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Good evening.
I'm Helen Mirren.

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And you're watching
"Documentary Now!" Season 53.

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If a dog is a man's best friend,
what is a monkey?

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In 2020,
filmmaker Benjamin Clay

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set out to find the answer

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and discovered far more
than he bargained for.

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This is "My Monkey Grifter."

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[Bird cawing]

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Clay: Yeah, it was
quite a long time ago,

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that day
that this all first started.

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I was going through
a very difficult time

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personally and professionally.

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I had just released
my first documentary film,

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"The Man Who Spoke to Birds,"

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which told the story
of Horace Muntanay,

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an elderly bird enthusiast
I'd met at a pub

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who'd spent his life writing
a bird-to-human dictionary.

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[Bird squawking]Muntanay: Did you hear that?

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It was saying,
"It may rain soon."

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[Bird squawking]

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[Squawks]

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I agree.

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Clay: As someone who had trouble
communicating with people,

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I was deeply touched
by his efforts.

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[Bird chirping]
Ah!

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Yet, when the film was released,

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the man I had taken for a genius
was branded a dotty old plonker.

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Whoo-hoo!
Whoo, whoo, whoo!

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Making matters worse,

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I was painted as a fool
for believing him

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and at no point fact-checking
his scientific claims.

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One tabloid went so far
as to cruelly point out

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that my wife's father was
a member of the House of Lords.

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This outcome put a huge strain
on my marriage.

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My wife's quite wealthy family
had bankrolled my bird film

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on the agreement
that should it not be a success,

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I would get a, um --
a proper job.

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I told her in a way,
the film had been a success

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and that I knew now
more than ever

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that my passion
was filmmaking...

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at which point
she quite angrily took my son

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to live with my in-laws
in their country house.

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I was adrift, without purpose.

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And that's when
I received the e-mail

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that changed my life.

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[Keyboard clacks]

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"Dearest Mr. Clay,
I share your conviction

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that animals and humans
can better communicate.

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I was, in fact,
studying such an animal

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at the Etherington Zoo
in Ipswhistle --

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a female rhesus monkey
named Lulu,

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who I believe capable
of sign language.

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I've been called back home
on a family matter,

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but perhaps you can see if she
would make a worthy subject

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for one of your films.

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With admiration,

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Dr. Mbeko Mwenda,
Kenyan Zoological Institute."

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I went first thing
the next morning.

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I have fond memories
of my father

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taking me to the zoo
as a child.

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And as I passed
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I became quite emotional...

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[Camera shutter clicks]

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...reflecting on the distance
I now felt from my own son.

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[Foot thuds, crowd cheering]

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Man: Goal!

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Clay: It was in that moment
of vulnerability

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that I first
laid eyes on Lulu.

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There was a kindness in her face

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that had been absent
from the people in my life.

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While they peppered me
with aggressive questions like,

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"Did you really think that
crazy man could talk to birds?"

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or, "How could you forget

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it was Nigel's birthday?"
Lulu exuded empathy.

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But nothing could prepare me
for what happened next.

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She waved at me.

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I decided right then

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that Lulu would be
the subject of my next film,

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and that I would spend every day
with her for a full year

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and use it to tell
the story of a man

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who learned
to speak to a monkey,

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and through their conversations,
become a better husband,

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a better father,
and a better person.

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I excitedly wrote
Dr. Mwenda my plans,

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and he in turn informed me

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that his foundation
was awarding me

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a grant of £200,000
to make my film.

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I then called my wife
to share the good news,

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hopeful that she would see,
as I did,

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the importance of this journey
I was about to embark upon.

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She hung up
without saying a word.

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[Dial tone]Hello? Hello?

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But I knew she'd been there

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because I could hear
her sighing.

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Clay:
There was an uncommon grace
to the way Lulu held herself,

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a mannered way that she ate.

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I was enamored
with her every move.

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Yet it was the quiet moments
when we held each other's gaze

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that I-I felt most connected.

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Dr. Mwenda had explained

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that she didn't speak
American Sign Language per se,

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but a language that
he had developed with her.

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I would send him
photos of her movements,

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and he would write back
what each gesture meant.

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[Chuckles]

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After a week in her presence,

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I made my first attempt
to speak to her.

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Soon, Lulu and I could speak
not in full sentences,

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but in -- in fragments.

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When I compared
these conversations to the hours

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I had spent trying to just
explain myself to my wife,

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or worse yet, my wife's father,

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I realized...

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I was already closer to Lulu

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than I had ever been
to another human being.

