(peaceful music)
- [Monica] Observation, the rubus idaeus,
or the American red raspberry,
is a delicate plant that bears fruit
for only a few weeks.
The berries used to grow all over my backyard,
but then suddenly,
they disappeared.
I wanted them to come back, so I planted four seedlings
inside of a hydroponics terrarium.
I hypothesized that if I nurtured the plants
using mechanical stimulation, the berries would grow again.
I applied five strokes daily using a claw.
I put them inside this closed system so no other variables,
like the sun, the rain, or the soil would affect them.
(paper crinkling)
(rain splattering)
- [Manoj] I would like to make a balance transfer.
Yes, your notice in the mail.
Zero percent APR.
That's correct, right?
Uh, fifty grand.
For six months, yes.
I completely understand.
Yes, um.
No, I want to transfer the balance.
Absolutely, that's right.
- Um, Dad?
- What? - Something's wrong.
- [Manoj] Why is it leaking from up there?
What did you do?
I'm sorry, I think I'm going to have to call you back.
- I didn't do anything, but I can fix it.
- [Manoj] You can fix it?
How?
Ah!
Oh God, go get your mother!
What happened?
- [Monica] Mom!
- [Manoj] Nandini!
- [Monica] Mom!
- [Manoj] Clear the things off the shelf!
- Okay. - I need a wrench!
- Somebody... - Oh, the cake!
- [Manoj] Ah, I'm getting soaked!
Where's your mother?
- [Monica] Mom!
Oh, no!
What happened?
- Here, just, just help me!
- [Nandini] What?
Oh God!
Under the sink?
- [Manoj] I know, I know!
- [Nandini] There, it's up there!
- [Manoj] Trying to find the shut off now.
- Where's my cake?
(shouting over each other)
- Gina, get some towels!
Gina, get towels!
Call someone, now!
- Nandini, where's the toolbox?
(offbeat music)
Give me a towel!
- It's going everywhere in my kitchen!
What are you doing?
- I'm trying to plug the water!
- You're not even on it!
- It doesn't work, Mom! - You haven't even put it on!
- Go to the valve upstairs!
Call Amrish!
- [Nandini] Amrish?
What is he going to do?
- [Monica] Mom!
- [Nandini] Please get out of the way!
- [Manoj] Give me a towel.
(sighing)
- You were right, Nandini.
The rain really isn't helping.
So, I'm no expert here, but...
- We know.
- Hey, at least he stopped the water.
- Because you couldn't.
- All I wanted to say was,
there's definitely some corrosion in the kitchen pipes.
You might have to replace them.
- Wait, couldn't we just splice new piping
into the corroded part?
- So, Manoj, are you guys using Drano,
like, every day or something?
- Well, a little, you know. Just, um, here or there.
- I was using it on my toilet every day.
- Amrish!
Uh, thanks for all your help.
- Oh, hey, I love doing this stuff.
It's kind of like my hobby.
In fact, I can come back tomorrow and...
- No, no, no.
I mean, we'll see.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
- Okay, cool,
but remember, these chemicals might seem
like a quick fix, but they're really
just a Band-Aid solution... - Okay, uh, thank you, Amrish.
I'll see you out, all right? - Okay.
Bye, girls.
- Say goodbye to Amrish.
- Bye. - Bye, Amrish.
- [Manoj] That's right, around 50,000.
Yes, um, if that's okay.
- Why don't we just ask my brother for help?
What's the big deal?
- [Manoj] Right, absolutely, great, thank you.
Okay, I will.
- We're all suffering because of your mistakes,
and now this damn plumbing thing.
- Babu Patil said he will help for free.
- Oh!
Thanks, but no.
- So dramatic.
- Dramatic?
That's what you said last time when you brought him over.
- Everything will be okay.
Please, just trust me.
- Hey, my new invention, it has promise.
I'm setting up some meetings, and.
(bell ringing)
- Studies have shown that physical contact
can benefit people in so many ways.
So, I ask myself, is it the same for plants?
I hypothesize that, yes, human touch can accelerate
the growth of raspberries.
(applauding)
- Great job, Monica and Zachary.
Touch therapy.
A robot that reads mood.
(clicking)
Both projects showed excellent vision,
but I can only nominate one for the regional fair.
Please come forward, both of you.
Ms. Monica Shah,
you're the first runner-up.
And Zachary, congratulations!
(applauding)
It was a close race.
A tough choice for me.
Okay?
(melancholy music)
(laughs) Faces.
All right, let's open our books.
Our reading explored botanist Luther Burbank's
theories around.
- [Sarah] Zach's so full of himself.
Your project was way better.
- [Monica] My berries are gonna grow.
They have to.
