"Benny:" "Hello?" "Paul:" "Hi." "Garygaveme yournumber." "Thoughtyoumightbe therightguytotalk to." "Igotthered vinyl of" birdblowstheblues."" "You got "bird blows the blues"?" "Paul:" "Yeah, Charlie Parker." "I know, Charlie Parker." "You got the red one?" "Paul:" "Yep." "What kind of shape's it in?" "Paul:" "It looks perfect to me." "Noscratches." "Butthere'sno ..." "There'snocover." "Yeah, it was made before they started to make the covers." "Paul:" "I don't know anything aboutrecords,but..." "It'sinthewhite recordsleeve." "Okay." "I'm gonna want to buy that from you." "Let me call you right back." " $5." " Hello?" "Hey,it 'sBenny." "That kid call you?" "Yeah, he says he has "bird blows the blues."" "Gary:" "That's why Ihadhimcallyou." "Where do you know this guy from?" "Gary:" "He comes in the shop andhebuysstuff." "He's a nice kid." "Benny:" "You think he's legit?" "I only know him from here, butyeah." "I mean, he wouldn't try to pull a fast one?" "I mean, it could be a fake or something." "Gary:" "He's not that kind ofkid, notfromanyof mybusinesswithhim ." "So why don't you buy it off him?" "My customers don't buy that high-end stuff over here." "Um, he said he'd give me a slice if I helped him find someone." "Okay, thanks, Gary." "I'll talk to you later." "I would highly appreciate it if you would let me go back to sleep for like," " five minutes." "Is that possible right now?" "By highly appreciate it, i mean, like, it'll make me really, really happy." "Did you eat?" "I'm having juice." "Juice isn't food." "Well, I'm not hungry." ""Russia's most recent move intensifies the already heated confrontation, causing unpredictable gyrations of the Moscow stock exchange."" "We can't keep skipping." "They called my mom." "Your mom's the most timid little freak I've ever met." "What did she do, like tell you not to do it again?" "She told me she'd take my phone away." "Yeah, for like ten minutes." "And she said that I was disappointing her." "You could walk into a mall and shoot like 100 people and she'd never be disappointed in you." "Come on, please?" "Don't make that face." "You're trying to make me feel guilty!" "I'm hurting inside!" "That's what you're seeing." "Ugh!" "You know, I've gained some weight and I'm not saying I'm fat, I'm just not like ultra-skinny." "You shouldn't be ultra-skinny." "I'm not saying it's a bad thing that I gained five pounds." "It sounds like that's exactly" " what you're saying." " No, I'm stating a fact," "I have gained weight." "And you're terrified of gaining weight." "No, I'm terrified of being fat." "If the scale said you've gained five pounds, okay, but I don't see those extra five pounds on your body." "New runner's here." " Hi." " Claire?" " Yeah." "Hey." " Phil." "Hi." " Nice to meet you." " You, too." " Come on back." " Okay." " Thanks for being on time." " Yeah." "Today we're working on a story that's either a suicide or a murder." "Yeah." "A few days ago, a man was found by his wife in their bedroom." "He was shot in the head." "So we'll go down to the apartment building, maybe talk to some neighbors, but our main goal..." "Your main goal is to talk to the wife." "Well, I..." "I didn't realize that we were gonna be jumping into something so big, you know, right away." "It's big and it's not big, depending on how you see it." "Terrible things happen every day in this city." "After a while, you start to see all of it as a consistent, dependable, and unavoidable pattern." " Whoops!" "I like to bang my head a little in the morning before coming into work." "Helps me get pumped for the day." "What kind of music do you like?" "Claire:" "Um..." "Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, that kind of stuff." "So you probably never listen to metal?" "Claire:" "Um, no." "Yeah." "It's not for everybody." "I mean, you can put it on if you want." "You listen to it." " Phil:" "I'll play a softer one." " Okay." "Phil:" "This is actually my band." "We're called cock killer." "I play bass." "Morning, ray." "Hey, I got a big day going here." "I might be on a big score." ""Bird blows the blues," Charlie Parker, a red vinyl." "Real beauty." "Hey, I got a new shirt." "It's a nice shirt, but I don't know if it's my style." "What do you think?" " It looks good on you." " Yeah, we'll see." "I didn't clean the fridge." "Benny:" "What?" "Sorry, i didn't clean the fridge." "Hey." "Listen." "I love you." "You're my good friend, but you can't spend your whole life on the couch." "You gotta promise me you're gonna leave the house today." "Even just a walk around the block." "I can do that." "Good." "Go take a shower, take a walk." "We got fresh towels." "I washed the towels." "I said I could wash my own towels." "I was washing the towels, so I washed yours, too." "No problem." "Next time, you wash 'em." "Okay, thanks, Benny." "All right." "I'm gonna get us some coffees, get us up on our feet." "Uh, two coffees." "Hey, what do you think of this shirt I'm wearing here?" "It's a good shirt." "Yeah, it's a good shirt." "I'd call it very fine." "But what matters is, you know, how it fits me." "What it says about me." "Hey, Jo-Jo." "What do you think about the shirt on Ben?" "It's a good shirt." "Benny:" "Obviously good shirt, but am I supposed to be wearing this shirt?" "I think so." "Okay, that helps." "If you're telling the truth, that helps." "You should wear that shirt." "It look good on you." "All the time." "That's all I hear, is just daddy this and daddy that." "He's a wonderful person." "You know what?" "He's an all-right person." "He's the us ambassador to Vietnam." "So what?" "He's my hero!" "I know." "What have you done with your life?" "Uh, let's see, I won a guggenheim fellowship." "Woman: 10 years