"This guy from my old job at the strip mall is here." "He said his mother gave you a donation for Byzantium?" " The kid wants his money back." " My mother gets carried away sometimes and unfortunately she donated money that we don't have." "This project, the city we're gonna build, it's gonna help everybody across the board." "You ask me, the homeless deserve what they got." "I'd like you to give this to your mom for me, would you?" "Kenny:" "You could have gotten yourself carved up out there today, you understand?" "And considering it's my job to protect you, that shit lands on me." "I have been touched by God." "He won't let anything happen to me." "Not until I build my city." "Listen, I think you're crossing a line here, and I honestly don't know if I can support it." "I'm gonna take Jonas Dixon down." "I'm not about to let a false prophet come between me and God's work." "And if you can't handle that..." "There's the door." "Mom, that guy... the puny guy, what's his name?" "Jon Cryer." "I can't wait till Charlie catches him in the lie." "That's gonna be funny." "When he catches him in the lie it's gonna be hilarious." "What?" "I thought you loved this show." "I love my evenings in the office with my dinner and my shows." "I thought that's what we were doing." "I like it, Bo." "I like having a little time to myself, that's all." "Oh, I just thought that you wanted to watch tv with me..." "No, I'm not telling you you have to go." "But could you not ask so many questions?" "And maybe not laugh so loud?" "Okay?" "Think of it this way:" "Suppose you like banana cream pie." "I do like banana cream pie." " Good." " Do we have any?" " No." " Then why'd you bring it up?" "I was trying to tell you something about sex." "What does pie have to do with sex?" "Thank you." "So what's up?" "The owners are opening another hostess club in San Francisco." "I've decided to make the move and run the new place." "Oh, that's great." "Good for you." "Which means someone needs to step up and run club 27." "You're the only girl for the job, Inez." "What's wrong?" "It's a promotion." "You'd be the new boss around here." "No, I know and I..." "I really appreciate it." "I just, um..." "I just have a lot of things on my mind, that's all." " Shauna!" " Excuse me." "Just give me a loaner and I'll pay you back after my shift." "I don't do loans or layaway with my coke, Deedee." " You pay, I supply." " How about a handjob?" "I'll give you a handjob, you give me a discount." "That's a great offer." "It's tough to pass on that, Deedee." "Look, are you gonna buy this or what?" "This is my last eightball." "Enjoy." "I am clean out!" "Picked over like a dead carcass." "The Girls are like vultures for the sugar." "And that Roxanne chick?" "Good riddance." "She really had a good thing going here." "I made more money tonight than I made in a month." "Cutting Shauna in for part of the profits was genius." "I knew that deep-voiced bitch was low on Cash." "Times are dicey, you know?" "The biggest mistake we made, Inez, was not moving in on this gold mine forever ago." "Jimmy, not now, please." "What a surprise... you're in a bad mood." "I'm never getting out of here." "Am i?" "I mean, I'm gonna keep blowing all my money and I'm gonna be stuck working here... not for six months like I planned, but forever, and..." "I have no one to blame but myself." "I fucking hate this place." "This place is paradise." "Yo, Ben?" "I got an idea." "I say we roll a call into that P.I..." "Chuck Urmas... have him stake out Gavin Buckley's place for us." "The guy's gotta go home at some point." "You all right?" "No, I'm not all right." "Buckley's apartment..." "well, you were there." "You saw" "Manson all over his walls." "I mean, we're dealing with something sinister here, Anthony." "Fuck that Manson stuff, man." "Look, rich kids collect all kinds of weird shit." "And the guy, man... he killed a bunch of people decades ago." "Yeah, it's fucked up, I know, but people get wiped out all the time." "What city do you live in?" "It's the 40th anniversary of the Charles Manson murders." "It's all over tv." "It's in the press." "You know, these murders withstood the test of time for a reason." "You Google Manson and see how many websites, how many articles come up." "It wasn't just the people that were slaughtered that night." "It was the spirit of an entire generation." "The next day we were still wearing our love beads." "But we were also going in and buying guns for self-protection." "Well, I get it." "So it's on people's radars." "No, it's not just on Buckley's radar." "He's obsessed with Charles Manson." "That apartment of his was like a temple." "It was a shrine to evil." "That's what we're up against." "That's what we're chasing... evil." "Pure