1 00:00:01,434 --> 00:00:02,901 Previously, on "You"... 2 00:00:02,902 --> 00:00:05,137 Everyone just calls me Beck. And you're... 3 00:00:05,138 --> 00:00:07,106 - Joe? - Goldberg. 4 00:00:07,107 --> 00:00:08,874 A guy needs to protect himself, 5 00:00:08,875 --> 00:00:11,844 and your name was a glorious place to start. 6 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:13,912 The next thing our little friend the internet gave me 7 00:00:13,913 --> 00:00:15,382 was your address. 8 00:00:16,883 --> 00:00:18,550 Uhh! 9 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:21,520 Maybe we could get a drink sometime? 10 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:22,554 Sure. 11 00:00:22,555 --> 00:00:23,789 Hey, let me up. 12 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:26,258 Oh, you make me insane. 13 00:00:26,259 --> 00:00:28,494 Oh, Beck, who is this? 14 00:00:28,495 --> 00:00:30,829 Benjamin J. Ashby. Greenwich born, 15 00:00:30,830 --> 00:00:31,930 boarding school bred. 16 00:00:31,931 --> 00:00:33,799 - After you. - All right. 17 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,769 Man, I'm thinkin' maybe-- 18 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:38,670 Do not tell me that you're doing this 19 00:00:38,671 --> 00:00:39,938 because of Beck! 20 00:00:39,939 --> 00:00:41,874 I'm very scared of what you would do to her. 21 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:44,476 She show you her ladle? She's got this red kitchen ladle. 22 00:00:44,477 --> 00:00:46,879 It's a whole "call you Daddy, spank me" thing. 23 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,647 Benji, I'd love your help. 24 00:00:48,648 --> 00:00:51,885 Unfortunately, I know you're a pathological liar. 25 00:00:53,686 --> 00:00:56,755 I just knew Benji was the worst kind of poison, 26 00:00:56,756 --> 00:00:59,259 so I did what I had to do to help you. 27 00:01:10,370 --> 00:01:12,438 It's been three days... 28 00:01:12,439 --> 00:01:13,972 Since our first kiss, 29 00:01:13,973 --> 00:01:16,241 and I have to say... things are looking 30 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:18,343 pretty good for us post-Benji. 31 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:19,845 If you could only watch one movie 32 00:01:19,846 --> 00:01:22,081 for the rest of your life, what would it be? 33 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:23,282 "Beverly Hills Cop." 34 00:01:23,283 --> 00:01:25,384 - Really? - Oh, yeah. Dead serious. 35 00:01:25,385 --> 00:01:28,654 Okay... I'll bite. Enlighten me. 36 00:01:28,655 --> 00:01:31,256 Well, it's funny, but the danger... 37 00:01:31,257 --> 00:01:32,925 feels very real. 38 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:34,359 It checks all the boxes. 39 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,162 What's yours? What's your forever movie? 40 00:01:37,163 --> 00:01:39,965 Mm. I'd have to go with... 41 00:01:39,966 --> 00:01:41,467 "Pretty in Pink." 42 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:43,435 Invisible townie girl swept off her feet 43 00:01:43,436 --> 00:01:46,371 by the one guy who really sees her. 44 00:01:46,372 --> 00:01:47,906 A little on the nose, Beck. 45 00:01:47,907 --> 00:01:50,375 I love that movie. 46 00:01:50,376 --> 00:01:52,544 I'll be that guy, the one who sees you. 47 00:01:52,545 --> 00:01:54,480 You deserve that, after Benji. 48 00:01:54,481 --> 00:01:56,482 So... 49 00:01:56,483 --> 00:01:58,584 your... old girlfriend, 50 00:01:58,585 --> 00:02:01,286 the girl at Peach's party was talking about... 51 00:02:01,287 --> 00:02:03,355 - Candace, is it? - It's customary... 52 00:02:03,356 --> 00:02:05,457 the inventory of past heartbreak. 53 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:07,025 - Do I wanna know? - But Candace-- 54 00:02:07,026 --> 00:02:09,061 I'm not sure how to tell you about her yet. 55 00:02:09,062 --> 00:02:10,996 It's too soon, Beck. 56 00:02:10,997 --> 00:02:13,732 I mean, I'm an open book, but it's--it's the old story. 57 00:02:13,733 --> 00:02:17,302 Just... thinking you're right for someone... 58 00:02:17,303 --> 00:02:18,637 and you're not. 59 00:02:18,638 --> 00:02:20,806 Hmm. I got about a dozen of those. 60 00:02:20,807 --> 00:02:24,042 - Hmm. - Maybe sometime over a drink. 61 00:02:24,043 --> 00:02:25,911 Or ten. 62 00:02:25,912 --> 00:02:27,613 - Yep. - Ten? 63 00:02:27,614 --> 00:02:29,781 Ten. Ten... 64 00:02:29,782 --> 00:02:31,484 Give or take. 65 00:02:39,025 --> 00:02:41,293 I want to come in, I do. 66 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:43,328 But I'm gonna make us wait. 67 00:02:43,329 --> 00:02:45,030 You're worth waiting for. Besides... 68 00:02:45,031 --> 00:02:46,565 Bye. 69 00:02:46,566 --> 00:02:48,233 Right now, I have something 70 00:02:48,234 --> 00:02:50,970 rather pressing to deal with. 71 00:02:59,712 --> 00:03:01,813 Nothing sweeter than townie pie. 72 00:03:01,814 --> 00:03:03,516 #MuffinGrabNGo. 73 00:03:20,166 --> 00:03:22,100 Grab N Go? Really? 74 00:03:22,101 --> 00:03:23,535 Townie Pie? What the-- 75 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:26,439 You're dead to me, Benji. Dead. 76 00:03:27,473 --> 00:03:29,007 You're finally moving on. 77 00:03:29,008 --> 00:03:30,909 And now that you've dealt with Benji, 78 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:34,414 it's time for me to do the same. 79 00:03:45,858 --> 00:03:49,595 How exactly does one get rid of a body? 80 00:03:49,596 --> 00:03:51,563 I can't just Google this kind of thing 81 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:54,032 without creating a pretty damning evidence trail. 82 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:56,768 So I turn to those I trust most for tips-- 83 00:03:56,769 --> 00:04:00,005 King, Carr, Franzen, Flynn. 84 00:04:00,006 --> 00:04:02,140 Fun fact: spatchcocking a chicken 85 00:04:02,141 --> 00:04:03,542 and dismembering a human 86 00:04:03,543 --> 00:04:06,144 involve the same six essential steps. 87 00:04:06,145 --> 00:04:07,879 Not sure I'm down for that. 88 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,748 Little intense. But... 89 00:04:09,749 --> 00:04:12,518 I think I finally have a plan for Benji. 90 00:04:13,453 --> 00:04:15,387 Oh, hey, Joe, I didn't know you were up there. 91 00:04:15,388 --> 00:04:17,756 Do you mind if I play some, uh, Enrique Iglesias? 92 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:19,524 I'm trying to bone up on my Spanish. 93 00:04:19,525 --> 00:04:21,026 These are officially the darkest days... 94 00:04:21,027 --> 00:04:22,761 Sounds great. In the history of the world. 95 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:24,129 I mean, I can pick something else. 96 00:04:24,130 --> 00:04:25,564 I got a ton of playlists on here. 97 00:04:25,565 --> 00:04:28,567 I got rock music, club music, jazz music. 98 00:04:28,568 --> 00:04:30,602 I wonder if he's a virgin. Stick with the Iglesias. 99 00:04:30,603 --> 00:04:32,404 I'm just gonna be in the basement working on some books. 100 00:04:32,405 --> 00:04:33,639 I don't wanna be disturbed. 101 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,073 - All right? - No problem. 102 00:04:35,074 --> 00:04:36,241 Thanks, Joe! 103 00:04:36,242 --> 00:04:38,010 Here's what I know. 104 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:41,013 There can be no dead Benji for you to mourn. 105 00:04:41,014 --> 00:04:42,648 He needs to disappear. 