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00:01:00Baby, it's okay, you're dreaming.
00:01:30Come on, sweetheart, we've got to go.
00:01:53I'm going to miss my flight.
00:01:54Okay, you seem tense, you didn't have that dream again, did you?
00:01:57No.
00:02:00I'm just anxious about the meeting.
00:02:04I've got to make this guy talk, or else my story sucks, Griff will never buy it, and
00:02:08there goes my internship.
00:02:09Just be firm, don't let him intimidate you.
00:02:11It's easier said than done, the guy's tough.
00:02:13You know intimidation is not exactly my strong suit.
00:02:16Hey, you're smart, kiddo.
00:02:18I know you can do it.
00:02:19Come on.
00:02:23All right, remember, nerves are stealing.
00:02:37I'll try.
00:02:38Don't try, just do it.
00:02:43Be a good girl, honey.
00:02:44I'm going, I'm going.
00:03:08We're proceeding to taxi onto the runway, and this time we ask you to fasten your seat
00:03:24with the next pair to take off.
00:03:38Hi.
00:03:39Hello.
00:03:39How are you?
00:03:40I'm fine.
00:03:42Looks like it's going to be a short flight.
00:03:45Not short enough, as far as I'm concerned.
00:03:47They never give us enough leg space.
00:03:50You're right about that.
00:03:52So what brings you to San Francisco?
00:03:53A story on a city bigwig who's been implicated in a huge sex scandal.
00:03:57How exciting.
00:03:59Who do you write for?
00:04:00We're a magazine.
00:04:01Great articles.
00:04:02You live in L.A.?
00:04:03Yeah.
00:04:04Do you?
00:04:05I now spend most of my time up north.
00:04:07We have a home in Napa Valley.
00:04:09I love the weather.
00:04:11I have space to think, ride my horses.
00:04:15It's so hard to focus in L.A.
00:04:17My husband, though, he prefers the house and by the beach.
00:04:21God, it must be beautiful, though, right now.
00:04:23Storybook green, right?
00:04:26I went to Catholic boarding school up there.
00:04:28Nothing but green pastures and cows.
00:04:31Oh, we replaced the milk with the wine, darling, a long time ago.
00:04:35How funny.
00:04:36I went to Catholic boarding school myself.
00:04:38You didn't.
00:04:39You know, my husband always teases me.
00:04:43He says that that's why I'm so screwed up.
00:04:46Four years without boys.
00:04:47My husband would agree.
00:04:49And you know what?
00:04:51They're probably right.
00:04:52Your electronic parking card shows you didn't check out of the garage until midnight that night.
00:05:04Sometimes I work late.
00:05:06Well, can you tell me why Beverly was at your office the night of the rape?
00:05:08She wasn't at my office.
00:05:11I saw her waiting at the bus stop, out of my window.
00:05:13That was never in the police report.
00:05:15There was never a bus scheduled for that line that night.
00:05:18How could you have been waiting for a bus that was never scheduled?
00:05:21I'm going to try to say this in a nice way.
00:05:24About something that could get extremely ugly.
00:05:27It would be very wise of you not to proceed with your inquiries.
00:05:33Good.
00:05:34And we agree.
00:05:35There is no storm.
00:05:37You'll excuse me, Miss Barton.
00:05:47Taxi?
00:06:04I have a reservation for Mrs. Barton, please.
00:06:13Elizabeth?
00:06:14Oh, my God.
00:06:15What are you doing here?
00:06:16My flight was canceled.
00:06:18The fog.
00:06:19Mine, too.
00:06:19Isn't this crazy?
00:06:21Bob, this is the woman I was telling you about.
00:06:23You met on the way out.
00:06:24Pleasure.
00:06:26Nice to meet you.
00:06:27Join us for a nightcap?
00:06:30Oh, come on.
00:06:31Live a little dangerously.
00:06:32It'll be fun.
00:06:34Why not?
00:06:42Excuse me.
00:06:48I didn't realize your husband was joining you up here.
00:06:51Bob?
00:06:51Oh, he's not my husband.
00:06:56Oh, come on, darling.
00:06:57Don't say you didn't figure it out.
00:06:58Writers always figure it out.
00:07:00Wouldn't you say, Bob?
00:07:01You're interested in character, aren't you?
00:07:03Oh, yeah.
00:07:05And I'm interested in dessert.
00:07:08Real decadent.
00:07:10And sweet.
00:07:11So, what are you going to do to me tonight?
00:07:29That's kind of a strange question, because when you see it, you'll probably...
00:07:33Good night.
00:07:36Good night.
00:07:36I'll call you back in L.A.
00:07:37Okay.
00:07:38Good night.
00:07:38Good night.
00:07:53Good night.
00:07:54Good night.