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In her presence,
I felt no judgment.

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And yet to truly put myself
on her level,

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I-I-I instinctively knew
that there was --

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There was one more barrier
that I-I would need to remove.

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Standing there before her

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without the layers
of the human world, I felt...

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alive.

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I'd put myself at her level,
and it was beautiful.

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Man: Oi! The bloody hell do you
think you're doing, mate?!

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Then I heard the voice
of the zookeeper,

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and I thought,
"This is not good."

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Game's over, you perv.

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What was undoubtedly
the happiest moment of my life

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was interrupted when
the zookeeper informed me

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that I was not allowed
to disrobe on the premises.

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And you're filming
without a permit.

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Can I have a permit?

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Yeah, all right.
100 quid.

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£100?

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Can I fetch my trousers?

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Yes.

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The money wasn't a problem,
thanks to my research grant.

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But the wire from Kenya
had not yet arrived

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due to what Dr. Mwenda referred
to as unforeseen red tape.

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He urged me to find a way to
make payments to the zookeeper

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in the meantime.

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My best
and only course of action

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was to, um, pawn

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some
of my wife's family heirlooms.

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[Bell ringing]

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While I took no great pride
in doing so,

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I-I-I did take great pride
in imagining my wife's reaction

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when she saw how much
the making of this documentary

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was changing
who I was as a person.

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Dr. Mwenda wrote to say he had
never seen a stronger friendship

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than the one
between Lulu and me.

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He suggested
I-I-I give her a gift.

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Something that was
meaningful to me.

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Something with my name on it.

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I decided on
a silver engraved lighter

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that had been a gift
from my wife in simpler times,

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before she'd become
so impossibly difficult.

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As I handed the lighter to Lulu,

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I realized I was offering
this gift with the same love

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my wife had once had for me.

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How shocked I was when Lulu
offered me a gift in return.

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The most stunning gold watch.

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In the weeks that followed,
I began to wonder,

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"Does Lulu dream?

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And if so,
does she dream about me?

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And -- And if she dreams
about me,

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am I a man or a hairless monkey?

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[Wind blowing]

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One evening, these ruminations
were interrupted

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when I returned to my flat

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and found my wife
demanding to know

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where certain paintings
and antiques were.

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You're not gonna like this.

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I sold them
for the documentary,

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the monkey documentary.

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Monk-- Monkeys?!

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I tried to tell her
about the documentary,

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but she only scoffed.

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It's going
to make me a better husband.

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It's going to make me
a better father.

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You are a terrible husband
and a terrible father.

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[Echoing] Father.
Father.

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Right. Well, look...

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She told me
she was filing for sole custody

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and kicking me
out of the flat...

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which was devastating

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because that's where
I'd set up my monkey board.

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I was angry, and in my anger,
I'm ashamed to say

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that I told Lulu I hated Ann,
going so far

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as to venture
that my life would be better

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if Ann was out of it entirely.

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[Screeching]

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Watching Lulu,
I knew in my heart

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that she was taking it all in.

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I just didn't realize
how seriously she took me.

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[Telephone rings]

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Hello?

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Later that day, I received
a phone call from my son,

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telling me that my wife
had taken a bad fall

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down the stairs
and was in hospital.

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His grandparents
were out of town,

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so I had to pick him up.

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What happened?
I need to know what happened.

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He said that she had slipped
on a banana peel...

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Boy: Dad!...which he said was strange

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because there hadn't been
any bananas in the house.

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[Ann screams]

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My mind was racing, you know.

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Had I somehow miscommunicated my
feelings about my wife to Lulu

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to the scale that
she'd actually taken action?

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I tried to retrace the steps
of what I had said,

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only to be interrupted
by my son,

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who asked,
Did I pull his Xbox, too?

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Yes.

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The next morning, I raced
to the zoo to confront Lulu

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and demanded to know,

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"Did you have anything to do
with my wife's injury?"

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But as soon
as I reached her cage,

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I could tell something
had changed between us.

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She was resistant
to any of my sign language

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and kept looking over
at the zookeeper's shed.

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My heart sank as I realized
Lulu had taken me literally

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when I spoke
of wishing Ann dead.

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Making matters worse,
she now expected me

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to incapacitate her zookeeper.

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I explained to Lulu that I was,
uh, unwilling

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to commit an act of violence.

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This only made her more angry.

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00:13:32,724 --> 00:13:36,076
[Screeching]

260
00:13:36,119 --> 00:13:38,078
She had done me a favor,

261
00:13:38,121 --> 00:13:40,428
and now she expected me
to repay it.

