1 00:00:39,865 --> 00:00:41,954 [KEYBOARD CLACKING] 2 00:00:48,743 --> 00:00:49,831 CAIRO SWEET: Fuck. 3 00:00:54,358 --> 00:00:56,360 [LILTING MUSIC PLAYING] 4 00:00:59,363 --> 00:01:01,365 [KEYBOARD CLACKING] 5 00:01:05,064 --> 00:01:07,110 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 6 00:01:25,954 --> 00:01:27,042 What is an adult? 7 00:01:28,392 --> 00:01:30,394 Becomin' one didn't suddenly transform me 8 00:01:30,481 --> 00:01:33,919 into anything outstanding or significant. 9 00:01:34,006 --> 00:01:36,356 I am 18 and entirely unremarkable. 10 00:01:37,575 --> 00:01:38,576 [DOOR CLOSES] 11 00:01:38,663 --> 00:01:39,925 Languishing in the wilds 12 00:01:40,012 --> 00:01:41,840 of nowhere, Tennessee. 13 00:01:41,927 --> 00:01:43,363 In this tomb of a house left to me 14 00:01:43,450 --> 00:01:45,539 by my brilliant and selfish parents. 15 00:01:46,584 --> 00:01:48,238 They're not dead... 16 00:01:48,325 --> 00:01:49,761 though they pretend I am. 17 00:01:50,762 --> 00:01:52,372 They're permanently abroad. 18 00:01:53,808 --> 00:01:57,203 Literature is my solace in the solitude. 19 00:01:57,290 --> 00:01:59,249 And writing is my only means of escape. 20 00:02:00,119 --> 00:02:02,600 Because, you see... 21 00:02:02,687 --> 00:02:04,689 I've never left the edges of this town. 22 00:02:05,733 --> 00:02:07,779 It's positively gothic, really. 23 00:02:09,694 --> 00:02:11,217 Lonely girl longs to escape 24 00:02:11,304 --> 00:02:14,568 the interminable boredom of her small village. 25 00:02:14,655 --> 00:02:16,657 Lonely girl longs to be meaningful. 26 00:02:17,745 --> 00:02:20,792 Lonely girl longs to be loved. 27 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:23,534 Books make longing seem romantic, but it's awful. 28 00:02:24,143 --> 00:02:25,753 It's greedy. 29 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,278 And I wear longing like a fucking veil. 30 00:02:28,365 --> 00:02:30,367 [CAPTIVATING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING] 31 00:02:45,860 --> 00:02:47,514 But today? 32 00:02:47,601 --> 00:02:49,821 Today comes with something new. 33 00:02:49,908 --> 00:02:51,214 Something surprising. 34 00:02:52,954 --> 00:02:55,435 Today I meet a writer, like me. 35 00:02:56,697 --> 00:02:58,786 A teacher. 36 00:02:58,873 --> 00:03:00,353 One who somehow found inspiration 37 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:01,876 in a place like this. 38 00:03:03,051 --> 00:03:04,183 If you can believe it. 39 00:03:09,667 --> 00:03:11,016 [SIGHS] 40 00:03:11,103 --> 00:03:12,844 CAIRO: Well... 41 00:03:12,931 --> 00:03:15,281 I suppose even graveyards grow flowers. 42 00:03:16,848 --> 00:03:18,850 [CAPTIVATING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES] 43 00:03:36,955 --> 00:03:39,000 [WHISTLING] 44 00:03:46,051 --> 00:03:47,095 Good morning. 45 00:03:48,183 --> 00:03:49,359 [SMACKS LIPS] Morning. 46 00:03:52,231 --> 00:03:54,015 You know, class doesn't start for another hour. 47 00:03:54,102 --> 00:03:56,235 I know. I don't like crowds. 48 00:03:56,322 --> 00:03:57,323 Uh-uh... 49 00:03:58,846 --> 00:04:01,196 - Do you live far? - Close enough to walk. 50 00:04:01,284 --> 00:04:03,024 - Oh, where's that? - Lovell Hill? 51 00:04:03,111 --> 00:04:04,939 You live in Lovell Hill? 52 00:04:05,026 --> 00:04:06,811 - You know it? - I just didn't think it was 53 00:04:06,898 --> 00:04:09,204 occupied by anything except ghosts. 54 00:04:09,292 --> 00:04:10,380 - Who says it is? - [CHUCKLES] 55 00:04:11,772 --> 00:04:13,470 JONATHAN MILLER: You, you really live in Lovell Hill? 56 00:04:13,557 --> 00:04:14,558 Wow. 57 00:04:16,124 --> 00:04:17,474 It's enormous. 58 00:04:17,561 --> 00:04:18,997 My parents are lawyers. 59 00:04:19,084 --> 00:04:20,781 - Hmm, what kind? - The expensive kind. 60 00:04:20,868 --> 00:04:22,305 And you wanna be a lawyer? 61 00:04:22,392 --> 00:04:24,219 About as much as I wanna be a high school student. 62 00:04:24,307 --> 00:04:25,525 What's your name? 63 00:04:25,612 --> 00:04:26,961 Cairo Sweet. 64 00:04:27,048 --> 00:04:29,137 - I'm Mr. Miller. - I know. 65 00:04:29,224 --> 00:04:31,270 My friend Winnie recommended your class. 66 00:04:31,357 --> 00:04:32,358 Uh-huh. [INHALES SHARPLY] 67 00:04:32,445 --> 00:04:34,142 Uh... 68 00:04:34,229 --> 00:04:36,580 Now I'm assuming that you got one of these before... 69 00:04:37,276 --> 00:04:38,408 the holidays. 70 00:04:38,495 --> 00:04:39,800 Got a chance to look it over? 71 00:04:39,887 --> 00:04:41,019 I read it. 72 00:04:41,106 --> 00:04:42,542 I, I, I know it looks like a lot, 73 00:04:42,629 --> 00:04:43,761 but I promise you we'll get through it 74 00:04:43,848 --> 00:04:45,284 as quickly as we can. 75 00:04:45,371 --> 00:04:46,416 I read the whole list. 76 00:04:47,504 --> 00:04:48,505 Wait, you read these? 77 00:04:50,289 --> 00:04:52,378 Well, like, there's 12 books on that list. 78 00:04:52,465 --> 00:04:53,510 I party hard. 79 00:04:53,597 --> 00:04:54,815 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 80 00:04:56,077 --> 00:04:57,775 - Winnie. - WINNIE BLACK: Mm. Hmm, hmm. 81 00:04:57,862 --> 00:04:59,472 JONATHAN: One semester wasn't enough for you? 82 00:04:59,559 --> 00:05:00,647 Did you miss me? 83 00:05:00,734 --> 00:05:01,996 I did not. 84 00:05:02,693 --> 00:05:04,434 Well, that's too bad. 85 00:05:07,567 --> 00:05:09,569 You're overdressed as usual, I see. 86 00:05:09,656 --> 00:05:11,832 Your underwear, as usual, I see. 87 00:05:18,317 --> 00:05:19,579 WINNIE: How boring. 88 00:05:19,666 --> 00:05:20,972 Censorship is dead. 89 00:05:21,059 --> 00:05:22,582 It can't exist with the Internet. 90 00:05:22,669 --> 00:05:23,757 JONATHAN: And yet it does. 91 00:05:23,844 --> 00:05:25,106 Do you know why? 92 00:05:25,193 --> 00:05:26,194 - [INHALES DEEPLY] - WINNIE: Yeah. 93 00:05:27,108 --> 00:05:28,371 - Do you? - [JONATHAN GRUNTS] 94 00:05:28,458 --> 00:05:30,068 CAIRO: Ignorance is a product of laziness. 95 00:05:31,286 --> 00:05:32,810 - Not limitation. - [WINNIE'S STOMACH GROWLS] 96 00:05:32,897 --> 00:05:34,246 Oh. [BLOWS RASPBERRY] Excuse me, 97 00:05:34,333 --> 00:05:35,769 but what's that you say? 98 00:05:35,856 --> 00:05:39,817 [CHUCKLES] You want a chicken biscuit 99 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,428 and a Coke? 100 00:05:42,515 --> 00:05:45,213 Mm. Well, you heard the boss. 101 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:48,434 It's chickybikky Coke-y time, let's go. 102 00:05:48,521 --> 00:05:50,131 You want anything, Mr. Miller? 103 00:05:51,045 --> 00:05:52,612 No, thank you, Cairo. 104 00:05:52,699 --> 00:05:53,831 Sweet of you to ask. 105 00:05:53,918 --> 00:05:55,136 [WINNIE CHUCKLES] 106 00:05:55,223 --> 00:05:56,703 WINNIE: I see what you did there. 107 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:58,618 "Cairo, sweet of you to ask." 108 00:05:58,705 --> 00:05:59,706 Not. 109 00:06:00,359 --> 00:06:01,447 Good one. 110 00:06:01,534 --> 00:06:03,667 Like we've never heard that before. 111 00:06:07,497 --> 00:06:08,498 [DOOR CLOSES] 112 00:06:08,585 --> 00:06:10,587 [GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING] 113 00:06:15,940 --> 00:06:17,115 JONATHAN: Jesus. 114 00:06:24,644 --> 00:06:25,645 My God. 115 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:31,651 [DOOR CLOSES DISTANTLY] 116 00:06:34,741 --> 00:06:35,742 What you reading? 117 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:39,050 - Uh, nothing. - Doesn't look like nothin'. 118 00:06:39,137 --> 00:06:40,138 It's a student's. 119 00:06:40,225 --> 00:06:41,269 Oh, yeah? What's her name? 120 00:06:41,356 --> 00:06:42,488 How do you know it's a girl? 121 00:06:42,575 --> 00:06:44,142 Oh, boys are too lazy to read porn. 122 00:06:44,229 --> 00:06:45,317 How do you know it's porn? 123 00:06:46,057 --> 00:06:47,319 [CLEARS THROAT] 124 00:06:47,406 --> 00:06:49,800 [READING] "Marcelle wants me to fuck her. 125 00:06:49,887 --> 00:06:50,975 "She leaps off the couch 126 00:06:51,062 --> 00:06:52,063 -"and pushes herself..." - Boris. 127 00:06:52,150 --> 00:06:53,456 "...between the girl and me. 128 00:06:53,543 --> 00:06:56,633 "It's all so fantastically horrible 129 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:58,069 -"that I can't move." - Give me that. 130 00:06:58,156 --> 00:06:59,592 -"Marcelle stretches..." - Okay. 131 00:06:59,679 --> 00:07:01,420 -"...her tiny split fig." - That's quite enough... 132 00:07:01,507 --> 00:07:02,813 - All right. - ...of your elocution... 133 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:04,467 - And test tomorrow, kids. - I think. [SIGHS] 134 00:07:04,554 --> 00:07:06,077 Well, "Split fig" is fucking poetry. 135 00:07:06,164 --> 00:07:07,470 - This coffee for me? - Biscuit, too. 136 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:10,342 One of yours? 137 00:07:10,429 --> 00:07:11,604 [SNIFFS] Oh, yeah, that's one of yours. 138 00:07:11,691 --> 00:07:12,692 One of mine. Exactly. 139 00:07:12,779 --> 00:07:13,824 - Christ! - [LAUGHS] 140 00:07:13,911 --> 00:07:15,260 I don't know what you're doing, 141 00:07:15,347 --> 00:07:16,609 - but it's some... - Oh, you know. Come on, now. 142 00:07:16,696 --> 00:07:18,089 I'm trying to just entice you. What the... 143 00:07:18,176 --> 00:07:19,177 - Man, that's good. -"Oh, I read The Paris Review. 144 00:07:19,264 --> 00:07:20,308 -"I'm so smart." - Can you not? 145 00:07:20,395 --> 00:07:21,962 "Everybody, I'm in high school. 146 00:07:22,049 --> 00:07:23,050 -"But I read The Paris Review. - Boris. Boris. Come on. 147 00:07:23,137 --> 00:07:24,225 "I'm better than most people." 148 00:07:24,312 --> 00:07:25,139 - Stop, please. - Is this her diary? 149 00:07:25,226 --> 00:07:26,358 Oh, what do we have here? 150 00:07:26,445 --> 00:07:28,403 [CHUCKLING] Well, well, well. 151 00:07:28,491 --> 00:07:31,363 "Apostrophes and Ampersands..." 152 00:07:32,407 --> 00:07:35,976 six abysmally romantic short stories 153 00:07:36,063 --> 00:07:38,501 by Jonathan Albert Miller. 154 00:07:41,112 --> 00:07:42,330 - She has my book? - BORIS FILLMORE: Mm-hmm. 155 00:07:42,417 --> 00:07:43,723 It would appear so. It would also appear 156 00:07:43,810 --> 00:07:45,116 she's the only one who checked it out. 157 00:07:45,203 --> 00:07:47,422 Yeah, well, don't you have a class to teach? 158 00:07:47,510 --> 00:07:48,728 Well, you know, 159 00:07:48,815 --> 00:07:49,990 I can't start my day without seeing you. 160 00:07:50,077 --> 00:07:52,253 No, you really can't. 161 00:07:52,340 --> 00:07:54,299 Hey, how'd you score the big room anyway? 162 00:07:54,386 --> 00:07:56,040 [GRUNTS] They cut the theater program. 163 00:07:56,127 --> 00:07:57,520 But they kept you? 164 00:07:57,607 --> 00:07:59,260 Along with the other props, yeah. 165 00:07:59,347 --> 00:08:00,871 [BORIS CHUCKLING] 166 00:08:00,958 --> 00:08:02,046 - Damn. - Mm-hmm. 167 00:08:02,133 --> 00:08:04,352 [INSECTS TRILLING] 168 00:08:04,439 --> 00:08:06,485 [PLEASANT MUSIC PLAYING] 169 00:08:14,493 --> 00:08:16,539 [KEYBOARD CLACKING] 170 00:08:25,199 --> 00:08:27,201 - Hello, wife. - Hello, husband. 171 00:08:29,203 --> 00:08:30,204 [BEATRICE JUNE HARKER SIGHS] 172 00:08:32,032 --> 00:08:33,077 Beatrice. 173 00:08:33,904 --> 00:08:35,079 - What? - Look at me. 174 00:08:38,169 --> 00:08:39,170 [INHALES SHARPLY] 175 00:08:40,345 --> 00:08:41,738 BEATRICE JUNE HARKER: Huh. 176 00:08:41,825 --> 00:08:43,391 Red-Letter Day. 177 00:08:43,478 --> 00:08:45,785 What, your school finally get computers? 178 00:08:45,872 --> 00:08:46,917 Better. 179 00:08:47,004 --> 00:08:48,179 Indoor bathrooms? 180 00:08:48,266 --> 00:08:49,659 A writer. 181 00:08:49,746 --> 00:08:51,008 One who reads Finnegans Wake 182 00:08:51,095 --> 00:08:52,487 of her own volition. Can you believe that? 183 00:08:52,575 --> 00:08:54,141 Well, I'm forever stunned that the children 184 00:08:54,228 --> 00:08:56,317 in that backwater shanty can read at all. 185 00:08:56,404 --> 00:08:58,276 [CHUCKLES] And, uh, guess what else? 186 00:08:58,363 --> 00:08:59,712 - Naked Lunch. - Mm-mm. 187 00:08:59,799 --> 00:09:01,758 [SMACKS LIPS] Apostrophes and Ampersands. 188 00:09:01,845 --> 00:09:02,889 [CHUCKLING] She... 189 00:09:02,976 --> 00:09:05,196 She checked it out of the library. 190 00:09:05,283 --> 00:09:07,502 They carry your book at the library? 191 00:09:07,590 --> 00:09:09,983 - [CLICKS TONGUE] Aw. Fuck. - [CELL PHONE VIBRATING] 192 00:09:11,332 --> 00:09:13,857 - A Confederacy of Dunces. - Mm-hmm. 193 00:09:13,944 --> 00:09:15,728 Well, deep breaths. 194 00:09:15,815 --> 00:09:17,077 - Happy place. - [SIGHS] 195 00:09:17,164 --> 00:09:19,384 My happy place has all their heads 196 00:09:19,471 --> 00:09:21,865 impaled on Montblanc pens. 197 00:09:21,952 --> 00:09:23,562 Share your riches. 198 00:09:23,649 --> 00:09:25,259 - [JONATHAN INHALES SHARPLY] - [CELL PHONE STILL VIBRATING] 199 00:09:27,131 --> 00:09:28,741 Hello, Amy. 200 00:09:28,828 --> 00:09:30,613 What? Are you fucking joking? 201 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:32,223 I've been back and forth all day 202 00:09:32,310 --> 00:09:34,181 with the Nashville office who can't seem to articulate 203 00:09:34,268 --> 00:09:35,487 what it is they want 204 00:09:35,574 --> 00:09:37,402 and somehow think they can articulate 205 00:09:37,489 --> 00:09:39,273 to me, which is pretty ambitious 206 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:40,405 considering how they think 207 00:09:40,492 --> 00:09:42,886 "articulate" is a Danish cheese. 208 00:09:42,973 --> 00:09:45,628 So, I'm about to start fucking scooping out 209 00:09:45,715 --> 00:09:47,281 my teeth with a baby spoon. 210 00:09:47,368 --> 00:09:48,979 JONATHAN: Mm. BEATRICE: They can go 211 00:09:49,066 --> 00:09:51,677 fuck themselves if they think I'm gonna change the ending. 212 00:09:51,764 --> 00:09:53,548 Okay, have a nice day, bye-bye. 213 00:09:55,159 --> 00:09:57,161 [JONATHAN WHISTLES SOFTLY] 214 00:10:03,341 --> 00:10:05,343 [THERE'S A BLESSING BY JOHNNY COPELAND PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS] 215 00:10:15,266 --> 00:10:16,833 [BEATRICE CHUCKLES] 216 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,661 - [SIGHS WEARILY] - Here now. 217 00:10:20,532 --> 00:10:21,576 Cheers. 218 00:10:22,621 --> 00:10:23,666 Cheers. 219 00:10:26,494 --> 00:10:27,713 [SIGHING] Oh, that's so good. 220 00:10:31,108 --> 00:10:32,370 Hey, you ever read, uh, 221 00:10:32,457 --> 00:10:34,633 Under the Roofs of Paris, Henry Miller? 222 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,983 Honey, my first copy got so sticky, 223 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:39,029 - I had to throw it away. - [JONATHAN CHUCKLES] 224 00:10:39,116 --> 00:10:41,074 That beginning bit with the prostitute... 225 00:10:41,161 --> 00:10:42,685 - Mm. Mm-hmm. - ...and the cum money? 226 00:10:42,772 --> 00:10:44,382 That is choice. 227 00:10:44,469 --> 00:10:47,777 [RECITING] "I take the first bill I find in my pocket 228 00:10:47,864 --> 00:10:50,562 -"and wipe my cock on it." - [CHUCKLES] 229 00:10:52,346 --> 00:10:55,132 [SIGHS] "And place it crumpled on her bare belly 230 00:10:56,176 --> 00:10:57,351 "weighted with a coin." 231 00:10:57,438 --> 00:10:59,745 - I love when you do magic. - Mm. 232 00:10:59,832 --> 00:11:01,138 You care to reenact? 