Episode 2x4 - "Good Grief"
Director: Jeff Melman
Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything...
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and the one son who had no choice...
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but to keep them all together.
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Michael was adjusting to his new position as vice president...
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which meant doing the work of the president, his brother Gob.
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- Michael. - Hey.
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So, did you see the new Poof?
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His name's Gary, and we don't need any more lawsuits.
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No, I was talking about the magazine- Wait. Gary's gay?
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- Yeah. - Uh-oh. He's gonna think I was coming on to him.
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You've got a nice mouth.
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I'd kill for that ass.
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Okay, the chair's not doing it now...
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but lately it's been giving out as soon as I lean back.
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Anyway, I was talking about Poof magazine, the magazine for magicians.
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This guy Tony Wonder bakes himself into a loaf of bread and pops out of a giant sandwich...
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to feed the troops.
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I had that idea 10 months ago.
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- You had that idea? - Well, basically.
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I was gonna boil myself alive into a chowder and then be ladled into a giant cauldron...
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- to entertain and feed the firemen. - That's pretty close.
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I should be in this Poof!
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- Michael Bluth. - He found him. Ice found your father.
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Michael recently had hired a bounty hunter...
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to track down his fugitive father.
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- Wh-Where? - He's coming over here at 5:00 to tell us.
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But he wants to get paid first.
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Dad goes back to jail, I can be cleared, I can be president again.
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And I'm halfway to getting out of this office and into a steaming bowl of soup.
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- Everybody wins. - Yeah.
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Oscar, close it. You look like the window of a butcher shop.
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- Thank God I can finally get rid of him. - I'll see you at 5:00, Mom.
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Michael then headed down to the frozen banana stand...
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where his son was supposed to be working.
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It just seems like every time we wanna be together, your father comes along-
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Hey, guys. What's going on? Why's the banana stand closed?
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Oh, Ann came to see me, so I thought I'd take a little break.
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- Can we talk about this later? - Sure. No problem.
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Just, let's keep the phone on. Okay, pal? Great.
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Hey, you.
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See? That's a perfect example of how your father's always interrup-
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I'm sorry.
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- Hello. - Hey, buddy. They found your grandfather.
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- That's what I wanted to tell you. - That's great.
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- I didn't wanna say that when you were talking to Egg. - I'm still talking with Ann.
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Oh, she's still goin'? Listen, I'll talk to you later. I'm very excited.
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That's good.
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I think we should break up.
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The bounty hunter, meanwhile...
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was eager to impress the family attorney.
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I cannot believe that you made these.
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Indeed, Ice had always bounty-hunted to support his first love-
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party-planning.
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And Lindsay was still hoping to score a date with him.
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I don't suppose you'd be interested in catering an affair with me.
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Well, when you get a full guest list, let me know.
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Why can't I do this anymore?
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That's got to bother you, huh, Dad?
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- I mean, she's flirting right in front of you. - Hmm? Oh! No.
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I am surprised, though, that she's going after somebody so similar to my own type.
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But I suppose we all do expose our inner desires, don't we?
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I think you just did.
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No, I didn't.
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Is there any way I can divorce them?
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Oh, sure. It's called emancipation.
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But you've got to prove that you're living in an unstable environment.
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Both my parents are trying to have affairs. Of course, they haven't succeeded yet.
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If they do, I could have you out of this house, on the street, in a month.
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- Sweet! - Mm-hmm.
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Soon, Michael arrived, and Ice began his presentation.
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When word got out that he was building houses for Saddam Hussein...
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he escaped to Mexico where, as you know, he was arrested and interred in a local prison.
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Until he was killed by this guard.
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Body was held for six days within the prison walls when-
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- I'm sorry- he killed a guard? - No, the guard killed him.
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He's dead. Buried in Mexico.
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Uh, h-hold on. How do we know this is true?
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Because I have here his dental records, his death certificate...
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and a political cartoon from a leading Mexican publication.
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Okay, again, I'm a caterer...
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so if you do have any family events- weddings, wakes-
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I'll leave my card.
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Is it true?
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Is he really gone?
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- Ow. - Just checking.
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These are his teeth. He had such perfect teeth.
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- It was that Glisten. - He swore by that Glisten.
