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The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth抯 Dad
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Teleplay by: Scott Siveri
Story by: David J. Lagana
Transcribed by: Eric Aasen
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[Scene: Central Perk, Phoebe, Rachel, Chandler, and Monica are there. Rachel is reading everyone抯 horoscope.]
Rachel: Okay, Chandler!
Chandler: Okay.
Rachel: And your horoscope says, "On the fifth a special someone is going to give you a gift."
Chandler: (To Monica) Oh, well thank you in advance. (Kisses her.)
Rachel: Op, but the twelfth brings a lover抯 spat.
Monica: (To Chandler) You are going to make a joke about my special present! Why would you do that?!
Rachel: Oh, wait and on the nineteenth a secret crush announces itself.
(Phoebe winks and licks her lips while eyeing Chandler.)
Joey: (entering) Hey guys!
Chandler: Hey!!
Rachel: (ecstatic) Oh my God! It抯 Joey Tribbiani of Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.!!!!!!!
(Everyone claps and cheers, Joey mimics looking about with a gun.)
Chandler: Oh that抯 right. It抯 your first day! So are you psyched to fight fake crime with your robot sidekick?
Joey: Am I psyched? The lead in my own TV series? I抳e dreamed about this for years! Why have I not been preparing?!
Phoebe: No! Joey, you抮e going to be great!
Joey: But I got to act with a robot Pheebs, and-and I don抰 know anything about technology! I can抰 even use Chandler抯 computer except to find porn! And-and that抯 only 慶ause it抯 right there when you turn it on!
Monica: I think our lover抯 spat will start a little early this month.
Phoebe: (in a sexy voice to Chandler) I抣l be waiting.
Opening Credits
[Scene: Central Perk, time lapse. Phoebe is now looking at the covers of two different books.]
Chandler: Are you judging them by their covers? Because you抮e really not supposed to do that.
Phoebe: No, I抦 just deciding which one to use桰抦 gonna start writing another book!
Rachel: Be-because the last one was such a big seller?
Phoebe: Well, if you must know I have written 14 books. And as I am the only one who has read them, I can tell you that they all have been very well received.
Ross: (entering) Hey!
Chandler: Hey!
Rachel: Hey!
Ross: What are you guys doing later?
Phoebe: Oh, Rachel and I have appointments to get our hair cut.
Rachel: (To Phoebe) We do?
Phoebe: I want to see what he wants first.
Rachel: Okay.
Ross: (continuing) I just found out that Elizabeth抯 dad wants to meet me.
Chandler: Wait a minute, hold the phone! You抮e not Elizabeth抯 dad?!
Ross: Come on guys, I-I really want this guy to like me. It-it would really help me out if you guys were here to make me look good.
All: Of course we抣l help! Yeah! We抣l be here!
Ross: Thanks!
Monica: We know how tough those parent/teacher conferences can be.
[Scene: Pier 59 Studios, it抯 the set of Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. The producer is showing Joey around the set.]
The Producer: (walking into Mac抯 office) So uh, here抯 your office set!
Joey: Wow! Huh? (Picks up the phone) Mac Macaveli, Private Investigator!
The Producer: (checking his watch) Let抯 get you into wardrobe for a fitting.
Joey: Okay. Hey uh, when do I get to meet the robot?
The Producer: I抦 sorry, why don抰 we do that right now? He抯 right here. (Points to a guy.)
Joey: Okay.
The Producer: Joey Tribbiani, this is?
Joey: Oh wow! He抯 so lifelike! (Starts touching the guy抯 cheeks) Unbelievable! (He starts tugging on the guy抯 ears.
The Producer: This is Wayne, the man who created and operates C.H.E.E.S.E.
Joey: (slaps Wayne on his cheek) How do you do there, Wayne? (Backs away.)
The Producer: I抣l let you two guys get acquainted, huh? (Walks away.)
Joey: Okay. Sorry about that?Mimics that cheek thing he just did.) Uh, so where抯 C.H.E.E.S.E.?
Wayne: C.H.E.E.S.E. is right here. (He puts on his headset, picks up the controller, and wheels C.H.E.E.S.E. in. C.H.E.E.S.E. is just a plain old robot on tracks; he kinda looks like No. 5 in the movie Short Circuit.)
