"In the "New York herald..."" "November 26,year--1911... there is an account of the hanging of three men." "They diedforthe murder of Sir Edmund william Godfrey... husband,father, pharmacist... and aII-around gentleman resident of..." "Greenberry hill, London." "He was murdered by three vagrants... whose motive was simple robbery." "They were identified as..." "Joseph Green..." "stanley Berry... and daniel hill." "Green, Berry, hill." "And I would Iike to think this was only a matter of chance." "As reported in the "Reno Gazette..."" "June of 1983... there is the story of afire... the waterthat it took to contain the fire... and a scuba diver named DeImer Darion." "employee of the Nugget hotel and Casino, Reno, Nevada... engaged as a blackjack dealer." "WeII-Iiked and weII-regarded... as a physical, recreational, and sporting sort..." "DeImer's true passion was forthe lake." "As reported by the coroner, DeImer died of a heart attack... somewhere between the lake and the tree... but most curious side note... is the suicide the next day of Craig Hansen... voIunteerfire-fighter, estrangedfather of four... and a poortendency to drink." "Mr. Hansen was the pilot of the plane that accidentally..." "Iifted DeImer Darion out of the water." "Added to this, Mr. Hansen's tortured life... met before with DeImer Darion just two nights previous." "AII I need is a two." "AII you need is a deuce." "AII right." "That is an eight." "glad you Iike my work." "Moment of truth." "The weight of the guilt... and the measure of coincidence so large..." "Craig Hansen took his life." "And I am trying to think... this was all only a matter of chance." "The tale told at a 1961 awards dinner... forthe American Association of Forensic Science... by Dr. John Harper, president of the association... began with a simple suicide attempt." "Seventeen-year-oId Sydney Barringer... in the city of Los angeles on March 23, 1958." "The coroner ruled that the unsuccessful suicide... had suddenly become a successful homicide." "To expIain--the suicide was confirmed by a note... in the right hip pocket of Sydney Barringer." "At the same time young Sydney stood on the ledge... an argument swelled three stories below." "The neighbours heard, as they usually did... the arguing of the tenants... and itwas not uncommon forthem... to threaten each other with a shotgun... or one of the many handguns kept in the house." "I'm going to put you down!" "And when the shotgun accidentally went off..." "You asshole!" "Sydney just happened to pass." "What?" "Shut the fuck up!" "Added to this, the tenants turned out to be..." "Fay and Arthur Barringer..." "Sydney's mother andfather." "When confronted with the charge... which took some figuring out forthe officers on the scene..." "Fay Barringer swore she did not know the gun was loaded." "She always threatens me with it, but I don't keep it loaded." "And you didn't load the gun?" "Why would I load the gun?" "A young boy who lived in the building... sometimes a visitor andfriend to Sydney Barringer... said that he had seen, six days prior... the loading of the shotgun." "Ricky, come here a minute." "It seems that all the arguing andfighting... and violence was fartoo much for Sydney Barringer... and knowing his mother and father's tendency to fight... he decided to do something." "He said he wanted them to kill each other... and all they wanted to do was to kill each other... and he would help them do that if that's what they wanted." "Sydney Barringer jumps from the ninth floor rooftop." "His parents argue three stories below." "Her accidental shotgun blast hits Sydney in the stomach... as he passes the arguing sixth fIoorwindow." "He is killed instantly, but continues to fall... only to find, five stories below... a safety net installed three days prior... for a set of window washers thatwouId've broken his fall... and saved his Iife--if not forthe hole in his stomach." "So Fay Barringerwas charged with the murder of her son... and Sydney Barringer noted as an accomplice in his own death." "And it is in the humble opinion of this narrator... that this is not just "something that happened."" "This cannot be "one of those things."" "This, please, cannot be that." "Andforwhat I would Iike to say, I can't." "This was not just a matter of chance." "These strange things happen all the time." "In this big game thatwe play, life... it's notwhat you hope for or deserve... it's what you take." "I'm Frank T.J. Mackey, a master of the muffin... and author of the "Seduce and Destroy" system... now available to you on audio and video cassette." ""Seduce and Destroy" will teach you the techniques... to have any hard-body blonde just dripping to wet your dock." "Bottom line?" "Language." "The magical key to unlocking the female analytical mindset." "Tap directly into her hopes, herwants... herfears, her desires, and her sweet little panties." "Learn how to make that lady "friend"... your sex-starved servant." ""Seduce and Destroy" produces a money-back guaranteed... trance-Iike state thatwiII get you... the naughty sauce you wantfast." "How many more times... do you need to hear the aII-too-famous line..." "So?" ""I just don'tfeeI thatway about you"?" "For overthirty years, America has hung out... and answered questions with Jimmy Gator... an American legend and a true television icon." "Jimmy celebrates his 12,000th hour of broadcast this week." "Have I been around that long?" "He's afamiIy man who's been marriedfor overforty years... with two children and one grandchild on the way." "We've tuned in each day to see the human interaction... between Jimmy and some very special kids... and we hope there's thirty more years of watching that happen." "I'm Jimmy Gator." "donald W. Winnicott." "1911." "North America." "South America." "The answer is four." "Twenty-two." "Gravity." "The answer is "The Life of samuel Johnson."" "Let's go." "You should've done that ten minutes ago." "We need more dogfood." "talk in the car." "Look, I got a serious audition today." "Come on." "That one,too?" "I need this one." "I don't understand why you need 4 bags of books to go to school." "There's no reason forthis many backpacks." "Be ready at 2.00." "It should be 1.30." "I told you I got an audition." "I won't be here till 2.00." "Get your stuff." "I got to go." "Love you." "Love you,too." "Donnie, do you have an answer?" "I do,Jimmy." "Prometheus." "It is!" "Donnie, how does itfeeI?" "Pretty exciting, getting braces." "You were so cute on that game show." "Bet you can't answer any questions now,though." "We're all set to go, Donnie." "Good." "I'II see you tomorrow morning." "You're running around like crazy, huh?" "Gonna be late forwork." "The Quiz Kid Donnie Smith!" "How's today,then?" "Fucking bullshit is what this is." "Fucking regrets." "And we do these things, move through this life." "I'm going to need your help, phil." "You got to help me on something today." "I'II take care." "Anything, earl." "You're his doctor, and that's why." "tell me something." "And he needs more pills." "Fuck it." "He needs more pills, and I need some answers... so I'm coming to see you." "Good morning, Linda." "I Iove you, my darling." "I'II be back in a while." "I have to do some things." "I have to see something, and I'II be back." "Fuck!" "Press one to hearthis person's description of themselves... and two to leave a personal message of your own." "well, hello." "This is Jim." "I work in law enforcement." "I'm an officerforthe LAPD... and work out of the North hollywood district." "I Iove my job, and I Iove to go to the movies." "I try to stay physically fit." "My job demands it." "So I'm in pretty good shape." "I'm getting up there,though." "I'm 32, 6foot 2, and weigh about 180... if that's important to you." "I'm really interested in meeting someone special... who likes quiet things." "My life is very stressful... and I hope for a relationship that is very calm... and undemanding and loving." "If you are this person, leave me a message at box number8-2." "Thank you." "So much violence... but that's the way of the world." "Good luck, as always." "Serve and protect and all that other bIah-bIah-bIah... on the side of the car." "Let me tell you something." "This is not an easy job." "I get a call on the radio from dispatch." "It's bad news... and it stinks." "But this is my job, and I Iove it." "Because I want to do well." "In this life and in this world, I want to do well... and I want to help people." "And I might get twenty bad calls a day... but one time I can help someone..." "I make a save..." "I correct a wrong or right a situation... then I'm a happy cop." "And we move through this life, we should try and do good." "Do good." "And if we can do that... and not hurt anyone else... well,then..." "hello?" "Who is it?" "Every time I turn around, there's something else." "slow down." "You can't just come in here!" "The doorwas open, ma'am." "I got a call." "You're not allowed to come in." "calm down." "I am calm." "I got a call to this apartment, report of a disturbance." "There's no disturbance." "I got a call of a disturbance." "I want to see what's going on." "There's no disturbance." "Then,you got nothing to worry about." "You don't tell me." "I know my rights." "You can't..." "Ma'am,you want to test me?" "Want to tell me about the Iaw book?" "You push me far enough, I will take you to jail." "Now calm yourself down." "I am calm!" "No." "You are not calm." "You're screaming at me." "Do you understand?" "I got a call of a disturbance, and I'm checking it out." "That is what I'm going to do." "Are you alone in here?" "I ain't got to answer you." "No,you don't, but I'm going to ask you one more time." "Are you alone in here?" "What does it look like?" "There's no one else in here?" "You in here." "That's true, but is there anyone else... besides me and you in this house?" "No." "I said that already." "Are you lying to me?" "I Iive by myself." "That might be true, but the question I'm asking you..." "Is there anyone else in this house right now?" "What is your name?" "Marcie." "Marcie, I'm going to need you to take a seat here." "I preferto stand up." "I'm not asking." "I didn't even do nothing!" "Move, ma'am." "Like I was saying, I'm here to check on a disturbance." "Some of your neighbours heard screaming and a loud crash." "I don't even know no loud crash." "Whatwas that?" "I didn't hear nothing." "Sit on the couch." "I ain't got to do a goddamn thing." "What's this bullshit?" "Do not do this." "Do not slap me, ma'am." "This is bullshit!" "Forwhat?" "Huh?" "tell me forwhat!" "I asked you to sit on the couch, ma'am." "This is bullshit." "Fucking bullshit." "15-L-27, I'm going to need backup." "What the fuck is this?" "It's bullshit, motherfucker!" "Stay right there, Marcie." "Fucking bullshit, and you know it!" "Stay there, Marcie." "Don't go in my bedroom!" "This is bullshit, motherfucker!" "Don't go down my hallway!" "Don't go down my motherfucking hallway!" "LAPD!" "Don't go in my goddamn bedroom!" "Come out now with your hands up!" "What'd I tell you?" "Ain't nobody in there!" "Where the fuck you going, motherfucker?" "Don't go in my goddamn bedroom!" "Stay out of my motherfucking closet!" "What'd I tell you?" "This is the police!" "If anyone is in this closet, come out now with your hands up." "Marcie, do not drag that couch any further!" "Don't do this, man!" "There's nobody in my motherfucking closet!" "If I have to open this closet, you will get shot!" "Come back here, motherfucker!" "What can't you goddamn fucking talk to me?" "There's nobody in there!" "I told you!" "Marcie, quiet down!" "This don't make no fucking sense!" "This don't make no goddamn sense!" "This is bullshit, motherfucker!" "Why