"I'm calling across Can you hear me?" "Can you hear me?" "Whoa!" "Jeez!" "Don't sneak up on people." "Oh, please." "Don't let me interrupt, uh, whatever it is you're doing." "Well, if you don't clean a boat regularly, then salt water just rots it." "That's a vaguely familiar song, yet, still unappealing." "It's Yeah Yeah by Ultravinyl." "Yeah, it doesn't ring a bell." "Well, they broke up..." "... about, uh, 15 years ago and I'm mediating, or I'm trying to mediate, an agreement to license the song for a car commercial." "But two of the band members, they won't sign off on a deal." "Listen, Kate." "I said a lot of things the other night." "We both said a lot of things." "I know." "I just don't know how we're going to move on from..." "Good on you for washing her down." "Too many sand crabs have boats but aren't willing to put in the time." "Good to see you." "Hey." "You two know each other?" "We've met." "We've met." "Kate Reed, you've been served." "We're being sued by the people who bought our condo." "What for?" "Remember that guy we hired to put copper plumbing in our bathrooms?" "Turns out he didn't put in copper plumbing." "Okay." "Well, why don't we call him and have him pay for this?" "Oh, I tried." "His phone is disconnected." "I went down to see him at his store." "It's a yogurt shop now." "So, we're on the hook." "$2,000." "Yeah." "You want to stay and help clean?" "Not today." "All right, well, ifyou change your mind," "I'll be here next week." "Same time, same place." "Yeah, yeah" "Oh, yeah, yeah Oh, yeah, yeah" "Oh, yeah, yeah" "Good morning, Leo." "Morning to you, Kate." "Oh!" "Yes." "Nothing says Monday like a fresh bottle of tequila." "Leo!" "You are going to make a very popular boss." "It wasn't me, actually." ""Kate, because you are a connoisseur." ""David Smith. "" "I shared my knowledge." "I thought you went to talk to him about whether your father lost evidence in his trial." "I did." "We had some drinks to break the ice." "How did it go?" "We broke it." "Heavily." "And he told me nothing." "Mmm." "I've got to go to that bar." "He's hiding something." "I just need to figure out what it is." "Who?" "Nobody." "Good morning, Lauren." "What can I do for you?" "Well, you've been stalling me with this music publishing mediation, Kate." "I have not been stalling you." "And perhaps I just overstated a touch when, uh, I said that I was rounding third base." "How much did you overstate?" "The rounding third base part." "It's more of, like a, hmm, first base kind of situation." "Clients like B.M.E. keep the lights on." "No lights equals no office." "No office equals no job." "Does that cold tone of voice of yours, does that come naturally, or is that something that you practice?" "I practice." "Every time I talk to you." "You've got 48 hours to get this done, or I'm going to have to step in." "I'll take care of it." "God, how am I going to take care of it?" "Those band members, they won't even talk to me." "Maybe they can only communicate through the power of song." "Oh, yeah, yeah Oh, yeah, yeah" "Oh, yeah, yeah" "Please stop doing that." "Go to the conference room." "So, if they won't talk to us, what do we do?" "Paul, there's not much that we can do." "I mean, we've been pressing their lawyer and he has said repeatedly that Mac and Sherry are not interested in a licensing agreement." "Period." "I guess that would probably be a "no" on the reunion tour, too." "Yeah, what's their deal, anyway?" "Are they allergic to money?" "Or maybe they just don't like me." "Really?" "You seem like a decent enough kind of guy." "Yeah, well." "They remember the rock star prick I used to be." "Let's just say a few TVs lost their lives in the flight off hotel balconies." "Mmm." "Well, look." "No one is the same person that they were 15 years ago." "But, TV catapulting aside," "I mean, I just don't understand why they won't engage in an arm's length business deal with you." "Well..." "Paul." "Come on." "This is confidential." "And I can't help you ifyou don't lay your cards out on the table." "I'm dying." "Blood cancer." "I've got three months to live." "I chased all the wrong things in my life, Kate." "But I did have one hit song." "Hey." "I'm not worried about dying." "I'm worried about dying with regret." "I want to get the song out there again." "B.M.E. is only giving us 48 hours to get this resolved." "If you can just try one more time." "Okay." "Um..." "I'll go around their lawyer." "I will talk to Mac and Sherry in person." "Mmm-hmm." "And, uh, once I tell them that you're sick, I mean..." "No." "No." "No?" "But they'll