(TRAFFIC RUMBLING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-Hey. -CAROL LOVE-SMERNITCH: Hi.
Hey, whoa! Wow.
-"Wow" what? -Wow, let's let me order, okay?
I was just going to hustle up your thing, your Breeze.
Yeah, well, maybe that's not what I want today,
so let's let me decide, okay?
Yeah.
All right, I would like to have, uh, the Go Getter.
Yeah.
Totally. Yeah.
-Okay. -CAROL: Wow...
Go Getter.
♪ (UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKER) ♪
-CASHIER: Another Go Getter? -Yeah.
So that's, like, the third one. So that's free?
No. Eight dollars and 42 cents.
(SIGHS)
No tip.
♪ (MELLOW POP SONG PLAYING) ♪
One more Go Getter? Yeah.
-Is that free now? -CASHIER: No.
Eight, forty-two.
Thank you very much.
Hi.
Well, hey.
Go Getter?
Yeah, for sure. My every day.
The Go Getter. Yeah.
Same.
Usually take a mid-day break, try to get the energy up.
I hear ya.
JODIE PLUMB: She lied to me. Today.
-♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -DONOGHUE HOMER: About this?
-Jamba Juice? -JODIE: Yeah.
I pulled it after I got back.
She said Forrest instigated their relationship.
That she was seduced.
The truth is she left work and waited for him all day,
on the day that their relationship began in earnest.
She was away from work for nearly a full day,
waiting for him there.
And she deceived him. There.
How?
She's Watermelon Breeze.
HOMER: She's what?
JODIE: She told me they shared a common favorite.
Common favorite what?
Juice drink. She lied to him.
Jodie.
Suburban affair, suburban lie.
People lie about common interests
at the beginning of relationships.
That's how relationships are formed.
She'd gain what if she was involved?
He had no money, no life insurance.
You've been screening his mail, monitoring his accounts.
Any indication of life insurance?
No.
You addressed this with her, correct?
Yes.
She said her husband had no life insurance.
HOMER: Okay. Right. So?
What's her motive?
(SIGHING) Oh, man. This is him?
He kind of packed it on, huh?
It happens.
Yeah, okay. Why?
(CHUCKLES) Why did he have this with him?
And why is the face scratched out?
I mean, if we found this in a garage or something,
we wouldn't have to square that.
But what's it doing at his murder scene?
We have to square this.
You'll question Forrest further?
Yes, I will.
Can I attend?
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
I know I shouldn't be speaking. I know I should have a lawyer.
JODIE: Please don't speak now.
The sheriff's detective isn't present.
I shouldn't be speaking at all,
but you don't understand, you need to understand.
I don't know how else to make you.
For now, for this moment, please stop speaking.
-(FOOTSTEPS ECHOING) -(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
HOMER: That's your bicycle, Forrest.
-You were there. -That wasn't me.
HOMER: Is this you?
Yes.
HOMER: What was going on in there, Clark?
A Bloody Mary dosed with lethal Amphezyne.
Naked pictures of this guy?
Floyd.
What, you don't like me calling him "this guy"?
-CLARK FORREST: No. -Why?
He was my friend, and he's dead.
HOMER: Well, why are you looking at naked pictures
of your friend, Floyd,
at 4:00 a.m., far from your nice little home?
We know you were there, Clark.
What the fuck was going on in there?
CLARK: Yeah, so, uh, I'm 18, 19,
I'm out here looking at colleges.
And, um, you know, so I... I get flagged in Vancouver
for this... this little nothing bag of marijuana
that-- that my student host gave me.
Uh, they put me in this... in this room.
Uh, it's just me in there with this guy,
red-haired guy, he's got a mustache, and...
And, you know, I'm saying guy, but I... I don't really...
It could be a woman,
'cause the mustache is not fully, um...
CAROL: What kind of hairdo?
Hmm? It's a flattop.
Oh, that's probably a guy.
But it's like a lady flattop.
And they're powerhousing me.
You know, like, uh, putting their weight on me.
So, I... I was like, you know,
they were powerhousing me, but I... I was... I was kind of,
like, into it a little, you know.
