All language subtitles for Nighthawks 2019ENG

Ted offered you a drink.

My God,
did you actually do it?

Yes.

Do you always do the same thing?

Well babe, remember
my first drink?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Are you okay?

I mean I'd be stumbling too
if I had to wear those heels.

We're gonna go.

Whoa, hey, oh God.

Look why don't we just find
somewhere for you to lie down,

how about that?

Come with me.

Stan, get down
here it's important!

Is everything okay, is your
concussion acting up again?

Everything is in
a word, bodacious.

I'm Tendering this town
to Dante's second, third,

and fourth dimensions of hell.

So this self proclaimed stud
on my emerging markets team

tried to talk me into Bumble,

last week he had four matches,
each described herself

as administrative assistant.

And so I asked him
what kind of assistant

to what kind of
administration is that?

Turns out they were all hookers.

Of course, sexual entrepreneur ship’s
a booming business

in the VC space.

So he messaged them
all saying what's up?

And they replied with a link

and it wasn't to a Facebook
page, it was to a Fuckbook page.

What's up, who says
that, I mean besides you?

I didn't come to Gotham
to pay for herpes alright,

when it's free as
air in West Virginia.

Please a V is a V.

And HIV is HIV.

Yeah but if everyone has AIDS
then no one has AIDS right?

In other news, I am meeting
up with a girl named

Tiffany tonight.

Tiffany, that
sounds very promising.

Can I go back to
my room now please?

I get about an hour a
month to write, honestly.

No, you live under my roof,

that means you follow my
rules, you're coming with.

Oops, I'm not
dressed appropriately,

looks like you're gonna have
to go without me, it's okay.

- No, no, no.
- No, no, no, no.

You're not doing
this again, okay?

Nine months ago because
I felt sorry for you

and your preventible ass, I
let you move into this place.

And the only time that
you've come out with me

was alumni weekend, and
I remember you had fun.

You may not think that you
had fun, but I remember,

you had fun.

That was your definition of fun?

Because if I remember correctly
you guys vanished on me

after an hour, I had
to spend 60 bucks

on the campus bus driver to
take me back to the Motel 6,

which was awful, so I
think your friends suck,

no offense though.

No offense, please,
no offense taken.

My friends do suck but at
least they're interesting.

What about you huh?

Big writer, tell me something,
what are you writing about?

You don't do anything.

All you do is sit back there
in that closet of yours.

Closet you put me in.

God.

I'm gonna ask it, who's
the girl, who's Tiffany?

She is an assistant,
in what else?

Marketing.

Woman’s work, 21st century
update of stitching quilts.

I work at like a app
yeah, and like our office

looks straight down at
Diane von Furstenberg

which is like amazing,
obviously, the coolest.

Let me tell you
something, on your dates

if you actually asked
these girls questions

other than which room
at the Metropolitan Club

they wanna get married in,
you'd learn pretty quickly

that they're a lot
smarter than you are.

Metropolitan Club, look at you!

The point is I understand
dating apps and I retain

the perfect profile
because of it.

For instance,
here's a photo of me

with an African child.

I didn't know
you went to Africa?

I didn't, that's my maid's kid.

So you're a fraud
and a liar, that's nice.

What do you have to
offer, huh, big shot?

You and your toothy grin
on your family farm,

All American Gothic,
holding a giant scissors.

It's called a scythe.

Whatever, if dating
apps were repining mothers

you'd kill it, the problem is I'm a Chad,

you're a Stanley.

Hey don't call me Stanley,
please, I've told you!

Girls they see your name
and they immediately think of

a guy in a white button
down who wants to

talk about his favorite
evangelist, it's not sexy.

While you're trying to
triangulate your Facebook link

to multi-ethnic trimber
within 10 blocks

I bet you I can discover a
girl worthy of our attention

before you and do it
the old fashion way.

Yeah, no apps, no
Rwandan huskies,

you know just me being me,

Guinness Book of World Record's,
Greatest Guy of All Time.

You're on.

No.

Yes!

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Yes, yes, you Mr. Writer,
Stan, you are a writer,

you need to have an experience.

This will be an experience,
have this experience.

And if you come I'll
have Tiffany bring her.

Guinness Book of World's
Record, Greatest Girl.

Fine, fine, I'll get
changed, how 'bout that?

Yes!

This is gonna be the greatest
night of your life, I promise.

And please just put those
jeans on that I got you

for your birthday, they
make your ass look great.

God, please
don't do that again.

10 minutes!

God I hate Union Square.

Leave the Upper East
Side to come to this

bridge and tunnel shit
hole, it'd be great

if you're a dental
assistant from Nayack.

We're gonna end up
going downtown anyway.

Why not just commit, go
all the way downtown?

It's just a quick six down.

Please don't ever
say that again.

Trey, my boy!

Chadwick!

Get over here.

Come here you.

- Tickle, tickle, tickle.
- Tickle, tickle, tickle.

Boy you are a stud.

What's up man?

Good to see you buddy,
hey good to see ya.

Good to see you too.

I haven't touched my hair.

Let's get you caught up,
yeah let's take some shots.

Paige got us a table at Up
and Down so we're gonna get

a little more sauced and
then head on down there.

Sauced, sounds good.

Where are your parents?

My pops is in Beijing
destroying the yuan.

For me Chinese currency
is all a big yuan.

Get it?

Mm hmm, no I get it.

Where are my, this is Maddie,
and Paige, lovely humans.

Nice to meet you.

Hi.

Two of my faves.

Yeah, very pretty,
Trey I love your place,

it's fantastic,
Thank you, thank you.

Especially your
deck, it's so big.

Stanley, you like my deck?

Big, oversized, - oh no not like

- I was joking.
- Massive deck.

Thank you, thank you.

A little homosexual
Stanley, but you know what?

Let's take some shots, get
some liquor in the system,

there we are.

Hard alcohol?

Hard alcohol buddy boy,
it'll go down smooth,

I promise you.

Okay.