00:08:16so what you're saying is a year ago we would have qualified i'm afraid with the change in
00:08:27your wife's salary makes it rather impossible at this time due to the change in your wife's
00:08:36salary you call what they pay a salary honey entrance yeah but christ christ 75k a year
00:08:43placing executives you had it made never having to leave the house never having to leave your study
00:08:47come on honey we both knew it was going to be tough in the beginning recruiting made me miserable
00:08:53you don't want me to be miserable do you yeah but it's been over a year now i mean why not at least
00:08:59try another publication what's so big about where magazine anyway griffin he's the best editor in
00:09:05town that's right your mentor the one who changed your life one college afternoon that must have
00:09:12been one hell of a lecture eric stop it look i'm pretty sure who used the piece i'm turning in
00:09:18today then i'll be on staff and everything's gonna be okay all right
00:09:24why do you always pretend laura that you don't hear what i say when i don't damn well that you
00:09:36hear what i say do you want me to believe that you're stupid because if you do i will
00:09:40that's for you young lady this happens to be a business not a hobby between getting your hair
00:09:47done and having lunches your story's late where is it right here
00:09:53elizabeth the first line doesn't work his story does i hope so for your sake staff meeting tomorrow
00:10:06morning 10 a.m shop try to be that now for our theme issue on sexual identities julie is going to cover
00:10:27the piece on married men in their infidelities be careful with your research
00:10:33and carl you have a handle on the gay dating service issue i'm all over a grip i'll cover the
00:10:41demographics good that makes four features but i want to have a fifth if i don't have an acceptable
00:10:53idea by noon tomorrow i believe there might be a little trouble in paradise
00:10:57elizabeth in my office
00:11:04you're not a pretty good store going there but you went down have a seat
00:11:13i disagree i think it works bullshit it's very obvious that you backed off elizabeth you should
00:11:25have dug in you should have nailed that lawyer man right there at the end you should have just
00:11:28confronted him and taken him down no guts no story
00:11:33the thing is what is the thing griff your wife's on two i can't talk to her right now would you
00:11:42please tell her i love him i'll call her back in a few minutes
00:11:44let me tell you what the thing isn't the thing isn't junior league this is journalism and journalism
00:11:54is telling the truth if you can't tell the truth then we do have a problem
00:11:58you're gonna have to get tough elizabeth the thing is i just tell me what the thing is
00:12:08we all have our demons now the bottom line is if you can't confront your demons and nail your
00:12:14endings well then maybe you just don't belong here will you please excuse me i'd like to call my wife
00:12:28my sauce came out great
00:12:43any reaction to the story no
00:12:47actually yes he said he didn't like it griff
00:12:59what'd he say he told me not to give up my day job
00:13:10happy now it's not the end of the world lizzie
00:13:17maybe not for you
00:13:47hello this is this this is an san francisco last week yeah sure how are you good i just called to
00:13:58say hi i see how you were doing i really enjoyed our time together so did i it was fun so how is
00:14:06everything great how's bob oh behaving himself though not with me and i've been really curious about
00:14:12something i mean i know that it's none of my business so feel free to tell me to shut up at any
00:14:16time but i have to ask have there been others like bob god no never what do you think i mean i
00:14:24can't actually believe i'm doing something like this never in my wildest dreams i wasn't looking you
00:14:30understand it just happened is it serious i don't know i'm confused you know i come from a very
00:14:36sheltered protected background oh god i can't believe i'm telling you all this she tries to
00:14:43resist but the chemistry's too good it's like some weird kind of fate but of course she's torn
00:14:48with that nagging guilt she's a good girl and good girls don't indulge in affairs she married too soon
00:14:54she didn't sow any wild oats hey i know a lot of women who married number one and they're doing
00:14:59just fine this isn't about right or wrong it's about her reactions to what's going on the drama
00:15:05the deceit the guilt the self-loathing but then there's the raw passion the thrill the whole
00:15:10crushing experience i think that's what the special issue is about sexual discovery this is a woman in
00:15:18transition coming out of her cocoon what's the score anatomy of an affair a first timer the virgin adulteress
00:15:30the virgin adulteress
00:15:35that's good very good maybe even excellent
00:15:55catholic girl goes astray but not too far very nice but elizabeth the terrain infidelity
00:16:02adulterous sexual activity isn't that foreign territory for you you may need a passport
00:16:11i think i can handle it you do yes i do well i hope so for your sake because if you don't have a
00:16:16rough draft in two weeks you may want to consider a new source of employment put that cigarette out
00:16:21look just do the best you can and don't worry about it okay i loved your presentation you were so
00:16:30great yeah yeah how'd you get that woman to open up i don't know it's weird it's almost like she wants
00:16:36to do you believe it's possible to have an affair and not have it affect your marriage
00:16:42i don't know i mean she seems to think so and she's living it
00:16:44god laurie she seems so free i don't believe it i mean it's bad karma you put that kind of energy
00:16:50out there and it's bound to come back and hurt you you know you should call my psychic calia
00:16:55she's so in tune yeah yeah i'm serious
00:17:01i don't know but you know it sounds a little kinky kinky yeah why is it okay for a man to have an
00:17:09affair and a woman has an affair and it's kinky well maybe i don't want you getting any ideas
00:17:17this is not about me lizzy don't start that again i told you i haven't been with anybody else since we've
00:17:23been married god you're so insecure i wasn't talking about you i was talking about her you know it
00:17:33would be really nice if you were a little supportive from time to time don't taste it
