1 00:00:01,653 --> 00:00:03,177 - Previously, on "You"... 2 00:00:03,220 --> 00:00:05,222 - Everyone just calls me Beck. And you're... 3 00:00:05,266 --> 00:00:07,181 Joe? - Goldberg. 4 00:00:07,224 --> 00:00:09,139 A guy needs to protect himself, 5 00:00:09,183 --> 00:00:12,099 and your name was a glorious place to start. 6 00:00:12,142 --> 00:00:14,188 The next thing our little friend the internet gave me 7 00:00:14,231 --> 00:00:15,537 was your address. 8 00:00:15,580 --> 00:00:17,147 [suspenseful music] 9 00:00:17,191 --> 00:00:18,757 - Uhh! 10 00:00:18,801 --> 00:00:21,717 - Maybe we could get a drink sometime? 11 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:22,761 - Sure. 12 00:00:22,805 --> 00:00:24,067 - Hey, let me up. 13 00:00:24,111 --> 00:00:26,374 [whispering] Oh, you make me insane. 14 00:00:26,417 --> 00:00:28,680 - Oh, Beck, who is this? 15 00:00:28,724 --> 00:00:31,074 Benjamin J. Ashby. Greenwich born, 16 00:00:31,118 --> 00:00:32,206 boarding school bred. 17 00:00:32,249 --> 00:00:34,077 After you. - All right. 18 00:00:34,121 --> 00:00:35,992 Man, I'm thinkin' maybe-- 19 00:00:37,254 --> 00:00:38,908 Do not tell me that you're doing this 20 00:00:38,951 --> 00:00:40,214 because of Beck! 21 00:00:40,257 --> 00:00:42,129 - I'm very scared of what you would do to her. 22 00:00:42,172 --> 00:00:44,653 - She show you her ladle? She's got this red kitchen ladle. 23 00:00:44,696 --> 00:00:47,134 It's a whole "call you Daddy, spank me" thing. 24 00:00:47,177 --> 00:00:48,874 - Benji, I'd love your help. 25 00:00:48,918 --> 00:00:52,139 Unfortunately, I know you're a pathological liar. 26 00:00:52,182 --> 00:00:53,923 - [gasps, wheezes] 27 00:00:53,966 --> 00:00:57,013 - I just knew Benji was the worst kind of poison, 28 00:00:57,057 --> 00:00:59,363 so I did what I had to do to help you. 29 00:00:59,407 --> 00:01:01,365 [dramatic musical sting] 30 00:01:01,409 --> 00:01:05,021 [light music] 31 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:10,505 ♪ 32 00:01:10,548 --> 00:01:12,594 Joe: It's been three days... 33 00:01:12,637 --> 00:01:14,248 - [laughs] - Since our first kiss, 34 00:01:14,291 --> 00:01:16,337 and I have to say... things are looking 35 00:01:16,380 --> 00:01:18,469 pretty good for us post-Benji. 36 00:01:18,513 --> 00:01:20,123 - If you could only watch one movie 37 00:01:20,167 --> 00:01:22,125 for the rest of your life, what would it be? 38 00:01:22,169 --> 00:01:23,387 - "Beverly Hills Cop." 39 00:01:23,431 --> 00:01:25,520 - Really? - Oh, yeah. Dead serious. 40 00:01:25,563 --> 00:01:28,871 - Okay...I'll bite. Enlighten me. 41 00:01:28,914 --> 00:01:31,352 - Well, it's funny, but the danger... 42 00:01:31,395 --> 00:01:33,180 feels very real. - [laughs] 43 00:01:33,223 --> 00:01:34,485 - It checks all the boxes. 44 00:01:34,529 --> 00:01:37,227 What's yours? What's your forever movie? 45 00:01:37,271 --> 00:01:40,230 - Mm. I'd have to go with... 46 00:01:40,274 --> 00:01:41,710 "Pretty In Pink." 47 00:01:41,753 --> 00:01:43,581 - Invisible townie girl swept off her feet 48 00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:46,497 by the one guy who really sees her. 49 00:01:46,541 --> 00:01:48,151 A little on the nose, Beck. 50 00:01:48,195 --> 00:01:50,501 I love that movie. 51 00:01:50,545 --> 00:01:52,721 I'll be that guy, the one who sees you. 52 00:01:52,764 --> 00:01:54,636 You deserve that, after Benji. 53 00:01:54,679 --> 00:01:56,638 - So... 54 00:01:56,681 --> 00:01:58,770 your...old girlfriend, 55 00:01:58,814 --> 00:02:01,382 the girl at Peach's party was talking about... 56 00:02:01,425 --> 00:02:03,471 Candace, is it? - It's customary... 57 00:02:03,514 --> 00:02:05,603 the inventory of past heartbreak. 58 00:02:05,647 --> 00:02:07,301 - Do I wanna know? - But Candace-- 59 00:02:07,344 --> 00:02:09,346 I'm not sure how to tell you about her yet. 60 00:02:09,390 --> 00:02:11,261 It's too soon, Beck. 61 00:02:11,305 --> 00:02:13,959 I mean, I'm an open book, but it's--it's the old story. 62 00:02:14,003 --> 00:02:17,398 Just...thinking you're right for someone... 63 00:02:17,441 --> 00:02:18,834 and you're not. 64 00:02:18,877 --> 00:02:21,053 - Hmm. I got about a dozen of those. 65 00:02:21,097 --> 00:02:24,318 - Hmm. - Maybe sometime over a drink. 66 00:02:24,361 --> 00:02:26,189 - Or ten. - [laughs] 67 00:02:26,233 --> 00:02:27,799 - Yep. - Ten? 68 00:02:27,843 --> 00:02:30,019 - Ten. Ten... - [laughs] 69 00:02:30,062 --> 00:02:31,629 - Give or take. 70 00:02:31,673 --> 00:02:34,893 [light music] 71 00:02:34,937 --> 00:02:39,289 ♪ 72 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:41,378 - I want to come in, I do. 73 00:02:41,422 --> 00:02:43,424 But I'm gonna make us wait. 74 00:02:43,467 --> 00:02:45,295 You're worth waiting for. Besides... 75 00:02:45,339 --> 00:02:46,731 Bye. 76 00:02:46,775 --> 00:02:48,298 Right now, I have something 77 00:02:48,342 --> 00:02:51,171 rather pressing to deal with. 78 00:02:54,304 --> 00:02:57,220 [dark music] 79 00:02:57,264 --> 00:02:59,918 ♪ 80 00:02:59,962 --> 00:03:02,051 Nothing sweeter than townie pie. 81 00:03:02,094 --> 00:03:03,618 82 00:03:06,316 --> 00:03:09,928 [dark music continues] 83 00:03:09,972 --> 00:03:17,109 ♪ 84 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:20,461 [phone chimes] 85 00:03:20,504 --> 00:03:22,376 Beck: Grab N Go? Really? 86 00:03:22,419 --> 00:03:23,681 Townie Pie? What the-- 87 00:03:23,725 --> 00:03:26,510 You're dead to me, Benji. Dead. 88 00:03:27,642 --> 00:03:29,252 Joe: You're finally moving on. 89 00:03:29,296 --> 00:03:31,167 And now that you've dealt with Benji, 90 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:34,518 it's time for me to do the same. 91 00:03:34,562 --> 00:03:37,521 [dark music swells] 92 00:03:37,565 --> 00:03:46,095 ♪ 93 00:03:46,138 --> 00:03:49,751 How exactly does one get rid of a body? 94 00:03:49,794 --> 00:03:51,709 I can't just Google this kind of thing 95 00:03:51,753 --> 00:03:54,277 without creating a pretty damning evidence trail. 96 00:03:54,321 --> 00:03:56,975 So I turn to those I trust most for tips-- 97 00:03:57,019 --> 00:04:00,283 King, Carr, Franzen, Flynn. 98 00:04:00,327 --> 00:04:02,416 Fun fact: spatchcocking a chicken 99 00:04:02,459 --> 00:04:03,765 and dismembering a human 100 00:04:03,808 --> 00:04:06,420 involve the same six essential steps. 101 00:04:06,463 --> 00:04:08,117 Not sure I'm down for that. 102 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,945 Little intense. But... 103 00:04:09,988 --> 00:04:12,600 I think I finally have a plan for Benji. 104 00:04:13,601 --> 00:04:15,472 - Oh, hey, Joe, I didn't know you were up there. 105 00:04:15,516 --> 00:04:17,953 Do you mind if I play some, uh, Enrique Iglesias? 106 00:04:17,996 --> 00:04:19,650 I'm trying to bone up on my Spanish. 107 00:04:19,694 --> 00:04:21,304 - These are officially the darkest days... 108 00:04:21,348 --> 00:04:22,958 Sounds great. In the history of the world. 109 00:04:23,001 --> 00:04:24,394 - I mean, I can pick something else. 110 00:04:24,438 --> 00:04:25,700 I got a ton of playlists on here. 111 00:04:25,743 --> 00:04:28,703 I got rock music, club music, jazz music. 112 00:04:28,746 --> 00:04:30,748 - I wonder if he's a virgin. Stick with the Iglesias. 113 00:04:30,792 --> 00:04:32,489 I'm just gonna be in the basement working on some books. 114 00:04:32,533 --> 00:04:33,795 I don't wanna be disturbed. 115 00:04:33,838 --> 00:04:35,318 All right? - No problem. 