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S1E6 - 'The Persistence of Memory' · Dished at Birth

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Yeah, I cried a lot this episode. And I think
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I know what part you cried at. I mean, it was
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multiple, but yeah, it was... There was one part
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that always makes me tear up. I was... Which
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we'll get to. Like, if someone's crying on screen,
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I'm gonna cry. No, I'm not like that. And also,
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no one cried on this. No, that's not true. Everyone
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cries in this episode. Yeah, Bay tears up. Everyone's
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doing really good cry acting in this episode.
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They are, they are. But I totally understand.
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I used to be so uncomfortable in movie theaters
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when something sad happened and people cried.
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And my friends were still weeping next to me.
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Uncomfortable because they were crying or because
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you weren't? Well, my family's not very emotive.
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So I think I was like, I don't know what to do.
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I remember specifically, I was watching... The
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Bethany Hamilton one. What's the name of that
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movie? Soul Surfer? Thank you. Soul Surfer. And
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she's talking about faith and the trauma of having
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a shark bite your arm off. Sure. And my friend next
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to me starts crying. And I was like, oh, I don't
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know what to do with that. It's okay that you
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didn't cry then because she's a TERF now. Yeah,
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she is a TERF now, so whatever. But I do just
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if someone's crying. I start crying. I guess
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I'm an empath. I don't know. Shut up. Did you
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cry when you found your implant? Oh my god. Monday,
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I'm home. I'm working all day. I'm doing errands.
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I'm folding laundry. And then I'm about to go
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to the gym and I'm like, wait, where the hell
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is my left processor? I don't know where it is.
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Which is strange because I've been doing this
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for 25 plus years. I understand how to handle
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implants and I know where I put them. But I cannot
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for the life of me find it anywhere. But I'm
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like, you know what? It's definitely in the apartment.
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Because the last time I used it was three hours
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ago. I'm going to go to the gym. Whatever. I
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come back. A and I do a deep search. We're flipping
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things over. We're flipping the mattress over.
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We're crawling on all fours. We're under the
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couch. And I'm getting desperate. I'm getting
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upset. If you'll remember from the first episode,
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a surgery, a cochlear implant surgery is
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$100,000. Not including speech therapy and follow
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-up. I think $11,000. is the actual implant,
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the external processor itself. And that's per
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ear. Jesus Christ. So clearly I was panicking.
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And Cochlear does have a once -in -a -lifetime
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warranty. But, like, again, it's once -in -a
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-lifetime. And I didn't want to use that once
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-in -a -lifetime warranty. Because I was like,
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it's in the apartment. Yeah. And it was. Did
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not find it all day on Tuesday I even asked
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you to come over because I was so desperate and
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I need another pair of eyes. And I was so cocky
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I was like I’m gonna find it. We're definitely
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gonna find it. And at the end you're like I’m
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so mad. I was so — it was really upsetting, learned
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that so many things in your apartment are made
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of metal. Yeah. Implant could stick to anything.
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Yeah you were like well it's magnetic so it could
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stick to whatever. There were so many options.
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I do feel we checked all the options. We did.
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We were blaming Piper. I know. I now feel so
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bad because Piper did nothing wrong. So yeah,
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the conclusion was it was on my desk the entire
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time and the same office desk in my home that
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I've been working on for the past three days.
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I'm working and it's... When did I text you? In
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the afternoon? Like 1 P.M. I've been at this
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desk for six hours. I think you have a ghost.
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And lo and behold, the implant is under this
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very flimsy piece of paper. Which we definitely
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moved. We moved stuff around on your desk. Anyways,
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yeah, I felt absolutely insane. I got no sleep
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the night before. What I really want to know,
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and I'm so sorry for that. I mean, I was stressed
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for you as well. I know you had a pit in your
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stomach. I'm on top of the world now. Everything's fine.
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Do we think if you somehow hadn't found it today,
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and we'll never know this, because Paolo was
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fully going to go over to your place tonight
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to look. I was going to have him come. Yeah.
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Do we think he would have walked into the apartment
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and been like, there it is on your fucking desk?
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I was thinking about that. I'm so glad you found
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it. Because to have a man come in and be like,
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that's my worst nightmare. And been like, it's
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been under this one piece of paper the entire
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time for the past two days. It is kind of the
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color of your desk. That's true. It's tan and
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my desk is like a light wood. Yeah. We flipped
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the mattress again. We flipped the mattress.
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We flipped the couch cushions. We were on all
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fours. I felt like performing telekinesis on
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Piper, my cat. I almost pitched, let's hire an
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animal communicator, like a psychic. One of the
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things I wanted to do was like, I think I'm going
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to hire like professional cleaners to come to
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the house and they'll do a deep clean and maybe
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they'll find it. At least we don't need to order
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a metal detector now. I know. Well, I do have
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the backup charger still coming. That's still
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good, I think. It's still good to have for emergencies.
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I need a backup charger for an old implant and...
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I stupidly was like, there's nothing I can do.
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And Dani was like, what about eBay? And it's
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true. It was on eBay for $50. Everything you
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could ever need. Becky from Oklahoma. She sent
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it my way. Thank you, Becky from Oklahoma. Remember
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when it was your birthday and I was like, you
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sent me like an American Girl doll birthday kit?
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Coconut. Yeah, the Coconut kit. It was just a
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photo. And I found it on eBay. Oh, I think I
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told you. Oh, but it wouldn't have arrived on
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time. It wouldn't have arrived on time. And I
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was like, I know Kara only cares about this for
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this one day. And if I give it to her after,
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you're going to be like, what even? But they
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had it. They had it. I was like, that's this
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is eBay is such a good resource. You guys, it
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hasn't been taken over by resellers the way
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Depop has. I bought my first American Girl doll
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On eBay. Did you not have American Girl as a
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kid? Or did your parents get it from eBay?
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I really wanted one and my mom was like, that's
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great. We're not spending $120 on a doll. And
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that's really smart. It took a lot of begging
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from my parents. Yeah. I did extra chores. They
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would pay me like 50 cents to do a chore. And
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then I bought a Samantha doll. 50 cents. I was
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six. I was barely doing chores, I think. But
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yeah, in a bidding war, I bought a Samantha doll
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for like $52. That's nice. Did you just have
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the Samantha doll? I just had Samantha until
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I was eight or nine. And then I got Julie when
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Julie came out. She's the blonde one, right?
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She's the one with the deaf best friend. Yes.
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What's the deaf best friend's name? Joy. But
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Joy didn't have a doll. No. Like, none of the
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best friends. Why would they? None of the best
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friends had the dolls. They only really existed
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in the books. Well, Molly had the friend Emily,
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and Emily was a doll. I think, like, the big
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ones, like, there were, like, a core couple of
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dolls. They weren't really the ones that I cared
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about, but there were a couple of dolls that,
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like, had more stuff than the other dolls. No,
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the only dolls I had are Molly and Emily. Oh,
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you had the two of them together? I had the two
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of them. Aww. But I bought them, my parents bought
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them for me at separate times. Emily was the British
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one that comes and stays with them during the
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war. And she comes and stays with them during
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World War II. Yes. She had a doll, really?
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I'm pretty sure, unless I bought a doll that
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just looked just like her, but she had freckles
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and a bob. That's Kit. No, it was Emily. I'm
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Gonna google right now, actually. We should know this
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because I've been spending a lot of time at the
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American Girl store, so I should be more educated.
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Oh, yep. There she is. Wow. Oh, she was cute.
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Yeah. I don't know that she's still in production.
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I did not see Emily when I was there most recently.
