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Here's how it works, okay?

You love them. They love you.

But after that, all bets are off.

After that, if you've done your

job right, they just leave.

And you know where that leaves you?

It leaves you alone with a stranger

who you realize you haven't really

gotten to know over the last 18 years.

Look,

Okay,

here's all you need to know

about the Middleton experience:

it doesn't include you.

- Come on, let's go.

- That was fun.

Excuse me?

Nothing.

- That was fun?

- I'm sorry.

Sorry.

It's beautiful here in Middleton.

It's really beautiful.

You need to celebrate.

You okay?

Maybe she's waiting

for you at your meeting.

I think it's locked.

This is unbelievable! Where is she?

I'm done.

I think I'm just gonna

go to my meeting.

So you want to leave, too?

What is this, take-a-sh*t-on-Audrey day?

I don't mean this in a bad way,

but you're kind of a lot of work.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah.

So we're taking the

gloves off, huh?

Please, Conrad, I know you.

I know you better than

you know yourself.

You think your million-dollar

smile will give you

an all-access backstage

pass to life?

You know what? The fairy tale ends.

It's all downhill from here.

You've peaked.

Have a nice life.

Yeah, that's it. Go ahead.

Confusion has a lot

of great soundtracks.

I'm going there.

Audrey.

Conrad's meeting...

I gotta go this way.

These are definitely

not Bach's hands.

Well...

Thank you.

What for?

Bye, Edith.

Edith?

What's the matter?

Uh... oh.

What's going on?

I didn't want anyone else to hear.

- Hear what?

- What I have to say.

Edith, we just said good-bye.

No, you said good-bye.

I didn't say anything.

I just... I don't

want to be rushed.

Uh...

- Edith.

- Yes?

I'm a board-certified

cardiac surgeon.

I'm hiding in a dark room

from a hallway of people

who can't legally rent a car.

Okay, I get it.

Okay, George, um...

I don't want to say good-bye.

This makes me happy.

Say something.

No, don't stop.

You guys are so sweet,

sneaking off to the projection

room to steal a kiss.

- No, we're...

- No, no, no, no.

- No, we're not stea...

- No, we're... we're...

It's just that we haven't seen

each other in a long time.

- I'm Daphne.

- I could kill you, Edith.

- Hi. George. How are you?

- Hi.

- Nice to meet you.

- I'm Edith.

Hi.

Oh, my God.

- You know this?

- What?

No. What is it?

"Les Parapluies de Cherbourg."

I haven't seen this in 20 years.

English, please.

- "Umbrellas of Cherbourg."

- Oh. What's it about?

It's about young love.

Who's the woman?

That's a 20-year-old

Catherine Deneuve.

- 19.

- Yeah? What's her name?

- Wow.

- Genevieve.

Genevieve, right.

And she falls in love with...

- Guy.

- Guy, guy.

They're so beautiful.

How does it end?

That's cheating, George.

And, you know, French films are

always complicated, aren't they?

Oh, always.

I got a call from the hospital.

I gotta take this.

I'm sorry. Nice meeting you.

Bye.

Congratulations to

the Middleton public safety

officers Kleiman and Tallis

for the successful

recovery of two bicycles

stolen earlier today by

what are believed to be

musical bandits.

And to all you aspiring

Otters out there,

today will be the last

school-sanctioned

Fountain Friday of the year,

so feel free to get

weird and get wet.

This Sugarwolf song is dedicated

to my fifth-grade teacher

Owen Perlmutter.

It's called "Bad Name."

Take a seat.

Does your watch say 2:00?

Because my watch broke years

ago, but I know you are late.

Sorry. I just wanted to...

First lesson of radio:

don't be late.

Silence is death.

- I...

- Uh, uh, if it doesn't involve

you and a coed, I don't

want to hear about it.

- What's your name?

- Conrad.

Conrad. That's great.

We'll change it.

Boneyard Sims.

Welcome to radio, my brother.

Okay, here's how we rock.

I've got to be there for Larry.

- Who's Larry?

- George's patient.

- Where's the nearest computer?

- Oh, that would be mine. Come on.

- Well, what about the movie?

- I know how it ends.

Hi. I have an appointment

with Dr. Emerson.

- Audrey Martin?

- Yes.

I heard he refuses to sponsor

freshmen or sophomores

for independent study.

Is it true?

You'll need to talk to

Dr. Emerson about that.

Is it true he works "The Times" Sunday

crossword puzzle in under an hour?

In pen.

Do you know if he

ever got my letters?

All six of them.

Miss Martin.

Hi. It's very nice to meet you.

- Welcome.

- Thank you.

- Would you like some tea?

- Yes, love it.

Hold on one second.

I gotta access our BP.

She's all yours, George.

There it is.

Whoa.

Is that...?

Is that an angiography?

George, Edith,

this is my boyfriend Travis.

- What up?

- He's premed.

George is a cardiac surgeon

and he's trying to save

Larry's life online.

Is that Larry's heart?

What's left of it.

Yeah, call that in, dude.

Yeah. Yeah, we're gonna have to

get Larry in surgery immediately.

Yeah, call Rob,

tell him to scrub in.

And tell Larry I'm sorry

I'm not there for him.

I'll be checking in and I'll

see him in the morning.

Okay, thanks.

I've got a patient who's so

afraid to die that he can't live.

I've got a son that

most of the time

probably wishes I were dead.

And I'm living a day

that's making me realize

I have been dead.

Damn, George.

- That's a tad dark.

- Yeah.

You need to take the edge off.

Actually, I could use a drink.

You're out of luck on that.

We're only 20, so...

but we...

Yeah?

The white dragon.

Yeah.

Whew. It's epic.

I've never...

- Here.

- Oh, thank you.

You're welcome.

Well...

I read "The Philosophy of

Language" in ninth grade

and it changed my life.

- Really?

- Absolutely.

It's so simple, yet so passionate.

And from the first paragraph,

I knew that I was in

the hands of a genius.

And I felt so privileged to be able

to share so intimately

in his mind and his soul.

Well,

what can I say?

"The most important element

in all forms of communication

is understanding the language

of what isn't being said."

Good afternoon, Dr. Emerson.

Tea?

Oh, yes.

I can't imagine you're a student.

A student of life, my friend.

That was the Oath

from Charlottesville, Virginia.

And if you ask me,

they have all the pieces

to become a really mediocre band.

Less bullying and more music, boys.

Okay, Boneyard Sims on a

lazy Friday afternoon.

Don't you matriculators

have some homework to do?

- Where were we?

- Lesson number four.

Oh, yes, lesson number four:

know your audience.

It's all about making a connection.

That's the beauty of radio.

Something goes on between you

and the people out there.

It's living and changing

moment to moment.

You can't see it,

but you can feel it.

And you can't get that on VH1.

What are you listening to?

- What are you listening to?

- Oh.

Hang me tight,

I'm gone from it all

Bring me down, this town

I love to love...

Sh*t. Sh*t. Sh*t.

Bullshit. More sh*t.

Horseshit. Cow sh*t. More sh*t.

You got a great ear, kid.

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