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Baby, don't you do it.

Don't do it.

Don't you break my heart.

Please don't do it. Don't you break my heart. He got the picture of this. It

was freshman year. There he is, completely naked, right outside the

office.

And he says, Ron, he told me to show up. OK, I have a question for the table. How

long does it take to really know someone?

I think you're continually getting to know someone, because I think people

change, you know, they grow.

But I do think if you go through hell with someone, then you get a pretty good

sense of how they handle stuff, which is important.

Come on.

We're on the other side of that one.

I don't know.

I think you can know someone within the first ten seconds of seeing them. I

mean, I fell in love with Geneva the second I saw her.

That's true.

Well, I don't know if you ever really know someone entirely.

And what is that supposed to mean?

Well, I mean, you know someone, you think pretty good, and then you find out

stuff that's shocking that you didn't know existed. I think that happens every

day. Look at that show, 2020.

It's always the same thing, right? They're a couple, they're happy, no one

could believe it.

There's lots of these cases. What about the guy with the crossbow? He buys a

crossbow. He's practicing in the garage.

By the way, bring me some lemonade.

Oh, my goodness. I had no idea you walked through at that moment. Oops.

Continue, please.

Continue. But she forgives him. It was an accident. And guess what? Six months

later, same accident. Yes, and it kills her. No.

Yes.

And look, you hear all the time about these families that have entirely other

families.

The dad, who knows what he does for a living, he leaves to go to Connecticut.

But he was never going to Connecticut on business. He's really going to Harlem.

He's got a Puerto Rican family that no one ever heard about.

You think when he's watching the game, instead of pretzels, he's eating the

Goya beans, red flags, but they don't catch it. So my point is, you can really

think you know somebody.

And then it turns out that you don't know everything about somebody.

You still haven't answered the question.

No, I literally, I just did.

No, you didn't answer it. You're skirting it. You're not answering it

straight up.

You're bouncing around. You keep doing this. Hey, what are you doing? You do

that a lot, by the way. I think you're all special people. Get it out of your

mind.

This is our shot.

I need you to hug him.

I don't want to hug him.

Look, ever since he had a near-death experience, he's become a very touchy

-feely guy, and he likes to be held.

You know I don't like touching people. I don't know very well.

Even people I do. So just, Nick, do you want this thing or not?

Then feed the beast here.

This guy has a hot button, a point of interest. His hot button is hugs. You

hug him, you're going to crack him wide open. He's going to start feeling all

bubbly inside.

Then he starts writing checks.

I'm not asking you to go to an airport motel and perform a trick on a Japanese

businessman. I'm asking you to hug a senior executive from General Motors.

That's all.

Now get your arms around him and make him feel bubbly and warm.

My name is Larry Charles. I'll take you guys over here and show you the entire

line. It's great to have you here. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you. Man,

this puppy here reminds me of my first Dodge. Huh?

Remember that?

Remember when cars were meant just to be fun things to have, right?

They made a cool noise, they harnessed real power, and they made you feel like

a badass because you got to be the one right there behind the wheel of it,

right?

I'm sorry. I'm Ronnie Valentine from B&V Engine Design.

Thomas Fern.

Yeah, Thomas. Good to see you again. We actually helped you out with a few ECU

modules a few years back.

Of course. Yeah.

Hey, that's my partner, Nick Brennan.

Congrats.

It's going to be a great year.

Of course.

Your soul was too important to take.

No, we actually have one idea we're not committed to anyone on. We could run it

by your team and see if it's something that made sense for you.

I'd love that.

Well, maybe we'll get something on the books. We'll come up there to Rock City,

to Detroit, and come see you.

You lying bastard!

You are unbelievable.

Did we get the meeting or not?

I'm hugging this man like I'm some kind of asshole. Why were you hugging the

man? Because he's our guy's direct competitor. Why would you hug the direct

competitor? Because he had a near-death experience. Actually, no, he didn't.

That never happened. I made that up. Oh, shame, shame, shame. What are you doing?

What do you mean, what am I doing? Did we get the meeting or what?

Come on, Nick. I'm never hugging again. I'm not listening to you. He sets me up.

What do you expect me to do? Geneva, listen to me. You know him. He's way too

honest. If I fill him in on it, what happens? The sweating. He starts

hyperventilating. He passes out. It was completely necessary.

Nick.

My man.

We got the meeting.

I'm not gonna lie.

Sometimes I love your boyfriend.

You, I will hug you. This is free. Come in here. No charge.

Don't ever let me go.

They've had a couple lessons.

Okay, let's dance.

Less is more. I'm dancing on the inside. Are you dancing right now? Yes. Oh,

okay. Honey, listen, you can never trust a man that dances.

Look at the great men throughout history. None of them were dancers.

Abraham Lincoln, not a big dancer. Winston Churchill, he never tore up the

dance floor.

Martin Luther King, he might have had a dream, but he never danced to it. Come

on. I'm serious. Come on. Tiny dancer. Let's go.

I'm throwing it right now.

Look, you think they're great, and they're dancing.

I think they're better than great. I think they're the best. Uh-huh.

When it comes to being a couple, they're my heroes.

Hey! Come on. Why are you sitting? Get up. Let's do this. Oh, Nick, you know,

Ronnie here, he just called you his hero couple, and yet he still refuses to

dance with me. Will you stop? Do not give him ammo. I just don't want to.

I'm sorry.

Ronnie just told Beth I'm his hero. I'm your hero.

You're the worst.

Oh, come on. Every kid wants to dance with his hero.

Bring it up here.

Let's do it.

People's dogs are trying to pick us up. Why won't they let us be?

Go on, baby!

Go on!

I'm mad.

That just happened.

I don't think I'll ever forget that. Oh, great. Is that burning in the hard drive

now? I think so.

Excuse me.

Hey, I need to do this.

Let me show you how this is done.

You're my guest.

I think you're stuck with me.

So when are you going to ask her?

What? Come on, Ronnie.

You can see it all over her face.

You're never going to find a girl as great as her.

Let's be realistic.

Nick and I aren't making any new friends.

You've dated all my girlfriends.

You've batted through the whole lineup.

And there's nothing left.

Plus, we like her.

Those other ones we didn't even like, and they're my friends.

Trust me.

Pop the question or you're gonna lose her.

Ah, there you go. Hey, hey.

Special delivery.

How's the afternoon entrance?

You were missed.

I missed you, too.

Now I'm going to cut the heat.

What happens when the kitchen gets hot? Because I'm cooking something up, chef.

Don't play to my strength.

Really? Now you're dancing?

It's like I'm playing Floyd Mayweather in ping pong. That's ridiculous.

You're only supposed to do that if the game's over.

If the game's over.

No, no, you're not being happy.

This is a taunting. This is like taunting that's going on.

You're not sorry. That's the problem. I know. You're right.

Okay, here's what we need to do now, because I think you're very spirited,

and I like that. I think we should turn it into full-body contact ping pong.

Yes, we do.

Come on. You can't talk people bigger than you and expect it just to be all

fun.

Help!

Yes,

that's it. Are you trying to steal a kiss now?

Oh, I dare you.

I want to let you know, by the way, that I'm completely committed to this

relationship.

I'm just re-upping. I'm already committed, but I'm just re-upping my

commitment to this relationship because I feel great.

How do you feel? Do you feel great? Uh-huh.

Yeah? Mm-hmm. I feel great.

But is there a window?

Are you anxious for this to go somewhere?

Roni? Roni?

I know you. I know where you're headed with this. Look, I don't need this to be

something that it's not. I don't want it to be something if it's not just to make

me okay.

But is there a clock that's ticking?

Are you in a hurry to be heading somewhere?

You know, there's always a clock.

And I'm wondering, is the ticking getting to a point where the clock's

gonna go off? Let's just talk through this, okay? Yeah.

I have fun with you.

I love being with you.

I think we've done a great job of getting back to a really good place.

I'm happy.

Now, if all of that rolls into something else, that could make me happy too.

