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And it's not that you don't like kids.
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Roberto's maybe the best thing that ever
happened in your life. But he's 15 now.
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He's pretty much done with you.
He'll be moving out.
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You thought you'd get back to the freedom
you had back when you were first married.
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Fact is, you feel
you're getting old way too fast.
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The last thing you had in mind
was a new family...
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...with all the whining and the diapers
and the attendant baby baggage.
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Why start all that shit again when you wonder
if you did the right thing the first time?
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Davis! You're awful!
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This is so much more time-efficient
than a regular conversation.
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Since you're obsessed with what's going
down and why you're going with it...
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...what shape are you in to take on some
new baby who came from God knows where...
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...and has God knows what kind of
health and emotional problems?
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And never asked to be taken in anyway.
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On the other hand...
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Hey, baby, what's the matter?
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While we got a moment, maybe you can
explain something to me I never understood.
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What is the theory
on this handkerchief thing?
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You blow your nose in it,
you put it back in your pocket...
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...and then you see someone distressed and
you give them this gift from your pocket?
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And they're supposed to be grateful
as they wipe it all over their face?
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If I tell you, you're gonna think it's about you.
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But it's not about you at all, but you won't
believe it and you'll get all defensive.
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Hey, if you don't wanna talk about it,
don't force yourself.
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It's just that I wanna have children.
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And I don't care how rotten the world is.
But I'm so far from being able to have them.
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I'm involved with you.
You're not gonna have kids with me.
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We're not even gonna get married.
So I can't even start to try to have 'em.
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I gotta break up with you
and find someone I can stand to be with.
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Even then, I don't know
how easy it's gonna be.
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I might have trouble getting pregnant,
after everything I've done to my body.
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Maybe I should just hop out up here.
I can call a cab.
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Why, Mack? You're my friend too, aren't you?
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Hey, hey.
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Who says we're never gonna
get married and have kids?
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Uh-uh. Come on, baby.
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Hey.
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Hey, how you doin'?
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I don't know if you remember me.
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Oh. Hey, man, sure.
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- Mack, right?
- Right.
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I didn't recognize you at first. Yeah.
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I called and they said
you'd be getting in about now.
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I wanted to thank you again
for the other night.
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You did already.
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Look, can I buy you breakfast
somewhere or something?
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Sure. Just a minute.
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- You play basketball?
- I played in high school. I was sixth man.
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Me too. Sixth man until my senior year,
and then I started.
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- No kidding? Center or forward?
- Forward. I wasn't big enough for center.
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- Must have been some team.
- We had Oscar Benson on that team.
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No shit. You must be pretty good.
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I wasn't playin' the same game
that Oscar was playing.
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The other night... I don't know if you were in
danger, except for maybe losing your wallet.
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I didn't save your life, so you shouldn't be
thinking you have to say something to me.
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One morning, about three years ago,
I was on my way to a meeting...
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...at the Mutual Benefit building
on Wilshire, in the Miracle Mile.
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I love that name - the Miracle Mile.
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It's the building across the street
from the county art museum.
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I was thinking about the meeting I was
going to. I was worried about it, actually.
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I started to step off the kerb.
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A stranger grabbed me and yanked me back
as a city bus went flying by my nose.
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I mean, it just filled up the world
six inches from my nose.
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I would have been like
a wet bug stain on the bus.
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I wouldn't have even felt it,
it would have been over so fast.
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I thanked this stranger,
this woman in a baseball cap...
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... but I was pretty much in a daze.
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When I thanked her, she said "My pleasure."
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I didn't notice till the last moment that
the cap was from the Pittsburgh Pirates...
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... my favorite team since I was a kid.
- Roberto Clemente, huh?
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Right. I never got over the idea that
I should have thanked that woman more...
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...talked to her a while, something.
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She reached out and yanked me back
from the edge, literally.
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Changed everything for me,
and for my wife and my son...
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...and then she just wandered off
down the Miracle Mile.
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How come she was wearing a Pirates cap?
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It's not usual at 9am on Wilshire Boulevard,
a woman in a Pittsburgh Pirates cap.
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- It's a little suspicious.
- You lost me.
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I just wondered, later on...
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...was she for real, you know?
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Was that a real person or was that something
else, you know, sent from somewhere else...
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...to grab me back from that kerb?
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Is that what you're wondering about me?
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I just... couldn't let it happen again.
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I didn't wanna just let you drift away
like she did and never talk to you. It just...
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...didn't seem right to let it happen twice.
So that's why I'm bothering you.
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You're not bothering me.
You're buying me breakfast.
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Good.
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You got a right to try to figure out
what confuses you...
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...but seems like you're making
more of this than it is.
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The world's a hard place,
but sometimes you just get lucky.
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- I believe in luck.
- And, of course, sometimes you don't.
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If you're alive, some terrible shit's
gonna happen to you...
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...and maybe some good things too,
but you can always count on the terrible.
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If it doesn't kill you, you're gonna be around
to see it come down some other way.
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Thank you, honey.
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No. No, thanks.
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My... father died last year.
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81 years old.
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It's a long time for a black man
to live in this town.
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He outlived everyone he ever knew. He saw
two wives die and three of his children.
