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Thank you very much. Thank you.

Hey man, how you doing?

Burt Berger.

Sammy Kleinman. Nice to meet you.

That was... Thank you for the tip.

Oh, of course. Anytime, man.

That was great.

Thank you. Appreciate that. - You're a rockstar.

No, I'm not, but... Yes, you are.

It's a lot of fun.

I think you know my mother, Patty Green.

Patty.

Patty. I remember her.

Yeah. - Wow.

Yeah. - From years ago.

My God. She was wonderful.

Yeah, she was, yeah.

How's she doing?

Unfortunately, she passed away a few months ago.

Cancer.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Thanks, man.

She'll missed, man.

Any chance we could maybe talk privately

for a few minutes?

Yeah, yeah.

Lemme pack up my guitar. I'll be right with you.

All right. - Okay.

All right. - Cool.

I'm really sorry about your mom.

We had a great time together.

She said a lot of really good things about you.

What'd she say?

She told me how you guys met.

She said you were with your,

your friend Mark, right?

Yeah. - Got some burgers and fries.

That's right. Holy shit.

God, all this time, after 30
years, she remembered all that.

She remembered it all.

Well, I haven't forgotten her.

I felt I was the luckiest son of a bitch

on the planet earth.

Here was this gorgeous looking lady

and she was interested in me.

We had a great time.

We had a, we had, we had,

we had the best sex I've ever, I can remember.

A couple of times, and it was really wonderful.

Burt there's really no easy way to say this,

but the reason I'm here right now is

you're my father.

You're kidding me.

You're not kidding me.

I'm serious.

No.

I think so.

30 years ago.

My mom wrote a letter.

She wrote a letter? - On her deathbed and,

well, you can open it.

She wanted me to give that to you.

That kind of explains it all.

She kissed it. Wow.

"Dear Burt. Hello, Burt.

It's Patty. I hope you still remember me.

We met in the summer of '89.

I was on a road trip with my best friends,

Madeline and Cindy.

"You and your friend Mark, the weed guy,"

yeah, yeah,

"followed us to Denny's and he beat up Chevy about."

We ordered burgers, fries.

"You sent yours back because it had cheese on it."

Yeah, I remember that. Shit.

Wow.

Holy shit.

What's going on with the shaking?

I have Parkinson's disease.

My left side only. My right side is okay.

It's hereditary.

It is hereditary. - So you should know.

Work out as much as you can.

It'll cut it down.

It'll keep it mild a lot longer.

Oh, it's probably not easy for you, you know,

finding out you have a son at this time in your life.

At first, I wasn't sure, but the letter.

Yeah.

Why wasn't I told sooner about this?

You know, Burt, I don't know.

I mean, I didn't really have a great relationship

with my mother for a long time.

And when you guys met, I think she had a fiance.

Wow.

How long are you in town for?

Just a couple days.

Only a couple days?

I came from New York, so.

I wanna get a good look at you.

Yeah?

What, what do you what?

You just, just turn left and right.

Jesus Christ, you look like
Patty. You do look like Patty.

You look like me a little too.

You got the schnoz. You got the Berger schnoz.

My God, I feel bad for you.

Thanks again for the ride.

Really appreciate it.

Yeah, man, no problem.

Really cool car. Love the dice.

Ah, I rented it off this old lady.

You don't drive?

No, I don't own a car.

I like to walk, you know?

Sometimes when I have my guitar, I'll Uber.

All right.

Mike.

Hey, this is my son.

Your son. Wow.

I'm Sammy. - I didn't know you had a son.

I just found out.

Wow. I see the resemblance.

Yeah. Yeah, I see that.

Oh, it's good to see you, man.

Okay. Yeah.

Give my best to the family. - We'll see you.

Hope to see you again soon.

All right. - Yeah. Yeah. You too, man.

He used to be a cop.

He did? - Yeah. Yeah.

What's his name?

Michael DeCaro.

We call him Mikey.

Come on, I'll show you inside.

Yeah. Okay, great.

Let me show you the house.

Yeah, I'd like that.

Mi casa su casa.

Oh, thanks, man.

What's with the wash and dry?

That's my landlord.

It's been here for about a year.

And he is trying to have somebody to come in

and to take care of it, get rid of it.

Landlord. You got a landlord?

Yeah. He's here.

He's my roommate as well.

He owns the house.

Your landlord owns the house?

Yes.

And he lives here? - Yeah.

Oh, great.

Make yourself at home. I gotta take a leak.

Jesus Christ.

Listen, I got two washer-dryers in my house.

None of them work.

You're coming here and you
are getting this taken care of

or I start running your
business off with a picket sign.

I'm walking around a washer-dryer

sitting in the middle of my living room for a year now.

You people can't straighten your own mess out.

You got my money and I ain't got what I paid for.

You're thieves, and I hate thieves.

And I go after thieves with everything I can.

Steve. - Why don't you hold your cock

and get your boss, you incompetent?

You got my money and I got a broken machine.

That's not the way it's supposed to work.

Steve, I gotta... I'm on the phone.

Go away. - I want you to-

Come on, I want you to meet somebody.

What?

I want you to meet somebody.

This is important. - I'm on the phone.

Do you want that machine to
be in the living room forever?

You tired of walking around it or not?

I'm trying to get it out. - This is important.

This is important.

I want you to meet somebody.

Goddammit, it better be important.

Yeah, it is. Come on.

Steve, this is my son, Sammy.

Oh. Hey. How you doing? Sammy.

I, I, I don't know you.

It's my son. - What do you mean

you have a son? - I have a son.

10 years, you never had a son.

I just found out about it.

You just found out.

Burt, I need to have words with you in the kitchen.

Now, come along.

I'll be back. I'll be right back.

Don't go anywhere.

Steve.

