1 00:01:51,361 --> 00:01:53,454 "It is not chaos or death. 2 00:01:53,537 --> 00:01:56,105 "It is form and union and plan. 3 00:01:56,410 --> 00:01:57,846 "It is eternal life. 4 00:01:58,325 --> 00:01:59,630 "It is happiness. 5 00:02:00,588 --> 00:02:02,420 "The past and present wilt. 6 00:02:02,503 --> 00:02:04,335 "I have filled them, emptied them, 7 00:02:04,418 --> 00:02:07,160 "and proceed to fill my next fold of the future. 8 00:02:07,464 --> 00:02:09,771 "Listener up there! What have you to confide to me? 9 00:02:10,511 --> 00:02:13,343 "Look in my face while I snuff the sidle of evening. 10 00:02:13,426 --> 00:02:15,780 "Talk honestly, no one else hears you, 11 00:02:15,863 --> 00:02:17,521 and I stay only a minute longer." 12 00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:19,649 "Do I contradict myself? 13 00:02:20,999 --> 00:02:22,439 "Very well then, I contradict myself. 14 00:02:22,522 --> 00:02:25,268 I am large, I contain multitudes." 15 00:02:25,351 --> 00:02:26,526 My God. 16 00:02:28,006 --> 00:02:29,007 What is it? 17 00:02:30,399 --> 00:02:32,532 Clearly something more interesting than Whitman. 18 00:02:33,663 --> 00:02:36,279 California. There was another earthquake. 19 00:02:36,362 --> 00:02:39,673 A huge chunk's gone from Santa Barbara to Fresno. 20 00:02:39,756 --> 00:02:41,276 - It's fucking crazy. - Into the ocean. 21 00:02:41,323 --> 00:02:43,123 - Just like that. - Alright, alright. 22 00:02:43,369 --> 00:02:44,369 Settle down. 23 00:02:46,024 --> 00:02:47,024 Got no connection. 24 00:02:47,068 --> 00:02:48,548 Anybody else have one? 25 00:02:49,027 --> 00:02:50,898 No. 26 00:02:53,857 --> 00:02:59,257 Oh, eh, sorry. Network's still down. 27 00:02:59,340 --> 00:03:00,994 I've got his file here, though. 28 00:03:01,690 --> 00:03:03,653 Uh, Dylan's been diving lately. 29 00:03:03,736 --> 00:03:05,220 I mean, this semester, he's gone 30 00:03:05,303 --> 00:03:07,570 from As and Bs to Ds. 31 00:03:07,653 --> 00:03:08,963 You keep hard copies? 32 00:03:09,046 --> 00:03:10,486 When the network started acting up, 33 00:03:10,569 --> 00:03:12,270 a lot of us started keeping hard copies. 34 00:03:12,353 --> 00:03:14,921 What do you think? I mean, you think it's coming back? 35 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,319 Well, I don't, I don't know. 36 00:03:17,402 --> 00:03:19,190 I remember the world before the internet. 37 00:03:19,273 --> 00:03:20,729 Why is it so hard to imagine carrying on without it? 38 00:03:20,753 --> 00:03:22,193 It is, though, isn't it? 39 00:03:22,276 --> 00:03:24,413 How do we go back? How... Can we go back? 40 00:03:24,496 --> 00:03:26,197 What if it's down for good this time? 41 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:27,546 Internet's still down. 42 00:03:27,629 --> 00:03:28,983 Yeah, but lucky for us, 43 00:03:29,066 --> 00:03:30,549 I've got hard copies for each student. 44 00:03:30,632 --> 00:03:32,073 I think this might be it. 45 00:03:32,156 --> 00:03:33,030 I don't think it's coming back this time. 46 00:03:33,113 --> 00:03:34,727 You might be right. 47 00:03:34,810 --> 00:03:36,223 But I do think we should talk about Emily. 48 00:03:36,247 --> 00:03:37,572 Her attendance has really fallen off. 49 00:03:37,596 --> 00:03:38,901 Her attendance? 50 00:03:39,250 --> 00:03:41,169 Absenteeism's at an all-time high 51 00:03:41,251 --> 00:03:42,560 all over the world. 52 00:03:42,643 --> 00:03:45,563 We got doctors and pilots and cops 53 00:03:45,646 --> 00:03:48,827 and everyone's just pissing the fuck off, right? 54 00:03:48,910 --> 00:03:51,613 But you, you want to talk to us about Emily? 55 00:03:51,696 --> 00:03:53,702 How are they supposed to study, anyway? 56 00:03:53,785 --> 00:03:55,834 Web's been on the fritz for eight months. 57 00:03:55,917 --> 00:03:58,616 Half those sites are just garbled. 58 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,622 I mean, I get it, sites go dark. 59 00:04:00,705 --> 00:04:02,450 But what about all that other stuff? 60 00:04:02,533 --> 00:04:06,062 Like, sites are there, but all the punctuation's wrong. 61 00:04:06,145 --> 00:04:09,018 Words spelled wrong. How do you explain that? 62 00:04:10,497 --> 00:04:12,112 Well, I can't, 63 00:04:12,195 --> 00:04:15,245 but Brian can still prepare for class. 64 00:04:15,328 --> 00:04:18,248 I mean, the library's still here. Internet or not. 65 00:04:18,331 --> 00:04:19,550 Pornhub's down. 66 00:04:21,508 --> 00:04:22,814 Did you know that, Mr. Anderson? 67 00:04:25,903 --> 00:04:27,126 Yeah, I, uh, 68 00:04:27,209 --> 00:04:30,125 I, I, I had noticed that. Yeah. 69 00:04:30,647 --> 00:04:32,392 Sorry if Bri's been any trouble. 70 00:04:32,475 --> 00:04:35,177 It's just me now. His mom... 71 00:04:35,260 --> 00:04:37,005 she left, I don't know where. 72 00:04:37,088 --> 00:04:38,659 That's been happening a lot more I hear, 73 00:04:38,742 --> 00:04:40,526 people just ghosting. 74 00:04:41,484 --> 00:04:45,187 Hers was some star-crossed boyfriend from high school. 75 00:04:45,270 --> 00:04:46,358 They dated a month. 76 00:04:47,968 --> 00:04:49,975 Goddamn month. She's gonna throw 20 years 77 00:04:50,058 --> 00:04:52,060 in the trash to chase down a month. 78 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,560 I guess she never stopped thinking about him. 79 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,461 I guess we've all got someone like that. 80 00:04:58,544 --> 00:05:01,987 I mean, I get it, if it really is the end, 81 00:05:02,070 --> 00:05:04,337 like those kooks in the purple robes say, 82 00:05:04,420 --> 00:05:06,683 then who do you want to be with for it? 83 00:05:07,684 --> 00:05:08,772 But to leave her son? 84 00:05:12,775 --> 00:05:14,168 Uh, she says she'll be back. 85 00:05:15,734 --> 00:05:17,780 I don't know. Um... 86 00:05:22,263 --> 00:05:23,612 Fuckin' Pornhub. 87 00:05:24,874 --> 00:05:26,445 What if that never comes back? 88 00:05:26,528 --> 00:05:28,486 Fuckin' tragedy. 89 00:05:29,835 --> 00:05:32,925 I mean, even if it is the end of all things... 90 00:05:34,884 --> 00:05:36,277 that's just fuckin' mean. 91 00:05:42,674 --> 00:05:44,850 - Sorry. - Yeah. 92 00:05:47,026 --> 00:05:48,380 It's a scene of devastation 93 00:05:48,463 --> 00:05:50,121 and heartbreak in California, 94 00:05:50,204 --> 00:05:52,384 as rescue workers sift through what remains 95 00:05:52,467 --> 00:05:54,037 of the northern portion of the state. 96 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,909 Reporter 2:350 dead in North Yorkshire 97 00:05:56,992 --> 00:05:58,258 as water levels continue to... 98 00:06:19,057 --> 00:06:20,454 The day Marty Anderson 99 00:06:20,537 --> 00:06:22,500 first saw the billboard 100 00:06:22,583 --> 00:06:25,807 was just before the internet finally went down for good. 101 00:06:28,502 --> 00:06:30,943 It had been wobbling for eight months, 102 00:06:31,026 --> 00:06:34,381 but other problems, like fires, earthquakes, 103 00:06:34,464 --> 00:06:37,340 and whole species of birds and fish dying off 104 00:06:37,423 --> 00:06:39,168 had taken priority. 105 00:06:39,251 --> 00:06:40,952 Till today, thought to be 106 00:06:41,035 --> 00:06:42,835 the largest wildfire in United States history. 107 00:06:44,256 --> 00:06:45,522 ♪ Well, I feel so good 108 00:06:45,605 --> 00:06:47,520 ♪ Everything is getting high 109 00:06:48,129 --> 00:06:50,309 Ordinarily, Marty would've driven home 110 00:06:50,392 --> 00:06:53,138 by way of the Turnpike bypass, 111 00:06:53,221 --> 00:06:55,140 but that wasn't possible 112 00:06:55,223 --> 00:06:56,794 due to the collapse of the bridge 113 00:06:56,877 --> 00:06:58,357 over Otter Creek. 114 00:07:00,837 --> 00:07:02,756 ♪ So glad we made it 115 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:03,839 ♪ You gotta 116 00:07:05,842 --> 00:07:07,674 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 117 00:07:07,757 --> 00:07:09,023 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 118 00:07:09,106 --> 00:07:11,025 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 119 00:07:11,108 --> 00:07:14,028 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' every day ♪ 120 00:07:19,116 --> 00:07:20,991 Well, with what happened in California, 121 00:07:21,074 --> 00:07:22,617 that officially makes Nevada one of the most 122 00:07:22,641 --> 00:07:24,429 populous states in the Union now. 123 00:07:24,512 --> 00:07:26,083 The thing that must be said here is... 124 00:07:26,166 --> 00:07:28,085 Felicia Gordon is a nurse 125 00:07:28,168 --> 00:07:29,695 at City General. 126 00:07:29,778 --> 00:07:31,393 Though for the last few weeks, 127 00:07:31,476 --> 00:07:35,048 she's felt more like an undertaker. 128 00:07:35,131 --> 00:07:38,051 The staff, whose numbers have been dwindling 129 00:07:38,134 --> 00:07:40,619 since late summer, have begun referring 130 00:07:40,702 --> 00:07:43,579 to themselves as the Suicide Squad. 131 00:07:43,662 --> 00:07:45,494 We'll be back to talk more about this 132 00:07:45,577 --> 00:07:47,626 and, uh, also about the fires in the Midwest, 133 00:07:47,709 --> 00:07:50,277 speaking of water scarcity, back after this break. 134 00:07:55,282 --> 00:07:56,766 We'd like to say thank you 135 00:07:56,849 --> 00:07:58,463 to Charles Krantz 136 00:07:58,546 --> 00:08:01,466 for 39 great years. 137 00:08:01,549 --> 00:08:02,594 Thanks, Chuck. 138 00:08:06,684 --> 00:08:07,772 Hey. 139 00:08:08,947 --> 00:08:10,126 Heard you got another one. 140 00:08:10,209 --> 00:08:11,823 Yeah. One more. 141 00:08:11,906 --> 00:08:14,213 Mine wasn't so lucky. Slit wrists, so... 142 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:16,607 what were we supposed to do really? 143 00:08:17,085 --> 00:08:18,700 Hear about Marilou? 144 00:08:18,783 --> 00:08:20,441 No. What about Marilou? 145 00:08:20,524 --> 00:08:21,655 She left! 146 00:08:22,265 --> 00:08:24,314 - Her ex. Remember Pedro? - Mm-hm. 147 00:08:24,397 --> 00:08:26,332 He showed up, and I don't know what he said to her, 148 00:08:26,356 --> 00:08:28,053 but she walked out holding his hand. 149 00:08:28,967 --> 00:08:30,625 And I remember how bad that divorce was. 150 00:08:30,708 --> 00:08:32,409 - Do you remember? - Yeah, I remember. 151 00:08:32,492 --> 00:08:34,019 Well, I guess that's all bridge water 152 00:08:34,102 --> 00:08:36,196 'cause off she went. 153 00:08:36,279 --> 00:08:37,604 Sinkholes that have been opening up. 154 00:08:37,628 --> 00:08:39,024 I wonder what the stats are. 155 00:08:39,107 --> 00:08:41,723 You think more people are splitting up 156 00:08:41,806 --> 00:08:43,155 or getting back together? 157 00:08:43,503 --> 00:08:45,143 I mean, do you think marriage rates are up 158 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:46,520 - or divorce rates... - Marriages. 159 00:08:47,725 --> 00:08:49,247 - You're an optimist. - No. 160 00:08:50,379 --> 00:08:51,645 Divorce takes way longer, 161 00:08:51,728 --> 00:08:53,386 and I don't think anyone's filing. 162 00:08:53,469 --> 00:08:55,431 Why bother? Six months of paperwork at least. 163 00:08:55,514 --> 00:08:56,606 Probably more. 164 00:08:56,689 --> 00:08:57,753 Marriage license is one page 165 00:08:57,777 --> 00:08:58,996 and it takes an hour or so. 166 00:09:00,214 --> 00:09:02,260 I'm gonna guess marriages. 167 00:09:03,435 --> 00:09:05,021 Missed you for lunch, missed you for dinner. 168 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:06,645 What's the matter? Don't you eat anymore? 169 00:09:06,699 --> 00:09:08,357 Well, I wasn't hungry tonight. 170 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:09,960 Weren't you hungry this morning either? 171 00:09:10,007 --> 00:09:11,491 Who stole my nylons? 172 00:09:11,574 --> 00:09:14,929 Egads! The very... Not very. 173 00:09:15,012 --> 00:09:17,192 Too much rehearsal last night, huh? 174 00:09:17,275 --> 00:09:18,628 It was kind of a workout. 175 00:09:18,711 --> 00:09:19,934 That why you slept late? 176 00:09:20,017 --> 00:09:21,240 Oh, I didn't sleep late. 177 00:09:21,323 --> 00:09:22,676 I went uptown. 178 00:09:22,759 --> 00:09:24,413 - Shopping? - No. 179 00:09:27,459 --> 00:09:28,459 Hey. 180 00:09:30,419 --> 00:09:31,619 Hi. 181 00:09:34,073 --> 00:09:35,514 You hung up? 182 00:09:35,597 --> 00:09:36,946 Yeah. 183 00:09:37,425 --> 00:09:39,427 But then I figured you probably saw it. So... 184 00:09:41,777 --> 00:09:42,778 How are you? 185 00:09:43,518 --> 00:09:45,350 Marty Anderson: I'm okay, I guess. 186 00:09:45,433 --> 00:09:46,521 How are you? 187 00:09:47,260 --> 00:09:49,524 I was, um, thinking about you today. 188 00:09:50,612 --> 00:09:52,633 We were at work talking about marriages and divorces. 189 00:09:52,657 --> 00:09:54,141 Like, which are happening more now... 190 00:09:54,224 --> 00:09:55,268 Marriages, I bet. 191 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:57,967 Ain't nobody waiting on a divorce. 192 00:09:59,011 --> 00:10:00,291 What about remarriages? 193 00:10:02,624 --> 00:10:04,166 You want to buy a guy a drink first or... 194 00:10:04,190 --> 00:10:05,457 I bet those are happening. 195 00:10:05,540 --> 00:10:06,671 I mean, it makes sense. 196 00:10:07,455 --> 00:10:10,240 People wanting something comforting and... 197 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:12,416 familiar. 198 00:10:13,722 --> 00:10:16,028 So... how was your day? 199 00:10:17,028 --> 00:10:18,856 You're just going right for it, aren't you? 200 00:10:19,509 --> 00:10:20,554 Humor me. 201 00:10:20,945 --> 00:10:22,207 It was, um... 202 00:10:22,817 --> 00:10:26,738 It was a day, I guess. 203 00:10:26,821 --> 00:10:29,432 You know? Weird. 204 00:10:29,954 --> 00:10:31,133 Parent-teacher sessions, 205 00:10:31,216 --> 00:10:33,654 felt like pissing in the wind. 206 00:10:34,306 --> 00:10:35,703 You know about California, right? 