"Alice." " You're a woman, right?" " Uh-oh." " So, I am in the market for a prom date." " Prom." " Wow, look at you!" " Anyway, when you went to prom, what did your Prince Charming say to sweep you off your feet?" " I need the exact string of words." " I actually didn't go to prom." " Oh, 'cause, like, prom hadn't been invented yet?" " No." " Prom just wasn't my thing." " But tons of guys asked me." " Oh, great." " Give me the best of the best." " This one cute guy said, "You are the single most beautiful rose in the desert wasteland that is European History since 1500, milady." " Will you go to prom with me?"" " Okay, I just recorded everything you said with voice-to-text," "I'm deleting that boring history stuff, and send." " Send?" " No send, Andy." " You can't send it in a text, you have to ask in person." " Oh, no, that would take way too long." " Look, I just sent this to 37 different girls in my school." " You know." " Gonna cast a wide net." " [ Cellphone vibrates]" " Looks like we have... our first no." " Well, it's a numbers game." " I'm not worried." " [ Cellphone vibrating] - "No." " No."" " " Unsubscribe"?" "  Mm." " Well, at least they're replying to me in a timely fashion." " And in all caps." "  Andy..." " [Doorbell rings]" "Yay!" " Strangers at the door!" " I got it!" "  Is Dora home?" "  Dora!" " Some dork is at the door!" " Oops, I forgot to use my inside voice." " Gabe?" " Oh, crap." " Three, four." " ♪ Hold on, little girl ♪" "♪ Show me what he's done to you ♪" "♪ Stand up, little girl ♪" "♪ A broken heart can't be that bad ♪" "What the hell is happening?" " It's so adorable." " Dora's being asked to the prom by some dude named Gabe." " ♪ So come on, baby, come on over ♪" "♪ Let me be the one to show you ♪" "♪ I'm the one who wants to go ♪" "♪ To prom with you ♪" " Oh." " [ Chuckles]" "Poor, stupid Gabe." " ♪ I know you feel it, too ♪" "Yeah, I'm gonna stop you right there." " Uh, I don't feel it, too." " Prom's not really my thing." " I guess what I'm trying to say is..." "Thank you for the opportunity." " Dora:" "Anytime!" " Sorry." " She said no." " Mary:" "This is Alice." " When she was a kid, she dreamed up me to be her bff." " Now my girl has finally fallen in love, but she's in way over her head, so I'm back to help." " I've got this all figured out." "  No, you don't." "  No, I don't." " I cannot believe Dora said no to that adorable prom proposal." " The old wound is reopened now." " I should've gone to prom." " It's my biggest regret." " That's your biggest regret?" " I've seen you eat a hot dog you dropped in the subway." " I've seen you punch a bird." " I didn't punch the bird, the bird flew at my face and I gently shooed it to the ground." " This is gently shooing." " This..." "Ah!" "...  is a bird slap." " But whatever." " You should talk to Dora." " I'm gonna go talk to Dora." " So no one asked you to prom because you punched a bird?" " No, people thought I punched the bird, but that's not... my main point." "[ Sighs]" "I always got asked to prom, and I always said no, and then in my senior year, when I actually wanted to go, no one asked." " Okay." " Maybe prom was cool back in your day when it was invented..." "How old do you guys think I am?" " Point is, prom is lame." " All the dressing up, the popular music, the outdated gender norms." " Prom's never, like, like, cool." " Like in the movie "Carrie."" " Every now and then, pop music and outdated gender norms can be fun, Dora." " I don't know." " Plus, I thought Gabe's prom-posal was pretty brave." " Yeah, it does take a certain amount of courage to look like an idiot." " There is something kind of, like, mysterious about trombonists." " Sure." "[ Chuckles]" " Is Dora here?" "  Oh, bro." " Bro, bro, bro." " Dad, I got this." " Three, four." " ♪ Will you go to prom ♪" "♪ With Gabe Bernstein?" " ♪" " ♪ He is quite respectful ♪" " It's happening again?" "  ♪ For a teen ♪" " All right, guys." " Please." " I'm