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I'd really like your support.

I thought you were still

thinking about it.

I am. I am still thinking

about it.

You're thinking right now

about it, as we speak?

I'm pregnant.

Oh. Oh, wow.

Is it his?

- Of course it's his!

- Just asking.

Look, I just want to know there's going to

be someone there when I'm old and gross.

I was going to be there.

Don't.

- I think I should go.

- Why?

I don't know.

Just feels like what

I should do right now.

- Will?

- Yeah?

Take the cookie.

Okay, great.

"Why does life suck..."

Double underline... "So hard?"

Any thoughts?

Because people are selfish

and petty.

I love that passion, but no.

It doesn't?

No, life sucks because my ex left

me for an Off-Broadway monologist

who just knocked her up

and asked her to marry him.

Now Gary is going to see my

daughters more than I do.

He's going

to live in my old house,

he's going to take over

my family

while I eke out a lonely existence

in a studio apartment in Astoria.

Have you been to Astoria?

I think like once,

for a party or something.

- Yeah, once.

- What's a monologist?

It's like a comedian without

the jokes.

- That's a thing?

- Yeah, that's a thing.

According to the MacArthur

Foundation, it's a thing.

He's probably monologuing

to my daughters right now.

I don't get it.

Does any of this have to do

with the graphic novel?

Why are we here?

To learn?

You're on fire today, Paul.

To learn. To learn what?

How to tell a story.

Why does anyone need to tell

a story in the first place?

Because...

You did it again. Anyone else?

To understand ourselves better.

Okay, that sounds

nice, but, uh...

If that's the only reason, then

why not just go to therapy?

Because therapy is stupid?

Yeah...

Maybe it's stupid.

Yeah, can I go home?

Just... Let's take a break.

Let's take a break.

Great comments, guys,

thank you.

- Uh, Mr. Henry?

- Yeah?

Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine. -I'm

just having a bad life.

It'll be over eventually.

Um...

I don't want this to seem

weird or anything,

but would you maybe like to

come to my place for dinner?

Uh...

Listen... Thank you so much...

- Kat.

- Kat? Yeah, Kat.

Uh, that's a really

kind offer, Kat.

Ah, but...

We're not

supposed to date students.

No, oh, my God, no!

Oh, this? Yeah, no never!

Did you think I was

asking you out?

- No!

- Oh, my God!

No, no,

definitely not.

No, no, I would never do that.

That is so gross!

Wow, I... Sir, I would never, I

would never, ever, ever do that.

Okay, I'm not the Elephant Man.

No, no, I know, you're just,

you're so old.

Why the hell did you ask me

over for dinner for?

Because I want you

to meet my mom.

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