00:17:40needs garlic it's probably her now here stir my sauce hello why don't you tell me how you met
00:17:53this is great anne i can't believe how much we covered look let's meet at the beach tomorrow
00:18:03i'll see you then
00:18:06oh god yes i'm so nervous
00:18:08so where did it finally happen the miramar on santa monica mm-hmm yes we got a room at the hotel
00:18:17we had lunch sent up with champagne it was absolutely divine he was so sweet and adoring
00:18:23in the sex it was amazingly great god i don't mean to be so blunt but i never had sex like that
00:18:30i just didn't know it existed so it was like you mean there's this
00:18:36you know the sweetest thing he sent a bouquet of roses to the house with a card the next day
00:18:41this is just so strange remember how you were telling me about how you first met bob staring
00:18:50line at the movies and having coffee afterwards and now making love for the first time at the miramar
00:18:56and getting roses and a note later it's almost exactly like it happened with eric and i
00:19:03no you're serious yes
00:19:08i think it's time we had that fabulous bottle of wine that we brought
00:19:18here you go
00:19:20either you and i are incredibly alike or that's an awfully bizarre coincidence
00:19:24cheers two coincidences coincidences beth i hate to say this but i've decided to like it
00:19:39screwing someone else besides my husband this is just so hard to believe darling look you and
00:19:46i were the good girls prim and proper married the first man we slept with love and happiness forever
00:19:51after but that was then this is now and i'd like to think that i'm a bit of a late bloomer and that
00:19:58i have a whole lot of experience ahead of me i can do absolutely anything with him do you know how great
00:20:04that is to be like that with someone whenever you want whatever fantasy you want you make it sound so amazing
00:20:10that's good like a sexy woman sexy
00:20:27sure whatever that means do you play games well well we used to eric can be passionate
00:20:35i could go home dressed up and i know it would drive him crazy eric can take me in his arms and
00:20:41make love to me for hours and i know he really appreciates me eric and i are what are you doing
00:20:53what's gotten into you do you like it
00:20:59lizzie i don't need that to find you attractive
00:21:05i told you i'm perfectly happy with eric admitted you're curious you don't even have your tape
00:21:15recorder on you're asking me all this stuff now because you want to know not professionally personally
00:21:22i thought this was going to be about sex but it's not it's about disobedience
00:21:27and empowerment to disobey the rules others made us live by
00:21:31and living with what works for us for me but tell me truthfully you don't feel guilty making love to
00:21:39bob you can live with yourself there's no dirty feeling no sense of betrayal
00:21:50it's not living with myself it's living for myself and as for betrayal
00:21:55my husband forged that one a long time ago he's chosen to get disinvolved so i get involved
00:22:03elsewhere look having an affair is having an affair you go you do it and then you go home everything
00:22:11stays exactly the same imagine that you met someone new handsome as hell and just looking at
00:22:19it kind of made you hot and circumstance made it so you could go to bed together
00:22:26yes you could no one would know you could do it in your life would stay exactly as it is
00:22:35you could do it and love every minute of it i couldn't i wouldn't
00:22:42but what if you could
00:23:26Hi, we're not home. Leave a message.
00:23:28Hello.
00:23:28I thought you had a great kick out of the eavesdropping on Bob and me.
00:23:32Almost like being here.
00:23:34He's so great.
00:23:50Well, if it isn't Mr. Movie Star.
00:23:54Hmm.
00:23:56That's good. You like that?
00:24:03He's out with some friends. I'm kind of working tonight.
00:24:14Well, I still want you guys to come over for dinner.
00:24:17We'd love to come, thanks.
00:24:18Okay. Bye.
00:24:20I'll see you later.
00:24:26Get the tape.
00:24:27I'll see you later.
00:24:29You're good.
00:25:29Come on, light out will do us good. Relax, unwind, a little wine.
00:25:35I want to, just not tonight. I have to stay here.
00:25:42You are so selfish, you know that?
00:25:45Spending your days in there stagnating.
00:25:47I'm sick of this rioting thing, this fucking little hobby.
00:25:51You're my wife.
00:25:52It's so raw, so primal, and my lover wants the same thing I do.
00:26:22Fulfillment. You should try it.
00:26:25Darling, the romance fades from everyone's marriage eventually.
00:26:28I dropped the answering machine off.
00:26:52I said it'd be a couple days, so I got a replacement.
00:26:55I took the tape out. It's on your desk.
00:27:00Any news about Ann?
00:27:02No.
00:27:04There's something really wrong with her not calling.
00:27:07The number being disconnected.
00:27:09I can just feel it.
00:27:10The woman came to her senses. That's what happened.
00:27:14I mean, why should she expose herself for affair?
00:27:17She bailed out.
00:27:18She would tell me.
00:27:20We got close.
00:27:21Please, you just met.
00:27:27Face it, Lizzie, she's gone.
00:27:29So's your story.
00:27:32No!
00:27:34It's not over!
00:27:35Maybe it's a different story.
00:27:40Maybe it's a bigger story.
00:27:43Don't you get it, Eric?
00:27:44I really feel like this is going to be my breakthrough piece.
00:27:47You know how many times I've heard that pathetic line?
00:27:49Lizzie, just drop this whole thing, huh?
00:28:02Come on, give us a chance to finish the house.
00:28:06Build a great life together.
00:28:09Fuck you.
00:28:11Jesus Christ.
00:28:12Why should I give up my dreams like you?
00:28:14Just let them sit in a corner and gather dust like your photography equipment?
00:28:21Why is that okay with you?
00:28:23It's not okay with me.
00:28:26There's so much about us that it's not okay with you.
00:28:29I know dinner was canceled last night.
00:28:34Why were you?
00:28:37I was having a drink.
00:28:39Having a couple drinks.
00:28:41By myself, alone.
00:28:44Okay.
00:29:08Eric, this is Dave at the office.
00:29:10The boss is a bigalophile and I can't find it.
00:29:13I know you put him away for safekeeping, U.S.O.B.
00:29:15He seems pretty anxious, so call me as soon as possible.
00:29:21Hey, Elizabeth, it's Sarah.
00:29:23We have her?
00:29:24I can tell you.
