"I'll never understand why beautiful women like yourself are attracted to degenerate gamblers." "But what I'm more curious about is what you're willing to do to keep him from being seriously hurt." "Who told you I would be interested in any of this?" " Jimmy." " It's not just the clothes." "You pimped me out to cover your debt." "That was nothing but a delaying tactic." "Your daughter's murder was caught on tape." " Who has the tapes?" "Do you?" " LAPD." "Mr. Cendars, it isn't there." "But a guy that used to be on the force..." "Your best bet is talking to him." "This guy's daughter was just shot in the head six months ago." "He needs to see that tape." "So what do you say?" " Can you help us out?" " This may sound crazy, Kenny, but I believe it was fate that you were the one there to catch me that day." "God spoke to me again." "Don't you see, Maggie?" "I am not insane." "For the first time in my life, I am sane." "Adult-onset type 1 diabetes is a bit more serious." "Limit your sweets and alcohol and monitor your carbohydrate intake." "I want to offer you a job, Bo." "I want you to work with all the boys, sort of like an unofficial Coach." "Cassie." "Cassie!" "Cassie!" "Cassie!" "Cassie!" "Cassie." "Oh my God." "Why didn't you stop it?" "Why didn't you stop it, daddy?" "Why didn't you stop it, daddy?" "Ah!" "Ah." "What?" "Stop me when you guys recognize one of these names." "John Derzius." "Jerry Conforth." " Dan Larsen." " Are we supposed to know them?" "They were all hot prospects when I was coming up, but they threw the two-seam curveball with reckless abandon... the same pitch that you just fired over home plate for a perfect strike." "It's an addictive pitch, but it's also an arm killer." "And those guys that I just mentioned are three of its victims." "You use that pitch on special occasions, otherwise you'll send yourselves out to pasture." "You got it?" " Yeah." " Good." "But I'll tell you guys something..." "Tyler just threw one hell of a two-seam curve." "Thanks for teaching it to me, Bo." "Bo, Tyler, let me have a second." "We'll be right back, fellas." "Bo, Tyler, this is the newest addition to our team..." "Eddie Alvarez." "Eddie just transferred in from Waldorf High in San Francisco." "He was the pitching sensation up there." "Am I right?" "I plan on being the sensation down here too, Coach." "Eddie's dad is the former Giants ace Carlos Alvarez." "He's now the pitching Coach at U.S.C." "Oh, cool." "Welcome to the team, Eddie." " Thanks." " Now, Eddie," "Tyler's got phenomenal control and an excellent deuce." "With you two at the top of our rotation, we've got a hell of a staff." "And I want you boys to push each other, okay?" "Some healthy competition between the two of you to get you ready for the season." "I'm looking forward to it." "All right, Eddie, let's go meet the rest of the squad." "A triple-sport athlete... played football, baseball and basketball." "Are you sure I can't talk you into a skybox over the 50-yard line?" "Thanks, but if I ever need tickets," " I'll know who to call." " So long." "Seth, what was Leland Thomas doing here?" "Business." "Oh, shit." "No, wait!" "Don't hit me!" "No no, wait wait wait wait!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Bobby, give me more time!" "We can work something out!" "Let him go." "What's going on, Bobby?" "I thought Inez bought me more time." "Jimmy, my good man," " I've got gerd." " What?" "Gastroesophageal reflux disease, my man." "Abnormal reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus." "The italians call it agita." "It's very unpleasant... awful burning in the throat." "It's cause by acidic or spicy foods and stress." "That sucks, man." "I've got some stomach issues myself." "Losing the peppers, the tomatoes..." "That's easy." "Right out." "But degenerates like you" "Make alleviating the stress" " Very hard, Jim." " What did I do now, Bobby?" "Bobby?" "Do you think it's a coincidence" "I'm running into you here?" "I know you just lost your ass in there going all in on a pair of sixes." "Cowboy Jimmy... throwing money away when it should be coming to me?" "That's bad business, Jimbo." " I was gonna..." " shut up!" "Don't make excuses." "I'm tired," "I've got a fire in my throat and you're just gonna make it