(phone beeping)
- I don't think she's gonna be able to get this one.
Look at this.
- Hi, I'm Mr. Ratty!
- Yeah, hello, Mr. Ratty.
Okay, you've got five seconds.
Two seconds, Monica.
(dramatic music)
I can sell this game, Monica.
- I know, Dad.
- Come on, time for bed.
How's that brain of yours, huh?
(light clicking) (door creaking)
- Perfect blend
of East meets West.
Infuse your macaroni with a bit of cumin and chili.
So cliche.
(water droplets plunking)
(upbeat Indian music)
(sighing)
- It's only been six months.
I need this job!
- You know how it is.
The higher-ups wanna cut costs and speed up production.
- Look, at least give me one more month, eh?
Please.
- Between you and me, they've already hired
three guys in India at half your salary.
- Well, look, I'm happy to work with them.
- Hell, Manny, you may as well move back to India.
That's where all the jobs are. (chuckles)
(dramatic music)
- [Plumber] Okay, now, turn it on.
Off again.
- What's going on?
- I couldn't stand the mess.
- I told you I could get some free help this weekend.
- I called my brother.
- You did what?
- I called my brother.
You didn't do anything.
It's dripping all day.
How can I work?
- So now I have to pay him for this?
- [Nandini] The house is falling down!
- [Manoj] You could've waited 'til the weekend!
- [Nandini] Look at the mess!
- [Manoj] You think we can afford this?
- [Nandini] Stop yelling!
- [Manoj] I'm yelling because you're just
annoying the shit out of me!
- [Nandini] You know what? I don't want to talk to you!
- [Manoj] Spending money like
we have no tomorrow, you know?
- [Nandini The house is falling apart.
The roof's falling apart.
What are we going to do?
- Fighting?
Again?
- Your mother always has to point out the negative.
Nothing I do is good enough.
- Stop it, Manoj.
- I mean, why can't she be positive?
Remember how we have two beautiful and bright daughters?
Eh?
Gina, Gina with her soccer, and Monica getting
straight A's and winning every competition that she enters.
(dramatic music)
♪ I don't know where love grows ♪
♪ I can't say what coaxes it away ♪
♪ When it's here ♪
♪ I feel it ♪
♪ I never doubt ♪
♪ It's real ♪
♪ Real ♪
♪ Oh oh ♪
♪ Mm mm ♪
- Toss it in.
- How much?
- Taste it, sense it, feel it.
(spices clinking)
More.
Ah.
(spices clinking)
Ah.
- Hey, Dad.
You look nice.
- [Gina] Yeah, where are you going?
- Just work.
So, um, what happened with your science project?
It's okay.
You don't have to tell me.
Just make sure you analyze how you can do it better
the next time. - Can we eat in peace?
- I'm talking to my daughter!
Learn all you can from your mistakes.
It's the only way that dreams will happen.
You fail and you fail and you finally succeed.
It's the American way.
(dramatic music)
I have to go.
Aim even higher next year.
- Methods, it's clear that I need
to take serious measures if I want
to change the experiment outcomes.
So, instead of applying five strokes daily,
I'll now double the amount and apply ten strokes daily.
It is this scientist's goal to elevate the results
of this project quickly and diligently.
Maybe then, Dad will be happy.
- How's it going, Zachary?
It looks great.
- It's, uh, coming along nicely.
Uh, I could adjust the skin temperature.
- It looks great.
I think, take the next few weeks to perfect it
and I think you've got a real shot at first place.
That's great, keep up the good work.
- We'll win, of course.
Those other projects don't even come close.
- Sorry about the regionals, Monica.
I know you put a lot into this.
- Actually, I wanted to ask you about something.
- Sure.
- I checked the Tri Counties Regional Science Fair website,
and it says that if you, the teacher, sign my form,
then I can nominate myself and compete as an independent.
- Hm, really?
- It says, "Any student may compete on their own accord
"as an independent, provided that at least
"one faculty member signs off."
I'll work hard, redesign my project
so I can get stronger numbers.
Please?
- (sighs) I need to check with the department on this,
but I'll get back to you, okay?
Wow.
- Hey, James, how are you?
I was just out, um. (laughs)
I was just checking out your new educational games.
You know, DigiToys, is, I think, these are
the guys I'm going to hit.
(car engine revving)
(offbeat music)
(chattering)
- Oh!
(cheering)
- Something a bit cleaner with a more subtle.
No.
Professional?
You're paying me eight grand.
May as well spend two more and hire.
It's terrible, like, like some brown goddess
of packaged masala mysticism.
(windchimes tinkling)
(dramatic music)
- [Manoj] Hey, you guys pick some of those berries, eh?
- [Gina] Okay, okay.
