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<i>Ready?</i>

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<i>Yeah, let's try it like that.</i>

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From the studios of WNYH
in New York City,

4
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<i>I'm Gabriel Noone,
and this is Noone at Night.</i>

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As a storyteller, I've spent years
looting my life for fiction.

6
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Like a magpie, I tend to steal
the shiny stuff and discard the rest.

7
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<i>The facts can always be altered
when you're telling a story.</i>

8
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<i>But this time,
I have to be careful.</i>

9
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<i>I'll lay out the events
exactly as I remember them.</i>

10
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<i>I want you to believe this, after all.</i>

11
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<i>That'll be hard enough as it is.</i>

12
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<i>This one is called "The Night Listener."</i>

13
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<i>It began in the worst of all possible weeks.</i>

14
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<i>Jess had moved out,
saying it was only temporary.</i>

15
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<i>And I was miserable.
Nothing made sense anymore.</i>

16
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<i>I was trying to read one of my ridiculous
yarns, the kind I had built a career on.</i>

17
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<i>A sentimental piece
about our eighth anniversary.</i>

18
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<i>But it felt so phony.
I couldn't put the words into our mouth.</i>

19
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This isn't working.

20
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<i>- It wasn't that bad.
- It just doesn't sound like me.</i>

21
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<i>The levels are the same.
I could adjust.</i>

22
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No, no.
It-it just sounds fake.

23
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Look, Gabriel.
We can't do this again.

24
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Just run an old one, OK?

25
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I-I'm... You know, I can't.
I'm sorry, I just can't.

26
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Hey.

27
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- Why are you here?
- I thought I was gonna buy you a drink.

28
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What happened in the session?

29
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We're just having sound problems.
Listen, I'm ready to collapse.

30
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- You sure you don't wanna go?
- I'm sure.

31
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None of my business,
but the station is worried.

32
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You owe them five shows.

33
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I really don't wanna talk about that.

34
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- I'm worried about you.
- I'm all right. Really.

35
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All right. Look.

36
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- Take this with you.
- Oh, no. Come on, Ashe.

37
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- You don't have to write a blurb.
- Thanks.

38
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Just want you to read it.
We're publishing it next quarter.

39
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"A Diary of Transcendent
Hope and Courage." Oh, please.

40
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It come with aromatherapy?

41
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Save it, will ya? You'll have
real questions after you've read it.

42
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- Hang in there, OK?
- Yeah.

43
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See ya.

44
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Jesus! You scared me.

45
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- Just, uh, picking some stuff up.
- No problem.

46
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See you brought Lucifer.

47
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Lucien.
He's just a friend.

48
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Oh, babe, I told ya.
I just need a little space.

49
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- It's all right.
- I'll see ya.

50
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- No, Hugo. Go.
- Hugo. Hugo!

51
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<i>"Charles Dickens,"
wrote Pete Logand,</i>

52
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<i>"was only 12 when his parents
sent him to make boot polish</i>

53
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<i>"in a factory by the docks.</i>

54
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<i>"This screwed him up forever
and made him a writer.</i>

55
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<i>"I think we've all got a
blacking factory, some terrible something</i>

56
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<i>that makes us lose our baby hearts
as surely as we lose our baby teeth. "</i>

57
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<i>Mine was
in the basement in Milwaukee.</i>

58
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<i>It was converted into a room
that was supposed to be my playhouse.</i>

59
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<i>No one ever wondered
why my dad made it soundproof.</i>

60
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<i>I knew all his games
by the time I was seven.</i>

61
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<i>By the time I was 11,
other grownups were with him.</i>

62
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<i>I wondered how much my mom knew.</i>

63
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<i>Then one night I heard
her there in the playhouse, whispering.</i>

64
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<i>Telling somebody to move out of the way.</i>

65
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<i>I realized she'd been there all along.</i>

66
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<i>"That was what
the blindfold was for- to keep me hidden.</i>

67
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<i>"So they could
sell the tapes on the Internet. "</i>

68
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<i>You've reached Gabriel
and Jess. Leave a message at the tone.</i>

69
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<i>Hi, it's Pete Logand.
The guy who wrote that book?</i>

70
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<i>Ashe gave me your number,
so I just wanted to...</i>

71
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<i>He said if I talk long enough you might...</i>

72
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<i>Oh, well. Bye.</i>

73
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- Ambushed?
- That's as good a word as any.

74
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I thought it'd make you feel better
to distract yourself.

75
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The way I'm feeling,
I might say something wrong.

76
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You won't say anything wrong.
Did you like the book?

77
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It's somewhat raw.
But powerful.

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- He's a brave kid. How old is he?
- 14.

79
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Jesus.

80
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How'd you get it?

