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But this year's

actually different.

Because

we know exactly where

he's going to be and when.

"The wedding celebration of Susan

and Jerry. Saturday, May 31st."

He's a sitting duck!

We gotta join forces.

We get Jerry now,

or we die.

What?

Eventually.

You know what I mean.

Come on, Bob.

You gonna grow old,

or you gonna keep playing?

Keep playing.

That is the right answer.

- Nice to meet you.

- I'm sorry, I have to go.

No.

Hold on. Hold on.

I can't believe he's getting

married, and he didn't even tell us.

I know, I was mad

at first, too, and then hurt.

But, you know, he just realized

he'd be a sitting target.

That's insane, even for him.

Will one of you please tell me

what's going on here?

- Are we off the record?

- No, definitely not.

Awesome. Okay. Our group of

friends has been playing

the same game of tag

for 30 years.

- What?

- For the entire month of May, every year, we play tag.

Just like when we were kids.

But we're not on a playground, and

we all live in different cities.

So, well, you don't ever know

when someone's gonna pop up.

You could be shopping at the mall,

then your buddy jumps out of the trunk

and, boom, tags you.

You're it.

Here's the craziest part.

Our buddy, Jerry,

never been tagged.

What do you mean

he's never been tagged?

You never put your hand

on his body?

Not during the month of May.

For like 30 years.

Why don't you just go over

to his house, and tag him?

- It's not that easy.

- Why not?

Because... (SIGHS)

Well, for starters, because

he is so freaking fast.

You just can't catch him.

BOB:
Yeah, and if you do

manage to catch him,

then he goes feral and turns into

some kind of crazy wild animal.

(GROWLS)

HOGAN:
And if you manage

to trap the wild animal,

he still finds a way.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

REBECCA:

What just happened there?

To this day, I have no idea.

No idea.

He's the best

that ever played. Yeah.

Yeah.

And now he wants to retire

with a perfect record,

make us all look like fools.

- Fools!

- He gets very excited.

There he is.

- Wait, you're not leaving.

- Look, Miss Crosby, I apologize.

I will have someone from my

office reach out to you.

We will reschedule this

as soon as I'm back in town.

Nope.

- Nope?

- No. Change of plan.

I'm coming with you.

This is a story.

- What? No.

- Yes. This is the coolest game ever.

I don't think that's gonna be

her angle.

I don't know

what my angle is,

but I do find it very interesting

that we live in a world

where grown men

take an entire month

out of every year

to play a child's game.

It's very interesting.

You're right. Let's go.

I don't think she means

interesting in a good way.

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