1 00:00:06,326 --> 00:00:07,980 [soft, eerie music] 2 00:00:08,067 --> 00:00:09,895 [seagulls calling, bells ring] 3 00:00:09,982 --> 00:00:13,029 [distant foghorn blares] 4 00:00:15,988 --> 00:00:17,946 - Hey, Tony, where you headed? 5 00:00:17,990 --> 00:00:19,513 - I hear the white perch are schooled up. 6 00:00:19,557 --> 00:00:22,168 Maybe look for some mackerel the east end of the canal. 7 00:00:22,212 --> 00:00:23,952 - Be careful when you head out, okay? 8 00:00:23,996 --> 00:00:27,086 There's another big storm headed in due south. 9 00:00:27,130 --> 00:00:29,219 It's messing with the tides. See you. 10 00:00:29,262 --> 00:00:30,568 - Thanks. 11 00:00:30,611 --> 00:00:33,571 [ominous music] 12 00:00:33,614 --> 00:00:36,052 [motor humming] 13 00:00:37,401 --> 00:00:44,060 ♪ 14 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:50,283 [rumbles] 15 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:53,069 I think we hit something. 16 00:00:56,376 --> 00:01:03,296 ♪ 17 00:01:06,473 --> 00:01:08,127 Oh, shit. 18 00:01:08,171 --> 00:01:08,736 - [gasps] 19 00:01:08,736 --> 00:01:12,392 ♪ 20 00:01:21,532 --> 00:01:22,620 - Next order of business: 21 00:01:22,620 --> 00:01:25,579 The home at 29 Commercial 22 00:01:25,623 --> 00:01:28,930 is requesting permission to change their shingles 23 00:01:28,974 --> 00:01:31,411 from our traditional "Simply White" 24 00:01:31,411 --> 00:01:33,848 to "Mountain Peak White." 25 00:01:33,848 --> 00:01:34,632 - Can we see the samples? 26 00:01:35,981 --> 00:01:37,939 - Have you lost your mind? 27 00:01:37,983 --> 00:01:39,854 - It's a scandal that you would even ask. 28 00:01:39,854 --> 00:01:41,508 - Why don't you just paint them orange? 29 00:01:41,552 --> 00:01:43,293 [laughter] 30 00:01:43,336 --> 00:01:44,120 [gavel slams] - Motion denied. 31 00:01:46,644 --> 00:01:48,211 Next order of business: 32 00:01:48,211 --> 00:01:51,257 Jim Levy, the owner of McHenry's, 33 00:01:51,301 --> 00:01:53,868 is requesting a 16-inch easement 34 00:01:53,955 --> 00:01:55,392 into the neighbor's green area 35 00:01:55,435 --> 00:01:58,395 so he can have expanded outdoor dining. 36 00:01:58,438 --> 00:02:01,789 I believe Mr. Levy is present to make his case. 37 00:02:01,789 --> 00:02:03,226 - Thank you, madam. 38 00:02:04,531 --> 00:02:06,098 As most of you know, I opened McHenry's 39 00:02:06,142 --> 00:02:07,969 as sister restaurant 40 00:02:08,013 --> 00:02:09,754 to my flagship McHenry's in Davis Square, Somerville. 41 00:02:09,797 --> 00:02:11,321 - Can it, Levy. You're wasting your time. 42 00:02:11,364 --> 00:02:14,106 - Excuse me? - Well, 43 00:02:14,193 --> 00:02:15,977 first of all, your name is Levy. 44 00:02:16,021 --> 00:02:17,196 I don't know where you get off 45 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:18,632 owning not one but two Irish pubs. 46 00:02:18,676 --> 00:02:20,243 That's called cultural appropriation, sweetheart. 47 00:02:20,243 --> 00:02:22,245 Second of all, you have terrible taste. 48 00:02:22,245 --> 00:02:24,682 And not just in your footwear. 49 00:02:24,682 --> 00:02:25,683 My friend Mitch Wilson 50 00:02:25,683 --> 00:02:27,902 lives in the house next to your restaurant. 51 00:02:27,946 --> 00:02:30,470 He has exquisite taste. 52 00:02:30,470 --> 00:02:32,080 And the last thing we need 53 00:02:32,124 --> 00:02:33,256 are your cheap plastic tables and chairs 54 00:02:33,343 --> 00:02:35,040 soiling his hydrangea bushes. 55 00:02:35,127 --> 00:02:36,911 [gavel slams] - Motion denied. 56 00:02:36,911 --> 00:02:38,043 - But-- - Denied. 57 00:02:38,043 --> 00:02:39,175 - Come on, he's be-- - Denied. 58 00:02:42,003 --> 00:02:46,573 Finally, Trooper Remy of the Mass State Police 59 00:02:46,573 --> 00:02:48,488 would like a moment to speak to the group. 60 00:02:48,488 --> 00:02:52,666 [ominous music] 61 00:02:52,710 --> 00:02:56,714 - Chairwoman, council, I'm Trooper Jan Remy. 62 00:02:56,801 --> 00:02:59,064 I was sent by the state police to run the investigation 63 00:02:59,151 --> 00:03:00,718 into your murdered chief. 64 00:03:00,805 --> 00:03:02,372 - I thought the chief was just missing? 65 00:03:02,415 --> 00:03:04,374 - She was, 66 00:03:04,374 --> 00:03:06,071 until a fisherman ran over her body in the harbor. 67 00:03:06,071 --> 00:03:08,334 [chilling tone] 68 00:03:08,378 --> 00:03:09,683 And something you all may not know 69 00:03:09,727 --> 00:03:11,250 is that the chief was investigating 70 00:03:11,294 --> 00:03:13,339 a series of murders. 71 00:03:13,383 --> 00:03:14,862 They all followed the same M.O.-- 72 00:03:17,169 --> 00:03:20,781 Throat slashed with severe uneven wounds, 73 00:03:20,825 --> 00:03:23,436 and a draining of almost all of the victim's blood. 74 00:03:25,264 --> 00:03:26,744 I just examined the chief's body 75 00:03:26,831 --> 00:03:31,531 and observed the exact same wound pattern. 76 00:03:31,618 --> 00:03:32,358 - Boat propeller could have chewed her up. 77 00:03:33,968 --> 00:03:35,622 - Lotta sharks in the water at this time. 78 00:03:35,666 --> 00:03:39,191 - Which is why need to stop protecting the seals. 79 00:03:39,235 --> 00:03:41,498 - I don't mind the sharks 80 00:03:41,541 --> 00:03:42,847 as long as they're only killing Yankee fans. 81 00:03:42,890 --> 00:03:44,718 [laughter] 82 00:03:44,762 --> 00:03:46,285 - I'm sorry, but this isn't funny. 83 00:03:46,329 --> 00:03:48,722 A law enforcement officer was murdered 84 00:03:48,766 --> 00:03:51,986 by what appears to be a serial killer. 85 00:03:52,073 --> 00:03:53,292 - Do you have proof that these cases are related? 86 00:03:53,336 --> 00:03:55,555 Right? DNA? 87 00:03:55,555 --> 00:03:57,296 - Not yet. 88 00:03:57,340 --> 00:03:58,645 - I just don't know why we would make a big fuss 89 00:03:58,689 --> 00:03:59,559 when we don't even know if there's a problem. 90 00:03:59,559 --> 00:04:01,648 - Your chief was brutally murdered 91 00:04:01,692 --> 00:04:02,867 and thrown in the harbor. 92 00:04:02,910 --> 00:04:05,173 I'd say that's a problem. 93 00:04:05,217 --> 00:04:06,871 - I mean, do we even know she was murdered? 94 00:04:06,914 --> 00:04:08,873 - Maybe she went for a night swim. 95 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:10,788 - In her uniform? 96 00:04:10,788 --> 00:04:15,575 And many of these murders occurred miles from the ocean. 97 00:04:15,575 --> 00:04:18,448 Do you think the sharks and the boat propellers 98 00:04:18,448 --> 00:04:21,015 somehow came on land to kill all these people? 99 00:04:21,015 --> 00:04:23,757 - Look, Trooper. 100 00:04:23,801 --> 00:04:26,543 We really appreciate what you're trying to do here. 101 00:04:26,586 --> 00:04:28,240 Mass State Police are a wonderful organization 102 00:04:28,284 --> 00:04:29,981 full of fine men and women. 103 00:04:30,024 --> 00:04:31,330 - Absolutely. - Hear, hear. 104 00:04:31,374 --> 00:04:32,418 [light clapping] 105 00:04:32,462 --> 00:04:35,247 But these are wintertime problems. 106 00:04:35,334 --> 00:04:37,249 - What does that mean? - It means strange things 107 00:04:37,336 --> 00:04:38,946 happen down the cape in the winter. 