1 00:00:20,821 --> 00:00:22,690 W.F.: In the 20th century, 2 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:24,458 if you wanted to know your neighbors, 3 00:00:24,492 --> 00:00:26,260 you moved to the suburbs. 4 00:00:26,294 --> 00:00:28,329 If you wanted to become an addict, 5 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,198 you moved to New York. 6 00:00:30,231 --> 00:00:32,400 -Now everything's upside down. -* 7 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:34,468 The junkies are in the burbs, 8 00:00:34,502 --> 00:00:38,306 and the building next door is a fucking kickball league. 9 00:00:38,339 --> 00:00:42,276 It was art against commerce, and commerce won. 10 00:00:42,310 --> 00:00:45,446 The kids think the only place to find art is in a gallery 11 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:47,215 and the only place to find romance 12 00:00:47,248 --> 00:00:49,750 is confessing your love in the rain, 13 00:00:49,783 --> 00:00:51,419 like in the movies. 14 00:00:51,452 --> 00:00:53,421 But it's messier than that. 15 00:00:53,454 --> 00:00:57,158 Well, there's always mess. 16 00:00:57,191 --> 00:01:00,628 It's safe here now, but there's still urban decay. 17 00:01:00,661 --> 00:01:03,431 It's just migrated into the dinner parties 18 00:01:03,464 --> 00:01:05,699 of the Upper West Side. 19 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:08,169 The best lack all conviction, 20 00:01:08,202 --> 00:01:11,739 while the worst are filled with passionate intensity. 21 00:01:11,772 --> 00:01:14,608 Yeats said that, but so did Lou Reed, 22 00:01:14,642 --> 00:01:18,346 quoting him live at The Bottom Line. 23 00:01:18,379 --> 00:01:22,150 Lou Reed's gone, and so is The Bottom Line. 24 00:01:22,183 --> 00:01:24,652 It's probably a SoulCycle-- 25 00:01:24,685 --> 00:01:28,556 the only soul the city has left. 26 00:01:28,589 --> 00:01:31,459 Everyone's pretending it's all okay, 27 00:01:31,492 --> 00:01:33,427 but that's a lie. 28 00:01:33,461 --> 00:01:36,164 Something's missing, and we all feel it. 29 00:01:36,197 --> 00:01:38,832 Including Thomas Webb. 30 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:42,736 He thought he had the answer and her name was Mimi. 31 00:01:44,805 --> 00:01:49,710 THOMAS: 1976. The city was dirty, crime-ridden and broke. 32 00:01:49,743 --> 00:01:52,713 MIMI: It was the center of the creative universe. 33 00:01:52,746 --> 00:01:54,682 New York's lost its soul. 34 00:01:54,715 --> 00:01:57,818 The most vibrant neighborhood at the moment is Philadelphia. 35 00:01:57,851 --> 00:01:59,820 (laughs) 36 00:01:59,853 --> 00:02:01,522 I like that. 37 00:02:01,555 --> 00:02:02,723 -Yeah? -Yeah. 38 00:02:02,756 --> 00:02:04,292 Where'd you lift that from? 39 00:02:04,325 --> 00:02:05,826 I didn't. It's mine. 40 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:08,229 Well, it's good. 41 00:02:08,262 --> 00:02:11,699 So, will you come with me tonight? 42 00:02:11,732 --> 00:02:15,269 No. Your mom's last dinner party made me feel invisible. 43 00:02:15,303 --> 00:02:17,638 I know, but we were invisible together. 44 00:02:17,671 --> 00:02:20,208 If you don't like it, then you don't go. 45 00:02:20,241 --> 00:02:22,410 I have to go. My mother's unstable. 46 00:02:22,443 --> 00:02:24,445 Throwing dinner parties is how she medicates. 47 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:26,514 Yeah, so what about the lithium and Xanax? 48 00:02:26,547 --> 00:02:30,218 Not to mention the nicotine and Shiraz. 49 00:02:30,251 --> 00:02:31,919 Semantics. 50 00:02:34,755 --> 00:02:36,757 I have to tell you something. 51 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:38,692 -Yeah? -Yeah. 52 00:02:38,726 --> 00:02:41,329 I... 53 00:02:41,362 --> 00:02:45,299 might be going to Zagreb. 54 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:47,535 -Where? -Zagreb. 55 00:02:47,568 --> 00:02:49,437 It's in Croatia. 56 00:02:49,470 --> 00:02:52,373 So, Helmut Graph, he runs a workshop there, 57 00:02:52,406 --> 00:02:55,776 and I found out that I can transfer my credits to NYU. 58 00:02:55,809 --> 00:02:58,579 That's, um... 59 00:02:58,612 --> 00:03:01,282 (chuckles): That's... 60 00:03:01,315 --> 00:03:03,317 terrible. 61 00:03:03,351 --> 00:03:06,254 Why? 62 00:03:06,287 --> 00:03:08,356 No, why is that terrible? 63 00:03:08,389 --> 00:03:10,658 Because you're the only thing in my life that I'm settled on. 64 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:12,893 Thomas, what do you think is happening? 65 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:15,329 Between me and you, what do you think this is? 66 00:03:15,363 --> 00:03:18,399 August 8. August 8. I think August 8 was real. 67 00:03:18,432 --> 00:03:20,501 It was amazing. 68 00:03:20,534 --> 00:03:22,836 But it was just one night. 69 00:03:22,870 --> 00:03:25,439 I mean, Nick was playing L.A. 70 00:03:25,473 --> 00:03:26,907 I was vulnerable. 71 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:29,543 We were both on Molly. (laughs) 72 00:03:29,577 --> 00:03:31,379 I-I thought I was a pirate. 73 00:03:34,982 --> 00:03:37,651 And it was just one night. 74 00:03:37,685 --> 00:03:40,388 Well, I'm crazy about you. 75 00:03:40,421 --> 00:03:42,923 -I'm crazy about you, but... -But don't say "as friends." 76 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:45,659 Why? Why is that so bad? 77 00:03:45,693 --> 00:03:47,461 Because pretty girls like to recruit their rejections 78 00:03:47,495 --> 00:03:48,596 and then call them friends. 79 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:53,667 Wow. 80 00:04:05,613 --> 00:04:07,315 * 81 00:04:16,056 --> 00:04:17,925 * 82 00:04:17,958 --> 00:04:22,396 W.F.: For Mimi, Thomas was like the new New York-- 83 00:04:22,430 --> 00:04:25,065 no danger, no deliverance. 84 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:26,834 It made him nurturing 85 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:30,338 and too boring to fall in love with. 86 00:04:30,371 --> 00:04:33,807 Mimi thought Thomas was a boy without mystery. 87 00:04:33,841 --> 00:04:35,643 Thomas agreed. 88 00:04:35,676 --> 00:04:38,612 But all that was about to change. 89 00:04:41,982 --> 00:04:43,917 * 90 00:05:02,002 --> 00:05:03,937 W.F.: Anything worth opening? 91 00:05:06,006 --> 00:05:07,941 Just bills and junk. 92 00:05:10,110 --> 00:05:12,713 W.F. 93 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:14,515 W.F. Gerald. 94 00:05:14,548 --> 00:05:17,385 I just moved into 2-B. 95 00:05:17,418 --> 00:05:20,020 THOMAS: Thomas Webb. 96 00:05:20,053 --> 00:05:22,456 Why so troubled, Thomas? 97 00:05:22,490 --> 00:05:23,724 Excuse me? 98 00:05:23,757 --> 00:05:26,093 I know that color of stress. 99 00:05:26,126 --> 00:05:27,995 It's much brighter than job issues, 100 00:05:28,028 --> 00:05:31,799 more subdued than possible disease. 101 00:05:31,832 --> 00:05:32,966 Ah. 102 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,968 Sorry, I'm being rude. 103 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:37,738 No, I mean... 104 00:05:37,771 --> 00:05:39,407 I'm having a bad day. 105 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,074 Oh. 106 00:05:41,108 --> 00:05:43,043 What's her name? 107 00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:47,715 It's Mimi. 108 00:05:47,748 --> 00:05:48,949 Ah, Mimi. 109 00:05:48,982 --> 00:05:50,884 Derived from Williamina. 110 00:05:50,918 --> 00:05:53,120 It means "resolute protector." 111 00:05:53,153 --> 00:05:54,988 (chuckles quietly) 112 00:05:55,022 --> 00:05:56,524 There you go. 113 00:05:56,557 --> 00:05:59,126 What, uh... 114 00:05:59,159 --> 00:06:01,662 what is it that you like about this Mimi? 115 00:06:01,695 --> 00:06:03,897 You a psychiatrist? 116 00:06:03,931 --> 00:06:05,499 No. 117 00:06:05,533 --> 00:06:07,401 You ask psychiatrist questions. 118 00:06:07,435 --> 00:06:08,969 Maybe I can help. 119 00:06:09,002 --> 00:06:12,406 Maybe I can help you get Mimi to sleep with you. 120 00:06:14,508 --> 00:06:16,777 How do you know she hasn't already? 121 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:18,746 (chuckles quietly) 122 00:06:29,657 --> 00:06:31,091 It's nice meeting you. 123 00:06:31,124 --> 00:06:33,794 Yeah. 124 00:06:33,827 --> 00:06:38,966 Well, why don't you let a new neighbor help you out, hmm? 125 00:06:38,999 --> 00:06:40,701 (door opens) 126 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:42,870 What do you like about Mimi? 127 00:06:42,903 --> 00:06:44,037 (door closes) 128 00:06:44,071 --> 00:06:46,139 (lock clicks) 129 00:06:46,173 --> 00:06:48,208 I'm in 2-B! 130 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:51,712 ("Blues Run the Game" by Simon and Garfunkel playing) 131 00:06:57,618 --> 00:07:00,187 * Catch a boat to England, baby * 132 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:03,123 * Maybe to Spain 133 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:05,759 * Wherever I have gone 134 00:07:05,793 --> 00:07:07,995 * Wherever I've been and gone * 135 00:07:08,028 --> 00:07:10,197 * Wherever I have gone 136 00:07:10,230 --> 00:07:13,734 * The blues run the game 137 00:07:17,137 --> 00:07:19,873 * Send out for whiskey, baby 138 00:07:19,907 --> 00:07:21,609 * Send out for gin... 139 00:07:21,642 --> 00:07:23,210 W.F.: Where did you meet her? 140 00:07:23,243 --> 00:07:27,615 There's this bookstore called The Pale Fire. 141 00:07:27,648 --> 00:07:29,483 -Yeah. -It's named after John Sh... 142 00:07:29,517 --> 00:07:32,853 John Shade's 999-line poem. 143 00:07:32,886 --> 00:07:34,988 Nabokov. 144 00:07:35,022 --> 00:07:37,991 Right. Well... they sell rare vintage books in there, 145 00:07:38,025 --> 00:07:40,127 and I'm into that, just reading off the beaten path, 146 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:41,995 and Mimi works there. 147 00:07:42,029 --> 00:07:44,765 She gave me the greatest recommendations. 148 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:46,634 You know? 149 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:48,636 She's putting herself through NYU's writing program. 150 00:07:48,669 --> 00:07:50,237 She reads a book a week. She's... 151 00:07:50,270 --> 00:07:52,172 Polishing her brain. 152 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:53,941 Huh. 153 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:56,644 Beautiful? 154 00:07:56,677 --> 00:07:59,212 -Incredibly beautiful. -(chuckles) 155 00:07:59,246 --> 00:08:02,015 -Like she's direct from God, you know? -Mm. 156 00:08:02,049 --> 00:08:03,984 Not second generation, if that makes sense. 157 00:08:04,017 --> 00:08:06,286 Complete sense. 158 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:09,957 You know, we get each other. 159 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:13,093 Problem was-- 160 00:08:13,126 --> 00:08:17,097 is-- that she has this boyfriend. 161 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:21,034 Nick, and he's in that band, Fahrenheit 185. 162 00:08:21,068 --> 00:08:24,004 The exact temperature it takes to cook heroin. 163 00:08:26,306 --> 00:08:28,241 Properly. 164 00:08:30,878 --> 00:08:33,681 Eh, let's see what we got. 165 00:08:39,119 --> 00:08:41,589 -(gentle piano music playing) -Yeah. 166 00:08:43,056 --> 00:08:47,160 Anyway, so, Nick goes on tour. 167 00:08:47,194 --> 00:08:51,164 Mimi's now available, and we're hanging out more, and... 168 00:08:51,198 --> 00:08:53,701 we end up spending... 169 00:08:53,734 --> 00:08:55,636 a magical night together. 170 00:08:55,669 --> 00:08:58,606 -Mm. -August 8. 171 00:08:58,639 --> 00:09:02,576 And then... nothing. 172 00:09:02,610 --> 00:09:04,745 All goes platonic. 173 00:09:04,778 --> 00:09:07,147 How old is Mimi? 174 00:09:07,180 --> 00:09:10,083 She's... 22. She just turned 22. 175 00:09:10,117 --> 00:09:12,319 She's young, you know? 176 00:09:12,352 --> 00:09:17,324 She's at an age where defense mechanisms are very strong. 177 00:09:17,357 --> 00:09:21,028 Despite her outer veneer, she's ruled by fear. 178 00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:24,131 Like so many of us at that time, you know. 179 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:26,066 What you need to do, 180 00:09:26,099 --> 00:09:29,302 mm, just make her afraid of something more 181 00:09:29,336 --> 00:09:32,172 than being with you in that way. 182 00:09:32,205 --> 00:09:35,275 Which is? 183 00:09:35,308 --> 00:09:38,211 Mm, not being with you. 184 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:40,914 But how? 185 00:09:40,948 --> 00:09:42,816 How am I supposed to do that? 186 00:09:42,850 --> 00:09:46,119 Mm... let life take over. 187 00:09:47,855 --> 00:09:51,992 Uh, find a window, then pounce. 