"November 26,year--1911... there is an account of the hanging of three men." "They diedforthe murder of Sir Edmund william Godfrey... husband,father, pharmacist... and aII-around gentleman resident... of Greenberry hill, London." "He was murdered by three vagrants... whose motive was simple robbery." "They were identified as..." "Joseph Green..." "stanley Berry... and daniel hill." "Green, Berry, hill." "And I would Iike to thinkthis was only a matter of chance." "As reported in the "Reno Gazette..."" "June of 1983... there is the story of afire... the waterthat ittook to contain thefire... and a scuba diver named Delmer Darion." "Employee of the Nugget Hotel and Casino, Reno, Nevada... engaged as a blackjack dealer." "Well-liked and well-regarded... as a physical, recreational, and sporting sort..." "Delmer's true passion wasforthe lake." "As reported by the coroner, Delmer died of a heart attack... somewhere between the lake and the tree... but most curious side note... is the suicide the next day of Craig Hansen... volunteerfirefighter, estrangedfather offour... and a poortendency to drink." "Mr. Hansen was the pilot of the plane that accidentally... lifted Delmer Darion out of the water." "Added to this, Mr. Hansen's tortured life... met before with Delmer Darion justtwo nights previous." "All I need is a two." "All you need is a deuce." "All right." "That is an eight." "Glad you like my work." "Moment of truth." "The weight of the guilt... and the measure of coincidence so large..." "Craig Hansen took his life." "And I am trying to think... this was all only a matter of chance." "The tale told at a 1961 awards dinner... forthe American Association of Forensic Science... by Dr. John Harper, president of the association... began with a simple suicide attempt." "Seventeen-year-old Sydney Barringer... in the city of Los Angeles on March 23, 1958." "The coroner ruled that the unsuccessful suicide... had suddenly become a successful homicide." "To explain--the suicide was confirmed by a note... in the right hip pocket of Sydney Barringer." "Atthe same time young Sydney stood on the ledge... an argument swelled three stories below." "The neighbors heard, as they usually did... the arguing of the tenants... and itwas not uncommon forthem... to threaten each other with a shotgun... or one of the many handguns kept in the house." "I'm going to putyou down!" "And when the shotgun accidentally went off..." "You asshole!" "Sydney just happened to pass." "What?" "Shutthefuck up!" "Added to this, the tenants turned outto be..." "Fay and Arthur Barringer..." "Sydney's mother andfather." "When confronted with the charge... which took somefiguring out forthe officers on the scene..." "Fay Barringer swore she did not know the gun was loaded." "She always threatens me with it, but I don't keep it loaded." "And you didn't load the gun?" "Why would I load the gun?" "A young boy who lived in the building... sometimes a visitor andfriend to Sydney Barringer... said that he had seen, six days prior... the loading of the shotgun." "Ricky, come here a minute." "It seems that all the arguing andfighting... and violence wasfartoo much for Sydney Barringer... and knowing his mother and father's tendency tofight... he decided to do something." "He said he wanted them to kill each other... and all they wanted to do was to kill each other... and he would helpthem do that if that's whatthey wanted." "Sydney Barringerjumps from the ninthfloor rooftop." "His parents argue three stories below." "Her accidental shotgun blast hits Sydney in the stomach... as he passes the arguing sixthfloorwindow." "He is killed instantly, but continues tofall... only tofind, five stories below... a safety net installed three days prior... for a set of window washers thatwould've broken hisfall... and saved his life--if not forthe hole in his stomach." "So Fay Barringerwas charged with the murder of her son... and Sydney Barringer noted as an accomplice in his own death." "And it is in the humble opinion of this narrator... thatthis is notjust "something that happened."" "This cannot be "one of those things."" "This, please, cannot be that." "Andforwhat I would like to say, I can't." "This was notjust a matter of chance." "These strange things happen all the time." "In this big game thatwe play, life... it's notwhatyou hopefor or deserve... it's whatyou take." "I'm FrankT.J. Mackey, a master of the muffin... and author of the "Seduce and Destroy" system... now available to you on audio and video cassette." ""Seduce and Destroy" will teach you the techniques... to have any hard-body blonde just dripping to wetyour dock." "Bottom line?" "Language." "The magical key to unlocking thefemale analytical mindset." "Tap directly into her hopes, herwants... herfears, her desires, and her sweet little panties." "Learn how to make that lady "friend"... your sex-starved servant." ""Seduce and Destroy" produces a money-back guaranteed... trance-like state thatwill getyou... the naughty sauce you wantfast." "How many more times... do you need to hear the all-too-famous line..." "So?" ""l just don'tfeel thatway aboutyou"?" "For overthirty years, America has hung out... and answered questions with Jimmy Gator... an American legend and a true television icon." "Jimmy celebrates his 12,000th hour of broadcastthis week." "Have I been around that long?" "He's afamily man who's been marriedfor overforty years... with two children and one grandchild on the way." "We've tuned in each day to see the human interaction... between Jimmy and some very special kids... and we hope there's thirty more years of watching that happen." "I'm Jimmy Gator." "Donald W. Winnicott." "1911." "North America." "South America." "The answer isfour." "Twenty-two." "Gravity." "The answer is "The Life of Samuel Johnson."" "Let's go." "You should've done thatten minutes ago." "We need more dogfood." "Talk in the car." "Look, I got a serious audition today." "Come on." "That one,too?" "I need this one." "I don't understand why you need 4 bags of books to go to school." "There's no reason forthis many backpacks." "Be ready at 2:00." "lt should be 1:30." "I told you I got an audition." "I won't be here till 2:00." "Getyour stuff." "I gotto go." "Love you." "Love you,too." "Donnie, do you have an answer?" "I do,Jimmy." "Prometheus." "It is!" "Donnie, how does itfeel?" "Pretty exciting." "Betyou don't get many people my age getting braces." "You were so cute on that game show." "Betyou can't answer any questions now,though." "We're all setto go, Donnie." "Good." "I'll see you tomorrow morning." "You're running around like crazy, huh?" "Gonna be lateforwork." "The Quiz Kid Donnie Smith!" "How's today,then?" "Fucking bullshit is whatthis is." "Fucking regrets." "And we do these things, move through this life." "I'm going to need your help, Phil." "You gotto help me on something today." "I'll take care." "Anything, Earl." "You're his doctor, and that's why." "Tell me something." "And he needs more pills." "Fuck it." "He needs more pills, and I need some answers... so I'm coming to see you." "Good morning, Linda." "I love you, my darling." "I'll be back in a while." "I have to do some things." "I have to see something, and I'll be back." "Fuck!" "Press one to hearthis person's description of themselves... and two to leave a personal message of your own." "Well, hello." "This is Jim." "I work in law enforcement." "I'm an officerforthe LAPD... and work out of the North Hollywood district." "I love my job, and I love to go to the movies." "I try to stay physicallyfit." "My job demands it." "So I'm in pretty good shape." "I'm getting upthere,though." "I'm 32, 6foot 2, and weigh about 180... if that's importantto you." "I'm really interested in meeting someone special... who likes quietthings." "My life is very stressful... and I hopefor a relationship that is very calm... and undemanding and loving." "IF you are this person, leave me a message at box number8-2." "Thankyou." "So much violence... butthat's the way of the world." "Good luck, as always." "Serve and protect and all that other blah-blah-blah... on the side of the car." "Let me tell you something." "This is not an easy job." "I get a call on the radio from dispatch." "It's bad news... and it stinks." "Butthis is my job, and I love it." "Because I wantto do well." "In this life and in this world, I wantto do well... and I wantto help people." "And I might get twenty bad calls a day... but one time I can help someone... I make a save... I correct a wrong or right a situation... then I'm a happy cop." "And we move through this life, we should try and do good." "Do good." "And if we can do that... and not hurt anyone else... well,then..." "Hello?" "Who is it?" "Every time I turn around, there's something else." "Slow down." "You can'tjust come in here!" "The doorwas open, ma'am." "I got a call." "You're not allowed to come in." "Calm down." "I am calm." "I got a call to this apartment, report of a disturbance." "There's no disturbance." "I got a call of a disturbance." "I wantto see what's going on." "There's no disturbance." "Then,you got nothing to worry about." "You don'ttell me." "I know my rights." "You can't..." "Ma'am,you wantto test me?" "Wantto tell me aboutthe law book?" "You push mefar enough, I will take you to jail." "Now calm yourself down." "l am calm!" "No." "You are not calm." "You're screaming at me." "Do you understand?" "I got a call of a disturbance, and I'm checking it out." "That is what I'm going to do." "Are you alone in here?" "I ain't gotto answeryou." "No,you don't, but I'm going to askyou one more time." "Are you alone in here?" "What does it look like?" "There's no one else in here?" "You in here." "That's true, but is there anyone else... besides me and you in this house?" "No. I said that already." "Are you lying to me?" "l live by myself." "That might be true, but the question I'm asking you... ls there anyone else in this house right now?" "What is your name?" "Marcie." "Marcie, I'm going to need you to take a seat here." "I preferto stand up." "I'm not asking." "I didn't even do nothing!" "Move, ma'am." "Like I was saying, I'm here to check on a disturbance." "Some of your neighbors heard screaming and a loud crash." "I don't even know no loud crash." "Whatwas that?" "l didn't hear nothing." "Sit on the couch." "I ain't gotto do a goddamn thing." "What's this bullshit?" "Do not do this." "Do not slap me, ma'am." "This is bullshit!" "Forwhat?" "Huh?" "Tell meforwhat!" "I asked you to sit on the couch, ma'am." "This is bullshit." "Fucking bullshit." "15-L-27, I'm going to need backup." "Whatthefuck is this?" "It's bullshit, motherfucker!" "Stay rightthere, Marcie." "Fucking bullshit, and you know it!" "Stay there, Marcie." "Don't go in my bedroom!" "This is bullshit, motherfucker!" "Don't go down the hallway!" "Don't go down my motherfucking hallway!" "LAPD!" "Don't go in my goddamn bedroom!" "Come out now with your hands up!" "What'd I tell you?" "Ain't nobody in there!" "Where thefuckyou going, motherfucker?" "Don't go in my goddamn bedroom!" "Stay out of my motherfucking closet!" "What'd I tell you?" "This is the police!" "IF anyone is in this closet, come out now with your hands up." "Marcie, do not drag that couch anyfurther!" "Don't do this, man!" "There's nobody in my motherfucking closet!" "IF I have to open this closet, you will get shot!" "Come back here, motherfucker!" "What can'tyou goddamn fucking talkto me?" "There's nobody in there!" "I told you!" "Marcie, quiet down!" "This don't make nofucking sense!" "This