can't you talk to me?" "What the hell is this, Marcie?" "That ain't mine." "He's fucking dying as we're sitting here." "There's not afucking..." "Jesus, how can you tell me to calm down?" "I can help you through this the bestway I know how... but there's certain things you have to take care of." "We can go overthem... but I need to know that you're listening to me." "I'm in afucking state." "It's like he's going, and I don't know..." "Just tell me practical things, Iike what to do with his body." "What do I do when he dies?" "What happens then?" "That's what Hospice can take care of for you." "They'II send over a nurse..." "No." "He has phil now." "phil's one of the nurses from the service?" "If you're happy with phil taking care of him,fine... but contact Hospice to arrange forthe body." "You don't understand." "There's more pain, and the fucking pills aren'tworking." "The past two days, he can't really swallow... and I don't know if the pills are going down." "I can't see inside his mouth anymore." "I'm up all night staring at him... and I don't know if the pills are going down." "He moans and he hurts." "We can fix that, because I can give you..." "Are you listening?" "I'm listening." "I'm getting better." "Do you want to sit down?" "I need to sit down." "Linda, earl's not going to make it." "He's dying." "He is." "Very,very rapidly." "The thing here is to make this experience... as painless and easy for him as possible." "You understand?" "Hospice will take care of all the technical things." "They will help you and take care of the body." "They are who you call when he dies." "There's the number of Hospice." "Now, as far as the morphine pills go... there's something else to consider." "There's a very potent solution of liquid morphine." "And it's a little bottle, has an eyedropper." "Very easy to get into his mouth and drop on his tongue... and itwill certainly diminish the pain that he's in." "But you need to realize that once you give it to him... there really is no going back." "ItwiII certainly cure his pain... but he will drift in and out of consciousness... even worse than he is now." "AII sign of the recognizable earl will pretty much go away." "What the fuck can I say to that?" "I don't know what to say to that." "I don'twant to do this..." "Sit here." "I can see the thing,you know." "It's getting there, that's the cocksucker." "I see that pen." "I see it." "I know it's there." "I reach for it." "No, no goddamn use." "I have a son,you know." "You do?" "Where is he?" "I don't know." "I mean... he's around." "He's here in town, but I don't know." "You know..." "He's a tough one." "Very." "Got a girlfriend, phil?" "Get a girlfriend." "I'm trying." "Do good things with her." "Share the things." "AII that bullshit is true." "Find a good one, hold on, and all that." "Where's Linda?" "She went out to run some errands." "She'II be back." "She's a good girl." "She's a little nuts, but she's a good girl, I think." "She's a little daffy." "She loves you." "well, maybe." "Yeah." "She's a good one." "When's the Iast time you talked to your son?" "I don't know." "Ten." "Maybe ten...five." "Fuck." "Fuck." "It's anotherthing that goes." "Your memory?" "Time lines,you know?" "I can rememberthings, but not right there." "You know?" "The fuck you know." "I've seen it before." "Otherfucking assholes like me?" "There's no asshole like you." "Cocksucker." "How come every word you use... is "cocksucker," "shit-baIIs," or "fuck"?" "Do me a personaIfavour." "Go fuck myself." "You got it." "God." "I can't..." "I can't hold on to this any longer." "Want another morphine pill?" "No." "Give me the fucking phone." "Who you gonna call?" "I want to see this." "Where is he?" "Who?" "Jack." "Is Jack your son?" "Do you want to call him on the phone?" "I can dial the number if you can remember it." "It's not him." "It's not him." "He's afucking asshole." "phil, come here." "This is so boring." "So goddamn..." "That dying wish... and all that oId-man-on-a-bed... wants one thing..." "Find him on a..." "Frank." "His name's Frank Mackey." "Frank Mackey?" "That's your son?" "Not my name." "Go find..." "Find lily." "Give me that." "Give me." "Give me-- If you give me that... overthere on..." "Fuck." "I can't hold on to this." "I got it." "Respect the cock." "And tame the cunt!" "Tame it!" "Take it on headfirst with the skills... that I will teach you atwork and say no!" "You will not control me!" "No!" "You will not take my soul!" "No!" "You will notwin this game!" "Because it's a game, guys." "You want to think it's not?" "Go back to the schoolyard... and you have that crush on big-titted Mary Jane." "Respect the cock." "You are embedding this thought." "I am the one who's in charge." "I am the one who says yes!" "No!" "Now!" "Here!" "Because it's universal, man." "It is evoIutionaI." "It is anthropological." "It is biological." "It is animal." "We... are... men!" "You Gwenovier?" "I'm Captain Muffy, Frank's personal assistant." "This is Doc." "We can go in right down here." "He started about thirty-five minutes ago... but he's probably getting all pumped up right now." "Look down at the top of the page." "What does it say?" "Get a calendar!" "That's right." "I cannot stress this enough." "It's a simple item." "It's 99 cents at the store." "But if you look into your packs, reach deep... you'II see I have been nice enough to include one." "That's just the kind of prick I am." "You need this calendar." "It doesn't seem like much." "It's a simple, small item... but it is going to make all the difference in yourworId." "You meet a girl, you work an A-3 interruption." "Say, an eight-day waiting period before next contact." "How are you going to know when those eight days are up?" "That's right." "You mark that calendar." "You're going to stick with me and this calendar... and you're going to set goals." "If you really want to make thatfriend something else... you have to be tough on yourself." "You have to set goals." "You, sir, in the brown short-sIeeve shirt." "I can't read your name tag." "What's your name?" "Hi, is Frank there?" "No,you have the wrong number." "I'm sorry." "I'm Iookingfor a Frank Mackey." "There's no Frank here." "Is this 818-775-3993?" "Yeah, but you have the wrong number." "Do you know a Jack, by any chance?" "Just a regular deal." "Loosers and tighters." "We're all set upstairs." "Thanks." "She called me up and asked me for advice about a guy." "Got everything you need?" "AII set." "Does she know how youfeeI about her?" "Yes." "absolutely." "And what did she say?" "She says she doesn't feel thatway about me." "I don't think there's anyone in this room... that doesn't understand that kind of pain, Geoff... and I want to thank you for sharing that." "Let me tell you what we're going to teach Denise... when we put our calendars to work and set goals." "What I say is, "Denise..."" ""Denise the Piece."" "I mark it down." "I write it up." "And you have been warned." "Because I have my lasers..." "I have my Tasers, I have my ICBMs..." "I have my bazookas, my jets pointed right at you." "Because me and my brothers, we like to celebrate." "And on the first of May, we celebrate V-Day." "And come June, baby, it is the lick of my spoon." "Come August, we like to celebrate..." "Saint Suck My Big Fat Fucking Sausage!" "I set goals for myself... and when I say I do not want to take it anymore..." "I will not take it anymore." "You think she's yourfriend, Geoff?" "They're not yourfriends." "Do you really think she'II be there when things go bad?" "When things go wrong, think they'II be there for us?" "You think again." "Fucking Denise, Denise the Piece... you're gonna give me that cherry pie, sweet mama baby." "Yeah, but listen up, that is not to say... thatwe don't all need females just as friends... because we'II learn later in Chapter Twenty-three... having a couple of chick friends... comes in real handy in setting jealousy traps." "We'II get to that later." "Right now, pull out your blue booklets, page 18." "We're going quickly, butwe'II workshop it later." "Eighteen, blue booklet." "This is simple and clean, and if done correctly... can be very effective in getting some bush." "Here we go." "call your so-caIIedfriend and set a date." "Make it around 7.30." "call her on the phone." "Hi." "Is claudia here?" "She's sleeping." "Are you her boyfriend?" "You're Jimmy Gator, right?" "That's right." "What's your name?" "I'm Ray." "So, are you her boyfriend?" "No, I'm just afriend." "I see." "What are you doing here?" "I'm herfather." "Mind if I come in?" "Sure." "Thanks." "What the fuck is this?" "It's me, claudia." "What do you want?" "Why are you here?" "I'd Iike to talk to you." "Your boyfriend let me in." "That's not my boyfriend." "Want to call me a slut?" "No, I don't." "What the fuck do you want?" "I want to sit and talk with you." "Don't sit down!" "I want to." "God, I want so many things." "Maybe we could just talk and straighten out..." "I don'twant to talk to you!" "I have to talk about so many things." "I don'twant to talk to you!" "It doesn't have to be now." "We can make a date to set some othertime." "I didn't mean to walk in on you Iike this." "Why are you here?" "Why are you doing this?" "You want to call me a whore?" "I don'twant you to think I'm thatway to you." "I won't call you a slut." "Yeah, right." "What are you doing here?" "What the fuck are you doing in my house?" "!" "please don't yell." "Honey,just don't go crazy." "I'm not crazy!" "Don't you tell me that I'm crazy!" "I'm sick, claudia." "Fuck you!" "No, please, listen to me." "Listen to me right now, claudia." "I am dying." "I got sick, and IfeII down..." "Fuck you!" "Get the fuck out of my house!" "I'm dying." "I have cancer, claudia." "And I'm dying very soon." "Fuck you." "It's metastasized in my bones." "I'm not lying to you." "This is the truth." "I'm telling you, claudia, I'm going to lose." "Get out." "Get the fuck out of here!" "Get out!" "Go!" "Your motherwouId like to hearfrom you." "Fuck you." "Get out!" "Get the fuck out of my house now!" "Get out!" "Hey,Avi." "Just one sec." "please." "Don't do this." "This is so fucked, solomon!" "I don't deserve this!" "Don't get strong, Donnie." "This is making sense." "This is making a Iot of sense." "You are not doing the job I ask you to do." "A job I give you." "Over and over and over." "I'm sorry, but I won't say I'm sorry much more." "I don't have any money, solomon." "If youfire me..." "I pay you!" "I give you a paycheque!" "Your sales suck, Don!" "I give!" "I give!" "When Ifind you, when I meet you,what?" "I put your name up on afucking billboard." "I put you in my store." "My salesman." "My fucking representation of solomon SoIomon electronic!" "The Quiz Kid Donnie Smith from the game show!" "I lent you my celebrity, my name!" "exactly!" "Fuck you!" "Fuck you!" "I paid you!" "I paid you!" "I gave you afucking chance, over and over,you let me down!" "I trust you with so much!" "Keys to my store." "The codes to my locks." "The life and blood of my business!" "In return, you smash in 7-EIeven!" "always late!" "Loans!" "The loans I give you for your kitchen you never did!" "I paid you back!" "Two years later andfrom your paycheque!" "I never charged interest!" "solomon, please!" "I am so fucked here if you do this!" "This is the worst timing I couId ever imagine!" "I need to keep working!" "I have so many debts, so many things..." "I have my surgery!" "My oral surgery coming!" "What surgery?" "oral surgery!" "Corrective teeth surgery!" "What is that?" "Braces!" "You don't need braces." "I do!" "Yourteeth are straight." "I need surgery!" "You got struck by lightning on vacation in Tahoe." "I don't think braces is a