Um, so...
I was just thinking
that maybe we could get something going like
that energy.
So you want me to overwhelm you?
How do I do that?
Do you know what Amazon position is?
No.
I'm on my back.
Legs are up, but they're... but they're also back,
and, uh, it's kind of a-- a-- a-- a vulnerable position
for a guy. And... and you're on top of me,
and you're just kind of taking control.
-(CAROL BREATHING HEAVILY) -CLARK: That's it. That's it.
-(SIGHS) Yeah, just... (MUTTERS) -(CAROL BREATHING HEAVILY)
♪ ("LET THE SUNSHINE IN" BY THE 5TH DIMENSION PLAYING) ♪
♪ Let the sunshine ♪
♪ Let the sunshine in ♪
♪ The sunshine in ♪
♪ Let the sunshine ♪
-♪ Oh, let it shine ♪ -♪ Let the sunshine in ♪
-♪ Come on ♪ -♪ The sunshine in ♪
♪ Now everybody Just sing along ♪
♪ Let the sunshine ♪
-♪ And let the sunshine on in ♪ -♪ Let the sunshine in ♪
-♪ Open up your heart ♪ -♪ The sunshine in ♪
♪ And let it shine on in ♪
-♪ And when you are lonely ♪ -♪ Let the sunshine ♪
-♪ Hey, let it shine ♪ -♪ Let the sunshine in ♪
-♪ You gotta open up your heart And let it shine on in ♪ -♪ The sunshine in ♪
♪ And when you feel Like you've been mistreated ♪
♪ Let the sunshine ♪
♪ And your friends turn Their backs upon ya ♪
-♪ Let the sunshine in ♪ -♪ Just open up your heart ♪
-♪ The sunshine in ♪ -♪ Let it shine on in ♪
-♪ You got to feel it ♪ -♪ Let the sunshine ♪
-♪ Open up your heart And let it shine on in ♪ -♪ The sunshine in ♪
♪ And let me tell you One thing ♪
♪ Let the sunshine ♪
♪ I want you to sing along with The 5th Dimension ♪
-♪ Let the sunshine in ♪ -♪ Hey! And open up your heart ♪
♪ The sunshine in... ♪
♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪
Tell me about these dream meetings, please.
CLARK: Like,
roleplaying is something that we would do,
you know, share at the dream meetings.
What role would Carol assume while roleplaying?
(CAROL BREATHING HEAVILY)
CLARK: Can you say "powerhouse" maybe?
(SOFTLY) Powerhouse.
-Cool. -CAROL: Powerhouse.
-Powerhouse. -CLARK: That's it.
-Powerhouse. -CLARK: Mm-hmm.
-(IN DEEP VOICE) Powerhouse. -CLARK: No.
-CAROL: (IN NORMAL VOICE) No? Too male? Okay. -CLARK: No. Yeah. More fe--
-(MOANS) Pow-- Power-- Power-- Powerhouse. -Yeah.
-(MOANS) -Yell it at me.
-Powerhouse! -CLARK: Uh-huh.
-Powerhouse! -CLARK: Well...
I'm gonna spit at you. Powerhouse!
-(GROANS) It hurts a little bit. -(SOFTLY) Oh, sorry.
-It hurts a little bit. Yeah. -Okay. Powerhouse.
-Okay. -Like this? Like, powerhouse?
-Yep. -Oh, a little bit of powerhouse.
Yeah, someone's breaking into the house.
-(IN HIGH-PITCH VOICE) Powerhouse? (MOANS) -Yep.
-Powerhouse. -Call somebody.
(LOUDLY) Powerhouse!
(CLARK SIGHS DEEPLY)
Something unknown controlling me like that.
Just...
That sort of thing.
JODIE: You like to be controlled.
-(BIRDS CHIRPING) -♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
CLARK: What's wrong?
CAROL: It's Floyd.
CLARK: Tell me what you mean.
CAROL: He has alimony.
CLARK: Floyd was married before?
Yeah, to a fortune teller. He married a fortune teller,
which takes a huge bite, you know?