108 00:04:39,033 --> 00:04:41,819 Everyone knows it. 109 00:04:41,906 --> 00:04:43,560 Us full-timers just accept it 110 00:04:43,603 --> 00:04:47,259 as the price of living in such a special place. 111 00:04:47,346 --> 00:04:49,827 But by the time spring rolls around, 112 00:04:49,914 --> 00:04:53,613 you'll see it all just magically stops. 113 00:04:53,700 --> 00:04:55,833 And the worst problem we have? 114 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,922 Uh, traffic on Route 6, 115 00:04:57,965 --> 00:04:59,837 a bad sunburn, 116 00:04:59,924 --> 00:05:02,187 and too much butter on a lobster roll. 117 00:05:02,187 --> 00:05:03,841 [laughter] 118 00:05:03,928 --> 00:05:06,496 - So you're saying I should just let this go? 119 00:05:06,496 --> 00:05:08,715 - We're saying that everyone in this room 120 00:05:08,802 --> 00:05:11,196 depends upon the summer to pay for the winter. 121 00:05:11,196 --> 00:05:12,850 We are saying 122 00:05:12,850 --> 00:05:15,287 that if you start making noise about this stuff, 123 00:05:15,287 --> 00:05:16,810 maybe the papers in Boston will pick it up, 124 00:05:16,854 --> 00:05:18,029 and then the New York rags, 125 00:05:18,072 --> 00:05:20,248 and then suddenly, all of those city-folk 126 00:05:20,292 --> 00:05:22,033 who drive down for the weekend in July 127 00:05:22,076 --> 00:05:23,643 to spend all of that sweet city money 128 00:05:23,730 --> 00:05:26,254 get spooked and decide that maybe 129 00:05:26,298 --> 00:05:27,560 the Berkshires, or Newport, 130 00:05:27,604 --> 00:05:29,649 or--God forbid-- the Hamptons are just as nice. 131 00:05:29,649 --> 00:05:32,217 But not worth all the trouble and the worry. 132 00:05:32,217 --> 00:05:34,437 - The gays might stop coming. 133 00:05:34,437 --> 00:05:35,786 [chilling tone] 134 00:05:38,092 --> 00:05:39,180 - You're all hiding something. 135 00:05:39,224 --> 00:05:41,269 You know something. 136 00:05:41,313 --> 00:05:42,880 - We know what's best for this community. 137 00:05:42,967 --> 00:05:44,229 ♪ 138 00:05:44,316 --> 00:05:46,100 We know what's best for you. 139 00:05:46,187 --> 00:05:48,886 - I was sent by the State of Massachusetts 140 00:05:48,973 --> 00:05:51,192 to come down here and find out what's been going on, 141 00:05:51,236 --> 00:05:53,281 and that's what I'm gonna do. 142 00:05:53,325 --> 00:05:57,329 Impeding an investigation is a crime. 143 00:05:57,329 --> 00:05:58,852 And they don't serve lobster rolls 144 00:05:58,896 --> 00:06:00,114 in Walpole State Prison. 145 00:06:00,158 --> 00:06:06,686 ♪ 146 00:06:06,773 --> 00:06:07,470 [door slams] 147 00:06:11,256 --> 00:06:12,388 - Don't worry. 148 00:06:13,780 --> 00:06:15,042 I'll take care of it. 149 00:06:15,129 --> 00:06:16,522 ♪ 150 00:06:18,132 --> 00:06:20,787 [chilling music] 151 00:06:20,831 --> 00:06:27,838 ♪ 152 00:06:46,726 --> 00:06:53,298 ♪ 153 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:14,101 ♪ 154 00:07:25,678 --> 00:07:27,854 [eerie string music] 155 00:07:27,898 --> 00:07:29,769 - Look, 156 00:07:29,769 --> 00:07:32,772 we have been extremely patient and understanding 157 00:07:32,772 --> 00:07:34,861 about this whole business with the pills 158 00:07:34,905 --> 00:07:36,863 and the blood drinking. 159 00:07:36,907 --> 00:07:38,865 I mean, the pales recede into the woods 160 00:07:38,909 --> 00:07:40,650 during the summer, 161 00:07:40,650 --> 00:07:41,433 and you gluttons don't feed on anybody 162 00:07:41,477 --> 00:07:43,304 who actual matters in this town. 163 00:07:43,348 --> 00:07:45,872 - And we don't feed past Memorial Day. 164 00:07:45,916 --> 00:07:47,004 - Yes. The system has held. 165 00:07:47,091 --> 00:07:48,658 It's a symbiosis. 166 00:07:48,745 --> 00:07:51,008 You get the freedom and the quiet 167 00:07:51,095 --> 00:07:52,879 to write and kill, and we get to brag 168 00:07:52,923 --> 00:07:55,578 about having artists make their winter home out here. 169 00:07:55,665 --> 00:07:57,449 It adds to the charm. 170 00:07:57,536 --> 00:07:59,669 But this winter has been completely out of control. 171 00:07:59,712 --> 00:08:02,454 I mean, you killed the chief. 172 00:08:02,541 --> 00:08:04,151 If that isn't the worst example of shitting where you eat, 173 00:08:04,151 --> 00:08:05,675 I don't know what is. 174 00:08:05,718 --> 00:08:07,024 - It's not us. It's the Hollywood people. 175 00:08:07,024 --> 00:08:09,113 They ruin everything. - It's true. 176 00:08:09,156 --> 00:08:10,680 - Belle and I are people of the letters. 177 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,552 Literature, the stage-- these are art forms that demand 178 00:08:13,596 --> 00:08:15,772 a degree of decorum and restraint from their purveyors. 179 00:08:15,815 --> 00:08:17,991 These fucking Hollywood people have no decency. 180 00:08:18,035 --> 00:08:20,080 - And no self-control. 181 00:08:20,124 --> 00:08:23,301 That beast of a man gave the pills to his child. 182 00:08:23,344 --> 00:08:24,998 It makes you think that maybe some of that QAnon business 183 00:08:25,042 --> 00:08:26,826 about them being satanic baby-killers 184 00:08:26,826 --> 00:08:29,133 is based in some fact. 185 00:08:29,133 --> 00:08:31,831 - All I know is I told you two to get rid of him days ago. 186 00:08:31,831 --> 00:08:33,572 - I've been very busy. I'm on a deadline. 187 00:08:33,616 --> 00:08:35,574 - Yeah, well, so are we. 188 00:08:35,618 --> 00:08:38,272 The council asked me to convey a message: 189 00:08:38,272 --> 00:08:41,362 "Get rid of the troublemakers, or all of you 190 00:08:41,406 --> 00:08:42,929 are suddenly gonna find yourself 191 00:08:42,973 --> 00:08:45,062 going into some very annoying zoning issues, 192 00:08:45,149 --> 00:08:46,237 including painting all of the curbs 193 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,456 in front of your houses red 194 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:52,025 and declaring all of your domiciles as historic landmarks 195 00:08:52,069 --> 00:08:53,592 which means that even to change a bulb 196 00:08:53,636 --> 00:08:56,160 will take a six-week approval process. 197 00:08:56,203 --> 00:09:00,338 ♪ 198 00:09:00,381 --> 00:09:04,429 You know, I stopped Burger King from opening in this town. 199 00:09:04,516 --> 00:09:06,213 I can stop you too. 200 00:09:06,300 --> 00:09:08,607 ♪ 201 00:09:08,651 --> 00:09:09,608 [door shuts] 202 00:09:09,652 --> 00:09:12,263 - [sighs] So what's the plan? 203 00:09:12,306 --> 00:09:14,395 - [chuckles] 204 00:09:14,439 --> 00:09:19,705 ♪ 205 00:09:34,459 --> 00:09:36,200 - So what do you think? 206 00:09:36,243 --> 00:09:36,940 - Well... 207 00:09:40,247 --> 00:09:41,031 I think you should kill yourself. 208 00:09:43,033 --> 00:09:45,557 Because you will never write anything this good-- 209 00:09:45,601 --> 00:09:48,560 no one will. No one has. 210 00:09:48,604 --> 00:09:50,431 - Good, I'm glad you like it. 211 00:09:50,475 --> 00:09:52,085 I'm kind of proud of it. - This is really it, Harry. 212 00:09:52,129 --> 00:09:53,434 I mean, this is your masterpiece. 213 00:09:53,478 --> 00:09:55,219 It's your "Moby Dick," 214 00:09:55,262 --> 00:09:57,787 your "Romeo and Juliet," your "Godfather." 