good idea." "solomon,just let me ask you once, please." "please don't do this." "How are you payingforthem?" "I don't know!" "How much are braces anyway?" "It doesn't matter." "It's like $5,000." "I've seen it." "You're pissing me off." "This is fucking incredible." "You're paying $5,000 for braces you don't need?" "I've been a good worker." "Don't do this!" "Where are you getting the money?" "I don't know!" "You were going to ask me!" "I've been a good worker." "No needfor braces." "That is none of your business!" "I've been a good workerfor you, youfucking assholes!" "Donnie,watch it now." "Give me your keys." "Give me yourfucking keys!" "Identified as Porter Parker, age fifty-nine... better known as the dead guy in the closet." "So says the building guy, this is her husband." "He doesn't live here." "Comes around, raises some shit, screaming and yelling." "There's a son and a kid." "Her son?" "Right." "And the kid." "They were here, andfrom late last night... through the morning, itwas screaming and yelling." "And where are they?" "Not to be found." "Got $600 and a Iarge box of condoms next to the bed." "She was real belligerent." "Three wedding rings." "Guys coming in and out all day." "This from the building guy." "He says the son and closet guy are always going at it." "What is she saying?" "Not a goddamn thing." "Thanks, Randy." "How much you pay me for my help?" "It's more complicated than that, little man." "Put me on the payroll andfind outwhat's up." "You don't just sign up to be a police officer." "It's about three years of training." "I'm trained." "I'm ready to go." "Want to buy some candy?" "Sorry, little man." "You want to take my statement?" "I'II perform for you." "Gotta get paid,though." "Why aren't you in school today?" "No school today." "My teacher got sick." "You don't have substitute teachers at school?" "No." "What'd they find out in there?" "That's confidential information, little man." "tell me what you know." "I'II tell you what I know." "No can do." "Leave this to the detectives, they ain't going to solve shit." "I can help you." "Make you the man with the plan." "Give you the gift that IfIow." "Want to know who killed him?" "You come here." "Come here." "Want to disrespect an officer of the Iaw?" "I can help you solve the case." "tell you who did it." "You're a joker, huh?" "telling me jokes?" "I'm a rapper." "You're a rapper." "Got a record contract?" "Not yet." "Give you a clue forthe bust if you show me some trust." "You ever been to juvenile hall?" "I ain'tfucking with you!" "Watch the mouth." "Watch it." "Come on, man,justwatch me." "Watch and listen." "Presence" "With a doubIe-ass meaning gifts I bestow" "With my riff and my flow, but you don't hear me,though" "Think fast, catch me,yo" "Because I throw what I know with a resonance" "For yourtroubIe-ass fiend in weening yourself" "Off the back of the shelf" "Jackass, crackers, bodystackers" "Dick-tooting niggers, masturbating yourtriggers..." "hold it, homeboy." "I don't need to hearthatword." "Living to get older with a chip on your shoulder" "Except you think you got a grip" "Because your hip got a holster" "Ain't no confessor, so, busta, you better just shut the fuck up" "Try to listen and learn..." "Cut it, coolio." "I've had enough of the mouth and the language." "I'm almost done!" "Finish it up without the lip." "Check that ego" "Come off it, I'm the prophet" "The professor, I'm-a teach you about the Worm" "Who eventually turned to catch wreck" "With the neck of a Iong-time oppressor" "And he's runningfrom the devil, but the debt is always gaining" "And if he's worth being hurt, he's worth bringing pain in" "When the sunshine don'twork, the good Lord bring the rain in" "Now,that shitwiII help you solve the case." "Whateverthat meant." "I'm sure it's real helpful, Ice-T." "Did you listen to me?" "I was listening to you." "I told you who did it, and you're not even listening." "I'm through playing games." "Be cool." "Stay in school." "Get out of the street now." "Move it." "Come on, Iet's go." "You're late, not me." "You could have been in front." "I didn't see you." "Why didn't you just-- You could've come in the front." "Hurry up." "AII right, you ready to keep winning?" "Sure." "You OK?" "almost busted my ankle there." "Have that makeup lady fix your hair." "It's really wet." "There you are!" "I'm sorry we're late." "That's all right." "We got caught in traffic." "Your book's OK." "How you doing?" "I'm fine." "Ready to go, go, go?" "Do you know anybody involved with that alan Thicke thing?" "The Corey Haim terrorist in the high school?" "Where's Richard and julia?" "They're here." "They're fine." "They're in the dressing room, so we're all set." "See you later." "Go to it, handsome." "See you." "OK, buddy, love you." "Good luck, Rick." "Hey, Peter." "Dick." "I'm sorry." "Dick." "Fuck." "Can't get thatfucking name." "Who's ready to beat the record?" "Thatwas close." "It's cats andfucking dogs out there." "Cats and dogs indeed." "I've never seen it rain this bad since last year." "Because of La Niña or EI Niño orwhateverthe shit." "No bueno EI Niño." "Sorry I'm late." "Whatwas your name again?" "Amy, Mr. Jennings." "call me D.J. Listen." "Trust me." "Stay focused." "Where's the news department at the studio?" "It's upstairs." "Have you ever been there?" "Sure." "Why?" "I was wondering about the weather department." "If they have outside meteorological services... or if they have in-house instruments." "I can check on thatfor you, and Iaterwe can take a tour." "Sounds good?" "You asking because it's raining outside?" "I guess." "Whatever's happening, that's what you look into?" "I don't know." "You don't know?" "It's not a bad way to be." "Interested in everything that's going around." "Wet is wet." "Just that simple." "Hi, Mary." "Hi, hon, stanley." "Rose is on the phone." "Here are today's cards." "Fifteen minutes to go over those cards." "Sorry." "Find PauIafor me." "Now?" "We're on the air in twenty minutes." "Fucking hell, Mary." "Yeah?" "Hi." "Hi, how you doing?" "I'm drinking." "slowly or quickly?" "As fast as I can." "You come home soon afterthe show." "I went to see her." "Some asshole answers the door in his underwear." "He's fifty years old." "There's coke and shit laid out on the table." "Did she talk to you?" "She wentfucking crazy, Rose." "Did you tell her?" "I don't know." "I gotta go." "I don't have time." "Got a Iot more drinking to do." "I Iove you." "I Iove you,too." "Shit." "Fuck." "police!" "Open the door!" "Who is it?" "LAPD!" "Open the door!" "I'm coming!" "I have to get dressed!" "You're not comingfast enough!" "Open the door!" "Didn't you hear me?" "I said I'm coming, and that means I'm coming!" "I just have to get dressed, all right?" "I have to get dressed!" "I hate coming here and not being able to talk." "It's fine." "I understand." "I wish the circumstance was better." "I don't know what's going to happen." "IfeeI so overthe top with everything." "Running out of your medication at all..." "let alone at a time like this, could be drastic." "Thank you, Dr. Diane." "stanley Spector and his briIIiantfriends..." "Richard and julia can defeat today's adult challengers..." "Mim, Luis, and Todd." "They're moving towards a half million doIIarteam total... and a "What Do Kids Know?" record!" "Pink Dot." "Hi." "I'd Iike to get an orderfor delivery." "Phone number?" "818-725-4424." "Partridge?" "WhatwouId you Iike?" "I'd Iike to get an order of peanut butter... cigarettes, camel Lights,water..." "bottled water?" "No." "You know what, forget the water." "Just give me a loaf of bread." "White bread." "And do you have "playboy" magazine?" "One of those." "And "Penthouse," the magazine?" "You have that?" "One of those." "And "hustler"?" "Do you have that?" "Yeah, I said." "That it?" "That's it." "still want the peanut butter, bread, and cigarettes?" "Yeah." "What?" "The total is 31.90." "Thirty minutes or less." "Thank you." "Cash or credit card?" "Cash." "Thanks." "Thank you." "Respect the cock and tame the cunt!" "Have a great lunch!" "This is Gwenovier from the show "profiles."" "She's here forthe interview." "It's nice to meet you." "I admire yourwork." "Thank you." "I have us set up..." "It's not very safe for you here." "Ifinish one of these seminars, Gwenovier..." "I swearto fucking God, I am Batman." "I'm Superman." "I'm like afucking action hero, the way IfeeI afterthat." "I couId walk outta this room right now, Gwenovier... go down the hall, walk down the street... and I couId pick up any sweet little honey... that has even one second to stop." "One second?" "Just one second, girl." "One glance, one hesitation... one subtle look my way for me to know... and then it is bing, bang, boom." "Oh, my God!" "I'm away on a tangent." "I tell you..." "Don't hurt yourself, OK?" "I tell you, I do." "I get so fucking jazzed at these seminars... because I am what I believe." "I do as I say." "I Iive by these rules... as religiously as I preach them." "That's why I am getting the nasty..." "left, right, centre, up, down, sideways." "The battle of the Bush is being fought and won by Team Mackey." "We'II start rolling now." "What?" "I thoughtwe were rolling." "Come on, go, go, go, Gwenovier." "I am firing pearls at you here." "I want you to know that I'm not succeeding in the bush... because I'm Frank T.J. Mackey." "You think about this." "There are women... who want to destroy me." "No." "Ifind that hard to believe." "It makes it very difficult, twice as hardfor me." "There's some little hottie I'm moving in on... knows me, knows my plans and my schemes,you know?" "She'II want to fuck with me." "She'II go back, tell herfriends." ""Frank T.J. Mackey, he ain't all that." ""He ain't all that." "Didn't get me."" "So, me, I am..." "I'm just on full afterburners... full throttle through hottie heaven." "Just dodging left..." "Yes, I understand." "These bullets from these terrorists." "Babe, beauties." "calm down,take it easy, and be a good boy..." "OK, Mr. Mackey?" "Thank you." "You sit back there... put your microphone on for me, please." "So we can do this thing, all right?" "Yes, ma'am." "Let me start by asking you..." "Just one second." "You missed a button." "Thank you." "What do you want to know?" "Make it happen." "This is you, Donnie." "Go, go, go!" "hello." "You're back again, huh?" "Yes." "Hi." "How are you?" "What can I get you?" "A Diet Coke." "You look tired." "Want one of these?" "Better pour you one of these, huh?" "Can you ring me up?" "Brad, good to see you." "It's good to see you." "You make that down payment on that harley yet?" "Not yet." "I'II make it nextweek." "You ever get out of here?" "Six days a week." "You'II be the first to go." "I would love that." "Want another one?" "Yes, please." "I'd Iike a tequila." "What kind?" "It doesn't matter." "Open up the door now!" "Yes, hi!" "hello!" "I'm sorry." "I had to get dressed." "You the resident here?" "You alone in there?" "There's no one else in there with you?" "What's wrong?" "First of all, turn down the music... so we can have a conversation." "You mind if I come in?" "No." "Go ahead." "You got your neighbours real worriedfor you." "Sorry." "You live alone?" "What's your name?" "claudia." "claudia what?" "wilson." "claudia wilson... are you trying to go deaf?" "What?" "Did you hearwhat I just said?" "Yes, but I don't know what..." "You're listening to your music so loud... you're going to damage your ears." "You continue to listen to your music at that level... then you're going to damage not only your ears... but your neighbours' ears as well." "I didn't realize itwas that loud." "That right there is the first sign of hearing loss." "I see you got your TV on there,too." "You