(grand orchestral fanfare playing)
♪ ♪
MARVIN: The thing I love most about Valentine's Day
is the expectation of the unexpected,
that something magical could happen
and maybe that special someone will come back into your life
and change its course for the better.
(marker squeaking)
(Rose laughing)
(sighs)
♪ ♪
RADIO DJ: Hey, Milwaukee, Valentine's Day is here,
and we're spreading the love, right here on WTMC 95.9.
Whether you're planning a romantic night out
or want to show someone how much they mean to you,
we've got you covered.
Keep it locked on WTMC 95.9.
("Feeling Alive" by Earl St. Clair playing)
♪ My friends say I should live a little ♪
♪ Need to start saying yes more ♪
♪ I compromise and meet 'em in the middle ♪
♪ 'Cause new actions will get you new results ♪
♪ They gave me something to think about ♪
♪ It's life and I'm supposed to live it out ♪
Good morning.
♪ I'm holding on to the universe ♪
♪ Praying that she don't let me down ♪
♪ I'm afraid ♪
♪ If I try something crazy, I'm-a end up ♪
♪ In love, love, love ♪
♪ 'Cause the world that we live in is crazy... ♪
(bell dings)
-MARVIN: Good morning! -Hi, Marvin!
♪ I'm feeling alive ♪
♪ I'm feeling alive, alive, alive ♪
♪ I'm feeling alive... ♪
-Good morning! -MAN: Good to see you, Marv!
♪ If you feeling what I'm saying, say ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh... ♪
-Hi! -WOMAN: Hey, Marvin!
♪ If you feeling what I'm saying, say ♪
-♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Don't be afraid to go and try something crazy ♪
♪ You might end up in love, love, love ♪
♪ 'Cause the world that we live in is crazy ♪
♪ And we got to learn to trust, trust, trust ♪
♪ I'm feeling alive, I'm feeling alive... ♪
(groans)
♪ I'm feeling alive ♪
♪ I'm feeling alive, alive, alive ♪
♪ If you feeling what I'm saying, say ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ If you feeling what I'm saying, say ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ If you feeling what I'm saying, say ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ If you feeling what I'm saying, say ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh... ♪
What the fudge?
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ If you feeling what I'm saying, say ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh... ♪
Zaks.
♪ If you feeling what I'm saying, say... ♪
(song fades)
(phone vibrates)
Frontier Realty. I want a home for you.
Ash, it's Marv.
I just got to the Emerald Springs house.
Someone drew a Hitler mustache on my yard sign.
Hitler!
-Can you believe that? -Have some dignity.
It's got to be Jeff Zaks at Peak Point messing with me.
I have half a mind to go over there...
(chuckles): And do what, Marv?
Cook him dinner?
The guy has, like, a black belt.
He could crush you with his thumb.
Eh.
Anything going on at the office?
Only the office Valentine's Day party.
If one streamer falls on my desk,
I will stuff it so far up your asshole
you will be shitting hearts.
(hisses)
I will murder you.
Wow. Someone's in a good mood.
I really-- I don't think I can do this anymore, Marv.
-Do what anymore? -All of it, you know?
Work. Live.
It's so fucking bleak.
You know, and I feel, I feel sick.
You're not sick, Ash. You're depressed.
I get it.
It's very natural to feel lonely on Valentine's Day.
-(hisses) -Look.
Every day is an opportunity to change your life.
If you're not happy, do something about it.
I really don't need
a bumper sticker right now, Marv, please.
I'm serious.
You've got a chef's kitchen,
top-of-the-line appliances,
a beautiful space for those big family breakfasts.
(woman chuckles softly)
You know, I remember the feeling when I bought my home.
It was like, for the first time in my life,
something was truly all mine.
There's a freedom in that, you know?
Even if it's just a little taste.
You want to know my favorite part about my job?
I get to relive that experience,
that first feeling of freedom, again and again,
through good folks like yourselves.
It's why I want a home for you.
It's simple.
I pour everything into it because it's meaningful.
And because it's meaningful, I have meaning.
If you find something you love, go after it.
What do you love, Marv?
(elevator bell dings)
The job, of course.
Oh, God, that's sad.
-Cookie? -No.
Ash, I'm your boss, which means you have to listen to me.
Hey, Deborah, cookie?
DEBORAH: Oh, I'd love a cookie. Thanks, Marv.
-Toby, hey! Great to see you. -TOBY: Hey.
-Cookie? -Ah, cookie alert.
-Hi, Jenny. -JENNY: Thanks, Marv. These are delicious.
Okay, speaking about bosses,
Cliff came by looking for you earlier.
Yeah? He say why?
No, he's in a meeting. Back in a while.
-Hi. Good morning. Cookie? -Cookies again? Thank you, Marv.
Well, uh, so the Reebers called about the Emerald Springs house.
(chuckles) They're such freaks.
But they want to take a look at it.
MARVIN: Great. Schedule it.
After today's open house,
-I think it's gonna be competitive. -Yeah.
Looks like someone's got a secret admirer.
Who's it from?
♪ ♪
Marv, you all right?
Uh...
Not feeling great all of a sudden.
-Um... -I-I just need a minute.
Yeah.
Don't forget the office party.
♪ ♪
MAN: "The animal breathes again.
"And for once, I'm glad to see these bars.
"These bars that keep me from myself.
"That keep me from you.
"I pass you rocks, you tip the scales.
You grind me salt, I cut your nails."
MARVIN: Raven?
What did you think of that last stanza?
What?
The last stanza.
Was the imagery too obtuse?
I-I think you can do better.
Your brother Knuckles wants to know
why Rose is spreading love on Valentine's Day.
He wants to see her.
Where is she?
I have no idea.
