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Get closer.

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Lips almost touching.

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We want the almost kiss, people.
You need me to show you?

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I had no idea there was so
much involved in a cover shoot.

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Yeah, well, romance novels
keep the lights on

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for the rest of literary fiction.

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The cover is everything.

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That's it!

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That's the money shot!

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Oh, Charles.

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Charles, come see what we've got so far.

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Show us some options.

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That's a good one.

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Uh-huh. Okay.

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Sword or no sword,
what do you think, Charles?

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Your call.

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Uh, but let's make sure that we have

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these models under contract
for the next five books.

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Five books?

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I don't understand.

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Uh, Belinda's dead.

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Tom Clancy's been dead for years,

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but he's hotter than ever.

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Empirical can continue to publish

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Belinda Lacroix posthumously
at our discretion.

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As long as the readers keep buying,

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we will provide the H.E.A.s.

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H.E.A.s?

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"Happily ever afters."

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We just have to find
a new writer to carry the torch.

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Oh, maybe a torch instead of a sword.

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No, no. Back to the sword.

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- Synced and corrected by martythecrazy -
- www.addic7ed.com -

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Here you go.

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Wow.

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Nice technique.

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Thank you.

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So I have some big news.

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- I quit working for Maggie.
- What?

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Mm-hmm. Yeah, I don't really have time

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to be anyone's assistant anymore

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because I have a show
of my own coming up.

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- That's amazing.
- Thank you.

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Yeah.

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Do you want to come see
my studio tonight?

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I have to bring over a canvas,

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and I could really use a big, strong man

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with big, strong biceps to help.

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Yeah, no problem.

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Oh, my... Wow.

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I've created a giant mess.

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What now?

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I have a date tonight with Zane Anders.

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The hot editor at Rivington?

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Why is that a problem?

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Because I also might be poaching

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one of his biggest authors,
Lachlan Flynn, as we speak.

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Okay, yeah, that's a problem.

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Do I tell Zane or not?

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Well, how about
not go out with him at all?

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I was kind of hoping for, like,

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"have your cake and eat it too"
kind of advice.

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Okay, well...

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All right, nothing
is certain yet with Lachlan.

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And the date tonight with Zane
could totally suck.

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The date's not going to suck.

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But I understand why
Lachlan wants to leave Zane.

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His numbers over there are dropping,

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and he's got to go somewhere.

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Well, business is business,
and personal is personal.

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Exactly.

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I can keep them separate.

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Sure.

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You come out here every day?

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I know, it's far. I just...

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I really need
the peace and quiet to paint.

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I just use this meditation app,

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but this works, too.

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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Wait, your studio is a mansion
in Croton-on-Hudson?

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You're so funny.

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No, it's actually just attached
to my parents' house.

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I'm meeting your parents?

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Oh, come on, don't be weird.

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I'm not capital-I introducing you.

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Here we are.

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Hmm.

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Here's Mom.

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My, God.

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Get a muffler, child.

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- Hi. Baby girl.
- Aw, Mom.

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And hello, sexy man friend.

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Stacey, this is Josh.

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Josh, this is my mom, Stacey.

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Perfect timing. We were
just sitting down to dinner.

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No, Mom,
we're not gonna stay for dinner.

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Josh, I've had to force-feed
this beautiful waif...

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Stop!

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Since she was in diapers.

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We're dropping a canvas, and that's it.

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Ah. I hope you like squid-ink risotto.

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She over-parents me.

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Just excuse her.

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You are just full of surprises, huh?

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But they're cool surprises, right?

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Right?

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Here it is.

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Wow.

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- Cool, right?
- Yeah.

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Has my baby showed you her art before?

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Mom, let's dial it down
from an 11 to a 4.

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What? I'm not allowed
to be proud of you?

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I have to pee.

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Don't say another word till I get back.

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You know, that one, she, uh...
she makes a mean macchiato.

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I give Amy a lot of credit

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for working at that... that coffee shop.

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She is a true artist.

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She's keeping it real.

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Did you... did you say Amy?

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Oh. Sorry.

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Amy is her real name.

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She changed it to Montana
when she moved to Brooklyn.

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As one does.

