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Self-Deportation

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[Ron Howard] Michael had decided to leave town,

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and needed to get out of his obligation to make a movie

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-about his family. -Michael! You had one job.

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You had to get your son to sign the releases!

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Ron Howard wants to make a heartfelt father-son drama that has a good clean message for his illegitimate daughter to star in.

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Don't pull this on me! We've already reserved the soundstages and he's already started paying off

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-the Hollywood Foreign Press. -[Ron] No, they're great.

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-She's funny. -I understand all of that.

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Okay, but Rebel is part of the reason why I can't do this.

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My son is dating her, and I don't want to get in the way. If I could talk to Ron,

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-No. No. I am in charge -I'm sure he and I... of this movie right now. My ass is on the line while Ron makes a real movie in Mexico.

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-Mexico, okay. -You don't understand how hard it is in Hollywood right now.

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You have to crank out family dramas before they let you make your dream superhero movie.

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Do you have a dream superhero movie?

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I want to remake Spider-Man 2, the first one.

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Or something that at least has a hook.

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-...little girl! [screams] -Oh, God! Damn it.

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My brother Buster has something better than a hook.

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A robot hand. Okay? And there's a cop looking for him.

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-Hmm. -And they can't find Lucille 2.

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And I found Buster in the attic in scuba gear.

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It's intriguing. I think that's your movie.

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-That's your guy. -No.

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Okay, I've got his release right here.

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[Ron] In fact, it was the only family member's release...

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You're out of the movie. You're out of the movie.

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-...he hadn't destroyed. -You're out of the movie.

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You're out of the movie! Know what?

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-You're out of the movie. -Fine.

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Hey, Dad, how ya doing?

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-You're out of the movie! -[Michael] With Buster, it is not father-son, it's more mother-son.

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But if you could get Rebel to play Lucille, you know...

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If she could go that unlikable.

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So that's his release right here.

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These are the other releases. You need tape, but they're pretty clean.

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You're off the picture, Michael. I'll give you your 500 bucks.

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-I get paid? -They're Imagine dollars.

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They're redeemable in the gift shop.

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-That's Ron Howard. -Brian's on the 50.

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It's a severance thing they're doing because of Ron's need to be loved and Brian's conflict avoidance issues.

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[Ron] Michael had gotten into something he wanted no part of.

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I'm sure they've got a very old relationship.

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I could tell you stories.

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[Ron] But she wouldn't dare. And after a quick stop downstairs...

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I think I'm gonna take one Gung Ho kimono, okay?

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Oh, and maybe a Brian wig. That's fun.

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-Oh, we only sell these as a set. -[line ringing]

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They were getting very competitive.

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-Were they? -[whispers] Brian was.

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...and another call to his son...

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[George Michael] You've reached George Maharis.

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[in normal voice] Did you want that Rebel Alley hair?

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Oh. Uh, no no.

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That's... that is mine.

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-I came with that. Uh, okay. -...Michael headed home

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to tell Buster his plan for making the family come back.

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I've sent away the fumigator, and all you got to do, so we can declare you missing, is stay out of sight for about 72 hours.

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-Milford style. -Hmm?

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-I'm a Milford man, Michael. -Yeah?

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Winner of 1982's Least Seen on Campus.

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I wish I could've seen their faces

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-at the ceremony. -We just, you know, we gotta play this right and, uh, you gotta make sure you don't...

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-well, show your hand. -This is one of only two things the Army warns us about when they issue these.

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Boy, Kitty does not know what she's sitting on.

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Pal, I'm gonna call you from, uh, wherever I end up, and you're gonna be great.

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I-I just don't understand why I can't go with you, Michael.

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It's about teaching them a lesson.

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-Mm-hmm. -So... And I just,

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I got in a big fight with my son, you know.

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It was my fault. For so many years,

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I was his mom and dad, so...

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Maybe that's a role I can play in your life.

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[stammers] Don't say--

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Mom. Mmm.

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I thought you were gonna say Dad.

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-Mm-mm. -But, you know, it's a bummer that you can't come with me, Buster, but you need to stay and talk to the cops.

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[Buster] Cops? What cops?

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-Why would you bring the cops into this? -They're already looking for you.

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What? The cops are looking for me?

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-A cop, actually. -I can't be talking to the cops.

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-Listen. -I don't do good with the cops.

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I didn't do anything. I don't know what's going on.