81
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<i>Right over the transom.
No agent, no nothing.</i>

82
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- Donna just mailed it to us.
- Who?

83
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The social worker who adopted him.
She got him to write as therapy.

84
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You must have edited like crazy.

85
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- Well...
- What?

86
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It's the cleanest manuscript
I've had all year.

87
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Damn.

88
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I wouldn't do this to you unless
I thought there was a real connection.

89
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- Remember the basement?
- Yeah.

90
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Well, he listened
to the show after they'd gone.

91
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- Jesus.
- He wanted me to give that to you.

92
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Jess?

93
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What the hell are you doing?

94
00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:08,798
Hi.

95
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I can't do your books
unless you leave me your checkbook.

96
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This place was a mess.

97
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Besides, I like laundry.
It makes me happy.

98
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The power went out. Your fuse box
is fucked up. And your dad called.

99
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- You didn't pick up, did you?
- I had to. He kept saying:

100
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<i>"Pick up, goddammit.
I know you're there."</i>

101
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<i>He's a nice old coot.</i>

102
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If he met you, he'd call you
"that cute Chink gal" behind your back.

103
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- I am a cute Chink gal.
- Mm-hm.

104
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How old is he anyway?
He's got to be, like, ancient.

105
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Why? Because I am?

106
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I just hope that I'm over my parents
by the time I'm your age.

107
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Good luck.

108
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They asked about Jess.
You haven't told 'em yet, have you?

109
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No. 'Cause he'll be back by then.

110
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Right.

111
00:11:06,298 --> 00:11:10,632
<i>Hello. Please leave
a message after the tone.</i>

112
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Hi, Pete.
This is Gabriel Noone.

113
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Ashe gave me your number and, uh...

114
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I read your book.
I really liked it.

115
00:11:22,448 --> 00:11:24,313
<i>- Hey.
- Hey.</i>

116
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<i>You swear it's really you?</i>

117
00:11:26,719 --> 00:11:28,152
Why wouldn't it be me?

118
00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:30,381
<i>I dunno.
You don't sound like yourself.</i>

119
00:11:30,456 --> 00:11:34,358
<i>Well, I'm a little less dramatic in person.</i>

120
00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:37,260
<i>You sound like hammered shit.</i>

121
00:11:37,329 --> 00:11:39,524
<i>That pins it down pretty well.</i>

122
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No offense.
Just can't fuckin' believe it's you, man.

123
00:11:43,235 --> 00:11:45,203
<i>You just fuckin' have to.</i>

124
00:11:45,271 --> 00:11:48,297
I'm sorry. My new mom
says I've got a trashy mouth.

125
00:11:48,374 --> 00:11:51,639
<i>Really?
Well, she's fuckin' right.</i>

126
00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:56,375
<i>Anyway, I was really impressed by
your book. I want to wish you good luck.</i>

127
00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:58,349
So what do you guys do for Christmas?

128
00:11:58,417 --> 00:11:59,782
What do you mean?

129
00:11:59,852 --> 00:12:03,515
<i>- You and Jess. Do you have a tree?
- Oh, no.</i>

130
00:12:03,589 --> 00:12:07,184
We're not that big on Christmas.

131
00:12:07,259 --> 00:12:09,022
<i>Yeah, I know what you mean.</i>

132
00:12:09,095 --> 00:12:13,225
We got a rusty water tank across the street.
They hang a damn star on it every year.

133
00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:15,392
A star.
That sounds nice.

134
00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:16,492
<i>Yeah.</i>

135
00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:20,596
Except it doesn't face this way.
Just lights up the graffiti.

136
00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:26,339
The rest of the town gets "Bethlehem."
All's we get is "Roberta blows."

137
00:12:26,412 --> 00:12:29,575
<i>I swear, big ol' red letters.
"Roberta blows."</i>

138
00:12:29,648 --> 00:12:32,082
<i>They painted it out last year.
It came back.</i>

139
00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:35,746
<i>She must really blow.</i>

140
00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:38,116
You OK?

141
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<i>Shit.</i>

142
00:12:42,328 --> 00:12:44,455
Pete?

143
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<i>Shit.</i>

144
00:12:52,738 --> 00:12:55,901
Yeah, I'm OK. Gotta warn me
if you're gonna be funny, man.

145
00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:58,341
<i>- Drink this.
- Sorry.</i>

146
00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:03,340
<i>- What is it?
- Well, Donna's here now being a pain.</i>

147
00:13:03,415 --> 00:13:07,511
<i>I wouldn't put up with it,
except she's a babe and I like redheads.</i>

148
00:13:09,421 --> 00:13:11,821
It's him.
Say something.

149
00:13:11,891 --> 00:13:13,791
<i>- Hi. This is Donna Logand.
- Hey.</i>

150
00:13:13,859 --> 00:13:17,056
I'm sorry to cut this short.
This cough is worrying me.

