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I've imagined it so many times,
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how among all the other questions
certain to have come to you was…
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"What will happen to the dog?"
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He's there at the top of the hill
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between the two bridges,
silhouetted against the limpid sky.
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- You're making this up.
- I'm certainly not making it up.
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"Limpid" is one of your words.
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Well, "limpid's" made up, sure,
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but I didn't make it up.
Some other guy may have… "Limpid…"
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This really happened. Hang on.
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Voila! It was like he was magicked there.
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Like one of Andersen's giant dogs.
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- And no collar.
- No.
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- No tag?
- Nothing.
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Wait. Hans Christian...
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You know the story. A soldier steals
a tinderbox. He opens it up.
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Three giant dogs appear
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to grant any wish that he desires.
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Walter, that story
is a rape fantasy.
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No, no, no. Come on.
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The pervy soldier is obsessed
with the king's daughter,
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so he had the dogs kidnap her.
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As revenge. It's Danish social commentary.
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So he can have sex with her
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while she's sleeping!
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Well, that's Danish.
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Okay. Uh, you...
you, you could have a point.
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- But the fact is…
- Thank you.
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…the dog magically appeared.
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So how's Barbara feeling
about this magical dog
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suddenly appearing out of nowhere?
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Barbara was a much better sport
about my grown daughter
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magically appearing out of nowhere.
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- How is your daughter?
- She's spectacular.
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She's working with Iris now
on The Letters.
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- How's it going?
- Oh.
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It's good to have a partner. Yeah.
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- Another writer in the family?
- Thank you.
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Do you recognize this voice?
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I don't.
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Uh, it's Walter.
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Where are you?
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I found that old computer,
but I can't boot it
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or kick it, or whatever you do to it.
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And that little prick in IT
is completely useless.
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Please call me.
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Do you recognize this voice?
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I don't.
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Uh, it's Walter.
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Where are you? I found that…
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You loved to tell your students,
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"Beware the inevitable detail."
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"Guard against anticipation."
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"Embrace disorder."
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Yet many of the stories
I read in writing workshops
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begin, inevitably, with someone
getting up in the morning.
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Much less often does a story begin
with someone going to bed.
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Of course, real people seldom behave
as predictably as characters in stories.
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That's one of the first things
you taught me as a writer.
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And strangely,
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one of the last things we talked about
while you were still alive.
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"And over this sickle bending,
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I listened, motionless and still,
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as I mounted up the hill.
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The music in my heart I bore,
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long after it was heard no more."
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Ah.
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I'm a mess, sorry.
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I thought I would read
a few of Walter's words.
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He wrote this in 2010.
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It's also the passage I chose
to begin my upcoming book
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about our time together.
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Hello? Hello?
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Mm…
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Good afternoon.
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My husband's students and colleagues
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meant as much to him as his writing.
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Well, almost as much.
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You were the community of friends,
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writers and readers,
and sometimes even critics,
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who prodded and pushed him
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and loved him in so many different ways.
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Excuse me.
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I had no idea you were coming.
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I wasn't going to.
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But then I thought, you know, closure.
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God, Iris, almost 20 years.
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How did that happen?
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I always imagined coming back.
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Aw…
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It's really good to see you.
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Wife number two is a piece of work, huh?
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Oh, you don't know the half of it.
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And she's really milking
the bereaved widow thing.
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I mean, for a number two.
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Google says
we're surviving divorced wives.
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- Oh.
- There can only be one widow.
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- Feeling cheated?
- Relieved.
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Excuse me.
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- Oh, thank you.
- Thank you.
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To, uh… him.
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Him.
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God, what an asshole.
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But what about you?
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- Uh, how's your writing going?
- Oh.
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I... I read The Counting. Stunning.
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- Really? Oh.
- Really.
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- What are you working on now?
- I'm not.
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Um, well, I was.
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Uh, I started a novel a couple
of years ago, but, uh, yeah.
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The worst writer's block of my life.
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Maybe because I called it "Eastern Bloc."
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- Ouch.
- Hey.
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Hey. I was looking for you when I came in.
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Yeah. I was late. Ah.
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I feel like a party-crasher.
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Or like something bad's about to happen.
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Hasn't something bad already happened?
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- Uh…
- I'm sorry. I'm... I'm Elaine.
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- Wife number one.
- Oh, El... Elaine. Right. Yes.
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Oh, Iris has told me
so much about you. Hi.
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- Hi.
- Yeah. Uh…
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Val. Val, Elaine.
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- This is Walter's daughter.
- Hi.
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Walter's… daughter.
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- Mm.
- Wow.
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"Daughter" daughter or…
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Stepdaughter? Widow... Widow's daughter?
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- Uh, what?
- Hello, Val.
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- Barbara.
- You must be Elaine.
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- The memorial was beautiful.
- Thank you.
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I really appreciate you including me.
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Iris, I need to talk with you
about something.
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I was hoping you'd come by the house.
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- Maybe early in the week?
- Yeah. Okay.
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Excuse me, ladies.
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Hello, Iris. Yeah.
You missed half of my poem.
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- Oh.
- Yeah. "Oh." It's okay.
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Sanderson, um, wants to talk to you.
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Thank you, Jerry. Oh, and I go back
to work on Wednesday.
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- Okay. I'll call you. Yeah.
- So… Thank you. Thank you.
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Call me.
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I should've introduced myself sooner.
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No, it wouldn't have helped.
Believe me.
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What do you think Barbara
wants to talk to you about?
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I have no idea.
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Walking with Samuel Beckett
one fine spring morning, a friend asked,
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"Doesn't a day like this
make you glad to be alive?"
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Beckett responded…
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"I wouldn't go as far as that."
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And another from your hero Beckett…
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"The day that I die
will be like any other day…
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only shorter."
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You cracked us up with the line…
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"The more
suicidal people there are,
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the less suicidal people there are."
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Hola, Ms. Iris.
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- That time already, is it?
- Oh, yeah.
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Santa Claus is coming to town.
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Ho-ho-ho.
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I've read that almost all people
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who attempt suicide and survive
regret having tried.
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Like jumpers who say
that as soon as they hit the air,
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they knew they didn't really wanna die.
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I wonder about you,
about how you might have felt.
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The thought keeps me up at night.
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Mancini drove a Buick
that appeared out of nowhere.
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Nobody asked questions.
They all just chipped in for gas.
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And three hours later,
they were at the Blue Horizon
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to watch George Benton,
master of the Philly Shell…
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slip and block
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and elude punches
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in a display of the sublime.
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"Make them miss and make them pay."
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Maybe Sid was perverse,
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but he loved making them miss
more than making them pay.
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That was his ideal,
inside the ring and out.
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It was easier in the ring.
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Outside, even the guys
who were untouchable,
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who were blessed with clairvoyance
or some uncanny genius,
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got destroyed.
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Outside, life was chaotic and artless,
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and you took three punches to land one.
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"The sharpness of the betrayal
cut like a knife.
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There was no doubt anymore.
It was her ex."
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It's good. Better than it was.
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I like the ending.
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But Jane's still not very much
like a character in a story.
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She's more like a real person.
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Not like the kind of guys
that you write about.
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- Like that kind of story.
- No. I'm just saying…
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Like, no winged phantoms
or ritual beheadings.
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I just don't see the point writing about
somebody totally regular.
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I mean, with everything
going on in the world.
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The world? Are you kidding?
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I'm just offering
an honest critique.
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Carter, what do you mean by regular?
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I mean, the look and everything.
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I know a lot of Janes.
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Well, all I heard was,
she's got red hair, green eyes.
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There's more detail
on my driver's license.
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Maybe you meant a regular woman.
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Is the other girl tall?
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I don't know why we let 'em
critique each other's work.
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- Blind leading the blind.
- Down a dead-end alley.
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- I'm so sorry about Walter.
- Wow, pure sympathy.
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Drive-by condolence.
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- Hey.
- Hey.
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- How's it going?
- Yeah, good. You?
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Yeah. Okay.
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Get ready.
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- Jeez, this is a dinosaur.
- Yeah.
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But all his emails
should be on there until 2007.
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- And your guy…
- Rico.
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Should be able to crack the code.
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Yeah, he will. Said he'd do it tonight.
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Okay. Tomorrow, then?
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- Yeah. I'll come over.
- Great. Be careful.
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- There's no backup.
- Got it. It's precious.
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And we'll make a backup, so…
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Okay. How are you doing?
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Hmm. I don't know. You?
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You know…
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I still haven't cried.
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Well, people feel the way they feel.
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But it just feels wrong.
It's like I'm missing something.
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I cried when my phone screen cracked.
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- Uh, what did Barbara want?
- I don't know.
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- I'm headed there now.
- You think it's about me?
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Why would it be about you?
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Is that a rhetorical question?
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Bye.
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I wanna tell you
that no matter how much I sleep,
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I'm exhausted.
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That I feel as though I'm losing control.
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Like my life story
is being written by someone else.
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Thanks so much for coming.
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Earl Grey?
I hope that's all right.
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Yeah.
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So tell me, how are you doing?
How's it going with the book?
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Are you and Val still getting along?
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Oh, yeah. She's... She's great. She, uh…
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Well, we're moving a little slow,
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but, you know, we're figuring it out.
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And, uh, she found some…
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She found some guy that,
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uh, is helping get these emails
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off his 1,000-year-old computer.
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Oh, God, right.
That ancient laptop.
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Have you spoken with Jerry
about perhaps bringing on another editor?
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Why do you ask?
Did... Did he say something?
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No... Well, yes.
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Only, as you say,
that things are going slowly.
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Huh.
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So that's what you wanted
to talk to me about?
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Oh, no. Of course not.
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I don't know publishing.
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That's between you and Jerry,
how best to finish the book.
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- Hmm.
- Huh.
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I think you know
how much Walter appreciated
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you taking time out from your own writing
to edit his correspondence.
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Hmm.
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I think it was a mistake
for Walter to stop teaching.
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Um, he loved it.
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But all that
misconduct nonsense,
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it was demoralizing.
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Of course, once he stopped, he missed it.
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- Oh. Just let me…
- Hmm.
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Things being what they are now,
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I suppose most writers in the world
wonder what their place is, huh?
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Well, so you are probably wondering
why I asked you here.
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It's about the dog.
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I wanted to ask if you could take him.
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- Apollo? That dog?
- Yes.
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No. No.
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No. I... I... I can't. They don't
allow dogs in my building.
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- Are you sure?
- Yes, I'm sure.
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Yeah. Uh, well,
could he not stay here?
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Oh, no, no, no.
That's what I'm trying to say.
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- He needs to be re-homed.
- Re-homed?
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He's been miserable here.
The poor thing wasn't eating.
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And he would wait by that door
day and night.
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Every time I managed
to pull myself together,
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I'd look at him there,
and then… fall apart.
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What about Val?
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- Iris.
- Uh, some other family member?
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Mm-mmm. I'm at my wit's end.
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All the sanctuaries
have such long waiting lists,
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and he can't spend
the rest of his life in the kennel.
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You... You put him in a kennel?
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What else could I do?
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He didn't understand that papa's
never coming home again. How…
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How can you explain death to a dog?
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What if you took him for a little while?
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Even that would be a very big help.
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You will see, he is very obedient.
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He knows all the commands.
He doesn't bark.
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He doesn't destroy things.
Doesn't have accidents.
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And he knows to stay off the bed.
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Yeah, well, I'm... I'm sure all of that...
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I know this is a lot to ask.
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But I have to tell you, the truth is…
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this is what Walter wanted.
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You were his contingency plan.
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His what?
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I don't like dogs.
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And he knew that.
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I begged him not to keep it,
but he was determined.
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And in the middle of the worst fight
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that we have ever had, he assured me
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that should things go wrong…
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that the dog would go and live with you.
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- Why would he say that?
- You live on your own.
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You don't have kids or a partner
and you love animals.
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- Uh, I love animals, Barbara?
- Hmm.
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I love animals, yes.
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I love cats. I don't love… I, I…
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Apollo? He's, uh… Contingency plan?
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Why would, why would he say that
without mentioning it to me?
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I wouldn't make this up.
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You were his best friend.
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Oh, God.
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Hey.
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Come on.
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Apollo, come now.
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I'm sorry.
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This way. Come on. It's here.
23:14.470 --> 23:15.471
Come on.
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Jesus.
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Okay. Let's... Let's try again.
I'll go first. You follow me.
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Hey. Come on. Let's go.
23:29.317 --> 23:32.570
Let's go in. Let's…
Come on. Come on. Let's go.
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Apollo.
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Okay. Shit!
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Uh, excuse me. Can…
23:41.872 --> 23:43.039
Are you going up?
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- After you.
- Oh. Okay. Thanks.
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That's it. Good job.
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One more.
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Okay. Hold on, bud.
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Yeah. This is, this is it.
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This is where I live.
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Apollo!
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No! No! Get off the bed!
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Off! Get off!
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What a liar!
24:40.013 --> 24:41.015
You home?
24:42.515 --> 24:44.225
Zoinks.
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There's a pony on your bed.
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A very sad pony.
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- He was Walter's.
- Yeah, I remember.
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I thought you were a cat person.
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Um… Mm. It's just temporary.
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Uh, Apollo, Marjorie.
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Apollo.
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Oh. Teensy bit allergic.
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Good luck, hon.
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I'm home if you need anything.
