1 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,298 Seven. 2 00:00:19,303 --> 00:00:20,733 So beautiful. 3 00:00:20,738 --> 00:00:22,834 How many times are you gonna say that? 4 00:00:22,839 --> 00:00:24,503 Well, it just keeps hitting me. 5 00:00:24,508 --> 00:00:25,771 Yeah? You say it again, 6 00:00:25,776 --> 00:00:27,407 something else is gonna start hitting you. 7 00:00:27,411 --> 00:00:29,040 Eight. 8 00:00:29,045 --> 00:00:30,809 I think it's a little creepy. 9 00:00:30,814 --> 00:00:33,912 Okay, well, you know, creepy can be beautiful. 10 00:00:33,917 --> 00:00:36,915 Spoken like a true writer. 11 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,082 Nine. 12 00:00:39,555 --> 00:00:41,185 What do you keep counting, sweetheart? 13 00:00:42,492 --> 00:00:44,021 Roadkill. 14 00:00:44,026 --> 00:00:45,690 What? 15 00:00:45,695 --> 00:00:47,992 They're all over the road. 16 00:00:47,997 --> 00:00:50,628 I saw a raccoon and a possum 17 00:00:50,633 --> 00:00:53,167 and one that I think was a cat. 18 00:00:54,036 --> 00:00:57,034 It's weird how it's more sad when a cat gets run over 19 00:00:57,039 --> 00:00:58,471 than a raccoon does. 20 00:01:02,344 --> 00:01:05,245 Ten. 21 00:01:07,550 --> 00:01:09,082 Oh, no. 22 00:01:11,086 --> 00:01:12,553 Oh. 23 00:01:22,364 --> 00:01:23,930 Stay here a second. 24 00:01:27,201 --> 00:01:28,732 - I wanna see. - Uh-uh, honey. 25 00:01:35,844 --> 00:01:37,340 Is it dead? 26 00:01:41,950 --> 00:01:43,113 Very. 27 00:01:43,118 --> 00:01:45,314 Well, don't touch it. 28 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,020 You don't want to get Lyme. 29 00:02:33,272 --> 00:02:40,772 - Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.addic7ed.com - 30 00:03:42,924 --> 00:03:46,430 _ 31 00:04:20,766 --> 00:04:22,997 Okay. 32 00:04:23,002 --> 00:04:24,802 Pretty. 33 00:04:26,972 --> 00:04:28,703 Okay, I'll take it. 34 00:04:28,708 --> 00:04:30,941 - You excited? - Mm-hmm. 35 00:04:32,507 --> 00:04:33,937 Ah, you must be the Gardeners. 36 00:04:33,942 --> 00:04:35,106 - Hi. - We are, hi. 37 00:04:35,111 --> 00:04:37,211 Welcome to Provincetown 38 00:04:37,216 --> 00:04:39,714 - or P-town, as we call it. - Mm. 39 00:04:39,719 --> 00:04:41,540 You know, the pilgrims landed here 40 00:04:41,545 --> 00:04:43,175 before they landed in Plymouth. 41 00:04:43,180 --> 00:04:44,777 - Mm. - Huh? 42 00:04:44,782 --> 00:04:45,978 - I'm Martha. - Hi. 43 00:04:45,983 --> 00:04:49,114 I manage the house for the Browns. 44 00:04:49,119 --> 00:04:50,619 Come on in. 45 00:04:52,422 --> 00:04:54,119 It looks haunted. 46 00:04:55,793 --> 00:04:58,023 Every house in Provincetown is haunted, sweetheart. 47 00:04:58,028 --> 00:05:00,258 It's the ghosts of all the old whalers 48 00:05:00,263 --> 00:05:01,494 drowned at sea. 49 00:05:07,871 --> 00:05:09,368 It's so quiet. 50 00:05:09,373 --> 00:05:11,303 Summer population is 60,000. 51 00:05:11,308 --> 00:05:12,704 This time of year, 52 00:05:12,709 --> 00:05:14,906 it bleeds down to a little less than three. 53 00:05:14,911 --> 00:05:17,542 I actually prefer it like this. 54 00:05:17,547 --> 00:05:19,479 I rent my place out a bunch in the summer... 55 00:05:19,483 --> 00:05:21,013 head out to the Berkshires... 56 00:05:21,018 --> 00:05:23,081 especially during Bear Week. 57 00:05:23,086 --> 00:05:26,751 Septic systems in town back up a lot during Bear Week. 58 00:05:30,227 --> 00:05:31,823 So you're a screenwriter? 59 00:05:31,828 --> 00:05:34,792 - Yeah. - Anything I would have seen? 60 00:05:34,797 --> 00:05:37,095 Um, I've written on a few TV shows. 61 00:05:37,100 --> 00:05:38,130 - Uh-huh? - Uh, 62 00:05:38,135 --> 00:05:41,032 - network procedurals, mostly. - Ah. 63 00:05:41,037 --> 00:05:42,933 He's, uh, 64 00:05:42,938 --> 00:05:44,902 writing a pilot while we're out here, though. 65 00:05:44,907 --> 00:05:47,338 Oh, I hope you're not planning on, uh, 66 00:05:47,343 --> 00:05:48,872 changing too much about the place. 67 00:05:48,877 --> 00:05:50,707 Browns gave me free rein 68 00:05:50,712 --> 00:05:53,511 to change whatever I want, so... 69 00:05:53,516 --> 00:05:55,046 - Well... - Well, within the budget. 70 00:05:55,051 --> 00:05:56,713 Right. It's her first big job. 71 00:05:56,718 --> 00:05:59,550 Yeah, it's sort of a... a second career for me. 72 00:05:59,555 --> 00:06:02,119 I was a schoolteacher for a long time, but... 73 00:06:02,124 --> 00:06:05,423 The Browns, they saw my Instagram account... 74 00:06:05,428 --> 00:06:07,658 - It's very good. - And offered us 75 00:06:07,663 --> 00:06:11,565 three months free at the house in exchange for redecorating. 76 00:06:12,734 --> 00:06:15,266 Aha! 77 00:06:15,271 --> 00:06:16,433 A little fiddle player. 78 00:06:16,438 --> 00:06:19,102 We got a nice little orchestra at the middle school. 79 00:06:19,107 --> 00:06:21,204 She's homeschooled. 80 00:06:21,209 --> 00:06:22,639 Well, all you really need to know... 81 00:06:22,643 --> 00:06:24,340 - Mm-hmm. - Is to keep 82 00:06:24,345 --> 00:06:25,741 a lot of booze stocked. 83 00:06:25,746 --> 00:06:26,943 Okay. 84 00:06:26,948 --> 00:06:28,879 Uh, make sure the windows are closed up tight... 85 00:06:28,884 --> 00:06:30,980 In case a nor'easter rolls in. 86 00:06:30,985 --> 00:06:33,316 Uh, don't go swimming near the seals. 87 00:06:33,321 --> 00:06:35,885 Not that you would... the water's near freezing. 88 00:06:35,890 --> 00:06:39,895 Oh, and don't try and imitate a Boston accent. 89 00:06:40,495 --> 00:06:42,258 Huh? 90 00:06:42,263 --> 00:06:44,130 All right. 91 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,297 - Thank you, Martha. - Thank you. 92 00:06:47,302 --> 00:06:48,898 Thank you. 93 00:06:48,903 --> 00:06:50,266 Enjoy. 94 00:06:50,271 --> 00:06:51,767 - Bye-bye. - Bye. 95 00:06:51,772 --> 00:06:54,471 I'm gonna go find my room. 96 00:06:55,810 --> 00:06:57,840 Are they all gonna be 97 00:06:57,845 --> 00:06:58,941 so weird? 98 00:06:58,946 --> 00:07:00,875 - Oh, God, I hope so. - No. 99 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,515 I need all the inspiration I can get. 100 00:07:04,618 --> 00:07:06,047 I think I'll unload later 101 00:07:06,052 --> 00:07:07,984 and I'll go hit the market for supplies right now. 102 00:07:07,988 --> 00:07:09,818 Mm, you mean the "mahket". 