Huff (2004) s02e12 Episode Script
Black Shadows
You think shaving's gonna make a difference? Fine.
Cut away.
Don't you have somewhere else to be? Unfortunately, no.
The dread in your stomach is like a magnet to me.
Such a pull.
I can't get away from it.
And neither can you, which is a good sign.
Yeah.
Well, it'll pass.
Trust me.
I've been here before.
No.
No, no.
No.
The beard is nice.
You know, a sign of evilness is not having remorse.
No matter what this thing, if you have remorse, you have hope.
If not, well then welcome to the lake of fire and the gnashing of teeth.
Well, then look at the bright side.
I have remorse.
You know, just because your wife had a dinner party and didn't invite you is no real excuse to drink squid juice and sexual intercourse with a korean woman.
That place was crazy, wasn't it? Oh, yeah.
I'm just glad that she was an actual woman.
You know what I mean? So, how's your day looking? I'm gonna get dressed and go to work and try to help people.
Jesus.
You know, you could use a 12-step program for helping.
All right.
Enjoy your day.
Oh! Good morning, buddy.
Jesus Christ.
How you doing? I'm all right.
Really? Yeah.
Why? I don't know, man.
Haven't really seemed yourself since we went out and tore it up the other night.
Well, I'm fine.
Could we not talk about this while you're shitting, please? Hey, man, you see what happened to that egg and cheese croissant in the freezer? Uh, I think I ate that.
Aha.
Hey, man, you check out the L.
A.
Times today? No, I haven't.
Really fucking groovy stuff nin the real estate section, man.
Especially the rentals.
Arnold, Arnold, Arnold.
And you were doing so well.
Oh, morning, gram.
Dr.
Bernbaum called like twice.
Twice? Whoa.
Is my blood work, uh, abnormal? I don't know.
He didn't say anything.
Well, that's slightly alarming.
I have a question for you, Byrd.
Yeah.
What's that? Um I don't know.
It's not mine.
Yeah? Well, it's not mine.
I found it up at my place after you guys left.
I think it belongs to you.
Well, you can believe whatever you wanna believe.
Excuse me? It's not mine, gram.
So you can either believe me or not believe me.
I don't really care.
Byrd Huffstodt, you have been behaving very poorly for months now.
But I have been more than compassionate.
You better not be lying to me.
I'm not lying to you, gram.
There was a bloodstain on my carpet.
Will you look at me when I talk to you.
Would you stop it, gram.
What were you boys doing in my apartment with blood and a lighter? Don't fucking touch me, ok? Don't you talk to me like that.
Ever.
I know you're hurting.
We're all hurting.
But you may not lash out at me like that or anyone else.
Show me some respect, young man.
I've been waiting for you 2 lovebirds for hours.
Let's go find some breakfast.
How did you know I was here? Paper thin walls.
Listen, bro.
You better get her out of here in half an hour.
Dr.
Em's on morning patrol.
- He's happy for you.
- Yeah.
That's sweet.
For a second there, I thought your brother was here to wrangle us out of bed.
No.
My brother's gonna love you.
And this is this is fine.
We're we're 2 adults.
It's ok.
Oh.
It is, isn't it? What about what about that? Is that ok? - Yeah.
- Yeah? Oh, it's right there.
Hello.
Dr.
Bernbaum.
Thomas.
It's Izzy.
Is it my EKG or my cholesterol or, god forbid, my liver function? Please, just do it.
Just come out and tell me.
Izzy, it's none of the above.
You are in great shape.
Wh--I I find myself in a little bit of a bind here, and I thought maybe you could help me out.
I'm on the board of Reading is Wonderful, which is an L.
A.
-based charity.
Well, isn't that, uh that's that's lovely-- to be of service to children.
Yeah.
I mean, I've I've Do you know I've I've actually thought many times of volunteering myself s omewhere.
I had somebody cancel on me, and I thought maybe you could help me out.
You want me to read to poor children? Oh, Izzy, it's not quite as dour as that.
Come on.
What do you say? Help a friend out here.
Do you know what? I will do it.
I really need a change.
I will do it.
Fantastic.
Now, what does one wear to something like that? Should I dress down? Well, I think you can wear whatever is comfortable.
All right.
All right.
All right.
Terrific.
I'll pick you up at 2:00, ok? Fine.
Perfect.
- Bye-bye.
- See you then.
Russell Tupper's office.
Just a moment, please.
Russell Tupper's office.
Where the fuck is Leah? Huh? She's supposed to be here at 9:00.
Paulette Sterling on 1.
Myerson on 2.
Which do you want? Myerson's a little more important, don't you think? I just answer the phones.
Oh, you poor thing.
One drunken apology does not make it all go away, Russell.
Tell Paulette that I'll call her back.
And call Leah.
And if you get her, you might ask her when she's planning on strolling into her place of employment today.
Mr.
Myerson, good morning.
How are you? Paulette, I just lost him.
He's on his cell.
Can he return? Great.
Good morning, Leah.
Wow.
Do you want any coffee? No.
Uh, could you tell him that Kelly called? Kelly who? The bombshell of a red-haired who's having his child.
Why don't you tell him? You're his secretary.
With all due respect, Mr.
Myerson, the only people who think we should settle are those who stand to make a bundle on this ridiculous and faulty claim.
Anyway, I am prepared to go to the mat on this one.
Ok? Guns blazing.
So you just let us know what you wanna do.
We're here.
Ok.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Sorry I'm late.
Traffic.
You beg and you grovel, and I grant you the rare privilege-- honor really-- of observing my genius in an up-close and personal fashion, and you stroll in here 30 minutes late.
Who the fuck do you think you are? Look, Russell, I was in Encino.
I'm sorry.
What the fuck are you doing in Encino? Your supplier lives there.
So it was either I show up late or show up empty-handed.
Which do you prefer? That's, uh that's nice and, uh this is kind of bulky, isn't it? - Russell Tupper special.
- Yeah? Um tell you what.
Um why don't you shut the door.
Hey, Birdie, I'm having lunch with your dad later on to-- Fuck, Byrd.
Where did you get that? Um, James took it.
Look, Teddy, I'm really sorry.
I know it's probably my fault, and I know I never should've brought him here.
And I just really didn't know I really didn't know what a douche bag he is.
You played right into his hand, Byrd.
You led him here.
Now he knows everything.
He knows the plan.
Teddy, trust me.
You don't have to worry about that.
I took care of him.
James You think I'm worried about fucking James? That kid's not bright enough to decipher the code.
Trust me.
Teddy, I promise.