don't make no goddamn sense!" "This is bullshit, motherfucker!" "Why can'tyou talkto me?" "Whatthe hell is this, Marcie?" "That ain't mine." "He'sfucking dying as we're sitting here." "There's not afucking..." "Jesus, how can you tell me to calm down?" "I can helpyou through this the bestway I know how... butthere's certain things you have to take care of." "We can go overthem... but I need to know that you're listening to me." "I'm in afucking state." "It's like he's going, and I don't know..." "Justtell me practical things, like whatto do with his body." "What do I do when he dies?" "What happens then?" "That's what Hospice can take care offoryou." "They'll send over a nurse..." "No." "He has Phil now." "Phil's one of the nurses from the service?" "IF you're happy with Phil taking care of him,fine... but contact Hospice to arrangeforthe body." "You don't understand." "There's more pain, and the fucking pills aren'tworking." "The pasttwo days, he can't really swallow... and I don't know if the pills are going down." "I can't see inside his mouth anymore." "I'm up all night staring at him... and I don't know if the pills are going down." "He moans and he hurts." "We canfix that, because I can give you..." "Are you listening?" "I'm listening." "I'm getting better." "Do you wantto sit down?" "I need to sit down." "Linda, Earl's not going to make it." "He's dying." "He is." "Very,very rapidly." "The thing here is to make this experience... as painless and easy for him as possible." "You understand?" "Hospice will take care of all the technical things." "They will helpyou and take care of the body." "They are who you call when he dies." "There's the number of Hospice." "Now, asfar as the morphine pills go... there's something else to consider." "There's a very potent solution of liquid morphine." "And it's a little bottle, has an eyedropper." "Very easy to get into his mouth and drop on his tongue... and itwill certainly diminish the pain that he's in." "Butyou need to realize that once you give itto him... there really is no going back." "Itwill certainly cure his pain... but he will drift in and out of consciousness... even worse than he is now." "All sign of the recognizable Earl will pretty much go away." "Whatthefuck can I say to that?" "I don't know whatto say to that." "I don'twantto do this..." "Sit here." "I can see the thing,you know." "It's getting there, that's the cocksucker." "I see that pen." "I see it." "I know it's there." "I reachfor it." "No, no goddamn use." "I have a son,you know." "You do?" "Where is he?" "I don't know." "I mean... he's around." "He's here in town, but I don't know." "You know..." "He's a tough one." "Very." "Got a girlfriend, Phil?" "Get a girlfriend." "l'm trying." "Do good things with her." "Share the things." "All that bullshit is true." "Find a good one, hold on, and all that." "Where's Linda?" "She went out to run some errands." "She'll be back." "She's a good girl." "She's a little nuts, but she's a good girl, I think." "She's a little daffy." "She loves you." "Well, maybe." "Yeah." "She's a good one." "When's the lasttime you talked to your son?" "I don't know." "Ten." "Maybe ten...five." "Fuck." "Fuck." "It's anotherthing that goes." "Your memory?" "Time lines,you know?" "I can rememberthings, but not rightthere." "You know?" "Thefuckyou know." "I've seen it before." "Otherfucking assholes like me?" "There's no asshole like you." "Cocksucker." "How come every word you use... is "cocksucker," "shit-balls," or "fuck"?" "Do me a personalfavor." "Gofuck myself." "You got it." "God." "I can't... I can't hold on to this any longer." "Want another morphine pill?" "No." "Give me thefucking phone." "Who you gonna call?" "I wantto see this." "Where is he?" "Who?" "Jack." "is Jackyour son?" "Do you wantto call him on the phone?" "I can dial the number if you can remember it." "It's not him." "It's not him." "He's afucking asshole." "Phil, come here." "This is so boring." "So goddamn..." "That dying wish... and all that old-man-on-a-bed... wants one thing..." "Find him on a..." "Frank." "His name's Frank Mackey." "Frank Mackey?" "That's your son?" "Not my name." "Gofind..." "Find Lily." "Give me that." "Give me." "Give me-- IF you give me that... overthere on..." "Fuck. I can't hold on to this." "I got it." "Respectthe cock." "And tame the cunt!" "Tame it!" "Take it on headfirst with the skills... that I will teach you atwork and say no!" "You will not control me!" "No!" "You will nottake my soul!" "No!" "You will notwin this game!" "Because it's a game, guys." "You wantto think it's not?" "Go backto the schoolyard... and you have that crush on big-titted Mary Jane." "Respectthe cock." "You are embedding this thought." "I am the one who's in charge." "I am the one who says yes!" "No!" "Now!" "Here!" "Because it's universal, man." "It is evolutional." "It is anthropological." "It is biological." "It is animal." "We... are... men!" "You Gwenovier?" "I'm Captain Muffy, Frank's personal assistant." "This is Doc." "We can go in right down here." "He started aboutthirty-five minutes ago... but he's probably getting all pumped up right now." "Look down atthe top of the page." "What does it say?" "Get a calendar!" "That's right." "I cannot stress this enough." "It's a simple item." "It's 99 cents atthe store." "But if you look into your packs, reach deep... you'll see I have been nice enough to include one." "That's just the kind of prick I am." "You need this calendar." "It doesn't seem like much." "It's a simple, small item... but it is going to make all the difference in yourworld." "You meet a girl, you work an A-3 interruption." "Say, an eight-day waiting period before next contact." "How are you going to know when those eight days are up?" "That's right." "You markthat calendar." "You're going to stickwith me and this calendar... and you're going to set goals." "IF you really wantto make thatfriend something else... you have to be tough on yourself." "You have to set goals." "You, sir, in the brown short-sleeve shirt." "I can't read your name tag." "What's your name?" "Hi, is Frankthere?" "No,you have the wrong number." "I'm sorry." "I'm lookingfor a Frank Mackey." "There's no Frank here." "is this 818-775-3993?" "Yeah, butyou have the wrong number." "Do you know a Jack, by any chance?" "Just a regular deal." "Loosers and tighters." "We're all set upstairs." "Thanks." "She called me up and asked me for advice about a guy." "Got everything you need?" "All set." "Does she know how youfeel about her?" "Yes." "Absolutely." "And what did she say?" "She says she doesn't feel thatway about me." "I don'tthinkthere's anyone in this room... who doesn't understand that kind of pain, Geoff... and I wantto thankyou for sharing that." "Let me tell you what we're going to teach Denise... when we put our calendars to work and set goals." "What I say is, "Denise..."" ""Denise the Piece."" "I mark it down." "I write it up." "And you have been warned." "Because I have my lasers... I have my tasers, I have my lCBMs... I have my bazookas, my jets pointed right atyou." "Because me and my brothers, we like to celebrate." "And on thefirst of May, we celebrate V-Day." "And come June, baby, it is the lick of my spoon." "Come August, we like to celebrate..." "Saint Suck My Big Fat Fucking Sausage!" "I set goalsfor myself... and when I say I do not wantto take it anymore... I will nottake it anymore." "You think she's yourfriend, Geoff?" "They're notyourfriends." "Do you really think she'll be there when things go bad?" "When things go wrong, thinkthey'll be therefor us?" "You think again." "Fucking Denise, Denise the Piece... you're gonna give me that cherry pie, sweet mama baby." "Yeah, but listen up, that is notto say... thatwe don't all need females just asfriends... because we'll learn later in ChapterTwenty-three... having a couple of chickfriends... comes in real handy in setting jealousy traps." "We'll getto that later." "Right now, pull out your blue booklets, page 18." "We're going quickly, butwe'll workshop it later." "Eighteen, blue booklet." "This is simple and clean, and if done correctly... can be very effective in getting some bush." "Here we go." "Call your so-calledfriend and set a date." "Make it around 7:30." "Call her on the phone." "Hi. ls Claudia here?" "She's sleeping." "Are you her boyfriend?" "You're Jimmy Gator, right?" "That's right." "What's your name?" "I'm Ray." "So, are you her boyfriend?" "No, I'm just afriend." "l see." "What are you doing here?" "l'm herfather." "Mind if I come in?" "Sure." "Thanks." "Whatthefuck is this?" "It's me, Claudia." "What do you want?" "Why are you here?" "I'd like to talkto you." "Your boyfriend let me in." "That's not my boyfriend." "Wantto call me a slut?" "No, I don't." "Whatthefuck do you want?" "I wantto sit and talkwith you." "Don't sit down!" "I wantto." "God, I want so many things." "Maybe we could justtalk and straighten out... I don'twantto talkto you!" "I have to talk about so many things." "I don'twantto talkto you!" "It doesn't have to be now." "We can make a date to set some othertime." "I didn't mean to walk in on you like this." "Why are you here?" "Why are you doing this?" "You wantto call me a whore?" "I don'twantyou to think I'm thatway to you." "I won't call you a slut." "Yeah, right." "What are you doing here?" "Whatthefuck are you doing in my house?" "Please don'tyell." "Honey,just don't go crazy." "I'm not crazy!" "Don'tyou tell me that I'm crazy!" "I'm sick, Claudia." "Fuckyou!" "No, please, listen to me." "Listen to me right now, Claudia." "I am dying." "I got sick and lfell down..." "Fuckyou!" "Getthefuck out of my house!" "I'm dying." "I have cancer, Claudia." "And I'm dying very soon." "Fuckyou." "It's metastasized in my bones." "I'm not lying to you." "This is the truth." "I'm telling you, Claudia, I'm going to lose." "Get out." "Getthefuck out of here!" "Get out!" "Go!" "Your motherwould like to hearfrom you." "Fuckyou." "Get out!" "Getthefuck out of my house now!" "Get out!" "Hey,Avi." "Just one sec." "Please." "Don't do this." "This is sofucked, Solomon!" "I don't deserve this!" "Don't get strong, Donnie." "This is making sense." "This is making a lot of sense." "You are not doing the job I askyou to do." "A job I give you." "Over and over and over." "I'm sorry, but I won't say I'm sorry much more." "I don't have any money, Solomon." "IF youfire me... I pay you!" "I give you a paycheck!" "Your sales suck, Don!" "I give!" "I give!" "When lfind you, when I meetyou,what?" "I putyour name up on afucking billboard." "I putyou in my store." "My salesman." "Myfucking representation of Solomon Solomon Electronic!" "The Quiz Kid Donnie Smith from the game show!" "I lentyou my celebrity, my name!" "Exactly!" "Fuckyou!" "Fuckyou!" "I paid you!" "I paid you!" "I gave you afucking chance, over and over,you let me down!" "I trustyou with so much!" "Keys to my store." "The codes to my locks." "The life and blood of my business!" "In return, you smash in 7-Eleven!" "Always late!" "Loans!" "The loans l give you foryour kitchen you never did!" "I paid you back!" "Two years later andfrom your paycheck!" "I never charged interest!" "Solomon, please!" "I am sofucked here if you do this!" "This is the worsttiming I could ever imagine!" "I need to keepworking!" "I have so many debts, so many things... I have my surgery!" "My oral surgery coming!" "What surgery?" "Oral surgery!" "Corrective teeth surgery!" "What is that?" "Braces!" "You don't need braces." "l do!" "Yourteeth are straight." "l need surgery!" "You got struck by