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The young girl sat perfectly
still in the confessional...
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...listening to her father's boots
scrape like chalk...
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...on the ancient steps
of the church...
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...then grow faint,
then disappear altogether.
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She could sense the priest..."
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On that particular Friday afternoon,
last February...
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...I was reading a story to my advanced
writer's workshop by one James Leer...
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...junior lit major and sole
inhabitant if his own gloomy gulag.
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"-- she bit the flesh of her lip,
closed her eyes...
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...mute."
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James ' stories were
about as sunny as his disposition.
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I was distracted.
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Maybe it was the fact that
my wife had left me that morning.
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So, anyone?
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Maybe not.
Wives had left me before.
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Kerri?
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As usual, James ' classmates,
aware of a writer's vulnerability...
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...offered their sensitive,
gentle opinions.
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I mean, Jesus,
what is it with you Catholics?
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All right! All right.
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Let's try to be constructive here.
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Howard, what about you?
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I hated it.
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His stories make me
want to kill myself.
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That's not what I meant
by being constructive.
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Yes, Hannah?
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I think we're missing the point.
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GRADY: Hannah Green. A talented
writer, who rented a room in my house.
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I knew her to be insightful,
kind and...
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...compulsively clad
in red cowboy boots.
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I had never once seen her
without them.
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He respects us enough to forget us
and that takes courage.
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Well-put, Hannah.
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A good note to end on, I think.
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Don't forget about Wordfest
this weekend.
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Those of you driving VIPs
to the party this evening...
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...should have them at the
chancellor's house no later than 5:30.
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Thank you for that.
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Is he all right?
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I think so. How about you?
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Me? Yeah. Why?
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Just checking.
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Turn off the light, please.
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GRADY: It felt good to be in the car.
Alone.
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Where I could clear my head.
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Tonight was the opening of Wordfest,
the university's annual gabathon...
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...for writers and wannabes.
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My editor, Terry Crabtree,
was flying in for the event.
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He alone had championed my last novel,
Arsonist's Daughter...
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...and its critical success
had put us on the map.
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But that was seven years ago and
I still hadn't finished my follow- up.
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Terry didn't give a rat's ass
about Wordfest.
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He was coming to town to get a look
at my long-overdue book.
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I had to keep him at bay.
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- Tripp!
- Crabtree, how are you, my friend?
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- It's good to see you, Tripp.
- Let me help you.
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Say hello to my new friend,
Miss Antonia....
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- Sloviak.
- Nice to meet you. This way.
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I invited Antonia
to tonight's festivities.
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The more the merrier.
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Terry told me about you on the plane.
It was so interesting.
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I explained how a book gets published.
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What you do, what I do.
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I sweat blood for five years,
and he corrects my spelling.
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- That's exactly what he said.
- We know each other pretty well.
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And, actually, it's seven years.
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You know how many times
I've boarded a plane, praying...
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...that some gal like her
would be sitting beside me?
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- She's a transvestite.
- You're stoned.
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- She's still a transvestite.
- So how's the book?
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It's fine. It's done.
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Basically. I got a little tinkering
I still gotta do, you know.
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I was hoping I could look
at it over the weekend.
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That'll be tough.
I'm at a critical juncture.
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I thought you were just tinkering.
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I am, but I have little details
I've got to work on.
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I'm not gonna pressure you.
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I mean, I get pressure, you know?
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You know what I mean?
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What in the hootenanny
do you suppose that would be?
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That would be a tuba.
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You didn't purchase this car, did you?
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No, I got it from Jerry Nathan.
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- He owed me some money.
- He owes God money.
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Including my commission
on that faux novel of his.
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That perfume, Antonia, wouldn't
happen to be Cristalle, would it?
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- Yes, it is. How did you know?
- Lucky guess.
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GRADY: The Wordfest kickoff party was
at Sara and Walter Gaskell's house.
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She was the chancellor, which meant
she oversaw the university.
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Her husband, Dr. Gaskell, was the
chairman of the English department...
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... which meant he oversaw me.
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Isn't that a nice greenhouse?
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That's Mrs. Gaskell's.
It's her hobby.
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I thought you were her hobby.
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Piss off, will you, Crabs?
I lost a wife today.
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You'll find another.
She'll be young, beautiful.
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They always are.
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Hello, everyone.
Terry, good to see you again.
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Chancellor, don't you look ravishing.
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Whoa, easy.
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I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
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I don't know how
anyone can walk in these shoes.
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Practice.
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I don't believe we've met.
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Antonia Sloviak.
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Poe. Poe.
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Poe, stop! Poe!
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That wouldn't be Walter's dog?
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Poe!
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- Who's he barking at now?
- Still at me. He's blind.
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You can stop this.
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Honestly.
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- I need to talk to you.
- I need to talk to you too.
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Help me take these coats
to the guest room, professor.
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I'd be happy to
if I knew where the guest room was.
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I could show you.
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Terry.
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We'll make ourselves at home.
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We'll let Poe show us around.
Thanks.
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That's new, isn't it?
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Walter just got it back
from the framer.
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You first.
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- This morning--
- I'm pregnant.
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I'm sure.
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Well, that's, that's very surprising.
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Does Walter know that....
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I think Walter would find this
a little more than surprising.
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Emily left me this morning.
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She's left before.
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She's left the room before,
but she's always come back.
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So....
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I guess we just divorce our spouses,
marry each other and have this baby.
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Simple.
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Yeah, right. Simple.
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Is that Cristalle?
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Mm-hm.
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Oh, God, I wear the same scent
as a transvestite.
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She is a transvestite?
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If she's not now, Terry will make
sure she is by the end of the evening.
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Has he asked you about the book yet?
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- Yes.
- And?
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Are you gonna tell him?
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No. Maybe.
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
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Me either.
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DiMaggio's record for hits
in consecutive games...
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...is probably
the most impressive feat in sports...
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...and in my opinion, won't be broken.
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Come here, big guy.
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His condition's so sad.
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But even blind he gets around.
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I don't drink...
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...normally...
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...but this was turning out
to be one fucked- up day.
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And now I found myself in close
proximity to Sara's husband...
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...and his dog, Poe.
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- I see you've met my friend.
- Yes, she's charming.
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Despite his much-vaunted
Harvard education...
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...Dr. Walter Gaskell didn 't have
a clue about his wife and me.
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DiMaggio represented, metaphorically
of course, the husband as slugger.
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Poe had been onto me since day one.
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In fact, I personally believe...
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...that every woman in some way
desires to be Marilyn Monroe.
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Oh, I couldn't agree more.
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Sure, I've had a lot of successes
over the years....
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GRADY:
Q.
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Q was rich. Q was famous.
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Q completed a novel every 18 months.
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I hated him.
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-- my finest work vanished in less
than five. I find myself conflicted.
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Ask him if he's conflicted
about his house in the Hamptons.
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- Grady.
- Well, professor.
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Q, for your information...
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...Hannah has two stories published
in The Paris Review...
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...so you'd better dust off
your A material.
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You didn't tell me you were a writer.
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You didn't ask.
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How did you feel about the adaptation?
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Grady. Douglas Triddley, Amherst.
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I've had Arsonist's Daughter
on my syllabus for three years.
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No wonder it's still in print.
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WOMAN:
Long time since Arsonist's Daughter.
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There you are.
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I could've sworn I had a bottle
of 1975 Lafite-Rothschild for Q.
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Given that he'll be addressing
500 people in an hour--
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- You want to keep Q happy.
- If he's happy, I'm happy.
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James?
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It's fake. It was my mother's.
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She won it in a penny arcade
in Baltimore...
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...when she went to Catholic school.
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Well, that's very convincing.
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I used to shoot
these little paper caps...
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...but they don't make them anymore,
the caps.
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It's just for good luck, you know.
Some people carry rabbit's feet.
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You carry firearms.
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No, thank you.
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I don't like
to lose control of my emotions.
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I'm not supposed to be here,
in case you were wondering.
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The other night, I was out with Hannah
at the movies...
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...and she asked me, since she was
coming, so I ended up coming too.
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- You and Hannah are seeing each other?
- No!
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- What gave you that idea?
- James, relax.
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I'm not her father.
I just rent her a room.
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She likes old movies, like I do.
That's all.
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What's the movie you saw?
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Son of Fury with Tyrone Power
and Frances Farmer.
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She went crazy, Frances Farmer.
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So did Gene Tierney. She's in it too.
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- Sounds like a good one.
- It wasn't bad.
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You're not like my other teachers,
Professor Tripp.
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You're not like my other students,
James.
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Look, James, about this afternoon
in workshop.
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I'm sorry.
I think I let things get out of hand.
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They really hated it. I think they
hated it more than the other ones.
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- Well....
- It only took an hour to write.
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Really? That's remarkable.
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I have trouble sleeping.
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While I'm lying in bed
I figure them out...
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...the stories.
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- You cold, James?
- A little.
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Why don't we go inside?
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It's colder in there.
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I guess you're right.
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Actually, I saw the greenhouse.
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I thought I'd come outside and take
a look at it. It looks like heaven.
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Looks like heaven?
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I saw a movie once.
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Part of it took place in heaven.
Everyone wore white.
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Lived in crystal houses like that.
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I really should be going.
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- Goodbye, Professor Tripp.
- Hey, James.
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James, don't go. No.
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There's something I want you to see.
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I'll miss my bus.
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It's worth it.
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Trust me.
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Let me help you with that.
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Thank you, dear. Thank you.
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Come on.
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Hey, you two.
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- James, are you riding with me?
- No.
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No, he's going with me.
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Why don't you take Crabtree
and his friend, all right?
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- All right.
- Where are they, anyway?
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Here we are!
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Well, hello there.
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- This is my editor, Terry Crabtree.
- James.
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- James will know about George Sanders.
- George Sanders?
248
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Mr. Crabtree said he
killed himself...
249
00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:17,593
...but he couldn't remember how.
250
00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,919
Pills, April 25th, 1972,
in a Costa Brava hotel room.
251
00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,394
How comprehensive of you.
252
00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,279
James is amazing.
He knows all the movie suicides.
253
00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:27,549
Tell him.
254
00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,111
- There are so many.
- Well, just a few. The big ones.
255
00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,875
Pier Angeli, 1971 or '72, also pills.
256
00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,111
Donald "Red" Barry, shot himself
in 1980.
257
00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,669
Charles Boyer, 1978, pills again.
258
00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,395
Charles Butterworth, 1946, I think.
In a car.
259
00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,428
Supposedly it was an accident,
but, you know, he was distraught.
260
00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,915
Dorothy Dandridge, pills, 1965.
261
00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:51,878
Albert Dekker, 1968, he hung himself.
262
00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,594
He wrote his suicide note
in lipstick on his stomach.
263
00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,791
William Inge, carbon monoxide,
1973.
264
00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,871
Carole Landis, pills, I forget when.
265
00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,112
George Reeves, Superman on TV,
shot himself.
266
00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,920
Jean Seberg, pills of course, 1979.
267
00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,993
Everett Sloane, he was good, pills.
268
00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,913
Margaret Sullavan, pills.
Lupe Velez, a lot of pills.
269
00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:15,472
Gig Young, he shot himself and his
wife in 1978. There are tons more.
270
00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,240
- I haven't heard of most.
- You did them alphabetically.
271
00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:19,999
That's just how my brain works.
272
00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,312
Fascinating. Come out
with us after the lecture.
273
00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,073
To a place I get Tripp to take me.
274
00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,511
- I just want to go home.
- Don't be silly.
275
00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,678
No one your age wants to go home.
Faculty will be present.
276
00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,070
Just consider it a field trip.
277
00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,478
Is that really it?
278
00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:58,756
That's really it.
279
00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,315
The one she wore on her wedding day.
280
00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,471
So I'm told.
281
00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:07,953
Go ahead.
282
00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:09,748
Really?
283
00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,075
Really.
284
00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:25,872
She was small.
285
00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,676
Most people don't know that.
286
00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,276
The shoulders are so small.
287
00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:37,871
So perfect.
288
00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,671
I bet that's the only time
she wore it.
289
00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:44,514
That day.
290
00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:48,909
She must've felt so happy.
291
00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,714
Must've cost Dr. Gaskell a lot.
292
00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,473
I guess.
293
00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:01,477
Walter never tells Sara the truth
about what he pays for these things.
294
00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,872
You're really good friends
with the chancellor, aren't you?
295
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:08,879
Pretty good.