Not as smooth as my deck.

Here we are ladies.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

Hey Cheers.

Cheers.

Careful there.

That's nice, burns the pipe.

Alright gentlemen,
have a good time.

Alright ladies have a good time.

Thank you.

Excuse me, sorry,
hi, we're on the list

Adrian knows we're coming.

Sorry.

- We have a table.
- Not on the list.

You didn't even ask my name.

Can you please tell
Adrian that Paige is here?

Nah.

Why the hell not?

'Cause you got like
five guys and five girls

and I don't need no
more dicks in the club.

Don't clubs ever
want good looking guys

to attract good looking
girls, am I right?

No, they don't,
then I would get in.

Hey people, how you doing there?

Nice to see you, I'm
homeless I got no money.

Can you guys do
something about it?

I even got papers
here to prove it,

I'm totally homeless.

Yeah, yeah, let me guess,
you're also a Vietnam Vet.

Yeah that's right,
what about you?

Whoa, hey.

You ever been overseas?

What the fuck!

You ever fought in a war?

Buddy, buddy here.

And they call me a bum!

No thank you you keep
it, you're a good guy.

I'm sorry.

This piece of
shit over here, scum bag,

- douche bag.
- I know he is.

He's a scum bag, you're right.

- A fucking asshole.
- Fuck 'em where they breathe.

You know what man I've had
enough tonight, I'm leaving,

I'm out of here.

No, no, no, no, no.

I'm leaving man.

Stan, don't leave,
don't leave, don't leave.

Say sorry, say sorry!

Sorry Stanley.

He's fucking sorry,

- It's okay, I just.
- He's very sorry.

Look, if you come in
with me, I'll blow you.

You are so weird.

Yeah you obviously
didn't consider that

before you felated me.

My God,
ew, that was like what,

sophomore summer?

Yeah well nobody forgets

their first Madison
Square Park beej, Maddie.

Hey fuck this, here buddy.

Hey, what, what?

Yeah, we're going in, open
the fucking rope, let's go!

Right welcome.

Thank you.

Have a good time.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Let's get it started!

I'll just do like a vodka soda.

Thanks.

Very festive.

So when you're out in the
city do you ever feel like

you're at a Georgetown
reunion or something?

What?

I was just looking
around and I thought that.

How would you know
I went to Georgetown?

I don't know you.

I didn't I, okay, well.

Where'd you go to school?

I went to WVU.

What's that mean?

It's a university, not like lol.

Yeah, isn't
that like a hospital?

Yeah you're right it
is, Western Veterans U.

Brother college to WHD,
Woman’s House of Detention,

great mixers if you
know what I mean.

You don't?

No, that's great.

Great time, I'm
having a great time.

Sorry, thank you.

I'm 0 for two.

I'm shocked.

Tiffany and her friend
are gonna meet us here,

hopefully she's
whatever it is you like.

Please we both know
the only reason I'm here

is to distract her, right?

So you and little miss
intern can hook up, huh?

Jesus, where are
they by the way?

Women!

They're all the same,
whether it's the first date

or the 50th they
never come on time.

And who's fault is
that Speedy Gonzalez?

The problem with our
friend Stan here is

he's sensitive, he's sweet.

He's naive, he's romantic.

He doesn't realize there's
a precedent in place.

Right?

Party hard in college,

work pre Emancipation
Proclamation hours

for four years at a big bank.

Then you go to a hedge fund

where you're mass
of the plantation.

Then at 32 find some
desperate 27 year old

who realizes her last
five years at B.B.D. & O

were a giant waste of
time and all she wants

is a ring, your parents
place in Florida,

and your fucking sperm.

You know what?

Before you know it all the
marry-able women will be taken,

and you'll be left
sitting at you desk

with a terminal case
of quantitative easing.

Woo!

You should've been a writer.

Chad, hi.

Hey - Tiffany.

- Tiffany.
- Nice to meet you.

Hey.

Hi.

You wanna get in.

Hi.

Hi.

You can sit here.

- Thank you.
- Thanks.

Hey how you doing?

Have a drink?

Yes.

Are you actually
texting someone on that?

You've learned the
ancient feminine trick

of the fake text to seem
busy, my armor has vanished.

No it wasn't aimed at you

but why do people
do that anyway?

They can't stand the idea

that someone might see
them standing alone.

It's kind of like when
you're in a elevator

with someone now and days,
no one has the fortitude

to just stand there in silence,

or maybe even strike
up a conversation,

everyone just goes
straight to their phones.

And guess what?

There's no cell service
in a elevator of course,

so unless you're playing
Bejazzle you're lying, right?

Well Tiffany,

I don't know what the
fuck they're talking about

but I'm ready to leave, you?

Yeah let's go.

Okay yeah.

That went flawlessly.

She's good, he's gonna like her.

Have we met before?

Good one.

Look I better just get
this out of the way now.

The only reason I came here
tonight was to wing Chad.

So I figured I'd just clear
the air before we get married

and have kids, and I tell my
parents, this whole thing, so.

So this isn't your usual
stomping ground is it?

You caught me, the Dave
and Buster's was on the right

and I turned left,

but I definitely would
not of picked this place.

Right, 'cause you prefer

some place more
quiet and intimate.

Absolutely anywhere
but here, yeah.

I know of somewhere we can go.

Okay here we go this extra step.

Wow.

How?

Isn't it cute in here?

Very pink, my
grandma would love it.

You should bring
her here next time.

Hi.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Wow these
drinks are Yankees puns,

that's amazing.

They are.

Have you decided?

He'll have a Murderer's
Row, and I'll have a Bambino.

Thank you.

I just realized I
don't know your name.

My god, you
don't, my name is Stan.

Nice to meet you,
what's your name.

You too, I'm Caroline.

Caroline, that's a great name.

But it's a deal breaker I can't
go out with any Carolines,

it's crazy.

God, should I leave?

I'm teasing, I'm teasing,
I'm teasing, stay please.

If you twist my arm.