fucking evil." "Hey, what's wrong?" " It didn't go well?" " Oh, I wouldn't know." " I wasn't in the meeting with him." " That's weird." " I thought he included you in everything?" " He has." "Up until now." "According to Seth," "I'm having a crisis of faith." "Meaning what?" "In Byzantium?" "In his ability to walk on water, I guess." "May I have everyone's attention, please?" "People, I know you're busy." "This'll only take a minute." "I know how hard all of you have been working." "Well, today all your sweat and effort has paid off." "As you all know, this morning I met with the L.A. County board of supervisors." "And because of the petitions, phone calls and rallies you've organized the board has agreed to hold a special session tomorrow." " Way to go, Seth!" " All right, Blanchard." "Don't get too excited yet." "They're holding a vote to decide whether or not to Grant us the permits we need to build Byzantium." "There's no guarantee they're going to vote in our favor, which means we need to keep the pressure on." "We need more signatures, more phone calls." "The board needs to know the constituents who put them in office want this city built." "We're almost there." "Let's bring it home." "God bless you all." "It was a long hard morning." "Thank you very much." "Just couldn't help yourself, could you, Seth, huh?" "Had to get Godin there somewher." "It sounds like a wonderful idea." "Are you sure you wouldn't be too bored?" "Of course not." "I'm looking forward to it." "Terrific." "So am I." " Just remember to wear your suntan lotion." " Right." "Hey, you got back awfully fast." "Yeah, the line was short today." "Bo, this is Louis Eigenberg." " He's an accountant." " Nice to meet you." "Well, thanks for stopping by, Mr. Eigenberg." "It was my pleasure." "Enjoy your lunch." "So what did he want?" "'Cause we can't afford to hire an accountant." "You know that, right?" "Oh, relax." "I didn't commit to anything." "He was offering, you know, one of those free consultations." "You didn't get anything for yourself?" "Naw, I'm not hungry." "So listen, mom, they are doing a big bingo tournament at the Burbank Elks club tonight." " Really?" " Yep." "I know you used to go all the time with dad and I thought it could be fun." "We can close the shop down early, grab a bite and play some bingo." "We'll split all our winnings right down the middle, okay?" " Bo, that is so nice." " Yeah, I knew you'd like the idea." "But not tonight." "I have plans." "What kind of plans?" "Someone from the church..." "Mrs. Hannan... she lost her husband about three months back and I promised I would have dinner with her because she's lonely." "Next time though, okay?" "Yeah, I guess, but I thought we could do something tonight." "Bo, they play bingo every night of the week." "Jeez, when did you get to be so needy?" "We are loaded up with snow, baby, not to mention I got a 10% discount." "More treats for you, more profits for me." "Champagne, waffles, it's all gonna..." " what are you doing?" " I'm getting the fuck out of here." "That could be the cops, the feds or some shit." "Jimmy, we're not getting into a high-speed chase, okay?" "No way." "You're right." "They've probably got this whole neighborhood covered." "Fuck." "I got no luck, man." "I got zero fucking luck in this world!" " Could you fucking relax?" " Yeah, all right." "Just be cool." " Is there a problem, officer?" " Oh, you think I'm a cop?" "I fucking hate cops." "I'm Bauer Lermontov." "The director... "Nocturnal radius"?" " "Bloody wild dance."" " Holy shit." "Those are some killer movies, man." "The end of "Bloody wild dance,"" "when the cop dies in the arms of the guards, man," "I cried like a baby." "And I got the symbolism too." "I got that." "Fucking genius." "Can I... ?" "Thank you." "Is there something you want or... ?" "Yeah." "I want you to tell me you're an actress." "Let's see." "I am pretty sure we can order one of those for you." "Mom!" "What's the name of that company that sells those discontinued Lionel boxcars?" " Bo, I have to go out and run some errands." " Now?" " Everything okay?" " Yeah, everything's fine." "Um, remember I'm not going to be back for dinner tonight, so fix yourself something." "Okay, well, hold on." "The company, the one that sells the boxcars we used to have here at the store... it's in the rolodex." "Look it up." "Oh God." "I must say, it takes balls to go at it like rabbits here in my loft." "Uh, Seth, I'm so sorry." "I'm so sorry." "We would have been at my place but..." "Relax, Kenny." "I just wanted the both of you to know that I'm so glad you found each other." "That's very sweet." "You know... finding someone you really enjoy sexually is very important." "But what really matters is connecting with