1 00:00:20,921 --> 00:00:22,943 In the 20th century... 2 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:26,314 ...if you wanted to know your neighbors, you moved to the suburbs. 3 00:00:26,394 --> 00:00:30,951 If you wanted to become an addict, you moved to New York. 4 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:34,822 Now everything's upside down. The junkies are in the burbs... 5 00:00:34,902 --> 00:00:38,459 ...and the building next door is a fucking kickball league. 6 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:42,430 It was art against commerce, and commerce won. 7 00:00:42,510 --> 00:00:45,599 The kids think the only place to find art is in a gallery... 8 00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:50,003 ...and the only place to find romance is confessing your love in the rain... 9 00:00:50,083 --> 00:00:53,674 ...like in the movies. But it's messier than that. 10 00:00:53,754 --> 00:00:56,611 Well, there's always mess. 11 00:00:57,341 --> 00:01:00,881 It's safe here now, but there's still urban decay. 12 00:01:00,961 --> 00:01:05,653 It's just migrated into the dinner parties of the Upper West Side. 13 00:01:06,133 --> 00:01:08,322 The best lack all conviction... 14 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:12,092 ...while the worst are filled with passionate intensity. 15 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:15,012 Yeats said that, but so did Lou Reed... 16 00:01:15,092 --> 00:01:17,749 ...quoting him live at The Bottom Line. 17 00:01:18,629 --> 00:01:22,303 Lou Reed's gone, and so is The Bottom Line. 18 00:01:22,383 --> 00:01:24,805 It's probably a SoulCycle... 19 00:01:24,885 --> 00:01:27,709 ...the only soul the city has left. 20 00:01:28,939 --> 00:01:31,712 Everyone's pretending it's all okay... 21 00:01:31,792 --> 00:01:33,481 ...but that's a lie. 22 00:01:33,561 --> 00:01:36,417 Something's missing, and we all feel it. 23 00:01:36,497 --> 00:01:38,986 Including Thomas Webb. 24 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:43,337 He thought he had the answer and her name was Mimi. 25 00:01:45,005 --> 00:01:49,463 1976. The city was dirty, crime-ridden and broke. 26 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:53,066 It was the center of the creative universe. 27 00:01:53,146 --> 00:01:57,971 New York's lost its soul. The most vibrant neighborhood at the moment is Philadelphia. 28 00:02:00,753 --> 00:02:02,203 - I like that. - Yeah? 29 00:02:02,283 --> 00:02:06,379 - Yeah. Where'd you lift that from? - I didn't. It's mine. 30 00:02:06,459 --> 00:02:08,582 Well, it's good. 31 00:02:08,662 --> 00:02:11,952 So, will you come with me tonight? 32 00:02:12,032 --> 00:02:15,323 No. Your mom's last dinner party made me feel invisible. 33 00:02:15,403 --> 00:02:17,991 I know, but we were invisible together. 34 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:20,261 If you don't like it, then you don't go. 35 00:02:20,341 --> 00:02:24,598 I have to go. My mother's unstable. Throwing dinner parties is how she medicates. 36 00:02:24,678 --> 00:02:30,523 Yeah, so what about the lithium and Xanax? Not to mention the nicotine and Shiraz. 37 00:02:30,651 --> 00:02:32,220 Semantics. 38 00:02:35,205 --> 00:02:37,010 I have to tell you something. 39 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:39,246 - Yeah? - Yeah. 40 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:40,882 I... 41 00:02:41,462 --> 00:02:44,878 ...might be going to Zagreb. 42 00:02:45,733 --> 00:02:49,390 - Where? - Zagreb. It's in Croatia. 43 00:02:49,970 --> 00:02:52,626 So, Helmut Graph, he runs a workshop there... 44 00:02:52,706 --> 00:02:55,909 ...and I found out that I can transfer my credits to NYU. 45 00:02:56,809 --> 00:02:58,632 That's, um... 46 00:02:59,112 --> 00:03:00,835 That's... 47 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:03,341 ...terrible. 48 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:06,307 Why? 49 00:03:07,087 --> 00:03:08,369 No, why is that terrible? 50 00:03:08,449 --> 00:03:10,741 Because you're the only thing in my life that I'm settled on. 51 00:03:10,821 --> 00:03:12,996 Thomas, what do you think is happening? 52 00:03:13,076 --> 00:03:15,483 Between me and you, what do you think this is? 53 00:03:15,563 --> 00:03:17,152 August 8. 54 00:03:17,232 --> 00:03:20,854 - August 8. I think August 8 was real. - It was amazing. 55 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:23,190 But it was just one night. 56 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:25,493 I mean, Nick was playing L.A. 57 00:03:25,573 --> 00:03:29,222 I was vulnerable. We were both on Molly. 58 00:03:29,877 --> 00:03:32,080 I thought I was a pirate. 59 00:03:35,282 --> 00:03:37,105 And it was just one night. 60 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:42,442 - Well, I'm crazy about you. - I'm crazy about you, but... 61 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:45,733 - But don't say "as friends." - Why? Why is that so bad? 62 00:03:45,813 --> 00:03:49,697 Because pretty girls like to recruit their rejections and then call them friends. 63 00:03:51,865 --> 00:03:53,268 Wow. 64 00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:22,150 For Mimi, Thomas was like the new New York... 65 00:04:22,630 --> 00:04:25,718 ...no danger, no deliverance. 66 00:04:25,798 --> 00:04:30,091 It made him nurturing and too boring to fall in love with. 67 00:04:30,471 --> 00:04:34,061 Mimi thought Thomas was a boy without mystery. 68 00:04:34,141 --> 00:04:36,096 Thomas agreed. 69 00:04:36,176 --> 00:04:39,013 But all that was about to change. 70 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:04,938 Anything worth opening? 71 00:05:06,406 --> 00:05:08,242 Just bills and junk. 72 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:12,366 W.F. 73 00:05:13,046 --> 00:05:17,138 W.F. Gerald. I just moved into 2-B. 74 00:05:17,718 --> 00:05:19,573 Thomas Webb. 75 00:05:20,653 --> 00:05:22,460 Why so troubled, Thomas? 76 00:05:22,540 --> 00:05:26,256 - Excuse me? - I know that color of stress. 77 00:05:26,336 --> 00:05:31,872 It's much brighter than job issues, more subdued than possible disease. 78 00:05:32,232 --> 00:05:35,222 - Ah. - Sorry, I'm being rude. 79 00:05:35,302 --> 00:05:37,191 No, I mean... 80 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:40,828 - ...I'm having a bad day. - Oh. 81 00:05:41,308 --> 00:05:43,144 What's her name? 82 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:49,202 - It's Mimi. - Ah, Mimi. 83 00:05:49,282 --> 00:05:53,293 Derived from Williamina. It means "resolute protector." 84 00:05:55,672 --> 00:05:57,477 There you go. 85 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:59,579 What, uh... 86 00:05:59,659 --> 00:06:02,515 ...what is it that you like about this Mimi? 87 00:06:02,995 --> 00:06:04,851 You a psychiatrist? 88 00:06:04,931 --> 00:06:07,655 - No. - You ask psychiatrist questions. 89 00:06:07,735 --> 00:06:12,807 Maybe I can help. Maybe I can help you get Mimi to sleep with you. 90 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:17,530 How do you know she hasn't already? 91 00:06:30,257 --> 00:06:32,147 It's nice meeting you. 92 00:06:32,227 --> 00:06:33,747 Yeah. 93 00:06:34,027 --> 00:06:38,260 Well, why don't you let a new neighbor help you out, hmm? 94 00:06:40,934 --> 00:06:42,823 What do you like about Mimi? 95 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:48,661 I'm in 2-B! 96 00:07:22,542 --> 00:07:24,363 Where did you meet her? 97 00:07:24,443 --> 00:07:27,868 There's this bookstore called The Pale Fire. 98 00:07:27,948 --> 00:07:29,437 - Yeah. - It's named after John... 99 00:07:29,517 --> 00:07:33,106 ...John Shade's 999-line poem. 100 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:34,742 Nabokov. 101 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:39,062 Right. Well... they sell rare vintage books in there, and I'm into that... 102 00:07:39,142 --> 00:07:42,249 ...just reading off the beaten path, and Mimi works there. 103 00:07:42,329 --> 00:07:44,818 She gave me the greatest recommendations. 104 00:07:45,398 --> 00:07:49,089 You know? She's putting herself through NYU's writing program. 105 00:07:49,169 --> 00:07:52,625 - She reads a book a week. She's... - Polishing her brain. 106 00:07:52,705 --> 00:07:54,194 Huh. 107 00:07:54,274 --> 00:07:55,797 Beautiful? 108 00:07:56,977 --> 00:07:58,866 Incredibly beautiful. 109 00:07:59,746 --> 00:08:02,169 Like she's direct from God, you know? 110 00:08:02,249 --> 00:08:04,337 Not second generation, if that makes sense. 111 00:08:04,417 --> 00:08:06,539 Complete sense. 112 00:08:06,619 --> 00:08:08,710 You know, we get each other. 113 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,432 Problem was... 114 00:08:13,506 --> 00:08:16,950 ...is that she has this boyfriend. 115 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:21,388 Nick, and he's in that band, Fahrenheit 185. 116 00:08:21,468 --> 00:08:24,705 The exact temperature it takes to cook heroin. 117 00:08:26,556 --> 00:08:28,082 Properly. 118 00:08:31,228 --> 00:08:33,882 Eh, let's see what we got. 119 00:08:40,519 --> 00:08:42,090 Yeah. 120 00:08:44,156 --> 00:08:47,014 Anyway, so, Nick goes on tour. 121 00:08:47,594 --> 00:08:50,818 Mimi's now available, and we're hanging out more, and... 122 00:08:51,598 --> 00:08:53,454 ...we end up spending... 