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them see me.

(CAR HONKING HORN)

QUINN:
Yo, relax!

It's a classic!

BOY:
C'mon. Just move

that piece of sh*t!

I think it's my starter relay.

Give me that Leatherman,

please.

QUINN:
Well, actually,

I believe it's

the fuselage valve,

but what do I know?

You're confusing my car

with an airplane, but, uh...

ADAM:
David, you got this?

Yeah, no, I got it.

CHRIS:
Please tell me

you got it working.

QUINN:
Come on,

come on, come on.

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

(ALL CHEERING)

QUINN:
Dude, if you

want a permanent fix,

just let me know.

I'll take a look at your car.

Sure, you're gonna fix my car?

What the hell is that?

Oh, sh*t.

CHRIS:
Oh, my God.

David?

QUINN:
This

doesn't make any sense.

Mom, goddang.

KATHY:
The house

will pay for MIT,

and Aunt Chloe says

your sister and I can

move into her apartment.

I can't let you

sell this house, Mom.

There's got to be

something that I can do.

I can get a job.

KATHY:
It's too late

for that, David.

You tried to get

a scholarship. It didn't work.

Well, none of this

would have happened if...

KATHY:
David. Come on.

I'm sorry.

KATHY:
I miss

your father, too.

But he would have wanted this.

You're just as smart

as him, you know.

I'm not gonna

let that go to waste.

Okay.

KATHY:
It is

what it is, David.

There's nothing you can

do about it now.

CHRIS:
(LAUGHING)

What are you, sulking?

DAVID:
God! You scared

the sh*t out of me.

(CHRIS CHUCKLING)

I'm not sulking.

CHRIS:
Dude,

you should be happy.

You're getting

what you wanted.

I'm the one who's

getting screwed.

This isn't

what I wanted, Chris.

CHRIS:

I remember this thing.

DAVID:
I'm trying

to solve this, okay?

CHRIS:
How are you solving

this in the creepy attic?

DAVID:
Uh...

It's dumb.

You know, there's this one

last scholarship where I have

to submit a proposal for

an experiment and I thought

maybe if I got it,

Mom wouldn't

have to sell the house.

CHRIS:
Huh. Dad must

have a million ideas

lying around up here.

I don't know, Chris.

I mean, I thought there'd

be something up here.

I can't find

anything I can use.

CHRIS:
Hey, what is this?

When did we get

a video camera?

Oh, that's Dad's old camera,

yeah. Remember that?

CHRIS:
Yeah.

(LAUGHING) Hey,

look, it still works.

DAVID:
Really?

Wow. Yeah.

Let me see.

Check it out.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING

FROM VIDEO CAMERA)

That's my seventh birthday.

I guess it makes sense

that's the last thing

he would have

filmed, right.

F***.

Quinn, I'm telling you,

I'm looking at it right now.

You were a chubby kid.

Come here.

(DAVID LAUGHING)

No, I mean, it's weird

to hear his voice

for the first time, like,

after all these years.

Are you getting this?

BOY:
Light the last three.

DAVID:
What was that?

Here we go.

DAVID:
Hold on a sec.

Nothing, I just saw something

weird in the mirror.

Are you getting this?

BOY:
Light the last three.

DAVID:
Holy sh*t.

Quinn, I got to go.

Chris! Chris, come down here!

I don't... I don't understand.

DAVID:
It just is. I got

to show Quinn and Adam.

There's this footage of me

at my seventh birthday.

I mean, I was at

my seventh birthday.

We were all at your

seventh birthday.

CHRIS:
No sh*t.

No, I know, I know. Here.

Just... You don't understand.

Just watch this.

CHRIS:
I still think it's

just a glitch in the camera.

Oh!

DAVID:
So right...

Wow!

Right as this lady walks by.

Oh, my God,

I remember this.

DAVID:
No, no, no.

Right as this lady walks by,

look in the mirror...

Right there, right there!

Did you guys just see that?

QUINN:
Dude, I was

so frickin' cute.

CHRIS:
Dude, I was cute.

Adam fell off

that frigging bike

and it was the funniest thing

I'd ever seen.

Am I...

Do I exist in the world?

Are you guys even

seeing me right now?

Please, look at this.

CHRIS:
Dude, you're crazy.

ADAM:
Ready, go.

Play. I'm ready, I'm ready.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING ON TV)

Right there. In the mirror.

Look in the mirror.

Holy sh*t.

Holy sh*t.

QUINN:
Dude, is that...

That can't be.

DAVID:
(SIGHING) That's me.

CHRIS:
David, you are just

seeing what you want to see.

ADAM:
Maybe, I don't know,

someone could have

photoshopped it.

DAVID:
Nobody's

messed with it.

It's been in my attic

for 10 years.

CHRIS:
Look, it's

obviously like a relative

or something, David.

Family does tend

to actually look alike.

All right. Well,

then explain this.

We're wearing the same shirt.

LIV:
What's with

the camera, Chris?

CHRIS:
Yeah, isn't

it cool? It's my dad's.

LIV:
Oh, that b*tch.

CHRIS:
What is

Sarah Nathan's problem?

She knows I like Justin.

MARINA:
Chris, check this out.

Lollapalooza was so sick.

Lemme see?

CHRIS:
I am so jealous.

God, why did I have

to miss that?

Uh, what is your

brother doing?

No offense, Christina,

but that's kind of creepy.

He's just watching

a tape of kids.

Ew!

ADAM:
You don't know...

CHRIS:
Let me guess,

you found aliens

at your party, too.

Okay, we're gonna be using

some really big words...

CHRIS:
David,

that's not you.

Okay, no!

This is definitely me.

ADAM:
Maybe.

Look!

That is my T-shirt,

that is my backpack

and that is my watch.

That's me.

Wait! What's the thing

in your hand?

The ballerina thing.

DAVID:
What?

ADAM:
Oh, uh...

A keychain, I think?

CHRIS:
Okay. Everybody,

take out your keys.

Maybe it's not you, man.

Sh*t. Whose stuff

is this in my bag?

Wait, wait.

This is Jessie Pierce's.

What?

Are you serious?

You have a hot chick bag.

You're like a hot chick!

This is what you need to do.

Go over there

and pretend like

you just don't care.

Throw it at her

and be like, "Yo, here's

your sh*t, Pierce."

I'm sorry. Have you

seen David with girls?

Oh, I'm still right

here, Chris. Be nice.

Oh!

No! I will go

give this back to her.

No, no, no. I'm gonna go

and take it back to her, okay.

That's right.

I'm not gonna let

my sister do my bidding.

Man. Man. Yo, let me

smell your breath, though.

What are you gonna say?

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Are you trying to

communicate with me

telepathically?

Excuse me, I...

I have... I think

you have my bag.

I think we switched bags.

Possibly? Looks like.

By the way, my name is...

David?

Yeah.

We've gone to school

together for four years.

Yeah.

Did you go through my stuff?

No.

I might have reached

in there a little bit

to kinda feel around

blindly, but...

Is that why you're

wearing my perfume?

Well... I didn't spray that.

That wasn't me.

So other people

went through my stuff, too.

I'm really sorry, okay.

I just came to

switch bags with you.

I would never have...

I would never do that.

David?

Yeah.

Congrats on MIT.

Um... Thank you.

Dude, David, you've

lived here your whole life.

Where are you gonna go?

CHRIS:
Quinn, come on,

can you stop talking

about it all the time?

Guys, stop arguing

for two seconds, okay.

We need to figure out what

I'm doing on this tape, right?

So... So, I'm over here?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You're back there.

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