The Birch

What are you doing to her?

Laura's sick.

We've cured her.

And you've been taking your medicine before bed?

- Yeah. - Good.

What's wrong with her?

Just minor complications.

Your sister's going to be fine.

How about during the day?

Are you having foreign thoughts?

Hallucinations?

Memories that don't feel like your own?

They feel real.

Okay, nothing new.

You've been through these episodes before, right?

I never remember much.

It's probably better that way.

So... refill.

And I'm doubling your dosage.

I don't know what we'd do without you, Mitch.

I live to serve, sis.

Until you settle down.

Thanks.

- Good hiding spot. - Yeah.

I had to hold down the fort since you weren't here.

Anything juicy happen while I was gone?

Well, a lot of people made up some wild stories.

Oh, that's fun. Any good ones?

Well, we have

rehab, rabies...

- Rabies? - iron lung.

Rabies definitely wins.

Did you get them from your boyfriend?

Ex... boyfriend, thank God.

I'd rather eat road kill and die, so, yes, probably.

- They all suck, man. If I had my way... - Yeah.

I would stay by my dad's cabin full time,

and no one would bother me.

Must be nice to have a cabin to run off to.

They had a track record of gerrymandering,

- which, as we covered... - Brenna. Psst...

...is when a political party draws lines

for voting districts,

congressional districts,

state offices,

that are advantageous to that political party

even though it might come to reflect...

Wait, wait. Um, I think... I think we should wait.

You look so beautiful.

I just wanna kiss every inch of you.

Yeah... no, sorry. I mean, this is really great,

and you are so cute.

Thank you.

I... I just um...

Yeah, I'm nervous, too. Okay?

- Yeah. - But we never get to see each other.

Right?

I mean, you look so... so hot in this firelight.

I swear to God, you could be a model.

Oh, thanks.

You, too.

You...

I... I just...

I would really rather, you know, wait because...

- You know. - Yeah, yeah, but... but...

I'm not going to tell anyone. Okay?

- No one's going to find out. I swear. - Thad, I wanna wait.

Well, you wanna wait for someone else to have courtesy sex with you?

It's gonna feel good, okay? Trust me.

Trust me. I promise.

Okay?

- Okay. - Yeah.

Okay.

...noticeably unfair way,

and that is something that you see to this day.

There's cases in North Carolina, in Virginia.

If you listen to the news, you're gonna hear the word

gerrymandering all the time.

I know a lot of the words we bring up in class here you don't...

Bro. Bro, what are you doing?

- Let go of me. - All right, let's get a...

let's get a drumroll in here. Three, two, one...

Can you let me go?

Does the carpet match the drapes?