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♪ Bup, bup, bup, bup ♪

Big apple, baby. Wow.

This is gonna be a good day.

There's, like, millions of people

packed into this one tiny island,

and-- and every single one of them,

fascinating story.

It kills me.

I wish I could spend a day with--

with each one of these beautiful human beings.

But, you know, there's no-- there's no time for that.

We're all going to die, so I think what I'm gonna do

is I'm gonna pick one special person

and spend the day with them.

Hi. How's it going? Do you have a second to, uh...

Okay.

Hi, my name's Randy. I was hoping that...

Oh, hi. I know you're busy.

I know you've got somewhere to go,

but we could do something really cool...

I'm going to try another tactic here.

$1,000.

Would you like to make $1,000?

Hi. Can I help you with your bags, ma'am?

Is it okay?

You speak Spanish?

Hey, can you--

Can you hear me?

I don't understand, sir. Why is everybody so busy?

Do you just have a moment-- Oh!

God, everybody's so busy.

I guess Dave Matthews was right, you know?

♪ Oh, the little ants are marching ♪

Interesting.

I can see that a man of your emotional intelligence

doesn't value his life's worth by money.

But that very same man can see what $1,000 can do.

Much more time on park benches in our finest cities.

I'm Randy. - Mo.

Mo. Mo' Better blues.

Modigliani.

Mo' money.

You want some of this money, Mo?

- What's the catch? - No catch, no catch.

I just want to follow you around today,

get to know you a little bit.

Also...

I am going to need to film you.

Um...

I got to go help my mom. I...

Yeah. D-Do you still live at home?

Hmm. Got a job?

Good. No time for that North American rat race.

I'm with you. I'll tell you what, Mo.

I'm gonna sweeten the deal here.

I'm gonna make this $1,500, 'cause I think there's something

really special happening here.

Mm-hmm.

Fuck this.

Wait. What happened?

Wha--

You know what? No

No, I'm not letting him go. This is too special.

It's like Clint Eastwood said to Meryl Streep

in "Bridges of Madison County,"

"This type of certainty comes but once in a lifetime."

Mo!

Mo, wait!

Clear the train doors, please.

Oh, hi. Uh, could you just stay

still for one more second, please?

- No. - No, it's just--

Just a moment. Also, keep your voice down.

You're kind of ruining the...

Oh. Mo! Hey, hey.

No, no. It's okay. It's okay.

No, don't-- No, no, no.

Mo, don't ever go between subway cars while it's moving.

It's too dangerous, and you are way too important.

If you're you trying to rob me, I don't have any money.

If you don't have any money, why wouldn't you

just let me film you and give you my money, man?

- Are you not trying to mug me? - No, man.

I'm trying to get you to mug for my camera.

And I tell you what.

I'm gonna sweeten the deal right now-- $2,000.

I know you're bluffing. I can feel it.

But it's working, baby. You got me salivating.

I'm obsessed.

Come on. What do you think?

Oh, what's it gonna be?

Mo! Mo!

Stand clear of the closing doors.

Mo!

Mo, come back!

Mo?

Mo.

Come on.

Where did you go?

- Shit. - Mo! Mo!

Thank God. Thank God I found you.

Look here, man. Here, here. No, no, no, no.

Here's your money. Here's your money.

No, no, no, no. We had a deal.

- There is no deal. - Yes, there is to a deal.

We signed an emotional pact in spiritual blood

back there in that park bench when we touched souls.

I don't want anything to do with this.

Well, you need it. And I need it, too.

All I need is you to do is leave me alone.

I won't do it, Mo. I will not do it.

Bro, leave me alone, okay?

You do not want to see what happened?

Everything, I want to see it. I want to see it all.

And I want to film it, too. Give it to me.

Really? You want to film me? You want to film me, huh?

- Yeah. - Okay, well, how about this?

How you like that, huh?

Somebody just filming you all day.

I don't mind it.

Doesn't feel comfortable, does it?

Actually, I love it.

It's been the greatest pleasure of my life, Mo.

Keep going. - Man, get the fuck away from me!

I can't do it, okay?

"This type of certainty comes but once in a lifetime."

Wait, is that from "Bridges of Madison County"?

Nobody gets that reference.

You're just proving my point over and over again, Mo--

Get off of me, man.

I'm sorry, man. - No.

I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry. - No, don't be sorry.

- See what you made me do? - That's what I want, no.

Look what happens, man. Come on, you got to relax.

I want more. I want Mo.

Mo emotion, Mo anger, Mo everything!

What? - Police!

Officer. - Huh.

I need your help.

I need you to help protect me from this motherfucker.

He keeps following me around. He won't let me go.

Sorry, buddy. I'm--

Shit, you just a rent-a-cop?

No, no, no, it's okay though.

I can still use your help to protect me.

You can still help me.

Honestly, I'm gonna need you to back off.

- Who, me? - Yes.

No, no, no, no.

I'm the one that needs help here, okay?

I'm the one that needs protection, alright?

He's the fucking creep, not me.

Hi. Hi, Randy.

- Hi, nice to meet you. - Hi.

My friend has a little bit of an anger issue--

- Shut the fuck up. - Spray his ass.

- Excuse me? - Spray him right now.

He keep offering me $1,000. I'm at the park, reminding--

Just minding my business, enjoying the fucking view.

He comes following me around, trying to offer me $1,000.

I offered him $1,000 to film him.

He refused. I then offered him $2,000.

I'll do it. I'm in.

