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Clips from Z: The Beginning of Everything - Just Humans (S01E01)

So what do your people do up there?

"So what do your people do up there?"

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Fail, mostly.

"Fail, mostly."

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I beg your pardon?

"I beg your pardon?"

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Daddy, this isn't a deposition.

"Daddy, this isn't a deposition."

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I'm simply asking.

"I'm simply asking."

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My father was a salesman.

"My father was a salesman."

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He was never much good at it.

"He was never much good at it."

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He had a talent for disappointment

"He had a talent for disappointment"

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that made me even more determined to succeed.

"that made me even more determined to succeed."

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At what?

"At what?"

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Scott's a writer, Daddy. I told you that.

"Scott's a writer, Daddy. I told you that."

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And writing is a real job?

"And writing is a real job?"

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- I write poetry. - My point exactly.

"- I write poetry. - My point exactly."

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And I write a column for the newspaper.

"And I write a column for the newspaper."

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I get a paycheck every week.

"I get a paycheck every week."

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Last time I checked, I was still supporting all of you writers.

"Last time I checked, I was still supporting all of you writers."

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Well, I guess the only one who does anything of value around here is old Dick.

"Well, I guess the only one who does anything of value around here is old Dick."

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Now, baby, that's not nice.

"Now, baby, that's not nice."

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How much money do you make anyway, Daddy?

"How much money do you make anyway, Daddy?"

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I'm sure Scott would like to know

"I'm sure Scott would like to know"

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what a person gets paid to do a real job.

"what a person gets paid to do a real job."

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I agree with Judge Sayre.

"I agree with Judge Sayre."

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Writing is not a real job.

"Writing is not a real job."

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Now until you get paid for it.

"Now until you get paid for it."

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But I plan on getting paid a lot for it some day.

"But I plan on getting paid a lot for it some day."

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As soon as Scribner's publishes my first novel.

"As soon as Scribner's publishes my first novel."

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That's right.

"That's right."

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Now, Mark Twain,

"Now, Mark Twain,"

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he was a millionaire.

"he was a millionaire."

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And Theodore Dreiser,

"And Theodore Dreiser,"

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they were voices of their generations.

"they were voices of their generations."

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You are going to be our next Mark Twain?

"You are going to be our next Mark Twain?"

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No, sir.

"No, sir."

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I'm going to be the next F. Scott Fitzgerald.

"I'm going to be the next F. Scott Fitzgerald."

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Well, your father didn't care for me.

"Well, your father didn't care for me."

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Ah, he doesn't care much for any boy that comes courting.

"Ah, he doesn't care much for any boy that comes courting."

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Most boys are too scared to talk to old Dick.

"Most boys are too scared to talk to old Dick."

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And yet, knowing that,

"And yet, knowing that,"

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you threw me right in there anyway.

"you threw me right in there anyway."

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Well, after the professors of Princeton,

"Well, after the professors of Princeton,"

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your father is a whoop and a holler. I like him.

"your father is a whoop and a holler. I like him."

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If I were the judge, I would lock you in a tower

"If I were the judge, I would lock you in a tower"

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- like a princess. - He already has.

"- like a princess. - He already has."

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What do you think Montgomery is?

"What do you think Montgomery is?"

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It's a good place to be from.

"It's a good place to be from."

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No buts about it.

"No buts about it."

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Well, hello, there, Zelda.

"Well, hello, there, Zelda."

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Hey, John Sellers. Hi, y'all.

"Hey, John Sellers. Hi, y'all."

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This is Lieutenant Scott Fitzgerald.

"This is Lieutenant Scott Fitzgerald."

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You got a cigarette for me, John?

"You got a cigarette for me, John?"

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How long you in town for, Lieutenant?

"How long you in town for, Lieutenant?"

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No telling.

"No telling."

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I'm expecting my orders any day.

"I'm expecting my orders any day."

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Scott's a writer. That's what he does

"Scott's a writer. That's what he does"

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when he's not defending

"when he's not defending"

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our country's honor.

"our country's honor."

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One of those Yankee highbrows, huh?

"One of those Yankee highbrows, huh?"