207 00:10:35,786 --> 00:10:37,531 Yeah. 208 00:10:37,614 --> 00:10:39,200 I know they're saying most of it was already evacuated, 209 00:10:39,224 --> 00:10:41,144 but I heard today there are hundreds of thousands 210 00:10:41,226 --> 00:10:42,623 of refugees trekking east. 211 00:10:42,706 --> 00:10:43,988 Did you know Nevada is one of the most 212 00:10:44,012 --> 00:10:45,409 populous states in the Union now? 213 00:10:45,492 --> 00:10:47,454 I heard a, a scientist on NPR say 214 00:10:47,537 --> 00:10:49,844 California is peeling away like old wallpaper. 215 00:10:50,453 --> 00:10:53,238 And another Japanese reactor got inundated this afternoon. 216 00:10:53,674 --> 00:10:55,956 And they're saying, you know, it was shut down and all's well, 217 00:10:55,980 --> 00:10:57,899 but I just, I, I don't think I believe that. 218 00:10:57,982 --> 00:11:00,119 Cynic. 219 00:11:00,202 --> 00:11:01,902 Well, we're living in cynical times, Marty. 220 00:11:01,985 --> 00:11:05,249 I mean, some people think we're living in the last times. 221 00:11:05,772 --> 00:11:07,865 Not just the religious crazies either. Not anymore. 222 00:11:07,948 --> 00:11:10,563 And you are hearing that from a member in good standing 223 00:11:10,646 --> 00:11:13,127 of the City General Suicide Squad. 224 00:11:14,041 --> 00:11:15,322 That's what we call ourselves now. 225 00:11:15,346 --> 00:11:16,783 No lie. 226 00:11:17,087 --> 00:11:19,833 We lost six today, but there's 18 more 227 00:11:19,916 --> 00:11:21,574 we dragged back, mostly with naloxone. 228 00:11:21,657 --> 00:11:23,243 But supplies of that are getting very thin. 229 00:11:23,267 --> 00:11:25,143 And I heard the head pharmacist say 230 00:11:25,226 --> 00:11:27,750 we might be completely out by the end of the month. 231 00:11:28,621 --> 00:11:30,017 That sucks. 232 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:31,841 Yeah. Yeah. 233 00:11:32,712 --> 00:11:34,496 Yeah, that sucks. It, it really sucks. 234 00:11:36,977 --> 00:11:38,852 The internet's down, and California's hanging 235 00:11:38,935 --> 00:11:40,158 by a thread. 236 00:11:40,241 --> 00:11:42,203 There's fires and famines 237 00:11:42,286 --> 00:11:43,394 and plagues and all the rest. 238 00:11:43,418 --> 00:11:44,683 I mean, it just 239 00:11:44,766 --> 00:11:46,028 the center doesn't hold. 240 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:49,423 It just won't let up. 241 00:11:52,948 --> 00:11:54,689 How long is this gonna go on? 242 00:11:56,474 --> 00:11:58,274 How much can we take before the whole thing... 243 00:11:59,433 --> 00:12:01,217 before the whole thing goes apart, I mean. 244 00:12:06,571 --> 00:12:09,225 I'm teaching the kids Carl Sagan right now. 245 00:12:11,401 --> 00:12:13,578 You ever hear what he said about the cosmic calendar? 246 00:12:14,492 --> 00:12:17,538 Uh... I don't know. I don't think so. 247 00:12:17,843 --> 00:12:21,024 Well, the universe is 15 billion years old. 248 00:12:21,107 --> 00:12:22,634 And if you took all of that, 249 00:12:22,717 --> 00:12:25,985 all, all 15 billion years 250 00:12:26,068 --> 00:12:30,075 and compress them into a single calendar year, 251 00:12:30,158 --> 00:12:33,731 then the Big Bang happens in the first second, January 1st. 252 00:12:33,814 --> 00:12:35,642 And, and today, 253 00:12:36,382 --> 00:12:39,650 oh, right now, we're in the final millisecond 254 00:12:39,733 --> 00:12:41,474 of the last minute of the last day, 255 00:12:42,083 --> 00:12:43,480 December 31st. 256 00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:45,439 But if you go back to the start, 257 00:12:45,522 --> 00:12:47,963 if the, if the Big Bang happens 258 00:12:48,046 --> 00:12:49,830 at midnight, January 1st, 259 00:12:50,875 --> 00:12:52,663 then each month of this calendar 260 00:12:52,746 --> 00:12:54,883 is one and a quarter billion years long. 261 00:12:54,966 --> 00:12:57,189 Hey, nobody told me there was math on this exam. 262 00:12:57,272 --> 00:12:59,888 The universe starts January 1st, 263 00:12:59,971 --> 00:13:02,760 but the, uh, the Milky Way didn't form 264 00:13:02,843 --> 00:13:04,323 until May. 265 00:13:04,671 --> 00:13:06,198 Our sun and our earth, 266 00:13:06,281 --> 00:13:09,850 they don't show up until mid-September. 267 00:13:10,198 --> 00:13:12,417 Life appears soon after. But not us. 268 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,251 No. No, no, we don't appear for guess how long? 269 00:13:16,334 --> 00:13:18,471 Again, I was told there'd be no math. 270 00:13:18,554 --> 00:13:19,772 December 31st. 271 00:13:20,860 --> 00:13:22,431 Last day on the calendar, 272 00:13:22,514 --> 00:13:24,433 and the very first human beings on Earth 273 00:13:24,516 --> 00:13:25,735 made their debut 274 00:13:26,474 --> 00:13:27,954 around 10:30 p.m. 275 00:13:29,086 --> 00:13:32,089 10:30 p.m. on the last day. 276 00:13:32,568 --> 00:13:35,183 And, um, every minute since then 277 00:13:35,266 --> 00:13:36,880 is 30,000 years. 278 00:13:36,963 --> 00:13:40,967 So, 11:46 p.m., 279 00:13:41,664 --> 00:13:45,493 only 14 minutes ago, humanity tamed fire 280 00:13:46,625 --> 00:13:48,975 and now we're out of minutes, we're into seconds. 281 00:13:50,673 --> 00:13:52,505 11:59 and 20 seconds, 282 00:13:52,588 --> 00:13:56,416 the domestication of plants and animals begin, 283 00:13:56,895 --> 00:13:59,681 an application for the human talent for making tools. 284 00:14:00,682 --> 00:14:03,075 11:59 and 35 seconds, 285 00:14:04,033 --> 00:14:05,952 agricultural communities 286 00:14:06,035 --> 00:14:08,037 evolved into the first cities. 287 00:14:09,821 --> 00:14:11,083 Our recorded history, 288 00:14:11,780 --> 00:14:13,999 everyone we've ever heard of, 289 00:14:14,521 --> 00:14:17,742 every single thing in any one of our history books... 290 00:14:19,831 --> 00:14:21,572 happens in the last 10 seconds. 291 00:14:24,227 --> 00:14:25,794 The last 10 seconds 292 00:14:26,708 --> 00:14:27,970 of the last minute 293 00:14:28,710 --> 00:14:30,625 of the last day on the calendar. 294 00:14:32,148 --> 00:14:33,628 December 31st. 295 00:14:38,589 --> 00:14:40,155 So how long is it gonna go on? 296 00:14:41,286 --> 00:14:42,636 I don't know, Fel. 297 00:14:44,028 --> 00:14:45,860 If you're right, and you might be, 298 00:14:45,943 --> 00:14:48,863 that this really is the, the last times 299 00:14:48,946 --> 00:14:51,122 and the universe is dying, 300 00:14:51,775 --> 00:14:53,346 and let's just say it's a fast death, 301 00:14:53,429 --> 00:14:55,174 even if all of this is happening in the, 302 00:14:55,257 --> 00:14:57,955 the last split second, 303 00:14:58,782 --> 00:15:00,088 microsecond, 304 00:15:00,741 --> 00:15:02,307 who knows how long that'll last. 305 00:15:02,917 --> 00:15:05,876 Maybe seconds, maybe eons. 306 00:15:06,181 --> 00:15:08,927 Maybe all this is happening as the cosmos burps out 307 00:15:09,010 --> 00:15:10,272 its last breath. 308 00:15:12,622 --> 00:15:14,450 Maybe it's all happening in the last 309 00:15:15,059 --> 00:15:17,932 single solitary heartbeat. 310 00:15:22,850 --> 00:15:24,285 Jesus, Marty. 311 00:15:26,896 --> 00:15:27,984 Yeah. 312 00:15:34,469 --> 00:15:36,297 Listen, Fel, I should go. I've, um... 313 00:15:38,603 --> 00:15:40,649 I've got tests to grade. 314 00:15:42,390 --> 00:15:43,390 Marty... 315 00:15:45,349 --> 00:15:46,669 the world is going down the drain, 316 00:15:46,699 --> 00:15:48,313 and all we can say is, "That sucks." 317 00:15:48,396 --> 00:15:51,399 So, maybe we're going down the drain too. 318 00:15:52,356 --> 00:15:53,836 Maybe. 319 00:15:54,184 --> 00:15:56,408 But, you know, Chuck Krantz is retiring. 320 00:15:56,491 --> 00:15:58,149 So... 321 00:15:58,232 --> 00:16:00,804 I guess there's a gleam of light in the darkness. 322 00:16:00,887 --> 00:16:02,501 Yes. Thirty-nine great years. 323 00:16:02,584 --> 00:16:04,111 Oh, you saw that weird billboard? 324 00:16:04,194 --> 00:16:06,113 No, it was an ad on the radio that, um, 325 00:16:06,196 --> 00:16:08,027 that NPR show I was telling you about. 326 00:16:08,110 --> 00:16:09,594 If they're running ads on NPR, 327 00:16:09,677 --> 00:16:10,997 it really is the end of the world. 328 00:16:11,810 --> 00:16:13,424 Tell me, how does Chuck Krantz 329 00:16:13,507 --> 00:16:15,295 rate this kind of coverage? 330 00:16:15,378 --> 00:16:17,820 I mean... looks like an accountant. 331 00:16:17,903 --> 00:16:19,034 I've never heard of him. 332 00:16:20,122 --> 00:16:21,867 Used an old photo too, I guess. 333 00:16:21,950 --> 00:16:23,739 I mean, the guy barely looks 40 at all, 334 00:16:23,822 --> 00:16:26,089 let alone 40 years on the job. 335 00:16:26,172 --> 00:16:27,826 The world is full of mysteries. 336 00:16:29,741 --> 00:16:32,439 And, hey, no hard stuff, Marty. 337 00:16:32,787 --> 00:16:34,354 Okay? Have a beer instead. 338 00:16:36,748 --> 00:16:37,923 You got it. 339 00:16:41,883 --> 00:16:43,715 The Ohio EPA has now issued 340 00:16:43,798 --> 00:16:45,456 a code red air quality alert 341 00:16:45,539 --> 00:16:47,110 for Cleveland and its surrounding... 342 00:17:12,260 --> 00:17:15,311 Oh, shit on a stick. 343 00:17:20,007 --> 00:17:21,404 We'd like to say thank you 344 00:17:21,487 --> 00:17:22,797 to Charles Krantz 345 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,887 for 39 great years. 346 00:17:25,970 --> 00:17:27,536 Thanks, Chuck. 347 00:17:55,172 --> 00:17:56,172 Gus! 348 00:17:57,348 --> 00:17:59,393 Oh. Hey, Marty. 349 00:18:00,046 --> 00:18:01,265 Where's your car? 350 00:18:01,874 --> 00:18:03,445 It's... it's on, 351 00:18:03,528 --> 00:18:04,881 it's on the sidewalk halfway down 352 00:18:04,964 --> 00:18:06,970 Main Street Hill with a hundred others. 353 00:18:07,053 --> 00:18:08,537 I finally just had to turn around. 354 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:10,365 Fuck it, I walked... 355 00:18:10,448 --> 00:18:11,947 What do you think it is, like, three miles? 356 00:18:11,971 --> 00:18:13,494 I just walked three miles. 357 00:18:13,930 --> 00:18:16,066 Oh, you're going to school. Hold on a sec. 358 00:18:16,149 --> 00:18:19,895 Uh, real quick, you gotta, you gotta go, 359 00:18:19,978 --> 00:18:21,897 listen to me, you gotta go out Route 11 360 00:18:21,980 --> 00:18:24,247 and then hook back on, on, on 19. 361 00:18:24,330 --> 00:18:26,510 Yeah. There's gonna be plenty of traffic. 362 00:18:26,593 --> 00:18:27,990 You gotta go out at least 20 miles. 363 00:18:28,073 --> 00:18:29,470 You might make it before lunch. 364 00:18:29,553 --> 00:18:31,907 - I wouldn't count on it. - What happened? 365 00:18:31,990 --> 00:18:34,127 Giant sinkhole opened up on Market and Main. 366 00:18:34,210 --> 00:18:36,216 Man, the-the thing, it, uh, it's huge. 367 00:18:36,299 --> 00:18:38,479 All the rain probably had something to do with it, 368 00:18:38,562 --> 00:18:40,263 lack of maintenance maybe more so. 369 00:18:40,346 --> 00:18:42,570 But it's not my department, thank God. 370 00:18:42,653 --> 00:18:44,307 But, yeah, there's, there's gotta be 371 00:18:45,003 --> 00:18:46,617 20 cars at the bottom. 372 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:48,460 And some of the people in some of those cars, 373 00:18:48,528 --> 00:18:50,012 they ain't comin' back. 374 00:18:50,095 --> 00:18:52,141 Jesus, I was, I was just there last night, 375 00:18:52,968 --> 00:18:54,408 backed up in traffic. 376 00:18:54,491 --> 00:18:56,091 Thank God you weren't there this morning. 377 00:18:57,276 --> 00:18:58,712 I assume you know about California. 378 00:18:59,888 --> 00:19:01,502 I didn't turn on the TV this morning. 379 00:19:01,585 --> 00:19:02,779 - Oh! - Is there something new? 380 00:19:02,803 --> 00:19:04,413 The, the rest of it went. 381 00:19:05,762 --> 00:19:08,334 I-I mean, th-they're saying that 20% of Northern California 382 00:19:08,417 --> 00:19:10,989 is hanging in there, which probably means, what, 10%? 383 00:19:11,072 --> 00:19:13,726 But the food-producing regions are... they're gone. 384 00:19:15,250 --> 00:19:16,864 And with the Midwest turning to charcoal 385 00:19:16,947 --> 00:19:18,561 and Florida flooding, that's like 386 00:19:18,644 --> 00:19:20,429 all the food-producing regions 387 00:19:21,038 --> 00:19:23,044 in the country just gone. 388 00:19:23,127 --> 00:19:24,437 And the same thing with Europe. 389 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,004 I mean, it's famine time in Asia. 390 00:19:26,087 --> 00:19:27,440 There's a million people dead. 391 00:19:27,523 --> 00:19:29,094 They're saying it's the bub-bublonic, 392 00:19:29,177 --> 00:19:30,269 - bubonic plague. - Bubonic. 393 00:19:30,352 --> 00:19:32,227 Bu-Bubonic plague. Yeah. 394 00:19:32,310 --> 00:19:34,534 And the bees, I mean, they were in trouble a decade ago, 395 00:19:34,617 --> 00:19:36,014 but they're completely gone now. 396 00:19:36,097 --> 00:19:37,291 I mean, there's a couple of hives or whatever 397 00:19:37,315 --> 00:19:38,712 down in South America, 398 00:19:38,795 --> 00:19:40,627 but there ain't no honey, honey. 399 00:19:40,710 --> 00:19:43,030 And without those little guys, like, what's gonna pollinate 400 00:19:43,060 --> 00:19:44,413 all the crops we have left? 401 00:19:44,496 --> 00:19:45,496 I mean, I can't do... 402 00:19:45,541 --> 00:19:46,807 Excuse me. One sec. 403 00:19:46,890 --> 00:19:48,130 Yeah, yeah. That's-that's cool. 404 00:19:48,195 --> 00:19:49,983 A-Andrea? Are you, 405 00:19:50,066 --> 00:19:51,855 are you Andrea from Midwest Trust? 406 00:19:51,938 --> 00:19:53,900 I'm Felicia Anderson's husband. 407 00:19:53,983 --> 00:19:56,076 Ex, actually. 408 00:19:56,159 --> 00:19:57,599 I think you and Fel know each other. 409 00:19:57,682 --> 00:19:59,384 We met at a, a, a game night at David's. 410 00:19:59,467 --> 00:20:01,208 - A few game nights. - Yeah, sure. 411 00:20:01,948 --> 00:20:03,210 What do you want? 412 00:20:03,558 --> 00:20:05,738 I just had a long walk, and my car is stuck, 413 00:20:05,821 --> 00:20:07,214 and the bank is, 414 00:20:07,779 --> 00:20:08,780 it's leaning. 415 00:20:10,173 --> 00:20:11,174 Leaning? 416 00:20:11,740 --> 00:20:12,784 Yeah. 417 00:20:13,263 --> 00:20:14,656 It's on the edge of the sinkhole. 418 00:20:16,179 --> 00:20:17,663 Guess that's the end of my job. 419 00:20:17,746 --> 00:20:19,317 Hey, I'm curious about the billboard 420 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:20,840 on the bank building. 