233 00:11:01,225 --> 00:11:03,009 I can papier-mache you... 234 00:11:04,663 --> 00:11:06,491 with cum and money. 235 00:11:06,578 --> 00:11:07,840 - [GLASS THUDS SOFTLY] - Oh, so you're expecting 236 00:11:07,927 --> 00:11:10,147 - a heavy load, then, huh? - Mm-hmm. 237 00:11:10,234 --> 00:11:12,932 A full body of work. 238 00:11:13,019 --> 00:11:14,586 Come here. 239 00:11:14,673 --> 00:11:15,587 [THERE'S A BLESSING CONTINUES PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] 240 00:11:15,674 --> 00:11:16,719 Dance with me. 241 00:11:17,371 --> 00:11:18,416 [CHUCKLES SOFTLY] 242 00:11:36,303 --> 00:11:37,348 You're so beautiful. 243 00:11:37,870 --> 00:11:39,002 Shut up. 244 00:11:53,146 --> 00:11:54,713 [CELL PHONE VIBRATING] 245 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,281 Oh, for fuck's sake. 246 00:11:58,195 --> 00:11:59,196 - Okay. - [SIGHS IN EXASPERATION] 247 00:12:00,675 --> 00:12:02,199 Will you take care of those dishes? 248 00:12:02,286 --> 00:12:03,287 JONATHAN: Uh-huh. 249 00:12:03,374 --> 00:12:05,158 I'll give you a handy later. 250 00:12:08,814 --> 00:12:10,163 It's Pushkin, Amy. 251 00:12:10,250 --> 00:12:11,686 Not Pollyfuckinanna. 252 00:12:12,296 --> 00:12:13,427 [BOTH LAUGHING] 253 00:12:13,514 --> 00:12:14,994 BORIS: What a terrible weekend. 254 00:12:15,690 --> 00:12:17,170 - Mm. - Come on, 255 00:12:17,257 --> 00:12:19,390 why you always gotta hold my coffee hostage? 256 00:12:19,477 --> 00:12:20,826 'Cause you're a puritan. 257 00:12:20,913 --> 00:12:22,088 I feel like it's my duty 258 00:12:22,175 --> 00:12:23,786 to punish the goodness out of you. 259 00:12:23,873 --> 00:12:25,178 God, you're a sadist. 260 00:12:25,265 --> 00:12:26,614 I'm a public school teacher. 261 00:12:26,701 --> 00:12:28,138 - Amen to that. [CHUCKLES] - Cheers. 262 00:12:30,705 --> 00:12:31,750 Ooh, mama. 263 00:12:33,230 --> 00:12:34,231 [BORIS SIGHS] 264 00:12:35,885 --> 00:12:37,712 You think there's ghosts up in there? 265 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,889 - [EERIE MUSIC PLAYING] - [CROWS CAWING DISTANTLY] 266 00:12:39,976 --> 00:12:41,629 JONATHAN: Why don't you go see? 267 00:12:41,716 --> 00:12:43,936 Mm-mm. I don't go in the kudzu. 268 00:12:44,023 --> 00:12:46,025 That feeds on the souls of the dead. 269 00:12:46,112 --> 00:12:47,331 That's why it grows so fast. 270 00:12:49,637 --> 00:12:51,683 [ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING] 271 00:13:15,794 --> 00:13:16,926 Good morning. 272 00:13:17,013 --> 00:13:18,188 You always walk through the woods alone? 273 00:13:18,275 --> 00:13:19,363 That's a peculiar question 274 00:13:19,450 --> 00:13:21,582 to ask a young lady, Coach Fillmore. 275 00:13:21,669 --> 00:13:23,149 What, what are you, uh, listening to? 276 00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:25,021 - Celine Dion. - Really? 277 00:13:25,108 --> 00:13:26,500 - [BORIS LAUGHING] - Really. 278 00:13:26,587 --> 00:13:27,937 But why? 279 00:13:28,024 --> 00:13:29,373 - I'm sorry. [LAUGHING] - Because she's great. 280 00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:30,678 - BORIS: Oh. Hmm. - Ignore him. Ignore him. 281 00:13:30,765 --> 00:13:32,767 - He wept aloud openly... - Hmm. 282 00:13:32,855 --> 00:13:34,421 ...at the Titanic theme song... 283 00:13:34,508 --> 00:13:35,596 - BORIS: Hmm. - ...at my bachelor party. 284 00:13:35,683 --> 00:13:37,381 - Remember that? - I was drunk. 285 00:13:37,468 --> 00:13:38,556 You were disconsolate. 286 00:13:38,643 --> 00:13:39,905 BORIS: You are a fucking traitor. 287 00:13:39,992 --> 00:13:41,037 And you're a fucking hypocrite. [CHUCKLES] 288 00:13:41,124 --> 00:13:42,255 BORIS: Mm. Mm, mm, mm. 289 00:13:42,342 --> 00:13:43,691 Oh, I'm sorry. 290 00:13:43,778 --> 00:13:45,041 Uh, want a biscuit? 291 00:13:45,128 --> 00:13:46,564 - Yeah, sure. - There you go. 292 00:13:51,177 --> 00:13:52,309 [ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING] 293 00:13:53,919 --> 00:13:55,007 CAIRO: It's good. BORIS: Yeah? 294 00:13:55,094 --> 00:13:56,139 - Do you make these? - BORIS: Yeah. 295 00:13:56,226 --> 00:13:57,662 But you know, don't tell nobody. 296 00:13:57,749 --> 00:13:59,490 - Why not? I don't. - Oh, you know. 297 00:13:59,577 --> 00:14:00,970 - You'll figure it out. - I won't. 298 00:14:01,057 --> 00:14:02,406 JONATHAN: You can't have the baseball team knowing 299 00:14:02,493 --> 00:14:04,277 that he bakes biscuits and cries to Celine Dion. 300 00:14:04,364 --> 00:14:07,150 On that... [GROANS] Take my leave. 301 00:14:07,237 --> 00:14:09,413 I shall bid you goodbye. 302 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:10,631 - Okay. - Uh, you, bad bye. 303 00:14:10,718 --> 00:14:11,850 - Well, goodbye. - JONATHAN: A bad bye? 304 00:14:11,937 --> 00:14:13,069 - BORIS: Mm-hmm. - But I love you though. 305 00:14:13,156 --> 00:14:14,157 BORIS: No, you don't. 306 00:14:16,681 --> 00:14:18,683 Don't you get scared walking through those woods? 307 00:14:23,079 --> 00:14:24,645 I'm the scariest thing in there. 308 00:14:26,082 --> 00:14:27,431 [CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY] 309 00:14:29,563 --> 00:14:31,609 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 310 00:14:32,305 --> 00:14:34,220 [HUMMING] 311 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:41,880 Oldest trick in the book, Winnie. 312 00:14:42,837 --> 00:14:44,187 Ain't you gonna say somethin'? 313 00:14:45,449 --> 00:14:46,841 I dressed up just for you. 314 00:14:46,929 --> 00:14:48,365 [CHUCKLES, SIGHS] 315 00:14:48,452 --> 00:14:49,975 What you want? [GRUNTS] 316 00:14:50,062 --> 00:14:51,063 I wanna get into 317 00:14:51,150 --> 00:14:53,152 - your physics class. - Why? 318 00:14:53,239 --> 00:14:54,240 You'd be really behind. 319 00:14:54,327 --> 00:14:55,676 WINNIE: Don't you tutor? 320 00:14:55,763 --> 00:14:57,200 You don't need lessons. 321 00:14:58,288 --> 00:14:59,463 Then what do I need? 322 00:15:00,768 --> 00:15:02,205 BORIS: Um... 323 00:15:03,206 --> 00:15:05,469 [MISCHIEVOUS MUSIC PLAYING] 324 00:15:05,556 --> 00:15:06,861 See what I can do. 325 00:15:06,949 --> 00:15:08,254 WINNIE: 'Preciate ya! 326 00:15:08,341 --> 00:15:09,473 BORIS: Hope so. 327 00:15:11,083 --> 00:15:12,302 CAIRO: You are insane. 328 00:15:14,260 --> 00:15:15,305 [WINNIE INHALES SHARPLY] 329 00:15:15,827 --> 00:15:17,829 Here. 330 00:15:17,916 --> 00:15:20,092 I think I'm seducing Coach Fillmore. 331 00:15:21,441 --> 00:15:23,226 But you're a lesbian. 332 00:15:23,313 --> 00:15:25,358 I'm an equal opportunist. 333 00:15:25,445 --> 00:15:27,012 CAIRO: Mm. 334 00:15:27,099 --> 00:15:28,622 Are you jealous? 335 00:15:28,709 --> 00:15:30,450 Well, if I say, "yes," will you lay off him? 336 00:15:30,537 --> 00:15:32,713 If I say, "yes," will you lay on me? 337 00:15:34,193 --> 00:15:35,499 Okay, chickybikky? 338 00:15:36,717 --> 00:15:38,371 Okay. 339 00:15:38,458 --> 00:15:40,634 [STRANGE DESIRE BY ISLA JUNE PLAYING] 340 00:15:47,685 --> 00:15:48,947 So, you're a smoker now? 341 00:15:49,948 --> 00:15:51,819 I'm smoking now. 342 00:15:51,906 --> 00:15:54,257 No plans for it to define me yet. 343 00:15:54,344 --> 00:15:55,736 Where are your parents this time? 344 00:15:56,476 --> 00:15:57,521 Mumbai. 345 00:15:58,696 --> 00:15:59,740 WINNIE: For how long? 346 00:16:00,132 --> 00:16:01,612 Who knows? 347 00:16:01,699 --> 00:16:03,266 Let me dress you up. 348 00:16:03,353 --> 00:16:04,963 Winnie, you know I don't give a fuck about being hot. 349 00:16:05,050 --> 00:16:06,312 I give a fuck about being smart. 350 00:16:06,878 --> 00:16:08,314 You can be both. 351 00:16:10,447 --> 00:16:11,665 What are you doin'? 352 00:16:13,319 --> 00:16:14,842 I'm willing my cursor to blink itself 353 00:16:14,929 --> 00:16:16,148 into my Yale essay. 354 00:16:16,757 --> 00:16:17,845 You dry? 355 00:16:19,151 --> 00:16:20,413 Unqualified. 356 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:22,937 What's the subject? 357 00:16:23,025 --> 00:16:24,765 "What has been your greatest achievement to date?" 358 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:27,899 All right, what the fuck am I supposed to say? 359 00:16:27,986 --> 00:16:29,770 Surviving the crippling ennui 360 00:16:29,857 --> 00:16:30,902 of growing up in bumfuck nowhere? 361 00:16:30,989 --> 00:16:32,034 I'm sorry. 362 00:16:32,121 --> 00:16:33,557 I just... I couldn't hear you over 363 00:16:33,644 --> 00:16:35,646 the high whine of your shining trust fund. 364 00:16:35,733 --> 00:16:36,908 My greatest achievement cannot be that 365 00:16:36,995 --> 00:16:38,170 I've had no achievement. 366 00:16:38,257 --> 00:16:40,433 Well, you are gonna be valedictorian. 367 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:41,521 CAIRO: Boring. 368 00:16:41,608 --> 00:16:44,002 - You have a 4.6 GPA. - Boring. 369 00:16:44,089 --> 00:16:45,308 And you've successfully... 370 00:16:45,395 --> 00:16:46,396 - What? - Well... 371 00:16:46,483 --> 00:16:49,051 You've successfully, um... 372 00:16:49,834 --> 00:16:51,009 Well... 373 00:16:51,488 --> 00:16:52,924 Shit. 374 00:16:53,011 --> 00:16:55,013 I guess you're just another run-of-the-mill, 375 00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:56,536 generationally wealthy gal 376 00:16:56,623 --> 00:16:58,625 livin' in a haunted ancestral mansion. 377 00:16:58,712 --> 00:16:59,757 Fuck. 378 00:17:00,584 --> 00:17:02,499 WINNIE: So... 379 00:17:02,586 --> 00:17:05,545 - [CAIRO SIGHS] - Experience something. 380 00:17:05,632 --> 00:17:06,764 Like what? 381 00:17:06,851 --> 00:17:08,113 Something worth writing about. 382 00:17:10,420 --> 00:17:13,162 You could write a treatise on teacher-student affairs. 383 00:17:13,249 --> 00:17:14,641 [CHUCKLES] 384 00:17:14,728 --> 00:17:16,382 How exactly would that be an achievement, Winnie? 385 00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:17,601 Easy. 386 00:17:17,688 --> 00:17:19,559 It becomes a conversation 387 00:17:19,646 --> 00:17:21,692 about achieving emancipation 388 00:17:21,779 --> 00:17:25,391 from your inherited beliefs about sex and age. 389 00:17:25,478 --> 00:17:27,176 You're not seriously gonna fuck Fillmore, are you? 390 00:17:27,263 --> 00:17:29,352 [SMACKS LIPS] Haven't decided yet. 391 00:17:30,135 --> 00:17:31,136 What's it to you? 392 00:17:31,223 --> 00:17:32,311 Like, he's, like, 393 00:17:32,398 --> 00:17:34,618 - twenty years older than you. - So? 394 00:17:34,705 --> 00:17:36,446 Older men have been harvesting virginity 395 00:17:36,533 --> 00:17:38,012 since the dawn of time. 396 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:43,583 So, it doesn't mean anything to you? 397 00:17:43,670 --> 00:17:45,281 What? 398 00:17:45,368 --> 00:17:46,847 Your virginity. 399 00:17:46,934 --> 00:17:48,414 Does it mean something to you? 400 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:52,201 I haven't decided yet. 401 00:17:53,898 --> 00:17:54,942 Come to Winnie. 402 00:18:02,733 --> 00:18:04,474 We're, like, 403 00:18:04,561 --> 00:18:07,607 the fucking American wet dream. 404 00:18:07,694 --> 00:18:10,741 Young girls with ambivalent sexuality. 405 00:18:10,828 --> 00:18:14,353 Pheromones steaming off our bodies. 406 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,747 I don't wanna drop it for some rando jock-twat 407 00:18:16,834 --> 00:18:18,488 whose sexual standards are mandated 408 00:18:18,575 --> 00:18:20,751 by the shit porn he downloads. 409 00:18:20,838 --> 00:18:21,926 That's deli meat. 410 00:18:22,709 --> 00:18:25,930 I want a dry-aged 411 00:18:26,017 --> 00:18:28,541 slab of perfectly marbled hot man meat 412 00:18:28,628 --> 00:18:30,152 to take me to pleasure town. 413 00:18:31,022 --> 00:18:32,241 [INHALES DEEPLY] 414 00:18:32,328 --> 00:18:33,329 Like... 415 00:18:34,025 --> 00:18:35,069 Wagyu beef. 416 00:18:36,593 --> 00:18:37,637 [SIGHS] 417 00:18:38,725 --> 00:18:39,944 Hungee. 418 00:18:40,031 --> 00:18:41,424 You think that's Boris Fillmore? 419 00:18:42,816 --> 00:18:43,861 Why not? 420 00:18:45,602 --> 00:18:46,733 He's fine. 421 00:18:47,691 --> 00:18:50,041 He's like, really fucking smart. 422 00:18:50,128 --> 00:18:51,434 And he's kind. 423 00:18:51,521 --> 00:18:53,740 Which means, as my first time, 424 00:18:54,872 --> 00:18:56,569 he'd take his time 425 00:18:56,656 --> 00:18:58,789 to get me all good and juiced. 426 00:18:58,876 --> 00:19:00,660 And then he'd give me aftercare. 427 00:19:02,184 --> 00:19:05,274 You know, the first time you have sex, 428 00:19:05,361 --> 00:19:06,753 it's not supposed to hurt. 429 00:19:07,537 --> 00:19:08,581 Right? 430 00:19:10,017 --> 00:19:12,368 Like, if you're properly aroused. 431 00:19:14,021 --> 00:19:15,719 You likely won't even bleed. 432 00:19:17,547 --> 00:19:18,983 Didn't know that. 433 00:19:19,070 --> 00:19:20,854 That's because a woman's pain 434 00:19:20,941 --> 00:19:22,943 is valued more than her pleasure. 435 00:19:23,030 --> 00:19:24,945 But that's a conversation for another day. 436 00:19:25,032 --> 00:19:26,077 My point... 437 00:19:27,296 --> 00:19:30,690 is that Boris has just got it going on. 438 00:19:32,214 --> 00:19:33,693 I know what I'm looking for. 439 00:19:36,305 --> 00:19:39,046 And I think Mr. Miller knows what he's looking for. 440 00:19:39,133 --> 00:19:40,178 What do you mean? 441 00:19:41,266 --> 00:19:42,702 I've never seen him look at a student 442 00:19:42,789 --> 00:19:43,964 the way he looks at you. 443 00:19:45,009 --> 00:19:47,141 He sees you 444 00:19:47,229 --> 00:19:48,882 even though you hide in plain sight. 445 00:19:48,969 --> 00:19:50,710 - Shut up. [GIGGLING] - What? 446 00:19:50,797 --> 00:19:51,972 - Stop! - No. 447 00:19:52,059 --> 00:19:54,323 Come on. Like you don't notice, Cairo. 448 00:19:54,410 --> 00:19:56,063 It's like he's been living in gray scale 449 00:19:56,150 --> 00:19:58,936 and you're the first thing he's ever seen in color. 450 00:19:59,023 --> 00:20:01,243 No, you're being... Shut up. 451 00:20:07,031 --> 00:20:08,206 I'd fuck you. 452 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:10,252 I know. 453 00:20:11,253 --> 00:20:13,255 [AMUSING MUSIC PLAYING] 454 00:20:13,864 --> 00:20:15,126 [CAIRO GIGGLES] 455 00:20:15,213 --> 00:20:17,215 [WHAT FICTION IS FOR BY DYAN PLAYING] 456 00:20:19,522 --> 00:20:20,871 CAIRO: [READING] "I was nothing 457 00:20:20,958 --> 00:20:22,351 "but a bleached bone monument beneath her. 458 00:20:24,614 --> 00:20:26,790 "Human ruins of a madman's love." 459 00:20:29,445 --> 00:20:30,968 "A madman's love." 460 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,973 God, I'd give anything to feel that. 461 00:20:38,715 --> 00:20:42,458 What muse could inspire this deranged yearning? 462 00:20:44,242 --> 00:20:46,244 [WHAT FICTION IS FOR CONTINUES] 463 00:20:50,553 --> 00:20:51,728 To inspire. 464 00:20:52,903 --> 00:20:54,470 To be so inspired. 465 00:20:58,604 --> 00:21:00,389 Could we be that to each other? 466 00:21:03,957 --> 00:21:05,611 What was I saying? 467 00:21:07,352 --> 00:21:09,223 Feels like I'm not right. 468 00:21:10,834 --> 00:21:12,009 Feels good. 469 00:21:13,184 --> 00:21:14,533 It feels pink. 470 00:21:14,620 --> 00:21:15,969 JONATHAN: Never forget. 471 00:21:16,056 --> 00:21:18,668 There's a reason this guy was called romantic. 472 00:21:18,755 --> 00:21:21,105 It's very big, it's very bold. 473 00:21:21,192 --> 00:21:23,934 To us, it might seem a little... 