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[DRAMATIC PIANO MUSIC]
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♪ ♪
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[BELLS RINGING]
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♪ ♪
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Well, hello there.
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Who are you?
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Based on your vibe, a student.
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Your blouse is loose.
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You're not here to be ogled,
but those bracelets,
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they jangle.
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You like a little attention.
Okay, I bite.
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You search the books.
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Uh, fiction. F through K.
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Now, hmm, you're not
the standard insecure nymph
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hunting for Faulkner you'll never finish.
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Too sun-kissed for Stephen King.
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Who will you buy?
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♪ ♪
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[GASPS] Sorry.
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You sound apologetic,
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like you're embarrassed
to be a good girl.
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And you murmur your first word to me.
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Hello.
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Do you work here?
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Guilty.
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Can I help you find something?
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Paula Fox?
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That's a good choice.
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Hmm, I feel weirdly validated.
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[LAUGHS]
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Follow me.
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She's gonna be in here.
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Celebrity authors.
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I thought Fox was pretty obscure.
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She is Courtney Love's
maternal grandmother.
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You're not expected to know that.
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Good, I didn't.
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Mr. Mooney wants anyone in here
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who's even tangentially famous.
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He thinks it sells more books.
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That's sad... people buying books
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because of what's popular,
not because they want to be
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moved or changed in some way.
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Yeah. It's an epidemic.
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Hmm.
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Yeah, you see this guy,
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here with the glasses, behind you?
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He just grabbed Dan Brown's
latest on the way in.
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So he's gonna wander around
for another, like,
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five or ten minutes just
to find something legitimate
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to buy with it.
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Oh, like the cereal guys buy
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when they're really there for condoms?
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Only makes it more conspicuous.
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Like, own your...
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If Dan Brown's your kink,
then be out about it.
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At the end of the day,
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people really are
disappointing, aren't they?
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Sometimes they surprise you.
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[SOFT MUSIC]
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Paula Fox, top shelf.
Do you want me to...
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Oh, no, I got it.
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♪ ♪
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Oh, are you not wearing a bra?
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And you want me to notice.
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If this was a movie,
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I'd grab you and we'd go at it
right in the stacks.
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Have you read her fiction?
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"Desperate Characters" is her...
it's her best.
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Oh, that's what I keep hearing.
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You haven't read "Desperate Characters"?
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I know. I know.
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I'm worried it's not gonna
live up to the hype.
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I can safely say it is that good.
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That's a high endorsement.
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And from a bookstore clerk, nonetheless.
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Well, it's bookstore manager.
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Hello? Anyone working here?
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...
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Oh.
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- Whoa.
- [LAUGHS]
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Do you mind? Uh, I'm in a hurry.
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He's just... he's gotta buy Salinger
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to feel respectable
when all he really wants to do
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is eat Cheetos and... it to iPorn
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before washing it all down
with a Dan Brown chaser.
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Have a nice day, sir.
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Okay, I'm going for it.
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Good, you won't regret it.
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Better not.
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Paula Fox, nice.
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You know, she was, uh, Courtney Love's
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maternal grandmother.
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That's why I'm buying it.
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You have enough cash to cover this,
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but you want me to know your name.
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Guinevere?
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Yeah, my parents were...
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with the whole naming thing.
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But everyone just calls me Beck.
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And you're Joe?
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Goldberg.
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Everyone calls me Joe.
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[LAUGHS]
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♪ ♪
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Aren't you gonna tell me
to have a nice day?
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You have a nice day, Beck.
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You have one yourself, Joe.
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♪ ♪
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You smiled, laughed at my jokes,
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told me your name, asked for mine.
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She write her number on there?
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She was on you hard.
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No, she was just being nice.
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I'd be Googling the hell
out of her right now.
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You know her full name.
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That's pretty aggressive, Ethan.
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What do I tell you?
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Always be closing that...
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- If you need me...
- If you need me...
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BOTH: I'll be in cookbooks
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but for work, not for fun.
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I swear.
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At the end of the day,
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people are really just
disappointing, aren't they?
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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♪ ♪
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But are you, Beck?
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Are you?
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♪ ♪
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[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]
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♪ ♪
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Yes, people find "the one."
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I believe that. I try to stay open.
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I was in love once.
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She broke my heart, Beck.
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Oh, she really did a number on me.
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I should have seen the signs.
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But we never do when we're in love.
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EXHIBIT A: Claudia and Ron.
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Went out for a couple of drinks.
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- Get off my back, Claudia.
- [YELLING INDISTINCTLY]
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Claudia's a nurse. Single parent.
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- It's every night!
- It's not every night!
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You think she knew Ron was a...
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when she fell in love?
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No, she thought he was a prince.
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Hey, Paco.
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What's up, Joe?
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And now hers is not
the only life she ruined.
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Leave me alone!
I don't wanna talk to you!
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Is everything cool in there?
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Yeah, Mom and Ron are just talking.
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No, man, this isn't your house...
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Wow, you are burning
through that book, aren't you?
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Reads quick.
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It's good.
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Well, let me know when you finish.
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I'll... I'll get you another one.
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All right, well, I don't care about that!
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Are you hungry?
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[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
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'Cause, you know, I just got
this meatball sub,
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but I remembered I have Thai
from last night.
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[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
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No, my mom will just
make me something later.
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It's a shame. This won't keep.
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It's getting tossed.
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You sure, Joe?
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All for one and one for all.
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The point, Beck: love is tricky.
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♪ Shiny, shiny ♪
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♪ Shiny boots of leather ♪
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♪ Whiplash girl child in the dark ♪
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♪ ♪
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A guy needs to protect himself.
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I had to be sure you're safe.
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And your name was
a glorious place to start.
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Not a lot of Guinevere Becks.
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And there you were.
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Every account set to public.
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You want to be seen...
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heard, known.
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Of course, I obliged.
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Born and raised, Nantucket Island.
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A brother, Clyde, and sister, Anya.
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Your parents really were
...about the names.
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Your folks split when you were 12.
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Your dad dropped out of the picture.
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Went to Brown, where you
majored in lit, cool.
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And minored in ..., mm.
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And then on to NYC to conquer an MFA
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and make your mark, presumably.
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Now, you still write. Barely.
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Too busy living out moments
you won't remember
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five years from now.
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I know this because you
post about this life
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all the... time.
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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Candidly, it's the least appealing thing
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about you, Beck.
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You posted this
hours after our encounter.
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I was concerned.
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You didn't mention that
cute guy in the bookstore.
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And then I realized,
your online life isn't real.
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It's a... it's a collage.
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You paste this Beck up...
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this, uh, together, lovable, cute,
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bendy little creature.
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If anything, the fact
that you didn't share me
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with your followers only
confirms we really connected.
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The next thing our little
friend the Internet gave me
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was your address.
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♪ ♪
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There it is, with its big,
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naked windows.
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It's nice... too nice.
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I'm thinking subsidized school housing.
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Jesus, it's like you've never
seen a horror movie
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or the news.
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[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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[BEEP]
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♪ ♪
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But you want people to watch, don't you?
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You know, I plan on asking you
about this quality
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when we get to know each other better.
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A proposal:
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why don't we spend the day
together tomorrow,
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just you and me?
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To everyone out there
chasing their dreams,
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don't give up.
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And in the meantime,
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Mac N Cheese!
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It's cute.
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Not deep, but cute.
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Is there more to you?
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Let's find out.
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Synced & corrected by -robtor-
www.addic7ed.com
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♪ You're mine ♪
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♪ And we belong together ♪
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Our day starts at the... crack of dawn.
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I know from your posted
schedule that you teach
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A 6:30 class called Get Up N Flow.
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You caress the sweaty backs of bulimic,
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dead-eyed Real Mommies of Soho...
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I am loving your form today, Tasha.
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Offering smiles
and lies of encouragement.
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♪ ♪
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By 10:00, you're at campus
to TA a romantics class
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and play Vanna White to some shirt.
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Good morning, Professor Leahy.
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I told you, it's Paul.
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Are you ready for class?
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Professor Obvious wants to... you.
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But you're smart.
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You... you let him think
one day, he might.
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And what's the harm in that, right?
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♪ Together ♪
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After class, you head
to your favorite cafe
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to write for the first time all day.
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- [CELL PHONE BUZZES]
- But your life doesn't cooperate.
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Your wealthy girlfriends
have just now woken up
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and have nothing better to do
than plan their next
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pointless yet Instagrammable night.
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Can we get real for a second?
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You have questionable taste
in friends, Beck...
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♪ You've been holding back ♪
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♪ For a lifetime ♪
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- Cheers!
- Cheers!
270
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Oh, yes, happy birthday!
271
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[LAUGHTER]
272
00:10:41,447 --> 00:10:43,949
And expensive taste in lives.
273
00:10:43,950 --> 00:10:45,795
- Ready?
- Thank you.
274
00:10:47,453 --> 00:10:49,246
[GASPS]
- Do you like it?
275
00:10:49,247 --> 00:10:50,831
No, I hate it.
276
00:10:50,832 --> 00:10:52,541
Of course I love it!
277
00:10:52,542 --> 00:10:54,084
Jason didn't even get her
something that nice,
278
00:10:54,085 --> 00:10:56,002
and Annika finally let him do...
279
00:10:56,003 --> 00:10:58,630
[LAUGHTER]
280
00:10:58,631 --> 00:10:59,965
Please.
281
00:10:59,966 --> 00:11:01,174
Open my gift next and tell me
282
00:11:01,175 --> 00:11:02,676
how much you hate me then, lady.
283
00:11:02,677 --> 00:11:06,138
♪ I'm not going to let you go ♪
284
00:11:06,139 --> 00:11:08,014
[GASPS]
285
00:11:08,015 --> 00:11:09,432
A butterfly?
286
00:11:09,433 --> 00:11:10,725
It's my spirit animal for the year.
287
00:11:10,726 --> 00:11:12,310
You remembered?
288
00:11:12,311 --> 00:11:13,937
Only 'cause you wouldn't
shut up about it.