worse." "So here's what's gonna happen now." "Not only does your lady friend have to come settle for you," "I'd doubling the figure." "You can't make it, I take your fingers as well as the skin off of inez's pretty face." "What do you mean he sold the franchise?" "Not just the franchise, Maggie... the land for the stadium and everything surrounding it." "Can you do that without the NFL?" "Leland thomas was the league's second choice." "The commissioner said he was putting it to a vote, but he assured Seth there would be no opposition." "The other night at dinner Seth told me that God spoke to him again, that he will be calling on him to do something great." "You know, I was hoping this God stuff would pass," "That he would just get over it." "Well, it's clearly getting worse." "What's so strange is he still sounds so normal and he seems fine until you actually listen to what he's saying." "It's time, Maggie." "He needs professional help." "Yeah, of course it's time, but unless we knock him out cold and drag him to the shrink, it's never gonna happen." "And we have that lymphoma charity event here tomorrow night." "I think we should cancel it." "No, don't cancel." "The event could help us avoid dragging Seth anywhere." "Remember the pitcher for the Giants, Carlos Alvarez?" "Uh, no, bo." "It doesn't matter." "This is his son." "His name's Eddie, and he acts all arrogant because he's the son of a big-league pitcher." "You know, I don't care how talented someone is..." "You don't have to act all conceited about it." "I hate that." "I feel like he's gonna be a problem." " He's not a team player." " Oh." " Ma, what is it?" " It's a letter from Mr. Cushman about our store lease." "They're raising the rent again." "This isn't a raise... they're doubling it." "That's $1500 more a month." "Is he crazy?" "Is he trying to take the store from us?" "How can he not understand that we can't afford this now?" " No one can!" " Bo, please." "Don't be upset." "You're making me worry more." "Now just calm down." "I'll call Mr. Cushman first." "We have weathered many storms, you and I, and we will get through this one too." "We will." "Huh." "I thought you were flying out." "I have to stay for another week." "You look very sad." "Well, a friend of mine is in trouble." "I'm sorry to hear that." "Is this something that money can solve?" "Quite a bit of money." "Another bottle of dom, please." "How are you tonight, Mr. Shiguru?" " I'm well, thank you." " He is so nice." " He dealt with me blathering on." " It was my pleasure." "See what I mean?" "Way too nice." "Thank you." "Thank you." "She's right." "You're a very nice man." "We each have a face that we like to show." "You know, the other night" "You asked me what you could expect if you were very generous with me." "I did." " How generous?" " How much do you need?" "$10,000." "I could buy time with $5,000." "That's extremely generous." "And I would be extremely grateful." "You will have me, Mr. Shiguru, for the whole night." "I want her." "Trust me, Mr. Shiguru," "I'll treat you in a way..." "You already passed on my offer the other night." "I have a very fragile ego." "I want her." "She's very inexperienced." "She's never done anything like this." "So you can see why a jaded man like myself would be intrigued by someone like her." "Will you excuse me?" "Hai." "Hai." "I thought I threw hard." " No one's gonna hit that fastball." " No one at first." " Any smart hitter will see it coming eventually." " I don't see how." "Do you remember what I told you?" " What's a pitcher's greatest advantage?" " The element of surprise." "Now watch Eddie." "Watch him." " What's his next pitch?" " A fastball." "See, if the hitter always knows the what pitch Eddie's gonna throw, the hitter's always going to be one step ahead." "Eddie'll never have them guessing." "You boys enjoying the show?" "I haven't seen heat come off the mound like that since your heyday, Bo." "Keep working hard, Tyler." "You push yourself." "First game's coming around and I'm not sure who's gonna pitch for us yet..." " You or Eddie." " I know who I'd choose." "Ain't nothing wrong with some good competition." "You've got to earn it, okay?" "Sure, Coach." "I feel dirty, Jimmy." "Okay?" "The idea of this makes me feel dirty." " Now