"JIMMY:" "Myframeofreference for love has always come from literature." "In my brooding youth, Brontë encapsulated my viewpoint thusly: "The trouble is not that" "I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely."" "But as I grew up, my darkening view was more Shakespeare:" ""Love is merely a madness and I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do."" "But now... now... since you... to my abject horror, my view on love can be best described by" "Nicholas Sparks in The Notebook:" ""It's not easy... it's hard... and you have to work at it, but it's worth it... because I want you..." "I want all of you... forever."" "Or something like that." "BECCA:" "No." "¶I 'mgonnaleaveyou anyway" "I'm gonna leave you anyway" "Gonna leave you anyway. ¶" "SAM:¶ I 'mhere¶" "SHITSTAIN:" "Uh...uh ...uh ." "SAM:¶ I thinkIsaw adeer ¶" "SAM:¶ I 'maboutto kill" "SHITSTAIN:" "Uh...uh ." "SAM:¶ ' CauseI 'mhungry." "Everybody talking 'bout they" "SHITSTAIN:" "What?" "SAM:¶ Mychainbling,bling!" "Now these girls owe me... ¶" "(both sniffling, sighing)" "LINDSAY:" "Tomorrow... we meet with the flower guy... then we're tasting cakes, and then me and, uh..." "Ugh...!" "GRETCHEN:" "Youdon'tknowyour  fiancé's name?" "LINDSAY( laughs):" "OfcourseI know his... don't be dumb." "Paul!" "I'm just wired!" "GRETCHEN:" "Callit off." "LINDSAY:" "Noway!" "You should've seen Becca's dumb face when I told her I was getting married before her, and" "Mom has never paid me so much attention." "I should've gotten married when" "GRETCHEN:" "Allright,you have cross your tits, hope to die-- that even though you're getting m-m... married... we are gonna keep this party going, right?" "'Cause this is how this starts." "First, you get married, then you get some bullshit job, then you have kids and then you die." "But what you don't know... is that you were dead the entire time." "LINDSAY:" "I 'monalot of drugs right now." "Can you not tell me I'm dead?" "I promise!" "I got to go pee." "SAM( sighs):" "Ah..." "How was it?" "ENGINEER:" "Oh,dope,Sam ." "SAM:" "Notyou,bitch." "ENGINEER:" "Oh." "SAM:" "You,bitch!" "GRETCHEN:" "What?" "Oh, me?" "No..." "I'm just Rick's shitty assistant." "SAM:" "ThatHarvey" "Weinstein-on-antibiotics lookin' nerd couldn't be bothered to attend the final mix of my first major album?" "!" "GRETCHEN:" "Hesentmuffins." "Hey, can I ask you guys something?" "Is... that how you normally dress?" "SHITSTAIN:" "What,like,inour regular lives?" "Like when we go to the farmer's market?" "HONEYNUTZ:" "Uh ..." "Rick suggested that we cultivate a street-look." "GRETCHEN:" "Whatdo youusually look like?" "SAM:" "Annoying,white,skater kids from Venice at a rave." "GRETCHEN:" "Well,then..." "I don't know, maybe dress like that." "SAM:" "TellRickhe'sfired." "You're our new publicist." "GRETCHEN:" "What,me ?" "N-No..." "I'm not a... (laughing)" "I'm not looking for a real job." "SAM:" "Toughshit,bitch!" "You in it now." "STEEB:" "I 'mspeakingwith" "Jimmy Shive-Overly about his... pugnacious debut novel," "Congratulations,You'reDying." "Tell us about your writing process." "JIMMY:" "Rage,heartbreak... alcohol." "STEEB:" "Heartbreak?" "JIMMY:" "I wokeup oneday and  found myself happy." "It was awful." "STEEB:" "Mm..." "Elucidate, please." "JIMMY:" "Thelasseviscerated me, as lasses are wont to do." "That was about a year and a half ago." "Best thing she ever could have done for me." "STEEB:" "Thebook?" "JIMMY:" "Yeah..." "'Twas a result of that disemboweling." "It was then I learned the truth of my writing." "I suck when I'm happy." "STEEB:" "Mmm!" "You have to be