151
00:13:17,129 --> 00:13:20,496
<i>Well, sure. I understand...</i>

152
00:13:35,581 --> 00:13:37,776
Hello?

153
00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:40,819
<i>It's Donna.</i>

154
00:13:40,886 --> 00:13:45,346
<i>He's asleep now.
We had to drain his lungs.</i>

155
00:13:45,424 --> 00:13:48,689
<i>- Has he told you about the AIDS?
- Yeah, he did.</i>

156
00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:53,562
Listen, there are some incredible drugs
nowadays. They worked wonders for Jess.

157
00:13:53,632 --> 00:13:57,762
Yeah, we've tried a lot of them
but he had syphilis when he was eight

158
00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:00,465
and his lungs are like Swiss cheese.

159
00:14:00,539 --> 00:14:04,873
<i>He doesn't have very long.
A few months at the most.</i>

160
00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:09,472
It probably doesn't make it any easier,
being out here in the middle of nowhere.

161
00:14:09,548 --> 00:14:12,676
But I just can't have
those creeps knowing where he is.

162
00:14:12,751 --> 00:14:14,412
I thought they were in prison.

163
00:14:14,486 --> 00:14:18,217
<i>His father was, but his mother
disappeared after her arraignment.</i>

164
00:14:18,290 --> 00:14:22,124
<i>- They don't know where she is.
- Surely after all these years...</i>

165
00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:24,389
We don't know what she's capable of.

166
00:14:24,830 --> 00:14:29,290
<i>But the point of moving here
is not to be paranoid, right?</i>

167
00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:32,394
<i>The thought of that
haunted me all night.</i>

168
00:14:33,505 --> 00:14:37,441
<i>Over the next few weeks,
Pete and I talked almost every day.</i>

169
00:14:37,509 --> 00:14:40,205
<i>Who do you want to talk to
when your book is published?</i>

170
00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:41,746
What do you mean?

171
00:14:41,814 --> 00:14:45,375
<i>You know, somebody famous
who really likes your book.</i>

172
00:14:45,451 --> 00:14:47,180
Derek Jeter would be cool.

173
00:14:47,253 --> 00:14:50,245
Well. OK. Yeah.

174
00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:53,255
<i>You don't know who that is, do you?</i>

175
00:14:53,325 --> 00:14:55,850
Of course.
He's a sports guy.

176
00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:58,021
Yeah, what sport?

177
00:14:58,097 --> 00:15:00,793
<i>Gettin'picky on me.</i>

178
00:15:00,866 --> 00:15:04,563
Just 'cause you're a dick-smoker
don't mean you can't watch ball games.

179
00:15:04,637 --> 00:15:06,036
What?

180
00:15:06,105 --> 00:15:09,097
<i>What, a dick-smoker?
You've never heard that?</i>

181
00:15:09,174 --> 00:15:10,766
No.

182
00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:13,073
Well, no offense or nothin'.

183
00:15:13,145 --> 00:15:17,741
You and, uh... Jess seem pretty cool.

184
00:15:17,816 --> 00:15:19,215
So, how's he doing?

185
00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:23,685
<i>- He's OK.
- So when can I talk to him?</i>

186
00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:28,056
Well, that's gonna be kind of difficult.
He moved out a couple of weeks ago.

187
00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:31,756
Oh, man. That sucks.

188
00:15:33,299 --> 00:15:35,529
He says he needs to be alone,

189
00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:37,535
<i>but he says he's coming back.</i>

190
00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:40,436
I'm sure. It seemed like
you had something special.

191
00:15:40,506 --> 00:15:43,168
<i>I think you've just gotta be patient, Gabriel.</i>

192
00:15:43,242 --> 00:15:45,710
<i>Something like that
doesn't come every day.</i>

193
00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:48,645
That's what I want.

194
00:15:48,714 --> 00:15:50,807
That kind of thing.

195
00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:53,613
One of these days.

196
00:15:53,686 --> 00:15:55,449
<i>Don't worry.
You'll get it.</i>

197
00:15:55,521 --> 00:15:59,389
No. Ain't a lot of girls
between here and the hospital.

198
00:15:59,458 --> 00:16:01,483
You think about girls a lot?

199
00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:06,122
<i>That's all I can do, man.
Think about 'em.</i>

200
00:16:07,666 --> 00:16:09,156
Seeta.

201
00:16:09,234 --> 00:16:10,633
<i>You have Playboy?</i>

202
00:16:21,013 --> 00:16:24,039
<i>- Hey, you.
- Hey.</i>

203
00:16:24,116 --> 00:16:26,209
Hugo.

204
00:16:27,386 --> 00:16:29,354
- For a friend.
- Yeah.