understand." "No, I don't want them to know." "You're going to tell them anyway, right?" "No." "No, I can't." "I..." "I mean, unless they agree to participate in the mediation process or you allow me to tell them." "I don't want them to think that I'm using my illness to force them into something, you know?" "Okay." "Then, that's that." "But I am going to see them." "Well, that's great." "Thank you." "I'll be back by 4:00." "Um, the gamers mediation is at 3:00." "That's what I said, 3:00." "Uh, Kate?" "This could be a tricky one." "Online role-playing games are a multi-billion dollar industry." "Have you read the emails that I sent?" "All 800 of them?" "Nope." "Don't underestimate the complexity of the online gaming world." "Oh, Leo, I read the file." "Read or skimmed?" "Um." "Somewhere in between." "Okay, let's review." "The two pasty-faced people coming to our boardroom this afternoon lead the armies of 10,000 gamers that pay $20 a month to our client to fight virtual battles on virtual battlefields." "Which is 200 grand a month, not including the cost of original software." "Are you really quizzing me?" "I just want to make sure you're taking this seriously." "Yes." "I will mediate their dispute." "The Battle ofXerxerus, two X's, will go on as planned." "And our client will not lose 200 grand a month." "So, you're saying you've read the file." "I told you." "I skread it." "Mmm, skimmed plus read." "Cute." "I'm not going to embarrass you in front of the geek squad." "Promise." "Hi." "Hi." "I'm Kate Reed." "I'm the mediator from your publishing firm, B.M.E." "I'm sorry, we've been very clear." "We want nothing to do with the song licensing, okay?" "Okay, um, you have been clear." "Super clear." "Now, let me be super clear." "Hi." "I'm Kate Reed." "And all I want is five minutes of your time." "But, if you'd rather not talk to me," "I'm sure that Paul Shelton will be more than happy to come down and talk to you himself." "Okay." "Come on in." "Thank you." "You sign your name, the advertising agency hands you a large check." "Maybe it's, like, one of those comically large ones that you get when you win the lottery." "Money is not everything." "No, but this is a lot of money." "Well, whatever it is, it's not enough for us to want to deal with Paul Shelton." "What did this guy do to you?" "Just tell me." "And I promise you, if I can't convince you that whatever it is doesn't matter anymore," "I'm going to walk out that door." "It's hard to explain how addictive it is to be in a rock band." "Even at the level that we were at, just the one hit song." "Mac and I, we handled it badly." "Paul handled it worse." "It came to a head in '96 at the Vogue Theater." "Yeah Yeah had reached number nine on the Billboard charts." "Paul was out of control." "Get off the phone, man." "Come on." "Trashing hotel rooms, tearing apart dressing rooms..." "Hey." "I don't want to see his face." "When he attacked that roadie during sound check, that was the last straw." "Yeah." "Get up!" "Come on!" "Paul!" "Who knows why he went after the guy, but by the time I got to him and pulled him off, he started swinging at me." "He left the theater, missed that night's show." "We never saw him again." "And you two were able to just walk away?" "We're public school teachers now." "That life is far, far in the past." "Hey, Brandon?" "Can you turn it down a little?" "Wow!" "Sounds like a chip off the old block." "He's a lot better than I ever was." "When I found out I was pregnant," "Mac and I knew life on the road wasn't for us." "And no one's asking you to go back on the road, Sherry." "No, but if the song gets some exposure, people will pay attention again." "And somebody will do a "Where are they now?" piece on the band." "And Paul will feed off of that stuff." "But our son deserves the nice, quiet life we've carved out for him." "Yes, and that's something that you can control." "If you want to be brutally honest, we just don't want Paul back in our lives." "Okay." "I understand why you wouldn't want that Paul back in your lives, but I'm telling you, the guy that I met, he's not that guy." "Now, are you really willing to walk away from a big payday just because of some bad memories?" "Excuse me?" "Hey." "Uh, I'm Mac and Sherry's son, Brandon." "Right, the guitar!" "Yeah." "Oh, I'm Kate." "You sounded really good." "Thanks." "Was there something that you wanted to tell me?" "You should tell Paul Shelton to stay away from me and my parents." "You heard us talking?" "Yeah." "That guy is a major prick." "Yeah, and then some." "He told me everything." "He needs to stay away." "Yeah, I