1 00:00:03,698 --> 00:00:06,658 [eerie music] 2 00:00:06,701 --> 00:00:12,142 ♪ 3 00:00:12,185 --> 00:00:14,840 - In Hollywood, 4 00:00:14,883 --> 00:00:17,669 the fastest way to the top 5 00:00:17,712 --> 00:00:20,019 is to work for someone who's already there. 6 00:00:24,763 --> 00:00:28,723 The system dictates that one must first be a slave 7 00:00:28,767 --> 00:00:29,942 before you can be a success. 8 00:00:32,597 --> 00:00:35,121 Few people have the drive to endure the indignities 9 00:00:35,165 --> 00:00:37,036 that make up the system. 10 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:43,173 ♪ 11 00:00:43,216 --> 00:00:45,131 This drive is usually motivated by greed. 12 00:00:48,917 --> 00:00:50,180 Sometimes ambition. 13 00:00:50,223 --> 00:00:52,007 [cougar growls] 14 00:00:52,530 --> 00:00:55,098 Sometimes, even love. 15 00:00:57,622 --> 00:00:59,885 There are stories of love... 16 00:00:59,928 --> 00:01:03,845 ♪ 17 00:01:03,889 --> 00:01:07,501 Inspiring success over the most insurmountable odds... 18 00:01:11,157 --> 00:01:12,027 Empowering stories... 19 00:01:15,161 --> 00:01:17,381 Where we are not crucifying one another, 20 00:01:17,424 --> 00:01:19,252 but playing fair. 21 00:01:19,296 --> 00:01:26,216 ♪ 22 00:01:27,260 --> 00:01:28,261 This... 23 00:01:35,399 --> 00:01:36,791 [cougar roars] 24 00:01:36,835 --> 00:01:38,750 Is not one of those stories. 25 00:01:40,882 --> 00:01:43,798 [disquieting music] 26 00:01:43,842 --> 00:01:50,762 ♪ 27 00:01:59,074 --> 00:02:01,816 ["Hollywood's Bleeding" by Post Malone] 28 00:02:06,169 --> 00:02:09,694 - ♪ Hollywood's bleeding, vampires feeding ♪ 29 00:02:09,737 --> 00:02:13,350 ♪ Darkness turns to dust ♪ 30 00:02:13,393 --> 00:02:16,962 ♪ Everyone's gone, but no one's leaving ♪ 31 00:02:17,005 --> 00:02:20,487 ♪ Nobody left but us ♪ 32 00:02:20,531 --> 00:02:24,143 ♪ Try to face a feelin', but we'll never feel it ♪ 33 00:02:24,187 --> 00:02:27,799 ♪ Ridin' on the last train home ♪ 34 00:02:27,842 --> 00:02:30,845 ♪ Dyin' in our sleep, we're living out a dream ♪ 35 00:02:30,889 --> 00:02:32,020 ♪ We only make it out alone ♪ 36 00:02:32,064 --> 00:02:35,110 - You have no brain. 37 00:02:35,154 --> 00:02:36,416 You're an intern. 38 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:39,158 You are here in service of Joyce Holt, 39 00:02:39,202 --> 00:02:41,552 CEO of Fountain Pictures. 40 00:02:41,595 --> 00:02:43,858 What you think means nothing. 41 00:02:43,902 --> 00:02:45,686 - What you feel means nothing. 42 00:02:45,730 --> 00:02:47,819 - You are nothing. 43 00:02:47,862 --> 00:02:50,169 A thousand nobodies land at LAX every day, 44 00:02:50,213 --> 00:02:52,345 ready to kill to get inside these gates. 45 00:02:52,389 --> 00:02:53,999 - Anything she wants... - You get it. 46 00:02:54,042 --> 00:02:55,870 - Everything you do, you run through us. 47 00:02:55,914 --> 00:02:59,483 - Can't take it? Roll on back to bumfuck Iowa. 48 00:03:02,703 --> 00:03:04,270 - Hi. I'm L... 49 00:03:04,314 --> 00:03:05,445 - Late. 50 00:03:05,489 --> 00:03:07,055 - They told me 9:00. 51 00:03:07,099 --> 00:03:08,361 - 9:00 means 8:30. 52 00:03:09,710 --> 00:03:12,670 [ominous music] 53 00:03:12,713 --> 00:03:17,152 ♪ 54 00:03:17,196 --> 00:03:18,763 - Meredith Lockhart's in your office. 55 00:03:18,806 --> 00:03:20,112 The "Times'" run another piece, 56 00:03:20,155 --> 00:03:21,548 calling the "Wanderlust Chronicles" 57 00:03:21,592 --> 00:03:25,204 the most relevant book series of the decade. 