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[Monk] Okay, let's begin.
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Who wants to start?
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Yes, Brittany, kick it off.
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I don't have a thought
on the reading,
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I just think that that word
on the board is wrong.
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Well, I think it still has
two G's in it last I checked.
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[students chuckle]
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[Brittany] It's not funny.
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We shouldn't have to stare
at the N-word all day.
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Uh, listen,
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this is a class
on the literature
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of the American south.
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You're going to encounter
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some archaic thoughts,
coarse language,
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but we're all adults here
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and I think
we can understand it
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within the context
in which it's written.
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Well, I just find
that word really offensive.
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With all due respect, Brittany,
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I got over it,
I'm pretty sure you can too.
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Well, I don't see why.
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[sighs in frustration]
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[Monk] Right.
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Now, does anyone else have any
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[yelling] thoughts
on the reading?
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[gasps]
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Well, it made some of
your students uncomfortable.
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When did they all become
so goddamn delicate?
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This wasn't
an isolated incident.
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What?
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[woman] Last month
you asked a student
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if his family had been Nazis.
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Yeah, I did, he's German,
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we were reading
The Plot Against America
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and trust me, by the way
he was squirming, they were.
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Oh, my God.
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Um, Monk, you are
a very talented writer,
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we're fortunate
to have you here.
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What? He hasn't
published in years.
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I have written three novels
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since the last time
you published.
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Yeah, this is true,
and the speed
with which you write
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only proves
that good things take time.
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- Oh, go to hell, Monk.
- [chuckles] Relax, Mandy.
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Yeah, relax, Mandy.
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And anyway, my new book
is with Echo
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and my agent says
they're very excited about it.
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Oh, that's great to hear.
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- What's it about?
- Can we stop stalling, Leo?
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[Leo] Um...
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Listen, Monk,
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we'd like to
give you a break.
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What do you mean, break?
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Just some time off.
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Mandatory time off.
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It's just, you're already
going to Boston
for the festival, right?
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Why don't you
just stay there for--
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Because I hate Boston,
my family's there.
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Well, you need
some time to relax.
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You're on edge, man.
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You're under the impression
that time spent
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with my family
will take the edge off.
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- I'm fine.
- [Mandy] You're not fine.
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I saw you crying
in your car last week.
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He punched
the steering wheel.
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Oh, wow.
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You know, if you spent
less time spying on me,
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you could
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probably write
a dozen more novels
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that people buy
at airports
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with their neck pillows
and Cheez-Its.
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Oh, here we go. Okay.
You want to go, dirty doggy?
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Okay, well, enjoy Boston.
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You can... you can get my book
at the airport.
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- Oh, and, good luck with Echo.
- [door opens, closes]
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["Without You"
by Ace Spectrum playing]
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♪ Mm ♪
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♪ You turned my house ♪
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♪ Into a home ♪
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♪ You made me feel love ♪
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♪ I'm not alone ♪
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{\an8}♪ And unafraid ♪
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♪ Yeah ♪
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♪ Of time to come ♪
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♪ Proved... ♪
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♪ Then you taught me how ♪
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♪ What it means ♪
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♪ Can we wake
Each and every morning
Inside a dream? ♪
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[cell phone ringing]
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Hello?
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Welcome back.
How's it feel to be home?
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[Monk over phone] Great.
Already had a guy
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in a Bruins jersey
ask me if I think
I'm better than him.
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[chuckles]
That's good luck here.
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That's Boston's version
of a ladybug landing on you.
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Any news?
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Patrick at Echo is passing.
But who fucking cares?
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He's an old alcoholic.
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- What is that? Nine now?
- [Arthur] He says,
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"This book is finely crafted
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with fully developed
characters and rich language,
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but one is lost to understand
what this reworking of
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Aeschylus' The Persians
has to do
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with the African-American
experience?"
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[Monk] There it is.
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There it is.
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[Arthur] They want
a Black book.
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They have a Black book.
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I'm Black, and it's my book.
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You know what I mean.
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[Monk] You mean they want me
to write about
a cop killing some teenager
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or a single mom in Dorchester
raising five kids.
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Dorchester is pretty white now.
But yes.
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Jesus Christ. You know,
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I don't even really believe
in race.
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[Arthur] Yeah. The problem
is that everyone else does.
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Anyway, have fun
at the book festival.
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And just don't insult
anyone important. Please.
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[pleasant music playing]
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[Wilson] Writing from
a historical perspective
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doesn't mean that you can't
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{\an8}make work
that doesn't resonate
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{\an8}with today's audiences.
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{\an8}Yeah, I think of things like
Game of Thrones as proof that
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nerds like us
can still find great success.
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[microphone feedback]
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{\an8}Unfortunately, we're going
to have to end it there.
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{\an8}Thank you to our authors
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and thanks to all of you
for attending.
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[applauding]
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[Monk] Um...
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Is it just me,
or was this small
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even for a book festival?
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Yeah, it's because
we're up against Sintara.
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Who?
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Sintara Golden.
You haven't read her?
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No, what's her book called?
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[moderator] Raves everywhere.
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{\an8}The Post, Bookforum.
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{\an8}The London Review
of Books said,
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"We's Lives in Da Ghetto
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is a heartbreaking
and visceral debut."
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Plus a little birdie told me
that perhaps
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there's a TV adaptation
in the works?
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- No comment. [chuckles]
- [audience chuckles]
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Okay, it was worth a shot.
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Tell us, what was
your life like
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before you were an author?
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Well, I did undergrad
at Oberlin
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and moved to New York
the day after graduation
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and a couple months later,
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I was an assistant
at a publisher.
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[moderator] And did
that assistant experience
shape your writing?
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Absolutely. Yeah,
I was a first reader meaning
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I would read
all the manuscripts
in the slush pile
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and send them up the ladder
if they were any good.
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Some of them were great,
most were not.
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[audience chuckles]
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But the feeling
I couldn't shake was that
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no matter how good
the books were,
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most every submission
was from some white dude
from New York
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going through a divorce,
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and too few of them
were about my people.
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And so I think,
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"Where are our stories?"
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You know,
"Where's our representation?"
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And it was from that lack
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that my book was born.
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[audience applauding]
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Would you give us the pleasure
of reading an excerpt?
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Thank you.
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"'Yo, Cheranda,
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where you be goin'
in a hurry likes that?'
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Donna aks me when she see me
comin' out the house.
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'Ain't none ya business,
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but if'n you gots to know,
I's goin' to the pharmacy.'
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I looks back at the door
to see if Mama comin' out.
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'The pharmacy?
What for?' she aks.
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'You know', I says.
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'Nah', she say.
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'Hell, nah!
Girl, you be pregnant again?'
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'Might's be', I tells her.
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'And if I is,
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Ray-Ray's gonna be a real
father this time around.'"
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[audience applauding, cheering]
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Thank you.
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[applauding,
cheering continues]
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Yes!
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[alarm blaring]
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[metal detector beeping]
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- [Monk] Hi...
- [receptionist] Hi.
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I'm here
to see Lisa Ellison.
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Uh, do you have
an appointment?
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We're about to close.
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No, I'm her brother.
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- [door opens]
- [receptionist] Oh.
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There she is.
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Hello, Monk.
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Hi, Lisa.
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Okay, you're in a boat,
the motor cuts out,
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but you're in shallow water,
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but you're wearing
$600 shoes, but...
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your ride to the airport
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is just pulling away
from the beach,
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why, oh, why
is this a legal issue?
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I don't know.
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It's a matter
of row versus wade.
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Oh, my God.
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[laughing]
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I think that's one of my best.
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Wow.
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[laughing]
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Okay.
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- When did you start
smoking again?
- [Lisa] Mm...
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Right after the divorce.
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I always hated Larry.
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Oh, I know.
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You told me
right when we started dating.
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Do you remember
how mad I got?
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[imitates Lisa] "It's not
your business who I fuck!
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Who I fellate."
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[laughs] I definitely
did not say "fellate."
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I thought you did.
That's how I heard it anyway.
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It's good to see you.
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Yeah, it's good
to see you too.
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How's work?
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It's not very glamorous.
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I go through
a metal detector every day.
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Well, what you do
is important.
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Well...
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Meanwhile, all I do is
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invent little people
in my head,
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then make them have imaginary
conversations with each other.
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Books change people's lives.
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Did something I've written
ever change your life?
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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My dining room table
was wobbly as hell
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before your last book
came out.
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- Oh, my God. All right.
- It was, like, perfect.
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- Yeah. Oh, God.
- I'm telling you and--
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Take me back to Logan, please.
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- Logan cannot help you, Monk.
- [sighs]
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- Oh, my God!
- [laughing]
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[Lisa] Welcome home, baby!
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[Lisa and Monk laughing]
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Hello!
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Hello!
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- [Lorraine shrieks, claps]
- [Monk chuckles]
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- Mr. Monk!
- [Monk] Lorraine!
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Oh.
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You know how
that makes me feel.
It's just Monk.
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00:12:27,873 --> 00:12:29,249
Oh, don't do that to me,
258
00:12:29,332 --> 00:12:31,960
you know I'm too old
to learn new names.
259
00:12:32,043 --> 00:12:34,045
- How you doing, Miss Lisa?
- I'm good.
260
00:12:34,129 --> 00:12:36,965
- You look good, Mr. Monk.
- Oh, I look fat.
261
00:12:37,048 --> 00:12:39,384
Oh, that's
the California talking.
262
00:12:39,468 --> 00:12:40,927
I took you
to Arkansas right now,
263
00:12:41,011 --> 00:12:42,429
- you'd be a beauty queen.
- Ooh!
264
00:12:42,512 --> 00:12:44,431
- [Agnes] Is that my Monkie?
- That's frightening.
265
00:12:44,514 --> 00:12:45,515
[Lisa laughing]
266
00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:48,059
[Agnes chuckling]
267
00:12:49,811 --> 00:12:52,856
- [Monk] Hi, Mother.
- [Agnes chuckles] Oh.
268
00:12:53,940 --> 00:12:56,401
- You look fat.
- Ah, I know.
269
00:12:56,485 --> 00:12:58,069
[Lorraine] You ready
to go to dinner, Mrs. Ellison?
270
00:12:58,153 --> 00:13:00,280
Uh, I just need my purse
and my black cardigan.
271
00:13:00,363 --> 00:13:01,448
[Lorraine] All right,
I'll get it.
272
00:13:01,531 --> 00:13:03,116
- Are you all right?
- Oh.
273
00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:04,910
You overeat
when you're depressed.
274
00:13:04,993 --> 00:13:06,661
I'm not depressed,
275
00:13:06,745 --> 00:13:09,456
I've just been
not sleeping well lately
276
00:13:09,539 --> 00:13:11,208
and so,
fell off my exercise routine.
277
00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:12,375
- [Agnes] Mm.
- Here.
278
00:13:12,459 --> 00:13:14,002
[Agnes] So you're
not depressed.
279
00:13:14,085 --> 00:13:17,130
You just wear
all the hallmarks
of depression.
280
00:13:17,214 --> 00:13:18,215
[Monk groans]
281
00:13:19,174 --> 00:13:20,258
I missed you.
282
00:13:21,176 --> 00:13:22,177
[Monk chuckles lightly]
283
00:13:22,928 --> 00:13:23,929
Is Larry coming?
284
00:13:25,555 --> 00:13:27,015
No, Mother.
285
00:13:28,183 --> 00:13:30,769
Larry and I are separated, remember?
286
00:13:30,852 --> 00:13:33,396
- Of course, I remember.
- Okay.
287
00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,941
I just thought
he might join us.
288
00:13:37,192 --> 00:13:38,318
To see your brother.
289
00:13:39,027 --> 00:13:40,028
Okay.
290
00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:44,783
I mean, is it really
such a big deal?
291
00:13:44,866 --> 00:13:46,076
Everyone forgets things.
292
00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,661
Doesn't mean
she's sick necessarily.
293
00:13:47,744 --> 00:13:49,246
People forget
dentists' appointments.
294
00:13:51,289 --> 00:13:52,958
She forgets
I'm not married anymore.
295
00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:54,918
That's weird.
296
00:13:57,212 --> 00:13:58,713
What do you suggest we do?
297
00:13:58,797 --> 00:14:00,006
Why do I have to decide?
298
00:14:00,215 --> 00:14:02,467
- Because you're a doctor.
- [Lisa] So are you.
299
00:14:02,551 --> 00:14:03,760
I'm not that kind.
300
00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:07,138
Okay, my point is,
you are an intelligent adult.
301
00:14:08,390 --> 00:14:09,933
And I'm tired
of being the only person
302
00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:11,059
that takes care of her.
303
00:14:11,142 --> 00:14:12,269
Well, I don't recall anyone
304
00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:13,895
assigning you
that responsibility.
305
00:14:13,979 --> 00:14:16,147
No, you and Cliff just fled
west as soon as you could
306
00:14:16,231 --> 00:14:18,066
and left me
as caretaker by default.
307
00:14:18,149 --> 00:14:19,568
My work's there.
308
00:14:19,776 --> 00:14:21,027
-"My work's there." Yeah.
- Apologies that it prevents me
309
00:14:21,111 --> 00:14:24,072
from keeping up
with the family melodrama.
310
00:14:24,155 --> 00:14:26,449
If you lived up the block,
you wouldn't know
what was going on.
311
00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:29,077
I'm stuck here taking care
of that old house and finding
312
00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,121
love letters
from Dad's affairs.
313
00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:33,248
- His what?
- [Lisa] His affairs.
314
00:14:33,331 --> 00:14:35,000
You didn't know
he was having affairs?
315
00:14:35,083 --> 00:14:37,502
No. How did you?
316
00:14:37,586 --> 00:14:39,713
Well, he was an OBGYN
317
00:14:39,796 --> 00:14:41,256
that was
traveling constantly,
318
00:14:41,339 --> 00:14:43,300
but his patients were
in Boston.
319
00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:44,801
He said he was going
to conferences.
320
00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:47,846
[scoffs] He was making
house calls.
321
00:14:47,929 --> 00:14:50,056
Do you know that I saw him
kiss a white woman
322
00:14:50,140 --> 00:14:51,766
in the park in high school?
323
00:14:52,517 --> 00:14:53,435
How white?
324
00:14:53,518 --> 00:14:54,728
What do you mean, "How white?"
325
00:14:54,811 --> 00:14:56,855
Like Brahmin white
or Southie white.
326
00:14:56,938 --> 00:14:59,733
I don't know.
She had thin lips.
327
00:14:59,816 --> 00:15:01,151
She looked like a bad kisser.
328
00:15:02,694 --> 00:15:03,737
Did you tell Mother?
329
00:15:03,820 --> 00:15:06,531
No. I wasn't going
to blow up our lives.
330
00:15:06,615 --> 00:15:08,283
[clears throat]
She's coming back. Mom. Mom.
331
00:15:08,366 --> 00:15:09,326
Mom. Mom.
332
00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:10,410
Hi.
333
00:15:13,204 --> 00:15:14,205
How you doing?
334
00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:17,167
Our waitress
isn't wearing a bra.
335
00:15:17,834 --> 00:15:18,835
Okay.
336
00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:20,378
I didn't notice.
337
00:15:23,757 --> 00:15:25,008
See this shit?
338
00:15:25,091 --> 00:15:26,760
This gonna take us out
of the ghetto.
339
00:15:26,843 --> 00:15:28,345
But there are rules
in the house.
340
00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:31,097
Number one, never leave
this product in the house.
341
00:15:31,181 --> 00:15:33,224
And number two,
get your own crew.
342
00:15:33,308 --> 00:15:35,477
Number three, got to have
discipline in your crew.
343
00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,063
Number four,
don't praise a nigga too much.
344
00:15:38,146 --> 00:15:39,731
Otherwise he's gonna
think you're soft.
345
00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:42,859
Rule number five,
don't show no love.
346
00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:44,653
- Love will get you killed.
- [chuckles]
347
00:15:44,736 --> 00:15:47,155
See this, it's like a bitch.
348
00:15:47,238 --> 00:15:50,116
You fuck a bitch,
don't let a bitch fuck you.
349
00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,077
You're a man
who don't need nothing.
350
00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:53,495
No one will get you through.
351
00:15:53,578 --> 00:15:55,997
This bitch? This bitch
will take your soul.
352
00:15:57,165 --> 00:15:58,500
You niggas ain't got no fam...
353
00:15:58,583 --> 00:15:59,626
[movie turns off]
354
00:16:02,253 --> 00:16:04,172
[Monk mutters]
355
00:16:05,882 --> 00:16:08,468
Excuse me, uh, Ned.
356
00:16:08,551 --> 00:16:10,887
Do you have any books
by the writer
Thelonious Ellison?
357
00:16:15,266 --> 00:16:16,393
Yeah, this way.
358
00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:22,691
- Here you go.
- Right.
359
00:16:22,774 --> 00:16:24,234
Yeah.
360
00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:26,319
Wait a minute,
why are these books here?
361
00:16:26,861 --> 00:16:28,071
[Ned] I'm not sure.
362
00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:32,492
I would imagine
that this author
Ellison is... Black.
363
00:16:32,575 --> 00:16:35,203
That's me. Ellison. Yeah.
364
00:16:35,286 --> 00:16:39,582
He is me,
and he and I are Black.
365
00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:40,959
Oh, bingo.
366
00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:43,169
No bingo, Ned, these books
367
00:16:43,253 --> 00:16:45,672
have nothing to do
with African-American studies,
368
00:16:45,755 --> 00:16:47,048
they're just literature.
369
00:16:47,132 --> 00:16:49,008
The blackest thing
about this one is the ink.
370
00:16:51,261 --> 00:16:53,722
I don't decide what sections
the books go in.
371
00:16:53,805 --> 00:16:56,599
No one here does.
That's how chain stores work.
372
00:16:57,392 --> 00:16:58,893
Right, Ned.
373
00:16:59,978 --> 00:17:01,646
You don't make the rules.
374
00:17:02,397 --> 00:17:04,107
Hm.
375
00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,568
I'm just going to put them
back after you leave.
376
00:17:06,651 --> 00:17:08,319
Don't you dare, Ned.
377
00:17:08,403 --> 00:17:10,739
Do not you dare.
378
00:17:12,824 --> 00:17:13,992
Ned.
379
00:17:14,993 --> 00:17:16,494
[suspenseful music playing]
380
00:17:16,578 --> 00:17:19,038
[lively music playing]
381
00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,460
Monk, what are you doing?
382
00:17:24,419 --> 00:17:25,587
[books thud]
383
00:17:27,464 --> 00:17:28,757
[Lisa] Mom's only going
to get worse.
384
00:17:31,009 --> 00:17:32,260
They say mental exercise
is good,
385
00:17:32,343 --> 00:17:33,720
that's why I got her
that gardening book.
386
00:17:35,096 --> 00:17:37,265
Does growing cucumbers
count as mental exercise?
387
00:17:38,016 --> 00:17:39,267
I hate when you do that.
388
00:17:39,350 --> 00:17:41,394
What?
389
00:17:41,478 --> 00:17:43,646
You share your condescending
opinion as a question
390
00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:45,482
trying to disguise
the condescension.
391
00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:46,816
Why don't you just say
392
00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:48,026
that you think
that gardening is idiotic?
393
00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,278
- Uh, because that's not
what I was doing.
- Bullshit.
394
00:17:50,653 --> 00:17:51,946
Bullshit. Bullshit.
395
00:17:54,532 --> 00:17:57,118
Maybe we can hire a nurse
a few times a week.
396
00:17:57,202 --> 00:17:58,161
Who's going to pay for that?
397
00:17:58,244 --> 00:17:59,829
You... you can't afford it?
398
00:18:00,663 --> 00:18:02,415
Not after the divorce,
I cannot.
399
00:18:04,375 --> 00:18:05,710
- [sighs]
- Well, it will hurt,
400
00:18:05,794 --> 00:18:07,879
but we'll probably have
to sell the beach house.
401
00:18:07,962 --> 00:18:10,548
Yeah, we definitely need
to sell the beach house,
402
00:18:10,632 --> 00:18:11,925
but that money is going to go
403
00:18:12,008 --> 00:18:13,843
to pay back
the reverse mortgage
404
00:18:13,927 --> 00:18:16,012
that our mother took out
on the other house.
405
00:18:17,889 --> 00:18:18,890
Yeah.
406
00:18:22,060 --> 00:18:23,186
Look, I can send
some money home,
407
00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:24,354
but it's not going to be much.
408
00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:25,688
Can't Cliff chip in?
409
00:18:25,772 --> 00:18:27,232
Cliff's not in
a good place, okay?
410
00:18:27,315 --> 00:18:28,900
Who is? Okay?
411
00:18:28,983 --> 00:18:31,444
Monk, Becca took everything.
412
00:18:31,528 --> 00:18:34,239
And the kids are getting
teased at school.
413
00:18:34,322 --> 00:18:35,490
- I didn't know.
- [Lisa] Well...
414
00:18:36,282 --> 00:18:37,492
Maybe you should call him.
415
00:18:43,248 --> 00:18:45,250
I'm sorry I've always been
so distant.
416
00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:47,293
[upbeat music playing faintly
over speakers]
417
00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:52,715
You couldn't help that.
418
00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:54,384
You were always
Dad's favorite.
419
00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:58,263
And that made Cliff
and I bond,
420
00:18:58,346 --> 00:18:59,472
and you resented us
421
00:18:59,556 --> 00:19:01,808
for having that bond,
and then...
422
00:19:01,891 --> 00:19:03,726
{\an8}I don't know, you just
became self-sufficient.
423
00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:07,814
You never talked about this.
424
00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:09,482
We never talked
about anything.
425
00:19:11,693 --> 00:19:13,152
Is that surprising?
426
00:19:13,236 --> 00:19:14,696
Look at our parents. [scoffs]
427
00:19:15,405 --> 00:19:16,739
[Monk] Mm-hm.
428
00:19:16,823 --> 00:19:19,868
The only emotions
I remember from Dad...
429
00:19:22,537 --> 00:19:24,664
were boredom and rage.
430
00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:26,666
Is boredom an emotion?
431
00:19:26,749 --> 00:19:27,834
[Lisa chuckles]
432
00:19:27,917 --> 00:19:29,961
Great.