116 00:04:35,362 --> 00:04:36,537 Thanks, Joe! 117 00:04:36,580 --> 00:04:38,278 - Here's what I know. 118 00:04:38,321 --> 00:04:41,281 There can be no dead Benji for you to mourn. 119 00:04:41,324 --> 00:04:42,804 He needs to disappear. 120 00:04:42,847 --> 00:04:45,937 Already handled the optics on social media-- 121 00:04:45,981 --> 00:04:49,506 portrait of a dude hard partying his way off the grid. 122 00:04:49,550 --> 00:04:51,856 As for the body-- 123 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:54,511 cremation seems expedient. 124 00:04:54,555 --> 00:04:56,339 This will require chemicals, 125 00:04:56,383 --> 00:05:00,778 a steady blaze, and absolutely no dental records. 126 00:05:00,822 --> 00:05:04,042 [tense music] 127 00:05:04,086 --> 00:05:07,742 ♪ 128 00:05:07,785 --> 00:05:09,483 [mallet thuds on floor] 129 00:05:09,526 --> 00:05:11,528 Bluuh... [liquid splashes] 130 00:05:11,572 --> 00:05:13,313 [coughs] It looks like 131 00:05:13,356 --> 00:05:17,055 I'm gonna need to slow the biological roll on Benji. 132 00:05:17,099 --> 00:05:19,057 It's about temperature, and it's about humidity. 133 00:05:19,101 --> 00:05:22,670 And dropping the temp this low puts the books at risk-- 134 00:05:22,713 --> 00:05:25,847 dry, brittle, lost forever. 135 00:05:25,890 --> 00:05:28,502 My humidifiers won't let that happen. 136 00:05:28,545 --> 00:05:30,373 Gertrude Stein is dead. 137 00:05:30,417 --> 00:05:33,507 She's not coming back to sign books. 138 00:05:33,550 --> 00:05:36,510 Hopefully, this holds him until I can man up 139 00:05:36,553 --> 00:05:38,250 and do the deed. 140 00:05:38,294 --> 00:05:39,164 [light knocking] 141 00:05:39,208 --> 00:05:40,905 - Come in. - Hi...there. 142 00:05:40,949 --> 00:05:43,430 I'm, uh... Guinevere Beck. 143 00:05:43,473 --> 00:05:45,432 I'm your new MFA transfer. 144 00:05:45,475 --> 00:05:49,479 Professor Leahy and I agreed, uh, that it would be bet-- 145 00:05:49,523 --> 00:05:51,307 Oh, sorry. 146 00:05:51,351 --> 00:05:54,397 Um, I'm looking for Professor Mott? 147 00:05:54,441 --> 00:05:55,659 - Beck, is it? 148 00:05:55,703 --> 00:05:57,531 - Yes, hi. - Blythe. 149 00:05:57,574 --> 00:05:59,576 - [gasps] - I heard you were joining us. 150 00:05:59,620 --> 00:06:01,535 - Yeah. - We meet here for workshop 151 00:06:01,578 --> 00:06:02,971 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 152 00:06:03,014 --> 00:06:05,539 Mott's no Leahy, though, so bring your A game. 153 00:06:05,582 --> 00:06:07,236 - I intend to. 154 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,673 You know, I actually-- I read one of your essays 155 00:06:09,717 --> 00:06:11,545 in the "Review" last month, 156 00:06:11,588 --> 00:06:14,417 and it was so illuminating. I tweeted it. 157 00:06:14,461 --> 00:06:18,465 - Social Media. It's like the next great genocide. 158 00:06:20,684 --> 00:06:22,599 Jersey, right? - Sorry? 159 00:06:22,643 --> 00:06:23,992 - It's where you're from? 160 00:06:24,035 --> 00:06:26,734 - No, I'm, uh, I'm from Nantucket. 161 00:06:26,777 --> 00:06:28,910 - Oh, interesting. 162 00:06:30,564 --> 00:06:32,566 - Where are you from? - Such a tough question. 163 00:06:32,609 --> 00:06:34,959 Um...I was born in Papua New Guinea, 164 00:06:35,003 --> 00:06:37,614 but my dad worked for the State Department, 165 00:06:37,658 --> 00:06:39,137 so we moved around a lot. 166 00:06:39,181 --> 00:06:40,443 Actually separated from my parents at one point. 167 00:06:40,487 --> 00:06:42,532 Did some modeling in Tokyo. 168 00:06:42,576 --> 00:06:45,840 My hair is super-unique there. 169 00:06:45,883 --> 00:06:47,668 [both chuckle] [phone buzzes] 170 00:06:47,711 --> 00:06:50,584 [buzzing] 171 00:06:50,627 --> 00:06:52,107 [stops buzzing] 172 00:06:53,195 --> 00:06:55,937 [speaking Swedish] 173 00:06:57,155 --> 00:06:59,636 I'm sorry, it's my grandparents. 174 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:00,898 I'll see you in class, okay? 175 00:07:00,942 --> 00:07:02,683 - Okay. - Okay. 176 00:07:02,726 --> 00:07:05,120 Hey... [laughs] 177 00:07:05,163 --> 00:07:06,251 Yeah. 178 00:07:06,295 --> 00:07:07,862 - And then she walked away, 179 00:07:07,905 --> 00:07:09,559 and I melted into the earth. 180 00:07:09,603 --> 00:07:11,648 - Sounds like a pretentious bitch, if you ask me. 181 00:07:11,692 --> 00:07:13,433 - No. Blythe's amazing. 182 00:07:13,476 --> 00:07:15,783 She wrote this piece about how she and her mother 183 00:07:15,826 --> 00:07:18,699 got bulimia together while in Italy, and she was 12! 184 00:07:18,742 --> 00:07:20,701 - Chic. - What the-- 185 00:07:20,744 --> 00:07:23,355 Is that a nose? - It's a dick pic, Annika. 186 00:07:23,399 --> 00:07:25,619 - [laughs] - So what? It's just zoomed in. 187 00:07:25,662 --> 00:07:29,013 - No! - Why's it against shag carpet? 188 00:07:29,057 --> 00:07:30,450 - I don't know. - Perspective? 189 00:07:30,493 --> 00:07:31,668 - I don't get it. 190 00:07:31,712 --> 00:07:33,844 I mean, why do men think disembodied members 191 00:07:33,888 --> 00:07:35,629 equal foreplay? You know, they're not 192 00:07:35,672 --> 00:07:38,109 aesthetically pleasing. - Ooh! I disagree. 193 00:07:38,153 --> 00:07:39,981 I have over 200 saved on my phone 194 00:07:40,024 --> 00:07:43,201 organized by category. It's my Guggenheim. 195 00:07:43,245 --> 00:07:44,681 - [chuckling] 196 00:07:44,725 --> 00:07:46,509 Fat bats. 197 00:07:46,553 --> 00:07:47,771 Boomerangs. 198 00:07:47,815 --> 00:07:49,556 Banana boats. 199 00:07:49,599 --> 00:07:51,601 Late bloomers. 200 00:07:51,645 --> 00:07:52,950 And Jewish guys. 201 00:07:52,994 --> 00:07:54,474 - More power to 'em, but your friends 202 00:07:54,517 --> 00:07:56,258 kinda treat sex like it means nothing. 203 00:07:56,301 --> 00:07:57,738 - Till she sees his junk in zoom! 204 00:07:57,781 --> 00:07:59,696 - But you're different, aren't you? 205 00:07:59,740 --> 00:08:01,132 - Honestly, I see her point. 206 00:08:01,176 --> 00:08:02,569 I hooked up with some guy last night. 207 00:08:02,612 --> 00:08:06,181 Knee deep in before I realized he's uncircumcised. 208 00:08:06,224 --> 00:08:07,748 - Ooh! - It kind of looked like... 209 00:08:07,791 --> 00:08:10,185 I don't know, a...hoodie? - Whoa! 210 00:08:10,228 --> 00:08:12,100 - Bookstore clerk has a turtleneck? 211 00:08:12,143 --> 00:08:14,102 - Bookstore manager, but, no, not Joe. 212 00:08:14,145 --> 00:08:16,844 Some guy from Tinder. Just a little down and dirty. 213 00:08:16,887 --> 00:08:18,759 You know? - Wow! 214 00:08:18,802 --> 00:08:20,978 - Joe is still a maybe. 215 00:08:21,022 --> 00:08:23,546 - A maybe? I'm amaybe? 216 00:08:23,590 --> 00:08:25,200 And you're still screwing other guys? 217 00:08:25,243 --> 00:08:26,854 Beck! How did I miss this? 218 00:08:26,897 --> 00:08:29,509 How did I read this so completely wrong? 219 00:08:29,552 --> 00:08:31,772 - Look, if you wanna bone Benji outta your system, 220 00:08:31,815 --> 00:08:33,600 more power to you. 221 00:08:33,643 --> 00:08:36,559 I just wanna make sure that you're respecting yourself. 222 00:08:36,603 --> 00:08:39,693 Look, I'm just saying... 223 00:08:39,736 --> 00:08:43,000 are you being your most amazing self right now? 224 00:08:43,044 --> 00:08:45,655 - I mean, this is... this is my process. 225 00:08:45,699 --> 00:08:48,136 It's like a Benji exorcism. 226 00:08:48,179 --> 00:08:51,661 I'm just exploring my options in a city of... 227 00:08:51,705 --> 00:08:53,358 8 million people. 228 00:08:53,402 --> 00:08:55,404 It's only reasonable, right? - Yeah. 229 00:08:55,447 --> 00:08:56,710 - I'm gonna get a drink. 