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[bells chiming]

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[Joe] Well, hello there.

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Who are you?

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Based on your vibe, a student.

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Your blouse is loose.

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You're not here to be ogled,
but those bracelets, they jangle.

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You like a little attention.

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Okay, I bite.

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You search the books.
Fiction, "F" through "K."

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Now...

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Hmm, you're not
the standard insecure nymph

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hunting for Faulkner you'll never finish.

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Too sun-kissed for Stephen King.

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Who will you buy?

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[Beck gasps] Sorry.

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[Joe] You sound apologetic,
like you're embarrassed to be a good girl,

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and you murmur your first word to me.

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Hello.

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Do you work here?

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Guilty.

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-Can I help you find something?
-Paula Fox.

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It's a good choice.

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Hmm, I feel weirdly validated.

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[chuckles] Follow me.

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She's gonna be in here.

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"Celebrity authors"?
I thought Fox was pretty obscure.

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She is Courtney Love's
maternal grandmother.

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You're not expected to know that.

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Good. I didn't.

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Mr. Mooney wants anyone in here
who's even tangentially famous.

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He thinks it sells more books.

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That's sad.

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People buying books
because of what's popular,

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and not because they wanna be moved
or changed in some way.

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Yeah. It's an epidemic.

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Yeah, you see this guy?
Here, the glasses, behind you.

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He just grabbed Dan Brown's latest
on the way in.

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So he's gonna wander around
for another, like, five or ten minutes,

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just to find something legitimate
to buy with it.

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Oh, like the cereal guys buy
when they're really there for condoms.

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Only makes it more conspicuous.
Like, own your shit.

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If Dan Brown's your kink,
then be out about it.

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[scoffs] At the end of the day,

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people really are disappointing,
aren't they?

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Sometimes they surprise you.

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-Paula Fox. Top shelf. You want me to...
-Oh, no, I got it.

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[Joe] Oh. Are you not wearing a bra?

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And you want me to notice.

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If this was a movie,

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I'd grab you
and we'd go at it right in the stacks.

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Have you read her fiction?
Desperate Characters, it's her best.

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[sighs] That's what I keep hearing.

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-You haven't read Desperate Characters?
-I know. I know.

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I'm worried
it's not gonna live up to the hype.

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I can safely say it is that good.

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That's a high endorsement.
And from a bookstore clerk, nonetheless.

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Well, it's bookstore manager.

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Hello? Anyone working here?

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-Asshole.
-Mmm...

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-Whoa.
-[chuckles]

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Do you mind? Uh, I'm in a hurry.

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[Joe] He's just pissed he's gotta
buy Salinger to feel respectable

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when all he really wants to do
is eat Cheetos and jerk it to iPorn

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before washing it all down
with a Dan Brown chaser.

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Have a nice day, sir.

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Okay, I'm going for it.

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-Good. You won't regret it.
-I'd better not.

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Paula Fox. Nice.

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You know, she was, uh,
Courtney Love's maternal grandmother.

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That's why I'm buying it.

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[Joe] You have enough cash to cover this,
but you want me to know your name.

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-"Guinevere"?
-Yeah.

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My parents were assholes
with the whole naming thing.

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But everyone just calls me Beck.

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And you're Joe...

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Goldberg.

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Everyone calls me Joe.

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[chuckles]

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Aren't you gonna tell me
to have a nice day?

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You have a nice day, Beck.

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You have one yourself, Joe.

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[Joe] You smiled, laughed at my jokes,

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told me your name, asked for mine.

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She write her number on there?
She was on you hard.

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No, she was just being nice.

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I'd be googling the hell out of her
right now.

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You know her full name.

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That's pretty aggressive, Ethan.

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What do I tell you?
Always be closing that shit.

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[both] If you need me,
I'll be in cookbooks.

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But for work. Not for fun. I swear.

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[Joe] At the end of the day, people are
really just disappointing, aren't they?

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But are you, Beck? Are you?

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Yes, people find "the one." 

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I believe that. I try to stay open.

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I was in love once.
She broke my heart, Beck.

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Ugh, she really did a number on me.

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I should've seen the signs.

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But we never do when we're in love.

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-Exhibit A. Claudia and Ron.
-[indistinct arguing]

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[Ron] I went out for a couple of drinks.
Get off my back.

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[Joe] Claudia's a nurse. Single parent.

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[Claudia] Leave me alone!
You're on your phone...

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[Joe] You think she knew Ron was a shitbag
when she fell in love?

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No, she thought he was a prince.

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Hey, Paco.

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'Sup, Joe?

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[Joe] And now,

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-hers is not the only life she ruined.
-[Claudia] Leave me alone!

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Why is coming home such a chore for you?
[continues indistinctly]

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Is everything cool in there?

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Yeah, Mom and Ron are just talking.

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[Claudia] You always go out
with your friends!

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-And I'm sick of it!
-Wow.

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You are burning through that book,
aren't you?

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Reads quick. It's good.

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Let me know when you finish.
I'll get you another one.

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[Claudia] Screw you, Ron! Get out of here!
Leave me alone.

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[continues indistinctly]

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Are you hungry?

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'Cause, you know,
I just got this meatball sub,

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but I remembered
I have Thai from last night.

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Nah. My mom will just
make me something later.

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That's a shame. This won't keep.
It's getting tossed.

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You sure, Joe?

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"All for one and one for all."

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[Joe] The point, Beck...
Love is, uh, tricky.

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[rock song playing on record]

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[Joe] A guy needs to protect himself.

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I had to be sure you're safe. 

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And your name
was a glorious place to start.

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Not a lot of Guinevere Becks.

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And there you were.
Every account set to public.

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You want to be seen, heard, known.

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Of course, I obliged.

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Born and raised, Nantucket Island.

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A brother, Clyde, and sister, Anya.

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Your parents really were assholes
about the names.

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Your folks split when you were 12.
Your dad dropped out of the picture.

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Went to Brown
where you majored in lit. Cool.

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And minored in douchebags. Hmm.

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And then on to NYC to conquer an MFA
and make your mark, presumably.

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Now you still write. Barely.

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Too busy living out moments
you won't remember five years from now.

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I know this because you post 
about this life all the goddamn time.

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[all speaking indistinctly]

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[Joe] Candidly, it's the least 
appealing thing about you, Beck.

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You posted this hours after our encounter.

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[camera shutter clicks]

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[Joe] I was concerned you didn't mention
that cute guy in a bookstore.

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And then I realized
your online life isn't real.

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It's a collage.

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You paste this Beck up. This...

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together, lovable, cute,
bendy little creature.

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If anything, the fact that
you didn't share me with your followers

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only confirms we really connected.

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The next thing our little friend
the Internet gave me was your address.

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There it is, with its big, naked windows.

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It's nice. Too nice.

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I'm thinking subsidized school housing.

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Jesus! It's like you've never 
seen a horror movie or the news.

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But you want people to watch, don't you?

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You know, 
I plan on asking you about this quality

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when we get to know each other better.

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A proposal.

166
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Why don't we 
spend the day together tomorrow?

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Just you and me?

168
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[Beck] To everyone out there
chasing their dreams, don't give up.

169
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And in the meantime, mac and cheese!

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[Joe] It's cute. Not deep. But cute.
Is there more to you? Let's find out.

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Our day starts at the ass-crack of dawn.

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I know from your posted schedule
that you teach a 6:30 class

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called Get Up N Flow.