It's Detective Dictionary.
433
00:19:30,044 --> 00:19:32,338
- [both laugh]
- [Lisa] Oh!
434
00:19:32,422 --> 00:19:33,840
You haven't called me that
in forever.
435
00:19:33,923 --> 00:19:35,300
Oh, God!
436
00:19:36,301 --> 00:19:38,386
- What? Oh, come on!
- [Lisa] Oh, God!
437
00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:40,221
[Lisa groans]
438
00:19:41,097 --> 00:19:43,558
- Lisa? You okay? Hey.
- [groans]
439
00:19:44,434 --> 00:19:45,435
[Lisa groans]
440
00:19:46,477 --> 00:19:48,146
- Hey, help! Help!
- [Lisa groaning]
441
00:19:48,229 --> 00:19:49,981
[doctors and nurses
speaking indistinctly]
442
00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:53,234
[somber music playing]
443
00:20:33,566 --> 00:20:35,777
- [soft music playing]
- [bird chirping]
444
00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:45,536
[waves lapping]
445
00:20:46,287 --> 00:20:48,414
[Monk] "If you are reading this
446
00:20:48,498 --> 00:20:51,751
it's because I,
Lisa Magical Ellison...
447
00:20:53,294 --> 00:20:54,337
have died.
448
00:20:57,423 --> 00:20:59,300
Obviously, this is not ideal...
449
00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:02,845
but I guess it had
to happen at some point.
450
00:21:04,931 --> 00:21:06,307
Hopefully, I...
451
00:21:09,102 --> 00:21:11,771
Hopefully, I expired
452
00:21:11,854 --> 00:21:16,317
under the heaving thrusts
of a sweaty Idris Elba
453
00:21:16,401 --> 00:21:19,112
or perhaps in a less
dignified manner,
454
00:21:19,195 --> 00:21:22,907
under the heaving thrusts
of a sweaty Russell Crowe."
455
00:21:22,991 --> 00:21:23,992
[chuckles]
456
00:21:24,075 --> 00:21:26,202
"Irrespective of how I went,
457
00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:28,997
I ask that
those closest to me...
458
00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:32,542
not mourn all that much.
459
00:21:33,835 --> 00:21:35,712
I lived a life
that made me proud.
460
00:21:36,921 --> 00:21:37,922
I...
461
00:21:38,923 --> 00:21:40,216
I was loved...
462
00:21:41,884 --> 00:21:43,386
and I loved in return.
463
00:21:45,054 --> 00:21:48,182
I found work
that aroused my passions.
464
00:21:48,266 --> 00:21:50,977
I believe I gave more
than I took.
465
00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:53,604
And I did my damnedest
to help people in need.
466
00:21:55,023 --> 00:21:56,524
And on top of all that,
467
00:21:56,607 --> 00:21:59,736
many a friend wrongly
accused me of having Botox
468
00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:02,905
because of how tight my skin
stayed well into my 50's.
469
00:22:04,073 --> 00:22:06,200
What more could someone
ask of a life?
470
00:22:08,244 --> 00:22:09,245
I love you all.
471
00:22:10,496 --> 00:22:12,206
Thank you
for being here today.
472
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:16,335
Goodbye.
473
00:22:18,421 --> 00:22:19,589
Lisa."
474
00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:26,846
Cliff?
475
00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:29,348
[Cliff sighs]
476
00:22:52,622 --> 00:22:54,165
Are those human remains?
477
00:22:55,333 --> 00:22:56,584
You guys have
a permit for that?
478
00:22:56,667 --> 00:22:58,336
Just shut the fuck up,
Phillip.
479
00:22:58,419 --> 00:23:00,129
Cliff, you don't talk
to me like that.
480
00:23:00,213 --> 00:23:01,464
Fuck you. I just did.
481
00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:02,757
- [Phillip] What?
- You want me to beat your ass?
482
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,092
- I'm just--
- Get the fuck out of here.
483
00:23:04,175 --> 00:23:06,094
I will eat your sweater vest
for dinner.
484
00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:07,678
- No-- Yep.
- [Cliff] Bitch. Go. One.
485
00:23:07,762 --> 00:23:09,013
[Monk] Get the fuck
out of here, Phillip.
486
00:23:09,097 --> 00:23:10,515
- [Phillip] I'm just--
- Two.
487
00:23:10,598 --> 00:23:12,475
- Three.
- [Monk] Always been
a fucking douche.
488
00:23:13,601 --> 00:23:14,727
[gentle music playing]
489
00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,314
[bell rings]
490
00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:21,901
[door opens]
491
00:23:21,984 --> 00:23:23,986
[piano playing]
492
00:23:29,826 --> 00:23:30,827
[Monk exhales]
493
00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:32,870
Where is everybody?
494
00:23:33,788 --> 00:23:35,414
They're exhausted.
495
00:23:35,498 --> 00:23:37,583
I gave Lorraine something
to help her sleep.
496
00:23:37,667 --> 00:23:38,793
Mother's taking a bath.
497
00:23:38,876 --> 00:23:40,002
Then I'm going
to dose her too.
498
00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:44,549
You think maybe I can get
some of that later tonight?
499
00:23:44,632 --> 00:23:46,425
Yeah. What,
you're not sleeping well?
500
00:23:47,468 --> 00:23:48,719
Uh...
501
00:23:48,803 --> 00:23:51,139
Normally, I sleep fine,
but just lately.
502
00:23:53,015 --> 00:23:54,767
Yeah.
503
00:23:54,851 --> 00:23:57,812
Does seeing a dead body
ever become normal?
504
00:23:57,895 --> 00:23:59,438
I don't know.
I haven't seen many.
505
00:23:59,522 --> 00:24:00,648
[Monk] Really?
506
00:24:00,731 --> 00:24:02,358
I'm a plastic surgeon.
507
00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:04,652
If I'm looking at a corpse,
then something went very awry.
508
00:24:06,154 --> 00:24:07,155
Right.
509
00:24:09,490 --> 00:24:11,242
Yeah. Made me feel for Mother.
510
00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:15,663
Can't imagine what
she must've gone through
finding Dad...
511
00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:19,208
you know, like that.
512
00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:20,293
I know.
513
00:24:21,669 --> 00:24:23,087
So much death.
514
00:24:31,179 --> 00:24:33,639
When was the last time
we were here together?
515
00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:36,601
Uh...
516
00:24:36,684 --> 00:24:38,144
Maybe ten years.
517
00:24:38,227 --> 00:24:39,437
[Monk] Yeah.
518
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:40,688
The kids were still little.
519
00:24:41,522 --> 00:24:42,523
Yeah.
520
00:24:45,401 --> 00:24:47,153
How is your family,
by the way?
521
00:24:48,446 --> 00:24:50,156
You actually care?
522
00:24:50,239 --> 00:24:52,867
Of course. Why would I ask?
Why would you ask me that?
523
00:24:52,950 --> 00:24:54,619
I don't know, Monk.
You never really called.
524
00:24:54,702 --> 00:24:56,662
- I get busy.
- Yeah, everybody gets busy.
525
00:24:57,622 --> 00:24:58,831
You drift away.
526
00:25:00,958 --> 00:25:02,460
You want to know
how my family is?
527
00:25:02,543 --> 00:25:05,254
My wife left me
'cause she caught me
in bed with a man.
528
00:25:06,297 --> 00:25:08,466
She took my house,
half my practice.
529
00:25:09,258 --> 00:25:11,010
My kids fucking hate me.
530
00:25:12,386 --> 00:25:14,055
And I still live
in fucking Tucson.
531
00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:17,767
What was wrong with Tucson?
532
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,518
Oh, my God.
There's one gay bar
533
00:25:19,602 --> 00:25:20,895
and it's full of college kids.
534
00:25:20,978 --> 00:25:23,022
One of them asked me
if I was Tyler Perry.
535
00:25:24,148 --> 00:25:25,233
That's terrible.
536
00:25:25,316 --> 00:25:27,693
I mean, Tyler Perry
lives in Atlanta, right?
537
00:25:27,777 --> 00:25:29,195
Fuck you, man.
538
00:25:29,278 --> 00:25:30,947
[both laugh]
539
00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:32,031
Shut up.
540
00:25:32,114 --> 00:25:33,115
[Monk] Nowhere near Tucson.
541
00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:35,326
[Cliff] Oh, boy.
542
00:25:38,246 --> 00:25:39,664
[Monk] Did you know
Dad had affairs?
543
00:25:39,747 --> 00:25:41,207
Oh, for sure.
544
00:25:41,290 --> 00:25:42,500
How?
545
00:25:43,459 --> 00:25:45,419
You could just tell.
546
00:25:45,503 --> 00:25:48,339
Lisa told me she saw him
kissing a white woman once.
547
00:25:48,422 --> 00:25:51,968
Why did I have no idea?
Why am I the last to know?
548
00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:54,136
Because you loved him
too much.
549
00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:56,514
Enemies see each other
better than friends.
550
00:25:57,848 --> 00:26:00,101
[Lorraine snoring]
551
00:26:00,184 --> 00:26:01,602
[Monk] What the hell
did you give her?
552
00:26:01,686 --> 00:26:04,230
It's oxycodone.
But knocks them right out.
553
00:26:04,313 --> 00:26:05,815
You gave her opioids to sleep?
554
00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:07,733
Yeah. You ever seen
a heroin addict?
555
00:26:07,817 --> 00:26:09,151
Those guys take naps
standing up.
556
00:26:09,235 --> 00:26:10,361
It's dangerous.
557
00:26:10,695 --> 00:26:12,029
Look, I'm keeping
an eye on her.
I'm a doctor.
558
00:26:12,113 --> 00:26:13,281
- [Monk] So am I.
- Right.
559
00:26:13,364 --> 00:26:15,574
Maybe if we need
to revive a sentence.
560
00:26:15,658 --> 00:26:20,955
[mocks] Well, why do you have
synthetic smack anyway?
561
00:26:21,038 --> 00:26:22,915
[water dripping]
562
00:26:25,251 --> 00:26:26,335
[Cliff] What is that?
563
00:26:32,508 --> 00:26:33,634
Oh.
564
00:26:35,845 --> 00:26:36,929
[Cliff] Oh, shit.
565
00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:38,723
[knocking at door]
566
00:26:38,806 --> 00:26:39,807
[Monk] Mother?
567
00:26:42,226 --> 00:26:43,227
Mother?
568
00:26:44,979 --> 00:26:46,230
- [grunts]
- [water flowing]
569
00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:50,234
Hey.
570
00:26:50,318 --> 00:26:53,070
Hey. What are you doing? Hey.
571
00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:55,906
Mother.
572
00:26:57,616 --> 00:26:58,617
Hey.
573
00:27:05,499 --> 00:27:06,751
{\an8}Come on.
574
00:27:09,211 --> 00:27:10,212
Come on.
575
00:27:12,006 --> 00:27:14,091
[Monk] Well, I'm not sure,
to be honest with you.
576
00:27:14,175 --> 00:27:15,718
It's going to depend
on what the doctors say.
577
00:27:16,886 --> 00:27:18,721
Yeah, I'll touch base
when I know more.
578
00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:21,599
Thanks so much
for being understanding.
579
00:27:23,768 --> 00:27:27,271
Hey, um, Leo, one more thing.
580
00:27:27,355 --> 00:27:29,148
I was wondering
if maybe we could treat this
581
00:27:29,231 --> 00:27:31,901
as a sabbatical as opposed
to a leave of absence?
582
00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:33,069
Whatever happens
with my mother,
583
00:27:33,152 --> 00:27:34,153
it's going to cost some money.
584
00:27:37,281 --> 00:27:38,407
No, I understand.
585
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:40,326
No, it's not your fault.
586
00:27:41,202 --> 00:27:42,495
I'll figure something out.
587
00:27:43,287 --> 00:27:44,288
Yeah.
588
00:27:44,914 --> 00:27:45,831
Thanks for your help.
589
00:27:46,290 --> 00:27:47,500
Okay. Bye-bye.
590
00:27:49,335 --> 00:27:50,252
[Coraline] Oh.
591
00:27:54,298 --> 00:27:55,299
Oh.
592
00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:56,884
Uh...
593
00:27:56,967 --> 00:27:58,094
You don't have to do that.
594
00:27:58,177 --> 00:27:59,553
Oh, no. I do.
595
00:27:59,637 --> 00:28:01,389
It's tomato season.
You can't let them go to waste.
596
00:28:01,472 --> 00:28:03,182
- Ooh.
- A crime around here.
597
00:28:03,265 --> 00:28:04,517
[chuckles]
598
00:28:05,351 --> 00:28:06,644
[Coraline] Thank you.
599
00:28:06,727 --> 00:28:08,187
That's what neighbors
are for, right?
600
00:28:08,270 --> 00:28:09,563
Welcome to the neighborhood.
601
00:28:11,107 --> 00:28:12,691
I thought the place
was vacant.
602
00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:16,320
Uh, it has been for a while.
603
00:28:16,404 --> 00:28:17,905
We just got here last night.
604
00:28:17,988 --> 00:28:20,616
Oh. Figured the place
was haunted.
605
00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:23,661
They said some old man
blew his brains out there
a while back.
606
00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:27,706
Yeah.
607
00:28:30,584 --> 00:28:33,045
Oh, my God. I...
608
00:28:35,089 --> 00:28:36,382
I'm a fucking idiot.
609
00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:38,467
Please forgive me.
610
00:28:38,551 --> 00:28:39,552
Well...
611
00:28:41,262 --> 00:28:42,638
Oh, I'm very sorry
to hear that.
612
00:28:43,514 --> 00:28:44,515
What'd she do for a living?
613
00:28:45,307 --> 00:28:48,060
She was a doctor. Um...
614
00:28:48,144 --> 00:28:52,356
Most of my family, doctors.
Basically, I'm the outcast.
615
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:53,524
[Coraline chuckles]
616
00:28:54,650 --> 00:28:56,318
Um, what do you do for work?
617
00:28:56,402 --> 00:28:57,319
I'm a lawyer.
618
00:28:58,028 --> 00:28:59,780
Public defense. Quincy.
619
00:29:00,865 --> 00:29:01,907
Very honorable.
620
00:29:01,991 --> 00:29:05,828
Yeah. It's very hard,
but can be rewarding.
621
00:29:07,121 --> 00:29:08,664
May I ask you something
622
00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:11,125
that I'm sure a lot
of people ask you?
623
00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:13,586
How do I feel about defending
guilty people?
624
00:29:14,128 --> 00:29:15,087
Yeah.
625
00:29:15,171 --> 00:29:17,381
- I love it.
- Why?
626
00:29:17,465 --> 00:29:20,426
I have to.
And they're all guilty.
627
00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:23,512
- Really?
- Yes. But that's okay.
628
00:29:23,596 --> 00:29:25,514
People are more
than their worst deed.
629
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:28,851
I guess I agree with that.
630
00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:31,061
[Coraline] Mm. Sure you do.
631
00:29:31,145 --> 00:29:32,354
You're a writer.
632
00:29:32,438 --> 00:29:33,981
[Monk] I don't follow.
633
00:29:34,064 --> 00:29:36,775
Well, writers have
to be non-judgmental.
634
00:29:36,859 --> 00:29:39,028
You can't write
interesting characters
635
00:29:39,111 --> 00:29:41,405
and be critical of every
bad decision they make.
636
00:29:41,489 --> 00:29:42,448
Right?
637
00:29:42,531 --> 00:29:43,657
Maybe you should
be the writer.
638
00:29:43,741 --> 00:29:45,034
I don't feel
like much of one lately.
639
00:29:45,743 --> 00:29:46,869
You blocked?
640
00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:50,623
It's just... [chuckles]
641
00:29:50,706 --> 00:29:53,125
I don't think anybody
wants to buy what I write.
642
00:29:53,209 --> 00:29:54,293
[Coraline] That's not true.
643
00:29:54,376 --> 00:29:56,086
I didn't want to say anything,
644
00:29:56,170 --> 00:29:58,255
but, um, I actually read
one of your books.
645
00:29:59,340 --> 00:30:01,050
Hm. Which?
646
00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:02,426
The Frogs.
647
00:30:02,510 --> 00:30:03,469
Oh, so you were the one.
648
00:30:03,552 --> 00:30:05,179
[chuckles] I liked it.
649
00:30:06,931 --> 00:30:07,932
You're talented.
650
00:30:08,557 --> 00:30:09,475
[car approaching]
651
00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:16,732
[Monk]
You're expecting company?
652
00:30:18,359 --> 00:30:19,360
[Coraline] Yeah.
653
00:30:19,443 --> 00:30:21,278
- [keys jingling]
- Oh.
654
00:30:22,238 --> 00:30:23,989
[door unlocking]
655
00:30:29,453 --> 00:30:30,704
Hello.
656
00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:33,916
- Hey.
- Jelani, uh, this is Monk.
657
00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:36,460
He and his family own
the house across the street.
658
00:30:36,544 --> 00:30:37,711
Nice to meet you.
659
00:30:38,295 --> 00:30:39,588
Yeah, it's a pleasure.
660
00:30:39,672 --> 00:30:40,589
Are you staying for dinner?
661
00:30:41,382 --> 00:30:42,383
[Monk] Uh...
662
00:30:42,466 --> 00:30:44,134
No, I need to go check in
on my mother.
663
00:30:44,218 --> 00:30:45,344
[Jelani] Cool.
664
00:30:45,928 --> 00:30:47,096
[Monk] Thank you, uh...
665
00:30:49,014 --> 00:30:50,182
[gulps]
666
00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:52,268
For the wine, and...
667
00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:54,562
good night.
668
00:30:57,273 --> 00:30:58,274
Good night, Monk.
669
00:30:59,149 --> 00:31:01,026
[gentle music playing]
670
00:31:10,327 --> 00:31:12,204
[waves lapping]
671
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,841
[gentle music continues]
672
00:31:28,512 --> 00:31:30,472
[seagull squawking]
673
00:31:43,777 --> 00:31:45,738
[Cliff sniffles]
674
00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:51,410
What time's your flight?
675
00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:52,578
11:00.
676
00:31:54,705 --> 00:31:57,499
You think, uh, maybe
you could change it?
677
00:31:57,583 --> 00:31:58,917
Think it would be useful
to have you
678
00:31:59,001 --> 00:32:00,294
at Mother's doctor's
appointment today.
679
00:32:00,377 --> 00:32:01,545
I can't. I got to get home.
680
00:32:03,672 --> 00:32:05,591
Fine, but you think
you can chip in
681
00:32:05,674 --> 00:32:07,134
for her care
once we find out what's what?
682
00:32:07,217 --> 00:32:08,510
It's probably going
to be pretty expensive.
683
00:32:08,594 --> 00:32:10,679
Things are tight
right now, so...
684
00:32:10,763 --> 00:32:12,097
You thought
about firing Lorraine?
685
00:32:15,684 --> 00:32:16,685
Lorraine is family.
686
00:32:17,478 --> 00:32:18,771
Well, shit, Monk.
687
00:32:18,854 --> 00:32:20,189
I don't know
what to tell you, all right?
688
00:32:20,272 --> 00:32:21,482
So you can't do anything?
689
00:32:21,565 --> 00:32:23,359
[sighs] I will check
with my accountant
690
00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:24,735
when I get back, all right?
691
00:32:25,527 --> 00:32:26,737
It's 8:00 in the morning.
692
00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:28,781
I'm not flying
the fucking plane, Monk.
693
00:32:33,369 --> 00:32:36,872
Well, do you think
you could be so kind
694
00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:38,457
as to go inside and see
695
00:32:38,540 --> 00:32:39,958
if Mother is ready
to head out?
696
00:32:40,042 --> 00:32:41,210
All right. Hey.
697
00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:42,586
- Mother!
- Don't yell, man.
698
00:32:42,670 --> 00:32:43,671
Be civilized.
699
00:32:43,754 --> 00:32:45,756
You're just like our dad, man.
700
00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:48,092
So you do right by me, Monk.
I swear to fucking God.
701
00:32:49,426 --> 00:32:51,053
[Monk] Clown.
702
00:32:51,136 --> 00:32:52,221
[Cliff] You want
to see civilized?
703
00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:53,889
- [yelling] Mother!
- [Monk groans]
704
00:32:58,060 --> 00:32:59,061
Morning.
705
00:33:01,105 --> 00:33:02,439
[Monk] Hey. Morning.
706
00:33:03,524 --> 00:33:05,109
Listen...
707
00:33:05,192 --> 00:33:06,985
- about last night, uh--
- Oh.
708
00:33:07,069 --> 00:33:08,278
It's okay.
709
00:33:08,487 --> 00:33:10,572
You don't have to explain.
I had a good time.
710
00:33:10,656 --> 00:33:11,699
No, I...
711
00:33:13,409 --> 00:33:15,953
Jelani, he's my ex.
712
00:33:16,036 --> 00:33:17,162
Well, he's going to be.
713
00:33:18,580 --> 00:33:20,582
We're in the middle
of breaking up and...
714
00:33:21,625 --> 00:33:22,626
it's hard.
715
00:33:24,169 --> 00:33:25,170
I get it.
716
00:33:26,463 --> 00:33:27,464
I'd like to see you again.
717
00:33:28,966 --> 00:33:30,759
Do you think that you'll be
718
00:33:30,843 --> 00:33:31,844
around town
next couple of days?
719
00:33:31,927 --> 00:33:34,513
You know, grab a drink?
720
00:33:35,973 --> 00:33:36,974
Yeah, I'd like that.
721
00:33:39,268 --> 00:33:40,269
Yeah, me too.
722
00:33:42,604 --> 00:33:43,605
Drive safe.
723
00:33:44,732 --> 00:33:45,733
Thanks.
724
00:33:48,819 --> 00:33:49,820
[chuckles]
725
00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:11,967
[nurse] Mr. Ellison?
726
00:34:13,135 --> 00:34:14,136
We're ready.
727
00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:19,725
[Dr. Bulger] Her MRI shows
728
00:34:19,808 --> 00:34:22,227
early signs
of neurodegeneration.
729
00:34:23,020 --> 00:34:24,271
There's a slight decrease
730
00:34:24,354 --> 00:34:26,106
in the size
of the temporal lobe
731
00:34:26,190 --> 00:34:27,691
which suggest Alzheimer's.
