1 00:01:16,711 --> 00:01:19,774 Sorry, I didn't even notice you there! 2 00:01:19,874 --> 00:01:20,775 No, no, no, no, don't apologize! 3 00:01:20,875 --> 00:01:22,136 Don't apologize! 4 00:01:22,236 --> 00:01:23,236 Continue! 5 00:01:23,277 --> 00:01:24,277 Keep dancing. 6 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,261 I must look crazy. 7 00:01:27,361 --> 00:01:28,378 It's just great to see somebody 8 00:01:28,402 --> 00:01:29,984 loving the rain so much. 9 00:01:30,084 --> 00:01:31,385 Well, don't you just love it? 10 00:01:31,485 --> 00:01:32,266 No. 11 00:01:32,366 --> 00:01:33,267 What? 12 00:01:33,367 --> 00:01:34,668 No! 13 00:01:34,768 --> 00:01:36,189 You hate the rain? 14 00:01:36,289 --> 00:01:37,551 Yes! 15 00:01:38,652 --> 00:01:40,153 How could anyone hate the rain? 16 00:01:40,253 --> 00:01:41,714 Well, I'm afraid I might shrink. 17 00:01:43,256 --> 00:01:46,799 No, you have to become one with it. 18 00:01:46,899 --> 00:01:48,761 Just melt into it. 19 00:01:48,861 --> 00:01:49,861 Don't resist. 20 00:01:52,304 --> 00:01:53,525 It's cold! 21 00:02:04,075 --> 00:02:05,696 Can I have one? 22 00:02:05,796 --> 00:02:08,639 Yeah. 23 00:02:13,363 --> 00:02:14,665 Got a lighter too? 24 00:02:14,765 --> 00:02:16,766 Yeah, I do. 25 00:02:18,728 --> 00:02:19,728 Be careful. 26 00:02:19,769 --> 00:02:22,071 Don't burn yourself. 27 00:02:22,171 --> 00:02:24,173 Got it lit? 28 00:02:27,496 --> 00:02:28,793 So you're that writer, aren't you? 29 00:02:28,817 --> 00:02:30,819 Yes. 30 00:02:33,422 --> 00:02:34,082 From New York, right? 31 00:02:34,182 --> 00:02:36,004 Yes. 32 00:02:36,104 --> 00:02:37,325 Can I ask you a question? 33 00:02:37,425 --> 00:02:38,566 Yes. 34 00:02:38,667 --> 00:02:41,729 Why would you leave New York to come to this hole? 35 00:02:41,829 --> 00:02:42,926 I needed a change of scenery. 36 00:02:42,950 --> 00:02:45,413 But New York... 37 00:02:45,513 --> 00:02:47,935 I mean, I would do anything to visit New York! 38 00:02:48,035 --> 00:02:50,217 To... soak in the architecture, 39 00:02:50,317 --> 00:02:51,739 the people... 40 00:02:51,839 --> 00:02:53,860 see the shows on Broadway. 41 00:02:53,961 --> 00:02:55,742 Ha-have... Do we... 42 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:57,744 do we know each other? 43 00:02:57,844 --> 00:02:59,025 No. 44 00:02:59,125 --> 00:03:00,987 No, but everyone knows who you are. 45 00:03:01,087 --> 00:03:03,269 You're the famous author living in Goose Cove. 46 00:03:03,369 --> 00:03:05,371 Yeah. 47 00:03:07,093 --> 00:03:09,755 I gotta go. 48 00:03:09,855 --> 00:03:11,757 Don't tell anyone I smoke, okay? 49 00:03:11,857 --> 00:03:14,319 Okay. 50 00:03:14,419 --> 00:03:16,481 Goodbye, Mr. Author. 51 00:03:16,581 --> 00:03:18,083 I hope I'll see you again sometime. 52 00:03:18,183 --> 00:03:20,185 Me too. 53 00:03:21,266 --> 00:03:22,166 What's your name? 54 00:03:22,266 --> 00:03:24,308 Nola. 55 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,378 Sommerdale Police, how can I help you? 56 00:04:22,402 --> 00:04:24,984 It's Deborah Cooper in Side Creek Lane. 57 00:04:25,084 --> 00:04:25,945 I... 58 00:04:26,045 --> 00:04:28,347 Come quick! Right now! 59 00:04:28,447 --> 00:04:29,927 You heard prowlers again, Mrs. Cooper? 60 00:04:29,969 --> 00:04:31,150 No, no, it's a girl! 61 00:04:31,250 --> 00:04:34,312 She's being chased in the woods by a man! 62 00:04:34,413 --> 00:04:35,594 I-I was making an apple pie, 63 00:04:35,694 --> 00:04:38,837 heard a scream, and looked out the screen door. 64 00:04:38,937 --> 00:04:40,358 She was wearing a red dress. 65 00:04:40,458 --> 00:04:41,719 She's... 66 00:04:41,819 --> 00:04:43,481 she's running through the forest, 67 00:04:43,581 --> 00:04:44,842 and he's chasing her. 68 00:04:44,942 --> 00:04:45,999 I'm sending a patrol car over 69 00:04:46,023 --> 00:04:47,404 right away, Mrs. Cooper. 70 00:04:47,505 --> 00:04:48,545 Please stay where you are. 71 00:05:09,645 --> 00:05:11,467 Hurry! 72 00:07:38,501 --> 00:07:41,004 Anyone who says success is overrated 73 00:07:41,104 --> 00:07:42,325 isn't doing it right. 74 00:07:42,425 --> 00:07:44,567 This is me, Marcus Goldman. 75 00:07:44,667 --> 00:07:47,930 At the age of 26, I had written my first novel, 76 00:07:48,030 --> 00:07:49,371 which sold over a million copies, 77 00:07:49,471 --> 00:07:53,255 propelling me onto everyone's must-read list. 78 00:07:53,355 --> 00:07:54,576 I was suddenly a celebrity. 79 00:07:54,676 --> 00:07:56,418 My book, "G is for Goldstein," 80 00:07:56,518 --> 00:07:58,179 was heralded far and wide 81 00:07:58,279 --> 00:08:00,541 as the work of an original and rare talent, 82 00:08:00,642 --> 00:08:02,984 even by the toughest of New York critics. 83 00:08:03,084 --> 00:08:05,186 Suddenly, everything I said 84 00:08:05,286 --> 00:08:07,508 was of interest and hilarious. 85 00:08:07,608 --> 00:08:09,950 No more dining on ramen. 86 00:08:10,050 --> 00:08:12,272 It's now Peking duck at Mr. Chow, 87 00:08:12,372 --> 00:08:14,034 prepared by the chef himself. 88 00:08:14,134 --> 00:08:17,237 No more squinting to watch the big game, 89 00:08:17,337 --> 00:08:19,759 but enjoying it on a 110-inch plasma screen 90 00:08:19,859 --> 00:08:21,200 with Douglas Claren, 91 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:22,482 my agent. 92 00:08:22,582 --> 00:08:26,445 I even hired a secretary named Denise, 93 00:08:26,545 --> 00:08:29,208 who I think might have had a little crush on me. 94 00:08:29,308 --> 00:08:30,449 For the first six months 95 00:08:30,549 --> 00:08:32,491 after the publication of my book, 96 00:08:32,591 --> 00:08:35,293 life was a writer's wet dream. 97 00:08:35,393 --> 00:08:36,975 There were book signings 98 00:08:37,075 --> 00:08:38,977 and a contract for my next two novels, 99 00:08:39,077 --> 00:08:40,778 with a little advance thrown in there 100 00:08:40,878 --> 00:08:42,140 for good measure. 101 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:43,701 Wow. Thank you! 102 00:08:43,801 --> 00:08:45,903 Success does have its drawbacks, 103 00:08:46,003 --> 00:08:48,505 like what to say when someone asks you... 104 00:08:48,606 --> 00:08:50,147 So what's your next book about? 