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He had a great ugly old face that looked like
a suitcase gone a million miles...
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...all beat up and dented
and scuffed and stained.
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Man, he looked like
he walked 80 years on that face.
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When I used to look at that face
and see all the pain there...
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...all the things he'd lost, all the hurt he had...
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...I wondered why he wanted to go on,
why he just didn't lay down and give it up.
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- Did you figure it out?
- No. Never figured out much about that guy.
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- I asked him, though.
- What'd he say?
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Habit.
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- Does your sister have a job?
- She's a cashier at Jon's.
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Lets her work her hours
around her little girl's school.
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- Would they let her transfer to another store?
- I don't know. Why?
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- I was just wondering about something.
- What's that?
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It just seems like an impossible situation.
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You can't live your life thinking someone's
gonna shoot up your house at any moment.
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A lot of people do.
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You know, I know this guy who's got
an apartment house in Canoga Park.
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I might be able to get her something
out there at a very reasonable price.
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Hey, listen, Mack, thanks,
but I'm not so sure it's a good idea.
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OK. I'm not gonna push it
if you're not comfortable.
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Maybe you wanna think about it.
You don't have to decide now.
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- Yeah, maybe.
- OK.
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- You got my number.
- Yeah.
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Simon?
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Yeah?
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What is it, exactly?
I wanna know for two reasons.
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I wanna know if it's what I think it is...
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...and I wanna make sure I haven't offended
you, cos that's the last thing I wanted to do.
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Man, you are a piece of work.
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I know. It's just... sometimes I let stuff go
and then I wonder about it later on.
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OK, here it is. I guess I think it's hard...
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...maybe even dangerous, reaching in and
mucking around with other people's lives.
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Sometimes there's a reason
they're doin' what they're doin'.
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That's a tough one. You don't wanna
fuck with things you shouldn't...
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...but you don't always
wanna turn away, either.
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Is that what you thought it was?
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Yeah, that and... you know...
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...the white guy...
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You white?
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How 'bout Canoga Park?
That's pretty white, ain't it?
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No, not really. Think about it. I'll see you.
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...to try and understand just what exactly
had been delivered unto me...
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...at the cost of flesh and bone
and precious blood...
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...what message was being delivered to me...
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...in a.38-caliber envelope for me
to open and read and understand.
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And this problem, this difficulty
I was having in understanding...
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...it grew on me like a fever.
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It buzzed around my brain
till I could no longer sleep...
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...or eat or think about anything else.
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It was as painful and real...
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...as the physical wound
I could see in my thigh.
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- What?
- Nothing. Go on. I want to hear this.
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I had a feeling that you, more than anyone,
would have a problem taking me seriously.
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Please, go on. I am taking you seriously.
I'm sorry for whatever you think you saw.
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I will go on, but first
tell me what made you smile.
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- "Unto."
- What?
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You said "delivered unto" you. I'm sorry.
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That is purposeful, my sweet.
We're talking about a religious experience.
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I might say "doth" or "thou" or a lot of things.
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Please, Davis, go on.
The suspense is killing me.
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At the end of this long, torturous night...
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...my head pounding in syncopation
to my throbbing wound...
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...there came a glorious, delicate dawn.
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And I knew... I knew
I can't make those movies any more.
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I can't make another piece of art that glorifies
violence and bloodshed and brutality.
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I can't contribute another stone...
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...to this landslide of dehumanizing rage...
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...that has swept across
this country like a pestilence.
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That's a mixed metaphor, isn't it? Anyway...
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I'm done, kaput, fini.
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No more exploding bodies,
exploding buildings, exploding anything.
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No more shit.
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Davis, that's wonderful.
You know how I feel about it.
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- I think I've always been frank with you.
- To say the least.
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- You'll never have to say another word.
- I applaud you.
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- Have you told the studio yet?
- Fuck the studio.
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- Have you told your business manager yet?
- Fuck 'em.
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You said all along there's a fortune
to be made in stories about life.
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The life force, the creation of life,
the very instinct for living.
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Besides, I don't give a shit about money.
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I made more money this year
than my father made in his entire life.
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At the rate I'm going,
I'm not gonna run out of money for...
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...well, 18 months, anyway.
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I'm gonna make the world a better place
for your new bambina.
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What's happening?
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What's happening? Well, let's see.
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We're filling out forms,
we're being evaluated...
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...we're becoming official foster parents,
which would be the first step.
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We're...
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We're arguing, we're talking, we're...
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...flirting with marital disaster.
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Mack and I are both being...
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...passionately, unshakably
devoted to our own position.
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Claire, may I be very, very frank with you?
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Is it possible this has come up
because Roberto's about to move on...
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...and you are coincidentally
approaching a certain age?
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As opposed to what? As opposed to being
wildly in love with this particular baby...
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...which I had in my house for nine hours?
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Of course that's why this has come up, Davis.
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It's not that simple... but yes.
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But is that rational?
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- Rational?
- Reasonable, feasible, for you and Mack?
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Well...
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I guess I'd have to say...
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...I don't really care.
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And it's in Canoga Park, you know.
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A nice little apartment complex, he says.
He owns it, his associate.
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- It'd be real reasonable with the rent.