ago." "...retirenextyear." "Becausehere's thepartIdon 'tget ." "It'sokay...it 'sokay forthefans tobooanotherclub." "Morning, Jimmy." "I got a haircut." "Looks good." "There's a new lady at the place I go to." "She's not a bad lookin' lady." "I thought you were interested in the lady that owns the shop, as I recall." "I was, but this new lady puts a hand on your head while she uses the other hand to cut, and her hand is soft and tender." "Plus, the other lady never gave me a green light to make a move." "This new one?" "She likes to wink and flirt, kind of like we're in on a joke together." "I'm captivated by the strength of our attraction." "It might go somewhere." "And she's obviously very talented at cutting hair." "Phil:" "That guy is your direct Nemesis." "He works for the post." "And those are the detectives on the case." "You better hurry over there." "Okay." "Man:" "Hey, fellas, what's going on?" " Man:" "Is she in there?" " Yeah." "Can you just tell us" " come on, tell us." " Any information." "Please, just uh, anything" " don't not tell us!" " That you can provide" " would be helpful to the..." " Come on, just" " a little something?" " Okay, anything, please." " Something!" "Please?" " Can you please just...?" "Bye." "Sorry, I wasn't fast enough." "Well, you tried." "So, let's say this was a normal day." "You'd call me to tell me which detectives you encountered and I'd try to get ahold of them." "I'd say 50% of this job is plain luck, and today is your lucky day." "I happen to have a working relationship with these guys." " Okay." "Thisis Ronnie." "Ronnie, this is Phil from New York news." "Hi,Phil fromtheNewYorknews ." "DidI justseeyou  hidingoutin yourcar ?" "Yes, you did." "Ronnie:" "And is that yournewprotégé?" "Yeah." "So, where are you guys headed?" "Phil wants to know where we're headed." "Darryl wants to know why you wanna know." "Obviously because we're reporting on the case." "Ronnie:" "Well, Darryl thinks..." "AndI 'dhaveto agree that it's because then, you'd have the opportunity to impress your protégé with your fabulous connections to the New York City law enforcement." "It could be that." "Ronnie:" "It's okay to admit it, Phil." "Ifyou'retrying togetlaidhere, justadmitit ." "Yes, that's correct." "We're headed to east Broadway and pike." "Thanks for calling." "Got the address where they're headed." "Wow!" "You're really good at this." "It's my job." "Melanie:" "We have leftover noodles." "Wendy:" "I'm not hungry." "Melanie:" "We have beer." "Okay." "Scott." "Melanie:" "He has a beautiful penis." " Impossible." " Melanie:" "Possible." "Very possible." "So possible, it's actually true." "The very basic look and shape of the penis dictates that they are all, fundamentally, every single one of them, by nature, ugly." "Okay, I happen to like them, and I happen to like Scott's the best." "I mean, it's like big and straight" " and soft and excited." " Ew, no, you like it because you like Scott, but I don't care if his penis looks like a unicorn horn." "It's not a good-looking penis because a good-looking penis does not exist." "Vaginas are the ugly ones." "Wendy:" "I agree that they're ugly, but penises are uglier, due to their inability to be anything other than ambitious." "Structurally, they're built as weapons of penetration." "They're swords, they're battering rams." " Penis." " God!" "Now I'm gonna have..." "I'm gonna have major dick nightmares." " Thanks a lot." " All right, fine." "Is that better?" "Is that vagina better?" " No." " God, they had so much hair in the '60s and '70s." "I mean..." "God, look." "That is so much hair!" "There's nothing wrong with that." "Melanie:" "No, definitely not." "I mean, it's like a lot of hair." "That's actual jungles up in there." " Look at that." " Can we like stop talking about dicks and vaginas?" "Yeah." ""Bird blows the blues."" "Let me see what kind of shape it's in." "Yeah, you're the only one I'm calling." "If I say I won't sell it to anybody else, Mickey..." "Charlie Parker, of course." "I already told ya i won't sell it to anybody else." "I'll pay you off." "All of it, I promise." "I got cash comin' for you today." " Ray:" "Hello?" " Hey, ray." " You off the couch yet?" "Yeah." "What are you doing?" "Um..." "Walking across the room." "Benny:" "Take a shower andleavethehouse." "Anddon'tforget tocleantherefrigerator." "Okay." "Okay." "See you later." " Woman:" "Hey." " Hey, there." "Woman:" "Hi." " Hey, I was thinking." " Yo." "Let me take you out tonight." "I got money coming in." " You available?" " Uh, yeah." "It's his dad's turn tonight." "I think I'm free." "All right, we'll have some cheese." " Mmm." " Have some wine." " Mmm." " Some good food, make a nice little spread." "Ooh." "All right." "Make it real nice." "Okay." "I'm all yours." "Oh, hey, this is Owen." " Hi." " This is Benny." "Hey." "Are you her boyfriend now?" "I don't know, maybe." "Owen:" "Do you love her?" "Benny:" "I can't tell you that." "You seem like the kind of kid that would spread that information." "I think she loves you." "Whoa." "Did she tell you that?" "I mean, first, I wanted to make it with somebody who had been with Sinatra." "I mean, let's face it, he's Sinatra." "And two, I wanted to see if I was better, in bed." "So I ended up making it with her for two weeks, and after it was over, I said," ""well, you know, like, how do I compare?"" "She said there was no-o-body better than Sinatra." "That he would forever be her greatest lover." "I got screwed up over that for a year." "He was a powerful man." "He was a good singer." "Decent actor." "I wasn't so much into his acting." "Man:" "BaseballtimefromFenwaypark  inBoston." "We'reaboutto play theBostonRedSox  