105 00:08:50,247 --> 00:08:51,708 It had been over a year 106 00:08:51,808 --> 00:08:54,231 since the publication of my first book, 107 00:08:54,331 --> 00:08:56,473 and I still had not written a single word 108 00:08:56,573 --> 00:08:58,074 of the next one. 109 00:08:58,174 --> 00:08:59,355 Not that I didn't try. 110 00:08:59,455 --> 00:09:01,197 Inspiration had abandoned me, 111 00:09:01,297 --> 00:09:02,799 and I was scared shitless, 112 00:09:02,899 --> 00:09:06,322 because where I come from, failure is not an option. 113 00:09:06,422 --> 00:09:08,043 Even in high school, 114 00:09:08,143 --> 00:09:10,566 Marcus Goldman always found some way to come out a winner. 115 00:09:10,666 --> 00:09:11,807 I figured out pretty early 116 00:09:11,907 --> 00:09:14,489 the best way to stand out in a crowd 117 00:09:14,589 --> 00:09:18,393 was to pick the right crowd to stand out in. 118 00:09:20,835 --> 00:09:22,376 My strategy was so successful, 119 00:09:22,477 --> 00:09:26,340 I soon became known as "Marcus the Magnificent." 120 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,702 See, the trouble is, the more you win, 121 00:09:28,802 --> 00:09:31,064 the more terrifying it is to lose, 122 00:09:31,165 --> 00:09:33,947 and I was on the verge of losing everything. 123 00:09:34,047 --> 00:09:35,749 I tried everything to get unblocked. 124 00:09:35,849 --> 00:09:38,751 I escaped to the desert for solitude, 125 00:09:38,852 --> 00:09:42,955 to reconnect with my inner voice. 126 00:09:43,055 --> 00:09:44,673 I even returned to my old room in New Jersey 127 00:09:44,697 --> 00:09:45,718 hoping for inspiration... 128 00:09:45,818 --> 00:09:48,200 Shh! He's writing! 129 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:50,162 The trouble with being hailed as a genius 130 00:09:50,262 --> 00:09:52,004 is that now everything you write 131 00:09:52,104 --> 00:09:54,005 is expected to be a literary gem, 132 00:09:54,106 --> 00:09:58,369 some timeless insight into the human condition. 133 00:09:58,470 --> 00:10:00,251 The pressure to live up to the hype 134 00:10:00,351 --> 00:10:01,452 froze me. 135 00:10:01,552 --> 00:10:03,494 There was only one person I knew 136 00:10:03,594 --> 00:10:05,234 who could help me cut through the bullshit 137 00:10:05,316 --> 00:10:07,097 and bring me back to reality, 138 00:10:07,198 --> 00:10:09,380 Harry Quebert, 139 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,182 best-selling author, my former college professor, 140 00:10:12,282 --> 00:10:15,845 and one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. 141 00:10:33,261 --> 00:10:35,283 Marcus! 142 00:10:35,383 --> 00:10:36,885 Is this really you? 143 00:10:36,985 --> 00:10:38,166 Yeah, yeah. 144 00:10:38,266 --> 00:10:39,647 - It is? - Yeah. 145 00:10:39,747 --> 00:10:41,289 - Incredible. - Yeah. 146 00:10:41,389 --> 00:10:42,610 I know, I'm... 147 00:10:42,710 --> 00:10:44,211 sorry, Harry. 148 00:10:44,312 --> 00:10:46,013 I've been completely off the grid. 149 00:10:46,113 --> 00:10:47,575 I haven't heard from you 150 00:10:47,675 --> 00:10:49,536 since you became a star. 151 00:10:49,636 --> 00:10:51,418 I tried to call you about a month ago. 152 00:10:51,518 --> 00:10:52,518 Your assistant said 153 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,461 you weren't taking calls from anybody. 154 00:10:54,561 --> 00:10:56,623 I'm... 155 00:10:56,723 --> 00:10:58,785 totally blocked, Harry. 156 00:10:58,885 --> 00:11:01,187 It's been over a year, and I got nothing... 157 00:11:01,287 --> 00:11:03,269 except a deadline I'm not gonna meet. 158 00:11:03,369 --> 00:11:05,391 Yeah. 159 00:11:05,491 --> 00:11:07,152 That second one is always the toughest. 160 00:11:07,253 --> 00:11:08,354 Yeah. 161 00:11:08,454 --> 00:11:10,235 A lot of expectation out there... 162 00:11:10,335 --> 00:11:12,197 and creativity just does not thrive 163 00:11:12,297 --> 00:11:14,239 when there is a deadline. 164 00:11:14,339 --> 00:11:15,440 It's like sex, 165 00:11:15,540 --> 00:11:17,482 but there's no little blue pill for a writer. 166 00:11:17,582 --> 00:11:19,324 You know, why don't you come to me? 167 00:11:19,424 --> 00:11:21,045 Just get out of New York. 168 00:11:21,145 --> 00:11:22,607 Have a change of scenery, you know? 169 00:11:22,707 --> 00:11:23,608 Really? 170 00:11:23,708 --> 00:11:24,748 Go for a run on the beach, 171 00:11:24,829 --> 00:11:26,770 get your creative juices going. 172 00:11:26,871 --> 00:11:29,173 You know? 173 00:11:29,273 --> 00:11:30,734 Let inspiration come to you. 174 00:11:30,834 --> 00:11:32,295 Okay. 175 00:11:32,396 --> 00:11:33,577 Yeah. 176 00:11:33,677 --> 00:11:37,100 It's a deal. I'll... I'll see you this weekend. 177 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,202 All right. 178 00:11:47,569 --> 00:11:49,151 I loved driving to Maine. 179 00:11:49,251 --> 00:11:51,233 I knew Sommerdale well, 180 00:11:51,333 --> 00:11:55,156 having visited Harry there several times as a student. 181 00:11:55,257 --> 00:11:58,159 I loved this little town forgotten by time, 182 00:11:58,259 --> 00:11:59,681 its churches, 183 00:11:59,781 --> 00:12:02,964 peaceful neighborhoods of painted wooden houses, 184 00:12:03,064 --> 00:12:04,485 the shops, 185 00:12:04,585 --> 00:12:08,088 and Clark's, the town's historic diner 186 00:12:08,188 --> 00:12:09,490 where Harry and I would eat 187 00:12:09,590 --> 00:12:11,932 and spend hours talking about life, 188 00:12:12,032 --> 00:12:14,374 and books, and... 189 00:12:14,474 --> 00:12:17,117 and what it meant to be a writer. 190 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:22,582 Harry was living a few miles away, 191 00:12:22,682 --> 00:12:25,184 isolated amongst the tranquil wilderness 192 00:12:25,284 --> 00:12:26,906 of the coastal forest 193 00:12:27,006 --> 00:12:29,948 in a beautiful stone and solid pine house 194 00:12:30,048 --> 00:12:31,630 with an ocean view 195 00:12:31,730 --> 00:12:35,614 and a deck overlooking an endless beach. 196 00:12:57,634 --> 00:12:59,575 Marcus the Magnificent! 197 00:12:59,676 --> 00:13:01,177 Hey, Harry. 198 00:13:01,277 --> 00:13:02,298 You made it! 199 00:13:02,398 --> 00:13:03,855 - How are you, man? - It's good to see you! 200 00:13:03,879 --> 00:13:05,421 It's good to see you too! 201 00:13:05,521 --> 00:13:06,902 Welcome back. 202 00:13:07,002 --> 00:13:08,784 It's good to see you, man. 203 00:13:08,884 --> 00:13:10,265 This is new. 204 00:13:10,365 --> 00:13:11,506 This is new, it looks good. 205 00:13:11,607 --> 00:13:13,608 I painted it. 206 00:13:14,329 --> 00:13:15,150 Welcome. 