- [Nandini] And I'll make something really yummy
for us to eat, okay?
- [Manoj] Thank you.
- Should I get some more?
- [Nandini] I'm gonna take those
raspberries and I'm gonna take these raspberries,
and I'm gonna put 'em all together and I'm gonna
make a curry.
There's so many!
- [Manoj] Shall we pour them in here?
(speaking over each other)
Oh look, 'cause these are washed absolutely now.
(laughing)
(windchimes tinkling)
- They're not coming back.
- Who?
- The berries.
They're not coming back.
- I have to tell you something.
- Yeah, sure, anything.
- But you can't tell anybody.
- I promise.
- It was weird.
- What?
- I saw Dad.
- [Gina] Where did you see Dad?
- At the video store, in the middle of the day.
- [Gina] We should tell.
- [Monica] Just wait until Dad comes home.
(keys clinking)
- Hi, honey.
How was work?
- It was fine.
- Really?
- [Monica] Gina!
- [Gina] She had to know!
- Okay, fine.
I lost my job yesterday.
(dramatic music)
- Were you even going to tell me?
- [Manoj] Humiliate me in front of my daughters.
- [Nandini] Were you even going to tell me?
- Of course!
I just wanted to have a plan, and,
and I, I had some very promising meetings today.
- [Nandini] We are in serious trouble.
- Which is why I have to sell this game.
You know, it's the quickest and the easiest way
for us to get out of this mess.
- There's an even easier way.
(sighing)
You, you have no faith in me,
or in anything I can do.
You know, I don't need any more handouts
from that bastard brother of yours!
- You are so stubborn! And you won't ask for help!
You won't deal with our problems!
You're totally worthless!
- Worthless?
Well, what about you, huh?
Nagging like a 70 year old grandmother,
and your constant antagonism.
"Manoj, you can't do this right,
"you can't do that right!"
Can't, can't, can't!
Can't do a damn thing!
Why don't you go and live with that brother of yours?
- What's the purpose of family if they can't be there?
Better to owe him than the bank.
- I can take care of us!
- Then why don't you?
- I am trying!
I just need some focused work time,
where I can concentrate,
get away from all your negativity!
I can't stand to be around you!
- Leave, then.
- Okay.
I will.
You tell the girls I love them.
- Wait!
Manoj!
(engine revving)
- What's happening?
- Mom, where did he go?
- When is he coming back?
- [Nandini] I don't know.
(dramatic music)
- And Nandini, Nandini's fine. (mumbles)
Thank you.
- [Man] Okay.
(melancholy music)
- Hey.
Where do you think Dad went?
- Away.
To sell his game.
- When do you think he's coming back?
- I'm not sure.
- What?
- When the berries grow,
Mom and Dad will stop fighting.
I know it.
(hammer thudding)
(flower crunching)
- Excuse you.
(sighing)
It's too bad.
It's gonna be okay.
- Good morning, Zachary.
- Hello, Tomodachi.
- You are mad.
- It's just.
Dad doesn't get me.
Did you hear what he said this morning?
(laughing)
- Tomodachi?
What a loser!
Sorry, Ms. Bradlee.
- Hi, Monica.
- So, did you talk to everyone?
- Yes, I did,
and, you know, we all agreed, it's just fine.
It's totally within the rules
to compete as an independent.
- I'll just beat her.
Again.
- Her raspberries are more relevant than you'll ever be.
- Enough, folks!
Monica, you need to be ready
to show your work in six weeks.
- Thanks!
(tense music)
- That is absolute.
We can hire another designer, keep the costs low.
All I want is something that's classy.
What's the big?
Fine, fine.
Forget it, forget you people.
Shitty company anyway!
So incompetent!
Just!
(paper crinkling)
Ah!
(dramatic music)
- [Gina] Where is she?
- [Monica] I don't know.
- Did she leave, too?
- I don't know.
- Mom!
Mom!
- Manoj?
- No, Mom, it's Monica and Gina.
- Yeah, we thought you left.
- It's four o'clock.
- I'm hungry.
- They dropped me from the roster.
There's not a damn thing I can do about it.
The second half of my advance?
(chuckles) Gone.
My book?
Gone.
- I'm sorry, Mom.
- Yeah.
- And your father, poof!
Gone.
I've screwed everything up.
(sighing)
- [Monica] Too bad we're not 16 yet.
- Yeah.
I can't wait until we can go anywhere we want.
- Where would you want to go?
- I don't know.
Sometimes I think anywhere but here would be good, but.
(melancholy music)
- Hey.
Don't wait up for me.
I'm staying at Tom's.
- Again?
- (laughs) You'll be fine.
- You've been gone every night of this week.
