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PERHAPS NOW IT WILL ALL COME OUT.

[ Footsteps On Gravel ]

IT STINKS.

BUT IT'S TRUE. I DON'T CARE.

IT'S TRUE, IT'S NOT TRUE. IT STINKS.

YOU SAY HE WAS BEING BLACKMAILED ? BY WHO ? YOU DON'T KNOW.

FOR HAVING AN AFFAIR. WITH WHO ? YOU DON'T KNOW.

DID ANYONE ELSE KNOW ABOUT IT ? PROBABLY NOT. YOU DON'T KNOW.

I KNEW ABOUT IT.

BIG DAVE TOLD ME ABOUT IT...

AND THE SPOT HE WAS PUTTING HIMSELF IN BY GETTING THE MONEY.

TERRIFIC ! YOUR HUSBAND BACKS YOU UP. THAT'S TERRIFIC.

COME ON, YOU GOTTA GIVE ME SOMETHING TO WORK WITH.

FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER IS GOOD, BUT HE'S NOT A MAGICIAN.

HE CAN'T JUST WAVE HIS LITTLE WAND IN THE AIR TO MAKE A PLAUSIBLE DEFENSE MATERIALIZE.

LOOK AT WHAT THE OTHER SIDE IS GONNA RUN AT US.

THEY GOT THE COMPANY BOOKS PREPARED BY YOU, COOKED BY YOU. THAT'S MOTIVE.

THEY GOT A MURDER SCENE YOU HAD ACCESS TO. THAT'S OPPORTUNITY.

THEY GOT THAT LITTLE TRIMMER THING HE WAS STABBED IN THE THROAT WITH.

A DAME'S WEAPON. IT WAS BIG DAVE'S.

DON'T INTERRUPT ME. THAT'S MEANS.

THEY GOT A FINE, UPSTANDING PILLAR OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS A VICTIM,

AND THEN THEY GOT YOU,

A DISGRUNTLED, NUMBER-JUGGLING UNDERLING,

WHO ON THE DAY IN QUESTION WAS DRUNK AS A SKUNK...

AND WHOSE ALIBI FOR THE TIME IN QUESTION IS BEING PASSED OUT AT HOME, ALONE.

I WAS WITH HER.

LIKE I SAY, IT STINKS.

I KILLED HIM.

OKAY. YOU KILLED HIM.

OKAY, WE FORGET THE BLACKMAIL THING. YOU KILLED HIM.

HOW COME ?

HE AND DORIS, UH, WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR.

OKAY. HOW DID YOU KNOW ?

I JUST KNEW.

A HUSBAND KNOWS.

WILL ANYONE ELSE SAY THEY KNEW ? AND DON'T SAY YOUR WIFE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T THINK SO.

[ Sighs ] HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE STORE ?

I TOOK DORIS'S KEYS.

WILL ANYONE SAY THEY SAW YOU THERE, ON YOUR WAY THERE, IN THERE, ON YOUR WAY BACK ?

I DON'T THINK SO.

WILL ANYONE CORROBORATE ANY GODDAMN PART OF YOUR STORY AT ALL ? OH, COME ON !

PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T HELP EACH OTHER LIKE THAT.

[ Sighs ] LET'S BE REALISTIC, NOW.

LET'S LOOK AT OUR OPTIONS.

WELL, FRANKLY, I DON'T SEE ANY OPTIONS.

LOOK, I CANNOT PRESENT STORY "A." I CANNOT PRESENT STORY "B."

I COULD PLEAD YOU FOR A NUTCASE, BUT YOU LOOK TOO COMPOSED.

I COULD OFFER A GUILTY PLEA, AND IN RETURN THEY DON'T GIVE YOU THE JUICE,

BUT I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN CHINO.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T HIRE FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER TO HOLD YOUR HAND AT A SENTENCING HEARING.

YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN LLOYD GARROWAY FOR THAT.

NO, NO, NO, NO. WE'RE NOT GIVING UP YET.

YOU HIRED FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER, IT MEANS YOU'RE NOT THROWING IN THE TOWEL.

I LITIGATE. I DON'T CAPITULATE.

ALL RIGHT. NO OPTIONS ? WE GOTTA THINK.

ALL RIGHT. WE GO BACK TO THE BLACKMAIL THING. YEAH, IT TITILLATES.

IT'S OPEN-ENDED, AND IT MAKESHIM THE BAD GUY.

YOU DIG AROUND, YOU NEVER KNOW. SOMETHING UNSAVORY FROM HIS PAST.

HE APPROACHES YOU TO HELP HIM WITH THE MONEY, HIS PAST COMES BACK TO HAUNT HIM.

WHO'S TO SAY ? YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.

FORGET THE JEALOUS HUSBAND THING. THAT'S JUST SILLY.

WE'RE GOING WITH THE BLACKMAIL. I'LL BE IN TOUCH. I'M COMIN' OUT !

[ Door Hinges Creaking ]

[ Door Slams ]

[ Ed ] OF COURSE THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO COULD CONFIRM DORIS'S STORY,

OR PLENTY OF IT.

THE DRY-CLEANING PANSY.

BUT HE'D LEFT THE HOTEL, SKIPPED OUT ON HIS BILL.

HE'D ALSO DISAPPEARED FROM THE RESIDENCE HE GAVE ME,

OWING TWO MONTHS' RENT.

HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO STUPID ?

HANDING OVER $10,000 FOR A PIECE OF PAPER.

#### [ Piano ] AND THE MAN GONE, LIKE A GHOST.

DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR, VAPORIZED LIKE THE NIPS AT NAGASAKI.

GONE NOW.

[ Inhales Deeply ] ALL GONE.

THE MONEY GONE, BIG DAVE GONE,

DORIS GOING.

HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO STUPID ?