732
00:34:29,735 --> 00:34:31,695
I'm very sorry, Mr. Ellison.
733
00:34:31,779 --> 00:34:33,113
But at some point,
734
00:34:33,197 --> 00:34:35,532
she'll probably require
around-the-clock care
735
00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:38,076
for her own safety.
736
00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:47,544
[disquieting music playing]
737
00:35:03,477 --> 00:35:04,478
[chuckles]
738
00:35:37,511 --> 00:35:39,471
[siren blaring]
739
00:35:44,017 --> 00:35:45,727
- Hey, young nigga.
- Hey!
740
00:35:45,811 --> 00:35:48,105
Hey, whoa, whoa.
741
00:35:48,188 --> 00:35:49,857
Don't shoot me, partner.
Come on now.
742
00:35:54,528 --> 00:35:55,529
Van Go.
743
00:35:56,363 --> 00:35:57,489
That you?
744
00:35:57,573 --> 00:35:58,574
Yeah, me, nigga.
745
00:35:59,908 --> 00:36:01,910
Shit. What, you drunk, motherfucker?
746
00:36:03,287 --> 00:36:04,621
Where you running to?
747
00:36:06,582 --> 00:36:07,708
Just leave me alone, man.
748
00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:09,835
[grunts]
749
00:36:10,961 --> 00:36:11,962
How your mama?
750
00:36:13,505 --> 00:36:14,464
What you say?
751
00:36:14,548 --> 00:36:16,466
I said, how your mama?
752
00:36:19,636 --> 00:36:21,054
Oh, shit.
753
00:36:22,014 --> 00:36:23,265
They ain't tell you, huh?
754
00:36:24,141 --> 00:36:25,267
What you talking about, punk?
755
00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:27,185
Hey, what you talking about?
756
00:36:29,396 --> 00:36:30,689
Think about it, Van Go.
757
00:36:31,982 --> 00:36:33,108
Look at my face.
758
00:36:34,943 --> 00:36:37,237
Look at my midnight
black complex...
759
00:36:37,321 --> 00:36:38,697
No, that's not right.
760
00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:41,241
What did you want to say?
761
00:36:42,576 --> 00:36:44,786
You can say it
better than that, right?
762
00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:45,871
Come on. What do you want?
763
00:36:45,954 --> 00:36:48,040
[keyboard clacking]
764
00:36:50,459 --> 00:36:51,627
Think about it, Van Go.
765
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,171
Look at my face.
766
00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:57,591
Look at my coal black skin.
767
00:36:57,674 --> 00:36:58,842
And then look at your own.
768
00:37:01,136 --> 00:37:03,263
Look at my black eyes.
769
00:37:03,347 --> 00:37:04,348
Now look at your own.
770
00:37:06,099 --> 00:37:07,893
Look at my big black lips.
771
00:37:07,976 --> 00:37:09,770
[chuckles]
Now look at your own.
772
00:37:11,188 --> 00:37:12,814
I's your daddy
whether you like it or not.
773
00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:15,359
Shut up, okay?
Shut up, man! You lying!
774
00:37:15,442 --> 00:37:17,235
No, no,
that's the truth, nigga.
775
00:37:18,987 --> 00:37:20,530
So, where you been, huh?
776
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:22,366
Where you been?
777
00:37:22,449 --> 00:37:24,034
I've been where I always be.
778
00:37:25,035 --> 00:37:26,161
Surviving.
779
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,081
You ain't worth a piss.
780
00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:30,666
Your mama ain't worth a piss.
781
00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:32,417
So here I am.
782
00:37:33,085 --> 00:37:34,086
[sniffles]
783
00:37:34,169 --> 00:37:36,129
[sirens blaring distantly]
784
00:37:38,298 --> 00:37:40,258
[breathing heavily]
785
00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:43,261
What do I say now?
786
00:37:43,345 --> 00:37:46,682
I think now will come
some sort of, you know,
787
00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:48,558
dumb, melodramatic
sob story
788
00:37:48,642 --> 00:37:50,894
where you, uh, highlight
your broken interiority.
789
00:37:50,978 --> 00:37:53,271
Something... something
like, um, I don't know...
790
00:37:55,524 --> 00:37:57,484
[keyboard clacking]
791
00:37:58,568 --> 00:37:59,945
I hates this man.
792
00:38:01,571 --> 00:38:02,781
I hates my mama.
793
00:38:02,864 --> 00:38:04,074
And I hates myself.
794
00:38:04,866 --> 00:38:06,410
[panting]
795
00:38:07,619 --> 00:38:09,287
I've seen my face in his.
796
00:38:10,914 --> 00:38:12,416
I see the ape
that all them stupid girls
797
00:38:12,499 --> 00:38:14,584
were afraid of, yeah.
798
00:38:14,668 --> 00:38:16,503
I can see my long arms
hanging down.
799
00:38:17,421 --> 00:38:19,047
And I see eyes that don't care
800
00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:20,716
what happens tomorrow.
801
00:38:24,928 --> 00:38:26,054
I see myself
802
00:38:26,888 --> 00:38:28,015
rocking back on my heels,
803
00:38:28,098 --> 00:38:29,099
just like this, baby.
804
00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:31,268
Just waiting.
805
00:38:31,351 --> 00:38:33,395
And waiting, and waiting,
and waiting,
806
00:38:33,478 --> 00:38:34,938
and waiting for something
807
00:38:35,022 --> 00:38:37,190
that I'm not even going
to recognize when it comes!
808
00:38:37,941 --> 00:38:39,818
Death is my only cure.
809
00:38:40,736 --> 00:38:41,987
I heard that before.
810
00:38:43,989 --> 00:38:46,033
I've been hearing it,
and I'm hearing it now.
811
00:38:48,994 --> 00:38:49,995
I see...
812
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,499
I see my mama crying.
813
00:38:55,876 --> 00:38:58,503
I see her screaming
in my dreams.
814
00:38:58,587 --> 00:38:59,838
I see my babies.
815
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:01,673
I see my...
816
00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:03,383
I see my daddy.
817
00:39:05,969 --> 00:39:07,179
I see myself.
818
00:39:08,388 --> 00:39:09,556
- [gun fires]
- [groans]
819
00:39:09,639 --> 00:39:10,724
What the fuck?
820
00:39:10,807 --> 00:39:12,017
- [body thuds]
- [groans]
821
00:39:14,019 --> 00:39:15,353
What the fuck you do that for?
822
00:39:15,437 --> 00:39:16,730
Because you ain't shit, nigga.
823
00:39:16,813 --> 00:39:18,315
[breathing heavily]
824
00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:20,817
And you made me.
825
00:39:23,111 --> 00:39:25,781
So because you ain't shit,
I ain't shit.
826
00:39:27,491 --> 00:39:30,077
Because you ain't shit,
I ain't shit.
827
00:39:32,746 --> 00:39:34,122
[siren blaring]
828
00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:38,460
I gots to bounce.
829
00:39:40,295 --> 00:39:41,922
[Willy whimpers]
830
00:39:43,507 --> 00:39:44,674
[Van Go] Peace, motherfucker.
831
00:39:46,009 --> 00:39:47,010
Peace.
832
00:39:50,097 --> 00:39:51,473
What the fuck was that for?
833
00:39:56,603 --> 00:39:57,646
[woman on TV]
You're watching
834
00:39:57,729 --> 00:40:01,149
Black Stories Month on WHN.
835
00:40:01,233 --> 00:40:03,401
[choir singing over TV]
836
00:40:03,485 --> 00:40:04,986
Celebrating the diversity
837
00:40:05,070 --> 00:40:06,404
of the African-American
experience.
838
00:40:06,488 --> 00:40:07,656
[gun fires]
839
00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:09,699
Join us for more
riveting cinema,
840
00:40:09,783 --> 00:40:12,077
- heartbreak, and drama.
- [cell phone vibrating]
841
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:13,286
- [man over TV] Mama!
- [TV turns off]
842
00:40:14,955 --> 00:40:16,706
Hello?
843
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:19,167
"I be standing outside
in the night,
844
00:40:19,251 --> 00:40:20,794
a police chopper go by
845
00:40:20,877 --> 00:40:22,712
and shine some lights
in some backyards
846
00:40:22,796 --> 00:40:26,508
and I think, 'Shine that
light on me, motherfucker,
847
00:40:26,591 --> 00:40:28,260
shine me some fucking light
848
00:40:28,343 --> 00:40:30,762
so I can see
where the fuck I be at.'"
849
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:32,848
Are you serious?
850
00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:34,182
You notice I didn't put
my name on it.
851
00:40:34,266 --> 00:40:35,684
[Arthur] Yes, Stagg R. Leigh,
852
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:37,602
I did notice that. Well done.
853
00:40:37,686 --> 00:40:39,062
But I still can't
send this out.
854
00:40:39,146 --> 00:40:40,355
You said you wanted
Black stuff.
855
00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:41,773
What's Blacker than that?
856
00:40:41,857 --> 00:40:43,650
It's got deadbeat dads,
857
00:40:43,733 --> 00:40:44,818
rappers, crack,
858
00:40:45,026 --> 00:40:46,862
and he gets killed
by a cop in the end.
859
00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:50,115
I mean, that's... that's...
that's Black, right?
860
00:40:51,408 --> 00:40:52,534
I see what you're doing.
861
00:40:52,742 --> 00:40:54,369
[Monk] Good,
because it's not subtle.
862
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:55,787
I mean, how's that book
so different
863
00:40:55,871 --> 00:40:57,080
than some of the other garbage
they put out?
864
00:40:57,164 --> 00:40:57,998
That's not the point.
865
00:40:58,081 --> 00:40:59,332
Well, it's my point.
866
00:40:59,416 --> 00:41:01,334
Look at what they publish.
867
00:41:01,418 --> 00:41:02,502
Look at what
they expect us to write.
868
00:41:03,253 --> 00:41:04,588
I'm sick of it.
869
00:41:04,671 --> 00:41:07,883
And that's an expression
of how sick I am.
870
00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:09,551
[Arthur] Monk,
I'm trying to sell books,
871
00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:11,052
not be a part of some crusade.
872
00:41:12,345 --> 00:41:13,638
Who do you expect
to publish this?
873
00:41:13,722 --> 00:41:15,390
No one.
874
00:41:15,473 --> 00:41:17,851
I just want to rub their noses
in the horseshit they solicit.
875
00:41:19,186 --> 00:41:20,228
Okay.
876
00:41:20,312 --> 00:41:21,479
What do you want me to do?
877
00:41:21,563 --> 00:41:22,814
[Monk] I want you
to send it out.
878
00:41:22,898 --> 00:41:24,316
Can I say
it's performance art?
879
00:41:24,399 --> 00:41:26,693
No. Send it straight.
880
00:41:26,776 --> 00:41:28,987
If they can't take the joke,
then fuck them.
881
00:41:30,739 --> 00:41:32,073
All right,
but I'm only sending it
882
00:41:32,157 --> 00:41:33,867
to a couple of places.
This thing scares me.
883
00:41:33,950 --> 00:41:35,410
[Monk] Scares you? Why?
884
00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:36,786
Because white people think
885
00:41:36,870 --> 00:41:38,705
they want the truth,
but they don't.
886
00:41:38,788 --> 00:41:40,957
They just want
to feel absolved.
887
00:41:41,041 --> 00:41:43,627
Well, fortunately,
that's not my problem.
888
00:41:44,628 --> 00:41:46,087
- Okay.
- Bye.
889
00:41:46,796 --> 00:41:47,797
[cell phone beeps]
890
00:41:49,591 --> 00:41:51,593
[chuckling]
891
00:41:51,676 --> 00:41:53,637
[instrumental music playing]
892
00:42:07,609 --> 00:42:08,777
I'm surprised you reached out.
893
00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:10,904
I thought you were
just being nice.
894
00:42:10,987 --> 00:42:14,032
Oh, I'm never just being nice.
I'm too old for that.
895
00:42:14,115 --> 00:42:15,867
You know, I like you
so much, in fact,
896
00:42:15,951 --> 00:42:17,702
that I went out and got
another one of your books.
897
00:42:18,787 --> 00:42:20,247
Really? Which one?
898
00:42:20,330 --> 00:42:21,331
The Haas Conundrum.
899
00:42:22,582 --> 00:42:23,583
What'd you think?
900
00:42:24,501 --> 00:42:25,627
I liked it.
901
00:42:26,628 --> 00:42:29,381
Susan has
really great dialogue.
902
00:42:29,464 --> 00:42:31,925
And I love the aunt.
903
00:42:32,008 --> 00:42:33,927
Wow. I mean,
you write women well.
904
00:42:34,761 --> 00:42:36,096
Oh, you think so?
905
00:42:36,179 --> 00:42:37,514
Yeah. They're not
hothouse flowers.
906
00:42:37,597 --> 00:42:38,598
Thank you.
907
00:42:40,308 --> 00:42:42,686
- I appreciate that.
- [Coraline] Mm.
908
00:42:42,769 --> 00:42:44,729
I could've done
with less footnotes though.
909
00:42:44,813 --> 00:42:46,856
[both chuckling]
910
00:42:52,404 --> 00:42:53,655
I, uh...
911
00:42:53,738 --> 00:42:54,823
I got to run.
912
00:42:57,033 --> 00:42:58,368
Well, how's your mom?
913
00:42:59,452 --> 00:43:01,454
In and out.
914
00:43:01,538 --> 00:43:03,290
I'm afraid to be away
for too long.
915
00:43:04,666 --> 00:43:05,750
- Yeah.
- But, uh...
916
00:43:08,169 --> 00:43:09,212
I'll, uh...
917
00:43:11,131 --> 00:43:12,215
I'll call you.
918
00:43:14,301 --> 00:43:15,302
Hold on a minute.
919
00:43:21,641 --> 00:43:22,559
Sign my book.
920
00:43:22,642 --> 00:43:23,643
[Monk chuckles]
921
00:43:33,695 --> 00:43:34,696
What's your name again?
922
00:43:35,697 --> 00:43:36,698
[Coraline] Hm.
923
00:43:36,781 --> 00:43:38,742
[gentle music playing]
924
00:43:56,843 --> 00:43:58,303
[door creaking]
925
00:44:05,769 --> 00:44:07,729
[light switch clicking]
926
00:44:21,201 --> 00:44:22,202
[Lorraine] Mr. Monk?
927
00:44:27,123 --> 00:44:28,500
What's going on
with the lights?
928
00:44:29,417 --> 00:44:31,378
Miss Lisa used
to pay the bill.
929
00:44:32,504 --> 00:44:33,505
Did you?
930
00:44:34,631 --> 00:44:36,424
["Don Quichotte"
by Magazine 60 playing]
931
00:44:36,508 --> 00:44:37,509
[inhales]
932
00:44:38,635 --> 00:44:39,803
How much?
933
00:44:39,886 --> 00:44:41,096
[Monk over phone]
Well, I can handle
934
00:44:41,179 --> 00:44:42,555
the electrical bills,
935
00:44:42,639 --> 00:44:44,265
but these care facilities
are expensive.
936
00:44:45,225 --> 00:44:46,684
The best one nearby
937
00:44:46,768 --> 00:44:51,356
is $5,600 a month,
and that's for a shared room.
938
00:44:51,439 --> 00:44:54,401
It goes up to $6,900 a month
for a private room.
939
00:44:54,484 --> 00:44:55,693
Well, why you looking
at the best one?
940
00:44:55,777 --> 00:44:57,195
She wasn't the best mother.
941
00:44:57,278 --> 00:44:58,947
Look, I'm not here
to re-litigate our childhoods.
942
00:44:59,030 --> 00:45:00,907
Of course not,
because yours was great.
943
00:45:00,990 --> 00:45:03,827
[Monk] Goddamn it!
Are you going
to help me or not?
944
00:45:03,910 --> 00:45:05,829
Won't Medicaid cover it
or something?
945
00:45:05,912 --> 00:45:07,956
That's not how it works.
You don't know this?
946
00:45:08,039 --> 00:45:09,499
Oh. Hello.
947
00:45:10,250 --> 00:45:12,127
[Cliff moaning]
948
00:45:12,210 --> 00:45:14,045
[Monk] Who's that?
What are you doing?
949
00:45:14,129 --> 00:45:15,755
- I've taken a lover.
- [inhales]
950
00:45:15,839 --> 00:45:16,965
You've taken a lover?
951
00:45:17,173 --> 00:45:18,633
You got a problem
with that, homophobe?
952
00:45:18,883 --> 00:45:21,136
Listen, I'm not offended that
you've taken a lover, Cliff.
953
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:22,720
I'm offended, Cliff,
954
00:45:22,804 --> 00:45:25,014
that you call it
taking a lover.
955
00:45:25,098 --> 00:45:26,975
Mm, you can eat shit, nigga.
956
00:45:27,058 --> 00:45:29,394
- [cell phone beeps]
- I'll take my lover right now.
957
00:45:29,477 --> 00:45:30,854
Hey, where you going?
958
00:45:32,689 --> 00:45:34,858
["Don Quichotte" continues]
959
00:45:49,330 --> 00:45:50,331
There you are.
960
00:45:50,415 --> 00:45:52,167
Traffic was insane. What's up?
961
00:45:52,792 --> 00:45:53,793
Sit down.
962
00:45:55,795 --> 00:45:56,796
[door closes]
963
00:45:58,506 --> 00:45:59,507
Have a seat.
964
00:46:04,512 --> 00:46:05,513
We sold your book.
965
00:46:07,098 --> 00:46:08,308
[laughs]
966
00:46:08,391 --> 00:46:10,477
Holy shit!
967
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:12,937
- I thought it was DOA.
- Not The Persians.
968
00:46:16,232 --> 00:46:17,108
No.
969
00:46:17,192 --> 00:46:19,736
- [chuckles]
- Get out!
970
00:46:19,819 --> 00:46:21,738
Paula Betaman
from Thompson-Watt.
971
00:46:21,821 --> 00:46:23,156
She always passes.
972
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:27,869
Not this time. They want
to preempt for $750,000.
973
00:46:27,952 --> 00:46:30,330
No one's ever offered
that much to me.
974
00:46:30,413 --> 00:46:32,499
- This is you.
- No, it's not, Arthur.
975
00:46:32,582 --> 00:46:34,250
- [Arthur] You wrote it.
- As a joke.
976
00:46:34,334 --> 00:46:36,127
Well, now it's the most
lucrative joke
977
00:46:36,211 --> 00:46:37,295
you've ever told.
978
00:46:37,504 --> 00:46:39,047
- [Monk] And I'm not selling.
- Why not?
979
00:46:39,130 --> 00:46:41,341
Because it's trash, Arthur.
980
00:46:41,424 --> 00:46:44,010
You didn't even want
to send it out the other day.
981
00:46:44,093 --> 00:46:47,722
Oh, but look who's suddenly
overcome his fears.
982
00:46:47,805 --> 00:46:49,933
I know, I broke
the first rule of sales.
983
00:46:50,016 --> 00:46:52,227
Never underestimate
how stupid everyone is.
984
00:46:52,310 --> 00:46:55,939
Well, I'm not participating
in making them any stupider.
985
00:46:56,022 --> 00:46:57,690
Well, you haven't thus far,
986
00:46:57,774 --> 00:47:00,527
which is admirable, but...
987
00:47:01,528 --> 00:47:03,029
you also haven't
made any money.
988
00:47:06,449 --> 00:47:08,326
Doesn't your mom
need help these days?
989
00:47:11,496 --> 00:47:12,413
Check this out.
990
00:47:12,497 --> 00:47:14,457
[perplexing music playing]
991
00:47:16,501 --> 00:47:18,753
I don't care how drunk we get,
I'm not selling it.
992
00:47:18,836 --> 00:47:20,129
[Arthur] That's not
what I'm doing.
993
00:47:22,674 --> 00:47:25,343
Johnnie Walker Red, 24 bucks.
994
00:47:25,426 --> 00:47:27,679
Johnnie Walker Black,
50 bucks.
995
00:47:28,513 --> 00:47:30,014
Johnnie Walker Blue...
996
00:47:31,140 --> 00:47:33,142
$160.
997
00:47:33,226 --> 00:47:34,227
You see the metaphor?
998
00:47:35,645 --> 00:47:36,854
No.
999
00:47:36,938 --> 00:47:39,357
These are all made
by the same company.
1000
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:41,901
The Red is shit,
the Black is less shit,
1001
00:47:41,985 --> 00:47:43,653
the Blue is good.
1002
00:47:43,736 --> 00:47:46,489
But fewer people buy the blue
because it's expensive.
1003
00:47:46,573 --> 00:47:47,699
And at the end of the day,
1004
00:47:47,782 --> 00:47:48,950
most people
just want to get drunk.
1005
00:47:50,910 --> 00:47:53,079
For most of your career,
your books have been Blue.
1006
00:47:53,788 --> 00:47:55,957
They're good, complex.
1007
00:47:56,708 --> 00:47:57,959
But they're not popular
1008
00:47:58,042 --> 00:48:01,296
because most people
want something easy.
1009
00:48:01,379 --> 00:48:05,592
Now, for the first time ever,
you've written a Red book.
1010
00:48:05,675 --> 00:48:06,968
It's simple, prurient.
1011
00:48:07,051 --> 00:48:08,553
It's not great
literature, but...
1012
00:48:10,096 --> 00:48:11,389
satisfies an urge.
1013
00:48:13,224 --> 00:48:15,143
And that's valuable.
1014
00:48:15,226 --> 00:48:17,186
What I'm trying
to illustrate is that,
1015
00:48:17,270 --> 00:48:19,314
just because you do Red
1016
00:48:19,397 --> 00:48:22,191
doesn't mean
you can't also do Blue.
1017
00:48:22,275 --> 00:48:23,276
You can do it all.
1018
00:48:24,277 --> 00:48:25,737
Like Johnnie Walker.
1019
00:48:25,820 --> 00:48:28,406
In fact, you got Johnnie
Walker beat, because...
1020
00:48:28,489 --> 00:48:30,283
you don't even have
to put your real name on it.