I'm told you watched her draw her last breath.
-And yet... -(tapping card)
she breathes again.
I told you, I don't know.
Your coworkers don't know who you really are, do they?
(busy chatter)
And I'm willing to keep your dirty little secret
if you tell me exactly what I want to know.
Where is Rose?
-(faint clattering) -I know you have, um, too.
And it's not just the cinnamon hearts I've been eating either.
(exhales)
(Marvin grunting)
(groans)
(glass shatters)
You're a little rusty, Gable.
MARVIN: Oh, fudge.
(both grunting)
(pencil sharpener whirs)
(pained groaning)
♪ I believe in miracles ♪
(busy chatter continues)
-(ringtone playing) -♪ Where're you from? ♪
♪ You sexy thing... ♪
Frontier Realty. I want a home for you.
(grunting)
(choking)
No, the house is two stories. We can't remove one.
Thanks.
♪ Where're you from... ♪
(knocking)
-(gasps) Hi. -Hey.
You all good, buddy?
I'm in the middle of a high-intensity yoga.
Can you give me a minute?
-ASHLEY: Yeah, of course. -(straining)
(both grunting)
Listen to me.
Tell Knuckles I don't know where she is.
Okay?
Not okay.
♪ ♪
♪ You sexy thing ♪
♪ You sexy thing, you ♪
♪ I believe in miracles ♪
(panting)
♪ Since you came along... ♪
Gable! Just the man I'm looking for.
Goddamn, son, you have looked better.
Come on in my office. I want to talk at you.
You have won the Regional Realtor of the Year!
You did it! (laughs)
Congratulations.
I wanted to come down and tell you myself.
I know how hard you've been busting your tail.
MARVIN: Cliff.
(Cliff whistles)
Man, you come a long way.
Proud of you.
Uh... thank you.
This is, um...
(voice breaking): This means a lot to me.
I'm overwhelmed.
(chuckles softly)
When we first met, you were a man adrift.
Now look at you.
I mean, you just keep getting after it.
Marvin?
(gasps)
Sorry. Uh...
Can I borrow your car?
My bike, it-it's not working.
Hell, sure.
It's yours.
(chuckles)
Whoa! We're hugging.
We're hugging. (laughs)
You've taught me so much, Cliff. I just want you to know that.
You've been a great mentor.
You changed my life.
Marvin, you can't change a man who doesn't want to be changed.
I'll grab the car later.
-"Crazy for you," my ass. -(rap music playing quietly)
Man, what got your panties in a bunch?
OTIS: Is-is he ever gonna move? Been there all day.
Man, how wifey doing?
What y'all got planned for, uh, Valentine's Day?
She, um, kicked me out again.
Man, get the fuck off the block.
-Is you serious? -Yeah.
Damn.
She said that I'm emotionally constipated.
(King snickers)
♪ ♪
"Love bug."
That's what she used to call me, all right?
Yeah, whatever.
Fucking love bug.
Look, maybe you should call her
and apologize for being so... (laughing)
being so constipated, you know?
(laughing)
Yeah, maybe you should, maybe you should eat my whole ass.
Maybe I should beat your whole ass.
Yeah, maybe you should try to do that.
-You know... -What, motherfucker?
That's... that's what I might fucking actually do.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
-(tires squeal) -Is that him?
-(phone ringing) -(sighs)
-What? -KING (over phone): Ay-yo, Merlo.
That boy Gable on the move finally.
(quietly): Well, that's weird, man.
He's probably going to meet up with Rose.
All right?
Follow him and find fucking Rose.
And you know what to do.
I'll keep Knuckles in the dark.
KNUCKLES: Fucking valentines!
Knuckles?
Am I interrupting, sir?
The Raven's not answering his phone.
The Raven?
Wait, i-is this about the valentines cards?
Yes.
It's Rose's handwriting, okay?
That I know.
-(door opens) -About fucking time.
That's why I sent The Raven.
I thought we agreed to handle the Rose situation in-house.
-Mmm. -So why hire The Raven, too?
Now, the money that she stole has been recovered.
She was a hell of a lawyer for the organization.
Now she's just a-a loose end.
And we sure as hell don't need The Raven...
If she's alive and back, she could fuck everything up.
She knows whose money that really was.
She's fucking with us right now.
All these goddamn valentine cards.
Her idea of a game.
I need to find out why Marvin didn't kill her
and decide if I'm gonna kill her again.
Decide?
I mean, she stole from you.
We shouldn't hesitate to kill her on sight.
Enough!
I said I want her alive.
(tires squeal)
♪ ♪
(kids chattering playfully)
♪ ♪
(stifled groan)
(panting)
(yells)
♪ ♪
(pounding on door)
OTIS: Happy motherfucking Valentine's Day.
Looks like love is...
(groans angrily)
Marvin Gable.
Yeah.
-Who are you? -That's King, and I'm Otis.
Yeah, we work with your brother
and his right-hand man, Renny Merlo.
They brought us in after your little, uh, career change.
Damn, I thought your ass would be a little more scarier.
But look, your place here, it inspires me.
If a has-been killer like yourself can, you know,
score a sweet little civilian life like this,
maybe there's hope for me and O.
What you think? You think I got a shot at it?
(sighs)
Anything's possible.
-How's your credit? -My credit? Hmm?
(groans)
-Ha ha, ha ha. -(laughs)
-A little funny guy, huh? -Fun.
(choking)
(pained groaning)
KING: Now, look, you bleeding
just a little bit too much
for a motherfucker who don't know nothing.
(panting)
And I think that you've packed a little too much
for a guy who isn't running away.
-Mm. Where you going, my boy? -Okay?
Time to listen, little man.
-Listen! -Listen, motherfucker.
-Yeah. -Listen.
