1 00:00:00,317 --> 00:00:02,818 Usic] 2 00:00:02,903 --> 00:00:03,986 [seagulls calling, bells ring] 3 00:00:04,071 --> 00:00:07,106 [distant foghorn blares] 4 00:00:09,827 --> 00:00:11,727 - hey, tony, where you headed? 5 00:00:11,829 --> 00:00:14,396 - I hear the white perch are schooled up. 6 00:00:14,498 --> 00:00:16,898 Maybe look for some mackerel the east end of the canal. 7 00:00:17,001 --> 00:00:18,734 - Be careful when you head out, okay? 8 00:00:18,836 --> 00:00:22,121 There's another big storm headed in due south. 9 00:00:22,206 --> 00:00:24,239 It's messing with the tides. See you. 10 00:00:24,341 --> 00:00:25,741 - Thanks. 11 00:00:25,843 --> 00:00:28,744 [ominous music] 12 00:00:28,846 --> 00:00:30,379 [motor humming] 13 00:00:32,683 --> 00:00:38,387 ♪ ♪ 14 00:00:43,527 --> 00:00:45,611 [rumbles] 15 00:00:46,697 --> 00:00:47,396 I think we hit something. 16 00:00:51,402 --> 00:00:57,539 ♪ ♪ 17 00:01:01,412 --> 00:01:02,110 oh, shit. 18 00:01:02,213 --> 00:01:03,829 - [gasps] 19 00:01:03,914 --> 00:01:06,632 ♪ ♪ 20 00:01:15,509 --> 00:01:17,509 - next order of business: 21 00:01:17,595 --> 00:01:20,262 The home at 29 commercial 22 00:01:20,347 --> 00:01:22,765 is requesting permission to change their shingles 23 00:01:22,850 --> 00:01:25,350 from our traditional "simply white" 24 00:01:25,436 --> 00:01:27,686 to "mountain peak white." 25 00:01:27,772 --> 00:01:28,821 - can we see the samples? 26 00:01:30,908 --> 00:01:32,808 - Have you lost your mind? 27 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:34,693 - It's a scandal that you would even ask. 28 00:01:34,779 --> 00:01:36,478 - Why don't you just paint them orange? 29 00:01:36,580 --> 00:01:37,362 [laughter] 30 00:01:37,448 --> 00:01:39,448 [gavel slams] - motion denied. 31 00:01:40,618 --> 00:01:43,202 Next order of business: 32 00:01:43,287 --> 00:01:46,038 Jim levy, the owner of mchenry's, 33 00:01:46,123 --> 00:01:47,790 is requesting a 16-inch easement 34 00:01:47,875 --> 00:01:49,374 into the neighbor's green area 35 00:01:49,460 --> 00:01:52,377 so he can have expanded outdoor dining. 36 00:01:52,463 --> 00:01:55,881 I believe mr. Levy is present to make his case. 37 00:01:55,966 --> 00:01:57,266 - Thank you, madam. 38 00:01:58,469 --> 00:02:00,135 As most of you know, I opened mchenry's 39 00:02:00,221 --> 00:02:01,804 as sister restaurant 40 00:02:01,889 --> 00:02:04,640 to my flagship mchenry's in davis square, somerville. 41 00:02:04,725 --> 00:02:06,308 - Can it, levy. You're wasting your time. 42 00:02:06,393 --> 00:02:07,893 - Excuse me? - Well, 43 00:02:07,978 --> 00:02:09,812 first of all, your name is levy. 44 00:02:09,897 --> 00:02:10,979 I don't know where you get off 45 00:02:11,065 --> 00:02:13,315 owning not one but two irish pubs. 46 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,349 That's called cultural appropriation, sweetheart. 47 00:02:14,451 --> 00:02:17,202 Second of all, you have terrible taste. 48 00:02:17,321 --> 00:02:18,537 And not just in your footwear. 49 00:02:18,656 --> 00:02:20,539 My friend mitch wilson 50 00:02:20,658 --> 00:02:21,990 lives in the house next to your restaurant. 51 00:02:22,076 --> 00:02:24,376 He has exquisite taste. 52 00:02:24,495 --> 00:02:25,878 And the last thing we need 53 00:02:25,996 --> 00:02:28,330 are your cheap plastic tables and chairs 54 00:02:28,415 --> 00:02:30,165 soiling his hydrangea bushes. 55 00:02:30,251 --> 00:02:31,750 [gavel slams] - motion denied. 56 00:02:31,836 --> 00:02:32,668 - But-- - denied. 57 00:02:32,753 --> 00:02:33,552 - Come on, he's be-- - denied. 58 00:02:36,924 --> 00:02:41,260 Finally, trooper remy of the mass state police 59 00:02:41,345 --> 00:02:43,428 would like a moment to speak to the group. 60 00:02:43,514 --> 00:02:47,566 [ominous music] 61 00:02:47,685 --> 00:02:50,686 - chairwoman, council, I'm trooper jan remy. 62 00:02:50,771 --> 00:02:53,188 I was sent by the state police to run the investigation 63 00:02:53,274 --> 00:02:54,690 into your murdered chief. 64 00:02:54,775 --> 00:02:56,325 - I thought the chief was just missing? 65 00:02:56,410 --> 00:02:58,076 - She was, 66 00:02:58,195 --> 00:03:00,078 until a fisherman ran over her body in the harbor. 67 00:03:00,197 --> 00:03:02,030 [chilling tone] 68 00:03:02,116 --> 00:03:03,532 and something you all may not know 69 00:03:03,617 --> 00:03:05,200 is that the chief was investigating 70 00:03:05,286 --> 00:03:08,086 a series of murders. 71 00:03:08,205 --> 00:03:09,004 They all followed the same m.O.-- 72 00:03:11,041 --> 00:03:15,427 Throat slashed with severe uneven wounds, 73 00:03:15,546 --> 00:03:17,713 and a draining of almost all of the victim's blood. 74 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,683 I just examined the chief's body 75 00:03:21,769 --> 00:03:25,520 and observed the exact same wound pattern. 76 00:03:25,606 --> 00:03:27,639 - Boat propeller could have chewed her up. 77 00:03:28,893 --> 00:03:30,559 - Lotta sharks in the water at this time. 78 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:33,228 - Which is why need to stop protecting the seals. 79 00:03:33,314 --> 00:03:35,230 - I don't mind the sharks 80 00:03:35,316 --> 00:03:36,732 as long as they're only killing yankee fans. 81 00:03:36,817 --> 00:03:38,617 [laughter] 82 00:03:38,736 --> 00:03:40,285 - I'm sorry, but this isn't funny. 83 00:03:40,404 --> 00:03:43,622 A law enforcement officer was murdered 84 00:03:43,741 --> 00:03:45,874 by what appears to be a serial killer. 85 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,293 - Do you have proof that these cases are related? 86 00:03:48,412 --> 00:03:49,544 Right? Dna? 87 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:51,129 - Not yet. 88 00:03:51,248 --> 00:03:52,631 - I just don't know why we would make a big fuss 89 00:03:52,750 --> 00:03:54,549 when we don't even know if there's a problem. 90 00:03:54,635 --> 00:03:55,634 - Your chief was brutally murdered 91 00:03:55,753 --> 00:03:57,719 and thrown in the harbor. 92 00:03:57,805 --> 00:03:58,954 I'd say that's a problem. 93 00:03:59,056 --> 00:04:01,723 - I mean, do we even know she was murdered? 94 00:04:01,809 --> 00:04:02,724 - Maybe she went for a night swim. 95 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:05,644 - In her uniform? 96 00:04:05,763 --> 00:04:09,481 And many of these murders occurred miles from the ocean. 97 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,150 Do you think the sharks and the boat propellers 98 00:04:12,269 --> 00:04:15,821 somehow came on land to kill all these people? 99 00:04:15,940 --> 00:04:18,407 - Look, trooper. 100 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:20,242 We really appreciate what you're trying to do here. 101 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:23,245 Mass state police are a wonderful organization 102 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:24,813 full of fine men and women. 103 00:04:24,915 --> 00:04:25,330 - Absolutely. - Hear, hear. 104 00:04:25,449 --> 00:04:27,148 [light clapping] 105 00:04:27,251 --> 00:04:29,084 but these are wintertime problems. 106 00:04:29,169 --> 00:04:32,087 - What does that mean? - It means strange things 107 00:04:32,172 --> 00:04:34,089 happen down the cape in the winter. 108 00:04:34,174 --> 00:04:35,757 Everyone knows it. 109 00:04:35,843 --> 00:04:37,509 Us full-timers just accept it 110 00:04:37,628 --> 00:04:42,097 as the price of living in such a special place. 