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00:00:00My father wanted only two things, straight A's and a straight son.
00:00:26These were the two non-negotiables in our relationship, the two unforgivable shortcomings
00:00:31that would not be tolerated.
00:00:34Social acceptance was of the utmost importance, the standard by which all decisions must be
00:00:40made.
00:00:46Any deviation was quickly corrected.
00:00:49My father never even had to say a word.
00:01:06I learned quickly that I was not to express my socially unacceptable traits.
00:01:11Despite the fact that I still felt compelled to share them, they were not a welcome conversation.
00:01:19So, I started to write.
00:01:34I wrote down everything.
00:01:36Everything I saw, everything I felt or questioned and wanted to share but couldn't.
00:01:48I also learned.
00:02:16If I was to keep my father on my side and, eventually, just his wallet, I needed to
00:02:22at least appear to be a willing participant in his way of life.
00:02:29My first arranged date, I was 15.
00:02:33I'm sure the enamored look I wore as we scarfed our cheeseburgers was a sign of hope.
00:02:39I never told them it wasn't the girl who captured my attention, but the boy in the
00:02:44booth behind her.
00:02:56Although I could never grow one on my face, finding a beard for every dance and social
00:03:00event was a simple enough task.
00:03:03Girls in a small town are easily wooed.
00:03:06They would get money, sometimes jewelry, always a nice dinner at the best restaurant in town
00:03:11which, admittedly, isn't saying much.
00:03:16All I asked for in return was to be popular and to carry the reputation of a proud, but
00:03:21maybe a little handsy, philanderer.
00:03:25These were the advantages of having wealthy parents who needed social acceptance more
00:03:29than they needed a well-adjusted son.
00:03:33As soon as I graduated, I couldn't wait to get out.
00:03:36I moved far enough away so I was out of sight, but not far enough from the financial support.
00:03:43I didn't know what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.
00:03:46I only knew who I wanted to do.
00:03:50I'm telling you, man, with the right takeoff pattern, I can clear 10 feet easy this time.
00:03:56If you need to take a break from studying, please, please, please go run the track, recite
00:04:01a sonnet in the commons, go to the shower, and jack off.
00:04:05But do not, for the love of God, jump out of that window.
00:04:08Aw, you do care.
00:04:11No, I don't.
00:04:13I just don't want to take you to the hospital again.
00:04:15I have a physics midterm tomorrow, and some of us need to study.
00:04:19Mark, if you don't stop studying for like a minute, the molecules in your brain are
00:04:25going to start racing away from each other until your brain matter literally expands
00:04:29beyond the cranial cavity and all over the walls.
00:04:34Who's going to clean that up, Mark?
00:04:36We both know that's your thing.
00:04:37And how are we going to get rid of the body?
00:04:38Okay, nobody's calling the wolf, Mark.
00:04:41My dad's rich, but he's not Marcellus Wallace rich.
00:04:44We're just going to have to grind your body up into hot dog paste, feed it to the students
00:04:50on meal plan.
00:04:51You are seriously disgusting.
00:04:53No wonder people are afraid of you.
00:04:55No, they're just jealous of me.
00:05:05Justin Johnson.
00:05:06Studying?
00:05:07Right now.
00:05:08Staying out of trouble?
00:05:09Of course.
00:05:10Keeping your nose clean?
00:05:11Sparkling, sir.
00:05:12Watch it.
00:05:13I'm sorry.
00:05:14I'd hate to have to cut you off, Justin.
00:05:15I know you would.
00:05:16Straight A's.
00:05:17Not a question.
00:05:18I'm sorry.
00:05:19I'm sorry.
00:05:20I'm sorry.
00:05:21I'm sorry.
00:05:22I'm sorry.
00:05:23I'm sorry.
00:05:24I'm sorry.
00:05:25I'm sorry.
00:05:26I'm sorry.
00:05:27I'm sorry.
00:05:28I'm sorry.
00:05:29I'm sorry.
00:05:30I'm sorry.
00:05:31I'm sorry.
00:05:32I'm sorry.
00:05:33Not a question.
00:05:34As always, sir.
00:05:38And the other?
00:05:40Under control.
00:05:41It better be, Justin.
00:05:43I won't let you down.
00:05:45I know you won't.
00:05:47Studying?
00:05:48Right now.
00:05:49Finals in six weeks.
00:05:53I'll call back.
00:05:55Talk then.
00:05:59Good night.
00:06:03Good night.
00:06:13Justin?
00:06:14As I was saying, my parents support and encourage my journey of the soul.
00:06:19I'm pretty sure your soul doesn't reside in your pants, since that's the only part of you that has had any journey.
00:06:25I can't help it if I'm irresistible.
00:06:27Well, you and your soul need to get out of here so I can study and you can go find yourself.
00:06:32No soul finders tonight.
00:06:34And I don't feel like flying solo.
00:06:36Aw.
00:06:37Did you develop carpal tunnel?
00:06:38I warned you.
00:06:39I know, and I appreciate all the times you tried to step in as a pinch hitter, but your grip on the bat?
00:06:44It's not so good for a home run, slugger.
00:06:46Asshole.
00:06:47Get out of here.
00:06:48By your command.
00:06:51My fellow countrymen.
00:06:52Shut up, Justin.
00:06:53It is with great regret and a heavy heart I must inform you that I will travel to a faraway place tonight
00:07:00to satisfy my soul.
00:07:02Then do it already.
00:07:04A place for only those of the highest intellect.
00:07:06Questionable.
00:07:07Superior looks.
00:07:08Now I just know you're talking about me.
00:07:10And an unwavering thirst to find the human soul.
00:07:14Or a decent piece of ass.
00:07:15Or a decent piece of ass, thank you, Sire Tobin.
00:07:18And so, I travel to the great unknown.
00:07:22Jump already and put us out of our misery.
00:07:24What a world.
00:07:26What a cruel, cruel, cruel world.
00:07:29I added that third cruel to avoid plagiarism.
00:07:31How thoughtful.
00:07:32Jump.
00:07:33Jump.
00:07:34Jump.
00:07:35Jump.
00:07:36Jump.
00:07:37Jump.
00:07:38Jump.
00:07:39People have spoken, Sire Tobin.
00:07:40I must take my leave of you now.
00:07:44Fuck!
00:07:59Fuck!
00:08:05Fuck!
00:08:10Sire Tobin!
00:08:12I do believe I'll be needing the services of your noble steed this night.
00:08:16Are you shitting me?
00:08:17I am most definitely not shitting you, sir.
00:08:20I do feel the pain of a thousand burning suns searing my leg but good.
00:08:25Goddammit.
00:08:26Shit.
00:08:27This is why freshman year lotteries for roommates is a bad idea.
00:08:31Your college experience would have been so dull without me.
00:08:34Stay there, I'll be right down.
00:08:36Where would I go?
00:08:38Asshole.
00:08:39Okay, so I don't write everything down.
00:08:42Sometimes I jump out of a window.
00:08:44Sometimes I laugh when I should cry.
00:08:46Like Heinlein said, we laugh because it's the only thing that will stop it from hurting.
00:08:51Well, that and painkillers.
00:08:54Johnson.
00:08:55You seem to have had an accident.
00:08:57Dustin.
00:08:58And who are you, Michael R.N.?
00:09:01You must be new.
00:09:02No, I'm not new.
00:09:03I just drew the short straw.
00:09:05Cute and clever.
00:09:06What a rare combination.
00:09:09So what happened, Mr. Johnson?
00:09:11Mr. Johnson is my father's name.
00:09:13I think I'm a little young to be a Mr. Anybody, don't you?
00:09:17You can call me Justin.
00:09:18I think we're pretty much the same age.
00:09:20We're the exact same age, actually.
00:09:22What happened?
00:09:24Apparently they don't make tree limbs like they used to.
00:09:28Wait, if we're the same age, how do you get to be a nurse?
00:09:30Doesn't that take like 12 years of college or something?
00:09:33Are you Doogie Howser?
00:09:37Apparently you missed the common sense portion of the tree limb surfing class.
00:09:41Doogie Howser is a fictional teenage doctor.
00:09:43I'm a real life nurse.
00:09:45Skipped high school, went to college at 16, graduated when I was 20.
00:09:50Wow.
00:09:51That's impressive.
00:09:52I didn't even know you could do that.
00:09:54So, you jumped out of a window.
00:09:57Truth.
00:09:58Into a tree.
00:09:59Truth.
00:10:00And the limb broke.
00:10:01Truth.
00:10:02Wow, you know, you're really good at this game, Michael Arend.
00:10:04Are you in any pain?
00:10:06Just right here.
00:10:07You're having chest pain?
00:10:09My heart stops when you look at me.
00:10:16Did you just quote a Lady Gaga song to me?
00:10:18Katy Perry, dude.
00:10:19How do you not know that?
00:10:21You say that like she's Judy Garland.
00:10:23Are you having any leg pain?
00:10:25Nice deflection, Michael Arend.
00:10:29I took some T3 on the way over, so I guess I'm like a 6 on the pain scale.
00:10:34Should I be impressed or worried about your knowledge of our pain scale?
00:10:38Or the fact that you have T3 in stock?
00:10:40I just seem to be accident prone.
00:10:42Is that what we're calling it now?
00:10:44I just miss you all so much.
00:10:46It's a tough way to get friends.
00:10:50I just figure it's easier than actually sending letters home.
00:10:54Nothing says I love you to the parentals like a new explanation of benefits in an ER bill, right?
00:11:01Mom gets confirmation of my whereabouts and Dad gets assurance that I'm just being a guy, not a gay.
00:11:10Mr. Johnson.
00:11:12I can bring you into this world, but they sure don't have to love you.
00:11:17I'm sorry.
00:11:21Need to take you to x-ray?
00:11:23Make sure you don't have a break.
00:11:26Another adventure.
00:11:28Another ER bill.
00:11:29Double the love coming their way.
00:11:31You're welcome, Mom and Dad.
00:11:34There's no way.
00:11:35You're just jealous he can't do it.
00:11:36Or maybe he tried and it's still stuck up there.
00:11:38That explains the constipated personality traits.
00:11:42Okay, screw you all. I'm going to get another drink.