58 00:03:25,248 --> 00:03:26,727 Referenced the impending bidding war. 59 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:48,009 - I called the apothecary in Melbourne. 60 00:03:48,053 --> 00:03:49,446 They aren't making the almond sage one anymore. 61 00:03:52,666 --> 00:03:53,711 I'll call again. 62 00:04:03,677 --> 00:04:05,113 - I debated between this and the Dior, 63 00:04:05,157 --> 00:04:08,900 but Gucci makes me look less Hollywood power dyke. 64 00:04:08,943 --> 00:04:10,380 - Please. 65 00:04:10,423 --> 00:04:13,208 You love being a Hollywood power dyke. 66 00:04:13,252 --> 00:04:14,253 - That's true. 67 00:04:14,297 --> 00:04:16,951 - All right, my friend. 68 00:04:16,995 --> 00:04:19,563 What is it gonna take to make this happen? 69 00:04:19,606 --> 00:04:22,653 You gonna make me beg? I'm happy to do so. 70 00:04:23,218 --> 00:04:24,350 - You know the corporate BS 71 00:04:24,394 --> 00:04:26,091 that comes from a mainstream studio? 72 00:04:26,134 --> 00:04:27,353 It's not me. 73 00:04:27,397 --> 00:04:29,486 For my books, I want a home 74 00:04:29,529 --> 00:04:32,358 that's more punk rock, artist-driven. 75 00:04:32,402 --> 00:04:34,099 - Punk rock and artist-driven's not gonna pay 76 00:04:34,142 --> 00:04:35,753 pay for that $2,500 coat. 77 00:04:35,796 --> 00:04:37,320 - This $2,850, bitch. 78 00:04:37,363 --> 00:04:38,669 [chuckles] 79 00:04:40,192 --> 00:04:41,846 - If for no other reason, Meredith, 80 00:04:41,889 --> 00:04:44,588 don't you want to support a female CEO 81 00:04:44,631 --> 00:04:46,024 in this fucking boys' club town? 82 00:04:46,067 --> 00:04:48,026 - You mean the token female. 83 00:04:48,069 --> 00:04:49,462 Fountain's the most misogynistic monstrosity 84 00:04:49,506 --> 00:04:50,681 out there. 85 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:52,204 - 'Cause my hands have been tied. 86 00:04:52,247 --> 00:04:53,814 But I'm sure you've heard... 87 00:04:53,858 --> 00:04:55,816 - Redmond's about to croak, and you're gonna take over. 88 00:04:59,254 --> 00:05:00,995 Ain't gonna happen, Joyce. 89 00:05:02,954 --> 00:05:05,739 - Here you go. Should be all there. 90 00:05:05,783 --> 00:05:08,829 - Double meat, no bun, side of jalapeño, 91 00:05:08,873 --> 00:05:10,918 mega-mint agua fresca, no ice, 92 00:05:10,962 --> 00:05:14,574 and vegan banana bread pudding, hold the coconut. 93 00:05:14,618 --> 00:05:16,750 - I like the whole braided, Amish, art chick look 94 00:05:16,794 --> 00:05:17,838 you got going on. 95 00:05:17,882 --> 00:05:19,187 Where, uh... where you from? 96 00:05:19,231 --> 00:05:20,711 - Colorado Springs. 97 00:05:20,754 --> 00:05:23,366 Um, excuse me. The skinless chicken breast? 98 00:05:23,409 --> 00:05:25,455 It's for her dog, 99 00:05:25,498 --> 00:05:27,718 so if you could put it in a separate box, 100 00:05:27,761 --> 00:05:29,589 that would be great. 101 00:05:29,633 --> 00:05:30,808 - I've been on this lot for six years. 102 00:05:30,851 --> 00:05:32,723 I could... be your in-guy. 103 00:05:32,766 --> 00:05:34,725 - All right, mate. Give it a rest. 104 00:05:34,768 --> 00:05:37,249 My sister? She's not interested. 105 00:05:37,292 --> 00:05:40,644 - Yeah, well, your loss. 106 00:05:40,687 --> 00:05:42,689 Huh. 107 00:05:42,733 --> 00:05:44,996 - I always wanted a brother. 108 00:05:48,347 --> 00:05:50,218 - First day? 109 00:05:50,262 --> 00:05:51,916 - [laughs] It's that obvious? 110 00:05:51,959 --> 00:05:54,353 - Nah. You're a natural. 111 00:05:54,397 --> 00:05:57,008 Let me get that for you. - Thank you. 112 00:05:57,051 --> 00:06:01,273 - Let me guess. Travis, Joyce's dog Wesley? 