you play devil's advocate." " No, shh shh..." "Jimmy, I don't want to hear it." "One, if Kim does this thing for us, then she's forever in our good graces." "That's a good thing for her." "Two, there's no way around it... she's bound to fuck for money someday anyway." "If she does it now, at least you and me can protect her." "I can't believe we're discussing this." "And three, and most importantly, if she does this, she saves me from getting my fingers lopped off and your gorgeous face from getting slashed." "I'm sorry, baby, but that's the truth." "That's where we're at." "Hello?" "We're looking for Armando." "Does Armando know you?" "No, not yet." "We're being toyed with, Anthony." "There's no way the tape could be here." "Look, what do you want me to say?" "The dude Kenny called me up, said to eome here and say the code word to Armando, so that's what we're doing." "He sounded like he was being straight up with me, so let's just play it out." "Just stay cool." "Let me handle this." "Hello." "Hello." "Who are you?" " Are you Armando?" " Why?" "Who's asking?" "My name is Anthony." "This is Ben." " Are you guys snitches' bitches?" " Are we what?" "Mouth clowns." "Fucking narcs." "No, man." "We're here to pick up business cards for Patrick Bateman." "Oh, yes." "Yes, Bateman." "Good taste." "Okay." "Come downstairs, gents." "Down we go." "So are you guys collectors or just fans?" " Fans." " Ooh, fans." "I started off as a fan several years ago, but then I became a collector." "Right, so what are you guys interested in?" "I've got robberies, murders, assault and rape." "I've got black-and-white surveillance footage as well as color." "I've got some new home videos that are very popular on the circuit... you know, people taping themselves beating their spouses molesting their children, shooting their dogs, microwaving their cats, baking their birds and so on." "It's so fucking sick, fellas." "Now everything is vaguely labeled, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask." "Oh, yeah, I've got a bunch of stuff" "That you actually might be interested in." "I've got a couple of licensed embalmers on the payroll." "They've been taping their preparations of the dead... slicing the corpses open, taking out the organs, draining the blood... the whole death-prep shebang." "Some people really dig it." "We're looking for a specific surveillance tape... a young woman's murder in the parking lot of the Century East Athletic Club by a masked assailant September 23rd, 2008." "Oh yeah, I've got that one." "Kind of lame though." "Hmm." "Two shots... dead." "No juice in that fruit, fellas." " Ben, are you okay?" " Yeah, I'm fine." "Okay." "Here it is." "This is it." "Bingo." "I..." "I'd like to buy every copy." "Really?" "That's great." "I get to close the shop down early, get some Marie callender's." "That's five copies, $500." "Excellent." "Anything else?" "Oh, I've got some great footage of a gang rape in Griffith Park." "You might want to take a look at that too." "What?" "You motherfucker." "Oh, fuck!" "Jesus Christ." " Motherfucker." " Shut the fuck up before I videotape myself beating your ass, you little freak!" " Come on, Ben." " Fuck." "You fucking make me sick." "There's an espresso machine insi." "You look like you could use a double shot." "Two shots of espresso in my sour belly, you're not gonna see me for the rest of the night." "She's gorgeous, isn't she?" "Her husband owns most of Wilshire Boulevard." "He's also been impotent for most of their marriage." " Trust me." "She's on the prowl." " Is that right?" "Thanks for the tip, but I'm just trying to ease myself back into the dating scene." "Yeah, after a divorce, I can understand that." "Kenny, go home." "Seth needs you sharp." "He needs you rested." "Go home for what?" "Frozen dinners and insomnia?" "Nah, it's too quiet for me now." "The kids are gone." "The wife's gone." "The cycle of shitty thoughts is never-ending." "Anyway, I want to stay here, see how the rich people party." "Now I know why Seth's taken a liking to you." "Oh, yeah?" "Why's that?" "You know, everybody's so scared to be honest with him." "But not you." "No, he gets honesty from you." "Honesty yields trust." "Speaking of Seth, I haven't seen him for a while." " Do you know where