I don't want you bringing strangers

in my house unannounced.

He's not a stranger. He is my son.

He's a stranger to me.

Look, I got proof.

I got proof from Patty. - You got proof?

From Patty? - She said so many things

that are true.

That letter explains everything,

and you're throwing it on the ground.

10 years, I never hear about a son.

I just found out myself. - Things like this

don't come up out of the ground like mushrooms.

I fucking found out myself.

Get some verification, and
gimme some documentation.

He's my son... I'm not taking it on

some stranger's word.

You're be acting like he's a freaking ax murderer

or something. - Well, look at

the way he looks.

He's my goddam son.

And this is my goddam house and I have to protect it.

I'm sorry. Is there a problem here?

Yeah, and the problem is you,

and it'll be over when you are out of my house.

Hey, hey... When I don't have you

in my house anymore. - Get your hands off me.

Now, get the hell outta my house.

All right, I'm out.

And I don't wanna see you no more.

Steve, you're a real asshole. You know that?

And what did you do bringing a stranger in?

Goddammit!

Sammy, wait.

No, I'm done.

No, no, wait. - That guy's wait's insane.

That guy is insane.

He's not insane.

He's a little nuts, but he's not insane.

Burt, I came here trying to have a relationship

with my father, okay?

But I can't be around that guy.

I want you, I want you to stay.

I want you to stay. Come on. - I'm leaving.

Look, I'm your father.

I want you to stay. - Burt, that guy's lucky

I didn't punch him in the face.

I'm glad you didn't punch him in the face.

I don't feel safe here.

Where are you going?

Going to a motel.

Hey, don't smoke cigarettes.

My dad smokes cigarettes.

They put him in the grave.

He died at 50 years old.

I've been smoking since I was 13.

What do you want me to do? - He started with 13 as well.

Look, I want you to stay-

Stay the night. Are you outta your mind?

I'm not staying. He just kicked me outta the house.

He's not insane. He's just a little nuts sometimes.

We can spend some time tomorrow

and get to know each other-

I'd rather spend time with you now.

I've spent over 30 years

since I've always wondered what,

what it was like to be a father.

And now finally,

I'm getting a taste of being a father, I'm a dad.

I wanna know this feeling.

I want to explore this. I wanna know you more.

Look, how much does a hotel cost?

Motel? I don't know. Maybe a hundred bucks.

That's a hundred bucks in your pocket.

Let me, let me, let me work my magic on it.

She would really be pleased that you stayed with me.

You giving it a good shot.

Patty would be very happy about that.

I think she's looking down from heaven right now

just saying, work it out, kids, work it out.

Are you gonna talk to him?

Because I'm not gonna go,

I'm not gonna walk back into the house.

He might shoot me.

He's not gonna hurt you.

He's not gonna hurt anybody.

I believe I owe you an apology.

Is there anything else you wanna say?

I was rude and out of line.

I should never have laid hands on you.

Thank you.

I'd like to know more about Sammy.

Great. What would you like to know?

Oh, I don't know.

How about what's your last name?

Steve, is this all necessary?

Asking him his full name,

yeah, that's more than necessary.

Sammy Kleinman.

Kleinman.

K-L-E-I-N-M-A-N.

And where are you from originally?

New York. - Where?

It's a big place.

Forest Hills, Queens.

Where'd you work last?

The last job I had? - Mm-hm.

I was, I worked at an auto parts shop.

You know about cars?

What do you mean do I know about cars?

Well, you worked in auto shop parts.

You gotta know about cars.

Yeah, I mean, yes, to a certain extent.

Why aren't you in New York?

I came here to have a relationship with my father.

With your father.

And how did you know you had a father you could come to?

My mother passed away.

I mean, is this, really?

I'm sorry. You know, it's his house.

It's my house. My rules.

I have to be able to go to sleep and know that it's safe.

I need to know who you are.

Okay, my mother passed away

and she told me about my, my father.

Mm-hm.

Next thing you wanna know,

you're gonna wanna see his driver's license.

Yeah, I'd like to see the ID.

There we go.

Sure. Why not?

People weren't supposed to come over unannounced.

You never bothered to call and tell me nothing.

That's my fault. I'm sorry.

Okay.

Thank you.

He wants you to stay here.

I told Burt I do not need to stay here.

No, you're gonna,

no, no, you're gonna stay here.

Really, is not necessary.

I'm gonna get a motel.

I think it's fine if I get a motel.

No son of mine is gonna pay for a hotel

when you got a perfectly comfortable place to sleep.

Where would I be sleeping?

Where you're sitting.

On the couch. - It's pretty soft, ain't it?

Yeah.

For his sake, I'll do things I wouldn't normally do

like let you stay here.

Thank you.

But there'll be some ground rules.

Sure. - When you take a shower,

five minutes of running water.

Can't be in there longer.

There's a little knob on the top of the shower arm

that turns the water on and off.

When you turn it to off,

it's not like adjusting the big knobs,

so it'll be right where you want the setting.

You won't get blasted with hot or cold.

I'm all stressed trying to get
this washer-dryer worked out.

And I can't straighten it out with them.

I got money tied up in that.

I got a lot of things happening in my life.

Is this driving me fucking mad?

Sammy, do you know anything

about fixing washers and dryers?

No, not really.

Okay, let's take a tour of the house.

Great.

Here. - Thanks.

This is the dining room table. Delicate.

Don't touch, don't put anything on it ever.

And this is delicate Florentine glass.

Leave it alone.

Okay.

Down the hall there,

is the bathroom you'll share with Burt.

That door is my media room. It's off limits.

This is my pride and joy.

My mother got this for my baby shower 75 years ago.

And it still works perfectly.

It has a separate broiler and oven.

It has a separate griddle and a drip pan.

So all the fat from the sausage of the bacon goes here.