1021
00:48:31,576 --> 00:48:33,536
[perplexing music continues]
1022
00:48:34,412 --> 00:48:35,622
[groans]
1023
00:48:37,457 --> 00:48:38,708
Jesus.
1024
00:48:40,335 --> 00:48:41,669
Do we drink now?
1025
00:48:41,753 --> 00:48:43,713
- [glasses clink]
- [phone line ringing]
1026
00:48:46,924 --> 00:48:47,800
[woman over phone] Hello?
1027
00:48:47,884 --> 00:48:49,093
Hello, Paula.
1028
00:48:49,177 --> 00:48:51,929
Arthur! So wonderful
to hear from you.
1029
00:48:52,013 --> 00:48:55,600
Um, I hope that you are
with the man of the hour.
1030
00:48:55,683 --> 00:48:57,852
I am, indeed.
He's right here next to me.
1031
00:48:57,935 --> 00:48:59,562
Mr. Leigh?
1032
00:48:59,646 --> 00:49:00,897
[Monk] Uh, yeah, this is he.
1033
00:49:02,023 --> 00:49:03,024
Oh, really?
1034
00:49:04,901 --> 00:49:05,985
[Monk sputters]
1035
00:49:10,990 --> 00:49:11,991
Uh...
1036
00:49:12,450 --> 00:49:14,786
Yeah, goddamn it.
1037
00:49:14,869 --> 00:49:17,121
- Right. Right. Okay.
- [Monk] Motherfucker.
1038
00:49:17,205 --> 00:49:20,083
Yeah, I was a little confused
at first, but... [chuckles]
1039
00:49:20,166 --> 00:49:23,044
We're both very excited to
discuss Thompson-Watt's offer.
1040
00:49:23,127 --> 00:49:24,504
Yes, well, first of all,
let me just say
1041
00:49:24,587 --> 00:49:25,922
that all of us here
at Thompson-Watt
1042
00:49:26,005 --> 00:49:28,508
are thrilled with My Pafology.
1043
00:49:28,591 --> 00:49:30,677
It is about as perfect a book
1044
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:32,762
as I have seen
in a long, long while.
1045
00:49:32,845 --> 00:49:36,849
Just... just raw and real.
1046
00:49:36,933 --> 00:49:40,228
And, Mr. Leigh,
is this based
on your actual life?
1047
00:49:42,313 --> 00:49:44,649
Yeah, you think some
bitch-ass college boy
1048
00:49:44,732 --> 00:49:45,942
can come up with that shit?
1049
00:49:46,025 --> 00:49:47,026
No, no. No, I don't.
1050
00:49:47,902 --> 00:49:50,113
No. You know, that kind of
1051
00:49:50,196 --> 00:49:54,033
[sighs] visceral energy
cannot be taught, right?
1052
00:49:54,117 --> 00:49:56,953
Stagg... May I call you--
Now, is Stagg a pseudonym?
1053
00:49:58,413 --> 00:50:00,707
Yes, uh, it is.
1054
00:50:00,790 --> 00:50:02,917
Mr. Leigh can't use
his real name
1055
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:04,961
because he's a...
1056
00:50:05,962 --> 00:50:08,005
Well, he's a wanted fugitive.
1057
00:50:08,089 --> 00:50:10,258
[Paula] Oh, my God. Wow.
1058
00:50:10,341 --> 00:50:12,844
That's why this couldn't
be a video conference.
1059
00:50:12,927 --> 00:50:15,054
Are you crazy?
What if they fact check this?
1060
00:50:15,138 --> 00:50:17,181
I checked. There's barely
money to pay editors anymore.
1061
00:50:18,015 --> 00:50:19,142
Just go with it.
1062
00:50:22,145 --> 00:50:26,774
Yeah, I did a 12-year bid,
but no going back.
1063
00:50:27,984 --> 00:50:29,193
Know what I mean?
1064
00:50:29,277 --> 00:50:31,446
Yeah. Yeah, you know, um...
1065
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:33,990
I've been reading a lot
1066
00:50:34,073 --> 00:50:35,992
about the prison abolition
movement...
1067
00:50:36,075 --> 00:50:37,535
- Oh, God!
- [Paula] I've...
1068
00:50:37,618 --> 00:50:39,620
Sorry to rush, Paula,
but can we talk business?
1069
00:50:39,704 --> 00:50:42,123
Mr. Leigh values
his time outside of a cell.
1070
00:50:42,206 --> 00:50:43,332
[Paula] Of course.
1071
00:50:43,416 --> 00:50:44,792
I'm sure you're both
very, very busy
1072
00:50:44,876 --> 00:50:46,419
so I will get right to it.
1073
00:50:46,502 --> 00:50:48,921
Um, you'll notice
that our offer is...
1074
00:50:50,256 --> 00:50:51,674
unusually large
1075
00:50:51,758 --> 00:50:54,719
and that is because we believe
1076
00:50:54,802 --> 00:50:57,096
Mr. Leigh has
written a bestseller.
1077
00:50:57,180 --> 00:50:59,307
We think it is going to be
the read of the summer.
1078
00:50:59,974 --> 00:51:01,684
Yeah, I'm sure
1079
00:51:01,768 --> 00:51:05,605
white people on the Hamptons
will delight in it.
1080
00:51:05,688 --> 00:51:06,939
[Paula] Yes, we will.
1081
00:51:07,023 --> 00:51:10,443
They-- We-- It's going
to be huge. Huge.
1082
00:51:11,319 --> 00:51:12,320
I love it.
1083
00:51:14,030 --> 00:51:15,990
[soft music playing]
1084
00:51:21,704 --> 00:51:23,790
[Maynard] Is that little
Thelonious Ellison?
1085
00:51:26,417 --> 00:51:27,794
[Monk] My God! Maynard!
1086
00:51:29,128 --> 00:51:30,630
[Maynard chuckles]
1087
00:51:30,713 --> 00:51:32,924
Everyone still call you Monk?
1088
00:51:33,007 --> 00:51:34,050
[Monk] Well,
1089
00:51:34,133 --> 00:51:35,468
everyone but you.
1090
00:51:35,551 --> 00:51:37,970
[chuckles] Well,
it's a beautiful name.
1091
00:51:38,054 --> 00:51:40,973
It seems simple
not to use it whole.
1092
00:51:41,057 --> 00:51:43,017
Well, I'm glad someone
appreciates it.
1093
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:47,647
I heard about your sister.
My condolences.
1094
00:51:47,730 --> 00:51:48,731
Thank you.
1095
00:51:49,899 --> 00:51:51,400
I don't think
I've seen you since
1096
00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:53,861
before your father passed?
1097
00:51:53,945 --> 00:51:56,113
Yeah, it's been a while.
I live in LA now.
1098
00:51:56,864 --> 00:51:58,407
Oh! Hollywood.
1099
00:51:58,491 --> 00:52:00,660
Hey, do you write
for that NCIS?
1100
00:52:01,536 --> 00:52:03,120
Just books.
1101
00:52:03,204 --> 00:52:06,332
Well, you should try to write
for NCIS. It's popular.
1102
00:52:06,415 --> 00:52:08,376
- Well, maybe I will.
- [Maynard chuckles]
1103
00:52:08,459 --> 00:52:10,378
Hey, so, how you been?
1104
00:52:10,461 --> 00:52:12,171
Oh, I'm good. And you?
1105
00:52:12,255 --> 00:52:13,339
- Yeah...
- Mr. Monk.
1106
00:52:13,422 --> 00:52:15,007
What would you like
for dinner?
1107
00:52:17,885 --> 00:52:18,970
Maynard!
1108
00:52:19,053 --> 00:52:20,096
Hi, Lorraine.
1109
00:52:20,888 --> 00:52:22,473
It's been a dog's age.
1110
00:52:23,307 --> 00:52:24,684
Well, I guess it has.
1111
00:52:26,978 --> 00:52:28,145
You look well.
1112
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:30,857
You too.
1113
00:52:30,940 --> 00:52:32,900
[playful music playing]
1114
00:52:33,943 --> 00:52:35,570
Well, I best be getting back.
1115
00:52:35,653 --> 00:52:37,321
It's good to see you,
Thelonious.
1116
00:52:37,405 --> 00:52:38,406
You too.
1117
00:52:41,033 --> 00:52:42,034
Lorraine.
1118
00:52:45,746 --> 00:52:46,914
Mm, mm, mm.
1119
00:52:46,998 --> 00:52:48,958
[playful music continues]
1120
00:52:50,585 --> 00:52:52,545
[chuckling]
1121
00:52:56,632 --> 00:52:57,758
Ain't nothing to smile at.
1122
00:52:57,842 --> 00:53:00,303
[chuckling]
1123
00:53:00,386 --> 00:53:02,889
- [knocking on door]
- [Monk] Oh! There she is.
1124
00:53:02,972 --> 00:53:04,181
Behave yourself.
1125
00:53:11,606 --> 00:53:13,482
[Coraline] Hey. Hi.
1126
00:53:15,276 --> 00:53:17,445
- Got this for you.
- [Monk] Oh, thank you.
1127
00:53:17,528 --> 00:53:19,947
- Lorraine, this is Coraline.
- Oh.
1128
00:53:20,031 --> 00:53:21,324
- Hey.
- Welcome.
1129
00:53:21,407 --> 00:53:22,450
- Yeah, hello.
- Hello.
1130
00:53:22,533 --> 00:53:23,576
Mother, perfect timing.
1131
00:53:23,659 --> 00:53:25,119
This is Coraline.
1132
00:53:25,202 --> 00:53:27,413
Hello, dear, I'm Agnes.
1133
00:53:27,496 --> 00:53:29,582
Such a pleasure to meet you.
I brought you these.
1134
00:53:29,665 --> 00:53:32,501
[gasps] Dahlias
are my favorite.
1135
00:53:32,585 --> 00:53:34,170
There's a whole world
inside them.
1136
00:53:40,176 --> 00:53:41,802
- Lorraine?
- [Lorraine] Yes.
1137
00:53:42,637 --> 00:53:46,057
Mother, you sit here.
1138
00:53:47,975 --> 00:53:49,435
All right.
1139
00:53:49,518 --> 00:53:52,271
And, Coraline, why don't you
sit across from Mother?
1140
00:53:52,355 --> 00:53:53,481
[Coraline] Oh, sure, sure.
1141
00:53:57,902 --> 00:53:58,903
[sighs]
1142
00:53:59,946 --> 00:54:01,405
[Monk] Okay.
1143
00:54:03,658 --> 00:54:05,242
I'm happy you're not white.
1144
00:54:06,285 --> 00:54:07,286
Me too.
1145
00:54:16,170 --> 00:54:18,130
[soft music playing]
1146
00:54:20,174 --> 00:54:21,676
[Monk] Yeah,
it was pretty funny.
1147
00:54:22,885 --> 00:54:24,261
Well, I think you...
1148
00:54:25,429 --> 00:54:27,515
I think you remind her
of my sister.
1149
00:54:28,391 --> 00:54:29,392
[Coraline] Mm.
1150
00:54:30,768 --> 00:54:34,230
Well, do you think
we look alike?
1151
00:54:35,147 --> 00:54:36,232
No, but...
1152
00:54:37,441 --> 00:54:39,151
you're both self-assured...
1153
00:54:40,361 --> 00:54:41,612
and funny...
1154
00:54:42,947 --> 00:54:45,324
and you're both...
1155
00:54:46,450 --> 00:54:48,661
fantastic kissers.
1156
00:54:48,744 --> 00:54:51,205
- Oh. Ooh. [chuckles]
- [chuckles]
1157
00:55:00,423 --> 00:55:01,799
[Lorraine distantly]
Mrs. Ellison?
1158
00:55:04,301 --> 00:55:05,761
Mrs. Ellison?
1159
00:55:08,139 --> 00:55:09,432
Mr. Monk!
1160
00:55:12,893 --> 00:55:15,688
Mr. Monk!
1161
00:55:15,771 --> 00:55:17,106
- I just... I just...
- What's wrong?
1162
00:55:17,189 --> 00:55:18,816
I just stepped outside
for a moment.
1163
00:55:18,899 --> 00:55:20,067
What's wrong?
1164
00:55:20,151 --> 00:55:21,277
Having a cup of coffee
with Maynard,
1165
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:22,778
I was right in front.
1166
00:55:22,862 --> 00:55:23,738
Where's Mother?
1167
00:55:23,821 --> 00:55:24,989
- I don't know!
- What?
1168
00:55:25,072 --> 00:55:26,449
The backdoor was open.
1169
00:55:26,532 --> 00:55:28,117
- She gone.
- What?
1170
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:29,744
We should split up. Here.
1171
00:55:30,745 --> 00:55:32,246
I got more in the car.
1172
00:55:35,332 --> 00:55:36,333
[Monk] Mother!
1173
00:55:37,543 --> 00:55:38,544
Mother!
1174
00:55:39,837 --> 00:55:40,838
Mother!
1175
00:55:42,048 --> 00:55:43,049
Mother!
1176
00:55:43,966 --> 00:55:45,926
[solemn music playing]
1177
00:55:47,595 --> 00:55:48,596
Mother!
1178
00:55:50,806 --> 00:55:51,807
Mother.
1179
00:55:53,559 --> 00:55:55,269
[distantly] Mother!
1180
00:55:57,313 --> 00:55:58,773
Mother! Hey!
1181
00:56:00,232 --> 00:56:01,692
Mother! Mother!
1182
00:56:02,359 --> 00:56:04,028
Hey! Hey, stop!
1183
00:56:04,111 --> 00:56:05,780
Hey! Where are you going?
1184
00:56:05,863 --> 00:56:07,531
Lisa's out there
1185
00:56:07,615 --> 00:56:09,450
roughhousing with the cousins.
Somebody's going to get hurt.
1186
00:56:10,242 --> 00:56:11,911
Stop. Um...
1187
00:56:11,994 --> 00:56:15,289
I will go tell her. Okay?
1188
00:56:15,372 --> 00:56:17,541
- Yeah, but then--
- I'll take you back
to the house
1189
00:56:17,625 --> 00:56:18,667
and then I will go tell her.
1190
00:56:18,751 --> 00:56:19,794
But they're out there.
1191
00:56:19,877 --> 00:56:21,337
I know, I know.
1192
00:56:21,420 --> 00:56:23,339
- Okay, you sure?
- I will tell her.
1193
00:56:23,422 --> 00:56:24,799
- Okay.
- Now, come on.
1194
00:56:24,882 --> 00:56:26,050
It's too cold out here.
1195
00:56:26,133 --> 00:56:27,718
- [Agnes] You should...
- [Monk] Okay.
1196
00:56:27,802 --> 00:56:29,428
[Agnes] Lisa doesn't swim
very well.
1197
00:56:29,512 --> 00:56:31,013
[Monk] I know. I know.
1198
00:56:31,764 --> 00:56:33,516
Okay. Almost there.
1199
00:56:34,517 --> 00:56:35,518
All right.
1200
00:56:36,435 --> 00:56:37,436
[Coraline] Oh, good.
1201
00:56:38,187 --> 00:56:39,730
- Good.
- Here we go.
1202
00:56:41,607 --> 00:56:42,608
[Monk] All right.
1203
00:56:43,359 --> 00:56:44,693
[Agnes] Okay, Monkie.
1204
00:56:44,777 --> 00:56:45,820
[Monk] All right.
1205
00:56:52,451 --> 00:56:54,995
And this is our library.
1206
00:56:55,079 --> 00:56:57,873
It's full of all the classics.
And we try to get some
1207
00:56:57,957 --> 00:56:58,958
new releases too.
1208
00:57:02,211 --> 00:57:04,046
Do you like to read,
Mrs. Ellison?
1209
00:57:04,130 --> 00:57:05,131
No.
1210
00:57:05,548 --> 00:57:07,091
That's not true.
1211
00:57:07,174 --> 00:57:09,135
She loves to read.
She taught me to love reading.
1212
00:57:09,969 --> 00:57:10,970
Perhaps we can get
1213
00:57:11,053 --> 00:57:12,221
some of your son's books
in here.
1214
00:57:12,304 --> 00:57:13,556
And you can lead a book club.
1215
00:57:13,639 --> 00:57:14,640
[Agnes] Hm.
1216
00:57:18,352 --> 00:57:19,937
Sorry.
1217
00:57:20,020 --> 00:57:22,106
It's fine. It's hard for a lot
of the residents at first.
1218
00:57:22,189 --> 00:57:23,607
But she'll settle in.
1219
00:57:23,691 --> 00:57:24,817
Right.
1220
00:57:26,443 --> 00:57:28,195
I appreciate all your help,
1221
00:57:28,279 --> 00:57:30,906
but how soon do you think
we can get her in?
1222
00:57:30,990 --> 00:57:32,575
Uh, in about a month.
1223
00:57:32,658 --> 00:57:34,743
You can start the paperwork
today if you'd like.
1224
00:57:34,827 --> 00:57:36,537
- Great. I'd like that.
- [cell phone ringing]
1225
00:57:37,997 --> 00:57:39,456
I'll go check
on your mom, okay?
1226
00:57:39,540 --> 00:57:40,541
Thank you.
1227
00:57:40,624 --> 00:57:42,334
[cell phone ringing]
1228
00:57:42,418 --> 00:57:43,752
[pensive music playing]
1229
00:57:45,129 --> 00:57:47,047
- Hello?
- [Carl] Hey, Thelonious.
1230
00:57:47,131 --> 00:57:48,757
How you doing?
My name is Carl Brunt.
1231
00:57:49,466 --> 00:57:50,634
I am the director
1232
00:57:50,718 --> 00:57:52,303
of the New England
Book Association.
1233
00:57:52,386 --> 00:57:54,889
Hi, Carl. I know who you are.
1234
00:57:54,972 --> 00:57:57,224
[Carl] Oh, good.
Then perhaps you'll also know
1235
00:57:57,308 --> 00:57:59,310
that each year
my organization bestows
1236
00:57:59,393 --> 00:58:03,105
the somewhat pretentiously
named Literary Award.
1237
00:58:03,189 --> 00:58:06,025
Every writer knows
the Literary Award, Carl.
1238
00:58:06,108 --> 00:58:07,985
Especially those of us
who haven't won it.
1239
00:58:08,068 --> 00:58:11,113
[chuckles] Yeah. Yeah.
1240
00:58:11,197 --> 00:58:13,782
Well, that's sort of related
to why I'm calling.
1241
00:58:13,866 --> 00:58:15,409
Like many
American institutions,
1242
00:58:15,492 --> 00:58:17,244
mine was recently rattled
by the notion
1243
00:58:17,328 --> 00:58:19,079
that our lack of diversity
1244
00:58:19,163 --> 00:58:21,457
had led to a blind spot
in our work.
1245
00:58:21,540 --> 00:58:24,168
So, you know, we're kind
of trying to remedy that.
1246
00:58:24,251 --> 00:58:25,294
And to that end,
I was wondering
1247
00:58:25,377 --> 00:58:26,754
how you might feel
1248
00:58:27,004 --> 00:58:28,631
about being a judge
in this year's award ceremony?
1249
00:58:29,882 --> 00:58:32,718
Um, let me say first,
1250
00:58:32,801 --> 00:58:35,012
Carl, that I'm honored
you choose me
1251
00:58:35,095 --> 00:58:37,765
out of all the Black writers
you could go to out of fear
1252
00:58:37,848 --> 00:58:38,974
of being called racist.
1253
00:58:39,058 --> 00:58:41,185
Yeah, you're very welcome.
1254
00:58:41,268 --> 00:58:44,897
But I think this sounds
like a lot of work.
1255
00:58:44,980 --> 00:58:46,440
Yeah, I can't deny that.
1256
00:58:46,523 --> 00:58:48,442
I mean, you're going to have
to read dozens of books.
1257
00:58:48,525 --> 00:58:50,527
We could offer you
a modest stipend.
1258
00:58:51,445 --> 00:58:52,446
Even so, I'm not sure.
1259
00:58:53,072 --> 00:58:54,240
[Carl] Okay.
1260
00:58:54,323 --> 00:58:55,741
One of the crass perk
I reference
1261
00:58:55,824 --> 00:58:57,451
when people are kind of
on the fence like this
1262
00:58:57,534 --> 00:58:59,328
is that this will allow you
the opportunity
1263
00:58:59,411 --> 00:59:01,580
to literally judge
these other writers for once,
1264
00:59:01,664 --> 00:59:02,831
rather than just figuratively.
1265
00:59:04,458 --> 00:59:05,751
All right, I'm in.
1266
00:59:05,834 --> 00:59:07,169
[Carl] Well, fantastic. Okay.
1267
00:59:07,378 --> 00:59:09,922
Great. So you're going
to be one of five judges.
1268
00:59:10,005 --> 00:59:12,591
Uh, the only one
we have confirmed so far
1269
00:59:12,675 --> 00:59:13,968
is Sintara Golden.
1270
00:59:14,051 --> 00:59:15,386
Are you familiar
with Sintara Golden's work?
1271
00:59:15,469 --> 00:59:16,804
[dramatic music plays]
1272
00:59:18,264 --> 00:59:19,723
Vaguely.
1273
00:59:19,807 --> 00:59:21,183
[Carl] Oh, she's great.
You're going to love her, man.
1274
00:59:24,937 --> 00:59:26,188
[soft music playing]
1275
00:59:27,564 --> 00:59:30,484
[Lorraine] I brought you lunch,
Mr. Monk.
1276
00:59:31,694 --> 00:59:32,778
Oh, wow.
1277
00:59:36,031 --> 00:59:37,408
To what do I owe the pleasure?
1278
00:59:37,491 --> 00:59:40,077
[Lorraine] Well,
I have a favor to ask.
1279
00:59:42,788 --> 00:59:44,206
I was wondering
if I might be able
1280
00:59:44,290 --> 00:59:45,791
to take the afternoon off.
1281
00:59:47,334 --> 00:59:49,253
Maynard just came in
from the beach.
1282
00:59:49,336 --> 00:59:50,921
And we thought
it might be nice
1283
00:59:51,005 --> 00:59:52,506
to visit a museum.
1284
00:59:52,589 --> 00:59:54,300
Yes, of course.
1285
00:59:54,383 --> 00:59:56,385
I'm free today,
so I can look after Mother.