111 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:44,766 But by the time spring rolls around, 112 00:04:44,852 --> 00:04:48,603 you'll see it all just magically stops. 113 00:04:48,689 --> 00:04:50,772 And the worst problem we have? 114 00:04:50,858 --> 00:04:51,840 Uh, traffic on route 6, 115 00:04:51,942 --> 00:04:54,776 a bad sunburn, 116 00:04:54,862 --> 00:04:56,177 and too much butter on a lobster roll. 117 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:57,729 [laughter] 118 00:04:57,815 --> 00:05:01,182 - so you're saying I should just let this go? 119 00:05:01,285 --> 00:05:02,401 - We're saying that everyone in this room 120 00:05:02,486 --> 00:05:05,186 depends upon the summer to pay for the winter. 121 00:05:05,289 --> 00:05:06,688 We are saying 122 00:05:06,790 --> 00:05:09,024 that if you start making noise about this stuff, 123 00:05:09,126 --> 00:05:10,692 maybe the papers in boston will pick it up, 124 00:05:10,794 --> 00:05:12,360 and then the new york rags, 125 00:05:12,463 --> 00:05:14,029 and then suddenly, all of those city-folk 126 00:05:14,131 --> 00:05:15,864 who drive down for the weekend in July 127 00:05:15,966 --> 00:05:17,632 to spend all of that sweet city money 128 00:05:17,718 --> 00:05:20,035 get spooked and decide that maybe 129 00:05:20,137 --> 00:05:21,536 the berkshires, or newport, 130 00:05:21,638 --> 00:05:24,589 or--god forbid-- the hamptons are just as nice. 131 00:05:24,675 --> 00:05:27,259 But not worth all the trouble and the worry. 132 00:05:27,344 --> 00:05:29,428 - The gays might stop coming. 133 00:05:29,513 --> 00:05:31,013 [chilling tone] 134 00:05:32,016 --> 00:05:34,215 - you're all hiding something. 135 00:05:34,318 --> 00:05:36,051 You know something. 136 00:05:36,153 --> 00:05:37,819 - We know what's best for this community. 137 00:05:37,905 --> 00:05:39,321 ♪ ♪ 138 00:05:39,406 --> 00:05:40,989 we know what's best for you. 139 00:05:41,075 --> 00:05:42,824 - I was sent by the state of massachusetts 140 00:05:42,910 --> 00:05:45,226 to come down here and find out what's been going on, 141 00:05:45,329 --> 00:05:48,063 and that's what I'm gonna do. 142 00:05:48,165 --> 00:05:51,116 Impeding an investigation is a crime. 143 00:05:51,201 --> 00:05:52,784 And they don't serve lobster rolls 144 00:05:52,870 --> 00:05:54,235 in walpole state prison. 145 00:05:54,338 --> 00:06:01,626 ♪ ♪ 146 00:06:01,712 --> 00:06:02,511 [door slams] 147 00:06:06,350 --> 00:06:06,715 - don't worry. 148 00:06:08,719 --> 00:06:09,217 I'll take care of it. 149 00:06:09,303 --> 00:06:11,770 ♪ ♪ 150 00:06:13,023 --> 00:06:15,924 [chilling music] 151 00:06:16,026 --> 00:06:23,031 ♪ ♪ 152 00:06:41,752 --> 00:06:47,422 ♪ ♪ 153 00:07:02,189 --> 00:07:09,244 ♪ ♪ 154 00:07:18,655 --> 00:07:20,455 - look, 155 00:07:20,574 --> 00:07:23,458 we have been extremely patient and understanding 156 00:07:23,577 --> 00:07:25,577 about this whole business with the pills 157 00:07:25,662 --> 00:07:26,628 and the blood drinking. 158 00:07:26,747 --> 00:07:28,580 I mean, the pales recede into the woods 159 00:07:28,665 --> 00:07:30,132 during the summer, 160 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:32,250 and you gluttons don't feed on anybody 161 00:07:32,352 --> 00:07:33,919 who actual matters in this town. 162 00:07:34,004 --> 00:07:35,587 - And we don't feed past memorial day. 163 00:07:35,689 --> 00:07:37,672 - Yes. The system has held. 164 00:07:37,758 --> 00:07:39,174 It's a symbiosis. 165 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:40,675 You get the freedom and the quiet 166 00:07:40,761 --> 00:07:43,595 to write and kill, and we get to brag 167 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,347 about having artists make their winter home out here. 168 00:07:45,432 --> 00:07:47,015 It adds to the charm. 169 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:50,435 But this winter has been completely out of control. 170 00:07:50,521 --> 00:07:52,103 I mean, you killed the chief. 171 00:07:52,189 --> 00:07:53,989 If that isn't the worst example of shitting where you eat, 172 00:07:54,107 --> 00:07:55,407 I don't know what is. 173 00:07:55,492 --> 00:07:57,659 - It's not us. It's the hollywood people. 174 00:07:57,778 --> 00:07:58,810 They ruin everything. - It's true. 175 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:01,163 - Belle and I are people of the letters. 176 00:08:01,281 --> 00:08:03,081 Literature, the stage-- these are art forms that demand 177 00:08:03,167 --> 00:08:05,450 a degree of decorum and restraint from their purveyors. 178 00:08:05,536 --> 00:08:07,619 These fucking hollywood people have no decency. 179 00:08:07,704 --> 00:08:10,455 - And no self-control. 180 00:08:10,541 --> 00:08:12,624 That beast of a man gave the pills to his child. 181 00:08:12,709 --> 00:08:15,627 It makes you think that maybe some of that qanon business 182 00:08:15,712 --> 00:08:17,512 about them being satanic baby-killers 183 00:08:17,631 --> 00:08:18,964 is based in some fact. 184 00:08:19,049 --> 00:08:22,517 - All I know is I told you two to get rid of him days ago. 185 00:08:22,636 --> 00:08:24,102 - I've been very busy. I'm on a deadline. 186 00:08:24,188 --> 00:08:25,220 - Yeah, well, so are we. 187 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:27,856 The council asked me to convey a message: 188 00:08:27,975 --> 00:08:30,942 "get rid of the troublemakers, or all of you 189 00:08:31,028 --> 00:08:32,611 are suddenly gonna find yourself 190 00:08:32,696 --> 00:08:34,779 going into some very annoying zoning issues, 191 00:08:34,865 --> 00:08:36,865 including painting all of the curbs 192 00:08:36,984 --> 00:08:39,034 in front of your houses red 193 00:08:39,152 --> 00:08:41,703 and declaring all of your domiciles as historic landmarks 194 00:08:41,822 --> 00:08:44,372 which means that even to change a bulb 195 00:08:44,491 --> 00:08:46,041 will take a six-week approval process. 196 00:08:46,159 --> 00:08:50,712 ♪ ♪ 197 00:08:50,831 --> 00:08:54,216 you know, I stopped burger king from opening in this town. 198 00:08:54,334 --> 00:08:56,051 I can stop you too. 199 00:08:56,169 --> 00:08:59,304 ♪ ♪ 200 00:08:59,389 --> 00:09:00,305 [door shuts] 201 00:09:00,390 --> 00:09:02,807 - [sighs] so what's the plan? 202 00:09:02,893 --> 00:09:04,142 - [chuckles] 203 00:09:04,228 --> 00:09:09,681 ♪ ♪ 204 00:09:25,082 --> 00:09:26,064 - so what do you think? 205 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:27,949 - Well... 206 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,036 I think you should kill yourself. 207 00:09:32,756 --> 00:09:36,341 Because you will never write anything this good-- 208 00:09:36,426 --> 00:09:38,343 no one will. No one has. 209 00:09:38,428 --> 00:09:40,011 - Good, I'm glad you like it. 210 00:09:40,097 --> 00:09:42,747 I'm kind of proud of it. - This is really it, harry. 211 00:09:42,849 --> 00:09:44,015 I mean, this is your masterpiece. 212 00:09:44,101 --> 00:09:45,850 It's your "moby dick," 213 00:09:45,936 --> 00:09:47,519 your "romeo and juliet," your "godfather." 214 00:09:47,604 --> 00:09:48,887 - thanks, I know. 215 00:09:51,525 --> 00:09:53,925 Which is why I need to make a family announcement. 216 00:09:54,027 --> 00:09:56,027 Now that spring is coming, 217 00:09:56,113 --> 00:09:58,363 and I've written basically five years' worth of stuff 218 00:09:58,448 --> 00:10:00,115 since we've been here... 219 00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:01,149 [breathes deeply] 220 00:10:02,736 --> 00:10:04,319 we're done. 221 00:10:06,123 --> 00:10:06,871 - Done with what? 222 00:10:06,957 --> 00:10:09,124 - With the pills. 