215 00:09:57,830 --> 00:09:58,831 - Thanks, I know. 216 00:10:01,007 --> 00:10:04,315 Which is why I need to make a family announcement. 217 00:10:04,358 --> 00:10:06,360 Now that spring is coming, 218 00:10:06,447 --> 00:10:08,493 and I've written basically five years' worth of stuff 219 00:10:08,580 --> 00:10:09,233 since we've been here... 220 00:10:09,276 --> 00:10:11,148 [breathes deeply] 221 00:10:12,932 --> 00:10:13,367 We're done. 222 00:10:15,152 --> 00:10:17,154 - Done with what? 223 00:10:17,241 --> 00:10:19,547 - With the pills. 224 00:10:19,591 --> 00:10:20,984 It's been a fun ride, 225 00:10:21,027 --> 00:10:22,681 but it's time to get off this crazy train. 226 00:10:22,725 --> 00:10:25,249 - You mean until next winter, right? 227 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:28,339 - I mean for good. 228 00:10:28,382 --> 00:10:29,166 - So now that you're done with your masterpiece, 229 00:10:29,253 --> 00:10:30,994 we all have to stop? 230 00:10:31,037 --> 00:10:32,778 - It's not like that. - It's exactly like that. 231 00:10:32,822 --> 00:10:34,606 You're being selfish. - I'm being a father. 232 00:10:34,693 --> 00:10:36,782 - All of a sudden? - Don't say that. 233 00:10:36,826 --> 00:10:38,175 After everything I've done for you this winter-- 234 00:10:38,262 --> 00:10:39,263 bringing you thermoses of blood, 235 00:10:39,306 --> 00:10:41,918 not grounding you for life 236 00:10:41,961 --> 00:10:43,833 for giving your mother a pill and condemning her 237 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,486 to the misery of those pale people. 238 00:10:45,530 --> 00:10:46,836 - That wasn't just for me. 239 00:10:46,923 --> 00:10:48,185 You did all of that for you too! 240 00:10:48,185 --> 00:10:50,230 [intense music] 241 00:10:51,318 --> 00:10:54,191 Tell him he's wrong. 242 00:10:54,191 --> 00:10:56,976 Tell him that we can't stop, that we don't have to stop. 243 00:10:57,063 --> 00:10:58,978 That we're better than everybody else. 244 00:10:59,065 --> 00:11:00,980 That no one else matters but people like us. 245 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,767 - Well, there is some truth to that, sweetheart. 246 00:11:04,767 --> 00:11:06,072 There's a lot of truth. 247 00:11:06,072 --> 00:11:08,858 Harry, you don't take your foot off the gas 248 00:11:08,945 --> 00:11:10,207 just as you're pulling out into the lead. 249 00:11:10,294 --> 00:11:11,904 - I don't want to have to kill anymore. 250 00:11:13,210 --> 00:11:15,429 I just want to raise you and enjoy the fruits 251 00:11:15,516 --> 00:11:16,953 of what we've accomplished this year 252 00:11:16,996 --> 00:11:19,999 and maybe over time get some of my soul back. 253 00:11:20,086 --> 00:11:22,436 - Yeah, it doesn't work that way, bubbulah. 254 00:11:22,523 --> 00:11:25,004 Once you sell your soul, it's gone. 255 00:11:25,091 --> 00:11:27,050 - I don't want to believe that. 256 00:11:27,093 --> 00:11:28,616 - Because you're framing it as a bad thing, 257 00:11:28,660 --> 00:11:30,749 but it is not. It's freedom. 258 00:11:30,793 --> 00:11:33,534 Why have a conscience or a moral code anymore? 259 00:11:33,578 --> 00:11:35,232 You're above all of that. 260 00:11:35,232 --> 00:11:37,800 This is what success feels like, Harry, 261 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,889 It feels like superiority. 262 00:11:39,932 --> 00:11:41,891 [dark music] 263 00:11:41,934 --> 00:11:43,762 ♪ 264 00:11:43,806 --> 00:11:45,546 - Alma, I believe in you. 265 00:11:45,590 --> 00:11:47,897 You are better at playing your violin 266 00:11:47,940 --> 00:11:49,768 than most of us will ever be at anything. 267 00:11:49,812 --> 00:11:51,639 And now I can be home all the time 268 00:11:51,683 --> 00:11:54,555 with no distractions to support your dreams. 269 00:11:54,599 --> 00:11:56,557 I can just be a dad to you and your brother. 270 00:11:56,601 --> 00:11:59,560 We can do this the right way. 271 00:11:59,604 --> 00:12:01,345 You just have to trust me. 272 00:12:01,388 --> 00:12:04,565 [soft music] 273 00:12:04,609 --> 00:12:05,218 - Okay. 274 00:12:05,262 --> 00:12:07,046 - [scoffs quietly] 275 00:12:07,133 --> 00:12:09,048 ♪ 276 00:12:09,135 --> 00:12:11,355 - I love you so much, honey. 277 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:12,835 - I love you too, Daddy. 278 00:12:14,184 --> 00:12:17,143 [dark, ominous music] 279 00:12:17,187 --> 00:12:20,843 ♪ 280 00:12:32,855 --> 00:12:35,074 - Insane Brainz Memory Boost. 281 00:12:35,074 --> 00:12:37,294 - It's supposed to be cutting edge. 282 00:12:37,294 --> 00:12:38,077 - I guess it's because "brains" is spelled with a Z 283 00:12:38,077 --> 00:12:39,600 instead of an S. 284 00:12:39,644 --> 00:12:40,950 I feel the boost already. 285 00:12:40,993 --> 00:12:43,256 - [forced laughter] 286 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:44,605 - You really think vitamins are gonna make up 287 00:12:44,649 --> 00:12:47,260 for the black pills? - I didn't say that. 288 00:12:47,304 --> 00:12:49,959 I just think the transition's gonna be hard for us, 289 00:12:49,959 --> 00:12:50,742 and it can't hurt to be as healthy-- 290 00:12:50,786 --> 00:12:52,396 [eerie tone] 291 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:57,662 ♪ 292 00:12:57,749 --> 00:12:59,011 - What? - I thought I saw her. 293 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,450 - [sighs] Dad, you gotta let her go. 294 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:06,192 - [scoffs] 295 00:13:06,192 --> 00:13:08,542 She's not some stray cat that shows up on your porch. 296 00:13:08,542 --> 00:13:10,631 You're talking about your mother. 297 00:13:10,675 --> 00:13:13,460 That's your mother out there. - She isn't anything anymore. 298 00:13:13,547 --> 00:13:15,027 She's not even a person. 299 00:13:16,246 --> 00:13:17,116 - Whoever it was is gone. 300 00:13:21,338 --> 00:13:22,339 - Dad? 301 00:13:22,426 --> 00:13:24,558 Did someone break in? 302 00:13:25,821 --> 00:13:27,561 [Ursula speaking indistinctly] 303 00:13:27,648 --> 00:13:28,911 Kay, you throw another number out. 304 00:13:28,998 --> 00:13:29,912 I'm gonna fly out there and kick you 305 00:13:29,955 --> 00:13:30,347 in the fucking face. - Ursula! 306 00:13:30,434 --> 00:13:32,305 - Hang on. What? 307 00:13:32,349 --> 00:13:33,350 - The kitchen door-- It looks like someone broke in. 308 00:13:33,350 --> 00:13:34,568 - Broke in? 309 00:13:34,655 --> 00:13:35,918 Francis, I have to call you back. 310 00:13:35,918 --> 00:13:38,921 [suspenseful music] 311 00:13:38,921 --> 00:13:42,141 ♪ 312 00:13:42,228 --> 00:13:43,490 [chilling tone] 313 00:13:46,667 --> 00:13:47,755 - I know good help is hard to find, 314 00:13:47,799 --> 00:13:48,931 but you really should look into 315 00:13:49,018 --> 00:13:50,802 a new babysitter. [chuckling] 316 00:13:50,889 --> 00:13:53,109 In the meantime, I've taken it on myself 317 00:13:53,152 --> 00:13:54,588 to look after the little bundle of joy. 318 00:13:54,675 --> 00:13:56,590 Don't worry, he'll be safe and sound 319 00:13:56,677 --> 00:13:58,157 and snug as a bug. 320 00:13:58,244 --> 00:13:58,897 But if you aren't at my house by sunset, 321 00:13:58,941 --> 00:14:02,205 that will change. 