"She's estranged from her family." "She has no permanent address." "Roxanne?" "I'm Cassie Cendars' father." "Is there someone else?" "Maybe someone that the cops overlooked?" " What makes you think I would know?" " Look, I'm not accusing you." "I'm merely trying to find out what happened to my little girl." "I am staying until I get the answers I need out of Roxanne." "I thought you and I were on the same page, Anthony." "Fuck, man, I get it!" "Your daughter was murdered and it ripped your world apart." "Come on." "We're here for each other, right?" "Let's go get the answers from this girl." "Oh God!" "Oh, Bo!" "Oh God!" "Oh God!" "Oh God." "Get that thing away from me." "But it was good, right?" "Did it sound like I was faking?" "Okay." "Whenever you're ready." "You know, if you gave me 10, 15 minutes," " We can do it again." " No, that's okay." "I'm good to go right now." "You definitely are." " Hey." " Bo..." "I want to make you happy." " You do." " You know what I mean." "I can do more than just use my hands." "Most guys expect more." "I don't want to hear about that." "Don't worry." "None of them were anything like you." "Come here." "Uh, we're looking for Roxanne." "Let's get the hell out of here." " Thanks." " You're welcome." "What is it?" "You're thinking about something." "It's just, you know, if my friends knew..." " if my mother knew..." " Knew what?" "Bo, I've never even owned a vibrator." "Well, you do now, an expensive one." "You know what I mean." "I mean, I'm letting you do things to me that..." "I don't know..." "I never thought I'd let anyone..." "Wait, hold on a second." "It's not like I'm forcing you or anything, and you seem to like it well enough." "I do." "I really do." "I mean, that's just it." "Before, with other guys, sex was..." " Mm-hmm. - ... it was okay." "No one's ever made me lose my mind the way you do." "Well, that's a good thing, right?" " I make you happy." " Yes." "Very happy... but eventually we're gonna make love again, right?" "I thought that's what we were doing." "You know what I mean..." "Without the hardware." "Yeah, we will..." "Eventually." "People say, "get a job,"" "but when you fill out an application and don't have an address or a phone, no one wants to hire you." "Byzantium?" "A place to live?" "Sign me up." "I'm hoping Byzantium has some kind of a recreation center" "with a piano." "I used to play really well and I miss it." "So that's my hope... to play the piano again." "I don't understand it." "This video is everything I wanted it to be." "The stories are compelling." "The homeless people in it articulate the need for Byzantium better than I ever could." "This is supposed to get people moving," "Motivate them to get active, call their congressmen, call their senators, take to the streets, demand Byzantium be built." "What the fuck happened?" " Mmm." " It's barely made a dent." "Well, look." "I mean, the thing's only been out for a week." "You've got to give people a chance to see it, Seth." "You know?" " Let it build momentum." " They have seen it, Kenny." "That's the problem." "It's all over the news." "We've got over two million hits on our website already." "It's the number-one video on youtube this week." " Really?" " Yeah." "So we beat out the dancing cat, huh?" "Yeah, we beat out that dancing cat." "Well, look." "I know we're under the gun here, Seth." "We've got... what?" "... three months until the county supervisors vote on whether or not we can build the fucking thing." "I get it." "It's a lot of pressure." "But, buddy, you haven't had a good night's sleep since this video came out." "You've got to relax, you know?" "Can't do it, Kenny." "Not until I convince the public I'm right about this." "Well, then I guess we've gotta let it sink in a little." "You see, you forget." "We've met these people, all right?" "The public, they haven't." "Watching it on tv," "It's not gonna have the same effect." " It's not." " You're right." "That's it." "What?" "What's it?" "Watching them on tv isn't going to have the same effect." "The public needs to meet these people face to face." "We'll hold a town hall type of event." "We'll have all the homeless there from our video..." " Yeah." " ... have them share their stories, talk about