123 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:55,789 ...a magical night together. 124 00:08:55,869 --> 00:08:57,959 - Mm. - August 8. 125 00:08:58,739 --> 00:09:00,557 And then... 126 00:09:01,499 --> 00:09:03,031 ...nothing. 127 00:09:03,111 --> 00:09:04,768 All goes platonic. 128 00:09:05,878 --> 00:09:07,400 How old is Mimi? 129 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,337 She's 22. She just turned 22. 130 00:09:10,417 --> 00:09:12,572 She's young, you know? 131 00:09:12,652 --> 00:09:17,677 She's at an age where defense mechanisms are very strong. 132 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:21,081 Despite her outer veneer, she's ruled by fear. 133 00:09:21,461 --> 00:09:24,384 Like so many of us at that time, you know. 134 00:09:24,464 --> 00:09:27,786 What you need to do, mm, just make her... 135 00:09:27,866 --> 00:09:31,925 ...afraid of something more than being with you in that way. 136 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:34,518 Which is? 137 00:09:35,708 --> 00:09:38,281 Mm, not being with you. 138 00:09:39,745 --> 00:09:42,970 But how? How am I supposed to do that? 139 00:09:43,050 --> 00:09:46,720 Mm... let life take over. 140 00:09:48,055 --> 00:09:51,693 Uh, find a window, then pounce. 141 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:57,717 That's it? That's your sage neighborly advice? 142 00:09:58,797 --> 00:10:01,231 - Can I have my money back? - Thomas. 143 00:10:01,311 --> 00:10:03,890 - Is it Thomas or Tom? - It's Thomas. 144 00:10:03,970 --> 00:10:05,881 - Not Tommy? No? - No, never, never. 145 00:10:05,961 --> 00:10:07,560 Ah, Thomas. 146 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,531 You're not giving life enough credit. The unpredictable forces of humanity. 147 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:14,802 My life is not unpredictable. My life is conventional. 148 00:10:14,882 --> 00:10:20,125 - My life is boring. - No. It's as random as it is deliberate. 149 00:10:20,871 --> 00:10:24,554 You know, as funny as it is tragic. 150 00:10:26,293 --> 00:10:29,564 Yours is no exception. I gotta piss. 151 00:10:36,303 --> 00:10:38,992 Dinner parties were Judith's safety blanket. 152 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:42,109 A tableful of artists took her mind off herself. 153 00:10:42,189 --> 00:10:45,198 The swirl of distraction, seating plans... 154 00:10:45,278 --> 00:10:49,669 ...gossip, food, anything to keep away the dread. 155 00:10:49,749 --> 00:10:53,005 They were the perfect antidote to her childhood dinners. 156 00:10:53,085 --> 00:10:55,706 The silences, the drunken outbursts. 157 00:10:55,786 --> 00:10:59,123 Artists came to New York from all over, and she always took them in... 158 00:10:59,203 --> 00:11:02,883 ...clinging to the illusion of an open, happy family. 159 00:11:02,963 --> 00:11:06,423 Do you miss getting mugged on Central Park West while walking your dog? 160 00:11:06,503 --> 00:11:09,970 - Exactly. - No, but I do miss the 2nd Avenue Deli. 161 00:11:10,050 --> 00:11:11,722 - Uh-huh. - I miss the Lenox Lounge. 162 00:11:11,802 --> 00:11:15,225 I mean, do you know what are in those iconic places now? 163 00:11:15,305 --> 00:11:17,560 Urban Outfitters, a Starbucks. 164 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,047 There's a John Varvatos where CBGB's used to be. 165 00:11:21,627 --> 00:11:23,731 New York's lost its soul. 166 00:11:24,531 --> 00:11:26,239 What was that, Thomas? 167 00:11:26,899 --> 00:11:31,123 Well, I was just agreeing with David that New York has lost its soul. 168 00:11:31,203 --> 00:11:33,293 Ever since he returned from three months in Peru... 169 00:11:33,373 --> 00:11:35,958 - ...he's decided to hate where he's from. - No, it's true. 170 00:11:36,038 --> 00:11:39,863 New York's most vibrant neighborhood at the moment is Philadelphia. 171 00:11:42,289 --> 00:11:44,004 That's very funny, Thomas. 172 00:11:44,084 --> 00:11:47,267 So, uh, Ethan, I heard that you've commissioned Nick Bilton... 173 00:11:47,347 --> 00:11:48,966 ...to write the biography on Evan Douriff. 174 00:11:49,046 --> 00:11:51,174 Our mandate at Kenta is very simple... 175 00:11:51,254 --> 00:11:55,648 ...bios on any haircut under 40 as long as they're still within their 15 minutes. 176 00:11:55,728 --> 00:11:59,226 Self-help, political rants. Nobody reads fiction anymore. 177 00:11:59,306 --> 00:12:02,291 And once a writer. So cynical, Ethan Webb. 178 00:12:02,371 --> 00:12:03,937 I know. 179 00:12:04,017 --> 00:12:08,445 If I were a writer, we'd be having this conversation in a two-bedroom in Bushwick. 180 00:12:08,525 --> 00:12:10,830 - That's true. - Bushwick is expensive now. 181 00:12:10,910 --> 00:12:13,166 - Yeah, exactly. - I'm serious. I'm really serious. 182 00:12:13,246 --> 00:12:17,627 Most novelists these days, they don't earn enough money to support themselves. 183 00:12:17,707 --> 00:12:19,507 No matter how talented they are. 184 00:12:19,587 --> 00:12:23,110 That's why if Thomas came to me with a desire to be a writer... 185 00:12:23,190 --> 00:12:25,598 ...well... I'd talk him out of it. 186 00:12:27,627 --> 00:12:30,883 So, you're still tutoring, right? 187 00:12:30,963 --> 00:12:33,953 - Yeah. Just for some extra cash. - He could be a Spanish teacher. 188 00:12:34,033 --> 00:12:35,855 - Yes, he could. - I don't know if I could. 189 00:12:35,935 --> 00:12:39,960 If he went back to college for a year. For some reason, he refuses to do it. 190 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,196 He lives on the Lower East Side without any direction. 191 00:12:43,276 --> 00:12:45,798 The only thing missing is an opium habit. 192 00:12:45,878 --> 00:12:48,348 What about doing a smartphone application? 193 00:13:29,021 --> 00:13:31,077 This man moved in across the hall from me. 194 00:13:31,157 --> 00:13:35,347 I don't know what he does or who he is, but, he seems familiar to me. 195 00:13:35,427 --> 00:13:38,051 - He's my new friend. Yeah. - Aw. 196 00:13:38,831 --> 00:13:41,662 - He asked about you. - Me? He knows me? 197 00:13:49,709 --> 00:13:51,712 What's my father doing here? 198 00:13:55,515 --> 00:13:57,569 Who's he with? 199 00:13:58,649 --> 00:13:59,920 I don't know. 200 00:14:01,621 --> 00:14:03,624 She's beautiful. 201 00:14:32,751 --> 00:14:35,610 Do you have any idea what this is gonna do to my mother? 202 00:14:37,590 --> 00:14:40,847 This doesn't mean your father loves you any less. 203 00:14:43,730 --> 00:14:46,219 - Sorry. That was bad. - That was. 204 00:14:46,299 --> 00:14:48,921 I know, like dispensing therapy from an after-school special. 205 00:14:49,001 --> 00:14:52,059 He doesn't care about me to begin with, I know that. 206 00:14:53,139 --> 00:14:54,694 This... 207 00:14:55,074 --> 00:14:56,696 ...this is about my mother. 208 00:14:56,776 --> 00:14:59,366 Yeah, but... it's their problem. 209 00:14:59,446 --> 00:15:02,082 - You have your own problems. - Like what? 210 00:15:02,162 --> 00:15:04,136 - Uh... - Actually, don't. 211 00:15:04,216 --> 00:15:06,439 Don't answer that. Not now. 212 00:15:07,861 --> 00:15:09,442 Thomas. 213 00:15:10,522 --> 00:15:12,378 Look at me. 214 00:15:12,458 --> 00:15:15,415 Look, your parents... 215 00:15:15,495 --> 00:15:19,300 ...their world is nothing like ours. 216 00:15:21,618 --> 00:15:24,058 I mean, maybe it's their generation or... 217 00:15:25,938 --> 00:15:28,008 ...I don't know... this island. 218 00:15:30,209 --> 00:15:32,032 But you're kind. 219 00:15:32,812 --> 00:15:34,657 And you're real. 220 00:15:50,297 --> 00:15:52,100 Don't do that. 221 00:15:59,738 --> 00:16:02,629 I mean, look, you're young... 222 00:16:03,109 --> 00:16:06,933 ...and your defense mechanisms are strong. But I think that you want this. 223 00:16:07,013 --> 00:16:09,269 - I really do. - I think that you're confused right now. 224 00:16:09,349 --> 00:16:12,104 No, Mimi, I'm angry right now. 225 00:16:12,184 --> 00:16:14,006 I'm angry. 226 00:16:14,586 --> 00:16:17,476 Did you see that woman? Did you see how beautiful she was? 227 00:16:18,325 --> 00:16:20,547 I could never get a woman like that. 228 00:16:20,627 --> 00:16:25,652 But my father, with his publishing house and his good looks and his cheating... 229 00:16:25,732 --> 00:16:27,654 - ...fucking hair. - Wow. 230 00:16:27,734 --> 00:16:30,490 So, what, you're gonna use your father's affair... 231 00:16:30,570 --> 00:16:33,374 ...as a confirmation of your own inadequacies? 232 00:16:36,709 --> 00:16:38,579 No, Mimi. 233 00:16:40,647 --> 00:16:42,469 I have you for that. 234 00:16:45,384 --> 00:16:48,875 So, you call my office, you say you want to have lunch. 235 00:16:48,955 --> 00:16:53,179 You never want to have lunch. I figured you had a big surprise. 236 00:16:53,259 --> 00:16:57,549 - Maybe you've figured out your life. - No. Definitely haven't figured out my life. 237 00:16:58,663 --> 00:17:01,521 - Bruce. Thank you for the tickets. - I wanted to speak to you about... 238 00:17:01,601 --> 00:17:03,925 - Of course. Any time. - Oh, she enjoyed the show. 239 00:17:04,005 --> 00:17:06,326 It was good, wasn't it? Great. Say hi to Judith. 240 00:17:06,406 --> 00:17:08,391 I will, indeed. All right. 