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S1E1 - 'This Is Not A Pipe' · Dished at Birth

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Hey! Hey! Hopefully that worked. Yeah. Do we
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like the name Dished at Birth? I really like
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the name Dished at Birth. And then for like the
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theme music, you should get like the Switched
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at Birth song, like... Okay, we don't have that
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kind of budget, so... No, we don't. So we're
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definitely not doing that. Welcome to Dished
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at Birth! Welcome to Dished at Birth. Oh my god,
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we didn't say that. Okay. Yeah. Welcome. What
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podcast is this? What are we gonna do? We're
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re -watching Switched at Birth. Every episode.
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Every episode. God help us. I know. And, oh my
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god, there's so many episodes. I know the first
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season has 30 episodes. Yeah, because I... When
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I went on my initial rewatch before we thought
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of doing a podcast at all. Right. And I just
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said, remember Switched at Birth? How funny would
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it be if I tossed it on? And then I texted you
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like, oh my God, guess what I'm watching? I only
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made it to episode 16. Of season one? Yeah, before
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I gave up. Because one, because we were like,
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oh, we're going to record this. And I wanted
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to be fresh. Me too. But two, that's 16 hours
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of television. It's a lot. How'd you find out
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about the show? So I was, I think I was already
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taking sign language lessons, like, with my friends.
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And the trailer dropped. And I was already, like,
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an ABC Family, like, drama kid. Who else was
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on the ABC Family at the time? Pretty Little
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Liars. Okay, I actually didn't watch Pretty Little
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Liars. I was a Pretty Little Liars fan. I was
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really scared of shows where there was murder.
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involved yeah that's the show yeah that's the
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whole show anyway it came on and my friends and
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i were like we have to watch this all together
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right every whatever night it was on Wednesday
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after sign late like we started coordinating
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our lessons so we'd already be at someone's house
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okay so we could all watch it together afterwards
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how did it find you same thing trailer in 2011
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For context, I am deaf slash hard of hearing.
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We should have started with that. Oh, I'm Kara,
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by the way. My name is Kara, and my friend here
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is... I'm Dani, and I'm hearing. Yeah, and I'm
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Kara, and I am deaf slash hard of hearing, whatever
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you want. Just don't say hearing impaired. So
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I saw the trailer in my... In my home in 2011.
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And I said, holy crap, there's a deaf person
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and she's signing. For context, I didn't know
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how to sign yet. I didn't learn sign until much
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later in life. And I've been fluent slash proficient.
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Let's say proficient. I'm not fluent. In ASL
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for about three years now. But it was still so,
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so cool to see like a young deaf girl on TV.
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And I was like, oh, well, I will absolutely be
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watching this. I just. Put it on my TiVo or whatever
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people did back then. And I watched it every
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week. And, yeah. I was a big re -watcher. Like,
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I would watch it with my friends, and then the
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next day I would, like, go on Hulu. And you would
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watch it again. And re -watch it. And that's
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extra work. And that's mental illness. Man, I
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was such a big fan of the show when it first
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came out. I talked about it with people at school.
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I remember that. But I don't know if too many
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of my friends watched it. I don't think... I
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had like a group of friends to watch it with
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like you did. It was definitely something I watched
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at home alone after school. And then I think
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I kind of just fell off as I got to like high
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school age. Okay. You haven't finished the show.
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No, I never finished the show. Yeah. And I went
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back. I also, I think, fell off and then went
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back years later and did a complete rewatch.
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So I unfortunately know where everyone ends up.
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Okay, yeah, I think I fell off around season
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three. I know this, I know season one very well.
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And then after that, I'm not entirely sure. But
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it will be really nice to go back to the show
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and kind of see what they did right and see what
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they didn't do so well. And then also, I think
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since I've been learning ASL and connecting with
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deaf culture and the deaf community in the past
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few years. It'd be a nice way for me to process
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the things I've been going through by watching
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this very silly show. Yeah. So the show was created
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in 2011 by Lizzy Wise. Yeah, and she is not deaf.
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I don't think it's part of deaf culture at all.
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But I watched some YouTube video about, like,
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why'd you make the show? And she was just like,
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I just thought the idea was fun. Oh, okay. So
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not, like, no inspiration from anything in her
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real life. No, I think she was just like, the
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idea of children being switched at birth is fascinating.
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And then she was like, well, what if one of them
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was deaf? She didn't know about anything about
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deaf culture while creating the show. And I think
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they kind of just, she just learned from making
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it. Did she get, do we think she got deaf people
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involved? Yeah, absolutely. Like more than, more
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than what we've seen? Like were there deaf people
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in the writer's room is what I'm dying to know.
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I don't know about the writer's room, but there
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were definitely deaf people helping with the
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dialogue. The guy who plays Emmett Bledsoe's
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dad, he was the ASL coach for the show. Emmett
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Bledsoe, The Love of My Life? Yeah, Emmett Bledsoe,
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The Love of My Life. Sean Birdie? Sean Birdie.
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Shout out to Sean Birdie. Love him so much. He
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disappeared off the face of the earth, what do
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you say? I think he's a real estate agent in
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Florida now. Wow. As is the actor who plays Travis
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later on, who's not in the show yet. Wow. He's
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also a real estate agent in Florida? Maybe not
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in Florida, but somewhere because I was Facebook
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friends with him. Like he had like one of those
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Facebook accounts that was like a public figure
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who you could both follow and friend request.
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Yeah. But he just accepted every single friend
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request. But I remember literally being like,
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oh my God, we're Facebook friends. And Travis
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from the source of birth. That is so cool. Yeah.
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He was such a cutie. Sometimes he showed... I
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think they're both still acting and they sometimes
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show up in things, but not... Not nearly to the
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extent. Not nearly as much. And not nearly as
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much as that one actor who I love who's now involved
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in Deaf West who was on Dancing with the Stars.
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Marlee Matlin? No. No, she was a huge get for
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this show. Yeah. They had Disney money for her.
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Yeah. Because my mom was like, oh my God, that's
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Marlee Matlin. had no frame of reference. I was
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12 years old. I don't know if I knew who she
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was. I think I must have seen her in other things
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because she's probably the only deaf representation
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I ever got growing up. I think I was just like,
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oh, I have seen her before and she is the one
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who signs really fast. Yeah. And also probably
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the best actor. And she's so hot. And she's extremely
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hot, which I don't think they really let her
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be. They don't really let any of the mom characters
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actually be hot. Let them be MILFs. Yeah. Let
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them be MILFs. They're all MILFs. They are all
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MILFs. I had such a crush on Catherine. You did?
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She was so hot with like her little, now that
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I'm saying this, her glasses and her red bangs
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looks somewhat suspiciously like my wife. Yeah.
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Also has like blondish. hair bangs and the glasses
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yeah i guess i have a type you really do that's
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crazy that is so silly yeah and she's like a
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high school movie like she was famous as a teenager
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back to the future yes thank you but yeah the
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show was like really revolutionary this was the
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This is like the first mainstream TV series to
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feature deaf characters in ASL, but it's not
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the first TV show at all to feature ASL. And
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from my very quick Google search, the first show
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was a children's show from the 70s called Rainbow's
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End. And then Sesame Street did it in 1971 with
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Linda Bove, who was a deaf actress. And she was
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like a regular cast member on Sesame Street,
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which tracks. I love Sesame Street. And then
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that kind of was it. the 70s and then nothing
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wow kind of like how they are like let's teach
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all the first graders the alphabet and then just
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stop there and yeah like baby sign yeah but the
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second they start speaking they're like okay
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that's enough should we get into the show we
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should get into this episode which is called
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this is not a pipe yeah and it aired june 6 2011
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this is the episode where Two girls from different
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worlds find out that they were switched at birth.