113 00:06:01,316 --> 00:06:03,710 He used to work for me before Joyce poached him. 114 00:06:03,754 --> 00:06:05,233 Travis, that is. Not the dog. 115 00:06:05,277 --> 00:06:06,931 - Work for you? 116 00:06:06,974 --> 00:06:08,585 - Yeah. 117 00:06:08,628 --> 00:06:11,109 Martin Bruhl, VP of Production. 118 00:06:11,152 --> 00:06:14,112 - Lou Simms. VP of Hail Caesar's. 119 00:06:14,155 --> 00:06:16,854 - Oh ho. Wow. - Sorry, bad joke. 120 00:06:16,897 --> 00:06:18,812 - Terrible joke. 121 00:06:18,856 --> 00:06:20,901 - It's all right, though. I've heard worse. 122 00:06:22,860 --> 00:06:24,557 You gotta be careful, though. Travis is... 123 00:06:24,601 --> 00:06:26,864 - Batshit crazy? - Yep. 124 00:06:26,907 --> 00:06:29,301 He and Alex are Joyce's wrecking crew. 125 00:06:29,344 --> 00:06:30,563 They've been fired hundreds of times, 126 00:06:30,607 --> 00:06:31,651 but she'll never get rid of them. 127 00:06:32,696 --> 00:06:34,393 - Because? 128 00:06:34,437 --> 00:06:35,438 - They know where the bodies are buried. 129 00:06:35,481 --> 00:06:36,917 - [chuckles] 130 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:39,964 - Can't get to her without going through them. 131 00:06:40,007 --> 00:06:41,966 - Is getting to her a goal around here? 132 00:06:45,099 --> 00:06:48,015 [quiet piano music] 133 00:06:48,059 --> 00:06:54,979 ♪ 134 00:07:06,643 --> 00:07:08,558 [clears throat] 135 00:07:08,601 --> 00:07:09,602 Excuse me? 136 00:07:12,387 --> 00:07:14,694 I finished everything on the list you gave me. 137 00:07:17,697 --> 00:07:20,483 I also went ahead and did tomorrow's work as well. 138 00:07:20,526 --> 00:07:22,093 - Congratulations. 139 00:07:25,792 --> 00:07:27,925 I'm gonna need you to, uh... 140 00:07:27,968 --> 00:07:28,926 - Sorry. 141 00:07:46,596 --> 00:07:49,468 [eerie exhalation] 142 00:08:13,710 --> 00:08:15,538 Hey, Greta! 143 00:08:18,453 --> 00:08:20,107 I survived my first day! 144 00:08:24,198 --> 00:08:27,158 [pensive music] 145 00:08:27,201 --> 00:08:34,121 ♪ 146 00:08:38,996 --> 00:08:40,824 - We're gonna move to Hollywood one day. 147 00:08:41,999 --> 00:08:44,305 It's always warm. 148 00:08:45,393 --> 00:08:47,308 You can have short sleeves in December. 149 00:08:49,397 --> 00:08:53,576 And we can have a lemon tree in our backyard. 150 00:08:53,619 --> 00:08:55,360 - Promise? - Promise. 151 00:08:56,187 --> 00:09:03,107 ♪ 152 00:09:05,457 --> 00:09:08,329 [discordant crescendo] 153 00:09:08,373 --> 00:09:10,505 ♪ 154 00:09:15,772 --> 00:09:18,731 [ambient music] 155 00:09:18,775 --> 00:09:20,385 ♪ 156 00:09:20,428 --> 00:09:22,082 - Our lunch with the new investors just confirmed. 157 00:09:22,126 --> 00:09:23,997 - "Wanderlust Chronicles." 158 00:09:24,041 --> 00:09:25,433 Meredith Lockhart's book series. 159 00:09:25,477 --> 00:09:26,478 - I'm working on it. 160 00:09:26,521 --> 00:09:27,827 - What does that mean? 161 00:09:28,654 --> 00:09:30,221 You either got them or you failed. 162 00:09:30,264 --> 00:09:31,875 - Means I'm working on it. 163 00:09:31,918 --> 00:09:33,833 - I heard Universal is... - You heard wrong. 164 00:09:43,451 --> 00:09:46,498 - I promised them to the new investors, Marty. 165 00:09:48,065 --> 00:09:50,720 - I'm aware. - There's a clock on the offer. 166 00:09:50,763 --> 00:09:52,722 Five billion dollars are at stake, Martin, 167 00:09:52,765 --> 00:09:54,898 money needed to save this fucking place. 168 00:09:58,597 --> 00:09:59,859 - And how do you plan on getting Redmond involved 169 00:09:59,903 --> 00:10:01,426 in all this? 170 00:10:01,469 --> 00:10:03,036 - I don't. 171 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,909 Keep the investors on ice until he dies already. 