207 00:13:15,250 --> 00:13:16,631 Please. Thanks, man. 208 00:13:16,731 --> 00:13:18,473 God, it's good to be back. 209 00:13:31,425 --> 00:13:33,887 First, get good at being patient. 210 00:13:33,987 --> 00:13:36,249 The more patient you are, the more likely it is 211 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:38,651 your muse will pay you a visit. 212 00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:40,453 But you know me, Harry. 213 00:13:40,553 --> 00:13:43,055 Patience has never been my strong suit. 214 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:44,817 Especially now. 215 00:13:44,917 --> 00:13:47,780 And stop trying to write the Great American Novel. 216 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:49,661 That will only paralyze you. 217 00:13:49,761 --> 00:13:51,023 You can't write from fear. 218 00:13:51,123 --> 00:13:52,384 Then what do I write from? 219 00:13:52,484 --> 00:13:55,907 'Cause right now, fear's the only thing I got. 220 00:13:56,007 --> 00:13:58,550 That and terror. 221 00:13:58,650 --> 00:14:00,952 You have to write what matters to you. 222 00:14:01,052 --> 00:14:03,314 Screw all the voices in your head, 223 00:14:03,414 --> 00:14:04,635 the ones judging you, 224 00:14:04,735 --> 00:14:07,838 telling you what you should or should not write about. 225 00:14:07,938 --> 00:14:11,361 Go with your gut, the idea that excites you. 226 00:14:11,461 --> 00:14:12,102 And what if I change my mind 227 00:14:12,182 --> 00:14:14,484 halfway through? 228 00:14:14,584 --> 00:14:16,646 You can always change your mind, 229 00:14:16,746 --> 00:14:18,248 go in a different direction. 230 00:14:18,348 --> 00:14:19,649 The point is to write, 231 00:14:19,749 --> 00:14:20,890 pen to paper. 232 00:14:20,990 --> 00:14:25,054 The words are immaterial, it's all about the idea. 233 00:14:25,154 --> 00:14:27,096 Is that helping? 234 00:14:27,196 --> 00:14:28,337 It's pretty simple, yeah... 235 00:14:28,437 --> 00:14:29,658 No, it's not helping. 236 00:14:29,758 --> 00:14:30,539 He needs some inspiration. 237 00:14:30,639 --> 00:14:31,460 What can you say to him? 238 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,581 Well, 239 00:14:32,681 --> 00:14:34,823 it helps if you sit where he's sitting. 240 00:14:34,923 --> 00:14:36,925 Just for good luck. 241 00:14:37,765 --> 00:14:38,666 Thanks, Jenny. 242 00:14:38,766 --> 00:14:40,988 Thank you, Jenny. 243 00:14:41,088 --> 00:14:43,090 Yes... 244 00:14:55,181 --> 00:14:56,483 Okay, I'm off. 245 00:14:56,583 --> 00:14:58,845 My last class is around 500, 246 00:14:58,945 --> 00:15:01,087 so let's have cocktails on the deck 247 00:15:01,187 --> 00:15:02,448 at 600 sharp, okay? 248 00:15:02,548 --> 00:15:03,409 Okay, great. 249 00:15:03,509 --> 00:15:04,526 Yeah, listen, if I'm not here, 250 00:15:04,550 --> 00:15:05,847 my body will probably wash up on shore 251 00:15:05,871 --> 00:15:06,932 in a few days' time. 252 00:15:07,032 --> 00:15:08,333 Not going well? 253 00:15:08,434 --> 00:15:09,454 No. 254 00:15:09,555 --> 00:15:10,812 No, are you kidding? It's extraordinary. 255 00:15:10,836 --> 00:15:13,058 It's, yeah, completely unpredictable. 256 00:15:13,158 --> 00:15:15,280 Can't wait to find out what happens next. 257 00:15:19,163 --> 00:15:20,705 You haven't written anything at all. 258 00:15:20,805 --> 00:15:23,347 Not... not entirely true. 259 00:15:23,447 --> 00:15:25,549 I, texted Sofia. 260 00:15:25,649 --> 00:15:27,671 Well, sexted her. 261 00:15:27,771 --> 00:15:30,274 That's probably the appropriate nomenclature, but... 262 00:15:30,374 --> 00:15:31,471 it's actually the best writing 263 00:15:31,495 --> 00:15:32,916 I've done all year. 264 00:15:33,016 --> 00:15:35,719 All right. 265 00:15:35,819 --> 00:15:39,322 Just tell me how you did it, man. 266 00:15:39,422 --> 00:15:41,083 You sat in a diner day after day? 267 00:15:41,184 --> 00:15:43,446 You wrote a masterpiece in one summer? 268 00:15:43,546 --> 00:15:44,166 Okay. 269 00:15:44,266 --> 00:15:47,169 Write what interests you. 270 00:15:47,269 --> 00:15:49,167 Or yet, better yet, you know, just don't write at all. 271 00:15:49,191 --> 00:15:51,333 Live. 272 00:15:51,433 --> 00:15:52,454 Don't make... 273 00:15:52,554 --> 00:15:55,056 life about your work. 274 00:15:55,156 --> 00:15:57,398 Or you'll end up like me. 275 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:00,520 600, drinks. 276 00:16:00,601 --> 00:16:02,603 Yeah. 277 00:16:14,214 --> 00:16:15,075 So, what's the next 278 00:16:15,175 --> 00:16:17,157 Marcus Goldman masterpiece about? 279 00:16:18,177 --> 00:16:19,177 Give us a little hint. 280 00:16:19,258 --> 00:16:20,139 Well, you know, the writing process 281 00:16:20,219 --> 00:16:21,841 is a very fragile thing, 282 00:16:21,941 --> 00:16:24,163 you know, much, much like an unborn child. 283 00:16:24,263 --> 00:16:27,326 It needs to incubate until it's fully formed, 284 00:16:27,426 --> 00:16:30,208 and then, much like childbirth itself, 285 00:16:30,309 --> 00:16:32,069 it can be a painful process to see through... 286 00:16:32,911 --> 00:16:34,913 You're so full of shit. 287 00:16:52,289 --> 00:16:54,331 How the hell did he do it? 288 00:18:23,893 --> 00:18:24,914 Hey. 289 00:18:25,014 --> 00:18:28,517 What the hell do you think you're doing? 290 00:18:28,617 --> 00:18:30,619 Um... 291 00:18:32,781 --> 00:18:34,783 Just... 292 00:18:41,669 --> 00:18:43,731 What, are you spying on me, Marcus? 293 00:18:43,831 --> 00:18:46,133 No, no, no, Harry, I just, um... 294 00:18:46,233 --> 00:18:47,614 Um... 295 00:18:47,714 --> 00:18:49,736 You go through my personal things? 296 00:18:49,836 --> 00:18:51,838 I'm s... I'm sorry. 297 00:18:59,725 --> 00:19:01,727 I'm sorry, I shouldn't have opened it. 298 00:19:11,376 --> 00:19:14,859 She was someone I once knew. 299 00:19:16,181 --> 00:19:18,182 It's complicated. 300 00:19:21,706 --> 00:19:23,848 This needs to stay... 301 00:19:23,948 --> 00:19:25,950 between us. 302 00:19:28,752 --> 00:19:30,334 Do you understand me? 303 00:19:30,434 --> 00:19:32,295 Yeah. 304 00:19:32,395 --> 00:19:36,159 Yeah, you have my word. 305 00:19:55,977 --> 00:19:57,198 Don't be a stranger. 