When autistic Ezra is expelled from yet another school, his dad Max takes him in the middle of the night to embark on a cross-country odyssey.
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00:01Hey, what's going on? My name's Ezra.
00:04Where do horses go when they're sick?
00:06To the horse-pital.
00:08First original joke. I'm proud of you.
00:10New material is not easy.
00:13But he's got, like, a secret language.
00:15You know what this is?
00:16Like the doctor who first told me my son was autistic.
00:18He says, you know, the autistic mind is wired in a revolutionary way.
00:23Shuffle up those bitches and show them who's boss.
00:26Ezra.
00:28Today he was a danger to himself and others.
00:30There it is. There it is. The secret language.
00:32Max, stop.
00:33I am going to require him to attend a school for special needs.
00:36Son of a bitch!
00:38Are you crying?
00:40Come on.
00:42He cried, didn't he?
00:44The man you're in shouldn't be living with his father.
00:46You want to do something for your son?
00:48You get Mr. Siegel to book you on Mr. Kimmel.
00:51Get your best stuff together, Max. You're gonna need it.
00:53My son is here tonight.
00:55Stop talking about me!
00:57Board of Ed will pay for him to go to a special needs school.
01:00He doesn't need a special school.
01:01He just needs to be seen, Jen.
01:03Put him in a gym and let him work off that special sauce.
01:06But you gotta keep fighting.
01:08Hey, what are you doing?
01:09Don't worry about it.
01:10You're not taking the car.
01:11It's a frilla and vanilla!
01:13We're not fighting, Ez. We need to get him away from here.
01:16Ezra! Ezra!
01:19You kidnapped Ezra?
01:21I can't be kidnapping another father.
01:22You need to bring him home now.
01:24Where the hell are you?
01:25Come on, stand up.
01:26Stand up. Arms up.
01:27Just taking a little time off with Ez.
01:29Give your Uncle Nicky a hug, huh?
01:30Come on, kid. Come here.
01:31Hey, where are you going, kid?
01:34Jen thinks he should go to a special needs school and I don't.
01:36You know, that kid is the one thing that I can't get wrong.
01:39That's right, you can't. Because he's perfect.
01:43All right, you two. Get a room.
01:45I don't mean to be rude, but that was not as easy as it looked.
01:49That kid's a genius.
01:51You know the word autism comes from the Greek, in your own world.
01:54I don't want him in his own world.
01:56I want him in this world.
02:00I'm not here to stop you.
02:01But you gotta know that you have a family that loves you and that needs you and that cares about you.
02:12Hey, I love you.
02:17Who says autistic kids can't communicate?
02:20Autism Live