So what do you and
your friend do?

Chad, he crunches numbers
and much to my chagrin so do I.

You don't strike
me as a finance guy.

Well I'm not, I'm
not, but I'll admit,

and you won't see too
many people can see this,

but before you file me under
douche bag I will admit

that I grew up poor, and
rural, and I didn't like it.

Well that's a first
step, what about Chad?

What about Chad?

Chad came into finance
for the same reason

all people born rich
still go into finance.

As Babe Paley once
said, "You can never be"

"too rich or too thin."

Wow, look at you and
here I thought I knew

every witty quote in
the book, but I thought

that was Wallis Simpson.

Its a common
error, they were both

very rich and very thin.

Touche.

- Wow.
- Thank you.

Look at these gender neutral
drinks, these are amazing.

Should we cheers?

Yeah, cheers.

Anyway, Chad's a finance
guy because it'll let you

talk fast without actually
having to sound smart.

So you can Uber and eat
for free, and in time

you love to pay
retail, you can finally

stop pretending you
actually read Moby Dick,

and that anyone
who did is a loser,

and you're not one of those
because you have a Black Card

and a Brioni suit,
you're rich, right?

Yeah, so why are you
so clearly dissatisfied?

Does it show on my face?

All over, mm hmm.

No I think that we
all have baselines

and even if you won the
Mega Millions jackpot

you're eventually
going to return

to your baseline level of
happiness and still make

the same fundamental mistakes
that you've always made.

I don't know.

I wanna question you on that.

Too cynical for you?

A little bit, I'm not so
sure about what you just said.

Friends.

Yes you friends, your report I
has caught our collective ear

why don't you come and
join us, in fact I insist.

Gentle sir knight,
what is thy name?

Well my name is
Kentavious my fair lady.

Kentavious.

Let's go over there.

You wanna go,
do you know those people?

I like what we're
doing right here.

No I do too, but let's
do something unexpected,

let's do something
spontaneous, don't worry,

we can hold hands.

Promise?

Come on let's go.

Okay.

Please.

Evening, I'm Oliver Smithson.

I'm Stan, just Stan.

Just Caroline.

Just indeed, indeed.

Maxime, Soo.

Well isn't this
just about as diverse

as the cover of a college
admissions pamphlet?

But our hearts are
as lily white as that

of a Massachusetts puritan.

And who would the
most astringent puritan be?

Why Jonathan
Edwards but of course.

Good choice, Sinners
in the Hands of an Angry God,

not to be confused with John
Kerry's sinful running mate.

Who are the angry God
and the sinner, you?

Or are we the sinners?

To address your point Stan.

Not really point,

just a stab at a bad
joke to cut the tension.

To address your diversity
point the debutante era

is far behind us now and
I for one am grateful

to be admitted into
a good college.

My sainted parents
would be so proud of me.

While some may think
that the diversity fight

has been largely fought
and won, unbeknownst to you

there have been not one,
but two nuclear fall outs

from their struggles.

Does this resonate with you?

Well more people
are speaking up

and holding others accountable,

and people don't like
being held accountable.

So then there's the
backlash, and you end up with

the Alt-Right, the fine
moral republic of Twitter.

Most people get the first one.

What's the second?

I see in my mind's eye
just such a circular turning

of the earth returning
to a time where the best

like all conviction
where the worst

are full of
passionate intensity.

Alright help him out,
let's get to the point.

Alright then, take
dear Kentavious here,

how do you feel about judging
people you just met Stan?

Well I.

When Kentavious was
growing up he was an odd mix

of shyness, resentment,
and explosiveness.

And when he could
advert what did he do?

He started a Quebec
separatist movement in Denver.

Well I guess that Kentavious

began calling
himself a republican

in order to neutralize
the race issue

with his classmates at Amherst?

Close, at Whitehall.

Bravo Stan.

So Stanley what exactly
is it that you do?

The whole finance thing.

How disappointing I
was under the impression that

there was gonna be so much
more to you than just that.

What do you really wanna do?

I'd like to be a writer.

What kind of writing?

Just stuff that I write
home alone by myself really.

Well you're a writer
at a table of readers,

so please read for us.

No, no, it's
really nothing more.

It's writing home about,
you know what I'm saying?

Maybe later then, so
Caroline, what do you do?

I'm an assistant
curator at the Met.

Really?

What period?

Early 20th Century American,
like the American Realists.

Well why don't you name a
few for us, so we can nod along

and reply with a-ha, mm,
yes, as if we knew exactly

who you was talking
about all along.

Don't worry about it,
honestly other than Hopper

it's pretty much overlooked,
you barely even learn about it

in a survey course.

Johnson's History of
Art, I bought mine used,

every line
highlighted in yellow.

Well if every line's highlighted
no line is highlighted,

am I right?

We have an appointment
that is soon approaching.

Here, let's see.

I got some ones, some,
oh that's my Trip card.

Hold on, I swear.

Stan, Stan the man, you
adorable phoenix fox you,

what do you think you're doing?

Well I was gonna just.

No, no, you're our
guy, put it away.

Thank you.

No Oliver, I'm gonna
pay for this one.

That's very
generous of you Kentavious.

Mm hmm.

You guys are awesome.

Whoa.

Where are we?

I have a feeling
we're not in Kansas anymore.

Welcome.

Thank you.

To the night!

To the night.

Absinthe, and anything else?

Champagne cocktails
all around my dear miss.

A tower of bubbles to
the fathomless abyss.

Hey, hey, thank you.

Nice.

Who are you guys, like
for real, I don't get it?

Come on Stan, drink.

Alright, to the night.

Good evening, and good morning

to all you degenerates
of the dark.

My name is Marguerite,
but you can call me Mom.

My slaves shall bountifully
pour limited addition liquor.

Upon the glass fortress.

It is a token of the time we
spent in Sir Stan's company.

Cheers to Stan.

To Stan.

Cheers to you.