00:11:45Oh my God, look who it is.
00:11:47Where?
00:11:48Over by the piano.
00:11:50Oh, shit.
00:11:51What?
00:11:52It's the nurse from the ER.
00:11:54There are a lot of nurses in the ER, Mark.
00:11:56I bet your medical record is a few encyclopedias deep.
00:12:00He's probably got a picture on a poster in the med room that says,
00:12:03Beware of horny gay man!
00:12:05You know what? I'll have you all know I'm not that desperate.
00:12:07Well, most of the time I'm not that desperate.
00:12:09He's just particularly cute.
00:12:11Okay, and which ER visit is this one from?
00:12:13When I fell out of the tree.
00:12:14Jumps.
00:12:15Semantics.
00:12:16He's so cute. And he plays piano.
00:12:18Hey, are we going to play? Come on.
00:12:19Okay, okay. Gimme, gimme, gimme.
00:12:21Boom!
00:12:22Seriously?
00:12:23See, this is why we can't play poker.
00:12:25You've got no game face.
00:12:26Man up.
00:12:27Whatever, you're already more man than the rest of us be.
00:12:29Damn right.
00:12:32You want this one?
00:12:33Game face, Justin. Come on.
00:12:36Whatever, I'm out.
00:12:37I've got to go have another visit with the love doctor.
00:12:39Nurse, Justin.
00:12:41Nurses do it with patience.
00:12:48Michael R. N.
00:12:49You remembered my name.
00:12:51I'm just really good with names is all.
00:12:53Surprising, considering faces don't seem to be your primary focus.
00:12:57Do you take requests?
00:12:58Do you tip?
00:12:59I might.
00:13:00Then I might take a request.
00:13:02It'll be my final song of the night.
00:13:05I want to hear something that's going to get my body moving
00:13:07and show off my sexy dance moves.
00:13:11Okay.
00:13:14I have a request for you all from...
00:13:17Oh my god, Justin.
00:13:18Oh my god, Justin.
00:13:20He wishes to move his body for you all.
00:13:24You put your right hand in, you put your right hand out.
00:13:32Come on, everybody has gone shy.
00:13:34Help him out.
00:13:36You put your right hand in and you shake it all about.
00:13:41You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around.
00:13:45That's what it's all about.
00:13:49You do the hokey pokey.
00:13:53You do the hokey pokey.
00:13:58Come on, Michael R. N.
00:13:59Big finish.
00:14:00That's what it's all about.
00:14:11Thank you.
00:14:12Thank you so much.
00:14:16Well played, Michael R. N.
00:14:18You know, I still don't know your last name.
00:14:20No.
00:14:21No, you don't.
00:14:22Does that mean I have to beg?
00:14:24I'd rather not have to watch.
00:14:26So you will tell me your last name?
00:14:27No.
00:14:28Then how am I going to track you down?
00:14:30Are you the stalker type?
00:14:32No, just the interested type.
00:14:36You're not my type.
00:14:40What's not your type?
00:14:42My personality?
00:14:45Thanks, Brian.
00:14:46See you in a couple weeks.
00:14:48My face?
00:14:49My what?
00:14:50You're...
00:14:51Look, Justin, you're funny and kind of cute, but...
00:14:54But?
00:14:55This is not something I need in my life.
00:14:57This?
00:14:58You're a hot mess.
00:15:00I am hot, I'll give you that.
00:15:02I'm not into one night stands.
00:15:07Neither am I. I wasn't planning on sleeping over.
00:15:14Goodbye, Michael R. N.
00:15:16Till our paths cross again.
00:15:20Place your bets, girls.
00:15:22And Brooke.
00:15:23Thank you for clarifying. I am all woman.
00:15:26Ow!
00:15:28Uh, boys, where's the chocolate?
00:15:31Oh, is somebody on there?
00:15:33Todd, please use your overrated college vocabulary to explain to me
00:15:39why my needs during my menstrual cycle are open to your male-privileged opinion.
00:15:46I will have you know that I am currently experiencing contractions
00:15:50which are cutting off the oxygen to my uterus.
00:15:54So if I need some chocolate to increase my serotonin levels
00:15:58rather than, I don't know,
00:16:00stabbing the nearest male in the room to relieve physical pain,
00:16:03I'd say you're coming out on top.
00:16:05So you had better fork over the chocolate I know you were hiding
00:16:08and then call your mothers to say thank you.
00:16:13Thank you for the years of periods you endured and suffered through
00:16:18just so I may have life.
00:16:26That's what I thought.
00:16:28So what's the deal with the whole chocolate and period thing anyways?
00:16:33It helped Harry Potter when he was facing the Dementors.
00:16:36I can assure you Harry freaking Potter would rather face an entire army of Dementors than this.
00:16:41Uh, I don't think so.
00:16:43No uterus, no opinion.
00:16:45Chocolate.
00:16:49Oh yeah.
00:16:51Drink up, suckers.
00:16:55That had better be the damn pizza.
00:16:57I'm wasting away.
00:16:59Only the brain cells you don't feed.
00:17:01Thank God.
00:17:02Change?
00:17:03No, it's cool.
00:17:04What took you so long?
00:17:06We're having an open mic night down at the bar.
00:17:08It's a madhouse.
00:17:09All those singers and wannabe comedians.
00:17:11Is there a piano player?
00:17:13A tall dude with blonde hair, slender legs,
00:17:16Looks like he might be a really good hugger.
00:17:18Oh, you mean Michael, yeah.
00:17:20Yeah, oh yeah.
00:17:22Cool, Michael.
00:17:23Michael, Mr. Michael.
00:17:25It's cool, everything's cool.
00:17:27Um, is that getting over soon?
00:17:30Or are there going to be some people?
00:17:33Or is there maybe time to go?
00:17:36Last call's midnight.
00:17:38Cool.
00:17:39Thanks, dude.
00:17:40See you around.
00:17:41I don't know what I'm talking about.
00:17:44So, uh,
00:17:46I think I'm going to go make a run and get us some more beers.
00:17:49There's some beers in the fridge.
00:17:51Then I'm going to get us some hot wings.
00:17:54Oh.
00:17:55Well, he's just after that nurse from the bar.
00:17:57Are you just hungry for another rejection?
00:18:00Come on, Justin.
00:18:01I am nothing if not persistent.
00:18:03He will succumb to my charms.
00:18:05Actually, he won't.
00:18:07He won't.
00:18:08He won't.
00:18:09He won't.
00:18:10He won't.
00:18:11He won't succumb to my charms.
00:18:12Actually, he's just trying to make him come.
00:18:15Ovary.
00:18:20Drink up, boys.
00:18:22Come to Mama Chocolate Heaven Bliss.
00:18:25Who made this game?
00:18:28It's stupid.
00:18:29You!
00:18:31Round 2.
00:18:32That's it, boys.
00:18:33I'm out.
00:18:34I gotta go find my prince charming before the stroke of midnight.
00:18:41Your mommas would be proud.
00:18:58Oh, hey Michael R.N.
00:19:00Hey, Justin.
00:19:02You remembered my name.
00:19:04Of course. It's what I call the demons in my dreams.
00:19:08I'm in your dreams?
00:19:10It's like we've already had our first date.
00:19:12I hardly qualify. You chased me with long, sharp objects. A date?
00:19:16Well, I guess that depends on your idea of fun.
00:19:19Wait, when you said demon, did you mean like Dementor type demon or like Nightmare on Elm Street?
00:19:26Dementor.
00:19:27Yes.
00:19:28Michael R.N., what do I have to do to get you to go on a date with me?
00:19:32Besides a personality lobotomy?
00:19:34Tried that. Didn't take.
00:19:36Why is everything a joke with you?
00:19:38Why is everything not a joke with you?
00:19:42Okay. Fine.
00:19:44Is that a yes?
00:19:45No. You asked what you have to do.
00:19:49Since it appears that you're a Harry Potter fan, let's go with the Triwizard Tournament theme.
00:19:56Michael R.N., I am impressed. Strangely turned on.
00:20:00You're going to make me regret this, aren't you?
00:20:03Complete three tasks and a date you shall have.
00:20:06Don't complete the tasks?
00:20:08No date.
00:20:09Oh, shit just got real.
00:20:11That's right.
00:20:12Okay. Do you have a pen?
00:20:14Uh, yeah.
00:20:24It's okay, Grandma. You're just going to feel a little sting.
00:20:27I don't believe in all this.
00:20:28Benny? Oh, sorry. I'm with you. Right here. Lay it on me, Michael R.N.
00:20:33I want to defy gravity.
00:20:36Defy gravity?
00:20:37Need me to spell that for you?
00:20:39As in Wicked the musical?
00:20:41So you know the show?
00:20:42Yeah. I've seen it like ten times.
00:20:44That's true.
00:20:45Yeah?
00:20:46Yeah.
00:20:47Liar.
00:20:48No, I...
00:20:49Yeah?
00:20:50So nobody, and all of us, no wizard that there is or was, is ever gonna bring...
00:20:58Stop singing.
00:20:59Please stop singing.
00:21:01Sorry.
00:21:02She loved it.
00:21:03Yeah.
00:21:04Dearest Momsy and Popsicle, always willing to support what I will call field trips?
00:21:09All in the name of furthering my education.
00:21:11Field trips. In college.
00:21:13Michael R.N., I will do anything to go on a date with you.
00:21:19Make me defy gravity.
00:21:23Okay.
00:21:25Get some good sleep.
00:21:27For the gravity defying later.
00:21:30Defy gravity.
00:21:32It's just...
00:21:33It's just gravity.
00:21:36Shit.
00:21:50Oh Michael Michael Motorcycle, how could I get you to fly?
00:21:54As it turned out, as with most cases of my college life,
00:21:58Brooke's feminine intuition was the missing link to solve this puzzle.
00:22:02With her help, and an introduction to an acquaintance of hers,
00:22:05I was ready to win Michael R.N.'s heart.
00:22:08Or fall flat on my face in the attempt.
00:22:13What are you doing here?
00:22:15Well, since my knowledge of you is limited to where you work and what you drive,
00:22:19I had to improvise.
00:22:22I may have driven through the parking lot a few times this week looking for your car.
