1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:10,000 This film contains very strong language 2 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,840 MUSIC: "Things Have Changed" by Bob Dylan 3 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,720 # A worried man with a worried mind 4 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,720 # No-one in front of me and nothing behind 5 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:32,720 # There's a woman on my lap 6 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,760 # And she's drinking champagne 7 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,040 # Got white skin Got assassin's eyes 8 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,280 # I'm looking up into the sapphire tinted skies 9 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,080 # I'm well dressed 10 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,360 # Waiting on the last train 11 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,760 # Standing on the gallows with my head in the noose 12 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,360 # Any minute now, I'm expecting all hell to break loose 13 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,720 # People are crazy Times are strange 14 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,440 # I'm locked in tight I'm out of range 15 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,920 # I used to care but 16 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,440 # Things have changed. # 17 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,520 "The young girl sat perfectly still in the confessional, 18 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:57,000 "listening to her father's boots scrape like chalk on the ancient steps of the church, 19 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,000 "then grow faint, then disappear altogether. 20 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,480 "She could sense the priest..." 21 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,040 'On that particular Friday afternoon last February, 22 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:11,040 'I was reading a story to my advanced writers' workshop by one James Leer, 23 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,840 'junior lit major and sole inhabitant of his own gloomy gulag.' 24 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,080 "She bit the flesh of her lip, closed her eyes. 25 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,120 "Mute." 26 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,160 'James's stories were as sunny as his disposition. 27 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,160 'I was distracted. 28 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,640 'Maybe it was to do with the fact that my wife had left me that morning.' 29 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:36,120 So, anyone... 30 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,120 'Maybe not. Wives had left me before. 31 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:44,160 'As usual, James's classmates, aware of the writer's inherent vulnerability, 32 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,200 'offered their sensitive, gentle opinions.' 33 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,000 I mean, Jesus! What is it with you Catholics? 34 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,080 LAUGHTER 35 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,080 All right. All right. 36 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,080 Let's try to be constructive here, shall we? 37 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,960 Howard, what about you? 38 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:04,080 I hated it. His stories make me want to kill myself. 39 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,840 That's not exactly what I meant by being constructive. 40 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,880 Yes, Hannah? 41 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,880 I think maybe we're missing the point. 42 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,640 'Hannah Green, a talented writer who rented a room in my house, and I knew her to be 43 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:26,760 'insightful, kind and compulsively clad in red cowboy boots. 44 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,480 'I had never once seen her without them.' 45 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,520 He respects us enough to forget us, and that takes courage. 46 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,320 Well put, Hannah. 47 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,320 And a good note to end on, I think. 48 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,240 Don't forget Wordfest this weekend. 49 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,960 And those of you who are driving VIPs to the cocktail party this evening 50 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:48,320 should have them at the Chancellor's house no later than 5.30. 51 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,680 Thank you for that. Is he all right? 52 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,400 I think so. How about you? 53 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,560 Me? Yeah. Why? 54 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,600 Just checking. 55 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,880 Turn off the light, please. 56 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:24,960 'It felt good to be in the car, alone, where I could clear my head. 57 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,280 'Tonight was the opening of Wordfest, 58 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:35,320 'the university's annual three-day gabathon for writers and wannabes. 59 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,320 'My editor, Terry Crabtree, was flying in for the event. 60 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,320 'He alone had championed my last novel, Arsonist's Daughter. 61 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,320 'Its critical success had put us both on the map. 62 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:51,400 'But that was seven years ago, and I still hadn't finished my follow-up. 63 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:55,160 'I knew Terry didn't care about Wordfest. He was coming to town 64 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,400 'to get a look at my long overdue book. 65 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,400 'I had to keep him at bay.' 66 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,160 Ah, Tripp. Crabtree, how are you, my friend? 67 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,200 Good to see you, Tripp. Let me help you with this. 68 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,440 Say hello to my new friend 69 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,720 Miss Antonia... Sloviak. 70 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,520 Nice to meet you. This way. 71 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,480 I invited Antonia to the festival. The more the merrier. 72 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,960 Terry was telling me about you on the plane. It was so interesting. 73 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:30,120 I was explaining what you do as a writer, what I do as an editor. 74 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,200 I sweat blood for five years and he corrects my spelling. 75 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,800 Exactly what he said. We know each other pretty well. 76 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,080 And actually it's seven years. 77 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:45,680 You know how many times I've boarded an airplane praying some gal like her is sitting beside me? 78 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,080 She's a transvestite. You're stoned! She's still a transvestite. 79 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,040 So, how's the book? Er... 80 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,920 it's fine. It's done, basically. 81 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,200 I got a little tinkering still to do. 82 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,720 Great. Great. I was hoping I could get a look at it over the weekend. 83 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,200 I'm at a critical juncture. I thought you were tinkering. 84 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,080 Well, I am, but I got details to work on and... 85 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:14,480 I'm not gonna pressure you. I mean, I get pressure, you know? I get... 86 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,440 Know what I mean? 87 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,240 What the hell in the hootenanny d'you suppose that would be? 88 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,760 That would be a tuba. 89 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,160 Did you actually purchase this car? 90 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,640 No. I got it from Jerry Nathan. He owed me some money. 91 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,760 He owes God money. Including my commission on his faux novel. 92 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:41,280 Your perfume, Antonia, that wouldn't happen to be Cristalle, would it? 93 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:44,520 Um, yes, it is. How did you know? 94 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,360 Lucky guess. 95 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:52,360 'The Wordfest kick-off party was always held at Sara and Walter Gaskell's house. 96 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,680 'She was the chancellor, which meant she oversaw the university. 97 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:02,520 'Her husband, Dr Gaskell, was the chairman of the English department, which meant he oversaw me.' 98 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,640 Isn't that a nice greenhouse? 99 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:13,120 It's Mrs Gaskell's. It's her hobby. I thought you were her hobby. 100 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,720 Piss off, will you? I lost a wife today. 101 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,800 Ah, you'll find another. She'll be young, beautiful. 102 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,840 They always are. 103 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,600 Oh, hello, everyone. Terry, good to see you again. 104 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,880 Chancellor, don't you look ravishing? 105 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:33,640 Easy! 106 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:38,840 Oh, I'm sorry. It's these goddamn shoes. I don't know how anyone can walk in them. 107 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,240 Practice. 108 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,560 I don't believe we've met. 109 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,960 Antonia Sloviak. 110 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,960 GROWLING 111 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:47,560 Poe. 112 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:48,640 Poe. 113 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,080 Poe! 114 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,000 Stop it! Poe! 115 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,400 That wouldn't be Walter's dog? 116 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,400 POE! 117 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,400 DOG BARKS 118 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,480 Who's he barking at now? Still barking at me. He's blind. 119 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,880 Stop this. 120 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,840 Honestly! 121 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,200 I need to talk to you. I need to talk to you, too. 122 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,440 Help me take these coats to the upstairs guest room. 123 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,560 I'd be happy to, if I knew where the upstairs guest room was. 124 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,080 I could show you. 125 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:17,680 Terry? 126 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:22,520 Yeah. We'll make ourselves at home. Poe can show us around. Thanks. 127 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:35,080 That's new, isn't it? Walter just got it from the framer. 128 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:39,640 You first. 129 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,120 HE SIGHS 130 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,120 This morning... 131 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,160 I'm pregnant. 132 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:50,600 I'm sure. 133 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:58,560 Well, that's... 134 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:01,400 that's very surprising. 135 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:05,360 Does Walter know that, er...? 136 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,720 I think Walter would find this a little more than surprising. 137 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,360 Emily left me this morning. 138 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,400 She's left before. 139 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:27,200 She's left the room before, but she's always come back. 140 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,200 So... 141 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:38,440 ..I guess we just divorce our spouses, marry each other and have this baby, right? 142 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,240 Simple. 143 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,280 Yeah. Right. It's simple, ain't it? 144 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,880 Is that Cristalle? 145 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:52,520 Uh-huh. 146 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,240 Oh, God! I wear the same scent as a transvestite. 147 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,240 She is a transvestite, isn't she? 148 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,720 If she's not now, Terry will make sure she is by the end of the night. 149 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,520 Has he asked you about the book yet? 150 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,000 Yes. 151 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,040 And? 152 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:14,360 Are you gonna tell him? 153 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,640 No. Maybe. I don't know what I'm gonna do. 154 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,120 Me, either. 