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[man] Of all the great American singers,
she was probably the great linguist.

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In fact, she once learned
how to speak Hungarian

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simply to be able to sing
the Hungarian opera.

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Well, here is Jessye Norman
in her impeccable French,

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singing "Je Te Veux" by Erik Satie.

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["Je Te Veux" playing]

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[music stops]

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[Alicia] Hmm.

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Are you sure
you don't want anything to eat?

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Yeah, I'm good.

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Oh, um,

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you know I gotta go to that
antique fair in Baltimore this weekend.

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It's like a five-hour drive,

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so I'm probably gonna leave
straight after work,

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um, so I can get
to the market early on Saturday.

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Okay.

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[Alicia] Hmm.

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[Denise sighs]

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[sighs]

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-[softly] Hey. I'll see you Sunday, okay?
-Hmm.

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-I love you. Bye.
-Mmm.

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[door opens]

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[door opens and closes]

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So, how's life?

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Life is good.

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Phone Flush is back.

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Which one is that again?

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I flushed her phone when I found out
she was sexting this other chick.

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Man, you gotta
stop dating these kind of women.

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What kind of women?

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The kind of women
that ain't on your level.

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The kind of women
that you gotta refer to as "Phone Flush."

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You keep dating women you know
you ain't gonna be in a relationship with.

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Well, yeah, maybe that's the point.

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Where is Alicia at?

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She drove down to Baltimore
for some antique roadshow thing.

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Wow. She drive all the way to Baltimore?

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Those must be
some special fucking antiques.

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-[scoffs] I guess.
-[chuckles]

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So how are you two? What happened
with all the, um, baby stuff?

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We stopped talking about it
ever since the miscarriage.

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She doesn't want kids anymore?

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I don't know if she wants me anymore.

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Really?

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Yeah, some days we're good.

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Then we go days without talking.

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It's like we got this dark cloud over us.

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I'm sorry.

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All right. You pick something to watch.

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I'm gonna put a face mask on.
You want one?

51
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I'm not looking like
Dead Presidents with you.

52
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Oh, why don't we watch that?

53
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Yeah, I could go
for some vintage Larenz Tate.

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[suspenseful music playing on TV]

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[man grunts]

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[gun cocking]

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[man] Shh.

58
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You want some cookies?

59
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You got some milk?

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-Nah. Just cookies.
-Mmm.

61
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No, I'm good.

62
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You not gonna eat my cookies
'cause I ain't got no milk?

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No, I like to dip.

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[chuckling] What?

65
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You gonna eat
these cookies, Anna Mae. [chuckles]

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-You gonna like 'em, too.
-[chuckles]

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All right. Well,
I'm gonna wash my face mask off.

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You put on the oven.

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Seriously?

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What?

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[chuckling] You buy the ones
that are pre-cut into squares?

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Yes, I do. 'Cause it saves time
and it creates the perfect cookie.

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What are you, like, five?

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Here. Put these back
in the fridge, please.

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-Busy yourself. Stop talking trash.
-[chuckling]

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Wow. New Yorker review.

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"The Three Loves of Althea Waters

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is a tough look at American reality,

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and a poem
written in light, music and love."

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Wow, that's nice.

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How's, um… How's book two coming?

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[chuckles] To be honest, not great.

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And normally, I can write so fast,

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but for some reason this one…
It's not comin'.

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Don't worry, it will come.

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What if it doesn't?

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Are you scared?

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Yeah, I'm scared.

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I'm scared I'll run out of ideas.

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I'm scared this could all go away.

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I'm scared I'll have to go back
to my old life, working a cubicle job.

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-Chill. You'll be all right.
-[sighs]

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-I hope so.
-Don't stress.

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It's gonna be okay.

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I appreciate you.

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You remember my friend Damon?

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Yeah, I think so.

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I went to go see his dad the other day.

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That's nice.

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Not really. He has ALS.

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Oh, I'm sorry.

102
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Yeah.

103
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When I was younger,
my dad wasn't really around.

104
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So he kind of stepped in.

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He would always take
the neighborhood kids to the movies.

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And one time he gave my mom some money

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to get my back-to-school clothes
off of layaway.

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Thank God.

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[both chuckle softly]

110
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Nah, he was a good dude.

111
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I saw him a couple of years ago.

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He was fine.

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But a couple of days ago,

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he was in this scary-looking wheelchair

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and he was attached
to a breathing machine.

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And there was this
"Do-not-resuscitate" letter

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taped to his refrigerator.

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Shit just seemed to get real.

119
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Wow. I'm so sorry.

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I was sittin' in his house…

121
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and I was lookin' at this wall he has.

122
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Just like a wall full of pictures.

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Pictures of him as a kid.

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Stuff from when he was in high school.

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Military photos, a wedding picture.

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Pictures of him watchin' Damon grow up.

127
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It just hit me.

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It doesn't matter
what you do in this life.

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This is what happens.