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I went to college, if that's what you mean.

"I went to college, if that's what you mean."

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John Sellers was just telling us

"John Sellers was just telling us"

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about the new car his daddy just got him.

"about the new car his daddy just got him."

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A Franklin Touring, slick as all get-out.

"A Franklin Touring, slick as all get-out."

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Cost more than $3,000.

"Cost more than $3,000."

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Well, whoop-dee-doo.

"Well, whoop-dee-doo."

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Isn't there anything more interesting

"Isn't there anything more interesting"

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to talk about than motorcars?

"to talk about than motorcars?"

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Lieutenant Fitzgerald's going to think

"Lieutenant Fitzgerald's going to think"

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we're all a bunch of asinine clodhoppers.

"we're all a bunch of asinine clodhoppers."

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The thought never crossed my mind.

"The thought never crossed my mind."

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Come on. Let's scoot before we get comfortable.

"Come on. Let's scoot before we get comfortable."

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You have a lot of friends.

"You have a lot of friends."

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When I was 6, my mother threw a birthday party for me.

"When I was 6, my mother threw a birthday party for me."

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Invited every child in school.

"Invited every child in school."

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No one came.

"No one came."

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- Not even one? - Nope.

"- Not even one? - Nope."

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Not one.

"Not one."

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I ate the entire chocolate cake

"I ate the entire chocolate cake"

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all by myself.

"all by myself."

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And several candles.

"And several candles."

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Oh, you are a heartless woman, Zelda Sayre.

"Oh, you are a heartless woman, Zelda Sayre."

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I'm sorry,

"I'm sorry,"

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but that is the most deliciously sad story

"but that is the most deliciously sad story"

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I've ever heard.

"I've ever heard."

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Well, don't be too sad.

"Well, don't be too sad."

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I made up for it in prep school.

"I made up for it in prep school."

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I was quite popular.

"I was quite popular."

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Voted Most Blond.

"Voted Most Blond."

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Come on.

"Come on."

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Evening, Zelda.

"Evening, Zelda."

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Evening, Mr. and Mrs. Weaver.

"Evening, Mr. and Mrs. Weaver."

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I went to school with her granddaughter Delia.

"I went to school with her granddaughter Delia."

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Does everyone in town know you?

"Does everyone in town know you?"

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Pretty much.

"Pretty much."

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Okay.

"Okay."

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So tell me something that I should know

"So tell me something that I should know"

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about you, Zelda Sayre.

"about you, Zelda Sayre."

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Hmm. I'm extremely talented

"Hmm. I'm extremely talented"

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at talking my way out of trouble.

"at talking my way out of trouble."

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Oh. Are you now?

"Oh. Are you now?"

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And, uh, I've played hooky

"And, uh, I've played hooky"

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from high school nearly every day

"from high school nearly every day"

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and still managed to graduate with a high B average.

"and still managed to graduate with a high B average."

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- Hmm. - And there's my lips.

"- Hmm. - And there's my lips."

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They're quite famous.

"They're quite famous."

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Rumor has it I have the most kissable mouth in town.

"Rumor has it I have the most kissable mouth in town."

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By the look of it, I can't disagree.

"By the look of it, I can't disagree."

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That's not exactly a virtue in this town.

"That's not exactly a virtue in this town."

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Everybody knows everybody else's business.

"Everybody knows everybody else's business."

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It's exhausting.

"It's exhausting."

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You want to know what I think?

"You want to know what I think?"

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I think that these people that supposedly know you

"I think that these people that supposedly know you"

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don't know you at all.

"don't know you at all."

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Oh, really?

"Oh, really?"

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Yes.

"Yes."

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I look at the bluebloods trying to impress you

"I look at the bluebloods trying to impress you"

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with their cars and their legacies.

"with their cars and their legacies."

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But they don't have the faintest idea

"But they don't have the faintest idea"

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of who you really are.

"of who you really are."

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And you're different?

"And you're different?"

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We move and breathe in the same world, Zelda,

"We move and breathe in the same world, Zelda,"

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and it's not Montgomery, Alabama,

"and it's not Montgomery, Alabama,"

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