223 00:10:09,242 --> 00:10:10,458 It's been a fun ride, 224 00:10:10,577 --> 00:10:13,461 but it's time to get off this crazy train. 225 00:10:13,580 --> 00:10:16,131 - You mean until next winter, right? 226 00:10:16,249 --> 00:10:17,966 - I mean for good. 227 00:10:18,085 --> 00:10:19,884 - So now that you're done with your masterpiece, 228 00:10:19,970 --> 00:10:21,469 we all have to stop? 229 00:10:21,588 --> 00:10:23,305 - It's not like that. - It's exactly like that. 230 00:10:23,423 --> 00:10:25,223 You're being selfish. - I'm being a father. 231 00:10:25,309 --> 00:10:26,424 - All of a sudden? - Don't say that. 232 00:10:26,510 --> 00:10:28,893 After everything I've done for you this winter-- 233 00:10:28,979 --> 00:10:29,961 bringing you thermoses of blood, 234 00:10:30,063 --> 00:10:31,462 not grounding you for life 235 00:10:31,565 --> 00:10:33,398 for giving your mother a pill and condemning her 236 00:10:33,483 --> 00:10:35,133 to the misery of those pale people. 237 00:10:35,235 --> 00:10:36,401 - That wasn't just for me. 238 00:10:36,486 --> 00:10:37,902 You did all of that for you too! 239 00:10:37,988 --> 00:10:40,271 [intense music] 240 00:10:42,326 --> 00:10:43,908 tell him he's wrong. 241 00:10:43,994 --> 00:10:47,812 Tell him that we can't stop, that we don't have to stop. 242 00:10:47,914 --> 00:10:49,814 That we're better than everybody else. 243 00:10:49,916 --> 00:10:52,000 That no one else matters but people like us. 244 00:10:53,286 --> 00:10:54,536 - Well, there is some truth to that, sweetheart. 245 00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:56,154 There's a lot of truth. 246 00:10:56,256 --> 00:10:58,423 Harry, you don't take your foot off the gas 247 00:10:58,508 --> 00:11:00,925 just as you're pulling out into the lead. 248 00:11:01,011 --> 00:11:01,960 - I don't want to have to kill anymore. 249 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:05,096 I just want to raise you and enjoy the fruits 250 00:11:05,182 --> 00:11:07,665 of what we've accomplished this year 251 00:11:07,768 --> 00:11:10,769 and maybe over time get some of my soul back. 252 00:11:10,854 --> 00:11:13,104 - Yeah, it doesn't work that way, bubbulah. 253 00:11:13,190 --> 00:11:15,774 Once you sell your soul, it's gone. 254 00:11:15,859 --> 00:11:16,975 - I don't want to believe that. 255 00:11:17,060 --> 00:11:19,177 - Because you're framing it as a bad thing, 256 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:21,345 but it is not. It's freedom. 257 00:11:21,448 --> 00:11:23,181 Why have a conscience or a moral code anymore? 258 00:11:23,283 --> 00:11:25,950 You're above all of that. 259 00:11:26,036 --> 00:11:28,620 This is what success feels like, harry, 260 00:11:28,705 --> 00:11:29,687 it feels like superiority. 261 00:11:29,790 --> 00:11:31,689 [dark music] 262 00:11:31,792 --> 00:11:33,575 ♪ ♪ 263 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:36,194 - alma, I believe in you. 264 00:11:36,296 --> 00:11:37,695 You are better at playing your violin 265 00:11:37,798 --> 00:11:40,364 than most of us will ever be at anything. 266 00:11:40,467 --> 00:11:42,250 And now I can be home all the time 267 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:44,202 with no distractions to support your dreams. 268 00:11:44,304 --> 00:11:47,205 I can just be a dad to you and your brother. 269 00:11:47,307 --> 00:11:49,207 We can do this the right way. 270 00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:51,259 You just have to trust me. 271 00:11:51,344 --> 00:11:54,345 [soft music] 272 00:11:54,431 --> 00:11:55,680 - okay. 273 00:11:55,766 --> 00:11:56,765 - [scoffs quietly] 274 00:11:56,850 --> 00:11:59,768 ♪ ♪ 275 00:11:59,853 --> 00:12:01,052 - I love you so much, honey. 276 00:12:01,154 --> 00:12:02,687 - I love you too, daddy. 277 00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:06,891 [dark, ominous music] 278 00:12:06,993 --> 00:12:10,912 ♪ ♪ 279 00:12:22,509 --> 00:12:25,794 - insane brainz memory boost. 280 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:27,128 - It's supposed to be cutting edge. 281 00:12:27,214 --> 00:12:28,797 - I guess it's because "brains" is spelled with a z 282 00:12:28,882 --> 00:12:30,248 instead of an s. 283 00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:31,716 I feel the boost already. 284 00:12:31,802 --> 00:12:33,718 - [forced laughter] 285 00:12:33,804 --> 00:12:35,220 - you really think vitamins are gonna make up 286 00:12:35,305 --> 00:12:37,722 for the black pills? - I didn't say that. 287 00:12:37,808 --> 00:12:39,474 I just think the transition's gonna be hard for us, 288 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,559 and it can't hurt to be as healthy-- 289 00:12:41,645 --> 00:12:42,310 [eerie tone] 290 00:12:42,395 --> 00:12:47,565 ♪ ♪ 291 00:12:47,651 --> 00:12:50,118 - what? - I thought I saw her. 292 00:12:51,488 --> 00:12:54,289 - [sighs] dad, you gotta let her go. 293 00:12:54,407 --> 00:12:55,623 - [scoffs] 294 00:12:55,742 --> 00:12:58,126 she's not some stray cat that shows up on your porch. 295 00:12:58,245 --> 00:13:01,246 You're talking about your mother. 296 00:13:01,331 --> 00:13:03,331 That's your mother out there. - She isn't anything anymore. 297 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:05,049 She's not even a person. 298 00:13:06,002 --> 00:13:07,135 - Whoever it was is gone. 299 00:13:11,258 --> 00:13:13,007 - Dad? 300 00:13:13,093 --> 00:13:14,476 Did someone break in? 301 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:17,628 [ursula speaking indistinctly] 302 00:13:17,731 --> 00:13:18,680 kay, you throw another number out. 303 00:13:18,765 --> 00:13:19,931 I'm gonna fly out there and kick you 304 00:13:20,016 --> 00:13:21,015 in the fucking face. - Ursula! 305 00:13:21,101 --> 00:13:22,767 - Hang on. What? 306 00:13:22,853 --> 00:13:24,018 - The kitchen door-- it looks like someone broke in. 307 00:13:24,104 --> 00:13:25,270 - Broke in? 308 00:13:25,355 --> 00:13:25,987 Francis, I have to call you back. 309 00:13:26,106 --> 00:13:28,690 [suspenseful music] 310 00:13:28,775 --> 00:13:32,944 ♪ ♪ 311 00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:34,445 [chilling tone] 312 00:13:36,366 --> 00:13:38,333 - I know good help is hard to find, 313 00:13:38,451 --> 00:13:39,784 but you really should look into 314 00:13:39,870 --> 00:13:41,452 a new babysitter. [chuckling] 315 00:13:41,538 --> 00:13:42,837 in the meantime, I've taken it on myself 316 00:13:42,956 --> 00:13:45,290 to look after the little bundle of joy. 317 00:13:45,375 --> 00:13:46,291 Don't worry, he'll be safe and sound 318 00:13:46,376 --> 00:13:47,959 and snug as a bug. 319 00:13:48,044 --> 00:13:49,677 But if you aren't at my house by sunset, 320 00:13:49,796 --> 00:13:51,679 that will change. 321 00:13:51,798 --> 00:13:55,850 Ps: Make sure you bring the string plucker. 322 00:13:55,969 --> 00:13:57,435 This needs to be a family meeting. 323 00:13:57,521 --> 00:13:59,521 Sincerely, belle. 324 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:01,139 [chilling tone] 325 00:14:03,143 --> 00:14:04,192 - eli's gone. 326 00:14:04,311 --> 00:14:05,693 She took him. - Who took him? 327 00:14:05,812 --> 00:14:07,695 - Belle. You didn't hear anything? 