And from these, also drip pans.

This, of course, is a standard, double sink.

And this is another door you do not go through.

This is my bathroom and leads to my bedroom.

Let's go out and see the garden.

This is my vegetable garden.

It doesn't look like anything to you right now,

but I've already had for a month spaded in deep manure.

And the worms are turning that into good food

for the plants.

When the worms are happy, the plants are happy,

then I can grow my tomatoes, my jalapenos,

my basil, my chives, my oregano,

my mint, and all my other herbs for cooking.

When I wanna cook-

I'm, I'm sorry... I don't-

I'm sorry, I just, I gotta, I gotta-

Is it too much for you?

No, I gotta, I just gotta take a phone call real quick.

Oh, okay. - I'll be right back.

Burt, I'll be right back.

Okay. Okay.

Hello?

Hey, Sammy.

Hi.

How's it going?

Sylvia, you didn't tell me the
guy has a fucking roommate.

A roommate? What do you mean he has a roommate?

Yes, he has a roommate named Steve.

And this guy is fucking nuts.

By the way, Steve owns the fucking house.

He owns the house?

Yes, you know everything about this fucking guy

but you don't know he has a roommate?

Are you sure thus guy's got any fucking money?

He's fucking loaded.

He's got $300,000.

Talked about how his mom
and dad left him all this money.

I'm telling you,

I've been hanging out with
this guy for the last few hours.

He does not have $300,000.

If he does, he's hiding it fucking well.

It's inheritance money.

That's what he has in the bank.

He wants me to stay the night.

He wants you to stay the night, that's good.

Good? - That's a good thing.

I gotta get back to New York.

How long am I gonna live in this guy's fucking house?

You're not going to New York

until you get what you came for.

All I know about this Patty Green character

is she ordered a burger and
fucking fries and a Denny's.

The letter worked, right?

What the fuck are we doing here?

If he believes you,

you are gonna be able to get that money.

Stick to the plan.

Listen, I cannot go back to jail.

You're not gonna go to jail,

because you know why, Burt believes you.

His roommate is no joke.

He seems to be fucking smart.

Then shut up and don't say anything.

He wanted to see my ID.

You showed him your ID?

I don't know. I panicked.

What are you? Fucking nuts?

Are you stupid?

You don't tell someone your real name

when you're conning them.

I'm not good at this shit.

Where are they right now?

They're out in a fucking garden.

What's he growing?

I don't know. It's a pile of fucking dirt.

Is an absolute terrible idea.

Don't fucking tell me it's a terrible idea right now.

You're in the middle of it.

Aunt Sylvia, please.

It's not like when you were a little boy

and you could run away from home.

That's not the way it is anymore.

It's not just about you.

I gotta get the fuck outta here.

I really gotta get the fuck outta here.

Sammy, you wanna be a good daddy or not?

You wanna do this for your daughter?

And I need a fucking hip, baby.

You need to have some meaning in your life.

And this is the ticket for us, baby.

Get some confidence.

We're gonna get the money.

Pull yourself together, goddammit.

You can do it.

You know, sometimes the toilet tank's a little funky.

It gotta jiggle the handle.

Where'd Steve go?

I don't know, he was walking around

taking care of business.

I'm glad you could stay.

Oh, me too.

I'm very happy you could stay.

Me too. I really am. Thank you.

You're welcome. - It's very,

it's very exciting.

Want something to drink?

You got any booze?

Water.

Nah, that's all right. I'm good. Thank you.

So what's it like getting old?

You gotta pee more often.

That's first thing I learned.

Do you sleep well?

Yeah, I do now.

Now that this doesn't hurt anymore.

You got a nice bed in there and stuff?

It's a good one. It's a good bed.

I've had it for over 20 years and it's still fantastic.

And you've lived here for how long?

About 10 years.

10 years? - Yeah.

Lived with that guy for 10 years?

Yeah.

And you like it? - It's not bad.

We have our moments.

We disagree every now and then.

We yell and scream at each other once in a while.

You ever fought him?

Not really. Not fight.

He tackled me once in front of the front door,

but that was nothing.

I got up and we settled our differences.

And you guys, you guys aren't-

No, no, no, no, no.

We're just good friends.

Not that there's any problem with that, obviously.

That's just... I understand.

That's just... I understand.

Yeah, he was same.

He grew up in this house with his family

and his parents passed away
and he inherited the house.

So Steve owns his house?

You're outright, yes.

No, no mortgage? - No mortgage.

What's California real estate worth?

Like somewhere around here?

I don't know.

But I just, I know the house is worth about $775,000.

This house is worth $775,000?

Give or take.

And Steve owns it. - Yep.

So Steve's almost a millionaire?

I guess. He doesn't act like it though.

It's what we I love about him.

Why is he driving that piece of shit?

Because he's cheap.

Mm.

Hey, wanna see some family photos?

Yeah. Great.

Here's a picture of me

about the same time I met your mom, Patty,

playing live performance.

Same hair.

That's me before the hair got wild.

Eight years old.

And I see the resemblance.

And this is me, my college ID.

You stamped it for every meal.

It was a meal card.

Where'd you go to college?

Meyer College. Upstate New York.

Right off the I-80.

Not too far from Ithaca and Cornell.

This is my mom.

She would've been your grandma.

She was a pretty incredible woman.

Wow. She's beautiful.

Thank you.

She passed away and left me a huck of change.

How much,

how much did she leave you?

A little under 300,000.

Wow. Must be nice.

Yes, it's collecting interest as we speak.

That's what I like.

You never spent any of it?

I don't want to run outta money

when I'm in my mid eighties and have nothing

and I end up living on the street.

That's my dad.

That's your grandfather,
sitting in front of his police car.

It's kind of crazy how life just flashes right by.