205
00:16:30,022 --> 00:16:34,982
I was gonna call you. I'm having a small
Christmas party. You wanna come?

206
00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:37,824
- Sure.
- OK. I'll call you.

207
00:16:37,896 --> 00:16:40,296
- See ya.
- See ya.

208
00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:47,732
<i>So he gets the Playboy. Next thing
you know he's hiding it from his new mom.</i>

209
00:16:47,806 --> 00:16:50,070
Who knew I'd be
a heterosexual influence?

210
00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:53,111
That is just the sweetest thing
I've ever heard.

211
00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:55,772
- Isn't it?
- I'd be careful if I was you.

212
00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:58,180
- Why?
- Folks could talk, that's all.

213
00:16:58,250 --> 00:17:00,480
About what?

214
00:17:00,552 --> 00:17:04,852
Use your damn head.
That boy was abused by gays.

215
00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:07,915
He was abused by pedophiles.
Haven't you been listening?

216
00:17:07,993 --> 00:17:10,086
- They were men.
- Straight men.

217
00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:12,153
Lift you leg, sweetness.

218
00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:14,893
How could they be straight
if they messed with a boy?

219
00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:19,427
- They called him "faggot" while doing it.
- Do you have to make everything filthy?

220
00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:22,804
Honey, calm down.
Don't get so angry.

221
00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:25,309
That's much easier
than feeling something.

222
00:17:25,377 --> 00:17:27,675
What kind of New Age crap is that?

223
00:17:27,746 --> 00:17:30,442
Just 'cause you're shut down
doesn't mean we have to be.

224
00:17:30,516 --> 00:17:34,509
- Just because you're a big crybaby...
- Come on, guys.

225
00:17:35,554 --> 00:17:37,044
- Should I go somewhere?
- No.

226
00:17:37,122 --> 00:17:41,718
Come on, let's...
We're gonna be late.

227
00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:44,592
- You two seemed a little better this time.
- Yeah.

228
00:17:44,663 --> 00:17:48,394
Another thousand years
we'll be able to have a conversation.

229
00:17:48,467 --> 00:17:51,561
- What were you gonna tell us about Jess?
- Nothing.

230
00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:54,333
Maybe we'll see him
on our way back to Raleigh.

231
00:17:54,406 --> 00:18:00,174
Just say goodbye to the little prick.
What? "Little prick"? He can handle that.

232
00:18:00,245 --> 00:18:03,112
<i>I can handle big ones, actually.</i>

233
00:18:03,182 --> 00:18:05,343
You are nasty.

234
00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:07,248
- What'd he say?
- See you, Pap.

235
00:18:07,319 --> 00:18:09,310
OK, son.

236
00:18:35,481 --> 00:18:37,472
Hey, Gabriel!

237
00:18:37,549 --> 00:18:40,017
Gabriel! Hey!

238
00:18:40,919 --> 00:18:43,615
- Where are you going?
- Why'd you invite me to this?

239
00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:45,850
It's a party.

240
00:18:45,924 --> 00:18:47,516
Ridiculous.

241
00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:49,584
Gabriel.

242
00:18:50,395 --> 00:18:52,386
Come here.

243
00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:57,993
What's the matter?

244
00:18:58,070 --> 00:19:02,871
- Who are all these people?
- My friends. My roommate's and mine.

245
00:19:02,941 --> 00:19:05,171
Since when did you know
so many people?

246
00:19:05,244 --> 00:19:07,838
Hey, most of my friends were your friends.

247
00:19:07,913 --> 00:19:11,508
I wanted new friends.
What's the problem here?

248
00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:16,348
I don't understand what's happening.

249
00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:20,455
When I moved in with you,
I was barely out of college.

250
00:19:20,526 --> 00:19:22,084
I wanted to take care of you.

251
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:24,823
And you don't think
I wanted to take care of you?

252
00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:27,559
- I'm not saying that.
- That's what you think.

253
00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:32,528
Gabriel, for eight years I was gonna die.

254
00:19:32,604 --> 00:19:38,565
And now it looks like I'm not going to,
and I want to see what that feels like.

255
00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:42,074
Look. I just...

256
00:19:42,147 --> 00:19:45,048
If you had any guts,
you'd end this.

257
00:19:48,987 --> 00:19:51,046
That's not how I feel.

258
00:19:54,393 --> 00:19:57,692
- No, no, no.
- Come here. Come here, please.

259
00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:18,406
Comin' out.

260
00:20:18,483 --> 00:20:20,713
OK?

261
00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:23,653
Yeah. I'm OK.

262
00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:28,523
<i>You've reached Gabriel and
Jess. Please leave a message at the tone.</i>

263
00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:31,529
It's Donna.