188 00:09:53,827 --> 00:09:55,062 That's it? 189 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:57,264 That's your sage neighborly advice? 190 00:09:57,297 --> 00:09:59,266 -(chuckles quietly) -Can I have my money back? 191 00:09:59,299 --> 00:10:01,168 (chuckles): Thomas... 192 00:10:01,201 --> 00:10:03,136 -Is it Thomas or Tom? -It's Thomas. 193 00:10:03,170 --> 00:10:04,304 Not Tommy? 194 00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:07,307 -No, never, never. -No? Ah, Thomas. 195 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:09,176 You're not giving life enough credit. 196 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:10,878 The unpredictable forces of humanity. 197 00:10:10,911 --> 00:10:13,213 -My life is not unpredictable. -Life is as much a dream 198 00:10:13,246 --> 00:10:14,948 -as it is a nightmare. -My life is conventional. 199 00:10:14,982 --> 00:10:16,283 -My life is boring. -No. 200 00:10:16,316 --> 00:10:20,688 It's as random as it is deliberate. 201 00:10:20,721 --> 00:10:25,859 You know, as funny as it is tragic. 202 00:10:25,893 --> 00:10:27,728 Yours is no exception. 203 00:10:27,761 --> 00:10:29,663 I got to piss. 204 00:10:34,101 --> 00:10:35,969 (gentle jazz music playing) 205 00:10:36,003 --> 00:10:39,139 W.F.: Dinner parties were Judith's safety blanket. 206 00:10:39,172 --> 00:10:42,075 A tableful of artists took her mind off herself. 207 00:10:42,109 --> 00:10:45,145 The swirl of distraction, seating plans, 208 00:10:45,178 --> 00:10:46,914 gossip, food-- 209 00:10:46,947 --> 00:10:49,416 anything to keep away the dread. 210 00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:52,452 They were the perfect antidote to her childhood dinners. 211 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:55,723 The silences, the drunken outbursts. 212 00:10:55,756 --> 00:10:57,290 Artists came to New York from all over, 213 00:10:57,324 --> 00:11:00,360 and she always took them in, clinging to the illusion 214 00:11:00,393 --> 00:11:03,030 of an open, happy family. 215 00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:04,932 Do you miss getting mugged on Central Park West 216 00:11:04,965 --> 00:11:06,299 -while walking your dog? -WOMAN: Exactly. Exactly. 217 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:09,937 No, but I do miss the 2nd Avenue Deli. 218 00:11:09,970 --> 00:11:11,739 -Uh-huh. -I miss the Lenox Lounge. 219 00:11:11,772 --> 00:11:15,142 I mean, do you know what are in those iconic places now? 220 00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:16,176 Urban Outfitters, 221 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:17,277 -a Starbucks... -Star... 222 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:20,313 There's a John Varvatos where CBGB's used to be. 223 00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:23,717 -(groaning, murmuring) -New York's lost its soul. 224 00:11:23,751 --> 00:11:26,186 What was that, Thomas? 225 00:11:26,219 --> 00:11:28,355 Well, I was just agreeing with David 226 00:11:28,388 --> 00:11:30,490 that New York has lost its soul. 227 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:32,860 Ever since he returned from three months in Peru, 228 00:11:32,893 --> 00:11:34,494 he's decided to hate where he's from. 229 00:11:34,527 --> 00:11:35,595 No, it's true. 230 00:11:35,628 --> 00:11:37,898 New York's most vibrant neighborhood at the moment 231 00:11:37,931 --> 00:11:38,932 is Philadelphia. 232 00:11:40,901 --> 00:11:42,135 (Judith laughs) 233 00:11:42,169 --> 00:11:43,971 That's very funny, Thomas. 234 00:11:44,004 --> 00:11:47,174 So, uh, Ethan, I heard that you've commissioned Nick Bilton 235 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:48,942 to write the biography on Evan Douriff. 236 00:11:48,976 --> 00:11:51,111 ETHAN: Our mandate at Kenta is very simple-- 237 00:11:51,144 --> 00:11:52,946 bios on any haircut under 40 238 00:11:52,980 --> 00:11:55,315 as long as they're still within their 15 minutes. 239 00:11:55,348 --> 00:11:57,417 Self-help, political rants. 240 00:11:57,450 --> 00:11:59,152 Nobody reads fiction anymore. 241 00:11:59,186 --> 00:12:00,788 And once a writer. 242 00:12:00,821 --> 00:12:03,924 -So cynical, Ethan Webb. -I know. -(excited chatter) 243 00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:06,493 If I were a writer, we'd be having this conversation 244 00:12:06,526 --> 00:12:08,361 in a two-bedroom in Bushwick. 245 00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:10,497 -BARBARA: Oh, that's true. -Bushwick is expensive now. 246 00:12:10,530 --> 00:12:11,364 -(laughter) -Yeah, exactly. 247 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:13,033 I'm serious. I'm really serious. 248 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:15,068 I mean, most novelists these days, 249 00:12:15,102 --> 00:12:17,504 they don't earn enough money to support themselves. 250 00:12:17,537 --> 00:12:19,873 -True. -No matter how talented they are. 251 00:12:19,907 --> 00:12:23,076 That's why if Thomas came to me with a desire to be a writer, 252 00:12:23,110 --> 00:12:25,445 well... I'd talk him out of it. 253 00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:27,114 (chuckles softly) 254 00:12:27,147 --> 00:12:30,050 So, you're still tutoring, right? 255 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:31,919 Yeah. Just for some extra cash. 256 00:12:31,952 --> 00:12:33,987 -JUDITH: He could be a Spanish teacher. -ETHAN: Yes, he could. 257 00:12:34,021 --> 00:12:35,923 I don't know if I could be a Spanish teacher. 258 00:12:35,956 --> 00:12:37,891 If he went back to college for a year. 259 00:12:37,925 --> 00:12:40,227 For some reason, he refuses to do it. 260 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:42,963 He lives on the Lower East Side without any direction. 261 00:12:42,996 --> 00:12:45,165 The only thing missing is an opium habit. 262 00:12:45,198 --> 00:12:47,367 -(laughter) -ANNA: What about doing a smartphone application? 263 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:51,404 * 264 00:13:02,182 --> 00:13:04,117 * 265 00:13:19,867 --> 00:13:21,869 (band playing lively jazz) 266 00:13:28,441 --> 00:13:30,443 This man moved in across the hall from me. 267 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:33,080 I don't know what he does or who he is, but... 268 00:13:33,113 --> 00:13:34,614 he seems familiar to me. 269 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:36,183 He's my new friend. 270 00:13:36,216 --> 00:13:38,418 -Aw. -Yeah. 271 00:13:38,451 --> 00:13:40,120 -He asked about you. -Me? 272 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:41,421 -Mm-hmm. -He knows me? 273 00:13:48,929 --> 00:13:51,531 What's my father doing here? 274 00:13:55,135 --> 00:13:56,636 Who's he with? 275 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:59,839 I don't know. 276 00:14:01,441 --> 00:14:03,443 MIMI: She's beautiful. 277 00:14:07,147 --> 00:14:09,616 * 278 00:14:31,571 --> 00:14:33,540 THOMAS: Do you have any idea 279 00:14:33,573 --> 00:14:37,077 what this is gonna do to my mother? 280 00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:40,213 This doesn't mean your father loves you any less. 281 00:14:40,247 --> 00:14:43,316 (music playing quietly) 282 00:14:43,350 --> 00:14:46,086 -Sorry. That was bad. -That was. 283 00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:48,588 I know, like dispensing therapy from an after-school special. 284 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:52,425 He doesn't care about me to begin with, I know that. 285 00:14:52,459 --> 00:14:54,561 This... 286 00:14:54,594 --> 00:14:56,563 this is about my mother. 287 00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:58,932 Yeah, but... it's their problem. 288 00:14:58,966 --> 00:15:00,333 You have your own problems. 289 00:15:00,367 --> 00:15:02,069 Like what? 290 00:15:02,102 --> 00:15:03,503 -Uh... -Actually, don't. 291 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:06,106 -(chuckles) -Don't answer that. Not now. 292 00:15:06,139 --> 00:15:09,509 -(sighs) -Thomas. 293 00:15:09,542 --> 00:15:11,244 Look at me. 294 00:15:11,278 --> 00:15:14,982 Look, your parents, 295 00:15:15,015 --> 00:15:19,119 their world is nothing like ours. 296 00:15:21,288 --> 00:15:25,125 I mean, maybe it's their generation or... 297 00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:27,427 I don't know-- this island. 298 00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:32,199 But you're kind. 299 00:15:32,232 --> 00:15:35,035 And you're real. 300 00:15:50,017 --> 00:15:52,419 (whispers): Don't do that. 301 00:15:58,758 --> 00:16:02,395 I mean, look, you're young, 302 00:16:02,429 --> 00:16:04,397 and your defense mechanisms are strong. 303 00:16:04,431 --> 00:16:06,099 But I think that you want this. 304 00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:07,500 -I really do. -I think... 305 00:16:07,534 --> 00:16:09,236 I think that you're confused right now. 306 00:16:09,269 --> 00:16:11,671 No, Mimi, I'm angry right now. 307 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:13,673 I'm angry. 308 00:16:13,706 --> 00:16:16,343 Did you see that woman? Did you see how beautiful she was? 309 00:16:16,376 --> 00:16:18,011 (scoffs) 310 00:16:18,045 --> 00:16:20,313 I could never get a woman like that. 311 00:16:20,347 --> 00:16:22,082 But my father, with his publishing house 312 00:16:22,115 --> 00:16:25,218 and his-his good looks and his-his cheating... 313 00:16:25,252 --> 00:16:27,420 -fucking hair. -Wow. 314 00:16:27,454 --> 00:16:30,257 So, what, you're gonna use your father's affair 315 00:16:30,290 --> 00:16:33,493 as a confirmation of your own inadequacies? 316 00:16:36,229 --> 00:16:38,098 No, Mimi. 317 00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:42,335 I have you for that. 318 00:16:42,369 --> 00:16:44,671 (door opens, slams) 319 00:16:44,704 --> 00:16:48,641 So, you call my office, you say you want to have lunch. 320 00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:50,743 You never want to have lunch. 321 00:16:50,777 --> 00:16:52,745 I figured you had a big surprise. 322 00:16:52,779 --> 00:16:54,581 Maybe you've figured out your life. 323 00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:56,716 No. Definitely haven't figured out my life. 324 00:16:56,749 --> 00:16:59,419 -Mm. Bruce. -I wanted to speak to you about... 325 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:01,188 -Thank you for the tickets. -Good-good to see you. 326 00:17:01,221 --> 00:17:03,090 -Well, of course. Any time. -Oh, she enjoyed the show. 327 00:17:03,123 --> 00:17:04,524 -Judith. Very much. -It was... it was good, wasn't it? 328 00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:06,293 -Yeah, it was great. -Great. Say hi to Judith. 329 00:17:06,326 --> 00:17:08,328 I will, indeed. All right. 330 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:11,798 I want you to move from the Lower East Side. 331 00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:14,801 Why do you insist on living in the farthest corner 332 00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:16,703 of Manhattan away from us? 333 00:17:16,736 --> 00:17:19,172 I think it's intentional. 334 00:17:19,206 --> 00:17:22,675 I think it's almost... hurtful. 335 00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:25,578 Look... 336 00:17:25,612 --> 00:17:27,480 I'm not asking for me. 337 00:17:27,514 --> 00:17:29,816 I'm asking for your mother. 338 00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:31,818 She wants you closer to home. 339 00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:34,154 How is Mom? 340 00:17:35,688 --> 00:17:38,525 Better. 341 00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:40,427 I guess. 342 00:17:42,495 --> 00:17:44,464 Can't get her to quit smoking. 343 00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:45,832 Well, she's fragile. 344 00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:48,501 Anything, even the smallest thing, could... 345 00:17:48,535 --> 00:17:52,105 create another... incident. 346 00:17:58,711 --> 00:18:00,847 I'll pay the difference in rent. 347 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,815 Hmm? 348 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:07,154 (whistles) Will you think about it? 349 00:18:07,187 --> 00:18:09,289 -Dad... -Also, I set up an appointment 350 00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:10,690 with a career counselor for you. 351 00:18:10,723 --> 00:18:12,725 My office will e-mail you the info. 352 00:18:12,759 --> 00:18:15,562 Dad, I know you're... I-I know... 353 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:17,530 You know I'm what, Thomas? 