296
00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:13,078
I'm friends with her husband too.
297
00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,473
You must be if you know
the combination to his closet...
298
00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,076
...and he doesn't mind you being
in here. In their bedroom.
299
00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,073
Right.
300
00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,196
Beverly, stay close to me
in case it gets slippy, okay?
301
00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,317
We better skedaddle.
302
00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:40,879
James....
303
00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:51,471
You all right, James?
304
00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,195
I'm sorry, Professor Tripp.
305
00:19:58,440 --> 00:19:59,668
Maybe it's...
306
00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:04,272
...seeing that jacket
that belonged to her.
307
00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:09,079
It just looks really lonely...
308
00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,675
...hanging there in a closet.
309
00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,988
Maybe I'm just a little sad tonight.
310
00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,679
I'm a little sad tonight too, James.
311
00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:24,509
You mean...
312
00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,037
...with your wife leaving you?
313
00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,673
Hannah mentioned something about it.
314
00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:40,669
Yeah, well, it's complicated, James.
315
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,271
I think we should go now.
316
00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,873
Easy, easy. You're a good boy, Poe.
Poe's a good boy.
317
00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:22,076
Easy, Poe. Easy.
318
00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:23,679
Good dog.
319
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,788
Jesus Christ!
Get off me, you son of a bitch!
320
00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,191
Shit, James.
321
00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,874
You shot Dr. Gaskell's dog.
322
00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,276
But I had to, didn't I?
323
00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:58,879
You could've pulled him off me.
324
00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:01,270
No, the dog was crazy,
Professor Tripp.
325
00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,074
- The dog was attacking you!
- Calm down.
326
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,629
- What was I supposed--
- Calm down. Don't freak out.
327
00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,710
Okay. All right.
328
00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:13,188
Do you have a mirror?
329
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,079
It's the best way to see
if someone's still breathing.
330
00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:17,872
The dog is dead, James.
331
00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,675
Believe me,
I know a dead dog when I see one.
332
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,557
What are we supposed to do now?
333
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:31,479
First...
334
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,877
...you're gonna give me
that little cap gun of yours.
335
00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:36,354
Come on.
336
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,877
Professor Tripp,
what are we gonna do with...
337
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:45,390
...it?
338
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:48,595
I don't know.
339
00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,276
How do I tell the chancellor
that I murdered her husband's dog?
340
00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:53,549
You?
341
00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,069
When the family pet's
been assassinated...
342
00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,159
...the owner doesn't want to hear
that a student was the triggerman.
343
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,949
Does she want to hear
it was a professor?
344
00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:08,269
I've got tenure.
345
00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:11,873
Hang on.
346
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,876
It's still warm.
347
00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,071
Let's try feet first.
348
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:35,549
Yuck!
349
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,671
That is a big trunk.
350
00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:42,436
It holds a tuba, a suitcase, a dead
dog and a garment bag perfectly.
351
00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,274
Yeah, that's what
they used to say in the ads.
352
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,118
Crabtree, I know you're holding.
353
00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:49,669
- Whose tuba is that, anyway?
- Miss Sloviak's.
354
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,713
- Can I ask you something about her?
- Yes, she is.
355
00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,111
So your friend Crabtree, is he gay?
356
00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:57,679
Most of the time he is.
357
00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:59,074
Sometimes he isn't.
358
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,069
What do we have here?
359
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,313
This looks like....
360
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,358
It's our old friend, Mr. Codeine.
361
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,676
That should take the old pinch out
of the ankle. You want one?
362
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,075
No, thanks. I'm fine without them.
363
00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:16,669
That's why you stood in
the chancellor's yard...
364
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,519
...spinning that cap gun of yours.
You're fine.
365
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,830
Yeah, you're as fit
as a fucking fiddle.
366
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,471
I'm sorry, James.
I'm sorry I said that.
367
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,957
How about we try that again?
368
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,631
WALTER: It's a pleasure to
introduce best-selling author...
369
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,839
... Quentin Morewood,
known to his friends simply as Q.
370
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:28,679
I...
371
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,478
...am a writer.
372
00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:36,920
As a writer,
you learn that everyone has a story.
373
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,470
Every bartender,
every taxi driver has an idea...
374
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,672
...that would make a great book.
375
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,672
Presumably, each of you has an idea.
376
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,480
But how do you get from there to here?
377
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,393
What is the bridge from the water's
edge of inspiration...
378
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,200
...to the far shore of accomplishment?
379
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,279
Faith.
380
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,112
Faith that your story
is worth the telling.
381
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,599
Faith that you have
the wherewithal to tell it...
382
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,719
...and faith that the carefully woven
structure that you create...
383
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,996
...won't collapse beneath you.
384
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,278
Faith that when you get
to the other side...
385
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,035
...there'll be someone who gives a
damn about the tale you have to tell.
386
00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:32,998
I'll be back in a minute.
387
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,676
I worship at the shrine
of formal construction....
388
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,273
Grady.
389
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:14,473
Grady.
390
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,070
You had another one again, didn't you?
391
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,278
Is the thing...
392
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:26,909
...is it over?
393
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,073
Almost.
394
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:30,474
Want to sit up?
395
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:35,874
What's wrong?
396
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,879
Nothing, I just twisted....
397
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,393
Sara, there's something
I've got to tell you.
398
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,279
Something hard.
399
00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:53,192
Stand up. I'm too old
to roll around on the floor.
400
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:54,674
Give me a hand?
401
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,469
- Well, this evening--
- Don't.
402
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,197
- I know what you're gonna say.
- I don't think you do.
403
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,989
You love Emily. She's young,
she's beautiful, she's your wife.
404
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,196
You have to stay with her.
405
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,396
I don't have a choice.
Emily left me.
406
00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:23,190
She'll come back.
407
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,078
That's why I'm going to...
408
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,876
...to not have this baby.
409
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,273
You're not gonna have it?
410
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,276
No, there's no way. I mean....
411
00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,476
Don't you think there's no way?
412
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,877
Well, I don't see any....
413
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,470
- I know what it means to you.
- You don't!
414
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,877
Fuck you for saying you do
and for saying that there's no way!
415
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,475
Because there could be a way, Grady.
416
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,271
They're finishing. We should go.
417
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:09,389
Whose gun is that?
418
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,910
It's a souvenir from Baltimore.
419
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,070
It's heavy.
420
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,192
- Smells like gunpowder.
- Caps.
421
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:30,669
Pow.
422
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:36,674
You got me.
423
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,878
I love you, Grady.
424
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:49,315
Oh.
425
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,670
The doors made so much noise.
426
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,388
It was so embarrassing.
They had to carry him out.
427
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,471
- He all right?
- He's fine. He's narrating.
428
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,716
They were going to the men's room.
429
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,394
But would they make it in time?
430
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,319
Terry Crabtree and James Leer.
431
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,994
Leave it to you to make that mistake.
432
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,673
Wait here.
433
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,079
- I need a ride.
- I'm your man.
434
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,072
There's an explanation.
435
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,279
Couldn't he have just thrown a shoe
at the poor thing?
436
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,269
- Antonia, listen--
- Tony. Now that I'm home.
437
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,517
Tony...
438
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,752
...I'm sorry tonight didn't work out
with Terry.
439
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,991
Forget it. Your friend is just....
440
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:50,119
I don't know,
into collecting weird tricks.
441
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,510
I think he'd call it a habit.
442
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,320
I do feel he's going
through the motions a bit.
443
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,715
You mean because
his career is ruined and all?
444
00:30:58,480 --> 00:30:59,833
Is that what he told you?
445
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,118
He said he hasn't had a success
in over five years...
446
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,909
...and everyone in New York thinks
he's kind of a loser.
447
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,873
But he said
he's sure your book's so good...
448
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:12,911
...that he'll be able to keep his job.
449
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,469
You're not a writer
who has a success...
450
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,989
...then freezes up
and never has another.
451
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:21,878
You can turn here.
452
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,878
Gotta go. I think I may
have to rescue James Leer.
453
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:36,278
You know, Grady, maybe you should
think about going home.
454
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,273
You look like you need a little
rescuing yourself.
455
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,475
- Hey, Grady!
- How are you?
456
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,872
Can I get a double Dickel
on the rocks? I'm over here.
457
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,115
Double Dickel.
458
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,878
- Is that just beer?
- Primarily.
459
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,999
Although I gather you staged a raid
on the Crabtree pharmacopoeia.
460
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:19,595
Where is everybody?
461
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,398
Sara and Walter declined.
462
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,279
I guess they wanted to curl up
on the couch with Poe.
463
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,479
- Jesus, he's out!
- He has a book.
464
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,713
- I know, he started fall semester.
- He finished it winter break.
465
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:43,316
- So is he any good?
- No, not yet he isn't.
466
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,711
- I'm gonna read it anyway.
- Crabs, come on, will you?
467
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,996
He's one of my students,
for chrissakes!
468
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:50,593
Besides, I'm not sure if he's....
469
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,910
He is. I'm sure.
Take my word for it.
470
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,276
- I see myself in him.
- I'm sure you do.
471
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,511
It's more complicated than that.
472
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:01,389
He's scattered right now. He almost
did something stupid tonight.
473
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,554
He doesn't need sexual confusion
to mix things up.
474
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,836
I think it might be just the ticket.
475
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:08,871
Double Dickel on the rocks.
476
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,073
"Oola."
477
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,079
Thanks, Oola.
478
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:18,879
Cheers.
479
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,834
Oh, my goodness,
do you see what I see?
480
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,838
Right there. Let's go.
You first.
481
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,518
President of the James Brown
Hair Club for Men.
482
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,751
He's a boxer. A flyweight.
483
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,797
No, a jockey. His name is Curtis.
484
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:37,792
- Curtis Hardapple.
- Not Curtis.
485
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,913
Okay, then, Vernon. Vernon Hardapple.
The scars are from a horse.
486
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,833
- He fell during a race.
- He's addicted to painkillers.
487
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,029
He can't piss standing.
488
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,312
- Lives with his mother.
- He's got a younger brother...
489
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,472
- ...who's a--
- Who's a groom named Claudelle...
490
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,871
...and his mother blames Vernon
for Claudelle's death.
491
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,273
Because....
492
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,311
- Because....
- Because why?
493
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,033
- Because, um....
- Because....
494
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,993
He was killed when a gangster
named Freddy Nostrils...
495
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,470
...tried to shoot his favorite horse.
496
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,279
Claudelle took the bullet himself.
497
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,074
Vernon...
498
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,154
...over there...
499
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,473
...was in on the hit.
500
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:21,479
That was good.
501
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,515
Yeah, he heard everything we said.
502
00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:27,473
Come on, teach.
I want you to dance with me.
503
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,276
- No.
- Come on!
504
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,478
I've been re-reading
Arsonist's Daughter.
505
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,071
It's so beautiful, Grady.
506
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,078
So natural.
507
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,312
Like your sentences always existed...
508
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:49,348
...waiting up there in Style Heaven
for you to fetch them down.
509
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:52,070
I thank you.
510
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:53,918
I love the inscription you wrote me.
511
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,557
Only I'm not quite
the downy innocent you think I am.
512
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,479
I hope that's not true.
513
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,070
We need all the downy innocents
we can get.
514
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:16,598
What this boy could use is
a nice tall Coca-Cola.
515
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,711
- Let me help.
- No, we got him.
516
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,151
- I'll meet you two at the car.
- Oh, I see. All right.
517
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,710
Give me the keys to the trunk.
I gotta get my property out.
518
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,474
The trunk's a little sticky.
I gotta do it.
519
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:30,309
Whatever...
520
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,115
...Professor Tripp.
521
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,430
When James gets back
to his apartment...
522
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,114
...make sure he's all right
before you leave.
523
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,555
I would if I knew
where I was taking him.
524
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,439
Are you telling me you don't know
where James lives?
525
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:46,955
Some apartment somewhere.
I've never seen it.
526
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,158
- That strikes me as very odd.
- Well, James is odd.
527
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,153
His aunt's in Sewickley Heights.
I dropped him there once.
528
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,710
It wasn't even his aunt's house.
He said she worked there.
529
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:58,916
I need my knapsack.
530
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:00,912
What's he saying?
531
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:05,075
His bag. That ugly green thing
he's always carrying around.
532
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,111
He must have left it inside.
533
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,714
Shit! He left it at Thaw,
the auditorium.
534
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,712
I need my knapsack!