that person on a higher level, a deeper level." "And clearly you two have found that." "I just want you both to know that your union has my blessing." " Thanks." " My pleasure." "What the fuck?" "I still can't believe it." "Bauer fucking Lermontov wants to put my girl in his movies." "Yeah, I know, but I'm not an actress, Jimmy." "Bullshit." "What do you think you do at the club every night?" "Laughing, flirting, making all those douchebags think you want to fuck them..." " that's acting." " No, that's lying." "Same difference." "You're the best liar I ever met." "Hey, you know what I mean." "I'm just saying you got talent... talent that should be used in a better way." "What, you really think I could be in a movie?" "Sure, yeah, but it doesn't matter what I think." "You got to walk into Bauer's office tomorrow like you think so too." "And once you're there, just do whatever it takes." "Where have you been?" " Home." " I tried to call you." "Why didn't you pick up?" "I guess I was sleeping, then I was in the shower." "Mom, you do realize that I can't run the store by myself, right?" "Mom?" "What's going on?" "Are you trying to avoid me or something?" "What are you talking about, Bo?" "For starters you don't want me to watch tv with you." "And anytime I try to plan something fun for us to do together, you just keep brushing me off." "Now you're just being silly." "I swear, ever since that Lily girl broke your heart... mom, I told you:" "I dumped her." "Okay?" "And you didn't even like her anyways." "Well, I don't know about that." "She was starting to grow on me." "You really expect me to believe that?" "Whatever." "All I know is is ever since the two of you stopped seeing each other you don't appear to be eating and I know you're not sleeping." "Now that makes up for a bad mood..." "which you are taking out on me!" "Don't walk away from me when I'm talking to you, Bo!" " That is rude." " Mom, I can take care of myself." "You know what?" "Do what you want to do." "I don't care." "Mom, I'm sorry." "I was disrespectful." "I know you're sorry, Bo." "You're always sorry." "But sometimes you can be the most tireswme boy." " That's not true." " Yes, it is." "Anthony?" "Oh good." " What's up?" " We're going to lunch." "I bought you a new suit, man, and that should be a perfect fit." " Are you being serious?" " Yeah, I'm being serious." "Yesterday you seemed pretty shaken." "Now all of a sudden you're fired up?" "That's right, man." "Now put on this suit, brother." "Well, you mind telling me where we're headed?" "Montgomery club?" "The Montgomery club." "The Montgomery club?" "A bunch of elitist, racist, rich White motherfuckers with too much influence on the city... that Montgomery club?" "That's the place." "I know..." "I know it's fucked up." "But we have good reason to go there." "Now you put on that suit and I'll explain in the car." "Come on, man." "Let's go!" "Seth, you got a minute?" "I've always got time for you, Kenny." "What's on your mind, pal?" "All right, it's a little awkward, but last night." " Mm-hmm?" " With Tess, you know?" "The whole I-give-you-my-blessing thing?" "I mean, that was just your way of saying you didn't want us fucking in the loft anymore." " Right?" " No, not at all." "I was sanctifying your union." "All right, I'm not sure I follow." "Are you saying "go ahead and bang your brains out in my loft"?" "Are you okay with that?" "Correction:" "She's a precious woman." "I want you to treat her..." "Do I look different to you?" "No, you look fine." "Why?" "I just..." "I just don't get it." "Kenny..." "It doesn't make any sense." "What doesn't?" "God is manifesting through me..." "I can feel it, but every time I look at myself..." "I look the same." "What are the chances we'd bump into him, man?" "I mean, so what?" "You found some receipts from the Montgomery club in Buckley's apartment." "Not some receipts, a whole bunch of receipts... bar tabs, dinners." "I called some colleagues of mine that are still members of the club, the word's out that Buckley's there almost every night." "Which confirms my belief that there's a Manson connection." "You see, Charlie wanted to start a race war." "And ever since Obama's beenlected president, the Montgomery club has been in mourning." "There's a reason that Buckley's a member of that club." "I hear that." "Which is exactly why no self-respecting Black man" " steps foot in that place." " Hey, I agree." "But, you know, times have changed and now these people want their reputation under the radar." "So don't get offended." "Just waltz in there with me, we drink their drinks and eat their food, and kill those racist bastards with some South central kindness." "What?" "South central kindness?" "Inglewood instincts?" "No no, that's