The Farewell

Nai Nai, hi!

Heh.

Hey.

Do you have a second to save marine life?

- All right. - I was gonna say something snarky,

but I used to work this job.

Ooh, what happened, girl? You got fired?

I quit! Because I was about to get fired.

Hey.

Okay.

So one day, the wife goes out of town.

And when she returns, the husband says,

"Honey, the cat is dead."

And she says, "How can you tell me so abruptly like this?"

You have to ease me into bad news.

Like, um, 'Honey, the cat,

he got on the roof.

And, uh, so..."'

Now... a few months later,

the wife goes out of town again.

And she returns and the husband greets her again.

But this time, he learned his lesson.

And as the wife comes through the door, he says,

"Honey, your mom, she got on the roof."

Wait, I told you that!

How did you get in here?

- Nai Nai. - Billi!

Huh?

Oh.

Okay.

I love you, Nai Nai.

I love you. I love you.

For what month?

For this month, May?

And what happened to April?

My mom says you didn't pay April yet.

You know if you moved out right now, we could literally double the rent?

So what, you're broke again? Are you always going to live like this?

Poor but sexy? I hope so.

Why you not try to save, huh?

You should change your expensive lifestyle.

Mom, if you're gonna give me shit every time I come home,

I'm not coming home anymore.

Lower your voice. Dad's sleeping.

Sleeping? It's 6:00 P.M. What's wrong with him?

Nothing. He's just tired.

- Is he okay? - He's fine, we're just busy that's all.

Busy with what? What's going on?

Hao Hao's getting married, so we have to go to China.

What? Since when? Hasn't he like just started dating that girl?

You don't need to go.

No one's expecting you to go.

I mean, he's my only cousin. Don't you think I should be there?

Okay, okay.

Do you think he knocked her up?

How many wontons you want?

- Five. - Five? That's not enough.

Make a dozen then.

Ten's good.

Okay.

- What's wrong, Dad? - Nothing.

You and Mom got in a fight?

You've been drinking?

Please tell me what's going on.

You're scaring me.

Something's going on.

Just tell me what's going on.

Your Nai Nai's dying.

She has stage four lung cancer.

The doctor says she has three months.

Could be faster, you never know.

- I need to call her. - You can't do that.

- I need to go see her. - Can't do that.

She doesn't know.

The family thinks it's better not to tell her.

So you can't say anything.

I don't understand.

She doesn't have a lot of time left, she should know, right?

There's nothing they can do.

So everyone decided it's better not to tell her.

Why is that better?

Chinese people have saying, "When people get cancer, they die."

It's not the cancer that kills them, it's the fear.

Okay, when were you guys gonna tell me this?

How could you let me find out like this?

How should I have told you? "Oh, your grandma's on the roof?"

What about the wedding?

The wedding is an excuse, so everyone can go see her.

We leave first thing in the morning.

I need to go.

- Billi... - I need to go.

Everyone thinks it's better if you don't.

Look at you. You can't hide your emotions.

If you go, Nai Nai will find out right away.

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Tony

Happy birthday to you.

Mm-hmm.

Stop fooling around, oil is hot.

Don't be mad, Mom.

Where'd you get the money to buy a ticket?

Credit card, right?

Mom, I'm fine. Look at my face.

Look at my face, look at my face, look.

Take to table.

Hey. Billi.

- Billi... - Hmm?

Oh.

Uh...

Ah.

Ah.

Thank you.

Billi.

So what's going on with the fellowship?

Nothing.

- Oh, you still haven't heard anything? - No.

- Well, when are they gonna let you know? - I don't know, Dad.

- How are you doing with money? - I'm fine.

- Can you afford this trip? - Yes, I'm fine.

- You need help? - No, I'm fine.

What is Mei nu?

- Uh, it means beauty. - Ah.

Hmm?

Mm?

Tsk.

Mm.

- Huh? - Okay.

Ahem.

What's that mean?

They say you're a stock investment and you're gonna make us a lot of money.

But I can't expect that from you, right? You're the losing stock.

Mm.

Mom, that church is not representative of all America.

We have a lot of problems. Guns, health care.

If you think China's that good, why don't you move here?

- What happened? - I don't know.