such a fucking asshole!
I mean, seriously, you should be embarrassed
that you have to ask Mom and Dad
if you can move back in, but for some reason,
you act like you're an entitled fucking jerk all the time.
Oh, "entitled." Is that the new campus buzzword?
Don't you remember growing up,
when Mom used to say she couldn't wait
until she retired? Well, guess what.
She's 66, and you know the reason she hasn't retired yet?
It's because you're here on a permanent vacation,
and she has to support your lazy ass.
I know that it is easy for you
to stand down there and judge me.
I know because I know
that you have never fucking felt it, man,
the real despair, and that's fine.
I'm actually a little jealous of you,
because I used to be just like you.
I was happy. I felt good.
My life was going fucking great.
So, until you do know the fucking terror...
step the fuck off, Benji!
I don't even know
what you're talking about right now.
Dad calls me a fungus, man.
A fungus.
Just wait till that fucking fungus
starts growing on you.
Okay. Hey, just because we're brothers
doesn't mean I'm gonna be a fuck up like you.
It's in me, it's in you, man.
I'm still coming to your fucking party.
Shit.
What did you think of what Norma said?
What she said about what?
About the disintegration of our family.
Disintegration? That's a pretty strong word, isn't it?
You know, I knew exactly what she was talking about,
even though I pretended not to.
Your first impulse has always been
to smooth things over.
That's a good quality.
Yeah, but... maybe if I didn't always ignore
the shortcomings of our children,
things would have worked out better for them.
They might have turned out better.
My god, David. Are they really that bad?
I... I...
I mean, it's not like any of them became Republicans.
Yeah. Well, Rod is a Libertarian,
and that's worse.
Rod is not a Libertarian!
In the last election, he was just dabbling.
Yeah, I hope so.
Oh.
Rod is lucky to be alive.
But he's still here,
and we have to be here for him,
no matter what.
It's the only way he's gonna heal.
Yeah.
Yeah. We have to try.
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Benji: So, how was your potluck?
Norma: Oh, my god. It was wonderful.
I wish we had something like that in Bettendorf.
Well, there's no reason why you can't start
your own local chapter.
That's true.
You should have been there, Benji.
You missed out on some good food, good company.
I know.
I was going to come,
but then I met a girl
at The Hopleaf,
and we were embroiled in conversation.
Well, of course, you were.
Well, now this is a valid excuse.
Who is she?
Her name is Hekla. She's a theater major.
-Ooh. -Hekla?
That means "volcano" in Icelandic.
-Ooh. -Exotic.
She is... Look, she is Icelandic.
It's not that pretentious.
Hmm.
Well, Benji, do you want to go downstairs
and roust your brother out of bed,
or should I do it?
I don't know how late he was out last night,
but I am not going to let him sleep all day,
especially with your sisters in town.
Karen: Mmm. Speaking of which,
Evonne's train is due in at 11:00.
Anyone want to come with me to pick them up?
Yeah, I'll go with you.
I think you'd better get him up.
He and I got into it last night.
Oh, goodness. Promise me you two
will behave yourselves today.
It'll be fine. I just don't feel
like talking to him right now.
Yes, yes, yes. I fucking... I fucking beat you!
Yes, I fucking beat your ass!
Got time for a talk, son?
Yeah. I'm at a good stopping place.
Yeah? Yeah.
So, did, uh... Did Davey win his game?
No, they lost. He got a single, though.
Oh. Well, that's good. Um...
Benji said you and he got into it.
Yeah, because he picked a fight with me.
I was minding my own fucking business.
Look, I believe you. I...
I know how he can be.
I just need to ask a favor,
that you try to be
on your best behavior this weekend.
There are a lot of people here tonight,
and your mother and I want things to run smoothly.
Yeah, fine.
Ah. But there's something else
we need to talk about now.
What?
What is camerabate.com?
What?
The bill for the internet and the cable came yesterday,
and it's over $300.
Oh...
It's not what you think.
Well, what do you think I think?
That I'm watching porn all day.
Well, aren't you?
No, Dad. Jesus.
Nobody pays for that stuff.
Well, my credit-card information is stored
in that television.
It's a serious abuse of trust
for you to abuse that.
What are you spending my money on, son?
I have a right to know.
I didn't think it was gonna be that much.
Didn't think what was gonna be that much?
Look, I'll pay you back. I'm sorry.
What is camerabate.com, Rodney?
Do you remember when I told you
Sarah was modeling?
Yeah. Uh...