not good." "Uh... watts whimsy." " Just..." " Whatever you've got in your arsenal, use it all, brother." "You can close up tonight, can't you?" " Sure, no problem." " Great." "See ya." "Did you say you had colleagues that were members here?" "Business associates doesn't mean we have the same beliefs, Anthony." "Besides, that's how we got on the list to get through the doors." "But like you said, let's just find Gavin and get the hell out of here as quick as we can." ""The bad and the beautiful,"" ""a star is born," "day of the locust"... which, by the way, fine performance by Burgess Meredith... all the way to "the player," these are great films, no question about it, but the ultimate film" "about Hollywood has yet to be made." "I'm gonna make that movie, and I want you to help me make that movie because it also happens to be the ultimate woman-in-Hollywood film." "Inez, I'm hoping..." "I'm fucking praying that I have found the woman I've been searching for to star in my remake of pia zadora's classic "the lonely Lady."" "I don't think..." " did we see that?" " It doesn't matter." "I'm taking the story in an entirely different direction." "In the original pia plays this..." "This, like, innocent schoolgirl who becomes the most popular screenwriter in Hollywood." "Though let's face it, she fucks her way to get there." "But in my version" "Jerilee Randall... which is your character... starts off a high-priced hooker." "That's fantastic." "That's like... what do you call it?" " Life imitates movies." "She'll be perfect." " Stop being an asshole." "He's just joking around here." "Watch what you say." "Which do you prefer, Bunuel's early Mexican films or his later French work?" "Think about that, get back to me." "Inez?" "I look at you and I see a really interesting combination of Marie windsor and Linda Harrison." "Do you get that?" "Do people tell you that?" "I don't believe so." "So what I'm telling you is your look is good." "Um..." "I've been carrying this image around in my head and here you are." "I'm gonna be honest with you." "I'm gonna tell you that with this look, you're already halfway there." "What I need to know is can you get me the rest of the way?" "Just tell her what you need." " Making men happy, that's what she does." " Stop it." "Mr. Lermontov," "I don't know the first thing about acting." "It's not about knowing." "It's about doing." "It's about... it's about feeling." "Can you feel, Inez?" "What do you mean, like cry or laugh?" "Yeah, that's part of it." "What I'm talking about is nakedness." "Can you get naked for me?" "I need to see you totally naked." "For instance..." "Show him your titties." "That's easy." "That's easy naked." "What I want from you is emotional nakedness." "Emotional truth." "That's what great acting is." "Can you give me that?" "I'd like to try it." "Jimmy, could you leave us alone for about an hour or so?" "I gotta do some work with Inez." "I'm gonna help her tap in to that emotional truth." "Oh, Jimmy, God." "If my goal was to fuck your girlfriend, it wouldn't matter if you left or not." "That's not my goal." "Okay, then I'll..." "Be outside if you need me." "You are emotional nakedness, baby." "James!" "Warren oates or Harry Dean Stanton?" "I'll get back to you on that, man." "Who's Warren oates?" " Where are the drinks?" "That racist motherfucker won't serve my black ass." "Didn't you hear what I said to you earlier?" "These people are a dying breed, man." "Come on, look who's in the White house." "Just smile at them and just stick the knife in deeper, brother." "They're not worthy of your anger." "Come with me." "Let a White man get you the drinks." "Come on, brother." "Come on." "I'll get them." "The next time you don't service my friend" "I'm gonna re me a bunch of mexicans and black guys and they're gonna cut your balls off and they're gonna stuff them in that stolI bottle." "Now what I want you to do for me is fetch me a pellegrino and a gin and tonic, you racist pigfuck." "As Malcolm says, Charlie is in a class of his own." "Killers, they're made famous for the people they kill." "You have James Earl Ray for killing King;" "Sirhan Sirhan for killing Bobby Kennedy." "But Malcolm was right." "Charlie is the opposite." "He made Sharon Tate famous by killing her." "Malcolm, he believes that Charlie reached out and forced us grab hold of his bloody hands, that he led us into the 21st century, into the future... a media-obsessed future." "Think about it... in '69 we had two men walking on the moon." "Big fuckin' deal." "You think anybody cares about that anymore?" "No no, you see, the future was Charlie." "Malcolm calls him "the harbinger of death."" "Man:" "You're always quoting this Malcolm Sloan." "He sounds like a real