1 00:00:09,827 --> 00:00:11,727 Hey, Tony, where you headed? 2 00:00:11,829 --> 00:00:14,396 - I hear the white perch are schooled up. 3 00:00:14,498 --> 00:00:16,898 Maybe look for some mackerel the east end of the canal. 4 00:00:17,001 --> 00:00:18,734 - Be careful when you head out, okay? 5 00:00:18,836 --> 00:00:22,121 There's another big storm headed in due south. 6 00:00:22,206 --> 00:00:24,239 It's messing with the tides. See you. 7 00:00:24,341 --> 00:00:25,741 Thanks. 8 00:00:46,697 --> 00:00:47,396 I think we hit something. 9 00:01:01,412 --> 00:01:02,110 Oh, shit. 10 00:01:15,509 --> 00:01:17,509 Next order of business: 11 00:01:17,595 --> 00:01:20,262 The home at 29 commercial 12 00:01:20,347 --> 00:01:22,765 is requesting permission to change their shingles 13 00:01:22,850 --> 00:01:25,350 from our traditional "simply white" 14 00:01:25,436 --> 00:01:27,686 to "mountain peak white." 15 00:01:27,772 --> 00:01:28,821 - Can we see the samples? 16 00:01:30,908 --> 00:01:32,808 - Have you lost your mind? 17 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:34,693 - It's a scandal that you would even ask. 18 00:01:34,779 --> 00:01:36,478 - Why don't you just paint them orange? 19 00:01:37,448 --> 00:01:39,448 Motion denied. 20 00:01:40,618 --> 00:01:43,202 Next order of business: 21 00:01:43,287 --> 00:01:46,038 Jim levy, the owner of McHenry's, 22 00:01:46,123 --> 00:01:47,790 is requesting a 16-inch easement 23 00:01:47,875 --> 00:01:49,374 into the neighbor's green area 24 00:01:49,460 --> 00:01:52,377 so he can have expanded outdoor dining. 25 00:01:52,463 --> 00:01:55,881 I believe Mr. Levy is present to make his case. 26 00:01:55,966 --> 00:01:57,266 - Thank you, madam. 27 00:01:58,469 --> 00:02:00,135 As most of you know, I opened McHenry's 28 00:02:00,221 --> 00:02:01,804 as sister restaurant 29 00:02:01,889 --> 00:02:04,640 to my flagship McHenry's in Davis Square, Somerville. 30 00:02:04,725 --> 00:02:06,308 - Can it, Levy. You're wasting your time. 31 00:02:06,393 --> 00:02:07,893 - Excuse me? - Well, 32 00:02:07,978 --> 00:02:09,812 first of all, your name is Levy. 33 00:02:09,897 --> 00:02:10,979 I don't know where you get off 34 00:02:11,065 --> 00:02:13,315 owning not one but two Irish pubs. 35 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,349 That's called cultural appropriation, sweetheart. 36 00:02:14,451 --> 00:02:17,202 Second of all, you have terrible taste. 37 00:02:17,321 --> 00:02:18,537 And not just in your footwear. 38 00:02:18,656 --> 00:02:20,539 My friend Mitch Wilson 39 00:02:20,658 --> 00:02:21,990 lives in the house next to your restaurant. 40 00:02:22,076 --> 00:02:24,376 He has exquisite taste. 41 00:02:24,495 --> 00:02:25,878 And the last thing we need 42 00:02:25,996 --> 00:02:28,330 are your cheap plastic tables and chairs 43 00:02:28,415 --> 00:02:30,165 soiling his hydrangea bushes. 44 00:02:30,251 --> 00:02:31,750 Motion denied. 45 00:02:31,836 --> 00:02:32,668 - But.. - Denied. 46 00:02:32,753 --> 00:02:33,552 - Come on, he's be.. - Denied. 47 00:02:36,924 --> 00:02:41,260 Finally, trooper Remy of the Mass. State Police 48 00:02:41,345 --> 00:02:43,428 would like a moment to speak to the group. 49 00:02:47,685 --> 00:02:50,686 Chairwoman, council, I'm trooper Jan Remy. 50 00:02:50,771 --> 00:02:53,188 I was sent by the state police to run the investigation 51 00:02:53,274 --> 00:02:54,690 into your murdered chief. 52 00:02:54,775 --> 00:02:56,325 - I thought the chief was just missing? 53 00:02:56,410 --> 00:02:58,076 - She was, 54 00:02:58,195 --> 00:03:00,078 until a fisherman ran over her body in the harbor. 55 00:03:02,116 --> 00:03:03,532 And something you all may not know 56 00:03:03,617 --> 00:03:05,200 is that the chief was investigating 57 00:03:05,286 --> 00:03:08,086 a series of murders. 58 00:03:08,205 --> 00:03:09,004 They all followed the same M.O., 59 00:03:11,041 --> 00:03:15,427 Throat slashed with severe uneven wounds, 60 00:03:15,546 --> 00:03:17,713 and a draining of almost all of the victim's blood. 61 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,683 I just examined the chief's body 62 00:03:21,769 --> 00:03:25,520 and observed the exact same wound pattern. 63 00:03:25,606 --> 00:03:27,639 - Boat propeller could have chewed her up. 64 00:03:28,893 --> 00:03:30,559 - Lotta sharks in the water at this time. 65 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:33,228 - Which is why need to stop protecting the seals. 66 00:03:33,314 --> 00:03:35,230 I don't mind the sharks 67 00:03:35,316 --> 00:03:36,732 as long as they're only killing yankee fans. 68 00:03:38,736 --> 00:03:40,285 - I'm sorry, but this isn't funny. 69 00:03:40,404 --> 00:03:43,622 A law enforcement officer was murdered 70 00:03:43,741 --> 00:03:45,874 by what appears to be a serial killer. 71 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,293 - Do you have proof that these cases are related? 72 00:03:48,412 --> 00:03:49,544 Right? DNA? 73 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:51,129 - Not yet. 74 00:03:51,248 --> 00:03:52,631 - I just don't know why we would make a big fuss 75 00:03:52,750 --> 00:03:54,549 when we don't even know if there's a problem. 76 00:03:54,635 --> 00:03:55,634 Your chief was brutally murdered 77 00:03:55,753 --> 00:03:57,719 and thrown in the harbor. 78 00:03:57,805 --> 00:03:58,954 I'd say that's a problem. 79 00:03:59,056 --> 00:04:01,723 I mean, do we even know she was murdered? 80 00:04:01,809 --> 00:04:02,724 Maybe she went for a night swim. 81 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:05,644 - In her uniform? 82 00:04:05,763 --> 00:04:09,481 And many of these murders occurred miles from the ocean. 83 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,150 Do you think the sharks and the boat propellers 84 00:04:12,269 --> 00:04:15,821 somehow came on land to kill all these people? 85 00:04:15,940 --> 00:04:18,407 Look, trooper. 86 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:20,242 We really appreciate what you're trying to do here. 87 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:23,245 Mass. State Police are a wonderful organization 88 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:24,813 full of fine men and women. 89 00:04:24,915 --> 00:04:25,330 - Absolutely. - Hear, hear. 90 00:04:27,251 --> 00:04:29,084 But these are wintertime problems. 