- What's your name, by the way? - My name's Dave.

It's so nice to meet you. - No, no, no, no.

That's-- That's not the point, okay?

The point is I need you to protect me from him.

Look, I've got a few reactions.

First of all, I don't work for you.

Second of all, even if I did, I'm off duty

and I value my free time.

And most importantly, if I'm being totally honest,

you're coming at me very aggressively.

He's really-- - I'm being aggressive?

- He's really polite. - That's kind of true.

That's the problem right now, alright?

That's the fucking point.

And you not-- you're not seeing what's happening.

This is how a motherfucking Black man like me

ends up dead in the bushes 'cause he can't get no help.

- Okay. - Sir, can you please help me?

Fuck this!

Mo?!

Are you okay?

You want to talk?

We don't have to talk.

We can just sit here for a minute in silence.

Human beings are a fascinating thing, Mo, you know?

I think we all have these wild animals in us.

I got one, you know?

He's a wolf.

I call him Peachfuzz.

And, um, I used to be afraid of him, too.

I did. I was, like, "If I let this guy out,

he's gonna wreak havoc, you know?"

But then I realized, wait a minute.

If I don't let him out,

then he's just gonna take over and he's just gonna destroy me.

You got-- you got an animal on you, Mo?

What's-- Do you--

Do you got-- you have a name for him?

Are you fucking serious, man?

Yes.

"Do I have a name for mine?"

What the fuck is wrong with you, man?

I don't know. What's wrong with you?

This world is fucked up, man.

I mean, if you're good to people,

they take advantage of you.

You say, "Fuck it, I'm gonna go hard,"

now you a toxic asshole.

Don't nobody want to deal with you.

True.

You ever looked at somebody in their face

and just wanted to stomp the shit out of them?

Just bash they face in like a pancake?

I understand that.

Am I crazy for feeling like that?

No. No, Mo, you're not.

You want to know what I think?

I think...

I love spending time with you.

I love hearing you talk.

I think you're amazing.

- The fuck are you doing? - I'm just--

I'm just rubbing you a little bit.

Why are you fucking rubbing me, man?

What is all this shit, man? You--

You filming me and asking me all these weird ass questions,

trying to get me emotional.

That's my love language. I film people.

Oh, you trying to exploit me?

I would never exploit--

No, Mo.

Leave me the fuck alone!

Get the fuck away from me!

Mo?

Come on, Mo.

You got me, okay?

Seriously, come out.

Uh-oh.

Mo?

Mo?

Mo!

Mo!

Mo! Oh, my God.

I can't believe I found you.

Mo! Oh, Jesus.

You're not Mo. Damn it!

Sorry.

Where? What?

Mo?

I guess that's it. I mean, I don't want to give up,

but I guess this type of certainty...

Wha--

Mo! Hey, it's me!

Mo, wait! Mo, no, no, no, no!

Don't run!

Mo!

Mo! Mo, wait!

It's a chase. Pardon me. Excuse me.

Mo, wait!

Sorry.

Okay, alright. We can walk.

We can walk if you want. No problem.

You can walk as long as you want,

but I can tell you this, Mo.

You're not gonna outlast me, baby.

15,000 steps a day.

He's running.

It's okay, Mo.

Don't worry about it.

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm gonna be right here as long as you need.

I'm tired.

I'm tired.

Yeah, I know.

- I'm tired. - It's okay.

- I'm tired. - It's okay, man.

I got to apologize for today.

You don't have to apologize for anything.

- I have to. I have to. - No, no.

I lost it today, man.

And when most people will walk away,

you stuck it out with me, man,

when I started to push. - Well, look, it was

a beautiful day for me, too, okay?

Mutual beneficial society, right?

- Thank you, man. - And look, man.

We got tomorrow too, right?

We can do whatever we want. We can go to,

you know, Staten Island.

Heck, man, we go to Africa, Indonesia, whatever you want.

It's your day, Mo. You make the call.

I'm buying. Anything you want.

Anything. - Yeah.

What do you want to do?

I would-- I would love to, I really would,

but I got-- I'm busy tomorrow, man.

I can't-- I can't do tomorrow, but take my number down.

We can-- we can-- hit me up sometime.

We can hang.

Oh, I get it. Yeah, okay.

No, I understand, I understand.

- Yeah. - It's...

Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free, right?

This keeps happening to me, Mo. This always happens to me.

We get all hot and heavy, and you know what they do?

They just put me away. That's what they do.

It's exactly what Meryl did to Clinton, B.O.M.C.

- B.O.M.C.? - "Bridges of Madison County."

Remember the movie that we both loved that we connected over?

Remember that one? You know?

Meryl has her fun few days.

She gets her Clint rubbed, she gets her Clint hugs

and then she ditches him and his sad little

green truck in the rain after everything he did for her.

I'm tired of this. I'm tired of this.

I'm tired of being Clint Eastwood.

I have feelings, and I get angry, too.

So, what are you gonna do?

You gonna-- you gonna stick with me,

or you gonna just ditch me like everybody else d--?

Mo, wait!

Mo?

Mo?

Mo?

Pretty sure...

you're still in here.

Can't have gotten that far.

I know you're a little tired,

and I think you might have pulled a hamstring.

You're hiding behind one of these trees.

Question is, which one is it?

There's only so many.

Oh.

Mo.

That was really smart.

Wow. Pheromones.

It's a very real--

Stop fucking following me!

I'mma fucking kill you, you fucking creep!

I don't want to need you.

'Cause I can't...

...have you.