322 00:14:02,248 --> 00:14:05,164 PS: Make sure you bring the string plucker. 323 00:14:05,164 --> 00:14:07,601 This needs to be a family meeting. 324 00:14:07,645 --> 00:14:08,733 Sincerely, Belle. 325 00:14:08,733 --> 00:14:11,170 [chilling tone] 326 00:14:12,389 --> 00:14:13,607 - Eli's gone. 327 00:14:13,607 --> 00:14:14,913 She took him. - Who took him? 328 00:14:14,957 --> 00:14:17,220 - Belle. You didn't hear anything? 329 00:14:17,263 --> 00:14:19,135 - Well, I heard a bonk or two, but I figured 330 00:14:19,178 --> 00:14:20,136 he was just moving around in his crib. 331 00:14:20,179 --> 00:14:21,920 - Newborns don't move around in their crib. 332 00:14:21,964 --> 00:14:23,269 - Well, what do you want me to say? 333 00:14:23,313 --> 00:14:24,923 I've been on the phone nonstop. 334 00:14:24,967 --> 00:14:26,272 I mean, Fincher, Cuarón, Nolan-- 335 00:14:26,316 --> 00:14:27,708 they all want to work with you. 336 00:14:27,752 --> 00:14:30,146 - Why would she do this to Eli? 337 00:14:30,189 --> 00:14:31,364 - There's only one reason I can think of. 338 00:14:31,408 --> 00:14:32,931 Belle's had it in for us ever since 339 00:14:32,975 --> 00:14:34,237 she found out you were taking the pills. 340 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:35,368 [breathes heavily] That's what this is about. 341 00:14:35,412 --> 00:14:37,283 She thinks we've crossed the line. 342 00:14:37,327 --> 00:14:39,720 - You mean she wants to kill us? 343 00:14:39,764 --> 00:14:41,070 - She won't be alone. 344 00:14:41,113 --> 00:14:43,289 Austin will be there. 345 00:14:43,333 --> 00:14:44,943 God knows who else. 346 00:14:44,987 --> 00:14:45,422 We'll never come out of there alive. 347 00:14:45,465 --> 00:14:47,859 ♪ 348 00:14:47,946 --> 00:14:49,208 We can't call the police or... 349 00:14:49,295 --> 00:14:50,601 everything will come out. 350 00:14:50,644 --> 00:14:51,384 - We gotta go get Eli, Dad. 351 00:14:51,428 --> 00:14:53,169 - I can't risk losing you too. 352 00:14:53,212 --> 00:14:54,648 - You read the note. 353 00:14:54,735 --> 00:14:56,563 She wants both of us or she'll kill him. 354 00:14:56,563 --> 00:14:57,564 ♪ 355 00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:59,958 I'm not scared. 356 00:15:00,002 --> 00:15:02,395 I took out a police chief, remember? 357 00:15:02,439 --> 00:15:05,311 Plus, we have Ursula. 358 00:15:05,355 --> 00:15:06,747 - She's right. 359 00:15:06,791 --> 00:15:08,271 You need to go to Belle's and face them. 360 00:15:08,314 --> 00:15:09,228 But not with me. I'm not going with you. 361 00:15:09,272 --> 00:15:11,100 ♪ 362 00:15:11,143 --> 00:15:13,319 - Chicken-shit little bitch. 363 00:15:13,363 --> 00:15:14,320 ♪ 364 00:15:14,364 --> 00:15:16,409 - I am digging deep in my soul 365 00:15:16,453 --> 00:15:19,325 to find the small sliver of goodness 366 00:15:19,369 --> 00:15:22,241 that will allow me to overlook what you just said. 367 00:15:22,241 --> 00:15:22,807 Hear me out. 368 00:15:22,807 --> 00:15:24,591 ♪ 369 00:15:32,948 --> 00:15:35,907 [ominous music] 370 00:15:35,951 --> 00:15:42,958 ♪ 371 00:15:51,183 --> 00:15:52,054 - Hello? 372 00:15:55,144 --> 00:15:56,841 Hello? 373 00:15:58,756 --> 00:15:59,931 I know you're out here! 374 00:16:00,018 --> 00:16:02,412 I know that you can hear me! 375 00:16:02,499 --> 00:16:05,937 ♪ 376 00:16:06,024 --> 00:16:07,504 Just hope you have enough brain cells left to understand. 377 00:16:09,419 --> 00:16:10,289 Hello? 378 00:16:10,289 --> 00:16:13,075 [bones creaking] 379 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,732 - [groaning] 380 00:16:22,388 --> 00:16:24,869 - Look, I know this sucks, okay? 381 00:16:24,956 --> 00:16:28,264 I know you got a raw deal. 382 00:16:28,307 --> 00:16:31,180 But you are not monsters. 383 00:16:31,267 --> 00:16:32,833 You're a bunch of Laurence Fishburnes. 384 00:16:32,877 --> 00:16:35,532 ♪ 385 00:16:35,619 --> 00:16:37,969 Fishburne turned down "Pulp Fiction" 386 00:16:38,056 --> 00:16:40,493 because his agent told him he'd be working with John Travolta-- 387 00:16:40,537 --> 00:16:41,799 a has-been. 388 00:16:43,540 --> 00:16:46,717 Now, look, you all made a very bad call, 389 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:48,980 but it is not the end of the story. 390 00:16:49,067 --> 00:16:52,462 Fishburne went on to beat out Sam Jackson for "The Matrix." 391 00:16:52,462 --> 00:16:54,116 - [growls] 392 00:16:54,116 --> 00:16:57,728 - The moral of the story is that sometimes 393 00:16:57,771 --> 00:16:58,555 there are second chances. 394 00:16:58,555 --> 00:17:00,644 ♪ 395 00:17:00,687 --> 00:17:01,471 And that's what I'm here to offer you-- 396 00:17:01,558 --> 00:17:02,907 a second chance. 397 00:17:04,213 --> 00:17:06,302 [pills rattle] There's a new pill 398 00:17:06,345 --> 00:17:08,391 with a new formula. 399 00:17:08,434 --> 00:17:10,741 Not only is it more potent than the last pill, 400 00:17:10,784 --> 00:17:12,308 but it has no side effects. 401 00:17:12,351 --> 00:17:15,789 It might actually undo what happened to you. 402 00:17:15,876 --> 00:17:18,357 You have to understand... 403 00:17:18,444 --> 00:17:19,532 you can be cured. 404 00:17:19,576 --> 00:17:22,666 You don't have to live this way anymore. 405 00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:25,147 I am not the enemy. 406 00:17:25,234 --> 00:17:27,540 Okay? The people who took that pill 407 00:17:27,584 --> 00:17:30,587 and didn't end up like you-- they're the enemy. 408 00:17:30,674 --> 00:17:32,980 They're all laughing at you. 409 00:17:33,024 --> 00:17:35,331 - [snarls] - Every success they have 410 00:17:35,374 --> 00:17:37,159 is a slap in your face. 411 00:17:37,246 --> 00:17:40,379 ♪ 412 00:17:40,466 --> 00:17:41,163 - [inhaling, grunting] 413 00:17:41,163 --> 00:17:42,468 - [snarls] 414 00:17:42,512 --> 00:17:43,687 - [growls] 415 00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:46,385 [intense music] 416 00:17:46,429 --> 00:17:53,436 ♪ 417 00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:00,617 - Care for some baby charcuterie? 418 00:18:00,617 --> 00:18:03,010 I hear it's delicious. 419 00:18:03,054 --> 00:18:03,837 Pull in the reigns, Daddy! 420 00:18:03,924 --> 00:18:05,143 [baby cries softly] Come on. Come on. 421 00:18:05,187 --> 00:18:06,579 - Okay, okay, okay. 422 00:18:06,623 --> 00:18:08,538 - [chuckles] Kay, good. Much obliged. 423 00:18:10,714 --> 00:18:11,323 - What do you want? 424 00:18:13,282 --> 00:18:14,848 [door slams] - Harry! 425 00:18:14,935 --> 00:18:17,024 [baby whines softly] 426 00:18:17,068 --> 00:18:18,025 [lock clicks loudly] - Belle, 427 00:18:18,069 --> 00:18:18,809 whatever you're thinking of doing, 428 00:18:18,852 --> 00:18:21,072 just let me take my kids and leave town. 429 00:18:21,159 --> 00:18:22,987 I swear, you will never hear from us again. 430 00:18:22,987 --> 00:18:24,293 - [sighs] 431 00:18:24,336 --> 00:18:26,208 - Until your supply of pills runs out. 432 00:18:26,295 --> 00:18:29,863 - No, we're off the pills. 