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[seagulls calling, bells ring]
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[distant foghorn blares]
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- hey, tony,
where you headed?
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- I hear the white perch
are schooled up.
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Maybe look for some mackerel
the east end of the canal.
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- Be careful when you head out,
okay?
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There's another big storm
headed in due south.
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It's messing with the tides.
See you.
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- Thanks.
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[ominous music]
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[motor humming]
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[rumbles]
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I think we hit something.
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oh, shit.
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- [gasps]
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- next order of business:
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The home at 29 commercial
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is requesting permission
to change their shingles
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from our traditional
"simply white"
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to "mountain peak white."
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- can we see the samples?
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- Have you lost your mind?
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- It's a scandal
that you would even ask.
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- Why don't you just
paint them orange?
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[laughter]
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[gavel slams]
- motion denied.
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Next order of business:
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Jim levy,
the owner of mchenry's,
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is requesting
a 16-inch easement
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into the neighbor's green area
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so he can have
expanded outdoor dining.
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I believe mr. Levy
is present to make his case.
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- Thank you, madam.
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As most of you know,
I opened mchenry's
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as sister restaurant
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to my flagship mchenry's
in davis square, somerville.
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- Can it, levy.
You're wasting your time.
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- Excuse me?
- Well,
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first of all,
your name is levy.
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I don't know where you get off
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owning not one
but two irish pubs.
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That's called cultural
appropriation, sweetheart.
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Second of all,
you have terrible taste.
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And not just in your footwear.
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My friend mitch wilson
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lives in the house
next to your restaurant.
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He has exquisite taste.
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And the last thing we need
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are your cheap plastic
tables and chairs
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soiling his hydrangea bushes.
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[gavel slams]
- motion denied.
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- But--
- denied.
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- Come on, he's be--
- denied.
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Finally, trooper remy
of the mass state police
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would like a moment
to speak to the group.
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[ominous music]
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- chairwoman, council,
I'm trooper jan remy.
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I was sent by the state police
to run the investigation
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into your murdered chief.
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- I thought the chief
was just missing?
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- She was,
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until a fisherman ran over
her body in the harbor.
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[chilling tone]
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and something you all
may not know
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is that the chief
was investigating
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a series of murders.
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They all followed
the same m.O.--
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Throat slashed
with severe uneven wounds,
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and a draining of almost all
of the victim's blood.
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I just examined
the chief's body
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and observed
the exact same wound pattern.
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- Boat propeller
could have chewed her up.
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- Lotta sharks in the water
at this time.
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- Which is why need to stop
protecting the seals.
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- I don't mind the sharks
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as long as they're only killing
yankee fans.
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[laughter]
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- I'm sorry,
but this isn't funny.
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A law enforcement officer
was murdered
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by what appears to be
a serial killer.
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- Do you have proof
that these cases are related?
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Right? Dna?
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- Not yet.
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- I just don't know why
we would make a big fuss
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when we don't even know
if there's a problem.
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- Your chief
was brutally murdered
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and thrown in the harbor.
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I'd say that's a problem.
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- I mean, do we even know
she was murdered?
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- Maybe she went
for a night swim.
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- In her uniform?
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And many of these murders
occurred miles from the ocean.
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Do you think the sharks
and the boat propellers
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somehow came on land
to kill all these people?
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- Look, trooper.
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We really appreciate
what you're trying to do here.
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Mass state police
are a wonderful organization
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full of fine men and women.
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- Absolutely.
- Hear, hear.
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[light clapping]
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but these
are wintertime problems.
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- What does that mean?
- It means strange things
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happen down the cape
in the winter.
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Everyone knows it.
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Us full-timers just accept it
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as the price of living
in such a special place.
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But by the time
spring rolls around,
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you'll see
it all just magically stops.
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And the worst problem we have?
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Uh, traffic on route 6,
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a bad sunburn,
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and too much butter
on a lobster roll.
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[laughter]
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- so you're saying
I should just let this go?
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- We're saying
that everyone in this room
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depends upon the summer
to pay for the winter.
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We are saying
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that if you start
making noise about this stuff,
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maybe the papers in boston
will pick it up,
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and then the new york rags,
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and then suddenly,
all of those city-folk
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who drive down
for the weekend in July
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to spend all of that
sweet city money
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get spooked
and decide that maybe
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the berkshires,
or newport,
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or--god forbid--
the hamptons are just as nice.