289
00:11:13,938 --> 00:11:16,356
You want so badly to be one of them.
290
00:11:16,357 --> 00:11:18,024
- Happy birthday.
- You guys are so beautiful.
291
00:11:18,025 --> 00:11:19,401
They've got nothing to do after this,
292
00:11:19,402 --> 00:11:20,861
so yeah, they'll party till 5:00
293
00:11:20,862 --> 00:11:22,654
and scrape it together tomorrow.
294
00:11:22,655 --> 00:11:24,948
But you can't.
You have to work for a living.
295
00:11:24,949 --> 00:11:27,367
A McQueen, Beck?
296
00:11:27,368 --> 00:11:28,577
How much was it?
297
00:11:28,578 --> 00:11:30,162
[CHUCKLES] It was on clearance.
298
00:11:30,163 --> 00:11:31,955
They haven't put
a McQueen scarf on clearance
299
00:11:31,956 --> 00:11:33,999
since he hung himself in 2010.
300
00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,001
It'd be too much
even if she did deserve it,
301
00:11:36,002 --> 00:11:37,919
which she does not.
302
00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,213
Hmm, not all your friends are dumb.
303
00:11:40,214 --> 00:11:41,756
You always do this.
304
00:11:41,757 --> 00:11:44,426
You make, like, a big gesture
that you can't afford
305
00:11:44,427 --> 00:11:47,053
because, I'm sorry, you're too nice.
306
00:11:47,054 --> 00:11:48,221
It's no big deal.
307
00:11:48,222 --> 00:11:50,776
I had, um, a gift card.
308
00:11:51,517 --> 00:11:52,977
How broke are you?
309
00:11:55,021 --> 00:11:56,730
Just tell me what's up.
310
00:11:56,731 --> 00:11:59,024
Actually sounds like she cares.
311
00:11:59,025 --> 00:12:00,692
Look, I appreciate...
312
00:12:00,693 --> 00:12:03,153
Why don't you just let me
loan you some cash, okay?
313
00:12:03,154 --> 00:12:04,905
I keep telling you it's nothing.
314
00:12:04,906 --> 00:12:06,531
Also sounds condescending.
315
00:12:06,532 --> 00:12:08,544
You know I'd do anything for you.
316
00:12:09,535 --> 00:12:11,297
Don't forget that.
317
00:12:12,455 --> 00:12:14,372
Sure you can't come out with us?
318
00:12:14,373 --> 00:12:15,540
I gotta write.
319
00:12:15,541 --> 00:12:17,417
Virtuous. Catch you later.
320
00:12:17,418 --> 00:12:19,878
♪ There is nothing in this world ♪
321
00:12:19,879 --> 00:12:22,380
♪ That can keep me from loving you ♪
322
00:12:22,381 --> 00:12:24,966
Is that the best friend you've got?
323
00:12:24,967 --> 00:12:28,553
If so, Beck, you really are alone.
324
00:12:28,554 --> 00:12:32,850
♪ I'm gonna break down your walls ♪
325
00:12:38,105 --> 00:12:40,565
Your social media's a liar.
326
00:12:40,566 --> 00:12:44,277
It says you're
a happy-go-lucky dilettante.
327
00:12:44,278 --> 00:12:47,822
But underneath it all, you seem like
328
00:12:47,823 --> 00:12:49,407
the genuine article.
329
00:12:49,408 --> 00:12:50,909
Stretched ADD thin, sure,
330
00:12:50,910 --> 00:12:52,452
but as soon as the door closes,
331
00:12:52,453 --> 00:12:54,079
you're back at the keyboard,
332
00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,248
trying to write.
333
00:12:57,083 --> 00:12:59,501
[CELL PHONE BUZZES]
334
00:12:59,502 --> 00:13:03,964
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
335
00:13:03,965 --> 00:13:05,590
[SIGHS]
336
00:13:05,591 --> 00:13:12,598
♪ ♪
337
00:13:15,017 --> 00:13:16,434
Thanks.
338
00:13:16,435 --> 00:13:19,354
♪ ♪
339
00:13:19,355 --> 00:13:20,772
Keep the change, man.
340
00:13:20,773 --> 00:13:24,067
♪ ♪
341
00:13:24,068 --> 00:13:26,152
Hey, let me up.
342
00:13:26,153 --> 00:13:30,251
Uh, Beck, who the... is this?
343
00:13:34,745 --> 00:13:38,915
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
344
00:13:38,916 --> 00:13:40,667
My best friend walked in
on you getting your dick sucked
345
00:13:40,668 --> 00:13:42,460
by some random woman in a bathroom
346
00:13:42,461 --> 00:13:44,963
at a party that I took you to.
347
00:13:44,964 --> 00:13:47,007
I was wasted. I didn't even finish.
348
00:13:47,008 --> 00:13:48,633
That's your apology? "I didn't ...?"
349
00:13:48,634 --> 00:13:50,468
That's the one you're going with?
350
00:13:50,469 --> 00:13:51,928
And I obviously shouldn't
have gone in the bathroom
351
00:13:51,929 --> 00:13:53,305
with any girl that wasn't you.
352
00:13:53,306 --> 00:13:54,639
But she said she had good coke,
353
00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,600
and I've been seriously stressed.
354
00:13:58,144 --> 00:14:00,145
I thought when Johno and I
started our line,
355
00:14:00,146 --> 00:14:01,855
it was gonna be, like,
picking out flavors and...
356
00:14:01,856 --> 00:14:03,481
It turns out it's 16-hour lectures
357
00:14:03,482 --> 00:14:04,816
on microbial management.
358
00:14:04,817 --> 00:14:06,568
And that's why no one starts their own
359
00:14:06,569 --> 00:14:08,570
artisanal soda company
and why America has to keep
360
00:14:08,571 --> 00:14:10,530
drinking crap that's giving them cancer.
361
00:14:10,531 --> 00:14:12,991
You actually managed to
connect your illicit blow job
362
00:14:12,992 --> 00:14:15,285
to curing cancer.
363
00:14:15,286 --> 00:14:17,371
I'm genuinely impressed.
364
00:14:20,833 --> 00:14:22,208
Beck, I...
365
00:14:22,209 --> 00:14:25,545
Seriously, I am drowning in work.
366
00:14:25,546 --> 00:14:27,672
I don't have time to keep hooking up
367
00:14:27,673 --> 00:14:30,050
or whatever it is you're even capable of.
368
00:14:30,051 --> 00:14:32,980
I know I've done some stupid...
369
00:14:33,512 --> 00:14:34,930
But I'm on it now.
370
00:14:36,349 --> 00:14:40,311
I don't wanna be just some guy
that you sleep with.
371
00:14:43,189 --> 00:14:45,648
God, you make me insane.
372
00:14:45,649 --> 00:14:51,279
♪ ♪
373
00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,324
Way to go, Beck. Looks like a catch.
374
00:14:54,325 --> 00:14:57,744
♪ ♪
375
00:14:57,745 --> 00:15:00,121
Benjamin J. Ashby III.
Oh, there's three of them.
376
00:15:00,122 --> 00:15:01,998
Greenwich born, boarding school bred.
377
00:15:01,999 --> 00:15:05,377
His father is the Ben Ashby
of Ashby Brokerage.
378
00:15:05,378 --> 00:15:07,003
Two failed careers.
379
00:15:07,004 --> 00:15:08,213
Model... oh, boy.
380
00:15:08,214 --> 00:15:09,881
And cocreator of a dating app
381
00:15:09,882 --> 00:15:11,508
that connects people
through musical tastes
382
00:15:11,509 --> 00:15:13,343
called LoveHooks.
383
00:15:13,344 --> 00:15:16,054
Current CEO of Home Soda
Artisanal Beverages.
384
00:15:16,055 --> 00:15:18,348
MOTTO: Drink Better by Hand,
385
00:15:18,349 --> 00:15:20,558
which makes no sense
but evokes a homespun quality
386
00:15:20,559 --> 00:15:24,062
that lines up with a guy who
wears $600 Japanese sneakers.
387
00:15:24,063 --> 00:15:25,522
The hair.
388
00:15:25,523 --> 00:15:27,399
The privilege he tries to hide
389
00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,567
with retweets of Black Lives Matter.
390
00:15:29,568 --> 00:15:31,403
Not to sound judgy, but this guy
391
00:15:31,404 --> 00:15:33,947
is everything wrong with America.
392
00:15:33,948 --> 00:15:36,074
♪ ♪
393
00:15:36,075 --> 00:15:37,909
See, this is why I do my research.
394
00:15:37,910 --> 00:15:40,286
You fall for the wrong men...
395
00:15:40,287 --> 00:15:41,496
bad men.
396
00:15:41,497 --> 00:15:42,831
You let them in.
397
00:15:42,832 --> 00:15:44,082
You let them hurt you.
398
00:15:44,083 --> 00:15:45,792
Too far away to know for sure,
399
00:15:45,793 --> 00:15:47,585
but my guess is,
if he came anywhere close
400
00:15:47,586 --> 00:15:48,878
to making you come, you'd have made
401
00:15:48,879 --> 00:15:50,547
a Broadway show out of it.
402
00:15:50,548 --> 00:15:51,923
But you didn't...
403
00:15:51,924 --> 00:15:52,924
'cause he didn't.
404
00:15:52,925 --> 00:15:54,343
[SIGHS]
405
00:15:58,431 --> 00:15:59,764
"Desperate Characters"?
406
00:15:59,765 --> 00:16:01,266
Yeah, I just got it.
407
00:16:01,267 --> 00:16:02,725
You can borrow it when I'm done.
408
00:16:02,726 --> 00:16:03,977
It's supposed to be her best.
409
00:16:03,978 --> 00:16:05,218
Johno's consultant we brought in,
410
00:16:05,219 --> 00:16:06,980
she's been all over me
about this kind of thing.
411
00:16:06,981 --> 00:16:09,201
Saged the crap out of the office.
412
00:16:09,608 --> 00:16:12,068
The book title has the word
"desperate" in it.