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#### [ Ice Tinkling In Glass ]

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#### [ Continues ] SHE MAKES THIS STUFF SHE CALLS A DUFF.

IT'S GOT EGG IN THERE. IT'S GOT SUGAR. IT'S GOT--

IT'S CAKE, BASICALLY, EXCEPT SHE CALLS IT DUFF.

YOU KNOW, LIKE IF YOU DON'T CALL IT CAKE,

YOU DON'T PUT ON ANY WEIGHT.

LIKE I NEED TO BE EATING DUFF. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING ?

[ Ed ] SOONER OR LATER, EVERYONE NEEDS A HAIRCUT.

[ Continues, Indistinct ] WE WERE WORKING FOR THE BANK NOW.

WE KEPT CUTTING THE HAIR, TRYING TO STAY AFLOAT,

[ Loud Muttering ] MAKE THE PAYMENTS, TREAD THE WATER DAY BY DAY,

DAY BY DAY.

MOST PEOPLE THINK SOMEONE'S ACCUSED OF A CRIME,

THEY HAUL 'EM IN AND BRING 'EM TO TRIAL, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.

IT'S NOT THAT FAST.

THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE TURN SLOW.

THEY HAVE THE ARRAIGNMENT, THEN THE INDICTMENT,

AND THEY ENTERTAIN MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND POSTPONE AND CHANGE THE VENUE...

AND ALTER THIS AND THAT AND THE OTHER.

THEY IMPANEL A JURY, WHICH BRING MORE MOTIONS.

THEN THEY SET A TRIAL DATE, AND THEN THEY CHANGE THE DATE.

AND THEN, OFTEN AS NOT, THEY'LL CHANGE IT AGAIN. NOT GUILTY, YOUR HONOR.

I SAYS, "HONEY, IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE COFFEE, MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF COFFEE."

AND THROUGH ALL OF IT, WE CUT THE HAIR.

MEANTIME, FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER SLEPT AT THE METROPOLE...

AND SHOVELED IT IN AT DA VINCI'S.

HE'D BROUGHT IN A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR FROM SACRAMENTO...

TO NOSE AROUND INTO BIG DAVE'S PAST.

I FOUND MYSELF, MORE AND MORE, GOING OVER TO THE ABUNDAS'S.

IT WAS A ROUTINE WE FELL INTO MOST EVERY EVENING.

I EVEN WENT WHEN WALTER WAS AWAY ON HIS RESEARCH TRIPS.

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HE WAS A GENEALOGIST,

HAD TRACED BACK HIS SIDE OF THE FAMILY SEVEN GENERATIONS,

HIS LATE WIFE'S EIGHT.

IT SEEMED LIKE A SCREWY HOBBY,

BUT THEN MAYBE ALL HOBBIES ARE.

MAYBE WALTER FOUND SOMETHING THERE IN THE OLD COUNTY COURTHOUSES,

HOSPITAL FILE ROOMS,

CITY ARCHIVES, PROPERTY ROLLS,

REGISTRIES.

SOMETHING MAYBE LIKE WHAT I FOUND LISTENING TO BIRDY PLAY.

#### [ Continues ] SOME KIND OF ESCAPE.

SOME KIND OF PEACE. #### [ Final Note ]

[ People Chattering In Distance ]

[ Hinges Creaking ]

THEY GOT THIS GUY IN GERMANY.

FRITZ SOMETHING OR OTHER.

OR IS IT-- MAYBE IT'S WERNER.

ANYWAY... HE'S GOT THIS THEORY.

YOU WANT TO TEST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SCIENTIFICALLY--

HOW THE PLANETS GO 'ROUND THE SUN,

WHAT SUNSPOTS ARE MADE OF,

WHY THE WATER COMES OUT OF THE TAP--

WELL, YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT.

BUT SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT IT--

YOUR LOOKING CHANGES IT.

YOU CAN'T KNOW THE REALITY OF WHAT HAPPENED,

OR WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED,

IF YOU HADN'T STUCK IN YOUR OWN GODDAMN SCHNOZZ.

SO THERE IS NO "WHAT HAPPENED."

LOOKING AT SOMETHING...

CHANGES IT.

THEY CALL IT THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE.

SURE, IT SOUNDS SCREWY, BUT EVEN EINSTEIN SAYS THE GUY'S ONTO SOMETHING.

SCIENCE.

PERCEPTION.

REALITY. DOUBT.

REASONABLE... DOUBT.

I'M SAYING THAT SOMETIMES THE MORE YOU LOOK,

THE LESS YOU REALLY KNOW.

IT'S A FACT, A PROVED FACT.

IN-- IN A WAY,

IT'S THE ONLY FACT THERE IS.

THIS HEINIE EVEN WROTE IT OUT IN NUMBERS.

BURNS ?

SUBJECT: DAVID ALLEN BREWSTER,

BORN BROOKLYN, 1911.

SUBJECT EDUCATED PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ONE YEAR CASE WESTERN UNIVERSITY.

FLUNKS OUT.

1931, RETAIL APPLIANCE SALESMAN IN BARNHOFF'S DEPARTMENT STORE, CINCINNATI.

1933, MEETS ANN NIRDLINGER. THEY MARRY THAT YEAR.

1935, ARRESTED ON ASSAULT COMPLAINT.

COMPLAINANT HAS A BROKEN NOSE, COUPLE OF BROKEN RIBS.

'36, ANOTHER ASSAULT BEEF AT A BAR ROOM ALTERCATION.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. COUPLE OF FISTFIGHTS, RIGHT ? GO TO HIS SERVICE RECORD.

INDUCTED MARCH 15, 1942.

SERVED IN A CLERICAL CAPACITY IN THE U.S. NAVAL SHIPYARDS AT SAN DIEGO.

ONE FISTFIGHT, BROKEN UP BY THE M.P.s.

NO COURT-MARTIAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE, MAY 8, 1945.

