"[Silence]" "♪" "[horse whinnying]" "[bright synth music ♪]" "♪" " Hi." " Hi." "You looking for a little Scrabble action?" " You a player?" " A little." "We use Scrabble clocks." "Once you've placed all the letters, you hit the timer." "You have 25 minutes." "If you go over, there's a 10 point penalty." " Per minute." " We use American English only." "If it's not in this book, it's not a word." "[rock music plays ♪]" "♪" "[all] Wow!" "[pensive music ♪]" "♪" "[keys clattering]" "Tohzah." "T-O-H-Z-A-H." "Tohzah." "Tohzah." "T-O-H..." "I'm gonna get you, Tohzah." "Not anything backwards." "Not Hebrew." "What is Tohzah?" "Not Arabic." "You are an enigma!" "[Grunting]" "Are you a tit-man?" "Klingon!" "This guy in Skokie tried getting a plate with the F-word written in Klingon." "[Alarm Buzzing]" "[Alarm Stops]" "[melancholy piano music ♪]" "♪ [sighs]" "[Phone Ringing]" "Hi Katie." "It's me." "You coming to my dad's birthday?" "Yeah." "That's coming up." "It's five weeks away, Zoe." "If you're coming, you need to RSVP and make definitive plans to be there." "Yeah." "Wow." "So, what're you gonna get him?" "Something nice that he will cherish." "Anyway, how are the kids?" "Look." "I..." "I need to go." "I'm really busy today." "Okay." "Well, say 'hi' to the kids for- me." "[PA announcer] Your safety is important." "If you observe unattended packages, vandalism, or suspicious activity, inform C.T.A... [sad piano music ♪]" "♪" "Jesus came to me again, Marty." "Marty!" "Jesus came to me again." "Really, Lewis?" "Wow." "This time he came in the form of a giant rooster." "Rooster, huh?" "I asked him why it is he put us on this Earth." "Good question, Lewis!" "You know what he said?" "Well, you know what he said?" "The Jesus-rooster?" "No clue." "He said he couldn't remember." "He said I should ask him again later." "Ask again later?" "What?" "Jesus is a magic 8-ball now?" "That sucks." "Well, he's been through a lot." "Hey!" "Hey you!" "Did you know Jesus is a magic 8-ball?" "Hey!" " Hey, Mart." " Hey, Bear." "You brought your lunch." "That's smart, man." "I never bring my lunch." "And I get all hungry and I gotta spend" "$2.50 at the vending machine for Frito-Lay's." "That's why I'm fat." "Frito-Lay's, man." "Whatchoo got?" "Sandwich." "What're you both doing here?" "You're not both supposed to be here." "Whose shift is it?" "Marty, you're not supposed to be here." "I got you down for tomorrow." " Day shift. 9 a.m." " Seriously?" " Yeah." "It's on the calendar!" " During the day?" " Yeah." " With people?" " Hey!" "You wanna switch?" " What's the problem?" "Come on, man." "That's why I make this schedule." "For you to look at, not for my health." "[vapid elevator music ♪]" "We are live at the N.S.C." "The Nation Scrabble Championship." "And man, things were heating up inside there!" "Letters were flying left and right." "Dirk Frankie, you cannot catch a break." "Three-time runner up." "[Laughs] My bad." "How does it feel to always be the bridesmaid yet, never the bride?" "Oh." "Cut the witticisms." "That is luck that Williams won." "He's dancing around the two letter words like it's..." "December." "And then he just happens to luck out on saving his Z to the very end." "That's just..." "That's ridiculous, okay?" "I got two bingos!" "Yes." "Can't let those be forgotten." "Alright, Dirk." "Are you gonna be giving it another go?" "Or has Vanna turned your last letter?" "I will spell to the death!" "Oo!" "We've got Bill Williams, this year's winner." "Uh..." "Best luck to you next time, Dirk." "Bill!" "Bill!" "Could you come on over here." "Congratulations!" "Bill, gotta a couple of questions for you." "Wanna find out first, how did you manage to pull it off?" "I don't know." "I honestly didn't think" "I'd make it out of the quarter-finals." "I was playing a master." "I think the stress got to him." "He played "Kim Jong-Il." That's clearly a Star Wars character." "You can't do proper nouns." "And I squeaked out." "Uh, made it to the next round, and the streak kept going." " What?" "We've got a lot of folks who are watching at home." " You need arms." "Possibly some kids who are thinking about giving Scrabble tournament play a try." "Any advice for the youngsters?" "Yeah, I guess I would say..." "Um Go for it!" "Follow your dreams." "You know." "There- there's a lot to be learned from the Scrabble board." "Uh, character." "You know." "Courage." "Stuff like that and uh... and so..." "Just, you know, do it." "And, and um... regardless of what your friends call you." "♪ I'm so confused with my life" "♪ Things are so strange, the way things are so weird and strange. ♪" "♪ It's my life... ♪ but I don't understand, why oh why oh-oh-oh why ♪" "♪ I don't feel normal" "♪ You don't understand how it feels when I'm sad ♪" "♪ I don't feel normal" "♪ But what is normal, right?" "♪ I hope someday, I can be normal. ♪" "♪ I hope someday, I can be... ♪ ...normal" "Rookie mistake, Ethel." "This is why I beat you week after week... after week." "My name's Nancy" "Not today, it's not." "Today, your name is..." "Loser." " [Honk]" " Ew." "Excuse me?" "You didn't even do it right." "Backwards!" "You did it backwards." "I'm leaving." "Okay, Ethel?" "Don't be late next week." " Are you waiting for a game?" " No, thank you." "[saxophone elevator music ♪] [sighs]" "Marty, you're filling in for Dean today." "Menswear, second floor." "Did you wash your hair this morning?" "Wear this." "You look like shit." "Excuse me." "Could you tell me where I could find lady's foundations?" "[Exasperated Sigh]" "Excuse me." "If you were my dad, well, my step-dad, what would you like?" "The flask or the belt?" "His 60th birthday, so I guess it's kind of a biggie." "Um..." "Oh, never mind." "You're not an asshole." "How would you know?" " Have you tried Fetish for Men?" " No, thank you." " It's scent-sational!" " I'm allergic to perfume!" " Oh no." "It's cologne." "[Continuous Sneezing]" "Hey!" "What?" "Are you just gonna stand there?" "That's great, buddy." "Lot of help." "[Laughter]" " Maybe it's a sock." " I'm hoping it's not. [Laughter]" " I think he had a bikini wax." " Y-you you gotta be kidding." "We think it's a sock." "Fifty-five dollars!" "How can this be happening?" "!" " Fifty-five dollars for underwear?" "Sure." " It's designer." " No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no." "This!" "This!" "Definitely that..." "is insanity people!" "What?" "You!" "What're you doing?" " Um, buying underwear." " No" " You don't want this." " Yes, I do!" "No, no, no, no, no." "Why do you want them?" " I" " I like the ad!" "[Laughter]" "The ad is designed to trick you into paying 55 goddamn dollars for underwear!" "Please, give me my underwear." "No!" "You can't have that lying, cheating, thieving underwear!" "What're you..." "What're you doing, man?" "You're better than the underwear." "You deserve more!" "You're better than your underwear." "Do you hear me?" "Come on!" "Everyone!" "Say it with me!" "You're better than your underwear." "Come on!" "Say it with me!" "Come on!" "You're better than your underwear!" "Come on!" "Everybody!" "You're better than your underwear!" "You're better than your underwear!" "Come on!" "I'm better than my underwear." "Yes!" "Yes!" "You, sneezing lady!" "Definitely better than your