Where is Rose?
I don't know.
-Come on, now. -(grunting)
You should've just told us what we need to know.
OTIS: Where is Rose, and why did you not kill her?
-What are you doing? -Hmm?
What are you doing? I just opened that.
KING: So what? It's fucking soda.
You-you trippin'. Fuck, I thought we could share.
-C-Could you ask? -Fuck, O, please forgive me.
OTIS: Of course we can share.
(gunshot)
Fuck!
(gun jamming)
(Otis groans)
KING: Fuck that!
I'm on him.
I got it. I got it.
Get your ass over here.
-Yeah! -Yeah, come here!
(Marvin screams)
-KING: Damn, O! -(groans)
Watch this, watch this.
-Motherfucker! -(screams)
-OTIS: Tag team! -KING: Ah, no.
Your turn, your turn, your turn, your turn.
-(groans) -(laughs)
Get him, O! Get him, O!
OTIS: (groans) Fuck! Why?!
-(King laughs) -(Marvin chokes)
-(microwave beeps) -(electricity crackling)
-OTIS: Come here. -KING: Fuck him up, O.
(all grunting)
Oh, shit!
(pained grunting)
OTIS: Where you think you're going? Oh, fuck!
KING: What the fuck?!
-OTIS: Motherfucker! -Get the fuck in the fridge!
-Get your ass in there. -MARVIN: Damn!
(both straining)
Bye!
(pained panting)
Watch this, O. Watch this, O.
Shit, I missed!
Get him, O! Fuck him up!
Come on, come on.
(screams)
Ooh, shit! Oh!
Okay. Okay.
-(bone cracks) -(pained shout)
(gasps)
(groaning, coughing)
(Otis yells)
(whimpering)
Yeah. Don't think you're so fucking cool now--
Hey! Where Rose at, you little fuck?!
(grunts) What...
Hey, that could've been your head.
Tell my brother to back off.
I'm not telling your brother shit!
You know what? I'm-a kill your little ass.
(Marvin grunting)
What the...
How the fuck can I get this?
It's really stuck.
This little motherfucking spider monkey ninja.
God!
(panting)
-(Taser crackling) -(grunting)
Hey, Marv.
Rose?
Hey!
-What the fuck is you... -(Taser crackling)
(kids laughing)
See you tomorrow. (hisses)
(sighs)
(ringtone playing faintly)
(ringtone continues)
-(gasps) -(phone vibrating)
(panting sharply)
(ringtone continues)
Hello?
Hey.
Do you happen to have an appointment with Mr. Gable?
(ringtone and vibrating continue)
(ringtone and vibrating stop)
Mr. Knuckle. I am not answering that.
ASHLEY: "My blades are quiet, sharp and clean.
"They cut through life unseen.
"No echo follows, no scream, no cry.
Just steel and flesh as I pass by."
(birds chirping)
♪ ♪
(phone ringing)
Did you find her?
KING (over phone): Man, we just got the shit beat out of us.
-Marvin and Rose got away. -Fuck!
-(horn honks) -(traffic rumbling)
-This is so fucked up. Seriously. -Fuck!
This motherfucker just a little bit too crazy,
and me and O ain't sign up for this shit.
K-King, listen to me very carefully. Okay?
If she is taken alive, she will tell Knuckles everything,
that Kippy fixed the books and I stole the fucking money,
and we're all dead.
-You guys are idiots. -(Otis groaning)
I will find Rose myself and fucking kill her.
And I'll text you the address
so you can clean up what is left of her.
Okay? Oh.
And find Kippy, okay?
I mean, he hasn't been returning my calls,
and that bastard knows everything.
-And the fucker talks too much. -All right, man. Fuck.
(groans)
You all right, my boy?
No.
♪ ♪
(phone vibrating)
(vibrating continues)
(groaning)
What am I wearing?
MARVIN (over phone, recorded): Hi! You've reached Marvin Gable
at Frontier Realty.
So sorry I missed your call, but leave a message
and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
I want a home for you.
(line beeps)
Hey. It's...
It's me. Um...
There's a dead poet in your office.
Maybe you know that.
Maybe you don't.
Very funny, Rose.
ASHLEY: I need you to hear one of his poems.
It's called...
"The Dancing Bear."
"My dancing bear,
"sometimes prancing bear.
"So silent, so graceful.
"Do you have any wisdom for me,
"as you sway so charmingly
"inside your cage?
"Upon your stage, you move.
"Out here, the chains are thick.
"Out here, the ringmaster's sick.
Those gray bars in your way are so ill-fitting, so..."
(voice fading)
MARVIN: I always had a sense
that Rose might try to come back.
She had the guts to stand up to anyone.
Even my brother Knuckles.
He tried to kill her once.
But I interfered because I love her.
Even though she would never look twice at a guy like me.
ROSE: Oh. He does look cute in that sweater.
I mean, look at him.
He's kind, he's smart, he is a badass.
But he has to face his past so we can get our lives back.
Consider this my resignation, Marv.
I just can't dance anymore.
(takes deep breath)
♪ ♪
-No one's ever... -(shouts)
...understood my words before.
Oh.
No one's words
have ever understood me... before.
Hey, Andi, you got the bar?
("In My Arms" by MT Jones playing quietly over speakers)
Aw.
Well, I really hate that you shaved.
You were the one...
The glasses are a nice touch.
Very Clark Kent.
I got you out.
What do you want, Rose?
A secured outcome no matter the cost.
Exactly what outcome?
I want my life back, and I need you to help me.
That's all.
Your life back? Why now?
Well, why not? It's Valentine's Day.
I sent the whole gang these cute little cards.
I learned calligraphy and everything.
Do you think this is a joke?
We're in danger.