lightning on vacation in Tahoe." "I don'tthink braces is a good idea." "Solomon,just let me askyou once, please." "Please don't do this." "How are you payingforthem?" "l don't know!" "How much are braces anyway?" "It doesn't matter." "It's like $5,000." "I've seen it." "You're pissing me off." "This isfucking incredible." "You're paying $5,000 for braces you don't need?" "l've been a good worker." "Don't do this!" "Where are you getting the money?" "l don't know!" "You were going to ask me!" "l've been a good worker." "No needfor braces." "That is none of your business!" "I've been a good workerforyou, youfucking assholes!" "Donnie,watch it now." "Give me your keys." "Give me yourfucking keys!" "identified as Porter Parker, agefifty-nine... better known as the dead guy in the closet." "So says the building guy, this is her husband." "He doesn't live here." "Comes around, raises some shit, screaming and yelling." "There's a son and a kid." "Her son?" "Right." "And the kid." "They were here, andfrom late last night... through the morning, itwas screaming and yelling." "And where are they?" "Notto befound." "Got $600 and a large box of condoms nextto the bed." "She was real belligerent." "Three wedding rings." "Guys coming in and out all day." "Thisfrom the building guy." "He says the son and closet guy are always going at it." "What is she saying?" "Not a goddamn thing." "Thanks, Randy." "How much you pay mefor my help?" "It's more complicated than that, little man." "Put me on the payroll andfind outwhat's up." "You don'tjust sign up to be a police officer." "It's about three years of training." "I'm trained." "I'm ready to go." "Wantto buy some candy?" "Sorry, little man." "You wantto take my statement?" "I'll performforyou." "Gotta get paid,though." "Why aren'tyou in school today?" "No school today." "My teacher got sick." "You don't have substitute teachers at school?" "No." "What'd theyfind out in there?" "That's confidential information, little man." "Tell me whatyou know." "I'll tell you what I know." "No can do." "Leave this to the detectives, they ain't going to solve shit." "I can helpyou." "Make you the man with the plan." "Give you the giftthat Iflow." "Wantto know who killed him?" "You come here." "Come here." "Wantto disrespect an officer of the law?" "I can helpyou solve the case." "Tell you who did it." "You're a joker, huh?" "Telling me jokes?" "l'm a rapper." "You're a rapper." "Got a record contract?" "Notyet." "Give you a clueforthe bust if you show me some trust." "You ever been to juvenile hall?" "I ain'tfucking with you!" "Watch the mouth." "Watch it." "Come on, man,justwatch me." "Watch and listen." "Presence" "With a double-ass meaning gifts I bestow" "With my riff and myflow, butyou don't hear me,though" "Thinkfast, catch me,yo" "Because I throw what I know with a resonance" "Foryourtrouble-assfiend in weening yourself" "Off the back of the shelf" "Jackass, crackers, bodystackers" "Dick-tooting niggers, masturbating yourtriggers..." "Hold it, homeboy." "I don't need to hearthatword." "Living to get older with a chip on your shoulder" "Exceptyou thinkyou got a grip" "Because your hip got a holster" "Ain't no confessor, so, busta, you betterjust shutthefuck up" "Try to listen and learn..." "Cut it, Coolio." "I've had enough of the mouth and the language." "I'm almost done!" "Finish it upwithoutthe lip." "Checkthat ego" "Come off it, I'm the prophet" "The professor, I'm-a teach you aboutthe worm" "Who eventually turned to catch wreck" "With the neck of a long-time oppressor" "And he's runningfrom the devil, butthe debt is always gaining" "And if he's worth being hurt, he's worth bringing pain in" "When the sunshine don'twork, the good Lord bring the rain in" "Now,that shitwill helpyou solve the case." "Whateverthat meant." "I'm sure it's real helpful, lce-T." "Did you listen to me?" "I was listening to you." "I told you who did it, and you're not even listening." "I'm through playing games." "Be cool." "Stay in school." "Get out of the street now." "Move it." "Come on, let's go." "You're late, not me." "You could have been infront." "l didn't see you." "Why didn'tyou just-- You could've come in thefront." "Hurry up." "All right, you ready to keepwinning?" "Sure." "You OK?" "Almost busted my ankle there." "Have that makeup lady fix your hair." "It's really wet." "There you are!" "l'm sorry we're late." "That's all right." "We got caught in traffic." "Your book's OK." "How you doing?" "l'mfine." "Ready to go, go, go?" "Do you know anybody involved in thatAlan Thicke thing?" "The Corey Haim terrorist in the high school?" "Where's Richard and Julia?" "They're here." "They'refine." "They're in the dressing room, so we're all set." "See you later." "Go to it, handsome." "See you." "OK, buddy, love you." "Good luck, Rick." "Hey, Peter." "Dick. I'm sorry." "Dick." "Fuck." "Can't getthatfucking name." "Who's ready to beatthe record?" "Thatwas close." "It's cats andfucking dogs outthere." "Cats and dogs indeed." "I've never seen it rain this bad since lastyear." "Because of La Nina or El Nino orwhateverthe shit." "No bueno El Nino." "Sorry I'm late." "Whatwas your name again?" "Amy, Mr. Jennings." "Call me D.J. Listen." "Trust me." "Stayfocused." "Where's the news department atthe studio?" "lt's upstairs." "Have you ever been there?" "Sure." "Why?" "I was wondering about the weather department." "IF they have outside meteorological services... or if they have in-house instruments." "I can check on thatforyou, and laterwe can take a tour." "Sounds good?" "You asking because it's raining outside?" "I guess." "Whatever's happening, that's whatyou look into?" "I don't know." "You don't know?" "It's not a bad way to be." "Interested in everything that's going around." "Wet is wet." "Justthat simple." "Hi, Mary." "Hi, hon, Stanley." "Rose is on the phone." "Here are today's cards." "Fifteen minutes to go over those cards." "Sorry." "Find Paulafor me." "Now?" "We're on the air in twenty minutes." "Fucking hell, Mary." "Yeah?" "Hi." "Hi, how you doing?" "l'm drinking." "Slowly or quickly?" "Asfast as I can." "You come home soon afterthe show." "I wentto see her." "Some asshole answers the door in his underwear." "He'sfifty years old." "There's coke and shit laid out on the table." "Did she talkto you?" "She wentfucking crazy, Rose." "Did you tell her?" "l don't know." "I gotta go." "I don't have time." "Got a lot more drinking to do." "l love you." "l love you,too." "Shit." "Fuck." "Police!" "Open the door!" "Who is it?" "LAPD!" "Open the door!" "I'm coming!" "I have to get dressed!" "You're not comingfast enough!" "Open the door!" "Didn'tyou hear me?" "I said I'm coming and that means I'm coming!" "I just have to get dressed, all right?" "I have to get dressed!" "I hate coming here and not being able to talk." "It'sfine." "I understand." "I wish the circumstance was better." "I don't know what's going to happen." "Ifeel so overthe top with everything." "Running out of your medication at all... let alone at a time like this, could be drastic." "Thankyou, Dr. Diane." "Stanley Spector and his brilliantfriends..." "Richard and Julia can defeat today's adult challengers..." "Mim, Luis, and Todd." "They're moving towards a half million dollarteam total... and a "What Do Kids Know?" record!" "Pink Dot." "Hi. I'd like to get an orderfor delivery." "Phone number?" "818-725-4424." "Partridge?" "Whatwould you like?" "I'd like to get an order of peanut butter... cigarettes, Camel Lights,water..." "Bottled water?" "No." "You know what, forgetthe water." "Just give me a loaf of bread." "White bread." "And do you have "Playboy" magazine?" "One of those." "And "Penthouse," the magazine?" "You have that?" "One of those." "And "Hustler"?" "Do you have that?" "Yes, I said." "That it?" "That's it." "Still wantthe peanut butter, bread, and cigarettes?" "Yeah." "What?" "The total is 31.90." "Thirty minutes or less." "Thankyou." "Cash or credit card?" "Cash." "Thankyou." "Thankyou." "Respectthe cock and tame the cunt!" "Have a great lunch!" "This is Gwenovier from the show "Profiles."" "She's hereforthe interview." "lt's nice to meetyou." "l admire yourwork." "Thankyou." "I have us set up... lt's notvery safeforyou here." "lfinish one of these seminars, Gwenovier... I sweartofucking God, I am Batman." "I'm Superman." "I'm like afucking action hero, the way lfeel afterthat." "I could walk outta this room right now, Gwenovier... go down the hall, walk down the street... and I could pick up any sweet little honey... that has even one second to stop." "One second?" "Just one second, girl." "One glance, one hesitation... one subtle look my way for me to know... and then it is bing, bang, boom." "Oh, my God!" "I'm away on a tangent." "I tell you..." "Don't hurtyourseIF, OK?" "I tell you, I do." "I get sofucking jazzed atthese seminars... because I am what I believe." "I do as I say." "I live by these rules... as religiously as I preach them." "That's why I am getting the nasty... left, right, center, up, down, sideways." "The Battle of the Bush is being fought and won by Team Mackey." "We'll start rolling now." "What?" "I thoughtwe were rolling." "Come on, go, go, go, Gwenovier." "I amfiring pearls atyou here." "I wantyou to know that I'm not succeeding in the bush... because I'm FrankT.J. Mackey." "You think aboutthis." "There are women... who wantto destroy me." "No. lfind that hard to believe." "It makes itvery difficult, twice as hardfor me." "There's some little hottie I'm moving in on... knows me, knows my plans and my schemes,you know?" "She'll wanttofuckwith me." "She'll go back, tell herfriends." ""FrankT.J. Mackey, he ain't all that." "He ain't all that." "Didn't get me."" "So, me, I am... I'm just onfull afterburners... full throttle through hottie heaven." "Just dodging left..." "Yes, I understand." "These bullets from these terrorists." "Babe, beauties." "Calm down,take it easy, and be a good boy..." "OK, Mr. Mackey?" "Thankyou." "You sit backthere... putyour microphone onfor me, please." "So we can do this thing, all right?" "Yes, ma'am." "Let me start by asking you..." "Just one second." "You missed a button." "Thankyou." "What do you wantto know?" "Make it happen." "This is you, Donnie." "Go, go, go!" "Hello." "You're back again, huh?" "Yes." "Hi." "How are you?" "What can I getyou?" "A Diet Coke." "You looktired." "Want one of these?" "Better pouryou one of these, huh?" "Can you ring me up?" "Brad, good to see you." "lt's good to see you." "You make that down payment on Harley yet?" "Notyet." "I'll make it nextweek." "You ever get out of here?" "Six days a week." "You'll be thefirstto go." "I would love that." "Want another one?" "Yes, please." "I'd like a tequila." "What kind?" "lt doesn't matter." "Open upthe door now!" "Yes, hi!" "Hello!" "I'm sorry." "I had to get dressed." "You the resident here?" "You alone in there?" "There's no one else in there with you?" "What's wrong?" "First of all, turn down the music... so we can have a conversation." "You mind if I come in?" "No." "Go ahead." "You gotyour neighbors real worriedforyou." "Sorry." "You live alone?" "What's your name?" "Claudia." "Claudia what?" "Wilson." "Claudia Wilson... are you trying to go deaf?" "What?" "Did you hearwhat I just said?" "Yes, but I don't know what..." "You're listening to your music so loud... you're going to damage your ears." "You continue to listen to your music atthat level... then you're going to damage not only your ears... butyour neighbors' ears as well." "I didn't realize itwas that loud." "That rightthere is thefirst sign