underwear." "Wait!" "Wait a minute!" "Goddammit, I work here!" "Where's the sneezing woman?" "Come on guys!" "Come on." "This is ridiculous!" "Come on!" "I work here nights!" "Causing a scene like that in front of paying customers!" "Freedom of speech, man." "Who's in charge here?" "Uh, is there something I can help you with, miss?" "I demand you release this man!" " [both]:" "Excuse me?" "I'm a paying customer." "I bought all kinds of crap here today... and this man..." " I saved her life." " Mm-hmm." "When I... when I was..." " Having trouble breathing!" " B-because of all the... cologne!" " Perfume!" " Evil perfume bitch!" " She sprayed me." "Right in her face!" " And I'm allergic and I kept sneezing." " Cologne and perfume are the same thing!" " It was horrible!" " She could sue." "But this man, he was the only one to help me." " Miss, he tried to cause a riot in men's underwear." "I should have him arrested." " What!" "?" " $55 for underwear?" " No ass is worth that much!" " I agree." "Go away, you're fired." " Fired?" "Fired." "Now leave." "Both of you." "I don't want either one of you in my store again." "Oh." "And, Marty." "[upbeat synth music ♪]" "♪" " I don't normally do this." " What're you gonna do?" " No, I mean I don't normally do what I did back there." "I'm not about to do anything." "Oh." "Well, this is my stop." "This is where I... take the bus." " Okay." "Okay." "Thanks again." "Sure." "Yeah." "See you around." "Okay." " Hey, you hungry?" " Yes!" " 'Cause I could eat." " Sounds great." "I'm Zoe Rezillo." "I'm Marty Huckhound." "Nice to meet you, Marty Huckhound." "So, if I wanted a plate that said, "Screw you,"" "you wouldn't let me?" "No, too offensive." "Plus too many letters." " I don't have a car anyways." "People try stuff all the time and the computer spits out the obvious stuff, but it's up to me to catch the rest." " Did you go to college for that?" "No, I was standing in line once at the DMV and this guy in front of me was trying to get a dirty plate." "So, you um, ratted some guy out?" "No." "His plate said 4-K-U." "You know, fork you... and I was complementing him and then the supervisor came over and handed me the job on the spot." "Wow." "That's impressive." "People used to make fun of me for playing Scrabble all the time." "What's the dirtiest, filthiest thing anybody has ever wanted on a plate?" "I have to write it out for you." " Okay." " Okay." "I don't get it." "Okay." "Get rid of the space." "And then picture how the 5's can look like S's." "Oh." "Ass-orgy." "That is filthy." "Oh." "You wanna see something cool?" "Is it cooler than ass-orgy?" "[Laughing]" "I'll show you what your name spells." "Okay." "That's Marty Huckhound." "Dormant." "Yuck." "Huh." "Dormant yuck?" "Okay." "Wait." "Hang on." "A mucky hord hunt." "A mucky thud horn." "Okay." "Wait." "No." "Don't go away." "Got it." "Had mucky no hurt." "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" "I don't know, but Mucky is my new name for you." "You're real smart, huh?" "Only with words and letters and stuff." "Nothing terribly useful." "No." "I'm useless." "I can only curse in one goddamn language." "But you do it so well." "Wow." "This is kind of dangerous." "I love it here." "Especially in the winter when it's covered in ice and the water is practically black." "It's dark and eerie, but in a really beautiful way." "You know, if you slip and fall, even in March, you're pretty much dead." "And anyone who jumps in after you, they'll die too." "Every now and then though, you hear these stories about kids who fall in for like twenty minutes and they end up living, because their body temperature's have lowered so much... they're in like a zen state or something." "Does that work on adults, too?" "I don't think so." "I think they know too much." "I remember the first time I came here when I was a teenager." "I totally wanted to jump." "Yeah, I know that feeling." "Well, here's my car." "You don't have a personalized plate." "Nah." "I couldn't think of anything good to say." " I have to work tomorrow." "So..." " Well, I got this bus..." "[Laughs]" " Well you can give me your..." " I don't have a phone." "Well, I..." "I could give you mine... and you could use a pay phone." " Yeah!" " Okay." "Hold on." "Here," "I'll write it down." "Okay." " That's me." "Zoe." " Okay." "Ah, there's my cell phone number." "And my cell doesn't have reception at home." "So, just call this number and that's my email." "Mmhmm." "Well, thanks for having lunch with me." "Yea..." "Yeah." "Sure." "And... thanks for the whole getting me fired thing." "Yeah." "Sure." "Anytime." "Great." "So... ♪" "Call her, Marty." "Jesus wants you to." "Jesus also wants you to leave your door unlocked tonight so he and I can crash at your place." "What're you guys doing this weekend?" "There's a concert on Saturday." "Wanna come?" "[Laughter]" "You're so funny." "Well, then I went looking up at the sky and then..." "Bam." "[Laughter continues]" "Just a little joke there, but..." "[Murmuring]" " Oh." "Hi." " Hi!" "Mucky." " Hey there." " What're you doing here?" "Um." "I'm horse shit on the phone." "Oh so you just decided to come by my work?" "Yeah..." "I'm not stalking you or anything." "No." "It's ok." "My grandma once told me that my grandpa used to stalk her, but back then it was called courtship." "Yeah." "O-okay." "So, how long have you been here?" "Long enough to realize I don't like your co-workers very much." "Yeah." "I don't like them much either." " Like, that guy." " That's Ken." "Ken's an asshole." "It's hard to believe there hasn't been an office shooting, yet." ""Hi." "I'm Ken."" ""I like it when people jerk on my tie."" ""I like to sleep with my friends' pregnant wives when they're out of town."" ""Suckle from their swelling teets." [Laughs]" ""I keep jars of STD's in my fridge." "I have eighteen rare strains of chlamydia."" ""Hahahahaha."" "That guy makes fun of me all the time." "I kind of wish he'd just curl up and die and go to hell." "[Laughter]" "Well," "I'm sorry you missed my lunch." "We could've sat out here and looked at the clouds or something." "I like to do that sometimes." "Oh man." "You're one of those people who see stuff in clouds like... kittens and bunnies and president's heads and shit, huh?" "One of those people?" "Mucky, everyone sees stuff in clouds." "I don't." "Never?" "No." "Never." "Well, you should try sometime." "No." "Okay." "We should go to dinner tomorrow night." "We should?" "Yeah." "Why don't you come over to my place at seven?" "And we'll eat." "At a restaurant... together." "Doesn't that sound nice?" "Yeah." "Nice." "Well shit." "[doorbell]" "Hi, Mucky." "Wow." "You look really nice." "Thank you." "You look...." "Really, really nice." "Thank you." "I was gonna get you flowers, but all the ones I could afford looked like shit." "And then I remembered the sneezing thing." "Yeah." "Flowers are bad." "Balloons are great." "You're not allergic to latex, are you?" "No." "I love it." "The balloon, I mean." "I have a coupon." "So, you might as well look at your menu." "I'm gonna get a goddam job soon, you know?" "I know." "Places like this make me feel like shit." "Why?" "I don't know." "My dad used to take me to places like this ...when he won at the track." "He always wanted to fit in, you