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So let's go through it scene by scene. Scene
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by scene. We're starting off at Buckner Hall.
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We're starting off at Buckner Hall with a voiceover
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that feels so relevant today because it's pulled
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straight from that Sidney Sweeney ad that everyone's
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pissed off about. The American Eagle one? Yes.
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The teacher is literally saying... Not literally,
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but she's basically going, genes are passed down
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from parent to offspring, like in the lab, explaining
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blood, like explaining your blood type. She's
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talking about genes. She's saying like, this
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is what you're inheriting from your parents.
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Did you know schools had to stop doing this because
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too many students were finding out they weren't
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related to their parents? I was going to ask,
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did you do this? I did not do a blood test, but
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I think I... I remember specifically in my ninth
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grade biology class, I had to see if I could
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roll my tongue or if I had a widow's peak. And
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then like, did I get it from my mom? Did I get
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it from my dad? And I kind of just like checked
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it off. But it wasn't as invasive as a blood
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test. Because I think with the blood test, it's
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like physical proof. Yeah, the pricking of the
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finger feels sort of intense for a high school
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science class to me. But they did it all the
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time, I think. Listeners, let us know if you
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had to do this in your biology classes. Please
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let me know if you had a blood test, because
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I don't know my blood type. I don't know my blood
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type. The fact that everyone in this family knows
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their blood type is very impressive. That's wealth
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for you. Yeah. So that's where it all begins.
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Yeah. But we meet in that particular scene, we
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meet John Kanish, who's played by D .W. Moffat,
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and then Catherine Kanish. who's played by Leah
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Thompson, a .k .a. Maury McFly's mom from the
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Back to the Future movies, which I know her from.
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Still a MILF. And then we also meet Toby Canish,
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played by Lucas Garbillo, a .k .a. Ryan Evans
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from High School Musical. God, I love him so
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much. I was such an excited Vine as a kid. I
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was like, oh my God, Ryan from High School Musical.
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It was truly thrilling to see him on screen.
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I was like, I'm just so glad he's like continuing
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his acting career. Aside from High School Musical.
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It made me feel safe in this new and unfamiliar
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world. I was like, oh my god, Ryan's here. So
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it can't be that scary. Yeah. And then also,
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I think we noticed, oh my god, their house is
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huge. Yeah, their house is ginormous. The kitchen's
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the size of my apartment. My full apartment.
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Yeah. That's going to be a big feature is how
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rich the Kenishes are. They're so rich. It's
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unbelievable. Which there's never really like
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parameters drawn. I don't know. Do we want to
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do spoilers? I think it's okay to do spoilers
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because the show has been on for years. I am.
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Yeah. I am like, if you're listening to this,
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I would hope that you're either our dear, dear
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friends who are supporting us or you're going
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to watch the show or have. watched the show recently
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enough that we can spoil stuff but like john
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kennis does go on to run for senate yeah state
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senate yeah which feels like something that only
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someone with access to a lot of money can do
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and republican yeah oh god we're gonna get into
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that it was a different time kind of not really
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but also Maybe I'm ignorant about how much you
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make in baseball. Yeah, for context, they have
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so much money because he used to play for the
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Kansas City Royals. Yes, the Kansas City Royals.
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He was the third baseman for the Kansas City
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Royals. I guess you make millions of dollars
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that way. And then he also owns a car wash company.
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Yeah, a series of car washes. Yes. Which I guess
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they live in such a rich neighborhood that people
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are all the time just, like, taking their cars
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to the car wash. I guess also for Kansas City,
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this is a lot. I get. I honestly, I don't have
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the cultural touchstones. Me neither. But they're
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rich. They're really rich. They're rich enough
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that, like, I don't think money is ever a problem
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for them. For anything. They can get out of almost
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anything. They have all the resources in the
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world. And the kids go to Buckner Hall, which
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is a fancy private school. No fancy private school
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uniforms. Anyways, yeah, the next scene, Bae's
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in the car with her mom, and she, on the street,
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she spots a picture, a street art of a girl holding
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an axe. I wonder if we're gonna see that again.
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This is such a teen thing to do. Like, you can
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see her baiting her mom. She knows her mom isn't
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gonna like it. And she's like, look at that.
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Like she wants so badly. I feel so bad for her.
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But also I was like, bae, come on, know your
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audience. That's true. You're from a rich white
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family. Why are they like graffiti, quote unquote,
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street art? Yeah. But she brings up, she uses
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that moment to be like, hey, I have a crazy question.
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And I cannot believe they said yes, knowing what
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I know about them now. To go to a genetic counselor.
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And then, yeah, six weeks later, they find out
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their bae is not their bio daughter. But who
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is? We don't know. And then that, of course,
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the hospital mixed up and they might have switched
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the bracelets or whatnot. Which they say so casually.
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Oh, it happens. Anyway. Yeah. Also, we've already
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contacted the mother who has your daughter, your
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biological daughter. Like current Regina and
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Daphne show up. pretty much immediately i do
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love the establishing shot we get of regina's
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house before they've revealed like the mic drop
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reveal that daphne is deaf i do think it's cool
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like you see the house first of all is much more
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working class much smaller and we meet two women
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and the teen have his red hair and you're like
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oh obviously this is katherine right it's his
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daughter and then also Daphne does not respond
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to when the car whistles and then the landline
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phone flashes instead of rings. Regina answers
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the phone and goes, hello? Yes, this is she.
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And then Daphne turns her head and goes. I love.
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And then. A touchstone of this show is like a
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long shot on Daphne reacting to something. That's
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true. With like confusion and concern. Katie
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LeClaire's got this really specific way she moves
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her eyebrows. She's got great facial expressions.
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She does have great facial expressions. And that's
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deaf culture. Should we talk about how we feel
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about Katie LeClaire a little? Yeah, we need
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to talk. Okay, yeah. Daphne is played by Katie
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LeClaire, who is hard of hearing in real life
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because she has Meniere's disease. But she, that
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deaf accent, that's not real. No. She is faking
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that deaf accent. She had to get a voice coach
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for it. I... I did read an interview with her
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in the San Diego Entertainer magazine from 2011.
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They just did whatever interviews they could
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at the time. But apparently they were like, oh,
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why did you learn sign? She was like, oh, I just
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need a foreign language to graduate high school.
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This was before she got Meniere's disease. Yeah.
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But it runs in the family. Her sister and her
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father have it. And her sister was an ASL teacher
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at the school. So she was like, it was fun because
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I was 17 and my sister was my teacher. And she
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took it for one year. And then that kind of was
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it. And then three years later, when she's 20,
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she gets diagnosed with Meniere's disease. But
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it's not very clear if she started learning ASL
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more after she was diagnosed. But it seems that
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she only started learning ASL because of the
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show. And don't get me wrong, her ASL is pretty
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good. It's not fluent, but it's very good. And
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they have an ASL coach there helping her out.
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Yeah, it was an interesting choice for the show.
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Definitely an interesting choice. I still don't
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know how I feel about it. I know. It's a tough
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choice. I think she did the role with a lot of
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respect. Yeah. I think now they probably wouldn't
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have made that choice for casting. Definitely
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not. Or I would hope not. I would hope not. I
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think... No, her song is nice. She also looks
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just like Katherine Kanish. So I think they really
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cast it correctly for a lookalike. But yeah,
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I think they really could have gotten any other
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deaf redhead. Capital D deaf redhead. I don't
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know. But also, then who am I to say that she's
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not actually deaf? I don't know. I'm hesitant
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to say she's capital D deaf and more that she's
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hard of hearing. Yeah. Because I also don't know
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if she continues to sign after the show. It doesn't
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seem the case with her social media. Oh, also,
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she was 24 when they started filming. Cool. Then
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I don't feel weird at all about saying Daphne's
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so hot. She's so hot. She's so hot. Like, wish
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they had cast maybe someone else for many reasons,
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but she's so hot. Obviously, she looks like she
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belongs in that family. So Daphne, as we learn.