155 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:27,760 DiMaggio's record of hits in consecutive games is probably the most impressive feat in sports, 156 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,160 and will never be broken. 157 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:35,160 Come here, big guy. His condition's so sad. But even blind, he still gets around. 158 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,160 'I don't drink. 159 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:42,000 'Normally. But this was turning out to be one fucked up day. 160 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,320 'And now I found myself in close proximity to Sara's husband 161 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,840 'and his dog, Poe.' 162 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,360 I see you've met my friend. She's charming. 163 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,720 'Despite his Harvard education, 164 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,960 'Dr Walter Gaskell didn't have a clue about his wife and me.' 165 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:02,040 DiMaggio represented, metaphorically, husband as slugger. 166 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:07,000 Poe had been on to me since day one. DOG GROWLS 167 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,240 ..Every woman in some way desires to be Marilyn Monroe. 168 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,800 Oh, I couldn't agree more. 169 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,000 I've had a lot of success... 170 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,600 'Q. 171 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,840 'Q was rich. Q was famous. 172 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,960 'Q completed a novel every 18 months. 173 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:26,920 'I hated him!' 174 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:31,880 My finest work vanished in less than five. So I find myself conflicted. 175 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,320 Ask him if he's conflicted about his house in the Hamptons. 176 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,280 Grady. Well. 177 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,560 Q, for your information, 178 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:42,400 Hannah has two stories published in the Paris Review, 179 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,680 so you better dust off your A material. 180 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:48,360 You didn't tell me you were a writer. 181 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,360 You didn't ask. 182 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,760 And the adaptation? More literary than cinematic. 183 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,720 Grady? Douglas Triddley. Amherst. 184 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:01,720 I've had Arsonist's Daughter on my graduate studies syllabus three years running. 185 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,520 No wonder it's still in print. 186 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,160 Long time since Arsonist's Daughter. 187 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,360 There you are. 188 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:32,640 I could have sworn I had a bottle of 1975 Lafite Rothschild for Q. 189 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,440 Given that he's addressing 500 people in less than an hour... 190 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,480 You wanna keep Q happy. If he's happy, I'm happy. 191 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:44,880 CLICK 192 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,880 James? 193 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,640 It's fake. 194 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,440 It was my mother's. She won it in a penny arcade 195 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,440 in Baltimore when she went to Catholic school. 196 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,160 Well, that's very convincing. 197 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:22,400 I used to shoot these little paper caps. But they don't make them any more. It's just for good luck. 198 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,400 Some people carry rabbit's feet. 199 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,440 You carry firearms. 200 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:33,000 No, thank you. I don't like to lose control of my emotions. 201 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,480 I'm not supposed to be here, in case you're wondering. 202 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:43,600 But the other night, I was out with Hannah at the movies, and she asked me, so I ended up coming, too. 203 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,760 You and Hannah, you're seeing each other? 204 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,680 No! What gave you that idea? James, relax. 205 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:54,880 I'm not her father. I just rent her a room. She likes old movies like I do, that's all. 206 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:59,960 What's the movie you guys saw? Son Of Fury, with Tyrone Power and Frances Farmer. 207 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:03,600 She went crazy, Frances Farmer. 208 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,080 So did Jean Tierney. She's in it. 209 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,440 Sounds like a good one. Wasn't bad. 210 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:15,200 You're not like my other teachers, Professor Tripp. 211 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,960 You're not like my other students, James. 212 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,280 Look, James, 213 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,680 about this afternoon at workshop, I'm sorry. 214 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:27,160 I let things get out of hand. They really hated it. 215 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:31,280 I think they hated it more than any of the other ones. Well... 216 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,440 It only took me an hour. 217 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,840 Really? That's remarkable. 218 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,320 I have trouble sleeping, 219 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,480 and while I'm lying in bed, I figure them out, the stories. 220 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:44,960 HE SHIVERS 221 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,840 You cold, James? A little. 222 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,800 Why don't we go inside? 223 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,280 It's colder in there. 224 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,840 I guess you're right. 225 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:57,960 Actually, I saw the greenhouse. 226 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:02,520 I thought I'd come outside and take a look at it. Looks like heaven. 227 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,320 Looks like heaven? 228 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,640 I saw a movie once. 229 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,000 Part of it took place in heaven. Everyone wore white, 230 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,480 lived in crystal houses like that. 231 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,960 I really should be going. 232 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,160 Goodbye, Professor Tripp. Hey, James? 233 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,680 James, don't go. No. There's something I want you to see. 234 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,640 I'll miss my bus. 235 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,800 It's worth it. 236 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,840 Trust me. 237 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,200 Let me help you. 238 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,760 Thank you, dear. Thank you. 239 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,480 C'mon. 240 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,040 Hey, you two. 241 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:54,520 James, are you riding with me? I'm going home. He's going with me. 242 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,800 Why don't you take Crabtree and his friend? All right? 243 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,240 All right. Where are they? Here we are. 244 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,640 Hmm. Well, 245 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:06,640 hello there. 246 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,680 James, 247 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,400 this is my editor, Terry Crabtree. James. 248 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,280 James'll know about George Sanders. George Sanders? 249 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,280 Mr Crabtree said he killed himself only couldn't remember how. 250 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,600 Pills. April 25, 1972, in a Costa Brava hotel room. 251 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,720 How comprehensive of you. 252 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,240 James knows all the movie suicides. Tell 'em. 253 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,840 There are so many. The big ones. 254 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,120 Pier Angeli, 255 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,800 1971 or '72, also pills. Donald "Red" Barry 256 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,400 shot himself in 1980. Charles Boyer, 1978, 257 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:43,720 pills again. Charles Butterworth, 1946, I think. In a car. 258 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,120 Supposedly it was an accident but, you know, he was distraught. 259 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:52,320 Dorothy Dandridge, pills, 1965. Albert Dekker, 1968. 260 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,280 He hung himself. Wrote a suicide note on his stomach. 261 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,120 William Inge, carbon monoxide, 1973. Carole Landis, pills. 262 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:03,120 I forget when. George Reeves, Superman on TV, shot himself. 263 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:07,640 Jean Seberg, pills, of course, 1979. 264 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:07,640 Everett Sloane...he was good. 265 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,600 Pills. Margaret Sullavan, pills. 266 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:16,160 Lupe Velez, a lot of pills. Gig Young. He shot himself and his wife in 1978. There are tons more. 267 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,920 I don't know half. You did 'em alphabetically. 268 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,120 Just how my brain works, I guess. Fascinating. 269 00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:25,760 Come out with us. There's this place I get Tripp to take me. 270 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,200 I wanna go home. Don't be silly. 271 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:34,520 No-one your age just wants to go home. Besides, faculty will be present. Consider it a field trip. 272 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:59,440 Is that really it? That's really it. 273 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,960 The one she wore on her wedding day. 274 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,400 So I'm told. 275 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,960 Go ahead. 276 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,440 Really? 277 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,480 Really. 278 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,800 She was small. 279 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,720 Most people don't know that. 280 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,800 The shoulders are so small. 281 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,000 Looks so perfect. 282 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,200 I'll bet it's the only time she wore it, 283 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,200 that day. 284 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,560 She must have felt... 285 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,600 so happy. 286 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,440 Must have cost Dr Gaskell a lot. 287 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,440 I guess. 288 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:02,200 Walter never tells the truth about how much he pays for these things. 289 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:06,240 You're really good friends with the Chancellor, aren't you? 290 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,040 Pretty good. 291 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,360 I'm friends with her husband, too. 292 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:17,760 I guess you must be if you know the combination to his closet 293 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,240 and he doesn't mind you being in here, in their bedroom. 294 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,840 Right. 295 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:24,320 DOOR CLOSES 296 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,040 DISTANT VOICES 297 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,960 Stay close to me in case it gets slippy, OK? 298 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:39,960 We better skedaddle. 299 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,800 James... 300 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,960 You all right, James? 301 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:54,960 Oh, 302 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,480 I'm sorry, Professor Tripp. 303 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,840 Maybe it's... 304 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,320 ..seeing that jacket that belonged to her. 305 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,480 It just looks really lonely... 306 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,800 ..hanging there in a closet. 307 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,680 Maybe I'm just a little sad tonight. 308 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,000 I'm a little sad tonight, too, James. 309 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,720 You mean with your wife leaving you, and all? 310 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,920 Hannah mentioned something about it. 311 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,920 Yeah, well, it's complicated, James. 