00:22:25But now that I've found you, it is time.
00:22:28Excuse me?
00:22:29Task number one. It is time.
00:22:31Time for what?
00:22:32To defy gravity.
00:22:35I'm not getting in a car with you.
00:22:38Fine. Be difficult.
00:22:40Will you follow me?
00:22:42Uh...
00:22:44Justin, I...
00:22:47Please?
00:22:49Okay.
00:22:50But make it quick. I'm back here early.
00:22:56Where are we?
00:22:57Where defying gravity is possible.
00:22:59Justin, if this...
00:23:00Michael, I assure you, I wish only to complete my first task.
00:23:07Trust me.
00:23:09Trust is earned, Justin.
00:23:14Hey, Justin.
00:23:15Hey.
00:23:16You finally found him.
00:23:18Yeah.
00:23:19Cool. Let's do this.
00:23:21Do what?
00:23:22For someone so smart, you really are slow sometimes.
00:23:24Michael R.N., this is Dave.
00:23:26Dave, this is Michael R.N.
00:23:28Just Michael is fine.
00:23:29Alright.
00:23:30You're going to need to put these on.
00:23:32What is this?
00:23:33That's your defying gravity gear, man.
00:23:35You're going to fly today. Come on.
00:23:37For real?
00:23:38For real.
00:23:39Give me everything in your pockets.
00:23:41Trust me.
00:23:42I know, I know. Trust is earned. Whatever.
00:23:44You won't regret it.
00:23:46I'm already regretting it.
00:23:54Beep.
00:24:18Well, this is new.
00:24:20I'm doing something for somebody else.
00:24:22And not just to feel good about myself.
00:24:25Not just so the look on their face will trigger a dopamine rush in my brain.
00:24:29But, I mean, the look on his face is pretty great.
00:24:34I'm looking at someone who trusts the air to hold him up.
00:24:38Trust isn't light as air.
00:24:40Trust is a burden that you place into the hands of the people you give it.
00:24:44And some of them drop it.
00:24:46Maybe some of them don't.
00:24:49That was amazing!
00:24:56That was amazing.
00:24:58I used to dream about doing stuff like that as a kid.
00:25:00Yeah, Brooke said you would love it.
00:25:02Who's Brooke?
00:25:03She's a friend from college.
00:25:04She actually hooked this up when I told her about my first task.
00:25:07So you needed help completing the task.
00:25:09Harry needed help from Hermione and Ron.
00:25:11Harry was fighting dragons, mermaids, and dark lords.
00:25:14Okay, well, I'm new at this, Michael.
00:25:16I'm new at this, Michael R.N.
00:25:19Garner.
00:25:20What?
00:25:21Garner. My last name.
00:25:22Garner?
00:25:23Stop with the R.N. thing.
00:25:25Garner.
00:25:27Garn...
00:25:28No, I like R.N. better.
00:25:29What?
00:25:30I'm just kidding, I'm kidding.
00:25:31It's not like you can control your last name.
00:25:33So, what's my second task, Michael Garner?
00:25:36Uh, Justin, I...
00:25:38What? No, lay it on me. I need my second...
00:25:40That seems kind of cruel now.
00:25:41I didn't think you'd complete the first one.
00:25:43So, you've been thinking about me.
00:25:46A purple ghost orchid.
00:25:48That's not a real thing. That's a real thing?
00:25:50Very real.
00:25:52Okay. Challenge accepted.
00:25:54How do I get a hold of you?
00:25:55Uh, you don't.
00:25:58I'll meet you at the bar. Friday. I'm playing.
00:26:02Friday night, then.
00:26:03Alright.
00:26:0448 hours.
00:26:06Yeah.
00:26:07Unless you can't handle it.
00:26:08No, I can... I can handle it.
00:26:10Oh.
00:26:11You can handle it.
00:26:12I can... I can... Well, I can handle it.
00:26:13You can handle it? You got this.
00:26:14I got this.
00:26:15Easy.
00:26:16Right?
00:26:17Oh. You got it.
00:26:18Right? Yeah.
00:26:19Cool.
00:26:20Cool.
00:26:21Till then, Justin Johnson.
00:26:23Till then, Michael Garner.
00:26:29What the hell is a purple ghost orchid?
00:26:31It's one of the rarest flowers in the world.
00:26:33Found primarily in Cuba.
00:26:35It was extinct for over 20 years, and it's kind of creepy.
00:26:40How does somebody even know about stuff like this?
00:26:43What is with this guy, Justin?
00:26:45I've never seen you like this before.
00:26:48I don't know. He's just... different.
00:26:51Well, take it easy, okay?
00:26:53I've never seen this side of you before, and I might actually fall for you myself.
00:26:58Oh, Brooke.
00:26:59I fell for you the minute we met.
00:27:01I just learned that your masculine demeanor doesn't come with the right accessories.
00:27:06Asshole.
00:27:09Thanks for the assist.
00:27:10Get out of here before someone actually thinks you're stunning.
00:27:12You're going to confuse the commoners.
00:27:16Love you.
00:27:18Ditto.
00:27:26Do you have a rock star?
00:27:30No, thanks.
00:27:32You got the octopus?
00:27:34Do you have the octopus?
00:27:39No.
00:27:45Justin, you got the octopus?
00:27:46Oh, I do.
00:27:49Good fishing.
00:27:52What else you got?
00:27:54Oh.
00:27:55Everyone, this is Michael.
00:27:57Michael, this is everyone.
00:27:59Honest to God, you moron.
00:28:01I know.
00:28:02Hi, I'm Brooke.
00:28:03As in, arrange the flying lesson, Brooke.
00:28:05One and the same.
00:28:06Thank you so much. That was amazing.
00:28:08Alright, I like him. He can stay.
00:28:11I'm Mark.
00:28:12Mark.
00:28:13Hey, Ben.
00:28:14Ben.
00:28:16Pleasure to meet you all.
00:28:17Hey, you too, man.
00:28:18Wow, Justin. Polite and cute.
00:28:20You were right about this one.
00:28:21Shut up now, please.
00:28:22I'll walk you to your car.
00:28:28Your friends seem nice.
00:28:29Yeah, I can't complain.
00:28:31So I never asked, what are you studying?
00:28:32Life.
00:28:33Sorry?
00:28:34I'm studying life.
00:28:35I've never heard of that, Major.
00:28:37That's because it only exists for indecisive losers like me.
00:28:41Ah, okay.
00:28:43Disappointed?
00:28:44No.
00:28:45No judgment here.
00:28:47Come here.
00:28:48I want to show you something.
00:28:49Close your eyes.
00:28:50Why? Are you going to kidnap me?
00:28:51Oh, yeah.
00:28:52You foiled all my plans, Michael.
00:28:53No, I just don't want you to ruin all of my hard work
00:28:55and spoil the surprise.
00:28:56So, trust me.
00:28:58Your need for trust.
00:29:03Okay.
00:29:05Okay.
00:29:11Open your eyes.
00:29:15What is that?
00:29:17It's a ghost, Michael.
00:29:18Honestly, you have a college degree.
00:29:20Okay, I said ghost orchid.
00:29:21No, you said purple ghost orchid.
00:29:26How?
00:29:27I am incredibly crafty.
00:29:30Wow, this is just...
00:29:33Wow.
00:29:34So, Michael Garner, would you agree that I have completed
00:29:37the second task required to take you on a proper date?
00:29:39Look, Justin, you don't have to...
00:29:42I'm going to see this through.
00:29:44Michael, I take it seriously.
00:29:45I'm not going to let you leave until you give me my final task.
00:29:48It can't be done, Justin.
00:29:50That's the point.
00:29:54The seven wonders of the world.
00:29:56I want to see them.
00:29:57Oh.
00:29:59Wow.
00:30:00Hey.
00:30:01Jeez, you really know how to squash a guy's dreams.
00:30:03Truly, Justin, you don't have to do this.
00:30:06I'm impressed.
00:30:07I'm flattered.
00:30:09And I'm practically speechless.
00:30:13Yes, I will go on a date with you.
00:30:16No.
00:30:17No?
00:30:18I mean, yes, but not until I complete my third task.
00:30:21I got to go check on something.
00:30:23I'll text you later.
00:30:25Justin, don't you need my number?
00:30:27No, I already got it, dude.
00:30:28Wait, excuse me?
00:30:29While you were defying gravity, I called my phone from your phone.
00:30:32I've just been waiting for your permission to use it.
00:30:34It's all about trust, Michael.
00:30:36I'll talk to you soon.
00:30:57I'm sorry.
00:31:19Justin Johnson.
00:31:23Yes, sir, of course, sir.
00:31:28Wouldn't dream of it, sir.
00:31:35As always, sir, without fail.
00:31:55Very grateful, sir.
00:31:58Thank you.
00:32:01You also...
00:32:08Goodnight, father.
00:32:27Hey.
00:32:28Hi.
00:32:29Hello, sir.
00:32:30Your, um, your humble chariot awaits.
00:32:34Humble chariot?
00:32:36My other horses were being stabled, so, you know, I had to just...
00:32:40Just work with me here, Michael.
00:32:41Okay, show me to thine chariot, good sir.
00:32:45Sorry.
00:32:46Sorry, that just sounded so gay-connected.
00:32:48I'm sorry.
00:32:49I'm sorry.
00:32:50I'm sorry.
00:32:51I'm sorry.
00:32:52I'm sorry.
00:32:53I'm sorry.
00:32:54I'm sorry.
00:32:55I'm sorry.
00:32:56Sorry, that just sounded so gay coming from you.
00:32:58Are you playing the pot or the kettle?
00:33:00Okay, a little sassy.
00:33:02Not sure if I'm gonna add that to the positives or the negatives list.
00:33:12After you.
00:33:14Yeah.
00:33:25So, we have to drive a little bit out for this one.
00:33:28Do you trust me?
00:33:30I willingly got in the car, didn't I?
00:33:33Progress.
00:33:35Just as long as you promise to drop a line to my parents telling them where to find the body.
00:33:39Michael, what kind of monster do you think I am?
00:33:42Of course I'll drop a line to your parents.
00:33:52Hey, uh, we're getting pretty close, so I need you to close your eyes.