I so wish that the
divine intervention

that brought us together
will be fruitful,

it seems like only
moments ago that we met,

and yet somehow I feel like
I know everything about you.

To Stan!

To Stan!

Okay, you're telling
me this is our guy?

Yeah, it has to be.

You need to leave now.

Right.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine thank you.

Stan read something that
you've written for us.

No, no, no, I don't have
anything on me at the moment.

Really?

Yeah.

What's this then?

Hey, that's my journal.

Alright you read us
something out of that journal

and Caroline will give you
a kiss, won't you Caroline?

I'd love to hear
something you've written.

See?

Maybe when I find my
voice, I just like to observe

what makes the people
in my office tick.

I just try to describe it,
which is no small challenge

I assure you, it's
like studying plants

by going to the Antarctic.

Come on please, will
you read something for me?

Not when you twist
my arm like that.

I'll just read this
thing I wrote about the.

C suite execs going down to
the boardroom the other Monday.

How they would rampage if
there were no constraint.

If it weren't for their eyes
constantly reminding them

they would see but
themselves in a vacuum.

Once mesmerized by
Tantalos on the bank,

now pulled by
Narcissus in the water,

room for only one in the boat.

Filled with thunderous angst
that since their not the leader

they would happily kill all
until only one was left.

We'll the meter is a bit rough.

It's very nice.

Thank you.

You're angst reminds
me of someone I know.

Kentavious, what do you think?

I need to have a word with you.

Now.

Excuse us for a moment.

What are we waiting for?

We need to get this
interview started now,

instead of letting
him go back and forth.

You kidding me?

You believe this guy did it?

That's what we're
here to figure out.

Even if he takes the bait
that doesn't prove anything

with your sister, okay,
this is a terrible idea.

No, it's not a idea
anymore, this is happening.

Please tell me we didn't
miss anything too exciting?

Caroline, did you fulfill

your end of the
bargain yet with Stan?

No.

No yet.

Inhale slave, inhale bondsman.

Inhale little boy.

Try some more for good measure.

This is the stuff that elevated

some of your deceased mentors.

Do you know why I
brought you here?

So you're a mute, great.

I figured places
like this existed,

but I never knew for sure.

And now that you do,
doesn't that excite you?

Hold on let me guess, you're
not exactly the creative type?

No, no, no, I am, I just.

I just, I just I haven't
taken the creative leap yet!

I've heard it 1,000 times
Stan, boo hoo, loser.

Why hasn't Maxime said anything?

We thought it was
best to escort her

away from all the hubbub.

Put her to sleep, almost

as if she's had a little
too much to drink.

Serves her right.

She's okay though?

Well okay is a
broad term, alive yes.

Will she live, yes.

Is she okay though?

Well I'm not sure about
that, but she really

is something isn't she?

I hadn't really formed
an opinion of her,

I just met her
about two hours ago.

Two hours ago!

You're funny, Maxime
liked that about you.

She told me 1,000 times,
what is it you think you need

to take that so
called creative leap?

That is to be the creative
person you think you really are?

Experiences like this,
as my roommate Chad

repeatedly reiterates to me.

Your roommate Chad,
as if I don't know Chad.

How do you know
Chad, is he here?

What else do you need?

I need one motivating idea.

One that will hold up
under repeated examination.

One that will cook, brew

and result in a
product that has value

and will eventually be
recognized as beautiful,

even if no one
knows who wrote it.

Yes, such a form as
Grecian godsmiths make

to keep a drowsy emperor awake.

What if I told you that I was
here to help make that happen?

To sort of goose you along?

The people at this club
are well connected,

and here to help you get
all that you deserve.

But of course you must
first pass their test.

Wait a minute, what test?

Where's Caroline?

I don't know a Caroline,
Maxime on the other hand

I mean look at her, oof.

No, no, no, Caroline,
Caroline, the woman

with the light brown hair
sitting next to me at the table.

I dream of genie with
the light brown hair,

only two syllables in genie
and Caroline has three.

So there is no Caroline,

only genie with the
light brown hair.

Alright guys he's drifting,
I need you to keep him

focused on Maxime.

Doesn't Maxime turn you on?

Well she is a beautiful woman.

Ooh, what an innocent way to
express what you really feel.

My mom would love you.

Describe what you find
beautiful about her.

Her lips are so.

No not like that, speak
as you would in your first

best-selling novel.

Shh.

Where's Caroline?

No, Maxime!

I don't want verbalized psycho
babble I want you to dictate

what you want from
her right now,

go.

He doesn't belong here.

Sure he does, look at him.

This didn't work before,
it's not gonna work now.

Now we're gonna get
down to the truth.

Maxime told me that
she really liked you.

That she was you were
with another woman

but she wanted you, so why not?

She's not going to tell.

Caroline's the first
thing in New York

my parents would
be proud of me for.

I don't understand,

why isn't Stan taking it?

Because your method is fucked,
it doesn't prove anything,

he's not our guy.

Yes he is, it's
definitely your guy.

I remember him, his
face, he was there.

Fine!

We could've had something,
and not just you and Maxime,

me too, we would've given
ourselves to you tonight.

No one would've known,
you've got one last chance

and then I'm gone, or is
it that I'm not your type?

No.

Well that too.

I see, you want a
submissive bitch who takes it

any way you give it to her.

Maxime's the very apex
of submissive right now,

you don't see me jumping
at the opportunity.

No, you can't stay
apex or submissive,

because apex means highest
or culminating point,

and submissive comes from,

that means lowering,
so you got it wrong.

What you meant to say is
the optima of submissive,

didn't you?

Didn't you?

I don't.

I didn't know why I
had been brought there,

but I should have.

Congratulations Stan.

Are you Kentavious' friends?

'Cause he's a swell chap.

We were wondering something,

amongst ourselves so to speak.

Would you happen to be familiar
with the name Alison Kane?

Who?

Who expostulate what
majesty should be,

but beauty is.

Why day is day, and night
is night, and time is time

but be nothing but to
waste night, day, and time.