their feelings on Byzantium." "We'll open it to the public." "We'll invite the media." "We'll invite every politician whose support we might ever need." "Call Tess." "I need to know if she'll let us host it at the soup kitchen." "Okay, I will call Tess, but do me a favor." " Mmm?" " Just go relax, lie down, something." "I can't do it, Kenny." "Not until I turn the tide on this thing." "Go ahead, dear." "Uh, what's all this?" "Well, if we keep her here long enough, she's gonna go in withdrawal and it's not gonna be pretty." "The bananas are for potassium." "The L-tyrosine caps give her a little boost of energy, you know, and counteract that mind-numbing malaise." "And the imodium, it helps her with her..." "I know what imodium's for." "How long do you plan on keeping her here?" "Until..." "She tells me the truth about Cassie." " Oh." " Oh." "Oh, Jesus Christ." "What is this?" "What the..." "How the... how the fuck did I get here?" "Oh." "I told you I don't know anything!" "You're a lying junkie bitch, Roxanne." " Fuck you." "I'm out of here." " Whoa whoa whoa." "Out of my way, asshole!" "This is kidnapping!" "No!" "No no!" "Get off me!" "No, this is junkie-napping and the cops don't give a fuck, so chill out." " Get the fuck off me!" "No!" " Listen to me." " Listen to me!" " No!" "Let me go!" " Ben, she's not listening." "Do something." " Fuck you!" "If you can't listen, then look!" "We can't just follow Mr. Blanchard's lead and look at only the positive aspects of Byzantium." "We need to also sit down and talk about what happens..." "I realize that, Congressman, but this town hall is very very important to me." "Mm-hmm." "Right." "Mm-hmm." "Mm-hmm." "Right." "Okay, let's cut the bullshit, Artie." "What's it gonna take to get you there?" "Right." "Mm-hmm." "Okay, done." "I'll have a check over to your office right away." "Say hi to Tabitha." " So?" " Put down a "yes" for Congressman Tibbs." "Wow, it really sounds like he's coming out of the kindness of his own heart." "Well, it required a small contribution to his campaign war chest." "He'll be there." "That's what's important." "Hey, Seth, don't take this the wrong way, but you really think a roomful of politicians who you've paid to be there are actually gonna listen?" "One problem at a time, Kenny." "So how's it going tracking down the homeless people from our video?" " We're working on it." " I want those people there, Kenny." "I understand that, Seth, but it ain't that easy." "These people don't exactly have permanent addresses." "You've got a point, but stay on it." " I want updates every half hour." " You've got it, boss." "Could Byzantium be a utopian vision of the future?" "Perhaps, but it also could just as easily deteriorate into a nightmarish, crime-ridden ghetto." "We assume Seth Blanchard will never run out of resources, but what if he does?" "Who will maintain Byzantium then?" "The taxpayer, that's who." "The burden of housing 100,000 lost and angry souls becomes our problem... an army of the dispossessed who have been promised heaven but instead find themselves trapped in hell." "Do you think that's something the citizens of Los Angeles want to inherit?" "I think it's a scary question that each and every one of us must ask ourselves." "Hey." "Look at you." "I love a girl in uniform." "Hey." "You're looking, uh..." " Lonely?" " Yeah." "It's been a little slow around here, but it's given me time to work on my new project." " It's a bench." " I can see that." "It's for the common area behind your apartment." "The chairs back there are kind of rickety." " Huh." " You like the coffee table I made you, right?" "That's very sweet, Bo." "Bo, you remember my friend Sydney?" "I told you about her." "Sydney." "Yeah, your roommate from college." " Yeah." " The one with the foul mouth." "A man who actually listens." "How lucky am I?" "She's not that bad." "She just likes to shock people." "Anyway, she's coming up from san diego this weekend." "She's gonna stay with me." "Oh, okay." "Well, that's cool." "I'm gonna miss you and all, but this way I can work on the bench at least." "No, Bo, I want you to meet her." "I'm..." "I'm okay." "You guys to get to see each other much." "I'm fine." "Hang out with your friend." "Sydney wants to meet