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[bells chiming]

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[Joe] Well, hello there.

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Who are you?

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Based on your vibe, a student.

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Your blouse is loose.

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You're not here to be ogled,
but those bracelets, they jangle.

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You like a little attention.

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Okay, I bite.

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You search the books.
Fiction, "F" through "K."

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Now...

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Hmm, you're not
the standard insecure nymph

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hunting for Faulkner you'll never finish.

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Too sun-kissed for Stephen King.

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Who will you buy?

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[Beck gasps] Sorry.

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[Joe] You sound apologetic,
like you're embarrassed to be a good girl,

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and you murmur your first word to me.

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Hello.

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Do you work here?

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Guilty.

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- Can I help you find something?
- Paula Fox.

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It's a good choice.

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Hmm, I feel weirdly validated.

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[chuckles] Follow me.

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She's gonna be in here.

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"Celebrity authors"?
I thought Fox was pretty obscure.

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She is Courtney Love's
maternal grandmother.

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You're not expected to know that.

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Good. I didn't.

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Mr. Mooney wants anyone in here
who's even tangentially famous.

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He thinks it sells more books.

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That's sad.

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People buying books
because of what's popular,

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and not because they wanna be moved
or changed in some way.

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Yeah. It's an epidemic.

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Yeah, you see this guy?
Here, the glasses, behind you.

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He just grabbed Dan Brown's latest
on the way in.

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So he's gonna wander around
for another, like, five or ten minutes,

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just to find something legitimate
to buy with it.

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Oh, like the cereal guys buy
when they're really there for condoms.

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Only makes it more conspicuous.
Like, own your shit.

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If Dan Brown's your kink,
then be out about it.

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[scoffs] At the end of the day,

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people really are disappointing,
aren't they?

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Sometimes they surprise you.

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- Paula Fox. Top shelf. You want me to...
- Oh, no, I got it.

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[Joe] Oh. Are you not wearing a bra?

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And you want me to notice.

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If this was a movie,

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I'd grab you
and we'd go at it right in the stacks.

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Have you read her fiction?
Desperate Characters, it's her best.

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[sighs] That's what I keep hearing.

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- You haven't read Desperate Characters?
- I know. I know.

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I'm worried
it's not gonna live up to the hype.

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I can safely say it is that good.

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That's a high endorsement.
And from a bookstore clerk, nonetheless.

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Well, it's bookstore manager.

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Hello? Anyone working here?

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- Asshole.
- Mmm...

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- Whoa.
- [chuckles]

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Do you mind? Uh, I'm in a hurry.

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[Joe] He's just pissed he's gotta
buy Salinger to feel respectable

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when all he really wants to do
is eat Cheetos and jerk it to iPorn

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before washing it all down
with a Dan Brown chaser.

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Have a nice day, sir.

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Okay, I'm going for it.

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- Good. You won't regret it.
- I'd better not.

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Paula Fox. Nice.

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You know, she was, uh,
Courtney Love's maternal grandmother.

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That's why I'm buying it.

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[Joe] You have enough cash to cover this,
but you want me to know your name.

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- "Guinevere"?
- Yeah.

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My parents were assholes
with the whole naming thing.

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But everyone just calls me Beck.

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And you're Joe...

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Goldberg.

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Everyone calls me Joe.

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[chuckles]

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Aren't you gonna tell me
to have a nice day?

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You have a nice day, Beck.

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You have one yourself, Joe.

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[Joe] You smiled, laughed at my jokes,

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told me your name, asked for mine.

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She write her number on there?
She was on you hard.

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No, she was just being nice.

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I'd be googling the hell out of her
right now.

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You know her full name.

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That's pretty aggressive, Ethan.

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What do I tell you?
Always be closing that shit.

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[both] If you need me,
I'll be in cookbooks.

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But for work. Not for fun. I swear.

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[Joe] At the end of the day, people are
really just disappointing, aren't they?

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But are you, Beck? Are you?

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Yes, people find "the one."

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I believe that. I try to stay open.

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I was in love once.
She broke my heart, Beck.

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Ugh, she really did a number on me.

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I should've seen the signs.

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But we never do when we're in love.

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- Exhibit A. Claudia and Ron.
- [indistinct arguing]

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[Ron] I went out for a couple of drinks.
Get off my back.

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[Joe] Claudia's a nurse. Single parent.

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[Claudia] Leave me alone!
You're on your phone...

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[Joe] You think she knew Ron was a shitbag
when she fell in love?

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No, she thought he was a prince.

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Hey, Paco.

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'Sup, Joe?

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[Joe] And now,

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- hers is not the only life she ruined.
- [Claudia] Leave me alone!

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Why is coming home such a chore for you?
[continues indistinctly]

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Is everything cool in there?

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Yeah, Mom and Ron are just talking.

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[Claudia] You always go out
with your friends!

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- And I'm sick of it!
- Wow.

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You are burning through that book,
aren't you?

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Reads quick. It's good.

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Let me know when you finish.
I'll get you another one.

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[Claudia] Screw you, Ron! Get out of here!
Leave me alone.

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[continues indistinctly]

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Are you hungry?

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'Cause, you know,
I just got this meatball sub,

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but I remembered
I have Thai from last night.

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Nah. My mom will just
make me something later.

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That's a shame. This won't keep.
It's getting tossed.

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You sure, Joe?

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"All for one and one for all."

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[Joe] The point, Beck...
Love is, uh, tricky.

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[rock song playing on record]

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[Joe] A guy needs to protect himself.

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I had to be sure you're safe.

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And your name
was a glorious place to start.

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Not a lot of Guinevere Becks.

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And there you were.
Every account set to public.

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You want to be seen, heard, known.

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Of course, I obliged.

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Born and raised, Nantucket Island.

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A brother, Clyde, and sister, Anya.

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Your parents really were assholes
about the names.

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Your folks split when you were 12.
Your dad dropped out of the picture.

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Went to Brown
where you majored in lit. Cool.

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And minored in douchebags. Hmm.

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And then on to NYC to conquer an MFA
and make your mark, presumably.

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Now you still write. Barely.

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Too busy living out moments
you won't remember five years from now.

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I know this because you post
about this life all the goddamn time.

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[all speaking indistinctly]

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[Joe] Candidly, it's the least
appealing thing about you, Beck.

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You posted this hours after our encounter.

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[camera shutter clicks]

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[Joe] I was concerned you didn't mention
that cute guy in a bookstore.

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And then I realized
your online life isn't real.

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It's a collage.

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You paste this Beck up. This...

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together, lovable, cute,
bendy little creature.

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If anything, the fact that
you didn't share me with your followers

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only confirms we really connected.

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The next thing our little friend
the Internet gave me was your address.

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There it is, with its big, naked windows.

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It's nice. Too nice.

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I'm thinking subsidized school housing.

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Jesus! It's like you've never
seen a horror movie or the news.

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But you want people to watch, don't you?

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You know,
I plan on asking you about this quality

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when we get to know each other better.

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A proposal.

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Why don't we
spend the day together tomorrow?

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Just you and me?