00:29:26So call me when you get a chance.
00:29:27Okay.
00:29:29Elizabeth?
00:29:31Thought you might get each other's yeast dropping on bull.
00:29:33Almost like being here.
00:29:35He's so great.
00:29:37So, like, I'm in this, you know, total funk.
00:30:01The action is, like, completely back burner.
00:30:04I'm like Bill Holden and Sunset Boulevard, right?
00:30:07And I'm in New York, doing my usual Saturday night at the Pierre Bar.
00:30:12Nightman floats me a double Cointreau, because he knows I like the French stuff, you know, impresses the ladies or whatever.
00:30:17He says he's got a guy from L.A. who wants to meet me.
00:30:21It's a hush-hush thing, but he smells money, right?
00:30:24So right away, I mean, you know, I'm interested.
00:30:27Anyway, listen to this, by the way.
00:30:29Bob, the newcomer from New York, with a haunting presence, turns in a truly inspiring performance.
00:30:37Cool.
00:30:38So that's all.
00:30:39Anyway, so I meet the dude, which is what I call him, the dude, right?
00:30:44And he lays out the gig for me, which is all I gotta do is I have to initiate an affair with this broad, right?
00:30:51But he's gonna give me all the particulars that I need to, like, properly seduce her.
00:30:55No shit.
00:30:56Seriously, I mean, he's giving me all the accoutrements.
00:30:58I'm talking a car, upgraded threads, everything, right?
00:31:02So he shows me a picture, because that's important.
00:31:03I gotta see what she looks like, right?
00:31:05And she looks good.
00:31:05I mean, she's almost a babe.
00:31:06It's like, you know, I mean, she's a little bit sedate looking around thinking this is no problem.
00:31:11Totally doable, nailable thing.
00:31:13Plus he got you the lead in the play, right?
00:31:15Mm-hmm, yeah.
00:31:16God, I love this city.
00:31:18Cockroached a budding star in two months.
00:31:20Mm-hmm.
00:31:28What sort of extension are we talking about?
00:31:32Maybe just a week.
00:31:35You're in trouble, aren't you?
00:31:36No.
00:31:38Then let's have it.
00:31:39Look, I just need a few days to verify some things that she told me.
00:31:43Don't try to bullshit me.
00:31:45What's the real reason?
00:31:46I need to nail my ending.
00:31:50That's all you had to say, Elizabeth.
00:31:53I'll give you one week because I respect your honesty.
00:31:57Elizabeth.
00:32:00Which one of these would you go with?
00:32:01Who's he?
00:32:19That's our choice.
00:32:25So why didn't you tell me you're an actor?
00:32:26Uh, well, because whenever you, uh, you know, say that, people think you're a flake.
00:32:33Especially if you're not famous.
00:32:35What's, uh, what's on your mind?
00:32:37Well, I was interviewing Anne for this story I'm doing, and now she's disappeared off the
00:32:42face of the earth.
00:32:45What does that have to do with me?
00:32:47I mean, because if you think I can hook you up with her, you're, you know, you're wrong.
00:32:51Anything personal would really help.
00:32:53No, see, Anne was, she was real good at keeping her life.
00:32:56Extra private.
00:32:59So are you saying that you're having a relationship with a woman and you don't know the first
00:33:02thing about her?
00:33:03How is that possible?
00:33:05No, I'm not saying that at all.
00:33:06I know plenty.
00:33:07I know all kinds of things.
00:33:10I know, like, uh, what her favorite foreplay is.
00:33:14I know how she trembles just before she comes.
00:33:18See, I know lots of things about her.
00:33:19Pretty private stuff.
00:33:20Just not stuff that's right for you or for your little interview.
00:33:22How about her husband?
00:33:23Did you ever mention him?
00:33:24Maybe where he works?
00:33:25What he does for a living?
00:33:27Nope.
00:33:27Wouldn't have a clue.
00:33:28I'm sure she told you, really.
00:33:29It was no strings attached.
00:33:30Maybe she just, you know, had her fill and thought enough's enough.
00:33:35The last time I spoke to her, she told me that she was falling in love with you.
00:33:40She sounded very excited.
00:33:42What?
00:33:42It's bullshit, okay?
00:33:46She was in love with her husband, not me.
00:33:49She had great sex with me.
00:33:51It wasn't love.
00:33:53I think she knows the difference.
00:33:55Well, she's wrong.
00:33:57She didn't sound wrong.
00:33:59Anne could sound in a lot of ways, okay?
00:34:01She was very practiced in the art of deception.
00:34:03I have a feeling you're not bad at it yourself.
00:34:08Only when I'm paid to be.
00:34:10I'm an actor.
00:34:17That's nice.
00:34:19She made quite a point of a Catholic boarding school that she went to.
00:34:23Graduated at the top of her class.
00:34:25What's so funny?
00:34:26A Catholic boarding school at the top of her class?
00:34:28Come on.
00:34:29No, no, no, no.
00:34:31Anne didn't finish high school.
00:34:33Are you sure?
00:34:35I'm positive.
00:34:59I'm positive.
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00:35:28Let's go.
00:35:58Let's go.
00:36:28It wasn't hard to find.
00:36:31What'd you figure out?
00:36:33Something about Ann?
00:36:35No.
00:36:37About you.
00:36:40See, first,
00:36:42I thought to myself,
00:36:44what is this nice,
00:36:46happily married woman doing
00:36:47writing about extramarital affairs?
00:36:50Doesn't add up.