413
00:16:12,069 --> 00:16:13,445
You don't wanna think of yourself
414
00:16:13,446 --> 00:16:15,239
as a desperate character, Beck.
415
00:16:17,241 --> 00:16:19,951
'Cause you're the opposite, babe.
416
00:16:19,952 --> 00:16:22,715
You're the smartest girl I know.
417
00:16:23,581 --> 00:16:25,957
Honestly, you blow me away.
418
00:16:25,958 --> 00:16:28,960
[DRAMATIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC]
419
00:16:28,961 --> 00:16:30,712
[CELL PHONE BUZZING]
420
00:16:30,713 --> 00:16:32,255
Oh... Gotta roll.
421
00:16:32,256 --> 00:16:33,798
Johno's blowing up my phone.
422
00:16:33,799 --> 00:16:36,009
Hey, you should come by the office,
423
00:16:36,010 --> 00:16:37,427
test out some new flavors.
424
00:16:37,428 --> 00:16:38,597
We're doing cumin.
425
00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:40,138
I know how much you like Indian food.
426
00:16:40,139 --> 00:16:42,640
Sure. Sounds good.
427
00:16:42,641 --> 00:16:45,101
Looks good on you, by the way.
428
00:16:45,102 --> 00:16:46,603
♪ ♪
429
00:16:46,604 --> 00:16:48,521
The extra weight.
430
00:16:48,522 --> 00:16:51,316
♪ ♪
431
00:16:51,317 --> 00:16:53,693
Yeah, hey, I'm on my way, bro.
432
00:16:53,694 --> 00:16:55,487
You guys ordering pizzas?
433
00:16:55,488 --> 00:16:56,779
Yeah, don't... me over like last time.
434
00:16:56,780 --> 00:16:57,780
Gluten-free crust.
435
00:16:57,781 --> 00:16:59,157
Not from that vegan place.
436
00:16:59,158 --> 00:17:00,867
Vegan cheese tastes like...
437
00:17:00,868 --> 00:17:02,785
[DOOR CLOSES]
438
00:17:02,786 --> 00:17:09,792
♪ ♪
439
00:17:09,793 --> 00:17:11,085
[DOOR OPENS]
440
00:17:11,086 --> 00:17:13,171
I'm talking French gourmet...
441
00:17:13,172 --> 00:17:14,422
[DOOR CLOSES]
442
00:17:14,423 --> 00:17:17,008
No, Johno, Johno, listen to me.
443
00:17:17,009 --> 00:17:19,511
They can't do half gluten-free
'cause of the dough.
444
00:17:19,512 --> 00:17:21,304
They have to use a spelt dough.
445
00:17:21,305 --> 00:17:22,932
♪ ♪
446
00:17:25,893 --> 00:17:28,854
[SIGHS]
447
00:17:36,153 --> 00:17:39,155
[ROB SIMONSEN'S "NIGHT DRIVE"]
448
00:17:39,156 --> 00:17:44,202
♪ ♪
449
00:17:44,203 --> 00:17:47,038
♪ Ah, ah, ooh ♪
450
00:17:47,039 --> 00:17:49,249
♪ Ooh ♪
451
00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:51,167
So you didn't finish.
452
00:17:51,168 --> 00:17:52,127
♪ ♪
453
00:17:52,128 --> 00:17:53,169
♪ Ooh ♪
454
00:17:53,170 --> 00:17:55,630
♪ Ah, ah ♪
455
00:17:55,631 --> 00:17:59,467
♪ Ah, ah ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
456
00:17:59,468 --> 00:18:01,052
[MOANS SOFTLY]
457
00:18:01,053 --> 00:18:03,680
- ♪ Ah, ah ♪
- ♪ Oh, oh ♪
458
00:18:03,681 --> 00:18:04,973
[GASPS]
459
00:18:04,974 --> 00:18:06,766
♪ Ah, ah ♪
460
00:18:06,767 --> 00:18:09,686
♪ Oh, oh ♪
461
00:18:09,687 --> 00:18:14,482
- ♪ Ah, ah ♪
- ♪ Oh, oh ♪
462
00:18:14,483 --> 00:18:18,903
- ♪ Ah, ah ♪
- ♪ Oh, oh ♪
463
00:18:18,904 --> 00:18:23,366
- ♪ Ah, ah ♪
- ♪ Oh, oh ♪
464
00:18:23,367 --> 00:18:24,617
♪ Ah, ah ♪
465
00:18:24,618 --> 00:18:27,870
Just like that. [MOANS]
466
00:18:27,871 --> 00:18:29,747
♪ Ah, ah ♪
467
00:18:29,748 --> 00:18:31,917
[DOOR OPENS]
468
00:18:36,505 --> 00:18:38,423
[CLEARS THROAT] Here.
469
00:18:38,424 --> 00:18:40,717
Oh, thank you.
470
00:18:40,718 --> 00:18:42,635
You're so kind.
471
00:18:42,636 --> 00:18:45,722
I don't suppose you can help me
get a cab, can you?
472
00:18:45,723 --> 00:18:46,889
Of course.
473
00:18:46,890 --> 00:18:48,224
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
474
00:18:48,225 --> 00:18:51,227
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
475
00:18:51,228 --> 00:18:58,235
♪ ♪
476
00:19:04,116 --> 00:19:06,951
[MOANING]
477
00:19:06,952 --> 00:19:09,954
Wow, don't tell me
you're finished already.
478
00:19:09,955 --> 00:19:11,289
Almost.
479
00:19:11,290 --> 00:19:13,082
It's so good.
480
00:19:13,083 --> 00:19:14,792
Sometimes the dialogue's weird, though,
481
00:19:14,793 --> 00:19:16,336
like when they're killing each other
482
00:19:16,337 --> 00:19:17,629
and still all nice about it.
483
00:19:17,630 --> 00:19:18,963
Well, it was the 19th century.
484
00:19:18,964 --> 00:19:20,591
People still had manners.
485
00:19:22,009 --> 00:19:24,219
I was hoping we could go get another one.
486
00:19:25,888 --> 00:19:27,597
Ooh, I mean, it's pretty late, Pac.
487
00:19:27,598 --> 00:19:29,307
I don't know.
488
00:19:29,308 --> 00:19:32,310
[MOANING] Oh, yeah. Oh, I want you to...
489
00:19:32,311 --> 00:19:34,187
Ugh, something's
in the air tonight, Beck,
490
00:19:34,188 --> 00:19:37,982
'cause everyone but me is getting action.
491
00:19:37,983 --> 00:19:39,734
Even the lovebirds made up.
492
00:19:39,735 --> 00:19:42,111
Yeah. Yeah, why not?
493
00:19:42,112 --> 00:19:43,988
♪ ♪
494
00:19:43,989 --> 00:19:46,157
Did you know Dumas was a black dude?
495
00:19:46,158 --> 00:19:47,200
I Googled him.
496
00:19:47,201 --> 00:19:48,576
His grandmother was a slave,
497
00:19:48,577 --> 00:19:50,495
and his dad was a brigadier general.
498
00:19:50,496 --> 00:19:52,341
He killed, like, half a battalion.
499
00:19:53,123 --> 00:19:55,958
You probably knew that
since you work at a bookstore.
500
00:19:55,959 --> 00:19:57,377
I didn't.
501
00:19:57,378 --> 00:19:58,419
How'd you get to work here, anyway?
502
00:19:58,420 --> 00:19:59,716
Mr. Mooney gave me a job
503
00:19:59,717 --> 00:20:02,006
when I was just a little older than you.
He sort of took me in.
504
00:20:02,007 --> 00:20:03,341
He seems nice.
505
00:20:03,342 --> 00:20:06,511
He was a dick. But he loved books.
506
00:20:06,512 --> 00:20:07,970
And he taught me to love them too.
507
00:20:07,971 --> 00:20:10,014
I never see him around here.
508
00:20:10,015 --> 00:20:11,224
Is he dead?
509
00:20:11,225 --> 00:20:12,600
No, he's just old.
510
00:20:12,601 --> 00:20:14,352
I'm sorry, Pac.
511
00:20:14,353 --> 00:20:15,436
I had one back here for you,
512
00:20:15,437 --> 00:20:16,646
but Ethan must have sold it.
513
00:20:16,647 --> 00:20:17,647
Sold what?
514
00:20:17,648 --> 00:20:19,357
Your next read.
515
00:20:19,358 --> 00:20:20,817
Come on, I'll show you
where we keep the good stuff.
516
00:20:20,818 --> 00:20:27,825
♪ ♪
517
00:20:37,334 --> 00:20:38,376
Freaky.
518
00:20:38,377 --> 00:20:44,048
♪ ♪
519
00:20:44,049 --> 00:20:45,727
It's the cage.
520
00:20:46,385 --> 00:20:48,886
It's where we keep early
editions and collectibles.
521
00:20:48,887 --> 00:20:49,942
It's cold.
522
00:20:49,943 --> 00:20:52,223
65 degrees for the books.
523
00:20:52,224 --> 00:20:55,195
If the zombies come,
this is where I'm hiding.
524
00:20:55,894 --> 00:20:57,872
Why don't you set that milk shake down?
525
00:20:57,873 --> 00:21:03,371
♪ ♪
526
00:21:03,372 --> 00:21:05,695
[DOOR WHOOSHES]
527
00:21:05,696 --> 00:21:12,661
♪ ♪
528
00:21:17,958 --> 00:21:19,792
Careful, Joseph.
529
00:21:19,793 --> 00:21:21,753
When it comes to the value of a book,
530
00:21:21,754 --> 00:21:23,713
it's all about condition.
531
00:21:23,714 --> 00:21:24,829
I'll show you.
532
00:21:24,830 --> 00:21:27,425
It's always 65 degrees, humidity 40%.
533
00:21:27,426 --> 00:21:30,636
Too moist, the pages can mildew.
534
00:21:30,637 --> 00:21:32,430
Too dry, they get brittle.
535
00:21:32,431 --> 00:21:35,933
Always keep books upright
so the spines don't become
536
00:21:35,934 --> 00:21:38,311
rolled or warped or what we call cocked.