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[Beck] To everyone out there
chasing their dreams, don't give up.

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And in the meantime, mac and cheese!

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[Joe] It's cute. Not deep. But cute.
Is there more to you? Let's find out.

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Our day starts at the ass-crack of dawn.

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I know from your posted schedule
that you teach a 6:30 class

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called Get Up N Flow.

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You caress the sweaty backs of bulimic,
dead-eyed real mommies of SoHo...

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I am loving your form today, Tasha.

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[Joe] ...offering smiles
and lies of encouragement.

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[Beck continues indistinctly]

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[Joe] By 10:00, you're at campus
to TA a Romantics class

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and play Vanna White to some shirt.

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Morning, Professor Leahy.

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I told you, it's Paul.
Are you ready for class?

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[Joe] Professor Obvious wants to fuck you.

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Now, you're smart.
You let him think one day he might.

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And what's the harm in that, right?

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After class,
you head to your favorite café

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to write for the first time all day.

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But your life doesn't cooperate.

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Your wealthy girlfriends
have just now woken up,

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and have nothing better to do

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than plan their next pointless
yet instagrammable night.

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Can we get real for a second?

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You have questionable taste in friends,
Beck.

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- [all] Cheers!
- Yeah!

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- Oh, yes. Happy birthday!
- [Annika laughs] Thank you so much.

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[Joe] And expensive taste in lives.

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- Ready?
- Thank you.

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- [gasps]
- Do you like it?

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No, I hate it. Of course I love it!

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Jason didn't even
get her something that nice,

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and Annika finally let him do anal.

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- [Lynn] Oh, my God!
- Please, please, it was time.

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Please open my gift next and tell me
how much you hate me then, lady.

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[Annika gasps]

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A butterfly? It's my spirit animal
for the year. You remembered?

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Only 'cause you wouldn't shut up about it.

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[Joe] You want so badly to be one of them.

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- [Beck] Happy birthday.
- [Annika] You look so beautiful.

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[Joe] Well, they've got nothing to do
after this.

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So, yeah, they'll party till 5:00
and scrape it together tomorrow.

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But you can't.
You have to work for a living.

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A McQueen, Beck? How much was it?

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[chuckles] It was on clearance.

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They haven't put a McQueen scarf
on clearance

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since he hung himself in 2010.

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It'd be too much
even if she did deserve it,

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which she does not.

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[Joe] Hmm. Not all your friends are dumb.

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[Peach] You always do this.

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You make, like, a big gesture
that you can't afford because...

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- [scoffs] I'm sorry, you're too nice.
- It's no big deal. I had, um, a gift card.

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How broke are you?

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Just tell me what's up.

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[Joe] Actually sounds like she cares.

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[Beck] Look, I appreciate...

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[Peach] Why don't you just let me
loan you some cash?

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Okay? I keep telling you, it's nothing.

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[Joe] Also, sounds condescending.

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You know I'd do anything for you.
Don't forget that.

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- Sure you can't come out with us?
- I gotta write.

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Virtuous. Catch you later?

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[Joe] Is that the best friend you've got?

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If so, Beck, you really are alone.

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Your social media's a liar.

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It says
you're a happy-go-lucky dilettante.

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But, underneath it all,
you seem like the genuine article.

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Stretched ADD thin, sure,
but as soon as the door closes...

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you're back at the keyboard,
trying to write.

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[cell phone vibrates]

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[sighs]

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[man] Thanks.

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Keep the change, man.

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Hey. Let me up.

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[Joe] Uh, Beck, who the fuck is this?

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00:13:47,010 --> 00:13:49,156
My best friend walked in
on you getting your dick sucked

245
00:13:49,180 --> 00:13:53,010
by some random woman in a bathroom
at a party that I took you to!

246
00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:55,060
I was wasted. I didn't even finish.

247
00:13:55,140 --> 00:13:58,520
That's your apology? "I didn't cum."
That's the one you're going with?

248
00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,126
I obviously shouldn't have gone
in the bathroom

249
00:14:00,150 --> 00:14:01,350
with any girl that wasn't you.

250
00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,280
But she said she had good coke,
and I'd been seriously stressed.

251
00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,200
I thought,
when Johno and I started our line,

252
00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,176
it was gonna be like
picking out flavors and shit.

253
00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,200
It turns out it's 16-hour lectures
on microbial management.

254
00:14:13,290 --> 00:14:15,790
And that's why no one starts
their own artisanal soda company,

255
00:14:15,870 --> 00:14:18,580
and why America has to keep drinking crap
that's giving 'em cancer.

256
00:14:18,670 --> 00:14:22,590
You actually managed to connect
your illicit blowjob to curing cancer.

257
00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:25,420
I'm genuinely impressed.

258
00:14:29,010 --> 00:14:30,010
Beck, I...

259
00:14:30,510 --> 00:14:33,680
Seriously, I am drowning in work.

260
00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:38,100
I don't have time to keep hooking up
or whatever it is you're even capable of.

261
00:14:38,180 --> 00:14:42,980
I know I've done some stupid shit,
but I'm on it now.

262
00:14:44,650 --> 00:14:48,280
I don't wanna be
just some guy you sleep with.

263
00:14:51,570 --> 00:14:53,700
[whispering] God, you make me insane.

264
00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:01,880
[Joe] Way to go, Beck.
Looks like a catch.

265
00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,170
Benjamin J. Ashby III.
Oh, there's three of them.

266
00:15:08,260 --> 00:15:10,220
Greenwich-born, boarding-school bred.

267
00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:13,600
His father is the Ben Ashby
of Ashby Brokerage.

268
00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,390
Two failed careers. Model. Oh, boy.

269
00:15:16,470 --> 00:15:17,850
And co-creator of a dating app

270
00:15:17,930 --> 00:15:21,350
that connects people
through musical tastes called LoveHooks.

271
00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,150
Current CEO of Home Soda
Artisanal Beverages.

272
00:15:24,230 --> 00:15:25,230
Motto...

273
00:15:25,650 --> 00:15:27,530
"Drink better by hand,"
which makes no sense,

274
00:15:27,610 --> 00:15:28,860
but evokes a homespun quality

275
00:15:28,940 --> 00:15:32,240
that lines up with a guy
who wears $600 Japanese sneakers.

276
00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:37,080
The hair, the privilege he tries to hide
with retweets of Black Lives Matter.

277
00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:41,670
Not to sound judgey, but this guy
is everything wrong with America.

278
00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:45,920
See, this is why I do my research.

279
00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,880
You fall for the wrong men.

280
00:15:48,590 --> 00:15:49,590
Bad men.

281
00:15:49,630 --> 00:15:52,090
You let them in. You let them hurt you.

282
00:15:52,180 --> 00:15:54,680
Too far away to know for sure,
but my guess is,

283
00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:56,480
if he came anywhere close
to making you cum,

284
00:15:56,550 --> 00:15:58,810
you would've made a Broadway show
out of it.

285
00:15:58,890 --> 00:16:01,140
But you didn't, 'cause he didn't.

