A Brilliant Monster (2018) eng

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[reporter] Now, I'm sure you've
heard of the amazing author

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Mitch Stockridge.

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So, how does he do it?

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How does he come up
with these original ideas,

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you guys are wondering.

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Some argue his books
have saved lives.

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So, join us next week

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for a documentary
on his amazing life.

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I'm a really big fan,

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so I'm gonna tell you now
you won't be disappointed.

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[cassette rustle]

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[man's voice over recorder]
Success...

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it isn't what most
people think it is.

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It's a long and dark road

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and probably leave
many messes behind,

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and if you're not careful,

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you don't clean up
after yourself,

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those messes can come
back to haunt you.

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[cassette deck's switch]

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[distant roaring]

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[roaring]

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- [belt whipping]
- [moaning]

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- [grunts and belt whipping]
- [groaning]

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Ms. Dettler, I'm John Logan.

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We spoke on the phone.

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I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

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No problem.

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Just ready to tell my story.

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Right.

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People need to know
who the real Mitch is.

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Proceed.

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Well, for six months

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I was in a relationship
with Mitch Stockridge.

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Wait, the-- the author?

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Yes, the author.

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I keep a copy of How to be
a Better Me on my desk.

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Why? I'm a fan. I'm a big fan.

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I don't know how
the guy does it,

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comes up with all
these original ideas.

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If it wasn't for his
books on positivity,

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I wouldn't be the detective
I am today. Just saying.

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Mitch is a monster and a
brilliant liar at that.

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How? The guy helps
thousands of people.

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He's done things...

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terrible things to others,

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even terrible things to me.

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Alright, can you be
more specific?

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Look, I don't want
to be an accomplice

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or withhold valuable information
from the cops, you know.

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You said you were his ex, right?

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Yeah.

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Look, it's not for nothing.

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We get ex-girlfriends
in here all the time,

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say something like it
and back out.

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What are we talking
about here, huh?

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Domestic dispute? Abuse? What?

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It was abuse.

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Not the textbook kind though.

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[sighs] Mitch was bullied
in school, I mean,

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he was bullied quite a bit.

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The worst was a childhood
bully named Luke Rousseau.

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[tense music]

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♪♪♪

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[tense music intensifies]

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From where do I know that name?

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Currently he's a missing person.

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And he told you this?

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You guys still talk?

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Well, we still talk
from time to time.

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He trusts me.

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But Mitch isn't the
most forgiving person.

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He holds grudges.

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But do you think
he would have--

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Okay, everything you
need to know about Mitch

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goes back to his childhood.

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And I know that sounds
like shrink talk

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but it's really all there.

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He was always
closer to his mother.

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[Sophie] Talked about her a lot.

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♪♪♪

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I got a mom, I get it.
It's a motherhood thing.

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Right.

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Go on, Sophie.

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His dying father lives
in that house with him,

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sealed away like some secret.

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I wasn't even allowed
to go into certain rooms

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on the second floor.

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The funny thing is Mitch
and his dad barely spoke.

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[Sophie] He said it was his mom

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who always cheered on
his writing and stuff.

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His dad was the more "it's
not a real job" kind of guy.

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[tearing paper]

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[grunting] It's garbage.

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Mitch and Carver
didn't really get along,

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and I know that's classic

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and you hear that from
half the scum you drag in,

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"It's not my fault. Daddy didn't
love me. Blah blah blah."

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[John] Yeah, but come on.

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I mean, Mitch prove
the old man wrong to me.

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He's been pretty successful.

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[suspenseful music]

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I don't think success
changed Mitch.

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I think he's been who he is
for much longer than that.

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All right. Look, whatever.

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But is there anybody
this guy likes?

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[sighs]

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Well...

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Okay, Mitch, you're
driving me crazy, man.

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It's late after work,
you dragged me out here

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'cause you have something
important to tell me

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and I should be at home
right now with Laura

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watching Stranger Things.

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- Final layouts due in a week.
- And?

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All I need is an ending.

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That's all you need, an ending.

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That's it. Well, that should
be so easy for you, Mitch.

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But the reason I have summoned
you my friend, Nick,

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is for something
much, much greater.

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Are you proposing to Sophie?

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You are, dude. I knew
it was gonna happen--

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Laura said, "He wants to be
single his whole life,

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he's a single guy."

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I said, "No, I know Mitch,
he's gonna settle down."

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And I knew it was coming.
I knew you were gonna do it.

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Actually, Sophie and I
are not a thing anymore.

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I feel like a giant asshole now.

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- That's because you are.
- Yeah.

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God.

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I'm sorry man. You okay?

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Yeah, I'm fine.
It ran its course.

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We still talk sometimes.

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Anyways, check this out.

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Luke Rousseau.
The Luke Rousseau wrote you?

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- Can that guy even write?
- [laughs]

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Who hand writes letters anyways?

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What does it say?

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- It's an apology.
- Well...

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- Better late than never, right?
- I guess.

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So you know about the letter?

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Wait, how do you know
about the letter?

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His family mentioned it
in the missing-persons report.

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- Do you have that letter?
- No.

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I'm just going to do with one
of the Cuban sandwiches.

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Sure.

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- Pollo frito.
- Excellent choice.

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Is this separate or together?

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- Together.
- Separate.

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- Mitch, don't--
- I got it.

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Stubborn.

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- Mitch Stockridge?
- In the flesh.

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I thought it was you.

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Oh, God, here we go.

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I love all your books.

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I read your Life is Beautiful
cover to cover twice

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the week that it came out.

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Just... really helped
with my depression.

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Oh, sorry, TMI.

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It's okay, I-- it's very kind.
I like hearing those stories.

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Are you working on anything new?

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Oh, always.
I have a desk full of things,

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working on my newest collection

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and hoping to have my first
novel done soon as well.

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Wow!

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Well, I will have
to pick those up

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but I'll take care
of this for you, guys.

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[John] Whatever
happened to the dad?

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He lives with him in his house.

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Mitch also works from home.

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Hey, dad, how are
you holding on?

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Yeah.

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That good, huh?

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What are you reading?

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You know that author and I
used to have the same agent.

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You know this guy?

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Well, that's a shame
I used to like him.

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We're not always on the
best sellers' list together

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but he's a great writer.

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[snorting]

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[distant roaring]

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[sighs]

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[doorbell ringing]

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- [Mitch] Luke, come on in.
- [Luke] Hi, Mitch.

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[John] So Luke did come by.

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[Sophie] Yeah, Mitch told me.

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Luke the childhood bully?

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Yes, John, try and keep up.
Don't interrupt.

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Were you there for this?

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No.

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There you go.

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[Mitch] Can I get you anything?

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Water, please.

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- H2O coming right up.
- Thank you.

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Make yourself at home.
Mi casa su casa.

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Okay, okay.

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- It's sweet place, man.
- Thank you.

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It's just you?

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It's me and dad.
I take care of him.

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He's a salty old fucker
but he's family, right?

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- [laughing]
- Yeah. For sure.

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I'm really surprised you called
me after that last letter.

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You know, I was such a prick.

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You know, I thought
you'd still be mad at me.

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Kids will be kids, right?

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Right. Right.

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- I appreciate that, Mitch.
- We all change.

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- I appreciate you reaching out.
- Yeah.

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Well, I read the last
bunch of your stories

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and it's interesting stuff, man.

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Any favorites?

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Yeah.

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The one about forgiveness.

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Chapter seven.

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It's literally calling
I forgive you Luke.

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And...

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[loud laugh]

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- [laughs]
- [sighs]

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Well, it's a great book, Mitch.

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Thank you. I like to write
about the human emotions

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and I think forgiveness is
a very important part of that.

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Yeah, yeah it is.

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Well, you did it, right?

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Look at you now. Famous writer.

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Not yet. Baby steps.

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Oh, you did it!
Stop being modest.

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And your mom would
be very proud of you.

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Thanks. I appreciate that.

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You never really feel
like "I did it though."

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It's never really done.

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What is doing it anyways, right?

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It's like there's always
the next one, and the next one

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and then somehow you
got to find the inspiration

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to do it all again.

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I feel like people
don't really understand

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the real sacrifice
for true success.

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Hey, beats working
in construction, right?

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Can I show you something?

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Yeah.

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Follow me.

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[suspenseful music]

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You are gonna love this.

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Yeah. The man cave?

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Something like that.

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Awesome.

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[monster groaning]

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What in the fuck, man.

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- You helped me create it.
- What the fuck is that?

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- [screams]
- [monster roaring]

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- [Luke screaming]
- [monster roaring]

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[monster huffing]

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[growling]

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[monster roaring]

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Very inspirational, Luke.

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Can I interrupt now?

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Proceed, Detective.

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What kind of drugs are you on?

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I didn't believe it
at first either.

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Who would?

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Let me get this straight.

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- What exactly happened to Luke?
- I just told--

260
00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:54,085
You're accusing Mitch of--

261
00:15:54,087 --> 00:15:58,089
It gives him his stories,
all of his original ideas.

262
00:15:58,091 --> 00:16:01,109
What?

263
00:16:01,110 --> 00:16:04,128
Mitch feeds it people and
it gives him his story ideas.

264
00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:06,297
Okay, I think we're done here.

265
00:16:06,299 --> 00:16:07,565
Why don't we take a break?

266
00:16:07,567 --> 00:16:10,101
Good idea. Let's take a break.

267
00:16:10,103 --> 00:16:12,403
One more thing,
just hear me out.

268
00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:15,974
You should really consider
becoming an author.

269
00:16:15,976 --> 00:16:18,576
You-- no, you're good,
you're really good.

270
00:16:18,578 --> 00:16:19,644
Just saying.

271
00:16:30,256 --> 00:16:31,656
Don't tell me you're
buying this crap.

272
00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:33,458
I'm not yet. I'm listening.

273
00:16:33,460 --> 00:16:36,627
We're not supposed
to support crazy.

274
00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:40,565
- Maybe she isn't crazy.
- What? Come on.

275
00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:42,117
Ignore the story.

276
00:16:42,118 --> 00:16:43,668
That's just something
her boyfriend is saying

277
00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:44,736
to mess with her head.

278
00:16:44,738 --> 00:16:46,121
[grunts]

279
00:16:46,122 --> 00:16:47,505
Sounds like something
out of a book, right?

280
00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:49,440
Yeah, go back to the part
about ignoring the story.

281
00:16:49,442 --> 00:16:51,275
That part I can do,
not a problem.

282
00:16:51,277 --> 00:16:52,744
[woman] Look at the
facts, all right.

283
00:16:52,746 --> 00:16:55,513
This is our first lead
on Luke Rousseau.

284
00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:58,583
We have plenty of missing people
out there with no leads at all.

285
00:16:58,585 --> 00:17:01,519
- If Stockridge has motive here--
- Stockridge?

286
00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:03,221
You guys talking
about Mitch Stockridge?

287
00:17:03,223 --> 00:17:07,525
We got missing people, yeah.
Transient, sex workers.

288
00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:10,762
You think Stockridge is out
there feeding them to something?

289
00:17:10,764 --> 00:17:12,664
Of course, not.

290
00:17:12,665 --> 00:17:14,565
But if he thinks he is that's
enough to keep him going.

291
00:17:14,567 --> 00:17:16,567
You know these artistic types.
They're all a little...

292
00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:19,470
Yeah, I wouldn't kill somebody
to write a fucking book.

293
00:17:19,472 --> 00:17:21,339
Mitch is a rising star.

294
00:17:21,341 --> 00:17:22,807
Maybe he is a star.

295
00:17:22,808 --> 00:17:24,274
He could be famous
worldwide one day.

296
00:17:24,277 --> 00:17:25,643
That could be worth it to some.

297
00:17:25,645 --> 00:17:28,046
How? Why?

298
00:17:28,048 --> 00:17:31,416
Mitch writes inspirational
books, your self-help shit.

299
00:17:31,418 --> 00:17:33,969
Doesn't make sense
he's killing people.

300
00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:36,521
Just because his books help some
doesn't mean they help everyone.

301
00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:38,456
What does that even mean?

302
00:17:38,458 --> 00:17:39,424
Forget about it.