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we'll go back to the scene now where they reveal
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that she's she's deaf which oh yeah it's kind
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of crazy that they it was an interesting choice
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that they were like have her walk into the frame
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yeah two weeks later at the genetic counselor's
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office yeah you can see like her hearing aids
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are visible but then also when she sees everybody
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she's like it's nice to meet you, but she also
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signs, it's nice to meet you. Yeah, she simcams
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it. Which I thought, there's definitely a producer
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in the background saying, we need to have her
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sign so that they know she's deaf. And then everyone
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goes, and she's deaf, done. Yeah, it's a big
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twist. Which I get, it's a shock. The Kennishes
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have never met a single person that's different
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from them, literally ever, it seems. But also,
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most hearing parents, The first deaf person they
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meet is their child. I just find it interesting
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that she SimComs that, but then Daphne does not
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really SimCom with the Kennishes at all until
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they start signing. That is true. That's a good
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point. I think maybe she was like, well, let
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me just, I mean, maybe they don't see my clear
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hearing aids. Maybe I'll just go, um, nice to
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meet you. And that's the only sign I'll do until
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they learn. Yeah. And then, yeah, of course,
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Catherine looks like she's about to have a heart
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attack. She literally looks like she's going
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to faint. Like, it bothers me so much. It's realistic,
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I know. But it bothers me so much how much they
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exaggerate John and Catherine being like, she's
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not OK. Something's wrong with her. And that
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is absolutely what a lot of human parents do.
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So they bring Regina and Daphne to their house.
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And then there's some exposition where Daphne.
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is telling Regina, oh, John used to be the third
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baseman for the Kansas City Royals. Now he owns
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a car wash. Hence why their house is like 20
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houses piled on top of each other. Yeah, there's
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so many structures on their property. Yeah. And
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then Catherine answers the door and goes, we're
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so excited to meet you, to see you. God, these
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scenes are rough. Like, yell talks and every
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dead person and maybe you also, like, cringing
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in pain. Also, again, she wouldn't have Googled
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some stuff. She was just like, okay, let's just
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go into this. I'm just going to talk really loud.
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Yeah, I don't know. She wouldn't have texted
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Regina to be like, I have some follow -up questions.
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I don't know. That is a great point. She could
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have just been like, I'm so excited to have you
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over for lunch. Is there anything I need to know
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beforehand? Yeah, she also doesn't ask, does
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anybody have any... I guess maybe that's like
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a new thing. I feel like in 2011. Oh, as about
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dietary restrictions? Yeah, because Daphne's
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also a vegetarian. Right. Like you. And so I
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feel like people ask. That's a normal thing to
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ask. People almost always ask. In 2011, yes.
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Yeah. Allergies? Right. Yeah. Well, she made
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chicken enchiladas. And she had to take the chicken
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out of the chicken enchiladas. And you can't
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take the chicken out of chicken enchiladas. Okay,
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real talk. Do we think those chicken enchiladas
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were good? no i think they're so bland yeah i'm
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so sorry to kathryn yeah i was shocked that that
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was the choice she made do we think that's maybe
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a suggestion because regina is latina do okay
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do we think that's why because then in the next
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scene she point blank asks regina are you mexican
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which is so crazy crazy just the way she does
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it if she'd just been like Hey, where are you?
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Like, where's your family from? Where's your
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family from? Because we want to know where Bay
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is from. Exactly. Our lovely daughter that we've
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been raising. And Bay also wants to know where
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she's from. Instead of going, are you Mexican?
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That is. That was a crazy thing to say. And of
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course, Regina, who we also, I forgot to mention,
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is played by Constance Marie, who I know so well
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from the George Lopez show. Love her. Hate Regina
22:14
so much. Yeah, Regina as a character is a tough
22:17
one. Yeah, she's tough, but also hot. Another
22:21
MILF. Another MILF. But yeah, she does play Mama
22:25
Bear in this case. Well, first of all, she's
22:27
like, no, I am half Puerto Rican. Yeah. Which
22:30
means Bay is a quarter Puerto Rican. So Adriana,
22:34
Regina's mother, is Puerto Rican. Yes. Who is
22:38
not there at the meeting, by the way. I found
22:41
it very fun how later in the episode, Adriana
22:44
keeps popping up and everyone's like, who is
22:46
this? And I'm like, you wins. introduce her that
22:49
is bae's grandmother right she lives with them
22:52
yeah i don't know maybe adriana the other has
22:54
something something to do that day she was employed
22:57
she was at work probably yeah but i just later
22:59
on when bae like runs into her so casually and
23:02
daphne's like oh i guess this is your grandma
23:04
i'm like why are people bae is really getting
23:07
the short end of the stick daphne gets a house
23:09
tour daphne gets to meet everyone and bae has
23:12
to like break into daphne's house later on i
23:15
know just to learn but anyways i'm getting ahead
23:17
of myself i know yeah anyways when katherine
23:21
yell talks at Daphne Regina does play mama bear
23:24
and says yelling doesn't help just look at her
23:26
and speak normally which i think is a nice this
23:29
show is clearly made for hearing audiences so
23:33
i think a lot of the lines they drop i'm like
23:36
this is for a hearing person to understand like
23:38
oh maybe if i run to a deaf person at Starbucks
23:42
i won't yell talk at them i'm gonna do what Regina
23:45
says and look at them and speak normally not
23:48
too fast not too slow like she says and then
23:50
bae I know Bay is going through it, but she is
23:53
talking about Daphne in front of her. And I do
23:57
understand her pain. You know, everyone is paying
24:00
attention to Daphne. They are showering her with
24:03
love. Yeah. I mean, it sucks. They literally
24:07
light Daphne in the show in a way where she's
24:09
like glowing in the room at all times. I know.
24:12
And then also interesting to see that Bay is
24:16
seeing the signing and she's curious about it.
24:19
But she's also feeling a little insecure. But
24:21
she's curious and she's like, I want to know
24:24
what they're saying. Yeah, she's the first one
24:26
that seems genuinely curious about it and like
24:29
open to it. Which tracks for her character because
24:32
she does go eventually to learn and actually
24:34
sign very quickly. Yeah, I mean. Not for bonding
24:39
and supporting her new kind of sister, though.
24:41
Definitely not. No. Bae's motivations aren't
24:45
always coming from the right place. She does
24:48
say, when Daphne is just, like, speaking normally,
24:51
Bae goes, I can't understand her. Yeah, that's
24:54
what... Which is so crazy, because everyone is
24:58
listening to her and can understand her fine.
25:00
I think she was just moody. Everyone is giving
25:03
her attention. She's insecure. And also, like...
25:07
Regina's not being super friendly and is also
25:10
not really trying to get to know Bae in this
25:12
situation. Okay, thank you. I felt crazy watching
25:16
because she really is just like ignoring her.
25:20
Yeah, and I think Regina's being so defensive.
25:23
She's so right to be defensive. Because then
25:25
John and... It's not in a place of learning about
25:28
one another. At least John and Catherine are
25:31
trying. They are. In a very strange way, but
25:35
I think Regina's kind of like... closing in yes
25:39
but cara they are in the kitchen trying to be
25:43
like can we take daphne back that is so true
25:45
and then they go but of course regina can't have
25:48
bay that's the conversation they have i think
25:52
i'm thinking about later on but that is the first
25:55
few episodes they are like we want custody Because
25:58
Regina is an unfit mother, which is absolutely
26:01
insane. It is insane. She is so on the defensive
26:04
so fast in a way that makes me be like, yeah,
26:08
I'd be stressed too. Like she's so mean to Catherine
26:11
right away. I know. It's upsetting. And Regina
26:16
doesn't know anything about bae because she hasn't
26:18
made any effort. She hasn't asked a single question.