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You get old… and you get sick.

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[grunts]

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[Denise] Really?

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You gonna leave me all by myself
to deal with my shame and guilt?

134
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It's not that big a deal.

135
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Easy for you to say.
You're fucking Phone Flush.

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-You're free.
-You could be free.

137
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I don't want to be free.

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And I'm not in any shape to drive.

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Why don't you just stay in the guest room?

140
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I can't stay here, Denise. It's too weird.

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[sighs] Fine. I'll drive you home.

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Can you grab my hoodie, please?

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[door opens]

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[door closes]

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[thuds]

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[brakes squeal]

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Why are you stopping?

148
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'Cause I gotta go see if I hit somethin'.

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[car alarm blaring]

150
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[Alicia] Hi. Um, I was told
Denise Watkins is here. I'm her wife.

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-[woman] Check in on the third floor.
-[Alicia] Okay.

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[panting]

153
00:14:18,666 --> 00:14:20,246
You all right? How you feelin'?

154
00:14:20,333 --> 00:14:21,423
[sighs]

155
00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:24,880
-I mean, a little shook up, to be honest.
-[chuckles] Yeah.

156
00:14:25,541 --> 00:14:27,081
It's kind of scary, but…

157
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The doctors did some scans.
They say my brain is all right.

158
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-Thank God.
-Yeah.

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And I got, like, a scrape on my leg,

160
00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:38,290
and a bruise on my forehead, but…

161
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[sighs in relief] Okay.

162
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They said I'll be all right.

163
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-Yeah.
-Hmm.

164
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I'm sorry I scared you.

165
00:14:46,708 --> 00:14:49,538
No. That's all right.
I'm just glad you're okay.

166
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Can we please get the heck out of here?

167
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-[laughs] Yeah.
-Jesus.

168
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-This place sucks.
-Yeah.

169
00:15:01,916 --> 00:15:03,746
-Yeah.
-Thank you, babe.

170
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It's okay.

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[door opens]

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[door closes]

173
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Hey. You okay?

174
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I don't know.

175
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Do you want any water?

176
00:15:37,625 --> 00:15:40,205
No. I'm okay, but thank you.

177
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Okay. I'll be up in a minute.

178
00:16:30,708 --> 00:16:33,288
Why did I find
someone else's underwear downstairs?

179
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[sighs]

180
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Look…

181
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I…

182
00:16:47,458 --> 00:16:50,748
I don't even…
I don't wanna make excuses for myself.

183
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Did you fuck her?

184
00:16:55,750 --> 00:16:56,580
Look…

185
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I'm a fucking asshole, okay?

186
00:17:01,166 --> 00:17:03,496
I'm a horrible human being,

187
00:17:04,125 --> 00:17:06,455
and I feel horrible.

188
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[splutters] I'm never doing
that shit again.

189
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-So you fucked her. Okay. All right, okay.
-[sighs]

190
00:17:14,125 --> 00:17:15,625
All right, but do you understand

191
00:17:15,708 --> 00:17:18,788
how much of an idiot
that makes me look like?

192
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I drove down to the hospital
at 4:00 in the morning

193
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because you were up late
fucking some next bitch.

194
00:17:28,625 --> 00:17:29,625
Fucking hell.

195
00:17:33,666 --> 00:17:35,956
I'm not trying
to make you look like an idiot.

196
00:17:36,041 --> 00:17:37,461
-[scoffs]
-All right? That's… I…

197
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I don't wanna do that.

198
00:17:39,375 --> 00:17:41,495
[both sigh]

199
00:17:43,166 --> 00:17:47,126
But how… how did you
drive down at 4:00 in the morning

200
00:17:47,708 --> 00:17:51,418
and get to the hospital at 5:00
if you was coming from Baltimore?

201
00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:54,420
Baltimore is, like, five hours away.

202
00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:56,460
I wasn't in Baltimore, I was in the city.

203
00:17:58,458 --> 00:18:02,038
Okay, so, why were you in the city?

204
00:18:05,666 --> 00:18:07,916
You know what? Fuck it.
I was seeing someone.

205
00:18:08,416 --> 00:18:09,286
[scoffs]

206
00:18:11,708 --> 00:18:13,248
-You seeing someone?
-Yeah.

207
00:18:13,333 --> 00:18:16,503
What the fuck?
How you gonna come upstairs then,

208
00:18:16,583 --> 00:18:18,543
ready to rip my head off,

209
00:18:18,625 --> 00:18:20,745
but yet, you was on some bullshit, too?

210
00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:23,173
-What the fuck, bro?
-[sighs]

211
00:18:26,333 --> 00:18:27,333
You know…

212
00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:30,785
maybe I wouldn't have fucked Heather

213
00:18:31,708 --> 00:18:35,668
if you had touched me
in the last three months.