241 00:17:10,041 --> 00:17:12,931 I want you to move from the Lower East Side. 242 00:17:13,011 --> 00:17:17,136 Why do you insist on living in the farthest corner of Manhattan away from us? 243 00:17:17,216 --> 00:17:19,106 I think it's intentional. 244 00:17:19,486 --> 00:17:22,309 I think it's almost... hurtful. 245 00:17:24,189 --> 00:17:25,712 Look... 246 00:17:26,292 --> 00:17:29,723 ...I'm not asking for me. I'm asking for your mother. 247 00:17:30,529 --> 00:17:32,751 She wants you closer to home. 248 00:17:33,231 --> 00:17:35,035 How is Mom? 249 00:17:36,018 --> 00:17:37,558 Better. 250 00:17:39,038 --> 00:17:40,908 I guess. 251 00:17:43,075 --> 00:17:46,065 - Can't get her to quit smoking. - Well, she's fragile. 252 00:17:46,145 --> 00:17:48,635 Anything, even the smallest thing, could... 253 00:17:48,715 --> 00:17:51,786 ...create another... incident. 254 00:17:59,191 --> 00:18:02,415 I'll pay the difference in rent. Hmm? 255 00:18:05,797 --> 00:18:08,263 - Will you think about it? - Dad... 256 00:18:08,343 --> 00:18:10,923 Also, I set up an appointment with a career counselor for you. 257 00:18:11,003 --> 00:18:15,795 - My office will e-mail you the info. - Dad, I know you're... I know... 258 00:18:15,875 --> 00:18:17,911 You know I'm what, Thomas? 259 00:18:20,279 --> 00:18:22,501 I know you're just trying to help. 260 00:18:22,581 --> 00:18:26,106 Don't blow it off, okay? I had to call in a favor for her to see you. 261 00:18:26,186 --> 00:18:28,442 - Alright. - She actually has a waiting list. 262 00:18:30,422 --> 00:18:32,325 Are you gonna confront your father? 263 00:18:32,405 --> 00:18:35,055 No. Trouble talking to him. 264 00:18:35,728 --> 00:18:37,284 Why? 265 00:18:37,664 --> 00:18:39,913 I don't think he likes me that much. 266 00:18:41,233 --> 00:18:43,056 What, uh... 267 00:18:44,236 --> 00:18:47,065 ...what exactly is wrong with your mother? 268 00:18:47,974 --> 00:18:50,730 I don't know. She's depressed, bipolar. 269 00:18:50,810 --> 00:18:52,866 She's a depressive bipolar. 270 00:18:53,846 --> 00:18:56,303 She came from a broken home, so... 271 00:18:57,183 --> 00:19:01,995 ...whenever anything threatens our perfect family, she completely unravels. 272 00:19:04,624 --> 00:19:07,313 I can't tell her. She'll be destroyed. 273 00:19:09,862 --> 00:19:12,284 Why don't you furnish this place, hmm? 274 00:19:12,364 --> 00:19:14,234 I live in Brooklyn. 275 00:19:16,836 --> 00:19:20,026 - You have two apartments? - I'm rich. 276 00:19:20,106 --> 00:19:21,995 I'm a fucking duke. 277 00:19:30,382 --> 00:19:33,943 Or maybe he's... been faithful all these years. 278 00:19:34,253 --> 00:19:36,913 Maybe she came on to him. I've seen her. She's irresistible. I mean... 279 00:19:36,993 --> 00:19:38,892 Uh, stop. 280 00:19:41,027 --> 00:19:43,479 - What do you want? - I want my father to stop seeing this woman. 281 00:19:43,559 --> 00:19:46,420 No, no, no. No, in life. 282 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,409 In your life. 283 00:19:51,137 --> 00:19:53,961 You want more money? You want more respect? 284 00:19:55,141 --> 00:19:58,237 You know? What is it that you want? 285 00:19:59,678 --> 00:20:02,923 Think about it. Really think about it. 286 00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:07,198 - I want to be better. - Better? 287 00:20:07,278 --> 00:20:10,157 - Mm. - Than what? 288 00:20:16,062 --> 00:20:17,885 Than them. 289 00:20:19,305 --> 00:20:23,773 In the '80s, Ethan was intoxicated by literary New York. 290 00:20:23,853 --> 00:20:27,694 But when he accepted that he lacked the talent to create a fictional family... 291 00:20:27,774 --> 00:20:30,963 ...he thought at least he could create a real one. 292 00:20:31,043 --> 00:20:34,901 Young Thomas loved to write. Ethan ignored this... 293 00:20:34,981 --> 00:20:39,138 ...wary of nurturing a life of rejections and evictions... 294 00:20:39,218 --> 00:20:42,642 ...and Thomas learned to keep his stories to himself. 295 00:20:42,722 --> 00:20:45,311 The intensity of Judith's bond with her son... 296 00:20:45,391 --> 00:20:49,481 ...left Ethan feeling like a stranger in his own home. 297 00:20:49,561 --> 00:20:54,954 He sought refuge in work, until publishing began its slow decline. 298 00:20:55,034 --> 00:20:57,810 Then... came Johanna. 299 00:20:58,770 --> 00:21:01,728 You know, private detectives get paid by the hour. 300 00:21:01,808 --> 00:21:03,996 To just... just wait. 301 00:21:04,076 --> 00:21:08,198 To do exactly what we're doing right now. I mean, what is the difficulty in a stakeout? 302 00:21:11,249 --> 00:21:13,806 - I really got to go to class. - No, just wait, all right? 303 00:21:13,886 --> 00:21:15,743 He'll be out in a minute. 304 00:21:17,023 --> 00:21:19,279 I have to see if he's gonna meet her again. 305 00:21:19,759 --> 00:21:22,595 Please, just wait. 306 00:21:25,164 --> 00:21:26,700 Okay. 307 00:21:31,170 --> 00:21:33,292 Oh, my God, that's her. 308 00:21:33,372 --> 00:21:35,208 The other woman. 309 00:21:36,909 --> 00:21:39,406 - I'll call you later. - Wait, are we waiting for your dad? 310 00:21:39,486 --> 00:21:41,349 I'll call you later. 311 00:23:23,182 --> 00:23:27,379 What is it, exactly, that you want to accomplish? 312 00:23:28,219 --> 00:23:30,276 I want to meet her. 313 00:23:30,356 --> 00:23:34,046 And tell her to stop seeing my father. She could kill my mother. 314 00:23:34,126 --> 00:23:35,963 Well, so do it. 315 00:23:38,264 --> 00:23:40,389 I haven't built up the courage yet. 316 00:23:40,469 --> 00:23:42,054 Mm. 317 00:23:42,734 --> 00:23:46,613 - So you stalk her, huh? - I shouldn't be dealing with this at all. 318 00:23:46,906 --> 00:23:48,761 I should be on a beach... 319 00:23:49,441 --> 00:23:51,298 ...with Mimi... 320 00:23:51,978 --> 00:23:53,540 ...naked... 321 00:23:54,847 --> 00:23:56,730 ...in Croatia. 322 00:23:58,450 --> 00:24:01,573 - We should be together together. - "Should" is a dangerous word. 323 00:24:01,653 --> 00:24:06,049 I'm serious, man. If it wasn't for my mother, I wouldn't be here. 324 00:24:08,845 --> 00:24:10,682 I don't buy it. 325 00:24:12,131 --> 00:24:13,987 You don't buy what? 326 00:24:14,967 --> 00:24:18,391 I don't buy that this is just about your mother's health. 327 00:24:19,471 --> 00:24:21,313 You want something more here. 328 00:24:22,473 --> 00:24:24,096 Something more what? 329 00:24:25,076 --> 00:24:26,932 Provocative. 330 00:24:39,591 --> 00:24:41,080 Excuse me. 331 00:24:41,260 --> 00:24:43,849 - Excuse me. - Yes. 332 00:24:43,929 --> 00:24:46,786 - You don't know who I am. - Yes, I do. 333 00:24:47,766 --> 00:24:50,122 - You do? - You're the boy who follows me. 334 00:24:50,202 --> 00:24:53,493 - Yeah, well, I have a good reason. - You're also Ethan's son. 335 00:24:54,573 --> 00:24:56,794 He keeps a picture of you on his desk. 336 00:24:59,445 --> 00:25:01,248 Are you hungry, Thomas? 337 00:25:10,957 --> 00:25:13,813 Following someone in this city has got to be very difficult. 338 00:25:14,893 --> 00:25:17,216 It's so easy to be anonymous here. 339 00:25:17,296 --> 00:25:19,885 Why didn't you say anything when I was following you? 340 00:25:19,965 --> 00:25:23,289 - Why didn't you say anything? - Because I didn't know what I was gonna do. 341 00:25:23,369 --> 00:25:25,857 - And do you now? - Yes. 342 00:25:26,537 --> 00:25:28,308 Is it good? 343 00:25:32,210 --> 00:25:34,700 - Johanna. - Johanna? 344 00:25:34,780 --> 00:25:35,848 Yeah, I'm Johanna. 345 00:25:35,928 --> 00:25:38,637 Okay, Johanna, how long you been fucking my father? 346 00:25:38,717 --> 00:25:40,893 Is that kind of vulgarity entirely necessary here? 347 00:25:40,973 --> 00:25:43,090 What kind of vulgarity would you prefer? 348 00:25:46,058 --> 00:25:47,554 A little bit over a year. 349 00:25:47,634 --> 00:25:50,882 Why are you even seeing him? He's married. 350 00:25:50,962 --> 00:25:52,832 He is married. 351 00:25:54,366 --> 00:25:56,756 - Do you work with him? - Sometimes. 352 00:25:56,836 --> 00:26:01,578 I'm a freelance editor, so I work for all the houses. 353 00:26:03,242 --> 00:26:05,098 Do you love him? 354 00:26:06,878 --> 00:26:10,286 - Define love, Thomas. - Do you think that you're gonna marry him? 355 00:26:10,516 --> 00:26:14,141 Is that the plan? You think you're gonna steal him away from my mother? 356 00:26:14,921 --> 00:26:17,943 How do you know your mother isn't giving him to me? 357 00:26:18,423 --> 00:26:19,672 What's that supposed to mean? 358 00:26:19,752 --> 00:26:23,749 I mean that people do things all the time without realizing. 359 00:26:23,829 --> 00:26:27,033 Your mother may be giving me Ethan without comprehending it. 360 00:26:28,434 --> 00:26:31,671 I mean, you're doing something right now without realizing it. 361 00:26:32,371 --> 00:26:34,493 Yeah? And what am I doing? 362 00:26:34,573 --> 00:26:38,197 - You're trying to make love to me. - I'm trying to make love to you? 363 00:26:38,977 --> 00:26:41,213 I'm trying to make love to you? 364 00:26:42,741 --> 00:26:44,601 You just don't realize it. 365 00:26:47,486 --> 00:26:52,344 Andy Warhol was a close, personal friend, and he gave us that piece as a gift. 366 00:26:52,424 --> 00:26:56,315 And now this goddamn committee is going to take all that away. 367 00:26:56,395 --> 00:26:57,716 Mom, it doesn't really matter. 368 00:26:57,796 --> 00:27:00,876 These people, these non-entities in Chelsea, they're trying to steal my past. 369 00:27:00,956 --> 00:27:03,203 - They're trying to erase my memories. - Mom. 370 00:27:04,736 --> 00:27:06,574 We're gonna find the photo. 