And then it's like, he's got, I'm not kidding,
five years of tax debt.
And every year, we just owe more.
Even when I wake up in the morning and I feel
like things can be good...
(MAILBOX OPENING)
...it's just like I wake up in the morning
and I know that there's gonna be certified mail coming and stuff.
And there's going to be credit people calling daily
and daily and stuff. And I just... (SIGHS)
You know, Floyd's not gonna get a promotion
to be like King of Sign Language, or whatever.
I'm sorry.
It's just been a tough year.
And I am into sitting on your face,
Guy Smiley. I really am.
It's just that sometimes it's harder for me
to escape into it, into you, because of all these,
like, worries and stuff.
Financial worries, hey?
I can do something about that.
How can I help you? Tell me. I want your dreams, too.
♪ (BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
JODIE: Controlled.
Was this her dream or yours?
I would ask for that sorta thing while talking, you know.
While talking, I would ask for that sort of thing.
Why did you say that?
-Like that. -CLARK: Like what?
"While talking, I would ask for that sort of thing."
People are always talking when they ask for things.
-Why would you say that? -I'm just like, fucking...
He's saying that I killed Floyd. Floyd!
Asking about my sexual dreams.
You feel like talking about your sexual dreams?
Probably no. Right?
Fuck!
I'd like to talk about this.
♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
CLARK: What about it?
-It's Floyd's. -Okay.
JODIE: Is it familiar to you?
FLOYD SMERNITCH: Okay.
-FLOYD: Mm. Yeah. -(IN ASL)
FLOYD: Nailing it. You're nailing it.
You nailed it. You nailed it. You don't even need,
-just, you know. -All right.
FLOYD: Yeah, that is a great first sentence to learn,
because if you encounter a deaf person struggling
in an auditory environment, you can just jump right in,
and... do that. It'll help 'em right out.
God, it's so hot.
Yeah, that's why we're here. To cover the heat wave.
By the way, while I'm-- I'm interpreting,
I'm going to be making facial expressions of alarm.
-Why? -Well, imagine you're deaf.
You're in your apartment.
You're just walking along.
You got your drink, your magazine.
And you look over at the TV,
and you're like, "Oh, there's a guy signing,
but no facial expressions, no alarm.
I'll jus-- I'll keep walking."
-Sure. -Right? Just keep walking.
Then, winds up, there's a heat wave,
and you die.
So the interpreter makes facial expressions of alarm
because, now imagine, you're deaf.
-Yeah. -Okay. Still deaf.
You're walking across your living room.
And you got your drink, your magazine, whatever.
You look across. You see on the TV, you see me.
And I'm like.
Yeah.
Trouble.
-♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -You're like, "What the fuck?
Is there like a heat wave or something?"
-Okay. (CHUCKLES) I get it. -That's how you save them.
Jump in a cool shower.
Uh, at least, you know,
half a dozen times a day if you need to.
And do not forget to check in on your family
and your neighbors. Stay cool out there.
-Feel better? -(FLOYD SLURPS)
It's the outfit, you know.
Yeah, well, gotta be able to see your hands.
♪ (SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
I was so hot, I didn't have any water.
-(CELL PHONE CHIMES) -Yeah.
-Any shade or anything. -Yeah.
-Dude. -Yeah?
DTF.
Yeah?
-I got a hit. -Whoa.
-Dude, I got a hit on DTF. -DTF?
DTF, I got a hit. Modern Love.
-CLARK: All right. -FLOYD: Modern Love.
-Whoa. -(CLARK CHUCKLES)
Whoa, dude. Look at this beautiful lady.
Modern Love.
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
Ye-- I don't recognize that.
Do you recognize that?
Explain that.
You don't wanna talk about that?
It's not what you think.
HOMER: Well, what should I think?
Not gonna talk about it.
♪ (INTENSE STRING SYMPHONY PLAYING) ♪
CAROL: On your left.
On your left!
(SIGHS LOUDLY) Wow.
AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR: Life Champions, Chapter Nine.
All relationships involve a give and take.