1286
01:00:01,807 --> 01:00:02,808
Lorraine.
1287
01:00:03,809 --> 01:00:04,852
[Lorraine] Hm?
1288
01:00:04,935 --> 01:00:05,936
You really like him, huh?
1289
01:00:08,647 --> 01:00:09,815
He's a fine man.
1290
01:00:10,566 --> 01:00:12,526
[gentle music continues]
1291
01:00:15,195 --> 01:00:17,156
[cell phone ringing]
1292
01:00:19,658 --> 01:00:20,659
Yeah.
1293
01:00:22,244 --> 01:00:24,079
[Arthur] Page seven.
It's got like 12.
1294
01:00:25,414 --> 01:00:29,168
[chuckles]
The guests of honor.
1295
01:00:29,251 --> 01:00:32,421
Hello, Mrs. Ellison.
Looking beautiful as ever.
1296
01:00:32,504 --> 01:00:33,797
Hello, Arthur.
1297
01:00:36,383 --> 01:00:38,135
Layne, would you
take Mrs. Ellison
to the kitchen,
1298
01:00:38,218 --> 01:00:39,762
and set her up with some tea?
1299
01:00:39,845 --> 01:00:40,971
Right this way, ma'am.
1300
01:00:41,055 --> 01:00:42,056
Mother, I won't be long.
1301
01:00:42,890 --> 01:00:44,016
[Agnes] Take your time.
1302
01:00:45,351 --> 01:00:46,518
- Thank you.
- [Layne] Mm-hm.
1303
01:00:47,436 --> 01:00:48,812
- Not the pods.
- [exhales]
1304
01:00:48,896 --> 01:00:51,023
The good tea, for guests.
1305
01:00:53,359 --> 01:00:55,444
What is this?
I told you to dress street.
1306
01:00:55,527 --> 01:00:58,030
- I did.
- Fucking Sesame Street.
1307
01:00:59,490 --> 01:01:01,283
What's this guy's name?
1308
01:01:01,367 --> 01:01:03,619
- Willy?
- Wiley. Wiley Valdespino.
1309
01:01:03,702 --> 01:01:06,455
He specializes
in Oscar-baity "issue" movies.
1310
01:01:06,538 --> 01:01:08,999
He did the Middle Passage
one last year.
1311
01:01:09,083 --> 01:01:10,292
[Monk] Somehow
I didn't see that.
1312
01:01:10,376 --> 01:01:11,710
Of course, not.
You're not lobotomized.
1313
01:01:11,794 --> 01:01:13,170
But if he adapts your book,
1314
01:01:13,253 --> 01:01:14,922
you stand to make
a lot of money.
1315
01:01:15,005 --> 01:01:16,548
Why can't we just do
a phone call?
1316
01:01:16,632 --> 01:01:18,425
Well, he said if he's going
to cut a check this large,
1317
01:01:18,509 --> 01:01:20,135
then he needs
to meet in person.
1318
01:01:20,219 --> 01:01:21,220
All right.
1319
01:01:22,054 --> 01:01:23,972
[sighs] What do I need to do?
1320
01:01:24,056 --> 01:01:25,099
Just make him like you.
1321
01:01:25,182 --> 01:01:26,433
When I talked to him,
1322
01:01:26,517 --> 01:01:28,185
he seemed thrilled
that you're a fugitive.
1323
01:01:28,268 --> 01:01:29,603
Just, you know, play that up.
1324
01:01:29,686 --> 01:01:30,979
But what if he recognizes me?
1325
01:01:31,063 --> 01:01:32,189
- [Arthur] You?
- Yeah, the real me.
1326
01:01:32,272 --> 01:01:34,441
Monk, you're not that famous.
1327
01:01:34,525 --> 01:01:35,943
And nobody in Hollywood reads.
1328
01:01:36,026 --> 01:01:37,736
They got their assistants
to read things,
1329
01:01:37,820 --> 01:01:38,946
and then summarize them.
1330
01:01:39,029 --> 01:01:40,697
The whole town runs
on book reports.
1331
01:01:42,282 --> 01:01:43,784
You sure you can look
after my mother?
1332
01:01:43,867 --> 01:01:45,119
She won't leave my sight.
1333
01:01:45,202 --> 01:01:46,745
You'll just be
across the street, anyway.
1334
01:01:47,996 --> 01:01:49,123
[Monk] Across the street.
1335
01:01:49,206 --> 01:01:50,207
You should go. You'll be late.
1336
01:01:51,166 --> 01:01:52,418
He's waiting for you.
1337
01:01:54,294 --> 01:01:56,046
Well...
1338
01:01:56,130 --> 01:01:59,675
if he, uh,
wants the stereotype,
1339
01:01:59,758 --> 01:02:00,884
[clears throat]
1340
01:02:00,968 --> 01:02:02,052
maybe it's better I'm late.
1341
01:02:03,303 --> 01:02:05,264
[lively music playing]
1342
01:02:27,786 --> 01:02:29,163
Stagg, I presume?
1343
01:02:30,038 --> 01:02:31,039
That's me.
1344
01:02:31,123 --> 01:02:33,208
Hey, I'm Wiley.
1345
01:02:33,292 --> 01:02:34,293
Nice to meet you, brother.
1346
01:02:38,672 --> 01:02:39,673
[Monk clears throat]
1347
01:02:41,633 --> 01:02:43,302
Sorry about
the bougie restaurant.
1348
01:02:43,385 --> 01:02:45,262
My assistant picked it.
1349
01:02:45,345 --> 01:02:47,556
We can go somewhere else
if you're uncomfortable.
1350
01:02:47,639 --> 01:02:49,057
- This is fine.
- Okay.
1351
01:02:50,767 --> 01:02:51,768
What are you drinking?
1352
01:02:52,603 --> 01:02:53,604
[Monk sighs]
1353
01:02:54,396 --> 01:02:55,898
I'll have a Chenin Blanc.
1354
01:02:55,981 --> 01:02:57,149
[server] All right.
1355
01:02:57,232 --> 01:02:58,233
Of your driest.
1356
01:02:58,901 --> 01:03:00,152
[chuckles]
1357
01:03:00,235 --> 01:03:02,279
[Monk] Well, what's funny?
1358
01:03:02,362 --> 01:03:04,156
Ah, it's just a strange order
for a guy like you.
1359
01:03:04,948 --> 01:03:06,450
Why is that?
1360
01:03:06,533 --> 01:03:08,827
Well, you don't see many
convicts drinking white wine.
1361
01:03:09,703 --> 01:03:11,872
You know many convicts?
1362
01:03:11,955 --> 01:03:13,081
You'd be surprised.
1363
01:03:13,165 --> 01:03:15,584
I spent a month
in the joint myself.
1364
01:03:15,667 --> 01:03:16,960
It was some interstate
commerce shit.
1365
01:03:17,044 --> 01:03:18,378
It was a short stay,
but I'll tell you what,
1366
01:03:19,296 --> 01:03:21,089
that experience grounded me.
1367
01:03:21,173 --> 01:03:22,925
The people I met in there
allowed me to see
1368
01:03:23,008 --> 01:03:25,469
a whole world
of underrepresented stories
1369
01:03:25,552 --> 01:03:27,471
from underrepresented
storytellers.
1370
01:03:29,097 --> 01:03:30,557
Can I ask
what you were in for?
1371
01:03:30,641 --> 01:03:33,769
I don't like to talk
about that.
1372
01:03:35,103 --> 01:03:36,104
You feel me?
1373
01:03:36,647 --> 01:03:37,648
Was it murder?
1374
01:03:38,524 --> 01:03:39,900
You said that, not me.
1375
01:03:41,151 --> 01:03:42,152
[Wiley sighs]
1376
01:03:43,111 --> 01:03:44,363
You know,
1377
01:03:44,446 --> 01:03:46,114
I got to tell you,
before you showed up,
1378
01:03:46,198 --> 01:03:49,034
I was a little worried
you might be a phony.
1379
01:03:49,117 --> 01:03:50,577
A lot of fakes in Hollywood.
1380
01:03:50,661 --> 01:03:52,079
Well, I'm not from Hollywood.
1381
01:03:52,162 --> 01:03:53,497
Yeah, yeah, no.
That's obvious.
1382
01:03:53,580 --> 01:03:54,873
That's obvious.
1383
01:03:54,957 --> 01:03:57,125
Clearly, you're cut
from a different cloth
1384
01:03:57,209 --> 01:03:58,210
than your average...
1385
01:03:59,211 --> 01:04:00,462
screenwriter.
1386
01:04:00,546 --> 01:04:01,755
- Let me ask you...
- [distant siren wailing]
1387
01:04:01,838 --> 01:04:03,173
I know they sent you
some of my stuff.
1388
01:04:03,257 --> 01:04:04,967
Did you have a chance
to see any of my movies?
1389
01:04:07,469 --> 01:04:09,346
[hesitates] Sorry,
what did you say?
1390
01:04:09,429 --> 01:04:10,430
Have you seen
any of my movies?
1391
01:04:11,139 --> 01:04:12,933
Uh, no.
1392
01:04:13,016 --> 01:04:14,142
Okay.
1393
01:04:14,226 --> 01:04:15,561
Well, look, what I like to do
1394
01:04:15,644 --> 01:04:19,398
is I like to pair genre
with real-world pathos.
1395
01:04:19,481 --> 01:04:21,024
It kind of elevates things.
1396
01:04:21,108 --> 01:04:22,276
You might be interested
in this one
1397
01:04:22,359 --> 01:04:23,443
we're about to shoot actually.
1398
01:04:24,361 --> 01:04:26,154
It's about this white couple.
1399
01:04:26,238 --> 01:04:28,949
They get married on an old
plantation in Louisiana.
1400
01:04:29,032 --> 01:04:30,701
Then all the slave ghosts
come back,
1401
01:04:30,784 --> 01:04:31,868
and they murder everyone.
1402
01:04:31,952 --> 01:04:33,912
- Dear God.
- [Wiley] I know. I know.
1403
01:04:33,996 --> 01:04:35,414
- It's great, right?
- [siren wailing]
1404
01:04:35,497 --> 01:04:37,082
It's called
Plantation Annihilation.
1405
01:04:37,165 --> 01:04:39,376
Ryan Reynolds is going
to get decapitated
1406
01:04:39,459 --> 01:04:41,503
with an afro pick
in the opening scene.
1407
01:04:41,587 --> 01:04:42,921
[gags] He's a friend.
1408
01:04:43,589 --> 01:04:44,590
[Monk] Got to go.
1409
01:04:47,467 --> 01:04:49,469
[frantic music playing]
1410
01:04:51,305 --> 01:04:53,181
[breathing heavily]
1411
01:04:55,642 --> 01:04:59,104
Mother. Mother.
Mother. Mother!
1412
01:05:04,985 --> 01:05:06,987
[mellow music playing]
1413
01:05:10,991 --> 01:05:12,826
Some ad exec
on the third floor
1414
01:05:12,909 --> 01:05:14,119
- had an aneurysm.
- [urinating]
1415
01:05:14,202 --> 01:05:15,871
- Awful.
- I know.
1416
01:05:15,954 --> 01:05:17,414
Imagine exploding your brain
1417
01:05:17,497 --> 01:05:19,333
trying to think
of a toilet paper commercial.
1418
01:05:21,501 --> 01:05:23,003
I assume Wiley
isn't interested.
1419
01:05:23,086 --> 01:05:26,048
I sprinted out of there
like a complete maniac.
1420
01:05:26,131 --> 01:05:29,885
Actually, he's offering
$4 million for the rights.
1421
01:05:29,968 --> 01:05:32,179
- What?
- [chuckles] Yeah, man.
1422
01:05:32,262 --> 01:05:33,597
He called you the real deal.
1423
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:34,931
Said you took off the moment
1424
01:05:35,015 --> 01:05:36,224
- you heard police sirens.
- [zipper zips]
1425
01:05:37,309 --> 01:05:39,770
The dumber I behave,
the richer I get.
1426
01:05:39,853 --> 01:05:42,230
Now you know why my parents
moved here from Puerto Rico.
1427
01:05:43,565 --> 01:05:45,942
[urinal flushes]
1428
01:05:46,026 --> 01:05:48,111
[Wilson over screen] I mean,
we can't be expected to read
1429
01:05:48,195 --> 01:05:51,156
every novel
all the way through, right?
1430
01:05:51,239 --> 01:05:53,158
No, people have worked hard
on these books.
1431
01:05:53,241 --> 01:05:54,409
And we have to respect that.
1432
01:05:54,493 --> 01:05:56,119
Well, hard work
doesn't demand respect.
1433
01:05:56,203 --> 01:05:57,329
I mean, you know,
1434
01:05:57,537 --> 01:05:58,872
people worked hard
on the Third Reich .
1435
01:05:58,955 --> 01:06:02,793
Yeah, well, I feel
that we owe it to them
1436
01:06:02,876 --> 01:06:04,211
to read every page.
1437
01:06:04,294 --> 01:06:05,754
That is such horseshit.
1438
01:06:05,837 --> 01:06:07,506
I mean,
most of it's going to be
1439
01:06:07,589 --> 01:06:09,883
that Knausgard
auto-fiction crap, anyhow.
1440
01:06:09,966 --> 01:06:11,093
I tell you something
right now,
1441
01:06:11,176 --> 01:06:12,636
I'm not reading 600 pages
1442
01:06:12,719 --> 01:06:14,388
about some pretentious
jackwagon
1443
01:06:14,471 --> 01:06:15,764
discovering masturbation.
1444
01:06:15,847 --> 01:06:17,265
Sorry.
1445
01:06:17,349 --> 01:06:19,685
Okay, look, I think
we're all experienced enough
1446
01:06:19,768 --> 01:06:21,144
to assess the general quality
1447
01:06:21,228 --> 01:06:23,021
of something within 100 pages.
1448
01:06:24,147 --> 01:06:25,524
If you want
to read beyond that,
1449
01:06:25,607 --> 01:06:26,775
that's your prerogative.
1450
01:06:26,858 --> 01:06:29,361
[sighs] Well,
how do you feel, Monk?
1451
01:06:29,444 --> 01:06:32,197
Um, I agree
with Sintara, actually.
1452
01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:34,449
I think 100 pages
is sufficient.
1453
01:06:34,533 --> 01:06:36,326
You know, this is
all a crock, anyway.
1454
01:06:36,410 --> 01:06:38,954
I mean, pitting art
against other art for awards,
1455
01:06:39,037 --> 01:06:40,706
like, it's not subjective.
1456
01:06:40,789 --> 01:06:42,416
It's absurd.
1457
01:06:42,499 --> 01:06:44,251
Then why did you agree to be
a judge if you feel that way?
1458
01:06:44,334 --> 01:06:47,129
Well, because it's either me
or some other Brooklyn hack
1459
01:06:47,212 --> 01:06:48,338
who doesn't think
there's a world
1460
01:06:48,422 --> 01:06:50,006
beyond the Hudson River,
Ailene.
1461
01:06:50,090 --> 01:06:53,760
It's the East River
if you're in Brooklyn, Daniel.
1462
01:06:53,844 --> 01:06:54,678
[Sintara] You know what,
1463
01:06:54,761 --> 01:06:56,388
art is subjective.
1464
01:06:56,471 --> 01:06:59,099
But I think
this is an opportunity
1465
01:06:59,182 --> 01:07:03,395
to highlight books that may
otherwise be undervalued.
1466
01:07:03,478 --> 01:07:05,647
Book sales are plummeting
right now.
1467
01:07:05,731 --> 01:07:08,108
So, perhaps this award
can give someone
1468
01:07:08,191 --> 01:07:10,318
a real chance at a career
in this industry.
1469
01:07:12,237 --> 01:07:13,238
Hear, hear.
1470
01:07:14,531 --> 01:07:15,866
Um...
1471
01:07:15,949 --> 01:07:17,409
Where do you want this,
Mother?
1472
01:07:18,660 --> 01:07:20,036
Thought it might
look nice here
1473
01:07:20,120 --> 01:07:21,163
with this natural light.
1474
01:07:22,122 --> 01:07:23,290
I don't care.
1475
01:07:23,373 --> 01:07:25,125
I never liked
that painting, anyway.
1476
01:07:25,208 --> 01:07:27,002
[classical music playing
over speakers faintly]
1477
01:07:27,085 --> 01:07:28,420
Okay.
1478
01:07:28,503 --> 01:07:31,381
Uh, well, I'll bring
some more art
1479
01:07:31,465 --> 01:07:32,716
from home next week.
1480
01:07:32,799 --> 01:07:35,218
And you just tell me
the pieces you like,
1481
01:07:35,302 --> 01:07:37,220
- and I'll bring them.
- [knocking on door]
1482
01:07:37,304 --> 01:07:39,514
[orderly] We've got your lunch
ready for you, Mrs. Ellison.
1483
01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:43,518
Oh, it looks great.
What is it?
1484
01:07:43,602 --> 01:07:46,813
It's roasted turkey
and Havarti on 12-grain.
1485
01:07:48,148 --> 01:07:49,691
Sounds delicious.
1486
01:07:49,775 --> 01:07:52,360
Mrs. Ellison prefers
white bread.
1487
01:07:52,444 --> 01:07:53,779
And she doesn't like
the crust.
1488
01:07:54,613 --> 01:07:55,989
As much as this place costs,
1489
01:07:56,072 --> 01:07:57,783
y'all should get
the sandwiches right.
1490
01:07:57,866 --> 01:07:59,868
I'll make sure
that we take care of that
1491
01:07:59,951 --> 01:08:01,119
from now on, okay?
1492
01:08:01,203 --> 01:08:03,497
And enjoy your lunch,
Mrs. Ellison.
1493
01:08:06,541 --> 01:08:07,542
[door closes]
1494
01:08:13,882 --> 01:08:14,883
I'm getting married.
1495
01:08:15,759 --> 01:08:16,760
- Shut up.
- What?
1496
01:08:19,221 --> 01:08:22,015
I didn't say nothing earlier.
I was just so sad.
1497
01:08:22,098 --> 01:08:26,561
But Maynard
asked me yesterday.
1498
01:08:26,645 --> 01:08:30,649
- [Monk chuckles]
- Lorraine, that's amazing.
1499
01:08:30,732 --> 01:08:32,651
- I mean, let's celebrate.
- [Lorraine] Mm-mm!
1500
01:08:32,734 --> 01:08:34,736
Just too much excitement.
1501
01:08:34,820 --> 01:08:36,863
I don't like being
the center of attention.
1502
01:08:36,947 --> 01:08:38,782
Well, you deserve it,
Lorraine.
1503
01:08:38,865 --> 01:08:41,117
And Maynard is a lucky man.
1504
01:08:41,201 --> 01:08:42,202
[chuckles]
1505
01:08:45,455 --> 01:08:46,915
Do you think you'd be willing
1506
01:08:46,998 --> 01:08:48,917
to walk me
down the aisle, Mr. Monk?
1507
01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:51,002
[music playing softly]
1508
01:08:52,796 --> 01:08:53,797
I'd be honored.
1509
01:08:59,052 --> 01:09:01,805
Wow. Wow. [chuckles]
1510
01:09:04,891 --> 01:09:06,101
[Paula over phone]
We are wildly excited
1511
01:09:06,184 --> 01:09:07,602
to help you get
My Pafology out.
1512
01:09:07,686 --> 01:09:09,396
The marketing team
has all kinds
1513
01:09:09,479 --> 01:09:11,481
of great ideas
to help you sell it.
1514
01:09:11,565 --> 01:09:13,733
Great. We're excited to hear.
1515
01:09:13,817 --> 01:09:15,360
John Bosco is the head
of the department.
1516
01:09:15,443 --> 01:09:16,486
I will let him tell you more.
1517
01:09:17,070 --> 01:09:18,071
Hi, Stagg.
1518
01:09:19,155 --> 01:09:20,240
Hello.
1519
01:09:20,323 --> 01:09:22,158
Nice to finally meet you,
my man.
1520
01:09:22,868 --> 01:09:24,995
Listen, I love the book.
1521
01:09:25,078 --> 01:09:28,248
And we are going
to sell many, many copies.
1522
01:09:28,331 --> 01:09:30,584
There's already so much buzz
because of the movie deal.
1523
01:09:30,667 --> 01:09:32,919
And we just want to keep
that momentum going.
1524
01:09:33,003 --> 01:09:34,754
I spoke to Wiley yesterday.
1525
01:09:34,838 --> 01:09:36,715
He says Michael B. Jordan
is circling.
1526
01:09:36,798 --> 01:09:38,049
[Paula] We heard.
1527
01:09:38,133 --> 01:09:39,217
We think he would
be absolutely perfect.
1528
01:09:39,301 --> 01:09:40,427
You know, this book,
1529
01:09:40,510 --> 01:09:42,470
it's awards-bait
with a capital B.
1530
01:09:42,554 --> 01:09:44,347
And we're thinking
that if Michael does sign on,
1531
01:09:44,431 --> 01:09:45,599
we want to put him
on the cover
1532
01:09:45,682 --> 01:09:47,809
in one of those, um, scarves,
1533
01:09:47,893 --> 01:09:49,436
I guess you would call them,
tied round his head.
1534
01:09:50,353 --> 01:09:51,605
A durag?
1535
01:09:51,813 --> 01:09:54,441
[John] Durag. That's it.
Durag and a tank top
1536
01:09:54,524 --> 01:09:55,775
with the muscles showing.
1537
01:09:55,859 --> 01:09:57,235
Ooh, somebody call
the fire department.
1538
01:09:57,319 --> 01:09:58,361
- [John] Yummy.
- [John and Paula laughing]
1539
01:09:58,445 --> 01:09:59,571
[imitates gunshot]
1540
01:09:59,654 --> 01:10:01,740
Shit. Sorry. Your dad. Sorry.
1541
01:10:01,823 --> 01:10:04,117
[John] So listen,
for a release date,
1542
01:10:04,200 --> 01:10:05,785
we're thinking of rushing it,
1543
01:10:05,869 --> 01:10:07,120
so that we can get it out
in time
1544
01:10:07,203 --> 01:10:08,121
- for Juneteenth.
- Yeah.
1545
01:10:08,204 --> 01:10:09,706
Juneteenth?