312 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,640 I think we should go now. 313 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,320 SNIFFING 314 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,200 DOG SNIFFS 315 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,360 DOG GROWLS 316 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,880 DOG SNIFFS AND GROWLS 317 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,840 Easy. Easy. Good boy, 318 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,440 Poe. Good boy. Easy, Poe. 319 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:22,760 Easy. 320 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,520 Good dog. 321 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,480 Christ! Get off! 322 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,800 Son of a bitch! Get off! 323 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,960 GUNSHOT 324 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,160 Shit, James! 325 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,000 You shot Dr Gaskell's dog! 326 00:21:55,800 --> 00:22:00,120 But I had to, didn't I? You could have pulled him off me. 327 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:03,920 No. The dog was crazy. He was attacking you! 328 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,360 Calm down, James. Don't freak out, all right? 329 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,560 OK. All right. 330 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:17,040 Do you have a mirror? It's the best way to see if someone's breathing. 331 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,360 The dog is dead. Believe me. 332 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:22,400 I know a dead dog when I see one. 333 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,000 Shit! Oh. 334 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,240 What are we supposed to do now? 335 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,720 First, you're gonna give me that little cap gun of yours. 336 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,360 C'mon. 337 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,520 Professor Tripp, what are we gonna do with... 338 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,040 it? 339 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,680 I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out 340 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,960 how to tell the Chancellor I murdered her husband's dog. 341 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,240 You? 342 00:22:54,240 --> 00:23:00,840 When a pet's been killed, the owner does not want to hear that one of her students was the trigger man. 343 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,640 Does she want to hear it was one of her professors? 344 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,960 I've got tenure. 345 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,840 Er, hang on. 346 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,560 It's still warm! 347 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,080 Let's try feet first. 348 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:35,760 Yuk! 349 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,560 That is a big trunk. It holds a tuba, 350 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,120 a suitcase, a dead dog and a garment bag almost perfectly. 351 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,960 That's just what they used to say in the ads. 352 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,760 Crabtree, I know you're holding. Whose tuba is that? 353 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,880 Miss Sloviak's. 354 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,680 Can I ask you something about her? Yes, she is. 355 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,280 Is your friend, Crabtree, is he gay? 356 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,760 Mostly. Some of the time, he isn't. 357 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,280 What do we have here? 358 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,000 This looks like... 359 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,040 It's our old friend Mr Codeine. 360 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,360 That should take the old pinch out of the ankle. Want one? 361 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:15,600 No, thanks. I'm fine without them. Right. 362 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:19,320 That's why you were in the back yard spinning that cap gun - you're fine. 363 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,520 Yeah, you're fit as a fucking fiddle. 364 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,720 HE GASPS 365 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,840 I'm sorry, James. I'm sorry I said that. 366 00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:57,640 How about we try that again? 367 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,320 'It is a great pleasure to introduce best-selling author 368 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:09,520 'Quentin Morewood, known to his friends simply as Q.' 369 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,560 APPLAUSE 370 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,480 I am a writer. 371 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,320 APPLAUSE 372 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,720 As a writer, 373 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:40,440 you learn that everyone has a story. Every bartender, every taxi driver 374 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,000 has an idea that would make 375 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:47,960 a great book. Presumably each of you has an idea. But how do you get from there 376 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,760 to here? What is the bridge 377 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,880 from the water's edge of inspiration to the far shore of accomplishment? 378 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,920 HE LAUGHS WILDLY 379 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:07,960 Faith. 380 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,880 Faith that your story 381 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:18,040 is worth the telling. Faith that you have the wherewithal to tell it, and faith 382 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:23,640 that the carefully woven structure that you create won't collapse beneath you. 383 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:29,480 And faith that when you get to the other side, there will be someone waiting 384 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,720 who gives a damn about your tale. 385 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,160 I'll be back in a minute. 386 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,880 I worship at the shrine of formal construction. 387 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,800 LECTURE CONTINUES DISTANTLY 388 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,200 Grady? 389 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,440 Grady? 390 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,760 You had another one again, didn't you? 391 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,760 Is the thing... 392 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,600 ..is it over? 393 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,600 Almost. 394 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,640 Wanna sit up? 395 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,480 HE GASPS 396 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,480 What's wrong? 397 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,360 Nothing. I just twisted... 398 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,160 Sara, there's something I gotta tell you. 399 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,680 Something hard. 400 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,880 Stand up, then. I'm too old for rolling around. 401 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,680 Give me a hand. 402 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,560 Well, you see.. Don't. 403 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,360 I know what you're gonna say. I don't think you do. 404 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:17,360 You love Emily. She's young, beautiful, your wife. You have to stay with her. 405 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:21,080 But I don't have a choice. Emily left me. 406 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,640 She'll come back. 407 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,120 That's why I'm going to... 408 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:28,640 to not have this baby. 409 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,960 You're not gonna have it? 410 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,160 No. There's no way. I mean... 411 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,640 Don't you think there's no way? 412 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:50,560 Well, I don't see any... If I didn't know what it means to you... 413 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:56,720 No, you don't. Fuck you for saying you do. Fuck you for saying there's no way, cos there could be a way. 414 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,400 DISTANT APPLAUSE 415 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,000 They must be finished. We should go. 416 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,080 Whose gun is that? 417 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,880 A souvenir from Baltimore. 418 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,880 It's heavy. Smells like gunpowder. Caps. 419 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,280 Pow. 420 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,280 You got me. 421 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,800 I love you, Grady. 422 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,240 Oh, the doors made so much noise. 423 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,160 He was so embarrassing. They had to carry him out. 424 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,160 Is he all right? Fine. 425 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:02,080 They were going to the men's room, but would they make it in time? 426 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,560 Terry Crabtree and James Leer. 427 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,720 Leave it to you to make that mistake. 428 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,760 Wait here. 429 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,480 I need a ride. I'm your man. 430 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,840 There's an explanation. 431 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,960 Couldn't you have just thrown a shoe at the poor thing? 432 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,640 Antonia, listen... Tony. Now that I'm home. 433 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:42,600 Tony... sorry tonight didn't work out 434 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,320 the way you'd hoped to with Terry. Forget it. 435 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:50,040 Your friend is just - I don't know - 436 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:50,040 into collecting weird tricks. 437 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,520 I think he'd call it habit. 438 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:56,000 But I do get the feeling he's going through the motions. 439 00:30:56,000 --> 00:31:00,520 Because his career's ruined? Jesus! Is that what he told you? 440 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,520 He said he hasn't had a success in over five years 441 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,600 and everyone in New York thinks he's kind of a loser. 442 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:12,400 But he said he's sure your book's so good that he'll be able 443 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:18,680 to keep his job, and you're not one of those writers who has a success, freezes up, and never has another. 444 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,840 You can turn here. 445 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:33,440 Gotta go. I think I may have to rescue James Leer. 446 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:38,760 Maybe you should think about going home. You look like you need a little rescuing yourself. 447 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,600 SOUL MUSIC PLAYS 448 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,040 OK, Grady? How are you? 449 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,200 Double Dickel on the rocks, please. I'm over here. 450 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,800 Double Dickel. 451 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,640 Is that just beer? 452 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:18,680 Primarily. Although I gather the two of you staged a raid on the Crabtree pharmacopeia. 453 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,760 Where is everybody? 454 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:24,960 Sara and Walter declined. They just wanna curl up on the couch with Poe. 455 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,040 Jesus! He's out! 456 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:37,520 He has a book. Yeah. Started it in fall semester. Finished it winter break. 457 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:44,400 So, is he any good? No. Not yet, he isn't. 458 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:49,640 Well, I'm gonna read it anyway. C'mon! He's one of my students! 459 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,120 Besides, I'm not sure if he's... 460 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,680 He is. I'm sure. I see myself in him. 461 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,480 I'm sure you do! But it's more complicated than that. 462 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,080 He's a little scattered. He almost did something stupid. 463 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:07,520 He doesn't need sexual confusion 464 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:07,520 to mix up the stew. 465 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:07,520 I think it might be just the ticket. 466 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,920 Double Dickel on the rocks. 467 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,880 Oola. 468 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,880 Thanks, Oola. 469 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,680 Cheers. Cheers. 470 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,520 Oh, my goodness! Do you see what I see? 471 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,520 Right there. Let's go. You first. 