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Yeah, thanks. Call me.
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Come on, doggie.
26:36.713 --> 26:39.174
Come on. You gotta be hungry, right?
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Here you go.
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Okay. Well, it's right there.
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You've reached the Tri-State
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Great Dane Rescue hotline.
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Please leave a message…
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What do you want?
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Some music?
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Okay. Let's see.
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Oh.
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My dad's favorite.
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You're gonna like this.
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Maybe?
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Maybe not.
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Come on. This is my bed.
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Seriously?
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Okay.
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Okay. You stay there.
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Yeah, I know, 100%,
you have to Uber at night.
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No, it's so dangerous in New York now.
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- Hey, are you... Can you...
- Yeah. Sorry. Sorry.
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Come on, Rocco. Yeah.
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Come on. Let's go in the park.
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Ugh.
32:28.022 --> 32:31.525
Oh. Uh, hello, Ms. Iris. Hi.
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- Hey, Hektor. How's it going?
- Good. Good.
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- I heard there was a dog.
- Yeah.
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Uh, this dog has… The-The…
32:40.619 --> 32:43.455
The owner, he died quite suddenly.
32:43.538 --> 32:45.457
- Wow, that's sad, but, uh…
- Yeah.
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- There are no dogs allowed.
- It's just until I can find...
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No, no. Not even temporary.
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But there's no one else.
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I'm sorry, Ms. Iris, uh, no dogs.
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Okay. Here. How's this?
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♪ And heaven and heaven
And nature sing ♪
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Bye.
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♪ Joy to the world ♪
33:34.339 --> 33:36.925
♪ The Lord is come… ♪
33:46.017 --> 33:49.187
Carter, everyone's got their own way
of processing criticism.
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Yeah, well, hers must be,
"Back off, asshole."
33:52.566 --> 33:56.069
Did you find anything helpful
in what Jenna was saying?
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You mean, about female characters?
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I mean, I love that you're writing
speculative fiction.
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I write tons of female characters,
like, all the time.
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I have to delete all that
before I read in class.
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Your workshop is mostly girls,
in case you hadn't noticed.
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And there's, like, you know,
sex and stuff.
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- They'd crucify me.
- Mm-hmm.
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But I'll let you read it.
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Yeah, well,
we are coming to the end of term...
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It will be my best stuff.
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Pretty intense, but super romantic.
34:28.434 --> 34:30.854
Less porny than, like,
Game Of Thrones or whatever.
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- Oh, come in.
- Oh, sorry. I thought...
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No, no. We were just finishing up.
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Uh, how about a bite
before the movie?
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- Is that a Great Dane?
- What? Carter…
34:40.947 --> 34:43.325
- Are you adopting a Great Dane?
- No.
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They're, like, the king of dogs.
34:44.742 --> 34:47.829
There's this crazy Dane meetup
in Central Park every Sunday.
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- I go just to watch sometimes.
- Are you getting a dog?
34:50.373 --> 34:53.584
- No, I'm not.
- Well, you'd love a Dane.
34:54.294 --> 34:55.502
Thanks for the tip.
34:58.298 --> 35:01.008
- What was that all about?
- Please, let's just forget it.
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- Bite to eat?
- Oh.
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Blossom, I'm sorry. I have to get home.
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I think he missed you.
35:18.275 --> 35:22.364
♪ Hark the herald angels sing ♪
35:22.446 --> 35:26.659
♪ Glory to the newborn King ♪
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What…
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♪ And mercy mild God and… ♪
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Bad dog!
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Bad, bad dog!
35:37.836 --> 35:40.047
You bad dog!
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Damn it.
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♪ With angelic host proclaim ♪
35:49.975 --> 35:52.059
♪ Christ is born in Bethlehem ♪
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Thanks.
35:53.811 --> 35:56.981
That's exactly what Walter
thought of "Eastern Bloc," too.
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That's just great.
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♪ To the newborn King ♪
36:39.107 --> 36:41.818
Come on, you gotta eat sometime.
36:44.654 --> 36:47.324
Maybe you spoiled your appetite
on my pillows
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and my writer's block.
36:53.996 --> 36:55.790
- Hello?
- Yo, it's me!
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Shit.
36:59.835 --> 37:00.879
Come on up.
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This is all your fault.
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- Hey.
- Hey.
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- You forgot.
- No.
37:30.533 --> 37:33.244
- Jesus, this guy?
- Ah, yeah.
37:33.912 --> 37:35.455
Hey, big bro.
37:35.538 --> 37:38.165
So this is what Barbara
wanted to talk to you about?
37:38.708 --> 37:39.833
Yeah.
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Are you even allowed here?
37:43.004 --> 37:46.549
It's only until I can find someone else.
37:46.632 --> 37:48.218
Then what, you'll re-home him?
37:48.802 --> 37:51.679
He just got here. Ah, poor guy.
37:53.056 --> 37:54.473
He's taken over my bed.
37:55.058 --> 37:57.351
And he won't even look at me. See?
37:57.936 --> 38:02.816
And whoever said that music
soothes the savage beast…
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- It's savage breast.
- What?
38:05.693 --> 38:07.528
It's "music soothes the savage breast."
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Oh. Well, there you go. No wonder.
38:11.199 --> 38:12.909
Does your breast need soothing?
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Hmm?
38:16.245 --> 38:17.747
I bet it does.
38:18.664 --> 38:19.915
Is now a bad time?
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- You really forgot?
- No.
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Okay, yes.
38:23.962 --> 38:26.130
I thought we were gonna do it
after the boat thing.
38:26.214 --> 38:29.591
No, I said Rico would do it right away,
and then you said tonight.
38:29.675 --> 38:31.301
And, besides, I'm not going on the boat.
38:31.386 --> 38:33.388
Well, I guess I didn't believe you.
38:33.471 --> 38:34.764
Well, you should have.
38:34.847 --> 38:36.641
Uh, it might be helpful.
38:37.600 --> 38:40.270
For what? My feelings?
38:40.352 --> 38:42.312
Well, sometimes those kind of rituals...
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No, it's not about my feelings.
38:43.730 --> 38:45.692
It's just, like, really not my thing.
38:47.318 --> 38:49.612
It's their thing. Walter's people.
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And, besides, they don't want me there.
38:51.990 --> 38:54.366
No, I think everyone's
really hoping to see you.
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Trust me, they're not.
38:56.410 --> 38:59.663
I just remind them things about him
that they wish they could forget.
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No. You are not something to forget.
39:09.174 --> 39:11.509
Do you wanna look at the drive?
We don't have to.
39:11.592 --> 39:14.636
Yeah. Let's do it. Why not?
39:19.516 --> 39:20.852
What happened in here?
39:22.187 --> 39:25.647
I… He doesn't like being left alone.
39:25.732 --> 39:26.733
Uh…
39:27.316 --> 39:31.279
Um, well, Rico recovered,
like, everything.
39:31.362 --> 39:32.863
Thirty thousand emails, I think.
39:32.947 --> 39:34.324
Thirty thousand?
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Three of which were to my mother.
39:36.493 --> 39:39.244
Which tells you everything
you need to know about that relationship.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
39:41.080 --> 39:43.790
No. Don't be sorry. Mm.
39:43.874 --> 39:46.714
It wasn't like that between them.
I... I didn't expect there to be more.
39:47.295 --> 39:49.755
But anyway, there's, like, 300 letters.
39:49.839 --> 39:51.089
And I found this one.
39:52.007 --> 39:53.675
"What a stroke of luck,
39:53.760 --> 39:56.261
the two of us being in Berlin
at the same time.
39:57.137 --> 39:59.848
I can't stop thinking about
the green-blue floes
39:59.933 --> 40:01.850
drifting along the Spree…"
40:01.935 --> 40:03.435
Oh, geez.
40:05.813 --> 40:09.316
Oh, sorry. Do you not want, want me to...
40:09.400 --> 40:11.653
No, no, go on. It's okay.
40:13.571 --> 40:15.072
"Jaggedly foreboding,
40:15.155 --> 40:18.367
more translucent somehow,
for the steely sky."
40:19.034 --> 40:21.703
Breathtaking. What…"
40:23.330 --> 40:24.749
What's he doing?
40:27.209 --> 40:30.004
Uh, I don't know.
40:34.842 --> 40:38.178
Hmm. Okay. Um…
40:39.555 --> 40:41.139
"What a happy day together.
40:41.891 --> 40:44.685
I'd been missing you terribly, Iris,
these past months.
40:46.145 --> 40:49.982
And now, once again,
I find myself sadly bereft.
40:50.941 --> 40:54.194
But these new pages of yours,
I'm enthralled.
40:55.445 --> 40:57.114
Fabulous work,
40:57.198 --> 40:59.492
riveting and wondrous."
41:08.001 --> 41:09.669
Do you think Walter read to him?
41:09.751 --> 41:12.255
Yeah, I'm sure. He…
41:13.088 --> 41:14.715
He'd read to anyone who'd listen.
41:17.135 --> 41:18.260
Hmm.
41:19.345 --> 41:20.470
What?
41:21.138 --> 41:24.182
Just imagining what that
might have been like…
41:25.809 --> 41:27.145
being read to by Walter.
41:28.604 --> 41:31.023
Numbing, that's how.
41:35.612 --> 41:38.656
Let me read to you, and him.
41:46.998 --> 41:50.627
"The goal of the expedition
was to map a tributary,
41:50.710 --> 41:52.587
of a tributary of the Amazon,
41:52.670 --> 41:55.339
the poetically named River of Doubt.
41:56.298 --> 41:57.299
And…"
41:59.052 --> 42:01.971
Amazing. Is that what you like?
42:02.055 --> 42:03.389
The written word?
42:04.556 --> 42:07.602
Does that soothe your savage breast?
42:13.399 --> 42:16.736
Okay, okay, okay.
Wouldn't wanna overdo it.
43:47.118 --> 43:49.203
I wanna read, um, a poem called
43:49.286 --> 43:54.124
"My Spirit Will Not Haunt
The Mound" by Thomas Hardy.
43:54.791 --> 43:59.713
"My spirit will not haunt
the mound above my breast,
43:59.797 --> 44:04.634
but travel, memory-possessed,
to where my tremulous being…"
45:12.285 --> 45:15.539
It's just, he is so big,
and your apartment is like a shoebox.
45:16.624 --> 45:18.416
You've never been to my apartment.
45:18.500 --> 45:20.628
Well, I've heard, from Walter.
45:21.336 --> 45:23.589
You two would discuss
the size of my apartment?
45:23.672 --> 45:25.590
We talked about a lot of things.
45:26.175 --> 45:28.927
It just seems cruel, Iris.
45:29.011 --> 45:31.681
Barbara, um, you were right.
45:32.306 --> 45:34.892
There's no space
in any of the local rescues.
45:34.976 --> 45:36.685
You can't just re-home Walter's dog.
45:36.768 --> 45:39.855
I really wish you'd reconsider.
I know it's what Walter wanted.
45:39.938 --> 45:42.733
Come on, did he actually say that,
that that's what he wanted?
45:47.529 --> 45:48.780
Iris.
45:48.864 --> 45:50.115
Thank you.
45:50.782 --> 45:51.992
Walk me to the train?
45:52.827 --> 45:54.661
Yeah. Come on, big guy.
45:59.041 --> 46:02.669
That dog, he's so Walter.
46:02.752 --> 46:04.379
You mean, the swinging balls?
46:05.672 --> 46:07.632
- Walter would've hated today.
- Mm.
46:08.341 --> 46:11.886
The ashes, flowers, mournful poem.
46:11.971 --> 46:16.057
He'd have loved seeing his three wives
stuck on a tiny boat together.
46:16.725 --> 46:18.269
We should've invited the girlfriends.
46:18.351 --> 46:20.604
"You're gonna
need a bigger boat."
46:21.772 --> 46:22.939
God.
46:26.484 --> 46:30.697
I never told you that I, uh,
I knew about the two of you.
46:30.780 --> 46:31.990
That you'd been together.
46:32.783 --> 46:36.202
Did Walter tell you?
46:36.787 --> 46:40.790
I guessed. Then I asked him,
and he, you know, owned it.
46:41.667 --> 46:44.419
He was so proud of himself
that you remained friends.
46:44.962 --> 46:47.047
But he never really shared details.
46:48.090 --> 46:49.175
Ah…
46:50.384 --> 46:51.469
It was…
46:52.844 --> 46:54.512
that summer,
46:54.597 --> 46:57.182
that last class we took from him.
46:58.683 --> 47:00.435
We just kept hanging out.
47:01.228 --> 47:03.313
Going for walks, coffees.
47:03.938 --> 47:07.150
One night, out of the blue,
we'd been drinking,
47:07.943 --> 47:10.029
he just suddenly said to me…
47:10.111 --> 47:12.823
"We should fuck."
47:14.616 --> 47:18.120
And I didn't expect it with us,
47:18.203 --> 47:19.913
I mean, after so much time together.
47:19.997 --> 47:22.291
I'd seen it with other students, but…
47:23.458 --> 47:25.377
- Yeah.
- So I... I just stared at him.
47:25.460 --> 47:27.087
And said, "Why?"
47:27.171 --> 47:28.798
"Why?"
47:28.881 --> 47:30.508
Yeah. He laughed, too.