371 00:27:09,074 --> 00:27:10,952 Look at this mess. 372 00:27:12,578 --> 00:27:14,400 I need a cigarette. 373 00:27:15,681 --> 00:27:20,506 But your father has declared I'm no longer allowed to smoke in the house, so... 374 00:27:20,586 --> 00:27:23,265 All right, well, I'll stay here and keep searching. 375 00:27:26,525 --> 00:27:29,982 Thomas, I want to smoke and talk to you at the same time. 376 00:27:30,796 --> 00:27:33,285 - It makes the cigarette better. - Okay. 377 00:27:33,565 --> 00:27:35,588 Thank you. 378 00:27:37,736 --> 00:27:42,610 It's just this perpetual cycle of expectations and disappointments. 379 00:27:45,011 --> 00:27:49,035 You know? The farthest distance in the world... 380 00:27:49,115 --> 00:27:53,344 ...is between how it is and how you thought it was gonna be. 381 00:27:53,985 --> 00:27:55,853 Don't forget that. 382 00:27:56,955 --> 00:27:58,791 I won't. 383 00:28:01,326 --> 00:28:03,413 You're my light, Thomas. 384 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:06,318 You know? 385 00:28:06,748 --> 00:28:08,839 I don't know what I'd do without you. 386 00:28:12,904 --> 00:28:14,927 It's this Klonopin. 387 00:28:15,007 --> 00:28:17,610 - Makes me so fucking emotional. - You're fine. 388 00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:26,838 I want you to stop seeing my father. 389 00:28:26,918 --> 00:28:29,441 - Hello, Thomas. - Look, you're a very beautiful woman. 390 00:28:29,521 --> 00:28:31,543 You can get any man you want in this city. 391 00:28:31,623 --> 00:28:33,515 Could I get you? 392 00:28:34,095 --> 00:28:35,414 What? 393 00:28:35,494 --> 00:28:40,179 You said I can get any man in this city. So I'm asking, could I get you? 394 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,029 Which actually begs another question, really. Are you a man? 395 00:28:45,437 --> 00:28:48,494 My mother's in a fragile state. This affair could put her over the top. 396 00:28:48,574 --> 00:28:50,896 - How am I responsible for your mother? - Because you're fucking my father. 397 00:28:50,976 --> 00:28:53,132 - Crudeness doesn't make one a man. - Stop seeing him. 398 00:28:53,212 --> 00:28:56,202 - Nor do demands. - I'm not trying to be a man. 399 00:28:56,282 --> 00:28:59,506 I'm not trying to make love to you. I'm trying to save my mother. 400 00:29:00,286 --> 00:29:02,122 You're getting closer. 401 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:14,787 Johanna wasn't raised by writers. She was raised by bankers. 402 00:29:15,567 --> 00:29:18,390 But the lingua franca of both is fiction. 403 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:23,963 When Ethan floated the idea of leaving his wife, she assumed it was just talk. 404 00:29:24,743 --> 00:29:29,202 But to her surprise, his suggestion unbalanced her. 405 00:29:30,482 --> 00:29:34,941 Instead of feeling flattered, she felt suddenly needy. 406 00:29:35,121 --> 00:29:39,946 Thomas's attention was the perfect remedy to her rattled confidence. 407 00:29:40,026 --> 00:29:42,849 Those visions of Johanna. 408 00:29:43,779 --> 00:29:46,453 She's not like anyone I've ever met. 409 00:29:48,033 --> 00:29:50,256 She said I was trying to make love to her. 410 00:29:50,636 --> 00:29:52,659 Oh. Were you? 411 00:29:53,939 --> 00:29:56,408 No, I want her to stop seeing my father. 412 00:29:57,976 --> 00:30:00,331 Isn't that between you and your father? 413 00:30:00,411 --> 00:30:03,303 Why would you want to make contact with her? 414 00:30:04,383 --> 00:30:08,410 She's an outsider to what seems to me to be a family issue. 415 00:30:08,490 --> 00:30:10,357 Eat that. 416 00:30:12,258 --> 00:30:14,746 - Huh? - It's good. 417 00:30:15,126 --> 00:30:18,050 - What was it? - You don't want to know. 418 00:30:18,130 --> 00:30:20,189 So what are you saying, that... 419 00:30:21,181 --> 00:30:24,356 - ...I like dealing with her? - Uh-huh. That's precisely what I'm saying. 420 00:30:24,436 --> 00:30:27,559 - And that I want to make love to her. - Would you like to make love to her? 421 00:30:27,639 --> 00:30:29,209 No. 422 00:30:31,342 --> 00:30:33,592 What kind of a question is that? It's sick. 423 00:30:33,672 --> 00:30:35,534 - How is that sick? - It's sick. 424 00:30:35,614 --> 00:30:37,896 - She's a beautiful woman. - So? 425 00:30:37,976 --> 00:30:41,641 - Her name is Johanna. - She's sleeping with my father. 426 00:30:42,521 --> 00:30:46,245 - Would you like to make love to Johanna? - Will you give me some credit, please? 427 00:30:46,325 --> 00:30:50,116 - This conversation's perverse. - Answer the question. Stop drowning yourself... 428 00:30:50,196 --> 00:30:54,234 ...in what you think is moral. You want to fuck Johanna. 429 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:02,983 Yes. 430 00:31:04,005 --> 00:31:07,229 - I would. - And you said your life was boring. 431 00:31:33,171 --> 00:31:34,944 I couldn't have handled today without you. 432 00:31:35,024 --> 00:31:37,796 You know, I got hit on three times coming from the bathroom. 433 00:31:37,876 --> 00:31:39,898 And I'm pretty sure they were all married. 434 00:31:39,978 --> 00:31:42,656 - Then it's a good thing my father isn't here. - That's not funny. 435 00:31:42,736 --> 00:31:44,921 - Oh, no. - Groom's coming. 436 00:31:45,001 --> 00:31:49,723 - It's my ninja. It's my motherfucking ninja. - Howard. Congratulations. 437 00:31:49,803 --> 00:31:52,231 - Thanks, man. - Hey, this is Mimi. Howard. 438 00:31:52,311 --> 00:31:53,672 - Nice to meet you. - Congrats. 439 00:31:53,752 --> 00:31:56,717 I've been running through Riverside Park every day, nine miles... 440 00:31:56,797 --> 00:32:00,619 ...murdering sobriety. I've seen a lot of your mother lately, actually. 441 00:32:00,699 --> 00:32:02,188 - My mother? - Yeah, yeah. I don't know. 442 00:32:02,268 --> 00:32:06,728 She's, uh, always on the same bench reading a book. That's Irwin. Irwin! 443 00:32:06,808 --> 00:32:09,775 You guys got to meet Irwin Sanders. He's buying the Knicks. 444 00:32:09,855 --> 00:32:12,331 Howard. How does it feel to be married? 445 00:32:12,416 --> 00:32:16,001 Well, sex already sucks. Kidding. Kind of. 446 00:32:16,081 --> 00:32:20,652 Condé Nast took me back, actually so, maybe I could get an interview at some point? 447 00:32:20,732 --> 00:32:22,308 Maybe. 448 00:32:22,588 --> 00:32:25,276 Howard, this is my friend, Johanna. 449 00:32:25,556 --> 00:32:28,660 - Hi. Congratulations. - Nice to meet you. This is Thomas. 450 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,629 - Hi. - Johanna. 451 00:32:30,709 --> 00:32:33,599 - Mimi. - Hi. 452 00:32:43,174 --> 00:32:45,030 You're being really obvious. 453 00:33:02,661 --> 00:33:04,751 I'm not dating Irwin. 454 00:33:05,831 --> 00:33:10,123 It's none of your business. I don't have to explain myself to you, but nonetheless... 455 00:33:11,403 --> 00:33:13,240 ...he's a very good friend. 456 00:33:16,674 --> 00:33:19,131 - Where's your girlfriend? - She's not. 457 00:33:20,311 --> 00:33:22,134 She's just a friend. 458 00:33:22,714 --> 00:33:24,736 Oh, you shouldn't let her do that to you. 459 00:33:30,188 --> 00:33:33,845 He's 30 years older than you. He's a billionaire. 460 00:33:34,425 --> 00:33:37,483 - I'm not stupid. - You are quite stupid, Thomas. 461 00:33:37,963 --> 00:33:40,853 And you've got no idea how the world works. 462 00:33:42,033 --> 00:33:44,823 Actually, he's not a billionaire anymore, because Nancy got half of everything. 463 00:33:44,903 --> 00:33:47,707 - Doesn't really matter. - No, it doesn't. 464 00:33:49,975 --> 00:33:51,830 You look nice. 465 00:33:52,410 --> 00:33:56,303 - What? - You look very nice. In a suit. 466 00:33:57,963 --> 00:34:01,039 I don't really think you're stupid. Just... 467 00:34:01,787 --> 00:34:05,312 ...confused and... young. 468 00:34:07,659 --> 00:34:09,715 Irwin's probably looking for you. 469 00:34:10,195 --> 00:34:13,800 - I'm sure he paid for the whole night. - Oh, fuck you, really. 470 00:34:19,637 --> 00:34:22,554 - Hey. - So, first of all... hooker comments? 471 00:34:22,634 --> 00:34:24,696 - I know. I'm sorry. - You actually resorted to hooker comments? 472 00:34:24,776 --> 00:34:27,261 I'm sorry. I apologize. 473 00:34:27,341 --> 00:34:31,536 Second of all, Irwin's gay. Okay? He loves men. 474 00:34:31,616 --> 00:34:34,292 In fact, he loves one man in particular, a man named Billy Arnaldi... 475 00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:38,009 ...who happens to be an incredible art dealer and one of my closest friends. 476 00:34:38,089 --> 00:34:41,313 So Irwin doesn't want to come out, for business reasons, which is his prerogative... 477 00:34:41,393 --> 00:34:44,396 ...and I come to events like this with him. I'm not a glorified hooker. 478 00:34:44,476 --> 00:34:47,085 He's not a sugar daddy. I'm his beard. 479 00:34:47,165 --> 00:34:49,388 You really don't know how the world works. 480 00:34:49,468 --> 00:34:52,504 You're an innocent, Thomas. You're a child. 481 00:34:53,739 --> 00:34:55,552 - I know some things. - Oh, yeah? 482 00:34:55,632 --> 00:34:58,110 - Mm. - Like what? 483 00:35:00,379 --> 00:35:02,268 How it went down. 484 00:35:03,148 --> 00:35:04,826 You and my dad, I know. 485 00:35:04,906 --> 00:35:07,273 - Do you? - Mm. 486 00:35:07,853 --> 00:35:11,077 Okay, Thomas, Mr. Ace Sleuth... 