SINCE THEN, HE'S BEEN CLEAN. THANK YOU, BURNS. GET LOST.

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

SO ?

SO ?

THIS COULD BE YOUR DOLLY'S TICKET OUT OF THE DEATH HOUSE.

SO !

I DON'T GET IT.

[ Disgusted Sigh ] LOOK, CHUMP.

THIS IS A GUY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, TOLD EVERYBODY HE WAS A WAR HERO, RIGHT ?

ISLAND-HOPPING, PRACTICALLY LIBERATED THE PACIFIC ALL BY HIMSELF,

WITH A KNIFE IN ONE HAND, A GUN IN THE OTHER,

AND 20 YARDS OF JAP GUTS BETWEEN HIS TEETH.

AND NOW IT TURNS OUT THIS DOPE SPENT THE WAR SITTING ON HIS ASS...

IN SOME BOAT YARD IN SAN DIEGO.

YOU ASKED FOR BLACKMAIL.

MR. HAIL-FELLOW-WELL-MET, ABOUT TO OPEN HIS OWN BUSINESS HERE,

HAS BEEN LYING TO EVERYBODY IN THIS TOWN FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS,

PROBABLY INCLUDING HALF THE PEOPLE SITTING ON THAT JURY.

WELL, IT FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH HIM.

SOMEBODY KNEW HIS DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, JUST LIKE YOUR WIFE SAYS.

THEY CALLED, THEY DEMANDED MONEY.

DID BIG DAVE SAY HE'D RECENTLY HEARD FROM AN OLD FRIEND ?

DID BIG DAVE MENTION IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS WAR SERVICE ?

I DON'T KNOW. I WASN'T THERE.

YOU HAVE TO TELL US.

MAYBE HE SPECIFIED, MAYBE HE DIDN'T.

I'M NOT PUTTING WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, NO.

BUT THE POINT IS THAT THIS LIAR,

THIS CYNICAL MANIPULATOR,

TURNS TO YOU TO HELP HIM OUT OF HIS JAM.

FAT-ASSED SON OF A BITCH.

SO WHO-- WHO ACTUALLY--

WHO ? WHO ?

I DON'T KNOW WHO.

BUT THE POINT IS THAT IF MR. PROSECUTOR OVER THERE...

HAD DEVOTED HALF THE TIME HE'S SPENT PERSECUTING THIS WOMAN...

TO EVEN THE MOST CURSORY INVESTIGATION OF THIS SCHMO'S PAST,

THEN WE MIGHT KNOW WHO.

BUT WE CAN'T KNOW WHO. WE CAN'T KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

[ Rhythmically ] BECAUSE THE MORE YOU LOOK, THE LESS YOU KNOW.

BUT THE BEAUTY OF IT IS...

WE DON'T GOTTA KNOW.

WE JUST GOTTA SHOW THAT, GOD DAMN IT, THEY DON'T KNOW.

BECAUSE OF FRITZ, OR WERNER, WHATEVER THE HELL HIS NAME IS.

[ Chuckles ]

FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER SEES DAYLIGHT.

WE GOT A REAL SHOT AT THIS, FOLKS. LET'S NOT GET COCKY.

COMIN' OUT !

[ Door Slams ]

[ Inhales ]

[ Muffled Laughing ]

[ Laughing Continues ] BIG DAVE.

[ Shaky Gasp ]

WHAT A DOPE.

[ Ed ] SO MAYBE RIEDENSCHNEIDER COULD FIX IT FOR DORIS.

MAYBE IT WOULD ALL WORK OUT.

AND I THOUGHT,

I HOPED,

THAT MAYBE THERE WAS A WAY OUT FOR ME AS WELL.

HE WAS DEAF WHEN HE WROTE THIS.

[ Ed ] WHO ?

BEETHOVEN.

HE CREATED IT, BUT HE NEVER ACTUALLY HEARD IT.

I GUESS HE JUST HEARD IT ALL IN HIS HEAD SOMEHOW.

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[ Ed ] THE GIRL HAD TALENT. ANYONE COULD SEE THAT.

AND SHE WASN'T SOME FLY-BY-NIGHTER.

SHE WAS JUST A GOOD, CLEAN KID.

IF SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE A CAREER, SHE'D NEED A RESPONSIBLE ADULT...

LOOKING OUT FOR HER,

SOME KIND OF MANAGER.

SHE'D HAVE CONTRACTS TO LOOK AT, BE GOING OUT ON TOURS,

PLAYING ON THE RADIO, MAYBE.

I COULD HELP HER SORT THROUGH ALL THAT WITHOUT CHARGING HER AN ARM AND A LEG.

JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY.

THEN I COULD BE WITH HER,

ENOUGH TO KEEP MYSELF FEELING OKAY.

WHY COULDN'T THAT WORK ?

WHY NOT ?

[ Laughing ]

HI, MR. CRANE. HELLO, BIRDY.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS REAL GOOD.

YEAH, I MESSED UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UM, ON THE AGITATO,

BUT IF NOBODY NOTICED, THEN IT'S OKAY.

OH, THIS IS, UM, A FRIEND OF MINE.

TONY, UM, MR. CRANE.

- HELLO, TONY. - HELLO, SIR.

[ Clears Throat ] WELL, UH,

CONGRATULATIONS.

THINK I'LL BE GETTING HOME NOW.

IT WAS... NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR.

YOU TOO, TONY.

[ Ed ] WHY COULDN'T IT WORK ?

ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE TRIAL.

IT SEEMED LIKE ONCE THAT WAS OVER, I'D BE READY FOR A NEW START.

FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER WAS BUSY PREPARING.

HE WAS VERY OPTIMISTIC.

AND FINALLY IT CAME-- THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL,

WHAT RIEDENSCHNEIDER CALLED "THE BIG SHOW."