172 00:10:06,866 --> 00:10:08,433 - Copy. 173 00:10:08,476 --> 00:10:10,957 - And get the rights to the books, or we're fucked. 174 00:10:11,001 --> 00:10:14,134 Well, I'll be fine, but you'll be fucked. 175 00:10:17,094 --> 00:10:18,138 - Please tell me you got in touch 176 00:10:18,182 --> 00:10:19,183 with Meredith's assistant. 177 00:10:19,226 --> 00:10:20,532 - I've left word like five times. 178 00:10:20,575 --> 00:10:21,968 He's not returning. 179 00:10:22,012 --> 00:10:23,709 - Leverage your relationship. 180 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:26,538 Go dirty if you need to go dirty. 181 00:10:27,104 --> 00:10:29,236 We need those fucking books. 182 00:10:30,498 --> 00:10:32,109 [eerie music] 183 00:10:32,152 --> 00:10:34,154 ♪ 184 00:10:34,198 --> 00:10:36,156 - Plug your nose. It's gonna smell like shit. 185 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:37,418 - [chuckles] 186 00:10:37,462 --> 00:10:38,550 - Don't laugh. She's fired six people 187 00:10:38,593 --> 00:10:40,160 over this fucking tea. 188 00:10:40,204 --> 00:10:42,554 - What's it for? - Getting pregnant. 189 00:10:42,597 --> 00:10:44,687 'Cause, come on, she's gonna be such a lit mom. 190 00:10:48,038 --> 00:10:49,343 - I'm happy to make it. 191 00:10:49,387 --> 00:10:50,736 - And risk getting fired your first week? 192 00:10:50,780 --> 00:10:52,216 Be number seven? 193 00:10:54,087 --> 00:10:56,307 - I think I can handle it. 194 00:10:56,350 --> 00:10:59,832 - All right. Knock yourself out. 195 00:10:59,876 --> 00:11:02,792 [gentle music] 196 00:11:02,835 --> 00:11:04,184 ♪ 197 00:11:04,228 --> 00:11:05,969 - How do you think lunch went? 198 00:11:06,012 --> 00:11:07,492 - They were placating us. 199 00:11:07,927 --> 00:11:09,320 If Redmond isn't gone soon, I'll guarantee you, 200 00:11:09,363 --> 00:11:10,669 they'll pivot, and we'll lose them. 201 00:11:10,713 --> 00:11:13,585 [cell phone ringing] 202 00:11:15,369 --> 00:11:16,762 - Yep. 203 00:11:16,806 --> 00:11:19,069 Yeah, yeah. I'm with her now. 204 00:11:19,765 --> 00:11:20,853 All right. Copy. 205 00:11:22,420 --> 00:11:23,943 Well, speak of the devil. 206 00:11:23,987 --> 00:11:26,685 Redmond is requesting you at his house. 207 00:11:26,729 --> 00:11:28,165 - [sighs] God damn it. 208 00:11:28,774 --> 00:11:31,690 [uneasy synth music] 209 00:11:31,734 --> 00:11:34,084 ♪ 210 00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:35,346 Wait in the car. 211 00:11:35,389 --> 00:11:42,309 ♪ 212 00:11:47,924 --> 00:11:50,448 [respirator hissing] 213 00:11:52,363 --> 00:11:54,452 - Look what the cat dragged in. 214 00:12:00,632 --> 00:12:02,503 [speaking Spanish] 215 00:12:02,547 --> 00:12:04,549 - [speaking Spanish] 216 00:12:08,814 --> 00:12:11,774 [uneasy music] 217 00:12:11,817 --> 00:12:18,737 ♪ 218 00:12:20,870 --> 00:12:22,697 - Keeps me young. 219 00:12:28,616 --> 00:12:33,273 Doctors are telling me that I'm in my final days. 220 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,975 Oh Jesus, you're a terrible actress. 221 00:12:39,018 --> 00:12:40,846 No wonder you never made it. 222 00:12:44,981 --> 00:12:46,852 Rumor has it, 223 00:12:46,896 --> 00:12:48,245 you've been talking to investors 224 00:12:48,288 --> 00:12:49,855 about outside capital. 