106 00:04:42,649 --> 00:04:45,751 Already handled the optics on social media-- 107 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:49,421 portrait of a dude hard partying his way off the grid. 108 00:04:49,422 --> 00:04:51,690 As for the body-- 109 00:04:51,691 --> 00:04:54,226 cremation seems expedient. 110 00:04:54,227 --> 00:04:56,061 This will require chemicals, 111 00:04:56,062 --> 00:05:00,633 a steady blaze, and absolutely no dental records. 112 00:05:09,208 --> 00:05:11,243 Bluuh... 113 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:13,045 It looks like 114 00:05:13,046 --> 00:05:16,848 I'm gonna need to slow the biological roll on Benji. 115 00:05:16,849 --> 00:05:18,850 It's about temperature, and it's about humidity. 116 00:05:18,851 --> 00:05:22,554 And dropping the temp this low puts the books at risk-- 117 00:05:22,555 --> 00:05:25,691 dry, brittle, lost forever. 118 00:05:25,692 --> 00:05:28,226 My humidifiers won't let that happen. 119 00:05:28,227 --> 00:05:30,095 Gertrude Stein is dead. 120 00:05:30,096 --> 00:05:33,231 She's not coming back to sign books. 121 00:05:33,232 --> 00:05:36,234 Hopefully, this holds him until I can man up 122 00:05:36,235 --> 00:05:38,004 and do the deed. 123 00:05:38,938 --> 00:05:40,739 - Come in. - Hi... there. 124 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:43,375 I'm, uh... Guinevere Beck. 125 00:05:43,376 --> 00:05:45,177 I'm your new MFA transfer. 126 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:49,414 Professor Leahy and I agreed, uh, that it would be bet-- 127 00:05:49,415 --> 00:05:51,049 Oh, sorry. 128 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:54,353 Um, I'm looking for Professor Mott? 129 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:55,554 Beck, is it? 130 00:05:55,555 --> 00:05:57,456 - Yes, hi. - Blythe. 131 00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:59,491 I heard you were joining us. 132 00:05:59,492 --> 00:06:01,259 - Yeah. - We meet here for workshop 133 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:02,794 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 134 00:06:02,795 --> 00:06:05,464 Mott's no Leahy, though, so bring your A game. 135 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:06,998 I intend to. 136 00:06:06,999 --> 00:06:09,568 You know, I actually-- I read one of your essays 137 00:06:09,569 --> 00:06:11,269 in the "Review" last month, 138 00:06:11,270 --> 00:06:14,139 and it was so illuminating. I tweeted it. 139 00:06:14,140 --> 00:06:18,244 Social Media. It's like the next great genocide. 140 00:06:20,346 --> 00:06:22,314 - Jersey, right? - Sorry? 141 00:06:22,315 --> 00:06:23,815 It's where you're from? 142 00:06:23,816 --> 00:06:26,618 No, I'm, uh, I'm from Nantucket. 143 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:28,788 Oh, interesting. 144 00:06:30,256 --> 00:06:32,491 - Where are you from? - Such a tough question. 145 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:34,793 Um... I was born in Papua New Guinea, 146 00:06:34,794 --> 00:06:37,529 but my dad worked for the State Department, 147 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:38,930 so we moved around a lot. 148 00:06:38,931 --> 00:06:40,198 Actually separated from my parents at one point. 149 00:06:40,199 --> 00:06:42,467 Did some modeling in Tokyo. 150 00:06:42,468 --> 00:06:45,705 My hair is super-unique there. 151 00:06:56,916 --> 00:06:59,351 I'm sorry, it's my grandparents. 152 00:06:59,352 --> 00:07:00,752 I'll see you in class, okay? 153 00:07:00,753 --> 00:07:02,387 - Okay. - Okay. 154 00:07:02,388 --> 00:07:04,923 Hey... 155 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:06,024 Yeah. 156 00:07:06,025 --> 00:07:07,726 And then she walked away, 157 00:07:07,727 --> 00:07:09,294 and I melted into the earth. 158 00:07:09,295 --> 00:07:11,563 Sounds like a pretentious bitch, if you ask me. 159 00:07:11,564 --> 00:07:13,165 No. Blythe's amazing. 160 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:15,667 She wrote this piece about how she and her mother 161 00:07:15,668 --> 00:07:18,403 got bulimia together while in Italy, and she was 12! 162 00:07:18,404 --> 00:07:20,605 - Chic. - What the-- 163 00:07:20,606 --> 00:07:23,108 - Is that a nose? - It's a dick pic, Annika. 164 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:25,544 So what? It's just zoomed in. 165 00:07:25,545 --> 00:07:28,847 - No! - Why's it against shag carpet? 166 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:30,182 - I don't know. - Perspective? 167 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:31,583 I don't get it. 168 00:07:31,584 --> 00:07:33,718 I mean, why do men think disembodied members 169 00:07:33,719 --> 00:07:35,353 equal foreplay? You know, they're not 170 00:07:35,354 --> 00:07:37,923 - aesthetically pleasing. - Ooh! I disagree. 171 00:07:37,924 --> 00:07:39,825 I have over 200 saved on my phone 172 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:42,995 organized by category. It's my Guggenheim. 173 00:07:44,397 --> 00:07:46,264 Fat bats. 174 00:07:46,265 --> 00:07:47,666 Boomerangs. 175 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,501 Banana boats. 176 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:51,336 Late bloomers. 177 00:07:51,337 --> 00:07:52,737 And Jewish guys. 178 00:07:52,738 --> 00:07:54,206 More power to 'em, but your friends 179 00:07:54,207 --> 00:07:56,041 kinda treat sex like it means nothing. 180 00:07:56,042 --> 00:07:57,642 Till she sees his junk in zoom! 181 00:07:57,643 --> 00:07:59,411 But you're different, aren't you? 182 00:07:59,412 --> 00:08:00,946 Honestly, I see her point. 183 00:08:00,947 --> 00:08:02,514 I hooked up with some guy last night. 184 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:05,984 Knee deep in before I realized he's uncircumcised. 185 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:07,652 - Ooh! - It kind of looked like... 186 00:08:07,653 --> 00:08:09,988 - I don't know, a... hoodie? - Whoa! 187 00:08:09,989 --> 00:08:11,923 Bookstore clerk has a turtleneck? 188 00:08:11,924 --> 00:08:13,925 Bookstore manager, but, no, not Joe. 189 00:08:13,926 --> 00:08:16,728 Some guy from Tinder. Just a little down and dirty. 190 00:08:16,729 --> 00:08:18,463 - You know? - Wow! 191 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:20,832 Joe is still a maybe. 192 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:23,301 A maybe? I'm a maybe? 193 00:08:23,302 --> 00:08:25,003 And you're still screwing other guys? 194 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:26,738 Beck! How did I miss this? 195 00:08:26,739 --> 00:08:29,241 How did I read this so completely wrong? 196 00:08:29,242 --> 00:08:31,676 Look, if you wanna bone Benji outta your system, 197 00:08:31,677 --> 00:08:33,345 more power to you. 198 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:36,281 I just wanna make sure that you're respecting yourself. 199 00:08:36,282 --> 00:08:39,417 Look, I'm just saying... 200 00:08:39,418 --> 00:08:42,854 are you being your most amazing self right now? 201 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:45,590 I mean, this is... this is my process. 202 00:08:45,591 --> 00:08:47,959 It's like a Benji exorcism. 203 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,396 I'm just exploring my options in a city of... 204 00:08:51,397 --> 00:08:53,131 8 million people. 