472 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:32,120 President of the James Brown Hair Club For Men. 473 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,600 He's a boxer. A flyweight. 474 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:38,480 No. He's a jockey. His name is Curtis Hardapple. Not Curtis. 475 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,680 OK. Vernon. Vernon Hardapple. The scars are from 476 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:46,720 a horse. He fell during a race. He's addicted to painkillers. Yeah. 477 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:51,400 Lives with his mother. That's right! He's got a younger brother who's... 478 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:56,720 Who's a groom named Claudelle, and his mother blames Vernon for Claudelle's death. 479 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,960 Right! Because... 480 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,000 Because... Because why? 481 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:08,680 He was killed when a gangster named 482 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:08,680 Freddy Nostrils tried to shoot 483 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:08,680 his favourite horse. 484 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,680 Claudelle took the bullet himself. 485 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,000 Vernon, 486 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,160 over there, was in on the hit. 487 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,160 That was good. 488 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,200 Yeah. He heard everything we said. 489 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,160 C'mon, Teach. I want you to dance with me. 490 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:29,480 No. 491 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,480 C'mon. 492 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,400 So I've been rereading Arsonist's Daughter. 493 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,360 It's so beautiful, Grady. 494 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,360 So natural. 495 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:50,040 It's like all your sentences always existed, waiting up there in style heaven for you to fetch them down. 496 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,600 I thank you. I love the inscription you wrote to me. 497 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:58,240 Only, I'm not quite the downy innocent you think I am. 498 00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:01,240 I hope that's not true. 499 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:04,280 We need all the downy innocents we can get. 500 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:17,280 What this boy could use is a nice, tall Coca-Cola. 501 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,920 Let me help. We got him. Meet you at the car. 502 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:26,680 Oh, I see. All right. Give me the keys to the trunk, will you? I gotta my property outta there. 503 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,160 The trunk's sticky. I gotta do it. 504 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,200 Whatever. 505 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,800 Professor Tripp! 506 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:39,440 When you get James to the apartment, make sure he's OK before you leave. 507 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,240 I would if I knew where I was taking him. 508 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:45,240 You telling me you don't know where James lives? 509 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:48,120 Some apartment somewhere. I've never seen it. 510 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,120 Strikes me as very odd. Well, James is odd. 511 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:57,760 His aunt lives in Sewickly Heights, I dropped him there once. It wasn't even his aunt's house. I don't know. 512 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,240 I need my knapsack. 513 00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:02,240 What's he saying? 514 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:05,760 His bag. That ugly green thing he always carries. 515 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,680 He must have left it inside. Oh, shit! 516 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,680 He left it at Thaw, the auditorium. 517 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,400 Knapsack! All right. Let him crash at my house. 518 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:21,440 Where should I put him? The shape he's in, you can stand him up in the garage and he'd be OK. 519 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,320 Grady, if you wanna talk later, I'll be up. 520 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,840 Hey, the trunk. You're killing me. I'm gonna get it. 521 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,200 You're killing me! 522 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,520 You driving this car? 523 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:55,000 This 1966 maroon Ford Galaxy 500, you driving this car? 524 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,920 This is my car. Bullshit! It's mine, motherfucker! 525 00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,920 You're mistaken. Bullshit! 526 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:04,160 Who is that? Vernon, go home to your mother. 527 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,800 What are you looking at? Looking at you, fella! 528 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:12,720 Hit it, will you? C'mon, killjoy! Go. Can we go now, grandmother? 529 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:15,320 What's with you? I wonder. 530 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,880 The kid was comatose. Who started that? 531 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,320 I was trying to calm him down! You calmed him down! 532 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,600 Grady! What? Hit the brakes! Stop the car! 533 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,360 Whooh! Stop! Hey! 534 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,400 What's his problem? Back up! 535 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,000 Hey! 536 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,120 Go round him. 537 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,600 I'm stopping you! I don't think so! 538 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,760 Whooh! 539 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,440 Come back here! 540 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,080 What's this? One-way, guy. 541 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:48,480 Whooh! 542 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,880 Go, go, go! 543 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,760 Look out. He's back. 544 00:37:56,680 --> 00:38:00,160 Now what? You owe him a book, too? 545 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,720 Could always drive over him. 546 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,360 What the hell was that? 547 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,880 I just got my hood jumped on. 548 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:31,240 Wait here. I'll be right back. Where would we go? 549 00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:34,080 FLOOR POLISHER WHIRRS 550 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,520 Hold on a second. 551 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,240 Professor Tripp. 552 00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:02,000 I guess you're here for the backpack. It's Traxler. Sam. 553 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:09,280 I saw the manuscript inside, 554 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:09,280 so when you showed up, I figured... 555 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,000 'The Love Parade. 556 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,000 'So it was true. The little prick had finished his book.' 557 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:23,120 Is it good? I don't know. Might be. 558 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:36,560 'So there it was. 559 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:41,560 'Somewhere in the night, a Manhattan book editor was prowling the streets of Pittsburgh, 560 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:46,320 'best-selling author at his side, dead dog in his trunk.' 561 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,800 Say, Professor Tripp, 562 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,040 is all that stuff true about Errol Flynn? 563 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,880 How he used to put paprika on his dick, 564 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,800 to make it...you know, like... 565 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:02,440 more stimulating for the chick? 566 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:07,160 Christ, Traxler, how the hell should I know? 567 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,920 You're reading his biography, aren't you? 568 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:13,480 Oh! 569 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:19,560 No, it's true. He used to rub all sorts of things on it. 570 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:23,160 Um, salad dressing, ground lamb. 571 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:27,400 Sick! 572 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:32,440 'Whenever I wondered what Sara saw in me, 573 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,440 'and I wondered more than once, 574 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:39,440 'I always came back to the fact that she loved to read. 575 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:44,280 'She read everything, every spare moment. She was a junkie for the printed word. 576 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:48,560 'And lucky for me, I manufactured her drug of choice.' 577 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,960 Is that your wife? 578 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:54,920 No. My wife's out of town. 579 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,480 What exactly are we doing here, 580 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:04,640 Professor Tripp? Taking the long way home. 581 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,680 Take it easy, Professor Tripp. Thanks for the ride. 582 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,880 Hell! 583 00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:40,280 HE YAWNS 584 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:11,880 'I told myself I needed to put everything aside for now, 585 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:16,440 'Emily, Sara, the purloined jacket and the dead dog, and work on my book. 586 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:19,240 'It had started out as a small book... 587 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:24,960 '..probably about 250, 588 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,920 '300 pages. 589 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:34,320 'It had gotten a little larger in scope. 590 00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:45,800 'And the ending, it kept getting further away. 591 00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:53,480 'But the ending was there. I knew it. 592 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,000 'I could almost see it.' 593 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,520 James. 594 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:09,240 I'm OK. I just lost my balance. 595 00:44:09,240 --> 00:44:11,520 I put you on the floor. 596 00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,040 Oh. Thank you. 597 00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:18,320 I thought you might swallow your tongue or something. 598 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:25,240 I guess you must really miss her. Huh? 599 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:27,520 Oh, this. No. 600 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:30,520 No, I just write in this. This wasn't Emily's. 601 00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,120 I guess there's a story behind that. 602 00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:36,880 There is, but it's not very interesting. 603 00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:44,880 Is all of that single space? 604 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,440 I'm afraid so. Yeah. 605 00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:50,240 That's a really big book you're writing. 606 00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:53,920 Wow. Hannah always swore you were working but... 607 00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:55,880 But? 608 00:44:55,880 --> 00:45:00,360 Nothing. It's just, it's been a while since Arsonist's Daughter, 609 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,440 and some people, some of the kids in workshop thought 610 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:07,120 maybe you were... Washed up? 611 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:08,520 Blocked. 612 00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:12,240 Hm. Well, I don't believe in writer's block. 613 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,200 No kidding. 614 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:18,000 PHONE RINGS 615 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:18,000 You want me to get that? 616 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,000 Please, could you? 617 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,520 Glasses. Thank you. 618 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,280 He didn't give his name. Who? 619 00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:40,680 The guy on the phone. What did he want? 620 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:47,120 He wanted to know if a Grady Tripp lived here and drove a maroon 1966 Ford Galaxy 500 with black interior. 621 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,400 What'd you tell him? Yes. 622 00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,600 Oh, good, James. 623 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,440 I just thought maybe... 624 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,440 WHISTLING 625 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,440 Morning, boys. 626 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,400 Morning, James. 627 00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:02,920 Good morning. 628 00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:07,360 Jamie, Jamie, Jamie, Jamie. I'm gonna take a shower. 