- I work hard.
I deserve a night out.
- Gina.
(groaning)
Come on, we're late for school.
- I'm sick.
- You're not sick.
You're fine.
- [Gina] Stop!
- [Monica] Gina!
- [Gina] Get out!
- Whatever.
(groaning)
- Yeah.
You know I like those.
Yeah, purple.
(knocking)
Oh, I gotta go.
- Hi, I'm here to see Mr. Erickson.
- [Receptionist] Your name?
- Uh, Shah.
S H A H.
- [Receptionist] Name's not here.
- Right, um.
I was just dropping off some software for a game.
- [Receptionist] This is DigiToys.
You just can't leave unsolicited software
lying around, dude.
- Could I at least, I could just go inside and, uh?
- [Receptionist] Nope.
Can't do that either.
- Right, um.
Well, could I maybe just leave it here?
- [Receptionist] Can't do that.
- Okay.
Okay, you know what?
I'll call.
- [Receptionist] Yeah, have a good day.
- Okay, thank you, bud. - Have a good day.
- I'll see you later.
(keyboard clicking)
- Whoa!
What happened?
How's your project going?
- I didn't do anything.
If something's wrong with the stupid weeds,
it's because your experiment needs serious work.
It's based way too much on soft evidence
and mushy-gushy feelings, rather than actual research.
(dramatic music)
(door creaking)
(game pieces rattling)
- How long is this gonna go on?
I mean, look at Gina.
She's out of school because of you.
- Not me.
Him.
(sighing)
(phone buzzing)
- [Manoj] Monica and Gina,
I'm far away, selling my game.
Miss you.
Not sure when I'll be back, but must take action now.
Please help your mother,
and take care of each other.
(sighing)
- [Monica] Day One, a recent disturbance to my plants
has made this experiment a failure.
All progress made over the past two months has been lost,
and the plants are dead.
The results are inconclusive.
The nature of the disturbance is unknown,
though this scientist has some idea of what happened.
So, I've redesigned the experiment.
Four rubus idaeus seedlings
that Ms. Bradlee gave me will be planted
in a cove of the forest.
I chose the location so light, water, and soil conditions
are equal, and I'll no longer use the claw,
only human touch.
I'll apply ten strokes daily on the two plants
in the experiment group and none on the control group.
- [Sarah] Little more?
- Yeah.
(metal clinking)
For now we'll do ten times on the experiment group, okay?
- I'm glad we're outside because that inside thing.
- Yeah, it wasn't working.
- Maybe you should try strawberries.
Just 'cause the raspberries grew in your backyard...
- No way.
Raspberries are the perfect mix of sweet and sour,
the good and the bad in one.
- But they're not growing.
- That's the funny thing.
Raspberry bushes are almost like weeds.
They grow anywhere.
They multiply, spread all over,
but the berries, there has to be the right mix
of sun, and rain, and, and soil for them to grow.
- They're impossible.
- Yeah, but when they do grow, it's magic.
(dreamy guitar music)
♪ Could there be any finer place ♪
♪ When the elephants are in space ♪
♪ Could there be any finer place ♪
♪ When the elephants are in space ♪
♪ Pink and white and gray mostly ♪
♪ So peaceful, almost ghostly ♪
♪ Pink and white and gray mostly ♪
♪ So peaceful, almost ghostly ♪
♪ Floating, floating, floating, floating ♪
♪ Floating away ♪
- Oh, you got groceries!
(chips crunching)
- Gina, you're gross.
- So?
- So, you can't just sit around like this.
- I can if Mom can.
- Mom's a grown-up.
She can do what she wants.
(Gina groaning)
But...
but, for you?
(Gina groaning)
Come on!
- Why?
- 'Cause I'm telling you to!
- I don't wanna go.
(knocking)
(shouting)
- [Sarah] Eww, let's go.
- No, I don't wanna take a shower!
- One, two. - I don't want to!
- Three!
- No! - All over you!
- [Gina] No, stop!
(shouting)
I'm not dirty!
- Wash off.
- [Monica] You're filthy!
60 seconds, okay?
- [Gina] I took a shower last week!
- Okay, now close.
Okay, now open.
(car engine humming)
(tires screeching)
(door slamming)
- You said that you would never!
What's she doing calling all the time?
- [Man In Jacket] None of your goddamn business!
♪ Could there be any finer place ♪
♪ When the elephants are in space ♪
♪ Could there be any finer place ♪
♪ When the elephants are in space ♪
♪ Pink and white and gray mostly ♪
♪ So peaceful, almost ghostly ♪
(gentle, dreamy music)
- [Monica] Day six, no flowers, no berries.
Plant height is at six inches.
Stem diameter is still at .3 inches.