225 00:12:51,552 --> 00:12:53,728 - Not true. - That's what I told them. 226 00:12:53,772 --> 00:12:56,383 I said, she wouldn't do that. 227 00:12:56,427 --> 00:12:58,472 She gave me her word 228 00:12:58,516 --> 00:13:00,823 that she would run the studio the way I wanted, 229 00:13:00,866 --> 00:13:03,260 the way my father ran it. 230 00:13:03,303 --> 00:13:07,830 The last great American studio, run by Americans. 231 00:13:09,135 --> 00:13:12,399 What a novel fucking idea that is, huh? 232 00:13:12,443 --> 00:13:17,187 No chinks, no wops, no A-rabs. 233 00:13:17,230 --> 00:13:19,667 [chuckles] Am I right? 234 00:13:19,711 --> 00:13:24,498 ♪ 235 00:13:24,542 --> 00:13:25,891 Do I have your word? 236 00:13:25,935 --> 00:13:31,331 ♪ 237 00:13:32,637 --> 00:13:34,421 - You have my word. 238 00:13:42,168 --> 00:13:44,954 - I assume that didn't go well. 239 00:13:49,872 --> 00:13:50,916 Shit. 240 00:13:53,179 --> 00:13:54,311 - What? 241 00:13:54,354 --> 00:13:55,616 - Uh... 242 00:13:58,663 --> 00:13:59,577 - What? 243 00:14:01,796 --> 00:14:04,495 - Looks like you were right. 244 00:14:04,538 --> 00:14:06,236 Meredith's getting into a deal with Universal. 245 00:14:07,019 --> 00:14:10,022 [tense music] 246 00:14:10,066 --> 00:14:12,285 Universal, real fucking punk rock. 247 00:14:12,329 --> 00:14:13,852 They're backing up the cash truck. 248 00:14:13,896 --> 00:14:15,854 There's no way we can match this. 249 00:14:15,898 --> 00:14:17,203 I'm sorry. 250 00:14:18,074 --> 00:14:20,511 I went down every single avenue. 251 00:14:20,554 --> 00:14:22,121 I mean, as long as that cheap fuck is still breathing, 252 00:14:22,165 --> 00:14:24,994 there's no way we can... we can compete with this. 253 00:14:25,037 --> 00:14:28,388 My hands are tied. 254 00:14:28,432 --> 00:14:30,477 I'm sorry. 255 00:14:30,521 --> 00:14:34,742 ♪ 256 00:14:34,786 --> 00:14:36,179 [tires screeching] 257 00:14:36,222 --> 00:14:37,484 - Get out. 258 00:14:38,181 --> 00:14:45,057 ♪ 259 00:15:01,726 --> 00:15:04,685 [quiet music] 260 00:15:04,729 --> 00:15:11,605 ♪ 261 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,245 - What the fuck are you doing? 262 00:15:42,288 --> 00:15:43,681 Open this door again, 263 00:15:43,724 --> 00:15:44,987 and you'll be slinging smoothies 264 00:15:45,030 --> 00:15:46,771 at the Van Nuys Jamba Juice so fast, 265 00:15:46,814 --> 00:15:48,512 you won't know what fucking hit you. 266 00:15:48,555 --> 00:15:49,687 Out. 267 00:15:54,126 --> 00:15:55,693 [heavy music playing] 268 00:15:55,736 --> 00:15:57,086 - I am fucking neurotic, Tom. 269 00:15:57,129 --> 00:15:59,044 The film business is in the last innings. 270 00:15:59,088 --> 00:16:00,393 ♪ 271 00:16:00,437 --> 00:16:02,265 You know how many out-of-work, white, male 272 00:16:02,308 --> 00:16:04,397 studio execs there are in this town right now? 273 00:16:04,441 --> 00:16:06,530 Those books are a big fucking problem. 274 00:16:06,573 --> 00:16:08,749 Joyce... she promised them to our new investors. 275 00:16:08,793 --> 00:16:11,926 ♪ 276 00:16:11,970 --> 00:16:13,841 Maybe pretend that I didn't say that. 277 00:16:13,885 --> 00:16:16,453 If that information was to leak to the press or something, 278 00:16:16,496 --> 00:16:18,368 then, uh... 279 00:16:18,411 --> 00:16:20,457 Redmond wouldn't be too happy, you know? 280 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:25,331 ♪ 281 00:16:25,375 --> 00:16:26,941 All right, speak to you soon. 282 00:16:38,344 --> 00:16:41,260 [tense music] 283 00:16:41,304 --> 00:16:44,263 [insect buzzing] 284 00:16:44,307 --> 00:16:51,227 ♪ 285 00:17:01,628 --> 00:17:03,935 - Just leave it. 286 00:17:07,112 --> 00:17:09,201 - Yes, ma'am. 287 00:17:09,245 --> 00:17:10,811 - You from the South? 