know?" "be just like them, but we weren't." "Not even close." "And I never want to be like my dad, so..." "I never want to be like these people." "But they look so happy." ""I simply must have that Mercedes in medium sky-blue." "Not light sky-blue, and not dark sky-blue."" ""I need those papers on my desk by seven a.m. sharp." "No excuses." "[Laughs]" ""And how was your day, Chazwick?"" ""I sold some stocks." "And some bonds... and then, I shot three under par-r-r at the club."" ""Hmph." "Lovely."" ""And you?"" ""I had my nails done and lunched with the girls."" ""I myself took a..." [Clears Throat]" ""a long, long lunch." "And, um, bought myself a new suit."" ""My, don't you look dapper." [Laughs]" ""Thank you." [Laughter]" "And how, how was Zoe's day?" "I played a game of Scrabble and scored three bingos!" "Wait, were you... were you playing Scrabble or bingo?" "Bingo's when you use all 7 tiles in one word." " Oh!" "That is amazing." "And I managed to go all the live-long day without referring to someone as an asshole." "That's amazing!" "Yes." "I also met this fine gentleman at a job interview who shared my passion for pistachios." "[Laughs]" "We're going into business together." "I'll be a millionaire by the end of the week." "That's nuts!" "Yes." "I'll be King of the nuts." "[Laughs]" "Sounds like we've both had a really good day." "Yeah." "[Laughter]" "I had fun tonight, Mucky." "Yeah." "It didn't suck." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "[Laughter]" "[Muffled Laughter]" "[Laughter] [Moan]" "Woo!" "Thank God you bought that family-size box of condoms." "That's the first time wishful thinking has ever paid off!" "Plus you save a lot when you buy in bulk." "[Laughter]" "[Doorbell]" "Finally, pizza!" "I'm starving." "[Doorbell]" "God damn 'im." "he's supposed to fucking take the money from underneath the mat and leave the pizza." "[doorbell, doorbell, doorbell]" "Dammit!" "Can't anybody follow directions anymore!" "?" "!" "[Doorbell]" "Leave the pizza, take the money!" "[Knock, knock, knock]" "The guy from Hong Kong Kitchen last night knew what the hell he was doing!" "Take the pizza, leave the money!" "Reverse it, flip it, put it on your dick and stick it!" "[Laughs] Oh my God!" "[Scream!" "]" "Why would Mom think I was dead?" "Because your work called and told her you were dead." " They called Mom?" " Yes, they called your mother." " And she sent you?" " Yes." "Well, tell her I'm fine." "I just forgot to charge my phone." "For three days?" "Who's the homeless guy?" " He's" " Your boyfriend?" "Well I hope he's got a job, because you're obviously not going to have one anymore." "I haven't taken a vacation day in three years." "You know this was a really bad day to pull this shit, Zoe." "[scoffs] the kids have..." "forget it." "Well I'm glad I'm alive!" "What's one more day?" "If they think I'm dead, they'll hire someone else." " Can anyone else do your job?" " Mucky." "Look, once you leave this apartment, you'll be out there, and you'll realize what a huge mistake you've made, and then you will never, ever come back here to me." "I think you should go to your apartment and pack up all your stuff." "What?" "Pack it up, haul it over, I have plenty of room here." "You know I'm not exactly housebroken." "What, you're going to pee on my rug?" " I'll get you a litter box." " [Laughs]" "What if your bitch sister comes back?" "She's not the bitch, she's the nice one." "You know that's very funny, because I've actually been studying this uh, art it's called Tantra." " Oh really?" "It's very sensual..." "Are you serious?" "Oh my three's company!" "Too much Me TV." "It's like she just raided Mr. Roper's closet of death." "I can hear you." "Oh, I'm sorry, we thought you were dead." "No, I wasn't dead." "I was having sex." "For thirty-six hours..." "and eating take-out." "With who?" "My boyfriend." "Oh really, your boyfriend?" "Yeah, my boyfriend." "Oh, and I told him all about you Ken, and he thinks you're an asshole." " What's your boyfriend's name?" " Yeah, anyone we know?" "No, you don't know him..." "His name is Marty Huckhound." "Oh, and do I have to worry about Marty Huckhound beating me up?" "I don't know, I think he might be bigger than you Ken, but he's probably from Canada!" "[Laughter!" "]" "Bunch of goddamn teenagers!" "Uuuhhh!" "Oh, that was good..." "So back to this back rub... ♪ So it turns out that life you lived, ♪" "♪ Really wasn't worth a shit" "♪ And all those people that you thought you knew... ♪" "♪ They don't give a fuck about you ♪" "♪ You've got to kill yourself, kill yourself ♪" "♪ Hang on, what about life?" "♪ Hang on, who fucking cares!" "♪ Kill yourself, yeah!" "You're here!" "You decided to move in." "I got you a present." " Ta daaah" " A sock!" "I love it." "To make sock monkeys." "There's a matching one in the bag." "I saw you had a monkey with no arms." "Yeah." "What do you want to name it?" "Uhhhh, I don't." "But you have to name him." "You gave him his arms." "Ummm, Mr. Sock." "Uh, okay." "Doctor Foot-Sheath the Third." "Uh, Goddamn monkey-face, demon-boy!" "Do you like that name?" "Tell Mucky you like that name." "No, no monkey!" " Mucky you're not afraid of monkeys are you?" " They're evil." " They're socks!" "So you are scared of sock-monkeys... and you bought me socks, knowing full well what I'd turn them into?" "That is so sweet." " I'm scared of a lot of things too." " Like what?" "Like global warming, or plaid, or briefcases..." "Ahhh!" "Mucky, did you know there's a man on our patio?" "He kinda slept at my place, and now I don't have a my place." "Wait, this is all your stuff?" "There's an empty jar of peanut butter there." "Hi, I'm Zoe." "I'm Lewis." "Hi Lewis, nice to meet you." "I hope you're hungry." "Are you a child of the Lord?" "Excuse me?" "Are you a child of the Lord?" "I thought you were talking to the sandwich." "[Laughs]" "You sure act like one." "Marty, this is Mr. Davies." "He has a few questions for you about your application." "[pen clicking]" "[pen clicking] [pen clicking]" "Uh, thanks for seeing me, man." "Zoe recommends you, and I'd really like to hire you." "They've got me doing this job now, and I don't know how much longer I can take it." "Are you good with people?" "Uh yeah, I guess." "Because the people you will be working with are quite frankly horrible, awful people who want nothing more than to take all of life's frustrations out onto you." "Yeah, people can be real assholes." "You ever kill a man, Marty?" "Nope, can't say I have." "Excellent." "You're hired." "You start now." "Follow me." "♪ You can't stop me now" "♪ you know, you're never gonna take me alive, everybody ♪" "Okay." "This is invalid." "You need to fill out form 2010." "Not here." "Fill it out and get back in line." "I've been in line for four hours." "If you've got any complaints, save it for Mr. Huckhound." "I'll tell you what, lady!" "Tell your kid not to run three red lights on his driver's test ...maybe then the little darling will pass!" "Next!" "And what's your problem?" "I got a ticket, even though I fed the meter!" "You say you fed the meter, I say potah-to." "Next!" "Oop, sorry, you're late." "Everybody just left." "That's okay, I was just..." "walking by." "Hey, you look familiar." "I think I just look like someone