you too." "I know." "This isn't exactly your thing, but it would really mean a lot to me." "I mean, eventually you're gonna have to meet my friends and Sydney's really special to me." "Mmm." "Sure, why not?" " If it'll make you happy." " It'll be fun." "Oh, I'm sure it will." "I make you suffer so much, don't I?" " You've got your good points." " Yeah, like what?" "I would tell you, but this is a G-rated store." "That's it." "I've got to go to work." " Bye." " Bye." " It really is a nice crowd." " Mmm." "Half the politicians who said they'd be here haven't shown up and the press turnout is a joke." "We don't even have all of the homeless people from the video." "And that girl who wanted to play the piano... what's her name?" " Joy?" " Joyce." " What happened to her?" " Well, we looked." "Honestly, we're lucky we got as many as we did." "Seth, you kind of put this thing together overnight." "What can you expect?" "Yeah, you're right." " Doing this thing or what?" " Let's do it." " All right." " Let's do it." "I want to thank you all for coming to this very special event." "Last week I released a series of interviews featuring the homeless of this city." "In it they shared the stories of their lives as well as their thoughts on Byzantium." "Today I would like to introduce you to a few of these people." "They put in wires that glow!" "And then they shot me up with six-six-six, you fuckers!" "Hey hey hey!" "Everybody sit down." " Just relax." "Sit down." " Ow!" "Are you okay?" "Get out of the way!" "Get out of the way!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Drop the knife." "Drop the knife right now." "Drop the knife." "The train is coming" "With smoke and negroes." "It's written in my head." "It's on my body... six-six-six!" "Yeah, I understand that." "Just put the weapon down and we can talk, okay?" " Kenny, put your gun away." " Seth, do me a favor..." "Hey, get him out of here, will you?" "Get him out of here." "It's okay." "All of you, put your guns down." "It's okay." "The... the... the stars, they glow white with the smoke of the devil." "The... the devil's in the wires." "You glow in... in his smoke." " I know." " The wires... the wires hold me together." "They burn through my skin and that's how he knows me!" "That's how he knows me and that's why he makes me say six-six-six!" "The devil can't harm you." "He'll never get close enough." "I won't let him." "I won't let him." "Give it to me." " You're okay." " Get him out of here." "Go." " Get him out." " Be careful." "Don't hurt him." " Get him out." "Go go go." "Move move." " Be careful!" "Don't hurt him." "Don't hurt him." "Please, get those cameras out of here." "Come on." "Get it out of here." "Are you deaf?" "Get it out." "Go." " Wow." " Get it out." "Control them." "I can't tell you what I don't know." "Why don't you believe me?" "Because you're a junkie and junkies lie." "I did it for years." "In club 27 you said, "it wasn't me,"" "when I asked you about Cassie's murder." "You were crying, you were avoiding my questions and your statement and your action implied that you know something." "So the sooner you start talking, the better you're gonna feel, all right?" "This is torture." "L..." "let me just have a little taste." " I feel sick!" " Just tell us what you know about Cassie's murder so you can get back to your fucked-up life." "Hold on!" "Wait!" "Who the fuck are you, anyway?" "!" "Some "driving Mr. Daisy" asshole?" "Shut the fuck up!" "Fuck you." "We dragged your ass of a couch in a drug den, bitch." " Who are you, coming at me like that?" " Okay, enough, Anthony." "Hey, Roxanne, look at me." "I know you're gonna feel better now" "If you unload the burden you're carrying," "If you release the guilt of what you know," "If you get this into your system." "Now we both know what that first shot feels like, right?" "That rush." "That warm feeling all the way down to your limbs, and then it covers your heart like a warm blanket, erasing all that pain and all that heartache." "That forever high." "That deep dope dream..." "Whoo..." "Where there's no yesterdays, there's no tomorrows there's just then, there and that second." "This is fucking cruel!" "I feel sick." "Just tell us what you know." "Fuck you, sidekick!" " Leave