537
00:21:38,312 --> 00:21:40,938
And we never want
to fold or crease the pages.
538
00:21:40,939 --> 00:21:43,900
And we dust the covers
with a chemical-free duster.
539
00:21:43,901 --> 00:21:45,818
Always towards the spine.
540
00:21:45,819 --> 00:21:47,779
Under no circumstances
is there any sunlight
541
00:21:47,780 --> 00:21:49,280
in this room.
542
00:21:49,281 --> 00:21:51,783
Sunlight can ruin a book as fast as fire.
543
00:21:51,784 --> 00:21:53,159
Faster.
544
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,660
It's a lot of stuff to remember
545
00:21:54,661 --> 00:21:56,829
just to take care of some old books.
546
00:21:56,830 --> 00:21:59,499
The most valuable things in life
547
00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:03,128
are usually the most helpless.
548
00:22:04,505 --> 00:22:07,799
So they need people like us
to protect them.
549
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:08,884
You know?
550
00:22:14,765 --> 00:22:16,307
"Don Quicks-oat"?
551
00:22:16,308 --> 00:22:17,725
"Quixote."
552
00:22:17,726 --> 00:22:19,268
It's about a guy
who believes in chivalry,
553
00:22:19,269 --> 00:22:20,937
so he decides to be an old-school knight.
554
00:22:20,938 --> 00:22:22,313
What's chivalry?
555
00:22:22,314 --> 00:22:24,398
It's treating people with
respect, especially women...
556
00:22:24,399 --> 00:22:26,108
like men should.
557
00:22:26,109 --> 00:22:28,152
It's good. It's one of my favorites.
558
00:22:28,153 --> 00:22:29,987
I probably shouldn't take this home.
559
00:22:29,988 --> 00:22:31,489
It's not a first edition.
It's just an old one.
560
00:22:31,490 --> 00:22:33,282
Besides, I trust you.
561
00:22:33,283 --> 00:22:40,249
♪ ♪
562
00:22:50,759 --> 00:22:52,009
Where you been, Paco?
563
00:22:52,010 --> 00:22:53,469
We just grabbed some milk shakes.
564
00:22:53,470 --> 00:22:55,179
You just walk off with strangers?
565
00:22:55,180 --> 00:22:56,973
Joe's not a stranger.
566
00:22:56,974 --> 00:22:59,517
Yes, he is. Inside, now.
567
00:22:59,518 --> 00:23:01,395
Okay? All right.
568
00:23:06,692 --> 00:23:08,609
♪ ♪
569
00:23:08,610 --> 00:23:09,902
Keep away from my girlfriend's kid.
570
00:23:09,903 --> 00:23:11,265
Look, I'm sorry.
571
00:23:11,266 --> 00:23:13,990
But he was out here and he
could hear everything in there.
572
00:23:13,991 --> 00:23:15,794
Don't you tell me how to parent.
573
00:23:16,368 --> 00:23:18,621
Look, this whole nice-guy act,
this might work on other people.
574
00:23:18,622 --> 00:23:21,414
I'm a parole officer 15 years,
and I can see what you are.
575
00:23:21,415 --> 00:23:23,988
Well, you're an alcoholic
...who beats women,
576
00:23:23,989 --> 00:23:26,168
so, please, enlighten me.
577
00:23:26,169 --> 00:23:27,587
♪ ♪
578
00:23:27,588 --> 00:23:29,099
You're a freak.
579
00:23:30,048 --> 00:23:31,257
So stay away from Paco,
because if you don't,
580
00:23:31,258 --> 00:23:32,758
I'm gonna grab a steak knife
581
00:23:32,759 --> 00:23:33,926
and I'm gonna cut those freak eyes out.
582
00:23:33,927 --> 00:23:36,387
♪ ♪
583
00:23:36,388 --> 00:23:38,681
There are scary people
in the world, Beck.
584
00:23:38,682 --> 00:23:40,391
That's why it's important to be safe.
585
00:23:40,392 --> 00:23:44,770
♪ ♪
586
00:23:44,771 --> 00:23:45,897
[DOOR CLOSES]
587
00:23:45,898 --> 00:23:48,901
And why I have to do
what I'm about to do.
588
00:23:55,908 --> 00:23:58,910
FUN FACT: did you know the law
589
00:23:58,911 --> 00:24:01,454
requires gas leaks to be investigated?
590
00:24:01,455 --> 00:24:03,122
I've been learning a lot since I met you.
591
00:24:03,123 --> 00:24:05,302
Hey, Beck, you left the door open again.
592
00:24:05,303 --> 00:24:07,335
I thought we said we weren't
gonna do that anymore.
593
00:24:07,336 --> 00:24:09,086
I was careful to call the gas company
594
00:24:09,087 --> 00:24:10,588
on a day when you had a full schedule.
595
00:24:10,589 --> 00:24:11,881
Wouldn't want to scare you.
596
00:24:11,882 --> 00:24:13,758
Hey, is Beck here?
597
00:24:13,759 --> 00:24:16,218
Nope, super let me in.
Someone reported a leak.
598
00:24:16,219 --> 00:24:18,179
Right, yeah, she mentioned that.
Is everything okay?
599
00:24:18,180 --> 00:24:19,430
Yeah, all clear.
600
00:24:19,431 --> 00:24:20,932
Tell your girlfriend there's no leak.
601
00:24:20,933 --> 00:24:22,433
I'm done, so...
602
00:24:22,434 --> 00:24:25,072
Okay, thanks. Well, I can just lock up.
603
00:24:26,104 --> 00:24:27,064
[DOOR CLOSES]
604
00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:29,231
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
605
00:24:29,232 --> 00:24:31,692
I just need to know who you really are,
606
00:24:31,693 --> 00:24:35,112
besides a broke poetry student
in a subsidized apartment
607
00:24:35,113 --> 00:24:36,906
you could never afford.
608
00:24:36,907 --> 00:24:39,116
Where is it, Beck?
609
00:24:39,117 --> 00:24:41,619
When we live together,
your place won't be a pigsty.
610
00:24:41,620 --> 00:24:43,423
I'll clean for us.
611
00:24:44,122 --> 00:24:45,790
And you won't eat all this frozen...
612
00:24:45,791 --> 00:24:47,792
I'll cook for you every day.
613
00:24:47,793 --> 00:24:48,918
I promise.
614
00:24:48,919 --> 00:24:54,632
♪ ♪
615
00:24:54,633 --> 00:24:56,133
I'll even do your laundry...
616
00:24:56,134 --> 00:24:58,469
♪ ♪
617
00:24:58,470 --> 00:25:00,304
And take care of your favorite books.
618
00:25:00,305 --> 00:25:02,974
♪ ♪
619
00:25:02,975 --> 00:25:05,862
I'll make our bed every morning.
620
00:25:06,144 --> 00:25:08,437
Oh, there it is.
621
00:25:08,438 --> 00:25:10,159
No matter how hard you fight me,
622
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,943
I will always make sure you
password protect your devices.
623
00:25:13,944 --> 00:25:18,364
♪ ♪
624
00:25:18,365 --> 00:25:20,585
"One day, you won't need love anymore.
625
00:25:21,159 --> 00:25:23,244
"One day, you won't
walk through the world
626
00:25:23,245 --> 00:25:25,788
"as though it was your job
to hold everything up.
627
00:25:25,789 --> 00:25:30,292
The sun, the sky,
the hard part of the night."
628
00:25:30,293 --> 00:25:32,013
It's good.
629
00:25:32,713 --> 00:25:34,266
It's quite good.
630
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,382
But, Beck, where's the rest?
631
00:25:36,383 --> 00:25:38,385
You owe me 20 more pages.
632
00:25:39,302 --> 00:25:42,513
I've been honestly working
every day and grading papers.
633
00:25:42,514 --> 00:25:44,181
If the schedule is too rigorous,
634
00:25:44,182 --> 00:25:45,349
drop back to part-time.
635
00:25:45,350 --> 00:25:46,851
But then I won't qualify to TA.
636
00:25:46,852 --> 00:25:49,228
I-I need the cash, the housing.
I'd lose my place.
637
00:25:49,229 --> 00:25:50,646
I'm sure you'll figure it out.
638
00:25:50,647 --> 00:25:52,023
You're smart, or you wouldn't be here.
639
00:25:52,024 --> 00:25:53,994
- Please, Professor Leahy...
- Paul.
640
00:25:54,651 --> 00:25:56,277
Paul.
641
00:25:56,278 --> 00:25:57,987
I'll get you the pages
by the end of the week.
642
00:25:57,988 --> 00:26:00,698
I-I can't go to part-time.
643
00:26:00,699 --> 00:26:01,908
Okay?
644
00:26:04,703 --> 00:26:06,871
I'm rooting for you.
645
00:26:06,872 --> 00:26:09,457
You just need to keep up.
646
00:26:09,458 --> 00:26:11,417
Happy to discuss further,
647
00:26:11,418 --> 00:26:13,377
after class some evening.
648
00:26:13,378 --> 00:26:14,920
If we're gonna seriously discuss poetry,
649
00:26:14,921 --> 00:26:15,890
it should be over a drink.
650
00:26:15,891 --> 00:26:17,976
There's a little gastropub I love.
651
00:26:18,592 --> 00:26:20,676
I would love that, Paul.
652
00:26:20,677 --> 00:26:23,846
Just, uh, how would your wife
feel about you...
653
00:26:23,847 --> 00:26:25,848
About me helping out an aspiring writer?
654
00:26:25,849 --> 00:26:28,851
She's... she's used to my generosity.
655
00:26:28,852 --> 00:26:30,102
[LAUGHS]
656
00:26:30,103 --> 00:26:31,520
So Thursday night, then?
657
00:26:31,521 --> 00:26:33,564
♪ ♪
658
00:26:33,565 --> 00:26:35,399
Thursday night it is.
659
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:36,901
Excellent.
660
00:26:36,902 --> 00:26:38,194
And don't worry about the next few days.
661
00:26:38,195 --> 00:26:40,863
Just go home and get caught up.