He's not gonna do-- I don't wanna hear about that fucking kid! Look, it doesn't matter.
He'd have found me anyway.
Ok.
No! You can't it's contaminated.
Teddy, look, I'm really sorry, and he's very sorry.
I didn't I just I told you not to talk about him.
Byrd, get rid of that fucking thing.
Just bury it or burn it.
- Just get rid of it.
- I'm sorry.
And don't tell another soul.
I'm trying to protect you, Birdie.
You think of yourself as a pretty intuitive guy, right? Being a shrink? Well, not the amazing kreskin or anything, but, uh I do my best.
You haven't asked me the question I think about most.
The question everyone's too scared to ask.
Well, what question is that? Now, that would be cheating, wouldn't it? I saw my doctors again today.
Oh, yeah? How did that go? It wasn't any good news if that's what you mean.
Well, I'm sorry to hear that, Kate.
Get in line.
My mother cried all the way home.
Doesn't that get exhausting, Kate? Having to prop everybody up all the time? I'm sure they'll return the favor.
Yeah, maybe, but you don't have to do that here.
You know? Will you come stand over here? Would you mind if I You still haven't shaved.
Now you're in my sight bank.
That's how I think of it.
Next session it may be that and a cane.
Sometimes I listen to my mother cry and think about how different her life is now, and I wish I could spare her.
You know? Well, how can you spare her? You can't get rid of the feelings like sometimes you'd rather die than go through this.
And there it is, Dr.
Huffstodt.
The million-dollar question.
Oh, my god.
Mike, Mike, go lay down.
- Wow.
You again.
- Yes.
- You are shameless.
- Yes, I know.
Uh, I got you this to inspire you.
And since I was here, I wanted to clear something up.
Ok.
The other night when I was pounding down your door, I think you might have got the wrong impression.
I don't want you to think that I was here to come in and drink and have a conversation with you.
The reason I was here-- and please believe me-- the only reason I was here was because I was trying to hit on you.
That was you hitting on me.
Yes.
I agree.
Totally pathetic.
Uh, but I thought this might clear things up.
It's my numbers.
All of them.
That way should there be any further miscommunication, you can you can dial me directly.
Would you like to come in for some coffee? It would be lovely.
Yes, but how are you going to convince a jury of that, counselor? What's the main thing the jury needs to know? Clients have nothing to gain by selling the company.
Bingo.
You're a good little law student.
You get another one.
Yes, you do.
What the fuck.
Hey, man.
What the fuck Leah Campbell, is that your bag? What? What are you doing, man? I'm in a meeting here.
What the fuck do you think you're doing? We have a warrant.
Possession for sale of a controlled substance.
How did you obtain that, officer? Confidential informant.
Toss the place.
Confidential informant, my ass.
This is my office.
Not Leah Campbell's office.
This is my office.
Read the warrant, sir.
It covers the entire premises.
I am an attorney.
My files are confidential.
You cannot search my files.
That's why we brought a special master.
She's here to oversee the search.
Fuck.
What the hell's a special master? Ok, listen.
You're gonna learn about that in law school one day, I promise you.
But in the meantime, you have to keep your mouth shut, ok? Leah Campbell, you're under arrest.
Get her out of here.
Read her her rights.
I'll take care of it, all right? - What the fuck, Russell.
- It's gonna be ok.
Ok.
Let's do this.
We were both young.
What happened? She left me, which was brutal.
And it took me many years to get her out of my system.
Yeah.
I'm so aware of his absence.
I can't forget for one second that he's gone.
How did you get over it? Well, um I actually don't know if you want me to answer that.
Well, um, do you think it would help? Well, you know, there were definitely moments when another woman's body would make me feel that I could get on with my life, you know.
I guess I just I didn't see it coming.
My mom and dad had been married for a thousand years.
Yeah, but that's your parents' lives, though.
Yeah.
It just hurts.
You know.
My pride is wounded, and I feel completely powerless.
Yeah, but you know what, Beth? He's not the only one with decisions to make.
You got choices, too.
Oh, yeah? Well, for instance, should you be so inclined, you could take an englishman upstairs and give him a great shag.
The point is, you have choices.
"A great shag"? Looks like this office is clean.
Of course it's clean, officer.
I'm a law-abiding citizen.
Sorry to have wasted your time.
Yeah.
Just for wasting my time? How about trashing my office or humiliating me in front of my colleagues? You have a nice day.
You got a clean-up crew coming over this afternoon? I'll get right on that.
After lunch, about 3:00.
You got it.
Copy that, officer cocksucker.
I don't know who had it in for that poor girl, but, um, I'm clean.
My office is clean.
Oh, thank god.
I'd like a word, Russell.
Yes, sir, boss.
Just give me 5 minutes.
Got to go, uh talc the old trousers.
Hey, hey.
Hey.
You look great.
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.
- You look good.
- Thanks.
So, uh, where is, uh, your lady friend? She's in the ladies room Powdering her nose or whatever.
Great.
So, uh, I take it you guys had the talk.
What, safe sex or schizophrenia? Oh.
Very nice work.
No.
Well, both.
I hope.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
- And she stuck around.
- Oh, yeah.
That's Teddy, that's great.
That's so awesome.
Seriously, I'm really, really happy for you.
Thank you.
I'm happy for me.
I'll bet.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Hi.
- You must be Craig.
- Yes, you're Alyssa, right? Yes.
That's my girlfriend.
- How you doing? - I'm good.
I'm great.
- That's really pretty.
You make that? - Thank you.
Yeah.
This was my first necklace, so I wear it for good luck.
I take it Teddy told you how we met.
Just a few blocks away from here.
Right, Teddy? Yeah.
I was exploring my new neighborhood and Alyssa was at her booth.
It was the first week I was here, just after, uh Did you tell Byrd where I lived? Did you give him my physical address? Uh, no, I don't think I did.
Why? He managed to find out just my first week here.
That's very interesting.
Byrd came to see you? Oh, yeah.
Twice.
Huh.
Well that's odd.
But we can talk about this later, huh? God, I'm starving.
Yes.
Me, too.
This place has great food.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
This is one of our favorites.
Right, Teddy? Oh, yeah.
Very good food.
Good place.
Kelly called.
She says she's been paging you since last night.
You're a snake.
You're a fucking snake.
I'm a friend.
No, you're a fucking snake.
You're that threatened by Leah? You think this is about Leah? This isn't about some skank, Russell.
This is about me trying to help you.
You think getting Leah arrested is helping me? I honestly do not know what the fuck is wrong with you.
I made sure you were protected.