All of a sudden, I'm in my sixties.

I can't believe it.

This is me playing in the water.

It's my dad playing with me in the water.

And check this one out.

Look at those legs.

Yeah, she's hot. Who's that?

That's my mother.

Great.

How many more of these we got?

Maybe a couple more if you want,

you don't have to see 'em all.

No, I wanna see 'em. Honestly. They're great.

I just was thinking maybe we
order some food or something.

Maybe we can get Steve to cook something up.

He's a great cook.

He makes a marinated steak to die for.

And I hate anchovies,

but he puts, he puts anchovies in his sauces

and it's delicious.

Maybe we just order a pizza or something.

Pizza's great. Pizza's great.

All right. Great. - I love pizza.

Pepperoni and mushrooms, baby.

Pepperoni and mushrooms.

How long have you been playing music for?

Since I was eight years old.

All right.

Classical violin.

About nine and a half to about 14.

And playing Beethoven and Bach.

I was first chair too.

When the Beatles happened,

I stopped practicing Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin,

and started figuring out how to play Beatles music

on the violin.

"Mom, I'm not playing violin anymore."

"What?"

"I'm playing guitar."

My mom cried in Yiddish, "Why give up the violin?"

You know, there's three ways to play the guitar,

you can strum it, you can pick it and you can pluck it.

He plucks.

You pull the string and it snaps back.

And very few people pluck like he plucks.

So Steve, where are you from?

I was born and raised in Los Angeles County.

My folks bought this house new in 1955.

I was eight years old.

And you ever been married?

Yeah. Two times.

One was 10 years. The other was 12.

You had kids?

One. A son, but he's useless.

He won't give me any grandchildren.

You want grandkids, huh?

Yeah.

He'd be a great grandfather.

I would love to have a grandchild

to spoil and take fishing.

So what happens if you guys bring back a lady friend?

That's what they make motels or her place for.

It's never been an issue.

I've had one nice rendezvous.

I never even told Steve this.

He didn't need to know.

Wow.

Thanks for the pizza, Steve.

It was delicious.

Well, you're gonna pay for it.

What do you mean I'm gonna pay for it?

You're gonna have to clean the dishes.

So you're gonna pay, you're gonna do the dishes.

That's funny.

Thank you. The crowd is going wild.

Hey, Burt, I'm not feeling so great.

You think maybe I could take a shower?

Yeah, sure. There's a towel on the rack.

You're welcome to it.

Okay.

That'll make you feel better.

That was great though.

You wrote that song? - Yeah.

Really nice. - Thank you.

It is been five minutes.

What? - It's been too long.

It's over five minutes.

I can hear you.

Turn that knob and turn that water down.

What? - You're not using that knob

to turn the water off while you soap up.

Just wasting my money.

Hey man, I didn't know what to do with this towel.

I got it. I got it.

I made the bed for you.

I'm sorry, there's no pillow.

Oh, don't even worry about this.

This is great. - Come on. Lay down.

Come on. - I can do it myself.

No, no, no. I insist.

I don't really-

No, no, no. Go on. Go on. Go on.

I can really do it... I'm gonna tuck you in.

I can tuck myself in.

No, no you go on.

Go on. You're my guest.

Stick your feet in there.

Okay.

You comfortable? - Yeah. Sure.

Okay. Okay.

Okay.

Looking forward to spending

some more time with you tomorrow, kiddo.

You need to get some sleep.

Night, Burt. - Goodnight, son.

Fuck.

Steve?

Yeah, it's me.

Jesus, what the hell are you doing?

Do you know that I'm a gun owner?

Huh?

Well, I am.

Oh, fuck.

Yeah.

Sylvia, it's Donna.

It's a little early for me, Donna.

Do you have my rent?

Donna, I haven't even had a cup of coffee yet.

I need the rent.

Donna, you know that I, I lost my job, right?

I'm sorry.

I got my nephew here.

I'm going to give you the rent.

If you don't have it by the end of the day,

I'm gonna call the sheriff's office.

Are you gonna call the sheriff on me?

I have to.

After I've done your hair?

Yes, you're three months behind.

I thought we were friends.

Friends or no friends, the rent comes first.

This is bullshit.

I need the rent by the end of the day

or I'm calling the sheriff's office.

I have most of it, okay?

You had three months.

I know, I hear you. I'm sorry.

Sorry, don't help. That don't pay your bills.

I need the rent today.

Okay. Okay.

And fuck you too, Donna.

I want it by the end of today.

I heard you!

Three months.

Okay. Goddammit!

Shit.

I need your help on the driveway.

Jesus Christ, you gotta stop
sneaking up on me like that.

I need your help on the driveway in five minutes.

Can you at least give me like 10 minutes

to use the bathroom and make a coffee?

You got five minutes. See you there.

Hello?

Sammy, I need your help.

What?

Donna just came. She's threatened to evict me.

And I need you to get me some money.

Who the fuck's Donna?

The Hobbit.

Ah, shit!

I'm behind the eight ball here, baby.

I need some help.

What do you want me to do?

I'm at the fucking guy's house right now.

You gotta come over and you gotta get me at least $300

or else she's gonna call the sheriff's.

Do you understand me?

You really think she's gonna call

the sheriff's department?

Crazy people do crazy things.

Listen,

I won at poker last night.

I have some money. I just need $300 more.

I don't have it.

You gotta do something.

You gotta ask the guy for the money.

Can't you get the money from somebody else?

I don't have anyone else to call.

Goddammit, Sylvia.

I'm not asking for a million dollars.

Where are you?

The bathroom.

Stop fucking shitting and get up and do something.

Isn't this gonna fuck up our old plan?

Make up a story and get him to give you some money.

Tell him that the car broke down.

Tell him you got fucking hemorrhoids.

I don't give a fuck what you tell him.