I think "fetish modeling" is the phrase you used.
Um...
She's a...
She's a cam girl.
I don't know what that...
I'm not jerking off to her.
It's just this is the only way I can see her.
What?
This is the only way I can talk to her,
in her chat room.
Well, can she see you?
No. I don't have a camera.
She thinks I'm someone else.
Oh, Jesus, Rodney. Where's your self-respect?
Look, I... I know it's a cliche,
but time really does heal all wounds.
You... you... Man, you just
have got to give yourself a little more space.
I just love her so much!
I don't know what else to do!
It's all right. It's all right, son.
I know how you feel.
I was young, too, once.
All right. All right.
Evonne: Well, hello!
There they are. Hi!
Our chariot awaits.
Karen: Good to see you.
Hi, Mama. Hi, Norma.
Look who it is!
Can you believe it? Go say hi.
Hi, Norma.
Hello, baby. How come you've grown so much?
How are you?
I'm good. Mommy had to go to the hospital
because she was sad.
Emma!
Evonne, are you all right?
I'm... Mom, I'm fine.
Let's just not make a big deal about this.
Don't tell Dad or the boys, okay?
Let's go, okay? Let's load in. Let's load in.
Evonne: There you go. Can you believe it?
Hey, Dad!
Hey, baby doll!
Still smoking, huh?
Oh, well, now, what the hell else
does a retired man have to live for
besides cigars and craft beer, huh?
Good to see you, Evonne.
Oh, and, Lucie, you're a sight for sore eyes.
Now, you didn't put that "Black Lives Matter" sign up
just because you knew I was coming, did you?
No. I almost took it down because you were coming.
Uh-huh.
Ha ha ha. Uh! And Emma!
Oh, little Emma, how are you?
Hmm? Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo!
How are you?
I'm good, Grandpa. You stink.
Did you miss me? Oh, I missed you.
I did.
Oh, well, let's go inside
and see your uncle. What do you say?
Huh? Off we go.
She's honest. Ha ha ha!
Come on.
David: Karen, you know how to do this.
Karen: Oh, sure.
David: Here we go.
Lucie: I'll just go right here.
Here we go.
All right. Everybody ready?
-Ready? -Okay.
It's going off in a few seconds.
Say, "Queso."
All right! Let's go! We're gonna be late.
David: Timing is everything. I love it!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
David.
Oh, thank you.
Anybody got a key?
Okay. Here we go.
Karen: Ha ha ha!
Very, very hot.
Very hot.
Rod...
would you go to the store with your father
and get some wine and some beer?
Good?
The girls and I will put together some appetizers.
-Lovely. -Okay.
Thank you, sir.
I just volunteered us.
Very and hot. And I'm starving.
Where are you off to?
Hey. Hey!
All right. Yes. We're cooking.
Lucie: Aw, these are so beautiful.
Norma: Aw... Emma, good job.
He's so cute.
Hey, Benji. Going somewhere?
Yeah, I have to go and run an errand real quick.
Mm-hmm. An errand?
Yeah. I'll be back soon.
Mm-hmm. You know, you're just as much
of a disappointment as Rod.
You're just more polite about it.
Save me a beer. I'll be back soon.
Jesus Christ.
Okay. I'll be back to pick you up in two hours, okay?
So, when your dad asks about me,
you can tell him I'm fine,
but don't give him any details.
And if something goes wrong
and you feel like you want to talk to me,
just tell Grandma and Grandpa,
and they'll give me a call, okay?
-Okay. -Okay.
Shit.
Mom, you just said a bad word.
I know. Come on.
David: And I'm saying,
"What the hell are you doing with all of this?"
And he said, "Well, they only sell them by the dozen."
And so the entire backseat is filled with it.
Hey, it's Davey!
Hi, Sarah.
Hi, David, Rod.
Hey, little man.
So, I'm just dropping him off.
I'll be back to pick him up
in, like, a couple hours, okay?
Can we talk for a sec before you leave?
You know, I'm just supposed to be
somewhere else right now.
It's important.
It'll just take, like, one minute.
Listen, Davey, why don't we go inside?
You can see your Uncle Benji and your aunts.
No. You know, you all can go in together
because I was supposed to be at my mom's,
like, five minutes ago. I've got to go.
I'll... I'll be back to pick him up soon. Okay?
I heard you got a hit last night, huh?
Yeah. I got a single.
Oh, man! That is really great.
Guess who, Mr. Digital Cartographer.