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She experimented with different styles

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in art school,

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but this is what is getting her

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her first show.

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A painting with a state on it?

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The state of Montana.

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Uh-huh.

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The stuff that's underneath
the stencil...

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does she paint that, too, or...

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No, of course not.

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It is what is known as appropriation.

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Appropriation.

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We started off

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by giving her a few pieces
from our collection,

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but since then,
she has assisted other artists

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who gift her their work.

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It's a genius concept.

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She's really pulling it off,

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and she's... all by herself.

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Only thing we pay for now
are the lawsuits.

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Let's see what this one is.

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Wait.

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Is that a Maggie Amato?

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That poor woman.

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She was a bit of a-a hit
in the late '90s.

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Don't you just love her work?

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Wait. Are we talking
about Maggie or Montana?

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You are so funny.

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I am trying really hard

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to get her into the Whitney Biennial

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because I am on the board,

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But don't tell her. She would kill me.

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She's so modest.

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Yeah, well, she, uh...

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she's definitely done a good job
hiding this from me.

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You didn't see anything.

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Huh? Act surprised at her show, okay?

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Amy! It's risotto time!

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Come on.

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I need to find a replacement

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to write under
the Belinda Lacroix moniker.

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My authors wouldn't go near it.

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- Why?
- Writers who do romance

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are in hiding, online.

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They self-publish
their sexual fantasies,

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and then they take their kids
to soccer practice

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and cook dinner
for their overweight husband.

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Yes, but one of those women
turned into E.L. James.

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I would love to find
the next "50 Shades" writer

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among the Internet sea
of fan fiction out there.

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Okay, you got to be more specific.

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Are you looking for someone
who writes historical,

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paranormal, time-travel,
and/or Amish romance?

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There are Amish romance novels?

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Yeah. Trust me.

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- It all goes down in the buggy.
- Oh.

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You should do yourself
a favor and spend an evening

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on the site
"Smart Bitches, Trashy Books."

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You sure know a lot
for denying you have anything

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to do with the stuff.

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Well, what else am I supposed to do

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alone on a Friday night
after an entire bottle of rosé

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and seeing an ex on Instagram

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with his new boy toy in Costa Rica?

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Four Seasons. Papagayo.

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- I'm sorry.
- I'm fine.

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Next time you ask me out for
a drink, make it something good.

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Okay? Bye.

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I can't believe
you brought me to a cigar club.

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That's skating as close
to douchey as you can get.

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Oh, come on, Peters.

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Cuban cigars are pretty literary.

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Oh, really? How is that?

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In the cigar factories,

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workers used to pay someone
to read to them

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while they rolled the leaves

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to engage their minds
while they met their quotas.

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Well, okay.

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I didn't know that.

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It's a tradition kept up to this day.

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News in the morning,
novels in the afternoon.

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Huh.

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Actually, that's how these
got their name.

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Monte Cristo.

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No way.

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"The Count of Monte Cristo"?

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One of my all-time favorite books.

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- Have you been to Cuba?
- Of course.

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It's where I learned
how to appreciate these.

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First, you lick it...

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to get it wet.

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Don't inhale,
just taste it and let it go.

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You just got to go with it.

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I know how to smoke a cigar.

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Right.

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How'd you get so successful so young?

221
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I'm not really that successful.

222
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Don't do that, all right?

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I want to hear your story.

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Okay. Um...

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I fell in love with books
when I was a kid

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because they were an escape.

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It was just my mom and I,
and we were pretty broke.

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So, you know, when it came to my career,

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I had no choice but to be scrappy.

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It was like, make this job work,

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00:09:00,834 --> 00:09:02,375
or...

232
00:09:03,142 --> 00:09:04,678
or else.

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00:09:04,723 --> 00:09:06,171
The wolf at the door.

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00:09:06,196 --> 00:09:08,757
- Mm.
- Ah, I get it.

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00:09:09,603 --> 00:09:11,435
The hustle looks good on you.

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How come you're so quiet.

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Did meeting Stacey freak you out?

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No.

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Your mom's great.

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00:09:32,389 --> 00:09:34,428
But...

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I saw one of Maggie's paintings

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in your studio.

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She gave it to me. It was a gift.

