- I know this anticipation's killing you.
It's killing you.
- How long is it?
Okay, it's about-, it's a few-
- Here, quick look.
- A little bit longer than mine.
- I know, I lied to you
when I told you how many words it was.
- Okay.
(gentle music)
- In honor of Never Have I Ever coming to an end,
I have written you a goodbye letter,
reflecting on all of our epic times together.
- All right.
Well, David, we've come really far
and I also have written you a letter.
- Why did you seal the envelope?
- You know me all too well, bro.
- All right.
You ready?
- No.
- Okay.
- David, I'm not sure how to begin this letter
because it's not a goodbye.
This is just the next chapter in what's shaping
out to be one of the greatest adventure novels of all time.
Let's take it back to day one.
After we crushed the first table read
even though we both wanted to shit our pants...
I don't know if I'm actually allowed to say that,
so you can bleep me out.
- I think you're allowed to say that.
- Okay, all right.
If not, bleep me out for that.
I knew that you would be a friend for life.
So it's truly astounding that we were able to
make something so messy yet beautiful,
gentle yet chaotic, and so full of meaning and love.
Thank you for keeping me awake by literally poking me,
or making fun of me
for being a grandpa on long shoot nights.
I'm so proud of you and I can't wait to be the loudest
and most obnoxious voice
screaming when you receive your first Oscar.
My advice to you is simple and said often,
but I'll always be there to gently or extremely loudly
and annoyingly remind you to take it all in.
And yes, you guessed it, Dave.
Remember the feeling.
- Remember the feeling.
- Yeehaw, Texas.
P.S. Ben Gross, Season 1, Episode 5,
19 minutes, 10 seconds.
So.
- Okay, well, we can cut it here.
Thank you, Jaren.
- Thank you, have a good one.
- All right.
Just kidding.
I don't think I can do this anymore.
- Okay, here I am.
- I don't wanna do this.
- Ready to receive my letter.
- Okay.
Dear Texas, as you know, I often joke with you that
in another universe where we went to high school together
we would've been the best of friends.
Of course, every time without fail, you say
we absolutely wouldn't.
(Jaren laughs)
Well, these past four years have only given me more
and more evidence than I am, in fact, correct.
Thank you for going on crazy adventures with me,
and staying up late when I know you're not a night owl.
And you know I'm not a morning person.
Thank you for always doing scenes with me
where we make the crew laugh, and for making me laugh
when the cameras aren't rolling.
Thank you for believing in me
when I don't believe in myself.
- Yeah.
If it weren't for Never Have I Ever,
I think that some way, somehow we would've found each other.
But, it is pretty damn impressive that this is
how we met in this lifetime.
Obviously, this is the furthest thing from a goodbye letter.
We both know that.
So, I will just leave you with one of my favorite texts
to get from you at the end of a workday on set.
See you tomorrow.
Love, David.
- Mm.
- Was that a "mm"?
- Mm.
- Are you emotional? - That was nice.
- Are you gonna cry?
- [Benjamin] Do your best to not to cry.
- Okay.
- Darren, my baby boy.
- Oh.
- It's impossible to reduce four seasons with you
down to a few words.
It seems like a lifetime ago
you invited me to lunch in your trailer
my second day on set, which meant literally the world to me.
Yet, it also feels like it all went
by in the blink of an eye.
A very beautiful eye, though,
like a Darren Barnet eye.
And it all felt so effortless.
We didn't stop laughing for three years straight.
I remember shooting a scene in Season 2 when
we were wearing those silly goggles,
waiting for the special effects team
to rig an explosive to a watermelon.
I turned to you and I said,
"I can't believe this is our job."
And that's how it always felt.
The time spent talking to you when the cameras were off
we're just as special, and that's invaluable.
If someone told me my first day on set that we'd be crying
in each other's arms on our last day on set,
I'd tell them, I don't cry, but that would be sick.
(Darren laughing)
Well, that obviously did happen,
and it's a testament to how meaningful this experience was.
Thank you for being such a generous scene partner.
Thank you for being so supportive.
Thank you for listening and talking.
Thank you for laughing at my stupid jokes.
Thank you for making stupid jokes.
And above all, thank you for being a true friend.
And I love you very much.
And as Trent would say, blood brothers for life.
Love, Ben.
- Your jokes were never stupid, man.
(Ben laughs)
- Thank you, dude.
- That's what I was hoping you were gonna say.
(Darren laughing)
- I love you, man.
- I gotta follow that?
- You don't have to.
- Yeah, I do.
- Ben.
Benny, Ben, Ben. - Yeah.
- Big B. - Yep.
- Ben-ihana. - That's me.
- I've never called you any of those nicknames.
(Ben laughing)
But I wanted people to see how close we are.
Ben, I don't know how else to say this other than
The words can never truly describe something
of that magnitude.
Now, when I received the news that I booked this role,
I fell on the floor.
A job, finally.
Little did I realize that I would be gaining something
entirely more valuable.
Ben, you've become a brother to me.
And you're one of the most hilarious
and comedically talented people I've ever met.
And I've known that since we did our first handstands
on that mechanical butterfly.
Caterpillar? Butterfly? - I dunno.
- Whatever. - One of them.
- It's probably a butterfly now.
(Ben laughing)
- Real fans will know.
You've shown me the most generous
and loving support that I never even had to ask for.
You're in my corner as much as I'm in yours,
and that is a place I'm proud to be.
I cannot wait to see how you continue to shake
things up with everything you have to offer
in this life, in this career.
Be loud, my brother, and know
I love you, man.
(Ben exhales)
- That was a good line.
- That's a good line.
- Did you write that yourself?
- I wrote that myself.
- Wow.
- I love you, man.
- I love you.
- Wow, that was a great line.
- I know.
- Wow.
Are you, and you really wrote, you wrote that yourself?
- I wrote that myself.
- It's just a lot to say.
Lots of feelings.
- Yeah.
- I don't think it's sad.
I think it's also because we're both so strong in
like, our friendship that we know that
like, we actually are gonna see lots of each other.
- Yeah. We've already, like in written a word
have expressed often how grateful we are for each other
and how we've showed up for each other when we really
needed to show up for one another.
So this is just like not even a goodbye letter
in my opinion.
I feel like it's like just a reminder letter.
You know?
- This has been
literally the ride of a lifetime.
With you.
- I will never not remember this, man.
I will never not remember.
I will never, I'll never get it.
- Yeah, no, that makes sense.
I'll also never not remember this.
I will always remember this.
- Watch Never Have I Ever June 8th, only on
- Netflix.
Because Darren Barnet told you to.
- Yeah.
(gentle music)