I hid your stash.
You orchestrate a drug bust in my office.
I could've been charged.
You wouldn't have been charged.
They go after the dealers, not the buyers.
Who are you? You're Alan fucking Dershowitz all of a sudden? What do you know about the law? You don't know what's in my fucking pocket.
I could've been charged with possession.
I could lose my fucking license.
I swear to god, Maggie, why can't you just answer the phones and stay the fuck out of my life? Hey, I wish I could stay the fuck out of your life, except, unfortunately, I'm stuck in the middle of it.
You are going to be a father, Russell.
Doesn't that mean anything to you? You shut the fuck up! Oh, it's so depressing.
Why don't they plant some flowers? Well, they're dealing with budget cuts.
Oh.
Crayon.
I love crayons.
I do love crayons.
Burnt sienna.
I never got to buy a new box until they were all gone.
Oh, you poor thing.
I had a new box every season.
I could draw a giraffe.
Yeah, I would draw black circles on that little giraffe skin, and then I would viciously rub some yellow over it.
You know, I'd smear it and smudge it.
Library voices, please.
Oh, and here's Dr.
Bernbaum and his friend now.
Can we give them a warm welcome? Thank you, boys and girls.
Thank you.
This is Mrs.
Huffstodt, and she is going to read to you.
Hola.
Hola.
Oh, what fun.
Come on, everyone.
Gather around.
Sit here.
Well, aren't you a polite young man.
I'm afraid this is much too small for Mrs.
Huffstodt.
Oh, no, not at all.
This sort of brings me down to their level.
So good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
What a lovely group of charming children.
And the smells.
Hmm.
Takes me right back there.
Now, who here loves Joseph Conrad? Ah.
Well, he was a very influential literary figure in England.
Now, how many of you have been to England? Oh.
Of course.
Well, it's lovely.
And you should all really try to make a trip there one day.
So, um, Conrad's most famous book was this masterpiece.
Heart of Darkness.
Yes.
You with the masking tape.
What is your name? Clarence.
Clarence.
Do you have a question, Clarence? Are you rich? My mom says you can tell rich people by their shoes.
Oh, these old things.
This was Neiman's last call.
They're really nothing.
Well Yes.
I was raised with a certain amount of comfort, shall we say.
That means yes, she's rich.
But as you will see in this chapter, rich does not always have to do with money.
Dad, he's my uncle.
I'm his nephew.
I went to visit him.
It's not a big deal.
Byrd, it is a big deal.
He's a schizophrenic.
You don't know how he's gonna react to you any given time.
But, dad, he reacted fine.
Just chill.
Don't tell me to chill.
Ok? He didn't react fine.
It's a very dangerous Get your feet off the couch, please.
It was a very danger-- It was a very dangerous thing that you did, ok? For you and your uncle Teddy.
Just please, don't ever go see him again unless you check with me first.
All right? Ok.
Ok.
Do you prefer fax or e-mail? Excuse me? I'm just wondering since you're never around how you'd like me to submit visitation requests.
You can pick up a phone, all right? And don't be a wise ass.
Ok.
Whoa, whoa.
One second.
Look, I know this has been, uh, a very difficult time for you.
No, dad.
It's actually been nice.
There's been a lot less tension since you bailed.
First of all, I didn't bail, Byrd.
Semantics.
Look, I'm worried about you, all right? You haven't been yourself lately.
Dad, listen to me.
I'm fine, ok? I'm not gonna become some juvenile delinquent because you and mom are acting like juveniles.
Byrd, I am not interest-- Byrd, look at me, please.
Byrd.
I am not interested in your opinion of your mother's or my behavior.
You are the child.
We are the parents.
I think you forget that sometimes.
Yes, sir.
"Yes, sir"? Yes, sir.
That's it, huh? Ok.
Anything else you wanna say about this? No, sir.
I just wanna leave if it's ok with you.
- Yeah.
Go ahead.
- All right.
"They were dying slowly.
It was very clear.
They were not enemies.
They were not criminals.
They were nothing earthly now.
Nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation, lying confusedly in the greenish gloom.
" Yes, Clarence.
But what are the black shadows? Oh, well, they are the natives that were forced to work in the mines.
Like slaves.
Yes, yes, exactly.
Like slaves.
They've been turned into slaves.
But I thought you said they were in Africa.
Yes, they were.
But Africa is where black people lived the way they're supposed to.
Slavery started in America, didn't it? No, Clarence.
People have always taken advantage of other people from the beginning of time.
Well, I think that's probably enough reading for this afternoon, huh? Oh, well, we were just getting to the good part.
Well, I just think maybe we should, uh Oh.
Well, boys and girls, you have really been good, good listeners.
And now for a special treat.
All from my husband.
No, no.
Boys and girls.
- There's enough to go around.
- Please, stop.
Boys and girls, stop.
A hundred dollars.
We can take our treats and put it into a fund for new library books.
Books? - You ok? - Brain freeze.
Oh, gosh.
Every single time.
Whoo! Finally passed.
I'll never learn.
Anyway thanks for meeting me.
No problem.
I had a half day.
Russell let you go early? Something like that.
He's so sweet.
He loves you, Mags.
He really does.
So I just was wondering, you know, what's been going on at the office.
Does that pager still work? As far as I know.
He hasn't really been returning my pages.
You know what? I've got another friend with that pager and he never calls me back either.
I think it must be the network.
Oh, come on, Mags.
You know him better than anyone.
I'm not mad.
It's just I called him, too, and he never called back.
Oh, god.
You know what? It has been so crazy busy, I probably forgot to give him the message.
Oh! He's gonna ream me for that one.
I am so sorry, Kelly.
Hey, I totally get it.
I mean, the two of you work so hard.
I hope that Fellini gets Russell's work ethics.
I tell you, that guy is a workhorse, and I think there's a big, old heart in there, too.
I know he's rough because of his job.
But he's really a big teddy bear.
You-you see that, right? Every once in a while, I get a peek behind the curtain.
And what you see is nice.
Isn't it? Kelly.
He is a good man.
Russell Tupper is a good man.
Good.
Because I'm having a baby with Mr.
Russel Tupper.
You want another little teensy? Maybe later.
I need to pace myself.
What's your favorite subject? I like Promise you're not gonna laugh.
I would never laugh at you.
I want to go into advertising.
See? I think that that's great.
Really.
I really do.
First time you walked into my office my office, I remember thinking, "businesswoman.
" - I did.
- You're so sweet, Russell.
I am? Yes.
How was your day? My day? I actually kind of got my ass handed to me.