But get the money for me.

If you care about me, you're gonna get 300 bucks.

You're gonna bring in some money.

I'm at the guy's fucking house. I can't just leave.

Stop making excuses.

I can't be in two places at one time.

Goddammit, I am hanging up.

Revver it up.

Revver up one more time.

Did you see anything wrong?

No. It looks good to me.

No, it doesn't run good on the road.

I don't see any problems.

I thought you were a mechanic.

I never said I was a mechanic.

I worked at an auto parts store.

You're useless.

Hello? - Hey. It's me.

What do you want, Sammy?

Just trying to wish my daughter a happy birthday.

Is that a crime?

Yeah, you're not supposed

to be fucking calling here.

Heidi, come on. Don't do this shit.

I just wanna talk to her.

Why don't you pay some fucking child support

then you can talk to her.

Don't do this shit.

I already told you, I'm working on it.

Okay. - Bullshit!

I'm gonna pay as soon as I get the money.

I got something big going right now, okay?

Another fucking hustle?

No, it's not a fucking hustle, okay?

It's a real thing. It's a real job.

Did you get the gift I sent?

Yeah. I threw it in trash, you piece of shit.

You did not. You're lying.

I did.

You did not. You're lying to me.

I'm not gonna give her a gift

from some fucking loser.

I'm begging you, let me talk to my fucking daughter.

Fuck you.

She wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for fucking me.

Just .

I was in jail. What did you want? Okay.

I just wanna talk to my fucking daughter on birthday.

Fuck!

Hey, Burt.

Everything okay?

Yeah, everything's good.

I was just, just had to do a little phone call.

Job interview.

That's great. How'd it go?

Good. Really good, actually.

I think, I think I got the job.

That's my boy.

Where you been?

Doctor's office. Took a little blood.

You walked? - Yeah. Yeah.

About five miles.

Wow. - It was a nice walk.

Nice.

Mikey let me borrow his football.

Wanna have a catch?

Hey, thanks for holding. This is John.

This is the Los Angeles Police Department.

I'm a detective,

and we're trying to get some information

on a Miss Patty Green.

We understand she's originally from New York.

And hope you can help.

Yeah, sure. One sec please.

Nice throw. - Thank you.

Count me lucky.

Jay Blue 849 set. Hey, hey.

On three on three.

Haa!

Intercepted, .

Okay.

289 set.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa.

That was close.

You know I have a daughter.

You have a daughter?

Yeah. - I have a granddaughter.

Yeah. - How old is she?

Six. - Oh, that's a magical time.

Today's her birthday.

Oh, wow. Wow, what's her name?

Izzy.

Izzy is short for what?

Isabella. - Isabella.

Gee, that's wonderful, man.

I got a fucking granddaughter.

She's got this really, really,

it's really good cackle when she laughs.

She like got a, you know, like a, like a nasally-

Oh man. That's funny.

She's a little bulldog.

That's cute.

That's adorable bulldog cackle. I love it.

Yeah.

When was the last time you saw her?

It's been a while. - How long?

Couple years.

That's a long time.

You know, things will work out.

Things, when they look the bleakest,

sometimes the bright light shines outta nowhere

and things work out.

Things will work out for the best.

Well, Burt, I was gonna maybe ask you for a favor,

and I hate to do this,

and, and you think maybe I could borrow some money.

How much? - $300.

I was just gonna get Izzy
something for her birthday and-

For my granddaughter, yes, I'll be glad to.

Your daughter is the most
important thing in your life.

More important than anybody.

More important than me. She's the future.

She's your future.

Just somehow, you gotta work out a way

to establish a relationship with her.

I've got a couple bucks snatched from my gigs

in the house for emergencies.

I can pull this up.

Besides, I consider this a number one emergency.

I appreciate that.

My pleasure, my friend.

I've had this fucked up machine in my living room,

everyone walking around it for a year,

and you people have not taken care of it yet.

It's defective.

Give my money or gimme a good one.

There's nothing wrong with this machine-

What do you mean there's
nothing wrong with this machine?

Come around back. Let me
show you how it's falling apart.

Mr. Levy.

Look at that.

What? What am I looking at?

These are supposed to be in there.

What now?

What now?

There's a failure of this.

Lemme show you how it failed.

That's what it's supposed to do.

It's fucked up. It don't fuck

The tabs aren't in the slot.

If you can't get it in the hole

and there's no hair around it, you can't fix it?

300.

Perfect. Burt, you are a lifesaver.

I'm gonna go run a quick errand. I'll be back.

Can I come with you?

You know what, it's probably better you stay here,

but I promise I'll be back, okay?

You gonna, you're gonna come back?

I promise.

Let me talk to my supervisor-

You can see it with your own eyes.

But what happened?

That's how it came out of the box.

And by the way, I didn't open the box.

Your delivery guy opened the box.

I didn't want there to be any
question about initial defect.

They noted it when they opened the box.

Goddammit, fuck the city.

People can't drive in this fucking city.

That's so true.

What you doing? What you doing?

I'm just, I'm just-

You okay? - Yeah.

I'm just getting my breath, man.

Well, I got the fucking money, so, yeah.

Good. That's good.

Yeah.

By the way, I had to lie

and tell him it's for my daughter's birthday.

I feel sick about it.

What's a big deal about lying?

This whole thing is a lie.

What are you sick about?

What are you talking about?

What do you mean what am I sick about?

I had to tell him.

I just felt gross about lying about my daughter-

Don't tell him anything about your daughter.

I gotta tell him something.

Like, I gotta have some stuff
to talk about with the guy.

No, you didn't have to tell him something.

You don't wanna tell him anything about yourself.

Don't be stupid.

What was I gonna do?

Well, how was I gonna ask him for $300?

I can't lie about everything.