me alone!" " Fuck you." "You don't know me." "Anthony, enough!" "Roxanne, look at me." "Forget about him." "I know what you're going through." "I do." "You know?" "Yeah, I know what you're going through." "Part of me still wants a taste, and part of me always will." "Now you just tell me what you know and you can indulge." "You talk to me." "Tell me what you know." "Please, Mr. Cendars." "If I knew something you know I would tell you." "You know that better than anyone." "Ben, you don't believe her, do you?" "Oh fuck." "Man, look at her." "Here." "Let me..." "let me help you." " No." "No, get away from me." " Let..." "let me help you." "Come on, let me get you cleaned up in the bathroom." "It's all right, sweetheart." "It's not embarrassing." "It's okay." "Just... just relax." "Now come on." "Bo, stop stressing." "Sydney is gonna love you, and not just 'cause you look sexy in that shirt." "Quit staring at my nipples." "You're... you're a very strange man, Bo, which makes me a very strange woman." "That's her." " Oh, you look amazing." " So do you." " Please." "I look like shit." " You do not." "Well, I feel disgusting." "Five hours in a fricking car." "Traffic was unbelievable." "Is this him?" " Yup." " Cute." " Good job, girl." " Syd, be good." "You're right." "I'm sure he hates hearing that." "Very nice to meet you, Bo." "Lily's told me a lot... about you." " Mmm, good body too." " Down, syd." "Sorry." "Sorry." "Haven't been laid in like two weeks." "You guys probably go at it like rabbits." "Uh, not that you'll ever know." "Oh." "Well, don't worry." "She loosens up once I'm around." " Good to know." " Uh..." "She just has to get it out of her system." "I must have been out of my mind to let you confront that guy." "And seriously," "I should've tackled your ass before it left the fucking podium." "Kenny, please." "I just spent an hour on the phone with maggie getting the same lecture." "Lecture?" "Buddy, I ain't your mother." "This is no joke, Seth." "You could've gotten yourself carved up out there today." "Do you understand?" "And considering it's my job to protect you, that shit lands on me." " Kenny." " What?" "That man couldn't have hurt me." "Is that a fact?" "And how do you know this, huh?" "Enlighten me." "Let me in on the secret, 'cause I'm curious." "Because he wouldn't let that happen." "You see, this is where you lose me, Mr. B." "Honestly, I don't like the sound of that." "Which is why I wasn't gonna mention it." "But how else can you expln what happened?" "You were there." "You saw it." "Kenny, I have been touched by God." "He won't let anything happen to me, not until I build my city." "Up until then, I live in his grace." "Besides, buddy, you missed what really happened today." "That poor, sick man confirmed every fear that Jonas and all the other talking heads on tv are putting out there..." "That homeless people are crazy and Byzantium will be nothing more than their asylum." "Oh, it's a fucking disaster." "Okay, here." "You take these." "You're going into withdrawal." "Here you go." "The b6 is for the body aches and the other one's for the nausea." "Why do you care?" "I have nothing to tell you." "I need a taste." "I'll pay for it." "No, not from me, you won't." "Fuck you, Mr. Cendars." "Fuck you." "Um, you've got puke in your hair." "Puke?" "That's great." "Let me get it out." "Here." "Close your eyes." " No, you don't have to." " I know, I know, but I'm gonna do it anyway." "Make sure you don't get any in your eyes, all right?" "Put this on here." "Oh." "Whoa." "Hold still now." "Don't get it in your eyes." "Don't get it in your eyes." "All right." "Okay." "Here, hold your head up for a minute here." "Get this going good." "Yeah." "Oh, that's better, isn't it?" "Huh?" " Mmm." " Huh?" "Stuff is awful." "Oh, yeah." "You'll feel better." "Let me get it out of your eyes." "Yeah, there you go." "Okay." "Yeah, there you go." "Yeah, that's better." "There you go." "Lay your head back." "There you go." "This is a good one." "Okay, so I walk home one day, find her like this on her back, spread-eagled" " on my bed." " She's a cutie." "That's for sure." "Can you see, Bo?" "Yeah, I can see." "Bo's not exactly a pet person." "Oh, so he's not perfect." " Mmm." " Me, I