Could it be Miss I Want To Be An Actress
But Not The Famous Kind?
You know it. Ah.
Hey. How was graduation?
It was, uh...
perfunctory.
I need a drink.
Well, you came to the right place.
What do you need, man?
He will have a Chicago Handshake,
and I will have a shot of Malort.
And you can put it on my tab.
You got it.
I was supposed to do that.
Consider it a graduation gift.
Thank you.
Cheers.
-Ha ha ha! -God.
Davey, you remember your cousin Emma, don't you?
No.
Sure, you do. You saw her just last year.
Honey, that was two years ago
when Davey was only seven.
Is that right? Jeez. Time flies.
Hey, little man, what's this,
a present for your Uncle Benji's graduation?
No. It's a Father's Day gift for you.
It is?
Yeah.
Father's Day isn't for another couple weeks.
I know, but our teacher had us make these
before the school year ended,
and I wanted to give it to you now.
Oh, thanks, buddy.
A picture of me.
No, it's a puzzle.
It is?
Yeah. We took pictures
and cut them up into jigsaw puzzles.
And then we had to put them back together
and tape the back.
Well, look at that. Thanks, buddy.
Do you like it?
I love it.
Do you know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna get it framed,
and I'm gonna put it someplace special.
Hey, have you guys seen Benji?
He's upstairs, isn't he?
Somebody should go get him.
Yep. Someone should.
Knock, knock!
Hey, fat boy!
Party don't start till I walk in!
Where do I get my cheap American beer?
Are you kidding me, fat boy?
There's nothing but the expensive stuff tonight.
Okay. I will make that sacrifice
on Benji's behalf.
I will get up on that cross,
and I will drink his fancy-schmancy craft brew.
How are you, Karen?
Fine, Stevie. How are you?
I'm pretty good, pretty neat.
Nice to have the family all together again, huh?
Where's Benji?
Benji: When I was a kid,
I always wanted to travel,
but my parents couldn't really afford to take me anywhere.
By the time I was eight,
both my sisters and my brother were in college.
So, money was tight. But I always liked maps.
I guess it was kind of this way for me to...
travel without really leaving the house.
What about you? Is there a formative moment
when you knew you wanted to be an actress?
Yeah. Um...
When I was in high school,
I had this amazing drama teacher,
Miss Blaidie,
and on the first day of class, she said,
"If teaching high-school drama
"at the age of 60 is Oskaloosa, Iowa,
"doesn't sound appealing to you,
get the fuck out."
Your phone is blowing up, man.
Yeah. My parents are throwing a little, um..
Get-together, and they're trying to get me to come home.
Dude, you're Benji the Hunted.
What's the occasion?
Just a little graduation thing.
They're having a party for you?
Yeah. But I live with them.
So, I can see them whenever I want.
Well, who's all there?
Well, my brother is there,
but he's a fucking asshole.
My nephew, my uncle, and my aunt should be there.
Uh... my sisters are both there from out of town.
Your sisters came from out of town?
Yes, but one is from Iowa, and the other's from Wisconsin.
So, it's not really that big of a deal.
Damn, boy, you should probably be there.
Well, the truth is... I haven't stopped
thinking about you since we met last night.
Yeah?
I mean, I had such a good time.
I just wanted to keep
the conversation going, you know.
I didn't give a damn about graduating today.
Okay, that was pretty smooth.
But, dude, your sisters came
all the way here to see you.
I mean, you need to go home, like now.
You and I can literally have a drink at any time.
All right.
I'll go home...
on the condition that you come with me.
Won't your family think it's a little weird
if you bring a stranger to this get-together?
Yeah, probably.
Okay, let's do it.
It's a very difficult subject for some people.
Do you feel close to the veil?
The veil?
I have a different recipe now,
because Mom is...
like, the baking is a little too much for her.
Oh, the feathers they do now
integrated with flowers.
I've loved the library since I was seven years old.
Are you kidding?
And then you realize
that it doesn't matter what you've accomplished.
And it just leaves you with this empty feeling,
and it's really hard to know how to present yourself
to the end of your own life.
Do you see what I'm saying?
Karen: I would read to the kids.
Twelve years old?
I was the story girl. I sat on a stool.
Little kids would come in and sit down,
and I would read stories. That was my first job.
It was the best place to be.
I love the library.
You wouldn't believe what they can do with toast.
The visual things... Yeah.
Japan has this special kind of bread,
and we put this panko
and buttermilk powder into it. The look of it...