474 00:21:24,021 --> 00:21:25,327 much. 475 00:21:27,111 --> 00:21:29,156 If we don't stick to the brief, 476 00:21:29,243 --> 00:21:31,071 it gets a little bit woolly. 477 00:21:32,638 --> 00:21:34,553 Uh, can you see me after school, please? 478 00:21:36,599 --> 00:21:38,644 Some of you, as you can see could have done... 479 00:21:38,731 --> 00:21:40,124 CAIRO: It's like a sugar cube under the tongue. 480 00:21:40,211 --> 00:21:41,212 ...a little better. 481 00:21:41,299 --> 00:21:43,823 But worth persevering. 482 00:21:43,910 --> 00:21:45,521 Colby, what? 483 00:21:45,608 --> 00:21:47,305 CAIRO: I want your attention. 484 00:21:47,392 --> 00:21:49,394 [SOMETHING'S WRONG BABY BY LITTLE MELVIN UNDERWOOD PLAYS] 485 00:21:50,482 --> 00:21:52,310 Uh, how's Bea? 486 00:21:52,397 --> 00:21:54,660 She's, uh, she's Bea. 487 00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:55,966 BORIS: Yeah. How's the book coming? 488 00:21:56,053 --> 00:21:57,576 It's not. 489 00:21:57,663 --> 00:21:59,143 You mean you're not. 490 00:21:59,230 --> 00:22:01,014 No, she's, uh, she's occupied. 491 00:22:01,101 --> 00:22:02,189 All right, what time is dinner? 492 00:22:02,276 --> 00:22:03,408 JONATHAN: Seven o'clock. 493 00:22:03,495 --> 00:22:04,801 And please take a shower. 494 00:22:04,888 --> 00:22:06,280 Are you worried? 495 00:22:06,368 --> 00:22:09,327 Your old lady's gonna get hot for all this? 496 00:22:09,414 --> 00:22:10,807 Top three worst nightmares. 497 00:22:10,894 --> 00:22:13,505 Yeah. Because you know how nasty she is. 498 00:22:13,592 --> 00:22:15,507 No, because I wanna keep you for myself. 499 00:22:15,594 --> 00:22:17,640 Aw, cutie. 500 00:22:18,902 --> 00:22:19,990 - Hey. - What? 501 00:22:20,077 --> 00:22:21,339 You remember the Roger Rabbit? 502 00:22:21,426 --> 00:22:22,471 Check it out now. 503 00:22:31,741 --> 00:22:33,743 - It's close, right? - To? 504 00:22:33,830 --> 00:22:35,048 Kids ain't got nothing on me. 505 00:22:35,135 --> 00:22:36,223 - JONATHAN: All right, man. - Bye, Professor. 506 00:22:36,310 --> 00:22:37,616 - Love you. - [DOOR CLOSES] 507 00:22:37,703 --> 00:22:39,705 [SOMETHING'S WRONG BABY CONTINUES PLAYING] 508 00:22:50,803 --> 00:22:51,848 [CLAPS] 509 00:22:52,283 --> 00:22:53,327 Ooh! 510 00:22:54,241 --> 00:22:55,808 F... Hi. Uh... 511 00:22:55,895 --> 00:22:57,244 [GIGGLING] 512 00:22:57,331 --> 00:23:00,813 JONATHAN: Hello... Well, that was embarrassing. 513 00:23:00,900 --> 00:23:02,946 - I won't tell. - That's generous, thank you. 514 00:23:03,033 --> 00:23:05,644 Uh, hope I'm not keeping you from anything. 515 00:23:05,731 --> 00:23:08,081 I'm waiting for Winnie. 516 00:23:08,168 --> 00:23:10,170 It's like you're always waiting for Winnie. 517 00:23:10,257 --> 00:23:12,172 That sounds like a Gin Blossoms album. 518 00:23:13,130 --> 00:23:14,653 Waiting for Winnie. 519 00:23:14,740 --> 00:23:17,482 Gin Blossoms? How old are you? 520 00:23:17,569 --> 00:23:19,571 Well, if you can't tell, then I won't. 521 00:23:20,529 --> 00:23:22,052 What's Winnie doing? 522 00:23:22,139 --> 00:23:23,357 She's applying to Vandy. 523 00:23:23,445 --> 00:23:25,011 You would be pleased to know. 524 00:23:25,098 --> 00:23:26,709 And are you? 525 00:23:26,796 --> 00:23:29,363 Tennessee is a fucking tar pit. No offense. 526 00:23:29,451 --> 00:23:32,279 I think you'll appreciate it when you're older. 527 00:23:32,366 --> 00:23:33,411 Maybe. 528 00:23:34,412 --> 00:23:35,457 From afar. 529 00:23:36,109 --> 00:23:37,328 As it burns. 530 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:40,070 - Like Nero. - [JONATHAN CHUCKLES] 531 00:23:42,725 --> 00:23:43,856 Well, that's... 532 00:23:43,943 --> 00:23:46,206 So, uh, how far are we talkin'? 533 00:23:46,293 --> 00:23:47,512 Yale far. 534 00:23:47,599 --> 00:23:49,122 Yale far? My God! 535 00:23:49,209 --> 00:23:51,124 What, so you can eat pot brownies 536 00:23:51,211 --> 00:23:52,909 and read Joan Didion or what? 537 00:23:52,996 --> 00:23:54,650 Because I hear the literacy rate is high. 538 00:23:58,958 --> 00:24:00,220 You ever been to 539 00:24:00,307 --> 00:24:01,874 the Scroll Sessions at Sally Bunny's? 540 00:24:01,961 --> 00:24:03,528 No. What's that? 541 00:24:03,615 --> 00:24:06,313 Poetry salon every third Saturday. 542 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:07,532 Victorian Village. 543 00:24:07,619 --> 00:24:09,316 - What is that? - What's... 544 00:24:09,403 --> 00:24:11,057 What's that? It's blank. 545 00:24:11,144 --> 00:24:12,537 Ca... How can you disdain 546 00:24:12,624 --> 00:24:14,713 of what Tennessee has to offer 547 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,674 without conducting a thorough, uh, cultural investigation? 548 00:24:18,761 --> 00:24:20,327 Educated judgment. 549 00:24:20,414 --> 00:24:23,505 [CHUCKLES] Well, I've heard things there that haunt me. 550 00:24:24,506 --> 00:24:25,507 Because they're bad? 551 00:24:25,594 --> 00:24:26,725 [LAUGHS] 552 00:24:26,812 --> 00:24:28,814 Sometimes, yeah. Sometimes they're bad. 553 00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:30,773 Most of the time, it's, it's kind of beautiful. 554 00:24:31,817 --> 00:24:32,905 Yeah. 555 00:24:32,992 --> 00:24:35,560 Maybe you should go this weekend. 556 00:24:35,647 --> 00:24:36,909 I think you might be surprised. 557 00:24:36,996 --> 00:24:38,476 [CHUCKLES] 558 00:24:40,086 --> 00:24:41,435 You wanted to see me? 559 00:24:41,523 --> 00:24:43,089 JONATHAN: This week's story, 560 00:24:43,176 --> 00:24:47,833 uh, you wrote about a reluctant spider. 561 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:48,965 I enjoyed this one. 562 00:24:50,749 --> 00:24:54,318 [RECITING] "Survival and desire amalgamated 563 00:24:54,405 --> 00:24:56,712 "and turned an aphotic eye inward. 564 00:24:58,496 --> 00:25:01,978 "I saw my expectations dismantled and dismembered 565 00:25:04,197 --> 00:25:07,505 "by the harsh and starving dogs of reality. 566 00:25:07,592 --> 00:25:10,073 "Truths that sit in the vacuity of space 567 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,727 "like a hypergiant star 568 00:25:12,292 --> 00:25:13,555 "burning to ash. 569 00:25:15,121 --> 00:25:19,125 "All elements too weak to withstand the awesome heat. 570 00:25:19,212 --> 00:25:21,563 "We are what we are. 571 00:25:21,650 --> 00:25:24,783 [CHUCKLES] "And all creatures must eat." 572 00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:26,698 [CHUCKLES] 573 00:25:28,221 --> 00:25:31,398 - Um... - Damn. That, I mean... 574 00:25:31,485 --> 00:25:33,009 I was not expecting that. 575 00:25:33,923 --> 00:25:35,141 Um... 576 00:25:37,056 --> 00:25:38,144 She's not reluctant. 577 00:25:39,493 --> 00:25:40,494 She's resigned. 578 00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:41,757 - To her death? - No. 579 00:25:41,844 --> 00:25:42,932 To the order of things. 580 00:25:44,107 --> 00:25:46,065 She eats and waits to be eaten. 581 00:25:46,152 --> 00:25:48,372 - Phew. It's dark. - It's nature. 582 00:25:48,459 --> 00:25:49,678 That's true. 583 00:25:53,377 --> 00:25:54,900 You memorized it. 584 00:25:55,335 --> 00:25:56,336 Uh... 585 00:25:56,423 --> 00:25:58,556 Well, I'm eidetic. 586 00:25:58,643 --> 00:26:00,384 It's a, it's a cool party trick. 587 00:26:03,692 --> 00:26:04,693 You are... 588 00:26:07,043 --> 00:26:09,698 You're exceptionally talented. 589 00:26:09,785 --> 00:26:11,830 - Do I get an A? - Well, how about a jumpstart 590 00:26:11,917 --> 00:26:13,353 on the midterm? 591 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,268 Are you offering me special treatment, Mr. Miller? 592 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:17,967 I want you to write a short story 593 00:26:18,054 --> 00:26:19,969 in the style of your favorite author. 594 00:26:21,405 --> 00:26:22,928 I think it could be the highlight 595 00:26:23,015 --> 00:26:24,626 of your portfolio submission 596 00:26:24,713 --> 00:26:26,105 - to Vanderbilt. - Yale. 597 00:26:26,192 --> 00:26:27,716 - [WHISPERING] Vanderbilt. - Yale. 598 00:26:27,803 --> 00:26:29,108 [IN NORMAL VOICE] Come on. I've got to have some hope. 599 00:26:30,806 --> 00:26:32,024 I think that's a terrific assignment. 600 00:26:32,111 --> 00:26:33,112 Thought you would. 601 00:26:33,722 --> 00:26:34,766 Good. 602 00:26:36,899 --> 00:26:37,987 I read your book. 603 00:26:38,074 --> 00:26:40,598 - Oh, God. Well, uh... - [CHUCKLES] 604 00:26:41,817 --> 00:26:42,818 [EXHALES] 605 00:26:44,776 --> 00:26:46,691 Reviewers, of which there were three, 606 00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:49,041 found it, uh, 607 00:26:49,128 --> 00:26:52,436 "overreaching without ambition," to quote. 608 00:26:52,523 --> 00:26:53,655 I would call it... 609 00:26:54,743 --> 00:26:56,266 grand and tragic. 610 00:26:57,702 --> 00:26:59,008 Okay. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY] 611 00:27:00,183 --> 00:27:01,793 Romantic horror. 612 00:27:05,101 --> 00:27:06,102 That's, uh... 613 00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:09,496 CAIRO: [RECITING] "She was an electric white 614 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:11,977 "noon-shadow moon 615 00:27:13,239 --> 00:27:15,546 "casting cold light like water 616 00:27:15,633 --> 00:27:17,243 "over the flat earth of my face. 617 00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:20,333 "'Don't look into the sun,' they said. 618 00:27:21,073 --> 00:27:22,161 "But the moon, 619 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:24,468 "the moon... 620 00:27:26,035 --> 00:27:27,297 "I stared until I was nothing 621 00:27:27,384 --> 00:27:29,429 "but a bleached bone monument beneath her. 622 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,043 "Human ruins of a madman's love." 623 00:27:34,130 --> 00:27:36,132 [GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING] 624 00:27:39,135 --> 00:27:40,789 Well, you memorized that, right? 625 00:27:40,876 --> 00:27:42,878 [BOTH CHUCKLING] 626 00:27:47,534 --> 00:27:48,884 [SUCKS TEETH] 627 00:27:48,971 --> 00:27:50,929 That was too much. That was weird. [CHUCKLES] 628 00:27:51,016 --> 00:27:52,148 No, it wasn't. It's not. It's not. 629 00:27:52,235 --> 00:27:54,803 That was really weird. I'm sorry. 630 00:27:54,890 --> 00:27:56,413 That was the first thing I'd ever written... 631 00:27:59,111 --> 00:28:00,460 which felt tangible. 632 00:28:00,547 --> 00:28:02,811 Like I'd touched somethin'. 633 00:28:06,989 --> 00:28:08,338 You know, I haven't written anything 634 00:28:08,425 --> 00:28:10,644 - in a very long time. - Why not? 635 00:28:10,732 --> 00:28:11,733 I don't know. 636 00:28:12,646 --> 00:28:13,691 Do I know? 637 00:28:15,171 --> 00:28:16,389 Mm? 638 00:28:16,476 --> 00:28:18,740 [MUTTERING] Uh... 639 00:28:18,827 --> 00:28:20,350 I guess I got married. 640 00:28:21,351 --> 00:28:22,744 Started teaching. 641 00:28:26,138 --> 00:28:27,879 I don't have anything else to say. 642 00:28:29,576 --> 00:28:31,056 You're uninspired. 643 00:28:31,143 --> 00:28:33,406 - You judging me? - I am challenging you. 644 00:28:33,493 --> 00:28:34,930 That's my job. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY] 645 00:28:38,847 --> 00:28:39,891 [OBJECTS CLATTERING] 646 00:28:41,066 --> 00:28:42,764 [DOOR CLOSES] 647 00:28:42,851 --> 00:28:44,853 - JONATHAN: Hi, Winnie. - Oh, no. 648 00:28:45,679 --> 00:28:46,724 [SIGHS] 649 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,207 - Hungee. - CAIRO: I think she's hungry. 650 00:28:51,294 --> 00:28:52,469 She just doesn't use real words 651 00:28:52,556 --> 00:28:53,949 because she's a child. 652 00:28:54,036 --> 00:28:55,559 [TO LOVE A MAN BY KELLYEANN KEOUGH PLAYING] 653 00:28:55,646 --> 00:28:56,865 [BORIS CHUCKLES] 654 00:28:56,952 --> 00:28:59,302 No, it's fine. Your hair looks great. 655 00:28:59,389 --> 00:29:00,825 - I knew it. - Please don't start. 656 00:29:00,912 --> 00:29:02,305 - BEATRICE: Don't. - Your hair looks good. 657 00:29:02,392 --> 00:29:03,306 - BEATRICE: I will not go... - I'm more concerned... 658 00:29:03,393 --> 00:29:04,916 ...gently into the good night. 659 00:29:05,003 --> 00:29:06,091 - No, I know. You look fine. - BEATRICE: Like you have. 660 00:29:06,178 --> 00:29:07,397 I'm just more concerned about the fact 661 00:29:07,484 --> 00:29:08,224 that you got two damn phones on the table 662 00:29:08,311 --> 00:29:09,355 like you're a rapper. 663 00:29:09,442 --> 00:29:10,879 This one is my professional phone. 664 00:29:10,966 --> 00:29:12,445 - BORIS: And the other one... - [JONATHAN CHUCKLING] 665 00:29:12,532 --> 00:29:13,882 - JONATHAN: The other one... - ...is for selling drugs. 666 00:29:13,969 --> 00:29:15,187 - The other one is personal. - BORIS: Oh, yeah? 667 00:29:15,274 --> 00:29:16,188 That's why you're not gonna get that number. 668 00:29:16,275 --> 00:29:17,799 [ALL LAUGHING] 669 00:29:17,886 --> 00:29:19,888 How y'all doin'? That burger treatin' you well? 670 00:29:19,975 --> 00:29:21,803 Sorry, it's a two-man show tonight. 671 00:29:21,890 --> 00:29:24,327 - [WINNIE SIGHS] - I'm getting angry now. 672 00:29:24,414 --> 00:29:26,068 BORIS: Well... WINNIE: [SIGHS] Well, hi. 673 00:29:26,155 --> 00:29:28,026 I don't see any Michelin stars here, honey. 674 00:29:28,113 --> 00:29:29,767 So, what is the holdup? 675 00:29:29,854 --> 00:29:31,203 - WINNIE: A fuck-up... - Bea. Come on. 676 00:29:31,290 --> 00:29:32,857 ...in the kitchen that was entirely preventable. 677 00:29:34,032 --> 00:29:35,991 Can I get you anything while you wait? 678 00:29:36,078 --> 00:29:38,210 - On me. - Another Maker's. 679 00:29:38,297 --> 00:29:39,864 Okay, you got it. 680 00:29:39,951 --> 00:29:41,910 - Coach? - BORIS: Blue Moon. 681 00:29:41,997 --> 00:29:43,563 Workin' late on a school night, ain't you? 682 00:29:43,650 --> 00:29:45,652 Drinkin' late on a school night, ain't you? 683 00:29:45,739 --> 00:29:47,872 Oh, you think sassing me is gonna get you a better tip? 684 00:29:47,959 --> 00:29:49,352 WINNIE: Gets me a better grade. 685 00:29:49,439 --> 00:29:51,441 Doesn't it? 686 00:29:51,528 --> 00:29:53,399 - That might be true, yeah. - Anything for you, Mr. Miller? 687 00:29:53,486 --> 00:29:54,879 [LAUGHS] I'm good, Winnie. 688 00:29:54,966 --> 00:29:56,011 Designated driver. 689 00:29:56,098 --> 00:29:57,534 - Oh. - BORIS: Oh, really? 690 00:29:57,621 --> 00:29:58,796 - Unless you wanna do it. - First I'm hearing of this. 691 00:29:58,883 --> 00:30:01,886 You know, why can't you just be a nice, 692 00:30:01,973 --> 00:30:04,497 boring teacher like Mr. Miller? 693 00:30:04,584 --> 00:30:06,064 - [ALL LAUGHING] - Boring? 694 00:30:06,151 --> 00:30:07,109 BORIS: What? And let my students make their grades 695 00:30:07,196 --> 00:30:08,501 with scholastic merit? 696 00:30:08,588 --> 00:30:09,633 Do you really think I'm boring? 697 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,156 In a good way. 698 00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:13,463 Like a nice pastoral. 699 00:30:13,550 --> 00:30:15,334 I'll get those drinks for you. 700 00:30:15,421 --> 00:30:16,945 Yeah. "Pastoral." 701 00:30:17,032 --> 00:30:18,381 She just called you a field. 702 00:30:18,468 --> 00:30:19,643 JONATHAN: At best. 703 00:30:19,730 --> 00:30:21,471 - She's cute. - Yeah, and a 4.4 student. 704 00:30:21,558 --> 00:30:22,733 And she can paint. 