1546
01:10:09,789 --> 01:10:12,584
[John] We're thinking of making
a big holiday push.
1547
01:10:12,667 --> 01:10:14,252
Black people
will be celebrating,
1548
01:10:14,336 --> 01:10:15,921
white people will be feeling,
1549
01:10:16,004 --> 01:10:18,882
let's be honest,
a little conscious-stricken.
1550
01:10:18,965 --> 01:10:21,009
We think it's going to be
a huge moment for your book.
1551
01:10:21,092 --> 01:10:22,135
[Monk groans]
1552
01:10:22,218 --> 01:10:23,345
- [Paula chuckles]
- So, Stagg,
1553
01:10:23,428 --> 01:10:24,804
are you so, so happy?
1554
01:10:26,348 --> 01:10:29,809
We think it's great,
John, really. Amazing.
1555
01:10:31,186 --> 01:10:32,479
Yeah, it's, uh...
1556
01:10:33,605 --> 01:10:34,606
It's great.
1557
01:10:35,649 --> 01:10:38,902
And, you know,
I've got an idea
1558
01:10:38,985 --> 01:10:40,987
I want to share with you two.
1559
01:10:41,071 --> 01:10:42,405
[Paula] Oh, well,
1560
01:10:42,489 --> 01:10:43,782
I mean, we always love
to hear great ideas.
1561
01:10:43,865 --> 01:10:45,200
- [John] Oh, yeah, cool.
- [Paula] Yeah.
1562
01:10:45,283 --> 01:10:46,618
I want to change the title.
1563
01:10:47,535 --> 01:10:48,662
Uh...
1564
01:10:48,745 --> 01:10:49,829
- I don't...
- Okay.
1565
01:10:49,913 --> 01:10:51,373
Um, well, just to be clear,
1566
01:10:51,456 --> 01:10:53,041
we really do love
1567
01:10:53,124 --> 01:10:54,459
- My Pafology.
- Love it.
1568
01:10:54,542 --> 01:10:56,670
It's got that whole
Irvine Welsh
1569
01:10:56,753 --> 01:10:58,880
- proletarian vernacular thing.
- Yeah.
1570
01:10:58,964 --> 01:11:00,632
[Monk] No,
and that's why I think
1571
01:11:00,715 --> 01:11:02,926
you're going to love
this new title even more.
1572
01:11:03,885 --> 01:11:05,220
Well, okay, you know what,
1573
01:11:05,303 --> 01:11:08,807
we're always happy
to hear new ideas.
1574
01:11:08,890 --> 01:11:10,266
What did you have in mind?
1575
01:11:10,350 --> 01:11:11,351
Fuck.
1576
01:11:17,482 --> 01:11:18,441
[Paula stammers]
1577
01:11:18,525 --> 01:11:19,818
I'm sorry. Pardon me.
1578
01:11:19,901 --> 01:11:20,902
Fuck.
1579
01:11:22,237 --> 01:11:23,780
I want to call it Fuck.
1580
01:11:24,906 --> 01:11:26,992
[laughs nervously]
1581
01:11:27,075 --> 01:11:28,994
- What are you doing?
- Screw these idiots.
1582
01:11:29,077 --> 01:11:30,245
- Stop it.
- No.
1583
01:11:32,831 --> 01:11:35,834
[Paula] So, Stagg, what about,
uh, like, Damn?
1584
01:11:35,917 --> 01:11:38,378
- [John] Mm-hm.
- [Paula] Damn? Or Hell?
1585
01:11:39,379 --> 01:11:40,714
Nah. Fuck.
1586
01:11:40,797 --> 01:11:42,924
Okay, that's cool. Uh...
1587
01:11:43,008 --> 01:11:46,636
But maybe we could do that
with a PH instead
1588
01:11:46,720 --> 01:11:47,804
because that would
be more palatable...
1589
01:11:47,887 --> 01:11:49,097
- Yes. Yes.
- ...to our sellers.
1590
01:11:49,180 --> 01:11:51,016
I don't care about all that.
1591
01:11:51,099 --> 01:11:54,269
And if you don't change
the title, the deal is off.
1592
01:11:54,352 --> 01:11:55,812
- Oh, yeah. No.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
1593
01:11:55,895 --> 01:11:58,773
- There's no need to be hasty.
- No, no, no.
1594
01:11:59,524 --> 01:12:00,525
You know what?
1595
01:12:01,526 --> 01:12:02,402
Why don't we--
1596
01:12:02,485 --> 01:12:03,528
Juts give us a second
1597
01:12:03,611 --> 01:12:06,281
and, um, a moment
1598
01:12:06,364 --> 01:12:08,199
and we will get right back
to you, okay?
1599
01:12:08,950 --> 01:12:10,201
What are you doing?
1600
01:12:10,285 --> 01:12:11,661
What are you doing?
This is ridiculous.
1601
01:12:11,745 --> 01:12:12,912
Do you know how much money
we're talking about?
1602
01:12:12,996 --> 01:12:14,289
I don't care,
I'm shutting it down.
1603
01:12:14,372 --> 01:12:15,707
- Shutting it-- Come on.
- Shutting it down.
1604
01:12:15,790 --> 01:12:17,000
- [Paula] Are you there?
- Please, just...
1605
01:12:18,877 --> 01:12:20,295
- [button clicks]
- We're here.
1606
01:12:21,337 --> 01:12:22,338
Let's do it.
1607
01:12:23,131 --> 01:12:24,132
- What?
- What?
1608
01:12:24,632 --> 01:12:25,759
Yeah. We discussed it,
1609
01:12:25,842 --> 01:12:26,968
and we think it is very
in your face
1610
01:12:27,052 --> 01:12:28,553
in the best way possible.
1611
01:12:28,636 --> 01:12:30,221
[John] It is very, uh...
1612
01:12:31,431 --> 01:12:32,682
- [Paula stammers]
- Uh...
1613
01:12:33,933 --> 01:12:35,393
- Black?
- [John] That's it.
1614
01:12:35,477 --> 01:12:36,644
Yes, that's it.
1615
01:12:36,728 --> 01:12:38,063
I'm happy you said it,
and not me.
1616
01:12:38,146 --> 01:12:39,898
[Paula and John laughing]
1617
01:12:39,981 --> 01:12:41,232
[Paula] Oh, fuck.
1618
01:12:41,316 --> 01:12:42,525
- It's fucking great, Stagg.
- I love it.
1619
01:12:42,609 --> 01:12:44,152
- Yes. [chuckles]
- Oh, my...
1620
01:12:44,235 --> 01:12:46,237
You know,
it's so brave actually.
1621
01:12:52,160 --> 01:12:53,078
[Coraline] I'm exhausted.
1622
01:12:53,161 --> 01:12:54,412
Yeah, me too.
1623
01:12:55,497 --> 01:12:57,123
I got to stay up
a few more hours
1624
01:12:57,207 --> 01:12:58,458
reading these books for...
1625
01:12:58,541 --> 01:13:00,502
[water splashing]
1626
01:13:10,261 --> 01:13:11,304
Hey.
1627
01:13:12,388 --> 01:13:13,389
Hey.
1628
01:13:14,808 --> 01:13:16,309
Hey. Hey!
1629
01:13:17,560 --> 01:13:19,604
[Cliff] Bro. Oh, shit.
1630
01:13:19,687 --> 01:13:20,688
What are you doing here?
1631
01:13:21,815 --> 01:13:23,358
What am I doing here?
- What are you doing here?
1632
01:13:23,441 --> 01:13:24,442
What do you mean,
what am I doing?
1633
01:13:24,526 --> 01:13:25,401
Why are you in town?
1634
01:13:25,485 --> 01:13:27,070
I came to see our mother.
1635
01:13:27,153 --> 01:13:29,322
Ain't that what you been
calling me about
for weeks now?
1636
01:13:29,405 --> 01:13:30,406
[Cliff breathing heavily]
1637
01:13:31,825 --> 01:13:32,784
What happened to your eye?
1638
01:13:32,867 --> 01:13:35,245
- I got into a fight.
- Yeah.
1639
01:13:35,328 --> 01:13:36,788
Well, get out of the pool.
1640
01:13:36,871 --> 01:13:38,164
- You're making a mess.
- I don't want
1641
01:13:38,248 --> 01:13:39,916
to get out of the pool.
I'm a grown-ass man.
1642
01:13:39,999 --> 01:13:41,126
This your girlfriend?
1643
01:13:41,209 --> 01:13:43,086
Yeah, you scared
the shit out of her.
1644
01:13:43,169 --> 01:13:44,796
I'm Coraline.
1645
01:13:45,713 --> 01:13:46,965
Hi, Coraline.
1646
01:13:47,048 --> 01:13:48,341
At least she's not
white again.
1647
01:13:48,424 --> 01:13:50,468
- [Coraline chuckles]
- Your wife was white.
1648
01:13:50,552 --> 01:13:52,303
My wife was a beard.
Beards don't count.
1649
01:13:52,387 --> 01:13:53,263
Well, get out.
1650
01:13:53,346 --> 01:13:54,764
You fucking menace.
1651
01:13:54,848 --> 01:13:55,932
You'll wake the neighbors.
1652
01:13:56,141 --> 01:13:57,016
[Cliff] You know,
fuck your neighbors!
1653
01:13:57,100 --> 01:13:58,685
And fuck your clean pool!
1654
01:13:58,768 --> 01:14:01,271
It's all just a part of your
superiority complex, anyway.
1655
01:14:01,354 --> 01:14:03,064
- [Cliff shouts]
- [Monk] Fucking asshole.
1656
01:14:05,775 --> 01:14:09,487
- [Cliff and Coraline laughing]
- You are a goddamn child!
1657
01:14:10,864 --> 01:14:12,282
It's probably a bad time
to tell you,
1658
01:14:12,365 --> 01:14:13,449
but I did piss down there.
1659
01:14:13,533 --> 01:14:14,534
Fuck.
1660
01:14:14,617 --> 01:14:15,618
[Coraline laughing]
1661
01:14:16,870 --> 01:14:18,163
[Monk] Oh, funny, huh?
1662
01:14:18,246 --> 01:14:19,372
[Coraline] I'm sorry, Monk.
1663
01:14:19,455 --> 01:14:20,456
Don't get mad.
1664
01:14:20,540 --> 01:14:21,666
[garbling]
1665
01:14:21,749 --> 01:14:22,959
Get out of here.
1666
01:14:24,169 --> 01:14:25,295
You want a piece of me?
1667
01:14:25,378 --> 01:14:27,714
[cheerful music playing]
1668
01:14:27,797 --> 01:14:29,799
[Cliff laughing]
1669
01:14:30,842 --> 01:14:31,843
It's funny, huh?
1670
01:14:33,428 --> 01:14:35,763
[Cliff] So I'm lying
in bed with him,
1671
01:14:35,847 --> 01:14:38,349
butt-ass naked
1672
01:14:38,433 --> 01:14:40,977
and in walks Claude
carrying the frozen yogurt.
1673
01:14:41,060 --> 01:14:42,770
- No.
- Yeah, I forgot I'd shown him
1674
01:14:42,854 --> 01:14:44,147
where I keep the spare key.
1675
01:14:45,106 --> 01:14:48,151
So he just throws
the yogurt at us
1676
01:14:48,234 --> 01:14:50,612
and then he wallops me
right in the eye.
1677
01:14:52,780 --> 01:14:54,240
What was the other guy doing?
1678
01:14:54,324 --> 01:14:55,783
He couldn't stop laughing.
1679
01:14:55,867 --> 01:14:57,619
He said that's what he does
when he gets nervous.
1680
01:14:57,702 --> 01:14:58,870
[Coraline chuckles] Okay.
1681
01:14:58,953 --> 01:15:00,705
You really going for it
these days.
1682
01:15:00,788 --> 01:15:02,540
I only been gay for,
like, five minutes,
1683
01:15:02,624 --> 01:15:03,875
I got to make up
for lost time.
1684
01:15:03,958 --> 01:15:05,877
Yeah. Well, good for you.
1685
01:15:05,960 --> 01:15:07,545
I mean, the whole world's
falling apart.
1686
01:15:07,629 --> 01:15:09,047
Might as well have some fun.
1687
01:15:09,130 --> 01:15:10,548
- I appreciate that.
- Yeah.
1688
01:15:11,591 --> 01:15:12,884
You know,
you're quite beautiful.
1689
01:15:14,510 --> 01:15:15,511
Thank you.
1690
01:15:18,181 --> 01:15:19,807
What do you see in my brother?
1691
01:15:21,309 --> 01:15:23,186
- He's funny.
- [Cliff] Mm.
1692
01:15:23,269 --> 01:15:26,105
- He's not funny. No.
- No, not ha-ha funny.
1693
01:15:26,189 --> 01:15:28,816
- Like, sad funny.
- [Cliff] Okay.
1694
01:15:28,900 --> 01:15:30,693
[Coraline] Like
a three-legged dog.
1695
01:15:30,777 --> 01:15:32,904
I see it now. Like somebody
dying on a toilet.
1696
01:15:33,655 --> 01:15:34,906
[Coraline] Exactly.
1697
01:15:34,989 --> 01:15:36,574
- Exactly.
- Invariably,
1698
01:15:36,658 --> 01:15:39,160
- you go too far.
- [Cliff] You think?
1699
01:15:39,244 --> 01:15:40,495
I don't think I go far enough.
1700
01:15:40,578 --> 01:15:41,663
It's becoming hurtful.
1701
01:15:41,746 --> 01:15:43,206
- [Cliff and Coraline] Aw.
- See?
1702
01:15:43,289 --> 01:15:44,290
- See?
- [Cliff as Monk] "You know,
1703
01:15:44,374 --> 01:15:45,166
- invariably..."
- [Coraline] Oh.
1704
01:15:45,250 --> 01:15:47,377
"...you go too far."
1705
01:15:47,460 --> 01:15:49,420
- [Cliff laughs]
- [Coraline kisses] Yeah.
1706
01:15:49,504 --> 01:15:50,713
- You got a kiss, man.
- [Coraline laughs]
1707
01:15:50,797 --> 01:15:53,508
Look at you.
Just by being pathetic.
1708
01:15:53,591 --> 01:15:54,717
- God bless you.
- Hey.
1709
01:15:54,801 --> 01:15:56,427
- [laughing]
- [Cliff] That is like
1710
01:15:56,511 --> 01:15:57,720
- a three-legged dog.
- [Coraline] Hey.
1711
01:15:59,305 --> 01:16:01,057
[Cliff laughing]
1712
01:16:03,685 --> 01:16:06,271
Oh, this is nice.
1713
01:16:06,354 --> 01:16:07,438
Yeah, it's not bad.
1714
01:16:08,481 --> 01:16:09,983
What do you got there, pergola?
1715
01:16:10,066 --> 01:16:11,067
No, that's a gazebo.
1716
01:16:11,943 --> 01:16:13,027
[Cliff] Same difference.
1717
01:16:13,111 --> 01:16:13,987
- All right?
- [Monk] To the left.
1718
01:16:14,070 --> 01:16:15,113
Oh. Excuse me.
1719
01:16:17,156 --> 01:16:18,157
Huh.
1720
01:16:19,659 --> 01:16:21,494
Hey, Monk?
1721
01:16:21,577 --> 01:16:23,329
How the hell
can you afford this place?
1722
01:16:24,539 --> 01:16:25,540
I, um...
1723
01:16:27,292 --> 01:16:31,170
Well, there was some money
Lisa left for Mother.
1724
01:16:31,254 --> 01:16:32,630
Thought the divorce
cleaned her out.
1725
01:16:34,257 --> 01:16:37,010
Well, I'm not familiar with
what her finances were like,
1726
01:16:37,093 --> 01:16:39,095
but if you're so interested
in the bills,
1727
01:16:39,178 --> 01:16:41,055
perhaps I can start
sending them to you?
1728
01:16:41,139 --> 01:16:42,849
Ah, it's fine. Where we going?
1729
01:16:42,932 --> 01:16:43,933
Right here. 44.
1730
01:16:45,977 --> 01:16:47,270
Surprise!
1731
01:16:51,607 --> 01:16:53,568
We've had a difficult morning.
1732
01:16:57,572 --> 01:16:59,449
We had to sedate her
after she tried
to strike a nurse.
1733
01:17:00,450 --> 01:17:02,577
- Has she done that before?
- No.
1734
01:17:02,660 --> 01:17:03,911
[record player clicks]
1735
01:17:03,995 --> 01:17:05,371
She has a different
demeanor every day.
1736
01:17:06,122 --> 01:17:07,915
Sometimes every hour.
1737
01:17:07,999 --> 01:17:09,792
But maybe
she'll feel better tomorrow.
1738
01:17:10,668 --> 01:17:12,295
I'm sorry, I need to go.
1739
01:17:12,378 --> 01:17:14,547
Yes, of course. Thank you.
1740
01:17:16,174 --> 01:17:17,258
The gardener cut these
1741
01:17:17,342 --> 01:17:19,510
right off the bush
for your mom.
1742
01:17:19,594 --> 01:17:21,596
- Sweet, right?
- Yeah, that's great.
1743
01:17:22,722 --> 01:17:24,307
How can you afford this place?
1744
01:17:24,932 --> 01:17:26,142
I mean, you're not
1745
01:17:26,225 --> 01:17:27,935
a drug dealer
or something, are you?
1746
01:17:28,978 --> 01:17:30,605
No, I'm a writer.
1747
01:17:30,688 --> 01:17:33,149
And you're my girlfriend,
not my bookkeeper.
1748
01:17:33,232 --> 01:17:35,193
["Things You Are" by Tab Smith
and His Orchestra playing]
1749
01:17:43,242 --> 01:17:46,037
♪ Down a mountain ♪
1750
01:17:47,455 --> 01:17:49,957
♪ Do it with my bare hands ♪
1751
01:17:50,041 --> 01:17:52,377
♪ I crush the rocks to stone ♪
1752
01:17:53,461 --> 01:17:55,338
♪ And toss them up to heaven ♪
1753
01:17:56,464 --> 01:17:59,592
♪ The moment I was blue ♪
1754
01:17:59,675 --> 01:18:02,887
♪ I'd rush right home to you ♪
1755
01:18:02,970 --> 01:18:07,600
♪ If all these things
I do for you ♪
1756
01:18:09,894 --> 01:18:12,188
♪ I would write a symphony... ♪
1757
01:18:12,271 --> 01:18:14,899
I always knew
you weren't a queer.
1758
01:18:17,026 --> 01:18:21,989
♪ One that would make... ♪
1759
01:18:23,408 --> 01:18:26,702
♪ It would be a melody... ♪
1760
01:18:26,786 --> 01:18:28,079
She doesn't know
what she's saying.
1761
01:18:28,162 --> 01:18:29,330
I'm going to wait outside.
1762
01:18:36,587 --> 01:18:39,048
♪ Make a notion ♪
1763
01:18:40,883 --> 01:18:43,803
♪ To search out my devotion ♪
1764
01:18:43,886 --> 01:18:45,930
♪ We didn't go
Hand in hand... ♪
1765
01:18:47,181 --> 01:18:49,142
[rain pattering]
1766
01:18:54,439 --> 01:18:55,690
[car approaching]
1767
01:19:00,987 --> 01:19:03,489
You sure you don't
want to stay
for Lorraine's wedding?
1768
01:19:03,573 --> 01:19:04,866
It's better if I go.
1769
01:19:10,204 --> 01:19:12,039
It was nice
to meet you, Cliff.
1770
01:19:13,374 --> 01:19:15,334
[pensive music playing]
1771
01:19:16,627 --> 01:19:18,171
This family will break
your heart.
1772
01:19:32,435 --> 01:19:33,936
[door opens]
1773
01:19:42,695 --> 01:19:45,072
[audience cheering
and applauding]
1774
01:19:45,156 --> 01:19:46,365
[upbeat music playing]
1775
01:19:47,366 --> 01:19:49,494
Welcome back.
I'm Kenya Dunston
1776
01:19:49,577 --> 01:19:51,078
and today,
we're going to discuss
1777
01:19:51,162 --> 01:19:53,498
a new novel that just debuted
at number one
1778
01:19:53,581 --> 01:19:55,791
on The New York Times
bestseller list.
1779
01:19:55,875 --> 01:19:59,629
It is just a remarkable,
special book,
1780
01:19:59,712 --> 01:20:01,547
and it's called...
1781
01:20:01,631 --> 01:20:03,674
Cover your kids' eyes
and ears... [chuckles]
1782
01:20:04,467 --> 01:20:05,468
[censor beeps]
1783
01:20:05,551 --> 01:20:06,802
[chuckles]
1784
01:20:06,886 --> 01:20:08,137
We are lucky enough
1785
01:20:08,221 --> 01:20:10,056
to have the author
with us today.
1786
01:20:10,139 --> 01:20:12,391
And for those of you
who are just joining us,
1787
01:20:12,475 --> 01:20:14,101
please know
that Mr. Stagg R. Leigh
1788
01:20:14,185 --> 01:20:16,562
is coming to us
from an undisclosed location
1789
01:20:16,646 --> 01:20:18,773
as he is still on the run
from authorities.
1790
01:20:18,856 --> 01:20:20,483
{\an8}[Kenya chuckles]
1791
01:20:20,566 --> 01:20:24,529
{\an8}Oh, Stagg, tell us,
is this novel a true story?
1792
01:20:24,612 --> 01:20:26,322
{\an8}[Monk distorted]
Not factually,
1793
01:20:26,405 --> 01:20:28,199
{\an8}but it's the true story
of what it's like
1794
01:20:28,282 --> 01:20:31,202
{\an8}to be a Black man
in America like me.
1795
01:20:31,285 --> 01:20:32,245
{\an8}And it ain't pretty.
1796
01:20:32,328 --> 01:20:33,579
Amen to that.
1797
01:20:33,663 --> 01:20:35,498
[Monk] During my time
in prison,
1798
01:20:35,581 --> 01:20:38,501
{\an8}I learned that words belong
to everybody.
1799
01:20:38,584 --> 01:20:40,419
{\an8}So this book
is my contribution
1800
01:20:40,503 --> 01:20:42,296
{\an8}to this wonderful country
of ours
1801
01:20:42,380 --> 01:20:44,465
{\an8}where a Black ex-con
can become rich
1802
01:20:44,549 --> 01:20:47,635
{\an8}simply by telling the story
of his unfortunate people.