saying yes." " Don't make me change my mind." "  Yes!" " [ Gasps]" "Thanks, Dora." " I'm so excited." " You sure are." " Bye." " Yes!" " Whoa, whoa." " What was that?" " I thought prom wasn't your thing." " It's not, but Alice kind of freaked me out, and I don't want to end up like her." " That is so insulting and you took my advice!" " [ Grunts]" " Can we do prom pictures here?" " Ben, can we do prom pictures here?" " No." " I-I'm sorry, okay?" " It's just that..." "Dora can't go." "  What?" "  What?" " Look, you're Andy's little sister." " You can't go to prom before him." " It'll send him off the deep end." " Oh." " That's why we have the Andy Rule..." "You can't achieve milestones before him." " It's not worth it." " You could've said something before I told Gabe to ask me again." " You were so insistent that prom was for suck-ass douche lords that I didn't think I had to." " So if Andy gets a date, then I can go?" " Absolutely." " So it's not happening." " Hopefully, Gabe will understand." " Oh, poor kid." " Poor kid?" " Poor me." " You almost blew it!" " All your prom talk almost got inside Dora's head." " Wait, what are you saying?" " I'm saying I don't want Dora to go to prom because she's my little baby Princess." " So you're hiding behind Andy's lack of game to keep Dora from taking part in a rite of passage?" " No, it's not like that." " Prom is just different for boys." " You get it." " Yeah, I get it." " It's called a double standard." " No, it's two single and equal standards that I choose to measure differently." " Oh, God!" " Sorry, just mixing up my entrances." " We're totally calling him out on this double standard garbagio and getting Andy a date, right?" " Oh, hell, yeah." " Slipping, slipping!" " Ah!" " Hey, champ." " How's it going on the prom front?" " It's good." " I've still got tons of options." " I'm down to four girls." " [ Cellphone vibrates]" " Three girls." " You didn't even look." " Eh." " Didn't have to." " There's been a theme." " Okay." " So, clearly mass-texting your entire class was not the way to go." " Well, I didn't text everybody." " I can work with that." " Gonna call out some lady names here." " And they're all crossed out." " Laura Wadler." " Boom." " How about her?" "  She starts fires." "  Okay." " Denise Bagley." "  She's super nice and cute." "  Uh-huh?" " But she's going with Jennifer Gomez." " To elaborate, they're lovers." "[ Clicks tongue] Gotcha. [ Gasps]" "Aww, Clara Chang." " Wasn't she in Dora's play with you?" " You guys are so cute together." " Man, I..." "I can't ask her." " I like her and stuff." " Wait." " You actually like her?" " Well, it's more like love. [ Chuckles]" "Dude!" " Why didn't you just ask her in the first place?" " A-Again, because I love her." " I mean, what if she says no to me?" " That would actually hurt my feelings." " Andy, you're just trying to protect your little heart." " Oh, actually, the doctor says it's enlarged." " But yeah." " One no from Clara, that... that would... that would be worse than a thousand nos from all these girls." " Andy, you just got to take a chance." " I mean, look at me and your dad." " If he hadn't sacked up and asked me out, we wouldn't be here now." " You're right." " You're totally out of my dad's league." "  I am." "  Okay." " I'm gonna ask Clara." " Okay." "[ Clears throat]" " "Prom," question mark..." " No, no." " Don't text her." " Oh, no." " Oh, I-I-I just sent it, and autocorrect changed it from "prom" to "porn."" " What?" " Why did it do that?" " I don't know!" " I've never once typed in that word before!" " Why would I?" "!" " Clearly, I've been hacked." " I've been hacked by a gross, shameful, naturally curious person." " Let's just move on." " We will start by letting go of this." " We are going to ask Clara the right way, with a big romantic display, just like all the kids are doing now." " Okay." " Yeah, I'm in." "  Okay." "  What do I do?" "  Oh, God." " _" " I'm about