705 00:30:22,820 --> 00:30:24,343 She's in my morning class. 706 00:30:24,430 --> 00:30:26,868 Oh, is this the last scion of James Joyce? 707 00:30:26,955 --> 00:30:28,565 [CHUCKLING] That's Cairo. 708 00:30:28,652 --> 00:30:29,914 - Cairo? - BORIS: Yeah. 709 00:30:30,001 --> 00:30:31,263 Did he tell you that Cairo read his book? 710 00:30:31,350 --> 00:30:33,135 He sure did. 711 00:30:33,222 --> 00:30:36,094 - Is she pretty? - JONATHAN: Is she pretty? 712 00:30:36,181 --> 00:30:37,879 Um, I don't know. She's talented. 713 00:30:37,966 --> 00:30:39,402 Damn. Even worse. 714 00:30:39,489 --> 00:30:41,273 Our friend Jon here is prepping her to be 715 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,015 his transcendence into the annals of academic glory. 716 00:30:44,102 --> 00:30:46,539 And so what if I am? It's exhilarating. 717 00:30:46,626 --> 00:30:48,280 And it's rare as well 718 00:30:48,367 --> 00:30:49,673 - to be so engaged and so... - Hmm. I bet is is. Yes. 719 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,457 - So worshipped. - So worthy. 720 00:30:51,544 --> 00:30:53,285 - Wanna be like me. - She, in earnest 721 00:30:53,372 --> 00:30:55,940 uses words like "vituperation." 722 00:30:56,027 --> 00:30:57,115 Please. 723 00:30:57,202 --> 00:30:58,812 Vocabulary doesn't make you a writer 724 00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:01,424 any more than math makes you a rocket scientist. 725 00:31:01,511 --> 00:31:03,730 Bea, she's extraordinary. 726 00:31:03,817 --> 00:31:05,558 - Okay? - But enjoy it while you can. 727 00:31:05,645 --> 00:31:07,343 You know, pickings are slim in the boonies. 728 00:31:07,430 --> 00:31:09,171 Rural education not as romantic 729 00:31:09,258 --> 00:31:10,476 as you thought it'd be, huh? 730 00:31:10,563 --> 00:31:11,913 No, I thought it was going to be fucking 731 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,610 - Friday Night Lights, okay? - [BOTH LAUGHING] 732 00:31:13,697 --> 00:31:15,046 - That's on you, man. - Just cool stories 733 00:31:15,133 --> 00:31:16,569 and, like, sexy guitar riffs. 734 00:31:16,656 --> 00:31:19,311 Meanwhile, the professor disapproves of my cynicism. 735 00:31:19,398 --> 00:31:20,878 - Oh, he's judging you. - Yes, he is. I feel it. 736 00:31:20,965 --> 00:31:22,184 - No, I'm not. - BORIS: Yes, you are. 737 00:31:22,271 --> 00:31:23,576 BEATRICE: Are too. 738 00:31:23,663 --> 00:31:25,187 [RECITING] "The teacher who attempts to teach 739 00:31:25,274 --> 00:31:26,753 "without inspiring the pupil 740 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,931 "with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron." 741 00:31:30,018 --> 00:31:31,541 - Horace Mann. - Ten points to Slytherin. 742 00:31:31,628 --> 00:31:32,629 That's so rich. 743 00:31:32,716 --> 00:31:34,326 I wanted to be a teacher. 744 00:31:34,413 --> 00:31:35,414 You fell back on it. 745 00:31:35,501 --> 00:31:37,199 And by the way, I love teaching. 746 00:31:37,286 --> 00:31:39,157 You're better suited for it, I think, anyway. 747 00:31:39,244 --> 00:31:40,985 - Hey, than what? - Writing. 748 00:31:41,072 --> 00:31:42,987 - BORIS: Goddamn, Beatrice. - What does that mean? 749 00:31:43,074 --> 00:31:44,510 BEATRICE: You don't have kids. 750 00:31:44,597 --> 00:31:45,337 BORIS: You don't have kids. BEATRICE: You don't have 751 00:31:45,424 --> 00:31:46,817 brain damage, right? 752 00:31:46,904 --> 00:31:48,862 So, um, you stopped writing 753 00:31:48,950 --> 00:31:50,864 I imagine, because it wasn't for you. 754 00:31:50,952 --> 00:31:52,736 Otherwise, you'd still be doing it. 755 00:31:53,650 --> 00:31:54,694 I'm a writer. 756 00:31:54,781 --> 00:31:56,174 You haven't put pen to page 757 00:31:56,261 --> 00:31:57,959 since your stories got panned. 758 00:31:58,742 --> 00:31:59,743 You're not a writer. 759 00:31:59,830 --> 00:32:00,874 JONATHAN: Hmm. 760 00:32:01,614 --> 00:32:03,660 Well, okay. 761 00:32:03,747 --> 00:32:05,270 Didn't realize you saw me this way, but okay. 762 00:32:05,357 --> 00:32:06,793 BEATRICE: It's not that you can't write, Jon. 763 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:07,969 It's that you don't. 764 00:32:08,708 --> 00:32:11,146 You chose to be a teacher. 765 00:32:11,233 --> 00:32:13,061 Why would I see you as anything else? 766 00:32:15,367 --> 00:32:16,803 'Cause you married a writer. 767 00:32:16,890 --> 00:32:18,109 BEATRICE: I did. 768 00:32:18,457 --> 00:32:19,632 Didn't I? 769 00:32:19,719 --> 00:32:21,765 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 770 00:32:22,679 --> 00:32:24,681 [MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING] 771 00:32:25,595 --> 00:32:27,989 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 772 00:32:32,341 --> 00:32:33,777 CAIRO: Why am I here? 773 00:32:36,258 --> 00:32:38,390 It's not for the poetry, I'll tell you that. 774 00:32:38,477 --> 00:32:39,522 [DOOR OPENS] 775 00:32:39,609 --> 00:32:41,611 [PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY] 776 00:32:43,091 --> 00:32:44,614 It's for the thrill of something 777 00:32:44,701 --> 00:32:46,964 that I've managed to go my whole life without knowing. 778 00:32:50,576 --> 00:32:53,188 An ache of anticipation that you'll be here. 779 00:32:57,888 --> 00:32:59,846 And it will mean something that you are. 780 00:33:03,589 --> 00:33:04,677 Be here. 781 00:33:04,764 --> 00:33:06,331 Be here. Be here. 782 00:33:09,987 --> 00:33:11,380 [RECITING] "Stay, illusion. 783 00:33:11,467 --> 00:33:13,904 "If thou hast any sound, speak to me." 784 00:33:13,991 --> 00:33:16,080 [SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING] 785 00:33:16,167 --> 00:33:18,213 - Hi. - Hi. 786 00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:19,823 JONATHAN: Can I sit? CAIRO: Of course. 787 00:33:19,910 --> 00:33:21,564 [PLAYING PIANO] 788 00:33:23,566 --> 00:33:25,220 What's that you got there? 789 00:33:25,307 --> 00:33:28,179 It's, um, sacramental grape juice. 790 00:33:28,266 --> 00:33:29,920 Said the barrister's daughter. 791 00:33:31,008 --> 00:33:31,965 CAIRO: Do you know all these people? 792 00:33:32,053 --> 00:33:33,358 JONATHAN: Uh, most of them. 793 00:33:33,445 --> 00:33:35,317 We've been doing this for a couple years now. 794 00:33:36,318 --> 00:33:37,841 - Like group therapy? - [CHUCKLES] 795 00:33:38,711 --> 00:33:40,757 Yeah, exactly that. [CHUCKLES] 796 00:33:42,019 --> 00:33:43,803 CAIRO: Who's that fellow? JONATHAN: That's Elliot. 797 00:33:43,890 --> 00:33:45,762 Three-time Ostrander winner. 798 00:33:45,849 --> 00:33:47,590 He just finished playing Edmund in Lear. 799 00:33:47,677 --> 00:33:49,331 It's sure to get him his fourth. 800 00:33:49,418 --> 00:33:50,723 CAIRO: Hmm. 801 00:33:50,810 --> 00:33:53,248 [RECITING] "It is my intention to escape you 802 00:33:54,901 --> 00:33:56,512 "and leave you far behind... 803 00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:58,035 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 804 00:33:58,122 --> 00:34:00,342 "...bereft of me and aching. 805 00:34:01,604 --> 00:34:03,693 "Puzzled by the pain in your rib. 806 00:34:05,608 --> 00:34:06,913 "Not quite heartache. 807 00:34:08,089 --> 00:34:09,394 "Not quite homesick. 808 00:34:10,265 --> 00:34:12,005 "Me-shaped and filled 809 00:34:12,093 --> 00:34:14,051 "with the remnants of stars. 810 00:34:15,531 --> 00:34:18,664 "You choke up the void with verdurous blooms, 811 00:34:18,751 --> 00:34:21,014 "and the wrap of my veins around you. 812 00:34:21,102 --> 00:34:22,277 [SOFT PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES] 813 00:34:23,278 --> 00:34:25,018 "The hideous pulse, 814 00:34:25,845 --> 00:34:27,282 "the shouting blood, 815 00:34:28,674 --> 00:34:30,981 "the ventricle kudzu smothering you 816 00:34:31,068 --> 00:34:32,156 "with wanting 817 00:34:33,244 --> 00:34:36,334 "is turned hideously soft in reminiscence. 818 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,339 "And yet some part of me stays. 819 00:34:42,166 --> 00:34:43,254 "Some bit, 820 00:34:44,125 --> 00:34:45,256 "some parcel, 821 00:34:46,605 --> 00:34:48,781 "some ash left behind. 822 00:34:50,957 --> 00:34:53,830 "And with it, you will recreate me. 823 00:34:53,917 --> 00:34:57,703 "A moving effigy, a patch-work person." 824 00:35:02,143 --> 00:35:03,318 "But they are not me. 825 00:35:04,493 --> 00:35:07,539 "And the space I left grows misshapen." 826 00:35:11,630 --> 00:35:14,067 "I will never fit there again." 827 00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:17,636 [ALL APPLAUDING] 828 00:35:19,072 --> 00:35:20,596 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 829 00:35:20,683 --> 00:35:22,032 [CAIRO GIGGLES] 830 00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:24,643 What? 831 00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:27,603 I can see. 832 00:35:28,604 --> 00:35:29,692 It was really something. 833 00:35:30,475 --> 00:35:32,477 Hot dog. 834 00:35:32,564 --> 00:35:34,436 You thought it was gonna be trash, didn't you? 835 00:35:35,350 --> 00:35:36,525 Yes, I did. 836 00:35:37,439 --> 00:35:38,614 Have more faith. 837 00:35:46,883 --> 00:35:48,101 CAIRO: What is the word? 838 00:35:49,842 --> 00:35:52,236 It's not falling. That's too stale. 839 00:35:53,455 --> 00:35:54,804 [ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING] 840 00:35:54,891 --> 00:35:56,588 It's more deliberate than that. 841 00:35:58,416 --> 00:36:01,506 It's recognition of what we really are. 842 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:05,858 Ghosts. 843 00:36:08,209 --> 00:36:09,862 You do see me. 844 00:36:11,995 --> 00:36:13,649 And I see you. 845 00:36:22,571 --> 00:36:25,704 Goddamn, Tennessee, why are you so fuckin' hot? 846 00:36:25,791 --> 00:36:27,706 - Go inside. - And miss Godot? 847 00:36:27,793 --> 00:36:29,186 Gifts for the wallflowers. 848 00:36:29,273 --> 00:36:30,927 JONATHAN: Oh. Okay. BORIS: Mm. Hmm. 849 00:36:31,014 --> 00:36:32,407 CAIRO: Thank you. BORIS: What's this? 850 00:36:33,669 --> 00:36:35,148 - CAIRO: Coffee. - No, no. 851 00:36:35,236 --> 00:36:37,586 What's this? What is... What's with the, uh, new look? 852 00:36:37,673 --> 00:36:40,328 Thank you for this. It's, uh... It's very generous. 853 00:36:40,415 --> 00:36:42,243 No one should have to suffer cafeteria coffee. 854 00:36:42,330 --> 00:36:43,983 [BORIS IN SOUTHERN ACCENT] You want a biscuit, biscuit? 855 00:36:44,070 --> 00:36:45,724 - What flavor? - Split fig. 856 00:36:45,811 --> 00:36:47,900 Mm. [COUGHS] 857 00:36:47,987 --> 00:36:49,250 [CHOKES] Excuse me. 858 00:36:49,337 --> 00:36:50,816 - BORIS: It's good. - Come on, man. 859 00:36:50,903 --> 00:36:52,253 BORIS: You got a little split fig in you? 860 00:36:52,340 --> 00:36:54,646 - Not right now. Really? - Caught in your throat? 861 00:36:54,733 --> 00:36:56,474 - You know what you should do? - BORIS: What should I do? 862 00:36:56,561 --> 00:36:57,910 You should make a logo and sell these 863 00:36:57,997 --> 00:36:59,564 - to raise money for the team. - [BORIS LAUGHS] 864 00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:01,436 Don't laugh. 865 00:37:01,523 --> 00:37:02,524 You'd buy some, wouldn't you, Mr. Miller? 866 00:37:02,611 --> 00:37:03,829 - Oh, yeah. - He doesn't count. 867 00:37:03,916 --> 00:37:05,527 I can't resist a cute boy with a biscuit. 868 00:37:05,614 --> 00:37:07,572 Right? Winnie could design the logo. 869 00:37:07,659 --> 00:37:08,704 - BORIS: Yeah? - Yeah. 870 00:37:08,791 --> 00:37:09,792 She's really good at that stuff. 871 00:37:10,706 --> 00:37:11,707 - BORIS: Really? - Coach. 872 00:37:12,708 --> 00:37:14,579 Call yourself the Biscuit Batters. 873 00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:16,059 Winnie and I could help you get it off the ground. 874 00:37:16,146 --> 00:37:17,669 What's in it for you? 875 00:37:17,756 --> 00:37:19,584 - What's in it for me? - BORIS: Mm-hmm. 876 00:37:19,671 --> 00:37:22,413 Oh, well, I mean, it's pleasure, you know? 877 00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:24,197 Connection. 5%. 878 00:37:26,417 --> 00:37:28,854 - I'm the Biscuit Batter. - No. Once more with pride. 879 00:37:28,941 --> 00:37:31,944 - I'm the Biscuit Batter! - Oh. Oh, okay. Okay. 880 00:37:32,031 --> 00:37:33,294 [SHOUTING] I'm the... 881 00:37:33,381 --> 00:37:34,686 [IN NORMAL VOICE] I'm gonna work on that. 882 00:37:34,773 --> 00:37:36,253 Um, but I'm leaving before I fucking burn up. 883 00:37:36,340 --> 00:37:38,386 - Y'all coming inside? - You go ahead. 884 00:37:38,473 --> 00:37:40,083 All right, suit yourself. 885 00:37:40,170 --> 00:37:42,128 I'll suit myself. See you now. 886 00:37:42,215 --> 00:37:43,391 BORIS: Mm. 887 00:37:51,094 --> 00:37:52,095 Hi. 888 00:37:52,182 --> 00:37:53,488 [ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING] 889 00:37:53,575 --> 00:37:54,663 Hi. 890 00:37:58,406 --> 00:37:59,407 You're sweet. 891 00:38:01,365 --> 00:38:02,540 When it suits. 892 00:38:06,457 --> 00:38:07,458 JONATHAN: Please. 893 00:38:09,068 --> 00:38:10,113 CAIRO: Thank you. JONATHAN: Mm. 894 00:38:12,942 --> 00:38:14,726 [KEYPAD CLACKING] 895 00:38:17,860 --> 00:38:19,296 [CELL PHONE VIBRATES] 896 00:38:20,515 --> 00:38:21,646 [CELL PHONE CHIMES] 897 00:38:27,696 --> 00:38:28,740 [CELL PHONE VIBRATES] 898 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:32,483 [CELL PHONE VIBRATES] 899 00:38:32,570 --> 00:38:34,355 What did he say about the outfit? 900 00:38:34,442 --> 00:38:36,139 He didn't have to say anything. 901 00:38:36,879 --> 00:38:39,011 Oh. [GIGGLES] 902 00:38:39,098 --> 00:38:40,361 You ready? Can we go? 903 00:38:40,448 --> 00:38:42,188 No. I need to stop by his class. 904 00:38:42,841 --> 00:38:44,800 Can I watch? 905 00:38:44,887 --> 00:38:46,149 - [DOOR OPENS] - Oh, hi. 906 00:38:46,236 --> 00:38:47,280 CAIRO: Hey. 907 00:38:47,368 --> 00:38:48,369 How are you, kid? 908 00:38:51,241 --> 00:38:52,373 Are you in a hurry? 909 00:38:52,460 --> 00:38:54,026 Well, I'm just goin' on a little, uh, 910 00:38:54,853 --> 00:38:57,116 weekend vacation with my wife. 911 00:38:59,771 --> 00:39:01,425 What do writers do on vacation? 912 00:39:01,512 --> 00:39:02,557 Uh, excuse me. 913 00:39:02,644 --> 00:39:05,603 Um, well, they pretend to write 914 00:39:05,690 --> 00:39:07,126 someplace else, I guess. [CHUCKLES] 915 00:39:08,563 --> 00:39:10,652 CAIRO: Uh, can we talk about the midterm? 916 00:39:10,739 --> 00:39:12,131 Uh, sure, what's on your mind? 917 00:39:12,218 --> 00:39:13,959 I want your approval on my author before I start. 918 00:39:14,046 --> 00:39:15,439 Okay. Who is it? 919 00:39:15,526 --> 00:39:17,093 Henry Miller. 920 00:39:17,180 --> 00:39:19,704 Provocative and, uh... [CHUCKLES] 921 00:39:19,791 --> 00:39:22,315 ...his structure is very challenging to emulate. 922 00:39:22,403 --> 00:39:24,840 It's not just structural, though, it's everythin'. 923 00:39:24,927 --> 00:39:26,189 You know, his decadence, 924 00:39:26,276 --> 00:39:28,974 his total disregard for literary etiquette, 925 00:39:29,061 --> 00:39:31,020 his, um, destruction of convention. 926 00:39:31,107 --> 00:39:33,152 It's... It's all the good stuff. 927 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:34,632 [BOTH CHUCKLE] 928 00:39:36,721 --> 00:39:38,941 - Do you not think I can do it? - Look, 929 00:39:39,028 --> 00:39:41,770 Miller is public enemy number one 930 00:39:41,857 --> 00:39:42,988 with the censors. 