262
00:13:45,172 --> 00:13:47,957
Clay: I asked myself,
"Could it be possible

263
00:13:48,001 --> 00:13:50,830
that I never truly knew
this monkey?

264
00:13:50,873 --> 00:13:53,615
Could she have been
using me this whole time?

265
00:13:53,658 --> 00:13:56,705
And more importantly,
could my wife

266
00:13:56,748 --> 00:14:00,448
connect
her banana-induced fall to me?"

267
00:14:00,491 --> 00:14:02,058
♪

268
00:14:02,102 --> 00:14:07,455
With a heavy heart,
I knew the best course of action

269
00:14:07,498 --> 00:14:11,894
was to say goodbye to Lulu...

270
00:14:11,938 --> 00:14:13,200
forever.

271
00:14:13,243 --> 00:14:18,292
♪

272
00:14:18,335 --> 00:14:23,384
♪

273
00:14:23,427 --> 00:14:27,649
When I arrived, I was surprised
to find the police were there.

274
00:14:27,692 --> 00:14:30,043
[Siren wailing,
indistinct conversations]

275
00:14:30,086 --> 00:14:31,871
♪

276
00:14:31,914 --> 00:14:33,350
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
It's a crime scene.

277
00:14:33,394 --> 00:14:34,743
Clay:
When I asked what had happened,

278
00:14:34,786 --> 00:14:36,832
I was told the zookeeper
had been murdered

279
00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,878
by a blow to the head
with a blunt object.

280
00:14:38,921 --> 00:14:47,495
♪

281
00:14:47,538 --> 00:14:49,279
Can I ask you
a few questions?

282
00:14:49,323 --> 00:14:51,803
A Detective Inspector Blakely

283
00:14:51,847 --> 00:14:53,544
asked for my contact
information,

284
00:14:53,588 --> 00:14:56,939
and unsure what else I could do,
I just -- I agreed.

285
00:14:56,983 --> 00:15:00,638
I-I-I raced home and -- and
was surprised to find my son.

286
00:15:00,682 --> 00:15:01,944
What are you doing here?

287
00:15:01,988 --> 00:15:04,294
You forgot
to take me to school.

288
00:15:04,338 --> 00:15:05,861
Oh, I don't have time
for this.

289
00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,819
I had to start dismantling
my Lulu research,

290
00:15:07,863 --> 00:15:09,386
believing it necessary
to eliminate

291
00:15:09,430 --> 00:15:11,823
any evidence that I knew her.
I told my son...

292
00:15:11,867 --> 00:15:13,651
Don't tell anyone about this.
Not at school, not anywhere.

293
00:15:13,695 --> 00:15:15,131
And he said...

294
00:15:15,175 --> 00:15:17,873
I don't talk about you at all
'cause you're so weird.

295
00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:21,790
[Echoing] I don't talk about you
at all 'cause you're so weird.

296
00:15:21,833 --> 00:15:27,622
♪

297
00:15:27,665 --> 00:15:31,060
That night, I felt a sadness,
you know,

298
00:15:31,104 --> 00:15:33,889
knowing that I would never
see my friend again.

299
00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:36,500
♪

300
00:15:36,544 --> 00:15:39,677
But I also felt joy,

301
00:15:39,721 --> 00:15:43,986
knowing that she'd forever
changed the kind of man I was.

302
00:15:44,030 --> 00:15:46,902
It wasn't clear to me
how I had changed.

303
00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:51,559
Only that it had happened
deep inside of me.

304
00:15:51,602 --> 00:15:53,996
Yes.[Telephone rings]

305
00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,999
The next morning,
Detective Blakely called to ask

306
00:15:57,043 --> 00:16:00,394
if I could stop by the station
to answer a few questions.

307
00:16:00,437 --> 00:16:02,962
♪

308
00:16:03,005 --> 00:16:04,311
[Door creaking]

309
00:16:04,354 --> 00:16:06,443
[Door slams]

310
00:16:06,487 --> 00:16:09,055
When I arrived, I was brought
into an interview room.

311
00:16:09,098 --> 00:16:12,493
♪

312
00:16:12,536 --> 00:16:14,974
I'm gonna show you
a few things.
Oh.

313
00:16:15,017 --> 00:16:16,801
One is a photo...

314
00:16:16,845 --> 00:16:19,065
if you look here.

