Complete Unknown
[woman]
So, Connie,
is that short
for something?
[Connie]
Technically, Constance.
No one ever
calls me that, though.
Anyway,
I got back a week ago,
and I was like, "Oh, my God,
where am I gonna live?"
Well, this is the room.
Ah, I was mostly traveling
on my own
but then I spent two months
with this amazing group
of botanists
-in the rain forest.
-Oh, wow.
Did you, uh, did you
take a boat on the Amazon?
I don't swim,
so there was no way.
-Oh.
-Oh, I love the light in here.
Yeah, it's nice.
-Right?
-Yeah.
Leslie, the girl
who just moved out,
she actually went to Chicago
to do Development studies.
Really? That's exactly
what I was thinking of.
I would love to do that.
I mean,
that or Environmental Law.
I don't know,
I'm still exploring.
[man screams]
What's your name, sir?
What's your name?
-Mike.
-Mike, my name
is Paige, I'm a nurse.
I'm gonna be
taking care of you.
Can you take a deep breath
in through your nose,
out through your mouth,
there we go.
-In through your nose.
-[whimpers]
Out through your mouth.
[audience applauds]
[in Mandarin]
[applause continues]
[woman sighs]
-Here you go.
-Thank you.
Barbara's already texted
asking how it went.
Oh, yeah?
It was sweet of her
to invite me to the wedding.
I don't know anyone here
outside of work.
So...
So, you were a teacher
back in the States?
Yeah.
I taught for a bit.
And what did you teach?
A little of everything.
We don't have to, I mean--
-No, I want to.
-...if you don't wanna go there.
I want to.
-It's fine.
-I want to.
I was a teacher back home
for, um...
eight years, then I...
Then I came here.
And um...
[phone rings]
Tom. I'm gonna go down
and eat something.
Did you read the AgReport
on rotational grazing?
I saw it,
I haven't read it.
It's so full of distortions.
It's unbelievable.
That's why
I haven't read it.
Well, I'm writing Conners.
He needs to know
what they're producing.
-Yeah.
-I'm being polite, I swear.
Okay?
-You wanna come down?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Just hitting send.
I want to see the fall
grazing trends.
I bet they conform.
Don't send
anything off yet, okay?
I promised to send a draft
last Friday.
I know, but I just want to
see the fall trends, Clyde.
This thing's
gotta be ironclad
when we go to committee.
Okay.
Okay, I'll hold off.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Can you pass the salt?
Sure.
Thanks.
Thank you.
It's a brackish lake,
and it has
this incredible reed
that regulates the salt level
and that allows
this one species
of leech to thrive.
It's the only place
in the world you find them.
They can't exist
anywhere else.
Really?
And you were dissecting them?
Yep.
I pretty much lived
in a Tasmanian marsh
from the age of 24.
We discovered
that these leeches
produced a peptide
that might be useful
in treating cancer.
Cancer?
-Wow. This--
-Yeah.
This sounds
like amazing work.
I know.
I mean, well,
I was really just
a lab grunt so...
I can't claim, you know.
-Sure, sure.
-Yeah.
Um...
you do realize
that most of us
can't stand our cafeteria.
-Really?
-Yeah.
You know, I might not be
the only infiltrator.
Mm, there's like
-in this neighborhood.
-I know, I know.
I just haven't had
time to explore
Plus, I'm out on Long Island
half the time.
Right. Hunting frogs.
Hunting frogs.
[phone buzzes]
That's the whole point
of how we laid it out.
You know, I started with
the conceptual framework
we originally agreed on.
And then I layered in
exactly how to handle
all the regulatory hurdles,
so they'd be in a position
where they could actually,
you know...
Are you listening, Ramina?
Are they position to?
Nothing. Just hopefully
the guy at Agriculture
will actually pass it
up to the deputy
so we can move forward.
I finally feel like
I framed it in a way
where they really have
to move on it.
You know?
And what's Clyde say?
Very supportive.
What's the story
with this biologist?
She's just a friend, he says.
But he said it three times.
-Ah.
-Yeah.
I don't know.
I hear myself out loud,
and the whole thing
seems futile.
[in Farsi]
You want to have a threesome
for my birthday?
Wow, your Farsi
is getting much better.
[chuckles]
-I know that one.
-Uh-huh.
Orange cows are laughing
in outer space.
You don't say.
Not quite.
I like this one.
Makes you look gorgeous.
So when will this project
come up in committee?
September, I think.
They cannot do it earlier?
I don't control
the schedule, honey.
if you won't
be around by then?
Uh...this f***ing cake.
-Tom.
-Yeah?
I don't know.
I mean, we haven't really
talked about it.
But after this big push
I've been making,
I can't exactly say
I'm not gonna be around
to see it through.
There are thousands
of farmers
depending
on the legislation.
It's important.
But my jewelry
is only jewelry?
-We agreed.
-We didn't agree.
I want to go to California.
So go.
Alone?
Unbelievable.
I gotta deal with this cake
before the bakery closes.
You didn't do it already?
I'm sorry,
Just dress the hens
for me, would you?
Can we finish
this conversation?
-No, I--
-[doorbell chimes]
You're early.
You're leaving.
[in Farsi]
Mark is on his way.
I'll be right back.
I tried to read your paper
about the leeches.
-You've been Googling.
-I've been Googling.
I only got about as far
as the third paragraph.
The writing
was a little dense.
Yeah, well, don't blame me.
I was just
the research assistant.
I'm surprised that came up.
That and this great picture
of you.
The one with the leeches?
-Yeah.
-Oh, God.
I really want to get
that one taken down.
No, no.
I thought it was endearing.
I appreciate you
inviting me tonight.
Oh, yeah.
No problem.
It's a great group.
I really think
you'll like them.
-Yeah.
-You said you wanted
-to meet people.
-Oh, I do.
They're people, so...
Maybe we need
a safe word, though,
in case it isn't going well.
Like what?
Like I say "Potato famine."
-"Potato famine?"
-Yeah.
Well, that's really easy
to work into
any conversation.
Sure, everybody left
during the potato famine.
Okay.
-[Clyde chuckles]
-[woman] Hello.
-Oh, hi.
-Come in, come in.
Ramina, this is Alice.
Hi. Pleasure to meet you.
Please, come in, come in.
[Alice]
The sounds just completely
envelope you and you sink in,
and you become absorbed
by living music.
Of frogs?
-Yeah, of frogs.
-Of frogs?
And-- And screech owls,
tree crickets, mosquitoes.
I swear, I mean, I'm barely
out of the city,
but I feel like I could
be back in Tasmania.
And where is it again?
It's near Northport,
it's the Campbell Bog.
And it is this frog
that brought you to New York?
Yes, it did.
Yes.
Well, it's the first new frog
that's been identified
in North America
in 27 years.
I mean, you wouldn't know
it was a new species
if it wasn't
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