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00:03:21Really?
00:03:22Yes, really.
00:03:24When I did my scene in Heat with Al Pacino...
00:03:27He had three lines with Al Pacino.
00:03:29The intensity was incredible, and that's what you need to find here.
00:03:33He gave me 150% with every line. Every time.
00:03:40Clay, how do you feel? In or out?
00:03:43In. Like, totally there.
00:03:45Agreed. And I can see why they booked you on CSI.
00:03:49Let's give them some love.
00:03:51Come on. There we go. Yeah, huh?
00:03:53All right.
00:03:55No, okay. You really locked in with that medical way of thinking.
00:03:58Right.
00:03:59Nice. Holly?
00:04:01I felt in. I really did.
00:04:03Well, I'll keep giving you the same note.
00:04:06Find and show your vulnerability. All right?
00:04:10I'm going to ask that you and Clay keep working.
00:04:12If you're going to use this for the showcase, it's got to be better.
00:04:16I strongly suggest you book a private lesson.
00:04:23Private lesson?
00:04:25If I'd taken one and fucked him like everyone else, he'd tell me the scene was perfect.
00:04:30Hey, we got to nail that scene for the showcase down. There's two casting directors coming.
00:04:44Yeah, totally. But we don't want to just recreate the movie. We got to make it our own thing.
00:04:49There's a movie? Is it good?
00:04:52Yeah.
00:04:53Gore Vidal, Montgomery Cliff, Katherine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor. You tell me.
00:04:58Hey, we should go back to my place and Netflix it. We can rehearse and smoke some pot.
00:05:03Clay actually thinks this is original.
00:05:06Can, I got work at five.
00:05:08No, it's good pot.
00:05:10I know what that's code for.
00:05:12Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah.
00:05:15But let's find a time to rehearse tomorrow, okay?
00:05:18Yeah.
00:05:23I'd been in Los Angeles a year and still hadn't booked anything more than a small part in a movie that never got released.
00:05:29I was living paycheck to paycheck on the good weeks, barely making my rent and student loan payments.
00:05:38Sometimes I'd drive up into the hills to look at the mansions built way back during the silent screen era,
00:05:45before Beverly Hills was just a gleam in a developer's eye.
00:05:50I'd imagine what it would be like to have money like that.
00:05:54Then I'd remind myself.
00:05:58It's just a matter of time.
00:06:01Here in LA, everyone raved about yoga.
00:06:06But I preferred to relax the American way.
00:06:16They say if a gun shows up in the first act, you'll see it in the third.
00:06:19One thing's for sure, an hour of target practice was what I needed to get through a night of slinging pasta.
00:06:28I was working the 5 to 11 shift at Orzo.
00:06:43A restaurant that catered to Eastside hipster types.
00:06:47Men with leather jackets that cost more than my rent.
00:06:50Women with perfect complexions and $300 haircuts.
00:06:53You'd think they could leave me a decent tip, but they looked at me like I was a piece of furniture.
00:07:00Y'all take the bowl of names.
00:07:03It was a night like any other.
00:07:05Until I saw him.
00:07:07Hi, I'm Holly.
00:07:09Can I get you something to drink?
00:07:11What do you recommend?
00:07:13We have a great Barolo by the glass.
00:07:15I'll have to Classico.
00:07:17Any specials tonight?
00:07:18Yes.
00:07:19We have an osso bucco alle milanese, a butternut squash ravioli with a butter sage sauce, and an ahi tuna carpaccio with arugula.
00:07:28So, Holly, would you say the ahi or the osso bucco?
00:07:34Why do I have the feeling that if I say the ahi, you'd order the osso?
00:07:38Do I really seem that contrary?
00:07:46Tell me, um, what's your favorite movie?
00:07:51Um, Out of the Past, but the 1947 version, of course.
00:07:56That's impressive.
00:07:57They say that the day you die, your name is written on a cloud.
00:08:04Exactly.
00:08:06It was the bottom of the barrel, and I scraped it.
00:08:08No way.
00:08:10Waitress?
00:08:12Um, so the ahi is very popular, but I personally prefer the osso.
00:08:17Okay, great. Then I will have the tuna.
00:08:21Great choice.
00:08:24May I?
00:08:25I'll be right back with your Classico.
00:08:34It got busy then.
00:08:35People and wine and opinions.
00:08:38Big steaming bowls of pasta.
00:08:43I decided to have a little fun and fuck with him by switching out his entree.
00:08:49Perfect.
00:08:50Maybe that was my first mistake.
00:08:55Enjoy.
00:08:56Ah!
00:09:11Hey.
00:09:13Can I get another crack?
00:09:14He watched me like a hawk watches a mouse.
00:09:16You holding up?
00:09:17Yes, better for me when it's busy.
00:09:20Fuck table eight.
00:09:21They dropped 300 on dinner and leave me 10 bucks.
00:09:24Assholes.
00:09:25I need two mojitos.
00:09:26Who the fuck drinks mojitos anymore?
00:09:29Oh, do you guys know anybody who's looking for an apartment?
00:09:32My roommate just booked a series and moved out, and I really need somebody by the end of the month.
00:09:36I mean, I can ask around.
00:09:42Hey.
00:09:43He's been watching you all night.
00:09:44Creeper?
00:09:45Mmm, harmless.
00:09:47He's rocking that male pattern baldly still.
00:09:56Anything else?
00:09:58An espresso, please.
00:09:59I'm Richard, by the way.
00:10:02How is the osso?
00:10:04It's a little fishy.
00:10:06Excuse me, but you've got a spot exactly there.
00:10:14Can I get you something for dessert?
00:10:15No, just espresso.
00:10:17Let me try.
00:10:18Fuck it.
00:10:28I left the spot right there on my chest.
00:10:31I didn't care what he thought.
00:10:33He was trying to throw me, but I wasn't that type of girl.
00:10:37Not even then.
00:10:49Anything else?
00:10:50I am, uh, heading over to the Hillhurst.
00:10:53Why don't you join me for a drink when you're done here home?
00:10:56I can't.
00:10:57I have to wash my shirt.
00:11:02There was something about him.
00:11:04I can't say what it was, but when he left, the place went flat like old soda pop.
00:11:19For some reason, I couldn't get the guy at table eight out of my mind.
00:11:23He was old, but he wasn't a needy, struggling actor, and I was in a weird mood.
00:11:29He intrigued me.
00:11:33What the hell?
00:11:35I could use a free drink.
00:11:37And it wasn't like I was going to fuck him.
00:11:41Fuck him.
00:12:02Did you get the spot out?
00:12:04Out, out, damn spot.
00:12:07How you liking L.A.?
00:12:08It was intended to startle me, like using my name, but it was such an easy bet.
00:12:14Everyone here was from somewhere else.
00:12:16Can I have a whiskey meat?
00:12:19L.A.?
00:12:21Mm-hmm.
00:12:22I like it.
00:12:23I like every fucking thing about it.
00:12:24Where are you from?
00:12:26Uh, right here, actually.
00:12:28Bullshit.
00:12:29No, I went to, uh, Marshall.
00:12:32It's been a mile away.
00:12:34Feeling nostalgic already.
00:12:35Um, King Jr. and, uh, Franklin Avenue Elementary.
00:12:39It's hard to picture you as a kid.
00:12:43Love is a difficult child.
00:12:45Never lived up to my potential.
00:12:48I bet you that you were a little angel.
00:12:52Suddenly I knew.
00:12:55He was, or had been, an actor.
00:12:59Hell, everything he said had a character's name written above it.
00:13:04I did well.
00:13:07I was valedictorian.
00:13:09Played flute in the marching band.
00:13:11And then you decided to act.
00:13:14At, um, Champagne Urbana?
00:13:17Or, um, Lawrence, Kansas?
00:13:20I'd have thought you'd assume I'm from Chicago.
00:13:23You have this, um, flat Midwestern twain.
00:13:27Just a soup song of cornfields and apple pie.
00:13:30That's Hastings all right.
00:13:33Now you're here.
00:13:34Trying to break into the big time.
00:13:35How's your climb to fame going?
00:13:37Seems they tore Schwab's down a while back, but...
00:13:40Nobody told me.
00:13:42Naturally you take class, Boyd Stalker.
00:13:45Chris Valente.
00:13:46Valley on third string?
00:13:47Tap.
00:13:51You've come close.
00:13:54But so far, the star never broke her ankle.
00:13:59I have an acting showcase coming up.
00:14:01Casting directors, agents.
00:14:03Showcase?