Leaf cover remains the same with no new stems,
shoots, or flowers.
No news from Dad.
Mom is still sad.
(groans)
- Hey.
- What?
- Come on, I need your help.
- With what?
- Clean all of this and hand me the broom, okay?
I'll sweep, you clean.
(peaceful music)
Throw this away.
- I am not touching that.
- Just wash some dishes.
(water splashing)
- Here, Monica.
(laughing)
Good cereal.
- Thanks for taking a look at the game.
- Of course.
I'll, uh, I'll make some phone calls, see what I can do.
- That'd be great.
Well, it looks like you're nicely set up here, eh?
- Yeah, if you wanna work for the man.
- Huh, right.
- Hey, uh, what happened with you guys?
Everything seemed fine.
- Things have been bad for a long time.
But with the kitchen, everything got even worse.
- You guys'll be all right, right?
- I don't know, Amrish.
Things are definitely
broken.
(dramatic music)
- An emotion is a physical reaction to an outside event,
but a feeling is something much deeper.
It's how we experience the world in our own unique way.
Now, our feelings are partly stimulated
by several chemicals in the brain,
but we also feel things based on what?
Yes, Zachary!
- [Zachary] Our surroundings.
- Yes, our surroundings greatly influence
the way that we feel.
- I'm not hungry.
- Me neither.
- I'm done.
(water droplets splattering)
(water running)
- Ugh.
It's still leaking.
- [Sarah] Doesn't your dad wanna fix it?
- He, he's really busy with work right now.
- [Gina] Hey, I could fix it.
- No, Gina.
Gina, don't even try.
It might just get worse.
Don't, Gina,
you have to get down.
- [Gina] I wanna see if I can fix it.
- Gina, get down.
You're gonna break something.
- You're not the boss of me.
- Gina, get down!
- [Gina] No.
- Come on, get down!
- [Gina] No!
(screaming)
(thudding)
(Gina whimpering)
- [Monica] Mom!
- Gina, are you okay? - Mom, where are you? Hurry!
Gina?
- [Nandini] I'm so upset.
I don't know how everything got to this point.
She hit the ground so hard.
- I'm glad Gina's okay.
- I feel so bad they're suffering.
- We're going to make it right, Nandini, we are.
Sorry about the book.
- It's okay.
I've mourned for long enough.
Time to move forward.
- Tell, tell the girls that I miss them.
- I'm sure they'd love to hear it from you.
- [Manoj] I will call.
- When?
- When I have secured this family's future.
Until then, it's pointless.
- It's not fair.
- I'm doing all of this for them, for us.
I want to prove to you all that I am not worthless.
- Wait a minute.
Go our separate ways?
I know.
We're fine without you.
It's not that we need.
Of course we want you here.
- Day 12, the vines are .85 inches taller,
and there is some new leaf cover.
A scientist is supposed to make predictions based
on empirical evidence,
but only three more weeks until the fair,
and still no results.
What if they don't grow in time?
I heard Mom telling Dad we don't need him anymore.
What's wrong with them?
(paper crinkling)
- Mom made pancakes.
- Awesome.
(sighing)
(students chattering)
- Just do it.
The coffee will help.
(offbeat, comical music)
More.
Okay.
Okay, ready, set.
Okay, now go!
Ready!
Okay, now stop!
- Tomodachi can now use body temperature
and gestures to read mood, too.
(applauding)
- [Bradlee] Are you okay, Monica?
- Who, me?
- [Bradlee] Yes, you.
- Yeah, I'm okay, why?
- [Bradlee] Carry on.
- Good morning, Zachary.
How are you today?
You are mad.
You are sad.
You are happy.
Sad, mad, glad, angry, mad.
(laughing)
(robot sputtering)
- Tomodachi!
(beeping)
- [Bradlee] Okay, can you turn that thing off?
(beeping)
- It's Monica's fault.
- Settle down, everyone.
All right, Zachary, I'm sure Tomodachi
will be just fine after some small fixes.
Okay, everybody, listen now.
Listen to Monica as she presents her project.
She's competing as an independent this year.
- [Sarah] Chill.
It's fine.
Go on.
- So, I decided to change a major variable
in my experiment design.
I decided to grow the bushes in their natural environment
rather than inside.
Honestly, I've already noticed
that the plants from outside
are much healthier than the ones that are grown
in a hydroponic terrarium.
The leaves are healthier.
- This isn't based on numbers.
It's soft...
- Let her finish, Zachary.
- The stem diameter is much greater.
- Yeah, right!
- This experiment takes patience.
- How 'bout the berries?
Any flowers yet?
- I'm confident they'll grow.