I love you.

I love you.

Okay, Bobby.

You can do this. This is your time to do it.

You're the man, Valentine.

You're the man.

Hope this goes well.

Great moments are born from great opportunity.

And that's what you have here today, Nate.

That's what you've earned here today.

One meeting. What are you doing?

You're giving me the, really? The Kurt Russell speech from the movie Miracle? I

just saw that five-year-old kid do it on... YouTube the other night, and I

thought it was really inspirational.

It's applicable to what we're doing. Anytime you go into a pressure situation

in a competition, it makes sense. And I'm gonna write something better than

that. Look at you. You're nervous.

You're never nervous. Now you're nervous.

Okay, here's the thing.

I can't be broke if I'm gonna get married.

Yeah?

Yeah! See, I...

I knew you would get here.

Okay, so here's my plan. I'm going to ask her next month on her birthday.

Now, I worked out this great deal from this Hasidic guy who I met during

Gamblers Anonymous. He's literally going to give me a $20,000 ring for $10,000.

Can you believe that? How are you doing that?

I'm going to give him cash, and then I also said that you would help fix his

car. So those two little things are going to get me the deal with the

Hasidic. Oh, I'm helping. I'm helping fix the car?

Well, you're the one who kept telling me to dive into it. I thought you'd be

excited to help. I'm sorry. Okay, fine. But that is my gift to you. Honestly.

There'll be no fruit bowl from the registry.

That's it. That's what you're looking at. Well, you don't have to make a

decision now. On the day, see what's right. I can make the decision now. I'm

making it now. I'm telling you right now. That is my gift.

That's it.

Fixing the car with the Hasidic guy.

And make sure you tell Pat that, too. Seriously. I don't want it to be

uncomfortable. Let her know. Whatever you want to do on that day is your

choice. Okay.

I'm doing it.

You take this meeting ten times, you might not get it tonight.

All right. You got to stop that now.

But not this meeting, Nick.

Not. Today. You're really making me nervous.

Today, we are the greatest small business in the world.

I'm sick and tired of hearing about how innovative these other boutiques are.

This is our time.

Their time is done. We're showing up in a cab.

Thanks for not mentioning that my last three prototype bits got rejected.

That's just a bad strip, pal.

You're gonna be great. I promise you

Ladies

and

gentlemen electric cars They're totally gay It's true.

I don't mean that they're homosexual gay, but I do mean your parents are the

chaperone at the dance gay

Right? You tuck it in and wear it real high-gay. I don't want to disrespect

anybody, because I'm not about that, but I think we're understanding what we're

trying to talk about here, right?

I mean, honestly, the Nissan spit, really?

It screams this.

Oh, here we go.

The Hyundai pomegranate, right?

The Chevy fingerprint.

Now, look at this. The 1966 Ford

GT350.

Do you want to roll up in that one, Hoss?

The 1965 Pontiac GTO.

Completely awesome.

The 1970 Hemi Cuda.

Took more virginities.

than francis albert sinatra what are we suggesting here we're talking about

taking the benefits of electric transportation but combine them with the

rock and rollness and the sexiness that the dodge current muscle car models have

nicholas we believe we can produce the technology

to incorporate an electronic motor in your current models but

with the aggressive sound character, the exhilarating vibration character, the

complete visceral experience that we've all grown to know and love in the Dodge

Challenger and Charger lines.

Guys, we love our current electric models.

That said, we also agree there's a market for what you're pitching.

But if you're asking Dodge to invest in your pursuit of this concept, what do

you have that we don't?

Nick Brennan.

So let's forget the upfront money. Let's deal with the success, because that's

exactly what we're going to have.

I want $900,000.

You want $400,000.

We don't need to get a Chinese auction where I go $850,000, you go $450,000,

right? $850,000, $550,000.

Let's just cut it right down the middle at $775,000 and close this thing.

I appreciate your spirit, Mr. Valentine, but we're taking all the risk.

So we'll stick with the $400,000.

And I think you need to focus on the bigger picture here.

With success and a good working relationship, we're prepared to offer

you an overall deal, which means upfront money, and an option for an exclusive

long-term contract with your company.

And with that deal, you gentlemen won't be disappointed.

You made a great decision today, Tom.

Thank you. Thank you.

You'll be under the supervision of Susan Warner here.

She's from the outside, but we've had great experience with her.

You know, I was at Ford until about five months ago.

They're still talking about you guys over there. They said you could whittle

down a supplier to less than 15 cents on a dollar just by talking. And you were

like a mad scientist and wouldn't leave the lab for days.

Well, boys, it takes one to know one.

I'm one of you.

I'm a visionary. I'm a maverick. I'm a gunslinger just like you. And this idea

of yours, this vision.

I'm inspired by what y'all throwing down.

I got some serious lady wood here.

I want to have sex with your words. I want to bang your brain.

Oh, I got to go.

I'm late for mommy and me. I'll call you. Bye. Okay.

Well, at least she's enthusiastic.

I got to tell you, I think I'm starting to have like a panic attack.

What if I can't deliver?

I mean, we take every cent we have into this. You know, we're mortgaged to the

hilt. We're borrowing against borrowing. Okay, listen, just relax. I think you're

taking this all in a little too fast. It's a little too soon.

Now, you said it yourself.

We're on the five-yard line. We just got to punch it in. 25.

What? I said we were on the 25-yard line. Nick, are you suggesting that

we're not even in the red zone?

Oh, man, what if I can't do it?

Everybody's... Dodge is gonna know. They're gonna laugh at us. That guy,

that security guard, he's laughing. Look at him. He's staring at me. Look at the

security guard. He's looking at me right now. Okay, get together.

Just take a breath for a second.

Don't lose perspective here.

You're only five yards from the red zone. Now, once we get in the red zone,

we're mortal lock.

You're a red zone guy.

Still 25 yards out. Do you understand that? By the way, I don't care how you

spin it, how you want to ice the cake.

We're only 75% of the way there, and I'm having trouble breathing now. I need to

relax.

Everything is going to be fine.

Never said we were in the red zone.

So it's been 10 days since the meeting and he still hasn't calmed down. I'm

doing my best to keep his head in the game, but he's still a little shaky.

We are going with the opaka-paka tonight. Okay, but we need to educate

the servers, please. No, they know, Chef. They know. No, they don't know.

They're fish illiterate.

What about you, Ronnie?

Also fish illiterate.

Don't know fish.

Sang, how are you doing?

How are you coping with all this?

I'm great, honey.

It's been 16 months and nine days since I made a bet. I'm easy breezy. I'm not

talking about gambling. I'm just saying, you know, if you're feeling stressed, if

things start to feel heavy.

Yes, heavy.

I'm lucky enough to get you alone for five minutes. The last thing I'm gonna

do is talk.

Is that so?

When did you say her birthday was?

Two weeks.

Oh, good. We'll have the new Pacific Calendulas in.

Oh, great. She'll love that.

Yes, we had a hybridizing program this winter. This is awesome.

Wow. This is what I'm talking about. See, this right here, this place here is

beautiful. And the music that you're playing, that's really beautiful, too.

People say that music's the highest art form. It can go the farthest, the

fastest emotionally.

And the smells here are really nice, as well. I love all the smells. What I'm

trying to do is get all five senses really coming alive here, really

cooking. Do you have a plug in the garden somewhere? Somewhere I can plug

my iPod dock into?

Anywhere in here or back here? No, we don't like the guests touching the

plants. Why? I mean, if you talk to them, they grow. They like a little

affection. I wouldn't pull it out. I just want to make sure that you're

taking care of all the things on your end.

Because, you know, I'm going today. I'm going to have the ring.

Oh. So that'll be taken care of. I trust you'll have a ring. And I just want to

make sure that this is the greatest proposal in the history of the world of

all proposals.

All right? That's it.

Let me see if I can track down where that outlet is.

Okay, get me in here for a team. Let's go proposal on three. Let's have fun

with it. Ready? Okay.

One, two, three.