00:14:05Well, those are a dime a dozen, but...
00:14:08I think you'll catch on.
00:14:10You have this spark.
00:14:12An edge.
00:14:15So why'd you stop acting?
00:14:20What is this?
00:14:21Just this...
00:14:23Just...
00:14:24Fascination with acting.
00:14:27Seeing where our personalities line up with those fictional characters.
00:14:30And then...
00:14:32Just fusing them with life.
00:14:35I don't know.
00:14:37Got tired of dredging up all that life.
00:14:42Okay.
00:14:44So what do you do now? Unemployment?
00:14:48A number of things.
00:14:49I coach.
00:14:51I'm writing a book, actually.
00:14:53The Three Essential Musts of Successful Act.
00:14:59Musts?
00:15:01Yeah. You know...
00:15:03Must do this. Must do that.
00:15:05But I don't want to talk about it and jinx it.
00:15:08Of course not.
00:15:10I will tell you this, though.
00:15:13The first thing that I tell my actors...
00:15:16Is that actors...
00:15:18Have to have interesting lives.
00:15:21To...
00:15:23Just...
00:15:25Try...
00:15:26Crazy things.
00:15:28Do you like to try crazy things, Holly?
00:15:29Oh, boy.
00:15:31Here we go.
00:15:33Damn if I wasn't fascinated.
00:15:36Do you like animals?
00:15:40Excuse me?
00:15:42I...
00:15:44I have this problem.
00:15:46I found this dog...
00:15:47Mm-hmm.
00:15:48And I need to return it.
00:15:50Okay.
00:15:52So why don't you?
00:15:54Well, it's not that simple.
00:15:56The dog belongs to Mariah McCabe.
00:15:59Do you know who that is?
00:16:00Sure.
00:16:01The bad girl Brooke Shields.
00:16:03Well, I...
00:16:04I saw the name.
00:16:05Uh-huh.
00:16:06And address.
00:16:07Uh-huh.
00:16:08On the tag.
00:16:09And, uh...
00:16:10Well, I...
00:16:11Was gonna return it.
00:16:12But then I started to wonder...
00:16:15What if she, you know, thinks I stole it?
00:16:17It's a problem, don't I think?
00:16:21It's only a problem if you want a reward.
00:16:23Otherwise, just be a good neighbor.
00:16:29But I'm not such a good neighbor, Holly.
00:16:31I really do want the money.
00:16:35I mean...
00:16:37If you saw a couple thousand bucks on the ground...
00:16:40Wouldn't you pick it up?
00:16:45I'll let you know when I pawn my Girl Scout badges.
00:16:49You do realize I'm a little too old for you, right?
00:16:54I think you flatter yourself, Richard.
00:16:57You're way too old for me.
00:17:04I'm going to let you pin it...
00:17:05I think you're never too old for me.
00:17:07Yeah.
00:17:08I'm supposed to let you know, I say, you know.
00:17:09I'm gonna...
00:17:11Maybe I'm not better.
00:17:12Maybe I'm gonna signal it.
00:17:13Maybe I'm going to carry out my Girl Scout badges.
00:17:14Maybe I'm gonna...
00:17:15I'm gonna...
00:17:16Maybe I'm gonna...
00:17:17Maybe I'm gonna do you.
00:17:19Sure.
00:17:20Maybe I'm gonna...
00:17:22Remember I'd...
00:17:23Maybe I'd see my Girl Scout badges.
00:17:25Maybe I could do you know.
00:17:26Maybe I'll hang out.
00:17:27Maybe I'll introduce you.
00:17:28Maybe you should be here.
00:17:29I'm gonna play with...
00:17:30Maybe you will know, I'll get you.
00:17:31I was running down on Wayne when I found a dog.
00:17:49More of an upticket to you.
00:17:51I was running down on Wayne when I found a dog.
00:17:55That's perfect.
00:17:57I don't know.
00:17:58I think she's going to see me and think I stole him.
00:18:00She's not like that.
00:18:05Trust me, you're the one that should do this.
00:18:14The little dog had a tag that said Gilbert with an address and phone number.
00:18:19But nowhere did it say he belonged to Mariah McKay.
00:18:22Richard's story stunk, but so what?
00:18:25He fucked like an angel.
00:18:27And I could use the money.
00:18:30What?
00:18:31Yes, I was running down on Wayne and I found a dog.
00:18:51Hold on.
00:18:57Oh, boy.
00:19:00Mister, where have you been?
00:19:01You had me worried sick.
00:19:04Oh, you rascal.
00:19:05I'd assumed it was the maid at the door.
00:19:08Maybe an assistant.
00:19:09It was Mariah McKay herself.
00:19:13What the hell was she doing answering her own door?
00:19:16You got to have the backyard somehow.
00:19:18I haven't been able to find the hole yet.
00:19:20Thank you so much.
00:19:21No problem, really.
00:19:23I hope you don't mind me saying this, but I've seen all your movies.
00:19:28I mean, Riverside 88, Circus Dreams, Morning Glory.
00:19:31I mean, you are one of my heroes.
00:19:34Acting.
00:19:35I prefer animals.
00:19:37They never act.
00:19:38They're very authentic.
00:19:40What's your name, baby?
00:19:42Holly?
00:19:43Hmm.
00:19:44Holly.
00:19:45Very Christmassy.
00:19:47I just made some coffee.
00:19:49Want some?
00:19:50Sure.
00:19:51That'd be great.
00:19:51Okay.
00:19:52Midwestern rule number one.
00:19:57Accept any food or drink offered graciously.
00:20:01She'd made a ton of money in the 80s, but it looked like she hadn't held on to it.
00:20:06She could probably cough up a hundred, but thousands?
00:20:11Of all the dogs to steal, why had Richard picked Mariah's?
00:20:15Poor kiddo.
00:20:17You must be starry.
00:20:20Have you been here a long time?
00:20:22Oh, 20 years or more.
00:20:26Ah, I always get my little yogurt, you know, for probiotics.
00:20:31You gotta pay attention to your gut health.
00:20:36Here you go, baby.
00:20:38There you go.
00:20:41So how long have you been in town?
00:20:44Um, about a year.
00:20:46It's harder than I thought, though.
00:20:47I just lost a roommate.
00:20:49Nah.
00:20:50Chapter and verse.
00:20:52Been there, done that.
00:20:55I tell you.
00:20:56Ah.
00:20:58Yeah.
00:21:00You might not believe it.
00:21:03You know, but these, these are the good times.
00:21:06Let's see.
00:21:07Have you got an agent?
00:21:12Ah, yes, but not a very good one.
00:21:15Ah.
00:21:16Well, hang in there.
00:21:19A lot of people give up, go home.
00:21:22So you just have to outlast them.
00:21:26Good advice.
00:21:27But what I wanted was a thousand bucks for returning her dog.
00:21:31Yeah, I thought I'd be further along by now, but, um, I'm still waiting tables down at Orzo.
00:21:37Orzo?
00:21:39No, that's not a bad place.
00:21:40I, I like their ozobuku.
00:21:43Yeah, we had it last night.
00:21:45I don't mind working there.
00:21:47It's just, the tips aren't as good as you'd think they'd be.
00:21:52Don't overplay the poverty.
00:21:54Remember Midwestern rule number two.
00:21:56No hyperbole.
00:21:57Oh, it's tough.
00:22:00You know, I really, really very grateful that you brought Gilbert back.
00:22:05A lot of people wouldn't have bothered.
00:22:07It's no bother, really.
00:22:10Uh, you know, I, um, I can't offer much, but, uh, I was thinking of hiring someone to help organize my stuff.
00:22:24And you seem like a competent woman.
00:22:27Do you think you'd want to help me?
00:22:32Sure.
00:22:33That'd be great.
00:22:34Um, just let me check my work schedule.
00:22:36Okay.
00:22:45Hey.
00:22:47Did it work?
00:22:48No.
00:22:49And I was the friendliest, this young thing you ever did see.
00:22:53She doesn't have any money, Richard.
00:22:54That place is falling down around her.
00:22:56That's not that bad.
00:22:58Did Mariah actually tell you that she didn't have any money?
00:23:01She didn't have to.
00:23:02I mean, I was practically choking on the mold.
00:23:05Oh, correction.
00:23:06She does have some money enough to offer me a shitty job sorting through her debris.
00:23:11Way to bury the lead.
00:23:13No, seriously.
00:23:14Think about this.
00:23:14This is a fantastic opportunity.
00:23:16Don't fuck with me.