286
00:16:01,230 --> 00:16:02,390
[exhales]

287
00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,690
- "Desperate Characters."
- Yeah, I just got it.

288
00:16:09,780 --> 00:16:11,626
Borrow it when I'm done.
It's supposed to be her best.

289
00:16:11,650 --> 00:16:13,150
Johno's consultant we brought in,

290
00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,160
she's been all over me
about this kind of thing.

291
00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:16,910
Saged the crap out of the office.

292
00:16:17,740 --> 00:16:20,330
The book title
has the word "desperate" in it.

293
00:16:20,410 --> 00:16:23,290
You don't want to think of yourself
as a desperate character, Beck.

294
00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,000
Because you're the opposite, babe.

295
00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:30,460
You're the smartest girl I know.

296
00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:33,380
Honestly, you blow me away.

297
00:16:37,180 --> 00:16:38,760
[cell phone vibrating]

298
00:16:38,850 --> 00:16:41,890
Oh, shit. Gotta roll.
Johno's blowing up my phone.

299
00:16:41,980 --> 00:16:45,480
Hey, you should come by the office,
test out some new flavors.

300
00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,400
We're doing cumin.
I know how much you like Indian food.

301
00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:50,690
Sure. Sounds good.

302
00:16:50,780 --> 00:16:52,610
It looks good on you, by the way.

303
00:16:54,740 --> 00:16:56,070
The extra weight.

304
00:16:59,910 --> 00:17:01,750
Yeah. Hey. I'm on my way, bro.

305
00:17:01,830 --> 00:17:03,200
You guys ordering pizzas?

306
00:17:03,750 --> 00:17:06,170
Yeah, don't dick me over like last time.
Gluten-free crust.

307
00:17:06,250 --> 00:17:08,920
Not from that vegan place.
Vegan cheese tastes like asshole.

308
00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,750
[door opens and closes]

309
00:17:18,260 --> 00:17:19,140
[door closes]

310
00:17:19,220 --> 00:17:21,430
[Benji] I'm talking French gourmet shit.

311
00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,020
No. Johno. Johno. Listen to me.

312
00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:27,650
They can't do half-gluten-free
'cause it's dough.

313
00:17:27,730 --> 00:17:29,310
They have to use a spelt dough.

314
00:17:57,630 --> 00:17:59,180
[Joe] So you didn't finish.

315
00:17:59,260 --> 00:18:01,220
[breathing heavily]

316
00:18:11,770 --> 00:18:13,020
[gasps]

317
00:18:29,250 --> 00:18:31,170
[breathing heavily]

318
00:18:32,170 --> 00:18:33,840
Just like that.

319
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,400
Thank you. You're so kind. [chuckles]

320
00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,020
I don't suppose you can
help me get a cab, can you?

321
00:18:53,730 --> 00:18:54,980
Of course.

322
00:18:55,070 --> 00:18:56,480
- Thanks.
- Yeah.

323
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000
[Claudia moaning]

324
00:19:15,090 --> 00:19:18,090
Wow. Don't tell me
you're finished already.

325
00:19:18,170 --> 00:19:19,300
Almost.

326
00:19:19,380 --> 00:19:20,720
It's so good.

327
00:19:21,510 --> 00:19:22,986
Sometimes the dialogue's weird, though.

328
00:19:23,010 --> 00:19:25,600
Like when they're killing each other
and still all nice about it.

329
00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,730
Well, it was the 19th century.
People still had manners.

330
00:19:30,140 --> 00:19:32,270
I was hoping we could go get another one.

331
00:19:34,190 --> 00:19:36,570
[sighs] I mean, it's pretty late, Pac.
I don't know.

332
00:19:36,650 --> 00:19:38,780
[Claudia moaning] Oh, yeah.

333
00:19:39,530 --> 00:19:41,030
I want you to cum...

334
00:19:41,110 --> 00:19:42,336
[Joe] Something's
in the air tonight, Beck,

335
00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:45,660
'cause everyone but me is getting action.

336
00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:47,910
Even the lovebirds made up.

337
00:19:47,990 --> 00:19:50,660
Yeah. Yeah, why not? Sure.

338
00:19:52,330 --> 00:19:55,630
[Paco] Did you know
Dumas was a black dude? I googled him.

339
00:19:55,710 --> 00:19:58,670
His grandmother was a slave,
and his dad was a brigadier general.

340
00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,420
He killed like half a battalion.

341
00:20:01,510 --> 00:20:03,590
You probably knew that
since you work at a bookstore.

342
00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:05,140
I didn't.

343
00:20:05,220 --> 00:20:07,740
- How'd you get to work here, anyway?
- Mr. Mooney gave me a job

344
00:20:07,810 --> 00:20:10,290
when I was just a little older than you.
He sort of took me in.

345
00:20:10,350 --> 00:20:12,270
- He seems nice.
- He's a dick.

346
00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:16,400
But he loved books,
and he taught me to love them, too.

347
00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:17,730
I never see him around here.

348
00:20:18,230 --> 00:20:20,610
- Is he dead?
- No. He's just old.

349
00:20:20,690 --> 00:20:21,900
I'm sorry, Pac.

350
00:20:22,530 --> 00:20:24,690
I had one back here for you,
but Ethan must've sold it.

351
00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:27,120
- Sold what?
- Your next read.

352
00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,240
Come on. I'll show you
where we keep the good stuff.

353
00:20:45,470 --> 00:20:46,470
[Paco] Freaky.

354
00:20:52,310 --> 00:20:53,310
It's the Cage.

355
00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,520
It's where we keep
early editions and collectibles.

356
00:20:57,060 --> 00:20:57,900
It's cold.

357
00:20:57,980 --> 00:21:00,280
Sixty-five degrees. For the books.

358
00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,740
If the zombies come,
this is where I'm hiding.

359
00:21:04,070 --> 00:21:05,740
Why don't you set that milkshake down?

360
00:21:26,220 --> 00:21:27,220
[Mooney] Careful, Joseph.

361
00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:32,720
When it comes to the value of a book,
it's all about condition. I'll show you.

362
00:21:32,810 --> 00:21:34,100
[Joe] It's always 65 degrees.

363
00:21:34,180 --> 00:21:38,810
Humidity 40%.
Too moist, the pages can mildew...

364
00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:40,480
[Mooney] Too dry, they get brittle.

365
00:21:40,570 --> 00:21:42,780
Always keep books upright

366
00:21:42,860 --> 00:21:46,070
so the spines don't become rolled
or warped or what we call "cocked."

367
00:21:46,150 --> 00:21:49,240
And we never wanna
fold or crease the pages.

368
00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,040
And we dust the covers
with a chemical-free duster.

369
00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:53,620
Always towards the spine.

370
00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:57,080
Under no circumstances
is there any sunlight in this room.

371
00:21:57,170 --> 00:21:59,420
Sunlight can ruin a book as fast as fire.

372
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:00,960
Faster.

373
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,880
That's a lot of stuff to remember
just to take care of some old books.

374
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,840
The most valuable things in life
are usually...

375
00:22:10,180 --> 00:22:11,180
the most helpless.