00:36:52I get paid to be interested.
00:36:54I don't buy it.
00:36:56This isn't about Ann or her affairs.
00:36:59This is about you.
00:37:01Portrait of the writer emerging from darkness.
00:37:06That's ridiculous.
00:37:07Is it?
00:37:08You're not looking for Ann.
00:37:10You're trying to find yourself.
00:37:12Look, you don't know anything about me.
00:37:14Indulge me.
00:37:17I mean, you have taken great care
00:37:19to hide your life
00:37:21inside this narrow little comfort zone here.
00:37:25It is so obvious
00:37:26what kind of world
00:37:27you've created for yourself.
00:37:30You are not
00:37:31the successful writer
00:37:32that you should be.
00:37:33Why is that?
00:37:36Because trying to protect ourselves
00:37:37doesn't work.
00:37:38It never does.
00:37:39Life is not about
00:37:40trying to be safe
00:37:41and comfortable.
00:37:43Life is about one thing.
00:37:44It's about living
00:37:45to be truly alive.
00:37:47Isn't that what you want?
00:37:49To finally be free?
00:37:53I understand that.
00:37:54You see?
00:37:55I get it.
00:37:56I get you.
00:37:59And he doesn't.
00:38:00Does he?
00:38:01Your husband and me.
00:38:04Of course he doesn't.
00:38:05Because he is not like us.
00:38:08He's not an artist.
00:38:11Sometimes I get so scared.
00:38:14I know you do.
00:38:15But it's calling you.
00:38:17And you've got to follow your heart.
00:38:20Because you don't want to live
00:38:22with regrets, do you?
00:38:25Hmm?
00:38:29No.
00:38:37Hello?
00:38:38Me, I got the Bigelow account.
00:38:39That's great, honey.
00:38:40Can you give me a ride to the airport?
00:38:41Sure.
00:38:42Just let me know where and when.
00:38:44All right.
00:38:44Okay.
00:38:44I love you.
00:38:45I love you.
00:39:03Are you ready?
00:39:08Any time, darling?
00:39:14Why are you there?
00:39:17I love you.
00:39:19I love you.
00:39:19she sounded really scared like something awful was about to happen elizabeth stop obsessing
00:39:32about this just drop the story i can handle it you know i don't get you anymore this sounds
00:39:38dangerous it's time to back off okay i can't back off i have to do this i know you probably
00:39:44wouldn't understand try me life is not about being safe it's not about pretending it's about
00:39:50seeing things for what they really are like not pretending you're not having problems with our
00:39:54marriage and then i didn't find a book in the closet from another woman obviously a relationship
00:39:58you feel that you have to hide from me why can't you let go of the past why can't you you know i
00:40:06can't get into this right now i gotta go you always gotta go i'm not backing off eric
00:40:12man you are good if i were griff i would not want to mess with you
00:40:22i think i feel better yeah
00:40:27it's your turn now great
00:40:31hey i've been meaning to ask you how'd that surprise go
00:40:36what surprise you know eric's sitting next to you on the flight to san francisco
00:40:42i thought it sounded very romantic what are you talking about laurie
00:40:45what his secretary called me and she asked me to book a seat next to you
00:40:52eric doesn't have a secretary he doesn't
00:40:57so who did sit next to you
00:41:01okay i'm out of here here's the number of the detective in new york i gave him the rundown and
00:41:17i told him to call you with some answers
00:41:19perfect thank you laurie your lifesaver
00:41:22i'm so on top of it it's scary
00:41:25gotta run ciao
00:41:26you have a good one
00:41:28good night laurie
00:41:32well it's nice to see you here
00:41:36one might believe you're actually a writer
00:41:38yeah little old me out in the real world living dangerously
00:41:42why the long face you having a little trouble with the article
00:41:46why don't we go across the street and have ourselves a drink and we can talk about it
00:41:56come on griff you know i don't drink
00:41:58you're a big girl elizabeth
00:42:01and i'm a good listener
00:42:03come on
00:42:05what the hell
00:42:08she's in the seat next to me she's at the same hotel
00:42:18make sure she runs into me
00:42:20just too many coincidences it's like
00:42:22she's lying to me about everything
00:42:25your subject has become a slippery character
00:42:29when was the last time you heard from her
00:42:31four days ago
00:42:33do you know what's really weird
00:42:35i mean i can't quite explain it but it's like she wants me to write this article
00:42:39like she found me
00:42:41i give her a couple days damn lisa ball
00:42:45maybe
00:42:46there's this guy
00:42:49her lover
00:42:50yes
00:42:50but he doesn't seem to nope anything
00:42:53griffin how do you know when your mate is having an affair
00:42:57i'm sure there are signs intimate ones but i wouldn't know about that
00:43:02why are you always so hard on me
00:43:06i mean ever since i came here it's like i can do nothing right
00:43:09elizabeth you have the potential to fly but you're still crawling
00:43:14and there is another reason
00:43:17why i had to keep my distance
00:43:20i know why
00:43:21it's because you're a professional and i'm nothing but a scandalous freshman
00:43:25believe me i get it
00:43:27elizabeth ever since we first met when i was lecturing at columbia university