Proposal! My man.

Get out of here, baby.

Make it good.

I'm counting on you.

Mr. Valentine?

Son of a bitch.

Don't do it, Geneva. Jesus.

What are you doing?

Those plants are poisonous!

Awesome.

You can expect diarrhea, challenging urination with a possible bloody

discharge, fever, dry heaving, Painful swelling of the gums and a loss of

feeling in the tongue which will affect speech and give you very bad dreams.

You are banned from these gardens indefinitely, so you can forget about

popping the question here.

Proposal on three.

We are not teammates.

As far as damages, it's gonna run into the thousands.

I just saw my best friend's wife with another man.

I'll send you a check.

I don't think you were allergic to anything.

Neither did I.

What kind of plants were they?

Street plants.

Street plants?

Yeah. It must have happened when I was walking on Clark because these kids lost

their ball and I had to go in the bushes and get their ball.

Why couldn't they get their own ball?

Well, you know how these kids are today. They're so damn lazy.

With all the gaming and texting and happy meals, I mean, childhood obesity

is completely out of control. I mean, you know that, Beth.

And these kids were just overly huffing and puffing, and they were sweating. All

right, well, I don't see why that means they can't go get their own ball.

Well, to their credit, these little porkers were trying, but they couldn't

reach the ball.

This little alligator-armed kid was in there doing it, but the little kid, he

can't get the ball.

So then I come walking up, and they say, hey, can you help me with the ball here?

So I say, okay, I'm running late, but these kids want to play ball, and

frankly, I'm a supporter of it.

Now that we're all going to be on the same damn health care, too, I'm paying

for these fat kids.

Boom, I drop to the ground.

So now I'm reaching in here like this, trying to get the ball, see?

But I don't want this branch to hit me here.

So I'm doing it. You see what I mean, honey? And I'm going to dig in more

under the branch, but hold the branch. But then my right hand's going here.

See, that's why I got this bitch right here.

That's a direct contact.

Now I get the ball.

Now I get it. I got the ball out, okay, here.

Gave the ball back to the kids.

Then I started to head home, right? And then that's when I noticed that my arm

was really itching, and I thought that it was because I rubbed up against the

brush.

Why are you carrying so much cash, Ronnie?

Well, I was on my way to the suppliers before I helped the fat kids with the

ball. But, you know, boy, thank goodness it fell out here. That's great, because

could you imagine if it would have fallen out there? Wow. Yes, a lot of

cash.

Well, you know my supplier's stealing cash.

But do you mind if I don't dial into all the details right now? I'm just starting

to really itch, so I'd rather just go and take care of this real quick.

How was your day?

It's okay.

Oh, God.

Oh, damn it.

Are you all right?

No, honey, to be honest, I'm feeling a little challenged here.

All right, you guys will process the data?

You got it. All right, let's do this.

Nick, I need to talk to you for a second.

Hey, did you go to Burnham Bank and sign the loan forms yet?

Not yet, but I wanted to. You need to go.

I signed them two days ago. You need to sign them.

And that woman, Susan from Chrysler, she keeps calling.

She keeps calling me bro.

How am I going to concentrate with her calling all the time?

They're going to run interference on that. I will.

Ulcer acting up again?

No, no, no. You know what this prescribed medical shit right here,

chalky shit, it's actually very thirst quenching. I can't get enough of it. I

really can't. Thank you. Just give me a second here, would you?

All right, boys, let's do it. Come on. Let's awaken the beast here. Come on.

We've got a solid reference measurement this time. Looks good.

The last one was pathetic, you know? If I could talk to you for one second. Am I

working here? Am I not working here? Do I look like I'm working?

David, jump in there. Fire it up. Come on. Yeah, baby. All right.

All right, bring it.

Bring it up.

Here you go.

Finally! Okay, finally I'm seeing fractional orders here.

Which might be it.

Yeah! Ha ha ha!

Alright!

Fourth order pulling ahead.

Come on, pump that stuff right!

Yes!

It's happening!

Yes!

Yes! Yes!

Woohoo! Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Fractional orders are deviating.

No, no, no they're not. Come on now.

We lost the fourth complete.

Maybe a heavier amp, bigger subs.

The second and third were solid. Hey, I get it. I suck, okay?

Suck.

Nick, listen.

What is it, Ron? What do you want?

I want to talk to you about something that's kind of personal.

Something that doesn't have to do with any of this. Do you mind just stepping

up with me in the office real quick?

You want to go to the office and talk about something personal that doesn't

have to do with this?

Yeah. You know, I'm bleeding inside. There's blood where it shouldn't be in

my body, out of things.

I've thrown up four times in the last two days, which doesn't make any sense

because I haven't eaten in three. I don't even know where it's coming from.

Listen, I understand what you're saying. You're not in the pressure cooker, man.

You're not.

I said I was on the 25-yard line.

I'm not. I'm much... further back than that we are deep in our own end zone

right back there yeah and i'm flushed out of the pocket and the defense is

coming for me and they're big man they're fast ah they're coming and i

turn to you my lead blocker you turn to me hey you want to go upstairs and talk

in the office about something personal just block that's what i need you to do

is just block and do me a favor would you sign the damn loan forms so i have

somebody to fund my failure

Unless you just want to kiss that long-term contract goodbye.

Unbelievable, huh?

Bulls? No, it's ridiculous.

I mean, Rose should have passed to Noah. He was wide open, completely unguarded.

Yeah, man, they just can't get it together at all.

Yeah, I mean, you ask me.

Rose doesn't trust Noah. Either teammates, he doesn't trust, he can hit

the winning shot.

Sucks, man.

Because, you know, trust really runs deep on a team. You've got to be able to

trust your teammate. Do you think that you have to be able to trust your

teammate off the court as well?

Sure. Let's just say, and I'm talking completely hypothetically here, let's

say that Noah finds out that Derek Rose's girl is cheating. Does he tell

him or not? Because he doesn't want to affect his performance.

Yeah, I mean, he's...

Yeah, you tell him.

It's toxic to keep all that in. You have to tell him. That's guy code. Talk about

your best friend. Well, I'll tell you. You ever hear the expression, kill the

messenger? Because, I mean... Yeah, I don't think it applies here at all. I

mean, if you don't tell your friend, your best friend, then you're basically

banging her, too. Okay, come on now.

It depends. Is it the playoffs?

Game seven, the championship.

Championship. Oh, no. I wouldn't tell him. Yeah, no. No.

Don't tell him. Nope. You wait.

You wait.

Hey, sis.

Just checking in.

I never called to just check in.

But you know what happened?

I saw this episode of Springer, and I just can't shake what happened on the

episode. This woman found out that her best friend's husband was cheating on

her, and she did not tell her friend.

Ronnie, why are you telling me this?

Bowling. Well, I just wanted to get your take on it. What do you think? Do you

think she should have told her best friend that her husband was cheating?

Of course she should.

But what about the whole kill the messenger thing?

You know what I mean? Ronnie, she is doing her friend a favor. It doesn't

matter how painful the moment.

Mom, come on! Okay, Ronnie, I gotta go. I'm sorry.

Okay, bye-bye.

Hello? Nice disguise, Ronnie.

Making it a woman on Jerry Springer?

Bullshit! I am not an idiot.

What? You want to tell me Saul's cheating on me? Just say it. Diane,

listen, I don't think you understand what I'm saying. I'm not saying anything

about Saul. I'm going to kill him. You know, I really thought I was done with

choosing men who were basically dad.

I mean, who would even sleep with an out-of-work slob? Okay, Diane, listen to

me. You're way overreacting. How dare you tell me something like this over the

phone? How dare you tell me this at all?

Screw you, Ronnie!

You have always been a selfish little asshole.

What? Why am I an asshole?

F you, Ronnie!

Oh, jeez.

All right, now that's a little better. Where's the crossover?

Hey,

Ronnie, what's up?

Ronnie,

can I talk to you for a second?

I was actually going to run up here for about the rest of the day.