487 00:35:11,657 --> 00:35:13,192 ...I want to hear it. 488 00:35:16,561 --> 00:35:19,405 You noticed that he liked to come in early. 489 00:35:20,398 --> 00:35:24,290 Really early, like, what, 7:00 in the morning? 490 00:35:24,770 --> 00:35:28,559 So you started coming in then, too. You isolate and contain. 491 00:35:28,639 --> 00:35:30,596 Told him it was because you don't sleep well... 492 00:35:30,676 --> 00:35:33,565 ...that the bad dreams, they shake you awake before daylight. 493 00:35:33,645 --> 00:35:35,741 In the mornings, you put on music in your office. 494 00:35:35,821 --> 00:35:38,470 Brahms one day, Biggie Smalls the next, because, you know... 495 00:35:38,550 --> 00:35:41,840 ...you can't be put into a box, you attack all the senses. 496 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,743 You went a little aggressive on your signature scent... 497 00:35:44,823 --> 00:35:47,245 ...strong on the vanilla. 498 00:35:47,325 --> 00:35:49,681 You mentioned a boyfriend, then complained of a bad date. 499 00:35:49,761 --> 00:35:53,652 You confuse him, make him wonder. The sex. 500 00:35:53,832 --> 00:35:57,331 Ooh, the sex. The sex surprised you both. 501 00:35:57,903 --> 00:36:00,291 He was just walking you home after dinner. 502 00:36:00,371 --> 00:36:03,203 I mean, Jesus, you're not the other woman, he's not a cheating husband. 503 00:36:03,283 --> 00:36:07,032 "No, this isn't something that we did, that is something that happened to us." 504 00:36:07,112 --> 00:36:09,701 But what? Could it be love? 505 00:36:09,781 --> 00:36:13,271 Nobody wants to acknowledge that so soon in the game, but the stars are crossed... 506 00:36:13,351 --> 00:36:15,506 ...and people are gonna get hurt and... 507 00:36:15,586 --> 00:36:19,377 "We've done a bad, bad thing, Ethan," so, fuck, it must be, right? 508 00:36:19,457 --> 00:36:22,644 All of it was just bullshit, calculated and manipulated... 509 00:36:22,724 --> 00:36:25,763 ...from that first lie about your bad dreams. 'Cause I'm... 510 00:36:26,643 --> 00:36:28,654 ...I'm pretty sure... 511 00:36:28,734 --> 00:36:30,757 ...that you sleep like a baby. 512 00:36:35,273 --> 00:36:37,509 You are quite the storytell... 513 00:37:12,077 --> 00:37:15,205 - Where have you been? - Bathroom. Drank too much. 514 00:37:19,150 --> 00:37:21,760 I have to interrupt now, because, uh... 515 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,375 ...I have to go home. 516 00:37:26,624 --> 00:37:28,480 I'm Uncle Buster. 517 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,282 - Let's get out of here. - I'm Casey's father's brother. 518 00:37:31,362 --> 00:37:34,420 - They haven't even cut the cake. - Fuck the cake. Let's go. 519 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:36,482 - What? - Come on. 520 00:37:36,562 --> 00:37:39,513 - Walter's not here because... - You smell like vanilla. 521 00:37:39,593 --> 00:37:41,447 ...he's doing two to five. 522 00:37:42,063 --> 00:37:44,430 It's no secret. As you all know... 523 00:37:44,510 --> 00:37:47,199 ...two to five for doing the right thing... 524 00:37:47,279 --> 00:37:50,917 ...for believing in the poetry of the Constitution. 525 00:37:55,220 --> 00:37:57,472 I have only a few thoughts. 526 00:37:58,356 --> 00:37:59,894 Drama. 527 00:38:00,959 --> 00:38:04,085 The dramatics of marital romance... 528 00:38:04,895 --> 00:38:06,732 ...staying together. 529 00:38:08,867 --> 00:38:12,349 Like the gypsy told me the poems... 530 00:38:12,749 --> 00:38:15,828 ...written in life lines are never guaranteed. 531 00:38:17,508 --> 00:38:19,531 They get busted up. 532 00:38:20,411 --> 00:38:22,630 Tomorrow begins new poetry. 533 00:38:24,049 --> 00:38:27,210 Another romance that will explode... 534 00:38:27,290 --> 00:38:29,384 ...from time to time. 535 00:38:30,055 --> 00:38:35,110 Poetry of married people like the aurora borealis. 536 00:38:36,862 --> 00:38:40,419 Strewn like stars in the sky... 537 00:38:40,499 --> 00:38:43,763 ...and the drama of your lives begins. 538 00:38:44,870 --> 00:38:47,125 Chapter after chapter. 539 00:38:47,905 --> 00:38:49,460 Stories. 540 00:38:49,740 --> 00:38:51,261 Books. 541 00:38:52,041 --> 00:38:55,660 Revolutions, as I know, will come. 542 00:38:56,314 --> 00:39:00,005 I've seen many. Lived through them. 543 00:39:00,085 --> 00:39:02,507 They play in the least expected places... 544 00:39:02,587 --> 00:39:04,423 ...so get ready. 545 00:39:06,354 --> 00:39:10,986 Casey understands Howard. Howard... knows Casey. 546 00:39:11,066 --> 00:39:12,584 No. 547 00:39:13,064 --> 00:39:14,953 No, not yet. 548 00:39:15,533 --> 00:39:17,455 There's always mystery. 549 00:39:17,535 --> 00:39:21,393 You both know that. You both know it isn't perfect. 550 00:39:22,073 --> 00:39:23,561 Excitement... 551 00:39:23,641 --> 00:39:26,725 ...trust and struggle... 552 00:39:27,378 --> 00:39:30,866 ...and the unknown privacies... 553 00:39:30,946 --> 00:39:33,138 ...that keep us together. 554 00:39:33,218 --> 00:39:35,121 Glue of struggle. 555 00:39:37,288 --> 00:39:39,121 I raise my glass. 556 00:39:40,258 --> 00:39:43,549 The fragile glass we stomped on and shattered... 557 00:39:44,429 --> 00:39:47,358 ...and will forever be putting back together... 558 00:39:47,798 --> 00:39:51,423 ...like the puzzles we first worked as children... 559 00:39:52,653 --> 00:39:54,710 ...learning to be patient... 560 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,617 ...searching for what fits... 561 00:40:01,452 --> 00:40:03,331 So many puzzles. 562 00:40:05,250 --> 00:40:07,654 So many books in this room. 563 00:40:12,223 --> 00:40:14,225 And I talk too much. 564 00:40:14,425 --> 00:40:16,147 Let's dance. 565 00:40:27,805 --> 00:40:30,862 So I have to go to this career counselor. 566 00:40:30,942 --> 00:40:33,379 Uh, my father set up the appointment. 567 00:40:35,913 --> 00:40:38,536 Why don't you go into journalism? You ran the high school newspaper. 568 00:40:38,616 --> 00:40:40,538 No, that doesn't interest me anymore. 569 00:40:40,618 --> 00:40:43,721 And you won that advertising prize in college. You could do that. 570 00:40:43,801 --> 00:40:48,579 - How do you know all this about me, huh? - I know everything. Everything about you. 571 00:40:48,659 --> 00:40:52,458 Okay, um, yearbook committee. President of the debate club. 572 00:40:52,538 --> 00:40:56,334 Arts editor of the high school newspaper. Second single on the tennis team. 573 00:40:56,414 --> 00:40:58,975 - Very impressive, Thomas. - Huh. 574 00:41:00,405 --> 00:41:03,428 Your father has all your awards on his desk. 575 00:41:03,508 --> 00:41:06,497 - It's so awful. - Oh, that's awkward. 576 00:41:06,577 --> 00:41:08,614 Fuck the career counselor. 577 00:41:10,848 --> 00:41:14,445 All right, here's something you don't know. That nobody knows. 578 00:41:14,525 --> 00:41:16,088 Okay. 579 00:41:19,157 --> 00:41:21,012 I wanted to write. 580 00:41:22,692 --> 00:41:24,482 - Huh. - Hmm. 581 00:41:24,562 --> 00:41:26,622 I used to write all these things when I was younger. 582 00:41:26,702 --> 00:41:31,622 A bunch of letters from my dog to, like, the mailman and the vet. 583 00:41:31,702 --> 00:41:34,379 And eventually I... 584 00:41:34,459 --> 00:41:37,262 ...came up with a collection of essays called... 585 00:41:37,342 --> 00:41:39,631 "...Mary Jane vs. Everything." 586 00:41:40,411 --> 00:41:42,400 Which I was incredibly proud of. 587 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:46,170 And, you know, I show 'em to my dad. 588 00:41:46,650 --> 00:41:48,873 What did Ethan say? 589 00:41:48,953 --> 00:41:50,491 "Serviceable." 590 00:41:51,421 --> 00:41:54,610 - Ouch. - Yeah. "Serviceable." 591 00:41:54,690 --> 00:41:56,748 That was his exact word. 592 00:41:57,128 --> 00:41:59,551 Nothing special, just serviceable. 593 00:42:00,151 --> 00:42:02,020 He seemed pretty angry after reading them, though. 594 00:42:02,100 --> 00:42:03,888 - Well, I want to read them. - You do? 595 00:42:03,968 --> 00:42:05,190 - Yeah. - You can't. 596 00:42:05,270 --> 00:42:07,125 - Why not? - 'Cause I threw 'em out. 597 00:42:07,205 --> 00:42:09,295 Oh, that's so sad. 598 00:42:10,775 --> 00:42:13,612 - That's so sad and lonely. - Mm. 599 00:42:16,454 --> 00:42:18,309 That's good. 600 00:42:19,484 --> 00:42:20,882 Really? 601 00:42:20,962 --> 00:42:24,176 Yeah. What word did your father use? 602 00:42:25,456 --> 00:42:28,713 - "Serviceable." - I disagree. 603 00:42:28,793 --> 00:42:30,829 I think you've got talent. 604 00:42:35,633 --> 00:42:38,651 But your father's a publisher and I'm just some... 605 00:42:39,070 --> 00:42:43,108 ...strange neighbor, so you're gonna go with serviceable, huh? 606 00:42:46,444 --> 00:42:48,666 - Johanna wanted to read 'em. - Oh, right. 607 00:42:48,746 --> 00:42:52,176 - But I don't know if I could... - Those visions of Johanna. 608 00:42:53,217 --> 00:42:55,020 I think about her... 609 00:42:57,955 --> 00:42:59,791 ...all the time. 610 00:43:03,328 --> 00:43:05,164 Maybe it's love. 611 00:43:08,566 --> 00:43:10,255 Uh... 612 00:43:10,535 --> 00:43:12,590 ...love is hard to determine. 613 00:43:12,670 --> 00:43:16,727 People think they're in love, and it's something completely different. 614 00:43:16,807 --> 00:43:18,830 You know, infatuation... 