00:43:31i saw how much alike we are
00:43:33i've watched you blossom
00:43:35into this incredibly amazing woman
00:43:38and i've always known that you had it in you to be an incredible journalist
00:43:42you think i'm good
00:43:44yes i do
00:43:45why didn't you ever tell me
00:43:48what i didn't count on was
00:43:54was falling in love with you
00:43:58elizabeth
00:44:01let me just say
00:44:04i think we would be a great team
00:44:07i think we could have an amazing life together
00:44:10would you care to discuss this at another time
00:44:14he gives me flowers beautiful flowers
00:44:29when he kisses me it's electric
00:44:32and did i mention to you that he really knows how to satisfy a woman
00:44:36they're shameless perhaps
00:44:38but i'm happy
00:44:40you don't know happiness until you've had a lover like bob
00:44:43hello
00:44:48do you like them
00:44:50yes
00:44:52they're very beautiful thank you very much
00:44:55i didn't mean to upset you earlier
00:44:57it's okay it's just
00:45:02well you caught me off guard
00:45:04listen i think i might have some good news for you
00:45:08i found ann's hotel receipt
00:45:11maybe it'll help
00:45:13when can i get it
00:45:15oh um
00:45:17how about tomorrow night
00:45:19that's to my show
00:45:21really
00:45:22yeah
00:45:22you could uh
00:45:23you could come over
00:45:25you have the address right
00:45:27tell me the card with the flowers
00:45:29okay
00:45:31okay
00:45:31i'll be there
00:45:33okay
00:45:34good
00:45:35can't wait to see you
00:45:38wait a minute bob
00:45:39yeah
00:45:40one more thing
00:45:41where were you last wednesday
00:45:46i was
00:45:50i was doing my play
00:45:51did you see ann afterwards
00:45:54no
00:45:56wish i did
00:45:58let me see
00:45:58i came home
00:46:00i finished this bio
00:46:02i was reading on olivier
00:46:03i made a pot of coffee
00:46:06mocha bean
00:46:07i smoked a cigar
00:46:09brushed my teeth
00:46:10had a pint of great ice cream
00:46:12all right i get the picture
00:46:14wait
00:46:17what flavor
00:46:19oh
00:46:19um peanut butter swirls
00:46:21i hope this was pre-toothbrushing
00:46:28let's grab a coffee
00:46:42can we have a couple of ice coffees please
00:46:45thank you
00:46:47how's the story coming along
00:46:53good
00:46:54as a matter of fact
00:46:56i have a date tonight
00:46:56to pick up a piece of the missing puzzle
00:46:58and who has that piece
00:47:00friend of a friend
00:47:01does his friend play a part in the fantasy
00:47:04you could say that
00:47:06but it's just a fantasy right
00:47:08glory i'm just still in my job
00:47:10i know
00:47:10i believe you
00:47:11have you heard from the detective in new york about bob
00:47:14not yet
00:47:16he always delivers
00:47:20god i hope so
00:47:21come in it's open
00:47:45hi
00:47:48hi
00:47:49welcome to my beautiful abode
00:47:53wow it's great
00:47:56thanks
00:47:57congratulations
00:47:58i read your reviews
00:47:59they're really great
00:48:00yeah
00:48:01yeah it looks like i'm uh
00:48:03finally starting to get the recognition i deserve
00:48:06kiss or kill
00:48:09i like that
00:48:12me too
00:48:12sit now
00:48:14make yourself comfortable
00:48:15relax
00:48:16take your coat off
00:48:17thanks
00:48:19i think we should have a drink
00:48:26here's to being
00:48:28absolutely
00:48:30totally
00:48:32100%
00:48:34alive
00:48:36truly alive
00:48:38i have a feeling you know a lot about that
00:48:44i do
00:48:45oh my god i can't believe you have that picture
00:48:51i have the same exact one in my house
00:48:54really i've had that since high school
00:48:56me too
00:48:56no way
00:48:57when i first saw it i was truly amazed
00:49:00you box too
00:49:07yes i do
00:49:08so do i
00:49:12you do
00:49:13a little bit
00:49:15let me get that receipt for you
00:49:18okay
00:49:19here
00:49:27thank you
00:49:30here
00:49:36taste that
00:49:45i gotta go
00:49:52where are you gonna go
00:49:56there
00:49:57you
00:50:09here
00:50:10what
00:50:11you
00:50:13you
00:50:21Son of a bitch.
00:50:42What the hell?
00:50:46Think you're going to nail me no fucking way?
00:50:49No fucking way.
00:50:51No fucking way.
00:51:21Hey, it's me.
00:51:25You there?
00:51:27Lizzie.
00:51:29I miss you.
00:51:31Baby, where are you?
00:51:33I hope everything's okay.
00:51:35Look, things are going great up here.
00:51:37I want to apologize.
00:51:38I'm sorry.
00:51:39I love you.
00:51:40Call me at the hotel.
00:51:40Where's my story, Elizabeth?
00:51:44Your time's up.
00:51:46What if I can't do this?
00:51:48Yeah, this is Detective James Martin.
00:51:49I've got that information you requested.
00:51:52I'm going to fax through the rap sheet on this guy.
00:51:54He's a seasoned criminal with several felonies on his record.
00:51:57You should be real careful around him.
00:51:59Eric, where are you?
00:52:23San Francisco Hilton.
00:52:31Eric Barton, please.
00:52:33He checked out this morning.
00:52:35What do you mean, he checked out?
00:52:36Are you sure?
00:52:37Yes, positive.
00:52:39Okay.
00:52:42He checked out.
00:52:43Where are you when I need you?
00:52:49Where the fuck are you?
00:52:54Fucking lie!
00:53:13Hi.
00:53:20Hey.
00:53:20Can you help me?