have 73 different pictures of punky on my cell phone." "Pathetic, right?" "It's just there's something about pets, you know?" "Like they would never fuck you over." " Mmm." " Last guy I dated..." "Biggest cock." "Biggest." "Smallest brains." "Okay, I think someone's had enough to drink." " I have an animal story." " You do?" "Yeah." "You want to hear it?" " Mm-hmm, sure." " Yeah." "I want to hear your animal story, Bo." "All right." "So this is when I was a senior in high school." "My friend Robby and I were driving out to his parents' place out in Ojai." "So we're driving on these narrow switchbacks... no one's around, it's completely deserted... when all of a sudden we see this horse standing in the middle of a field, a white stallion." "Ooh, it's a stallion story." "Mmm!" "So this horse looks so goddamn beautiful, we decided to stop and pet it." "Oh, wait." "Is this gonna end badly?" "'cause if it does, I don't want to hear it." "Every time we get within 10' of the horse, it gallops away." "So after three or four times, we just say forget it and start heading back to the car." "This horse was totally fucking with you." "That's how we figured it." "So we're walking back and we hear this sound... the loudest thumping sound you've ever heard." "Ba-boom ba-boom..." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Anyways, we turn around this gigantic horse is charging right at us." "Ooh." "What did you do?" "What the hell did you think we did?" "We ran like hell." "It was the craziest." "So we're booking it and Robby's yelling like a maniac and all of a sudden I realize there's no way we're making it back to the car in time." "Oh my God." "What happened?" " I stopped." " No." "Robby keeps running, but I turn around and face the horse." "I figure if he's gonna trample me," "I wanna be able to look him in the eye when it happens." " Oh." " Well, this horse comes barreling up" "But right at the last second, he swerves and runs right past me." "I can feel the wind on the side of my face as he passes by." "He makes this wide circle and turns back and faces me." "And we just stare at each other for I don't know how long." "And the horse shakes his head and trots over to me." " What did you do?" " I reached out and pet it." " Huh." " I figured..." "I mean, it just stands there and lets me do it." "It was a goddamn beautiful horse." "Huh." "You won its respect." " Yeah." " After that," "I'd go up there once, twice a month." "He ate carrots right out of my hand." "So I guess that was my pet." "I love this man." "Mr. Blanchard." "What's up, Joey?" "Sorry to disturb you Mr. Blanchard, but I think you should see this." "They want to volunteer, help you build your city." "Joey..." "I want you to call my entire staff." "Get them down here right now." "I want to sign every one of these people up." "Mr. Blanchard," "There are a lot of people down there." "Yes, sir." "Yeah?" "I'm looking for Kenny battaglia." "Can I help you?" "Mr. Battaglia, my name is Niles welch." "I work for the Jonas Dixon foundation." "Look, pal, if you're here for a donation, you've come to the wrong place." "I have some information that could be very beneficial to him." " Here." " I can't stop shaking." "Well, you have to... cover you up with this." "We've got to keep your body temperature warm." "Okay?" "All right." "If I was able to stand up and walk out of here, I would." "As soon as I'm up to it, I'm leaving." "Oh, Jesus christ, how long will this last?" "A couple of hours," "Then you're gonna get nauseous again." "Oh, is that something to look forward to?" "I don't want to preach to you, Roxanne." "I want to help you, but don't be like me." "Don't let this disease get its hooks into you." "Beat it while you're young." "You're preaching to me right now, so shut up and give me a fix... or take me back to where you found me." "You know, you could get up, make a phone call and have somebody pick you up." "I am not holding you down." " All right?" " It hurts so much." "Ow." "You have to want to get clean, Roxanne." "No one can make you get clean." "You said you wouldn't preach to me." "Ow." "Fuck you for doing this to me!" "Hey." "Hey, wait." "No, don't go." "Where are you going?" "Drink this." "You're