535
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,514
- Let him crash at my house.
- Where do I put him?
536
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:19,309
You could stand him up in the
garage next to the snow shovels...
537
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,317
...and he'd be all right.
538
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,077
Grady, if you want to talk later,
I'll be up.
539
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,030
Tripp, the trunk. You're killing me.
540
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,759
- I'm gonna get it.
- Killing me!
541
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:48,754
You driving this car?
542
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:54,033
This 1966 maroon Ford Galaxie 500.
You driving this car?
543
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:55,315
This is my car.
544
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,232
Bullshit! It's mine!
545
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,237
- You're mistaken.
- Bullshit!
546
00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:02,712
- Who is that?
- Vernon, go home to your mother.
547
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,956
- What are you looking at?
- At you.
548
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,553
Hit it, will you?
Come on, killjoy, go.
549
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:12,034
Can we go now?
550
00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:14,629
- What's with you?
- I wonder.
551
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,195
- The kid was comatose.
- Who started that?
552
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,631
- I was calming him down!
- You calmed him down, Dr. Feelgood.
553
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,432
- Grady, hit the brakes!
- What?
554
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:23,914
Stop the car! Hey!
555
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:26,671
Stop! What do you think--
556
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:28,438
- What's his problem?
- Back up!
557
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,316
Get out of the car! Hey!
558
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:33,439
Go around him.
559
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:34,868
I'm stopping you!
560
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:36,911
I don't think so!
561
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,311
Come back here!
562
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,394
- What's this?
- It's a one-way, guy.
563
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:47,789
Oh! Whoo!
564
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,195
Go, go, go! Whoo!
565
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,076
Look out. He's back.
566
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,318
- Now what?
- You owe him a book too?
567
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,716
You could always drive over him.
568
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:12,918
What the hell was that?
569
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,509
I just got my hood jumped on.
570
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,517
- Wait here. I'll be right back.
- Where would we go?
571
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,713
Hold on a second.
572
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,118
Professor Tripp.
573
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:58,950
I guess you're here for the backpack.
574
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,316
It's Traxler, Sam.
575
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,550
I saw the manuscript inside,
so when you showed up, I figured....
576
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:16,598
GRADY:
The Love Parade. So it was true.
577
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,438
The prick had finished his book.
578
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:22,355
- Is it good?
- I don't know. It might be.
579
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,393
GRADY:
So there it was.
580
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,359
Somewhere in the night,
a Manhattan book editor...
581
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,034
... was prowling the streets
of Pittsburgh...
582
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,350
...best-selling author at his side...
583
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,636
...dead dog in his trunk.
584
00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:51,111
Say, Professor Tripp, is all that
stuff true about Errol Flynn?
585
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,198
How he used to put
paprika on his dick...
586
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,112
...to make it, you know, like...
587
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,759
...more stimulating for the chick?
588
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,475
Traxler, how the hell should I know?
589
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,240
You're reading his biography,
aren't you?
590
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,877
Oh, right.
591
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,759
No, it's true. He used to rub
all sorts of things on it.
592
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,470
Salad dressing, ground lamb.
593
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:26,719
Sick.
594
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,317
GRADY: Whenever I wondered
what Sara saw in me...
595
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:34,910
...and I wondered more than once...
596
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,518
...I always came back to the fact
that she loved to read.
597
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:43,635
She read everything, every moment.
She was a junkie for the printed word.
598
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,592
And lucky for me...
599
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,871
...I manufactured her drug of choice.
600
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,118
Is that your wife?
601
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,115
No, my wife's out of town.
602
00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,995
What exactly are we doing here,
Professor Tripp?
603
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:03,953
Taking the long way home.
604
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,717
- Take it easy, Professor Tripp.
- Thanks for the ride.
605
00:43:07,846 --> 00:43:11,236
GRADY: I told myself I needed to put
everything aside for the moment...
606
00:43:11,446 --> 00:43:14,279
...Emily, Sara, the purloined jacket
and the dead dog...
607
00:43:14,526 --> 00:43:16,164
...and work on my book.
608
00:43:16,366 --> 00:43:18,596
It had started out as a small book.
609
00:43:22,006 --> 00:43:26,477
Probably about, oh, 250, 300 pages.
610
00:43:30,926 --> 00:43:33,679
It had gotten a little larger
in scope.
611
00:43:41,846 --> 00:43:45,475
And the ending kept getting
further away.
612
00:43:49,806 --> 00:43:52,718
But the ending was there.
I knew it.
613
00:43:53,726 --> 00:43:55,364
I could almost see it.
614
00:44:02,446 --> 00:44:03,765
James.
615
00:44:04,726 --> 00:44:06,159
I'm okay.
616
00:44:06,766 --> 00:44:08,597
I just lost my balance.
617
00:44:09,246 --> 00:44:10,884
I put you on the floor.
618
00:44:12,886 --> 00:44:14,160
Oh.
619
00:44:14,366 --> 00:44:15,401
Thank you.
620
00:44:15,606 --> 00:44:17,642
I thought you might swallow
your tongue.
621
00:44:20,446 --> 00:44:22,562
- I guess you must really miss her.
- Hm?
622
00:44:24,326 --> 00:44:28,160
Oh, this.
No, no, I just write in this.
623
00:44:28,366 --> 00:44:29,879
This wasn't Emily's.
624
00:44:30,086 --> 00:44:32,475
I guess there's probably a story
behind that.
625
00:44:32,966 --> 00:44:36,276
There is, but it's not
very interesting.
626
00:44:40,606 --> 00:44:44,519
Is all of that single-spaced?
627
00:44:45,566 --> 00:44:47,204
I'm afraid so, yeah.
628
00:44:47,446 --> 00:44:49,596
That's a really big book
you're writing.
629
00:44:49,806 --> 00:44:53,560
Wow, Hannah always swore
you were working, but....
630
00:44:54,646 --> 00:44:56,284
- But?
- Nothing.
631
00:44:56,526 --> 00:45:00,997
It's just been a while since
Arsonist's Daughter and some people...
632
00:45:01,246 --> 00:45:04,955
...some of the kids in workshop
thought maybe you were....
633
00:45:05,646 --> 00:45:07,876
- Washed up?
- Blocked.
634
00:45:09,766 --> 00:45:11,597
I don't believe in writer's block.
635
00:45:13,246 --> 00:45:14,565
No kidding.
636
00:45:16,526 --> 00:45:19,165
- You want me to get that?
- Please, could you?
637
00:45:19,406 --> 00:45:20,759
Glasses.
638
00:45:20,966 --> 00:45:22,160
Thank you.
639
00:45:26,446 --> 00:45:27,765
Hello?
640
00:45:34,166 --> 00:45:36,634
- He didn't give his name.
- Who?
641
00:45:36,846 --> 00:45:40,043
- The guy on the phone.
- Well, what did he want?
642
00:45:40,246 --> 00:45:42,760
He wanted to know
if a Grady Tripp lived here...
643
00:45:43,006 --> 00:45:46,476
...and drove a maroon 1966 Ford
Galaxie 500 with black interior.
644
00:45:46,686 --> 00:45:48,756
- What did you tell him?
- Yes.
645
00:45:50,526 --> 00:45:51,959
Oh, good, James.
646
00:45:52,646 --> 00:45:53,840
I just thought--
647
00:45:54,806 --> 00:45:55,795
Good morning, boys.
648
00:45:59,606 --> 00:46:02,279
- Good morning, James.
- Good morning.
649
00:46:02,806 --> 00:46:05,001
Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy.
650
00:46:05,246 --> 00:46:06,725
I'm gonna take a shower.
651
00:46:11,246 --> 00:46:15,205
Professor Tripp,
how did I get here last night?
652
00:46:15,406 --> 00:46:19,558
No one knows where you live.
Hannah thought you'd like my couch.
653
00:46:20,766 --> 00:46:23,360
And before that, did I do anything?
654
00:46:23,806 --> 00:46:26,195
I mean, did I do anything bad?
655
00:46:27,046 --> 00:46:31,164
Well, James, you did shoot the head
of the English department's dog...
656
00:46:31,366 --> 00:46:33,960
...and steal his most prized piece
of memorabilia.
657
00:47:01,126 --> 00:47:02,798
Oh, shit.
658
00:47:03,206 --> 00:47:05,481
Do yourself a favor. Hide.
659
00:47:07,086 --> 00:47:08,075
Hide?
660
00:47:10,726 --> 00:47:12,762
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
661
00:47:17,006 --> 00:47:18,883
- Professor Tripp?
- That's right.
662
00:47:19,126 --> 00:47:24,041
I understand you attended an event
at the Gaskell's house last night.
663
00:47:24,246 --> 00:47:25,964
What's this all about anyway?
664
00:47:26,206 --> 00:47:30,085
Someone broke into Dr. Gaskell's
closet. And the dog's missing.
665
00:47:30,326 --> 00:47:33,762
I was wondering if you saw
someone who seemed suspicious.
666
00:47:34,006 --> 00:47:38,363
I wouldn't say there was anybody
particularly suspicious.
667
00:47:38,606 --> 00:47:41,757
How about this kid,
student of yours, Leer? James Leer?
668
00:47:42,006 --> 00:47:45,203
Would you know how I could
get in touch with him?
669
00:47:46,326 --> 00:47:49,159
I think I have his number on campus.
670
00:47:49,406 --> 00:47:51,715
That's all right. We'll find him.
671
00:47:51,926 --> 00:47:54,565
- Morning.
- You have a good one.
672
00:47:59,406 --> 00:48:03,194
There you are. I thought
we were going to talk last night.
673
00:48:03,406 --> 00:48:05,283
- I was--
- Professor Tripp?
674
00:48:06,966 --> 00:48:08,194
I heard what he said.
675
00:48:08,406 --> 00:48:11,398
- What time's breakfast?
- What do we do now?
676
00:48:11,606 --> 00:48:12,959
Just one minute. Hello?
677
00:48:13,206 --> 00:48:15,162
SARA: Grady?
- Sara.
678
00:48:15,406 --> 00:48:18,762
Thank God you're there.
You won't believe what happened.
679
00:48:19,006 --> 00:48:21,964
Could you hold on
just a minute, honey?
680
00:48:28,086 --> 00:48:30,759
- May I ask you something?
- Sure, James.
681
00:48:31,006 --> 00:48:33,156
Where exactly are we going?
682
00:48:33,406 --> 00:48:36,557
There's a few things
I gotta do today.
683
00:48:36,766 --> 00:48:38,916
- See my wife--
- The one that left you?
684
00:48:39,846 --> 00:48:40,915
That's the one.
685
00:48:41,126 --> 00:48:43,515
- Ow! Oh, shit!
- Oh.
686
00:48:43,726 --> 00:48:44,761
Son of a bitch!
687
00:48:45,006 --> 00:48:47,042
You're bleeding, Professor Tripp.
688
00:48:48,166 --> 00:48:49,963
No shit, James.
689
00:48:55,406 --> 00:48:57,681
So where exactly do you live, James?
690
00:48:57,926 --> 00:49:00,599
Apparently, not even Hannah Green
has a clue...
691
00:49:00,846 --> 00:49:03,565
...as to the location
of your apartment.
692
00:49:03,766 --> 00:49:05,358
I got kicked out.
693
00:49:06,126 --> 00:49:09,801
Well, not exactly kicked out.
I was asked to leave.
694
00:49:10,046 --> 00:49:12,002
There's probably a story there.
695
00:49:12,246 --> 00:49:14,760
There is, but it's not
very interesting.
696
00:49:15,846 --> 00:49:17,484
So where are you staying?
697
00:49:18,086 --> 00:49:19,405
At the....
698
00:49:20,606 --> 00:49:23,166
The, uh, bus station.
699
00:49:25,006 --> 00:49:27,361
It's not so bad.
I know the night janitor...
700
00:49:27,606 --> 00:49:29,756
...and there's a locker
I can put my stuff.
701
00:49:31,966 --> 00:49:33,399
Jesus, James.
702
00:49:33,646 --> 00:49:36,001
I mean, for how long?
703
00:49:36,246 --> 00:49:38,680
A couple of weeks. That's why....
704
00:49:38,926 --> 00:49:41,759
That's why I have the gun,
for protection.
705
00:49:42,446 --> 00:49:45,165
- You should've told someone.
- Who?
706
00:49:45,566 --> 00:49:47,557
I don't know. Me?