376
00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,640
So they need people like us
to protect them. You know?

377
00:22:22,860 --> 00:22:24,320
"Don Quicks-oat."

378
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,070
Quixote.
It's about a guy who believes in chivalry,

379
00:22:27,150 --> 00:22:28,990
so he decides to be an old-school knight.

380
00:22:29,070 --> 00:22:30,160
What's chivalry?

381
00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,620
It's treating people with respect.
Especially women. Like men should.

382
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,680
It's good. It's one of my favorites.

383
00:22:36,410 --> 00:22:38,040
I probably shouldn't take this home.

384
00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:39,726
It's not a first edition,
it's just an old one.

385
00:22:39,750 --> 00:22:41,290
Besides, I trust you.

386
00:22:59,060 --> 00:23:01,480
- Where you been, Paco?
- We just grabbed some milkshakes.

387
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,980
- You just walk off with strangers?
- Joe's not a stranger.

388
00:23:05,070 --> 00:23:06,280
Yes, he is.

389
00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:08,280
Inside. Now. Okay?

390
00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:18,266
Keep away from my girlfriend's kid.

391
00:23:18,290 --> 00:23:22,330
Look, I'm sorry, but he was out here,
and he could hear everything in there.

392
00:23:22,420 --> 00:23:23,700
Don't you tell me how to parent.

393
00:23:24,750 --> 00:23:26,726
This whole nice guy act
might work on other people.

394
00:23:26,750 --> 00:23:29,720
I'm a parole officer, 15 years,
and I can see what you are.

395
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,220
[Joe] Well, you're an alcoholic shitbag
who beats women.

396
00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:34,470
So, please, enlighten me.

397
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:36,720
You're a freak.

398
00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:39,656
So, stay away from Paco,
because if you don't,

399
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,980
I'll grab a steak knife
and I'll cut those freak eyes out.

400
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,730
[Joe] There are scary people
in the world, Beck.

401
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:48,800
That's why it's important to be safe.

402
00:23:54,030 --> 00:23:56,450
And why I have to do what I'm about to do.

403
00:24:04,210 --> 00:24:05,210
Fun fact.

404
00:24:06,090 --> 00:24:09,710
Did you know the law requires
gas leaks to be investigated?

405
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,316
I've been learning a lot since I met you.

406
00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:13,510
Hey, Beck? You left the door open again.

407
00:24:13,590 --> 00:24:15,640
I thought we said
we weren't gonna do that anymore.

408
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,656
I was careful to call the gas company
on a day when you had a full schedule.

409
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:19,930
I wouldn't wanna scare you.

410
00:24:20,020 --> 00:24:21,810
Hey. Is Beck here?

411
00:24:21,890 --> 00:24:24,230
Nope. Super let me in.
Someone reported a leak.

412
00:24:24,310 --> 00:24:26,206
Right. Yeah. She mentioned that.
Is everything okay?

413
00:24:26,230 --> 00:24:28,900
Yeah, all clear.
Tell your girlfriend there's no leak.

414
00:24:29,530 --> 00:24:30,530
I'm done, so...

415
00:24:30,570 --> 00:24:32,780
Okay. Thanks. Well, I can just lock up.

416
00:24:37,660 --> 00:24:39,990
I just need to know who you really are.

417
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,830
Besides a broke poetry student

418
00:24:41,910 --> 00:24:44,460
in a subsidized apartment
you could never afford.

419
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:46,630
Where is it, Beck?

420
00:24:47,420 --> 00:24:49,920
When we live together,
your place won't be a pigsty.

421
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,050
I'll clean for us.

422
00:24:52,630 --> 00:24:56,930
And you won't eat all this frozen shit.
I'll cook for you every day. I promise.

423
00:25:02,980 --> 00:25:04,390
I'll even do your laundry.

424
00:25:06,690 --> 00:25:08,480
And take care of your favorite books.

425
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,240
I'll make our bed every morning.

426
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,530
Oh, there it is.

427
00:25:16,610 --> 00:25:18,200
And no matter how hard you fight me,

428
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,080
I will always make sure
you password protect your devices.

429
00:25:26,620 --> 00:25:28,750
[Leahy] "One day
You won't need love anymore

430
00:25:29,790 --> 00:25:31,430
One day, you won't walk through the world

431
00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:33,800
As though it was your job
To hold everything up

432
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,640
The sun, the sky
The hard part of the night"

433
00:25:38,390 --> 00:25:39,760
It's good.

434
00:25:41,060 --> 00:25:42,310
It's quite good.

435
00:25:43,220 --> 00:25:46,390
But, Beck, where's the rest?
You owe me 20 more pages.

436
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:51,150
[sighs] I've been, honestly,
working every day, and grading papers...

437
00:25:51,230 --> 00:25:53,126
If the schedule is too rigorous,
drop back to part-time.

438
00:25:53,150 --> 00:25:54,820
But then I won't qualify to TA.

439
00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:57,450
I need the cash. The housing.
I'd lose my place.

440
00:25:57,530 --> 00:25:59,596
You'll figure it out.
You're smart, or you wouldn't be here.

441
00:25:59,620 --> 00:26:01,660
- Please, Professor Leahy...
- Paul.

442
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,000
Paul. I'll get you the pages
by the end of the week.

443
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,670
I can't go to part-time, okay?

444
00:26:12,460 --> 00:26:14,590
[sighs] I'm rooting for you.

445
00:26:15,210 --> 00:26:17,510
You just need to keep up.

446
00:26:17,590 --> 00:26:21,390
Happy to discuss further.
After class some evening.

447
00:26:21,470 --> 00:26:23,906
If we're gonna seriously discuss poetry,
it should be over a drink.

448
00:26:23,930 --> 00:26:25,980
There's a little gastropub I love...

449
00:26:26,890 --> 00:26:28,770
I would love that, Paul. [chuckles]

450
00:26:28,850 --> 00:26:32,190
Just, uh, how would your wife feel
about you...

451
00:26:32,270 --> 00:26:36,900
About me helping out an aspiring writer?
She's used to my generosity.

452
00:26:36,990 --> 00:26:38,150
[chuckles]

453
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:39,950
[Leahy] So, Thursday night, then?

454
00:26:41,820 --> 00:26:43,450
Thursday night it is.

455
00:26:43,530 --> 00:26:44,450
Excellent.

456
00:26:44,540 --> 00:26:48,830
And don't worry about the next few days.
Just go home and get caught up.

457
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,390
[Beck] Need to see you tonight.

458
00:27:04,810 --> 00:27:06,970
[Benji] Will if I can, babe.
Working late.

459
00:27:07,730 --> 00:27:10,310
P.S., I can still smell you on my fingers.

460
00:27:10,940 --> 00:27:14,230
[Joe] I learned two definitive things
by scouring your computer.

461
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:18,440
First, there are no recent pictures
of your dad because he's dead.

462
00:27:18,530 --> 00:27:21,280
He OD'd and you were the one
that found him.

463
00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:25,240
You've started a few poems about that day,
but you never finished them.

464
00:27:25,330 --> 00:27:27,240
I'm so sorry, Beck.