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Yeah, but does she know
you're using it in your show?

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No. She doesn't need to know,

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and I'd really appreciate it
if you didn't tell her.

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I'm not. I...

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I was just asking.

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It's not like
Ray Charles was mad at Kanye

250
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for sampling his music.

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It's the job of our generation

252
00:10:00,732 --> 00:10:02,287
to build on the work of the generations

253
00:10:02,319 --> 00:10:03,821
that came before us.

254
00:10:03,846 --> 00:10:06,029
If Maggie's a true artist,
she'll get that.

255
00:10:06,487 --> 00:10:08,280
I'm cool...

256
00:10:08,358 --> 00:10:10,655
as long as Maggie's cool.

257
00:10:11,287 --> 00:10:13,671
Why are you not on my side?

258
00:10:13,770 --> 00:10:15,732
I feel like you should be...

259
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supporting my art

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and not worrying about
your ex and her roommate.

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00:10:20,778 --> 00:10:22,563
I mean, hey, I'm...

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I paint on things.

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That's what I do.

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I've been very up front about that.

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Okay.

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- Hmm.
- Are we good?

267
00:10:34,461 --> 00:10:36,464
Yeah.

268
00:10:40,434 --> 00:10:41,881
We're good.

269
00:10:55,976 --> 00:10:57,530
Hello, Liza Miller?

270
00:10:57,555 --> 00:10:59,020
Hey, smut lover.

271
00:10:59,045 --> 00:11:02,342
I did a think, and it turns out
I do have someone for you.

272
00:11:02,367 --> 00:11:04,678
- Go on.
- She's a short-story writer,

273
00:11:04,703 --> 00:11:06,241
been featured in literary magazines,

274
00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:07,397
won several awards,

275
00:11:07,422 --> 00:11:09,638
professor of literature at Columbia.

276
00:11:09,662 --> 00:11:11,445
Never made a dime in her life.
You get it.

277
00:11:11,471 --> 00:11:13,044
Got it. The struggle is real.

278
00:11:13,069 --> 00:11:14,663
We don't say that anymore.

279
00:11:14,688 --> 00:11:16,178
- Oh.
- The only reason I keep her

280
00:11:16,203 --> 00:11:18,720
on my roster is to stay one
with the people who still like

281
00:11:18,745 --> 00:11:21,335
experimental, second-person,
surrealist fiction.

282
00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:22,568
And she wants to write romance?

283
00:11:22,601 --> 00:11:23,607
Lord, no!

284
00:11:23,631 --> 00:11:24,991
She wouldn't be
caught dead near the stuff.

285
00:11:25,016 --> 00:11:28,179
Child número three of four
is heading off to college.

286
00:11:28,203 --> 00:11:30,186
Ahh. Well, we're meeting
authors later today.

287
00:11:30,211 --> 00:11:32,094
Do you think she could make it
on such short notice?

288
00:11:32,119 --> 00:11:34,342
What part of "four kids
to put through college"

289
00:11:34,367 --> 00:11:35,537
did you not understand?

290
00:11:35,562 --> 00:11:37,745
She'll be there. Bells. Bye.

291
00:11:38,300 --> 00:11:40,834
Okay, I am officially not a fan

292
00:11:40,859 --> 00:11:42,121
of the girl Josh is seeing.

293
00:11:42,146 --> 00:11:44,329
Montana? She Porky-pigged me.

294
00:11:44,354 --> 00:11:45,889
Oh, you're gonna have to help me here.

295
00:11:45,914 --> 00:11:47,937
You mean, she has a stutter?

296
00:11:47,962 --> 00:11:50,266
Just the top, no bottoms,

297
00:11:50,291 --> 00:11:52,152
walking around the apartment
at 7:00 a.m.

298
00:11:52,177 --> 00:11:53,264
with her muff out.

299
00:11:53,289 --> 00:11:55,063
I hate that she even has a muff.

300
00:11:55,549 --> 00:11:57,772
When were you going to tell me
that Lachlan Flynn

301
00:11:57,797 --> 00:11:59,260
is interested in Empirical?

302
00:11:59,285 --> 00:12:01,595
I was coming to tell you just now.