205 00:08:53,132 --> 00:08:55,166 - It's only reasonable, right? - Yeah. 206 00:08:55,167 --> 00:08:56,435 I'm gonna get a drink. 207 00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:02,074 I like your tattoo. 208 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:04,976 I don't have a tattoo. 209 00:09:04,977 --> 00:09:07,212 Love is patient and kind. 210 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:08,780 And so am I, Beck. 211 00:09:08,781 --> 00:09:11,049 For you, I can be patient. 212 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:12,918 Maybe this is your process. 213 00:09:12,919 --> 00:09:14,819 Nobody buys the first pair of jeans they try on, 214 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:16,555 no matter how perfect. 215 00:09:16,556 --> 00:09:19,457 But as much as I'm hoping this is just a stage, 216 00:09:19,458 --> 00:09:21,426 a quick password search on your iCloud 217 00:09:21,427 --> 00:09:24,396 has revealed a swipe-fest of millennial man-boys. 218 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:25,864 Guy with tiger. 219 00:09:25,865 --> 00:09:27,432 Junior William Morris agent. 220 00:09:27,433 --> 00:09:29,968 Viking Wannabe. You've been a busy girl, Beck. 221 00:09:29,969 --> 00:09:32,270 It's more competition than I realized. 222 00:09:32,271 --> 00:09:33,605 This thing between us-- 223 00:09:33,606 --> 00:09:35,540 it's new, tenuous. 224 00:09:35,541 --> 00:09:37,943 And the cost was a corpse. 225 00:09:37,944 --> 00:09:40,045 But I can't get rid of every guy in New York. 226 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:42,882 If I wanna win your heart, I'm gonna have to show you-- 227 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:48,386 Aah! 228 00:09:48,387 --> 00:09:50,221 I'm not a "maybe". 229 00:09:50,222 --> 00:09:51,924 I'm The One. 230 00:09:56,462 --> 00:10:00,332 It's time. Time to get rid of Benji 231 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:02,968 so I can focus my undivided attention 232 00:10:02,969 --> 00:10:05,670 on you, Beck, on us. 233 00:10:05,671 --> 00:10:07,706 So I'm gonna need a few supplies. 234 00:10:07,707 --> 00:10:08,773 Hey, Joe. 235 00:10:08,774 --> 00:10:10,942 You said you needed to talk? 236 00:10:10,943 --> 00:10:12,911 I do, yeah. So here's the thing. 237 00:10:12,912 --> 00:10:14,913 I have a secret project I'm working on, 238 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:16,381 but I gotta open up the shop, 239 00:10:16,382 --> 00:10:18,717 so I thought you could run some errands for me. 240 00:10:18,718 --> 00:10:20,485 I'll give you a little money for books. 241 00:10:20,486 --> 00:10:22,220 Just between us. 242 00:10:22,221 --> 00:10:23,755 Yeah. No problem. 243 00:10:23,756 --> 00:10:25,757 Between us. What do you need? 244 00:10:25,758 --> 00:10:28,928 Well, you might have to run to a few different places. 245 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:35,868 You can count on me, Joe. 246 00:10:39,405 --> 00:10:41,107 Thanks, Pac. 247 00:10:43,342 --> 00:10:46,745 The swine and I. 248 00:10:46,746 --> 00:10:49,782 Eye to eye. 249 00:10:50,816 --> 00:10:53,785 My heart is his. 250 00:10:53,786 --> 00:10:55,920 And that... 251 00:10:55,921 --> 00:10:57,757 was sunset. 252 00:11:03,562 --> 00:11:05,397 I'm not sure it had the vigilance or depth 253 00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:08,733 that you're capable of. I just wasn't fully invested. 254 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:11,169 Interesting, Blythe. 255 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:13,872 How do we maintain the reader's attention? 256 00:11:13,873 --> 00:11:16,574 We infuse the universal 257 00:11:16,575 --> 00:11:18,610 with painful specificity, 258 00:11:18,611 --> 00:11:20,211 or they simply turn the page. 259 00:11:20,212 --> 00:11:21,613 Exactly. 260 00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:25,116 My worst fear--and I'm not commenting on Yuri's poem, 261 00:11:25,117 --> 00:11:28,987 per se, is not to be bad but unremarkable. 262 00:11:28,988 --> 00:11:32,057 Unremarkable. That is the fear. 263 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:34,759 I hope this was helpful, Yuri. 264 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,695 I think that does it for today. 265 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,596 Next up is... Blythe. 266 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:39,964 And Beck. 267 00:11:39,965 --> 00:11:42,200 Send a piece of your choosing to myself 268 00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:44,704 and your fellow classmates, and we'll review on Thursday. 269 00:12:11,597 --> 00:12:13,198 Here's what I've gleaned 270 00:12:13,199 --> 00:12:16,034 from this little exercise in futility, Beck. 271 00:12:16,035 --> 00:12:18,037 You're in no mood to write. 272 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:22,207 And you need a new bed. 273 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:24,776 So, hey, maybe your enthusiastic 274 00:12:24,777 --> 00:12:26,311 but ultimately empty encounter 275 00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:27,779 with that Warby Parker-wearing mixologist 276 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:29,314 could work to our advantage. 277 00:12:29,315 --> 00:12:30,615 Any chance you're down for shopping trip? 278 00:12:30,616 --> 00:12:31,783 I've got time to kill 279 00:12:31,784 --> 00:12:34,353 while Paco's out shopping. 280 00:12:36,989 --> 00:12:39,257 You read my mind. 281 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:41,126 Pick you up in an hour. 282 00:12:41,127 --> 00:12:43,561 But I have to play this perfectly, 283 00:12:43,562 --> 00:12:45,563 and in order to do that, 284 00:12:45,564 --> 00:12:47,466 I gotta break out the big gun. 285 00:12:49,702 --> 00:12:52,138 Mr. Mooney's Buick Skylark. 286 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:55,907 You bound down the stairs in those tight, 287 00:12:55,908 --> 00:12:57,242 not-too-tight jeans. 288 00:12:57,243 --> 00:12:58,743 You're in flip-flops 289 00:12:58,744 --> 00:13:00,044 and your toenails sparkle 290 00:13:00,045 --> 00:13:01,613 and your hair's in a bun, 291 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:03,381 and, hey, at least you don't have any hickeys. 292 00:13:03,382 --> 00:13:05,484 So there's that. 293 00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:13,358 Oh, my God, I can't believe this is your car. 294 00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:15,193 You're a lifesaver. 295 00:13:15,194 --> 00:13:16,928 No idea how much 296 00:13:16,929 --> 00:13:19,165 I needed a new bed. 297 00:13:37,082 --> 00:13:39,184 New Challenge. 298 00:13:39,185 --> 00:13:42,153 How do I segue this from 299 00:13:42,154 --> 00:13:44,155 browsing glassware to... 300 00:13:44,156 --> 00:13:46,992 "Holy shit! Joe's the one"? 301 00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:50,895 Weird. 302 00:13:50,896 --> 00:13:53,464 I have one just like this. 303 00:13:53,465 --> 00:13:55,567 Yeah, I-I know all about it. 304 00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:58,803 - Benji told me. - It was my dad's. 305 00:13:58,804 --> 00:14:00,438 The infamous red ladle. 