Okay, relax.
This isn't Knuckles' territory.
You are safe. We are safe.
We're not safe anywhere.
Do you have any idea what you have done?
You need to run. Tonight.
Oh, because that's how you deal with Knuckles, right?
"Running away."
(imitates running footsteps)
I know exactly what I've done.
And I know exactly what I'm doing.
Goodbye, Rose.
Marvin, this is it.
It's now... or never.
And I need your help.
Hey, hey, hey. I know you.
-Excuse me. -No, it's you.
-(grunts) Your ads, man. -(onlookers murmuring)
Your fucking bench ads.
-I see your face everywhere I go! -I'm so sorry.
-MAN: What the fuck are you doing? -Sorry, everyone.
I'll give you a ride.
Uh, Andi, can you give Reggie some ice?
(groans)
I was pleasantly surprised to find this in your pocket.
Amethyst.
One of the best protections against nightmares.
I'm the one who gave it to you.
Why'd you keep it?
I'm the sentimental type.
(chuckles) I know.
I love that about you.
Come on. Let's go.
("Down to the Devil" by Naked Gypsy Queens playing)
(engine roaring)
-(tires squealing) -(thumping)
(muffled shouting)
-(muffled shout) -What was that?
What? You are being paranoid.
(song continues quietly over speakers)
You saved my award.
Well, yeah. I could barely pry it out of your hands.
Slow down, could you?
Well, the Marvin I know likes to go fast.
-(engine revving) -(tires squealing)
(grunts)
Oops. (chuckles)
(engine revving)
-Rose? -Mm-hmm?
What the heck are you doing?
I want to see the real you, right now.
This is the real me. The other guy's gone.
I buried him out in the quarry with you.
No, no, no. I saw you in the bar, babes.
You wanted to hurt that guy.
(horn honking)
Marvin, come out!
-Please stop! Please stop! -Come out wherever you are!
-(horn blaring) -Fucking stop!
(tires squealing)
(song stops)
(panting)
There he is.
(growls playfully)
THE RAVEN: "The fear I feel has little to do with death,
"for we all die,
and everything to do with not living."
("Ain't Got Nothing on You" by Leon Bridges playing quietly)
Your observations?
You...
write about death a lot, um...
and killing.
It's who I am.
It's what I know.
Am I in danger?
From me?
No.
I'm the one in danger.
Of what?
♪ All the gold in the world, no, it don't mean much... ♪
Falling.
♪ All the shine of the crown might be good for looking ♪
♪ But when it all breaks down ♪
♪ Oh, they ain't got nothing on you... ♪
MARVIN: It's one of my listings.
Hope to sell it this week.
♪ Like a lake down south where we all hang out ♪
♪ With the Texas barbecue ♪
♪ Like the sound of a song... ♪
Pull into the garage.
♪ Laying down some two-chord truth... ♪
(song fades)
♪ ♪
Yeah. Let's do this shit.
(grunts)
(whistling)
Rose.
I like it here.
Feels good.
It's got a great layout, lots of space, good light.
-What? -Nothing.
You're cute.
There are rooms upstairs if you're tired.
What's your whole deal with this thing anyway?
After I left Knuckles,
I honestly didn't think I could be normal.
This proves I can.
I've changed, Rose.
ROSE: Mm.
No, you haven't.
You're just hiding.
What are you doing, Rose? Are you crazy?
I didn't come here to hide.
Hey, I worked hard to get to where I am.
And because of you, I lost everything in one day.
Oh, I know exactly how that feels, Marvin.
Exactly.
Why couldn't you just stay dead, Rose?
Because it's humiliating.
No name, no truth.
You got nothing.
You're nobody.
I'm nobody.
Hiding ain't living.
But if you want to live to see next week,
you'll run far away and never show your face again.
Well, I already did that.
Now I'm trying something different.
How far would you go to get your life back?
I already did.
Follow me. I got to show you something.
♪ ♪
(silenced gunshots)
(sighs)
"Look in the mirror, fuckface."
♪ ♪
(muffled screaming)
Kippy.
Why is Knuckles' accountant in your trunk?
ROSE: It's all part of the plan.
And where is his finger?
(Rose chuckles)
ROSE: Marvin, you are not listening.
I told you I want my life back,
and I'll do what it fucking takes.
Cutting off his finger, Rose?
Do you realize what a dangerous game you're playing?
Look, I needed a fingerprint.
-(muffled pleading) -Yes, I know.
(screaming)
(laughing)
Look at that.
(laughing): It's his dental caps.
(New Zealand accent): I'll be needing those back.
Hello, Marv.
(sighs) All right.
Now I want to know what you and Merlo got
out of setting me up.
Three years ago, I helped Merlo steal four million dollars.
Of that sweet Russian money.
Money you...
(Taser crackling)
...were going to hide by cooking the books
so Knuckles would never miss it.
Which, by the way, he didn't, because you fools put it
in the trunk of my car for him to find.
(grunts)
Now, I'm a smart girl.
I can think of a few reasons
why you'd want me out of the picture.
-(whimpers) -(chuckles)
But why, why, why risk being killed
stealing money from Knuckles just to give it all back to him?
(chuckles): Now, that just
doesn't make sense.
That's easy.
We had no intention of keeping the money.
Merlo wanted your position as Knuckles' right hand.
Oh.
He was willing to risk it all,
and the two million dollars in the, in the boot of your car,
well, that was enough to put you six feet under.
You said "two million."
We stole four.
So, pray tell, where's the other two?
Don't waste my time, Kippy. You want to lose another finger?
Okay, okay.
Merlo has it.
He paid me for fixing the books and took the rest.
Fucking Merlo.
He set me up.
Mm. Yeah, I think so, yeah. (sniffs)
Framed me and kept the other two million for himself.