465
00:27:27,330 --> 00:27:31,290
But none of this matters because of
my second and greatest discovery.

466
00:27:31,370 --> 00:27:34,670
11:06 a.m., an hour after
our encounter at the bookstore,

467
00:27:34,750 --> 00:27:38,460
amidst a group text on the merits
of vaginal detoxing, you wrote...

468
00:27:39,220 --> 00:27:42,680
[Beck] Wow. Just met a human male
who actually reads.

469
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,300
Alert the media.

470
00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:47,220
What if it's finally time for me
to date someone good for me?

471
00:27:47,770 --> 00:27:49,310
[Joe] Thank you for letting me know

472
00:27:49,390 --> 00:27:51,036
- I wasn't crazy after all.
- [door unlocks]

473
00:27:51,060 --> 00:27:51,890
[Joe] No!

474
00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:55,520
Yes, I remember what you said
when you sent money last.

475
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,280
Yes, I'm grateful.

476
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,950
[scoffs] I'm working constantly.
There's no place cheaper to live.

477
00:28:05,370 --> 00:28:10,120
I did.
He basically offered to sleep with me.

478
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,330
No, I can't report him.
That's not how it works.

479
00:28:12,420 --> 00:28:14,606
[Joe] I'm not worried.
I've seen enough romantic comedies

480
00:28:14,630 --> 00:28:17,250
to know guys like me
are always getting in jams like this.

481
00:28:17,340 --> 00:28:20,340
Not the school, the world.
That's not how the world works.

482
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,760
I know how much you helped me,
it's just... It's hard here, Mom.

483
00:28:27,890 --> 00:28:28,890
[sighs]

484
00:28:30,270 --> 00:28:32,440
Okay. I'll figure it out.

485
00:28:33,310 --> 00:28:34,600
All right. Love you, too.

486
00:28:35,150 --> 00:28:36,150
Bye, Mom.

487
00:28:39,110 --> 00:28:41,070
[crying]

488
00:28:47,410 --> 00:28:48,740
[Joe] It's okay, Beck.

489
00:28:54,170 --> 00:28:55,500
[cell phone ringing]

490
00:28:58,290 --> 00:28:59,420
Hi, Becks.

491
00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:02,090
Hey, bitch, where you at? Come play!

492
00:29:02,170 --> 00:29:04,630
I can't. I just had the worst day.

493
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:06,736
- What happened?
- Aw. Beckalicious, whatever it is,

494
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:07,986
there's nothing that we can't fix, okay?

495
00:29:08,010 --> 00:29:09,930
Yes, us and copious amounts of alcohol.

496
00:29:10,010 --> 00:29:12,180
- [Peach] Oh, my God. There's a sale!
- [chuckles]

497
00:29:12,270 --> 00:29:13,730
[sighs]

498
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:16,350
- You guys love me?
- [Peach] Of course.

499
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,246
- [Lynn] Why would you even say that?
- [Beck] Okay, then.

500
00:29:18,270 --> 00:29:19,480
Meet me in Greenpoint.

501
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,490
Look, why don't you come here?
Okay? Come here.

502
00:29:22,570 --> 00:29:23,666
[Lynn] It's actually really fun
where we are.

503
00:29:23,690 --> 00:29:24,570
- No.
- [Lynn] I promise.

504
00:29:24,650 --> 00:29:25,530
[Peach] Yeah.

505
00:29:25,610 --> 00:29:27,820
There's something I need to do for myself.

506
00:29:27,910 --> 00:29:28,740
I'll text you on my way.

507
00:29:28,820 --> 00:29:29,830
See you soon.

508
00:29:29,910 --> 00:29:30,910
- Bye!
- Bye!

509
00:29:31,580 --> 00:29:33,200
[sighs] Fuck!

510
00:29:37,790 --> 00:29:39,710
[Joe] I guess we're going
to Greenpoint, Beck.

511
00:29:45,970 --> 00:29:47,970
[woman singing and playing guitar]

512
00:29:49,350 --> 00:29:50,810
I never go to Greenpoint.

513
00:29:50,890 --> 00:29:52,770
But the things you do for love, right?

514
00:29:53,930 --> 00:29:56,770
[Beck] Hi. Um, okay, we're gonna get
a few more drinks.

515
00:29:56,850 --> 00:29:57,980
Hold on, one second.

516
00:29:58,770 --> 00:29:59,770
Guys?

517
00:30:00,610 --> 00:30:01,860
[Peach] What is she thinking?

518
00:30:01,940 --> 00:30:05,240
Open mics are for models-slash-
singer-songwriters-slash-vegans.

519
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:06,240
These people don't want to hear

520
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,200
some wannabe read a poem
about the bleakness of life or whatever.

521
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:13,700
[Joe] Your friends are disloyal.
And that Peach is the worst.

522
00:30:14,830 --> 00:30:16,370
[laughing]

523
00:30:16,460 --> 00:30:19,170
- [yells] Ooh.
- Another round of picklebacks.

524
00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:21,630
Beckish, do we think now's the night?

525
00:30:21,710 --> 00:30:23,170
Positive.

526
00:30:23,250 --> 00:30:25,460
All of my life lately
has been about surviving.

527
00:30:25,550 --> 00:30:28,760
I need to remind myself
why I came here in the first place.

528
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:29,840
- Yes.
- Yeah.

529
00:30:29,930 --> 00:30:31,576
- You go. So good.
- Who do you keep texting?

530
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,140
I invited Benji.

531
00:30:33,220 --> 00:30:36,020
- Beck...
- What? He likes poetry.

532
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:37,850
- For sure.
- And he texted he was coming?

533
00:30:37,940 --> 00:30:43,110
He texted a row of smile emojis,
like, 45 minutes ago.

534
00:30:43,190 --> 00:30:45,570
Some guys are assholes,
and you just have to realize that.

535
00:30:45,650 --> 00:30:46,860
I get it, Peach.

536
00:30:46,940 --> 00:30:49,820
You're the one who told me
to keep reminding you he's a bastard.

537
00:30:49,910 --> 00:30:52,910
Up next, we have Guinevere Beck.

538
00:30:52,990 --> 00:30:54,200
Whoo!

539
00:30:54,290 --> 00:30:56,080
- All right.
- All right.

540
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,580
To vulnerability and shit!

541
00:30:58,660 --> 00:30:59,670
[Lynn] Yeah.

542
00:30:59,750 --> 00:31:01,330
- Cheers.
- Okay.

543
00:31:01,420 --> 00:31:03,000
- [Beck] Okay.
- [Lynn] Okay.

544
00:31:03,090 --> 00:31:04,300
[Annika] Kill it, Beck!

545
00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:10,050
Hey, everyone. Um, I'm Beck, and I'm...
[chuckles]

546
00:31:10,130 --> 00:31:12,550
Not to sound like, you know,
whatever, but just...

547
00:31:13,510 --> 00:31:14,930
I'm a poet.

548
00:31:15,010 --> 00:31:16,140
Yeah, you are!

549
00:31:16,770 --> 00:31:17,850
Whoo!