264
00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:33,588
I'm at the hospital.

265
00:20:37,302 --> 00:20:40,066
He's in the oxygen tank.

266
00:20:40,138 --> 00:20:43,539
It's not looking very good.

267
00:20:44,209 --> 00:20:46,700
<i>I don't think
he'll make it through the night.</i>

268
00:20:46,778 --> 00:20:50,339
<i>I'll call you back when there's news. Bye.</i>

269
00:20:50,415 --> 00:20:52,542
<i>End of message.</i>

270
00:20:52,618 --> 00:20:54,245
Ah.

271
00:20:54,319 --> 00:20:57,413
Don't you think she'd have called
if anything happened?

272
00:20:57,489 --> 00:20:59,616
I've just got this gut feeling.

273
00:20:59,691 --> 00:21:03,388
- So call the hospital.
- I don't know which one he's in.

274
00:21:04,329 --> 00:21:08,060
Do you think it's possible
they're being a little melodramatic?

275
00:21:08,133 --> 00:21:14,094
You know, the abusive parents,
the basement. It all seems so over the top.

276
00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:18,199
- Some people have shitty lives.
- They're not shitty all the time.

277
00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:22,570
They may be revving it up a bit.

278
00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:30,246
I can't believe you'd even suggest
that a dying child would embellish it.

279
00:21:31,556 --> 00:21:33,251
<i>- Hello?
- It's Donna.</i>

280
00:21:33,325 --> 00:21:35,020
Hi.

281
00:21:35,093 --> 00:21:38,221
Donna, I'm gonna put you
on speaker phone. Jess is here.

282
00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:43,064
<i>- Hi, Jess. It's nice to meet the real thing.
- It's nice to meet you, too.</i>

283
00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:46,593
<i>Gabriel, the Bactrim's kicked in.
Pete's better this morning.</i>

284
00:21:46,672 --> 00:21:48,003
Thank God.

285
00:21:48,073 --> 00:21:51,531
- He wants to say hello.
- Sure. Put him on.

286
00:21:51,610 --> 00:21:54,875
<i>- Hey, dude.
- Hey, kiddo. How you feelin'?</i>

287
00:21:54,946 --> 00:21:57,278
<i>- Better than yesterday.
- Great.</i>

288
00:21:57,349 --> 00:22:00,182
Hey, Jess is here.
He's fixing my fuse box.

289
00:22:00,252 --> 00:22:02,948
<i>I don't even wanna know
what that means.</i>

290
00:22:03,021 --> 00:22:06,548
<i>OK. Well, they want me
to go to sleep now. You guys stay cool.</i>

291
00:22:06,625 --> 00:22:09,617
<i>Sleep tight, dude.</i>

292
00:22:11,229 --> 00:22:14,323
What a relief.

293
00:22:14,399 --> 00:22:16,390
Yeah.

294
00:22:19,104 --> 00:22:21,095
What?

295
00:22:23,141 --> 00:22:25,609
I think it's the same voice, babe.

296
00:22:25,677 --> 00:22:26,939
What?

297
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:29,242
Yeah. Pete and Donna. I...

298
00:22:29,715 --> 00:22:32,707
I don't know,
they... they have the same voice.

299
00:22:32,784 --> 00:22:35,548
One is higher-pitched, but they're...

300
00:22:35,620 --> 00:22:38,418
Are you saying
it's some kind of impersonation?

301
00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:40,390
Yeah, more or less.

302
00:22:40,459 --> 00:22:43,690
- Why would someone do that?
- I don't know.

303
00:22:45,230 --> 00:22:48,563
- Dozens of people know them.
- Who?

304
00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:52,194
Doctors. There's a nurse
who comes and stays at the house.

305
00:22:52,270 --> 00:22:54,704
You've only been told that.

306
00:22:54,773 --> 00:22:58,038
- What about Ashe?
- Did he ever actually go to Wisconsin?

307
00:22:58,110 --> 00:23:01,375
He must have.
What about the photo?

308
00:23:01,446 --> 00:23:03,471
That could be anybody.

309
00:23:03,548 --> 00:23:06,016
- There's ways to prove this.
- Hey.

310
00:23:06,084 --> 00:23:07,278
I'm happy to be wrong.

311
00:23:07,352 --> 00:23:10,253
No. No, you're never
happy to be wrong.

312
00:23:10,322 --> 00:23:14,588
This is the first time I've felt decent
in weeks. Why are you trying to destroy it?

313
00:23:15,627 --> 00:23:20,564
Because this isn't one of your stories.
You never look at things for what they are.

314
00:23:20,632 --> 00:23:23,567
- That's such bullshit.
- Bullshit?

315
00:23:23,635 --> 00:23:25,068
Bullshit? OK.