So, Marv.
You did drive me to a quarry and leave me for dead.
♪ ♪
(snake rattling)
(bird calling)
(snake rattling)
ROSE: I made Knuckles a fortune
laundering money from the Russians,
-but as you know, I wanted out. -Marvin?
Stealing money with Merlo was never a good idea.
You don't have to do this. We can still-- Whoa!
Of course that motherfucker framed me.
MARVIN: Rose Carlisle is dead.
Don't come back.
ROSE: The rule of the company is:
If you steal from Knuckles, you die.
But you broke that rule.
Marv.
-And defied your brother. -No.
And I'm so grateful.
But I just got to ask:
Did you know they were setting me up?
-(Taser crackling) -(grunting)
I didn't know, okay?
You didn't know? You didn't know?!
I knew you were a thief, I knew you were a liar,
and I knew my brother wanted you dead.
Oh, so you just volunteered for the job?
Yeah.
(grunting angrily)
Listen.
If I didn't do it, someone else would have.
You'd be gone.
And I knew if I took the job,
it was the only chance I had to save you.
I didn't want to imagine a world without you.
♪ ♪
The Russians.
(sniffs) She knows it all.
Valentine's Day, right?
It's not my fucking day.
(grunting softly)
-(door bangs open) -(man grunting)
Motherfucker took a swing at me.
Yeah.
KING: Uh, what the fuck is that?
Got it for Cindy for Valentine's.
That's why we made this fucking stop?
-Bruh, it's simple. -(toy squeaks)
Ain't no fake-ass, made-in-Sri-Lanka teddy bear
gon' help you get your fucking wife back.
Get your fucking mind together, my boy.
Oh.
Give the motherfucker his bear back, and let's go.
We got to go clean up after Merlo.
(toy squeaks)
(indistinct taxi radio chatter)
♪ ♪
Marvin?
What in the hell?
Marvin, you here?
I'm here to pick up the car.
Your front door's wide open.
Oh, uh...
(slurping)
Hi.
I'm Alvin.
My friends call me Knuckles.
Cliff Cussick. Howdy.
Ah. My brother's savior.
You're the one he spends Thanksgiving with now, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, Marvin comes over at Thanksgiving.
He's family.
I'm sorry. You have to forgive me.
I'm a little, uh, surprised.
Marvin never mentioned that he had a... brother.
Drink?
Oh.
You're not gonna have one?
I still got a little bit left.
No, thank you, kindly.
Where-where is he?
I mean, I haven't seen Marvin since he left work,
and he wasn't looking too good.
-What a considerate boss. -Yeah.
He's family, I told you. He's my brother.
(sighs) I got to be honest with you, Cliff.
It hurts my feelings that Marvin never mentioned me.
Oh, well, maybe he did.
My memory's not like it used to be.
You want to feel better?
Marvin never told me he played baseball.
Oh, I can assure you, Cliff,
there's a lot Marvin didn't tell you.
MARVIN: Rose is right.
I am hiding.
(grunts echoing)
♪ ♪
I allowed my brother to turn me
into someone I never wanted to be.
I could take you to at least a dozen holes in the old quarry
that Marvin filled with bodies.
He was such a...
beautiful, beautiful monster.
(panting)
But I controlled it.
He was obedient, did what I said, always.
And when I unleashed him...
(laughing): Oh.
(sighs)
I could take you to the last hole.
But all you'd find is a hole.
'Cause apparently, he fell in love and found a conscience.
Ever see her around?
No, sir, I don't believe I have.
You sure?
She seems like the kind of woman a man would remember.
ROSE: I don't know if Marvin understands
I'm here to save him.
Just like he saved me.
We have to face Knuckles to be truly free, and...
I don't want to do it without him.
Goddamn, Alvin.
Those are some big words.
I got to be honest. I, uh...
I don't know that much about the world you're talking about.
But I'm not naive enough to know
there's gonna be anything I can say in this room right now
that's gonna change my fate.
I'll tell you what.
I believe in absolution.
I believe in second chances.
The difference between putting bodies in holes
and families in homes...
...is pretty big.
Maybe too big.
MARVIN: Knuckles only set me free
because I promised to kill Rose.
Now he will never stop hunting us.
I know I have to face my past to be truly free.
But goddamn it,
I love this new life.
From the minute he started selling homes for me,
he was working like he was making up for something.
You know what?
Think I will take that drink.
-(Cliff sighs) -(sets down glass)
And when push comes to shove,
Marvin's gonna be all right.
KNUCKLES: You're a wise man, Cliff.
But...
Marvin only has one brother.
(pained shouting)
♪ ♪
(grunting)
(door opens)
KIPPY: Oh.
Morning, Marv.
-Painkillers. -Oh.
Mm-hmm.
(sighs): Oh, yeah.
I appreciate that.
(sighs) I got to say,
a lot of intrigue with this whole money situation.
Proper fucking quagmire.
(chair squeaking)
(Kippy sighs)
Merlo and I thought we were real smart
when we set up Rose the way we did.
Knuckles still doesn't know
we stole more than what he found in Rose's trunk.
But you know the rule:
If you steal from Knuckles, you die.
(sighs)
(chuckles) Fuck me, man.
I would not like to be you
when your brother finds out Rose is here.
Finds out?
Not that he will.
I mean, I won't say anything.
No.
But I tell you what.
A little bit of hush money
might just put both of our minds at ease.
♪ ♪
Why are you shutting the doors?
You know what I used to do for my brother, right?
My job.
Yeah, of course. Everyone knew.
But you don't do that anymore.
Well, Kippy, you're not giving me much of a choice.