47:30.590 --> 47:32.008
And then he said,
47:32.550 --> 47:34.928
"We should find that out
about each other."
47:35.012 --> 47:38.181
- He didn't.
- He did. And then we did.
47:39.642 --> 47:43.061
Men like Walter
and their beloved language.
47:43.854 --> 47:47.733
Isn't it disappointing
that when it comes time to seduce,
47:47.816 --> 47:49.109
they all sound the same?
47:49.192 --> 47:50.443
Hmm.
47:50.527 --> 47:54.072
I mean, at that point in my life,
I was so intense about everything.
47:54.156 --> 47:56.658
I wanted every experience. And he…
47:57.535 --> 48:00.328
He was just so fucking sophisticated.
48:00.954 --> 48:04.333
- And?
- And then that was it.
48:04.416 --> 48:09.588
The next day, he pronounced it a mistake
for us to try and be more than friends.
48:09.671 --> 48:11.297
- What a cad.
- Yeah.
48:11.381 --> 48:14.343
I was mortified and angry.
48:14.427 --> 48:18.179
And I didn't think for a second
we could ever be friends again.
48:18.723 --> 48:21.892
- And then my dad got sick.
- I remember.
48:21.976 --> 48:24.437
Right, and he shows up at the funeral,
48:24.520 --> 48:27.773
and it was really nice and weirdly okay.
48:28.816 --> 48:30.483
And then you two started up,
48:30.567 --> 48:33.946
and it was all normal again.
48:34.530 --> 48:36.532
Why didn't you ever say anything?
48:38.242 --> 48:41.412
I don't know. It didn't seem to matter.
We were all friends.
48:43.204 --> 48:46.124
Yeah. I guess it didn't.
48:47.543 --> 48:49.587
But then Walter and I split.
48:49.669 --> 48:52.840
- And I was jealous.
- Of me?
48:52.922 --> 48:54.759
Of your relationship with him.
48:55.468 --> 48:59.179
Yeah, your... your friendship.
48:59.263 --> 49:00.973
Your best friendship.
49:01.557 --> 49:04.477
That he found a way
to... to do that with you.
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That he wanted it without the sex.
49:07.937 --> 49:11.816
For God's sake,
he left you his trusted steed.
49:11.900 --> 49:13.860
Oh, God.
49:14.904 --> 49:16.154
Hey.
49:17.739 --> 49:18.908
Tell me, um,
49:19.657 --> 49:21.494
that class we took with Walter…
49:22.577 --> 49:25.122
It's Shauna, right? Val's mom is Shauna?
49:25.914 --> 49:27.958
- God, you're good at this.
- Yeah.
49:28.792 --> 49:31.044
The second I left
the reception, it hit me.
49:31.127 --> 49:32.922
She and Val, they could be twins.
49:33.004 --> 49:35.924
No, but it was right after you split.
49:36.007 --> 49:38.010
I know. I know. I know. I did the math.
49:38.093 --> 49:40.679
And you know what? It's... It's okay.
49:42.264 --> 49:43.807
Ah.
49:44.432 --> 49:47.268
No, it's not. Fuck.
49:53.984 --> 49:55.694
Can we stay in touch this time?
50:15.088 --> 50:18.341
Oh, Ms. Iris, I... I thought
I told you, the dog.
50:18.425 --> 50:19.985
- When you gonna get rid of him?
- Yeah.
50:21.053 --> 50:23.389
Ah, not yet. I'm, I'm working on it.
50:23.471 --> 50:26.099
No, no. You can't just work on it, okay?
You gotta make him go.
50:26.183 --> 50:28.477
Hektor, he has a name. Apollo.
50:28.561 --> 50:30.771
Yes, I know. Apollo, right?
50:30.855 --> 50:34.316
Apollo, uh, Hektor, okay? Apollo. Hek…
50:34.400 --> 50:36.568
Oh. Yeah. Okay, yes.
50:36.652 --> 50:39.321
Look, he can't stay, Ms. Iris.
50:39.404 --> 50:40.841
Management company, they are very strict.
50:40.865 --> 50:42.991
Not a problem. I'm working on it.
50:43.074 --> 50:44.869
- Just a few days.
- Um…
50:44.951 --> 50:46.453
- And I am working on it.
- Okay.
50:46.536 --> 50:48.038
- I promise.
- You said that already.
50:48.122 --> 50:50.332
But this… He's… Okay.
51:07.850 --> 51:09.017
You okay?
51:11.686 --> 51:12.730
Oh.
51:22.447 --> 51:24.032
Oh, bud.
51:29.038 --> 51:31.164
It's okay. I know.
51:32.123 --> 51:33.292
I know.
51:53.394 --> 51:56.982
A hundred and fifty-one.
About where he should be.
51:57.066 --> 51:58.734
Little arthritis in the hips,
51:58.816 --> 52:03.029
but, uh, otherwise,
he's in good shape for his age.
52:03.112 --> 52:05.115
Which is what, do you think?
52:06.032 --> 52:08.868
Uh, five. Maybe six.
52:09.453 --> 52:12.538
- Getting on for a Dane.
- Six is old?
52:12.623 --> 52:15.416
Big dogs are like butterflies.
But he's okay.
52:15.500 --> 52:17.836
And what about the fit
he had last night?
52:17.920 --> 52:20.798
Well, he lost his master.
He's in mourning.
52:21.673 --> 52:24.884
Before that, he was abandoned.
How would you feel?
52:27.470 --> 52:28.555
Sit.
52:29.722 --> 52:31.683
- Good dog.
- Wow.
52:31.766 --> 52:33.477
I've never seen him do that before.
52:33.560 --> 52:34.686
Well, he's smart.
52:35.521 --> 52:37.022
Give you a piece of advice.
52:37.106 --> 52:40.943
The trick with large breeds like this
is never let 'em know the truth.
52:41.026 --> 52:42.361
And the truth is,
52:42.443 --> 52:45.280
you can't really make 'em do
anything they don't wanna do.
52:45.363 --> 52:46.782
Stand your ground.
52:46.865 --> 52:49.410
And for God's sake,
get yourself back up on the bed
52:49.493 --> 52:50.703
and him on the floor.
52:50.786 --> 52:52.578
Well, during that last fit,
52:52.663 --> 52:55.332
when I was getting on the bed,
he let me sit.
52:55.415 --> 52:58.252
Let you? No, no, no, no, no.
Get him off the bed.
52:59.253 --> 53:00.796
Give you this for the joints.
53:02.672 --> 53:04.133
He's a good dog.
53:04.215 --> 53:06.093
Don't turn him into a bad one.
53:10.054 --> 53:12.558
Hey. Hey, Apollo.
53:16.228 --> 53:18.229
Hey. Sit.
53:25.111 --> 53:26.404
What… Ah.
53:39.125 --> 53:41.295
♪ La dah dah dada dah ♪
53:46.050 --> 53:48.926
♪ Lah dada dah da-da dah ♪
53:53.097 --> 53:55.517
♪ La dah dah da-da dah dee dah ♪
53:58.644 --> 54:01.856
♪ Dada da-da dah de ♪
54:06.862 --> 54:13.118
♪ Da da dah daa da-da da-da ♪
54:13.201 --> 54:16.871
♪ Da da-da dah da da da-da ♪
54:20.584 --> 54:22.920
♪ La da dah dee ♪
54:23.002 --> 54:25.630
You like 'em big, don't you?
54:26.799 --> 54:29.051
♪ Dee dede dee dee ♪
54:33.471 --> 54:34.722
Okay.
54:40.978 --> 54:44.232
Here you go, bud, a nice bed for ya.
54:51.072 --> 54:52.281
Really?
54:54.617 --> 54:56.120
Okay.
54:57.245 --> 55:00.666
Fine. Knock yourself out.
56:59.409 --> 57:00.452
Oh.
57:13.715 --> 57:16.509
Aw, dude, come on.
57:44.121 --> 57:47.958
Hi, love. Brainstorm.
I'll adopt Apollo.
57:48.040 --> 57:49.876
Cleared with co-op board and Barbara,
57:49.960 --> 57:52.295
so we're 100% good to go.
57:52.378 --> 57:54.131
Call me. XO.
57:56.173 --> 57:59.344
Her even offering
seems suspicious, no?
57:59.427 --> 58:01.363
Maybe Tuesday
is actually trying to help.
58:01.387 --> 58:03.347
Help? She hates me.
58:03.431 --> 58:04.682
You sound paranoid.
58:04.765 --> 58:08.729
Tell me you've never heard of people
taking revenge on someone's child or pet.
58:08.812 --> 58:12.565
Okay, first of all, uh,
he is Walter's child or pet, not yours.
58:13.149 --> 58:16.194
All... All I'm saying is,
you have no other options,
58:16.278 --> 58:18.358
and you don't wanna lose
a rent-controlled apartment.
58:18.404 --> 58:20.656
So maybe you oughta hear Tuesday out.
58:21.825 --> 58:23.493
How is the book going, anyway?
58:23.576 --> 58:27.914
We started in on his email,
but, uh, it's kind of a slog
58:27.998 --> 58:29.457
without him here, you know?
58:29.541 --> 58:31.877
Yeah, I can imagine
how that would change things.
58:31.960 --> 58:35.172
But how much was he even
working with you before?
58:35.254 --> 58:36.964
You know…
58:37.049 --> 58:38.717
Hold on a second.
58:38.800 --> 58:40.217
Yeah, okay.
58:40.302 --> 58:42.094
Yeah, yeah. I'm coming.
58:44.013 --> 58:46.516
- Yeah. Hey.
- Hey. Sorry.
58:46.600 --> 58:48.643
- I just… Yes.
- Well, are you okay?
58:48.726 --> 58:53.065
Can you tell those people, your neighbors,
just, just open the door?
58:53.147 --> 58:57.151
Because I've been standing out there
for, like, fucking ever.
58:57.235 --> 58:58.736
- Oh.
- Hi.
58:58.819 --> 59:00.781
Aw, that's so cute.
59:00.864 --> 59:02.615
- Like father, like daughter.
- Oh.
59:02.698 --> 59:04.451
- Hmm?
- Ah…
59:04.533 --> 59:06.535
- Hi, Val.
- Oh, hi.
59:07.079 --> 59:10.081
- Bye, Val.
- Yeah. Uh, bye.
59:11.917 --> 59:13.668
- Hi.
- Sorry. I'm interrupting.
59:13.751 --> 59:14.960
No, it's fine.
59:15.044 --> 59:18.881
It's just that the L Train was gonna
take 20, which gave me,
59:18.964 --> 59:21.509
ahem, just enough time
to break up with that douche.
59:21.592 --> 59:24.012
- You know that guy I've been seeing?
- Shit.
59:24.095 --> 59:26.097
- Train didn't come.
- Oh.
59:27.765 --> 59:29.266
You wanna crash here?
59:32.062 --> 59:33.896
Okay, come on.
59:33.980 --> 59:35.399
You're a pal.
59:36.440 --> 59:37.441
So…
59:38.442 --> 59:39.986
One too many?
59:40.069 --> 59:42.655
You know, maybe just one. Um…
59:43.573 --> 59:46.992
You're so wrong.
Tuesday hates me way worse.
59:47.077 --> 59:49.787
Careful. Yeah, well,
it's not a competition.
59:50.454 --> 59:53.082
With her, there's plenty of hate
to go around.
59:53.165 --> 59:55.418
I'm just saying
that that lady is crazy.
59:55.502 --> 59:58.213
So, yeah, you have to question her shit.
59:58.295 --> 01:00:02.718
I mean, why would you even think
about letting her have Apollo?
01:00:02.800 --> 01:00:05.387
- It's not that simple.
- It is that simple.
01:00:05.469 --> 01:00:07.722
I just can't keep having him here.
01:00:07.805 --> 01:00:11.143
And he's getting in the way
of my work. Our work.
01:00:11.226 --> 01:00:13.520
I just don't think it's that different.
01:00:16.188 --> 01:00:18.816
Oh, my God. What is that?
01:00:18.900 --> 01:00:20.318
Oh.
01:00:20.401 --> 01:00:23.822
That, my friend, is yesterday's kombucha.
01:00:23.905 --> 01:00:25.532
Um… Oh.
01:00:26.907 --> 01:00:29.327
You should put that away.
01:00:30.412 --> 01:00:32.247
I just, I don't think it's that different.
01:00:32.330 --> 01:00:35.917
We've been working on the book
for over a year now.
01:00:37.710 --> 01:00:39.003
What does that mean?
01:00:39.087 --> 01:00:42.424
It means, way before
my dad killed himself,
01:00:42.506 --> 01:00:46.510
or before Apollo even came along,
I just… I don't think it's about the dog.
01:00:47.888 --> 01:00:50.849
Hey, I... I put just as much time
into the book as I do...
01:00:50.932 --> 01:00:53.477
No, I'm not complaining.
01:00:53.560 --> 01:00:54.685
Walter warned me.
01:00:56.021 --> 01:00:57.314
Warned you?
01:00:57.938 --> 01:00:59.231
About your pace.
01:00:59.316 --> 01:01:01.525
- My pa… Wh…
- Mm.
01:01:01.610 --> 01:01:03.444
You two talked about my pace?
01:01:03.528 --> 01:01:05.572
- Maybe it wasn't your pace.
- Are you kidding me?
01:01:06.198 --> 01:01:09.159
Well, what then?