707
00:49:52,246 --> 00:49:55,795
GRADY: James ' story was the stuff
of bad fiction.
708
00:49:56,046 --> 00:49:58,401
Under other circumstances,
I might've wondered...
709
00:49:58,646 --> 00:50:01,877
... where the page ended with him
and real life began.
710
00:50:02,086 --> 00:50:04,441
But I had other things on my mind.
711
00:50:10,526 --> 00:50:13,563
The Gaskell house looked deserted,
which figured, since...
712
00:50:13,806 --> 00:50:16,081
- ... Wordfest was in full swing.
- What are we...?
713
00:50:16,286 --> 00:50:19,483
Ease off on that stuff.
It's pretty acidic.
714
00:50:19,726 --> 00:50:22,160
I can't help it.
I don't know what's the matter.
715
00:50:22,406 --> 00:50:25,762
You're hung-over. What do you
think's the matter with you?
716
00:50:29,766 --> 00:50:31,358
I'll be right back.
717
00:50:37,246 --> 00:50:40,477
I knew I needed to have
a heart- to-heart with Sara.
718
00:50:40,966 --> 00:50:44,561
But until then, I'd just make
a little gesture.
719
00:50:49,766 --> 00:50:51,358
Feeling guilty?
720
00:50:53,366 --> 00:50:55,675
I can't believe you hung up on me,
you dick.
721
00:50:55,886 --> 00:50:59,799
Sara, I'm so sorry about this morning.
There was a lot going on.
722
00:51:00,046 --> 00:51:01,798
Walter's a basket case.
723
00:51:02,046 --> 00:51:06,164
Someone stole Marilyn's jacket
last night. And Poe's missing.
724
00:51:06,406 --> 00:51:09,079
- I heard.
- You heard? How?
725
00:51:09,326 --> 00:51:12,682
A 12-year-old policeman came by
my house this morning.
726
00:51:13,246 --> 00:51:16,602
Did you confess? Your fingerprints
were all over the bedroom.
727
00:51:16,846 --> 00:51:18,120
Really? That was fast.
728
00:51:18,846 --> 00:51:20,120
I'm joking. Hello!
729
00:51:20,326 --> 00:51:22,601
Right, right, right.
730
00:51:22,806 --> 00:51:26,958
Look, about last night, there's
something I have to talk to you about.
731
00:51:27,366 --> 00:51:28,594
Okay.
732
00:51:30,686 --> 00:51:33,883
Uh, I....
733
00:51:34,366 --> 00:51:36,402
I, um....
734
00:51:40,446 --> 00:51:42,357
I want to be with you.
735
00:51:43,606 --> 00:51:46,359
Gee, Grady, that sounded so heartfelt.
736
00:51:46,606 --> 00:51:48,562
No, really, Sara, I do. Honest.
737
00:51:48,806 --> 00:51:52,845
No, I believe you want to be with me,
but it's just not good enough.
738
00:51:53,046 --> 00:51:54,365
I know what's at stake.
739
00:51:54,806 --> 00:51:56,558
No, I don't think you do.
740
00:51:57,006 --> 00:51:58,917
It doesn't matter.
I haven't decided yet.
741
00:51:59,526 --> 00:52:00,515
About the baby.
742
00:52:00,926 --> 00:52:03,565
That, and you.
743
00:52:04,246 --> 00:52:06,043
I'm not gonna draw you a map.
744
00:52:06,246 --> 00:52:08,999
Times like these, you have to do
your own navigating.
745
00:52:15,406 --> 00:52:18,682
Why is your car over there?
And who's that sitting in it?
746
00:52:19,646 --> 00:52:20,635
James Leer.
747
00:52:21,806 --> 00:52:23,080
What's he doing here?
748
00:52:23,326 --> 00:52:26,238
I'm sort of helping him through
some issues.
749
00:52:27,526 --> 00:52:29,164
Isn't he lucky?
750
00:52:38,646 --> 00:52:40,955
She seemed to take it pretty well.
751
00:52:41,606 --> 00:52:44,962
Yeah, well, the moment didn't
actually present itself.
752
00:52:47,846 --> 00:52:49,723
You feel like taking a ride?
753
00:52:49,926 --> 00:52:50,961
Yes.
754
00:52:54,526 --> 00:52:56,164
Humboldt County?
755
00:52:57,286 --> 00:52:58,275
Maybe.
756
00:52:59,006 --> 00:53:01,759
My father, he gets it from his doctor.
757
00:53:02,006 --> 00:53:04,201
- Glaucoma?
- Colon cancer.
758
00:53:05,246 --> 00:53:07,680
- Jesus. James, wow.
- It's a bit of a scandal.
759
00:53:09,886 --> 00:53:11,080
My parents live in a small town.
760
00:53:11,286 --> 00:53:12,685
- Where's that?
- Carvel.
761
00:53:12,926 --> 00:53:16,362
- Carvel? Where's Carvel?
- Outside Scranton.
762
00:53:17,006 --> 00:53:18,883
I've never heard of it.
763
00:53:19,926 --> 00:53:23,362
It's a hellhole.
Three motels and a mannequin factory.
764
00:53:23,566 --> 00:53:25,397
My dad worked there for 35 years.
765
00:53:25,606 --> 00:53:28,359
Your father worked
in a mannequin factory?
766
00:53:28,566 --> 00:53:31,558
Seitz Plastics.
That's where he met my mom.
767
00:53:31,806 --> 00:53:34,559
She was a fry cook in the cafeteria.
768
00:53:34,846 --> 00:53:36,802
Before that, she'd been a dancer.
769
00:53:37,006 --> 00:53:38,405
What kind of dancer?
770
00:53:39,446 --> 00:53:41,960
Whatever kind they wanted her to be.
771
00:53:42,246 --> 00:53:45,397
Didn't you say that your mom
went to Catholic school?
772
00:53:47,566 --> 00:53:49,636
When we fall, we fall hard.
773
00:53:58,126 --> 00:54:01,118
I thought you didn't like to
lose control of your emotions.
774
00:54:01,846 --> 00:54:05,156
Maybe I just needed the moment
to present itself.
775
00:54:11,006 --> 00:54:11,802
Mmm.
776
00:54:12,446 --> 00:54:15,483
I'd come to the childhood home of my
soon- to-be ex-wife...
777
00:54:15,686 --> 00:54:17,085
... to set things straight.
778
00:54:17,286 --> 00:54:19,675
To say something to end things
on the right note.
779
00:54:19,886 --> 00:54:22,958
To make Emily feel
better about it all...
780
00:54:23,206 --> 00:54:25,162
...or maybe to make me feel better.
781
00:54:26,646 --> 00:54:30,400
Truthfully, I wasn't really sure
why I was there.
782
00:54:30,606 --> 00:54:32,403
Someone jumped on your car
with their butt.
783
00:54:32,806 --> 00:54:33,795
How can you tell?
784
00:54:34,006 --> 00:54:36,076
You can see the outline of a butt.
785
00:54:36,806 --> 00:54:39,843
You want one? They're incredible.
Incredible!
786
00:54:40,046 --> 00:54:43,959
Smoke the rest of that joint,
you can start chewing on the box.
787
00:54:45,566 --> 00:54:48,034
- Maybe she didn't come here.
- She came here.
788
00:54:49,206 --> 00:54:50,764
We'll just wait.
789
00:54:50,966 --> 00:54:54,879
In the meantime, I'm gonna need you
to shimmy right through there.
790
00:54:57,246 --> 00:55:01,080
Relax, Emily hasn't used her keys
since she was 15 years old.
791
00:55:01,326 --> 00:55:03,601
Your hips aren't
much bigger than hers.
792
00:55:03,846 --> 00:55:07,600
It's not that. It just reminded me
of what's in the car.
793
00:55:11,966 --> 00:55:12,955
In the trunk?
794
00:55:15,726 --> 00:55:17,523
Oh, right, right.
795
00:55:18,166 --> 00:55:20,316
Let's try not to think about that.
796
00:55:41,206 --> 00:55:42,559
- Thank you.
- Mm-hm.
797
00:55:44,966 --> 00:55:47,002
It feels really good in here.
798
00:55:47,246 --> 00:55:49,077
Yeah, I know.
799
00:55:50,366 --> 00:55:54,882
It's the kind of house you'd like to
wake up in on Christmas morning.
800
00:55:58,166 --> 00:56:00,805
I'll be right back.
Make yourself at home.
801
00:56:01,846 --> 00:56:03,757
I'm gonna make a phone call.
802
00:56:10,606 --> 00:56:11,721
Ah.
803
00:56:15,286 --> 00:56:16,401
Mmm.
804
00:56:26,646 --> 00:56:29,285
There's no such thing
as a good influence.
805
00:56:29,526 --> 00:56:31,960
- All influence is immoral.
- Why?
806
00:56:32,206 --> 00:56:36,563
The aim of life is self-development,
to realize one's nature perfectly.
807
00:56:37,006 --> 00:56:38,405
That's what we're here for.
808
00:56:38,606 --> 00:56:40,961
A man should live out
his life fully.
809
00:56:41,166 --> 00:56:44,203
Give form to every feeling
and reality to every dream.
810
00:56:45,046 --> 00:56:48,402
GRADY: Sitting there among her things,
I was reminded...
811
00:56:48,646 --> 00:56:51,160
...I didn 't really know Emily at all.
812
00:56:51,406 --> 00:56:55,604
Though we'd lived together as man and
wife, it was when I left the house...
813
00:56:55,846 --> 00:56:59,043
... when I was with Sara
that I felt like I was home.
814
00:56:59,286 --> 00:57:01,322
WOMAN: University.
- Chancellor, please.
815
00:57:01,526 --> 00:57:05,075
There's only one way to
get rid of a temptation: Yield to it.
816
00:57:05,326 --> 00:57:06,725
Resist it...
817
00:57:06,926 --> 00:57:10,475
...and the soul longs for
what it's forbidden to itself.
818
00:57:11,206 --> 00:57:12,195
Thank you.
819
00:57:24,966 --> 00:57:26,001
Ah.
820
00:57:28,566 --> 00:57:30,796
SARA: Hello?
- Sara? Hi, it's Grady.
821
00:57:31,046 --> 00:57:32,365
Where are you?
822
00:57:32,846 --> 00:57:35,679
Kinship. There's something
I gotta talk to you about.
823
00:57:35,926 --> 00:57:38,759
- You're in Kinship?
- That's not why I'm calling.
824
00:57:38,966 --> 00:57:41,002
- You're with Emily.
- What?
825
00:57:41,246 --> 00:57:43,601
No, there's no one here.
I'm just....
826
00:57:43,846 --> 00:57:45,598
Doing a little dusting?
827
00:57:46,286 --> 00:57:49,403
JUDY GARLAND ON TV: Good morning
We've danced the whole night through
828
00:57:49,646 --> 00:57:51,398
Good morning, good morning...
829
00:57:51,606 --> 00:57:53,642
... to you
830
00:57:53,846 --> 00:57:56,997
JAMES: Good morning, good morning
831
00:57:58,206 --> 00:57:59,195
Good morning
832
00:57:59,406 --> 00:58:02,523
Sara, I'm not here...
833
00:58:02,966 --> 00:58:04,604
...to reconcile with Emily.
834
00:58:04,846 --> 00:58:06,404
It doesn 't matter.
835
00:58:06,606 --> 00:58:09,200
How you live your own life
is your business.
836
00:58:15,806 --> 00:58:17,762
Sara, you don't understand.
837
00:58:17,966 --> 00:58:20,958
SARA: Probably not,
but I have something to say.
838
00:58:21,206 --> 00:58:23,766
And I want you to listen
carefully, Grady.
839
00:58:24,846 --> 00:58:25,961
Yes.
840
00:58:26,446 --> 00:58:28,880
I can't wait for you,
because if I do...
841
00:58:29,126 --> 00:58:31,799
...I could end up
waiting forever...
842
00:58:32,046 --> 00:58:35,038
...so I'm going to make
this decision on my own.
843
00:58:35,766 --> 00:58:37,165
Goodbye, Grady.
844
00:58:38,806 --> 00:58:40,524
Making a comeback.
845
00:58:40,726 --> 00:58:43,081
Gee, it must be terrible
to be a has-been.
846
00:58:52,126 --> 00:58:53,195
Hello.
847
00:58:53,886 --> 00:58:55,399
Hi.
848
00:58:56,206 --> 00:58:56,877
Oh.