26:20
She doesn't ask her a single question. And then
26:22
the parents are talking downstairs. Bae literally
26:24
goes upstairs and is blasting music in her room.
26:28
She's not even there anymore. Right. And no one
26:31
goes to check on her. No. Regina doesn't think,
26:35
let me go upstairs and meet my daughter. Maybe
26:37
say, hey. Maybe say, hey. Sup, girl? Do you like
26:41
the drawer? Yeah. No, none of that. None of that.
26:44
Yeah, I feel so bad for Bae in this situation.
26:48
But meanwhile, while Bay is being moody, Toby
26:50
is giving Daphne a tour of the house. And we
26:53
find out that there are tennis courts, plural.
26:56
Yeah. There's a gazebo. There's a swimming pool.
27:00
A guest house. We'll come back to that later.
27:02
There's a guest house. Most of these things,
27:04
which we never see, by the way. We do see the
27:07
swimming pool. And he says a basketball court,
27:10
but I think it's just a hoop on the driveway.
27:12
Yeah, I think it's just the hoop, which we never
27:16
see them play tennis. If I was designing this
27:19
house, if I was designing the Kennish house,
27:21
I would maybe swap out. It seems like they use
27:23
that basketball court in their driveway a whole
27:26
lot more than they use the tennis court. That's
27:29
all I'm saying. That's true. And then they have
27:31
several garages, I assume, for those multiple
27:35
cars. And then Toby also has one for his music
27:37
and then Bae for art. So, yeah, it's a whole
27:40
new world for Daphne. Yeah, Daphne picks up a
27:43
basketball and plays 1v1. b -ball with toby and
27:47
we learned she's got the athletic genes from
27:49
john that's a big one really establishes right
27:52
away she's a kennish she's a kennish through
27:54
and through and toby i guess is a little athletic
27:57
but he's a music boy yeah i think later on there's
28:01
some talk about how he like quit baseball he
28:03
did quit baseball because his dad he wanted his
28:07
dad to be off his back or whatever yeah but he
28:09
was like very good apparently famously ryan is
28:13
a really good baseball player in high school
28:15
musical too so and then while toby and daphne
28:19
are outside the canisters are talking to regina
28:21
and they were like so the deaf thing why crazy
28:27
and basically yeah regina is like so daphne went
28:31
deaf at age three from meningitis meningitis
28:34
for context is a bacterial infection and it can
28:37
damage hair cells in the cochlea And she can
28:40
hear some ambient noise with the hearing aids.
28:43
That must have been extremely traumatizing for
28:46
the two of them. Like, bacterial meningitis can
28:48
straight up kill you. Yeah, it's really deadly.
28:51
Yeah, so glad that Daphne just lost her hearing,
28:56
honestly. Yeah, it's like, glad that everything
28:58
seems fine. Yeah. Seems like it worked out as
29:02
well as it could have. Like, she's a perfectly...
29:06
like happy human being and that's yeah she seems
29:09
fine but then john kind of implies that it's
29:12
regina's fault that daphne got sick because he's
29:14
like where were you yeah and like how did she
29:18
get it and she goes well it's a bacteria she
29:21
caught it i didn't like give it to her and cough
29:25
on her or leave her out on the street yeah it's
29:29
a rough scene to watch it's tough it's really
29:32
tough because you Yeah, it's a tough scene. Yeah,
29:35
the Kenishes are definitely going on attack.
29:37
And Regina is not doing herself any favors in
29:41
the way she sort of responds. No, she's not.
29:44
She's doing, like, very one -word answers. Like,
29:46
well, she's deaf. Or, like, she's fine. Yeah.
29:48
And I'm maybe understanding that John and Catherine
29:54
are so new to this. And that they both need to
29:59
give each other some grace. Yeah, everyone, which
30:03
is kind of what Regina tries to say is like,
30:05
let's take some time to process. Yeah. And then,
30:09
yeah, John and Catherine, again, are very new
30:13
to this. Daphne is likely the first deaf person
30:16
they probably ever met. For context, I am deaf,
30:19
but I'm pretty sure I'm also, my whole family's
30:22
hearing. I'm pretty sure I'm also my family's
30:25
first deaf person they have ever met. Like, for
30:28
most human parents of deaf children, the first
30:30
deaf person they will ever meet is a child. And
30:32
I get it. They are trying to learn. Yeah. But
30:37
the way they're coming across is insane. And
30:40
it is only going to get worse in this episode.
30:42
And they're so eager just to snatch her. Yeah,
30:46
they really want to take her away right away.
30:48
Yeah. And that's why I think it's so wild that
30:51
Regina then just leaves. She just leaves Daphne
30:54
at the house. Oh, yeah. She's like, I gotta go.
30:58
Did she make other plans for this day where they're,
31:01
like, hanging out with her? No, I think she was
31:03
like, I'm sick of this. And Daphne seems to be
31:06
having fun. I'm gonna leave her. Also, hasn't
31:08
spent any time with Bae. No. Bae's in the room
31:11
having a menjiebee. Yeah, and she said, all right,
31:14
I think I'm gonna bounce. That's another thing
31:16
Regina and Bae have in common. They both love
31:17
to dip out of a situation that they don't want
31:20
to be in. That's true. That's a good point. Yeah.
31:23
Liam is like... What's going on? You're not telling
31:27
me what's wrong. But Bae's being very defensive.
31:31
I forget. I glossed over Liam's presence in this
31:34
episode completely. Now he's in this. I know.
31:39
He's very handsome. He seems nice enough. He
31:43
doesn't seem like he likes Bae at all. No, but
31:47
there must be something because Bae is kind of
31:50
like the outcast of the school. Yeah. She seems
31:53
to have, like, some friends, but, like, she's
31:56
certainly not popular. She struggles in school
31:58
academically. And she's kind of like the quirky
32:01
weird girl. It seems like maybe Liam is, like,
32:04
dating her to piss off his dad. Is kind of the
32:09
vibe that I get. Because he's not really interested
32:12
in anything about her life. I just don't see,
32:16
like... how the two of them are compatible. Well,
32:20
they're not, because spoiler alert. It does not
32:22
work. It does not work out. Well, Faye says,
32:23
I think we need a break when he is asking her
32:26
questions. And then John brings Daphne home to
32:30
East Riverside. That particular scene was interesting.
32:33
So John drops Daphne off, and then he's like,
32:35
oh, wait, you forgot your sweater. But then Daphne
32:37
doesn't hear him, and she goes in the house.
32:40
Also, in the scene, we meet Adriana for the first
32:42
time. Just like, hello, goodbye, goodnight. But
32:45
he realizes, like, oh, wait. She can't hear me.
32:48
And then, like, noise ensues from, like, the
32:52
surrounding environment, like the ice cream trucks
32:54
and the horns honking and the dogs barking, which
32:58
I think was interesting because he's suddenly
33:01
thinking, like, oh, she can't hear these things
33:04
I'm hearing right now. Yeah. I guess it was trying
33:08
to accomplish two things then because they're
33:11
also trying to imply that because the neighborhood
33:14
is loud. He's worried it's unsafe. Yeah, like,
33:18
I don't know, dogs barking, dogs bark everywhere.
33:20
Drops her off, sees an ominous ice cream truck.