328 00:14:07,814 --> 00:14:08,813 - Well, I heard a bonk or two, but I figured 329 00:14:08,899 --> 00:14:10,865 he was just moving around in his crib. 330 00:14:10,984 --> 00:14:12,483 - Newborns don't move around in their crib. 331 00:14:12,569 --> 00:14:13,351 - Well, what do you want me to say? 332 00:14:13,453 --> 00:14:15,703 I've been on the phone nonstop. 333 00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:16,988 I mean, fincher, cuarón, nolan-- 334 00:14:17,073 --> 00:14:18,323 they all want to work with you. 335 00:14:18,408 --> 00:14:19,657 - Why would she do this to eli? 336 00:14:19,743 --> 00:14:21,042 - There's only one reason I can think of. 337 00:14:21,161 --> 00:14:22,493 Belle's had it in for us ever since 338 00:14:22,579 --> 00:14:24,162 she found out you were taking the pills. 339 00:14:24,247 --> 00:14:26,047 [breathes heavily] that's what this is about. 340 00:14:26,166 --> 00:14:27,999 She thinks we've crossed the line. 341 00:14:28,084 --> 00:14:30,335 - You mean she wants to kill us? 342 00:14:30,420 --> 00:14:31,836 - She won't be alone. 343 00:14:31,922 --> 00:14:33,004 Austin will be there. 344 00:14:33,089 --> 00:14:34,505 God knows who else. 345 00:14:34,591 --> 00:14:36,341 We'll never come out of there alive. 346 00:14:36,426 --> 00:14:37,475 ♪ ♪ 347 00:14:37,561 --> 00:14:38,977 we can't call the police or... 348 00:14:39,062 --> 00:14:40,228 Everything will come out. 349 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:42,063 - We gotta go get eli, dad. 350 00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:42,897 - I can't risk losing you too. 351 00:14:43,016 --> 00:14:44,315 - You read the note. 352 00:14:44,401 --> 00:14:46,484 She wants both of us or she'll kill him. 353 00:14:46,570 --> 00:14:48,486 ♪ ♪ 354 00:14:48,572 --> 00:14:49,571 I'm not scared. 355 00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:52,056 I took out a police chief, remember? 356 00:14:52,158 --> 00:14:54,993 Plus, we have ursula. 357 00:14:55,078 --> 00:14:57,328 - She's right. 358 00:14:57,414 --> 00:14:58,729 You need to go to belle's and face them. 359 00:14:58,832 --> 00:15:00,164 But not with me. I'm not going with you. 360 00:15:00,250 --> 00:15:00,949 ♪ ♪ 361 00:15:01,034 --> 00:15:03,234 - chicken-shit little bitch. 362 00:15:03,336 --> 00:15:05,003 ♪ ♪ 363 00:15:05,088 --> 00:15:07,071 - I am digging deep in my soul 364 00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:10,008 to find the small sliver of goodness 365 00:15:10,093 --> 00:15:11,926 that will allow me to overlook what you just said. 366 00:15:12,045 --> 00:15:13,595 Hear me out. 367 00:15:13,713 --> 00:15:14,879 ♪ ♪ 368 00:15:22,005 --> 00:15:29,043 ♪ ♪ 369 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:38,403 - hello? 370 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:42,974 Hello? 371 00:15:44,945 --> 00:15:46,778 I know you're out here! 372 00:15:46,863 --> 00:15:49,564 I know that you can hear me! 373 00:15:49,649 --> 00:15:51,733 ♪ ♪ 374 00:15:51,818 --> 00:15:54,652 just hope you have enough brain cells left to understand. 375 00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:57,188 Hello? 376 00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:59,324 [bones creaking] 377 00:16:03,496 --> 00:16:05,830 - [groaning] 378 00:16:08,385 --> 00:16:10,969 - look, I know this sucks, okay? 379 00:16:11,054 --> 00:16:14,205 I know you got a raw deal. 380 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:17,976 But you are not monsters. 381 00:16:18,061 --> 00:16:19,877 You're a bunch of laurence fishburnes. 382 00:16:19,980 --> 00:16:22,480 ♪ ♪ 383 00:16:22,565 --> 00:16:24,816 fishburne turned down "pulp fiction" 384 00:16:24,901 --> 00:16:27,385 because his agent told him he'd be working with john travolta-- 385 00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:27,935 a has-been. 386 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:33,557 Now, look, you all made a very bad call, 387 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:35,827 but it is not the end of the story. 388 00:16:35,912 --> 00:16:39,614 Fishburne went on to beat out sam jackson for "the matrix." 389 00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:41,115 - [growls] 390 00:16:41,201 --> 00:16:43,567 - the moral of the story is that sometimes 391 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,453 there are second chances. 392 00:16:45,538 --> 00:16:46,570 ♪ ♪ 393 00:16:46,673 --> 00:16:48,623 and that's what I'm here to offer you-- 394 00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:49,007 a second chance. 395 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:52,210 [pills rattle] there's a new pill 396 00:16:52,295 --> 00:16:55,046 with a new formula. 397 00:16:55,131 --> 00:16:56,547 Not only is it more potent than the last pill, 398 00:16:56,633 --> 00:16:59,217 but it has no side effects. 399 00:16:59,302 --> 00:17:02,637 It might actually undo what happened to you. 400 00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:04,305 You have to understand... 401 00:17:04,391 --> 00:17:06,391 You can be cured. 402 00:17:06,476 --> 00:17:08,759 You don't have to live this way anymore. 403 00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:11,145 I am not the enemy. 404 00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:13,431 Okay? The people who took that pill 405 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:16,484 and didn't end up like you-- they're the enemy. 406 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:18,769 They're all laughing at you. 407 00:17:18,872 --> 00:17:21,272 - [snarls] - every success they have 408 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:24,158 is a slap in your face. 409 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:26,327 ♪ ♪ 410 00:17:26,413 --> 00:17:28,162 - [inhaling, grunting] 411 00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:29,447 - [snarls] 412 00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:30,614 - [growls] 413 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:33,617 [intense music] 414 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:39,724 ♪ ♪ 415 00:17:45,682 --> 00:17:47,515 - care for some baby charcuterie? 416 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:48,766 I hear it's delicious. 417 00:17:48,852 --> 00:17:50,651 Pull in the reigns, daddy! 418 00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:52,103 [baby cries softly] come on. Come on. 419 00:17:52,188 --> 00:17:53,438 - Okay, okay, okay. 420 00:17:53,523 --> 00:17:54,739 - [chuckles] kay, good. Much obliged. 421 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:57,275 - What do you want? 422 00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:01,662 [door slams] - harry! 423 00:18:01,781 --> 00:18:02,780 [baby whines softly] 424 00:18:02,866 --> 00:18:04,115 [lock clicks loudly] - belle, 425 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:05,616 whatever you're thinking of doing, 426 00:18:05,702 --> 00:18:07,835 just let me take my kids and leave town. 427 00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:09,003 I swear, you will never hear from us again. 428 00:18:09,122 --> 00:18:11,289 - [sighs] 429 00:18:11,374 --> 00:18:13,207 - until your supply of pills runs out. 430 00:18:13,293 --> 00:18:15,710 - No, we're off the pills. 431 00:18:15,795 --> 00:18:18,045 We're never taking them again. 