sociopath, that is if he even exists." "Oh, he exists." "He'd just never step foot in this place." "'Cause you see, in Malcolm's eyes, you're the enemy too." "Ben Cendars, right?" "What are you doing in here?" "I came to talk to you about my daughter." " You mean Cassie." " You fought with her two days before she was killed." "Yeah, so we fought." "What's the problem?" "The problem is that someone killed her." "And I want to know if you had anything to do with it, you punk!" "Okay, why don't you just lower your voice, old man?" "You got any idea how much membership costs in this place?" " No one wants to listen to your shit." " I'll talk as loud as I want." "Did you have anything to do with my daughter's murder?" "Tell me what you did, you little punk." "Come on!" "You mother... get off of me, man!" " Get off him." " Get them out of here!" "Bye-bye, assholes." "He's just staring at himself in the mirror, you know?" "Just like he's trying to see" "God or something." "That doesn't strike you as weird?" " A little off?" " Kenny... the guy has been claiming God spoke to him since the two of you met." "Yeah, I understand that, all right, but up until now at least he knew how fucking crazy that sounded." "All of a sudden it's... it's like he's buying into this whole religious thing." "Anyway, what's with all the smoking?" "I don't know." "I meet you and all my bad habits come back." " Is that right?" " Kind of." " I'm starting to rub off on you." " Uh-huh." " Hmmm." " Look, Kenny," "Seth is a deeply strange man." " Yeah." " But most great men often are." "And it's going to take a deeply strange man to build Byzantium." "Yeah, I guess so." " Hey." " Break out the champagne." "The board voted." " We got the permits." " Are you kidding me?" " Congratulations." " Who is smoking?" "What's with all the smoking?" " It's like I'm hanging out with teenagers." " We're celebrating." " What, with pizza?" " Lots of pizza." "Pizza and champagne..." "I love it." "Hey, listen, for what it's worth, I'm super proud of you." "I know there was a lot of helping hands involved in this, but you're the one who pushed it through." "Good for you." "Thank you, Kenny." "You've been behind me since the beginning." " I'm gonna be there till the end." " I know you will." "You're a good man." "Yeah!" "Oh, a cruise to the Bahamas?" "I can't even tell you how that sounds." "Believe me, you'd love it." "I haven't had a chance to do much traveling." "En it's time you did." "Oh, ma'am, could I interest you in signing a petition in support of Byzantium?" "It's Seth Blanchard's city for the homeless." "Oh, thank you so much." "Here, take a pin and wear it so people will know how you stand on this very important issue." "Tomorrow I'll bring you a brochure." "If it were up to my wife we would be cruising three times a year." "Oh, excuse me, sir!" "Never mind." "Uh, ma'am, we're collecting signatures for a petition in fav... for goodness' sakes." "What right have you got to judge me?" "I volunteer my time... a couple of hours a day for a good cause." "It's not like I murdered someone." "Then why didn't you tell me what you were doing, huh?" "Why were you sneaking around behind my back?" "Because when it comes to Seth Blanchard... oh, there's no talking to you, Bo." "You've made up your mind you don't like the man." "You're right." "I don't." "I told you before I spent time with him and he's a fraud." "He uses God as an excuse to steal from people." "That is exactly what I am talking about." "When you asked for my donation back, he gave it to you." "He doesn't need our money or anyone else's for that matter." "That's because he has all the money in the world." "Would you listen to yourself?" "First you say he wants our money then you say he doesn't need it?" "He's a fraud." "And on top of that he's crazy." "And you're crazy for believing in him." "Seth Blanchard doesn't give a shit about you, me or this store." "Seth Blanchard is a good man." "You know what?" "Believe what you want." "But Seth Blanchard, he's gonna have to build his little city for the homeless without you." " I beg your pardon?" " Well, this store comes first, right?" "That's what you're always telling me, isn't it?" "Well, now I'm telling you: you want me here, you gotta be here too, otherwise we might as well just shut this place down and be done with it." "Did you hear the shit he was spewing?" "Manson this, Manson that." "And who the fuck is this Malcolm Sloan guy?" ""Malcolm said this." "Malcolm said that."" "Fucking lunatics." "How did Cassie get involved in this?" "With these freaks?" "Ben, we've been waiting here a half an hour." "You know..." "Buckley might have walked out when we were being escorted to the car." "He might not even be in there anymore." "What do you propose we do?" "Because I want some quality time one on one with this punk without his fellow assholes all around him." "I say we get here early tomorrow, wait until the motherfucker drives up and confront his ass before he gets inside." "Fine, but pack a lunch because we're not leaving here until I talk to him." " Cool." " Let's go." " It's a nice spread." " Yeah." "You picking up the tab or should I start a collection?" "No, I got this one, Kenny." "Seth, I was..." "I was kidding." " Maybe you should ease up on the bubbly, huh?" " We got some time." " Okay." "Mmm, I need to..." "What?" "What, what is it?" "Are you okay?" " What's going on?" " I have to bless the food." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "I know everyone's hungry, but before we start the party" "I do have a request." "I would like us to take a moment and bow our heads and give thanks for this food." "May this food nourish our bodies so that we can grow just and merciful hearts, along with strong minds that we can use to help serve our fellow mankind." " He's blessing the pizza." " What's your name?" " Ally." " Ally, may I express my profound gratitude and offer you my blessing?" "May this blessing bring you peace and mindfulness." " This ain't right." " He came to me as if..." "Hey, Seth, listen, why don't we go outside and get some fresh air?" "Just a minute, Kenny." "As if I had been touched by the hand of God." " It'll only take a second." " Kenny, please!" "I'm giving a fucking blessing." "I understand that, but this is important." "I bestow upon you my strength and my wisdom." "I am the light." "I am the way." " I offer you protection and happiness." " Seth, listen..." "I am the light." "I am the way." "I hear your hopes." " I feel your dreams." "Kenny, stop it!" " It's me." "Give me your hand." "Together we can achieve miracles." " I am the light." "I am the way." " Look at me for a second." "I am the light." "I am the way!" "You're okay." "Hey, pal, are you okay?" "Seth, can you hear me?" "Mom, you're gone when I wake up and I figure you're at the store." "Where the hell are you?" "Call me back." "Let me know you're okay." "Mom, your food's sitting here." "It's getting ice cold." "Call me back." "Mom, I really don't believe this." "It's just not fair!" "I would never do something like this to you." "You choose Seth Blanchard over your own son?" "!" "That's just..." "So fucked up, mom." " Cream, two sugars." " Oh, thanks." "So, what'd the doctor have to say?" "Seth has a meningioma." "It's... it's a lesion on his brain." "Oh, fuck." "They couldn't find that before?" " Didn't they run a bunch of test on him?" " Yeah." "Yeah, they did." "They checked every inch of him." "But it didn't show up." "The doctors think that most likely the lesion was too small for the scan to detect." "But it's grown since then." "Okay, good news is it's very treatable." " Okay." " Kenny, they think that's what's been causing his hallucinations." " He's gonna love hearing that." " I know." "And, listen, they've got to remove this thing right away." "Otherwise the lesion is going to continue to get bigger, the hallucinations will get worse." "Maggie, they already have." "So listen, they gonna operate asap?" " I mean... -?" " Mmm, that's the plan." "And luckily, you know, because of the size and location of the lesion it shouldn't put Seth out of commission for very long." "And the doctor said that a couple days after the procedure he should, you know, he should be able to leave the hospital." "That's great." "Listen, I can hold the fort down here." "Why don't you... why don't you head back to Malibu Creek?" " Eh?" " Kenny, I only left two days early." "Look, I basically completed my program." "I'm not drinking, okay?" "I feel good." "And most importantly the baby's fine." "Maybe I'll just go back to the loft and I'll go and pick up some stuff for Seth." "Sure." "All right, well, I'll drive you." " Hey." " Huh?" "Glad to have you back." " Thank you." " Come on." " Thank you so much." " Great." " Wear your pin." " Thank you very much." "Bo, just stay calm." "I am calm." "Now let's go." " You stay out of this." " Look, you're embarrassing me." "Well, tough shit." "If you'd answered your phone I wouldn't have to do this." " Now let's go." " I'm not going anywhere with you." " Ow." "Bo, stop it!" " Wait a minute, son." "You're hurting..." " I told you to stay out of it!" " Okay okay." "Now calm down." "Now wait a minute, son." "What don't you understand, huh?" " Come on, son, you're hurting her arm." " You don't get it, do you?" "You happy now?" " Stay away from him." " Mom!" "I said leave him alone." " Mom, I'm sorry." " No, you're not." "You're sick, Bo." "You're a very sick boy." "Uh!" "Anthony, is that