-Sounds good. -Oh, unbelievable.
And if you could teach me how to make it on Pinterest...
Not on Pinterest. I could just show you it.
You've got to just kind of drool and dream.
Have you ever seen the toys down in the basement?
I don't think so.
Okay. Tell me what I need to know before we get there.
All right. Well, I'm 10 years younger
than my closest sibling.
That's my sister Evonne.
My parents didn't think they could have kids anymore.
So, they were shocked when they found out
my mom was pregnant.
You were an "oops" baby.
Exactly.
Anyways, Evonne and our older sister, Norma,
they're both totally normal.
They're married, kids, the whole nine yards.
And I get along with them both.
But our brother Rod, as I said,
is a fucking asshole.
Where does he live?
My parents' basement. He's 34 years old.
He's an Iraq war veteran,
and he came home
with PTSD and a Purple Heart.
Oh, that's terrible.
Yeah. I mean, I think he uses it
as an excuse to make people feel sorry for him.
I mean, I think the only reason
he enlisted to begin with
is because our parents are hippies
and he just wanted to piss them off.
Wow.
Yeah.
And he had an opioid problem for a while,
but now he's scaled back to just beer and weed,
which is... weird.
Well, if he's single now,
you think you could set him up with me?
Yeah? Is that your type?
Oh.
I swear, I am going to strangle Benji
the minute he walks in the door.
Grandpa, can we go play in the basement?
Oh, you certainly may.
Oh, wait a minute. Oh, Rod?
Rod: Yeah?
There isn't anything in your room
you wouldn't want your son to find, is there?
Of course not.
All right. Well, you guys go have fun.
Relax. Benji just texted.
He's on his way in an Uber...
with Hekla.
He's bringing a date? Here?
Lucie, have you guys experienced any racism
since you moved?
-Norma. -I'm just asking.
It's okay. Um...
Well, uh... there's always gonna be
little things here and there,
but thankfully nothing major.
That's good. I always thought Wisconsinites
weren't as enlightened as people here.
Enlightened? You do know Chicago
is the most segregated city in the U.S., right?
Rod, it's not like Wisconsin is the Deep South.
I'm from the South, you know.
Oh, I know.
Isn't Texas, like, Southwest?
It does not get any more southern than Brownsville.
It's, like, the most southern part
of the continental United States.
No. That's Key West.
Continental, Rod.
On the land part.
Norma: Oh, yeah. I hear that's
such a beautiful part of the country.
It is. Anyway, to answer your question,
um, I think the worst thing that's happened
was I got my tire slashed, but in Chicago,
before we even moved to Madison.
Jeez.
But, um, I don't think we ever really knew who did it or why.
Yeah. Could be because we're gay.
Or a combination of the two.
Benji: Hey, hey, hey!
Oh! Oh, the prodigal son returns! Ha ha! Oh!
Congrats on graduating, Benji.
So, now that Benji is all graduated
and got a big job at Google,
any wedding bells in the air?
Well, we just met last night.
So, probably not.
Oh, my goodness. I thought you were
the girl we met last year.
No. That must have been some other girl.
I'm so sorry.
No worries.
Uncle Joe and Stevie, this is Hekla.
I knew you weren't the one from last year.
It's nice to meet you, sweetheart.
I'm Joe.
Nice to meet you!
Congratulations, Benji!
Oh. So, Hekla, now, you're an actress.
Is that right?
Oh. So, Benji's already told you about me, huh?
Oh, don't get too excited.
That's pretty much all we know.
Well, I live for acting.
It is my one true passion in life.
But, you know, if Benji plays his cards right,
maybe he could become another lesser passion.
That is so cool. No, it really is.
I mean, I was always hoping
that at least one of my kids
would become an artist.
We made them go to dance classes
and music classes and art classes
when they were growing up.
And guess what happened.
They all ended up math and science types.
Well, that's kind of the way it works, isn't it?
I mean, my parents are Trump supporters
in Nebraska.
So, you could say I disappointed them, too.
So... you must be Hekla.
I am. You must be Evonne.
I am. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
So, you're the one he picked up
at the bar last night, yeah?
Evonne.
Actually, you know... I picked him up.
Do you know the word... oh... man trap?
I do. That's an old-school word.
Well, that's me.
I'm the proverbial blond man trap.
Cheers to that.
Sorry she's not talking to you, Rod.
Is there anything I can do to help?
No, thanks. I just want to get fucking hammered.