got that." "He ruined their lives, okay?" "And he's going to do it again." "Brandon, what's going on?" "Are you afraid that Paul is trying to get the band together?" "Because your dad has no..." "Just keep him away from us, okay?" "Today's feeling like a ham and Swiss day, Benny." "Oh, sorry." "I'm out of ham and Swiss." "Oh." "Hey, Kim." "Hey." "You're not Benny." "Where's Benny?" "Did the Jets have something to do with it?" "Uh, Benny's on vacation." "So, I'm picking up his shifts." "I'll be here every day this week." "Oh, my God." "That's so rough on me." "Did you want some turkey and cheddar?" "I could never do that to ham and Swiss." "They'd hate me forever." "I'll bring one tomorrow." "Uh, tomorrow's my peanut butter day." "So, it's, like, I make it at home." "I'm home alone, which I usually am." "So, don't worry about tomorrow." "Right." "Okay." "I've got to go." "Um." "Hey, I'll walk with you." "Ow!" "You know, because..." "Uh, cramps." "They're an occupational hazard." "So, you can be honest." "I mean, uh..." "Coming for more shifts is really an excuse to, uh..." "I needed to make some extra money." "That is what I mean." "Money." "Money is a very good thing to have if you're not a hermit." "I'm not a hermit." "Seeing you is a bonus." "Sorry, I got a leg cramp right there." "I had to, uh, speed walk it out." "Right." "Well, I should probably..." "Move those sandwiches." "Yes." "Yes." "Don't let me, uh, keep you from that." "Sorry I didn't have what you wanted." "Oh, don't apologize to me." "Apologize to, uh, ham and Swiss." "Oh!" "So sensitive." "You'd think they'd be neutral because of the whole Swiss thing." "But, no." "Okay." "Oh, Leonardo." "Yeah, that was about as smooth as an alligator's butt." "Nothing's changed." "Looks exactly the same." "Should I try my key?" "You still have your key?" "Yeah." "Do you still have yours?" "Well, I forgot to throw it out." "You think they changed the locks?" "I don't know." "Oh, my God." "What did they do to our condo?" "It's not our condo anymore." "I'm going to check the pipes." "What were they going for here, like, brothel chic?" "Yep." "Galvanized steel." "Jerk." "What, me jerk?" "No." "Plumber jerk." "But really, Justin." "You can take down a drug cartel, but then a guy in a tool belt, he can get the best ofyou?" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Why is it suddenly Are you kidding me?" "my responsibility to do Hello?" "an extensive background check on a plumber?" "He said he was going to put in..." "Hello?" "You hired him." "Hello." "Hi." "You must be Kate and Justin Patrick." "Kate Reed." "I kept my name." "Oh." "Good for you." "Yes." "And you are?" "Margo Reston." "I represent the sellers." "Should we, uh, have a look at the pipes?" "We already did." "It's steel." "Our plumber screwed us." "We closed escrow, like, a year ago." "How come it took them so long to call us?" "They just noticed." "Hmm." "You know, the neighborhood's had a big up-tick." "So, they decided to take their profits and move to the peninsula." "Mmm." "So, uh, they make a profit and then they sue us for the pipes." "Excellent." "You know, I told you we shouldn't have sold to lawyers." "Oh, my God." "Enough with the lawyer digs." "Didn't I tell you?" "New copper pipes are $2,000." "Someone is going to need to write a check." "You can mail it to me." "She seemed like..." "Don't." "There's nothing to be nervous about." "Just show them that you're a new man." "Hey, Mac." "Long time." "Mac, thank you for coming." "Is Sherry joining us?" "Uh, Brandon had a soccer game." "Oh." "All right, well, why don't you just have a seat..." "Oh, I'm good standing." "Great." "I'm good, good to stand." "Paul, uh, why don't you start?" "I really appreciate that you came, Mac." "I, uh, I know there's been a lot of rough water between us, and uh..." "Maybe we could just, you know, leave it behind us." "Move forward." "That's him as a changed man?" "What do you want me to say?" "How about, "I'm sorry"?" "Of course, I'm sorry." "There you go." "An apology." "That's a good first step." "I screwed up." "I drove you and Sherry and Brandon, I..." "I drove you all from my life." "I knew it." "That's what this is about." "What do you mean?" "Tell her." "Yeah, tell me." "It's about, uh, it's about the fans." "It's about us." "It's about everything." "You haven't got the guts to admit you made a huge mistake." "You want him back in your life." "Well, you know what?" "It's too late." "Okay." "Somebody please tell me what's going on here." "Just stay the hell away from us." "What is he talking about?" "Brandon." "He's