1803
01:20:47,718 --> 01:20:49,220
[Kenya] Hm.
1804
01:20:49,303 --> 01:20:51,013
- Yes. Yes.
- [audience cheers]
1805
01:20:51,097 --> 01:20:52,890
[cell phone ringing
and vibrating]
1806
01:20:52,974 --> 01:20:54,433
[cell phone beeps]
1807
01:20:54,517 --> 01:20:55,643
- Yeah.
- [Arthur] Get this.
1808
01:20:55,726 --> 01:20:57,395
The FBI called
Thompson Watt today
1809
01:20:57,478 --> 01:20:59,230
to try to get
Stagg R. Leigh's identity.
1810
01:20:59,313 --> 01:21:00,815
- What?
- [Arthur] Don't worry.
1811
01:21:00,898 --> 01:21:02,608
They're not going
to give him up.
1812
01:21:02,692 --> 01:21:04,777
Give who up? It's me,
I haven't done anything.
1813
01:21:04,860 --> 01:21:06,362
They don't know that.
1814
01:21:06,445 --> 01:21:08,948
- Look, this has gone too far.
- [Arthur] Relax.
1815
01:21:09,031 --> 01:21:10,199
The fugitive stuff's
getting us
1816
01:21:10,283 --> 01:21:11,492
mountains of free press.
1817
01:21:11,576 --> 01:21:12,660
- [elevator dings]
- Plus, as you said,
1818
01:21:12,743 --> 01:21:13,869
you haven't done anything.
1819
01:21:13,953 --> 01:21:15,538
It's not like
they can arrest you.
1820
01:21:15,621 --> 01:21:18,082
I wish I could go back
to not selling books.
1821
01:21:18,165 --> 01:21:19,166
- [elevator dings]
- I don't.
1822
01:21:20,126 --> 01:21:21,335
Bye.
1823
01:21:21,419 --> 01:21:22,420
- [phone line disconnects]
- [sighs]
1824
01:21:22,503 --> 01:21:24,422
[music playing softly]
1825
01:21:31,053 --> 01:21:32,054
[Monk sighs]
1826
01:21:35,558 --> 01:21:36,559
Is everything all right?
1827
01:21:37,685 --> 01:21:39,437
Yeah.
1828
01:21:39,520 --> 01:21:42,481
I'm just a little
stressed out. This, uh.
1829
01:21:42,565 --> 01:21:44,525
book award stuff is a bit
more work than I expected.
1830
01:21:45,443 --> 01:21:46,444
[Coraline] Hm.
1831
01:21:47,945 --> 01:21:48,946
- [fork thuds]
- Mm.
1832
01:21:49,864 --> 01:21:50,906
Shit.
1833
01:21:52,241 --> 01:21:54,619
It's no biggie.
Got more forks in the kitchen.
1834
01:22:01,125 --> 01:22:02,126
[fork clatters loudly]
1835
01:22:12,053 --> 01:22:13,054
What's this?
1836
01:22:13,137 --> 01:22:15,139
Mm. My friend got it for me.
1837
01:22:16,432 --> 01:22:17,391
Have you read it?
1838
01:22:17,475 --> 01:22:18,893
Of course not, have you?
1839
01:22:18,976 --> 01:22:19,977
[Coraline] Yeah.
1840
01:22:22,355 --> 01:22:24,273
And what did you think of it?
1841
01:22:24,357 --> 01:22:26,859
- I liked it.
- What did you like about it?
1842
01:22:26,942 --> 01:22:29,403
- [Coraline] Um...
- It didn't offend you?
1843
01:22:29,487 --> 01:22:30,488
You just said
you didn't read it.
1844
01:22:30,571 --> 01:22:31,530
What's your problem?
1845
01:22:31,614 --> 01:22:33,074
No, you answer my question.
1846
01:22:33,157 --> 01:22:34,450
You answer mine.
1847
01:22:36,118 --> 01:22:39,747
{\an8}My problem is that
books like this aren't real.
1848
01:22:40,623 --> 01:22:41,832
They flatten our lives.
1849
01:22:41,916 --> 01:22:43,042
What do you mean?
1850
01:22:43,125 --> 01:22:44,210
[Monk] I mean, that...
1851
01:22:44,293 --> 01:22:46,295
{\an8}you know,
my life is a disaster,
1852
01:22:46,379 --> 01:22:47,963
{\an8}but not in the way you'd think
reading this shit.
1853
01:22:48,756 --> 01:22:50,466
{\an8}These things reduce us
1854
01:22:50,549 --> 01:22:52,885
{\an8}and they do it
over and over again because
1855
01:22:52,968 --> 01:22:55,930
{\an8}too many white people,
and people apparently like you
1856
01:22:56,013 --> 01:22:58,557
devour this slop
like pigs at a dumpster
1857
01:22:58,641 --> 01:23:01,143
to stay current
at fucking cocktail parties
1858
01:23:01,227 --> 01:23:02,561
- or whatever.
- Okay, um...
1859
01:23:02,645 --> 01:23:04,230
You got a lot of opinions
for someone
1860
01:23:04,313 --> 01:23:06,273
who hasn't published anything
for years.
1861
01:23:06,357 --> 01:23:07,400
And you've published
what exactly?
1862
01:23:07,483 --> 01:23:09,235
Okay, what is wrong with you?
1863
01:23:10,152 --> 01:23:11,237
Why are you acting like this?
1864
01:23:11,320 --> 01:23:12,655
I'm not acting like anything.
1865
01:23:12,738 --> 01:23:14,740
You've been acting
like a weirdo for weeks.
1866
01:23:14,824 --> 01:23:16,742
You've been obfuscating,
sneaking around.
1867
01:23:16,826 --> 01:23:18,285
You're fucking unknowable.
1868
01:23:18,369 --> 01:23:20,663
Maybe you think being
an enigma is chic and artsy.
1869
01:23:20,746 --> 01:23:22,498
I just think it makes you
an asshole.
1870
01:23:22,581 --> 01:23:23,916
[Monk] Well, um,
1871
01:23:23,999 --> 01:23:25,918
you don't understand my life,
and you can't,
1872
01:23:26,001 --> 01:23:27,044
so just leave it at that.
1873
01:23:31,006 --> 01:23:32,383
One day, maybe you'll learn
1874
01:23:32,466 --> 01:23:34,510
that not being able
to relate to other people
1875
01:23:34,593 --> 01:23:36,721
isn't a badge of honor.
1876
01:23:41,851 --> 01:23:43,102
I think you should leave.
1877
01:23:43,185 --> 01:23:44,145
Well, you know what I think?
1878
01:23:44,228 --> 01:23:46,063
You should leave, Monk.
1879
01:24:02,246 --> 01:24:03,539
[Monk] Nonsense.
1880
01:24:11,172 --> 01:24:12,757
[door opens, closes]
1881
01:24:12,840 --> 01:24:14,800
[music playing softly]
1882
01:24:28,022 --> 01:24:29,315
[Monk] You guys need
any help with that?
1883
01:24:29,398 --> 01:24:30,441
Nah, we're good.
1884
01:24:32,443 --> 01:24:34,820
I thought you could use
a little brawn.
1885
01:24:34,904 --> 01:24:37,907
- [mover] We got it.
- [Lorraine] Mr. Monk.
1886
01:24:37,990 --> 01:24:39,450
You mind I keep
the soda maker?
1887
01:24:39,533 --> 01:24:41,744
You don't like the bubbly
water anyhow, right?
1888
01:24:41,827 --> 01:24:43,871
- It's all yours.
- [Lorraine] Thank you.
1889
01:24:46,248 --> 01:24:49,084
Um... Hey, what about this?
1890
01:24:50,503 --> 01:24:53,172
No. I always hated that color.
1891
01:24:53,255 --> 01:24:55,132
It's just the one
your father bought.
1892
01:24:56,383 --> 01:24:58,761
Thelonious,
this just came for you.
1893
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:00,805
Okay, thanks.
1894
01:25:00,888 --> 01:25:01,889
[Lorraine] This is
the last of it.
1895
01:25:02,890 --> 01:25:04,183
Goodbye, Mr. Monk.
1896
01:25:07,853 --> 01:25:08,938
Bye, Lorraine.
1897
01:25:15,611 --> 01:25:16,695
Drive safe.
1898
01:25:16,779 --> 01:25:18,155
Guess I'll see you
at the wedding.
1899
01:25:18,239 --> 01:25:19,240
All right.
1900
01:25:23,369 --> 01:25:24,370
[mover] I'll take that there.
1901
01:25:36,590 --> 01:25:38,926
[music playing]
1902
01:25:45,558 --> 01:25:48,811
Thompson Watt apparently raced
to publish it.
1903
01:25:48,894 --> 01:25:51,230
Yeah, I heard that they ran
300,000 copies already
1904
01:25:51,313 --> 01:25:52,773
and they're reprinting
more soon.
1905
01:25:52,857 --> 01:25:54,358
I mean, it's going
like gangbusters .
1906
01:25:54,441 --> 01:25:55,860
Christ on a crutch!
1907
01:25:55,943 --> 01:25:57,570
It better be good.
1908
01:25:57,653 --> 01:25:59,864
Hey, I heard
the writer's a fugitive.
1909
01:25:59,947 --> 01:26:01,407
Well, that would
explain the title.
1910
01:26:01,490 --> 01:26:02,783
He didn't go to charm school.
1911
01:26:02,867 --> 01:26:05,870
No, I think that
that background is a plus.
1912
01:26:05,953 --> 01:26:08,080
I am thrilled
1913
01:26:08,163 --> 01:26:11,417
to read a BIPOC man
harmed by our carceral state.
1914
01:26:11,500 --> 01:26:14,044
[Daniel] Are you one of those
defund the police nuts?
1915
01:26:14,128 --> 01:26:17,131
Yes, and I wouldn't expect you
to understand.
1916
01:26:17,214 --> 01:26:20,009
Well, I hope someone you love
doesn't get raped or murdered.
1917
01:26:20,092 --> 01:26:22,428
Can we not talk
about this now, please?
1918
01:26:22,511 --> 01:26:24,388
Look, look, look.
Criminal or not,
1919
01:26:24,471 --> 01:26:26,056
I don't think
we should add it.
1920
01:26:26,140 --> 01:26:27,683
We're already weeks
into the process,
1921
01:26:27,766 --> 01:26:29,101
and I don't know
about any of you,
1922
01:26:29,184 --> 01:26:30,477
but I've got more
than a dozen books
1923
01:26:30,561 --> 01:26:33,063
I haven't even opened yet.
[clears throat]
1924
01:26:33,147 --> 01:26:34,857
It was published
before the submission date,
1925
01:26:34,940 --> 01:26:36,400
I think we have to accept it.
1926
01:26:36,483 --> 01:26:37,693
[groans]
1927
01:26:37,776 --> 01:26:40,654
[Wilson] Yeah, it's just one more.
And from the looks of it, it should be a
quick read.
1928
01:26:40,738 --> 01:26:41,822
A quick fuck. [chuckles]
1929
01:26:41,906 --> 01:26:43,240
[chuckles]
1930
01:26:43,324 --> 01:26:44,742
I've had a couple of those.
[chuckles]
1931
01:26:46,285 --> 01:26:47,536
- Bye, guys. Bye.
- [cell phone beeps]
1932
01:26:55,336 --> 01:26:57,296
[piano music playing]
1933
01:27:21,528 --> 01:27:23,280
[knocking on door]
1934
01:27:23,364 --> 01:27:24,615
Hi, Monkie.
1935
01:27:26,825 --> 01:27:27,910
You look beautiful.
1936
01:27:37,127 --> 01:27:38,754
[whisking]
1937
01:27:43,008 --> 01:27:44,969
Oh, hello.
1938
01:27:45,052 --> 01:27:47,888
Monkie, do we know these men?
1939
01:27:47,972 --> 01:27:50,140
No, Mother,
this isn't the Alzheimer's,
1940
01:27:50,224 --> 01:27:52,351
these are actual strangers.
Who are you people?
1941
01:27:52,434 --> 01:27:53,978
We're Cliff's friends.
1942
01:27:54,061 --> 01:27:55,562
Of course, you are.
1943
01:27:55,646 --> 01:27:57,564
We met him a few days ago.
I'm Kenny, this is Alvin.
1944
01:27:57,648 --> 01:27:58,649
Are you Monk?
1945
01:27:58,732 --> 01:28:00,818
I am. How did you know?
1946
01:28:00,901 --> 01:28:03,696
Oh. Well, Cliff said
Monk's a real tight-ass.
1947
01:28:05,614 --> 01:28:06,782
Did he?
1948
01:28:06,865 --> 01:28:07,866
Delightful.
1949
01:28:08,534 --> 01:28:09,952
Mother, you sit here.
1950
01:28:11,537 --> 01:28:12,538
Lorraine?
1951
01:28:18,210 --> 01:28:19,378
[Alvin] Do you like
scrambled eggs?
1952
01:28:19,461 --> 01:28:20,963
[Kenny] I love scrambled eggs.
1953
01:28:21,046 --> 01:28:22,381
What the hell
are you doing here?
1954
01:28:22,464 --> 01:28:23,465
You first.
1955
01:28:26,135 --> 01:28:28,470
Oh, shit, the wedding.
1956
01:28:28,554 --> 01:28:30,055
- Ah.
- [Cliff] Oh, fuck!
1957
01:28:31,932 --> 01:28:33,267
I didn't go to the airport.
1958
01:28:33,350 --> 01:28:36,520
That day I left,
I needed some time to myself.
1959
01:28:36,603 --> 01:28:39,314
Time to oneself implies
by definition, time alone.
1960
01:28:39,398 --> 01:28:40,858
Oh, Christ, here we go.
1961
01:28:40,941 --> 01:28:43,193
- Detective Dictionary.
- [Lorraine] Ah!
1962
01:28:43,277 --> 01:28:44,278
Mr. Cliff.
1963
01:28:44,361 --> 01:28:45,571
I'm sorry, guys,
I'll handle it.
1964
01:28:45,654 --> 01:28:47,656
You need to leave.
1965
01:28:47,740 --> 01:28:49,324
Don't bother to clean up,
just go.
1966
01:28:49,408 --> 01:28:51,076
Oh, no,
it's all right, just...
1967
01:28:51,160 --> 01:28:52,202
Please stay.
1968
01:28:52,286 --> 01:28:53,746
It's a celebration.
1969
01:28:55,414 --> 01:28:56,623
It's good to see you, Cliff.
1970
01:28:57,875 --> 01:28:59,877
It's good to see you too,
Maynard.
1971
01:28:59,960 --> 01:29:01,420
I, um...
1972
01:29:01,503 --> 01:29:02,796
I... I don't want to impose.
1973
01:29:02,880 --> 01:29:04,131
You can't impose.
1974
01:29:05,215 --> 01:29:06,216
You're family.
1975
01:29:06,300 --> 01:29:08,719
[music playing softly]
1976
01:29:21,482 --> 01:29:22,483
Okay.
1977
01:29:23,317 --> 01:29:24,860
I'll, uh...
1978
01:29:24,943 --> 01:29:26,153
I'll go clean up a bit, yeah?
1979
01:29:27,905 --> 01:29:29,698
Congratulations, you guys.
1980
01:29:35,204 --> 01:29:36,663
Can we make
y'all some breakfast?
1981
01:29:36,747 --> 01:29:38,457
I can whip up
a killer smoothie
1982
01:29:38,540 --> 01:29:40,209
and Alvin used to work
the omelet station
on a cruise ship.
1983
01:29:40,292 --> 01:29:43,003
[Lorraine] That sounds lovely.
Thank you.
1984
01:29:47,841 --> 01:29:49,176
It's very kind of you
to let them stay.
1985
01:29:49,259 --> 01:29:50,219
Oh.
1986
01:29:50,302 --> 01:29:51,678
It's always easier dealing
1987
01:29:51,762 --> 01:29:53,680
with other people's families
than your own.
1988
01:29:53,764 --> 01:29:55,099
[Monk chuckles]
1989
01:29:55,182 --> 01:29:57,976
I regret to inform you
that in a couple hours,
1990
01:29:58,060 --> 01:29:59,520
this will be your family.
1991
01:30:01,647 --> 01:30:04,316
["Let Love Flow On"
by Sonya Spence playing]
1992
01:30:07,486 --> 01:30:09,446
[inaudible]
1993
01:30:17,996 --> 01:30:20,124
[guests cheering and clapping]
1994
01:30:30,717 --> 01:30:32,761
[guests exclaim]
1995
01:30:37,057 --> 01:30:39,101
♪ Let love flow on, baby ♪
1996
01:30:39,184 --> 01:30:41,395
♪ Let love be free ♪
1997
01:30:41,478 --> 01:30:43,772
♪ I reach for you
Honey, yeah ♪
1998
01:30:43,856 --> 01:30:45,899
♪ You reach for me ♪
1999
01:30:45,983 --> 01:30:50,404
♪ We'll do the things together
Only lovers do ♪
2000
01:30:50,487 --> 01:30:52,990
♪ Let love flow on, baby ♪
2001
01:30:54,825 --> 01:30:59,204
♪ We'll do the things together
Only lovers do ♪
2002
01:30:59,288 --> 01:31:01,957
♪ Let love flow on, baby ♪
2003
01:31:03,584 --> 01:31:05,502
♪ Getting into each other ♪
2004
01:31:05,586 --> 01:31:07,921
♪ Let's reunite ♪
2005
01:31:08,005 --> 01:31:10,007
♪ And we let
Love's vibrations ♪
2006
01:31:10,090 --> 01:31:12,176
♪ Lead us all right ♪
2007
01:31:12,259 --> 01:31:16,555
♪ We'll do the things together
Only lovers do ♪
2008
01:31:16,638 --> 01:31:19,141
♪ Let love flow on, baby ♪
2009
01:31:20,976 --> 01:31:25,355
♪ We'll do the things together
Only lovers do ♪
2010
01:31:25,439 --> 01:31:28,066
♪ Let love flow on, baby ♪
2011
01:31:29,401 --> 01:31:31,361
[guests chattering]
2012
01:31:38,118 --> 01:31:40,078
[muffled upbeat music playing
faintly over speakers]
2013
01:31:56,678 --> 01:31:57,679
Piss her off?
2014
01:32:02,517 --> 01:32:03,477
Yeah.
2015
01:32:03,560 --> 01:32:06,438
- Shut her out?
- Yeah.
2016
01:32:08,106 --> 01:32:09,441
Dad shut everyone out too.
2017
01:32:10,359 --> 01:32:11,735
He lied all the time.
2018
01:32:12,819 --> 01:32:13,904
Look how that turned out.
2019
01:32:17,491 --> 01:32:18,742
I find myself
2020
01:32:19,952 --> 01:32:22,204
getting very angry
these days like Dad.
2021
01:32:23,163 --> 01:32:24,164
These days?
2022
01:32:30,170 --> 01:32:32,714
I've been thinking a lot
lately about
2023
01:32:32,798 --> 01:32:34,758
how Dad died
not knowing I'm gay.
2024
01:32:38,053 --> 01:32:40,055
- I think he suspected it.
- Mm.
2025
01:32:41,265 --> 01:32:42,266
He may have.
2026
01:32:43,141 --> 01:32:44,518
But he didn't know for sure.
2027
01:32:45,936 --> 01:32:48,563
He never knew
the entirety of me.
2028
01:32:49,982 --> 01:32:50,983
And now he never will.
2029
01:32:52,818 --> 01:32:54,569
And that makes me...
2030
01:32:55,696 --> 01:32:56,989
It makes me real sad.
2031
01:33:00,325 --> 01:33:03,120
Well, what if he had known
and rejected you?
2032
01:33:03,203 --> 01:33:05,872
At least he'd be rejecting
the real me.
2033
01:33:08,709 --> 01:33:10,294
I know that sounds crazy,
2034
01:33:11,545 --> 01:33:13,088
but there'd be some relief
in that.
2035
01:33:16,425 --> 01:33:18,343
It doesn't sound so crazy.
2036
01:33:18,427 --> 01:33:20,387
[piano music playing softly]
2037
01:33:23,515 --> 01:33:25,183
People want
to love you, Monk.
2038
01:33:27,978 --> 01:33:30,647
I personally don't know
what they see in you, but...
2039
01:33:32,607 --> 01:33:33,608
they want to love you.
2040
01:33:36,486 --> 01:33:38,113
You should let them love
all of you.
2041
01:34:12,356 --> 01:34:13,940
[Daniel] It was dogshit.
2042
01:34:14,024 --> 01:34:16,193
I mean,
some mollycoddled chump
2043
01:34:16,276 --> 01:34:18,695
faffing on
about his dead mom...
2044
01:34:18,779 --> 01:34:20,697
Who cares? [scoffs]
2045
01:34:20,781 --> 01:34:23,867
Okay, so that means that
Bury Me Standing is fourth.
2046
01:34:26,203 --> 01:34:27,621
Let's talk about Fuck.
2047
01:34:27,704 --> 01:34:29,039
Could we not?
2048
01:34:29,122 --> 01:34:31,291
[Ailene] Personally,
I adored it.
2049
01:34:32,542 --> 01:34:35,462
It was like gazing
into an open wound.
2050
01:34:35,545 --> 01:34:36,963
I agree.
2051
01:34:37,047 --> 01:34:39,216
I think it's the strongest
African-American novel
2052
01:34:39,299 --> 01:34:41,009
I've read in a long time.
2053
01:34:42,636 --> 01:34:44,471
I mean, since yours.
2054
01:34:44,554 --> 01:34:47,224
- Of course, Sintara.
- Thank you.
2055
01:34:47,307 --> 01:34:49,476
You know, I actually liked it
2056
01:34:49,559 --> 01:34:51,019
much more
than I was expecting.
2057
01:34:51,103 --> 01:34:53,772
I mean,
this is a gutsy piece of work.
2058
01:34:53,855 --> 01:34:55,816
And necessary for the times.
2059
01:34:56,817 --> 01:34:58,235
What did you think, Sintara?