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I think I just like them because it was kind
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of gay. Yeah, I was going to say there was definitely
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some. They show the room. Some gay subtext. And
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they were kind of frenemies. Yeah. But then they
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bond. But then they bond. Because Emily's like,
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didn't her whole family die in the war? I
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think her family were all like war refugees,
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but they got sent to different places for some
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reason. Either way, she was not with her family.
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She was all alone. Her dad was definitely fighting
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in the war. Yeah. But I remember there's this
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one part where she's crying and Molly comes into
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her bed and the two of them cuddle. And I was
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like, oh my God. And then they explored each
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other's bodies. Basically, I was like, this is
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so hot. And they said, this will be continued
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in The Care and Keeping of You. Exactly. Do you
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want to get to the show? I do want to get to
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the show. The Persistence of Memory. Switched at
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Birth. July 11th, 2011. 7 -11 -11. Wow. That's
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a lucky combo of numbers. And this is a really
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fucking good episode. This is one of my favorite
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episodes of the series. Just a lot happens. The
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girls, I think, are getting along better. Daphne
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really... I think this is the most we learn about
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Daphne's journey as a deaf person and, like,
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the struggles of being deaf. Bay’s on the journey
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to find out who her bio dad is and also she gets
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to know Emmett more and we the audience get to
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know Emmett more. Yeah we do. And we fall in love
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with him. And it rocks. I love this episode. Yeah
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it's really sweet so — It also infuriates me sometimes.
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We'll get to it. Wait why does it infuriate you?
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Tell me. The school, with the teacher. Yeah. Yeah,
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I wrote a lot of just like, fuck this person. Exactly,
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that's the infuriating part basically. Yeah we
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open with Bay playing with like, Kid Pix. Basically.
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Basically. She's messing around with that photo.
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Of pregnant Regina. Yeah. And she's messing with
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the colors and... I totally remember, like, playing
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with pictures in the exact way that she is doing
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it. Yeah. Like, I went through that big phase
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in high school. But I wasn't using Photoshop.
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I think I used some extension that was on Facebook.
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To make my pictures saturated. Totally. Oh yeah,
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they had like a photo editor. Exactly. That's
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kind of what I was using. And that's basically
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what Bay is using. Except this has a fantastic
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zoom. Yeah. Because she is able to zoom right
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onto the parking pass. Yeah, for 2011. Crazy
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technology. Yeah, it's from the future. And then
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Kathryn comes in and says, Hey girl, Daphne
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made dinner. That apparently Bay didn't go to.
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Yeah, I guess Bay was doing her homework. And
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also, again, Daphne is cooking and feeding the
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family. Is no one cooking for her? No. And then
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Bay insults vegetarians. Vegetarians catch a
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lot of strays in this episode. That food looked
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great. It looked really good. I also really like
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tofu, though. But what didn't look good is Daphne's
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crimped orange shirt that she's wearing in the
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kitchen. And again, I did not notice, but I love
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your attention to detail. It's so bright and
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it's structured in a way that is confusing to
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me. Like, it's structured in a way, the texture
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of it, I'm like, that was never actually on trend
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ever. So I don't really know why. The way she
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dresses in this episode, she dresses like a forty
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-year-old woman. I know. Especially when she
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goes to the school, that's not doing her any
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favors. No, and she's so pretty. Why are they
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doing this to her? And then Kathryn’s like,
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have you ever taken a cooking class? And Daphne
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says, Carlton only offers home ec. My school
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did not have home ec. Did your school? My middle
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school had home ec, but I never took it because
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I always had to go see my teacher of the deaf. So
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I could never take any elections in middle school.
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But I think for middle school, once per quarter,
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you had different elective. And there was woodwork,
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there was home ec, or it was like family consumer
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sciences. That's what they called it. Oh, I mean,
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to be fair, I did not go to middle school. So
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maybe I just missed that. But yeah, in high school,
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we did not have any kind of like... No, I - In
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class. The way she's like, they only offer home
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ec. I'm like, girl, that's actually not standard
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practice these days. I think my high school offered
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Cooking electives. Okay, fancy. But also, this
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is different because now this time Kathryn
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is asking Bay if she's okay with it instead of
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springing it up on her like they did the first
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episode. Yes, technically, but Bay, she asks
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Bay - While Daphne is right there. Right in front
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of Daphne. She says, would you mind? I have an
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idea. Daphne's right here. Bay, wanna come? Yeah,
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she is kind of springing it on Bay. But Bay is
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actually very okay with it. And I think she's
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shown some character growth. She's supportive.
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She's welcoming to the idea. It might just be
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that she's so preoccupied with this dad thing
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that she doesn't really care that Daphne's like
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embedded herself more in the family. But I don't
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know. The two of them are just much nicer to
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each other than they were the past two episodes.
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And I think one of the things they bond over,
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honestly, is the fact that Toby is being a nightmare.
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Yeah, I guess nothing to bond you with your new
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sister, like your shitty brother. Because Bay
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leaves the kitchen and Toby's like, give me $200.
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And he grabs her arm. He grabs her tight. Violently.
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Yeah. It's spooky. It's scary. What's he going
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to do if he doesn't give Wilke the money? Is
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Wilke going to shoot him? Is he in the mafia?
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Well, we'll get into that later because I think
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kind of maybe, like not Wilke, but I think Wilke's
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mixed up with some bad people. Okay. I was just
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like, why is Toby scared for his life? He seems
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really freaked out. He is also just like, poor
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little rich boy. This is probably the most stress
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he's ever felt. That's true. And then, yeah,
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Daphne is getting ready to go to this cooking
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class. And she's like, they're not going to have
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spoons there. She's really stressed. Yeah, she's
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got measuring cups for some reason. She does
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not understand the vibe. Regina's like, by the
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way, the interpreter will meet you there. And
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Daphne's like, no! Yeah, Daphne gets very upset
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about the concept of an interpreter. She's like,
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I don't want access. I want to hear all your
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thoughts on this. I think it's fair to be like,
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my daughter's deaf and she's going to need access
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in this hearing school. She even says the school
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had already lined one up. Yeah. The school called
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her. Right, the school has met her before. Yeah.
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And you see later, they even hire the same interpreter
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from the first episode. Right, from her tour.
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Yeah. So. They've got a guy. They've got a guy
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on hand. Also, Buckner is a very wealthy school.
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Let them pay an interpreter. Yeah. But no, Daphne's
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like, I don’t want to be the weird girl. I don’t want to stand
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out. And that day, she does go to school, and
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I guess she sends the interpreter home. We don't
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even see the interpreter. No, she doesn't have
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one for the first class. Yeah. But she does have
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Bay showing her around the campus a little bit.
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And it's sweet. It's sweet, and Bay's being really
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supportive. Daphne is wearing a miniskirt and
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wedge heels. In the kitchen? Also in a space
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where everyone else is in a uniform. Because
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this is a private school. So she's the one person
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that gets to show off a real outfit. And that's
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what she went with. And that's what you chose
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to wear? You should be wearing closed-toed
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shoes in the kitchen. Yeah, safety first. Safety
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first, Daphne. Did she wear an apron? Because everyone
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else was an apron. I did not clock her apron.
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Everyone else had their own apron and it was
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like a unique looking apron. And then Wilke
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had the stud muffin apron. Wow, I totally missed
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that. Yeah, he had a stud muffin apron. It said
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the word stud and then it had a picture of a
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muffin. Do we think he bought that for this class?
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Yes. Speaking of Wilke, Toby gives him his money.