Just one second, please.

It's important.

Come on.

I am so sorry.

I've been thinking too much about myself lately.

And I'm throwing tantrums because the car is not loud enough.

So I have eight minutes.

Eight minutes? Yeah.

I have a call at five with Helmut Farber in Berlin. He's going to give me some

pointers on throttle response. So I have eight uninterrupted minutes to talk

about whatever it is you wanted to talk about.

Ronnie, you have seven minutes and 48 seconds to just chat.

Open up.

What I wanted to talk to you about, um... Yes, Ronnie?

Was, um, proposing to Beth.

You didn't propose?

Yeah. Why not?

Well, I wasn't sure that I found the right exact place to do that.

Ronnie, come on, man. You're just sabotaging yourself. That's what you're

doing here. Don't you understand? Once you get into it, it's going to be fine.

I'm telling you, you found the right girl.

What the hell is that in your arm?

What is going on?

I just, I had an outbreak.

And I broke out in hives everywhere.

And when I, when I, when I, when I piss, it comes first, too. Ronnie, Nick, your

better halves are here.

That is a sexy car.

Woo! If only it were fuel efficient.

Hey, sweetheart. Hey, honey, what are you doing here?

Am I a surprise?

We have a special night planned for you guys. Hey, sweetie.

Yeah, but I don't have time for a night, honey. Where are we behind?

Well, you're behind because you guys are burning yourselves out.

You know, you've got to recharge the engine, get some perspective.

I don't think we have time for...

I don't know that tonight's a good night for us to go do anything.

Well, I know you don't want to celebrate, you know, because you guys

haven't gotten in line yet, so it's not a celebration.

We're just thinking maybe we could take a breather to set the table for a

possible potential celebration sometime in the future. Yeah, and listen, I

called here to talk to you earlier, and I talked to Felix, and he said things

were getting pretty heated today.

I think you guys need a break, you know?

This is not a discussion. We are doing this.

And you, my friend, are going to thank me for this later.

What happened to your face?

That was his second attempt.

Now here is his third and final attempt to win the round-trip airline tickets

anywhere in the continental United States.

Good try by our second contestant.

I'm trying to take that shot for ten years. They don't pick me. They never

pick me. I don't know what I got to do. Our third and final contestant, Jessica

Hill from Park Ridge, Illinois. Tell you one thing, if they did pick me, I'm

sticking it in the net.

That's it. That's a no-brainer right there.

You know who's third in scoring at Ball State?

Third. They didn't cut anybody. It was a club team. Good first attempt for

Jessica. Why you got to take away my accomplishments?

I'm not. No, you are, okay?

I'm a shooter. It's what I am. Just deal with it, all right?

Sniper. They called me the sniper. I'm just saying it's not that easy to put it

from center ice to do that thing. It's not easy. That's why a few of us can do

it. I'm saying I can do it. You know what? Have you ever done it?

No, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter though. I put it. Believe me.

That one goes wide to the right. It's not a net.

It's a hole. It doesn't. It's this big. Yeah, it's a big event. They know what

they're doing. They do statistics to make sure that a certain amount of

people miss it. I mean, I don't know how much you've dealt with athletes. I can

see things differently.

Everything just comes to a blur. It's like you're locked in maple syrup and

you're moving slow and you see things happening before they do happen.

Can I go get some beer? Do you want anything?

I'm good. I'm good. Thanks.

I'm gonna go help him with the hair. I'm gonna get one. You guys want anything?

Pretzels, alright? Yeah.

Alright.

Boy,

you've been on that all night, huh?

I saw you yesterday.

You saw me where?

At the Botanical Gardens.

So?

I saw it all, Geneva.

The loser with the dead milkman t-shirt, kissing him in broad daylight.

Okay, Ronnie, I got it. You got a great guy who's considerate to people and who

cares about you, and you're out running on him.

Don't put this all on me. How dare you ambush me with what you think you know?

What I think I know? I saw you mauling the guy, Geneva.

Ronnie, you don't know shit. You don't know shit. You do not know what goes on

behind the curtains of a marriage.

Like the fact that he hasn't slept with me for over six months. Don't stand

there and start talking nonsense to me. Are you serious?

How about the fact that every Thursday night after work, Nick goes to Pilsen to

a massage parlor where he gets wanked by a 19-year-old Vietnamese girl who

speaks... words of english how about that i don't believe the words you're

saying right now yeah you're just covering your ass

listen to me nick is my very

best friend in the entire world and i am never ever ever gonna keep this from him

you understand so i'm coming to you now and i'm giving you an opportunity but

you need to deal with this it only happened because my husband i am not a

marriage counselor

Let's be a marriage counselor.

Let's make it really, really, really simple then. Either you tell him or I

will.

I can't.

I will.

No, no, Ronnie, no.

No, Ronnie, no. Don't do this now. Not while this Chrysler thing is going on.

Listen, Nick is not sleeping at night. His stomach is literally bleeding. This

would destroy him.

You're not going to see this guy anymore.

No, God, no.

That was stupid.

I know that was stupid. And it's over. It's over because it never was.

Then why have you been texting him all night?

Have I? Yeah, you have.

Sitting on the Blackberry, banging people.

Your sister just bought a new dress.

Like I was saying, Ronnie, you don't know shit.

Are you promising me? Yeah, as soon as this bit is over you're gonna tell him

and you're gonna tell about this guy that you kissed Are you promising me

that I absolutely swear to God?

Yes I

Must

admit I can't explain

Any of these stars racing through my brain. It's true.

Baby, I'm howling for you.

I'm so disappointed in you, Ronnie.

Okay?

Just pick a date and ask Beth to marry you.

You're making this thing out to be much more than it needs to be.

And now your stress is causing me stress.

That's right. I'm stressing out like crazy.

Yeah. You're right. You're totally right. Now that I, now that you

verbalize it and I hear it, you're completely right, man.

Thank you.

Now I'm the guy causing extra damn stress.

Here, we'll get a massage.

In times like this when it gets very stressful, get a massage?

Massage? I mean, no, not really. Really, no.

You can only do so much yourself. You can do things yourself. But when you get

a professional to just get that, take it out of you and get that stress right out

of you, throw it out of you.

Hey, Nick, you know what could be tremendous?

Maybe me and you could go and get a massage together.

I don't mean, like, in the same room or something. I mean at the same place. Do

you know a place we could do that, where we could get a massage?

A place that could take us to relax, relax, relax?

Here's what I'm trying to say to you, okay?

Don't let fear sabotage letting yourself be happy.

You guys are great together.

You're in love.

And love can be very rewarding, and it can be very filling.

Very filling.

Like a warm stew. It honestly is.

Look, if you want ice cream...

Go in the car and get ice cream.

You don't worry that while I'm driving, hey, I might have some chest pains, and

then, oh, heart attack, you veer off, you kill a bunch of seniors and

toddlers. You get your ice cream.

And you know what? 99% of the time, you're going to end up at the ice cream

shop with a big hot fudge sundae.

Nuts!

Only 1% of the time do you kill the innocent.

I'm not understanding what you're trying to say to me.

All right, Ronnie.

Tomorrow night is Beth's parents' anniversary party.

40 years.

I really think you can learn something from it.

I want you to soak it in.

Oh, and by the way, we did just move into the red zone.

Hey, Felix, the algorithm is solid, so it's gotta be the hardware, right?

Yeah, looks like it.

Yeah, well, keep at it.

Okay, I got it. I'm on it.

You wanna kiss Felix?

Come in.

Come here.

Don't be shy, baby.

You can join us.

Yeah.

I'm sorry. I don't mean to make you feel uncomfortable.

I'm not a pervert or anything. I'm sorry.

That's too bad.

I'm sorry?

I said that's too bad.

Yo. Hey.

I just wanted to call and say thanks for your support today. I really appreciate

it. No, no, no problem.

So what are you doing?

At home.

Home? Yeah, so home.

Yeah. You want to get a beer?

You know what? I can't.