C.H.E.E.S.E.: (Wayne with a computerized voice) Nice to meet you Mac!
Joey: (laughs) This is like the temporary robot, right?
Wayne: No. Why?
Joey: Well, I-I just, I just it was going to be like a really cool robot, y択now? Like the terminator or uh, when I first saw you.
Wayne: I spent two years developing this machine, it抯 absolutely state of the art.
Joey: I抦 sorry, it just桰 don抰 know it doesn抰 really look like it can do anything.
Wayne: It can do this. (He moves C.H.E.E.S.E.抯 arm close to Joey抯 special area and he jumps back.)
[Scene: Central Perk, Ross is at the counter drinking coffee as Elizabeth enters with her dad, Paul. Elizabeth goes to kiss Ross, but he just kisses her on the forehead. By the way Paul is played by Bruce Willis. Yes, that Bruce Willis from Moonlighting, Die Hard, and Armageddon.]
Elizabeth: This is my father, Paul Stevens. Dad, this is Ross Geller.
Ross: It-it抯 great to meet you Paul.
Paul: I usually prefer Elizabeth抯 boyfriends to address me as Mr. Stevens.
Ross: Of course, of course, Mr. Stevens.
Paul: So Ross, what your problem?
Ross: Eh-wh桬xcuse me?
Paul: Why can抰 you get a girlfriend your own age?
Ross: That抯 funny. Umm? (Pause, then serious) It抯 not funny.
Paul: I don抰 like you going out with my daughter Ross.
Ross: Okay. I can, I can see that. Umm, but I think if you give me umm, one chance I can, I can change your mind.
Paul: Okay.
Ross: What?
Paul: Okay. I抣l give you one chance to change my mind. (Ross laughs in relief) You got one minute. (Ross suddenly gets worried.)
Elizabeth: Daddy!
Paul: Fine! Two minutes. Go.
Ross: This is梱ou?Ross starts laughing.)
Paul: (laughs then checking his watch) 1 minute 50 seconds.
Ross: Okay, umm I want you to know that I have never done anything like this before. I mean, I mean I抳e been in um, relationships in general, uh but I have never done it with a student桰 mean I not梟ot it! I mean, I mean I don抰梂e haven抰 done it. Uh, I mean, I mean, we抳e-we抳e-we抳e done stuff. (Paul is not amused.) Okay, okay, a joke, a joke條ighten the mood. Umm, two guys go into a bar. One of them is Irish.
Paul: I抦 Irish.
Ross: And the Irish guy wins the joke!
(Monica, Chandler, and Phoebe enter.)
Monica: Ross!!
Chandler: Ross!
Monica: How crazy that we抎 run into you!
Ross: Oh God, thank you! (Runs and gives all of them a group hug.) Umm, uh, Mr. Stevens I抎 like you to meet my friends uh, this is Phoebe, Monica, and Chandler.
Phoebe: You抮e Elizabeth抯 father, huh? I can see now where she gets her rugged handsomeness.
Monica: (obviously attracted to him) Is-is-is there a-a Mrs. Stevens?
Chandler: There抯 a Mr. Bing!
Paul: No, unfortunately Lizzie抯 mom passed away shortly after she was born. I raised her by myself.
Phoebe and Monica: (sympathetic) Ohh!
Paul: I get that a lot.
Ross: Okay umm, why don抰 we all take a seat, y択now? And uh, and I抣l get us all some uh some coffees?He goes to pull out Elizabeth抯 chair, but Paul steps in)梇eah, why don抰 you. (Paul pulls out her chair) Uh and you guys can talk about whatever, whatever you want. Y択now? Whatever pops into your head. (He turns his back to Paul and Elizabeth and points to himself for Chandler, Monica, and Phoebe. Then he goes to order the coffee.)
Monica: Y択now, it is so strange seeing Ross here this time of day, 慶ause usually he抯 got the children抯 hospital.
Phoebe: Yeah. Not looking for dates. (Monica turns in horror.)
Elizabeth: So uh, Monica is Ross抯 sister.
Monica: And he抯 a great brother!
Paul: I had a sister.
Monica: Ohh!
Paul: She passed away.
Monica and Phoebe: (sympathetic) Ohh!