There's so many lies.

I can't keep track of all the lies.

You gotta keep track of the lies.

You gotta keep track of everything.

If you don't do this right, we're gonna go to prison.

Do you understand?

And then your daughter will have nobody.

So don't be stupid, Sammy.

Use your mind. Think.

You've always been a sucker.

You don't know how to lie to people.

I've been trying to teach you that for years.

Oh, by the way, oh, lemme tell you.

This is good. This is really good.

You're gonna fucking love this.

This guy Steve,

he wakes me up in the middle of the fucking night

to tell me he has a gun.

What did you say?

A gun.

Why does he have a gun?

It's a mess over there.

You didn't know about the roommate,

you didn't know shit.

I didn't know about the roommate.

I'm sorry, okay? I didn't know.

What is the plan?

Explain to me the fucking plan

because the plan seems a little fucked.

It's not my fault that you went to jail.

It's not my fault that you don't have a place to stay.

It's not my fault that you're here living on the floor.

It's not my fault.

Listen, I love you. I really do.

And obviously I'm gonna be there for you.

To be honest, I feel kind of bad it.

I mean, he's a really sweet guy.

Don't feel bad.

You care too much about people.

It gets in your way.

Don't feel sorry for him.

Feel sorry for us.

Pick this family. Pick your daughter.

Don't pick him.

You don't think I'm thinking
about my fucking daughter?

I'm doing this for my daughter and for you.

That's why I'm doing this.

So make it work. Make it work.

And get him where it hurts,

which is the guilt that he hasn't been there

for you your whole life.

And you need his help.

That's what you gotta go and tell him.

He's your dad.

He owes it to you, for Christ's sake.

Don't you feel a little bad for the fucking guy?

I don't.

He's our only shot right now, honey.

Believe me, if there was another way to get outta here,

I take it.

I just don't know. I don't know.

I don't know what to do.

You're right, I'm gonna do it.

I'm gonna do it.

I'm do it. - Do it.

I'm gonna do the best I can, okay?

Okay, you know, sometimes we have to hurt some people

to love some other people.

That's the way life is.

I made you some chicken soup.

Well, I, I don't really have time.

Where's my toothbrush?

No, I made it for... Where's my toothbrush?

It's in the bathroom where the toothbrushes live.

No, no, it's not, because I left it...

I put it in there... And I moved it.

You're such a slob, honey.

I had to put some of your things away

'cause you leave it everywhere.

I can't believe it.

No, it's not back here.

You know, this is where I live, this dump.

Look. I gotta go.

Taste the soup before you go

and tell me if it needs some salt.

I'll try a little bit, but it's hot as fuck in here.

Yeah.

You like it? - Mmh-hm.

I know it's your favorite.

Mm-mm. It's pretty good.

Yeah?

Maybe a little salt, maybe
a little spice, but excellent.

Okay. You like it?

I love it. I gotta go.

Okay. - Love you.

I love you.

Do your job, baby. Just get
us the fucking money, will you?

Hello? Burt!

I just researched. I made the phone calls.

Your so called son is a felon.

He's not a criminal. He didn't go to jail.

Gimme a break.

Well, then the police don't know

what they're doing in New York.

Hey, fellas, what's going on?

Everything okay?

There's our little felon right there.

Steve's making lies about you.

What?

I know you did time in prison. You're a felon.

I made phone calls to New York.

I got your record. Your criminal record.

Stop with your fucking lies.

I don't believe that for a second.

Burt, it's not a lie. I did the research.

Ask him. He's right here.

Is it true?

Steve's telling the truth.

About what?

I went to jail.

See, I told you, he's a felon.

It's out of his own mouth now.

You were in jail?

Did nine months at MCC.

For what?

For selling mushrooms.

I was trying to take care of my daughter.

He sold mushrooms. That's okay.

That's no big deal. He did his time.

He's a criminal.

I did my time. - Did you learn anything?

I think so. - I certainly hope so.

I'm a better man. - I can tell.

He's a felon.

Come on, he did his time.

Cut him of a little slack.

No felon is staying under my roof, and that's final.

Fine. We'll go somewhere else.

Where are you gonna go?

Somewhere where you can't bother us.

Good.

We're going camping. - Camping?

You don't know shit about camping.

I'm a better camper than you'll ever know.

I used to go fishing with my dad.

Good luck surviving in the wilderness without me.

Come on, Sammy.

Wow. It's beautiful.

Yeah, it really is.

You don't get this on the East Coast.

No, you don't. Not like this.

Hey, Burt, something I wanted to talk to you about.

You know, when Patty got sick,

there was so many medical bills.

She lost the house.

And that was my childhood home.

And funeral costs, you know
how expensive funerals are.

And I also lost my job.

And I pay child support.

And I'm just, I'm in the thick of it right now.

And I thought maybe, maybe you could help me out

'cause you got that inheritance and all.

How much? How much do you need?

100? 150?

Thousand.

Yeah. - Phew, that's a lot of money.

That's a lot of money.

You're family. I always wanna help family.

Let me talk to my accountant and I'll see what I can do.

That's all I ask.

I can't make any promises on the amount.

But I'll it, but I'll give them, give it my best shot.

I really appreciate that.

My pleasure.

Shall we go?

Yeah.

So when's the last time you did this?

The late seventies.

What's that?

What are we doing... I think they're the posts,

but I don't know where they-

They go inside the holes?

Well, be careful.

That's what it is, it's the main structure.

So this is the main one?

This goes inside the hole.

You got any dreams, Sammy?

When I was a kid, I wanted play for the New York Knicks.

Realistic dreams.

Yeah, I actually wanna open up a restaurant.

A restaurant. Not a bad idea.

I like that.

What kind of restaurant?

Good old fashioned Eastern
European, Jewish food, soups.