432 00:18:18,131 --> 00:18:19,380 I just want to go back to my old life. 433 00:18:19,466 --> 00:18:20,631 - [chuckles] - sure you do. 434 00:18:20,717 --> 00:18:22,717 - Listen, I just finished writing something 435 00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:25,052 and it's gonna be huge. 436 00:18:25,138 --> 00:18:27,305 I don't need the pills anymore. It's the truth. 437 00:18:27,390 --> 00:18:29,056 - You forget you're talking to a fellow writer. 438 00:18:29,142 --> 00:18:30,141 Uh-- correction: 439 00:18:30,226 --> 00:18:32,226 Novelists are writers. 440 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:34,395 Screenwriters are more like creative typists. 441 00:18:34,481 --> 00:18:36,564 - [laughs] - really, 442 00:18:36,649 --> 00:18:38,649 all we are is professional liars. 443 00:18:38,735 --> 00:18:39,734 And the truth is whatever we decide it is. 444 00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:41,652 But lucky for us, 445 00:18:41,738 --> 00:18:43,154 the tasting party is just getting started. 446 00:18:43,239 --> 00:18:44,705 - Don't hurt him! - Ahh! 447 00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:46,657 - I promise he won't feel a thing. 448 00:18:46,743 --> 00:18:47,992 But you, on the other hand, 449 00:18:48,077 --> 00:18:49,961 are going to feel it profoundly. 450 00:18:50,046 --> 00:18:51,712 - Can't say we didn't give you a chance, harry. 451 00:18:51,831 --> 00:18:53,047 We tried to be welcoming. 452 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:55,633 P-town is a welcoming place. 453 00:18:55,718 --> 00:18:57,051 But you fucked it up. 454 00:18:57,170 --> 00:18:59,303 - Dad. 455 00:18:59,389 --> 00:19:01,305 - It's my fault, really. 456 00:19:01,391 --> 00:19:03,474 I should have seen how this was going to pan out. 457 00:19:03,576 --> 00:19:05,560 I mean, is there anything 458 00:19:05,678 --> 00:19:07,812 hollywood hasn't fucked up in the end? 459 00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:10,481 More often than not, whatever came out of there 460 00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:12,150 finished in a pool of its own piss. 461 00:19:12,235 --> 00:19:14,685 [both laugh] 462 00:19:14,771 --> 00:19:16,521 whether it be marilyn or even fitzgerald. 463 00:19:16,606 --> 00:19:19,407 I mean, even back in the early 1900s 464 00:19:19,526 --> 00:19:21,859 when the silent pictures were coming out 465 00:19:21,945 --> 00:19:23,861 and the film people were moving to hollywood, 466 00:19:23,947 --> 00:19:25,229 the locals didn't want them there. 467 00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:26,531 They called film people "movies" because they were all 468 00:19:26,616 --> 00:19:28,249 moving around and causing trouble. 469 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:29,867 It was a term of disdain. 470 00:19:29,953 --> 00:19:31,586 The locals back, they were right and so are we. 471 00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:33,588 But unlike them, 472 00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:34,922 we're going to clean up this town! 473 00:19:35,041 --> 00:19:36,040 - [shouts] - [grunts] 474 00:19:36,125 --> 00:19:38,209 [glass shatters] 475 00:19:38,294 --> 00:19:39,927 [classical string music playing] 476 00:19:40,046 --> 00:19:42,096 [baby crying] 477 00:19:42,215 --> 00:19:43,848 ♪ ♪ 478 00:19:43,933 --> 00:19:45,683 [grunting] 479 00:19:45,768 --> 00:19:48,269 ♪ ♪ 480 00:19:48,388 --> 00:19:49,270 - go, come on! 481 00:19:49,389 --> 00:19:50,104 ♪ ♪ 482 00:19:50,223 --> 00:19:51,272 come on. 483 00:19:51,391 --> 00:19:53,774 ♪ ♪ 484 00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:55,776 - [grunts] 485 00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:56,777 [growls] 486 00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:58,029 - [laughs] 487 00:19:58,114 --> 00:20:01,282 ♪ ♪ 488 00:20:01,401 --> 00:20:03,701 [shouts in pain] shit! 489 00:20:03,786 --> 00:20:05,620 ♪ ♪ 490 00:20:05,738 --> 00:20:08,539 - [screaming] 491 00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:14,795 ♪ ♪ 492 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:17,081 [chokes, gasps] 493 00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:20,084 [classical music continues] 494 00:20:20,169 --> 00:20:27,225 ♪ ♪ 495 00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:29,594 - [growls] 496 00:20:29,679 --> 00:20:30,761 - shit. 497 00:20:30,847 --> 00:20:32,430 ♪ ♪ 498 00:20:32,515 --> 00:20:34,265 [gunshots blast] 499 00:20:34,350 --> 00:20:40,771 ♪ ♪ 500 00:20:43,776 --> 00:20:45,076 [gunshots blasting] 501 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:52,316 ♪ ♪ 502 00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:53,584 [music concludes] 503 00:20:53,670 --> 00:20:55,319 - [sighs] well, 504 00:20:55,421 --> 00:20:57,538 that went better than expected. 505 00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:00,491 Was touch and go there for a sec. 506 00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:02,493 I wasn't sure I was getting through to them. 507 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,161 But in the end, they bought it hook, line, and sinker. 508 00:21:04,264 --> 00:21:06,264 - [breathlessly] thank you. 509 00:21:06,349 --> 00:21:07,431 Now tell me how the fuck you did that. 510 00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:09,267 - Well, sometimes it's best 511 00:21:09,352 --> 00:21:10,668 not to ask how the sausage is made. 512 00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:12,336 Just know that I would do anything 513 00:21:12,438 --> 00:21:14,105 for my favorite client. 514 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:14,772 - All that wasted talent. 515 00:21:14,857 --> 00:21:17,775 [baby cries] 516 00:21:17,860 --> 00:21:20,695 [dark music] 517 00:21:20,813 --> 00:21:21,445 [baby whines] 518 00:21:21,531 --> 00:21:23,531 - oh, here, I'll do it. 519 00:21:23,650 --> 00:21:24,615 He's fine. He's fine. 520 00:21:24,701 --> 00:21:26,867 See? Shh. 521 00:21:26,986 --> 00:21:28,452 Oh, jesus, I think this kid is actually 522 00:21:28,538 --> 00:21:30,121 bringing out my maternal instinct. 523 00:21:30,206 --> 00:21:31,238 I hope there's a pill for that. 524 00:21:33,876 --> 00:21:35,126 - Are you okay? 525 00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:36,377 - Yeah. 526 00:21:36,496 --> 00:21:38,629 [soft music] 527 00:21:38,715 --> 00:21:41,632 - you were so brave. - So were you, dad. 528 00:21:41,718 --> 00:21:44,135 - We're gonna be all right. 529 00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:46,554 We're gonna get through this and go back to our old life 530 00:21:46,673 --> 00:21:48,639 and be happy-- the three of us. 531 00:21:48,725 --> 00:21:49,873 - I'm sorry, dad, 532 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:51,375 but it's just gonna be the two of us. 533 00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:53,711 ♪ ♪ 534 00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:55,879 - what? - I gotta be the greatest. 535 00:21:55,982 --> 00:21:58,215 [chilling tone] 536 00:21:58,318 --> 00:22:00,434 I can't let you stop me. 537 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:01,051 - [shouts in pain] 538 00:22:01,154 --> 00:22:03,387 [grunts, groans] 539 00:22:03,489 --> 00:22:05,222 ♪ ♪ 540 00:22:05,325 --> 00:22:07,274 [grunting in pain] 541 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:09,276 ♪ ♪ 542 00:22:09,362 --> 00:22:10,444 - I don't think I'll ever get used to that. 543 00:22:10,530 --> 00:22:11,895 - It's a loss. 544 00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:13,114 He could have been the next sorkin. 