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-Relax. -I ain't got no truck with no blue.

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Nothing to worry about.

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They're looking for Lucille Austero. They want to question you.

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Why would I know anything about Lucille 2? I hope you didn't say we were dating.

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Uh, well, I mean, you... you did live with her.

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Well, I lived with Mother. Did you think we were dating? [chuckles]

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-Question's been asked. -[whimpers]

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-Do you actually know where Lucille 2 is? -No!

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No! A thousand times, no!

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Is that what they'll ask?

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'Cause it's not like I'm gonna remember details about where I saw her and what we fought about.

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Oh, you fought?

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You kept me from Mother?

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You sent her to prison?

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[growls]

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Should I not say that?

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-I'm not good with the cops. -Right.

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What if Lucille 2 doesn't come back?

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Don't worry about that. She-- I just spoke to her today.

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-What? In person? -Yeah. Uh, no.

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On the phone. She's fine.

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Well, you could've told me that from the beginning.

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This is not about Lucille 2. This is about teaching Mom

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-a lesson, you know. -Oh.

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I mean, she just splits town and assumes I'm gonna take care of everything?

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You know, this is just a way to, uh...

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-Give Mom a little scare. -Yeah.

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Yeah. Let them race back into town and save everyone for a change.

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There's nothing to worry about.

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Just Mama's worst nightmare. Buster's missing.

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Oh, and his bath has gone cold. [laughs]

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[Ron] Buster was on board.

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Maybe have a full psych panel while you're in there, too.

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Oh, those things are so easy to beat.

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{\an8}[Ron] Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything,

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{\an8}and the one son who had no choice

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{\an8}but to keep them all together.

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{\an8}It's...

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{\an8}Having traveled south of the border,

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{\an8}George Sr. and his son G.O.B. found themselves

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{\an8}at a Mexican singles bar.

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{\an8}-It's dead. -Yeah. Second place in a row.

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{\an8}[Ron] Each looking for an excuse for their lack of heterosexual vigor.

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{\an8}Where are all the blondes? It's just...

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{\an8}[Ron] But it wasn't a blonde G.O.B. was thinking about.

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{\an8}His recent rivalry with magician Tony Wonder

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had blossomed into a kind of friendship...

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before contracting into a rivalry again.

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[both] Same.

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[Ron] Which suddenly became a...

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oh, let's say, boarding school romance.

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{\an8}Uh, this place is full of... [sighs]

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{\an8}cincos and mayos.

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{\an8}We need to find out whatever the word for ten is.

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{\an8}-Find that. -It's ten.

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{\an8}-Every culture uses ten. -Ten.

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{\an8}[Ron] It wouldn't matter if it was an 11,

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because George Sr., too, had changed recently...

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It blew off at the CVS parking lot.

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...having lost all sexual feeling of late

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-despite some very progressive therapy. -Hopi Indians believe that this spot...

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-Okay. -...when manipulated, can create sexual feeling.

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-That's my penis. -You don't have to tell me.

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[Ron] Which sent him into his crisis...

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[doctor] I can get hard, so let's focus on you.

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...of masculinity.

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Hey, these are from the ladies across the bar.

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-They're primas. -[George Sr.] Primos, huh?

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I've gotta be honest, I've seen better.

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Huh? Eh.

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{\an8}No, it means cousins.

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{\an8}One hates her father, and the other hates her grandfather.

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{\an8}[Ron] It seemed the cervezas

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{\an8}weren't the only thing being handed to the guys on a platter.

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{\an8}I don't know about you, but I'd prefer the thrill of the hunt,

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{\an8}-as opposed to... -[George Sr.] If we wait,

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{\an8}something a little better will come along.

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{\an8}Thank you.

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{\an8}Not trying to fall head over heels here.

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{\an8}Yeah. Yeah.

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{\an8}Not super eager to be, uh, missing somebody.

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{\an8}-Yeah. -[chuckles] I mean, who you love.

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{\an8}-Place gives me the creeps. Let's get out. -Yeah. It's dead.

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{\an8}[Ron] But back in America, Michael was working on a way

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{\an8}to make his runaway family return.

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So, we gotta wait about 48 hours before we declare you missing,

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-and then they put out an APB. -APB.

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"Aw, poor Buster."

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-That's nice. -Well...

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You gotta lay low long enough for Mom and Dad to hear about it.