(dramatic music)
(upbeat music)
(door creaking)
Mr. Hooper?
Hi, I'm Monica.
The one with the raspberries.
- Raspberries?
- Yeah, you grew some seedlings for me.
- Oh, yes, yes.
The seedlings in the trash.
Terrible.
- Thank you for your help.
You make it look so
simple.
But I'm not gonna get any raspberries.
- Oh?
- I've gone through the scientific method
and changed the design, varied the number of strokes
and placement.
It just seems like.
(sighing)
- Scientific method, huh?
- Yeah, I'm sure I'm doing it right.
- Can I ask you a question, Monica?
- [Monica] What?
- Why do you love your raspberries?
- What do you mean?
- I mean, why do you love 'em?
Why do you care about 'em?
- I'm trying to win the science fair,
show that if you touch them a certain way,
they will grow.
- Well, see, that's your problem.
- What do you mean?
- This forest,
the plants, the trees,
the soil is alive.
It's living and breathing.
You can't measure life.
You have to feel it.
- Wow.
- Life.
Funny thing that way.
- [Monica] Yeah.
(car engines humming)
- Hello, yes.
My name is Manoj Shah.
I have a game, a math game.
It's specifically made for hand-held devices.
- Hi, hello.
Um, my name is Nandini Shah, and I'm a freelance writer,
and I'm looking to pitch some food stories.
- Yes, it's a fantastic game, a great idea.
- Recipes, features.
- Flash memory, for all ages, but mainly for children
in grades five, six, and seven and eight.
Yes, Manoj Shah, that's right.
- Yes, Nandini Shah.
Yes!
- Oh, you're looking for things now?
- Yes, uh, yes, they will.
Indian from India.
- Well, maybe could I at least come by and drop off?
- Right, right.
Nothing right now.
- Right, right.
I, I absolutely understand.
Yes, yes, I can hold.
- Oh, okay.
And who should I send that to?
Right.
Great.
- Day 24, I started this experiment
with a hydroponics terrarium and got no results.
I redesigned the project and moved the plants
to their natural environment,
and still have gotten no results.
Clearly, I have to try something different.
Mr. Hooper says I have to sense it, but how?
What is it I'm looking for?
Maybe it's time to stop measuring
and try something different.
(peaceful music)
(leaves rustling)
- [Dylan] I like the whole fusion thing. It's, it's good.
- [Nandini] Thank you.
Thanks so much for getting back to me.
- Well, you had me on page one
with the strawberry-mango lassi.
I traveled all over India and Nepal.
Love that stuff.
- Which was your favorite?
- India or Nepal?
- Lassi.
- Oh, the, uh, the strawberry-mango.
- Oh.
Right.
Uh, sorry.
- I definitely think there's a market here.
- Great. I mean, I don't know what kind of deal
you're thinking of, but I'm open to any kind...
- Okay, okay, hold on.
You're moving at the speed of light.
- Right.
Sorry.
- Here's the deal.
We're an indie press.
Usually, people pay an upfront fee
to have their books published here.
- Oh, right.
I, I don't think I could put up anything.
- We also put out this magazine,
where we feature cooks like yourself.
We take ten of your original recipes, and we print them,
and we pay you $3000.
- Really?
- If people respond well to the recipes
and we get enough pre-orders,
then we can publish a book.
It's nothing fancy, but it's,
it's still a book.
- Wow. I really thought I was done with this book thing,
but this is...
- Uh, there's, there's a caveat.
- Yes?
- I have to taste the food first.
- Oh. (laughs)
That's no problem.
You come over to my house for lunch.
- Uh, you could just leave some at the office.
- Oh, no, no, no.
Lunch at my house, please.
- Okay.
- [Nandini] Great.
- Strawberry-mango lassi?
- Strawberry-mango lassi.
- [Dylan] Wow!
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
Hey, Amrish.
You got me the meeting?
An old friend
from college?
Pitch to you both?
Great!
No, no, that's, that's great!
That's, that's great!
Thank you!
Thank you, Amrish!
Thank you!
That's fantastic!
(upbeat Indian music)
(laughing)
(singing in foreign language)
♪ I'm warped ♪
♪ I think I left the block ♪
♪ It's all coming on top ♪
♪ Wickedest sound from the dancing rock ♪
♪ My girl and me make tunes so hard ♪
♪ You and ♪
(light, cheerful music)
♪ I'll see you on the block ♪
(singing in foreign language)
♪ Arrest me, charges ♪
♪ When we watching ♪
♪ Look at him, he's trying to enlarge it ♪
♪ Can't do it how we do it ♪
♪ Can't rinse it how we rinse it ♪
(singing in foreign language)
(Manoj humming)
(can clicking)
(Manoj sighing)
(oil hissing)
- So, did they hire you?