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Some of his money. But we don't know how much
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he owes because last episode we were kind of
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just guessing. But he owes Wilke 10 grand. 10
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grand. 10,000 smackaroos. Yeah, so he gives
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Wilke four grand and Wilke's like, what the
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hell? Wilke seems stressed. He said, I bet big
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on Notre Dame and I lost. Yeah, and he's basically
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like, I don't know what these other guys that
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I lost to are going to do to me. I mean, the
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twist is that he's just as much of a gambling
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addict as Toby is. He is. So, and then John is
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at a golf course. Having, like, a showdown with
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a board member from the hospital. Dale from the
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hospital, and Dale is trying to persuade John
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to settle. Basically saying, your daughter was switched
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At birth? Get over it. Yeah, he's like, obviously
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it wasn't our fault. What changes have we made
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to make sure it never happens again? I don't
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know. Yeah. Get over it. Lay off. Otherwise,
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we're gonna close the hospital, basically. We're
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gonna close the hospital, and also, I'm gonna
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threaten you. It's gonna ruin your life and your
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family's life. Mind you, the hospital has liability
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insurance. I'm assuming this is a large conglomerate
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hospital in Kansas City. This is not a small
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independent hospital. I don't know a hospital
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conglomerate in Kansas City or that area, but
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I assume it's one of those. Yeah, probably evil
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ones. And then the cooking class is happening
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and it's going about how you would expect it
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to go. Yeah, this kitchen looks like it should
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be on the set of Top Chef. Yeah. It's crazy.
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It's stunning. The teacher's like, we're going
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to make some burgers and fries. The British teacher.
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She's British? Yeah. Okay, good catch. I couldn't
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hear the accent. Which is kind of confusing because
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they said it's going to be taught by local chefs.
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What is like a fancy British chef doing in KC?
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Kansas City has a wonderful restaurant atmosphere.
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Oh, I'm so sorry to Kansas City. I didn't mean
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to slander. Have you been? No. Okay, well. I
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think they have, like, a big food scene, though.
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Every city has, quote, a big food scene. Okay.
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But they're taking the class, and she's doing
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lots of turning as she's talking. It's stressful.
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Daphne raises her hand, and she goes, how do
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you feel about black bean veggie burgers? Because
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she's vegetarian. And the teacher, instead of
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saying, I'm sorry, sweetie, can you speak up?
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She says, flappy wedgie burgers? Girl use your
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context clues. Yeah. Why on earth would that be
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what she said. Also like you are British and if
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she had said flappy wedgie burgers that sounds
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like something your people would have created
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so maybe don't say it like that. But all the kids
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are laughing at her and the teacher does not
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do anything to stop it. Yeah. Fuck that teacher.
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Fuck that teacher. Wilke’s nice about it though.
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He's her like sous chef. Her yeah her sous chef.
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He does take the opportunity to make a sexual
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joke about the secret to a good burger. Size
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matters. Size matters. But Daphne laughs. She
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likes it. Yeah, I like it too. That was kind
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of funny. But he's being accessible and funny.
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Meanwhile, Emmett's outside. He's waiting. I
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guess he's probably picking up Daphne after the
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cooking class. And Bay sees him. She was about
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to say his name, but then she was like, oh wait,
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reminder. I have to go up in front of him and
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wave. Ally. Ally. But this, I think, is their
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first time talking. I think just the two of them.
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Yeah. It's sweet. It's sweet. Yeah. She says,
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what's up? And they look at his photos. He took
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some very interesting, heavily saturated and
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edited pictures. Whatever. It's very 2011. It's
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very 2011. And then Bay shows him her very heavily
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saturated and edited picture of pregnant Regina.
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She's got, like, purple hair. Again, this was
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hard to look at because I have edited photos
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exactly like this as a 16 -year -old girl. And
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that was in 2016. So way less cool to do it then.
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Yeah, that's fair. But Emmett's like, that's
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cool. And he asks about the parking pass in the
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picture. And Bay’s saying, oh, yeah, don't
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know what that is, but I want to because I think
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it'll help me find out who my bio dad is. And
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Emmett offers his services. Yeah, he's going
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to help. And then, are we back in the cooking
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class? We're back in the cooking class. Yeah,
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they're using timers that make a little ding
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sound. Wilke and Daphne are frying up some french
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fries and whipping up a little aioli sauce. But
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Wilke and the teacher go speak somewhere. Okay.
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Here's my thing about this. Okay. I understand
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everyone. Well, not everyone, but the people
19:35
in the class and Daphne both blaming Daphne,
19:38
basically. Okay. I blame the teacher who is kind
19:42
of flirting with Wilke. Daphne sends him to
19:44
go get an egg for the aioli. And the teacher
19:47
sees it as an opportunity. She pulls him off
19:49
screen and is like, do you intend to let your
19:52
partner do all the work? And then she pulls him
19:54
aside and keeps him over there. And then Daphne
19:58
is over there stuck doing all the work. Even
20:01
if she could hear the timer, she's busy because
20:04
she's doing the work of two people. So she doesn't
20:07
have hands free to pull the fries out. No, she
20:10
doesn't. It’s the teacher’s fault for.. being weird
20:12
with Wilke, but also, didn't anyone give her a
20:15
heads up that someone in the class is hard of
20:17
hearing? Clearly not. Well, that's the school's
20:20
fault. The school should have done that. That's
20:21
really confusing that the school was like, we'll
20:24
get you an interpreter, but we're not going to
20:25
send an email to the teacher. The teacher should
20:27
have kept an eye out, and also maybe the other
20:29
students should have been a little considerate
20:31
and been like, hey hon, just want to let you
20:32
know your fries are done. Yeah, also you see
20:34
smoke, just pull them out. You can just go pull
20:37
them out yourself. But it's only when the smoke
20:39
alarm starts blaring that the teacher and Wilke
20:42
turn around. They're like, oh dear. And then
20:45
she's mortified. That teacher's bad and she wants
20:48
to sleep with Wilke. She wants that high schooler.
20:50
I'm telling you. Fire her. Then the next scene,
20:53
they're in the principal's office, I guess. And
20:55
he's like, since there was a fire. No, there
20:58
wasn't. There was just smoke. It was just smoke
21:01
and it was fine. It set off the fire alarm.
21:03
There wasn't a fire. No. And then he's like,
21:06
for legal reasons, you're going to have to have
21:08
an interpreter anytime you're on campus. What?
21:11
Sorry. That's crazy. So schools are allowed to
21:14
do this. Really? Yeah. So if the school believes
21:17
you can’t access the curriculum or get school communication
21:21
effectively without an interpreter, they can
21:24
insist on providing one. Oh, I hate that. Yeah.
21:28
But I think they have good reason. They're like.
21:30
You could have burned down the school and you
21:33
weren't able to effectively communicate. Was
21:35
our teacher shitty? That's not a problem. It
21:37
feels like they're throwing an interpreter at
21:40
a much bigger problem. Exactly. I think all the
21:43
teachers need a little DEI training. And also
21:45
sensitivity training because then the principal's
21:47
like, I get it. My daughter has a deaf friend.
21:50
Literally, my granddaughter has a deaf friend.
21:53
But she has a cochlear implant. Have you heard
21:56
that? You dumb bitch. Have you heard of that?
21:59
You should get one. Literally. Have you thought
22:01
about it? Mind you, he doesn't know this woman.
22:03
He doesn't know this girl. Hasn’t met her until today.
22:06
Just a thought. Just gonna throw it out there.
22:08
Maybe you should get brain surgery. It reminds
22:11
me of when people say to me or they say to A like,
22:15
oh, my friend’s, cousin’s, ex -husband’s, partner’s,
22:19
great aunt has a dog who's deaf. You know? Oof.