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And, pal, I would take you with me, but truth is, I just,

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I don't know if I'm gonna come back.

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Oh. [chuckling]

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What's so funny?

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You always come back to save the family. We joke about that all the time.

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Well, I don't know what the joke is. I've been trying to do the right thing.

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[laughs] "Hi, I'm Michael, and I save everyone so I feel special, even though you don't deserve it.

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I'm leaving. I won't be coming back."

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-Buster... -"Oh!

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Look who's back.

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I thought we were supposed to go [bleeps] with a [bleeps]."

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"Mmm, you would know, Mother. You practically invented

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[bleeps] [bleeps] when you get sauced!" [gasps]

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"How dare you point that limp [bleeps] hook at me when I saved you from one!

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I can't believe I pushed you out of my [bleeps], you useless [bleeps] freak!"

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-[inhales deeply] -Covered a lot of ground there.

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Yeah.

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Although I'm glad I won't be leaving you alone.

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Oh, I'm going with you?

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No, I'm going to Mexico or something, and you gotta go to the police station.

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-Oh, right. Why do they arrest me? -They don't.

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You go to the police station 'cause you say,

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"Heard you were looking for me. Here I am."

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Oh, but you said a cop had questions for me.

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Mm-hmm. About Lucille 2.

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And I'm not gonna answer any questions, right?

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-No. Answer the questions. -When Barry says it's okay.

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Barry's not there. No attorneys. Just tell the truth.

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Okay, like, bad example,

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I saw Lucille 2's lifeless body sprawled across the stair car?

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Perfect. If that's what happened, tell them.

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Nothing to be nervous about, okay?

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Lucille 2 is probably gonna be back from whatever bender she's on.

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She's gonna be as dry as, uh... well, Lucille 1.

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I can hear Mother winking now.

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So, I got some groceries. These are gonna have to last.

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You already got into the candy bears, huh?

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[Buster] This is literally one of only two things the Army warns about when they issue these.

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-Let me help. -I think they spent

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$27 million on the wrong guy.

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Don't you say that about you. Well...

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Maybe you do say that. Maybe that's important to say.

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[Ron] And certain his mother would have to return

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to take responsibility for this particular son,

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Michael went to say goodbye to his own.

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[knocking on door]

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-[phone vibrates] -Ooh.

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Hey, I am outside your door.

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I was this close to telling you. You inside?

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[Lucille 2] Hi, it's Lucille Austero.

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-No! -I've been looking for you.

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-Note, I mean. -[Lucille 2 chattering]

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I know, I'd left you a note,

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-and, can you hear me? -[Lucille 2 continues chattering]

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Hello? Hello? Here we go again.

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Getting disconnected.

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This is why you always... leave a note.

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Always leave a note.

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Where's that from?

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[Ron] Michael discovered a note he'd already written.

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[Michael] "Are you avoiding me? Ha ha.

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Leaving town for a while. Love you.

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-Michael Bluth." -[Ron] It worked well.

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But perhaps if Michael had taken a few seconds

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to write an original note before leaving town,

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he would've run into George Michael, who was coming to see him...

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only to come across a cousin he didn't recognize.

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-Hey. Know if anyone's home? -[Steve] Uh, yeah, Buster's in there.

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But if you're looking for Michael, you just missed him.

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-[sighs] -Oh, so much for apologizing.

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I'm telling you, he's moved on.

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-Okay? You should, too. -[Steve] I just found out my dad went to Mexico without telling me.

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[chuckles] Welcome to the shitty parents club.

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-No, no, we don't have kids. -No.

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[Ron] Although there was a kid

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that Maeby was eager to get away from.

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You know, Mexico sounds far from Perfecto.

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So that's perfect. What do you say? Screw it!

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No rules. Anything goes.

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[Ron] A rebounding George Michael found the offer intriguing.

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-Just the cousins. -Mm-hmm.

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[Ron] Which turned out to be...

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-Primos! [laughs] -...this crew.

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-Why do you keep yelling that? -[laughing] Stop it.

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Ah.

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[Ron] Not far away, Michael was also heading to Mexico.

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And after taking care of one last bit of business...

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[Michael] It's Buster Bluth, that's right.

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Uh, yeah, I'm completely sure he's been gone 72 hours.

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As a matter of fact, his bath has grown cold.

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So that's, uh, an alarm bell right there.