Consider the many ways your relationships ask
for your time, your attention, and your emotional investment.
And ask yourself, what you are gaining in return.
Then, get something.
We are in the game of life.
You will never finish first if you don't put yourself first.
You're a life champion.
-Finish first. -♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
CLARK: Do you want some dessert?
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -Would that be okay?
-CLARK: Of course. -Wow.
You take such great care of me.
-CLARK: Yeah? -Yeah.
I mean, you really give me a chance to...
really be with you in these moments.
You know, not worrying so much about...
what I used to worry about.
And I guess I still worry about...
Mm-mm.
Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
-Can I tell you? -Yeah, what is it?
Can I tell you?
Yeah.
♪ (SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Floyd.
At the festival. He was so great.
He was great.
CAROL: And he's so overweight.
-CLARK: Mm. -CAROL: And he takes medicine
that's a heart stressor.
And he has high blood pressure.
And he doesn't sleep, and his diet is just...
He's not doing great.
I told you he's carrying loans
and taxes and stuff.
Wow, he worries.
Yeah.
And I think that if he had, uh,
like, life insurance,
he would be more like...
He would be...
He'd feel better, you know?
-Yeah. -I mean, you have it, right?
-Life insurance? -CAROL: Yeah.
-Yes. -Yeah.
And does it give you more peace and stuff?
Yeah, I mean...
-Yeah. -Wow. Yeah.
I wish Floyd had it, but, you know...
He would have more peace and stuff.
But it is just no way, Jose, on those premiums.
So...
you know, right?
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
Yeah.
JODIE: During the time in your friendship with Floyd,
while you were accessing DTF St. Louis,
did you discuss your use of this site together?
Yes, a lot.
JODIE: And you are aware then
that Floyd began using the site to see men?
♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
CHRISTOPHER ROBERT SPURCE: Rocksolid?
Yeah.
Uh-- Oh, Modern Love!
-That's me. -FLOYD: Hey.
Hi.
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
(SNIFFS) Mm.
Mm. Yeah, "Rocksolid." I, uh...
I meant that to describe how someone can depend on me,
not like my physique, which is, you know...
I realized the double thing when it was too late
to change it. I hope you're not...
-Mm. It's cool. -FLOYD: Okay.
Oh, God, I have to make a quick call,
but I ordered fruit, and everything here is good.
You know, they have all the basics.
CHRISTOPHER: Basics work for me.
Okay, great.
Hey, hey. Man, hey, I don't have my readers on.
Can you...? That's, uh, a woman, right?
That's David Bowie.
FLOYD: Man.
Okay.
Yeah.
I'm sorry about the, um, the Rocksolid thing.
-Don't be. -No, I'm gonna change it
so it doesn't have a double thing.
I'm gonna make it like "Mr. Dependable," or something.
Um, so you're a... you're a Bowie fan.
-Way. -Yeah.
I noticed that that was Bowie on your thingy.
Mm-hmm. You know how on the DTF profile
it says you can post a pic of yourself,
or, like, an image that says something about you?
-Yeah. -CHRISTOPHER: He was my hero.
Like, when I was younger 'cause I'm like...
um, into... Like, when I was a kid,
all the other boys were into, um,
Solid Gold dancer girls. You remember that show?
Solid Gold, yeah.
CHRISTOPHER: Yeah, so my friends were like,
"Oh, she's so hot, man." I'd be like that too.
I'd be like, "Oh, my gosh, she's so hot."
But they had these guy dancers.
And I'd be like... like, just in my head, I'd be like...
"He's so hot too, man."
And then...
I said it once.
Like, out loud.
I said, "He's so hot too, man."
And they made me feel...
real weird and, like, not good.
And Bowie...
he did make me feel good and cool about it,
later, when I was feeling,
uh, like, a little lonely.
Yeah, 'cause, like, he's... he's into everything, right?
Yeah, he's brave. He's like himself.
Those are good things to be, man.
I have a, um...
I have a son-- stepson.
Uh, he's a little... He's not like everybody else.
Well, uh, no one's normal.