-(shouts) -(doorbell ringing)
-(whimpers) -(doorbell rings)
-Oh, fuck. -(doorbell ringing)
(knocking on door)
MARVIN: It's the Reebers.
Marvin?
Don't open that door.
(knocking)
Please. I love this life.
(knocking)
Hiding ain't living.
(knocking)
-(gasps) Morning, Marvin! -Oh, morning, Marvin!
-Chet, Sherry, good morning. -Hi. -CHET: Oh, my goodness.
-What happened to your hand there, buddy? -(Sherry gasps)
Uh, I'm fine. Bike accident.
Have you made a decision?
Well, we thought about it, and...
-Here, hold my hand. -Of course.
(both inhale deeply)
BOTH: We want this home from you!
-Living room. -Living room. Okay, great.
CHET: Oh. Every time. It's so welcoming.
("If I Got It (Your Love Brought It)" playing quietly)
(phone vibrating)
(hushed): Marv.
MARVIN (over phone): It's me.
Yeah, I know. Uh, where are you?
What is going on? Are you okay?
I'm fine. Listen.
Um, did you, did you get my message?
No. Why?
Um, I just... I quit, is all.
Again?
-ASHLEY: I'm not happy. -Marvin, look. It's you!
ASHLEY: I need a change, Marv.
Can you quit later?
I need you to bring me the papers
to the Emerald Springs house.
(stammers)
R-Right now?
Yes, right now.
The Reebers are here, and they want to buy.
Yeah. Um, I just...
I don't think that I should.
Ashley, it's important.
Fine. Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine.
(muttering): Fine, fine, fine, fuck, fuck.
-Where is he? -Shit!
Chet?
(Sherry screaming)
Are these the new energy efficient models?
Uh...
Yes.
Aren't they great?
SHERRY: They're gorgeous. They're perfect.
CHET: You know what?
I'm just not sold on this chair.
I found your brother.
KNUCKLES (over phone): Is Rose with him?
I don't know. I'm on my way.
Be as hard on him as you need to be,
but I want them both alive.
I... I need you to stay.
Forever.
If it were that easy.
Please. Stay here with me.
I know that out there is all the-the death
and the killing that you write about,
but in here, you can be who I know you really are.
And we can be whatever we want to be.
We-we... we can be poets, we can be artists,
we can be creators.
I don't have a choice.
Fine, neither do I.
So I am...
I'm coming with you. Hold-- Stop walking fast.
KNUCKLES (over phone): What do you want?
Hey, boss. How you doing?
Just get back to LKP.
I need someone there when The Raven shows up.
He found Marvin and maybe Rose.
Okay, okay.
Why don't I just call The Raven,
and I'll get the details myself...
Did I fucking stutter?!
The Raven already did your job.
-But listen... -(line beeping)
(scoffs)
(grunting)
-(whimpering) -Hey!
Back away from the car!
That's my car!
(phone ringing)
Who's this?
KIPPY (over phone): It's Kippy!
Kippy! What the fuck is going on, man?!
I know where the bloodthirsty bitch is.
They are both in Emerald Springs.
Thank you.
I got to get the fuck out of here.
Ah, fuck!
(laughs): Marvin motherfucking Gable.
-(phone ringing) -Goddamn.
MERLO (over phone): Talk to me, man.
ROSE (over phone): Honey, where's my money?
Well, well, well, Rose.
My funny valentine.
You get my message, you stupid piece of shit?
Spell it out clear enough for you?
Nice detective work.
I didn't know you understood Russian.
Let me ask you this one question, though.
Do you want your fucking money?
Hmm?
Come to LKP.
Come if you dare, bitch.
MARVIN: I just need a moment to think.
As soon as Ashley gets here,
I'll get you squared before I go.
-Rose. -CHET: Go?
Wait, wait. Where are you going, Marv?
MARVIN: What are you doing?
-A vacation. -I've got to help Rose.
-A long vacation. -SHERRY: You're running away, Marv?
-MARVIN: Can I? -Don't leave us.
-We need you. -Excuse me.
Where are you...?
♪ ♪
(engine starts outside)
-(engine revving) -(tires squealing)
Rose! Rose!
(tires squealing)
SHERRY: Everything okay, Marv?
CHET: Should we come back later or...?
No.
I want this home for you.
ROSE: Marv, you better follow me.
-What we doing, boss? -Forget about cleaning up, man.
Rose never showed.
Raven, on the other hand, that motherfucker is flying his ass
all the way to Emerald Springs to pick up Gable.
Now, I need you to beat him there and kill Gable.
All right, and if Raven gets in the way, kill him, too, okay?
Guy's a fucking weirdo. I don't trust him.
What if Rose is with him?
-She's not gonna be. -And what about Kippy?
She's not, all right? Gentlemen, listen, listen.
It's time we tie up loose ends-- yeah?--
we fuck off and we rebuild.
Raven and Gable?
How the fuck are we gonna do that?
Firepower, man.
Lots and lots of fucking firepower.
(doorbell rings)
That'll be Ashley with the...
...paperwork.
♪ ♪
ASHLEY: Marv, really sorry.
It's just, your brother wants to talk to you.
Um, he won't hurt you
as long as you come quietly.
And remember what we talked about, Roger.
Roger?
Stop being scary.
-Oh. -Oh.
-Well, hi. -Hello.
Who's this?
This is, uh, an old colleague.
More of a rival, really.
A ri-- a rival?
(chuckles): Wow, that's exciting.
Ashley, why don't you take the Reebers
into the kitchen and get started.
No.
THE RAVEN: It's okay.
Great.
Let's go to the kitchen.
Come on. Let's. This way.
Oh.
Come along.
Hello again, Mr. Gable.
♪ ♪
(tires squeal)
CINDY (over phone, recorded): Hey, it's Cindy.