103 00:07:09,823 --> 00:07:11,287 - Right, the "mahket". - It's the "mahket". 104 00:07:11,291 --> 00:07:12,754 Shh, she's listening. 105 00:07:14,428 --> 00:07:15,957 Can't believe we're doing this. 106 00:07:15,962 --> 00:07:18,193 I never thought I'd get you out of the city. 107 00:07:18,198 --> 00:07:19,394 I know. 108 00:07:19,399 --> 00:07:20,895 I'm really proud of us. 109 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:22,064 This is the perfect place for you 110 00:07:22,068 --> 00:07:23,865 to work without distraction 111 00:07:23,870 --> 00:07:27,469 and for me to get some real experience. 112 00:07:27,474 --> 00:07:28,537 I think it's gonna be fun. 113 00:07:28,542 --> 00:07:29,704 Me too. 114 00:07:29,709 --> 00:07:31,607 Like a babymoon. 115 00:07:31,612 --> 00:07:34,243 Mm. Okay. 116 00:07:34,248 --> 00:07:35,511 Bye. 117 00:08:37,943 --> 00:08:40,107 Get the fuck out of here, fucker! 118 00:08:40,112 --> 00:08:41,141 Out of this town! 119 00:08:41,146 --> 00:08:42,743 They're gonna munch on your balls! 120 00:08:42,748 --> 00:08:44,011 All right, Karen. 121 00:08:44,016 --> 00:08:46,213 That's enough crazy for one day. 122 00:08:46,218 --> 00:08:48,418 Go outside and scream at a tree or the bay or something. 123 00:08:49,254 --> 00:08:51,318 Jesus, Karen! Get out, okay? 124 00:08:51,323 --> 00:08:52,553 You're not allowed to die in here. 125 00:08:52,557 --> 00:08:54,390 Go fuck yourself, motherfucker. 126 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:56,957 Get out of this town! 127 00:08:56,962 --> 00:08:58,161 Get out! 128 00:08:59,198 --> 00:09:01,628 Tell him, Mikey. 129 00:09:03,602 --> 00:09:06,466 We call her Tuberculosis Karen. 130 00:09:07,973 --> 00:09:09,837 I don't think she actually has TB, 131 00:09:09,842 --> 00:09:11,941 just smokes, uh, three packs a day. 132 00:09:13,010 --> 00:09:15,908 She's a nutter, but she's harmless. 133 00:09:15,913 --> 00:09:17,510 Well, I'm from New York City. 134 00:09:17,515 --> 00:09:20,280 It takes a lot nuttier than that to faze me. 135 00:09:20,285 --> 00:09:21,514 I'm Mikey. 136 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:23,250 - This is my place. - Hi. 137 00:09:23,255 --> 00:09:24,351 Harry Gardener. 138 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:25,752 I know. 139 00:09:25,757 --> 00:09:26,919 Mr. Hollywood. 140 00:09:27,993 --> 00:09:30,490 My sister is the Browns' house manager. 141 00:09:30,495 --> 00:09:32,191 - Oh. - Just let me know 142 00:09:32,196 --> 00:09:34,827 if you need me to order you anything special, 143 00:09:34,832 --> 00:09:37,530 uh, organic, uh, fruit or kale 144 00:09:37,535 --> 00:09:38,931 or, uh, oat milk. 145 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:48,800 _ 146 00:11:26,609 --> 00:11:27,775 Alma! 147 00:11:32,849 --> 00:11:34,678 Honey, 148 00:11:34,683 --> 00:11:35,980 you know I love your playing. 149 00:11:35,985 --> 00:11:38,048 But can you help me out here? 150 00:11:38,053 --> 00:11:40,954 I-I-I only have three months to finish this project. 151 00:11:41,857 --> 00:11:45,292 I thought music was supposed to help open the creative mind. 152 00:11:45,961 --> 00:11:47,724 I'm sure you're right about that. 153 00:11:47,729 --> 00:11:49,393 But see, the thing is, 154 00:11:49,398 --> 00:11:51,262 when you play, 155 00:11:51,267 --> 00:11:53,663 all I can think about is how much I love you 156 00:11:53,668 --> 00:11:55,432 and how proud I am of you. 157 00:11:55,437 --> 00:11:59,736 And it demotivates me from working, 158 00:11:59,741 --> 00:12:01,705 because what more do I have to prove 159 00:12:01,710 --> 00:12:02,973 when I have you as my daughter? 160 00:12:02,978 --> 00:12:04,812 And it's super annoying. 161 00:12:06,448 --> 00:12:07,810 That too. 162 00:12:07,815 --> 00:12:08,945 I need to be better. 163 00:12:08,950 --> 00:12:10,613 I need to be perfect. 164 00:12:10,618 --> 00:12:13,449 I want to play first chair in the New York Philharmonic 165 00:12:13,454 --> 00:12:14,951 by the time I'm 18. 166 00:12:14,956 --> 00:12:16,986 Oof, 18. 167 00:12:16,991 --> 00:12:19,755 Ticktock, baby. 168 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,925 Ticktock, ticktock, 169 00:12:21,930 --> 00:12:23,893 ticktock. 170 00:12:23,898 --> 00:12:26,062 I thought everyone loved the script. 171 00:12:26,067 --> 00:12:27,163 Why would they buy it 172 00:12:27,168 --> 00:12:28,932 if you had to do so much to fix it? 173 00:12:28,937 --> 00:12:30,934 All right, Almandine. 174 00:12:30,939 --> 00:12:32,068 Let's go out and explore 175 00:12:32,073 --> 00:12:33,513 and let Daddy get some writing done. 176 00:12:34,475 --> 00:12:35,604 Come on, baby. 177 00:12:35,609 --> 00:12:36,705 Thank you. 178 00:12:42,149 --> 00:12:45,047 We need to get Daddy noise-canceling headphones. 179 00:12:46,653 --> 00:12:48,250 That's a good idea. 180 00:12:52,492 --> 00:12:55,123 I wonder if the pilgrims are buried here. 181 00:12:55,128 --> 00:12:57,092 I wonder what killed them. 182 00:12:57,097 --> 00:12:58,693 Maybe something cool and ancient 183 00:12:58,698 --> 00:13:00,365 like dysentery or plague. 184 00:13:01,435 --> 00:13:03,131 Or deer ticks. 185 00:13:03,136 --> 00:13:05,570 There's Lyme disease all over this area. 186 00:13:06,539 --> 00:13:07,679 Your friend Rashida's mom, 187 00:13:07,684 --> 00:13:09,534 she spends the summer in the Hamptons. 188 00:13:09,539 --> 00:13:10,539 She got it. 189 00:13:10,543 --> 00:13:12,341 Now she can barely make it to noon 190 00:13:12,346 --> 00:13:14,709 before collapsing in exhaustion. 191 00:13:14,714 --> 00:13:16,377 If you just... 192 00:13:16,382 --> 00:13:19,116 Keep covered up, you should be okay. 193 00:13:21,053 --> 00:13:23,050 Do you like it here? 194 00:13:23,055 --> 00:13:24,618 It's very beautiful. 