of hearing loss." "I see you got yourTV on there,too." "You usually keepthat on atthe same time?" "I don't know." "What is this?" "You been doing some drugs today, Claudia?" "Have you been doing some drinking?" "I got a call of a disturbance here." "Some loud music--"A"..." "Some screaming and yelling." "Has there been some screaming and yelling here?" "I had someone come to my door." "Someone that I didn't wantto hear." "And I told them to leave, so it's no big deal." "They left. I'm sorry." "Was thatyour boyfriend?" "You don't have a boyfriend?" "Well,who was it?" "I was--He's gone." "I mean, it's not-- lt's over,you know?" "Mind if I have a look around foryour safety?" "It'sfine." "What are you lookingfor?" "Claudia,why don'tyou let me handle the questions... and you handle the answers?" "I'm here to helpyou." "Do you still have to do homework?" "Not as much as I used to." "Since we started, I haven't gone to school much." "I've had so many auditions." "I don't have regular classes anymore." "What do you do?" "They let me have my own study time... my own reading time in the library." "That's pretty cool." "Do you have an agent, Stanley?" "You should get one." "I'm serious." "You could get a lot of stuff outta this." "Like what?" "Like endorsements and shit!" "Bite it, Cynthia." "You can getfree stuff... from people who wantyou to endorse their product." "Commercials, a sitcom, an M.O.W. or something." "What's M.O.W.?" "Hello!" "Movie of the week." "I wentfor one this morning with Alan Thicke and Corey Haim." "Was it a callback?" "No." "But I'll probably get a callback." "IF we beatthe record, you might get a callback." "I'll get it because I'm a good actress, Richard." "Saucy, saucy!" "Guys, settle down." "Cynthia?" "What?" "l gotta go to the bathroom." "Can you hold it?" "Yes siree!" "Thatwas absolutelyfantastic, and I thankyou very much." "As a matter offact... we may take youfolks on the road with us..." "That's my thing." "I'm serious." "Milk and sports, man." "You never heard milk and sports?" "Anything baseball or dealing with numbers... when it comes to those orwho broke whatever record." "Any kind of dairy product or dairy recipe." "Like goat milk, goat cheese, all that stuff." "Checkthis out over here." "So, guys, justworkwith me on that." "Excuse me, can you bring me lowfat milk, please?" "A couple of ice cubes." "They don't look so tough." "Do they look smart?" "What are they going to do, beat us?" "Maybe." "We're not going outtwo days before we setthe record." "They want us done,they'll call in the Harvard SWATteam." "Ready to run." "You smell like trouble." "l'mfucking hammered." "You OK?" "Good." "You have a chance to lookthose over?" "It's the samefucking shit forthirty years, Burt." "You look like you have money in your pocket." "Maybe I'm just happy to see myfriend Brad there." "Justthrow some money around." "Money, money, money." "This sounds threatening." "Do you have love in your heart?" "I have love all over." "I even have loveforyou, friend." "is it real love?" "The kind of love that makes youfeel... that intangible joy in the pit of your stomach... like a bucket of acid and nerves running around... making you hurt and happy and all over..." "You're head over heels?" "You lost me with the last couple of cocktail words... but I believe it's that sort of love." "Sounds nice to me." "I have love." "A very chatty kind." "Indeed you do." "No, I mean I'm telling you." "I have love." "Yes, and I'm listening avidly,fellow." "My name is Donnie Smith, and I have lots of love to give." "Lots of stuff here, huh?" "It's thirty seconds." "Got my eye on you." "I'll be back." "Whatthefuck's going on overthere?" "I gotta go to the bathroom." "Jesus Christ, Stanley!" "No,you cannot do that." "Let me explain something to you people." "You have to tone it." "Don't be real aggressive." "You have to be subtly abusive so they don't know it." ""No,you're not going outside and play with yourfriends..." ""until that entire room is cleanedfloorto ceiling."" "Julia's room's the same way." "Like a pigsty." "But it's outfits now." "You should have seen what she had on walking outthe door!" "I said, "We're going to school, not afashion show."" "It's not afashion show." "It's school,for goodness sake!" "Let's make somefucking money here, people." "You with me,Jimmy?" "The book says, "We may be through with the past..." ""butthe past ain'tthrough with us."" ""We met upon the level, and we're parting on the square."" "In myfucking sleep, Burt." "Andfive,four,three,two..." "Live, from Burbank, California... it's "What Do Kids Know?"" "Going into our thirty-third year on the air... it's America's longest-running quiz show... and the place where three kids getto challenge three adults... and in the end, we'll see who's the boss." "Moving towards their eighth consecutive week as champions... we have the kids-- Richard,Julia, and Stanley!" "And our new adult challengers are Mim, Luis, and Todd." "And me, I'm DickJennings... and say hello to yourfavorite host and my boss..." "Jimmy Gator!" "Back again, again, again!" "I'm Jimmy Gator, and believe it or not... we are atthe end of week seven, heading towards week eight... with these three incredible kids who--hello, hello... are justtwo days and two games away... from the "What Do Kids Know?" record... forthe longest-running quiz show in television history." "Now,we are endorsed by the PTA... and the North American Teacher's Foundation." "We do try to keep our standards high... and that's why we are the longest-running quiz show... in television history!" "I wantto say something aboutthese kids." "These kids right here, they'll be here a while." "Buttoday's a dangerous day because... I have just metwith the adult challengers backstage... and let me tell you... they are a terrific challenge for our kids." "So let's getthis show up and away, shall we?" "We wantto know where your son is, Marcie." "Jerome Samuel Hall." "Did hefightwith your husband?" "is this the Worm?" "Maybe they had afight." "Maybe itwas an accident." "Do they call him Worm?" "We wantto know where your son is, Marcie." "Do they call him Worm?" "Help us helpyour son, Marcie." "Do they call him Worm?" "Help us helpyour son, Marcie." "Your son and your grandson." "Help us helpthem." "is this the Worm?" "Let's jump right in." "A quick recap forthose who don't know." "Round One." "Three categories." "Steals are OK." "Point scale escalating from 25 to 250... one of which is a conversation bonus." "That'll be 31.90." "The categories are..." ""Authors, Chaos versus Superstring..." ""and Rub-a-Dub."" "Max." "Thanks." "Adults won a coin toss backstage... so they getto pickfirst." "Team captain..." "Mim." "Got it." "First questionfortwenty-five." "Thisfemale author's mostfamous work--"O Pioneers!"" "Willa Cather." "Willa Catherfortwenty-five." "Best knownforthe Tragedy and Blood genre,this playwright..." "Thomas Kyd." "This French playwright and actor joined the Bejarttroupe..." "MolEire." "I'm afraid I'm going to need afull name, Stanley." "Jean-Batiste Poquelin MolEire." "Whatthefuck is this?" "God damn." "My littlefucker." "I have no idea where he gets this shit." "He's afucking genius, really." "This is Chad." "Can I have your phone number?" "Hello." "Great." "This is "Seduce and Destroy"?" "Yes, it is." "Can I have your home phone number?" "I don'twant to order anything." "I have a situation that's just come up... that's really pretty serious... and I don't know who to talkto orwhat I should do... but maybe you could put me in touch with somebody... if I explain myself?" "We're really only equipped to take orders here, sir." "It's just us with the phones, and that's whatwe do." "Could you connect me with somebody else,you think?" "What's the situation?" "OK, great." "Let me try to explain myself without it seeming crazy." "But here I go." "My name is Phil Parma... and I workfor a man named Earl Partridge..." "Mr. Earl Partridge." "I'm his nurse." "He's a very sick man." "He's a dying man, and he's sick... and he's asked me to help him.... to help himfind his son." "Hello?" "Are you there?" "I'm here. I'm listening." "OK." "You see..." "FrankT.J. Mackey is Earl Partridge's son." "So where are you from originally?" "Around here." "Valley?" "Hollywood, mainly." "What did your parents do?" "Myfatherwas in television." "My mother--This is going to sound silly to you." "Try me." "She was a librarian." "Why does that sound silly?" "I don't know." "I guess it doesn't." "Does your mother still work?" "No, she's retired." "Are you close?" "She's my mother." "Yes, but she's a woman,too." "How does shefeel about "Seduce and Destroy"?" "What does she say?" "Well, she says, "You go getthem, honey."" "What aboutyourfather?" "Myfather." "Unfortunately, he passed away." "I'm sorry." "I had no idea." "No, please." "I wouldn't have brought that up if I had known." "It's a very hard thing." "Please." "Yes, it is, but..." "listen." "You have to moveforward." "The past has its place." "Itwas a long time ago and people die." "Let's switch gears here." "According to your book, you ended up at UC Berkeley?" "'84-'89." "Psychology major." "That's right." "Getyour masters?" "This close." "That's impressive infive years." "Cap, can I have some coffee?" "Can I getyou anything?" "No, I'm good." "She's good." "I need coffee." "Cats and dogs outthere, huh?" "Must have a lot going on for all that stuff backthere." "You could..." "You could have quite a party with all that stuff." "You been on Prozac long?" "Dexedrine?" "I don't... interesting drugs." "Dexedrine's basically speed in a pill,you know?" "But I guess a lot of the doctors... are balancing outthe Prozac with the Dexedrine." "That liquid morphine will knockyou down, out... around, up and down, someone's not careful." "You can't mix those up." "Strong stuff here, boy." "What exactly you have wrong, you need all this stuff?" "Motherfucker!" "What?" "What are you talking about?" "Youfucking asshole!" "Who thefuck do you thinkyou are?" "I come in here... you don't know who I am, what my life is... and you have the balls, the indecency... to ask me a question about my life?" "Please, lady, why don'tyou just calm down?" "Fuckyou,too!" "Don'tyou call me lady!" "I come in here, I give these things to you... you check, you make your phone calls... look suspicious, ask questions!" "I'm sick!" "I have sickness all around me, and you ask me my life?" "What's wrong?" "Have you seen death in your bed?" "In your house?" "Where's yourfucking decency?" "And then I'm asked fucking questions." "What's...wrong?" "!" "You suck my dick!" "That's what's wrong!" "And youfucking call me lady?" "!" "Shame on you!" "Shame on both of you!" "So why don'tthey have the same last name?" "Because they don't have the same last name." "I know, and I can't really explain that." "But I have afeeling there is a situation between them... like they don't know each other much orwell." "Something like they don't talk much any more, even." "God, does this sound weird?" "I just don't understand why you're calling me." "There's no numberfor Frank in any of Earl's stuff... and he's pretty out of it." "Like I said, he's dying... dying of cancer." "So..." "What kind of cancer?" "Brain and lung." "My mother had breast cancer." "l'm sorry." "ls she all right?" "She'sfine now." "That's good." "ltwas scary,though." "lt's a hell of a disease." "lt sure is." "Wait, I'm sorry." "So why call me?" "I know this sounds silly, and I might sound ridiculous... like this is the scene of the movie... where the guy tries to get ahold of the