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You caress the sweaty backs of bulimic,
dead-eyed real mommies of SoHo...

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I am loving your form today, Tasha.

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[Joe] ...offering smiles
and lies of encouragement.

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[Beck continues indistinctly]

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[Joe] By 10:00, you're at campus
to TA a Romantics class

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00:10:02,018 --> 00:10:03,770
and play Vanna White to some shirt.

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00:10:03,853 --> 00:10:05,688
Morning, Professor Leahy.

181
00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:08,858
I told you, it's Paul.
Are you ready for class?

182
00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:10,485
[Joe] Professor Obvious wants to fuck you.

183
00:10:11,402 --> 00:10:14,739
Now, you're smart.
You let him think one day he might.

184
00:10:14,823 --> 00:10:16,074
And what's the harm in that, right?

185
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After class,
you head to your favorite café

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to write for the first time all day.

187
00:10:23,373 --> 00:10:25,250
But your life doesn't cooperate.

188
00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:29,420
Your wealthy girlfriends
have just now woken up,

189
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and have nothing better to do

190
00:10:30,922 --> 00:10:34,175
than plan their next pointless
yet instagrammable night.

191
00:10:34,259 --> 00:10:36,010
Can we get real for a second?

192
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You have questionable taste in friends,
Beck.

193
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-[all] Cheers!
-Yeah!

194
00:10:46,396 --> 00:10:48,940
-Oh, yes. Happy birthday!
-[Annika laughs] Thank you so much.

195
00:10:50,108 --> 00:10:52,610
[Joe] And expensive taste in lives.

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-Ready?
-Thank you.

197
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-[gasps]
-Do you like it?

198
00:10:57,949 --> 00:11:01,161
No, I hate it. Of course I love it!

199
00:11:01,244 --> 00:11:02,745
Jason didn't even
get her something that nice,

200
00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:04,622
and Annika finally let him do anal.

201
00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:07,667
-[Lynn] Oh, my God!
-Please, please, it was time.

202
00:11:07,750 --> 00:11:10,920
Please open my gift next and tell me
how much you hate me then, lady.

203
00:11:14,757 --> 00:11:15,800
[Annika gasps]

204
00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:20,513
A butterfly? It's my spirit animal
for the year. You remembered?

205
00:11:20,597 --> 00:11:22,348
Only 'cause you wouldn't shut up about it.

206
00:11:22,432 --> 00:11:25,351
[Joe] You want so badly to be one of them.

207
00:11:25,435 --> 00:11:26,728
-[Beck] Happy birthday.
-[Annika] You look so beautiful.

208
00:11:26,811 --> 00:11:28,104
[Joe] Well, they've got nothing to do
after this.

209
00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:31,024
So, yeah, they'll party till 5:00
and scrape it together tomorrow.

210
00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:33,568
But you can't.
You have to work for a living.

211
00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,238
A McQueen, Beck? How much was it?

212
00:11:37,322 --> 00:11:38,865
[chuckles] It was on clearance.

213
00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:40,783
They haven't put a McQueen scarf
on clearance

214
00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:42,619
since he hung himself in 2010.

215
00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:44,954
It'd be too much
even if she did deserve it,

216
00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:46,539
which she does not.

217
00:11:46,623 --> 00:11:48,958
[Joe] Hmm. Not all your friends are dumb.

218
00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:50,418
[Peach] You always do this.

219
00:11:50,501 --> 00:11:54,047
You make, like, a big gesture
that you can't afford because...

220
00:11:54,130 --> 00:11:59,218
-[scoffs] I'm sorry, you're too nice.
-It's no big deal. I had, um, a gift card.

221
00:12:00,261 --> 00:12:01,596
How broke are you?

222
00:12:03,723 --> 00:12:05,350
Just tell me what's up.

223
00:12:05,433 --> 00:12:06,976
[Joe] Actually sounds like she cares.

224
00:12:07,894 --> 00:12:08,853
[Beck] Look, I appreciate--

225
00:12:08,937 --> 00:12:11,564
[Peach] Why don't you just let me
loan you some cash?

226
00:12:11,648 --> 00:12:13,566
Okay? I keep telling you, it's nothing.

227
00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:15,151
[Joe] Also, sounds condescending.

228
00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:19,906
You know I'd do anything for you.
Don't forget that.

229
00:12:21,324 --> 00:12:24,202
-Sure you can't come out with us?
-I gotta write.

230
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Virtuous. Catch you later?

231
00:12:31,417 --> 00:12:33,169
[Joe] Is that the best friend you've got?

232
00:12:33,962 --> 00:12:36,422
If so, Beck, you really are alone.

233
00:12:47,016 --> 00:12:48,935
Your social media's a liar.

234
00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:52,271
It says
you're a happy-go-lucky dilettante.

235
00:12:53,147 --> 00:12:57,944
But, underneath it all,
you seem like the genuine article.

236
00:12:58,027 --> 00:13:01,447
Stretched ADD thin, sure,
but as soon as the door closes...

237
00:13:01,531 --> 00:13:03,783
you're back at the keyboard,
trying to write.

238
00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:07,370
[cell phone vibrates]

239
00:13:12,583 --> 00:13:13,584
[sighs]

240
00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:24,804
[man] Thanks.

241
00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:29,600
Keep the change, man.

242
00:13:32,770 --> 00:13:34,772
Hey. Let me up.

243
00:13:35,356 --> 00:13:38,234
[Joe] Uh, Beck, who the fuck is this?

244
00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:49,078
My best friend walked in
on you getting your dick sucked

245
00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:52,999
by some random woman in a bathroom
at a party that I took you to!

246
00:13:53,082 --> 00:13:55,043
I was wasted. I didn't even finish.

247
00:13:55,126 --> 00:13:58,504
That's your apology? "I didn't cum."
That's the one you're going with?

248
00:13:58,588 --> 00:14:00,048
I obviously shouldn't have gone
in the bathroom

249
00:14:00,131 --> 00:14:01,299
with any girl that wasn't you.

250
00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:05,261
But she said she had good coke,
and I'd been seriously stressed.

251
00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:08,181
I thought,
when Johno and I started our line,

252
00:14:08,264 --> 00:14:10,099
it was gonna be like
picking out flavors and shit.

253
00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:13,186
It turns out it's 16-hour lectures
on microbial management.

254
00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:15,772
And that's why no one starts
their own artisanal soda company,

255
00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:18,566
and why America has to keep drinking crap
that's giving 'em cancer.

256
00:14:18,649 --> 00:14:22,570
You actually managed to connect
your illicit blowjob to curing cancer.

257
00:14:23,488 --> 00:14:25,406
I'm genuinely impressed.

258
00:14:28,993 --> 00:14:29,911
Beck, I...

259
00:14:30,495 --> 00:14:33,664
Seriously, I am drowning in work.

260
00:14:33,748 --> 00:14:38,086
I don't have time to keep hooking up
or whatever it is you're even capable of.

261
00:14:38,169 --> 00:14:42,965
I know I've done some stupid shit,
but I'm on it now.

262
00:14:44,634 --> 00:14:48,262
I don't wanna be
just some guy you sleep with.

263
00:14:51,557 --> 00:14:53,684
[whispering] God, you make me insane.

264
00:14:59,482 --> 00:15:01,859
[Joe] Way to go, Beck. 
Looks like a catch.