- Canoga Park?
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Simon, that's where
the white people live, isn't it?
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Yeah, right.
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- Hi.
- Hi.
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- Hi.
- Hi.
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- Do you know Jane?
- No.
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- This is Mack.
- Hi, Mack.
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- Hi, Jane.
- You wanna sit down?
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Thanks, I... got something
I should do upstairs.
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- I'm having one of those days.
- Which kind?
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I keep drifting. I can't seem
to carry through on anything.
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Like I'll say I have to go upstairs,
but I don't really want to, so... I don't go.
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- Have a seat.
- Thanks.
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At the same time I'm feeling very... free,
like I've got a little buzz on or something.
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Does that happen to you?
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- It doesn't happen to me as much as I'd like.
- It's very pleasant.
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What brought it on? Maybe I'll try it.
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I got up really early this morning.
Sometimes it helps to be a little sleepy.
227
00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,040
I got that part down.
228
00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,238
I went to see this guy that helped me when
my car broke down. He drives a tow truck.
229
00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:04,440
I really like him. His daughter goes
to this deaf college in Washington, DC.
230
00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,752
His wife left him. He's kinda lonely.
But he seems peaceful about it.
231
00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,071
- That would be nice.
- Yeah, it would be great...
232
00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:16,153
...if you could sort of be down about things,
but still be all right with it...
233
00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:22,429
...like finally accept the fact that you're gonna
feel bad most of the time and not fight it.
234
00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,072
Of course, it would also be nice
not to feel bad most of the time.
235
00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:31,951
Yeah, but that's how you get in trouble, by
thinking how nice it'd be to be happy more.
236
00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,711
- Jane, are you married?
- No.
237
00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,069
- Boyfriend?
- No.
238
00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,559
Would you like to meet this guy?
239
00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,910
- I don't know. What does he look like?
- How important is that?
240
00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,151
- Somewhat important.
- I was just curious.
241
00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,232
He happens to be a very handsome black guy.
242
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,311
I don't even know if he's interested.
I don't know much about him.
243
00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,073
How are you gonna describe Jane?
244
00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:06,832
Same way.
245
00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,315
A very handsome black guy.
246
00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,391
Yeah.
247
00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,393
Mama, there's a man here.
248
00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,673
- Yes?
- Hello, Mrs. Dotson.
249
00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,309
- You have got a very polite little lady there.
- What is it?
250
00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:29,997
My name is Harvey Charles. I represent
Ohio Continental Insurance. Here's my card.
251
00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:32,878
You're selling insurance?
We don't want life insurance.
252
00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:38,159
That's the first thing most people say. The
policies we're selling only cost $10 a month.
253
00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,550
I am too young and too strapped
to be gettin' life insurance.
254
00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,349
We're not just talking about you here.
Think about your children.
255
00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,591
I ask you only one thing,
Mrs. Dotson, and that is this.
256
00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:53,071
Just glance at these news clippings
which I hold here in my hand.
257
00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,152
- What about 'em?
- They show, in frightening detail...
258
00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,789
...the high rate of violent death
caused by gangs and crime...
259
00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:05,273
...in yours and surrounding neighborhoods.
Can I hand these to you to take a look at?
260
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,468
Look, Mrs. Dotson, I'm not gonna kid you.
261
00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:12,269
These policies are inexpensive
because the benefits aren't that big.
262
00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:16,831
But what they will do is if harm
should come to one of your children...
263
00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:21,596
- ...this policy will cover funeral expenses...
- Kelley, go wait in the kitchen.
264
00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,671
- What?
- Go.
265
00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,870
You tryin' to sell me
life-insurance policies on my kids?
266
00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,270
They're the ones on the front line.
They're the ones in danger.
267
00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:35,351
You get the fuck off my porch!
268
00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,671
I said go on!
Get away from my house, dammit!
269
00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,479
Bottom of the list... Who needs it?
270
00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,472
South Carolina... Why bother trying?
271
00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:16,348
Keep the baby. You need her
as much as she needs you.
272
00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,597
It's big for the money.
273
00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,114
It's not beautiful, but they keep it up good.
274
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,590
They have their share of gangs out here, too.
275
00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,070
But they don't run the place. Not yet, anyway.
276
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,434
I guess Kelley would eventually adjust.
277
00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,029
Deborah's really confused.
278
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,232
It's a big move. And I don't know
what to tell her, either.
279
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,709
Either way, thank you, man.
280
00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,636
Excuse me.
281
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,195
- Are you Roberto's mother?
- Yes.
282
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,955
- We're Amanda's parents.
- I'm Steve Fox. This is my wife Cathy.
283
00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,476
- Hi. Claire.
- We can't wait to meet Roberto.
284
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:15,075
We feel like we already know him,
just from Amanda's letters.
285
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:20,598
I'm sorry. I'm afraid that Roberto
doesn't write as much as he should.
286
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,956
- We're very pleased about Thanksgiving.
- Thanksgiving?
287
00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:28,113
It is so good of you
to let Roberto come to San Diego.
288
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:34,679
Gosh. I'm sorry. I guess you may not
have heard everything about this summer.
289
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,433
I'm beginning to get the picture.
290
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,670
- There's my parents.