662
00:26:40,864 --> 00:26:47,829
♪ ♪
663
00:26:51,374 --> 00:26:53,626
Need to see you tonight.
664
00:26:53,627 --> 00:26:56,587
♪ ♪
665
00:26:56,588 --> 00:26:59,381
Well, if I can, babe. Working late.
666
00:26:59,382 --> 00:27:02,103
PS, I can still smell you ...
667
00:27:02,761 --> 00:27:04,470
I learned two definitive things
668
00:27:04,471 --> 00:27:06,305
by scouring your computer.
669
00:27:06,306 --> 00:27:08,599
First, there are no
recent pictures of your dad
670
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,434
because he's dead.
671
00:27:10,435 --> 00:27:13,104
He OD'd, and you were
the one that found him.
672
00:27:13,105 --> 00:27:15,397
You've started a few poems
about that day,
673
00:27:15,398 --> 00:27:17,066
but you never finish them.
674
00:27:17,067 --> 00:27:19,110
I'm so sorry, Beck.
675
00:27:19,111 --> 00:27:21,320
But none of this matters
because of my second
676
00:27:21,321 --> 00:27:23,322
and greatest discovery.
677
00:27:23,323 --> 00:27:26,450
11:06 a.m., an hour after
our encounter at the bookstore,
678
00:27:26,451 --> 00:27:28,077
amidst a group text on the merits
679
00:27:28,078 --> 00:27:31,038
of, uh, vaginal detoxing, you wrote...
680
00:27:31,039 --> 00:27:34,625
Wow. Just met a human male
who actually reads.
681
00:27:34,626 --> 00:27:36,252
Alert the media.
682
00:27:36,253 --> 00:27:37,711
What if it's finally time for me
683
00:27:37,712 --> 00:27:39,255
to date someone good for me?
684
00:27:39,256 --> 00:27:40,923
Thank you for letting me know
685
00:27:40,924 --> 00:27:42,258
I wasn't crazy after all.
686
00:27:42,259 --> 00:27:43,634
- [DOOR OPENS]
- No!
687
00:27:43,635 --> 00:27:44,802
Yes.
688
00:27:44,803 --> 00:27:45,970
I remember what you said
689
00:27:45,971 --> 00:27:48,180
when you sent money last.
690
00:27:48,181 --> 00:27:50,099
Yes, I'm grateful.
691
00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:51,517
♪ ♪
692
00:27:51,518 --> 00:27:53,644
[LAUGHS] I'm working constantly.
693
00:27:53,645 --> 00:27:56,324
There's no place cheaper to live.
694
00:27:56,857 --> 00:27:58,274
I did.
695
00:27:58,275 --> 00:28:01,986
He basically offered to sleep with me.
696
00:28:01,987 --> 00:28:03,988
No, I can't report him.
That's not how it works.
697
00:28:03,989 --> 00:28:05,268
I'm not worried.
698
00:28:05,269 --> 00:28:06,995
I've seen enough
romantic comedies to know
699
00:28:06,996 --> 00:28:09,160
guys like me are always
getting in jams like this.
700
00:28:09,161 --> 00:28:10,661
Not the school, the world.
701
00:28:10,662 --> 00:28:12,288
That's not how the world works.
702
00:28:12,289 --> 00:28:13,706
♪ ♪
703
00:28:13,707 --> 00:28:15,332
I know how much you helped me.
704
00:28:15,333 --> 00:28:17,710
It's just, it's hard here, Mom.
705
00:28:17,711 --> 00:28:19,795
♪ ♪
706
00:28:19,796 --> 00:28:20,755
[SIGHS]
707
00:28:22,007 --> 00:28:24,967
Okay. I'll figure it out.
708
00:28:24,968 --> 00:28:26,969
All right, love you too.
709
00:28:26,970 --> 00:28:28,054
Bye, Mom.
710
00:28:30,849 --> 00:28:33,852
[CRYING]
711
00:28:39,149 --> 00:28:40,692
It's okay, Beck.
712
00:28:41,693 --> 00:28:43,153
[CRYING]
713
00:28:45,697 --> 00:28:47,198
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
714
00:28:47,199 --> 00:28:48,575
[GROANS]
715
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,037
- Hi, Becks!
- Hey, ..., where you at?
716
00:28:53,038 --> 00:28:54,371
Come play!
717
00:28:54,372 --> 00:28:56,540
Oh, I can't. I just had the worst day.
718
00:28:56,541 --> 00:28:58,459
Aww, Beckalicious, whatever it is,
719
00:28:58,460 --> 00:29:00,211
there's nothing that we can't fix, okay?
720
00:29:00,212 --> 00:29:02,213
Yes, us and copious amounts of alcohol.
721
00:29:02,214 --> 00:29:03,214
Oh, my God. There's a sale.
722
00:29:03,215 --> 00:29:04,715
[LAUGHS]
723
00:29:04,716 --> 00:29:06,217
[GROANS]
724
00:29:06,218 --> 00:29:07,516
You guys love me?
725
00:29:07,517 --> 00:29:09,386
- Of course!
- Why would you even say that?
726
00:29:09,387 --> 00:29:12,056
Okay, then. Meet me in Greenpoint.
727
00:29:12,057 --> 00:29:13,891
Look, why don't you come here, okay?
728
00:29:13,892 --> 00:29:15,226
Come here. It's actually really fun
729
00:29:15,227 --> 00:29:16,496
where we are. I promise.
730
00:29:16,497 --> 00:29:17,557
Yeah.
731
00:29:17,558 --> 00:29:19,730
There's something
I need to do for myself.
732
00:29:19,731 --> 00:29:21,023
I'll text you on my way.
733
00:29:21,024 --> 00:29:22,691
- See you soon.
- Bye.
734
00:29:22,692 --> 00:29:23,692
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
735
00:29:23,693 --> 00:29:29,406
♪ ♪
736
00:29:29,407 --> 00:29:31,618
I guess we're going to Greenpoint, Beck.
737
00:29:36,830 --> 00:29:39,541
♪ So tired of feeling this way ♪
738
00:29:39,542 --> 00:29:41,835
♪ Feeling like I can't go on ♪
739
00:29:41,836 --> 00:29:43,420
I never go to Greenpoint.
740
00:29:43,421 --> 00:29:46,226
But the things you do for love, right?
741
00:29:46,716 --> 00:29:48,759
Hi, um, okay, so we're gonna get
742
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:49,927
a few more drinks.
743
00:29:49,928 --> 00:29:51,262
Hold on one second.
744
00:29:51,263 --> 00:29:53,222
Guys?
745
00:29:53,223 --> 00:29:55,557
What is she thinking? Open mics are for
746
00:29:55,558 --> 00:29:57,893
models/singer-songwriters/vegans.
747
00:29:57,894 --> 00:29:59,603
I mean, these people don't
wanna hear some wannabe
748
00:29:59,604 --> 00:30:02,022
read a poem about the bleakness
of life or whatever.
749
00:30:02,023 --> 00:30:04,149
Your friends are disloyal.
750
00:30:04,150 --> 00:30:07,080
And that Peach is the worst.
751
00:30:07,612 --> 00:30:10,114
[LAUGHTER]
752
00:30:10,115 --> 00:30:11,865
Another round of picklebacks.
753
00:30:11,866 --> 00:30:14,994
Beckish, do we think now is the night?
754
00:30:14,995 --> 00:30:16,495
Positive.
755
00:30:16,496 --> 00:30:18,372
All my life lately
has been about surviving.
756
00:30:18,373 --> 00:30:21,625
I need to remind myself why
I came here in the first place.
757
00:30:21,626 --> 00:30:22,960
- Yes!
- Yeah.
758
00:30:22,961 --> 00:30:24,336
- You go.
- Who do you keep texting?
759
00:30:24,337 --> 00:30:26,714
- I invited Benji.
- Beck.
760
00:30:26,715 --> 00:30:28,882
What? He likes poetry.
761
00:30:28,883 --> 00:30:30,634
- For sure.
- And he texted he was coming?
762
00:30:30,635 --> 00:30:34,263
He texted a row of smile emojis, like,
763
00:30:34,264 --> 00:30:35,973
45 minutes ago.
764
00:30:35,974 --> 00:30:37,182
Some guys are assholes,
765
00:30:37,183 --> 00:30:38,434
and you just have to realize that.
766
00:30:38,435 --> 00:30:40,144
I get it, Peach.
767
00:30:40,145 --> 00:30:42,855
No, you're the one who told me to
keep reminding you he's a bastard.
768
00:30:42,856 --> 00:30:45,707
Up next, we have Guinevere Beck.
769
00:30:45,708 --> 00:30:47,318
Whoo!
770
00:30:47,319 --> 00:30:48,694
- All right.
- All right.
771
00:30:48,695 --> 00:30:51,447
To vulnerability and...
772
00:30:51,448 --> 00:30:52,531
Yeah.
773
00:30:52,532 --> 00:30:53,991
- Cheers.
- Okay.
774
00:30:53,992 --> 00:30:55,868
- Okay.
- Okay.
775
00:30:55,869 --> 00:30:56,995
Kill it, Beck.
776
00:30:58,496 --> 00:31:01,832
Hey, everyone, um, I'm Beck,
777
00:31:01,833 --> 00:31:04,668
and I'm... not to sound like,
you know, whatever,
778
00:31:04,669 --> 00:31:07,796
but just... I'm a... I'm a poet.
779
00:31:07,797 --> 00:31:09,506
Yeah, you are!
780
00:31:09,507 --> 00:31:10,924
Whoo!
781
00:31:10,925 --> 00:31:12,135
Yeah, you are!
782
00:31:13,178 --> 00:31:17,139
One day, you won't need love anymore.
783
00:31:17,140 --> 00:31:19,641
One day, you won't walk through the world
784
00:31:19,642 --> 00:31:22,853
as though it was your job
to hold everything up.
785
00:31:22,854 --> 00:31:26,398
The sun, the hard part of the night,
786
00:31:26,399 --> 00:31:29,401
the secret time when you wake
to the sound of beating,
787
00:31:29,402 --> 00:31:32,279
rise to answer the door,
but he's not there
788
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,740
because that sound
is coming from inside you.