316
00:23:25,137 --> 00:23:27,503
Where exactly did I tell you
I tested positive?

317
00:23:27,572 --> 00:23:30,336
- What the?
- Answer the question!

318
00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:33,606
In the park on a bench
in front of those guys playing drums.

319
00:23:33,678 --> 00:23:35,236
No.

320
00:23:35,313 --> 00:23:37,304
No, that's what you put in your show.

321
00:23:37,382 --> 00:23:43,685
It was at a grimy old deli on 3rd.
But that's not very interesting, is it?

322
00:23:43,755 --> 00:23:47,555
Look, I moved out
because I needed a break.

323
00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:52,393
You always sift through this relationship
looking for material for your show.

324
00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:54,591
Tell me you didn't fuckin' relish it.

325
00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:58,500
I went along with the show because
I thought it gave my death meaning.

326
00:23:58,570 --> 00:24:00,197
But I don't need that anymore.

327
00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:04,902
Well, great. Because there's no show.
Are you happy?

328
00:24:04,976 --> 00:24:06,944
That's not my fault.

329
00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:10,776
You don't know him.

330
00:24:13,351 --> 00:24:14,750
Maybe.

331
00:24:16,855 --> 00:24:20,018
- Looks transparent to me.
- What's that supposed to mean?

332
00:24:20,091 --> 00:24:25,028
You're always talking about wanting kids.
And now you've created this...

333
00:24:25,096 --> 00:24:30,363
- Fuck you. You're such an asshole!
- Fuck it. You know, go play with Tiny Tim.

334
00:24:33,505 --> 00:24:36,736
Do you know anyone
who actually met Pete Logand?

335
00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:38,742
No.

336
00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:42,610
Not a doctor or a social worker
or neighbor, anybody?

337
00:24:42,681 --> 00:24:44,205
They live in Wisconsin.

338
00:24:44,282 --> 00:24:46,944
Jess thinks Pete and Donna sound alike.

339
00:24:47,018 --> 00:24:50,351
- They do.
- That doesn't strike you as odd?

340
00:24:50,422 --> 00:24:54,153
Pete didn't talk when he came to live
with her and ended up imitating her.

341
00:24:54,226 --> 00:24:56,421
- That wasn't in the book.
- A lot isn't.

342
00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:58,463
- You know 'cause she told you.
- Yeah.

343
00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:01,863
- You got all of your information from her.
- Her and Pete.

344
00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:04,128
Did she show you a birth certificate,

345
00:25:04,202 --> 00:25:06,932
an adoption document,
something substantial?

346
00:25:07,005 --> 00:25:09,235
If you think it's a hoax,
you're off base.

347
00:25:09,307 --> 00:25:11,002
- Why?
- Because!

348
00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:20,449
I spent over a year speaking with them and
they told me things you couldn't imagine.

349
00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:25,388
Now, maybe your present situation
is coloring the way you think.

350
00:25:25,457 --> 00:25:27,152
It has nothing to do with that.

351
00:25:27,225 --> 00:25:32,686
You're about to publish a book
by an author you know shit about.

352
00:25:32,764 --> 00:25:35,255
Shouldn't you be a little concerned?

353
00:25:46,511 --> 00:25:52,507
<i>You've reached Gabriel and
Jess. Please leave a message at the tone.</i>

354
00:25:52,584 --> 00:25:57,487
<i>Oh, uh... Well, I guess
you're not there so I'll just try again.</i>

355
00:25:57,556 --> 00:26:00,650
<i>- Hello?
- Oh, it's Donna.</i>

356
00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:01,783
Hi.

357
00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:06,263
I know this isn't much notice, but we'd
love for you to come visit for Christmas.

358
00:26:06,331 --> 00:26:08,856
<i>- Really?
- Yeah, sure.</i>

359
00:26:08,934 --> 00:26:12,097
<i>The guest room ain't fancy,
but I cook a mean plum pudding</i>

360
00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:14,536
<i>and it would mean so much to Pete.</i>

361
00:26:14,606 --> 00:26:16,665
<i>So...</i>

362
00:26:16,741 --> 00:26:19,471
<i>- Is that Pete?
- Yeah, he still has a cough.</i>

363
00:26:19,544 --> 00:26:23,537
<i>But he's fine.
So, can you come?</i>

364
00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:26,209
I can't think of a better way
to spend Christmas.

365
00:26:26,284 --> 00:26:30,220
<i>- That's great.
- Yeah, it is. Really is.</i>

366
00:26:32,958 --> 00:26:34,789
- Hey, Gabriel.
- Hey, Marie.

367
00:26:34,859 --> 00:26:38,727
- Didn't know you played baseball.
- Oh, no. It's a gift for a friend.

368
00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:41,766
Signed by, uh, Jerry Deter.