my son." "He's right, isn't he?" "This isn't about the song." "You're just trying to get the money to get close to Brandon." "I'm using the only leverage I have." "Paul, B.M.E. retained this firm to mediate a half million dollar case involving three songwriters, and whether or not they used your song, that's just completely irrelevant to you." "All I have is Mac and Sherry and Brandon." "You should have told me the truth, Paul." "I told you I was a prick." "Okay." "Just..." "Hold on a second." "How did we get here?" "Well, we'd been a band since we were 16." "Mac and Sherry were together, right from the start." "And then, in, uh, '96, they broke up." "Now, I'd always had a thing for Sherry." "She was the most amazing woman I'd ever met." "So, I just went for it." "And for a few weeks, it was beautiful." "But when I saw them that day, kissing at the Vogue," "I knew it was over." "She'd picked him." "I had to lash out at somebody." "I was probably high." "I don't really remember." "Mac pulled me off, told me to get lost." "And Brandon?" "I found out later that Sherry was pregnant." "And that the baby was mine." "But, by that time, I was long gone." "Hi." "Excuse me." "Kate, I need just a minute." "I'm almost done here." "Yeah." "Paul." "I'm sorry that you're sick." "But I can't work with clients who don't tell me the truth." "I understand." "I do." "From now on, we're going to play by my rules." "And that means that we tell everybody the truth." "So, we're going to tell Mac and Sherry that you're dying and that you want to see your son." "Okay." "What?" "I'm rounding second." "And last week you were rounding third." "Do you know how baseball works?" "You didn't call me in here to correct my metaphors." "B.M.E. says the ad agency is sensing an impasse." "This may be over by the end of the day." "But you gave me 48 hours." "Apparently, they weren't mine to give." "The gamers are here." "I'm coming." "Did you know that in the 1870s," "David Smith's bar was a surveyor's weigh station?" "What?" "Prospectors would bring their findings, get them weighed and then get paid." "How is this helpful to my mediation?" "It's not." "I just thought it was cool." "You're a very special man, Leonardo." "Where are the gamers?" "May I introduce," "Phoenixxx16." "I am the greatest warrior of them all." "Kneel before me." "And in this corner, Darkenova45." "I will eviscerate all who walk in my path." "Good luck with that." "Oh." "Who's this?" "This is you." "Hi, I'm Kate." "Hi, I'm Kate." "I'm an elf?" "Actually, you're a druid." "A druid is sort of half-elf." "And they're very powerful, large spell books." "Leonardo, I work with real people." "I don't mediate cartoons." "Avatars." "Get me live human..." "I work with real people." "I don't mediate cartoons." "Are you finished?" "Get me live human beings in this conference room." "You're just mad because I made you a druid." "Okay?" "The boils are a sign of beauty." "People." "I work with people." "You can't even command a druid." "Me?" "The druid scoffed at you." "Uh..." "The only scoffing was at your idiocy, hack." "Hey." "Guys..." "Mac." "What are you doing here?" "I took a walk to blow off some steam." "Come into my office." "Will you, please?" "We've decided to give Paul the rights to the song." "Free and clear." "That's not what he wants." "Isn't that the case you were hired for?" "Does Brandon know that Paul is his father?" "Well, of course." "After Brandon was born, we tried to bring Paul into his life but he was too busy." "Always on the road." "We raised our son." "We just want to be left alone to finish our job as parents." "Paul can have the song." "What's the catch?" "He signs over all parental rights." "And a legal guarantee that he never tries to contact Brandon again." "Mac, people make mistakes." "That doesn't mean that they should have to live with them forever." "Ms. Reed, I've known Paul a long time." "All he's ever wanted is to be famous." "He'll take this deal." "And it won't take him too long to figure it out." "It's your hometown" "It's your hometown" "It's your hometown" "Your hometown" "Ooh, oh..." "Thank you." "I'm going to take a short break." "Wow!" "You've still got it." "Well, playing for 12 people isn't like playing for 20,000." "But, uh, there aren't a lot ofjobs where people applaud when you're finished." "Was that an Ultravinyl song?" "No." "I don't play those, uh, anymore." "Doesn't seem right." "Mmm." "Well, I like your new sound." "Thanks." "I've been writing again." "Hadn't written a song in 10 years." "Now, I've got them pouring out of me." "Hey, Paul..." "Uh-oh!" "I