Paul: Oh, you don抰 have to do that every time.
Chandler: But uh Ross, Ross is a great guy! I was roommates with him in college. Uh, funny story?(He starts laughing then notices that Paul isn抰 happy.) You抮e roommate in college died didn抰 he?
Paul: A part of him did yes.
Ross: (returning with the coffee) Okay here we are Paul, Elizabeth. (He sets down their cups.) So I hope you guys were finding something to talk about.
Chandler: Yes, we were just?
(Rachel runs in.)
Rachel: Hi, I抦 sorry I抦 late but I am ready, ready to talk you up! When does Liz抯 father get here?
Paul: I抦 already here.
Rachel: Oh! Ross is sooo great!
[Scene: Monica, Chandler, and Phoebe's, Phoebe is working on her book at the kitchen table, Monica is on the couch, and Chandler is entering from the bathroom carrying a package of toilet paper.]
Chandler: Hey honey, you got the kind with the little girl, you said we were gonna to get the kind with the baby.
Monica: No, you said the baby creeps you out.
Chandler: No, the little girl creeps me out.
Monica: You said the baby.
Chandler: Why would the baby creep me out?
Monica: Why would the little girl creep you out?
Phoebe: (writing frantically) You guys, I抦 sorry, could you please talk a little slower?
Chandler: This is going in your book?
Phoebe: Yeah, it抯 about relationships. Y択now? The traps, the pitfalls, what not to do, keep going. This stuff is great!
Monica: What?! Excuse me!
Phoebe: And how none of it matters when the people really love each other. (Chandler and Monica kiss.) And how people will believe anything you tell them as long as it抯 a compliment.
[Scene: Central Perk, Rachel is there alone as Paul enters.]
Rachel: (seeing him) Oh hi!
Paul: Hi! Hi. (He抯 looking around.) I think I left my keys here somewhere.
Rachel: Oh! Well let抯 look for them. (Finds some under one of the couch cushions. It has a pink, fuzzy ball on the key chain.) Oh-oh-hey! Are these them?
Paul: No.
Rachel: All right! (Throws them back under the cushion.)
Paul: Oh, here they are right here. (Picks them up from underneath the corner of the couch.)
Rachel: Oh good.
Paul: Thanks for your help. (Starts to leave.)
Rachel: (chasing after him) Oh, wait! Sorry, Mr. Paul? Mr. Paul?
Paul: Just call me Paul.
Rachel: Paul. Umm, I just wanted you to know that Ross really is a great guy.
Paul: Well maybe you can date him then that would save me the trouble of killing him. (Rachel laughs then starts looking at him.) Are you okay?
Rachel: You just don抰 look old enough to have a twenty-year-old daughter.
Paul: Well, we were very young when we had her.
Rachel: Oh. We?
Paul: Well yeah, it usually, it takes two people to?(He taps his index fingers together.)
Rachel: Oh no! Yes! Of course, I know that! I just桰 meant y択now are you still a 慦e?or are you just 慪ou??
Paul: I抦 just me, my wife died shortly after Lizzie was born.
Rachel: (sympathetic) Ohh. So you raised her all on your own?
Paul: Yes I did.
Rachel: Ohh. (She touches his arm for support and likes what she feels) Ooh!
[Scene: Monica, Chandler, and Phoebe's, Phoebe is still writing in her book, Chandler and Monica are in the kitchen as Joey enters.]
Joey: Hey!
Chandler: Hey!
Phoebe: Hey!
Monica: How was your first day?
Joey: Pretty great! Except I did get a little attitude from the robot.
Chandler: Damn those robots, they抮e supposed to be our faithful servants!
Joey: Anyway, it wasn抰 the robot, it was the guy who controls him. Yeah, he doesn抰 like me. He had C.H.E.E.S.E. knock over the sandwich right when I was reaching for one! Ohh!
Phoebe: Well, why don抰 you just get him fired?
Joey: I may have to, I hate to do it, but I抦 the star! Y択now? There抯 a limit to how many sandwiches I can eat off the floor. (His cell phone rings) Excuse me. (Answers it, on phone) Joey Tribbiani.
Estelle: (on the other end) Joe! I抦 glad I found ya, I got an audition for ya!
Joey: Wow!