dehydrating." "Ai!" "Ow!" "Ah." "God." "Where the hell do you think you're going?" "Huh?" "Where the hell do you think you're going?" "I don't know how he knew about me." "Most people don't." "I guess I've..." "I've always hid it pretty well." "But that night we were alone in his office, talking about his new series of audio sermons." "I mean, his wife, she was upstairs." "It didn't seem to concern him at all, because in the middle of discussing" ""the prodigal son,"" "he leaned over and he..." "He kissed you?" "Yes, sir." "You know, at first I thought it was a test, you know, like in Matthew, when the devil tempted Jesus in the desert." "But then he took my hand..." "Hold on." "Are you... are you claiming you had sex with Jonas Dixon?" "I have, yes." "Many times." "And I'm not the only one." "There were other men." "Huh." "So why come to me?" "I'm sure the tabloids would be more than willing" " to pay you for your story." " Unless, of course, you're holding out for a bigger pay day, huh?" "Mr. Blanchard, I'd be lying if said" "I didn't want a little money for what I'm telling you, but I didn't come forward simply out of greed." "After this, I can't go back to my church." "I'll be an outcast." "I've lived with this secret for a long time." "I was perfectly willing to take it to the grave, and then I saw you on tv at the soup kitchen... soothing the savage spirit of that poor, raving man with only your words." "Sir, it was a miracle." "Yeah, a miracle he didn't get a knife buried in his chest." " Kenny, let him finish." " Oh, come on." "Really?" " Go on." " It was at that moment that I had an awakening." "I realized that all the things Jonas had said about you were false and I began questioning everything he's told me." "You know, you pull one string, a thousand come undone." "And I was free... free to purge myself of this awful secret" "and to come clean again." "I know Byzantium is God's city, that you're following the will of the lord." "And I can keep my secret or I can go to the press, but I leave the decision to you, Mr. Blanchard." "I will do whatever you think serves your cause best." "How could you fall for this junkie bullshit, Ben?" "Just shut up and make sure there's no glass in there." "I think I got it all." "You're tempting her pretty good with this shit, man, and she's still holding out." "What are we doing?" "I don't know if she knows anything, but she's... she needs help and I'm gonna help her and that's the end of that fucking story." "Ow, man!" "What the fuck, man?" "Be careful." "Are... are you okay?" "Get your ass back in bed." "Roxanne, you should be sleeping." "I wanted to see how you are." "I... you look a little healthier." "The nausea passed." "It'll come back." "I'm sorry." "No." "You were out of your mind." "You didn't know what you were doing." "I thought I could control it." "Yeah." "I started messing around with drugs as a "fuck you" to my father." "One of my many fuck-yous to him." "I said no to the fancy house, to all his money, just so I could get away from him and all his self-serving bullshit." "I wanted to be my own person." "Your own person?" "No, never." "Getting stoned was a way to make a connection to your coke-addicted dad," "Not a way to get away from him." "What?" "That doesn't make any sense." "My daughter Jules, she wanted to get away as far as she could from me." "But if you knew her, you'd see how badly she failed at doing that..." "The music business, the relationships, all the way down to the gold albums on her wall." "She became the person she hated and tried to disconnect from... me." "But she doesn't see any of that." "No way." "I don't want to be my father." "I don't want to connect with that asshole in any way." "I hate him now and always will." "He never gave a shit about me." "He'd never do what you're doing now." "Of course he wouldn't." "Seeing you like this," "He'd have to look at himself, to see everything that he did wrong." "That's too much for any father to confront." "You know, I'm no saint, Roxanne." "I wouldn't be able to do this in front of my own daughter." "Cassie wanted to hate you too, Mr. Cendars, for abandoning her." "But she said she couldn't hate you no matter how hard she tried." "She wasn't the kind of girl who could hold onto