But let's talk about me another time, ok? To Justine Martel, advertising executive.
- Cheers to that, baby.
- Cheers to that.
Here's my my slug of a roommate.
He's a slug.
Hey, Huffy.
What are you doing? Not too much.
What are you doing? You remember Justine, don't you? Yeah.
Hey.
Christmas, right? Yeah.
How are you? Good.
You want a little bumpski? No, thank you.
It's, uh, a tad early in the day for that, don't you think? Uh, no, I don't.
No, you probably wouldn't.
He always that judgmental? Um, no.
Well yeah.
- Hey, buddy.
- Jesus.
Can I ask you a question? What's up? I'm just curious why you think it's ok for you to waltz into my hacienda and bust my balls about my lifestyle.
I-I-I'm sorry.
I wasn't doing that.
I'm not busting your balls.
You can do whatever you wanna do.
Well, I'm trying.
Really I'm trying.
But it's kind of hard when mommy keeps on showing up and laying guilt trips on me in front of my pals.
Well, you know what? If you're feeling that way, I'm sorry.
But maybe you should look at it because I can assure you I was not guilt-tripping you.
Believe me, I gave it up a long time ago.
You see? That's what I'm talking about.
Right there.
That kind of sanctimonious holier-than-thou attitude.
Buddy, I may be a lot of things, but at least I'm honest about who I am, don't you think? Ok, you're fucking joking now, right? You're honest about who you are? I like to party every now and then, sometimes a little bit hard.
But weren't you loving the shit out of it, down in koreatown the other night, buddy? We were going all nuts on this squid juice.
Come on, you were having a pretty good time yourself, weren't you? Ok, honestly, you don't see the difference between that and drugging and whoring it up at 5:45 in the afternoon? You got a problem with whores? Oh! No, with black whores.
Because, god knows, you got no problem with korean whores, now, do you? - You're a fucking - Kiss my ass, buddy.
You're a fucking train wreck.
Those in the glasshouse, bitch.
What do they say about the glasshouse? I'm tired of giving a shit about you.
Well, then stop it, man, 'cause I'm just fine.
Clean up your own fucking mess.
- See you later.
- Yeah! Then that sweet boy Clarence.
What is his story? And why were his glasses broken? Well, he certainly is bright, isn't he? He has such a thirst for knowledge.
You didn't tell me your preference.
Oh, well, I, uh I'm somewhat of a scotch man.
But if you don't have any, though, that's ok.
No, of course I do.
Make yourself comfortable, Thomas.
Is oban all right? I think oban will certainly do.
Thank you.
You know, Izzy, the foundation does a terrific job of pairing up volunteers with students.
If you really have a passion for Clarence, I'd love to make a call.
That would be so wonderful.
Then I could do something about his glasses, right? No.
We think that just reading with the kids is gift enough.
You want me to read to him there in that dreadful library? Eh.
Actually, that library is on the list for a remodel.
I would be happy to be Clarence's mentor, but only on one condition.
That I could refurbish the library.
You-you're kidding.
But I don't want my name anywhere near the place.
That means no placards.
Right? Izzy, are you sure? Oh, yes.
I I have spent far too many years nurturing the wrong people.
White children are such a waste of time.
This is unbelievable.
You won't join me in a cocktail? I'm flying high already.
What the fuck.
Shit.
Hey.
It's Beth.
Um, I was just wondering what you're doing tonight.
Hey.
Whoa.
You've been busy.
You're taking those down? Yeah.
Yeah.
I have a surprise.
I, uh I didn't wanna say it in front of my brother.
Let's get out of here for a couple of days.
We can drive down the coast or something.
Can you do that? Of course.
Yeah.
We could stay in little motels at the beach.
We could go to Mexico.
Have you ever been to Mexico? Teddy, I I don't know.
Well, what? Come on.
We're young.
We-we should be living life, you know.
We've got nothing but time and money.
Or at least time.
- Well, when? - Tomorrow.
Come on.
You get to bring your beads with you.
You could work from the road.
Ok.
Let's go to Mexico.
Thank you.
I love you, Alyssa.
You don't have to say anything yet.
I know you love me, too.
Uh, I still have a lot to do.
We're gonna leave tomorrow at 0800.
And don't pack too much.
That way they won't think anything of it.
- "They"? - What? You just said "they.
" Who are you talking about? Oh.
Just Dr.
Emily and Max and everybody.
You're not gonna tell Max? No, no.
He's gonna wanna tag along.
He's gonna I'd like to hang out, but I just got a lot of stuff to do before we We'll have plenty time once we get on the road.
Teddy.
Are you ok? Yeah.
I'm just I'm really excited is all.
It's gonna be great.
We're gonna have a lot of fun.
Expires 06-07.
Uh, I'm actually not sure when I'm checking out.
Is it Hey.
Come on in.
Um, is it ok to check in right away? Great.
Thank you very much.
Bye-bye.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Um, I hope this is ok.
I just wanted to see you.
Yeah, it's fine.
What's going on? I'm surprised you, uh, wanted to talk.
Well, um, that's the thing.
I, um I really would rather not talk.
Those spinny wheels.
Those spinny hubcaps that keep spinning after the car stops? You want to put advertisements on those? Yes.
Fucking genius, man.
That's a good idea.
This is gonna be huge, Russell.
And we--Meeks, McMurray, Tupper, and Kline-- are gonna be your first client.
How about that? Guess what.
I'm gonna pitch Meeks.
I'm gonna pitch him.
Pitch it to Meeks.
Don't keep your business a secret.
You got to get out there and hustle it.
Just like me.
I'm a street hustler.
No.
You are a worldwide, multimedia super ice goddess.
That's a million-dollar idea, baby.
We're gonna celebrate.
Come on.
Let's celebrate.
Ok.
Just one more, right? Ok, 1 for you, 2 for me.
Oh, come on.
1 for you, 3 for me.
- Ok.
- Yes, baby.
Yes, baby.
Here.
Take that, and I'll take this.
Oh, yeah.
Oh! Let's get freaky.
Get freaky.
Peps? Shit.
Fuck it.
Where you going? Where you going? I'm going home.
No, you don't have to go.
Yeah, I do.
I think you should probably answer that.
It's Russell.
Hey, man.
Can you hang on 1 second? Hang on.
Um, I'm staying at the Four Seasons tonight.
Why don't you come with me? I already came.
Twice.
Seriously, come stay with me.
No.
I don't think so.
I wanna sleep in my own bed tonight.
Good night, Huff.
- Well - Good night.
Good night.