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[Ron] ...Michael was ready to hit bottom

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-and go off the map. -[Michael] Thanks so much.

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[Ron] But that's hard to do

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when you're driving a car that makes maps.

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[Michael] No pictures, thank you!

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Put your phones down. We take the pictures.

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[Ron] When the fleet of recovery vans arrived

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from the search engine Michael had been working for,

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he discovered that the car that takes the pictures

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-was no longer under his control. -No! Window up.

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-Window... -Hi, I'm Dave from Mapping.

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She's Lisa from Traditional Search.

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-And that's Jeff. -I'm Jeff from Earth.

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-Hi. Hi, guys. -[Dave] We heard we had a runaway ostrich, and, uh, we need you to return the car.

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Oh, yeah. Sorry. Am I under arrest?

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Oh, no. They never arrest the drivers.

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They do come down pretty hard on the cars, but it's cheaper to just retrain the people instead.

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It sounds super futuristic and dystopian, but it's really not.

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[Ron] Earth was right.

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Because once he had been escorted back

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to the impressive campus of company headquarters,

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Michael found himself settling into a new

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and generally carefree life,

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one that couldn't have been farther

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from the bottom he'd forgotten about hitting.

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-[Michael grunts] -[Ron] Ironically, Michael's son

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had also experienced car troubles in Mexico,

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and he wandered across his grandfather's deserted land

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hoping to find a spare tire...

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Can't believe you didn't know who I was.

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-...and lose a third wheel. -Well, there's nothing we can say.

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I wouldn't blame you if you took off and you don't come back.

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Nah.

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Primos stick together.

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Oh. "Cousin." It means "cousins."

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-That makes sense. -[gunfire]

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[horse neighs]

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[Ron] But the land proved not to be deserted, after all.

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[men shouting]

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[Ron] And as the menacing horsemen descended on the travelers,

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George Michael found himself tempted

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to bring up his dust allergies...

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-We got a lot of dust. -...but hinted at them instead.

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And they would soon discover...

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-You are not welcome here. -[horse neighs]

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Oh, so sorry, we j-- Our car broke down.

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We thought we might find somebody we know.

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My grandfather owns this land.

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That is not what the sign says.

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Mr. Efe 

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I am the elder here. This is our land.

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And you would be wise to never be seen here again. Strum!

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[strums guitar]

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Now, if you'll excuse us, we must say buenos días.

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-Vamos, vamos. -Play the guitar, old man!

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-Strum! Strum! -[playing guitar]

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[Ron] And George Michael asked the question anyone might.

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Who were those scary, handsome Mexicans on those magical horses?

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They just looked like old white men to me.

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Oh.

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We should probably get out of here.

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Yeah, I mean, I've got a big job on Monday, anyway.

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I was gonna have to leave early, and I didn't know how to tell you.

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But now we can just all go together.

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[Ron] And that's when he saw his opening.

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Never.

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Never. Are you...?

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No. I mean, we're Bluths.

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We're gonna stay. Maeby, too. We're...

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The two of us are gonna stay.

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[Ron] And soon, being with his cousin was no longer

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-an obstacle... -[George Michael] Crazy asshole.

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...to George Michael's hope of being with his cousin.

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I was wondering how you were gonna get rid of him.

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-Was I that obvious? -I just know that you don't like standing up to people on horses with guns.

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No, I never really was that guy.

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-Let's find a bar. -Okay. Yeah, I'd love that.

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[Ron] And so, after getting out of their dusty clothes,

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the two did just that.

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And George Michael

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was soon getting a real feel for the people.

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Hey. You're not gonna believe this.

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I met these guys that are actually from Orange County.

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And two of them also go to UCI.

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Two of them are named Noah, but not the two that you'd think.

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-Cool? -Really cool.

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They're staying here, renting a place while they do this language course.

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We could stay with them.

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I'm thinking about heading back.

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N... Wait, look.

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If this is about me firing you from Fakeblock, there's something you should know.

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Fakeblock doesn't actually exist.

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Are you telling me that the software that's supposed to keep people's computers unhackable and keep any kind of information private doesn't exist?

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How did you find out?

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It was easy. I just looked in your computer under "Secrets."

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Oh, you looked in my "Please Don't Read" folder?

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No, that one was empty. I found it in "Just Odds and Ends."

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Great, you got past my double bluff.

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It's okay, George Michael. You worry too much.

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Yeah, that keeps me up at night, actually.