00:53:22Sure.
00:53:23A friend of mine may have purchased something here.
00:53:25Can you make any sense of this?
00:53:27I can make out her first name, Jennifer.
00:53:29But that's about it.
00:53:30Last name is too smudged.
00:53:33Well, is there any other source where it might be?
00:53:35Not on the first-time buyer.
00:53:37Nice-looking lady, though.
00:53:39Great legs.
00:53:41Can you tell what she bought?
00:53:44Sonny 8mm video camera with an automatic timer.
00:53:48She wanted that.
00:53:49For the camera?
00:53:50Sure.
00:53:50Security, surveillance, kinky stuff in the bedroom.
00:53:55No, just kidding.
00:53:56She didn't seem the type.
00:53:57He did.
00:53:58He?
00:53:58Yeah, the guy with her.
00:54:00Tall, dark, kind of Italian.
00:54:02Passing himself off as an actor.
00:54:05Great excuse not to work, if you ask me.
00:54:08Funny, I just called.
00:54:09His order is ready.
00:54:11What order?
00:54:12Made some dupes for him.
00:54:13Copies of a video.
00:54:15It was a rush order, I guess.
00:54:17Something important.
00:54:19I get it for you, but it's not here.
00:54:21We found it out.
00:54:22He's picking it up directly from the lab downtown.
00:54:30Tell them I sent you.
00:54:34Hey, come back anytime.
00:54:35I'll get you a deal on a video.
00:54:37Honestly, I don't see one decent photograph of the whole bunch.
00:54:49Well, I'll tell you what.
00:54:52Please, just one more day.
00:54:53I'm on to something, I swear.
00:54:55Hold on a second.
00:54:57Elizabeth, I need real proof.
00:54:59I'm getting it.
00:54:59Well, leave it here.
00:55:03I'll give it a read.
00:55:04Meet me across the street at 5.30 and leave your cell phone number.
00:55:07No, not you.
00:55:09Well, honestly, just the thought of looking at him again makes me nauseous.
00:55:13Forget about it.
00:55:13I'm pulling you off the project.
00:55:14I'm pulling you off the project.
00:55:44Griff, Elizabeth, I'm on to something.
00:56:063.35, bro.
00:56:08I'm going to be late for our 5.30, but I'll be there.
00:56:10I've got to have the guts to know your ending, Beth.
00:56:18Okay.
00:56:19I'll be there.
00:56:20Okay.
00:56:25Bye-bye.
00:56:26Bye-bye.
00:56:58She was an absolute pleasure.
00:57:05I think that this changes it.
00:57:09No way.
00:57:10Hey, I fulfilled my end of the deal, man.
00:57:13You can't just decide that now.
00:57:15I'm not going to let you do this.
00:57:20Hey, fuck you, man.
00:57:21We had a deal.
00:57:23The girl is fine.
00:57:25Now, listen, I'm watching this thing right now.
00:57:30Listen, I've got the original and I've got the only copies, okay?
00:57:34So what's it going to be?
00:57:35Look, if she becomes a problem, I'll take care of her personally.
00:57:41I'm going to call you right back.
00:57:42Hey!
00:57:49Elizabeth!
00:57:51Wait up!
00:57:51Oh, my God!
00:58:05Bill!
00:58:08Lou!
00:58:21Look out!
00:58:29Mom?
00:58:51Mom?
00:59:01Elizabeth! God, are you all right?
00:59:04My story just got bigger. The woman I've been looking for, I think she's dead.
00:59:08My God, are you all right?
00:59:12I'll check in later.
00:59:14Nailing the ending of your story does not mean the end of you, Elizabeth.
00:59:17Do you have proof?
00:59:19I'm this close.
00:59:26My God, child, what have you gotten yourself into?
00:59:30Lizzie? Honey, where are you?
00:59:33Lizzie?
00:59:49Is he at the theater yet?
00:59:56He's scheduled to go on tonight, but he isn't here yet.
00:59:58Damn it. I've got to get that tape. I know that's what Ann was trying to say on my answer question.
01:00:02How do you know he hasn't?
01:00:03Because I snuck over to this place earlier, and I saw him watching it.
01:00:06Laurie, I've got to get in there, get it, and get out.
01:00:08You're in way over your head on this. You should be careful.
01:00:11I know.
01:00:12But like Griff says, no guts, no story.
01:00:15Laurie, I need you to buy me some time. If he shows up here, just make sure he doesn't leave.
01:00:20Be careful.
01:00:22Be careful.
01:00:24Oh, my God.
01:00:25Oh, my God.
01:00:28I know.
01:00:30Oh, my God.
01:00:32Oh!
01:01:03Okay, thanks. See you later.
01:01:23Bob?
01:01:33Dude, I must...
01:02:03Wait.
01:02:05Yeah.
01:02:06Okay.
01:02:07I'm going to shoot him.
01:02:08Sorry.
01:02:08I'm coming.
01:02:09I don't know.
01:02:10I'm coming.
01:02:11I don't know.
01:02:12I'm coming.
01:02:13I'm coming.
01:02:14I'm coming.
01:02:15I'm coming.
01:02:16Let's go.
01:02:46Eric.
01:03:16Oh, my God.
01:03:25Oh, come on, pick up.
01:03:39Pick up.
01:03:40Griff.
01:03:42Elizabeth.
01:03:43You're not going to believe what I've just seen.
01:03:45What's wrong?
01:03:46Are you all right?