421 00:20:20,923 --> 00:20:22,205 - Have you seen it? - How could I miss it? 422 00:20:22,229 --> 00:20:25,188 And I saw the ads too, on TV. 423 00:20:25,623 --> 00:20:27,891 No more ads for cars or discount furniture. 424 00:20:27,974 --> 00:20:30,110 Just, "Charles Krantz, 425 00:20:30,193 --> 00:20:32,633 39 great years. Thanks, Chuck." 426 00:20:32,716 --> 00:20:34,200 So, he doesn't work at the bank? 427 00:20:34,283 --> 00:20:36,811 He's not retiring from the bank? 428 00:20:36,894 --> 00:20:38,766 I don't know Charles Krantz. 429 00:20:39,854 --> 00:20:42,117 I think it's just a prank. Performance art. 430 00:20:44,685 --> 00:20:45,686 Take care. 431 00:20:52,562 --> 00:20:54,042 They look like refugees. 432 00:20:55,261 --> 00:20:56,262 Yeah. 433 00:20:58,655 --> 00:21:00,222 No one looks that concerned. 434 00:21:01,136 --> 00:21:02,837 What good would that do? 435 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,705 All was concerned at the start. 436 00:21:05,445 --> 00:21:07,190 Remember the protests? You remember... 437 00:21:07,273 --> 00:21:09,113 they knocked over the fence at the White House, 438 00:21:09,144 --> 00:21:10,976 and all those students got shot? 439 00:21:11,059 --> 00:21:12,776 - Yeah. - And the overthrow of the Russian government. 440 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,328 You got the Four Day War between Pakistan and India 441 00:21:15,410 --> 00:21:20,241 and the fucking... the volcano in Germany. 442 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,723 There was a volcano in Germany. That's, that's crazy. 443 00:21:24,202 --> 00:21:26,643 And we just kept saying, "Oh, it's gonna blow over." 444 00:21:26,726 --> 00:21:28,902 That doesn't look to be happening, though, does it? 445 00:21:31,774 --> 00:21:33,128 No. 446 00:21:33,211 --> 00:21:35,474 I think that suicides will slow down. 447 00:21:37,084 --> 00:21:41,132 I think people will just... wait. 448 00:21:43,656 --> 00:21:45,049 For what? 449 00:21:45,832 --> 00:21:46,876 The end. 450 00:21:49,618 --> 00:21:51,011 This is the end of everything. 451 00:21:52,926 --> 00:21:54,366 I mean, we're, we're going through 452 00:21:54,449 --> 00:21:55,759 the five stages of grief. 453 00:21:55,842 --> 00:21:57,326 Don't you get it? I mean, we just, 454 00:21:57,409 --> 00:21:59,584 we just landed on the final stage. 455 00:22:00,193 --> 00:22:01,325 Acceptance. 456 00:22:03,327 --> 00:22:04,371 The waiting... 457 00:22:06,982 --> 00:22:08,419 I think that's the hardest part. 458 00:22:10,551 --> 00:22:13,297 And the whole thing, it just, it-it came out of nowhere, right? 459 00:22:13,380 --> 00:22:15,952 I mean, everyone knew there was trouble with the environment. 460 00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:18,041 I mean, I think even the right-wing nutjobs 461 00:22:18,124 --> 00:22:19,477 were secretly, they got it. 462 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:20,953 But this... 463 00:22:22,563 --> 00:22:23,695 this... 464 00:22:24,261 --> 00:22:29,614 this is just 60 different varieties of shit. 465 00:22:30,180 --> 00:22:33,183 It's just so much shit that happened fast. 466 00:22:33,661 --> 00:22:36,099 It's like a year, man. Fourteen months. 467 00:22:37,926 --> 00:22:39,537 Sucks. 468 00:22:44,367 --> 00:22:47,069 Yeah. Sucks. 469 00:22:50,329 --> 00:22:51,329 Huh. 470 00:22:51,896 --> 00:22:53,071 Skywriting. 471 00:22:56,335 --> 00:22:58,772 I haven't seen one of those since I was a kid. 472 00:23:01,210 --> 00:23:02,341 Oh. 473 00:23:03,908 --> 00:23:05,083 What the fuck? 474 00:23:06,824 --> 00:23:10,567 My sentiments... exactly. 475 00:23:45,427 --> 00:23:47,085 Whoa, whoa, whoa, where have you been? 476 00:23:47,168 --> 00:23:48,343 Are you kidding? 477 00:23:48,778 --> 00:23:50,392 I had to run here. 478 00:23:50,475 --> 00:23:53,439 The traffic's insane, and half the cars are empty. 479 00:23:53,522 --> 00:23:54,570 Dr. Winston's MIA. 480 00:23:54,653 --> 00:23:56,268 - What? - Yeah. 481 00:23:56,351 --> 00:23:57,632 He walked in this morning, and he looked around 482 00:23:57,656 --> 00:23:58,656 and he walked out again. 483 00:23:58,701 --> 00:24:00,141 And now I can't find him. 484 00:24:00,224 --> 00:24:01,784 He dropped his pager when he walked out. 485 00:24:02,183 --> 00:24:04,406 Okay. I'll scrub in. 486 00:24:04,489 --> 00:24:05,795 The beds are empty. 487 00:24:06,839 --> 00:24:08,382 Most of them walked out. I-I-I transferred 488 00:24:08,406 --> 00:24:09,977 the last of the stable ones. 489 00:24:10,060 --> 00:24:12,718 But, Felicia, there's something weird. 490 00:24:15,934 --> 00:24:17,197 What is that? 491 00:24:29,992 --> 00:24:31,515 What's wrong with the monitor? 492 00:24:32,212 --> 00:24:34,214 That's the thing, it-it's, it's not just that one. 493 00:24:59,368 --> 00:25:01,979 I don't know, Fel. I don't know. 494 00:25:02,850 --> 00:25:05,983 I mean... I might want to get out of here. 495 00:25:07,333 --> 00:25:09,513 I might wanna go home. 496 00:25:09,596 --> 00:25:11,156 I don't think I need to be here anymore. 497 00:26:56,396 --> 00:26:57,528 You okay, sir? 498 00:26:58,442 --> 00:27:00,752 Yeah. Just taking a rest. 499 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,540 I walked downtown to look at the sinkhole 500 00:27:05,623 --> 00:27:07,584 and take a few pictures with my phone. 501 00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:10,935 Thought one of the local TV stations might be interested, 502 00:27:11,018 --> 00:27:14,239 but they all seem to be off the air. 503 00:27:15,283 --> 00:27:17,068 Except for pictures of Krantz. 504 00:27:19,287 --> 00:27:21,942 All Krantz all the time. 505 00:27:23,204 --> 00:27:25,076 - Any idea who he is? - None. 506 00:27:26,033 --> 00:27:31,304 I've asked two dozen people, at least. Nobody knows. 507 00:27:31,387 --> 00:27:35,786 Our man, Krantz, is the Oz of the apocalypse. 508 00:27:35,869 --> 00:27:37,958 Our last meme. 509 00:27:38,655 --> 00:27:40,965 - Where are you heading? - Harvest Acres. 510 00:27:41,048 --> 00:27:43,050 Nice little enclave off the beaten track. 511 00:27:44,356 --> 00:27:45,618 I'm heading there myself. 512 00:27:46,793 --> 00:27:48,190 - My ex lives there. - Huh. 513 00:27:48,273 --> 00:27:49,539 Well... 514 00:27:49,622 --> 00:27:50,902 I can walk with you if you like. 515 00:27:52,189 --> 00:27:53,364 What do you do, Sam? 516 00:27:54,278 --> 00:27:55,932 If you still do anything, I mean. 517 00:27:57,716 --> 00:28:00,897 Owner and chief undertaker for Yarborough Funeral Home. 518 00:28:00,980 --> 00:28:02,638 Oh, man! 519 00:28:02,721 --> 00:28:03,900 Yeah. 520 00:28:03,983 --> 00:28:06,338 We had a boom. 521 00:28:06,421 --> 00:28:07,701 It's hard to feel good about it, 522 00:28:07,726 --> 00:28:08,886 but business was never better 523 00:28:08,945 --> 00:28:10,381 than it was a few weeks ago. 524 00:28:11,861 --> 00:28:16,256 But my real interest's meteorology. 525 00:28:17,519 --> 00:28:19,916 Dreamed of being a television weatherman 526 00:28:19,999 --> 00:28:22,349 in my salad days, maybe even one of the networks. 527 00:28:23,525 --> 00:28:25,048 But n-no. 528 00:28:25,788 --> 00:28:26,963 I keep up, though. 529 00:28:27,703 --> 00:28:28,969 Read the journals. 530 00:28:30,270 --> 00:28:31,794 And I can tell you 531 00:28:32,577 --> 00:28:34,930 something amazing if you want to hear. 532 00:28:36,841 --> 00:28:40,454 You know how people say there are 24 hours in a day? 533 00:28:41,846 --> 00:28:42,978 Well, they're wrong. 534 00:28:43,805 --> 00:28:47,203 There were 23 hours and 56 minutes 535 00:28:47,286 --> 00:28:48,462 in a stellar day. 536 00:28:56,252 --> 00:28:57,949 Plus a few odd seconds. 537 00:28:58,254 --> 00:28:59,738 There "were"? 538 00:28:59,821 --> 00:29:02,741 Based on my calculations, which I assure you 539 00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:04,652 I can back up, my math is good, 540 00:29:05,740 --> 00:29:10,527 there are now 24 hours and two minutes in a day. 541 00:29:11,136 --> 00:29:12,925 Do you know what that means? 542 00:29:13,008 --> 00:29:15,160 Well, you're saying the Earth's rotation is slowing down? 543 00:29:15,184 --> 00:29:16,446 Exactly. 544 00:29:17,795 --> 00:29:20,018 Lot of folks think all of these disasters 545 00:29:20,101 --> 00:29:21,905 are 'cause of what we've done to the environment. 546 00:29:21,929 --> 00:29:24,065 Not so. 547 00:29:24,148 --> 00:29:27,286 I'm the first to admit, we treated our mother, 548 00:29:27,369 --> 00:29:30,328 yes, she's our mother, all of us, very badly. 549 00:29:31,155 --> 00:29:33,593 Certainly molested her, if not outright raped her. 550 00:29:34,419 --> 00:29:37,122 But... we're puny 551 00:29:37,205 --> 00:29:40,338 compared to the great clock of the universe. 552 00:29:41,601 --> 00:29:42,602 No. 553 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:44,212 Whatever's happening 554 00:29:44,734 --> 00:29:47,694 is much larger than environmental degradation. 555 00:29:48,608 --> 00:29:49,826 The math says so. 556 00:29:51,306 --> 00:29:53,787 And, and math can do a lot of things. 557 00:29:54,265 --> 00:29:56,354 I mean, math can be art... 558 00:29:57,834 --> 00:29:58,966 but it can't lie. 559 00:30:05,537 --> 00:30:07,064 You know what? 560 00:30:07,147 --> 00:30:08,975 I think I'll sit 561 00:30:09,976 --> 00:30:11,891 and enjoy the sunset 562 00:30:12,456 --> 00:30:15,681 while I wait for the arthritis 563 00:30:15,764 --> 00:30:17,287 to settle a bit. 564 00:30:17,679 --> 00:30:18,724 You care to join me? 565 00:30:23,946 --> 00:30:24,991 I think I'll go on. 566 00:30:26,209 --> 00:30:29,478 The ex. I understand. 567 00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:32,912 Well, it was nice speaking with you, Mr. Anderson. 568 00:31:15,083 --> 00:31:16,084 Hey. 569 00:31:16,911 --> 00:31:18,043 Hey. 570 00:31:18,783 --> 00:31:21,441 Don't worry. I'm going to see my ex-wife, 571 00:31:21,524 --> 00:31:22,874 Felicia Anderson. 572 00:31:23,918 --> 00:31:26,007 I think she's back to Gordon now. 573 00:31:26,617 --> 00:31:28,619 She lives on Fern Lane, number 19. 574 00:31:29,707 --> 00:31:31,664 Yeah, I know Miss Gordon. 575 00:31:33,579 --> 00:31:34,798 What are you doing out? 576 00:31:36,321 --> 00:31:37,844 I wanted to go skating. 577 00:31:40,542 --> 00:31:41,805 I used to love skating. 578 00:31:43,371 --> 00:31:44,634 Then you should go skating. 579 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,164 Maybe I should. 580 00:31:49,247 --> 00:31:51,118 Why do you see Miss Gordon if she's your ex? 581 00:31:53,338 --> 00:31:54,556 I still like her. 582 00:31:55,296 --> 00:31:56,602 Do you fight? 583 00:31:57,864 --> 00:31:58,952 We used to. 584 00:32:00,780 --> 00:32:02,699 We get along better now that we're exes. 585 00:32:02,782 --> 00:32:05,567 Miss Gordon gives us gingersnap cookies sometimes. 586 00:32:06,481 --> 00:32:08,792 I like Oreos better, but... 587 00:32:08,875 --> 00:32:11,403 That's just the way the cookie crumbles, right? 588 00:32:11,486 --> 00:32:12,927 Gingersnaps don't crumble. 589 00:32:13,010 --> 00:32:14,450 At least not until you crunch them... 590 00:32:24,934 --> 00:32:26,370 You better go home, I guess. 591 00:32:29,286 --> 00:32:32,158 It's too dark for skating without streetlights. 592 00:32:33,638 --> 00:32:36,946 Is everything gonna be okay? 593 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:40,819 Sure it is. 594 00:33:15,853 --> 00:33:17,246 Go home. 595 00:33:18,377 --> 00:33:20,553 Go home to your Mom and Dad. 596 00:33:22,860 --> 00:33:24,340 Do it now. 597 00:33:57,851 --> 00:33:58,851 Huh? 598 00:34:04,118 --> 00:34:06,642 Oh, thank God. Oh, thank God. 599 00:34:07,556 --> 00:34:09,301 - Thank God. - They, they just... 600 00:34:12,953 --> 00:34:15,742 They just, they just started showing up. 601 00:34:15,825 --> 00:34:17,261 No, I know, I know, I saw. 602 00:34:18,610 --> 00:34:19,829 Is it just here? 603 00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:22,005 I think it's everywhere. 604 00:34:24,616 --> 00:34:27,009 I think it's almost... 605 00:34:31,709 --> 00:34:32,710 Yeah... 606 00:34:33,886 --> 00:34:35,235 Yeah, I think it's almost... 607 00:36:16,987 --> 00:36:19,250 It's the brightest I've ever seen the stars. 608 00:36:24,908 --> 00:36:26,735 Just look at that. 609 00:36:29,129 --> 00:36:31,875 There's Aquila the eagle. 610 00:36:31,958 --> 00:36:32,958 Mm-hm. 611 00:36:33,917 --> 00:36:34,961 There's, uh... 612 00:36:35,570 --> 00:36:38,659 Cygnus the swan. 613 00:36:46,232 --> 00:36:47,451 You see it? 614 00:37:01,378 --> 00:37:02,683 And there's the North Sta... 615 00:37:07,036 --> 00:37:08,124 Did you just see that? 616 00:37:09,429 --> 00:37:10,474 Yeah. 617 00:37:16,132 --> 00:37:17,742 There goes Mars. 618 00:37:33,235 --> 00:37:34,540 I'm scared. 619 00:37:38,153 --> 00:37:39,415 I am too. 620 00:37:40,068 --> 00:37:41,417 It's okay, honey. 621 00:37:43,810 --> 00:37:44,855 You go on. 622 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,207 You go on ahead, okay? 623 00:37:55,605 --> 00:37:58,260 Just thirty-nine years. 624 00:38:05,049 --> 00:38:06,836 Thirty-nine great years. 625 00:38:15,102 --> 00:38:16,494 Thanks, Chuck. 626 00:38:27,331 --> 00:38:28,815 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 627 00:38:28,898 --> 00:38:31,035 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 628 00:38:31,118 --> 00:38:32,945 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 629 00:38:34,643 --> 00:38:36,906 Gimme some a-lovin' 630 00:38:42,781 --> 00:38:44,131 I love y... 631 00:39:08,415 --> 00:39:10,464 With the help of her friend, Mac, 632 00:39:10,547 --> 00:39:12,118 who has an old van, 633 00:39:12,201 --> 00:39:14,816 Taylor Franck sets up her drum kit 634 00:39:14,899 --> 00:39:16,296 in her favored spot 635 00:39:16,379 --> 00:39:18,907 on the Eighth Street Promenade. 636 00:39:21,819 --> 00:39:23,825 It's Thursday afternoon. 