849
00:58:57,086 --> 00:59:00,715
I can clean it up, but you need to see
someone who knows what he's doing.
850
00:59:01,446 --> 00:59:06,076
How would you like some hot chocolate
and fresh cookies to go with it?
851
00:59:06,286 --> 00:59:08,959
- Sounds nice. Thank you.
- You're welcome.
852
00:59:11,766 --> 00:59:13,836
This is really good hot chocolate.
853
00:59:14,566 --> 00:59:16,557
He's one of your students, this boy?
854
00:59:17,446 --> 00:59:21,075
Yeah, he's a good kid.
He's just a little messed up.
855
00:59:21,286 --> 00:59:24,278
Then I'm sure he'll be fine,
with the proper guidance.
856
00:59:29,966 --> 00:59:31,604
So where's Emily, Hank?
857
00:59:32,926 --> 00:59:35,565
I don't know if I should
tell you that, Grady.
858
00:59:36,326 --> 00:59:38,157
I don't want to stalk her.
859
00:59:38,406 --> 00:59:40,362
I want to tell her that I'm sorry.
860
00:59:40,606 --> 00:59:42,437
I'm not trying to get her back.
861
00:59:42,646 --> 00:59:44,955
Things haven't been right with us
for a while.
862
00:59:45,406 --> 00:59:49,365
Well, all I know is,
Emily felt you weren't there for her.
863
00:59:49,566 --> 00:59:52,160
That she's felt that
for a long time, Grady.
864
00:59:53,046 --> 00:59:56,834
Right now she's in Philadelphia
visiting Linda Ashby.
865
00:59:58,926 --> 01:00:02,521
For chrissakes,
they went to Wellesley together.
866
01:00:02,846 --> 01:00:06,600
- Linda spent a week at your house.
- Oh, Linda. Oh.
867
01:00:09,566 --> 01:00:13,002
I haven't been sleeping a lot lately.
I got my editor in town.
868
01:00:13,246 --> 01:00:15,237
Trying to finish my book.
869
01:00:15,446 --> 01:00:17,437
Right. The book.
870
01:00:20,846 --> 01:00:22,882
I hope it's really good, Grady.
871
01:00:29,606 --> 01:00:32,359
I'm having a really good time,
Professor Tripp.
872
01:00:33,526 --> 01:00:35,835
I'm really happy for you, James.
873
01:00:39,366 --> 01:00:41,960
Do me a favor, lay off my dope.
874
01:00:43,006 --> 01:00:45,156
That stuff's not for amateurs.
875
01:00:46,446 --> 01:00:48,596
You're mad at me, aren't you?
876
01:00:48,806 --> 01:00:51,764
You're mad because I shot
your girlfriend's dog.
877
01:00:52,006 --> 01:00:54,281
It wasn't her dog,
it was her husband's.
878
01:00:55,006 --> 01:00:56,803
Who said anything about a girlfriend?
879
01:00:58,606 --> 01:01:01,643
Okay, James, I wish you hadn't shot
my girlfriend's dog.
880
01:01:01,886 --> 01:01:05,003
Even though Poe and I were not
what you'd call simpatico...
881
01:01:05,246 --> 01:01:08,556
...that's no reason he should've
taken two in the chest.
882
01:01:09,366 --> 01:01:10,560
I don't know.
883
01:01:10,806 --> 01:01:14,879
You just keep acting like
a goddamn spook all the time, James.
884
01:01:15,126 --> 01:01:18,562
I guess that explains why
all the kids in workshop hate me.
885
01:01:19,046 --> 01:01:21,799
All the kids in workshop
hate you because right now...
886
01:01:22,046 --> 01:01:25,402
...you're ten times the writer
any one of them will ever be.
887
01:01:25,646 --> 01:01:30,481
My stuff stinks. You said so yourself
last night to your friend Crabtree.
888
01:01:30,726 --> 01:01:32,956
I didn't mean it like that.
889
01:01:33,326 --> 01:01:34,964
What does it matter what I think?
890
01:01:35,206 --> 01:01:39,563
What does it matter what anybody
thinks? Most people don't think.
891
01:01:40,006 --> 01:01:42,076
And if they do,
it's not about writing.
892
01:01:43,406 --> 01:01:46,204
Books, they don't mean anything.
893
01:01:47,046 --> 01:01:48,764
Not to anybody.
894
01:01:50,166 --> 01:01:51,758
Not anymore.
895
01:01:52,406 --> 01:01:54,966
Arsonist's Daughter meant something.
896
01:01:56,526 --> 01:01:57,925
It meant something to me.
897
01:01:59,166 --> 01:02:03,045
It's the reason I came to school here,
to be taught by you.
898
01:02:05,566 --> 01:02:09,002
It's one of the reasons
I wanted to become a writer.
899
01:02:10,846 --> 01:02:14,839
Well, for that, James,
if nothing else...
900
01:02:16,166 --> 01:02:17,758
...I'm really sorry.
901
01:02:25,606 --> 01:02:26,595
What are we doing?
902
01:02:26,846 --> 01:02:31,761
I'll get you a nice meal, couple
of cups of coffee, and take you home.
903
01:02:32,206 --> 01:02:34,515
- Take me now.
- What?
904
01:02:34,846 --> 01:02:36,643
- I'm not hungry.
- You've gotta eat.
905
01:02:37,126 --> 01:02:38,957
I'll get something
from the vending machine.
906
01:02:39,246 --> 01:02:40,838
What are you talking about?
907
01:02:41,046 --> 01:02:45,278
At the bus station, they have cheese
sandwiches. They're pretty good.
908
01:02:45,526 --> 01:02:48,324
Take me now,
that way Carl won't get my spot.
909
01:02:50,566 --> 01:02:51,965
Carl?
910
01:02:53,046 --> 01:02:56,163
- Never mind.
- James, go get us a table, will you?
911
01:02:56,366 --> 01:02:59,199
I won't let the most talented
writer in my class...
912
01:02:59,446 --> 01:03:01,960
...eat some week-old cheese sandwich.
913
01:03:03,046 --> 01:03:05,276
I won't let him sleep
in some bus station.
914
01:03:05,526 --> 01:03:08,359
So go on inside.
I'll be there in a minute.
915
01:03:10,246 --> 01:03:12,885
GRADY: C-A-R-V-E-L.
916
01:03:13,486 --> 01:03:16,762
Yes, I'm sure, ma'am.
It's outside of Scranton.
917
01:03:18,046 --> 01:03:19,764
You have no listing.
918
01:03:20,846 --> 01:03:22,882
Okay, well....
919
01:03:23,486 --> 01:03:28,002
Lady, as we speak, I am looking at
a resident of Carvel, Pennsylvania.
920
01:03:28,206 --> 01:03:30,197
I'm sure he'd be
interested to learn...
921
01:03:30,446 --> 01:03:34,075
...that the people at Bell Atlantic
misplaced his entire hometown.
922
01:03:34,326 --> 01:03:36,760
It's not like I'm making this up
as we go--
923
01:03:39,166 --> 01:03:41,521
Never mind. My mistake.
924
01:04:05,726 --> 01:04:07,682
- You want a bite?
- No, thanks.
925
01:04:07,926 --> 01:04:10,838
That's why you're having them,
your spells.
926
01:04:11,046 --> 01:04:12,559
Spells?
927
01:04:13,046 --> 01:04:17,005
We're not in a Tennessee Williams
play. I don't get spells.
928
01:04:18,446 --> 01:04:20,004
What would you call them?
929
01:04:20,246 --> 01:04:21,884
I don't know....
930
01:04:22,246 --> 01:04:23,395
Episodes.
931
01:04:24,726 --> 01:04:26,956
I just worry about you, that's all.
932
01:04:32,766 --> 01:04:34,961
You just worry about yourself, okay?
933
01:04:36,646 --> 01:04:39,524
- Where are you going?
- Nowhere. Just stay here and eat.
934
01:04:39,726 --> 01:04:41,159
I'll be right back.
935
01:04:48,846 --> 01:04:50,199
- Good evening.
- Professor Tripp.
936
01:04:50,446 --> 01:04:54,758
- Grady.
- Fred Leer. This is my wife, Amanda.
937
01:04:55,006 --> 01:04:56,917
Looks like I dashed
a wonderful evening.
938
01:04:57,326 --> 01:04:59,203
We were on our way to a benefit...
939
01:04:59,446 --> 01:05:02,358
...but the club was on the way,
so we put in an appearance.
940
01:05:03,766 --> 01:05:07,281
I thought it'd be good for James
to be with his family this weekend.
941
01:05:08,326 --> 01:05:11,398
Oh, well, of course
we can understand that.
942
01:05:13,646 --> 01:05:14,761
Right.
943
01:05:15,366 --> 01:05:18,005
Okay, I guess I'll go get James.
944
01:05:21,566 --> 01:05:25,764
Um, I hope you don't find
this forward, Amanda, but...
945
01:05:26,006 --> 01:05:27,997
...did you ever go to Catholic school?
946
01:05:31,366 --> 01:05:32,958
Excuse me?
947
01:05:33,846 --> 01:05:35,074
I'm not going with them.
948
01:05:35,326 --> 01:05:39,683
- Things are a little weird for me now.
- Things are a little weird for me too.
949
01:05:39,926 --> 01:05:42,759
I got my editor in town,
I gotta finish my book--
950
01:05:43,006 --> 01:05:44,803
I won't bother you.
951
01:05:45,046 --> 01:05:48,356
Like it or not, those people
out there are your parents.
952
01:05:48,766 --> 01:05:50,961
- They're not my parents.
- What?
953
01:05:51,206 --> 01:05:53,276
They're my grandparents.
My parents are dead.
954
01:05:56,326 --> 01:05:59,636
The man is obviously your father.
You look just like him.
955
01:06:01,246 --> 01:06:03,202
There's a reason for that.
956
01:06:04,726 --> 01:06:06,205
Get out of here.
957
01:06:06,446 --> 01:06:09,006
That's why she makes me sleep
in the basement.
958
01:06:09,246 --> 01:06:12,522
In the crawlspace with the rats
and the cask of Amontillado.
959
01:06:12,726 --> 01:06:14,239
They treat me like a freak!
960
01:06:14,446 --> 01:06:16,960
You are a freak, James.
Welcome to the club.
961
01:06:17,206 --> 01:06:19,481
You don't know what it's like.
962
01:06:19,686 --> 01:06:20,960
You're right, I don't.
963
01:06:21,206 --> 01:06:24,960
I won't feel sorry for you,
because I don't know who you are.
964
01:06:26,526 --> 01:06:29,757
Let me ask you something, James.
In the past 36 hours...
965
01:06:29,966 --> 01:06:33,322
...have you told me anything true?
One thing that comes from you?
966
01:06:35,766 --> 01:06:39,441
I just wanted to stay with you
for a little while. That's all.
967
01:06:46,046 --> 01:06:49,083
I'm a teacher, James.
I'm not a Holiday Inn.
968
01:06:55,846 --> 01:06:57,120
Thank you, professor.
969
01:07:28,646 --> 01:07:29,999
Hey!
970
01:07:32,166 --> 01:07:32,962
Hey.
971
01:08:23,206 --> 01:08:25,322
Crabtree. Jesus!
972
01:08:40,046 --> 01:08:41,195
Do you mind?
973
01:08:45,086 --> 01:08:46,235
- Grady.
- Hey.
974
01:08:47,246 --> 01:08:48,315
Uh.
975
01:08:48,526 --> 01:08:52,678
I know I shouldn't have, but it was
out in the open and I couldn't resist.
976
01:08:52,886 --> 01:08:55,559
I just can't believe
that I left it out like this.
977
01:08:55,766 --> 01:08:58,883
- Tripp! Where are you?
- Has Crabtree been snooping around?
978
01:08:59,126 --> 01:09:01,082
I don't know. I don't think so.
979
01:09:01,286 --> 01:09:02,765
Let's put this away.
980
01:09:02,966 --> 01:09:04,194
Tripp!
981
01:09:04,766 --> 01:09:06,358
Oh, shit.
982
01:09:08,646 --> 01:09:11,604
Don't go. I've been waiting
all night for you.
983
01:09:11,846 --> 01:09:14,201
I'm really flattered,
but this isn't--
984
01:09:14,406 --> 01:09:18,240
I'm sorry. Am I interrupting
a teacher-student conference?
985
01:09:18,646 --> 01:09:20,443
You're not the most attentive host.