433 00:18:29,950 --> 00:18:31,300 We're never taking them again. 434 00:18:31,387 --> 00:18:32,431 I just want to go back to my old life. 435 00:18:32,518 --> 00:18:34,738 - [chuckles] - Sure you do. 436 00:18:34,781 --> 00:18:36,870 - Listen, I just finished writing something 437 00:18:36,957 --> 00:18:38,307 and it's gonna be huge. 438 00:18:38,394 --> 00:18:41,614 I don't need the pills anymore. It's the truth. 439 00:18:41,658 --> 00:18:42,006 - You forget you're talking to a fellow writer. 440 00:18:42,093 --> 00:18:44,095 Uh-- correction: 441 00:18:44,139 --> 00:18:46,532 Novelists are writers. 442 00:18:46,619 --> 00:18:48,447 Screenwriters are more like creative typists. 443 00:18:48,534 --> 00:18:49,666 - [laughs] - Really, 444 00:18:49,753 --> 00:18:51,755 all we are is professional liars. 445 00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:53,887 And the truth is whatever we decide it is. 446 00:18:53,974 --> 00:18:55,759 But lucky for us, 447 00:18:55,802 --> 00:18:57,108 the tasting party is just getting started. 448 00:18:57,152 --> 00:18:58,892 - Don't hurt him! - Ahh! 449 00:18:58,892 --> 00:19:00,764 - I promise he won't feel a thing. 450 00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:02,200 But you, on the other hand, 451 00:19:02,244 --> 00:19:04,202 are going to feel it profoundly. 452 00:19:04,246 --> 00:19:05,899 - Can't say we didn't give you a chance, Harry. 453 00:19:05,899 --> 00:19:07,031 We tried to be welcoming. 454 00:19:07,031 --> 00:19:09,773 P-town is a welcoming place. 455 00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:11,035 But you fucked it up. 456 00:19:11,035 --> 00:19:12,341 - Dad. 457 00:19:12,384 --> 00:19:14,647 - It's my fault, really. 458 00:19:14,691 --> 00:19:16,562 I should have seen how this was going to pan out. 459 00:19:16,606 --> 00:19:18,695 I mean, is there anything 460 00:19:18,695 --> 00:19:22,002 Hollywood hasn't fucked up in the end? 461 00:19:22,046 --> 00:19:24,570 More often than not, whatever came out of there 462 00:19:24,614 --> 00:19:26,137 finished in a pool of its own piss. 463 00:19:26,181 --> 00:19:27,878 [both laugh] 464 00:19:27,921 --> 00:19:30,663 Whether it be Marilyn or even Fitzgerald. 465 00:19:30,707 --> 00:19:32,491 I mean, even back in the early 1900s 466 00:19:32,491 --> 00:19:35,102 when the silent pictures were coming out 467 00:19:35,146 --> 00:19:37,104 and the film people were moving to Hollywood, 468 00:19:37,148 --> 00:19:38,932 the locals didn't want them there. 469 00:19:38,932 --> 00:19:40,673 They called film people "movies" because they were all 470 00:19:40,717 --> 00:19:41,283 moving around and causing trouble. 471 00:19:41,283 --> 00:19:43,110 It was a term of disdain. 472 00:19:43,154 --> 00:19:45,678 The locals back, they were right and so are we. 473 00:19:45,722 --> 00:19:46,679 But unlike them, 474 00:19:46,723 --> 00:19:49,116 we're going to clean up this town! 475 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:49,682 - [shouts] - [grunts] 476 00:19:49,726 --> 00:19:51,162 [glass shatters] 477 00:19:51,206 --> 00:19:52,816 [classical string music playing] 478 00:19:52,859 --> 00:19:55,035 [baby crying] 479 00:19:55,079 --> 00:19:57,647 ♪ 480 00:19:57,734 --> 00:19:59,736 [grunting] 481 00:19:59,823 --> 00:20:01,259 ♪ 482 00:20:01,303 --> 00:20:02,260 - Go, come on! 483 00:20:02,304 --> 00:20:04,044 ♪ 484 00:20:04,088 --> 00:20:05,263 Come on. 485 00:20:05,307 --> 00:20:06,612 ♪ 486 00:20:06,656 --> 00:20:08,614 - [grunts] 487 00:20:08,658 --> 00:20:09,615 [growls] 488 00:20:09,659 --> 00:20:10,877 - [laughs] 489 00:20:10,964 --> 00:20:15,273 ♪ 490 00:20:15,317 --> 00:20:16,753 [shouts in pain] Shit! 491 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,712 ♪ 492 00:20:19,756 --> 00:20:21,540 - [screaming] 493 00:20:21,627 --> 00:20:27,851 ♪ 494 00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:31,202 [chokes, gasps] 495 00:20:31,289 --> 00:20:33,900 [classical music continues] 496 00:20:33,987 --> 00:20:41,038 ♪ 497 00:20:42,257 --> 00:20:43,562 - [growls] 498 00:20:43,649 --> 00:20:44,781 - Shit. 499 00:20:44,868 --> 00:20:46,348 ♪ 500 00:20:46,435 --> 00:20:47,131 [gunshots blast] 501 00:20:47,218 --> 00:20:53,485 ♪ 502 00:20:56,706 --> 00:20:57,837 [gunshots blasting] 503 00:21:03,060 --> 00:21:06,324 ♪ 504 00:21:06,368 --> 00:21:07,586 [music concludes] 505 00:21:07,673 --> 00:21:09,240 - [sighs] Well, 506 00:21:09,284 --> 00:21:10,459 that went better than expected. 507 00:21:12,374 --> 00:21:13,462 Was touch and go there for a sec. 508 00:21:13,505 --> 00:21:15,768 I wasn't sure I was getting through to them. 509 00:21:15,812 --> 00:21:18,336 But in the end, they bought it hook, line, and sinker. 510 00:21:18,380 --> 00:21:19,468 - [breathlessly] Thank you. 511 00:21:19,555 --> 00:21:21,383 Now tell me how the fuck you did that. 512 00:21:21,470 --> 00:21:22,471 - Well, sometimes it's best 513 00:21:22,558 --> 00:21:24,690 not to ask how the sausage is made. 514 00:21:24,734 --> 00:21:26,257 Just know that I would do anything 515 00:21:26,301 --> 00:21:26,953 for my favorite client. 516 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:28,825 - All that wasted talent. 517 00:21:28,912 --> 00:21:30,827 [baby cries] 518 00:21:30,914 --> 00:21:33,786 [dark music] 519 00:21:33,830 --> 00:21:35,353 [baby whines] 520 00:21:35,397 --> 00:21:36,572 - Oh, here, I'll do it. 521 00:21:36,615 --> 00:21:38,617 He's fine. he's fine. 522 00:21:38,704 --> 00:21:40,010 See? Shh. 523 00:21:40,053 --> 00:21:42,404 Oh, Jesus, I think this kid is actually 524 00:21:42,491 --> 00:21:43,405 bringing out my maternal instinct. 525 00:21:43,448 --> 00:21:45,058 I hope there's a pill for that. 526 00:21:47,931 --> 00:21:48,975 - Are you okay? 527 00:21:48,975 --> 00:21:50,281 - Yeah. 528 00:21:50,325 --> 00:21:52,631 [soft music] 529 00:21:52,631 --> 00:21:54,633 - You were so brave. - So were you, Dad. 530 00:21:54,633 --> 00:21:57,288 - We're gonna be all right. 531 00:21:57,288 --> 00:21:59,508 We're gonna get through this and go back to our old life 532 00:21:59,551 --> 00:22:01,640 and be happy-- the three of us. 533 00:22:01,727 --> 00:22:03,033 - I'm sorry, Dad, 534 00:22:03,076 --> 00:22:04,382 but it's just gonna be the two of us. 535 00:22:04,426 --> 00:22:06,819 ♪ 536 00:22:06,863 --> 00:22:10,040 - What? - I gotta be the greatest. 537 00:22:10,083 --> 00:22:11,171 [chilling tone] 538 00:22:11,215 --> 00:22:13,435 I can't let you stop me. 539 00:22:13,435 --> 00:22:14,958 - [shouts in pain] 540 00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:16,394 [grunts, groans] 541 00:22:16,438 --> 00:22:18,178 ♪ 542 00:22:18,222 --> 00:22:20,224 [grunting in pain] 543 00:22:20,224 --> 00:22:22,531 ♪ 544 00:22:22,531 --> 00:22:24,446 - I don't think I'll ever get used to that. 545 00:22:24,446 --> 00:22:26,056 - It's a loss. 546 00:22:26,099 --> 00:22:27,318 He could have been the next Sorkin. 547 00:22:27,318 --> 00:22:28,406 [baby whines] It's fucking tragic. 548 00:22:28,450 --> 00:22:31,409 ♪ 549 00:22:31,453 --> 00:22:34,412 So it looks like the new pill really works. 