629 00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,400 HE WHISTLES 630 00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:12,520 Professor Tripp? 631 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:15,840 Hm? How did I get here last night? 632 00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:20,200 No-one knows where you live, James. Hannah thought you'd like my couch. 633 00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:23,600 And before that, did I do anything? 634 00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,840 I mean, did I do anything bad? 635 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:31,840 Well, James, you did shoot the head of the English department's dog 636 00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:34,600 and steal his most prized piece of memorabilia. 637 00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:03,600 Ah, shit! 638 00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:06,120 Do yourself a favour. Hide. 639 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:08,720 Hide. 640 00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:13,160 Morning. Morning. 641 00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:19,800 Professor Tripp? That's right. 642 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:24,720 I understand you attended an event at Sara and Walter Gaskell's house last night. 643 00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:26,600 What's this about? 644 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,400 Somebody pulled a B&E on Dr Gaskell's closet, 645 00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:34,920 and the dog's missing. I was just wondering if you saw someone who seemed suspicious maybe? 646 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:39,040 I wouldn't say there was anybody particularly suspicious. 647 00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:45,840 About this kid, a student of yours, James Leer. Would you happen to know how I could get in touch with him? 648 00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,800 I think I have his number on campus. 649 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:52,360 That's all right. We'll find him. 650 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:55,200 Morning. You have a good one. 651 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:01,800 There you are. 652 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:06,800 I thought we were going to talk. 653 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:06,800 PHONE RINGS 654 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:06,800 Professor Tripp? 655 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,840 I heard what he said. 656 00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:12,080 What time's breakfast?! What do we do now? Just... 657 00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:15,080 Just one minute. Hello? Grady. 658 00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:19,640 Sara. Thank God you're there. You won't believe what's happened. 659 00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:23,160 Could you hold on just a minute, honey? 660 00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:31,800 Can I ask you something, Professor? Sure, James. 661 00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,800 Where are we going? 662 00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,800 Well, there's a few things I gotta do today. 663 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:39,560 See my wife. The one that left you? 664 00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:41,560 Yes, that's the one. 665 00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,560 Oh, shit! Oh! 666 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,400 Son of a bitch! 667 00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:49,920 You're bleeding, Professor Tripp. No shit, James. 668 00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:58,440 So, where exactly do you live, James? 669 00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:01,000 Not even Hannah Green has a clue 670 00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:04,080 as to the location of your apartment. 671 00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,080 I got kicked out. 672 00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:10,320 Well, not exactly kicked out. I was asked to leave. 673 00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,880 Guess there's probably a story there. 674 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,720 There is, but it's not very interesting. 675 00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:18,200 So, where are you staying? 676 00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,680 At the... 677 00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:24,080 the, er, bus station. 678 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:30,400 It's not so bad. I know the night janitor. There's a broken locker I can put my stuff. 679 00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:34,280 Jesus, James. 680 00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:36,760 I mean, er, how long? 681 00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:41,760 Couple of weeks. That's why I have the gun, for protection. 682 00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,640 You should have told someone. 683 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,280 Who? I don't know. 684 00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,320 Me? 685 00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:57,520 'James's story was the stuff of bad fiction. Under other circumstances, 686 00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:02,560 'I might have wondered where the page ended with him and real life began, 687 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:05,400 'but I had other things on my mind. 688 00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:15,760 'The Gaskell house looked deserted, which figured, since Wordfest was in full swing on campus.' 689 00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:19,240 What are we... Ease off on that stuff. It's acidic. 690 00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:22,400 I can't help myself. I don't know what's up. 691 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:26,040 James, you're hung over. What do you think's up? 692 00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:31,080 I'll be right back. 693 00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:40,680 I knew I needed to have a heart-to-heart with Sara. 694 00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:44,760 But until then, I'd just make a little gesture. 695 00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:51,560 Feeling guilty? Agh! 696 00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:55,880 I can't believe you hung up on me. 697 00:50:55,880 --> 00:51:00,440 Sara, I am so sorry about this morning. There was a lot going on. 698 00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:06,360 Walter's a basket case. Someone stole Marilyn's jacket last night. And Poe's missing. 699 00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:09,360 I heard. You heard? How? 700 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:12,880 A 12-year-old policeman came by my house this morning. 701 00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:15,800 Did you confess? Your prints were in the bedroom. 702 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:18,320 Really? That was fast. 703 00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:20,320 I'm joking. Hello! 704 00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:22,800 Oh, right, right. Right. 705 00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:27,160 About last night. There's something I have to talk to you about. 706 00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:28,680 OK. 707 00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:34,080 I... 708 00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:36,360 I, um... 709 00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,160 I wanna be with you. 710 00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:46,560 Gee, Grady, that sounded so heartfelt(!) 711 00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:50,560 Really, Sara, I do. No, I believe you wanna be with me, 712 00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:53,040 but that's just not good enough. 713 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:59,120 I know that. I know what's at stake. I don't think you do. It doesn't matter. I haven't decided yet. 714 00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,960 About the baby? That. 715 00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:03,760 And you. 716 00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:06,280 I'm not gonna draw you a map. 717 00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:09,320 Times like these, you have to do your own navigating. 718 00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:18,880 Why is your car over there? And who's that sitting in it? 719 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:20,840 James Leer. 720 00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:26,400 What's he doing here? I'm helping him through some issues. 721 00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:29,440 Isn't he lucky(?) 722 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:40,320 She seemed to take it pretty well. 723 00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:45,160 Yeah. Well, the moment didn't actually present itself. 724 00:52:47,720 --> 00:52:51,760 You feel like taking a ride, James? Yes. 725 00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:56,560 Humboldt County? 726 00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:58,480 Maybe. 727 00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:01,480 My father, he gets it from his doctor. 728 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:04,400 Glaucoma? Colon cancer. 729 00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:07,880 Jesus! James, wow. 730 00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:11,200 Bit of a scandal. My parents live in a small town. 731 00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:13,200 Where's that? Carvel. 732 00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:16,560 Carvel? Where's Carvel? Outside Scranton. 733 00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:19,560 I've never heard of it. 734 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:25,600 It's a hellhole. Three motels and a mannequin factory. My dad worked there for 35 years. 735 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,920 Your father worked in a mannequin factory? 736 00:53:28,920 --> 00:53:30,920 Seitz Plastics. 737 00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:37,000 It's where he met my mom. She was a fry cook in the cafeteria. Before that, she'd been a dancer. 738 00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:42,240 What kind of dancer? Whatever kind they wanted her to be. 739 00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:45,720 Didn't you say that your mom went to Catholic school? 740 00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:49,840 When we fall, we fall hard. 741 00:53:57,320 --> 00:54:01,280 I thought you didn't like to lose control of your emotions. 742 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:04,440 Maybe I just needed the moment to present itself. 743 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:11,960 BANGING 744 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:11,960 Hmmm. 745 00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:17,240 I had come to the childhood home of my soon to be ex-wife to set things straight, 746 00:54:17,240 --> 00:54:23,160 to say something that would end things on the right note, to make Emily feel better about it all, 747 00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:26,160 or maybe to make me feel better. 748 00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:30,160 Truthfully, I wasn't really sure why I was there. 749 00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:33,960 Someone jumped on your car with their butt. How can you tell? 750 00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:37,440 You can see the outline of a butt. You want one? 751 00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,000 They're incredible. Incredible! 752 00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:44,440 Smoke the rest of that joint, you can start chewing on the box. 753 00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:48,200 Maybe she didn't come here. She came here. 754 00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,600 We'll just wait. 755 00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:55,120 In the meantime, I'm gonna need you to shimmy right through there. 756 00:54:56,720 --> 00:55:00,480 Relax, James. Emily hasn't used her keys since she was 15 years old. 757 00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:02,760 Your hips aren't much bigger than hers. 758 00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:04,760 It's not that. 759 00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:07,760 Just reminded me of what's in the car. 760 00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:13,120 In the trunk? 761 00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:17,640 Oh, right. Right. 762 00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:20,480 Let's try not to think about that, OK? 763 00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:43,160 Thank you. 764 00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:47,520 It feels really good in here. 765 00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:49,520 Yeah, I know. 766 00:55:49,520 --> 00:55:54,800 It's the kinda house you like to wake up in on Christmas morning. 767 00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:01,120 I'll be right back. Make yourself at home. 768 00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:03,640 I'm gonna make a phone call. 769 00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:11,160 Ah. 770 00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:17,640 Hmm. 771 00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:31,240 There's no such thing as a good influence, Mr Gray. All influence is immoral. 772 00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:36,720 Why? Because the aim of life is self-development, to realise one's nature perfectly. 773 00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:41,280 That's what we're here for. A man should live out his life fully. 774 00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:44,360 Give form to every feeling, reality to every dream. 775 00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:47,200 'Sitting there among her things, 776 00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:50,680 'I was reminded I didn't really know Emily at all. 777 00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:54,160 'Even though we had lived together as man and wife, 778 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:59,480 'it was when I left the house, when I was with Sara, that I felt like I was home.' 779 00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:01,480 University? Chancellor, please. 