33:24
And he goes back to Catherine and he's like,
33:25
that place was scary, there was bail bonds on
33:29
every corner. And Catherine's like, we need to
33:31
get out of there. Anyways, next day, Bay is drinking
33:36
coffee. God forbid. Bay is literally... meant
33:42
to be i get it she says i have a nose ring i'm
33:46
drinking coffee and she whips out a cigarette
33:48
and then her mom's like what are you doing she
33:50
goes living the life i was meant to live and
33:53
she whips out a cigarette which so are you implying
33:58
i think she's being like racist and shitty towards
34:01
these people that she just met that's what i
34:04
think i think she's like this is yeah this is
34:06
how people in east riverside live like now that
34:10
i'm a quarter puerto rican i'm gonna like underage
34:13
smoke it's very weird i need to i need to pierce
34:16
my nose drink coffee everyone drinks coffee yeah
34:18
it's so it's a little too on the nose like teen
34:21
rebelling for me i wouldn't find it if it was
34:26
just the nose piercing because that seems normal
34:30
enough but the cigarette really was over the
34:32
edge bay it was so dramatic Anyways, yeah, the
34:38
next scene, Sean goes to Regina's house back
34:40
in East Riverside. And he's like, and he's finally
34:43
used Google. Hey, I just found out about this
34:47
really cool new thing. It's called the cochlear
34:49
implant. And she's like, yes, I have a deaf daughter.
34:53
I'm well aware of what a cochlear implant is.
34:55
For context, I have a cochlear implant. So, yeah,
34:58
I am very well aware. And Regina goes on a little
35:03
monologue. where everything she says is 100 %
35:07
right. She's like, the surgery costs about 100
35:10
grand, not including speech therapy and audiology
35:13
appointments, which is so true. And then, of
35:16
course, John is like, well, why wouldn't you
35:18
want it for her? And she was like, well, if I
35:21
wanted for her, I would have gotten it. Like,
35:23
I'm a good mom. Yeah. And I believe, like, Regina
35:26
totally would have gotten it. She would have
35:29
made it work. Although we do learn some stuff
35:32
about... her later that makes me think maybe
35:34
she wouldn't have made it work but at this moment
35:37
I believe her I believe her and also Daphne is
35:41
fine with the CI like she's fine yeah and then
35:45
Regina rightfully says like it's not a cure I
35:48
think of course John and Catherine are looking
35:49
at it through like the miracle lens of disability
35:51
like oh you have a disability let's fix it yeah
35:55
and cure it and she was like well it's not a
35:57
cure it's listening will always require work
36:00
and She ate with that. And she's so right. But,
36:05
yeah, I think that was a very interesting contrast
36:08
of, like, the Kenishes going right into the medical
36:12
model of disability, which is, like, the belief
36:14
that disability reduces the quality of life and
36:16
that we need to correct or diminish the disability
36:18
with appropriate medical intervention, like cochlear
36:21
implants. And then Regina's on the side of more,
36:24
like, the social model, which is seen as, like,
36:27
deafness is a diverse expression of human life.
36:31
And she focuses on deaf identity and embracing
36:33
disabled people for who they are rather than
36:36
what needs to be fixed. And then, yeah, I think
36:40
that was perfectly encapsulated in the sentence.
36:43
Regina says she likes being deaf and John says
36:46
no one likes being deaf. John, who has never
36:50
met a deaf person in his life. Yeah. Ouch. Yeah.
36:55
I do understand why this scene happened because
36:57
I'm sure many... Hearing people were watching
37:01
this going, why doesn't she have a cochlear implant?
37:04
And the writers were like, well, we need to explain
37:05
why. Yeah, I am glad they got it out of the way
37:09
so fast. I think we're going to get a little
37:11
bit more cochlear talk in the next like two episodes.
37:13
We do get some cochlear talk. I can talk the
37:16
whole series, honestly. But I remember watching
37:19
that in 2011 with my cochlear. I only have one
37:22
cochlear implant at the time. I got the first
37:25
one implanted when I was five and then the second
37:27
one implanted when I was 16. Oh, I didn't know
37:30
that. Yeah, right one, five, left one, 16. Is
37:34
there a reason to do it that way? I think just
37:36
back then it was more common for insurance or
37:41
it was just more common to only do one year at
37:43
a time instead of bilateral. There was a bunch
37:46
of reasons. One, insurance only covered one year.
37:48
And my parents were like, well, we can't afford
37:50
that. Again, it's $100 ,000 per year. That's
37:54
very insurance of them. Per year? I thought it
37:57
was total. No, per year. Yeah. And that's in
38:02
2011 money. I bet it's gone up. It was about,
38:06
it was over 100K for my left year when I was
38:10
16 because I saw the bill and thank God insurance
38:12
paid for it after my, God bless my mother who
38:15
battled insurance for quite a while. I also had
38:18
some hearing in my left year, some residual hearing,
38:20
but I ended up losing all of it. It was my own
38:25
decision when I was 16 to just get the second
38:28
implant. So I remember that surgery very well.
38:31
And the audiology appointments and whatnot. But
38:33
yeah, it's years and years of speech therapy
38:36
and audiology appointments. I still go to the
38:39
audiologist about once or twice a year. And speech
38:42
therapy I did for 13 years. Wow. Yeah. But for
38:46
like someone like Regina, that is not feasible.
38:49
No. Not in the slightest. I come from an upper
38:52
middle class family. from long island like that
38:54
was definitely something they made work but like
38:57
i would say most families can't which is why
39:01
daphne is at the carlton school for the deaf
39:03
yes i got so happy when we went there it's a
39:07
way better vibe over there yeah and daphne is
39:10
signing outside with emmet we love emmet god
39:14
he's so cute right away yeah played by sean burry
39:18
who is deaf in real life and you can tell by
39:21
his signing. He is signing a million miles a
39:24
minute. He's so good. Yeah, when I was taking
39:28
sign language, I was like, I have to get better
39:31
because I have to be really good when I finally
39:34
meet Sean Birdie because I need to impress him.
39:37
When I marry Sean Birdie. When I marry him, yeah.
39:41
Oh, I was so obsessed with him. Yeah. But this
39:43
is a really cool scene to see just because this
39:46
is the first time we've seen two deaf people
39:48
sign. on network TV. I think this is pretty groundbreaking
39:52
at the time. But then also, this is the beginning
39:55
of noticing that the English captions are kind
39:58
of different from the ASL that Daphne and Emmett
40:02
are signing. So, like, for example, something
40:04
I wrote down was that Emmett said, in another
40:07
life, the caption said, in another life, you
40:10
probably wouldn't have become deaf. But, like,
40:14
the way he signed it was, in another life, you
40:16
hearing. So why didn't the caption just say,
40:19
in another life you would've been hearing? And
40:21
then another example was, the caption said, one
40:26
change and everything changes. But then Emmett
40:29
signed domino effect. Like, why didn't they just
40:32
say domino effect? And I think it would've been
40:34
cooler to say. Yeah. That would've been way cooler
40:39
to say, one thing changes and everything changes.
40:42
That's so clunky. Like, why didn't you just say?
40:46
It's like the domino effect. That's poetic, Emmett.
40:49
Yeah. I do think these are words whipped straight
40:53
from the writer's grips. I do, yeah. I do wonder
40:56
about that. I was just at the movies last night.
40:59
We went to see Splitsville and it was open caption.
41:02
And even... The captions sometimes were different
41:06
from what the actors were saying. It drives me
41:09
crazy. It's like that on Netflix shows too, all
41:11
the time. I do wonder if they're just running
41:13
the scripts and then they're not like adjusting
41:16
for ad libs. I think that's what is happening.
41:18
I think the writers have a script and then I
41:21
think they throw the captions on the screen.