Just looks that way from across the street.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Yeah, yeah.
He's, uh... he's a little lonely, too.
I'm trying to get him into this school.
It doesn't have, like, sports and stuff.
It's like a board-- like private school.
Like, more of an arts-focused school.
Mm-hmm. Sounds good.
Yeah, that's one of the things to put on the list,
you know, of, uh, things to save up for.
He wears this vest all the time.
(ROCK THUDS)
A fishing vest, like, all the time.
And his mom wants me to have a conversation
with him about it to suggest that maybe
he doesn't wear the vest, like, every day to school
because the kids probably make fun of him.
But I'm, like, if he likes to wear the vest,
who cares?
If it's a comfort to him, who cares?
And it's not like her-- Like, she...
she wears this Purina fleece...
around the house all the time.
And I don't-- I'm not crazy about that,
but it makes... It's a comfort to her.
It makes her feel comfortable.
So I'm not gonna say anything to her
about the Purina fleece.
And so therefore, I'm also not gonna say anything
to him about the vest that... that he wears.
But then, you know, she gets mad at me and...
-(SCOFFS) -(CHUCKLES)
♪ (SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Oh, I received a package. I wonder what it is.
(GASPS) I hope it's that sex robot I ordered.
Oh, fuck yeah, it is my sex robot that I ordered.
(WHISPERING) Activate me.
(WHISPERING) How?
CLARK: Pretend to press a button or something.
I should probably activate this thing.
-Wow. -(IMITATING ROBOT) Hello.
I am K-12 T-X.
Right this way, sex robot.
What do you do, Rocksolid?
I'm, uh, an American Sign Language interpreter.
Okay.
What about you, Modern Love?
CHRISTOPHER: Just a small business owner.
I manage, own, and perform at a roller rink.
Wow, and what... what... what do you, uh, perform?
Like roller magic, roller hypnotism...
and roller dance.
Wow, that's cool.
(CHUCKLES)
Yeah.
How's your fruit?
Um, well, it's fruit,
but, um, I'm just trying to shed a few.
Like 30.
-That was good. -Yeah, pretty solid, always.
I'll have to remember this place.
(CHUCKLING) Yeah!
-French toast was good. -Yeah!
You wanna French-kiss?
Do I what?
Do you wanna French for a little bit?
Look, I know nothing major's gonna happen.
I can read the vibes.
But, maybe just a little French goodbye?
See if anything lingers on our rides home.
I'd like to kiss you.
Just for a little bit.
I hope that's an okay feeling.
I hope that's an okay feeling for me
to share with you here.
-Okay, yeah. -CHRISTOPHER: Okay.
-(LIPS SMACKING) -(CHRISTOPHER MOANS)
-Okay. Bye, man. -Okay, bye.
♪ ("CATCH THE WIND" BY DONOVAN PLAYING) ♪
♪ In the chilly hours And minutes ♪
♪ Of uncertainty, I want to be ♪
♪ In the warm hold Of your loving mind ♪
♪ To feel you all around me ♪
♪ And to take your hand Along the sand ♪
♪ Ah, but I may as well try And catch the wind ♪
♪ When sundown pales The sky... ♪
(IMITATING ROBOT) Low battery malfunction.
Please connect my system.
I'll connect your system.
CLARK: Ooh.
Ooh.
♪ For me to love you now ♪
♪ Would be the sweetest thing That would make me sing ♪
♪ Ah, but I may as well try ♪
♪ And catch the wind ♪
(BELL RINGING)
♪ Ah, but I may as well try ♪
♪ And catch the wind ♪
♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪
-♪ (UPBEAT R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) ♪ -(GRUNTS) How was it?
-FLOYD: Uh, DTF? -Yeah.
-Modern Love. -Yeah.
-It was good. -Yeah?
Yeah. Uh, I mean, he was a guy, so...
It wasn't, you know...
It was different than what we expected.
Um, but, you know, breakfast was good.
And he was a really good guy.
And, um, it wasn't--
but it wasn't like a real encounter.
-You had breakfast? -Yeah.
Then we, uh, Frenched.