780 00:57:01,480 --> 00:57:05,960 There's only one way to get rid of a temptation and that's yield to it. 781 00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:10,640 Resist it, the soul sickens, longing for things it has forbidden itself. 782 00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:12,360 Thank you. 783 00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:31,000 Hello? Sara? Hi, it's Grady. 784 00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:32,800 Where are you? 785 00:57:32,800 --> 00:57:36,280 Kinship. There's something I've got to talk to you about. 786 00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:39,080 You're in Kinship. Yes, but that's not why I'm calling. 787 00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:41,560 You're with Emily. What? 788 00:57:41,560 --> 00:57:45,760 No. There's no-one here. I'm just... Doing a little dusting? 789 00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,840 # Good morning 790 00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:49,920 # We've danced the whole night through 791 00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:54,040 # Good morning, good morning, to you 792 00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:58,320 # Good morning, good morning It's great to stay up late 793 00:57:58,320 --> 00:57:59,360 # Good morning... # 794 00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:02,680 Sara, I am not here... I am not here to, er, 795 00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:05,000 to reconcile with Emily. 796 00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:09,360 It doesn't matter. How you choose to live your life is your business. 797 00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:13,640 # So good morning, good morning 798 00:58:13,640 --> 00:58:15,640 # Sun beams will soon smile through... # 799 00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:18,120 Sara, you don't understand. 800 00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:21,120 Probably not. But I have something to say. 801 00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:24,000 I want you to listen carefully, Grady. 802 00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:26,240 Yes. 803 00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:31,240 I can't wait for you because if I do, I could end up waiting forever. 804 00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:35,040 So I'm going to make this decision on my own. 805 00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:37,080 Goodbye, Grady. 806 00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:43,240 Making a comeback. Gee, it must be terrible to be a has-been. 807 00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:46,520 Don't talk like that. It scares me. 808 00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:48,520 We gotta work hard. 809 00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:51,920 Make a lotta dough for our folks. 810 00:58:51,920 --> 00:58:53,360 Hello. 811 00:58:53,360 --> 00:58:56,040 Hi. 812 00:58:56,040 --> 00:59:00,880 Oh! It's infected. You need to see someone who knows what he's doing. 813 00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:06,240 How would you like some hot chocolate? And fresh cookies to go with it. 814 00:59:11,480 --> 00:59:13,960 DOG WHINES 815 00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:19,520 He's one of your students, this boy? Yeah, he's a good kid. 816 00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:23,120 He's just a little messed up. I'm sure he'll be fine, 817 00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:26,400 with the proper guidance. 818 00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:31,760 So, where's Emily, Hank? 819 00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:35,320 I don't know if I should tell you that, Grady. 820 00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:38,360 I don't wanna stalk her. I just wanna... 821 00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:40,520 wanna tell her that I'm sorry. 822 00:59:40,520 --> 00:59:45,160 I'm not trying to get her back. Things haven't been right for a while. 823 00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:49,640 All I know is, Emily felt you weren't there for her, 824 00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:54,360 that she's felt that for a long time. Right now, 825 00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:57,200 she's in Philadelphia visiting Linda Ashby. 826 00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:03,600 For Christ's sakes! They went to Wellesley together. Linda spent 827 01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:06,880 a week at your house. Oh, Linda. Oh. 828 01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:15,400 I haven't been sleeping lately. I got my editor in town. I'm trying to finish my book. 829 01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:17,600 Ah, right. The book. 830 01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:23,040 I hope it's really good, Grady. 831 01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:32,520 I'm having a really good time, Professor Tripp. 832 01:00:32,520 --> 01:00:36,000 I'm really happy for you, James. 833 01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:42,000 Do me a favour. Lay off my dope. 834 01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:45,280 That stuff's not for amateurs. 835 01:00:46,280 --> 01:00:48,760 You're mad at me, aren't you? 836 01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:51,960 You're mad because I shot your girlfriend's dog. 837 01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:54,440 It wasn't hers. It was her husband's. 838 01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:56,960 Who said anything about a girlfriend? 839 01:00:58,560 --> 01:01:02,040 OK, James. I wish you hadn't shot my girlfriend's dog. 840 01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:07,720 Even though Poe and I were not simpatico, that's no reason he should have taken two in the chest. 841 01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:12,000 I don't know. You just keep acting 842 01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:15,080 like a goddamn spook all the time, James. 843 01:01:15,080 --> 01:01:18,720 I guess that explains why the kids in workshop hate me. 844 01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:22,120 The kids in workshop hate you because right now, 845 01:01:22,120 --> 01:01:25,080 you are ten times the writer any one of them will ever be. 846 01:01:25,080 --> 01:01:28,960 My stuff stinks. You said so yourself last night 847 01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:33,200 to your friend Crabtree. I didn't mean it like that. 848 01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:35,680 What does it matter what I think? 849 01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:42,240 What does it matter what anybody thinks? Most people don't think. If they do, it's not about writing. 850 01:01:43,320 --> 01:01:46,240 Books, they don't mean anything. 851 01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:49,240 Not to anybody. 852 01:01:50,200 --> 01:01:53,080 Not any more. 853 01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:55,560 Arsonist's Daughter meant something. 854 01:01:55,560 --> 01:01:58,080 It meant something to me. 855 01:01:59,040 --> 01:02:03,280 It's the reason I came to school here, to be taught by you. 856 01:02:05,520 --> 01:02:09,120 It's one of the reasons I wanted to become a writer. 857 01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:13,200 Well, for that, James, 858 01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:15,600 if nothing else, 859 01:02:15,600 --> 01:02:18,440 I'm really sorry. 860 01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:27,440 What are we doing? 861 01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:32,440 I'll get you a nice meal, couple of cups of coffee, then I'm taking you home. 862 01:02:32,440 --> 01:02:35,640 Take me now. What? I'm not hungry. 863 01:02:35,640 --> 01:02:39,120 James, you gotta eat. I'll use the vending machine. 864 01:02:39,120 --> 01:02:41,000 What? 865 01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:45,480 At the bus station, they have cheese sandwiches. They're pretty good. 866 01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:48,480 Take me now, that way Carl won't get my spot. 867 01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:52,400 Carl? 868 01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:56,400 Never mind. James, go get us a table, will you? 869 01:02:56,400 --> 01:03:02,040 I'm not letting the most talented writer in my class eat some week-old cheese sandwich, OK? 870 01:03:02,040 --> 01:03:08,080 I'm not letting him sleep on some bench in a bus station, so go on inside. I'll be there in a minute. 871 01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:13,120 C-A-R-V-E-L. 872 01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:16,880 Yes, I'm sure, ma'am. It's outside of Scranton. 873 01:03:18,200 --> 01:03:21,200 You have no listing. 874 01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:23,440 OK. Well, 875 01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:28,160 lady, as we speak, I am looking at a resident of Carvel, Pennsylvania. 876 01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:30,120 I'm sure he'd be interested to learn 877 01:03:30,120 --> 01:03:34,160 that the good people at Bell Atlantic have misplaced his entire home town. 878 01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:37,000 It's not like I'm making this up as we go... 879 01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:42,000 Never mind. My mistake. 880 01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:08,200 D'you wanna bite? No, thanks. 881 01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:11,000 That's why you're having them, your spells. 882 01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:13,000 Spells? 883 01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:17,160 You make it sound like a Tennessee Williams' play. I don't get spells! 884 01:04:18,120 --> 01:04:21,120 What would you call them, then? I don't know. 885 01:04:21,120 --> 01:04:23,560 Um, episodes. 886 01:04:23,560 --> 01:04:26,600 Uh-huh. I just worry about you, that's all. 887 01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:35,120 You just worry about yourself, OK? 888 01:04:36,360 --> 01:04:39,680 Where are you going? Nowhere. Stay here and eat. 889 01:04:39,680 --> 01:04:42,200 I'll be right back. 890 01:04:48,120 --> 01:04:50,600 Good evening. Professor Tripp. 891 01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:54,960 Grady. Fred Leer. This is my wife Amanda. 892 01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:59,280 I've dashed a wonderful evening. We were on our way to a benefit. 893 01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:02,520 But the club was on the way, so we could come. 894 01:05:02,520 --> 01:05:07,440 I thought it would be good for James to be with his family this weekend. 895 01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:11,560 Oh, well. Of course we can understand that. 896 01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:15,520 Right. 897 01:05:15,520 --> 01:05:18,160 OK. I guess I'll go get James. 898 01:05:21,520 --> 01:05:28,160 Um, I hope you don't find this forward, Amanda, but might I ask, did you ever go to Catholic school? 899 01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:33,800 Excuse me? 900 01:05:33,800 --> 01:05:37,800 I'm not going with them. Things are a little weird for me. 901 01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:39,800 For me, too. 902 01:05:39,800 --> 01:05:43,360 I know, but I got to finish my book, and there's some... 903 01:05:43,360 --> 01:05:47,240 I won't bother you. Those people there are your parents. 904 01:05:47,240 --> 01:05:49,880 They're not my parents. 905 01:05:49,880 --> 01:05:53,440 What? They're my grandparents. My parents are dead. 906 01:05:55,760 --> 01:05:59,800 The man is obviously your father. You look just like him. 907 01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:03,480 There's a reason for that. 908 01:06:04,720 --> 01:06:07,120 Oh, get outta here! 909 01:06:07,120 --> 01:06:10,080 That's why she hates me and makes me sleep in the basement. 910 01:06:10,080 --> 01:06:12,680 The crawl space with the rats? 911 01:06:12,680 --> 01:06:17,120 Yes! They treat me like a freak. You are one. Welcome to the club. 912 01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:19,640 You don't know what it's like. 913 01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:25,480 You're right, I don't. Don't expect me to feel sorry for you, because I don't know who you are. 914 01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:28,440 Let me ask you. 915 01:06:28,440 --> 01:06:33,520 In the past 36 hours, have you told me one thing that's true? One thing that comes from you? 916 01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:39,600 I just wanted to stay with you for a little while, that's all. 917 01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:49,240 I'm a teacher, James. I'm not a Holiday Inn. 918 01:06:54,800 --> 01:06:57,320 Thank you, Professor Tripp. 919 01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:01,760 MUSIC: "Old Man" by Neil Young 920 01:07:15,360 --> 01:07:18,360 # Old man, look at my life 921 01:07:18,360 --> 01:07:22,160 # I'm a lot like you were 922 01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:25,840 # Old man, look at my life 923 01:07:25,840 --> 01:07:29,040 # I'm a lot like you were... # 924 01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:30,560 Hey! 925 01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:33,120 Hey. 926 01:07:41,360 --> 01:07:44,160 # Old man, look at my life 927 01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:47,720 # 24 and there's so much more 928 01:07:47,720 --> 01:07:50,280 # Live alone in a paradise 929 01:07:50,280 --> 01:07:53,400 # That makes me think of two 930 01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:57,360 # Love lost at such a cost 931 01:07:57,360 --> 01:08:00,840 # Give me things that don't get lost 932 01:08:00,840 --> 01:08:04,040 # Like a coin that won't get tossed... # 933 01:08:15,640 --> 01:08:17,680 PEOPLE CHATTER/MUSIC PLAYS 934 01:08:23,240 --> 01:08:25,480 Crabtree! Jesus! 935 01:08:25,480 --> 01:08:28,440 MUSIC: "Waiting For The Miracle" by Leonard Cohen 936 01:08:40,200 --> 01:08:42,240 Do you mind? 937 01:08:43,560 --> 01:08:46,400 DOOR OPENS 938 01:08:43,560 --> 01:08:46,400 Grady! 939 01:08:48,360 --> 01:08:52,840 I know I shouldn't have but it was in the open and I couldn't resist. 940 01:08:52,840 --> 01:08:56,680 No. I just can't believe that I left it out like this. 941 01:08:56,680 --> 01:09:01,280 Has Crabtree been snooping around? I don't know. Maybe. Don't think so. 942 01:09:01,280 --> 01:09:04,280 Let's put this away. Tripp! 943 01:09:04,280 --> 01:09:06,520 Oh, shit! 944 01:09:06,520 --> 01:09:10,640 No, um...don't go. I've been waiting... 945 01:09:10,640 --> 01:09:14,360 Hannah, I'm really flattered, but this just isn't... 946 01:09:14,360 --> 01:09:18,400 Sorry. Interrupting a teacher-student conference? 