he is?" " He's over by the pool house." "He's taking a breather." "Okay." "Excuse me." "I don't like disagreeing with Coach V, but if he makes Eddie the number one starter, that's a mistake." "Why?" "Eddie's good, bo." "I'll pitch in the two spot." "No big deal." "Oh, it is a big deal." "I was #1." "You should be #1." " Eddie doesn't deserve it." " Why not?" "He throws gas." "We make a great one-two punch, no matter who gets the top spot." "He's got a bad attitude, Tyler." "He doesn't work hard." "And why are you just giving up like this?" "Giving Eddie the top spot is a lazy attitude and I don't like lazy attitudes." "I expect better from you." "Thank you." "You know what?" "I'm ashamed I even aed you." " This is a mistake." " No, wait, Inez." "When I first met you, I..." "I had $10 left." "You know, if it wasn't for this job," "I don't know what would've happened to me." " I can give you some of the money." " No, I don't want it." "I'm gonna do this for you." "I owe you." "Thank you." " Thank you so much." " Yeah." "Wow." "Okay, she'll do it, but where?" " Here." " That's against the rules." "That's what I like about it." "Okay. $5,000 and we can make it work." "$5,000, but I have a new condition." "It involves you." "Now that's what I call a billion-dollar view." "It is pretty impressive, isn't it?" "Mmm." "I remember reading something about you having" "Rommel's tank in your backyard." "Where is it?" " I sold it." " Mmm." "I guess that's what you guys do... buy and sell." "Although lately it seems like you've been mostly selling." "I'm sorry, but your football franchise is the only thing people are talking about in there." "Brad Wilkof." "Our wives have done some fundraising together." "Mm-hmm." "I have to ask." "Why'd you do it?" "Sell the franchise after fighting so hard to get it?" "Ah." "I guess you could chalk it up to a midlife crisis." "I'm not sure I follow." "Haven't you ever woken up with the urge to make a change in your life?" "Sure, but for someone like me," "I buy a new suit or grow out my beard." "Selling a sports franchise, that's a little out of my tax bracket." "Well, I guess my midlife crisis is a bit more unique than most." "How so?" "If you don't mind my asking." "Well, let's just say it involves a higher power." "Well, you can't stop there." "What do you mean "a higher power"?" "What do you think I mean?" "You're saying God told you to sell the team?" "Something like that." "Hmm." "Does God speak to you often?" "I'm afraid that's a bridge too far." "You were doing very well up until then, doctor." "How much is my wife paying you to find out if her husband's crazy?" " I was doing it as a favor actually." " Oh." "Charming." "Maggie's very worried about you." " I know she is." " Well, if you want, we could continue this conversation in my office or I could come back here tomorrow." "Say 10:00 a.m.?" "I appreciate the offer, doctor..." "I really do... but I'm afraid it would be a waste of both our time." "Enjoy the view." " Shouldn't we be there by now?" " I don't know." " What are you doing?" " What do you mean you don't know?" "It's Thursday night." "All my shows are on." "No, not the shows... this." "Well, I had my insulin... no bubbles." "And I didn't eat the bun." "I only had a couple of sips of my soda." " Well, I hope it's diet." " I hate diet soda." "You know that." "Ma!" "Christ!" "Soda's the worst thing that you can have." "All that sugar and the fries..." "This is a diabetic nightmare." "You heard what the doctor said." "I have been good." "Now this is my night to unwind and I'm not doing without the things I love in life, Bo." "Ma, I can't be worried about you every second." "Well, fine." "Don't be." "I'm gonna eat what I wanna eat, and that's the way it's gonna be." "You are shaking." "I don't bite, Kim." "I nibble, but no biting." "I know this is your first time doing this under these circumstances." "I am excited to guide you through." "Now take off your dress." "Walk to me." "You smell so nice, but you are so tense." "Do I disgust you that much, you little whore?" "Don't look at your friend." "She can't help you." " Oh." " Now get on your knees." " Are you Kenny?" " Yeah." "I'm Janine." "I was sent with a message:" ""Seth needs you sharp and rested."" "I'm here to help