637 00:39:23,908 --> 00:39:26,785 The weather is fucking gorgeous, 638 00:39:26,868 --> 00:39:28,569 and the streets are thronged with people 639 00:39:28,652 --> 00:39:30,745 looking forward to the weekend, 640 00:39:30,828 --> 00:39:33,704 which is always better than the weekend itself. 641 00:39:33,787 --> 00:39:35,832 - All good. Taylor? - Yeah, thanks. 642 00:39:36,268 --> 00:39:38,270 Ten percent is all the thanks I want, dude. 643 00:39:39,314 --> 00:39:41,538 Taylor, and Mac too, 644 00:39:41,621 --> 00:39:43,148 work part-time 645 00:39:43,231 --> 00:39:45,320 at Doctor Records on Castle Street. 646 00:39:46,104 --> 00:39:47,587 But on a good day... 647 00:39:47,670 --> 00:39:49,850 Taylor can make almost as much busking. 648 00:39:52,022 --> 00:39:55,073 Busk-drumming isn't what her parents saw for her 649 00:39:55,156 --> 00:39:57,510 when she enrolled at Juilliard, 650 00:39:57,593 --> 00:40:00,161 and they don't know yet that she dropped out. 651 00:40:01,162 --> 00:40:04,387 Juilliard wanted you to think about what you were doing, 652 00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:07,477 but as far as Taylor is concerned, 653 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:11,872 the beat is your friend and thinking is the enemy. 654 00:40:17,395 --> 00:40:21,142 She starts warming up, going easy at first. 655 00:40:21,225 --> 00:40:23,488 Slow tempo, no cowbell, 656 00:40:24,141 --> 00:40:27,148 not minding that the magic hat stays empty 657 00:40:27,231 --> 00:40:29,237 except for her two crumpled dollars 658 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:31,500 and a quarter flipped contemptuously 659 00:40:31,583 --> 00:40:33,284 by a dude on a skateboard. 660 00:40:35,108 --> 00:40:38,329 There is time. There is a way in. 661 00:40:38,938 --> 00:40:41,723 Finding the in is half the fun. 662 00:40:42,159 --> 00:40:44,078 Maybe even most of it. 663 00:40:46,075 --> 00:40:48,821 Janice Halliday is on her way home 664 00:40:48,904 --> 00:40:51,911 from seven hours at Paper and Page, 665 00:40:51,994 --> 00:40:54,040 and may walk all the way to the ocean. 666 00:40:55,172 --> 00:40:58,744 Her boyfriend of 16 months just broke up with her, 667 00:40:58,827 --> 00:41:01,095 and he did it the modern way. 668 00:41:01,178 --> 00:41:02,617 Motherfucker! 669 00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:04,227 It was totally unexpected, 670 00:41:04,310 --> 00:41:07,012 like having a door slammed in your face 671 00:41:07,095 --> 00:41:09,228 just as you were getting ready to walk through it. 672 00:41:09,750 --> 00:41:11,234 - It was... - Fucking bullshit! 673 00:41:11,317 --> 00:41:12,801 Fucking bullshit. 674 00:41:12,884 --> 00:41:14,629 She isn't in love with him. 675 00:41:14,712 --> 00:41:17,066 Never even kidded herself that she was. 676 00:41:17,149 --> 00:41:18,937 - But still it... - Fucking sucks. 677 00:41:19,020 --> 00:41:21,371 Is a dismaying shock just the same. 678 00:41:22,328 --> 00:41:24,639 She supposes she'll have some wine 679 00:41:24,722 --> 00:41:26,376 when she gets home and cry. 680 00:41:27,377 --> 00:41:30,035 Maybe queue up one of her big band playlists 681 00:41:30,118 --> 00:41:32,120 and dance drunk around the room. 682 00:41:32,817 --> 00:41:35,211 She loved to dance in high school. 683 00:41:35,602 --> 00:41:38,435 Maybe she can recapture a little of that happiness. 684 00:41:38,518 --> 00:41:40,829 - Fucking really?! - Excuse me. 685 00:41:40,912 --> 00:41:43,219 Sorry, sorry, sorry. Not you, not you. 686 00:41:44,045 --> 00:41:45,659 Fuck! 687 00:41:45,742 --> 00:41:48,223 Got an oat milk latte for Chuck. 688 00:41:49,180 --> 00:41:50,660 Charles Krantz, 689 00:41:51,487 --> 00:41:52,927 Chuck to his friends, 690 00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:55,973 is dressed in the armor of accountancy. 691 00:41:56,056 --> 00:41:59,277 Gray suit, blue shirt, blue tie. 692 00:41:59,669 --> 00:42:03,716 His Samuel Windsor shoes are inexpensive but sturdy. 693 00:42:04,674 --> 00:42:07,028 He's here for a week-long conference 694 00:42:07,111 --> 00:42:10,506 titled "Banking in the 21st Century." 695 00:42:10,941 --> 00:42:14,601 He's been sent by his bank, Midwest Trust, 696 00:42:14,684 --> 00:42:16,076 all expenses paid. 697 00:42:16,599 --> 00:42:20,389 Chuck has enjoyed the speakers and the panels. 698 00:42:20,472 --> 00:42:21,956 He was on one panel 699 00:42:22,039 --> 00:42:24,045 and is scheduled to be on another 700 00:42:24,128 --> 00:42:27,004 before the conference ends at noon tomorrow, 701 00:42:27,087 --> 00:42:30,181 but has no wish to spend his off-duty hours 702 00:42:30,264 --> 00:42:32,962 in the company of 70 other accountants. 703 00:42:33,484 --> 00:42:35,142 He speaks their language, 704 00:42:35,225 --> 00:42:38,010 but likes to think he speaks others as well. 705 00:42:38,837 --> 00:42:40,495 At least he did, 706 00:42:40,578 --> 00:42:43,277 although some of the vocabulary is now lost. 707 00:42:44,669 --> 00:42:47,720 Now, his sensible Samuel Windsor Oxfords 708 00:42:47,803 --> 00:42:50,327 are taking him for an afternoon walk. 709 00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:52,507 His life is narrower 710 00:42:52,590 --> 00:42:54,683 than the one he once hoped for, 711 00:42:54,766 --> 00:42:56,377 but he's made peace with that. 712 00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:59,122 He understands that narrowing 713 00:42:59,205 --> 00:43:01,382 is the natural order of things. 714 00:43:02,513 --> 00:43:04,215 He has a wife, Ginny, 715 00:43:04,298 --> 00:43:07,043 to whom he is scrupulously faithful, 716 00:43:07,126 --> 00:43:09,437 and an intelligent, good-humored son 717 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:10,565 in middle school. 718 00:43:11,261 --> 00:43:14,224 He also has only nine months to live, 719 00:43:14,307 --> 00:43:16,226 though he doesn't know that yet. 720 00:43:21,314 --> 00:43:24,495 Taylor has been on the job for 10 minutes now 721 00:43:24,578 --> 00:43:26,667 and has nothing to show for it. 722 00:43:29,670 --> 00:43:31,850 She sees a Mr. Businessman type 723 00:43:31,933 --> 00:43:33,547 coming toward her 724 00:43:33,630 --> 00:43:36,071 and something about him, God knows what, 725 00:43:36,154 --> 00:43:39,462 makes Taylor want to announce his approach. 726 00:43:41,290 --> 00:43:43,731 She slips first into a reggae beat, 727 00:43:43,814 --> 00:43:45,555 then something slinkier. 728 00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:49,998 And for the first time today, Taylor feels a spark 729 00:43:50,081 --> 00:43:53,171 and begins to whack the cowbell on the downbeat. 730 00:43:53,955 --> 00:43:55,260 It's pretty cool. 731 00:43:55,826 --> 00:43:58,441 The groove has arrived, 732 00:43:58,524 --> 00:44:02,136 and the groove is like a road you want to follow. 733 00:44:02,615 --> 00:44:06,318 She could speed the beat up, get some tom in there, 734 00:44:06,401 --> 00:44:08,668 but she's watching Mr. Businessman 735 00:44:08,751 --> 00:44:10,797 and that seems wrong for this dude. 736 00:44:11,885 --> 00:44:15,719 She believes Mr. Businessman will just go on past 737 00:44:15,802 --> 00:44:18,330 on his way to the business hotel, 738 00:44:18,413 --> 00:44:19,940 and when he's gone, 739 00:44:20,023 --> 00:44:22,069 Taylor will switch to something else. 740 00:44:24,593 --> 00:44:27,731 But instead of floating on by... 741 00:45:58,642 --> 00:45:59,730 Woo! 742 00:46:08,478 --> 00:46:09,743 Yeah! 743 00:46:41,727 --> 00:46:43,947 Woo! 744 00:46:45,644 --> 00:46:46,644 Come on. 745 00:46:48,168 --> 00:46:49,213 Come on, little sister. 746 00:46:50,301 --> 00:46:51,349 Let's dance. 747 00:46:51,432 --> 00:46:52,959 Dance. 748 00:46:56,306 --> 00:46:58,138 Yeah! 749 00:46:58,221 --> 00:47:00,353 I'll lead you. I got you. 750 00:47:49,184 --> 00:47:50,359 Uh. 751 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:58,585 It's okay. It's my glasses. It's my glasses. 752 00:49:39,553 --> 00:49:40,685 What are we doing? 753 00:49:41,468 --> 00:49:42,512 I don't know. 754 00:49:59,398 --> 00:50:00,921 No more today, folks. 755 00:50:01,574 --> 00:50:02,793 No more today. 756 00:50:03,532 --> 00:50:05,582 No more today. We gotta quit while we're ahead. 757 00:50:09,234 --> 00:50:10,979 Do you need a-any help at all or... 758 00:50:11,062 --> 00:50:12,502 Here, can you, uh, take this? 759 00:50:12,585 --> 00:50:14,171 - Sure. - Just, just spin the thingy here. 760 00:50:14,195 --> 00:50:16,158 But watch out for your fingers. 761 00:50:16,241 --> 00:50:18,045 It'll, it'll, it'll get 'em good, you know what I mean? 762 00:50:18,069 --> 00:50:20,205 Yeah, yeah. 763 00:50:20,288 --> 00:50:22,381 What just happened? 764 00:50:22,464 --> 00:50:24,383 That was incredible. 765 00:50:24,466 --> 00:50:25,820 You dance for a living? 766 00:50:25,903 --> 00:50:27,560 No. Oh, no. I... 767 00:50:27,643 --> 00:50:29,621 - No, I do not, sir. - What do you do for a living? 768 00:50:29,645 --> 00:50:31,536 Oh, no, I think I... Did I... I didn't break it, did I? 769 00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:33,040 I think he broke, I think he broke it. 770 00:50:34,998 --> 00:50:36,525 Let's hit the pond. 771 00:50:36,608 --> 00:50:38,349 We'll never find parking by the Common. 772 00:50:39,219 --> 00:50:40,264 We will today. 773 00:50:41,613 --> 00:50:42,614 Today... 774 00:50:44,181 --> 00:50:45,312 is magic. 775 00:50:50,361 --> 00:50:51,881 Where did you learn to dance like that? 776 00:50:59,849 --> 00:51:02,029 Oh, no, no, no, that's yours. 777 00:51:02,112 --> 00:51:03,639 Nope, we split it even. 778 00:51:03,722 --> 00:51:04,873 By myself, I wouldn't have made half as much 779 00:51:04,897 --> 00:51:05,977 if I drummed till midnight. 780 00:51:17,126 --> 00:51:18,301 You okay? 781 00:51:20,346 --> 00:51:21,478 Yeah. 782 00:51:23,610 --> 00:51:25,395 Yeah. Just one of my headaches. 783 00:51:28,050 --> 00:51:30,447 Oh, no, no, no. Come on. I don't need it. You keep it. 784 00:51:30,530 --> 00:51:32,097 Come on, man, you earned it. 785 00:51:32,968 --> 00:51:34,451 Buy yourself dinner. 786 00:51:34,534 --> 00:51:36,754 Give it away. But I'm handing it to you. 787 00:51:42,325 --> 00:51:44,026 You could do this for a living, you know? 788 00:51:44,109 --> 00:51:45,985 I don't know about that. 789 00:51:46,068 --> 00:51:48,308 I really think we could busk our way to fame and fortune. 790 00:51:52,465 --> 00:51:54,903 What made you stop in front of me? 791 00:51:57,731 --> 00:51:58,994 Why did you start moving? 792 00:52:01,604 --> 00:52:04,263 He could say it was because he was thinking 793 00:52:04,346 --> 00:52:08,093 about his old half-assed band, The Retros, 794 00:52:08,176 --> 00:52:10,660 and how he liked to dance across the stage 795 00:52:10,743 --> 00:52:12,441 during instrumental breaks. 796 00:52:14,095 --> 00:52:15,139 But that's not it. 797 00:52:19,274 --> 00:52:20,405 I don't know. 798 00:52:24,192 --> 00:52:25,588 Taylor, we gotta roll, 799 00:52:25,671 --> 00:52:26,866 or you're gonna end up spending your take 800 00:52:26,890 --> 00:52:27,891 on my parking ticket. 801 00:52:29,675 --> 00:52:32,682 So, you guys don't want a career change? 802 00:52:32,765 --> 00:52:34,597 Career change? How... I mean... 803 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:36,034 We'll make a name for ourselves. 804 00:52:38,075 --> 00:52:39,598 You got to get in here before you go. 805 00:52:40,686 --> 00:52:42,692 - Group hug. - Oh, oh, okay. 806 00:52:42,775 --> 00:52:44,084 - Group hug. - Okay. 807 00:52:44,167 --> 00:52:45,607 Go. 808 00:52:45,690 --> 00:52:47,170 Come on. 809 00:52:53,568 --> 00:52:54,961 Buskers forever. 810 00:52:55,570 --> 00:52:57,054 Yeah. Buskers forever. 811 00:52:57,137 --> 00:52:59,317 We gotta roll before the meter maid shows up. 812 00:53:05,623 --> 00:53:06,886 I'm so sorry. 813 00:53:07,756 --> 00:53:08,935 That sucks. 814 00:53:09,018 --> 00:53:10,977 It does suck. 815 00:53:11,629 --> 00:53:13,153 I thought he was a nice guy. 816 00:53:13,588 --> 00:53:15,851 He was a pretty good lover, and we had fun and all that. 817 00:53:17,374 --> 00:53:19,250 If I can find a video of us dancing, 818 00:53:19,333 --> 00:53:21,992 which I'm gonna look because I bet we go viral, 819 00:53:22,075 --> 00:53:24,211 I'm gonna send it to him with a text, 820 00:53:24,294 --> 00:53:27,562 a text that says, "This is what you're missing." 821 00:53:36,262 --> 00:53:37,524 You're gonna be fine. 822 00:53:39,743 --> 00:53:41,658 I don't know a lot, but I know that much. 823 00:53:45,097 --> 00:53:47,103 You got a bright sunbeam in front of you, 824 00:53:47,186 --> 00:53:49,405 and you're gonna step right into it, I can tell. 825 00:53:52,756 --> 00:53:53,801 But yeah. 826 00:53:56,108 --> 00:53:58,371 It sucks. Not much else to say. 827 00:54:01,330 --> 00:54:02,640 Everything goes down the drain, 828 00:54:02,723 --> 00:54:04,337 and all we can say is, "That sucks." 829 00:54:04,420 --> 00:54:06,161 Mm. Yeah. 830 00:54:07,728 --> 00:54:09,168 Maybe we're going down the drain too. 831 00:54:11,645 --> 00:54:12,906 Maybe. 832 00:54:15,343 --> 00:54:16,343 I'm this way. 833 00:54:19,260 --> 00:54:21,001 Uh, I'm that way. 834 00:54:26,920 --> 00:54:28,095 Thank you for the dance. 835 00:55:23,715 --> 00:55:25,112 As he passes the place 836 00:55:25,195 --> 00:55:26,983 where Taylor set up her drums, 837 00:55:27,066 --> 00:55:29,155 those two questions recur. 838 00:55:31,984 --> 00:55:34,073 Why did he stop to listen? 839 00:55:35,988 --> 00:55:38,730 And why did he start to dance? 840 00:55:41,732 --> 00:55:43,125 He doesn't know. 841 00:55:44,996 --> 00:55:47,564 And would answers make a good thing better? 842 00:55:50,915 --> 00:55:53,961 Later, he'll lose the ability to walk, 843 00:55:54,614 --> 00:55:57,012 never mind dancing with little sister 844 00:55:57,095 --> 00:55:58,357 on the promenade. 845 00:55:59,445 --> 00:56:02,361 Later, he'll lose the ability to chew food. 846 00:56:03,841 --> 00:56:06,322 Later, he'll forget his wife's name. 847 00:56:07,888 --> 00:56:11,157 Later, he'll lose his grip on the difference 848 00:56:11,240 --> 00:56:13,372 between waking and sleeping 849 00:56:13,851 --> 00:56:17,028 and enter a land of pain so great 850 00:56:17,507 --> 00:56:20,075 he will wonder why God made the world. 