You are charming, but now Stan,

please answer the question.

I don't know I can kinda see it.

I can sort of sense it, the
way you all came together.

I envisioned Kentavious six
years ago on the first day

of junior year, I will
denote you Nighthawks.

I will guess that upon his
arrival two years before

at the prestigious Whitehall
University people didn't know

what to make of
Kentavious, nor did he.

He was an extraordinary musical
talent, and I have no doubt

that he could've been
admitted to Julliard

or the New England Conservatory,
but he never applied.

Lack of confidence perhaps?

What does school have
to do with anything

that I just asked you?

I think I know how.

Instead Whitehall, a small,
elite liberal arts college

wood him and there he found
himself, with the prospect

of law school if the
music didn't pan out.

In one such seminar on Bartok,
Stravinsky, and Schubert

taught by his mentor is where
he first saw Maxime and Soo.

Good morning, I am God.

I am informed this is
when I am supposed to

write my name on the
blackboard but forget it,

I will not write anything,
except maybe a quote or two

to show a difficult transition.

And close your notebooks
they are making me nervous.

You will not be
writing anything,

after all music is about what?

Listening.

And then there was
you, Oliver Smithson,

the most recent I'm guessing

in a long line of
Smithsons at Whitehall.

So, to some up we've
uncovered how Stravinsky

as a Dumbarton notes Concerto
E flat major took so much

from Bach's Brandenburg
Concerto, yet forces us

to look at these in a new way.

Bartok and his
Concerto for Orchestra

takes the classical sonata
structure of exposition,

development, and recapitulation,
yet fills his form

with traditional
Hungarian folk music.

And again forces us
to a new recognition.

And that was the theme of
class, forcing recognition.

I don't know about you but I
did not hear the Brandenburgs

in that Dumbarton at all.

What?

Kentavious right?

I'm Oliver, nice to meet you.

Okay, nice to meet you.

So you settling
into the new year?

Sure, I'm having
a great semester.

Yeah, I hate college too.

But you know what, I think
that just means people like us,

we know bigger things lie ahead.

What are you talking about?

What's your major?

Musical theory.

No, what do you
really want to do?

I'm a singer, so I guess
I could make my own music.

I was hoping you'd say that.

Why is that?

I'm a mild Atterberg fan.

So I bought a ticket to
the Ein Deutsches Requiem

to hear the baritone solo.

But when I got to
the symphony hall

I ran into Munkacs who told me.

Atterberg's plane was
grounded in Toronto

and his understudy
had food poisoning.

So he had to drive to your dorm,

pick up and take you downtown.

That was really good
singing Kentavious.

If I didn't know better

I'd say that part
was written for you.

I can't believe you
actually know all that.

I mean thank you.

Is that the kinda singing
you wanna do, the opera stuff?

No.

I would actually like
to create my own genre,

but honestly who wouldn't?

Tell me more about it.

I don't know.

Something that would last
under repeated examination.

One that will cook and brew

and result in a
product that has value

and which will be
recognize as beautiful.

Even if no one
knows who wrote it.

New, avant-garde but just right.

Music that makes an impact.

Exactly.

Well what about your
acapella group Tonal Recall,

you able to work on
it with them at all?

Yeah.

They don't really have the
same dedication that I have.

Well I'll tell you what,
I got this music idea

that I've been working on.

I'd love to run it by you.

How about we go grab a
drink and talk about it?

You mean like right now?

No way brush I got class.

It's college, you're
supposed to miss class.

Come on, you're not
gonna regret it.

Where's all this coming from?

From that article Rolling Stone

did on your band five years ago.

It talked about your strategy,
your ideals, all of that.

And based on what I've heard
tonight it's not too hard

to extrapolate the rest.

Good right on time.

Kentavious I'd like for
you to meet Soo and Maxime.

Hi, nice to meet you.

Hi, I'm Maxime.

Welcome, take a seat.

Thank you.

You didn't miss anything.

So nice to see you
guys outside of class,

where are you from?

New York

by way of Paris for
me, and Seoul for Soo.

That's awesome how do you
like living in New York?

Funny, no one from the
city has ever asked me that.

Constantly I tell
them that for me.

My childhood
wasn't so different.

I walked with the
nanny to and from school,

did my homework, ate
dinner, then bed.

Growing up is what cities
like New York or Paris offer.

It instills a sensibility

that is more important
than learning.

Making school so pointless
and interminable.

Yes, on the
impracticality of college

for people like
us with the skills

to survive in the
real world four years

is a long stretch of youth
wasted on slide-show presentations

and half asses essays.

Ironically I chose you all

because you're over
qualified for school.

Bold but bored and
idealistic, in a real rush

to get to the real world,
to make a real impact.

However I wanna remind
you college still provides

a very important, very
unique opportunity.

What is that?

Well college helps you make
a real impact by bringing

the impressionable masses
right to your doorstep.

He had you all entranced
like a cult leader

or an evangelical might,
and he continues and he goes

you know how to instill change?

You win the hearts and
souls of your constituents.

We use pop to become popular.

We still the bait and
switch model from the Betos

and just like them we
don't stop at the music

but we create our
own way of life.

Now the band, that's
the easy part,

see Kentavious here
is a terrific singer.

Whoa.

And if Munkacs is to be believed

he's an even better songwriter.

Soo, Maxime.

I play violin.

And I used to DJ
in a club back home.

Really?

Yeah, I'm really
good at scratching.

Now becoming a successful
band is no longer a mystery

it's a pretty simple
formula, and look at you,

my beautiful group of eclectics.

You guys are at 75% of
the work right there.

And the last 25%,
that's where I come in,

do some of my magic.

What magic exactly?

Legend has it that Kitt
Lampert, one of the producers

of The Who took Pete
Townsend to the Royal Ballet

where his father was once a
composer and his godmother

was the prime ballerina.

Kitt and Pete's takeaway
was that opera was a silly,

archaic bit of nonsense that
needed to be reinvented.