long-lost son... butthis is that scene." "And I thinkthey have those scenes in movies... because they're true." "Because they really happen... and you gotta believe me, this is really happening." "I can give you my number and you can go checkwith... whoeveryou gotta checkwith and call me back... but do not leave me hanging on this." "All right?" "Please." "I'm just--Please." "See... this is the scene of the movie where you help me out." "You're great." "These are great questions." "Good. I thought you grew up in the Valley." "Like I said...around." "You wentto Van Nuys High?" "I wouldn't say I went." "lfrequented." "I was misguided, pathetic." "Definitely not the FrankT.J. Mackey... you're so eagerly wanting to put on national television." "Because I was swimming in whatwas... as opposed to what I wanted." "Where does that name comefrom?" "My name?" "It's notyour given name?" "It's my mother's name, actually." "That's good." "Done your research." "And Frank?" "My mother'sfather." "That's why." "See, I had some trouble... locating your school records at UCLA and Berkeley." "It's your name change... because they had no official enrollmentforyou." "No,they wouldn't." "No." "Because I was never officially enrolled there." "Was that unclear?" "Kind of." "God, I wouldn'twant thatto be misunderstood." "My enrollment was totally unofficial." "Sadly, I couldn't afford to pay the tuition upthere." "Butthere were three wonderful professors... kind enough to let me to sit in their classes." "Macready, Horn, and Langtree, among others." "You're welcome to call them if you like." "I didn't get afree ride." "So whatwe're looking at here is a true rags-to-riches story." "That's why people respond so strongly to "Seduce."" "Because atthe end of the day..." ""Seduce" may not be just about picking up chicks... and sticking your cock in." "It's aboutfinding out whatyou can be in this world... defining it, controlling it, and saying..." ""l will take what is mine."" "And you just happen to get a little blow job out of it... then, hey,whatthefuck?" "There you go." "End of Round One." "Excellentwork." "I thinkwe should take a look atthe scores here." "Kids are up a leg with 1,500... and the adults are down a little bitwith 1025." "So we'll be backfor Round Two in a ring-dang-doo!" "Hello, hello!" "Bonus musical question." "And the winner is..." "Kids!" "Kids are in the lead." "They get a chance to pull further andfarther ahead... if they answerthefollowing secret bonus musical question." "Now what I'm going to do is read a linefrom an opera." "I wantyou to give me that line back... in the language in which the opera was originally written." "Andfor a bonus 250--250... you can sing it!" "Here's the line." ""Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame." ""And it's all in vain to call it..." ""if it chooses to refuse."" "Well,thatwas in French... and thatwasfrom the opera "Carmen..."" "and that goes..." "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" "Que nul ne peut apprivoiser" "Et c'est bien en vain qu'on I'appelle" "S'il lui convient de refuser" "See you got some coffee brewing here." "Yeah, it's not-- lt's been onfor a bit." "I like iced coffee, generally... but a day like today, with the rain and whatnot... I enjoy a warm cup." "Do you want a cup?" "is that all right?" "It's raining cats and dogs outthere." "I'd just as soon not go back in it." "I don't know howfresh it's going to be." "I'm sure it'sfine, Claudia." "Do you take cream or sugar?" "That'd befine." "So, Claudia, let me just say... so I can get my role as an LAPD officer... out of the way here before we enjoy our coffee." "I don't like to talk shop over coffee." "I'm not going to write you up." "I'm not going to give you a citation here... butthe real problem is that you got people around you... people who workfrom home, trying to getwork done." "And if you're listening to your music that loud... they're inconvenienced by that." "IF you had a job, you'd probably understand... butyou like listening to your music." "That'sfine." "Justwantto keep an eye on the volume level." "Maybe memorize what number you see on the dial." "IF it's the middle of the day, that's what I do." "I just set it attwo and a half... and then I know that's a good listening levelfor me." "Butyou like listening to your music loud." "That'sfine." "That's cool." "It's good to rock out sometimes." "Butyou can't do it every day... or else you risk damaging your ears." "Seriously." "You listen to it all the time like that?" "You're going to drive these people crazy." "Anyway,you getthe point." "Cheers." "So this boyfriend bothering you?" "I don't have a boyfriend." "The gentleman who was atthe door..." "He's not my boyfriend." "A lot of times, in domestic abuse situations... the young woman is afraid to speak out." "You don't have to be afraid to tell me anything." "And as a police officer, I can tell you... it goes bad places." "Young woman's afraid to speak out... nextthing you know, I'm here on a 187." "What's a 187?" "It's not good." "And it's where situations like this always lead." "It's not my boyfriend, and it's not anything." "It's over." "Really." "He won't come back." "I don'twantto have to come back here..." "You won't have to!" "I wouldn't mind coming back." "You know, get a look atyour prettyface again." "I'll be right back." "Here you go." "Let's getthe jacket off." "It'll helpyou to breathe." "I can'tfucking do this." "I've--l... I think I'm gonna throw up." "I think." "I haven'tthrown up since I was twenty years old." "What's the problem?" "l need to go to the bathroom." "Jesus Christ, Stanley." "You can't go now." "You have exactly one minute before we're on the air." "Now is notthe time to go to the bathroom!" "Why does thisfucking shit always happen, Stanley?" "Excuse me, is there a problem?" "Mind your own business!" "You watch your mouth,young man!" "Why don'tyou mind your own business?" "Oh, no, she didn't!" "Waitforthe commercial break, then you can go." "Just hold it." "Don'ttauntthe kids." "l'm trying to be helpful." "Don't starttrouble." "You haven't seen trouble!" "Waittill next commercial break." "What's the problem?" "Nothing." "Lily!" "Please!" "Get awayfrom me,you shithead!" "Watch out,watch out." "Don't eatthese." "Here you go." "Out of the trash!" "Phil, are you there?" "It's Chad." "I'm going to putyou in touch with Janet, Frank's assistant." "And she'll see what she can do, all right?" "Thankyou, and good luck to you and your mother." "Thanks, man." "You,too." "Janet, are you there?" "All right,Janet, you have Phil Parma." "I have cancer, Mary." "I have abouttwo months." "I have no time." "It's in my bones." "I don't have a chance." "I'mfucked." "Andfifteen seconds." "Ten seconds." "Andfive,four,three,two..." "We're back, readyfor Round Two!" "And we're talking to our adult contestants here today." "Mim, it says here thatyou live in Chatsworth, California... and thatyou have two kids." "That's right." "I have a six-year-old..." "Do you know who I am?" "You're afriend of thefamily, I presume." "What does that mean?" "Nothing special." "Just a spoke in the wheel." "You talk in rhymes and riddles and Rub-a-Dub." "Butthat doesn't mean anything to me." "See, I used to be smart." "I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith." "I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith from TV." "It might have been before my time." "I remember." "In the Sixties, right?" "l'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith." "Like you said." "Smart kid!" "You got struck by lightning once." "So what?" "l heard aboutthat." "Did it hurt?" "Butyou're all right now." "So what's the what?" "What?" "That's right." "I used to be smart." "Now I'm just stupid." "Brad, dear, who was itthat said..." ""A man of genius has seldom been ruined but by himself"?" "Itwas the lovely Samuel Johnson." "Who also spoke of afellow "who was not only dull..." ""but a cause of dullness in others"?" ""The cause of dullness in others."" "Picky, picky!" "Let me tell you this." "Samuel Johnson never had his life shit on... and takenfrom him and his money stolen!" "Who took his life and his money?" "His parents?" "His mommy and daddy?" "Make him live this life like this..." "A man of genius who gets shit on as a child... and that scars!" "That hurts!" "Have you ever been hit by lightning?" "It hurts." "It doesn't happen to everyone." "It's an electrical charge." "ltfinds its way across the universe... and it lands in your body and your head!" "And asfor ruined but by himself... not if his parents took hisfreaking life... and his money and tell you to do this... and to do that, and if you don't..." "Your parents tookyour money you won on that game show?" "Yes!" "They did." "What does that mean, a spoke in the wheel?" "Things go round and round, don'tthey?" "Yes,they do." "They do." "But I'll make my dreams come true." "Sounds sad as a weeping willow." "I used to be smart." "But now I'm just stupid." "Shall we drinkto that?" "I wantto talk a little bit more aboutyour background." "You made some references earlier... to subjective human experiences and terrible things..." "Actually, I'm confused aboutyour past." "is that still lingering?" "It's so boring." "Justwantto clear some things up." "Excuse me." "Thankyou, Muff." "It's afunny thing that..." "This is an important element of "Seduce and Destroy..."" "facing the past is an important way of not making progress." "This is something I tell my men over and over and over." "This isn't meant... I try to teach my students to ask..." ""What is it in aid of?"" "Are you asking me that?" "Well, in trying to figure outwho you are... ln aid of what?" "Frank, I'm saying that in trying tofigure out... I have more importantthings to put myself into." "I thinkthis is something important... you might need to think about putting yourself into." "Not really." "It's not like I'm trying to attackyou here." "This is how you wantto spend yourtime, go, go, go." "Butyou'll be surprised atwhat a waste it is." "The most useless thing in the world... is thatwhich is behind me." "ChapterThree." "We talked earlier aboutyour mother... and about yourfather and his death." "I don'twantto be challenging, but I have to ask." "I justwantto clarify something that I understand... I'm not sure I hear a question in here." "I'm trying to putthis as delicately as I can." "What's the question?" "Do you remember Miss Simms?" "I know a lot of women." "I'm sure she remembers me." "From when you were a boy." "She lived in Tarzana." "That's my old stomping ground." "is this the attack portion of the interview?" "is the girl coming in forthe kill?" "No." "This is about getting something right... and clarifying your answers to an earlier question." "What question?" "I was told that your mother died, Frank." "That's whatyou heard." "Do you remember Miss Simms?" "I talked to Miss Simms, your neighbor and caretaker... afteryour mother died in 1980." "And in my research... I have you as the only son of Earl and Lily Partridge." "And what I learned from Barbara Simms... is thatyour mother, Lily, died in 1980." "So, it's my understanding that information supplied... by you and your company and the answers... to the questions I've asked is incorrect, Frank." "And if I wantto get to the bottom... of who you are and why you are... then I thinkthat yourfamily history... your actualfamily history..." "Well,this is important." "What is yourfucking question?" "Well, I guess my question's this..." "Why would you lie, Frank?" "Kids...adults... I would like you to putyourseIF