315
00:16:19,108 --> 00:16:24,287
♪

316
00:16:24,331 --> 00:16:26,159
Do you know that is?

317
00:16:26,202 --> 00:16:29,901
Um...

318
00:16:29,945 --> 00:16:34,515
Somewhat familiar. Does --
Does he work at the zoo?

319
00:16:34,558 --> 00:16:36,256
He works at the zoo,
yeah.

320
00:16:36,299 --> 00:16:38,910
♪

321
00:16:38,954 --> 00:16:42,131
Look closer.
What else do you see?

322
00:16:42,175 --> 00:16:44,612
I...

323
00:16:44,655 --> 00:16:46,831
Do you see
anything else...

324
00:16:46,875 --> 00:16:48,268
familiar?

325
00:16:48,311 --> 00:16:54,187
♪

326
00:16:54,230 --> 00:16:56,624
That's your watch.

327
00:16:56,667 --> 00:16:59,366
Right?
We have the same watch.

328
00:16:59,409 --> 00:17:03,022
This was given to me
as a gift by Lulu the monkey.

329
00:17:03,065 --> 00:17:04,719
A gift?

330
00:17:04,762 --> 00:17:06,329
Yes.

331
00:17:06,373 --> 00:17:09,723
Lulu gave you a gift?
Why?

332
00:17:09,767 --> 00:17:14,076
We formed, um,
an unprecedented friendship.

333
00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:16,209
Right. She wrap it?
No.

334
00:17:16,252 --> 00:17:17,558
She make you a card?

335
00:17:17,601 --> 00:17:18,559
No.

336
00:17:18,602 --> 00:17:20,169
[Chuckles]

337
00:17:20,213 --> 00:17:24,739
Did Lulu drop this, then,
at the crime scene?

338
00:17:24,781 --> 00:17:27,046
You're in a lot of trouble.
No one will believe you.

339
00:17:27,089 --> 00:17:28,656
You'll be put away
a long time.

340
00:17:28,699 --> 00:17:31,006
[Echoing]
You'll be put away a long time.

341
00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:35,837
♪

342
00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,100
But...

343
00:17:38,144 --> 00:17:39,754
I can make it all go away.

344
00:17:39,797 --> 00:17:41,408
I'll need a gift from you.

345
00:17:41,451 --> 00:17:42,452
Like Lulu.
Take the watch.

346
00:17:42,496 --> 00:17:44,106
Don't want the watch.

347
00:17:44,150 --> 00:17:46,761
I want
half a million pounds.

348
00:17:46,804 --> 00:17:49,111
No, I don't have
half a million pounds,

349
00:17:49,155 --> 00:17:50,765
if that's what you mean.

350
00:17:50,808 --> 00:17:52,071
But you do.

351
00:17:52,114 --> 00:17:55,726
Your father in-law
is an art collector.

352
00:17:55,770 --> 00:17:57,206
At the time,
I was in too much shock

353
00:17:57,250 --> 00:18:00,253
to inquire how he knew
who my father-in-law was

354
00:18:00,296 --> 00:18:02,168
or how valuable
his art collection was

355
00:18:02,211 --> 00:18:04,518
or -- or why he had
an itemized list

356
00:18:04,561 --> 00:18:06,433
of the exact pieces he wanted.

357
00:18:06,476 --> 00:18:08,739
♪

358
00:18:08,783 --> 00:18:10,001
I simply acted.

359
00:18:10,045 --> 00:18:12,482
I can do that. Yep.

360
00:18:12,526 --> 00:18:14,310
Now, I knew
that my father-in-law

361
00:18:14,354 --> 00:18:15,746
would never trust me
in his home,

362
00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:17,661
but he would trust my son.

363
00:18:17,705 --> 00:18:19,533
So I returned Nigel
to their home

364
00:18:19,576 --> 00:18:21,535
with a specific set
of instructions.

365
00:18:21,578 --> 00:18:27,932
♪

366
00:18:27,976 --> 00:18:34,287
♪

367
00:18:34,330 --> 00:18:36,376
[Classical music plays]

368
00:18:36,419 --> 00:18:43,122
♪

369
00:18:43,165 --> 00:18:49,867
♪

370
00:18:49,911 --> 00:18:52,261
Oh, look at that.
Stunning.

371
00:18:52,305 --> 00:18:53,567
Fantastic.

372
00:18:53,610 --> 00:18:54,655
Yeah.

373
00:18:54,698 --> 00:18:56,222
Nicely done.