- Which ones?
291
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,149
See the man in the beard?
292
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,278
Oh, God. They're talking to my mother.
293
00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,436
They were relieved I wasn't Puerto Rican.
294
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:28,878
Amanda didn't explain that in all the many,
many letters that she wrote to her parents?
295
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,428
God, I hope they're not bigots or something.
296
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,478
- Did you wanna tell me about it?
- What?
297
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,755
What happened this summer.
298
00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,831
At camp? Oh, camp was OK.
299
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,952
- I really missed you. I'm glad you're back.
- Yeah, me too.
300
00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,396
- I'm sorry about Thanksgiving.
- We'll talk to your father about it.
301
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,755
- It's OK with you?
- Didn't say that.
302
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,831
- But your mind's open?
- Roberto.
303
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,036
Remain calm.
304
00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:57,715
Let me ask you something.
How open is your mind?
305
00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,998
- Is this gonna be about my hair?
- No. This is something pretty big.
306
00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,072
- About me?
- Only partly. It involves you.
307
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,518
Are you and Dad splitting?
308
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,148
- Why do you say that?
- Is that it?
309
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,277
No. Absolutely no.
Why would you say a thing like that?
310
00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:19,999
Do we look like people
who are about to split?
311
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:25,079
I don't know. People do it all the time
and they look like they're fine.
312
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,549
I am crazy for your father.
313
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,593
Have we given you any sign
that we're having trouble?
314
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:38,119
- So what were you gonna tell me?
- Wait a minute. Answer me.
315
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,990
Sometimes it just looks like
you're both kind of unhappy, OK?
316
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:49,756
Maybe I misunderstood. It just looked
like that a lot before I went away.
317
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,994
- Really?
- Yeah but, look, I'm glad I'm wrong.
318
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,596
I mean, God, that'd be horrible.
I hope you guys never split.
319
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,035
I'm sorry I said it.
320
00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:05,999
Now, what were you gonna tell me?
What do I have to have an open mind about?
321
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,629
- Maybe we should talk about it later.
- Oh, Mom. You can't do that to me.
322
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,553
Just pretend I never said
anything and tell me.
323
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:20,196
Your father and I are discussing
whether to adopt a little girl.
324
00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:22,793
What?
325
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,789
To, you know, the evening.
326
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,751
Some playboy, huh?
327
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,792
- Nice car.
- Thank you. It's yellow.
328
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,871
Of course it's yellow.
329
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,751
All right.
330
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,631
OK.
331
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,634
I thought you'd changed your mind.
332
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:10,149
Oh.
333
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,836
No way. It's just...
been a while since I did this.
334
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,469
- You haven't been going out?
- I go out a little.
335
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:22,235
I just can't remember
the last time I was... set up.
336
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,834
- Fixed up.
- Yeah.
337
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,631
Yeah.
338
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,438
So, what do you think so far?
339
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,755
So far it's all right.
340
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,195
I like it.
341
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,590
I'm just... just a little surprised.
342
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,240
- Why? What did you expect?
- No, it's not you.
343
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,312
I'm just surprised at how nervous I am.
344
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,153
- Me, too.
- Yeah?
345
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,231
Yeah.
346
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:57,436
That's all right. At least now
we know that much about each other.
347
00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:02,235
Yeah.
348
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,437
Mack must have had some reason
to think this would work.
349
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:10,196
- I guess you've known him a while, huh?
- I don't know him at all.
350
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,669
Really? Wow.
351
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:17,238
I don't know him much, either.
352
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,311
That's funny.
353
00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:24,955
Maybe we're the only two
black people he ever met.
354
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,636
I think you're being too hard on yourself.
You're trying to help.
355
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,280
Is moving to Canoga Park
gonna save that family?
356
00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:13,316
Who said you have to save anybody?
357
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,439
Maybe the kids'll be less likely to get hurt.
Who knows? I don't and you don't.
358
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:21,911
They're not gonna go if they don't want to,
and you're not responsible for them anyhow.
359
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,594
You happen to know a guy
who owns an apartment house.
360
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,990
What am I doing fixing Simon up
with some girl I don't even know?
361
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,516
I do this shit
and the next morning I'm astounded.
362
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:35,752
Has it occurred to you that
it doesn't really matter all that much?
363
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,913
Why should you be the one person
on earth who always acts rationally?
364
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,389
Forget rational. I'm completely out of control.
365
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,199
- Stop me before I kill.
- Well, so, good for you.
366
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:50,070
Aren't you sick of trying
to be in control all the time?
367
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:51,878
I am.
368
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:56,909
Mack... you think that I want that baby
because I've got some hole in my life...
369
00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,549
...or I think I'm gonna have some hole
in my life, but that's not it.
370
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,835
Or if it is it, it's just a part of it.
371
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,878
That baby needs someone
to love it and take care of it.
372
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:10,351
- Does it have to be you?
- I believe that there's a reason I found her.
373
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,718
You can dismiss it all you want, but I'll
always believe that. And you probably do too.
374
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:19,635
You told me you thought there was a reason
this guy Simon showed up and saved you.
375
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:24,717
- I did?
- How do you think I feel about this baby?
376
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:28,793
What if I hadn't heard it?