- [Nandini] Not yet, but if this lunch goes well...
- Why does this guy have to come to our house, anyways?
- Because he might help me get a job and publish my book.
- Does Dad know about it?
- No.
We'll tell him if it works out.
(dreamy music)
- Why?
Why did he lie?
Why did Mom lie?
Why did they lie?
All I ever wanted to do was make them happy,
but now they don't care about us.
Now they're living away from each other.
- The flavors remind me of my days in Mumbai.
It's, uh, it's incredible.
- Bombay Manchurian's one of my favorites.
- Yes.
It combines so many complex tastes
into one succulent experience.
(laughing)
- Girls.
Girls, meet Dylan.
This is Monica, Gina, and Sarah.
- Hey, girls.
- Are you hungry?
There's so much...
- No.
- Okay, I better get going, but, uh, Nandini,
I absolutely wanna feature you in our magazine.
- Oh!
- Our readers will love this.
- Thanks.
Thank you.
- You're welcome.
See you, girls.
- Help yourselves.
I'll be right back.
- Damn.
Your mom's already got a new guy.
- He's not her guy.
- All right, well, take care.
- Bye. - So long.
- Okay. - And I'll be in touch, okay?
- All right.
- All right, thank you.
- Bye. - What a meal.
- He's not her boyfriend, okay?
Our, our dad is coming back soon.
(engine revving)
- Oh!
(phone beeping)
Manoj!
Manoj, you can't believe it!
They're going to have a party for me.
A party for me!
For the magazine!
Yes!
Well, if everything goes well.
You're not sure?
But we can all be together.
Right.
Okay... Not ready.
(rain splattering)
- Day 36, my dad once told me that love,
it's like the sun.
It connects us all to each other.
It's everywhere, in everything we do,
but what happens when love disappears,
when it goes away?
What is it that brings us all back together again?
It isn't ten strokes or fifty.
It's something deeper,
something inside each and every one of us.
(gentle, dreamy music)
- So you can get your pizza crust
ready made or from the store.
Then add your share of peppers and jalapenos
and garnish it with cilantro and green chilies,
and it's ready to go in the oven.
(audience applauds)
- Is she amazing or what?
We're gonna be circulating samples of her pizza,
and we're taking pre-orders for her cookbook.
Enjoy.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
(audience applauds)
(crowd chattering)
- [Woman] Ooh, that one.
- Drill, drill, drill, you know?
And do it over and over again
to sharpen the thinking muscles.
- Manoj. - By doing it faster
and faster and more and more.
- Hey!
Earth to Manoj.
- Thanks, Manoj.
That is how you pronounce it, right?
- Right.
- Listen, thanks for coming in.
Um, this game really isn't what we're all about.
- Hey, uh, you guys hungry?
Why don't we grab some lunch.
- Oh, sure.
- Good.
- Ten pizzas?
- More than ten. - Fifteen?
- Yeah, I've put on seven pounds since I met you.
- No, you look great.
- It was worth it.
- I'm glad.
- [Woman] Ooh, that one.
- [Dylan] We're doing the book.
It's happening.
It's a done deal.
- That's great!
- Yeah.
- Hey, Mom, let's go home now.
- Yeah, are you ready yet?
- Dylan, thank you for everything.
- Well, it's not over yet.
We're gonna do a lot more with this book.
- [Nandini] Okay.
- All right, so I'm gonna call you next week.
- All right. - All right.
- Okay, let's go.
Come on, come on.
(thudding) (upbeat electronic music)
- [Manoj] Ah!
- [Caden] Shit!
- [Manoj] Ah, got you, sucker! (laughs)
- Dude, you waxed him.
- Yes, I smoked you. (laughs)
- So, what'd you think?
- About what?
- About the game.
- Oh, it's great.
It's great fun.
Exactly, man, it's fun.
Stuff's supposed to be fun, you know?
Kids wanna play this game,
- And you, uh, you don't think that kids
will want to play my game?
- No.
- But, you see, my game is a little different.
It's an educational game.
- Come on, man.
If you were Monica or Gina,
would you wanna play this or your thing?
- Exactly.
- Monica loves my game.
- Maybe she just loves you a little too much.
- Look, look, Caden, this sounds like a fun project.
If I help, we work on this,
will you take another look?
- Of course.
- Okay.
- Listen, um.
Do you have any job openings?
- Uh, you're a developer, right?
- Right.
- Actually.
- Wasn't it great?
It was just amazing!
We pre-sold enough.
Dylan says we can sell more.
This is so exciting!
Everything is happening, everything is happening!
Oh my God, did you eat my pizza?
You didn't tell me how wonderful it was.