and,ofcourse, theYankeessendyourway..." " Buster:" "Hey, Jimmy!" "Radio:..." "Play-by-play." "Yours truly along for the ride." "Buster:" "Jimmy, who's this?" ""Let's go to Vegas and break the law."" "I don't know." ""Get on my jet to Vegas."" "Married Mia, divorced Mia." "She did "Rosemary's baby."" "Yeah!" "Screw polanski." "Who's the owner?" "Detective ritz." "This is detective yates." "We're with the New York police department." "We want to ask you a few questions." "Uh, in private, if possible." "Hello." "Uh, I'm with the New York news." "I was wondering if I could speak with you for a minute." "So, the two detectives that came in here," "I'm assuming they told you about the case that they're investigating." "Said it was a, um..." "Suicide, possibly a murder." " They didn't know." " They didn't...?" "That was it?" "Then they left?" "That's all I'm comfortable telling you." "Why would they come in here?" "I mean, seems random." "Listen, I'm not good with confrontation, okay?" "I'm not a big fan of people getting mad at me." "In general." "One of my favorite cock killer songs is" ""statutory adulthood."" "Ralphie, our lead singer, my best friend, my cousin, all in one wonderful package, writes the lyrics." "They go..." " Do you mind?" " No, okay." ""Fear is the rape of the mind." "Life is an illusion of time." "They want you to suffocate, to think being a slave's your fate." "The chains are your chains." "They key is in your pocket." "The pain is your pain." "Use the key to unlock it."" "So, you have to get tough, Claire." "There might not be any valuable information in that clock shop, per se, but you have to find out if there is." "Go back in and pretend you've figured something out." "Like what?" "Pick one, the husband or the widow." "Say you know one of them is a customer." "Obviously, it'll work out better if you're right, but go with your instinct." "My instinct is to quit this job, run away, and go home." "Okay, ignore your instinct." "Okay." "Hello?" "Ray,thisis Lester." "Youmesswithmysister?" "Uh, what do you mean?" "Lester:" "Think I don't have theInternet,ray?" "You think Janet doesn't have it?" "I... it's the Internet." "We have it." "I love your sister." "I'd never do anything to hurt her." "Lester:" "Ray, you put naked picturesofJanet ontheInternet." "Yeah,youhurther ." "Youhurtherbad ,and ,now , shecan'tleavethe house becauseshe'sso afraid." "Because of you, some very gross anddisturbingpeople arelookingat naked picturesofmy sister" "ontheInternet." " I was in a very bad emotional place last week, actin' like a crazy person." "I shouldn't have did that." "Lester:" "Well, you did." "How can we fix the problem?" "Firstthingyoudoislet mebeattheshitoutofyou ." "Okay." "Lester:" "Where are you?" "Um, I'm at the library." "Bullshit." "What are you reading?" "Ray: "Hunt for red October."" "Bullshit." "Who wrote it?" "Ray?" "Must say there on the front cover." "That'snormallywhere thenameof theauthoris." "Sometimesinbigletters." "This copy doesn't have a cover." "Lester:" "Okay." "Firstthingthat needstohappen is I'm gonna come to your place andI 'mgonnabreakyourlegs ." "I deserve that." "But I'm at the library." "Lester:" "Go home." "I'llseeyouinanhour." "Come on, baby." "Oh-hoh-hoh-hoh!" "Yo!" "You saw that." " I was tying my shoe." " It hit the rim and then it hit the tree, yo, and it went in!" "Tying my shoe." "Wendy:" "I understand the insatiable urge to procreate with your boyfriend." "If I had one, I'd hightail it over there, too." "Yeah, but he thinks that you hate him because, when I go and hang out with him, you won't come." "Because I don't like watching other people make out in front of me." "Big deal." "And also for the fact that you just don't like him, as a person." "I'm through explaining my opinion on the merits of your relationship." "If the relationship were as strong and meaningful as you insist it is by continually bringing up conversations such as this one," "I highly doubt you'd care, one way or another, what I think of him." "Okay, well, the problem is, is that you say that it's okay for me to go and hang out with him, when I know it's gonna hurt your feelings when I do." "If you felt comfortable around him, we would all hang out and we would all be happy!" "Except the one person who is the person not making out, watching the other two people make out." "We won't make out." "That is a straight-faced lie and scientifically, physically, impossible." "Melanie:" "Okay, fine." "So maybe you don't like him as a person, but I wish you could like him, if only for the fact that he's important to me." "No, I detest people who like other people for reasons like that." "It's gross." "It causes stupid problems." "You detest everybody." "Not everybody." "Almost everybody." "I detest anybody who's unintelligent and ignorant of the suffering of the world." "Scott cares a lot about the world." "And therein lies your problem, which is that, beneath your paradoxical, dual desires to both be alone with him constantly while also keeping the friendships you had before you met him intact and unchanging, there's like this worry inside you" "that he's not as perfect as you think he is, so, then, when someone, or something, or me, questions whether or not he's right for you or good enough for you, you defend him and," "and give him these heroic and exaggerated attributes and paint a picture that's not really him." "Look, I'm not saying Scott doesn't care about the world, but I..." "I am saying that I've never seen Scott think deeply about anything other than video games or your body." "I detest the way you detest people." "I know, and I love you for that." "All right, I know you don't want to talk to me, but..." "If you could just tell me one thing, anything." "No." "I