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We're the Millers · 2013 — Chapter 15 of 21 · 6'04" · C1

Casey Teaches Kenny to Kiss, Explained: Mum's the word

Kenny admits he has never kissed anyone, so Casey gives him a lesson out of pity and sets strict rules. On the surface it's awkward practice. Underneath, the scene is about being wanted, with a line that sums it up: "I wanna be the guy who grabs a girl and kisses her."

What happens

After a crude argument in the RV, the group turns to Kenny's problem: he has never kissed a girl. Casey agrees to teach him out of pity, correcting him as they go, and insists this is not one of those romantic movie moments. Melissa walks in and misreads the lesson. Later, Don asks David for advice on keeping a marriage exciting.

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step up to the platecatch my driftMum's the wordkeep things exciting

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Phrase of the scene

Mum's the word

保密、守口如瓶

大卫请菲茨杰拉德对昨晚的事保密，用这句话把秘密封住。

Whatever you heard, mum's the word.

Also in this scene

  • step up to the plate

    上场、站出来担纲

  • catch my drift

    明白某人的暗示

  • keep things exciting

    让关系保持新鲜刺激

  • out of pity

    出于同情、出于怜悯

Everything marked in this scene

33 notes across 109 lines

Slang · C1finger bang youIf you let her finger bang you they would have given us the keys.
Grammar · B2I only suck a man's dick if I'm in love

only if

Okay, look. First, unlike you, I only suck a man's dick if I'm in love, okay?
Soundif I'm in love

liaison

Okay, look. First, unlike you, I only suck a man's dick if I'm in love, okay?
Phrase · B1a personal ruleThat's kind of a personal rule I have.
Phrase · B2where someone was going with somethingI don't have a second one. I don't know where I was going with that.
Phrase · B2step up to the plateHere comes Joe Morgan up to the plate.
Slang · C1Joe MorganHere comes Joe Morgan up to the plate.
Phrase · B2mope around...or mope around like someone kicked you in the vagina?
Soundmope around

liaison

...or mope around like someone kicked you in the vagina?
Grammar · B2it's okay that you haven't kissed a girl

it as a formal subject

Look, it's okay that you haven't kissed a girl.
Soundkind of sweet

liaison

...that find inexperience kind of sweet.
Phrase · B2make something clearOkay, let me make one thing clear.
Phrase · B2one of those moments where ...This isn't one of those moments where the girl kisses the boy...
Grammar · B2one of those moments where the girl kisses the boy

relative clause with where

This isn't one of those moments where the girl kisses the boy...
Phrase · B1the whole time...and realizes she's been in love with him the whole time, okay?
Slang · B1dingus- What is? - I'm gonna kiss you, dingus.
Phrase · B1my badRight. Too much-- Yeah, that's my fault. My bad. Sorry.
Phrase · B1what it looks like- We're not doing what it looks like. - Really?
Phrase · B2out of pityIt looks like Casey's teaching you how to kiss out of pity.
Phrase · A2not badOh. Not bad.
Phrase · B2photobomb somethingRose. Get in there. There you go. Photobomb it.
Slang · B2RedheadRedhead. They're crazy.
Phrase · B1be ready to roll- Here we go. - Well, looks like you're ready to roll.
Soundready to roll

elision

- Here we go. - Well, looks like you're ready to roll.
Phrase · B1first thingGary called me first thing. He seemed real eager for y'all to come pick her up.
Phrase · B2I would appreciate it if ...Hey, yeah, listen, I would appreciate it if you kept what happened last night...
Grammar · C1I would appreciate it if you kept what happened last night

I would appreciate it if ...

Hey, yeah, listen, I would appreciate it if you kept what happened last night...
Phrase · B2between us...all that Chinese vibrator talk, between us.
Phrase · B2mum's the wordYeah. Oh, yeah. No, no. I get it. Yeah. No, say no more. Mum's the word, okay?
Phrase · B2of late...haven't been a real five-alarm fire of late. - Okay.
Phrase · B2light the flameNow that I'm not working as much, we have a chance to light the flame again...
Phrase · B2catch someone's drift- If you catch my drift. - I do,yeah.
Phrase · B2keep things exciting...what do you do to keep things exciting after years in the same fishing hole?