550 00:22:34,456 --> 00:22:36,762 - Actually, they were old pills that I rejected 551 00:22:36,806 --> 00:22:38,895 'cause they caused some strange behavior. 552 00:22:38,895 --> 00:22:41,114 Made the users turn on each other. 553 00:22:41,114 --> 00:22:42,681 On these poor fools, it made then turn on anyone 554 00:22:42,681 --> 00:22:44,770 using and talented. 555 00:22:44,770 --> 00:22:46,119 - Hmm, explains why they didn't come after me. 556 00:22:48,339 --> 00:22:48,818 - You really think the state trooper's 557 00:22:48,861 --> 00:22:50,428 gonna believe this story? 558 00:22:50,472 --> 00:22:52,909 That he killed all of them? 559 00:22:52,909 --> 00:22:55,477 - Well, it's gonna take a little dressing, 560 00:22:55,477 --> 00:22:56,565 a little finessing, 561 00:22:56,608 --> 00:22:58,697 but a strung-out Hollywood writer 562 00:22:58,697 --> 00:23:01,439 under pressure and doing drugs going all Manson? 563 00:23:01,483 --> 00:23:03,136 I think that's a story I can sell. 564 00:23:03,223 --> 00:23:04,573 But that can wait. 565 00:23:04,660 --> 00:23:07,532 First, we set you up in La La Land 566 00:23:07,576 --> 00:23:09,882 so you can start cranking out your pills. 567 00:23:09,926 --> 00:23:11,928 There's a whole city bursting with talent 568 00:23:11,928 --> 00:23:12,929 just waiting to shell out for a boost. 569 00:23:15,061 --> 00:23:17,237 - Do you mind? 570 00:23:17,281 --> 00:23:18,282 I don't like people watching me while I eat. 571 00:23:18,282 --> 00:23:20,589 [chilling music] 572 00:23:30,729 --> 00:23:33,732 [lively, ominous music] 573 00:23:33,732 --> 00:23:40,391 ♪ 574 00:23:45,091 --> 00:23:45,440 - Yeah? 575 00:23:47,180 --> 00:23:50,314 - [speaking German] 576 00:23:50,314 --> 00:23:51,315 - [laughs] 577 00:23:51,315 --> 00:23:52,751 [eerie tone] 578 00:23:52,838 --> 00:23:53,448 - Hey. - [grunts] 579 00:23:55,537 --> 00:23:57,190 - Hey! 580 00:23:57,277 --> 00:23:59,062 - [speaking German] 581 00:23:59,105 --> 00:24:00,542 [chilling music] 582 00:24:00,629 --> 00:24:02,413 - [shrieks] 583 00:24:02,457 --> 00:24:04,546 [screaming] 584 00:24:04,633 --> 00:24:07,200 ♪ 585 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,072 [siren wails] 586 00:24:09,115 --> 00:24:10,203 [tires squeal] 587 00:24:10,247 --> 00:24:12,771 - [grunting hungrily] 588 00:24:12,771 --> 00:24:14,512 - Show me your hands! 589 00:24:14,556 --> 00:24:16,079 - Get back! - Hands up! 590 00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:18,081 - Get back! - Hands up! 591 00:24:18,124 --> 00:24:22,868 [gunshots blast] 592 00:24:22,912 --> 00:24:25,697 [sirens wailing] 593 00:24:28,787 --> 00:24:31,094 - This is the fifth police officer 594 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:33,226 who has been killed by fellow officers 595 00:24:33,226 --> 00:24:34,401 after attacking what appears to be 596 00:24:34,445 --> 00:24:35,794 random victims in the street. 597 00:24:35,881 --> 00:24:38,014 We have learned that each of the dead officers 598 00:24:38,101 --> 00:24:40,799 are well-known members of what police reform activists 599 00:24:40,886 --> 00:24:42,584 call the Bad Apple List, 600 00:24:42,671 --> 00:24:45,108 which is an unofficial database 601 00:24:45,108 --> 00:24:48,154 of LAPD officers with multiple race-based complaints 602 00:24:48,154 --> 00:24:50,461 filed against them. 603 00:24:50,461 --> 00:24:52,463 - Thank you, Miranda. More on this story at 10:00. 604 00:24:52,550 --> 00:24:55,901 - You shouldn't be messing with police. 605 00:24:55,901 --> 00:24:58,034 - I'm sorry, didn't you kill and eat a cop? 606 00:24:58,121 --> 00:24:59,688 - That was out of necessity. 607 00:24:59,775 --> 00:25:02,778 - What I'm doing is out of necessity too. 608 00:25:02,821 --> 00:25:05,476 Every one of those pricks 609 00:25:05,476 --> 00:25:06,825 had no business protecting and serving. 610 00:25:06,825 --> 00:25:09,654 Racist, sadistic garbage. 611 00:25:09,698 --> 00:25:11,134 - What if they find out that they're all on your pills? 612 00:25:11,177 --> 00:25:13,266 - They won't. And if they do, 613 00:25:13,266 --> 00:25:15,268 they won't know what it is. 614 00:25:15,268 --> 00:25:16,792 It's a proprietary formula, 615 00:25:16,835 --> 00:25:18,881 which means the only people that know about it 616 00:25:18,924 --> 00:25:22,885 are me and the military scum who paid for me to develop it. 617 00:25:22,928 --> 00:25:24,626 And they're not giving up their top security clearance 618 00:25:24,713 --> 00:25:26,671 to help some local detectives 619 00:25:26,715 --> 00:25:29,848 figure out what happened to a bunch of shitty cops. 620 00:25:29,935 --> 00:25:31,415 Look. 621 00:25:31,502 --> 00:25:33,069 I don't need money anymore. 622 00:25:33,156 --> 00:25:36,507 Ursula's taking care of that with her big client list. 623 00:25:36,594 --> 00:25:37,813 I have nothing left to prove as a scientist. 624 00:25:37,856 --> 00:25:41,730 I think I'll start giving back to my community. 625 00:25:41,773 --> 00:25:43,253 Do some public service. 626 00:25:43,296 --> 00:25:46,125 For me, that means ID'ing the worst cops in the city, 627 00:25:46,169 --> 00:25:48,388 sneaking them a little bit of my magic medicine, 628 00:25:48,432 --> 00:25:50,477 and sitting back and smiling 629 00:25:50,521 --> 00:25:52,697 as they slowly lose their shit and get what they deserve. 630 00:25:52,741 --> 00:25:55,047 Now stop sassing me and practice your violin. 631 00:25:55,091 --> 00:25:56,701 You're all of five years old trying to tell me how to be. 632 00:25:56,745 --> 00:25:58,877 - I'm nine. - You wanna make it to ten? 633 00:25:58,964 --> 00:26:01,445 [Ursula speaking indistinctly] 634 00:26:01,532 --> 00:26:02,751 [laughs] 635 00:26:04,883 --> 00:26:06,406 - I know she is a first-time creator. 636 00:26:06,450 --> 00:26:08,539 I know she was driving for Uber Eats a month ago. 637 00:26:08,539 --> 00:26:11,107 But this is what I do, Kevin. 638 00:26:11,107 --> 00:26:13,718 I find geniuses and genius ain't cheap. 639 00:26:13,762 --> 00:26:16,939 So either you up your offer by a lot, 640 00:26:16,982 --> 00:26:20,203 or if you prefer, you can just suck my dick. 641 00:26:20,246 --> 00:26:21,421 [phone beeps] 642 00:26:21,465 --> 00:26:23,293 [sighs] Where's Eli? 643 00:26:23,336 --> 00:26:25,861 - With the nanny. How was your day? 644 00:26:25,904 --> 00:26:27,079 - Oh, God, I'm destroyed. 645 00:26:27,123 --> 00:26:30,082 I've been trolling Starbucks all day handing out pills 646 00:26:30,126 --> 00:26:32,084 to anyone with a laptop with a script on it. 647 00:26:32,128 --> 00:26:34,652 - That the most efficient use of your time? 648 00:26:34,696 --> 00:26:37,220 - Who has time to read submissions and talk to agents 649 00:26:37,263 --> 00:26:38,656 about who they think is talented? 650 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:39,439 I mean, we like this lifestyle. 651 00:26:39,439 --> 00:26:40,440 If we wanna keep it up, 652 00:26:40,484 --> 00:26:42,442 we've gotta be in the volume business. 653 00:26:42,486 --> 00:26:44,793 - You're creating a lot of pale people. 