else." "You're one of us, I can tell." "Here." "You should join us sometime." "Thanks." " Okay are you relaxed?" " Yep" "Okay, what do you see?" "Nothing." "Try harder." "[exhales]" "Yup, Yup." "Nothing." "OK, look over there." " Mmm hmm, mm hmmm..." " It's an angel." "Oh wait," "I think I see something." "Right there, right?" "Yeah, you see the row, and the feathery wings." " I see it!" "I see it!" "Yeah, yeah, it's um, it's big, and it's white, and it's blobby," "It's a cloud!" "[Laughs]" "It's a goddamn cloud." "[guitar music with whistling ♪]" "♪" "♪ Girl in the moon... ♪" "♪ I couldn't stay up" "♪" "♪ all night like you do" "You weren't hearing a word I was saying were you?" "Sometimes you look like a ballerina." "C'mon, you've lived here for three weeks now you know where this stuff goes." "Come help me." "I love you." "I know, I love you too." "Come help me." "♪" "♪ while I am sleeping" "♪ make sure that I'm not dreaming ♪" "♪ of floating away into the day, no ♪" "What you fail to realize is that this is the Department of Motor Vehicles, not the Department of Fuck Faces!" "So get your balls out of my face with your tea bagger shit." "You want to drive a car?" "Get in line." "Get your picture taken." "Okay?" "Yes, it goes in a computer." "Yes, it keeps track of you." "No, it's not socialist." "No, it's not communist." "But if you're not nice, I'll get my good buddy Dwayne back there to photoshop a pearl necklace on it and post it all over the internet!" "Outta here!" "Next!" "[Phone Rings]" "And what the fuck do you want?" "Hi Mucky, it's me." "I'm going to the library today at lunch, do you want me to get you anything?" "Ummm, maybe some hardcore bondage porn," "Juicyfruits, Tylenol, definitely." "I don't think the library has any porn." " Maybe some condoms." " Or condoms." "Actually, they might have some condoms in the bathroom." "I've never noticed." "I'll check." "Ok, ribbed for her pleasure, if they have it." "Freak." "Bye." "What?" "[car horn honks]" "See if you'd made that a D instead of an S, you would have switched it around and had 'Decor' which would have left your O open." " Yeah." " Hi!" "Hi." "You looking for a little Scrabble action?" "You a player?" "First person we've had under 50 in a while." "Let's make this fast, I gotta get back to work." " Hi, I'm Holly." " Hi." "This is Amber and Nancy." "That's Jake." "We are die-hard word nerds." "I'm Zoe, I'm on my lunch break too." " We use Scrabble clocks." "If it's not in this book, it's not a word." "[all] Wow!" " Word Nerds?" " I beat them both." "I mean, I beat them bad." "That's great, you're queen of the word nerds." "There's more." "I did something today that I've always wanted to do." "I entered the National Scrabble Championships." "Is that real?" "Really, you're kidding me?" "No, I'm not kidding, but now I'm kinda freaking out about it." "Why?" "You're the only person I know who could spell.... 7 words that start with Q and don't use U?" "Qaid, qat, qanat, qiviut, qintar, qoph, qwerty." "Qwerty?" "What's a qwerty?" "It's the standard English keyboard." "Qwerty." "It's the top row of letters." " You're not even making that up." " [Laughs]" "You are... really... really..." "smart." "Oh, no." "Q words, that's just yellow belt shit." "You just have to have those words memorized or you're screwed." "A Q is worth 10 points, you don't want to be stuck with it at the end." "I bet you'll beat all those other word weirdos." "[piano music ♪]" "♪" "♪" "Marty!" "Hey Lewis." "I been looking for you." "You forgot the sandwich Zoe made for you." "Do you know the temperature of the water today, Lewis?" "No." "It's 35 degrees." "You know how cold the water has to be to kill you of hypothermia?" "No." "Anything under your body temperature and you'll get hypothermia if you're in it long enough." "Anything under 40 degrees, and you'll lose use of your limbs within 2 minutes." "She made one for me too." "I'm not sure which one is yours and which one is mine." "Mine's probably got wheat bread." "She asked me whether I like white or wheat bread, and I said white." "She said I should eat wheat because it's better for me." "That Zoe, she's a good woman." "Yeah." "What the hell's she doing with me, Lewis?" "I'm sure she'll wise up any minute now and leave." "Do you like ferrets, Lewis?" "Most people think they're rodents, but they're not." "No way." "You know they're illegal in 14 states?" "Ummm..." "No." "Yeah." "When I was a kid, my mom had a litter of them." "It was summer, and after school, I was supposed to bring the babies in from outside." "But I forgot, 'cause I was watching TV." "Well, when I remembered, I went out and I got the box..." "I brought them inside and I went back to watching TV... 'cause, the ferrets were boring." "Then my mom got home." "She went, looked in the box, and guess what?" "They were all dead." "All of them." "They were in the sun too long." "Do you know what I'm saying, Lewis?" "Do you know what I'm trying to tell you?" "Uhhh..." "I guess it's like a parable?" "Exactly." "Ummm, Zoe's like the Good Samaritan, and, I'm the... the..." "The ferrets?" "No!" "No, Lewis." "Zoe is the ferrets.... and... forget the Samaritan!" "I'm the me, Zoe's the ferrets." "I kill ferrets." "I ruin everything that is good." "Everything I love, I ruin." "And I loved those ferrets." "I thought you said the ferrets were boring." "[seagulls calling]" "I'm supposed to meet Zoe's parents tonight." "Then you better not jump in the lake." "[piano music ♪]" "♪" "God Damn!" "You grew up here?" "Nice." "Oh!" "Fire in the fireplace." "You know I've never actually seen that before." "Would you please get out of the bushes?" "They'll call the police." "You mean they don't know I'm coming?" "[Laughs] Oh, this is gonna be a goddamn barrel of laughs." "Katie already thinks I'm a cross-dressing, homeless serial killer." "Oh, it's only you." "One of the kids thought he saw Bigfoot in the window." "Katie, you remember Marty." "Marty, Katie." "It never occurred to me you'd actually bring him." "Virginia is going to have to set another place at the table." "You guys even have a maid?" "Virginia is my mother." "Just stay close to me, OK?" "Let's get this over with." "Zoe, who's this?" "Lizzy, this is my boyfriend, Marty." "Marty, this is my oldest sister, Lizzy." "Since when are boyfriends allowed at Daddy's birthday?" "I didn't even bring Grant until we were engaged." " Hey um, how many boyfriends has Zoe had?" "[whispers] Marty." "Only one that I remember." "What was his name?" "Gordy something or other?" "Had a limp." "Whatever became of him, Zoe?" "He cheated on me." "Yes, that's right." "Zoe, is that you?" "I need you in the kitchen." "Ahhh ahh!" "Are you bigfoot?" "No, I am Marty, who are you?" "This little guy is Luke, and I'm Jonathan, Katie's husband." "Marty, Zoe's boyfriend." "Ahh, nice." "Well, welcome to the annual nice of awkwardness." "Hey, is the old guy as big an A-hole as he looks?" "You might watch that, he can probably hear you." "...roll me over, lay me down and do it again." "[Laughter]" "Ha ha ha ha." "Marty, how did you meet our Zoe?" "Ummm... at work I guess." "Yeah, I was shopping at the mall and I saw Marty working in the men's department." "You sell men's socks, Marty?" "No, Bob." "I was working security, but