931 00:39:43,075 --> 00:39:44,816 I'm not even approved to teach him. 932 00:39:46,557 --> 00:39:47,558 So? 933 00:39:49,691 --> 00:39:52,389 So, it would be like a controversial choice. 934 00:39:55,871 --> 00:39:58,003 If it's not controversial, it's not interestin'. 935 00:39:59,701 --> 00:40:01,006 Okay. [CHUCKLES] 936 00:40:01,659 --> 00:40:02,660 Okay, yes? 937 00:40:03,313 --> 00:40:04,706 Okay, I trust you. 938 00:40:05,707 --> 00:40:07,317 Write what you know, little ghost. 939 00:40:09,188 --> 00:40:11,277 [ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING] 940 00:40:12,801 --> 00:40:14,280 Damn, I gotta go. Uh... 941 00:40:15,238 --> 00:40:16,935 Do me a favor. 942 00:40:17,022 --> 00:40:19,198 Have some fun this weekend, will you? 943 00:40:19,764 --> 00:40:20,809 Take a recess. 944 00:40:22,071 --> 00:40:23,551 Yeah, I'll rest if you write. 945 00:40:23,638 --> 00:40:25,596 Uh, listen, I'll see you Monday, okay? 946 00:40:25,683 --> 00:40:26,684 Bye, Winnie. 947 00:40:27,555 --> 00:40:28,599 [DOOR OPENS] 948 00:40:29,992 --> 00:40:31,123 - Don't do that. - [DOOR CLOSES] 949 00:40:32,690 --> 00:40:33,778 Don't look at me like that. 950 00:40:37,216 --> 00:40:38,653 Hmm... [CHUCKLING KNOWINGLY] 951 00:40:40,002 --> 00:40:41,133 [SEDUCTIVE] "Oh..." 952 00:40:41,220 --> 00:40:43,048 CAIRO: No, I never did that. 953 00:40:43,135 --> 00:40:44,746 - [MOANING] - Stop. 954 00:40:45,747 --> 00:40:46,748 [WINNIE CONTINUES MOANING] 955 00:40:46,835 --> 00:40:48,401 Wait, Winnie, don't... 956 00:40:48,489 --> 00:40:50,839 [IMITATING CAIRO SEDUCTIVELY] "Oh, Mr. Miller, 957 00:40:50,926 --> 00:40:55,278 "I just love the decadence, and the words 958 00:40:55,365 --> 00:40:58,107 "and breakin' all the rules!" 959 00:40:58,194 --> 00:40:59,500 Okay, enough, enough. 960 00:40:59,587 --> 00:41:01,110 - You need to get off his desk. - [WINNIE MOANS] 961 00:41:01,197 --> 00:41:02,720 I did not say it like that. 962 00:41:02,807 --> 00:41:04,287 Oh, but you meant it like that. 963 00:41:04,374 --> 00:41:06,158 - No, I didn't. - You're seducin' him, 964 00:41:06,245 --> 00:41:08,334 you floozy. [GIGGLING] 965 00:41:08,421 --> 00:41:10,206 - We make a good double team. - [BORIS BLOWS WHISTLE] 966 00:41:10,772 --> 00:41:12,295 Hi. [CHUCKLING] 967 00:41:12,382 --> 00:41:13,905 Am I interruptin'? 968 00:41:13,992 --> 00:41:15,951 - We were just leavin'. - BORIS: Where's Jon? 969 00:41:16,038 --> 00:41:17,648 Uh, where's Mr. Miller? 970 00:41:17,735 --> 00:41:18,823 He left. 971 00:41:18,910 --> 00:41:21,391 Shoot. Oh, while I have you. Cairo. 972 00:41:21,478 --> 00:41:23,132 I think your idea is fresh to death. 973 00:41:23,219 --> 00:41:24,350 And, uh, Winnie... 974 00:41:24,437 --> 00:41:26,309 - I'd like your help too. - With what? 975 00:41:26,396 --> 00:41:27,571 Well, can you keep the secret? 976 00:41:27,658 --> 00:41:28,659 Sure can. 977 00:41:28,746 --> 00:41:29,791 I bake biscuits. 978 00:41:29,878 --> 00:41:31,096 He's gonna have the baseball team 979 00:41:31,183 --> 00:41:32,445 sell them to raise money. 980 00:41:32,533 --> 00:41:34,491 But Fillmore wants you to design the logo. 981 00:41:34,578 --> 00:41:36,145 I think that's really cool. 982 00:41:36,232 --> 00:41:38,451 - Really? - I'd love to help. 983 00:41:38,539 --> 00:41:39,801 BORIS: Cool. All right. [TAPS TABLE] 984 00:41:39,888 --> 00:41:41,150 I'll call you guys out on your lunch period. 985 00:41:41,237 --> 00:41:42,194 We can go over the specs. 986 00:41:42,281 --> 00:41:44,066 Hey, um... 987 00:41:45,023 --> 00:41:46,459 I think it'd be easier 988 00:41:46,547 --> 00:41:48,592 if you just gave me your phone. 989 00:41:48,679 --> 00:41:51,160 I could text you the specs. 990 00:41:51,247 --> 00:41:52,596 It'd be faster that way. 991 00:41:53,597 --> 00:41:54,946 Okay. 992 00:41:55,381 --> 00:41:56,426 Great. 993 00:41:58,646 --> 00:41:59,777 Hey, can you call me? 994 00:42:00,822 --> 00:42:02,737 WINNIE: Mm. Mm-hmm. 995 00:42:02,824 --> 00:42:05,087 And now you'll have Cairo's number. 996 00:42:05,609 --> 00:42:06,610 Oh, good. 997 00:42:08,177 --> 00:42:09,570 WINNIE: There is no reception in here. 998 00:42:09,657 --> 00:42:10,745 CAIRO: Shit. WINNIE: Cairo, it's probably 999 00:42:10,832 --> 00:42:12,485 just at the bottom of your bag. 1000 00:42:12,573 --> 00:42:14,313 No, I just had it a minute ago. 1001 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:15,967 Well, it's Friday, 1002 00:42:16,925 --> 00:42:18,317 and we're still here. 1003 00:42:18,404 --> 00:42:19,841 So let's a-fucking go. 1004 00:42:23,888 --> 00:42:25,194 Oh, uh, Winnie? 1005 00:42:25,847 --> 00:42:27,065 Uh, Boris? 1006 00:42:28,414 --> 00:42:31,330 - [CHUCKLES] My phone. - My phone. 1007 00:42:31,417 --> 00:42:33,463 - Your phone. - Your phone? 1008 00:42:33,550 --> 00:42:36,771 [CHUCKLING] Your phone! 1009 00:42:36,858 --> 00:42:39,687 - Right. [SNORTS] Sorry. Okay. - Oh, okay. Okay. 1010 00:42:39,774 --> 00:42:41,689 - Well, that was my... - Ah. 1011 00:42:41,776 --> 00:42:43,255 ♪ Danger, danger ♪ 1012 00:42:43,342 --> 00:42:45,780 ♪ High voltage ♪ 1013 00:42:45,867 --> 00:42:48,043 Baby, I'm gonna need a few more minutes, all right? 1014 00:42:48,130 --> 00:42:50,959 Okay. Well, we were supposed to leave 40 minutes ago. 1015 00:42:51,046 --> 00:42:52,830 I know. 1016 00:42:52,917 --> 00:42:55,224 - If Amy did her fucking job... - [CELL PHONE RINGING] 1017 00:42:55,311 --> 00:42:56,617 ...we could've left yesterday. 1018 00:43:03,406 --> 00:43:04,712 It's just not enough, Amy. 1019 00:43:04,799 --> 00:43:05,800 What the f...? 1020 00:43:07,758 --> 00:43:09,586 Yes, I'll hold. 1021 00:43:09,673 --> 00:43:11,414 - Hello? - CAIRO: Hi. 1022 00:43:11,501 --> 00:43:12,545 You have my phone. 1023 00:43:13,808 --> 00:43:15,331 JONATHAN: And whose phone do I have? 1024 00:43:15,418 --> 00:43:16,462 Cairo Sweet's. 1025 00:43:17,202 --> 00:43:18,639 Cairo. It's, uh... 1026 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,554 It's Jon... It's Mr. Miller. 1027 00:43:24,993 --> 00:43:26,603 - Sticky fingers, Miller. - Uh... 1028 00:43:27,169 --> 00:43:28,474 Uh, how are you? 1029 00:43:28,561 --> 00:43:29,954 I'm tethered to a landline. 1030 00:43:30,041 --> 00:43:31,956 - Are you already gone? - Uh, well, should be. 1031 00:43:32,043 --> 00:43:33,697 BEATRICE: I don't give a flying backwards fuck, Amy. 1032 00:43:33,784 --> 00:43:34,829 Just give 'em the first draft. 1033 00:43:34,916 --> 00:43:36,613 - Hang on. - They'll think it's new. 1034 00:43:36,700 --> 00:43:38,180 Honey. Honey, I've, I've gotta drop 1035 00:43:38,267 --> 00:43:39,442 somethin' off at a student's house. 1036 00:43:39,529 --> 00:43:40,965 BEATRICE: All right, take care of it. 1037 00:43:41,052 --> 00:43:42,184 Oh, get me some tampons while you're out, all right? 1038 00:43:42,271 --> 00:43:43,446 - Yeah. - Organic ones, 1039 00:43:43,533 --> 00:43:44,534 - if you can find 'em. - Mm-hmm. 1040 00:43:44,621 --> 00:43:46,318 Not you obviously, Amy. Fuck. 1041 00:43:46,405 --> 00:43:47,450 Get me a better deal, 1042 00:43:47,537 --> 00:43:48,886 and then you can plug my pussy. 1043 00:43:48,973 --> 00:43:51,280 JONATHAN: You big time, "road head" owe me. 1044 00:43:53,848 --> 00:43:55,110 Are you still there? 1045 00:43:55,197 --> 00:43:56,285 I'm still here. 1046 00:43:58,374 --> 00:43:59,810 You at Lovell Hill right now? 1047 00:43:59,897 --> 00:44:01,246 - CAIRO: Yes. - Okay. 1048 00:44:01,333 --> 00:44:03,161 Well, I'll drop it off before we leave, 1049 00:44:03,248 --> 00:44:04,554 if that's okay. 1050 00:44:07,339 --> 00:44:08,471 CAIRO: Do you need the address? 1051 00:44:09,385 --> 00:44:11,517 I know exactly where you are. 1052 00:44:11,604 --> 00:44:13,476 Good. All right, well, drive safe. 1053 00:44:14,259 --> 00:44:15,304 It's gonna rain. 1054 00:44:18,786 --> 00:44:20,309 CAIRO: How does love come? 1055 00:44:21,963 --> 00:44:23,312 In the movies, it's, 1056 00:44:23,399 --> 00:44:26,489 it's like a curtain crashing to the stage. 1057 00:44:26,576 --> 00:44:29,492 But in life, whatever of it is real, 1058 00:44:30,711 --> 00:44:32,103 it is a quiet thing. 1059 00:44:33,496 --> 00:44:34,627 Unrelenting. 1060 00:44:36,586 --> 00:44:38,066 Inevitable. 1061 00:44:38,153 --> 00:44:40,372 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 1062 00:44:40,459 --> 00:44:42,070 It is a summoning. 1063 00:44:42,157 --> 00:44:43,898 [LOVER YOU SHOULD'VE COME OVER BY JEFFREY BUCKLEY PLAYING] 1064 00:44:51,122 --> 00:44:54,038 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 1065 00:44:54,125 --> 00:44:58,434 ♪ Looking out the door I see the rain ♪ 1066 00:44:58,521 --> 00:45:01,959 ♪ Fall upon the funeral mourners ♪ 1067 00:45:06,964 --> 00:45:11,403 ♪ Too young to hold on ♪ 1068 00:45:11,490 --> 00:45:16,974 ♪ And too old to just break free and run ♪ 1069 00:45:18,584 --> 00:45:23,807 ♪ Sometimes a man gets carried away ♪ 1070 00:45:23,894 --> 00:45:28,681 ♪ When he feels like should be having his fun ♪ 1071 00:45:28,769 --> 00:45:34,252 ♪ Much too blind to see the damage he's done ♪ 1072 00:45:35,993 --> 00:45:40,519 ♪ Sometimes a man must awake to find that ♪ 1073 00:45:40,606 --> 00:45:45,786 ♪ Really he has no one ♪ 1074 00:45:49,441 --> 00:45:51,052 Come here. 1075 00:45:52,227 --> 00:45:53,315 No. 1076 00:45:55,012 --> 00:45:56,405 You come here. 1077 00:45:56,492 --> 00:46:00,191 ♪ Will I ever see your sweet return? ♪ 1078 00:46:00,278 --> 00:46:03,194 ♪ Oh, will I ever learn? ♪ 1079 00:46:03,281 --> 00:46:07,416 ♪ Oh-oh, lover ♪ 1080 00:46:07,503 --> 00:46:11,202 ♪ You should've come over ♪ 1081 00:46:13,509 --> 00:46:17,556 ♪ 'Cause it's not too late ♪ 1082 00:46:22,997 --> 00:46:24,346 [KEYBOARD CLACKING] 1083 00:46:26,217 --> 00:46:27,828 [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING ON TV] 1084 00:46:29,655 --> 00:46:31,396 [INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV] 1085 00:46:36,488 --> 00:46:38,316 CAIRO: How can a kiss make every cliche 1086 00:46:38,403 --> 00:46:40,275 suddenly consequential? 1087 00:46:40,362 --> 00:46:44,061 Quite unlike any person I've tutored before. I wonder. 1088 00:46:45,889 --> 00:46:48,587 WOMAN: [ON TV] Here we are. Oh, excellent. 1089 00:46:48,674 --> 00:46:50,154 [KEYBOARD CLACKING] 1090 00:47:00,991 --> 00:47:02,123 CAIRO: I didn't know it was possible 1091 00:47:02,210 --> 00:47:03,428 to feel this brave. 1092 00:47:04,952 --> 00:47:06,954 [WATER FLOWING] 1093 00:47:12,263 --> 00:47:14,657 - [LAPTOP CHIMES] - Or that I'd ever want to. 1094 00:47:17,181 --> 00:47:18,879 BEATRICE: What are you doin'? 1095 00:47:18,966 --> 00:47:20,968 [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] 1096 00:47:21,055 --> 00:47:22,056 I'm working. [CHUCKLES] 1097 00:47:22,143 --> 00:47:23,709 - Baby? - Uh-huh? 1098 00:47:23,796 --> 00:47:25,755 I know this was supposed to be our weekend together 1099 00:47:25,842 --> 00:47:27,104 and I'm sorry that my team 1100 00:47:27,191 --> 00:47:28,627 is the fucking tasteless worst. 1101 00:47:28,714 --> 00:47:30,629 But I can't work like this. 1102 00:47:30,716 --> 00:47:32,544 [INHALES SHARPLY] Seriously? 1103 00:47:32,631 --> 00:47:33,719 CAIRO: A kiss. 1104 00:47:39,247 --> 00:47:40,204 I'll be outside. 1105 00:47:40,291 --> 00:47:41,336 CAIRO: A muse. 1106 00:47:45,035 --> 00:47:46,167 It is a question. 1107 00:47:47,908 --> 00:47:49,300 It is an unlocked door. 1108 00:47:51,041 --> 00:47:53,391 It is elation. 1109 00:47:54,784 --> 00:47:55,959 An anguish. 1110 00:47:56,046 --> 00:47:57,787 [KEYBOARD CLACKING] 1111 00:47:57,874 --> 00:47:59,528 It is the inch and the mile. 1112 00:47:59,615 --> 00:48:01,617 [PRINTER WHIRRING] 1113 00:48:01,704 --> 00:48:03,749 [ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING] 1114 00:48:08,580 --> 00:48:10,408 "Don't look into the sun," they say. 1115 00:48:13,585 --> 00:48:14,717 The fuck do they know? 1116 00:48:20,201 --> 00:48:22,116 "Mr. Murphy drove with the resignation 1117 00:48:22,203 --> 00:48:24,074 "of the already dead. 1118 00:48:24,161 --> 00:48:25,728 "He imagined he felt the way Dylan Thomas 1119 00:48:25,815 --> 00:48:27,251 "did headin' into the White Horse 1120 00:48:27,338 --> 00:48:28,818 "to take the drink that would kill him. 1121 00:48:30,254 --> 00:48:31,821 "He knew what they were 1122 00:48:31,908 --> 00:48:33,170 "and what they were not." 1123 00:48:33,257 --> 00:48:35,259 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 1124 00:48:36,608 --> 00:48:38,610 [ETHEREAL MUSIC CONTINUES] 1125 00:48:50,448 --> 00:48:52,450 [TELEPHONE RINGING] 1126 00:49:03,418 --> 00:49:05,420 [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING] 1127 00:49:07,683 --> 00:49:09,424 "Hello," she said. 1128 00:49:09,511 --> 00:49:10,642 JONATHAN: I'm here. 1129 00:49:10,729 --> 00:49:12,253 CAIRO: "Alice thought immediately 1130 00:49:12,340 --> 00:49:13,863 "of a slaughtering lamb as she couldn't be certain 1131 00:49:13,950 --> 00:49:15,691 "which of them was meant for sacrifice. 1132 00:49:19,521 --> 00:49:20,522 "He was outside. 1133 00:49:21,784 --> 00:49:22,828 "He was inside." 1134 00:49:24,091 --> 00:49:26,354 JONATHAN: It excites you, doesn't it? 1135 00:49:26,441 --> 00:49:28,704 The surreptitiousness of it all. 1136 00:49:28,791 --> 00:49:30,836 [OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES] 1137 00:49:34,492 --> 00:49:37,104 [PLEASANT MUSIC PLAYING] 1138 00:49:37,191 --> 00:49:38,888 CAIRO: "Mr. Murphy smiled wide. 1139 00:49:38,975 --> 00:49:41,325 "The lines around his mouth deepening into parentheses 1140 00:49:41,412 --> 00:49:43,675 "that framed his perfect lips into a punchline. 1141 00:49:46,417 --> 00:49:47,636 "Smoke drifted from her mouth 1142 00:49:47,723 --> 00:49:49,420 "with practiced, cinematic effort." 1143 00:49:52,641 --> 00:49:54,382 Is it more romantic for you that way? 1144 00:49:59,996 --> 00:50:01,432 This is no romance. 1145 00:50:03,826 --> 00:50:05,871 I'm sorry to disappoint you. 1146 00:50:07,786 --> 00:50:09,832 [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING] 1147 00:50:11,790 --> 00:50:13,836 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 1148 00:50:16,012 --> 00:50:18,493 CAIRO: "Alice opened her mouth to say something, 1149 00:50:18,580 --> 00:50:19,972 "but the words fell away. 1150 00:50:21,017 --> 00:50:22,627 "Mr. Murphy loomed over her, 1151 00:50:22,714 --> 00:50:24,977 "his Cadillac eyes hungry and bored." 1152 00:50:25,848 --> 00:50:27,328 I want you to read to me. 1153 00:50:27,415 --> 00:50:29,069 CAIRO: "Alice watched in slow motion 1154 00:50:29,156 --> 00:50:31,201 "as Mr. Murphy's tongue undulated when he spoke." 1155 00:50:31,288 --> 00:50:34,857 Read it to me the way you read it to yourself. 1156 00:50:34,944 --> 00:50:37,251 CAIRO: "Pink tide against the bone shore of his teeth." 1157 00:50:38,165 --> 00:50:39,209 Yeah. 1158 00:50:39,296 --> 00:50:40,645 CAIRO: "Alice took the tattered 1159 00:50:40,732 --> 00:50:42,473 "Henry Miller paperback off the bedside table, 1160 00:50:44,867 --> 00:50:46,912 "and spread it open on the comforter of her bed. 1161 00:50:49,176 --> 00:50:51,700 ""Page 13," he said, behind her, 1162 00:50:51,787 --> 00:50:54,181 "one hand slid up the front of her cotton dress. 