303
00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:03,158
- I got distracted.
- I distracted her.

304
00:12:03,183 --> 00:12:05,209
I'm a distractor. It's my thing.

305
00:12:05,234 --> 00:12:06,957
Well, he's waiting
in the conference room,

306
00:12:06,982 --> 00:12:08,584
and he wants you to be in the meeting.

307
00:12:08,609 --> 00:12:09,843
- Right now?
- Yeah.

308
00:12:09,868 --> 00:12:11,350
Good that he's here,

309
00:12:11,375 --> 00:12:14,459
but you, uh, kind of dropped
the ball on this, Kelsey.

310
00:12:16,249 --> 00:12:18,662
So I take it the date
with Zane went well?

311
00:12:18,706 --> 00:12:20,342
Yes, it did.

312
00:12:20,367 --> 00:12:23,350
Now excuse me while I go steal
one of his top authors.

313
00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,489
Lachlan was saying how excited
he is by Empirical's promise

314
00:12:34,514 --> 00:12:37,699
to sell him to a female audience.

315
00:12:37,806 --> 00:12:39,475
Kelsey?

316
00:12:39,632 --> 00:12:42,479
I'd consider doing pink covers.

317
00:12:43,024 --> 00:12:45,954
If your next novel
can have a female protagonist

318
00:12:45,979 --> 00:12:48,655
just as adept
as your previous male ones,

319
00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:50,022
this market is yours.

320
00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:51,965
And I can guide you there.

321
00:12:51,990 --> 00:12:54,374
Women who love spy novels will love you.

322
00:12:54,478 --> 00:12:56,451
No pink covers necessary.

323
00:13:10,172 --> 00:13:11,434
One second!

324
00:13:11,549 --> 00:13:12,757
Coming!

325
00:13:16,850 --> 00:13:18,595
- Hi.
- Hey.

326
00:13:18,779 --> 00:13:20,242
Don't worry, you timed it right.

327
00:13:20,267 --> 00:13:22,143
Liza's at work.

328
00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:24,573
- What's up?
- Uh...

329
00:13:24,598 --> 00:13:25,850
I got to talk to you about something.

330
00:13:25,875 --> 00:13:27,252
Oh, I know.

331
00:13:27,277 --> 00:13:29,376
I lost a good assistant because of you.

332
00:13:29,401 --> 00:13:30,844
Ever tell you not to shit where I eat?

333
00:13:30,869 --> 00:13:33,573
Hey. You introduced us, okay?

334
00:13:33,673 --> 00:13:36,860
But I'm not sure
I'm the reason she quit.

335
00:13:36,994 --> 00:13:38,537
- What do you mean?
- Did you know

336
00:13:38,562 --> 00:13:40,565
she's got this show coming up
at Gray Space?

337
00:13:40,590 --> 00:13:42,372
Of what, her painted jackets?

338
00:13:42,397 --> 00:13:43,580
Yeah.

339
00:13:43,627 --> 00:13:46,095
I mean, she's also painting
over other things, too...

340
00:13:46,129 --> 00:13:47,831
- Oh.
- Like, uh...

341
00:13:47,856 --> 00:13:49,679
other people's art.

342
00:13:49,983 --> 00:13:52,367
- What?
- Look, Mags...

343
00:13:52,446 --> 00:13:54,589
one of your pieces is in the show.

344
00:13:54,674 --> 00:13:57,789
It's weird. She has this,
like, whole theory behind it.

345
00:13:57,814 --> 00:13:59,704
I don't know. The opening's tonight.

346
00:13:59,729 --> 00:14:01,236
Honestly, I just...

347
00:14:01,261 --> 00:14:04,285
I didn't feel good about going
without telling you first, so...

348
00:14:04,310 --> 00:14:06,213
I appreciate that.

349
00:14:06,504 --> 00:14:07,767
You okay?

350
00:14:07,792 --> 00:14:08,814
Oh, yeah. Yeah.

351
00:14:08,839 --> 00:14:10,301
I'm just fabulous.

352
00:14:10,343 --> 00:14:11,689
Coffee?

353
00:14:11,714 --> 00:14:13,528
Yeah.