usually keep that on at the same time?" "I don't know." "What is this?" "You been doing some drugs today, claudia?" "Have you been doing some drinking?" "I got a call of a disturbance here." "Some loud music--"A"..." "Some screaming and yelling." "Has there been some screaming and yelling here?" "I had someone come to my door." "Someone that I didn't want to hear." "And I told them to leave, so it's no big deal." "They left." "I'm sorry." "Was that your boyfriend?" "You don't have a boyfriend?" "well,who was it?" "I was--He's gone." "I mean, it's not-- It's over,you know?" "Mind if I have a look around for your safety?" "It's fine." "What are you Iookingfor?" "Claudia,why don't you let me handle the questions... and you handle the answers?" "I'm here to help you." "Do you still have to do homework?" "Not as much as I used to." "Since we started, I haven't gone to school much." "I've had so many auditions." "I don't have regular classes anymore." "What do you do?" "They let me have my own study time... my own reading time in the library." "That's pretty cool." "Do you have an agent, stanley?" "You should get one." "I'm serious." "You could get a Iot of stuff outta this." "Like what?" "Like endorsements and shit!" "Bite it, Cynthia." "You can getfree stuff... from people who want you to endorse their product." "commercials, a sitcom, an M.O.W. or something." "What's M.O.W.?" "hello!" "Movie of the week." "I wentfor one this morning with alan Thicke and Corey Haim." "Was it a caII-back?" "No." "But I'II probably get a caII-back." "If we beat the record, you might get a caII-back." "I'II get it because I'm a good actress, Richard." "Saucy, saucy!" "Guys, settle down." "Cynthia?" "What?" "I gotta go to the bathroom." "Can you hold it?" "Yes siree!" "Thatwas absolutely fantastic, and I thank you very much." "As a matter of fact... we may take youfoIks on the road with us..." "That's my thing." "I'm serious." "milk and sports, man." "You never heard milk and sports?" "Anything baseball or dealing with numbers... when it comes to those orwho broke whatever record." "Any kind of dairy product or dairy recipe." "Like goat milk, goat cheese, all that stuff." "Check this out over here." "So, guys, justwork with me on that." "Excuse me, can you bring me low fat milk, please?" "A couple of ice cubes." "They don't look so tough." "Do they look smart?" "What are they going to do, beat us?" "Maybe." "We're not going out two days before we set the record." "They want us done,they'II call in the Harvard SWATteam." "Ready to run." "You smell like trouble." "I'm fucking hammered." "You OK?" "Good." "You have a chance to look those over?" "It's the same fucking shit forthirty years, Burt." "You look like you have money in your pocket." "Maybe I'm just happy to see my friend Brad there." "Just throw some money around." "Money, money, money." "This sounds threatening." "Do you have love in your heart?" "I have love all over." "I even have love for you, friend." "Is it real love?" "The kind of love that makes youfeeI... that intangible joy in the pit of your stomach..." "like a bucket of acid and nerves running around... making you hurt and happy and all over..." "You're head over heels?" "You lost me with the Iast couple of cocktail words... but I believe it's that sort of love." "Sounds nice to me." "I have love." "A very chatty kind." "Indeed you do." "No, I mean I'm telling you." "I have love." "Yes, and I'm listening avidly,fella." "My name is Donnie Smith, and I have lots of love to give." "Lot of stuff here, huh?" "It's thirty seconds." "Got my eye on you." "I'II be back." "What the fuck's going on overthere?" "I gotta go to the bathroom." "Jesus Christ, stanley!" "No,you cannot do that." "Let me explain something to you people." "You have to tone it." "Don't be real aggressive." "You have to be subtly abusive so they don't know it." ""No,you're not going outside and play with yourfriends..." ""until that entire room is cIeanedfIoorto ceiling."" "julia's room's the same way." "Like a pigsty." "But it's outfits now." "You should have seen what she had on walking out the door!" "I said, "We're going to school, not afashion show."" "It's not afashion show." "It's school,for goodness sake!" "Let's make some fucking money here, people." "You with me,Jimmy?" "The book says, "We may be through with the past..." ""but the past ain't through with us."" ""We met upon the level, and we're parting on the square."" "In my fucking sleep, Burt." "Andfive,four,three,two..." "Live, from Burbank, california... it's "What Do Kids Know?"" "Going into our thirty-third year on the air... it's America's Iongest-running quiz show... and the place where three kids get to challenge three adults... and in the end, we'II see who's the boss." "Moving towards their eighth consecutive week as champions... we have the kids-- Richard,julia, and stanley!" "And our new adult challengers are Mim, Luis, and Todd." "And me, I'm Dick Jennings... and say hello to yourfavourite host and my boss..." "Jimmy Gator!" "Back again, again, again!" "I'm Jimmy Gator, and believe it or not... we are at the end of week seven, heading towards week eight... with these three incredible kids who--heIIo, hello... are just two days and two games away... from the "What Do Kids Know?" record... forthe Iongest-running quiz show in television history." "Now,we are endorsed by the PTA... and the North American Teacher's Foundation." "We do try to keep our standards high... and that's why we are the Iongest-running quiz show... in television history!" "I want to say something about these kids." "These kids right here, they'II be here a while." "But today's a dangerous day because..." "I have just metwith the adult challengers backstage... and let me tell you... they are a terrific challenge for our kids." "So let's get this show up and away, shall we?" "We want to know where your son is, Marcie." "Jerome SamueI hall." "Did he fightwith your husband?" "Is this the Worm?" "Maybe they had afight." "Maybe itwas an accident." "Do they call him Worm?" "We want to know where your son is, Marcie." "Do they call him Worm?" "help us help your son, Marcie." "Do they call him Worm?" "help us help your son, Marcie." "Your son and your grandson." "help us help them." "Is this the Worm?" "Let's jump right in." "A quick recap forthose who don't know." "Round One." "Three categories." "steals are OK." "Point scale escalating from 25 to 250... one of which is a conversation bonus." "That'II be 31.90." "The categories are..." ""Authors, Chaos Versus Superstring..." ""and Rub-a-Dub."" "Max." "Thanks." "adults won a coin toss backstage... so they get to pick first." "Team captain..." "Mim." "Got it." "First question fortwenty-five." "This female author's mostfamous work--"O Pioneers!"" "WiIIa Cather." "WiIIa Catherfortwenty-five." "Best known forthe Tragedy and blood genre,this playwright..." "Thomas Kyd." "This French playwright and actor joined the Béjart troupe..." "MoIÈire." "I'm afraid I'm going to need afuII name, stanley." "Jean-Batiste PoqueIin MoIÈire." "What the fuck is this?" "God damn." "My little fucker." "I have no idea where he gets this shit." "He's afucking genius, really." "This is Chad." "Can I have your phone number?" "hello." "Great." "This is "Seduce and Destroy"?" "Yes, it is." "Can I have your home phone number?" "I don'twant to order anything." "I have a situation that's just come up... that's really pretty serious... and I don't know who to talk to orwhat I should do... but maybe you could put me in touch with somebody... if I explain myself?" "We're really only equipped to take orders here, sir." "It's just us with the phones, and that's whatwe do." "could you connect me with somebody else,you think?" "What's the situation?" "OK, great." "Let me try to explain myself without it seeming crazy." "But here I go." "My name is phil Parma... and I work for a man named earl Partridge..." "Mr. earl Partridge." "I'm his nurse." "He's a very sick man." "He's a dying man, and he's sick... and he's asked me to help him.... to help him find his son." "hello?" "Are you there?" "I'm here." "I'm listening." "OK." "You see..." "Frank T.J. Mackey is earl Partridge's son." "So where are you from originally?" "Around here." "valley?" "hollywood, mainly." "What did your parents do?" "My fatherwas in television." "My mother--This is going to sound silly to you." "Try me." "She was a librarian." "Why does that sound silly?" "I don't know." "I guess it doesn't." "Does your mother still work?" "No, she's retired." "Are you close?" "She's my mother." "Yes, but she's a woman,too." "How does she feel about "Seduce and Destroy"?" "What does she say?" "well, she says, "You go get them, honey."" "What about yourfather?" "My father." "unfortunately, he passed away." "I'm sorry." "I had no idea." "No, please." "I wouldn't have brought that up if I had known." "It's a very hard thing." "please." "Yes, it is, but..." "listen." "You have to move forward." "The past has its place." "Itwas a Iong time ago and people die." "Let's switch gears here." "According to your book, you ended up at UC berkeley?" "'84-'89." "psychology major." "That's right." "Get your masters?" "This close." "That's impressive in five years." "Cap, can I have some coffee?" "Can I get you anything?" "No, I'm good." "She's good." "I need coffee." "Cats and dogs out there, huh?" "Must have a Iot going on for all that stuff back there." "You could..." "You could have quite a party with all that stuff." "You been on Prozac long?" "Dexedrine?" "I don't..." "Interesting drugs." "Dexedrine's basically speed in a pill,you know?" "But I guess a Iot of the doctors... are balancing out the Prozac with the Dexedrine." "That liquid morphine will knock you down... out, around, up and down, someone's not careful." "You can't mix those up." "Strong stuff here, boy." "What exactly you have wrong, you need all this stuff?" "Motherfucker!" "What?" "What are you talking about?" "Youfucking asshole!" "Who the fuck do you think you are?" "I come in here... you don't know who I am, what my Iife is... and you have the balls, the indecency... to ask me a question about my Iife?" "please, lady, why don't you just calm down?" "Fuck you,too!" "Don't you call me lady!" "I come in here, I give these things to you... you check, you make your phone calls..." "look suspicious, ask questions!" "I'm sick!" "I have sickness all around me, and you ask me my Iife?" "What's wrong?" "Have you seen death in your bed?" "In your house?" "Where's yourfucking decency?" "And then I'm asked fucking questions." "What's...wrong?" "!" "You suck my dick!" "That's what's wrong!" "And youfucking call me lady?" "!" "Shame on you!" "Shame on both of you!" "So why don't they have the same last name?" "Because they don't have the same last name." "I know, and I can't really explain that." "But I have afeeling there is a situation between them..." "like they don't know each other much orweII." "Something like they don't talk much any more, even." "God, does this sound weird?" "I just don't understand why you're calling me." "There's no numberfor Frank in any of earl's stuff... and he's pretty out of it." "Like I said, he's dying... dying of cancer." "So..." "What kind of cancer?" "Brain and lung." "My mother had breast cancer." "I'm sorry." "Is she all right?" "She's fine now." "That's good." "Itwas scary,though." "It's a hell of a disease." "It sure is." "Wait, I'm sorry." "So why call me?" "I know this sounds silly, and I might sound ridiculous..." "like this is the scene of the movie... where the guy tries to get ahold of the Iong-Iost son... but this is that scene." "And I think they have those scenes in movies... because