Woman on television: Why masturbate alone
when you could have me or any of my friends
do the work for you?
Hey, um...
Are you sure you still want to make an announcement today?
Evonne: Of course I am.
It'll just be like ripping off a Band-Aid.
One it's done, it will be over with.
I've always hated ripping off Band-Aids.
You know, you're always lecturing me
about being genuine.
You don't have to be so nice
to everyone in my family.
What's that supposed to mean?
I mean, when Rod and Norma ask you
about... racism.
You're always saying how annoying it is
when white people ask you
to educate them about race.
Hold on...
If they were customers in our shop,
you wouldn't put up with that for two seconds.
No, no, no, Evonne. It's all relative.
You know that, right? I mean, they...
These are not customers in our shop.
These are your siblings. Context is everything.
Just don't fake being nice.
If you don't want this relationship to continue...
I like your family. I like Rod's bluntness.
It's refreshing.
Yeah, he's blunt because he's brain-damaged.
And I do still care about you.
I wouldn't be here if I didn't, honey.
Please don't say that.
Jesus Christ, Luce. I tried so hard
to be what I thought you wanted me to be.
I can't believe I tried polyamory!
Emma: What's polyamory?
Oh, my god.
Hi, honey. All right.
Joe: Let's get this party started!
Yeah!
♪ Party all night
♪ So, make a party, people, party all night ♪
♪ Party all night
♪ So, make a party, people, party all night ♪
♪ You are the highlight of my day ♪
♪ You're the high point of my life ♪
♪ Any way I have you, babe, I have you here tonight ♪
♪ I am only here for you ♪
♪ Means the whole world keeping time ♪
♪ In the heat of any moment ♪
♪ In the heat from me and you ♪
♪ Yeah, we've got reason, we've got rhyme ♪
♪ We've got whiskey, we got wine ♪
♪ Any way you touch me lately ♪
♪ Gets me every time
♪ You like a little romance, a slow dancer ♪
♪ I've got money in my pocket ♪
♪ I'll be your sugar
♪ A basketful of life is here and now and find ♪
♪ It's offered everywhere around the world sometimes ♪
I'll get it.
It's Sarah.
I think your mom is here, Davey.
Lucie: You know what? It's after nine o'clock.
You know what that means.
It's time to say good night to everybody
so we can go upstairs and get ready for bed.
I don't want to go to bed.
Okay.
I don't know, Rod.
We've been over this and over this.
We're just going in circles now.
No, there's something else
I have to tell you, something you need to know.
What?
I'm Karma Police.
What?
I'm Karma Police from your chat room.
Yeah, yeah. No, I know what you mean.
I just can't fucking believe it.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know,
because I'm not gonna be able
to chat with you moving forward and...
You know, Rod...
you may never have learned how to fuck my body,
but you are intricately fucking my mind!
Is that bad?
Oh, my god! You are a sick fuck, Rod!
You need help, professional help.
Well, I just wanted to let you know,
if you ever want to talk,
you can always call me.
Okay. Okay. Um...
I'm gonna get Davey,
and I'm getting out of here now.
Okay. Everybody listen up, huh?
I want to have everybody's attention.
I would like to propose a toast
to Benji, the miracle baby of this family.
Orson Welles once said that a film director
is someone who presides
over a series of happy accidents,
and the same could be said for parenthood.
And Benji is the happiest accident
Karen and I have ever had.
Now, even though, if he hadn't shown up,
we might have had an empty nest
an entire decade sooner.
But still, here's to Benji.
I'm sure he has a very bright future ahead of him
as a geographic information specialist,
whatever the hell that is.
Benji, not above you, not below you,
ah, but right beside you.
Benji: Right beside you, Dad.
Ha ha ha. And now, while I still have your attention,
there's an announcement we'd like to make.
There's another reason we had you all here.
With Benji moving out at the end of the month,
Karen and I have decided
to start a new chapter in our lives.
We are going to put this house up for sale.
Ha ha ha.
Are you serious?
-What the hell? -What did he say?
What the fuck am I supposed to do?
Rod, you're supposed to get a job
and move out of the basement.
By the end of the month?
Not by the end of the month.
That's just when we're going to list it on the market.
This is not the reaction I had anticipated.
So, what are you guys gonna do?
Well, we're gonna move into a condo, Norma.
It'll be much easier for us.
Keeping this place up is a lot of work.
Also, it's a lot more room than we need.
Fat boy, I think we're all just a little... shocked.
I mean, you've owned this place for over 30 years.