354 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:21,868 I know you're just trying to help. 355 00:18:21,901 --> 00:18:23,636 Don't blow it off, okay? 356 00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:26,373 -I had to call in a favor for her to see you. -All right. 357 00:18:26,406 --> 00:18:29,709 She actually has a waiting list. 358 00:18:29,742 --> 00:18:32,312 W.F.: Are you gonna confront your father? 359 00:18:32,345 --> 00:18:35,215 No. Trouble talking to him. 360 00:18:35,248 --> 00:18:37,450 Why? 361 00:18:37,484 --> 00:18:40,820 I don't think he likes me that much. 362 00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:43,823 What, uh... 363 00:18:43,856 --> 00:18:47,460 what exactly is wrong with your mother? 364 00:18:47,494 --> 00:18:50,397 I don't know. She's depressed, bipolar. 365 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:53,433 She's a depressive bipolar. 366 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,769 She came from a broken home, so... 367 00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:58,871 whenever anything threatens our perfect family, 368 00:18:58,905 --> 00:19:01,908 she completely unravels. 369 00:19:01,941 --> 00:19:04,411 (music playing quietly) 370 00:19:04,444 --> 00:19:06,779 I can't tell her. She'll be destroyed. 371 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:09,449 (W.F. grunts) 372 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:11,851 Why don't you furnish this place, hmm? 373 00:19:11,884 --> 00:19:14,153 I live in Brooklyn. 374 00:19:16,256 --> 00:19:17,890 You have two apartments? 375 00:19:17,924 --> 00:19:19,892 I'm rich. 376 00:19:19,926 --> 00:19:22,262 I'm a fucking duke. 377 00:19:22,295 --> 00:19:24,231 (coughing) 378 00:19:27,534 --> 00:19:29,969 (sniffs) 379 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:33,840 Or maybe he's... been faithful all these years. 380 00:19:33,873 --> 00:19:35,775 Maybe she came on to him. I've seen her. 381 00:19:35,808 --> 00:19:38,411 -She's irresistible. I mean... -Uh, stop. 382 00:19:40,447 --> 00:19:41,881 What do you want? 383 00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:44,217 -I want my father to stop seeing this woman. -No, no, no. 384 00:19:44,251 --> 00:19:47,287 No, in life. 385 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,423 In your life. 386 00:19:50,457 --> 00:19:51,824 You want more money? 387 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:54,227 You want more respect? 388 00:19:54,261 --> 00:19:55,995 You know? 389 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:58,865 What is it that you want? 390 00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:00,867 Think about it. 391 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:03,936 Really think about it. 392 00:20:03,970 --> 00:20:05,938 I want to be better. 393 00:20:05,972 --> 00:20:07,740 -Better? -Mm. 394 00:20:07,774 --> 00:20:09,676 Than what? 395 00:20:15,782 --> 00:20:18,351 Than them. 396 00:20:18,385 --> 00:20:21,020 W.F.: In the '80s, Ethan was intoxicated 397 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:23,690 by literary New York. 398 00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:25,758 But when he accepted that he lacked the talent 399 00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:27,560 to create a fictional family, 400 00:20:27,594 --> 00:20:30,630 he thought at least he could create a real one. 401 00:20:30,663 --> 00:20:32,899 Young Thomas loved to write. 402 00:20:32,932 --> 00:20:34,767 Ethan ignored this, 403 00:20:34,801 --> 00:20:38,905 wary of nurturing a life of rejections and evictions, 404 00:20:38,938 --> 00:20:42,509 and Thomas learned to keep his stories to himself. 405 00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:44,977 The intensity of Judith's bond with her son 406 00:20:45,011 --> 00:20:48,948 left Ethan feeling like a stranger in his own home. 407 00:20:48,981 --> 00:20:51,284 He sought refuge in work, 408 00:20:51,318 --> 00:20:54,721 until publishing began its slow decline. 409 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:57,757 Then... came Johanna. 410 00:20:57,790 --> 00:21:01,294 You know, private detectives get paid by the hour. 411 00:21:01,328 --> 00:21:03,463 To just-just wait. 412 00:21:03,496 --> 00:21:05,465 To do exactly what we're doing right now. 413 00:21:05,498 --> 00:21:07,967 I mean, what is the difficulty in a stakeout? 414 00:21:10,069 --> 00:21:11,904 I really got to go to class. 415 00:21:11,938 --> 00:21:13,473 THOMAS: No, just wait, all right? 416 00:21:13,506 --> 00:21:16,609 He'll be out in a minute. 417 00:21:16,643 --> 00:21:19,546 I have to see if he's gonna meet her again. 418 00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:21,914 Please, just wait. 419 00:21:24,484 --> 00:21:26,419 Okay. 420 00:21:30,990 --> 00:21:32,659 Oh, my God, that's her. 421 00:21:32,692 --> 00:21:34,627 The other woman. 422 00:21:36,429 --> 00:21:37,630 I'll call you later. 423 00:21:37,664 --> 00:21:39,432 Wait, are we waiting for your dad? 424 00:21:39,466 --> 00:21:41,368 I'll call you later. 425 00:21:43,503 --> 00:21:45,438 * 426 00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:14,901 * 427 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:45,965 * 428 00:23:11,958 --> 00:23:13,893 * 429 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:27,206 W.F.: What is it, exactly, that you want to accomplish? 430 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:29,742 I want to meet her. 431 00:23:29,776 --> 00:23:31,844 And tell her to stop seeing my father. 432 00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:33,713 She could kill my mother. 433 00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:35,682 Well, so do it. 434 00:23:38,084 --> 00:23:40,186 I haven't built up the courage yet. 435 00:23:40,219 --> 00:23:42,121 Mm. 436 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,190 So you stalk her, huh? 437 00:23:44,223 --> 00:23:46,593 I shouldn't be dealing with this at all. 438 00:23:46,626 --> 00:23:48,928 -I should be on a beach... -(lighter clicking) 439 00:23:48,961 --> 00:23:51,664 with Mimi... 440 00:23:51,698 --> 00:23:54,534 naked... 441 00:23:54,567 --> 00:23:57,937 in Croatia. 442 00:23:57,970 --> 00:23:59,739 We should be together together. 443 00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:01,240 "Should" is a dangerous word. 444 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:03,776 I'm serious, man. 445 00:24:03,810 --> 00:24:05,912 If it wasn't for my mother, I wouldn't be here. 446 00:24:08,615 --> 00:24:11,718 I don't buy it. 447 00:24:11,751 --> 00:24:14,754 You don't buy what? 448 00:24:14,787 --> 00:24:18,958 I don't buy that this is just about your mother's health. 449 00:24:18,991 --> 00:24:21,160 You want something more here. 450 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:23,963 Something more what? 451 00:24:23,996 --> 00:24:26,198 Provocative. 452 00:24:26,232 --> 00:24:27,700 (lighter clicks) 453 00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:41,047 Excuse me. 454 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,115 -Excuse me. -(British accent): Yes. 455 00:24:43,149 --> 00:24:44,984 Y-You don't know who I am. 456 00:24:45,017 --> 00:24:46,853 Yes, I do. 457 00:24:46,886 --> 00:24:48,187 You do? 458 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:49,789 You're the boy who follows me. 459 00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,524 Yeah, well, I have a good reason. 460 00:24:51,558 --> 00:24:54,260 You're also Ethan's son. 461 00:24:54,293 --> 00:24:56,896 He keeps a picture of you on his desk. 462 00:24:59,065 --> 00:25:00,767 Are you hungry, Thomas? 463 00:25:10,777 --> 00:25:14,280 Following someone in this city has got to be very difficult. 464 00:25:14,313 --> 00:25:16,783 It's so easy to be anonymous here. 465 00:25:16,816 --> 00:25:19,151 Why didn't you say anything when I was following you? 466 00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:20,887 Why didn't you say anything? 467 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,055 Because I didn't know what I was gonna do. 468 00:25:23,089 --> 00:25:25,024 -And do you now? -Yes. 469 00:25:25,057 --> 00:25:27,627 Is it good? 470 00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:34,166 -Johanna. -Johanna? 471 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,835 Yeah, I'm Johanna. 472 00:25:35,868 --> 00:25:38,204 Okay, Johanna, how long you been fucking my father? 473 00:25:38,237 --> 00:25:40,840 Is that kind of vulgarity entirely necessary here? 474 00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:42,909 What kind of vulgarity would you prefer? 475 00:25:45,678 --> 00:25:47,580 A little bit over a year. 476 00:25:47,614 --> 00:25:49,849 Why are you even seeing him? He's married. 477 00:25:49,882 --> 00:25:52,151 He is married. 478 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:56,823 -Do you work with him? -Sometimes. 479 00:25:56,856 --> 00:26:01,327 I'm a freelance editor, so I work for all the houses. 480 00:26:03,162 --> 00:26:05,665 Do you love him? 481 00:26:05,698 --> 00:26:08,067 Define love, Thomas. 482 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:10,202 Do you think that you're gonna marry him? 483 00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:12,872 Is that the plan? You think you're gonna steal him away 484 00:26:12,905 --> 00:26:14,607 from my mother? 485 00:26:14,641 --> 00:26:17,009 How do you know your mother isn't giving him to me? 486 00:26:17,043 --> 00:26:19,679 What's that supposed to mean? 487 00:26:19,712 --> 00:26:23,215 I mean that people do things all the time without realizing. 488 00:26:23,249 --> 00:26:25,852 Your mother may be giving me Ethan without comprehending it. 489 00:26:27,954 --> 00:26:31,958 I mean, you're doing something right now without realizing it. 490 00:26:31,991 --> 00:26:33,960 Yeah? And what am I doing? 491 00:26:33,993 --> 00:26:35,895 You're trying to make love to me. 492 00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:37,964 I'm trying to make love to you? 493 00:26:37,997 --> 00:26:40,332 (quietly): I'm trying to make love to you? 494 00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:45,037 You just don't realize it. 495 00:26:47,406 --> 00:26:49,375 Andy Warhol was a close, personal friend, 496 00:26:49,408 --> 00:26:52,211 and he gave us that piece as a gift. 497 00:26:52,244 --> 00:26:55,982 And now this goddamn committee is going to take all that away. 498 00:26:56,015 --> 00:26:57,383 Mom, it doesn't really matter. 499 00:26:57,416 --> 00:26:59,385 These people, these non-entities in Chelsea, 500 00:26:59,418 --> 00:27:00,953 they're trying to steal my past. 501 00:27:00,987 --> 00:27:03,022 -They're trying to erase my memories. -Mom. 502 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:06,793 We're gonna find the photo. 503 00:27:08,394 --> 00:27:11,964 (sighs): Look at this mess. 504 00:27:11,998 --> 00:27:13,866 I need a cigarette. 505 00:27:13,900 --> 00:27:15,367 (chuckles) 506 00:27:15,401 --> 00:27:17,369 But your father has declared 507 00:27:17,403 --> 00:27:19,972 I'm no longer allowed to smoke in the house, so... 508 00:27:20,006 --> 00:27:22,942 -(sighs) -All right, well, I'll stay here and keep searching. 509 00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:30,282 Thomas, I want to smoke and talk to you at the same time. 510 00:27:30,316 --> 00:27:33,152 -It makes the cigarette better. -Okay. 511 00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:35,387 Thank you. 512 00:27:37,456 --> 00:27:39,892 It's just this perpetual cycle 513 00:27:39,926 --> 00:27:42,729 of expectations and disappointments. 514 00:27:44,831 --> 00:27:46,098 You know? 515 00:27:46,132 --> 00:27:49,001 The farthest distance in the world 516 00:27:49,035 --> 00:27:53,372 is between how it is and how you thought it was gonna be. 517 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:56,442 Don't forget that. 518 00:27:56,475 --> 00:27:58,410 I won't. 519 00:28:00,446 --> 00:28:04,116 You're my light, Thomas. 520 00:28:04,150 --> 00:28:06,285 You know? 521 00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:09,421 I don't know what I'd do without you. 522 00:28:11,824 --> 00:28:14,794 (chuckling): It's this Klonopin. 523 00:28:14,827 --> 00:28:17,229 -Makes me so fucking emotional. -You're fine. 524 00:28:19,131 --> 00:28:21,200 (scoffs) 525 00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:26,205 THOMAS: I want you to stop seeing my father. 526 00:28:26,238 --> 00:28:27,807 Oh, hello, Thomas. 527 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,208 Look, you're a very beautiful woman. 