The result,

the 1969 release of
Tommy, a rock opera.

A culturally
transformable work.

We build our audience now.

We use all the free time
and free rehearsal space

and performance opportunity,
Battle of the Band,

talent show garbage things
we can get our hands on.

We build up our voice and we
determine our own direction.

I don't just mean creatively,
but I'm talking culturally,

even politically,
so what do you say,

got a couple of
pop songs in you?

And don't worry you're
gonna be sneaking

your John Lennon solo songs onto

our platinum albums in no time.

Well, it does beat joining
the Young Republicans.

Sounds great,

I'm in.

Come on Stan you know
exactly who I'm talking about.

The black girl in
the white dress.

Look who it is.

Hey.

Hey, God you've
been gone for so long.

But I made you coffee.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Thanks.

So, where you been,
I've been texting you?

I know I'm sorry, guess
I've been busy with my music,

been putting a lot of
time into that band idea,

you know the one I
mentioned to you?

Yeah.

I met this kid named Oliver
and wow, he's something else.

He has some real ambition
in his ideas, he feels if

we're able to catch the
following from millennial s

and get 'em hooked on our music.

Sounds riveting.

It is, I mean we've recorded
like three songs already.

All written by me, yours truly.

And then Oliver's on the road,
and he's doing his thing,

he's booking us gigs.

It's gonna be great.

Has Oliver explained

how to make this
following actionable?

What do you mean?

Like what's the point of it all?

The point?

Oliver is handling
everything okay?

He said he just wants me to
focus on writing good music,

and that's what I've been doing.

But you're still going to
Salzburg with Professor M?

Yeah, no we talked yeah,

everything's still
good with Professor.

Good.

It's gonna be dope.

I hope so.

Despite that Rolling
Stone only wrote about

the Nighthawks because
of Oliver's initial pitch

daylight Kentavious
failed to notice that

Oliver just casually mentioned
they're greater goals

only if their first few concerts

were to begin to
attract attention.

This is the scene of
their eighth concert

in just a short while,
and afterward no one heard

from Oliver about his
aspirations again.

I don't believe Oliver was
malicious but instead riddled

by the same disease that
plagues most millennial s,

a lack of concentration,
unable to see things through,

preferring to not face adversity,
that is why the Nighthawks

would continue to go
from venture to venture

without a serious plan for each,

they never held
themselves accountable.

Stan!

In those early days
when Kentavious asked Oliver

about his goals that Alison so
cared about, Oliver repeated

that this goal would not
prove fruitful overnight.

It required patience.

So what happens next, since
you know every damn thing?

Here.

What's this?

Open it.

Okay.

How?

The band is doing
great so, happy Tuesday.

Thank you brother,
happy Tuesday,

so everything's going well?

Everything's going
better than well.

You know we're really starting
to make a lot of money now.

But what about the other stuff?

What other stuff?

Come on, you know
that takes time.

But it's been awhile right?

Are you serious?

I just gave you a real nice
gift and you're sitting up here

grilling me about it now?

No, no I'm not.

I'm not I'm just saying.

Think about it, you
think Bono would be Bono

if he started doing all
his philanthropy work

in the first six months
in the beginning of U2?

No.

Right, exactly.

Writing these songs,

having people listen to my
music and go crazy over it,

that's my dream, and
that's what it's all about.

And pretty soon they'll
be able to realize

what real music is.

Okay, thank you.

You're welcome.

Hey man that is really good.

Yeah?

Yeah.

You know what?

You should play that at
our show this weekend.

No way, it's not nowhere
near ready I can't.

Why not try it out, the
audience will tell you

if it's ready or not.

Nah.

Yeah Kent please, can't
you see we're all sick

of crowd pleasing, playing
the same mainstream music

over and over again?

This is what we were talking
about at the beginning,

the Beetles, Bob Dylan,
even Lady Gaga does it,

you hook the audience,

and then you slowly
shape their tastes

with the more challenging stuff.

And before you know it
the crowd is going wild

for the weird, artsy stuff that
they would hated at first.

Trust me.

You really think so?

I know so.

Goodnight New York!

Y'all like that?

Yeah I know you do, you
want another one don't you?

Yeah, well this is brand
new, no one's heard it before

except you guys so let's go.

What's he singing?

What is he doing?

What's the WIFI password?

Let's just go.

Why did you rely on
the audience's validation

to be proud of your vision?

We all know that
doesn't end well.

Goddam spoiled brats.

I'm sorry Kentavious.

Oliver tell them,
we have 100k in gigs lined up.

Who wants to
experience that again?

You really
think that change happens?

No, I am not doing
that again, I'm not!

Okay fine, I guess we're stuck.

Are you guys serious?

Look at how far
we've come, no, no.

No I'm telling you, so what?

We always knew the band

was just gonna be
step one in our plan,

that it was gonna be the stepping
stone to something better.

So they didn't like our
new music, big deal,

we always knew
that the next step

was gonna require more patience.

I think we're in the perfect
position to be influential.

Influential, are you
still pushing influence?

I mean when we first started
you threw out some big ideas

but now we're raking in
the money it's almost like

you forgot why I
chose to join this

in the first place Oliver.

What are you talking
about, because I pushed you

to perform a song that
you actually believe in?

No man, no matter
what happened tonight

our stock is as high
as it's ever been.

Which is why I think it's
time to move on to phase two.

What's phase two?

You ever heard of the Phantasm?

No.

What the hell is that?

It's a secret society in Oxford

that poses as a
prestigious nightclub.

When the club owners find

an individual that's
particularly interesting

they put them through a series
of unorthodox interviews,

to find to everything
they can about the subject

and find out what
they're really made of.

So what are you saying,

that we're gonna open
a club like that?

What about school,

you think I'm going to
drop out this semester?

You know I'm supposed
to go to Salzburg

and I'm not missing
that for anybody,

that could be huge for me.

Maybe, but what
would really be huge

is for us to run a club where
the most elite people come.