00:33:58What?
00:33:59Michael, relax.
00:34:00If I was gonna do something crazy, I would've stopped at that field ten minutes ago where they've got a nice enclosed area and some really soft dirt.
00:34:06Remind me again why I got in this car?
00:34:08Whoa, look out!
00:34:09Just kidding, you're fine.
00:34:10I got you.
00:34:12You didn't open your eyes.
00:34:14Okay, we're almost there.
00:34:15Alright.
00:34:17Open your eyes.
00:34:19Welcome to the wonders of the world.
00:34:23This is a miniature golf course, Justin.
00:34:26No, it's not, Michael.
00:34:29This is my Triwizard victory.
00:34:35Oh, okay.
00:34:37Oh, really?
00:34:38Yeah.
00:34:39I don't think the Statue of Liberty ever made the natural wonders list.
00:34:42Okay, well, as long as we're keeping score, there are 77 different natural wonders from 11 different lists,
00:34:48as well as 11 individual countries, each with their own seven wonders inside of them,
00:34:52so that's like 154 wonders of the world.
00:34:57Actually...
00:34:58Yeah, I did my research.
00:35:00Well...
00:35:02Here, with a little imagination, you'll see that we have the Roman Colosseum.
00:35:07The Great Wall of China, right over there.
00:35:11And over here we have the Leaning Tower of Pisa, obviously.
00:35:15The minarets of Montauk.
00:35:20And then the Panama Canal.
00:35:23And this is clearly Stonehenge.
00:35:27Stonehenge.
00:35:30Clearly.
00:35:31Exactly. Thank you for going with it, Michael.
00:35:33Okay.
00:35:38Oh, no, no, no. Please. I brought you here, my friend.
00:35:41Today I'm inviting you to sally forth and experience the wonder.
00:35:47You are beyond ridiculous.
00:35:50I'm hoping that's a good thing.
00:35:53It's not a bad thing.
00:35:58Don't feel bad.
00:36:00Everybody's really bad at this game when they first play.
00:36:03But let me show you how it's done.
00:36:09Are you okay?
00:36:10I'm fine. I was just warming up.
00:36:12I was in your way.
00:36:13That's my bad.
00:36:20That'll do.
00:36:23Thanks.
00:36:24Actually, you get extra points when you go in the water.
00:36:26Oh, okay. Perfect.
00:36:36Hey.
00:36:37What?
00:36:38That's no good, huh?
00:36:39No.
00:36:40Don't be cheating.
00:36:41No, you're good.
00:36:43I was just fixing up the score. It's good.
00:36:45I think we're all set now.
00:36:46Liar.
00:36:51Hey! Hey!
00:36:52Okay. I'm coming down.
00:36:54Don't fall. How about that?
00:36:55Oh, don't fall.
00:36:56Don't.
00:36:57God, you know, until just now I hadn't even...
00:37:00Thank you.
00:37:02Oh.
00:37:03Oh, no.
00:37:04Ah!
00:37:05No.
00:37:07I don't know where it went.
00:37:08Oh.
00:37:09I don't know. I think it's gone.
00:37:11Get me.
00:37:12Jerk.
00:37:13You're a jerk.
00:37:15Oh.
00:37:16At some point, she's going to get it in.
00:37:18Oh.
00:37:19Careful. Careful.
00:37:20I got this.
00:37:21Yeah, I know. I just feel like it's very easy to fall.
00:37:25For you?
00:37:26Yeah.
00:37:28Oh, how we doing?
00:37:29Alright, so I'm obviously ahead of you because...
00:37:32Uh, I don't know. You have way less points than me, dude.
00:37:35I'm, like, soaring.
00:37:41I'm just going to...
00:37:42I'll wait. Yeah, just take your time.
00:37:43I just...
00:37:44You ready? Are you good?
00:37:51I give.
00:37:52Check it out. I taught him how to do a trick.
00:37:54Hold on. He's really good at it.
00:37:56He's kind of nervous.
00:38:00Come on.
00:38:12Okay, you win.
00:38:13You win.
00:38:17Wait, I win.
00:38:18I should do more cardio.
00:38:25That to you.
00:38:27Thanks.
00:38:28Yeah.
00:38:29Okay.
00:38:30Thanks.
00:38:34Cute.
00:38:35Hey, uh, not as a date or anything, but...
00:38:39I'm ridiculously hungry, and they have these really great hot dogs here.
00:38:44I could go for a hot dog.
00:38:46Yeah.
00:38:47Cool.
00:38:49So, why is this not a date?
00:38:51It's not a date?
00:38:53You'll know when I take you on a date.
00:38:55Duly noted.
00:38:57So, can I ask you what you plan to do after college?
00:39:01After?
00:39:02You mean I actually have to leave?
00:39:04Gosh.
00:39:06Why is your wall so high?
00:39:09I spent a lot of time building this wall, and the view is lovely from my side, I'll have you know.
00:39:14So what you're saying is you might invite me in?
00:39:16Would you come in if I did?
00:39:17I might enjoy the view as well.
00:39:19Then I might consider an invitation.
00:39:22But it's a mess right now, and I'll need some time to tidy up, so...
00:39:26Hmm.
00:39:27Can we have two?
00:39:30I can wait.
00:39:32Good to know.
00:39:38Thanks.
00:39:39You're never going to be able to eat another hot dog for the rest of your life.
00:39:42So...
00:39:43Why nursing?
00:39:45There was a time when I...
00:39:48I needed a lot of medical attention.
00:39:51And...
00:39:53The way they made me feel safe.
00:39:56Taken care of.
00:39:58I knew that was something I wanted to do for others.
00:40:04Hmm.
00:40:05Can I ask what happened?
00:40:08You can ask.
00:40:09Someday I might tell you.
00:40:12We all have walls, Justin.
00:40:17O.F., they have my favorite ride.
00:40:19Come on, let's go do it.
00:40:20Oh, I don't know, Justin.
00:40:22I got this inner ear thing.
00:40:23I don't really do rides like this.
00:40:25Come on, let's go.
00:40:26It'll be awesome.
00:40:27What?
00:40:28You're going to love it.
00:40:29It's so much fun.
00:40:31Come on, you're going to love it.
00:40:32Ryan.
00:40:33It's going to be awesome.
00:40:34I got...
00:40:36I got...
00:40:37It's going to be awesome.
00:40:38I got...
00:40:40Over here.
00:40:41Come on.
00:40:42These are...
00:40:43Yeah, everything's...
00:40:44You're going to be fine.
00:40:45Do I need a hard helmet?
00:40:47All right.
00:40:49Super easy.
00:40:51Yeah.
00:40:52It isn't that bad, but it's going to go sideways.
00:40:54Great.
00:40:55It's going to go sideways?
00:40:56It's going to go a little faster.
00:40:57Oh, my God.
00:40:59Woo!
00:41:00Oh!
00:41:03You okay, Michael?
00:41:04Yeah!
00:41:07I don't know, Justin.
00:41:08Faster.
00:41:09What?
00:41:10Come on.
00:41:11What is this, the teacups?
00:41:12Let's do it.
00:41:17Oh, God.
00:41:19Is it over?
00:41:20No, it's just getting started.
00:41:21What?
00:41:22No.
00:41:23Oh, God.
00:41:24Oh, God.
00:41:25We're going full tilt.
00:41:26Full tilt.
00:41:33You love rides like this?
00:41:35I love this.
00:41:36My eyes are shut.
00:41:37No, you've got to open your eyes.
00:41:39No, you have to close them.
00:41:40You're looking straight up.
00:41:42Looking straight up.
00:41:43Oh, I'm starting to feel it.
00:41:46Are you going to throw up?
00:41:47No.
00:41:49Are you sure you're not going to throw up?
00:41:52This is the hard part.
00:41:53This is it.
00:41:54So, all the blood is going to rush away from your brain.
00:41:56Just go with it.
00:42:02Maybe no more rides.
00:42:04You okay, Michael?
00:42:07Uh...
00:42:10You okay, Mike?
00:42:13Michael?
00:42:18Okay, I'm...
00:42:23Oh, shit.
00:42:26That's, uh...
00:42:29I'm sorry, dude.
00:42:31Um, do you need...
00:42:33Oh, God.
00:42:34Thank you.
00:42:36Here, I got you a napkin.
00:42:43Michael?
00:42:50Just take me home, Justin.
00:42:52Okay.
00:42:53Yeah, I can do that.
00:42:55No problem.
00:42:57Just go real slow.
00:43:01I got you.
00:43:07Just go.
00:43:08Sit down.
00:43:12Here we go.
00:43:19Okay.
00:43:24Okay.
00:43:27What, um...
00:43:28What do you need?
00:43:29What can I do?
00:43:36Oh, my God.
00:44:06Okay.
00:44:37You're still here.
00:44:39Of course.
00:44:41You're easier to take advantage of while you're asleep.
00:44:45Should I be worried?
00:44:47Not until the pictures finish uploading.
00:44:49Or the bruises start showing.
00:44:51Dope.
00:44:53Definitely adding that to my list of positives.
00:44:56You're looking very focused.
00:44:58I'm not.
00:45:00I'm not.
00:45:02I'm not.
00:45:03I'm not.
00:45:04I'm not.
00:45:05You're looking very focused on what you were writing there.
00:45:08Oh.
00:45:09It's just random thoughts and quotes and stupid junk.
00:45:14Care to share?
00:45:19People build walls not to keep others out,
00:45:21but to see who's willing to break them down.
00:45:27I like you like this.
00:45:30I like me like this, too.
00:45:33Stay for dinner?
00:45:36Did you just ask me on our first date?
00:45:40If you consider a dinner consisting of soup and bread a date...
00:45:45I don't know. I'll have to check my calendar.
00:45:48Will you stay?
00:45:49As long as you'll have me.
00:45:54Here.
00:46:06Hey, Brooke.
00:46:08Right on time.
00:46:09What?
00:46:10Sit with me, Michael.
00:46:11Well, actually, I'm here to pick up Justin.
00:46:13Justin was in a fight.
00:46:15What?
00:46:16Please sit down, Michael.
00:46:18You're kind of freaking me out.