you out with that." "Uh, why don't you come in?" "Will you?" "Come here." "Uh, I'm sorry the place is a mess, but I wasn't really expecting anyone." "You should stop watching infomercials." "Right." "At 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning, those ab machines are hard to pass up." "Mmm, tell me about it." "Um, look." "Don't take this the wrong way, okay, but, uh... man, you don't look like the kind of girls" "I've seen do what you do." "Oh." "Don't take this the wrong way, but... girls like me tend to cater to a certain level of clientele." " Do you now?" " Yeah." "Janine, look." "I've been on a bit of a dry spell lately and it would be nice if I could ease my into this," " you know what I mean?" " Take your time." "You have me for the rest of the night." " Is that so?" " Yeah." "See, I was gonna suggest Chinese food, but..." "Sure." "Mmm." "Ah." "Mmm." "Oh." "I have an idea." "Why don't we..." "Start with an hors d'oeuvres?" " An hors d'oeuvres?" " Mm-hmm." "I was thinking maybe an eggroll." "Oh." "Oh, man." "You know what you're doing." "What are you doing?" "I'm gonna watch this with you." "No." "No, she's my kid." "I..." "I've got to do this alone." "Why?" "I don't understand." "Let me help you." "You don't have to understand." "Just get the hell out of here." "Go." "Call me if you need me." "Anthony." "Yeah?" "Thank you." "Yeah." "You mother..." "Fuck!" "Oh, baby." "I knew there'd be a spotlight on me because of my dad, but I use it to my advantage, you know?" "I mean, if anything, it makes me work harder." "See, I love competition." "That's why I came to this school... it's in a tough division." "What?" "I'm doing an interview." "Practice needs to get going, Eddie." "It'd be great to wrap it up soon." "All right, you guys can start without me." "When the Coach needs me, he'll let me know... not some volunteer." "Thanks." "Anyway, so yeah, it's a tough division out here and there's a lot of great teams, so I'm just trying to be the best I can." "Fancy seeing you here." "$5,000." "Did you see a half-off sign as you were coming up the walk?" "You'll get the other five by the end of the week... guaranteed." "How about this?" "We forget about the other $5,000 and you come inside for a while?" "That's never gonna happen." "Now you stay away from me and stay away from Jimmy." "You'll get your money back." "I offer a gracious invitation." "I expect at least a little common courtesy." "My friend's sitting right over there." "If anything happens to me, she's calling the cops." "Do you actually think this is the last time" "You're gonna be put in this position by this fucking loser?" "Take it from someone who knows this scumbag a little better than you do." "Jimmy is always gonna be behind the 8-ball or doing his best to get back there for the rest of his days... however few he might have left." "You'll get your money." "Now give me back my clothes." " Where's the rest?" " Half my money," "Half your clothes, doll." "You want the rest?" "Come inside and get 'em." "Oh, God, Seth." "You scared me." "What's going on?" "Hey, are you okay?" "Seth, what's wrong?" "Hmm?" "Maggie, what I'm doing isn't fair to you." "Honey, you look tired." "All right, I know this has been a really rough couple of days, okay?" "But I'm here for you." "Let's go get some dinner." "I don't think you're gonna want to have dinner with me, Maggie." "I haven't been honest with you about some things." "I haven't been faithful." "It was never anything serious, but still..." "I let it happen." "Umm..." "Oh, God." "And why are you telling me now?" "Look at you, Seth." "You're standing there as if our entire marriage was in this fantasy built from smoke and mirrors." "Give me some credit!" "We live this perfect life because of what we don't say, because we live underneath this guise that you've always been faithful." "I had to do this, Maggie." "I couldn't lie to you any longer." "You had to do it for you to make yourself feel better!" " That's not true." " No, it is the truth, because if you cared at all about how I feel, you would've let me keep living the lie." "And the lie was working." "Hey, Coach." "How you doing tonight?" "Good, bo." "Real good." "I haven't been here since you were playing ball." " The place looks the