528 00:28:29,241 --> 00:28:31,210 You can get any man you want in this city. 529 00:28:31,243 --> 00:28:33,045 Could I get you? 530 00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:34,881 -(sniffles) -What? 531 00:28:34,914 --> 00:28:37,216 You said I can get any man in this city. 532 00:28:37,249 --> 00:28:40,787 So I'm asking, could I get you? 533 00:28:40,820 --> 00:28:43,089 Which actually begs another question, really. 534 00:28:43,122 --> 00:28:44,824 Are you a man? 535 00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:46,358 My mother's in a fragile state. 536 00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:48,260 This affair could put her over the top. 537 00:28:48,294 --> 00:28:50,162 -How am I responsible for your mother? -Because you're fucking 538 00:28:50,196 --> 00:28:51,864 -my father. -Okay, we know that crudeness doesn't 539 00:28:51,898 --> 00:28:53,199 -make one a man. -Stop seeing him. 540 00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:54,200 Nor do demands. 541 00:28:54,233 --> 00:28:55,768 I'm not trying to be a man. 542 00:28:55,802 --> 00:28:57,169 I'm not trying to make love to you. 543 00:28:57,203 --> 00:28:59,972 I'm trying to save my mother. 544 00:29:00,006 --> 00:29:01,941 You're getting closer. 545 00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:12,251 W.F.: Johanna wasn't raised by writers. 546 00:29:12,284 --> 00:29:15,154 She was raised by bankers. 547 00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:18,357 But the lingua franca of both is fiction. 548 00:29:18,390 --> 00:29:21,227 When Ethan floated the idea of leaving his wife, 549 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:24,230 she assumed it was just talk. 550 00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:30,069 But to her surprise, his suggestion unbalanced her. 551 00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:34,907 Instead of feeling flattered, she felt suddenly needy. 552 00:29:34,941 --> 00:29:37,543 Thomas's attention was the perfect remedy 553 00:29:37,576 --> 00:29:40,312 to her rattled confidence. 554 00:29:40,346 --> 00:29:43,315 Those visions of Johanna. 555 00:29:43,349 --> 00:29:47,419 THOMAS: She's not like anyone I've ever met. 556 00:29:47,453 --> 00:29:50,322 She said I was trying to make love to her. 557 00:29:50,356 --> 00:29:53,225 Oh. Were you? 558 00:29:53,259 --> 00:29:55,527 No, I want her to stop seeing my father. 559 00:29:57,596 --> 00:29:59,598 Isn't that between you and your father? 560 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:04,070 Why-why would you want to make contact with her? 561 00:30:04,103 --> 00:30:07,907 She's an outsider to what seems to me to be a family issue. 562 00:30:07,940 --> 00:30:09,876 Eat that. 563 00:30:12,078 --> 00:30:14,213 -Uh-huh. -It's good. 564 00:30:14,246 --> 00:30:15,514 What was it? 565 00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:17,917 You don't want to know. 566 00:30:17,950 --> 00:30:21,888 So what are you saying, that... I like dealing with her? 567 00:30:21,921 --> 00:30:23,923 Uh-huh. That's precisely what I'm saying. 568 00:30:23,956 --> 00:30:25,925 And that I want to make love to her. 569 00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:27,526 Would you like to make love to her? 570 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:30,229 No. 571 00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:32,231 What kind of a question is that? 572 00:30:32,264 --> 00:30:34,200 -It's sick. -How is that sick? 573 00:30:34,233 --> 00:30:35,501 It's sick. 574 00:30:35,534 --> 00:30:37,036 She's a beautiful woman. 575 00:30:37,069 --> 00:30:39,071 -So? -Her name is Johanna. 576 00:30:39,105 --> 00:30:42,008 She's sleeping with my father. 577 00:30:42,041 --> 00:30:43,943 Would you like to make love to Johanna? 578 00:30:43,976 --> 00:30:45,912 Will you give me some credit, please? 579 00:30:45,945 --> 00:30:48,314 -This conversation's perverse. -Just ans-answer the question. 580 00:30:48,347 --> 00:30:50,182 -Give me some credit. -Stop drowning yourself 581 00:30:50,216 --> 00:30:51,984 in what you think is moral. 582 00:30:52,018 --> 00:30:53,953 You want to fuck Johanna. 583 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,496 Yes. I would. 584 00:31:04,530 --> 00:31:06,498 And you said your life was boring. 585 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:11,203 * 586 00:31:32,491 --> 00:31:34,961 THOMAS: I couldn't have handled today without you. 587 00:31:34,994 --> 00:31:37,363 You know, I got hit on three times coming from the bathroom. 588 00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:39,165 And I'm pretty sure they were all married. 589 00:31:39,198 --> 00:31:41,367 Then it's a good thing my father isn't here. 590 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,369 -That's not funny. -HOWARD: Oh, no. 591 00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:44,670 Groom's coming. 592 00:31:44,703 --> 00:31:46,305 It's my ninja. 593 00:31:46,338 --> 00:31:48,540 -It's my motherfucking ninja. -Howard. 594 00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:50,009 -Congratulations, man. -Thanks, man. 595 00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:51,443 Hey, this is Mimi. 596 00:31:51,477 --> 00:31:53,579 -Howard. -Nice to meet you. Listen. -Congrats. 597 00:31:53,612 --> 00:31:55,547 I've been running through Riverside Park every day, 598 00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:57,549 nine miles, murdering sobriety. 599 00:31:57,583 --> 00:32:00,386 I've seen a lot of your mother lately, actually. 600 00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:02,154 -My mother? -Yeah, yeah. I don't know. 601 00:32:02,188 --> 00:32:05,157 She's, uh, always on the same bench reading a book. 602 00:32:05,191 --> 00:32:06,625 That's Irwin. Irwin! 603 00:32:06,658 --> 00:32:08,327 You guys got to meet Irwin Sanders. 604 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:09,661 (whispers): He's buying the Knicks. 605 00:32:09,695 --> 00:32:10,997 -IRWIN: Howard. -Hey. 606 00:32:11,030 --> 00:32:12,298 How does it feel to be married? 607 00:32:12,331 --> 00:32:13,499 -Well, sex already sucks. -Ah. 608 00:32:13,532 --> 00:32:15,567 (chuckles) Kidding. Kind of. 609 00:32:15,601 --> 00:32:18,237 Uh, Condé Nast took me back, actually, 610 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,539 so, uh, maybe I could get an interview at some point? 611 00:32:20,572 --> 00:32:22,074 Maybe. 612 00:32:22,108 --> 00:32:24,743 Um, Howard, this is my friend, Johanna. 613 00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:26,378 -Hi. -Congratulations. 614 00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:28,547 HOWARD: Nice to meet you. Thanks. This is Thomas. 615 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:31,050 -Hi. -Johanna. -HOWARD: Mimi. 616 00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:32,518 MIMI: Hi. 617 00:32:34,586 --> 00:32:36,588 SINGER: * So won't you please * 618 00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:38,590 * Be mine, be my baby * 619 00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:40,592 * Be my little baby... 620 00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:42,461 (sighs) 621 00:32:42,494 --> 00:32:44,196 You're being really obvious. 622 00:32:44,230 --> 00:32:45,731 * Be mine, be my baby * 623 00:32:45,764 --> 00:32:48,500 * Be my baby now 624 00:32:48,534 --> 00:32:51,137 * Whoa, oh, oh, oh... 625 00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:56,375 * We skipped the light fandango * 626 00:32:58,777 --> 00:33:02,448 * Turned cartwheels across the floor... * 627 00:33:02,481 --> 00:33:05,417 I'm not dating Irwin. 628 00:33:05,451 --> 00:33:06,718 It's none of your business. 629 00:33:06,752 --> 00:33:08,754 I don't have to explain myself to you, 630 00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:11,190 but nonetheless... 631 00:33:11,223 --> 00:33:13,159 he's a very good friend. 632 00:33:15,594 --> 00:33:17,163 Where's your girlfriend? 633 00:33:17,196 --> 00:33:19,798 She's not. 634 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:22,201 She's just a friend. 635 00:33:22,234 --> 00:33:24,703 Oh, you shouldn't let her do that to you. 636 00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:27,739 * As the ceiling flew away... 637 00:33:29,808 --> 00:33:32,078 He's 30 years older than you. 638 00:33:32,111 --> 00:33:33,812 He's a billionaire. 639 00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:35,281 I'm not stupid. 640 00:33:35,314 --> 00:33:37,749 You are quite stupid, Thomas. 641 00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:41,220 And you've got no idea how the world works. 642 00:33:41,253 --> 00:33:42,821 And, actually, he's not a billionaire anymore, 643 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:44,390 because Nancy got half of everything. 644 00:33:44,423 --> 00:33:45,724 Doesn't really matter. 645 00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:47,526 No, it doesn't. 646 00:33:49,295 --> 00:33:51,097 You look nice. 647 00:33:51,130 --> 00:33:52,664 (scoffs) What? 648 00:33:52,698 --> 00:33:54,400 You look very nice. 649 00:33:54,433 --> 00:33:57,769 In a suit. 650 00:33:57,803 --> 00:33:59,671 I don't really think you're stupid. 651 00:33:59,705 --> 00:34:01,673 Just... 652 00:34:01,707 --> 00:34:05,211 confused and... young. 653 00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:09,581 Irwin's probably looking for you. 654 00:34:09,615 --> 00:34:11,450 I'm sure he paid for the whole night. 655 00:34:11,483 --> 00:34:13,419 Oh, fuck you, really. 656 00:34:18,757 --> 00:34:20,726 Hey. 657 00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:22,828 -So, first of all-- hooker comments? -I know. 658 00:34:22,861 --> 00:34:24,563 -I'm sorry. -You actually resorted to hooker comments? 659 00:34:24,596 --> 00:34:26,198 I'm sorry. I apologize. 660 00:34:26,232 --> 00:34:29,401 Okay, second of all, Irwin's gay. 661 00:34:29,435 --> 00:34:30,802 Okay? He loves men. 662 00:34:30,836 --> 00:34:32,571 In fact, he loves one man in particular, 663 00:34:32,604 --> 00:34:34,473 a man named Billy Arnaldi, who happens to be 664 00:34:34,506 --> 00:34:37,276 an incredible art dealer and one of my closest friends. 665 00:34:37,309 --> 00:34:39,578 So Irwin doesn't want to come out, for business reasons, 666 00:34:39,611 --> 00:34:41,180 which is his prerogative, 667 00:34:41,213 --> 00:34:42,881 and I come to events like this with him. 668 00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:45,117 I'm not a glorified hooker. He's not a sugar daddy. 669 00:34:45,151 --> 00:34:46,552 I'm his beard. 670 00:34:46,585 --> 00:34:49,155 You really don't know how the world works. 671 00:34:49,188 --> 00:34:51,623 You're an innocent, Thomas. You're a child. 672 00:34:53,359 --> 00:34:54,860 I know some things. 673 00:34:54,893 --> 00:34:56,195 -Oh, yeah? -Mm. 674 00:34:56,228 --> 00:34:57,329 Like what? 675 00:35:00,299 --> 00:35:02,734 How it went down. 676 00:35:02,768 --> 00:35:04,703 You and my dad, I know. 677 00:35:04,736 --> 00:35:07,439 -Do you? -Mm. 678 00:35:07,473 --> 00:35:11,143 Okay, Thomas, Mr. Ace Sleuth, 679 00:35:11,177 --> 00:35:13,111 I want to hear it. 680 00:35:15,881 --> 00:35:19,885 You noticed that he liked to come in early. 681 00:35:19,918 --> 00:35:24,256 Really early, like, what, 7:00 in the morning? 682 00:35:24,290 --> 00:35:26,258 So you started coming in then, too. 683 00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:27,926 You isolate and contain. 684 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:30,562 Told him it was because you don't sleep well, 685 00:35:30,596 --> 00:35:33,432 that the bad dreams, they shake you awake before daylight. 686 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:35,667 In the mornings, you put on music in your office. 687 00:35:35,701 --> 00:35:38,437 Brahms one day, Biggie Smalls the next, because, you know, 688 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:41,607 you can't be put into a box; you attack all the senses. 689 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,410 You went a little aggressive on your signature scent, 690 00:35:44,443 --> 00:35:46,212 strong on the vanilla. 691 00:35:46,245 --> 00:35:49,348 You mentioned a boyfriend, then complained of a bad date. 692 00:35:49,381 --> 00:35:51,250 You confuse him, make him wonder. 693 00:35:51,283 --> 00:35:53,519 The sex. 694 00:35:53,552 --> 00:35:54,920 Ooh, the sex. 695 00:35:54,953 --> 00:35:57,289 The sex surprised you both. 696 00:35:57,323 --> 00:35:59,558 He was just walking you home after dinner. 