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"Who left the cap off my- Glisten?"
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It's all hitting me now.
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This is really happening.
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All this awful funeral stuff!
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The will. We have to get the will.
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I don't know if enough time has passed. I don't know what I'm saying.
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Is it in your car, Barry? I'm gonna throw up!
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Check the car, Barry. I don't know what I'm saying!
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The will is not here.
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The will is at my office, next to the hot plate with the frayed wires.
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I didn't, uh- It wasn't-
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In fact, Barry had lost George Sr. 's will.
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How did I get here? Oh, my God, Lucille. He is gone!
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We have to have a wake.
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Maeby was upset, but saw a chance to fix up her mother.
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Maybe we could get Ice to cater it or something- I don't know what I'm saying!
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- We don't even have a body. - I will be my father's body.
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I'll be the one buried.
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Because he loved magic so very much.
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- I don't think Gob knows what he's saying. - I know exactly what I'm saying.
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I will be buried in my father's place...
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and then, one week later, I will emerge from the grave...
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in one of the greatest illusions ever!
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- This about getting into Poof? - I mean, how does that not get me a cover?
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Buster!
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- We can't tell him about this! - I think the boy's been lied to enough.
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You weren't here for the parakeet, Oscar.
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As a child, Buster had a beloved parakeet...
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who, after landing on their housekeeper Rose's wig, flew away...
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when she took out the trash and into a transformer.
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When Buster found out, he destroyed the family's kitchen...
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believing this to be where Rosa lived.
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- Whoa. - What are you doing home?
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The army had half a day.
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- Are you guys planning a party? - Yes.
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It's your father's birthday, which, coincidentally, is... my birthday.
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Because you're twins.
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Well, I've got some shopping to do.
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George Michael, meanwhile, had just been broken up with...
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by his first girlfriend...
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and was on his way home.
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- And he went to his father for comfort. - Dad?
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I've got some bad news.
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What? What? Is Ann telling everyone?
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It's your grandfather.
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- Apparently, he's dead. - Are you okay?
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Yeah. Yeah, I think so.
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Uh, I'm sorry. What were you saying about Ann?
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Nothing. I just- I broke up with her. It's no big deal.
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- Really? - Yeah.
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- Are you okay? - Me? I'm great.
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- Yeah? - I'm great.
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Good. Yeah. She wasn't for us.
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No, she's- she's a great girl.
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- For those other guys. - You think there are other guys?
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I don't know what I'm saying. Come here.
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Hey, Brother.
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- You wanted to see me? - Buster, yeah.
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I need you to help me with this illusion I'm working on.
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Oh, for Dad's birthday.
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Yeah. For Dad's birthday.
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So, look, I'm gonna get in this coffin.
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What I'm gonna need you to do is to spin it around...
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to show everybody that there's no trap door.
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Then I'm gonna escape out the trap door.
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- Ooh! - You close the trap door...
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bring in the pallbearers and bury an empty box.
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So it's a hoax.
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But why are you doing a coffin trick on Dad's birthday?
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Black humor.
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Say, "Hey, Dad, look at you. You're... a year older...
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and a year closer to death."
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Oh, yeah, I guess that's kinda funny.
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Okay, but you have to do a favor for me.
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I'm not really in the army, and I told Mom I was...
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but I can't go to a family event without an army uniform.
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- Oh, yeah. I used to be a stripper. - Strippers don't wear clothes.
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Not at the end of the show.
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You can wear stripper clothes when you're not stripping?
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You tell me.
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George Michael went for a walk in the adjoining lot...
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to grieve both losses in private...
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and he made an interesting discovery.
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- Pop-Pop? - Hide me.
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Don't turn in Pop-Pop. Help Pop-Pop.
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George Michael snuck his grandfather into the attic and helped him clean up.
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- Wow, they're perfect. - Years of brushing with Glisten.
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Listen, you can't tell anybody I'm up here.
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- You have to protect me. - Yeah, I know.
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- I just- I can't not tell my father. - I'm your grandfather.
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- I went through hell to get here. - He had.
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After being arrested, he found a loophole in the Mexican judicial system.
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I have, uh- I have money.
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The Mexican authorities...
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even attempted to fake his funeral...