306 00:19:57,298 --> 00:19:58,119 Yeah. 307 00:19:58,219 --> 00:20:00,221 Yeah, you too. 308 00:20:03,464 --> 00:20:04,464 Thanks again, Harry. 309 00:20:37,095 --> 00:20:38,095 You listening? 310 00:20:39,497 --> 00:20:41,719 Well, how are things looking? 311 00:20:41,819 --> 00:20:43,477 So, we got Joe Fryman, the top litigator in the city, 312 00:20:43,501 --> 00:20:45,318 to review your contract with Schmid and Hanson. 313 00:20:45,342 --> 00:20:46,443 And? 314 00:20:46,543 --> 00:20:47,965 You're totally screwed. 315 00:20:48,065 --> 00:20:49,345 Either you deliver up a new draft 316 00:20:49,386 --> 00:20:50,807 by the agreed-upon date, 317 00:20:50,907 --> 00:20:53,129 or they take everything you own. 318 00:20:53,229 --> 00:20:55,852 Okay, what if I sign everything over to my parents? 319 00:20:55,952 --> 00:20:57,894 Like, including the condo. 320 00:20:57,994 --> 00:20:59,434 The repo men will just go after them. 321 00:20:59,515 --> 00:21:01,457 Probably lock them up for collusion. 322 00:21:01,557 --> 00:21:02,418 For how long? 323 00:21:02,518 --> 00:21:03,379 What? 324 00:21:03,479 --> 00:21:04,260 Nothing. 325 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:05,360 Nothing, never mind. 326 00:21:05,401 --> 00:21:07,182 Hey, listen... 327 00:21:07,282 --> 00:21:08,824 I got another call coming in, okay? 328 00:21:08,924 --> 00:21:10,764 Just talk to me when you've got some good news. 329 00:21:10,846 --> 00:21:12,427 Prick. 330 00:21:12,527 --> 00:21:14,529 Hello? 331 00:21:17,211 --> 00:21:19,474 She's... 332 00:21:19,574 --> 00:21:22,316 she's dead. 333 00:21:22,416 --> 00:21:24,158 She's dead, Marcus. 334 00:21:24,258 --> 00:21:26,260 Who? Who's dead? 335 00:21:27,301 --> 00:21:29,723 Nola. 336 00:21:29,823 --> 00:21:31,845 Nola's dead. 337 00:21:31,945 --> 00:21:35,168 It's all my fault. 338 00:21:35,268 --> 00:21:37,930 What did I do? 339 00:21:38,031 --> 00:21:40,132 What did I do, for God's sake? 340 00:21:40,233 --> 00:21:42,094 H-Harry? Harry, what are you talking about? 341 00:21:42,194 --> 00:21:43,295 I don't... 342 00:21:43,395 --> 00:21:44,937 Harry! 343 00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:46,658 God dammit. 344 00:21:49,881 --> 00:21:51,343 This is Harry. Leave a message. 345 00:21:51,443 --> 00:21:53,024 Shit. 346 00:21:53,124 --> 00:21:55,346 Okay, um... 347 00:21:55,447 --> 00:21:56,748 I have to get my shit together. 348 00:22:00,091 --> 00:22:01,348 Hey, what do you mean, it's all your fault? 349 00:22:01,372 --> 00:22:02,513 I don't... 350 00:22:02,613 --> 00:22:03,714 Hey, are you watching this? 351 00:22:03,814 --> 00:22:05,276 Doug? Doug! Sorry, man. 352 00:22:05,376 --> 00:22:06,376 I thought you were, um... 353 00:22:06,457 --> 00:22:07,518 Turn on the TV. 354 00:22:07,618 --> 00:22:08,759 What channel? 355 00:22:08,859 --> 00:22:10,160 Take your pick. 356 00:22:10,260 --> 00:22:11,601 Sommerdale, Maine, 357 00:22:11,701 --> 00:22:14,844 that author Harry Quebert was arrested today 358 00:22:14,944 --> 00:22:18,408 after police discovered human remains on his property. 359 00:22:18,508 --> 00:22:20,810 The discovery was made early this morning, 360 00:22:20,910 --> 00:22:21,731 when a landscaping crew 361 00:22:21,831 --> 00:22:23,172 hired by Mr. Quebert 362 00:22:23,272 --> 00:22:25,414 to plant a flower bed of hydrangeas 363 00:22:25,514 --> 00:22:27,015 uncovered the remains 364 00:22:27,116 --> 00:22:29,298 buried less than 100 feet from his house... 365 00:22:29,398 --> 00:22:30,499 It's insane. 366 00:22:30,599 --> 00:22:32,060 According to police, 367 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:36,945 this may be the body of 15-year-old Nola Kellergan, 368 00:22:37,045 --> 00:22:39,467 a local girl who disappeared from her house 369 00:22:39,567 --> 00:22:40,668 in August of 1975. 370 00:22:40,768 --> 00:22:42,390 You still there? 371 00:22:42,490 --> 00:22:43,747 The evidence found with the body 372 00:22:43,771 --> 00:22:46,193 seems to implicate Mr. Quebert, 373 00:22:46,293 --> 00:22:48,555 one of the most respected American writers, 374 00:22:48,655 --> 00:22:49,792 whose book, "The Origin of Evil," 375 00:22:49,816 --> 00:22:51,758 fascinated millions, 376 00:22:51,858 --> 00:22:53,880 in the murder of the young girl, 377 00:22:53,980 --> 00:22:56,042 as well as in the death of Deborah Cooper, 378 00:22:56,142 --> 00:22:58,324 a witness who was shot and killed in her residence 379 00:22:58,424 --> 00:22:59,481 at the edge of the forest... 380 00:22:59,505 --> 00:23:00,526 Marcus, you okay? 381 00:23:00,626 --> 00:23:02,288 No, no, no, no, no, no, this doesn't... 382 00:23:02,388 --> 00:23:03,689 This doesn't make... 383 00:23:03,789 --> 00:23:05,931 Why? What, he's gonna bring someone in 384 00:23:06,031 --> 00:23:08,453 to dig up a place where he supposedly buried a body? 385 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:09,454 This makes no sense. 386 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:10,812 This is... this is a mistake, man. 387 00:23:10,836 --> 00:23:11,857 Look, there was a corpse 388 00:23:11,957 --> 00:23:12,777 buried in his yard, 389 00:23:12,877 --> 00:23:14,139 however you look at it. 390 00:23:14,239 --> 00:23:14,939 Hi, Mom? 391 00:23:15,039 --> 00:23:16,341 Sweetie, 392 00:23:16,441 --> 00:23:18,142 please tell me you're not on your way 393 00:23:18,242 --> 00:23:20,224 to visit that horrible, terrible man. 394 00:23:20,324 --> 00:23:21,585 No, Mom, I'm not stupid enough 395 00:23:21,686 --> 00:23:23,267 to get myself in the middle of all that. 396 00:23:23,367 --> 00:23:25,149 I always had this "!" feeling about him. 397 00:23:25,249 --> 00:23:26,630 Yeah, well, 398 00:23:26,730 --> 00:23:29,112 you shouldn't believe everything you hear on the news, okay? 399 00:23:29,212 --> 00:23:30,434 He's a classic borderline. 400 00:23:30,534 --> 00:23:31,755 The man is an animal. 401 00:23:31,855 --> 00:23:33,356 With boundary issues. 402 00:23:33,456 --> 00:23:35,558 He's not an animal, Ma, he's my friend. 403 00:23:35,658 --> 00:23:37,880 How... close a friend, sweetie? 404 00:23:37,980 --> 00:23:40,283 Look, Mom, I gotta go, okay? 405 00:23:40,383 --> 00:23:42,485 I'm, I'm meeting someone for coffee. 