697 00:35:59,591 --> 00:36:01,560 I mean, Jesus, you're not the other woman, 698 00:36:01,593 --> 00:36:03,562 he's not a cheating husband. "No, this isn't something 699 00:36:03,595 --> 00:36:06,698 that we did, that is something that happened to us." 700 00:36:06,732 --> 00:36:09,368 But what? Could it be love? 701 00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:10,802 Well, nobody wants to acknowledge that 702 00:36:10,836 --> 00:36:12,738 so soon in the game, but the stars are crossed 703 00:36:12,771 --> 00:36:14,973 and people are gonna get hurt and... 704 00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:16,775 "We've done a bad, bad thing, Ethan," 705 00:36:16,808 --> 00:36:18,444 so, fuck, it must be, right? 706 00:36:18,477 --> 00:36:22,581 All of it was just bullshit-- calculated and manipulated-- 707 00:36:22,614 --> 00:36:24,350 from that first lie about your bad dreams. 708 00:36:24,383 --> 00:36:28,220 'Cause I'm-I'm... I'm pretty sure... 709 00:36:28,254 --> 00:36:31,423 that you sleep like a baby. 710 00:36:31,457 --> 00:36:32,924 (chuckles softly) 711 00:36:34,993 --> 00:36:36,928 You are quite the storytell... 712 00:36:40,766 --> 00:36:43,302 * 713 00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:56,615 (Johanna moaning softly) 714 00:37:00,018 --> 00:37:02,321 * 715 00:37:11,497 --> 00:37:12,864 Where have you been? 716 00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:15,033 -Bathroom. Drank too much. -(applause) 717 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:16,468 (whooping) 718 00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:21,707 (slurring): I have to interrupt now, because, uh... 719 00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:23,442 I have to go home. 720 00:37:23,475 --> 00:37:25,811 (crowd chuckles, murmurs) 721 00:37:25,844 --> 00:37:28,847 I'm Uncle Buster. 722 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,049 -Let's get out of here. -I'm Casey's father's brother. 723 00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:32,584 They haven't even cut the cake. 724 00:37:32,618 --> 00:37:34,286 Fuck the cake. Let's go. 725 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:35,721 What? 726 00:37:35,754 --> 00:37:37,389 -Come on. -BUSTER: Walter's not here 727 00:37:37,423 --> 00:37:39,491 -because... -You smell like vanilla. 728 00:37:39,525 --> 00:37:41,860 ...he's doing two to five. 729 00:37:41,893 --> 00:37:42,994 It's no secret. 730 00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:44,596 As you all know, 731 00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:47,566 two to five for doing the right thing, 732 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:50,436 for believing in the poetry of the Constitution. 733 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:58,043 I have only a few thoughts. 734 00:37:58,076 --> 00:38:00,746 Drama. 735 00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:03,982 The dramatics of marital romance, 736 00:38:04,015 --> 00:38:05,951 staying together. 737 00:38:08,487 --> 00:38:10,856 Like the gypsy told me, 738 00:38:10,889 --> 00:38:13,625 the poems written in life lines 739 00:38:13,659 --> 00:38:16,895 are never guaranteed. 740 00:38:16,928 --> 00:38:19,898 They get busted up. 741 00:38:19,931 --> 00:38:23,735 Tomorrow begins new poetry. 742 00:38:23,769 --> 00:38:29,741 Another romance that will explode from time to time. 743 00:38:29,775 --> 00:38:34,480 Poetry of married people like the aurora borealis. 744 00:38:36,682 --> 00:38:40,386 Strewn like stars in the sky, 745 00:38:40,419 --> 00:38:44,656 and the drama of your lives begins. 746 00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:46,992 Chapter after chapter. 747 00:38:47,025 --> 00:38:48,727 Stories. 748 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,128 Books. 749 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:55,901 Revolutions, as I know, will come. 750 00:38:55,934 --> 00:38:57,503 I've seen many. 751 00:38:57,536 --> 00:38:59,671 Lived through them. 752 00:38:59,705 --> 00:39:02,073 They play in the least expected places, 753 00:39:02,107 --> 00:39:04,042 so get ready. 754 00:39:06,144 --> 00:39:07,579 Casey understands Howard. 755 00:39:07,613 --> 00:39:10,882 Howard... knows Casey. 756 00:39:10,916 --> 00:39:12,851 No. 757 00:39:12,884 --> 00:39:15,120 No, not yet. 758 00:39:15,153 --> 00:39:17,122 There's always mystery. 759 00:39:17,155 --> 00:39:18,957 You both know that. 760 00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:21,660 You both know it isn't perfect. 761 00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:23,128 Excitement, 762 00:39:23,161 --> 00:39:27,065 trust and struggle, 763 00:39:27,098 --> 00:39:32,604 and the unknown privacies that keep us together. 764 00:39:32,638 --> 00:39:34,640 Glue of struggle. 765 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:39,945 I raise my glass. 766 00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:43,915 The fragile glass we stomped on and shattered 767 00:39:43,949 --> 00:39:47,185 and will forever be putting back together, 768 00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:52,190 like the puzzles we first worked as children, 769 00:39:52,223 --> 00:39:54,926 learning to be patient, 770 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,529 searching for what fits. 771 00:39:59,230 --> 00:40:01,199 (chuckles) 772 00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:04,736 So many puzzles. 773 00:40:04,770 --> 00:40:07,673 So many books in this room. 774 00:40:11,943 --> 00:40:14,112 And I talk too much. 775 00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:16,214 Let's dance. 776 00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:18,183 (glasses clink) 777 00:40:20,218 --> 00:40:22,153 * 778 00:40:27,225 --> 00:40:30,729 THOMAS: So I have to go to this career counselor. 779 00:40:30,762 --> 00:40:32,698 Uh, my father set up the appointment. 780 00:40:34,533 --> 00:40:36,034 JOHANNA: Why don't you go into journalism? 781 00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:38,203 You ran the high school newspaper. 782 00:40:38,236 --> 00:40:40,105 No, that doesn't interest me anymore. 783 00:40:40,138 --> 00:40:42,007 And you won that advertising prize in college. 784 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,142 -You could do that. -Uh, how do you know all this 785 00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:45,911 about me, huh? How do you know all this? 786 00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:48,246 -I know everything. Everything about you. -You do? 787 00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:50,716 -Okay, um, yearbook committee. -Uh-huh. 788 00:40:50,749 --> 00:40:52,484 -President of the debate club. -Yeah. 789 00:40:52,518 --> 00:40:54,252 Arts editor of the high school newspaper. 790 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:56,221 Second single on the tennis team. 791 00:40:56,254 --> 00:40:57,556 Very impressive, Thomas. 792 00:40:57,589 --> 00:40:59,891 Huh. 793 00:40:59,925 --> 00:41:02,894 Your father has all your awards on his desk. 794 00:41:02,928 --> 00:41:04,229 It's so awful. 795 00:41:04,262 --> 00:41:05,964 -Oh, that's awkward. -(chuckles) 796 00:41:05,997 --> 00:41:07,933 Fuck the career counselor. 797 00:41:10,068 --> 00:41:12,571 All right, here's something you don't know. 798 00:41:12,604 --> 00:41:14,272 That nobody knows. 799 00:41:14,305 --> 00:41:16,107 Okay. 800 00:41:18,777 --> 00:41:21,279 I wanted to write. 801 00:41:21,312 --> 00:41:24,049 -Huh. -Hmm. 802 00:41:24,082 --> 00:41:26,618 I used to write all these things when I was younger. 803 00:41:26,652 --> 00:41:28,987 A bunch of letters from my dog to, like, 804 00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:31,089 the mailman and the vet. 805 00:41:31,122 --> 00:41:34,225 And eventually I... 806 00:41:34,259 --> 00:41:36,928 came up with a collection of essays called 807 00:41:36,962 --> 00:41:39,798 "Mary Jane vs. Everything." 808 00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:42,067 Which I was incredibly proud of. 809 00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:45,036 And, you know, I show 'em to my dad. 810 00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:47,939 What did Ethan say? 811 00:41:47,973 --> 00:41:50,308 "Serviceable." 812 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:52,043 Ouch. 813 00:41:52,077 --> 00:41:54,546 Yeah. "Serviceable." 814 00:41:54,580 --> 00:41:56,715 That was his exact word. 815 00:41:56,748 --> 00:42:00,018 Nothing special, just serviceable. 816 00:42:00,051 --> 00:42:01,787 He seemed pretty angry after reading them, though. 817 00:42:01,820 --> 00:42:03,021 Well, I want to read them. 818 00:42:03,054 --> 00:42:04,289 -You do? -Yeah. 819 00:42:04,322 --> 00:42:05,591 -You can't. -Why not? 820 00:42:05,624 --> 00:42:06,792 'Cause I threw 'em out. 821 00:42:06,825 --> 00:42:10,261 Oh, that's so sad. 822 00:42:10,295 --> 00:42:13,131 -That's so sad and lonely. -Mm. 823 00:42:16,134 --> 00:42:19,170 That's good. 824 00:42:19,204 --> 00:42:20,839 Really? 825 00:42:20,872 --> 00:42:24,743 Yeah. What word did your father use? 826 00:42:24,776 --> 00:42:26,111 "Serviceable." 827 00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:28,279 I disagree. 828 00:42:28,313 --> 00:42:30,248 I think you've got talent. 829 00:42:35,053 --> 00:42:38,957 But your father's a publisher and I'm just some... 830 00:42:38,990 --> 00:42:42,227 strange neighbor, so you're gonna go with serviceable, huh? 831 00:42:45,964 --> 00:42:47,933 -Johanna wanted to read 'em. -Oh, right. 832 00:42:47,966 --> 00:42:49,334 But I don't know if I could... 833 00:42:49,367 --> 00:42:52,103 Those visions of Johanna. 834 00:42:52,137 --> 00:42:54,239 I think about her... 835 00:42:57,175 --> 00:42:59,110 ...all the time. 836 00:43:03,048 --> 00:43:04,983 Maybe it's love. 837 00:43:08,086 --> 00:43:10,221 Uh... 838 00:43:10,255 --> 00:43:12,057 Love is hard to determine. 839 00:43:12,090 --> 00:43:13,692 Uh, people think they're in love, 840 00:43:13,725 --> 00:43:16,294 and it's something completely different. 841 00:43:16,327 --> 00:43:19,297 You know, infatuation, 842 00:43:19,330 --> 00:43:21,733 the righting of childhood wrongs, 843 00:43:21,767 --> 00:43:23,902 you know, companionship. Um... 844 00:43:25,671 --> 00:43:27,172 Have you ever been in love? 845 00:43:27,205 --> 00:43:29,140 Yeah. Once. 846 00:43:31,042 --> 00:43:32,878 Who was she? 847 00:43:32,911 --> 00:43:34,746 Oh... (sighs) 848 00:43:34,780 --> 00:43:38,216 she was this woman I knew. 849 00:43:38,249 --> 00:43:41,987 She was taken by someone else, a dear friend. 850 00:43:42,020 --> 00:43:43,722 (chuckles softly) 851 00:43:43,755 --> 00:43:46,925 We had a profound connection, but she was his girl. 852 00:43:46,958 --> 00:43:48,393 It was a mess. 853 00:43:48,426 --> 00:43:50,662 So what did you do? 854 00:43:50,696 --> 00:43:53,865 Oh, I left the scene of the crime. 855 00:43:53,899 --> 00:43:56,134 You ran away? 856 00:43:56,167 --> 00:44:00,071 Uh, well, at the time, I called it an adventure. 857 00:44:00,105 --> 00:44:02,373 But hindsight turned it into something else, 858 00:44:02,407 --> 00:44:05,376 which is what hindsight inevitably does. 859 00:44:05,410 --> 00:44:07,278 Yeah, I ran away. 860 00:44:07,312 --> 00:44:09,280 I'm gonna take this. 861 00:44:09,314 --> 00:44:11,016 Leave you with your heart on. 862 00:44:11,049 --> 00:44:12,250 With my hard-on? 863 00:44:12,283 --> 00:44:15,120 Heart. Your heart on. 864 00:44:15,153 --> 00:44:17,388 You know what, maybe, in hindsight, 865 00:44:17,422 --> 00:44:20,058 I'll feel guilty about Johanna, but right now I don't. 866 00:44:23,729 --> 00:44:25,296 It's not cut or dry. 867 00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:28,734 Congratulations, Thomas. 868 00:44:28,767 --> 00:44:31,169 Your world is becoming contextual. 869 00:44:36,775 --> 00:44:38,309 Who the fuck are you? 870 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,322 Hey, Dad. 871 00:44:51,356 --> 00:44:53,324 What's up? 872 00:44:53,358 --> 00:44:55,426 Sit down. 873 00:44:59,464 --> 00:45:01,432 Is everything all right? 874 00:45:01,466 --> 00:45:03,301 Is Mom okay? 875 00:45:03,334 --> 00:45:05,737 Sit down, Thomas. 876 00:45:12,878 --> 00:45:15,013 (Ethan clears throat) 877 00:45:18,383 --> 00:45:21,219 Is there anything you want to tell me? 878 00:45:24,389 --> 00:45:25,891 No. 879 00:45:25,924 --> 00:45:28,126 (clears throat) No, nothing. 880 00:45:28,159 --> 00:45:31,096 Mm-hmm. Anything I should know? 881 00:45:33,899 --> 00:45:35,834 No. 882 00:45:38,203 --> 00:45:40,872 Thomas... 