talked to Mac and Sherry." "They've agreed to give you the copyright to Yeah Yeah." "But, in exchange, they want you to sign a legal statement saying that you are never going to contact them or try to see Brandon ever again." "It's not your fault." "Um, you did the best you could." "Considering I lied to you about what I really wanted." "So, that's it." "You've been absent from Brandon's life for 15 years and now, you're going to just roll over?" "Paul!" "I mean, how are we going to show them that you've changed?" "That you still care?" "Um..." "Well, then, I reject their offer." "Good." "I want to give my rights to the song to Brandon." "Okay." "Uh..." "Mac and Sherry can use the money for his college tuition." "That's great." "And then, what about seeing Brandon?" "He's got good parents." "They're doing what they think is best for him." "Draw up the contract." "So I can do what's best for him, too." "Sure." "Brandon?" "Hi." "My parents told me he was playing here." "Yeah." "Are you going to go inside?" "I was thinking about it." "Okay." "Yeah." "You know, uh, your dad told me about Paul and who he is to you, Brandon..." "What kind of person forgets his own son?" "Forgets he even exists!" "I don't know." "Yeah." "Me neither!" "Then, maybe you should go inside and ask." "What's he going to say?" ""Sorry I missed the first 16 years ofyour life?"" "Brandon, it took him a long time to realize what's important." "But I think he knows it now." "Why now?" "Oh, just let your parents fill in the blanks." "Yeah." "That's what Paul is to me." "A blank." "Maybe it's better that way." "No, nothing's better that way." "Brandon!" "I've got the short-form agreement for the Ultravinyl mediation." "Um." "Okay, great." "So, then," "I'll just call you after my meeting." "What meeting?" "There's nothing on your calendar." "Sometimes there are things that you just don't know about, Leo." "Uh, no, there's not." "Ever." "If it's in your calendar, I put it there." "Well, you forgot about this one." "Well, I'm sorry." "I, uh..." "Don't worry about it." "People make mistakes." "David, tell him the one about the lawnmower." "What, and ruin his image of me as a man who's good with his hands?" "I don't think so." "Hey, David." "Hi, Kate." "Can I talk to you?" "Well, I'm a little busy right now." "It'll only take a second." "Kate, I've got a bar full of customers." "Maybe some other time, okay?" "If you don't come in and get that ointment, that herpes will never clear up." "Have a good day." "Gentlemen." "I don't have..." "Ham and Swiss." "Hey!" "You're back." "I didn't want ham and Swiss to get the wrong impression of me." "It's a little late for lunch." "Midnight snack?" "It's on me." "Thanks." "Yeah, I'll probably be here late because I'm about to rip into an epic game of, uh, World of Warcraft." "I just had a marathon session last night." "Really?" "I took down a 50th level warlock." "You know, I'm actually working on a big online gaming mediation right now." "I mean, uh, Kate and I are." "Right." "So, I should probably get going." "See you tomorrow." "I'm happy Benny's on vacation." "Me, too." "I wish Benny could be on vacation forever." "That wouldn't be a vacation, technically." "That's true." "And I would have to leave since it's his business." "Another detail that I overlooked." "So..." "Goodbye, Leonardo." "Bye, Kim." "Don't get lonely in the elevator." "I won't." "Can you hold that, please?" "If she goes to the lobby and meets someone and falls in love instantly, flies to Las Vegas and gets married," "I'm going to be so upset." "It's happened to me before." "I brought you a veggie patty with an extra side of veggie." "Thanks." "Look, Kate, about the plumber..." "Oh, yes." "You know what?" "I brought my checkbook." "No, no, no, no." "I'm going to pay for this." "I'm not mad at you anymore." "Mad?" "Why would you be mad?" "You're the one who hired the plumber." "What, without references?" "Is that what you were going to say?" "No." "No." "It doesn't matter..." "Okay." "If you recall, during that remodel," "I was in court with the tax evasion case." "Yes." "And I was away on the Sumter case." "It was always something, wasn't it?" "Always?" "Let's just stick to the pipes." "Okay?" "Yep." "That's a great idea." "It's the only way she'll meet with you." "She wants to meet in person." "No way." "That's crazy." "I know." "I know." "I know." "But trust me, she's the best there is." "If anyone can get this feud resolved, it's her." "I spent 18 hours designing this avatar." "The armor, the weaponry." "How will I defend myself?" "Against what?" "It's