Wh... What did you talk about?
01:01:10.994 --> 01:01:13.705
Yeah, and it, it was... it was your pace.
01:01:14.538 --> 01:01:18.459
He worried about you going too slow,
about pushing you to finish.
01:01:20.961 --> 01:01:23.507
I care about the book, you know?
I wanna finish it, too.
01:01:23.589 --> 01:01:25.342
And you think I don't?
01:01:27.594 --> 01:01:29.762
Sorry, I shouldn't have said anything. My…
01:01:31.138 --> 01:01:32.224
My head hurts.
01:01:36.227 --> 01:01:39.146
You gotta do something
about this dog, though.
01:01:40.523 --> 01:01:42.984
I can't keep watching him
every time you go out.
01:01:47.197 --> 01:01:49.199
Right, doggo? Hmm?
01:01:51.200 --> 01:01:52.618
Hi, big bro.
01:01:56.789 --> 01:01:59.209
What do you wanna do? Mm…
01:02:01.919 --> 01:02:04.672
What would our dad want if he were here?
01:02:07.174 --> 01:02:09.844
You wanna go live with a crazy lady?
01:02:15.225 --> 01:02:16.768
What are you looking at?
01:02:30.030 --> 01:02:31.509
Well, it's not that I don't like her.
01:02:31.533 --> 01:02:33.094
- She's lovely, she's bright.
- Well, what, then?
01:02:33.118 --> 01:02:35.745
- I... I like to work by myself.
- She's very bright.
01:02:35.828 --> 01:02:37.204
I just said that, didn't I?
01:02:37.289 --> 01:02:39.267
You might appreciate
another perspective, you know?
01:02:39.291 --> 01:02:40.625
Someone to bounce things off of.
01:02:40.708 --> 01:02:42.460
- That's not the point.
- She's young.
01:02:42.544 --> 01:02:45.546
Energetic, and my daughter.
01:02:45.629 --> 01:02:48.091
Right, but she hardly knows you.
She doesn't know your work...
01:02:48.173 --> 01:02:50.677
And that's exactly what I'm trying to fix.
01:02:50.759 --> 01:02:52.929
Uh, so I'm the fixer?
01:02:53.013 --> 01:02:55.389
Everyone knows
that you fix things.
01:02:55.473 --> 01:02:57.809
- Ah. Since when have I ever…
- She's already here.
01:02:58.727 --> 01:03:02.229
What? Why didn't you tell me
she was coming?
01:03:02.314 --> 01:03:03.856
What the fuck?
01:03:05.233 --> 01:03:06.568
- Hi.
- Ah.
01:03:09.154 --> 01:03:10.321
Hey.
01:03:13.032 --> 01:03:14.909
You think this is a bad idea, don't you?
01:03:14.993 --> 01:03:16.160
No. It's great.
01:03:16.243 --> 01:03:19.121
It is a bad idea because
we haven't had coffee yet.
01:03:19.204 --> 01:03:21.833
Soon all will be perfect.
01:03:45.398 --> 01:03:47.816
It's just a trial. Okay?
01:03:47.901 --> 01:03:51.529
One day. That's all.
Just to see if it's a good match.
01:03:53.572 --> 01:03:58.078
And who knows, maybe she's not
as irritating to a dog.
01:03:58.160 --> 01:03:59.161
Go on.
01:03:59.704 --> 01:04:03.082
Hi. Uh, Tuesday Chang, please.
01:04:04.458 --> 01:04:07.336
Good job. Good boy. Yes, that's it.
01:04:08.295 --> 01:04:10.090
See? That wasn't so bad.
01:04:10.965 --> 01:04:13.509
Why can't you be like that
with our elevator?
01:04:14.260 --> 01:04:16.221
My elevator.
01:04:16.304 --> 01:04:18.764
Maybe that will be your elevator one day.
01:04:20.015 --> 01:04:21.558
Okay.
01:04:24.688 --> 01:04:25.689
Was there a problem?
01:04:25.772 --> 01:04:28.316
Uh, how do you mean?
01:04:28.942 --> 01:04:31.419
It just normally doesn't take people
so long to get up the elevator.
01:04:31.443 --> 01:04:33.488
Oh, no. No problem.
01:04:33.571 --> 01:04:35.990
- I heard talking.
- Nope.
01:04:37.866 --> 01:04:38.867
Okay.
01:04:39.369 --> 01:04:40.745
- Well, come on in.
- Yeah.
01:04:40.828 --> 01:04:43.289
Oh, my God, he's ginormous, huh?
01:04:43.372 --> 01:04:45.500
- I know.
- Maybe it's just being inside.
01:04:45.583 --> 01:04:47.544
- Or this hallway.
- Oh, no.
01:04:47.626 --> 01:04:50.671
Um, look, I, um, I brought some food.
01:04:50.755 --> 01:04:52.482
- Treats and toys and stuff.
- Yes.
01:04:52.506 --> 01:04:54.442
But he doesn't really
like to play with them.
01:04:54.466 --> 01:04:57.094
Sometimes this Kong thing.
01:04:57.177 --> 01:05:00.723
- But mainly he's just sad.
- Aw…
01:05:00.807 --> 01:05:03.892
He likes to sleep.
And he loves being read to.
01:05:03.976 --> 01:05:07.938
Well, my godson's head is gonna
explode when he sees him.
01:05:08.023 --> 01:05:12.277
Uh, I'll be back around 5:00,
so probably you just need to go out once.
01:05:12.359 --> 01:05:13.360
- Around 2:00.
- 2:00.
01:05:13.444 --> 01:05:16.030
Normally he likes to go out
three times a day.
01:05:16.114 --> 01:05:17.824
Oh, wow, I didn't realize.
01:05:18.408 --> 01:05:19.575
That he'd need to go out?
01:05:20.159 --> 01:05:22.399
- Three times a day, I mean.
- Oh, yeah.
01:05:22.453 --> 01:05:24.455
My friend uses something
called pee pads.
01:05:24.538 --> 01:05:26.999
- Oh, trust me. You don't wanna try that.
- Mm.
01:05:27.666 --> 01:05:30.711
Oh, oh! No, no, no, no, no, no. Down.
01:05:30.795 --> 01:05:32.546
Apollo, off. Do…
01:05:33.213 --> 01:05:35.215
Well… Can you…
01:05:35.799 --> 01:05:38.303
It's a vintage Tacchini.
01:05:39.386 --> 01:05:42.515
I can't imagine Walter let him
just go willy-nilly wherever he wanted.
01:05:42.599 --> 01:05:45.350
Ah, I'm quite sure he did.
01:05:45.435 --> 01:05:48.246
No, that's ridiculous, Barbara told me
that the dog was perfectly behaved.
01:05:48.270 --> 01:05:50.105
Yeah, well, she told me the same thing.
01:05:50.189 --> 01:05:51.523
But there you have it,
01:05:52.233 --> 01:05:55.570
willy-nilly all over
your vintage zucchini.
01:05:55.652 --> 01:05:57.404
Are you mocking me?
01:05:57.489 --> 01:05:59.239
What? No. No, of course not.
01:05:59.323 --> 01:06:02.077
- I… I'm... I'm sorry.
- Okay.
01:06:02.159 --> 01:06:05.622
I'm running late, but, uh,
I'll be back around 5:00.
01:06:05.705 --> 01:06:06.830
But thank you.
01:06:07.748 --> 01:06:10.375
Why would Walter
leave the dog to you?
01:06:10.460 --> 01:06:11.461
What?
01:06:12.377 --> 01:06:16.007
I mean, if he's like this, unmanageable.
01:06:16.091 --> 01:06:18.009
I mean, your apartment, for God's sake.
01:06:18.092 --> 01:06:19.552
Even for one person, it...
01:06:19.636 --> 01:06:21.304
What is it about my apartment?
01:06:21.386 --> 01:06:25.390
I just think that maybe
Barbara misunderstood.
01:06:25.475 --> 01:06:28.019
You know, it's not
as if Walter put it in writing.
01:06:28.103 --> 01:06:29.937
You mean, in the run-up
to killing himself?
01:06:30.021 --> 01:06:32.481
I'm sure it was on his to-do list.
01:06:32.564 --> 01:06:34.984
Oh, okay. God. You know what? Just…
01:06:35.067 --> 01:06:37.195
Just tell me what else I need to know.
01:06:38.987 --> 01:06:40.948
About Apollo, or in general?
01:06:42.700 --> 01:06:45.286
Okay, I was wrong.
01:06:45.370 --> 01:06:47.705
She's just as irritating to a dog.
01:06:56.255 --> 01:07:00.134
♪ Everybody's talkin' at me ♪
01:07:00.217 --> 01:07:04.054
♪ I can't hear a word they're sayin' ♪
01:07:04.721 --> 01:07:09.144
♪ Only the echoes of my mind ♪
01:07:12.771 --> 01:07:15.732
♪ People stoppin', starin' ♪
01:07:16.733 --> 01:07:19.987
♪ I can't see their faces ♪
01:07:20.780 --> 01:07:25.326
♪ Only the shadows of their eyes ♪
01:07:28.037 --> 01:07:32.040
♪ I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin' ♪
01:07:32.124 --> 01:07:35.002
♪ Through the pourin' rain ♪
01:07:35.086 --> 01:07:36.462
Let's go this way.
01:07:36.545 --> 01:07:39.966
♪ Goin' where the weather
Suits my clothes… ♪
01:07:40.049 --> 01:07:43.468
No. Not that way. Here.
Let's go… Let's back up.
01:07:43.553 --> 01:07:45.721
- Sorry, ma'am. Hi.
- No, no, no!
01:07:45.804 --> 01:07:47.807
- No dogs inside, ma'am.
- What?
01:07:47.891 --> 01:07:49.683
- I…
- No dogs inside.
01:07:49.767 --> 01:07:51.728
I have an appointment. I'm running late.
01:07:51.811 --> 01:07:53.228
So can you just help me?
01:07:53.313 --> 01:07:55.023
- No dogs inside.
- I have an appointment.
01:07:55.105 --> 01:07:57.567
- Can you let me in?
- I can't. I'm sorry.
01:07:57.650 --> 01:07:59.443
Sir, can you call your boss...
01:07:59.527 --> 01:08:01.695
Can you please remove the dog?
01:08:01.779 --> 01:08:04.239
No, I will not.
Just let me inside, please.
01:08:04.323 --> 01:08:05.925
I can't do it.
It's my job on the line.
01:08:05.949 --> 01:08:08.243
Okay, right. I'll sit here, too.
01:08:08.328 --> 01:08:10.914
Yeah, 5-3 to base,
I might need, uh,
01:08:10.997 --> 01:08:12.832
some personal assistance up here.
01:08:12.916 --> 01:08:15.543
And they got a big strong dog…
01:08:16.794 --> 01:08:19.213
I'm really sorry about all that.
01:08:19.296 --> 01:08:21.798
Uh, reception can be such a-holes.
01:08:21.882 --> 01:08:24.509
I mean, so random to involve the police.
01:08:24.594 --> 01:08:25.595
Ah.
01:08:28.347 --> 01:08:29.766
- This way.
- Oh.
01:08:37.065 --> 01:08:38.148
Come on.
01:08:48.451 --> 01:08:51.119
I have Iris and Apollo.
01:08:51.203 --> 01:08:53.248
- I'm sorry.
- Come in, come in!
01:08:53.331 --> 01:08:55.123
- Hi. Um… Yeah.
- Wow!
01:08:55.208 --> 01:08:58.127
You know, I think
your security team overreacted.
01:08:58.211 --> 01:09:00.380
I heard.
Not to worry. Not to worry.
01:09:00.463 --> 01:09:02.506
- I'm sorry. I didn't plan on this.
- Please, sit.
01:09:02.589 --> 01:09:03.967
- Okay, thanks.
- Yeah.
01:09:04.050 --> 01:09:06.010
Okay, bud. Sit.
01:09:08.428 --> 01:09:09.889
- Bravo.
- Good job.
01:09:09.972 --> 01:09:11.366
You teach him that or Walter?
01:09:11.390 --> 01:09:13.810
Uh, I think he came with it.
01:09:13.892 --> 01:09:15.269
- Impressive.
- Mm.
01:09:15.353 --> 01:09:16.980
Does he need anything or…
01:09:17.063 --> 01:09:20.065
Oh, I think Sophie was getting him some…
01:09:20.148 --> 01:09:22.776
- Oh. Fiji water.
- Here we go.
01:09:22.860 --> 01:09:24.821
- Wow, fancy. Fancy.
- Here you go.
01:09:30.034 --> 01:09:32.744
- He's so thirsty.
- Yeah.
01:09:32.828 --> 01:09:34.371
- I'll be at my desk.
- Okay.
01:09:34.454 --> 01:09:36.123
- I'm sorry about the mess.
- Thank you.
01:09:37.834 --> 01:09:42.046
So, he seems better
than he was, uh, on the boat.
01:09:42.130 --> 01:09:43.131
Mm-hmm.
01:09:44.506 --> 01:09:46.883
- How's the book going?
- Uh…
01:09:47.843 --> 01:09:50.263
Well, I know that's what
you wanted to talk about.
01:09:50.345 --> 01:09:53.307
And I have been working. Val, too, but…
01:09:53.390 --> 01:09:55.309
Should I be looking for another editor?