354
00:14:17,769 --> 00:14:20,236
I think we have
a real shot with Lachlan.

355
00:14:20,367 --> 00:14:22,368
You were a shark in there.

356
00:14:22,477 --> 00:14:24,173
Yay.

357
00:14:24,198 --> 00:14:25,900
Well...

358
00:14:25,980 --> 00:14:27,651
it's a good thing some female sharks

359
00:14:27,676 --> 00:14:29,419
can reproduce alone.

360
00:14:29,846 --> 00:14:31,228
Can they?

361
00:14:31,253 --> 00:14:32,657
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

362
00:14:32,682 --> 00:14:34,369
Some hammerheads.

363
00:14:35,065 --> 00:14:38,928
That's, uh, super weird.

364
00:14:40,855 --> 00:14:42,935
_

365
00:14:45,604 --> 00:14:47,507
Of course he cooks.

366
00:14:47,532 --> 00:14:48,834
God.

367
00:14:48,859 --> 00:14:50,252
If it were up to me,

368
00:14:50,277 --> 00:14:52,260
I would do everything
Belinda Lacroix did

369
00:14:52,284 --> 00:14:53,822
but with much kinkier sex.

370
00:14:56,385 --> 00:14:59,209
I'm thinking vampires,
but they don't have fangs.

371
00:14:59,234 --> 00:15:01,986
It's all about longing,
frustration, and veganism.

372
00:15:03,933 --> 00:15:06,247
Picture wolves with human genitals.

373
00:15:09,190 --> 00:15:11,123
- And, of course...
- They get their...

374
00:15:11,148 --> 00:15:11,892
- H...
- E...

375
00:15:11,917 --> 00:15:13,099
A.s.

376
00:15:13,422 --> 00:15:14,955
I think I am allergic...

377
00:15:15,855 --> 00:15:17,524
to these women.

378
00:15:25,723 --> 00:15:27,605
As someone who teaches literature,

379
00:15:27,630 --> 00:15:30,048
I would want to elevate the genre,

380
00:15:30,073 --> 00:15:31,540
make it more grounded.

381
00:15:31,565 --> 00:15:34,589
So you mean no shape-shifters?

382
00:15:35,041 --> 00:15:37,267
- Excuse me?
- Just checking.

383
00:15:37,292 --> 00:15:38,805
Uh, please continue.

384
00:15:38,830 --> 00:15:40,733
I don't know if my agent
mentioned this to you,

385
00:15:40,771 --> 00:15:43,969
but I can't always deliver
happy endings.

386
00:15:44,152 --> 00:15:45,695
Then don't.

387
00:15:45,890 --> 00:15:47,486
You would consider that?

388
00:15:47,511 --> 00:15:49,694
After the pitches we heard today,

389
00:15:49,719 --> 00:15:51,662
we would consider almost anything.

390
00:15:51,687 --> 00:15:54,151
I know the happy ending
is the big rule in romance,

391
00:15:54,176 --> 00:15:56,267
but I want to blow it up.

392
00:15:56,292 --> 00:15:57,822
It's just too expected.

393
00:15:57,847 --> 00:16:00,298
And my stories would be about real love.

394
00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:01,899
Lust and desire, yes,

395
00:16:01,924 --> 00:16:05,670
but also about the damage
that people do to one another.

396
00:16:05,858 --> 00:16:08,603
And you wouldn't mind
writing under Belinda's name?

397
00:16:08,807 --> 00:16:11,980
Writing as Belinda appeals
to me because of the pseudonym.

398
00:16:12,262 --> 00:16:14,081
Columbia would not give me tenure

399
00:16:14,106 --> 00:16:15,486
if they knew I wrote romance.

400
00:16:15,511 --> 00:16:16,573
Great.

401
00:16:16,598 --> 00:16:18,409
I mean, wildly unfair about the tenure,

402
00:16:18,434 --> 00:16:19,776
but otherwise great.

403
00:16:25,782 --> 00:16:27,923
- So who do you like?
- Columbia.

404
00:16:27,948 --> 00:16:30,412
I know her take on the genre
isn't the most commercial,

405
00:16:30,437 --> 00:16:32,253
but it's definitely interesting.