654 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,534 Especially pushing pills at a Starbucks. 655 00:26:47,578 --> 00:26:49,101 No self-respecting writer writes at a Starbucks. 656 00:26:49,145 --> 00:26:50,363 - So what? If they're talentless, 657 00:26:50,450 --> 00:26:51,669 they're useless anyway. 658 00:26:51,713 --> 00:26:53,323 - That's my girl. 659 00:26:53,366 --> 00:26:55,760 - I can't believe you turned out so well 660 00:26:55,804 --> 00:26:57,893 being raised by Harry and that glass of warm oat milk. 661 00:26:57,936 --> 00:26:59,546 How's the practicing? 662 00:26:59,590 --> 00:27:03,028 - Good. I'm ready. 663 00:27:03,028 --> 00:27:04,813 - I know you're gonna get it, sweetheart. 664 00:27:04,813 --> 00:27:07,163 - I could use something to eat before I go, though. 665 00:27:07,163 --> 00:27:08,686 - Oh, I picked up a hustler 666 00:27:08,730 --> 00:27:10,601 from that donut shop on Santa Monica and Highland. 667 00:27:10,645 --> 00:27:11,733 He's out in the pool house. 668 00:27:13,952 --> 00:27:15,084 You look adorable. 669 00:27:15,171 --> 00:27:17,608 Proud of you. 670 00:27:17,608 --> 00:27:18,870 - Oh, did you get donuts? - Of course I did. 671 00:27:19,958 --> 00:27:23,309 [ominous music] 672 00:27:23,309 --> 00:27:23,614 - Oh. 673 00:27:26,182 --> 00:27:27,705 Not what I was expecting. 674 00:27:27,749 --> 00:27:31,404 - Me neither. But I'll take it. 675 00:27:31,404 --> 00:27:34,103 [violin music playing] 676 00:27:34,103 --> 00:27:40,196 ♪ 677 00:27:51,424 --> 00:27:58,475 ♪ 678 00:28:06,570 --> 00:28:08,572 [violin playing ceases] 679 00:28:08,659 --> 00:28:11,575 [subtle, dark music] 680 00:28:11,662 --> 00:28:17,581 ♪ 681 00:28:19,017 --> 00:28:19,714 - Take a seat. 682 00:28:22,673 --> 00:28:25,241 All right, it's down to the two of you. 683 00:28:25,328 --> 00:28:27,330 So just sit tight so the team can chat. 684 00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:28,592 Won't be too long. 685 00:28:28,679 --> 00:28:30,681 Though, to be honest, 686 00:28:30,768 --> 00:28:32,378 you're making it a very hard choice. 687 00:28:32,465 --> 00:28:33,597 You're both wonderful. 688 00:28:41,344 --> 00:28:43,825 - So... 689 00:28:43,825 --> 00:28:45,696 how long have you been playing? 690 00:28:45,696 --> 00:28:46,828 And don't say, "Since I was a kid." 691 00:28:46,828 --> 00:28:47,829 - I'm better than you. 692 00:28:47,829 --> 00:28:49,047 - Excuse me? 693 00:28:49,047 --> 00:28:51,049 - I said I'm better than you. 694 00:28:51,049 --> 00:28:51,267 - Did you listen to my audition? 695 00:28:51,310 --> 00:28:53,486 - No. 696 00:28:53,486 --> 00:28:54,923 I didn't have to. I know I'm better than you. 697 00:28:54,966 --> 00:28:56,402 I'm better than everyone. 698 00:28:56,402 --> 00:28:58,056 - [laughs] 699 00:28:59,188 --> 00:29:01,320 Wow, you are something else. 700 00:29:03,627 --> 00:29:04,889 I'm a prodigy too. 701 00:29:04,933 --> 00:29:06,935 Graduated Juilliard when I was 16. 702 00:29:06,978 --> 00:29:08,937 You're new to this game, 703 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:10,242 but what you'll start to realize 704 00:29:10,286 --> 00:29:12,810 is that there are lots of us. 705 00:29:12,854 --> 00:29:15,030 Most of the players in the big philharmonics were prodigies. 706 00:29:15,073 --> 00:29:17,249 It's not as big a deal once you meet others like you. 707 00:29:17,293 --> 00:29:18,511 - There are no others like me. 708 00:29:18,598 --> 00:29:20,035 - I guess that's true, 709 00:29:20,078 --> 00:29:22,907 but you think that's a good thing. 710 00:29:22,951 --> 00:29:25,518 It's actually why you're not going to get this job. 711 00:29:25,518 --> 00:29:26,955 [tense tone] 712 00:29:26,955 --> 00:29:29,958 If you get first chair, it's a huge story. 713 00:29:30,001 --> 00:29:32,264 "Today Show," "People" magazine, 714 00:29:32,308 --> 00:29:34,745 "60 Minutes" maybe, if it's a slow news month. 715 00:29:34,789 --> 00:29:36,965 You're a novelty. A distraction. 716 00:29:37,008 --> 00:29:38,314 Audiences will come to see you 717 00:29:38,314 --> 00:29:40,533 and get bummed out if you're not featured. 718 00:29:40,533 --> 00:29:43,058 It's bad for morale. 719 00:29:43,101 --> 00:29:44,886 Makes it impossible to play anything 720 00:29:44,886 --> 00:29:46,801 that doesn't have a violin solo. 721 00:29:48,585 --> 00:29:49,891 It becomes a freakshow. 722 00:29:50,761 --> 00:29:52,894 [tense string music] 723 00:29:52,981 --> 00:29:54,634 We play classical music. 724 00:29:54,678 --> 00:29:55,766 We are as square as we can be. 725 00:29:55,810 --> 00:29:59,074 ♪ 726 00:29:59,117 --> 00:29:59,770 You're the bearded fucking lady, kid. 727 00:29:59,814 --> 00:30:03,905 ♪ 728 00:30:03,992 --> 00:30:06,472 [music darkens] 729 00:30:08,126 --> 00:30:09,258 What? 730 00:30:09,345 --> 00:30:16,395 ♪ 731 00:30:24,447 --> 00:30:26,362 - Where'd Rory go? 732 00:30:26,449 --> 00:30:28,103 - He said he was going out back to have a cigarette. 733 00:30:28,146 --> 00:30:34,849 ♪ 734 00:30:39,810 --> 00:30:47,078 ♪ 735 00:30:48,732 --> 00:30:50,734 - [screams] 736 00:30:50,734 --> 00:30:57,262 ♪ 737 00:31:05,096 --> 00:31:06,358 - Talent rises, 738 00:31:06,402 --> 00:31:08,360 but it is nothing without craft. 739 00:31:08,404 --> 00:31:11,059 That's why you need the Story Prism. 740 00:31:11,102 --> 00:31:13,496 [eerie string notes] 741 00:31:13,539 --> 00:31:15,150 The Story Prism is hard like a diamond. 742 00:31:15,193 --> 00:31:16,542 It takes commitment. 743 00:31:18,457 --> 00:31:20,111 You. Stand up. 744 00:31:20,895 --> 00:31:22,722 You look confused. 745 00:31:22,766 --> 00:31:24,811 - I still don't understand the difference between 746 00:31:24,855 --> 00:31:26,596 the Primal Defense Co-tagonist 747 00:31:26,639 --> 00:31:30,165 or the Shadow-Trickster Pre-tagonist. 748 00:31:30,208 --> 00:31:31,949 Why does it have to be so complicated? 749 00:31:31,993 --> 00:31:35,083 - Because drama is life and life is complicated. 750 00:31:35,126 --> 00:31:37,085 Now get the fuck out. 751 00:31:37,085 --> 00:31:39,087 He'll never amount to anything. 752 00:31:39,087 --> 00:31:40,044 He's never gonna write a screenplay 753 00:31:40,088 --> 00:31:42,307 that gleams like a diamond. And full refund. 754 00:31:42,351 --> 00:31:44,570 He's gonna need every penny he's got. 755 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:46,442 - Screw you. 756 00:31:46,485 --> 00:31:47,008 [door shuts] 757 00:31:48,444 --> 00:31:51,751 Now for the rest of us, I have a surprise. 758 00:31:51,795 --> 00:31:53,884 I told you when you finished my seminar 759 00:31:53,884 --> 00:31:57,105 you would walk out of this building changed. 760 00:31:57,148 --> 00:31:59,759 Well, get ready to meet someone. 761 00:31:59,803 --> 00:32:01,892 Her client, the late Harry Gardener, 762 00:32:01,892 --> 00:32:03,459 just swept the awards season. 763 00:32:03,459 --> 00:32:05,113 And in the last six months, 764 00:32:05,156 --> 00:32:07,550 other clients have barnstormed this town. 765 00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:08,768 They're launching projects all over 766 00:32:08,812 --> 00:32:11,206 broadcast and streaming. 