1163 00:50:56,618 --> 00:50:59,273 "The other pointed to a sentence on the page." 1164 00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:00,578 JONATHAN: Begin... [EXHALES] 1165 00:51:00,926 --> 00:51:01,927 here. 1166 00:51:02,014 --> 00:51:04,060 [DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES] 1167 00:51:07,455 --> 00:51:08,456 [PANT UNZIPS] 1168 00:51:13,983 --> 00:51:15,506 JONATHAN: "He was against her then, 1169 00:51:15,593 --> 00:51:18,030 "and Alice felt a push of muscular wetness 1170 00:51:18,118 --> 00:51:19,815 -"between her legs." - CAIRO: "Mr. Murphy placed 1171 00:51:19,902 --> 00:51:21,773 "his slender hand over hers 1172 00:51:21,860 --> 00:51:24,080 "and guided her to the mound at her center 1173 00:51:24,167 --> 00:51:25,951 "pressin' her fingers into the dark fold there." 1174 00:51:26,038 --> 00:51:27,997 JONATHAN: "Just behind the damp fabric of her panties..." 1175 00:51:28,084 --> 00:51:29,651 CAIRO: "Feelin' her feel herself." 1176 00:51:29,738 --> 00:51:31,087 "... he found his way around the elastic at her leg, 1177 00:51:31,174 --> 00:51:32,828 "and slid two deft fingers 1178 00:51:32,915 --> 00:51:35,178 "into the warm darkness of her virgin cunt." 1179 00:51:35,265 --> 00:51:36,788 CAIRO: "She felt him shift." 1180 00:51:36,875 --> 00:51:38,094 JONATHAN: "He peeled the wet cotton down her legs 1181 00:51:38,181 --> 00:51:39,226 "and pressed into her from behind." 1182 00:51:39,313 --> 00:51:40,966 CAIRO: "The width of his face..." 1183 00:51:41,053 --> 00:51:42,533 JONATHAN: "The thousand years of violence and conquering 1184 00:51:42,620 --> 00:51:44,666 "boiled within him as he held the mouth of her pubis 1185 00:51:44,753 --> 00:51:45,971 -"like a hooked fish." - CAIRO: "Searching for 1186 00:51:46,058 --> 00:51:47,495 "the answer to a question he'd doubted." 1187 00:51:47,582 --> 00:51:48,974 JONATHAN: "But there it was." CAIRO: "The answer 1188 00:51:49,061 --> 00:51:50,672 -"and the question." - JONATHAN: "The cicatrix 1189 00:51:50,759 --> 00:51:52,282 -"that will never heal." - CAIRO: "The serpent's apple." 1190 00:51:52,369 --> 00:51:53,936 JONATHAN: "Her cul was slick against his fingers." 1191 00:51:54,023 --> 00:51:55,198 CAIRO: "Just as he imagined it was when she was alone." 1192 00:51:55,285 --> 00:51:56,460 JONATHAN: "Maybe in her bedroom..." 1193 00:51:56,547 --> 00:51:57,896 CAIRO: "Her own fingers knuckle deep." 1194 00:51:57,983 --> 00:51:58,767 JONATHAN: "Trying to rub out that itch." 1195 00:51:58,854 --> 00:52:00,072 BOTH: "The ache inside. 1196 00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:01,248 "He saw himself burying his cock in her 1197 00:52:01,335 --> 00:52:02,945 "brutally fucking away the exigency 1198 00:52:03,032 --> 00:52:04,164 "that swirled her clit 1199 00:52:04,251 --> 00:52:06,078 "and choked her better judgments." 1200 00:52:06,166 --> 00:52:07,950 CAIRO: "He would fill her up with cum." 1201 00:52:08,037 --> 00:52:09,299 [GRUNTS] 1202 00:52:10,387 --> 00:52:12,389 [PANTING] 1203 00:52:15,479 --> 00:52:17,481 [INSECTS TRILLING] 1204 00:52:21,093 --> 00:52:23,139 [SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING] 1205 00:52:55,215 --> 00:52:56,216 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 1206 00:52:58,479 --> 00:52:59,480 Good morning. 1207 00:53:06,182 --> 00:53:07,227 Are you okay? 1208 00:53:10,839 --> 00:53:11,883 What's wrong? 1209 00:53:16,236 --> 00:53:17,846 Your story. 1210 00:53:18,368 --> 00:53:19,935 Oh. [CHUCKLES] 1211 00:53:20,892 --> 00:53:21,893 You didn't like it? 1212 00:53:24,722 --> 00:53:26,550 You have to choose another author. 1213 00:53:29,031 --> 00:53:30,075 Why? 1214 00:53:31,381 --> 00:53:32,600 This is inappropriate. 1215 00:53:33,862 --> 00:53:35,603 CAIRO: "Inappropriate." 1216 00:53:35,690 --> 00:53:36,691 What does that mean? 1217 00:53:38,127 --> 00:53:39,607 Why did you write this? 1218 00:53:39,694 --> 00:53:40,956 - You asked me to. - Uh-huh. 1219 00:53:42,131 --> 00:53:43,959 Okay. 1220 00:53:44,046 --> 00:53:45,526 Why did you choose that material? 1221 00:53:45,613 --> 00:53:47,397 You said, "Write what you know." 1222 00:53:47,484 --> 00:53:49,269 And this is what you know? 1223 00:53:49,747 --> 00:53:50,792 This is... 1224 00:53:52,620 --> 00:53:53,664 us. 1225 00:53:54,317 --> 00:53:55,362 No. 1226 00:53:55,449 --> 00:53:57,102 This is... This is you. 1227 00:53:57,189 --> 00:53:58,756 I don't... 1228 00:53:58,843 --> 00:54:00,367 I don't understand this. 1229 00:54:00,454 --> 00:54:02,064 - Are you being serious? - [SCOFFS] 1230 00:54:02,804 --> 00:54:04,458 Okay. It's... 1231 00:54:04,545 --> 00:54:07,156 It's about two like people abnegating social convention. 1232 00:54:09,201 --> 00:54:10,464 You know, it's commentary 1233 00:54:10,551 --> 00:54:11,987 on the sexual anesthetization of a culture 1234 00:54:12,074 --> 00:54:14,337 that's super saturated with pornography. 1235 00:54:14,424 --> 00:54:17,297 It's about the inefficacy of romantic dogmas 1236 00:54:17,384 --> 00:54:19,168 on young people's expectations. 1237 00:54:20,474 --> 00:54:22,519 It's about inexorable attraction. 1238 00:54:24,565 --> 00:54:26,218 It's layered. 1239 00:54:26,306 --> 00:54:28,046 - This is pornography. - Yes. 1240 00:54:28,133 --> 00:54:30,571 So put it in your diary, not on my fuckin' desk. 1241 00:54:31,746 --> 00:54:33,748 Write a new story with a new author. 1242 00:54:34,662 --> 00:54:39,014 I'm not gonna indulge this. 1243 00:54:39,101 --> 00:54:40,798 Are you talking about the story or us? 1244 00:54:41,321 --> 00:54:42,322 Both. 1245 00:54:46,326 --> 00:54:47,936 You already have. You inspired it. 1246 00:54:50,242 --> 00:54:51,331 I can't accept it. 1247 00:54:53,420 --> 00:54:54,812 But you can't or you won't? 1248 00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:58,425 [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] 1249 00:54:58,512 --> 00:55:00,296 Because it sounds like you're scared... 1250 00:55:00,383 --> 00:55:01,428 - Hey. Hey. - ...and it looks like 1251 00:55:01,515 --> 00:55:02,690 you're measurin'. 1252 00:55:05,345 --> 00:55:06,389 Stop talking to me like a stranger, 1253 00:55:06,476 --> 00:55:08,086 - and say what you mean. - Rewrite it. 1254 00:55:08,173 --> 00:55:09,174 Why? 1255 00:55:09,261 --> 00:55:11,699 - You know why. - Tell me. 1256 00:55:11,786 --> 00:55:13,309 - Say it. - If you don't rewrite this, 1257 00:55:13,396 --> 00:55:14,571 I'll have to fail you for the midterm. 1258 00:55:14,658 --> 00:55:15,964 - Tell me why. - I don't have to tell you 1259 00:55:16,051 --> 00:55:17,095 a goddamn thing. 1260 00:55:22,013 --> 00:55:23,493 It made you feel something that scared you. 1261 00:55:23,580 --> 00:55:25,452 - Don't put words in my mouth. - Then say them yourself. 1262 00:55:26,496 --> 00:55:27,932 Tell me what it made you feel. 1263 00:55:29,325 --> 00:55:30,848 Incredibly foolish 1264 00:55:30,935 --> 00:55:33,764 for havin' trusted this material to a child. 1265 00:55:36,985 --> 00:55:38,116 What was I before you read it? 1266 00:55:40,423 --> 00:55:41,424 [JONATHAN SIGHS] 1267 00:55:48,562 --> 00:55:49,954 A student. 1268 00:55:50,041 --> 00:55:51,086 [CAIRO SNIFFLES] 1269 00:55:52,566 --> 00:55:53,610 You built the world. 1270 00:55:55,699 --> 00:55:58,354 You built the fantasy, not on the page, 1271 00:55:58,441 --> 00:55:59,834 but in real life. 1272 00:56:02,097 --> 00:56:04,099 You can't blur the lines 1273 00:56:04,186 --> 00:56:05,317 and then expect me to see a boundary 1274 00:56:05,405 --> 00:56:06,406 when I suddenly cross it. 1275 00:56:06,493 --> 00:56:08,495 [PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES] 1276 00:56:10,758 --> 00:56:12,368 Let me be very, very clear... 1277 00:56:13,369 --> 00:56:14,370 [DOOR OPENS] 1278 00:56:14,457 --> 00:56:15,458 ...with you. 1279 00:56:16,590 --> 00:56:18,461 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 1280 00:56:18,548 --> 00:56:19,549 You're my student. 1281 00:56:20,811 --> 00:56:21,986 And I'm your teacher. 1282 00:56:24,075 --> 00:56:25,120 That's all. 1283 00:56:27,165 --> 00:56:29,254 Any misconception of that is something, 1284 00:56:29,341 --> 00:56:31,474 regrettably, that you have to shoulder... 1285 00:56:32,910 --> 00:56:33,955 alone. 1286 00:56:34,825 --> 00:56:36,827 [PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES] 1287 00:57:07,945 --> 00:57:09,469 "Write what you know" is what you said. 1288 00:57:11,514 --> 00:57:13,298 Yeah, I know what I said. 1289 00:57:13,385 --> 00:57:15,039 You don't know anything you say. 1290 00:57:21,742 --> 00:57:23,483 - This is good. - Mm-hmm. 1291 00:57:25,049 --> 00:57:26,050 And you know it is. 1292 00:57:30,098 --> 00:57:31,795 So, let's examine the real issue. 1293 00:57:35,103 --> 00:57:36,234 It's not my writing. 1294 00:57:38,976 --> 00:57:40,369 - It's yours. - [CHUCKLES SOFTLY] 1295 00:57:43,067 --> 00:57:44,112 Good try. 1296 00:57:45,722 --> 00:57:47,768 You thought you were gonna be hot shit, didn't you? 1297 00:57:47,855 --> 00:57:49,117 What? 1298 00:57:49,204 --> 00:57:51,206 You thought that you were gonna be somebody. 1299 00:57:52,903 --> 00:57:53,948 Right? 1300 00:57:58,343 --> 00:58:00,128 "Overreaching without ambition." 1301 00:58:06,047 --> 00:58:07,309 Do you know what that means? 1302 00:58:11,922 --> 00:58:13,968 It means you weren't brave enough to be better. 1303 00:58:17,537 --> 00:58:19,060 Means you're deliberately impotent. 1304 00:58:22,672 --> 00:58:25,675 It means that you, Jonathan Miller... 1305 00:58:28,069 --> 00:58:29,374 are mediocre. 1306 00:58:34,554 --> 00:58:35,598 You wanna fail me? 1307 00:58:37,992 --> 00:58:39,210 I fucking dare you. 1308 00:58:42,431 --> 00:58:44,041 But you better make it mean somethin' to you. 1309 00:58:46,478 --> 00:58:47,741 And you better know what it means. 1310 00:58:50,134 --> 00:58:52,223 Because the cost is very high, Mr. Miller. 1311 00:58:54,661 --> 00:58:57,577 And if you're not very, very careful 1312 00:58:59,491 --> 00:59:03,234 this banality, this falsity that you wallow in, 1313 00:59:05,802 --> 00:59:07,804 it will devour you until you are as small 1314 00:59:07,891 --> 00:59:08,979 as you pretend to be. 1315 00:59:13,201 --> 00:59:14,332 And you will disappear. 1316 00:59:18,815 --> 00:59:20,338 And no one will pay any more thought to you 1317 00:59:20,425 --> 00:59:22,079 than they do an unread cookie fortune. 1318 00:59:33,047 --> 00:59:35,092 How disappointin' you must be 1319 00:59:35,179 --> 00:59:36,746 to those who had believed you'd be more. 1320 00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:46,495 No wonder you're here. 1321 00:59:58,202 --> 00:59:59,421 [DOOR OPENS] 1322 01:00:00,335 --> 01:00:03,425 [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING] 1323 01:00:03,512 --> 01:00:05,645 CAIRO: Heartbreak is a slow-motion car crash 1324 01:00:05,732 --> 01:00:07,472 set to Mozart. 1325 01:00:07,559 --> 01:00:10,214 You know the one. The Requiem. 1326 01:00:10,301 --> 01:00:11,563 [DOOR SLAMS] 1327 01:00:15,524 --> 01:00:17,352 It tastes like graveyard dirt. 1328 01:00:22,574 --> 01:00:24,533 It smells like burnin' flowers. 1329 01:00:29,886 --> 01:00:31,409 It feels like violence. 1330 01:00:54,476 --> 01:00:56,521 [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING] 1331 01:01:05,400 --> 01:01:07,271 BEATRICE: How you doin', Professor? 1332 01:01:07,358 --> 01:01:09,360 [SIGHS] Had a bad day. 1333 01:01:10,231 --> 01:01:11,493 [CRYING] 1334 01:01:12,146 --> 01:01:13,190 [SNIFFLES] 1335 01:01:21,503 --> 01:01:23,897 - Oh, you want a drink? - Thank you. 1336 01:01:25,028 --> 01:01:26,029 [SNIFFLES] 1337 01:01:29,685 --> 01:01:31,905 WINNIE: What? So, he was offended? 1338 01:01:33,254 --> 01:01:34,298 He was affected. 1339 01:01:34,690 --> 01:01:35,735 [SNIFFLES] 1340 01:01:36,605 --> 01:01:37,737 Are you still into him? 1341 01:01:43,960 --> 01:01:45,005 He's a pretender. 1342 01:01:49,357 --> 01:01:50,401 You know, at least what 1343 01:01:50,488 --> 01:01:51,620 you see with Boris is what you get. 1344 01:01:51,707 --> 01:01:54,101 You know, Jonathan Miller is like... 1345 01:01:56,756 --> 01:01:59,106 He's like fuckin' imitation crab 1346 01:01:59,193 --> 01:02:00,498 and gas station sushi. 1347 01:02:04,198 --> 01:02:05,460 Aren't you in love with him? 1348 01:02:09,159 --> 01:02:10,160 JONATHAN: Mm. 1349 01:02:13,076 --> 01:02:14,556 [BEATRICE CHUCKLES] 1350 01:02:14,643 --> 01:02:15,775 BEATRICE: What happened? 1351 01:02:16,863 --> 01:02:17,864 [JONATHAN SNIFFLES] 1352 01:02:20,562 --> 01:02:21,737 [EXHALES] 1353 01:02:21,824 --> 01:02:23,565 I had a very unpleasant conversation 1354 01:02:23,652 --> 01:02:25,262 with a student about the midterm assignment. 1355 01:02:26,350 --> 01:02:27,438 Was it with her? 1356 01:02:28,483 --> 01:02:29,527 Your acolyte? 1357 01:02:33,488 --> 01:02:34,794 She drafted something 1358 01:02:34,881 --> 01:02:38,232 to make Henry Miller look like Dr. Seuss. 1359 01:02:38,319 --> 01:02:40,451 Well, you let a teenager run with Miller, 1360 01:02:40,538 --> 01:02:42,149 and you're surprised it's vulgar? 1361 01:02:42,236 --> 01:02:44,847 She was supposed to use his literary structure, 1362 01:02:44,934 --> 01:02:46,327 not his subject matter. 1363 01:02:46,414 --> 01:02:47,458 Oh. 1364 01:02:48,198 --> 01:02:50,548 What's the subject matter? 1365 01:02:50,635 --> 01:02:52,159 An English teacher and a student 1366 01:02:52,246 --> 01:02:56,076 who have an illicit affair complete with "pre-cum" 1367 01:02:56,163 --> 01:02:57,468 - and "cherry popping." - Oh. 1368 01:02:57,555 --> 01:02:59,296 - Those words exactly. - [BEATRICE GASPS] 1369 01:02:59,383 --> 01:03:00,863 Show me right now. 1370 01:03:01,995 --> 01:03:03,344 Don't... 1371 01:03:03,431 --> 01:03:06,826 Come on. Tell me what shocked you. 1372 01:03:10,394 --> 01:03:11,613 You fuck Fillmore yet? 1373 01:03:13,658 --> 01:03:14,834 [CHUCKLES] 1374 01:03:14,921 --> 01:03:16,400 You know when I'm in my luteal phase, 1375 01:03:16,487 --> 01:03:17,924 I tell you everything. 1376 01:03:25,235 --> 01:03:26,367 BEATRICE: "For Jonathan. 1377 01:03:26,454 --> 01:03:28,195 "Love, Cairo." 1378 01:03:30,414 --> 01:03:33,722 Baby, it's a love letter. 1379 01:03:33,809 --> 01:03:35,637 She's got it bad. 1380 01:03:35,724 --> 01:03:37,465 Tell me how she describes you. 1381 01:03:37,552 --> 01:03:39,119 - You can read it right there. - No. 1382 01:03:39,206 --> 01:03:41,208 You tell me. 1383 01:03:41,295 --> 01:03:44,689 Because I know that you remember it word for word. 1384 01:03:46,213 --> 01:03:47,736 And I want you to do the thing. 1385 01:03:47,823 --> 01:03:48,868 No. No. 1386 01:03:51,435 --> 01:03:52,436 [WHISPERING] Tell me. 1387 01:03:56,571 --> 01:03:58,225 [EXHALES] Uh... 1388 01:03:58,312 --> 01:03:59,879 -"Mr. Murphy... - Oh. 1389 01:04:01,576 --> 01:04:04,622 "...clever and carelessly attractive... 1390 01:04:06,537 --> 01:04:10,846 "kept his thoughts to himself, and his eyes at half-mast." 1391 01:04:10,933 --> 01:04:11,934 Distract me. 1392 01:04:13,066 --> 01:04:15,546 What would the lady have? 1393 01:04:15,633 --> 01:04:17,809 JONATHAN: "One might assume his drowsy appearance 1394 01:04:18,941 --> 01:04:20,682 "to be symptom of some 1395 01:04:22,466 --> 01:04:24,729 "vague institutional ennui." 1396 01:04:24,816 --> 01:04:26,253 Text Boris. 