What if no one had heard her?
377
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,553
We would have read about it
in the Times. "Oh, my God."
378
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,837
"They found a dead baby
under the bushes on Carmelina."
379
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:39,232
"Oh, Mack. I must have run
right by it the other morning."
380
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,232
But that didn't happen. I found her.
381
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:47,314
And maybe I saved her life
just the way maybe Simon saved yours.
382
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,034
- What are you saying?
- Something has happened.
383
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:55,432
You can't go back and have it not happen.
Some kind of connection has been made.
384
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,672
It has to be played out. That is why
you can't stay out of Simon's business.
385
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,309
It's like this itch you've gotta scratch.
386
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,756
Claire, you're talking
about a lifelong commitment.
387
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,308
I won't be dealing with
Simon the rest of my life.
388
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:14,394
How do you know that this man isn't gonna
be your friend until the day that you die?
389
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,149
What if these are miracles, Mack?
390
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:26,155
Maybe we don't have any experience with
miracles, so we're slow to recognize them.
391
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,550
- I'm getting a terrific headache.
- No, you're not.
392
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,632
- I'm not?
- I'll tell you why I reject your headache.
393
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,029
- Please.
- Because it's inappropriate.
394
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,588
If I am right
and these events are miracles...
395
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:42,276
...then it is an inappropriate response to get
a headache in the presence of a miracle.
396
00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,511
- Wow.
- Yeah.
397
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:05,953
I don't know about you, but I'm thinking
this Mack must be some kind of genius.
398
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,430
- Do you believe in fate?
- I believe in luck.
399
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,310
- Do you think you should come up?
- Do I think I should come up?
400
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,630
What do you think?
401
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:21,669
Well, I think this night has gone
about as well as it possibly could.
402
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,354
I don't wanna push our luck.
403
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,791
Is it OK to call you at work?
404
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:39,516
I look forward to it.
This is a feeling I'd like to have at work.
405
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,032
What is it?
406
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,918
- Bye, Simon.
- Say that again.
407
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,911
Simon.
408
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,471
You OK?
409
00:32:58,400 --> 00:32:59,879
Whoa.
410
00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:01,951
You sure?
411
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,234
Why don't you just pull right over there?
412
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,635
- Didn't see him comin', did you?
- I still don't know what happened.
413
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:28,714
I guess you were lucky. Even though
it might not seem that way right now.
414
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,635
- Pretty scary stuff.
- I was crying before it happened.
415
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,392
Really?
416
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,119
I don't cry this easily normally.
417
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,998
- Sorry.
- Don't apologize.
418
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:49,273
You wanna get outta there? Walk around
and catch your breath? You'll feel better.
419
00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:01,951
You OK?
420
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,389
Then I guess I'd better hang on.
421
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,599
I don't imagine you wanna talk about it
with a complete stranger.
422
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,274
I'm in love with a married man.
423
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:16,955
We haven't been having an affair.
He wouldn't do it.
424
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:21,636
We just had one night together.
One really amazing night.
425
00:34:22,720 --> 00:34:24,711
Uh-huh.
426
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,749
Do you think that's awful?
427
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,154
- Which part?
- All of it.
428
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,669
I think it happens.
429
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,118
- Did he treat you bad?
- It hurts.
430
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,593
When you love someone and...
they don't choose you...
431
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:50,551
...it's bad.
432
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,074
That's the way he's been bad to me.
433
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,591
Married men suck.
434
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,351
By definition.
435
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,270
Are you married?
436
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,920
Tell the truth.
437
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,269
No, I'm not married.
438
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,915
I haven't found the right girl.
439
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,233
You can't quit now, babe. It's the last mile.
440
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,709
I'm catchin' my second wind.
441
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,830
Oh, man.
442
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,234
That's all there is. We did it, man.
443
00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:46,231
Just put it anywhere.
444
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,309
- That's the end of it, baby.
- Good.
445
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,593
I don't know if he's even
gonna stay here tonight.
446
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,159
Let's get a beer.
447
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,951
This is fucked.
448
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,471
What you doin', man?
449
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,789
No talkin', huh? That's cool.
450
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,152
That's cool. I guess
you don't want no company.
451
00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:16,028
I thought you was talkin' to me.
I thought you said I was fucked up.
452
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,749
- I wasn't talkin' to your sorry ass.
- Who the fuck were you talkin' to?
453
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,229
Were you talkin' to yourself?
454
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,749
Hola, Carlos? Qu� pasa?
455
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,749
- What was that, man?
- That chamante was quick.
456
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,637
Must've come here from Beirut.
457
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,155
You! Stop running and put
your hands behind your head.
458
00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:36,073
Stop running and put
your hands behind your head.
459
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:40,515
Here we go.
460
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,954
Halt! Halt!
461
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,270
Turn around and get down on your stomach.
462
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,074
Turn around and get down on your stomach.
463
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,720
- What?
- Down, asshole, and I mean now.
464
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,434
Put your right hand behind your back.
465
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,991
Bring the other one around.
466
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,552
Don't you know what "stop" means?
467
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,996
Where you goin' in such a hurry, pal?
468
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:20,356
- Nowhere. I'm just runnin'.
- Runnin' from what?