851 00:56:22,860 --> 00:56:25,692 What he will remember, occasionally, 852 00:56:25,775 --> 00:56:29,696 is how he stopped and dropped his briefcase 853 00:56:29,779 --> 00:56:33,261 and began to move his hips to the beat of the drums. 854 00:56:34,392 --> 00:56:35,919 And he will think 855 00:56:36,002 --> 00:56:38,483 that is why God made the world. 856 00:56:40,529 --> 00:56:41,660 Just that. 857 00:57:05,771 --> 00:57:07,212 Chuck was looking forward 858 00:57:07,295 --> 00:57:08,947 to having a baby sister. 859 00:57:09,644 --> 00:57:11,563 Of course, he was also looking forward 860 00:57:11,646 --> 00:57:13,565 to having parents, 861 00:57:13,648 --> 00:57:16,350 but none of that worked out thanks to a patch 862 00:57:16,433 --> 00:57:20,002 of well-hidden ice on an I-95 overpass. 863 00:57:23,266 --> 00:57:25,751 Chuck wasn't in the car when it happened 864 00:57:25,834 --> 00:57:28,536 because his parents were having a dinner date 865 00:57:28,619 --> 00:57:31,974 and he was being babysat by his grandparents, 866 00:57:32,057 --> 00:57:35,322 who, at the time, he was still calling Zaydee and Bubbie. 867 00:57:35,974 --> 00:57:37,458 He was seven years old. 868 00:57:37,541 --> 00:57:39,239 Excellent job. 869 00:57:39,891 --> 00:57:42,115 For a year and a half, it was a house 870 00:57:42,198 --> 00:57:44,200 of unadulterated sadness. 871 00:57:45,767 --> 00:57:48,556 Albie and Sarah Krantz had not only lost 872 00:57:48,639 --> 00:57:50,428 their son and daughter-in-law... 873 00:57:50,511 --> 00:57:52,342 Why're you not eating? 874 00:57:52,425 --> 00:57:54,083 They had lost the granddaughter 875 00:57:54,166 --> 00:57:56,259 who would've been born just three months later. 876 00:57:56,342 --> 00:57:58,039 What's going on? 877 00:57:58,474 --> 00:58:00,698 The name had already been picked out... 878 00:58:00,781 --> 00:58:03,135 - Her name is Alyssa. - Alyssa. 879 00:58:03,218 --> 00:58:06,660 When Chuck said that sounded to him like rain, 880 00:58:06,743 --> 00:58:09,529 his mother had laughed and cried at the same time. 881 00:58:10,834 --> 00:58:12,184 He never forgot that. 882 00:58:14,534 --> 00:58:16,496 Albie processed his grief 883 00:58:16,579 --> 00:58:19,412 by turning to his two absolutes, 884 00:58:19,495 --> 00:58:21,932 numbers and alcohol. 885 00:58:22,890 --> 00:58:25,331 Sarah, though, could find no joy 886 00:58:25,414 --> 00:58:27,242 in her usual pleasures. 887 00:58:27,808 --> 00:58:30,162 She loved the flavors of life, 888 00:58:30,245 --> 00:58:32,599 music, art, and food, 889 00:58:32,682 --> 00:58:35,124 but now, found the world quiet 890 00:58:35,207 --> 00:58:37,904 and gray and flavorless. 891 00:58:40,123 --> 00:58:42,086 Some of the good feelings came back 892 00:58:42,169 --> 00:58:44,480 into the house with time. 893 00:58:44,563 --> 00:58:46,134 There were a lot of takeout meals 894 00:58:46,217 --> 00:58:48,092 after the accident, 895 00:58:48,175 --> 00:58:50,050 but around the time Chuck turned 10, 896 00:58:50,133 --> 00:58:52,527 his grandma started cooking again. 897 00:58:53,441 --> 00:58:55,839 She liked rock-and-roll while she was cooking. 898 00:58:57,880 --> 00:59:00,322 Music Chuck would've thought much too young for her, 899 00:59:00,405 --> 00:59:02,494 but which she clearly enjoyed. 900 00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:07,063 ♪ Take your baby by the hand ♪ 901 00:59:09,370 --> 00:59:12,068 ♪ And make her do a high handstand ♪ 902 00:59:13,809 --> 00:59:16,377 ♪ And take your baby by the heel ♪ 903 00:59:18,727 --> 00:59:20,247 ♪ And do the next thing that you feel ♪ 904 00:59:21,903 --> 00:59:24,867 Come on, little brother, let's dance. 905 00:59:24,950 --> 00:59:27,696 ♪ We were so in phase 906 00:59:27,779 --> 00:59:31,261 ♪ In our dance hall days 907 00:59:32,392 --> 00:59:35,787 ♪ We were cool on craze 908 00:59:37,223 --> 00:59:39,577 ♪ When I, you 909 00:59:39,660 --> 00:59:42,794 ♪ And everyone we knew could believe ♪ 910 00:59:43,316 --> 00:59:46,105 ♪ Do and share in what was true ♪ 911 00:59:46,188 --> 00:59:47,320 ♪ Oh, I said 912 00:59:50,323 --> 00:59:52,064 ♪ Dance hall days, love 913 00:59:56,198 --> 00:59:58,549 ♪ Take your baby by the hair ♪ 914 01:00:00,986 --> 01:00:03,293 ♪ And pull her close and there, there, there ♪ 915 01:00:05,555 --> 01:00:08,297 ♪ And take your baby by the ears ♪ 916 01:00:10,211 --> 01:00:13,127 ♪ And play upon her darkest fears ♪ 917 01:00:14,346 --> 01:00:16,352 ♪ We were so in... 918 01:00:22,572 --> 01:00:24,492 You could learn those moves, kiddo. 919 01:00:24,922 --> 01:00:25,923 You're a natural. 920 01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:28,408 Wh-Where did you learn? 921 01:00:28,491 --> 01:00:29,883 High school. 922 01:00:30,754 --> 01:00:32,354 What were you like in high school? 923 01:00:34,018 --> 01:00:36,285 I was a kusit. 924 01:00:36,368 --> 01:00:38,239 But don't you tell your Zaydee I said that. 925 01:00:38,805 --> 01:00:39,897 He's old school, that one. 926 01:00:43,244 --> 01:00:44,855 Chuck never told. 927 01:00:46,335 --> 01:00:48,383 His grandparents' house became 928 01:00:48,466 --> 01:00:50,385 every inch his home 929 01:00:50,468 --> 01:00:51,774 with one exception. 930 01:00:52,992 --> 01:00:54,733 The cupola on the roof. 931 01:00:57,910 --> 01:01:01,044 Chuck was forbidden to go into the cupola. 932 01:01:01,610 --> 01:01:03,877 That was his grandfather's rule, 933 01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:07,968 and it was absolute, emphatic. 934 01:01:08,051 --> 01:01:11,363 Albie wasn't a stern man in other matters. 935 01:01:11,446 --> 01:01:14,318 He was downright gentle in most respects. 936 01:01:14,753 --> 01:01:16,538 But on this point, he was rigid. 937 01:01:19,976 --> 01:01:22,025 Chuck asked about it, of course, 938 01:01:22,108 --> 01:01:23,283 and more than once. 939 01:01:23,936 --> 01:01:25,464 What was up there? 940 01:01:25,547 --> 01:01:27,857 What could you see from the high window? 941 01:01:27,940 --> 01:01:31,595 And the big question, why was the room locked? 942 01:01:33,205 --> 01:01:35,211 - Grandma said... - Because the floor isn't safe 943 01:01:35,294 --> 01:01:37,083 and you might go right through it. 944 01:01:37,166 --> 01:01:38,911 - Grandpa said... - There's nothing up there 945 01:01:38,994 --> 01:01:40,608 because of that rotten floor. 946 01:01:40,691 --> 01:01:42,697 And the only thing you can see through the windows 947 01:01:42,780 --> 01:01:44,569 is the shopping center. 948 01:01:44,652 --> 01:01:47,354 He said that until, one night, 949 01:01:47,437 --> 01:01:49,922 just before Chuck's 11th birthday, 950 01:01:50,005 --> 01:01:52,620 when he told at least part of the truth. 951 01:01:52,703 --> 01:01:54,405 The cosmic calendar 952 01:01:54,488 --> 01:01:56,624 compresses the local history of the universe 953 01:01:56,707 --> 01:01:58,709 into a single year. 954 01:01:59,057 --> 01:02:01,277 If the universe began on January 1st, 955 01:02:01,799 --> 01:02:04,458 it was not until May that the Milky Way formed. 956 01:02:04,541 --> 01:02:07,331 Drinking is not good for secrets. 957 01:02:07,414 --> 01:02:09,681 And after the death of his son, 958 01:02:09,764 --> 01:02:12,771 daughter-in-law, and granddaughter-to-be, 959 01:02:12,854 --> 01:02:14,769 Alyssa, who sounds like rain, 960 01:02:15,551 --> 01:02:18,123 Albie Krantz drank a great deal. 961 01:02:18,206 --> 01:02:20,081 Everything humans have ever done 962 01:02:20,164 --> 01:02:22,040 occurred in that bright speck 963 01:02:22,123 --> 01:02:24,956 at the lower right of the cosmic calendar. 964 01:02:25,039 --> 01:02:26,784 I'll bet you could see 965 01:02:26,867 --> 01:02:28,742 way past the Westford Mall 966 01:02:28,825 --> 01:02:29,957 from the cupola. 967 01:02:31,654 --> 01:02:34,661 You gotta be able to see the whole town from up there, 968 01:02:34,744 --> 01:02:35,832 I bet. 969 01:02:37,051 --> 01:02:39,405 If you went up there, 970 01:02:39,488 --> 01:02:43,322 you might see a lot more than you wanted. 971 01:02:43,405 --> 01:02:44,972 That's why it's locked, Chucko. 972 01:02:45,668 --> 01:02:48,715 Every month is one and a quarter billion years long. 973 01:02:49,063 --> 01:02:51,765 Each day represents 40 million years. 974 01:02:51,848 --> 01:02:54,503 He wanted to ask what Grandpa meant. 975 01:02:55,025 --> 01:02:58,772 But the adult part of him, not there in person, 976 01:02:58,855 --> 01:03:02,035 no, not at 10, but something that had begun to speak 977 01:03:02,118 --> 01:03:04,516 on rare occasions, told him 978 01:03:04,599 --> 01:03:06,779 - to be quiet. - At this scale... 979 01:03:06,862 --> 01:03:09,517 Be quiet and wait. 980 01:03:10,475 --> 01:03:13,743 But all of human history would occupy an area 981 01:03:13,826 --> 01:03:15,001 the size of my hand. 982 01:03:15,915 --> 01:03:19,357 We're just beginning to trace the long and tortuous path 983 01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:20,967 which began with the primeval... 984 01:03:21,050 --> 01:03:23,183 You know what style of house this is? 985 01:03:24,184 --> 01:03:25,624 Victorian. 986 01:03:25,707 --> 01:03:26,752 That's right. 987 01:03:28,014 --> 01:03:29,889 And not pretend Victorian either. 988 01:03:29,972 --> 01:03:32,932 It was built in 1885. 989 01:03:34,063 --> 01:03:37,027 It's been remodeled half a dozen times since. 990 01:03:37,110 --> 01:03:40,722 But that cupola was there from the start. 991 01:03:42,028 --> 01:03:44,468 Been here since '71. 992 01:03:44,551 --> 01:03:47,166 And in all those years, I haven't been up 993 01:03:47,249 --> 01:03:49,865 to that damn cupola half a dozen times. 994 01:03:49,948 --> 01:03:51,776 'Cause the floor is rotted? 995 01:03:53,429 --> 01:03:55,344 'Cause it's full of ghosts. 996 01:03:56,911 --> 01:03:59,958 Around 10:30 p.m. on December 31st. 997 01:04:00,611 --> 01:04:02,878 - Y-You remember Scrooge? - Yeah. 998 01:04:02,961 --> 01:04:04,401 That Scrooge movie we watched? 999 01:04:04,484 --> 01:04:05,881 I remember. 1000 01:04:05,964 --> 01:04:08,314 Do you think of that as a ghost story? 1001 01:04:09,620 --> 01:04:11,234 I-I-I guess so. 1002 01:04:11,317 --> 01:04:13,798 Heard someone say it was a ghost story. 1003 01:04:16,540 --> 01:04:18,498 Christmas Yet to Come. 1004 01:04:19,412 --> 01:04:21,196 11:59:20, 1005 01:04:21,762 --> 01:04:24,290 evening, last day of the... 1006 01:04:24,373 --> 01:04:26,462 Jefferies boy was a month later. 1007 01:04:28,551 --> 01:04:30,117 Henry Peterson, 1008 01:04:31,510 --> 01:04:32,772 that took longer. 1009 01:04:34,252 --> 01:04:37,955 Four... maybe five years on. 1010 01:04:38,038 --> 01:04:40,301 And by then... 1011 01:04:42,086 --> 01:04:44,741 I almost forgot what I saw up there. 1012 01:04:47,178 --> 01:04:48,571 Almost. 1013 01:04:51,661 --> 01:04:54,272 Said I'd never go back up there after that. 1014 01:04:56,317 --> 01:04:59,843 And I wish I hadn't because of Sarah. 1015 01:05:03,194 --> 01:05:06,023 Because of your Bubbie, Chucky. 1016 01:05:08,199 --> 01:05:09,896 Your sweet Bubbie. 1017 01:05:12,115 --> 01:05:13,464 And the bread. 1018 01:05:15,031 --> 01:05:17,294 Every person we've ever heard of, 1019 01:05:18,469 --> 01:05:19,605 somewhere in there... 1020 01:05:19,688 --> 01:05:21,341 It's the waiting, Chucko. 1021 01:05:23,779 --> 01:05:25,480 That's the hard part. 1022 01:05:25,563 --> 01:05:27,700 Everything in the history books 1023 01:05:27,783 --> 01:05:29,785 happened here 1024 01:05:30,655 --> 01:05:33,140 in the last 10 seconds of the cosmic calendar. 1025 01:05:33,223 --> 01:05:34,707 Ooh! 1026 01:05:34,790 --> 01:05:36,487 It's getting cold out there. 1027 01:05:36,922 --> 01:05:39,621 Vera says hi. She says thanks for the soup. 1028 01:05:41,405 --> 01:05:43,450 She laid the gossip on me, laid it good. 1029 01:05:43,973 --> 01:05:45,587 Of course... 1030 01:05:45,670 --> 01:05:47,039 That's why we have a Vera, isn't it? 1031 01:05:47,063 --> 01:05:48,982 So, what's the latest? 1032 01:05:49,065 --> 01:05:50,766 Well, I don't know if you've heard, 1033 01:05:50,849 --> 01:05:54,335 but Trish is saying Karen and Matty are in therapy. 1034 01:05:54,418 --> 01:05:56,728 - Again. - Who's Henry Peterson, Zaydee? 1035 01:05:56,811 --> 01:05:58,686 The universe that made us 1036 01:05:58,769 --> 01:06:02,033 or we can squander our 15 billion-year heritage. 1037 01:06:02,686 --> 01:06:04,562 And get some pancake mix. 1038 01:06:04,645 --> 01:06:06,825 Yellow box, not the orange box. 1039 01:06:06,908 --> 01:06:08,783 - You got all that? - I got it. 1040 01:06:08,866 --> 01:06:11,086 - Do you need me to write it down? - I got it. 1041 01:06:11,652 --> 01:06:12,918 Don't you think about driving. 1042 01:06:13,001 --> 01:06:14,702 The walk will sober you up. 1043 01:06:14,785 --> 01:06:16,182 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1044 01:06:34,413 --> 01:06:35,806 He'll be back with some groceries. 1045 01:06:37,155 --> 01:06:38,769 Then, how about tonight, 1046 01:06:38,852 --> 01:06:41,506 we do some s'mores in the fireplace? 1047 01:06:43,030 --> 01:06:44,901 - Yeah. - Yeah. 1048 01:06:47,034 --> 01:06:48,992 Was he blabbing to you about his ghosts? 1049 01:06:50,733 --> 01:06:52,082 The ones that live in the cupola? 1050 01:06:54,563 --> 01:06:55,651 Yeah. 1051 01:06:56,304 --> 01:06:57,697 Well, are there? 1052 01:06:59,742 --> 01:07:00,742 What do you think? 1053 01:07:02,092 --> 01:07:04,312 I wouldn't pay too much attention to Zaydee. 1054 01:07:04,747 --> 01:07:07,493 He's a good man. But, sometimes, 1055 01:07:07,576 --> 01:07:11,497 well, sometimes, he drinks too much. 1056 01:07:11,580 --> 01:07:12,977 Then he rides his hobby horses. 1057 01:07:13,060 --> 01:07:14,385 I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. 1058 01:07:14,409 --> 01:07:16,280 Who was the Jefferies boy? 1059 01:07:21,068 --> 01:07:22,068 Well... 1060 01:07:23,025 --> 01:07:24,548 that was a very sad thing, kiddo. 