406 00:23:42,585 --> 00:23:44,206 A girl? Or a boy? 407 00:23:44,306 --> 00:23:46,308 I love you too, Mom. Bye. 408 00:23:52,714 --> 00:23:54,416 We are here at Goose Cove 409 00:23:54,516 --> 00:23:55,857 at the gate 410 00:23:55,957 --> 00:23:57,899 of author Harry Quebert's seafront property, 411 00:23:57,999 --> 00:23:59,496 where the famous writer was arrested yesterday. 412 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:00,701 Shit... 413 00:24:00,801 --> 00:24:02,503 The rumor spreading among journal... 414 00:24:02,603 --> 00:24:03,904 Here he comes! Here! 415 00:24:04,004 --> 00:24:04,825 Marcus! 416 00:24:04,925 --> 00:24:06,346 Hey, it's Marcus Goldman! 417 00:24:06,447 --> 00:24:08,589 Did you ever suspect that... 418 00:24:09,609 --> 00:24:11,611 Why are you at Mr. Quebert's house? 419 00:24:12,372 --> 00:24:13,473 Hey, Roth, get in! 420 00:24:14,414 --> 00:24:15,875 Thank you. 421 00:24:15,975 --> 00:24:17,557 Keep... keep driving. 422 00:24:17,657 --> 00:24:19,158 Step on it. You're late! 423 00:24:19,258 --> 00:24:20,956 I told you to meet me here half an hour ago. 424 00:24:20,980 --> 00:24:21,980 Time is money. 425 00:24:22,021 --> 00:24:22,842 Mr. Goldman! 426 00:24:22,942 --> 00:24:23,942 How's Harry? 427 00:24:24,023 --> 00:24:24,923 He... 428 00:24:25,024 --> 00:24:26,024 He wanted me to... 429 00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:27,065 Come on, get outta here! 430 00:24:27,105 --> 00:24:28,527 He wants you to go home 431 00:24:28,627 --> 00:24:31,650 and focus on your goddamn book. 432 00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:33,932 And he wanted me to tell you that he's innocent. 433 00:24:34,032 --> 00:24:34,933 Okay, how's it looking for him? 434 00:24:35,033 --> 00:24:36,214 Not good. 435 00:24:36,314 --> 00:24:39,777 They found a manuscript of his "Origin of Evil" 436 00:24:39,877 --> 00:24:41,098 buried with the dead girl. 437 00:24:41,198 --> 00:24:43,020 That's insane, man! 438 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:45,102 And that cannot get out, under any circumstances. 439 00:24:45,202 --> 00:24:46,219 Well, can you get him released on bail? 440 00:24:46,243 --> 00:24:47,424 Are you fuckin' nuts? 441 00:24:47,524 --> 00:24:49,226 We're talking about double homicide! 442 00:24:49,326 --> 00:24:51,328 That's 25 to Life on each count. 443 00:24:53,089 --> 00:24:54,591 Where are you staying? 444 00:24:54,691 --> 00:24:58,314 'Cause, you know, Harry said that if you refuse to leave, 445 00:24:58,414 --> 00:24:59,431 which he predicted you would, because you're... 446 00:24:59,455 --> 00:25:01,237 a stubborn son of a bitch, yeah. 447 00:25:01,337 --> 00:25:02,638 That you could stay here. 448 00:25:02,738 --> 00:25:05,521 But like I told him, I mean, this is a crime scene now. 449 00:25:05,621 --> 00:25:08,123 Aw, look, they've spawned! 450 00:25:09,504 --> 00:25:11,526 Great, more jackals! 451 00:25:11,626 --> 00:25:12,647 Holy shit! 452 00:25:13,908 --> 00:25:14,908 Come on! 453 00:25:17,071 --> 00:25:18,813 Come on, come on, come on. 454 00:25:18,913 --> 00:25:20,651 Hey, you know this is private property, right? 455 00:25:20,675 --> 00:25:22,336 Private property! Do you hear that? 456 00:25:22,436 --> 00:25:23,577 No comment. 457 00:25:23,677 --> 00:25:25,339 Leave him alone! Leave him alone! 458 00:25:25,439 --> 00:25:27,621 The local boys really fucked up 459 00:25:27,721 --> 00:25:29,343 by not sealing off the house, 460 00:25:29,443 --> 00:25:30,700 because now, if they find anything inside, 461 00:25:30,724 --> 00:25:32,425 we can claim that they planted it. 462 00:25:32,525 --> 00:25:34,103 Okay, so technically, I can stay in the house, yes? 463 00:25:34,127 --> 00:25:35,668 Thank you, everybody. Thank you. 464 00:25:35,768 --> 00:25:37,430 Back off. 465 00:25:37,530 --> 00:25:39,272 Whoa, whoa, whoa! 466 00:25:39,372 --> 00:25:43,355 I'm, supposed to remind you to feed the seagulls. 467 00:25:43,455 --> 00:25:45,197 Bunch of flying water rats, if you ask me. 468 00:25:45,297 --> 00:25:46,577 Mr. Roth, can we get a statement? 469 00:25:46,618 --> 00:25:48,000 Just go home, guys. Go home. 470 00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:49,361 No comment. Thank you. 471 00:27:03,128 --> 00:27:06,672 I know we're all very excited 472 00:27:06,772 --> 00:27:09,634 about what's been going on in Washington at the moment. 473 00:27:09,734 --> 00:27:11,196 In the entire history 474 00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:13,038 of the United States of America, 475 00:27:13,138 --> 00:27:14,279 there has been two reasons 476 00:27:14,379 --> 00:27:18,082 for terminating a presidential term of office 477 00:27:18,182 --> 00:27:20,044 Criminal wrongdoing, 478 00:27:20,144 --> 00:27:22,126 Ã la Richard Nixon, 479 00:27:22,226 --> 00:27:23,487 and dying, 480 00:27:23,587 --> 00:27:28,292 but now, a third one may be added to the list. 481 00:27:28,392 --> 00:27:33,456 Mr. Clinton revived a failing economy, 482 00:27:33,556 --> 00:27:34,577 governed expertly 483 00:27:34,677 --> 00:27:37,780 with a Republican majority in the senate, 484 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:42,064 made Rabin and Arafat shake hands, 485 00:27:42,164 --> 00:27:45,107 and all anyone will remember 486 00:27:45,207 --> 00:27:47,389 is the Lewinsky affair, 487 00:27:47,489 --> 00:27:50,272 because America, ladies and gentlemen, 488 00:27:50,372 --> 00:27:54,035 is obsessed with sex and morality. 489 00:27:54,135 --> 00:27:55,516 Scandal sells. 490 00:27:55,617 --> 00:27:57,558 We pretend to be shocked, but we love it! 491 00:27:57,658 --> 00:27:58,920 We love it 492 00:27:59,020 --> 00:28:01,038 when someone gets caught doing something bad, don't we? 493 00:28:01,062 --> 00:28:01,842 Excuse me. 494 00:28:01,942 --> 00:28:02,963 Sorry, 495 00:28:03,063 --> 00:28:05,406 why... why are blowjobs bad? 496 00:28:06,466 --> 00:28:07,564 I just, I'm just personally, 497 00:28:07,588 --> 00:28:08,708 I'm a big fan. I don't know. 498 00:28:09,549 --> 00:28:11,691 Really, is that so? 499 00:28:11,791 --> 00:28:13,813 Well, my brave young man, please stand up. 500 00:28:13,913 --> 00:28:15,695 Identify yourself. 