288 00:17:15,033 --> 00:17:18,036 - Colorado. 289 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:21,387 - Girls from Colorado don't say "ma'am." 290 00:17:21,431 --> 00:17:23,085 - Too much Tennessee Williams growing up. 291 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,570 - What color were these resoled? 292 00:17:30,614 --> 00:17:33,138 - Black? - And the original color was? 293 00:17:33,182 --> 00:17:34,661 - Red. 294 00:17:34,705 --> 00:17:36,185 - Therefore, they should have been resoled... 295 00:17:36,228 --> 00:17:39,449 - Red. - Right. 296 00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:41,277 Travis, get in here. 297 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:49,894 - Eight mil a year, 298 00:17:49,937 --> 00:17:52,070 and the crazy bitch resoles her shoes. 299 00:17:52,114 --> 00:17:53,506 - Mm-hmm. 300 00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:55,682 - Why are rich people always so fucking cheap? 301 00:17:55,726 --> 00:17:59,121 - Doesn't make sense. 302 00:17:59,164 --> 00:18:00,774 Ooh. Hey. 303 00:18:01,688 --> 00:18:03,516 Heidi. 9 o'clock. 304 00:18:06,215 --> 00:18:08,608 - Don't you dare invite her to sit. 305 00:18:08,652 --> 00:18:12,612 - Lou! Come sit! 306 00:18:12,656 --> 00:18:16,181 - I fucking hate you. 307 00:18:16,225 --> 00:18:18,009 - Only if you let me buy the next round. 308 00:18:18,052 --> 00:18:19,750 - Oh, well, in that case, 309 00:18:19,793 --> 00:18:22,753 Señor, Don Julio 1942, por favor? 310 00:18:22,796 --> 00:18:23,841 - Three, please. 311 00:18:23,884 --> 00:18:25,321 - Uh, none for me. I'm good. 312 00:18:25,364 --> 00:18:27,497 - Harvard bitch is sober. 313 00:18:27,540 --> 00:18:29,020 Unfathomable, I know. 314 00:18:29,063 --> 00:18:30,717 Just remember, I may be her ho this week, 315 00:18:30,761 --> 00:18:32,197 but that means you're up next. 316 00:18:32,241 --> 00:18:33,938 Queen is on a tear. - Mm. 317 00:18:33,981 --> 00:18:35,505 - See, one week she loves you, 318 00:18:35,548 --> 00:18:38,116 gives you an $80 candle that she got in a gift basket. 319 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,423 Next week... [clicks tongue] You're dead. 320 00:18:40,466 --> 00:18:42,381 - But you do end up with a very nice candle 321 00:18:42,425 --> 00:18:44,296 you can put in your shitty Echo Park apartment, 322 00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:45,863 so when you bring home the guy you met on Grindr, 323 00:18:45,906 --> 00:18:47,256 he thinks you're super legit. 324 00:18:47,299 --> 00:18:48,518 - Not sure a candle would cut it for me. 325 00:18:52,435 --> 00:18:54,828 - Your friends back home. 326 00:18:54,872 --> 00:18:58,049 They teachers, accountants, social workers? 327 00:18:58,092 --> 00:18:59,268 Kill me now. 328 00:18:59,311 --> 00:19:03,272 - Proximity to greatness is intoxicating. 329 00:19:03,315 --> 00:19:05,883 - I saw Ryan Gosling's dick on a set visit once. 330 00:19:05,926 --> 00:19:08,015 I mean, it was just from the side, but still, 331 00:19:08,059 --> 00:19:10,235 made my fucking year. 332 00:19:10,279 --> 00:19:11,845 Speaking of dicks... 333 00:19:11,889 --> 00:19:14,587 - Whoa, seriously dude. Nobody wants to see that. 334 00:19:14,631 --> 00:19:17,068 - I do. 335 00:19:17,111 --> 00:19:19,244 All right, I'm gonna get my fuck on. 336 00:19:19,288 --> 00:19:20,289 Bye, bitches. 337 00:19:23,030 --> 00:19:24,423 - My apologies. 338 00:19:24,467 --> 00:19:26,817 Crude and inappropriate are his default settings. 