265
00:15:05,863 --> 00:15:08,157
Benjamin J. Ashby III. 
Oh, there's three of them.

266
00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,201
Greenwich-born, boarding-school bred.

267
00:15:10,284 --> 00:15:13,579
His father is the Ben Ashby
of Ashby Brokerage.

268
00:15:13,663 --> 00:15:16,374
Two failed careers. Model. Oh, boy.

269
00:15:16,457 --> 00:15:17,834
And co-creator of a dating app 

270
00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:21,337
that connects people
through musical tastes called LoveHooks.

271
00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:24,132
Current CEO of Home Soda
Artisanal Beverages.

272
00:15:24,215 --> 00:15:25,133
Motto... 

273
00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:27,510
"Drink better by hand,"
which makes no sense,

274
00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:28,845
but evokes a homespun quality

275
00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:32,223
that lines up with a guy
who wears $600 Japanese sneakers.

276
00:15:32,306 --> 00:15:37,061
The hair, the privilege he tries to hide
with retweets of Black Lives Matter.

277
00:15:37,854 --> 00:15:41,649
Not to sound judgey, but this guy
is everything wrong with America.

278
00:15:44,193 --> 00:15:45,903
See, this is why I do my research.

279
00:15:45,987 --> 00:15:47,864
You fall for the wrong men.

280
00:15:48,573 --> 00:15:49,532
Bad men.

281
00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:52,076
You let them in. You let them hurt you.

282
00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,662
Too far away to know for sure,
but my guess is,

283
00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:56,456
if he came anywhere close
to making you cum,

284
00:15:56,539 --> 00:15:58,791
you would've made a Broadway show
out of it.

285
00:15:58,875 --> 00:16:01,127
But you didn't, 'cause he didn't. 

286
00:16:01,210 --> 00:16:02,378
[exhales]

287
00:16:06,507 --> 00:16:09,677
-"Desperate Characters."
-Yeah, I just got it.

288
00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,554
Borrow it when I'm done.
It's supposed to be her best.

289
00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:13,139
Johno's consultant we brought in,

290
00:16:13,222 --> 00:16:15,141
she's been all over me
about this kind of thing.

291
00:16:15,224 --> 00:16:16,893
Saged the crap out of the office.

292
00:16:17,727 --> 00:16:20,313
The book title
has the word "desperate" in it.

293
00:16:20,396 --> 00:16:23,274
You don't want to think of yourself
as a desperate character, Beck.

294
00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:27,987
Because you're the opposite, babe.

295
00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:30,448
You're the smartest girl I know.

296
00:16:31,699 --> 00:16:33,367
Honestly, you blow me away.

297
00:16:37,163 --> 00:16:38,748
[cell phone vibrating]

298
00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:41,876
Oh, shit. Gotta roll.
Johno's blowing up my phone.

299
00:16:41,959 --> 00:16:45,463
Hey, you should come by the office,
test out some new flavors.

300
00:16:45,546 --> 00:16:48,382
We're doing cumin.
I know how much you like Indian food.

301
00:16:48,466 --> 00:16:50,676
Sure. Sounds good.

302
00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,595
It looks good on you, by the way.

303
00:16:54,722 --> 00:16:56,057
The extra weight.

304
00:16:59,894 --> 00:17:01,729
Yeah. Hey. I'm on my way, bro.

305
00:17:01,812 --> 00:17:03,189
You guys ordering pizzas?

306
00:17:03,731 --> 00:17:06,150
Yeah, don't dick me over like last time.
Gluten-free crust.

307
00:17:06,234 --> 00:17:08,903
Not from that vegan place.
Vegan cheese tastes like asshole.

308
00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:10,738
[door opens and closes]

309
00:17:18,246 --> 00:17:19,121
[door closes]

310
00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:21,415
[Benji] I'm talking French gourmet shit.

311
00:17:22,583 --> 00:17:25,002
No. Johno. Johno. Listen to me.

312
00:17:25,086 --> 00:17:27,630
They can't do half-gluten-free
'cause it's dough.

313
00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:29,298
They have to use a spelt dough.

314
00:17:57,618 --> 00:17:59,161
[Joe] So you didn't finish.

315
00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:01,205
[breathing heavily]

316
00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:13,009
[gasps]

317
00:18:29,233 --> 00:18:31,152
[breathing heavily]

318
00:18:32,153 --> 00:18:33,821
Just like that.

319
00:18:47,543 --> 00:18:50,379
Thank you. You're so kind. [chuckles]

320
00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:53,007
I don't suppose you can
help me get a cab, can you?

321
00:18:53,716 --> 00:18:54,967
Of course.

322
00:18:55,051 --> 00:18:56,469
-Thanks.
-Yeah.

323
00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:14,987
[Claudia moaning]

324
00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:18,074
Wow. Don't tell me
you're finished already.

325
00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:19,283
Almost.

326
00:19:19,367 --> 00:19:20,701
It's so good.

327
00:19:21,494 --> 00:19:22,912
Sometimes the dialogue's weird, though.

328
00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:25,581
Like when they're killing each other
and still all nice about it.

329
00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:28,709
Well, it was the 19th century.
People still had manners.

330
00:19:30,127 --> 00:19:32,254
I was hoping we could go get another one.

331
00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:36,550
[sighs] I mean, it's pretty late, Pac.
I don't know.

332
00:19:36,634 --> 00:19:38,761
[Claudia moaning] Oh, yeah.

333
00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:41,013
I want you to cum...

334
00:19:41,097 --> 00:19:42,264
[Joe] Something's
in the air tonight, Beck,

335
00:19:42,348 --> 00:19:45,643
'cause everyone but me is getting action.

336
00:19:46,268 --> 00:19:47,895
Even the lovebirds made up.

337
00:19:47,978 --> 00:19:50,648
Yeah. Yeah, why not? Sure.

338
00:19:52,316 --> 00:19:55,611
[Paco] Did you know
Dumas was a black dude? I googled him.

339
00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:58,656
His grandmother was a slave,
and his dad was a brigadier general.

340
00:19:58,739 --> 00:20:00,408
He killed like half a battalion.

341
00:20:01,492 --> 00:20:03,494
You probably knew that
since you work at a bookstore.

342
00:20:04,286 --> 00:20:05,121
I didn't.

343
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:07,707
-How'd you get to work here, anyway?
-Mr. Mooney gave me a job

344
00:20:07,790 --> 00:20:10,251
when I was just a little older than you.
He sort of took me in.

345
00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:12,253
-He seems nice.
-He's a dick.

346
00:20:13,087 --> 00:20:16,382
But he loved books,
and he taught me to love them, too.

347
00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:17,717
I never see him around here.

348
00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:20,594
-Is he dead?
-No. He's just old.

349
00:20:20,678 --> 00:20:21,887
I'm sorry, Pac.

350
00:20:22,513 --> 00:20:24,348
I had one back here for you,
but Ethan must've sold it.

351
00:20:24,974 --> 00:20:27,101
-Sold what?
-Your next read.

352
00:20:27,184 --> 00:20:28,853
Come on. I'll show you
where we keep the good stuff.

353
00:20:45,453 --> 00:20:46,412
[Paco] Freaky.

354
00:20:52,293 --> 00:20:53,294
It's the Cage.

355
00:20:54,503 --> 00:20:56,255
It's where we keep
early editions and collectibles.

356
00:20:57,047 --> 00:20:57,882
It's cold.