they're true." "Because they really happen... and you gotta believe me, this is really happening." "I can give you my number and you can go check... with whoever you gotta check with and call me back... but do not leave me hanging on this." "AII right?" "please." "I'm just--PIease." "See... this is the scene of the movie where you help me out." "You're great." "These are great questions." "Good." "I thought you grew up in the valley." "Like I said...around." "You went to Van Nuys High?" "I wouldn't say I went." "Ifrequented." "I was misguided, pathetic." "definitely not the Frank T.J. Mackey... you're so eagerly wanting to put on national television." "Because I was swimming in whatwas... as opposed to what I wanted." "Where does that name come from?" "My name?" "It's not your given name?" "It's my mother's name, actually." "That's good." "Done your research." "And Frank?" "My mother's father." "That's why." "See, I had some trouble..." "locating your school records at UCLA and berkeley." "It's your name change... because they had no official enroImentfor you." "No,they wouldn't." "No." "Because I was never officially enrolled there." "Was that unclear?" "Kind of." "God, I wouldn'twant that to be misunderstood." "My enrolment was totally unofficial." "sadly, I couldn't afford to pay the tuition up there." "But there were three wonderful professors... kind enough to let me to sit in their classes." "Macready, Horn, and Langtree, among others." "You're welcome to call them if you Iike." "I didn't get afree ride." "So whatwe're looking at here is a true rags-to-riches story." "That's why people respond so strongly to "Seduce."" "Because at the end of the day..." ""Seduce" may not be just about picking up chicks... and sticking your cock in." "It's aboutfinding out what you can be in this world... defining it, controlling it, and saying..." ""I will take what is mine."" "And you just happen to get a little blow job out of it... then, hey,what the fuck?" "There you go." "End of Round One." "ExceIIentwork." "I think we should take a look at the scores here." "Kids are up a leg with 1,500... and the adults are down a little bitwith 1025." "So we'II be back for Round Two in a ring-dang-doo!" "hello, hello!" "Bonus musical question." "And the winner is..." "Kids!" "Kids are in the lead." "They get a chance to pull further andfarther ahead... if they answerthe following secret bonus musical question." "Now what I'm going to do is read a line from an opera." "I want you to give me that line back... in the language in which the opera was originally written." "Andfor a bonus 250--250... you can sing it!" "Here's the line." ""Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame." ""And it's all in vain to call it..." ""if it chooses to refuse."" "well,thatwas in French... and thatwas from the opera "Carmen..."" "and that goes..." "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" "Que nuI ne peut apprivoiser" "Et c'est bien en vain qu'on I'appeIIe" "S'iI Iui convient de refuser" "See you got some coffee brewing here." "Yeah, it's not-- It's been on for a bit." "I Iike iced coffee, generally... but a day like today, with the rain and whatnot..." "I enjoy a warm cup." "Do you want a cup?" "Is that all right?" "It's raining cats and dogs out there." "I'd just as soon not go back in it." "I don't know how fresh it's going to be." "I'm sure it's fine, claudia." "Do you take cream or sugar?" "That'd be fine." "So, claudia, Iet me just say... so I can get my role as an LAPD officer... out of the way here before we enjoy our coffee." "I don't like to talk shop over coffee." "I'm not going to write you up." "I'm not going to give you a citation here... but the real problem is that you got people around you... people who work from home, trying to getwork done." "And if you're listening to your music that loud... they're inconvenienced by that." "If you had a job, you'd probably understand... but you Iike listening to your music." "That's fine." "Justwant to keep an eye on the volume level." "Maybe memorize what number you see on the dial." "If it's the middle of the day, that's what I do." "I just set it at two and a half... and then I know that's a good listening IeveIfor me." "But you Iike listening to your music loud." "That's fine." "That's cool." "It's good to rock out sometimes." "But you can't do it every day... or else you risk damaging your ears." "seriously." "You listen to it all the time like that?" "You're going to drive these people crazy." "Anyway,you get the point." "Cheers." "So this boyfriend bothering you?" "I don't have a boyfriend." "The gentleman who was at the door..." "He's not my boyfriend." "A Iot of times, in domestic abuse situations... the young woman is afraid to speak out." "You don't have to be afraid to tell me anything." "And as a police officer, I can tell you... it goes bad places." "Young woman's afraid to speak out... next thing you know, I'm here on a 187." "What's a 187?" "It's not good." "And it's where situations like this always lead." "It's not my boyfriend, and it's not anything." "It's over." "really." "He won't come back." "I don'twant to have to come back here..." "You won't have to!" "I wouldn't mind coming back." "You know, get a look at your pretty face again." "I'II be right back." "Here you go." "Let's get the jacket off." "It'II help you to breathe." "I can'tfucking do this." "I've--I..." "I think I'm gonna throw up." "I think." "I haven't thrown up since I was twenty years old." "What's the problem?" "I need to go to the bathroom." "Jesus Christ, stanley." "You can't go now." "You have exactly one minute before we're on the air." "Now is not the time to go to the bathroom!" "Why does this fucking shit always happen, stanley?" "Excuse me, is there a problem?" "Mind your own business!" "You watch your mouth,young man!" "Why don't you mind your own business?" "Oh, no, she didn't!" "Waitforthe commercial break, then you can go." "Just hold it." "Don't taunt the kids." "I'm trying to be helpful." "Don't start trouble." "You haven't seen trouble!" "Wait till next commercial break." "What's the problem?" "Nothing." "lily!" "please!" "Get away from me,you shithead!" "Watch out,watch out." "Don't eat these." "Here you go." "Out of the trash!" "phil, are you there?" "It's Chad." "I'm going to put you in touch with Janet, Frank's assistant." "And she'II see what she can do, all right?" "Thank you, and good luck to you and your mother." "Thanks, man." "You,too." "Janet, are you there?" "AII right,Janet, you have phil Parma." "I have cancer, Mary." "I have about two months." "I have no time." "It's in my bones." "I don't have a chance." "I'm fucked." "Andfifteen seconds." "Ten seconds." "Andfive,four,three,two..." "We're back, ready for Round Two!" "And we're talking to our adult contestants here today." "Mim, it says here that you live in Chatsworth, california... and that you have two kids." "That's right." "I have a six-year-oId..." "Do you know who I am?" "You're afriend of the family, I presume." "What does that mean?" "Nothing special." "Just a spoke in the wheel." "You talk in rhymes and riddles and Rub-a-Dub." "But that doesn't mean anything to me." "See, I used to be smart." "I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith." "I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith from TV." "It might have been before my time." "I remember." "In the Sixties, right?" "I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith." "Like you said." "Smart kid!" "You got struck by lightning once." "So what?" "I heard about that." "Did it hurt?" "But you're all right now." "So what's the what?" "What?" "That's right." "I used to be smart." "Now I'm just stupid." "Brad, dear, who was it that said..." ""A man of genius has seldom been ruined but by himself"?" "Itwas the lovely SamueI Johnson." "Who also spoke of afeIIow "who was not only dull..." ""but a cause of dullness in others."" ""The cause of dullness in others."" "Picky, picky!" "Let me tell you this." "samuel Johnson never had his life shit on... and taken from him and his money stolen!" "Who took his life and his money?" "His parents?" "His mommy and daddy?" "Make him live this life like this..." "A man of genius who gets shit on as a child... and that scars!" "That hurts!" "Have you ever been hit by lightning?" "It hurts." "It doesn't happen to everyone." "It's an electrical charge." "Itfinds its way across the universe... and it lands in your body and your head!" "And as for ruined but by himself... not if his parents took his freaking life... and his money and tell you to do this... and to do that, and if you don't..." "Your parents took your money you won on that game show?" "Yes!" "They did." "What does that mean, a spoke in the wheel?" "Things go round and round, don't they?" "Yes,they do." "They do." "But I'II make my dreams come true." "Sounds sad as a weeping willow." "I used to be smart." "But now I'm just stupid." "shall we drink to that?" "I want to talk a little bit more about your background." "You made some references earlier... to subjective human experiences and terrible things..." "actually, I'm confused about your past." "Is that still lingering?" "It's so boring." "Justwant to clear some things up." "Excuse me." "Thank you, Muff." "It's afunny thing that..." "This is an important element of "Seduce and Destroy..."" "facing the past is an important way of not making progress." "This is something I tell my men over and over and over." "This isn't meant..." "I try to teach my students to ask..." ""What is it in aid of?"" "Are you asking me that?" "well, in trying to figure outwho you are..." "In aid of what?" "Frank, I'm saying that in trying to figure out..." "I have more important things to put myself into." "I think this is something important... you might need to think about putting yourself into." "Not really." "It's not Iike I'm trying to attack you here." "This is how you want to spend yourtime, go, go, go." "But you'II be surprised atwhat a waste it is." "The most useless thing in the world... is thatwhich is behind me." "Chapter Three." "We talked earlier about your mother... and about yourfather and his death." "I don'twant to be challenging, but I have to ask." "I justwant to clarify something that I understand..." "I'm not sure I hear a question in here." "I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can." "What's the question?" "Do you remember Miss Simms?" "I know a Iot of women." "I'm sure she remembers me." "From when you were a boy." "She lived in Tarzana." "That's my old stomping ground." "Is this the attack portion of the interview?" "Is the girl coming in forthe kill?" "No." "This is about getting something right... and clarifying your answers to an earlier question." "What question?" "I was told that your mother died, Frank." "That's what you heard." "Do you remember Miss Simms?" "I talked to Miss Simms, your neighbour and caretaker... after your mother died in 1980." "And in my research..." "I have you as the only son of earl and lily Partridge." "And what I Iearned from Barbara Simms... is that your mother, lily, died in 1980." "So, it's my understanding that information supplied... by you and your company and the answers... to the questions I've asked is incorrect, Frank." "And if I want to get to the bottom... of who you are and why you are... then I think that yourfamiIy history... your actuaIfamiIy history..." "well,this is important." "What is yourfucking question?" "well, I guess my question's this..." "Why would you lie, Frank?" "Kids...adults..." "I would Iike you to put yourself at a picnic." "place yourself there with yourfamiIy andfriends... if you'd Iike." "You'II hearthree