It was wonderful.
It's a great night.
(upbeat Indian music)
(chattering over radio)
- You want me to come with you?
- No.
- You can stay at our place.
- It's fine.
- Not again.
Poor Sarah.
Come.
Let's go.
What's the matter?
We had such a good night.
It's a great night for all of us.
- No, just for you.
- What do you mean, just for me?
- Who cares about the night?
I just hope Sarah's okay.
- I'm sure she'll be fine.
Her mother's garbage.
You know, I don't like her.
She's always standing outside the house
with that little skirt on
and that cigarette.
- Like you're perfect.
- Yeah.
We're trashy, too.
- No, we're not!
- Don't pretend like you're any better!
- What do you mean, am I any better?
Why don't you go spend a week at her house
and see how you feel!
- Maybe we will!
You wouldn't even care!
You'd go off with your boyfriend.
- He's not my boyfriend!
He's just helping me.
That's it.
- You're a liar!
- [Gina] A big one!
- It's not like we're stupid.
We're not idiots!
- Enough of this talk!
I've had enough of both of you!
- We know that Dad is living here,
and you know all about it.
- [Gina] Yeah.
Dad didn't go away.
- You're both liars,
and we know you're separating.
You just don't wanna tell us.
- Monica, that's not true.
We're not separating.
- Yeah, you are.
- Listen, I didn't want to tell you anything
because I didn't,
we're not sure what's going on, that's it.
- I hate you!
I hate you!
- Monica!
Monica, come back!
Monica!
(tense music)
(rain splattering)
She's confused and upset.
I'm very worried.
We'll look in the forest.
Will you check at school, huh?
Okay.
Okay, bye.
- [Gina] Monica!
- [Nandini] Monica!
- [Gina] Monica, where are you?
- [Nandini] Monica!
- [Gina] Monica!
- [Nandini] Gina, are you sure?
- [Gina] She's here somewhere, come on!
- [Nandini] I can't see anything!
(leaves rustling)
- [Gina] Monica!
Monica, where are you?
Monica!
- For the past few hours.
What do you mean, 24 hours?
(phone beeping)
(somber music)
(bird squawking)
Monica!
- Monica!
- [Nandini] Monica!
(leaves crunching)
(peaceful, minimalist music)
Monica!
- [Manoj] Monica!
- [Nandini] Where are you?
- Monica!
Nandini!
- [Police Man] All we can do is keep looking right now.
Maybe she went to her teacher's house,
or maybe she's gonna show up at the science fair today.
(door creaking)
- Don't worry.
She's gonna show up.
(chattering on police radio)
I know it.
(cheerful, gentle music)
(crowd chattering)
- Thank you all for coming to the Tri-Cities Science Fair.
Round One scoring begins in six minutes.
(metal clicking)
- I am sad, but what's that stupid robot
gonna do about it, anyway?
I don't wanna hug it.
I just want my sister.
- Hey, leave Tomodachi alone.
- It just feels surface level.
Yeah, there needs to be a deeper connection.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm.
- Hey.
- Where's Monica?
(upbeat music)
(tense music)
- Did you talk to her teachers?
Oh, Monica, we were so worried.
- You scared us.
- [Monica] My raspberries grew.
- I love you, Monica.
I'm so sorry.
Sorry about everything.
- Me, too, girls, I'm so sorry.
We love you so much.
- Come here.
- So, our runner-up today,
for his work with fruit fly genetics,
is Marcus Williams!
(audience applauds)
And now, for our first place winner.
It's Jennifer Langdon, for her work with hamster metabolism!
(audience applauds)
Congratulations!
(gentle, peaceful music)
(upbeat music)
♪ I don't know where love grows ♪
♪ I can't say what coaxes it away ♪
♪ But when it's here ♪
♪ I feel it ♪
♪ I never doubt ♪
♪ It's real ♪
♪ When hazy sorrow fills my skies ♪
♪ It will not make me cry ♪
♪ It always ♪
♪ Strengthens ♪
♪ My resolve ♪
♪ To seek ourselves ♪
♪ Another puzzle to solve ♪
♪ Maybe someday ♪
♪ You'll see what I see ♪
♪ It won't be so easy to give up ♪
♪ Pushing on towards what is true ♪
♪ What is in your heart ♪
♪ I don't know where love grows ♪
♪ I can't say what coaxes it away ♪
♪ But when it's here ♪
♪ I feel it ♪
♪ I never doubt ♪
♪ It's real ♪
♪ Maybe someday ♪
♪ You'll see what I see ♪
♪ It won't be so easy to give up ♪
♪ Pushing on to what what is true ♪
♪ What is in your heart ♪
(peaceful, gentle music)