00:23:18No, seriously.
00:23:19Think about this.
00:23:20I did think about it.
00:23:21I actually gave it the five seconds of thought it deserves and had exactly two thoughts.
00:23:25A, depressing as hell.
00:23:28And B, she'd probably offer me like ten bucks an hour.
00:23:30All right, Holly.
00:23:31You are way too smart to not see the side benefits here.
00:23:35Side benefits to being an old white woman?
00:23:37No, no, no.
00:23:40Do you have any idea how much she brings in residuals?
00:23:45I mean, her back-end deals?
00:23:46She has to do a minimum amount of business, right?
00:23:49You'll come into contact with agents, guesting directors, maybe even directors.
00:23:54This is an inn.
00:23:57People are going to notice you.
00:23:59No, I'm serious.
00:24:01They can't help us.
00:24:03You already got me into bed.
00:24:05All right, imagine what might happen if you got Mariah McKay to come to your acting showcase.
00:24:15My acting teacher doesn't think my scene is good enough yet.
00:24:18Well, it will be after I coach on it.
00:24:22Kronos, of course.
00:24:24Trust me, when you charmed your way into a movie star's house, that's magic.
00:24:32You're magic.
00:24:54So, wait, wait, the short bald guy.
00:25:00And you went through with it?
00:25:02Yes.
00:25:04And it was kind of amazing.
00:25:08I mean, as long as you kept your eyes closed.
00:25:11So what does he do?
00:25:13Um, I don't know.
00:25:14I think he used to be an actor, but now he, like, writes or coaches or...
00:25:17No, no.
00:25:19No, what does he do in bed?
00:25:21Right.
00:25:26It's like he barely ever came, but he got me off, like, 20 times.
00:25:3220?
00:25:32Yeah, well, I don't know.
00:25:35I lost count.
00:25:36I'm sorry, you were counting?
00:25:38Yeah, but at a certain point I had to stop.
00:25:42Well, older guys, huh?
00:25:46I'm kind of into it.
00:25:47It's fucking hot.
00:25:49Ladies, time to leave, time to clean.
00:25:53Bitch.
00:25:54I re-watched Mariah's best movies before I went over again.
00:26:04She'd been dazzling, dangerous, and sexy.
00:26:08Now she lived in a messy house and only talked to her dog.
00:26:19Oh.
00:26:22Wasn't sure you'd show.
00:26:24Um, these were out front.
00:26:27Do you want them there?
00:26:29Uh, did you know Jesus didn't just die on the cross?
00:26:33He actually traveled.
00:26:34What?
00:26:36Hmm, History Channel.
00:26:37You can learn all sorts of things on there.
00:26:42Where do you want me to start?
00:26:44Ah, well, most of this stuff goes in the closet in my bedroom.
00:26:49Up the stairs on the left.
00:26:52Great.
00:26:54Mariah didn't go out.
00:27:04The world came to her.
00:27:07Three years of brand new clothes still in their boxes.
00:27:11It took a week to organize it all.
00:27:13And then there was the mail.
00:27:17Do we want to keep magazines?
00:27:20Only if they're this year.
00:27:22You know, I'm hardly in this book.
00:27:25What?
00:27:27Look.
00:27:28That's an amazing photo.
00:27:32I have seen much better.
00:27:36Okay, here we go.
00:27:40Residual check.
00:27:41Yep.
00:27:43Two dollars and forty-seven cents.
00:27:46Oh, wow.
00:27:47You see, that's what happens when you have a movie play on TV for 30 years.
00:27:52I'd done enough sorting by now to know that most of her residual checks were in the thousands.
00:27:58She'd had money all right.
00:28:00And a house full of empty rooms waiting to be used by someone.
00:28:03It's something, right?
00:28:06It's something when Harry Dean Stanton sticks his finger up your ass.
00:28:11Well, it's not good, baby.
00:28:13No, don't put it there.
00:28:16It's been broken forever.
00:28:19Oh.
00:28:20Um.
00:28:22You just need to re-drill the screws.
00:28:24It's an easy fix.
00:28:26Oh.
00:28:26My dad made sure I knew my way around a toolbox.
00:28:29Like your character in Morning Glory does.
00:28:31Huh.
00:28:32Patsy.
00:28:33Yeah, I liked her.
00:28:35She was strong.
00:28:36Oh, she was more than strong.
00:28:38She was kick-ass.
00:28:39Yeah.
00:28:40Oh, and your cousin in the movie.
00:28:43Jethro.
00:28:44Jethro!
00:28:44I had a roommate lined up who looked just like him.
00:28:48Really?
00:28:48That's horrible.
00:28:49He backed out.
00:28:50I've got like a week to find someone.
00:28:53You know, um.
00:28:57I have a room.
00:28:59I never thought about renting it to anyone, but I...
00:29:04You're a nice kid.
00:29:07Seriously?
00:29:08I...
00:29:08Don't get excited until you see it.
00:29:12Did you know cyanide occurs naturally in peach pits?
00:29:19What?
00:29:20Mmm.
00:29:21Science Channel.
00:29:22Special on poisons.
00:29:23Uh, all right.
00:29:29Clearly it's, it's a lot of crap, but once it's cleared out, it's really, it's really, really cute.
00:29:38Mm-hmm.
00:29:40How much would you want for it?
00:29:42Well, I suppose the first month or so, uh, we could consider it trade when you do the work.
00:29:49So, I'd be cleaning your house and living in the maids' quarters.
00:29:55No.
00:29:56I mean, don't put it like that.
00:29:58Yeah, it would be a regular landlord-tenant situation.
00:30:03Let's say a thousand a month after you finish all the organizing.
00:30:08A thousand bucks a month couldn't get me a closet in Koreatown.
00:30:13And this was a mansion in the hills.
00:30:15But it was Richard who really saw the opportunities.
00:30:19It's yours.
00:30:20I mean, it's the maids' quarters.
00:30:22It's a room.
00:30:25In an oversized house owned by a movie star.
00:30:27Yeah.
00:30:28If you saw her now, you would not be saying that.
00:30:31You know what your problem is?
00:30:33You're too Midwest.
00:30:34What?
00:30:35Too scared of getting out of your comfort zone.
00:30:38An actor has to have new experiences to draw from.
00:30:42Let me guess.
00:30:42That's one of the three musts?
00:30:44Yes, it is.
00:30:45The three musts.
00:30:47Must survive.
00:30:48Mm-hmm.
00:30:49Must be great at the craft of acting.
00:30:50Yes.
00:30:51Must network.
00:30:53Uh, must survive.
00:30:55That's the number one must.
00:30:57That means you gotta have food, roof over your head, um, gas.
00:31:01That shit takes money, right?
00:31:03I mean, if you're living there, you might be able to find things that she wouldn't notice if they went missing.
00:31:09You're bad.
00:31:12That's why you like me.
00:31:14It took two days to clean out the maid's quarters, but only 20 minutes to pack up my apartment.
00:31:30I sold all my furniture on Craigslist.
00:31:33All that was left were my clothes, my laptop, and of course, my gun.
00:31:39Okay, another box of scripts.
00:31:48Let me see.
00:31:50Oh, God.
00:31:52My first film.
00:31:53Camp Massacre.
00:31:55I think I do lines.
00:31:57Brad?
00:31:58Is that you?
00:32:00Oh, stop fooling around!
00:32:02Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:32:13Oh, wow.
00:32:15Wait, I literally just saw the magazine cover of you wearing that.
00:32:18Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was doing publicity for 1982 while I was in romantic comedy I did with Kurt Russell.
00:32:28And for that I passed up Blade Runner.
00:32:32Sean Young's part?
00:32:33Well, it wasn't Harrison Ford's.
00:32:36Well, I'm sure you had a good reason.
00:32:38Yeah, a bigger paycheck.
00:32:40Seemed like a good reason at the time.
00:32:42I'd assumed it was costume jewelry, the kind of stuff you'd find in a Cracker Jack box.
00:32:49It's not like we had a Tiffany's in Hastings, Nebraska.
00:32:57I felt, uh, yeah, I felt invincible in this shoot.
00:33:04Ah, well.
00:33:08We'll keep that.
00:33:12Da, da, da, da, da!
00:33:34Mariah!
00:33:37Well, it is a baby.
00:33:39Um, we need traps because you have rats.
00:33:42Oh, okay, no.
00:33:43Oh, I've got traps.
00:33:44You can put them out tonight.
00:33:46Here, I'll keep them under here.