WHERE'S THE JUDGE ? HOW COME THERE'S NO JUDGE ?

WHERE'S THE JUDGE, ED ?

[ Clears Throat ] RIEDENSCHNEIDER.

HOW COME THE JUDGE DOESN'T COME OUT ?

THE JUDGE COMES IN LAST. HE'LL COME IN WHEN DORIS GETS HERE.

SO WHERE'S DORIS ? I THOUGHT WE STARTED AT 10:00.

HEY, RIEDENSCHNEIDER. WHERE'S DORIS ?

SHE'S LATE.

LATE ? HOW CAN SHE BE LATE ?

SHE'S IN PRISON, ED. NONE OF US ARE IN PRISON.

AND YET WE'RE NOT LATE. WE'RE ON TIME, ED.

HOW CAN DORIS BE LATE ?

WHAT, THEY DON'T HAVE WAKE-UP CALLS ? [ Door Opens ]

ALL RISE. NO, NO.

[ Judge ] COUNSELORS.

[ Footsteps ]

WHAT'S GOING ON, ED ?

I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE ARGUMENTS,

THE BAILIFF AND SO FORTH.

[ Quiet Murmuring ]

ED, WHAT IS THIS ?

IS THIS PROCEDURE ?

IN THE MATTER OF THE PEOPLE V. DORIS CRANE, CASE NUMBER SR-87249,

CAUSE NOW PENDING IS HEREBY DISMISSED...

PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE SECTION 1385. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

HAD A REAL SHOT AT THIS. I COULD'VE WON THIS THING.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

YOUR SERVICE IS NO LONGER NEEDED...

AND YOU ARE NOW DISCHARGED.

[ Ed ] SHE'D HANGED HERSELF.

I'D BROUGHT HER A DRESS TO WEAR TO COURT, AND SHE'D USED THE BELT.

AT FIRST I THOUGHT SHE'D FIGURED OUT SOMEHOW HOW I FIT INTO IT...

AND COULDN'T STAND IT, COULDN'T STAND KNOWING. [ Sobbing ]

BUT THAT WASN'T IT, I'D FIND OUT LATER.

FOR NOW, EVERYTHING JUST SEEMED RUINED.

CHECKING OUT. FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER WENT BACK TO SACRAMENTO,

STILL SHAKING HIS HEAD,

SAYING IT WAS THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

FRANKIE FELL TO PIECES.

I SUSPECT HE WAS DRINKING.

ANYWAY, HE STOPPED COMING IN TO WORK.

THAT LEFT ME TO KEEP THE PLACE GOING, OR THE BANK WOULD'VE TAKEN IT.

HAVE TO GET HIM OFF THE ROAD, RIGHT ? HE KEEPS SNAPPING.

I WAS THE PRINCIPAL BARBER NOW. TALK ABOUT UNGRATEFUL.

I HIRED A NEW MAN FOR THE SECOND CHAIR. RUNS RIGHT OVER THE TURTLE.

I'D HIRED THE GUY WHO DID THE LEAST GABBING WHEN HE CAME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW,

BUT I GUESS THE NEW MAN HAD ONLY KEPT QUIET BECAUSE HE WAS NERVOUS.

ONCE HE HAD THE JOB, HE TALKED FROM THE MINUTE I OPENED THE SHOP IN THE MORNING...

UNTIL I LOCKED UP AT NIGHT. HE TIED A PIECE OF CORN ON A STRING, RIGHT ?

HE WOULD WAIT FOR THE CHICKEN TO EAT IT.

FOR ALL I KNOW, HE TALKED TO HIMSELF ON THE WAY HOME.

[ Voice Echoes, Fades ] ...THE CHICKEN--

[ Ed ] WHEN I WALKED HOME, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE AVOIDED LOOKING AT ME,

AS IF I'D CAUGHT SOME DISEASE.

THIS THING WITH DORIS, NOBODY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

IT WAS LIKE I WAS A GHOST WALKING DOWN THE STREET.

AND WHEN I GOT HOME NOW,

THE PLACE FELT EMPTY.

[ Door Closes ]

I SAT IN THE HOUSE,

BUT THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.

IWASA GHOST.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE.

NO ONE SAW ME.

I WAS THE BARBER.

I HAD A COUPLE OF EGGS OVER HARD 'CAUSE I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THEY RUN ALL OVER THE PLATE,

SOME BACON AND POTATOES, WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO COME WITH IT.

SO I PAY FOR IT, AND I PUT THE CHANGE IN MY POCKET WITHOUT REALLY LOOKING...

'CAUSE, GOSH, WHO LOOKS AT THE CHANGE WHEN YOU EAT THERE EVERY DAY ?

TWO BLOCKS LATER I LOOK AT THE CHANGE SHE GAVE ME. GOLLY, I'M TWO BITS SHORT.

[ Customer ] TWO BITS SHORT. SO I WALK BACK OVER TO LINTON'S, FIND THIS GAL, BIG ARGUMENT.

SHE DOESN'T EVEN RECALL THE TRANSACTION. NO RECOLLECTION.

DOESN'T RECALL THE TRANSACTION. NO RECOLLECTIONS.

SO I SAID, "LOOK, DEAR. GO AHEAD. LOOK AT THE MENU."

IF YOU'RE IN BEFORE 6:00, IT'S THE WHATCHAMACALLIT--

THE, UH-- THE, UH-- OH, UM, THE, UH--

THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL.

YEAH, THE EARLY RISER. [ Bell Jingling ]

CRANE ?

I'M CRANE.

MY NAME'S DIEDRICKSON, COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.

YEAH ?

I JUST CAME BY FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT.

WHY DON'T I BUY YOU A DRINK ?

RYE.

JUST COFFEE.

YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT SOMETHING STIFFER ?

COFFEE IT IS.