469
00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:24,038
- Nothin'. I live around here.
- Where?
470
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:28,556
- I don't know.
- You don't know.
471
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:30,949
What's that supposed to mean?
472
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,237
- Back there, across from the park.
- What park?
473
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,351
I don't know.
474
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,918
They almost smoked me.
See a nigger run around here...
475
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,594
...they smoke you, ask questions later.
476
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:15,673
I ain't stayin' here, I tell you that!
I ain't fuckin' stayin' here!
477
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:22,791
What's next?
478
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,269
Nothing. I'm quitting.
479
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:30,791
Tell me.
480
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,873
This isn't tolerable.
I can't do this any more. It's sick.
481
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,951
I need to go on.
482
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,316
Don't act like you're not relieved.
I know you are.
483
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,834
I don't want you to go.
484
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:48,038
You know what your trouble is?
You just never wanna be the bad guy.
485
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,874
You want everything you do to be OK.
486
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:56,829
But it isn't. If you really didn't want this to
happen, then you shouldn't have fucked me.
487
00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:01,072
- I'm sorry. I think I've said that before.
- But you didn't mean it.
488
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,989
You aren't really sorry it happened, are you?
489
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,071
Are you?
490
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:21,154
You've denied me in every way you can.
Everything I've wanted, you've denied me.
491
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:25,599
- I've been honest all along. Even that night.
- Who gives a shit?
492
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:29,878
Don't you see what you do? Even now,
you wanna deny me what's rightfully mine.
493
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:33,270
- Which is?
- To resent the hell outta you.
494
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,635
To feel totally rejected and hated.
495
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,514
To hate you for doing it to me.
496
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:45,073
There are good men out there who are gonna
treat me like I'm the very thing they want.
497
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,668
And then you do that thing with Jane.
498
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,115
What?
499
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:58,954
You know, with that guy, that tow-truck guy.
500
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,273
What about it? What's that
got to do with anything?
501
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:06,399
You don't even know, do you? You don't
even know why that hurts me so much.
502
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,074
Jane's in love.
She thinks this could be the one.
503
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:12,755
- Is that bad? I thought she was your friend.
- She is my friend.
504
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,594
I'm very happy for her,
but it makes me feel like shit...
505
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:21,310
...that you're out there finding her
the love of her life and I'm here like what?
506
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,789
I'm here like shit.
507
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:29,072
How do you think that's gonna make me feel?
508
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,277
Dee, I understand you're angry with me,
but why would?
509
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,351
Forget it.
510
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,349
It doesn't have to make sense.
511
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:43,199
I'll stay for two weeks,
but you better find somebody else.
512
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,994
Is Otis comin' home tonight, Mama?
513
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:52,469
No, baby, I told you.
514
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,149
When will we see him again?
515
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:00,751
I don't know, honey.
516
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:51,591
Yeah.
517
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:59,315
I just feel like I'd really like
to work for a woman lawyer this time.
518
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,153
I never have, and...
I think it might be a good thing.
519
00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:04,515
I'm not sure you'd find it much different...
520
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:09,720
...but with your qualifications and experience,
I have no desire to discourage you.
521
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:15,750
I am curious, though. Your former employer
has written you a glorious recommendation.
522
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,269
Why did you decide to leave him?
523
00:44:57,720 --> 00:44:59,711
Hey, Otis.
524
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:06,432
- What's the matter? You OK?
- Yeah, I'm all right.
525
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:08,511
Hey.
526
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,912
You're hurt, boy.
527
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,991
It ain't my blood.
528
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:18,432
What happened? What happened?
529
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,949
I seen some bad shit, Simon.
530
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:38,871
OK.
531
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:41,871
OK.
532
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:51,677
OK.
533
00:45:53,720 --> 00:45:58,032
We have a three-car collision on the Santa
Monica Freeway east of National Boulevard.
534
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:02,875
Only one lane is open and the surface streets
are no picnic right now, either.
535
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,758
It is a jungle down there.
536
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:10,960
I realized it wasn't both you and Mom saying
how glad you were you didn't have little kids.
537
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:16,751
It was really just you. When I really thought
about it, Mom never really said that.
538
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:19,752
- Which way are you gonna turn up here?
- Right.
539
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:24,277
- OK. So what do you wanna do now?
- Get in the right lane.
540
00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:28,109
No! Whoa!
541
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,750
Roberto! You can�t just go
because you want to!
542
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:36,230
- You've gotta make sure it's clear.
- I messed up.
543
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:43,158
Better to go ten blocks outta your way
than to try to get over when it's impossible.
544
00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:47,358
OK, watch this guy getting out of his car here.
Slow down. Slow, slow, slow!
545
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:53,711
- When I tell you to stop, you've gotta stop!
- You told me to slow down.
546
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:59,470
It won't matter if you hit a car, but you can't
hit a person. That's the most important thing.
547
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:02,916
People are assholes. You gotta
watch out for the dumbest stuff.
548
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:08,478
Just watch... just watch the road.
549
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,918
So why should I tell Mom
she's crazy to want this baby?
550
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,753
I don't want her telling me
my stuff is crazy, right?
551
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:24,593
Maybe it's not so crazy for her. It's her life.