musical notes, and you are to tell me... what it might represent that you wouIdfind at a picnic." "The first three notes." "Guys." "Yes,Todd." "well,Jimmy, I know this." "I have perfect pitch, and thatwouId be A-D-E... and thatwouId represent Iemonade." "For 250." "Next notes, please." "Got it." "That's E-G-G, which would be egg." "For 500." "And the third set of notes." "Guys?" "You don'twant any water?" "No." "I just..." "I'm so fucked up right now,alan." "There's just so much, so many things." "Are you on drugs right now?" "If I tell you something, you're a lawyer, right?" "You can't say anything, tell anybody." "It's like a privilege." "Attorney/client." "You understand?" "Not exactly." "Like a shrink." "If I go see a shrink, I'm protected." "I can say things--Fuck!" "I don't know what I'm doing." "Linda,you're safe." "It's all right." "You're my friend." "You and earl are clients." "Whatever you want to say won't leave this room." "You have something you want to say to me?" "I have to tell you something." "I have something to tell you." "I want to change his will." "Can I change his will?" "I need to." "No,you can't change his will." "only earl can." "No,you see, I never loved him." "I never loved him." "earl." "When I met him, Ifucked him, and I married him... because I wanted his money." "You understand?" "I'm telling you this..." "I've nevertoId anyone, I didn't love him... but now, I know I'm in thatwiII." "We made thatfucking thing, and all the money I'II get." "I don'twant it, because I Iove him so much now." "I've fallen in love with him now for real as he's dying." "I Iook at him, and he's about to go,alan." "He's moments..." "I took care of him through this." "What now,then?" "Let's listen." "hello, Mary." "How are you and the seven kids?" "As you probably heard by now... we sure gave that Pope a run for his money." "ThatwouId be Robert E. Lee." "His wife was Mary Parke Custis." "I know he had seven children." "And he would be talking about Pope... who he defeated at the battle of Manassas." "absolutely right, Miss Mim." "Next question." "Come on." "Snap out of it, man." "Come on, stanley." "Bonjour,Josephine." "Maintenant je suis en Egypte." "Yes, Mim." "ThatwouId be napoleon speaking to Josephine." "absolutely right,for 500." "Next voice." "I don'twant him to die." "I didn't love him when we met... and I did so many bad things to him that he doesn't know." "Things that I want to confess to him..." "But now I do." "I Iove him." "Linda,what kind of medication are you on?" "This isn't any fucking medication talking!" "Can you give me nothing?" "You have power of attorney." "Can you go in the final moments and change the will?" "I don'twant any money." "I couldn't live with myself with this thing that I've done." "Ifucked around." "Ifucking cheated on him." "There." "You're his lawyer, our lawyer." "I am his wife." "I broke the contract of marriage." "Ifucked around on him many times." "I sucked other men's cocks." "adultery is not against the Iaw." "You can't use it in court to discredit the will." "Linda, calm down." "I can't." "You don't have to change the will." "If you want nothing, renounce the will when the time comes." "What does that mean?" "Where does the money go?" "It goes to the nearest relative." "What's that?" "That's Frank?" "No." "That can't happen." "earl doesn'twant him to have anything." "That's whatwiII happen." "This is so fucked up I can hardly stand it." "Linda, stop!" "Now,you take a moment, you breathe... and one thing at a time." "Shut the fuck up." "Want me to help you?" "Shut the fuck up!" "You need to sober up." "Now,you must really shut the fuck up." "please, shut the fuck up." "I have to go." "Let me call you a car." "Shut the fuck up!" "Now, imagine that you are attending a jam session... of classical composers... and they have each done an arrangement... of the classic favourite "Whispering."" "Now,we have here the New world Harmonica Trio... who are going to play... three variations on the theme... as three classical composers might have written it." "So you are to name the first composer." "Guys." "Yes,Todd." "That sounded like Brahms." "A bit like his "Hungarian Dance Number Six."" "That is excellent,Todd." "Next composer, guys." "stanley the man." "I don't know the answer." "That is not right." "That's not right, stanley." "The correct answer is RaveI." "ravel." "And now I'm gonna have ourthree whistIers... please to present the next musical..." "There were three musical sections here... and this'II be the third section that the whistlers... and they'II play a piece that's..." "It's very recognizable." "Chopin, actually." "And it's in the style of "Marche militaire."" "It's a very recognizable piece." "So if you please just listen to this... and I'm sure you can identify the..." "I'm sort of giving away the answer here." "It's Chopin." "I don't mean to give away the answer." "It's just--pIease just..." "well, sing us a ditty, guys." "A Chopin ditty." "Let's have a Chopin ditty here." "I can't..." "Go to the fucking card." "Go to the card." "Go." "Go to the card." "I'm back." "For not afresh cup, this is a good cup of coffee." "Thank you." "What do you want to talk about?" "I don't know." "Do you want to talk?" "What's your name?" "Jim Kurring." "call 911." "I think I had a stroke." "No, no, no." "I'm fine." "I'm all right." "I justwant to finish the show." "No,we need to call an ambulance." "Get yourfucking hands off me!" "Let this guy help you." "I'II tell you what happened." "call 911." "Do it right now, Mary." "IfeII down." "I couldn't see for a minute, but I'm OK." "Get your hands off me!" "Did you piss your pants?" "!" "Shut up!" "What's going on?" "Nothing!" "Go away!" "Don't tell me to go away, stanley." "I'm the co-ordinator, and you will answer me." "Now,what is going on?" "What's the problem?" "Nothing." "I'm fine." "Why didn't you answer those questions?" "I didn't know the answer." "bullshit!" "You know the answer to every goddamn question." "I knew the answers, and I'm not half as smart as you... so what the hell happened?" "He pissed his pants." "You pissed your pants?" "No, I didn't." "I'm fine." "Stand up." "I said I'm fine." "Stand up." "Jesus, stanley,what the fuck did you do thatfor?" "I justwant to keep playing." "I'm fine." "That's great." "You know that to a performer, that's food, right?" "That shows that you love him, and I'm sure he appreciates it." "Everything's fine." "relax." "relax, darling." "Everything's fine." "I'm OK." "AII right, see?" "I'm all right." "It's pretty fucking stupid, isn't it?" "Jesus Christ." "What the fuck do they think out there?" "They must be laughing their asses off." "tell them I got a bad knee or some fucking thing." "This is fuckingfunny." "What do you want to do?" "Justwhat I said." "Are we going to continue with this game?" "AII right,you look at me!" "You are two days away from this record." "Nobody's ever done that." "You get through this, I'II get you anything you want." "You just got to get through this." "Now, hang in there, buddy." "I'm sorry I squeezed your arm." "I Iove you." "Are we doing this?" "Fucking stupidity." "Why don't I put the medic on?" "I need to go with him." "Don't let him do this." "He's been doing it forthirty years." "You don't know how sick he really is." "It's afucking game show, Mary." "Hearthat?" "Does that hurt?" "What is it?" "It's in my ear." "It's TMJ." "It's what it's called." "technically." "How about they just call it, "clicking Jaw"?" "Pain in the jaw,yeah." "How about that?" "Easierto remember." "Yeah." "It gets..." "I don't even know if I have it, actually." "I'm sorry." "15-L-27, I'm currently Code Seven." "I'm sorry." "This is my job." "15-L-27, roger." "We were just getting warmed up." "Yeah." "I gotta go." "well, if this joker shows up again... or you got your music up too loud... maybe we can have another cup of coffee." "If you're not here for a 187." "No." "Do not joke about that." "I seen too many of those." "I'm sorry." "It's all right." "You were kidding." "It's OK." "AII right." "You keep your chin up and your music down, OK?" "Yes, I will." "Itwas nice to meet you, OfficerJim." "JustJim." "Good." "Bye-bye, claudia." "Yeah,what is it?" "Did youforget something?" "No, I'm..." "I was wondering..." "Man, IfeeI like a bit of a scumbucket doing this... since I came here as an officer of the Iaw... and the situation and everything... but IfeeI like I'd be afooI... if I didn't do something I really want to do... which is to ask youfor a date." "You want to go on a date with me?" "please,yes." "well, is that illegal?" "Sort of." "Then I'd Iike to go." "What do you want to do?" "I don't know." "I hadn't thought about it." "That's not true." "I have thought about it." "I've been thinking about it since you opened the door." "really?" "I thought you were flirting with me a little." "You want to go tonight?" "I'm off tonight,yeah." "What time?" "8.00." "I don't get off until 10.00." "10.00." "Yeah." "Fine." "Yeah." "Bye." "Frank, I'm really not trying to attack you here." "I think if you have something that needs to be cleared up..." "I was told that yourfather is earl Partridge." "I was told that he left you and your mother... and you took care of your mother during her illness... that you took care of herwhiIe she struggled with cancer... and that Miss Simms became your caretaker... when your mother finally passed away." "Can you talk about your mother, Frank?" "No, no, not true." "And you know what?" "Even if you don't get to pump her... you still need to practice your skills on afeminist." "I will." "You need to do that." "This is Doc." "Doc, it's Janet." "I have to talk to Frank." "He's in the interview,Janet." "Interrupt him." "Get him on the phone with me right away." "What happened?" "Doc, go get Frank and put him on the phone." "Come on, Frank." "What are you doing?" "What am I doing?" "I'm quietly judging you." "Andfive,four,three,two..." "Oh, boy,what a day." "What a round." "Back and in for me and... and the final one-on-one round... to determine who's who today." "Let's check the scores on the board, shall we?" "well,the kids have an even 2,000... and the adults are way up with forty-seven." "Now,that doesn't mean that this game... is out of reach forthe kids." "elders, who's the lucky so-and-so?" "It's me,Jimmy." "Come on over, Mim." "I don'twant to go." "I can't do it this time." "What the fuck are you talking about?" "You have to go, stanley." "You're the smartest." "I don'twant to go." "Why can't one of you do it?" "If you don'tfucking stand up and get overthere..." "I'II beat your ass." "I'm sick of being the one, always has to do everything." "I don'twant to be the one always." "Kids, I don't even have to ask." "stanley, get your butt over here." "I'm sick." "I'm sick here now." "I confuse melancholy with depression sometimes." "You see?" "Why don't you run along now, friend?" "Your dessert is getting cold." "I'm sick." "Stay thatway." "I'm sick, and I'm in love." "You seem the sort of person who confuses the two." "That's right!" "That's the first time you've been right." "I confuse the two, and I don't care!" "I Iove you." "I Iove you, and I'm sick." "I'II talk to you tomorrow." "I'm getting corrective oral surgery tomorrow... for my teeth." "I Iove you, Brad." "Brad the bartender." "If you want to love me back, I'II be good to you." "I'II be goddamn goodfor you." "I won't be mad if you don't know who said what." "I won't punish you if you get the answerwrong." "I can teach and tell you..." "You have a special secret crush overthere, I think." "Don't treat him too lovely." "He might get hurt." "You shut up!" "Mind your own business." "gently, son!" "Brad, I know you don't