91 00:04:29,169 --> 00:04:32,087 - What does that mean? - It means strange things 92 00:04:32,172 --> 00:04:34,089 happen down the Cape in the winter. 93 00:04:34,174 --> 00:04:35,757 Everyone knows it. 94 00:04:35,843 --> 00:04:37,509 Us full-timers just accept it 95 00:04:37,628 --> 00:04:42,097 as the price of living in such a special place. 96 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:44,766 But by the time spring rolls around, 97 00:04:44,852 --> 00:04:48,603 you'll see it all just magically stops. 98 00:04:48,689 --> 00:04:50,772 And the worst problem we have? 99 00:04:50,858 --> 00:04:51,840 Traffic on Route 6, 100 00:04:51,942 --> 00:04:54,776 a bad sunburn, 101 00:04:54,862 --> 00:04:56,177 and too much butter on a lobster roll. 102 00:04:57,815 --> 00:05:01,182 So you're saying I should just let this go? 11900:05:01,285... > 00:05:02,401We're saying Were saying that everyone in this room 103 00:05:02,486 --> 00:05:05,186 depends upon the summer to pay for the winter. 104 00:05:05,289 --> 00:05:06,688 We are saying 105 00:05:06,790 --> 00:05:09,024 that if you start making noise about this stuff, 106 00:05:09,126 --> 00:05:10,692 maybe the papers in Boston will pick it up, 107 00:05:10,794 --> 00:05:12,360 and then the New York rags, 108 00:05:12,463 --> 00:05:14,029 and then suddenly, all of those city-folk 109 00:05:14,131 --> 00:05:15,864 who drive down for the weekend in July 110 00:05:15,966 --> 00:05:17,632 to spend all of that sweet city money 111 00:05:17,718 --> 00:05:20,035 get spooked and decide that maybe 112 00:05:20,137 --> 00:05:21,536 the Berkshires, or Newport, 113 00:05:21,638 --> 00:05:24,589 or.. god forbid.. The Hamptons are just as nice. 114 00:05:24,675 --> 00:05:27,259 But not worth all the trouble and the worry. 115 00:05:27,344 --> 00:05:29,428 The gays might stop coming. 116 00:05:32,016 --> 00:05:34,215 You're all hiding something. 117 00:05:34,318 --> 00:05:36,051 You know something. 118 00:05:36,153 --> 00:05:37,819 We know what's best for this community. 119 00:05:39,406 --> 00:05:40,989 We know what's best for you. 120 00:05:41,075 --> 00:05:42,824 - I was sent by the state of Massachusetts 121 00:05:42,910 --> 00:05:45,226 to come down here and find out what's been going on, 122 00:05:45,329 --> 00:05:48,063 and that's what I'm gonna do. 123 00:05:48,165 --> 00:05:51,116 Impeding an investigation is a crime. 124 00:05:51,201 --> 00:05:52,784 And they don't serve lobster rolls 125 00:05:52,870 --> 00:05:54,235 in Walpole State Prison. 126 00:06:06,350 --> 00:06:06,715 Don't worry. 127 00:06:08,719 --> 00:06:09,217 I'll take care of it. 128 00:07:18,655 --> 00:07:20,455 Look, 129 00:07:20,574 --> 00:07:23,458 We have been extremely patient and understanding 130 00:07:23,577 --> 00:07:25,577 about this whole business with the pills 131 00:07:25,662 --> 00:07:26,628 and the blood drinking. 132 00:07:26,747 --> 00:07:28,580 I mean, the Pales recede into the woods 133 00:07:28,665 --> 00:07:30,132 during the summer, 134 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:32,250 and you gluttons don't feed on anybody 135 00:07:32,352 --> 00:07:33,919 who actual matters in this town. 136 00:07:34,004 --> 00:07:35,587 - And we don't feed past Memorial Day. 137 00:07:35,689 --> 00:07:37,672 - Yes. The system has held. 138 00:07:37,758 --> 00:07:39,174 It's a symbiosis. 139 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:40,675 You get the freedom and the quiet 140 00:07:40,761 --> 00:07:43,595 to write and kill, and we get to brag 141 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,347 about having artists make their winter home out here. 142 00:07:45,432 --> 00:07:47,015 It adds to the charm. 143 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:50,435 But this winter has been completely out of control. 144 00:07:50,521 --> 00:07:52,103 I mean, you killed the chief. 145 00:07:52,189 --> 00:07:53,989 If that isn't the worst example of shitting where you eat, 146 00:07:54,107 --> 00:07:55,407 I don't know what is. 147 00:07:55,492 --> 00:07:57,659 - It's not us. It's the hollywood people. 148 00:07:57,778 --> 00:07:58,810 They ruin everything. - It's true. 149 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:01,163 - Belle and I are people of the letters. 150 00:08:01,281 --> 00:08:03,081 Literature, the stage.. These are art forms that demand 151 00:08:03,167 --> 00:08:05,450 a degree of decorum and restraint from their purveyors. 152 00:08:05,536 --> 00:08:07,619 These fucking hollywood people have no decency. 153 00:08:07,704 --> 00:08:10,455 - And no self-control. 154 00:08:10,541 --> 00:08:12,624 That beast of a man gave the pills to his child. 155 00:08:12,709 --> 00:08:15,627 It makes you think that maybe some of that Qanon business 156 00:08:15,712 --> 00:08:17,512 about them being satanic baby-killers 157 00:08:17,631 --> 00:08:18,964 is based in some fact. 158 00:08:19,049 --> 00:08:22,517 All I know is I told you two to get rid of him days ago. 159 00:08:22,636 --> 00:08:24,102 - I've been very busy. I'm on a deadline. 160 00:08:24,188 --> 00:08:25,220 Yeah, well, so are we. 161 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:27,856 The council asked me to convey a message: 162 00:08:27,975 --> 00:08:30,942 "Get rid of the troublemakers, or all of you 163 00:08:31,028 --> 00:08:32,611 are suddenly gonna find yourself 164 00:08:32,696 --> 00:08:34,779 going into some very annoying zoning issues, 165 00:08:34,865 --> 00:08:36,865 including painting all of the curbs 166 00:08:36,984 --> 00:08:39,034 in front of your houses red 167 00:08:39,152 --> 00:08:41,703 and declaring all of your domiciles as historic landmarks 168 00:08:41,822 --> 00:08:44,372 which means that even to change a bulb 169 00:08:44,491 --> 00:08:46,041 will take a six-week approval process. 170 00:08:50,831 --> 00:08:54,216 You know, I stopped Burger King from opening in this town. 171 00:08:54,334 --> 00:08:56,051 I can stop you too. 172 00:09:00,390 --> 00:09:02,807 So what's the plan? 173 00:09:25,082 --> 00:09:26,064 So what do you think? 174 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:27,949 - Well... 175 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,036 I think you should kill yourself. 