339 00:19:26,860 --> 00:19:28,253 - Got it. [chuckles] 340 00:19:28,297 --> 00:19:29,211 [phone buzzes] Whoops. 341 00:19:31,909 --> 00:19:33,954 - Careful. Joyce gave him his start. 342 00:19:33,998 --> 00:19:35,521 Back in the day, they used to... 343 00:19:35,565 --> 00:19:37,567 - No, we're just friends. 344 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:39,960 - Marty Bruhl belongs to Joyce Holt. 345 00:19:40,004 --> 00:19:41,353 [ominous music] 346 00:19:44,922 --> 00:19:47,098 [crickets chirping] 347 00:19:50,057 --> 00:19:52,103 - [groans] 348 00:19:52,146 --> 00:19:54,584 - Okay. 349 00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:57,282 - [exhales forcefully] - That's it. 350 00:19:57,326 --> 00:19:59,284 - [sighs] 351 00:20:02,809 --> 00:20:04,637 Your studio migrating into our bedroom? 352 00:20:04,681 --> 00:20:08,511 - [sighs] God, don't even get me started. 353 00:20:08,554 --> 00:20:10,164 I should just cancel that fucking show. 354 00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:11,557 I'm not even close to being ready. 355 00:20:11,601 --> 00:20:12,602 - Stay home and work. 356 00:20:12,645 --> 00:20:13,516 - Don't. Don't fucking do that, 357 00:20:13,559 --> 00:20:14,952 not right now. 358 00:20:14,995 --> 00:20:16,954 - You're building the show up way too much. 359 00:20:16,997 --> 00:20:18,260 Don't be so precious. 360 00:20:18,303 --> 00:20:21,132 - I'm the one being too precious? 361 00:20:21,175 --> 00:20:24,309 'Cause you're so chill and whatever about your work. 362 00:20:24,353 --> 00:20:26,572 - I'm not an artist. 363 00:20:26,616 --> 00:20:27,965 - Yeah, well, guess what? 364 00:20:30,054 --> 00:20:31,664 Neither am I. 365 00:20:35,364 --> 00:20:36,887 I'm Joyce Holt's plus-one. 366 00:20:41,021 --> 00:20:44,634 - New coat? - Yeah. 367 00:20:44,677 --> 00:20:47,376 - What's the occasion? 368 00:20:47,419 --> 00:20:50,944 Looks like more than just dinner with the boys. 369 00:20:50,988 --> 00:20:52,685 - You can come. 370 00:20:52,729 --> 00:20:55,340 [melancholy music] 371 00:20:55,384 --> 00:20:58,778 - [sighs] I lost this week. 372 00:20:58,822 --> 00:20:59,779 I don't like losing. 373 00:20:59,823 --> 00:21:01,433 - There'll be other books. 374 00:21:01,477 --> 00:21:02,608 Come on! Come out. 375 00:21:02,652 --> 00:21:03,696 Get dressed. It'll be fun. 376 00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:05,045 Food's supposed to be incredible. 377 00:21:05,089 --> 00:21:07,265 - No. 378 00:21:07,309 --> 00:21:08,397 Tonight's the only night 379 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,268 I don't have to go out this week. 380 00:21:10,312 --> 00:21:13,837 Happy to stay home and wear sweats and look like shit. 381 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:15,360 - You never look like shit. 382 00:21:15,404 --> 00:21:18,668 ♪ 383 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:21,801 - Have fun tonight. 384 00:21:21,845 --> 00:21:23,673 - I love you. 385 00:21:27,764 --> 00:21:29,592 - Love you too. 386 00:21:29,635 --> 00:21:32,551 [electronic music] 387 00:21:32,595 --> 00:21:34,771 ♪ 388 00:21:34,814 --> 00:21:35,859 [door slams] 389 00:21:36,860 --> 00:21:42,344 ♪ 390 00:21:42,387 --> 00:21:44,737 - I was 19 when I moved here. 391 00:21:44,781 --> 00:21:46,391 Penniless. 392 00:21:46,435 --> 00:21:48,915 A lost cause, my teachers told me. 393 00:21:49,742 --> 00:21:52,310 There was a passage I read once as a girl 394 00:21:52,354 --> 00:21:55,313 that, for whatever reason, resonated. 395 00:21:55,357 --> 00:21:56,967 It was written by Marilyn Monroe 396 00:21:57,010 --> 00:21:59,056 shortly before her death. 