01:09:55.393 --> 01:09:58.062
I know with the grieving and the feelings…
01:09:58.145 --> 01:10:00.480
No, definitely not. No.
01:10:00.564 --> 01:10:04.569
Okay, then I'll be blunt.
I need this book.
01:10:04.651 --> 01:10:06.611
Dead Walter is suddenly hotter
than live Walter.
01:10:06.695 --> 01:10:08.735
There's considerable interest
in his correspondence,
01:10:08.781 --> 01:10:11.117
and we've gotta capitalize on it now.
01:10:11.701 --> 01:10:13.036
- I understand.
- If you need help
01:10:13.118 --> 01:10:14.579
or you don't want to…
01:10:14.662 --> 01:10:17.998
No. I said I understand.
01:10:18.999 --> 01:10:20.000
Fine.
01:10:25.423 --> 01:10:27.258
What are you gonna do about the dog?
01:10:29.176 --> 01:10:30.887
Okay. Let's go, bud.
01:10:32.472 --> 01:10:35.099
Oh, I'm late for school.
01:10:35.767 --> 01:10:41.897
And Val's AWOL, so you're just
gonna have to be by yourself again, okay?
01:10:42.899 --> 01:10:44.275
You just stay there.
01:10:44.901 --> 01:10:48.196
And you're gonna promise
not to destroy my apartment.
01:10:48.278 --> 01:10:51.573
Okay? Good. Good boy.
01:10:51.656 --> 01:10:55.370
You're gonna be a good boy.
How about some music, huh?
01:10:55.452 --> 01:10:59.582
♪ Remember this
A kiss is still a kiss ♪
01:10:59.664 --> 01:11:00.792
Okay, good.
01:11:02.126 --> 01:11:03.169
All right.
01:11:06.630 --> 01:11:08.840
Okay, be a good boy, please.
01:11:08.925 --> 01:11:10.927
Please, pretty please.
01:11:11.426 --> 01:11:12.845
Don't wreck the apartment.
01:11:13.638 --> 01:11:15.473
Okay. Bye.
01:11:16.932 --> 01:11:19.976
♪ When two lovers woo ♪
01:11:20.061 --> 01:11:22.813
♪ They still say I love you ♪
01:11:22.896 --> 01:11:28.820
♪ On that you can rely
As time goes by ♪
01:11:33.074 --> 01:11:38.579
♪ Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date ♪
01:11:39.454 --> 01:11:42.040
♪ Hearts full of passion ♪
01:11:42.125 --> 01:11:44.460
♪ Jealousy and hate ♪
01:11:45.211 --> 01:11:49.840
♪ Woman needs man
And man must have his mate ♪
01:11:49.923 --> 01:11:53.718
♪ That no one can deny… ♪
01:11:55.971 --> 01:11:57.973
"The South to her, in a sexy accent
01:11:58.056 --> 01:12:00.726
inviting her up worn wooden stairs.
01:12:00.810 --> 01:12:04.355
The South was defanged
and charming, a relic of history,
01:12:04.438 --> 01:12:07.774
like this boy who took notes
with a number two pencil
01:12:07.859 --> 01:12:09.401
and a Moleskine notebook.
01:12:09.485 --> 01:12:12.028
In the Google Doc,
where she and her best friend
01:12:12.113 --> 01:12:15.700
kept their senior year bucket lists,
she wrote, under 14,
01:12:15.783 --> 01:12:17.103
get published in The New Yorker."
01:12:40.766 --> 01:12:46.939
♪ As time goes by ♪
01:12:47.023 --> 01:12:48.566
Good boy.
01:12:49.984 --> 01:12:51.985
Good boy, Apollo.
01:12:54.822 --> 01:12:57.949
Very good boy.
01:13:00.410 --> 01:13:03.289
I have been playing
my father's records for him.
01:13:03.371 --> 01:13:05.166
- Really?
- Yeah.
01:13:05.249 --> 01:13:09.086
Bass arias, mostly.
I think he's kind of into it.
01:13:09.170 --> 01:13:11.088
He isn't.
01:13:11.171 --> 01:13:13.507
Audiobooks, not so much.
01:13:13.591 --> 01:13:16.302
Talk radio, movie soundtracks, no.
01:13:17.052 --> 01:13:19.138
To be honest,
I don't think he likes anything
01:13:19.222 --> 01:13:20.722
as much as he likes being read to.
01:13:20.806 --> 01:13:23.768
That he really loves a lot.
01:13:23.850 --> 01:13:25.810
You're not thinking of keeping him now?
01:13:25.894 --> 01:13:27.479
No. Of course not.
01:13:29.649 --> 01:13:32.108
Okay. Come on.
01:13:32.193 --> 01:13:35.320
One more. Getting our steps in.
01:13:36.321 --> 01:13:39.824
- Oh. And it's a tie.
- A tie.
01:13:39.908 --> 01:13:43.370
Ta-da! Almost. Okay. Thanks for that.
01:13:43.453 --> 01:13:45.038
You're gonna come in for some tea?
01:13:45.121 --> 01:13:49.042
No. I'll start sneezing
like a lunatic in there.
01:13:49.126 --> 01:13:52.546
I wish you'd think again about coming
to Woodstock for Christmas.
01:13:52.629 --> 01:13:54.048
- Oh, shit.
- What?
01:13:55.757 --> 01:13:59.386
"You are in violation of allowing
a dog to occupy the premises.
01:13:59.469 --> 01:14:01.096
And despite repeated warnings
01:14:01.180 --> 01:14:03.932
from building superintendent
Hektor Cepeda,
01:14:04.015 --> 01:14:06.978
if you continue to keep said dog
in the apartment..."
01:14:07.061 --> 01:14:09.896
"Said dog"? It should say "sad dog."
01:14:09.981 --> 01:14:11.815
- They're going to evict me.
- No.
01:14:11.899 --> 01:14:14.943
No, no. You've been here so long now.
01:14:15.026 --> 01:14:18.364
And before that, your dad.
This is your home.
01:14:18.447 --> 01:14:20.907
Iris, you cannot lose this apartment.
01:14:20.992 --> 01:14:23.369
You will never find
another place you can afford.
01:14:23.451 --> 01:14:27.664
Not in the city. Not anywhere
with this roommate.
01:14:27.747 --> 01:14:29.584
What about the shelter in Michigan?
01:14:29.666 --> 01:14:31.103
Oh, I'm still on the wait list.
01:14:31.127 --> 01:14:33.754
I need to speak directly to the landlord.
01:14:33.837 --> 01:14:35.756
Who's to say the man's a heartless prick?
01:14:35.839 --> 01:14:39.010
I am, he tried to evict me
when I renovated my kitchen.
01:14:39.092 --> 01:14:40.636
You need a plan B.
01:14:40.719 --> 01:14:44.681
But…
I just need a little more time.
01:14:44.765 --> 01:14:47.476
The only alternative
is to put him back in the kennel.
01:14:47.559 --> 01:14:49.395
I... I can't let that happen.
01:14:55.317 --> 01:14:56.610
Hello. Hey, Ms. Iris.
01:14:56.693 --> 01:14:59.946
Did you know about this?
They're going to evict me.
01:15:00.031 --> 01:15:03.575
Oh, Ms. Iris, what do you think I was
talking about when I said "The dog"?
01:15:03.659 --> 01:15:05.410
You know I'm trying. You know that.
01:15:05.493 --> 01:15:07.848
You're not trying, and you know how I know
that you're not trying?
01:15:07.872 --> 01:15:09.182
Because the dog is still here. No?
01:15:09.206 --> 01:15:10.541
It's not about the dog for them.
01:15:10.624 --> 01:15:12.460
They want me out
so they can triple the rent.
01:15:12.543 --> 01:15:15.629
That's not my problem.
They told me to tell you, Ms. Iris.
01:15:15.713 --> 01:15:18.341
So I'm telling you, okay? No dog.
01:15:22.052 --> 01:15:24.221
Yes, I'd like to speak to Howard, please.
01:15:24.889 --> 01:15:27.475
No, I don't wanna speak to a supervisor.
01:15:28.892 --> 01:15:30.602
Yeah. Okay, fine. Just…
01:15:31.227 --> 01:15:34.189
Have him call me back.
Please. It's urgent.
01:15:47.703 --> 01:15:48.996
Merry Christmas.
01:15:54.126 --> 01:15:57.962
What do dogs think
seeing humans cry?
01:16:00.131 --> 01:16:02.677
What do they make of human sadness?
01:16:05.554 --> 01:16:07.389
I keep thinking of you,
01:16:08.556 --> 01:16:13.520
how among all the other questions
certain to have come to you was…
01:16:14.689 --> 01:16:16.565
What's gonna happen to the dog?
01:16:52.810 --> 01:16:54.245
Did you bring the wreath?
01:16:54.269 --> 01:16:56.438
- Did you bring the Christmas wreath?
- What wreath?
01:16:56.521 --> 01:16:59.065
Well, the Merry Christmas wreath
for, for the window.
01:16:59.149 --> 01:17:00.151
No.
01:17:00.234 --> 01:17:02.796
- Where's your coat and hat?
- Left them at the office.
01:17:02.820 --> 01:17:04.822
- What's the matter?
- Nothing's the matter.
01:17:20.087 --> 01:17:23.173
- Ah-ha! Come in, come in.
- Ta-da!
01:17:23.257 --> 01:17:24.841
Oh, I'm so glad you came.
01:17:24.925 --> 01:17:27.636
I know you didn't want to.
Get yourself a drink.
01:17:27.719 --> 01:17:29.095
- You take that.
- And a hat.
01:17:29.180 --> 01:17:31.432
- A hat. Okay. Uh…
- Yes.
01:17:32.265 --> 01:17:34.977
- Hi. Hi. Hello.
- Iris.
01:17:35.060 --> 01:17:38.355
- Oh, Blossom. Happy New Year!
- Hello! Happy New Year.
01:17:38.438 --> 01:17:41.525
- Mm. Oh, you came alone.
- Very funny.
01:17:41.609 --> 01:17:44.195
- How's your roommate?
- He's fine.
01:17:44.277 --> 01:17:45.863
Marjorie told me about the letter.
01:17:45.945 --> 01:17:48.615
Yeah, well,
I'm not gonna be evicted, okay?
01:17:48.699 --> 01:17:50.575
Easy. Just asking.
01:17:50.659 --> 01:17:53.537
I was just talking to Shervin.
Have you met Shervin?
01:17:53.621 --> 01:17:55.038
- Ah, no. Hi.
- Hey.
01:17:55.121 --> 01:17:56.808
- How's it going?
- Hello. Nice to meet you.
01:17:56.832 --> 01:17:59.084
Shervin is a friend of Marjorie's.
He's a broker.
01:17:59.168 --> 01:18:02.253
And Shervin was just telling me
how impossible it is to find
01:18:02.338 --> 01:18:04.381
a pet-friendly apartment
in New York these days.
01:18:04.464 --> 01:18:06.926
- Are you looking?
- Uh, no. I'm really not.
01:18:07.009 --> 01:18:08.769
- What kind of pet do you have?
- It's a dog.
01:18:08.802 --> 01:18:12.263
- Oh, the Great Dane?
- Iris. Iris. Such a long time.
01:18:12.347 --> 01:18:14.159
- Harry? Oh, my goodness.
- Hey. Ah, I hardly...
01:18:14.183 --> 01:18:15.994
- So many years. Oh, my God.
- I hardly get in town anymore.
01:18:16.018 --> 01:18:17.602
- This is my husband Larry.
- Hi.
01:18:17.686 --> 01:18:21.857
Larry. Your husband Larry.
Harry, Larry. That's adorable.
01:18:21.941 --> 01:18:23.334
And, uh, Iris lives right next door.
01:18:23.358 --> 01:18:25.820
Her father Gary sang with me
in the Gay Men's Chorus.
01:18:25.903 --> 01:18:27.696
Ooh. You're the one with the dog.
01:18:27.780 --> 01:18:29.448
Oh, yeah. I've heard crazy stories.
01:18:29.531 --> 01:18:31.367
Uh, are you gonna lose the apartment?
01:18:32.368 --> 01:18:34.160
- No. Yeah, I...
- I love big dogs.
01:18:34.245 --> 01:18:35.913
But I could never do what you're doing.
01:18:35.995 --> 01:18:40.125
Uh, I gave Marjorie the name of a rescue
in Delaware. They're amazing!
01:18:40.209 --> 01:18:42.795
Five is kind of old
for a Dane, isn't it?
01:18:42.877 --> 01:18:46.548
What are you gonna do when he
becomes, you know, incontinent?
01:18:48.884 --> 01:18:50.009
- Bye.
- Thank you so much.
01:18:50.093 --> 01:18:52.095
- Happy New Year to you.
- Happy New Year, darling.
01:18:52.179 --> 01:18:53.514
- Bye-bye.
- Thank you so much.
01:18:53.596 --> 01:18:54.765
Take care.
01:19:01.272 --> 01:19:03.899
Oh, honey, it's late. Go home.
01:19:03.983 --> 01:19:05.984
No, no. It's okay.
01:19:07.528 --> 01:19:09.154
- You're mad.
- No.
01:19:09.697 --> 01:19:11.573
Maybe just a little?
01:19:17.329 --> 01:19:21.958
I did think
this was a New Year's party,
01:19:22.041 --> 01:19:25.087
not an intervention.