545 00:22:13,199 --> 00:22:14,398 [baby whines] it's fucking tragic. 546 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:18,235 ♪ ♪ 547 00:22:18,338 --> 00:22:21,238 so it looks like the new pill really works. 548 00:22:21,341 --> 00:22:22,740 - Actually, they were old pills that I rejected 549 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:24,842 'cause they caused some strange behavior. 550 00:22:24,927 --> 00:22:27,011 Made the users turn on each other. 551 00:22:27,096 --> 00:22:29,680 On these poor fools, it made then turn on anyone 552 00:22:29,766 --> 00:22:30,848 using and talented. 553 00:22:30,933 --> 00:22:33,300 - Hmm, explains why they didn't come after me. 554 00:22:34,387 --> 00:22:35,753 - You really think the state trooper's 555 00:22:35,855 --> 00:22:37,254 gonna believe this story? 556 00:22:37,357 --> 00:22:38,856 That he killed all of them? 557 00:22:38,941 --> 00:22:41,525 - Well, it's gonna take a little dressing, 558 00:22:41,611 --> 00:22:42,593 a little finessing, 559 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:45,696 but a strung-out hollywood writer 560 00:22:45,782 --> 00:22:47,264 under pressure and doing drugs going all manson? 561 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:48,983 I think that's a story I can sell. 562 00:22:49,068 --> 00:22:51,318 But that can wait. 563 00:22:51,404 --> 00:22:53,237 First, we set you up in la la land 564 00:22:53,322 --> 00:22:55,740 so you can start cranking out your pills. 565 00:22:55,825 --> 00:22:57,825 There's a whole city bursting with talent 566 00:22:57,910 --> 00:23:00,127 just waiting to shell out for a boost. 567 00:23:01,247 --> 00:23:03,080 - Do you mind? 568 00:23:03,166 --> 00:23:05,332 I don't like people watching me while I eat. 569 00:23:05,418 --> 00:23:06,634 [chilling music] 570 00:23:14,043 --> 00:23:16,961 [lively, ominous music] 571 00:23:17,046 --> 00:23:22,767 ♪ ♪ 572 00:23:27,557 --> 00:23:29,056 - yeah? 573 00:23:30,393 --> 00:23:32,660 - [speaking german] 574 00:23:32,762 --> 00:23:33,644 - [laughs] 575 00:23:33,729 --> 00:23:35,095 [eerie tone] 576 00:23:35,198 --> 00:23:36,113 - hey. - [grunts] 577 00:23:38,901 --> 00:23:40,434 - hey! 578 00:23:40,536 --> 00:23:41,485 - [speaking german] 579 00:23:41,571 --> 00:23:43,937 [chilling music] 580 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:44,738 - [shrieks] 581 00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:46,824 [screaming] 582 00:23:46,909 --> 00:23:49,293 ♪ ♪ 583 00:23:49,412 --> 00:23:51,245 [siren wails] 584 00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:53,581 [tires squeal] 585 00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:55,966 - [grunting hungrily] 586 00:23:56,085 --> 00:23:56,834 - show me your hands! 587 00:23:56,919 --> 00:23:58,252 - Get back! - Hands up! 588 00:23:58,337 --> 00:23:59,253 - Get back! - Hands up! 589 00:23:59,338 --> 00:24:00,221 [gunshots blast] 590 00:24:06,179 --> 00:24:09,230 [sirens wailing] 591 00:24:12,101 --> 00:24:13,267 - this is the fifth police officer 592 00:24:13,352 --> 00:24:15,319 who has been killed by fellow officers 593 00:24:15,438 --> 00:24:16,487 after attacking what appears to be 594 00:24:16,606 --> 00:24:19,106 random victims in the street. 595 00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:21,275 We have learned that each of the dead officers 596 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,111 are well-known members of what police reform activists 597 00:24:24,197 --> 00:24:25,946 call the bad apple list, 598 00:24:26,032 --> 00:24:28,032 which is an unofficial database 599 00:24:28,117 --> 00:24:31,535 of lapd officers with multiple race-based complaints 600 00:24:31,621 --> 00:24:33,537 filed against them. 601 00:24:33,623 --> 00:24:35,623 - Thank you, miranda. More on this story at 10:00. 602 00:24:35,708 --> 00:24:37,875 - You shouldn't be messing with police. 603 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,295 - I'm sorry, didn't you kill and eat a cop? 604 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:42,796 - That was out of necessity. 605 00:24:42,882 --> 00:24:44,965 - What I'm doing is out of necessity too. 606 00:24:45,051 --> 00:24:47,518 Every one of those pricks 607 00:24:47,637 --> 00:24:50,020 had no business protecting and serving. 608 00:24:50,139 --> 00:24:51,639 Racist, sadistic garbage. 609 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:54,275 - What if they find out that they're all on your pills? 610 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:55,359 - They won't. And if they do, 611 00:24:55,478 --> 00:24:57,361 they won't know what it is. 612 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,029 It's a proprietary formula, 613 00:24:59,148 --> 00:25:01,866 which means the only people that know about it 614 00:25:01,984 --> 00:25:04,869 are me and the military scum who paid for me to develop it. 615 00:25:04,987 --> 00:25:07,955 And they're not giving up their top security clearance 616 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,707 to help some local detectives 617 00:25:09,825 --> 00:25:12,126 figure out what happened to a bunch of shitty cops. 618 00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:13,794 Look. 619 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,297 I don't need money anymore. 620 00:25:16,382 --> 00:25:18,632 Ursula's taking care of that with her big client list. 621 00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:21,051 I have nothing left to prove as a scientist. 622 00:25:21,170 --> 00:25:24,004 I think I'll start giving back to my community. 623 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:26,390 Do some public service. 624 00:25:26,509 --> 00:25:29,059 For me, that means id'ing the worst cops in the city, 625 00:25:29,178 --> 00:25:30,511 sneaking them a little bit of my magic medicine, 626 00:25:30,596 --> 00:25:32,563 and sitting back and smiling 627 00:25:32,682 --> 00:25:34,732 as they slowly lose their shit and get what they deserve. 628 00:25:34,850 --> 00:25:37,234 Now stop sassing me and practice your violin. 629 00:25:37,353 --> 00:25:39,737 You're all of five years old trying to tell me how to be. 630 00:25:39,855 --> 00:25:42,189 - I'm nine. - You wanna make it to ten? 631 00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:43,857 [ursula speaking indistinctly] 632 00:25:43,943 --> 00:25:45,025 [laughs] 633 00:25:47,196 --> 00:25:49,496 - I know she is a first-time creator. 634 00:25:49,582 --> 00:25:51,582 I know she was driving for uber eats a month ago. 635 00:25:51,701 --> 00:25:53,250 But this is what I do, kevin. 636 00:25:53,369 --> 00:25:56,737 I find geniuses and genius ain't cheap. 637 00:25:56,839 --> 00:25:59,906 So either you up your offer by a lot, 638 00:26:00,009 --> 00:26:02,576 or if you prefer, you can just suck my dick. 639 00:26:02,678 --> 00:26:04,511 [phone beeps] 640 00:26:04,597 --> 00:26:06,413 [sighs] where's eli? 641 00:26:06,515 --> 00:26:08,081 - With the nanny. How was your day? 642 00:26:08,184 --> 00:26:10,250 - Oh, god, I'm destroyed. 643 00:26:10,353 --> 00:26:12,252 I've been trolling starbucks all day handing out pills 644 00:26:12,355 --> 00:26:15,255 to anyone with a laptop with a script on it. 645 00:26:15,358 --> 00:26:16,690 - That the most efficient use of your time? 646 00:26:16,776 --> 00:26:19,360 - Who has time to read submissions and talk to agents 647 00:26:19,445 --> 00:26:20,761 about who they think is talented? 