176 00:09:32,756 --> 00:09:36,341 Because you will never write anything this good.. 177 00:09:36,426 --> 00:09:38,343 No one will. No one has. 178 00:09:38,428 --> 00:09:40,011 - Good, I'm glad you like it. 179 00:09:40,097 --> 00:09:42,747 I'm kind of proud of it. - This is really it, Harry. 180 00:09:42,849 --> 00:09:44,015 I mean, this is your masterpiece. 181 00:09:44,101 --> 00:09:45,850 It's your "Moby Dick," 182 00:09:45,936 --> 00:09:47,519 your "Romeo and Juliet," your "Godfather." 183 00:09:47,604 --> 00:09:48,887 Thanks, I know. 184 00:09:51,525 --> 00:09:53,925 Which is why I need to make a family announcement. 185 00:09:54,027 --> 00:09:56,027 Now that spring is coming, 186 00:09:56,113 --> 00:09:58,363 and I've written basically five years' worth of stuff 187 00:09:58,448 --> 00:10:00,115 since we've been here... 188 00:10:02,736 --> 00:10:04,319 We're done. 189 00:10:06,123 --> 00:10:06,871 - Done with what? 190 00:10:06,957 --> 00:10:09,124 - With the pills. 191 00:10:09,242 --> 00:10:10,458 It's been a fun ride, 192 00:10:10,577 --> 00:10:13,461 but it's time to get off this crazy train. 193 00:10:13,580 --> 00:10:16,131 - You mean until next winter, right? 194 00:10:16,249 --> 00:10:17,966 - I mean for good. 195 00:10:18,085 --> 00:10:19,884 So now that you're done with your masterpiece, 196 00:10:19,970 --> 00:10:21,469 we all have to stop? 197 00:10:21,588 --> 00:10:23,305 - It's not like that. - It's exactly like that. 198 00:10:23,423 --> 00:10:25,223 You're being selfish. - I'm being a father. 199 00:10:25,309 --> 00:10:26,424 - All of a sudden? - Don't say that. 200 00:10:26,510 --> 00:10:28,893 After everything I've done for you this winter.. 201 00:10:28,979 --> 00:10:29,961 Bringing you thermoses of blood, 202 00:10:30,063 --> 00:10:31,462 not grounding you for life 203 00:10:31,565 --> 00:10:33,398 for giving your mother a pill and condemning her 204 00:10:33,483 --> 00:10:35,133 to the misery of those pale people. 205 00:10:35,235 --> 00:10:36,401 That wasn't just for me. 206 00:10:36,486 --> 00:10:37,902 You did all of that for you too! 207 00:10:42,326 --> 00:10:43,908 Tell him he's wrong. 208 00:10:43,994 --> 00:10:47,812 Tell him that we can't stop, that we don't have to stop. 209 00:10:47,914 --> 00:10:49,814 That we're better than everybody else. 210 00:10:49,916 --> 00:10:52,000 That no one else matters but people like us. 211 00:10:53,286 --> 00:10:54,536 - Well, there is some truth to that, sweetheart. 212 00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:56,154 There's a lot of truth. 213 00:10:56,256 --> 00:10:58,423 Harry, you don't take your foot off the gas 214 00:10:58,508 --> 00:11:00,925 just as you're pulling out into the lead. 215 00:11:01,011 --> 00:11:01,960 - I don't want to have to kill anymore. 216 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:05,096 I just want to raise you and enjoy the fruits 217 00:11:05,182 --> 00:11:07,665 of what we've accomplished this year 218 00:11:07,768 --> 00:11:10,769 and maybe over time get some of my soul back. 219 00:11:10,854 --> 00:11:13,104 - Yeah, it doesn't work that way, bubbulah. 220 00:11:13,190 --> 00:11:15,774 Once you sell your soul, it's gone. 221 00:11:15,859 --> 00:11:16,975 - I don't want to believe that. 222 00:11:17,060 --> 00:11:19,177 - Because you're framing it as a bad thing, 223 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:21,345 but it is not. It's freedom. 224 00:11:21,448 --> 00:11:23,181 Why have a conscience or a moral code anymore? 225 00:11:23,283 --> 00:11:25,950 You're above all of that. 226 00:11:26,036 --> 00:11:28,620 This is what success feels like, Harry, 227 00:11:28,705 --> 00:11:29,687 it feels like superiority. 228 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:36,194 Alma, I believe in you. 229 00:11:36,296 --> 00:11:37,695 You are better at playing your violin 230 00:11:37,798 --> 00:11:40,364 than most of us will ever be at anything. 231 00:11:40,467 --> 00:11:42,250 And now I can be home all the time 232 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:44,202 with no distractions to support your dreams. 233 00:11:44,304 --> 00:11:47,205 I can just be a dad to you and your brother. 234 00:11:47,307 --> 00:11:49,207 We can do this the right way. 235 00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:51,259 You just have to trust me. 236 00:11:54,431 --> 00:11:55,680 Okay. 237 00:11:59,853 --> 00:12:01,052 I love you so much, honey. 238 00:12:01,154 --> 00:12:02,687 I love you too, daddy. 239 00:12:22,509 --> 00:12:25,794 Insane brainz memory boost. 240 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:27,128 - It's supposed to be cutting edge. 241 00:12:27,214 --> 00:12:28,797 - I guess it's because "brains" is spelled with a Z 242 00:12:28,882 --> 00:12:30,248 instead of an S. 243 00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:31,716 I feel the boost already. 244 00:12:33,804 --> 00:12:35,220 You really think vitamins are gonna make up 245 00:12:35,305 --> 00:12:37,722 for the black pills? - I didn't say that. 246 00:12:37,808 --> 00:12:39,474 I just think the transition's gonna be hard for us, 247 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,559 and it can't hurt to be as healthy.. 248 00:12:47,651 --> 00:12:50,118 - What? - I thought I saw her. 249 00:12:51,488 --> 00:12:54,289 Dad, you gotta let her go. 250 00:12:55,742 --> 00:12:58,126 She's not some stray cat that shows up on your porch. 251 00:12:58,245 --> 00:13:01,246 You're talking about your mother. 252 00:13:01,331 --> 00:13:03,331 That's your mother out there. - She isn't anything anymore. 253 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:05,049 She's not even a person. 254 00:13:06,002 --> 00:13:07,135 Whoever it was is gone. 255 00:13:11,258 --> 00:13:13,007 Dad? 256 00:13:13,093 --> 00:13:14,476 Did someone break in? 257 00:13:17,731 --> 00:13:18,680 Kay, you throw another number out. 258 00:13:18,765 --> 00:13:19,931 I'm gonna fly out there and kick you 259 00:13:20,016 --> 00:13:21,015 in the fucking face. - Ursula! 260 00:13:21,101 --> 00:13:22,767 - Hang on. - What? 261 00:13:22,853 --> 00:13:24,018 - The kitchen door.. It looks like someone broke in. 262 00:13:24,104 --> 00:13:25,270 - Broke in? 263 00:13:25,355 --> 00:13:25,987 Francis, I have to call you back. 264 00:13:36,366 --> 00:13:38,333 I know good help is hard to find, 265 00:13:38,451 --> 00:13:39,784 but you really should look into 266 00:13:39,870 --> 00:13:41,452 a new babysitter. 