883 00:45:40,906 --> 00:45:43,775 you blew off the career counselor. 884 00:45:43,809 --> 00:45:45,210 Hmm? 885 00:45:45,243 --> 00:45:47,545 I told you how hard it was to get that appointment, 886 00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:49,347 and then you just don't show up? 887 00:45:49,380 --> 00:45:50,882 -Whoosh. Gone. -Right. 888 00:45:50,916 --> 00:45:53,118 Um, um... 889 00:45:53,151 --> 00:45:54,986 I should've called. 890 00:45:55,020 --> 00:45:56,221 -Mm-hmm, you should've called. -I'm sorry. 891 00:45:56,254 --> 00:45:58,489 I'm sorry. I'm sorry, too. 892 00:46:00,558 --> 00:46:02,227 (sighs) 893 00:46:02,260 --> 00:46:03,829 Come work here. 894 00:46:03,862 --> 00:46:05,496 -(scoffs) -Hmm? Work here. 895 00:46:05,530 --> 00:46:07,398 You like to read. 896 00:46:07,432 --> 00:46:09,267 I've been conflicted about giving you a job here-- 897 00:46:09,300 --> 00:46:12,270 nepotism and all that bullshit-- but screw it. 898 00:46:12,303 --> 00:46:14,439 You can start under the junior editors, 899 00:46:14,472 --> 00:46:15,841 you know, learn something. 900 00:46:15,874 --> 00:46:17,308 -No, thank you. -Why not? 901 00:46:17,342 --> 00:46:18,576 I mean, what's wrong with learning 902 00:46:18,609 --> 00:46:20,011 -the publishing business? -Nothing. 903 00:46:20,045 --> 00:46:23,148 It's fine. It's just it's... 904 00:46:23,181 --> 00:46:25,116 serviceable. 905 00:46:31,522 --> 00:46:33,191 (knocking) 906 00:46:35,260 --> 00:46:38,096 -THOMAS: W.F.? -(knocking) 907 00:46:38,129 --> 00:46:40,832 I just want to get my essays back. 908 00:46:40,866 --> 00:46:42,800 Hey. 909 00:46:57,315 --> 00:46:59,250 * 910 00:47:28,279 --> 00:47:30,215 * 911 00:47:43,528 --> 00:47:45,296 Thomas. 912 00:47:45,330 --> 00:47:47,265 I was in your apartment. 913 00:47:50,635 --> 00:47:53,571 You're Julian Stellars. 914 00:47:53,604 --> 00:47:56,374 -Mm, my nom de plume. -(chuckles) 915 00:47:56,407 --> 00:47:59,177 You've had 12 books published. 916 00:47:59,210 --> 00:48:00,912 You don't have much mass appeal, 917 00:48:00,946 --> 00:48:03,048 but you don't seem to mind. 918 00:48:03,081 --> 00:48:06,217 Hard to find a picture of you anywhere. 919 00:48:06,251 --> 00:48:08,353 You're an alcoholic who spends most afternoons 920 00:48:08,386 --> 00:48:10,221 drinking in the Brooklyn Inn. 921 00:48:10,255 --> 00:48:12,290 And you're probably the only person that I've met 922 00:48:12,323 --> 00:48:15,961 that's actually, actually been to an opium den. 923 00:48:17,562 --> 00:48:20,231 -And I've been Googled. -Mm-hmm. 924 00:48:25,036 --> 00:48:28,006 I didn't read it. 925 00:48:28,039 --> 00:48:29,507 Your new manuscript. 926 00:48:33,044 --> 00:48:35,947 Well, Thomas, I appreciate that. 927 00:48:35,981 --> 00:48:37,182 (grunts) 928 00:48:42,453 --> 00:48:44,155 THOMAS: So, um... 929 00:48:46,224 --> 00:48:48,593 ...when you said I had talent... 930 00:48:48,626 --> 00:48:51,562 It was a professional opinion. 931 00:48:53,564 --> 00:48:55,033 (exhales) 932 00:48:55,066 --> 00:48:57,969 I don't know, man. I... 933 00:48:58,003 --> 00:48:59,437 You've experienced the world. 934 00:48:59,470 --> 00:49:01,639 I just live here in New York. 935 00:49:01,672 --> 00:49:03,574 New York is the world. 936 00:49:03,608 --> 00:49:06,011 I haven't done much with my life. 937 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,984 You've had sex with your father's mistress. 938 00:49:13,018 --> 00:49:15,953 (chuckles) I'd say that's something. 939 00:49:18,023 --> 00:49:20,391 Am I the only living boy in New York? 940 00:49:25,630 --> 00:49:27,565 You are. 941 00:49:30,068 --> 00:49:32,337 * 942 00:49:37,508 --> 00:49:39,110 (intercom buzzing) 943 00:49:44,415 --> 00:49:45,783 (intercom buzzing) 944 00:49:45,816 --> 00:49:48,053 THOMAS: Hey, I was outside your apartment. 945 00:49:48,086 --> 00:49:49,520 You're not there. 946 00:49:49,554 --> 00:49:52,123 I brought the essays. I wanted to show you. 947 00:50:01,066 --> 00:50:03,000 * 948 00:50:32,397 --> 00:50:34,499 Did you sleep with her? 949 00:50:35,833 --> 00:50:38,469 (man coughs) 950 00:50:38,503 --> 00:50:40,438 With who? 951 00:50:44,109 --> 00:50:46,577 Johanna? 952 00:50:46,611 --> 00:50:48,813 Why would you ask that? 953 00:50:48,846 --> 00:50:52,217 (sighs) They left the wedding as quickly as we did. 954 00:50:52,250 --> 00:50:53,651 (chuckles) 955 00:50:53,684 --> 00:50:55,653 I may be oblivious, but I'm not stupid. 956 00:50:55,686 --> 00:50:56,721 Why do you care? 957 00:50:56,754 --> 00:50:58,289 -I just do. -Why? 958 00:50:58,323 --> 00:50:59,824 Thomas. 959 00:50:59,857 --> 00:51:01,826 -Are you jealous? -No. 960 00:51:01,859 --> 00:51:03,561 -You sure? -Thomas. 961 00:51:03,594 --> 00:51:06,097 -I think you're jealous. -Did you sleep with her? 962 00:51:06,131 --> 00:51:08,733 She's my father's mistress. 963 00:51:08,766 --> 00:51:10,735 You think that I would do that? 964 00:51:12,837 --> 00:51:14,572 No. 965 00:51:14,605 --> 00:51:16,507 Thank you. 966 00:51:18,809 --> 00:51:20,745 You're sweet. 967 00:51:20,778 --> 00:51:22,847 You're not like them. 968 00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:25,150 -Like who? -This city. 969 00:51:34,159 --> 00:51:36,861 I want you to stop seeing him. 970 00:51:36,894 --> 00:51:38,863 -(groans) -Come on, I'm putting my foot down. 971 00:51:38,896 --> 00:51:40,798 You don't get to tell me what to do, Thomas. 972 00:51:40,831 --> 00:51:42,700 I don't care if your foot's down or up. 973 00:51:42,733 --> 00:51:44,369 Why? 'Cause you don't care about anything? 974 00:51:44,402 --> 00:51:47,905 -What? -You obviously don't care about anything at all. 975 00:51:47,938 --> 00:51:50,608 Oh, so I'm a nihilist now, am I? 976 00:51:52,410 --> 00:51:54,279 (sighs) 977 00:51:54,312 --> 00:51:57,715 I don't know anything about you. 978 00:51:57,748 --> 00:51:59,717 Where'd you grow up? 979 00:51:59,750 --> 00:52:02,420 Brooklyn, Thomas. That's why I have this accent. 980 00:52:04,789 --> 00:52:06,757 Did you play sports? 981 00:52:06,791 --> 00:52:10,295 No. 982 00:52:10,328 --> 00:52:12,397 When did you first have sex? 983 00:52:12,430 --> 00:52:15,466 Oh, my God, we're gonna talk about my childhood now? 984 00:52:15,500 --> 00:52:18,536 Yeah. I want to know you. 985 00:52:18,569 --> 00:52:21,439 Where'd you grow up? 986 00:52:21,472 --> 00:52:23,608 I grew up in London. 987 00:52:23,641 --> 00:52:25,876 Which part? 988 00:52:25,910 --> 00:52:28,879 Belsize Park. 989 00:52:28,913 --> 00:52:30,915 And then Kilburn. 990 00:52:30,948 --> 00:52:33,284 Why the move? 991 00:52:33,318 --> 00:52:36,821 Because Kilburn's so much more real. 992 00:52:36,854 --> 00:52:38,489 What'd your dad do? 993 00:52:38,523 --> 00:52:39,790 (Johanna sighs) 994 00:52:41,526 --> 00:52:42,927 What'd your dad do? 995 00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:46,897 He put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. 996 00:52:57,508 --> 00:52:59,444 I'm sorry. 997 00:53:04,515 --> 00:53:06,451 I didn't know. 998 00:53:10,521 --> 00:53:13,224 Why do you sleep with me? 999 00:53:13,258 --> 00:53:14,792 Because I like you. 1000 00:53:14,825 --> 00:53:18,263 What do you like about me? 1001 00:53:18,296 --> 00:53:20,631 Your innocence. 1002 00:53:20,665 --> 00:53:23,568 Were you ever innocent? 1003 00:53:23,601 --> 00:53:25,336 I forgot. 1004 00:53:25,370 --> 00:53:28,339 Come on. Tell me. 1005 00:53:28,373 --> 00:53:30,341 I want to know about when you were innocent. 1006 00:53:30,375 --> 00:53:33,010 -Why? -Because I like the idea of it. 1007 00:53:33,043 --> 00:53:35,780 If you want someone so pure, why are you with me? 1008 00:53:35,813 --> 00:53:37,748 Because I care about you. 1009 00:53:41,819 --> 00:53:45,523 Do you care about me? 1010 00:53:45,556 --> 00:53:47,825 I don't care about anyone, remember? 1011 00:53:50,428 --> 00:53:53,898 W.F.: But the truth was she cared about them both. 1012 00:53:53,931 --> 00:53:55,900 And that's when she knew 1013 00:53:55,933 --> 00:53:58,503 this mess would only get worse. 1014 00:53:58,536 --> 00:54:03,408 She had to make a clean break, starting with Ethan. 1015 00:54:03,441 --> 00:54:05,943 What she didn't anticipate was 1016 00:54:05,976 --> 00:54:08,379 he'd surrendered too much of his past 1017 00:54:08,413 --> 00:54:10,047 to give up on his future. 1018 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:13,050 (quiet chatter) 1019 00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:17,021 DAVID: They're all moving to, uh, Los Angeles. 1020 00:54:17,054 --> 00:54:19,624 New York, we're becoming... 1021 00:54:19,657 --> 00:54:22,927 W.F.: Do you think he's in love with her? 1022 00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:24,395 This has to stop. 1023 00:54:24,429 --> 00:54:26,731 Eh, you and your father, 1024 00:54:26,764 --> 00:54:29,600 you suffer from the same disease. 1025 00:54:29,634 --> 00:54:31,636 Johanna. 1026 00:54:31,669 --> 00:54:35,740 "Visions of Johanna conquer my mind." 1027 00:54:35,773 --> 00:54:38,008 -Mm. -Why are you writing about me? 1028 00:54:40,978 --> 00:54:42,947 That's what I do. 1029 00:54:42,980 --> 00:54:47,017 I write about people I know and then give it a thin veil. 1030 00:54:47,051 --> 00:54:49,320 But why me? 1031 00:54:51,389 --> 00:54:53,023 Look, I... 1032 00:54:53,057 --> 00:54:55,493 I got the apartment to get out of the house 1033 00:54:55,526 --> 00:54:57,562 and write a completely different story. 1034 00:54:57,595 --> 00:54:59,830 It just, it didn't come across, you know? 1035 00:54:59,864 --> 00:55:02,099 -And mine did. -Um... 1036 00:55:02,132 --> 00:55:05,102 And like everything good, it happened by accident. 1037 00:55:05,135 --> 00:55:08,339 I met you. Now I got 118 pages. 1038 00:55:10,408 --> 00:55:12,042 My father's publishing house, 1039 00:55:12,076 --> 00:55:14,512 they're throwing an anniversary party tomorrow. 1040 00:55:14,545 --> 00:55:16,080 You should come. 1041 00:55:18,383 --> 00:55:19,950 No. 1042 00:55:19,984 --> 00:55:23,588 You've heard all about these people, but you never met 'em. 1043 00:55:23,621 --> 00:55:26,957 Be good for the book. 1044 00:55:26,991 --> 00:55:28,125 Huh. 1045 00:55:28,158 --> 00:55:31,662 Find a window. Pounce. 1046 00:55:31,696 --> 00:55:33,631 Pounce. 1047 00:55:35,833 --> 00:55:37,768 * 1048 00:55:42,773 --> 00:55:44,709 (vehicle approaching) 1049 00:55:53,083 --> 00:55:55,019 I broke up with Nick. 1050 00:55:56,921 --> 00:55:58,856 Did you? 1051 00:56:03,728 --> 00:56:07,432 You're supposed to be more excited than that. 1052 00:56:07,465 --> 00:56:09,400 * 1053 00:56:25,616 --> 00:56:28,085 * 1054 00:56:48,573 --> 00:56:50,541 Hey. 1055 00:56:50,575 --> 00:56:52,677 Thanks for coming. 1056 00:56:52,710 --> 00:56:54,011 It's a great party. 1057 00:56:54,044 --> 00:56:56,046 Yeah. It always is. 1058 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:59,016 Look. That's my mother and Mimi. 1059 00:57:03,721 --> 00:57:06,023 She's beautiful. 1060 00:57:06,056 --> 00:57:07,858 Mm. I told you she was. 1061 00:57:07,892 --> 00:57:09,994 I was talking about your mother. 1062 00:57:10,027 --> 00:57:11,596 (chuckles) 1063 00:57:13,664 --> 00:57:14,999 Huh. 1064 00:57:15,032 --> 00:57:16,967 * 1065 00:57:29,847 --> 00:57:30,681 It's amazing. 1066 00:57:30,715 --> 00:57:32,683 It is amazing, but I think you could... 1067 00:57:32,717 --> 00:57:33,884 THOMAS: Uh, sorry. 1068 00:57:33,918 --> 00:57:35,486 I want you to come meet someone. 1069 00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:37,755 Oh! Who are we meeting? 1070 00:57:37,788 --> 00:57:39,624 -We're meeting my new friend. -Your new friend. 1071 00:57:39,657 --> 00:57:40,991 -All right, I'll be back. -Sorry. See you later. 1072 00:57:41,025 --> 00:57:41,959 I'll be back. 1073 00:57:46,831 --> 00:57:48,799 He was just here. 1074 00:57:48,833 --> 00:57:50,601 He was? 1075 00:57:50,635 --> 00:57:52,670 Oh, well, I'll meet him later. 1076 00:57:52,703 --> 00:57:54,772 -Come on. He was just here. -Oh, there's Diana. 1077 00:58:01,178 --> 00:58:03,113 (siren wailing in distance) 1078 00:58:07,785 --> 00:58:13,290 W.F.: "I have looked down upon the city from high windows. 1079 00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:17,562 "It is then that the great buildings 1080 00:58:17,595 --> 00:58:21,899 "lose reality and take on their magical powers. 1081 00:58:24,802 --> 00:58:30,307 "Squares and squares of flame set and cut into the ether. 1082 00:58:30,340 --> 00:58:33,243 Here's our poetry, for..." 1083 00:58:33,277 --> 00:58:36,714 "For we have pulled down the stars to our will." 1084 00:58:36,747 --> 00:58:38,248 "To our will." 1085 00:58:38,282 --> 00:58:40,017 Ezra Pound. 1086 00:58:42,086 --> 00:58:44,154 Johanna, I'm assuming. 