Leave a message. (speaks foreign language)
Hey, baby, it's me. Um...
King and I, we're about to do something very dumb,
and I just wanted to call you just in case, um,
you know, whatever.
Anyways, um, sorry if I've been...
(King mouthing)
...aloof and emotionally unavailable.
You deserve better.
I will be better, and I...
I belong by your side.
I just need to kill some people.
-It's work. It's-it's work. -(sighs)
Miss you.
And that's all I wanted to say.
Thanks. Yeah.
That was lame.
Nah, bruh, that shit was real.
I'm proud of you, blood.
♪ ♪
-OTIS: Why'd you park so far away? -What?
I'll tell you what, that sunken living room is a game changer.
Imagine the parties. Ooh-ooh!
(laughs) Right?
-See you later. -OTIS: What the fuck?
You like walking around a residential area with your--
-with fucking guns? -KING: Look, I just wanted
-to stretch my legs a little bit. -(neck cracks)
Where is Rose Carlisle?
Gone.
-THE RAVEN: That's too bad. -You read all this, right?
-(knuckles crack) -OTIS: Okay.
Let's-let's discuss this later.
Let's Swiss-cheese these motherfuckers.
I think the time has come.
To duck!
-(rapid gunfire) -(panicked shouting)
Whoo!
MARVIN: These guys work for Merlo!
They will kill us all!
So, same team?
Hmm.
(Sherry screaming)
(dogs barking in distance)
Hello?
-Go! -(glass shattering)
KING (singsongy): We brought firepower!
(Sherry screaming)
Marvin Gable, where the fuck you at?
You take the fanny pack guy.
OTIS: We don't want to hurt anyone.
We're just here to talk.
Huh? Where the fuck-- Oh.
(gun clicks empty)
Feathers? Really?
(grunts, screams)
(rapid gunfire continues)
Gable, bring your scary ass from up over there, baby.
(shouting fiercely)
Man, who the fuck are you?
(shouts fiercely) I'm a black belt, motherfucker.
Hey!
(rapid gunfire)
-Jeff? -Marv.
Congratulations on the Regional Realtor of the Year Award.
I was showing the house next door.
Looked like you needed help.
-But they got guns. -I know.
(rapid gunfire continues)
Sounds like a reload.
-You go low, I go high. -No, Jeff!
-No! -(yells)
(King whistles)
OTIS: That was my bullet.
-KING: No, that's my bullet. -OTIS: No, it was mine.
-KING: No, that's my bullet. -OTIS: It was mine.
-No, it was actually... -Gable!
-Get that little motherfucker! -Oh!
Damn!
Oh. Fucking psycho!
(groans)
Bitch-ass Raven. Beastmode!
(grunts fiercely)
Here, take that.
-You guys... (shushes) -I need to find something sharp.
(Reebers screaming, shouting)
ASHLEY: What the hell is going on?
Uh, everything's fine.
(shouting and grunting in distance)
-Marv. -CHET: No, no, no, no.
Chet, Sherry, how are you holding up?
-(panicked babbling) -Not good, Marv.
(grunting)
(panting)
OTIS: Get on your fucking feet, Raven.
You're on the menu.
-Bon appétit. -Fuck yeah.
MARVIN: I'm so sorry about this.
I'll get these guys out of here as soon as I can
and get right back to your paperwork.
-Come on! -(grunting)
OTIS: Think you're fucking invincible?
Who you think you are, you fucking...
KING: Yeah, you little feather-throwing motherfucker.
I'm on your shit, boy.
-(Ashley grunts) -Oh, shit!
Bitch, is you crazy?
(pained grunting)
St-Stop it!
(wheezing)
(both scream)
Stay here and don't come out until I come get you.
-Please. -(whimpers): Okay. Okay, okay.
CHET: Marv, Marv.
And don't worry.
I've got guys who can patch all of this up like new.
(chuckles)
What?
(Ashley panting weakly)
Oh, Ashley. Are you okay?
♪ ♪
(grunting)
MARVIN and THE RAVEN: Sorry.
-ASHLEY: Stop! -(The Raven groaning)
Stop it! Stop it, you two! Stop!
(Ashley shrieks)
ASHLEY: Stop! Stop, stop!
Marv, please don't kill him.
Ash, he's a bad man.
Stop! Bad?
For fuck's sake, well, what are you?
What-what are any of us?
You told me to find something that I love and to go after it.
And I have.
And it's him.
(Ashley chuckles softly)
♪ ♪
MARVIN: I should listen to my own advice.
♪ ♪
Zaks, thank you.
(engine starts)
-(tires squealing) -(engine roaring)
♪ ♪
(tires squealing)
(siren wailing in distance)
♪ ♪
ROSE: Merlo?
Where's my goddamn money?
Rose. (grunts)
(body thuds)
Rosie, Rosie, Rosie.
My fucking valentine.
(slurping)
You know, for a ghost,
you sure have been stirring up some shit.
Only took a few swings to knock the truth out of him.
-(grunts) -(kick lands)
-You think you can play me? Steal my money? -(groans)
She knows everything, boss. But I was gonna stop her.
KNUCKLES: Shut the fuck up!
You're already a dead man.
-Yes, sir. -You, Merlo and Kippy.
(Knuckles chuckles)
So, what was the plan?
-Start over? -Mm.
It doesn't work that way, Rosie.
You steal from me, you die.
(pained grunting)
MERLO: Boss, listen, she's got access to all the accounts.
♪ ♪
KNUCKLES: Welcome home, Marv.
Want a boba?
Look at you, Marv. You're a mess.
See, this is what happens when you go off on your own.
ROSE: I knew you'd come.
I need you, Marv.
I need all of you.