41:22
And then maybe there's a separate ASL coach who
41:26
is kind of like... saying like you can sign this
41:29
but it's not perfectly matching with what they're
41:32
saying yeah i mean if it's also if it's sean
41:35
birdie looking at the script and then being like
41:37
okay this is how i'm going to sign it yeah but
41:40
no one's double checking with him no one is double
41:43
checking his signing and the words and changing
41:46
it and this is going to be a reoccurring theme
41:48
throughout the entire show this is something
41:50
that does drive me a little crazy but it's okay
41:54
Which drives me crazy later. The most is the
41:56
sim comment, which we will get to. Yeah, thank
41:59
God we didn't have to deal with much of that
42:01
in this first episode. No, not yet. But yeah,
42:05
Bae is in these riversides spying on Regina for
42:07
some reason. I think because Regina hasn't spoken
42:10
a word to her. Yeah, spying on Regina in the
42:14
second most ridiculous outfit in this episode.
42:17
What is she wearing? Like a newsboy cap and these
42:20
big glasses. it's so in her car like she looks
42:25
so bmw yeah she looks so sus like and just like
42:29
sticks out like a sore thumb and a neighborhood
42:32
boy whose name we don't know yet rightfully says
42:35
get out yeah what you don't belong here and he
42:40
says you know you you must be a rich white girl
42:43
looking for drugs and she goes i'm not a rich
42:46
white girl and he goes you're in a bmw Her saying,
42:49
I'm actually not a rich white girl is so crazy
42:52
because you know that's how Bae feels now. That's
42:54
true. Like, Bae immediately was like, I shed
42:59
all of the privilege that I have come from. And
43:02
honey, that's not how it works. Yeah. Your parents
43:05
are still paying for your college. And then she
43:07
goes, this is not a pipe. The name of the episode.
43:10
Yeah. I love when they say the name of the episode
43:13
in the episode. And Ty, the neighborhood boy,
43:17
who we learn his name is Ty, is smitten immediately,
43:21
it seems, because she has quoted Magritte. Everything
43:26
is not what it seems. You may see a rich white
43:29
girl, but actually, I'm a queer Puerto Rican.
43:32
Anyways, now we're back at Carlton, and John
43:35
is watching her play basketball. Yeah, why is
43:38
this man at her school? How did he get in? How
43:41
did he get in? This happens a lot. He is... John
43:44
Kennish is the king of overstepping. Yeah. Also,
43:49
I watched this stuff, but I was reading the lyrics,
43:52
and there was song lyrics in it, and some song
43:56
was playing with the lyrics, I can hear, but
43:58
I can't hear. Which I think is a little honest.
44:01
The music supervisor had a real fun time with
44:05
that one. Yeah. Then Daphne does a very easy
44:09
layup, but everyone acts like she just did a
44:11
slam dunk. And John is like, oh my god. My daughter
44:16
is so athletic and cool. Anyways, do you want
44:19
to go to Buckner? Yeah, he really, he's like,
44:23
you know where you should play. Buckner. Because
44:27
I don't think isolating yourself in a death bubble
44:29
is a good idea. And you should go to a regular
44:32
school with regular kids. John Kennish has never
44:38
seen a line that he doesn't want to cross. And
44:40
Daphne, oh God, I want to shake her by the shoulders
44:43
and be like, stand up for yourself. Because she,
44:47
what I think she wants to say is, I'm happy here
44:50
and I enjoy my school. She really has some father
44:57
stuff going on. That is also true. She's not
45:00
used to having a father figure. So maybe she's
45:02
like, well, this is what dads do. And he also
45:05
asked her to keep it a secret from Regina, this
45:07
whole conversation. That's a huge red flag. Yeah.
45:11
This is the first instance where we see, like,
45:13
I know it's her dad, so she gets a pass a little
45:17
bit, but Daphne loves men. Daphne's like a guy's
45:20
girl, for sure. She really is. She's got no girlfriends.
45:24
Yeah. She loves, yeah, her guy best friend, who's
45:28
so obviously in love with her. And then she does
45:31
whatever John wants her to do. That is true.
45:34
Daddy issues. Yeah, she's kind of a doormat with
45:37
men. God. I know. Poor thing. I know. Yeah. So
45:43
she keeps it a secret from her mom. And she ends
45:46
up touring Bucknell. It's so insane that they
45:49
go on a tour. Without telling Regina. Right.
45:52
Where does Regina think she is? They would have
45:54
had to sign her out of school. It's a school
45:57
day. Bay is a school. They have an interpreter
46:00
with Daphne, played by Paul Racey, who I love.
46:03
He's a co -writer in real life, but he was in
46:05
Sound of Metal, also my favorite movie in the
46:07
whole entire world. Oh, wow. Yeah. He's the interpreter
46:10
for Daphne, and then they mute the audio, which
46:14
the show loves to do, to show her perspective,
46:17
which I don't mind. I do find it helpful. As
46:20
a hearing person, I do enjoy the drama when they
46:22
cut the audio. And then someone asked Bae, who's
46:26
the girl, and she goes, um, that's just a scholarship
46:28
student that my parents are sponsoring. They
46:31
also didn't tell Bae they were taking Daphne
46:33
on the tour. Yeah, that is also their fault.
46:35
I don't love that Bae lied. But also, what do
46:39
you say? That is my sister and not sister. The
46:42
family didn't like sit down and discuss like
46:45
what they should tell people also. No. Or like
46:48
when they should tell people. No one is talking
46:50
to each other about anything. But yeah. Daphne
46:53
decides to walk around on her own, and she spots
46:56
Liam. Oh, my God. Who whips out his fingerspelling
46:59
talents, L -I -A -M. It makes me so mad that
47:05
she's so charmed by him immediately. It's four
47:08
letters. And he acts like he deserves an award.
47:13
He's like, I can fingerspell. I'm the shit. And
47:17
then he's like, you should give me a sign name.
47:20
Oh, but then we also learn about Daphne's sign
47:22
name, which is the letter D on the chest. And
47:26
it's the sign for happy because she's happy all
47:28
the time, I guess, which I think is fitting.
47:30
She has a very smiley personality. She has a
47:33
very smiley personality. I will say this first
47:35
interaction with Liam reveals truly how corny
47:40
Daphne is. She's such a cornball. Yeah, the sense
47:44
of humor kind of killed me because Liam asked
47:46
for a name sign and Daphne. informs him and also
47:49
every hearing audience like that's not how it
47:52
works a deaf person has to name you yeah and
47:55
then he was like what's the sign for extremely
47:57
handsome or something yeah and then she she says
48:00
it's against the rules or maybe he says it's
48:03
against the rules oh it's against the rules but
48:05
that's Daphne's brand of humor it's painful and
48:09
it's for men it's catered to men yeah it's Only
48:15
the men are laughing, and they're really only
48:17
laughing because of how hot she is. I know. But
48:20
we get the tiniest morsel of deaf culture in
48:22
the scene by saying a deaf person has anemia.
48:24
So there we go. And then Bae in the parking lot
48:27
at Buck knows, like, so what is going on? Why
48:30
didn't you tell me? Yeah, why didn't you tell
48:33
me? Again, the fact that her parents are, like,
48:37
moving this girl into her school and Regina hasn't
48:41
even bothered to send her a text, I don't think.
48:43
No. Just nothing. No interest whatsoever. Yeah.
48:47
And then John goes, what's in the nose? Kevin,
48:49
what's in the nose? Several days have gone by
48:51
at this point. Sorry, that's really dad coded.
48:54
My dad loves me so much. It would also take him
48:57
a long... I've gotten full tattoos, visible tattoos,
49:00
and come home and he has not noticed for many
49:02
days. Dad's too beefy getting that. But in that
49:05
moment, it does really hit hard considering Bae
49:08
did it to get her parents' attention. And her
49:11
dad is not. Get in that. No. He does not care.