357
00:20:57,965 --> 00:21:00,259
Sixty-five degrees. For the books.

358
00:21:00,342 --> 00:21:02,720
If the zombies come,
this is where I'm hiding.

359
00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:05,723
Why don't you set that milkshake down?

360
00:21:26,202 --> 00:21:27,203
[Mooney] Careful, Joseph.

361
00:21:28,204 --> 00:21:32,708
When it comes to the value of a book,
it's all about condition. I'll show you.

362
00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:34,084
[Joe] It's always 65 degrees.

363
00:21:34,168 --> 00:21:38,798
Humidity 40%.
Too moist, the pages can mildew...

364
00:21:38,881 --> 00:21:40,466
[Mooney] Too dry, they get brittle.

365
00:21:40,549 --> 00:21:42,760
Always keep books upright

366
00:21:42,843 --> 00:21:46,055
so the spines don't become rolled
or warped or what we call "cocked."

367
00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:49,225
And we never wanna
fold or crease the pages.

368
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:52,019
And we dust the covers
with a chemical-free duster.

369
00:21:52,102 --> 00:21:53,604
Always towards the spine.

370
00:21:53,687 --> 00:21:57,066
Under no circumstances
is there any sunlight in this room.

371
00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:59,401
Sunlight can ruin a book as fast as fire.

372
00:22:00,027 --> 00:22:00,945
Faster.

373
00:22:01,028 --> 00:22:04,865
That's a lot of stuff to remember
just to take care of some old books.

374
00:22:04,949 --> 00:22:08,828
The most valuable things in life
are usually...

375
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,163
the most helpless.

376
00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:16,627
So they need people like us
to protect them. You know?

377
00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:24,301
"Don Quicks-oat."

378
00:22:24,385 --> 00:22:27,054
Quixote.
It's about a guy who believes in chivalry,

379
00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:28,973
so he decides to be an old-school knight.

380
00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:30,140
What's chivalry?

381
00:22:30,224 --> 00:22:33,602
It's treating people with respect.
Especially women. Like men should.

382
00:22:34,228 --> 00:22:35,312
It's good. It's one of my favorites.

383
00:22:36,397 --> 00:22:38,023
I probably shouldn't take this home.

384
00:22:38,107 --> 00:22:39,650
It's not a first edition,
it's just an old one.

385
00:22:39,733 --> 00:22:41,277
Besides, I trust you.

386
00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:01,463
-Where you been, Paco?
-We just grabbed some milkshakes.

387
00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:04,967
-You just walk off with strangers?
-Joe's not a stranger.

388
00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:06,260
Yes, he is.

389
00:23:06,343 --> 00:23:08,262
Inside. Now. Okay?

390
00:23:17,021 --> 00:23:18,188
Keep away from my girlfriend's kid.

391
00:23:18,272 --> 00:23:22,318
Look, I'm sorry, but he was out here,
and he could hear everything in there.

392
00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:23,611
Don't you tell me how to parent.

393
00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:26,655
This whole nice guy act
might work on other people.

394
00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:29,700
I'm a parole officer, 15 years,
and I can see what you are.

395
00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:32,202
[Joe] Well, you're an alcoholic shitbag
who beats women.

396
00:23:32,286 --> 00:23:34,455
So, please, enlighten me.

397
00:23:35,706 --> 00:23:36,582
You're a freak.

398
00:23:38,334 --> 00:23:39,585
So, stay away from Paco,
because if you don't,

399
00:23:39,668 --> 00:23:41,962
I'll grab a steak knife
and I'll cut those freak eyes out.

400
00:23:44,548 --> 00:23:46,717
[Joe] There are scary people
in the world, Beck.

401
00:23:47,301 --> 00:23:48,677
That's why it's important to be safe.

402
00:23:54,016 --> 00:23:56,435
And why I have to do what I'm about to do.

403
00:24:04,193 --> 00:24:05,027
Fun fact.

404
00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:09,698
Did you know the law requires
gas leaks to be investigated?

405
00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:11,241
I've been learning a lot since I met you.

406
00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:13,494
Hey, Beck? You left the door open again.

407
00:24:13,577 --> 00:24:15,621
I thought we said
we weren't gonna do that anymore.

408
00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:18,582
I was careful to call the gas company
on a day when you had a full schedule.

409
00:24:18,666 --> 00:24:19,917
I wouldn't wanna scare you.

410
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,794
Hey. Is Beck here?

411
00:24:21,877 --> 00:24:24,213
Nope. Super let me in.
Someone reported a leak.

412
00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:26,131
Right. Yeah. She mentioned that.
Is everything okay?

413
00:24:26,215 --> 00:24:28,884
Yeah, all clear.
Tell your girlfriend there's no leak.

414
00:24:29,510 --> 00:24:30,469
I'm done, so...

415
00:24:30,552 --> 00:24:32,763
Okay. Thanks. Well, I can just lock up.

416
00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:39,978
I just need to know who you really are.

417
00:24:40,062 --> 00:24:41,814
Besides a broke poetry student

418
00:24:41,897 --> 00:24:44,441
in a subsidized apartment
you could never afford.

419
00:24:45,025 --> 00:24:46,610
Where is it, Beck?

420
00:24:47,403 --> 00:24:49,905
When we live together, 
your place won't be a pigsty. 

421
00:24:49,988 --> 00:24:51,031
I'll clean for us. 

422
00:24:52,616 --> 00:24:56,912
And you won't eat all this frozen shit.
I'll cook for you every day. I promise.

423
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,378
I'll even do your laundry.

424
00:25:06,672 --> 00:25:08,465
And take care of your favorite books.

425
00:25:11,301 --> 00:25:13,220
I'll make our bed every morning.

426
00:25:14,388 --> 00:25:16,515
Oh, there it is.

427
00:25:16,598 --> 00:25:18,183
And no matter how hard you fight me,

428
00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:22,062
I will always make sure
you password protect your devices.

429
00:25:26,608 --> 00:25:28,736
[Leahy] "One day
You won't need love anymore

430
00:25:29,778 --> 00:25:31,405
One day, you won't walk through the world

431
00:25:31,488 --> 00:25:33,782
As though it was your job
To hold everything up

432
00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:37,619
The sun, the sky
The hard part of the night"

433
00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:39,747
It's good.

434
00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:42,291
It's quite good.

435
00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:46,378
But, Beck, where's the rest?
You owe me 20 more pages.

436
00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:51,133
[sighs] I've been, honestly,
working every day, and grading papers--

437
00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:53,051
If the schedule is too rigorous,
drop back to part-time.

438
00:25:53,135 --> 00:25:54,803
But then I won't qualify to TA.

439
00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:57,431
I need the cash. The housing.
I'd lose my place.

440
00:25:57,514 --> 00:25:59,516
You'll figure it out.
You're smart, or you wouldn't be here.

441
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,643
-Please, Professor Leahy--
-Paul.

442
00:26:03,145 --> 00:26:05,981
Paul. I'll get you the pages
by the end of the week.

443
00:26:06,064 --> 00:26:09,651
I can't go to part-time, okay?

444
00:26:12,446 --> 00:26:14,573
[sighs] I'm rooting for you.

445
00:26:15,199 --> 00:26:17,493
You just need to keep up.

446
00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:21,371
Happy to discuss further.
After class some evening.

447
00:26:21,455 --> 00:26:23,832
If we're gonna seriously discuss poetry,
it should be over a drink.