love me now." "It's a dangerous thing to confuse children with angels." "Want to know the common element forthe entire group?" "I'II tell you the answer, because I had that one." "I had that question." "Carbon." "Carbon." "In pencil lead, it's in the form of graphite." "In coal, it's mixed up with other impurities." "And in the diamond, it's in hardform." "AII we really wanted to know was the common element... but thank youfor all that unnecessary knowledge." "Kids." "Heads so full of useless knowledge." "Thank you." "Thank you." "And the book says, "We may be through with the past..." ""but the past is not through with us!"" "And... no, it is not dangerous to confuse children with angels." "well,that is what I waitfor." "I waitforthose calls." "And I wait and I pray." "And sometimes Jesus says..." ""Jim, I got a surprise for you today." ""I want you to meet this young lady, OK?" ""Now,where it goes from there is up to you." ""And I don't think you're going to screw it up."" "And, God, I'm telling you right now..." "I will not screw it up." "You gave me an opportunity." "I'm going to treat this young lady right." "I'm a happy cop." "It's called jaywaIking." "slow down." "I'm going to pass,Jimmy." "stanley, passing to one of the other kids." "We want stanley to go,Jimmy." "I don'twant to go." "I'm walking towards the elevator,Janet." "Fine." "phil, are you still there?" "Yeah, I'm here." "I want to ask you one question." "phil, have you talked to anyone else about this?" "No, I haven't." "Good, Iet's keep it thatway." "AII the security and whatnot." "You understand?" "This is a delicate situation for Frank and the family." "What's going on,Janet?" "Doc,fuck off." "phil, hang in just one more minute." "I'm putting you on hold." "Thank you." "How close are you, Doc?" "Richard?" "julia?" "Kids,what's going on?" "I need a player here for one-on-one." "We want stanley to go,Jimmy, and we're not sure why he won't." "I always answerthe questions... and I don'twant to do it anymore." "What the fuck is he doing?" "What's wrong with him?" "I have no idea." "I'm getting off of the elevator, Janet." "Good." "Good boy." "I'm walking down the hall." "This kid ain't getting up, we don't have a show." "Live television, ladies and germs." "little prick." "What's this, a point?" "A game?" "What the hell's he doing?" "Get the fuck up, kid, come on." "Time's up." "So that's what you did?" "You sat it out?" "You wanted my time." "I gave it to you." "You called me a liar." "You made accusations." "You said, "well, if I had known..." ""then I wouldn't have asked."" "So it's not an attack." "I don'twant to be the sort who doesn't keep his word." "So I gave you my fucking time, bitch." "Now,fuck..." "It's fucking Janet." "There's a situation on the phone." "The indecision of a child, ladies and germs." "This isn'tfunny." "This isn't cute." "See,the way we're looked at?" "Because I'm not a toy." "I'm not a doll." "The way we're looked at because you think we're cute?" "Because--What?" "I'm made to feel like afreak... if I answer questions... or I'm smart... or I have to go to the bathroom?" "What is that,Jimmy?" "What is that?" "I'm asking you that." "I'm not sure, stanley." "15-L-27, I need help." "We have shots fired." "It's hamlet to CIaudius." ""The sins of the father laid upon the children..."" "is "Merchant of Venice."" "But borrowedfrom "Exodus" 25." "I'm sorry, Frank." "I didn't know what else you wanted me to do." "I asked him all the right questions." "He's his nurse." "He's sitting there with him." "I heard yourfather's voice in the background." "Wait." "He's there at their house?" "They're at the house." "I asked him the exact address, and he gave it." "I know this is really hard for you right now." "If you're gonna give me things, give me the information." "I want the information." "That's what I want." "What did he say?" "Because I am not taking care of him." "What does he want?" "Frank,what the fuck do you want me to do?" "What I want you to do,Janet... is I want you to do yourfucking job!" "I am doing my fucking job!" "Youfucking get on the phone." "I'm not a doll!" "I'm not silly and cute!" "I'm smart, so that should make me something... something so people can watch how silly it is he's smart!" "I know." "I know things." "I know--I know..." "I know I have to go to the bathroom and I asked..." "Take us off the air." "Go to the credits." "roll the credits." "Godfucking damn it!" "Son of a bitch!" "What the fuck?" "!" "Fuck!" "Fuck!" "Fuck!" "stanley, don't do this to me!" "I got to find that gun." "Where is it, now?" "Where is it?" "AII right, Iet's go." "Where is it?" "Find it." "Find it!" "Find the gun,Jim!" "What the fuck more do you want me to say?" "You need to make a decision." "Look,just give me a second." "Give me a second." "What the fuck, Frank?" "What do you want me to do?" "What are you doing?" "I got Frank, earl's son." "Hang up the phone." "No, he asked me..." "Put the fucking phone down!" "Hang it up!" "I can't!" "Frank, are you there?" "I want you to talk to him." "I'm going put him on." "Hang it up!" "You don't do that!" "You don't call him." "You don't know." "To get involved in this business of his--my family." "This is the family." "Me and him." "Understand?" "There's no one else." "No one else!" "That man--that beautiful man... his son does not exist." "He's dead." "Who asked you to do that?" "earl did." "bullshit!" "bullshit!" "He didn't ask you!" "He doesn'twant to talk to him!" "So fuck you that he asked that!" "There's no one but me and him!" "No one!" "He asked me." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Mary,take me out of here." "I got to go home to Rose." "Mary,take him home." "In the back." "Did we win or lose?" "I don't know, Richard." "You lost." "They go to the score the time they called it." "That's not an official rule, Luis." "That's an official rule, baby." "That's bullshit, and you know it!" "Who says that?" "In what rule book?" "This is different!" "It's a game show!" "They don't go by fucking sports rules!" "Richard, shut it and cut it out." "If he hadn't pissed his pants... we would have won this little motherfucker!" "We had it!" "What'd you do with my goddamn kid, Burt?" "Get yourfucking hands off me, you boy producer punk." "Oh, Lord, why is this happening to me?" "God, please help me figure it out." "I'm lost out here." "I don't understand why it's happening, God." "please, God." "Whatever it is I did, I'IIfix it." "I'II do the right thing." "please, God, help me find the gun." "Listen, phil." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry I slapped yourface." "I don't know what I'm doing." "I don't know how to do this." "I do things, and Ifuck up." "Ifucked up." "Can youforgive me?" "It's all right." "Can you tell him I'm sorry... forthe things I've done, that Ifucked up?" "I'm sorry." "I'm going to turn away and walk away... and not look at him, and not see my man, my earl." "And tell him..." ""It's OK." "I'm OK."" "tell him, "Thank youfortaking care..."" "The whole thing's OK with me." "And I know." "welcome back from the break!" "How'd you guys like those nachos?" "You are not here forthe fuckingfood." "You are here for me to enlighten you, edify you... to send you off into the now not-so-unknown future." "So come along with me." ""How to fake like you are nice and caring."" "No, I don'twant a microphone." "Now,this... this is quite an important chapter... as you will see." "But let's get down to brass tacks." "Let's get right down to it, boys." "Men are shit." "What?" "Men are shit." "Isn't thatwhat they say?" "Because we do bad things, don'twe?" "We do horrible, heinous, terrible things." "Things that no woman would ever do." "No,women,they don't lie." "No,women don't cheat." "Women don't manipulate us." "But you see what I'm getting at." "You see what society does?" "little boys, it's, "Wow,woman!"" "We are taught to apologize." ""I am sorry." ""I am so sorry, baby." "I am so sorry."" "What is it that..." "What is it thatwe need?" "Is it their pussies?" "Their love?" "Mommy wouldn't let me play soccer... and Daddy, he hit me, so that's who I am." "That's why I do what I do?" "Fucking bullshit." "I will not apologize forwho I am." "I will not apologize forwhat I need." "I will not apologize forwhat I want!" "Go to your blue booklets now." "I want you to turn to page 18 in your blue booklets." "This is fucking bullshit!" "I want you to go to yourwhite books." "That's what I want you to go to." "Go to twenty-three in yourwhite books." ""How to fake like you are a nice and caring person."" "Hey, come here." "I'm..." "I'm gonna try talk." "You know, I'm trying to... to say something-something." "Do you know lily, phil?" "Do you know her?" "No, I don't." "She's my love, my Iife, love of it." "In school..." "I'm twelve years old in school, in sixth grade." "I saw her." "I didn't go to that school, but... butwe met." "My friend knew her." "I said..." ""What's that girl?" "How's that lily?"" ""Oh, she's bad." "She sleeps with guys."" "Yeah, he said this, but then sometimes..." "I went to another school, you see." "But then..." "When high school at an end, what's that?" "What is thatwhen it gets to the end?" "Graduation." "No, no,the grade." "What grade are you in?" "That's twelfth." "So I went to her school forthat grade." "Grade--that's grade twelve." "And we meet." "She was... fucking like a doll." "A beautiful porcelain doll." "And the hips..." "The chiId-bearing hips, you know that?" "I know." "So beautiful." "And I cheated on her... over and over and over again." "Because I wanted to be a man." "And I didn'twant her to be a woman." "A smart,free person who was something." "My fucking mind then." "So stupid,thatfucking mind." "Stupid." "Jesus Christ!" "WhatwouId I think?" "Did I think forwhat I'd done?" "She was my wife fortwenty-three years... and I went behind her over and over." "Fucking asshole that I am." "I'd go out and I'dfuck... and I'd come home and get in her bed... and say, "I Iove you."" "This is Jack's mother." "His mother, lily." "These two... that I had... and I lost." "This is the regret that you make." "This is the... regret that you make and the something you take... and the blah, blah, blah... something, something." "Gimme a cigarette." "Mistakes like this... you don't make." "Sometimes... you make some and OK." "Not OK, sometimes, you make other ones." "Know that you should do better." "I Ioved lily." "I cheated on her." "She was my wife fortwenty-three years." "And I have a son." "And she has cancer." "And I'm not there... and he's forced to take care of her." "He's fourteen years old." "To..." "To take care of his mother and... and watch her die on him." "A little kid, and I'm not there." "And she does die." "I Ioved her so." "And she knew what I did." "She knew all the fucking stupid things I'd done." "But the love... was strongerthan anything you can think of." "The goddamn regret." "And I'II die." "Now I'II die, and I'II tell you what... the biggest regret of my Iife..." "I let my love go." "What did I do?" "I'm sixty-five years old." "And I'm ashamed." "million years ago..." "The fucking regret and guilt, these things..." "Don't ever let anyone ever say to you... you shouldn't regret anything." "Don't do that." "You regret what youfucking want." "Use that." "Use that." "Use that regretfor anything, any way you want." "You can use it, OK?" "Oh, God." "This is a Iong way to go with no punch." "A little moral..." "Story, I say." "Love." "This fucking life... it's so fucking hard." "So long." "Life ain't short." "It's long." "It's long, God damn it." "God damn." "What did I do?" "phil." "phil, help me." "What did I do?" "Juan, how you doing?" "How