Mad Men marathon with Geneva tonight.

You know, you're right. I realize, you know, I got to shut down the engine

sometimes. Why are you looking in?

No peep time.

Yes. You come in or you go?

I'm going to go.

Go. No, I have things.

You go.

And you go, too.

Who's that?

It's traffic cops. They shut down North Avenue.

They're shutting stuff down.

I'm not even driving. Hold on. This guy's a prick. I'm not even driving. I'm

walking around here. I'm a citizen.

Mr. Mountain, hi.

We make you so happy.

When you leave here, you will smile like a boy who just got off braces.

Big and proud!

Yeah,

look, I gotta go.

What was that?

Nothing. There's a war film on for men, man. Listen, I'm gonna go. I'll call

you. Buddy, just so you know, you ever want to talk about anything or anything?

I'm gonna call you. We can always talk. I thought tonight could be good because

maybe we could get a drink.

Okay, I just wanted to call and let you know that I've been thinking about, you

know, what you were saying with the curtain and all that stuff. And I just

want to make sure that I'm being fair to you during this and that I do realize

that there's probably two sides to every story.

Jesus Christ.

Ronnie, you followed him to the massage parlor?

No, I just wanted to call and let you know that I'm sure that not everything

that you're saying is bullshit and that if there is complicated things that

are...

Just so you know, I really don't want to be in this, Geneva.

I know.

It's your shot. Come on.

Wait, who was that? Where are you? I'm at home.

Except it's your shot, Geneva, and you don't own a fucking pool table.

Ronnie, I gotta go.

What happened? I'm not gonna see this guy anymore until after I talk to Nick.

Good night, Ronnie.

Yeah, good night, princess.

Just make sure you're ready to talk to your husband when you go home tonight,

honey, because I'm definitely gonna talk to him. Okay, just take a...

Besides, I have something you might want to hear before you go and do that.

What is it?

I ordered you some coffee. I need your goddamn coffee, Geneve. I don't have

anything to talk to you about.

I'm gonna go see Nick tonight.

I'm gonna tell him that his wife is sick and twisted, and that she's a liar.

I'm gonna tell him that he's married to goddamn Helen Keller.

Helen Keller?

Yeah. The girl with all the personalities.

Sybil. Yeah, Sybil.

Who are you today, Blanche? How deep do the waters run?

You're a five-year-old on a playground, Ronald.

It's not like I want to go and see Zip, but when my husband calls me to explain

he has another late meeting, it kind of just flies out the window.

Zip? That's the guy's name is Zip. The point is, Ronnie, I don't want any of

this. I love my husband.

You got a real funny way of showing that. Stay out of my life. You're not a

therapist. In fact, you need one desperately.

Look in the mirror.

You're 40 years old. You've never been married. Go fix yourself, and then you

can call me.

I don't need to call you. I don't need to say anything to you anymore. All I

need to do is get out of here and go tell Nick that his wife is cheating.

And I guess, because you weren't able to do the things that you really said you

needed to do, that that's just the way it's gonna have to go down, honey.

You know what? I see it going down just a little bit differently.

Really? Yeah.

Because I'm gonna deny it.

And then I'm gonna say you made a pass at me. I made a pass at you.

Yep.

And considering our little secret, I'm pretty sure he'll believe me.

Geneva.

We both decided not to say anything because you liked him and we didn't want

to ruin something good over a drunken college night that happened three months

before you two ever started dating.

Ronnie, he doesn't know that.

It didn't mean anything, Geneva.

Yeah, well, it means something now, doesn't it?

See, you need to understand how this is going to play out, Ronnie.

I'm going to tell him how we slept together all those years ago, and then

I'm going to say that you started making passes at me and that they never

stopped.

You do that.

You sell him that I've been hitting on you for 20 years straight.

I should have told you, Nick. I should have told you sooner.

But...

But Ronnie insisted that we not say anything.

But as the years went on, it got harder and harder, and I just lied to myself

and said it didn't matter.

I'm telling you this now because Ronnie has gone crazy.

He's been throwing me up against restaurant walls, like, right when

you're right around the corner. It's like he wants you to see. He wants to

get caught because he feels so guilty.

But I don't feel safe anymore, Nick.

Okay. And this had to come out.

Then what are you going to do, Ronnie?

Mr. Moral Guy.

Are you going to look your best friend in the eyes and lie to him and say, no,

that never happened, I never slept with her?

I don't think so.

Stay out of my marriage.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

Good night, Sybil.

I don't even know if you're there, God.

I haven't really tried to ring you up ever since I asked for those parlays

when things were tough.

And I know you didn't help me with those for my own good because I had stuff I

had to learn, but...

I

don't want to learn any lessons on this one.

I really don't want to lose my best friend.

I know I'm supposed to give you things, but I'm scared to give you this.

And if you are listening and you want to help us with the whole

Chrysler thing, that would be really great too. You know, if that could go

our way, that would be really great.

If you're listening, that's it.

Hello. Can I speak to Beth Dalton?

She's not here right now. May I take a message?

Thanks, but no.

Hello?

Good morning. You've reached the Kearney Group.

How may I help you?

The Nikon D5000.

10 million effective pixels.

2.7 pixel density.

Does it work from far away?

Definitely.

Are you going to be shooting birds?

Yes. What kind?

Unfaithful ones.

Hello? Hey, it's me. I need to see you. It's important.

Who is this?

Susan Warner, the consultant for Dodge.

Oh, yes, of course. Susan.

I'm sorry. I thought we were in it's me territory in our relationship.

No, we are. We absolutely are.

What's up?

Get your ass to Marino Chrysler right now. I don't want to do this over the

phone. There are powers at work here, but this is it. This is the end game.

This is what it's about. It's about your engine in that car. The sound of your

engine in that car. The vibration of your engine in this car. Susan, I get

it. Just tell me, what exactly the hiccup is?

Thomas loved your idea, but he doesn't want to only depend on B&V to execute

it. So...

He threw the bid to United Design. That's bullshit. He can't throw our bid

to United Design. That's our idea.

Exactly. I mean, they're worried about Nick. Can he finish? Can he handle this?

That's nuts. That's crazy, because Nick Brennan will bring the thing home. He's

next-level genius.

Yeah. You're preaching to the choir here. That's why I'm telling you this. I

mean, I'm on your side. I'm your deep throat.

Well, I appreciate it.

Want to see that movie?

All the Presidents Met?

No, Deep Throat.

All right.

Oh.

It's pretty amazing.

Okay, Susan, I'm sorry, but can you just tell me, when is United Design supposed

to present?

Three days.

Unbelievable.

Look, I didn't make the deadline, but we have to hit it.

Listen, Felix, just get Nick for me.

Nick's sleeping in the 68 Charger.

You want me to wake him?

No, just tell him when he wakes up. Okay.

Hey, listen, I got that information that you wanted right here.

Alright, the CUNY group is a Las Vegas-based private equity group that

brings well-known restaurants to Vegas.

Uh-huh. They did Rayos, Il Molino, and Le Cirque.

Alright, thanks, Felix.

I gotta run.

Shield made to throw you away.

She don't care what any man say.

But you can watch her strut.

But keep your mouth shut.

Or it's ruination day.

When now she's gone.

That's not me

Hey, Ronnie, where are you?

I'm doing all different kinds of things now with all the nice people, thank you.

Uh, you're... Well, listen, I...

I just got your message. Three days.

I don't think I can do it.

I mean, I thought we were on the 10-yard line, but I think the refs might be

reviewing the call.

You're gonna have to make the place now.

Why do you sound like you're on medication?

You're great at what you do.

You're a very sweet man.

There they are, happy anniversary guys.

Oh, it's so great to see you. So good to see you. How was the trip, okay?

Wonderful. Oh,

ravishing. Where's Ronnie? So good to see you.

Um, he'll be here in a minute.

Yeah, just a little tied up at work. Oh, okay. Good, good.

Hey!

Hey! What did I say?

What's up?