Casey Teaches Kenny to Kiss, explained

What's really going on

The chapter plays as broad comedy, but its center is Kenny's confession: "I wanna be the guy who grabs a girl and kisses her." What he wants is not just technique but to be seen as someone worth wanting, which is why the pity lesson stings even as it helps. Casey frames the kiss carefully, telling him it isn't the moment where the girl falls for the boy, which protects them both. The comedy comes from how badly the plan goes anyway, since Melissa walks in at the worst time. Don's later questions about keeping a marriage exciting add a second, older version of the same worry: desire that has gone quiet.

Theme

Coming of ageKenny's first kiss lesson is played for laughs, but it is also his first step toward confidence.
RomanceCasey sets firm rules around the lesson to keep pity separate from love, while Don worries about lost passion.

Listen for

  • if I'm in love — liaison
  • mope around — liaison
  • kind of sweet — liaison
  • ready to roll — elision
I don't wanna be a sweet, inexperienced guy who's never been worth kissing.

Kenny's real fear: that being kind and inexperienced makes him someone nobody would choose.

I wanna be the guy who grabs a girl and kisses her. You know?

Kenny's wish for confidence and desire, the longing under the whole kissing lesson.

It looks like Casey's teaching you how to kiss out of pity.

Melissa's blunt reading of the scene, naming exactly what makes the lesson embarrassing.

Yeah, the matches are genitals. I get it.

David's deadpan translation of Don's metaphor, which turns an awkward talk into a joke.

Questions about this scene

Why does Casey kiss Kenny?

Kenny has never kissed anyone, and Casey offers to show him how out of pity rather than romance. She sets a clear rule that this is just practice, not a confession.

Why does Melissa get upset?

She walks in on the kissing lesson and the scene looks exactly like what Casey denies it is. The misunderstanding lands as a joke rather than a real betrayal.

What does Casey mean by saying this isn't one of those moments?

She is heading off the cliche where a girl kisses a boy and realizes she loves him. Her line keeps the lesson platonic, even as the scene plays up the awkwardness.

What does Don ask David about?

Don wants advice on keeping his marriage exciting and describes the bedroom as a fire that has gone out. His oversharing becomes the joke, not the advice.

We're the Millers · 21 chapters

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Up next · Chapter 16worth way more alive than I am deadPablo Chacon Confronts the Millers
Chapter 1what I wouldn't giveDavid Runs Into Little RickyChapter 2a real Sophie's choiceDavid Fights for CaseyChapter 3out of my leagueBrad Offers David a JobChapter 4a huge red flagDavid Recruits Rose for the TripChapter 5in my sleepThe Millers Fly to MexicoChapter 6blend inThe Millers Cross into MexicoChapter 7as we speakDavid Picks Up the Wrong LoadChapter 8be a team playerA Cop Demands a BribeChapter 9look the partFake Family at the Border CheckpointChapter 10save your baconThe RV Breaks Down in the DesertChapter 11a bit of a hiatusHow David and Rose MetChapter 12pass the batonThe Millers Perform at the JamboreeChapter 13the birds and the beesKenny's Bad DrawingChapter 14spice things upThe Couple Walks In on ThemWatching · Chapter 15Mum's the wordCasey Teaches Kenny to KissChapter 16worth way more alive than I am deadPablo Chacon Confronts the MillersChapter 17make a good caseKenny Gets Bitten by a SpiderChapter 18a cheap shotInterrogating Casey's BoyfriendChapter 19dead in a ditchThe Fake Family Falls ApartChapter 20get one's hands off someoneCasey Punches Scottie P.Chapter 21a huge paydayDavid Begs the Group to Come Back
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