00:33:49They're the, uh, anti-cruelty kind.
00:33:52You see, the rat goes in after the food and the door closes behind it.
00:33:57And then you take them out back and, uh, let them go.
00:34:00I mean, if they're not in the house, well, why hurt the poor little fellas?
00:34:05Hmm.
00:34:06Releasing the rats would just give them a chance to come back.
00:34:18I was going to handle this.
00:34:22The Nebraska way.
00:34:27Do you want to come over tonight?
00:34:29The mattress is so old I had to put two pairs of sheets on it, but...
00:34:32Uh, ew, no.
00:34:34And besides, I do not want to disrupt your budding relationship with the screen legend.
00:34:38Oh, yeah, right.
00:34:39I'm serious.
00:34:40I still don't get it, do you?
00:34:41I'm just the first person who's been nice to her in years.
00:34:44Well, exactly.
00:34:46Exploit that.
00:34:48Tell me more about what you saw at the house.
00:34:50In the maid's quarters.
00:34:52She has these amazing dresses.
00:34:55Props, old scripts.
00:34:56I found a letter from Stanley Kubrick.
00:34:59Good hell.
00:35:00Anything more valuable?
00:35:02Yeah.
00:35:03Yeah?
00:35:04She has way more money than we thought.
00:35:06I mean...
00:35:07Tell me.
00:35:08She wears these around the house.
00:35:09The jewelry, not the dress.
00:35:11She wears emeralds.
00:35:15Yeah.
00:35:15Every single day.
00:35:17I mean, I thought they were glass, you know, junk.
00:35:19But they're not.
00:35:21Mm-mm.
00:35:22I bet you she's gotten quite a bit over the years.
00:35:28Do we really think it's a good idea for me to steal from my rich landlady?
00:35:34Steal?
00:35:35Who said anything about steal?
00:35:38More like, you know, liberate.
00:35:41I couldn't resist.
00:35:44I had to try on Mariah's dress.
00:35:46I couldn't resist.
00:36:01I had to try on Mariah's dress.
00:36:06How's it look?
00:36:07Well, I didn't think it was going to fit, but it does.
00:36:11Wow.
00:36:12I've been able to say that in 15 years.
00:36:16Something's off, though.
00:36:18It looks better on you.
00:36:20Oh.
00:36:21Well, you've got the legs for it.
00:36:24But my tits were a little better.
00:36:27We can do something about that.
00:36:29Oh, hang on.
00:36:30I had a jewelry box back in Nebraska.
00:36:34One of those flimsy things with a plastic ballerina.
00:36:38When Mariah took the key from around her neck and opened hers, I gasped.
00:36:43Who knew how much it was all worth?
00:36:46I'd never worn anything more expensive than a $20 necklace.
00:36:49I got this in can in 92.
00:36:58Wow.
00:37:02These are gorgeous.
00:37:04Uh-huh.
00:37:04Are they real diamonds?
00:37:06Of course.
00:37:07The diamonds hung heavy at my throat.
00:37:10Over $100,000 right over my pulse.
00:37:13They felt like they belonged there.
00:37:15But not for you.
00:37:17You need darker lipstick and earrings.
00:37:23But honey, you look like hot shit.
00:37:25Which is what we used to say in my day.
00:37:29I love the dress, but...
00:37:32I don't know.
00:37:33I don't feel like it enhances my vulnerability.
00:37:36That dress?
00:37:38No.
00:37:39Damn.
00:37:41No, that is a steal your boyfriend,
00:37:43hotwire a car, get the fuck out of town dress.
00:37:47You know, that looks so good on you, you ought to keep it.
00:37:51What?
00:37:52You heard me.
00:37:54I'm never going to wear it again.
00:37:56And so the girl from Hastings, Nebraska, got her first designer dress.
00:38:01You have to promise me you'll wear it at the party.
00:38:03What party?
00:38:04The party that we are going to throw.
00:38:07You know, it's time to celebrate.
00:38:09And guess who's going to be there?
00:38:12Everybody important.
00:38:13You could ask some of your nice little friends, too.
00:38:21I wondered if she knew anyone under 60.
00:38:24Still, my friends would leap at the chance to come and stare at Mariah.
00:38:29As for Richard, he'd want to check out her jewelry.
00:38:32Yeah, parties aren't my thing.
00:38:35All the incessant, uh, small talk and exchange of inanities, they just drive me nuts.
00:38:41You know her, don't you?
00:38:42Mariah?
00:38:43Yes, Mariah.
00:38:44I mean, you won't come to the party.
00:38:46You'll never come over to my place.
00:38:48I always have to come to you.
00:38:50I mean, our, uh, our past may have crossed back in my acting days,
00:38:54but she was always on a whole different level than I was.
00:38:57That's pretty vague.
00:38:58The reason why I don't want to go to the party is because of the dog.
00:39:00I've got asthma.
00:39:03That dog was in your apartment for days.
00:39:06Well, yeah.
00:39:07A couple days too many, too.
00:39:08Anyways, you don't want an old Lothario like me dragging you down.
00:39:12You know all those, uh, agents and directors and producers?
00:39:16They're going to want to think they got a shot with you.
00:39:17So, you have fun.
00:39:20Just don't fuck them.
00:39:22So, did you find out if she's got more jewelry?
00:39:24Oh, yes.
00:39:25She's showed it to me.
00:39:27I mean, I saw it.
00:39:28Calling it a jewelry box is an understatement.
00:39:31It's more like a chest.
00:39:32Get out.
00:39:33How easy would it be to get to it?
00:39:35Impossible.
00:39:37Midwest, you're killing me.
00:39:41You're too safe.
00:39:42I mean, hey, that's a really fine way to live if you're a waitress or a,
00:39:47uh, let's see, a, um, movie star's, uh, assistant, but
00:39:52not an actress.
00:39:59I'm not safe.
00:40:01You won't even, uh, steal a pair of earrings.
00:40:06Says the guy who's too afraid to come to a party.
00:40:08With the house looking better, Mariah was ready to fling open the doors.
00:40:16To my surprise, the party ended up being a who's who of older Hollywood.
00:40:21Actors, directors, producers, they all showed up to pay homage to Mariah.
00:40:26If you only give love and never get love, you'd better let love depart.
00:40:38I know it's old, and yet I know I can't get you out of my heart.
00:40:47You made me leave my happy home.
00:40:57You took my love, and now you're gone since I fell for you.
00:41:08Love brings such misery and pain.
00:41:18Yeah, sister, I guess I'll never be the same.
00:41:25Oh, there are the drinks.
00:41:28Oh, no, I, I.
00:41:28I'm going to need another one of those, please.
00:41:35Come on, come on.
00:41:36Don't be so stingy.
00:41:37Oh, all right, thanks.
00:41:43The guests were one thing, but give Mariah an audience,
00:41:46and the magic and the attitude came roaring back.
00:41:48And then after the premiere, when she walked into the theater,
00:41:51well, let's just say all the straight males wanted to adjust their trousers.
00:41:58You were sex on a stick.
00:42:01Oh, Andrew.
00:42:02It's true.
00:42:03You were a thinking male, sex on a stick.
00:42:07Oh, well, and then you blew us all away when you transformed yourself in morning glory.
00:42:12Oh, I love hot suits.
00:42:14I mean, who doesn't?
00:42:14Holly, Holly, come.
00:42:17Yes, Mariah?
00:42:18Why isn't the pinaigrasia open?
00:42:20Andrew needs a glass.
00:42:21Hi, yes, sure, hi.
00:42:23I'm Holly, I'm so happy you could make it.
00:42:25Um, yes, the wine.
00:42:27Run.
00:42:27Sure.
00:42:29God damn it, this is supposed to be our party.
00:42:31Yeah, I'm a host, not her maid.
00:42:33Come on, she's a famous rich white lady.
00:42:36Well, she's usually not this bad.
00:42:38Is she really any worse than half the people that come in at Warzone?
00:42:41No, but I get paid to be ignored there.
00:42:43Hey, beautiful.
00:42:43Hi, Clay.
00:42:45How are you?
00:42:45Great.
00:42:46It's good to see you.
00:42:46This is so much fun.
00:42:47Hey, is that that guy from that movie?
00:42:50Oh, yeah, he's actually really cool.
00:42:51I can introduce you if you want.
00:42:52Oh, no, that is so fine.
00:42:54And I will just keep pouring things.
00:43:14I made a mental note to tell Mariah to call Merry Maids.
00:43:18Sorting through her mail was one thing, but no way was I cleaning up this shit.