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I just feel like I gotta move on with my life, you know?

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Find some meaning.

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Get going with my own goop.

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Goop? What is goop?

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If you have to ask, you probably don't know what it is.

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I don't know what it is.

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I feel like maybe you don't know what it is.

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Maybe it's "go-op"?

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To me, that would make less sense.

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Maybe that's what "go-op" is.

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Not everything always making sense.

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[Ron] It isn't.

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Meanwhile, George Sr. and G.O.B. continued trying

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to out-goop each other.

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I won't tell Mom about all the ladies you're [bleeps] if you don't tell Mom about all the ladies I'm [bleeps].

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Whoa, whoa, whoa. Look at that one coming up.

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Where, where? Oh, my God.

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Oh, she's hot. She's so hot. Dibs!

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No, no, no, Daddy saw her first.

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-Daddy dibs. -She got a friend or...?

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She's got a friend! That's a friend?

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[G.O.B.] Bush. Trash bag and bush.

00:17:18

-Thought it was a woman. -Yeah.

00:17:20

-Like, hunched over, right? -Yeah.

00:17:22

Like, with the... I wanted to do her so bad.

00:17:25

Wow. I mean, I... And I really liked her friend.

00:17:27

Me, I liked her, too.

00:17:33

-That was a ten-gallon Hefty sack? -Oh, yeah.

00:17:36

-Yeah, a ten. Definitely a ten. -Yeah. Yeah. Nice.

00:17:40

I like.

00:17:41

I like... a ten.

00:17:45

[Ron] And Lucille, at the behest of her court-mandated therapist,

00:17:49

-was struggling to make sense of things. -Am I horrible for saying these things?

00:17:53

No. But I was doing the math, and I still think you're gonna have a problem with this final "raped murderer."

00:18:00

But who cares about him?

00:18:02

Oh, this is pointless.

00:18:04

How many more sessions do I have to endure until I'm done with...

00:18:08

-no offense... you? -[chuckles]

00:18:10

Legally, two. But I am in the family.

00:18:15

I mean... this is my family.

00:18:20

My daughter is divorcing you. This is it.

00:18:23

I'm confused by the word "it."

00:18:25

Are you implying that you don't want to see me anymore?

00:18:28

I'm confused by the word "anymore."

00:18:32

There are many things I can do for this family.

00:18:34

You've lost touch with your daughter. Put me in, for God sakes.

00:18:37

-I thought this was my time. -It is your time. Yes, yes.

00:18:41

But as your therapist, I'm pointing out that I know that you build these walls to keep out, for instance, your surviving children-in-law.

00:18:47

Oh, don't talk to me about walls.

00:18:50

That's why we're in this mess.

00:18:52

My husband buys land so we can get a contract to build a little something on the border.

00:18:56

A-a wall.

00:18:58

And we did everything right.

00:19:00

[Ron] Well, not everything.

00:19:02

They did buy land on the border...

00:19:04

-You live here? -...to sell back to the government.

00:19:06

-The check. -[Ron] And they paid off

00:19:08

-a politician... -I am gonna put this on my wall.

00:19:10

...to stir up xenophobia.

00:19:11

We have got to build a wall between us and Mexico.

00:19:15

-Yeah, yeah. -[Ron] Of course, they made

00:19:17

-a few rookie mistakes. -I bribed Love to get the wall, and I don't have the land to build it on!

00:19:23

[Ron] Well, they had it.

00:19:24

It was just on the wrong side of the border.

00:19:26

Which they might have known had George's brother Oscar

00:19:29

-not burned the signs. -It's okay to burn these?

00:19:31

Well, this is America. They don't want us to burn signs, they shouldn't write 'em in Spanish.

00:19:36

[Ron] And so, Lucille did what her own government might do.

00:19:38

Who better than the Chinese to help us build a wall, right?

00:19:41

-[Ron] She borrowed from the Chinese. -That's good enough.

00:19:44

-[crying] -[Ron] Of course, none of this

00:19:46

-was okay with the woman... -How dare you?!

00:19:48

-...who owned a majority stake... -Lucille...

00:19:50

-...in the company. -...Two

00:19:51

I can't be running a company that's building a wall

00:19:54

I campaigned against!

00:19:55

[Ron] And with their politician out of the race,

00:19:57

their future looked bleak.

00:19:59

So, unless some angel descends on a golden chariot, we're completely over-leveraged.