615 00:43:19,710 --> 00:43:21,967 ...the righting of childhood wrongs... 616 00:43:22,047 --> 00:43:24,033 ...you know, companionship. Um... 617 00:43:26,051 --> 00:43:29,921 - Have you ever been in love? - Yeah. Once. 618 00:43:31,422 --> 00:43:33,211 Who was she? 619 00:43:33,291 --> 00:43:34,880 Oh. 620 00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,849 She was this woman I knew. 621 00:43:38,629 --> 00:43:41,906 She was taken by someone else, a dear friend. 622 00:43:44,135 --> 00:43:48,748 We had a profound connection, but she was his girl. It was a mess. 623 00:43:49,206 --> 00:43:53,262 - So what did you do? - Oh, I left the scene of the crime. 624 00:43:54,279 --> 00:43:56,267 You ran away? 625 00:43:56,347 --> 00:44:00,145 Uh, well, at the time, I called it an adventure. 626 00:44:00,225 --> 00:44:02,707 But hindsight turned it into something else... 627 00:44:02,787 --> 00:44:06,110 ...which is what hindsight inevitably does. 628 00:44:06,190 --> 00:44:09,414 Yeah, I ran away. I'm gonna take this. 629 00:44:09,494 --> 00:44:12,783 - Leave you with your heart on. - With my hard-on? 630 00:44:12,863 --> 00:44:15,653 Heart. Your heart on. 631 00:44:15,733 --> 00:44:18,978 You know what, maybe, in hindsight, I'll feel guilty about Johanna... 632 00:44:19,058 --> 00:44:21,139 ...but right now I don't. 633 00:44:24,209 --> 00:44:26,091 It's not cut or dry. 634 00:44:26,171 --> 00:44:28,398 Congratulations, Thomas. 635 00:44:29,207 --> 00:44:31,850 Your world is becoming contextual. 636 00:44:36,855 --> 00:44:39,090 Who the fuck are you? 637 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:52,156 Hey, Dad. 638 00:44:52,236 --> 00:44:54,158 What's up? 639 00:44:54,238 --> 00:44:56,107 Sit down. 640 00:45:00,144 --> 00:45:02,366 Is everything all right? 641 00:45:02,446 --> 00:45:05,918 - Is Mom okay? - Sit down, Thomas. 642 00:45:19,343 --> 00:45:21,360 Is there anything you want to tell me? 643 00:45:25,469 --> 00:45:28,159 No. No, nothing. 644 00:45:28,739 --> 00:45:31,220 Mm-hmm. Anything I should know? 645 00:45:35,479 --> 00:45:37,015 No. 646 00:45:38,583 --> 00:45:40,106 Thomas... 647 00:45:40,936 --> 00:45:43,759 ...you blew off the career counselor. 648 00:45:44,489 --> 00:45:47,978 Hmm? I told you how hard it was to get that appointment... 649 00:45:48,058 --> 00:45:50,532 ...and then you just don't show up? Whoosh. Gone. 650 00:45:50,612 --> 00:45:52,551 Right. Um... 651 00:45:54,231 --> 00:45:56,980 - I should've called. I'm sorry. - You should've called. I'm sorry. 652 00:45:57,060 --> 00:45:58,870 I'm sorry, too. 653 00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:04,462 Come work here. 654 00:46:04,542 --> 00:46:06,130 Hmm? Work here. 655 00:46:06,210 --> 00:46:09,600 You like to read. I've been conflicted about giving you a job here... 656 00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,603 ...nepotism and all that bullshit, but screw it. 657 00:46:12,683 --> 00:46:16,074 You can start under the junior editors, you know, learn something. 658 00:46:16,154 --> 00:46:18,442 - No, thank you. - Why not? I mean, what's wrong... 659 00:46:18,522 --> 00:46:22,581 - ...with learning the publishing business? - Nothing. It's fine. It's just it's... 660 00:46:23,761 --> 00:46:25,297 ...serviceable. 661 00:46:35,380 --> 00:46:37,221 W.F.? 662 00:46:38,759 --> 00:46:40,816 I just want to get my essays back. 663 00:46:41,696 --> 00:46:43,231 Hey. 664 00:47:44,208 --> 00:47:47,246 - Thomas. - I was in your apartment. 665 00:47:50,915 --> 00:47:52,964 You're Julian Stellars. 666 00:47:54,084 --> 00:47:56,507 Mm, my nom de plume. 667 00:47:56,787 --> 00:47:58,810 You've had 12 books published. 668 00:47:59,690 --> 00:48:03,281 You don't have much mass appeal, but you don't seem to mind. 669 00:48:03,361 --> 00:48:05,803 Hard to find a picture of you anywhere. 670 00:48:06,431 --> 00:48:10,679 You're an alcoholic who spends most afternoons drinking in the Brooklyn Inn. 671 00:48:10,759 --> 00:48:13,581 And you're probably the only person that I've met that's actually... 672 00:48:13,861 --> 00:48:16,042 ...actually been to an opium den. 673 00:48:17,742 --> 00:48:21,212 - And I've been Googled. - Mm-hmm. 674 00:48:25,516 --> 00:48:27,339 I didn't read it. 675 00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:30,588 Your new manuscript. 676 00:48:33,324 --> 00:48:35,981 Well, Thomas, I appreciate that. 677 00:48:42,633 --> 00:48:44,436 So, um... 678 00:48:46,604 --> 00:48:48,626 ...when you said I had talent... 679 00:48:49,046 --> 00:48:51,698 It was a professional opinion. 680 00:48:55,246 --> 00:48:57,503 I don't know, man. I... 681 00:48:58,583 --> 00:49:02,072 You've experienced the world. I just live here in New York. 682 00:49:02,152 --> 00:49:06,242 - New York is the world. - I haven't done much with my life. 683 00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:12,418 You've had sex with your father's mistress. 684 00:49:13,998 --> 00:49:16,034 I'd say that's something. 685 00:49:18,203 --> 00:49:20,272 Am I the only living boy in New York? 686 00:49:26,210 --> 00:49:28,046 You are. 687 00:49:46,196 --> 00:49:49,624 Hey, I was outside your apartment. You're not there. 688 00:49:49,704 --> 00:49:52,789 I brought the essays. I wanted to show you. 689 00:50:32,777 --> 00:50:34,580 Did you sleep with her? 690 00:50:39,083 --> 00:50:40,919 With who? 691 00:50:44,489 --> 00:50:46,011 Johanna? 692 00:50:47,191 --> 00:50:49,046 Why would you ask that? 693 00:50:49,826 --> 00:50:52,650 They left the wedding as quickly as we did. 694 00:50:53,864 --> 00:50:56,286 I may be oblivious, but I'm not stupid. 695 00:50:56,366 --> 00:50:57,837 - Why do you care? - I just do. 696 00:50:57,917 --> 00:51:00,557 - Why? - Thomas. 697 00:51:00,637 --> 00:51:02,259 - Are you jealous? - No. 698 00:51:02,339 --> 00:51:04,044 - You sure? - Thomas. 699 00:51:04,124 --> 00:51:06,071 - I think you're jealous. - Did you sleep with her? 700 00:51:06,151 --> 00:51:08,173 She's my father's mistress. 701 00:51:09,206 --> 00:51:11,216 You think that I would do that? 702 00:51:14,017 --> 00:51:15,605 No. 703 00:51:15,985 --> 00:51:17,788 Thank you. 704 00:51:19,089 --> 00:51:21,078 You're sweet. 705 00:51:21,158 --> 00:51:22,980 You're not like them. 706 00:51:23,260 --> 00:51:26,131 - Like who? - This city. 707 00:51:34,339 --> 00:51:36,394 I want you to stop seeing him. 708 00:51:38,074 --> 00:51:39,996 Come on, I'm putting my foot down. 709 00:51:40,076 --> 00:51:43,033 You don't get to tell me what to do. I don't care if your foot's down or up. 710 00:51:43,113 --> 00:51:45,726 - Why? 'Cause you don't care about anything? - What? 711 00:51:45,806 --> 00:51:48,338 You obviously don't care about anything at all. 712 00:51:48,418 --> 00:51:51,036 Oh, so I'm a nihilist now, am I? 713 00:51:54,592 --> 00:51:56,479 I don't know anything about you. 714 00:51:58,628 --> 00:52:00,350 Where'd you grow up? 715 00:52:00,430 --> 00:52:03,301 Brooklyn, Thomas. That's why I have this accent. 716 00:52:05,269 --> 00:52:07,291 Did you play sports? 717 00:52:07,371 --> 00:52:08,939 No. 718 00:52:10,708 --> 00:52:12,630 When did you first have sex? 719 00:52:12,710 --> 00:52:15,600 Oh, my God, we're gonna talk about my childhood now? 720 00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:17,769 Yeah. I want to know you. 721 00:52:18,999 --> 00:52:20,822 Where'd you grow up? 722 00:52:21,852 --> 00:52:24,241 I grew up in London. 723 00:52:24,321 --> 00:52:26,210 Which part? 724 00:52:26,290 --> 00:52:28,113 Belsize Park. 725 00:52:29,193 --> 00:52:31,248 And then Kilburn. 726 00:52:31,328 --> 00:52:33,218 Why the move? 727 00:52:33,598 --> 00:52:36,454 Because Kilburn's so much more real. 728 00:52:37,334 --> 00:52:39,171 What'd your dad do? 729 00:52:42,006 --> 00:52:43,260 What'd your dad do? 730 00:52:43,340 --> 00:52:47,378 He put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. 731 00:52:57,888 --> 00:52:59,725 I'm sorry. 732 00:53:04,995 --> 00:53:06,832 I didn't know. 733 00:53:11,001 --> 00:53:12,858 Why do you sleep with me? 734 00:53:13,638 --> 00:53:17,096 - Because I like you. - What do you like about me? 735 00:53:18,676 --> 00:53:20,565 Your innocence. 736 00:53:21,045 --> 00:53:22,901 Were you ever innocent? 737 00:53:23,981 --> 00:53:27,473 - I forgot. - Come on. Tell me. 738 00:53:28,653 --> 00:53:30,475 I want to know about when you were innocent. 739 00:53:30,555 --> 00:53:33,343 - Why? - Because I like the idea of it. 740 00:53:33,423 --> 00:53:36,013 If you want someone so pure, why are you with me? 741 00:53:36,093 --> 00:53:37,929 Because I care about you. 742 00:53:41,999 --> 00:53:43,856 Do you care about me? 743 00:53:46,036 --> 00:53:48,306 I don't care about anyone, remember? 744 00:53:50,608 --> 00:53:55,131 But the truth was she cared about them both. 745 00:53:55,211 --> 00:53:59,236 And that's when she knew this mess would only get worse. 746 00:53:59,316 --> 00:54:03,041 She had to make a clean break, starting with Ethan. 747 00:54:03,921 --> 00:54:06,276 What she didn't anticipate was... 748 00:54:06,356 --> 00:54:10,220 ...he'd surrendered too much of his past to give up on his future. 749 00:54:13,663 --> 00:54:17,254 They're all moving to, uh, Los Angeles. 750 00:54:17,334 --> 00:54:20,357 New York, we're becoming... 