youfeeIing?" "I think I'm going to stay on, stick it out." "Are you sure?" "AII right, good night." "You're so stupid." "Is love" "What you thought" "When youfirst" "Began,yeah" "You got" "What you want" "You can hardly stand it,though" "By now you know it's not" "Going to stop" "It's not going to stop" "It's not going to stop" "till you wise up" "You're sure" "There's a cure" "And you have finally found it" "You think" "One drink" "will shrink you till" "You're underground and living down" "But it's not going to stop" "It's not going to stop" "It's not going to stop" "till you wise up" "Prepare a Iistforwhat you need" "Before you sign away the deed" "'Cause it's not going to stop" "It's not going to stop" "It's not going to stop" "till you wise up" "No, it's not going to stop" "till you wise up" "No, it's not going to stop" "So just give up" "You know,you know,you know." "Go, go, go." "hello, dear." "I need afavour." "AII right." "Back up, Max." "Back up, miles." "hello." "You Frank?" "Jack, right?" "Are you phil?" "Tried to get in touch with you." "We got disconnected." "Stay in, Max!" "Hey, come on!" "please!" "I got the message." "I couldn'tfind you." "earl asked me, so I Iooked through the address books." "There's no number." "There's nothing." "Is what's-her-name..." "Linda?" "No, she went out." "She's not here." "Hey, I'm sorry." "I don't know what to do here." "Your dad asked me to get in touch with you... and I didn't have the number." "I called the number." "Want to come in?" "Yeah." "Hey, phil?" "Yeah?" "I will drop-kick those fucking dogs if they come near me." "AII right." "Come on in." "This is blake." "CIearthem out." "This is miles." "Here we go." "AII right, he's in here." "So we all go in here." "Want to go in?" "No, I just stand here a second, phil." "Lady!" "Hey,wake up." "What's wrong with you?" "Here." "How do we do this,then?" "well,we just do it." "We do it." "We figure it out." "We do as we do, I guess." "Do you love me, Rose?" "You are my handsome man." "I'm a bad person." "I mean..." "I'm telling you this now... because I want everything to be clear and clean... and I want to apologize for me and the stupid things I've done." "I've cheated on you." "I've cheated on you, and...it kills me... and the guilt of what I've done..." "I don'twant you to think that..." "Maybe you knew." "I think maybe you've known." "So I hope this is not justfor me... for me to make myself feel better aboutwhat I've done... butfor you not to feel like you're sitting there..." "like a jerk." "You're the good one." "You understand?" "Did you ever go out with someone and just lie... question after question?" "Maybe you're trying to make yourself look cool... or betterthan you are orwhatever... smarter, cooler... and you just... not really lie... but maybe you just don't say everything." "That's a natural thing." "You know,two people go out on a date or something." "They want to impress people... the other person." "Orthey're scared they'II say something... thatwiII make the other person not Iike them." "Thank you." "Thank you." "So you've done it?" "I don't go out very often." "Why not?" "I neverfound someone, really, that I'd Iike to go outwith." "I bet you say that to all the girls." "Want to make a deal with me?" "What I just said... people afraid to say things... no guts to say the things that are real or something... to not do that." "To not do that that maybe we've done before." "Let's make a deal." "I'II tell you everything, and you tell me everything... and maybe we can get through all the piss, shit, and lies... that kill other people." ""Piss and shit."" "What?" "You really use strong language." "I'm sorry." "No, it's fine." "I didn't mean--It seems vulgar or something, I know." "It's fine." "I'm sorry." "It's nothing." "I'm sorry." "I'm gonna run to the bathroom for a minute maybe,just..." "I'm going to go in." "Are the dogs in there?" "Yeah, but they stay by the window." "I want you to come in with me and stay away from me." "I want you there in case he needs anything... because I am not going to help him." "And, phil, I will drop-kick the fucking dogs... if they come near me." "You don't look that bad." "You prick." ""Cocksucker." That's what you used to like to say, right?" ""Cocksucker."" "But you are a cocksucker, earl." "It hurts, doesn't it?" "You in a Iot of pain?" "She was in a Iot of pain." "Right to the end, she was in a Iot of pain." "I know because I was there." "You didn't like illness, though, do you?" "I was there." "She waitedfor your call." "For you to come." "I am not going to cry." "I am not going to cry for you!" "You cocksucker, I know you can hear me." "I want you to know that I hate yourfucking guts." "You can justfucking die, youfuck." "And I hope it hurts." "Ifucking hope it hurts." "Her resps are down to six." "Let's get the gurney over here." "Check that ego" "Come off it, I'm a prophet" "The professor" "I'm gonna teach you 'bout the Worm" "Who eventually turned to catch wreck" "With the neck of a Iong-time oppressor" "And he's runnin' from the devil" "But the debt is always gainin'" "And if he's worth bein' hurt" "He's worth bringing' pain in" "Do youfeeI better now that you've said this?" "I don't know." "well, I'm not...mad." "well, I am, but I'm...not." "You know?" "I Iove you so much, Rose." "I'm not through asking my questions." "Why doesn't claudia... talk to you,Jimmy?" "Why?" "Because we've..." "We both don't know." "What do you mean?" "No, I think you know." "Maybe..." "I don't." "Say it,Jimmy." "I wanted to do that." "well..." "ThatfeIt good to do-- to do what I wanted." "Can I tell you something?" "Yeah, of course." "I'm really nervous that you're gonna hate me soon." "You're gonnafind stuff out about me and hate me." "No." "Like what?" "What do you mean?" "You have so much, so many good things... and you seem so together." "You're a police officer... straight and put together without any problems." "I lost my gun today." "What?" "I lost my gun today... and I'm the laughingstock of a Iot of people." "I wanted to tell you." "I wanted you to know." "It's on my mind." "It makes me look like afooI." "And IfeeI like afooI." "You asked that we should say things... say whatwe're thinking and not lie about things." "I can tell you that I lost my gun today." "I'm not a good cop." "I'm looked down at, and I know that... and I'm scared that once you find out,you won't like me." "Jim,thatwas so..." "I'm sorry." "...greatwhat you just said." "I haven't been on a date since I was married, and... thatwas three years ago." "Whatever you want to tell me... whatever you think might scare me won't." "I will listen to you." "I'II be a good listener if that's what you want." "And I won't judge you." "I know I do that sometimes." "I won't." "And I can listen." "And you shouldn't be scared of scaring me off... orwhatever you think that I think and on and on." "Just say it,whatever it is, and I'II listen." "You don't know how fucking stupid and crazy I am." "It's OK." "I got troubles, OK?" "I'II take everything atface value." "I started this, didn't I?" "Fuck!" "Whatever it is,just say it." "You'II see." "You want to kiss me?" "Yes, I do." "Say it,Jimmy." "I think she thinks... that I may have molested her." "She thinks terrible things that somehow got into her head... that I may have done." "She said that to me last time when itwas..." "Ten years ago she walked out the door." ""You touched me wrong." "I know that."" "Some crazy thought in her head." "Did you evertouch her?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "I really don't." "But you can't say." "I don't know what I've done." "Yes,you do." "You do!" "But you won't say." "I don't know." "What?" "please." "please." "You deserve to die alone forwhat you've done!" "I don't know what I've done." "Yes,you do!" "If I said that I knew, would you stay?" "But I don't know what I've done." "You should know better!" "Now that I've met you,would you object to never seeing me again?" "What?" "Just say no." "I won't say no." "Wait, claudia." "Just let me go,Jimmy." "What is it?" "please, please." "Why didn't you call?" "Ifucking hate you." "God damn you,fucking asshole." "Oh, God,youfucking asshole." "Don't go away, youfucking asshole." "Oh, God, don't go away, youfucking asshole." "What am I doing?" "What the fuck am I doing?" "Oh,fuck." "What?" "What are you doing, dummy?" "Oh, brother." "There are frogs faIIingfrom the sky." "Come on!" "Come on!" "claudia, it's Mom!" "Open the door, honey!" "claudia, are you there?" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mommy!" "AII right." "AII right." "It's OK." "It's all right now." "It's OK." "It's gonna be all right." "This happens." "This is something that happens." "And there is the account of the hanging of three men... and a scuba diver... and a suicide." "There are stories of coincidence and chance... and intersections and strange things told... and which is which and who only knows?" "And we generally say..." ""well, if thatwas in a movie, I wouldn't believe it."" "Someone's so-and-so met someone else's so-and-so... and so on." "And it is in the humble opinion of this narrator... that strange things happen all the time." "And so it goes, and so it goes." "And the book says..." ""We may be through with the past..." ""but the past ain't through with us."" "I'm sorry,Jack." "It's the hospital calling about Linda." "Who?" "Linda." "She's in the hospital." "Ifigured you should probably talk to them since you're here." "Is she gonna be all right?" "could you please tell me where you're located?" "Are you with us, Linda?" "Good." "It is, Linda, isn't it?" "Just relax." "That's it." "You'II get through this." "Dad." "Dad,you need to be nicerto me." "Go to bed." "You have to be nicerto me, Dad." "Go to bed." "I know I did a stupid thing." "So stupid." "Getting braces." "I thought..." "I thought he would love me." "Getting...braces." "Forwhat?" "For something I don't even..." "I don't know where to put things,you know?" "I really do have love to give." "I just don't know where to put it." "A Iot of people think this is just a job that you go to." "Take a lunch hour..." "job's over." "Something like that." "But it's a 24-hour deal." "No two ways about it." "And what most people don't see... is just how hard it is to do the right thing." "people think if I make a judgement call... that's a judgement on them, but that is notwhat I do." "And that's not what should be done." "I have to take everything... and play it as it lays." "Sometimes people need a little help." "I got a buddy who's supposed to be real good... at corrective oral surgery." "Sometimes people need to be forgiven." "And sometimes they need to go to jail." "call me about that guy with the teeth, OK?" "And that is a very tricky thing on my part... making that call." "I mean,the Iaw is the Iaw." "And heck if I'm gonna break it." "You can forgive someone." "well,that's the tough part." "What can we forgive?" "Tough part of the job." "Tough part of walking down the street." "I justwanted to come here... to come here and say something... say something important, something that you said." "You said we should say things and do things." "Not lie, not keep things back... these sorts of things that tear people up." "well, I'm gonna do that." "I'm gonna do what you said, claudia." "I can't let this go." "I can't let you go." "Now,you..." "You listen to me now." "You're a good person." "You're a good and beautiful person... and I won't let you walk out on me." "And I won't let you say those things... those things about how stupid you are and this and that." "I won't standforthat." "You want to be with me... then you be with me." "You see?" "Subs by Mok Winston"