I'm talking about being
at the center of culture.

Making connections with
people that really matter.

I mean that's what we
always talked about.

Look, we're big enough

that people are gonna
come to this club.

Now it's just on us to make
sure that they stick around.

So,

what I propose is that
this week we announce

the band is breaking up.

That way anticipation is
gonna be through the roof

when we open the club, and
I guarantee you Kentavious

we have some fan that's
gonna come and bring

his muckity muckity muck dad.

Think about it Kent,

it could be a good move for
us, for you, for your career.

I felt they abandoned the
band too soon, and did so

not because it was the right
moment, but because a hurdle

was thrown at them

that a strong commitment
could've overcome.

But they chose not to face it,

instead they convinced
themselves that the next venture

radically different would be
more satisfying and productive

than the one they chose

not to work through
'til its conclusion.

Quite the negative
attitude Stan.

Just because one DA
came to your establishment

didn't mean you created
the next Porcellian Club.

But look I'll give it to you,
your club really is something.

It must've been back then.

That is the District Attorney.

Really?

Well Kentavious, how about
we introduce ourselves?

Let's.

Hello Mr. Blackwood,
my name is Oliver,

this is my friend Kentavious,
we are two of the proprietors

of this establishment.

We just wanted to
come over here,

tell you how honored we are

to have you join us
on opening night.

Well I'm glad to be here,

and thank you for
your hospitality.

My son and his friends
are huge fans of yours.

They were at the concert
in New Haven that you had.

Now they're over
there hanging out.

Really?

Look, they told me
all about your goals,

it's great to see millennial s
not just talking the talk

but walking the walk.

Wow, that really
means the world.

Why don't you have
them come over,

we would love to share
drinks with them as well?

Of course, Rachel.

You give me a call if
you ever need anything.

I'll be more than happy to help.

Thank you, I mean thanks a lot.

As the years passed,
303 rooftop brunches later,

the NightHawks refined their
club, created an extensive

background check process
for potential interviewees

and solidified the club
as the New York home

for the few, the
proud, and the hip.

But other than hefty
quarterly distributions

they had nothing substantive
to show for these years.

Allowing the money to take
precedent over their goals

that had inspired them
just a few years before.

Good evening, and good morning

to all you degenerates
of the dark!

An eternal state of
oblivious dissatisfaction.

Stop it!

You are the dilettante.

Trying to dabble in
finance, writing, the arts,

all of this just because
you'd rather go with the flow

than take some initiative.

Anyway, terms like narcissistic

are used too freely these days.

And I suspect an objective
observer would describe Maxime,

Soo, and Oliver in the same way.

That their respective
upbringings rendered each of them

incapable of becoming
involved unselfishly,

and unsparingly in the
life of another person.

Yet they found each
other, liked each other.

Sort of Seinfeld but
without the laughs.

It seemed to make no difference
among the three of them

they didn't even
notice, but Kentavious,

fundamentally vulnerable
became a victim.

What the hell
are you doing here?

What a characteristically

loving thing to say
after all this time.

I tried calling you and
you haven't answered.

And well, my well meaning shrink

thinks that I
should speak to you.

Well, if I didn't answer
than that obviously means

I was busy, right?

Doing what, choosing
seating arrangements for

the Euro trash that heard

that this was a hip
place in New York?

Yeah, sure.

I was raped.

What do you mean?

By who?

It didn't just happen,
it happened six months ago,

and the entire investigation
was botched of course,

otherwise I would
spare you the news.

I didn't want to tell you
but I've run out of options,

all but one.

And what option is that?

My shrink says
that I need closure.

For me that's identifying
what the campus cops

called the perpetrator,
for me that's control,

and I need it.

I've come to terms
with this pretty much,

but I need to know who did it.

And it seems that your
enhanced interview technique

is the only way to get

the potential culprit
and interrogate him.

For him, it will be a party,

but for us it will
be finding the truth.

We'll record it and we'll
forget about the campus cops.

We'll hand it over
to the real police.

Okay.

Okay.

Listen I need every name,
every number, every address,

every detail, all inform.

This is all the information.

Everything I remember.

Caroline, is this her address?

Yeah.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Who is Alison Kane?

She's your sister isn't she?

And you let her down.

How do you know that?

You just told me that.

Clearly you've been
tormented by something.

What do you mean?

You're angry that
you pushed her away

the last three years, because
all that time you knew

she was the only one
that could tell you

that you've in fact
accomplished nothing.

And that you've allowed
Oliver to run how you live,

and how you work, and
who you are Kentavious.

You've been so caught up

pretending to be
someone that you're not

you've forgotten about the
original goal to become someone.

Take it from me, you still
wonder whether if you had

listened to Oliver's
goals all those years ago

if you'd even be here now.

Maybe if you'd stayed true
to your best intentions,

who I believe you are,
you would've had the presence of mind

to be there for her, protected
her, looked after her.

Been the first person she
came to with this burden

but instead, she's coming to
you as a last resort isn't she?

When you're from what you're
from you don't have to be

omniscient to know that family
is the only thing in life

that isn't just noise.

So this is what you needed
to do for your sister,

the meaning of which,
the importance of which

you found and you studied.

You disappeared for
three months and then.

Kentavious, welcome.

How have
you been, what happened?

How have you been?

Welcome.

Welcome back.

So how do you like the bar?

You better like it
because you're a partner.

It's nice, everything
you said it would be.

Yeah a lot of pink,
your favorite color.

Nice.

What is that real?

Let me see?

You ever thought about
actually taking somebody's life?

What are you talking about,
taking somebody's life?

I mean think about it,

what if a guy escaped from
the police and you caught him

and you killed him,
should you feel guilty

or should you actually
feel like a hero?

I'm sorry am I
missing something,

we're talking about
killing somebody?

I'm talking about protecting
the people that we love.

What happened?

Finally, a question
that our all mighty prophet

doesn't know the answer to.

Well we've been trying
to locate you everywhere.