303
00:17:39,426 --> 00:17:40,391
Yeah.

304
00:17:42,729 --> 00:17:46,631
Look, I know you need this case,
especially after your last case.

305
00:17:48,468 --> 00:17:51,102
But please don't--
don't go overboard on this.

306
00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:54,205
I cannot believe you
just brought that up.

307
00:17:54,207 --> 00:17:55,640
Sorry.

308
00:17:55,642 --> 00:17:57,442
There's more to this, John.

309
00:17:57,444 --> 00:18:01,479
Yeah, scorned ex-lover blows
whistle on monster ex-boyfriend.

310
00:18:01,481 --> 00:18:02,847
How original?

311
00:18:02,849 --> 00:18:05,316
- I'm taking this on.
- Knock yourself out.

312
00:18:07,287 --> 00:18:09,287
Still love his books though.

313
00:18:09,289 --> 00:18:10,289
Me, too.

314
00:18:14,661 --> 00:18:15,700
Thank you.

315
00:18:19,732 --> 00:18:21,265
Where's Detective Logan?

316
00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:24,502
My counterpart and I don't
see eye to eye on this one.

317
00:18:24,504 --> 00:18:25,436
I noticed.

318
00:18:27,107 --> 00:18:29,273
I take it you were the good cop.

319
00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:30,208
Abby Dunn.

320
00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:34,579
I believe you.

321
00:18:34,581 --> 00:18:35,613
Really?

322
00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:36,781
Yes, actually.

323
00:18:36,783 --> 00:18:39,534
[giggles]

324
00:18:39,535 --> 00:18:42,286
Good. He's beginning
to think I was going crazy.

325
00:18:42,288 --> 00:18:44,589
Sophie, being a cop in this area

326
00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:46,757
means I see a lot of rich
and powerful people

327
00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:48,459
get away with things
they shouldn't.

328
00:18:49,429 --> 00:18:50,595
That concerns me.

329
00:18:50,597 --> 00:18:54,799
Hearing someone out on a story
doesn't concern me at all.

330
00:18:56,336 --> 00:18:57,335
Thank you.

331
00:18:58,771 --> 00:19:02,874
So, how long has Mitch been
working and getting his ideas

332
00:19:02,876 --> 00:19:05,176
from this thing from the room?

333
00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:08,146
I have no idea.

334
00:19:08,148 --> 00:19:09,814
He's good at covering
his tracks.

335
00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:36,440
[Abigail] How can he
do it all by himself?

336
00:19:36,442 --> 00:19:37,575
[Sophie] I really don't know.

337
00:19:38,444 --> 00:19:40,411
I know he has a driver
that's mute.

338
00:19:40,413 --> 00:19:42,914
That's the only person
that occasionally helps him.

339
00:19:45,251 --> 00:19:48,286
Well, if you think of anything,
please let me know.

340
00:19:48,288 --> 00:19:50,188
I did the right thing, right?

341
00:19:50,190 --> 00:19:51,322
Absolutely.

342
00:20:04,938 --> 00:20:07,271
[reporter] Mitch Stockridge,
you might have heard of him,

343
00:20:07,273 --> 00:20:08,639
but this local celebrity

344
00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:11,209
has been releasing
life-changing self-help books

345
00:20:11,211 --> 00:20:13,811
and his latest release
is even more compelling.

346
00:20:13,813 --> 00:20:16,347
His original ideas
are captivating

347
00:20:16,349 --> 00:20:18,249
and even more so inspiring.

348
00:20:18,251 --> 00:20:22,587
I myself had a hard time
putting down his new book.

349
00:20:22,589 --> 00:20:24,956
Of course, now to
bring out the topic

350
00:20:24,958 --> 00:20:28,693
of your newest collection
All Is Forgiven.

351
00:20:28,695 --> 00:20:30,628
Already flying off the shelves.

352
00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:34,365
I gotta say, Mitch,
this one is fantastic.

353
00:20:35,301 --> 00:20:37,969
Thank you. I'm trying, I guess.

354
00:20:37,971 --> 00:20:39,904
Well, tell us a little
about the book,

355
00:20:39,906 --> 00:20:42,607
you know, without giving
away the ending, of course.

356
00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:47,011
Well, this time it's a
series of connected stories

357
00:20:47,013 --> 00:20:49,880
dealing with redemption
and the lengths

358
00:20:49,882 --> 00:20:53,918
that our main characters
are willing to go to to get it

359
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,454
with a few twists
and turns, of course.

360
00:20:56,456 --> 00:20:59,857
Well, we all know and love
the Stockridge voice.

361
00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:03,544
But over the years,

362
00:21:03,545 --> 00:21:06,429
your writing has gotten way
more creative and inventive.

363
00:21:07,367 --> 00:21:08,399
What's your secret?

364
00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:10,434
Who's your muse?

365
00:21:11,304 --> 00:21:12,370
No muse.

366
00:21:13,306 --> 00:21:15,473
Well, you're just on fire.

367
00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:18,609
The book is called
All Is Forgiven

368
00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,678
and you should buy
a copy right now.

369
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:21,879
[applauses]

370
00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:23,447
Mitch, thank you.

371
00:21:23,449 --> 00:21:26,717
[audience cheering]

372
00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:34,959
[murmuring]

373
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,968
[murmuring]

374
00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:48,906
Are you seeing this, Mitch?
The line is out the door.

375
00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:51,342
It's my hometown crowd,
what do you expect?

376
00:21:51,344 --> 00:21:53,978
Imagine what it'd be like
if we were in New York.

377
00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:55,513
You know I can't leave town.

378
00:21:55,515 --> 00:21:56,847
Oh, yeah, whatever, Mitch.

379
00:21:56,849 --> 00:21:58,382
As long as you keep up
the good work

380
00:21:58,384 --> 00:22:00,918
and, more importantly,
the sales, what do I care.

381
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,753
And you thought I wouldn't
make the deadline.

382
00:22:02,755 --> 00:22:05,356
And you did
with three hours to spare.

383
00:22:05,358 --> 00:22:06,691
Don't let me stop you.

384
00:22:06,693 --> 00:22:08,326
- Look at that shirt.
- Yeah.

385
00:22:09,362 --> 00:22:12,063
- And who do I make that to?
- Yeah, Amelia, please.

386
00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,400
- Here you go.
- Thank you so much.

387
00:22:16,402 --> 00:22:19,070
If you don't mind,
I've got a quick question.

388
00:22:19,072 --> 00:22:21,356
Okay.

389
00:22:21,357 --> 00:22:23,641
I was wondering, where
do you get your ideas from?

390
00:22:23,643 --> 00:22:25,643
They're just so original!

391
00:22:25,645 --> 00:22:27,645
I get them from things
that happened to me,

392
00:22:27,647 --> 00:22:29,864
things in my life.

393
00:22:29,865 --> 00:22:32,082
Yeah, but is there a process?
Does someone help you?

394
00:22:32,085 --> 00:22:33,017
No.

395
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,020
Then where?

396
00:22:36,956 --> 00:22:38,756
I don't steal them,
if that's what you're asking.

397
00:22:38,758 --> 00:22:40,558
- Can you get her mother--?
- Mitch.

398
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:41,826
You're arguing
with a little girl.

399
00:22:41,828 --> 00:22:42,860
I'm fourteen.

400
00:22:42,862 --> 00:22:44,428
She's accusing me of plagiarism.

401
00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:46,030
What does that even mean?

402
00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:47,465
Have you lost your mind?

403
00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:48,799
Come on sweet, let's go.

404
00:22:48,801 --> 00:22:50,868
Good luck marrying her off.

405
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:52,536
[whispering] Asshole.

406
00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:54,605
- Am I the asshole?
- The line, Mitch.

407
00:22:55,575 --> 00:22:56,841
- Hi.
- Who do I make that to?

408
00:22:56,843 --> 00:22:58,042
- Bailey.
- Bailey.

409
00:22:59,746 --> 00:23:01,645
- Thank you.
- Next.

410
00:23:03,983 --> 00:23:05,116
[girl] Thank you.

411
00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:21,132
Pops, I just made soup.

412
00:23:22,802 --> 00:23:25,035
Hope you cook better
than your write.

413
00:23:25,037 --> 00:23:26,837
It's the joy of my day
to come up here

414
00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:28,839
and pump you full of soup

415
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,840
after I've had a book
signing for a hundred fans.

416
00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:33,711
- Those keep me humble.
- A hundred fans, huh?

417
00:23:33,713 --> 00:23:35,913
Want to keep the
mortgage up on this pile.

418
00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:37,515
You even read the new one yet?

419
00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:39,717
- I flipped through.
- And?

420
00:23:39,719 --> 00:23:41,152
Come on Mitch,

421
00:23:41,154 --> 00:23:43,788
you've been writing the
same stupid self-help books

422
00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:45,423
over and over since
you were in college.

423
00:23:45,425 --> 00:23:46,791
Newsweek said the same thing.

424
00:23:46,793 --> 00:23:48,926
But I think they
meant it in a good way.

425
00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:50,861
What was your big plan
for me anyways growing up?

426
00:23:50,863 --> 00:23:51,996
Being a doctor?

427
00:23:51,998 --> 00:23:53,864
I'd still be paying off loans.

428
00:23:53,866 --> 00:23:55,766
[sighs]

429
00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:58,769
Well, I would have been proud
of a son if he was a doctor.

430
00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:02,640
But I guess my dreams
will never come true.

431
00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:06,444
Anyway, it's good honest work.

432
00:24:07,914 --> 00:24:10,748
Sometimes people ask me
where I get my ideas from.

433
00:24:12,819 --> 00:24:15,019
I tell them from
forgiving my father.

434
00:24:15,021 --> 00:24:17,188
You're always a little bitch.

435
00:24:20,660 --> 00:24:23,928
Turns out you do cook
better than you write.

436
00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:27,998
It's still shit though.

437
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,600
Yeah, you are what you eat.

438
00:24:31,237 --> 00:24:33,003
[laughs]

439
00:24:34,874 --> 00:24:37,842
[heaving]

440
00:24:37,844 --> 00:24:40,544
Who is the one little bitch now?

441
00:24:40,546 --> 00:24:42,112
Shut the fuck up.

442
00:24:42,114 --> 00:24:43,714
[monster roaring]

443
00:24:43,716 --> 00:24:46,951
[grunts]

444
00:24:48,621 --> 00:24:50,921
[monster grunting]

445
00:24:53,526 --> 00:24:55,493
So congrats again
on the signing, man.

446
00:24:56,229 --> 00:24:58,128
Thanks. And you
weren't there why?

447
00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:00,831
Mitch, this is the third time
I'm telling you this,

448
00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:02,566
and I know you're
super butthurt about it,

449
00:25:02,568 --> 00:25:04,935
but the line to get
to you is a mile off.

450
00:25:04,937 --> 00:25:06,954
You're a mile tall,

451
00:25:06,955 --> 00:25:08,972
you could have pushed your way
to the front as my bodyguard.

452
00:25:08,975 --> 00:25:10,674
Yeah, as true
as that might be Mitch,

453
00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:12,743
there's no way
I'm getting through

454
00:25:12,744 --> 00:25:14,811
literally four hundred crazed
estrogen-fueled women

455
00:25:14,814 --> 00:25:15,913
trying to get to you.

456
00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:20,117
God, so how many
is this for you now?

457
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:21,051
Women?

458
00:25:21,888 --> 00:25:23,053
Or you even kept count?

459
00:25:23,890 --> 00:25:25,556
No, books.

460
00:25:25,558 --> 00:25:26,790
- Too many to count.
- Yeah?

461
00:25:28,628 --> 00:25:31,529
- Did Luke end up showing up?
- Luke didn't come here.

462
00:25:32,265 --> 00:25:33,797
No, I didn't ask
if Luke came here.

463
00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:35,666
I mean, did he go
to the signing?

464
00:25:35,668 --> 00:25:38,903
Oh... Uh... I really didn't...

465
00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:42,740
He didn't show up.

466
00:25:43,843 --> 00:25:45,643
It's no big deal. I mean...

467
00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:47,678
I guess you could hand him
a copy of your book and say,

468
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,648
"Luke, all is forgiven."