Estelle: The thing is it抯 kinda on the Q.T. The actor who has the part doesn抰 know he might be fired. It抯 the lead in a series, Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.
Joey: I抦 the lead in Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.!!
Estelle: Uh-oh!
[Scene: Joey and Rachel's, Ross is entering looking for Joey, but instead he finds Paul and Rachel making out on the couch.]
Ross: Joey?!
Paul: Hi Ross.
Rachel: I was just getting him to like you.
Commercial Break
[Scene: Joey and Rachel's, scene is continued from earlier.]
Ross: Joey?! Joey!! (He runs into his bedroom.)
Rachel: Ross, Joey is not here.
Ross: Okay, I抣l just wait for him in here!
Rachel: Ross, it抯 okay. You can come out.
Paul: Yeah Ross it抯 okay, it抯 me, Mr. Stevens.
Ross: (coming out of the bedroom) Oh! Oh my God! I didn抰 even see you!
Paul: Sure you did! You came in, you got all awkward, and you ran into the bedroom. You were shouting, "Joey! Joey!" Bye Rach. (Kisses her.)
Rachel: Bye!
Paul: I抣l call you later. Bye Ross. (Leaves)
Ross: What-what-what the梙ow da-how did-what the-how did-what?!
Rachel: Well, y択now he lost his keys so he was looking for them?
Ross: (incredulous) In your mouth?!
Rachel: No! Downstairs! And we got to talking y択now, for like two hours, and I really liked him so I invited him up here for a cup of coffee.
Ross: You were at the coffeehouse!
Rachel: Ross, what抯 the big deal? So I kissed the guy!
Ross: He is my girlfriend抯 father, okay? It抯-it抯, it抯 weird!
Rachel: Wh梇ou dated my sister!
Ross: That was different!
Rachel: What? Why?!
Ross: This is weird for me!
Rachel: Ross look, look this is good for you. Okay? Let抯 face it, so far the guy抯 not lovin?ya! But I can turn that around! I got the inside track! We can all go out to dinner, y択now? And I can talk you up! Ross, the guy is a very, very successful lawyer!
Ross: How is that important?
Rachel: Oh it抯 important!
[Scene: Monica, Chandler, and Phoebe's, Joey is telling everyone about his impending termination at Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.]
Joey: Apparently, there抯 like a million guys out there that can play Mac, and there抯 only this one robot and this one guy who controls it! I didn抰 know he could get me fired! What am I going to do?
Monica: Well y択now Joey, you抮e a pretty charming guy.
Joey: Thanks, but I kinda have a problem to deal with here.
Monica: No sweetie, you抳e got to win over the guy that controls C.H.E.E.S.E.! You抳e got to kiss some serious robot ass!
Joey: That抯 not a bad idea. Yeah. Okay, but if I got to turn on the charm tomorrow I抦 not wasting anymore of it over here with you guys. (Starts to leave, but stops and turns to Phoebe.) Well, actually I got a little bit saved for you Pheebs. (Exits.)
Chandler: So do you think uh, Joey抯 more charming than me?
Monica: Yeah! That抯 why I抦 sleeping with him on the side.
Chandler: Yeah, you wish. (Stops to think about it and gets depressed.)
Phoebe: (writing in her book) "You wish."
Monica: Phoebe, stop writing about us!
Phoebe: I抦 not writing about you! I抦 writing about other people.
Chandler: Who?
Phoebe: Marcia and Chester.
Monica: Okay fine! Fine! Then you know what, I抣l just write about Phyllis! Hmm!
Chandler: Hmm.
Monica: (writing on a piece of paper) Phyllis is sitting in a chair.
Chandler: Oh.
Phoebe: I see what you抮e doing!
Monica: (still writing) Phyllis sees what I抦 doing.
Chandler: Oh-oh.
Phoebe: Ooh, I have tasted my own medicine and it is bitter!
[Scene: Pier 59 Studios, Joey is walking up to C.H.E.E.S.E. and Wayne.]
Joey: Morning! Hey, how抯 my favorite genius and my little robot buddy?! (Pats C.H.E.E.S.E. on the head.)
Wayne: Don抰 touch him!