Jewish soul food. I love it.

Like home cooking, matzo ball soup.

Matzo ball.

Pastrami.

You know, I'm not a great chef or anything.

I'm not a bad chef, but I think I'll team up

with a really good chef.

And I'll be the, I'll be the face of the restaurant.

I'll be the host and create the aesthetic,

a family environment, you know?

That's realistic. I like that a lot.

Thanks. - You're thinking well.

My mom was a really good cook.

Patty?

Yeah. Mm-hm.

Wow.

Yeah, she was amazing.

I bet.

What about you?

Music, playing records.

Bringing, bringing smiles to people's faces

because I love what I write, what I create.

I was blessed,

I figured out a way to make
people love me when I was a kid.

And I figured out the better I
was, the more they loved me.

That's what inspired me as a kid.

To this day, I'm 69 freaking years old,

and I'm still out like that little kid dreaming.

Nothing's gonna get in my way. Nothing.

Not even Parkinson's.

Same thing with you, with your restaurant.

You've gotta make it work

and not let anything stop you

or get in your way, no matter what.

Someday, Sammy, everybody's gonna know my music.

Someday, you'll see.

Hello? - Hello.

Is Patty Green there?

May I ask who's calling?

Yes. This is the Los Angeles Police Department.

I'm Detective Steven Levy,

and I need some information from Patty Green,

if I can get it.

Is everything okay? - Yeah, sure.

We're just gathering some basic information

right now about somebody.

Okay, yeah.

Okay, can you hold please?

Sure.

Hey, Patty,

there's someone on the phone.

Says he's a detective or something.

He wants to speak to you.

Hello?

Is this Patty Green? - Yes, it is.

Yes, I'm a detective

with the Los Angeles Police Department

and I'm trying to find out, do you know a Burton Berger?

Hmm, Burton Berger.

Do you mean Burt from California?

Yeah. - Yeah.

Yep, he says that you have a son together.

A son? - Named Sammy Kleinman.

A son with Burt? Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

Sammy Kleinman? I don't even know that name.

And so you wouldn't know anything about a son?

No, I have two beautiful daughters

with my husband.

Oh, okay. Thank you very much. Goodbye.

Wait, wait, wait.

Yes.

How's Burt doing?

Oh, Burt's doing okay.

Good. Good. - He's still strumming

the guitar. - Wow.

Making a living at it.

Please tell Burt Patty says hi.

Okay. - Thanks for calling.

Bye-bye.

I got you now, you lying son of a bitch.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

That was incredible, Burt.

Fuck man.

What's up, y'all man? - What's up, man?

Glad you enjoyed the music, man.

It's cool, man. - Thank you.

That's a good song. - Thank you, man.

Mind if I play?

I do mind, with all due respect.

I don't really let anybody use my guitar.

Please be careful.

Hey, hey, hey. What you doing guys?

Please be careful. Please be careful.

What you doing, bro? - Dude, you should play

a good song man.

Give his fucking back, bro.

Let him play in the,

maybe you would like what he was doing.

Give him his guitar back.

The guy wants his guitar back.

Give it back to him.

Yeah, man. Yeah.

Let him just do his thing.

Oh. Oh. Oh.

Give his guitar back.

Please, be careful. - Look like an idiot, bro.

Just give him his guitar back.

Yo, give him his fucking guitar.

Oh, this guitar? - Whatcha doing? Hey!

Please be careful with that guitar.

Oh, fuck.

Come on, man. - Shut the fuck up.

Shut the fuck up.

Nah, bro, just gimme-

Why don't you shut the up?

Fuck!

Sammy!

You fucker.

Fucker!

I've decided, I'm gonna give you the money.

Burt, I can't take your money.

Yes, you can. I want you to have it.

I'm not your son.

Say that again.

I'm not your son, Burt.

I'm not your father?

No.

Is Patty Green really your mother?

No.

I don't even know who Patty Green is.

Is she still alive?

I don't know who she is. I don't know where she lived.

I don't know what she did.

I don't know anything about her.

I, I, I, I did have a, a mother and she did pass away.

But not, not, not Patty Green.

I don't know who that is.

What is this?

What, where'd you get all the information?

What about the letter?

Who wrote the letter?

It doesn't matter.

It does matter.

It doesn't matter. - It does matter!

Tell me, who puts you up to this?

Who puts you up to this, goddammit?

Sylvia.

Sylvia? From the bagel shop?

This is her idea?

I'm not gonna put it all on her, but yes.

How do you know Sylvia?

Sylvia's my aunt.

Your aunt.

That's how you knew where I was playing.

That's how you found me.

Sylvia.

Yeah, it was her idea.

She knew you had this inheritance and-

Is that why you did this?

Is, all, all it is, is about money?

I trusted you.

I convinced Steve that, to, to, to let you stay.

I kissed you good night. I tucked you in.

We threw a little football together.

Is your name really Sammy Kleinman?

Yes, my name is Sammy Kleinman.

I didn't lie about everything, okay?

I, I, I, I was telling the truth.

I am from New York.

I, I, I, I, all the stuff I told you about my life is,

is, is real.

I, I, I do have a daughter and, and her name is Izzy.

And, and I don't have a relationship with her.

And I wanna have a relationship with her.

And I, and I owe a lot of child support.

And that's why, that's why I did this.

It was a mistake.

And I'm telling you the truth,
but it was, it was a mistake.

I'm not really your father.

And if I was, I would be really ashamed right now.

Really fucking ashamed of you.

Totally dishonest.

I fucking came home sick.

The way I'm feeling I'm gonna fucking throw up.

It wasn't my idea.

I got dragged into this fucking mess.

You should know better.

Fuck! Fuck! Sylvia.

I wanna talk to Sylvia right now.

Face to face, goddammit.

Right now. Take me to her.