469
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,837
It's a joke.

470
00:25:55,838 --> 00:25:57,755
Mitch, just give me something.
Courtesy laugh even.

471
00:25:57,757 --> 00:26:00,024
- Hearty ha ha.
- I'll take it. Jesus.

472
00:26:01,561 --> 00:26:02,960
Did you even read it?

473
00:26:02,962 --> 00:26:06,096
Yeah, of course, I read it.
It was nice. I liked it.

474
00:26:06,098 --> 00:26:07,598
It was "nice"?

475
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,701
Yeah, man, I mean, you're
the English major here, okay?

476
00:26:10,703 --> 00:26:13,604
I'm an IT guy. I see
things in black and white.

477
00:26:13,606 --> 00:26:16,607
I liked the book. So, I don't
have a more colorful vocabulary.

478
00:26:16,609 --> 00:26:17,841
It's gonna have to be enough.

479
00:26:20,313 --> 00:26:21,579
Did you um--

480
00:26:23,849 --> 00:26:25,849
did you catch that piece
on you and the locals?

481
00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:28,819
I probably skimmed it.

482
00:26:30,189 --> 00:26:32,323
Yeah, it was super interesting.

483
00:26:32,325 --> 00:26:34,358
The-- the reporter, she asked
you one of those, you know,

484
00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:36,660
"Where do you draw your
inspiration from" questions.

485
00:26:36,662 --> 00:26:39,229
You would know,
you were there, right?

486
00:26:39,231 --> 00:26:41,231
And if I remember correctly,

487
00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:44,368
you told her that you have
a never-ending supply

488
00:26:44,370 --> 00:26:47,972
of anger that you draw
from for your stories.

489
00:26:49,976 --> 00:26:50,675
Yeah.

490
00:26:50,676 --> 00:26:51,375
Okay, well, it's new news to me

491
00:26:51,377 --> 00:26:54,211
since I've known
you for forever.

492
00:26:54,213 --> 00:26:57,348
So, would you like to
elaborate a little more on it?

493
00:26:57,350 --> 00:26:58,349
It's like a--

494
00:26:59,986 --> 00:27:03,020
It's like a permanent
battery backup of anger.

495
00:27:04,357 --> 00:27:06,290
I write these books more
for myself than anything.

496
00:27:07,693 --> 00:27:09,760
Inadvertently it just
helps other people.

497
00:27:11,230 --> 00:27:13,998
Maybe one day I can
actually help myself.

498
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,368
So, a permanent
battery backup of anger

499
00:27:17,370 --> 00:27:21,672
sounds way worse than
I thought to be honest.

500
00:27:22,408 --> 00:27:25,376
And I didn't want to
call you out on this,

501
00:27:25,378 --> 00:27:29,747
but do you think that's
the right choice to be taking?

502
00:27:29,749 --> 00:27:33,851
I mean, if you ever want to have
any peace or joy in your life?

503
00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:37,921
And this is why I make
more money than you make.

504
00:27:40,126 --> 00:27:42,826
- Wow. Thanks, asshole.
- [cellphone ringing]

505
00:27:45,665 --> 00:27:46,830
That's Laura. Hold on.

506
00:27:47,933 --> 00:27:50,167
Hey, hon.
Yeah, I'm over at Mitch's.

507
00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:51,986
No, it's fine.

508
00:27:51,987 --> 00:27:53,804
He just threatened me
with a butcher knife though.

509
00:27:53,806 --> 00:27:55,439
Yeah. No, I'm kidding,
we're good. We're good.

510
00:27:55,441 --> 00:27:58,776
Let him know he's a douchebag?
Yeah, I'll let him know.

511
00:27:59,979 --> 00:28:02,079
Okay. Yeah.
No, I'll be done soon, okay.

512
00:28:02,081 --> 00:28:03,781
And I'll head over there.
Just send me a list.

513
00:28:04,450 --> 00:28:07,685
Got it. Alright. Love you. Bye.

514
00:28:09,355 --> 00:28:11,539
Everything all right?

515
00:28:11,540 --> 00:28:13,724
Yeah. No, she just wants me to
make a Costco run on my way home

516
00:28:13,726 --> 00:28:15,459
because that's all marriage is,

517
00:28:15,461 --> 00:28:18,796
an endless supply
of Costco runs.

518
00:28:18,798 --> 00:28:21,765
- Sounds like fun.
- It's a fucking delight.

519
00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:23,233
And I wish you were married

520
00:28:23,235 --> 00:28:25,369
so you could know
just how much I enjoy it.

521
00:28:25,371 --> 00:28:27,738
[laughs]

522
00:28:27,740 --> 00:28:31,041
You know, it's a pry
but whatever happened to Sophie?

523
00:28:36,882 --> 00:28:38,949
I tried to show her
who I really am,

524
00:28:40,119 --> 00:28:41,819
reveal myself to her,

525
00:28:42,855 --> 00:28:44,354
and I guess she just
wasn't ready for that.

526
00:28:45,291 --> 00:28:47,891
Well, Mitch, that's the
problem right there, buddy.

527
00:28:49,962 --> 00:28:52,062
You gotta stop revealing
yourself to women.

528
00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:56,934
Again, hearty ha ha. Laugh.

529
00:28:56,936 --> 00:28:58,368
- Don't you have to go?
- I do.

530
00:28:58,370 --> 00:29:01,004
Finish the avocados.
I'll see you soon.

531
00:29:09,081 --> 00:29:10,748
[Sophie] Why don't you
ever stay the night?

532
00:29:13,285 --> 00:29:16,253
I take care of my father.
You know that.

533
00:29:23,362 --> 00:29:26,497
You could put him
in a home or something

534
00:29:27,366 --> 00:29:29,466
or hiring home caring.

535
00:29:32,304 --> 00:29:35,305
I thought about it. But I got my
reasons for keeping him around.

536
00:29:37,510 --> 00:29:39,510
You're always so guarded.

537
00:29:39,512 --> 00:29:41,278
[laughs]

538
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:42,246
I guess.

539
00:29:42,248 --> 00:29:46,416
It's just weird I've
never even met him.

540
00:29:46,418 --> 00:29:48,519
That's because I like you.

541
00:29:48,521 --> 00:29:50,087
[laughs]

542
00:30:02,301 --> 00:30:06,804
[monster groaning]

543
00:30:11,343 --> 00:30:12,843
You're smaller?

544
00:30:15,114 --> 00:30:18,148
I'm trying to create something
big and you're getting smaller?

545
00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:21,552
[monster groaning]

546
00:30:21,554 --> 00:30:23,053
What are you telling me?

547
00:30:23,055 --> 00:30:26,957
[monster growling]

548
00:30:26,959 --> 00:30:28,425
I don't know what
else to feed you.

549
00:30:30,963 --> 00:30:32,362
I'd kick your ass
if you even had one.

550
00:30:32,364 --> 00:30:33,297
[cellphone ringing]

551
00:30:33,299 --> 00:30:37,367
[monster roaring]

552
00:30:37,369 --> 00:30:38,468
No!

553
00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:40,337
[cellphone ringing]

554
00:30:42,942 --> 00:30:46,210
- [cellphone ringing]
- Yeah.

555
00:30:46,212 --> 00:30:47,911
- [woman] Hi, Mitch.
- Natalie.

556
00:30:47,913 --> 00:30:50,347
How nice of you to call again.

557
00:30:50,349 --> 00:30:53,617
I'm just calling to congratulate
you on a great event.

558
00:30:53,619 --> 00:30:54,852
I'm sure.

559
00:30:54,854 --> 00:30:56,386
But while I have
you on the phone,

560
00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:58,188
is there any chance we could get

561
00:30:58,190 --> 00:31:01,491
a first few chapters
of the novel by the weekend?

562
00:31:03,295 --> 00:31:04,494
That wasn't the deal.

563
00:31:04,496 --> 00:31:06,263
I know, I know
it wasn't the deal,

564
00:31:06,265 --> 00:31:09,099
but I'd like to do things a bit
differently this time around,

565
00:31:09,101 --> 00:31:13,103
so we can avoid those instances
of being perpetually late.

566
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,906
No need to beat around the bush.

567
00:31:15,908 --> 00:31:17,341
I know, I'm just saying

568
00:31:17,343 --> 00:31:19,943
that I don't want
to be late on this project.

569
00:31:19,945 --> 00:31:21,144
This is going to be the one

570
00:31:21,146 --> 00:31:24,181
that's gonna take you
way over the top.

571
00:31:24,183 --> 00:31:27,885
Yeah, I know, I want it to.

572
00:31:27,887 --> 00:31:29,453
Then we are on
the same page then?

573
00:31:30,256 --> 00:31:32,656
I'll see what I can
do over the weekend.

574
00:31:32,658 --> 00:31:34,224
Great. That's good.

575
00:31:37,096 --> 00:31:40,430
[sighs]

576
00:31:40,432 --> 00:31:41,598
[grunts]

577
00:31:47,273 --> 00:31:51,408
[distant growling]

578
00:31:55,047 --> 00:31:56,046
Fuck it.

579
00:32:01,987 --> 00:32:04,421
I know you get
this all the time.

580
00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:06,423
That's okay, go for it.

581
00:32:06,425 --> 00:32:08,659
Where do you get your ideas?

582
00:32:08,661 --> 00:32:12,562
Things happen to me and then
I exaggerate for effect.

583
00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:18,035
How many shitty people could you
possibly have left to forgive?

584
00:32:18,037 --> 00:32:21,238
Self-development is
a lifelong process.

585
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:22,406
I guess.

586
00:32:22,408 --> 00:32:26,576
Don't worry, I don't have
anything against you... yet.

587
00:32:26,578 --> 00:32:28,345
[gasping]

588
00:32:28,347 --> 00:32:30,180
You're funny.

589
00:32:30,182 --> 00:32:33,650
♪♪♪

590
00:32:40,192 --> 00:32:41,391
[Mitch] Mm.

591
00:32:44,430 --> 00:32:45,595
Let me look at you.

592
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:48,699
Well?

593
00:32:48,701 --> 00:32:49,967
You're gorgeous, Mary.

594
00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:06,450
Uh...

595
00:33:06,452 --> 00:33:07,384
What you looking at?

596
00:33:07,386 --> 00:33:09,753
Sorry. I'm nosey.

597
00:33:09,755 --> 00:33:11,455
It's okay.

598
00:33:11,457 --> 00:33:12,389
You know...

599
00:33:14,059 --> 00:33:16,059
I thought I could be
a writer someday.

600
00:33:17,296 --> 00:33:18,595
Something special.

601
00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:21,331
I guess I just didn't
have the gift.

602
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:24,201
Gift, curse, call it
wherever you like.

603
00:33:25,004 --> 00:33:27,571
- Don't be so dramatic.
- I know, I'm sorry.

604
00:33:29,575 --> 00:33:32,676
My latest book is
just missing something.

605
00:33:33,645 --> 00:33:36,046
It's like you never know
exactly what it takes.

606
00:33:36,048 --> 00:33:38,048
It takes a lot
out of you, doesn't it?

607
00:33:39,651 --> 00:33:42,285
Yeah. Nobody ever gets that.

608
00:33:49,495 --> 00:33:51,461
I don't like people
very close to me.

609
00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:54,431
This is why my last
relationship failed.

610
00:33:55,601 --> 00:33:59,136
This job requires
a certain type of isolation.

611
00:33:59,138 --> 00:34:02,639
Well, you must be
doing something right.

612
00:34:02,641 --> 00:34:05,075
Maybe. I have my regrets.

613
00:34:06,345 --> 00:34:07,344
Who doesn't?

614
00:34:09,782 --> 00:34:11,148
You wanna go upstairs?

615
00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:15,185
Yeah.

616
00:34:16,622 --> 00:34:18,789
[suspenseful music]

617
00:34:18,791 --> 00:34:22,292
♪♪♪

618
00:34:30,302 --> 00:34:32,736
[groaning]

619
00:34:32,738 --> 00:34:35,338
- There's really a dog in there?
- Yeah.

620
00:34:45,651 --> 00:34:49,252
- [monster roaring]
- [gasping] What is that?