00:43:22The house was a wreck.
00:43:23At least no one had called the police.
00:43:42I had an amazing time.
00:43:44Oh, so did I be.
00:43:45I'd call Mariah a cougar, but with that age difference, she was more like a saber-toothed tiger.
00:43:49But then again, look at who I was hooking up with.
00:43:57Coffee's ready.
00:43:58Hey, I'm good.
00:44:00I'll see you in class.
00:44:01Yeah.
00:44:02See you later.
00:44:03Okay.
00:44:03I wanted to stay mad at her, but how could I?
00:44:16She'd seduced my scene partner and trashed the house.
00:44:19She was a teenager with an AARP card.
00:44:22I take it you had a good night?
00:44:24I had a great night.
00:44:26That little pal of yours, Clay, he is a cutie pie.
00:44:30He made me feel like a new woman, even if he didn't know what he was doing.
00:44:35Did he now?
00:44:36Yeah.
00:44:37I'll tell you that boy has stamina.
00:44:40That he does.
00:44:41Ah, holy fuck.
00:44:45Is he your boyfriend?
00:44:46Clay?
00:44:47No.
00:44:47But you slept with him.
00:44:49Once.
00:44:50Hmm.
00:44:51Well, okay.
00:44:52There's no problem.
00:44:54I like you a lot more than I like him.
00:44:56He does have that sort of, I don't know, speedy rabbit thing going.
00:45:01There's a reason I only slept with him once.
00:45:03Ah.
00:45:04Well, he's young.
00:45:05He can be trained.
00:45:07I'm patient.
00:45:09Guess I'm not.
00:45:10At your age, you shouldn't have to be.
00:45:14Uh, about the party.
00:45:18I know I can be a bear at times.
00:45:21No hard feelings?
00:45:23Mariah, you treated me like a servant in front of my friends.
00:45:26You don't think I paid my dues to be where I am?
00:45:30How many directors have asked me to get them a cup of coffee?
00:45:33That's not the same thing.
00:45:34And I did it.
00:45:35I did it because that's what it takes to get success.
00:45:38Like a wolf willing to gnaw its paw off to get out of a trap.
00:45:43Only afterwards, you have to look pretty.
00:45:46No place for actresses with gnawed off limbs.
00:45:49Exactly, darling.
00:45:52But last night made me realize something.
00:45:56I want to go back.
00:45:59There has never been a better time for women over 45 in this town.
00:46:04And I want to work.
00:46:06I was tempted to remind her that the last time she'd seen 45, I was in kindergarten.
00:46:11But I'm not an idiot.
00:46:13You and me both.
00:46:15Hmm.
00:46:15No reason that we can't both be working.
00:46:19No reason at all.
00:46:22We.
00:46:23I liked that.
00:46:26Her jewelry and house were small time.
00:46:29If I played my cards right, I'd get a career.
00:46:33The long game was the one worth playing.
00:46:40So she wore the emeralds.
00:46:41Yeah.
00:46:42They were beautiful.
00:46:44I mean, she cleaned them and everything.
00:46:45I felt like a criminal scoping them out.
00:46:49That's good.
00:46:50New experience.
00:46:52So she didn't break out the other stuff for a party.
00:46:58Huh.
00:46:58That's interesting.
00:46:59You're very focused on her jewelry.
00:47:04Did you give her some of it?
00:47:06What?
00:47:06I mean, you obviously know her more than just in passing.
00:47:09No, I didn't go to the party because of the dog.
00:47:11Oh, Richard, come on.
00:47:15Really?
00:47:15You want to delve into ancient history?
00:47:19Yes.
00:47:19I mean, Julius Caesar, the Norman Conquest, you and Mariah.
00:47:25We did a movie like eons ago.
00:47:27Um, an era called the 80s.
00:47:30Oh, yeah.
00:47:30I think I've heard about it.
00:47:31Landline phones, shoulder pads, cocaine.
00:47:34What happened between you two?
00:47:36There's just not much to share, you know?
00:47:39Why should I tell you my most intimate stuff if you won't tell me yours?
00:47:43You know, you want to be an actor.
00:47:45So why don't you break down that big ass wall of yours and tell me the most painful thing that's ever happened to you?
00:47:51Um, that's called trauma porn.
00:47:53You know, it's not that hard.
00:47:54You just say it.
00:47:56Then you show me, you and Mariah, go.
00:48:06We had a short flint as co-stars.
00:48:11Will?
00:48:11What movie?
00:48:14I haven't found you in any of her movies on IMDb.
00:48:17It was a, um, a so-called comedy called Two for the Show.
00:48:22I died on the cutting room floor.
00:48:24Alas.
00:48:26And how did that make you feel?
00:48:31Okay.
00:48:32All right.
00:48:32Um, it made me feel, um, it made me feel, um, bullish.
00:48:42And stupid.
00:48:43So, how was she?
00:48:56Uh, a gentleman never kisses.
00:48:57Oh, a gentleman kiss and tell all the time.
00:48:59How was she?
00:49:00Was she a good fuck?
00:49:01Was she better than me?
00:49:02Don't do that.
00:49:03Do what?
00:49:04Make it all about sex.
00:49:05Look, way back in the day, she had this, this magic, this magnetism, this amazing, you just, uh, kind of look away.
00:49:29Uh, so, what did you do then?
00:49:46I ran.
00:49:47I ran screaming for help.
00:49:49And did help come?
00:49:51No, I was alone.
00:49:53Alone with that awful thing that had been, David.
00:49:55You are flashing your entire ball sack to the entire world.
00:49:59As my secret superpower.
00:50:01Great to know.
00:50:02Hi, baby.
00:50:03You up?
00:50:04Right here.
00:50:06Ah, good.
00:50:07Morning.
00:50:08Good morning.
00:50:10Now, I want to go see my team today.
00:50:13The Chandler Agency.
00:50:15So, uh, I need a ride.
00:50:17You don't drive?
00:50:18No, honey.
00:50:19Are you kidding?
00:50:20I haven't been behind the wheel of a car since Alabama Roadkill.
00:50:24And that was a picture car.
00:50:26Okay, well then, can Clay?
00:50:27No, I can't.
00:50:28I got an audition at 1.
00:50:30Honey, I meant it when I said I wanted us to go together.
00:50:36So, come on.
00:50:38Get ready.
00:50:45You ready?
00:50:47Ah, almost.
00:50:49I'll put some lipstick on, honey.
00:50:52Pop your face.
00:50:59So, I met a man at Orzo the other night that says he knows you from back in the day.
00:51:05Oh my God, you didn't give my address, did you?
00:51:07No, of course not.
00:51:09He might have been bullshitting me, but, um, he says you two had a fling back in the 80s.
00:51:15Honey, I'm going to need more than that to go on.
00:51:19I lost track of my flings around 86.
00:51:24I mean, he has these blazing blue eyes.
00:51:30Short?
00:51:31Named Anthony Intense?
00:51:34He's intense.
00:51:35He's short, too.
00:51:35But, no, his name is Richard Metzger.
00:51:38Ah.
00:51:41Mmm.
00:51:42I met a lot of intense guys back in the day.
00:51:45I was doing a lot of coke.
00:51:48So, it's possible he could be right.
00:51:51Who are all these intense guys?
00:51:53Oh, sweet baby Jesus, I can't begin to remember the good thing about being a Ryan McKay in
00:52:01those days was how easy it was to get rid of him.
00:52:06One guy, I had the studio fire from Circus Dreams after he threatened to kill me.
00:52:14None of this restraining order shipped for me, thank you very much.
00:52:17Another one, let's see, I had thrown out of the house, had the locks changed, and I don't
00:52:23want to start on the arsonist.
00:52:25The arsonist?
00:52:27I said, I don't want to start.
00:52:30Now, it took me a while, but I learned my lesson.
00:52:36I don't want a smart man.
00:52:39I want a man who is nice and dumb and hung.
00:52:46Like Clay?
00:52:47Exactly.
00:52:50Um, are we good on time?
00:52:53I don't want you to miss your appointment.
00:52:55Honey, I don't need an appointment.
00:52:58Ha!
00:53:06Yes, it's her.
00:53:08It's been 20 minutes.
00:53:11I'm so sorry, Mrs. McKay.
00:53:13Um, Alina's in a meeting right now and she...
00:53:15About what?
00:53:16I'm sorry?
00:53:17What is the meeting about?
00:53:18They can't be interrupted by Mariah McKay.
00:53:21Hurry.