369
00:26:41,833 --> 00:26:44,028
You mean Derek Jeter?

370
00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:47,697
<i>Yeah. Yeah.</i>

371
00:26:51,576 --> 00:26:54,943
Fuck, she bailed on you.

372
00:26:55,013 --> 00:26:58,312
- What was her excuse?
- There was no excuse.

373
00:26:58,383 --> 00:27:03,252
Doctor said he shouldn't have any visitors.
They're worried about him catching a flu.

374
00:27:03,321 --> 00:27:09,487
Fucking planes are petri dishes. I don't
want him to catch something from me.

375
00:27:10,161 --> 00:27:12,652
So later, maybe.

376
00:27:12,731 --> 00:27:15,996
Yeah. If he's still around.

377
00:27:16,067 --> 00:27:18,729
Well, you never know.

378
00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:21,863
No, you don't.

379
00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:24,101
Not about anything.

380
00:27:28,713 --> 00:27:32,877
- We shouldn't see each other anymore.
- Babe, it doesn't have to be like this.

381
00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:35,112
Yeah, babe.

382
00:27:35,186 --> 00:27:38,087
I don't want to be jerked around.
I want a clean break.

383
00:27:38,156 --> 00:27:41,853
- We're not gonna speak to each other?
- I'm too old for this shit.

384
00:27:41,926 --> 00:27:45,487
- Come on, Gabriel.
- Listen, you ruined what we had.

385
00:27:45,563 --> 00:27:48,930
You're the fucking one
who can't see the reality.

386
00:27:51,369 --> 00:27:55,703
What do you mean there won't be a book?
I thought your editor believed this kid.

387
00:27:55,774 --> 00:27:58,470
He does, but his bosses got cold feet.

388
00:27:58,543 --> 00:28:02,445
- And Donna and Pete?
- They're totally devastated.

389
00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:06,180
What do you have?

390
00:28:06,251 --> 00:28:10,620
There is no record of any Pete Logand
in any kind of trial.

391
00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:13,021
Doesn't mean anything.

392
00:28:13,091 --> 00:28:15,821
Pete took Donna's name
when she adopted him.

393
00:28:15,894 --> 00:28:18,021
Ashe thinks
they were using an alias

394
00:28:18,096 --> 00:28:22,726
because that way his real mother
couldn't track him down.

395
00:28:26,337 --> 00:28:29,704
Cute kid... whoever he is.

396
00:28:31,142 --> 00:28:34,077
Why would someone do this?
That's what I keep asking.

397
00:28:34,145 --> 00:28:36,409
It's a hideous way
to promote a book.

398
00:28:36,481 --> 00:28:40,781
Maybe it's not about that for her. Maybe
she doesn't even know she's doing it.

399
00:28:40,852 --> 00:28:43,082
Like a multiple-personality thing?

400
00:28:43,154 --> 00:28:46,885
Wait, what if she had a kid
who died in some, like, horrible way

401
00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:49,984
and now she needs to assume
his identity in order to...

402
00:28:50,061 --> 00:28:51,050
No.

403
00:28:51,129 --> 00:28:53,290
What if she has him embalmed?

404
00:28:53,364 --> 00:28:56,424
<i>- You know, like that guy from Psycho?
- Mm.</i>

405
00:28:56,501 --> 00:28:59,402
No, wait. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

406
00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:03,237
What if she's the one who doesn't exist?
What if he's impersonating her?

407
00:29:03,308 --> 00:29:05,902
Please, now stop it.

408
00:29:05,977 --> 00:29:09,970
This is not some sort of parlor game.

409
00:29:10,048 --> 00:29:11,174
Sorry.

410
00:29:11,249 --> 00:29:17,813
What if there is some half-dead kid and
I've just taken away his last shred of hope?

411
00:29:18,523 --> 00:29:20,855
I couldn't live with that.

412
00:29:23,461 --> 00:29:25,861
Ever thought about a voiceprint?

413
00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:29,297
Like what the cops use?
They're as good as fingerprints.

414
00:29:29,367 --> 00:29:31,358
Now you're scaring me.

415
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:35,767
<i>Hey, it's Davia.
There's a new Thai place...</i>

416
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,001
<i>No.</i>

417
00:29:38,076 --> 00:29:40,601
<i>- Hey, dick-smoker.
- That's him. Stop it.</i>

418
00:29:41,813 --> 00:29:47,410
- OK. So what do you have from her?
- Nothing. I erased the last message.

419
00:29:47,485 --> 00:29:50,147
Then you have to call her.
Get her on tape.

420
00:29:50,221 --> 00:29:52,689
- How do I do that?
- Uh...

421
00:29:52,757 --> 00:29:57,820
You just, uh, press this button
right before you talk to her.