550
00:31:17,930 --> 00:31:18,930
[Lynn] Yeah, you are!

551
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,270
"One day, you won't need love anymore

552
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,110
One day, you won't walk through the world

553
00:31:27,190 --> 00:31:29,990
As though it was your job
To hold everything up

554
00:31:30,070 --> 00:31:33,660
The sun, the hard part of the night

555
00:31:33,740 --> 00:31:36,580
The secret time when you wake
To the sound of beating

556
00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:39,410
Rise to answer the door
But he's not there

557
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:41,870
Because that sound is coming
From inside you

558
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,380
And you cannot answer it
No matter how far in you go"

559
00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:52,300
Whoo!

560
00:31:52,340 --> 00:31:56,220
"You loved him the way
Fragile kids love gorgeous bullies

561
00:31:57,430 --> 00:32:00,480
- You wrote songs about him. You..."
- [cymbals crash]

562
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:01,810
Uh, I mean... [chuckles softly]

563
00:32:01,890 --> 00:32:04,520
"You wrote poems about him

564
00:32:04,610 --> 00:32:09,190
You still write poems about him
You're writing one right now"

565
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:13,030
[man] Why're you so sad?
You're just so sad.

566
00:32:13,110 --> 00:32:16,530
Just something happier, for a change,
might be nice.

567
00:32:16,620 --> 00:32:20,160
I think everyone agrees.
Get the singer back.

568
00:32:21,460 --> 00:32:24,080
[stuttering] Sorry. I just...
I lost my place.

569
00:32:24,170 --> 00:32:26,670
It'll just take a second
to find where I was.

570
00:32:26,750 --> 00:32:29,630
[Joe] I can't stand seeing this.
I'm sorry. I just can't.

571
00:32:30,710 --> 00:32:33,590
It's obvious what you are.
You're blind with love.

572
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,930
And what you love, writing,
this city, your friends,

573
00:32:37,010 --> 00:32:38,430
most of all, men like Benji,

574
00:32:38,510 --> 00:32:41,390
what all those have in common
is they will never love you back.

575
00:32:42,020 --> 00:32:43,350
While you give everything.

576
00:32:44,850 --> 00:32:47,690
It's crazy the lengths we go.
We're a lot alike, Beck.

577
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,030
Last of the true romantics.

578
00:32:50,650 --> 00:32:55,280
[homeless man] ♪ Engine
Engine number nine ♪

579
00:32:56,410 --> 00:32:59,620
♪ On the New York transit line... ♪

580
00:33:01,950 --> 00:33:03,476
[Joe] I was considering this
with my new friend,

581
00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:04,710
Mr. Bat-Shit Homeless Guy,

582
00:33:04,790 --> 00:33:07,880
when the second luckiest thing this week
happened.

583
00:33:10,090 --> 00:33:11,090
Could it really be?

584
00:33:12,170 --> 00:33:13,550
It feels like I'm dreaming.

585
00:33:17,010 --> 00:33:18,350
I'm not.

586
00:33:19,470 --> 00:33:21,390
Beck, you're too drunk to be alone.

587
00:33:21,470 --> 00:33:23,980
What if some sicko
had followed you down here?

588
00:33:24,060 --> 00:33:26,376
And you're too wasted
to be standing so close to the tracks.

589
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:30,860
Beck! Beck, stop texting that arrogant
club-soda, no-show dickhead.

590
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,660
♪ If my train jump off the track ♪

591
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,240
[Joe] You want Benji.

592
00:33:43,290 --> 00:33:45,960
You need Benji.
You hold that phone like it is Benji,

593
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,960
'cause it's your only means
to stay connected.

594
00:33:48,630 --> 00:33:49,920
Forget Benji.

595
00:33:52,210 --> 00:33:53,670
And to hell with that phone.

596
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,380
[gasps and grunts]

597
00:33:55,470 --> 00:33:57,026
[homeless man] ♪ Pick it up!
Pick it up! Pick it up... ♪

598
00:33:57,050 --> 00:33:59,220
[coughing]

599
00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:02,930
♪ Engine, engine number nine ♪

600
00:34:03,970 --> 00:34:07,190
♪ On the New York transit line... ♪

601
00:34:07,270 --> 00:34:09,020
Hey! Hey!

602
00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:11,480
You okay? Are you all right?
Can you stand up?

603
00:34:12,150 --> 00:34:13,400
Just stay still.

604
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,546
Half that shit down there
can electrocute you, all right,

605
00:34:15,570 --> 00:34:16,400
so just give me your hand.

606
00:34:16,490 --> 00:34:17,716
[homeless man] ♪ Pick it up! Pick it up! ♪

607
00:34:17,740 --> 00:34:19,280
♪ Pick it up! Pick it up... ♪

608
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:20,820
Sir, please, shut up!

609
00:34:20,910 --> 00:34:21,950
Give me your hand.

610
00:34:22,030 --> 00:34:23,450
Train's coming.

611
00:34:23,540 --> 00:34:26,250
♪ Pick it up! Pick it up!
Pick it up! Pick it up! ♪

612
00:34:26,330 --> 00:34:29,500
♪ Pick it up! Pick it up!
Pick it up! Pick it up! ♪

613
00:34:29,580 --> 00:34:31,130
Your hand! Now!

614
00:34:31,210 --> 00:34:32,670
♪ Pick it up! ♪

615
00:34:32,750 --> 00:34:33,920
♪ Pick it up! ♪

616
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,760
[horn blaring]

617
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:45,680
[vomits]

618
00:34:51,690 --> 00:34:52,730
Ugh.

619
00:34:52,820 --> 00:34:56,150
- Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I am so sorry.
- Whoo.

620
00:34:56,240 --> 00:34:57,150
No, it's fine. It's fine.

621
00:34:57,240 --> 00:35:00,360
I, uh, hated... I hated this jacket. Ugh.

622
00:35:01,070 --> 00:35:03,700
- I really am sorry.
- It's okay.

623
00:35:04,450 --> 00:35:05,580
You mind?

624
00:35:07,750 --> 00:35:08,750
Sure, um...

625
00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:14,800
You know what? Let's get you in a cab.
All right?

626
00:35:17,510 --> 00:35:19,340
I'm not always like this.

627
00:35:22,390 --> 00:35:24,220
I figured you had some kind of night.

628
00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:26,180
Some kind of.

629
00:35:28,930 --> 00:35:31,650
Hey, I don't want to sound like a stalker,
but...

630
00:35:33,020 --> 00:35:34,690
I think I know you.

631
00:35:37,780 --> 00:35:40,070
Oh, the... Right.
[chuckles] Of course.

632
00:35:40,150 --> 00:35:41,860
I remember. I'm sorry.

633
00:35:42,610 --> 00:35:45,990
This is what I look like
when I'm sober and have my hair up.

634
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,370
Yeah. No, I... I remember.

635
00:35:48,450 --> 00:35:50,960
It's okay, I have a pretty bland face.

636
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:52,750
No, you don't.

637
00:35:55,540 --> 00:35:58,050
Yeah, uh, Desperate Characters.
I remember.