406
00:16:32,285 --> 00:16:33,828
What about the readers?

407
00:16:33,853 --> 00:16:35,735
They won't miss
their "happily ever afters"?

408
00:16:35,794 --> 00:16:38,022
The readers might be comforted
to know they're not crazy

409
00:16:38,055 --> 00:16:39,392
if love doesn't work out for them

410
00:16:39,417 --> 00:16:41,921
like it does for the heroines
in these books.

411
00:16:42,744 --> 00:16:45,313
It's certainly more realistic.

412
00:16:49,275 --> 00:16:52,103
_

413
00:16:52,188 --> 00:16:53,306
_

414
00:16:53,331 --> 00:16:54,517
I am so sorry.

415
00:16:54,552 --> 00:16:56,352
I, um... I have to go.

416
00:16:56,377 --> 00:16:59,430
My roommate is in trouble
or about to be trouble.

417
00:16:59,455 --> 00:17:01,298
- It's hard to tell.
- Yeah. Of course.

418
00:17:06,267 --> 00:17:08,414
Have a good night.

419
00:17:18,634 --> 00:17:20,377
That seems a little obvious.

420
00:17:20,402 --> 00:17:23,094
And was that a Robert Longo? Bold.

421
00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,023
Liza, she's selling my work for $20,000.

422
00:17:26,048 --> 00:17:27,751
I only get $5,000!

423
00:17:29,976 --> 00:17:33,264
Patrick's an incredibly
important collector.

424
00:17:33,289 --> 00:17:35,553
Oh, my God. What are they doing here?

425
00:17:35,708 --> 00:17:38,937
Ooh, M-M-Montana, hold up. Mm!

426
00:17:38,962 --> 00:17:41,343
Well, I-I hope
they plan to thank Montana

427
00:17:41,368 --> 00:17:42,859
for making her relevant again.

428
00:17:42,884 --> 00:17:46,449
Somehow, I don't think
she's here to say thank you.

429
00:17:46,992 --> 00:17:49,065
- Okay, she's coming over.
- Huh. Good.

430
00:17:49,090 --> 00:17:50,625
Don't smile like that. It scares me.

431
00:17:50,657 --> 00:17:52,902
Listen, I need you to know
that I keep a secret stash

432
00:17:52,927 --> 00:17:54,407
in the Halloween pumpkin in my room.

433
00:17:54,431 --> 00:17:55,492
A secret stash of what?

434
00:17:55,517 --> 00:17:56,739
- Bail money.
- Oh, boy.

435
00:17:56,764 --> 00:17:57,946
Maggie!

436
00:17:58,134 --> 00:17:59,758
What a surprise.

437
00:17:59,783 --> 00:18:01,172
Not as surprised as I am.

438
00:18:01,197 --> 00:18:03,920
Oh, Mags, I didn't want you
to find out this way.

439
00:18:03,945 --> 00:18:05,836
I'm sorry. This must look so bad.

440
00:18:05,861 --> 00:18:08,270
- But I'm doing you a favor.
- Really? How's that?

441
00:18:08,295 --> 00:18:09,878
I'm elevating the monetary

442
00:18:09,903 --> 00:18:11,617
and philosophical value of your work.

443
00:18:11,642 --> 00:18:14,714
If you went to art school,
you'd understand. Trust me.

444
00:18:14,739 --> 00:18:16,041
That's my painting.

445
00:18:16,066 --> 00:18:17,489
Mm-hmm. And you gave it to me.

446
00:18:17,514 --> 00:18:19,337
I put my mark on it, and now it's mine.

447
00:18:19,362 --> 00:18:21,020
That's the point of the whole show.

448
00:18:21,045 --> 00:18:22,289
Oh.

449
00:18:23,903 --> 00:18:25,695
No. Oh, my God!

450
00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:26,985
Whoa!

451
00:18:27,010 --> 00:18:30,453
Oh, my God.

452
00:18:30,478 --> 00:18:31,380
There...

453
00:18:31,405 --> 00:18:33,000
now it's mine again.

454
00:18:47,453 --> 00:18:49,316
You told her.

455
00:18:49,416 --> 00:18:51,711
Look, I'm sorry, Montana.