same." " Trust me... it's the same." "So what brings you by, Coach?" "I'm pretty sure your wife's not into model airplanes." "No." "No, that's true." "I..." "I came to talk to you about Eddie." "It's nothing major, Tugh." "I just thought we should discuss it now" "Before the season starts." "Look, Coach, I kept quiet because it's not really my place to say, but that kid has an attitude problem." "I was actually gonna come to you today and mention it." " He held up practice because..." " Bo, listen." "Now I know you mean well... hell, you've done a great job with Tyler thus far... but Eddie would prefer it if you didn't interfere with him at practice anymore." " Interfere with him?" " He just doesn't want a bunch of different voices in his ear." "I've said 10 words to the kid since he's been here." " Where's this coming from?" " Bo, listen to me." "You're not an official member of my staff." "You're here to offer advice to the kids that want to hear it." "If they don't, then that's their choice." "It's been real nice having you around, Bo, and I mean that." "But I need you to keep your focus on Tyler and let me deal with the rest of the team, okay?" "Whatever you say, Coach." "I've been doing this a long time, Bo, and I've still never seen a kid on the mound as good as you." "My best memories as a Coach was watching you pitch." "Have a good night, Coach." "Seth, I have been trying to reach you." "Something important that I had to do." "Oh, please tell me it had something to do with any of the 107 phone calls" "I've received in the last hour alone." "How deep in it are we, Andrea?" "Shares of B.W.E. Fell 5.7% today." ""Sports Illustrated" is threatening a lawsuit." "Oh, and Fox News is reporting that we should've been more forthcoming about your brain tumor, which they say is the size of a grapefruit." "I expected all this, Andrea." "Seth, the shareholders are really pissed about all of this." "You didn't inform them at all about selling the franchise." "They could bring legal action against you." "My loyalty is with you, Seth." "And I know you're experiencing something profound..." "But you need to know what you're doing right now" "Is very dangerous..." "Dangerous to everything that you've built," "Everything you've created." "It's all right, baby." "Bobby got half his money." "You bought me some time." "It's all good." "I feel disgusting." "What we did was disgusting." "Jimmy, we're not good people." " Don't say that." " What?" "It's true." " I mean..." " Hey, we had to do something." "No, we didn't." "We didn't have to do that to her." "This was our problem." "This had nothing to do with Kim." "We should have never have done that to her." "You're right." "We crossed a line this time." "You live and learn, right?" "I..." "I just wanna forget this ever fucking happened." "Yeah." "Yeah, me too." "Ooh!" "Hold on." "Huh." "I guess I should've called." "Nah, it's no big deal." "Come on in." "So what's going on?" "I told Maggie I was cheating." " Oh, fuck." " Yeah." "I'm guessing she didn't take it too well, huh?" "No." "But I had to tell her." "It may have been for selfish reasons, but I know that I'm never gonna find out what I'm supposed to do next until I purge myself of all of the shit in my life." "You seem to be doing a lot of that lately." "I know." "It's painful... my wife, my business... but I know that I'm doing the right thing." "I know that tomorrow I could pick up the phone, make a few calls, get the franchise back" " and everything would be back to the way it was." " There you go." "It sounds like a perfect plan." "What's stopping you?" "I don't want that life anymore." "I wish to God I didn't feel that way, but I do." "What's so frustrating is not knowing" "What comes next, you know?" "Or how much longer the people I care about are supposed to suffer before God or whoever the fuck is talking to me gives me some answers." "Look, your problems are way out of my league." "I'm thinking... you ain't gonna solve 'em tonight." "So my advice:" "go home, get some sleep and tomorrow you buy your wife a diamond ring the size of a fucking cantaloupe." "That's all I got." "That's enough." "Thanks for taking the time." "Enjoy the rest of your evening." "Huh." "Oh, yeah, I've got big plans." "I'll find my way out."