195 00:13:24,623 --> 00:13:27,554 You know me. I love the energy of the city, 196 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:28,660 where there's always something 197 00:13:28,664 --> 00:13:30,424 surprising you around every corner, 198 00:13:30,429 --> 00:13:31,725 whether it's a crazy man... 199 00:13:31,730 --> 00:13:32,927 Yelling about God, 200 00:13:32,931 --> 00:13:34,462 a drum circle, 201 00:13:34,467 --> 00:13:36,297 or an old friend, 202 00:13:36,302 --> 00:13:37,865 a neat window display. 203 00:13:39,738 --> 00:13:42,036 It's good to get a break, 204 00:13:42,041 --> 00:13:43,737 even from things you love. 205 00:13:47,578 --> 00:13:48,774 Come on. 206 00:13:50,882 --> 00:13:52,678 Come on. 207 00:13:52,683 --> 00:13:54,547 Come on. Come on. 208 00:14:04,361 --> 00:14:05,625 Harry! 209 00:14:05,630 --> 00:14:07,894 Harry! Harry! 210 00:14:08,942 --> 00:14:09,962 Harry! 211 00:14:09,967 --> 00:14:11,297 - What's happening? - A man, 212 00:14:11,302 --> 00:14:13,533 he's chasing us! He's chasing us! 213 00:14:13,538 --> 00:14:15,200 What's happening? 214 00:14:15,205 --> 00:14:16,569 See? 215 00:14:18,375 --> 00:14:20,739 Fuck. 216 00:14:20,744 --> 00:14:22,707 The sunroom, the sunroom, the sunroom! 217 00:14:22,712 --> 00:14:24,442 Harry, the door! 218 00:14:38,895 --> 00:14:41,225 85% of the crime on the Cape 219 00:14:41,230 --> 00:14:43,061 is opioid-related. 220 00:14:43,066 --> 00:14:44,496 Not much to do out here in the winter 221 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:46,064 but complain and get high. 222 00:14:46,069 --> 00:14:47,832 Most of it's harmless. 223 00:14:47,837 --> 00:14:49,734 Break-ins, shoplifting. 224 00:14:49,739 --> 00:14:52,037 Heard they had a drive-by stabbing on a bike 225 00:14:52,042 --> 00:14:53,204 a couple of summers ago, 226 00:14:53,209 --> 00:14:54,939 but that was a real freaky outlier. 227 00:14:54,944 --> 00:14:56,974 Well, this didn't feel harmless. 228 00:14:56,979 --> 00:14:58,676 He chased me and my daughter 229 00:14:58,681 --> 00:15:01,248 like some kind of wild predator. 230 00:15:02,418 --> 00:15:04,782 I'm really sorry he scared you. 231 00:15:04,787 --> 00:15:07,288 My guess is, that was all he was trying to do. 232 00:15:13,463 --> 00:15:15,626 You know, I have read that Lyme disease 233 00:15:15,631 --> 00:15:18,599 can cause some very strange neurological symptoms. 234 00:15:20,236 --> 00:15:23,301 I worked Oakland PD for 15 years. 235 00:15:23,306 --> 00:15:25,236 Quit last spring. Took this job. 236 00:15:25,241 --> 00:15:27,071 You know why? 237 00:15:27,076 --> 00:15:28,305 It's boring. 238 00:15:28,310 --> 00:15:30,607 Most of the problem children are day laborers. 239 00:15:30,612 --> 00:15:32,275 And the guys who work the fishing boats 240 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:33,477 in the summer? 241 00:15:33,482 --> 00:15:35,512 They spend too much of their summer paychecks 242 00:15:35,517 --> 00:15:37,615 and get stuck out here all winter, 243 00:15:37,620 --> 00:15:38,983 get hooked on pills. 244 00:15:38,988 --> 00:15:40,217 They're weird 245 00:15:40,222 --> 00:15:42,886 but usually too stoned to cause any real problems. 246 00:15:42,891 --> 00:15:45,522 I'll send some deputies to sweep the dunes, 247 00:15:45,527 --> 00:15:47,460 push the junkies up cape a little. 248 00:15:49,131 --> 00:15:50,394 What about the family that was killed 249 00:15:50,398 --> 00:15:52,195 over in Truro last winter? 250 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,231 Five people in their own beds? 251 00:15:54,236 --> 00:15:55,799 I Googled "crime in Cape Cod" 252 00:15:55,804 --> 00:15:57,335 and that was the first thing that came up. 253 00:15:57,339 --> 00:15:59,402 You didn't Google it before we got here? 254 00:15:59,407 --> 00:16:01,338 All I heard was how safe it is. 255 00:16:01,343 --> 00:16:02,406 It is. 256 00:16:02,410 --> 00:16:03,841 Between you and I, we're pretty sure 257 00:16:03,845 --> 00:16:06,009 the father was involved with organized crime 258 00:16:06,014 --> 00:16:08,310 down in Rhode Island. 259 00:16:08,315 --> 00:16:10,613 So you haven't caught whoever was responsible? 260 00:16:10,618 --> 00:16:12,015 Ma'am, 261 00:16:12,020 --> 00:16:14,216 I know this was really upsetting. 262 00:16:14,221 --> 00:16:16,218 - Yeah. - But you have my word, 263 00:16:16,223 --> 00:16:19,122 you're safe here. 264 00:16:26,367 --> 00:16:27,897 Do you want to go home? 265 00:16:29,771 --> 00:16:31,300 No. 266 00:16:31,305 --> 00:16:32,501 No, this is... 267 00:16:32,506 --> 00:16:34,804 it's too big of an opportunity for me. 268 00:16:34,809 --> 00:16:37,172 For both of us. 269 00:16:38,278 --> 00:16:39,308 Okay. 270 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:53,399 _ 271 00:16:56,188 --> 00:17:00,267 _ 272 00:17:00,277 --> 00:17:02,691 _ 273 00:17:02,701 --> 00:17:05,443 _ 274 00:17:05,446 --> 00:17:07,446 _ 275 00:17:44,344 --> 00:17:46,006 What happened? 276 00:17:46,011 --> 00:17:48,175 She said the guy who chased us was outside. 277 00:17:52,584 --> 00:17:54,748 There's no one there. 278 00:17:54,753 --> 00:17:56,620 I saw him. There were three of them. 279 00:17:58,590 --> 00:18:00,657 Sure it wasn't a nightmare, sweetheart? 280 00:18:02,060 --> 00:18:03,760 I don't think so. 281 00:18:05,130 --> 00:18:06,426 Okay, sweetheart. 282 00:18:06,431 --> 00:18:09,529 You come sleep with Mommy tonight, okay? 283 00:18:09,534 --> 00:18:12,132 Come on, bring Teddy. 284 00:18:22,681 --> 00:18:24,944 Should I call the police chief? 285 00:18:24,949 --> 00:18:27,179 Because she was so helpful last time? 286 00:19:26,676 --> 00:19:28,307 In the army, they shoot you 287 00:19:28,312 --> 00:19:30,108 for falling asleep on guard duty. 288 00:19:44,260 --> 00:19:45,857 You want coffee? 289 00:19:45,862 --> 00:19:47,725 Oh, yes, please. 290 00:19:47,730 --> 00:19:49,961 And I think I'll go for a run. 291 00:20:43,217 --> 00:20:45,347 Oh, my God. 292 00:20:45,352 --> 00:20:47,450 Oh, my God. Jesus. 293 00:21:01,365 --> 00:21:03,628 First dead guy you ever seen? 294 00:21:03,633 --> 00:21:05,300 Yeah, I guess so. 295 00:21:06,103 --> 00:21:08,266 What could have made those wounds on those men? 296 00:21:08,271 --> 00:21:09,567 My first guess 297 00:21:09,572 --> 00:21:11,136 is a great white. 