49:15
Yeah. And then Toby meets Emmett. Yeah. Daphne
49:18
bumps into Toby just as Emmett goes to pick her
49:20
up on his motorcycle. And then Toby also gets
49:25
an introduction to deaf culture. Asks some ignorant
49:28
questions about Emmett. In front of Emmett. Without
49:31
talking to Emmett. This was rough. This was so
49:34
painful. Knowing that they kind of become friends
49:37
later on. It helps. Helps. But he's like, well,
49:41
why doesn't he speak? And then Daphne, of course,
49:43
has to do the, I must inform the hearing audience.
49:47
Some people speak and some don't. Yeah, she does
49:51
a lot of like, it does feel a little like a Wikipedia
49:54
entry for like, why, like deaf people and speaking.
49:59
I know, a lot of this pilot, which I get. They
50:02
had to ease us in. They had to do it. But then
50:05
at one point, Emmett calls Toby a moron and he
50:07
does the sign for P -Brain, which is awesome.
50:09
The sign for P -Brain is just like you pinch
50:11
your fingers around your head. But then Daphne,
50:14
Ally at this point, says Emmett said he loves
50:17
your shoes. This happens a lot throughout the
50:19
show. It does. With Daphne and Emmett. Yes. Which
50:24
Emmett's not clueless. He can read her lips as
50:27
she lies. Yes. So I think it must be. I think
50:31
it's the two of them being silly together. I
50:33
think it's an inside joke for them where he gets
50:36
to be as mean as he wants about someone and knows
50:38
that Daphne will sort of curtail it and make
50:42
it fine. Also, at the same time, this is Daphne's
50:46
brand new brother. She doesn't want to, like,
50:47
call him an idiot. Totally. That being said,
50:51
she does say to Toby, like, I'll interpret for
50:54
you. And then fully just lies about what Emmett's
50:57
saying. Yeah. And that... I think it was just
51:01
not the time to call him an idiot. Yeah. But
51:04
I don't like the... I didn't love the precedent
51:06
it sets. I feel like Emmett's really snarky a
51:09
lot of the time. Emmett is. And a lot of people...
51:12
Bae does this later on, too, where she'll soften
51:15
the blow of whatever he said when she's interpreting
51:18
for him. And I can't tell... He usually doesn't
51:22
call anyone out on it, so I'm assuming... He
51:25
doesn't care or he thinks it's funny. I think
51:27
he thinks it's funny to, like, say whatever he
51:30
wants. And he knows that they're kind of going
51:32
to dumb it down or soften the blow. Yeah. So
51:36
people don't get hurt. And I think he's kind
51:38
of like, ha, ha, ha, they all know ASL. So I
51:40
can kind of sign whatever I want. Yeah. But if
51:44
you're ever interpreting for a friend, don't
51:46
do that. Don't lie about what they said. Yeah.
51:50
Full access is signing. Is interpreting everything
51:54
that a person says. Yeah. Even when they're being
51:57
a dick. Yeah. Although Emmett was justified in
52:00
calling Toby a moron in this case because he
52:02
is acting like one. Yeah, he's not getting the
52:06
hint. No. Anyways. So yeah, Daphne and Emmett
52:09
hop on the motorcycle and John and Catherine
52:11
see her on the motorcycle. And again, Catherine
52:15
has a little meant to be. Yeah, we're going to
52:17
get back to that later. Bae gets herself arrested.
52:20
Well, before that, she decides to do street art
52:23
in broad daylight. Right. And Ty catches her.
52:27
Yeah, so she's already begging to be arrested.
52:30
Broad daylight. But she doesn't get caught by
52:32
the police. She gets caught by the sexy neighbor
52:34
guy. Yeah. Bay gets arrested for using a fake
52:39
ID to get beer. Which is so, you know she didn't
52:43
want the beer. She really did just want to get
52:46
arrested. She just wanted. To spend some time
52:50
with her parents. Well, she just wanted to spend
52:53
some time with her birth mother. She does not
52:56
call her parents. Regina gets a call and thinks
52:59
Daphne's been arrested, probably because the
53:01
police say, your daughter is here. Right. Which
53:04
is a good assumption. Yeah, she starts yelling
53:06
about... Getting an interpreter. She needs an
53:08
interpreter. But Bay doesn't need an interpreter.
53:11
She shows up and it's Bay looking like a lost
53:15
little puppy. I know. God, she's so... She is
53:21
sympathetic in this episode. I feel very bad
53:23
for her. And then Catherine comes in and admonishes
53:28
her and she's like, what has gotten into you?
53:30
And then... Regina pulls out of her body her
53:32
choice. Yeah, her body, her choice. I don't know
53:35
if this was the time. This was definitely not
53:37
the time. She's also not the mom. But we just,
53:41
yeah, we gotta establish the clear differences
53:43
between the Kennishes. And the Vasquez. With
53:47
parenting styles, absolutely. Yeah, with parenting
53:49
styles and also with political bullies. And with
53:51
political bullies, which will absolutely come
53:53
into the fray next episode. This is something,
53:56
the political bullies really come up. Then Catherine's
53:59
like, by the way, I ran a security clearance
54:01
on you and you have two DUIs. Yeah. What the
54:05
hell? And they get into a full fight at the police
54:09
station. And Bae, poor Bae, is like, please stop.
54:13
Yeah, and then she just runs away again. Yeah,
54:15
she runs away. Bae loves to dip. And I get it.
54:19
I would have ran from this situation too. Yeah.
54:21
And John and Catherine are driving around like,
54:24
where's our daughter? Which is kind of crazy
54:26
because you know there was tracking technology
54:29
in 2011 on phones. My parents didn't do that.
54:33
Yeah, but you know the Kennishes would have.
54:35
Okay, I'll take that. Catherine's upset at herself
54:38
for not realizing that Bae isn't her biological
54:42
daughter. And then this is like... The only glimpse
54:45
we get in this episode of like the parents processing
54:48
this very traumatic event that happened. Yeah.
54:52
We don't really get any of that. No. For like
54:55
most of the show, like the whole show. They're
54:57
not doing a lot of processing is the thing. No,
55:00
I guess not. But I think she's just kind of like,
55:03
how could I not have known? But it's okay because
55:06
we love Bae and we love her so much. That is
55:08
when I got emotional. Yeah, it's a really sweet
55:11
scene. When she's like, and I carried her and
55:13
then I didn't know. Like, I get that she probably
55:15
feels so guilty for not realizing. Of course.
55:18
But then she feels so guilty for feeling guilty
55:21
because she does love Bay despite ignoring her
55:24
all the time. I know. And not really taking any
55:27
interest in any of her interests. I know. Or
55:30
personality. Yeah. Anyway, yeah, Bay breaks into
55:34
Daphne's room, kind of. Oh, wait, are we there
55:38
yet? I think that's Leah. Oh, what am I missing?
55:40
What did I skip? Well, Daphne is at home with
55:42
Adriana, telling Adriana about Buckner. And first
55:46
thing I know, she's SimCom -ing through context.
55:49
SimCom is simultaneous communication. It is speaking
55:53
English and also using ASL at the same time.
55:57
And it's not a perfect method of communication.
56:00
And in this scene, it's not necessary because
56:03
Adriana knows sign, as does Regina. And yet they
56:07
are Simcomming, which drives me crazy. I don't
56:10
like Simcom in the show, especially. And this
56:14
will continue for the entire series. Yeah. Daphne
56:17
is saying Buckner or Carlton. And in a way, she's
56:21
saying John Catherine or Regina. Wow. That was
56:25
deep. Thank you. Yeah. And then Daphne Simcoms
56:29
to Regina and basically says stop lashing out
56:32
at the canisters and that she's thinking of going
56:34
to Buckner. And they have this whole fight. And
56:36
I really respect when Daphne's like, and I want
56:40
you to support me. And Regina just goes, no.