22:24
It's the same kind of vibe, like my granddaughter's
22:26
friend has a cochlear implant. I don't know anything
22:28
about her. Maybe, have you tried hearing? Have you
22:32
have you tried it? And then yeah they go, go out
22:34
in the hall and Kathryn cannot read the room.
22:36
Did not pick up on the fact that that was inappropriate
22:38
and is like, have you thought about it? Have you?
22:41
It's really fucked up. And Daphne’s like, obviously
22:44
yes. She means well but like, it's really satisfying
22:48
when Regina yells at her later. I know. It's
22:50
so needed. So yeah, then Emmett shows up back
22:54
at Butner. But, Butner. No, more like BUTTner.
22:58
Oh. Emmett's back and he's, he's found the literal,
23:03
the car. Like not. He said, so I just got the
23:06
license plate number. I don't know why you never
23:08
think to do that. I do feel that he was a real
23:12
hero. Yeah. And so I have to send you, I have
23:15
to send you something. Oh, God. Okay. I already
23:18
had a crush on him, but this episode really added
23:20
fuel to the fire of my crush for Sean Berdy.
23:25
Do you want me to narrate what's happening? Yeah,
23:28
please do. Okay. So I used to watch this, God,
23:31
all the time. Okay, so what I just received is
23:35
a link for a YouTube video titled Enrique Iglesia’s
23:39
Hero in American Sign Language, parentheses,
23:42
Sean Berdy. And I'm getting an ad right now.
23:44
Oh. For Renaissance classic boots. Oh. Are they
23:48
cute? No, they're really ugly. Oh. Oh, skip ad.
23:51
Oh, he's in the rain. He's looking. He's holding
23:56
a woman. He's signing the song Hero by Enrique
24:00
Iglesias. It's very blue. Yeah. The lights are
24:05
very blue and it's very emotive and there's a
24:08
lot of crying. Yeah, there's a lot of crying.
24:10
And he's like the romantic lead in this music
24:13
video. It's cute. You're so gay. You're like,
24:16
this doesn't move me at all. Were you like, I'm
24:19
in love with him when you watched this? Yes.
24:21
Because to me, I'm looking at it and I'm like,
24:23
this is a 15 -year -old boy. I can be your hero.
24:25
And she's, yeah, I could see why. You're like,
24:28
I want him to show up at my door and sign. I
24:31
can be your hero. Yeah, that was the fantasy.
24:33
While wearing a pink cable knit sweater. That
24:35
was the fantasy. Do you think she knows sign?
24:37
Or is she just like, this is cool? She's not
24:39
signing back. No, yeah. It's just, like, a random
24:42
actress, I think. She's just staring at him.
24:44
Yeah. If someone shows up at your door, guys,
24:47
signing, how much they love you, and that they'll
24:49
be your hero, you should sign back. So, I think,
24:52
as you'll watch further, not to spoil it, but,
24:54
like, I think the premise of this video is that
24:56
she has cancer. Jesus. And she, like, doesn't
25:00
want to be with him. And he's like, no, I'll
25:03
be there for you. But the only way that that's
25:05
conveyed is later on you're going to see her
25:07
with a headscarf on and no hair. Oh my god. Okay,
25:11
I'm moving forward. Oh, she's petting the cat.
25:13
I can kiss away the pain. I like the part also
25:16
where he's riding his bike, but then he's signing
25:19
at the same time. Because I thought it was really
25:21
cool that he could ride his bike without handlebars.
25:24
Oh, her head hurts. It's not her head. I think
25:27
it's her wig. I think he's touching her head
25:29
and she's like, don't touch my head because she's
25:31
wearing a wig because she's sick. I think. I
25:33
love that he's standing in the rain. Oh, he's
25:36
got the little radio outside like a John Hughes
25:38
film. Yeah. It's sweet. It's just a little silly.
25:42
It's completely silly. I'm not watching it in
25:45
earnest now. The comments are overwhelmingly
25:48
positive. Yeah, it's sweet. It's cute. Okay.
25:52
Sean Berdy, you're wonderful and sweet and hot.
25:55
Anyway, Bay asks how to sign thank you in sign
25:58
language. And he teaches her. And he teaches
26:00
her. And I think the two of them ditch school.
26:02
Yeah, they just fully ditch school. Yeah, she
26:05
hops on the motorcycle. THE motorcycle. The motorcycle.
26:08
If Sean and Kathryn found out, they'd be beside
26:11
themselves. They would be dead. But whatever,
26:13
because they go to the junkyard. Yeah, they're
26:15
going to the junkyard. Daphne's back at Buckner.
26:19
Do we think this class is every day? It seems
26:21
like it, but that doesn't seem realistic. Yeah,
26:24
but anyways, Daphne's back at the cooking class
26:26
and she has her interpreter, Sam, again. Again,
26:29
this is the interpreter, Paul Raci, who was also
26:31
in the first episode as an interpreter. And Wilke
26:34
is making light of the incident, but Daphne looks
26:36
so sad. So sad. She looks like she's been kicked,
26:40
like she's so downtrodden. Yeah, she looks like
26:42
a sad little puppy. And it doesn't help that
26:45
the girls behind her are being very mean and
26:48
snooty. To which Wilke says my favorite line
26:51
of his in this episode. He says, get back to
26:53
your frittata, Clover. It's a welcome change
26:55
from Liam's behavior in episode two. No, hell
26:59
yeah. I think that's the best part of Wilke
27:01
is like, he is not afraid to stand up for Daphne.
27:04
He'd be like, get back to your frittata, Clover.
27:06
Yeah. Instead of being like, guys, stop. Or being
27:09
like, well, I didn't know if you wanted my help
27:10
or not. He's just like, no, I'm going to help.
27:13
Yeah. Fuck you. So that also makes Wilke slash
27:16
Austin Butler really hot in this episode. And
27:19
then he does immediately make a threesome joke
27:21
about the interpreter. But yeah, the girls are
27:23
being mean and the teacher says, hi guys, today
27:26
we're making gazpacho, which is a dig. Yeah.
27:29
She goes, which requires no heating at all. Yeah.
27:33
Girl, fuck you. I hate this teacher so much.
27:36
And she's also talking so slow. Obviously now
27:39
the school has sent her an email and she's misinterpreting.
27:42
how to deal with it. So she's like, I'm going
27:44
to talk really slow. I'm not, we're not going
27:47
to do any actual cooking. Nope. And Daphne sees
27:51
the girls looking at her and whispering about
27:53
her and says to Sam, are they talking about me? And
27:56
he's like, okay. And he says, this is what happens
27:59
when special needs charity cases are forced on
28:01
the rest of us. And I will be burning down the
28:04
cooking class and everyone in it. That's what
28:06
I would do. That feels like reasonable. Yeah.
28:09
Thank you. Bay Emmett. They're at the junkyard.
28:12
Yes. First Bay's like, we're never going to find
28:15
it at this junkyard. Two seconds later, they
28:18
find it. Emmett's literally like, come this way
28:20
with me. They have such good chemistry in this
28:22
part. And I think it's in part because he can't
28:24
hear how negative she's being. I think he signed,
28:27
we’ve come all this way. Yeah. Let's look. I think
28:30
that's what he signs. Yeah. And I'm glad that
28:34
he pushes them to look because, yeah, they find
28:37
the car right away. Yeah. And Bay goes in there,
28:40
and it is pretty empty. Like, there's just, like,
28:43
random stuff in there, but, like, she's looking
28:45
for, like, something. Yeah, and she's frustrated.