So... it's gonna take some time to process.
I guess I hadn't considered that, fat boy.
Well, while we're all announcing things, I...
Babe. Evonne...
Luce and I have something
that we wanted to tell everyone, too.
Um, we want you all to know
that we are going to be separating
when we get back to Madison tomorrow.
We've thought about this long and hard,
and it is not a decision we've made lightly.
But we also want you to know
that we are, like, 100% okay with it.
Mom, hon, yes, Evonne is right.
We are both 100% on board with this decision.
We are okay with it, and Emma's gonna be okay, too.
We are gonna have joint custody, right?
And everything is just... it's being done amicably
and lovingly, and, um,
we just don't want anybody to worry about a thing, truly.
Stevie: But how can you do this?
You seem so in love.
Well, Norma, do you have any bombshell revelations
you'd like to drop? Do you have cancer?
No! No!
I'm fine.
Barney, the kids, we're all fine, guys.
Maybe with all the changes that are going on,
maybe this isn't such a good time
to sell the house after all?
Karen, we've talked about this for a year.
Benji: You have?
You didn't tell us?
Well, we're allowed to change our minds, aren't we?
Evonne, come on.
-Karen! -Oh!
Do you have any weed?
-Basement. -Let's go.
Well, it has been so lovely to meet you all.
I have to work in the morning, though.
So, I think I'm gonna say good night now.
David: No, you can't leave now. Wait for Karen to come back.
She'll want to say goodbye to you.
It's okay. I have a feeling
I'll be seeing all of you again very soon.
This was such a great party really.
Stevie: Just a minute, Hekla.
I have a request before you go.
Yeah? What's that?
Since you're an actress...
do you have a monologue
you could perform for us?
Stevie, now is probably not the best time.
Comedy or drama?
Stevie: Comedy.
Leave them laughing when you go, eh?
Okay. Okay.
This is "The Importance of Being Earnest,"
by...
Stevie: Oscar Wilde!
Oh! Mwah!
Oh...
it is strange that he never mentioned to me
that he had a ward.
How secretive of him.
He grows more interesting hourly.
Ha ha ha.
I am not sure, however, that this news inspires me
with feelings of unmixed delight.
I am very fond of you, Cecily.
I have liked you ever since I've met you.
But I am bound to state
that now that I know you are Mr. Worthing's ward,
I cannot help expressing a wish
that you were...
well, just a little bit older for your age.
Ha ha ha...
And not quite so very alluring in appearance.
In fact, if I may speak candidly, Cecily,
well, to speak with perfect candor,
I wish that you were fully 42
and more than usually... plain for your age.
Ernest has a strong upright nature.
He is the very soul of truth and honor.
Dishonesty would be as impossible to him
as deception.
But even men of the noblest possible moral character
are very susceptible to the... to the influence
of the physical charms of others.
I mean, modern, no less than ancient history,
supplies us with many most painful examples
of what I refer to.
If it were not so,
well, history would be quite unreadable.
Ha ha ha! Oh.
Hey, and remember, next time you meet me,
make sure I'm really me before you say hello.
Oh, you know I will.
Ha ha ha!
Listen...
If you and Lucie are separating
and you need a place to stay for a while,
you're always welcome to come back here.
Looking for more reasons to keep the house, huh?
I thought I wanted to sell it
because I thought that's what old people were supposed to do.
The truth is, I love this house.
And I love this neighborhood,
and I even love taking care of Rod and Benji.
I guess I don't want an empty nest.
Mama, I lied out there.
I'm not fine with separating.
It was Luce's idea.
I never wanted it to happen,
and it is just killing me.
Oh...
Oh, dear, I know how you feel, honey.
Oh...
That's why I was in the hospital.
I wanted to throw myself in front of a train.
The only reason I didn't is I didn't want
to inconvenience any of the passengers.
I've felt that way many times.
You have?
But you and Dad seem so happy. I...
I've suffered from anxiety
and depression my whole life.
-Depression? -Yeah.
You have?
Now, we didn't use those words
when I was growing up,
but, yeah, I have.
Oh, and now I feel like shit because...
I know you get it from me.
Mama. Mom, it's not your fault.
Don't feel guilty.
No, no. Evonne...
it's not yours.
Lucie: So, essentially, all of those young teens
represent chakras,
and Captain Planet is actually our consciousness,
trying to save the world,
but we really have no way to stop it,
because every day there is another monster.
Rod: Hmm.