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But not worth
all the trouble and the worry.
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- The gays might stop coming.
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[chilling tone]
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- you're all hiding something.
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You know something.
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- We know what's best
for this community.
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we know what's best for you.
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- I was sent by
the state of massachusetts
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to come down here and find
out what's been going on,
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and that's what I'm gonna do.
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Impeding an investigation
is a crime.
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And they don't serve
lobster rolls
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in walpole state prison.
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[door slams]
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- don't worry.
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I'll take care of it.
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[chilling music]
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♪ ♪
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- look,
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we have been extremely patient
and understanding
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about this whole business
with the pills
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and the blood drinking.
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I mean, the pales
recede into the woods
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during the summer,
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and you gluttons
don't feed on anybody
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who actual matters
in this town.
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- And we don't feed
past memorial day.
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- Yes.
The system has held.
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It's a symbiosis.
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You get the freedom
and the quiet
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to write and kill,
and we get to brag
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about having artists make
their winter home out here.
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It adds to the charm.
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But this winter has been
completely out of control.
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I mean,
you killed the chief.
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If that isn't the worst example
of shitting where you eat,
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I don't know what is.
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- It's not us.
It's the hollywood people.
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They ruin everything.
- It's true.
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- Belle and I
are people of the letters.
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Literature, the stage--
these are art forms that demand
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a degree of decorum and
restraint from their purveyors.
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These fucking hollywood people
have no decency.
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- And no self-control.
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That beast of a man
gave the pills to his child.
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It makes you think that maybe
some of that qanon business
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about them being satanic
baby-killers
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is based in some fact.
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- All I know is I told you two
to get rid of him days ago.
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- I've been very busy.
I'm on a deadline.
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- Yeah, well,
so are we.
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The council asked me
to convey a message:
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"get rid of the troublemakers,
or all of you
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are suddenly
gonna find yourself
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going into some very
annoying zoning issues,
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including painting
all of the curbs
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in front of your houses red
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and declaring all of your
domiciles as historic landmarks
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which means
that even to change a bulb
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will take a six-week
approval process.
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you know, I stopped burger king
from opening in this town.
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I can stop you too.
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♪ ♪
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[door shuts]
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- [sighs]
so what's the plan?
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- [chuckles]
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♪ ♪
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- so what do you think?
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- Well...
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I think you should
kill yourself.
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Because you will never
write anything this good--
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no one will.
No one has.
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- Good,
I'm glad you like it.
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I'm kind of proud of it.
- This is really it, harry.
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I mean,
this is your masterpiece.
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It's your "moby dick,"
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your "romeo and juliet,"
your "godfather."
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- thanks,
I know.
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Which is why I need to make
a family announcement.
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Now that spring is coming,
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and I've written basically
five years' worth of stuff
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since we've been here...
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[breathes deeply]
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we're done.
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- Done with what?
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- With the pills.
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It's been a fun ride,
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but it's time to get off
this crazy train.
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- You mean until next winter,
right?
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- I mean for good.
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- So now that you're done
with your masterpiece,
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we all have to stop?
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- It's not like that.
- It's exactly like that.
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You're being selfish.
- I'm being a father.
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- All of a sudden?
- Don't say that.
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After everything
I've done for you this winter--
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bringing you
thermoses of blood,
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not grounding you for life
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for giving your mother a pill
and condemning her
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to the misery
of those pale people.
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- That wasn't just for me.
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You did all of that
for you too!
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[intense music]
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tell him he's wrong.
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Tell him that we can't stop,
that we don't have to stop.
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That we're better
than everybody else.
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That no one else matters
but people like us.
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- Well, there is some
truth to that, sweetheart.
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There's a lot of truth.
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Harry, you don't take
your foot off the gas
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just as you're pulling out
into the lead.
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- I don't want
to have to kill anymore.
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I just want to raise you
and enjoy the fruits
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of what we've accomplished
this year
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and maybe over time
get some of my soul back.
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- Yeah, it doesn't
work that way, bubbulah.
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Once you sell your soul,
it's gone.
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- I don't want to believe that.
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- Because you're framing it
as a bad thing,
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but it is not.
It's freedom.
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Why have a conscience
or a moral code anymore?
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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
♪ ♪