1087 00:58:44,188 --> 00:58:46,791 We haven't met, have we? 1088 00:58:46,824 --> 00:58:50,060 No, but I know you very well. 1089 00:58:50,094 --> 00:58:54,298 And I know that you're having your fun 1090 00:58:54,331 --> 00:58:56,701 and that he's young and easy. 1091 00:58:56,734 --> 00:59:00,971 But you'll have me to deal with if he scars. 1092 00:59:04,909 --> 00:59:08,746 I don't like strange conversations... 1093 00:59:08,779 --> 00:59:10,715 so I'm gonna walk away now. 1094 00:59:19,223 --> 00:59:21,659 (thunder rumbling in distance) 1095 00:59:23,894 --> 00:59:26,731 (grumbles softly) 1096 00:59:26,764 --> 00:59:28,699 * 1097 00:59:40,678 --> 00:59:42,613 I'll be back in a second. 1098 00:59:49,720 --> 00:59:51,722 (quietly): Hey. 1099 00:59:51,756 --> 00:59:53,658 Uh... 1100 00:59:53,691 --> 00:59:55,926 (whispers): What? 1101 00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:58,595 I really think we should stop seeing each other. 1102 01:00:00,397 --> 01:00:02,166 -Thomas. -What? 1103 01:00:02,199 --> 01:00:04,802 It looks bad. Come on. 1104 01:00:04,835 --> 01:00:08,372 (sighs) I was ending it with your father as well. 1105 01:00:08,405 --> 01:00:10,875 And not because I didn't care for him. 1106 01:00:10,908 --> 01:00:14,144 I actually really do. I care for him very much. 1107 01:00:14,178 --> 01:00:17,047 But, Thomas, the thing is he proposed. 1108 01:00:17,081 --> 01:00:18,716 What? 1109 01:00:18,749 --> 01:00:22,019 And I said yes. 1110 01:00:22,052 --> 01:00:23,220 No. No. 1111 01:00:23,253 --> 01:00:25,823 -No, no. -Please, I don't want this to be disruptive. 1112 01:00:25,856 --> 01:00:28,158 -Disruptive? He's not gonna leave her. -Stop, stop, stop. 1113 01:00:28,192 --> 01:00:30,060 I'm not gonna let that happen. 1114 01:00:30,094 --> 01:00:32,062 No, this is the best thing for everybody. 1115 01:00:32,096 --> 01:00:33,430 -For who? -For everybody. 1116 01:00:33,463 --> 01:00:35,132 Judith's gonna be so much better off. 1117 01:00:35,165 --> 01:00:36,333 She won't be suffering anymore 1118 01:00:36,366 --> 01:00:38,135 under the weight of a dead marriage. 1119 01:00:38,168 --> 01:00:39,970 He's going through a cri... he's just going through 1120 01:00:40,004 --> 01:00:41,706 a fucking crisis, that's all this is. 1121 01:00:41,739 --> 01:00:43,340 Come on, this doesn't have to be this difficult. 1122 01:00:43,373 --> 01:00:45,876 Please, everybody can win here. 1123 01:00:45,910 --> 01:00:48,178 God made a mistake when he made you beautiful. 1124 01:00:48,212 --> 01:00:50,047 Well, God's mistake is marrying your father. 1125 01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:51,816 Not yet she isn't. 1126 01:00:51,849 --> 01:00:54,084 Look, can I just ask you one thing? 1127 01:00:54,118 --> 01:00:57,254 If any of this comes out, who do you think's gonna get hurt? 1128 01:00:57,287 --> 01:00:58,723 It's not me. 1129 01:00:58,756 --> 01:01:00,290 -(exhales) -It's not Ethan. 1130 01:01:00,324 --> 01:01:03,060 We both know how to land on our feet. And it's not you. 1131 01:01:03,093 --> 01:01:05,129 -You're so young. -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 1132 01:01:05,162 --> 01:01:08,132 There's one person... one person who will be destroyed, 1133 01:01:08,165 --> 01:01:09,800 and we both know who that is. 1134 01:01:09,834 --> 01:01:11,168 What do you think's gonna happen? 1135 01:01:11,201 --> 01:01:13,303 You think you can get married, you think you can have 1136 01:01:13,337 --> 01:01:15,706 the obligatory second family and live happily ever after 1137 01:01:15,740 --> 01:01:17,107 in your dream world? 1138 01:01:17,141 --> 01:01:19,443 Well, obviously that can't happen. 1139 01:01:19,476 --> 01:01:23,013 What is that supposed to mean? 1140 01:01:23,047 --> 01:01:25,049 -Wait, what is that supposed to mean? -Hey. 1141 01:01:25,082 --> 01:01:27,051 What is it supposed to mean? 1142 01:01:27,084 --> 01:01:28,753 Stop it. 1143 01:01:32,256 --> 01:01:34,892 -Stop it, Thomas. Come on. -I'm gonna tell him everything. 1144 01:01:34,925 --> 01:01:37,427 -I'm gonna tell him. Don't... -Thomas. 1145 01:01:37,461 --> 01:01:39,396 * 1146 01:02:10,260 --> 01:02:12,797 * 1147 01:02:18,168 --> 01:02:20,104 -(applause) -(crowd aahing) 1148 01:02:23,307 --> 01:02:25,242 (thunder rumbling) 1149 01:02:29,013 --> 01:02:30,347 Thomas! 1150 01:02:32,416 --> 01:02:35,352 Thomas, what are you doing? 1151 01:02:35,385 --> 01:02:36,486 It's raining. 1152 01:02:41,491 --> 01:02:43,393 Um... 1153 01:02:43,427 --> 01:02:44,962 Okay. 1154 01:02:47,164 --> 01:02:48,933 I... 1155 01:02:48,966 --> 01:02:51,902 I broke up with Nick... 1156 01:02:51,936 --> 01:02:54,872 because I got into Croatia. 1157 01:02:56,073 --> 01:02:58,943 And I want you to come with me. 1158 01:02:58,976 --> 01:03:00,911 (thunder rumbling) 1159 01:03:09,319 --> 01:03:11,388 I slept with Johanna. 1160 01:03:13,924 --> 01:03:15,225 No. 1161 01:03:15,259 --> 01:03:18,495 You're not like that. 1162 01:03:18,528 --> 01:03:21,465 -And I thought that I was in love with her. -Mm-mm. 1163 01:03:24,001 --> 01:03:25,936 You're good. 1164 01:03:30,307 --> 01:03:32,442 No, Mimi, I'm not good. 1165 01:03:38,415 --> 01:03:39,884 Mimi! 1166 01:03:41,118 --> 01:03:42,452 Mimi! 1167 01:03:49,426 --> 01:03:52,029 I'm sorry. 1168 01:03:52,062 --> 01:03:55,199 You are just like them. 1169 01:03:55,232 --> 01:03:57,234 They won, Thomas. 1170 01:03:57,267 --> 01:03:59,569 God, they've fucking bankrupted you. 1171 01:04:02,006 --> 01:04:04,308 * Tom 1172 01:04:04,341 --> 01:04:06,443 * Get your plane right on time * 1173 01:04:08,278 --> 01:04:10,047 * I know 1174 01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:12,883 * Your part'll go fine * 1175 01:04:14,518 --> 01:04:16,253 * Fly 1176 01:04:16,286 --> 01:04:20,590 * Down to Mexico, oh, oh 1177 01:04:20,624 --> 01:04:23,260 * Doh-an-do-doh, doh-an-do-doh * 1178 01:04:23,293 --> 01:04:26,931 * And here I am 1179 01:04:26,964 --> 01:04:30,234 * The only living boy in New York * 1180 01:04:34,638 --> 01:04:36,606 * I get the news I need 1181 01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:39,309 * On the weather report 1182 01:04:39,343 --> 01:04:42,412 * Oh, I can gather all the news I need * 1183 01:04:42,446 --> 01:04:45,249 * On the weather report 1184 01:04:47,184 --> 01:04:49,153 * Hey 1185 01:04:49,186 --> 01:04:52,322 * I've got nothing to do today * 1186 01:04:52,356 --> 01:04:54,491 * But smile, do-doh 1187 01:04:54,524 --> 01:04:56,093 * Do-doh, do-doh 1188 01:04:56,126 --> 01:04:59,496 * And here I am 1189 01:04:59,529 --> 01:05:03,633 * The only living boy in New York * 1190 01:05:07,571 --> 01:05:11,208 * Half of the time we're gone, but we don't know where * 1191 01:05:11,241 --> 01:05:15,312 * And we don't know where * 1192 01:05:15,345 --> 01:05:17,581 * Ah... 1193 01:05:17,614 --> 01:05:19,183 * Ah, ah... 1194 01:05:19,216 --> 01:05:21,418 -Hey. -Thomas! Did you spend last night here? 1195 01:05:21,451 --> 01:05:23,253 Yeah. 1196 01:05:23,287 --> 01:05:27,291 Well, that was the best party that Kenta has thrown in years. 1197 01:05:27,324 --> 01:05:29,994 Everybody was drunk-- and not just our alcoholic friends, 1198 01:05:30,027 --> 01:05:31,695 but everybody. 1199 01:05:31,728 --> 01:05:34,098 -Why did you spend the night? -(clears throat) 1200 01:05:34,131 --> 01:05:36,100 I don't know. 1201 01:05:36,133 --> 01:05:39,703 I just... wanted to come home. 1202 01:05:39,736 --> 01:05:41,671 Are you upset? 1203 01:05:44,374 --> 01:05:46,310 Tell me about it. 1204 01:05:48,645 --> 01:05:50,714 What? 1205 01:05:50,747 --> 01:05:53,183 Is it about a girl? 1206 01:05:53,217 --> 01:05:56,320 And I'm your mother, so... 1207 01:05:56,353 --> 01:05:59,089 Things have gotten messy, and... 1208 01:05:59,123 --> 01:06:01,158 I want to bail. 1209 01:06:03,493 --> 01:06:06,230 But I can't. 1210 01:06:06,263 --> 01:06:08,198 Well, then you know. 1211 01:06:10,734 --> 01:06:15,639 The only way out... is through. 1212 01:06:15,672 --> 01:06:17,307 Right? 1213 01:06:19,476 --> 01:06:21,211 Where's Dad? 1214 01:06:21,245 --> 01:06:23,113 He left early. 1215 01:06:23,147 --> 01:06:26,250 He said he had to go to the office and get some files. 1216 01:06:26,283 --> 01:06:29,586 He seems to have gotten over what a... 1217 01:06:31,355 --> 01:06:33,290 * 1218 01:06:48,072 --> 01:06:50,006 Thomas? 1219 01:06:51,808 --> 01:06:53,743 * 1220 01:06:57,814 --> 01:07:00,417 -Dad? -Thomas. Huh. 1221 01:07:00,450 --> 01:07:02,519 -We need to talk. -Mm-hmm. 1222 01:07:02,552 --> 01:07:03,553 There are... there are some things 1223 01:07:03,587 --> 01:07:05,289 -that you don't know that... -Thomas, don't. 1224 01:07:05,322 --> 01:07:07,257 -Don't. -...that you need to know. 1225 01:07:09,359 --> 01:07:12,362 Johanna. 1226 01:07:12,396 --> 01:07:14,498 You two know each other? 1227 01:07:14,531 --> 01:07:15,799 Yeah. 1228 01:07:18,168 --> 01:07:19,803 What? 1229 01:07:19,836 --> 01:07:21,771 Well, Ethan, the thing is, is that... 1230 01:07:21,805 --> 01:07:23,373 he followed me. 1231 01:07:23,407 --> 01:07:25,609 You followed her? 1232 01:07:27,344 --> 01:07:29,279 That's not all I did. 1233 01:07:32,316 --> 01:07:33,350 (Ethan sighs) 1234 01:07:35,619 --> 01:07:38,088 I'm sorry, I... 1235 01:07:38,122 --> 01:07:39,456 I don't understand. 1236 01:07:44,894 --> 01:07:46,863 We slept together. 1237 01:07:46,896 --> 01:07:49,366 And not just once. 1238 01:07:51,335 --> 01:07:53,303 What? 1239 01:08:01,878 --> 01:08:03,713 (sighs) 1240 01:08:03,747 --> 01:08:05,382 (chuckles softly) 1241 01:08:06,716 --> 01:08:08,485 (Ethan exhales) 1242 01:08:10,154 --> 01:08:12,556 (exhales slowly) 1243 01:08:12,589 --> 01:08:15,159 You slick little shit, you! 1244 01:08:15,192 --> 01:08:16,826 -I did right by you! -No, relax! 1245 01:08:16,860 --> 01:08:18,428 -You have no idea! -Relax! 1246 01:08:18,462 --> 01:08:20,264 You have no idea! 1247 01:08:20,297 --> 01:08:22,232 (Ethan panting) 1248 01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:32,742 Oh. 1249 01:08:36,513 --> 01:08:38,782 (crying quietly) 1250 01:08:38,815 --> 01:08:40,184 Oh. 1251 01:08:45,789 --> 01:08:47,824 (Ethan breathes deeply) 1252 01:08:52,462 --> 01:08:54,398 (whispers): I deserve you. 1253 01:09:01,905 --> 01:09:03,707 (Ethan groans) 1254 01:09:10,747 --> 01:09:12,416 (Ethan groans) 1255 01:09:13,650 --> 01:09:15,385 (door closes) 1256 01:09:18,988 --> 01:09:20,924 (Johanna crying quietly) 1257 01:09:23,727 --> 01:09:26,196 -(sniffling softly) -I'm sorry. 1258 01:09:28,265 --> 01:09:30,200 We're all sorry, Thomas. 1259 01:09:32,969 --> 01:09:34,904 I really do love him. 1260 01:09:40,577 --> 01:09:43,347 (sniffles) 1261 01:09:43,380 --> 01:09:45,649 And he did right by you. 1262 01:09:47,717 --> 01:09:49,619 More than you know. 1263 01:09:55,024 --> 01:09:57,561 Good-bye, Thomas. 1264 01:09:57,594 --> 01:10:00,897 ("Visions of Johanna" by Bob Dylan playing) 1265 01:10:05,335 --> 01:10:07,837 * Ain't it just like the night * 1266 01:10:07,871 --> 01:10:12,376 * To play tricks when you're trying to be so quiet? * 1267 01:10:15,345 --> 01:10:17,647 * We sit here stranded 1268 01:10:17,681 --> 01:10:22,486 * Though we're all doing our best to deny it * 1269 01:10:24,954 --> 01:10:27,991 * And Louise holds a handful of rain * 1270 01:10:28,024 --> 01:10:30,827 * Tempting you to defy it 1271 01:10:34,664 --> 01:10:37,934 * Lights flicker from the opposite loft * 1272 01:10:39,769 --> 01:10:44,341 * In this room, the heat pipes cough * 1273 01:10:44,374 --> 01:10:47,344 * The country music station plays soft * 1274 01:10:47,377 --> 01:10:50,314 * But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off * 1275 01:10:52,816 --> 01:10:55,885 * Just Louise 1276 01:10:55,919 --> 01:10:59,889 * And her lover so entwined 1277 01:11:02,426 --> 01:11:04,761 * And these visions 1278 01:11:04,794 --> 01:11:07,431 * Of Johanna 1279 01:11:07,464 --> 01:11:11,501 * That conquer my mind... 1280 01:11:11,535 --> 01:11:13,503 Did you finish it? 1281 01:11:16,806 --> 01:11:18,942 I did. 1282 01:11:18,975 --> 01:11:20,910 Tell me about it. 1283 01:11:24,848 --> 01:11:27,951 Tell me about "The Only Living Boy in New York." 1284 01:11:27,984 --> 01:11:29,853 (chuckles) 1285 01:11:33,523 --> 01:11:35,925 Uh, well... 1286 01:11:35,959 --> 01:11:37,494 (grunts) 1287 01:11:39,429 --> 01:11:41,865 (exhales) 1288 01:11:41,898 --> 01:11:45,101 It's about three people-- artists... 1289 01:11:45,134 --> 01:11:47,070 and great friends. 1290 01:11:49,739 --> 01:11:53,009 One of them is a beautiful young girl. 1291 01:11:53,042 --> 01:11:54,744 The other two... 1292 01:11:54,778 --> 01:11:57,747 one artist has talent, the other doesn't. 1293 01:11:57,781 --> 01:12:00,350 You know, no matter how hard he tries, 1294 01:12:00,384 --> 01:12:02,686 and no matter how badly he wants it, 1295 01:12:02,719 --> 01:12:04,954 he just... 1296 01:12:04,988 --> 01:12:07,491 well, he wasn't kissed by God in that way. 1297 01:12:07,524 --> 01:12:09,626 But he has the girl. 1298 01:12:09,659 --> 01:12:12,962 Yes. And they're married, 1299 01:12:12,996 --> 01:12:16,766 and they plan to start a family. 