947 01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:22,840 You're not the most attentive host. You've been taking good care of that! 948 01:09:22,840 --> 01:09:27,280 Sometimes, we have to improvise. Where the hell have you been, anyway? 949 01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:31,680 I took a drive with James Leer. He popped the Chancellor's dog! 950 01:09:31,680 --> 01:09:36,880 What? The police thought he just ran away, but Dr Gaskell found blood spots on the carpet. 951 01:09:36,880 --> 01:09:42,600 Oh, Jesus! Most everyone figured it was an intruder, but Terry said it sounded like James. 952 01:09:42,600 --> 01:09:47,880 Has anybody else deduced this? No, not yet, but they will in time. 953 01:09:47,880 --> 01:09:51,000 You don't even know James. Who does? 954 01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:52,600 I do. 955 01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:54,280 I do now. 956 01:09:54,280 --> 01:09:58,280 I spent some time with him, and I read something of his. 957 01:09:58,280 --> 01:10:01,520 His book? Yeah. You read his book? Yes. Is it good? 958 01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:04,360 It's good. It's very, very good. It's... 959 01:10:05,760 --> 01:10:09,880 It's true. Oh, I knew it! So, where is he now? 960 01:10:09,880 --> 01:10:12,800 I sent him home with his parents. What?! 961 01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:14,800 His parents?! 962 01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:17,480 Uh-huh. Why? What for? 963 01:10:17,480 --> 01:10:21,840 Under the circumstances, I thought it was the best thing for him. 964 01:10:22,800 --> 01:10:26,880 I'm beginning to think maybe it was the best thing for me. 965 01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:32,000 I just, er, I wasn't there for him. 966 01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:34,240 Imagine that! 967 01:10:35,200 --> 01:10:40,440 Hannah, don't you remember where you took James that day? Was it his aunt's? 968 01:10:40,440 --> 01:10:44,240 Yes. I told you, Sewickly Heights. What was the address? 969 01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:48,120 He had me drop him on a corner. Call the university. 970 01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:51,480 Little late to call Admissions. And the Chancellor? 971 01:10:51,480 --> 01:10:54,200 I don't know. Maybe. 972 01:10:54,200 --> 01:10:59,800 God, you really have made an awful stinky mess of everything, haven't you? 973 01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:03,280 Is that it? 974 01:11:03,280 --> 01:11:06,480 Do not even think about it! Don't go near it. 975 01:11:06,480 --> 01:11:10,600 That's a lot of book. 262 Baxter Drive. 976 01:11:10,600 --> 01:11:13,000 They're in the book. 977 01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:15,040 BOTH: I'll drive. 978 01:11:15,040 --> 01:11:18,200 The Love Parade. I got a feeling about this. 979 01:11:18,200 --> 01:11:22,120 I feel this kid in my bones. Only in your bones? 980 01:11:23,080 --> 01:11:25,480 I've had this feeling before. 981 01:11:25,480 --> 01:11:27,520 Remember? 982 01:11:29,040 --> 01:11:32,000 It's been a long time but... 983 01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:35,080 How bad is it for you, Crabs? 984 01:11:35,080 --> 01:11:40,680 It's pretty bad. Bad enough that they look at me like I don't work there any more. 985 01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:46,800 I guess I just don't fit the new corporate profile. 986 01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:49,440 Which is? Er... 987 01:11:49,440 --> 01:11:50,960 competence. 988 01:11:50,960 --> 01:11:52,960 THEY LAUGH 989 01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:54,520 # Down on the highway 990 01:11:54,520 --> 01:11:56,920 # In the valley 991 01:11:56,920 --> 01:11:59,320 # All alone... # 992 01:11:59,320 --> 01:12:01,360 This is it. 993 01:12:02,880 --> 01:12:07,880 'I had no business going to James Leer's parents' house in the middle of the night, 994 01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:12,200 'not when what really mattered was making things right with Sara. 995 01:12:12,200 --> 01:12:15,000 'But we had decided to rescue James Leer. 996 01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:17,480 'I wasn't quite sure from what 997 01:12:17,480 --> 01:12:22,680 'because I was convinced that everything James said was basically horseshit.' 998 01:12:22,680 --> 01:12:26,480 There must be two dozen windows. How can we find his? 999 01:12:26,480 --> 01:12:30,320 I told you, they keep him chained in the basement. 1000 01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:33,120 But maybe that didn't really matter. 1001 01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:36,160 Sometimes, people just need to be rescued. 1002 01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:41,600 DISTANT MUSIC: "Glad To Be Unhappy" by Rogers and Hart 1003 01:12:47,280 --> 01:12:49,440 Rogers and Hart? Yeah. 1004 01:12:49,440 --> 01:12:51,480 BOTH: James Leer. 1005 01:13:14,280 --> 01:13:19,040 Hey. What are you guys doing here? Sshh! Springing you. Get dressed. 1006 01:13:22,360 --> 01:13:28,080 Whoa! Well, I love what you've done with the place. When's Captain Nemo moving in? 1007 01:13:28,080 --> 01:13:31,680 I cannot believe you made fun of my bathrobe! 1008 01:13:31,680 --> 01:13:34,160 That candelabra's my great grandmother's. 1009 01:13:34,160 --> 01:13:37,640 Forget the family history, I'll leave you right here. 1010 01:13:37,640 --> 01:13:42,960 I heard everything. The parents, the grandparents, the Chinatown thing. I believe you. 1011 01:13:42,960 --> 01:13:45,480 That's why we're here. Get dressed. 1012 01:13:47,240 --> 01:13:51,520 Do you mind if I wear this again? Wear whatever you want to. 1013 01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:57,000 He's so modest. (He's so sensitive.) 1014 01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:59,480 Tripp, cut the kid some slack. 1015 01:13:59,480 --> 01:14:02,480 These are all overdue library books, every one of 'em. 1016 01:14:02,480 --> 01:14:05,960 Our Mr Leer is facing some monster late fees. 1017 01:14:05,960 --> 01:14:11,200 I can't believe all his shit. Just once I'd like to know if the bastard's telling the truth. 1018 01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:14,360 Hey. Check this out. 1019 01:14:14,360 --> 01:14:17,840 "Finally the door opened. It was a shock to see him, 1020 01:14:17,840 --> 01:14:23,160 "shuffling into the room like an ageing prize-fighter. Limping. Beaten." 1021 01:14:23,160 --> 01:14:26,880 Does that sound like anyone we know? 1022 01:14:28,080 --> 01:14:32,560 "Later, when the great man squinted into the bitter glow of twilight..." 1023 01:14:32,560 --> 01:14:35,040 This kid definitely needs an editor! 1024 01:14:35,040 --> 01:14:41,280 "..and muttered simply, 'It means nothing, all of it. Nothing,' that the true shock came. 1025 01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:47,280 "It was then that the boy understood that his hero's true injuries lay in a darker place. 1026 01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:50,120 "His heart..." 1027 01:14:50,120 --> 01:14:52,560 His heart what? 1028 01:14:54,160 --> 01:15:00,160 "His heart, once capable of inspiring others so completely, could no longer inspire itself. 1029 01:15:00,160 --> 01:15:03,320 "It beat now only out of habit. 1030 01:15:03,320 --> 01:15:06,000 "It beat now only... 1031 01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:08,480 "because it could." 1032 01:15:10,160 --> 01:15:12,760 I'm ready. 1033 01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:19,200 You all right, Professor Tripp? He's fine. Can we go, 1034 01:15:19,200 --> 01:15:21,600 before Granny comes down here. 1035 01:15:21,600 --> 01:15:26,080 That could be a problem. She comes down every half-hour to check on me. 1036 01:15:26,080 --> 01:15:29,080 If I'm not here, she might call the police. 1037 01:15:29,080 --> 01:15:33,760 OK. Decoy. We'll put a couple of your pillows under the spread. 1038 01:15:33,760 --> 01:15:36,720 Like in Against All Flags. They used gigantic hands. 1039 01:15:36,720 --> 01:15:39,920 No, no. I got a better idea. 1040 01:15:46,760 --> 01:15:49,280 Good night, sweet prince. 1041 01:15:51,880 --> 01:15:54,920 MUSIC: "Not Dark Yet" by Bob Dylan 1042 01:16:11,800 --> 01:16:14,480 # Shadows are falling 1043 01:16:14,480 --> 01:16:17,240 # And I've been here all day... # 1044 01:16:18,360 --> 01:16:20,360 HE CLEARS THROAT 1045 01:16:20,360 --> 01:16:22,200 Let's go upstairs. 1046 01:16:22,200 --> 01:16:24,680 Bad vibes down here. 1047 01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:27,960 Things must have picked up after we left. 1048 01:16:27,960 --> 01:16:29,880 Huh, Grady? 1049 01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:35,760 # Feel like my soul has turned into steel 1050 01:16:39,200 --> 01:16:41,440 # I've still got the scars 1051 01:16:41,440 --> 01:16:44,720 # That the sun led me on 1052 01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:51,440 # There's not even room enough 1053 01:16:51,440 --> 01:16:54,040 # To be anywhere... # 1054 01:16:58,360 --> 01:17:00,200 Good night. 1055 01:17:36,520 --> 01:17:38,560 BOTTLES CRASH 1056 01:17:58,280 --> 01:18:04,080 'You have reached the home of Sara and Walter Gaskell. Neither Walter or I can...' 1057 01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:05,880 Hello? 1058 01:18:05,880 --> 01:18:07,880 Walter. Grady? 1059 01:18:07,880 --> 01:18:10,800 Christ, Grady, do you know what time it is? 1060 01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:13,880 Yeah. I got, er, 8.15. 1061 01:18:13,880 --> 01:18:17,880 I don't think that's right, though. It's 3.30, Grady! 1062 01:18:17,880 --> 01:18:19,880 This is important. 1063 01:18:19,880 --> 01:18:21,920 Oh? 1064 01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:25,760 I, um, I... 1065 01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:28,480 What is it, Grady? 1066 01:18:28,480 --> 01:18:31,320 I'm in love with your wife. 1067 01:18:32,280 --> 01:18:34,280 Excuse me? 1068 01:18:34,280 --> 01:18:37,320 Sara, I'm in love with her. 1069 01:18:38,280 --> 01:18:41,440 Are you drinking, Professor Tripp, right now? 1070 01:18:41,440 --> 01:18:43,440 No. 1071 01:18:43,440 --> 01:18:47,840 Nevertheless, I'd like to see you in my office, Monday morning. 1072 01:18:47,840 --> 01:18:49,880 LINE GOES DEAD 1073 01:18:53,440 --> 01:18:55,480 Oh, boy! 1074 01:19:23,680 --> 01:19:26,680 Sara, what... I tried to call, 1075 01:19:26,680 --> 01:19:29,480 but it seems there's something wrong, 1076 01:19:29,480 --> 01:19:31,520 with your phone. 1077 01:19:33,360 --> 01:19:38,840 It appears one of our students is missing. And his parents found a dead dog 1078 01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:40,840 in his bed. 1079 01:19:40,840 --> 01:19:43,280 It's my fault. I'm sorry. I've been... 1080 01:19:43,280 --> 01:19:47,280 I'm not feeling very happy with you right now. 1081 01:19:47,280 --> 01:19:51,200 Walter isn't very happy. He's gotten the police involved. 1082 01:19:51,200 --> 01:19:55,800 They seem to think that James Leer is somehow responsible for all this. 1083 01:19:55,800 --> 01:19:59,480 You wouldn't happen to know where James Leer is, 1084 01:19:59,480 --> 01:20:01,480 would you? 1085 01:20:01,480 --> 01:20:03,720 He's inside. 1086 01:20:03,720 --> 01:20:06,080 And Marilyn's jacket? 1087 01:20:08,280 --> 01:20:10,800 It's in my car. 1088 01:20:14,840 --> 01:20:18,240 Somebody stole my car! Oh, man! 1089 01:20:18,240 --> 01:20:21,640 Honestly, somebody stole my car! I parked it there. 1090 01:20:21,640 --> 01:20:23,760 Are you sure? Of course! 1091 01:20:23,760 --> 01:20:26,880 Christ! Here comes the puberty police now. 1092 01:20:26,880 --> 01:20:30,400 OK, OK. I'll deal with this. You go dig up James. 1093 01:20:39,120 --> 01:20:41,120 Is he awake? 1094 01:20:41,120 --> 01:20:44,640 There's a police officer outside, and he's not going away. 1095 01:20:44,640 --> 01:20:47,760 The same guy? Same one. 1096 01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:51,840 No offence, Professor Tripp, but you look sort of crappy. 1097 01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:54,440 He's right. You do look horrible. 1098 01:20:54,440 --> 01:20:56,880 It's the Chancellor. 1099 01:20:58,320 --> 01:21:00,800 We're fine. Fine? Right. 1100 01:21:00,800 --> 01:21:05,040 Fit as a fucking fiddle. James, come on. 1101 01:21:06,840 --> 01:21:08,320 James? 1102 01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:10,600 This book of yours, 1103 01:21:10,600 --> 01:21:14,520 it's...not bad. Not bad at all. 1104 01:21:14,520 --> 01:21:18,080 Thank you. You're welcome. 1105 01:21:21,680 --> 01:21:24,120 I'm gonna publish this. 1106 01:21:24,120 --> 01:21:29,960 I think with the proper editorial guidance, this could be brilliant. 1107 01:21:29,960 --> 01:21:35,640 Ah, that's great. That's great. Between Officer Pupcik and you, he can be the next Jean Genet. 1108 01:21:35,640 --> 01:21:39,480 Been a long time since somebody wrote a good book in jail. 1109 01:21:40,480 --> 01:21:43,960 Don't you worry, James. We'll figure something out. 1110 01:21:43,960 --> 01:21:47,040 I'm not worried. You're not worried, are you? 1111 01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:50,320 I'm a little worried, James. 1112 01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:53,520 Don't be. I don't care if they expel me. 1113 01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:56,000 I probably should be expelled. 1114 01:21:56,000 --> 01:21:58,080 Let's hope it doesn't come to that. 1115 01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:02,880 Professor Tripp? 1116 01:22:02,880 --> 01:22:05,000 Yes, James? 1117 01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:09,040 Even if I end up in jail, you're still the best teacher I ever had. 1118 01:22:15,560 --> 01:22:21,400 I wonder if this is what the university has in mind when it promises a liberal education. 1119 01:22:22,360 --> 01:22:26,040 Walter won't press charges, will he? We'll know soon. 1120 01:22:26,040 --> 01:22:32,000 He's going to sit down with the police and James's parents, and he was a wee bit prickly this morning. 1121 01:22:33,960 --> 01:22:38,280 You didn't happen to call our house last night, did you? 1122 01:22:38,280 --> 01:22:41,360 I think I might have, yes. 1123 01:22:41,360 --> 01:22:44,280 What do you think you might have said? 1124 01:22:44,280 --> 01:22:47,880 I think I might have said I was in love with you. 1125 01:22:49,960 --> 01:22:52,000 He told you. 1126 01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:55,240 He told me. And what did you say? 1127 01:22:55,240 --> 01:22:58,120 I said it didn't sound like you. 1128 01:23:12,200 --> 01:23:14,600 Hey, Tripp! 1129 01:23:14,600 --> 01:23:16,640 WHISTLING 1130 01:23:17,720 --> 01:23:20,400 So, what do we do now? 1131 01:23:21,360 --> 01:23:23,320 Find the jacket. 1132 01:23:23,320 --> 01:23:27,560 Exactly how do we do that? I have an idea where it is. 1133 01:23:27,560 --> 01:23:30,960 Ask Hannah if we can borrow her car. 1134 01:23:30,960 --> 01:23:33,360 Sure. Keys are on the desk. 1135 01:23:34,280 --> 01:23:36,040 Your book. 1136 01:23:39,400 --> 01:23:41,880 I didn't finish it. I fell asleep. 1137 01:23:41,880 --> 01:23:44,400 Oh, that good, huh? 1138 01:23:44,400 --> 01:23:48,240 It's not that. It's just... It's just...? 1139 01:23:48,240 --> 01:23:50,280 Well? 1140 01:23:59,560 --> 01:24:04,040 You know how in class you're always telling us writers make choices? 