621
00:34:49,254 --> 00:34:51,822
- [Mary screaming]
- [monster roaring]

622
00:34:53,125 --> 00:34:54,257
I'm sorry, Mary.

623
00:34:55,494 --> 00:34:58,829
[chewing and sucking]

624
00:35:01,834 --> 00:35:03,633
[sighs]

625
00:35:18,851 --> 00:35:20,717
This isn't a story,
these are notes.

626
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,385
What you got, writer's
block or something?

627
00:35:22,387 --> 00:35:24,621
[monster roaring]

628
00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:26,223
Not enough is right.

629
00:35:27,126 --> 00:35:31,194
[monster roaring]

630
00:35:31,196 --> 00:35:33,630
Fuck you. I liked her.

631
00:35:33,632 --> 00:35:36,233
I kept up my end of the bargain.
You give me what she is worth.

632
00:35:36,235 --> 00:35:38,668
[monster roaring]

633
00:35:38,670 --> 00:35:41,304
Make all the sound you want.
This is the last straw.

634
00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:42,539
I'll finish this book on my own

635
00:35:42,541 --> 00:35:44,274
like I should have
from the beginning.

636
00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:13,770
[melancholic music]

637
00:36:13,772 --> 00:36:17,774
[chatting and laughing]

638
00:36:20,345 --> 00:36:24,414
♪♪♪

639
00:36:43,602 --> 00:36:48,305
♪♪♪

640
00:36:48,307 --> 00:36:50,807
Hey, Sophie, it's me.

641
00:36:52,611 --> 00:36:55,612
Just wanted to talk.
I'm having kind of a bad night.

642
00:36:57,382 --> 00:36:59,916
[Mitch] Anyways, call me back.

643
00:37:01,420 --> 00:37:02,819
Love you.

644
00:37:02,821 --> 00:37:08,225
♪♪♪

645
00:37:20,505 --> 00:37:22,439
Mitch Stockridge?

646
00:37:22,441 --> 00:37:23,974
Nope. I think you're mistaken.

647
00:37:23,976 --> 00:37:26,876
You are not Mitch Stockridge,
bestselling author,

648
00:37:26,878 --> 00:37:29,512
whose picture hangs
in every local bookstore?

649
00:37:29,514 --> 00:37:32,182
Nope.

650
00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:34,851
Without that cheesy get-up,
you'll look just like him.

651
00:37:34,853 --> 00:37:37,254
- Well, I'm--
- Mr. Stockridge,

652
00:37:37,256 --> 00:37:39,289
I have a few questions
about Luke Rousseau.

653
00:37:40,792 --> 00:37:43,026
Alright. What do
you want to know?

654
00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:47,330
Well, I'm told he came to visit
you and then he never came home.

655
00:37:47,332 --> 00:37:48,431
That's not my problem.

656
00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:52,869
- You two had a history.
- You can say that.

657
00:37:52,871 --> 00:37:54,404
What, did he visit you?

658
00:37:54,406 --> 00:37:55,939
He did and then he left.

659
00:37:55,941 --> 00:37:58,041
What did you discuss?

660
00:37:58,043 --> 00:37:59,943
Nothing really. Just caught up.

661
00:37:59,945 --> 00:38:01,511
Hadn't seen him
since high-school.

662
00:38:02,314 --> 00:38:03,380
He liked the new book.

663
00:38:03,382 --> 00:38:07,450
Did he happen to mention where
he was headed after he left?

664
00:38:07,452 --> 00:38:09,019
Look, I'll save
you some digging.

665
00:38:10,289 --> 00:38:11,655
I never liked the guy much.

666
00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:14,791
And if you ask anybody
that knew us twenty years ago,

667
00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:16,426
they'll tell you the same thing.

668
00:38:16,428 --> 00:38:20,563
I wanted him gone... back then.

669
00:38:20,565 --> 00:38:23,433
We've moved on, all of us.

670
00:38:23,435 --> 00:38:25,969
And if that's all you have,
you wouldn't know how much.

671
00:38:25,971 --> 00:38:29,439
So, if you'll excuse me,
I am a little busy right now.

672
00:38:29,441 --> 00:38:30,991
Well, I understand that,

673
00:38:30,992 --> 00:38:32,542
but I still have a few
questions for you, Sir.

674
00:38:32,544 --> 00:38:34,978
What makes you think that I
even remember where he went?

675
00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:37,147
That was weeks ago.

676
00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:39,315
You never know.
They say writers are observant.

677
00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:43,820
I'm sorry I bothered you,
Mr. Stockridge.

678
00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:45,622
- Thank you for your time.
- You're welcome.

679
00:38:48,493 --> 00:38:51,761
If you hear anything else,
give me a call.

680
00:38:51,763 --> 00:38:53,863
Detective Abigail Dunn.

681
00:38:53,865 --> 00:38:54,931
I prefer Abby.

682
00:38:56,968 --> 00:39:00,603
My ex-husband used to read
your inspirational stories.

683
00:39:00,605 --> 00:39:02,439
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

684
00:39:02,441 --> 00:39:04,874
- Happy to help.
- I didn't say they helped.

685
00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:08,778
[chuckles] All right.
Have a good one.

686
00:39:17,889 --> 00:39:21,825
[steps moving further away]

687
00:39:25,097 --> 00:39:26,563
[cellphone ringing]

688
00:39:27,833 --> 00:39:29,065
[sighs]

689
00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:32,635
[cellphone ringing]

690
00:39:33,972 --> 00:39:35,038
[sighs]

691
00:39:37,109 --> 00:39:38,408
Hello, Natalie.

692
00:39:38,410 --> 00:39:39,776
Yeah, I saw the covers.

693
00:39:39,778 --> 00:39:41,144
We haven't said anything.

694
00:39:41,146 --> 00:39:42,746
Be a lot easier
to get through things

695
00:39:42,748 --> 00:39:44,381
if I stopped
getting interrupted.

696
00:39:44,383 --> 00:39:46,649
I'm gonna pretend you're
referring to other people.

697
00:39:46,651 --> 00:39:49,552
Well, I could choose
a cover if I had a book.

698
00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:51,888
And it's kind of hard for us
to come up with a cover

699
00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:53,890
when we haven't got a book yet.

700
00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:55,959
Can we just slow things
down a little bit right now?

701
00:39:55,961 --> 00:39:57,660
I'm kind of going
through something here.

702
00:39:57,662 --> 00:40:00,430
Oh, Mitch,
you made a commitment.

703
00:40:00,432 --> 00:40:02,632
You're gonna have
to live with it.

704
00:40:09,674 --> 00:40:11,641
[monster roaring]

705
00:40:11,643 --> 00:40:13,576
Yeah, go fuck yourself.

706
00:40:13,578 --> 00:40:17,614
[monster growling]

707
00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:24,154
I didn't peg you to be a reader
of self-help books, Detective.

708
00:40:24,156 --> 00:40:26,156
[laughs]

709
00:40:26,158 --> 00:40:28,525
I tried to see what it would
give me on Luke Rousseau.

710
00:40:28,527 --> 00:40:30,761
It wasn't much.

711
00:40:30,762 --> 00:40:32,996
- Well, maybe Logan was right.
- Maybe.

712
00:40:32,998 --> 00:40:36,533
Well, in any event, I hope
you like missing person cases

713
00:40:36,535 --> 00:40:38,468
- because I've got another one.
- Let me guess.

714
00:40:38,470 --> 00:40:40,503
Another drunk college kid
on daddy's boat.

715
00:40:40,505 --> 00:40:41,871
You wish.

716
00:40:41,873 --> 00:40:44,941
This one is a sad story.
A woman named Mary.

717
00:40:44,943 --> 00:40:46,776
Christ.

718
00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:48,912
- Any leads?
- Nothing so far.

719
00:40:48,914 --> 00:40:51,114
I guess there's no
justice in this world.

720
00:40:51,116 --> 00:40:54,117
If you find any, make sure
the front desk knows.

721
00:40:59,724 --> 00:41:01,191
[Nick] Okay.

722
00:41:01,193 --> 00:41:02,926
I propose a toast right now

723
00:41:02,928 --> 00:41:04,861
to the best first draft

724
00:41:04,863 --> 00:41:08,965
of the best novel
since Jane Eyre.

725
00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:10,200
[laughs]

726
00:41:10,202 --> 00:41:12,001
- Please don't laugh.
- [laughs]

727
00:41:12,003 --> 00:41:14,637
- Don't. It's insulting.
- Jane Eyre?

728
00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:16,973
It's literally the only novel
I can think of at the time.

729
00:41:16,975 --> 00:41:18,775
Did you google books
just to drop that one?

730
00:41:18,777 --> 00:41:21,010
Okay, I like Jane Eyre,
I have a feminine side.

731
00:41:21,847 --> 00:41:23,880
- [laughs]
- What? Stop.

732
00:41:23,882 --> 00:41:25,215
Cheers, Nick.

733
00:41:25,217 --> 00:41:27,617
Now I know why are you
over here all the damn time.

734
00:41:27,619 --> 00:41:30,487
I haven't toked like this
since grad school.

735
00:41:30,489 --> 00:41:31,788
- Did she say toked?
- Mm-Hm.

736
00:41:31,790 --> 00:41:33,523
Is that the word
she just used, "toked"?

737
00:41:33,525 --> 00:41:35,091
I've never heard my wife
use that word before.

738
00:41:35,093 --> 00:41:37,160
- My classy, classy wife.
- Hey.

739
00:41:37,162 --> 00:41:39,095
I'm allowed to have
a masculine side.

740
00:41:39,097 --> 00:41:40,129
Yes, you are.

741
00:41:40,131 --> 00:41:42,599
Mm. I'm out.

742
00:41:42,601 --> 00:41:43,967
Let me get you another
one real quick.

743
00:41:43,969 --> 00:41:45,702
Fresh out.
I'm gonna go make a run.

744
00:41:45,704 --> 00:41:47,170
Not like this, you're not.

745
00:41:47,172 --> 00:41:48,805
It's a few beers. I'm fine.

746
00:41:48,807 --> 00:41:50,039
Mitch, don't.

747
00:41:50,041 --> 00:41:51,508
You two have fun.

748
00:41:52,911 --> 00:41:54,711
[sighs] Drive safe, buddy.

749
00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:00,750
He can't just go on like this.

750
00:42:01,786 --> 00:42:03,586
[Nick] There's nothing
I can do for him. I know.

751
00:42:03,588 --> 00:42:05,054
[Laura] It's not your job.

752
00:42:05,056 --> 00:42:06,256
You can't just
take care of him--

753
00:42:06,258 --> 00:42:07,991
[Nick] I know. Listen, okay?

754
00:42:07,993 --> 00:42:09,926
You are not there when
the crowds are there

755
00:42:09,928 --> 00:42:12,128
and the parties, everybody is
gushing over the guy, okay?

756
00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:13,263
I'm there in the alone time

757
00:42:13,265 --> 00:42:16,299
and I see how he is
and how he acts.

758
00:42:16,301 --> 00:42:18,001
[Laura] While I'm
sitting home alone?

759
00:42:18,003 --> 00:42:19,536
[Nick] You don't have
to sit home alone.

760
00:42:19,538 --> 00:42:21,037
You go out have
girl time if you want.

761
00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:24,007
- Okay, thank you very much.
- Okay, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

762
00:42:24,009 --> 00:42:26,109
Okay, listen, right?

763
00:42:26,111 --> 00:42:27,243
Mitch is my best friend.

764
00:42:27,245 --> 00:42:30,280
He is just going through
a rough period right now, okay?

765
00:42:30,282 --> 00:42:31,548
That's it.

766
00:42:33,552 --> 00:42:35,084
[Laura] He brings it on himself.

767
00:42:35,887 --> 00:42:37,887
He is never happy.

768
00:42:39,991 --> 00:42:41,157
Yeah, I know he is not.

769
00:42:57,242 --> 00:42:59,576
Small world. Hi there.

770
00:43:01,746 --> 00:43:03,813
You followed me
to the store, really?

771
00:43:05,684 --> 00:43:07,917
I'm not here on business,
Mr. Stockridge.