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although it was a less-than-perfect deception.
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Anyway, I was halfway down to Panama, and I saw something in the local paper.
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What he saw was a story...
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about his wife giving mouth-to-mouth to a homeless man.
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She was kissing his brother.
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Well, I understand what that feels like. I was dumped today.
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I can't tell Dad how upset I am about it because he'll think I should just be upset about you.
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- He wouldn't be wrong. - What?
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Seems like we're going through the same thing.
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- Why don't we keep each other's secrets? - Yeah, okay.
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Listen, if you pass a mini-mart, Pop-Pop gets a treat?
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The next morning...
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- Michael ran into his son doing something suspicious. - Morning!
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- Hi. - Where are you goin' with that food?
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I was just gonna eat some of my grandfather's favorite foods in my room.
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It's the form that my grief is taking.
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Okay.
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I think George Michael's hiding Ann in the attic.
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From who, the Nazis?
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No, his girlfriend, from me.
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I just caught him sneaking up to her in the attic...
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and he clearly did so because he thinks I don't approve.
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I think I'm gonna invite her to the wake.
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Why make him hide? Why do to him what-
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Why do to him what Dad used to do to me?
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He was so amazing.
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That was actually an example of how not so amazing he was.
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You're really going through something here, huh?
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I know!
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You know, it's funny- all those years when I pretended to cry...
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I used to use Dad's death to get me going.
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I tried it with Mom's, but I'd just end up smiling and ruining it.
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But it feels, like, real. You know?
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And you haven't really allowed yourself to grieve much at all, Michael.
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My relationship with Dad was much more- much more complicated than yours.
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It was predicated a lot on secrets and lies. There wasn't a lot of trust there.
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Here he comes.
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Here comes John Wayne.
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I'm not gonna cry about my pa.
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I'm gonna build an airport, put my name on it.
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Why, Michael? So you can fly away from your feelings?
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You can keep 'em bottled up, but they will come out, Michael.
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Sometimes in the most unexpected-
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Hey, where the- Are my hard-boiled eggs?
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Meanwhile, Gob was preparing for the illusion ofbeing buried alive.
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Boy, you sure got this hole dug out quick.
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In fact, the laborer had been hired by George Sr. Three days earlier...
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for the same hole.
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And Buster searched for the perfect card.
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"Someone wanted to send you a birthday greeting. See you soon!"
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Oh! That is wicked.
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And soon, the wake that Ice had catered began.
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- What are you doing? Is this what you're wearing? - My father's dead, Maeby.
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Yeah, but you're not, and Ice is right there.
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Maeby knew that if she could get her mother to have an affair...
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she could emancipate.
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All Pop-Pop ever wanted was to see you with another man besides Daddy.
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You're right.
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You know what?
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I'm gonna throw on a skirt, take off my underwear and make your Pop-Pop proud.
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Let me ask Barry. That might be enough right there.
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Is Oscar wearing my suit?
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Hey-
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You tell my brother you don't wear a dead man's pants.
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Shame on him. And you say that to him. You say, "Shame on you."
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- Okay. - Say it to me like you're gonna say it to him.
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I'm probably not gonna say it to him.
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Okay.
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Look at her down there. Does she look sad to you?
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- Oh, my God. That's Ann. - Who?
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It's the girl who ripped my heart out...
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the girl whose face will always be etched in my mind.
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Her?
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She's really funny.
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Well, let's hope so.
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Don't forget the chicken wings!
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Hey! Ann! You're here. That's great.
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- I wasn't sure whether you got my message. - It wasn't a message.
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- We talked. - Uh, Ann?
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Did Dad invite you?
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I figured life's too short. You two care for each other. Why throw that away? Huh?
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Huh? Okay.
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- Do you think we really do? - A father can tell. Okay?
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It's as Ann as the nose on Plain's face.
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And Buster arrived...
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dressed in the military outfit Gob had procured for him.
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- What the hell are you wearing? - It's all regulation, Michael.
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To get the top right, the pants had to be a little snug.
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To get the top right, the pants had to be a little snug.
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Is there a birthday gift pile? Hmm?
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A birthday gift pile?
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Michael recalled what Buster did to what he thought was Rose's car...