789
00:31:34,741 --> 00:31:38,202
And you cannot answer it
no matter how far in you go.
790
00:31:38,203 --> 00:31:41,121
Wrap it up!
791
00:31:41,122 --> 00:31:44,041
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
792
00:31:44,042 --> 00:31:45,209
Whoo!
793
00:31:45,210 --> 00:31:46,919
You loved him the way
794
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,255
fragile kids love gorgeous bullies.
795
00:31:50,256 --> 00:31:54,218
You wrote songs about him...
uh, I mean...
796
00:31:54,219 --> 00:31:57,388
[LAUGHS] You wrote poems about him.
797
00:31:57,389 --> 00:31:59,973
You still write poems about him.
798
00:31:59,974 --> 00:32:02,101
You're writing one right now.
799
00:32:02,102 --> 00:32:03,977
Why are you so sad?
800
00:32:03,978 --> 00:32:05,938
Just so sad.
801
00:32:05,939 --> 00:32:09,316
Just something happier
for a change might be nice.
802
00:32:09,317 --> 00:32:11,485
I think everyone agrees.
803
00:32:11,486 --> 00:32:12,903
Can we get the singer back?
804
00:32:12,904 --> 00:32:13,904
She was...
805
00:32:13,905 --> 00:32:15,447
Sorry, I, uh...
806
00:32:15,448 --> 00:32:17,116
I just, um... I lost my place.
807
00:32:17,117 --> 00:32:19,284
It'll just take a second
to find where I was.
808
00:32:19,285 --> 00:32:20,828
I can't stand seeing this.
809
00:32:20,829 --> 00:32:23,414
I'm sorry. I-I just can't.
810
00:32:23,415 --> 00:32:26,291
It's obvious what you are.
You're blind with love.
811
00:32:26,292 --> 00:32:28,168
And what you love... writing,
812
00:32:28,169 --> 00:32:29,628
this city, your friends,
813
00:32:29,629 --> 00:32:31,130
most of all, men like Benji...
814
00:32:31,131 --> 00:32:32,756
what all those have in common is,
815
00:32:32,757 --> 00:32:34,633
they will never love you back,
816
00:32:34,634 --> 00:32:36,135
while you give everything.
817
00:32:36,136 --> 00:32:37,511
♪ ♪
818
00:32:37,512 --> 00:32:38,762
It's crazy, the lengths we go.
819
00:32:38,763 --> 00:32:41,098
We're a lot alike, Beck.
820
00:32:41,099 --> 00:32:42,933
Last of the true romantics.
821
00:32:42,934 --> 00:32:45,269
♪ ♪
822
00:32:45,270 --> 00:32:49,189
♪ Engine number nine ♪
823
00:32:49,190 --> 00:32:53,026
♪ On the New York Transit line ♪
824
00:32:53,027 --> 00:32:54,695
♪ If my train... ♪
825
00:32:54,696 --> 00:32:56,238
I was considering this
with my new friend,
826
00:32:56,239 --> 00:32:57,735
Mr... Homeless Guy,
827
00:32:57,736 --> 00:33:00,617
when the second luckiest thing
this week happened.
828
00:33:00,618 --> 00:33:02,870
♪ ♪
829
00:33:02,871 --> 00:33:04,663
Could it really be?
830
00:33:04,664 --> 00:33:06,957
It feels like I'm dreaming.
831
00:33:06,958 --> 00:33:09,793
♪ Pick it up ♪
832
00:33:09,794 --> 00:33:12,212
- I'm not.
- ♪ Pick it up ♪
833
00:33:12,213 --> 00:33:14,256
Beck, you're too drunk to be alone.
834
00:33:14,257 --> 00:33:17,134
What if some sicko
had followed you down here?
835
00:33:17,135 --> 00:33:20,304
And you're too wasted to be standing
so close to the tracks. Beck!
836
00:33:20,305 --> 00:33:22,473
Beck, stop texting
that arrogant club soda
837
00:33:22,474 --> 00:33:24,391
no-show ...head.
838
00:33:24,392 --> 00:33:27,019
♪ New York line ♪
839
00:33:27,020 --> 00:33:31,482
♪ If my train jump off the track ♪
840
00:33:31,483 --> 00:33:33,108
You want Benji.
841
00:33:33,109 --> 00:33:35,736
♪ Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up ♪
842
00:33:35,737 --> 00:33:37,237
You need Benji.
843
00:33:37,238 --> 00:33:39,072
You hold that phone like it is Benji
844
00:33:39,073 --> 00:33:41,450
'cause it's your only means
to stay connected.
845
00:33:41,451 --> 00:33:43,087
Forget Benji.
846
00:33:43,703 --> 00:33:44,870
[CELL PHONE BUZZES]
847
00:33:44,871 --> 00:33:47,372
And to... with that phone!
848
00:33:47,373 --> 00:33:49,833
- [GRUNTS]
- Pick it up. Pick it up.
849
00:33:49,834 --> 00:33:52,419
- Pick it up. Pick it up.
- [COUGHING]
850
00:33:52,420 --> 00:33:55,756
♪ Engine, engine number nine ♪
851
00:33:55,757 --> 00:33:57,257
[GASPING]
852
00:33:57,258 --> 00:34:00,469
♪ On the New York Transit line ♪
853
00:34:00,470 --> 00:34:01,845
Hey, hey, hey!
854
00:34:01,846 --> 00:34:03,138
You okay?
855
00:34:03,139 --> 00:34:04,681
Are you all right? Can you stand up?
856
00:34:04,682 --> 00:34:06,433
Just stay still.
857
00:34:06,434 --> 00:34:08,185
Half that... down there
can electrocute you, all right?
858
00:34:08,186 --> 00:34:09,728
So just give me your hand.
859
00:34:09,729 --> 00:34:11,271
Pick it up. Pick it up.
Pick it up. Pick it up.
860
00:34:11,272 --> 00:34:12,272
Pick it up. Pick it up!
861
00:34:12,273 --> 00:34:13,690
Sir, please shut up!
862
00:34:13,691 --> 00:34:14,775
- Pick it up!
- Give me your hand.
863
00:34:14,776 --> 00:34:16,568
The train's coming.
864
00:34:16,569 --> 00:34:18,237
Pick it up. Pick it up.
Pick it up. Pick it up.
865
00:34:18,238 --> 00:34:19,530
Pick it up. Pick it up.
Pick it up. Pick it up.
866
00:34:19,531 --> 00:34:22,449
[TRAIN CLACKING]
867
00:34:22,450 --> 00:34:23,992
Your hand, now!
868
00:34:23,993 --> 00:34:25,160
Pick it up!
869
00:34:25,161 --> 00:34:26,787
- [GRUNTS]
- Pick it up!
870
00:34:26,788 --> 00:34:28,622
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]
871
00:34:28,623 --> 00:34:31,583
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
872
00:34:31,584 --> 00:34:37,089
♪ ♪
873
00:34:37,090 --> 00:34:38,534
[VOMITS]
874
00:34:44,264 --> 00:34:45,389
[GROANS]
875
00:34:45,390 --> 00:34:47,349
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
876
00:34:47,350 --> 00:34:48,559
- Whoo!
- I am so sorry.
877
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:49,851
No, it's fine. It's fine.
878
00:34:49,852 --> 00:34:53,063
I, uh... I hated... I hated this jacket.
879
00:34:53,064 --> 00:34:55,440
I really am sorry.
880
00:34:55,441 --> 00:34:56,942
It's okay.
881
00:34:56,943 --> 00:34:57,986
Do you mind?
882
00:34:59,404 --> 00:35:00,404
[SIGHS]
883
00:35:00,405 --> 00:35:01,739
Sure, um...
884
00:35:04,909 --> 00:35:07,036
You know what? Let's get you
in a cab, all right?
885
00:35:09,998 --> 00:35:12,041
I'm not always like this.
886
00:35:14,794 --> 00:35:16,920
I figured you had some kinda night.
887
00:35:16,921 --> 00:35:18,881
Some kinda...
888
00:35:21,384 --> 00:35:24,220
Hey, I don't wanna sound
like a stalker, but...
889
00:35:25,638 --> 00:35:27,389
I think I know you.
890
00:35:27,390 --> 00:35:29,058
Paula Fox?
891
00:35:30,268 --> 00:35:31,643
Oh, right, right!
892
00:35:31,644 --> 00:35:32,769
Of course.
893
00:35:32,770 --> 00:35:35,105
I remember. I'm sorry.
894
00:35:35,106 --> 00:35:37,441
This is what I look like when I'm sober
895
00:35:37,442 --> 00:35:38,609
and have my hair up.
896
00:35:38,610 --> 00:35:41,028
Yeah, no, I remember.
897
00:35:41,029 --> 00:35:44,239
It's okay. I have a pretty bland face.
898
00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:45,543
No, you don't.
899
00:35:48,119 --> 00:35:49,870
Yeah, uh, "Desperate Characters."
900
00:35:49,871 --> 00:35:51,132
I remember.
901
00:35:51,706 --> 00:35:53,207
Yeah.
902
00:35:54,042 --> 00:35:55,167
Where you headed?
903
00:35:55,168 --> 00:35:56,501
Village.
904
00:35:56,502 --> 00:35:58,337
Are you anywhere close?
905
00:35:58,338 --> 00:35:59,546
Ride with me.
906
00:35:59,547 --> 00:36:01,256
It's the least I can do.
907
00:36:01,257 --> 00:36:03,467
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
908
00:36:03,468 --> 00:36:04,468
Okay.
909
00:36:04,469 --> 00:36:11,476
♪ ♪
910
00:36:16,981 --> 00:36:18,899
Did you move here to be something?
911
00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:20,609
I did, but it's not working out,
912
00:36:20,610 --> 00:36:22,694
and I'm just running around
18 hours a day.
913
00:36:22,695 --> 00:36:23,945
Why?