Get out of here.

I'm not going to be nice.

Bring it down to my property value and you can go. Property value?

I don't want to see you in front of my plane.

Get out of here.

You get a good show, huh? Where you going?

Where you going?

We're not going anywhere.

You broke into the wrong house, boy.

You came to party?

You're gonna get something now.

Come on. You son of a bitch. You wanna party?

Come on, I've got all the parties you want, baby.

I just took an Oxycontin like 20 minutes ago.

I won't feel a thing.

Come on. Let's get jacked up, you wanna get jacked up?

Yeah, let's get jacked up, Danny! Hey, hey, you know how much that guitar cost?

Yeah!

You son of a bitch!

You think you're safe in there?

We'll see how safe you are there, boy.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, that's right. You hear me?

I'm going to chew my way right up your ass, boy. Yeah.

You got nowhere to go.

Yeah. Woo.

Oh, yeah.

you live, man.

I want that to register.

Put that in your tattooed mind.

I know where you live.

Because I'm going to come back here.

And I will burn that face, daddy.

Oh, I can't wait for my chance.

I can't wait till I get you just lined up perfect.

You're going to burn that little face.

Because I'm a problem.

Now you deal with that.

Collector's item you what do you want to do? You're gonna burn my face.

You're gonna burn my face. No. Yeah. No, huh? No, who are you?

Oh You're not gonna tell me Best friend you son

of a bitch.

Oh Shit, yeah Hey, man, why don't you say that?

Hold on a second. Okay.

Okay. You're gonna get a little bad on me? You think that bath's gonna help you

with me?

No, no, no.

You're being childish. Just stop. Turn around. Turn around.

Hey,

hey, hey.

Stop. Stop.

Stop.

Do it.

Do it, you scumbag. Hit me in the head. Because you better end this today

because I'm gonna come back for you. You understand me? There's no coming back.

No, I'm gonna end this right now. My friend Nick is ten times the man you'll

ever be.

You're not anything.

You're garbage.

Come on, I'm not... I didn't even... That's... It takes two, and you know

that. Yeah, it takes two.

Not three, prick.

What, are you sniveling?

What? Are you crying?

No.

No, it's...

It's the oxy, and it's making... Come here!

Get out of here!

I'm not playing with you!

I'm not playing.

I can just take the sweater.

Okay.

Ronnie, jeez. You look like hell.

The sweater's good, though, right?

Hi. Hey, I know I'm late. I'm hoping I'm still fashionable.

What happened to your face?

Uh, just, uh, a bar fight.

Just a bar fight. Some, uh, some bikers.

Bar fight, Ronnie? Really? Yeah.

I was at the, uh, Zip Bar and Grill, actually.

Real dirtbag joint. Yeah. Do not go there. Take it off the GPS.

Yeah. Let's do this. Where's the fan?

You know what? I gotta talk to you for a second. Let me do this. Come here.

Should I see the family?

Just come over here. Okay, yeah, but look, obviously, something's going on

with you, okay? And I want you to know that if you need me, I mean, for

anything, anything at all, screw the project, screw the deadline.

I'm there for you, all right?

Ronnie, I... Whoa, you look like shit.

Anyway, thank you. I... I pressed Saul, and he totally caved.

Admitted he was cheating.

Now we're gonna...

Work on it for the kids and you know, I don't know might be futile, but he got

at least tried right and all those times He was saying I'm going bowling He

wasn't even bowling at all Ronnie Get

a good feel buddy Ronnie

You remember my cousin James and his boyfriend one

Let me finish.

Because families like to touch and hang out. And that's what we're doing. I'm

just roughing it up with my guy. Come on, I had him. I had him, Juan. Nice to

meet you, buddy.

My guy. Good to see you, babe.

And my parents.

Ronald.

Yeah, Bert and Sue.

It's a press of 40 years. It's quite an accomplishment. Is the flame still

burning after 40?

Still there.

Of course it is. Of course it is. With you, there's no question. My man. Let's

go celebrate. Let's do this. Just playing the fun card, doing the things I

do. Great to see you.

Breath against breath, breathe me life.

Thousand and thousand kisses give me, I beg you.

Love wants everything without condition.

Love has no law.

Mom and Dad.

Your love has no law.

I like to make the toast.

40 years.

That is a long time to be with someone.

40 years. Wow.

It's impressive.

I personally don't know a lot about marriage.

But I would imagine it can't be easy.

All those 40 years being with someone.

Because people are not perfect. People make mistakes in life. But I would

assume what would get you through, right, those 40 years...

would be honesty.

Honesty and honesty alone.

And love.

But even more than that, Bert, is the honesty.

Don't forget about patience.

No one's going to forget about patience, Sue.

You can relax. Patience is on the table. What I'm talking about, though, is

honesty here.

Talk about two people.

I probably had an eye wander every now and then.

Everyone knows Burt was in the garment business. You don't think you meet a lot

of girls in that business and you don't get out of the house much.

A lot of girls.

A lot.

Good looking guy.

Well spoken.

It's pinch me I'm dreaming time. Am I right, ladies?

And look at Sue.

Gorgeous lady.

Easy to be around.

Always into the aerobics.

Kept it tight.

In a great way.

And Burt did well. They had a pool. Pool guy come over.

A lot of guys come over at the house. Young guys, too.

Now, let's say something did happen.

And we don't know that it did. Maybe it didn't. But it's not up to us to know,

but it's up to them to know. I bet they were honest with each other. I bet she

came to him and said, Hey, Bert, you know you're my number one.

But maybe Mama got thirsty last night.

What I'm going to focus on, though, here, is the ingredient that I think

really makes the whole stew stick together, and that is honesty.

And similar interests.

Who are you?

I'm cousin Betty.

First?

Second. Okay, cousin Betty, this is not a group toast, nor is it in open forum.

I am the one who's standing up here. I am the one with the glass. I am the one

that is talking. Now, Bert and Sue chime in, and that's fine because it's their

night, you know, 40 years and all of that, but not you.

Nobody gave you a speaking part. Nobody cares.

You're second cousin.

Which isn't even a real relative because someone could have sex with the second

cousin and the kid could still be normal.

Honesty.

You cannot run from it.

And believe me, it'll find you.

The truth will always find you.

Burt and Sue.

40 years, being honest.

Burt and Sue.

Congratulations.

Can I speak to you in the kitchen?

I'm just going to fetch mine. Please.

Sure.

I need to know what's going on.

Nothing. I'm just toasting and I'm passionate about honesty.

I'm not talking about the inappropriate toast that you just gave at my parents'

anniversary or the bar fight or the allergies that you caught from street

plants while chasing fat kids. I'm talking about what's going on in your

head that's causing these things.

It's just some stuff that I have to fix.

That's it, honey, and I can't bring you in on it because that would... directly

affect my ability to do that.

To do what? To fix it.

Fix it. Fix it.

I have to fix it on my own, honey. Okay, Ronnie, you're not fixing anything.

And you're breaking more stuff.

And it's enough.

You just gave a whole speech about honesty. It's time for you to be honest

with me.

Is it?

Yeah. Is it honest time now between us? Then why don't you start, Beth?

Why don't you tell me about the Kearney Group?

How do you even know about the CUNY group? Are you going to Las Vegas?

What?

Are you planning on leaving me? God, Ronnie, no.

No.

They asked me to open up a restaurant in City Center.

And I said no.

Why?

Because that would mean I'd have to go live in Las Vegas for a couple of years.

And...

I don't trust you in Las Vegas.

Okay.

Ronnie, look at you.

Your sponsor called me.

You haven't been going to your meetings. You're walking around with large amounts

of cash and it just, it really feels like two years ago.

I can't get into this with you right now. If you don't let me in.

How do I know what to do? How can I help you?

I think it's best if I go.

I don't want you to go.

I'm gonna go sleep at the office tonight.

You want to do this?

What are you doing?

Watching you sleep.

It's creepy, right?

Felix, go play with the hot tub and the ladies on the line, honestly.