751 00:54:20,437 --> 00:54:22,660 Do you think he's in love with her? 752 00:54:23,340 --> 00:54:25,221 This has to stop. 753 00:54:25,301 --> 00:54:30,034 You and your father, you suffer from the same disease. 754 00:54:30,114 --> 00:54:31,869 Johanna. 755 00:54:31,949 --> 00:54:35,373 "Visions of Johanna conquer my mind." 756 00:54:37,253 --> 00:54:39,289 Why are you writing about me? 757 00:54:41,858 --> 00:54:43,380 That's what I do. 758 00:54:43,460 --> 00:54:47,651 I write about people I know and then give it a thin veil. 759 00:54:47,731 --> 00:54:49,601 But why me? 760 00:54:51,669 --> 00:54:53,657 Look, I... 761 00:54:53,737 --> 00:54:55,726 ...I got the apartment to get out of the house... 762 00:54:55,806 --> 00:54:57,895 ...and write a completely different story. 763 00:54:57,975 --> 00:55:00,064 It just... it didn't come across, you know? 764 00:55:00,144 --> 00:55:02,432 - And mine did. - Um... 765 00:55:02,512 --> 00:55:05,535 And like everything good, it happened by accident. 766 00:55:05,615 --> 00:55:08,420 I met you. Now I got 118 pages. 767 00:55:11,188 --> 00:55:15,045 My father's publishing house, they're throwing an anniversary party tomorrow. 768 00:55:15,425 --> 00:55:17,261 You should come. 769 00:55:18,563 --> 00:55:20,284 No. 770 00:55:20,364 --> 00:55:23,202 You've heard all about these people, but you never met 'em. 771 00:55:24,101 --> 00:55:25,902 Be good for the book. 772 00:55:27,371 --> 00:55:31,676 - Huh. - Find a window. Pounce. 773 00:55:32,476 --> 00:55:34,012 Pounce. 774 00:55:53,363 --> 00:55:55,200 I broke up with Nick. 775 00:55:57,501 --> 00:55:59,337 Did you? 776 00:56:04,108 --> 00:56:06,513 You're supposed to be more excited than that. 777 00:56:48,953 --> 00:56:50,475 Hey. 778 00:56:50,855 --> 00:56:52,710 Thanks for coming. 779 00:56:53,290 --> 00:56:56,220 - It's a great party. - Yeah. It always is. 780 00:56:56,560 --> 00:56:59,297 Look. That's my mother and Mimi. 781 00:57:04,101 --> 00:57:05,956 She's beautiful. 782 00:57:06,436 --> 00:57:08,392 Mm. I told you she was. 783 00:57:08,472 --> 00:57:10,627 I was talking about your mother. 784 00:57:14,244 --> 00:57:15,780 Huh. 785 00:57:30,227 --> 00:57:32,917 - It's amazing. - It is amazing, but I think you... 786 00:57:32,997 --> 00:57:35,620 Uh, sorry. I want you to come meet someone. 787 00:57:35,700 --> 00:57:39,286 - Oh! Who are we meeting? - We're meeting my new friend. 788 00:57:39,366 --> 00:57:42,125 - Your new friend. All right, I'll be back. - Sorry. See you later. 789 00:57:47,811 --> 00:57:50,835 - He was just here. - He was? 790 00:57:50,915 --> 00:57:52,903 Oh, well, I'll meet him later. 791 00:57:52,983 --> 00:57:55,653 - Come on. He was just here. - Oh, there's Diana. 792 00:58:08,165 --> 00:58:12,423 "I have looked down upon the city from high windows. 793 00:58:14,203 --> 00:58:17,095 "It is then that the great buildings... 794 00:58:17,775 --> 00:58:21,980 "...lose reality and take on their magical powers. 795 00:58:25,182 --> 00:58:30,540 "Squares and squares of flame set and cut into the ether. 796 00:58:30,620 --> 00:58:32,677 Here's our poetry..." 797 00:58:33,857 --> 00:58:37,247 "For we have pulled down the stars to our will." 798 00:58:37,327 --> 00:58:39,998 - "To our will." - Ezra Pound. 799 00:58:42,666 --> 00:58:45,088 Johanna, I'm assuming. 800 00:58:45,568 --> 00:58:49,994 - We haven't met, have we? - No, but I know you very well. 801 00:58:51,074 --> 00:58:54,428 And I know that you're having your fun... 802 00:58:55,301 --> 00:58:57,534 ...and that he's young and easy. 803 00:58:57,614 --> 00:59:01,052 But you'll have me to deal with if he scars. 804 00:59:05,289 --> 00:59:07,579 I don't like strange conversations... 805 00:59:09,559 --> 00:59:11,596 ...so I'm gonna walk away now. 806 00:59:41,258 --> 00:59:43,094 I'll be back in a second. 807 00:59:50,500 --> 00:59:52,056 Hey. 808 00:59:54,271 --> 00:59:55,860 What? 809 00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:58,876 I really think we should stop seeing each other. 810 01:00:01,177 --> 01:00:02,299 - Thomas. - What? 811 01:00:02,379 --> 01:00:04,435 It looks bad. Come on. 812 01:00:05,915 --> 01:00:08,605 I was ending it with your father as well. 813 01:00:09,285 --> 01:00:12,411 And not because I didn't care for him. I actually really do. 814 01:00:12,491 --> 01:00:14,478 I care for him very much. 815 01:00:14,558 --> 01:00:16,981 But, Thomas, the thing is he proposed. 816 01:00:17,661 --> 01:00:20,552 - What? - And I said yes. 817 01:00:22,732 --> 01:00:25,656 - No. No. No, no. - Please, I don't want this to be disruptive. 818 01:00:25,736 --> 01:00:29,092 - Disruptive? He's not gonna leave her. - Stop, stop, stop. 819 01:00:29,172 --> 01:00:32,396 - I'm not gonna let that happen. - No, this is the best thing for everybody. 820 01:00:32,476 --> 01:00:34,163 - For who? - For everybody. 821 01:00:34,243 --> 01:00:35,765 Judith's gonna be so much better off. 822 01:00:35,845 --> 01:00:38,368 She won't be suffering anymore under the weight of a dead marriage. 823 01:00:38,448 --> 01:00:42,039 He's going through a cri... he's just going through a fucking crisis, that's all this is. 824 01:00:42,119 --> 01:00:45,810 This doesn't have to be this difficult. Please, everybody can win here. 825 01:00:46,390 --> 01:00:48,712 God made a mistake when he made you beautiful. 826 01:00:48,792 --> 01:00:52,349 - God's mistake is marrying your father. - Not yet she isn't. 827 01:00:52,429 --> 01:00:54,518 Look, can I just ask you one thing? 828 01:00:54,598 --> 01:00:57,687 If any of this comes out, who do you think's gonna get hurt? 829 01:00:58,067 --> 01:01:00,724 It's not me. It's not Ethan. 830 01:01:00,804 --> 01:01:05,062 We both know how to land on our feet. And it's not you. You're so young. 831 01:01:05,442 --> 01:01:07,262 There's one person... 832 01:01:07,342 --> 01:01:10,234 ...one person who will be destroyed, and we both know who that is. 833 01:01:10,314 --> 01:01:12,795 What do you think's gonna happen? You think you can get married... 834 01:01:12,875 --> 01:01:15,840 ...you think you can have the obligatory second family and live happily ever after... 835 01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:19,776 - ...in your dream world? - Well, obviously that can't happen. 836 01:01:20,206 --> 01:01:22,297 What is that supposed to mean? 837 01:01:24,027 --> 01:01:27,284 Wait, what is that supposed to mean? What is it supposed to mean? 838 01:01:27,364 --> 01:01:29,234 Stop it. 839 01:01:32,936 --> 01:01:35,225 - Stop it, Thomas. Come on. - I'm gonna tell him everything. 840 01:01:35,305 --> 01:01:37,608 - I'm gonna tell him. Don't... - Thomas. 841 01:02:29,443 --> 01:02:31,028 Thomas! 842 01:02:32,796 --> 01:02:34,885 Thomas, what are you doing? 843 01:02:35,965 --> 01:02:37,767 It's raining. 844 01:02:41,871 --> 01:02:43,427 Um... 845 01:02:44,007 --> 01:02:45,543 ...okay. 846 01:02:47,544 --> 01:02:49,066 I... 847 01:02:49,346 --> 01:02:51,236 ...I broke up with Nick... 848 01:02:52,116 --> 01:02:54,953 ...because I got into Croatia. 849 01:02:56,553 --> 01:02:58,976 And I want you to come with me. 850 01:03:09,699 --> 01:03:11,569 I slept with Johanna. 851 01:03:14,404 --> 01:03:17,698 No. You're not like that. 852 01:03:19,008 --> 01:03:21,646 - And I thought that I was in love with her. - Mm-mm. 853 01:03:24,381 --> 01:03:26,217 You're good. 854 01:03:30,687 --> 01:03:32,923 No, Mimi, I'm not good. 855 01:03:38,945 --> 01:03:40,465 Mimi! 856 01:03:41,498 --> 01:03:43,033 Mimi! 857 01:03:50,106 --> 01:03:52,042 I'm sorry. 858 01:03:53,242 --> 01:03:55,132 You are just like them. 859 01:03:55,712 --> 01:03:57,567 They won, Thomas. 860 01:03:57,647 --> 01:04:00,250 God, they've fucking bankrupted you. 861 01:05:19,396 --> 01:05:21,951 - Hey. - Thomas! Did you spend last night here? 862 01:05:22,031 --> 01:05:23,587 Yeah. 863 01:05:23,667 --> 01:05:27,624 Well, that was the best party that Kenta has thrown in years. 864 01:05:27,704 --> 01:05:31,908 Everybody was drunk... and not just our alcoholic friends, but everybody. 865 01:05:32,508 --> 01:05:34,731 Why did you spend the night? 866 01:05:35,811 --> 01:05:39,436 I don't know. I just... wanted to come home. 867 01:05:41,116 --> 01:05:42,952 Are you upset? 868 01:05:45,254 --> 01:05:46,521 Tell me about it. 869 01:05:49,525 --> 01:05:51,047 What? 870 01:05:51,127 --> 01:05:53,017 Is it about a girl? 871 01:05:53,497 --> 01:05:55,753 And I'm your mother, so... 872 01:05:57,133 --> 01:05:59,723 Things have gotten messy, and... 873 01:05:59,803 --> 01:06:01,259 ...I want to bail. 874 01:06:03,973 --> 01:06:05,863 But I can't. 875 01:06:06,543 --> 01:06:08,379 Well, then you know. 876 01:06:11,114 --> 01:06:14,772 The only way out... is through. 877 01:06:16,152 --> 01:06:17,688 Right? 878 01:06:20,056 --> 01:06:21,545 Where's Dad? 879 01:06:21,625 --> 01:06:23,447 He left early. 880 01:06:23,527 --> 01:06:26,883 He said he had to go to the office and get some files. 881 01:06:26,963 --> 01:06:29,807 He seems to have gotten over what a... 882 01:06:48,352 --> 01:06:49,887 Thomas? 883 01:06:58,024 --> 01:07:00,950 - Dad? - Thomas. Huh. 884 01:07:01,030 --> 01:07:03,857 We need to talk. There are some things... 885 01:07:03,937 --> 01:07:06,158 - ...that you don't know that... - Thomas, don't. Don't. 886 01:07:06,238 --> 01:07:08,085 ...that you need to know. 887 01:07:09,939 --> 01:07:11,496 Johanna. 