230 00:08:56,753 --> 00:09:00,801 [pop music in background] 231 00:09:00,844 --> 00:09:02,237 - I like your tattoo. 232 00:09:03,499 --> 00:09:05,153 - I don't have a tattoo. 233 00:09:05,196 --> 00:09:07,459 - Love is patient and kind. [Beck moaning] 234 00:09:07,503 --> 00:09:08,896 And so am I, Beck. 235 00:09:08,939 --> 00:09:11,246 For you, I can be patient. 236 00:09:11,289 --> 00:09:13,074 Maybe this is your process. 237 00:09:13,117 --> 00:09:14,945 Nobody buys the first pair of jeans they try on, 238 00:09:14,989 --> 00:09:16,599 no matter how perfect. 239 00:09:16,643 --> 00:09:19,733 But as much as I'm hoping this is just a stage, 240 00:09:19,776 --> 00:09:21,691 a quick password search on your iCloud 241 00:09:21,735 --> 00:09:24,651 has revealed a swipe-fest of millennial man-boys. 242 00:09:24,694 --> 00:09:26,000 Guy with tiger. 243 00:09:26,043 --> 00:09:27,697 Junior William Morris agent. 244 00:09:27,741 --> 00:09:30,134 Viking Wannabe. You've been a busy girl, Beck. 245 00:09:30,178 --> 00:09:32,528 It's more competition than I realized. 246 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:33,660 This thing between us-- 247 00:09:33,703 --> 00:09:35,836 it's new, tenuous. 248 00:09:35,879 --> 00:09:38,099 And the cost was a corpse. 249 00:09:38,142 --> 00:09:40,231 But I can't get rid of every guy in New York. 250 00:09:40,275 --> 00:09:43,017 If I wanna win your heart, I'm gonna have to show you-- 251 00:09:43,060 --> 00:09:45,889 [backboard thumping] [Beck moaning] 252 00:09:45,933 --> 00:09:46,890 [creak, crack] 253 00:09:46,934 --> 00:09:48,631 - Aah! [laughs] 254 00:09:48,675 --> 00:09:50,459 - I'm not a "maybe." 255 00:09:50,502 --> 00:09:52,026 I'mThe One. 256 00:09:56,770 --> 00:10:00,600 - It's time. Time to get rid of Benji 257 00:10:00,643 --> 00:10:03,124 so I can focus my undivided attention 258 00:10:03,167 --> 00:10:05,735 on you, Beck, on us. 259 00:10:05,779 --> 00:10:07,781 So I'm gonna need a few supplies. 260 00:10:07,824 --> 00:10:08,869 - Hey, Joe. 261 00:10:08,912 --> 00:10:11,088 You said you needed to talk? 262 00:10:11,132 --> 00:10:13,047 - I do, yeah. So here's the thing. 263 00:10:13,090 --> 00:10:15,049 I have a secret project I'm working on, 264 00:10:15,092 --> 00:10:16,659 but I gotta open up the shop, 265 00:10:16,703 --> 00:10:18,792 so I thought you could run some errands for me. 266 00:10:18,835 --> 00:10:20,750 I'll give you a little money for books. 267 00:10:20,794 --> 00:10:22,447 Just between us. 268 00:10:22,491 --> 00:10:23,840 - Yeah. No problem. 269 00:10:23,884 --> 00:10:25,842 Between us. What do you need? 270 00:10:25,886 --> 00:10:29,019 - Well, you might have to run to a few different places. 271 00:10:33,894 --> 00:10:35,983 - You can count on me, Joe. 272 00:10:36,026 --> 00:10:39,682 [dark music] 273 00:10:39,726 --> 00:10:41,249 - Thanks, Pac. 274 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:46,820 - The swine and I. 275 00:10:46,863 --> 00:10:49,823 Eye to eye. 276 00:10:50,954 --> 00:10:53,870 My heart is his. 277 00:10:53,914 --> 00:10:56,046 And that... 278 00:10:56,090 --> 00:10:57,787 was sunset. 279 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,665 - I'm not sure it had the vigilance or depth 280 00:11:05,708 --> 00:11:08,798 that you're capable of. I just wasn't fully invested. 281 00:11:08,842 --> 00:11:11,366 - Interesting, Blythe. 282 00:11:11,409 --> 00:11:13,977 How do we maintain the reader's attention? 283 00:11:14,021 --> 00:11:16,850 We infuse the universal 284 00:11:16,893 --> 00:11:18,895 with painful specificity, 285 00:11:18,939 --> 00:11:20,418 or they simply turn the page. 286 00:11:20,462 --> 00:11:21,898 - Exactly. 287 00:11:21,942 --> 00:11:25,293 My worst fear--and I'm not commenting on Yuri's poem, 288 00:11:25,336 --> 00:11:29,123 per se, is not to be bad but unremarkable. 289 00:11:29,166 --> 00:11:32,213 - Unremarkable. That is the fear. 290 00:11:32,256 --> 00:11:34,824 I hope this was helpful, Yuri. 291 00:11:34,868 --> 00:11:36,739 I think that does it for today. 292 00:11:36,783 --> 00:11:38,872 Next up is...Blythe. 293 00:11:38,915 --> 00:11:40,090 And Beck. 294 00:11:40,134 --> 00:11:42,397 Send a piece of your choosing to myself 295 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,747 and your fellow classmates, and we'll review on Thursday. 296 00:11:44,791 --> 00:11:47,968 [lightly edgy music] 297 00:11:48,011 --> 00:11:55,062 ♪ 298 00:12:09,816 --> 00:12:11,861 [bed creaking] 299 00:12:11,905 --> 00:12:13,428 - Here's what I've gleaned 300 00:12:13,471 --> 00:12:16,170 from this little exercise in futility, Beck. 301 00:12:16,213 --> 00:12:18,172 You're in no mood to write. 302 00:12:18,215 --> 00:12:20,174 [creak, snap, thud] 303 00:12:20,217 --> 00:12:22,393 - And you need a new bed. 304 00:12:22,437 --> 00:12:24,831 So, hey, maybe your enthusiastic 305 00:12:24,874 --> 00:12:26,528 but ultimately empty encounter 306 00:12:26,571 --> 00:12:27,834 with that Warby Parker-wearing mixologist 307 00:12:27,877 --> 00:12:29,531 could work to our advantage. 308 00:12:29,574 --> 00:12:30,880 Any chance you're down for shopping trip? 309 00:12:30,924 --> 00:12:31,838 I've got time to kill 310 00:12:31,881 --> 00:12:34,536 while Paco's out shopping. 311 00:12:37,147 --> 00:12:39,454 - You read my mind. 312 00:12:39,497 --> 00:12:41,282 - Pick you up in an hour. 313 00:12:41,325 --> 00:12:43,806 But I have to play this perfectly, 314 00:12:43,850 --> 00:12:45,808 and in order to do that, 315 00:12:45,852 --> 00:12:47,723 I gotta break out the big gun. 316 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:49,986 [engine revs] 317 00:12:50,030 --> 00:12:52,293 Mr. Mooney's Buick Skylark. 318 00:12:52,336 --> 00:12:54,425 - ♪ Girl, you think you got it bad... ♪ 319 00:12:54,469 --> 00:12:55,992 - You bound down the stairs in those tight, 320 00:12:56,036 --> 00:12:57,428 not-too-tight jeans. 321 00:12:57,472 --> 00:12:59,039 You're in flip-flops 322 00:12:59,082 --> 00:13:00,170 and your toenails sparkle 323 00:13:00,214 --> 00:13:01,868 and your hair's in a bun, 324 00:13:01,911 --> 00:13:03,608 and, hey, at least you don't have any hickeys. 325 00:13:03,652 --> 00:13:05,741 So there's that. 326 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:09,876 ♪ 327 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:13,575 - Oh, my God, I can't believe this is your car. 328 00:13:13,618 --> 00:13:15,359 You're a lifesaver. 329 00:13:15,403 --> 00:13:17,013 [kiss] No idea how much 330 00:13:17,057 --> 00:13:19,276 I needed a new bed. 331 00:13:22,105 --> 00:13:25,543 - ♪ Girl, you think you got it bad... ♪ 332 00:13:25,587 --> 00:13:27,719 ♪ Do do do do do do do 333 00:13:27,763 --> 00:13:31,332 [engine humming] 334 00:13:32,463 --> 00:13:35,684 [Muzak plays in background] 335 00:13:35,727 --> 00:13:37,207 ♪ 336 00:13:37,251 --> 00:13:39,340 - New Challenge. 337 00:13:39,383 --> 00:13:42,299 How do I segue this from 338 00:13:42,343 --> 00:13:44,301 browsing glassware to... 339 00:13:44,345 --> 00:13:47,043 "Holy shit! Joe's the one"? 340 00:13:49,089 --> 00:13:50,960 - Weird. [small laugh] 341 00:13:51,004 --> 00:13:53,702 I have one just like this. 342 00:13:53,745 --> 00:13:55,835 - Yeah, I-I know all about it. 343 00:13:55,878 --> 00:13:59,099 Benji told me. - It was my dad's. 344 00:13:59,142 --> 00:14:00,665 - The infamous red ladle. 