1061 01:07:26,420 --> 01:07:28,382 He lived on the next block over, 1062 01:07:28,465 --> 01:07:30,733 and he got hit by a car 1063 01:07:30,816 --> 01:07:32,687 when he chased a ball into the street. 1064 01:07:33,993 --> 01:07:35,429 It happened a long time ago. 1065 01:07:38,345 --> 01:07:40,568 And if your grandpa says he saw it before it happened, 1066 01:07:40,651 --> 01:07:41,870 he's mistaken. 1067 01:07:47,049 --> 01:07:48,747 He just drinks too much. 1068 01:08:00,280 --> 01:08:03,762 You know, I could take those to Mrs. Stanley if you want. 1069 01:08:04,980 --> 01:08:06,898 Oh, that's very thoughtful of you. 1070 01:08:06,981 --> 01:08:08,330 I bet Vera'd love that. 1071 01:08:09,549 --> 01:08:10,550 Mm. 1072 01:08:11,551 --> 01:08:13,078 Just wonderful. 1073 01:08:13,161 --> 01:08:14,732 Your, your grandmother is an artist. 1074 01:08:14,815 --> 01:08:16,342 Thank you for bringing them over. 1075 01:08:16,425 --> 01:08:17,426 Was that your idea? 1076 01:08:17,992 --> 01:08:19,650 - Be honest. - It was. 1077 01:08:19,733 --> 01:08:21,256 Well, can I make you a cup of tea? 1078 01:08:21,822 --> 01:08:24,172 Um, I don't drink tea, but, um, 1079 01:08:24,782 --> 01:08:26,392 I wouldn't mind a glass of milk. 1080 01:08:28,437 --> 01:08:29,743 Well, your grandmother's a saint. 1081 01:08:30,831 --> 01:08:32,315 And what about your granddad? 1082 01:08:32,398 --> 01:08:34,115 Did he have that thing on his back looked at? 1083 01:08:34,139 --> 01:08:36,754 Yeah, the, the doctor took it off and had it tested. 1084 01:08:36,837 --> 01:08:38,037 Tell me everything. 1085 01:08:38,534 --> 01:08:40,101 It wasn't one of the bad ones. 1086 01:08:41,233 --> 01:08:42,495 Thank God for that. 1087 01:08:42,974 --> 01:08:43,974 Yeah. 1088 01:08:45,541 --> 01:08:47,678 He, um, he was talking to Grandma 1089 01:08:47,761 --> 01:08:50,415 about someone named Henry Peterson. 1090 01:08:52,286 --> 01:08:53,509 So awful. 1091 01:08:53,592 --> 01:08:55,206 You know, Henry was a bookkeeper, 1092 01:08:55,289 --> 01:08:56,595 just like your granddad. 1093 01:08:57,030 --> 01:08:58,790 He did a lot of the other businesses in town. 1094 01:08:58,858 --> 01:09:00,270 The ones that your Zaydee didn't do... 1095 01:09:00,294 --> 01:09:01,730 How did it happen? 1096 01:09:04,385 --> 01:09:06,348 I don't think you want to hear about that stuff. 1097 01:09:06,431 --> 01:09:10,700 Um, w-w-well, Granddad said it was, uh, peaceful. 1098 01:09:10,783 --> 01:09:12,263 Peaceful? 1099 01:09:12,959 --> 01:09:15,179 He killed himself. Hung himself. 1100 01:09:15,875 --> 01:09:17,446 His wife, you see, she ran off 1101 01:09:17,529 --> 01:09:19,491 with this younger man, barely old enough to vote. 1102 01:09:19,574 --> 01:09:21,794 And she was in her 40s. What do you think of that? 1103 01:09:23,143 --> 01:09:24,627 - Wow. - Damn right, wow. 1104 01:09:24,710 --> 01:09:26,799 And then, I heard that... 1105 01:09:32,674 --> 01:09:34,111 What's happening at school? 1106 01:09:35,851 --> 01:09:38,074 Who's smooching who? 1107 01:09:38,157 --> 01:09:41,164 "Talk honestly, for no one else hears you 1108 01:09:41,247 --> 01:09:43,384 and I stay only a minute longer." 1109 01:09:43,467 --> 01:09:45,730 "Do I contradict myself? 1110 01:09:46,470 --> 01:09:47,645 "Very well then," 1111 01:09:48,472 --> 01:09:49,734 "I contradict myself," 1112 01:09:51,257 --> 01:09:52,345 "I am large. 1113 01:09:53,651 --> 01:09:55,261 I contain multitudes." 1114 01:09:55,696 --> 01:09:57,920 On the last day of sixth grade, 1115 01:09:58,003 --> 01:09:59,530 Miss Richards, 1116 01:09:59,613 --> 01:10:01,663 a sweet, hippie-dippyish young woman 1117 01:10:01,746 --> 01:10:04,144 who had no command of discipline 1118 01:10:04,227 --> 01:10:06,363 and would probably not last long 1119 01:10:06,446 --> 01:10:09,018 in the public education system, 1120 01:10:09,101 --> 01:10:11,673 tried to recite for Chuck's class 1121 01:10:11,756 --> 01:10:16,021 some verse of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself." 1122 01:10:17,457 --> 01:10:19,981 "Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged. 1123 01:10:20,938 --> 01:10:23,114 Missing me one place, search another." 1124 01:10:36,998 --> 01:10:38,651 That went well, don't you think? 1125 01:10:39,826 --> 01:10:42,264 Yeah, I'm, I'm sorry about that. 1126 01:10:44,048 --> 01:10:48,096 What does he mean when he says, "I am large, 1127 01:10:48,618 --> 01:10:50,837 I contain multitudes"? 1128 01:10:54,058 --> 01:10:55,364 What do you think he means? 1129 01:10:56,408 --> 01:10:58,588 All the people he knows. 1130 01:10:58,671 --> 01:10:59,759 Yes. 1131 01:11:00,543 --> 01:11:01,979 But maybe he means even more. 1132 01:11:03,458 --> 01:11:04,938 Here. Come here. 1133 01:11:08,985 --> 01:11:11,339 What's in there? Between my hands? 1134 01:11:11,422 --> 01:11:13,167 My brain. 1135 01:11:13,250 --> 01:11:15,513 No, um, that's not exactly what I mean. 1136 01:11:16,471 --> 01:11:17,602 What's in there? 1137 01:11:18,168 --> 01:11:19,996 Right between my hands right now. 1138 01:11:21,693 --> 01:11:22,781 I don't know. 1139 01:11:23,347 --> 01:11:24,609 All the people you know? 1140 01:11:25,784 --> 01:11:26,785 I guess. 1141 01:11:27,482 --> 01:11:28,874 Just the people you know? 1142 01:11:31,486 --> 01:11:32,661 Everything you see. 1143 01:11:33,444 --> 01:11:34,837 Everything you know. 1144 01:11:36,143 --> 01:11:38,105 The world, Chuck. 1145 01:11:38,188 --> 01:11:40,891 Planes in the sky. Manhole covers in the street. 1146 01:11:40,974 --> 01:11:44,024 Every year that you live, that world inside your head 1147 01:11:44,107 --> 01:11:47,980 will get bigger and brighter and more detailed and complex. 1148 01:11:48,806 --> 01:11:51,596 You will build cities and countries and continents, 1149 01:11:51,679 --> 01:11:55,426 and you will fill them with people and faces, 1150 01:11:55,509 --> 01:11:56,862 real and imagined. 1151 01:11:56,945 --> 01:11:58,512 Do you understand? 1152 01:12:00,035 --> 01:12:01,388 Don't stop there. 1153 01:12:01,471 --> 01:12:03,521 You fill the whole thing 1154 01:12:03,604 --> 01:12:05,301 with everyone you ever meet, 1155 01:12:05,867 --> 01:12:07,216 everyone you ever know, 1156 01:12:07,782 --> 01:12:10,132 everyone you ever just imagine. 1157 01:12:11,264 --> 01:12:12,917 It'll be a universe. 1158 01:12:14,441 --> 01:12:17,966 A whole universe right between my hands. 1159 01:12:20,012 --> 01:12:22,536 You contain multitudes. 1160 01:12:25,843 --> 01:12:26,888 So... 1161 01:12:28,672 --> 01:12:31,544 what happens to that universe if someone... 1162 01:12:32,936 --> 01:12:34,416 I don't know, 1163 01:12:35,113 --> 01:12:38,420 hits a patch of ice and goes off an overpass or... 1164 01:12:41,597 --> 01:12:43,382 Don't worry too much about those things. 1165 01:12:44,470 --> 01:12:48,082 Just remember that you contain multitudes, Chuck. 1166 01:12:49,997 --> 01:12:51,259 Isn't that wonderful? 1167 01:12:53,827 --> 01:12:56,051 Now, go on. You were such a good boy. 1168 01:12:56,134 --> 01:12:58,005 I've really enjoyed having you in class. 1169 01:13:19,808 --> 01:13:21,727 Chuck did enjoy his summer 1170 01:13:21,810 --> 01:13:23,377 until August, 1171 01:13:24,117 --> 01:13:25,292 when Bubbie died. 1172 01:13:30,123 --> 01:13:31,868 It happened at the grocery store 1173 01:13:31,951 --> 01:13:34,044 down the street, in public, 1174 01:13:34,127 --> 01:13:36,742 which was a little undignified, 1175 01:13:36,825 --> 01:13:38,831 but at least it was the kind of death 1176 01:13:38,914 --> 01:13:40,442 where people can safely say... 1177 01:13:40,525 --> 01:13:42,004 Thank God she didn't suffer. 1178 01:13:43,745 --> 01:13:45,012 The other standby... 1179 01:13:45,095 --> 01:13:46,796 She had a long, full life. 1180 01:13:46,879 --> 01:13:48,881 Was more of a gray area. 1181 01:13:49,795 --> 01:13:52,841 Sarah Krantz had yet to reach her mid-60s. 1182 01:13:56,715 --> 01:13:59,460 Once more, the house on Pilchard Street 1183 01:13:59,543 --> 01:14:02,328 was one of unadulterated sadness. 1184 01:14:03,764 --> 01:14:07,381 Albie wore his mourning band, and lost weight, 1185 01:14:07,464 --> 01:14:09,818 and stopped telling his jokes 1186 01:14:09,901 --> 01:14:13,426 and began to look older than his 70 years. 1187 01:14:20,999 --> 01:14:22,348 - That's it? - Yeah. 1188 01:14:24,045 --> 01:14:25,525 Buck 75. 1189 01:14:28,049 --> 01:14:31,270 Um, that lady who was in here a few weeks ago, 1190 01:14:32,228 --> 01:14:34,099 the one who died. 1191 01:14:35,013 --> 01:14:37,668 Where was she when it happened? 1192 01:14:38,147 --> 01:14:39,974 That's a little creepy, kid. 1193 01:14:42,019 --> 01:14:43,368 She was my grandma. 1194 01:14:45,675 --> 01:14:47,594 She was getting a loaf of bread. 1195 01:14:47,677 --> 01:14:49,422 Pulled down almost everything 1196 01:14:49,505 --> 01:14:51,246 on the shelf when she collapsed. 1197 01:14:52,072 --> 01:14:55,728 I'm sorry if that's too much information. 1198 01:14:57,426 --> 01:14:58,644 Nah. 1199 01:15:00,168 --> 01:15:01,343 I already knew that. 1200 01:15:57,093 --> 01:15:58,529 - No! - What?! 1201 01:15:59,835 --> 01:16:03,273 - Get away from there! You get away from there. - What? Hey, hey! 1202 01:16:26,643 --> 01:16:27,775 Give me that. 1203 01:16:30,038 --> 01:16:31,909 Give it to me. Give it to me. 1204 01:16:32,606 --> 01:16:33,698 Give me it. 1205 01:16:38,220 --> 01:16:39,486 Oh. 1206 01:16:39,569 --> 01:16:41,528 Oh, I'm sorry. 1207 01:16:42,093 --> 01:16:43,621 I'm sorry. 1208 01:16:43,704 --> 01:16:45,318 Are you okay? 1209 01:16:45,401 --> 01:16:47,011 What did you see? 1210 01:16:49,231 --> 01:16:51,237 What did you see? 1211 01:16:51,320 --> 01:16:54,235 I'm sorry. It's just, you can't. 1212 01:16:55,280 --> 01:16:57,325 You can't do that, Chucky. 1213 01:16:58,239 --> 01:16:59,853 You just can't. 1214 01:16:59,936 --> 01:17:01,377 Oh, I'm so sorry. 1215 01:17:01,460 --> 01:17:05,381 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. 1216 01:17:05,464 --> 01:17:07,600 I'm sorry. 1217 01:17:29,923 --> 01:17:31,163 Come on, little brother. 1218 01:17:31,968 --> 01:17:33,405 Let's dance. 1219 01:17:49,550 --> 01:17:52,253 Hello, twirlers, and hello, spinners. 1220 01:17:52,336 --> 01:17:54,907 What do you know? Three boys this year. 1221 01:17:54,990 --> 01:17:56,344 It's a new record. 1222 01:17:56,427 --> 01:17:58,041 You gentlemen might find yourselves 1223 01:17:58,124 --> 01:17:59,738 being teased for your new hobby. 1224 01:17:59,821 --> 01:18:02,263 I assure you, you are the smartest young men 1225 01:18:02,346 --> 01:18:03,612 in the whole school. 1226 01:18:03,695 --> 01:18:05,000 You'll soon see what I mean. 1227 01:18:05,740 --> 01:18:08,704 For those who don't know me, I am Miss Rohrbacher. 1228 01:18:08,787 --> 01:18:10,793 And when I'm not teaching the girls phys-ed, 1229 01:18:10,876 --> 01:18:13,361 I am what a few students have called, 1230 01:18:13,444 --> 01:18:15,141 "The Dance Monster." 1231 01:18:16,142 --> 01:18:17,887 Nothing? Alright. 1232 01:18:17,970 --> 01:18:19,410 You have chosen what might be 1233 01:18:19,493 --> 01:18:21,759 the best club this school has ever had. 1234 01:18:21,842 --> 01:18:23,500 'Cause if we didn't have girls volleyball, 1235 01:18:23,583 --> 01:18:24,849 we wouldn't have nothing. 1236 01:18:24,932 --> 01:18:26,938 No, no, no. 1237 01:18:27,021 --> 01:18:30,590 Back, Mr. Mulford, you are mine now. 1238 01:18:32,418 --> 01:18:34,333 Waltz. 1239 01:18:36,030 --> 01:18:37,380 Chuck knew it. 1240 01:18:41,122 --> 01:18:42,341 Cha-cha. 1241 01:18:44,169 --> 01:18:45,257 Chuck knew it. 1242 01:18:47,694 --> 01:18:49,396 Swing. 1243 01:18:49,479 --> 01:18:51,180 Triple step. Rock step. 1244 01:18:51,263 --> 01:18:52,903 - Triple step. Rock step. - Chuck knew it. 1245 01:18:52,960 --> 01:18:55,793 Triple step. Rock step. 1246 01:18:55,876 --> 01:18:57,617 Samba. 1247 01:19:00,620 --> 01:19:01,712 Don't know that one. 1248 01:19:01,795 --> 01:19:03,235 He was, by far, 1249 01:19:03,318 --> 01:19:04,976 the best dancer in the little club. 1250 01:19:05,059 --> 01:19:07,282 So, Miss Rohrbacher mostly put him 1251 01:19:07,365 --> 01:19:09,149 with the girls who were clumsy. 1252 01:19:09,628 --> 01:19:12,331 He understood she did it to make them better, 1253 01:19:12,414 --> 01:19:14,111 and he was a good sport about it. 1254 01:19:14,851 --> 01:19:17,336 Near the end of their two hours, however, 1255 01:19:17,419 --> 01:19:20,077 The Dance Monster would show mercy 1256 01:19:20,160 --> 01:19:22,689 and pair him with Cat McCoy, 1257 01:19:22,772 --> 01:19:24,517 who was an eighth grader 1258 01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:27,429 and the best dancer of the girls. 1259 01:19:28,560 --> 01:19:30,823 Chuck didn't expect romance. 1260 01:19:31,215 --> 01:19:33,134 Cat was not only gorgeous, 1261 01:19:33,217 --> 01:19:35,741 she was a full foot taller than he was. 1262 01:19:36,307 --> 01:19:38,835 But he loved to dance with her, 1263 01:19:38,918 --> 01:19:40,746 and the feeling was mutual. 1264 01:19:41,268 --> 01:19:43,619 Three. Out, two, three. Switch. 1265 01:19:44,097 --> 01:19:45,185 And stop. 1266 01:19:45,925 --> 01:19:48,454 In, two, three. Out, two, three. 1267 01:19:48,537 --> 01:19:50,759 Turn. Now box. 1268 01:19:50,842 --> 01:19:56,504 One, two, three. One, two, three. 1269 01:19:56,587 --> 01:19:58,854 I don't know what that is. 1270 01:19:58,937 --> 01:20:00,465 Oh, my God. 1271 01:20:00,548 --> 01:20:03,293 Okay, 10 minutes freestyle. 1272 01:20:15,432 --> 01:20:18,396 ♪ Ooh, my little pretty one, my pretty one ♪ 1273 01:20:18,479 --> 01:20:20,963 ♪ When you gonna give me some time, Sharona? ♪ 1274 01:20:21,046 --> 01:20:22,878 Hey. Watch this. 1275 01:20:22,961 --> 01:20:25,224 ♪ Ooh, you make my motor run, my motor run ♪ 1276 01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:30,099 Show me how you did that. 1277 01:20:30,752 --> 01:20:32,148 Ready? 1278 01:20:32,231 --> 01:20:34,798 Slide, slide, slide. 1279 01:20:35,364 --> 01:20:37,152 Here, ready? 