552
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:26,955
- And mine.
- And yours, too, I guess.
553
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:30,191
Although she is gonna be
the one most involved.
554
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:34,956
Believe me, it affects us both a lot. Why don't
we concentrate on what we're doing here?
555
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,828
- What are you gonna do up here?
- I'm gonna take a left.
556
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,356
Really?
557
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:44,273
It's kinda busy here, isn't it?
558
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:48,749
- Dad, I've gotta learn how to do it.
- No, no, you're right.
559
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,479
- Left-turn signal, left-turn signal.
- It's on.
560
00:48:01,720 --> 00:48:03,870
OK. This is good right here.
561
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:06,191
Perfect.
562
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:10,948
Think of it this way. If you only had
one life to live... which you do...
563
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:15,033
...and you really wanted to do something
and Mom said "No, you can't do that"...
564
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:19,159
- ...how would that make you feel?
- Let's not talk. Let's think about this turn.
565
00:48:19,240 --> 00:48:21,435
- Right.
- What are you watching for?
566
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:24,398
- The light.
- And? What's the most important thing?
567
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,278
- Don't hit a person.
- No, I mean here.
568
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,988
- Come on, don't fuck around. This is no joke.
- Sorry.
569
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:38,639
The most important thing is that...
is that those cars have really stopped.
570
00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:41,154
Right. Because?
571
00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:44,630
Because some idiot is always
liable to run a red light.
572
00:48:44,720 --> 00:48:49,510
- Good. What else are you lookin' for?
- Those cars in the cross streets.
573
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:51,591
Good.
574
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:54,556
Ready? The light's gonna change here.
575
00:48:59,240 --> 00:49:00,912
This is good.
576
00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:02,753
Wait.
577
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:06,113
Wait.
578
00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:12,199
Not yet.
579
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:15,796
OK, they're stopping.
580
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:19,358
Go ahead.
581
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:24,748
Stop!
582
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:28,836
- You idiot!
- Fuck you!
583
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:32,709
Whoa!
584
00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:36,314
OK, this guy's letting us in. Go, go, go!
585
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:45,235
OK, when I tell you, you're gonna be able
to get over. We'll pull over up here.
586
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:47,993
OK, you can go now.
587
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:50,469
Just pull in right here.
588
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,111
Shit.
589
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:09,393
That guy was a cretin.
590
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:14,076
The thing is, it's so crazy out there,
you gotta react really fast.
591
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:19,029
If you're going, you've got a split second,
otherwise the cross traffic'll whack you.
592
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:22,510
- I'm sorry, Dad.
- Hey, this is difficult stuff.
593
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:28,076
Making a left turn in LA is one of
the harder things you're gonna learn in life.
594
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:30,549
That guy was almost in your lap.
595
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,391
This town stinks.
596
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:39,072
- Do you wanna drive?
- Hell, no. I'm too shook up.
597
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:42,191
Let's get outta here.
598
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:08,552
So I guess we're gonna get this baby, huh?
599
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:22,230
Hello.
600
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:24,311
What?
601
00:51:25,240 --> 00:51:27,674
We've got no Firooz here.
602
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:30,149
No, you've got the wrong number.
603
00:51:31,240 --> 00:51:34,232
Oh, really? Well, fuck you also.
604
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:42,194
- Who?
- Firooz.
605
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:44,831
You know him?
606
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:48,549
My heart's pounding.
607
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:54,631
Come here.
608
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:00,831
It's OK.
609
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:07,272
Everything seems so close together.
610
00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:09,351
Hm?
611
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:13,753
All the good and bad things
in the world. Everything.
612
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:18,914
I feel it in myself even.
613
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:21,992
And in us. Our marriage.
614
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:27,671
I love you, Claire.
615
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:32,672
I like living my life with you.
616
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:34,751
Do you?
617
00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:38,109
Cos I love you so much, Mack.
618
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:07,394
- Drive me to the stage.
- My car's by your office.
619
00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:09,835
Take the cart back.
I'll have someone pick me up.
620
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:12,229
- I really gotta get back downtown.
- Relax.
621
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:15,790
No one's gonna get deported
while you drive me over to stage 20.
622
00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:18,110
We spent lunch
talking about your marriage.
623
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:22,034
I forgot to congratulate you on
the new direction your career has taken.
624
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:25,829
Claire told me about the violence
in your movies. She was so pleased.
625
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:29,117
Claire told you? Oh, that. Oh, fuck that.
626
00:53:29,720 --> 00:53:31,711
- What?
- That's over.
627
00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:34,553
I must have been delirious
for a few weeks there.
628
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:37,313
- Hi, Tim. How are you?
- Oh, man. This is bad.
629
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:39,755
I don't wanna tell Claire
you changed your mind.
630
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:42,957
I've regained my senses.
I was talking like a moron.
631
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:45,429
Go down here and go left.
632
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:58,671
- What happened?
- Nothing happened. It never happened.
633
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:03,675
Look, Mack, I'm an artist. Now go ahead
and laugh, because everybody does.
634
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:07,673
Nobody in this town will admit
that a producer is an artist.
635
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:12,470
But I know how many lame-o directors
I've had to carry on my back every step...