Joey: Okay! (He yanks his hand away.) All right. Umm, all right Wayne, level with me. Okay? I-I keep hearing all these rumors that I might get fired. Okay, they even have actors coming in to read for my part! Come on man, you-you got to give me a second chance! I mean, I love-I love this little guy! (He grabs C.H.E.E.S.E.抯 arm and pulls it off at the elbow.) Ah-ah!! (Wayne is shocked.) Okay, that抯 why you didn抰 want me to touch him right? Here you go! Okay? (Hands Wayne the arm and he goes to fix it. Meanwhile Joey starts to berate himself.) Stupid! I can抰 believe it! God! (A very beautiful woman walks by.) (To her) Hey, how you doin? (He and her go over to talk and Wayne looks on with envy.)
[Scene: A Restaurant, Ross and Rachel are on their double date. Rachel is busy talking Ross up.]
Rachel: So it seemed that my prom date had stood me up, so Ross selflessly, offered to take me.
Elizabeth: What a nice story!
Paul: So Ross was in college and decided to jump at the chance to take a young girl to her high school prom.
Rachel: Wow! I definitely did not see that one backfiring! I抦 gonna go to the bathroom.
Ross: Yeah, take your time.
(Rachel heads for the bathroom.)
Ross: (to Paul) Just-just so you know I was a freshman and she was a senior. So it wasn抰 as bad as-as?
Paul: Ross, look, I know I抳e been giving you a lot of jabs and it抯 partly because I抦 very protective of Lizzie, and partly because well, they just keep coming to me. But I have to admit that after all the wonderful things that Lizzie has told me and the many, many, (pause) many stories that Rachel has told me that, well (pause) you抮e not (pause) all bad.
Ross: Not all bad.
Paul: And anyhow, I抦 sorry I was so harsh before, but you have to understand that I (pause) still look at Lizzie like she抯 a twelve-year-old girl.
Ross: Yeah. You know what? I know what you mean; I do that too.
Paul: I beg your pardon?
Ross: No! No! Not桰 don抰 mean I-I see her as a twelve-year-old girl! I mean I-I have a son, who抯 umm six and I still think of him as a baby.
Paul: You have a son?
Ross: Yeah, well my-my ex-wife and I share custody of Ben and umm, uh, and just so you know, Carol and I are on excellent terms as I抦 sure you are with your wife! (Realizes) Oh, I抦 sorry! (To Elizabeth) It抯 unbelievable!
Paul: Don抰 worry about it, I just didn抰 realize you were married. (Rachel returns and hears that.)
Rachel: Oh we were, but that was just a (pause as the audience reacts), I mean that was just a big drunken mistake.
Ross: You抮e back.
Paul: You two were married?!
Rachel: Oh! Whoops! I抦 sorry, you were talking about Emily!
(Ross slams his head down on the table.)
[Scene: Monica, Chandler, and Phoebe's, Monica and Chandler are entering and they抮e arguing.]
Monica: Chandler, we said we would meet at the coffeehouse at six.
Chandler: We said seven!
Monica: We said six!
Chandler: The only way that I said six would be if the seven抯, let meet at seven, not at six.
Monica: Yeah and if I had seven, maybe I would抳e said something like this, "Wow! My boyfriend抯 such a wise ass梥even!"
Phoebe: (Turning around in the chair) Hi!
Chandler: Oh my good God.
Monica: Ugh!
Phoebe: I know what time you said.
Chandler: What?!
Phoebe: Well actually, I know what time Chester and Marcia said.
Monica: What time?
Phoebe: Quite an interesting turn of events, suddenly it抯 my book to the rescue, huh? (Reading her book) Ooh, very interesting. Yeah, well this certainly clears things up.
Chandler: (disgusted) What does it say?!
Phoebe: I will tell you as soon as you thank me for writing my book.
Chandler: Thank you for writing your book. Its-its uh, great book and you are the queen of everything.
Phoebe: Thanks! So are you.
Chandler: (To Monica) I told you I should not wear this color. (He抯 wearing a reddish-orange sweater.)
Phoebe: (reading from her book) Mon?(Pause as she restarts) Marcia and Chester are planning on seeing a movie on Sunday night. Marcia thinks they抮e supposed to meet at six, Chester thinks it抯 at seven.
Chandler: So you knew we were gonna miss the movie!
Phoebe: That抯 right.