1280 01:20:37,235 --> 01:20:39,328 Try it with me. 1281 01:20:39,411 --> 01:20:41,548 ♪ M-m-m-my Sharona 1282 01:20:41,631 --> 01:20:43,942 - Um... - Uh, kick off your shoes 1283 01:20:44,025 --> 01:20:46,375 - and do it in your socks. - Aye-aye. 1284 01:20:48,551 --> 01:20:50,292 Now, slide. 1285 01:20:50,945 --> 01:20:52,207 Slide. 1286 01:20:52,729 --> 01:20:54,470 Yeah. There you go. 1287 01:20:55,297 --> 01:20:57,560 Hey! Show me. 1288 01:20:59,649 --> 01:21:03,218 Pop. Slide. Slide. Slide. 1289 01:21:03,827 --> 01:21:05,176 Yeah, again. 1290 01:21:06,221 --> 01:21:07,313 Pop. Slide. Pop. 1291 01:21:07,396 --> 01:21:08,706 ♪ Woo! 1292 01:21:08,789 --> 01:21:11,926 ♪ M-m-m-my Sharona 1293 01:21:12,009 --> 01:21:13,798 Twirlers and Spinners let out 1294 01:21:13,881 --> 01:21:15,800 half an hour late that day. 1295 01:21:15,883 --> 01:21:17,623 ♪ My Sharona 1296 01:21:17,971 --> 01:21:19,237 That's so rad. 1297 01:21:19,320 --> 01:21:20,847 You figured that out by yourself? 1298 01:21:20,930 --> 01:21:22,849 Well, I just kept rewinding and rewinding 1299 01:21:22,932 --> 01:21:24,543 til I figured it out. 1300 01:21:27,241 --> 01:21:28,481 We should do that at the Fling. 1301 01:21:30,592 --> 01:21:34,818 Uh, not as a date or anything. 1302 01:21:34,901 --> 01:21:36,555 I'm going out with Dougie Wentworth. 1303 01:21:37,556 --> 01:21:38,996 You know that, right? 1304 01:21:39,079 --> 01:21:40,254 Yeah. 1305 01:21:42,648 --> 01:21:44,190 But that doesn't mean we couldn't show them 1306 01:21:44,214 --> 01:21:45,481 some cool moves. 1307 01:21:47,043 --> 01:21:49,002 I really want to. Do you? 1308 01:21:49,872 --> 01:21:51,221 I-I don't know. 1309 01:21:51,657 --> 01:21:53,136 I'm a lot shorter. 1310 01:21:53,572 --> 01:21:56,052 I think people will laugh. 1311 01:22:11,719 --> 01:22:14,030 - That totally works. - It totally does. 1312 01:22:14,113 --> 01:22:16,336 - Are you sure? - Oh, yeah, I'm sure. 1313 01:22:16,419 --> 01:22:18,117 Well, they feel great! 1314 01:22:18,944 --> 01:22:21,033 Uh, just a little big. 1315 01:22:24,297 --> 01:22:25,824 That should be enough. 1316 01:22:25,907 --> 01:22:27,217 - Little more. - Maybe one more. 1317 01:22:27,300 --> 01:22:28,606 How's that? 1318 01:22:31,130 --> 01:22:33,698 Floor feels like ice. 1319 01:22:34,350 --> 01:22:35,660 You put scratches on that floor, 1320 01:22:35,743 --> 01:22:37,662 - the janitor is gonna beat y... - Timmy. 1321 01:22:37,745 --> 01:22:39,446 There won't be no scratches. 1322 01:22:39,529 --> 01:22:41,314 He's too light on his feet to leave any. 1323 01:22:42,837 --> 01:22:44,926 Almost perfect. 1324 01:22:49,451 --> 01:22:51,018 Take another run at these two. 1325 01:22:53,281 --> 01:22:54,935 You don't need to sigh. 1326 01:22:55,501 --> 01:22:56,811 You're good at this, you know? 1327 01:22:56,894 --> 01:22:58,464 You're really good at it. 1328 01:22:58,547 --> 01:23:00,419 Yeah, but it's boring. 1329 01:23:01,115 --> 01:23:03,644 Boring? What, you mean math? 1330 01:23:03,727 --> 01:23:04,993 Yeah. 1331 01:23:05,076 --> 01:23:07,212 I wonder if maybe next semester 1332 01:23:07,295 --> 01:23:09,650 you might want to try Math League after school. 1333 01:23:09,733 --> 01:23:11,913 I did it all high school, in fact, 1334 01:23:11,996 --> 01:23:13,479 and it was so great. 1335 01:23:13,562 --> 01:23:15,390 I'm doing Twirlers and Spinners. 1336 01:23:16,870 --> 01:23:17,958 Yeah. 1337 01:23:19,830 --> 01:23:22,310 Hey, hey, put that down for a second, will you? 1338 01:23:23,311 --> 01:23:24,835 Just a little about math. 1339 01:23:25,705 --> 01:23:27,668 Because people start out thinking 1340 01:23:27,751 --> 01:23:28,972 it might be boring, 1341 01:23:29,055 --> 01:23:30,883 and that's their first mistake. 1342 01:23:31,623 --> 01:23:35,283 It's used in every career, in every job, 1343 01:23:35,366 --> 01:23:37,851 in every facet of life on this planet. 1344 01:23:37,934 --> 01:23:40,501 That's a fact. Hell, the planet. 1345 01:23:41,154 --> 01:23:43,504 How do you think we figure out how long a day is? 1346 01:23:44,462 --> 01:23:46,507 Everybody knows how long a day is. 1347 01:23:46,986 --> 01:23:49,336 - How long? - Twenty-four hours. 1348 01:23:49,815 --> 01:23:52,383 People say it's 24 hours, but they're wrong. 1349 01:23:53,079 --> 01:23:56,913 There are 23 hours and 56 minutes 1350 01:23:56,996 --> 01:23:58,480 in a stellar day. 1351 01:23:58,563 --> 01:24:01,348 Plus a few odd seconds. Math proves it. 1352 01:24:02,175 --> 01:24:04,529 How do we know how old the Earth is? 1353 01:24:04,612 --> 01:24:07,663 How old the universe is, how long people have been here? 1354 01:24:07,746 --> 01:24:10,057 Or how to build a bridge or a skyscraper 1355 01:24:10,140 --> 01:24:12,142 or how far apart the stars are? 1356 01:24:12,664 --> 01:24:14,408 How did we land on the moon? 1357 01:24:14,491 --> 01:24:16,236 The stars themselves. 1358 01:24:16,319 --> 01:24:18,412 Why they burn, why atoms split and fuse, 1359 01:24:18,495 --> 01:24:20,540 and all the rest is just math. 1360 01:24:22,499 --> 01:24:24,544 Hey, stars are just math. 1361 01:24:25,284 --> 01:24:27,116 When you look at the night sky, 1362 01:24:27,199 --> 01:24:29,205 you're seeing the greatest equation 1363 01:24:29,288 --> 01:24:30,899 in the universe. 1364 01:24:31,290 --> 01:24:34,036 Heck, your dancing, that's math too. 1365 01:24:34,119 --> 01:24:37,039 I mean, what's the language of dance? 1366 01:24:37,122 --> 01:24:40,173 How do you learn your steps? It's even in the name. 1367 01:24:40,256 --> 01:24:42,566 I mean, they call it "the count." 1368 01:24:42,649 --> 01:24:44,264 One and two and three and four. 1369 01:24:44,347 --> 01:24:47,093 What's a waltz? One, two, three, one, two, three. 1370 01:24:47,176 --> 01:24:49,395 Just numbers, just math. 1371 01:24:50,353 --> 01:24:51,528 And more than that, 1372 01:24:52,659 --> 01:24:54,139 there's an art to it. 1373 01:24:55,271 --> 01:24:57,668 What I do, all these files here, 1374 01:24:57,751 --> 01:24:59,143 all these folders, 1375 01:25:00,231 --> 01:25:02,847 these are all people's lives. 1376 01:25:02,930 --> 01:25:04,758 Every choice they made. 1377 01:25:05,628 --> 01:25:07,586 Last year, last 10 years. 1378 01:25:08,152 --> 01:25:10,115 Everything that's important to them. 1379 01:25:10,198 --> 01:25:13,292 Every weakness they have, every vice, every dream, 1380 01:25:13,375 --> 01:25:16,639 it's all here in numbers. 1381 01:25:17,335 --> 01:25:19,733 Some schmuck comes in, takes those numbers, 1382 01:25:19,816 --> 01:25:23,080 does the math without artistry, someone loses their house. 1383 01:25:23,820 --> 01:25:26,997 I take those numbers, do a little art, 1384 01:25:27,824 --> 01:25:29,217 I save someone's life. 1385 01:25:30,261 --> 01:25:31,306 That's what I do. 1386 01:25:31,915 --> 01:25:34,135 That's what accounting is. 1387 01:25:35,005 --> 01:25:37,142 Well, maybe they should teach that, 1388 01:25:37,225 --> 01:25:39,057 the cool stuff, 1389 01:25:39,140 --> 01:25:42,142 and not just all the boring stuff. 1390 01:25:42,925 --> 01:25:43,925 Hmm. 1391 01:25:51,412 --> 01:25:54,288 Math is something else too. 1392 01:25:54,371 --> 01:25:56,987 Some math, math that's called statistics 1393 01:25:57,070 --> 01:25:58,375 or probability, 1394 01:25:59,202 --> 01:26:01,596 it can tell you stuff about your future. 1395 01:26:03,119 --> 01:26:04,860 It could tell you, for example, 1396 01:26:06,253 --> 01:26:07,998 you're more likely to be drafted 1397 01:26:08,081 --> 01:26:10,043 by a major league sports team 1398 01:26:10,126 --> 01:26:12,694 than to make a real living as a dancer. 1399 01:26:16,698 --> 01:26:19,788 The world loves dancers, it truly does. 1400 01:26:20,441 --> 01:26:24,709 But it needs accountants, so there's much more demand, 1401 01:26:24,792 --> 01:26:27,360 so there's much more opportunity. 1402 01:26:28,665 --> 01:26:31,755 I know that might hurt, but it's the truth. 1403 01:26:32,713 --> 01:26:36,717 Math is truth. It won't lie to you. 1404 01:26:37,718 --> 01:26:40,377 It doesn't factor in your preferences. 1405 01:26:40,460 --> 01:26:42,331 It's pure that way. 1406 01:26:43,637 --> 01:26:45,987 Math can do a lot of things. 1407 01:26:47,641 --> 01:26:48,903 Math can be art. 1408 01:26:51,036 --> 01:26:52,776 But it can't lie. 1409 01:26:53,386 --> 01:26:54,386 So... 1410 01:26:56,084 --> 01:26:57,786 take another run at those two 1411 01:26:57,869 --> 01:26:59,044 because, Chucko, 1412 01:27:00,219 --> 01:27:02,047 you are good. 1413 01:27:03,178 --> 01:27:06,399 You... have art in you. 1414 01:27:12,752 --> 01:27:14,710 ♪ Hugging me like skin 1415 01:27:16,016 --> 01:27:17,761 ♪ And I'll sweat it clean 1416 01:27:17,844 --> 01:27:20,155 ♪ Until I can taste 1417 01:27:20,238 --> 01:27:23,067 ♪ The oxygen 1418 01:27:24,198 --> 01:27:26,244 ♪ Oh 1419 01:27:48,657 --> 01:27:50,750 Hey! You look great! 1420 01:27:50,833 --> 01:27:52,878 Thanks. Uh, you too. 1421 01:27:54,967 --> 01:27:56,886 Wanna show 'em how it's done? 1422 01:27:56,969 --> 01:27:59,624 Uh, I don't know. I kinda, um... 1423 01:28:00,799 --> 01:28:02,366 I kinda hurt my leg. 1424 01:28:04,020 --> 01:28:05,412 You hurt your leg? 1425 01:28:05,978 --> 01:28:08,241 Maybe, maybe let's, let's wait for a better song. 1426 01:28:18,121 --> 01:28:20,427 ♪ Today I changed the picture ♪ 1427 01:28:20,906 --> 01:28:23,169 ♪ In our old oak frame ♪ 1428 01:28:25,693 --> 01:28:29,001 ♪ To a painting I made of a photo inside... ♪ 1429 01:28:30,437 --> 01:28:31,569 Hey, kiddo. 1430 01:28:32,787 --> 01:28:33,832 Hey. 1431 01:28:35,877 --> 01:28:37,704 Thought you were gonna tear it up tonight. 1432 01:28:39,837 --> 01:28:41,143 I don't, I don't know. 1433 01:28:42,013 --> 01:28:43,801 My shoes feel all funny, 1434 01:28:43,884 --> 01:28:47,453 and... I hurt my leg. 1435 01:28:48,454 --> 01:28:50,021 Oh, you hurt your leg? 1436 01:28:51,327 --> 01:28:52,327 Yeah. 1437 01:28:52,850 --> 01:28:54,156 I'm sorry to hear that. 1438 01:28:55,984 --> 01:28:57,554 So, you came stag, huh? 1439 01:28:57,637 --> 01:28:59,422 - Hmm? - No date. 1440 01:29:00,162 --> 01:29:01,467 Nah, I... 1441 01:29:01,946 --> 01:29:04,605 That'll change. Believe me, it'll change. 1442 01:29:04,688 --> 01:29:06,385 Just give it some time. 1443 01:29:07,604 --> 01:29:08,822 None of this, none of... 1444 01:29:09,432 --> 01:29:12,221 None of that out there really means anything. 1445 01:29:12,304 --> 01:29:14,920 It's all just, just a scrimmage. 1446 01:29:15,003 --> 01:29:16,573 Just a practice. 1447 01:29:19,137 --> 01:29:21,403 Hey, this is perfect. Come on. 1448 01:29:21,486 --> 01:29:23,753 Nah, I'm still, uh... 1449 01:29:23,836 --> 01:29:25,277 My leg's still wonky. 1450 01:29:25,360 --> 01:29:26,756 Chuck, come on. 1451 01:29:26,839 --> 01:29:28,236 We're gonna blow the roof off. 1452 01:29:28,319 --> 01:29:29,494 I'm sorry. 1453 01:29:30,539 --> 01:29:32,019 It really hurts. 1454 01:29:46,555 --> 01:29:49,862 You know, I've been dancing since I was eight, 1455 01:29:50,298 --> 01:29:51,690 and I teach PE, 1456 01:29:52,343 --> 01:29:54,697 and I've seen when my kids get hurt. 1457 01:29:54,780 --> 01:29:56,482 I see how their walk changes. 1458 01:29:56,565 --> 01:29:58,963 I see how their posture changes. 1459 01:29:59,046 --> 01:30:01,048 And don't mind me saying, but you look... 1460 01:30:02,875 --> 01:30:04,311 Well, you look fine to me, Chuck. 1461 01:30:06,052 --> 01:30:09,185 I'm not saying that you have to dance with the girl. 1462 01:30:09,794 --> 01:30:11,757 It's up to you. I'm just saying 1463 01:30:11,840 --> 01:30:14,103 dance or no dance, you don't have to lie. 1464 01:30:15,844 --> 01:30:17,106 Tell her the truth. 1465 01:30:20,109 --> 01:30:21,154 She can take it. 1466 01:31:25,652 --> 01:31:27,266 ♪ Well, my temperature's rising ♪ 1467 01:31:27,349 --> 01:31:29,486 ♪ And my feet on the floor ♪ 1468 01:31:29,569 --> 01:31:32,440 ♪ Crazy people knocking 'cause they're wanting some more ♪ 1469 01:31:32,832 --> 01:31:35,534 ♪ Let me in, baby, I don't know what you got ♪ 1470 01:31:35,617 --> 01:31:37,793 - You ready? - Yeah. Let's do it. 1471 01:31:39,099 --> 01:31:41,667 ♪ And I'm so glad we made it ♪ 1472 01:31:42,885 --> 01:31:44,891 ♪ So glad we made it 1473 01:31:44,974 --> 01:31:46,324 ♪ You gotta 1474 01:31:46,628 --> 01:31:47,938 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' ♪ 1475 01:31:48,021 --> 01:31:49,853 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 1476 01:31:49,936 --> 01:31:51,202 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 1477 01:31:51,285 --> 01:31:53,074 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 1478 01:31:53,157 --> 01:31:56,812 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' every day ♪ 1479 01:32:16,091 --> 01:32:18,054 ♪ Well, I feel so good 1480 01:32:18,137 --> 01:32:19,925 ♪ Everything is getting higher ♪ 1481 01:32:20,008 --> 01:32:21,579 ♪ You better take it easy 1482 01:32:21,662 --> 01:32:23,451 ♪ 'Cause the place is on fire ♪ 1483 01:32:23,534 --> 01:32:26,497 ♪ Been a hard day and I have so much to do ♪ 1484 01:32:26,580 --> 01:32:29,109 ♪ We made it, baby, and it happened to you ♪ 1485 01:32:29,192 --> 01:32:31,890 ♪ And I'm so glad we made it ♪ 1486 01:32:33,283 --> 01:32:35,376 ♪ So glad we made it 1487 01:32:35,459 --> 01:32:36,812 ♪ You gotta 1488 01:32:36,895 --> 01:32:38,248 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 1489 01:32:38,331 --> 01:32:40,250 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 1490 01:32:40,333 --> 01:32:41,556 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 1491 01:32:41,639 --> 01:32:43,471 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 1492 01:32:43,554 --> 01:32:44,994 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 1493 01:32:45,077 --> 01:32:46,561 ♪ Every day 1494 01:33:04,791 --> 01:33:06,667 ♪ Well, I feel so good 1495 01:33:06,750 --> 01:33:08,756 ♪ Everything is getting higher ♪ 1496 01:33:08,839 --> 01:33:11,755 ♪ You better take it easy 'cause the place is on fire ♪ 1497 01:33:12,103 --> 01:33:14,892 ♪ Been a hard day and nothing went too good ♪ 1498 01:33:14,975 --> 01:33:18,113 ♪ Now I'm gonna relax like-a everybody should ♪ 1499 01:33:18,196 --> 01:33:20,677 ♪ And I'm so glad we made it ♪ 1500 01:33:21,112 --> 01:33:22,161 ♪ Hey-hey 1501 01:33:22,244 --> 01:33:24,250 ♪ So glad we made it 1502 01:33:24,333 --> 01:33:26,121 ♪ You got to 1503 01:33:26,204 --> 01:33:27,688 ♪ Gimme some a-loving 1504 01:33:27,771 --> 01:33:29,168 ♪ Gimme, gimme some loving 1505 01:33:29,251 --> 01:33:30,473 ♪ Gimme some loving 1506 01:33:30,556 --> 01:33:32,471 ♪ Gimme, gimme some loving 1507 01:33:33,820 --> 01:33:35,953 ♪ Gimme, gimme some loving 1508 01:33:36,867 --> 01:33:39,043 ♪ Gimme, gimme some loving 1509 01:33:40,131 --> 01:33:42,181 ♪ Gimme, gimme some loving 1510 01:33:58,714 --> 01:34:01,286 One more time! One more time! 1511 01:34:01,369 --> 01:34:04,763 One more time! 1512 01:34:05,503 --> 01:34:07,248 They may have been young, 1513 01:34:07,331 --> 01:34:09,903 but they were smart enough to know when to quit. 1514 01:34:18,560 --> 01:34:19,956 Thank you, guys. 1515 01:34:20,039 --> 01:34:21,610 Six months before he died 1516 01:34:21,693 --> 01:34:25,266 of a brain tumor at the unfair age of 39, 1517 01:34:25,349 --> 01:34:28,612 and while his mind was still working, mostly, 1518 01:34:29,091 --> 01:34:32,098 Chuck told his wife the truth about the scar 1519 01:34:32,181 --> 01:34:33,530 on the back of his hand. 1520 01:34:35,402 --> 01:34:37,190 When they'd first started dating, 1521 01:34:37,273 --> 01:34:39,105 he told her he'd gotten it from a boy 1522 01:34:39,188 --> 01:34:41,107 named Doug Wentworth, 1523 01:34:41,190 --> 01:34:43,979 who was pissed about him dancing with his girlfriend 1524 01:34:44,062 --> 01:34:45,720 at a middle school formal 1525 01:34:45,803 --> 01:34:47,853 and pushed him into a chain link fence 1526 01:34:47,936 --> 01:34:49,071 outside the gym. 1527 01:34:49,154 --> 01:34:50,547 I lied about that, though. 