Hey, man, what's up? What? Well well Russell.
Slow down.
>
Cut away.
Don't you have somewhere else to be? Unfortunately, no.
The dread in your stomach is like a magnet to me.
Such a pull.
I can't get away from it.
And neither can you, which is a good sign.
Yeah.
Well, it'll pass.
Trust me.
I've been here before.
No.
No, no.
No.
The beard is nice.
You know, a sign of evilness is not having remorse.
No matter what this thing, if you have remorse, you have hope.
If not, well then welcome to the lake of fire and the gnashing of teeth.
Well, then look at the bright side.
I have remorse.
You know, just because your wife had a dinner party and didn't invite you is no real excuse to drink squid juice and sexual intercourse with a korean woman.
That place was crazy, wasn't it? Oh, yeah.
I'm just glad that she was an actual woman.
You know what I mean? So, how's your day looking? I'm gonna get dressed and go to work and try to help people.
Jesus.
You know, you could use a 12-step program for helping.
All right.
Enjoy your day.
Oh! Good morning, buddy.
Jesus Christ.
How you doing? I'm all right.
Really? Yeah.
Why? I don't know, man.
Haven't really seemed yourself since we went out and tore it up the other night.
Well, I'm fine.
Could we not talk about this while you're shitting, please? Hey, man, you see what happened to that egg and cheese croissant in the freezer? Uh, I think I ate that.
Aha.
Hey, man, you check out the L.
A.
Times today? No, I haven't.
Really fucking groovy stuff nin the real estate section, man.
Especially the rentals.
Arnold, Arnold, Arnold.
And you were doing so well.
Oh, morning, gram.
Dr.
Bernbaum called like twice.
Twice? Whoa.
Is my blood work, uh, abnormal? I don't know.
He didn't say anything.
Well, that's slightly alarming.
I have a question for you, Byrd.
Yeah.
What's that? Um I don't know.
It's not mine.
Yeah? Well, it's not mine.
I found it up at my place after you guys left.
I think it belongs to you.
Well, you can believe whatever you wanna believe.
Excuse me? It's not mine, gram.
So you can either believe me or not believe me.
I don't really care.
Byrd Huffstodt, you have been behaving very poorly for months now.
But I have been more than compassionate.
You better not be lying to me.
I'm not lying to you, gram.
There was a bloodstain on my carpet.
Will you look at me when I talk to you.
Would you stop it, gram.
What were you boys doing in my apartment with blood and a lighter? Don't fucking touch me, ok? Don't you talk to me like that.
Ever.
I know you're hurting.
We're all hurting.
But you may not lash out at me like that or anyone else.
Show me some respect, young man.
I've been waiting for you 2 lovebirds for hours.
Let's go find some breakfast.
How did you know I was here? Paper thin walls.
Listen, bro.
You better get her out of here in half an hour.
Dr.
Em's on morning patrol.
- He's happy for you.
- Yeah.
That's sweet.
For a second there, I thought your brother was here to wrangle us out of bed.
No.
My brother's gonna love you.
And this is this is fine.
We're we're 2 adults.
It's ok.
Oh.
It is, isn't it? What about what about that? Is that ok? - Yeah.
- Yeah? Oh, it's right there.
Hello.
Dr.
Bernbaum.
Thomas.
It's Izzy.
Is it my EKG or my cholesterol or, god forbid, my liver function? Please, just do it.
Just come out and tell me.
Izzy, it's none of the above.
You are in great shape.
Wh--I I find myself in a little bit of a bind here, and I thought maybe you could help me out.
I'm on the board of Reading is Wonderful, which is an L.
A.
-based charity.
Well, isn't that, uh that's that's lovely-- to be of service to children.
Yeah.
I mean, I've I've Do you know I've I've actually thought many times of volunteering myself s omewhere.
I had somebody cancel on me, and I thought maybe you could help me out.
You want me to read to poor children? Oh, Izzy, it's not quite as dour as that.
Come on.
What do you say? Help a friend out here.
Do you know what? I will do it.
I really need a change.
I will do it.
Fantastic.
Now, what does one wear to something like that? Should I dress down? Well, I think you can wear whatever is comfortable.
All right.
All right.
All right.
Terrific.
I'll pick you up at 2:00, ok? Fine.
Perfect.
- Bye-bye.
- See you then.
Russell Tupper's office.
Just a moment, please.
Russell Tupper's office.
Where the fuck is Leah? Huh? She's supposed to be here at 9:00.
Paulette Sterling on 1.
Myerson on 2.
Which do you want? Myerson's a little more important, don't you think? I just answer the phones.
Oh, you poor thing.
One drunken apology does not make it all go away, Russell.
Tell Paulette that I'll call her back.
And call Leah.
And if you get her, you might ask her when she's planning on strolling into her place of employment today.
Mr.
Myerson, good morning.
How are you? Paulette, I just lost him.
He's on his cell.
Can he return? Great.
Good morning, Leah.
Wow.
Do you want any coffee? No.
Uh, could you tell him that Kelly called? Kelly who? The bombshell of a red-haired who's having his child.
Why don't you tell him? You're his secretary.
With all due respect, Mr.
Myerson, the only people who think we should settle are those who stand to make a bundle on this ridiculous and faulty claim.
Anyway, I am prepared to go to the mat on this one.
Ok? Guns blazing.
So you just let us know what you wanna do.
We're here.
Ok.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Sorry I'm late.
Traffic.
You beg and you grovel, and I grant you the rare privilege-- honor really-- of observing my genius in an up-close and personal fashion, and you stroll in here 30 minutes late.
Who the fuck do you think you are? Look, Russell, I was in Encino.
I'm sorry.
What the fuck are you doing in Encino? Your supplier lives there.
So it was either I show up late or show up empty-handed.
Which do you prefer? That's, uh that's nice and, uh this is kind of bulky, isn't it? - Russell Tupper special.
- Yeah? Um tell you what.
Um why don't you shut the door.
Hey, Birdie, I'm having lunch with your dad later on to-- Fuck, Byrd.
Where did you get that? Um, James took it.
Look, Teddy, I'm really sorry.
I know it's probably my fault, and I know I never should've brought him here.
And I just really didn't know I really didn't know what a douche bag he is.
You played right into his hand, Byrd.
You led him here.
Now he knows everything.
He knows the plan.
Teddy, trust me.
You don't have to worry about that.
I took care of him.
James You think I'm worried about fucking James? That kid's not bright enough to decipher the code.
Trust me.
Teddy, I promise.
He's not gonna do-- I don't wanna hear about that fucking kid! Look, it doesn't matter.