not like the real Darkenova is going to be riding up in here on a metal horse with a javelin!" "I could bring a real javelin." "No, you can't." "Crossbow?" "No." "Catapult?" "You have those things in real life?" "I'm bringing my scimitar." "No." "No." "No weapons." "Just yourselves." "And wear some decent clothes." "Bathrobes do not count." "Common mistake among gamers." "There's been a slight change of plans." "Didn't I say something like this would happen?" "We gave him the rights to the song." "Yes." "And instead ofyou giving Paul your share ofthe rights, he would like to give Brandon his share." "What's in it for Paul?" "Well, he wanted to reconnect with you, but you've said that that's not possible." "And he wants Brandon to have money for college." "Or whatever else you think is best." "And I have the contract right here." "Don't sign it." "There are other things going on." "Meaning Brandon." "Uh, no." "Then, what?" "I can't tell you." "Paul's my client." "And unfortunately, I can't talk about it." "Just give me the contract so I can sign something and get him out of our lives." "Mediations are confidential." "Did you know that?" "But, because you refused to enter into mediation with Paul, you are outside of that circle of confidentiality." "So, how about you come inside the circle just for a little bit?" "So, enter a mediation to end the mediation?" "Exactly." "Yes." "And I have the engagement letter for the mediation, right here." "Please sign it." "Okay." "He's dying." "What?" "He has less than three months to live." "You said the artist agreements were signed." "All signed." "So, I called B.M.E." "Oh." "Awesome." "So, what is the problem?" "There's a paternity issue embedded in Paul's side of the deal that I would like to extricate." "Yeah." "No." "Oh, come on, Lauren." "Momentum's on my side right now." "I just really want to make everybody happy." "It's irrelevant to our transaction." "Paul's dying." "He's never spent any time with his son." "It's relevant to him." "Well, that's tragic, but..." "The only reason he got this ball rolling to begin with was to fix all this before he dies." "So, technically, if he did not want to see his son, there would be no fee from the successfully mediated licensing deal." "Big fee." "Big, big." "Just stall B.M.E., just for a little while." "How long?" "The rest ofthe day?" "That's not going to happen." "Give me an hour." "Ah!" "And just what exactly do I tell the men from B.M.E.?" "I believe in the force ofyour charming personality." "An hour." "Hi." "They're here." "Hey, Sher." "Hey, Paul." "Why don't we all have a seat?" "Make ourselves comfortable." "Okay." "It's now or never." "There's one huge advantage to having three months to live." "It gives you instant clarity." "I screwed up my life." "I don't want to screw up the next three months." "The three of us..." "We really had something." "And I'm not talking about the music." "I'm talking about us." "You two were the only people who really knew me, who cared about me." "And when I broke up the band," "I had no idea of the damage it would cause." "I was already leaving." "For my own sake." "For the sake of our son." "I'm really, really sorry about you getting sick." "We don't always get an encore." "You know, Paul, for a few years, because of you, we had a lot of fun." "It was a blast, wasn't it?" "Yeah." "That's true." "Oh, excuse me." "Certainly." "Done." "Or, uh, undone, I guess." "So, we're good." "Yeah." "The revised contracts are on the table and they're ready to go." "Congratulations." "Yeah." "You, too." "You're not going to hug me, are you?" "Never even dawned on me." "Okay, good." "Yeah." "I heard you had another gig?" "Oh, I did." "You know, small." "This is something I thought I'd never see." "I told you he's changed." "You just had to see it to believe it." "You know, his sound has changed, too." "He's amazing." "He's playing later at Buzz Coffee and you should check it out." "You never give up, do you?" "I wish I knew how." "Brandon." "Is he in there?" "Brandon, why don't you just go in and meet him?" "No." "Then go in and punch him." "No." "Kick him." "No." "Scream at him." "No!" "Do something." "Come on." "No." "No." "No!" "Hit me." "Come on." "Punch me." "Do something." "Do something." "No!" "You keep showing up, but you're not doing anything, Brandon." "You're angry." "You're sad." "You're both." "You need to express these feelings." "He's dying." "I can't make you go in there." "I just..." "I can't." "Okay." "Um..." "Remember the coffee shop that you came to visit?" "This is his last performance." "Why don't