Million Dollar Arm Page #5

What?

- No hablo Hindi.

- No hablo?

Dad, do you like it?

Do they know you don't play cricket?

They know.

It doesn't matter, the contest is over.

It's nice...

...but I don't need a new truck.

Dad...

I have to go to America.

I know you will make me proud.

The mother and uncle.

This is the kitchen

and pantry sort of a thing.

This is his room.

- Hi.

- Hi, everybody.

Thank you. Thank you. Wow.

There it is.

- That's a sharp look.

- What do you think?

Can't be the first time. I got a huge head.

She doesn't seem very happy about this.

No. What's up with that?

She just hit pay dirt.

She wants you to

take good care of him, JB.

She says he hasn't been away

from his village, you know.

She's really worried about him.

Yes, yes, of course, of course.

He's gonna have a great time

in LA. Lots of fun.

Ready, bud? Let's go. All right.

Thanks, everybody.

I'm sorry about this traffic.

There's nothing I could do about that.

This is nothing. We're actually moving.

And there's no honking. No honking.

Hey. I'm gonna have these two

over to the house

to watch some cricket.

It'll be nice to watch it

with somebody who

appreciates it for once.

He wants to watch cricket with you.

Actually, they don't like cricket.

What do you mean

they don't like cricket?

- I mean, they don't like cricket.

- They play cricket.

No. He plays javelin.

He plays field hockey.

- Wait. What?

- Yes.

You didn't know this?

No. I thought they all played cricket.

- "They all played cricket?"

- What, now I'm a racist?

- It sounded a little bit racist.

- It's not racist.

There's 1.8 billion people in this country

and they all love cricket.

Most of them love cricket.

Aash, this was your idea.

Well, it looks like

somebody dropped the ball.

You like cricket, right?

No, I love baseball.

Oh, unbelievable.

- No, believe me.

- Yeah, I believe you.

You're all gonna watch cricket.

- Come on, guys.

- You'll love this place.

Bye.

No, no, no. This side, this side.

Hold that, please.

- Thanks.

- Sure. Floor?

Five.

Okay. All right. Guys, let 'em close.

Okay, so I'll pick you guys up at 8:30

for your first day of practice tomorrow.

If there's any trouble,

Amit's room is right next door.

I'm not sure what that means, but

we're gonna get some sleep,

and then I'll see

you guys in the morning.

- Great.

- All right.

Big TV.

- Let's go! Hey!

- Yes, sir.

Bye. Good night.

All right, Amit, I'm gonna give you this

because I want you

to record their progress.

- For me? Wow!

- Yes, for you to use.

And then you're gonna

give it back to me.

Oh.

I want you to tape

their workouts, their training,

their daily lives, stuff like that.

I'm gonna use it as a marketing tool.

Got it?

Yes, got it. Record everything.

If there are any problems, you call me.

Yes, yes. I will call you with problem.

So I'll see you tomorrow morning.

Okay. Goodbye, JB sir.

Goodbye, Aash sir.

They're gonna be fine

by themselves, right?

Yeah, course. What do you mean?

I mean, you know,

it's their first time here.

- You saw where they came from.

- They're fine.

Good night.

- Really?

- Oh, boy.

Yeah.

Hey-

Hey. Welcome home.

Thank you. it is good to be back.

- Yeah.

- I got you something.

- Really?

- Yes. It's...

I brought you the Taj Mahal.

I worked a deal

with the Indian government.

This is amazing. I love it.

I have been needing

a mini Taj for so long.

It's beautiful. Thank you.

So you gotta tell me how it all finished.

Uh... Well, I thought we were gonna do

that over a bottle of Scotch.

You're right.

We did have a deal. We had that deal.

- Hey.

- Oh. Um...

- You must be JB.

- I am. Hi.

JB, Mark. Mark, JB.

Hey, man, great to

meet you. And welcome home.

- Thank you.

- Yeah.

- Careful. You're sweaty.

- Sorry, babe.

I actually spent

three months in an ashram in Goa.

I forgot that you did that. Yeah.

- Is that a mini Taj?

- Yeah, look at that.

Hilarious. Nice.

Yeah. I think it's so pretty.

Well, I gotta

take a shower before my shift.

- I just wanted to say hi.

- Yes, you do.

Cool. Nice to meet you.

- You as well. See you, babe.

- See you.

Love the Taj.

Mark's an intern at the hospital.

That's how we first met, so...

- Seems like a great guy.

- Yeah, he is a good guy.

- Seems very fit.

- Yeah, he's a runner.

Well, I gotta unpack

and plug back in and kind of...

Yeah, but I wanna hear about your

trip, so whenever you have...

- We'll do that.

- Okay, good.

All right. Thank you so much for my...

Hello, old friend.

Hello.

Apparently, they

pushed the stop button by mistake

and when the elevator got stuck,

they panicked and pushed

the elevator alarm.

- And then the fire alarm.

- Yes. Okay.

We're not going

to press charges, Mr. Bernstein,

providing that you make other

arrangements for these young men.

When would that have to happen?

Immediately.

No filming here.

Sorry.

What are we gonna do?

I told you, they can't stay on their own.

Fine. Then I'm dropping

them off with you.

No. Are you crazy?

Come on, I have kids.

I have no room, all right? You have lots

of room. Please go to sleep.

Yeah, and I also have a very

nice single person's life

that I'm really looking

forward to getting back to.

All right. Well, you know what?

Look on the bright side.

We're out of money,

so you keeping them

will help us keep our doors open.

- Good night.

- No. Don't hang up.

Go to sleep!

All right, let's go.

D...

Don't touch anything.

- Okay, boys, here we are. Come on in.

- Wow.

This is his house?

All right, we're gonna

keep you guys here

until we figure something out.

This is the living room, TV.

This is the TV.

A thousand-something channels.

Maybe there's some Indian ones.

This is where we eat.

Food. Kitchen.

Plenty of stuff in the fridge.

Please help yourself.

Now... Hey, guys-

Oh. Oh.

I just have one rule.

Try to keep everything nice and neat.

Try not to break

anything, okay? Nice and neat.

Great. Good night.

But, JB sir, um...

Where is your family?

- No family, Amit. Just me.

- Huh?

Just me.

Is she his servant?

She must be.

Well, I overslept.

I think I'm still pretty jet-lagged.

Well, call House and tell him we're

running a few minutes late.

Yeah.

Guys, what are you doing?

Why didn't you wake me up?

Good morning, JB sir.

We were waiting for you for breakfast.

Okay. Okay. Uh...

Breakfast.

What's with all the candles, by the way?

That's our shrine, JB sir,

so that we can pray.

- Oh, right.

- And where do you pray, JB sir?

I don't pray. I work. And I'm late.

So five minutes. We gotta hustle.

Right, JB sir. Five minutes. Ready.

PowerBar. Big body. Eat, eat, eat.

JB sir, what is the meaning of "hustle"?

It means hurry up, you know, go fast.

Oh, okay, okay.

Hustle?

All right, boys, let's go. Double time.

Here we are. Day one of training at USC.

- Hey, hey. Look at the boys.

- Sorry, sorry.

We're gonna be

a little late, but that's okay.

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