456
00:18:51,736 --> 00:18:53,420
I had to. It didn't feel right.

457
00:18:53,445 --> 00:18:56,029
You were assisting Maggie
just to get her painting.

458
00:18:56,054 --> 00:18:58,992
You only slept with me
just so you could hurt your ex.

459
00:18:59,712 --> 00:19:01,734
I cannot believe you chose them over me.

460
00:19:01,819 --> 00:19:03,081
Yeah, well...

461
00:19:03,181 --> 00:19:05,564
I'm gonna be such a big deal.

462
00:19:05,664 --> 00:19:08,280
Good luck with that, Amy.

463
00:19:09,253 --> 00:19:11,729
I haven't been called Amy
in, like, a year.

464
00:19:27,622 --> 00:19:29,124
Zane...

465
00:19:29,209 --> 00:19:31,392
You're not cooking with the microwave.

466
00:19:31,417 --> 00:19:33,160
You're using shallots.

467
00:19:33,185 --> 00:19:34,867
You're now stirring my drink.

468
00:19:34,892 --> 00:19:37,317
You're almost too perfect.

469
00:19:37,519 --> 00:19:40,005
- "Almost"?
- Almost.

470
00:19:49,224 --> 00:19:51,207
I have to tell you something.

471
00:19:51,232 --> 00:19:53,235
Yeah?

472
00:19:54,548 --> 00:19:57,442
We signed Lachlan Flynn at Empirical.

473
00:20:02,442 --> 00:20:05,627
This "Vulture" article
hit about an hour ago.

474
00:20:05,884 --> 00:20:07,216
Game on.

475
00:20:07,241 --> 00:20:08,599
I'll get you back.

476
00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:10,384
What?

477
00:20:11,142 --> 00:20:13,568
- You're not mad?
- Not at all.

478
00:20:13,593 --> 00:20:15,496
You just got a lot more interesting.

479
00:20:15,580 --> 00:20:18,765
Besides, we were gonna cut him
from the roster anyway.

480
00:20:19,152 --> 00:20:21,375
- Why?
- Mm...

481
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,544
He's your problem now. He's your author.

482
00:20:23,667 --> 00:20:26,571
Okay. I'll go.

483
00:20:26,596 --> 00:20:28,599
No, no, no. Stay.

484
00:20:28,670 --> 00:20:30,893
But no sleeping over.

485
00:20:31,187 --> 00:20:33,427
I saw the toothbrush
and panties in your purse.

486
00:20:33,452 --> 00:20:36,076
Okay. Don't flatter yourself.

487
00:20:36,195 --> 00:20:38,561
I always have a toothbrush
and panties in my purse.

488
00:20:38,586 --> 00:20:39,768
I'm a New Yorker.

489
00:20:39,868 --> 00:20:41,871
Mm-hmm.

490
00:20:44,991 --> 00:20:46,613
It needs salt.

491
00:21:01,817 --> 00:21:04,681
I mean, I knew Maggie
could handle her herself,

492
00:21:04,706 --> 00:21:06,249
but...

493
00:21:06,274 --> 00:21:07,997
A switchblade?

494
00:21:08,022 --> 00:21:10,719
It's, like, a whole new level.

495
00:21:10,744 --> 00:21:12,446
Thank you for giving her the heads-up.

496
00:21:12,471 --> 00:21:14,271
- It means a lot.
- Yeah.

497
00:21:14,309 --> 00:21:16,312
She's my friend.

498
00:21:17,177 --> 00:21:18,799
Just...

499
00:21:18,824 --> 00:21:20,827
tell me...

500
00:21:21,702 --> 00:21:24,583
Why'd you have to kiss him?

501
00:21:28,064 --> 00:21:31,396
I just... I don't know.

502
00:21:32,605 --> 00:21:34,756
Some part of me needed
to blow things up.

503
00:21:38,132 --> 00:21:40,035
Why?

504
00:21:40,276 --> 00:21:42,708
Because I want you to have everything.

505
00:21:42,779 --> 00:21:45,161
I want you to have time
to decide about kids,

506
00:21:45,206 --> 00:21:48,075
to decide when it's right
or if you want one

507
00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:50,271
or maybe even five.