448
00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:25,959
There's a little gastropub I love...

449
00:26:26,877 --> 00:26:28,754
I would love that, Paul. [chuckles]

450
00:26:28,837 --> 00:26:32,174
Just, uh, how would your wife feel
about you--

451
00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:36,887
About me helping out an aspiring writer?
She's used to my generosity.

452
00:26:36,970 --> 00:26:38,138
[chuckles]

453
00:26:38,222 --> 00:26:39,932
[Leahy] So, Thursday night, then?

454
00:26:41,809 --> 00:26:43,435
Thursday night it is.

455
00:26:43,519 --> 00:26:44,436
Excellent.

456
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:48,816
And don't worry about the next few days.
Just go home and get caught up.

457
00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:01,370
[Beck] Need to see you tonight.

458
00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:06,959
[Benji] Will if I can, babe.
Working late.

459
00:27:07,709 --> 00:27:10,295
P.S., I can still smell you on my fingers.

460
00:27:10,921 --> 00:27:14,216
[Joe] I learned two definitive things
by scouring your computer.

461
00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:18,428
First, there are no recent pictures 
of your dad because he's dead. 

462
00:27:18,512 --> 00:27:21,265
He OD'd and you were the one
that found him.

463
00:27:21,348 --> 00:27:25,227
You've started a few poems about that day,
but you never finished them.

464
00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:27,229
I'm so sorry, Beck.

465
00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:31,275
But none of this matters because of 
my second and greatest discovery. 

466
00:27:31,358 --> 00:27:34,653
11:06 a.m., an hour after
our encounter at the bookstore,

467
00:27:34,736 --> 00:27:38,448
amidst a group text on the merits 
of vaginal detoxing, you wrote...

468
00:27:39,199 --> 00:27:42,661
[Beck] Wow. Just met a human male
who actually reads.

469
00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:44,288
Alert the media.

470
00:27:44,371 --> 00:27:47,207
What if it's finally time for me
to date someone good for me?

471
00:27:47,749 --> 00:27:49,293
[Joe] Thank you for letting me know

472
00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:50,961
-I wasn't crazy after all.
-[door unlocks]

473
00:27:51,044 --> 00:27:51,879
[Joe] No!

474
00:27:51,962 --> 00:27:55,507
Yes, I remember what you said
when you sent money last.

475
00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:58,260
Yes, I'm grateful.

476
00:27:59,303 --> 00:28:03,932
[scoffs] I'm working constantly.
There's no place cheaper to live.

477
00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:10,105
I did.
He basically offered to sleep with me.

478
00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:12,316
No, I can't report him.
That's not how it works.

479
00:28:12,399 --> 00:28:14,526
[Joe] I'm not worried.
I've seen enough romantic comedies

480
00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:17,237
to know guys like me
are always getting in jams like this.

481
00:28:17,321 --> 00:28:20,324
Not the school, the world.
That's not how the world works.

482
00:28:21,867 --> 00:28:25,746
I know how much you helped me,
it's just... It's hard here, Mom.

483
00:28:27,873 --> 00:28:28,874
[sighs]

484
00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:32,419
Okay. I'll figure it out.

485
00:28:33,295 --> 00:28:34,588
All right. Love you, too.

486
00:28:35,130 --> 00:28:36,048
Bye, Mom.

487
00:28:39,092 --> 00:28:41,053
[crying]

488
00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:48,727
[Joe] It's okay, Beck.

489
00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:55,484
[cell phone ringing]

490
00:28:58,278 --> 00:28:59,404
Hi, Becks.

491
00:28:59,488 --> 00:29:02,074
Hey, bitch, where you at? Come play!

492
00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:04,618
I can't. I just had the worst day.

493
00:29:04,701 --> 00:29:06,662
-What happened?
-Aw. Beckalicious, whatever it is,

494
00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:07,913
there's nothing that we can't fix, okay?

495
00:29:07,996 --> 00:29:09,915
Yes, us and copious amounts of alcohol.

496
00:29:09,998 --> 00:29:12,167
-[Peach] Oh, my God. There's a sale!
-[chuckles]

497
00:29:12,251 --> 00:29:13,710
[sighs]

498
00:29:14,628 --> 00:29:16,338
-You guys love me?
-[Peach] Of course.

499
00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:17,422
-[Lynn] Why would you even say that?
-[Beck] Okay, then.

500
00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:19,466
Meet me in Greenpoint.

501
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,469
Look, why don't you come here?
Okay? Come here.

502
00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:23,595
[Lynn] It's actually really fun
where we are.

503
00:29:23,679 --> 00:29:24,554
-No.
-[Lynn] I promise.

504
00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:25,514
[Peach] Yeah.

505
00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:27,808
There's something I need to do for myself.

506
00:29:27,891 --> 00:29:28,725
I'll text you on my way.

507
00:29:28,809 --> 00:29:29,810
See you soon.

508
00:29:29,893 --> 00:29:30,727
-Bye!
-Bye!

509
00:29:31,561 --> 00:29:33,188
[sighs] Fuck!

510
00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:39,695
[Joe] I guess we're going
to Greenpoint, Beck.

511
00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:47,953
[woman singing and playing guitar]

512
00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:50,789
I never go to Greenpoint.

513
00:29:50,872 --> 00:29:52,749
But the things you do for love, right?

514
00:29:53,917 --> 00:29:56,753
[Beck] Hi. Um, okay, we're gonna get
a few more drinks.

515
00:29:56,837 --> 00:29:57,963
Hold on, one second.

516
00:29:58,755 --> 00:29:59,715
Guys?

517
00:30:00,590 --> 00:30:01,842
[Peach] What is she thinking?

518
00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:05,220
Open mics are for models-slash-
singer-songwriters-slash-vegans.

519
00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:06,221
These people don't want to hear

520
00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:09,182
some wannabe read a poem
about the bleakness of life or whatever.

521
00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:13,687
[Joe] Your friends are disloyal.
And that Peach is the worst.

522
00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,356
[laughing]

523
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,151
-[yells] Ooh.
-Another round of picklebacks.

524
00:30:19,234 --> 00:30:21,611
Beckish, do we think now's the night?

525
00:30:21,695 --> 00:30:23,155
Positive.

526
00:30:23,238 --> 00:30:25,449
All of my life lately
has been about surviving.

527
00:30:25,532 --> 00:30:28,744
I need to remind myself
why I came here in the first place.

528
00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:29,828
-Yes.
-Yeah.

529
00:30:29,911 --> 00:30:31,496
-You go. So good.
-Who do you keep texting?

530
00:30:31,580 --> 00:30:33,123
I invited Benji.

531
00:30:33,206 --> 00:30:36,001
-Beck...
-What? He likes poetry.

532
00:30:36,084 --> 00:30:37,836
-For sure.
-And he texted he was coming?

533
00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:43,091
He texted a row of smile emojis,
like, 45 minutes ago.

534
00:30:43,175 --> 00:30:45,552
Some guys are assholes,
and you just have to realize that.

535
00:30:45,635 --> 00:30:46,845
I get it, Peach.

536
00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:49,806
You're the one who told me
to keep reminding you he's a bastard.

537
00:30:49,890 --> 00:30:52,893
Up next, we have Guinevere Beck.

538
00:30:52,976 --> 00:30:54,186
Whoo!

539
00:30:54,269 --> 00:30:56,063
-All right.
-All right.