01:19:27.631 --> 01:19:29.132
People are concerned.
01:19:29.925 --> 01:19:30.926
I'm concerned.
01:19:32.261 --> 01:19:35.764
You're my friend.
You're more than my friend.
01:19:37.223 --> 01:19:40.810
When your father got sick, I don't know
what would have happened without you,
01:19:40.894 --> 01:19:43.146
if you hadn't moved in with him to help.
01:19:44.731 --> 01:19:47.151
I miss him a lot.
01:19:49.277 --> 01:19:51.447
I don't wanna miss you, too.
01:19:56.577 --> 01:20:00.831
I actually did hear back
from the Michigan rescue, so…
01:20:00.915 --> 01:20:02.458
They can take him now?
01:20:05.877 --> 01:20:07.713
Well, that's good news.
01:20:26.273 --> 01:20:27.315
Hey.
01:20:36.283 --> 01:20:37.660
How you doin'?
01:20:39.954 --> 01:20:41.120
Hey, bud.
01:20:47.336 --> 01:20:48.420
Hey.
01:21:53.819 --> 01:21:55.404
Come on, boy.
01:22:08.916 --> 01:22:09.917
Get in.
01:22:13.714 --> 01:22:14.715
Stay.
01:22:16.341 --> 01:22:17.425
Ms. Iris, I…
01:22:17.509 --> 01:22:20.970
Can you just watch him, please?
01:22:22.723 --> 01:22:24.016
Sure. Sure.
01:22:38.237 --> 01:22:39.238
Sorry.
01:22:39.782 --> 01:22:43.159
I wanted to come sooner,
but L Train, hell train.
01:22:45.369 --> 01:22:47.206
Marjorie clued me in.
01:22:48.664 --> 01:22:49.792
Give me.
01:22:50.875 --> 01:22:51.876
Thanks.
01:22:52.461 --> 01:22:54.338
You all right?
01:22:55.421 --> 01:22:58.217
You know, I hear
wife number three's in China.
01:22:58.967 --> 01:23:02.137
Or is it Macau? Is Macau in China?
01:23:05.140 --> 01:23:07.266
- Wow, look at that.
- Oh.
01:23:11.688 --> 01:23:13.941
Hey, big boy. It's a…
01:23:14.982 --> 01:23:17.652
It's a nice dog.
01:23:18.277 --> 01:23:19.780
Give me.
01:23:21.572 --> 01:23:22.782
I almost forgot.
01:23:25.619 --> 01:23:26.744
Here.
01:23:28.121 --> 01:23:30.081
I looked for an Iris, but…
01:23:31.666 --> 01:23:32.667
Thanks.
01:23:33.168 --> 01:23:34.168
Mm.
01:23:37.589 --> 01:23:40.592
Bye, big bro. I'll miss you.
01:23:45.139 --> 01:23:46.515
You're doing the right thing.
01:23:49.393 --> 01:23:50.518
You think?
01:23:52.604 --> 01:23:55.106
I don't know. Maybe.
01:23:59.403 --> 01:24:00.404
Yeah.
01:24:02.238 --> 01:24:04.157
Call me when you get back, please.
01:24:09.246 --> 01:24:11.582
Okay. You okay?
01:24:12.166 --> 01:24:13.208
Bye.
01:24:30.767 --> 01:24:31.809
See ya.
01:24:32.644 --> 01:24:35.396
I've imagined it so many times,
01:24:35.939 --> 01:24:40.359
how among all the other questions
certain to have come to you was…
01:24:41.569 --> 01:24:44.072
"What will happen to the dog?"
01:24:47.701 --> 01:24:49.702
We expect the worst.
01:24:51.037 --> 01:24:54.332
It's something we learn early
from children's books.
01:24:55.333 --> 01:24:58.295
In those stories, animals often die,
01:24:59.128 --> 01:25:00.631
often tragically.
01:25:00.714 --> 01:25:03.424
Old Yeller. The Red Pony.
01:25:04.927 --> 01:25:06.719
And even when they survive,
01:25:06.803 --> 01:25:08.805
even when they're happy at the end,
01:25:08.888 --> 01:25:10.890
they've often suffered badly,
01:25:11.849 --> 01:25:13.434
often put through hell.
01:25:14.143 --> 01:25:17.606
Black Beauty. Flicka. White Fang. Buck.
01:25:18.482 --> 01:25:21.485
Okay. Okay.
01:25:35.248 --> 01:25:37.917
Dogs don't commit suicide.
01:25:39.168 --> 01:25:40.544
They don't weep.
01:25:43.924 --> 01:25:46.133
But they can fall to pieces.
01:25:47.594 --> 01:25:50.012
They can have their hearts broken.
01:25:51.889 --> 01:25:54.101
They can lose their minds.
01:26:14.204 --> 01:26:15.205
Oh.
01:26:15.914 --> 01:26:18.083
Quiet. Murtle, hush.
01:26:31.179 --> 01:26:35.350
Hey, so you know how some people say
their dog's an emotional support animal,
01:26:35.434 --> 01:26:37.060
so they can get them on the plane?
01:26:38.811 --> 01:26:40.171
Yeah, I know, but I was wondering…
01:26:40.230 --> 01:26:42.374
I know it's uncool,
but I was wondering if the same law
01:26:42.398 --> 01:26:45.110
might prevent the landlord from…
01:26:45.193 --> 01:26:48.863
Right. Just do a quick search
and... and call me back, okay?
01:26:49.488 --> 01:26:50.949
Perfect.
01:26:53.492 --> 01:26:54.578
Jerky?
01:26:57.330 --> 01:26:59.373
Val? Val?
01:27:00.249 --> 01:27:02.002
Hey, Val, can you hear me?
01:27:02.085 --> 01:27:04.187
Directions to Hershey, Pennsylvania.
01:27:04.211 --> 01:27:06.088
Shit. Hold on.
01:27:07.381 --> 01:27:09.675
- Val? Hey.
- Oh, hey. There you are.
01:27:09.759 --> 01:27:12.678
I started looking,
and I think maybe you're right
01:27:12.763 --> 01:27:15.057
about being able to keep
a service dog in an apartment.
01:27:15.140 --> 01:27:16.474
Any apartment.
01:27:17.100 --> 01:27:19.810
Though he's gotta be registered,
you know, for real.
01:27:19.895 --> 01:27:23.565
Not by one of those fakey places.
Like, by a shrink.
01:27:24.816 --> 01:27:26.818
Is that what you're gonna do?
01:27:38.037 --> 01:27:39.330
Oh, excuse me.
01:27:40.039 --> 01:27:43.292
Hi, I spoke to someone on the phone
about seeing Dr. Warren.
01:27:43.377 --> 01:27:45.795
- I'm sorry, your name?
- Iris.
01:27:45.878 --> 01:27:48.798
Oh, right. You couldn't make it earlier?
01:27:48.882 --> 01:27:53.136
I was, you know, I was thinking
maybe I could sit and wait.
01:27:53.887 --> 01:27:56.390
Oh, no. It doesn't work like that.
01:27:59.225 --> 01:28:02.562
You know what,
I'm... I'm gonna go ahead and just sit.
01:28:03.230 --> 01:28:05.356
Uh, that's fine.
01:28:05.941 --> 01:28:07.818
Uh, ma'am.
01:28:11.487 --> 01:28:12.613
Okay.
01:28:22.373 --> 01:28:23.792
Ma'am, you…
01:28:23.874 --> 01:28:25.209
Ma'am, you can't…
01:28:25.292 --> 01:28:28.255
Hi, Dr. Warren. Do you remember me?
01:28:28.338 --> 01:28:30.340
- Um…
- It's been a couple of years.
01:28:30.423 --> 01:28:32.926
- But, uh, Iris. Iris Dixon.
- Ah. Oh.
01:28:33.008 --> 01:28:35.178
Yes, yes, Iris. Of course.
01:28:36.471 --> 01:28:38.014
Oh. Are you, um…
01:28:38.098 --> 01:28:39.557
Do... Do we have an appointment?
01:28:39.641 --> 01:28:41.892
I... I called, uh, before.
01:28:41.977 --> 01:28:43.270
- Lydia?
- Uh…
01:28:45.813 --> 01:28:50.568
Apollo was sad.
Like, truly sad. He, he, he…
01:28:50.651 --> 01:28:53.447
I could feel him missing Walter
in the same way I did.
01:28:54.698 --> 01:28:56.782
- You know what I mean?
- Mm-hmm.
01:28:57.367 --> 01:29:00.995
Anyway, the, uh, certificate is…
01:29:01.078 --> 01:29:02.413
Uh, could you…
01:29:03.622 --> 01:29:06.084
Well, you'll have to apply for it,
but, yes,
01:29:06.167 --> 01:29:08.544
I could write an evaluation
saying that you're suffering
01:29:08.628 --> 01:29:11.673
from depression and anxiety
aggravated by bereavement,
01:29:12.340 --> 01:29:15.469
that the dog provides
essential emotional support,
01:29:15.552 --> 01:29:18.388
the loss of which may likely cause harm
to your mental health
01:29:18.472 --> 01:29:20.514
or might even be life-threatening.
01:29:21.057 --> 01:29:23.059
Does that sound okay?
01:29:24.101 --> 01:29:26.020
That sounds like a lot.
01:29:27.272 --> 01:29:28.815
It's what you're asking for, isn't it?
01:29:29.441 --> 01:29:33.569
Yeah, well, I guess I just,
I saw it the other way around.
01:29:33.652 --> 01:29:37.365
Like, I'm the emotional-support human,
and it's the dog that can't cope.
01:29:40.034 --> 01:29:42.537
You... You think I'm a mess.
01:29:42.620 --> 01:29:44.622
No, no. Not at all.
01:29:46.248 --> 01:29:47.417
Why a mess?
01:29:48.001 --> 01:29:52.589
Well, I know people
who genuinely need support animals
01:29:52.672 --> 01:29:54.715
- would hate people like me.
- Mm-hmm.
01:29:54.798 --> 01:29:57.552
I would, too. But I'm not
one of those crazies.
01:29:57.635 --> 01:30:00.472
I would never take him anywhere
he's not supposed to go.
01:30:00.554 --> 01:30:02.932
In fact, I left him in the car right now.
01:30:04.267 --> 01:30:08.103
Here's the thing, I cannot
get thrown out of my apartment.
01:30:11.023 --> 01:30:12.274
In the car, here?
01:30:23.327 --> 01:30:24.703
He thinks you should come in.
01:30:33.462 --> 01:30:34.631
Come on, bud.
01:30:36.131 --> 01:30:37.716
He's very friendly.
01:30:44.181 --> 01:30:46.059
They do seem to know things, don't they?
01:30:48.311 --> 01:30:50.522
- Well…
- Oh, bud.
01:30:57.861 --> 01:30:59.196
Do you ever talk to Apollo?
01:30:59.739 --> 01:31:02.700
Oh, y-yeah, but t-the vet
told me I should.
01:31:02.783 --> 01:31:04.660
The most natural thing in the world.
01:31:06.204 --> 01:31:08.456
- What do you two talk about?
- I don't know.
01:31:08.540 --> 01:31:12.669
Anything, like, "What's up, pup?"
01:31:13.585 --> 01:31:16.548
"You hungry? Does your arthritis hurt?"
01:31:17.423 --> 01:31:19.049
"Does this top go with these pants?"
01:31:19.134 --> 01:31:21.136
"Can you tell I've been drinking?"
01:31:38.277 --> 01:31:41.948
Some… Sometimes I feel rage,
01:31:42.907 --> 01:31:45.535
you know, about Walter.
01:31:47.328 --> 01:31:50.081
Especially in crowded places.
01:31:50.165 --> 01:31:54.918
Like, I keep thinking,
"Who are all these fucking people,
01:31:55.003 --> 01:31:57.255
and how come they get to be alive?
01:31:58.298 --> 01:32:00.758
And he's just…"
01:32:02.886 --> 01:32:05.304
Walter made a choice,
though, didn't he?
01:32:06.597 --> 01:32:07.766
Yeah, but…
01:32:07.848 --> 01:32:10.726
And yet your rage isn't directed at him?
01:32:18.485 --> 01:32:23.031
Tell me, then, why do you think
Walter killed himself?
01:32:23.113 --> 01:32:25.950
- I don't know! I don't fucking know!
- Mm.
01:32:26.033 --> 01:32:28.286
Because he was weak, in pain?
01:32:28.369 --> 01:32:31.539
And like... like he was trapped upside down
01:32:31.622 --> 01:32:34.917
in a fucking tankful of water.
01:32:44.135 --> 01:32:45.344
Were you in love with him?
01:32:45.928 --> 01:32:49.432
No. I know I was not in love with Walter.
01:32:50.058 --> 01:32:51.743
Sometimes putting
a name on our feelings
01:32:51.767 --> 01:32:53.185
can help with the grieving process.
01:32:53.269 --> 01:32:54.728
Look, I know about grief.
01:32:54.812 --> 01:32:57.774
I know what love feels like.
And that wasn't it.
01:32:57.857 --> 01:33:00.110
I... I wasn't hoping for something more.
01:33:00.193 --> 01:33:01.902
I'm only suggesting.
01:33:01.985 --> 01:33:03.738
We were friends, not lovers.