345 00:14:00,709 --> 00:14:02,667 How you like to be spanked with it. 346 00:14:02,711 --> 00:14:05,496 Is that what you really want, Beck? 347 00:14:05,540 --> 00:14:08,891 Is that the guy you're looking for? 348 00:14:08,935 --> 00:14:11,067 [edgy music] 349 00:14:11,111 --> 00:14:13,374 Just pick one. 350 00:14:13,417 --> 00:14:15,898 It's all cut from the same hunk of overpriced wood. 351 00:14:15,942 --> 00:14:17,769 - I can't decide. 352 00:14:17,813 --> 00:14:19,728 - People trying to buy some sort of meaning in their lives 353 00:14:19,771 --> 00:14:22,862 with $60 candles and sustainable lamps. 354 00:14:22,905 --> 00:14:24,298 They all look pretty good to me. 355 00:14:24,341 --> 00:14:26,909 - No, I just mean should I get the queen 356 00:14:26,953 --> 00:14:28,476 or the king-size bed? 357 00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:30,913 - Your bedroom isn't big enough to fit a king. 358 00:14:30,957 --> 00:14:34,351 - You're right, it's too... 359 00:14:34,395 --> 00:14:37,920 How do you know that? 360 00:14:37,964 --> 00:14:39,704 - It's New York. 361 00:14:39,748 --> 00:14:42,229 No one's bedroom is big enough to fit a king. 362 00:14:42,272 --> 00:14:44,013 [phone chimes] 363 00:14:44,057 --> 00:14:46,581 - Ugh... 364 00:14:46,624 --> 00:14:47,799 [sighs] 365 00:14:47,843 --> 00:14:49,149 - What's wrong? 366 00:14:49,192 --> 00:14:50,759 - This girl, Blythe, in workshop, 367 00:14:50,802 --> 00:14:52,848 she just submitted her short story. 368 00:14:54,981 --> 00:14:56,286 - And? - And I haven't even 369 00:14:56,330 --> 00:14:58,636 started mine yet, and it's due tomorrow. 370 00:15:00,595 --> 00:15:03,424 [murmurs] 371 00:15:03,467 --> 00:15:04,947 Hers... 372 00:15:04,991 --> 00:15:06,731 it's brilliant. 373 00:15:06,775 --> 00:15:10,692 It's about a crow that flies into a woman's house, 374 00:15:10,735 --> 00:15:12,999 runs into the walls, and leaves blood everywhere. 375 00:15:13,042 --> 00:15:15,610 - That sounds terrible. 376 00:15:15,653 --> 00:15:17,307 - Read it. 377 00:15:27,230 --> 00:15:29,450 Well? 378 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,758 - You might be right. - Ugh! 379 00:15:33,802 --> 00:15:35,978 I know. 380 00:15:40,026 --> 00:15:41,853 Can I ask you something? 381 00:15:41,897 --> 00:15:43,116 - Anything. 382 00:15:43,159 --> 00:15:46,032 - Promise to tell the truth? 383 00:15:46,075 --> 00:15:47,294 - Scout's honor. 384 00:15:47,337 --> 00:15:50,384 [soft music] 385 00:15:50,427 --> 00:15:52,125 ♪ 386 00:15:52,168 --> 00:15:55,345 - Do you think... I'm unremarkable? 387 00:15:55,389 --> 00:16:02,831 ♪ 388 00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:06,095 - Unremarkable people don't worry 389 00:16:06,139 --> 00:16:08,576 about being unremarkable. 390 00:16:11,187 --> 00:16:13,581 ♪ 391 00:16:13,624 --> 00:16:17,237 - ♪ Only for you we should call it ♪ 392 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,152 ♪ A straight love affair 393 00:16:19,195 --> 00:16:20,980 ♪ I suppose... 394 00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:22,372 - This is it, Beck. 395 00:16:22,416 --> 00:16:23,721 This is the moment I'm gonna show you 396 00:16:23,765 --> 00:16:25,593 just how remarkable you are. 397 00:16:25,636 --> 00:16:27,334 You want down and dirty, you got it. 398 00:16:27,377 --> 00:16:29,771 ♪ 399 00:16:29,814 --> 00:16:32,556 - ♪ Palms that may hold you... ♪ 400 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,558 - [gasps] [whispers] Stop, Joe, stop! 401 00:16:34,602 --> 00:16:36,082 - What? I--What? I thought that you-- 402 00:16:36,125 --> 00:16:37,431 - That I wanted to get arrested 403 00:16:37,474 --> 00:16:39,824 while you're going all bush diver on me in public? 404 00:16:39,868 --> 00:16:42,958 That's not exactly on my to-do list today. 405 00:16:45,482 --> 00:16:48,268 - I guess I read that wrong. 406 00:16:51,097 --> 00:16:53,838 You haven't made eye contact for the past ten minutes. 407 00:16:53,882 --> 00:16:56,102 Things couldn't get any worse right now. 408 00:16:56,145 --> 00:16:59,148 [phone buzzing] 409 00:16:59,192 --> 00:17:01,107 Hello? - Hey, Joe, it's Ethan. 410 00:17:01,150 --> 00:17:03,065 Ethan from the bookstore. - Yeah, yeah, I know 411 00:17:03,109 --> 00:17:04,588 who you are, Ethan. 412 00:17:04,632 --> 00:17:08,766 - Right. Thing is, the power's out. Um... 413 00:17:08,810 --> 00:17:11,334 the electrician says he thinks the system is overloaded, 414 00:17:11,378 --> 00:17:13,032 but he can't get to the fuse box because... 415 00:17:13,075 --> 00:17:14,816 - It's in the basement with a dead body. 416 00:17:14,859 --> 00:17:17,079 - Which is locked. He thinks he can pop the lock, 417 00:17:17,123 --> 00:17:18,689 but I just wanted to-- 418 00:17:18,733 --> 00:17:20,996 - No! No, no, no, no, no! Just--Just-- 419 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,476 just tell the electrician to go home. 420 00:17:22,519 --> 00:17:24,260 I'll call him later. You lock up and go home. 421 00:17:24,304 --> 00:17:26,132 I'll deal with it when I get back. 422 00:17:26,175 --> 00:17:28,047 All right? 423 00:17:28,090 --> 00:17:29,613 Okay. 424 00:17:31,485 --> 00:17:33,443 - Everything okay? - Yeah, it's fine. 425 00:17:33,487 --> 00:17:35,576 It's fine. It's just a little problem at the shop. 426 00:17:35,619 --> 00:17:37,534 I should get you...home. 427 00:17:37,578 --> 00:17:39,971 [edgy music] 428 00:17:40,015 --> 00:17:41,799 I was afraid this might happen. 429 00:17:41,843 --> 00:17:44,280 Six humidifiers and an AC unit from the late '70s 430 00:17:44,324 --> 00:17:46,108 cranked to its lowest setting... 431 00:17:46,152 --> 00:17:50,069 even in death, Benji is a colossal pain in my ass. 432 00:17:54,203 --> 00:17:56,292 [dark music] 433 00:17:56,336 --> 00:17:58,990 - Okay. With the AC out, 434 00:17:59,034 --> 00:18:03,343 seems deterioration speeds really picked up. 435 00:18:03,386 --> 00:18:07,260 ♪ 436 00:18:07,303 --> 00:18:10,089 [heavy exhale] 437 00:18:15,616 --> 00:18:19,185 Oh! Is that...ooze? 438 00:18:19,228 --> 00:18:20,534 [groaning] 439 00:18:20,577 --> 00:18:22,144 [coughing] Things have grown 440 00:18:22,188 --> 00:18:24,668 biologically dire in the Benji department. 441 00:18:24,712 --> 00:18:26,583 Also the rare book department. 442 00:18:26,627 --> 00:18:31,327 But...I can't protect them until I get rid of him. 443 00:18:31,371 --> 00:18:34,156 Benji has to go. 444 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,551 [dark music] 445 00:18:37,594 --> 00:18:39,248 ♪ 446 00:18:39,292 --> 00:18:41,555 [groaning] 447 00:18:49,998 --> 00:18:51,173 [snap] Ugh! 448 00:18:51,217 --> 00:18:52,218 [phone chimes] 449 00:18:54,916 --> 00:18:56,874 - Hey, what are you up to? 450 00:18:56,918 --> 00:18:59,399 Do you happen to read Chinese? 451 00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:02,271 Or own a mallet? 452 00:19:02,315 --> 00:19:05,709 [unsettling music] 453 00:19:05,753 --> 00:19:07,624 - The books were safe. 454 00:19:07,668 --> 00:19:09,278 Basement is 100% corpse-free. 455 00:19:09,322 --> 00:19:10,758 Can't burn the body in daylight anyway, 456 00:19:10,801 --> 00:19:12,368 so the least Benji can do 457 00:19:12,412 --> 00:19:14,283 is wait in the car for a little while. 458 00:19:14,327 --> 00:19:19,332 [light guitar strumming] 459 00:19:19,375 --> 00:19:20,463 Ready for that. - Okay. 460 00:19:20,507 --> 00:19:22,552 - Let go for a second. 