540
00:30:56,146 --> 00:30:58,565
To vulnerability and shit!

541
00:30:58,648 --> 00:30:59,649
[Lynn] Yeah.

542
00:30:59,733 --> 00:31:01,318
-Cheers.
-Okay.

543
00:31:01,401 --> 00:31:02,986
-[Beck] Okay.
-[Lynn] Okay.

544
00:31:03,070 --> 00:31:04,279
[Annika] Kill it, Beck!

545
00:31:05,739 --> 00:31:10,035
Hey, everyone. Um, I'm Beck, and I'm...
[chuckles]

546
00:31:10,118 --> 00:31:12,537
Not to sound like, you know,
whatever, but just...

547
00:31:13,497 --> 00:31:14,915
I'm a poet.

548
00:31:14,998 --> 00:31:16,124
Yeah, you are!

549
00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:17,834
Whoo!

550
00:31:17,918 --> 00:31:18,877
[Lynn] Yeah, you are!

551
00:31:20,504 --> 00:31:24,257
"One day, you won't need love anymore

552
00:31:24,341 --> 00:31:27,094
One day, you won't walk through the world

553
00:31:27,177 --> 00:31:29,971
As though it was your job
To hold everything up

554
00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:33,642
The sun, the hard part of the night

555
00:31:33,725 --> 00:31:36,561
The secret time when you wake
To the sound of beating

556
00:31:36,645 --> 00:31:39,398
Rise to answer the door
But he's not there

557
00:31:39,481 --> 00:31:41,858
Because that sound is coming
From inside you

558
00:31:41,942 --> 00:31:45,362
And you cannot answer it
No matter how far in you go"

559
00:31:51,284 --> 00:31:52,244
Whoo!

560
00:31:52,327 --> 00:31:56,206
"You loved him the way
Fragile kids love gorgeous bullies

561
00:31:57,416 --> 00:32:00,460
-You wrote songs about him. You..."
-[cymbals crash]

562
00:32:00,544 --> 00:32:01,795
Uh, I mean... [chuckles softly]

563
00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:04,506
"You wrote poems about him

564
00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:09,177
You still write poems about him
You're writing one right now"

565
00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:13,014
[man] Why're you so sad?
You're just so sad.

566
00:32:13,098 --> 00:32:16,518
Just something happier, for a change,
might be nice.

567
00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:20,147
I think everyone agrees.
Get the singer back.

568
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,067
[stuttering] Sorry. I just...
I lost my place.

569
00:32:24,151 --> 00:32:26,653
It'll just take a second
to find where I was.

570
00:32:26,736 --> 00:32:29,614
[Joe] I can't stand seeing this.
I'm sorry. I just can't. 

571
00:32:30,699 --> 00:32:33,577
It's obvious what you are.
You're blind with love.

572
00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:36,913
And what you love, writing,
this city, your friends,

573
00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:38,415
most of all, men like Benji,

574
00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:41,376
what all those have in common
is they will never love you back. 

575
00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:43,336
While you give everything.

576
00:32:44,838 --> 00:32:47,674
It's crazy the lengths we go.
We're a lot alike, Beck.

577
00:32:48,425 --> 00:32:50,010
Last of the true romantics.

578
00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:55,265
[homeless man] ♪ Engine 
Engine number nine ♪

579
00:32:56,391 --> 00:32:59,603
♪ On the New York transit line... ♪

580
00:33:01,938 --> 00:33:03,398
[Joe] I was considering this
with my new friend,

581
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:04,691
Mr. Bat-Shit Homeless Guy,

582
00:33:04,774 --> 00:33:07,861
when the second luckiest thing this week 
happened.

583
00:33:10,071 --> 00:33:10,989
Could it really be?

584
00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:13,533
It feels like I'm dreaming.

585
00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:18,330
I'm not.

586
00:33:19,456 --> 00:33:21,374
Beck, you're too drunk to be alone.

587
00:33:21,458 --> 00:33:23,960
What if some sicko
had followed you down here?

588
00:33:24,044 --> 00:33:26,296
And you're too wasted
to be standing so close to the tracks.

589
00:33:26,379 --> 00:33:30,842
Beck! Beck, stop texting that arrogant
club-soda, no-show dickhead.

590
00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:37,641
♪ If my train jump off the track ♪

591
00:33:39,226 --> 00:33:40,227
[Joe] You want Benji.

592
00:33:43,271 --> 00:33:45,941
You need Benji.
You hold that phone like it is Benji,

593
00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:47,943
'cause it's your only means
to stay connected.

594
00:33:48,610 --> 00:33:49,903
Forget Benji.

595
00:33:52,197 --> 00:33:53,657
And to hell with that phone.

596
00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:55,367
[gasps and grunts]

597
00:33:55,450 --> 00:33:56,952
[homeless man] ♪ Pick it up! 
Pick it up! Pick it up... ♪

598
00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:59,204
[coughing]

599
00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:02,916
♪ Engine, engine number nine ♪

600
00:34:03,959 --> 00:34:07,170
♪ On the New York transit line... ♪

601
00:34:07,254 --> 00:34:09,005
Hey! Hey!

602
00:34:09,089 --> 00:34:11,466
You okay? Are you all right?
Can you stand up?

603
00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:13,385
Just stay still.

604
00:34:13,468 --> 00:34:15,470
Half that shit down there
can electrocute you, all right,

605
00:34:15,554 --> 00:34:16,388
so just give me your hand.

606
00:34:16,471 --> 00:34:17,639
[homeless man] ♪ Pick it up! Pick it up! ♪

607
00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:19,266
♪ Pick it up! Pick it up... ♪

608
00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:20,809
Sir, please, shut up!

609
00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:21,935
Give me your hand.

610
00:34:22,018 --> 00:34:23,436
Train's coming.

611
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,231
♪ Pick it up! Pick it up! 
Pick it up! Pick it up! ♪

612
00:34:26,314 --> 00:34:29,484
♪ Pick it up! Pick it up! 
Pick it up! Pick it up! ♪

613
00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:31,111
Your hand! Now!

614
00:34:31,194 --> 00:34:32,654
♪ Pick it up! ♪

615
00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:33,905
♪ Pick it up! ♪

616
00:34:33,989 --> 00:34:35,740
[horn blaring]

617
00:34:44,624 --> 00:34:45,667
[vomits]

618
00:34:51,673 --> 00:34:52,716
Ugh.

619
00:34:52,799 --> 00:34:56,136
-Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I am so sorry.
-Whoo.

620
00:34:56,219 --> 00:34:57,137
No, it's fine. It's fine.

621
00:34:57,220 --> 00:35:00,348
I, uh, hated... I hated this jacket. Ugh.

622
00:35:01,057 --> 00:35:03,685
-I really am sorry.
-It's okay.

623
00:35:04,436 --> 00:35:05,562
You mind?

624
00:35:07,731 --> 00:35:08,732
Sure, um...

625
00:35:12,485 --> 00:35:14,779
You know what? Let's get you in a cab.
All right?

626
00:35:17,490 --> 00:35:19,326
I'm not always like this.

627
00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:24,205
I figured you had some kind of night.

628
00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:26,166
Some kind of.

629
00:35:28,918 --> 00:35:31,630
Hey, I don't want to sound like a stalker,
but...

630
00:35:33,006 --> 00:35:34,674
I think I know you.

631
00:35:37,761 --> 00:35:40,055
Oh, the... Right.
[chuckles] Of course.