hate... like me." "Well, take a cue from Cassie..." "Let go of the hate." "It'll eat you up inside." "And I speak from experience when I say this... that as fucked up as he is," "your father loves you, whether he can tell you or not." "Back there, if I had a gun," "I would've shot you to get away." "Well, you continue the path you're on, Roxanne, you will kill someone." "Probably yourself." "It's not gonna be a happy ending." "But junkies kick the habit all the time and most go right back." "It never holds." "Well, that's true." "But you owe it to yourself to try." "What if I said I wanted to get clean?" "Hypothetically, what would happen, Mr. Cendars?" "It's super simple." "Let me refresh that for you" "If you don't mind." "Some people are just... oh, I'm sorry." "The last year or so, maybe longer, business has been pretty rough." "Some days I wonder why my mom and I are still holding on." "But then I think about the customers." "You know adults make up almost 70% of our business?" "And I'm talking professional people, like doctors, lawyers... you know, the suit-and-tie crowd." "They come in, looking all stressed out about something, and I can actually see them relax as they look around the place." "Maybe they see something that reminds them of when they were a kid or maybe they've always just been into kit-building." "I don't know." "I'll sell them something," "Like a model car, a tank or a replica of the Alamo." "and I can tell that they can't wait to get home and put it all together." "And you know why?" "No." "Because all the pieces fit." "I mean, it sounds simple, but it's a good kind of simple and I gave them that." "It makes me feel like I did something useful." "Wow." "It sounds great." "I've gotta come by and check it out sometime." "Are you telling your horse story again?" "No, that was just for you and Lily." "Well, I think you should." "It's a great great story." "Next time." "Yeah." "You know, Bo, Lily... she doesn't really give you enough credit." "When she described you, I expected to find someone a lot more... quirky." "Sorry to disappoint you." "no, the opposite, actually." "I mean I couldn't be more green with envy." "You're... perfect." "You're gorgeous, sensitive and just the right type of kinky." "You know, most men when I bring a vibrator into the bedroom, they get all pissed off, like I'm implying they can't perform or some shit." "You know?" "Well, it certainly has everyone talking." "Tell me:" "What do you think about the incident involving Seth Blanchard at the soup kitchen?" "I think it made for very good television." "But publicity stunts, no matter how elaborate, still don't answer the tough questions about Byzantium." "Are you saying it was staged?" "I'm saying we need to keep our eye on the issues." "As to whether or not it was some kind of setup, well, I'll leave that to the folks at home to decide." "Unbelievable." "This guy just doesn't quit." "No, and he never will... not unless we stop him." "Yeah?" "And how do we do that?" "The weapon's there." "We just have to use it." "Hold it." "Are you talking about this Niles guy?" "Seth, come on." "This kid could be full of shit, all right?" "The only thing we know for sure is he works for Jonas," " but that's all." " It doesn't matter." "The allegation alone will be enough to keep Jonas occupied, at least for the three months leading up to the vote on Byzantium." "That's all we need." "See, I don't know how I feel about that." "I mean, sure, the guy's an asshole, but we're talking about putting something out there that could ruin his life, his marriage, and we don't even know if it's true." "Don't talk to me about the truth." "Do you think Jonas cares about the truth?" "All he's done is spread lies, and why?" "Because I wouldn't let him take the lead on Byzantium." "Kenny, don't you see?" "It's no coincidence that Niles showed up at your door." " Oh, come on." " He was sent to us for a reason." "For a reason, huh?" "Let me guess..." "God?" "Kenny, Jonas is a heretic, a petty criminal who cares about nothing except nursing his own ego." "Maybe, but that doesn't mean we have to release this information and we certainly don't need to do it now." "Oh, I think it has to be now." "Listen." "I think you're crossing