Now. Let's go. Goddammit!

Sylvia. Sylvia.

I know you're in there, goddammit.

Come out.

Sylvia!

Shame on you, Sylvia. Fucking shame on you.

Sending Sammy into my life
to take all my money from me?

To pretend to be my son?

Trying to rip me off?

I thought we were fucking friends.

I thought you enjoyed my music.

You should be a fucking ashamed of yourself.

I heard you.

How could you do such a thing?

I needed the money.

Taking everything that I have?

If you needed help, you ask.

What do you want, Burt?

Why? Why'd you do this? Why?

You're a sucker, Burt.

You'll have to learn how to keep your mouth shut.

I may be a fucking sucker,

but I know better than the steal from other people.

You're a liar and a thief.

I'm sorry, Burt.

Oh, that's bullshit.

You're not really sorry.

You tried to destroy my life

and now you're telling me, "I'm sorry."

You think that helps?

My parents worked their butts
off in a pharmacy for years

trying to get me and my older brothers

to have some kind of inheritance to live on.

And you try to take all that away from me.

Are you gonna call the cops or what?

I'm very seriously thinking of calling the cops

and reporting your ass.

But I'm not going to because I like Sammy.

I care about him.

Sammy will end up going back to jail.

And it's the last thing I wanna see happen to him.

Okay, what else?

What else do you wanna tell me?

I hope you learn something from this.

You should know better.

I thought we were friends.

Burt, listen, I did like your music.

I don't believe a word you say now.

I hope you feel bad for the rest of your life over this.

Son of a bitch.

Come on, Sammy. Drive me home.

What do you want me to say? Huh?

I fucking like the guy.

He's a good guy. He doesn't deserve the shit.

And I do?

I didn't say that.

You chose him over me.

Don't do that. Don't do that.

You should really come
inside and apologize to Steve.

Oh good. Steve, you're here.

I got somebody who wants to apologize to you.

Hey, Steve.

Look, you were right about everything.

You were onto me from the beginning.

I'm a liar. I'm a crook.

I'm a piece of shit.

I'm sorry.

Oh shit!

Steve!

Enough of your fucking bullshit.

Put the gun away before someone gets hurt.

Get out while you can still walk.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

What are you crazy?

I talked to Patty Green myself last night.

She's alive.

I know Patty's still alive.

He told me everything, Steve.

She never heard of no Sammy, nothing or other.

I know everything.

Everything he says is a lie.

Put the fucking gun away.

Shut up, Burt. I'm taking care of this.

Jesus Christ. Put the gun away, Steve.

To think I broke bread with you and bought you pizza.

Steve, put the fucking gun down.

There's one way to deal with thieves.

You fill 'em full of holes.

Jesus Christ, Steve, gimme a fucking gun.

No! - Yes.

No. I need this gun.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Fuck you. - Fuck you.

Fuck you, give me the fucking gun.

Fuck you. - Let go.

Oh shit. Oh shit.

Oh my God, Burt.

Call 911, Steve, now! Go!

I'm sorry, Burt.

All right, Burt, just lay back. Lay back.

You're gonna be okay. I promise. You're gonna be okay.

You're gonna make it. You're gonna make it.

You're not gonna die.

This is all my fault.

I should have never fucking done this.

It was stupid.

It's not your fault.

Burt, my father died when I was eight years old.

I didn't have a father growing up.

And if you were my real father,

I'd be the luckiest guy in the world

'cause you're a good man.

I'd choose you, kiddo. I'd choose you.

You inspire me to wanna do something with my life.

Stop being a fuck-up.

You go back, take care of Izzy.

Be the father you've never had.

You've got a lot of good in you.

Tell her you love her.

Never stop telling her you love her.

I love you, Sammy.

I'm proud of you.

I love you, man.

I have a son. I have a son.

Stay with me, Burt. Open your eyes.

Steve, where's the ambulance?

Stay with me, man. Stay with me.

Sammy?

Hey, Burt.

Hey Sammy. How you doing?

Good, man. Good.

Take a seat.

How you feeling?

Feeling okay.

Doctor said the bullet went right through

so no broken bones.

And you are, when are you gonna be able to play again?

Probably a couple of months.

Maybe two, three months.

Fingers are stiff right now.

I appreciate you not pressing charges.

Yes, I told Steve if he pressed charges,

I'm going to tell the cops he shot me on purpose.

You son of a bitch.

Steve's doing good?

Yeah, he's doing all right.

Hey, I got you a little something.

What'd you get me?

Ah, it's heavy.

Whoa. You got me a guitar?

That's right.

It's not quite as nice as the one you had,

but it's something.

Oh man, it's beautiful. Beautiful.

Yeah? You like it? - Look at this.

Yeah.

It's beautiful. I love the wood.

Holy cow.

Never expected this.

♪ It is odd days now ♪

Beautiful.

I love that the guitars in tune too.

I didn't steal it either.

I was worried about that.

So you're going back to New York?

Yeah. Leaving tonight.

You're gonna see your daughter,

be the dad you never had.

That's the plan.

That's, that's cool.

That's really cool.

By the way, you got that 300 bucks?

I'm still working on that.

All right, I believe you.

You had my word. I'm gonna get it back to you.

Okay? - I trust you. I trust you.

Let's take a walk.

I like that.

You want to carry your own guitar?

Heck yeah.

My man.

Let's go. - I'm a musician, man.

Well, I, I hope we can stay in touch.

We will. Absolutely.

I got your phone number.

I'd really like that, Burt.

What you say you, you start dating?

Yeah, you're right about that.

I gotta get a thick sway of things.

Think that be great for you.

Nice to meet somebody, change my life.

Yeah.

You know, you and Steve get a couple of girlfriends.

You know?

I don't know about Steve, but God bless him.