miserable to produce?" "JIMMY:" "Oh,Iwouldn'tsay," ""miserable," but I'd say constant horror and bone-deep dissatisfaction is helpful." "Yeah." "STEEB:" "You'relisteningto" "Folio." "I'm your host, Steeb" "Corniglia, here with the puissant Jimmy Shive-Overly." "Jimmy, it seems to me endemic in your work that the parental characters obfuscate by playing almost prosaic arpeggios on the central motif." "JIMMY:" "I 'mgladyoupickedup on that." "STEEB:" "Mmm..." "EDGAR:" "HowscaryisAmerica now... bitch?" "!" "Jimmy!" "Jimmy?" "JIMMY:" "I don'thaveany  change, I don't have any change!" "EDGAR:" "What?" "No." "It's Edgar." "JIMMY:" "I usedto buyweed from you." "EDGAR:" "That'sme ." "JIMMY:" "Getoffme!" "EDGAR:" "How'sit going?" "JIMMY:" "Yeah,great." "I just got done doing a, uh, radio show about my new novel." "EDGAR:" "That'sawesome." "I'm happy for you." "JIMMY:" "Thanks." "EDGAR:" "Yeah." "JIMMY:" "Youdon'tlookso good." "Here, I got something for you." "Free of charge." "I'll even sign it." "So what's the latest?" "EDGAR:" "Actually,Igot home from Iraq and things have been... sort of hard, in terms of adjusting." "And homelessness." "JIMMY:" "Well,hey,ifthings ever get really dire, I've got this chaise on my deck, you could always sleep there for a night." "EDGAR:" "Awesome." "Could, sh-should we, sh-should we go now or...?" "JIMMY:" "Right,so if ... things ever get really dire, the publisher's e-mail's in the back of the book." "All right, bye." "EDGAR:" "Yousonofa ... bitch!" "(photographers clamoring)" "INTERVIEWER:" "Sam!" "Sam,Sam ." "Hey." "You guys recorded a song for the soundtrack, correct?" "SAM:" "I don'tknow." "Is it a song?" "INTERVIEWER:" "Right!" "Well, what do you make of the themes of the movie?" "I mean, it is at its heart a war movie." "SAM:" "Oh." "Is that the theme...?" "INTERVIEWER:" "Thanks." "GRETCHEN:" "Theguysare so excited to have contributed to such an esteemed director's film and... you know where I'm going with this." "Just finish the quote for me." "(Ty clears throat)" "TY:" "TyWyland." "The director." "That you were just talking about." "GRETCHEN:" "Where'dyouget the  drink?" "(Ty laughs wryly)" "TY:" "I 'llshowyouifyou agree to get dinner with me sometime." "GRETCHEN:" "Yeah...dating's not really my thing." "TY:" "Good." "Me neither." "So I'll call you in a couple weeks?" "Heading to India for a little bit." "GRETCHEN:" "Okay." "I warned you." "TY:" "I 'llcallyou." "GRETCHEN:" "Listen,Nestor,I am flattered, but I've been kind of seeing someone for about a year now." "I'm actually on my way to his house right now." "So I won't be coming over to your hotel." "But, trust me, the guys are over the moon about the photo shoot." "You are their favorite photographer by miles." "Mm-hmm." "Ciao." "(turns up volume)" "¶ ¶" "GRETCHEN:" "Seriously?" "Dude, I'm on my way to your house." "Aw, shit." "Shit!" "Shit." "(dog barking in distance)" "(clanking, scraping)" "(indistinct police radio communication)" "GRETCHEN:" "Shit." "JIMMY:" "It'sbeenayear !" "Where the hell are my royalties?" "Because I need them to live off of." "Yes, I know Junot Díaz writes for Esquire, but I am a novelist." "Yeah, I'm-I'm working on the follow-up, but it's-it's slow going and..." "I'll talk to you later." "EDGAR:" "I 'mnervous,Jimmy." "I-I haven't been to a big social event since I've been back." "Are you sure they know I'm coming?" "JIMMY:" "Yes." "Getin." "EDGAR:" "Areyousure...it's  even a good idea that you go?" "JIMMY:" "What'stheworstI could do?" "EDGAR:" "Okay." "Fine." "JIMMY:" "No,seriously,whatis the worst I could do?" "I've been