at a picnic." "Place yourself there with yourfamily andfriends... if you'd like." "You'll hearthree musical notes, and you are to tell me... what it might represent thatyou wouldfind at a picnic." "Thefirstthree notes." "Guys." "Yes,Todd." "Well,Jimmy, I know this." "I have perfect pitch, and thatwould be A-D-E... and thatwould represent lemonade." "For 250." "Next notes, please." "Got it." "That's E-G-G, which would be egg." "For 500." "And the third set of notes." "Guys?" "No. I just... I'm sofucked up right now,Alan." "There's just so much, so many things." "Are you on drugs right now?" "IF I tell you something, you're a lawyer, right?" "You can't say anything, tell anybody." "It's like a privilege." "Attorney/Client." "You understand?" "Not exactly." "Like a shrink." "IF I go see a shrink, I'm protected." "I can say things--Fuck!" "I don't know what I'm doing." "Linda,you're safe." "It's all right." "You're myfriend." "You and Earl are clients." "Whateveryou wantto say won't leave this room." "You have something you wantto say to me?" "I have to tell you something." "I have something to tell you." "I wantto change his will." "Can I change his will?" "I need to." "No,you can't change his will." "Only Earl can." "No,you see, I never loved him." "I never loved him." "Earl." "When I met him, lfucked him, and I married him... because I wanted his money." "You understand?" "I'm telling you this... I've nevertold anyone, I didn't love him... but now, I know I'm in thatwill." "We made thatfucking thing, and all the money I'll get." "I don'twant it, because I love him so much now." "I'vefallen in love with him nowfor real as he's dying." "I look at him, and he's aboutto go,Alan." "He's moments... I took care of him through this." "What now,then?" "Let's listen." "Hello, Mary." "How are you and the seven kids?" "As you probably heard by now... we sure gave that Pope a runfor his money." "Thatwould be Robert E. Lee." "His wife was Mary Parke Custis." "I know he had seven children." "And he would be talking about Pope... who he defeated atthe Battle of Manassas." "Absolutely right, Miss Mim." "Next question." "Come on." "Snap out of it, man." "Come on, Stanley." "Bonjour,Josephine." "Maintenant je suis en Egypte." "Yes, Mim." "Thatwould be Napoleon speaking to Josephine." "Absolutely right,for 500." "Nextvoice." "I don'twant him to die." "I didn't love him when we met... and I did so many bad things to him that he doesn't know." "Things that I wantto confess to him..." "But now I do. I love him." "Linda,what kind of medication are you on?" "This isn't anyfucking medication talking!" "Can you give me nothing?" "You have power of attorney." "Can you go in thefinal moments and change the will?" "I don'twant any money." "I couldn't live with myself with this thing that I've done." "lfucked around." "lfucking cheated on him." "There." "You're his lawyer, our lawyer." "I am his wife. I broke the contract of marriage." "lfucked around on him many times." "I sucked other men's cocks." "Adultery is not againstthe law." "You can't use it in court to discreditthe will." "Linda, calm down." "l can't." "You don't have to change the will." "IF you want nothing, renounce the will when the time comes." "What does that mean?" "Where does the money go?" "It goes to the nearest relative." "What's that?" "That's Frank?" "No." "That can't happen." "Earl doesn'twant him to have anything." "That's whatwill happen." "This is sofucked up I can hardly stand it." "Linda, stop!" "Now,you take a moment, you breathe... and one thing at a time." "Shutthefuck up." "Want me to helpyou?" "Shutthefuck up!" "You need to sober up." "Now,you must really shutthefuck up." "Please, shutthefuck up." "I have to go." "Let me call you a car." "Shutthefuck up!" "Now, imagine thatyou are attending a jam session... of classical composers... and they have each done an arrangement... of the classicfavorite "Whispering."" "Now,we have here the New World Harmonica Trio... who are going to play... three variations on the theme... as three classical composers might have written it." "So you are to name thefirst composer." "Guys." "Yes,Todd." "That sounded like Brahms." "A bit like his "Hungarian Dance Number Six."" "That is excellent,Todd." "Next composer, guys." "Stanley the man." "I don't know the answer." "That is not right." "That's not right, Stanley." "The correct answer is Ravel." "Ravel." "And now I'm gonna have ourthree whistlers... please to present the next musical..." "There were three musical sections here... and this'll be the third section thatthe whistlers... and they'll play a piece that's... lt's very recognizable." "Chopin, actually." "And it's in the style of "Marche Militaire."" "It's a very recognizable piece." "So if you please just listen to this... and I'm sure you can identify the... I'm sort of giving away the answer here." "It's Chopin. I don't mean to give away the answer." "It's just--please just..." "Well, sing us a ditty, guys." "A Chopin ditty." "Let's have a Chopin ditty here." "I can't..." "Go to thefucking card." "Go to the card." "Go." "Go to the card." "I'm back." "For not afresh cup, this is a good cup of coffee." "Thankyou." "What do you wantto talk about?" "I don't know." "Do you wantto talk?" "What's your name?" "Jim Kurring." "Call 911." "l think I had a stroke." "No, no, no." "I'mfine. I'm all right." "I justwant tofinish the show." "No,we need to call an ambulance." "Getyourfucking hands off me!" "Letthis guy helpyou." "I'll tell you what happened." "Call 911." "Do it right now, Mary." "ifell down. I couldn't see for a minute, but I'm OK." "Getyour hands off me!" "Did you piss your pants?" "!" "Shut up!" "What's going on?" "Nothing!" "Go away!" "Don'ttell me to go away, Stanley." "I'm the coordinator, and you will answer me." "Now,what is going on?" "What's the problem?" "Nothing. I'mfine." "Why didn'tyou answer those questions?" "l didn't know the answer." "Bullshit!" "You know the answer to every goddamn question." "I knew the answers, and I'm not half as smart as you... so whatthe hell happened?" "He pissed his pants." "You pissed your pants?" "No, I didn't." "I'mfine." "Stand up." "l said I'mfine." "Stand up." "Jesus, Stanley,whatthefuck did you do thatfor?" "I justwantto keep playing." "I'mfine." "That's great." "You know thatto a performer, that'sfood, right?" "That shows thatyou love him, and I'm sure he appreciates it." "Everything'sfine." "Relax." "Relax, darling." "Everything'sfine." "I'm OK." "All right, see?" "I'm all right." "It's prettyfucking stupid, isn't it?" "Jesus Christ." "Whatthefuck do they think outthere?" "They must be laughing their asses off." "Tell them I got a bad knee or somefucking thing." "This isfuckingfunny." "What do you wantto do?" "Justwhat I said." "Are we going to continue with this game?" "All right,you look at me!" "You are two days away from this record." "Nobody's ever done that." "You getthrough this, I'll getyou anything you want." "You just got to getthrough this." "Now, hang in there, buddy." "I'm sorry I squeezed your arm." "I love you." "Are we doing this?" "Fucking stupidity." "Why don't I putthe medic on?" "I need to go with him." "Don't let him do this." "He's been doing it forthirty years." "You don't know how sick he really is." "It's afucking game show, Mary." "Hearthat?" "Does that hurt?" "What is it?" "lt's in my ear." "It's TMJ." "It's what it's called." "Technically." "How aboutthey just call it, "Clicking Jaw"?" "Pain in the jaw,yeah." "How aboutthat?" "Easierto remember." "Yeah. lt gets... I don't even know if I have it, actually." "15-L-27, I'm currently Code Seven." "I'm sorry." "This is my job." "15-L-27, roger." "We were just getting warmed up." "Yeah. I gotta go." "Well, if this joker shows up again... oryou gotyour music uptoo loud... maybe we can have another cup of coffee." "IF you're not herefor a 187." "No." "Do notjoke aboutthat." "I seen too many of those." "I'm sorry." "It's all right." "You were kidding." "It's OK." "All right." "You keepyour chin up and your music down, OK?" "Yes, I will. ltwas nice to meetyou, OfficerJim." "JustJim." "Good." "Bye-bye, Claudia." "Yeah,what is it?" "Did youforget something?" "No, I'm... I was wondering..." "Man, lfeel like a bit of a scumbucket doing this... since I came here as an officer of the law... and the situation and everything... but lfeel like I'd be afool... if I didn't do something I really wantto do... which is to askyoufor a date." "You wantto go on a date with me?" "Please,yes." "Well, is that illegal?" "Sort of." "Then I'd like to go." "What do you wantto do?" "I don't know." "I hadn'tthought about it." "That's nottrue." "I have thought about it." "I've been thinking about it since you opened the door." "Really?" "I thoughtyou wereflirting with me a little." "You wantto go tonight?" "I'm off tonight,yeah." "Whattime?" "8:00." "l don't get off until 10:00." "10:00." "Yeah." "Fine." "Yeah." "Bye." "Frank, I'm really nottrying to attackyou here." "I think if you have something that needs to be cleared up... I was told thatyourfather is Earl Partridge." "I was told that he left you and your mother... and you took care of your mother during her illness... thatyou took care of herwhile she struggled with cancer... and that Miss Simms became your caretaker... when your mother finally passed away." "Can you talk about your mother, Frank?" "No, no, nottrue." "And you know what?" "Even if you don't getto pump her... you still need to practice your skills on afeminist." "I will." "You need to do that." "This is Doc." "Doc, it's Janet." "I have to talkto Frank." "He's in the interview,Janet." "Interrupt him." "Get him on the phone with me right away." "What happened?" "Doc, go get Frank and put him on the phone." "Come on, Frank." "What are you doing?" "What am I doing?" "I'm quietly judging you." "Andfive,four,three,two..." "Oh, boy,what a day." "What a round." "Back and infor me and... and thefinal one-on-one round... to determine who's who today." "Let's checkthe scores on the board, shall we?" "Well,the kids have an even 2,000... and the adults are way upwithforty-seven." "Now,that doesn't mean thatthis game... is out of reachforthe kids." "Elders, who's the lucky so-and-so?" "It's me,Jimmy." "Come on over, Mim." "I don'twantto go." "I can't do itthis time." "Whatthefuck are you talking about?" "You have to go, Stanley." "You're the smartest." "I don'twantto go." "Why can't one of you do it?" "IF you don'tfucking stand up and get overthere... I'll beatyour ass." "I'm sick of being the one, always has to do everything." "I don'twant to be the one always." "Kids, I don't even have to ask." "Stanley, getyour butt over here." "I'm sick." "I'm sick here now." "I confuse melancholy with depression sometimes." "You see?" "Why don'tyou run along now, friend?" "Your dessert is getting cold." "l'm sick." "Stay thatway." "I'm sick, and I'm in love." "You seem the sort of person who confuses the two." "That's right!" "That's thefirsttime you've been right." "I confuse the two, and I don't care!" "I love you." "I love you, and I'm sick." "I'll talkto you tomorrow." "I'm getting corrective oral surgery tomorrow... for my teeth." "I love you, Brad." "Brad the bartender." "IF you wantto love me back, I'll be good to you." "I'll be goddamn goodforyou." "I won't be mad if you don't know who said what." "I won't punish you if you getthe answerwrong." "I can teach and tell you..." "You have a special secret crush overthere, I think." "Don'ttreat him too lovely." "He might get hurt." "You shut up!" "Mind your own