501 00:28:15,795 --> 00:28:16,856 Okay. 502 00:28:16,956 --> 00:28:19,258 Afternoon, um... 503 00:28:19,358 --> 00:28:20,780 My name is Marcus Goldman, 504 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,821 and I stand with the president. 505 00:28:22,922 --> 00:28:24,263 Um... that said, 506 00:28:24,363 --> 00:28:26,265 I do believe in gender equality, 507 00:28:26,365 --> 00:28:28,062 so I think it's important to give as well as receive. 508 00:28:28,086 --> 00:28:29,206 I'd like that on the record. 509 00:28:29,968 --> 00:28:30,989 Now, you see? 510 00:28:31,089 --> 00:28:33,631 This poor boy will never be seen the same way 511 00:28:33,731 --> 00:28:34,752 ever again. 512 00:28:34,852 --> 00:28:37,315 Now every time we look at this man, 513 00:28:37,415 --> 00:28:40,117 we will see and think of him 514 00:28:40,217 --> 00:28:41,559 as Mr. Blowjob. 515 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:45,082 Or would you prefer Mr. Fellatio? 516 00:28:46,103 --> 00:28:46,843 It's a little more refined... 517 00:28:46,944 --> 00:28:47,764 Thank you. 518 00:28:47,864 --> 00:28:48,925 Yeah, no, thank you. 519 00:28:49,025 --> 00:28:51,368 Would you like to just express to the group 520 00:28:51,468 --> 00:28:55,131 why you decided to... state this? 521 00:28:55,231 --> 00:28:58,054 Because, Professor Quebert, 522 00:28:58,154 --> 00:29:00,016 now that I have everyone's attention, 523 00:29:00,116 --> 00:29:02,618 I have the pleasure of informing you all 524 00:29:02,718 --> 00:29:05,180 that I write very good short stories 525 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:06,498 that appear in the literary magazine, 526 00:29:06,522 --> 00:29:08,583 issues of which will be on sale for only $5.00 527 00:29:08,683 --> 00:29:10,685 after class. 528 00:29:18,773 --> 00:29:20,855 Sorry, we're sold out. 529 00:29:22,016 --> 00:29:23,077 How'd it go? 530 00:29:23,177 --> 00:29:24,638 We almost sold out. 531 00:29:24,738 --> 00:29:25,919 Congratulations. 532 00:29:26,019 --> 00:29:27,441 Thank you. As they say, 533 00:29:27,541 --> 00:29:30,083 any publicity is good publicity, right? 534 00:29:30,183 --> 00:29:31,183 And, like, 10 girls 535 00:29:31,264 --> 00:29:32,125 gave me their phone numbers. 536 00:29:32,225 --> 00:29:33,646 It pays to advertise. 537 00:29:33,746 --> 00:29:36,489 Here, I saved the last copy for you. 538 00:29:36,589 --> 00:29:38,411 Well, I look forward to reading it. 539 00:29:38,511 --> 00:29:39,511 Thanks. 540 00:29:39,592 --> 00:29:41,333 I really hope you like my short story. 541 00:29:41,434 --> 00:29:42,775 You're, um... 542 00:29:42,875 --> 00:29:45,257 Yeah, you're the reason I'm here, Professor. 543 00:29:45,357 --> 00:29:48,260 You're what I aspire to be, sir. 544 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:49,661 Okay. 545 00:29:49,761 --> 00:29:51,303 It's gonna be $5.00. 546 00:29:51,403 --> 00:29:52,263 I'm sorry? 547 00:29:52,364 --> 00:29:53,545 For the magazine. 548 00:29:53,645 --> 00:29:56,107 A-ha! 549 00:29:56,207 --> 00:29:58,269 Mr. Goldman, 550 00:29:58,369 --> 00:29:59,510 I have no doubt 551 00:29:59,610 --> 00:30:01,972 that you're going to be a huge success. 552 00:30:04,054 --> 00:30:06,056 Why, thank you. 553 00:30:32,761 --> 00:30:33,761 Whatever happened to 554 00:30:33,842 --> 00:30:37,225 innocent until proven guilty? 555 00:30:37,325 --> 00:30:39,226 I can't just leave it there. 556 00:30:39,327 --> 00:30:41,789 The whole thing makes me wanna puke. 557 00:30:41,889 --> 00:30:43,590 Shit. 558 00:30:43,691 --> 00:30:45,913 Go back to New York, Marcus. 559 00:30:46,013 --> 00:30:48,275 Stay far away from all this. 560 00:30:48,375 --> 00:30:49,512 Does that mean you won't serve me 561 00:30:49,536 --> 00:30:52,278 your famous pancakes and sausage? 562 00:30:52,379 --> 00:30:53,299 You better leave one hell of a tip. 563 00:30:53,379 --> 00:30:55,381 Yeah. 564 00:31:00,986 --> 00:31:03,529 I, saw you on TV last night. 565 00:31:03,629 --> 00:31:04,490 Yeah? 566 00:31:04,590 --> 00:31:06,171 Are you... 567 00:31:06,271 --> 00:31:07,813 you moving here? 568 00:31:07,913 --> 00:31:08,733 Yeah. 569 00:31:08,834 --> 00:31:09,694 Yeah, maybe. 570 00:31:09,794 --> 00:31:11,796 How come? 571 00:31:13,798 --> 00:31:15,580 I can't believe he did that. 572 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,682 It's unthinkable. 573 00:31:18,202 --> 00:31:21,245 Well, you don't think he actually killed her, do you? 574 00:31:22,646 --> 00:31:24,468 She was... 575 00:31:24,568 --> 00:31:25,669 She... 576 00:31:25,769 --> 00:31:27,771 She used to come into the library after school. 577 00:31:29,092 --> 00:31:30,233 Such a sweet girl. 578 00:31:30,333 --> 00:31:32,796 I can't believe how many times I sat on the deck 579 00:31:32,896 --> 00:31:34,157 having a scotch with Harry, 580 00:31:34,257 --> 00:31:36,959 and all the time, the body of that poor girl... 581 00:31:37,059 --> 00:31:38,059 Marcus! 582 00:31:38,100 --> 00:31:38,841 Good to see you. 583 00:31:38,941 --> 00:31:39,722 Hi, Travis. 584 00:31:39,822 --> 00:31:40,603 May I? 585 00:31:40,703 --> 00:31:41,703 Please, yeah. 586 00:31:41,784 --> 00:31:42,805 Here you go. 587 00:31:42,905 --> 00:31:44,446 I'm... 588 00:31:44,546 --> 00:31:45,447 I'm sorry, son. 589 00:31:45,547 --> 00:31:47,409 I know you're very close to Harry. 590 00:31:47,509 --> 00:31:49,651 This can't be easy for you. 591 00:31:49,751 --> 00:31:51,369 How come I never heard of Nola Kellergan before, 592 00:31:51,393 --> 00:31:53,575 all the time I've been coming here? 593 00:31:53,675 --> 00:31:54,816 Until we found her corpse, 594 00:31:54,916 --> 00:31:56,697 it was all ancient history, 595 00:31:56,798 --> 00:31:58,819 the kind that people don't like to remember. 596 00:31:58,919 --> 00:32:00,337 Well, you were on the force then, right? 597 00:32:00,361 --> 00:32:01,782 Yeah... 598 00:32:01,882 --> 00:32:05,826 and, Mrs. Cooper used to call us a lot back then 599 00:32:05,926 --> 00:32:08,708 about something or other prowling around her place. 600 00:32:08,809 --> 00:32:10,390 She'd get spooked 601 00:32:10,490 --> 00:32:12,492 living in such an isolated part of town. 602 00:32:13,253 --> 00:32:15,475 Now, I'd only been on the job for less than a year 603 00:32:15,575 --> 00:32:16,596 the night she called. 