Yeah, so after, uh, we...
Well, we went, um, and we Frenched by his car.
And, you know, it's 'cause I...
I didn't want to hurt his feelings.
You know, and feel like it was not cool or it was inappropriate
for us to do that if he wanted to do that.
And so, that was going on.
And then he, uh, he kind of grabbed my...
He kind of, um, got on my ass a little with his hand.
Okay.
And I sort of, uh,
withdrew my ass when he did that.
Okay. (GRUNTS)
And then I thought, "Oh, that's a little insensitive."
'Cause I was really just surprised.
You know, it was just a surprised withdrawal of my ass.
I really just withdrew my ass because I was surprised.
And... and so I thought, "Oh, maybe I should put my ass back
so that I don't make implications
like what he's doing is wrong."
'Cause like, you know, you can do that if you want.
There's nothing wrong with that. And so--
So I put it forward again.
-Your ass? -Yeah.
So I was moving my ass forward and back
and forward and back. And I think he read that
like... like a thrusting motion
because he gave me one back.
He thrust one back.
You don't think I hurt his feelings, do you?
-No, man. -I mean... (SIGHS)
I... Just with signals or something,
'cause he's a really nice guy.
-We had a really nice talk. -I think you handled it well.
All right. Okay, ten more seconds.
-Yeah, you got it. -B out the B.
-What's that? -Bring out the best.
It's what we do for each other.
Oh, yeah. You know it.
-I do know it. -B out the B.
(BOTH GRUNT)
-♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -JODIE: You attested that you had assumed the role
of Tiger Tiger, a man,
to arrange a meeting with Floyd.
Yeah, I'm done talking to you. You don't understand anything.
You think that he was trying to hook up with guys on DTF?
-(SCOFFS) -(PROJECTOR CLICKS)
HOMER: Modern Love.
Sorry, man. That was a mistake. You don't know.
-HOMER: What was? -That was.
Okay? Floyd thought that he was a woman.
(SCOFFS) They got it on in the parking lot.
I interviewed him. They got it on.
Got it on.
That was... I know about that. He told me about that.
They had a little tongue party in the parking lot.
It's... there were tongues in-- in the mistake, okay?
-But Floyd kissed that guy. -He went at it with that guy.
-He kissed that guy. -He Frenched that guy.
Floyd Frenched that guy
because Floyd didn't wanna hurt that guy's feelings, okay?
That's how great Floyd was.
He didn't want that guy to feel weird or uncomfortable
about his sexuality, so...
So he went with it, went with the moment, okay?
'Cause he was cool.
Yeah, that's pretty cool.
Frenched a guy out of kindness.
That's what it was. Floyd was kind.
And wonderful.
-HOMER: What? -Floyd was wonderful.
-(WATER SPRAYING) -(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)
♪ (SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Hey!
Hey, hey, hey.
Cool kid.
No heat here. It's just somebody says hello,
you say hello back.
Well, I have to go do my homework
before we go all the way to therapy.
Yeah, I know, I know. It just takes a sec, you know?
I mean, it's-- There's a reason that word was invented.
It's 'cause we're part of a community,
and you use that word and you acknowledge
that someone is there, like, "Hello!"
And, "Goodbye!" And, "Hey, thank you!"
Okay, well, you're gonna kill that part of the grass.
You've been, like, spraying the exact same place
the whole time you've been talking to me.
Yeah, well, I forgot I was spraying
because you're more important to me than grass.
Okay.
Hey, listen to me, listen to me. Yo, hey, hey, hey, hey.
-We're gonna-- Hey. God! -(ROCK THUDS)
We're gonna... (SIGHS) You know what?
Uh, let's skip therapy.
I wanna show you something.
Those bars are so homeless people
can't sleep on that bench.
People have decided that they don't wanna see homeless people.
Because, I don't know, because they just...
they wanna pretend like they don't exist or something.
It's called hostile architecture.
That's actually what that's called.
(TRAIN HORN BLARING IN DISTANCE)
This world can be very cold.
So I want you to say hello,
okay, and goodbye, and thank you every day.