298 00:21:11,141 --> 00:21:12,170 I thought great whites 299 00:21:12,175 --> 00:21:14,106 migrated to warmer waters in the winter. 300 00:21:14,111 --> 00:21:17,012 Well, I'll know more after the autopsy. 301 00:21:45,441 --> 00:21:46,638 You okay? 302 00:21:46,643 --> 00:21:49,774 Yeah, hey... 303 00:21:49,779 --> 00:21:51,643 let's go out tonight. 304 00:21:51,648 --> 00:21:53,309 There's only one restaurant open in town, 305 00:21:53,314 --> 00:21:54,813 and I don't know if it's any good, but... 306 00:21:54,817 --> 00:21:56,213 Doubtful. 307 00:21:56,218 --> 00:21:58,215 I want to just... 308 00:21:58,220 --> 00:22:00,017 celebrate life. 309 00:22:00,022 --> 00:22:01,885 Our life. 310 00:22:01,890 --> 00:22:03,754 That sounds lovely. 311 00:22:03,759 --> 00:22:04,955 It's a date. 312 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,590 Yay. 313 00:22:13,602 --> 00:22:14,968 Has she babysat before? 314 00:22:15,971 --> 00:22:17,868 Did you call her references? 315 00:22:17,873 --> 00:22:20,804 Alma, you met her. 316 00:22:20,809 --> 00:22:23,107 She's the nice lady who manages the house. 317 00:22:23,112 --> 00:22:26,143 I don't think she normally moonlights as a babysitter, 318 00:22:26,148 --> 00:22:28,649 but she's... she's doing us a favor. 319 00:22:29,918 --> 00:22:32,483 Are you worried about being here without us? 320 00:22:32,488 --> 00:22:33,984 No. 321 00:22:33,989 --> 00:22:36,185 It's gonna be fine, okay? 322 00:22:36,190 --> 00:22:38,455 We're right down the street. 323 00:22:38,460 --> 00:22:41,091 Literally two minutes away. 324 00:22:41,096 --> 00:22:43,259 Okay? 325 00:22:43,264 --> 00:22:44,894 Why don't you go get the ingredients out 326 00:22:44,899 --> 00:22:46,496 for your mac and cheese? 327 00:22:48,670 --> 00:22:49,766 Okay. 328 00:23:16,196 --> 00:23:17,626 Honey. 329 00:23:17,631 --> 00:23:19,761 - Ugh. - You okay? 330 00:23:25,339 --> 00:23:27,569 - I threw up. - Mm. 331 00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:30,739 - Is it the baby? - Mm-mm. 332 00:23:30,744 --> 00:23:32,441 No, I don't think so. 333 00:23:33,713 --> 00:23:36,378 It's a little late for morning sickness. 334 00:23:36,383 --> 00:23:37,383 I... 335 00:23:38,418 --> 00:23:40,415 It's probably just all the stress. 336 00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:42,184 - Come on. - It's okay. 337 00:23:42,189 --> 00:23:43,518 - Heave ho! - Ooh! 338 00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:46,754 Okay, light as a feather. 339 00:23:52,898 --> 00:23:54,928 Okay, let's lay you down. Come on. 340 00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:56,364 Come on, come on, come on, come on. 341 00:23:56,369 --> 00:23:58,098 - No, boo. - Mm-hmm. 342 00:23:58,103 --> 00:23:59,870 I'm afraid so. 343 00:24:00,739 --> 00:24:02,403 No. 344 00:24:02,408 --> 00:24:03,874 Ooh. 345 00:24:06,912 --> 00:24:08,745 I don't want to ruin our night. 346 00:24:12,218 --> 00:24:13,447 You go. 347 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:14,649 Go. 348 00:24:14,654 --> 00:24:16,050 - Have a drink. - No. 349 00:24:16,055 --> 00:24:18,084 Yes, you need some... 350 00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:20,520 stimulation for your writing. 351 00:24:20,525 --> 00:24:21,589 I'm not leaving you here. 352 00:24:21,594 --> 00:24:22,859 We're fine. 353 00:24:23,828 --> 00:24:24,828 I'm fine. 354 00:24:25,897 --> 00:24:28,361 Say, will you... 355 00:24:28,366 --> 00:24:29,596 will you bring me back a... 356 00:24:29,601 --> 00:24:31,231 a steak 357 00:24:31,236 --> 00:24:32,899 or a burger? 358 00:24:32,904 --> 00:24:35,669 I'm craving red meat 359 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:36,803 all of a sudden. 360 00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:38,206 What if those weirdos come back? 361 00:24:38,210 --> 00:24:39,273 Sweetheart, 362 00:24:39,278 --> 00:24:40,575 you'll be gone for an hour. 363 00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:41,708 Go. 364 00:24:41,713 --> 00:24:43,646 - You sure? - Yes. 365 00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:45,712 Go. 366 00:24:45,717 --> 00:24:46,982 Okay, okay, okay, okay. 367 00:24:47,985 --> 00:24:50,350 Okay, I'll be fast. 368 00:24:50,355 --> 00:24:51,684 Mm. 369 00:25:28,791 --> 00:25:30,255 Buy me a drink? 370 00:25:30,260 --> 00:25:31,922 Uh, no, thank you. I'm... 371 00:25:31,927 --> 00:25:33,391 I'm married. 372 00:25:33,396 --> 00:25:35,026 To a... a woman. 373 00:25:35,031 --> 00:25:36,094 Hmm. 374 00:25:36,098 --> 00:25:37,729 So are all my regulars. 375 00:25:37,734 --> 00:25:40,898 You strike me as a... angry top. 376 00:25:42,305 --> 00:25:43,668 I'm clean. 377 00:25:43,673 --> 00:25:45,770 But, uh, you do have to glove up 378 00:25:45,775 --> 00:25:48,373 unless you're down for some frottage. 379 00:25:48,378 --> 00:25:49,607 Frottage? 380 00:25:49,612 --> 00:25:51,609 It's French for rubbing our dicks together. 381 00:25:51,614 --> 00:25:53,911 Okay. Excuse me, um, 382 00:25:53,916 --> 00:25:56,281 I have a reservation for two under Gardener. 383 00:25:56,286 --> 00:25:58,549 But my wife isn't feeling well, so it's just gonna be me. 384 00:25:58,554 --> 00:25:59,816 Or I can join you. 385 00:25:59,821 --> 00:26:02,051 - Beat it, Mickey. - All right. 