00:46:19Where's Justin?
00:46:20Mark took him to the ER.
00:46:21Oh, I'm kidding.
00:46:22No, he doesn't want you there.
00:46:25Why?
00:46:27There are two reasons.
00:46:28One, he doesn't want you there.
00:46:30Two, he doesn't want you there.
00:46:33Why?
00:46:34There are two things in Justin's life that he has come to count on.
00:46:37First being that you are always five minutes early for your dates.
00:46:41And second, that his father will call him twice every quarter.
00:46:45Wait, what does this have to do with him getting in a fight?
00:46:50What does he want from his father?
00:46:52Same thing we all do, I suppose.
00:46:54His ER visits typically follow that phone call.
00:46:57You met him on one of those days.
00:46:59So he got in a fight with his dad.
00:47:00No.
00:47:01That's not a fight he's ready for.
00:47:04This time it was the wall that took the brunt of it.
00:47:07Score one for the wall.
00:47:09Mark texted about a half hour ago and said that the x-ray showed no broken bones, so they'll be back soon.
00:47:16I've been told to keep you company until then.
00:47:18You're a good friend, Brooke.
00:47:20I know.
00:47:21He needs good friends.
00:47:23But he also needs a lot of things I can't give him.
00:47:26I care about him.
00:47:28I know you do.
00:47:30So how do I get him to open up?
00:47:33Just be there for him.
00:47:34When he's ready.
00:47:36And don't forget about my party next Friday.
00:47:38I expect to see you both there.
00:47:41Promise.
00:47:54Feel your hot cocoa, man.
00:47:56Here we go.
00:47:58He plays this too much.
00:48:00Hey, hey, hey.
00:48:02That's beginner's luck right there.
00:48:04Are you ready for this double spin?
00:48:06Come on, come on.
00:48:08Oh, come on.
00:48:10Man, that's not...
00:48:12Whatever.
00:48:14Good game.
00:48:16We playing again, fellas?
00:48:17Yeah.
00:48:18So what's the plan for break now that finals are over?
00:48:20I told the parentals that I had to stay here a little longer to get a head start on next term.
00:48:24I'll fly back a few days after Christmas to avoid the rush.
00:48:27And what did Michael say about the recent wall incident?
00:48:30I've managed to mostly avoid the topic.
00:48:33He's not ready to carry my baggage yet.
00:48:36Well, at least give him the option to decline instead of just assuming he wouldn't want to.
00:48:40Withholding information can never lead to good things, Justin.
00:48:44Well, I'm breaking it to him slowly then.
00:48:47It's been almost two months.
00:48:49Yeah, exactly. Two months?
00:48:50He's not ready for that yet.
00:48:57Ha, ha, ha!
00:49:00Alright, alright, alright.
00:49:02Yes, that's it.
00:49:03Oh, here we go.
00:49:05Oh!
00:49:06Yeah!
00:49:08Yes!
00:49:11Oh, yeah.
00:49:12Oh, yeah.
00:49:13Oh, you ready?
00:49:14Oh, yeah.
00:49:17Oh!
00:49:21I think I just contracted diabetes watching that.
00:49:24Am I sensing a midnight Cinderella disappearance?
00:49:28We agreed to leave at midnight so that he could take me to the coast for the weekend.
00:49:31Oh!
00:49:32Relax, oh hormonal one. We haven't even done that yet.
00:49:36Yeah, right.
00:49:38No, seriously? Damn, Justin, I'm impressed.
00:49:42Well, he's different.
00:49:44I mean, it's about more than just sex. I've had all that and I want something more.
00:49:51I think I might actually cry.
00:49:53My boy is growing up.
00:49:54Shut up.
00:49:57It's time, good sir, to make our departure.
00:50:00Thank you, Brooke, for inviting us to your fair castle.
00:50:03But now we must make our leave to land far, far away.
00:50:08Scary how well matched you two are.
00:50:10Ignore her. She's just jealous.
00:50:12Drive safely. I love you.
00:50:14Ditto.
00:50:17The Pacific Ocean is deafening, like an airplane taking off, like windows down on a highway.
00:50:23Like silence.
00:50:26I'm not good in silence.
00:50:28I like talking, or shouting, or anything that will be distracting.
00:50:33But when we drown out the noise of all our insecurities where we finally have to confront ourselves,
00:50:37like Atreyu at the Southern Oracle,
00:50:41maybe I could do that.
00:50:43Maybe I could be brave with someone like him by my side.
00:50:46Or maybe on my own.
00:50:49But having him here doesn't hurt.
00:50:51He's my luck dragon.
00:51:17Good morning.
00:51:19Morning.
00:51:22Have you been awake a long time?
00:51:26About an hour.
00:51:35You writing something there?
00:51:38I felt inspired.
00:51:40I've never woken up next to somebody without, you know, being hungover or preparing to take the glorious walk of shame.
00:51:47You make small noises when you sleep?
00:51:49Aw, you're making that up.
00:51:50Believe what you want, sir, but I just wrote a sonnet about it.
00:51:54Ode to a Snore.
00:51:55I do not snore.
00:51:57Okay, that must have been the other guy that was sleeping next to you last night.
00:51:59It must have been.
00:52:00Let me see.
00:52:02Let me see.
00:52:03I know, yeah.
00:52:05Okay, I got it.
00:52:06Okay, you win.
00:52:07Really?
00:52:10Okay.
00:52:12Okay.
00:52:17A cross between a chainsaw and a dinosaur with a sinus cord.
00:52:24You should be careful what you ask for.
00:52:26Wow.
00:52:28Oh!
00:52:34What is this?
00:52:37For you.
00:52:38For you.
00:52:40Did I forget, like, an important date or something already?
00:52:42No, of course not. I just saw this and thought of you.
00:52:47Open it.
00:52:48Come on.
00:53:03I don't know what to say.
00:53:06You don't have to say anything.
00:53:09I know sometimes words don't come easily for you, but I know writing does.
00:53:15This got me through some tough times.
00:53:19Such as?
00:53:23I told you I skipped high school.
00:53:26It wasn't because I wanted to.
00:53:29I wanted what every teenager wanted.
00:53:33Football games, dances, a good-looking photo in the yearbook.
00:53:39It wasn't meant to be.
00:53:42There was a time when I trusted too easily.
00:53:47It almost cost me everything.
00:53:50His name was Brian.
00:53:53He moved to our city at the start of seventh grade.
00:53:57Popular, instantly. Liked by everyone.
00:53:59You know, he picked me first in kickball.
00:54:02We became immediate friends.
00:54:05One night, he and I were out on the field just talking about God knows what.
00:54:11And, you know, it was getting late, so we decided to leave.
00:54:16He grabbed my hand, and before I could process what was happening,
00:54:20he kissed me.
00:54:23Every nerve in my body felt so alive, and...
00:54:31I never thought I'd actually find...
00:54:36someone.
00:54:39And before I could say it out loud,
00:54:42I heard this banging and yelling.
00:54:45I turned to find the resident bullies walking toward us.
00:54:48You know, they were throwing around the typical gay and homo slurs.
00:54:54So I grabbed Brian's hand and tried to run away, and...
00:55:00He pulled his hand out and said,
00:55:02What are you doing?
00:55:04Why'd you kiss me?
00:55:10Then he turned to the bullies and said,
00:55:13Then he turned to the bullies and said,
00:55:15Hey, this gay punk just kissed me against my will.
00:55:22So two of them grabbed me and pinned me to the ground.
00:55:26The other started to kick and hit me over and over, and...
00:55:32Once he had his fun,
00:55:37he turned to Brian and said,
00:55:39Your turn.
00:55:42Show this punk how we feel about homos.
00:55:51I blacked out.
00:55:56The next thing I remembered was waking up in the ICU.
00:56:04After I left the hospital,
00:56:06my parents thought it would be best to homeschool me through the rest of middle school.
00:56:12After that, it was my choice, high school or college.
00:56:17And the rest is...
00:56:20as you say, history.
00:56:26Michael, I'm...
00:56:30I'm so sorry.
00:56:31Don't be.
00:56:33It was a long time ago.
00:56:36Thank you.
00:56:38Thank you for...
00:56:40not pushing,
00:56:41for not grilling,
00:56:42for being patient,
00:56:44for sharing.
00:56:50Just promise me
00:56:51you'll use these hands for writing it out
00:56:54and not taking it out on inanimate objects that keep whooping your ass.
00:56:58Hey, I don't know, I've gotten some pretty good sneak attacks.
00:57:00Yeah, keep telling yourself that.
00:57:04Come on, let's go down to the beach.
00:57:07Let's go.
00:57:37Let's go.
00:58:08Justin?
00:58:09It's about time.
00:58:10I'm starving.
00:58:11What is this?
00:58:13Come on in.
00:58:15I built a fort.
00:58:18Exactly when did I start dating a toddler?
00:58:21Exactly when did I start dating an old man?
00:58:23Oh.
00:58:24What'd you get?
00:58:25Fave.
00:58:26My fave?
00:58:27Glass noodle?
00:58:28Yeah.
00:58:34Thanks.
00:58:36Thanks.
00:58:38You're welcome.
00:58:39No.
00:58:40Thanks.
00:58:47How do you do that?
00:58:48What?
00:58:50I've been naked in front of more men than I can remember.
00:58:52Okay, I really don't need to hear this.
00:58:53But I've never felt more exposed than when you look into my eyes.
00:59:02Stirring of a soul.
00:59:04What?
00:59:07The eyes are the windows to the soul.
00:59:12When peering in, you can see it move.
00:59:15Often it will hide, afraid, alone, wrongly judged, shamed into a corner.
00:59:23When it knows that it's loved, without reserve or condition,
00:59:29it accepts itself and shines from within the eyes once again.
00:59:34Where did you learn that?
00:59:37I wrote it.
00:59:39Really?
00:59:41I told you.
00:59:43I had a lot of stuff to work out for myself once too.
00:59:47That's beautiful.
00:59:50Wait, did you just say you love me?
00:59:55Yeah.
00:59:57I guess I did.
01:00:00I love you.
01:00:04Ditto.
01:00:06Ditto?
01:00:10Michael, this isn't easy for me. I'm not...