267 00:13:41,538 --> 00:13:42,837 In the meantime, I've taken it on myself 268 00:13:42,956 --> 00:13:45,290 to look after the little bundle of joy. 269 00:13:45,375 --> 00:13:46,291 Don't worry, he'll be safe and sound 270 00:13:46,376 --> 00:13:47,959 and snug as a bug. 271 00:13:48,044 --> 00:13:49,677 But if you aren't at my house by sunset, 272 00:13:49,796 --> 00:13:51,679 that will change. 273 00:13:51,798 --> 00:13:55,850 Ps: Make sure you bring the string plucker. 274 00:13:55,969 --> 00:13:57,435 This needs to be a family meeting. 275 00:13:57,521 --> 00:13:59,521 Sincerely, Belle. 276 00:14:03,143 --> 00:14:04,192 Eli's gone. 277 00:14:04,311 --> 00:14:05,693 She took him. - Who took him? 278 00:14:05,812 --> 00:14:07,695 - Belle. - You didn't hear anything? 279 00:14:07,814 --> 00:14:08,813 - Well, I heard a bonk or two, but I figured 280 00:14:08,899 --> 00:14:10,865 he was just moving around in his crib. 281 00:14:10,984 --> 00:14:12,483 - Newborns don't move around in their crib. 282 00:14:12,569 --> 00:14:13,351 - Well, what do you want me to say? 283 00:14:13,453 --> 00:14:15,703 I've been on the phone nonstop. 284 00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:16,988 I mean, Fincher, Cuarón, Nolan... 285 00:14:17,073 --> 00:14:18,323 They all want to work with you. 286 00:14:18,408 --> 00:14:19,657 - Why would she do this to Eli? 287 00:14:19,743 --> 00:14:21,042 - There's only one reason I can think of. 288 00:14:21,161 --> 00:14:22,493 Belle's had it in for us ever since 289 00:14:22,579 --> 00:14:24,162 she found out you were taking the pills. 290 00:14:24,247 --> 00:14:26,047 That's what this is about. 291 00:14:26,166 --> 00:14:27,999 She thinks we've crossed the line. 292 00:14:28,084 --> 00:14:30,335 - You mean she wants to kill us? 293 00:14:30,420 --> 00:14:31,836 - She won't be alone. 294 00:14:31,922 --> 00:14:33,004 Austin will be there. 295 00:14:33,089 --> 00:14:34,505 God knows who else. 296 00:14:34,591 --> 00:14:36,341 We'll never come out of there alive. 297 00:14:37,561 --> 00:14:38,977 We can't call the police or... 298 00:14:39,062 --> 00:14:40,228 Everything will come out. 299 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:42,063 - We gotta go get Eli, dad. 300 00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:42,897 - I can't risk losing you too. 301 00:14:43,016 --> 00:14:44,315 - You read the note. 302 00:14:44,401 --> 00:14:46,484 She wants both of us or she'll kill him. 303 00:14:48,572 --> 00:14:49,571 I'm not scared. 304 00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:52,056 I took out a police chief, remember? 305 00:14:52,158 --> 00:14:54,993 Plus, we have Ursula. 306 00:14:55,078 --> 00:14:57,328 - She's right. 307 00:14:57,414 --> 00:14:58,729 You need to go to Belle's and face them. 308 00:14:58,832 --> 00:15:00,164 But not with me. I'm not going with you. 309 00:15:01,034 --> 00:15:03,234 Chicken-shit little bitch. 310 00:15:05,088 --> 00:15:07,071 I am digging deep in my soul 311 00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:10,008 to find the small sliver of goodness 312 00:15:10,093 --> 00:15:11,926 that will allow me to overlook what you just said. 313 00:15:12,045 --> 00:15:13,595 Hear me out. 314 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:38,403 Hello? 315 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:42,974 Hello? 316 00:15:44,945 --> 00:15:46,778 I know you're out here! 317 00:15:46,863 --> 00:15:49,564 I know that you can hear me! 318 00:15:51,818 --> 00:15:54,652 Just hope you have enough brain cells left to understand. 319 00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:57,188 Hello? 320 00:16:08,385 --> 00:16:10,969 Look, I know this sucks, okay? 321 00:16:11,054 --> 00:16:14,205 I know you got a raw deal. 322 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:17,976 But you are not monsters. 323 00:16:18,061 --> 00:16:19,877 You're a bunch of Laurence Fishburnes. 324 00:16:22,565 --> 00:16:24,816 Fishburne turned down "Pulp Fiction" 325 00:16:24,901 --> 00:16:27,385 because his agent told him he'd be working with John Travolta.. 326 00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:27,935 A has-been. 327 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:33,557 Now, look, you all made a very bad call, 328 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:35,827 but it is not the end of the story. 329 00:16:35,912 --> 00:16:39,614 Fishburne went on to beat out Sam Jackson for "The Matrix." 330 00:16:41,201 --> 00:16:43,567 The moral of the story is that sometimes 331 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,453 there are second chances. 332 00:16:46,673 --> 00:16:48,623 and that's what I'm here to offer you.. 333 00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:49,007 A second chance. 334 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:52,210 There's a new pill 335 00:16:52,295 --> 00:16:55,046 with a new formula. 336 00:16:55,131 --> 00:16:56,547 Not only is it more potent than the last pill, 337 00:16:56,633 --> 00:16:59,217 but it has no side effects. 338 00:16:59,302 --> 00:17:02,637 It might actually undo what happened to you. 339 00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:04,305 You have to understand... 340 00:17:04,391 --> 00:17:06,391 You can be cured. 341 00:17:06,476 --> 00:17:08,759 You don't have to live this way anymore. 342 00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:11,145 I am not the enemy. 343 00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:13,431 Okay? The people who took that pill 344 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:16,484 and didn't end up like you.. They're the enemy. 345 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:18,769 They're all laughing at you. 346 00:17:18,872 --> 00:17:21,272 Every success they have 347 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:24,158 is a slap in your face. 348 00:17:45,682 --> 00:17:47,515 Care for some baby charcuterie? 349 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:48,766 I hear it's delicious. 350 00:17:48,852 --> 00:17:50,651 Pull in the reigns, daddy! 351 00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:52,103 Come on. Come on. 352 00:17:52,188 --> 00:17:53,438 - Okay, okay, okay. 353 00:17:53,523 --> 00:17:54,739 - 'Kay, good. - Much obliged. 