1397 01:04:26,340 --> 01:04:29,386 JONATHAN: "But Alice saw it mostly 1398 01:04:29,473 --> 01:04:33,216 "to hide the shock of indecency he felt 1399 01:04:33,303 --> 01:04:35,392 "when he lay his eyes on the young, 1400 01:04:35,479 --> 01:04:38,439 "unripened bodies of his female pupils. 1401 01:04:38,526 --> 01:04:40,310 "And none were exempt from his 1402 01:04:41,659 --> 01:04:43,879 "salacious reveries. 1403 01:04:43,966 --> 01:04:47,927 "All cunts were created equal 1404 01:04:48,928 --> 01:04:51,147 "and magnificent in his mind." 1405 01:04:54,368 --> 01:04:55,412 Are they? 1406 01:04:57,849 --> 01:04:59,939 - Are all cunts equal? - [GRUNTS SOFTLY] 1407 01:05:00,852 --> 01:05:03,072 - Or are some cunts... - [GRUNTS] 1408 01:05:05,814 --> 01:05:07,685 remarkable? 1409 01:05:07,772 --> 01:05:10,253 Come on, you're, you're, you're drunk. 1410 01:05:10,340 --> 01:05:12,081 - I'm indecent. - [MOANING] 1411 01:05:14,692 --> 01:05:16,564 [JONATHAN BREATHING HEAVILY] 1412 01:05:18,653 --> 01:05:19,741 - [CELL PHONE BEEPS] - Yeah, tell him 1413 01:05:19,828 --> 01:05:20,872 you're drunk textin' him. 1414 01:05:22,091 --> 01:05:23,571 That way, he'll imagine you drunk, 1415 01:05:23,658 --> 01:05:25,225 and what you might be doin' drunkenly. 1416 01:05:25,877 --> 01:05:26,922 Serious? 1417 01:05:27,923 --> 01:05:29,098 Ask him what he's up to. 1418 01:05:30,752 --> 01:05:31,883 [CELL PHONE BEEPS] 1419 01:05:34,974 --> 01:05:36,714 - Oh, we've got company. - [KNOCK ON DOOR] 1420 01:05:36,801 --> 01:05:38,499 - They what? - Hey, seriously. 1421 01:05:38,586 --> 01:05:40,327 Stop leaving this door unlocked. 1422 01:05:41,371 --> 01:05:43,199 For your own safety, okay? 1423 01:05:43,286 --> 01:05:44,548 - Mm-hmm. - Hello. 1424 01:05:44,635 --> 01:05:45,636 [JONATHAN GROANS SOFTLY] 1425 01:05:48,335 --> 01:05:49,989 BORIS: Get a room! 1426 01:05:50,076 --> 01:05:51,425 BEATRICE: What up, player? 1427 01:05:51,512 --> 01:05:53,340 - BORIS: Slang? Get out. - Fuck. 1428 01:05:53,427 --> 01:05:55,037 Do you think he likes me? 1429 01:05:56,908 --> 01:05:59,259 Well, do you wanna be liked, or do you wanna be fucked? 1430 01:06:03,263 --> 01:06:05,308 'Cause those are very different things 1431 01:06:05,395 --> 01:06:06,483 for girls who look like you. 1432 01:06:08,268 --> 01:06:09,747 I want both. 1433 01:06:11,575 --> 01:06:13,751 [KEYPAD CLACKING] 1434 01:06:18,626 --> 01:06:20,584 [CELL PHONE BEEPS] 1435 01:06:20,671 --> 01:06:22,021 You should tell him you're with me. 1436 01:06:24,545 --> 01:06:26,982 And that we're doing what all girls do 1437 01:06:27,069 --> 01:06:28,114 when they're alone at night. 1438 01:06:28,201 --> 01:06:29,463 [KEYPAD CLACKING] 1439 01:06:29,550 --> 01:06:30,855 - [CELL PHONE VIBRATING] - Who is she? 1440 01:06:30,942 --> 01:06:32,031 Not telling. 1441 01:06:32,727 --> 01:06:34,381 [BOTH LAUGHING] 1442 01:06:34,468 --> 01:06:36,339 [CELL PHONE BEEPS] 1443 01:06:36,426 --> 01:06:41,431 "We are measuring the depths of our sexuality 1444 01:06:41,518 --> 01:06:44,521 "within the safe confines of our friendship." 1445 01:06:45,783 --> 01:06:47,437 [LAUGHING] Why are you so mean? 1446 01:06:47,524 --> 01:06:48,699 - Goddamn. - Can I help it 1447 01:06:48,786 --> 01:06:50,136 if every girl you've ever dated 1448 01:06:50,223 --> 01:06:52,007 owned a pair of five-inch Lucite heels 1449 01:06:52,094 --> 01:06:53,313 and was named after a character 1450 01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:54,749 in The Baby-Sitters Club? 1451 01:06:54,836 --> 01:06:56,055 - No, I can't. - No. You can't. 1452 01:06:56,142 --> 01:06:58,013 But you know what? Your life, your choice. 1453 01:06:58,100 --> 01:06:59,536 - Yeah, you bein' a snob. - [CHUCKLING] 1454 01:06:59,623 --> 01:07:01,582 You and I know Kristy was great. 1455 01:07:01,669 --> 01:07:03,323 He hasn't said anything? 1456 01:07:03,410 --> 01:07:04,411 [CELL PHONE BEEPS] 1457 01:07:08,806 --> 01:07:11,287 Oh, well, he said, "Go to bed." 1458 01:07:11,374 --> 01:07:12,593 So...[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] 1459 01:07:14,856 --> 01:07:16,858 [EXHILARATING MUSIC PLAYING] 1460 01:07:20,470 --> 01:07:21,471 Take off your shirt. 1461 01:07:25,606 --> 01:07:26,998 What? 1462 01:07:27,086 --> 01:07:29,175 - Why? - We are gonna make out. 1463 01:07:30,219 --> 01:07:31,568 For him, not for you. 1464 01:07:34,876 --> 01:07:36,660 Well, it can be a little for me. 1465 01:07:47,106 --> 01:07:48,107 How is this? 1466 01:07:51,022 --> 01:07:52,111 Yeah, good. 1467 01:07:56,941 --> 01:07:57,986 Your turn. 1468 01:08:02,295 --> 01:08:04,297 [EXHILARATING MUSIC CONTINUES] 1469 01:08:08,562 --> 01:08:09,563 Here ya go. 1470 01:08:14,350 --> 01:08:16,657 Be a little closer when I take this photo. 1471 01:08:18,006 --> 01:08:19,964 Not like that. What, are you a fucking Dutch clock? 1472 01:08:20,051 --> 01:08:21,096 I meant like this. 1473 01:08:23,229 --> 01:08:24,230 Close. 1474 01:08:37,765 --> 01:08:38,766 Ready? 1475 01:08:38,853 --> 01:08:41,247 [MUSIC FADES OUT] 1476 01:08:41,334 --> 01:08:43,336 [MARIANA TRENCH BY DWARA AND KHOTTON PALM PLAYING] 1477 01:08:53,041 --> 01:08:54,085 [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS] 1478 01:09:06,533 --> 01:09:08,187 [BOTH PANTING] 1479 01:09:10,189 --> 01:09:11,277 [WINNIE WINCES] 1480 01:09:11,364 --> 01:09:12,582 ♪ Whisper sweet nothings ♪ 1481 01:09:12,669 --> 01:09:13,453 ♪ Tell me everything that's wrong ♪ 1482 01:09:13,540 --> 01:09:15,411 Send it. 1483 01:09:15,498 --> 01:09:18,414 ♪ While I lead you to your end Listen to the sweetest song ♪ 1484 01:09:18,501 --> 01:09:22,853 ♪ Listen to the sweetest song To the sweetest song, hey ♪ 1485 01:09:22,940 --> 01:09:24,899 [MARIANA TRENCH CONTINUES PLAYING] 1486 01:09:24,986 --> 01:09:26,030 [CELL PHONE BEEPS] 1487 01:09:30,774 --> 01:09:32,863 Are you gonna text Mr. Miller? 1488 01:09:32,950 --> 01:09:34,300 [CELL PHONE VIBRATING] 1489 01:09:34,387 --> 01:09:35,866 CAIRO: "All warfare is based on deception." 1490 01:09:36,389 --> 01:09:37,868 Hello? 1491 01:09:37,955 --> 01:09:40,480 "Move your enemy, but don't be moved by him." 1492 01:09:40,567 --> 01:09:41,959 [MARIANA TRENCH CONTINUES PLAYING] 1493 01:09:42,046 --> 01:09:47,791 ♪ Lead you in Pull you down ♪ 1494 01:09:47,878 --> 01:09:53,797 ♪ All your weight Lifted off ♪ 1495 01:09:53,884 --> 01:10:00,108 ♪ Lead you in Pull you down ♪ 1496 01:10:00,195 --> 01:10:05,244 ♪ All your weight Lifted off ♪ 1497 01:10:05,331 --> 01:10:06,897 [MUSIC STOPS] 1498 01:10:06,984 --> 01:10:09,160 BEATRICE: You've been summoned to the principal's office. 1499 01:10:11,859 --> 01:10:13,339 Mm-mm. 1500 01:10:14,514 --> 01:10:15,515 [CLICKS TONGUE] 1501 01:10:18,213 --> 01:10:19,693 BORIS: You got a title yet? 1502 01:10:19,780 --> 01:10:21,782 BEATRICE: Lesser Expectations of a Greater Love. 1503 01:10:21,869 --> 01:10:22,913 [DOOR CLOSES] 1504 01:10:27,614 --> 01:10:28,832 - BORIS: I mean, I don't know. - [BEATRICE LAUGHS] 1505 01:10:28,919 --> 01:10:31,139 - [BORIS SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY] - Hi, Joyce. 1506 01:10:31,226 --> 01:10:32,532 - [LAUGHING] Another beer? - Mm. 1507 01:10:32,619 --> 01:10:34,229 No, I should go. 1508 01:10:34,316 --> 01:10:35,274 - I should get outta here. - Oh, come on. 1509 01:10:35,361 --> 01:10:36,710 - Don't be boring. - No. No. 1510 01:10:36,797 --> 01:10:40,235 I got 45 pop quizzes on thermodynamics 1511 01:10:40,888 --> 01:10:42,150 to fail. 1512 01:10:42,237 --> 01:10:43,978 And we haven't even gotten to fractals yet. 1513 01:10:44,065 --> 01:10:45,545 Goddamn hopeless youth of America. 1514 01:10:45,632 --> 01:10:47,198 Well, you're the one who wanted 1515 01:10:47,286 --> 01:10:48,722 to make a difference, remember? 1516 01:10:48,809 --> 01:10:50,593 [CHUCKLES] Hey, fools rush in. 1517 01:10:50,680 --> 01:10:52,465 - Where's Jonathan? - Tithing. 1518 01:10:52,552 --> 01:10:53,814 All right, well, look, tell him I had to run. 1519 01:10:53,901 --> 01:10:55,119 Bye, kiddo. 1520 01:10:55,206 --> 01:10:56,251 BEATRICE: Bye. 1521 01:10:58,079 --> 01:10:59,123 [DOOR CLOSES] 1522 01:11:02,779 --> 01:11:03,824 Joyce got the story. 1523 01:11:06,392 --> 01:11:07,697 What? 1524 01:11:07,784 --> 01:11:11,353 Well, it had a "For Jonathan. Love, Cairo..." 1525 01:11:12,789 --> 01:11:15,270 [GRUNTS] ...written at the top, so, you know... 1526 01:11:15,357 --> 01:11:17,359 there's no mistakin'. 1527 01:11:17,446 --> 01:11:19,143 And she'd like to speak to me formally 1528 01:11:19,230 --> 01:11:21,450 about the necessary paperwork. 1529 01:11:22,321 --> 01:11:24,323 [CHUCKLES] Paperwork for what? 1530 01:11:25,628 --> 01:11:27,021 An incident report. 1531 01:11:27,108 --> 01:11:28,152 Uh... 1532 01:11:29,153 --> 01:11:30,285 I think she did it. 1533 01:11:31,721 --> 01:11:33,462 Who did what, huh? 1534 01:11:34,637 --> 01:11:36,683 Cairo. Cairo turned it in. 1535 01:11:39,555 --> 01:11:42,341 It's a short story, Jonathan. 1536 01:11:43,516 --> 01:11:46,910 It's not The Communist Manifesto. 1537 01:11:46,997 --> 01:11:48,259 Mm-hmm. I know. 1538 01:11:52,568 --> 01:11:54,048 But, yeah, but, it's the, uh... 1539 01:11:55,136 --> 01:11:56,442 it's the implication. 1540 01:11:56,529 --> 01:11:59,575 Why if she can convince them 1541 01:11:59,662 --> 01:12:01,925 that somethin' happened between us, then, uh... 1542 01:12:02,012 --> 01:12:03,623 [CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] 1543 01:12:03,710 --> 01:12:05,364 Well, I could lose my job. 1544 01:12:09,759 --> 01:12:11,500 That's not all you could lose. 1545 01:12:22,468 --> 01:12:25,993 Did somethin' happen between you? 1546 01:12:28,212 --> 01:12:29,344 Nothin' I invited. 1547 01:12:30,780 --> 01:12:32,652 [BEATRICE SIGHS] 1548 01:12:32,739 --> 01:12:35,045 Teenage girls are dangerous, Jonathan. 1549 01:12:36,264 --> 01:12:38,309 They're full of emotional violence 1550 01:12:38,397 --> 01:12:40,790 - and vituperation. - Mm-hmm. 1551 01:12:43,314 --> 01:12:45,012 I hope you know what you're doin'. 1552 01:12:46,230 --> 01:12:48,276 [SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING] 1553 01:12:52,976 --> 01:12:55,022 [BELL RINGS] 1554 01:13:09,819 --> 01:13:11,821 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 1555 01:13:18,915 --> 01:13:20,830 [BREATHING HEAVILY] 1556 01:13:33,539 --> 01:13:34,801 Have you seen Cairo? 1557 01:13:37,107 --> 01:13:39,153 - I haven't. - I haven't seen her. 1558 01:13:39,240 --> 01:13:40,546 And I just thought... 1559 01:13:42,678 --> 01:13:44,724 - maybe you had. - I haven't. No. 1560 01:13:49,685 --> 01:13:51,774 - You don't text? - She tell you we do? 1561 01:13:52,645 --> 01:13:54,734 Well, you know... 1562 01:13:56,779 --> 01:14:00,609 Cairo says everything... 1563 01:14:04,134 --> 01:14:05,179 And nothing. 1564 01:14:11,881 --> 01:14:14,231 I don't understand what's happening. 1565 01:14:18,627 --> 01:14:19,672 Don't you, Winnie? 1566 01:14:22,675 --> 01:14:24,677 [GENTLE PIANO MUSIC PLAYING] 1567 01:14:44,044 --> 01:14:46,873 How did it start? In your own words. 1568 01:14:46,960 --> 01:14:48,744 We recognized each other. 1569 01:14:48,831 --> 01:14:51,355 She's exceptionally talented. 1570 01:14:51,442 --> 01:14:54,663 Uh, she's singular in that at this school. 1571 01:14:54,750 --> 01:14:56,447 Did you exhibit favoritism? 1572 01:14:56,535 --> 01:14:58,667 - Give special mentorship? - Of course. 1573 01:14:58,754 --> 01:14:59,842 He was excited to give me 1574 01:14:59,929 --> 01:15:01,583 the midterm assignment in advance. 1575 01:15:01,670 --> 01:15:03,672 JOYCE: And the midterm is what percentage of the final grade? 1576 01:15:03,759 --> 01:15:04,934 It's 25%. 1577 01:15:05,021 --> 01:15:07,197 Enough to destroy my GPA. 1578 01:15:07,284 --> 01:15:08,547 JOYCE: You do know that Henry Miller 1579 01:15:08,634 --> 01:15:09,678 is not an approved author 1580 01:15:09,765 --> 01:15:10,984 for public school study, right? 1581 01:15:11,071 --> 01:15:13,290 She's better than the curriculum, Joyce. 1582 01:15:13,377 --> 01:15:14,509 You know that. 1583 01:15:14,596 --> 01:15:16,293 I wanted to help her stand out. 1584 01:15:16,380 --> 01:15:18,687 I think he was impressed I knew who he was. 1585 01:15:20,515 --> 01:15:22,212 Have you read his work? 1586 01:15:22,299 --> 01:15:23,736 How often have you been together 1587 01:15:23,823 --> 01:15:25,825 beyond the classroom? 1588 01:15:25,912 --> 01:15:27,435 We would see each other before school, 1589 01:15:27,522 --> 01:15:31,134 uh, in class, of course, and sometimes after. 1590 01:15:32,396 --> 01:15:33,746 And what would you do? 1591 01:15:33,833 --> 01:15:35,356 We would talk about literature 1592 01:15:35,443 --> 01:15:37,619 and things that we cared about. 1593 01:15:39,273 --> 01:15:40,883 Sometimes we'd share a cigarette. 1594 01:15:40,970 --> 01:15:44,713 We happened to be smoking in the same place one time. 1595 01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:45,801 And that, well, that... 1596 01:15:45,888 --> 01:15:47,411 That's how it started, I guess. 1597 01:15:47,498 --> 01:15:48,891 Not... 1598 01:15:48,978 --> 01:15:51,764 I mean, that is how we started smokin' together. 1599 01:15:51,851 --> 01:15:53,330 [CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] 1600 01:15:53,417 --> 01:15:55,419 Do you see each other socially? 1601 01:15:55,506 --> 01:15:56,943 Absolutely not. 1602 01:15:57,030 --> 01:15:59,380 We went to a poetry reading together. 1603 01:15:59,467 --> 01:16:01,077 JOYCE: Would you consider yourself friends? 1604 01:16:01,164 --> 01:16:02,296 Without question. 1605 01:16:02,775 --> 01:16:05,473 We are as close, 1606 01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:09,433 uh, as is appropriate for a student and a teacher. 1607 01:16:09,520 --> 01:16:10,870 Have you ever been alone together 1608 01:16:10,957 --> 01:16:12,219 outside of school? 1609 01:16:12,306 --> 01:16:13,873 Only a couple of times. 1610 01:16:13,960 --> 01:16:15,962 Y... Yes, sort of. 1611 01:16:16,049 --> 01:16:19,835 Uh, I mistakenly left with her phone 1612 01:16:19,922 --> 01:16:22,838 from the classroom, and I returned it to her, uh, 1613 01:16:22,925 --> 01:16:27,190 before my wife and I went on a business trip 1614 01:16:27,277 --> 01:16:28,322 to Nashville. 1615 01:16:28,409 --> 01:16:29,845 We didn't actually go, 1616 01:16:29,932 --> 01:16:33,196 but, you know, we were going to go. 1617 01:16:34,937 --> 01:16:36,112 He came to my house. 1618 01:16:37,157 --> 01:16:38,158 Were you alone? 1619 01:16:41,683 --> 01:16:42,684 Yes. 1620 01:16:43,685 --> 01:16:45,121 My parents were out of town. 1621 01:16:45,208 --> 01:16:46,601 What happened? 1622 01:16:48,734 --> 01:16:49,909 Why? She say somethin' happened? 1623 01:16:54,043 --> 01:16:55,654 Nothin' that didn't seem okay at the time. 1624 01:16:57,612 --> 01:16:58,787 I returned her phone. 1625 01:16:58,874 --> 01:17:00,354 JOYCE: Did you go inside the house? 1626 01:17:03,923 --> 01:17:06,186 I didn't touch her, okay? Um... 1627 01:17:07,317 --> 01:17:08,710 When she sent the story, 1628 01:17:08,797 --> 01:17:10,799 I told her it was not appropriate for school. 1629 01:17:14,368 --> 01:17:15,499 [SIGHS] 1630 01:17:17,197 --> 01:17:18,241 [GULPS] 1631 01:17:20,026 --> 01:17:21,897 I'm gettin' the impression there's nothin' I can say, 1632 01:17:22,855 --> 01:17:23,856 uh, 1633 01:17:24,639 --> 01:17:26,597 to defend my position here. 1634 01:17:28,904 --> 01:17:30,166 JOYCE: 'Cause there isn't. 1635 01:17:34,214 --> 01:17:36,216 [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] 1636 01:17:40,437 --> 01:17:41,482 BORIS: Jonathan... 