397 00:21:59,099 --> 00:22:02,451 And as sad as it may read now, 398 00:22:02,494 --> 00:22:07,194 it encapsulates the very thing that draws people here. 399 00:22:07,238 --> 00:22:10,284 This town. This business. 400 00:22:10,328 --> 00:22:12,896 The promise. That sense of hope. 401 00:22:13,766 --> 00:22:15,420 Magic. 402 00:22:15,464 --> 00:22:18,380 [spacey electronic music] 403 00:22:18,423 --> 00:22:25,343 ♪ 404 00:22:47,670 --> 00:22:49,193 - Dude, your girlfriend's back. 405 00:22:49,236 --> 00:22:56,156 ♪ 406 00:23:29,842 --> 00:23:32,192 - Do you have any gum? Mints? 407 00:23:32,236 --> 00:23:39,156 ♪ 408 00:23:42,028 --> 00:23:45,510 - I have a pomegranate acai throat lozenge. 409 00:23:45,554 --> 00:23:52,474 ♪ 410 00:23:54,519 --> 00:23:57,130 - ♪ There's something hiding in the ceiling ♪ 411 00:23:57,174 --> 00:23:59,089 ♪ And it pulls my strings ♪ 412 00:23:59,132 --> 00:24:00,873 ♪ Tried to cut it, I'm the haunted ♪ 413 00:24:00,917 --> 00:24:02,962 ♪ It won't let me leave ♪ 414 00:24:03,006 --> 00:24:06,444 ♪ It's so quiet, but behind it it's not what it seems ♪ 415 00:24:06,488 --> 00:24:08,620 ♪ It's a twisted dream ♪ 416 00:24:08,664 --> 00:24:14,757 ♪ Flick of the light, glitch in the time ♪ 417 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,151 ♪ Cover my eyes, wait, is it all in my mind? ♪ 418 00:24:18,195 --> 00:24:21,241 ♪ Is it all in my mind, all in my mind? ♪ 419 00:24:21,285 --> 00:24:27,683 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 420 00:24:27,726 --> 00:24:31,425 ♪ Ooh-oo-oo-oo ♪ 421 00:24:33,079 --> 00:24:35,647 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 422 00:24:35,691 --> 00:24:38,737 ♪ Ooh-oo-oo-oo ♪ 423 00:24:38,781 --> 00:24:42,959 ♪ If I told you ♪ 424 00:24:43,002 --> 00:24:45,744 - When I was growing up, we didn't have anything. 425 00:24:45,788 --> 00:24:47,485 I didn't have anyone in my life 426 00:24:47,529 --> 00:24:50,183 telling me that I had any worth. 427 00:24:50,227 --> 00:24:52,621 I was so desperate for that validation. 428 00:24:52,664 --> 00:24:55,406 We all need that one person in our lives 429 00:24:55,449 --> 00:24:57,930 to tell us that we can do it, 430 00:24:57,974 --> 00:24:59,889 that we matter. 431 00:24:59,932 --> 00:25:03,588 I see you. I see you. 432 00:25:03,632 --> 00:25:06,591 - ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 433 00:25:06,635 --> 00:25:10,116 ♪ Ooh-oo-oo-oo ♪ 434 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,596 ♪ 435 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,077 - ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 436 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:17,689 ♪ Ooh-oo-oo-oo ♪ 437 00:25:17,733 --> 00:25:21,214 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 438 00:25:21,258 --> 00:25:22,651 [train horn blares] 439 00:25:22,694 --> 00:25:26,045 ♪ Ooh-oo-oo-oo ♪ 440 00:25:26,089 --> 00:25:27,656 - When I first moved here, 441 00:25:27,699 --> 00:25:31,224 as I looked into the Hollywood night, 442 00:25:31,268 --> 00:25:33,357 there must be thousands of girls sitting alone 443 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,533 just like me, dreaming. 444 00:25:38,797 --> 00:25:40,973 But I'm not gonna worry about them, 445 00:25:41,017 --> 00:25:43,541 because I'm dreaming the hardest. 446 00:25:45,456 --> 00:25:47,676 - Because I'm dreaming the hardest. 447 00:25:48,198 --> 00:25:50,635 - [together] We do what we have to do, 448 00:25:50,679 --> 00:25:52,289 in order to get what we want.