354 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:57,275 What do you want? 355 00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:01,662 Harry! 356 00:18:02,866 --> 00:18:04,115 Belle, 357 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:05,616 whatever you're thinking of doing, 358 00:18:05,702 --> 00:18:07,835 just let me take my kids and leave town. 359 00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:09,003 I swear, you will never hear from us again. 360 00:18:11,374 --> 00:18:13,207 Until your supply of pills runs out. 361 00:18:13,293 --> 00:18:15,710 - No, we're off the pills. 362 00:18:15,795 --> 00:18:18,045 We're never taking them again. 363 00:18:18,131 --> 00:18:19,380 I just want to go back to my old life. 364 00:18:19,466 --> 00:18:20,631 Sure you do. 365 00:18:20,717 --> 00:18:22,717 Listen, I just finished writing something 366 00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:25,052 and it's gonna be huge. 367 00:18:25,138 --> 00:18:27,305 I don't need the pills anymore. It's the truth. 368 00:18:27,390 --> 00:18:29,056 - You forget you're talking to a fellow writer. 369 00:18:29,142 --> 00:18:30,141 Uh... correction: 370 00:18:30,226 --> 00:18:32,226 Novelists are writers. 371 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:34,395 Screenwriters are more like creative typists. 372 00:18:34,481 --> 00:18:36,564 Really, 373 00:18:36,649 --> 00:18:38,649 All we are is professional liars. 374 00:18:38,735 --> 00:18:39,734 And the truth is whatever we decide it is. 375 00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:41,652 But lucky for us, 376 00:18:41,738 --> 00:18:43,154 the tasting party is just getting started. 377 00:18:43,239 --> 00:18:44,705 Don't hurt him! 378 00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:46,657 - I promise he won't feel a thing. 379 00:18:46,743 --> 00:18:47,992 But you, on the other hand, 380 00:18:48,077 --> 00:18:49,961 are going to feel it profoundly. 381 00:18:50,046 --> 00:18:51,712 Can't say we didn't give you a chance, Harry. 382 00:18:51,831 --> 00:18:53,047 We tried to be welcoming. 383 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:55,633 P-town is a welcoming place. 384 00:18:55,718 --> 00:18:57,051 But you fucked it up. 385 00:18:57,170 --> 00:18:59,303 - Dad. 386 00:18:59,389 --> 00:19:01,305 - It's my fault, really. 387 00:19:01,391 --> 00:19:03,474 I should have seen how this was going to pan out. 388 00:19:03,576 --> 00:19:05,560 I mean, is there anything 389 00:19:05,678 --> 00:19:07,812 Hollywood hasn't fucked up in the end? 390 00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:10,481 More often than not, whatever came out of there 391 00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:12,150 finished in a pool of its own piss. 392 00:19:14,771 --> 00:19:16,521 Whether it be Marilyn or even Fitzgerald. 393 00:19:16,606 --> 00:19:19,407 I mean, even back in the early 1900s 394 00:19:19,526 --> 00:19:21,859 when the silent pictures were coming out 395 00:19:21,945 --> 00:19:23,861 and the film people were moving to hollywood, 396 00:19:23,947 --> 00:19:25,229 the locals didn't want them there. 397 00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:26,531 They called film people "movies" because they were all 398 00:19:26,616 --> 00:19:28,249 moving around and causing trouble. 399 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:29,867 It was a term of disdain. 400 00:19:29,953 --> 00:19:31,586 The locals back, they were right and so are we. 401 00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:33,588 But unlike them, 402 00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:34,922 we're going to clean up this town! 403 00:19:48,388 --> 00:19:49,270 Go, come on! 404 00:19:50,223 --> 00:19:51,272 Come on. 405 00:20:01,401 --> 00:20:03,701 Shit! 406 00:20:29,679 --> 00:20:30,761 Shit. 407 00:20:53,670 --> 00:20:55,319 Well, 408 00:20:55,421 --> 00:20:57,538 that went better than expected. 409 00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:00,491 Was touch and go there for a sec. 410 00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:02,493 I wasn't sure I was getting through to them. 411 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,161 But in the end, they bought it hook, line, and sinker. 412 00:21:04,264 --> 00:21:06,264 Thank you. 413 00:21:06,349 --> 00:21:07,431 Now tell me how the fuck you did that. 414 00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:09,267 - Well, sometimes it's best 415 00:21:09,352 --> 00:21:10,668 not to ask how the sausage is made. 416 00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:12,336 Just know that I would do anything 417 00:21:12,438 --> 00:21:14,105 for my favorite client. 418 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:14,772 - All that wasted talent. 419 00:21:21,531 --> 00:21:23,531 Oh, here, I'll do it. 420 00:21:23,650 --> 00:21:24,615 He's fine. He's fine. 421 00:21:24,701 --> 00:21:26,867 See? Shh. 422 00:21:26,986 --> 00:21:28,452 Oh, Jesus, I think this kid is actually 423 00:21:28,538 --> 00:21:30,121 bringing out my maternal instinct. 424 00:21:30,206 --> 00:21:31,238 I hope there's a pill for that. 425 00:21:33,876 --> 00:21:35,126 Are you okay? 426 00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:36,377 - Yeah. 427 00:21:38,715 --> 00:21:41,632 - You were so brave. - So were you, dad. 428 00:21:41,718 --> 00:21:44,135 - We're gonna be all right. 429 00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:46,554 We're gonna get through this and go back to our old life 430 00:21:46,673 --> 00:21:48,639 and be happy.. The three of us. 431 00:21:48,725 --> 00:21:49,873 I'm sorry, dad, 432 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:51,375 but it's just gonna be the two of us. 433 00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:55,879 - What? - I gotta be the greatest. 434 00:21:58,318 --> 00:22:00,434 I can't let you stop me. 435 00:22:09,362 --> 00:22:10,444 I don't think I'll ever get used to that. 436 00:22:10,530 --> 00:22:11,895 - It's a loss. 437 00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:13,114 He could have been the next Sorkin. 438 00:22:13,199 --> 00:22:14,398 It's fucking tragic. 439 00:22:18,338 --> 00:22:21,238 So it looks like the new pill really works. 440 00:22:21,341 --> 00:22:22,740 - Actually, they were old pills that I rejected 441 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:24,842 'cause they caused some strange behavior. 