386 00:26:02,056 --> 00:26:04,554 - Right this way, sir. - Thank you. 387 00:26:04,559 --> 00:26:06,523 Hey. 388 00:26:06,528 --> 00:26:07,724 Call me. 389 00:26:20,241 --> 00:26:24,741 # Baby, when I met you, there was peace unknown # 390 00:26:24,746 --> 00:26:29,212 # I set out to get you with a fine-toothed comb # 391 00:26:29,217 --> 00:26:31,815 # I was soft inside # 392 00:26:31,820 --> 00:26:35,685 # There was somethin' going on # 393 00:26:39,026 --> 00:26:40,889 # You do something to me # 394 00:26:40,894 --> 00:26:44,393 # That I can't explain # 395 00:26:44,398 --> 00:26:48,130 # Hold me closer and I feel no pain # 396 00:26:48,135 --> 00:26:50,700 # Every beat of my heart # 397 00:26:50,705 --> 00:26:54,704 # We got somethin' going on # 398 00:26:56,610 --> 00:26:59,241 # Tender love is blind # 399 00:26:59,246 --> 00:27:02,945 # It requires a dedication # 400 00:27:02,950 --> 00:27:05,548 # All this love we feel # 401 00:27:05,553 --> 00:27:07,015 # Needs no conversation # 402 00:27:07,020 --> 00:27:09,084 # We ride it together # 403 00:27:09,089 --> 00:27:11,086 # Uh-huh # 404 00:27:11,091 --> 00:27:13,956 # Makin' love with each other # 405 00:27:13,961 --> 00:27:15,991 # Uh-huh # 406 00:27:15,996 --> 00:27:18,060 # Islands in the stream # 407 00:27:18,065 --> 00:27:20,595 # That is what we are # 408 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,630 # No one in between # 409 00:27:22,635 --> 00:27:25,533 # How can we be wrong # 410 00:27:25,538 --> 00:27:27,102 # Sail away with me # 411 00:27:27,107 --> 00:27:29,071 # To another world # 412 00:27:29,111 --> 00:27:30,403 _ 413 00:27:38,518 --> 00:27:39,882 Hi, honey. 414 00:27:39,887 --> 00:27:41,118 How you feeling? 415 00:27:41,988 --> 00:27:43,184 A bit better. 416 00:27:43,189 --> 00:27:45,720 Alma passed out. You having fun? 417 00:27:45,725 --> 00:27:47,221 Not really without you. 418 00:27:47,226 --> 00:27:49,591 Feels good to get out, though. You were right. 419 00:27:49,596 --> 00:27:50,659 Still want that burger? 420 00:27:50,663 --> 00:27:52,226 No. 421 00:27:52,231 --> 00:27:55,329 No, I think I'm... I'm about to pass out too. 422 00:27:55,334 --> 00:27:56,464 Love you. 423 00:27:58,004 --> 00:28:02,209 # From one lover to another # 424 00:28:03,943 --> 00:28:08,148 # Uh-huh # 425 00:28:44,542 --> 00:28:46,138 Sorry, I didn't order that. 426 00:28:46,143 --> 00:28:47,240 They did. 427 00:28:56,887 --> 00:28:58,150 Hi. 428 00:28:58,155 --> 00:29:01,186 I'm Harry Gardener. 429 00:29:01,191 --> 00:29:03,121 Uh, what did I do to deserve this? 430 00:29:03,126 --> 00:29:04,689 You have that look about you. 431 00:29:04,694 --> 00:29:06,791 One that says I need a drink? 432 00:29:06,796 --> 00:29:08,226 One that says you 433 00:29:08,231 --> 00:29:10,462 need a positive review. 434 00:29:10,467 --> 00:29:11,963 We're fellow travelers. 435 00:29:11,968 --> 00:29:14,398 Warriors of words. Soldiers of syntax. 436 00:29:14,403 --> 00:29:15,803 Pugilists of prose. 437 00:29:16,906 --> 00:29:18,670 Writers. 438 00:29:18,675 --> 00:29:20,806 Y-you could tell I was a writer just by looking at me? 439 00:29:20,810 --> 00:29:22,073 No, but... 440 00:29:22,078 --> 00:29:24,208 who the hell else moves out here for three months? 441 00:29:25,548 --> 00:29:27,245 I'm Austin Summers, 442 00:29:27,250 --> 00:29:28,580 better-than-average playwright. 443 00:29:28,585 --> 00:29:30,014 Oh, stop being an asshole 444 00:29:30,019 --> 00:29:31,383 and feigning humility. 445 00:29:31,388 --> 00:29:34,686 You're as modest as Narcissus himself. 446 00:29:34,691 --> 00:29:38,189 Austin has three Tonys and a Peabody. 447 00:29:38,194 --> 00:29:40,324 My name is Sarah Cunningham. 448 00:29:40,329 --> 00:29:42,960 But I write under the pseudonym 449 00:29:42,965 --> 00:29:44,529 Belle Noir. 450 00:29:44,534 --> 00:29:46,833 No shit. You're Belle Noir? 451 00:29:47,937 --> 00:29:49,733 Don't tell me you like romance novels. 452 00:29:49,738 --> 00:29:52,069 Not usually, but your stuff is way better 453 00:29:52,074 --> 00:29:53,795 than the typical dime store crap. 454 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,830 It is deep and moving. 455 00:29:55,835 --> 00:29:57,867 That recent adaptation of, uh, 456 00:29:57,872 --> 00:30:00,636 "My Sister is an Only Child" with Sandra Bullock? 457 00:30:00,641 --> 00:30:01,736 Oh, my God. 458 00:30:01,741 --> 00:30:04,473 That was incredibly heartbreaking. 459 00:30:04,478 --> 00:30:05,707 Drink with us. 460 00:30:05,712 --> 00:30:06,841 Oh, no, I... 461 00:30:06,846 --> 00:30:08,109 I don't think I'm worthy. 462 00:30:08,114 --> 00:30:10,779 I'm just a... I'm a crap screenwriter 463 00:30:10,784 --> 00:30:12,080 with a bunch of studio rewrites 464 00:30:12,085 --> 00:30:14,449 and a bunch of busted pilots. 465 00:30:14,454 --> 00:30:15,850 Bullshit. 466 00:30:15,855 --> 00:30:18,654 You're one of us. Sit. 467 00:30:18,659 --> 00:30:19,957 All right. 468 00:30:21,662 --> 00:30:23,658 Listen, I've been coming out here 469 00:30:23,663 --> 00:30:27,495 to write for the winter for a few years now. 470 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:28,896 Belle's spent, what, 471 00:30:28,901 --> 00:30:30,431 a couple more than that? 472 00:30:30,436 --> 00:30:32,633 This place, it just, uh... 473 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,171 Inspires us. 474 00:30:37,176 --> 00:30:39,408 I think you guys would prefer being here in the summer. 475 00:30:39,412 --> 00:30:40,675 God, no. 476 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,444 With all those tourists and sunshine? 477 00:30:43,449 --> 00:30:47,715 The kind of vitamin D I like doesn't come from the sun. 478 00:30:49,889 --> 00:30:51,786 I arrive in November 479 00:30:51,791 --> 00:30:53,987 with nothing but a case of good brandy 480 00:30:53,992 --> 00:30:56,256 and some clothes and fur coats. 481 00:30:56,261 --> 00:30:58,292 And by the time May rolls around, 482 00:30:58,297 --> 00:31:01,361 I've got a masterpiece "New York Times" best seller. 483 00:31:01,366 --> 00:31:03,832 And I show up with a stack of porno mags 484 00:31:03,836 --> 00:31:05,398 and a Casio keyboard, 485 00:31:05,403 --> 00:31:07,467 and by the great spring thaw... 486 00:31:07,472 --> 00:31:08,472 boom! 487 00:31:08,477 --> 00:31:11,438 Guaranteed sloppy BJ from "The New York Times". 488 00:31:12,811 --> 00:31:14,007 I hate to leave. 489 00:31:14,012 --> 00:31:15,843 It's so fun and creative here. 490 00:31:15,848 --> 00:31:17,077 Don't you just love 491 00:31:17,082 --> 00:31:19,847 an Aperol Spritz in the wintertime? 492 00:31:19,852 --> 00:31:21,315 It's breaking all the rules. 493 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:22,950 And I'm here for that. 494 00:31:22,955 --> 00:31:25,685 Man, I could really use some of the inspiration 495 00:31:25,690 --> 00:31:27,587 you guys seem to have on tap. 496 00:31:27,592 --> 00:31:29,089 I... I, uh... 497 00:31:31,730 --> 00:31:33,060 I'm having some writer's block, 498 00:31:33,065 --> 00:31:34,661 if I'm being totally honest. 