was just outside talking to my supervisor, and one of the detectives told him that the wife of the deceased is one of your customers." "She came in here to get something fixed." "Well, that's all that they told us." "But the thing is is that we have a relationship, and they have..." "I mean, the other detectives have, you know, other relationships with different papers." "And, eventually, everyone finds out everything, so, whatever you do or don't tell me right now, someone's gonna find out." "Job is about who finds it first." "So, just..." "Just..." "You just stopped listening to me?" "Oh, no." "I'm just waiting for you to leave." "Claire:" "Okay." "Radio:" "Ground ball down thethirdbaseline." "Anditis an error forthethirdbaseman." "That'sthesecond Clevelandmisplay." "Phil:" "So, the husband's estimatedtimeof death is 8:00 pm." "Broken wristwatch you saw on the desk" " reads 8:02." " Right." "The watch looks like it belongs to a male." "Maybe it's a coincidence that the estimated time of death nearly matches the time on the watch, but is the coincidence significant enough for us to at least pretend like it's true until we find out it's not," "ie, act as if the watch belongs to the husband until we find out otherwise?" "I'm not sure." "I'm just talking it through out loud." "Oh, I thought you were asking for my opinion." "No, I mean, yeah..." "I'm asking what you think and I'm asking what I think at the same time." "Okay." "Well, what about what you were saying earlier about taking risks in your guesswork?" "That's right." "Very good." " Nice place." " Want a doughnut?" "Sure." " Good doughnut." " Perfect texture, I think." "Best doughnuts in the city." "Maybe even the whole world, for all we know." "I can't say I've had better." "Paul:" "I'm a big fan of this rug." "Benny:" "It's a nice rug." "Sit down, take a load off." "Comfortable chair, right?" "Yeah, you sink in." "You got good taste." "If I ask you a direct question, will you..." "Will you be honest with me?" "What do you think of this shirt I'm wearing here?" "It's new and I don't know if it's right on me." "I noticed it the moment you came in." " All right, be honest." " I mean, I don't..." "I don't know you, but your personality seems pretty, you know, straightforward and modest." "This shirt says something else." "You know, i guess it's probably a little more upscale than what you'd like to project?" "I think I'd say it's a fancy shirt." "Paul:" "There's nothing wrong with being fancy." "I wouldn't do it every day, but, you know, once a week's good." "Yeah, I'm warming up to the idea." "I like your taste, so what you say helps." "Okay, I'm gonna go get the record, all right?" "Yeah, I don't know much about jazz." "You know, not sure if my grandfather did, given the condition of the record." "It's possible he didn't even know he owned it." "You know, I was just given some of his things when he died." "You don't want to keep it?" "Paul:" "You mean for sentimental reasons?" "No, I'm not like that." "That's not true." "I'm sorry." "I lied." "I mean, I forgot." "He left me his collection of baseball cards." "He loved baseball." "I do know that." "And I'm keeping those, but not this." "Yeah." "I'm keeping the baseball cards." " Hey, ray, what's up, man?" " How you doing, man?" " Can't talk right now." " Where you going?" "Eugene:" "Hello?" "Eugene, it's ray." "Let me up." "I know you're computer illiterate, ray." "Our whole relationship depends on that fact." "You pay me $10 an hour, i send out your résumés," "I update your profiles," "I buy whatever shit on whatever weird websites you happen to hear about." "But I explicitly told you the consequences when we were uploading those photos and I even had you repeat it back to me," ""once the photos are uploaded, what's done is done."" "What's done is done, yeah." "So that means..." "Which I explained to you when we were uploading the photos, against my strongest protest and against every warning i could've possibly given you..." "I paid you an extra 20 bucks!" "Eugene:" "Yes, I know." "I admit that." "And I'm an idiot, too." "But, what's done is done." "Even if I delete the photos from this site, they still exist elsewhere, either on a search or from a user who downloaded the photos and uploaded them somewhere else." "That's how the Internet works." "The photos are available to any horny freak who wants them." "I think I remember you saying that before, but my mind wasn't right." "You know I wasn't listening." "Okay, I deleted them from the original site, okay?" "That's all I'm askin'." "Maybe Lester will cool down after that." "I hope so." "She's the love of my life." "I can't believe I put naked pictures on the Internet of the love of my life." " Scott:" "We brought beer." " Melanie:" "Thank you!" "Scott:" "Hey, Wendy." "What's up?" " Nothing." " Scott:" "Cool." "Oh, have you, uh, met river?" "They've met like a million times." "For a perfect example, at your birthday party." "Fine, sue me." "I just didn't specifically recall the two of them hanging out." "Oh, my god, are you gonna drink all of that?" "Ah!" "Yes, I am." "Wendy, do you want a beer?" "Um, I was thinking of leaving." "No, you can't leave." "We need you." "Yeah, you can't leave." "We just arrived." " We need you." " Wendy:" "For what?" " To keep the, uh, fire?" " Fire?" "To keep the spirit..." "The spirit going." "I don't know, i just chugged a whole beer." "Hey, come on." "We're..." "Having a little party." "Uh, there are only four of us." "Yeah, and if you leave, there'll only be three." "This is starting to sound suspiciously like some kind of purposeful plan." "It's totally not." "Of course not." "No." "Why would we do that to you?" "River:" "I didn't know there