442 00:22:24,927 --> 00:22:27,011 Made the users turn on each other. 443 00:22:27,096 --> 00:22:29,680 On these poor fools, it made them turn on anyone 444 00:22:29,766 --> 00:22:30,848 using and talented. 445 00:22:30,933 --> 00:22:33,300 Explains why they didn't come after me. 446 00:22:34,387 --> 00:22:35,753 - You really think the state trooper's 447 00:22:35,855 --> 00:22:37,254 gonna believe this story? 448 00:22:37,357 --> 00:22:38,856 That he killed all of them? 449 00:22:38,941 --> 00:22:41,525 - Well, it's gonna take a little dressing, 450 00:22:41,611 --> 00:22:42,593 a little finessing, 451 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:45,696 but a strung-out hollywood writer 452 00:22:45,782 --> 00:22:47,264 under pressure and doing drugs going all Manson? 453 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:48,983 I think that's a story I can sell. 454 00:22:49,068 --> 00:22:51,318 But that can wait. 455 00:22:51,404 --> 00:22:53,237 First, we set you up in la la land 456 00:22:53,322 --> 00:22:55,740 so you can start cranking out your pills. 457 00:22:55,825 --> 00:22:57,825 There's a whole city bursting with talent 458 00:22:57,910 --> 00:23:00,127 just waiting to shell out for a boost. 459 00:23:01,247 --> 00:23:03,080 - Do you mind? 460 00:23:03,166 --> 00:23:05,332 I don't like people watching me while I eat. 461 00:23:27,557 --> 00:23:29,056 Yeah? 462 00:23:35,198 --> 00:23:36,113 Hey. 463 00:23:38,901 --> 00:23:40,434 Hey! 464 00:23:56,085 --> 00:23:56,834 Show me your hands! 465 00:23:56,919 --> 00:23:58,252 - Get back! - Hands up! 466 00:23:58,337 --> 00:23:59,253 - Get back! - Hands up! 467 00:24:12,101 --> 00:24:13,267 This is the fifth police officer 468 00:24:13,352 --> 00:24:15,319 who has been killed by fellow officers 469 00:24:15,438 --> 00:24:16,487 after attacking what appears to be 470 00:24:16,606 --> 00:24:19,106 random victims in the street. 471 00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:21,275 We have learned that each of the dead officers 472 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,111 are well-known members of what police reform activists 473 00:24:24,197 --> 00:24:25,946 call the bad apple list, 474 00:24:26,032 --> 00:24:28,032 which is an unofficial database 475 00:24:28,117 --> 00:24:31,535 of LAPD officers with multiple race-based complaints 476 00:24:31,621 --> 00:24:33,537 filed against them. 477 00:24:33,623 --> 00:24:35,623 - Thank you, Miranda. More on this story at 10:00. 478 00:24:35,708 --> 00:24:37,875 You shouldn't be messing with police. 479 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,295 - I'm sorry, didn't you kill and eat a cop? 480 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:42,796 - That was out of necessity. 481 00:24:42,882 --> 00:24:44,965 - What I'm doing is out of necessity too. 482 00:24:45,051 --> 00:24:47,518 Every one of those pricks 483 00:24:47,637 --> 00:24:50,020 had no business protecting and serving. 484 00:24:50,139 --> 00:24:51,639 Racist, sadistic garbage. 485 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:54,275 - What if they find out that they're all on your pills? 486 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:55,359 - They won't. And if they do, 487 00:24:55,478 --> 00:24:57,361 they won't know what it is. 488 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,029 It's a proprietary formula, 489 00:24:59,148 --> 00:25:01,866 which means the only people that know about it 490 00:25:01,984 --> 00:25:04,869 are me and the military scum who paid for me to develop it. 491 00:25:04,987 --> 00:25:07,955 And they're not giving up their top security clearance 492 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,707 to help some local detectives 493 00:25:09,825 --> 00:25:12,126 figure out what happened to a bunch of shitty cops. 494 00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:13,794 Look. 495 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,297 I don't need money anymore. 496 00:25:16,382 --> 00:25:18,632 Ursula's taking care of that with her big client list. 497 00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:21,051 I have nothing left to prove as a scientist. 498 00:25:21,170 --> 00:25:24,004 I think I'll start giving back to my community. 499 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:26,390 Do some public service. 500 00:25:26,509 --> 00:25:29,059 For me, that means ID'ing the worst cops in the city, 501 00:25:29,178 --> 00:25:30,511 sneaking them a little bit of my magic medicine, 502 00:25:30,596 --> 00:25:32,563 and sitting back and smiling 503 00:25:32,682 --> 00:25:34,732 as they slowly lose their shit and get what they deserve. 504 00:25:34,850 --> 00:25:37,234 Now stop sassing me and practice your violin. 505 00:25:37,353 --> 00:25:39,737 You're all of five years old trying to tell me how to be. 506 00:25:39,855 --> 00:25:42,189 - I'm nine. - You wanna make it to ten? 507 00:25:47,196 --> 00:25:49,496 I know she is a first-time creator. 508 00:25:49,582 --> 00:25:51,582 I know she was driving for Uber Eats a month ago. 509 00:25:51,701 --> 00:25:53,250 But this is what I do, Kevin. 510 00:25:53,369 --> 00:25:56,737 I find geniuses and genius ain't cheap. 511 00:25:56,839 --> 00:25:59,906 So either you up your offer by a lot, 512 00:26:00,009 --> 00:26:02,576 or if you prefer, you can just suck my dick. 513 00:26:04,597 --> 00:26:06,413 Where's Eli? 514 00:26:06,515 --> 00:26:08,081 - With the nanny. How was your day? 515 00:26:08,184 --> 00:26:10,250 God, I'm destroyed. 516 00:26:10,353 --> 00:26:12,252 I've been trolling Starbucks all day handing out pills 517 00:26:12,355 --> 00:26:15,255 to anyone with a laptop with a script on it. 518 00:26:15,358 --> 00:26:16,690 - That the most efficient use of your time? 519 00:26:16,776 --> 00:26:19,360 - Who has time to read submissions and talk to agents 520 00:26:19,445 --> 00:26:20,761 about who they think is talented? 521 00:26:20,863 --> 00:26:22,262 I mean, we like this lifestyle. 522 00:26:22,365 --> 00:26:23,597 If we wanna keep it up, 523 00:26:23,699 --> 00:26:24,648 we've gotta be in the volume business. 524 00:26:24,734 --> 00:26:26,867 - You're creating a lot of pale people. 525 00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:29,620 Especially pushing pills at a Starbucks. 