up all night working on my list of ways to ruin their wedding." "I keep getting stuck around" ""Seduce the groom's mother."" "KILLIAN:" "Hi,newneighbors!" "Hi!" "Hello!" "LINDSAY:" "Weretheotherjail  girls mean?" "Did any of them try to make out with you?" "GRETCHEN:" "No." "But one girl kept some pretty strong eye contact with me while she was on the toilet." "PAUL:" "Well,we should vámonos,señoritas." "GRETCHEN:" "What'dyouget  them, anyway?" "LINDSAY:" "A foodprocessor." "GRETCHEN:( scoffs)I don't get it." "Why does everyone feel the need to have these things, these, like, symbols of adulthood?" "Like, a food processor?" "Why do you need this stuff?" "PAUL:" "That'san interesting question." "I think, maybe, it means you're investing in your future." "You may not use it every day or even very often at all, but knowing that at any moment you could make pesto without having to borrow a friend's or improvise some lesser method, that knowledge, that" "possibility, makes you an adult." "LINDSAY:" "Plus,thisone , it's, like, one level worse than ours, so Becca can never beat me." "Bitch." "¶ ¶" "MAN:¶ Mm-hmm,hmm,hmm" "Yeah" "Aw, yeah... ¶" "WEDDINGCOORDINATOR:" "I'm sorry, Jimmy." "You didn't include a name for your plus-one so we didn't hold the space." "EDGAR:" "Jim-Jim..." "Um, I-I could help serve food or..." "JIMMY:" "I putin twoyears penetrating the bride at least thrice weekly." "I deserve to have a friend here." "WEDDINGCOORDINATOR:" "I'llsee  what I can do." "PAUL:" "Hey,Jimmy." "JIMMY:" "Sorry,havewemet?" "PAUL:" "Okay." "I get it." "Shut the door on the former life." "I think it's very brave of you to have come." "JIMMY:" "Mmm." "Thanks." "You." "WEDDINGCOORDINATOR:" "Okay," "I found you a seat." "GRETCHEN:" "Onedayall my" "L.A. friends were married, with houses and adult jobs," "Instagramming every time they went to the ArcLight." "So, basically, there's nothing keeping me here." "And I figured if I want to move to New York, where I still have friends who aren't collecting their eggs in petri dishes, why not?" "BARTENDER:" "Soyoudon 'twant the drink?" "GRETCHEN:" "SoIammoving tomorrow." "To New York." "I'm not even gonna say good-bye to anyone." "I hate good-byes." "BARTENDER:" "Leavingawhole city Irish, huh?" "That's hard-core." "GRETCHEN:" "Hey,whatdoyou think a nice food processor goes for?" "BARTENDER:" "I don'tknow." "400, 500 bucks?" "GRETCHEN:" "Seriously?" "Sweet." "EDGAR:" "So,uh ,areyou all ... you all gonna have the nuggets or-or the mac and cheese?" "I can't decide." "(clears throat)" "So, what do you do?" "GIRL:" "I 'ma child." "EDGAR:" "Cool." "Are we getting together after or..." "Cheers." "JIMMY:" "No,you'reright." "This day isn't about me, is it?" "BECCA:" "Whatwereyou gonna say?" "JIMMY:" "Forgetit ." "BECCA:" "No,I'mserious." "I really want to know what does the brilliant Jimmy" "Shive-Overly think about me!" "(anxious laugh)" "JIMMY:" "I 'mnotonefor  psychic thought or oracles, but," "Rebecca... (quietly): you and I have not made love for the last time." "VERNON:" "Hey!" "(Becca crying)" "PAUL:...and,Vernon,to you, I just want to say," ""Welcome to the family." "It gets better."" "VERNON:( chuckles)Whata dork." "BECCA:" "I can'tbelieveit took them two months to edit our wedding video." "VERNON:" "Davediditforfree." "BECCA:" "Yeah,well,you get  what you pay for." "Oh, I talked to Aunt Helen." "She insists she got us a blender." "You don't have to get us a wedding gift, but don't lie about it." "LINDSAY:" "Um,anyway,Ilove  you so much." "And, remember, there is no shame whatsoever in getting married two years