461 00:19:22,596 --> 00:19:24,772 - Okay. - Yeah. 462 00:19:24,815 --> 00:19:26,426 - It's in the peg! - Okay. 463 00:19:26,469 --> 00:19:28,036 [both laugh] 464 00:19:28,079 --> 00:19:30,778 Hand me the mallet. - Yeah. Ah! 465 00:19:34,651 --> 00:19:36,218 - Should be good. 466 00:19:36,262 --> 00:19:39,221 [light music continues] 467 00:19:39,265 --> 00:19:46,750 ♪ 468 00:19:49,797 --> 00:19:52,103 - [laughing] - There it is. 469 00:19:52,147 --> 00:19:53,366 Go! 470 00:19:53,409 --> 00:19:54,541 - [laughing] 471 00:19:54,584 --> 00:19:56,456 Say when. 472 00:19:58,414 --> 00:20:00,329 - When. I think--when. When, when, when. 473 00:20:00,373 --> 00:20:01,939 - [giggling] 474 00:20:06,292 --> 00:20:08,816 Cheers to us. [glasses clink] 475 00:20:08,859 --> 00:20:10,948 - You make a good apprentice. 476 00:20:10,992 --> 00:20:15,257 - I was gonna say the same thing about you. 477 00:20:19,174 --> 00:20:23,396 I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to get so upset. 478 00:20:23,439 --> 00:20:25,180 - [murmurs] 479 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:26,877 It's okay. 480 00:20:26,921 --> 00:20:29,663 - No, it's not, it's just... 481 00:20:29,706 --> 00:20:34,058 I don't want you to think of me 482 00:20:34,102 --> 00:20:37,018 like that. 483 00:20:42,371 --> 00:20:46,680 - I...like you, Joe. 484 00:20:46,723 --> 00:20:50,510 Like actually...like. 485 00:20:50,553 --> 00:20:54,775 [soft music] 486 00:20:54,818 --> 00:20:57,473 And I was a little in my head, to be honest. 487 00:20:57,517 --> 00:21:01,303 Blythe's short story kinda threw me for a loop. 488 00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:02,957 - It's not a competition. 489 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,524 - I know, but... 490 00:21:04,567 --> 00:21:07,178 I wonder... 491 00:21:07,222 --> 00:21:10,791 am I ever gonna write anything that amazing? 492 00:21:10,834 --> 00:21:12,836 - You're talented. 493 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:14,577 - You don't know that. - I--I know-- 494 00:21:14,621 --> 00:21:18,102 I know you need to get out of your head and... 495 00:21:18,146 --> 00:21:21,845 forget Blythe, this Blythe person. 496 00:21:21,889 --> 00:21:24,108 Forget everybody. Just write what you want. 497 00:21:24,152 --> 00:21:27,547 - God! Everyone says that like it's so easy. 498 00:21:27,590 --> 00:21:29,505 - [laughs] I know, I know. 499 00:21:29,549 --> 00:21:32,203 Okay, so, um... 500 00:21:32,247 --> 00:21:34,075 pop quiz. 501 00:21:34,118 --> 00:21:35,163 Don't think. 502 00:21:36,164 --> 00:21:37,383 Just answer. 503 00:21:37,426 --> 00:21:39,123 - Okay. 504 00:21:39,167 --> 00:21:41,256 - What hits you like a gut punch when you-- 505 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:43,084 the first thought? [ice cubes clatter] 506 00:21:43,127 --> 00:21:45,086 - My dad. 507 00:21:45,129 --> 00:21:47,480 Before he... 508 00:21:47,523 --> 00:21:50,352 - Yeah. Right. 509 00:21:50,396 --> 00:21:52,006 Of course. 510 00:21:55,531 --> 00:21:57,620 - He was an addict. 511 00:21:57,664 --> 00:22:00,971 It was hard... 512 00:22:01,015 --> 00:22:03,017 and scary. 513 00:22:04,845 --> 00:22:07,804 I mean, there were good days too. 514 00:22:07,848 --> 00:22:11,634 Like I always knew it was gonna be one of those 515 00:22:11,678 --> 00:22:16,987 when I woke up to the smell of pancakes cooking. 516 00:22:17,031 --> 00:22:21,470 He used this red ladle to scoop up the batter. 517 00:22:21,514 --> 00:22:24,691 - This is the red ladle story? 518 00:22:24,734 --> 00:22:26,954 [soft music] 519 00:22:26,997 --> 00:22:29,870 - And I would be... laughing, 520 00:22:29,913 --> 00:22:32,481 singing along to some 521 00:22:32,525 --> 00:22:35,484 bad Top 40 song. 522 00:22:35,528 --> 00:22:38,574 And everything would be...right. 523 00:22:38,618 --> 00:22:43,013 ♪ 524 00:22:43,057 --> 00:22:46,887 But then he'd... he'd go out and... 525 00:22:46,930 --> 00:22:50,543 the ladle would go back in the drawer. 526 00:22:50,586 --> 00:22:54,590 And I'd wait for the next good day. 527 00:22:57,071 --> 00:23:01,684 Until there weren't any more. 528 00:23:01,728 --> 00:23:03,251 [small laugh] 529 00:23:03,294 --> 00:23:05,035 Wow! 530 00:23:05,079 --> 00:23:08,517 I did notexpect to say all that. 531 00:23:08,561 --> 00:23:10,389 - I think you're right. You definitely don't have 532 00:23:10,432 --> 00:23:12,956 anything meaningful to write about. 533 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,525 Ohh. Benji was wrong about all of it. 534 00:23:16,569 --> 00:23:19,789 His whole red ladle story. You don't wanna be spanked. 535 00:23:19,833 --> 00:23:22,226 You wanna feel safe, 536 00:23:22,270 --> 00:23:23,706 loved. 537 00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:26,883 You want someone to make pancakes for you. 538 00:23:26,927 --> 00:23:29,843 [quiet music] 539 00:23:29,886 --> 00:23:37,067 ♪ 540 00:23:45,511 --> 00:23:49,428 [lighthearted music] 541 00:23:49,471 --> 00:23:51,995 [knocking on door] 542 00:23:52,039 --> 00:23:53,388 - Um... 543 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,651 hold that thought. I'll be right back. 544 00:23:55,695 --> 00:23:58,437 [knocking continues] Coming! 545 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:03,398 Is everything okay? - No! 546 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:06,183 - Peach. I should have known. - Thank God you're here. 547 00:24:06,227 --> 00:24:08,229 I'm having a really bad flare-up. 548 00:24:08,272 --> 00:24:11,058 I think I need you to take me to the emergency room. 549 00:24:12,668 --> 00:24:14,191 Oh...Joseph. 550 00:24:14,235 --> 00:24:15,932 I didn't realize you were here. 551 00:24:15,976 --> 00:24:18,326 - I told you he was coming. 552 00:24:18,369 --> 00:24:20,546 Uh, Peach is really sick. 553 00:24:20,589 --> 00:24:23,418 - This is probably more than you need to know, 554 00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:25,594 but...I have a rare chronic bladder disease 555 00:24:25,638 --> 00:24:27,074 called interstitial cystitis-- 556 00:24:27,117 --> 00:24:29,468 [groans] Oh...gosh! 557 00:24:29,511 --> 00:24:32,732 I mean, you know, some people think I'm being uppity, 558 00:24:32,775 --> 00:24:35,517 but...I can't have any fast food. 559 00:24:35,561 --> 00:24:38,694 And if I drink, it has to be a high PH, you know, 560 00:24:38,738 --> 00:24:40,696 like Ketel One or Goose 561 00:24:40,740 --> 00:24:42,306 and pear juice. 562 00:24:42,350 --> 00:24:44,744 - Weren't you doing Jager shots at your party? 563 00:24:44,787 --> 00:24:46,310 - Oh--oh! 564 00:24:46,354 --> 00:24:48,138 - Let's get you to the hospital. 565 00:24:48,182 --> 00:24:50,271 - Yeah. - And Joe has a car. 566 00:24:50,314 --> 00:24:51,968 He can take us. Right, Joe? 567 00:24:52,012 --> 00:24:53,666 [softly] You can take us? 568 00:24:53,709 --> 00:24:55,450 - Of course. 569 00:24:56,364 --> 00:24:58,671 I mean, I've got a dead body in the trunk, 570 00:24:58,714 --> 00:24:59,846 but, hey, no biggie, right? 571 00:24:59,889 --> 00:25:01,456 - Oh, this is taking forever! 572 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,328 I mean, he took the worst street to get across town. 573 00:25:04,372 --> 00:25:05,721 - Be nice. 574 00:25:05,765 --> 00:25:07,723 - I'm in real pain! 575 00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:09,638 - [mouthing] I'm sorry. 576 00:25:11,422 --> 00:25:13,381 - Ohh...Joseph... 577 00:25:13,424 --> 00:25:15,252 - Yep. - I'm feeling nauseated. 578 00:25:15,296 --> 00:25:17,516 Can you crack a window? There's like a... 579 00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:20,519 sort of putrid aroma that keeps wafting in the backseat. 