I'm just getting up. It's too much.

You're too much.

Please, give me a minute. I don't know where I'm at.

Oh, God.

Oh, God. What's going on?

Come on in the house. What, are you going to shoot me right here on your

porch in broad daylight? Are you out of your mind?

No, no, no. Not if you're in the house.

I've Googled this.

Do you want to know how it works?

Yeah?

You come inside and I defend myself.

Now, I'm not going to pump six bullets into you. No, no, that would make me

look crazy and kind of, you know, out of control.

No, I'm going to pump three into you like a calm gun owner would. Zip.

I came here with the intent and only the intent of getting my camera back.

Oh, yeah.

Your camera?

Come on inside.

If you just want your camera, it's right here.

Hey, listen to me. I can really appreciate the fact that things got

completely nuts the other night.

And I can also appreciate that a lot of your property... I appreciate the fact

that a lot of your property got damaged as well.

You killed my fish.

You killed my fish, man.

Why would you do that? And maybe you should be compensated for that. You

should be compensated for that. I can't put a price on that because that's a

friend. Although you can't pet it, but what would the fish do?

The fish doesn't want this, man.

I think what the fish is saying is, maybe I should get my camera back.

And maybe, just maybe, and I'm just hoping against hope here, maybe we can

put this whole thing behind us.

$10,000.

$500.

$5,000. I have $1,000.

I'll give you the $1,000.

And an apology.

If I apologize to you when you have a gun pointed at my throat, then I don't

think it really counts.

That's a good point.

I'm sorry for what happened.

I need to feel it.

I just need it to really come from right there.

Look, man, I'm sorry, all right? I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

I'm really, really sorry that we're standing here in this situation.

9, 10, and the 400 IO for the old person's home. Perfect.

You did this to me.

You know that.

I don't mess with firearms.

I don't do that.

I don't do that. You know, look, I'm a sensitive guy.

You know what I'm saying to you?

Okay.

Thank you.

Drive safe

Who

the

hell are you?

You got no choice now. You got to go right up to him and you got to just say

it to him. It's not that complicated a thing to do. It's easy.

You got the pictures. She can't bullshit you. And that's the end of it. Come

here.

Get in here. I love you.

Stop it. You will find somebody else.

You're a great guy.

Just keep walking.

Ronnie Hey We

were just about to call you actually we were hoping to be a little better

prepared, but I guess we can start Ronnie why don't you come join us? Who

are you? My name is dr.

Rosenstone your family and friends are here because they love you Ronald and

they can't stand to see you destroy yourself anymore.

Is this an intervention?

Yes.

We don't see the need for labels. This is just a bunch of friends talking to

one friend and letting them know they love them. An intervention, yes. Your

sister and her husband would like to start.

I tormented you, I know.

Diana, please don't do this. I dressed you up like a little girl. Okay. But no,

I'm here to support you, Ronnie, I am.

Okay, okay, that's not what you...

Come in and sit down.

Come on. Let Ronnie sit down.

We got a big blue chair waiting for Ronnie. Come on, sweetheart. Sit down.

It'll be okay.

Well, it's no coincidence that we find ourselves here in a gentle circle of

support. Hey.

Oh, shit.

Am I late?

I'm sorry. You know, I know it's probably really, really bad for him to

be late to an intervention.

Hi, I'm Beth. Hi, Beth.

What's going on?

Hey, big guy.

Who the hell invited him?

You know what? I invited him.

You did? You invited him? Yeah.

You know what? I followed you to his place earlier today.

I saw you pay him.

And after you left, I went up and I talked to him.

It says right here, if possible, it's best to have all enablers present, even

bookies. So I agreed to pay your debt if he agreed to.

Come here tonight. He did. Thanks, man. I appreciate you. Really nice of you. No

problem. You've got to be kidding me.

He's not my bookie, Nick.

Oh, come on, Ronnie.

Admit it, man.

You bet on everything.

How dare you show up here?

You have no right being here. He's a scumbag and an abler of a mistake. Hey,

stop it.

I asked him to come here. Hey, come on. Just don't kill the messenger here. I'm

just here to help. I'm helping. You know, it's what I'm doing. I just, you

know, look, he bets on the Bulls and the Sox, the Cubs.

They bet on the Hawaii game.

Only degenerates bet on the Hawaii game.

I don't want that for you, man.

You should have done this a long time ago.

I think you need to take a look at this.

I don't want to... Don't just... You gotta look. There's more pictures. You

gotta flip through that one, get to the other pictures. I'm flipping right now.

I keep flipping.

And it keeps going back to the same picture because there's only one picture

in the catalog.

Can't take a picture of something that didn't happen, Ronald.

Son of a bitch.

Ronnie!

Hey,

Ronnie, stop! You're gonna kill him! You're gonna kill your bookie! He's not

my damn bookie! Son of a bitch!

You're completely out of control!

You're crazy!

You're completely out of your mind!

Don't get me wrong, I'd like to party with you and get high with you, but...

You're insane!

I think we're missing the point of this gathering. It's about talking and

sharing our concerns. This is ridiculous.

No, no, then let me go, okay? Because I have something to say. Take a seat.

Please, everybody sit.

Beth, please, just sit down.

Look, here's the thing. Please, just let me... Please, okay?

All right.

Oh, man, that was... All right.

I got something to say.

This is important to me, so... Okay. Nick.

Please. Can I... Please?

I didn't have many friends when I got to Ball State.

I was shy, and, uh... You already know this.

But, Ronnie, what you don't know is that when you moved in across the hall,

you know, second semester, I made it a goal of mine to become friends with you.

I mean, you were funny and charming, and everybody liked you. Everybody.

Okay. What I would do is I would... Nick, enough.

You gotta let me talk here for a second.

I want you to listen to me.

Nick, you're my best friend.

You always make me do better.

You always make sure I don't screw up.

And, you know, you make it that I never forget what really matters in life.

When I had my relapse two years ago, it wasn't all the money and stuff that I

lost that made me feel bad.

It was the fact that I let you down.

This is good.

This is catharsis.

I know.

But you know I never had a brother growing up, right?

You know, my dad wasn't around very much.

And all my friends growing up were really criminals. So when I met you in

school, I was, um... Let's just say that I, um... You know, I kind of looked up

to you as well in college.

And, uh... I really have looked up to you ever since.

So there's something that you should know.

There's something that I already should have told you, Nick.

What is it?

Geneva's been running on you with the guy that you thought was my bookie.

Jesus Christ, Ronnie!

You thought that you saw an exchange, right? That it was like a gambling

exchange, but it wasn't a gambling exchange. But really, I was just going

to get my camera because there was pictures and stuff on it because I

was... I mean, the truth is, is I'm not gambling. I haven't been doing any

gambling at all. What's been going on with me is I've really been trying to

figure out, you know, what's the best way to tell you and how to handle this

thing.

No, it's not true.

He's lying. He's compulsive. He's a gambler. He'll say anything. He's

desperate. Go ahead, Geneva.

Tell him the truth. Everyone's sitting here listening.

Okay, fine. Fine.

Uh, the thing is that...

What did you expect?

You were getting happy endings in Pilsen. Oh, jeez.

No. No, Nick, listen. You left me alone.

I wanted to be with you. Hey, can we not get into this right now, please? No, but

that's the problem. You never want to talk about anything ever.

I know that it's been tough with us for a while now, and I take my part in that.

But isn't there something about us you still believe in?

How long did you know?

I didn't know for a few days, a week.

For way too long.

I don't know what to say. I don't even know what I'm feeling right now.

Honestly, I don't, I don't, I don't know.

I do know this. You should have told me sooner, Ronnie.

Before right now.

Before I'm standing here in front of your friends and your family and Dr.

It's Rose. I know how it starts with Rose. Rose and Stone. Stone. Buddy, I

know. I'm really sorry. I was, I tried. I tried to tell you in the office.

Trying? Trying's not telling, Ronnie.

Come on.