648 00:26:20,863 --> 00:26:22,262 I mean, we like this lifestyle. 649 00:26:22,365 --> 00:26:23,597 If we wanna keep it up, 650 00:26:23,699 --> 00:26:24,648 we've gotta be in the volume business. 651 00:26:24,734 --> 00:26:26,867 - You're creating a lot of pale people. 652 00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:29,620 Especially pushing pills at a starbucks. 653 00:26:29,739 --> 00:26:32,289 No self-respecting writer writes at a starbucks. 654 00:26:32,408 --> 00:26:33,540 - So what? If they're talentless, 655 00:26:33,626 --> 00:26:34,959 they're useless anyway. 656 00:26:35,077 --> 00:26:36,460 - That's my girl. 657 00:26:36,579 --> 00:26:37,828 - I can't believe you turned out so well 658 00:26:37,913 --> 00:26:41,131 being raised by harry and that glass of warm oat milk. 659 00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:42,633 How's the practicing? 660 00:26:42,752 --> 00:26:44,951 - Good. I'm ready. 661 00:26:45,054 --> 00:26:47,788 - I know you're gonna get it, sweetheart. 662 00:26:47,890 --> 00:26:49,289 - I could use something to eat before I go, though. 663 00:26:49,392 --> 00:26:51,725 - Oh, I picked up a hustler 664 00:26:51,811 --> 00:26:53,894 from that donut shop on santa monica and highland. 665 00:26:53,980 --> 00:26:55,012 He's out in the pool house. 666 00:26:56,232 --> 00:26:58,515 You look adorable. 667 00:26:58,601 --> 00:26:59,650 Proud of you. 668 00:26:59,769 --> 00:27:02,152 - Oh, did you get donuts? - Of course I did. 669 00:27:03,272 --> 00:27:05,689 [ominous music] 670 00:27:05,775 --> 00:27:06,991 - oh. 671 00:27:08,411 --> 00:27:10,977 Not what I was expecting. 672 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,530 - Me neither. But I'll take it. 673 00:27:13,616 --> 00:27:16,533 [violin music playing] 674 00:27:16,619 --> 00:27:23,674 ♪ ♪ 675 00:27:34,854 --> 00:27:40,891 ♪ ♪ 676 00:27:49,952 --> 00:27:50,901 [violin playing ceases] 677 00:27:50,986 --> 00:27:53,904 [subtle, dark music] 678 00:27:53,989 --> 00:27:59,960 ♪ ♪ 679 00:28:01,247 --> 00:28:03,047 - take a seat. 680 00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:07,418 All right, it's down to the two of you. 681 00:28:07,503 --> 00:28:09,670 So just sit tight so the team can chat. 682 00:28:09,755 --> 00:28:10,921 Won't be too long. 683 00:28:11,006 --> 00:28:12,756 Though, to be honest, 684 00:28:12,842 --> 00:28:15,759 you're making it a very hard choice. 685 00:28:15,845 --> 00:28:16,977 You're both wonderful. 686 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,103 - So... 687 00:28:26,188 --> 00:28:27,771 How long have you been playing? 688 00:28:27,857 --> 00:28:29,106 And don't say, "since I was a kid." 689 00:28:29,191 --> 00:28:30,107 - I'm better than you. 690 00:28:30,192 --> 00:28:31,275 - Excuse me? 691 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:33,277 - I said I'm better than you. 692 00:28:33,362 --> 00:28:34,728 - Did you listen to my audition? 693 00:28:34,830 --> 00:28:35,896 - No. 694 00:28:35,998 --> 00:28:37,230 I didn't have to. I know I'm better than you. 695 00:28:37,333 --> 00:28:39,783 I'm better than everyone. 696 00:28:39,869 --> 00:28:40,584 - [laughs] 697 00:28:41,537 --> 00:28:43,754 wow, you are something else. 698 00:28:45,958 --> 00:28:47,875 I'm a prodigy too. 699 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,127 Graduated juilliard when I was 16. 700 00:28:50,212 --> 00:28:52,129 You're new to this game, 701 00:28:52,214 --> 00:28:52,963 but what you'll start to realize 702 00:28:53,048 --> 00:28:54,798 is that there are lots of us. 703 00:28:54,884 --> 00:28:56,967 Most of the players in the big philharmonics were prodigies. 704 00:28:57,052 --> 00:28:59,386 It's not as big a deal once you meet others like you. 705 00:28:59,472 --> 00:29:01,605 - There are no others like me. 706 00:29:01,724 --> 00:29:03,223 - I guess that's true, 707 00:29:03,309 --> 00:29:04,892 but you think that's a good thing. 708 00:29:04,977 --> 00:29:07,611 It's actually why you're not going to get this job. 709 00:29:07,730 --> 00:29:09,947 [tense tone] 710 00:29:10,065 --> 00:29:13,233 if you get first chair, it's a huge story. 711 00:29:13,319 --> 00:29:15,235 "today show," "people" magazine, 712 00:29:15,321 --> 00:29:17,070 "60 minutes" maybe, if it's a slow news month. 713 00:29:17,156 --> 00:29:19,239 You're a novelty. A distraction. 714 00:29:19,325 --> 00:29:21,458 Audiences will come to see you 715 00:29:21,577 --> 00:29:23,627 and get bummed out if you're not featured. 716 00:29:23,746 --> 00:29:26,079 It's bad for morale. 717 00:29:26,165 --> 00:29:28,132 Makes it impossible to play anything 718 00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:30,384 that doesn't have a violin solo. 719 00:29:31,086 --> 00:29:32,219 It becomes a freakshow. 720 00:29:34,089 --> 00:29:35,172 [tense string music] 721 00:29:35,257 --> 00:29:36,757 we play classical music. 722 00:29:36,842 --> 00:29:39,092 We are as square as we can be. 723 00:29:39,178 --> 00:29:41,094 ♪ ♪ 724 00:29:41,180 --> 00:29:43,096 you're the bearded fucking lady, kid. 725 00:29:43,182 --> 00:29:47,184 ♪ ♪ 726 00:29:47,269 --> 00:29:49,903 [music darkens] 727 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:52,773 what? 728 00:29:52,858 --> 00:29:58,912 ♪ ♪ 729 00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:09,623 - where'd rory go? 730 00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:11,341 - He said he was going out back to have a cigarette. 731 00:30:11,460 --> 00:30:18,465 ♪ ♪ 732 00:30:23,222 --> 00:30:29,443 ♪ ♪ 733 00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:34,147 - [screams] 734 00:30:34,233 --> 00:30:40,037 ♪ ♪ 735 00:30:43,142 --> 00:30:45,275 - talent rises, 736 00:30:45,394 --> 00:30:47,277 but it is nothing without craft. 737 00:30:47,396 --> 00:30:50,063 That's why you need the story prism. 738 00:30:50,149 --> 00:30:51,398 [eerie string notes] 739 00:30:51,483 --> 00:30:54,117 the story prism is hard like a diamond. 740 00:30:54,236 --> 00:30:55,702 It takes commitment. 741 00:30:57,656 --> 00:30:58,405 You. Stand up. 742 00:30:59,992 --> 00:31:01,575 You look confused. 743 00:31:01,677 --> 00:31:03,627 - I still don't understand the difference between 744 00:31:03,746 --> 00:31:05,462 the primal defense co-tagonist 745 00:31:05,581 --> 00:31:07,965 or the shadow-trickster pre-tagonist. 746 00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:10,801 Why does it have to be so complicated? 747 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,137 - Because drama is life and life is complicated. 748 00:31:14,256 --> 00:31:15,889 Now get the fuck out. 749 00:31:15,975 --> 00:31:16,924 He'll never amount to anything. 750 00:31:17,009 --> 00:31:18,475 He's never gonna write a screenplay 751 00:31:18,594 --> 00:31:20,310 that gleams like a diamond. And full refund. 752 00:31:20,429 --> 00:31:22,729 He's gonna need every penny he's got. 753 00:31:22,815 --> 00:31:24,648 - Screw you. 754 00:31:24,767 --> 00:31:26,350 [door shuts] 755 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:29,653 now for the rest of us, I have a surprise. 756 00:31:29,772 --> 00:31:31,738 I told you when you finished my seminar 757 00:31:31,824 --> 00:31:35,158 you would walk out of this building changed. 758 00:31:35,277 --> 00:31:38,662 Well, get ready to meet someone. 759 00:31:38,781 --> 00:31:40,664 Her client, the late harry gardener, 760 00:31:40,783 --> 00:31:42,332 just swept the awards season. 