you?" "Evening, Mr. Cendars." "Malcolm sent me with an invitation." "Malcolm?" "Gavin Buckley's friend?" "Oh, he's... he's more than just a friend to us." "Malcolm's our light, our leader." "Malcolm really hopes you can come." "Here you go, doll." "Lay it on me." "Thank you." "Have a good night." " Hey, Lady." " Hi." "You know, Shauna is really up my ass about running this place and she wants an answer by the end of the week." "You can tell her to fuck off if Bauer calls with good news." "I think I'm out of coke." "When was the last time you checked your messages?" "Stop it." "He's not gonna call." " Okay?" " How do you know?" "I feel like there's something you're not telling me." "Nothing happened." "I just know I blew it." " Okay?" " How hard could it be?" "You read the stupid lines on the page." "You tell him he's a genius." " I'd like you to try that." " I guarantee you if I had this opportunity, I would be on the phone with Bauer right now," " not bitching and moaning." " Jimmy, I told you I wasn't an actress." "And I told you to do whatever it takes." "You had a chance, Inez." "Like always you squandered it." "You know what?" "Thanks." " Inez." " Not now." " Inez!" " Oh, it's you." "I'm sorry." "I wasn't looking." "What are you doing here?" "I'm buying your freedom for the night." "Come with me." "I want to show you something." "I knew it." "I knew something was wrong with the guy." "Kenny, you're not going to blame yourself for this." "Tess, but you know what?" "I saw the signs." "I should have said something." "I should have done something." "The important thing is he's having this procedure and he's going to be okay." "Yeah." "Okay, Kenny, I'm ready." " All right, I'll call you from the hospital." " Okay." " Good luck." " Thanks." "Who the hell is this?" "Seth?" "What are you doing here?" "!" "I made a miraculous recovery." "A beautiful night, huh?" "I thought you said you wanted to introduce me to some movie stars." "And I'm a man of my word." "Come on." "Here's Marilyn Monroe." "There's Natalie Wood right over there." "Burt Lancaster." "Dean Martin." "Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, side by side." "Tell me something, Inez, what do all of these people have in common?" " They're dead." " No." "They're alive." "They'll always be alive." "They're movie stars." "They're immortal." "And you could be too." "You could live forever." "But you gotta want it." "Do you want it?" " Yeah." " Do you?" "Do you want it?" "Do you want it?" "Yes, I want it." "That's such bullshit." "I don't believe you." "Do you want it?" " I want it." " You want it." "Do you want it?" " Yes, I want it." " Louder..." "let me hear you say it louder." "So people can hear you." "Nobody can hear you." "Do you want it?" " What?" " Do you want it?" "Louder!" "No one can hear you." "Do you wavt it?" " I want it." " Do you want it?" " Do you want it?" " I want it." "Do you want it?" "Jesus Christ." "Do you want it?" "Tell me that you want it." " Yeah, I want it." " Oh my God, Herzog would have shot you right now." "Do you want it?" "Do you want it?" " I want it!" " Repeat after me:" "I want it!" " I want it!" " I want it." " I want it." " Let me hear it." "I want to hear that you want it." "I want it!" "Okay, I believe you." "I can't believe the two of you are giving me such a hard time about this." "Seth, you need to have this operation." "No, I don't!" "I can't." "If I do, darling, I could lose everything." " Lose?" " Yeah." " Lose what?" " Kenny." "No, Seth." "Look, I hate to break this to you, pal, but God never spoke to you." "And that's okay, because you know what?" " He hasn't spoken to any of us either." " Kenny... and that does not make Byzantium any less important." "The two of you don't fucking get it, do you?" "I was changed." "God changed me." "I was a better man." "If I have this operation, I could wake up wondering," ""what the fuck am I doing building a city for the homeless?"" " Seth, that is not going to happen." " You don't know that!" "Maggie..." "Before the change happened, did I give two shits about the homeless?" "Not really." "You want me to go back to that?" "Do you know how selfish you sound?" " No, tell me." " You got a wife here, man." "You got a kid on the way." "Think about it!" "All right, Seth, you have got to deal with this, okay?" "The doctors say that if you don't, you are risking a total psychotic breakdown." "I don't want that to happen." "But it's a chance I'm willing to take." "Just read what it says... out loud." "You already read it yourself." "Just fucking read what it says, Anthony." ""Dear Ben, you are cordially invited to a wake in honor of Cassie Cendars" "who the fuck is Malcolm Sloan and why the hell is he having a wake for my daughter, Anthony?"