580 00:25:20,562 --> 00:25:23,478 - What can I say? The smells of the city. 581 00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:26,481 [edgy music] 582 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:28,527 ♪ 583 00:25:28,570 --> 00:25:29,571 - Oh...God. 584 00:25:29,615 --> 00:25:31,181 I can't deal. I can't deal. 585 00:25:31,225 --> 00:25:33,270 We'll walk! 586 00:25:35,795 --> 00:25:37,536 - I'm so sorry. 587 00:25:41,975 --> 00:25:43,759 - It's almost the witching hour. 588 00:25:43,803 --> 00:25:46,327 Grab the supplies. Drive the narcissistic cadaver 589 00:25:46,370 --> 00:25:48,155 formerly known as Benji to his final destination, 590 00:25:48,198 --> 00:25:52,115 light a match, and I'm yours forever, Beck. 591 00:25:54,161 --> 00:25:56,772 Well, this is a development. 592 00:25:56,816 --> 00:25:58,557 - That's him. 593 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,560 [intense music] 594 00:26:01,603 --> 00:26:03,649 ♪ 595 00:26:07,827 --> 00:26:08,828 - Potassium nitrate. 596 00:26:08,871 --> 00:26:10,394 Six rolls of duct tape. 597 00:26:10,438 --> 00:26:13,310 Fire starter, twine, burlap, wood stakes. 598 00:26:13,354 --> 00:26:15,399 You wanna explain what all this is for? 599 00:26:15,443 --> 00:26:17,140 - Explain the shopping list 600 00:26:17,184 --> 00:26:20,579 straight out of "Body Disposal for Dummies"? 601 00:26:20,622 --> 00:26:22,668 I know. 602 00:26:22,711 --> 00:26:24,104 I know how this all must look. 603 00:26:24,147 --> 00:26:26,585 I know involving Paco was the wrong thing to do. 604 00:26:26,628 --> 00:26:29,762 But th-things have been a little crazy for me lately. 605 00:26:29,805 --> 00:26:32,721 I guess I was hoping I could make the world a better place. 606 00:26:32,765 --> 00:26:36,899 [tense music] 607 00:26:36,943 --> 00:26:38,988 You know--It... 608 00:26:39,032 --> 00:26:43,123 it would--it would just be easier if I show you. 609 00:26:44,777 --> 00:26:47,257 Yeah, I'll show you. Come on. 610 00:26:49,869 --> 00:26:52,436 Technically, we're not allowed to plant anything in here. 611 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,657 I was just trying to keep it a bit under wraps. 612 00:26:55,701 --> 00:26:56,789 - And the chemicals? 613 00:26:56,832 --> 00:26:58,529 - They dissolve roots. 614 00:26:58,573 --> 00:27:00,836 -Fire starters? 615 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,273 - I like to grill. 616 00:27:05,667 --> 00:27:07,103 Here. 617 00:27:13,980 --> 00:27:15,590 - It's good. 618 00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:16,809 - Thank you. 619 00:27:16,852 --> 00:27:18,593 - So he built a garden. So what? 620 00:27:18,637 --> 00:27:21,683 I told this guy--stay away from my girlfriend's kid. 621 00:27:21,727 --> 00:27:25,339 And what does he do? He gives him money for errands? 622 00:27:26,862 --> 00:27:28,821 - Hey, I told you, I'm a parole officer, okay? 623 00:27:28,864 --> 00:27:30,518 We see guys like this all the time. 624 00:27:30,561 --> 00:27:33,826 He's a sicko. I feel it in my gut. 625 00:27:33,869 --> 00:27:36,567 Hey, will you get back inside, Paco? 626 00:27:36,611 --> 00:27:39,179 Just tell your mom I'm gonna be right there, okay, buddy? 627 00:27:39,222 --> 00:27:42,225 All right, all right, all right. 628 00:27:42,269 --> 00:27:45,272 Kid's got ADHD. Tough to manage at times. 629 00:27:45,315 --> 00:27:47,274 But that's what makes him vulnerable to freaks like this. 630 00:27:47,317 --> 00:27:49,711 - Look, I apologize if I crossed the line. 631 00:27:49,755 --> 00:27:52,714 I just noticed how hungry Paco is all the time, you know? 632 00:27:52,758 --> 00:27:55,151 I gave him a few dollars to go to the store, honestly, 633 00:27:55,195 --> 00:27:56,805 so he could buy himself a sandwich. 634 00:27:56,849 --> 00:27:59,852 I lend him books from time to time, too--that's all. 635 00:27:59,895 --> 00:28:01,984 Just seems a little neglected. 636 00:28:02,028 --> 00:28:04,944 - You kidding me right now? - I'm not saying they're unfit. 637 00:28:04,987 --> 00:28:06,728 A lot of people drink-- - All right, that's it-- 638 00:28:06,772 --> 00:28:08,599 - All right, all right, all right. 639 00:28:08,643 --> 00:28:10,950 Sorry to have taken up your time. 640 00:28:10,993 --> 00:28:12,560 Good luck with the garden. 641 00:28:12,603 --> 00:28:15,650 - Thank you, Officer. People. They're easy to fool. 642 00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:18,131 Like these cops. I'm the nice, straight-edge guy. 643 00:28:18,174 --> 00:28:19,959 So there's nothing to worry about. 644 00:28:20,002 --> 00:28:22,483 People believe whatever supports their world-view. 645 00:28:22,526 --> 00:28:25,225 Unfortunately, that seems to include you, Beck. 646 00:28:25,268 --> 00:28:28,576 You believed you deserved Benji and his neglect, 647 00:28:28,619 --> 00:28:30,796 and you believe you deserve Peach and her drama 648 00:28:30,839 --> 00:28:32,319 and on and on. 649 00:28:32,362 --> 00:28:34,800 I want to call and tell you, but I can't, 650 00:28:34,843 --> 00:28:37,193 because there's a traditional waiting period 651 00:28:37,237 --> 00:28:38,804 between every goddamn communication 652 00:28:38,847 --> 00:28:40,849 when trying to date someone. 653 00:28:40,893 --> 00:28:43,243 I hate this generation. 654 00:28:43,286 --> 00:28:47,508 [unsettling music] 655 00:28:47,551 --> 00:28:54,515 ♪ 656 00:29:15,057 --> 00:29:16,580 - Thank you. 657 00:29:18,017 --> 00:29:19,279 [sighs] 658 00:29:19,322 --> 00:29:20,846 Thanks for staying with me. 659 00:29:20,889 --> 00:29:22,978 Honestly, I... I don't know 660 00:29:23,022 --> 00:29:24,806 what I would have done without you. 661 00:29:24,850 --> 00:29:27,983 - You can always count on me. 662 00:29:28,027 --> 00:29:29,680 - Thanks. 663 00:29:32,074 --> 00:29:34,642 - So what do you think about Joe? 664 00:29:36,644 --> 00:29:38,951 - Uh...yeah, you know, I like him. 665 00:29:38,994 --> 00:29:41,257 - I think I might really like him. 666 00:29:41,301 --> 00:29:44,173 I mean, I wasn't sure if I was ready to get involved, 667 00:29:44,217 --> 00:29:46,741 but...maybe? - Okay, you can't be serious. 668 00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:50,963 I mean, the guy works at a bookstore. 669 00:29:51,006 --> 00:29:54,836 [laughs] Beck, look, I know you. 670 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,186 You don't wanna spend your fifth anniversary 671 00:29:57,230 --> 00:30:00,711 going Dutch at Katz's Deli. 672 00:30:00,755 --> 00:30:04,019 You need someone to take care of you. 673 00:30:04,063 --> 00:30:07,980 so you can write, be free, 674 00:30:08,023 --> 00:30:10,025 happy. 675 00:30:10,069 --> 00:30:13,942 Not someone like Joe and his financial limitations. 676 00:30:13,986 --> 00:30:16,075 - That is not fair. 677 00:30:16,118 --> 00:30:18,512 - Nobody pays me to be fair. 678 00:30:19,121 --> 00:30:21,036 What do you say we get a bite to eat? 679 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:25,040 'Cause I'm starving. - I think I better skip it. 680 00:30:25,084 --> 00:30:27,390 I should really get home. 681 00:30:27,434 --> 00:30:29,915 Glad you're feeling better. 682 00:30:40,926 --> 00:30:46,018 [phone buzzing] 683 00:30:46,061 --> 00:30:48,977 - Oh, no. No, not--not now. 684 00:30:49,021 --> 00:30:50,936 Okay, Beck. All right. 685 00:30:50,979 --> 00:30:53,068 Hey. How's the patient? 686 00:30:53,112 --> 00:30:55,592 - Better. Thanks for the ride. 687 00:30:55,636 --> 00:30:58,117 The doctor said it was good that we came when we did. 688 00:30:58,160 --> 00:30:59,901 - Oh, yeah? 689 00:30:59,945 --> 00:31:03,339 - Why don't you meet me back at my place? 