Master in economics, minor in communications.
- Yeah! - Elaine Bassen,
honors in urban planning, minor in sociology.
Annie Braddock,
high honors in business, minor in anthropology.
So here I am a few months before the teddy bear incident...
Whoo-whoo!
...a native New Jersey girl
participating in a dreaded rite-of-passage ceremony.
- Doh! Oh my God!
Spazz!
And here's the woman who reared me
pretty much all by herself.
She's a nurse.
Note the shoes.
What is it?
You'll see.
Oh, wow.
- Thank you. - I know it's not much,
but I wanted to buy you your first business suit.
- Thanks. Thank you. - You can look back on this
- when you're a famous CFO. - Oh, Mom.
Gosh, come on. It's one meeting at Goldman Sachs.
It's highly competitive. I'm probably never gonna get the job.
All right, stop with the negativity.
Your father was always negative and look where it got him.
- Double-wide trailer in Scranton. ...in Scranton.
Honey, I'm not kidding.
I would give the world to be sitting where you're sitting right now.
You are so much smarter than I was.
No man is gonna squash your dreams.
No one's gonna tell you how to live your life.
Maybe I'm... maybe I'm not CFO material, you know?
No, what if I'm better suited at something...
- something else? - Like what?
Anthropology? Honey how are you gonna make a living at that?
Look, if you really want to run around in grass skirts,
then make enough money to spend Christmas at Club Med.
Annie, it's 7:15.
Get moving or you're gonna be late.
New Jersey PATH train to Manhattan
arriving on track two.
Oh.
New Jersey PATH train to Manhattan
arriving on track two.
Oh, goodness.
I have to admire this corporate drag. Wow.
Well, at least I'm not wearing last night's outfit at 8:00 a.m., party girl.
Let's just say that you missed a fabulous throw-down
and Tom Waylan was there.
- So? - He asked about you.
Twice.
All right, well, I gotta go.
- Real life awaits. - God.
You know, I bet none of those cultures you study
practice such rigorous celibacy.
- You ever hear of the Shakers? - Yes, and they're extinct.
Excuse me, sir? Sir.
- Yeah? - I got off at the wrong stop.
Can you tell me where Chambers Street is, please?
You see the building with the red umbrella?
- Yes. - It's about five blocks below that.
Oh shit.
Our financial analyst training program
is so competitive.
We have over 8,000 applicants for 10 positions.
So, why don't you tell me,
in your own words, who exactly is Annie Braddock?
Wow, that's...
that's certainly an easy enough question.
Mm-hm.
Annie Braddock is
a kind...
well...
I am...
Go on.
Well, you see...
Mm-hm.
I have absolutely no idea.
Excuse me.
Who is Annie Braddock?
It wasn't exactly a trick question.
Yet somehow I couldn't formulate a response.
Of course I knew all the basic facts...
the date of birth, home town, socioeconomic makeup.
But I didn't really know who I was, where I fit in,
who I was gonna be.
I was suddenly terrified I'd never find the answer.