[ Sighs ]

COUNTY M.E. DOES AN AUTOPSY ON ANYONE WHO DIES IN CUSTODY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT.

IT'S ROUTINE.

DOESN'T BECOME A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD UNLESS THERE'S BEEN FOUL PLAY.

HOWEVER,

I DON'T THINK I'M PROHIBITED FROM TELLING YOU THIS.

OF COURSE, I'M NOT OBLIGED TO EITHER.

I JUST DON'T KNOW.

BUT IF I WERE THE MAN,

I'D WANT TO BE TOLD.

TOLD WHAT ?

I'M NOT HERE TO ADD TO YOUR--

THANKS.

[ Sighs ]

YOUR WIFE WAS PREGNANT.

FIRST TRIMESTER.

THERE IT IS.

I'M SORRY.

[ Sighs ] HELL, I HOPE I'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING.

MY WIFE AND I HAD NOT PERFORMED THE SEX ACT IN MANY YEARS.

[ Sighs ] WELL,

THAT'S REALLY NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

I'M SORRY.

THERE IT IS.

GOOD LUCK, CRANE.

[ Ed ] DORIS AND I HAD NEVER REALLY TALKED MUCH.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD THING NECESSARILY.

[ Woman Moaning ] BUT IT WAS FUNNY. NOW I WANTED TO TALK.

NOW, WITH EVERYONE GONE,

I WAS ALONE WITH SECRETS I DIDN'T WANT...

AND NO ONE TO TELL 'EM TO ANYWAY. [ Moaning Continues ]

I WENT TO SEE A WOMAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE POWERS IN COMMUNICATING...

WITH THOSE WHO HAD "PASSED ACROSS," AS SHE CALLED IT.

SHE SAID THAT PEOPLE WHO HAD PASSED ACROSS WERE PICKY ABOUT WHO THEY'D COMMUNICATE WITH.

NOT LIKE MOST PEOPLE YOU RUN INTO ON THIS SIDE. [ Moaning ]

SO YOU NEEDED A GUIDE, SOMEONE WITH A GIFT FOR TALKING TO SOULS.

GIVE ME YOUR HAND.

MMM. WELL, FIRST SHE TOLD ME THAT MY WIFE WAS IN A PEACEFUL PLACE,

THAT OUR SOULS WERE STILL CONNECTED,

THAT SHE'D NEVER STOPPED LOVING ME...

EVEN THOUGH SHE'D DONE SOME THINGS SHE WASN'T PROUD OF.

MAN, SHE WAS READING ME LIKE A BOOK.

SHE WAS A PHONY, JUST ANOTHER GABBER.

I WAS TURNING INTO ANN NIRDLINGER,

BIG DAVE'S WIFE.

I HAD TO TURN MY BACK ON THE OLD LADY,

ON THE VEILS, ON THE GHOSTS,

ON THE DEAD,

BEFORE THEY ALL SUCKED ME IN.

[ Footsteps Receding ]

JURY MIGHT LIKE THAT.

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ED ? HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP ?

OKAY, WALTER. THANKS.

I, UH-- I WAS SO DAMN SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LOSS.

A TERRIBLE THING. IT'S JUST DAMN TERRIBLE.

UH, BIRDY'S UPSTAIRS. I'M ON LONG-DISTANCE, SO--

SURE, WALTER.

OKAY. NO.

HELLO, BIRDY.

HI, MR. CRANE.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE--

WE'VE CERTAINLY MISSED YOU.

BIRDY, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINKING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVEN'T WORKED OUT FOR ME.

LIFE HAS DEALT ME SOME BUM CARDS. OR MAYBE I JUST HAVEN'T PLAYED THEM RIGHT.

POP DOESN'T LIKE PEOPLE SMOKING IN HERE.

I'M SORRY.

WELL, SOMETIMES I HAVE A CIGARETTE WHEN HE'S AWAY, BUT NEVER WHEN HE'S HOME.

HE CAN SMELL IT A MILE OFF.

WELL, SURE. IT'S HIS HOUSE.

THAT'S WHAT HE KEEPS TELLING ME.

ANYWAY, MY POINT IS YOU'RE YOUNG,

A KID, REALLY,

YOUR WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF YOU.

BUT IT'S NOT TOO SOON TO START MAKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOURSELF...

BEFORE IT ALL WASHES AWAY.

YEAH, I GUESS. POP SAYS SO TOO.

YOU KNOW, I WORK PRETTY HARD AT SCHOOL.

THAT'S SWELL.

HOWEVER, THE MUSIC, IF YOU WANT TO PURSUE IT--

THE LESSONS FROM MRS. SWAN, THEY'LL ONLY TAKE YOU SO FAR.

THERE'S THIS GUY IN SAN FRANCISCO.

I'VE MADE INQUIRIES.

EVERYBODY SAYS HE'S THE BEST.

TRAINED PEOPLE WHO'VE GONE ON TO BIG CONCERT CAREERS IN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS, THE WORKS.

HIS NAME IS JACQUES...

CARCANOGUES.

I'M NOT SURE I'M PRONOUNCING IT RIGHT. ANYWAY, HE'S A FRENCHMAN.

OH, BOY. A FRENCHMAN, HUH ? YOU'VE GOT TALENT.

ANYBODY CAN SEE THAT. AND HE'S THE BEST.

IF HE SEES A STUDENT THAT HE THINKS HAS TALENT, HE TAKES THEM ON FOR NEXT TO NOTHING.

SO YOU'RE A CINCH TO BE ACCEPTED.

I COULD COVER THE COSTS OF THE LESSONS. LIKE I SAID, IT'S PRETTY MODEST.

- OH, JEEZ, MR. CRANE. - NO, I HAVE TO DO IT.

I CAN'T STAND BY AND WATCH ANY MORE THINGS GO DOWN THE DRAIN.