He'd have found me anyway.
Ok.
No! You can't it's contaminated.
Teddy, look, I'm really sorry, and he's very sorry.
I didn't I just I told you not to talk about him.
Byrd, get rid of that fucking thing.
Just bury it or burn it.
- Just get rid of it.
- I'm sorry.
And don't tell another soul.
I'm trying to protect you, Birdie.
You think of yourself as a pretty intuitive guy, right? Being a shrink? Well, not the amazing kreskin or anything, but, uh I do my best.
You haven't asked me the question I think about most.
The question everyone's too scared to ask.
Well, what question is that? Now, that would be cheating, wouldn't it? I saw my doctors again today.
Oh, yeah? How did that go? It wasn't any good news if that's what you mean.
Well, I'm sorry to hear that, Kate.
Get in line.
My mother cried all the way home.
Doesn't that get exhausting, Kate? Having to prop everybody up all the time? I'm sure they'll return the favor.
Yeah, maybe, but you don't have to do that here.
You know? Will you come stand over here? Would you mind if I You still haven't shaved.
Now you're in my sight bank.
That's how I think of it.
Next session it may be that and a cane.
Sometimes I listen to my mother cry and think about how different her life is now, and I wish I could spare her.
You know? Well, how can you spare her? You can't get rid of the feelings like sometimes you'd rather die than go through this.
And there it is, Dr.
Huffstodt.
The million-dollar question.
Oh, my god.
Mike, Mike, go lay down.
- Wow.
You again.
- Yes.
- You are shameless.
- Yes, I know.
Uh, I got you this to inspire you.
And since I was here, I wanted to clear something up.
Ok.
The other night when I was pounding down your door, I think you might have got the wrong impression.
I don't want you to think that I was here to come in and drink and have a conversation with you.
The reason I was here-- and please believe me-- the only reason I was here was because I was trying to hit on you.
That was you hitting on me.
Yes.
I agree.
Totally pathetic.
Uh, but I thought this might clear things up.
It's my numbers.
All of them.
That way should there be any further miscommunication, you can you can dial me directly.
Would you like to come in for some coffee? It would be lovely.
Yes, but how are you going to convince a jury of that, counselor? What's the main thing the jury needs to know? Clients have nothing to gain by selling the company.
Bingo.
You're a good little law student.
You get another one.
Yes, you do.
What the fuck.
Hey, man.
What the fuck Leah Campbell, is that your bag? What? What are you doing, man? I'm in a meeting here.
What the fuck do you think you're doing? We have a warrant.
Possession for sale of a controlled substance.
How did you obtain that, officer? Confidential informant.
Toss the place.
Confidential informant, my ass.
This is my office.
Not Leah Campbell's office.
This is my office.
Read the warrant, sir.
It covers the entire premises.
I am an attorney.
My files are confidential.
You cannot search my files.
That's why we brought a special master.
She's here to oversee the search.
Fuck.
What the hell's a special master? Ok, listen.
You're gonna learn about that in law school one day, I promise you.
But in the meantime, you have to keep your mouth shut, ok? Leah Campbell, you're under arrest.
Get her out of here.
Read her her rights.
I'll take care of it, all right? - What the fuck, Russell.
- It's gonna be ok.
Ok.
Let's do this.
We were both young.
What happened? She left me, which was brutal.
And it took me many years to get her out of my system.
Yeah.
I'm so aware of his absence.
I can't forget for one second that he's gone.
How did you get over it? Well, um I actually don't know if you want me to answer that.
Well, um, do you think it would help? Well, you know, there were definitely moments when another woman's body would make me feel that I could get on with my life, you know.
I guess I just I didn't see it coming.
My mom and dad had been married for a thousand years.
Yeah, but that's your parents' lives, though.
Yeah.
It just hurts.
You know.
My pride is wounded, and I feel completely powerless.
Yeah, but you know what, Beth? He's not the only one with decisions to make.
You got choices, too.
Oh, yeah? Well, for instance, should you be so inclined, you could take an englishman upstairs and give him a great shag.
The point is, you have choices.
"A great shag"? Looks like this office is clean.
Of course it's clean, officer.
I'm a law-abiding citizen.
Sorry to have wasted your time.
Yeah.
Just for wasting my time? How about trashing my office or humiliating me in front of my colleagues? You have a nice day.
You got a clean-up crew coming over this afternoon? I'll get right on that.
After lunch, about 3:00.
You got it.
Copy that, officer cocksucker.
I don't know who had it in for that poor girl, but, um, I'm clean.
My office is clean.
Oh, thank god.
I'd like a word, Russell.
Yes, sir, boss.
Just give me 5 minutes.
Got to go, uh talc the old trousers.
Hey, hey.
Hey.
You look great.
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.
- You look good.
- Thanks.
So, uh, where is, uh, your lady friend? She's in the ladies room Powdering her nose or whatever.
Great.
So, uh, I take it you guys had the talk.
What, safe sex or schizophrenia? Oh.
Very nice work.
No.
Well, both.
I hope.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
- And she stuck around.
- Oh, yeah.
That's Teddy, that's great.
That's so awesome.
Seriously, I'm really, really happy for you.
Thank you.
I'm happy for me.
I'll bet.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Hi.
- You must be Craig.
- Yes, you're Alyssa, right? Yes.
That's my girlfriend.
- How you doing? - I'm good.
I'm great.
- That's really pretty.
You make that? - Thank you.
Yeah.
This was my first necklace, so I wear it for good luck.
I take it Teddy told you how we met.
Just a few blocks away from here.
Right, Teddy? Yeah.
I was exploring my new neighborhood and Alyssa was at her booth.
It was the first week I was here, just after, uh Did you tell Byrd where I lived? Did you give him my physical address? Uh, no, I don't think I did.
Why? He managed to find out just my first week here.
That's very interesting.
Byrd came to see you? Oh, yeah.
Twice.
Huh.
Well that's odd.
But we can talk about this later, huh? God, I'm starving.
Yes.
Me, too.
This place has great food.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
This is one of our favorites.
Right, Teddy? Oh, yeah.
Very good food.
Good place.
Kelly called.
She says she's been paging you since last night.
You're a snake.
You're a fucking snake.
I'm a friend.
No, you're a fucking snake.
You're that threatened by Leah? You think this is about Leah? This isn't about some skank, Russell.
This is about me trying to help you.
You think getting Leah arrested is helping me? I honestly do not know what the fuck is wrong with you.
I made sure you were protected.
I hid your stash.
You orchestrate a drug bust in my office.
