Season 4 Episode 02 - Call of the Wild

00:04:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTnTWyvr5v4

Summary

TLDRIn this dialogue, parents are grappling with their daughter Sondra's and her husband Elvin's life decisions. The father expresses his disappointment over Elvin's choice not to pursue a career in medicine but instead take a job ensuring safety seals on pill bottles. He also faces the shocking news that Sondra, who was expected to go to law school, has decided to work alongside Elvin in a wilderness store. The father is particularly upset, feeling it's a waste of the money spent on her Princeton education and fears for her potential as a great lawyer. The concerned mother suggests giving the young couple a year to try out their plans before making further judgments, though she is also significantly worried as she emotionally insists on how they are their children and her maternal instincts in the matter.

Takeaways

  • 🩺 The son-in-law was expected to become a doctor.
  • 💊 He took up a job in a pharmaceutical company instead.
  • 🎓 The daughter decided not to attend law school.
  • 💼 She chose to work at a wilderness store with her husband.
  • 💰 Father is concerned about the money spent on daughter's education.
  • 🗯️ Parents disagree on how to deal with the situation.
  • ❤️ Mother tries to empathize while being protective.
  • 😠 Father is upset about his daughter's career change.
  • 🤔 Mother suggests giving the couple time.
  • 👨‍⚖️ Acknowledgement of daughter's potential legal career.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:04:34

    A woman named Sondra's parents are discussing her husband Elvin's career choices with concern. Elvin is not pursuing medical school as expected, instead working a basic job in a pharmaceutical company and planning to open a wilderness store. Sondra reveals she won't attend law school, opting to work with Elvin instead. Her parents are shocked by her decision, feeling their investment in her education wasted. Despite expressing anger and disbelief, they are pressured to accept her choice and support them for a year to see if their plan succeeds.

Mind Map

Video Q&A

  • What was the original expectation for the son-in-law's career?

    The family expected the son-in-law to become a doctor.

  • What job did the son-in-law end up doing instead of going to medical school?

    He took an entry-level job at a pharmaceutical firm where he checks safety seals on pill bottles.

  • What decision did their daughter make that surprised her parents?

    She decided not to go to law school and instead work with her husband at a wilderness store.

  • How did the father react to his daughter's decision?

    He was upset and reminded her of the cost of her education, expecting her to use it by going to law school.

  • What was the mother's initial reaction to the daughter's decision?

    The mother wanted to give them a year to try their plans before considering other options.

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    when I gave my daughter to this man I
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    thought he was going to be a doctor
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    clips tape no no I mean look at the
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    inscription on this place to Elvin
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    straight from my heart
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    mmm-hmm cliff this is really very sweet
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    that's right and he's gonna pay me back
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    for this mr. mr. wilderness is going to
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    have to sell a whole lot of sleeping
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    bags campers and trail mix in order for
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    this thing to be rational try to be
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    rational I tell you how rational I can
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    be I hope that he goes out into the
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    wilderness and gets poison ivy and comes
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    back and I have to treat him then he
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    will find out how much sick people get
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    charged you're going off the deep end
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    now you listen to me this boy is our
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    son-in-law he has married our daughter
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    please don't remind me
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    oh it - Sondra Elvin to let them lead
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    their own lives
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    that's obvious Alvin's not interested in
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    going to medical school right now but
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    that could change
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    give him a year just a year to do
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    whatever he wants if it doesn't work out
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    he could always reapply not just
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    wilderness store in in Brooklyn sometime
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    in the winter you say now you have a job
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    between now and then yes I do have a job
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    and I'm proud to say it's in the medical
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    profession really I'll be working with a
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    major pharmaceutical firm Ben X
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    industries oh that's a big company what
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    are you doing for them well it's kind of
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    an entry-level job entry-level yeah when
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    the pill bottles come to the end of the
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    assembly line
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    I check to make sure that the safety
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    seals are on the caps but now that
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    sounds like a great job two-minute it
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    really is and I'm sure that they'll have
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    all the money they need while sander
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    goes to law school how did this is gonna
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    work out mom
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    yes I'm not going to law school
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    what I decided not to go to law school
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    what do you mean you decided well this
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    is our dream and so I'm going to get a
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    temporary job until the wilderness store
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    opens and then I'll be working
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    side-by-side with my husband Sondra what
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    are you saying you have always wanted to
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    go to law school you've never talked
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    about anything else I changed my mind
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    change it back after all the money we
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    spent sending you to Princeton Sandra
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    you owe us 79 thousand six and I want my
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    money
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    nah
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    I'm not going anywhere till I get my
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    money no really both of us we have to be
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    calm you calm down
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    if Elvan thinks that he is going to come
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    in here and drag my baby off into some
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    hairbrained business scheme and ruin
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    what is potentially the greatest legal
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    mind of this century he's gonna have me
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    to deal with and then he can come to you
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    for treatment I understand and I agree
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    with what you're saying but you just
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    said to me why don't we give them a year
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    and if it doesn't work then they can
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    reapply knows how is it that you get to
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    rant and rave and I'm the one who has to
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    be calm because that is my baby in there
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    that's my baby no you don't understand
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    honey you did not have that child I had
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    that child I was the one who was on that
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    table screaming take it out Sandra is
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    going to become a lawyer yeah okay what
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    do you want to do oh it's very simple
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    she'll divorce him Sandra's in love with
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    the boy well then you take elephant yes
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    you do you take him on a long trip in
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    the country and drop him off
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    [Applause]
Tags
  • career decisions
  • education
  • law school
  • medicine
  • family conflict
  • parental expectations
  • Son-in-law
  • daughter
  • future plans
  • disappointment