638
00:35:59,340 --> 00:36:00,510
Yeah.

639
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:02,800
Where are you headed?

640
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,180
Village. You anywhere close?

641
00:36:05,850 --> 00:36:08,560
Ride with me. It's the least I can do.

642
00:36:10,730 --> 00:36:11,730
Okay.

643
00:36:24,410 --> 00:36:27,910
Did you move here to be something?
I did. But it's not working out.

644
00:36:27,990 --> 00:36:31,250
And I'm just running around
18 hours a day. Why?

645
00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:35,750
Oh, God! Never mind. Sorry.

646
00:36:36,340 --> 00:36:39,340
No, please. I feel the same way sometimes.

647
00:36:40,380 --> 00:36:42,550
This guy I know, he owns the bookstore.

648
00:36:42,630 --> 00:36:49,100
He once told me that all books
add up to one essential truth.

649
00:36:49,180 --> 00:36:52,180
Which is,
if your IQ is above a certain number...

650
00:36:54,020 --> 00:36:57,690
life is pretty much unbearable.
And the number is not even that high.

651
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:03,030
[chuckles] I do think
I'd be happier if I was stupider.

652
00:37:03,110 --> 00:37:06,410
[chuckles] But then the world
wouldn't know your poetry.

653
00:37:07,070 --> 00:37:08,620
How'd you know I write poetry?

654
00:37:11,870 --> 00:37:13,500
Doesn't every young writer in New York?

655
00:37:14,790 --> 00:37:16,330
I mean, I read a lot of poetry.

656
00:37:19,090 --> 00:37:20,130
Who do you like?

657
00:37:21,260 --> 00:37:23,630
Strand, Sexton, Merrill...

658
00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:26,010
You're describing my nightstand.

659
00:37:26,090 --> 00:37:29,550
[scoffs] Well, if you read them
to get to sleep every night,

660
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,600
then you definitely belong here.

661
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,690
- What was your last name again?
- Goldberg.

662
00:37:38,230 --> 00:37:40,650
Where did you come from, Joe Goldberg?

663
00:37:41,190 --> 00:37:42,730
I grew up here.

664
00:37:44,740 --> 00:37:47,660
I left for a little while. Chasing a girl.

665
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,950
- But you came back?
- Yeah, I missed it.

666
00:37:51,620 --> 00:37:53,700
And I'm not a good chaser.

667
00:37:53,790 --> 00:37:55,660
[sighs] Me neither.

668
00:38:14,020 --> 00:38:15,020
[groans]

669
00:38:17,020 --> 00:38:19,770
Oh, this is, uh... This is me.

670
00:38:19,860 --> 00:38:22,400
Mmm-hmm. It's not bad.

671
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,690
Thank you for sobering me up.

672
00:38:25,860 --> 00:38:27,280
And for saving my life.

673
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,740
No, I didn't...
I didn't save your life.

674
00:38:29,820 --> 00:38:30,950
Yeah, you did.

675
00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:39,540
[knock on window]

676
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,090
Oh, God.

677
00:38:42,750 --> 00:38:43,750
[Joe] Of course.

678
00:38:44,380 --> 00:38:45,800
- Benji.
- [Beck] Hi.

679
00:38:46,550 --> 00:38:50,800
Um, this is Joe.
He literally saved my life tonight.

680
00:38:50,890 --> 00:38:54,140
I... I fell on the tracks. It was crazy.

681
00:38:54,220 --> 00:38:56,640
Babe, I told you
people are basically good.

682
00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:58,810
It's a great job, bro.

683
00:38:58,890 --> 00:39:01,520
[Joe] "Bro." You waste of hair.

684
00:39:01,610 --> 00:39:04,150
Okay. Beck, it's freezing out here.

685
00:39:08,820 --> 00:39:13,450
- Wait. Maybe I can get your info...
- Yeah. Um...

686
00:39:17,540 --> 00:39:18,750
Shit!

687
00:39:19,620 --> 00:39:21,500
My phone!

688
00:39:22,380 --> 00:39:24,800
- I must've dropped it in the subway.
- Oh.

689
00:39:25,670 --> 00:39:29,260
Uh, okay, well.
Just maybe give me your number,

690
00:39:29,340 --> 00:39:30,840
for when you get a replacement.

691
00:39:30,930 --> 00:39:33,350
I'm basically enslaved to e-mail.

692
00:39:33,970 --> 00:39:37,310
[Joe] I get it. Smart. I'm practically
a stranger. Can't be too careful.

693
00:39:37,390 --> 00:39:38,600
Okay.

694
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:41,600
It's BecklnRealLife@gmail.com

695
00:39:41,690 --> 00:39:43,860
- [typing]
- All right.

696
00:39:45,820 --> 00:39:47,400
"Beck in real life."

697
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,110
Thank you.

698
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:54,506
[Joe] Here's what I learned this week.

699
00:39:54,530 --> 00:39:55,556
[Benji] Sorry I didn't make it, you know?

700
00:39:55,580 --> 00:39:59,160
[Joe] You are special. You're talented.
You're passionate.

701
00:40:00,410 --> 00:40:01,540
You're smart.

702
00:40:04,580 --> 00:40:08,590
Except in the ways you are really not.
Like not locking your phone.

703
00:40:08,670 --> 00:40:12,590
And falling for men like Benji.
You know better, but you can't stop.

704
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,850
Because, well,
because everyone needs someone.

705
00:40:15,930 --> 00:40:18,100
What you really need
is someone to save you.

706
00:40:18,180 --> 00:40:21,440
I can help, Beck.
Let me help you.

707
00:40:27,770 --> 00:40:28,780
[Paco] Joe.

708
00:40:31,490 --> 00:40:32,950
Pac. Hey.

709
00:40:33,030 --> 00:40:34,750
What's going on?
What're you doing out here?

710
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:36,160
It's Ron.

711
00:40:37,530 --> 00:40:39,120
He came home drunk.

712
00:40:40,250 --> 00:40:41,410
He started yelling.

713
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,620
Saying I thought I was smart,

714
00:40:43,710 --> 00:40:46,210
reading my books
and looking at him like he's dumb.

715
00:40:46,290 --> 00:40:49,090
What happened? Did he hurt you?

716
00:40:49,710 --> 00:40:51,340
No, he didn't touch me.

717
00:41:01,060 --> 00:41:02,810
I tried to stop him...

718
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:05,230
- I'm sorry.
- Paco.

719
00:41:06,190 --> 00:41:09,650
Paco, it's okay. Really. It's okay.

720
00:41:09,730 --> 00:41:12,610
You know what? Come with me.
We can fix this together. All right?

721
00:41:18,780 --> 00:41:20,300
So, the first step to fixing something

722
00:41:20,330 --> 00:41:24,920
is to know no matter how destroyed
it seems, it can always be saved.

723
00:41:26,460 --> 00:41:29,750
Books are no exception. You got it?

724
00:41:30,340 --> 00:41:31,170
Got it.

725
00:41:31,250 --> 00:41:35,130
So what we have here is a lying press.
Basically just a huge clamp.