to ask out Clara." " Is that right?" " It feels weird in my mouth." " Andy, relax." " This is the cutest prom-posal your school has ever seen." " Yeah, okay." " Here goes nothing." " Uh, uh..." "[Gasps] Oh, no." " Why'd you throw a rock?" "!" " There were no pebbles!" " What about the doorbell?" " How am I supposed to hit the doorbell with a rock?" "!" " Alice, come on!" "[ Gasps]" "No." " No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" " Oh, please, don't... stop!" " This can't be happening!" " If you were gonna do it, at least finish your job!" "  Come back, please!" " _" "  Sir!" "  Clara:" "Andy?" " What's happening?" "[ Chuckles] It's a funny story." " ♪" "Excuse me." " ♪" "Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God." " This is a disaster and I have math class first period." " What do I even say to her?" " Nothing, you ditch math... no." " I'm an adult." " I cannot suggest that." " Oh, no, she's walking over." " Drive, drive, drive, drive!" " Why aren't you driving?" "!" " We can't run away." " You have to talk to her." " Never." " Oh, sweet Lord, she's knocking on the window." "  Andy?" "  And she's saying my name." " She knows it's me." " I can hear you." " I'm rolling the window down now." " Don't you dare." " I will never forgive you." " Hey, Clara." " What's shakin', bacon?" " Well, you texted me the word "porn,"" "then broke my window, and also wrote, "Clara, do me," on the street." " Hmm." " Well, someone's full of herself." " So... are you asking me to prom or what?" " Uh, uh..." "Yes, he's asking you to prom." " Cool." " Uh, e-mail me the deets, and I'll hit you back with the bill for my bedroom window." " My parents are irate." "[ Both yelling]" "I just asked Clara to prom using you as a proxy!" " I am the man!" "  You really are!" "  Yeah!" " This is how we do!" " This is how we..." "[Gasps]" "Thank you for your help with this." " Son of a bitch." "  Hi, Mr. Cooper." " Is Dora..." " Dora home?" " I know." "  Bro, why are you doing this?" "  Oh." "  ♪ This is the last time... ♪" " A third time?" " So exciting." " ♪ I'm gonna ask ♪" "♪ Will you go to prom ♪" "♪ With Gabe at last?" " ♪" "♪ Gabe, at last ♪" "♪ It's just like a scene ♪" "♪ From a rom-com ♪" "♪ From a rom-com ♪" "♪ We'll go to Olive Garden ♪" "♪ And then hit prom ♪" "♪ No bottom to ♪" "♪ The breadsticks ♪" "[Chuckles]" "Uh, why all this?" " I-I already texted you we were back on." " I know, but I wanted to do it right." " You deserve the big ask." "  Aww." " [ Groans]" "Well, uh, I'll admit the song is growing on me." " So, still yes." " Great." " I'm looking forward to it." " Okay. [ Chuckles] Bye." " Okay. [ Chuckles] Bye." " Okay." " Bye. [ Chuckles]" "Okay, bye." " She said yes." "  Again!" " [ Cheering]" "Dora, we talked about this." " You can't go unless you-know-who gets a you-know-what, which will happen when you-know-where freezes over." " You didn't hear?" " Andy, tell dad the good news." " You have to pay $358 for a broken window." " What?" " And I got a date to prom." "  I got a date to prom." "  No." "  Yeah." "  No." "  Yeah." "  No way." "  Yes." "  No." " Yes!" " All thanks to Alice." " She literally asked for me." " I mean, she said the words and everything." " Alice, you are the best." " Now I get to go to prom!" " Good thing you clearly laid out those super specific rules." " You are the best, Alice." " Okay, I know this is not what you intended, but this is a very big moment!" " Dora took my advice;" "Andy, thanks to me, gets a date with the girl he loves." " I mean, this is great!" " Right?" "  Mm." "  Ooh. [ Groans]" "[Sighs]" "Oh, damn, he is pissed!" " Do you think I went too far helping Andy?" " Hell, No." " One... the guy is wrong." " Two..." "If Ben wants you to get involved in the kids' lives, he's got to know you're gonna bring your own flavor." " All day." " Flavor's my middle name." " No, it's not." " It's Lurleen." " Shut up." " ♪" "Okay, you're super angry." "[ Scoffs] Me?" " What makes you say that?" " Well, maybe because you stormed out, and now you're furiously slathering mayo on what's shaping up to be a multi-decker hate sandwich." " Well, it's just, I told you I didn't want" "Dora to go to prom, and you forced it to happen." " I'm sorry, it's just I know what it's like to miss out, and I don't want Dora to go through that." " Did you hear her with that Gabe?" "[ As Dora] "Okay, bye." " Okay, bye."" " You know what I heard?" "" Okay, bye, innocence." " Okay, bye, virginity."" " You're overreacting." " It's just a school dance." "  Prom is a gateway dance." "  Ben..." "She's growing up, and it's scary and overwhelming and sad, and pass me the pickle chips." " [ Pickles plop]" " Honey, honey, I promise you, when you see Dora walk down those stairs wearing a beautiful gown, all of your fear and anger will melt away, and you'll just be left with super happy dad feels." " Whatever, fine." " Everybody can just do what they want, because I've obviously lost control of this family." " The only thing I can control is this sandwich." " Damn it!" "  Okay, Andy, put your arm around Clara." "  Here goes everything." " Andy, lose the hover hand." " The what?" " Well, your hand's just floating high above her." " It's okay, you can touch my shoulder." " But it's so bare and well-moisturized." " Look, I like you, dude." " You're not like the other guys." " You're kind of an oddball." " Thank you." " So..." "Damn!" " Looking sharp, kiddo." " Dora:" "Coming down." " ♪" " Oh, [bleep] no." " [ Music warps and fades]" "What dat?" " Nothing." " Dora, you look..." "Wow." " Ben:" "Yes, "wow."" " You look so great, honey." " Really, so adult." " Adults only." " You okay, Ben?" " Yes!" " Big stuff." " Hey, Gabe, your boutonniere's slipping." " Let me get that for ya." "  Is it?" "  Uh, yes, it is." " Excuse us." " Ooh, sharp." " Uh, you know, I could probably pin that on myself." " Let me tell you something, Gabe." " I have a very particular set of skills, skills that I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you." " Um, isn't that the Liam Neeson speech from the movie "Taken"?" " Ooh." " Look who watches PG-13 movies." " Um..." "Follow me, Gabe." " Okay." " You'll have my daughter returned home safe, and that'll be the end of it, Gabe." " I will not look for you." " I will not pursue you." " But if you break curfew or her heart," "I will look for you." " I will find you." " And I will kill you." "[ Both laugh]" "It's a great movie, huh?" " Love that line." " Anywho, have fun tonight." " Yay!" " Okay, one last group shot." " Dora, where's Gabe?" " Um, don't know." " He said he was going to the bathroom." " The downstairs bathroom?" " 'Cause I was just in there and the window was open," " and the curtains were blowing." " [ Cellphone chimes]" " Oh, my God." " _" " Gabe just ditched me." "  Oh, no." "  What?" " Dad, what did you say to Gabe?" " What?" " Nothing." " 'Cause this text says that in the interest of his personal safety, he thinks it's best if we never speak again." "[ Scoffs] Classic Gabe." " Always freaking out for no reason." "[ Cellphone chimes]" "Alice: "To be absolutely clear, I think you're great, and the only reason I ran is 'cause your father threatened to take my life."" " How could you do this to me?" " 'Cause I didn't want you to go to prom." " What about Andy?" " Well, i-it's different with boys." " Dad, that's a full-on double standard against girls." " Oh, my God!" " You tried to trick me with the Andy Rule." " Uh, hi, I'm..." "I'm Andy." " Feeling like I deserve to know the Andy rule." " No, she said, "Andy rules."  