YOU'RE YOUNG. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WELL, JEEZ, MR. CRANE. I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT A CAREER OR STUFF.

WELL, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T.

LOOK, JUST GO SEE HIM AS A FAVOR TO ME.

I TALKED TO THIS GUY.

HE LOOSENED UP A LITTLE BIT WHEN I TOLD HIM HOW TALENTED YOU WERE.

HE'S AGREED TO SEE YOU THIS SATURDAY.

HE SAID, UH, MAYBE YOU'RE A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.

HIS WORDS.

JEEZ, I DON'T KNOW, MR. CRANE.

JUST GO SEE HIM AS A FAVOR TO ME.

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[ Woman Talking In Distance, Indistinct ]

[ French Accent ] YOU ARE THE FATHER ?

NO, I'M HER-- I'M A FAMILY FRIEND.

I AM CARCANOGUES. YOU WILL WAIT, MY DEAR.

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[ Water Running ]

I SPEAK WITH YOU ON THE PHONE, NO ?

YOU HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST IN MUSIC ?

UH-HUH.

AH.

A MUSIC LOVER, ALORS.

UM, I DON'T PRETEND TO BE AN EXPERT.

AH.

AHA.

- HOW DID SHE DO ? - SHE SEEMED LIKE A VERY NICE GIRL.

SHE PLAY, MONSIEUR,

LIKE A VERY NICE GIRL.

STINKS.

NICE GIRL,

HOWEVER, STINKS.

WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IS NOT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

HER PLAYING, UH, VERY POLITE.

DID SHE MAKE MISTAKES ?

MISTAKE ? NO.

IT SAY "E-FLAT," SHE PLAY E-FLAT.

PING, PING. SHE PLAY THE RIGHT NOTE ALWAYS.

WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. NO MISTAKES ?

LOOK, SHE'S JUST A KID. I THOUGHT YOU TAUGHT THESE KIDS TO--

NO, NO, NO, MONSIEUR. THAT IS WHAT I CANNOT TEACH HER, HUH ?

I CANNOT TEACH HER TO HAVE THE SOUL.

HMM,VOYEZ, MONSIEUR. LOOK.

TO PLAY THE PIANO IS NOT ABOUT THE FINGERS.

WE MAKE WITH THE FINGERS.

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BUT THE MUSIC, MONSIEUR,

SHE COME FROML'INTERIEUR, FROM INSIDE, HUH ?

THE MUSIC,

SHE STARTS HERE.

SHE COME OUT THROUGH HERE.

HMM ? THEN PERHAPS,

PERHAPS,

SHE CAN GO HERE.

LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT AN EXPERT.

SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO ME, FOR I AM EXPERT.

VOYEZ, MONSIEUR. THIS GIRL, NICE GIRL.

VERY CLEVER HANDS. NICE GIRL.

I THINK, UH, PERHAPS SOME DAY...

SHE CAN MAKE VERY GOOD TYPIST, HUH ?

TAT, TAT, TAT, TAT, TAT, TAT, TAT.

VOILA.

I STANK, DIDN'T I ? HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.

NO, BUT MORE OR LESS.

I'M NO EXPERT, BUT THERE MUST BE A DOZEN TEACHERS BETTER THAN THIS CLOWN.

NO, LOOK, REALLY-- MORE QUALIFIED.

GODDAMN PHONY.

REALLY, IT'S OKAY.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN PLAYING MUSIC PROFESSIONALLY.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE I WANT A CAREER AT ALL,

AND IF I DID, I'D PROBABLY BE A VETERINARIAN.

- VETERINARIAN. - YEAH.

BUT I-I DO APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST.

IT WAS NOTHING.

I WISH I'D PLAYED BETTER FOR YOU 'CAUSE I KNOW IT WOULD'VE MADE YOU REAL HAPPY.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ?

WHAT ?

YOU'RE AN ENTHUSIAST.

YEAH, MAYBE.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE INTEREST YOU'VE TAKEN.

BIRDY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.

BIRDY. NO, IT'S REALLY OKAY. I WANNA DO IT.

- BIRDY ! - NO, IT'S OKAY, REALLY.

NO ! NO ! NO ! MR. CRANE, I WANNA DO IT. MR. CRANE !

BIRDY, PLEASE DON'T DO THAT ! MR. CRANE, PLEASE !

- HEAVENS TO BETSY, BIRDY ! - PLEASE, MR. CRANE.

- [ Horn Honking ] - [ Birdy Screaming ]

[ Ed ] TIME SLOWS DOWN RIGHT BEFORE AN ACCIDENT,

AND I HAD TIME TO THINK ABOUT THINGS.

I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT AN UNDERTAKER HAD TOLD ME ONCE--

THAT YOUR HAIR KEEPS GROWING, FOR A WHILE, ANYWAY,

AFTER YOU DIE. [ Loud Crash ]

AND THEN IT STOPS.

I THOUGHT, "WHAT KEEPS IT GROWING ?"

IS IT LIKE A PLANT IN SOIL ?

WHAT GOES OUT OF THE SOIL ?

THE SOUL ?

AND WHEN DOES THE HAIR REALIZE THAT IT'S GONE ?

[ Birds Chirping ]

[ Children Chattering In Distance ]

[ Ticking ]

[ Child Shouting ]

[ Child Giggling ]

[ Giggling Continues ]

HELLO !

I NOTICED YOU STILL HAVE PEA STONE IN YOUR DRIVEWAY.

OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO REJUVENATE THAT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, DON'T YOU ?

WHEN THE PEA STONE THINS OUT ?

HA. WHERE DOES IT GO, HUH ?

LIKE THE ODD SOCK.

'COURSE, YOU KNOW WHERE IT GOES. YOU PROBABLY PICK PIECES OF IT OFF YOUR LAWN ALL THE TIME,

CHURN IT UP WITH YOUR LAWN MOWER, SWEEP IT OFF YOUR PORCH THERE.