01:33:03.821 --> 01:33:05.657
And... And, yes, sometimes, okay,
01:33:05.739 --> 01:33:08.742
sometimes I got jealous
or possessive, but…
01:33:14.915 --> 01:33:18.336
We... We... We could just talk for hours…
01:33:19.086 --> 01:33:20.296
about anything.
01:33:24.134 --> 01:33:25.427
Art. B-B…
01:33:26.761 --> 01:33:30.432
Music, books. So many books.
01:33:31.265 --> 01:33:32.808
It was just effortless.
01:33:35.352 --> 01:33:36.353
Like…
01:33:39.566 --> 01:33:40.983
breathing together.
01:33:42.444 --> 01:33:43.861
And now he's gone.
01:33:43.944 --> 01:33:46.864
Yeah. He's gone. He's fucking gone.
01:33:46.948 --> 01:33:47.991
He's fucking…
01:33:49.659 --> 01:33:52.120
killed himself.
And it's just the way it is.
01:33:59.126 --> 01:34:01.462
If Walter were here right now,
01:34:02.504 --> 01:34:04.174
what would you like to say to him?
01:34:09.887 --> 01:34:12.682
Uh…
01:34:12.765 --> 01:34:15.100
If you could say anything,
a... anything.
01:34:29.240 --> 01:34:32.034
Look, you're a writer.
01:34:33.327 --> 01:34:35.747
Maybe it would help if you write about it.
01:34:37.331 --> 01:34:38.624
About Walter?
01:34:40.250 --> 01:34:41.753
About what happened.
01:34:46.131 --> 01:34:47.175
What?
01:34:53.014 --> 01:34:55.642
Is this the madness
at the heart of it,
01:34:56.517 --> 01:34:59.312
the fairy tale I whisper to myself?
01:34:59.979 --> 01:35:03.273
That if I love beautiful, aging Apollo,
01:35:03.899 --> 01:35:06.402
that if I act selflessly,
01:35:07.277 --> 01:35:09.989
I'll wake up one morning to find him gone,
01:35:10.072 --> 01:35:11.740
and you in his place,
01:35:12.992 --> 01:35:15.203
back from the land of the dead?
01:35:21.709 --> 01:35:24.254
How does the story begin?
01:35:25.547 --> 01:35:27.005
We start with a woman.
01:35:27.756 --> 01:35:29.467
She rides on the subway.
01:35:30.760 --> 01:35:33.429
Is she alone? No.
01:35:34.555 --> 01:35:37.140
She has brought a dog with her,
01:35:37.224 --> 01:35:38.725
a miniature Dachshund,
01:35:39.352 --> 01:35:40.937
and some daffodils.
01:35:43.063 --> 01:35:44.440
Where is she going?
01:35:45.023 --> 01:35:47.694
She's going to visit an old friend.
01:35:48.944 --> 01:35:52.031
The friend lives in a brownstone
in Brooklyn.
01:35:54.242 --> 01:35:57.327
See her now walking up
the steps of the brownstone.
01:36:00.664 --> 01:36:02.667
See her ring the doorbell.
01:36:05.670 --> 01:36:06.753
She waits…
01:36:08.171 --> 01:36:09.464
uncertain.
01:36:14.011 --> 01:36:16.179
Ah. Hello.
01:36:17.556 --> 01:36:18.600
Hi.
01:36:20.434 --> 01:36:21.603
Come on in.
01:36:29.485 --> 01:36:30.713
Does the friend live alone?
01:36:32.529 --> 01:36:36.618
No, he lives with his wife,
but she isn't home today.
01:36:37.285 --> 01:36:39.203
She's at work.
01:36:42.415 --> 01:36:45.418
Exactly what did Barbara tell you
about what happened?
01:36:46.419 --> 01:36:48.712
That she was away
on a business trip,
01:36:48.795 --> 01:36:51.924
but the flight was canceled
because of a storm in Denver.
01:36:52.007 --> 01:36:56.095
And when she got back here,
she found the dog outside the study,
01:36:56.179 --> 01:36:59.098
with a note on the door
for your cleaning lady,
01:36:59.181 --> 01:37:01.017
warning her to call 911.
01:37:04.144 --> 01:37:06.814
Uh, the... the cleaning lady
was scheduled to come in…
01:37:07.899 --> 01:37:08.982
the next morning.
01:37:09.858 --> 01:37:10.942
But you're right.
01:37:11.027 --> 01:37:13.236
If one of my students
had put that in a story,
01:37:13.321 --> 01:37:16.365
I'd have said, "Gee, isn't that
just a little bit too easy?"
01:37:16.448 --> 01:37:19.786
Hmm. So how do you feel now?
01:37:19.869 --> 01:37:22.163
Humiliated, disgraced.
01:37:22.245 --> 01:37:24.415
Ordinary human reactions.
01:37:24.499 --> 01:37:26.125
Hmm. I know that.
01:37:28.126 --> 01:37:30.338
I've been reading up on suicide.
01:37:30.420 --> 01:37:31.881
You'd better stop that.
01:37:33.132 --> 01:37:34.801
Suicide is contagious.
01:37:34.884 --> 01:37:36.386
What choice did I have?
01:37:36.469 --> 01:37:39.472
It's been… confusing.
01:37:40.765 --> 01:37:42.725
Okay. I get that.
01:37:51.983 --> 01:37:53.778
What are you gonna do about the book?
01:37:55.071 --> 01:37:56.863
The book.
01:37:58.282 --> 01:38:00.742
I've decided to step away from the book.
01:38:01.828 --> 01:38:02.912
Your book.
01:38:03.620 --> 01:38:06.791
What do you mean my book?
I gave you complete control.
01:38:07.750 --> 01:38:12.004
I'm feeling conflicted
about my own writing.
01:38:12.087 --> 01:38:15.340
Well, you weren't doing any writing
before the book.
01:38:15.424 --> 01:38:17.427
I thought this would be good for you.
01:38:17.510 --> 01:38:20.680
No, when you asked me
to work on your correspondence,
01:38:20.763 --> 01:38:22.198
you weren't thinking about me,
you were thinking
01:38:22.222 --> 01:38:23.849
about you and your legacy.
01:38:23.933 --> 01:38:26.602
Your existential crisis is my fault?
01:38:26.685 --> 01:38:27.978
I'm not blaming you.
01:38:28.061 --> 01:38:32.232
But you made a choice, and you put me
in an impossible position.
01:38:32.315 --> 01:38:35.152
- I have?
- And Val, too. But she's fine.
01:38:36.153 --> 01:38:37.863
She can finish the book without me.
01:38:37.947 --> 01:38:40.283
I'm thinking about writing something else.
01:38:40.365 --> 01:38:41.742
Well, that is wonderful.
01:38:41.826 --> 01:38:43.911
- What about?
- You.
01:38:49.625 --> 01:38:50.834
About what happened.
01:38:51.460 --> 01:38:54.213
It came to me suddenly one night.
01:38:54.297 --> 01:38:57.340
I was watching It's A Wonderful Life.
I'm sure you've seen it.
01:38:57.424 --> 01:38:58.592
- Many times.
- Yeah.
01:38:58.675 --> 01:39:01.804
And I'm sitting there with Jip in my lap,
01:39:01.887 --> 01:39:06.225
and I was thinking
what a crummy thing suicide is,
01:39:06.850 --> 01:39:08.810
the pain for everyone left behind,
01:39:08.895 --> 01:39:10.146
and the dumb luck in it.
01:39:10.229 --> 01:39:13.775
Having... Having an angel
come down and save you, or not.
01:39:15.443 --> 01:39:16.652
Which means you're dead.
01:39:20.781 --> 01:39:23.201
This might be the place
to bring in some comedy.
01:39:23.868 --> 01:39:25.119
Comedy?
01:39:26.328 --> 01:39:27.913
Wait, you... you killed yourself.
01:39:27.996 --> 01:39:29.165
You think that's funny?
01:39:30.124 --> 01:39:33.669
Oh, I should have said,
my book is fiction.
01:39:34.253 --> 01:39:36.379
I know what that means,
you're gonna change my name
01:39:36.463 --> 01:39:41.301
to Wally, or Wilber?
01:39:41.385 --> 01:39:44.096
Nah. I'm not gonna use names at all.
01:39:44.179 --> 01:39:45.889
Except for the dog.
01:39:45.973 --> 01:39:49.142
Well, Jip's in it. That makes me happy.
01:39:49.852 --> 01:39:53.439
Oh, and your character is English.
01:39:54.440 --> 01:39:56.442
Yeah, I thought that might sting a bit.
01:39:57.068 --> 01:39:58.568
I could be Italian.
01:39:58.653 --> 01:40:01.322
Everyone wants to be Italian.
01:40:01.404 --> 01:40:03.424
You're exploiting my life.
It's the least you could do.
01:40:03.448 --> 01:40:05.535
Not your life, your death.
01:40:06.911 --> 01:40:08.746
You see, he hates that word.
01:40:09.747 --> 01:40:11.498
You know, I'm looking at your face.
01:40:12.625 --> 01:40:15.418
Do you feel sleazy? You should.
01:40:15.502 --> 01:40:18.923
What kind of friend
does this to a friend? Tell me.
01:40:19.005 --> 01:40:22.384
You made a choice to end things
and that's what this is about.
01:40:22.468 --> 01:40:25.805
That is not what this is about!
01:40:26.555 --> 01:40:28.015
Go ask your shrink!
01:40:28.599 --> 01:40:30.392
What makes you think I'm seeing a shrink?
01:40:32.018 --> 01:40:33.521
Well, isn't that obvious?
01:40:33.604 --> 01:40:36.107
Why else would we be having
this conversation?
01:40:37.817 --> 01:40:41.152
Okay, I did not fulfill
your needs, as a teacher,
01:40:41.236 --> 01:40:43.906
as a lover, as a friend.
01:40:43.990 --> 01:40:47.493
Or are we still dealing
with your fucking daddy issues?
01:40:47.577 --> 01:40:51.913
Okay. I'm sorry
that yours left the family.
01:40:51.997 --> 01:40:54.333
I'm sorry that he got sick.
01:40:54.417 --> 01:40:58.044
I'm sorry that he died
and the way that he died.
01:40:58.128 --> 01:41:01.215
My father fought for his life.
He clung to it. He loved it.
01:41:01.298 --> 01:41:04.050
He loved everyone around him. And he…
01:41:06.303 --> 01:41:08.681
Oh, forget it. I shouldn't be doing this.
01:41:08.764 --> 01:41:10.308
I don't know what I was thinking.
01:41:11.225 --> 01:41:14.228
Why don't you put that to Dr. Obvious?
01:41:17.022 --> 01:41:20.026
What… were you thinking?
01:41:20.776 --> 01:41:22.612
I'll tell you what I wasn't thinking.
01:41:23.362 --> 01:41:26.532
I wasn't thinking you're a monster
of selfishness and self-pity,
01:41:26.616 --> 01:41:29.535
I wasn't resenting you
for throwing away such a precious life.
01:41:29.618 --> 01:41:31.495
And I didn't think you chose suicide
01:41:31.578 --> 01:41:34.497
just to punish those around you
that loved you.
01:41:38.002 --> 01:41:39.169
It's clear.
01:41:40.922 --> 01:41:42.840
You weren't considering us at all.
01:41:45.675 --> 01:41:48.804
Well, in my defense, I was suicidal.
01:41:50.348 --> 01:41:51.641
Literally.
01:41:51.724 --> 01:41:52.724
Hmm.
01:41:53.893 --> 01:41:55.644
That lack of consideration
01:41:56.311 --> 01:41:59.440
for me, for Val, Apollo.
01:41:59.523 --> 01:42:00.941
Who in the hell is Apollo?
01:42:01.025 --> 01:42:04.612
- Jip is Apollo!
- Oh.
01:42:06.529 --> 01:42:07.657
He's a dog!
01:42:08.365 --> 01:42:10.493
And he was not present
01:42:11.368 --> 01:42:12.994
at the moment of my death.
01:42:13.995 --> 01:42:16.123
Apollo was devoted to you.
01:42:17.165 --> 01:42:19.627
Your best friend.
The... The center of his world.
01:42:19.710 --> 01:42:23.589
And you left him alone
in the house with your body!
01:42:24.297 --> 01:42:25.758
He scratched at the door,
01:42:25.841 --> 01:42:29.844
he was listening the whole time
as your life was draining away.
01:42:31.681 --> 01:42:35.977
Did you hear him, Apollo,
in those moments?
01:42:38.270 --> 01:42:39.354
Did you?
01:42:40.355 --> 01:42:42.607
The least you could have done…
01:42:45.819 --> 01:42:48.030
is find him a decent home first.
01:43:09.135 --> 01:43:10.428
He had you.
01:43:13.431 --> 01:43:14.724
He always had you.
01:43:16.976 --> 01:43:18.768
Is that really what you thought?
01:43:20.937 --> 01:43:23.524
Who cares what I thought? I'm dead.
01:43:28.570 --> 01:43:31.198
And now you got me here with a wiener dog.
01:43:39.873 --> 01:43:41.124
What else do you want?
01:43:43.835 --> 01:43:45.296
Nothing anymore.
01:43:48.257 --> 01:43:50.341
I can't think of anything else.
01:43:59.977 --> 01:44:01.854
What's gonna happen to the dog?