604 00:32:16,696 --> 00:32:18,357 You know, a real rookie. 605 00:32:18,457 --> 00:32:20,399 I was the only officer on patrol in Sommerdale 606 00:32:20,499 --> 00:32:21,640 at the time, 607 00:32:21,740 --> 00:32:23,562 so I went to her house immediately. 608 00:32:23,662 --> 00:32:25,364 I'm glad you're here. 609 00:32:25,464 --> 00:32:26,925 What's going on? 610 00:32:27,025 --> 00:32:28,807 Now, she said that she'd seen a young girl 611 00:32:28,907 --> 00:32:30,849 wearing a red dress 612 00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:32,771 being chased by a man into the forest, 613 00:32:32,871 --> 00:32:35,373 so, you know, 614 00:32:35,473 --> 00:32:38,376 I searched the area where she'd seen the girl, 615 00:32:38,476 --> 00:32:42,399 and I found a torn scrap of red fabric. 616 00:32:44,561 --> 00:32:46,103 So I called Chief Pratt, 617 00:32:46,203 --> 00:32:48,265 who was Sommerdale's Chief of Police at the time. 618 00:32:48,365 --> 00:32:53,249 He'd just gone off duty, but he came right away. 619 00:32:54,691 --> 00:32:56,392 Come with me. 620 00:32:56,492 --> 00:32:59,435 I saw blood, blonde hair... 621 00:32:59,535 --> 00:33:00,556 It was getting dark. 622 00:33:00,656 --> 00:33:03,399 We found strands of blonde hair, 623 00:33:03,499 --> 00:33:06,041 another piece of the red dress, 624 00:33:06,141 --> 00:33:08,503 and traces of blood. 625 00:33:19,673 --> 00:33:21,415 Then, suddenly, we hear a gunshot 626 00:33:21,515 --> 00:33:23,517 coming from Mrs. Cooper's house. 627 00:33:36,249 --> 00:33:37,950 Afterwards, we found out 628 00:33:38,050 --> 00:33:40,392 that Mrs. Cooper had called the station again 629 00:33:40,493 --> 00:33:41,714 while we were in the forest 630 00:33:41,814 --> 00:33:43,996 to say that the girl she'd seen earlier 631 00:33:44,096 --> 00:33:46,318 had come to her house to take refuge. 632 00:33:46,418 --> 00:33:50,041 She was covered in blood and needed help, 633 00:33:50,141 --> 00:33:52,163 so all available units from the area were called in 634 00:33:52,263 --> 00:33:53,444 to assist in the search. 635 00:33:53,545 --> 00:33:55,767 We'd have dug up the whole countryside 636 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,688 if we could've, but, you know, 637 00:33:57,788 --> 00:34:00,171 we hit one dead end after another. 638 00:34:00,271 --> 00:34:02,293 After a while, the bigwigs in the state police said 639 00:34:02,393 --> 00:34:04,775 it was all costing too much, 640 00:34:04,875 --> 00:34:07,738 and felt that continuing the search was pointless, so... 641 00:34:07,838 --> 00:34:08,658 This is insane. 642 00:34:08,758 --> 00:34:10,660 But you guys, you guys know Harry. 643 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,283 He couldn't have done something like this. 644 00:34:14,564 --> 00:34:17,827 If I've learned one thing as a cop, 645 00:34:17,927 --> 00:34:22,331 it's that you never know what people are capable of. 646 00:34:24,173 --> 00:34:26,715 I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I can't answer that at this time. 647 00:34:26,815 --> 00:34:28,597 Let's see how the investigation unfolds. 648 00:34:28,697 --> 00:34:29,977 Why would I tell you my strategy? 649 00:34:30,058 --> 00:34:31,075 Quebert's manuscript was found with the body... 650 00:34:31,099 --> 00:34:33,841 The manuscript doesn't prove a thing! 651 00:34:33,942 --> 00:34:36,724 Writing isn't killing! Write that down. 652 00:34:36,824 --> 00:34:37,565 Even your writing. 653 00:34:37,665 --> 00:34:39,647 Excuse me, guys. Sorry. 654 00:34:42,189 --> 00:34:43,851 No comment! No comment! 655 00:34:43,951 --> 00:34:46,853 He's got no comment! 656 00:34:46,953 --> 00:34:48,535 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! 657 00:34:48,635 --> 00:34:50,056 Thank you! 658 00:34:50,156 --> 00:34:51,698 Now, listen to me! 659 00:34:51,798 --> 00:34:54,781 I got two words for you "Shut the fuck up!" 660 00:34:54,881 --> 00:34:56,342 The slightest thing you say can... 661 00:34:56,442 --> 00:34:57,783 can be used against us 662 00:34:57,883 --> 00:34:58,883 and ruin my defense. 663 00:34:58,924 --> 00:34:59,985 What is your defense? 664 00:35:00,085 --> 00:35:01,907 Deny, deny, deny! 665 00:35:02,007 --> 00:35:03,068 The relationship, 666 00:35:03,168 --> 00:35:04,510 the kidnappings, the murder. 667 00:35:04,610 --> 00:35:06,351 It's all circumstantial. 668 00:35:06,451 --> 00:35:08,513 We're gonna plead not guilty, 669 00:35:08,613 --> 00:35:09,914 Harry's gonna get acquitted, 670 00:35:10,015 --> 00:35:12,477 and I'm gonna counter-sue for millions of dollars. 671 00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:14,579 Yup? 672 00:35:15,259 --> 00:35:16,120 Thanks, man. 673 00:35:16,220 --> 00:35:18,482 Talk to the nice townsfolk. 674 00:35:18,582 --> 00:35:20,404 Those hicks are potential witnesses. 675 00:35:20,504 --> 00:35:22,166 Find out who's got a drinking problem, 676 00:35:22,266 --> 00:35:24,248 who beats his wife, who owes money, 677 00:35:24,348 --> 00:35:26,410 because a witness who drinks 678 00:35:26,510 --> 00:35:27,510 or beats his wife 679 00:35:27,591 --> 00:35:29,092 is not a credible witness. 680 00:35:29,192 --> 00:35:30,533 Find all the dirt you can. 681 00:35:32,315 --> 00:35:33,076 A bit of a despicable approach, 682 00:35:33,156 --> 00:35:34,217 don't you think? 683 00:35:34,317 --> 00:35:36,179 You want your best friend to go free? 684 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:38,260 Roth. Go. 685 00:35:38,361 --> 00:35:40,362 CNN called. 686 00:35:41,764 --> 00:35:43,766 Holy shit... 687 00:35:44,086 --> 00:35:46,228 My God. 688 00:35:46,328 --> 00:35:47,909 Hey, we're gonna get you out of here. 689 00:35:48,009 --> 00:35:49,471 Okay? 690 00:35:49,571 --> 00:35:51,573 Yeah, it's just... 691 00:35:53,374 --> 00:35:55,076 Don't show it to Roth. 692 00:35:55,176 --> 00:35:56,237 Yeah. 693 00:35:56,337 --> 00:35:58,239 It's going to be okay, Harry, okay? 694 00:35:58,339 --> 00:35:59,220 Well, I've been watching the news. 695 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:00,761 I know what they're saying. 696 00:36:00,861 --> 00:36:02,723 My career is over, my life is over. 697 00:36:02,823 --> 00:36:05,005 It's the big fall. I am falling. 