now I work at the DMV with Zoe." "You look for dirty words all day too?" "No, Marty is second in command at the public affairs office." "Well, that sounds like an important job." "people come to me to complain and I tell them where they can stick it." "Well, you should get a job as Bigfoot!" "I'll keep that in mind, kid." "Eat your asparagus, Luke." "No, No." "That's a good idea." "Bigfoot doesn't really have a job... so I think I could handle it." "I mean, I sure wouldn't be late to work, that's for sure." "Ha." "Let's get to the fun part of the evening." "Well, Virginia..." "It looks like Lizzy and Grant are giving us a wine tour of Tuscany." "Ahhhh, that sounds lovely." "Excellent choice, Lizzy" "And as you all know," "Lizzy is the number-two real estate agent on the Gold Coast." "Seven thousand." "And let's just hope next year, you are number-one." "For his birthday he likes to show off his generosity." " And a grandchild would be nice." " It's weird." "Alright, Katie, what have we got?" "It's a custom-made shirt, Dad." "And the tie too." " We know it's your favorite color." "It's the same color as your Mercedes, Bob." "Huh." "A thousand." "You better put this in the kid's college fund." "Thanks, Bob." "Sorry." "Zoe?" "What the hell is it?" " It's a kaleidoscope." " That looks like very nice leather, Bob" "What the hell am I supposed to do with this?" "Well, I know your job is kinda stressful..." "So I just figured that with this, you could take a moment whenever you needed just to look through it, and look at the shapes, and colors, and patterns." "It's super relaxing." "Zoe, do I look like some burned out hippie to you?" " Now, Bob." " No." "Virginia, I want her to answer this and explain... this... and...." "Look at you, the way you live..." "who you live with." "She always does this." "Always makes everyone upset!" " What?" " We all try to understand you!" " Bullshit." " What was that?" " I said bullshit." " We don't appreciate" "Well I don't appreciate you treating me like shit!" "Okay, I get it." "I'm not part of your little family." "I mean that used to make me feel bad, but tonight, after being here..." "I am goddamn happy not to be one of you people!" "How dare you!" " Lizzy, you are such a bitch!" " Woah." "Do you want to know what happened between me and Gordy Menick?" "I'll tell you what happened!" "I caught Lizzie  Gordie boning away in Bob  Virginia's bed!" "Lizzie, how could you?" "He had a limp!" "Zoe stop it, we get your point." "Katie." "Don't you remember when we were kids, how you used to braid my hair before we'd go to school?" "Now you don't even tell me how the kids are doing when I call." " I want you out of here." " Bob, you're just a total dick!" " May I add something, babe?" " Yeah go ahead, dick sums it up for me." "These obnoxious shrews, and their bitchy little husbands not you Jonathan, you're kinda cool... are trying to buy your love." "Zoe would have given it to you for free." "That's pathetic dude." "No..." "And if there's one thing in this life... that I know intimately, its pathetic." "...and you Bob... you take the fucking cake." "Come on, babe." "Should I?" " Assholes." " I don't ever want to go back there." "You never, ever have to." "Ha ha, all time record low." "A hundred bucks." "Let's cash this before they have a chance to stop payment." "[piano music ♪]" "♪ Longest day... ♪ The hardest stand" "♪ The lonesome road that I've been told will never end ♪" "♪ Some thoughts will change" "♪ Some rain will fall" "♪ And all the stains set in stone ♪" "♪ will be washed from the wall ♪" "♪ I hope you're right.... ♪ This feels right" "♪" "♪ Every cold whisper... ♪ Every dark fear" "♪ Just dissipates into sad souls longing to feel ♪" "♪ To feel what we feel" "♪ To feel right" "♪ Cause I know you're right... ♪" "Xanathine." "X-A-N-A-T-H-I-N-E." "Xanathine." "Xanthoria." "X-A-N-T-H-O-R-I-A." "Xanthoria." "What the hell are you doing?" "I'm in training." "Hey, could you make more coffee?" " Hmmm, training for what?" " A Scrabble championship." "You know if you're finishing the last of the coffee, it'd be really nice if you'd make more." "That's impressive." "Oh, can you spell complete fucking waste of time?" "Too many letters." "Ah, See." "[Snickers]" "Son of a bitch." "Zoe, I think what you're doing is brave, crazy crazy brave... and more than a little sexy." "I used to play a little competitive air-guitar myself." "Weaaaah, B-na naa nau neoww..." "Waaaah, wah, wah, wah..." "Whammy bar." "Waah wawahhh..." "Taps!" "Nana-l-na-l-na-l-na-lauw..." "[Phone Rings] You guys suspended my driver's license ...for ticket I got in Kentucky last Thanksgiving that I've already paid." "I've already paid this." "Oh dude, come on!" " [laughs] Well I'm good at a lot of things." " Yeah. [laughs]" "Excuse me Ken, can I talk to you for a minute?" "Yeah, who are you?" "Wow!" "Jesus, Ken." "That's quite a bleach job you got going there." "Is that, uh, covered under our dental plan?" "No, I pay extra." "Who the hell are you?" "Marty Huckhound." "Zoe's boyfriend." "The girl you like to make fun of." "Oh, you're real, huh?" "Yeah, I'm real, and I work in the complaints department." "And this morning..." "Zoe had a complaint of her own." "The coffee." "Yep, we- we- we have it." "You didn't make more." "Oh that, well..." "Yeah well, you pissed her off." "Um, what exactly is your job description here Ken?" "I'm a systems analyst." "It's not asshole?" "Excuse me?" "Is that a very sought after position?" "Ha ha, what are you talking- yes, yes it is." "Oh, so would it be a problem if say... you didn't show up at work tomorrow?" "Or would somebody else be happy to step up and fill in your shoes?" "Look, weirdo" " I'm not talking to you, slut-face!" "Hey hey hey, I don't want to have to kick your ass." "And I don't want to have to kick your ass!" "Oh really?" "And what makes you think that would happen?" "'Cause I work out, and um, you.. don't." "And I have a green belt in Hopkido, and you..." "clearly don't." "But you see, what you don't understand is that I have anger and rage ...that's been brewing in my ass for about thirty-three years now." "So you make the call, Ken." "Do you want to risk it?" "Because I'm not gonna get fired!" "'Cause no one wants my fucking job, Ken!" "[Snarls]" "You're an asshole, Ken." "And I'm a crazy sonofabitch who'll do anything in his power to keep that woman from being as miserable as you and me." "Capisce?" "Capisce." "Are you okay?" "Are you okay?" "Are you o" " I'm great." "Are you okay?" "I'm fine." "[Announcer] The last few days have graced us with some amazing words." "Here are some of the highlights, some of the shorter but sweeter words." "Qindars is one." "Of course starting with a Q, that's a powerful word." "We've got Juju." "That's simple, but two very high scoring letters in there." "Liri, Obia, Kudu." "Then we've got Tranq." "It's like Tranquilizer, but without the uilizer." "Then we've got AAL." "Now that's a word that would have stumped me." "I'm quite amazed that no one called objection to that." "It looks to me like an abbreviation." "Of course, that's not allowed." "Looking to see if that's an actual word." "Of course the instincts tell us no, ...it doesn't look like one." "But... it turns out it is." "Had Johnson called