306 00:14:00,439 --> 00:14:02,440 How you like to be spanked with it. 307 00:14:02,441 --> 00:14:05,310 Is that what you really want, Beck? 308 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:08,647 Is that the guy you're looking for? 309 00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:13,218 Just pick one. 310 00:14:13,219 --> 00:14:15,653 It's all cut from the same hunk of overpriced wood. 311 00:14:15,654 --> 00:14:17,488 I can't decide. 312 00:14:17,489 --> 00:14:19,490 People trying to buy some sort of meaning in their lives 313 00:14:19,491 --> 00:14:22,594 with $60 candles and sustainable lamps. 314 00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:24,162 They all look pretty good to me. 315 00:14:24,163 --> 00:14:26,631 No, I just mean should I get the queen 316 00:14:26,632 --> 00:14:28,299 or the king-size bed? 317 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:30,668 Your bedroom isn't big enough to fit a king. 318 00:14:30,669 --> 00:14:34,205 You're right, it's too... 319 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:37,876 How do you know that? 320 00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:39,477 It's New York. 321 00:14:39,478 --> 00:14:42,114 No one's bedroom is big enough to fit a king. 322 00:14:43,949 --> 00:14:46,385 Ugh... 323 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:48,853 What's wrong? 324 00:14:48,854 --> 00:14:50,521 This girl, Blythe, in workshop, 325 00:14:50,522 --> 00:14:52,625 she just submitted her short story. 326 00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,160 - And? - And I haven't even 327 00:14:56,161 --> 00:14:58,464 started mine yet, and it's due tomorrow. 328 00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:04,903 Hers... 329 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:06,504 it's brilliant. 330 00:15:06,505 --> 00:15:10,475 It's about a crow that flies into a woman's house, 331 00:15:10,476 --> 00:15:12,944 runs into the walls, and leaves blood everywhere. 332 00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:15,413 That sounds terrible. 333 00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:17,216 Read it. 334 00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:29,328 Well? 335 00:15:31,530 --> 00:15:33,531 - You might be right. - Ugh! 336 00:15:33,532 --> 00:15:35,768 I know. 337 00:15:39,738 --> 00:15:41,606 Can I ask you something? 338 00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:43,041 Anything. 339 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:45,777 Promise to tell the truth? 340 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:47,179 Scout's honor. 341 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:55,220 Do you think... I'm unremarkable? 342 00:16:04,063 --> 00:16:06,030 Unremarkable people don't worry 343 00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:08,434 about being unremarkable. 344 00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:22,180 This is it, Beck. 345 00:16:22,181 --> 00:16:23,514 This is the moment I'm gonna show you 346 00:16:23,515 --> 00:16:25,416 just how remarkable you are. 347 00:16:25,417 --> 00:16:27,219 You want down and dirty, you got it. 348 00:16:32,391 --> 00:16:34,392 Stop, Joe, stop! 349 00:16:34,393 --> 00:16:35,827 What? I--What? I thought that you-- 350 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,261 That I wanted to get arrested 351 00:16:37,262 --> 00:16:39,597 while you're going all bush diver on me in public? 352 00:16:39,598 --> 00:16:42,735 That's not exactly on my to-do list today. 353 00:16:45,304 --> 00:16:48,207 I guess I read that wrong. 354 00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:53,611 You haven't made eye contact for the past ten minutes. 355 00:16:53,612 --> 00:16:55,848 Things couldn't get any worse right now. 356 00:16:59,084 --> 00:17:01,052 - Hello? - Hey, Joe, it's Ethan. 357 00:17:01,053 --> 00:17:03,021 - Ethan from the bookstore. - Yeah, yeah, I know 358 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,422 who you are, Ethan. 359 00:17:04,423 --> 00:17:08,559 Right. Thing is, the power's out. Um... 360 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,229 the electrician says he thinks the system is overloaded, 361 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:12,764 but he can't get to the fuse box because... 362 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:14,599 It's in the basement with a dead body. 363 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,035 Which is locked. He thinks he can pop the lock, 364 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:18,503 but I just wanted to-- 365 00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:20,738 No! No, no, no, no, no! Just--Just-- 366 00:17:20,739 --> 00:17:22,340 just tell the electrician to go home. 367 00:17:22,341 --> 00:17:24,175 I'll call him later. You lock up and go home. 368 00:17:24,176 --> 00:17:25,877 I'll deal with it when I get back. 369 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:27,779 All right? 370 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:29,481 Okay. 371 00:17:31,316 --> 00:17:33,317 - Everything okay? - Yeah, it's fine. 372 00:17:33,318 --> 00:17:35,420 It's fine. It's just a little problem at the shop. 373 00:17:35,421 --> 00:17:37,389 I should get you... home. 374 00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:41,592 I was afraid this might happen. 375 00:17:41,593 --> 00:17:44,195 Six humidifiers and an AC unit from the late '70s 376 00:17:44,196 --> 00:17:45,830 cranked to its lowest setting... 377 00:17:45,831 --> 00:17:47,266 even in death, Benji is a colossal pain in my ass. 378 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:58,743 Okay. With the AC out, 379 00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:03,248 seems deterioration speeds really picked up. 380 00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:18,931 Oh! Is that... ooze? 381 00:18:20,399 --> 00:18:21,899 Things have grown 382 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:24,502 biologically dire in the Benji department. 383 00:18:24,503 --> 00:18:26,437 Also the rare book department. 384 00:18:26,438 --> 00:18:31,042 But... I can't protect them until I get rid of him. 385 00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:34,113 Benji has to go. 386 00:18:49,728 --> 00:18:50,896 Ugh! 387 00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:56,667 Hey, what are you up to? 388 00:18:56,668 --> 00:18:59,303 Do you happen to read Chinese? 389 00:18:59,304 --> 00:19:02,007 Or own a mallet? 390 00:19:05,544 --> 00:19:07,478 The books were safe. 391 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,013 Basement is 100% corpse-free. 392 00:19:09,014 --> 00:19:10,581 Can't burn the body in daylight anyway, 393 00:19:10,582 --> 00:19:12,083 so the least Benji can do 394 00:19:12,084 --> 00:19:14,219 is wait in the car for a little while. 395 00:19:19,057 --> 00:19:20,358 - Ready for that. - Okay. 396 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,426 Let go for a second. 397 00:19:22,427 --> 00:19:24,595 - Okay. - Yeah. 398 00:19:24,596 --> 00:19:26,331 - It's in the peg! - Okay. 399 00:19:27,799 --> 00:19:30,636 - Hand me the mallet. - Yeah. Ah! 400 00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:36,175 Should be good. 401 00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:51,856 There it is. 402 00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:53,292 Go! 403 00:19:54,426 --> 00:19:56,395 Say when. 404 00:19:58,297 --> 00:20:00,265 When. I think--when. When, when, when. 405 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,639 Cheers to us. 406 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,741 You make a good apprentice. 