1300 01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:19,703 Only they have a little problem. 1301 01:12:19,736 --> 01:12:22,406 He's infertile. 1302 01:12:22,439 --> 01:12:25,108 And they ask their talented friend for help? 1303 01:12:27,176 --> 01:12:29,813 Yeah, you have a knack for a story, Thomas. 1304 01:12:31,548 --> 01:12:33,917 I get it from my father. 1305 01:12:33,950 --> 01:12:35,552 (softly): Uh-huh. 1306 01:12:44,961 --> 01:12:47,030 So... 1307 01:12:47,063 --> 01:12:51,635 so, they're artists, and they don't want to use in vitro, 1308 01:12:51,668 --> 01:12:54,604 so they go with a cheap bottle of Cabernet 1309 01:12:54,638 --> 01:12:58,107 and, uh, some Quaaludes and a Simon and Garfunkel record, 1310 01:12:58,141 --> 01:13:00,109 and the three of them decide... 1311 01:13:00,143 --> 01:13:02,979 And-and... the husband's okay with that? 1312 01:13:03,012 --> 01:13:05,915 Well, th-they want to use somebody that they know, 1313 01:13:05,949 --> 01:13:08,585 somebody that they love. 1314 01:13:08,618 --> 01:13:12,789 Well, and, of course, the artist with the talent, 1315 01:13:12,822 --> 01:13:17,160 he's, uh, he's flattered, and, of course, he agrees. 1316 01:13:19,128 --> 01:13:21,831 And, uh, he and the... 1317 01:13:21,865 --> 01:13:24,100 the beautiful girl... 1318 01:13:25,602 --> 01:13:27,537 (chuckles) 1319 01:13:27,571 --> 01:13:28,738 (exhales) 1320 01:13:28,772 --> 01:13:30,940 ...they... 1321 01:13:30,974 --> 01:13:34,478 uh, they walk the city streets that night... 1322 01:13:34,511 --> 01:13:35,745 for hours. 1323 01:13:35,779 --> 01:13:38,982 They're both so damn nervous. 1324 01:13:39,015 --> 01:13:42,652 And they end up at Washington Square Park... 1325 01:13:44,854 --> 01:13:48,124 ...where they dance... 1326 01:13:48,157 --> 01:13:52,028 uh... to no music. 1327 01:13:54,764 --> 01:13:57,066 And the rest comes easy. 1328 01:13:57,100 --> 01:14:00,236 (drink pouring) 1329 01:14:00,269 --> 01:14:02,105 And does he love her? 1330 01:14:02,138 --> 01:14:05,942 Yeah, he... he does. Mm. 1331 01:14:05,975 --> 01:14:08,912 In that moment, he realizes he does. 1332 01:14:16,252 --> 01:14:19,222 Uh, so it turns out that... 1333 01:14:19,255 --> 01:14:23,593 that the beautiful girl, 1334 01:14:23,627 --> 01:14:25,762 she gives birth to a wonderful son, 1335 01:14:25,795 --> 01:14:29,633 and her husband gives up art, 1336 01:14:29,666 --> 01:14:32,502 becomes a very successful art dealer. 1337 01:14:32,536 --> 01:14:35,471 And the other artist? 1338 01:14:39,108 --> 01:14:42,679 He watches the boy grow from afar, huh? 1339 01:14:44,548 --> 01:14:47,517 Sees his own talent alive in this child. 1340 01:14:47,551 --> 01:14:49,485 * 1341 01:14:51,655 --> 01:14:56,292 He so desperately wants to connect with his son... 1342 01:14:56,325 --> 01:14:58,528 and tell him everything. 1343 01:15:02,732 --> 01:15:05,669 (sobbing): And nurture his talent, you know? 1344 01:15:13,910 --> 01:15:17,146 (exhales) But, of course, he never does make contact. 1345 01:15:20,216 --> 01:15:23,052 Until... (sighs) 1346 01:15:23,086 --> 01:15:26,255 Until he decides to make it all his next book. 1347 01:15:29,993 --> 01:15:31,194 (chuckles softly) 1348 01:15:41,337 --> 01:15:43,272 -(W.F. sobbing) -It's okay. 1349 01:15:49,278 --> 01:15:51,214 * 1350 01:16:03,059 --> 01:16:04,327 Mom. 1351 01:16:12,802 --> 01:16:14,738 Thomas. 1352 01:16:17,006 --> 01:16:18,608 What did he tell you? 1353 01:16:18,642 --> 01:16:20,910 Everything. 1354 01:16:23,379 --> 01:16:25,381 You here looking for razors? 1355 01:16:25,414 --> 01:16:27,350 Empty pill bottles? 1356 01:16:30,053 --> 01:16:31,688 Sit down. 1357 01:16:39,395 --> 01:16:42,165 What do you know, Thomas? 1358 01:16:42,198 --> 01:16:45,401 I know... 1359 01:16:45,434 --> 01:16:47,737 I know why you carry so much guilt. 1360 01:16:51,007 --> 01:16:53,142 I know that I... 1361 01:16:53,176 --> 01:16:55,144 already forgive you. 1362 01:16:55,178 --> 01:16:56,713 I know you're in love with someone 1363 01:16:56,746 --> 01:16:58,848 you haven't seen in over 25 years. 1364 01:16:58,882 --> 01:17:01,951 And you go to Riverside Park every day to read his books. 1365 01:17:01,985 --> 01:17:04,888 I know. I know, and it's okay. 1366 01:17:08,457 --> 01:17:10,860 -Who told you? -He did. 1367 01:17:10,894 --> 01:17:12,428 Julian. W.F. 1368 01:17:12,461 --> 01:17:14,363 Whatever you want to call him. 1369 01:17:14,397 --> 01:17:17,000 Is he dying? 1370 01:17:17,033 --> 01:17:18,067 (laughs) 1371 01:17:18,101 --> 01:17:19,769 He's not dying. 1372 01:17:19,803 --> 01:17:22,405 -No? (chuckles) -Don't worry, he's not dying. 1373 01:17:22,438 --> 01:17:24,808 He's fine. He's just... 1374 01:17:24,841 --> 01:17:26,342 I don't know, he's tired. 1375 01:17:26,375 --> 01:17:28,077 Think he's lonely. 1376 01:17:30,146 --> 01:17:33,116 It was my idea not to tell you, not Ethan's. 1377 01:17:33,149 --> 01:17:35,318 -You have to know that. -Okay. 1378 01:17:35,351 --> 01:17:37,353 You were trying to protect me. 1379 01:17:37,386 --> 01:17:40,089 (sighs) Yes, and... 1380 01:17:40,123 --> 01:17:43,092 and I knew that if you found out, 1381 01:17:43,126 --> 01:17:44,961 he would come back into my life, 1382 01:17:44,994 --> 01:17:47,063 and then everything would go to shit. 1383 01:17:47,096 --> 01:17:49,365 Well, everything went to shit on its own, so... 1384 01:17:51,868 --> 01:17:53,703 Yeah, I guess. 1385 01:17:53,737 --> 01:17:55,671 (both chuckle softly) 1386 01:18:04,347 --> 01:18:06,750 Is he old? 1387 01:18:09,018 --> 01:18:10,219 He's messy. 1388 01:18:10,253 --> 01:18:13,923 Yeah, he always was. 1389 01:18:13,957 --> 01:18:15,892 An unmade bed of a man. 1390 01:18:17,260 --> 01:18:19,195 "An unmade bed of a man." 1391 01:18:19,228 --> 01:18:20,797 (chuckles softly) 1392 01:18:20,830 --> 01:18:22,231 I like that. 1393 01:18:22,265 --> 01:18:24,467 You should. 1394 01:18:24,500 --> 01:18:27,136 Your father wrote it. 1395 01:18:31,507 --> 01:18:33,442 * 1396 01:18:58,501 --> 01:19:01,504 (door opens) 1397 01:19:01,537 --> 01:19:03,172 We're closed. 1398 01:19:03,206 --> 01:19:06,042 (door closes) 1399 01:19:06,075 --> 01:19:08,011 I'm sorry, I thought I locked the door. 1400 01:19:14,583 --> 01:19:17,386 -Hey. -Hey. 1401 01:19:17,420 --> 01:19:19,388 I'll be quick. 1402 01:19:19,422 --> 01:19:20,990 I know what book I want. 1403 01:19:21,024 --> 01:19:22,191 THOMAS: Sure. 1404 01:19:25,895 --> 01:19:27,130 (sighs) 1405 01:19:27,163 --> 01:19:28,497 Hmm. 1406 01:19:28,531 --> 01:19:31,935 What'd you think? 1407 01:19:31,968 --> 01:19:33,937 Serviceable. 1408 01:19:33,970 --> 01:19:35,338 (chuckles softly) 1409 01:19:35,371 --> 01:19:37,373 You're lying to make me feel good. 1410 01:19:39,508 --> 01:19:42,511 Character that surprised me the most was the father. 1411 01:19:47,050 --> 01:19:48,417 Which one? 1412 01:19:50,353 --> 01:19:52,455 The one that didn't run away. 1413 01:19:55,324 --> 01:19:56,860 (chuckles softly) 1414 01:19:58,361 --> 01:19:59,863 ETHAN: Whatever happened to Mimi? 1415 01:19:59,896 --> 01:20:01,397 THOMAS: She's still in Croatia. 1416 01:20:01,430 --> 01:20:02,966 She got a fellowship. 1417 01:20:02,999 --> 01:20:05,134 I don't think she's coming back. 1418 01:20:05,168 --> 01:20:07,837 ETHAN (chuckles): Oh. 1419 01:20:07,871 --> 01:20:09,839 Did you hear back from Viking? 1420 01:20:09,873 --> 01:20:11,474 THOMAS: Yeah, it was a pass. 1421 01:20:11,507 --> 01:20:13,409 ETHAN: I'm sorry. 1422 01:20:13,442 --> 01:20:15,879 You want me to make a few phone calls? 1423 01:20:17,947 --> 01:20:19,916 THOMAS: No. 1424 01:20:19,949 --> 01:20:21,584 I want to start something new. 1425 01:20:21,617 --> 01:20:23,419 I ha... have an idea. 1426 01:20:23,452 --> 01:20:26,489 ETHAN: Well, that's good. 1427 01:20:26,522 --> 01:20:28,491 You still speaking to Johanna? 1428 01:20:28,524 --> 01:20:30,059 No. 1429 01:20:32,561 --> 01:20:34,530 -You lying to me? -Yeah. 1430 01:20:34,563 --> 01:20:37,200 (both laugh) 1431 01:20:37,233 --> 01:20:38,534 -How's your mother? -She's good. 1432 01:20:38,567 --> 01:20:40,904 She quit smoking. 1433 01:20:40,937 --> 01:20:43,239 Started writing for ARTnews again. 1434 01:20:43,272 --> 01:20:44,941 -That's good. -Yeah. 1435 01:20:44,974 --> 01:20:46,342 She has a date tonight. 1436 01:20:46,375 --> 01:20:48,311 Oh, good for her. 1437 01:20:50,279 --> 01:20:51,847 -Truly. -(chuckles) 1438 01:20:53,917 --> 01:20:55,384 W.F.: "The best lack all conviction, 1439 01:20:55,418 --> 01:20:58,454 while the worst are full of passionate intensity." 1440 01:20:58,487 --> 01:21:01,958 -(chuckles) -Yeats said that, but so did Lou Reed. 1441 01:21:01,991 --> 01:21:03,927 * 1442 01:21:23,679 --> 01:21:25,614 * 1443 01:21:37,726 --> 01:21:40,129 * When I wake up in the morning * 1444 01:21:40,163 --> 01:21:43,099 * I see nothing 1445 01:21:43,132 --> 01:21:47,070 * For miles and miles and miles * 1446 01:21:47,103 --> 01:21:49,505 * When I sleep in the evening 1447 01:21:49,538 --> 01:21:52,108 * Oh, Lord 1448 01:21:52,141 --> 01:21:53,676 * There she goes 1449 01:21:53,709 --> 01:21:56,112 * Only in dreams 1450 01:21:56,145 --> 01:21:58,081 * She's only in dreams * 1451 01:22:07,090 --> 01:22:09,192 * Well 1452 01:22:09,225 --> 01:22:11,527 * Well, my love 1453 01:22:11,560 --> 01:22:13,196 * We've been here before * 1454 01:22:13,229 --> 01:22:15,631 * Don't drag me through this again * 1455 01:22:15,664 --> 01:22:18,367 * We tried everything 1456 01:22:18,401 --> 01:22:20,203 * Under the sun 1457 01:22:20,236 --> 01:22:23,039 * Now I'm trying to wake up from this * 1458 01:22:23,072 --> 01:22:25,441 * I'm trying to make up for it * 1459 01:22:25,474 --> 01:22:28,111 * All we ever do 1460 01:22:30,213 --> 01:22:33,116 * Is all we ever knew 1461 01:22:36,119 --> 01:22:38,121 * La, la, la, la, la, la 1462 01:22:38,154 --> 01:22:40,456 * La, la, la, la, la, la * 1463 01:22:40,489 --> 01:22:43,126 * La, la, la, la, la 1464 01:22:45,494 --> 01:22:47,997 * La, la, la, la, la, la 1465 01:22:48,031 --> 01:22:50,033 * La, la, la, la, la, la * 1466 01:22:50,066 --> 01:22:52,501 * La, la, la, la, la 1467 01:22:54,470 --> 01:22:58,241 * You don't see why your world has no love to give * 1468 01:22:58,274 --> 01:23:00,743 * Well, what goes around 1469 01:23:00,776 --> 01:23:03,579 * Comes around 1470 01:23:03,612 --> 01:23:07,250 * I know sometimes you get so caught in a dream * 1471 01:23:07,283 --> 01:23:09,785 * But now it's time to wake up from this * 1472 01:23:09,818 --> 01:23:12,721 * It's time to make up for it * 1473 01:23:19,362 --> 01:23:22,665 * It's time to wake up from this * 1474 01:23:26,335 --> 01:23:28,671 * Yes, it's time to wake up from this * 1475 01:23:28,704 --> 01:23:31,474 * It's time to make up for it * 1476 01:23:31,507 --> 01:23:33,642 * All we ever do 1477 01:23:33,676 --> 01:23:35,711 * All we ever do * 1478 01:23:35,744 --> 01:23:38,681 * Is all we ever knew 1479 01:23:41,817 --> 01:23:44,220 * La, la, la, la, la, la 1480 01:23:44,253 --> 01:23:46,422 * La, la, la, la, la, la * 1481 01:23:46,455 --> 01:23:49,058 * La, la, la, la, la 1482 01:24:08,244 --> 01:24:11,114 * I'm feelin' low, feelin' high * 1483 01:24:11,147 --> 01:24:12,415 * Feelin' down * 1484 01:24:12,448 --> 01:24:15,284 * Why isn't this enough? * 1485 01:24:17,620 --> 01:24:20,489 * I'm feelin' low, feelin' high * 1486 01:24:20,523 --> 01:24:21,824 * Feelin' down * 1487 01:24:21,857 --> 01:24:24,527 * Why isn't this enough? * 1488 01:24:27,363 --> 01:24:30,566 * Hey, all we ever do 1489 01:24:32,601 --> 01:24:35,371 * Is all we ever knew 1490 01:24:37,506 --> 01:24:40,075 * All we ever do 1491 01:24:44,213 --> 01:24:47,750 * It's time to wake up from this * 1492 01:24:47,783 --> 01:24:49,818 * La, la, la, la, la, la 1493 01:24:49,852 --> 01:24:52,321 * The, the, the, the, the, the * 1494 01:24:52,355 --> 01:24:54,790 * The, the, the, the, the 1495 01:24:56,859 --> 01:24:59,395 * La, la, la, la, la, la 1496 01:24:59,428 --> 01:25:01,630 * The, the, the, the, the, the * 1497 01:25:01,664 --> 01:25:04,400 * The, the, the, the, the 1498 01:25:06,502 --> 01:25:08,704 * La, la, la, la, la, la 1499 01:25:08,737 --> 01:25:11,140 * The, the, the, the, the, the * 1500 01:25:11,174 --> 01:25:13,742 * La, la, la, la, la. 1501 01:25:22,785 --> 01:25:24,720 * 1502 01:25:41,937 --> 01:25:43,872 * 1503 01:26:13,969 --> 01:26:15,904 * 1504 01:26:45,000 --> 01:26:46,935 * 1505 01:27:17,032 --> 01:27:18,967 * 1506 01:27:34,783 --> 01:27:36,719 (music fades)