the objection, ah... it wouldn't have helped him." "moving on..." " Nice." "...another great word, Puja." " That's good, but what if they did this?" "Zebu, that's of course, very high scoring." "We've got Fixt, with a T. That's just a four letter word, but it packs a punch." "Now talk about packing a punch..." " Personal best!" " Yes!" "Zax." "Simple." "Powerful." "It's rare that someone has the opportunity to play those two letters at the same time." "Practice your two-letter words," "Because everyone goes for the bingos, the seven letters." "Obviously that's great stuff, but if you don't build, uh, from the bottom up, with, with your 2-letters and your 3-letters, ...because the 2-letters, that's where you play, you got your parallel, parallel plays" "and that's, that's the big money right there, and that's how I got here today." "I, I saw a lot of good plays out there... but I, but I, I went in here and I said," "'No one's gonna beat me at the parallel plays.'" "That's great advice, too" "Jim I understand that you've never entered a formal Scrabble tournament before." "Is this true?" "Uh, yes that is true." "So you're an impostor?" "This is a game for you?" "Huh?" "Never mind the 100's of thousands of people who eat and sleep and breath Scrabble as a puzzle... to be solved!" "I won fair and square." "Blasphemer!" "I call your bluff, and I challenge him next year!" "[Recording]:" "I am confident." " I am confident." "[Recording]:" "I have the heart of a mighty warrior." "I have the heart of a mighty warrior." "Four letter words with J and K..." "Go now." "Jack, joke, jerk, juke, other jouk, jock." "Penis." "They might try to throw you." "You gotta be ready." "[Timer Click]" "Nice." "Zoe." "Got a new curse word for you..." "Horshack." "It's a new sex move." "It's when you hum 'Welcome Back, Kotter' while having oral-sex." "Take a note." "[Hums to self]" "[Stopwatch]" " Come on, Marty." "Seven letters." " Okay." "Count 'em up." "Quick, quick, quick." "You're falling behind." "Come on." "[Fumbles Tiles]" "Marty, come on." "I, I'm, I..." "I'm no good at Scrabble, okay." "Ah... pcht." " Marty." " Zoe come on." "Jake, you're up." "[Snaps] Let's go." "Focus." " Okay..." " Yeah, he's just" "He's fine." "You're fine." "Let's go." "[zipper unzips]" "She's good." "Yeah, she's good." "[melancholy piano music ♪]" "♪" "It's late, Mucky." "Are you okay?" "Just can't sleep." "What are you doing up?" "I wanted to clean the kitchen." "At one in the morning?" "Don't you have words to memorize?" "I don't think there are any more words." "♪" "Pills?" "Where did you get those?" "They were my backup plan." "Kind of a girlie-girl way to go out, don't" "I was going to wash them down with whiskey." "Still thinking about using them?" "No." "I haven't even thought about them since that night at my family's house." "That's funny." "I haven't thought about offing myself since I met you." "Really?" "Yeah." "♪ I always knew you'd break my heart ♪" "♪ That you would see the end before I did ♪" "♪ Why I closed my eyes... ♪ I'll never know why..." "♪ I'll never know why" "♪ And in my hand I cradle glue ♪" "♪ Scavenge for the bits that broke off you ♪" "♪ Why you had to try, I'll never know why ♪" "♪ .." "I'll never know why" "The word weirdos are here." " Is she freaking out?" " I don't know." "Oh, I'm a flipping mess!" "I didn't sleep at all last night." "Shirts!" " Come on, we gotta get moving." " Okay, hang on a sec." "Marty, come on." "Let's go..." "Marty." "Go on without me." "Lewis isn't here yet." " Marty." " Go." "Come on." "[Announcer] Dallas, Dayton," "Orlando and now Chicago... for the 17th Annual" "National Scrabble Championship Tournament." " I'm Parker Smith." " Hi, and I'm Mitsy Dugan." "It's such a pleasure to here on a blustery Chicago day... as we kick off these National Championships." "It's been awhile since its been in Chicago." "We've had a couple rounds in Dallas, and it looks like the committee has decided that they need to shake things up a little bit, and bring it to Chicago this year." "Okay, ladies and gent, in just 4 hours there will only be 8 contestants left on the stage." "Our goal is to have at least one of us left up there." "[Anncr]:" "That's right and we have contestants here from all over the country." "Ready to battle wits against each other in the round robin." "And somebody's going to go home with a cash prize. [Laughs]" "Ok, it looks like the contestants are coming out." "There's a lot of excitement in the air." "And a lot of favorites." "Including a couple of Chicago-born people." "That's right Chicago, we've got some hometown-heroes for you to look after." "Good luck." "You'll need it." "Right." "You're one of those." "We have our own Richard Johnson, and he is live-tweeting this entire event." "So make sure you tune in, tweetsters!" "The power of technology ladies and gentlemen." "Plaaaay Scrabble!" " Okay, and it's game on." " And our referee is looking over everything." "Oh well, this is of course Jerry Turnbaeur." "He will be looking at every table with hawk-like precision." "That's right, he knows the rules and he's not afraid to enforce them." "To look at the determination of these people" "I mean for the average Scrabble player this is mind-blowing." " And it's just incredible to think about... what goes through the minds of these players." "Several... several heavy-hitters playing right now... along with a bunch of newcomers." "Curious what kind of game they're bringing" "The players are playing with energy and intensity." "Imagine what its like on that floor right now." "We had the word 'Taco' go down over there." "You can see the sweat coming off the brow of these players." " That's a hook word." " 65 point play right there." " We're gonna check that on our virtual dictionary." " Simple but elegant." "See what Richards got over there." "Wonderful job of crafting which word she's going to play the next time." "So she sets it up, all the sudden there's a third word there." " Pays it right off." " It's amazing." "And you can feel it in this room." "These players are serious about their Scrabble game." "Trying to get into the heads of these contestants." "It's very intense." "They're not only working their enormous vocabularies..." "But they're also playing a good bluffing game and there's a lot of strategy involved." " Yep, thanks for the game." " Nice Game." " We have some matches ending." " Rod MacNeil, looks like he's lost." "Losing out to Jim Cramer was Scott Applestern." " ..." "David Wingard and Bradley Witmarch" " Carl Johnson, eliminated." " Oh, that's gotta be a disappointment." "Sometimes it's the luck of the draw." "Well, with English as your 2nd language you know." " Hmmm, not expecting that." " That is a triple word score, and that's going to be 60 points right in her pocket." "And it should be noted that the players get 3 games to try and make it to the elimination round." "That's right, everybody gets plenty of opportunity." "[Anncr] We're really seeing who the shining stars are now, and it is intense in here." "And it looks like round three, with some very interesting matches." "That's right, some interesting pairings." "Look at this one over here, Parker." " Oh of course, Dirk Franke and" " Jacob Jarvi." " I've never seen anything quite