was a plan." "I didn't even know you guys were coming 'til you rang the buzzer, because she knew that I'd be gone in a minute if I had that information because I'm like this big, antisocial creature sometimes," "and today is one of those times." "But..." "You must've known that I was gonna be here." " Yeah." " And you must've known that they would go make out, eventually." "I mean, that's what they do." "I find it really hard to believe there wasn't some idea in your head that we would be left alone." "River:" "I honestly didn't think it through that far." "Anyway, what kind of plan would it have been?" "Aren't you a lesbian?" "Wendy:" "Who said that?" "I don't remember who." "I mean, Melanie thinks I'm a lesbian." "She thinks that because I've only ever been with girls." "Two girls." "She also thinks I'm a virgin, which I'm not." "I've had sex, with two girls." "But I don't think I'm totally a lesbian." "I mean, I'm attracted to boys, but..." "I don't know what it's like to be with one, so I don't know if I'd actually enjoy it." "Um, being with a boy." "How long have you lived in New York?" "Three years." "Cool." " Uh, you?" " Eight." "Where did you come from?" "Seattle." "Washington." "You?" "Cincinnati." "Ohio." "There she is." "Claire:" "I'm nervous." "Phil:" ""Fear is the rape of the mind."" "Okay, thanks." "Uh, excuse me!" "Mrs. krimsky:" "Oh!" "You dropped your grapefruit." "Thank you." "Mrs. krimsky:" "No, you called out before I dropped the grapefruit." "You said "excuse me!"" "You said it loudly and in my direction." "Because you dropped a grapefruit." "No." "You called out, i turned around," "I dropped it, in that order." "Claire:" "No, I called out because of the grapefruit." "Then why would I turn around?" "Why would I call out?" "I think my mind must be playing tricks on me." "I apologize for insisting that I was right." "Aggressively insisting upon things is an overall problem I have in my general personality." "It didn't seem to me like you were aggressively insisting." "Well, that's kind of you, but I know how screwed up I am." "Judging myself harshly and analyzing my actions are my other problems, so I better shut up." "Though, I also have trouble shutting up." "I'm not crying." "My eyes are always moist." "I'm too emotionally detached from life to cry." "Bye." "Excuse me, I'm from the post." "Can I ask you a few questions?" "Is it true you were at a movie when your husband died?" "And you left the theater at 8:30?" "Come on, you'll tell her, but not me?" "NewYorknews!" "She's from the New York news!" "Him, too!" "He's from the New York news!" "It's unethical not to tell her." "No, I was gonna tell her before I asked any questions." "Tell us about your husband's watch!" "You see that?" "How she acted when you said that about the watch?" "Come on, tell me about the watch!" "So, it's obviously the husband's watch." "Claire:" "Yeah." "Buster:" "Do you comprehendtheideathatyou could potentially be part of solving a murder?" "They said it could be a suicide." "Man 3:" "Sounds like they're after the wife." "Exactly." "You said she came in to get that watch fixed, then two detectives and a reporter came in afterwards." "They think she did it." "Maybe he was wearing it when he was killed." "I didn't want to say it, but I think that's what we're all thinkin', isn't it?" "I'm not thinking anything." "He died on Sunday." "She came in on Tuesday to get the watch fixed." "Now, why did she do that?" "Why would somebody want to fix a dead man's watch?" "She might want him to be wearing it when he's buried." "Sure, could be." "Or... she didn't want anybody to know what time it was when she murdered him." "Jimmy:" "She didn't look like a murderer to me." "She's a nice, decent woman." " Benny:" "Hey, there he is." " Hey, man." "Noah." "What's up?" "Noah:" "I'm going to this guy's place." " He has "bird blows the blues."" " Benny:" "Say that again." "Evidently, he has "bird blows the blues."" "This guy here, Paul?" "Did you buy something from him?" ""Bird blows the blues."" " Hi, I'm Noah." " Yeah, of course." "Benny:" "Noah and i ran into each other outside." "We know each other." "We see each other at record shops." "We both collect records." "But there's some confusion." "Benny said you sold "bird blows the blues" to him." " Yeah, I did." " Then why am I here?" "I know." "I wasn't thinking." "Did you think i wasn't gonna buy it?" "Goddamn it!" "Son of a bitch!" "Open up!" "You see this?" "He's a thief." " Let us in!" " What's going on?" "You got a thief in your building." "He shut the door on us and won't let us in." "I got keys for that place, but it's for emergencies." "If you call saving his door an emergency, let's see it." "Hey, he doesn't even live here, that guy." " Say that again." " He's been here for about a week, subletting from a young woman." "I think he went out the back door." "I don't see him." "This guy's the biggest liar I've ever met." "He told me how much he liked this rug." "See that statue?" "This ballerina?" "I knew there was something wrong when I saw this." "This guy, he gave me a very good doughnut so I'd like him." "He told me how much he loved my shirt, so I'd believe his lies." " I hate this guy." " Noah:" "Benny, look." "There's nine of them." "He must've printed them and glued the labels on." "It's a good scam." "These nine, plus yours." "That's good money." "All right, let me call my man Gary." "We'll figure this out." "We'll find him." "Hey, I know Gary." "He's the one who put Paul in touch with me." "All right, now I'm officially mad." "Hm." "Hey, uh, give me a diamond delights, please." "Thank you." "Damn it." " Oh." " Hey, Mike." " Hey, Lester." " Aye, you know where ray is?" "Ray?" "No, sorry." "Because