986
01:09:20,646 --> 01:09:22,682
You've been taking good care of that.
987
01:09:22,886 --> 01:09:26,959
Sometimes we have to improvise.
Where the hell have you been, anyway?
988
01:09:27,206 --> 01:09:29,356
I took a drive with James Leer.
989
01:09:30,246 --> 01:09:32,362
- He popped the chancellor's dog.
- What?
990
01:09:32,606 --> 01:09:36,645
The police thought he ran away, but
Dr. Gaskell found blood on the carpet.
991
01:09:36,846 --> 01:09:37,835
Oh, Jesus.
992
01:09:38,046 --> 01:09:42,358
They thought it was an intruder, but
Terry said James was messed up in it.
993
01:09:43,166 --> 01:09:45,600
Has anybody else come up with
this brilliant deduction?
994
01:09:45,846 --> 01:09:47,643
Not yet. It's just a matter of time.
995
01:09:47,846 --> 01:09:49,404
You don't even know James.
996
01:09:49,606 --> 01:09:50,755
Who does?
997
01:09:51,006 --> 01:09:53,964
I do. I do now.
998
01:09:54,206 --> 01:09:58,040
I spent some time with him,
and I read something of his.
999
01:09:58,246 --> 01:09:59,440
You read his book?
1000
01:09:59,646 --> 01:10:00,965
- Yes.
- Is it good?
1001
01:10:01,166 --> 01:10:04,124
It's good. It's very, very good.
1002
01:10:05,726 --> 01:10:06,841
It's true.
1003
01:10:07,566 --> 01:10:09,636
I knew it. So where is he now?
1004
01:10:10,446 --> 01:10:12,562
- I sent him home with his parents.
- What?!
1005
01:10:12,806 --> 01:10:14,558
What? His parents?
1006
01:10:15,606 --> 01:10:17,244
Why did you do that?
1007
01:10:17,446 --> 01:10:21,359
Under the circumstances, I thought
it was the best thing for him.
1008
01:10:22,686 --> 01:10:25,758
I'm beginning to think it was
the best thing for me.
1009
01:10:28,606 --> 01:10:31,757
I just wasn't there for him.
1010
01:10:32,006 --> 01:10:32,961
Imagine that.
1011
01:10:35,006 --> 01:10:39,796
Hannah, do you remember where you took
James that day? Was it his aunt's?
1012
01:10:40,046 --> 01:10:42,355
- Yes.
- I told you, Sewickley Heights.
1013
01:10:42,566 --> 01:10:43,999
What was the address?
1014
01:10:44,206 --> 01:10:46,162
He had me drop him on a corner.
1015
01:10:46,406 --> 01:10:49,523
- Call the university.
- A little late to call admissions.
1016
01:10:49,726 --> 01:10:52,160
Is it a little late to call
the chancellor?
1017
01:10:52,526 --> 01:10:54,198
I don't know. Maybe.
1018
01:10:54,446 --> 01:10:58,359
You really have just made an awful,
stinky little mess of everything.
1019
01:11:01,646 --> 01:11:03,204
Is that it?
1020
01:11:03,446 --> 01:11:06,244
Do not even think about it.
Don't go near.
1021
01:11:06,446 --> 01:11:09,961
- Never without your permission, but--
- 262 Baxter Drive.
1022
01:11:11,646 --> 01:11:12,761
They're in the book.
1023
01:11:12,966 --> 01:11:13,921
- I'll drive.
- I'll drive.
1024
01:11:16,006 --> 01:11:19,282
The Love Parade. I got a feeling
about this. I feel him in my bones.
1025
01:11:19,486 --> 01:11:21,158
Only in your bones?
1026
01:11:23,846 --> 01:11:25,245
I've had this feeling before.
1027
01:11:25,966 --> 01:11:27,160
Remember?
1028
01:11:29,206 --> 01:11:31,766
It's been a long time, but....
1029
01:11:32,966 --> 01:11:34,843
How bad is it for you, Crabs?
1030
01:11:35,766 --> 01:11:36,835
It's pretty bad.
1031
01:11:37,046 --> 01:11:40,959
Bad enough that they look at me
like I don't work there anymore.
1032
01:11:42,846 --> 01:11:46,156
I guess I just don't fit
the new corporate profile.
1033
01:11:46,606 --> 01:11:47,880
Which is?
1034
01:11:48,126 --> 01:11:50,594
Gosh. Competence.
1035
01:11:58,926 --> 01:12:00,359
This is it.
1036
01:12:03,606 --> 01:12:07,758
GRADY: I had no business trudging to
James Leer's parents ' house at night.
1037
01:12:07,966 --> 01:12:11,356
Not when all that mattered was
making things right with Sara.
1038
01:12:11,606 --> 01:12:14,564
But we had decided
to rescue James Leer.
1039
01:12:14,766 --> 01:12:17,758
I wasn't sure from what,
because I was convinced...
1040
01:12:17,966 --> 01:12:21,561
... that everything that came
out of James ' mouth was horseshit.
1041
01:12:21,766 --> 01:12:24,155
Yikes!
There must be two dozen windows.
1042
01:12:24,366 --> 01:12:25,799
How we supposed to find his?
1043
01:12:26,046 --> 01:12:30,085
I told you, they keep him chained
in the basement.
1044
01:12:31,126 --> 01:12:32,764
But maybe that didn't matter.
1045
01:12:33,006 --> 01:12:36,362
Sometimes people just
need to be rescued.
1046
01:12:47,406 --> 01:12:48,964
- Rodgers and Hart?
- Yeah.
1047
01:12:49,486 --> 01:12:51,078
James Leer.
1048
01:13:14,126 --> 01:13:16,515
What are you guys doing here?
1049
01:13:16,726 --> 01:13:18,842
We're springing you.
Put on some clothes.
1050
01:13:23,926 --> 01:13:27,805
I love what you've done to the place.
When's Captain Nemo moving in?
1051
01:13:28,046 --> 01:13:31,436
I cannot believe
that you made fun of my bathrobe.
1052
01:13:31,846 --> 01:13:33,723
Candelabras are my great-grandma's.
1053
01:13:33,966 --> 01:13:37,481
Don't start with the family history.
I'll leave you here.
1054
01:13:37,686 --> 01:13:42,077
I heard about your parents, your
grandparents and the Chinatown thing.
1055
01:13:42,286 --> 01:13:45,244
I believe you. That's why we're here.
Get dressed.
1056
01:13:47,206 --> 01:13:49,083
Do you mind if I wear this again?
1057
01:13:49,286 --> 01:13:51,083
Wear whatever you want to.
1058
01:13:54,086 --> 01:13:56,554
- He's so modest.
- He's so sensitive.
1059
01:13:56,766 --> 01:13:58,802
Why don't you cut the kid some slack?
1060
01:13:59,046 --> 01:14:01,924
These are all overdue library books.
1061
01:14:02,166 --> 01:14:05,715
It looks like our Mr. Leer is facing
some monster late fees.
1062
01:14:05,926 --> 01:14:07,405
Can't believe the shit he spins.
1063
01:14:07,646 --> 01:14:10,956
Just once, I'd like to know
the bastard's telling the truth.
1064
01:14:11,166 --> 01:14:12,679
Hey.
1065
01:14:13,286 --> 01:14:14,719
Check this out.
1066
01:14:14,926 --> 01:14:17,599
"The door opened.
It was a shock to see him...
1067
01:14:17,806 --> 01:14:22,277
...shuffling into the room like an
aging prizefighter, limping, beaten."
1068
01:14:23,086 --> 01:14:25,077
Does that sound like anyone we know?
1069
01:14:28,126 --> 01:14:32,324
"It was later, when the man squinted
into the bitter glow of twilight..."
1070
01:14:32,526 --> 01:14:34,482
Kid definitely needs an editor.
1071
01:14:34,686 --> 01:14:36,483
"...and muttered simply:
1072
01:14:36,726 --> 01:14:39,286
'It means nothing.
All of it, nothing' ...
1073
01:14:39,526 --> 01:14:41,039
...that the true shock came.
1074
01:14:41,806 --> 01:14:43,683
Then the boy understood...
1075
01:14:43,886 --> 01:14:46,878
...that his hero's true injuries
lay in a darker place.
1076
01:14:47,086 --> 01:14:48,678
His heart..."
1077
01:14:51,126 --> 01:14:52,878
His heart what?
1078
01:14:55,166 --> 01:14:57,885
"His heart, once capable
of inspiring others...
1079
01:14:58,126 --> 01:15:00,686
...could no longer inspire
so much as itself.
1080
01:15:00,886 --> 01:15:03,036
It beat now only out of habit.
1081
01:15:03,246 --> 01:15:04,759
It beat now only...
1082
01:15:07,166 --> 01:15:08,918
...because it could."
1083
01:15:11,846 --> 01:15:13,120
I'm ready.
1084
01:15:15,646 --> 01:15:17,159
You all right, Professor Tripp?
1085
01:15:17,406 --> 01:15:21,365
He's fine. Can we go, before
Granny comes and boils your bones?
1086
01:15:21,806 --> 01:15:26,482
That could be a problem. She comes
down every half-hour to check on me.
1087
01:15:26,726 --> 01:15:28,842
If I'm not here,
she might call the police.
1088
01:15:29,046 --> 01:15:33,517
Okay, decoy. We'll put pillows
under the spread. She'll never know.
1089
01:15:33,726 --> 01:15:36,479
Like in Against All Flags.
They used huge hams.
1090
01:15:37,166 --> 01:15:39,680
No, I got a better idea.
1091
01:15:47,566 --> 01:15:49,045
Good night, sweet prince.
1092
01:16:21,406 --> 01:16:24,876
Let's go upstairs.
There's bad vibes down here.
1093
01:16:25,686 --> 01:16:29,679
Things must've picked up
after we left, huh, Grady?
1094
01:16:58,966 --> 01:17:00,001
Good night, bro.
1095
01:17:58,286 --> 01:18:00,277
You've reached
Sara and Walter Gaskell.
1096
01:18:00,526 --> 01:18:03,279
Neither Walter or I can take your--
1097
01:18:04,366 --> 01:18:06,596
WALTER: Hello?
- Walter?
1098
01:18:06,846 --> 01:18:10,555
Grady? Oh, Christ, Grady,
do you know what time it is?
1099
01:18:10,766 --> 01:18:13,803
Yeah. I got 8: 15.
1100
01:18:14,046 --> 01:18:17,163
- I don't think that's right.
- It's 3:30, Grady.
1101
01:18:17,406 --> 01:18:20,682
- Well, this is important, Walter.
- Oh?
1102
01:18:22,526 --> 01:18:25,484
I....
1103
01:18:25,726 --> 01:18:27,682
What is it, Grady?
1104
01:18:28,406 --> 01:18:30,476
I'm in love with your wife.
1105
01:18:32,646 --> 01:18:34,284
Excuse me?
1106
01:18:34,886 --> 01:18:37,480
Sara. I'm in love with her.
1107
01:18:38,646 --> 01:18:41,001
Are you drinking right now?
1108
01:18:41,246 --> 01:18:42,474
No.
1109
01:18:43,606 --> 01:18:46,325
Nevertheless, I'd like to see you
in my office...
1110
01:18:46,566 --> 01:18:47,885
...Monday morning.
1111
01:18:54,166 --> 01:18:55,485
Oh, boy.
1112
01:19:23,566 --> 01:19:26,205
- Sara, what...?
- I tried to call, but...
1113
01:19:26,446 --> 01:19:29,802
...it seems there's something wrong...
1114
01:19:30,006 --> 01:19:31,485
...with your phone.
1115
01:19:33,206 --> 01:19:36,164
It appears one of our students
is missing.
1116
01:19:36,406 --> 01:19:40,081
And his parents found a dead dog
in his bed.
1117
01:19:40,326 --> 01:19:43,045
It's my fault.
I've been trying to tell you--
1118
01:19:43,406 --> 01:19:47,479
I'm not feeling very happy with you
right now.
1119
01:19:48,286 --> 01:19:51,722
And Walter isn't very happy.
He's gotten the police involved.
1120
01:19:51,966 --> 01:19:55,561
They seem to think James Leer
is responsible for all this.
1121
01:19:56,966 --> 01:19:59,241
You wouldn't know
where James Leer is...
1122
01:19:59,846 --> 01:20:01,279
...would you?