636
00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:15,711
...and then watch as they take
the glory and reviews and awards.
637
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:19,509
- Which awards were those?
- I don't mind working in modest anonymity.
638
00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:22,398
That's the way Thalberg did it, too.
639
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:26,430
- If they're so lame-o, why do you hire them?
- I haven't got time to do it.
640
00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:30,798
Hanging around the set all day, doing that
boring lighting and shit. Let them do that.
641
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:33,713
That's beside the point. The point is...
642
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:37,190
Turn around. Turn around
and go back down there.
643
00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:43,712
- Where was I?
- The point is...
644
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:46,917
There's a gulf in this country,
an ever-widening abyss...
645
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,878
...between people who have stuff
and those who have shit.
646
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:55,034
It's like this big hole has opened up in the
ground, as big as the fucking Grand Canyon.
647
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:59,591
And what's come pouring out...
Hi. My name's Davis. Building 78.
648
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:02,956
The whole building. Stop by.
I think I have something for you.
649
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:06,316
This is the greatest town on earth.
Go left here.
650
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:08,709
- Where was I?
- Grand Canyon?
651
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:12,873
Yeah. And what's come outta
this big hole is an eruption of rage...
652
00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:16,270
...and the rage creates violence
and the violence is real.
653
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:19,397
And it won't go away
until someone changes something.
654
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:23,519
Which is not gonna happen. And you
may not like it. Even I may not like it.
655
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:26,558
But I can't pretend it isn't there,
because that is a lie.
656
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:30,713
And when art lies, it becomes worthless,
so I gotta keep telling the truth...
657
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:34,679
...even if it scares the shit outta me,
like it scares the shit outta you.
658
00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:40,471
Even if it means some motherfucker can blow
a big old hole in my leg for a watch...
659
00:55:40,560 --> 00:55:45,509
...and I'm gonna walk with a fucking limp for
the rest of my life and count myself lucky.
660
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:48,478
That's what's amazing,
what we count as lucky today.
661
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:50,915
Our criteria for lucky has changed a bit.
662
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:53,753
Davis, we're not talking about great art here.
663
00:55:53,840 --> 00:55:59,392
Says you, Mr. Snob, Mr. Arbiter of Taste,
Mr. Immigration Lawyer to the Arts.
664
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:01,869
But there's so much rage going around...
665
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:05,430
...we're damn lucky we have the movies
to help us vent a little of it.
666
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:09,149
That line is so tired. I'm shocked you'd use it.
667
00:56:09,240 --> 00:56:13,518
You think just anyone can do what I do?
You think anyone can make the crap I make?
668
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:17,354
Wasn't there something about "life force"?
That's what Claire told me.
669
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:20,512
This is life. I'm trying to get that
through your thick skull.
670
00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:25,799
There's always been violence. There will
always be violence, evil, and men with guns.
671
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:29,998
My movies reflect what's going on.
They don't make what's going on.
672
00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:36,076
And if I make 'em better than anyone, then
I've got a bigger responsibility to serve it up.
673
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:41,592
Mack, you ever seen a movie
called Sullivan's Travels?
674
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:44,797
- No.
- You haven't seen enough movies.
675
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:47,872
All of life's riddles
are answered in the movies.
676
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:50,633
It's a story about a man who loses his way.
677
00:56:50,720 --> 00:56:56,352
He's a filmmaker, like me, and he forgets for a
moment just what he was set on earth to do.
678
00:56:56,440 --> 00:56:59,352
Fortunately he finds his way back.
679
00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:01,829
That can happen, Mack.
680
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:04,831
Check it out.
681
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:46,879
- You're kinda big, aren't you?
- You look like you about ready to play.
682
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:49,918
Maybe. I wanna see you shoot
from the outside.
683
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:56,517
Mack, what made you
get me together with Jane?
684
00:57:56,600 --> 00:58:01,116
Dumbness, I guess. Compulsion
to stick my nose where it doesn't belong.
685
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:03,475
- Has it ended badly?
- It hasn't ended at all.
686
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:07,155
She's the best thing
that's happened to me in a long time.
687
00:58:08,920 --> 00:58:10,717
Really? No shit?
688
00:58:12,560 --> 00:58:15,791
Yeah, so there you go, my friend.
Sometimes things work.
689
00:58:15,880 --> 00:58:17,871
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
690
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:22,713
OK, then. To 20. Take it out from back there.
Winner takes it out.
691
00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:25,314
You sure? You might not
get a chance to shoot.
692
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:27,391
You're goin' down.
693
00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:29,596
That is so cool about you and Jane.
694
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:33,434
Yeah, it's cool. That's why I came out here.
I thought of a way to thank you.
695
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:36,159
- You don't have to thank me.
- I have an idea.
696
00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:45,078
- I thought of something I could do for you.
- You don't have to do anything. Play ball.
697
00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:50,757
That's why I came out here. Cos I thought of
a way just to let you know I appreciate you...
698
00:58:52,840 --> 00:58:54,990
...for introducing me to Jane.
699
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:06,469
End of the line, folks.
700
00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:50,429
So what do you think?
701
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:54,238
I think... it's not all bad.
702
01:04:33,520 --> 01:04:36,512
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