an hour ago, Mike and I noticed that the pictures of my sister Janet were taken down from the site where he uploaded them last week." "Since we know that you help ray out with all his Internet stuff, thought maybe you saw him today?" " Maybe you helped him out?" " No." "I haven't seen him." "Sorry." "Lester:" "So, it's cool if we just came by your place, make sure he's not there?" "Yeah, but he's not up there, though." "Lester:" "I'd like to see for myself." "Look, if you resist, i might want to come anyway, but, if he's there and you're willing to peacefully cooperate, then I got a bill with your name on it." "20 bucks." " 20 bucks?" " Lester: 20 bucks." "Sorry about that, ray." "I had no choice, all right?" "Hey." "Lester, Lester." "Thank you." "Hey." "Give me five diamond delights." "God, how long could they possibly stay in there?" "You could go knock on the door and ask." "I'd be running the risk of hearing something" "I don't want to hear moaning or groaning or whatever it is they do." "River:" "I heard them at Scott's." "When they went into his bedroom." "Sounded like dying." "Sounded like the two of them were slowly dying of some terrible disease and like gasping for air." "Wasn't what I would call a fun time." "Gross!" "How long were they in there that time?" "Oh, I got sick of it and left before they came out." "But it was at least an hour." "You should go." "If you're dying to leave." "Well, my backpack is in her bedroom." "River:" "You could get it from her tomorrow." " No, don't." " What's wrong?" "Um, seriously, nothing." "I'm fine." " You look like..." " No, uh, it's nothing." "Oh, hey." "Uh, we thought that you guys left." "No." "Uh, yeah, we're totally here." "Oh." "Um..." "Yeah, my mom is gonna be here soon, so..." "We were thinking about going to the park." "Do you guys want to go to the park?" "Oh, my god, I need water." "Phil:" "Are you seriously feeling sick?" "Claire:" "Yeah, I get these stomach aches." "Maybe you have ulcers." "Maybe you need to see a doctor." "Claire:" "If I'm being honest, this job makes me really anxious." "I feel like I should work at a library." "I worked at a library last year and I just felt like this responsible, organized, you know, community-based woman in touch with the English language." "You're doing fine." "Look, the next step is obviously to get a photo of the watch." "That would be a home run for the story." "I think we might have a shot at the front page here." "Hey, right here." "Listen to this." "That's me on bass." "Sing along." "Let all that shit out." "Claire:" "That was okay." "I feel a little bit dizzy, actually." "Um, is the name of that song "suck on greed"?" "Phil:" "Yeah." "Exactly right." "I'm trying hard not to come over there, Gary, and knock your teeth out." "Gary, I got steam coming out of me." " If you weren't 62..." " 61." "Over 60." "I could be crossing' a moral line if I put my fist through your over 60-year-old face." "I can't read your mind, Benny." "I see that you're mad, but, uh, I don't know why." "Next thing you know, people are pointing at me in the street, sayin', "there he is." "There's the guy who punches men over 60."" "I don't like that picture." "Just tell me, what's wrong with you?" "You send me and you send Noah to this guy." " You send the both of us?" " Gary:" "He called." "He asked who'd be interested in the record." "I said you;" "I said Noah." "He's a thief, Gary." "He sold me a fake." "Gary:" "Why are you mad at me?" "I don't know that kid." "I said he comes in here a couple of times." "Beyond that, hey." "Benny:" "You're always dealing with these bums, hustlers, and thieves." "Listen, you call that son of a bitch, you get him on the phone, you find out where he is." "If I knock his teeth out, then I'm gonna let yours stay in your head." "Do it, or I'm gonna blow a fuse." "Jeez." "Okay, look, it says "Paul."" "Shit." "'Ey." "Strike you a deal." "Come over here nice and easy and I'm only gonna break one of your legs." "Keep runnin', and I'm gonna break 'em both." "Where's the deal where you don't break either of my legs?" "Never heard of it." "I'll be back later to break your face, Gary!" "I didn't know he was there!" "Hi, this is Mrs. krimsky." "I brought my husband's wristwatch in there a few days ago." "Jimmy:" "Uh, yes, of course." "Well, a reporter showed up at my apartment today, asking about the watch." "Did she come to your shop?" "Uh, yes." "Um, she did." "Told her I didn't want to talk to her." "Mrs. krimsky:" "Then why did she askaboutthewatch?" "Didsheseeit?" "I don't know." "I was, um..." "It was on my desk." "But I don't know how she would know it was yours." "Did two detectives also come by?" "Jimmy:" "Uh, yeah, they were here, uh,justbeforeher ." "What did they say?" "Jimmy:" "Theyknewaboutthe watch, saidtheywanted totakeit withthem." "And I told them i wouldn't feel right about them taking it." "Mrs. krimsky:" "Well,whydidyou say that?" "Well, you're my customer." "Iwouldfeelwrong, justhandingit overtothem ." "Althoughtheysaidtheymay comebackwithawarrant, in which case I would have to give it to them." "Mrs. krimsky:" "Did you fix it?" "No, I was just starting to look at it when they came in." "They told me not to fix it." "Mrs. krimsky:" "Did they say nottogiveittome  ifI cameby to getit?" "Uh, no." "I don't understand how somebody who loves my sister can do something so disrespectful and full of hate." "You know why I did it?" "She slept with Sebastian." "I found out she slept with him." " I just flipped out." " You weren't together" " at the time." " Ray:" "We had a little fight." "She was mad, she was drunk, and you guys weren't together." "I lie in bed every night, unable to sleep, having visions of this creep