like it." " Pla-a-ay Scrabble!" " They could not look more similar." " What are these two, brothers?" "Ha ha, I'm thinking the same baby-daddy, I don't know about you." "Good point." "[Anncr]:" "Well, we just have a few contestants left here in this round robin." "After a few hours, we now see the toughness of these competitors." " And with a win, Zoe..." " I think it's Rezillo." "Rezillo wins against David Sniffel" "Left on the floor are Dirk Franke and Jacob Jarvi." "It makes sense that they would stick it out for the long haul." "We have a nail-biter match going on here." "It looks like they were cut from the same cloth, but their styles are completely different." "100 percent." "Jacob plays a kinder gentler Scrabble... and Dirk is not gonna let him get away with it this time." "Well he is a machine... with a heart of gold, I imagine." "Jacob is going to need to step it up and get a little more aggressive ...if he wants to take this away from Dirk." "Boom, that's it!" " But you can see clearly Dirk is the master." " Thatta girl!" " Did not say please, or nothing." " Have a good one." "Another win for Dirk." " Wow." "Wow." " He does it with flare." "Literally." "Putting flare down was a smart move!" "That's right." "It's sad to see this elimination happen, but Dirk Franke is going to move into our elimination round." "[Loud Speaker] Congratulations to the survivors who now move on to the single-elimination" "Scrabble Off!" "Feel free to stretch your legs and return to your tables in ten minutes." "Play will resume in fifteen." "Nice start Zoe, fifth place!" "Yeah, that's the 2nd best female start in history." " Thanks." "Marty's not here." " Oh, Chicago traffic sucks." "Three matches to the finals." "He'll be here by the end." "You must be Zoe." " That's my name." " Don't wear it out, biotch!" "You do realize only one girl has ever won this illustrious competition, yes?" " Rita Norr, Las Vegas, 1987" " And she is goddess, not a girl." "Yeah, goddess." "What are you, little boy?" "Uh, as if you didn't know." "I'm Dirk Franke." "And I'm gonna paddle your perky little ass with my vastly superior mastery of all things Funk  Wagnalls." "You know what I think, Frank?" "Oh, oh please tell me." "Tell me right now." "I think Zoe's going to hand you the worst loss of your life." "Hmmm." "Well, do you know what I think?" "I think between this phallic symbol you keep staring at... the metaphorical ass-paddling I'm about to give you... and the raw sexual tension that is Scrabble Tournament play..." "I am very, very turned on right now." "[Slurp, slurp, slurp]" "[Slu-u-u-u-rp]" "Okay," "I'll see you at the tables then." "I have a little old lady to beat." "Oops!" "Sorry Ethel." "I did not see you standing... right there." "[Slurp]" "Did that really just happen?" " Welcome back to the elimination round." " Welcome back." "Ignore him." "He's gotta get through me first." "And now we're looking at our top sixteen." "People have just dropped off like flies." "We had some amazing contenders." "It's sad, but exciting for so many others who have advanced on." "A surprise step for Zoe Rezillo." "That's the name, I think it's Zoe Rezillo." " No ranking whatsoever in Scrabble" " We do not see this very often." "For a complete unknown to have leapt into the elimination round is very, very impressive." "And it looks like Dirk Franke is doing his usual." " Wow, he's getting up into the 300's." "Well, that's why he's always second best." "He is an incredible player." "It'd be nice to see him finally get a win." "Ooh, I think that was the game right there for Zoe Rezillo there wasn't it?" "[Clapping]" "And it looks of course like Dirk Franke has beaten his opponent in the elimination round." "You're watching masters do their craft on the board." " That's right." "That's right." " You definitely see the determination of the" "Oh and you can see some anger right there with, uh, Mike Theobold..." "I think that was, from Tucson." "It would be different if this was not the first time that he'd done that." "But that was a nice win for Zoe Rezillo there, wasn't it?" "[waves thundering]" "It looks like we're into the semifinal round now." "Not a surprise, Dirk Franke winning." "Dirk Franke wins it." "We're going to be seeing him in the finals." "[Applause]" "Wow, we are down to the wire here." "Escaping from that last round is Zoe Rezillo." "She is matched up there with" " That is Scott Pate." "If you're just now catching us, these two are going at it, and have been for quite some time." " Oh, beautiful move!" " It looks like she's done it." "This knocks her ahead of Scott." "I cannot believe this." "She has just smacked down a seasoned player and put herself right into the final." "Head to head with Dirk Franke." "Mr. Number Two is going to meet a nobody in the finals." "Where the hell's Marty?" "[Anncr]:" "Two locals in the finals?" " Lewis, he said he was bringing you." " I took the bus." "[Anncr]:" "Have you seen this happen before?" "What an unbelievable moment for Chicago." " You need to chill out for the final." "No, what I need is for my boyfriend" " Oh my God, what's that?" " What?" "Well yeah, they need to film the finals to show up on the screens." "That way the audience can see it." "That and they show highlights on ESPN 5, local news and stuff." "How do you think they make the tapes that you've been studying for years?" "Well whoever wins, Chicago is definitely going to be proud of this mental might." "It finally puts us on the map." "Excuse me, Zoe Rezillo?" "Mitch Conley, ESPN 5." "Uh, this is Zoe." "Excuse me." "Hi Zoe, how does it feel to be playing last year's runner up?" "[Anncr]:" "Welcome back, we've made it through round robin, into the elimination round ...and all the way to the finals." "We have somebody exciting to introduce to you - somebody you might recognize." "He's a champion from 2010." "It's Bill Williams." " Hello." " Hi Bill, great to have you here with us." " Thank you, I'm glad to be here." " Tell us what you think about this final match." "Well, it's bringing back memories." "I know what it's like." "I know what it's like to be there for the first time." "And the nerves, the frayed nerves." "What she's going through, it's exciting." "[Anncr]:" "The one thing she's got going for her is history." "I have gum." "You're mad." "Yes, I'm mad." "I'm out there, kicking so much ass." "And you, where have you been?" "Why weren't you here?" "You don't need me." "What?" "You don't need me." "You think I'm with you because I need you?" "I'm with you because I love you." "Not because I need you." "I love you more than anything in this world." "I love you." "...and need you." "Is that okay?" "I'm right here, Mucky." "Are you going to tell me where you were?" "Not right now." "Later... maybe." " You have something in your hair." " It's bird shit." " [Laughs]" " I'm covered in it." "You're wearing one too." "Who do you think came up with the idea?" "[Laughs]" "Are you ready to go kick some ass?" "There are cameras out there." "Two of them..." "ESPN 5." "Baby, you need to listen to me..." "Nobody on this planet watches ESPN 5." "Really?" "Really." "[Laughs]" "Well, I guess I better go kick some ass." "[Anncr]:" "What would you suggest Zoe do going into this match?" "Uh, she has to keep Dirk