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with what he thought was Rose's favorite toy.
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Hey!
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- Yours is the first. - And the most wicked.
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Get him out of here. We can't let him know it's a wake.
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Buster!
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Let's go get that coffin ready to be buried.
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And so the family gathered to remember George Sr.
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If anyone would like to say anything about Dad...
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now's the time.
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- Anyone. - Anyone?
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Perhaps my son George Michael would like to say something.
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Huh? Wanna share your feelings? Eh?
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- It's okay to cry, pal. It's okay. - Yeah?
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Wow. He's really gone.
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But I think that ifhe was here right now...
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I would probably tell him that it all worked out...
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and that, um...
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I'll be bringing you some salmon rolls right away...
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in... heaven.
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How many times I gotta tell this kid chicken wings?
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Lindsay got up to speak in an outfit her daughter had chosen.
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My father meant the world to me.
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Wipe, Mom. Give it a wipe.
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That's a home run.
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And finally, Michael got up to speak.
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Ice, can we- can we just cool it on the smoothies for right now?
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There are smoothies?
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I could never trust my father.
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But I always want my son to be able to trust me...
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so from now on...
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we're always gonna be honest with each other.
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Okay?
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'Cause there's nobody I love more than you in this whole world.
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Michael, listen, can we move the eulogy outside...
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so I can time being lowered into Dad's grave with your big finish?
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- I'm done. - Wow. That was your eulogy?
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Glad Dad wasn't around to see that.
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- That was great. - Well, I meant it.
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So no more secret trips up to the attic. Right?
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George Michael didn't want to betray his grandfather...
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but it appeared his father already knew the truth.
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- I have Pop-Pop in the attic. - What?
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The mere fact that you call making love "pop-pop" tells me you're not ready.
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Hey! Before we lose the sun!
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Come on.
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The speeches we heard today are nothing more than words.
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But I will prove that I love my father more than anybody.
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Buster!
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Stop it!
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As you can see, this is a normal coffin.
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Take me halfway around.
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I will become my dead father's body...
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as I am lowered into his grave.
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- All right. Spin it back around. - Dead father?
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Is he de- Dad's dead?
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Just keep it together, Buster, and spin this back around.
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Something's gone wrong.
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How about that?
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Michael noticed something in the dirt.
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Glisten.
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And suddenly he realized what his son meant when he said he had Pop-Pop in the attic.
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Dad? Dad.
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How you doin', Michael?
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Uh, hey, but your father's alive, Michael. He's alive.
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- How could you do this to us? - I had no choice.
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My brother is with Lucille. She's destroying the family.
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You put the entire business in peril, you escape from prison, then make us think you've died?
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L-l-I'm an innocent man, Michael. I'm a patsy.
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L- I signed some documents- I thought they were gonna kill me.
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Don't turn me in. Okay? Can you help me out?
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Well, I'm not gonna let you stay here and make my son an accomplice. Okay?
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I'm sorry. I'm not gonna let you spread your guilt to him.
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Ice, my mother has something to tell you.
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- I find you very attractive. - She cleans up nice too. Trust me.
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Uh, I think I'm finally off the clock.
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I'm out of here, right?
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Hi. Dad's alive. He's hiding in the attic.
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- He's upstairs? - Oh, my God!
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Dad?
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He's gone.
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Stack the chafing dishes outside by the mailbox. I'm on the job.
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I can't seem to give this away.
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I can't believe it! And I just found the will!
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Can someone explain to me what's going on?
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Thanks, Mikey.
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Yeah. Well, now it's our secret.
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And Michael met up with his son, their roles now reversed.
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I'm sorry. From now on we'll just tell the truth to each other.
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- We're gonna try. - Yeah.
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- So you actually did break up with her? - She broke up with me.
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The great thing is, she was so moved by what you said tonight that we're back together.
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- Ah! - Yeah!
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Oh, is that great.
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Well, we're family, and we stick together, huh?
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Hmm.
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Okay, let's go dig up your uncle.
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On the next Arrested Development...
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Buster finds out about the death of Captain Kangaroo.
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Michael grows weary of caring for his father.
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No, Pop-Pop does not get a treat. I just brought you a- pizza.
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And Gob finally makes the cover of Poof magazine.
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