- PAIN IN THE NECK. - NEVER BOTHERED ME.

WELL, HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED TAR MACADAM ?

PEOPLE THINK IT'S JUST FOR PUBLIC WORKS OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES,

BUT WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY NOW TO BRING IT TO THE HOMEOWNER,

INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER, AT VERY COMPETITIVE PRICES.

MIND IF I SHOW YOU THE SPECIFICATIONS ? AFTERNOON, MA'AM.

WHAT ARE YOU SELLING ?

[ Laughs ]

MA'AM, I WAS JUST TELLING YOUR HUSBAND HERE ABOUT TAR MACADAM...

FOR YOUR HOME DRIVEWAY HERE.

HERE'S THE BROCHURE. IT'S THE MODERN WAY TO--

GET LOST.

JESUS.

[ Cork Pops, Liquid Pouring ]

[ Bottle Clatters ]

DORIS-- NO.

DON'T SAY ANYTHING. I'M FINE.

[ Child Laughing Outside ]

[ Man's Voice, Faint ] MR. CRANE ?

MR. CRANE ?

MR. CRANE.

MR. CRANE ?

MR. CRANE.

MR. CRANE ?

ARE YOU THERE ?

ARE YOU AWAKE ?

HE'S COMIN' AROUND.

CAN YOU TALK, SIR ? THESE MEN HAVE TO TALK TO YOU.

ARE YOU AWAKE ? SIR ?

HE'S-- HE'S AWAKE. GO AHEAD.

[ Persky ] ARE YOU AWAKE ? IS HE AWAKE ?

CRANE, AS SOON AS YOU'RE CONSCIOUS, WE HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT--

UH, IS HE CONSCIOUS ? HIS EYES ARE OPEN.

UH, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

[ Persky ] SOON AS THE DOCTOR LETS US, WE GOTTA MOVE YOU.

DOES HE UNDERSTAND THAT ? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TELL HIM. ARE YOU CONSCIOUS ?

THEY'LL TAKE YOU TO THE PRISON HOSPITAL. UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER.

- BIRDY. - WHAT ?

WHAT'D HE SAY ? BIRDY.

BIRDY. UH, THE GIRL. NO, THE GIRL'S OKAY.

BROKEN CLAVICLE. THAT'S A COLLARBONE, CRANE. IT'S BROKEN.

SHE'S OKAY, THOUGH. SO HE UNDERSTANDS, THEN, HE'S UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER ?

[ Whispers ] BIG DAVE.

HUH ? WHAT ? WHAT'D HE SAY ?

[ Persky ] HE SAID OKAY. IS THAT WHAT HE SAID ?

[ Loud ] YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR THE MURDER OF CREIGHTON TOLLIVER.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ? DOES HE UNDERSTAND ?

[ Ed ] THE PANSY.

A KID DIVING IN A WATER HOLE OUTSIDE OF TOWN HAD FOUND HIS CAR.

THEY WINCHED IT OUT...

AND FOUND HE'D BEEN BEATEN, JUST LIKE BIG DAVE SAID.

BEATEN TO DEATH.

INSIDE HIS BRIEFCASE WERE THE PARTNERSHIP PAPERS I'D SIGNED,

SHOWING THAT I'D GIVEN HIM TEN GRAND.

FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THAT MADE IT FALL INTO PLACE.

I'D GOTTEN DORIS TO STEAL THE MONEY.

THE PANSY HAD GOTTEN WISE SOMEHOW, SO I HAD TO KILL HIM TO COVER MY TRACKS.

ON THE ARRAIGNMENT CALENDAR,

PEOPLE V. EDWARD CRANE.

I WAS IN A SPOT. YOU ARE CHARGED IN A ONE-COUNT COMPLAINT...

THAT ALLEGES AS FOLLOWS-- I CALLED IN FREDDY RIEDENSCHNEIDER...

AND SIGNED THE HOUSE OVER TO HIM.

HE SAID HE DIDN'T ORDINARILY WORK THAT CHEAP,

BUT HE FIGURED HE OWED ME SOMETHING SINCE THE LAST ONE HADN'T PLAYED OUT.

HOW DO YOU NOW PLEAD ? WE PLEAD NOT GUILTY, YOUR HONOR.

[ Ed ] I TRIED TO TELL HIM THE WHOLE STORY, BUT RIEDENSCHNEIDER STOPPED ME.

HE SAID THE STORY MADE HIS HEAD HURT.

HE DIDN'T SEE ANY WAY OF USING IT WITHOUT PUTTING ME ON THE HOT SEAT FOR THE MURDER OF BIG DAVE.

TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR MONDAY A WEEK.

HE TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY, THOUGH.

SAID HE'D THINK OF SOMETHING.

THEY PUT ME ON 24-HOUR DEATH WATCH,

SO THAT I COULDN'T CHEAT JUSTICE LIKE THEY SAID MY WIFE HAD DONE.

BUT IN FRONT OF THE JURY, THEY HAD IT THAT DORIS WAS A SAINT.

THE WHOLE PLAN HAD BEEN MINE.

I WAS A SVENGALI WHO HAD FORCED DORIS TO JOIN MY CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.

A TERRIBLE-- ON AND ON IT WENT,

HOW I'D USED DORIS, THEN LET HER TAKE THE FALL. THAT MAN !

THAT STUFF SMARTED BECAUSE SOME OF IT WAS CLOSE TO BEING TRUE.

AND THEN IT WAS RIEDENSCHNEIDER'S TURN.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE JURY, CITIZENS OF SANTA ROSA,

WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY A RATHER LURID DESCRIPTION...

OF A TRULY DESPICABLE MAN.

I GOTTA HAND IT TO HIM. HE TOSSED A LOT OF SAND IN THEIR EYES.