374
00:18:56,265 --> 00:18:59,616
♪

375
00:18:59,660 --> 00:19:00,922
[Doorbell rings]

376
00:19:00,965 --> 00:19:04,491
Sadly, the relief I felt
was short-lived.

377
00:19:04,534 --> 00:19:07,102
♪

378
00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:09,017
It seems the butler
at my in-laws' manor

379
00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:11,498
had seen my son throwing the art
from the windows.

380
00:19:11,541 --> 00:19:13,674
Master Nigel!

381
00:19:13,717 --> 00:19:18,331
Once confronted, my son...

382
00:19:18,374 --> 00:19:20,768
immediately gave me up.

383
00:19:20,811 --> 00:19:22,161
I explained
to these new detectives

384
00:19:22,204 --> 00:19:24,424
about how Blakely
had blackmailed me,

385
00:19:24,467 --> 00:19:26,034
only for them to tell me

386
00:19:26,077 --> 00:19:30,778
that, um, there was no such man
on the force.

387
00:19:30,821 --> 00:19:33,955
I took them to the building
where I had been interrogated,

388
00:19:33,998 --> 00:19:36,523
only to find that it was empty.

389
00:19:36,566 --> 00:19:41,658
♪

390
00:19:41,702 --> 00:19:43,007
[Door creaking]

391
00:19:43,051 --> 00:19:46,881
♪

392
00:19:46,924 --> 00:19:49,884
The zoo was also abandoned.

393
00:19:49,927 --> 00:19:52,103
♪

394
00:19:52,147 --> 00:19:54,149
And when we entered
the zookeeper's shed,

395
00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:56,717
everything became crystal clear.

396
00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,460
♪

397
00:20:00,503 --> 00:20:01,939
Lulu had manipulated me

398
00:20:01,983 --> 00:20:03,506
every step of the way

399
00:20:03,550 --> 00:20:05,160
down to the tiniest of details,

400
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:09,904
taking advantage of
our beautiful friendship.

401
00:20:09,947 --> 00:20:13,037
If I learned anything
from my time with Lulu,

402
00:20:13,081 --> 00:20:15,257
it was this --

403
00:20:15,301 --> 00:20:18,042
Never trust a fucking monkey.

404
00:20:23,309 --> 00:20:27,661
Clay: I had hoped that
by opening myself up

405
00:20:27,704 --> 00:20:29,880
to a member
of the animal kingdom,

406
00:20:29,924 --> 00:20:35,059
I would become a better human
being, a better husband,

407
00:20:35,103 --> 00:20:36,409
a better father.

408
00:20:36,452 --> 00:20:39,150
Instead, in return
for my father-in-law

409
00:20:39,194 --> 00:20:40,978
not pressing charges,

410
00:20:41,022 --> 00:20:43,154
I gave up full custody
of my son.

411
00:20:43,198 --> 00:20:46,201
And my wife's last words
to me were,

412
00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:47,681
"If I ever see you again,

413
00:20:47,724 --> 00:20:50,727
I'll push youdown
a flight of stairs."

414
00:20:50,771 --> 00:20:53,730
And on top of that,
I still have community service.

415
00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,734
I did see Lulu again.

416
00:20:57,778 --> 00:20:59,910
[Tires screeching]

417
00:20:59,954 --> 00:21:03,740
♪

418
00:21:03,784 --> 00:21:08,223
And she did communicate with me

419
00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:11,052
one final time.

420
00:21:11,095 --> 00:21:12,271
♪

421
00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:20,975
♪

422
00:21:21,018 --> 00:21:23,543
[Tires screeching]

423
00:21:23,586 --> 00:21:28,330
♪

424
00:21:28,374 --> 00:21:31,725
I, of course, am confident that
once Dr. Mwenda comes forward,

425
00:21:31,768 --> 00:21:34,118
I will be completely exonerated.

426
00:21:34,162 --> 00:21:38,949
U-Unfortunately, a Dr. Mwenda
was recently arrested,

427
00:21:38,993 --> 00:21:43,737
but I have just wired him the
funds for legal representation.

428
00:21:43,780 --> 00:21:45,913
So...

429
00:21:49,482 --> 00:21:51,179
Oh, shit.

430
00:21:54,443 --> 00:21:55,836
Shit.

431
00:21:58,708 --> 00:22:01,145
Man: Break.

432
00:22:01,189 --> 00:22:02,712
Shit, shit, shit.

433
00:22:02,756 --> 00:22:03,844
[Door opens]

434
00:22:03,887 --> 00:22:08,501
♪