00:53:22She's scary.
00:53:23That would be great.
00:53:25You know what I miss?
00:53:33The days when you can smoke a cigarette, no questions.
00:53:37Oh, yeah.
00:53:38Equal opportunity cancer.
00:53:41Ms. McKay, if you follow me, I'll take you to Elaine's office.
00:53:44Can I get you anything to drink?
00:53:46Coffee.
00:53:47Black.
00:53:48Sugar.
00:53:48I asked for it 30 minutes ago.
00:53:49I asked for it 30 minutes ago.
00:54:01So you're Mariah McKay's assistant?
00:54:03No, I just rent a room in her house.
00:54:07That must be nice.
00:54:07Yeah, it will be once we get rid of the rats.
00:54:12You know, I think that this is an exciting new chapter for all of us.
00:54:16I just can't believe it.
00:54:18The best new roles are on TV.
00:54:21I'm sorry.
00:54:21I have to call you back in five minutes.
00:54:22No, five.
00:54:23I promise.
00:54:24Okay, fine.
00:54:25Yes, and you know what?
00:54:26You are so right for so many of them.
00:54:29Let's set up meetings with all the streamers.
00:54:31A meeting?
00:54:33To reintroduce you to a new generation.
00:54:36Well, I would think that an Oscar, two Golden Globes,
00:54:40and a combined $532 million in box office
00:54:43might be introduction enough.
00:54:46Of course.
00:54:47How about Circus Dreams?
00:54:50The series.
00:54:51Is that fabulous?
00:54:52You call Hulu.
00:54:52We're going to set that up.
00:54:54My character dies at the end of the film.
00:54:56Well, the writers will figure that out.
00:54:58It'll be a prequel or a reboot,
00:54:59like a whole reimagining move.
00:55:02Anyway, I'm sure you want to be traffic.
00:55:05I'd like to introduce you to Holly Sloan.
00:55:08You're her assistant.
00:55:11Okay, if you need anything,
00:55:12I want you to call my assistant Thomas.
00:55:13Anything you need.
00:55:14No, no, no.
00:55:16Holly is a very talented actress.
00:55:18Newly arrived in L.A.
00:55:20Well, you're an actress.
00:55:22If Mariah recommends you, that means a lot.
00:55:24It's so good to see you.
00:55:25I'm so glad that you stopped by.
00:55:26It was nice to meet you, Holly.
00:55:28Okay, bye.
00:55:29Let's go then.
00:55:30Hi, sorry.
00:55:38I pulled the Circus Dream files for Mariah's agent.
00:55:44Why was I even thinking about taking her jewelry?
00:55:47If my career kicked into gear,
00:55:49I could buy my own damn diamonds.
00:55:53Look at that one.
00:55:55I mean, I'm telling you,
00:55:57Mariah is quite the collector.
00:55:59I've counted seven different diamond pieces alone.
00:56:01You're researching Mariah?
00:56:03Yeah, just the stones around her neck.
00:56:06Don't you think her introducing me to her agent
00:56:09changes things a little bit?
00:56:12Well, that's great,
00:56:13but I'm just going to take time, right?
00:56:15So all I'm saying is,
00:56:17must survive, right?
00:56:20Hmm, okay.
00:56:22Um,
00:56:22The Three Musts
00:56:26is a pretty shit title.
00:56:31Okay.
00:56:33Work in progress.
00:56:34Hang on.
00:56:35Just let that go to voicemail.
00:56:36No, it's early.
00:56:37It could still be an audition.
00:56:39Okay.
00:56:39Hello?
00:56:43Hi.
00:56:44Yes.
00:56:50Yes, sure, yes.
00:56:52Absolutely, absolutely.
00:56:55Okay, great.
00:56:57How's that?
00:56:59That was Mariah's agency.
00:57:02They want to meet with me.
00:57:03They might sign me.
00:57:05It was the biggest thing to happen for my career
00:57:07since I'd gotten off that Greyhound bus.
00:57:09But Richard was jealous.
00:57:11He couldn't see past Mariah's jewels.
00:57:14At least,
00:57:15that's what I thought.
00:57:17God, everyone wanted risotto tonight.
00:57:19I smell like Parmesan cheese.
00:57:21Wait, you're making me lose count.
00:57:23Six.
00:57:24Nineteen.
00:57:24Stop.
00:57:25We're...
00:57:25Hey, you coming to my DJ set this weekend?
00:57:29Mm-hmm.
00:57:30Are you too busy having multiple orgasms
00:57:32with your old man fuck buddy?
00:57:33Good night, you guys.
00:57:35Have a good night.
00:57:39Okay.
00:57:40All right.
00:57:41Oh, shit.
00:57:42I missed a call from the Chandler agency.
00:57:44Did I tell you about my meeting?
00:57:46Only about 3,000 times.
00:57:50Holly, come talk to me before you leave, okay?
00:57:52Okay.
00:57:52Okay.
00:58:00They canceled the meeting.
00:58:02Why?
00:58:02I don't know.
00:58:04They didn't say.
00:58:05Here you go, Logan.
00:58:08Fuck.
00:58:11Fuck.
00:58:11What changed?
00:58:17Hey, what's up?
00:58:18There's no easy way into this,
00:58:21so we're letting you go.
00:58:23What?
00:58:24This was your last shift.
00:58:26Wait, why?
00:58:27A customer called about your attitude.
00:58:29That's all I'm going to say.
00:58:30Danielle, come on.
00:58:31You know me.
00:58:32I'm a pro.
00:58:32I never lose my cool.
00:58:33You're losing it right now.
00:58:34Because you're firing me.
00:58:36Yes, I am.
00:58:38We'll mail you your last check.
00:58:40I'm a pro.
00:59:10I don't know.
00:59:40I don't know.
01:00:10I don't know.
01:00:40I don't know.
01:01:10I don't know.
01:01:41Oh, hey.
01:01:43Are you okay?
01:01:46Ever better.
01:01:48Oh.
01:01:49Okay, guess what?
01:01:51I just got an audition for American Horror Story.
01:01:55It's like...
01:01:56Congrats.
01:01:57Yeah.
01:01:57Your agent's really getting you out there.
01:01:59Yeah.
01:02:00No, I got a new agent.
01:02:01Um, the Chandler agency.
01:02:05Mariah's?
01:02:06Yeah, yeah.
01:02:07She recommended me, but I asked her not to, because that's not why I'm hanging out with her.
01:02:12You know?
01:02:12Oh, dear God.
01:02:14Oh, dear God.
01:02:16Dumb, sweet Clay really liked Mariah, and she had gotten him an agent instead of me.
01:02:23So much for my long game.
01:02:26All right.
01:02:27Well, have a good night.
01:02:28Hey.
01:02:48Hey.
01:02:48What's up with you?
01:02:53God, can you say a bad day?
01:02:55I need a fucking drink.
01:02:56Oh, okay.
01:02:58Uh, gin, whiskey?
01:02:59Pick your poison.
01:03:00Swirl them together for all I care.
01:03:02Why are you breathing so hard?
01:03:09I walked here.
01:03:11Okay?
01:03:12I walked here because I can't afford an Uber, and my car's radiator hose split right where
01:03:18I parked it in front of the restaurant that I used to work at.
01:03:20Used to because I got fired today at the end of my shift after some asshole called to complain
01:03:25about me, and tomorrow, when I call a tow truck to pick it up, I'm going to have to look
01:03:29at that fucking place and their $22 bulls of pasta.
01:03:33Jeez.
01:03:43I can't afford to get my car fixed.
01:03:46Oh, look, I've got a little bit of money.
01:03:49Shut up.
01:03:52And fuck me.
01:03:53Now.
01:03:59What was I going to do for money?
01:04:03And if an actress isn't a waitress, is she even an actress anymore?
01:04:09Let's do it.
01:04:14I still want it.
01:04:20Let's take Mariah's jewelry.
01:04:24And not just a necklace.
01:04:27Enough to really make a difference.
01:04:29Well, hold on.
01:04:34We'll just...
01:04:35Better take just a little bit.
01:04:40You know, just milk it over time.
01:04:42No.
01:04:46You're the one who said I have to do what it takes to survive.
01:04:51Packing up my bags and going back to Nebraska is not an option.
01:04:54Hey, you never have to go back there.
01:05:03You know what?
01:05:03Fuck Mariah.
01:05:07Come on, Sam.
01:05:10Fuck her.
01:05:14Come on.
01:05:14Fuck her.
01:05:15That's it.