499 00:31:34,666 --> 00:31:36,762 Well, that won't last long. 500 00:31:36,767 --> 00:31:38,164 Trust me. 501 00:31:51,248 --> 00:31:52,312 Karen. 502 00:31:52,317 --> 00:31:54,213 I just want the gristle and fat, bitch! 503 00:31:54,218 --> 00:31:57,016 Scraps you're gonna throw to the maggots anyway. 504 00:31:57,021 --> 00:31:59,485 Do I need to be a maggot to get your leftovers? 505 00:31:59,490 --> 00:32:00,653 Good Lord. 506 00:32:00,658 --> 00:32:02,422 It's like a modern-day "Les Mis" over there. 507 00:32:02,427 --> 00:32:04,224 I told you not to come in here anymore, Karen. 508 00:32:04,228 --> 00:32:05,592 Uh, leave her alone. 509 00:32:05,596 --> 00:32:08,727 The poor woman has consumption, Inspector Javert. 510 00:32:08,732 --> 00:32:10,161 Have pity. 511 00:32:11,201 --> 00:32:13,131 I told you to get out of this place! 512 00:32:13,136 --> 00:32:15,100 You stay away from those two. 513 00:32:15,105 --> 00:32:18,036 Stay away from all these bloodsucking motherfuckers. 514 00:32:18,041 --> 00:32:19,871 - Out. - I'm warning you! 515 00:32:19,876 --> 00:32:21,839 - Come on. - I'm warning you! 516 00:32:21,844 --> 00:32:23,674 Get off of me. 517 00:32:23,679 --> 00:32:27,245 Mm, how terribly flawed and human. 518 00:32:27,250 --> 00:32:28,413 Mm. 519 00:32:28,418 --> 00:32:30,982 If that doesn't inspire the muse to visit you, 520 00:32:30,987 --> 00:32:32,483 I don't know what will. 521 00:34:59,873 --> 00:35:01,236 You want me to stay the night? 522 00:35:01,241 --> 00:35:03,105 It's only 40 bucks extra. 523 00:35:03,110 --> 00:35:04,672 Bullshit. 524 00:35:04,677 --> 00:35:06,774 You're the one that should pay me. 525 00:35:06,779 --> 00:35:09,211 I've seen that shack you boys live in. 526 00:35:09,216 --> 00:35:10,545 I have heat 527 00:35:10,550 --> 00:35:12,847 and the scent of Rigaud candles. 528 00:35:12,852 --> 00:35:14,316 Well, then it's $50 for the fuck, 529 00:35:14,321 --> 00:35:15,483 'cause I gotta get going. 530 00:35:15,488 --> 00:35:18,086 I'll give you $200 for a taste. 531 00:35:18,091 --> 00:35:19,354 No. 532 00:35:19,359 --> 00:35:21,223 You almost killed me last time. 533 00:35:21,228 --> 00:35:22,857 You took it too far, Belle. 534 00:35:22,862 --> 00:35:24,393 It's the crystal meth you took. 535 00:35:24,398 --> 00:35:25,760 It... it got me overexcited. 536 00:35:25,765 --> 00:35:27,062 - Come on, just... - No. 537 00:35:27,067 --> 00:35:28,296 I'll give you $300. 538 00:35:28,301 --> 00:35:29,564 No. 539 00:35:29,569 --> 00:35:32,099 I suck you, or you don't get shit! 540 00:35:32,104 --> 00:35:33,534 How's that for a deal? 541 00:35:33,539 --> 00:35:35,269 Okay. 542 00:35:35,274 --> 00:35:36,870 Just... just do it quick. 543 00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:36,229 I can't. 544 00:36:36,234 --> 00:36:37,831 I can't do it. Please. 545 00:36:37,836 --> 00:36:39,132 Please. 546 00:36:39,137 --> 00:36:40,968 I'm begging. 547 00:36:40,973 --> 00:36:43,035 You have three hours. 548 00:37:18,642 --> 00:37:20,204 I'll need you to come down 549 00:37:20,209 --> 00:37:22,541 to give an official statement tomorrow. 550 00:37:22,546 --> 00:37:24,109 Do we have to get a lawyer? 551 00:37:24,114 --> 00:37:27,078 No, the man broke into your house and attacked you. 552 00:37:27,083 --> 00:37:29,147 Massachusetts isn't Texas, but even here, 553 00:37:29,152 --> 00:37:31,783 you're allowed to defend yourself in your home. 554 00:37:31,788 --> 00:37:33,184 No one's gonna miss some tweaker 555 00:37:33,189 --> 00:37:35,386 who was looking to steal a stereo to get high. 556 00:37:35,391 --> 00:37:36,588 He didn't just want to steal. 557 00:37:36,592 --> 00:37:38,289 He tried to... 558 00:37:38,294 --> 00:37:39,758 What? He tried to what? 559 00:37:39,763 --> 00:37:41,993 He tried to bite my throat out. 560 00:37:41,998 --> 00:37:45,530 It felt like that's what he came for. 561 00:37:49,772 --> 00:37:53,003 Come by my office anytime after 2:00 tomorrow. 562 00:37:53,008 --> 00:37:55,475 I doubt you'll have any more trouble tonight. 563 00:38:09,558 --> 00:38:10,988 How's Alma? 564 00:38:10,993 --> 00:38:12,289 She's upstairs. 565 00:38:12,294 --> 00:38:13,692 Told her to stay there no matter what. 566 00:38:13,696 --> 00:38:15,358 She doesn't know what happened. 567 00:38:15,363 --> 00:38:16,797 Good. Let's keep it that way. 568 00:38:20,569 --> 00:38:21,968 Thank you. 569 00:38:22,972 --> 00:38:24,333 For protecting us. 570 00:38:24,338 --> 00:38:26,535 I'm gonna do more of it tomorrow. 571 00:38:26,540 --> 00:38:28,370 We're leaving. 572 00:38:28,375 --> 00:38:29,472 There are plenty of places 573 00:38:29,477 --> 00:38:31,941 in Maine or Nantucket 574 00:38:31,946 --> 00:38:34,310 or the Hamptons where I can write in peace 575 00:38:34,315 --> 00:38:35,612 and there aren't 576 00:38:35,617 --> 00:38:39,181 lunatic mimes with razor teeth trying to kill us. 577 00:38:41,122 --> 00:38:43,385 What? 578 00:38:43,390 --> 00:38:44,857 I don't know, you just... 579 00:38:46,728 --> 00:38:48,791 You just forgot that I was supposed to do a job 580 00:38:48,796 --> 00:38:50,292 while we're here too. 581 00:38:51,499 --> 00:38:53,195 No, I didn't forget. I... I... 582 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,897 I assumed you wanted to leave. 583 00:38:54,902 --> 00:38:57,066 I do. 584 00:38:57,071 --> 00:38:58,333 No, I do. We should. 585 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,857 Come in, you sad, pathetic soul. 586 00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:29,063 Oh, it's... 587 00:39:29,068 --> 00:39:30,531 it's warm in here. 588 00:39:30,536 --> 00:39:32,833 Where did you get it? 589 00:39:32,838 --> 00:39:34,201 Wellfleet. 590 00:39:35,841 --> 00:39:37,805 I'm going to hell for this. 591 00:39:37,810 --> 00:39:40,374 Most people would sell their soul for greatness. 592 00:39:40,379 --> 00:39:42,076 I know I did. 593 00:39:42,081 --> 00:39:45,079 But it takes a pretty miserable piece of human garbage 594 00:39:45,084 --> 00:39:48,282 to sell it just to get up close to greatness. 