1528 01:34:53,681 --> 01:34:54,860 Oh, my. 1529 01:34:54,943 --> 01:34:57,166 A man of secrets, 1530 01:34:57,249 --> 01:34:58,468 even still. 1531 01:35:00,688 --> 01:35:02,433 What happened, love? 1532 01:35:02,516 --> 01:35:04,561 When our fabulous dance was over, I... 1533 01:35:05,214 --> 01:35:07,434 I was sweaty and I was so hot. 1534 01:35:08,391 --> 01:35:10,441 I-I felt like my cheeks were gonna catch fire. 1535 01:35:10,524 --> 01:35:11,702 You were great. 1536 01:35:11,785 --> 01:35:13,221 - Thank you. - What a star. 1537 01:35:14,527 --> 01:35:15,749 All I wanted in that moment 1538 01:35:15,832 --> 01:35:18,056 was just darkness, 1539 01:35:18,139 --> 01:35:19,445 cool air, 1540 01:35:20,489 --> 01:35:21,882 and to be by myself. 1541 01:35:26,626 --> 01:35:28,497 There were millions of stars that night. 1542 01:35:30,369 --> 01:35:31,631 Millions of them. 1543 01:35:32,240 --> 01:35:33,937 And millions more behind them. 1544 01:35:34,982 --> 01:35:38,725 And sure, m-may... Yeah, maybe they were just math. 1545 01:35:39,943 --> 01:35:42,385 But they also danced. 1546 01:35:42,468 --> 01:35:45,384 I know 'cause I saw one of them. 1547 01:35:47,516 --> 01:35:51,089 And I remember thinking, the universe is large 1548 01:35:51,172 --> 01:35:53,526 and, and it contains multitudes, 1549 01:35:53,609 --> 01:35:57,046 but it-it also contains me. 1550 01:35:58,221 --> 01:35:59,571 And in this moment... 1551 01:36:01,311 --> 01:36:02,878 I am wonderful. 1552 01:36:04,314 --> 01:36:06,756 And I have a right to be wonderful. 1553 01:36:06,839 --> 01:36:08,754 Oh! 1554 01:36:12,410 --> 01:36:14,020 Why lie about that, silly? 1555 01:36:15,804 --> 01:36:17,893 You're a strange wonder, my dear. 1556 01:36:19,721 --> 01:36:21,858 He doesn't offer more 1557 01:36:21,941 --> 01:36:25,292 because the scar was important for another reason. 1558 01:36:26,641 --> 01:36:29,209 It was part of a story he couldn't tell, 1559 01:36:29,818 --> 01:36:32,477 even though there was now an apartment building 1560 01:36:32,560 --> 01:36:34,740 on the site of the Victorian house 1561 01:36:34,823 --> 01:36:37,086 where he had done most of his growing up. 1562 01:36:38,392 --> 01:36:40,963 The haunted Victorian house. 1563 01:36:41,046 --> 01:36:42,047 Mm. 1564 01:36:42,613 --> 01:36:43,613 No reason. 1565 01:36:45,442 --> 01:36:46,965 Funny thinking, I guess. 1566 01:36:47,748 --> 01:36:49,711 The scar meant more, 1567 01:36:49,794 --> 01:36:51,796 so he had made it more. 1568 01:36:52,274 --> 01:36:56,104 He just couldn't make it as much more as it really was. 1569 01:36:56,714 --> 01:36:58,850 That made little sense. 1570 01:36:58,933 --> 01:37:02,676 But as the glioblastoma continued its blitzkrieg, 1571 01:37:03,329 --> 01:37:05,596 it was the best his disintegrating mind 1572 01:37:05,679 --> 01:37:06,728 could manage. 1573 01:37:39,538 --> 01:37:41,196 Chuck's grandpa, 1574 01:37:41,279 --> 01:37:42,410 his Zaydee, 1575 01:37:43,281 --> 01:37:44,939 died of a heart attack 1576 01:37:45,022 --> 01:37:49,030 five years after the Fall Fling dance. 1577 01:37:49,113 --> 01:37:51,598 Chuck was a junior in high school 1578 01:37:51,681 --> 01:37:54,731 singing in a band and dancing like Jagger 1579 01:37:54,814 --> 01:37:56,816 during the instrumental breaks. 1580 01:37:57,469 --> 01:37:59,629 He made all the arrangements himself. 1581 01:38:00,864 --> 01:38:02,783 Came in a few weeks ago 1582 01:38:02,866 --> 01:38:05,133 just to make sure everything was to the letter, 1583 01:38:05,216 --> 01:38:07,261 which I thought was strange. 1584 01:38:08,044 --> 01:38:09,789 Not many people bother to do that. 1585 01:38:09,872 --> 01:38:11,399 Most people, 1586 01:38:11,482 --> 01:38:13,963 they come here once to set it all up. 1587 01:38:14,790 --> 01:38:16,487 They aren't anxious to come back again. 1588 01:38:18,054 --> 01:38:21,104 Next time I see 'em, they're in their Sunday best, 1589 01:38:21,187 --> 01:38:22,362 if you get me. 1590 01:38:24,582 --> 01:38:27,629 He was a great man and a good friend. 1591 01:38:29,195 --> 01:38:31,854 He's been doing our books for 23 years 1592 01:38:31,937 --> 01:38:34,204 and saved our skin more than once 1593 01:38:34,287 --> 01:38:35,550 when the tax man was coming. 1594 01:38:38,378 --> 01:38:40,863 So, do I owe you any money? 1595 01:38:40,946 --> 01:38:42,517 Not a penny. 1596 01:38:42,600 --> 01:38:45,738 He took care of that too. Settled his tab 1597 01:38:45,821 --> 01:38:47,257 that same visit. 1598 01:38:48,345 --> 01:38:49,346 You know... 1599 01:38:50,608 --> 01:38:51,956 the strangest thing. 1600 01:38:52,696 --> 01:38:55,481 And this will sound strange, so bear with me. 1601 01:38:56,047 --> 01:38:58,615 See, I, uh, 1602 01:38:59,137 --> 01:39:01,404 dreamed of being a television weatherman 1603 01:39:01,487 --> 01:39:02,667 in my salad days 1604 01:39:02,750 --> 01:39:04,229 with maybe one of the networks. 1605 01:39:05,491 --> 01:39:06,754 Wasn't in the cards for me. 1606 01:39:07,929 --> 01:39:11,541 But I did spend a summer at WKNB. 1607 01:39:12,760 --> 01:39:15,375 Well, there was a guy 1608 01:39:15,458 --> 01:39:17,508 at KNB who they said 1609 01:39:17,591 --> 01:39:19,510 could feel a storm coming 1610 01:39:19,593 --> 01:39:21,333 two solid weeks away 1611 01:39:21,856 --> 01:39:23,383 without the radar. 1612 01:39:23,466 --> 01:39:25,167 Had a sixth sense. 1613 01:39:25,250 --> 01:39:27,035 Damnedest thing I ever saw. 1614 01:39:27,688 --> 01:39:29,911 Uh, used to make this face, 1615 01:39:29,994 --> 01:39:33,393 this face when people talked about their travel plans, 1616 01:39:33,476 --> 01:39:35,481 if he knew something they didn't. 1617 01:39:35,564 --> 01:39:38,658 Not... not a smile, per se. 1618 01:39:38,741 --> 01:39:40,486 No joy in it. 1619 01:39:40,569 --> 01:39:43,703 Just a... knowing. 1620 01:39:45,008 --> 01:39:46,749 "Weatherman Stare," I called it. 1621 01:39:47,924 --> 01:39:50,540 And I didn't have it, not me. 1622 01:39:50,623 --> 01:39:52,973 So, I'm here, not there. 1623 01:39:55,845 --> 01:39:58,678 Your granddad had that same face 1624 01:39:58,761 --> 01:40:00,284 when he was in here. 1625 01:40:01,242 --> 01:40:04,680 Like... he knew it was gonna rain. 1626 01:40:05,376 --> 01:40:07,770 And I was just a guy selling him an umbrella. 1627 01:40:10,164 --> 01:40:11,469 Weatherman Stare. 1628 01:40:12,470 --> 01:40:13,950 I'm sure of it. 1629 01:40:15,473 --> 01:40:16,561 The strangest thing. 1630 01:40:18,825 --> 01:40:21,004 Albie left him everything. 1631 01:40:21,087 --> 01:40:24,307 More than enough to pay for his college education. 1632 01:40:24,786 --> 01:40:27,445 And later on, the sale of the Victorian 1633 01:40:27,528 --> 01:40:30,535 paid for the house he and Ginny moved into 1634 01:40:30,618 --> 01:40:33,012 after their honeymoon in the Catskills. 1635 01:40:35,101 --> 01:40:37,977 He flatly refused to move to Omaha 1636 01:40:38,060 --> 01:40:40,280 to live with his mother's parents. 1637 01:40:40,889 --> 01:40:42,721 - Look, I love you guys... - He said. 1638 01:40:42,804 --> 01:40:46,116 But this is where I grew up and want to stay till college. 1639 01:40:46,199 --> 01:40:47,809 I'm 17. I'm not a baby. 1640 01:40:48,331 --> 01:40:50,642 So, they, both long retired, 1641 01:40:50,725 --> 01:40:52,296 came to him 1642 01:40:52,379 --> 01:40:54,211 and stayed in the Victorian 1643 01:40:54,294 --> 01:40:57,083 for the 20-odd months before Chuck went off 1644 01:40:57,166 --> 01:40:59,168 to the University of Illinois. 1645 01:41:01,562 --> 01:41:04,782 They weren't able to be there for the funeral, however. 1646 01:41:06,305 --> 01:41:08,833 It happened fast, as Albie had wanted, 1647 01:41:08,916 --> 01:41:10,879 and his mom's folks had loose ends 1648 01:41:10,962 --> 01:41:12,746 to tie up in Omaha. 1649 01:41:13,965 --> 01:41:16,532 Chuck didn't really miss them, if he was honest. 1650 01:41:17,533 --> 01:41:19,627 His Zaydee hated a fuss 1651 01:41:19,710 --> 01:41:21,973 almost as much as he hated a crowd. 1652 01:41:26,325 --> 01:41:29,027 A day before they were scheduled to arrive, 1653 01:41:29,110 --> 01:41:31,464 Chuck finally opened the envelope 1654 01:41:31,547 --> 01:41:33,205 that had been sitting on the table 1655 01:41:33,288 --> 01:41:34,376 in the front hall. 1656 01:41:35,813 --> 01:41:38,428 It was from Sam Yarborough, 1657 01:41:38,511 --> 01:41:42,519 owner and chief undertaker at Yarborough Funeral Home, 1658 01:41:42,602 --> 01:41:46,911 and inside were Albie Krantz's personal effects. 1659 01:43:43,633 --> 01:43:46,335 In this room, Chuck's grandpa had seen 1660 01:43:46,418 --> 01:43:47,728 the Jefferies boy, 1661 01:43:47,811 --> 01:43:49,857 body broken by the car. 1662 01:43:51,641 --> 01:43:54,600 He'd seen Henry Peterson hanging from the ceiling. 1663 01:43:55,863 --> 01:43:58,561 He'd seen his own wife lying dead. 1664 01:43:58,995 --> 01:44:01,436 And likely, Chuck supposed, 1665 01:44:01,519 --> 01:44:04,696 perhaps the night Chuck had stolen his keys, 1666 01:44:05,610 --> 01:44:09,880 Albie had even seen himself crumpled to the floor, 1667 01:44:09,963 --> 01:44:11,965 still clutching his upper arm. 1668 01:44:13,531 --> 01:44:15,794 "It's the waiting," he'd said. 1669 01:44:17,187 --> 01:44:18,714 "That's the hard part." 1670 01:44:20,408 --> 01:44:22,845 Now Chuck's own waiting would begin. 1671 01:44:24,586 --> 01:44:26,283 How long would that wait be? 1672 01:44:27,545 --> 01:44:31,205 Exactly how old was the man in the hospital bed? 1673 01:44:36,598 --> 01:44:39,039 There was a final bip... 1674 01:44:39,122 --> 01:44:40,907 from the unseen monitor 1675 01:44:41,820 --> 01:44:43,647 and then that was gone too. 1676 01:44:46,607 --> 01:44:48,395 The man did not fade, 1677 01:44:48,478 --> 01:44:51,351 as ghostly apparitions did in the movies. 1678 01:44:52,265 --> 01:44:54,006 He was just gone. 1679 01:44:54,920 --> 01:44:58,097 Insisting he had never been there in the first place. 1680 01:45:00,012 --> 01:45:01,839 - He wasn't... - Chuck thinks. 1681 01:45:02,405 --> 01:45:04,016 And I will insist he wasn't. 1682 01:45:05,495 --> 01:45:08,977 And I will live my life until my life runs out. 1683 01:45:11,153 --> 01:45:12,372 I am wonderful. 1684 01:45:14,461 --> 01:45:15,984 I deserve to be wonderful. 1685 01:45:18,856 --> 01:45:20,728 And I contain multitudes. 1686 01:46:00,201 --> 01:46:03,335 ♪ Of all the money I ever had ♪ 1687 01:46:05,250 --> 01:46:09,254 ♪ I spent it in good company ♪ 1688 01:46:10,255 --> 01:46:14,040 ♪ And all the harm I've ever done ♪ 1689 01:46:15,824 --> 01:46:19,654 ♪ It was to none but me 1690 01:46:23,049 --> 01:46:25,182 ♪ And all I've done 1691 01:46:26,966 --> 01:46:29,316 ♪ For want of wit 1692 01:46:31,014 --> 01:46:35,670 ♪ To memory now I can't recall ♪ 1693 01:46:38,282 --> 01:46:42,895 ♪ So fill to me the parting glass ♪ 1694 01:46:43,678 --> 01:46:48,596 ♪ Good night and joy be to you all ♪ 1695 01:47:11,923 --> 01:47:16,493 ♪ Fill to me the parting glass ♪ 1696 01:47:17,233 --> 01:47:21,106 ♪ And drink a health whate'er befalls ♪ 1697 01:47:22,151 --> 01:47:26,459 ♪ Then gently rise and softly call ♪ 1698 01:47:27,286 --> 01:47:32,248 ♪ Good night and joy be to you all ♪ 1699 01:47:55,835 --> 01:47:59,752 ♪ Of all the friends I ever had ♪ 1700 01:48:00,710 --> 01:48:04,844 ♪ They're sorry for my going away ♪ 1701 01:48:05,889 --> 01:48:10,546 ♪ And all the sweethearts I ever had ♪ 1702 01:48:11,112 --> 01:48:15,290 ♪ They would wish me one more day to stay ♪ 1703 01:48:18,380 --> 01:48:20,512 ♪ Since it fell 1704 01:48:22,818 --> 01:48:24,646 ♪ Into my lot 1705 01:48:26,691 --> 01:48:31,131 ♪ That I should rise and you should not ♪ 1706 01:48:33,916 --> 01:48:38,138 ♪ I'll gently rise and softly call ♪ 1707 01:48:39,051 --> 01:48:44,318 ♪ Good night and joy be to you all ♪ 1708 01:49:07,644 --> 01:49:12,171 ♪ Fill to me the parting glass ♪ 1709 01:49:12,780 --> 01:49:16,871 ♪ Drink a health whate'er befalls ♪ 1710 01:49:17,741 --> 01:49:22,050 ♪ Then gently rise and softly call ♪ 1711 01:49:22,877 --> 01:49:27,577 ♪ Good night and joy be to you all ♪ 1712 01:49:28,187 --> 01:49:34,454 ♪ Good night and joy be to you all ♪