out of her head, number one priority." "He is... and I can say this from first-hand experience." "He's a master of the mind game." "He gets in there and messes around, you know what I'm saying?" "He digs, like with a couple of chopsticks, right, right underneath the eyeball..." " into the cerebral cortex." " Cortex, very good word." "You jiggle that a little bit, and that's about what it feels like to play Dirk Franke." " Each will draw one tile." " You have to shut off." "You have to be able to turn a switch to just focus on the words, the letters." "I've seen it in the previous matches." "I've been here watching, and she's got talent." "I don't know who she is, I don't know where she came from, but she can do it..." " Dirk will play first!" " if she stays in her own mental space." " Zoe second." " Dammit." "Fifty seven percent of the time, the person who goes first wins." " Sorry" " And..." "PLA-A-AY SCRABBLE!" "[Anncr]:" "And it looks like we're going into the match now with Dirk going first, starting with EURO." "Just recently becoming a word with Merriam Webster's within the past ten years." " Oh and it looks like Zoe lays down PISMIRE." " Yes!" "She gets points for both her word and the enemy's first word!" " Enemy?" " The person in the other chair, Lewis." "She is off to the races, that's a fifty point bonus." "A bingo out of the gate, that's a gift." "It's also a subtle insult being that pismire means piss-ant." "Such a strong start for Zoe, a weak start for Dirk." "That's the luck of the draw though." "That's how this game is played." " Okay, Zoe comes in with the word VENEER." " That dreaded V-word." "Followed up by Dirk's FATTY." "Ha ha ha." "Sometimes a word'll just crack you up." "And you have to wonder if they're sending messages to each other." "I just don't think it's nice." "I'll tell you one thing though those two are not laughing." "Let's see what she does with this next play" "The game is tied right now." "This could be a turning point." " Dirk has tied it up." "A straight up point for point tie." "Incredible." "122 points to 122 points." " Oh wow!" " Look at what she did there." " Yes!" " A parallel play!" "That is a play that I can respect." " That's good, right?" " It's all about the parallel plays." "So would you say this is typical for a new player?" "I'm going to stop you right there, Phillip." "Look at that word." " Oh my goodness." "Oh my goodness." " Oh wow!" "EXONERATE." "Playing off the existing word ER, I mean you couldn't have seen it coming." " Dirk just got himself a bingo." " That was 84 points." "He's turned it around, he's come back." "I mean the momentum, after that first play... from Dirk, has been pretty enormous." "And Zoe's either going to pull out here or fall behind." "What is the strategy when we get to this point?" "These players, they're good enough, they know what the other player has on their racks." "There's a couple of big letters left out there." "I mean every move really counts right now." "There's a J and there's a Z." "If you're not looking at one of those right now you're freaking out." "We're going to need to see Zoe step up her game." "If we pay attention to the clocks here, we'll see that Dirk has more time left than Zoe... and that always plays psychologically into the players' minds." "It's such a fight for her right now." "It's remained neck and neck." "Well, he seems to be maybe saving tiles" "Or this is one of the best defensively played championships I have seen." "These players are being blocked left and right." "I just feel like they're both holding onto something, and we're going to see how this plays out." "You can hear a pin drop down on that stage." " She only has four tiles." " It's over when you run out of tiles." "There's still a Z out there." "It's worth 10 points." "The look on Dirk's face says he has won it." " It's not fun to be 3 feet away from that face." "And Dirk plays what will be one of the last plays of the game, if not the last, uh..." " Bras." "Bras?" " That's a surprise." " I think he's playing defense." "He's playing big time defense on that triple word score." " Would you have done the same thing in his position?" " Uh, its hard to tell." "You don't know the man's rack." "In fact, there's two letters left on that rack, if one of them's a Z, Zoe is out of luck." "But even with the Z, at this point there's not much room to play it." "274 to 304." "Not looking good in these final moments for newcomer Zoe Rezillo." "Deep in thought, she is." "She fought hard." "She's played a tough game, and it was amazing that she was in this final round." "Yeah, looks like she's making a play, and it looks like she going to play off the bras." "ZEBRASS for triple word score and 54 points." " Zebrass?" " She used an extra S." " Now is that a word?" " That's not a word." " What if it is a word?" " Yeah, look it up." "That would not be the plural of Zebras, would it?" " Now it has been challenged." " I challenge... that Zebra-s-s is not a real word." " What's going on?" " It seems dirty, but it's smart." "He's doing what he had to do." "Well, if the enemy's right and its not a real word, she loses her turn, and the enemy wins the game." " No man is an enemy in God's eyes." " Clam it, Lewis." "The dictionary determines the game from this point." "Wow, this is an incredible finish!" " ZEBRASS." " Game over!" "The offspring of a Zebra and an Ass." " It is a word." " Challenge is denied!" " Wow!" " Miss Rezillo wins!" "[Applause] Incredible!" "Zoe Rezillo takes it for the win!" "She's done it, from out of nowhere!" "This is amazing to watch, and look at these fans, they're eating it up!" "This is a rags-to-riches cinderella-story that we're watching." "An enviable run from what we all thought was a, a lay person!" " Dreams can come true." " They do, they do, everyday... and I can tell you, I know what she's going through, and she feels good right now!" "And that's what this sport is all about." "Stories like that, like what happened today." "What an exciting finish." "That girl is smart." "[muffled applause]" "Okay, all right," "So we're definitely in a mall..." " [Laughs]" "And I think, I think I'm getting this." "I totally know where we're at now." " Okay, watch your step." "I smell the food court..." " [Laughs]" "We stopped walking." "Can I take this off now?" "Here let me do it." "[string quartet music ♪]" "♪" "Someone has been very irresponsible with her Scrabble winnings." "I don't have to worry about money." "I get a hundred bucks a year from my step-dad." "[Laughing]" "You made a cloud." "And its a heart." "And I can see it." "Thank you." "[exultant music ♪]" "♪" "♪ The corners are fading, when we're looking at the right angle ♪" "♪ The colors are bleeding, when we're looking at the right angle ♪" "♪ Stand on the edge, but the danger keeps us out of our heads ♪" "♪ Underground, on the platform swallowed up by the sound ♪" "♪ And the trains don't care, so let's be honest here ♪" "♪ The signs are repeating, when we're looking at the right angle ♪" "♪ I know you'll believe me, when you're looking at the right angle ♪" "♪ When you're looking at the right angle... ♪" "♪ When you're looking at the right angle... ♪" "♪ When you're looking at the right angle... ♪" "♪ When you're looking at the right angle ♪"