28:47
She's not really finding anything. She's upset
28:50
because the empty car is a symbol for the empty
28:54
parental relationships that she's currently having.
28:57
Whoa. And the fact that she doesn't feel like
28:59
either of her, either her real parents or her
29:02
real parents, her parents or her bio parent.
29:06
Singular. Is really showing up for her and supporting
29:08
her. So she's looking for her father. And this
29:10
tracks because she says to Emmett, like, it's funny
29:14
because you are the best listener I know. Yeah.
29:17
And he does this really sweet smile. My heart
29:21
melted. Emmett’s got this, like, smize thing.
29:24
He's so good at it. Tyra Banks is so jealous.
29:27
Tyra's gonna come for you, Sean. You better watch
29:29
out. What do they find in the car, though? Yeah.
29:31
It's a guitar pick. Guitar pick. And then Emmett
29:34
has a little, like, I just remembered. And then
29:37
the two of them play, like, a little game of
29:38
charades. It's funny because he's, like, half
29:41
signing, half miming for her. Yeah, it's... She's
29:44
bad at it. She's bad at it. I think, at least.
29:47
He's like, when Daphne and I were kids, and it's
29:49
so clear what he's saying. And she's like, when
29:51
you were short? Obviously, it's when you were
29:53
little. Yeah. What do you mean when you were short. He's
29:56
mouthing the word little. He is. I mean, she's
29:58
really bad at lipreading. Emmett's a really good
30:00
communicator. He is. And she does say that. She's
30:03
like, this is a rocking game of charades. Rocking
30:06
game of charades. Yeah, but anyways, what Emmett
30:09
eventually does communicate to her was, I remember
30:12
when Daphne and I were short, were little, that
30:15
Regina had a guitar case and Daphne and I tried
30:18
to open it and she got really mad and she snatched
30:21
it away. And if you want, Melody, my mother,
30:24
and I have Regina's boxes in the garage and you should come over tomorrow. And I like how he signed tomorrow. He just pointed forward. Instead of the sign for tomorrow. I love that they are
30:35
about to make some type of flirtation work. Those
30:39
teenage hormones are strong. They do not speak
30:41
any of the same languages. But he's also really
30:43
enthusiastic to see her because he's like, come
30:45
tomorrow. Yeah. You. Me. Tomorrow. I know. Are we
30:48
meant to believe that Emmett doesn't have tons
30:50
of hot deaf girls at Carlton trying to get with
30:53
him? He's so cute. I think his eyes were on Daphne
30:57
before. I guess so. And now he's like, here's
31:00
the original Daphne. The OG Daphne. What if it
31:02
was her? What if it was? So yeah. And then our
31:06
Daphne's back at Buckner and she's really distressed
31:10
and panicked and feels like everyone's staring
31:12
at her. And so she walks into the road. But Wilke’s
31:16
there and saves the day. He saves the day. I
31:19
still don't feel like, realistically, I'm like,
31:21
I don't feel like she would have walked into
31:23
the road. No. Use your eyes. But whatever. I
31:27
understand you're not paying attention. And I
31:29
will confess, I have been stupid. And I've not
31:32
looked both ways before I cross. And now I'm
31:34
like, whoa, okay. I guess. She's also on a campus.
31:37
I'm like, why is there a car there? Yeah, and
31:39
that guy was speeding in the school zone. Then
31:42
she comes home and Regina is sim-comming to
31:45
her again. Yeah, I wrote that down. How well
31:47
the Mission Hills ladies are tipping. Yeah, and
31:50
Regina's like, I'm having a great time. I am
31:52
rich. And Daphne's like, hey, why didn't you
31:54
get me a cochlear? Conversation really shifts.
31:57
And Regina's like, well, I like that she's open
32:00
to the conversation instead of being like, because
32:02
you're fine. Yeah. And that's it. But she's like,
32:05
okay, let's talk about it. But she rightfully
32:07
says, the school should accommodate you. I'm
32:09
sorry you didn't hear the bell, but that's okay.
32:12
You'll get a timer with lights. And then Daphne's
32:14
like, well, I don't want to bring my own deaf
32:16
things to school. Sure, I get it. I think at
32:19
that age, you just do not want to stand out.
32:21
No. In the slightest. Well, she clearly wants
32:24
to stand out a little because of all the stupid
32:26
outfits she's wearing. But I understand what
32:29
you mean. Thank you. But then Regina rightfully
32:31
says, like, girl, that's life. That's being disabled.
32:35
You compensate and you work twice as hard. And
32:37
then there's this interesting part where Regina
32:40
was saying, like, if you get a cochlear implant,
32:43
you're not going to be deaf or hearing. You'll
32:46
be nowhere. Yeah, I wrote that down, too. And
32:49
I felt very... conflicted because you're saying
32:52
that you're not going to have any identity and
32:54
I do think that was the sentiment in the deaf
32:56
community regarding cochlear implants for a long
32:58
time. Now thankfully they're more accepted and
33:01
they're seen as like a tool for communication
33:03
rather than something that needs to be fixed
33:06
or something that's going to eradicate a minority
33:09
group. Yeah. But also, Daphne is fluent
33:13
in sign. Getting the cochlear implant is not just
33:16
going to just make that go away Yeah. It's not
33:19
going to just make her involvement in deaf culture
33:21
and her presence at Carlton and go away. It's not
33:25
the equivalent of, like, a four -month -old baby
33:27
getting implanted. So, yeah. I did kind of resent
33:30
when Regina was like, you won't be deaf anymore.
33:33
You'll just be, like, nothing. Also because that's
33:35
not for her to say. It is not for her to say.
33:38
Not for Miss Regina Simcom Vasquez to say. Thank
33:41
you. Yeah, I think it just had me thinking about
33:43
the generational divide now regarding the perspectives
33:46
on cochlear implants, because I think definitely
33:48
the older generation of deaf people have a more
33:51
negative view of cochlear implants. And I think
33:54
if you wear cochlear implants, they see you as
33:56
someone who's not really in the deaf community,
33:58
as opposed to people who are younger. And then
34:01
they're like, oh yeah, you're one of us. When
34:04
was the technology invented? Do we think that's
34:06
part of the reason? I am the first generation
34:08
of children who was implanted. Okay, wow. Yeah.
34:12
I find that older people, I would say like 50
34:15
plus, are kind of weird about it. Well, they're
34:17
kind of just like, like, it's not like I'm not
34:19
invited to the events, but I think they kind
34:21
of treat me as like, not one of them. Also, probably
34:25
because I learned sign later. Like, they kind
34:27
of dumb it down for me. And then I think the
34:30
younger generation is like, yeah, you’re one of
34:32
us. I have a cochlear implant too. It's a welcome
34:35
change, I think. That doesn't have to be this
34:37
black and white, either or thing. Yeah. It's a
34:40
community. It's not a monolith. Yeah. But I also
34:43
think that was the thing back then. I think that's
34:45
what doctors recommended. Like, the kid learns
34:47
one language and one language only. And it needs
34:50
to be English, because English is... Those hearing
34:53
-ass doctors. Yeah, those hearing -ass doctors.
34:55
Like, English is the superior language, or spoken
34:58
language is the superior language. But I think
35:00
now research has shown that... It's more like
35:03
a total communication approach. Any access to
35:06
communication is the best thing ever. Yeah. Which
35:09
makes sense to me. Any and all language. Any
35:11
and all language. And signing is pretty fucking
35:15
cool. So yeah, that was an interesting thing.
35:17
And Regina's like, did Kathryn put you up to
35:20
this? And Daphne's like, no, she just was asking.