Capitalism sucks, mate.
Tell me about it.
Can I kiss you?
Try it.
You're a wonderful kisser.
You are, too. It's like...
making out with a volcano.
You know, my... my sarcasm has scared
more than a few boys away.
Not this one.
I could drink a case of you
and still be on my feet.
Is that a quote from something?
No. I just made it up.
So fucking hot. Mmm!
Well, I could drink a case of you, too.
But that would fuck me up.
Oh, it would for sure.
Good night, boy.
Good night, girl.
Did you have a good time at the party?
-Yeah. -Yeah?
Did you give your dad that present?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah? Didn't he think it was cool?
You know, um... I've noticed things have been
a little hard for you,
like stuff with your dad and I, you know.
Yeah.
I would never want anything bad for you,
you know, not ever,
not ever, ever, ever, ever, ever!
But, um... that's gonna happen sometimes.
Things are gonna be kind of hard.
You know that, right?
But it's not always gonna be like that.
It gets better.
Bad stuff gets better, you know.
You know what's weird?
What's that?
I could, like, disown my family, right?
I could just, like, move to another country
and never talk to them ever again.
But because of, like...
my memories of them
and my feelings towards them...
I'm, like, stuck with that forever.
Yeah.
Together through life, right?
For better or worse.
You ever notice, when people say,
"For better or worse,"
they usually always mean for worse?
I just wish things could be
like they were in the beginning.
Hmm.
I don't know why we can't go back.
Oh, wouldn't it be something
if someone could just... if someone could just
bottle that feeling somehow,
we could all just drink it whenever we wanted.
It feels like nothing really matters now.
Things do matter, Evonne.
It's just sometimes it seems like they don't.
You know what we should do...
right now?
We should go for a jog around the block.
That's a terrible idea.
I know. That's why we should do it.
We should expend physical energy
to help get your mind off things.
Yeah, let's go.
Oh, god. Okay!
Ha ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Hey.
You... knock them dead at Google.
I will try.
See you guys.
Hey, dad, thanks for throwing this party.
I really appreciate everything you and Mom did.
Oh, you're welcome. You deserve it.
Just make sure you tell your mom that, too.
I will.
Are you guys really gonna sell the house?
I don't know. I don't think
I know anything anymore.
Hey, hey, where are you guys going?
Oh, just going for a quick run.
Ha!
Ha ha ha ha ha.
How did you make it work with mom
after all these years?
I don't know. I think we were
more than just a little bit lucky.
You know, marriage is like everything else in life...
you just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Too fast.
Ha ha! Oh...
Oh...
Oh, honey...
I know you don't believe things
will get better, but they will.
I promise.
Remember me telling you about Kent,
my boyfriend in college?
Yeah.
Well, he was the love of my life.
Really?
Oh, my god, yes.
I was madly in love with him,
more than I was with your father.
Jesus.
Mom, I don't know if I want to hear this.
No, no, no. You need to hear this, okay?
Kent was the handsomest man
I'd ever seen in my life,
and every time I was with him,
I felt like
the luckiest girl in the world.
Then what? He broke your heart?
No. I broke his.
What? Why?
I started seeing your father
around the same time.
You were seeing them at the same time?
For a few months.
Well, what happened?
Well, your father was so much more practical,
and he was so much more comfortable.
And Kent got furious about it.
He... he asked me to marry him.
I think he just did it to get rid of David.
So, I turned him down.
God, Mom, you married the wrong guy.
Honey, if I hadn't married your father,
you wouldn't be here.
Half of me would.
No. No. Sometimes a year with someone is enough.
I think I always knew Kent and I wouldn't last.
But your father... oh.
David was someone who always seemed to have
this fierce loyalty to me.
Hmm.
I knew in my bones
that he would stick with me forever.
Believe me, that beats all hell
out of madly in love.
Anyway...
Wow.
I think you have
that same fierce loyalty as your dad.
And who knows?
Lucie may come around,
and she may choose you
just like I chose your father.
I hope you're right.
Oh, it's working.
Hey, guys.
Hey. Hey. Don't cry, Benji.
Not much. Just wanted to see
what you're up to.
You want to hit it?
You know I don't smoke.
Huh?
Do you want to hit it?
♪ Do you want to hit it, mmm, mmm ♪
Yeah, might as well.
Oh, yes.
Okay. Oh. This is hard.
All right. Here.
Grab that.
You want to keep your finger on the hole
and then pull when he fires your hit.
Suck.