after your little sister." "Siblings mature at different rates." "(Vernon laughs)" "BECCA:" "Whatacooze." "VERNON:" "Paul,didyou hear?" "Jimmy took a photo of his dingus on every one of our disposable cameras." "PAUL:" "Seriously?" "VERNON:" "Yeah." "What a classic heckle." "Becca recognized it on account of it having been in her mouth so much." "PAUL:" "Didyouhear?" "They broke up." "VERNON:" "Who?" "Jimmy and Gretchen?" "No." "BECCA:" "What?" "PAUL:" "Yeah." "Gretchen's really upset." "I can't say I'm that surprised." "They're both quite spirited." "VERNON:" "Wow." "That's a bummer." "I should call him." "He's probably waiting to hear from me." "Let me get one of those?" "BECCA:" "Thesearepretty expensive." "JIMMY:" "Supermanis awarethat kryptonite is his kryptonite, and he keeps getting mixed up with it anyway." "Women, romantic happiness, is my kryptonite." "I got complacent being with" "Becca and produced shit-all." "And the minute she left me twisting up on that hill with that ring" "Bam, the book came to me." "Whole cloth." "And then-- then I did it again." "At that selfsame succubi's wedding, no less." "And, no doubt, my work suffered being with Gretchen." "And now, having broken up with her is guaranteed to release the words." "In fact, I can feel all my creative juices returning to me already." "I wouldn't be surprised if I started playing guitar again." "Nope." "Would not be surprised at all." "Cheers, mate." "This is normally where you make a weird non sequitur and I chastise you and continue talking." "EDGAR:" "Yeah,well,with" "Gretchen, you've been actually kind of fun to be around, but if you're telling me that we're going back to you being a hundred percent dick so that you can write another stupid book I won't read?" "(scoffs) Uh-uh." "Unsubscribe." "JIMMY:" "Whoa,whatare you  doing?" "You never pay for drinks." "EDGAR:" "I 'mdoneowingyou  stuff, Jimmy." "JIMMY:" "Oh,sitdown,man." "EDGAR:" "Don'ttellmewhat to do." "You don't get to tell me what to do anymore!" "JIMMY:" "It'sPTSD." "He's all right, he's fine." "EDGAR:" "Youknowthatnight you met Gretchen?" "Do you remember how nervous I was to go to Becca's wedding?" "How crowds freak me out?" "JIMMY:" "Thatwasalifetime ago." "EDGAR:" "Itwastwo monthsago." "You brought me as a prop and then forgot about me." "I had to sit with a bunch of very condescending and unfriendly children who wouldn't even invite me to the after party." "I'm going to get my stuff." "I'll leave the keys on the table." "JIMMY:" "Wait." "You didn't read my book?" "EDGAR:" "Noway." "It looked crazy boring." "JIMMY:" "Well,fine,go." "You're only helping me." "Now I'm even... even more alone." "VERNON:" "Hey,Igot something" "PAUL:" "What?" "(farts)" "PAUL:" "Oh!" "VERNON:" "That'sforyou ." "It's a gift, straight from the heart." "PAUL:" "Ugh." "(car door shuts, engine starts)" "VERNON:" "Sheleft." "Huh ." "Bitches be trippin'." "Speaking of bitches, where'd you say Lindsay was?" "PAUL:" "ComfortingGretchen after the breakup." "Still." "VERNON:" "Sweet." "Let's bust open some scotch and get dumb." "PAUL:" "I reallyshouldn't." "And didn't you say you have surgery in the morning?" "VERNON:" "Comeon ,Paul." "Don't be such a fa..." "SAM:¶ Partscorpion¶" "SINGERS:¶ Uh-huh¶" "SAM:¶ Partaccordion¶" "SINGERS:¶ Uh-huh¶" "SAM:¶ Lord,accordingtoTom" "Ford, I'm born again ¶" "(Honey Nutz and Shitstain whoop)" "SAM:¶ I 'ma cashbox dripping' full of fives and tens" "I'm the sarcophagus, the parasite, so put me in ¶" "SHITSTAIN:" "Let'sgo !" "HONEYNUTZ:¶You inthe" "Thunderdome, son, with the young one writing' a