214
00:18:35,750 --> 00:18:37,460
I'm not trying to make excuses--

215
00:18:37,541 --> 00:18:38,881
Okay. All right. No, so…

216
00:18:38,958 --> 00:18:41,168
I'm saying, we ain't been
intimate in a minute.

217
00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:43,250
I haven't touched you
for the last few months.

218
00:18:43,333 --> 00:18:46,583
You haven't talked to me
in the last few months.

219
00:18:47,375 --> 00:18:49,205
We just had a miscarriage.

220
00:18:49,875 --> 00:18:51,955
There has been nothing from you!

221
00:18:52,666 --> 00:18:53,876
What do you want me to say?

222
00:18:53,958 --> 00:18:55,998
What do I want you to… Something!

223
00:18:56,083 --> 00:18:58,133
I want you to say something!

224
00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:00,713
You know why it's hard to talk right now?

225
00:19:00,791 --> 00:19:04,211
-'Cause I'm fucking stressed out.
-Oh, God. Okay. You know why?

226
00:19:04,291 --> 00:19:07,001
[Denise] I'm trying to write another book,
figure out what I'm doing.

227
00:19:07,083 --> 00:19:09,173
[Alicia] It's because
you're thinking about yourself.

228
00:19:09,250 --> 00:19:11,210
Again. You are thinking about yourself.

229
00:19:11,291 --> 00:19:15,421
You're thinking about this house,
this career, everything else but me!

230
00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:16,330
[Denise] Jesus Christ.

231
00:19:16,416 --> 00:19:19,456
I am fucking in this giant fucking house
in the middle of nowhere!

232
00:19:19,541 --> 00:19:22,751
All I do is think about you.
I'm thinking about us all the time!

233
00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:25,083
-[Alicia] You know what it is?
-Jesus fucking Christ.

234
00:19:25,166 --> 00:19:27,706
-[Alicia] You know what you like to do?
-I bought you a toothbrush.

235
00:19:27,791 --> 00:19:31,291
You like to go, "Oh, my girl, I got
my girl this and I got her this."

236
00:19:31,375 --> 00:19:33,455
-"I got her a big house."
-Yes, I buy you shit.

237
00:19:33,541 --> 00:19:35,881
-It's about you.
-Look at this window. This window--

238
00:19:35,958 --> 00:19:38,208
Who gives a shit about the fucking window?

239
00:19:38,291 --> 00:19:40,381
-You did! You wanted to come…
-Oh, for fuck's sake.

240
00:19:40,458 --> 00:19:42,788
…live in the country,
have the vintage trimmings.

241
00:19:42,875 --> 00:19:45,125
-[Alicia] I can't. I can't.
-I did this for us.

242
00:19:45,208 --> 00:19:47,668
-I bought this shit with my brain.
-[Alicia] That is a lie.

243
00:19:47,750 --> 00:19:50,710
You did it for you.
So you could live your life,

244
00:19:50,791 --> 00:19:53,171
so I can play your wife
in this little house…

245
00:19:53,250 --> 00:19:54,080
[Denise] Time-out.

246
00:19:54,166 --> 00:19:57,456
You want me to do the bed
all the fucking time. No, no time-out!

247
00:19:57,541 --> 00:20:00,041
-No time-out!
-What the fuck, man!

248
00:20:00,125 --> 00:20:01,955
-I'm done. I am done.
-Jesus.

249
00:20:02,041 --> 00:20:04,001
-I'm tired. I'm done.
-We had some flings.

250
00:20:04,083 --> 00:20:05,463
-We fucked up.
-Hon…

251
00:20:05,541 --> 00:20:07,921
-We gotta go to couple's therapy.
-The thing is, babe,

252
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-mine wasn't a fling.
-We work through this.

253
00:20:10,333 --> 00:20:11,583
Mine wasn't a fling.

254
00:20:11,666 --> 00:20:13,826
Okay. All right.
So now you love the bitch?

255
00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:16,210
Yeah, maybe. Maybe I love that bitch.

256
00:20:16,291 --> 00:20:19,131
-Maybe she can give me more than you.
-Go find the bitch.

257
00:20:19,208 --> 00:20:21,918
See if the bitch can get you
Smokey Robinson's hair grease.

258
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[Alicia whispers] For fuck's sake.

259
00:20:23,083 --> 00:20:24,883
You know what? You know what?

260
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You live your life
and I'm gonna leave you fucking to it.

261
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Because that's how you like it.

262
00:20:30,083 --> 00:20:31,583
You just use me as a fucking prop.

263
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-I'm out of here.
-Okay.

264
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[door closes]

265
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[footsteps receding]

266
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[door closes]

267
00:20:47,708 --> 00:20:48,918
[exhales deeply]

268
00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:53,748
[car door opens and closes]

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[engine starts]

270
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[car departing]

271
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[sighs]

272
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[grunts softly]

273
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[water running]

274
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Fucking cookies.

275
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[cookies clattering into trash]

276
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[turns faucet off]

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[operatic song playing]