01:05:16You said she only wears the animals, right?
01:05:22If some of the other pieces were to go missing, do you think she would even, like, would she notice?
01:05:27No.
01:05:30She wouldn't even notice.
01:05:32She wears the key around her neck.
01:05:43If I can get it.
01:05:46If I can take the jewelry while she's sleeping, she'll think Clay did it.
01:05:49Who the fuck's Clay?
01:05:53My scene partner.
01:05:55The one who booked the SVU spot, who signed with her agent because he did the smart thing and started fucking her.
01:06:06I come home tonight, and they're just going at it.
01:06:15Is he there?
01:06:17Is he there every night?
01:06:18Yeah.
01:06:19Yeah.
01:06:20Since the party.
01:06:21Do you know where he lives?
01:06:23That, um, that old building on the corner of, uh, Franklin and Gower.
01:06:36We, we can, what do you think if we were to, um, what do you think if we were to plant some jewelry there?
01:06:48Do you think you'd make a good fall guy?
01:06:54Oh, you're bad.
01:06:59Yeah.
01:06:59But that's why you like me.
01:07:02Well, when I'm done with her, we can throw her back into the gutter.
01:07:07Some people might feel bad for what we were going to do to Clay, not me.
01:07:14Everything had come so easy for him.
01:07:19Clay, fantastic work as always.
01:07:22You have this, uh, you know, Pacino-esque quality, this intensity that-
01:07:29Well, things were going to start coming easy for me.
01:07:31So what if Mariah had helped Clay and screwed me over?
01:07:34I'd take her, I'd take her jewelry.
01:07:38Must number one, must survive.
01:07:43What the hell?
01:07:48Your old headshot.
01:07:50Explain.
01:07:51Where'd you find that?
01:07:52You changed your name.
01:07:54So?
01:07:55A ton of actors changed their names.
01:07:57You didn't tell me.
01:07:58Lying by omission is still lying.
01:07:59No, my name is Richard Mesker.
01:08:03Uh, here's my license and registration.
01:08:06I just don't talk about him.
01:08:07Well, you do now.
01:08:09You weren't in two for the show with her.
01:08:10You were in Circus Dreams.
01:08:12We jumped into bed 15 minutes after our first rehearsal.
01:08:15It was intense.
01:08:16It was crazy.
01:08:16That's it.
01:08:18Bullshit.
01:08:18That's not it.
01:08:19She was fucking clean, helpless, a psycho bitch.
01:08:22Yeah, I broke it up.
01:08:23Okay, so Mariah is a lot of things, but honey, she's not a fucking psycho bitch.
01:08:28Stop lying to me, Richard.
01:08:30What the fuck, Holly?
01:08:31Okay.
01:08:33What are you doing?
01:08:38I will not take a piece of that jewelry until you tell me what your deal is with her.
01:08:48She, uh, she got me kicked off the movie.
01:08:51I wasn't in a single frame.
01:08:53All right, it was fucking humiliating.
01:08:55Mariah, uh, she killed my career, so I changed my name.
01:08:58I went to New York.
01:08:59I did plays for, like, three years.
01:09:00Came back here.
01:09:01Nothing.
01:09:02Couldn't get one fucking meeting.
01:09:04Who'd you tell about this?
01:09:05Who'd you tell about my name?
01:09:06No one.
01:09:08Fuck.
01:09:10Fuck, man.
01:09:11Might as well just burn my book.
01:09:15Yeah, I mean...
01:09:16Finally, the truth.
01:09:28Richard was the guy Mariah had thrown off circus dreams.
01:09:32He'd threatened her, and she'd destroyed his career.
01:09:35Just like she was doing to me.
01:09:39Now he wanted reimbursement for a lost life.
01:09:42No wonder he was so obsessed with her.
01:09:53Fuck that bitch.
01:09:57Come on, say it.
01:10:01Yeah.
01:10:02Fuck her.
01:10:02We'll steal the jewelry.
01:10:10We'll make it right with her.
01:10:14I just have to figure out how to get the key.
01:10:19He said to me.
01:10:20Good morning, sleepyhead.
01:10:35Good morning.
01:10:39What is this?
01:10:40Breakfast.
01:10:42All kinds of flavors.
01:10:44I got your fluffernutter, your lemon raspberry, and maple bacon.
01:10:55My favorite.
01:10:57I can't tell if this is disgusting or delicious.
01:11:00Well, which is a sign of greatness right there.
01:11:02Possibly.
01:11:05Well, you know, this feels like a significant moment.
01:11:08What?
01:11:08You getting breakfast?
01:11:09I mean, not sneaking out in the cover of darkness.
01:11:11You know, I guess planning a felony does that for a relationship.
01:11:17Well, diamonds do mark such occasions.
01:11:19And Mariah has some great ones.
01:11:21Oh, she does.
01:11:24This is...
01:11:28This is how we get the key.
01:11:32What is that?
01:11:33Crushed up benzos.
01:11:35Mixed some of her and Clay's drink and, um...
01:11:39Sleepy time.
01:11:40Can you, um...
01:11:43Can you do that?
01:11:45Easy.
01:11:47Mariah hates getting anything for herself.
01:11:48I mean, if she can wave a hand in my direction to fetch it...
01:11:52Okay, good.
01:11:53Great.
01:11:54When will you do it?
01:11:55Soon as I can.
01:11:57We'll celebrate afterwards?
01:12:00What do you think?
01:12:01Back a bag, bring it over when you're done?
01:12:04Go to Big Bear.
01:12:07Big Bear?
01:12:08Yeah.
01:12:08Mm-hmm.
01:12:10After this, we're going to Hawaii.
01:12:14Nice.
01:12:25He broke up with me.
01:12:27Clay?
01:12:27Of course, Clay.
01:12:30We're supposed to have lunch together.
01:12:32And then he didn't show.
01:12:34When I called, I left text.
01:12:36He never answered.
01:12:40He's ghosting you.
01:12:42He's what?
01:12:43Ghosting you?
01:12:44You know, when someone suddenly stops answering your text messages?
01:12:47So he's dumping me.
01:12:49Mm-hmm.
01:12:49Because I'm old.
01:12:51I'm old.
01:12:52I'm old.
01:12:54You see?
01:12:55I got to open this part.
01:12:57He's a judge.
01:12:59Because I'm old.
01:13:01Of course, he dumped me.
01:13:02We don't know that Clay dumped you.
01:13:06Why hasn't he answered?
01:13:08I don't know.
01:13:09He's a 25-year-old actor.
01:13:11He, his phone is dead.
01:13:13He booked a role.
01:13:14He's playing hard to get.
01:13:15Anything.
01:13:16Well, if his phone's dead, that means he can't get my message.
01:13:19No more texting.
01:13:20Well, but I...
01:13:21No.
01:13:23You want some tea?
01:13:25Tea?
01:13:26Do I look like a woman who wants tea?
01:13:29No.
01:13:30You look like a woman who wants more wine.
01:13:33Bring me the Shiraz, not the cab.
01:14:01I'll be right there.
01:14:21There's no arguing with these results.
01:14:24Okay, it's lymphoma.
01:14:25Motherfucking spooking me.
01:14:28I'm Mariah fucking McKay.
01:14:33Ghosting.
01:14:34He's ghosting you.
01:14:35Whatever.
01:14:40Look, I think I...
01:14:43I think I'm going to turn in.
01:14:45Are you okay to clean up, baby?
01:14:48Not a problem.
01:14:49Where's the love, mister?
01:15:05Huh?
01:15:06Well, you've turned for me, too.
01:15:10Come on.
01:15:11Come on.
01:15:12Come on.
01:15:12Come on.
01:15:12Come on.
01:15:12Come on.
01:15:12Come on.
01:15:12Come on.
01:15:12Come on.
01:15:14Come on.
01:15:19If we're lucky, she won't notice for a long, long time.
01:15:36Maybe never.
01:15:38And the sudden is they, um...
01:15:40She was out?
01:15:43Out like a light.
01:15:44She would have slept through an earthquake.
01:15:46Almost like she was dead.
01:15:49Okay.
01:15:50Okay.
01:15:51All right.
01:15:52Getting her key, stealing the jewelry?
01:15:55Oof.
01:15:56It was nothing.
01:15:57Nothing.
01:15:57Check this one out.
01:16:22She got this one.
01:16:26In can.
01:16:281992.
01:16:30It was worth $180,000 back then?
01:16:33I mean, it's got to be worth a whole bunch more.
01:16:37Oh, man.