1123
01:20:01,566 --> 01:20:02,885
He's inside.
1124
01:20:03,286 --> 01:20:04,799
And Marilyn's jacket?
1125
01:20:08,046 --> 01:20:09,877
Oh, it's in my car--
1126
01:20:15,166 --> 01:20:17,316
- Somebody stole my car!
- Oh, man!
1127
01:20:17,566 --> 01:20:20,797
Honestly! I parked it right there
last night!
1128
01:20:21,046 --> 01:20:23,514
- Are you sure?
- Of course I'm sure!
1129
01:20:24,406 --> 01:20:26,681
Here comes the puberty police now.
1130
01:20:26,886 --> 01:20:30,481
Okay, okay, I'll deal with this.
You go dig up James.
1131
01:20:39,846 --> 01:20:40,881
Is he awake?
1132
01:20:41,446 --> 01:20:44,404
A police officer's on the porch.
He's not going away.
1133
01:20:44,726 --> 01:20:47,524
- That same guy?
- Same one.
1134
01:20:48,246 --> 01:20:51,602
No offense, Professor Tripp,
but you look sort of crappy.
1135
01:20:51,806 --> 01:20:53,080
You do look horrible.
1136
01:20:54,886 --> 01:20:56,683
It's the chancellor.
1137
01:20:58,286 --> 01:21:00,561
- We're fine, just fine.
- Fine. Right.
1138
01:21:01,366 --> 01:21:02,799
Fit as a fucking fiddle.
1139
01:21:03,046 --> 01:21:04,798
James, come on.
1140
01:21:07,606 --> 01:21:10,279
James, this book of yours....
1141
01:21:10,726 --> 01:21:12,079
It's...
1142
01:21:12,326 --> 01:21:14,282
...not bad. Not bad at all.
1143
01:21:15,846 --> 01:21:17,837
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
1144
01:21:22,966 --> 01:21:24,684
I'm gonna publish this.
1145
01:21:24,926 --> 01:21:27,724
I think with the proper
editorial guidance...
1146
01:21:27,966 --> 01:21:29,718
...this could be brilliant.
1147
01:21:30,406 --> 01:21:31,725
Oh, that's great.
1148
01:21:31,966 --> 01:21:36,084
Between Officer Pupcik and you,
he can be the next Jean Genet.
1149
01:21:36,286 --> 01:21:39,244
Long time since somebody wrote
a good book in jail.
1150
01:21:40,606 --> 01:21:43,359
Don't worry.
We're gonna figure something out.
1151
01:21:43,606 --> 01:21:44,880
I'm not worried.
1152
01:21:45,126 --> 01:21:46,798
You're not worried, are you?
1153
01:21:48,086 --> 01:21:50,077
I'm a little worried, James.
1154
01:21:50,406 --> 01:21:51,725
Don't be.
1155
01:21:51,966 --> 01:21:55,754
I don't care if they expel me.
I probably should be expelled.
1156
01:21:55,966 --> 01:21:57,877
Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
1157
01:22:01,846 --> 01:22:04,121
- Professor Tripp?
- Yes, James.
1158
01:22:04,366 --> 01:22:06,675
Even if I end up going to jail...
1159
01:22:06,926 --> 01:22:09,486
...you're still the best teacher
I ever had.
1160
01:22:15,686 --> 01:22:18,723
I wonder if this is what
the university has in mind...
1161
01:22:18,926 --> 01:22:21,076
...when it promises
a liberal education.
1162
01:22:22,446 --> 01:22:25,802
- Would Walter really press charges?
- We'll know soon enough.
1163
01:22:26,006 --> 01:22:29,760
In a few hours, he'll sit down
with the police and James' parents...
1164
01:22:30,006 --> 01:22:32,884
...and he was a wee bit prickly
this morning.
1165
01:22:35,486 --> 01:22:38,876
You didn't happen to call our house
last night, did you?
1166
01:22:39,086 --> 01:22:41,122
I think I might have, yes.
1167
01:22:42,566 --> 01:22:44,045
What do you think you said?
1168
01:22:45,166 --> 01:22:47,634
I think I might have said
I was in love with you.
1169
01:22:50,366 --> 01:22:51,765
He told you?
1170
01:22:52,286 --> 01:22:53,878
He told me.
1171
01:22:54,086 --> 01:22:55,599
And what did you say?
1172
01:22:55,846 --> 01:22:57,882
I said it didn't sound like you.
1173
01:23:12,206 --> 01:23:13,480
Hey, Tripp?
1174
01:23:18,206 --> 01:23:19,116
What do we do now?
1175
01:23:22,006 --> 01:23:23,075
Find the jacket.
1176
01:23:24,206 --> 01:23:27,323
- How do we do that?
- I've got an idea where it is.
1177
01:23:28,646 --> 01:23:30,716
We could ask Hannah for her car.
1178
01:23:31,086 --> 01:23:33,122
Sure. Keys are on the desk.
1179
01:23:34,926 --> 01:23:36,484
Next to your book.
1180
01:23:39,726 --> 01:23:41,637
I didn't finish. I fell asleep.
1181
01:23:42,566 --> 01:23:44,158
It's that good, huh?
1182
01:23:44,446 --> 01:23:45,925
It's not that. It's just--
1183
01:23:46,166 --> 01:23:47,997
It's just...
1184
01:23:48,486 --> 01:23:49,680
...what?
1185
01:24:00,126 --> 01:24:03,801
You know how you always tell us
that writers make choices?
1186
01:24:04,366 --> 01:24:05,481
Yeah.
1187
01:24:06,566 --> 01:24:11,481
And even though your book is
amazingly beautiful, it's...
1188
01:24:12,406 --> 01:24:14,761
...it's at times, it's...
1189
01:24:15,006 --> 01:24:16,883
...very detailed.
1190
01:24:18,646 --> 01:24:22,116
You know, with the genealogies of
everyone's horses...
1191
01:24:22,366 --> 01:24:25,085
...and the dental records and so on.
1192
01:24:25,286 --> 01:24:29,882
And I could be wrong, but it just
sort of reads in places like...
1193
01:24:31,166 --> 01:24:33,885
...you really didn't make any choices.
1194
01:24:36,326 --> 01:24:37,679
At all.
1195
01:24:39,246 --> 01:24:42,477
I was just wondering
if it might not be different...
1196
01:24:42,726 --> 01:24:45,286
...if when you wrote,
you weren't always...
1197
01:24:46,566 --> 01:24:48,682
...under the influence.
1198
01:24:56,166 --> 01:24:57,281
Well.
1199
01:24:58,526 --> 01:25:02,883
Well, thank you for the thought.
1200
01:25:03,366 --> 01:25:05,482
But shocking as it may sound...
1201
01:25:05,686 --> 01:25:09,076
...I am not the first writer
to sip a little weed.
1202
01:25:09,326 --> 01:25:13,319
And it might surprise you that one
book I wrote "under the influence" ...
1203
01:25:13,566 --> 01:25:16,558
...happened to win something
called the PEN Award.
1204
01:25:16,806 --> 01:25:21,084
Which, by the way, I accepted
"under the influence."
1205
01:25:31,166 --> 01:25:33,475
Hey! Let me help you with that.
1206
01:25:34,406 --> 01:25:35,964
- Don't touch it.
- Okay.
1207
01:25:36,206 --> 01:25:37,434
I'll drive.
1208
01:25:41,606 --> 01:25:46,521
Jerry Nathan owes you money,
so as collateral he gives you his car?
1209
01:25:46,766 --> 01:25:50,395
Only I'm beginning to think
that the car wasn't Jerry's.
1210
01:25:50,646 --> 01:25:52,284
Ah, so whose car was it?
1211
01:25:52,486 --> 01:25:54,078
My guess: Vernon Hardapple.
1212
01:25:54,326 --> 01:25:55,520
The hood-jumper?
1213
01:25:55,766 --> 01:25:58,883
He said a few things
that lead me to believe it was his.
1214
01:25:59,086 --> 01:25:59,996
Such as?
1215
01:26:00,246 --> 01:26:02,282
"That's my car, motherfucker."
1216
01:26:04,286 --> 01:26:05,605
So we find Vernon...
1217
01:26:05,846 --> 01:26:09,202
- ...we find the car. We find the car--
- We find the jacket.
1218
01:26:18,566 --> 01:26:19,681
Wow!
1219
01:26:19,886 --> 01:26:20,796
Christ!
1220
01:26:21,046 --> 01:26:22,240
How did you know?
1221
01:26:23,886 --> 01:26:25,763
Oh, I don't know.
1222
01:26:26,006 --> 01:26:28,042
- Call it a hunch.
- Call it genius.
1223
01:26:28,646 --> 01:26:31,479
Good to know I'm still talented
at something.
1224
01:26:32,646 --> 01:26:34,079
Careful.
1225
01:26:35,646 --> 01:26:37,477
Keep that motor running.
1226
01:27:32,446 --> 01:27:34,084
I know you.
1227
01:27:35,846 --> 01:27:37,598
"Double Dickel on the rocks."
1228
01:27:40,566 --> 01:27:42,045
Oola.
1229
01:27:42,326 --> 01:27:44,886
I never forget a drink.
1230
01:27:48,246 --> 01:27:51,079
I never forget an Oola.
1231
01:27:52,246 --> 01:27:53,679
Forget me?
1232
01:27:54,726 --> 01:27:57,115
- Vernon?
- Go inside, cupcake! He's got a gun!
1233
01:27:58,286 --> 01:28:00,481
- Who's got a gun?
- You! Drop it!
1234
01:28:01,086 --> 01:28:01,882
Uh-oh.
1235
01:28:02,086 --> 01:28:04,316
- Vernon, relax.
- Why'd he call you Vernon?
1236
01:28:04,526 --> 01:28:07,245
Why is he in my car?
He's crazy, that's why!
1237
01:28:07,526 --> 01:28:09,835
He probably calls everybody Vernon!
1238
01:28:10,046 --> 01:28:11,365
- Drop that gun!
- Oh, dear.
1239
01:28:11,726 --> 01:28:14,320
- It's a souvenir.
- It's a souvenir.
1240
01:28:14,566 --> 01:28:17,922
Bullshit! I know a gun
when I see one, and that's a gun!
1241
01:28:18,126 --> 01:28:18,956
No, really.
1242
01:28:20,206 --> 01:28:22,242
- Oh, God! Oh!
- Give me that gun!
1243
01:28:22,686 --> 01:28:24,085
Are you crazy?
1244
01:28:24,286 --> 01:28:27,995
Can't you see the condition
my girl's in? Get out! Get out!
1245
01:28:28,206 --> 01:28:29,559
Hey!
1246
01:28:30,086 --> 01:28:31,121
Stop!
1247
01:28:32,126 --> 01:28:33,081
Cupcake, you okay?
1248
01:28:34,766 --> 01:28:35,960
Tripp, run!
1249
01:28:36,606 --> 01:28:38,278
Who in the hell is that?
1250
01:28:39,406 --> 01:28:40,202
Oh, shit.
1251
01:28:40,406 --> 01:28:42,317
- No, you don't!
- No!
1252
01:28:42,526 --> 01:28:44,482
- Don't shoot!
- Oh, no, don't!
1253
01:28:45,406 --> 01:28:47,522
Come on, Tripp! Jump in!
Oh, God!
1254
01:28:47,726 --> 01:28:48,954
He's a crazy man.
1255
01:29:02,526 --> 01:29:03,515
Oh, my God!
1256
01:29:17,406 --> 01:29:19,078
I take it back.
1257
01:29:19,806 --> 01:29:21,285
Shoot him.
1258
01:29:26,526 --> 01:29:28,676
Naturally, you have copies.
1259
01:29:29,446 --> 01:29:32,882
I have an alternate version
of the first chapter.
1260
01:29:33,126 --> 01:29:36,755
You'll be all right then. Look at
Carlyle when he lost his luggage.
1261
01:29:37,006 --> 01:29:39,474
- That was Macaulay.
- Oh.
1262
01:29:39,926 --> 01:29:42,884
What about Hemingway,
when Hadley lost those stories?
1263
01:29:43,126 --> 01:29:45,321
He was never able to reproduce them.
1264
01:29:45,766 --> 01:29:48,724
Look, I don't want to depreciate
the loss here...
1265
01:29:48,966 --> 01:29:52,276
...but maybe, in a sense,
it's for the best.
1266
01:29:52,646 --> 01:29:55,160
You suggesting it's some kind of sign?