526 00:26:29,739 --> 00:26:32,289 No self-respecting writer writes at a Starbucks. 527 00:26:32,408 --> 00:26:33,540 - So what? If they're talentless, 528 00:26:33,626 --> 00:26:34,959 they're useless anyway. 529 00:26:35,077 --> 00:26:36,460 That's my girl. 530 00:26:36,579 --> 00:26:37,828 I can't believe you turned out so well 531 00:26:37,913 --> 00:26:41,131 being raised by Harry and that glass of warm oat milk. 532 00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:42,633 How's the practicing? 533 00:26:42,752 --> 00:26:44,951 - Good. I'm ready. 534 00:26:45,054 --> 00:26:47,788 - I know you're gonna get it, sweetheart. 535 00:26:47,890 --> 00:26:49,289 I could use something to eat before I go, though. 536 00:26:49,392 --> 00:26:51,725 I picked up a hustler 537 00:26:51,811 --> 00:26:53,894 from that donut shop on Santa Monica and Highland. 538 00:26:53,980 --> 00:26:55,012 He's out in the pool house. 539 00:26:56,232 --> 00:26:58,515 You look adorable. 540 00:26:58,601 --> 00:26:59,650 Proud of you. 541 00:26:59,769 --> 00:27:02,152 - Did you get donuts? - Of course I did. 542 00:27:08,411 --> 00:27:10,977 Not what I was expecting. 543 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,530 - Me neither. But I'll take it. 544 00:28:01,247 --> 00:28:03,047 Take a seat. 545 00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:07,418 All right, it's down to the two of you. 546 00:28:07,503 --> 00:28:09,670 So just sit tight so the team can chat. 547 00:28:09,755 --> 00:28:10,921 Won't be too long. 548 00:28:11,006 --> 00:28:12,756 Though, to be honest, 549 00:28:12,842 --> 00:28:15,759 you're making it a very hard choice. 550 00:28:15,845 --> 00:28:16,977 You're both wonderful. 551 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,103 So... 552 00:28:26,188 --> 00:28:27,771 How long have you been playing? 553 00:28:27,857 --> 00:28:29,106 And don't say, "since I was a kid." 554 00:28:29,191 --> 00:28:30,107 - I'm better than you. 555 00:28:30,192 --> 00:28:31,275 - Excuse me? 556 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:33,277 - I said I'm better than you. 557 00:28:33,362 --> 00:28:34,728 - Did you listen to my audition? 558 00:28:34,830 --> 00:28:35,896 - No. 559 00:28:35,998 --> 00:28:37,230 I didn't have to. I know I'm better than you. 560 00:28:37,333 --> 00:28:39,783 I'm better than everyone. 561 00:28:41,537 --> 00:28:43,754 Wow, you are something else. 562 00:28:45,958 --> 00:28:47,875 I'm a prodigy too. 563 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,127 Graduated Juilliard when I was 16. 564 00:28:50,212 --> 00:28:52,129 You're new to this game, 565 00:28:52,214 --> 00:28:52,963 but what you'll start to realize 566 00:28:53,048 --> 00:28:54,798 is that there are lots of us. 567 00:28:54,884 --> 00:28:56,967 Most of the players in the big philharmonics were prodigies. 568 00:28:57,052 --> 00:28:59,386 It's not as big a deal once you meet others like you. 569 00:28:59,472 --> 00:29:01,605 - There are no others like me. 570 00:29:01,724 --> 00:29:03,223 - I guess that's true, 571 00:29:03,309 --> 00:29:04,892 but you think that's a good thing. 572 00:29:04,977 --> 00:29:07,611 It's actually why you're not going to get this job. 573 00:29:10,065 --> 00:29:13,233 If you get first chair, it's a huge story. 574 00:29:13,319 --> 00:29:15,235 "Today Show," "People" magazine, 575 00:29:15,321 --> 00:29:17,070 "60 Minutes" maybe, if it's a slow news month. 576 00:29:17,156 --> 00:29:19,239 You're a novelty. A distraction. 577 00:29:19,325 --> 00:29:21,458 Audiences will come to see you 578 00:29:21,577 --> 00:29:23,627 and get bummed out if you're not featured. 579 00:29:23,746 --> 00:29:26,079 It's bad for morale. 580 00:29:26,165 --> 00:29:28,132 Makes it impossible to play anything 581 00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:30,384 that doesn't have a violin solo. 582 00:29:31,086 --> 00:29:32,219 It becomes a freakshow. 583 00:29:35,257 --> 00:29:36,757 We play classical music. 584 00:29:36,842 --> 00:29:39,092 We are as square as we can be. 585 00:29:41,180 --> 00:29:43,096 You're the bearded fucking lady, kid. 586 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:52,773 What? 587 00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:09,623 Where'd Rory go? 588 00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:11,341 - He said he was going out back to have a cigarette. 589 00:30:43,142 --> 00:30:45,275 Talent rises, 590 00:30:45,394 --> 00:30:47,277 but it is nothing without craft. 591 00:30:47,396 --> 00:30:50,063 That's why you need the story prism. 592 00:30:51,483 --> 00:30:54,117 The story prism is hard like a diamond. 593 00:30:54,236 --> 00:30:55,702 It takes commitment. 594 00:30:57,656 --> 00:30:58,405 You. Stand up. 595 00:30:59,992 --> 00:31:01,575 You look confused. 596 00:31:01,677 --> 00:31:03,627 - I still don't understand the difference between 597 00:31:03,746 --> 00:31:05,462 the primal defense co-tagonist 598 00:31:05,581 --> 00:31:07,965 or the shadow-trickster pre-tagonist. 599 00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:10,801 Why does it have to be so complicated? 600 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,137 - Because drama is life and life is complicated. 601 00:31:14,256 --> 00:31:15,889 Now get the fuck out. 602 00:31:15,975 --> 00:31:16,924 He'll never amount to anything. 603 00:31:17,009 --> 00:31:18,475 He's never gonna write a screenplay 604 00:31:18,594 --> 00:31:20,310 that gleams like a diamond. And full refund. 605 00:31:20,429 --> 00:31:22,729 He's gonna need every penny he's got. 606 00:31:22,815 --> 00:31:24,648 - Screw you. 607 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:29,653 Now for the rest of us, I have a surprise. 608 00:31:29,772 --> 00:31:31,738 I told you when you finished my seminar 609 00:31:31,824 --> 00:31:35,158 you would walk out of this building changed. 610 00:31:35,277 --> 00:31:38,662 Well, get ready to meet someone. 611 00:31:38,781 --> 00:31:40,664 Her client, the late Harry Gardener, 612 00:31:40,783 --> 00:31:42,332 just swept the awards season. 613 00:31:42,451 --> 00:31:44,084 And in the last six months, 614 00:31:44,169 --> 00:31:45,419 other clients have barnstormed this town. 615 00:31:45,504 --> 00:31:47,588 They're launching projects all over 616 00:31:47,673 --> 00:31:49,172 broadcast and streaming. 