touching' her." "I just went crazy." "Lester:" "Now, think about 1,000 of those creeps getting their rocks off to naked pictures of my sister." "Is that what you wanted?" "She didn't do it to try to hurt you, ray." "She did it because you weren't fulfilling her sexual needs and you were gettin' distant." "Ray:" "I was depressed." "I get very depressed." "I'm not tryin' to make excuses." "I just wasn't myself." "I lost control." "Okay." "Mike." "Get the camera." "You're a lucky guy, ray." "You know, she wanted me to bring you to her place so she can talk to you." ""Don't hurt him," she said." "Go to the couch." "It can't be me, just naked, without the props?" "Lester:" "No." "I think we need the props." "Mike:" "Mm-hmm." "Lester:" "Mike, turn that light on." "The lamp." "Lester:" "All right, now give me a sexy look." "I don't know how." "Yo, put the lollipop back in your mouth, ray." "Lester:" "Now give me a sexy look." "Lester:" "I said with the lollipop in your mouth." "Give me a sexy look." "Mike:" "Come on." "Lester:" "That's..." "That's... that's good." "Mike:" "Yeah, bud." "Oh, yeah." "God, you were totally making out with him" " when I walked into the room." " It's not true." "Come on, I could practically smell the sex juices in the air." "I think I'm gonna go home." "No, I'm not teasing you." "Come on." "It's just I'm really into this idea, 'cause think about it." "If you end up with him, we'd be best friends dating best friends." "And like no pressure or anything." "It's just..." "I'm really into this like union." "I really approve." "Great, but I don't need your approval." "Come on, don't get all dark right now." "Fine!" "You guys didn't make out and... the dream is dead!" "Just don't leave!" "When I get "all dark", your phrase, not mine, it's fairly unstoppable, as I've told you before." "So I'd rather do it in private and not embarrass myself, or you, in front of your friends." "Fine." "She's going home." "She gets all depressed out of the blue, for no apparent reason." "Very typical." "I think I'm gonna go talk to her." "I totally caught them making out in the living room." "Sweet." "Hey." "Earlier, um, I didn't mean to..." "I wasn't gonna like cry or anything." "Okay." "So, yeah, i was just feeling weird." "I didn't understand it." "Sometimes it's like..." "I feel too much, or sometimes i don't feel enough, and then I worry that I'm not feeling everything I should be, and then the worry gets so big that, suddenly, i am feeling everything." "It sounds confusing." "Um... it's that I want to make sure I'm like doing justice to the moment by feeling what I should be feeling," "and I guess having that part of you opened can cause you to be totally insane." "But believe that I'm not rejecting you when I say I'm feeling certain that the last thing I need right now is a boyfriend." "That's fine." "We can just be friends." "If you wanna be." "That doesn't offend you?" "River:" "No." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "Claire:" "Ahem." "So, I know about the husband's watch." "Jimmy:" "I know you know." "The wife called me." "What did she say?" "Said she wasn't happy to see you and to know you know about the watch." "Okay, what can I say to you right now to convince you to just let me take one photo of the watch?" "I've already expressed to you my feelings about getting involved." "I wish you'd listen to me." "Hey." "Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and hide right now." " No, no." " I'm sorry." "No, please." "I wish you wouldn't do that." " No, I'm so... deeply sorry." " Please, no, no, no." "No." "Ah..." "Claire:" "I'm so sorry." " Hi." "I'm Mrs. krimsky." "Yes, of course." "Um..." "I have your husband's watch." "Oh, thank you for keeping it here." "I know you didn't have time to fix it, but I'd like to pay you, regardless." "Oh, no, no." "That is not necessary." "As you know by now, my husband is dead, so..." "This watch means a lot to me." "Jimmy:" "Oh." "She, um..." "Came in just before you did." "She wanted to take a picture of the watch." "I told her no." "No, it's true." "He refused to show me the watch, and then you came in and then I hid, and he told me not to hide, but I, um..." "I did." "Can I smash this clock?" "!" "Do you mind if I throw this on the ground?" "Jimmy:" "I guess." "Um..." "If it makes you feel better." "I apologize for overreacting and smashing a clock, but it's only half an apology because you deserve it." "I lost the only person in this world who I loved and loved me." "It is impossible to express how much I am suffering." "Let's hit the road." "Radio:" "Boston Red Sox: 7 runs, 15hits,1error." "11menleftonbase ." "FortheYankees,4runs..." "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait." "Ah, it hurts." "It's supposed to hurt." "Gimme me your wallet." "Tsk." "Here's my $200, plus you got $150 here." "Don't take that." "Please, I need that." "That's what you get for being a rat." "Hey, I've stolen things in my life, too." "I've hustled." "But I've only hustled people if somehow they deserved it." "Me?" "I've got music in my heart." "I've got love for it." "I seek it out, I find records," "I collect them, i sell them to people who have that same love inside." "It's a tender spot." "It's vulnerable." "It's a spot that you think nobody's gonna take advantage of you." "Then you go around and you let that love be known, you share it." "You share it with people and you trust that they won't violate you." "I didn't know it was so important." "Benny:" "That's basic moral code." "It should be in the fibers of your body." "You tell me the story about your dead grandfather, you feed me a delicious doughnut, you tell me you like my shirt." "You build a mean trap so I'd fall