And if you do that every day, then you do it every day.
'Cause everybody needs a little help sometimes, yeah?
Thanks for showing me this.
Oh, no, no, no. Sorry, no.
I... I didn't want to show you that.
I wanted to show you this.
♪ ("AIN'T NO SUN SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE" BY GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS PLAYING) ♪
♪ (SINGERS VOCALIZING) ♪
♪ Into my life You brought a glowing love ♪
♪ Like a ray Like a ray of sunshine ♪
♪ From up above ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh! ♪
-(FLOYD GRUNTING) -♪ One day, one day, one day Out of the clear blue sky ♪
♪ Oh, you darkened my world With the words good-bye ♪
♪ Don't you know that's the day, That's the day, that's the day ♪
-♪ That's the day You left me, baby ♪ -(FLOYD EXHALES, GRUNTS)
♪ For a-- Ain't no sun, Ain't no sun, ain't no sun ♪
♪ Since you've been gone... ♪
-♪ (SONG FADES) ♪ -(FLOYD BREATHING HEAVILY)
I've done that every day since I was 11 years old
because I thought if I did it every day,
I could do it every day. And now it's become, like,
a part of me.
You know, it's like a power.
Like, it doesn't matter what's going on.
I gain a little weight, which I have,
and I can still do that.
I want you to use your manners, okay?
I want you to use your manners every day.
Use them every day. Use them every day,
and then you'll... you'll just be happier, you know?
(EXHALES) I'm okay, I'm okay. I'm okay, just--
Flying around with a little extra weight.
-Are... are you okay? You sure? -Yeah.
I'm okay. (PANTS)
That-- that was great.
(LAUGHING) Yeah.
RICHARD: Why do they laugh at me?
-FLOYD: Yeah. -RICHARD: 'Cause...
-I don't like football. -FLOYD: Yeah, I know.
RICHARD: Yeah, I draw like science-fantasy predator birds.
FLOYD: Yeah. They're cool.
♪ (TENDER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
RICHARD: I just...
(SIGHS)
FLOYD: Yeah?
RICHARD: There's no one in my school who's like me.
FLOYD: Hey.
There's nobody in the world like you.
We're gonna use those manners
and we're gonna make a friend.
It might take a little while, but that's okay.
I mean, it took me a long time to find Clark.
This is way better than therapy.
Yeah?
We should just come here instead.
Yeah?
Maybe.
I'm not gonna tell your mom, though.
Yeah, yeah.
Hey, we got this thing on the computer, um...
It's Excel spreadsheet.
Your mom got it for me when I was studying
for that job in Chicago.
And I used it to check off when I did my math flashcards,
when I studied for that test, uh, for that job.
Should we put it to use?
Maybe we check off when you use your awesome manners and stuff?
Like keep track every day?
Yeah.
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
You know, I was married before your mom.
I was married to a fortune teller.
And, um, I couldn't have kids.
Um...
But I wanted to be important like that
to somebody like that.
And then that marriage fell apart,
and then I met your mom, and she had you.
And that was perfect.
You were perfect.
Just wanted you to know that.
Thanks, Floyd.
Why didn't the fortune teller know when you married her
that your marriage wasn't going to work out?
That's a very good question.
(LAUGHS)
That is a very good question.
-She should have known. -She should have known!
-(CHUCKLING) Yeah.
Right there.
All set up.
Just check 'em off when we do them.
Every day.
Floyd was wonderful, and I would never hurt him.
Because...
I...
loved him.
Because I loved Floyd.
-You loved him? -Yes.
HOMER: But you loved her.
Yeah, but I loved him more. I would never hurt him.
(SCOFFS) Loved him how?
Like you love something.
You know, like...
like the sun when you're cold.
♪ (SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Like, uh...
water
when you really need water.
HOMER: I don't understand. Uh, like sex?
CLARK: No.
Or, um, like...
(INHALES, SIGHS)
I loved Floyd.
I love you.
JODIE: You didn't love her like that?
No way.
Can we talk about this again?
(SIGHS)
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
I won't say anything more. I want a lawyer.