508
00:21:50,627 --> 00:21:54,780
And maybe someday I can be
that fun Aunt Liza who...

509
00:21:55,606 --> 00:21:58,613
Reads them books
and takes them to the beach

510
00:21:58,638 --> 00:22:00,541
and builds them blanket forts.

511
00:22:00,641 --> 00:22:04,458
I build the best blanket forts.

512
00:22:07,192 --> 00:22:10,239
Just please tell me
that you'll be in my life.

513
00:22:10,264 --> 00:22:12,216
Please. Somehow.

514
00:22:12,241 --> 00:22:15,881
There's got to be
a better ending to us than this.

515
00:22:22,328 --> 00:22:24,178
Yeah.

516
00:22:25,587 --> 00:22:27,590
Okay.

517
00:22:31,021 --> 00:22:32,644
Good night, Liza.

518
00:22:52,973 --> 00:22:54,965
So, does Josh forgive us?

519
00:22:55,199 --> 00:22:56,662
I think he just might.

520
00:22:56,793 --> 00:22:59,126
Hey, did you see this?
You’re in "New York" magazine.

521
00:22:59,151 --> 00:23:00,193
They’re calling you the Slasher.

522
00:23:00,218 --> 00:23:02,776
Ooh. Well, anything’s better than Mags.

523
00:23:02,852 --> 00:23:04,451
Ooh, not my best angle.

524
00:23:04,476 --> 00:23:06,333
"A literal knife fight occurred"

525
00:23:06,358 --> 00:23:07,580
in the art world last night

526
00:23:07,605 --> 00:23:10,427
when venerable artist
Maggie Amato arrived

527
00:23:10,452 --> 00:23:13,116
at Montana Goldberg’s
first show at Gray Space.

528
00:23:13,184 --> 00:23:15,950
From the depths of obscurity,
Amato reminded us

529
00:23:15,975 --> 00:23:17,918
"she’s still relevant."

530
00:23:17,943 --> 00:23:21,482
"These older artists will not
go gently into the night

531
00:23:21,511 --> 00:23:24,997
and Amato’s show of her own
is long overdue."

532
00:23:26,229 --> 00:23:27,731
Is this woman your roommate?

533
00:23:27,756 --> 00:23:30,630
She’s part roommate, part mentor.

534
00:23:30,655 --> 00:23:33,201
I would love to meet her
and see her work.

535
00:23:33,693 --> 00:23:35,115
Make that happen.

536
00:23:35,140 --> 00:23:38,165
Really? Okay.

537
00:23:38,190 --> 00:23:39,816
I’m glad to see
you’re surrounding yourself

538
00:23:39,841 --> 00:23:42,216
with older, wiser, women.

539
00:23:42,597 --> 00:23:44,840
We’re good for you.

540
00:23:46,036 --> 00:23:47,738
You can go.

541
00:23:52,863 --> 00:23:54,489
Yeah?

542
00:23:55,014 --> 00:23:57,833
I’ve been thinking more
about the Columbia professor.

543
00:23:57,907 --> 00:24:00,571
She’s really smart but I think
it’s a mistake not to deliver

544
00:24:00,596 --> 00:24:02,139
a happy ending.

545
00:24:02,290 --> 00:24:04,263
I’m glad to hear you say that.

546
00:24:04,288 --> 00:24:06,050
I already told Redmond we passed.

547
00:24:06,075 --> 00:24:07,056
You did?

548
00:24:07,081 --> 00:24:09,477
Yeah. I’m not going to be
the one to deprive readers

549
00:24:09,502 --> 00:24:12,217
of their happily ever afters.

550
00:24:12,494 --> 00:24:14,877
They just want to believe love exists.

551
00:24:15,158 --> 00:24:16,980
Exactly.

552
00:24:17,291 --> 00:24:19,875
And a happy ending isn’t
the worst thing to hope for.

553
00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:21,539
Right?

554
00:24:22,091 --> 00:24:24,154
Not to mention good for business.

555
00:24:28,474 --> 00:24:30,477
Good night, Charles.

556
00:24:31,895 --> 00:24:33,855
Night, Liza.

557
00:24:44,727 --> 00:24:46,727
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