Take a big... big boy hit. Oh.
I've done this before.
Put your hands together.
There you go.
Hey, I have a question for you guys.
If you had to choose between...
never eating soup again for the rest of your life
or never having oral sex,
which would you choose?
Oh, I'd give up soup!
I'd give up oral sex.
What?
Sleepy?
Hmm.
Hi.
I know you're gonna think I'm crazy, but...
I'm not 100% sure about us separating anymore.
Oh, my god.
You are crazy.
You're the fucking crazy one.
I know. I know.
I don't even know what I'm saying anymore.
But I know I love you.
Uh. Are you sure this isn't just the weed
and the champagne talking?
I don't know.
Oh, good.
Maybe. Ha ha!
Those were great.
I'm serious, though.
I need you, Luce.
Do you need me?
I do need you.
And I don't need you.
And I need you.
We need you.
Kiss me.
Mmm...
Wait a minute. No.
I don't want to lead you on.
I mean, I just... I don't even know
how I'm gonna feel in the morning.
I don't care if you break my heart tomorrow.
I... I want this right now.
Oh, my god. What?
What exactly is working for you here?
I mean, is it, like, my constant crying
or my dysfunctional family?
I mean, what the fuck?
You know... um...
I've seen you be more yourself here
than at home.
It's like, you see...
you haven't been you in a really long time.
And I see you here.
So, if this is what it takes,
then I'm down for all of it.
All of it.
All of it, huh?
Yeah, you crazy fucking bitch.
Sorry. Ha ha!
Your family speaking bad Spanish to me.
I like when we come home.
Yeah. Ha ha.
You sure you don't mind
driving them to the train station?
No. It's fine. It's on my way, super easy.
You're good.
Well, I just wish Benji and Rod
were here to say goodbye.
So, I want you to go down
and roust them out of bed, like now.
Lucie: Oh, no. Those boys were up late last night.
They're gonna need their sleep.
All right. My girls ready to go?
-Yes! -Let's go!
Bye, honey.
We'll see you soon.
We'll call when we get in.
I hope so. Yeah. All right.
Thanks for everything. Such a fun time.
Ah, thanks.
Bye, Daddy.
Say hi to that Iowa brood, okay?
Ha ha ha!
Bye, Mom. I love you.
Sweetie.
We'll talk soon, okay? Bye.
Bye-bye.
Ha ha. Yeah.
Norma: Here we go. All right, y'all.
Whoo!
Safe travels home.
-Love you. -Love you, too!
Evonne: Thanks for everything. Drive safe, okay?
Come on, Emm.
Bye! Bye, Emma! Love you. Bye, Lucie.
Bye!
Ready to go back? All right.
Let's do it, team.
Oh, that was quite the weekend.
Ha ha ha ha!
You would.
Benji: So, Rod...
Light me first. Come on.
So, Hekla said this thing last night.
She said...
I mean, she's really quite literary.
Okay. Like that?
Hekla said this thing once, right?
She said, "I can drink a case of you"
"and still be fine." She's really quite literary.
♪ What can I say?
♪ On your way
♪ Graduation day
♪ Should I stay
♪ Far away?
♪ Graduation day
♪ Should I say congratulations ♪
♪ Shake your hand, fade back in the crowd? ♪
♪ Shutting out the voices ♪
♪ Shouting clear and loud ♪
♪ Should I tell you you might stumble ♪
♪ Warn you you might fall ♪
Girl: Mommy's here!
♪ Or just say how great you look ♪
♪ Standing straight and standing tall? ♪
♪ Don't know what to say ♪
♪ Graduation day
♪ What can I say?
♪ You can't stay
♪ Graduation day
♪ It's your turn
♪ To make your way
♪ Graduation day
♪ Should I offer words of wisdom? ♪
♪ Try my best to disguise ♪
♪ How the barren and broken dreams ♪
♪ Ripped the life from my eyes? ♪
♪ Should I cherish your innocence? ♪
♪ While I give shelter to all your dreams ♪
♪ And pray that your goodness ♪
♪ Isn't torn out by the seams? ♪
♪ Don't know what to say ♪
♪ Graduation day
♪ What can I say?
♪ On my way
♪ Graduation day
♪ A boat waits
♪ By the bay
♪ Graduation day
♪ Guess I'll know when I get there ♪
♪ If there's another side
♪ Will it just be darkness ♪
♪ Or arms waiting open wide? ♪
♪ Don't know what to say ♪
♪ Graduation day