632
00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:41,848
I remember. I'm sorry.

633
00:35:42,599 --> 00:35:45,977
This is what I look like
when I'm sober and have my hair up.

634
00:35:46,061 --> 00:35:48,355
Yeah. No, I... I remember.

635
00:35:48,438 --> 00:35:50,940
It's okay, I have a pretty bland face.

636
00:35:51,733 --> 00:35:52,651
No, you don't.

637
00:35:55,528 --> 00:35:58,031
Yeah, uh, Desperate Characters.
I remember.

638
00:35:59,324 --> 00:36:00,492
Yeah.

639
00:36:01,785 --> 00:36:02,744
Where are you headed?

640
00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:05,163
Village. You anywhere close?

641
00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:08,541
Ride with me. It's the least I can do.

642
00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:11,544
Okay.

643
00:36:24,391 --> 00:36:27,894
Did you move here to be something?
I did. But it's not working out.

644
00:36:27,977 --> 00:36:31,231
And I'm just running around
18 hours a day. Why?

645
00:36:33,733 --> 00:36:35,735
Oh, God! Never mind. Sorry.

646
00:36:36,319 --> 00:36:39,322
No, please. I feel the same way sometimes.

647
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:42,534
This guy I know, he owns the bookstore.

648
00:36:42,617 --> 00:36:49,082
He once told me that all books
add up to one essential truth.

649
00:36:49,165 --> 00:36:52,168
Which is,
if your IQ is above a certain number...

650
00:36:54,003 --> 00:36:57,674
life is pretty much unbearable.
And the number is not even that high.

651
00:36:59,342 --> 00:37:03,012
[chuckles] I do think
I'd be happier if I was stupider.

652
00:37:03,096 --> 00:37:06,391
[chuckles] But then the world
wouldn't know your poetry.

653
00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:08,601
How'd you know I write poetry?

654
00:37:11,855 --> 00:37:13,481
Doesn't every young writer in New York?

655
00:37:14,774 --> 00:37:16,317
I mean, I read a lot of poetry.

656
00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:20,113
Who do you like?

657
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,616
Strand, Sexton, Merrill...

658
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:25,994
You're describing my nightstand.

659
00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:29,539
[scoffs] Well, if you read them
to get to sleep every night,

660
00:37:29,622 --> 00:37:31,583
then you definitely belong here.

661
00:37:33,668 --> 00:37:36,671
-What was your last name again?
-Goldberg.

662
00:37:38,214 --> 00:37:40,633
Where did you come from, Joe Goldberg?

663
00:37:41,176 --> 00:37:42,719
I grew up here.

664
00:37:44,721 --> 00:37:47,640
I left for a little while. Chasing a girl.

665
00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:50,935
-But you came back?
-Yeah, I missed it.

666
00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:53,688
And I'm not a good chaser.

667
00:37:53,772 --> 00:37:55,648
[sighs] Me neither.

668
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,001
[groans]

669
00:38:17,003 --> 00:38:19,756
Oh, this is, uh... This is me.

670
00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:22,383
Mmm-hmm. It's not bad.

671
00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:24,677
Thank you for sobering me up.

672
00:38:25,845 --> 00:38:27,263
And for saving my life.

673
00:38:27,347 --> 00:38:29,724
No, I didn't...
I didn't save your life.

674
00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:30,934
Yeah, you did.

675
00:38:38,483 --> 00:38:39,526
[knock on window]

676
00:38:40,902 --> 00:38:42,070
Oh, God.

677
00:38:42,737 --> 00:38:43,738
[Joe] Of course.

678
00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:45,782
-Benji.
-[Beck] Hi.

679
00:38:46,533 --> 00:38:50,787
Um, this is Joe.
He literally saved my life tonight.

680
00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:54,123
I... I fell on the tracks. It was crazy.

681
00:38:54,207 --> 00:38:56,626
Babe, I told you
people are basically good.

682
00:38:57,627 --> 00:38:58,795
It's a great job, bro.

683
00:38:58,878 --> 00:39:01,506
[Joe] "Bro." You waste of hair.

684
00:39:01,589 --> 00:39:04,133
Okay. Beck, it's freezing out here.

685
00:39:08,805 --> 00:39:13,434
-Wait. Maybe I can get your info...
-Yeah. Um...

686
00:39:17,522 --> 00:39:18,731
Shit!

687
00:39:19,607 --> 00:39:21,484
My phone!

688
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,779
-I must've dropped it in the subway.
-Oh.

689
00:39:25,655 --> 00:39:29,242
Uh, okay, well.
Just maybe give me your number,

690
00:39:29,325 --> 00:39:30,827
for when you get a replacement.

691
00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:33,329
I'm basically enslaved to e-mail.

692
00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:37,292
[Joe] I get it. Smart. I'm practically 
a stranger. Can't be too careful.

693
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:38,585
Okay.

694
00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:41,588
It's BeckInRealLife@gmail.com

695
00:39:41,671 --> 00:39:43,840
-[typing]
-All right.

696
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,385
"Beck in real life."

697
00:39:47,468 --> 00:39:49,095
Thank you.

698
00:39:53,099 --> 00:39:54,434
[Joe] Here's what I learned this week.

699
00:39:54,517 --> 00:39:55,476
[Benji] Sorry I didn't make it, you know?

700
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,147
[Joe] You are special. You're talented.
You're passionate.

701
00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:01,524
You're smart.

702
00:40:04,569 --> 00:40:08,573
Except in the ways you are really not.
Like not locking your phone.

703
00:40:08,656 --> 00:40:12,577
And falling for men like Benji.
You know better, but you can't stop. 

704
00:40:12,660 --> 00:40:15,830
Because, well,
because everyone needs someone.

705
00:40:15,914 --> 00:40:18,082
What you really need
is someone to save you.

706
00:40:18,166 --> 00:40:21,419
I can help, Beck. 
Let me help you.

707
00:40:27,759 --> 00:40:28,760
[Paco] Joe.

708
00:40:31,471 --> 00:40:32,931
Pac. Hey.

709
00:40:33,014 --> 00:40:34,474
What's going on?
What're you doing out here?

710
00:40:35,141 --> 00:40:36,017
It's Ron.

711
00:40:37,518 --> 00:40:39,103
He came home drunk.

712
00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:41,397
He started yelling.

713
00:40:41,981 --> 00:40:43,608
Saying I thought I was smart,

714
00:40:43,691 --> 00:40:46,194
reading my books
and looking at him like he's dumb.

715
00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:49,072
What happened? Did he hurt you?

716
00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:51,324
No, he didn't touch me.

717
00:41:01,042 --> 00:41:02,794
I tried to stop him...

718
00:41:03,586 --> 00:41:05,213
-I'm sorry.
-Paco.

719
00:41:06,172 --> 00:41:09,634
Paco, it's okay. Really. It's okay.

720
00:41:09,717 --> 00:41:12,595
You know what? Come with me.
We can fix this together. All right?

721
00:41:18,768 --> 00:41:20,228
So, the first step to fixing something

722
00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:24,899
is to know no matter how destroyed
it seems, it can always be saved.

723
00:41:26,442 --> 00:41:29,737
Books are no exception. You got it?

724
00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:31,155
Got it.

725
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:35,118
So what we have here is a lying press.
Basically just a huge clamp.