595 00:39:48,287 --> 00:39:50,451 I don't do this to be close to you. 596 00:39:50,456 --> 00:39:52,519 Of course not. That would be too poetic. 597 00:39:53,559 --> 00:39:56,389 You do it for this. 598 00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:57,891 I do it 599 00:39:57,896 --> 00:40:00,093 because you promised to protect me from the others. 600 00:40:00,098 --> 00:40:03,029 Whatever helps you sleep at night, sweetheart. 601 00:40:03,034 --> 00:40:04,497 Now hand over the bag. 602 00:40:15,113 --> 00:40:17,110 Now scram! 603 00:40:54,952 --> 00:40:58,383 I don't want to go back to New York. 604 00:40:58,388 --> 00:41:01,720 Honey, it's just till we can find a rental someplace else. 605 00:41:01,725 --> 00:41:04,322 There's lots of places like this. 606 00:41:04,327 --> 00:41:06,157 Look up photos of Nantucket. 607 00:41:06,162 --> 00:41:07,592 It's beautiful. 608 00:41:07,597 --> 00:41:10,698 I guess this house is haunted now. 609 00:41:39,531 --> 00:41:41,161 _ 610 00:41:42,331 --> 00:41:44,328 - Hello? - Harry. 611 00:41:44,333 --> 00:41:46,097 It's Austin Summers. 612 00:41:46,102 --> 00:41:47,965 I, uh... 613 00:41:47,970 --> 00:41:49,767 listen, I want you to come over to my place 614 00:41:49,772 --> 00:41:50,868 right away, would you? 615 00:41:50,873 --> 00:41:52,603 I'm just up Miller Hill. 616 00:41:52,608 --> 00:41:53,771 Um, 617 00:41:53,776 --> 00:41:55,639 wow, Austin, thank you. 618 00:41:55,644 --> 00:41:56,908 I'd love to, but, um, 619 00:41:56,913 --> 00:41:58,913 now's not a good time. 620 00:41:59,748 --> 00:42:01,412 We're... we're leaving, actually. 621 00:42:01,417 --> 00:42:03,080 Well, don't do that. 622 00:42:03,085 --> 00:42:04,282 I need to see you. 623 00:42:04,287 --> 00:42:07,151 I have something for you that is gonna cure 624 00:42:07,156 --> 00:42:08,655 your writer's block. 625 00:42:10,693 --> 00:42:12,356 I'll be right over. 626 00:42:16,097 --> 00:42:19,262 # If you're fond of sand dunes # 627 00:42:19,267 --> 00:42:22,999 # And salty air # 628 00:42:23,004 --> 00:42:25,802 # Quaint little villages # 629 00:42:25,807 --> 00:42:28,339 # Here and there # 630 00:42:28,344 --> 00:42:29,707 # You're sure # 631 00:42:29,712 --> 00:42:31,908 # You're sure to fall in love # 632 00:42:31,913 --> 00:42:35,879 # With old Cape Cod # 633 00:42:35,884 --> 00:42:38,014 # Old Cape Cod # 634 00:42:38,019 --> 00:42:41,584 # That old Cape Cod # 635 00:42:41,589 --> 00:42:44,520 # If you like the taste # 636 00:42:44,525 --> 00:42:48,591 # Of lobster stew # 637 00:42:48,596 --> 00:42:50,960 # Served by a window # 638 00:42:50,965 --> 00:42:53,629 # With an ocean view # 639 00:42:53,634 --> 00:42:56,165 Sure you don't want one? 640 00:42:56,170 --> 00:42:57,170 No, thanks. 641 00:42:57,174 --> 00:42:58,969 I don't like to get drunk during the day. 642 00:42:58,973 --> 00:43:02,304 Well, the key is to be drunk so often, 643 00:43:02,309 --> 00:43:04,207 you can't tell the difference between being drunk and sober. 644 00:43:04,211 --> 00:43:07,543 You're just drunk or... 645 00:43:07,548 --> 00:43:08,945 more drunk. 646 00:43:08,950 --> 00:43:11,814 I need to drive. We're... we're headed out this afternoon. 647 00:43:11,819 --> 00:43:13,416 What do you wear when you write? 648 00:43:13,421 --> 00:43:15,217 See, I prefer pajamas. 649 00:43:15,222 --> 00:43:18,520 I bought these at Charvet in Paris. 650 00:43:18,525 --> 00:43:19,955 They cost a fortune. 651 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:21,824 But I read somewhere that people enjoy things more 652 00:43:21,828 --> 00:43:24,159 if you pay a lot for them, so... 653 00:43:24,164 --> 00:43:26,161 So that's your secret to curing writer's block? 654 00:43:26,166 --> 00:43:27,629 Expensive pajamas? 655 00:43:27,634 --> 00:43:29,365 Of course not. 656 00:43:29,370 --> 00:43:32,134 I was just making conversation to put myself at ease. 657 00:43:32,139 --> 00:43:35,070 But if you wanna just stick it in 658 00:43:35,075 --> 00:43:37,472 without taking the time to lube me up, 659 00:43:37,477 --> 00:43:39,108 fine. 660 00:43:39,113 --> 00:43:41,176 That's fine. 661 00:43:47,754 --> 00:43:49,184 What are these? 662 00:43:51,891 --> 00:43:54,188 They don't have a name. 663 00:43:54,193 --> 00:43:56,590 Funny how we found a pill to help artists and writers 664 00:43:56,595 --> 00:43:58,862 but none of us have ever given it a name. 665 00:44:00,766 --> 00:44:02,730 What is it, speed? 666 00:44:02,735 --> 00:44:04,668 Microdose of LSD? 667 00:44:05,271 --> 00:44:07,368 I tried writing on psilocybin once, 668 00:44:07,373 --> 00:44:08,836 but it was all shit. 669 00:44:08,841 --> 00:44:11,072 I used to be like you. 670 00:44:11,077 --> 00:44:13,174 I thought small. I wrote small. 671 00:44:13,179 --> 00:44:14,708 Little plays about little things 672 00:44:14,713 --> 00:44:17,645 and made little money and attracted little attention. 673 00:44:17,650 --> 00:44:18,746 I had a friend, though. 674 00:44:18,751 --> 00:44:19,814 He writes for television. 675 00:44:19,819 --> 00:44:21,149 You'd know the name. 676 00:44:21,154 --> 00:44:23,084 Disgustingly prolific. Silly rich. 677 00:44:23,089 --> 00:44:24,686 Couldn't write a thank-you note without someone 678 00:44:24,690 --> 00:44:26,286 handing him a trophy of some kind. 679 00:44:27,892 --> 00:44:31,825 And I thought to myself, "How is he doing it?" 680 00:44:31,830 --> 00:44:34,194 And all I knew is that he spent his winters here 681 00:44:34,199 --> 00:44:37,530 and when he returned to the city, 682 00:44:37,535 --> 00:44:41,137 he had a stack of new material as long as my Johnson. 683 00:44:41,706 --> 00:44:43,070 He invited me out here one winter, 684 00:44:43,075 --> 00:44:45,672 and when I arrived, he handed me one of those... 685 00:44:45,677 --> 00:44:47,607 # Tragic, magic # 686 00:44:47,612 --> 00:44:49,843 # Little black pills # 687 00:44:49,848 --> 00:44:51,078 And within an hour, 688 00:44:51,083 --> 00:44:52,446 I was banging away at the keyboard 689 00:44:52,451 --> 00:44:54,081 like Amadeus at his harpsichord. 