407 00:20:10,742 --> 00:20:15,047 I was gonna say the same thing about you. 408 00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:23,322 I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to get so upset. 409 00:20:24,923 --> 00:20:26,691 It's okay. 410 00:20:26,692 --> 00:20:29,527 No, it's not, it's just... 411 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:33,831 I don't want you to think of me 412 00:20:33,832 --> 00:20:36,835 like that. 413 00:20:42,274 --> 00:20:46,544 I... like you, Joe. 414 00:20:46,545 --> 00:20:50,215 Like actually... like. 415 00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:57,388 And I was a little in my head, to be honest. 416 00:20:57,389 --> 00:21:01,058 Blythe's short story kinda threw me for a loop. 417 00:21:01,059 --> 00:21:02,760 It's not a competition. 418 00:21:02,761 --> 00:21:04,428 I know, but... 419 00:21:04,429 --> 00:21:06,931 I wonder... 420 00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:10,635 am I ever gonna write anything that amazing? 421 00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:12,670 You're talented. 422 00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:14,472 - You don't know that. - I--I know-- 423 00:21:14,473 --> 00:21:17,875 I know you need to get out of your head and... 424 00:21:17,876 --> 00:21:21,679 forget Blythe, this Blythe person. 425 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,881 Forget everybody. Just write what you want. 426 00:21:23,882 --> 00:21:27,451 God! Everyone says that like it's so easy. 427 00:21:27,452 --> 00:21:29,220 I know, I know. 428 00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:31,956 Okay, so, um... 429 00:21:31,957 --> 00:21:33,858 pop quiz. 430 00:21:33,859 --> 00:21:34,960 Don't think. 431 00:21:35,894 --> 00:21:37,128 Just answer. 432 00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:38,896 Okay. 433 00:21:38,897 --> 00:21:40,998 What hits you like a gut punch when you-- 434 00:21:40,999 --> 00:21:42,867 the first thought? 435 00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:44,869 My dad. 436 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:47,204 Before he... 437 00:21:47,205 --> 00:21:50,107 Yeah. Right. 438 00:21:50,108 --> 00:21:51,843 Of course. 439 00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:57,515 He was an addict. 440 00:21:57,516 --> 00:22:00,785 It was hard... 441 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:02,854 and scary. 442 00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:07,658 I mean, there were good days too. 443 00:22:07,659 --> 00:22:11,529 Like I always knew it was gonna be one of those 444 00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:16,801 when I woke up to the smell of pancakes cooking. 445 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:21,405 He used this red ladle to scoop up the batter. 446 00:22:21,406 --> 00:22:24,576 This is the red ladle story? 447 00:22:26,778 --> 00:22:29,714 And I would be... laughing, 448 00:22:29,715 --> 00:22:32,216 singing along to some 449 00:22:32,217 --> 00:22:35,419 bad Top 40 song. 450 00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:38,290 And everything would be... right. 451 00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:46,731 But then he'd... he'd go out and... 452 00:22:46,732 --> 00:22:50,468 the ladle would go back in the drawer. 453 00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:54,539 And I'd wait for the next good day. 454 00:22:56,842 --> 00:23:01,580 Until there weren't any more. 455 00:23:03,014 --> 00:23:04,849 Wow! 456 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:08,252 I did not expect to say all that. 457 00:23:08,253 --> 00:23:10,121 I think you're right. You definitely don't have 458 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:12,790 anything meaningful to write about. 459 00:23:12,791 --> 00:23:16,260 Ohh. Benji was wrong about all of it. 460 00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:19,663 His whole red ladle story. You don't wanna be spanked. 461 00:23:19,664 --> 00:23:21,999 You wanna feel safe, 462 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,601 loved. 463 00:23:23,602 --> 00:23:26,738 You want someone to make pancakes for you. 464 00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:53,130 Um... 465 00:23:53,131 --> 00:23:55,366 hold that thought. I'll be right back. 466 00:23:55,367 --> 00:23:58,236 Coming! 467 00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:03,140 - Is everything okay? - No! 468 00:24:03,141 --> 00:24:05,976 - Peach. I should have known. - Thank God you're here. 469 00:24:05,977 --> 00:24:08,012 I'm having a really bad flare-up. 470 00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:10,916 I think I need you to take me to the emergency room. 471 00:24:12,350 --> 00:24:13,984 Oh... Joseph. 472 00:24:13,985 --> 00:24:15,786 I didn't realize you were here. 473 00:24:15,787 --> 00:24:18,088 I told you he was coming. 474 00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:20,291 Uh, Peach is really sick. 475 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:23,160 This is probably more than you need to know, 476 00:24:23,161 --> 00:24:25,529 but... I have a rare chronic bladder disease 477 00:24:25,530 --> 00:24:26,897 called interstitial cystitis-- 478 00:24:26,898 --> 00:24:29,200 Oh... gosh! 479 00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:32,436 I mean, you know, some people think I'm being uppity, 480 00:24:32,437 --> 00:24:35,272 but... I can't have any fast food. 481 00:24:35,273 --> 00:24:38,409 And if I drink, it has to be a high PH, you know, 482 00:24:38,410 --> 00:24:40,411 like Ketel One or Goose 483 00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:42,079 and pear juice. 484 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,648 Weren't you doing Jager shots at your party? 485 00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:46,083 Oh--oh! 486 00:24:46,084 --> 00:24:47,952 Let's get you to the hospital. 487 00:24:47,953 --> 00:24:50,054 - Yeah. - And Joe has a car. 488 00:24:50,055 --> 00:24:51,822 He can take us. Right, Joe? 489 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:53,591 You can take us? 490 00:24:53,592 --> 00:24:55,227 Of course. 491 00:24:56,094 --> 00:24:58,596 I mean, I've got a dead body in the trunk, 492 00:24:58,597 --> 00:24:59,730 but, hey, no biggie, right? 493 00:24:59,731 --> 00:25:01,198 Oh, this is taking forever! 494 00:25:01,199 --> 00:25:04,101 I mean, he took the worst street to get across town. 495 00:25:04,102 --> 00:25:05,436 Be nice. 496 00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:07,438 I'm in real pain! 497 00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:09,608 I'm sorry. 498 00:25:11,142 --> 00:25:13,143 Ohh... Joseph... 499 00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:15,045 - Yep. - I'm feeling nauseated. 500 00:25:15,046 --> 00:25:17,248 Can you crack a window? There's like a... 501 00:25:17,249 --> 00:25:20,251 sort of putrid aroma that keeps wafting in the backseat. 502 00:25:20,252 --> 00:25:23,221 What can I say? The smells of the city. 503 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:29,326 Oh... God. 504 00:25:29,327 --> 00:25:30,995 I can't deal. I can't deal. 505 00:25:30,996 --> 00:25:33,098 We'll walk! 506 00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:37,302 I'm so sorry. 