Go, Andy." " Dad said I couldn't go to prom unless you got a date, which he thought would never happen." " Andy:" "Well, guess what." " Now I am standing here with my arm around..." "That's right, all the way around..." "This lovely angel, proving you wrong." " Let's just go stand somewhere near the street." "[ Door opens]" "I know I act all tough and above it all... but... but the truth is I really wanted to go to prom." " Thanks a lot." " ♪" "Dora, I'm sorry." " Please come out, Princess." " Dora: [Crying] I'm not your princess." "  I'm a grown-Ass woman." "  Just come out." " We-We can make milkshakes and watch "Care Bears."" "" Care Bears"?" " I don't want "Care Bears."" " I want Gabe." " I love him." "  All right, come on." "  It's true." " I love everything about Gabe Saperstein." " I think it's Bernstein." " Well, whatever." " I love how he's sweet and... and an average height." " I love how he comes and sings at doors." " And I love...[Sobs]" " ...how his name is Gabe." "  Yes, you clearly know all about him." " Well, I know you can't keep us apart!" "  I long for him." "  You long for no boy!" " The more you tell me I can't long for him, the longer my longing becomes." " Okay, let's take it easy, everybody." " What's the difference?" " Dad got what he wanted." " I'm not going to prom." " I guess I'm the kind of princess who gets locked up in a tower!" " ♪" "Be honest." " I'm horrible, right?" " Eh..." "Y-You're just making a noise." " Is it a good noise?" " Eh..." "Yeah, I deserved that." " It's hard for dads when their little girls grow up." " She used to be my little pumpkin who'd run into my arms when I came home or ask me to kiss her ouchies." " She's gone." " It's all gone." " Yeah, but now she's this amazing young woman who's special in a whole new way." " Yeah, but that's the thing." " She's gonna disappear, too." "[ Chuckles]" "I guess I thought if I could hold off on prom for just another year, then, I don't know, maybe I could slow things down." " Yeah, but you can't." " Yeah." " I know." " So what now?" " Go to her." " And tell her to go to him." " To get him to go with her to the prom." " Yeah, no, no, I got it." "  Okay." "  Thank you." " Hey." " Hey." "" Taken" dad!" " No, no, no, no, no." " We're cool." " So sorry about before." " I got totally carried away." " Gabe, you're a sweet boy." " Dora, take it away." " Gabe, I owe you an apology, too." " I should've just said yes the first time you asked." "[ Inhales sharply] Ah, that's why I'm here." " Um... [Laughs]" "N-Not just..." "Not just 'cause I want to go to prom, but because I want to go to prom with you." " Two, three, four." " ♪ Sorry I was such a jerk before ♪" "♪ I want to go to prom, get in the car ♪" "♪ Oops, that sounded kind of threatening ♪" "[Laughs] Sorry, this is weird." " ♪ I'm not good at these things ♪" "[Laughs]" "I know half these kids are probably on Molly, but it's so cute." " Ben:" "Got to admit, having some super happy dad feels here." " Aww." " I'm glad Dora didn't miss this." " I still can't believe Andy isn't missing this." " Think you underestimated both of them." " And you." " Thanks for holding my hand while my kids are letting go." " ♪ Deep inside I hope you'll feel it, too ♪" "Well, guess we should stop creeping and head on home." " Actually..." "I was thinking we could do something else first." "[ Chuckles]" "Would you go to prom with me?" " Oh, my God, prom." " Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!" "  ♪ Who wants to be with you ♪ - ♪ I'm the one, oh ♪" "Okay." " Well, is prom everything you hoped it would be?" " Mm, it's perfect." " Clara:" "Uh, Andy, is that your dad and his girlfriend?" " My God, have you no shame?" "!" " What is wrong with you two?" "!" " Mary: 20-plus years in the making, and we finally got our prom, girl!" " Let's hit the limo and make some mistakes!" " ♪ To be with you ♪" "♪ Ooh ♪" "[Crowd cheering]" "♪ Yeah, you know what we about ♪" "♪ Partying, like, so loud ♪" "♪ Getting down, like, all night, let's go ♪" "♪ Tonight we step it up... ♪" "[Crowd cheering]" "♪ Step it up and fly away ♪" "Oh, my God!" " ♪ Got our heads up in the clouds ♪" " ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ - ♪ Where tonight?" " ♪" "♪ Where tonight?" " Oh, oh, oh, where tonight?" " ♪"