35:23
She was just asking. And Regina's like, it's
35:26
okay. I won't tell her. And then immediately foes
35:28
to talk to her. She says, no, no, it's fine. I think
35:31
I would do that as a parent, though. Like, oh,
35:34
okay, thanks for telling me. And then immediately
35:36
be like, why the hell would you do that? Oh,
35:38
for sure. Yeah. Of course I'm not going to tell
35:40
her. It's fine. And then storms downstairs. And
35:43
then go and punch her in the face. Yeah, exactly.
35:45
And that's the right thing to do as a parent.
35:47
It is. Yeah, Regina's, like, mama bear instinct.
35:50
For once. For once. For once. This is really
35:53
kind of her only thing that she gets like this
35:55
about, actually. Like, she's very - But even
35:57
in prior episodes, like - What was it? She said
36:00
something a couple episodes about, like, it's
36:02
up to you to advocate for yourself. Yes. Daphne's
36:05
still a child. You should be doing some of the
36:07
heavy lifting. So I think maybe Regina realized
36:09
that. I think maybe Regina was like, oh, you're
36:11
not going to advocate for yourself. You're just
36:13
going to let Kathryn bully you into thinking
36:15
about getting a cochlear. Yeah. So, yeah, she
36:18
shows up and yells at Kathryn and is like,
36:22
you got to fucking step up. Yeah, Daphne's done
36:25
all the work. Why haven't you? Daphne’s learned
36:27
to lipread. She's speaking. What have you done to
36:30
meet her halfway? You haven't made any effort.
36:32
The only effort she's made is like, hey, do you
36:34
want to have brain surgery? Like, I'll pay for
36:36
it. Yeah. Do you want someone to drill into your
36:39
skull and have debilitating pain for several
36:42
days and then go to many doctor's appointments
36:45
and speech therapists for the rest of your natural
36:48
life? But she's not going to Google how to say
36:51
anything. No. So, yeah. She's like, learn ASL.
36:56
For the love of God. Yeah. She grabs her hands.
36:59
Yeah. She's like, use these. And I never forgot
37:01
that. I remember seeing that as a kid and being
37:04
like, whoa. So true. And I always remember what
37:06
she said was, like, the sooner you learn ASL,
37:09
the sooner you'll get to know this beautiful
37:11
daughter you have. She said that you gave birth
37:14
to. Yeah, you gave birth. Yeah, I did start crying.
37:16
So. That makes sense. So they're having that
37:19
interaction and then Bay. Sees Daphne. Daphne's
37:22
all glum. Daphne's really down. I feel like in
37:26
this episode, the light on Daphne's darker. Usually
37:30
she's much more bright because she's kind of
37:32
depressed and gloomy this episode. The light is
37:35
darker. Yeah, no, you're so right. But Bay’s
37:38
being really sweet here. She's like, no one cares.
37:40
I didn't hear about the rumors at school. Yeah,
37:43
and then she proceeds to explain all the stupid
37:45
stuff that Buckner students have done just that
37:47
day alone. And then, ugh. Daphne talks about
37:51
her memories from hearing school and, like, her
37:54
trauma. Yeah. And why she's feeling like that.
37:57
It's so hard to listen to. It's really hard.
38:00
And this is the experience of a lot of deaf people
38:02
in the hearing world. And as I was watching this
38:07
today, I was like, this is so interesting because
38:10
Katie LeClerc probably did not experience this
38:13
as a child. Yeah. I just think it... This would
38:16
have been a time where it would have been so
38:18
impactful to have someone who was actually, like,
38:22
capital D deaf and maybe who had experienced
38:24
something like that. Yeah. And not that you have
38:27
to have the same experiences as the person you're
38:29
acting as, but, like... No, but I understand.
38:33
Thank you. But, yeah, I just... Because as I
38:35
was watching her, I was like, but you still don't,
38:37
like, get it. Mm -hmm. I don't know. But it is
38:41
heartbreaking. She is saying, like... I went
38:43
to hearing school and all the kids were horribly
38:45
bullying me. They ostracized her. She didn't
38:48
get any birthday cards. And they called her the
38:50
R word. Horrible word. It's having a resurgence
38:53
now. I hate it. Fuck that. Fuck that. And one
38:56
day, she was walking home and some girls were
38:59
picking on her. And little Emmett walked by and
39:02
started to scream at them. Yeah. And said, don't
39:06
you ever talk to her again. It's like a fairy
39:08
tale. He grabs her hand and then they walk to
39:11
his house with Melody. And she sees some sign
39:13
for the first time. When she describes it, it
39:16
is so emotional. It is. It gives me chills right
39:19
now. I know, I also have chills. It's the first
39:22
time she ever, first I've known any time she's
39:24
ever heard him speak. And it's the first time
39:26
she sees ASL. Yeah. Yeah, Melody takes her home.
39:29
And then she gets Regina. She sits her down.
39:32
She says, you have to learn sign language. and
39:35
this is what's going to happen yeah and then
39:37
obviously it changes Daphne's entire life. Absolutely
39:40
and then I think also Bay is like oh Emmett rocks.
39:44
There's tears in Bay's eyes but then there are
39:47
also like it's also like beating hearts like
39:49
she's she's like yeah in awe of this story. I
39:54
want to pause this sort of like emotional thing
39:57
that I'm feeling just for a minute because why
39:59
the fuck was she eight years old and she didn't
40:01
have access to any language Yeah, I don't know.
40:05
It sounds like, yeah, when she went to the school
40:07
and there was no interpreter, obviously. Probably
40:10
did speech therapy. Through the school. She went
40:13
to a public school. I mean, maybe, but she says
40:16
to Regina earlier in the episode, I can read
40:19
lips now. Yeah. Now. She's like, it won't be
40:22
like when I was little. So there was a time where
40:25
she was in school and she couldn't read lips.
40:28
And she didn't have... access to sign language.
40:30
So she went deaf at three, and then she didn't
40:33
learn ASL until she was eight. So there was five
40:35
years. Yeah, there were five years. Of severe
40:37
language deprivation. Yeah. And so this is where
40:40
sometimes I get, like, I'm mad. Like, I'm mad
40:43
right now. But to be fair, so she lost her hearing
40:46
at three, so she did know some English beforehand.
40:49
But yeah, you're right, yeah. Five years of not
40:52
hearing, but also, like, no communication. Yeah,
40:54
or, like, communication that's so laden with
40:58
struggle. And I think there's a lot of, in this
41:02
show, a push to be like, Regina is just as good
41:06
of a mother as the Kennishes. And I think that's
41:09
like, what the fuck was she doing? I don't know.
41:12
Like, I understand her being like. Well, she
41:14
had hearing aids, but of course they didn't do anything.
41:16
But her being like, well, of course I thought
41:18
about the cochlear implant, but we didn't do
41:22
it. I don't know. Which is fine. Which is totally
41:25
fine. But you have to give her language. You
41:29
gotta give her some form of communication. Also,
41:31
if she learned about the cochlear implant, she
41:33
must have talked to someone who also knew about
41:36
sign language then, no? I mean, I know it's so
41:39
pushed. I know that, like, even the audiologist
41:43
world is, like, very hearing -centered. Yeah.
41:47
And they're not, especially back then, were not
41:50
propping up sign language. But had Regina never
41:52
heard of sign language beforehand? Right. This is
41:55
not explored in the show at all. No, that's my
41:58
big gripe. This is a huge aspect that I feel
42:02
would taint her relationship with Regina. Personally,
42:06
it taints the way I look at Regina as a mother.
42:08
I think this is a huge way that she failed Daphne.
42:11
Absolutely. And they never talk about it. Never.