690 00:31:03,383 --> 00:31:05,428 Maybe we can pick up where we left off? 691 00:31:05,472 --> 00:31:06,821 - What about Peach? 692 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:09,171 - What about her? - Where is she now? 693 00:31:09,215 --> 00:31:10,433 - Indochine. 694 00:31:10,477 --> 00:31:12,261 It's her comfort food. 695 00:31:12,305 --> 00:31:14,176 [dramatic musical sting] Joe: Perfect. 696 00:31:14,220 --> 00:31:16,570 Peach is gulping steamed Chilean Sea Bass 697 00:31:16,613 --> 00:31:18,964 down her scrawny gullet, and I'm about to get caught. 698 00:31:19,007 --> 00:31:21,270 - So...what do you think? 699 00:31:21,314 --> 00:31:23,185 - I think you complain about not being able to write, 700 00:31:23,229 --> 00:31:24,970 but then you, you know, drop everything 701 00:31:25,013 --> 00:31:27,189 for some medical emergency, which, by the way, 702 00:31:27,233 --> 00:31:28,843 many believe to be psychosomatic in origin. 703 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:31,933 - I meant about you... coming over. 704 00:31:31,977 --> 00:31:33,717 - I wish I could. 705 00:31:33,761 --> 00:31:36,024 Ha. I wish I could, but I'm just really busy right now, 706 00:31:36,068 --> 00:31:37,721 so...in fact, I should go. 707 00:31:37,765 --> 00:31:40,115 - Look, I know Peach showing up was bad timing, 708 00:31:40,159 --> 00:31:42,335 but I wasn't exactly writing when she showed up. 709 00:31:42,378 --> 00:31:44,946 - No, I know. Pro tip of the day: 710 00:31:44,990 --> 00:31:47,775 screen your calls when you're trying to burn a body, 711 00:31:47,818 --> 00:31:49,211 because it turns out things slip out 712 00:31:49,255 --> 00:31:50,821 that you didn't actually wanna say. 713 00:31:50,865 --> 00:31:52,562 I don't mean to be harsh, but...you know 714 00:31:52,606 --> 00:31:54,173 you're sending some mixed messages, right? 715 00:31:54,216 --> 00:31:55,304 - What is that supposed to mean? 716 00:31:55,348 --> 00:31:57,393 - I'm--I'm trying to do what you want, 717 00:31:57,437 --> 00:31:59,352 but I-I can't tell what that is. 718 00:31:59,395 --> 00:32:01,093 Like build you a bed, be with you on the bed? 719 00:32:01,136 --> 00:32:02,616 Drop you down the block because your friend 720 00:32:02,659 --> 00:32:04,226 is asking, and not very politely? 721 00:32:04,270 --> 00:32:06,185 Seriously, Joe, shut up. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 722 00:32:06,228 --> 00:32:08,927 I have to go. 723 00:32:08,970 --> 00:32:10,667 - But-- 724 00:32:11,059 --> 00:32:14,584 - Hey, how's it going? - Good. 725 00:32:14,628 --> 00:32:16,891 That's one hell of a bonfire. 726 00:32:18,153 --> 00:32:20,547 - Yeah, what can I say? I went a little crazy. 727 00:32:20,590 --> 00:32:23,637 You know what, you're welcome to join if you like. 728 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:25,334 Please say no. Please say no. 729 00:32:25,378 --> 00:32:27,989 - Oh, that would be great... 730 00:32:28,033 --> 00:32:30,949 but we need to get back to the car 731 00:32:30,992 --> 00:32:32,254 before it gets any darker. 732 00:32:32,298 --> 00:32:34,039 Good luck. 733 00:32:34,082 --> 00:32:37,738 - Yeah, have a good one! - You too. 734 00:32:37,781 --> 00:32:39,000 [low chatter] 735 00:32:39,044 --> 00:32:41,089 man: Did you remember where you parked? 736 00:32:42,047 --> 00:32:45,006 - I believe in love at first sight. 737 00:32:45,050 --> 00:32:46,703 I had it with you, Beck. 738 00:32:46,747 --> 00:32:50,229 And maybe, just maybe, I destroyed it 739 00:32:50,272 --> 00:32:55,190 just as fast, in the space of a single phone call. 740 00:32:55,234 --> 00:32:58,150 Was all this for nothing? 741 00:33:02,719 --> 00:33:04,460 [voice echoing] "The king and queen, 742 00:33:04,504 --> 00:33:06,810 when they saw their daughter..." 743 00:33:06,854 --> 00:33:10,162 I've been calling Beck, but... 744 00:33:10,205 --> 00:33:11,859 straight to voicemail. 745 00:33:11,902 --> 00:33:13,948 Worst three words in the English language. 746 00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:16,995 I wonder what our kids would have been like. 747 00:33:17,038 --> 00:33:19,040 They'd have grown up reading, not glued to iPads, 748 00:33:19,084 --> 00:33:20,520 and we definitely wouldn't have named them 749 00:33:20,563 --> 00:33:22,261 things like Gulliver or Blaze 750 00:33:22,304 --> 00:33:23,740 or Misti with an "i." 751 00:33:23,784 --> 00:33:27,048 We would have crushed this. Together. 752 00:33:27,092 --> 00:33:30,356 It wasn't supposed to end like this. 753 00:33:30,399 --> 00:33:33,185 Call me back, Beck. 754 00:33:33,228 --> 00:33:34,882 The end. 755 00:33:34,925 --> 00:33:37,841 [somber music] 756 00:33:37,885 --> 00:33:42,716 ♪ 757 00:33:42,759 --> 00:33:45,327 [trailing applause echoes] 758 00:33:46,328 --> 00:33:49,288 - I don't mean this to blow smoke up your ass or anything, 759 00:33:49,331 --> 00:33:51,725 but your writing makes me think 760 00:33:51,768 --> 00:33:54,336 that Raymond Carver has been reincarnated. 761 00:33:54,380 --> 00:33:56,904 - That is so kind of you to say, Tomas. 762 00:33:56,947 --> 00:33:59,428 I was born in '88, the year he died, 763 00:33:59,472 --> 00:34:01,126 so, weirdly enough, 764 00:34:01,169 --> 00:34:03,084 you're not the first person to have said that! 765 00:34:03,128 --> 00:34:06,914 - Again, great work, Blythe. Excited to see what's next. 766 00:34:06,957 --> 00:34:08,481 Beck, we weren't expecting you. 767 00:34:08,524 --> 00:34:10,135 You didn't send along pages. 768 00:34:10,178 --> 00:34:12,093 - I know. I'm sorry. 769 00:34:12,137 --> 00:34:14,400 And I'm sorry I'm late. It's just... 770 00:34:14,443 --> 00:34:17,403 I wrote them, but they sounded super emo. 771 00:34:17,446 --> 00:34:18,926 So I wrote them up and started over, 772 00:34:18,969 --> 00:34:21,189 and I lost track of time, but, uh... 773 00:34:21,233 --> 00:34:23,670 this...feels like me 774 00:34:23,713 --> 00:34:26,847 and what I want to say. 775 00:34:28,153 --> 00:34:30,459 It's only one page, but-- 776 00:34:30,503 --> 00:34:32,113 - That isn't really enough for us to critique. 777 00:34:32,157 --> 00:34:35,725 - Are we supposed to read it now...in front of you? 778 00:34:35,769 --> 00:34:37,553 [laughs] That's... kind of awkward. 779 00:34:37,597 --> 00:34:39,468 - If that's the case, I should warn you, 780 00:34:39,512 --> 00:34:40,991 I have this facial autism thing 781 00:34:41,035 --> 00:34:42,384 where I can't hide what I'm thinking. 782 00:34:42,428 --> 00:34:44,734 [light laughter] - Let's just reschedule 783 00:34:44,778 --> 00:34:47,824 your review for another time. 784 00:34:51,045 --> 00:34:54,004 [somber music] 785 00:34:54,048 --> 00:35:00,881 ♪ 786 00:35:11,021 --> 00:35:12,240 - Beck? 787 00:35:12,284 --> 00:35:14,895 - [inaudible] 788 00:35:14,938 --> 00:35:16,418 Hey. 789 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:19,334 Uh...okay, so I hate to admit it, 790 00:35:19,378 --> 00:35:20,988 but you were right. 791 00:35:21,031 --> 00:35:22,468 A little bit. 792 00:35:22,511 --> 00:35:24,687 I will do anything for my friends, 793 00:35:24,731 --> 00:35:26,298 and do I hide behind them-- yeah. 794 00:35:26,341 --> 00:35:28,735 And do I use them as an excuse not to write? 795 00:35:28,778 --> 00:35:31,129 Honestly, I'd use anything as an excuse not to write, 796 00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:34,741 because...okay, I'm afraid I might fail-- 797 00:35:34,784 --> 00:35:36,656 one terrible page away 798 00:35:36,699 --> 00:35:39,093 from confirming I'm the worst writer in history. 