772
00:43:07,919 --> 00:43:10,186
Contrary to what you
may have seen on TV,

773
00:43:10,188 --> 00:43:13,122
cops do not subsist
exclusively on donuts.

774
00:43:13,124 --> 00:43:15,625
Are you denying that you
like donuts, Detective?

775
00:43:15,627 --> 00:43:17,961
Don't be ridiculous.
They are delicious.

776
00:43:17,963 --> 00:43:20,330
- Excuse me, Mr. Stockridge.
- Oh, hi.

777
00:43:20,332 --> 00:43:22,899
[woman] Hi. I can't believe it.

778
00:43:22,901 --> 00:43:25,068
- I'm your biggest fan. Do you--
- Yes.

779
00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:27,670
- Do you think you could?
- Yes, of course.

780
00:43:32,744 --> 00:43:33,876
Thank you so much.

781
00:43:33,878 --> 00:43:35,094
You're welcome.

782
00:43:35,095 --> 00:43:36,311
Your book saved
my friend's life.

783
00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:42,051
[Abigail] Wow.

784
00:43:42,053 --> 00:43:45,288
You saved a life.
Not many authors can say that.

785
00:43:45,290 --> 00:43:46,356
What do you want?

786
00:43:46,358 --> 00:43:48,691
Nothing. I promise.

787
00:43:48,693 --> 00:43:53,029
Although, since we are
both here shopping for juice,

788
00:43:53,031 --> 00:43:56,032
I will confess I do have
a few more questions.

789
00:43:56,034 --> 00:43:58,034
Doesn't mean I'm gonna
have any more answers.

790
00:43:58,036 --> 00:44:00,770
- Not about Luke Rousseau.
- Oh.

791
00:44:00,772 --> 00:44:02,205
You were recently
seen having drinks

792
00:44:02,207 --> 00:44:03,973
with a woman named Mary Rollins.

793
00:44:03,975 --> 00:44:05,908
I can provide you with
the date, time and location

794
00:44:05,910 --> 00:44:07,210
if that would refresh
your memory.

795
00:44:07,212 --> 00:44:09,812
I remember. Nice girl.

796
00:44:09,814 --> 00:44:14,083
Well, it was bar, so eyewitness
memories are predictively fuzzy.

797
00:44:14,085 --> 00:44:15,885
No one can be sure
they saw her leave.

798
00:44:15,887 --> 00:44:18,221
- I was wondering if you did.
- Can't help you.

799
00:44:18,223 --> 00:44:20,090
So, we done here?

800
00:44:20,091 --> 00:44:21,958
Another person is missing,
Mr. Stockridge.

801
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:23,693
Most people might express

802
00:44:23,695 --> 00:44:25,995
little more interest
in the situation you're at.

803
00:44:25,997 --> 00:44:26,996
Leave me alone.

804
00:44:29,167 --> 00:44:30,199
Suit yourself.

805
00:44:31,336 --> 00:44:33,136
Enjoy your day.

806
00:44:35,206 --> 00:44:37,523
Oh, Detective,

807
00:44:37,524 --> 00:44:39,841
I just remembered donuts
are on aisle nine, FYI.

808
00:44:54,159 --> 00:44:55,191
Got a treat for you.

809
00:44:57,328 --> 00:44:59,028
That's just poison.

810
00:44:59,030 --> 00:45:00,129
What are you, a health nut now?

811
00:45:01,433 --> 00:45:02,832
What you got to live
for anyways?

812
00:45:02,834 --> 00:45:04,100
Who are those people downstairs?

813
00:45:04,102 --> 00:45:06,069
It's Nick and Laura.

814
00:45:06,071 --> 00:45:08,705
You still hanging
around that Nick kid?

815
00:45:08,707 --> 00:45:10,273
Damn!

816
00:45:10,275 --> 00:45:13,042
- She's still eight feet tall?
- It's actually worse, dad.

817
00:45:13,044 --> 00:45:15,044
I'm still hanging around you.

818
00:45:15,046 --> 00:45:16,412
You love to complain.

819
00:45:17,482 --> 00:45:20,383
I was half as bad
as you say I am.

820
00:45:20,385 --> 00:45:23,019
You put a pillow
over my face long ago.

821
00:45:23,021 --> 00:45:24,454
I would never do that, dad.

822
00:45:24,456 --> 00:45:26,723
These pillows are
way too expensive.

823
00:45:26,725 --> 00:45:30,126
- Oh, my son!
- That's debatable.

824
00:45:47,011 --> 00:45:52,281
[monster groaning]

825
00:45:52,283 --> 00:45:53,449
[Mitch] Working on it!

826
00:46:07,499 --> 00:46:08,898
Hi.

827
00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:10,433
Jab cross.

828
00:46:10,435 --> 00:46:12,769
Put some power on it. Jab cross!

829
00:46:13,838 --> 00:46:15,304
I want some power. One, two.

830
00:46:16,174 --> 00:46:17,807
Think of someone
you hate. One, two.

831
00:46:17,809 --> 00:46:19,509
[groans]

832
00:46:19,511 --> 00:46:20,810
Think of someone you hate!

833
00:46:20,812 --> 00:46:22,278
- Come on!
- [groans]

834
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,547
I said someone
you hate. One, two.

835
00:46:24,549 --> 00:46:27,049
- [groans]
- Come on. Come on!

836
00:46:27,852 --> 00:46:29,852
I said someone you hate!

837
00:46:29,854 --> 00:46:32,088
- One, two!
- [groans]

838
00:46:32,090 --> 00:46:34,857
Come on! Come on!

839
00:46:39,931 --> 00:46:45,234
[tense music]

840
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:55,011
♪♪♪

841
00:47:11,596 --> 00:47:15,097
♪♪♪

842
00:47:23,107 --> 00:47:27,376
♪♪♪

843
00:47:32,584 --> 00:47:37,420
♪♪♪

844
00:47:54,272 --> 00:47:59,342
♪♪♪

845
00:48:11,022 --> 00:48:14,957
♪♪♪

846
00:48:37,148 --> 00:48:42,318
[monster groaning]

847
00:48:45,423 --> 00:48:47,623
[monster roaring]

848
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,534
[newscaster] Another epidemic
of missing women

849
00:48:58,536 --> 00:49:00,202
is among us in our city.

850
00:49:00,204 --> 00:49:03,306
While police are suspecting
links to organized crime,

851
00:49:03,308 --> 00:49:07,209
some are speculating it could
all be the work of just one man.

852
00:49:07,211 --> 00:49:10,313
The repeated attacks
on escorts and street walkers

853
00:49:10,315 --> 00:49:14,951
have some calling the assailant
the latter-day Jack the Ripper.

854
00:49:14,953 --> 00:49:17,253
In related news,
there is a new development

855
00:49:17,255 --> 00:49:19,422
in the Mary Rollins
disappearance.

856
00:49:19,424 --> 00:49:21,457
Police cannot confirm
a connection,

857
00:49:21,459 --> 00:49:24,560
but they're now trying
to identify a possible suspect

858
00:49:24,562 --> 00:49:27,396
caught on the bar's
parking lot surveillance cam.

859
00:49:27,398 --> 00:49:30,333
[suspenseful music]

860
00:49:35,273 --> 00:49:39,175
[TV's rattling]

861
00:49:45,149 --> 00:49:46,615
Yeah, I got your email.

862
00:49:46,617 --> 00:49:48,751
[Natalie] Yeah, theirs is
few review copies gone out

863
00:49:48,753 --> 00:49:51,454
and there's a few copies
floating around the office.

864
00:49:51,456 --> 00:49:53,539
What are the interns saying?

865
00:49:53,540 --> 00:49:55,623
Well, you know, Mitch, this is--
this is really ambitious.

866
00:49:55,626 --> 00:49:58,160
I think you should be
really proud of yourself.

867
00:49:58,162 --> 00:50:00,229
I am proud.

868
00:50:00,230 --> 00:50:02,297
I just hope you are hard
at work on the next one.

869
00:50:02,300 --> 00:50:05,001
Yeah, I just got pages
flowing out of me.

870
00:50:06,304 --> 00:50:07,770
Any updates, Detective?

871
00:50:07,772 --> 00:50:09,305
None so far, Sir.

872
00:50:09,307 --> 00:50:11,240
I have been keeping
a close eye on him,

873
00:50:11,242 --> 00:50:14,143
but I've got about as close
as I can get without a warrant.

874
00:50:14,145 --> 00:50:16,545
No, remember, we want
to keep this quiet.

875
00:50:16,547 --> 00:50:17,780
He's kind of a big shot in town.

876
00:50:17,782 --> 00:50:19,615
Big shots are my specialty, Sir.

877
00:50:19,617 --> 00:50:22,418
Detective,
we do not want a repeat

878
00:50:22,420 --> 00:50:24,186
of your last investigation.

879
00:50:24,188 --> 00:50:25,688
There won't be, Sir.

880
00:50:25,690 --> 00:50:26,622
Good.

881
00:50:27,625 --> 00:50:30,359
Just play it cool
with Stockridge.

882
00:50:30,361 --> 00:50:32,762
- No more gut feelings.
- Understood.

883
00:50:47,078 --> 00:50:50,146
[monster groaning]

884
00:50:50,148 --> 00:50:52,181
Yeah, gotcha.

885
00:51:04,362 --> 00:51:07,096
[monster roaring]

886
00:51:07,098 --> 00:51:08,297
[growling]

887
00:51:08,299 --> 00:51:09,565
Yeah, I know.

888
00:51:13,404 --> 00:51:14,737
[Mitch] I'm just disappointed.

889
00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:17,306
You can do better than that.

890
00:51:17,308 --> 00:51:20,576
Fuck you, grand old
dork motherfucker.

891
00:51:21,446 --> 00:51:22,611
Piece of shit!

892
00:51:26,818 --> 00:51:28,484
[sighs]

893
00:51:31,089 --> 00:51:32,354
You seem tense.

894
00:51:33,191 --> 00:51:34,457
I hope you're happy

895
00:51:34,459 --> 00:51:37,493
because they're saying what
you've been saying all along.

896
00:51:38,296 --> 00:51:40,229
I'll have to take
your word for it.

897
00:51:41,265 --> 00:51:43,165
I don't get them much.

898
00:51:43,167 --> 00:51:44,767
I tried to do
something different,

899
00:51:44,769 --> 00:51:46,769
something new,
something from here.

900
00:51:48,606 --> 00:51:50,172
[sighs]

901
00:51:50,173 --> 00:51:51,739
But in the end, it was
the same old trick.

902
00:51:51,742 --> 00:51:54,210
What are you telling me for?

903
00:51:54,212 --> 00:51:56,278
Because I don't have
mom to talk to anymore.

904
00:51:57,482 --> 00:51:59,115
She would have made you soft.

905
00:52:14,132 --> 00:52:16,632
I guess I'm just more
of a short story guy, huh?

906
00:52:16,634 --> 00:52:18,200
Aren't you on top of this?

907
00:52:18,202 --> 00:52:20,369
We publicized all we could.

908
00:52:21,739 --> 00:52:24,540
I guess one week here on top,
next week it's a ghost town.

909
00:52:27,745 --> 00:52:28,778
I just don't understand.

910
00:52:28,779 --> 00:52:29,812
- [Natalie] The book's out and--
- [Mitch] And?

911
00:52:29,814 --> 00:52:31,914
Well, you read the reviews.

912
00:52:31,916 --> 00:52:33,716
I just don't get it.
This book has everything.

913
00:52:33,718 --> 00:52:36,485
I know, your blood,
your sweat, your tears.

914
00:52:36,487 --> 00:52:38,888
Is this the
Terrance Williams signing?

915
00:52:38,890 --> 00:52:40,623
No, he was here yesterday.

916
00:52:40,625 --> 00:52:42,558
Oh. Sorry.

917
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:44,793
- Fucking Terrance.
- Oh, come on, Mitch.

918
00:52:44,795 --> 00:52:47,196
You know the reading
public's fickle.

919
00:52:47,198 --> 00:52:49,565
Maybe they just needed something
different this time around.

