Near the end of winter break, Greg and Earl meet at Thuyen’s Saigon Flavor. Greg tells Earl that Rachel has died, which Earl knew, then confesses he scratched up all their DVDs and asks if Earl got his copies back from Rachel. Earl says he did, but he burned them, so there are no more copies of any of their films. Earl decides it’s time to move on from filmmaking, and that maybe he’ll manage a Wendy’s instead, anything to get out of his mom’s house. Greg mentions that he’s failing his classes because he stopped going to school, and Earl tells him he’s stupid to do so because he has a chance at college. Greg says he’s thinking about film school. Earl tell him Rachel has asked Earl to apply, too, but he doesn’t have any money to go to film school. When Greg suggests a scholarship and presses Earl that Rachel would have wanted them to work together again, Earl reminds Greg that this is his first negative experience. Earl comes from a very broken home, and if he lives his life to take care of his mother and brothers, he’ll lose himself completely. So, he must take care of himself first.