799 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:42,705 All of that to say if I'm sending mixed messages, 800 00:35:42,749 --> 00:35:46,448 it's because... I don't know who I am. 801 00:35:46,492 --> 00:35:48,972 So how am I supposed to know what I want? 802 00:35:49,016 --> 00:35:51,627 And I know--I know I sound super gross, 803 00:35:51,671 --> 00:35:54,195 like so... I don't know--millennial. 804 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,589 Don't say anything. 805 00:35:56,632 --> 00:35:58,634 - In this moment, you are everything. 806 00:35:58,678 --> 00:36:00,201 - Here's the thing. 807 00:36:00,245 --> 00:36:04,205 If you know who you are, it's not like you share it. 808 00:36:04,249 --> 00:36:08,775 I mean, you're a Nice Guy with the "You are remarkable" stuff 809 00:36:08,818 --> 00:36:11,430 and Feelings Guy with the "Write what moves you." 810 00:36:11,473 --> 00:36:13,954 But then [lowers voice] you try and go down on me 811 00:36:13,997 --> 00:36:15,303 in the middle of a furniture store. 812 00:36:15,347 --> 00:36:16,739 If I didn't know better, 813 00:36:16,783 --> 00:36:18,785 I'd think you were hiding something. 814 00:36:18,828 --> 00:36:21,788 For God's sakes, why are you holding a Pendleton blanket? 815 00:36:24,312 --> 00:36:27,489 I've never even seen your place. 816 00:36:27,533 --> 00:36:30,492 And you never talk about any of your friends. 817 00:36:30,536 --> 00:36:32,842 I mean, who are you? 818 00:36:35,018 --> 00:36:38,457 Okay, that was too much. Um... 819 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:40,372 It sounded better in my head. 820 00:36:40,415 --> 00:36:42,852 I wanna show you something. 821 00:36:42,896 --> 00:36:46,291 [soft, sweeping music] 822 00:36:46,334 --> 00:36:49,511 ♪ 823 00:36:49,555 --> 00:36:52,340 You wanna know me, Beck? 824 00:36:54,386 --> 00:36:56,779 [hinges squeal] 825 00:36:56,823 --> 00:36:59,695 I'll show you exactlywho I am. 826 00:36:59,739 --> 00:37:03,133 [dark music] 827 00:37:03,177 --> 00:37:07,312 ♪ 828 00:37:07,355 --> 00:37:09,662 [ominous musical sting] 829 00:37:09,705 --> 00:37:12,665 [intense buildup] 830 00:37:18,366 --> 00:37:21,674 - This is where we keep the rarest books-- 831 00:37:21,717 --> 00:37:24,329 the collectibles, first editions. 832 00:37:24,372 --> 00:37:27,375 [soft music] 833 00:37:27,419 --> 00:37:30,422 ♪ 834 00:37:30,465 --> 00:37:32,380 It's paper, cloth, leather, 835 00:37:32,424 --> 00:37:35,557 paste. It's all vulnerable. 836 00:37:35,601 --> 00:37:37,690 All sensitive to light, 837 00:37:37,733 --> 00:37:39,518 humidity, temperature. 838 00:37:39,561 --> 00:37:43,391 [soft music continues] 839 00:37:43,435 --> 00:37:45,393 That's why... 840 00:37:45,437 --> 00:37:48,178 they need to be in here. 841 00:37:49,484 --> 00:37:51,443 [softly] To protect them. 842 00:37:53,488 --> 00:37:55,185 I can take you to my apartment. 843 00:37:55,229 --> 00:37:57,753 Anytime you want. 844 00:38:01,540 --> 00:38:03,455 I want you to meet my friends, I do. 845 00:38:03,498 --> 00:38:07,110 But this... 846 00:38:07,154 --> 00:38:08,721 this right here 847 00:38:08,764 --> 00:38:12,986 is the most important place in the world to me. 848 00:38:13,595 --> 00:38:17,425 As weird as it sounds... 849 00:38:17,469 --> 00:38:21,560 these books are more alive, 850 00:38:21,603 --> 00:38:24,737 more...worthy 851 00:38:24,780 --> 00:38:27,043 than most people I know. 852 00:38:29,002 --> 00:38:33,006 You wanna know who I am, this is it. 853 00:38:33,049 --> 00:38:37,271 [sweeping, emotional music] 854 00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:44,670 ♪ 855 00:38:54,506 --> 00:38:56,377 - There you are. 856 00:38:56,421 --> 00:39:00,163 - That's it. I am officially out of the Tinder business. 857 00:39:00,207 --> 00:39:02,383 - [small laugh] Bravo, honey. 858 00:39:02,427 --> 00:39:05,386 - I just--Oh, I feel like this is a good step, you know? 859 00:39:05,430 --> 00:39:07,606 Like this is good for me. 860 00:39:07,649 --> 00:39:09,999 Joe is good for me. 861 00:39:10,043 --> 00:39:11,958 - Whatever you need, Becks. 862 00:39:12,872 --> 00:39:16,441 No, I'm just saying-- and I mean this, honestly-- 863 00:39:16,484 --> 00:39:19,487 maybe a simple life isn't so bad. 864 00:39:19,531 --> 00:39:21,010 Maybe it's what you need. 865 00:39:21,054 --> 00:39:22,838 Maybe I should be looking for that. 866 00:39:22,882 --> 00:39:25,406 - Joe isn't simple. He's...he's different. 867 00:39:25,450 --> 00:39:27,756 Complicated. 868 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,411 - That's funny... 869 00:39:30,455 --> 00:39:32,021 there's a book missing. 870 00:39:32,065 --> 00:39:35,373 - Really? What book is that? 871 00:39:35,416 --> 00:39:36,678 - "Ozma of Oz." 872 00:39:36,722 --> 00:39:38,898 Huh. It was just here. 873 00:39:38,941 --> 00:39:41,509 Joe was looking at it at my party. 874 00:39:41,553 --> 00:39:43,859 - I'm sure it'll turn up. 875 00:39:43,903 --> 00:39:46,514 [edgy, anticipatory music] 876 00:39:46,558 --> 00:39:52,825 ♪ 877 00:39:54,653 --> 00:39:57,656 - You've deleted Tinder, and now you've called 878 00:39:57,699 --> 00:39:59,745 and asked me to come over. 879 00:39:59,788 --> 00:40:05,925 My faith in our epic love story is officially restored. 880 00:40:05,968 --> 00:40:07,579 - I'm sorry, Joe. I'm so stupid. 881 00:40:07,622 --> 00:40:10,886 I left your list on my bed, and Ron found it. 882 00:40:10,930 --> 00:40:13,019 I'm sorry. - You're not stupid. 883 00:40:13,062 --> 00:40:16,457 It's not your fault. - I tried to explain, but... 884 00:40:16,501 --> 00:40:19,460 - It's not your fault! 885 00:40:19,504 --> 00:40:20,635 [sighs] 886 00:40:20,679 --> 00:40:22,898 Guys like Ron are bullies. 887 00:40:22,942 --> 00:40:26,598 We just need to stay one step ahead of them. 888 00:40:26,641 --> 00:40:29,949 Like the Musketeers--always one step ahead of the Cardinal. 889 00:40:29,992 --> 00:40:31,385 Right? 890 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,474 One for all... 891 00:40:33,518 --> 00:40:36,042 - And all for one. 892 00:40:37,522 --> 00:40:38,479 - Paco! 893 00:40:38,523 --> 00:40:40,394 Get inside. 894 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:44,746 - I can smell the bourbon from here. 895 00:40:44,790 --> 00:40:46,748 - I told you... 896 00:40:46,792 --> 00:40:48,924 leave the kid alone. 897 00:40:48,968 --> 00:40:50,578 Look, you may have the cops fooled 898 00:40:50,622 --> 00:40:52,711 with your bullshit tomato garden, 899 00:40:52,754 --> 00:40:54,800 but I'm right. 900 00:40:54,843 --> 00:40:57,846 There's something wrong with you. 901 00:40:57,890 --> 00:41:00,370 I see it in your eyes. 902 00:41:03,722 --> 00:41:05,375 [scoffs] 903 00:41:05,419 --> 00:41:08,466 [dark music] 904 00:41:08,509 --> 00:41:09,554 [door slams] 905 00:41:09,597 --> 00:41:11,730 - File that away [phone chimes] 906 00:41:11,773 --> 00:41:13,079 under future problems. 907 00:41:13,122 --> 00:41:14,559 Beck: Knock, knock. You here yet? 908 00:41:14,602 --> 00:41:16,735 Joe: Because tonight... [upbeat music] 909 00:41:16,778 --> 00:41:20,260 tonight I show you... I'm The One. 910 00:41:20,303 --> 00:41:28,355 ♪ 911 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,296 [pop music continues] 912 00:41:56,339 --> 00:42:03,390 ♪ 913 00:42:10,092 --> 00:42:11,877 - Oh-- [music stops] 914 00:42:12,617 --> 00:42:14,575 [groans] 915 00:42:14,619 --> 00:42:18,492 [shuddering breaths] 916 00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:20,799 - Did you just...