blank check like" "¶ If my name was Young Gun" "SHITSTAIN:¶ Passtheiced tea, I'm parched, Middlemarch,  cookie fart, false start, all parched... ¶" "(whoops)" "(both snorting)" "LINDSAY:" "Marriageis such bullshit." "Why didn't you warn me?" "GRETCHEN:" "Themorningofyour  wedding, I said, "Lindsay, don't do this."" "LINDSAY:" "Thegirlsare back." "GRETCHEN:" "Oh,thankGod ." "I never told you" " I was gonna move to New York after Becca's wedding." "LINDSAY:" "What?" "GRETCHEN:" "Yeah." "I was like, "Everyone's getting so serious about everything." "Ooh, my marriage, my career," "I have groceries."" "I was like, "Nothing's keeping me here, let's go."" "LINDSAY:" "Okay." "GRETCHEN:" "Okaywhat?" "LINDSAY:" "Let'sgo ." "Let's go." "Gretchen, nothing's keeping me here, either." "GRETCHEN:" "Lindsay." "LINDSAY:" "Thinkaboutit." "We can do drugs and go to weird" "Puerto Rican dance halls and take so much New York dick that our pussies start talking like," "(New York accent): "Oh, another one-- fuggedaboutit."" "But they won't forget about it," "Gretch, because we're just that memorable." "GRETCHEN:" "Howmuchblowhave  you done?" "LINDSAY:" "Oh,my God,I'm so excited about this plan that I have to pee." "(Sam whoops, laughs)" "SAM:" "Yo,whatthe hellare you doing?" "GRETCHEN:" "Partying,what?" "SAM:" "Thisis wherewework ." "GRETCHEN:" "Comeon ." "This is where you do drugs and make up nonsense into the mic." "SAM:" "Youknow,you were actually a pretty good PR rep, there." "But lately, your ass has been tragic." "If Rick hadn't died in that" "Jet Ski accident, his ass would be replacing you right now." "GRETCHEN:" "Youdo thesame dumb stuff I do." "SAM:" "Bitch,Iam21." "You're 30." "LINDSAY:" "Hey,dawgs." "(giggles)" "Should we live in a studio in" "New York?" "If we bang the same guys, we only need one bed." "Gretch, do coke off my titties." "GRETCHEN:" "I ..." "I 'mgonnago  home." "LINDSAY:" "Withwho,Shitstain?" "'Cause I'll take the other one." "GRETCHEN:" "No,alone." "This feels like someone else." "I don't know." "I'm sorry." "I'm gonna go home, I'm gonna take a shower and I'm gonna figure out what I'm gonna do with my life." "Maybe you should, too." "LINDSAY:" "Areyougoddamn kidding me?" "You always give me shit for being married, and now I'm cheating on my husband and you bail?" "You always bail on me, and I'm sick of it." "GRETCHEN:" "I canonlyhelp myself, Linds, sorry." "LINDSAY:" "Fine!" "I don't need you!" "You watch!" "(inhaling)" "JIMMY:" "Comeon ." "Shit." "(knocking on door)" "BECCA:" "Well,youwereright," "Jimmy." "Here I am." "JIMMY:" "Sorry?" "BECCA:" "Yourprediction." "At the wedding." "JIMMY:" "Whatareyou talking about?" "BECCA:" YouandIhavenot made love for the last time."" "JIMMY:" "Whywouldyou say  that?" "BECCA:" "No,yousaidthat ." "At my wedding." "JIMMY:" "I did?" "Well, that was quite a heckle." "BECCA:" "Oh,shutup." "Come on, let's go." "JIMMY:" "Becca,please..." "What are you doing?" "BECCA:" "Isthisajoke ?" "Are you not gonna have sex with me?" "JIMMY:" "Becca,you'remarried." "BECCA:" "Oh,my God." "You are a sociopath." "I should've known." "I-Is my entire life just a game to you?" "JIMMY:" "Becca,please,why  don't you just go home?" "Get some sleep." "You look tired." "BECCA:" "Oh,my God,are you ... ¶ ¶" "(cat meows)" "(purring)" "(Jimmy blows air)" "JIMMY:¶ YouandI... (humming)" "Something, fly... ¶ Do, do, do" "With love for-for..." "Y-You" "¶ I want to fly" "(off-key):" "I want to fly" "Fly-y... ¶" "¶ Bom, bom, bom... ¶ Dun, dun" "Back, back, back..." "Home. ¶" "Captioned by" "MediaAccessGroupatWGBH  access.wgbh.org"