617 00:31:49,291 --> 00:31:52,259 It's an unprecedented winning streak. 618 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:54,344 Ursula Khan. 619 00:31:56,966 --> 00:31:57,848 Thank you. Thank you. 620 00:32:03,188 --> 00:32:07,340 A writer once said, "Writing is easy. 621 00:32:07,443 --> 00:32:09,509 Just sit at your desk, open a vein, and bleed." 622 00:32:11,030 --> 00:32:12,679 Now, we've all heard that quote, right? 623 00:32:12,781 --> 00:32:14,448 And it's been attributed to a lot of people. 624 00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:18,118 But whoever did say it didn't know the half. 625 00:32:18,203 --> 00:32:19,352 If you want the brass ring, 626 00:32:19,455 --> 00:32:21,955 you better be wearing brass knuckles. 627 00:32:22,041 --> 00:32:24,691 Greatness comes with a price. 628 00:32:24,793 --> 00:32:26,126 And you just have to ask yourself, 629 00:32:26,211 --> 00:32:29,463 how much do you want it? 630 00:32:29,548 --> 00:32:30,864 Are you ready to bleed? 631 00:32:32,217 --> 00:32:34,868 Are you? All: - Yes! 632 00:32:34,970 --> 00:32:38,055 I'd like all of you to reach under your seats right now. 633 00:32:38,173 --> 00:32:39,723 Don't be shy. 634 00:32:39,842 --> 00:32:41,642 There's a little something special under there. 635 00:32:43,145 --> 00:32:45,479 Now, it looks like a pill, 636 00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:47,881 but it's not. 637 00:32:47,983 --> 00:32:50,383 It's the key to condos in Malibu, 638 00:32:50,486 --> 00:32:52,218 to dinner meetings with Charlize, 639 00:32:52,321 --> 00:32:54,387 to reservations at the Tower Bar. 640 00:32:54,490 --> 00:32:57,157 Tell yourself it's a vitamin. 641 00:32:57,242 --> 00:32:59,826 A sugar pill placebo packed with satan. 642 00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:02,996 Just don't say no. 643 00:33:03,082 --> 00:33:04,831 - Wait. 644 00:33:04,917 --> 00:33:06,783 I'm sorry, you didn't tell me about this. 645 00:33:06,869 --> 00:33:09,069 Is this a stimulant? 646 00:33:09,171 --> 00:33:10,070 Because good writers don't need that. 647 00:33:10,172 --> 00:33:11,905 I don't need that. 648 00:33:12,007 --> 00:33:13,239 I'm sorry, we'll take a quick break.. 649 00:33:13,342 --> 00:33:15,125 - Shut the fuck up, you hack. 650 00:33:15,210 --> 00:33:17,577 You teach a screenwriting class. 651 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:18,244 Have you ever sold a fucking script? 652 00:33:18,347 --> 00:33:20,747 - Yes. - One. 653 00:33:20,849 --> 00:33:25,135 A failed Orion Stallone flick back in '88? 654 00:33:25,220 --> 00:33:27,087 You know nothing. 655 00:33:27,189 --> 00:33:28,421 I know something. 656 00:33:28,524 --> 00:33:30,807 Would you all rather listen to me 657 00:33:30,893 --> 00:33:34,427 or this sad, fraudulent typist? 658 00:33:34,530 --> 00:33:36,096 All: You. 659 00:33:36,198 --> 00:33:38,264 Everything you've heard is bullshit. 660 00:33:40,035 --> 00:33:42,652 Reality isn't the choice between the blue pill 661 00:33:42,738 --> 00:33:44,437 and the red pill. 662 00:33:44,540 --> 00:33:45,772 It's the black pill. 663 00:33:45,874 --> 00:33:48,158 This pill. 664 00:33:48,243 --> 00:33:50,994 My special vitamin brain sauce stimulant 665 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,080 with zero risk and maximum upside. 666 00:33:55,050 --> 00:33:57,283 I'm gonna tell you a little something about success 667 00:33:57,386 --> 00:33:59,452 that is the bedrock of this dirty business 668 00:33:59,555 --> 00:34:01,671 that no one else wants to admit. 669 00:34:01,757 --> 00:34:04,257 It's just one swallow away. 670 00:34:06,895 --> 00:34:08,812 Spit or swallow.. The choice is yours. 671 00:34:24,279 --> 00:34:25,862 Now, as it's going down, 672 00:34:25,948 --> 00:34:27,114 that tingling that you feel? 673 00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:28,865 It's not the pill 674 00:34:28,951 --> 00:34:30,784 and it isn't that food truck burrito you had for lunch 675 00:34:30,869 --> 00:34:32,035 and it isn't nerves. 676 00:34:32,121 --> 00:34:33,587 It's the future taking hold. 677 00:34:36,041 --> 00:34:37,507 Your future. 678 00:34:49,054 --> 00:34:50,220 It looks like the streets are running red 679 00:34:50,305 --> 00:34:52,389 with blood and metaphors. 680 00:34:52,474 --> 00:34:54,141 At least all of those no-talent monsters 681 00:34:54,226 --> 00:34:56,810 are taking their pain out in a real way. 682 00:34:56,895 --> 00:35:00,230 Being great is hard. 683 00:35:00,315 --> 00:35:01,565 The rest of us just don't get it. 684 00:35:01,650 --> 00:35:04,317 We drive ourselves crazy with envy 685 00:35:04,403 --> 00:35:06,403 longing for just a taste of the delicious madness 686 00:35:06,488 --> 00:35:08,488 of the creative mind. 687 00:35:08,574 --> 00:35:10,323 But the truth is, 688 00:35:10,409 --> 00:35:12,542 most people aren't willing to put in the work. 689 00:35:12,661 --> 00:35:15,829 They focus on the success, the notoriety, the wealth 690 00:35:15,914 --> 00:35:18,331 that their great piece of art will bring. 691 00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:20,333 But the journey there is tedious. 692 00:35:20,419 --> 00:35:22,335 And those that achieve greatness 693 00:35:22,421 --> 00:35:23,837 only do so because they are fucked up enough 694 00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:25,505 to push through the pain and failure 695 00:35:25,591 --> 00:35:28,558 it takes to reach your potential. 696 00:35:28,677 --> 00:35:29,726 At least with these pills the world can find out 697 00:35:29,845 --> 00:35:31,228 if you're any good. 698 00:35:31,346 --> 00:35:32,896 Sorry, baby. 699 00:35:33,015 --> 00:35:35,348 Shh, don't cry. 700 00:35:35,434 --> 00:35:37,400 We're gonna move on to another place, 701 00:35:37,519 --> 00:35:39,402 create another drug.. 702 00:35:39,521 --> 00:35:41,238 Maybe one that will make you and I live forever. 703 00:35:42,441 --> 00:35:44,074 Mommy's here. 704 00:35:44,193 --> 00:35:46,243 She's on top of it. 705 00:35:48,864 --> 00:35:50,914 To be told we are talented, 706 00:35:51,033 --> 00:35:52,365 isn't that all we ever want? 707 00:35:55,037 --> 00:35:57,254 The truth is, history will only remember a handful of us, 708 00:35:57,372 --> 00:35:59,589 but at least now 709 00:35:59,708 --> 00:36:01,591 we're leveling the playing field.