920
00:52:49,567 --> 00:52:52,268
- Thanks for your input.
- I'm just trying to be helpful.

921
00:52:52,937 --> 00:52:55,471
Oh, great, hope that
makes you feel better.

922
00:53:00,378 --> 00:53:01,461
Voilá.

923
00:53:01,462 --> 00:53:02,545
It's better be
as good as you say.

924
00:53:02,547 --> 00:53:04,213
You've been rolling it
for half hour.

925
00:53:16,527 --> 00:53:17,526
I love you.

926
00:53:21,966 --> 00:53:23,933
[coughs]

927
00:53:24,735 --> 00:53:27,970
I just don't know what happened.
There was like nobody there.

928
00:53:27,972 --> 00:53:29,538
Well, I'll be honest.

929
00:53:30,341 --> 00:53:31,607
You finished it last night.

930
00:53:34,312 --> 00:53:35,244
Yeah?

931
00:53:37,782 --> 00:53:39,715
I'm your friend, I'm gonna
give it to you straight.

932
00:53:39,717 --> 00:53:40,716
I know.

933
00:53:42,620 --> 00:53:45,221
Something is different
about you, man.

934
00:53:45,223 --> 00:53:47,456
Something's changed.
I don't know what it is.

935
00:53:48,426 --> 00:53:50,392
And maybe you need to stay
with the small stuff.

936
00:53:50,394 --> 00:53:51,660
No one is gonna
fault you for that.

937
00:53:52,563 --> 00:53:54,413
Some people will.

938
00:53:54,414 --> 00:53:56,264
Come on, Mitch, who's
gonna fault you for that?

939
00:53:58,369 --> 00:54:00,402
Nick, what motivates you
to get up in the morning,

940
00:54:00,404 --> 00:54:01,570
go to the office and all that?

941
00:54:04,508 --> 00:54:05,841
If I didn't,
I wouldn't have a job.

942
00:54:09,013 --> 00:54:10,613
I don't know what
you want me to say, man.

943
00:54:10,615 --> 00:54:11,914
I mean, I'm living it up here.

944
00:54:11,916 --> 00:54:13,749
You know, I got a
great middle-class life.

945
00:54:13,751 --> 00:54:17,553
I have a wife who's
way too hot for me.

946
00:54:17,555 --> 00:54:19,755
It's more than we could've
ever dreamed of as kids.

947
00:54:20,992 --> 00:54:23,726
All we had as kids it's Luke
Rousseau beating our faces in

948
00:54:23,728 --> 00:54:25,995
every day for our lunch money.

949
00:54:25,997 --> 00:54:29,565
And if you lost your job,
your career went belly-up,

950
00:54:29,567 --> 00:54:31,734
how would Laura react?

951
00:54:32,870 --> 00:54:35,004
Laura would be
extremely disappointed.

952
00:54:35,006 --> 00:54:36,372
She'd be pissed off for a while.

953
00:54:37,608 --> 00:54:39,808
But Laura doesn't depend
on material things

954
00:54:39,810 --> 00:54:41,410
to make her happy.

955
00:54:41,412 --> 00:54:42,945
Let's say you did
a really good job at work,

956
00:54:42,947 --> 00:54:45,648
and you got a promotion
and a bonus

957
00:54:46,484 --> 00:54:48,784
or whatever, and you were
able to buy a bigger house.

958
00:54:50,021 --> 00:54:51,754
Then, not to say it's bad now,

959
00:54:51,756 --> 00:54:53,689
but your relationship
would be better, right?

960
00:54:55,293 --> 00:54:56,592
Can be worse.
I'll give you that.

961
00:54:56,594 --> 00:54:58,427
Okay, then you see
where I'm coming from.

962
00:55:01,365 --> 00:55:02,898
Here comes the airplane.

963
00:55:02,900 --> 00:55:05,901
[mimicking an airplane]

964
00:55:06,704 --> 00:55:08,737
Look who's in a good mood.

965
00:55:09,607 --> 00:55:11,907
Yeah, I am.

966
00:55:11,909 --> 00:55:13,409
I finally figured something out.

967
00:55:18,783 --> 00:55:19,915
From now on,

968
00:55:20,985 --> 00:55:23,018
you're gonna like
me for who I am

969
00:55:23,854 --> 00:55:27,022
or you can just
go fuck yourself.

970
00:55:28,659 --> 00:55:29,758
What about you?

971
00:55:31,629 --> 00:55:33,762
Do you like yourself?

972
00:55:33,764 --> 00:55:34,930
I'm gonna give it a try.

973
00:55:36,734 --> 00:55:39,068
You hate yourself, Mitch.

974
00:55:39,070 --> 00:55:42,504
[tense music]

975
00:55:48,979 --> 00:55:51,613
♪♪♪

976
00:55:51,615 --> 00:55:55,050
♪♪♪

977
00:56:12,803 --> 00:56:18,107
♪♪♪

978
00:56:31,856 --> 00:56:36,091
♪♪♪

979
00:56:51,041 --> 00:56:56,412
♪♪♪

980
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:04,653
[door opening]

981
00:57:04,655 --> 00:57:07,022
[woman laughing]

982
00:57:07,024 --> 00:57:10,025
[monster growling]

983
00:57:13,531 --> 00:57:15,898
- [monster roaring]
- [woman screaming]

984
00:57:43,027 --> 00:57:44,526
Wow!

985
00:57:44,528 --> 00:57:47,563
- Only an hour late this time.
- Yeah, sorry.

986
00:57:49,099 --> 00:57:50,566
I get down here from New York

987
00:57:50,568 --> 00:57:52,701
and you can't
make it six blocks?

988
00:57:52,703 --> 00:57:54,136
I'm busy, come on.

989
00:57:54,138 --> 00:57:57,072
I can't be the first writer
to be behind on a deadline.

990
00:57:57,074 --> 00:57:58,874
Yeah, well, about that.

991
00:57:58,876 --> 00:58:00,042
What?

992
00:58:01,145 --> 00:58:02,878
You got a contract
for two books.

993
00:58:02,880 --> 00:58:04,880
We haven't seen
the second book yet.

994
00:58:04,882 --> 00:58:06,215
The first one wasn't that great,

995
00:58:06,217 --> 00:58:07,716
so what's the rush
for the next one?

996
00:58:07,718 --> 00:58:09,918
You've had enough extensions.

997
00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:13,155
Yeah, we need the manuscript
and we need it in a week.

998
00:58:13,157 --> 00:58:14,089
A week?

999
00:58:14,091 --> 00:58:17,226
That's impossible.
That's not gonna happen.

1000
00:58:17,228 --> 00:58:20,529
Well, then we're gonna sue
you for breach of contract.

1001
00:58:20,531 --> 00:58:21,497
What?

1002
00:58:21,499 --> 00:58:25,267
Look, your last book
didn't work out, now did it?

1003
00:58:25,269 --> 00:58:27,236
We need something
new from you

1004
00:58:27,238 --> 00:58:29,905
to fill the shelves
and cover up, a stanch.

1005
00:58:29,907 --> 00:58:33,275
And we are less likely
to play nice with you Mitch

1006
00:58:33,277 --> 00:58:35,811
after the last debacle.

1007
00:58:35,813 --> 00:58:36,879
I'm being serious.

1008
00:58:37,681 --> 00:58:39,181
I made your reputation.

1009
00:58:39,183 --> 00:58:41,550
Yeah, and we made yours.

1010
00:58:41,551 --> 00:58:43,918
And you know, if you
could just get things to us

1011
00:58:43,921 --> 00:58:47,256
in plenty of time so we could
edit it to our satisfaction

1012
00:58:47,258 --> 00:58:49,825
instead of a usual trick
of bringing us things

1013
00:58:49,827 --> 00:58:52,594
three minutes
before the deadline.

1014
00:58:52,596 --> 00:58:56,698
Honestly, Mitch, you artistic
types, you all are the same!

1015
00:58:57,701 --> 00:59:01,570
Plenty of ideas,
nothing to show for it.

1016
00:59:01,572 --> 00:59:03,171
Now, what are we in
the hole for here anyways?

1017
00:59:03,173 --> 00:59:05,040
We're selling paper

1018
00:59:05,041 --> 00:59:06,908
and most of the business
is in e-books anyway.

1019
00:59:07,778 --> 00:59:09,912
So, the last one
didn't go that well.

1020
00:59:09,914 --> 00:59:11,464
We'll make it up.

1021
00:59:11,465 --> 00:59:13,015
- Not good enough.
- I'll give you good enough.

1022
00:59:13,017 --> 00:59:15,250
Yeah, well just give me
good enough in seven days.

1023
00:59:25,296 --> 00:59:26,895
[sighs]

1024
00:59:31,302 --> 00:59:34,069
[Mitch] All right.
I'm gonna take you upstairs.

1025
00:59:34,071 --> 00:59:36,805
Okay. What's upstairs?

1026
00:59:36,807 --> 00:59:38,106
A surprise.

1027
00:59:38,108 --> 00:59:40,042
- Should I close my eyes?
- No.

1028
00:59:41,178 --> 00:59:43,946
I want to open your eyes for the
first time in our relationship.

1029
00:59:43,948 --> 00:59:46,715
Right, there's that mysterious
writer talk again.

1030
00:59:46,717 --> 00:59:49,217
- [laughs]
- No. No mysteries.

1031
00:59:53,223 --> 00:59:54,256
Sophie...

1032
00:59:56,760 --> 00:59:57,726
I love you.

1033
00:59:59,129 --> 01:00:01,063
I haven't said that
to a lot of women.

1034
01:00:02,099 --> 01:00:04,633
I want to be honest
with you about everything

1035
01:00:06,870 --> 01:00:07,803
Come on.

1036
01:00:11,809 --> 01:00:13,342
Shhh, shhh.

1037
01:00:14,278 --> 01:00:15,243
Listen.

1038
01:00:18,048 --> 01:00:19,348
[whispering]
I don't hear anything.

1039
01:00:19,350 --> 01:00:22,250
- It's being quiet.
- [laughs]

1040
01:00:22,252 --> 01:00:24,920
I've been keeping it in check
since you've been coming over.

1041
01:00:24,922 --> 01:00:27,222
What are you hiding in there?

1042
01:00:28,025 --> 01:00:29,024
Really?

1043
01:00:29,860 --> 01:00:30,792
The truth.

1044
01:00:30,794 --> 01:00:33,695
Something I've never
shown anyone before.

1045
01:00:34,965 --> 01:00:36,365
Well, let's get this over with.

1046
01:00:37,167 --> 01:00:38,934
I'm gonna close your eyes now.

1047
01:00:41,739 --> 01:00:43,271
[Sophie laughing] Okay.

1048
01:00:45,676 --> 01:00:48,877
[monster groaning]

1049
01:00:48,879 --> 01:00:51,313
Surprise, it's me.

1050
01:00:55,753 --> 01:00:56,785
What?

1051
01:00:58,022 --> 01:01:00,756
That's how I get
my ideas for my stories.

1052
01:01:00,758 --> 01:01:03,892
I defeated people
but it's how it works.

1053
01:01:03,894 --> 01:01:05,794
I-- I don't understand.

1054
01:01:05,796 --> 01:01:07,896
It just showed up one night.
I don't know.

1055
01:01:07,898 --> 01:01:09,831
[monster groaning]

1056
01:01:11,268 --> 01:01:14,136
Sophie, I do this for us.

1057
01:01:14,138 --> 01:01:15,404
I can't-- I can't do this.

1058
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:17,673
[Mitch] We let you in.

1059
01:01:19,943 --> 01:01:21,109
Sophie!

1060
01:01:24,348 --> 01:01:27,849
[monster roaring]

1061
01:01:31,855 --> 01:01:35,757
♪♪♪

1062
01:01:52,943 --> 01:01:54,309
[clears his throat]

1063
01:02:01,018 --> 01:02:01,950
Hi.

1064
01:02:03,087 --> 01:02:04,687
Hi yourself.

1065
01:02:04,688 --> 01:02:06,288
It's the part where you ask me
if I want to have a good time?

1066
01:02:09,326 --> 01:02:10,792
Hard to get it like it.