00:20:04

And maybe you don't want to get hurt because, as I say, hurt people... hurt people.

00:20:13

Oh, that's nice.

00:20:15

I always say, "Make people cry, make people cry."

00:20:19

But yours includes the people who don't want to give you the satisfaction.

00:20:23

[Ron] Tobias decided to err on the side

00:20:25

of Lucille keeping him on as a therapist.

00:20:28

You know what, let's lock that in there.

00:20:30

And I'd say we've made some real good progress today.

00:20:32

Yes. [chuckles] I really think this is working.

00:20:37

Swimming!

00:20:38

Hurt people, hurt people.

00:20:41

[Ron] Lindsay had also made it to Mexico,

00:20:44

and was enjoying the fact that men were more respectful.

00:20:46

[bartender] Puta Night is Thursday.

00:20:49

-That's so nice. No, I'm not. -[Ron] That was based on her belief

00:20:53

-that "puta" meant "young." -No. Puta.

00:20:55

[whispers] I try to stay out of the sun.

00:20:58

[Ron] And that's when she saw what appeared to be

00:21:01

-a Mexican version of her father. -[Lindsay] Oh, my God.

00:21:04

Lindsay. What are you doing here?

00:21:06

Guess I just had to get away.

00:21:08

I was just ordering lunch. Can I buy you lunch?

00:21:10

Oh, yeah. I'm so hungry, I could eat.

00:21:12

[Ron] Lindsay's daughter, meanwhile,

00:21:13

discovered that her trip back home...

00:21:15

-This is as far as we go. -...took a detour.

00:21:18

[Maeby] Oh.

00:21:20

-You live here? -No.

00:21:22

These people have nothing.

00:21:23

We are lucky. We have next to nothing.

00:21:26

We are helping these people because nobody else will.

00:21:28

They've been kicked out of the only country they've ever known because of the cruelty of your president...

00:21:33

Barack Obama.

00:21:35

Their old country is their mother, new country is their father.

00:21:38

Imagine if your mother and your father did not want you.

00:21:41

So, you're trying to, like, teach them a lesson or...?

00:21:43

We're volunteers.

00:21:45

Who did you think the water was for?

00:21:47

Oh. [chuckles] I thought you were just trying to get me to give you a higher Uber rating.

00:21:54

[Ron] And Maeby decided to stay and help.

00:22:00

George Michael, meanwhile, settled into a different kind

00:22:03

of "south of the border" lifestyle.

00:22:05

[George Michael] Mexico.

00:22:07

It's like being in the Spanish dorms of the UCI sister campus in Spain all over again.

00:22:13

[Ron] He was noticing subtle differences in the cuisine.

00:22:16

God, the salt is different here.

00:22:17

It's fatter or something, right?

00:22:19

-We're from Orange County. -[Ron] He reached out to locals.

00:22:21

Dude, I'm from San Diego. They want everyone to think we're Mexican.

00:22:24

-My name's Noah. -[Ron] He met another Noah.

00:22:26

-[George Michael] Noah, get over here. -[Ron] Noah met another Noah.

00:22:29

-[laughs] What up, dawg? -[Ron] And soon five,

00:22:31

I want to say, indistinguishable Americans

00:22:34

-had Mexico on its heels. -You didn't know this was Noah?

00:22:37

-[Ron] They saw foreign films. -I'm glad someone had the guts to give the Minions their own movie.

00:22:41

It's great because it's subtitled in Spanish, but we don't have to read. It's in English.

00:22:45

If you don't want to see 'em, you can block 'em.

00:22:48

[Ron] Started trends.

00:22:53

They discovered charming native communities...

00:22:57

{\an8}where local artisans peddled their wares.

00:23:02

-[George Michael sighs] Mexico. -[Ron] Adopted customs

00:23:05

like the midday break, or siesta.

00:23:08

Yes! Who left the air conditioning on?

00:23:11

-Oh, me. I never left. -[Ron] And while George Michael

00:23:13

-was enjoying his status quo... -[George Michael] Why'd we go out?

00:23:15

...Lucille was on the verge of an emotional breakthrough

00:23:19

that could possibly change her life.

00:23:21

...and our whole life is turned upside down.

00:23:23

This is my time. Your session ended.

00:23:26

-[Ron] That's when she heard something... -[shushing]

00:23:28

...that would definitely change her life.