The good, the bad, the everything.
Knight in fucking shining armor, aren't you, brother?
♪ ♪
(glasses crackling)
♪ ♪
KNUCKLES: There he is.
My monster.
Cut him down. Everyone.
It's about fucking time.
("You're the First, the Last, My Everything" playing)
♪ The first, my last ♪
♪ My everything ♪
♪ And the answer to ♪
♪ All my dreams ♪
(pained groaning)
♪ You're my sun, my moon ♪
♪ My guiding star ♪
(man screams)
♪ My kind of wonderful ♪
-(Taser crackling) -♪ That's what you are ♪
♪ I know there's only ♪
(faintly in distance): ♪ Only one like you ♪
♪ There's no way ♪
♪ They could have made two ♪
Mmm.
-(man screams) -(Taser crackling)
-♪ You're-you're all I'm living for ♪ -(groaning)
♪ Your love, I'll keep forevermore ♪
♪ You're the first, you're the last ♪
♪ My everything ♪
♪ In you ♪
♪ I found ♪
♪ So many things ♪
♪ A love so new ♪
♪ Only you could bring ♪
♪ Can't you see it's you? ♪
(music and fighting continue in distance)
♪ You make me feel this way ♪
♪ You're like a first morning dew ♪
♪ On a brand-new day ♪
♪ I see ♪
♪ So many ways that I ♪
♪ Can love you till ♪
♪ The day I die ♪
-♪ You're my reality ♪ -(gun racks)
-(man screams) -♪ Yet I'm lost in a dream ♪
♪ You're the first, the last ♪
♪ My everything ♪
(Taser crackling)
(gun racks)
(gun clicks empty)
-(choking) -♪ You're my sun ♪
♪ My moon ♪
-(grunting fiercely) -♪ My guiding star ♪
♪ My kind of wonderful ♪
(chuckles): Oh, I'm gonna enjoy this, bitch.
♪ That's what you are ♪
♪ I know ♪
-(panting) -♪ There's only ♪
♪ Only one like you ♪
♪ There's no way... ♪
(song changes, heavy metal music playing)
(music distorting and slowing)
-(panting) -(music slows to a stop)
♪ ♪
(sighs)
(fighting continues in distance)
Never forget, dear brother,
you've never beaten me in a fight.
Not once.
And after you lose today,
this will again be your home.
Like my hat?
♪ ♪
Cliff seemed like a good guy.
But he was never your brother.
I'm your brother.
Brother?
No brother would use me like you did.
(panting)
(Marvin shouts)
(grunts)
(Marvin yells)
(Knuckles grunting fiercely)
(Marvin panting)
(groans)
We're a team.
I hate seeing you like this, Marv.
You belong with me now.
With you?
Never again.
♪ ♪
(Marvin screams)
All you had to do was kill Rose.
(yelling)
(panting)
Goodbye, Alvin.
(sputters lips)
(grunts weakly)
MARVIN: Rose, it's me.
-(yells) -(gunshot)
(groans)
(sighs)
Merlo was right.
I do know everything.
Huh?
What did you do?
Well, I hand-delivered
one last special Valentine's Day card.
Along with a small gift.
A finger.
More specifically, a fingerprint
belonging to our favorite Kiwi pal and accountant...
(chuckles)
...granting access to your personal finances.
Which is proof you've been skimming
from our oh-so-serious Russki suppliers for years.
-Za zdorovie. -Za zdorovie.
I was able to broker a pretty lucrative deal.
Great plan, right?
My finder's fee.
Do you have any idea what you've...
(men chattering in Russian)
♪ ♪
Marvin. Marvin!
Brother, please.
Don't let Rose ruin everything.
ROSE: Happy Valentine's, dickhead.
♪ ♪
Rose! Rose!
-Please wait. -We did it, Marv.
Now go back to the life you love so much.
Rose, there's something I have to tell you.
What? What do you need to tell me?
I love you.
I always have.
Well, say it again.
Make me believe it.
♪ ♪
("The Things We Do for Love" by 10cc playing)
MARVIN: It's like I said.
Valentine's Day is filled with the unexpected.
-You're dangerous. -(chuckles softly)
MARVIN: Whether it's finding new love...
-What's Cindy want? -(siren wailing in distance)
It worked.
(King chuckles)
MARVIN: ...or the opportunity for second chances...
I told you, motherfucker.
(chuckles) My boy.
♪ The things we do for love ♪
♪ Communication is... ♪
MARVIN: ...or even just giving us the reason
to express the true love that has always been there.
♪ The weather's turned and... ♪
As much as love hurts,
it's totally worth it.
♪ Like walking in the rain and the snow ♪
♪ When there's nowhere to go ♪
♪ And you're feeling like a part of you is dying ♪
♪ And you're looking for the answer in her eyes ♪
♪ You think you're gonna break up ♪
♪ Then she says she wants to make up ♪
♪ Ooh, you made me love you ♪
♪ Ooh, you've got a way ♪
♪ Ooh, you had me crawling ♪
♪ Up the wall ♪
(vocalizing)
♪ Like walking in the rain and the snow ♪
♪ When there's nowhere to go ♪
♪ And you're feeling like a part of you is dying ♪
♪ And you're looking for the answer in her eyes ♪
♪ You think you're gonna break up ♪
♪ Then she says she wants to make up ♪
♪ Ooh, you made me love you ♪
♪ Ooh, you've got a way ♪
♪ Ooh, you had me crawling ♪
♪ Up the wall ♪
♪ A compromise would surely help the situation ♪
♪ Agree to disagree but disagree to part ♪
♪ When after all it's just a compromise of ♪
♪ The things we do for love ♪
♪ The things we do for love... ♪
(song fades)
♪ ♪
(music ends)