42:14
I'm going to maybe assume that she had hearing
42:18
aids. And she was probably doing speech therapy
42:21
in school, maybe once a week, or maybe not at
42:24
all. It feels like a very underfunded public
42:26
school. And she kind of just sat in the front
42:29
row and tried to guess what the teachers were
42:31
saying. Yeah. But yeah, it's infuriating. Yeah.
42:35
So it was like simultaneously, wow, what a beautiful
42:38
story. This is the foundation of her friendship
42:41
with Emmett. This is the foundation of her relationship
42:43
with Melody. And then also, like, just what the
42:46
fuck, Regina? I also wonder if Regina knew about
42:49
ASL. Like, surely you must have. She must have
42:52
knew, like, ASL was a thing, but she was like,
42:54
whatever, I don't have time for that. And it
42:57
wasn't until, like, Melody sat her down and,
43:00
like, implored her. Like, you have to. Because,
43:03
like, your daughter needs communication for the
43:05
love of God. Daphne describing her, like, getting
43:08
bullied and ostracized at school, like, sure,
43:10
that's not totally Regina's fault, but you depriving
43:13
your child of language. Feels like it leads to
43:16
situations like that where she can't communicate
43:18
with people. How is she going to tell people
43:20
she's being bullied, for one thing? Right. How
43:23
is she going to tell them to fuck off? How is
43:25
she going to tell them to fuck off? How is she
43:26
going to say she's not feeling safe? Yeah. Or
43:29
she's struggling or anything. Or, like, if she's
43:31
hungry or something. Something simple. It's infuriating.
43:34
And I don't think this is something the show
43:37
ever goes into. Like, what happens in these five
43:39
years? Yeah, they're just lost. They're just,
43:42
like, dark years. I don't know. It's kind of
43:45
a miracle that Daphne is not as traumatized.
43:47
She's actually being really chill and cool about
43:49
everything, considering. No, I, yeah, I'd be
43:52
mad. We're going to have to move on from that,
43:54
I guess, because everyone else in the show has.
43:57
Basically, yeah. Yeah. I'm mad. I'm a little
44:00
worked up right now, but I'm okay. Oh, yeah,
44:02
I feel heated. Where are we at now? Is it when
44:04
Toby goes to Daddy? Yeah, Toby's like, Daddy,
44:08
I'm in trouble. Yeah. It does seem like he's
44:13
been down this road before. For sure. Because
44:15
John, like, pulls out his pocketbook as he's
44:17
lecturing him. But he doesn't say, get a job.
44:20
Yeah. No. He just says, like, you need to be
44:23
responsible for your decisions as he's writing
44:25
the check. As he's filling out, like, Toby Kennish.
44:28
And then he's like, how much are we talking about
44:30
here? 1,000? 2,000? Don't tell me it's more
44:34
than 3,000. And then Toby's like, never mind.
44:36
Yeah, we haven't really mentioned it much in
44:38
this episode, but Toby and Wilke are, like,
44:40
teaming up to steal a test from Buckner. And
44:43
sell the test for $1,000 each. Each test, yeah.
44:47
Each test to students, which is a crazy cost.
44:49
Which, if those students were smart, they would
44:51
just buy one and then share it. But, like, whatever.
44:54
I guess if they were really smart, they'd just
44:56
study for their fucking test. But the point is,
44:58
though, they gotta get into Harvard. Yeah, I guess
45:00
so. He tells Wilke, like, I'm not going to back
45:03
out of them stealing the test. And then clearly
45:05
he goes to Daddy because he's hoping he's going
45:07
to be able to back out of stealing this test.
45:09
But yeah, he's too embarrassed and ashamed. Don't
45:13
worry. I'm going to take care of this, but he's
45:15
going to take care of it with crime. Full crime.
45:18
Mission Impossible style heist in the school.
45:20
It's too easy. Yeah. They just, like, steal a
45:23
janitor key card. Just walks right in, takes
45:26
a piece of paper that says chemistry test, and
45:29
that's it. That's it it was so easy yeah and
45:33
there were no cameras? I- 2011 i wonder. They
45:37
say they're on to them later like Wilke says the
45:40
teacher is on to us. Couldn't they look at the cameras?
45:41
For sure okay okay. Anyways oh yeah after the
45:46
um tear-jerking story from Daphne, Bay is like
45:50
I actually do have to go. Yeah Emmett texts her
45:53
to be like, come over and she's like, oh, okay.
45:56
Shows up, yeah, literally. Oh, heart eyes.
45:58
He opens the door with his beautiful little smile
46:00
and she's like, oh my god, I wanna... And he's
46:03
smizing. Yeah, I know. And so she’s like, kiss
46:05
him. Go to the garage. Melody’s not there, I
46:08
guess. And they find a briefcase and inside there's
46:12
love songs for Regina, a cassette tape with the
46:15
initials A .S. Okay, one step closer. Yeah, and
46:18
then she opens another part of the briefcase
46:20
and it's her birth certificate. Which is crazy
46:22
to me that Regina didn't bring that with her.
46:25
Yeah. But I guess it's because she didn't want
46:28
the Kennishes just to find it. That's my guess.
46:30
The birth certificate? Yeah. But she brings the
46:32
guitar case, which, sorry, we know what's inside.
46:35
I'm not going to spoil it. Very incriminating.
46:37
But she doesn't bring her birth certificate?
46:39
Her daughter's birth certificate? I don't know.
46:41
Okay, whatever. Yeah, but anyways, we find the
46:44
birth certificate and we find out her dad's name.
46:47
It's Angelo Sorrento. And we find out that her
46:50
and Daphne's birthdays are October 22nd, 1995.
46:54
Libras. Slay. And I do think their 16th birthday
46:57
comes up later this episode, so this does confirm
46:59
that they are 15 at this moment. Yeah. Bay listens
47:02
to the cassette, and she's like, this rocks.
47:05
Hi, Dad. Immediately calls him Dad. Yeah, she's,
47:08
like, playing it. Because it was songs for the
47:10
baby. Yeah. She was the baby. She was the baby.
47:15
It's really sweet. It's a nice connection to
47:17
him. She feels very connected to him. She feels
47:19
very connected to Emmett, who for some reason
47:21
puts on a little pirate costume in the middle
47:23
of them looking in the garage. They're having
47:25
a little fun. It's cringe, but it's cute. It's
47:28
very, like, TV show montage of someone trying
47:31
on clothes and someone shaking their head and
47:33
being like, nuh-uh. Exactly, except they only
47:35
do it once. Only do it once. Yeah, they said
47:37
we don't actually have a montage budget, but,
47:39
like, let's have a little moment. I like how
47:41
geeky he is, though, because he does make a net.
47:43
He says, AS is Anakin Skywalker. I know.
47:46
And Bay's like, I don't know what you just signed, but
47:47
that's great, honey. It's really cute. Also,
47:50
when Bay is dancing to the mixtape later, she's
47:52
wearing an outfit that I don't hate. Ooh. You
47:55
know, it's a great day for Bay. Yeah, it's a
47:57
really great day for Bay. For once. For once,
47:59
she looks good. She's got good music on. She's
48:04
got a potential boyfriend coming her way. A very
48:07
cute boy. She doesn't seem very sad about Ty
48:10
in this episode, I will say. We've sort of really
48:12
left that behind. I completely forgot about that.
48:14
I wonder if the actor had to go. I thought you
48:17
said he had to film something else. Did I say
48:19
that? That sounds like something I would say.