Look, I can appreciate how hard this must have been on you. I know.

Well, I'm just really glad that you say that you can appreciate how hard it was,

because it's like you don't even know. I've been fighting these people and all

kinds of, like, trying to keep everything straight in my head. I get

it. But in the nature of what's going on here, there's one more small thing that

I just want to bring closure to now in the circle of gentleness.

Ronnie, you don't have to.

Yes, I do, Geneva.

Because Nick is my best friend.

And this is what best friends do.

They tell the truth to each other.

Okay. When we were in college, and this is way before you guys ever met, there

was a night that didn't mean anything. It was a meaningless night. It was a

booze night. It was a big, big, big, big bar night. Like what happened... I want

to get to the point. The point is, is that way before you guys ever met,

before you ever even knew each other, I kind of slept with Geneva.

You what? This is what friends do. They tell the truth.

And I'm a friend, and I'm telling the truth, buddy.

Here I am. He wanted to tell you, Nick, but I was falling in love with you. He

didn't want to hurt you. You asshole! Hold on, hold on, hold on. I'm telling

the truth. I'm in a circle. You know you're the worst.

Buddy, I'm sorry, okay? Listen, get your hands off me. Don't touch me.

Let me tell you something.

That's probably the most honest thing you've ever said to me. Nick. You're

sorry. I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry, Ronnie.

I'm sorry.

I should never have put you in that position.

Beth, I'm so sorry that I caused tension between you two.

I'm sorry.

This has been a marvelous first step. I'm sorry?

This has been a revelation for you, I can tell.

I don't. I'm okay, buddy.

Thank you. Thank you for being on the line here today.

I didn't gamble.

I walked by the casino once or twice, but I didn't gamble.

You okay?

It's been a long day.

I didn't know if you'd eaten or not, so... I'm hungry.

I don't know how to start this.

I got scared.

And I'm sorry.

Because, you know, I didn't feel safe. So then I didn't tell you about Las

Vegas and the Kearney group. And then here I am. I'm being someone that I

don't want to be.

I staged this whole ridiculous intervention thing.

And you weren't even gambling.

And that's great, by the way.

I'm so happy that you weren't gambling.

But this is no good.

It's not healthy.

The problem is, if you don't share stuff with me, like the fact that you were

with Geneva, it keeps me in the dark. And that belittles us.

I want us to be more than that.

I understand.

i just didn't feel right in saying something to you if i wasn't saying it

to nick and then when i found out about the vegas deal and that you didn't trust

me enough to share that with me that really hurts but you know i guess i've

earned that and um it's up to me to honor that

i don't ever want to put you through anything like this ever again

Because honestly, honey, I do love you.

I love you too.

And... I understand.

You've got a Chrysler meeting tomorrow, don't you?

I don't even know if Nick's gonna show up.

You weren't a terrible friend, Ronnie.

When you sucked at the way you handled things, Beth.

Yes.

Ronnie Valentine the other half of the team I'll let the gang know tell them

you're both here. Thank you.

Appreciate that

How you doing?

I moved out.

How you feeling?

Shaky.

From how everything went down.

Truth is, I was just hanging on to something that wasn't there.

Wasn't fair to her.

I'm sorry, buddy.

I'm sorry you're going through this, Nick.

Listen, I feel terrible about the whole situation.

And I've been sick to my stomach for the last 24 hours, man.

I've been doing a lot of soul-searching and thinking about what friendship

really means.

And the thing of it is...

There it is.

Okay, good.

That's good.

Nick, I feel terrible about this whole thing, all right?

And if that makes you feel better, you know, for me, honestly, I just want to

get past this thing, okay? So if you want to hit me again, if that's gonna...

Ow!

Oh, my God.

Is everything all right?

Great.

We're ready for you.

Give me one second. Just one second. We're ready. We'll come right in. Well,

we'll be in the presentation area.

I know where it is. I'll be right there.

I was really looking forward to this opportunity.

You handled this whole thing like shit.

I'm sorry, Nick.

I really am.

I know I didn't date a lot.

So when Geneva and I were serious, you didn't want to hurt me.

And it was before we ever got together.

Now, I'm not saying it was easy, the spot you were in, because it wasn't.

But in the future, no matter how uncomfortable things are, if it affects

us, you gotta tell me.

You got it?

I promise you, Nick.

Excuse me, Mr. Valentine.

Given what we just saw in the waiting room, I hope we need to... Oh, we're

like kids in a car too long on a road trip. We're fine.

We're just working.

The moment of truth has finally arrived.

Now, I know that the journey getting here has had some turbulence.

and some confusion.

But I ask you for one second, when folks were reaching for greatness, was that

not the case?

I remember a group of people who wanted to head west with dreams of gold and

opportunity.

The Donner Party. The Donner Pass.

Things got a little weird out on the trail, didn't it?

Some cannibalism. Folks got hungry.

Some feelings hurt some families destroyed, but some people made it out

west not all of them and it's not that they necessarily got rich But

the point is we've had it out west and this is our destination Nick

Start your engine

I told you the difference was Nick Brennan, and we have Nick Brennan.

Simply the best.

You can feel it.

better than all the rest.

You were right about these lunatics, Susan. Commit to the long-term deal and

cut them a check.

That's why I love you guys.

That's why I love you. That's why my lady wood is still strong.

See, I get it. They don't get it. They don't get it, but I do.

See, all that fighting and shit? Yeah. That's just passion.

And when you work that close, you just want to choke the hell out of somebody,

right? Yeah. See, I understand that. I relate.

But listen, that motor.

That motor in that car.

I mean, when it started vibrating.

I'm sorry? If I was sitting on the hood of that car and the way it was just

vibrating. I understand. I got to be really honest with you.

When I first met you, your phraseology with Ladywood, I didn't know whether you

were coming or going, but I've really grown to love you.

He can do this. He just has to stay calm. So, Nick Brennan, that was your

second shot.

But if you score on your third and final attempt, you can still win a trip for

two to the NHL All-Star Game in Carolina.

Are you ready?

Yeah, I'm ready.

Okay, good luck.

Dude, seats are taken. It's between periods. I got food here. What are you,

a hall monitor? I'm not touching your food. I know the guy.

are born from great opportunities.

That's what you have here tonight, Nick.

That's what you've earned here tonight.

One shot.

You take it ten times, you might miss nine.

But not this shot, Nick.

Not tonight.

Come on, baby.

Congratulations to Nick Brennan, who's won a trip for two

to the NHL All-Star Game in Carolina.

Yes, you did!

Yes, you did!

Yeah!

They can never take it away from you!

Yeah!

She said you got me wrong.

I would have sold him to you if I could have just kept the last of my clothes

on. Oh, yeah.

Call me up, take me down with you when you go. I could be your regular bell.

And I'll see dance for little Steven and Johanna around the back of my hotel.

Oh, yeah.

Not exactly brothers and certainly not lovers.

Just put us down as in a friendship.

We've been through complications, complicated situations.

We ain't even at the end yet.

Try telling truth to power.

Try taking ice cold showers.

Try so hard to calm down now.

So if I seem excited, it's just because you've ignited.

Something so much deeper down now.

That is coming from my heart.

Man, I'm not saying you're not smart.

I'm just saying that there's so much like me, and I'm so much like you. The

things we used to do, well, yeah, you did them too.

Now we're old enough to laugh at the folly of our youth. Sometimes the truth

is just like love, and sometimes love is just the truth.

Sometimes you make a bigger deal than what feels like really real.

Can't see the forest from the trees.

Can't tell the flowers from the weeds.

I'm a little bit like you.

You're an awful lot like me.

They say the love will lift you up.

They say the truth will set you free.

Man, I'm not saying you're not free.

I'm just saying that I'm so much like me and you're so much like you. The things

we used to do and the things that we've been through.

Now we're old enough to laugh at the thought of you for you.

sometimes truth feels just like love and sometimes love is just the truth and

sometimes saying it is hard

man i'm not saying it's

not hard i'm just saying