507 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:43,474 It's almost the witching hour. 508 00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:46,110 Grab the supplies. Drive the narcissistic cadaver 509 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:47,978 formerly known as Benji to his final destination, 510 00:25:47,979 --> 00:25:51,983 light a match, and I'm yours forever, Beck. 511 00:25:53,952 --> 00:25:56,687 Well, this is a development. 512 00:25:56,688 --> 00:25:58,290 That's him. 513 00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:08,732 Potassium nitrate. 514 00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:10,167 Six rolls of duct tape. 515 00:26:10,168 --> 00:26:13,103 Fire starter, twine, burlap, wood stakes. 516 00:26:13,104 --> 00:26:15,172 You wanna explain what all this is for? 517 00:26:15,173 --> 00:26:16,974 Explain the shopping list 518 00:26:16,975 --> 00:26:20,311 straight out of "Body Disposal for Dummies"? 519 00:26:20,312 --> 00:26:22,413 I know. 520 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:23,948 I know how this all must look. 521 00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:26,317 I know involving Paco was the wrong thing to do. 522 00:26:26,318 --> 00:26:29,486 But th-things have been a little crazy for me lately. 523 00:26:29,487 --> 00:26:32,457 I guess I was hoping I could make the world a better place. 524 00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:38,862 You know--It... 525 00:26:38,863 --> 00:26:43,001 it would--it would just be easier if I show you. 526 00:26:44,669 --> 00:26:47,105 Yeah, I'll show you. Come on. 527 00:26:49,741 --> 00:26:52,209 Technically, we're not allowed to plant anything in here. 528 00:26:52,210 --> 00:26:55,379 I was just trying to keep it a bit under wraps. 529 00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:56,714 And the chemicals? 530 00:26:56,715 --> 00:26:58,282 They dissolve roots. 531 00:26:58,283 --> 00:27:00,751 Fire starters? 532 00:27:00,752 --> 00:27:03,121 I like to grill. 533 00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:06,992 Here. 534 00:27:13,832 --> 00:27:15,332 It's good. 535 00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:16,533 Thank you. 536 00:27:16,534 --> 00:27:18,335 So he built a garden. So what? 537 00:27:18,336 --> 00:27:21,405 I told this guy--stay away from my girlfriend's kid. 538 00:27:21,406 --> 00:27:25,176 And what does he do? He gives him money for errands? 539 00:27:26,544 --> 00:27:28,746 Hey, I told you, I'm a parole officer, okay? 540 00:27:28,747 --> 00:27:30,280 We see guys like this all the time. 541 00:27:30,281 --> 00:27:33,751 He's a sicko. I feel it in my gut. 542 00:27:33,752 --> 00:27:36,320 Hey, will you get back inside, Paco? 543 00:27:36,321 --> 00:27:39,023 Just tell your mom I'm gonna be right there, okay, buddy? 544 00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:42,059 All right, all right, all right. 545 00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:45,095 Kid's got ADHD. Tough to manage at times. 546 00:27:45,096 --> 00:27:47,097 But that's what makes him vulnerable to freaks like this. 547 00:27:47,098 --> 00:27:49,667 Look, I apologize if I crossed the line. 548 00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:52,436 I just noticed how hungry Paco is all the time, you know? 549 00:27:52,437 --> 00:27:55,005 I gave him a few dollars to go to the store, honestly, 550 00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:56,540 so he could buy himself a sandwich. 551 00:27:56,541 --> 00:27:59,777 I lend him books from time to time, too--that's all. 552 00:27:59,778 --> 00:28:01,879 Just seems a little neglected. 553 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,848 - You kidding me right now? - I'm not saying they're unfit. 554 00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:06,684 - A lot of people drink-- - All right, that's it-- 555 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:08,352 All right, all right, all right. 556 00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:10,654 Sorry to have taken up your time. 557 00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:12,322 Good luck with the garden. 558 00:28:12,323 --> 00:28:15,392 Thank you, Officer. People. They're easy to fool. 559 00:28:15,393 --> 00:28:17,995 Like these cops. I'm the nice, straight-edge guy. 560 00:28:17,996 --> 00:28:19,663 So there's nothing to worry about. 561 00:28:19,664 --> 00:28:22,266 People believe whatever supports their world-view. 562 00:28:22,267 --> 00:28:25,069 Unfortunately, that seems to include you, Beck. 563 00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:28,338 You believed you deserved Benji and his neglect, 564 00:28:28,339 --> 00:28:30,541 and you believe you deserve Peach and her drama 565 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:32,142 and on and on. 566 00:28:32,143 --> 00:28:34,545 I want to call and tell you, but I can't, 567 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:37,047 because there's a traditional waiting period 568 00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:38,549 between every goddamn communication 569 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:40,584 when trying to date someone. 570 00:28:40,585 --> 00:28:43,088 I hate this generation. 571 00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:16,387 Thank you. 572 00:29:19,124 --> 00:29:20,791 Thanks for staying with me. 573 00:29:20,792 --> 00:29:22,893 Honestly, I... I don't know 574 00:29:22,894 --> 00:29:24,762 what I would have done without you. 575 00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:27,898 You can always count on me. 576 00:29:27,899 --> 00:29:29,467 Thanks. 577 00:29:31,736 --> 00:29:34,439 So what do you think about Joe? 578 00:29:36,374 --> 00:29:38,876 Uh... yeah, you know, I like him. 579 00:29:38,877 --> 00:29:41,111 I think I might really like him. 580 00:29:41,112 --> 00:29:44,047 I mean, I wasn't sure if I was ready to get involved, 581 00:29:44,048 --> 00:29:46,483 - but... maybe? - Okay, you can't be serious. 582 00:29:46,484 --> 00:29:50,687 I mean, the guy works at a bookstore. 583 00:29:50,688 --> 00:29:54,558 Beck, look, I know you. 584 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:57,060 You don't wanna spend your fifth anniversary 585 00:29:57,061 --> 00:30:00,464 going Dutch at Katz's Deli. 586 00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:03,934 You need someone to take care of you. 587 00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:07,905 So you can write, be free, 588 00:30:07,906 --> 00:30:09,940 happy. 589 00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:13,877 Not someone like Joe and his financial limitations. 590 00:30:13,878 --> 00:30:15,979 That is not fair. 591 00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:18,349 Nobody pays me to be fair. 592 00:30:18,983 --> 00:30:20,751 What do you say we get a bite to eat? 593 00:30:20,752 --> 00:30:24,955 - 'Cause I'm starving. - I think I better skip it. 594 00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:27,224 I should really get home. 595 00:30:27,225 --> 00:30:29,694 Glad you're feeling better. 596 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:48,912 Oh, no. No, not--not now. 597 00:30:48,913 --> 00:30:50,681 Okay, Beck. All right. 