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Michael Does Cocaine for the First Time, Explained:walk someone through

At a party, Jay is pegged as the hipster who must hate Forrest Gump, and the conversation drifts into a Pineapple Express sequel pitch. Then Michael tries cocaine for the first time and panics — "I'm nervous, dude" — while a friend tries to talk him down: "I'll walk you through it."

あらすじ

At the party, Jay meets Craig and Emma and gets teased as a hipster who dislikes LA and hates universally loved movies — Forrest Gump included. The group spins a Pineapple Express sequel in which Red Danny is a drug lord and Woody Harrelson legalizes weed. Then Michael, doing cocaine for the first time, freaks out and needs a friend to walk him through it.

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このシーンの表現

walk someone through

to guide step by step

Seth calms Michael by promising to guide him step by step.

I will walk you through the setup in a minute.

このシーンの他の表現

  • what the fuck

    a crude expression of shock

  • out of his mind

    insane or wildly unreasonable

  • freak out

    to panic or lose control

  • bust something open

    to crack a case wide open

  • a sequel to

    a follow-up to something

このシーンのメモ一覧

69 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ

表現 · A2old friend

a long-time friend

And honestly, he's your old friend.
表現 · B1feel threatened

feels under threat

We're your new friends. He feels threatened.
表現 · B2bust something open

to crack a case wide open

Craig feels tonight is the moment everything gets cracked open.

I honestly think tonight's the night we bust this whole thing open.
文法 · B2the night we bust

relative clause: The clause we bust it open describes the night, with when left out.

I honestly think tonight's the night we bust this whole thing open.
表現 · A2what happened to something

what became of

It's like my TV wife opens the fridge and is like, "What happened to the birthday cake?"
表現 · B1in town

visiting the city

You just in town visiting him or what? Yeah. Just for a little visit, you know.
発音in town

In town links into one sound, almost in-town.

You just in town visiting him or what? Yeah. Just for a little visit, you know.
表現 · B1come down

come here

I try to not come down here very much. I don't really love it here.
表現 · B1be into something

not keen on

I'm just not really into the LA lifestyle.
表現 · B1a hipster

an artsy type

Look at him. He's like a hipster, right?
スラング · B1hipster

an artsy type — A teasing label for artsy taste, mildly dismissive.

Look at him. He's like a hipster, right?
文法 · B2do seem to hate

emphatic do: The added do stresses that he really does seem to hate things.

Yeah, yeah, you do seem to hate a lot of things, and the bottom of your pants are awful tight.
表現 · B2universally loved

liked by everyone

I'll bet you hate movies that are universally loved.
文法 · B2movies that are universally loved

passive relative clause: The passive clause describes movies that everyone else loves.

I'll bet you hate movies that are universally loved.
表現 · B2a piece of shit

a worthless thing

No, no. It's a horrendous piece of shit.
表現 · B2a box of chocolates

a box of chocolates

Life is like a box of chocolates, no.
表現 · B1a sequel to something

a follow-up to something

Someone suggests a sequel to Pineapple Express and the pitch begins.

Why don't we do a sequel to Pineapple Express?
表現 · B2drug lord

a drug lord

It's that Red Danny has become like the drug lord, you know, since we killed the other one.
文法 · B2since we killed

since-clause: The since-clause marks what has held true after they killed the other man.

It's that Red Danny has become like the drug lord, you know, since we killed the other one.
表現 · B1give a speech

deliver a speech

And he wants to assassinate Woody Harrelson cause he's gonna give a speech that makes all of weed legal.
表現 · B2be out of business

no longer able to operate

In the pitch, legal weed would put the drug lords out of business.

effectively rendering drug lords out of business.
スラング · C1motherfucker

a very crude insult — One of the crudest insults; never in formal talk.

That's expensive shit, motherfucker.
表現 · A2for the first time

on your first attempt

Well, you did the best shit possible for your first time cause that's good fucking...
スラング · A2dude

man, buddy — Casual American address for a friend.

Fuck, fuck, fuck. I'm nervous, dude.
表現 · B2walk someone through something

to guide step by step

Seth calms Michael by promising to guide him step by step.

Mike, please, I'll walk you through it. I will walk you through it.
発音walk you

Walk you glides together, close to wok-ya.

Mike, please, I'll walk you through it. I will walk you through it.
表現 · B1be someone's guide

show you the way

Mike, no one. I'll be your guide.
発音no one

The vowel weakens and the two words nearly merge.

Mike, no one. I'll be your guide.
発音Is it on

The t becomes a quick flap, so the three words run together.

You're fine, Chris. You're fine. Is it on?
表現 · B1go like this

do it this way

All the fellas go like this, in your Barry White voice.
スラング · B1fellas

guys, fellows — A folksy word for a group of men, not for work.

All the fellas go like this, in your Barry White voice.

「Michael Does Cocaine for the First Time」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is a hangout scene that keeps sliding into other registers. First it's a class joke about taste — Jay, in LA, is the outsider who 'hate[s] a lot of things' and, per the ribbing, even hates Forrest Gump: 'No, no. It's a horrendous piece of shit.' Then the friends do what friends in this film do: pitch a movie, sketching a Pineapple Express sequel where a drug lord wants to kill Woody Harrelson. What actually goes wrong is smaller and funnier: Michael tries cocaine and immediately unravels. Someone offers to hold his hand through it — 'Mike, please, I'll walk you through it' — and the scene turns from banter into babysitting. The film keeps its comedians talking, and the jokes come from how little any of them can handle.

Theme

FriendshipThe scene is pure hangout comedy: friends tease Jay, pitch a movie together, and rally around Michael when he overdoes it.
Dark humorMichael's first cocaine trip becomes the punchline, played for panic and laughs rather than caution.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A sequel to takes the preposition to
  • Out of business means forced to close
  • Walk someone through means guide step by step
  • Freak out means to panic visibly

発音のポイント

  • in town — In town links into one sound, almost in-town.
  • walk you — Walk you glides together, close to wok-ya.
  • no one — The vowel weakens and the two words nearly merge.
  • Is it on — The t becomes a quick flap, so the three words run together.
I honestly think tonight's the night we bust this whole thing open.

Said about the weekend's plans: he believes tonight is when everything gets cracked open and settled.

Yeah, yeah, you do seem to hate a lot of things, and the bottom of your pants are awful tight.

The hipster tease in two observations: Jay dislikes too much, and his too-tight trouser cuffs supposedly prove the point.

Mike, please, I'll walk you through it. I will walk you through it.

The reassuring offer to a panicking first-time drug user: stay calm, and I'll guide you through every step of the trip.

No, no. It's a horrendous piece of shit.

His verdict on Forrest Gump when asked if he likes it: an emphatic no, delivered in the bluntest possible terms.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Jay called a hipster?

He says he doesn't like LA and 'I'm just not really into the LA lifestyle,' so the others tease him as a hipster; they bet he hates universally loved movies like Forrest Gump.

What is the Pineapple Express sequel idea about?

In their pitch, Red Danny has become a drug lord since they killed the previous one, and he wants to assassinate Woody Harrelson because Harrelson's speech would make all weed legal and put drug lords out of business.

Why does Michael freak out?

He tries cocaine for the first time and panics — he says he's nervous and has never done it before — so a friend has to calm him down and walk him through it.

Does anyone help Michael when he panics?

Yes. A friend promises to guide him through it — 'I'll walk you through it' — and someone jokes that he's got some coke in his mustache, so the scene stays comic rather than alarming.

What happens after the cocaine scene?

The party rolls on into a bit: someone announces that they're going to sing to all the ladies, in a Barry White voice, keeping the scene in party mode.

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