a line here and I honestly don't know if I can support it." "Well, that's your choice," "But I don't need your support." "I don't need your permission." "I'm gonna take Jonas Dixon down." "I'm not about to let a false prophet" "Come between me and God's work." "And if you can't handle that..." "There's the door." "Roxanne." "We're here." "They're waiting for you." "Can you walk me to the front door?" "Sure." "Hey, you, Anthony," "I'm sorry about what I said earlier." "You know, that "sidekick,"" ""driving Mr. Daisy" stuff." "It's not a problem." "Thank you." "I..." "I don't know if I'm gonna get through this." "Well, you've gotta try." "Go in there and get yourself well." "You know, if you want to talk to somebody, you know, somebody to come visit or if you're gonna do something stupid, would you give me a call?" " Oh." " Okay." "There you are." "Yeah." " Hey, you can do this." " Thanks." "Mr. Cendars, there's something I have to tell you." "Hi." "I hope she makes it." "I think she will." " So that's it?" " No." "We're going to 413 Mountainview Drive." "Why?" "That's Roxanne's ex-boyfriend's apartment." "What?" "Well, why are we going there?" "Roxanne just told me that her ex, a young man named Gavin Buckley... that he used to feed her drugs like it was candy, that Cassie went and paid him a visit and told him to stop supplying Roxanne's habit." "That was two days before Cassie was killed." "Now she said that the meeting with Gavin and Cassie didn't go well and that she didn't know whether there was a connection, but we should talk to him." "And she is fucking terrified of Gavin and that's why she didn't tell us before." "Do you believe her this time?" "We'll know soon enough." "Bo, are you gonna sit there all night or are you gonna tell me what's wrong?" " You don't know?" " Would I be asking?" "How could you tell her those things?" " Tell who?" " Sydney." "How could you tell her about us, the stuff that we do in bed?" "Bo, is that what this is about?" " Look." "Women talk." " Not about that." "Especially about that." "Sydney and I talk about everything, though I didn't expect her to download any of it to you." "But it's not like I said anything bad." " She said I was inadequate." " I don't think so." "You must've misunderstood her." "Look." "Bo, if anything, I should be embarrassed." "I told her you gave me the best orgasms of my life." " Don't lie to me." " Bo, I'm not lying." "I thought I could trust you." "Yes?" "Is it true?" "Close the door." "here you go." "Have a good day." "Oh, hey, Bo." "Lily's at work." "She'll be back a little later." "I brought some pictures for you to look at." "Oh?" " Bo, you're naked." " No shit." "Okay, I don't want to see these, so..." " Look." "Look at 'em." " What?" "Do I look inadequate to you?" "Huh?" "Does my dick look inadequate?" "No." " No, it doesn't, does it?" " Stop!" "Look!" "Do you like that?" "How about that one?" "Look at that one." "Do you like that?" "That's what you like, isn't it?" "Look at it." "Look." "Look." "Let's sit in the car and wait for him to come home." "Come on." "What are you waiting for?" "Look, we waited in the car last night for this guy, Ben." "I don't want to do it again tonight." "I want answers." "I want to see if this is another wild goose chase." "Whoa!" "good..." "Yet uncharacteristic work from you, Anthony." "Well, let's look around and see what you can find out about this guy, I guess." " Ben!" " Yeah, what is it?" "Come in here, man." "Come check this out." "What is this shit?" "You don't answer your phone?" "It's your fault, not mine." "I had no choice." "You're blaming me?" "You terrorized my friend." "Her entire arm is bruised." "Fuck her and fuck you." "You betrayed my trust." "You made me look like some kind of faggot that can't get it up." "Bo, do you hear yourself?" "Do you honestly believe that?" "Get out." "I thought I could help you." " Mmm." " Clearly I was out of my mind." "I'm not gonna say it again." "Get the fuck out of here." "hey, what are you doing here?" "you know, I thought I'd stop by, check out my new office." " What are you talking about?" " I did it, Kenny." "I accepted Seth's job offer." "After what he did at the soup kitchen..." "You were right." "He's the real thing." "Yeah."