Monica: Inside of telling us you decided to write in your stupid book!
Phoebe: (writing in her book) Marcia and Chester are mad at Phyllis.
[Scene: Joey抯 Dressing Room, Joey and Chandler are there.]
Joey: I can抰 believe I抦 going to lose this job!
Chandler: Oh I抦 so sorry man! Is there anything I can do?
Joey: Yeah! Help me get this mini-fridge past the security guard.
(There抯 a knock on the door and Joey answers it to Wayne.)
Wayne: Hey Joey, I want to talk to you.
Joey: Yeah? Well, I don抰 want to talk to you Wayne! I hate you! You ruined my life! Oh, Chandler, Wayne. Wayne, Chandler. (They shake hands.)
Chandler: Hi, how are ya?
Wayne: Joey, Joey, I-I-I抣l g-get you your job back if you help me out.
Joey: (incredulous) Why should I help you?!
Chandler: (whispering in Joey抯 ear) The reason he just said.
Joey: (happily) What do you need?
Wayne: I-I-I saw you on stage talking to that beautiful woman, y択now Sarah?
Joey: Yeah?
Wayne: I wish I could talk to her.
Joey: What are you in love with her or something?
Wayne: Yeah. Her. All of them. Anyone.
Chandler: Yeah, I抳e been there my friend.
Wayne: Listen, I-I guarantee you keep your job if you can teach me how to talk to women like you do.
Joey: Oh wow Wayne, it抯 not really something you can teach y択now? It抯 pretty much something you抮e born with if you?Off Chandler抯 look)梇ou-you can teach it! I抣l show you right how to do it.
[Scene: A Restaurant, Rachel is still trying to talk up Ross, not to much success.]
Rachel: I mean if you think about it, I mean Ross did learn something from each marriage.
Paul: How to make the next one even shorter?
Rachel: Now wait a minute that抯 not fair. He was married to me a hell of a lot longer than he was married to Emily, he just didn抰 tell me. (Everyone looks at her, Ross not happily.) Maybe I have to pee again. (Gets up to try to use the bathroom.)
Paul: Well, this is fun. So Ross, did you kill any of these wives?
Ross: Y択now what? I-I-I?I-I have had enough of this! Y択now, I-I-I care a great deal about your daughter and I have treated her with nothing but respect! So if-if you抳e got a problem with me, frankly?
Paul: Are you yelling at me?!
Ross: God no!
Elizabeth: Y択now what daddy? If you don抰 like Ross, that抯 fine. It doesn抰 matter to me, I抦 gonna go out with him anyway.
Paul: Really?! (She nods in the affirmative.)
Ross: Well if it doesn抰 matter to her, it doesn抰 matter to me! (to Paul) Still not yelling!
Paul: Wow. What can I say? (Pause, pointing at Ross) This doesn抰 make me like you any better!
Ross: That抯 okay, I抦 not so crazy about myself right now either.
Paul: Then we agree?
Ross: Uh yeah, I guess梇eah! I guess so.
Paul: Neither of us like Ross!
Elizabeth: I like Ross.
Ross: Ohhh! Kids!
Rachel: (returning) Wait-wait-wait, I just thought of another story about how nice Ross is!
Ross: That抯 okay Rach, we抮e not liking Ross right now.
Rachel: Oh! I抳e got a lot of those too!
Ending Credits
[Scene: Mac抯 Office, Mac is talking to C.H.E.E.S.E. about their case.]
Joey: Well, it turns out you were right C.H.E.E.S.E.
C.H.E.E.S.E.: The shipment never made it through Omaha?
Joey: You got it! And the rabbi抯 beard, 100% horsehair. Nice catch C.H.E.E.S.E.! (Pauses as he waits for C.H.E.E.S.E.抯 next line.) It抯 your line C.H.E.E.S.E.! (Suddenly C.H.E.E.S.E. goes crazy and starts flinging it抯 arms and advancing on Joey behind the desk.) Wayne! Wayne!!
(The camera cuts to Wayne who抯 busy making out with Sarah and rubbing C.H.E.E.S.E.抯 controller on her back causing C.H.E.E.S.E. to go crazy. Joey starts throwing books at C.H.E.E.S.E. to get him to stop.)
End
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