690 00:44:54,086 --> 00:44:55,582 You're fucking with me. 691 00:44:55,587 --> 00:44:57,317 If I was fucking with you, 692 00:44:57,322 --> 00:44:59,352 I would have told you to take them rectally. 693 00:44:59,357 --> 00:45:01,820 But I'm telling you, those pills are it. 694 00:45:01,825 --> 00:45:03,390 How do you think Belle writes two books a year? 695 00:45:03,394 --> 00:45:04,890 Who made them? What's in them? 696 00:45:04,895 --> 00:45:06,993 Who cares? They work. 697 00:45:06,998 --> 00:45:08,660 What about side effects? 698 00:45:08,665 --> 00:45:09,695 Lots. 699 00:45:09,700 --> 00:45:11,830 Like, uh, suddenly having 700 00:45:11,835 --> 00:45:13,966 to deal with millions of adoring fans 701 00:45:13,971 --> 00:45:15,734 and finding ways to spend all that new money. 702 00:45:15,739 --> 00:45:16,835 There's a catch. 703 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:18,104 There's always a catch. 704 00:45:18,109 --> 00:45:20,372 # Again I say who cares # 705 00:45:20,377 --> 00:45:23,342 # You chose this life # 706 00:45:23,347 --> 00:45:25,844 You could have been a fucking English teacher 707 00:45:25,849 --> 00:45:27,179 or an adman 708 00:45:27,184 --> 00:45:29,581 or help run your daddy's sporting goods store. 709 00:45:29,586 --> 00:45:31,050 My father was a lawyer. 710 00:45:31,055 --> 00:45:34,486 Yes, but you chose to be a writer. 711 00:45:34,491 --> 00:45:37,588 Because you don't really live in this world. 712 00:45:37,593 --> 00:45:38,756 You observe it. 713 00:45:38,761 --> 00:45:40,258 You interpret it. You feed off of it. 714 00:45:40,263 --> 00:45:42,994 And then you sit and you put words together 715 00:45:42,999 --> 00:45:45,596 so that the poor suckers who do live in the world 716 00:45:45,601 --> 00:45:46,964 can see what they look like, 717 00:45:46,969 --> 00:45:50,101 who they are, why they hurt. 718 00:45:50,106 --> 00:45:52,637 And you chose it because you want love 719 00:45:52,642 --> 00:45:53,838 and attention 720 00:45:53,843 --> 00:45:56,774 and barrels of money. 721 00:45:56,779 --> 00:45:57,808 It's fucking insane. 722 00:45:57,813 --> 00:45:59,744 But those are the only things 723 00:45:59,749 --> 00:46:02,347 that can fill that hole 724 00:46:02,352 --> 00:46:04,815 in your soul. 725 00:46:04,820 --> 00:46:05,983 Hole 726 00:46:05,988 --> 00:46:07,484 in your soul. 727 00:46:07,489 --> 00:46:09,286 Hole in your soul. 728 00:46:09,291 --> 00:46:10,655 Hole in your soul! 729 00:46:13,228 --> 00:46:15,225 Hole in your soul. 730 00:46:21,437 --> 00:46:23,868 I don't like choices you can't come back from. 731 00:46:27,376 --> 00:46:28,739 Are you a real writer? 732 00:46:28,744 --> 00:46:31,141 I like to think so. 733 00:46:31,146 --> 00:46:33,678 I don't think you are. 734 00:46:33,683 --> 00:46:35,947 'Cause if you were... 735 00:46:38,054 --> 00:46:39,584 You wouldn't care what the price was 736 00:46:39,589 --> 00:46:41,651 for getting uncorked. 737 00:46:41,656 --> 00:46:43,387 You'd rather die 738 00:46:43,392 --> 00:46:45,155 than keep all of those wonderful words 739 00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:46,923 bottled up inside of you. 740 00:46:51,066 --> 00:46:52,762 Take the pill, Harry. 741 00:46:55,804 --> 00:46:57,568 Or at least try it. 742 00:47:02,877 --> 00:47:04,841 Harry. 743 00:47:04,846 --> 00:47:06,379 You won't be sorry! 744 00:47:19,527 --> 00:47:20,990 Hi, Ursula. 745 00:47:20,995 --> 00:47:22,125 Hey, Harry. 746 00:47:22,130 --> 00:47:24,193 How's P-town? Are you having any "chowdah" 747 00:47:24,198 --> 00:47:26,529 while you're "pahking"? 748 00:47:26,534 --> 00:47:29,965 You know, to be honest, it's been kind of weird here. 749 00:47:29,970 --> 00:47:31,601 We're about to leave, actually. 750 00:47:31,606 --> 00:47:33,069 Wait, what? Why? Where you gonna go? 751 00:47:33,073 --> 00:47:34,637 Back to the city till I can 752 00:47:34,642 --> 00:47:36,388 find someplace else for me to go write. 753 00:47:36,393 --> 00:47:37,873 Okay, uh, Harry? 754 00:47:37,878 --> 00:47:39,642 No fucking way. 755 00:47:39,647 --> 00:47:41,244 You need to stay there 756 00:47:41,249 --> 00:47:43,513 and finish your pilot, like, yesterday. 757 00:47:43,518 --> 00:47:44,647 I know, I'm just... 758 00:47:44,652 --> 00:47:46,149 I'm really not feeling it yet. 759 00:47:46,154 --> 00:47:48,216 Okay, Harry, I'm gonna speak straight to you. 760 00:47:48,221 --> 00:47:50,985 Fuck you really hard right up the ass. 761 00:47:50,990 --> 00:47:51,990 Not feeling it? 762 00:47:51,995 --> 00:47:53,955 Rappers are allowed to not feel it. 763 00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:56,291 Uh, girlfriends commenting on clothes 764 00:47:56,296 --> 00:47:59,261 their friends are trying on are allowed to not feel it. 765 00:47:59,266 --> 00:48:01,095 You are a professional writer, 766 00:48:01,100 --> 00:48:03,031 and you feel it when the work bell rings, 767 00:48:03,036 --> 00:48:04,566 every time. 768 00:48:04,571 --> 00:48:06,368 What's the difference if the pilot's done now 769 00:48:06,373 --> 00:48:08,072 or six months from now? 770 00:48:09,842 --> 00:48:12,474 Okay, Harry, I'm gonna speak even straighter to you. 771 00:48:12,479 --> 00:48:14,609 Do you understand that the job you used to have 772 00:48:14,614 --> 00:48:16,545 literally does not exist anymore? 773 00:48:16,550 --> 00:48:18,946 I mean, co-EP on some network procedural? 774 00:48:18,951 --> 00:48:20,715 Those shows are dinosaurs. 775 00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:22,816 If you want to continue being a professional writer, 776 00:48:22,821 --> 00:48:24,919 you've gotta create your own thing. 777 00:48:24,924 --> 00:48:27,058 Now. Today. 778 00:48:28,427 --> 00:48:30,858 Look buddy, you know I love you, okay? 779 00:48:30,863 --> 00:48:32,359 But if you screw this up, 780 00:48:32,364 --> 00:48:34,228 it's gonna take you years to recover 781 00:48:34,233 --> 00:48:35,529 if you ever even do. 782 00:48:35,534 --> 00:48:38,465 Goodbye. Go write. 783 00:49:28,555 --> 00:49:35,000 - Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.addic7ed.com -