48:21
I thought it was something you would say. I'll
48:23
look it up at some point. I think, yeah, I just
48:25
feel like they really rushed his character out
48:28
the door. Maybe because they liked Sean Berdy
48:30
so much. And they were like, let's get him more
48:32
in here. I don't know. But yeah, the next day,
48:36
Daphne has baked the teacher chocolates. Petit
48:39
fours. What is that? You're asking the wrong person.
48:41
Okay. It looks like it's like little chocolate
48:43
treats. The teacher is not deserving of those,
48:46
but I guess she's just like put her game face
48:48
on and this is how she. Yeah, but she says like,
48:51
okay, this is what we're going to do. We're going
48:53
to actually cook for once and you're not going
48:55
to slow down. And I have the interpreter and I'll
48:57
look at the interpreter if I need help. Yeah. And
49:00
then she turns to Clover and says, I’d offer you
49:03
one, but you might catch being deaf. Sick burn,
49:06
Daphne. Sick burn. It was tough to watch. I'm
49:09
proud of her, but I'm also like. It's just so
49:12
after school special. I know. Just call her a
49:14
bitch and get it over with. And Clover doesn't
49:16
even seem fazed. She's like, all right. Yeah.
49:18
Well, I think Clover is like too dumb to realize
49:20
anything that's going on. And then back at the
49:23
Kennish house, this whole episode, basically,
49:26
John and Kathryn have been going back and forth
49:28
since John was intimidated on the golf course.
49:31
Right. About whether they should pursue the lawsuit.
49:33
So then. John and Kathryn finally decide. It's
49:37
sweet. John's like, I don't even want the money.
49:39
I just want them to say that they're sorry. Which
49:41
they will never do. Which they'll never do. The
49:43
company will never apologize. No, legally. Because
49:45
it puts them in the wrong. Yeah. But then they
49:48
decide they're going to take the settlement offer
49:50
because he just wants it to be done with.
49:52
He realizes it's stressing out his wife and his
49:54
family. So they call the lawyer. Hello, Mr. Lawyer
49:57
or Mrs. Lawyer. It's Ms. Lawyer. And they say,
50:00
we're going to take the settlement. She said,
50:01
actually, the hospital wants to go to trial
50:03
they think they found something and John and Kathryn
50:06
are like I don't know what that's about and we don't
50:09
know what that's about. But we do. TBD dot dot
50:11
dot .Yeah and then Kathryn shows up to Regina
50:15
and she's so sad she has a little sad face and
50:19
she walks in. But then she signs! And she signs
50:22
you're right I want to learn. And it's so sweet
50:26
and Regina gives her a big hug and she's like
50:28
it's beautiful I’m so proud and yeah It makes
50:32
me tear up every time. Like, that is truly how
50:35
I react anytime someone in my life learns sign.
50:39
Like, even just a little bit. I'm like, oh, my
50:41
God. I love it so much. Thank you. She's also,
50:44
like, so, she's, like, embarrassed because she
50:46
doesn't feel like she's doing it well. But she
50:48
signed it perfectly. Yeah, she signed it great.
50:51
Yeah. Keep it up, Kathryn. I know. She's the
50:54
first one, but not the last. And not the last.
50:57
Yeah, guys, this is how you can make other people
50:59
feel if you want. And we have resources in our
51:01
show notes. We do. It's in our show notes. If
51:03
you're interested in learning. Yeah. And then
51:06
Bay is looking up Angelo Sorrento. On SearchBerzerk
51:10
.com. I'm glad you caught that. Because if you
51:13
go on SearchBerzerk .com, which I did, it just
51:16
takes you to the Freeform website. I guess
51:18
they bought the domain. Oh, that's hilarious.
51:21
Yeah. I love when shows do that. I think that's
51:24
what you have to do if you show like a URL. Oh
51:27
my god really? I think you have to have, you have
51:29
to have it. Oh I thought that shows were just
51:32
like doing that for cute marketing. No it's like
51:35
well you can’t use that Google because, right, you
51:37
don't have the copyright so usually they create
51:39
their own and then they like keep the URL. Like
51:42
when they um make a phone number, like, a real
51:45
phone number, and then you call it, and, like,
51:47
something from the show plays on the voicemail.
51:49
Love that. Yeah, they did that in iCarly all
51:51
the time. Yes. iCarly always had, like, fake.
51:54
Yeah. It was always, like, close to Apple or
51:56
something, or Google. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The pear.
51:59
The pear stuff. The pear phones, yeah.
52:01
Yeah. And then they text Emmett. And did you
52:04
notice the phone interface on his Blackberry?
52:06
Yes. And did you notice that it was frozen? No,
52:10
I didn't clock that. Yeah, it's like a freeze
52:13
frame as she's texting and then it like zooms
52:16
in onto the phone. It's very weird. But she says,
52:19
yeah, 45 Angelo Sorrentos in America, which
52:23
seems very small. That does seem very small to
52:25
me as well. And three in Missouri, again, also
52:27
seems very small, but exciting. And then she
52:30
says, one is mine. One is mine. And then Emmett
52:33
gets that text and he's like sitting in his bed
52:35
and he's kind of smizing. He's like, yeah. Yeah.
52:37
Yeah, she's cute. She's texting me. I love it.
52:40
And then we see Regina in her room and she opens
52:43
the closet doors. And what's in there? The guitar
52:45
case. Oh my gosh, the guitar case. Yeah. What
52:48
is in that guitar case? What is in there? This
52:51
is one of the best episodes of the series, in
52:53
my opinion. I think it starts a great connection
52:56
with Bay and Emmett. We all have heart eyes for
52:59
Emmett, especially after learning that story.
53:01
He's her hero. He can be her hero, baby. Thank
53:05
you, Enrique. Kathryn has a little awakening.
53:07
Long overdue already, but I love it. I can't
53:09
wait for Angelo to show up because that actor
53:12
is so hot. Sorry, I know. You're a lesbian. You
53:15
don't care. Do you know that sexy Squidward?
53:18
That's kind of what he reminds me of. Because
53:20
he has the bone structure of Michelangelo's David?
53:23
Yeah. Okay. He's got the lips. Yeah, he's gorgeous.
53:27
He's a gorgeous man. He's in, um... I think Austin
53:30
Butler's the hottest one of them all. Yeah. I
53:33
don't disagree, but Angelo's so dreamy. I loved,
53:37
I love this episode. I'm, like, shout out to
53:40
Lucas Grabeel’s acting switch up, because I'm,
53:42
like, kind of scared of him in this part of the
53:45
show. Yeah. The last episode, too. Scared the
53:48
hell out of me. I'm 17, and I'm scared of Sabrina
53:50
Carpenter. That's how I feel. Mark's safe from
53:53
Sabrina Carpenter. The outfits weren't even that
53:55
bad in this episode. Except the open-toed shoes
53:57
in the kitchen. I mean, that whole, yeah, that
54:00
whole outfit was kind of a mess. But Bay is doing
54:01
good. Bay is doing good. Bay also was not that
54:04
annoying in this episode. Because, you know,
54:06
I'm kind of annoyed by her usually. She was being
54:07
very sweet to Daphne. I know. I wanted them to
54:10
hug when they, like, have that emotional. You
54:12
could tell. I feel like the actresses wanted
54:14
them to hug, too. Just some great, some great
54:17
cry acting in this episode. I think not every
54:20
actor can, like, do a good, like, tear up as
54:22
they give an emotional speech. And everyone does
54:25
it so well in this. Yeah, that's true. The tears
54:28
are flowing. I wonder if they had a tear stick
54:30
on set or if those were all natural. Hopefully
54:32
one day we can ask. We'd love that. Did you get
54:35
the Visine? Let us know.