into it like a dummy." "My grandfather really died." "Yeah, that makes it even worse, using him to make some money?" "Like I said, you're a rat." "I hope something happens to you to make you grow up." "I'm filled with such disgust." "I love you." "As a person, I love you, but I hate you for killing everything that we had." "You made it so that we can't ever be together again." "Do you know that?" "I wasn't sure." "Janet:" "You killed it." "Okay." "If you need tissue, there's some on the table there." "It's okay to cry in front of me, ray." "I am cryin'." "It doesn't look like it." "Looks like you're holding back your emotions, like you usually do." "Now get the hell out of here before the woman shows up." "They're going to arrest her." "We were right, the watch is important." "So, first of all, Darryl said the husband's hand and arm were injured from falling after the bullet to the head." "They assume he was wearing the watch." "The widow claims she was at a movie at 8:00, the estimated time of death." "So, leaving the movie, she turns on her phone to find a text from her husband." "Evidently, it says, "i love you." "Sorry."" "She calls the cops, rushes home, finds him dead." "Can you figure it out?" "Why is the text important?" " I don't know." " The text was sent at 8:10." "His watch broke at 8:02." "So, if it broke when he fell, when he died, he couldn't have sent a text at 8:10, obviously." "She sent the text after she shot him." "That's the idea." "So she figures out the mistake, takes off the watch, takes it to get it fixed, thinking, "problem solved."" "Oh, there she is." "All right." "What do you want?" "Ma'am, we know you have the watch." "Mrs. krimsky:" "Stop it!" "Ma'am, we're gonna need to talk." "Really, I have nothing to do with this." " Claire:" "Ow!" " You bitch!" "Claire:" "Ow!" "No, no, no!" "No, no, no, no!" " Mrs. krimsky:" "You bitch!" " Claire:" "Ow!" " Ow!" " Bitch!" " Let's go to the car." " Okay, okay." "Phil:" "You okay?" "Yeah, um, it just stings a little bit." "Hello." "Benny:" "Hey, ray." "Whereyouat ?" "I'm in Janet's bathroom." "Why are you in Janet's bathroom?" "Long story." "But we're talkin'." "Benny:" "How's it going?" "She's mad, as she should be." "Hey, we're gonna have a nice little party at home." "We'll have some good friends, we'll have some drinks, we'll dance." "Come on home." "We'll get you to feelin' better." "Yeah, maybe." "Janet said I could sleep on the couch tonight, if I want to." "Benny:" "You know what's right." "Iloveyou,ray ." "Love you, too." "Ray, I'm in here." " These photos are hilarious." "Oh, my god, they're so gross." "This is a good first punishment for you." "You deserve a thousand more punishments like this." "I know." "Who were you talking to on the phone?" "Benny." "Oh, Benny." "I like Benny so much." "He's my best friend." "Sit down for a minute." "I said it was okay to cry in front of me." "I know." "It's hard." "You're my friend, too." "Sorry I ain't treat you like a friend." "You just keep crying, ray." "Ray:" "Okay." "First, I take you out." "We go out to dinner, have some fun." "Then, we head to my house, have a little party, get a little crazy." "Invite your girls." "Yeah?" "What are you doing right now?" "Benny:" "I'm buying a new shirt." "Don't blow all your money in one night, man." "Benny:" "When you need anewshirt, youneedanew shirt." "You remember that shirt I was wearin' when I stopped by this morning?" "Woman:" "No." "Well, I've been struggling with it all day." "Not sure if it was right for me, but..." "I'm looking at it now and it... it looks good." "So maybe you don't need to buy a new shirt." "Benny:" "Sometimes you just need tohavePatience," "letit breakin." "It's not a bad shirt." "I'm outta here." "Phil:" "You still here?" "Yeah, I'm just finishing up." "I sent you the story." "It's almost done." "Front page?" "No, some guy stabbed somebody by central park." "We might get page three." "Okay." "Oh, this is Claire." " Hey." " Hi." "Can I go home now?" "I thought you'd want to see how the story came out." "And then maybe we could get a drink, you know?" "Decompress." "Yeah, still got that stomachache, so..." "Well, we could grab a bite to eat." "I think I need some alone time." "I mean, yeah, the stomach thing, but also, just got scratched in the face by an accused murderer." "I just wanna sit in my bathtub and take a serious look at what I'm doing with my life." "Ha!" "You're really nice." "You did a great job today." "Think that I'm going to quit." "Phil:" "You shouldn't do that." "Give it time." "Yeah, no." "It's bad for me." "Think, in my heart of hearts, I'm a..." "I'm a quiet librarian." "Why am I so bad at this?" " At what?" " Getting people to like me." "Maybe this is the wrong, you know, atmosphere for that sort of thing." "Other people do it." "They know how." "Claire:" "I don't know, maybe you should be more yourself." "You know, not try so hard to impress." "I mean, don't you want someone to like you for who you really are?" "Phil:" "God, you're the perfect woman for me." "Phil, stop it!" "Phil, stop!" "Okay." "I'm gonna go." "Thank you, today." "Do you know who's coming to the party tonight?" "Yeah, everybody." " Yeah?" " Yeah." "All right." "I'll bet everybody's gonna look real good." "Yeah." "Do you know what you're gonna get?" "I don't know." "Yeah, me neither." "Uh..." "Hey." "What's up?" "I gotta say something." " Okay." " Yeah?" "Go for it." "Yeah, I'm trying, you know?" "No, I..." "I don't know." "I..." "Yeah." "I got love for you." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah." "Big love." "A whole lotta love." "I got it for you, too." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "Okay." " That's good news." " Yeah."