2060
01:34:59,778 --> 01:35:02,989
I found it to be
pretty pandering, actually.
2061
01:35:03,073 --> 01:35:04,074
You did?
2062
01:35:04,908 --> 01:35:06,326
Yes. Did you not?
2063
01:35:07,035 --> 01:35:08,453
I very much did.
2064
01:35:08,537 --> 01:35:11,957
I thought it was simplistic
and meaningless.
2065
01:35:12,040 --> 01:35:14,084
Well, of course,
it was simplistic.
2066
01:35:14,167 --> 01:35:17,170
I mean, it's the language
of the gutter.
2067
01:35:17,254 --> 01:35:19,756
You know, not some
prissy graduate thesis.
2068
01:35:19,840 --> 01:35:21,967
"Language of the gutter."
Jesus Christ.
2069
01:35:22,050 --> 01:35:23,593
I think our blood sugar's low.
2070
01:35:23,677 --> 01:35:25,470
How about we take a break
for lunch, huh?
2071
01:35:25,554 --> 01:35:27,139
- Fine by me.
- [Wilson] Okay.
2072
01:35:27,222 --> 01:35:28,223
- [Sintara] Okay.
- Really?
2073
01:35:29,057 --> 01:35:30,475
Okay.
2074
01:35:30,559 --> 01:35:32,519
[mellow music playing]
2075
01:35:35,230 --> 01:35:36,231
[Monk groans]
2076
01:35:41,695 --> 01:35:42,863
Oh, I'm sorry.
2077
01:35:42,946 --> 01:35:44,072
Oh, no, you're fine.
2078
01:35:44,156 --> 01:35:45,031
[Monk] What,
I'm not interrupting?
2079
01:35:45,115 --> 01:35:46,783
- No.
- [door closes]
2080
01:36:08,305 --> 01:36:09,306
[Monk] Sorry.
2081
01:36:16,897 --> 01:36:17,898
[Monk clears throat]
2082
01:36:25,447 --> 01:36:26,948
Do you mind
if I ask you something?
2083
01:36:27,699 --> 01:36:28,700
Sure.
2084
01:36:29,701 --> 01:36:31,328
Um...
2085
01:36:31,411 --> 01:36:33,663
What about Fuck
did you find pandering?
2086
01:36:34,372 --> 01:36:35,373
Oh, uh...
2087
01:36:36,875 --> 01:36:39,085
I can't really put my finger
on it, but...
2088
01:36:40,712 --> 01:36:42,631
it's not different from
some of what's out there,
2089
01:36:42,714 --> 01:36:43,757
but it just felt...
2090
01:36:45,592 --> 01:36:47,260
soulless...
2091
01:36:47,344 --> 01:36:49,679
is the word
that I'm going to use.
2092
01:36:49,763 --> 01:36:50,972
You said you agreed, right?
2093
01:36:51,056 --> 01:36:52,849
Yeah, I do.
I think it seems written
2094
01:36:52,933 --> 01:36:56,061
to satisfy the tastes
of guilt-ridden white people.
2095
01:36:56,144 --> 01:36:58,522
Yeah, the kind of book
critics call important
2096
01:36:58,605 --> 01:37:00,315
and necessary,
but not well-written.
2097
01:37:00,398 --> 01:37:01,900
- [both chuckle]
- [Monk] Exactly.
2098
01:37:06,196 --> 01:37:10,408
Okay, so... And please
don't take offense at this,
2099
01:37:10,492 --> 01:37:13,119
but how is Fuck
2100
01:37:13,203 --> 01:37:15,622
so very different
from your book?
2101
01:37:19,501 --> 01:37:21,586
Is that what this is about?
2102
01:37:21,670 --> 01:37:23,171
- You think my book's trash?
- [Monk] No.
2103
01:37:23,255 --> 01:37:27,133
To be honest,
I haven't read your book.
2104
01:37:27,217 --> 01:37:29,010
I've read excerpts
2105
01:37:29,094 --> 01:37:32,681
and it didn't seem
so dissimilar.
2106
01:37:34,641 --> 01:37:37,561
I did a lot of research
for my book.
2107
01:37:37,644 --> 01:37:39,896
Some of it was actually taken
from real interviews.
2108
01:37:40,730 --> 01:37:42,023
Maybe you've been up
2109
01:37:42,107 --> 01:37:44,150
in your ivory tower
of academia for so long
2110
01:37:44,234 --> 01:37:46,403
you've forgotten that some
people's lives are hard.
2111
01:37:46,486 --> 01:37:47,529
Your life?
2112
01:37:50,031 --> 01:37:52,617
You went to an exclusive
bohemian college.
2113
01:37:52,701 --> 01:37:54,786
You had a job at a fancy
2114
01:37:54,869 --> 01:37:56,538
publishing house in New York.
2115
01:37:56,621 --> 01:37:59,416
So what? I don't need
to write about my life.
2116
01:37:59,499 --> 01:38:00,959
I write about
what interests people.
2117
01:38:02,294 --> 01:38:04,421
You write what interests
white publishers
2118
01:38:04,504 --> 01:38:07,173
fiending Black trauma porn.
2119
01:38:07,257 --> 01:38:08,925
They're the one buying
the manuscripts.
2120
01:38:10,343 --> 01:38:12,470
Is it bad to cater
to their tastes?
2121
01:38:12,554 --> 01:38:14,514
If you're okay feeding
2122
01:38:14,598 --> 01:38:16,057
people's base desires
for profit--
2123
01:38:16,141 --> 01:38:18,101
I'm okay with giving
the market what it wants.
2124
01:38:18,184 --> 01:38:19,769
That's how drug dealers
excuse themselves.
2125
01:38:19,853 --> 01:38:21,396
And I think drugs
should be legal.
2126
01:38:26,109 --> 01:38:29,112
But you're not fed up with it?
2127
01:38:29,195 --> 01:38:31,489
You know, Black people
in poverty?
2128
01:38:32,574 --> 01:38:33,992
Black people rapping?
2129
01:38:34,075 --> 01:38:35,452
Black people as slaves?
2130
01:38:35,535 --> 01:38:37,829
Black people murdered
by the police?
2131
01:38:37,912 --> 01:38:38,913
Old soaring narratives
about...
2132
01:38:38,997 --> 01:38:40,123
[Sintara] Okay.
2133
01:38:40,206 --> 01:38:42,083
Black folks
in dire circumstances
2134
01:38:42,167 --> 01:38:45,003
who still managed to maintain
their dignity before they die?
2135
01:38:45,086 --> 01:38:47,672
I mean, I'm not saying
these things aren't real,
2136
01:38:47,756 --> 01:38:50,884
but we're also more than this.
2137
01:38:50,967 --> 01:38:53,970
And it's like so many writers
like you can't envision us
2138
01:38:54,054 --> 01:38:56,264
without some white boot
on our necks.
2139
01:38:56,348 --> 01:38:59,059
Do you get angry
at Bret Easton Ellis
2140
01:38:59,142 --> 01:39:00,518
or Charles Bukowski
2141
01:39:00,602 --> 01:39:02,270
for writing
about the downtrodden?
2142
01:39:02,354 --> 01:39:04,522
Or is your ire strictly
reserved for Black women?
2143
01:39:04,606 --> 01:39:06,441
Nobody reads Bukowski thinking
2144
01:39:06,524 --> 01:39:08,360
his is the definitive
white experience.
2145
01:39:08,443 --> 01:39:10,278
But people, white people,
2146
01:39:10,362 --> 01:39:12,530
read your book
and confine us to it.
2147
01:39:12,614 --> 01:39:14,866
They think
that we're all like that.
2148
01:39:14,949 --> 01:39:16,618
Then it sounds like your issue
2149
01:39:16,701 --> 01:39:18,703
is with white people, Monk,
not me.
2150
01:39:18,787 --> 01:39:20,455
Well, maybe, but I also think
2151
01:39:20,538 --> 01:39:22,123
that I see
the unrealized potential
2152
01:39:22,207 --> 01:39:23,375
of Black people
in this country.
2153
01:39:26,670 --> 01:39:29,297
Potential is what people see
when they think
2154
01:39:29,381 --> 01:39:31,132
what's in front of them
isn't good enough.
2155
01:39:34,052 --> 01:39:35,345
[door opens]
2156
01:39:36,680 --> 01:39:37,681
[Sintara clears throat]
2157
01:39:39,599 --> 01:39:40,892
[door closes]
2158
01:39:40,975 --> 01:39:43,144
So, what are we talking about?
2159
01:39:44,270 --> 01:39:46,231
[mellow music playing]
2160
01:40:08,378 --> 01:40:09,379
[cell phone chimes]
2161
01:40:32,110 --> 01:40:33,153
[Ailene] We're starting again.
2162
01:40:33,236 --> 01:40:34,362
I'll be right there.
2163
01:40:46,040 --> 01:40:48,334
Hey, can I speak to Arthur?
Yeah, it's Monk.
2164
01:40:51,379 --> 01:40:52,338
Hey.
2165
01:40:52,422 --> 01:40:53,840
I'm fine.
2166
01:40:53,923 --> 01:40:55,675
Listen, you think
you can set up
2167
01:40:55,759 --> 01:40:57,051
another meeting with Wiley?
2168
01:40:58,136 --> 01:41:00,013
I've got a new idea for him.
2169
01:41:00,096 --> 01:41:01,890
Different kind of movie.
2170
01:41:01,973 --> 01:41:02,974
Thanks.
2171
01:41:17,322 --> 01:41:19,032
I think it's Fuck for me.
2172
01:41:19,115 --> 01:41:20,867
- Yeah, me too.
- Yeah, I agree.
2173
01:41:20,950 --> 01:41:22,786
I disagree. I'm sorry.
2174
01:41:22,869 --> 01:41:25,163
I think it would be a mistake
2175
01:41:25,246 --> 01:41:27,665
to award this book anything.
2176
01:41:27,749 --> 01:41:29,292
Well, it's two
versus three, so...
2177
01:41:30,418 --> 01:41:31,419
Fuck's the winner.
2178
01:41:31,503 --> 01:41:32,921
[Ailene] Fuck is the winner.
2179
01:41:36,341 --> 01:41:38,885
You know, it's not just
that it's so affecting,
2180
01:41:40,011 --> 01:41:41,638
I just think it's essential
2181
01:41:41,721 --> 01:41:43,264
to listen to Black voices
right now.
2182
01:41:51,606 --> 01:41:52,607
[Monk] Mother.
2183
01:41:54,025 --> 01:41:55,026
Did you...
2184
01:41:58,446 --> 01:42:00,532
Did you know that Dad
was cheating on you?
2185
01:42:01,741 --> 01:42:04,077
He was bad at keeping secrets.
2186
01:42:04,160 --> 01:42:06,538
Why didn't you leave him?
2187
01:42:06,621 --> 01:42:09,165
He would've been
even more lonely without me.
2188
01:42:11,960 --> 01:42:13,211
You thought he was lonely?
2189
01:42:13,294 --> 01:42:15,171
You father was a genius.
2190
01:42:17,966 --> 01:42:20,927
Geniuses are lonely...
2191
01:42:22,303 --> 01:42:25,765
because they can't connect
with the rest of us.
2192
01:42:27,851 --> 01:42:29,352
You're a genius, son.
2193
01:42:31,855 --> 01:42:34,357
Well, I certainly don't
feel like one half the time.
2194
01:42:35,692 --> 01:42:36,901
That's because
you've always been
2195
01:42:36,985 --> 01:42:38,862
so hard on yourself, Cliffy.
2196
01:42:46,077 --> 01:42:49,831
[Carl] And now for the final
award for the evening.
2197
01:42:49,914 --> 01:42:53,418
I promise to leave you alone,
let you eat after this.
2198
01:42:53,501 --> 01:42:55,003
But before
I announce the winner,
2199
01:42:55,086 --> 01:42:56,713
I would like to acknowledge
our judges,
2200
01:42:56,796 --> 01:42:58,756
our incredibly
diverse group of judges
2201
01:42:58,840 --> 01:43:00,925
who've sacrificed
valuable time,
2202
01:43:01,009 --> 01:43:02,635
so we could all
celebrate here tonight.
2203
01:43:02,719 --> 01:43:03,720
So if you put
your hands together,
2204
01:43:03,803 --> 01:43:05,305
they did a fantastic job.
2205
01:43:10,351 --> 01:43:11,352
Okay.
2206
01:43:12,061 --> 01:43:13,229
Without further ado,
2207
01:43:14,564 --> 01:43:17,108
this year's Literary Award
goes to...
2208
01:43:18,318 --> 01:43:19,611
Oh, I knew it.
2209
01:43:19,694 --> 01:43:22,113
By Stagg R. Leigh, Fuck.
2210
01:43:22,196 --> 01:43:24,616
[crowd applauding
and muttering]
2211
01:43:33,416 --> 01:43:35,752
Well, I'm not sure
if Mr. Leigh
is going to grace us
2212
01:43:35,835 --> 01:43:37,295
with his presence here
tonight.
2213
01:43:37,378 --> 01:43:40,089
He's notoriously cagey
about attention.
2214
01:43:51,351 --> 01:43:53,019
Oh, hold on.
2215
01:43:53,102 --> 01:43:55,730
Oh, okay. I see some business.
2216
01:43:55,813 --> 01:43:59,609
Someone's coming.
Oh, Thelonious Ellison.
2217
01:43:59,692 --> 01:44:01,527
One of our esteemed judges.
2218
01:44:04,572 --> 01:44:06,407
Weirdly walking
toward the stage.
2219
01:44:08,076 --> 01:44:09,661
No idea why.
2220
01:44:10,453 --> 01:44:11,329
Hey.
2221
01:44:11,412 --> 01:44:12,497
What's going on?
2222
01:44:14,165 --> 01:44:15,166
[Monk] Excuse me.
2223
01:44:16,501 --> 01:44:17,961
Excuse me.
2224
01:44:20,088 --> 01:44:22,048
[suspenseful music playing]
2225
01:44:34,268 --> 01:44:35,979
I have a confession to make.
2226
01:44:41,359 --> 01:44:43,236
[Wiley] Wait, wait, wait.
Smash to black?
2227
01:44:44,237 --> 01:44:45,655
[bell rings]
2228
01:44:45,738 --> 01:44:47,365
No fucking way, dude.
2229
01:44:47,448 --> 01:44:48,908
What's wrong with that?
2230
01:44:48,992 --> 01:44:51,536
There's no resolution here.
What's he going to say?
2231
01:44:51,619 --> 01:44:53,496
I don't know.
I think that's what's
interesting about it.
2232
01:44:53,579 --> 01:44:54,664
No, he should say something.
2233
01:44:54,747 --> 01:44:56,165
What did you say?
2234
01:44:56,249 --> 01:44:58,418
Nothing. I walked out
of the ceremony.
2235
01:44:58,501 --> 01:44:59,669
The next day
I called you to say
2236
01:44:59,752 --> 01:45:01,129
I wanted to write this movie.
2237
01:45:01,212 --> 01:45:02,505
[Wiley] Well, Monk,
the character
2238
01:45:02,588 --> 01:45:03,881
should say something.
2239
01:45:03,965 --> 01:45:05,967
[Monk] Well, I don't want him
to make some
2240
01:45:06,050 --> 01:45:08,136
grandiose speech
spoon-feeding everyone
2241
01:45:08,219 --> 01:45:09,512
the moral of the story.
2242
01:45:09,595 --> 01:45:11,597
There is no moral.
That's the idea.
2243
01:45:11,681 --> 01:45:12,932
I like the ambiguity.
2244
01:45:13,016 --> 01:45:15,101
Okay, look.
You're a good writer,
2245
01:45:15,184 --> 01:45:17,311
and this is almost there.
2246
01:45:17,395 --> 01:45:19,522
But novels
aren't movies, okay?
2247
01:45:19,605 --> 01:45:21,566
Nuance doesn't put asses
in theater seats.
2248
01:45:21,649 --> 01:45:23,109
We need a big finish.
What is this?
2249
01:45:24,235 --> 01:45:26,529
It's the seltzer
you asked for.
2250
01:45:26,612 --> 01:45:27,697
Why is it all wet?
2251
01:45:29,198 --> 01:45:30,533
Condensation?
2252
01:45:30,616 --> 01:45:32,285
Condensation. Okay.
2253
01:45:32,368 --> 01:45:34,078
You're a fucking
weatherman now.
2254
01:45:34,162 --> 01:45:35,246
You want anything?
2255
01:45:35,329 --> 01:45:36,789
Uh, no, I'm fine. Thank you.
2256
01:45:36,873 --> 01:45:37,999
All right. This is Monk.
2257
01:45:38,082 --> 01:45:40,918
- We're going to make a movie with him if
he can get the third act right.
- Nice meeting you.
2258
01:45:41,002 --> 01:45:42,128
- You as well.
- Get me a flat white.
2259
01:45:42,962 --> 01:45:44,797
And, hey, never again.
2260
01:45:47,008 --> 01:45:48,551
All right.
2261
01:45:48,634 --> 01:45:50,219
What other endings you got
in that big brain of yours?
2262
01:45:54,057 --> 01:45:55,224
How about if...
2263
01:45:55,308 --> 01:45:57,769
This year's Literary Award
goes to...
2264
01:45:58,686 --> 01:46:01,147
by Stagg R. Leigh, Fuck.
2265
01:46:01,230 --> 01:46:02,982
[captivating music playing]
2266
01:46:03,066 --> 01:46:04,776
[crowd applauding]
2267
01:46:43,606 --> 01:46:45,566
[captivating music continues]
2268
01:46:52,156 --> 01:46:53,908
I'd like to apologize.
2269
01:46:56,494 --> 01:46:58,371
I haven't been myself lately.
2270
01:47:19,976 --> 01:47:20,977
What about that?
2271
01:47:21,727 --> 01:47:22,770
Will she forgive him?
2272
01:47:24,272 --> 01:47:26,065
I don't know.
2273
01:47:26,149 --> 01:47:29,235
The real Coraline
won't return my phone calls.
2274
01:47:29,318 --> 01:47:31,404
Maybe the movie Coraline
is more forgiving.
2275
01:47:34,740 --> 01:47:36,534
No. It's too pat.
2276
01:47:36,617 --> 01:47:38,327
Makes the whole thing
feel like a romantic comedy.
2277
01:47:38,411 --> 01:47:40,079
We don't want
to make a romantic comedy.
2278
01:47:40,163 --> 01:47:41,664
We want
to make something real.
2279
01:47:42,790 --> 01:47:43,791
Give me something real.
2280
01:47:48,629 --> 01:47:49,755
I mean, we could just...
2281
01:47:51,048 --> 01:47:52,550
Hey, what's going on?
2282
01:47:53,426 --> 01:47:54,427
[Monk] Excuse me.
2283
01:47:56,804 --> 01:47:57,805
Beat it.
2284
01:48:04,228 --> 01:48:06,189
[suspenseful music playing]
2285
01:48:10,193 --> 01:48:13,237
I have a confession to make.
2286
01:48:13,321 --> 01:48:15,364
- [door opens]
- Stagg Leigh,
on the ground now!
2287
01:48:15,448 --> 01:48:17,116
[officer 1] There he is!
2288
01:48:17,200 --> 01:48:19,035
[Monk] No, no.
I'm not Stagg Leigh.
2289
01:48:20,203 --> 01:48:21,204
He doesn't exist.
2290
01:48:21,287 --> 01:48:23,372
I'm Monk. Thelonious Ellison.
2291
01:48:23,456 --> 01:48:25,499
You're a fugitive!
On the ground now!
2292
01:48:25,583 --> 01:48:26,751
[Monk] No, no, no.
2293
01:48:26,834 --> 01:48:28,211
That was all
a marketing gimmick.
2294
01:48:28,294 --> 01:48:30,129
- It was all a lie.
- [officer 2] He's got a gun!
2295
01:48:30,213 --> 01:48:31,589
No, no! No, no!
2296
01:48:32,590 --> 01:48:34,508
[dramatic choral music playing]
2297
01:48:51,108 --> 01:48:54,445
[music crescendoes]
2298
01:49:04,038 --> 01:49:05,039
[Wiley] He's dead?
2299
01:49:06,457 --> 01:49:07,458
They smoke him?
2300
01:49:11,671 --> 01:49:12,672
It's perfect.
2301
01:49:14,423 --> 01:49:16,133
Yes! That is...
2302
01:49:17,385 --> 01:49:18,970
That is perfect.
2303
01:49:20,096 --> 01:49:22,181
Time to pick out your tux,
my brother.
2304
01:49:22,265 --> 01:49:23,849
We're going to the big show.
2305
01:49:23,933 --> 01:49:26,143
Hey, come transcribe this.
We got it.
2306
01:49:29,605 --> 01:49:30,606
Fuck.
2307
01:49:30,690 --> 01:49:32,650
[blues music playing]
2308
01:49:53,713 --> 01:49:54,714
[Cliff] Hey.
2309
01:49:57,675 --> 01:49:58,676
[Monk exhales]
2310
01:49:59,385 --> 01:50:00,386
So?
2311
01:50:02,305 --> 01:50:03,389
They going to make
your movie or what?
2312
01:50:04,140 --> 01:50:05,725
Unfortunately, yes.
2313
01:50:05,808 --> 01:50:07,810
Hey! You know what?
2314
01:50:07,893 --> 01:50:10,688
Good luck finding someone
handsome enough to play me.
2315
01:50:10,771 --> 01:50:12,106
I think they have.
2316
01:50:12,189 --> 01:50:13,190
Who they got?
2317
01:50:14,191 --> 01:50:15,192
Tyler Perry.
2318
01:50:15,276 --> 01:50:17,945
[both laughing]
2319
01:50:18,029 --> 01:50:19,030
You got me. That's good.
2320
01:50:21,240 --> 01:50:22,533
[engine starts]
2321
01:50:24,368 --> 01:50:25,494
[Cliff] All right.
2322
01:50:28,331 --> 01:50:30,291
[blues music continues]
2323
01:51:39,652 --> 01:51:41,612
[upbeat jazz music playing]
2324
01:53:51,283 --> 01:53:53,244
[classical piano music playing]
2325
01:54:58,434 --> 01:55:00,394
{\an8}[music continues]