1637 01:17:43,484 --> 01:17:44,746 are you in love with her? 1638 01:17:48,750 --> 01:17:50,447 Fuck Almighty. Are you? 1639 01:17:50,534 --> 01:17:52,580 It's not about my feelings. 1640 01:17:55,104 --> 01:17:56,715 It's what she implies. 1641 01:17:56,802 --> 01:17:58,455 And you know I could get crucified for this... 1642 01:17:58,542 --> 01:18:00,719 - BORIS: Oh, fuck me. - ...while you're sittin' there 1643 01:18:00,806 --> 01:18:02,242 swiping through pictures 1644 01:18:02,329 --> 01:18:03,678 - of naked students. - Oh, he's so smart, everybody. 1645 01:18:03,765 --> 01:18:04,853 That's why I deleted it. 1646 01:18:04,940 --> 01:18:05,941 You deleted it. 1647 01:18:06,028 --> 01:18:07,508 - Oh, good. - No. No. 1648 01:18:07,595 --> 01:18:09,205 [SARCASTICALLY] Well, as soon as you delete somethin', 1649 01:18:09,292 --> 01:18:11,381 of course, it means it's really deleted, right? 1650 01:18:11,468 --> 01:18:12,992 - Come on. Jesus. - Oh, I'm shakin' 1651 01:18:13,079 --> 01:18:14,341 in my fuckin' boots. 1652 01:18:14,428 --> 01:18:15,646 You know the difference between you and me? 1653 01:18:16,822 --> 01:18:19,346 You cannot identify the line. 1654 01:18:20,564 --> 01:18:21,696 So, you cross it. 1655 01:18:22,262 --> 01:18:23,611 Right. 1656 01:18:23,698 --> 01:18:25,265 That's why you're sittin' here scared, 1657 01:18:26,440 --> 01:18:28,050 defensive. 1658 01:18:28,137 --> 01:18:30,226 You are the adult. Show some responsibility. 1659 01:18:30,313 --> 01:18:31,314 You can't be serious. 1660 01:18:31,401 --> 01:18:33,186 - Like you? - Yes. 1661 01:18:33,273 --> 01:18:34,970 I know where the line is, Jonathan. 1662 01:18:35,057 --> 01:18:36,624 - Mm. - I don't cross it. 1663 01:18:36,711 --> 01:18:38,582 You see, knowin' the line is knowin' the risk. 1664 01:18:40,628 --> 01:18:43,457 You tryin' to make me your collateral damage. 1665 01:18:43,544 --> 01:18:44,850 You don't know... Oh, man, 1666 01:18:44,937 --> 01:18:46,547 you think you're my collateral damage? 1667 01:18:46,634 --> 01:18:48,636 [SCOFFS] 1668 01:18:48,723 --> 01:18:51,639 - All right, man. Just go, man. - All right. No, no. 1669 01:18:51,726 --> 01:18:53,859 - Yeah, all right. I will. - All right, yeah. 1670 01:18:53,946 --> 01:18:55,599 - Cool, bro. Mm-hmm. - Thanks for your help. 1671 01:18:56,209 --> 01:18:57,210 Appreciate that. 1672 01:18:57,297 --> 01:18:59,299 [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] 1673 01:19:11,702 --> 01:19:12,834 JONATHAN: I've been suspended. 1674 01:19:17,839 --> 01:19:18,971 Did you fuck her? 1675 01:19:19,058 --> 01:19:20,929 No. 1676 01:19:21,016 --> 01:19:22,801 - [SNORTS] - Then what happened? 1677 01:19:24,237 --> 01:19:26,108 She impressed me. I gave her preference. 1678 01:19:27,457 --> 01:19:29,285 She handed in the story, 1679 01:19:29,372 --> 01:19:31,287 which I obviously could not accept. 1680 01:19:31,374 --> 01:19:33,289 Her feelings got hurt, and she lashed out. 1681 01:19:33,376 --> 01:19:35,161 - That's how I understand it. - Hm. 1682 01:19:35,248 --> 01:19:36,510 So you flirted with her, 1683 01:19:36,597 --> 01:19:37,772 - and then, you rejected her. - JONATHAN: No, 1684 01:19:37,859 --> 01:19:38,817 - it wasn't flirting. - What was it then? 1685 01:19:38,904 --> 01:19:40,253 - It was affection! - [CHUCKLES] 1686 01:19:41,689 --> 01:19:44,431 Well, are you attracted to her? 1687 01:19:47,260 --> 01:19:48,261 [JONATHAN EXHALES SHARPLY] 1688 01:19:49,001 --> 01:19:50,002 I'll tell you. 1689 01:19:51,438 --> 01:19:54,876 This is about a girl who flattered you, 1690 01:19:54,963 --> 01:19:56,573 who read your little book, 1691 01:19:56,660 --> 01:19:58,924 and your inevitable surrender to adulation. 1692 01:19:59,011 --> 01:20:01,622 You fucking fell for it. 1693 01:20:01,709 --> 01:20:03,972 Finally. Finally! 1694 01:20:04,059 --> 01:20:07,149 Someone gave your reductive short stories a second glance. 1695 01:20:07,236 --> 01:20:09,021 And you can't help but get hard for it 1696 01:20:09,108 --> 01:20:10,457 because, what, now suddenly 1697 01:20:10,544 --> 01:20:12,067 you feel worth somethin', is that it? 1698 01:20:12,154 --> 01:20:13,199 Yes! 1699 01:20:13,286 --> 01:20:16,376 She made me feel worth something. 1700 01:20:16,463 --> 01:20:17,551 What does that tell you? 1701 01:20:19,466 --> 01:20:23,426 Was it her sycophancy that got you hard? 1702 01:20:23,513 --> 01:20:25,820 Or was it the smell of teen spirit? 1703 01:20:25,907 --> 01:20:27,604 - Fuck you. - Oh, be my guest. 1704 01:20:27,691 --> 01:20:29,868 Stop. [PANTS] 1705 01:20:29,955 --> 01:20:31,652 - Did you? - No, I didn't fuck her. 1706 01:20:31,739 --> 01:20:32,871 Why do you look so guilty? 1707 01:20:32,958 --> 01:20:34,046 I haven't done anything wrong. 1708 01:20:34,133 --> 01:20:37,223 - Oh, didn't you? - [BREATHING HEAVILY] 1709 01:20:41,357 --> 01:20:43,533 God, I'm in hell. [CHUCKLES] 1710 01:20:43,620 --> 01:20:46,101 Well, make yourself at home. 1711 01:20:46,188 --> 01:20:47,842 Why are you so punishing? 1712 01:20:47,929 --> 01:20:49,626 You wanted her. 1713 01:20:49,713 --> 01:20:51,585 I can read it all in your face. 1714 01:20:51,672 --> 01:20:52,934 How can you see anything in this state, 1715 01:20:53,021 --> 01:20:54,544 you fuckin' alcoholic? 1716 01:20:56,416 --> 01:20:58,809 It's the only thing that makes you bearable, baby. 1717 01:21:00,550 --> 01:21:01,725 You are a cunt. 1718 01:21:01,812 --> 01:21:03,292 And you're a liar. 1719 01:21:03,858 --> 01:21:05,164 Liar! 1720 01:21:06,817 --> 01:21:09,429 You're the banner boy for mediocrity, 1721 01:21:09,516 --> 01:21:11,910 waving your flag of spotless virtue 1722 01:21:11,997 --> 01:21:15,130 like some middling American hero. 1723 01:21:15,217 --> 01:21:17,263 But, Jon, baby... 1724 01:21:18,568 --> 01:21:20,483 you're the villain. 1725 01:21:25,271 --> 01:21:27,490 But you can't even see that, can you? 1726 01:21:42,592 --> 01:21:44,029 Don't you worry for me at all? 1727 01:21:45,944 --> 01:21:47,597 What would I possibly worry about 1728 01:21:47,684 --> 01:21:49,077 other than dying of boredom 1729 01:21:49,164 --> 01:21:51,471 having to listen to your inventions of conflict? 1730 01:21:54,256 --> 01:21:55,257 You... 1731 01:21:56,215 --> 01:21:57,216 are... 1732 01:21:58,826 --> 01:21:59,870 vile. 1733 01:22:01,960 --> 01:22:03,962 [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING] 1734 01:22:06,399 --> 01:22:08,096 Why don't you write about it? 1735 01:22:35,384 --> 01:22:36,559 Spit it out, Winnie. 1736 01:22:38,126 --> 01:22:39,301 What are you doing? 1737 01:22:41,173 --> 01:22:42,783 I'm completing my admissions essay. 1738 01:22:44,959 --> 01:22:46,482 Is that all? 1739 01:22:46,569 --> 01:22:47,875 Well, I'm smokin' a cigarette, 1740 01:22:49,355 --> 01:22:51,400 if you wish to be very literal. 1741 01:22:51,487 --> 01:22:53,533 What are you doin' to Mr. Miller? 1742 01:23:04,065 --> 01:23:06,633 I'm testifyin' against him in front of the school board. 1743 01:23:06,720 --> 01:23:08,809 - Why? - He underestimated me. 1744 01:23:09,810 --> 01:23:11,203 I overestimated him. 1745 01:23:12,204 --> 01:23:13,466 Are you okay? 1746 01:23:13,553 --> 01:23:14,684 I'm inspired. 1747 01:23:16,860 --> 01:23:18,558 - That's not funny. - It is. 1748 01:23:19,385 --> 01:23:20,821 A little. 1749 01:23:20,908 --> 01:23:23,606 - Please don't do this. - Why? 1750 01:23:25,782 --> 01:23:27,523 You're gonna ruin his life. 1751 01:23:28,220 --> 01:23:29,264 And for what? 1752 01:23:33,355 --> 01:23:35,096 To avenge your rejection? 1753 01:23:37,751 --> 01:23:39,013 To punish him? 1754 01:23:41,363 --> 01:23:43,452 Because he didn't wanna fuck you? 1755 01:23:43,539 --> 01:23:45,411 He wanted to fuck me, Winnie. 1756 01:23:45,498 --> 01:23:47,152 [SCOFFS] Yes. 1757 01:23:49,763 --> 01:23:52,157 But he didn't leave his wife for you. 1758 01:23:56,117 --> 01:23:57,510 I'll testify against you. 1759 01:23:57,597 --> 01:23:58,641 No, you won't. 1760 01:24:00,382 --> 01:24:01,992 Excuse me? 1761 01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:04,343 I'll show them the evidence I have against you and Boris. 1762 01:24:05,996 --> 01:24:07,955 And not only will your credibility be shot to shit, 1763 01:24:08,042 --> 01:24:09,435 but you'll incriminate him as well. 1764 01:24:11,959 --> 01:24:14,614 Two teachers can lose their jobs. 1765 01:24:15,832 --> 01:24:16,877 [BREATH TREMBLING] 1766 01:24:18,444 --> 01:24:20,141 Oh, hey, maybe we can double team. 1767 01:24:21,142 --> 01:24:22,796 You played me. 1768 01:24:22,883 --> 01:24:24,232 You knew what we were doing. 1769 01:24:24,972 --> 01:24:26,191 This is not what I meant. 1770 01:24:26,278 --> 01:24:27,322 Isn't it, though? 1771 01:24:33,067 --> 01:24:35,635 Didn't I play it out exactly like you imagined? 1772 01:24:35,722 --> 01:24:38,116 This isn't a fucking game, Cairo. 1773 01:24:39,900 --> 01:24:40,944 You're right. 1774 01:24:44,992 --> 01:24:47,560 This is, to date, 1775 01:24:50,258 --> 01:24:51,607 my greatest achievement. 1776 01:24:53,087 --> 01:24:55,133 [SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING] 1777 01:25:08,015 --> 01:25:09,059 [READING] "In the end, 1778 01:25:11,149 --> 01:25:13,716 "ultimately, I understood 1779 01:25:13,803 --> 01:25:16,937 "our mutual naivete, my trust, his arrogance... 1780 01:25:20,070 --> 01:25:22,160 "Exposed us to the caprices of society 1781 01:25:22,247 --> 01:25:23,378 "and rendered us defeated, 1782 01:25:25,293 --> 01:25:27,165 "suddenly alone in separate camps. 1783 01:25:36,522 --> 01:25:37,958 "What will become of us? 1784 01:25:40,090 --> 01:25:42,615 "Will he measure himself an unwitting participant? 1785 01:25:47,054 --> 01:25:49,274 "Falsely banished and beggared? 1786 01:25:53,887 --> 01:25:55,018 "No job, 1787 01:25:56,890 --> 01:25:57,934 "no wife, 1788 01:25:59,153 --> 01:26:00,198 "no forgiveness, 1789 01:26:02,156 --> 01:26:05,899 "or will he be brave enough to accept his complicity 1790 01:26:07,248 --> 01:26:08,945 "in a way that is meaningful? 1791 01:26:10,512 --> 01:26:11,948 "In a way that changes him, 1792 01:26:12,775 --> 01:26:14,690 "as it has changed me? 1793 01:26:15,691 --> 01:26:17,693 [SOLEMN MUSIC CONTINUES] 1794 01:26:20,348 --> 01:26:21,393 "The answer evades me. 1795 01:26:24,134 --> 01:26:26,702 "I wanted to experience somethin' I didn't understand. 1796 01:26:29,052 --> 01:26:30,140 "I reached for it 1797 01:26:31,620 --> 01:26:32,795 "and was made a fool 1798 01:26:34,014 --> 01:26:36,234 "by my own childish notions of love. 1799 01:26:39,062 --> 01:26:40,499 "But where was my error? 1800 01:26:42,544 --> 01:26:46,287 "Was it in the reaching or the wanting? 1801 01:26:47,984 --> 01:26:50,117 "Is this what it is to be an adult? 1802 01:26:51,684 --> 01:26:54,252 "The same exquisite longing of adolescence, 1803 01:26:56,341 --> 01:26:58,691 "but with a burden of constant accountability? 1804 01:27:02,695 --> 01:27:04,958 "No excuse is to be made for your choices 1805 01:27:08,483 --> 01:27:09,832 "for they are yours alone. 1806 01:27:21,366 --> 01:27:22,541 "I cannot say whether or not 1807 01:27:22,628 --> 01:27:24,194 "I'm grateful for the experience, 1808 01:27:26,327 --> 01:27:27,328 "for the knowledge. 1809 01:27:30,897 --> 01:27:32,594 [SNIFFLES] "The felicity of youth 1810 01:27:32,681 --> 01:27:34,553 "has been ripped from me like skin. 1811 01:27:37,512 --> 01:27:39,384 [TEARFULLY] "And exposed as I am, 1812 01:27:44,258 --> 01:27:45,955 "sore and open as I am. 1813 01:27:48,001 --> 01:27:50,873 [SOBBING SOFTLY] 1814 01:27:50,960 --> 01:27:53,180 "I can feel it shape me into somethin' new. 1815 01:27:56,009 --> 01:27:57,097 "Hero. 1816 01:27:58,533 --> 01:27:59,534 "Villain. 1817 01:28:01,101 --> 01:28:02,276 - [MOUTHING] Hi. -"Writer. 1818 01:28:04,844 --> 01:28:07,629 "Grown... from the human ruins 1819 01:28:09,109 --> 01:28:10,632 "of a madman's love." 1820 01:28:17,726 --> 01:28:19,728 [AT SEVENTEEN BY JANIS IAN PLAYING] 1821 01:28:25,038 --> 01:28:29,172 ♪ I learned the truth at seventeen ♪ 1822 01:28:29,259 --> 01:28:33,612 ♪ That love was meant for beauty queens ♪ 1823 01:28:33,699 --> 01:28:38,051 ♪ And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles ♪ 1824 01:28:38,138 --> 01:28:41,271 ♪ Who married young and then retired ♪ 1825 01:28:44,753 --> 01:28:48,844 ♪ The valentines I never knew ♪ 1826 01:28:48,931 --> 01:28:53,414 ♪ The Friday night charades of youth ♪ 1827 01:28:53,501 --> 01:28:57,549 ♪ Were spent on one more beautiful ♪ 1828 01:28:57,636 --> 01:29:01,553 ♪ At seventeen I learned the truth ♪ 1829 01:29:04,425 --> 01:29:09,387 ♪ And those of us with ravaged faces ♪ 1830 01:29:09,474 --> 01:29:12,781 ♪ Lacking in the social graces ♪ 1831 01:29:12,868 --> 01:29:16,394 ♪ Desperately remained at home ♪ 1832 01:29:16,481 --> 01:29:20,223 ♪ Inventing lovers on the phone ♪ 1833 01:29:20,310 --> 01:29:24,837 ♪ Who called to say, "Come dance with me" ♪ 1834 01:29:24,924 --> 01:29:28,971 ♪ And murmured vague obscenities ♪ 1835 01:29:29,058 --> 01:29:33,672 ♪ It isn't all it seems At seventeen ♪ 1836 01:29:35,761 --> 01:29:40,287 ♪ A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs ♪ 1837 01:29:40,374 --> 01:29:44,422 ♪ Whose name I never could pronounce ♪ 1838 01:29:44,509 --> 01:29:48,251 ♪ Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve ♪ 1839 01:29:48,338 --> 01:29:51,341 ♪ "They only get what they deserve" ♪ 1840 01:29:54,736 --> 01:29:59,045 ♪ And the rich-relationed hometown queen ♪ 1841 01:29:59,132 --> 01:30:02,265 ♪ Marries into what she needs ♪ 1842 01:30:02,352 --> 01:30:06,400 ♪ With a guarantee of company ♪ 1843 01:30:06,487 --> 01:30:10,360 ♪ And haven for the elderly ♪ 1844 01:30:13,929 --> 01:30:18,368 ♪ Remember those who win the game ♪ 1845 01:30:18,456 --> 01:30:21,763 ♪ Lose the love they sought to gain ♪ 1846 01:30:21,850 --> 01:30:25,637 ♪ In debentures of quality ♪ 1847 01:30:25,724 --> 01:30:29,379 ♪ And dubious integrity ♪ 1848 01:30:29,467 --> 01:30:33,209 ♪ Their small-town eyes will gape at you ♪ 1849 01:30:33,296 --> 01:30:38,127 ♪ In dull surprise when payment due ♪ 1850 01:30:38,214 --> 01:30:42,567 ♪ Exceeds accounts received At seventeen ♪ 1851 01:31:37,317 --> 01:31:41,364 ♪ To those of us who knew the pain ♪ 1852 01:31:41,451 --> 01:31:46,108 ♪ Of valentines that never came ♪ 1853 01:31:46,195 --> 01:31:50,156 ♪ And those whose names were never called ♪ 1854 01:31:50,243 --> 01:31:53,725 ♪ When choosing sides for basketball ♪ 1855 01:31:56,554 --> 01:32:01,341 ♪ It was long ago and far away ♪ 1856 01:32:01,428 --> 01:32:05,475 ♪ The world was younger than today ♪ 1857 01:32:05,563 --> 01:32:09,088 ♪ When dreams were all they gave for free ♪ 1858 01:32:09,175 --> 01:32:15,442 ♪ To ugly duckling girls like me ♪ 1859 01:32:15,529 --> 01:32:19,968 ♪ We all play the game, and when we dare ♪ 1860 01:32:20,055 --> 01:32:23,842 ♪ To cheat ourselves at solitaire ♪ 1861 01:32:23,929 --> 01:32:27,585 ♪ Inventing lovers on the phone ♪ 1862 01:32:27,672 --> 01:32:31,197 ♪ Repenting other lives unknown ♪ 1863 01:32:31,284 --> 01:32:35,201 ♪ They call and say, "Come dance with me" ♪ 1864 01:32:35,288 --> 01:32:39,684 ♪ And murmur vague obscenities ♪ 1865 01:32:39,771 --> 01:32:43,992 ♪ At ugly girls like me At seventeen ♪