Louie

I was watching a program about the--

People on other planets.

You know, I don't really care anymore.

Like, I'm sure there's probably people on other planets.

I just don't-- I don't care.

I'm not curious anymore about the wonders--

The wonders of the universe.

What are the origins of the--

I don't care.

I feel like I know enough things.

I don't need any more.

I mean, go ahead and tell me, hey, did you find out--

We found out, and it's all-- Universe is a cupcake.

All right, fine, I don't care.

All right, that too, now.

But I'm not dying to know about people on other--

Like, these people on the radio are being very intelligent

and they're saying there's certainly life on other planets,

certainly intelligent life, and we're out there looking.

And I think, you know what? Let's not--

Let's not go looking.

Let's not go--

Maybe we'll bump into 'em, but let's--

I don't think there's a good version of

the "we found another planet of people" story.

There's very few good versions.

'Cause it's a whole-- It's not like it's just gonna--

It's us and then just one alien.

We found one guy!

There's us and there's this one guy.

So it's gonna be a whole planet of another kind of people

and it's not gonna be good, 'cause they got their own--

'Cause we're very, like, egocentric.

We think that if there's aliens,

they're gonna come and they're gonna be like,

"Hey, you guys, we're the aliens.

"We're totally--

"I mean, you're, like, people, but we're just aliens.

"Like, we're part of your experience,

so whatever we can do to make this enjoyable for you."

I mean, even if they're way ahead of us,

there's no way they're perfectly exactly the same.

So either they're way ahead of us,

which means we are automatically someone else's South America.

Like, immediately, we're going to be the South America planet

of some America planet.

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I don't know, I-- I guess I feel like I don't--

I'm not that good anymore at--

At, like, navigating between the good and the bad times.

And...

I just don't know how to live a life anymore.

I don't-- You know, and it's-- it's scary.

Because I'm not that great anymore at coming up with

a reason to keep trying.

And I've started to feel something that, it's like--

It's like a depression,

but it starts to feel like maybe it's like,

sort of like a real depression.

And then I'm like...

Oh, my God.

I'm a-- I'm a boring asshole now.

That's what I-- I'm boring.

Oh, God damn it.

* Help me along please

* Help me stay

* Let the man within you...

* Asked me to cry

* I told the world I loved her... *

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Yes?

Hey, Marina, it's Louie.

I'm Jane's dad.

Oh. Yeah, hey, Louie.

What's up?

The class potluck is tonight, right?

Can I still-- Can I still come?

You never come to potlucks.

Yeah, but I just--

I wanna come. What can I bring?

Can I-- Can I make fried chicken?

Uh...

You know what?

If you could make a dessert,

that would be...

Yeah, but I don't really know--

I don't know any desserts, how to make any.

Can I please-- Can I just make fried chicken?

Uh... yeah, sure.

That'll be a really big help.

Okay, great, see you there.

Great, okay. Bye, now.

What an asshole.

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* You told me you'd stay

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Mmm.

Thank you.

Are you here for the potluck?

Yup. Okay, great.

Oh, hi. Potluck?

Potluck. Come on.

I'm glad you guys were late, too.

I'm not the only one.

No, you're fine.

Isn't it amazing outside?

Yeah, it's really nice.

Welcome, welcome.

Joe's-- Tidings to you all.

Come in.

Good to see you.

Thank you.

Oh, hi.

Hi. I'm Kate.

Oh, I'm Louie.

Yeah, what'd you bring?

That's fried chicken.

Hey, fried chicken, everyone!

Oh.

Okay.

How you doing? I'm Louie.

Oh, hi, I'm Bianca.

Hi, Bianca. Bruce.

Bruce, hey.

I'm Jane's dad.

I feel bad, I don't-- I don't know anybody.

I used to always know everybody,

you know, when she was in second grade,

I went to all the stuff, so I knew all the parents.

But I got two kids now, so.

Who's-- Who's your-- Which kid is yours?

We...

Well, I have a daughter.

Gretchen. She's 17.

Oh, okay. Yeah, totally.

So what circle do you tide from?

Sana!

Tokati va!

Sulee batta toorah!

* Sanna tonah...

What is the first question that we ask of one another?

Why are we here?

See chennel.

* See channel

What is the second question that we ask of ourselves?

Where do we come from?

Patro narta.

* Patro narta

What is the fourth question that we ask of ourselves?

When will we know?

Birabba manni.

* Birabba manni

What do we say when we know ourselves?

I, uh...

I'm really--

Again, I'm very sorry that I intruded.

Mistakes can be made. Forgive yourself.

Okay, I just-- I--

It was 2A I was supposed to be in.

That's two floors down. Right.

I just-- It was a potluck.

Yeah, I see. And mine was also--

It's okay.

Okay, well, I'm really sorry.

Again, forgive yourself. Sure.

Good night. Okay.

Oh, the chicken. The chicken.

Ugh.

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Oh. Hi, Marina.

Hey. Sorry I'm late.

Come on in.

Here's the fried chicken that I made.

Oh. Yeah, right.

Well, here we are.

Oh, okay.

It's pretty much over here, but...

It's nice to...

Dinella, what are you doing?

Wow, this is good.

Mm-hmm.

Oh. Hi, Louie.

Hey, Jackie, hey.

Does Jane take violin? I saw her with a violin.

She does play violin.

Where? After school?

Actually, she's--

Because Checkers is gonna start playing the violin