you just come through the back and just watch?" "Okay?" "They're here." "For real this time." "You're nervous." "Just a little bit." "They're just people." "They command large armies." "Virtual armies." "Paying real money." "Point taken." "Thank you both for stepping out from behind your avatars." "In a mediation, it's very important for both sides to not only be physically present, uh..." "Nobody likes to be called that." "Okay." "So, then, let's start." "Billy, why don't you go first?" "Oh." "It's okay." "You don't need..." "What?" "Go right ahead." "You buy weapons from other people who have earned them." "That's not fair." "That's it?" "Okay." "Be seated." "Donna?" "You don't need to..." "It's not fair that you organize outlawed individuals into groups." "Excuse me." "Leonardo." "It's going great." "Really?" "Oh, yeah." "You're really getting through to them." "But that doesn't mean anything if they're not communicating." "They're comfortable in an environment where you wouldn't be." "A place where millions of people use a de facto form of communication that crosses borders and transcends cultural differences." "I'm serious." "It's a multi-million dollar..." "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." "I got it." "I'm gonna try again." "Phoenixxx16, Darkenova45." "Please rise." "I'm disappointed in you two." "You should be leading thousands of your minions to victory." "But instead, you're both sitting here like lily-livered miscreants." "Where's your dignity, Phoenixxx16?" "I have dignity." "I have volumes of dignity." "Then show some!" "Fight." "And you, Darkenova45." "Have some pride." "I am proud." "Okay, then." "It's decided." "Let's hear a call to arms." "Tonight, we will dine together in Hell." "Tell your legions that the Battle ofXerxerus will begin at 2010, sharp." "Into the fire!" "Sometimes, you scare me." "No." "No." "No." "Well, this is a nice surprise." "I never got to hear the rest of the song." "How did you get her to show up?" "I gave her a flyer." "Mac's parking the car." "I'm so glad you came." "Good evening, everyone." "It's a big night for me." "And, uh, I'm going to play..." "I'm going to play a song that I haven't played in a long time." "Well, I'm calling across" "Can you hear me?" "Yeah, I'm calling across" "Can you hear me?" "Whoa, yeah, yeah Oh, yeah, yeah" "Oh, yeah, yeah Oh, I" "Oh, yeah Oh, yeah, yeah" "Oh, yeah, yeah Oh, I" "If you want me" "Just come and get me" "Don't be shy" "And some I pleasure Some I treasure" "Because I'm calling across" "Can you hear me?" "Yeah, I'm calling across" "Can you hear me?" "Wow." "Hi." "Hi." "I sent the money to the real estate agent." "And I ripped up your check." "I never should have hired that crackpot plumber in the first place." "I should have taken responsibility for stuff around the condo." "Yeah." "Maybe." "I didn't always choose work over home." "Well, sometimes, it felt like it." "Sometimes, when we fight it turns me on a little bit." "Always?" "Yeah." "Always." "Now is not a good time." "Oh, why not?" "I'm getting ready for the lunch crowd." "If you don't talk to me, I'm gonna come in here every day and say embarrassing things in front of your friends." "Uh, tequila?" "Nope." "Not again." "How about scotch?" "Yeah." "One scotch." "How do you take it?" "Neat." "Good girl." "Eighteen-year-old Macallan." "She knows her scotch." "Nice." "My dad taught me about scotch." "I'll tell you a secret." "I taught your dad about scotch." "I don't really like secrets." "They always seem to hurt the person that they're trying to protect." "You don't think there are some things that people just shouldn't know?" "No." "No." "It's like magic, and I hate magic." "I mean, why would I want to be tricked into believing something that isn't true?" "I hate magic, too." "So, um..." "You taught my dad about scotch." "What else did you teach him?" "How to lose the evidence?" "Before I give you this," "I want you to know Teddy was a good man." "Are you saying he didn't lose the evidence?" "Your father had to have a good reason for what he did." "But I can't ask him about that, can I?" "Then, maybe, that's the way he wanted it." "The Teddy I knew, back in the day, the scrappy guy that would do what it took to get out of the neighborhood." "What does it matter who that guy was?" "It matters to me." "If I don't know who my dad is, then how the hell do I know who I am, David?" "There are some things about people's pasts that aren't worth knowing." "I'm kind of the opposite." "I like to know everything." "I've got to start prepping for lunch." "Thank you for the drink."