598 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:52,983 Hey. How's the patient? 599 00:30:52,984 --> 00:30:55,385 Better. Thanks for the ride. 600 00:30:55,386 --> 00:30:57,821 The doctor said it was good that we came when we did. 601 00:30:57,822 --> 00:30:59,656 Oh, yeah? 602 00:30:59,657 --> 00:31:03,193 Why don't you meet me back at my place? 603 00:31:03,194 --> 00:31:05,262 Maybe we can pick up where we left off? 604 00:31:05,263 --> 00:31:06,563 What about Peach? 605 00:31:06,564 --> 00:31:09,066 - What about her? - Where is she now? 606 00:31:09,067 --> 00:31:10,267 Indochine. 607 00:31:10,268 --> 00:31:12,135 It's her comfort food. 608 00:31:12,136 --> 00:31:14,071 Perfect. 609 00:31:14,072 --> 00:31:16,373 Peach is gulping steamed Chilean Sea Bass 610 00:31:16,374 --> 00:31:18,909 down her scrawny gullet, and I'm about to get caught. 611 00:31:18,910 --> 00:31:21,144 So... what do you think? 612 00:31:21,145 --> 00:31:23,080 I think you complain about not being able to write, 613 00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:24,715 but then you, you know, drop everything 614 00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:27,084 for some medical emergency, which, by the way, 615 00:31:27,085 --> 00:31:28,585 many believe to be psychosomatic in origin. 616 00:31:28,586 --> 00:31:31,655 I meant about you... coming over. 617 00:31:31,656 --> 00:31:33,490 I wish I could. 618 00:31:33,491 --> 00:31:35,759 Ha. I wish I could, but I'm just really busy right now, 619 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,494 so... in fact, I should go. 620 00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:39,830 Look, I know Peach showing up was bad timing, 621 00:31:39,831 --> 00:31:42,199 but I wasn't exactly writing when she showed up. 622 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,902 No, I know. Pro tip of the day: 623 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:47,537 screen your calls when you're trying to burn a body, 624 00:31:47,538 --> 00:31:49,106 because it turns out things slip out 625 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:50,574 that you didn't actually wanna say. 626 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:52,376 I don't mean to be harsh, but... you know 627 00:31:52,377 --> 00:31:53,877 you're sending some mixed messages, right? 628 00:31:53,878 --> 00:31:55,178 What is that supposed to mean? 629 00:31:55,179 --> 00:31:57,247 I'm--I'm trying to do what you want, 630 00:31:57,248 --> 00:31:59,216 but I-I can't tell what that is. 631 00:31:59,217 --> 00:32:00,817 Like build you a bed, be with you on the bed? 632 00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:02,419 Drop you down the block because your friend 633 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:04,121 is asking, and not very politely? 634 00:32:04,122 --> 00:32:06,089 Seriously, Joe, shut up. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 635 00:32:06,090 --> 00:32:08,659 I have to go. 636 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:10,495 But-- 637 00:32:10,962 --> 00:32:14,398 - Hey, how's it going? - Good. 638 00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:16,668 That's one hell of a bonfire. 639 00:32:17,835 --> 00:32:20,370 Yeah, what can I say? I went a little crazy. 640 00:32:20,371 --> 00:32:23,440 You know what, you're welcome to join if you like. 641 00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:25,208 Please say no. Please say no. 642 00:32:25,209 --> 00:32:27,945 Oh, that would be great... 643 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:30,681 but we need to get back to the car 644 00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:32,149 before it gets any darker. 645 00:32:32,150 --> 00:32:33,984 Good luck. 646 00:32:33,985 --> 00:32:37,522 - Yeah, have a good one! - You too. 647 00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:41,059 Did you remember where you parked? 648 00:32:41,726 --> 00:32:44,761 I believe in love at first sight. 649 00:32:44,762 --> 00:32:46,496 I had it with you, Beck. 650 00:32:46,497 --> 00:32:49,933 And maybe, just maybe, I destroyed it 651 00:32:49,934 --> 00:32:54,905 just as fast, in the space of a single phone call. 652 00:32:54,906 --> 00:32:55,306 Was all this for nothing? 653 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,314 "The king and queen, 654 00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:06,583 when they saw their daughter..." 655 00:33:06,584 --> 00:33:10,087 I've been calling Beck, but... 656 00:33:10,088 --> 00:33:11,621 straight to voicemail. 657 00:33:11,622 --> 00:33:13,690 Worst three words in the English language. 658 00:33:13,691 --> 00:33:16,727 I wonder what our kids would have been like. 659 00:33:16,728 --> 00:33:18,795 They'd have grown up reading, not glued to iPads, 660 00:33:18,796 --> 00:33:20,364 and we definitely wouldn't have named them 661 00:33:20,365 --> 00:33:21,965 things like Gulliver or Blaze 662 00:33:21,966 --> 00:33:23,533 or Misti with an "i". 663 00:33:23,534 --> 00:33:26,803 We would have crushed this. Together. 664 00:33:26,804 --> 00:33:30,240 It wasn't supposed to end like this. 665 00:33:30,241 --> 00:33:32,909 Call me back, Beck. 666 00:33:32,910 --> 00:33:34,645 The end. 667 00:33:45,990 --> 00:33:49,192 I don't mean this to blow smoke up your ass or anything, 668 00:33:49,193 --> 00:33:51,528 but your writing makes me think 669 00:33:51,529 --> 00:33:54,231 that Raymond Carver has been reincarnated. 670 00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:56,666 That is so kind of you to say, Tomas. 671 00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:59,302 I was born in '88, the year he died, 672 00:33:59,303 --> 00:34:00,871 so, weirdly enough, 673 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:03,040 you're not the first person to have said that! 674 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:06,676 Again, great work, Blythe. Excited to see what's next. 675 00:34:06,677 --> 00:34:08,345 Beck, we weren't expecting you. 676 00:34:08,346 --> 00:34:10,080 You didn't send along pages. 677 00:34:10,081 --> 00:34:11,848 I know. I'm sorry. 678 00:34:11,849 --> 00:34:14,284 And I'm sorry I'm late. It's just... 679 00:34:14,285 --> 00:34:17,287 I wrote them, but they sounded super emo. 680 00:34:17,288 --> 00:34:18,688 So I wrote them up and started over, 681 00:34:18,689 --> 00:34:20,924 and I lost track of time, but, uh... 682 00:34:20,925 --> 00:34:23,493 this... feels like me 683 00:34:23,494 --> 00:34:26,664 and what I want to say. 684 00:34:27,865 --> 00:34:30,333 It's only one page, but-- 685 00:34:30,334 --> 00:34:32,069 That isn't really enough for us to critique. 686 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:35,539 Are we supposed to read it now... in front of you? 687 00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:37,407 That's... kind of awkward. 688 00:34:37,408 --> 00:34:39,342 If that's the case, I should warn you, 689 00:34:39,343 --> 00:34:40,744 I have this facial autism thing 690 00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,279 where I can't hide what I'm thinking. 691 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,548 Let's just reschedule 692 00:34:44,549 --> 00:34:47,652 your review for another time. 693 00:35:10,741 --> 00:35:11,976 Beck? 694 00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:16,347 Hey. 695 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:19,249 Uh... okay, so I hate to admit it, 696 00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:20,750 but you were right. 