914
00:36:23,946 --> 00:36:26,323
♪ ♪
915
00:36:26,324 --> 00:36:28,450
Oh, God, never mind. Sorry.
916
00:36:28,451 --> 00:36:30,285
No, please.
917
00:36:30,286 --> 00:36:32,746
I feel the same way sometimes.
918
00:36:32,747 --> 00:36:35,248
This guy I know, he owns the bookstore.
919
00:36:35,249 --> 00:36:37,542
He once told me that all books
920
00:36:37,543 --> 00:36:41,797
add up to one essential truth,
921
00:36:41,798 --> 00:36:44,633
which is, if your IQ is above
a certain number...
922
00:36:44,634 --> 00:36:46,510
♪ ♪
923
00:36:46,511 --> 00:36:48,053
Life is pretty much unbearable.
924
00:36:48,054 --> 00:36:50,347
And the number is not even that high.
925
00:36:50,348 --> 00:36:52,516
♪ ♪
926
00:36:52,517 --> 00:36:55,727
I do think I'd be happier
if I was stupider.
927
00:36:55,728 --> 00:36:56,870
[LAUGHS]
928
00:36:56,871 --> 00:36:59,106
But then the world
wouldn't know your poetry.
929
00:36:59,107 --> 00:37:01,316
How'd you know I write poetry?
930
00:37:01,317 --> 00:37:04,236
♪ ♪
931
00:37:04,237 --> 00:37:07,280
Doesn't every young writer in New York?
932
00:37:07,281 --> 00:37:08,865
I mean, I read a lot of poetry.
933
00:37:08,866 --> 00:37:11,535
♪ ♪
934
00:37:11,536 --> 00:37:13,172
Who do you like?
935
00:37:13,705 --> 00:37:16,331
Strand, Sexton, Merrill.
936
00:37:16,332 --> 00:37:19,042
You're describing my nightstand.
937
00:37:19,043 --> 00:37:22,212
Well, if you read them
to get to sleep every night,
938
00:37:22,213 --> 00:37:24,256
then you definitely belong here.
939
00:37:24,257 --> 00:37:26,174
[CHUCKLES]
940
00:37:26,175 --> 00:37:28,135
What was your last name again?
941
00:37:28,136 --> 00:37:29,386
Goldberg.
942
00:37:29,387 --> 00:37:30,887
♪ ♪
943
00:37:30,888 --> 00:37:33,765
Where did you come from, Joe Goldberg?
944
00:37:33,766 --> 00:37:35,267
I grew up here.
945
00:37:35,268 --> 00:37:37,352
♪ ♪
946
00:37:37,353 --> 00:37:39,146
I left for a little while,
947
00:37:39,147 --> 00:37:40,313
chasing a girl.
948
00:37:40,314 --> 00:37:42,399
Mm, but you came back?
949
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,078
Yeah, I missed it.
950
00:37:44,736 --> 00:37:46,403
And I'm not a good chaser.
951
00:37:46,404 --> 00:37:48,905
Hmm, me neither.
952
00:37:48,906 --> 00:37:55,913
♪ ♪
953
00:38:06,340 --> 00:38:07,592
Oh.
954
00:38:09,552 --> 00:38:12,471
Oh, this is, uh... this is me.
955
00:38:12,472 --> 00:38:15,098
Mm, it's not bad.
956
00:38:15,099 --> 00:38:17,653
Thank you for sobering me up.
957
00:38:18,227 --> 00:38:19,978
And for saving my life.
958
00:38:19,979 --> 00:38:22,439
No, I didn't... I didn't save your life.
959
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:23,607
Yeah, you did.
960
00:38:23,608 --> 00:38:30,615
♪ ♪
961
00:38:31,157 --> 00:38:33,533
[KNOCKING]
962
00:38:33,534 --> 00:38:35,327
Oh, God.
963
00:38:35,328 --> 00:38:37,287
Of course.
964
00:38:37,288 --> 00:38:39,039
- Benji.
- Hi.
965
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,832
Um, this is Joe.
966
00:38:40,833 --> 00:38:43,502
He literally saved my life tonight.
967
00:38:43,503 --> 00:38:45,378
I-I fell on the tracks.
968
00:38:45,379 --> 00:38:46,797
It was crazy.
969
00:38:46,798 --> 00:38:49,644
Babe, I told you,
people are basically good.
970
00:38:50,134 --> 00:38:51,510
It's a great job, bro.
971
00:38:51,511 --> 00:38:54,179
Bro? You waste of hair.
972
00:38:54,180 --> 00:38:56,766
Okay, Beck, it's freezing out here.
973
00:39:01,229 --> 00:39:04,105
Wait, uh, maybe I can get your info.
974
00:39:04,106 --> 00:39:06,317
Yeah, um...
975
00:39:12,636 --> 00:39:13,961
..., my phone.
976
00:39:14,992 --> 00:39:16,493
I must have dropped it in the subway.
977
00:39:16,494 --> 00:39:18,370
Oh.
978
00:39:18,371 --> 00:39:21,581
Oh, okay, well, um,
just maybe give me your number
979
00:39:21,582 --> 00:39:23,500
for when you get a replacement?
980
00:39:23,501 --> 00:39:26,044
I'm basically enslaved to email.
981
00:39:26,045 --> 00:39:27,879
I get it. Smart.
982
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,006
I'm practically a stranger.
Can't be too careful.
983
00:39:30,007 --> 00:39:31,258
Okay.
984
00:39:31,259 --> 00:39:34,928
It's beckinreallife@gmail.com.
985
00:39:34,929 --> 00:39:36,513
All right.
986
00:39:36,514 --> 00:39:38,390
♪ ♪
987
00:39:38,391 --> 00:39:40,100
Beck in real life.
988
00:39:40,101 --> 00:39:41,518
Thank you.
989
00:39:41,519 --> 00:39:45,564
♪ ♪
990
00:39:45,565 --> 00:39:47,065
So here's what I learned this week.
991
00:39:47,066 --> 00:39:48,525
I'm sorry I didn't make it. You know.
992
00:39:48,526 --> 00:39:50,694
You are special. You're talented.
993
00:39:50,695 --> 00:39:52,206
You're passionate.
994
00:39:53,030 --> 00:39:54,322
You're smart...
995
00:39:54,323 --> 00:39:57,033
♪ ♪
996
00:39:57,034 --> 00:39:59,578
Except in the ways you're really not,
997
00:39:59,579 --> 00:40:01,246
like not locking your phone
998
00:40:01,247 --> 00:40:03,290
and falling for men like Benji.
999
00:40:03,291 --> 00:40:06,793
You know better,
but you can't stop because...
1000
00:40:06,794 --> 00:40:08,628
well, because everyone needs someone.
1001
00:40:08,629 --> 00:40:10,547
What you really need
is someone to save you.
1002
00:40:10,548 --> 00:40:12,674
I can help, Beck.
1003
00:40:12,675 --> 00:40:14,020
Let me help you.
1004
00:40:19,223 --> 00:40:20,390
Joe.
1005
00:40:20,391 --> 00:40:23,310
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
1006
00:40:23,311 --> 00:40:24,895
Pac, hey.
1007
00:40:24,896 --> 00:40:26,771
What's going on?
What are you doing out here?
1008
00:40:26,772 --> 00:40:28,367
It's Ron.
1009
00:40:29,317 --> 00:40:31,287
He came home drunk.
1010
00:40:31,819 --> 00:40:33,820
He started yelling,
1011
00:40:33,821 --> 00:40:35,530
saying I thought I was smart,
1012
00:40:35,531 --> 00:40:37,991
reading my books and looking
at him like he's dumb.
1013
00:40:37,992 --> 00:40:39,743
What... what happened?
1014
00:40:39,744 --> 00:40:41,411
Did he hurt you?
1015
00:40:41,412 --> 00:40:43,246
No, he didn't touch me.
1016
00:40:43,247 --> 00:40:50,254
♪ ♪
1017
00:40:53,132 --> 00:40:55,133
I tried to stop him.
1018
00:40:55,134 --> 00:40:56,593
I'm sorry.
1019
00:40:56,594 --> 00:40:59,804
Paco, Paco, it's okay.
1020
00:40:59,805 --> 00:41:01,181
Really, it's okay.
1021
00:41:01,182 --> 00:41:02,474
You know what? Come with me.
1022
00:41:02,475 --> 00:41:04,184
We can fix this together, all right?
1023
00:41:04,185 --> 00:41:10,398
♪ ♪
1024
00:41:10,399 --> 00:41:12,150
So, you know, the first step
to fixing something
1025
00:41:12,151 --> 00:41:15,278
is to know no matter
how destroyed it seems,
1026
00:41:15,279 --> 00:41:16,906
it can always be saved.
1027
00:41:18,199 --> 00:41:20,825
Books are no exception.
1028
00:41:20,826 --> 00:41:21,868
You got it?
1029
00:41:21,869 --> 00:41:23,014
Got it.
1030
00:41:23,015 --> 00:41:25,622
So what we have here is a line press.
1031
00:41:25,623 --> 00:41:27,624
Basically just a huge clamp.
1032
00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:31,336
Polyvinyl acetate glue means
no acid to burn the pages.
1033
00:41:31,337 --> 00:41:34,839
Got your needle, thread, and finally...
1034
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,936
right out of "Bugs Bunny"...
1035
00:41:37,718 --> 00:41:38,718
a trusty mallet.
1036
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:40,679
[DARK MUSIC]
1037
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:41,680
You see this?
1038
00:41:41,681 --> 00:41:43,348
♪ ♪
1039
00:41:43,349 --> 00:41:44,683
[BOOK RIPS]
1040
00:41:44,684 --> 00:41:45,809
We don't need this.
1041
00:41:45,810 --> 00:41:50,021
♪ ♪
1042
00:41:50,022 --> 00:41:51,731
Johno, listen to this!
1043
00:41:51,732 --> 00:41:53,900
"Dear Benji, heard about your soda.
1044
00:41:53,901 --> 00:41:55,193
"I'm interested in including you
1045
00:41:55,194 --> 00:41:56,778
"on my fall list of must-tries.