01:16:38Absolutely.
01:16:38Woo!
01:16:39I'm still jacked up.
01:16:49Adrenaline.
01:16:51You want a drink?
01:16:53I'll, um, I'll take whatever you're having.
01:16:55Whiskey.
01:16:59What about Clay?
01:17:00Oh, Clay wasn't there.
01:17:03Lucky us.
01:17:03He's, um, ghosting her.
01:17:09He's what?
01:17:10Ghosting her.
01:17:11God, you old types.
01:17:13It's, um, it's when someone doesn't respond to your texts.
01:17:18To Mariah McKay, goddess of the silver screen and her jewelry.
01:17:25Yeah, thank God that the latter kept its value and beauty, while the former withered in age.
01:17:35Cheers.
01:17:41You're awful.
01:17:44I don't even want to know what you say about me.
01:17:46That I have never met anyone like you, Midwest.
01:18:01Ever.
01:18:05Maybe it was the adrenaline.
01:18:08Maybe it was the diamonds on the bed next to me.
01:18:12God damn it.
01:18:14I still wanted him.
01:18:16Even after what I knew.
01:18:20Even after what I had done.
01:18:24Are you okay?
01:18:27Fuck.
01:18:29Hold on, hold on.
01:18:31God.
01:18:34Are you okay?
01:18:37This is weird.
01:18:39That didn't happen.
01:18:40Did you?
01:18:41Did you pick up the dog?
01:18:42Did you pick up the dog?
01:18:46Oh, jeez.
01:18:49Oh, jeez.
01:18:50Fuck.
01:18:59Yeah, water.
01:19:01Water.
01:19:01Water.
01:19:04Oh, jeez.
01:19:05Oh, jeez.
01:19:06Oh, jeez.
01:19:10Richard, breathe.
01:19:23Hospital.
01:19:29Hi.
01:19:29Yes.
01:19:30Wait, wait, wait.
01:19:31It's going to be okay.
01:19:32Richard, hang on.
01:19:33It's going to be okay.
01:19:34Yes, hi, yes.
01:19:35No, no, no, don't put me on hold, motherfucker.
01:19:37I need an ambulance right now.
01:19:38My boyfriend can't breathe.
01:19:414730 Fountain Drive, Unit B.
01:19:43Oh, Midwest.
01:19:45Richard, they're coming.
01:19:49And scene.
01:19:54I never called.
01:19:57You're not having an asthma attack, by the way.
01:20:00That powder you gave me.
01:20:02The cyanide?
01:20:05It's paralyzing your respiratory system.
01:20:07You've got about five minutes.
01:20:09I put it in your drink, in case you were wondering.
01:20:12Cheers.
01:20:13You know, I used to think you were being ironic
01:20:16when you called me Midwest
01:20:17until I realized you know fuck all about the Midwest.
01:20:21Nebraska isn't just cornfields and apple pie.
01:20:24It's also oxy and dilaudid.
01:20:27That powder didn't look like any crushed up pills
01:20:29I'd ever seen, and when I smelled it,
01:20:31I'd ever seen it in a moment.
01:20:37Dead giveaway for cyanide.
01:20:40I mean, you were right about one thing.
01:20:45Nobody would have bought your stupid fucking book
01:20:48if they knew the truth about you and Mariah.
01:20:50That you're a fucking canceled, washed up has-been
01:20:55who got dumped by a movie star.
01:21:00Whoa!
01:21:09Whoa.
01:21:13Some romantic getaway.
01:21:16What?
01:21:16Were you planning on poisoning me
01:21:19and then making it look like I killed Mariah and Clay?
01:21:22Because I was jealous of them?
01:21:25Me?
01:21:26Jealous of them?
01:21:29Oh, Richard.
01:21:32I would have kept your secret.
01:21:34I'm so used to being underestimated,
01:21:39it fucking kills me.
01:21:44But I was stupid.
01:21:49I believed you when you said that I was special.
01:21:53That I would make it.
01:21:54You never even saw me.
01:22:02You were just thinking about her.
01:22:07You crushed me, Richard.
01:22:10You have this spark.
01:22:12An edge.
01:22:14You changed your name.
01:22:16A ton of actors change your name.
01:22:17I found this dog and I need to return it.
01:22:20There's no easy way into this,
01:22:22so we're letting you go.
01:22:23I am calling about a complaint
01:22:25with one of your employees.
01:22:27You're a magic.
01:22:29But I'm not such a good neighbor, Ollie.
01:22:31I really do want the money.
01:22:34What about Clay?
01:22:35Oh, he wasn't there.
01:22:38Lucky us.
01:22:40You know her, don't you?
01:22:42Our paths may have crossed back in my acting days.
01:22:44What is that?
01:22:48Crushed up benzos.
01:22:50Mixed some of her and Clay's drink
01:22:51and, um, sleepy time.
01:22:54My bad.
01:22:56You're the one who said
01:22:56I have to do what it takes to survive.
01:23:05Am I good enough for you now?
01:23:14Making an omelet.
01:23:31Want some?
01:23:32What are you putting in it?
01:23:34Just cheddar cheese.
01:23:36Yeah, I'll take some.
01:23:37How are you, baby?
01:23:47Everything went according to the plan.
01:23:51Thank God you figured it out.
01:23:55I wouldn't have been able to do it without you.
01:23:58And I mean that.
01:23:59Not everyone
01:24:07can smell that
01:24:09scent of almonds.
01:24:12It's genetic.
01:24:15Science channel.
01:24:17I'll wait a few more minutes
01:24:18and then I'll call.
01:24:20I'd wait till tomorrow
01:24:21and be sure I knew all my lines.
01:24:24Well,
01:24:24last person I saw
01:24:27was my boyfriend,
01:24:29but
01:24:29no,
01:24:30I don't think he'd take my gun.
01:24:32He has been a little depressed.
01:24:33No, honey.
01:24:35Don't push it.
01:24:35Let them bring up suicide.
01:24:37Right.
01:24:38Right.
01:24:39Yeah.
01:24:40You up for this?
01:24:44Actually,
01:24:45I'm kind of excited.
01:24:46I mean,
01:24:46it's sort of like
01:24:47opening night play.
01:24:48Excited.
01:24:50As soon as I reported
01:24:52my gun missing,
01:24:52the police connected the dots.
01:24:55Ballistics linked my gun
01:24:57with Richard and Clay's deaths.
01:24:59Soon Richard's real name came out.
01:25:01Then his history with Mariah.
01:25:03The press had a field day.
01:25:06Of course the cops had questions for me.
01:25:08But Mariah was brilliant.
01:25:10She made it all about her.
01:25:12The woman so enthralling,
01:25:13so enticing
01:25:14that two men died for her.
01:25:17She had movie offers
01:25:18by the end of the week.
01:25:20And it turned out
01:25:20that I didn't need
01:25:21some actor showcase
01:25:22to make things happen.
01:25:24So I took class.
01:25:25I hung out with Mariah,
01:25:27signed with her agent,
01:25:28and started actually working
01:25:30as an actress.
01:25:34I still think back
01:25:35to that night
01:25:35about what it was like
01:25:37to kill Richard.
01:25:39It was like killing
01:25:40a part of myself.
01:25:42The part that was sheltered
01:25:44and innocent.
01:25:45Well, good riddance.
01:25:48The part that was
01:25:51still letting people
01:25:52have been
01:25:53is that
01:25:53thepers
01:26:04intended for
01:26:05reason
01:26:06to keep
01:26:06the source
01:26:07and
01:26:07to come in,
01:26:08to be
01:26:08to be
01:26:10small.
01:26:11And
01:26:13the
01:26:16of
01:26:16Streamlight silhouettes, traces of cologne and smoke
01:26:46The moon is realizing everything that you had hoped
01:26:53In your bungalow, all the lines are crisp and clean
01:27:01But you can't forget what you saw when you were just sixteen
01:27:16I was surprised when I left my bungalow
01:27:22You can't forget what you saw when I left my bungalow
01:27:24The moon is hanging in a hole
01:27:27The moon is hanging in a hole
01:27:29The moon is hanging in a hole
01:27:34The moon is hanging in a hole
01:27:39Hangers in an empty closet
01:27:43A hat perched on her chair
01:27:47You remember that one moment
01:27:50You were left just standing there
01:27:54A dark stain spreading on the carpet
01:27:58This can't be happening
01:28:02Electric shocks awaken
01:28:05All the places you have ever been
01:28:35Facts
01:28:41A space weil
01:28:43Facts
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