business." "Gently, son!" "Brad, I know you don't love me now." "It's a dangerous thing to confuse children with angels." "Wantto know the common element forthe entire group?" "I'll tell you the answer, because I had that one." "I had that question." "Carbon." "Carbon." "In pencil lead, it's in theform of graphite." "In coal, it's mixed up with other impurities." "And in the diamond, it's in hardform." "All we really wanted to know was the common element... butthankyoufor all that unnecessary knowledge." "Kids." "Heads sofull of useless knowledge." "Thankyou." "Thankyou." "And the book says, "We may be through with the past..." ""butthe past is not through with us!"" "And... no, it is not dangerous... to confuse children with angels." "Well,that is what I waitfor." "I waitforthose calls." "And I wait and I pray." "And sometimes Jesus says..." ""Jim, I got a surprise foryou today." ""l wantyou to meet this young lady, OK?" ""Now,where it goes from there is upto you." ""And I don'tthink you're going to screw it up."" "And, God, I'm telling you right now... I will not screw it up." "You gave me an opportunity." "I'm going to treat this young lady right." "I'm a happy cop." "It's called jaywalking." "Slow down." "I'm going to pass,Jimmy." "Stanley, passing to one of the other kids." "We want Stanley to go,Jimmy." "I don'twantto go." "I'm walking towards the elevator,Janet." "Fine." "Phil, are you still there?" "Yeah, I'm here." "I wantto askyou one question." "Phil, have you talked to anyone else aboutthis?" "No, I haven't." "Good, let's keep itthatway." "All the security and whatnot." "You understand?" "This is a delicate situation for Frank and thefamily." "What's going on,Janet?" "Doc,fuck off." "Phil, hang in just one more minute." "l'm putting you on hold." "Thankyou." "How close are you, Doc?" "Richard?" "Julia?" "Kids,what's going on?" "I need a player here for one-on-one." "We want Stanley to go,Jimmy, and we're not sure why he won't." "I always answerthe questions... and I don'twant to do it anymore." "Whatthefuck is he doing?" "What's wrong with him?" "I have no idea." "I'm getting off of the elevator, Janet." "Good." "Good boy." "I'm walking down the hall." "This kid ain't getting up, we don't have a show." "Live television, ladies and germs." "Little prick." "What's this, a point?" "A game?" "Whatthe hell's he doing?" "Getthefuck up, kid, come on." "Time's up." "So that's whatyou did?" "You sat it out?" "You wanted my time." "I gave itto you." "You called me a liar." "You made accusations." "You said, "Well, if I had known..." ""then I wouldn't have asked."" "So it's not an attack." "I don'twantto be the sort who doesn't keep his word." "So I gave you myfucking time, bitch." "Now,fuck... lt'sfucking Janet." "There's a situation on the phone." "The indecision of a child, ladies and germs." "This isn'tfunny." "This isn't cute." "See,the way we're looked at?" "Because I'm not a toy." "I'm not a doll." "The way we're looked at because you thinkwe're cute?" "Because--What?" "I'm made tofeel like afreak... if I answer questions... or I'm smart... or I have to go to the bathroom?" "What is that,Jimmy?" "What is that?" "I'm asking you that." "I'm not sure, Stanley." "15-L-27, I need help." "We have shotsfired." "It's Hamletto Claudius." ""The sins of thefather laid upon the children..."" "is "Merchant of Venice."" "But borrowedfrom "Exodus" 25." "I'm sorry, Frank." "I didn't know what else you wanted me to do." "I asked him all the right questions." "He's his nurse." "He's sitting there with him." "I heard yourfather's voice in the background." "Wait." "He's there attheir house?" "They're atthe house." "I asked him the exact address, and he gave it." "I know this is really hard foryou right now." "IF you're gonna give me things, give me the information." "I wantthe information." "That's what I want." "What did he say?" "Because I am not taking care of him." "What does he want?" "Frank,whatthefuck do you want me to do?" "What I wantyou to do,Janet... is I wantyou to do yourfucking job!" "I am doing myfucking job!" "Youfucking get on the phone." "I'm not a doll!" "I'm not silly and cute!" "I'm smart, so that should make me something... something so people can watch how silly it is he's smart!" "I know. I know things." "I know--l know... I know I have to go to the bathroom and I asked..." "Take us off the air." "Go to the credits." "Roll the credits." "Godfucking damn it!" "Son of a bitch!" "Whatthefuck?" "!" "Fuck!" "Fuck!" "Fuck!" "Stanley, don't do this to me!" "I gottofind that gun." "Where is it, now?" "Where is it?" "All right, let's go." "Where is it?" "Find it." "Find it!" "Find the gun,Jim!" "Whatthefuck more do you want me to say?" "You need to make a decision." "Look,just give me a second." "Give me a second." "Whatthefuck, Frank?" "What do you want me to do?" "What are you doing?" "l got Frank, Earl's son." "Hang upthe phone." "No, he asked me..." "Putthefucking phone down!" "Hang it up!" "l can't!" "Frank, are you there?" "I wantyou to talkto him." "I'm going put him on." "Hang it up!" "You don't do that!" "You don't call him." "You don't know." "To get involved in this business of his--myfamily." "This is thefamily." "Me and him." "Understand?" "There's no one else." "No one else!" "That man--that beautiful man... his son does not exist." "He's dead." "Who asked you to do that?" "Earl did." "Bullshit!" "Bullshit!" "He didn't askyou!" "He doesn'twantto talkto him!" "Sofuckyou that he asked that!" "There's no one but me and him!" "No one!" "He asked me." "I'm sorry. I'm sorry." "Mary,take me out of here." "I gotto go home to Rose." "Mary,take him home." "ln the back." "Did we win or lose?" "I don't know, Richard." "You lost." "They go to the score the time they called it." "That's not an official rule, Luis." "That's an official rule, baby." "That's bullshit, and you know it!" "Who says that?" "In what rule book?" "This is different!" "It's a game show!" "They don't go by fucking sports rules!" "Richard, shut it and cut it out." "IF he hadn't pissed his pants... we would have won this little motherfucker!" "We had it!" "What'd you do with my goddamn kid, Burt?" "Getyourfucking hands off me, you boy producer punk." "Oh, Lord, why is this happening to me?" "God, please help me figure it out." "I'm lost out here." "I don't understand why it's happening, God." "Please, God." "Whatever it is I did, I'llfix it." "I'll do the rightthing." "Please, God, help mefind the gun." "Listen, Phil." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry I slapped yourface." "I don't know what I'm doing." "I don't know how to do this." "I do things, and Ifuck up." "lfucked up." "Can youforgive me?" "It's all right." "Can you tell him I'm sorry... forthe things I've done, that lfucked up?" "I'm sorry." "I'm going to turn away and walk away... and not look at him, and not see my man, my Earl." "And tell him..." ""lt's OK. I'm OK."" "Tell him, "Thankyoufortaking care..."" "The whole thing's OK with me." "And I know." "Welcome backfrom the break!" "How'd you guys like those nachos?" "You are not here forthefuckingfood." "You are herefor me to enlighten you, edify you... to send you off into the now not-so-unknownfuture." "So come along with me." ""How tofake like you are nice and caring."" "No, I don'twant a microphone." "Now,this... this is quite an important chapter... as you will see." "But let's get down to brass tacks." "Let's get right down to it, boys." "Men are shit." "What?" "Men are shit." "Isn'tthatwhatthey say?" "Because we do bad things, don'twe?" "We do horrible, heinous, terrible things." "Things that no woman would ever do." "No,women,they don't lie." "No,women don't cheat." "Women don't manipulate us." "Butyou see what I'm getting at." "You see what society does?" "Little boys, it's, "Wow,woman!"" "We are taughtto apologize." ""l am sorry." ""l am so sorry, baby." "I am so sorry."" "What is itthat..." "What is itthatwe need?" "is ittheir pussies?" "Their love?" "Mommy wouldn't let me play soccer... and Daddy, he hit me, so that's who I am." "That's why I do what I do?" "Fucking bullshit." "I will not apologize forwho I am." "I will not apologize forwhat I need." "I will not apologize forwhat I want!" "Go to your blue booklets now." "I wantyou to turn to page 18 in your blue booklets." "This isfucking bullshit!" "I wantyou to go to yourwhite books." "That's what I wantyou to go to." "Go to twenty-three in yourwhite books." ""How tofake like you are a nice and caring person."" "Hey, come here." "I'm... I'm gonna try talk." "You know, I'm trying to... to say something-something." "Do you know Lily, Phil?" "Do you know her?" "No, I don't." "She's my love, my life, love of it." "In school... I'm twelve years old in school, in sixth grade." "I saw her." "I didn't go to that school, but... butwe met." "Myfriend knew her." "I said..." ""What's that girl?" "How's that Lily?"" ""Oh, she's bad." "She sleeps with guys."" "Yeah, he said this, butthen sometimes... I wentto another school, you see." "Butthen..." "When high school at an end, what's that?" "What is thatwhen it gets to the end?" "Graduation." "No, no,the grade." "What grade are you in?" "That's 12th." "So I wentto her school forthat grade." "Grade--that's grade twelve." "And we meet." "She was... fucking like a doll." "A beautiful porcelain doll." "And the hips..." "The child-bearing hips, you know that?" "I know." "So beautiful." "And I cheated on her... over and over and over again." "Because I wanted to be a man." "And I didn'twant her to be a woman." "A smart,free person who was something." "Myfucking mind then." "So stupid,thatfucking mind." "Stupid." "Jesus Christ!" "Whatwould I think?" "Did I thinkforwhat I'd done?" "She was my wife fortwenty-three years... and I went behind her over and over." "Fucking asshole that I am." "I'd go out and I'dfuck... and I'd come home and get in her bed... and say, "l love you."" "This is Jack's mother." "His mother, Lily." "These two... that I had... and I lost." "This is the regret thatyou make." "This is the... regretthatyou make and the something you take... and the blah, blah, blah... something, something." "Gimme a cigarette." "Mistakes like this... you don't make." "Sometimes... you make some and OK." "Not OK, sometimes, you make other ones." "Know thatyou should do better." "I loved Lily." "I cheated on her." "She was my wife fortwenty-three years." "And I have a son." "And she has cancer." "And I'm notthere... and he'sforced to take care of her." "He'sfourteen years old." "To..." "To take care of his mother and... and watch her die on him." "A little kid, and I'm notthere." "And she does die." "I loved her so." "And she knew what I did." "She knew all thefucking stupid things I'd done." "Butthe love... was strongerthan anything you can think of." "The goddamn regret." "And I'll die." "Now I'll die, and I'll tell you what... the biggest regret of my life... I let my love go." "What did I do?" "I'm sixty-five years old." "And I'm ashamed." "Million years ago..." "Thefucking regret and guilt, these things..." "Don't ever let anyone ever say to you... you shouldn't regret anything." "Don't do that." "You regret whatyoufucking want." "Use that." "Use that." "Use that regretfor anything, any way you want." "You can use it, OK?" "Oh, God." "This is a long way to go with no punch." "A little moral..." "Story, I say." "Love." "Thisfucking life... it's sofucking hard." "So long." "Life ain't short." "It's long." "It's long, God damn it." "God damn." "What did I do?" "Phil." "Phil, help me." "What did I do?" "Juan, how