1067
01:02:12,096 --> 01:02:13,228
How much?

1068
01:02:13,230 --> 01:02:14,930
All depends on
how much you want.

1069
01:02:14,932 --> 01:02:16,064
Fair enough.

1070
01:02:17,868 --> 01:02:19,034
I've got money, don't worry.

1071
01:02:19,036 --> 01:02:20,302
Who is worried?

1072
01:02:26,877 --> 01:02:30,879
[sirens wailing]

1073
01:02:30,881 --> 01:02:31,847
Come on.

1074
01:02:31,849 --> 01:02:34,282
[sirens wailing]

1075
01:02:36,253 --> 01:02:38,954
You are under arrest for
solicitation of a prostitute.

1076
01:02:38,956 --> 01:02:40,422
This is entrapment.

1077
01:02:40,424 --> 01:02:41,890
You asked me, big boy.

1078
01:02:41,892 --> 01:02:43,825
You have the right
to remain silent.

1079
01:02:43,827 --> 01:02:46,762
Anything you say maybe held
against you in the court of law.

1080
01:02:46,764 --> 01:02:48,029
Wonderful.

1081
01:02:49,967 --> 01:02:51,466
I love your books.

1082
01:02:52,369 --> 01:02:54,169
Thanks. You want me to go now?

1083
01:03:07,084 --> 01:03:11,887
♪♪♪

1084
01:03:11,889 --> 01:03:13,388
Is he still here?

1085
01:03:13,390 --> 01:03:15,891
- Made bail last night.
- Figures.

1086
01:03:15,893 --> 01:03:18,260
I have been trying to get
warrant on this guy since--

1087
01:03:19,129 --> 01:03:20,929
This may be my chance.

1088
01:03:22,032 --> 01:03:23,749
With this in his file,

1089
01:03:23,750 --> 01:03:25,467
someone up the chain may see
that he's not so perfect

1090
01:03:25,469 --> 01:03:27,836
and back me up on this.

1091
01:03:27,838 --> 01:03:28,970
Thank you.

1092
01:03:35,579 --> 01:03:37,212
[Mitch groaning]

1093
01:03:40,117 --> 01:03:42,818
Thanks for bailing me out, man.

1094
01:03:43,821 --> 01:03:45,320
Do we need to go
get your car now?

1095
01:03:46,123 --> 01:03:47,422
I'll take care
of it in the morning.

1096
01:03:47,424 --> 01:03:51,593
God, Mitch, this Sophie thing
must have you really fucked up

1097
01:03:51,595 --> 01:03:53,128
if you're picking up hookers.

1098
01:03:56,099 --> 01:03:59,868
I was gonna kill her
and hope nobody would notice.

1099
01:03:59,870 --> 01:04:01,970
It's good. You should keep
that charming sense of humor,

1100
01:04:01,972 --> 01:04:03,305
it's getting you far.

1101
01:04:03,307 --> 01:04:05,941
I'm fucking drained.

1102
01:04:05,943 --> 01:04:08,977
You know, I wasn't gonna say
anything but you look like shit.

1103
01:04:08,979 --> 01:04:10,078
I was in jail.

1104
01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:11,246
I know.

1105
01:04:11,248 --> 01:04:13,481
And I hope you've
made a lot of friends,

1106
01:04:13,483 --> 01:04:16,518
friends you can confide in,
talk to, you know.

1107
01:04:18,021 --> 01:04:19,421
I feel like shit.

1108
01:04:20,991 --> 01:04:23,024
I've been in a bad
place for a while, Nick.

1109
01:04:23,026 --> 01:04:24,960
That's generally the reason

1110
01:04:24,962 --> 01:04:27,362
people pick up hookers
in the first place.

1111
01:04:27,364 --> 01:04:28,463
No, it's not that.

1112
01:04:32,369 --> 01:04:34,302
I think I know what
I need to do now

1113
01:04:35,505 --> 01:04:37,138
and a hooker wasn't
gonna be enough.

1114
01:04:39,610 --> 01:04:41,443
I got some rainy day
money upstairs...

1115
01:04:43,013 --> 01:04:44,045
to get you paid.

1116
01:04:45,115 --> 01:04:46,214
Come with me.

1117
01:04:58,528 --> 01:05:00,028
All right. So, I
kind of understand

1118
01:05:00,030 --> 01:05:02,197
why you don't want people
snooping around up here.

1119
01:05:03,033 --> 01:05:05,567
Well, I think after all
these years my secret is safe.

1120
01:05:06,570 --> 01:05:08,236
I can't believe
I'm even up here.

1121
01:05:08,238 --> 01:05:10,505
You've kept this whole
upstairs from me for so long.

1122
01:05:12,910 --> 01:05:14,409
I almost don't want
to show you.

1123
01:05:16,179 --> 01:05:17,112
Show me what?

1124
01:05:18,649 --> 01:05:19,547
Me.

1125
01:05:25,689 --> 01:05:31,026
[monster groaning]

1126
01:05:32,362 --> 01:05:33,628
I know, right?

1127
01:05:34,531 --> 01:05:36,464
[monster growling]

1128
01:05:36,466 --> 01:05:37,565
What is that?

1129
01:05:39,069 --> 01:05:41,102
I'm trying to figure out
for years, believe me.

1130
01:05:44,574 --> 01:05:45,674
Is it real?

1131
01:05:45,676 --> 01:05:47,676
- [monster growling]
- Yeah.

1132
01:05:52,249 --> 01:05:53,715
Okay.

1133
01:05:53,717 --> 01:05:55,517
All right. Uh...

1134
01:05:57,554 --> 01:05:59,020
Thank you for showing me.

1135
01:06:00,390 --> 01:06:04,192
I-- You know, I won't say
anything to anyone about this.

1136
01:06:05,228 --> 01:06:07,228
No, Nick, I know.

1137
01:06:07,230 --> 01:06:08,296
No, Mitch!

1138
01:06:08,298 --> 01:06:09,331
[Nick] Mitch!

1139
01:06:09,333 --> 01:06:14,169
[melancholic music]

1140
01:06:22,279 --> 01:06:25,347
[heaving]

1141
01:06:26,283 --> 01:06:29,317
♪♪♪

1142
01:06:37,227 --> 01:06:42,630
♪♪♪

1143
01:07:06,757 --> 01:07:08,023
Brilliant.

1144
01:07:09,059 --> 01:07:10,492
Fucking brilliant.

1145
01:07:10,494 --> 01:07:12,060
[paper cracking]

1146
01:07:17,567 --> 01:07:22,103
♪♪♪

1147
01:07:26,076 --> 01:07:28,076
[typing]

1148
01:07:31,615 --> 01:07:33,782
[typing]

1149
01:07:41,224 --> 01:07:44,592
♪♪♪

1150
01:08:35,345 --> 01:08:38,480
[toilet flushing]

1151
01:08:38,482 --> 01:08:39,414
Hello?

1152
01:08:40,350 --> 01:08:41,749
[father] Who is there?

1153
01:08:41,751 --> 01:08:42,684
Luke?

1154
01:08:43,553 --> 01:08:44,652
Hello?

1155
01:08:50,494 --> 01:08:52,127
[father] Mitch, is that you?

1156
01:08:55,665 --> 01:08:58,600
- [monster groaning]
- [screams]

1157
01:08:58,602 --> 01:09:00,335
[groans]

1158
01:09:00,337 --> 01:09:02,770
- [monster roaring]
- Shit!

1159
01:09:02,772 --> 01:09:04,139
What's that?

1160
01:09:06,476 --> 01:09:08,443
Okay, okay.

1161
01:09:11,448 --> 01:09:13,681
[agitated]

1162
01:09:17,687 --> 01:09:20,255
[camera snapping]

1163
01:09:20,257 --> 01:09:24,192
[monster groaning]

1164
01:09:42,312 --> 01:09:45,813
♪♪♪

1165
01:09:53,223 --> 01:09:55,490
Well, author Mitch Stockridge's
second novel

1166
01:09:55,492 --> 01:09:57,559
is raking in the rave reviews.

1167
01:09:57,561 --> 01:10:00,662
New York Times calls it
ambitious and brilliant.

1168
01:10:00,664 --> 01:10:03,731
The Chicago Tribune
says it's a bold new step

1169
01:10:03,733 --> 01:10:05,200
in truly self-help.

1170
01:10:05,202 --> 01:10:07,235
And the San Francisco
Chronicle says

1171
01:10:07,237 --> 01:10:09,571
it's not only the most
inspirational book

1172
01:10:09,573 --> 01:10:10,638
of the decade,

1173
01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:13,374
it just might be the strongest.

1174
01:10:14,978 --> 01:10:19,247
♪♪♪

1175
01:10:29,593 --> 01:10:31,326
I knew you could do it, Mitch.

1176
01:10:31,962 --> 01:10:33,779
You're a genius.

1177
01:10:33,780 --> 01:10:35,597
No such thing. It's a lot
of hard work and sacrifice.

1178
01:10:35,599 --> 01:10:36,864
Matthew Lopez.

1179
01:10:36,866 --> 01:10:38,700
[signing]

1180
01:10:42,405 --> 01:10:44,005
[Natalie] Next please.

1181
01:10:44,007 --> 01:10:46,608
[man] To Peter Sanchez.

1182
01:10:46,610 --> 01:10:49,777
[signing]

1183
01:10:49,779 --> 01:10:51,479
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.

1184
01:11:06,997 --> 01:11:07,929
Mitch.

1185
01:11:09,733 --> 01:11:11,266
Hey, Laura.

1186
01:11:11,268 --> 01:11:13,568
I see you've got
another book out.

1187
01:11:13,570 --> 01:11:15,536
Congratulations.

1188
01:11:15,538 --> 01:11:18,039
- I'm sure Nick is very proud.
- Thanks. That means a lot.

1189
01:11:18,041 --> 01:11:20,008
Have you heard
anything from Nick?

1190
01:11:20,010 --> 01:11:21,693
No.

1191
01:11:21,694 --> 01:11:23,377
You're his best friend.
He didn't tell you anything?

1192
01:11:23,380 --> 01:11:24,545
I'm sorry.

1193
01:11:24,547 --> 01:11:25,780
Please try to--

1194
01:11:26,750 --> 01:11:27,949
I have to go, Laura.

1195
01:11:38,962 --> 01:11:40,495
You're walking
the beat, Detective?

1196
01:11:40,497 --> 01:11:43,564
Kind of. I was over at
Mitch Stockridge's place.

1197
01:11:43,566 --> 01:11:46,367
Oh, funny story.
You got your warrant.

1198
01:11:47,837 --> 01:11:49,671
Are you kidding me?

1199
01:11:49,673 --> 01:11:52,307
I thought they were gonna
protect this guy forever.

1200
01:11:53,543 --> 01:11:54,742
What did it?

1201
01:11:54,744 --> 01:11:56,744
- The hooker thing?
- Yes.

1202
01:11:56,746 --> 01:12:00,415
Well, it turns out the guy that
bailed your boy out is missing.

1203
01:12:02,385 --> 01:12:04,686
What is it with you
and this author?

1204
01:12:04,688 --> 01:12:05,753
I have to go.

1205
01:12:13,863 --> 01:12:17,065
Look at this,
"ambitious and brilliant."

1206
01:12:18,635 --> 01:12:20,501
It's the New York Times talking.

1207
01:12:21,738 --> 01:12:22,904
You read The Chronicle yet?

1208
01:12:24,107 --> 01:12:25,540
I got through some of them.

1209
01:12:26,576 --> 01:12:27,842
Takes me a while these days.

1210
01:12:30,013 --> 01:12:31,913
Advance sales are
out of the roof.

1211
01:12:31,915 --> 01:12:33,981
It almost makes up for the time

1212
01:12:33,983 --> 01:12:37,452
you left me alone
to go write in a cabin.

1213
01:12:37,454 --> 01:12:38,820
You're still alive.

1214
01:12:39,889 --> 01:12:40,822
Barely.

1215
01:12:41,925 --> 01:12:43,825
[sighs]

1216
01:12:44,661 --> 01:12:46,894
Well, Son, you did it.