00:23:29

[reporter] ...candidate descended the escalator into the lobby.

00:23:32

I will build a great, great wall on our southern border.

00:23:36

-[crowd cheering] -Which was my idea!

00:23:39

And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.

00:23:42

-[applause] -Okay.

00:23:45

That is a clever twist.

00:23:50

{\an8}[Ron] Michael had been at Search for a month.

00:23:52

{\an8}In that time, he'd developed himself physically...

00:23:55

{\an8}And then lunge. Duck, sweep the leg, lunge.

00:23:57

...been given a new company car.

00:23:59

Ted, I think you see your daughter coming.

00:24:01

You're not expecting this, but she's coming in hot

00:24:03

-with a right... -[Ron] He'd gotten to teach a class

00:24:06

he'd successfully persuaded management to try out.

00:24:09

Mona, I know your husband's down, he probably needs medical attention, but you got another son on your flank.

00:24:14

And, everybody, we're going to duck, sweep the leg, and lunge.

00:24:17

And he comes back again. And we sweep the leg and lunge.

00:24:20

That's great. Everybody put down your cactus.

00:24:22

Let's all huddle up. Okay, now that you're loose, we're gonna do some Mom Attacks Son, we're gonna do Dad Attacks Daughter, and then we're gonna do Dad Attacks Mom...

00:24:30

[Ron] But he still felt something was missing from his life

00:24:32

-when he found a way to satisfy a dream. -[Michael] Wow, satisfy an old dream.

00:24:36

Boy, do you really have to spend 1,000 bucks on the gear, though?

00:24:39

-Not if you have your own. -Mm.

00:24:41

Yeah. Yeah, well, not here, but I could drive home and get it.

00:24:46

Course, I could see my family.

00:24:47

[Ron] A family Michael hadn't seen in some time.

00:24:50

So he decided...

00:24:52

Ah, what the heck. For 1,000 bucks, it's worth the risk, huh?

00:24:58

[Ron] Michael returned to a model home he left in some disgrace.

00:25:02

And he wasn't particularly proud of what he did next.

00:25:05

[in Spanish accent] Hola. Window cleaner!

00:25:12

[Buster] I shall be neither seen nor heard.

00:25:14

-[Tobias] I blue myself. -[Lindsay] It's vodka.

00:25:16

It goes bad once it's opened.

00:25:18

[G.O.B.] I heard the jury's still out on science.

00:25:20

-[Ron] It was an emotional moment. -[Michael] Window cleaner!

00:25:24

[Ron] Until right at the end there.

00:25:27

And that's when he found a letter from Lucille 2.

00:25:40

[in normal voice] She forgave the debt.

00:25:43

[Ron] And feeling bad that he'd been forgiven by someone

00:25:46

he wanted to forget, he decided to thank her in person.

00:25:54

But, tired of hiding, he decided

00:25:56

-to say hello to his own family. -Hello?

00:26:01

[G.O.B.] Speech! Speech!

00:26:02

[Lucille] You're my third least favorite child.

00:26:04

[Buster] ...like a Motherboy Ball.

00:26:06

[Ron] And when they weren't home, he found himself missing them.

00:26:09

[George Michael] I should ask if she wants to get pre-pre-engaged.

00:26:13

-Lucille 2? -[Lucille] I want that pie covered.

00:26:16

-And not with your face. -Hello?

00:26:18

-[squeals] Told you he'd come! -[George Sr.] Hey!

00:26:21

-It's on, it's on, it's on. -[excited chatter]

00:26:24

-Look at him fighting me! -G.O.B.!

00:26:25

-I haven't seen you in a year! -It's been two months. Get your hands off.

00:26:28

Oh, yeah? What's the last thing you remember us doing?

00:26:31

-What do you remember? -What? No.

00:26:33

[thud]

00:26:36

-[George Sr.] Enough! -[Ron] Michael Bluth

00:26:38

-gets up. -A lot of hands down there.

00:26:40

-They weren't my hands. -[chuckles] Oh. Okay.

00:26:42

Harmless bathhousing amongst brothers, yes?

00:26:45

-[chuckles] -[Ron] And George Michael dips his toe

00:26:47

-into the Mexican nightlife. -Guys, it's 9:00.

00:26:50

Gives us 30 minutes till they shut down that last machine at Pinkberry.

00:26:53

-[overlapping chatter] -[George Michael] Mexico.