you doing?" "How youfeeling?" "I think I'm going to stay on, stick it out." "Are you sure?" "All right, good night." "You're so stupid." "is love" "Whatyou thought" "When youfirst" "Began,yeah" "You got" "Whatyou want" "You can hardly stand it,though" "By now you know it's not" "Going to stop lt's not going to stop" "It's not going to stop" "Till you wise up" "You're sure" "There's a cure" "And you havefinallyfound it" "You think" "One drink" "Will shrinkyou till" "You're underground and living down" "But it's not going to stop lt's not going to stop" "It's not going to stop" "Till you wise up" "Prepare a listforwhatyou need" "Before you sign away the deed" "'Cause it's not going to stop lt's not going to stop" "It's not going to stop" "Till you wise up" "No, it's not going to stop" "Till you wise up" "No, it's not going to stop" "So just give up" "You know,you know,you know." "Go, go, go." "Hello, dear." "I need afavor." "All right." "Back up, Max." "Back up, Miles." "Hello." "You Frank?" "Jack, right?" "Are you Phil?" "Tried to get in touch with you." "We got disconnected." "Stay in, Max!" "Hey, come on!" "Please!" "l gotthe message." "l couldn'tfind you." "Earl asked me, so I looked through the address books." "There's no number." "There's nothing." "is what's-her-name..." "Linda?" "No, she went out." "She's not here." "Hey, I'm sorry." "I don't know whatto do here." "Your dad asked me to get in touch with you... and I didn't have the number." "I called the number." "Wantto come in?" "Yeah." "Hey, Phil?" "Yeah?" "I will drop-kickthosefucking dogs if they come near me." "All right." "Come on in." "This is Blake." "Clearthem out." "Miles." "Here we go." "All right, he's in here." "So we all go in here." "Wantto go in?" "No, I just stand here a second, Phil." "Lady!" "Hey,wake up." "What's wrong with you?" "Here." "How do we do this,then?" "Well,we just do it." "We do it." "Wefigure it out." "We do as we do, I guess." "Do you love me, Rose?" "You are my handsome man." "I'm a bad person." "I mean... I'm telling you this now... because I want everything to be clear and clean... and I wantto apologizefor me and the stupid things I've done." "I've cheated on you." "I've cheated on you, and...it kills me... and the guilt of what I've done... I don'twantyou to thinkthat..." "Maybe you knew." "I think maybe you've known." "So I hope this is not justfor me... for me to make myseIFfeel better aboutwhat I've done... butforyou nottofeel like you're sitting there... like a jerk." "You're the good one." "You understand?" "Did you ever go out with someone and just lie... question after question?" "Maybe you're trying to make yourself look cool... or betterthan you are orwhatever... smarter, cooler... and you just..." "Not really lie... but maybe you just don't say everything." "That's a natural thing." "You know,two people go out on a date or something." "They wantto impress people... the other person." "Orthey're scared they'll say something... thatwill make the other person not like them." "Thankyou." "Thankyou." "So you've done it?" "I don't go outvery often." "Why not?" "I neverfound someone, really, that I'd like to go outwith." "I betyou say that to all the girls." "Wantto make a deal with me?" "What I just said... people afraid to say things... no guts to say the things that are real or something... to not do that." "To not do that that maybe we've done before." "Let's make a deal." "I'll tell you everything, and you tell me everything... and maybe we can getthrough all the piss, shit, and lies... that kill other people." ""Piss and shit."" "What?" "You really use strong language." "I'm sorry." "No, it'sfine." "I didn't mean--lt seems vulgar or something, I know." "lt'sfine." "l'm sorry." "It's nothing." "I'm sorry." "I'm gonna run to the bathroom for a minute maybe,just... I'm going to go in." "Are the dogs in there?" "Yeah, butthey stay by the window." "I wantyou to come in with me and stay awayfrom me." "I wantyou there in case he needs anything... because I am not going to help him." "And, Phil, I will drop-kick thefucking dogs... if they come near me." "You don't lookthat bad." "You prick." ""Cocksucker." That's whatyou used to like to say, right?" ""Cocksucker."" "Butyou are a cocksucker, Earl." "It hurts, doesn't it?" "You in a lot of pain?" "She was in a lot of pain." "Rightto the end, she was in a lot of pain." "I know because I was there." "You didn't like illness, though, do you?" "I was there." "She waitedforyour call." "Foryou to come." "I am not going to cry." "I am not going to cryforyou!" "You cocksucker, I know you can hear me." "I wantyou to know that I hate yourfucking guts." "You can justfucking die, youfuck." "And I hope it hurts." "lfucking hope it hurts." "Her resps are down to six." "Let's getthe gurney over here." "Checkthat ego" "Come off it, I'm a prophet" "The professor I'm gonna teach you 'boutthe worm" "Who eventually turned to catch wreck" "With the neck of a long-time oppressor" "And he's runnin' from the devil" "Butthe debt is always gainin'" "And if he's worth bein' hurt" "He's worth bringing' pain in" "Do youfeel better now thatyou've said this?" "I don't know." "Well, I'm not...mad." "Well, I am, but I'm...not." "You know?" "I love you so much, Rose." "I'm notthrough asking my questions." "Why doesn't Claudia... talkto you,Jimmy?" "Why?" "Because we've..." "We both don't know." "What do you mean?" "No, I thinkyou know." "Maybe... I don't." "Say it,Jimmy." "I wanted to do that." "Well..." "Thatfelt good to do-- to do what I wanted." "Can I tell you something?" "Yeah, of course." "I'm really nervous thatyou're gonna hate me soon." "You're gonnafind stuff out about me and hate me." "No." "Like what?" "What do you mean?" "You have so much, so many good things... and you seem so together." "You're a police officer... straight and puttogether without any problems." "l lost my gun today." "What?" "I lost my gun today... and I'm the laughingstock of a lot of people." "I wanted to tell you." "I wanted you to know." "It's on my mind." "It makes me look like afool." "And lfeel like afool." "You asked that we should say things... say whatwe're thinking and not lie aboutthings." "I can tell you that I lost my gun today." "I'm not a good cop." "I'm looked down at, and I know that... and I'm scared that once you find out,you won't like me." "Jim,thatwas so great." "I'm sorry." "Whatyou just said." "I haven't been on a date since I was married, and... thatwas three years ago." "Whateveryou wantto tell me... whateveryou think might scare me won't." "I will listen to you." "I'll be a good listener if that's whatyou want." "And I won'tjudge you." "I know I do that sometimes." "I won't." "And I can listen." "And you shouldn't be scared of scaring me off... orwhateveryou think that I think and on and on." "Just say it,whatever it is, and I'll listen." "You don't know howfucking stupid and crazy l am." "It's OK." "I gottroubles, OK?" "I'll take everything atface value." "I started this, didn't I?" "Fuck!" "Whatever it is,just say it." "You'll see." "You wantto kiss me?" "Yes, I do." "Say it,Jimmy." "I think she thinks... that I may have molested her." "She thinks terrible things that somehow got into her head... that I may have done." "She said thatto me lasttime when itwas..." "Ten years ago she walked outthe door." ""You touched me wrong." "I know that."" "Some crazy thought in her head." "Did you evertouch her?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "I really don't." "Butyou can't say." "I don't know what I've done." "Yes,you do." "You do!" "Butyou won't say." "I don't know." "What?" "Please." "Please." "You deserve to die alone forwhatyou've done!" "I don't know what I've done." "Yes,you do!" "IF I said that I knew, would you stay?" "But I don't know what I've done." "You should know better!" "Now that I've metyou would you objectto never seeing me again?" "What?" "Just say no." "I won't say no." "Wait, Claudia." "Just let me go,Jimmy." "What is it?" "Please, please." "Why didn'tyou call?" "lfucking hate you." "God damn you,fucking asshole." "Oh, God,youfucking asshole." "Don't go away, youfucking asshole." "Oh, God, don't go away, youfucking asshole." "What am I doing?" "Whatthefuck am I doing?" "Oh,fuck." "What?" "What are you doing, dummy?" "Oh, brother." "There arefrogs fallingfrom the sky." "Come on!" "Come on!" "Claudia, it's Mom!" "Open the door, honey!" "Claudia, are you there?" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mommy!" "All right." "All right." "It's OK." "It's all right now." "It's OK." "It's gonna be all right." "This happens." "This is something that happens." "And there is the account of the hanging of three men... and a scuba diver... and a suicide." "There are stories of coincidence and chance... and intersections and strange things told... and which is which and who only knows?" "And we generally say..." ""Well, if thatwas in a movie, I wouldn't believe it."" "Someone's so-and-so met someone else's so-and-so... and so on." "And it is in the humble opinion of this narrator... that strange things happen all the time." "And so it goes, and so it goes." "And the book says..." ""We may be through with the past... butthe past ain'tthrough with us."" "I'm sorry,Jack." "It's the hospital calling about Linda." "Who?" "Linda." "She's in the hospital." "lfigured you should probably talkto them since you're here." "is she gonna be all right?" "Could you please tell me where you're located?" "Are you with us, Linda?" "Good." "It is, Linda, isn't it?" "Just relax." "That's it." "You'll getthrough this." "Dad." "Dad,you need to be nicerto me." "Go to bed." "You have to be nicerto me, Dad." "Go to bed." "I know I did a stupid thing." "So stupid." "Getting braces." "I thought... I thought he would love me." "Getting...braces." "Forwhat?" "For something I don't even... I don't know where to putthings,you know?" "I really do have love to give." "I just don't know where to put it." "A lot of people thinkthis is just a jobthatyou go to." "Take a lunch hour..." "job's over." "Something like that." "But it's a 24-hour deal." "No two ways about it." "And what most people don't see... is just how hard it is to do the rightthing." "People think if I make a judgment call... that's a judgment on them, butthat is notwhat I do." "And that's not what should be done." "I have to take everything... and play it as it lays." "Sometimes people need a little help." "I got a buddy who's supposed to be real good... at corrective oral surgery." "Sometimes people need to beforgiven." "And sometimes they need to go to jail." "Call me aboutthat guy with the teeth, OK?" "And that is a very tricky thing on my part... making that call." "I mean,the law is the law." "And heck if I'm gonna break it." "You canforgive someone." "Well,that's the tough part." "What can weforgive?" "Tough part of the job." "Tough part of walking down the street." "I justwanted to come here... to come here and say something... say something important, something thatyou said." "You said we should say things and do things." "Not lie, not keepthings back... these sorts of things thattear people up." "Well, I'm gonna do that." "I'm gonna do whatyou said, Claudia." "I can't letthis go." "I can't letyou go." "Now,you..." "You listen to me now." "You're a good person." "You're a good and beautiful person... and I won't letyou walk out on me." "And I won't letyou say those things... those things about how stupid you are and this and that." "I won't standforthat." "You wantto be with me... then you be with me." "You see?"