1217
01:12:46,896 --> 01:12:50,031
- Are you being sarcastic?
- No.

1218
01:12:50,033 --> 01:12:51,366
This time you did it.

1219
01:12:52,102 --> 01:12:53,468
[chuckles]

1220
01:12:56,106 --> 01:12:57,004
Thanks, Dad.

1221
01:12:58,041 --> 01:12:59,107
It means the world to me.

1222
01:13:01,811 --> 01:13:04,112
Is that what you really
all you were waiting for?

1223
01:13:04,114 --> 01:13:05,580
You really are a mess,
aren't you?

1224
01:13:07,684 --> 01:13:09,917
If you actually thought anything
you've done with your life

1225
01:13:09,919 --> 01:13:11,119
was worth a damn,

1226
01:13:11,121 --> 01:13:13,621
you wouldn't be so
worried about what I felt

1227
01:13:14,824 --> 01:13:17,625
and you wouldn't be so angry
at the world all the time.

1228
01:13:21,030 --> 01:13:22,063
You're right, Dad,

1229
01:13:23,733 --> 01:13:25,500
I don't need to be
angry anymore.

1230
01:13:38,681 --> 01:13:43,885
[suspenseful music]

1231
01:13:48,191 --> 01:13:52,427
♪♪♪

1232
01:13:59,803 --> 01:14:04,071
♪♪♪

1233
01:14:08,077 --> 01:14:12,547
[suspenseful music intensifies]

1234
01:14:19,122 --> 01:14:23,157
♪♪♪

1235
01:14:25,128 --> 01:14:28,863
♪♪♪

1236
01:14:29,966 --> 01:14:31,599
Get down!

1237
01:14:34,604 --> 01:14:35,837
What?

1238
01:14:47,250 --> 01:14:51,986
[huffs]

1239
01:14:55,124 --> 01:14:56,624
Thank you so much for the time.

1240
01:15:00,730 --> 01:15:02,797
- Mr. Stockridge.
- Detective.

1241
01:15:02,799 --> 01:15:04,866
It is so nice to see you again.

1242
01:15:05,735 --> 01:15:07,235
I feel like you have
a thing for me.

1243
01:15:07,237 --> 01:15:10,505
Mr. Stockridge, I recently
received a distraught phone call

1244
01:15:10,507 --> 01:15:11,706
from a grieving widow.

1245
01:15:12,542 --> 01:15:14,542
I had nothing new to tell her.

1246
01:15:14,544 --> 01:15:16,277
She had nothing new to tell me.

1247
01:15:16,279 --> 01:15:19,714
- Well, except for one thing.
- And what's that?

1248
01:15:21,251 --> 01:15:23,485
Quite by chance,

1249
01:15:23,486 --> 01:15:25,720
poor Mrs. Brennaman
corroborated Ms. Dettler's story

1250
01:15:25,722 --> 01:15:27,755
about rooms on the second floor

1251
01:15:27,757 --> 01:15:30,191
that no one was
allowed to go in.

1252
01:15:30,193 --> 01:15:31,125
Hmm...

1253
01:15:32,061 --> 01:15:33,761
I see.

1254
01:15:33,763 --> 01:15:35,997
I see, I see, I see.

1255
01:15:37,066 --> 01:15:40,568
- I'm a very private person.
- Mitch, I have a warrant.

1256
01:15:40,570 --> 01:15:43,538
We can do this the easy
way or the hard way.

1257
01:15:43,540 --> 01:15:45,640
I guess you got what you
wanted then, Detective.

1258
01:15:46,576 --> 01:15:47,909
Will there be anything else?

1259
01:15:47,911 --> 01:15:49,644
I need to go meet
with my publisher.

1260
01:15:51,114 --> 01:15:53,147
If you like books,
you're welcome to join us.

1261
01:15:53,149 --> 01:15:58,119
You know I know you never
shed any tears for Luke Rousseau

1262
01:15:58,121 --> 01:16:02,590
and I can accept that you made
yourself not care about any

1263
01:16:02,592 --> 01:16:04,859
or many of the others.

1264
01:16:05,828 --> 01:16:09,730
- Nick Brennaman was your friend.
- And I miss him every day.

1265
01:16:09,732 --> 01:16:11,666
I'll choose to believe that.

1266
01:16:11,667 --> 01:16:13,601
I noticed you made a beeline
for the room upstairs,

1267
01:16:13,603 --> 01:16:15,937
like you knew exactly
what you were looking for.

1268
01:16:17,907 --> 01:16:19,073
I'm not mad.

1269
01:16:19,075 --> 01:16:22,143
I'm just wondering
how much do you know.

1270
01:16:22,145 --> 01:16:24,596
I know enough.

1271
01:16:24,597 --> 01:16:27,048
Well, then you'll know no one's
going to believe your story.

1272
01:16:29,986 --> 01:16:33,888
- You're a monster, Stockridge.
- I take your word for it.

1273
01:16:33,890 --> 01:16:35,256
I help people.

1274
01:16:35,258 --> 01:16:38,059
You remember the woman
from the grocery store.

1275
01:16:38,061 --> 01:16:39,627
She said I saved
her friend's life.

1276
01:16:39,629 --> 01:16:41,596
Even you were impressed.

1277
01:16:41,598 --> 01:16:44,031
You think your books
help everyone, huh?

1278
01:16:45,969 --> 01:16:48,369
Well, guess again,
they didn't help me.

1279
01:16:48,371 --> 01:16:50,605
How? You act like I destroyed
your life or something.

1280
01:16:50,607 --> 01:16:54,609
[laughs] But you did,
Mitch the bitch.

1281
01:16:54,611 --> 01:16:58,279
Your little stories,
inspirational stories

1282
01:16:58,281 --> 01:17:00,915
inspired my husband
to follow his dreams

1283
01:17:00,917 --> 01:17:02,883
and walk out on his family.

1284
01:17:02,885 --> 01:17:04,952
So that's what
this has been about.

1285
01:17:04,954 --> 01:17:09,890
We were happy, happy
and then you ruined everything.

1286
01:17:09,892 --> 01:17:11,959
You'll never know how many
people I actually helped.

1287
01:17:11,961 --> 01:17:13,628
Where is Nick, Mitch?

1288
01:17:13,630 --> 01:17:15,680
He is not here.

1289
01:17:15,681 --> 01:17:17,731
How could you do this
to your best friend?

1290
01:17:17,734 --> 01:17:19,000
You're just projecting.

1291
01:17:19,002 --> 01:17:20,267
- You're a monster.
- Leave.

1292
01:17:21,104 --> 01:17:24,271
You're a selfish piece
of shit and I swear--

1293
01:17:24,273 --> 01:17:26,941
I help people.
My books help people.

1294
01:17:26,943 --> 01:17:30,111
God, keep telling yourself that.

1295
01:17:30,113 --> 01:17:31,646
Goodbye, Detective.

1296
01:17:37,920 --> 01:17:41,022
[sobbing]

1297
01:17:41,024 --> 01:17:45,259
♪♪♪

1298
01:18:03,279 --> 01:18:04,745
[chuckles]

1299
01:18:09,285 --> 01:18:12,086
[suspenseful music]

1300
01:18:12,088 --> 01:18:13,854
Mitch Stockridge,

1301
01:18:13,856 --> 01:18:15,322
his self-help books
are blowing up.

1302
01:18:15,324 --> 01:18:17,324
I highly recommend--

1303
01:18:17,325 --> 01:18:19,325
You should buy
Mitch Stockridge's book today.

1304
01:18:19,328 --> 01:18:22,930
[man] It's changed my life.
It can change yours.

1305
01:18:22,932 --> 01:18:25,166
Wow, Mitch, you're on time.

1306
01:18:25,168 --> 01:18:27,001
Well, I know how you treat
authors that run late.

1307
01:18:27,003 --> 01:18:30,237
Oh, come on, that's
water under the bridge.

1308
01:18:30,239 --> 01:18:31,472
Would you actually have sued me?

1309
01:18:31,474 --> 01:18:34,909
What? You gotta do
what you gotta do, Mitch,

1310
01:18:34,911 --> 01:18:36,911
to get ahead these days.

1311
01:18:36,913 --> 01:18:38,312
Yeah, you're right there.

1312
01:18:38,314 --> 01:18:41,348
Can I get you something?
Coffee, biscotti?

1313
01:18:41,350 --> 01:18:43,217
The book must be selling well.
You're being nice.

1314
01:18:43,219 --> 01:18:46,220
Well, of course, I'm being nice.
You're back on top, Mitch.

1315
01:18:46,222 --> 01:18:50,758
You've got everything
you ever wanted, you know.

1316
01:18:50,760 --> 01:18:52,793
God, you must be so proud.

1317
01:18:52,795 --> 01:18:53,728
I am.

1318
01:18:54,764 --> 01:18:56,230
And you're fired.

1319
01:18:57,166 --> 01:18:58,983
Excuse me?

1320
01:18:58,984 --> 01:19:00,801
Don't take it, personal.
You know how it is.

1321
01:19:00,803 --> 01:19:02,136
You've got to do
what you've got to do

1322
01:19:02,138 --> 01:19:03,871
to get ahead these days.

1323
01:19:03,873 --> 01:19:05,406
Oh, come on, Mitch.
Let's talk about--

1324
01:19:05,408 --> 01:19:08,142
- There's nothing to talk about.
- Don't be angry.

1325
01:19:09,479 --> 01:19:11,078
That's the funny thing.

1326
01:19:11,080 --> 01:19:13,481
I'm not angry. I'm happy.

1327
01:19:16,018 --> 01:19:17,151
Good luck, Natalie.

1328
01:19:21,791 --> 01:19:22,923
Bastard.

1329
01:19:27,964 --> 01:19:30,197
[reporter] We have
Author Mitch Stockridge with us

1330
01:19:30,199 --> 01:19:33,167
hot off the success
of Sorry, Not Sorry.

1331
01:19:33,169 --> 01:19:35,336
- Mitch, you got a second?
- Absolutely.

1332
01:19:35,338 --> 01:19:37,338
Glad to be here
supporting the cause.

1333
01:19:37,340 --> 01:19:40,575
Great.

1334
01:19:40,576 --> 01:19:43,811
We would all love to know where
do you get your ideas from?

1335
01:19:43,813 --> 01:19:44,845
[chuckles]

1336
01:19:44,847 --> 01:19:46,313
Believe it or not,
I get it a lot.

1337
01:19:48,384 --> 01:19:50,551
Well, it's sort of like this:

1338
01:19:50,553 --> 01:19:53,287
Ever since I was a little kid
I've been haunted by a monster

1339
01:19:53,289 --> 01:19:56,023
and I feed it
sacrifices of people

1340
01:19:56,025 --> 01:19:58,859
and, in return, it spits out
an outline for a best-seller

1341
01:19:58,861 --> 01:20:01,128
and I just can't stop.

1342
01:20:02,532 --> 01:20:03,497
Uh...

1343
01:20:04,901 --> 01:20:09,103
Okay, well that's
why you're a writer.

1344
01:20:09,105 --> 01:20:12,106
All right then. Wow.

1345
01:20:13,009 --> 01:20:18,412
♪♪♪

1346
01:20:26,155 --> 01:20:30,825
♪♪♪

1347
01:20:53,516 --> 01:20:57,084
[screaming] Damn!

1348
01:20:57,086 --> 01:20:59,453
[cries]

1349
01:21:03,292 --> 01:21:05,025
[sobbing]

1350
01:21:05,027 --> 01:21:11,031
[wood creaking]

1351
01:21:15,972 --> 01:21:17,004
Hello?

1352
01:21:22,378 --> 01:21:26,180
[wood creaking]

1353
01:21:30,419 --> 01:21:34,288
[suspenseful music]

1354
01:21:39,061 --> 01:21:42,963
[monster groaning]

1355
01:21:48,504 --> 01:21:51,171
[roaring]

1356
01:21:51,173 --> 01:21:54,341
[monster groaning]

1357
01:22:00,082 --> 01:22:04,084
[monster growling]

1358
01:22:12,128 --> 01:22:16,163
[monster groaning]

1359
01:22:20,670 --> 01:22:22,403
[monster roaring]