767 00:32:11,249 --> 00:32:13,251 It's an unprecedented winning streak. 768 00:32:13,338 --> 00:32:15,427 Ursula Khan. 769 00:32:15,471 --> 00:32:17,777 [cheers and applause] 770 00:32:17,821 --> 00:32:19,779 - Thank you. Thank you. 771 00:32:19,823 --> 00:32:25,046 ♪ 772 00:32:25,133 --> 00:32:28,353 - A writer once said, "Writing is easy. 773 00:32:28,397 --> 00:32:31,574 Just sit at your desk, open a vein, and bleed." 774 00:32:31,617 --> 00:32:33,141 [audience chuckles] 775 00:32:33,228 --> 00:32:34,794 Now, we've all heard that quote, right? 776 00:32:34,838 --> 00:32:36,492 And it's been attributed to a lot of people. 777 00:32:36,579 --> 00:32:39,060 But whoever did say it didn't know the half. 778 00:32:39,147 --> 00:32:41,366 If you want the brass ring, 779 00:32:41,410 --> 00:32:43,847 you better be wearing brass knuckles. 780 00:32:43,934 --> 00:32:45,805 Greatness comes with a price. 781 00:32:45,849 --> 00:32:48,069 And you just have to ask yourself, 782 00:32:48,156 --> 00:32:50,506 how much do you want it? 783 00:32:50,506 --> 00:32:51,637 Are you ready to bleed? 784 00:32:51,724 --> 00:32:54,075 [eerie tone] 785 00:32:54,075 --> 00:32:56,947 Are you? all: Yes! 786 00:32:57,034 --> 00:32:58,949 - I'd like all of you to reach under your seats right now. 787 00:32:58,993 --> 00:33:00,820 Don't be shy. 788 00:33:00,864 --> 00:33:02,431 There's a little something special under there. 789 00:33:02,518 --> 00:33:05,042 ♪ 790 00:33:05,086 --> 00:33:07,523 Now, it looks like a pill, 791 00:33:07,610 --> 00:33:09,133 but it's not. 792 00:33:09,177 --> 00:33:11,483 It's the key to condos in Malibu, 793 00:33:11,527 --> 00:33:14,269 to dinner meetings with Charlize, 794 00:33:14,312 --> 00:33:16,488 to reservations at the Tower Bar. 795 00:33:16,532 --> 00:33:18,099 Tell yourself it's a vitamin. 796 00:33:18,186 --> 00:33:20,666 A sugar pill placebo packed with Satan. 797 00:33:20,753 --> 00:33:22,538 [chuckles] 798 00:33:22,625 --> 00:33:23,887 Just don't say no. 799 00:33:23,974 --> 00:33:26,977 - Wait. 800 00:33:27,064 --> 00:33:28,674 I'm sorry, you didn't tell me about this. 801 00:33:28,674 --> 00:33:30,067 Is this a stimulant? 802 00:33:30,111 --> 00:33:31,068 Because good writers don't need that. 803 00:33:31,112 --> 00:33:34,071 [scoffs] I don't need that. 804 00:33:34,115 --> 00:33:35,203 I'm sorry, we'll take a quick break-- 805 00:33:35,246 --> 00:33:37,074 - Shut the fuck up, you hack. 806 00:33:37,118 --> 00:33:38,641 You teach a screenwriting class. 807 00:33:38,684 --> 00:33:40,208 Have you ever sold a fucking script? 808 00:33:40,251 --> 00:33:41,861 - Yes. - One. 809 00:33:41,905 --> 00:33:46,083 A failed Orion Stallone flick back in '88? 810 00:33:46,127 --> 00:33:47,998 You know nothing. 811 00:33:48,042 --> 00:33:50,435 I know something. 812 00:33:50,479 --> 00:33:51,958 Would you all rather listen to me 813 00:33:52,002 --> 00:33:55,440 or this sad, fraudulent typist? 814 00:33:55,484 --> 00:33:57,312 all: You. 815 00:33:57,355 --> 00:34:00,228 - Everything you've heard is bullshit. 816 00:34:00,271 --> 00:34:02,099 ♪ 817 00:34:02,143 --> 00:34:04,797 Reality isn't the choice between the blue pill 818 00:34:04,884 --> 00:34:05,537 and the red pill. 819 00:34:05,581 --> 00:34:07,670 It's the black pill. 820 00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:10,151 This pill. 821 00:34:10,238 --> 00:34:13,241 My special vitamin brain sauce stimulant 822 00:34:13,241 --> 00:34:14,938 with zero risk and maximum upside. 823 00:34:16,157 --> 00:34:18,246 I'm gonna tell you a little something about success 824 00:34:18,289 --> 00:34:20,465 that is the bedrock of this dirty business 825 00:34:20,509 --> 00:34:22,815 that no one else wants to admit. 826 00:34:22,815 --> 00:34:26,167 It's just one swallow away. 827 00:34:27,951 --> 00:34:29,605 Spit or swallow-- the choice is yours. 828 00:34:37,743 --> 00:34:41,834 ♪ 829 00:34:45,186 --> 00:34:47,057 Now, as it's going down, 830 00:34:47,057 --> 00:34:48,058 that tingling that you feel? 831 00:34:48,102 --> 00:34:50,060 It's not the pill 832 00:34:50,060 --> 00:34:52,932 and it isn't that food truck burrito you had for lunch 833 00:34:52,976 --> 00:34:53,977 and it isn't nerves. 834 00:34:53,977 --> 00:34:55,239 It's the future taking hold. 835 00:34:57,850 --> 00:34:58,112 Your future. 836 00:35:00,723 --> 00:35:03,856 - [screaming] 837 00:35:03,943 --> 00:35:05,771 [dramatic eerie music] 838 00:35:05,858 --> 00:35:07,512 ♪ 839 00:35:07,556 --> 00:35:11,168 - [screams] 840 00:35:11,212 --> 00:35:12,213 - It looks like the streets are running red 841 00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:14,432 with blood and metaphors. 842 00:35:14,519 --> 00:35:16,391 At least all of those no-talent monsters 843 00:35:16,434 --> 00:35:18,958 are taking their pain out in a real way. 844 00:35:19,002 --> 00:35:21,222 Being great is hard. 845 00:35:21,309 --> 00:35:22,658 The rest of us just don't get it. 846 00:35:22,745 --> 00:35:25,617 We drive ourselves crazy with envy 847 00:35:25,661 --> 00:35:28,446 longing for just a taste of the delicious madness 848 00:35:28,533 --> 00:35:30,535 of the creative mind. 849 00:35:30,579 --> 00:35:32,624 But the truth is, 850 00:35:32,668 --> 00:35:34,670 most people aren't willing to put in the work. 851 00:35:34,670 --> 00:35:36,889 They focus on the success, the notoriety, the wealth 852 00:35:36,976 --> 00:35:39,240 that their great piece of art will bring. 853 00:35:39,327 --> 00:35:41,242 But the journey there is tedious. 854 00:35:41,329 --> 00:35:43,548 And those that achieve greatness 855 00:35:43,635 --> 00:35:45,898 only do so because they are fucked up enough 856 00:35:45,985 --> 00:35:47,465 to push through the pain and failure 857 00:35:47,552 --> 00:35:49,641 it takes to reach your potential. 858 00:35:49,685 --> 00:35:51,861 At least with these pills the world can find out 859 00:35:51,904 --> 00:35:52,775 if you're any good. 860 00:35:52,862 --> 00:35:54,777 [baby crying] - Sorry, baby. 861 00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:57,258 Shh, don't cry. 862 00:35:57,345 --> 00:35:59,434 We're gonna move on to another place, 863 00:35:59,477 --> 00:36:00,783 create another drug-- 864 00:36:00,783 --> 00:36:03,264 maybe one that will make you and I live forever. 865 00:36:03,264 --> 00:36:04,439 [soft music] 866 00:36:04,482 --> 00:36:06,049 Mommy's here. 867 00:36:06,049 --> 00:36:08,269 She's on top of it. 868 00:36:08,269 --> 00:36:09,922 ♪ 869 00:36:09,922 --> 00:36:12,142 - To be told we are talented, 870 00:36:12,142 --> 00:36:13,448 isn't that all we ever want? 871 00:36:13,491 --> 00:36:17,147 [explosion, people scream] 872 00:36:17,147 --> 00:36:19,236 The truth is, history will only remember a handful of us, 873 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:20,672 but at least now 874 00:36:20,716 --> 00:36:22,674 we're leveling the playing field. 875 00:36:22,718 --> 00:36:26,374 ♪ 876 00:36:34,860 --> 00:36:37,733 [chilling string music] 877 00:36:37,820 --> 00:36:43,565 ♪