We called Alison, she didn't
even know where you were.

You called Alison?

Alison was raped.

What?

Brother I am so sorry.

Now you're sorry.

Are you sorry that your
influence that you promised us

doesn't mean shit?

Do you know I called the
DA to try to get help

for Alison and he didn't
even know who I was?

What's the point of
doing all of this Oliver

if it doesn't mean anything?

Where have you been man?

Why didn't you tell us any of this?

For the past three
months I've been trying to

help my sister man.

The cops aren't doing shit,
nobody's doing anything!

I've been out searching for leads!

What did you find?

I found someone, his
name is Chad Parrish.

You remember Trey, our
patron from the club?

Chad was tagged in all the
pictures that Trey was in

from the same frat party
that Alison was raped at,

he's the guy.

So what now?

I feel like we bring him in

for a good old
Nighthawks interview.

At least that way we'll be able
to get the truth out of him.

Okay so we bring this Chad
guy in, we have Marguerite

work her magic, we figure
out what really happened,

then we go to the police.

She asked me if I wanted
a hand job, I said no,

I've got two hands for myself.

Hey.

Hello, that's good, that's good.

Good, yeah.

You find Maxime beautiful?

If she made advances on
you, you would accept them?

Yeah, sure,

why not?

You work in a bank.

I'm in private equity.

How private, how equitable,
don't you wanna do something

that really excites you?

My considerable income
excites me plenty.

Yeah good one, go on to the next.

You've never been in love.

Only with the man I see in the mirror.

Why not someone beautiful
and sophisticated, hmm, say

Maxime?

I don't know.

I just met her 10 minutes ago.

What if I told you
that she was telling me

before she sat down next to you

how cute she thought you were?

Cute?

So

Marguerite I heard these

interviews can get pretty crazy.

Crazy, crazy how?

You know.

Are we done?

No we are not done and
if you won't take Maxime

right now like a red
blooded American boy

then we're gonna have
to arrange something

a lot less pleasant for you.

Take her?

Who the fuck do you think I am?

What do you think you are?

Well it wouldn't be the
first time your kind

took advantage of
a sleeping girl.

One of my kind?

What the fuck are
you talking about?

I apologize that I know
your fraternities ionic bond

formed over the extensive
knowledge of the chemical makeup

of Rohypnol, Ketamine, and GHB.

Well fuck you very
much, I'd like to go now.

Where's the door, I'd
like to fucking leave,

this isn't what I signed up.

So soon?

Chad.

Kentavious this isn't
right, okay let's wrap it up.

Anything?

I don't recognize him.

Well I didn't want to upset
you but people are telling me

that you had sex with a girl

who was passed out
at a frat party

and we think that
was bad form so.

Do I look like the kind of guy

who needs to fuck a
girl while she sleeps?

Alright, forget about
her, what about me?

Could you do it with a woman
awake looking you in the face.

Yeah he's lying, stay here.

Hey, hey, Kentavious
where you going?

You did it, I know you
did it, don't you lie to me,

you raped her!

Jesus Christ.

Everybody already
said you did it!

Did what?

You fucking raped her.

I didn't rape anybody,
who the fuck are you man?

Don't you worry about who I am.

What about the name
Alison Kane, ring a bell?

And you're Chad Parrish.

You're Alison's brother.

Shit.

Listen man I'm really sorry

about what happened
to your sister

but it wasn't me.

You're lying, don't
you lie to me man.

No, no, I,

but I know who did, I
have a picture of him

with your sister that night and
he was walking her upstairs.

You're fucking lying.

I'm not lying, let me show you.

Kentavious put the gun down,
we don't know who did what.

You better not be lying to me.

Yeah.

That's your guy, that's Stanley.

This is a lead alright,
we got to take this

to the police and then
let them handle it.

No, no, no, no
more fucking police!

Please, if you give
me two days I will bring

this guy to you, I
will bring him to you.

No, no

we're gonna do this my way.

You're gonna gather all of
the information on this Stan

the same way we did for you,

and you're gonna
come here tomorrow

or else I'm gonna be
at your house Chad.

And I promise I'm
not gonna be so kind.

Trust me, you're not
off the hook yet buddy.

Whoa, hey, hey, it
was Chad, it was Chad.

No, no, no, it was
you, you lied to me man.

I did not lie to
you, I didn't do it.

Kentavious this isn't right.

No, we supposed to
be doing this my way.

It's supposed to be my way,

and this is supposed to
be the guy, he's our guy.

Kent get a grip please.

I know how bad you want
this guy to be the guy,

but think, you heard him
explain what happened,

you heard him recite his poem.

You have seen him not
going for the bait

with either Marguerite or me
when he was far too wasted

to hide anything.

He is just as capable of doing

what are you accusing
him of as you are.

This isn't what I asked of you.

Kent,

it's alright.

It was you.

You looked wonderful that night.

Look Chad had just invited
me to come live with him

in his apartment, and he
thought I should loosen up,

so he asked me to go to
some alumni weekend with him

where I didn't
know anybody there.

You look really pretty tonight,

I like how you did your hair.

Thank you.

Did we do the spin?

No, God no.

Did he actually do it?

Well babe, remember
my first drink.

Let me put this down.

I was standing in a
corner awkwardly when a girl

who was inebriated
needed my help.

Hey, are you okay?

I mean I'd be stumbling too
if I had to wear those heels.

Whoa, whoa, hey.

Why don't we just find
somewhere for you to lie down,

how about that?

So I escorted her up the
stairs and I left her up there.

It's my fault for not
thinking what could happen.

Those guys vanished
on me after an hour

and I thought they ran
off with their girls,

but I had no idea it
was the same girl,

Kentavious look at me!

It wasn't me, okay?

It wasn't me!

Come on!

But I think you
know who it was, don't you?

It was Chad, but
I should've known,

Caroline should've known, that
night we were all complicit.

Stan, you need to leave now.

Despite everything that happened

Alison did find her truth.

She got her closure.