726
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,340
Polyvinyl-acetate glue,

727
00:41:37,430 --> 00:41:41,430
means no acid to burn the pages.
Got your needle, thread,

728
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,520
and finally, right out of Bugs Bunny...

729
00:41:45,890 --> 00:41:46,890
a trusty mallet.

730
00:41:48,770 --> 00:41:49,770
You see this?

731
00:41:52,860 --> 00:41:54,110
We don't need this.

732
00:41:58,030 --> 00:41:59,910
[Benji] Johno! Listen to this.

733
00:41:59,990 --> 00:42:02,240
"Dear Benji, heard about your soda.

734
00:42:02,330 --> 00:42:04,730
Am interested in including you
on my fall list of must-tries.

735
00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:08,040
Would love to discuss.
Perhaps even try some? Jeff Pevensey."

736
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:09,396
That's the dude you're always retweeting?

737
00:42:09,420 --> 00:42:11,670
It's the culture guy
from New York magazine.

738
00:42:13,590 --> 00:42:15,260
Hit him back, bro.

739
00:42:15,340 --> 00:42:18,220
No shit. Back off while I think.

740
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,760
Jeff, comma, so nice to hear
from you, bud, period.

741
00:42:22,850 --> 00:42:25,180
Yeah, our sodas are legit, period.

742
00:42:25,270 --> 00:42:28,440
I would love to meet up
to have you try the goods, period.

743
00:42:29,150 --> 00:42:30,440
Let's set something up.

744
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,990
Scrape carefully along the spine.

745
00:42:38,070 --> 00:42:40,280
Of course,
you've got to watch your fingers.

746
00:42:42,530 --> 00:42:43,740
[cell phone vibrates]

747
00:42:46,450 --> 00:42:50,040
"Sounds great. I can call between meetings
to see if you're available."

748
00:42:50,130 --> 00:42:52,750
This is gonna take us next level.

749
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,200
What time do you think we'll meet?

750
00:42:56,300 --> 00:42:58,630
No offense, we discussed this.

751
00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:02,050
It's best if the product has
one clear face at the beginning.

752
00:43:02,140 --> 00:43:03,930
That's just more me.

753
00:43:06,850 --> 00:43:08,560
[Joe] Okay, the spine is sewn.

754
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,940
So you take this,
pull it as tight as you can, that way.

755
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:13,820
Yeah. That's it.

756
00:43:23,030 --> 00:43:24,030
Jeff!

757
00:43:24,450 --> 00:43:27,000
The glue is set. We've applied the binder.

758
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:28,080
Now...

759
00:43:30,670 --> 00:43:34,670
you gotta be precise,
and use exactly the force needed.

760
00:43:47,020 --> 00:43:48,020
Hey!

761
00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:50,980
Hey, man. Jeff. Nice to meet you, man.

762
00:43:51,060 --> 00:43:53,360
Nice to meet you, too.
Have you been here before?

763
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,570
It's a...
Not a lot of people know about it yet.

764
00:43:55,650 --> 00:43:59,400
It's an incredible after-hours.
Very exclusive.

765
00:44:00,530 --> 00:44:02,090
Yeah, I've been here a couple of times.

766
00:44:02,910 --> 00:44:03,910
- Yeah?
- Hmm.

767
00:44:04,370 --> 00:44:05,950
Oh. Well, good.

768
00:44:07,370 --> 00:44:09,370
So you'll feel right at home, then.

769
00:44:16,420 --> 00:44:18,090
Please, after you.

770
00:44:19,130 --> 00:44:20,130
All right.

771
00:44:25,180 --> 00:44:27,930
It's just down. To the left.

772
00:44:41,740 --> 00:44:44,070
Hey, man, I'm thinking maybe...

773
00:45:06,300 --> 00:45:09,390
[Joe] It's 2:00 p.m. when the door chimes,
and I'm ready.

774
00:45:12,230 --> 00:45:15,940
You told your girlfriends you'd come by.
I know this because I have your phone.

775
00:45:16,020 --> 00:45:17,480
- I'll be back.
- [Joe] Okay.

776
00:45:18,060 --> 00:45:19,320
Hey.

777
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:24,030
Remember me? From almost dying
on the train tracks? [chuckles]

778
00:45:24,110 --> 00:45:27,240
Uh, it rings a bell. Hang on. Hang on.

779
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:29,240
I wanted to say thank you.

780
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:31,160
No. You already did that.

781
00:45:31,830 --> 00:45:33,750
Well, uh, thanks again. [chuckles]

782
00:45:34,870 --> 00:45:38,000
And I'm sorry for, uh, running off
the other night.

783
00:45:39,420 --> 00:45:41,340
- You had a guest.
- Hardly.

784
00:45:43,380 --> 00:45:46,130
So, I got you a present.

785
00:45:46,220 --> 00:45:47,736
No, please.
You don't have to get me anything.

786
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:49,180
Shut up and just look at it.

787
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:58,020
"Engine, engine number nine
On the New York transit line

788
00:45:58,100 --> 00:46:01,690
If your girl falls on the track
Pick her up, pick her up, pick her up"

789
00:46:01,770 --> 00:46:04,280
[Joe] We already have in-jokes.

790
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:05,570
So...

791
00:46:07,610 --> 00:46:10,160
anyway, that. And I better...

792
00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:15,160
Maybe if you're not too busy,
we could get a drink sometime?

793
00:46:16,210 --> 00:46:17,250
Sure.

794
00:46:18,210 --> 00:46:20,290
Ugh. But I still can't find my phone.

795
00:46:20,380 --> 00:46:22,420
I know. E-mail.

796
00:46:23,460 --> 00:46:24,630
That's right.

797
00:46:28,510 --> 00:46:29,510
See ya, Joe.

798
00:46:30,090 --> 00:46:32,100
See you soon, Beck.

799
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:42,020
Well played, sir.

800
00:46:42,690 --> 00:46:44,110
Well played.

801
00:46:45,780 --> 00:46:48,530
[Joe] I'm not always right. I'm human.
I make mistakes.

802
00:46:48,610 --> 00:46:49,860
You'll see.

803
00:46:49,950 --> 00:46:51,780
I have to check on a shipment downstairs.

804
00:46:51,870 --> 00:46:54,200
- Can you watch the register?
- Yeah.

805
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:58,330
[Joe] Hell, maybe
I'm just a fool in love...

806
00:46:59,500 --> 00:47:01,210
but I'm right about you,

807
00:47:01,290 --> 00:47:04,340
and I'm going to help you get
the life you deserve, Beck.

808
00:47:04,420 --> 00:47:06,420
[Benji breathing heavily]

809
00:47:19,850 --> 00:47:20,850
Please.

810
00:47:21,810 --> 00:47:25,690
Whatever you think I did,
you got the wrong guy.

811
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:27,440
No.

812
00:47:29,110 --> 00:47:30,410
I don't.

813
00:48:38,046 --> 00:48:39,146
.srt Extracted, Synced and Corrected
by Dan4Jem, AD.XII.MMXVIII