761 00:31:42,451 --> 00:31:44,084 And in the last six months, 762 00:31:44,169 --> 00:31:45,419 other clients have barnstormed this town. 763 00:31:45,504 --> 00:31:47,588 They're launching projects all over 764 00:31:47,673 --> 00:31:49,172 broadcast and streaming. 765 00:31:49,291 --> 00:31:52,259 It's an unprecedented winning streak. 766 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:54,344 Ursula khan. 767 00:31:54,463 --> 00:31:56,847 [cheers and applause] 768 00:31:56,966 --> 00:31:57,848 - thank you. Thank you. 769 00:31:57,967 --> 00:32:03,103 ♪ ♪ 770 00:32:03,188 --> 00:32:07,340 - a writer once said, "writing is easy. 771 00:32:07,443 --> 00:32:09,509 Just sit at your desk, open a vein, and bleed." 772 00:32:09,612 --> 00:32:10,944 [audience chuckles] 773 00:32:11,030 --> 00:32:12,679 now, we've all heard that quote, right? 774 00:32:12,781 --> 00:32:14,448 And it's been attributed to a lot of people. 775 00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:18,118 But whoever did say it didn't know the half. 776 00:32:18,203 --> 00:32:19,352 If you want the brass ring, 777 00:32:19,455 --> 00:32:21,955 you better be wearing brass knuckles. 778 00:32:22,041 --> 00:32:24,691 Greatness comes with a price. 779 00:32:24,793 --> 00:32:26,126 And you just have to ask yourself, 780 00:32:26,211 --> 00:32:29,463 how much do you want it? 781 00:32:29,548 --> 00:32:30,864 Are you ready to bleed? 782 00:32:30,966 --> 00:32:32,132 [eerie tone] 783 00:32:32,217 --> 00:32:34,868 are you? All: Yes! 784 00:32:34,970 --> 00:32:38,055 - I'd like all of you to reach under your seats right now. 785 00:32:38,173 --> 00:32:39,723 Don't be shy. 786 00:32:39,842 --> 00:32:41,642 There's a little something special under there. 787 00:32:41,727 --> 00:32:43,043 ♪ ♪ 788 00:32:43,145 --> 00:32:45,479 now, it looks like a pill, 789 00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:47,881 but it's not. 790 00:32:47,983 --> 00:32:50,383 It's the key to condos in malibu, 791 00:32:50,486 --> 00:32:52,218 to dinner meetings with charlize, 792 00:32:52,321 --> 00:32:54,387 to reservations at the tower bar. 793 00:32:54,490 --> 00:32:57,157 Tell yourself it's a vitamin. 794 00:32:57,242 --> 00:32:59,826 A sugar pill placebo packed with satan. 795 00:32:59,912 --> 00:33:01,495 [chuckles] 796 00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:02,996 just don't say no. 797 00:33:03,082 --> 00:33:04,831 - Wait. 798 00:33:04,917 --> 00:33:06,783 I'm sorry, you didn't tell me about this. 799 00:33:06,869 --> 00:33:09,069 Is this a stimulant? 800 00:33:09,171 --> 00:33:10,070 Because good writers don't need that. 801 00:33:10,172 --> 00:33:11,905 [scoffs] I don't need that. 802 00:33:12,007 --> 00:33:13,239 I'm sorry, we'll take a quick break-- 803 00:33:13,342 --> 00:33:15,125 - shut the fuck up, you hack. 804 00:33:15,210 --> 00:33:17,577 You teach a screenwriting class. 805 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:18,244 Have you ever sold a fucking script? 806 00:33:18,347 --> 00:33:20,747 - Yes. - One. 807 00:33:20,849 --> 00:33:25,135 A failed orion stallone flick back in '88? 808 00:33:25,220 --> 00:33:27,087 You know nothing. 809 00:33:27,189 --> 00:33:28,421 I know something. 810 00:33:28,524 --> 00:33:30,807 Would you all rather listen to me 811 00:33:30,893 --> 00:33:34,427 or this sad, fraudulent typist? 812 00:33:34,530 --> 00:33:36,096 All: You. 813 00:33:36,198 --> 00:33:38,264 - Everything you've heard is bullshit. 814 00:33:38,367 --> 00:33:39,933 ♪ ♪ 815 00:33:40,035 --> 00:33:42,652 reality isn't the choice between the blue pill 816 00:33:42,738 --> 00:33:44,437 and the red pill. 817 00:33:44,540 --> 00:33:45,772 It's the black pill. 818 00:33:45,874 --> 00:33:48,158 This pill. 819 00:33:48,243 --> 00:33:50,994 My special vitamin brain sauce stimulant 820 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,080 with zero risk and maximum upside. 821 00:33:55,050 --> 00:33:57,283 I'm gonna tell you a little something about success 822 00:33:57,386 --> 00:33:59,452 that is the bedrock of this dirty business 823 00:33:59,555 --> 00:34:01,671 that no one else wants to admit. 824 00:34:01,757 --> 00:34:04,257 It's just one swallow away. 825 00:34:06,895 --> 00:34:08,812 Spit or swallow-- the choice is yours. 826 00:34:15,938 --> 00:34:20,991 ♪ ♪ 827 00:34:24,279 --> 00:34:25,862 now, as it's going down, 828 00:34:25,948 --> 00:34:27,114 that tingling that you feel? 829 00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:28,865 It's not the pill 830 00:34:28,951 --> 00:34:30,784 and it isn't that food truck burrito you had for lunch 831 00:34:30,869 --> 00:34:32,035 and it isn't nerves. 832 00:34:32,121 --> 00:34:33,587 It's the future taking hold. 833 00:34:36,041 --> 00:34:37,507 Your future. 834 00:34:38,710 --> 00:34:41,711 - [screaming] 835 00:34:41,797 --> 00:34:44,881 [dramatic eerie music] 836 00:34:44,967 --> 00:34:46,466 ♪ ♪ 837 00:34:46,552 --> 00:34:48,969 - [screams] 838 00:34:49,054 --> 00:34:50,220 - it looks like the streets are running red 839 00:34:50,305 --> 00:34:52,389 with blood and metaphors. 840 00:34:52,474 --> 00:34:54,141 At least all of those no-talent monsters 841 00:34:54,226 --> 00:34:56,810 are taking their pain out in a real way. 842 00:34:56,895 --> 00:35:00,230 Being great is hard. 843 00:35:00,315 --> 00:35:01,565 The rest of us just don't get it. 844 00:35:01,650 --> 00:35:04,317 We drive ourselves crazy with envy 845 00:35:04,403 --> 00:35:06,403 longing for just a taste of the delicious madness 846 00:35:06,488 --> 00:35:08,488 of the creative mind. 847 00:35:08,574 --> 00:35:10,323 But the truth is, 848 00:35:10,409 --> 00:35:12,542 most people aren't willing to put in the work. 849 00:35:12,661 --> 00:35:15,829 They focus on the success, the notoriety, the wealth 850 00:35:15,914 --> 00:35:18,331 that their great piece of art will bring. 851 00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:20,333 But the journey there is tedious. 852 00:35:20,419 --> 00:35:22,335 And those that achieve greatness 853 00:35:22,421 --> 00:35:23,837 only do so because they are fucked up enough 854 00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:25,505 to push through the pain and failure 855 00:35:25,591 --> 00:35:28,558 it takes to reach your potential. 856 00:35:28,677 --> 00:35:29,726 At least with these pills the world can find out 857 00:35:29,845 --> 00:35:31,228 if you're any good. 858 00:35:31,346 --> 00:35:32,896 [baby crying] - sorry, baby. 859 00:35:33,015 --> 00:35:35,348 Shh, don't cry. 860 00:35:35,434 --> 00:35:37,400 We're gonna move on to another place, 861 00:35:37,519 --> 00:35:39,402 create another drug-- 862 00:35:39,521 --> 00:35:41,238 maybe one that will make you and I live forever. 863 00:35:41,356 --> 00:35:42,355 [soft music] 864 00:35:42,441 --> 00:35:44,074 mommy's here. 865 00:35:44,193 --> 00:35:46,243 She's on top of it. 866 00:35:46,361 --> 00:35:48,745 ♪ ♪ 867 00:35:48,864 --> 00:35:50,914 - to be told we are talented, 868 00:35:51,033 --> 00:35:52,365 isn't that all we ever want? 869 00:35:52,451 --> 00:35:54,918 [explosion, people scream] 870 00:35:55,037 --> 00:35:57,254 the truth is, history will only remember a handful of us, 871 00:35:57,372 --> 00:35:59,589 but at least now 872 00:35:59,708 --> 00:36:01,591 we're leveling the playing field. 873 00:36:01,710 --> 00:36:04,678 ♪ ♪ 874 00:36:09,518 --> 00:36:12,385 [chilling string music] 875 00:36:12,487 --> 00:36:14,487 ♪ ♪