I could've been charged.
You wouldn't have been charged.
They go after the dealers, not the buyers.
Who are you? You're Alan fucking Dershowitz all of a sudden? What do you know about the law? You don't know what's in my fucking pocket.
I could've been charged with possession.
I could lose my fucking license.
I swear to god, Maggie, why can't you just answer the phones and stay the fuck out of my life? Hey, I wish I could stay the fuck out of your life, except, unfortunately, I'm stuck in the middle of it.
You are going to be a father, Russell.
Doesn't that mean anything to you? You shut the fuck up! Oh, it's so depressing.
Why don't they plant some flowers? Well, they're dealing with budget cuts.
Oh.
Crayon.
I love crayons.
I do love crayons.
Burnt sienna.
I never got to buy a new box until they were all gone.
Oh, you poor thing.
I had a new box every season.
I could draw a giraffe.
Yeah, I would draw black circles on that little giraffe skin, and then I would viciously rub some yellow over it.
You know, I'd smear it and smudge it.
Library voices, please.
Oh, and here's Dr.
Bernbaum and his friend now.
Can we give them a warm welcome? Thank you, boys and girls.
Thank you.
This is Mrs.
Huffstodt, and she is going to read to you.
Hola.
Hola.
Oh, what fun.
Come on, everyone.
Gather around.
Sit here.
Well, aren't you a polite young man.
I'm afraid this is much too small for Mrs.
Huffstodt.
Oh, no, not at all.
This sort of brings me down to their level.
So good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
What a lovely group of charming children.
And the smells.
Hmm.
Takes me right back there.
Now, who here loves Joseph Conrad? Ah.
Well, he was a very influential literary figure in England.
Now, how many of you have been to England? Oh.
Of course.
Well, it's lovely.
And you should all really try to make a trip there one day.
So, um, Conrad's most famous book was this masterpiece.
Heart of Darkness.
Yes.
You with the masking tape.
What is your name? Clarence.
Clarence.
Do you have a question, Clarence? Are you rich? My mom says you can tell rich people by their shoes.
Oh, these old things.
This was Neiman's last call.
They're really nothing.
Well Yes.
I was raised with a certain amount of comfort, shall we say.
That means yes, she's rich.
But as you will see in this chapter, rich does not always have to do with money.
Dad, he's my uncle.
I'm his nephew.
I went to visit him.
It's not a big deal.
Byrd, it is a big deal.
He's a schizophrenic.
You don't know how he's gonna react to you any given time.
But, dad, he reacted fine.
Just chill.
Don't tell me to chill.
Ok? He didn't react fine.
It's a very dangerous Get your feet off the couch, please.
It was a very danger-- It was a very dangerous thing that you did, ok? For you and your uncle Teddy.
Just please, don't ever go see him again unless you check with me first.
All right? Ok.
Ok.
Do you prefer fax or e-mail? Excuse me? I'm just wondering since you're never around how you'd like me to submit visitation requests.
You can pick up a phone, all right? And don't be a wise ass.
Ok.
Whoa, whoa.
One second.
Look, I know this has been, uh, a very difficult time for you.
No, dad.
It's actually been nice.
There's been a lot less tension since you bailed.
First of all, I didn't bail, Byrd.
Semantics.
Look, I'm worried about you, all right? You haven't been yourself lately.
Dad, listen to me.
I'm fine, ok? I'm not gonna become some juvenile delinquent because you and mom are acting like juveniles.
Byrd, I am not interest-- Byrd, look at me, please.
Byrd.
I am not interested in your opinion of your mother's or my behavior.
You are the child.
We are the parents.
I think you forget that sometimes.
Yes, sir.
"Yes, sir"? Yes, sir.
That's it, huh? Ok.
Anything else you wanna say about this? No, sir.
I just wanna leave if it's ok with you.
- Yeah.
Go ahead.
- All right.
"They were dying slowly.
It was very clear.
They were not enemies.
They were not criminals.
They were nothing earthly now.
Nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation, lying confusedly in the greenish gloom.
" Yes, Clarence.
But what are the black shadows? Oh, well, they are the natives that were forced to work in the mines.
Like slaves.
Yes, yes, exactly.
Like slaves.
They've been turned into slaves.
But I thought you said they were in Africa.
Yes, they were.
But Africa is where black people lived the way they're supposed to.
Slavery started in America, didn't it? No, Clarence.
People have always taken advantage of other people from the beginning of time.
Well, I think that's probably enough reading for this afternoon, huh? Oh, well, we were just getting to the good part.
Well, I just think maybe we should, uh Oh.
Well, boys and girls, you have really been good, good listeners.
And now for a special treat.
All from my husband.
No, no.
Boys and girls.
- There's enough to go around.
- Please, stop.
Boys and girls, stop.
A hundred dollars.
We can take our treats and put it into a fund for new library books.
Books? - You ok? - Brain freeze.
Oh, gosh.
Every single time.
Whoo! Finally passed.
I'll never learn.
Anyway thanks for meeting me.
No problem.
I had a half day.
Russell let you go early? Something like that.
He's so sweet.
He loves you, Mags.
He really does.
So I just was wondering, you know, what's been going on at the office.
Does that pager still work? As far as I know.
He hasn't really been returning my pages.
You know what? I've got another friend with that pager and he never calls me back either.
I think it must be the network.
Oh, come on, Mags.
You know him better than anyone.
I'm not mad.
It's just I called him, too, and he never called back.
Oh, god.
You know what? It has been so crazy busy, I probably forgot to give him the message.
Oh! He's gonna ream me for that one.
I am so sorry, Kelly.
Hey, I totally get it.
I mean, the two of you work so hard.
I hope that Fellini gets Russell's work ethics.
I tell you, that guy is a workhorse, and I think there's a big, old heart in there, too.
I know he's rough because of his job.
But he's really a big teddy bear.
You-you see that, right? Every once in a while, I get a peek behind the curtain.
And what you see is nice.
Isn't it? Kelly.
He is a good man.
Russell Tupper is a good man.
Good.
Because I'm having a baby with Mr.
Russel Tupper.
You want another little teensy? Maybe later.
I need to pace myself.
What's your favorite subject? I like Promise you're not gonna laugh.
I would never laugh at you.
I want to go into advertising.
See? I think that that's great.
Really.
I really do.
First time you walked into my office my office, I remember thinking, "businesswoman.
" - I did.
- You're so sweet, Russell.
I am? Yes.
How was your day? My day? I actually kind of got my ass handed to me.
But let's talk about me another time, ok? To Justine Martel, advertising executive.