422
00:29:59,330 --> 00:30:01,696
I don't know, uh...

423
00:30:03,434 --> 00:30:06,665
It's an answering machine,
not a thermonuclear device.

424
00:30:06,738 --> 00:30:12,370
But what if I'm, you know,
recording her and the machine beeps?

425
00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:31,288
<i>We're sorry. The number
you have reached is not in service.</i>

426
00:30:31,362 --> 00:30:36,766
<i>Please check the number
or try your call again. This is a recording.</i>

427
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:06,028
<i>So, do you have
family in Wisconsin?</i>

428
00:31:08,466 --> 00:31:12,266
Yes, actually. A son.

429
00:31:12,337 --> 00:31:13,998
Oh.

430
00:31:14,072 --> 00:31:17,166
He lives with his mother, though.

431
00:31:17,242 --> 00:31:21,042
But I get to see him on holidays.

432
00:31:21,112 --> 00:31:24,673
- How old is he?
- 14.

433
00:31:27,285 --> 00:31:30,743
You must have had him late.

434
00:31:30,822 --> 00:31:35,020
<i>Well, yeah, I... Fairly, yeah.</i>

435
00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:37,584
Do you have any pictures?

436
00:31:37,662 --> 00:31:39,653
As a matter of fact...

437
00:31:48,506 --> 00:31:51,873
Oh, my goodness.
Look at those eyes.

438
00:31:51,943 --> 00:31:53,205
Yeah.

439
00:31:53,278 --> 00:31:56,543
He has your nose and chin though.

440
00:31:58,383 --> 00:32:01,181
- Does he?
- Hm.

441
00:32:01,252 --> 00:32:02,879
Excuse me.

442
00:32:02,954 --> 00:32:07,050
I hope this isn't too pushy,
but I saw your name on the passenger list

443
00:32:07,125 --> 00:32:12,688
and I just wanted to say I really appreciate
everything you've done... for us.

444
00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:14,755
The pleasure was mine.

445
00:32:22,173 --> 00:32:26,337
You've done something
for flight attendants?

446
00:32:54,572 --> 00:32:58,303
<i>We're sorry. The number
you have reached is not in service...</i>

447
00:32:58,376 --> 00:32:59,673
<i>Please check-</i>

448
00:33:28,539 --> 00:33:32,031
500.

449
00:33:35,813 --> 00:33:37,974
507.

450
00:33:41,786 --> 00:33:44,755
509.

451
00:33:48,726 --> 00:33:50,819
511.

452
00:33:51,996 --> 00:33:53,088
Fuck.

453
00:34:14,752 --> 00:34:16,879
Hi.

454
00:34:16,954 --> 00:34:22,256
I've done something really dumb
and I was hoping you could help me.

455
00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:25,723
I have a good friend
who lives here in Montgomery.

456
00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:28,925
I've always assumed that 511 Henzke
was her actual address.

457
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,797
You meet her online?

458
00:34:31,636 --> 00:34:34,264
No. Nothing like that. It's just...

459
00:34:34,338 --> 00:34:38,866
She's a good friend and I'm sure she
comes in here all the time. Donna Logand?

460
00:34:38,943 --> 00:34:41,741
People pay us so they don't
have to use their real address.

461
00:34:41,813 --> 00:34:44,338
It's the point of the place.

462
00:34:44,415 --> 00:34:45,882
Well, sure.

463
00:34:45,950 --> 00:34:48,111
She's a friend.

464
00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:51,781
I came a long way to...

465
00:34:53,524 --> 00:34:56,084
OK. Fine.

466
00:36:54,011 --> 00:36:56,002
<i>Hey!</i>

467
00:37:06,791 --> 00:37:09,760
- Are you OK?
- Thanks, yeah.

468
00:37:09,827 --> 00:37:11,818
OK.

469
00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:25,736
<i>You like those burgers,
but they're awful on your tummy.</i>

470
00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:28,370
I'll fix you something when we get home.

471
00:37:28,446 --> 00:37:31,677
Hey. You back for more cocoa?

472
00:37:31,749 --> 00:37:36,049
- Does twice a day make me a junkie?
- Not by me. Anything for him?

473
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,248
Oh, no, thanks.
We shouldn't make a habit of it.

474
00:37:39,323 --> 00:37:41,382
- You mind if I have a cuddle?
- Go ahead.

475
00:37:41,459 --> 00:37:45,259
He needs all the love he can get.
Don't you?

476
00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:11,282
OK, let's go.

477
00:38:13,057 --> 00:38:14,354
See ya.

478
00:38:14,425 --> 00:38:17,519
<i>You betcha. Stay warm.</i>

479
00:39:23,894 --> 00:39:26,692
Aren't you gonna say hello, Gabriel?