56:43
I think Regina's right. I think Regina's right,
56:45
too. Yeah. I think she comes across saying, in
56:49
a very mean way, saying you're going to be a
56:50
weird deaf girl with an interpreter following
56:52
you around. Very mean thing to say to your daughter.
56:55
But at the same time, she's like, you're letting
56:58
John and Catherine pressure you and trying to
57:00
fit you into this box of what an ideal deaf person
57:04
and a daughter should look like. But she's doing
57:06
it in a very discouraging way. Also, I think
57:09
Regina, this is also Regina just getting defensive.
57:12
Like, which one with the way I raised you? Which
57:15
one with me sending you to this perfectly good
57:17
school and you have all these perfectly good
57:20
friends at the school? Yeah. Why do you need
57:22
to go to this private school? And I think she
57:24
rightfully so is clocking that Daphne's just
57:26
kind of rolling over to the pressure of the Kennishes.
57:30
Because she's like a people pleaser, clearly.
57:32
Yeah, she says, stop that. Yeah. Anyways, bae.
57:35
Is on the run, but Toby picks her up, thankfully.
57:38
And Bay says, no one can understand what I'm
57:41
going through. And Toby says, actually, there
57:42
is one other person. This is when she sneaks
57:45
into the bedroom. We get the most horrendous
57:48
outfit in this whole episode. Oh, I forgot. Tell
57:51
me. Which is Daphne is sleeping. Right. In a,
57:56
like, long sleeve, what looks to be, like, cashmere
58:00
sweater with a T -shirt over it. Whoa. Yeah,
58:05
it's like very 2011 layering. Also, aren't you
58:09
hot? Yeah. Kashmir is very warm. Maybe you'll
58:12
have good heat in your Eastwood side house. It's
58:17
not winter. It's very ABC family. Like, what
58:20
do the teens wear? Definitely a long sleeve under
58:24
it. Yeah. I don't know. Anyways, yeah, Bae climbs
58:27
through the window and they bond over music.
58:30
Bae is going through Daphne's music collection
58:32
and she says, she goes, Pitbull and T -Pain?
58:38
Damn, some of this is too hard even for me. Which
58:42
is just painful. The two hardest musicians I
58:45
know. Painful all around. Pitbull though? Mr.
58:49
Worldwide? Yeah, I just am thinking about where
58:52
Pitbull is now. Where's he up to now? With all
58:55
the girls famously going to his concerts in bald
58:58
caps and cosplaying as Pitbull and then just
59:03
being like, God, it's so hard. Wow, you're like
59:07
a real cool gangster girl. Like, it's so weird.
59:12
Do you know Bill Vickers, the Lightprint ASL
59:14
guy? No. He's an ASL teacher online and he runs
59:18
this website called lightprint .com. But he is
59:22
bald and... My friend Sweet Ariel and I were
59:25
thinking about doing Bill Vickers for Halloween.
59:28
Wow, and then you can keep the bald caps in case
59:30
we ever go to a Pitbull concert. That would be
59:33
a good investment, honestly. You should do that.
59:36
Anyways, yeah, we're back in Daphne's bedroom,
59:38
and she is saying, oh, by the way, Mom's struggling
59:42
to pay rent. She got her car broken into. We
59:44
might have to move to my uncle's place hours
59:46
away. Yeah. That really comes out of nowhere.
59:49
The next morning, Bay is still with Daphne's.
59:52
I guess she stayed over. Didn't tell her parents.
59:56
No, first, that night, she walks out in Regina's
1:00:01
home, and Adriana's there, and is like, hey.
1:00:05
And Bay's like, who is this? And Daphne's like,
1:00:07
oh, that's your grandma. Again, I'm begging for,
1:00:10
like, a little fanfare for Adriana. And for Bay.
1:00:13
I know. Yeah, the chatting. Yeah, Regina gives
1:00:18
her some tough love, like yells at her a little,
1:00:21
but is also a bit more supportive than Bae's
1:00:25
parents were. And Adriana says she's just like
1:00:28
Bae was when she was her age. Yeah. And that's
1:00:32
like the only semblance of connection they have
1:00:34
this episode. But it is meaningful for Bae to
1:00:37
be like, wow, maybe I am like you, Regina. I
1:00:40
learned that my mom was rebellious and can draw,
1:00:43
and that's kind of it. Well, and that Bay is
1:00:47
a quarter Puerto Rican. And that Bay is a quarter
1:00:49
Puerto Rican. And then she says, guys, I have
1:00:51
an idea. You know that guest house? That three
1:00:54
-bedroom house that is just empty? That we never
1:00:57
use? Yeah. Chekhov's gone. Cut to the next scene.
1:01:01
Daphne Regina and Adriana are moving in. But
1:01:03
also, Joe and Catherine haven't met Adriana,
1:01:06
so they're like, who is she? Yeah, again, justice
1:01:08
for Adriana. Justice for Adriana. She's a lovely
1:01:12
woman. She's lovely. She does sort of disappear
1:01:15
completely from the show in later seasons. Yeah.
1:01:18
Well, she ends up doing Jane the Virgin. I forgot
1:01:21
she was in that. But anyway, she's there for
1:01:23
now. For now. She's also moving into the guest
1:01:26
house. She's moving into the guest house, her
1:01:27
own beautiful house. And Ty is helping them move
1:01:30
in. And yeah, wonder we'll see him again. And
1:01:34
this is Bae's first time realizing that Ty is
1:01:37
like so attached to the Vasquez family. That
1:01:40
is true. And then she goes, wait a second. Who's
1:01:44
my dad? Oh, we get to see one more shot of Emmett
1:01:48
coming to pick Daphne up. I love that they're
1:01:50
moving in. Daphne moves like two boxes in and
1:01:53
then she says, gotta go. And her like - Does
1:01:56
not help. Hot friend on a motorcycle shows up.
1:01:59
And he goes, he looks at bae. Oh, he looks at
1:02:02
bae. They're still my favorite couple. If he
1:02:05
didn't do whatever he did. Do you know what he
1:02:08
did? Yes. Okay. Yeah, Sean Birdie's so good at
1:02:12
just like when he smiles. He's such a teen heartthrob,
1:02:17
like dreamboat boy. But he goes, who's that?
1:02:19
And Daphne goes, that's me in another life. And
1:02:23
they ride off into the sunset. The last shot
1:02:26
is Bae standing alone. And she will continue
1:02:30
to stand alone. Yeah, that's a real tone setter
1:02:33
for the season, honestly. Man. When I started
1:02:36
my rewatch a couple of months ago, I actually
1:02:39
skipped this episode because in my head I was
1:02:42
like, it's so slow and we're with the Kennishes
1:02:45
for so long before we even meet Daphne. That
1:02:49
is not the case. I know. I don't know why in
1:02:51
my memory it was like a useless episode. I think
1:02:54
there's so much good stuff here. My complaint
1:02:59
is that there's so much plot. I don't think we
1:03:02
need all this plot in one episode. Like, maybe
1:03:04
Bae doing, like, the artwork and Sean and Catherine
1:03:09
deciding to, like, go full custody mode. Yeah,
1:03:13
I think it was from an era of TV where all pilots
1:03:16
had to be like that. You had to have a pilot
1:03:19
that, like, hooked executives enough to order
1:03:22
a whole season. So, like, if you'll notice when
1:03:24
we watch the next episode... They probably filmed
1:03:27
the pilot like six months before they filmed
1:03:29
the rest of the show. That's usually the case.
1:03:30
Yeah. I can't wait to get into the drama of it
1:03:33
all. Yeah. Tune back next week. Yeah. Next week
1:03:36
for episode two. American Gothic. Every week
1:03:40
or every other week. I don't know. Tune back
1:03:43
in to find out what we decide. Yeah. We're working
1:03:46
on this.