1267
01:29:55,566 --> 01:29:57,284
- In a sense.
- In my experience...
1268
01:29:57,486 --> 01:29:59,602
...signs are a little more subtle.
1269
01:29:59,846 --> 01:30:03,316
Let me get this straight.
All that paper that blew away...
1270
01:30:03,566 --> 01:30:05,284
...that was the only copy?
1271
01:30:05,526 --> 01:30:06,754
I'm afraid so, yes.
1272
01:30:07,006 --> 01:30:11,124
And you, you're saying
that it's some kind of a sign?
1273
01:30:11,366 --> 01:30:13,163
What the fuck's the matter with you?
1274
01:30:13,406 --> 01:30:14,680
Don't.
1275
01:30:15,126 --> 01:30:18,755
All I'm saying is that sometimes,
subconsciously...
1276
01:30:19,006 --> 01:30:23,318
...a person will put themselves in
a situation, perhaps even create it...
1277
01:30:23,606 --> 01:30:27,076
...to have an arena in which
to work out an unresolved issue.
1278
01:30:27,286 --> 01:30:30,005
It's a covert way
of addressing a problem.
1279
01:30:30,246 --> 01:30:31,884
I'll tell you the problem.
1280
01:30:32,126 --> 01:30:34,686
You behind the wheel,
there's your problem.
1281
01:30:35,206 --> 01:30:37,800
Did you or did you not
have a gun to his head?
1282
01:30:38,046 --> 01:30:40,276
He was trying to steal my car.
1283
01:30:40,486 --> 01:30:42,397
Didn't you have a gun to his head?!
1284
01:30:42,766 --> 01:30:44,279
All right, all right!
1285
01:30:44,526 --> 01:30:47,518
That's enough! What is done is done!
1286
01:30:47,766 --> 01:30:50,280
I don't want to hear
about it anymore, okay?!
1287
01:31:04,966 --> 01:31:06,877
So, what was it about?
1288
01:31:07,606 --> 01:31:08,880
Your book.
1289
01:31:10,606 --> 01:31:12,278
What was the story?
1290
01:31:14,766 --> 01:31:16,119
I don't know.
1291
01:31:17,246 --> 01:31:21,478
He means it's hard to distill a book's
essence because it lives in the mind.
1292
01:31:21,726 --> 01:31:23,956
But you gotta know what it was about.
1293
01:31:24,326 --> 01:31:28,285
If you didn't know what it was about,
why were you writing it?
1294
01:31:31,326 --> 01:31:32,805
I couldn't stop.
1295
01:31:43,766 --> 01:31:46,075
Vernon, can I ask you a question?
1296
01:31:49,486 --> 01:31:51,477
Boy or girl?
1297
01:31:56,926 --> 01:31:59,076
As long as it looks like her...
1298
01:32:00,526 --> 01:32:02,482
...I really don't care.
1299
01:32:03,726 --> 01:32:05,478
You know what I'm saying?
1300
01:32:06,046 --> 01:32:07,274
Yeah.
1301
01:32:08,446 --> 01:32:10,755
- Thanks for the ride, Vernon.
- Anytime.
1302
01:32:10,966 --> 01:32:12,524
- And another thing.
- Yeah?
1303
01:32:12,726 --> 01:32:15,684
- Stop calling me Vernon.
- Okay.
1304
01:32:16,326 --> 01:32:17,441
Jacket, Tripp.
1305
01:32:18,126 --> 01:32:20,879
- What?
- We need the jacket.
1306
01:32:21,766 --> 01:32:23,597
Oh, right.
1307
01:32:28,206 --> 01:32:31,278
- Oola, about that jacket?
- Yeah.
1308
01:32:31,686 --> 01:32:34,678
It used to belong to Marilyn Monroe.
1309
01:32:35,966 --> 01:32:37,035
Really?
1310
01:32:37,366 --> 01:32:39,482
She had small shoulders...
1311
01:32:39,726 --> 01:32:41,284
...just like you.
1312
01:32:42,486 --> 01:32:44,681
A lot of people don't know that.
1313
01:32:47,086 --> 01:32:48,155
Thank you.
1314
01:32:48,486 --> 01:32:51,683
Man, that book of yours must've been
one nutty ride.
1315
01:32:51,926 --> 01:32:53,678
Come on, baby, let's go.
1316
01:33:05,726 --> 01:33:07,762
Explain to me what you just did.
1317
01:33:08,006 --> 01:33:09,803
Came to my senses.
1318
01:33:10,046 --> 01:33:11,035
Congratulations.
1319
01:33:11,246 --> 01:33:14,955
And what's James supposed to do?
Pray Walter Gaskell comes to his?
1320
01:33:15,166 --> 01:33:18,715
Walter Gaskell doesn't want
to send James Leer to jail.
1321
01:33:18,966 --> 01:33:22,675
He's up in his office right now.
He's talking to his parents.
1322
01:33:22,926 --> 01:33:25,394
Local police are trying to find
a solution.
1323
01:33:25,646 --> 01:33:28,877
Tripp, the least they're gonna do
is expel him.
1324
01:33:29,086 --> 01:33:31,122
It doesn't matter.
1325
01:33:31,726 --> 01:33:33,159
That's very enlightened.
1326
01:33:33,406 --> 01:33:36,682
Comforting to know America's children
have you for a teacher.
1327
01:33:37,006 --> 01:33:40,999
Nobody teaches a writer anything.
You tell them what you know.
1328
01:33:41,246 --> 01:33:44,921
Tell them to find their voice. Tell
those that have it to keep at it...
1329
01:33:45,166 --> 01:33:47,282
...tell the same to those that don't.
1330
01:33:47,526 --> 01:33:50,279
That's the way they'll get
to where they're going.
1331
01:33:51,006 --> 01:33:54,885
Of course, it does help if you know
where you want to go.
1332
01:33:56,766 --> 01:34:00,122
Helping my students figure that out....
1333
01:34:00,326 --> 01:34:02,920
That and Sara.
1334
01:34:03,886 --> 01:34:06,878
That's what's made these last years
worthwhile.
1335
01:34:09,846 --> 01:34:10,881
As for James...
1336
01:34:11,286 --> 01:34:15,074
...well, he doesn't really
need me anymore. He's got you.
1337
01:34:17,446 --> 01:34:18,720
Me?
1338
01:34:20,526 --> 01:34:23,279
- What can I do?
- Oh, I don't know, Crabs.
1339
01:34:23,486 --> 01:34:24,999
Improvise.
1340
01:34:25,246 --> 01:34:26,884
You're pretty good at that.
1341
01:34:33,126 --> 01:34:34,161
Tripp?
1342
01:34:38,686 --> 01:34:40,085
I'm sorry.
1343
01:34:52,726 --> 01:34:53,681
Improvise.
1344
01:34:54,406 --> 01:34:57,876
GRADY:
As for me, I was through improvising.
1345
01:34:58,246 --> 01:35:00,999
I knew what I had to do.
I had to find Sara.
1346
01:35:02,526 --> 01:35:05,723
I had to convince her
that she was my choice.
1347
01:35:05,966 --> 01:35:08,480
That she had been
from the very beginning.
1348
01:35:17,926 --> 01:35:19,678
And now...
1349
01:35:19,886 --> 01:35:23,117
...as those who've been with us
in previous years know...
1350
01:35:23,366 --> 01:35:25,960
...we have a tradition of sorts
at Wordfest.
1351
01:35:26,206 --> 01:35:29,004
I'm speaking, of course,
of "the plums."
1352
01:35:29,766 --> 01:35:32,803
- Those lucky local writers
who have successfully placed...
1353
01:35:33,046 --> 01:35:36,925
...their manuscripts with visiting
publishers' representatives.
1354
01:35:37,166 --> 01:35:39,077
This weekend, Susan Lowery...
1355
01:35:39,286 --> 01:35:42,995
...of North Braddock found a publisher
for her children's book...
1356
01:35:43,246 --> 01:35:45,680
... The Loneliest Prawn.
1357
01:35:45,926 --> 01:35:47,484
Stand up, Susan.
1358
01:35:58,606 --> 01:35:59,880
Now, this next one...
1359
01:36:00,206 --> 01:36:02,959
...is, I think,
very exciting to announce...
1360
01:36:03,206 --> 01:36:06,881
...because it concerns a student
here at the university.
1361
01:36:07,126 --> 01:36:09,686
Our own James Leer...
1362
01:36:09,926 --> 01:36:12,156
...sophomore in English literature...
1363
01:36:12,406 --> 01:36:15,284
...has found a publisher
for his first novel...
1364
01:36:15,526 --> 01:36:17,676
...which I believe is called:
1365
01:36:18,206 --> 01:36:20,879
The Lovely Parade.
1366
01:36:22,206 --> 01:36:23,161
Love Parade.
1367
01:36:23,566 --> 01:36:25,875
- Love Parade.
- James.
1368
01:36:27,046 --> 01:36:28,320
Stand up.
1369
01:36:28,566 --> 01:36:29,794
Go on.
1370
01:36:31,926 --> 01:36:34,724
He's a real alien probe,
if you know what I mean.
1371
01:36:36,046 --> 01:36:37,604
Take a bow, James!
1372
01:37:04,526 --> 01:37:06,084
Wonder boy.
1373
01:37:14,246 --> 01:37:17,716
And finally, and perhaps
not least importantly...
1374
01:37:17,966 --> 01:37:22,198
...Terry Crabtree of Bartizan has
also decided to publish my own book...
1375
01:37:23,406 --> 01:37:26,318
...a critical exploration
of the union of Joe DiMaggio...
1376
01:37:26,566 --> 01:37:31,321
...and Marilyn Monroe, and its
function in American mythopoetics.
1377
01:37:31,566 --> 01:37:34,399
Which, tentatively,
I have entitled:
1378
01:37:35,246 --> 01:37:37,237
The Last American Marriage.
1379
01:37:38,686 --> 01:37:40,119
So until next year...
1380
01:37:40,606 --> 01:37:42,278
...thank you, everyone.
1381
01:38:01,406 --> 01:38:04,478
I took another look at
The Arsonist's Daughter.
1382
01:38:04,686 --> 01:38:07,359
That description of the bald cypress
left me breathless.
1383
01:38:07,566 --> 01:38:09,682
Thanks, Q. I appreciate that.
1384
01:38:34,646 --> 01:38:36,079
Sara!
1385
01:39:12,926 --> 01:39:14,678
Yo, Traxler.
1386
01:39:17,446 --> 01:39:19,277
Hey, Professor Tripp.
1387
01:39:20,446 --> 01:39:22,198
You get high, Sam?
1388
01:39:23,566 --> 01:39:25,158
Only when I'm working.
1389
01:39:37,926 --> 01:39:39,678
Holy shit!
1390
01:39:41,366 --> 01:39:42,765
Are you serious?
1391
01:39:45,166 --> 01:39:46,360
Careful there!
1392
01:39:55,206 --> 01:39:56,275
Whoa.
1393
01:40:02,286 --> 01:40:03,480
I didn't fall.
1394
01:40:03,726 --> 01:40:06,479
Not then. Not ever again.
1395
01:40:07,486 --> 01:40:11,081
Once the Monongahela River
swallowed my never-ending opus...
1396
01:40:11,326 --> 01:40:13,442
... there were no more "spells. "
1397
01:40:14,086 --> 01:40:18,796
James Leer didn't get expelled
or go to jail, thanks to Crabtree.
1398
01:40:19,726 --> 01:40:20,875
But he quit anyway.
1399
01:40:21,086 --> 01:40:24,123
Went to New York to rework his
novel for publication.
1400
01:40:24,846 --> 01:40:28,475
Hannah Green has decided to take
a position as a junior editor...
1401
01:40:28,726 --> 01:40:30,318
... when she graduates.
1402
01:40:30,566 --> 01:40:35,276
And Crabtree, well, Crabtree's gone
right on being Crabtree.
1403
01:40:35,486 --> 01:40:36,760
As for me...
1404
01:40:37,006 --> 01:40:38,519
...I lost everything.
1405
01:40:38,766 --> 01:40:41,075
My wife, my book, my job.
1406
01:40:41,286 --> 01:40:44,119
Everything that I thought
was important.
1407
01:40:44,366 --> 01:40:47,085
But I finally knew
where I wanted to go.
1408
01:41:19,486 --> 01:41:22,284
And now I had someone
to help me get there.