1046
00:41:56,779 --> 00:41:58,446
"Would love to discuss,
perhaps even try some.
1047
00:41:58,447 --> 00:41:59,948
Jeff Pevensey."
1048
00:41:59,949 --> 00:42:01,408
That's the dude you're always retweeting?
1049
00:42:01,409 --> 00:42:03,535
It's the culture guy
from "New York" magazine.
1050
00:42:03,536 --> 00:42:05,286
♪ ♪
1051
00:42:05,287 --> 00:42:07,163
Hit him back, bro.
1052
00:42:07,164 --> 00:42:08,581
No...
1053
00:42:08,582 --> 00:42:10,083
Back off while I think.
1054
00:42:10,084 --> 00:42:12,085
Jeff, comma,
1055
00:42:12,086 --> 00:42:14,671
so nice to hear from you, bud, period.
1056
00:42:14,672 --> 00:42:16,923
Yeah, our sodas are legit, period.
1057
00:42:16,924 --> 00:42:18,299
I would love to meet up
1058
00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:21,052
to have you try the goods, period.
1059
00:42:21,053 --> 00:42:22,345
Let's set something up.
1060
00:42:22,346 --> 00:42:27,100
♪ ♪
1061
00:42:27,101 --> 00:42:29,894
Scrape carefully along the spine.
1062
00:42:29,895 --> 00:42:32,188
Of course, you gotta watch your fingers.
1063
00:42:32,189 --> 00:42:34,607
♪ ♪
1064
00:42:34,608 --> 00:42:36,568
[CELL PHONE BUZZES]
1065
00:42:36,569 --> 00:42:38,194
♪ ♪
1066
00:42:38,195 --> 00:42:40,071
"Sounds great.
I can call between meetings
1067
00:42:40,072 --> 00:42:41,906
to see if you're available."
1068
00:42:41,907 --> 00:42:44,576
This is gonna take us next level.
1069
00:42:44,577 --> 00:42:45,744
What time you think we'll meet?
1070
00:42:45,745 --> 00:42:47,996
♪ ♪
1071
00:42:47,997 --> 00:42:50,540
No offense. We discussed this.
1072
00:42:50,541 --> 00:42:52,751
It's best if the product
has one clear face
1073
00:42:52,752 --> 00:42:53,918
at the beginning.
1074
00:42:53,919 --> 00:42:55,628
That's just more me.
1075
00:42:55,629 --> 00:42:58,631
♪ ♪
1076
00:42:58,632 --> 00:43:00,467
Okay, the spine is sewn.
1077
00:43:00,468 --> 00:43:01,718
So take this.
1078
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:02,802
Pull it as tight as you can that way.
1079
00:43:02,803 --> 00:43:04,179
♪ ♪
1080
00:43:04,180 --> 00:43:06,097
Yeah, that's it.
1081
00:43:06,098 --> 00:43:13,105
♪ ♪
1082
00:43:14,648 --> 00:43:16,232
Jeff!
1083
00:43:16,233 --> 00:43:19,235
The glue is set.
We've applied the binder.
1084
00:43:19,236 --> 00:43:20,612
Now...
1085
00:43:20,613 --> 00:43:22,322
♪ ♪
1086
00:43:22,323 --> 00:43:24,407
You gotta be precise
1087
00:43:24,408 --> 00:43:26,743
and use exactly the force needed.
1088
00:43:26,744 --> 00:43:30,789
♪ ♪
1089
00:43:30,790 --> 00:43:33,709
[TAPPING]
1090
00:43:36,003 --> 00:43:38,546
[POUNDING]
1091
00:43:38,547 --> 00:43:39,589
Hey!
1092
00:43:39,590 --> 00:43:41,549
♪ ♪
1093
00:43:41,550 --> 00:43:42,884
Nice to meet you, man.
1094
00:43:42,885 --> 00:43:44,302
Nice to meet you too.
1095
00:43:44,303 --> 00:43:45,970
Have you... have you been here before?
1096
00:43:45,971 --> 00:43:48,723
It's, uh... not a lot of people
know about it yet.
1097
00:43:48,724 --> 00:43:52,185
It's an incredible after hours.
Very exclusive.
1098
00:43:52,186 --> 00:43:54,646
Yeah, I've been here a couple of times.
1099
00:43:54,647 --> 00:43:55,980
- Yeah?
- Mm.
1100
00:43:55,981 --> 00:43:58,118
Huh. Well, good.
1101
00:43:59,026 --> 00:44:01,277
So you'll feel right at home, then.
1102
00:44:01,278 --> 00:44:08,201
♪ ♪
1103
00:44:08,202 --> 00:44:10,631
Please, after you.
1104
00:44:11,122 --> 00:44:13,331
All right. [CHUCKLES]
1105
00:44:13,332 --> 00:44:16,960
♪ ♪
1106
00:44:16,961 --> 00:44:19,838
It's just down to the left.
1107
00:44:19,839 --> 00:44:26,804
♪ ♪
1108
00:44:33,018 --> 00:44:35,979
Hey, man, I'm thinking maybe...
1109
00:44:35,980 --> 00:44:36,980
[THWACK]
1110
00:44:36,981 --> 00:44:38,690
[BOTTLES SHATTER]
1111
00:44:38,691 --> 00:44:45,656
♪ ♪
1112
00:44:53,747 --> 00:44:56,708
[SOFT MUSIC]
1113
00:44:56,709 --> 00:44:58,293
♪ ♪
1114
00:44:58,294 --> 00:45:00,044
It's 2:00 p.m. when the door chimes,
1115
00:45:00,045 --> 00:45:02,005
and I'm ready.
1116
00:45:02,006 --> 00:45:03,715
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
1117
00:45:03,716 --> 00:45:05,550
You told your girlfriends you'd come by.
1118
00:45:05,551 --> 00:45:07,594
I know this because I have your phone.
1119
00:45:07,595 --> 00:45:09,679
- I'll be in back.
- Okay.
1120
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:11,097
Hey.
1121
00:45:11,098 --> 00:45:12,432
Remember me?
1122
00:45:12,433 --> 00:45:15,602
Almost dying on the train tracks?
1123
00:45:15,603 --> 00:45:17,645
Uh, it rings a bell.
1124
00:45:17,646 --> 00:45:19,147
Hang on. Hang on. [LAUGHS]
1125
00:45:19,148 --> 00:45:21,160
Well, I wanted to say thank you.
1126
00:45:21,692 --> 00:45:23,526
No, you already did that.
1127
00:45:23,527 --> 00:45:26,613
Well, uh, thanks again. [LAUGHS]
1128
00:45:26,614 --> 00:45:30,492
And I'm sorry for, uh,
running off the other night.
1129
00:45:31,202 --> 00:45:33,329
- You had a guest.
- Hardly.
1130
00:45:34,872 --> 00:45:37,665
So I got you a present.
1131
00:45:37,666 --> 00:45:39,481
No, no, no, please. You don't
have to get me anything.
1132
00:45:39,482 --> 00:45:41,754
Shut up and just look at it.
1133
00:45:43,422 --> 00:45:47,217
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
1134
00:45:47,218 --> 00:45:49,802
"Engine, engine number nine
on the New York Transit line.
1135
00:45:49,803 --> 00:45:52,013
"If your girl falls on the track,
1136
00:45:52,014 --> 00:45:53,473
pick her up, pick her up, pick her up."
1137
00:45:53,474 --> 00:45:55,850
We already have in jokes.
1138
00:45:55,851 --> 00:45:58,072
So...
1139
00:45:59,271 --> 00:46:01,856
anyway, that, and I'd better...
1140
00:46:01,857 --> 00:46:05,652
Maybe if you're not too busy,
1141
00:46:05,653 --> 00:46:07,779
we could get a drink sometime?
1142
00:46:07,780 --> 00:46:09,249
Sure.
1143
00:46:09,907 --> 00:46:12,158
Oh, but I still can't find my phone.
1144
00:46:12,159 --> 00:46:14,463
I know. Email.
1145
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:16,496
That's right.
1146
00:46:16,497 --> 00:46:20,208
♪ ♪
1147
00:46:20,209 --> 00:46:21,876
See you, Joe.
1148
00:46:21,877 --> 00:46:24,462
See you soon, Beck.
1149
00:46:24,463 --> 00:46:31,302
♪ ♪
1150
00:46:31,303 --> 00:46:34,180
Well played, sir.
1151
00:46:34,181 --> 00:46:36,100
Well played.
1152
00:46:37,434 --> 00:46:38,810
I'm not always right.
1153
00:46:38,811 --> 00:46:40,103
I'm human. I make mistakes.
1154
00:46:40,104 --> 00:46:41,604
You'll see.
1155
00:46:41,605 --> 00:46:43,564
I have to check on a shipment downstairs.
1156
00:46:43,565 --> 00:46:45,191
Can you... um,
can you watch the register?
1157
00:46:45,192 --> 00:46:46,234
Yeah.
1158
00:46:46,235 --> 00:46:47,777
[DOOR OPENS]
1159
00:46:47,778 --> 00:46:50,332
Maybe I'm just a fool in love.
1160
00:46:51,198 --> 00:46:53,241
But I'm right about you.
1161
00:46:53,242 --> 00:46:56,286
And I'm going to help you get
the life you deserve, Beck.
1162
00:46:56,287 --> 00:47:01,165
♪ ♪
1163
00:47:01,166 --> 00:47:02,458
[GROANS]
1164
00:47:02,459 --> 00:47:05,461
[GASPING]
1165
00:47:05,462 --> 00:47:11,592
♪ ♪
1166
00:47:11,593 --> 00:47:15,763
Please, whatever you think I did,
1167
00:47:15,764 --> 00:47:17,557
you got the wrong guy.
1168
00:47:17,558 --> 00:47:19,695
No...
1169
00:47:20,644 --> 00:47:22,312
I don't.
1170
00:47:22,313 --> 00:47:25,315
[TENSE MUSIC]
1171
00:47:25,316 --> 00:47:26,317
♪ ♪
1172
00:47:32,343 --> 00:47:40,356
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