01:00:12Hey.
01:00:23Shit.
01:00:27Okay.
01:00:29Just, uh...
01:00:30Yeah, here.
01:00:33Okay.
01:00:39Wait.
01:00:40Michael.
01:00:43I assure you, my intentions here were completely honorable.
01:00:45I mean, not completely honorable, because I would totally take advantage of you, but...
01:00:50It wasn't my intention to seduce you with my mad fort building skills, so...
01:00:55If you're not ready to do this...
01:00:58Did it ever occur to you that I was planning on seducing you?
01:01:03I will have you know I am not some kind of floozy.
01:01:06But I am incorrigible.
01:01:10So, can we just...
01:01:11I would be honored to take advantage in any way possible.
01:01:15Just get over here.
01:01:32I love you.
01:02:02I love you.
01:02:19Justin?
01:02:32Justin?
01:02:50My father only wants two things.
01:02:54Straight A's and a straight son.
01:02:57These are the two non-negotiables in our relationship.
01:03:00The two unforgivable shortcomings that no one can tolerate.
01:03:30Hey.
01:03:32Hey.
01:03:34What are you doing?
01:03:36Just enjoying the breeze.
01:03:38And...
01:03:40Keeping a promise.
01:03:43My favorite getaway.
01:03:46Close your eyes.
01:03:48Close your eyes.
01:03:50Close your eyes.
01:03:52Close your eyes.
01:03:54Close your eyes.
01:03:56Close your eyes.
01:03:58Close your eyes.
01:04:01Oh, now?
01:04:03Okay, okay.
01:04:09Listen to the sound of the crashing waves.
01:04:13Feel your body drift into another dimension.
01:04:20You're adorable.
01:04:23And poetic.
01:04:25You do the same.
01:04:26I guess.
01:04:27You could, you know.
01:04:28Write stories and such.
01:04:31I don't think so.
01:04:33My dad...
01:04:35I just, I don't think so.
01:04:37I don't think your dad has come to realize that there's so much more to you than what he wants.
01:04:42Oh, he realizes it.
01:04:44He's just only interested in removing the parts that keep me from becoming the perfect son.
01:04:48You astonish me how you breeze through your classes with hardly a care
01:04:52and still manage to maintain the grade point average you have.
01:04:54I had to work so hard to get through college.
01:04:57And the nursing program.
01:04:59You.
01:05:01Little to no effort.
01:05:04It's people like you who piss the rest of us off.
01:05:06Hey, I can't help it if I'm naturally brilliant.
01:05:08Yeah.
01:05:10Do you realize if you applied yourself,
01:05:12like actually applied yourself to something,
01:05:15like writing, for instance,
01:05:17just how good you would be?
01:05:19I know. I just...
01:05:21I just don't want to make the other people feel bad.
01:05:24I don't want to make the other people in my graduating class feel badly about themselves.
01:05:27So I have to contain my genius.
01:05:29You know, I can't have my parental units thinking I'm actually going to make something of my life.
01:05:33Ah, yes.
01:05:35The field trip paying ER bills supporting parents.
01:05:38They're the reason I exist.
01:05:40Or at least that's what they tell me.
01:05:42You know, I don't actually have any memories of the inception.
01:05:45I'm not pushing, Justin.
01:05:49But just know you can tell me anything.
01:05:52I know.
01:05:55Ditto.
01:06:05Can we stay here?
01:06:06No.
01:06:24All I'm saying is...
01:06:26Shh. I just need to complete this thought.
01:06:32There.
01:06:34What were you saying?
01:06:36Comparison of the two.
01:06:38Valentine's Day is just another excuse for over-sensationalized consumerism.
01:06:42Way to kill the romantic vibe.
01:06:44Not kill, Michael, but...
01:06:46tame.
01:06:48I mean, being romantic shouldn't be limited to only one day per year.
01:06:50It's only limited if you rely on it that way.
01:06:53Otherwise, it's just a fun way to show someone they matter.
01:06:56Well, I would never rely on a 24-hour excuse for a holiday to be romantic.
01:07:03But...
01:07:04I also wouldn't be the idiot who refused to take advantage of an opportunity to let someone know they mattered.
01:07:11Jerk.
01:07:13Not the response I was hoping for.
01:07:15After that debate, and here I made you this nice lunch and got you something.
01:07:18You got me something? What is it? Let me see it.
01:07:20No, I don't want to show you now.
01:07:22Please?
01:07:24No. You'll just have to wait until after Brooke's party.
01:07:27After?
01:07:29Are you serious?
01:07:31Very. I have to get dressed.
01:07:35Thank you for the rose.
01:07:38Fine.
01:07:40I'll just sit here and work on my assignment and try not to be disillusioned about the extent to which I matter to someone...
01:07:46on Valentine's Day!
01:07:49I assure you, it'll be worth the wait.
01:07:56You can't just do that. You know what it does to me.
01:07:59Oh, I know.
01:08:01Believe me. I know.
01:08:05Is that the new schedule for spring?
01:08:10Yep. It's time to set forth a course of educational goals for another quarter.
01:08:15Interesting choices.
01:08:18So what is the goal here, Justin?
01:08:20To avoid adult life as long as possible.
01:08:23You mean as long as your dad has an open checkbook.
01:08:26And what's that supposed to mean?
01:08:28Nothing. Just... let's just get ready.
01:08:30You know what? No. You don't get to say something like that to me and then just walk away with a nothing.
01:08:35It just seems like maybe you would be ready to actually...
01:08:39I don't know. Do something. Take a little responsibility.
01:08:43Be responsible?
01:08:45I've been nothing but the model son for that oh-so-proud father of mine.
01:08:49Look, I know this is a touchy subject for you.
01:08:51No, you know what? You get to be a lot of things to me, Michael, but you do not get to judge me.
01:08:55I am not judging you.
01:08:57Oh, really?
01:08:58I...
01:09:02You know what? We're going to put this on pause.
01:09:05Pause?
01:09:07Pause, Justin.
01:09:09It means we're going to stop for now and get ready for the party that you promised we would help set up.
01:09:14I am not going to do this in a hurrying manner. It's too damn important.
01:09:18Fine.
01:09:20Pause.
01:09:28Pause.
01:09:44Unpause? Is that breaking a rule?
01:09:49My father has had my life in a vice ever since he conceded to my gay tendencies.
01:09:54I opened my journal to you, I tried to let you look inside, and believe me when I tell you, that wasn't easy.
01:10:01That man goes out of his way to remind me of his rules and expectations twice a quarter, like every other loving father.
01:10:10I might not qualify to be his pride and joy, but I have earned every penny I get.
01:10:16And whether he knows it or not, I'm collecting on a debt that he owes me.
01:10:22Pause.
01:10:24Pause.
01:10:48Unpause?
01:10:51I am sorry, Justin.
01:10:55I'm sorry that life has handed you a fate that will forever subject you to being judged.
01:11:00I'm sorry we live in a world where being gay either means you are a sideshow freak or the cute puppy in the window.
01:11:08We deserve better than to live our lives as some sort of public display.
01:11:13We may not be able to control how we are treated, but we do have the ability to change how we treat ourselves.
01:11:20At some point, regardless of the wrongs put upon you, the only person that owes you anything is you.
01:11:33Pause.
01:11:43I can see you have something to say, Justin. Just unpause.
01:11:46No, you know what? You don't get to be a condescending asshole, okay?
01:11:49And you don't get to decide who owes me what. This is not your life, and you don't understand.
01:11:54Because you won't let me understand, Justin.
01:11:56Well, maybe I have a good reason for that, Michael.
01:11:58And yet you do.
01:11:59No, no and yet, okay? It's not up to you.
01:12:01I am doing the best that I can right now, and I do not need you judging me for it.
01:12:04Justin.
01:12:05No, just no.
01:12:07I can't be what you expect right now.
01:12:10And maybe you need to decide if you can accept that.
01:12:12I'm going to go help Brooke. Pause.
01:12:43All right. Spill it.
01:12:46Sorry?
01:12:47Cut the innocent act, mister, and spill.
01:12:50What did you do?
01:12:51What makes you think I did something?
01:12:53Well, considering the fact that your man looks as miserable as you do, I'm going to guess you two are fighting.
01:12:57And chances are good you could resolve it.
01:13:00Well, for your information, we're not technically, as of this moment, fighting because we're on a pause.
01:13:07A pause? Okay.
01:13:09You are making this party a serious downer.
01:13:12You need to get your ass out there and fix things.
01:13:15He loves you.
01:13:17And I know you love him too, even if you can't say the words.
01:13:20He is the best thing to come your way since moving here.
01:13:23Hey, since it's Valentine's Day, I'd like to sing a song for someone very special in my life.
01:13:28Since it's Valentine's Day, I'd like to sing a song for someone very special in my life.
01:13:58I can only hope that you will stay.
01:14:04Let me look again into your eyes.
01:14:09Cause our love is going to cover up the fights.
01:14:15And this day will serve us well as life arrives.
01:14:20Without you, life would be too much.
01:14:25It's the simple things and the way you trust.
01:14:31All I want is to see the light of your loving arms in mine.
01:14:49All I want is to see the light of your loving arms in mine.
01:15:06Alright!
01:15:19Alright!
01:15:45Can we unpause?
01:15:47Justin, I...
01:15:48Oh, thank you.
01:15:50That was beautiful.
01:15:52I'm sorry.
01:15:54Why are you apologizing to me?
01:15:56Because I shouldn't push you.
01:15:58Everyone has to find their own way and it's not fair to push my agenda onto your life.
01:16:03I don't know what my agenda is.
01:16:06I just know I want to be on yours.
01:16:09You are the best part of my agenda, Justin.
01:16:19Would I eat space food?
01:16:21On Mars.
01:16:23What?
01:16:24Would I?
01:16:25Maybe on Saturn.
01:16:27No!
01:16:29Am I a unicorn?
01:16:30Yeah, am I a dragon?
01:16:31Yeah.
01:16:32Tom!
01:16:33Tom!
01:16:34Drink!
01:16:35Drink up!
01:16:37Alright, that's it.
01:16:38I know you two are cheating.
01:16:39What?