726
00:41:35,743 --> 00:41:37,328
Polyvinyl-acetate glue,

727
00:41:37,412 --> 00:41:41,416
means no acid to burn the pages.
Got your needle, thread,

728
00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:44,502
and finally, right out of Bugs Bunny...

729
00:41:45,878 --> 00:41:46,796
a trusty mallet.

730
00:41:48,756 --> 00:41:49,590
You see this?

731
00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:54,095
We don't need this.

732
00:41:58,016 --> 00:41:59,892
[Benji] Johno! Listen to this.

733
00:41:59,976 --> 00:42:02,228
"Dear Benji, heard about your soda.

734
00:42:02,311 --> 00:42:04,689
Am interested in including you
on my fall list of must-tries.

735
00:42:04,772 --> 00:42:08,026
Would love to discuss.
Perhaps even try some? Jeff Pevensey."

736
00:42:08,109 --> 00:42:09,318
That's the dude you're always retweeting?

737
00:42:09,402 --> 00:42:11,654
It's the culture guy
from New York magazine.

738
00:42:13,573 --> 00:42:15,241
Hit him back, bro.

739
00:42:15,324 --> 00:42:18,202
No shit. Back off while I think.

740
00:42:18,786 --> 00:42:22,749
Jeff, comma, so nice to hear
from you, bud, period.

741
00:42:22,832 --> 00:42:25,168
Yeah, our sodas are legit, period.

742
00:42:25,251 --> 00:42:28,421
I would love to meet up
to have you try the goods, period.

743
00:42:29,130 --> 00:42:30,423
Let's set something up.

744
00:42:35,386 --> 00:42:37,972
Scrape carefully along the spine.

745
00:42:38,056 --> 00:42:40,266
Of course,
you've got to watch your fingers.

746
00:42:42,518 --> 00:42:43,728
[cell phone vibrates]

747
00:42:46,439 --> 00:42:50,026
"Sounds great. I can call between meetings
to see if you're available."

748
00:42:50,109 --> 00:42:52,737
This is gonna take us next level.

749
00:42:52,820 --> 00:42:53,863
What time do you think we'll meet?

750
00:42:56,282 --> 00:42:58,618
No offense, we discussed this.

751
00:42:58,701 --> 00:43:02,038
It's best if the product has
one clear face at the beginning.

752
00:43:02,121 --> 00:43:03,915
That's just more me.

753
00:43:06,834 --> 00:43:08,544
[Joe] Okay, the spine is sewn.

754
00:43:08,628 --> 00:43:10,922
So you take this,
pull it as tight as you can, that way.

755
00:43:12,340 --> 00:43:13,800
Yeah. That's it.

756
00:43:23,017 --> 00:43:23,893
Jeff!

757
00:43:24,435 --> 00:43:26,979
The glue is set. We've applied the binder.

758
00:43:27,063 --> 00:43:28,064
Now...

759
00:43:30,650 --> 00:43:34,654
you gotta be precise,
and use exactly the force needed.

760
00:43:46,999 --> 00:43:48,000
Hey!

761
00:43:48,084 --> 00:43:50,962
Hey, man. Jeff. Nice to meet you, man.

762
00:43:51,045 --> 00:43:53,339
Nice to meet you, too.
Have you been here before?

763
00:43:53,422 --> 00:43:55,550
It's a...
Not a lot of people know about it yet.

764
00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:59,387
It's an incredible after-hours.
Very exclusive.

765
00:44:00,513 --> 00:44:02,056
Yeah, I've been here a couple of times.

766
00:44:02,890 --> 00:44:03,724
-Yeah?
-Hmm.

767
00:44:04,350 --> 00:44:05,935
Oh. Well, good.

768
00:44:07,353 --> 00:44:09,355
So you'll feel right at home, then.

769
00:44:16,404 --> 00:44:18,072
Please, after you.

770
00:44:19,115 --> 00:44:19,949
All right.

771
00:44:25,163 --> 00:44:27,915
It's just down. To the left.

772
00:44:41,721 --> 00:44:44,056
Hey, man, I'm thinking maybe...

773
00:45:06,287 --> 00:45:09,373
[Joe] It's 2:00 p.m. when the door chimes,
and I'm ready.

774
00:45:12,209 --> 00:45:15,922
You told your girlfriends you'd come by.
I know this because I have your phone.

775
00:45:16,005 --> 00:45:17,465
-I'll be back.
-[Joe] Okay.

776
00:45:18,049 --> 00:45:19,300
Hey.

777
00:45:19,383 --> 00:45:24,013
Remember me? From almost dying
on the train tracks? [chuckles]

778
00:45:24,096 --> 00:45:27,224
Uh, it rings a bell. Hang on. Hang on.

779
00:45:27,308 --> 00:45:29,226
I wanted to say thank you.

780
00:45:30,102 --> 00:45:31,145
No. You already did that.

781
00:45:31,812 --> 00:45:33,731
Well, uh, thanks again. [chuckles]

782
00:45:34,857 --> 00:45:37,985
And I'm sorry for, uh, running off
the other night.

783
00:45:39,403 --> 00:45:41,322
-You had a guest.
-Hardly.

784
00:45:43,366 --> 00:45:46,118
So, I got you a present.

785
00:45:46,202 --> 00:45:47,662
No, please.
You don't have to get me anything.

786
00:45:47,745 --> 00:45:49,163
Shut up and just look at it.

787
00:45:55,544 --> 00:45:58,005
"Engine, engine number nine
On the New York transit line

788
00:45:58,089 --> 00:46:01,676
If your girl falls on the track
Pick her up, pick her up, pick her up"

789
00:46:01,759 --> 00:46:04,261
[Joe] We already have in-jokes.

790
00:46:04,345 --> 00:46:05,554
So...

791
00:46:07,598 --> 00:46:10,142
anyway, that. And I better--

792
00:46:10,226 --> 00:46:15,147
Maybe if you're not too busy,
we could get a drink sometime?

793
00:46:16,190 --> 00:46:17,233
Sure.

794
00:46:18,192 --> 00:46:20,277
Ugh. But I still can't find my phone.

795
00:46:20,361 --> 00:46:22,405
I know. E-mail.

796
00:46:23,447 --> 00:46:24,615
That's right.

797
00:46:28,494 --> 00:46:29,453
See ya, Joe.

798
00:46:30,079 --> 00:46:32,081
See you soon, Beck.

799
00:46:40,423 --> 00:46:42,008
Well played, sir.

800
00:46:42,675 --> 00:46:44,093
Well played.

801
00:46:45,761 --> 00:46:48,514
[Joe] I'm not always right. I'm human.
I make mistakes.

802
00:46:48,597 --> 00:46:49,849
You'll see.

803
00:46:49,932 --> 00:46:51,767
I have to check on a shipment downstairs.

804
00:46:51,851 --> 00:46:54,186
-Can you watch the register?
-Yeah.

805
00:46:56,022 --> 00:46:58,315
[Joe] Hell, maybe
I'm just a fool in love...

806
00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:01,193
but I'm right about you,

807
00:47:01,277 --> 00:47:04,321
and I'm going to help you get
the life you deserve, Beck.

808
00:47:04,405 --> 00:47:06,407
[Benji breathing heavily]

809
00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:20,838
Please.

810
00:47:21,797 --> 00:47:25,676
Whatever you think I did,
you got the wrong guy.

811
00:47:26,427 --> 00:47:27,303
No.

812
00:47:29,096 --> 00:47:30,389
I don't.