888 01:07:13,376 --> 01:07:16,080 - You two know each other? - Yeah. 889 01:07:18,448 --> 01:07:19,636 What? 890 01:07:19,716 --> 01:07:22,205 Well, Ethan, the thing is, is that... 891 01:07:22,285 --> 01:07:24,307 ...he followed me. 892 01:07:24,387 --> 01:07:26,190 You followed her? 893 01:07:27,624 --> 01:07:29,460 That's not all I did. 894 01:07:36,099 --> 01:07:37,922 I'm sorry, I... 895 01:07:38,702 --> 01:07:40,537 ...I don't understand. 896 01:07:45,674 --> 01:07:47,896 We slept together. 897 01:07:48,376 --> 01:07:50,247 And not just once. 898 01:07:51,615 --> 01:07:53,084 What? 899 01:08:13,269 --> 01:08:15,592 You slick little shit, you! 900 01:08:15,672 --> 01:08:18,562 - I did right by you! You have no idea! - No, relax! Relax! 901 01:08:18,642 --> 01:08:20,277 You have no idea! 902 01:08:31,820 --> 01:08:33,323 Oh. 903 01:08:52,542 --> 01:08:54,379 I deserve you. 904 01:09:25,607 --> 01:09:27,477 I'm sorry. 905 01:09:28,545 --> 01:09:30,581 We're all sorry, Thomas. 906 01:09:33,249 --> 01:09:35,085 I really do love him. 907 01:09:43,860 --> 01:09:45,730 And he did right by you. 908 01:09:47,997 --> 01:09:49,800 More than you know. 909 01:09:55,704 --> 01:09:57,614 Good-bye, Thomas. 910 01:11:11,915 --> 01:11:13,784 Did you finish it? 911 01:11:17,286 --> 01:11:19,175 I did. 912 01:11:20,105 --> 01:11:21,941 Tell me about it. 913 01:11:25,428 --> 01:11:28,044 Tell me about "The Only Living Boy in New York." 914 01:11:33,903 --> 01:11:35,759 Uh, well... 915 01:11:42,178 --> 01:11:45,034 It's about three people... artists... 916 01:11:45,714 --> 01:11:47,551 ...and great friends. 917 01:11:49,919 --> 01:11:53,342 One of them is a beautiful young girl. 918 01:11:53,422 --> 01:11:55,078 The other two... 919 01:11:55,158 --> 01:11:58,381 ...one artist has talent, the other doesn't. 920 01:11:58,861 --> 01:12:02,819 You know, no matter how hard he tries, and no matter how badly he wants it... 921 01:12:02,899 --> 01:12:04,788 ...he just... 922 01:12:05,268 --> 01:12:07,824 ...well, he wasn't kissed by God in that way. 923 01:12:07,904 --> 01:12:09,859 But he has the girl. 924 01:12:09,939 --> 01:12:13,096 Yes. And they're married... 925 01:12:13,176 --> 01:12:16,400 ...and they plan to start a family. 926 01:12:17,180 --> 01:12:20,036 Only they have a little problem. 927 01:12:20,116 --> 01:12:21,939 He's infertile. 928 01:12:23,319 --> 01:12:25,789 And they ask their talented friend for help? 929 01:12:27,456 --> 01:12:30,094 Yeah, you have a knack for a story, Thomas. 930 01:12:31,678 --> 01:12:33,500 I get it from my father. 931 01:12:34,330 --> 01:12:35,673 Uh-huh. 932 01:12:45,141 --> 01:12:46,690 So... 933 01:12:47,743 --> 01:12:52,268 ...so, they're artists, and they don't want to use in vitro... 934 01:12:52,348 --> 01:12:55,438 ...so they go with a cheap bottle of Cabernet... 935 01:12:55,518 --> 01:12:59,261 ...and, uh, some Quaaludes and a Simon and Garfunkel record... 936 01:12:59,341 --> 01:13:03,212 - ...and the three of them decide... - And the husband's okay with that? 937 01:13:03,292 --> 01:13:06,019 Well, they want to use somebody that they know... 938 01:13:06,099 --> 01:13:08,118 ...somebody that they love. 939 01:13:08,998 --> 01:13:12,922 Well, and, of course, the artist with the talent... 940 01:13:13,002 --> 01:13:17,841 ...he's, uh, he's flattered, and, of course, he agrees. 941 01:13:19,308 --> 01:13:21,565 And, uh, he and the... 942 01:13:22,505 --> 01:13:24,481 ...the beautiful girl... 943 01:13:29,052 --> 01:13:30,574 ...they... 944 01:13:31,654 --> 01:13:35,311 ...uh, they walk the city streets that night... 945 01:13:35,391 --> 01:13:38,434 ...for hours. They're both so damn nervous. 946 01:13:39,295 --> 01:13:43,133 And they end up at Washington Square Park... 947 01:13:45,034 --> 01:13:47,257 ...where they dance... 948 01:13:48,537 --> 01:13:50,045 ...uh... 949 01:13:50,689 --> 01:13:52,526 ...to no music. 950 01:13:55,244 --> 01:13:57,500 And the rest comes easy. 951 01:14:01,149 --> 01:14:05,001 - And does he love her? - Yeah, he... he does. 952 01:14:06,755 --> 01:14:09,593 In that moment, he realizes he does. 953 01:14:16,832 --> 01:14:19,055 Uh, so it turns out that... 954 01:14:19,635 --> 01:14:23,527 ...that the beautiful girl... 955 01:14:24,007 --> 01:14:26,795 ...she gives birth to a wonderful son and... 956 01:14:26,875 --> 01:14:29,866 ...her husband gives up art... 957 01:14:29,946 --> 01:14:32,547 ...becomes a very successful art dealer. 958 01:14:33,916 --> 01:14:35,552 And the other artist? 959 01:14:39,688 --> 01:14:43,160 He watches the boy grow from afar, huh? 960 01:14:44,628 --> 01:14:47,698 Sees his own talent alive in this child. 961 01:14:51,935 --> 01:14:55,585 He so desperately wants to connect with his son... 962 01:14:56,905 --> 01:14:58,909 ...and tell him everything. 963 01:15:03,012 --> 01:15:06,050 And nurture his talent, you know? 964 01:15:14,590 --> 01:15:17,627 But, of course, he never does make contact. 965 01:15:20,896 --> 01:15:22,486 Until... 966 01:15:23,266 --> 01:15:26,456 Until he decides to make it all his next book. 967 01:15:43,008 --> 01:15:44,827 It's okay. 968 01:16:03,939 --> 01:16:05,508 Mom. 969 01:16:12,982 --> 01:16:14,519 Thomas. 970 01:16:17,486 --> 01:16:19,342 What did he tell you? 971 01:16:19,822 --> 01:16:21,391 Everything. 972 01:16:23,659 --> 01:16:25,574 You here looking for razors? 973 01:16:26,294 --> 01:16:28,131 Empty pill bottles? 974 01:16:30,700 --> 01:16:32,569 Sit down. 975 01:16:39,825 --> 01:16:41,698 What do you know, Thomas? 976 01:16:43,228 --> 01:16:45,084 I know... 977 01:16:46,114 --> 01:16:48,118 ...I know why you carry so much guilt. 978 01:16:51,387 --> 01:16:53,276 I know that I... 979 01:16:53,756 --> 01:16:55,778 ...already forgive you. 980 01:16:55,858 --> 01:16:59,282 I know you're in love with someone you haven't seen in over 25 years. 981 01:16:59,362 --> 01:17:02,005 And you go to Riverside Park every day to read his books. 982 01:17:02,085 --> 01:17:04,569 I know. I know, and it's okay. 983 01:17:09,137 --> 01:17:13,061 - Who told you? - He did. Julian. W.F. 984 01:17:13,141 --> 01:17:15,197 Whatever you want to call him. 985 01:17:16,277 --> 01:17:18,101 Is he dying? 986 01:17:18,681 --> 01:17:20,003 He's not dying. 987 01:17:20,083 --> 01:17:22,938 - No? - Don't worry, he's not dying. 988 01:17:23,018 --> 01:17:26,875 He's fine. He's just... I don't know, he's tired. 989 01:17:26,955 --> 01:17:28,758 Think he's lonely. 990 01:17:30,326 --> 01:17:33,169 It was my idea not to tell you, not Ethan's. 991 01:17:33,529 --> 01:17:37,686 - You have to know that. - Okay. You were trying to protect me. 992 01:17:38,466 --> 01:17:40,223 Yes, and... 993 01:17:41,403 --> 01:17:45,165 ...and I knew that if you found out, he would come back into my life... 994 01:17:45,245 --> 01:17:49,646 - ...and then everything would go to shit. - Everything went to shit on its own, so... 995 01:17:52,648 --> 01:17:54,518 Yeah, I guess. 996 01:18:04,927 --> 01:18:06,831 Is he old? 997 01:18:09,298 --> 01:18:11,153 He's messy. 998 01:18:11,533 --> 01:18:13,557 Yeah, he always was. 999 01:18:14,437 --> 01:18:16,673 An unmade bed of a man. 1000 01:18:17,740 --> 01:18:20,182 "An unmade bed of a man." 1001 01:18:21,210 --> 01:18:24,460 - I like that. - You should. 1002 01:18:25,780 --> 01:18:27,617 Your father wrote it. 1003 01:19:02,417 --> 01:19:04,275 We're closed. 1004 01:19:06,155 --> 01:19:08,132 I'm sorry, I thought I locked the door. 1005 01:19:15,063 --> 01:19:17,480 - Hey. - Hey. 1006 01:19:18,300 --> 01:19:20,222 I'll be quick. 1007 01:19:20,302 --> 01:19:23,172 - I know what book I want. - Sure. 1008 01:19:27,643 --> 01:19:29,031 Hmm. 1009 01:19:29,111 --> 01:19:30,968 What'd you think? 1010 01:19:32,248 --> 01:19:33,960 Serviceable. 1011 01:19:35,751 --> 01:19:38,254 You're lying to make me feel good. 1012 01:19:39,688 --> 01:19:42,792 Character that surprised me the most was the father. 1013 01:19:47,430 --> 01:19:49,298 Which one? 1014 01:19:50,733 --> 01:19:52,636 The one that didn't run away. 1015 01:19:58,841 --> 01:20:01,930 - Whatever happened to Mimi? - She's still in Croatia. 1016 01:20:02,010 --> 01:20:05,668 She got a fellowship. I don't think she's coming back. 1017 01:20:08,451 --> 01:20:11,807 - Did you hear back from Viking? - Yeah, it was a pass. 1018 01:20:11,887 --> 01:20:14,042 I'm sorry. 1019 01:20:14,122 --> 01:20:16,360 You want me to make a few phone calls? 1020 01:20:18,227 --> 01:20:19,749 No. 1021 01:20:20,729 --> 01:20:23,952 I want to start something new. I... have an idea. 1022 01:20:24,032 --> 01:20:25,842 Well, that's good. 1023 01:20:27,102 --> 01:20:29,124 You still speaking to Johanna? 1024 01:20:29,204 --> 01:20:30,740 No. 1025 01:20:33,041 --> 01:20:35,263 - You lying to me? - Yeah. 1026 01:20:37,353 --> 01:20:40,837 - How's your mother? - She's good. She quit smoking. 1027 01:20:41,317 --> 01:20:43,672 Started writing for ARTnews again. 1028 01:20:43,752 --> 01:20:46,675 - That's good. - Yeah. She has a date tonight. 1029 01:20:46,755 --> 01:20:48,592 Oh, good for her. 1030 01:20:50,659 --> 01:20:52,228 Truly. 1031 01:20:52,997 --> 01:20:55,118 "The best lack all conviction... 1032 01:20:55,198 --> 01:20:58,987 ...while the worst are full of passionate intensity." 1033 01:20:59,567 --> 01:21:02,839 Yeats said that, but so did Lou Reed.