1141 01:24:04,040 --> 01:24:06,240 Yeah. 1142 01:24:06,240 --> 01:24:12,320 And even though your book is really beautiful, I mean, amazingly beautiful, it's... 1143 01:24:12,320 --> 01:24:14,760 it's at times it's... 1144 01:24:14,760 --> 01:24:17,480 very detailed. 1145 01:24:17,480 --> 01:24:22,120 Er, you know, the genealogies of everyone's horses, 1146 01:24:22,120 --> 01:24:25,000 and their dental records and so on. 1147 01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:29,480 And I could be wrong, but it sort of reads in places like... 1148 01:24:29,480 --> 01:24:32,840 you didn't really make any choices. 1149 01:24:35,840 --> 01:24:37,880 At all. 1150 01:24:39,840 --> 01:24:43,120 And I was just wondering if it might not be different 1151 01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:45,680 if when you wrote, you weren't always... 1152 01:24:46,640 --> 01:24:49,360 ..under the influence. 1153 01:24:52,800 --> 01:24:54,840 Hmm. 1154 01:24:56,280 --> 01:24:57,760 Well... 1155 01:24:57,760 --> 01:24:59,240 Well, 1156 01:24:59,240 --> 01:25:02,880 thank you for the thought. 1157 01:25:02,880 --> 01:25:05,880 But shocking as it may sound, 1158 01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:09,520 I am not the first writer to sip a little weed. 1159 01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:14,000 Furthermore, one book I wrote, as you say, "under the influence" 1160 01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:18,000 happened to win a little something called the PEN Award, 1161 01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:21,840 which, by the way, I accepted under the influence. 1162 01:25:31,440 --> 01:25:33,920 Hey! Let me help you with that. 1163 01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:36,960 Don't touch it. OK. I'll drive. 1164 01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:44,600 Let me get this straight. Jerry Nathan owes you money. 1165 01:25:44,600 --> 01:25:47,080 As collateral, he gives you his car. 1166 01:25:47,080 --> 01:25:50,560 I'm thinking that the car wasn't Jerry's to give. 1167 01:25:50,560 --> 01:25:52,560 Whose was it? 1168 01:25:52,560 --> 01:25:55,560 My guess, Vernon Hardapple. The hood jumper? 1169 01:25:55,560 --> 01:25:59,040 He said things that suggested the car was his. 1170 01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:01,880 Such as? "That's my car, motherfucker." 1171 01:26:03,560 --> 01:26:07,360 All right. So we find Vernon, find the car. Find the car... 1172 01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:09,440 We find the jacket. 1173 01:26:18,520 --> 01:26:22,480 Wow! Christ! How'd you know, Tripp? 1174 01:26:23,440 --> 01:26:25,440 Ah, I don't know. 1175 01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:28,320 Let's call it a hunch. I call it genius. 1176 01:26:28,320 --> 01:26:31,960 Good to know I'm still talented at something. 1177 01:26:31,960 --> 01:26:34,400 Careful. 1178 01:26:35,360 --> 01:26:38,240 Keep that motor running. 1179 01:27:32,800 --> 01:27:35,040 I know you. 1180 01:27:35,040 --> 01:27:37,840 Double Dickel on the rocks. 1181 01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:42,280 Oola. 1182 01:27:42,280 --> 01:27:45,520 I never forget a drink. 1183 01:27:47,960 --> 01:27:50,880 I never forget an Oola. 1184 01:27:52,120 --> 01:27:54,520 Forget me? 1185 01:27:54,520 --> 01:27:57,360 Vernon? He's got a gun! 1186 01:27:57,360 --> 01:28:00,720 Who's got a gun? You've got a gun. Drop it! 1187 01:28:00,720 --> 01:28:02,040 Uh-oh. 1188 01:28:02,040 --> 01:28:04,560 Vernon, relax. Why is he calling you Vernon? 1189 01:28:04,560 --> 01:28:07,480 Why is he sitting in my car? He's crazy, that's why! 1190 01:28:07,480 --> 01:28:10,760 He probably calls everybody Vernon. Drop that gun! 1191 01:28:10,760 --> 01:28:14,080 Oh, dear. It's a souvenir. 1192 01:28:14,080 --> 01:28:18,160 It's a souvenir. Bullshit! I know a gun when I see one! 1193 01:28:18,160 --> 01:28:21,360 No, really. 1194 01:28:18,160 --> 01:28:21,360 GUNSHOT/OOLA SCREAMS 1195 01:28:18,160 --> 01:28:21,360 Oh, God! 1196 01:28:21,360 --> 01:28:26,560 Give me that gun! Are you crazy? Can't you see the condition my girl's in? 1197 01:28:26,560 --> 01:28:29,800 Get out. Get out! Hey! 1198 01:28:29,800 --> 01:28:33,320 HORN BLARES 1199 01:28:29,800 --> 01:28:33,320 Cupcake, you OK? 1200 01:28:33,320 --> 01:28:36,200 Tripp! Run! 1201 01:28:36,200 --> 01:28:38,840 Who in the hell is that? 1202 01:28:40,480 --> 01:28:43,440 No, you don't. No! Don't shoot! 1203 01:28:43,440 --> 01:28:45,600 No! Don't shoot him! 1204 01:28:45,600 --> 01:28:47,760 Tripp, jump in! 1205 01:28:47,760 --> 01:28:50,200 He's a crazy man. 1206 01:29:01,880 --> 01:29:03,720 Oh, my God! 1207 01:29:17,320 --> 01:29:19,320 I take it back. 1208 01:29:19,320 --> 01:29:21,800 Shoot him. 1209 01:29:25,720 --> 01:29:28,480 Naturally, you have copies. 1210 01:29:29,440 --> 01:29:32,920 I have an alternate version of the first chapter. 1211 01:29:32,920 --> 01:29:37,400 You'll be all right, then. Look at Carlyle, when he lost his luggage. 1212 01:29:37,400 --> 01:29:39,880 That was Macaulay. Oh. 1213 01:29:39,880 --> 01:29:45,560 Well, what about Hemingway when Hadley lost those stories? He was never able to reproduce them. 1214 01:29:45,560 --> 01:29:49,520 Look, Tripp, I don't want to depreciate the loss here, 1215 01:29:49,520 --> 01:29:52,520 but maybe, in a sense, it's for the best. 1216 01:29:52,520 --> 01:29:55,400 You're suggesting it's some kind of sign? 1217 01:29:55,400 --> 01:30:01,000 In a sense. Signs are usually more subtle. Let me get this straight. 1218 01:30:01,000 --> 01:30:05,480 All that paper that blew away back there, that was the only copy? 1219 01:30:05,480 --> 01:30:07,480 I'm afraid so. 1220 01:30:07,480 --> 01:30:11,120 And you, you say that it's some kind of a sign? 1221 01:30:11,120 --> 01:30:14,320 What in fuck is the matter with you? Don't. 1222 01:30:15,280 --> 01:30:19,080 All I'm saying is that sometimes, subconsciously, 1223 01:30:19,080 --> 01:30:23,560 a person will put themselves in a situation, maybe create a situation, 1224 01:30:23,560 --> 01:30:30,200 in order to work out an unresolved issue. It's a covert way of, if you will, addressing a problem. 1225 01:30:30,200 --> 01:30:34,920 I'll tell you the problem. You behind the wheel. There's your problem. 1226 01:30:34,920 --> 01:30:38,400 Did you or did you not have a gun to his head?! 1227 01:30:38,400 --> 01:30:40,520 He was stealing my car. 1228 01:30:40,520 --> 01:30:44,440 Did you have a gun to his head?! ALL SHOUT 1229 01:30:44,440 --> 01:30:46,440 That is enough! 1230 01:30:46,440 --> 01:30:50,520 What is done is done! I don't want to hear about it any more! 1231 01:31:04,600 --> 01:31:08,120 So, what was it about? Your book. 1232 01:31:10,040 --> 01:31:12,560 What was the story? 1233 01:31:14,520 --> 01:31:16,360 I don't know. 1234 01:31:16,360 --> 01:31:22,120 What he means is it's difficult to distil the essence of a book because it lives in the mind. 1235 01:31:22,120 --> 01:31:27,600 But you must know what it was about. If you didn't know, why were you writing it? 1236 01:31:31,000 --> 01:31:33,040 I couldn't stop. 1237 01:31:38,360 --> 01:31:40,400 TYRES SCREECH 1238 01:31:43,120 --> 01:31:45,640 Vernon, can I ask you a question? 1239 01:31:49,040 --> 01:31:51,080 Boy or a girl? 1240 01:31:56,760 --> 01:31:59,920 As long as it looks like her, 1241 01:31:59,920 --> 01:32:02,960 I really don't care. 1242 01:32:02,960 --> 01:32:05,000 Know what I'm saying? 1243 01:32:05,960 --> 01:32:10,320 Yeah. Thanks for the ride, Vernon. Any time. 1244 01:32:10,320 --> 01:32:12,760 And another thing. Yeah? 1245 01:32:12,760 --> 01:32:15,920 Stop calling me Vernon. OK. 1246 01:32:15,920 --> 01:32:18,800 Jacket, Tripp. What? 1247 01:32:18,800 --> 01:32:21,760 We need the jacket. 1248 01:32:21,760 --> 01:32:23,840 Oh. Right. 1249 01:32:27,040 --> 01:32:29,520 Oola, about that jacket. 1250 01:32:29,520 --> 01:32:33,840 Yeah. It used to belong to Marilyn Monroe. 1251 01:32:35,280 --> 01:32:37,280 Really? Uh-huh. 1252 01:32:37,280 --> 01:32:40,880 She had small shoulders, just like you. 1253 01:32:41,880 --> 01:32:44,160 A lot of people don't know that. 1254 01:32:46,920 --> 01:32:48,400 Thank you. 1255 01:32:48,400 --> 01:32:52,840 Man, that book of yours must have been one nutty ride! Let's go. 1256 01:33:05,680 --> 01:33:09,680 Would you explain what you just did? 1257 01:33:05,680 --> 01:33:09,680 Came to my senses. 1258 01:33:09,680 --> 01:33:15,680 Oh. Congratulations. Meanwhile, what's James supposed to do? Pray that Walter Gaskell comes to his? 1259 01:33:15,680 --> 01:33:19,160 Walter Gaskell doesn't want to send James Leer to jail. 1260 01:33:19,160 --> 01:33:21,640 He's up in his office right now. 1261 01:33:21,640 --> 01:33:25,960 He's talking to his parents, police, trying to find a solution. 1262 01:33:25,960 --> 01:33:28,680 The least they'll do is expel him. 1263 01:33:28,680 --> 01:33:31,360 It doesn't matter. 1264 01:33:31,360 --> 01:33:36,920 That's very enlightened. It's comforting to know that America's children have you for a teacher. 1265 01:33:36,920 --> 01:33:41,240 Nobody teaches a writer anything. You tell 'em what you know. 1266 01:33:41,240 --> 01:33:44,240 You tell 'em to find their voice and stay with it. 1267 01:33:44,240 --> 01:33:49,640 You tell 'em all to keep at it, cos that's the only way they'll get to where they're going. 1268 01:33:50,800 --> 01:33:55,320 Of course, it does help if you know where you wanna go. 1269 01:33:56,800 --> 01:34:00,240 Helping my students figure that out, 1270 01:34:00,240 --> 01:34:03,160 that and Sara, 1271 01:34:03,160 --> 01:34:06,680 that's what's made these last years worthwhile. 1272 01:34:09,120 --> 01:34:11,120 As for James, 1273 01:34:11,120 --> 01:34:14,320 he doesn't need me any more. He's got you. 1274 01:34:16,800 --> 01:34:18,280 Me? 1275 01:34:20,120 --> 01:34:25,840 What can I do? Oh, I don't know, Crabs. Improvise. 1276 01:34:25,840 --> 01:34:27,920 You're good at that. 1277 01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:34,400 Tripp. 1278 01:34:38,280 --> 01:34:40,320 I'm sorry. 1279 01:34:51,920 --> 01:34:53,920 Improvise. 1280 01:34:53,920 --> 01:34:57,040 'As for me, I was through improvising. 1281 01:34:57,040 --> 01:35:01,240 'I knew what I had to do. I had to find Sara. 1282 01:35:01,240 --> 01:35:07,320 'I had to convince her that she was my choice. That, in fact, she had been from the very beginning.' 1283 01:35:15,840 --> 01:35:17,840 APPLAUSE 1284 01:35:17,840 --> 01:35:23,480 And now, as those of you who have been with us in previous years know, 1285 01:35:23,480 --> 01:35:26,480 we have a tradition of sorts here at Wordfest. 1286 01:35:26,480 --> 01:35:29,240 I'm speaking of course of the Plums, 1287 01:35:29,240 --> 01:35:31,720 those fortunate local writers 1288 01:35:31,720 --> 01:35:37,680 who have successfully placed their manuscripts with visiting publisher's representatives. 1289 01:35:37,680 --> 01:35:40,640 This weekend, Susan Lowry, of North Braddock, 1290 01:35:40,640 --> 01:35:46,680 found a publisher for her children's book The Loneliest Prawn. Stand up, Susan. 1291 01:35:46,680 --> 01:35:49,720 APPLAUSE 1292 01:35:57,720 --> 01:36:00,120 Now, this next one 1293 01:36:00,120 --> 01:36:06,520 is, I think, very exciting to announce, because it concerns a student here at the university. 1294 01:36:06,520 --> 01:36:09,920 Our own James Leer, 1295 01:36:09,920 --> 01:36:15,760 sophomore in English literature, has found a publisher for his first novel, 1296 01:36:15,760 --> 01:36:18,240 which I believe is called 1297 01:36:18,240 --> 01:36:20,120 The Lovely Parade. 1298 01:36:22,120 --> 01:36:25,040 Love Parade. Love Parade. 1299 01:36:25,040 --> 01:36:27,480 James? 1300 01:36:25,040 --> 01:36:27,480 APPLAUSE 1301 01:36:27,480 --> 01:36:29,360 Stand up. 1302 01:36:31,920 --> 01:36:34,960 He's a real alien probe, if you know what I mean. 1303 01:36:34,960 --> 01:36:37,840 Take a bow, James! 1304 01:37:04,560 --> 01:37:06,600 Wonder boy. 1305 01:37:12,720 --> 01:37:15,440 And finally, 1306 01:37:15,440 --> 01:37:18,200 and perhaps not least importantly, 1307 01:37:18,200 --> 01:37:22,440 Terry Crabtree, of Bartisan, has also decided to publish my own book, 1308 01:37:22,440 --> 01:37:28,480 a critical exploration of the union of Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, 1309 01:37:28,480 --> 01:37:34,640 and its function in American mythopoetics, which tentatively I have entitled 1310 01:37:34,640 --> 01:37:37,480 The Last American Marriage. 1311 01:37:37,480 --> 01:37:40,360 So, until next year, 1312 01:37:40,360 --> 01:37:42,480 thank you, everyone. 1313 01:38:01,720 --> 01:38:04,720 Grady, took another look at Arsonist's Daughter. 1314 01:38:04,720 --> 01:38:08,760 That description of bald cypress left me breathless. Thanks. 1315 01:38:34,600 --> 01:38:36,640 Sara! 1316 01:38:56,280 --> 01:38:58,320 FOOTSTEPS 1317 01:39:11,920 --> 01:39:13,960 Yo, Traxler. 1318 01:39:15,040 --> 01:39:17,040 TRIPP WHISTLES 1319 01:39:17,040 --> 01:39:18,800 Hey, Professor Tripp. 1320 01:39:20,560 --> 01:39:25,400 Do you get high, Sam? Only when I'm workin'. 1321 01:39:37,440 --> 01:39:39,480 Holy shit! 1322 01:39:41,400 --> 01:39:43,040 Are you serious? 1323 01:39:45,480 --> 01:39:48,160 Careful there, Professor Tripp. 1324 01:39:55,360 --> 01:39:56,960 Whoa. 1325 01:40:02,440 --> 01:40:06,480 'I didn't fall. Not then, not ever again. 1326 01:40:07,520 --> 01:40:13,680 'Once the Monongahela River swallowed my never-ending opus, there were no more "spells." 1327 01:40:13,680 --> 01:40:18,360 'James Leer didn't get expelled or go to jail thanks to Crabtree's 1328 01:40:18,360 --> 01:40:24,360 'wheeling and dealing. But he quit 1329 01:40:18,360 --> 01:40:24,360 anyway. Went to New York, 1330 01:40:18,360 --> 01:40:24,360 to rework his novel for publication. 1331 01:40:24,360 --> 01:40:30,360 'Hannah Green has decided to take a position as a junior editor when she graduates. 1332 01:40:30,360 --> 01:40:35,080 'And Crabtree? Well, Crabtree's gone right on being Crabtree. 1333 01:40:35,080 --> 01:40:38,640 'As for me, I lost everything. 1334 01:40:38,640 --> 01:40:43,640 'My wife, my book, my job, everything that I thought was important. 1335 01:40:43,640 --> 01:40:46,800 'But I finally knew where I wanted to go.' 1336 01:40:46,800 --> 01:40:49,320 CAR ENGINE 1337 01:41:19,520 --> 01:41:22,880 'And now I had someone to help me get there.' 1338 01:41:39,720 --> 01:41:42,680 # A worried man with a worried mind 1339 01:41:42,680 --> 01:41:46,240 # No-one in front of me and nothing behind 1340 01:41:46,240 --> 01:41:48,160 # There's a woman on my left 1341 01:41:48,160 --> 01:41:51,560 # And she's drinking champagne 1342 01:41:54,040 --> 01:41:57,280 # Got white skin Got assassin's eyes 1343 01:41:57,280 --> 01:42:01,120 # I'm looking up into the sapphire-tinted skies 1344 01:42:01,120 --> 01:42:06,400 # I'm well dressed, waiting on the last train 1345 01:42:08,800 --> 01:42:13,600 # Standing on the gallows with my head in a noose 1346 01:42:15,800 --> 01:42:21,000 # Any minute now, I'm expecting all hell to break loose 1347 01:42:23,320 --> 01:42:26,440 # People are crazy and times are strange 1348 01:42:26,440 --> 01:42:30,080 # I'm locked in tight I'm out of range 1349 01:42:30,080 --> 01:42:32,880 # I used to care but 1350 01:42:32,880 --> 01:42:35,840 # Things have changed. #