698 00:36:05,105 --> 00:36:07,447 Yeah, well, you know, a wise man once told me 699 00:36:07,547 --> 00:36:09,227 that you should never be afraid of falling. 700 00:36:09,309 --> 00:36:10,490 Yeah, not so wise after all, 701 00:36:10,590 --> 00:36:11,691 but thank you for coming. 702 00:36:11,791 --> 00:36:12,692 Yeah, of course, of course. 703 00:36:12,792 --> 00:36:14,173 I'm staying at Goose Cove. 704 00:36:14,273 --> 00:36:17,056 Right? I fed the seagulls. 705 00:36:17,156 --> 00:36:18,858 You should go back to New York. 706 00:36:18,958 --> 00:36:20,539 Look, Roth is gonna get you off, okay? 707 00:36:20,639 --> 00:36:21,780 But until he does, 708 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:23,578 I'm gonna stay and do whatever I can to help. 709 00:36:23,602 --> 00:36:24,743 What about your novel? 710 00:36:24,843 --> 00:36:26,465 Don't worry about the novel. 711 00:36:26,565 --> 00:36:30,108 Listen, what you said on the phone when you called me? 712 00:36:30,208 --> 00:36:31,830 You asked what you had done to Nola. 713 00:36:31,930 --> 00:36:33,992 You said it was your fault. 714 00:36:34,092 --> 00:36:37,275 Yeah, well, it was just the emotion, and... 715 00:36:37,375 --> 00:36:40,958 and you were the only one who knew about Nola, so I... 716 00:36:41,058 --> 00:36:43,640 All right, look, a lot of... a lot of rage, 717 00:36:43,740 --> 00:36:45,442 and innuendo, 718 00:36:45,542 --> 00:36:48,124 but... no hard evidence 719 00:36:48,225 --> 00:36:50,887 that directly implicates you in the girl's murder. 720 00:36:50,987 --> 00:36:52,989 Yet. 721 00:36:53,950 --> 00:36:56,172 I don't like surprises. 722 00:36:56,272 --> 00:36:59,014 Is there anything that you haven't told me 723 00:36:59,115 --> 00:37:00,216 about you and Nola? 724 00:37:00,316 --> 00:37:02,618 Because I need to know everything 725 00:37:02,718 --> 00:37:04,299 if I'm gonna represent you properly. 726 00:37:06,201 --> 00:37:08,183 The police asked me what I was doing 727 00:37:08,283 --> 00:37:12,147 the evening of... August 30th. 728 00:37:12,247 --> 00:37:13,548 I told them I was out of town, 729 00:37:13,648 --> 00:37:15,770 I was in Boston. 730 00:37:16,931 --> 00:37:17,952 I wasn't. 731 00:37:18,052 --> 00:37:21,475 I was in a motel off of Shore Road, 732 00:37:21,575 --> 00:37:23,577 the By the Sea Motel. 733 00:37:26,980 --> 00:37:29,803 By 900, she hadn't arrived. 734 00:37:29,903 --> 00:37:30,764 That was unlike her, 735 00:37:30,864 --> 00:37:32,865 because she was always on time. 736 00:37:34,747 --> 00:37:36,969 "Room 8 at 800." 737 00:37:37,069 --> 00:37:38,771 Then away forever. 738 00:37:38,871 --> 00:37:40,873 "Love, N." 739 00:37:44,436 --> 00:37:46,214 I don't know what time I fell asleep waiting for her, 740 00:37:46,238 --> 00:37:49,661 but I woke up to the radio, 741 00:37:49,761 --> 00:37:51,743 and that's when I... 742 00:37:51,843 --> 00:37:55,266 I found out she was missing. 743 00:37:55,366 --> 00:37:58,509 She was wearing her red dress. 744 00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:00,070 She wore that for me. 745 00:38:00,171 --> 00:38:02,192 It was her favorite dress. 746 00:38:02,292 --> 00:38:03,874 Good morning! It's 630, 747 00:38:03,974 --> 00:38:06,997 and the forecast is sunny for this Sunday, August 31st. 748 00:38:07,097 --> 00:38:09,359 And now, an urgent report. 749 00:38:09,459 --> 00:38:11,081 Police issued a general alert 750 00:38:11,181 --> 00:38:12,682 in the Sommerdale region 751 00:38:12,782 --> 00:38:15,805 after the disappearance of 15-year-old Nola Kellergan 752 00:38:15,905 --> 00:38:18,567 yesterday evening around 700 p.m. 753 00:38:18,667 --> 00:38:20,085 Police would like to hear from anyone 754 00:38:20,109 --> 00:38:22,091 with information about the girl's whereabouts. 755 00:38:22,191 --> 00:38:23,612 At the time she disappeared, 756 00:38:23,712 --> 00:38:25,794 Nola Kellergan was wearing a red dress. 757 00:38:28,036 --> 00:38:30,298 So, you were meeting. 758 00:38:30,398 --> 00:38:32,400 You were meeting to... 759 00:38:33,361 --> 00:38:35,183 We were gonna leave town. 760 00:38:35,283 --> 00:38:37,585 Okay... 761 00:38:37,685 --> 00:38:38,826 and that's why 762 00:38:38,926 --> 00:38:41,248 you said it was your fault? 763 00:38:44,171 --> 00:38:46,553 I know how it looks, 764 00:38:46,653 --> 00:38:48,715 but I didn't kill Nola. 765 00:38:48,815 --> 00:38:49,676 I loved her, 766 00:38:49,776 --> 00:38:50,953 and if I hadn't have asked her 767 00:38:50,977 --> 00:38:52,118 to meet me at that motel, 768 00:38:52,218 --> 00:38:54,220 she might still be alive today. 769 00:39:00,706 --> 00:39:02,708 I don't think you get it. 770 00:39:04,109 --> 00:39:05,931 It's a fucking disaster. 771 00:39:06,031 --> 00:39:07,471 If the prosecution gets hold of this, 772 00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:09,554 Harry is screwed. 773 00:39:12,557 --> 00:39:14,559 Shit... 774 00:39:22,726 --> 00:39:24,828 "On my desk, there's a porcelain pot." 775 00:39:24,928 --> 00:39:27,150 Inside is a key to my locker at the gym in Montburry, 776 00:39:27,250 --> 00:39:28,672 203. 777 00:39:28,772 --> 00:39:30,033 Everything is in there. 778 00:39:30,133 --> 00:39:31,314 Burn it all. 779 00:39:31,414 --> 00:39:33,416 "I'm in danger." 780 00:40:30,628 --> 00:40:34,132 It's "The Origin of Evil." 781 00:40:34,232 --> 00:40:37,114 It's Harry's original manuscript. 782 00:40:38,636 --> 00:40:40,718 Holy cow... 783 00:40:52,168 --> 00:40:54,911 I knew what I was doing was illegal, 784 00:40:55,011 --> 00:40:58,394 that by burning all this incriminating evidence, 785 00:40:58,494 --> 00:41:02,157 I was suddenly an accomplice. 786 00:41:02,257 --> 00:41:05,881 But I also knew Harry, 787 00:41:05,981 --> 00:41:09,564 and he was my teacher, my mentor. 788 00:41:09,664 --> 00:41:12,086 He was my friend, 789 00:41:12,186 --> 00:41:14,188 and I had to help him. 790 00:41:15,189 --> 00:41:16,731 There was no way he could have done 791 00:41:16,831 --> 00:41:20,194 what he was accused of doing. 792 00:41:31,844 --> 00:41:33,226 Then, 793 00:41:33,326 --> 00:41:36,909 as I watched the flames turn paper to ash, 794 00:41:37,009 --> 00:41:40,072 a chilling thought crept over me... 795 00:41:40,172 --> 00:41:44,376 What if I was wrong? 796 00:41:56,147 --> 00:41:58,789 Was I in danger myself?