HE TALKED ABOUT HOW I'D LOST MY PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE,

...THE CHARACTER DRAWN... HOW I WAS TOO ORDINARY TO BE THE CRIMINAL MASTERMIND...

THE D.A. MADE ME OUT TO BE,

HOW THERE WAS SOME GREATER SCHEME AT WORK THAT THE STATE HAD YET TO UNRAVEL.

- IS IT THAT SIMPLE ? - AND HE THREW IN SOME OF THE OLD TRUTH STUFF...

HE HADN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO TROT OUT FOR DORIS.

MAY AT FIRST LOOK AT THESE LINES AND SEE ONLY THE CHAOS OF A WORK OF MODERN ART.

BUT IT IS YOUR JOB-- [ Ed ] HE TOLD THEM TO LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME CLOSE.

THAT THE CLOSER THEY LOOKED, THE LESS SENSE IT WOULD ALL MAKE.

THIS HUMAN, THIS BARBER.

[ Ed ] THAT I WASN'T THE KIND OF GUY TO KILL A GUY,

THAT I WAS THE BARBER, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.

I WAS JUST LIKE THEM, AN ORDINARY MAN.

GUILTY OF LIVING IN A WORLD THAT HAD NO PLACE FOR ME, YEAH.

GUILTY OF WANTING TO BE A DRY CLEANER, SURE. BUT NOT OF MURDER.

BUT MOST SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS A BARBER'S DILEMMA.

FOR HE IS MODERN MAN.

HE SAID I WAS MODERN MAN.

HE IS YOUR REFLECTION.

AND IF THEY VOTED TO CONVICT ME,

THEY'D BE PRACTICALLY CINCHING THE NOOSE AROUND THEIR OWN NECKS.

HE TOLD THEM TO LOOK NOT AT THE FACTS, BUT AT THE MEANING OF THE FACTS.

AND THEN HE SAID THE FACTS HAD NO MEANING.

IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SPEECH AND EVEN HAD ME GOING,

UNTIL FRANKIE INTERRUPTED IT.

- [ Crowd Gasps ] - WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU ?

WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU ?

MOVE FOR A MISTRIAL ! YOUR HONOR !

- WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU ? - MOVE FOR A MISTRIAL.

[ Ed ] WELL, HE GOT HIS MISTRIAL, BUT THE WELL HAD RUN DRY.

THE COURT WILL COME TO ORDER. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO MORTGAGE.

RIEDENSCHNEIDER WENT HOME, AND THE COURT APPOINTED LLOYD GARROWAY,

WHO THREW ME ON THE MERCY OF THE COURT.

YOUR HONOR, WE PLEAD GUILTY...

WITH EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.

[ Ed ] IT WAS MY ONLY CHANCE, HE SAID.

I GUESS THAT MEANT I NEVER HAD A CHANCE. ...ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENSE.

CERTAIN FACTS HAVE BEEN CLEARLY--

HE WASN'T BUYING ANY OF THAT MODERN MAN STUFF, OR THE UNCERTAINTY STUFF,

OR ANY OF THE MERCY STUFF EITHER.

THIS MAN IS A MENACE TO SOCIETY.

NOPE, HE WAS GOING BY THE BOOK,

IT IS THE JUDGMENT OF THIS COURT, AND IN SO DOING, AND THE BOOK SAID...

I GOT THE CHAIR. HE HAS FORFEITED THE RIGHT TO HIS OWN LIFE.

SO HERE I AM.

AT FIRST I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I GOT HERE.

I KNEW STEP BY STEP, OF COURSE,

WHICH IS WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU, STEP BY STEP.

BUT I COULDN'T SEE ANY PATTERN.

NOW THAT I'M NEAR THE END, I'M GLAD THAT THIS MEN'S MAGAZINE...

PAID ME TO TELL MY STORY.

WRITING IT HAS HELPED ME SORT IT ALL OUT.

THEY'RE PAYING ME FIVE CENTS A WORD,

SO YOU'LL PARDON ME IF SOMETIMES I'VE TOLD YOU MORE THAN YOU WANTED TO KNOW.

[ Bell Rings ] BUT NOW ALL THE DISCONNECTED THINGS SEEM TO HOOK UP.

THAT'S THE FUNNY THING ABOUT GOING AWAY,

KNOWING THE DATE YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.

AND THE MEN'S MAGAZINE WANTED ME TO TELL HOW THAT FELT.

WELL, IT'S LIKE PULLING AWAY FROM THE MAZE.

WHILE YOU'RE IN THE MAZE, YOU GO THROUGH WILLY-NILLY,

TURNING WHERE YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO TURN,

BANGING INTO THE DEAD ENDS,

ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER.

BUT YOU GET SOME DISTANCE ON IT,

AND ALL THOSE TWISTS AND TURNS--

WHY, THEY'RE THE SHAPE OF YOUR LIFE.

IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN.

BUT SEEING IT WHOLE GIVES YOU SOME PEACE.

[ Spaceship Engine Accelerating, Fading ]

THE MEN'S MAGAZINE ALSO ASKED ABOUT REMORSE.

YEAH, I GUESS I'M SORRY ABOUT THE PAIN I CAUSED OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT I DON'T REGRET ANYTHING.

NOT A THING.

I USED TO.

I USED TO REGRET BEING THE BARBER.

[ Hinges Creaking ]

[ Slow Footsteps ]

[ Hinges Creaking ]

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M BEING TAKEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL FIND BEYOND THE EARTH AND SKY,

BUT I'M NOT AFRAID TO GO.

MAYBE THE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WILL BE CLEARER THERE,

LIKE WHEN A FOG BLOWS AWAY.

MAYBE DORIS WILL BE THERE.

AND MAYBE THERE I CAN TELL HER...

ALL THOSE THINGS...

THEY DON'T HAVE WORDS FOR HERE.