Forrest. (GROANS)
Come on, Forrest.
You've told me a lot of fucked up shit,
I don't mind saying.
And now you're gonna start keeping
something to yourself after all that?
You said you had to talk to save yourself.
What changed?
It's the key.
It's that key, isn't it?
Get me a lawyer or take me out of here. I'm done talking.
♪ (BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
CAROL: What style is that?
CLARK: It's recumbent style.
Safer, improved visibility,
increased comfort on the... on the longer rides.
I got Eimy one too.
She didn't even learn how to ride it ever.
I'd be totally into it.
-Yeah? -Yeah.
♪ (BROODING MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
(CELL PHONE CLICKS)
(BIKE WHEELS WHIRRING)
CAROL: I hope it's okay I keep talking about Floyd.
-Yeah. Uh... -♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
Our relationship,
uh, the time that we're spending together,
is still kind of taking shape.
-I love it. -Yeah.
Wow. I fucking love it.
-CLARK: Yeah. -(LAUGHS)
I fucking love it and stuff.
-Yeah. Yeah. -(LAUGHS)
And I was just saying that I hope it's okay
that, you know, with Floyd that he's got...
He has a weird penis.
He's got like a...
curved penis deal.
CLARK: Yeah, what happened? He kind of almost told me.
Ugh, that was fucking unreal that day.
Oh my God.
CLARK: What happened?
Oh, I don't want to talk about that day right now.
I don't want to talk about that at all.
(SIGHS)
But he takes medicine for his dick curve.
And it's so much.
And I told you he's carrying some loans
and some taxes.
And I just think that if he had life insurance,
it would be more...
I think he would feel better. You know?
He would sleep better and everything.
And it's just no way, Jose, on those premiums.
CLARK: You know, I can help you with Floyd.
You know, I can help there.
You know, if it'll give you, uh, some relief, right?
CAROL: (SOFTLY) Okay.
Okay, but it's not just about the money.
Don't totally take this the wrong way, but...
we don't have a real sex life.
Floyd and me, you know, like the past year, plus.
But I want to get it back.
But his penis deal, it makes it,
like, hard for him to pop boners, you know?
-Yeah. -CAROL: Yeah.
And everything has to be, like...
He has to have everything just right.
Yeah.
Yeah, so if he knows that I know that you pay his bills...
Come on.
You know, he's gonna be even more down on himself,
and then...
There's not gonna be a lot of popping going on.
Yeah.
So, come on.
CLARK: Yeah.
♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
So I don't wanna know about it, okay?
If I help him?
I don't wanna know about it, okay?
For serious.
Say "for serious."
For serious.
CAROL: You look so cute.
♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
(BIKE WHEELS WHIRRING)
(SIGHS, GRUNTS)
(BANGING ON DOOR)
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
So what happened, Clark?
What happened to the guy you loved who got killed?
♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Hey.
I know we're alone again now, but we're gonna be okay.
Don't we have more problems now?
It's only you.
It's only you now.
What kind of problems?
Li-- Like money.
You know I always do whatever it...
I always do whatever to make sure that we're okay.
Right?
We're okay, Richard.
♪ ("LIGHTNING'S GIRL" BY NANCY SINATRA PLAYING) ♪
We're gonna be okay.
♪ I've told you That I'm Lightning's girl ♪
♪ But you keep hanging 'round ♪
♪ If Lightning Ever catches you ♪
♪ He's got to put you down ♪
♪ About six feet ♪
♪ Stay away From Lightning's girl ♪
♪ And this part of town ♪
♪ Stay away From Lightning's girl ♪
♪ Or he'll put you down ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
-♪ Better stop Your grooving 'round ♪ -♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
-♪ Another rooster's hen ♪ -♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
-♪ If Lightning Ever catches you ♪ -♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
-♪ He's got to do you in ♪ -♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
♪ In about two minutes ♪
♪ Stay away From Lightning's girl ♪
♪ And this part of town ♪
♪ Stay away From Lightning's girl ♪
♪ Or he'll put you down ♪
♪ (INTENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