01:16:40I am wounded.
01:16:41I am truly, deeply hurt by your accusation.
01:16:43Hey, I think she may be right.
01:16:45Hey, I think she may be right.
01:16:47You two are highly suspect.
01:16:49Don't give me the puppy dog eye look, misters.
01:16:52Ah, crap.
01:16:54I need to call my parents.
01:16:56I forgot that this next weekend is parents weekend.
01:16:58Oh man, parents weekend.
01:16:59What a nightmare that was.
01:17:01Tell me about it.
01:17:02Are your parents coming?
01:17:04You're talking about my parents, right?
01:17:06I just thought maybe...
01:17:08No, they will not be joining us.
01:17:10I'm actually going to go see them this weekend.
01:17:12Apparently it's time for another family meeting.
01:17:16And next weekend?
01:17:17Just for 24 hours, I promise.
01:17:18And then I'm yours for all of spring break to do whatever you wish.
01:17:22Whoa, hey!
01:17:23Excuse me!
01:17:25Are we going to get back to playing the game or what?
01:17:27Yes, definitely.
01:17:28Next round, inanimate objects.
01:17:30I'm watching you two.
01:17:32Oh, she's watching us.
01:17:33Oh no!
01:17:34What are we going to do?
01:17:35We can't do anything while she's watching us.
01:17:36Hey, hey, hey.
01:17:37Jeez.
01:17:42Justin Johnson.
01:17:45Sorry.
01:17:47What?
01:17:48It's his dad.
01:17:56He sucks.
01:18:06Hey.
01:18:08Hi.
01:18:11So...
01:18:13That was the father.
01:18:14Yeah.
01:18:18You okay?
01:18:20I wish.
01:18:23It's never simple, is it?
01:18:26It doesn't have to be as hard as he makes it.
01:18:28Agreed.
01:18:30I just wish I didn't.
01:18:32I know.
01:18:33Then why?
01:18:34Because he's your dad.
01:18:36Who doesn't want their dad to support them?
01:18:41Come on.
01:18:43Let's go whip their butts with these inanimate objects.
01:18:48Okay.
01:18:49Yeah.
01:19:06Yeah.
01:19:11Hey, yeah.
01:19:12Michael Garner.
01:19:13Oh.
01:19:15Let's go.
01:19:21Justin?
01:19:23Michael.
01:19:25Hey.
01:19:26Are these your parents?
01:19:27Uh, yeah.
01:19:28Greg and Cynthia Johnson.
01:19:30This is Michael Garner.
01:19:31He's a friend.
01:19:32Michael, are you going to university as well?
01:19:34Well, actually...
01:19:35Yeah, he's in the engineering program.
01:19:39Unusual uniform for an engineering student.
01:19:41Oh, well, this is...
01:19:42He's a tech at the ER in the hospital.
01:19:46Are you working tonight?
01:19:48Yeah.
01:19:49My friend canceled plans,
01:19:51so I picked up an extra shift.
01:19:53Oh, so that must be where you met each other.
01:19:55Yeah.
01:19:56Justin could never hack in in a program as complicated as engineering.
01:19:59Hmm, something like that.
01:20:00You know, I paid so many bills to that ER,
01:20:03I could fund it for a century.
01:20:06Well, he does seem accident prone.
01:20:10Well, it was a pleasure to meet you both.
01:20:12I really should get to work.
01:20:15Gotta pay those tuition bills.
01:20:23Uh, you know what?
01:20:24I just realized I have to ask Michael a question
01:20:26about a paper.
01:20:27We're going to be in a big group project as soon as spring term starts,
01:20:30so I'll be right back.
01:20:34Michael!
01:20:35Michael, wait!
01:20:37What do you want, Justin?
01:20:38Please, just let me explain.
01:20:40Explain what?
01:20:41The lie?
01:20:42Or the lie to cover up the lie?
01:20:44Or the fact that you're ashamed of me and what I do?
01:20:46That everything you said in there was complete and utter bullshit?
01:20:49No, Michael, I swear I'm not ashamed of you,
01:20:51and I haven't lied to you.
01:20:53Not about anything important.
01:20:55Good to know.
01:20:58I am not a violent person, Justin.
01:21:00I swear to God, if you do that again...
01:21:04Justin!
01:21:05Please.
01:21:07Please.
01:21:10There is an explanation.
01:21:12What I think is that you're a lying, hiding, scared little kid,
01:21:16and I don't date liars or kids.
01:21:18I don't date liars or kids.
01:21:20I'm a scared little kid, and I don't date liars or kids, okay?
01:21:24No, you don't understand.
01:21:26I was trying to protect you.
01:21:28I am not a child, Justin.
01:21:30I don't require your protection.
01:21:32I'm sorry.
01:21:34I'm sorry I didn't tell you that my parents were going to be here.
01:21:38I just, I didn't know how to...
01:21:40You didn't?
01:21:42Please.
01:21:44You run that mouth a million miles a minute,
01:21:46and somehow this didn't come up?
01:21:48How am I supposed to fit this into a normal conversation?
01:21:52I knew that if I said anything about you being a nurse,
01:21:54that I'd have to sit there and listen to that man talk about you and judge you,
01:21:58and I wasn't going to let that happen, okay?
01:22:00I'm not going to let those people hurt someone I love.
01:22:07What did you say?
01:22:08I'm so proud of you, Michael, and what you do, and to be with you.
01:22:13I know.
01:22:14You weren't about to let them hurt me.
01:22:16Someone I love.
01:22:19I know.
01:22:20I love you, god damn it.
01:22:22And I'm not going to let you walk away just because that son of a bitch...
01:22:25Hey.
01:22:28I love you too.
01:22:41I have to go back inside before they come in.
01:22:46We'll talk tomorrow.
01:22:49Okay.
01:22:57If I open this, are you going to shut it again?
01:23:02I'll let you go.
01:23:04Just for tonight.
01:23:19Trauma room 12, WW Medical out.
01:23:23Susan, code 3 on the way. Respiratory arrest.
01:23:26Trauma 12?
01:23:27Yes.
01:23:28Michael, can you help me set up, please?
01:23:29Copy that.
01:23:30Shane, can you have RT join us, please?
01:23:31You got it.
01:23:34Non-conscious male found down in a bar bathroom.
01:23:37Possible alcohol poisoning.
01:23:39He aspirated and vomited.
01:23:41Intubated in the field.
01:23:42They're here.
01:23:44Arrival 106 AM.
01:23:46106 AM.
01:23:51One, two, three.
01:23:55Justin?
01:23:56Justin? As in your Justin?
01:23:58Yeah.
01:23:59Maybe you should step out?
01:24:02No.
01:24:03Okay.
01:24:05Doc, his BP is 105 over 60 with a normal sinus rhythm.
01:24:08Palpable pulses rate of 110.
01:24:10Unable to sustain respirations.
01:24:12We intubated him in the field.
01:24:13Had 100 of sucs, 80 of etomidate.
01:24:15Bagged all the way here at a rate of 20.
01:24:17Unsure how long he was down on the floor before he was found.
01:24:20We did get an 18-gauge in his left AC with saline running.
01:24:24Wallet in the back pocket identified him as Justin Johnson.
01:24:26We're very familiar with Mr. Johnson.
01:24:28He's somewhat of a frequent flyer.
01:24:3418-gauge, right AC.
01:24:38Found him.
01:24:40Let's get a VersaDrip started.
01:24:41Got it.
01:24:42Shane, can you help me with the gloves?
01:24:43Sure thing, Mike.
01:24:46Order a chest X-ray, 12-lead, standard RABO blood work.
01:24:49Also include lactate and a VBG, alcohol levels, and drug screen.
01:24:53Got it, Dr. Stone.
01:24:55Thank you, Karen.
01:24:56Dr. Stone, I have Justin set on a rate of 12, 600 tidal volume, 100% and a PEEP of 5.
01:25:01Shane, if I remember correctly, his parents are his primary contact.
01:25:05They live out of state.
01:25:06Actually, they're in town. Is there a cell phone number?
01:25:08Yes, to both.
01:25:09Alright, I'll call the parents when I'm done.
01:25:10Dr. Stone, how would you like this running?
01:25:12Let's start with 2 milligrams and titrate as needed.
01:25:15Alright, first hit started.
01:25:17Dr. Stone, 12-lead.
01:25:21Shane, call ICU and get a bed for Mr. Johnson.
01:25:23I'm on it.
01:25:26Let's get the first bag of Benco 1 gram started and keep saline coming.
01:25:30Copy.
01:25:36Hi, this is Michael from the ER.
01:25:38Dr. Stone just ordered Benco 1 gram for Justin Johnson, room 12.
01:25:44Thank you.
01:26:08Hi.
01:26:39Brooke.
01:26:50Brooke.
01:27:02He's much more stable.
01:27:03They'll see how the pneumonia is responding to the antibiotics.
01:27:06We're monitoring the labs to check the liver and kidney functions.
01:27:10And if those look good, we can get him off the respirator within the next 24 hours.
01:27:15Do you have any questions?
01:27:17No.
01:27:18Let me know if you need anything.
01:27:22Just a few more minutes, Michael.
01:27:24Thank you, Chris.
01:27:25Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, I'm Michael.
01:27:30We know who you are and what you are to Justin.
01:27:33How?
01:27:34How?
01:27:35My wife saw you with him.
01:27:37The display you put on in the parking lot.
01:27:40In public.
01:27:42We only came back here to check on him before we head back home.
01:27:44You're leaving?
01:27:45Yeah, of course.
01:27:46He'll be fine.
01:27:47Yes, I think he will, but he needs you.
01:27:49Please.
01:27:50Nonsense.
01:27:51He told me last night he doesn't need me.
01:27:53I told him to call me when he's ready to make the right choices.
01:27:56The right choices?
01:27:57Or your choices?
01:27:59Let's go.
01:28:01Please, don't turn your back on him.
01:28:03You're the last person I want to talk to about my son, Justin.
01:28:07Your son wants you in his life.
01:28:10What makes you think you know what he wants?
01:28:13Because I love him.
01:28:14I told him last night.
01:28:16You and your kind, you don't understand love.
01:28:21How could you?