- Cheers to that, baby.
- Cheers to that.
Here's my my slug of a roommate.
He's a slug.
Hey, Huffy.
What are you doing? Not too much.
What are you doing? You remember Justine, don't you? Yeah.
Hey.
Christmas, right? Yeah.
How are you? Good.
You want a little bumpski? No, thank you.
It's, uh, a tad early in the day for that, don't you think? Uh, no, I don't.
No, you probably wouldn't.
He always that judgmental? Um, no.
Well yeah.
- Hey, buddy.
- Jesus.
Can I ask you a question? What's up? I'm just curious why you think it's ok for you to waltz into my hacienda and bust my balls about my lifestyle.
I-I-I'm sorry.
I wasn't doing that.
I'm not busting your balls.
You can do whatever you wanna do.
Well, I'm trying.
Really I'm trying.
But it's kind of hard when mommy keeps on showing up and laying guilt trips on me in front of my pals.
Well, you know what? If you're feeling that way, I'm sorry.
But maybe you should look at it because I can assure you I was not guilt-tripping you.
Believe me, I gave it up a long time ago.
You see? That's what I'm talking about.
Right there.
That kind of sanctimonious holier-than-thou attitude.
Buddy, I may be a lot of things, but at least I'm honest about who I am, don't you think? Ok, you're fucking joking now, right? You're honest about who you are? I like to party every now and then, sometimes a little bit hard.
But weren't you loving the shit out of it, down in koreatown the other night, buddy? We were going all nuts on this squid juice.
Come on, you were having a pretty good time yourself, weren't you? Ok, honestly, you don't see the difference between that and drugging and whoring it up at 5:45 in the afternoon? You got a problem with whores? Oh! No, with black whores.
Because, god knows, you got no problem with korean whores, now, do you? - You're a fucking - Kiss my ass, buddy.
You're a fucking train wreck.
Those in the glasshouse, bitch.
What do they say about the glasshouse? I'm tired of giving a shit about you.
Well, then stop it, man, 'cause I'm just fine.
Clean up your own fucking mess.
- See you later.
- Yeah! Then that sweet boy Clarence.
What is his story? And why were his glasses broken? Well, he certainly is bright, isn't he? He has such a thirst for knowledge.
You didn't tell me your preference.
Oh, well, I, uh I'm somewhat of a scotch man.
But if you don't have any, though, that's ok.
No, of course I do.
Make yourself comfortable, Thomas.
Is oban all right? I think oban will certainly do.
Thank you.
You know, Izzy, the foundation does a terrific job of pairing up volunteers with students.
If you really have a passion for Clarence, I'd love to make a call.
That would be so wonderful.
Then I could do something about his glasses, right? No.
We think that just reading with the kids is gift enough.
You want me to read to him there in that dreadful library? Eh.
Actually, that library is on the list for a remodel.
I would be happy to be Clarence's mentor, but only on one condition.
That I could refurbish the library.
You-you're kidding.
But I don't want my name anywhere near the place.
That means no placards.
Right? Izzy, are you sure? Oh, yes.
I I have spent far too many years nurturing the wrong people.
White children are such a waste of time.
This is unbelievable.
You won't join me in a cocktail? I'm flying high already.
What the fuck.
Shit.
Hey.
It's Beth.
Um, I was just wondering what you're doing tonight.
Hey.
Whoa.
You've been busy.
You're taking those down? Yeah.
Yeah.
I have a surprise.
I, uh I didn't wanna say it in front of my brother.
Let's get out of here for a couple of days.
We can drive down the coast or something.
Can you do that? Of course.
Yeah.
We could stay in little motels at the beach.
We could go to Mexico.
Have you ever been to Mexico? Teddy, I I don't know.
Well, what? Come on.
We're young.
We-we should be living life, you know.
We've got nothing but time and money.
Or at least time.
- Well, when? - Tomorrow.
Come on.
You get to bring your beads with you.
You could work from the road.
Ok.
Let's go to Mexico.
Thank you.
I love you, Alyssa.
You don't have to say anything yet.
I know you love me, too.
Uh, I still have a lot to do.
We're gonna leave tomorrow at 0800.
And don't pack too much.
That way they won't think anything of it.
- "They"? - What? You just said "they.
" Who are you talking about? Oh.
Just Dr.
Emily and Max and everybody.
You're not gonna tell Max? No, no.
He's gonna wanna tag along.
He's gonna I'd like to hang out, but I just got a lot of stuff to do before we We'll have plenty time once we get on the road.
Teddy.
Are you ok? Yeah.
I'm just I'm really excited is all.
It's gonna be great.
We're gonna have a lot of fun.
Expires 06-07.
Uh, I'm actually not sure when I'm checking out.
Is it Hey.
Come on in.
Um, is it ok to check in right away? Great.
Thank you very much.
Bye-bye.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Um, I hope this is ok.
I just wanted to see you.
Yeah, it's fine.
What's going on? I'm surprised you, uh, wanted to talk.
Well, um, that's the thing.
I, um I really would rather not talk.
Those spinny wheels.
Those spinny hubcaps that keep spinning after the car stops? You want to put advertisements on those? Yes.
Fucking genius, man.
That's a good idea.
This is gonna be huge, Russell.
And we--Meeks, McMurray, Tupper, and Kline-- are gonna be your first client.
How about that? Guess what.
I'm gonna pitch Meeks.
I'm gonna pitch him.
Pitch it to Meeks.
Don't keep your business a secret.
You got to get out there and hustle it.
Just like me.
I'm a street hustler.
No.
You are a worldwide, multimedia super ice goddess.
That's a million-dollar idea, baby.
We're gonna celebrate.
Come on.
Let's celebrate.
Ok.
Just one more, right? Ok, 1 for you, 2 for me.
Oh, come on.
1 for you, 3 for me.
- Ok.
- Yes, baby.
Yes, baby.
Here.
Take that, and I'll take this.
Oh, yeah.
Oh! Let's get freaky.
Get freaky.
Peps? Shit.
Fuck it.
Where you going? Where you going? I'm going home.
No, you don't have to go.
Yeah, I do.
I think you should probably answer that.
It's Russell.
Hey, man.
Can you hang on 1 second? Hang on.
Um, I'm staying at the Four Seasons tonight.
Why don't you come with me? I already came.
Twice.
Seriously, come stay with me.
No.
I don't think so.
I wanna sleep in my own bed tonight.
Good night, Huff.
- Well - Good night.
Good night.
Hey, man, what's up? What? Well well Russell.
Slow down.
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