697 00:35:20,751 --> 00:35:22,352 A little bit. 698 00:35:22,353 --> 00:35:24,521 I will do anything for my friends, 699 00:35:24,522 --> 00:35:26,022 and do I hide behind them-- yeah. 700 00:35:26,023 --> 00:35:28,558 And do I use them as an excuse not to write? 701 00:35:28,559 --> 00:35:30,861 Honestly, I'd use anything as an excuse not to write, 702 00:35:30,862 --> 00:35:34,564 because... okay, I'm afraid I might fail-- 703 00:35:34,565 --> 00:35:36,500 one terrible page away 704 00:35:36,501 --> 00:35:38,835 from confirming I'm the worst writer in history. 705 00:35:38,836 --> 00:35:42,539 All of that to say if I'm sending mixed messages, 706 00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:46,343 it's because... I don't know who I am. 707 00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:48,745 So how am I supposed to know what I want? 708 00:35:48,746 --> 00:35:51,481 And I know--I know I sound super gross, 709 00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:54,151 like so... I don't know--millennial. 710 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:56,453 Don't say anything. 711 00:35:56,454 --> 00:35:58,488 In this moment, you are everything. 712 00:35:58,489 --> 00:35:59,956 Here's the thing. 713 00:35:59,957 --> 00:36:03,927 If you know who you are, it's not like you share it. 714 00:36:03,928 --> 00:36:08,598 I mean, you're a Nice Guy with the "You are remarkable" stuff 715 00:36:08,599 --> 00:36:11,334 and Feelings Guy with the "Write what moves you". 716 00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:13,737 But then you try and go down on me 717 00:36:13,738 --> 00:36:15,238 in the middle of a furniture store. 718 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:16,573 If I didn't know better, 719 00:36:16,574 --> 00:36:18,608 I'd think you were hiding something. 720 00:36:18,609 --> 00:36:21,646 For God's sakes, why are you holding a Pendleton blanket? 721 00:36:24,215 --> 00:36:27,384 I've never even seen your place. 722 00:36:27,385 --> 00:36:30,387 And you never talk about any of your friends. 723 00:36:30,388 --> 00:36:32,690 I mean, who are you? 724 00:36:34,759 --> 00:36:38,161 Okay, that was too much. Um... 725 00:36:38,162 --> 00:36:40,096 It sounded better in my head. 726 00:36:40,097 --> 00:36:42,667 I wanna show you something. 727 00:36:49,407 --> 00:36:52,310 You wanna know me, Beck? 728 00:36:56,614 --> 00:36:59,550 I'll show you exactly who I am. 729 00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:21,538 This is where we keep the rarest books-- 730 00:37:21,539 --> 00:37:24,275 the collectibles, first editions. 731 00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:32,115 It's paper, cloth, leather, 732 00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:35,452 paste. It's all vulnerable. 733 00:37:35,453 --> 00:37:37,554 All sensitive to light, 734 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:39,423 humidity, temperature. 735 00:37:43,327 --> 00:37:45,328 That's why... 736 00:37:45,329 --> 00:37:47,965 they need to be in here. 737 00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:51,402 To protect them. 738 00:37:53,170 --> 00:37:54,938 I can take you to my apartment. 739 00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:57,642 Anytime you want. 740 00:38:01,212 --> 00:38:03,380 I want you to meet my friends, I do. 741 00:38:03,381 --> 00:38:06,883 But this... 742 00:38:06,884 --> 00:38:08,585 this right here 743 00:38:08,586 --> 00:38:12,823 is the most important place in the world to me. 744 00:38:13,457 --> 00:38:17,160 As weird as it sounds... 745 00:38:17,161 --> 00:38:21,264 these books are more alive, 746 00:38:21,265 --> 00:38:24,601 more... worthy 747 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:26,871 than most people I know. 748 00:38:28,773 --> 00:38:32,810 You wanna know who I am, this is it. 749 00:38:54,398 --> 00:38:56,132 There you are. 750 00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:59,936 That's it. I am officially out of the Tinder business. 751 00:38:59,937 --> 00:39:02,138 Bravo, honey. 752 00:39:02,139 --> 00:39:05,108 I just--Oh, I feel like this is a good step, you know? 753 00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:07,310 Like this is good for me. 754 00:39:07,311 --> 00:39:09,813 Joe is good for me. 755 00:39:09,814 --> 00:39:11,816 Whatever you need, Becks. 756 00:39:12,683 --> 00:39:16,386 No, I'm just saying-- and I mean this, honestly-- 757 00:39:16,387 --> 00:39:19,222 maybe a simple life isn't so bad. 758 00:39:19,223 --> 00:39:20,824 Maybe it's what you need. 759 00:39:20,825 --> 00:39:22,692 Maybe I should be looking for that. 760 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:25,161 Joe isn't simple. He's... he's different. 761 00:39:25,162 --> 00:39:27,630 Complicated. 762 00:39:27,631 --> 00:39:30,166 That's funny... 763 00:39:30,167 --> 00:39:31,835 there's a book missing. 764 00:39:31,836 --> 00:39:35,105 Really? What book is that? 765 00:39:35,106 --> 00:39:36,573 "Ozma of Oz." 766 00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:38,742 Huh. It was just here. 767 00:39:38,743 --> 00:39:41,444 Joe was looking at it at my party. 768 00:39:41,445 --> 00:39:43,714 I'm sure it'll turn up. 769 00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:57,560 You've deleted Tinder, and now you've called 770 00:39:57,561 --> 00:39:59,629 and asked me to come over. 771 00:39:59,630 --> 00:40:05,769 My faith in our epic love story is officially restored. 772 00:40:05,770 --> 00:40:07,303 I'm sorry, Joe. I'm so stupid. 773 00:40:07,304 --> 00:40:10,740 I left your list on my bed, and Ron found it. 774 00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:12,842 - I'm sorry. - You're not stupid. 775 00:40:12,843 --> 00:40:16,212 - It's not your fault. - I tried to explain, but... 776 00:40:16,213 --> 00:40:19,216 It's not your fault! 777 00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:22,752 Guys like Ron are bullies. 778 00:40:22,753 --> 00:40:26,322 We just need to stay one step ahead of them. 779 00:40:26,323 --> 00:40:29,793 Like the Musketeers--always one step ahead of the Cardinal. 780 00:40:29,794 --> 00:40:31,127 Right? 781 00:40:31,128 --> 00:40:33,229 One for all... 782 00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:35,900 And all for one. 783 00:40:37,234 --> 00:40:38,234 Paco! 784 00:40:38,235 --> 00:40:40,136 Get inside. 785 00:40:40,137 --> 00:40:44,641 I can smell the bourbon from here. 786 00:40:44,642 --> 00:40:46,643 I told you... 787 00:40:46,644 --> 00:40:48,778 leave the kid alone. 788 00:40:48,779 --> 00:40:50,513 Look, you may have the cops fooled 789 00:40:50,514 --> 00:40:52,415 with your bullshit tomato garden, 790 00:40:52,416 --> 00:40:54,684 but I'm right. 791 00:40:54,685 --> 00:40:57,720 There's something wrong with you. 792 00:40:57,721 --> 00:41:00,157 I see it in your eyes. 793 00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:11,434 File that away 794 00:41:11,435 --> 00:41:12,869 under future problems. 795 00:41:12,870 --> 00:41:14,304 Knock, knock. You here yet? 796 00:41:14,305 --> 00:41:16,639 Because tonight... 797 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:20,044 tonight I show you... I'm The One. 798 00:42:09,894 --> 00:42:11,795 Oh-- 799 00:42:18,235 --> 00:42:20,738 Did you just...