01:28:23It's unnatural.
01:28:26He has to choose.
01:28:28Your lifestyle or mine.
01:28:31What kind of life is that exactly?
01:28:34Being gay is not a choice, Mr. Johnson.
01:28:37Do you honestly think someone would choose a life where they are subjected to hatred and prejudice?
01:28:43Please, Greg, let's go.
01:28:44We don't want to be late.
01:28:48Oh, no, please, don't be late.
01:28:50Just because your son is-
01:28:51My Justin will be fine.
01:28:53And then he will come home.
01:28:55And he will live the lifestyle that he's supposed to live.
01:28:58He can't do any of this without me.
01:29:00I believe he can achieve more without you holding him down.
01:29:04He is one of the smartest, most articulate, incredibly brave, strong, and loving men I have ever met.
01:29:10And all he asks, wants, from you...
01:29:15is to accept him.
01:29:17And love him for who he is.
01:29:20All he is.
01:29:22All, as you put it, is not what he should be.
01:29:25According to you.
01:29:26According to society, Mr. Garner.
01:29:28That is changing, Mr. Johnson.
01:29:32He has two options, Mr. Garner.
01:29:35Your way or mine.
01:29:38I think, Mr. Johnson, he will choose his own way.
01:29:43Then that will be his loss.
01:29:46Cynthia?
01:29:47No, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson.
01:29:51I am most certain the loss will be yours.
01:29:54Cynthia.
01:29:58I love you.
01:30:28I love you.
01:30:59Can't explain I'm losing ground
01:31:02Singing someone else's song
01:31:05Look for me in every word I ever wrote
01:31:10Can't take my life before it's ready for your arms
01:31:18The things in your life you most regret
01:31:22Are the ones that kept me from leaving
01:31:25Turn the car around
01:31:30Our moments appear in the other streams
01:31:35A catacomb of collective rain
01:31:38We'll guard our years tonight
01:31:56No one's gonna get you right
01:31:59But if anyone can feel and try
01:32:03Then it's you worth every page
01:32:07There is nothing more fragile and vulnerable
01:32:10than the human race in times of crisis.
01:32:14During times of illness and recovery,
01:32:16there is an experience of genuine and true acceptance
01:32:19streaming from a deep-rooted thankfulness.
01:32:23In those moments, I am not judged.
01:32:26I am not a politically corrected being.
01:32:29I am not a labeled sexuality.
01:32:32I'm just a person who was not well
01:32:35and needed to be made whole again.
01:32:53Michael, I'm not an invalid.
01:32:55I can do things for myself.
01:32:57Your body being weak doesn't mean you are weak.
01:33:00Okay?
01:33:14Hey!
01:33:23Hey, Jay. You look good, man.
01:33:25Thanks.
01:33:27Don't ever pull that shit again. It's so helpful.
01:33:29I won't.
01:33:31Better not.
01:33:34Oh! Dude, I'm so sorry.
01:33:37I won't. I promise.
01:33:40You're damn right you do.
01:33:44I'm so sorry.
01:33:45You are loved, you know?
01:33:46I know.
01:33:47And we will get through this together.
01:33:49We?
01:33:50Well, of course.
01:33:52There is way too much testosterone driving this ship, okay?
01:33:55All right.
01:33:56Mama's got the love and the estrogen.
01:33:57Yeah.
01:33:59I love you both.
01:34:00We love you too.
01:34:02So what happens now?
01:34:04I don't know.
01:34:06I'm going to stay here with Michael for a little while and
01:34:09we'll see.
01:34:10Yeah.
01:34:11Let's move this to the living room.
01:34:13You really should be resting.
01:34:14Michael. Justin.
01:34:15He's right.
01:34:16So get your butt on that couch, Justin Johnson.
01:34:18Okay.
01:34:24Well, here's to the end of a successful junior year.
01:34:26And a senior year we'll never forget.
01:34:28Year to year.
01:34:30So what is the plan?
01:34:32Will you be joining us?
01:34:34Not as a senior.
01:34:35At least not at first.
01:34:36But it should only take me a couple of terms to catch up.
01:34:39Are you saying you're actually going to get a degree in something?
01:34:42Sire Tobin, you wound me.
01:34:48Creative writing.
01:34:50Who knew, right?
01:34:51Oh my god, I can actually see that.
01:34:53Congrats, man.
01:34:54I'm glad things are looking up.
01:34:55Thanks.
01:34:57Yeah, it's not everything I hoped and dreamed it would be, but
01:35:00actually, it's better.
01:35:03And I get to wake up to his beautiful face in the morning
01:35:05instead of your ugly mug, so.
01:35:07What he means to say is he found a way to bring the ER to him.
01:35:10Yeah, good thing too.
01:35:12Without the parents' financial support,
01:35:15no more trips to the ER.
01:35:16Does that include school expenses?
01:35:19Yeah.
01:35:21They, uh,
01:35:23they cut me off.
01:35:26But I've applied for financial aid,
01:35:28and between that, grants and scholarships,
01:35:30I should be able to get out of school without too much debt
01:35:32if I stick to a budget.
01:35:34I'm sorry, I thought you were Justin Johnson.
01:35:36Have you seen him?
01:35:44He saved my life.
01:35:47He, uh,
01:35:49he told us about that night.
01:35:52Yeah, I mean, that too, but
01:35:56I'm just, I'm not the same Justin Johnson I used to be.
01:36:00I mean, obviously I'm still me, but
01:36:03with him, everything else is different.
01:36:06I just hope I can do as much for him one day.
01:36:08You do, Justin.
01:36:10You have.
01:36:14It's time.
01:36:16It's time.
01:36:18Okay.
01:36:22So I'll just
01:36:25go do this.
01:36:31Hey.
01:36:32Hey.
01:36:33Do you, um,
01:36:35do you take requests?
01:36:37Do you, uh, tip?
01:36:39I might.
01:36:40Then I might take a request.
01:36:42Okay, but, um,
01:36:44I'm kind of a budget these days, so.
01:36:48Well, since you're kind of cute,
01:36:50what'll it be?
01:36:52My request is simple.
01:36:53I just need you to, um, rise up.
01:36:56Get up.
01:36:57Rise up.
01:36:58Get up off the piano bench and just go sit with our friends, okay?
01:37:14Hey.
01:37:15Hey, everybody.
01:37:17This is, um,
01:37:19this is gonna be a little different than what you're used to.
01:37:24This one's for you, Michael.
01:37:33Once there was a time I was lost.
01:37:38No future plans were foreseen.
01:37:44Reckless, angry, no matter the cost.
01:37:50My soul in need.
01:38:08A puzzle scattered down the floor.
01:38:14The pieces, they matter no more.
01:38:20Lost, lonely, behind the disguise.
01:38:26The pieces, they matter no more.
01:38:32Lost, lonely, behind the disguise.
01:38:39Then came one look in your eyes.
01:38:45A tree, the limb, the ER stop.
01:38:48A nurse, a look, it stopped my heart.
01:38:51So sure was I that he'd concede.
01:38:55The games I played, he won indeed.
01:38:58A song, three tasks, the risk, my heart.
01:39:01A flight, a ghost, a ride, a start.
01:39:11You're all I want.
01:39:12You're all I need.
01:39:17The path is paved.
01:39:21You healed my heart.
01:39:23You saved my life.
01:39:25You stirred my soul.
01:39:27You picked me up and made me whole.
01:39:34You are my one true love.
01:39:40You are my one true love.
01:39:57What you have given me, I'll never be able to repay.
01:40:02But I'm ready to try.
01:40:04I'm ready to spend the rest of my life trying.
01:40:09You've given me more than I could ever have hoped for.
01:40:11Michael, my heart really does stop when you look at me.
01:40:18Wherever you go, that's where I belong.
01:40:22No regrets, no turning back.
01:40:28Michael Garner, will you marry me?
01:40:32Yes.
01:40:33Oh my god, yes!
01:40:40Thank you so much.
01:40:42We're getting married!
01:40:52The health of an ecosystem depends on diversity.
01:40:55And we, the great naked apes of the earth, might try to remember this.
01:41:01Remember that the human experience is made more beautiful by the contribution of individuals
01:41:05who enrich our lives and expand our perspectives.
01:41:12Not by being normal, but by being weird and unique and different from ourselves.
01:41:19So, I came out of the trees.
01:41:23I stopped living vicariously on branches.
01:41:26I quit living in fear of an uncertain future.
01:41:30And I took the offer of an outstretched hand.
01:41:49An offer that came without condition or restriction.
01:41:57I stopped running circles around the limitations of my parents' bigotry.
01:42:03And I found that I was standing on a solid foundation that did not require their validation or acceptance.
01:42:09I stopped trying to fix everything I was told was wrong with me.
01:42:12And was finally able to embrace myself and allow myself to have what I deserved.
01:42:22Then I found my purpose.
01:42:24Maybe everyone's purpose.
01:42:27To love ourselves and one another for who we are.
01:42:30Making up our own definition for love.
01:42:33For a home.
01:42:35For success.
01:42:37For family.
01:42:42Strengthening relationships with those that accept us for the one and only.
01:42:47And for all that we are.
01:42:49And for all that we are.
01:42:51And for all that we are.
01:42:53And for all that we are.
01:42:55And for all that we are.
01:42:56Strengthening relationships with those that accept us for the one and only essential factor.
01:43:02The one quality we all have in common.
01:43:06We are human.
01:43:11That sense of equality and unconditional acceptance allows our souls to stir and shine.
01:43:18To find support, give and care for one another.
01:43:27We are human.
01:43:29That sense of equality, give and care for one another.
01:43:34We are human.
01:43:36That sense of equality, give and care for one another.
01:43:42We are human.
01:43:44That sense of equality, give and care for one another.
01:43:48Our biological ties are not always the ones that will carry us when we are weak.
01:43:52Nor are they the ones we can count on to celebrate when we succeed.
01:43:56We don't always get a happily ever after, but if we hold on, we can achieve a happy
01:44:08after everything else.
01:44:13My father wanted only two things.
01:44:16He could have had so much more.
01:46:46He could have had so much more.
01:46:47He could have had so much more.
01:46:48He could have had so much more.