01:44:20.456 --> 01:44:23.292
Yes, I know, and-and I spoke
with the City before,
01:44:23.375 --> 01:44:28.129
and they told me as long as I have
proper documentation from my doctor.
01:44:31.382 --> 01:44:34.386
Why would you continue
with the eviction process when…
01:44:35.220 --> 01:44:37.222
I've tried calling him, twice,
01:44:37.306 --> 01:44:39.934
maybe three times now,
and no one is calling me back.
01:44:41.392 --> 01:44:44.312
Well, this is not your judgment call.
01:44:46.689 --> 01:44:47.775
Come on.
01:44:49.484 --> 01:44:52.112
Oh, Ms. Iris, I was looking for you.
01:44:52.195 --> 01:44:53.614
- Why?
- They just called.
01:44:53.696 --> 01:44:56.242
- We have a problem.
- Who? Who called?
01:44:56.324 --> 01:44:57.617
The... The building management.
01:44:57.700 --> 01:44:59.011
They called from Florida.
They're not very happy.
01:44:59.035 --> 01:45:00.578
What? I... I just talked to them.
01:45:00.662 --> 01:45:02.598
I know, they told me, they told me
that you talked to them,
01:45:02.622 --> 01:45:04.457
and then they called a lawyer. See?
01:45:04.541 --> 01:45:06.167
- The law… Uh…
- Yeah.
01:45:06.252 --> 01:45:07.920
What... What did they say?
01:45:08.003 --> 01:45:10.004
The lawyer? Well, I don't know.
01:45:10.088 --> 01:45:12.133
He said, he said…
01:45:12.216 --> 01:45:13.967
I can't…
01:45:14.051 --> 01:45:16.470
Uh, they said that,
that they have no choice.
01:45:17.054 --> 01:45:19.472
- No choice? About?
- No choice.
01:45:19.556 --> 01:45:22.226
They have no choice about Apollo.
01:45:22.309 --> 01:45:24.018
They cannot evict you.
01:45:24.644 --> 01:45:26.604
What?
01:45:26.688 --> 01:45:29.024
- So… Are you?
- No.
01:45:29.108 --> 01:45:30.567
- So that's it?
- That's it.
01:45:30.651 --> 01:45:33.778
- It's done?
- Done. That's it.
01:45:33.862 --> 01:45:35.697
- Oh, my God.
- Yeah.
01:45:36.907 --> 01:45:39.993
You hear that, Apollo?
You, you don't have to go anywhere.
01:45:40.077 --> 01:45:43.164
You stay here forever. Okay, bro?
01:45:43.246 --> 01:45:45.666
Ah, you're such a good boy.
Just like here.
01:45:46.333 --> 01:45:48.710
This, it's a good thing.
01:45:48.793 --> 01:45:51.087
- You know?
- Yes! Yes, it's very good.
01:45:51.172 --> 01:45:54.884
- Very good. Thank you.
- Okay, that's okay.
01:45:54.966 --> 01:45:56.510
- Okay. Yeah.
- Oh, my God.
01:45:57.302 --> 01:45:59.013
Listen, I just, uh…
01:45:59.638 --> 01:46:02.849
I apologize for, to… Uh, because you know.
01:46:03.642 --> 01:46:05.895
I was… That's my job, you know?
01:46:05.977 --> 01:46:08.189
- Yeah, no, that...
- He's a very nice dog.
01:46:08.271 --> 01:46:09.272
Yeah.
01:46:09.857 --> 01:46:11.400
- That makes sense.
- Okay.
01:46:11.483 --> 01:46:12.735
- Okay.
- Okay, see you later.
01:46:12.817 --> 01:46:15.654
Oh, Hektor, I have
01:46:15.737 --> 01:46:19.115
a very nice bottle of champagne
in the fridge.
01:46:19.200 --> 01:46:21.202
- Wow, no. I just…
- Just a little celebration.
01:46:21.284 --> 01:46:23.180
- No. I cannot really… I can't.
- Would you… Come on in.
01:46:23.204 --> 01:46:24.724
- Just five minutes…
- But it's that...
01:46:24.788 --> 01:46:27.416
- …of your time.
- Okay, five, five minutes. Okay.
01:46:52.483 --> 01:46:55.235
Excuse me. Is that Apollo?
01:46:57.153 --> 01:46:58.572
You know Apollo?
01:46:58.656 --> 01:47:00.657
Well, I mean, I haven't seen him
for a while,
01:47:00.740 --> 01:47:02.659
but he was a regular here
for about a year.
01:47:02.742 --> 01:47:03.993
Apollo?
01:47:04.078 --> 01:47:06.163
Yeah, his owner's a tall…
01:47:06.246 --> 01:47:07.914
He's a, he's a writer, I think.
01:47:09.750 --> 01:47:11.001
Walter.
01:47:12.794 --> 01:47:14.754
He died last year. Yeah.
01:47:14.838 --> 01:47:17.508
- I'm sorry to hear that.
- Ah, thank you.
01:47:20.927 --> 01:47:23.973
He sure was proud of that dog.
01:47:24.056 --> 01:47:27.309
I mean, I must've heard him
tell the story of finding Apollo,
01:47:27.392 --> 01:47:29.603
I... I don't know, a... a lot.
01:47:34.274 --> 01:47:35.693
He's a beautiful animal.
01:47:39.070 --> 01:47:40.488
He sure is.
01:48:30.621 --> 01:48:31.623
Hey…
01:48:33.458 --> 01:48:34.751
big guy.
01:48:38.797 --> 01:48:40.883
How are you?
What are you looking at?
01:48:42.134 --> 01:48:44.302
Huh? Who's in charge of you?
01:48:46.429 --> 01:48:48.848
How did you end up here?
01:48:52.603 --> 01:48:55.605
Hey, you wanna go get some breakfast?
01:48:58.566 --> 01:48:59.943
What are you looking at?
01:49:00.027 --> 01:49:03.322
It's not uncommon to wonder
what someone you love was like
01:49:03.404 --> 01:49:04.823
before you met them.
01:49:05.448 --> 01:49:08.701
Oh, look at you. You've got
two different colors. You gotta…
01:49:08.786 --> 01:49:12.790
It almost hurts not knowing
what the person was like as a child.
01:49:15.208 --> 01:49:17.502
I've felt this way
about the men I've loved
01:49:17.586 --> 01:49:20.046
and about many close friends,
01:49:20.130 --> 01:49:22.590
and now, it's how I feel about you.
01:49:23.966 --> 01:49:26.387
Not to have known you
as a frisky young dog,
01:49:26.469 --> 01:49:29.640
to have missed your entire puppyhood,
01:49:29.722 --> 01:49:32.975
I don't feel just sad, I feel cheated.
01:49:38.606 --> 01:49:40.776
I think of you
when you'd wake me years ago
01:49:40.858 --> 01:49:42.235
in the middle of the night,
01:49:42.319 --> 01:49:46.532
inhaling every inch of me
as I lay on the floor.
01:49:47.199 --> 01:49:49.243
Who was I to you then,
01:49:49.325 --> 01:49:53.455
and what have I become to you now
after so much time?
01:50:07.301 --> 01:50:10.138
After what
they paid us for this place,
01:50:10.221 --> 01:50:11.764
they'll knock it down for sure.
01:50:12.515 --> 01:50:15.185
So Apollo can do whatever.
01:50:15.269 --> 01:50:18.563
The beach, it comes and goes
with the tide.
01:50:19.148 --> 01:50:20.982
But you'll get used to it, I think.
01:50:21.066 --> 01:50:23.776
- You'll be able to write, won't you?
- Yeah.
01:50:23.860 --> 01:50:26.196
And Apollo can wander.
01:50:26.280 --> 01:50:29.031
As much as he's able to now.
01:50:30.950 --> 01:50:32.077
Ah.
01:50:33.036 --> 01:50:36.748
This is perfect. Thank you.
01:50:36.831 --> 01:50:37.958
Yeah.
01:50:39.125 --> 01:50:41.085
My mom practically grew up here.
01:50:42.420 --> 01:50:43.754
I guess I did, too.
01:50:46.007 --> 01:50:47.718
She needs the money now.
01:50:47.801 --> 01:50:49.594
- So…
- Mm.
01:50:58.019 --> 01:51:00.147
Oh, hello.
01:51:00.856 --> 01:51:03.816
Yeah. It came in
a couple of days ago.
01:51:03.900 --> 01:51:05.419
I wanted to leave one for you to find.
01:51:05.443 --> 01:51:07.111
Come on, Val.
01:51:09.281 --> 01:51:12.366
This is, this is fantastic.
01:51:12.451 --> 01:51:15.162
- Congratulations.
- You, too.
01:51:17.497 --> 01:51:20.791
Like I said, they don't take possession
until end of May.
01:51:21.417 --> 01:51:22.710
So go nuts.
01:51:24.003 --> 01:51:25.922
- Stay the night. Come on.
- No, I can't.
01:51:26.005 --> 01:51:28.800
I have to get back.
And... And you guys should settle.
01:51:32.803 --> 01:51:33.804
Thank you.
01:51:33.888 --> 01:51:37.518
♪ If I should leave you ♪
01:51:40.521 --> 01:51:47.151
♪ Try to remember all the good times ♪
01:51:49.111 --> 01:51:54.868
♪ Long days filled with sunshine ♪
01:51:57.454 --> 01:52:00.082
♪ And just a little bit of rain ♪
01:52:08.297 --> 01:52:12.593
♪ Just a little bit of rain ♪
01:52:53.634 --> 01:52:54.885
One more summer.
01:52:57.306 --> 01:52:59.015
At least you get that.
01:53:00.267 --> 01:53:02.227
And I get to say goodbye.
01:53:03.728 --> 01:53:06.856
Am I talking to you or to myself?
01:53:07.733 --> 01:53:10.360
I confess the line has gotten blurred.
01:53:14.239 --> 01:53:16.616
What were you like in your prime?
01:53:18.326 --> 01:53:20.162
Where did you run and play?
01:53:21.245 --> 01:53:23.081
Who did you play with?
01:53:26.335 --> 01:53:29.463
Are you seeing the ocean
for the first time?
01:53:30.713 --> 01:53:33.425
One miracle is not enough now.
01:53:33.508 --> 01:53:35.677
That disaster was averted,
01:53:35.761 --> 01:53:38.512
that we were spared
separation or eviction.
01:53:39.306 --> 01:53:41.015
It's not enough.
01:53:45.771 --> 01:53:50.483
Now I'm like the fisherman's wife.
I want more.
01:53:53.612 --> 01:53:56.156
And not just another summer or two.
01:53:57.532 --> 01:54:01.411
I want you to live as long as I do.
01:54:03.455 --> 01:54:07.000
Anything less is unfair.
01:54:34.443 --> 01:54:35.529
Apollo?
01:54:39.031 --> 01:54:40.117
Apollo?
01:54:47.415 --> 01:54:48.499
Apollo?
01:55:07.059 --> 01:55:09.813
Hello, my friend.
01:55:28.415 --> 01:55:29.457
Oh…
01:55:45.765 --> 01:55:46.933
Come here.
01:55:49.935 --> 01:55:52.064
♪ I'll take Manhattan ♪
01:55:54.983 --> 01:55:59.529
♪ The Bronx and Staten Island too ♪
01:56:04.493 --> 01:56:08.162
♪ It's lovely going through ♪
01:56:13.125 --> 01:56:15.128
♪ The zoo ♪
01:56:24.387 --> 01:56:27.182
♪ It's very fancy ♪
01:56:28.057 --> 01:56:33.188
♪ On old Delancey Street you know ♪
01:56:38.734 --> 01:56:43.364
♪ The subway charms us so ♪
01:56:47.201 --> 01:56:51.289
♪ When balmy breezes blow ♪
01:56:53.499 --> 01:56:55.919
♪ To and fro ♪
01:56:59.004 --> 01:57:01.590
♪ And tell me what street ♪
01:57:03.592 --> 01:57:07.973
♪ Compares with Mott Street in July ♪
01:57:14.270 --> 01:57:17.565
♪ Sweet pushcarts gently ♪
01:57:22.403 --> 01:57:25.490
♪ Gliding by ♪
01:57:32.121 --> 01:57:38.170
♪ The great big city's a wondrous toy ♪
01:57:43.007 --> 01:57:47.387
♪ Made for a girl and boy ♪
01:57:51.850 --> 01:57:54.811
♪ We'll turn Manhattan ♪
01:57:56.270 --> 01:58:01.067
♪ Into an isle of joy ♪
01:58:09.658 --> 01:58:12.037
♪ Tell me what street ♪
01:58:13.622 --> 01:58:20.462
♪ Compares with Mott Street in July ♪
01:58:25.133 --> 01:58:28.761
♪ Sweet pushcarts gently ♪
01:58:32.515 --> 01:58:36.936
♪ Gliding by ♪
01:58:43.484 --> 01:58:50.032
♪ The great big city's a wondrous toy ♪
01:58:54.371 --> 01:58:58.875
♪ Made for a girl and boy ♪
01:59:02.628 --> 01:59:05.631
♪ We'll turn Manhattan ♪
01:59:07.258 --> 01:59:13.181
♪ Into an isle of joy ♪
01:59:19.479 --> 01:59:22.856
♪ I'll take Manhattan ♪
01:59:26.402 --> 01:59:30.739
♪ I'll take Manhattan ♪