01:03:47Elizabeth, what's wrong?
01:03:49Elizabeth.
01:03:50Where are you?
01:03:51Oh, shit.
01:03:52He's still here.
01:03:53Elizabeth.
01:03:54He's here.
01:03:55Who?
01:03:56Pick me up at the market on Ocean.
01:03:59Please hurry.
01:04:01I've got this.
01:04:02Oh, shit.
01:04:03Five.
01:04:04Oh, shit.
01:04:06See you.
01:04:07Michelle?
01:04:08Zero?
01:04:09Oh, shit.
01:04:10I saw you.
01:04:11Stop.
01:04:12木-
01:04:13Oh, my God.
01:04:43Oh, my God.
01:04:48Rod!
01:04:52Are you all right?
01:04:54You're not going to believe this video, what's on it, what I saw tonight.
01:04:57Have you spoken to anyone else about this?
01:04:59No one. I mean, I haven't had time. I just came from there.
01:05:01Where?
01:05:02Bob's.
01:05:03Bob?
01:05:04Bob was murdered tonight by, oh, my God.
01:05:07Oh, my God, by, I think, Eric, but I don't know.
01:05:09I mean, it just happened so fast.
01:05:11Murdered? What?
01:05:13Just relax, Elizabeth.
01:05:15I'll take you somewhere where you'll be safe.
01:05:25Are you all right?
01:05:28Where are we going?
01:05:30I'll just have to make a little detour. I hope you don't mind.
01:05:38Well, where are you taking me?
01:05:42I'll have a little surprise for you, Elizabeth.
01:05:46Did I ever tell you that I hate surprises?
01:05:49You can run, but you surely cannot hide.
01:06:04What is destined to be...
01:06:07...shall be.
01:06:20Please, my love.
01:06:23What is it?
01:06:24It's for you.
01:06:26I can't.
01:06:27Oh, I think you can.
01:06:29I think we can.
01:06:31Can what?
01:06:32Can do whatever we want.
01:06:34Whatever you want.
01:06:35Elizabeth, we think we know life.
01:06:37We think we know people, but we don't know anything.
01:06:40The only thing I am certain of is my loving you.
01:06:42I never realized I was capable of so much love.
01:06:45Nor of doing what I have unfortunately done.
01:06:48What circumstances have forced me to do.
01:06:54Ann was an exceptionally gifted woman at making people believe what she wanted them to believe.
01:06:59Everyone thought she was such a devoted wife.
01:07:02Wave?
01:07:03Oh, don't worry about that, Elizabeth.
01:07:05The hating our marriage stemmed from something much more substantial than mere infidelity.
01:07:10She wanted to destroy me.
01:07:11She wanted to destroy all my dreams once she realized that I was no longer in love with her.
01:07:16And she would have taken everything from me.
01:07:19She was as manipulating and cold-blooded as they come.
01:07:22She was peeled as a man.
01:07:24But let's not dwell on the morbid.
01:07:26Would you like to have some strawberries?
01:07:31Please.
01:07:33Our life together will be rather extraordinary from now on.
01:07:37Together we will conquer the literary world.
01:07:40For starters, a five-year contract with a magazine starting at a six-figure level.
01:07:46A car of your choice, of course.
01:07:48How would you like to have a house in Malibu and a penthouse in New York City
01:07:52and a table of your own at Elaine's?
01:07:54You go to all the best places.
01:07:56You and I will travel the world together.
01:07:58Right.
01:08:00Anything your heart desires, you will have.
01:08:04Have you forgotten that I have a husband?
01:08:08Oh yes, a husband that started this whole dirty thing.
01:08:12The husband that cheated, the husband that lied.
01:08:14The husband that didn't believe in your dreams, just cared about your paycheck,
01:08:18didn't give a damn about you and your life.
01:08:20Yes, your husband.
01:08:21Yes, your husband.
01:08:23I've been considering this.
01:08:30Your precious husband.
01:08:32How will you explain Ann?
01:08:33Apparently, Ann and her lover are on an extended vacation in Barbados.
01:08:37Probably will not be returning.
01:08:38That, of course, would devastate me, but I will carry on.
01:08:39What about Bob?
01:08:40Sometimes a man's chequered past catches up with him, which requires a hasty departure, usually to a faraway foreign country.
01:08:41Mm-mm.
01:08:42Mm-mm.
01:08:43You certainly have thought of everything.
01:08:44How will you explain Ann?
01:08:46How will you explain Ann?
01:08:47Apparently, Ann and her lover are on an extended vacation in Barbados.
01:08:53Probably will not be returning.
01:08:54That, of course, would devastate me, but I will carry on.
01:08:59What about Bob?
01:09:00Sometimes a man's chequered past catches up with him, which requires a hasty departure, usually to a faraway foreign country.
01:09:11You certainly have thought of everything.
01:09:14Yes, I have.
01:09:16Let's say I've edited down to a walkable piece.
01:09:23The bottom line, Elizabeth, is I love you.
01:09:25I know the lifestyle that you want, and I can give you everything you want.
01:09:31There is, however, one thing I must insist upon.
01:09:36We take care of Eric.
01:09:38Take care of?
01:09:40We'll do it together.
01:09:42That will seal our bond of love.
01:09:50I hope you don't mind.
01:09:51I've invited a friend of yours.
01:09:55Eric, thank you for joining us.
01:09:58Please.
01:10:00I'm sure you know the young lady. I'm a new staff journalist.
01:10:04Please have said.
01:10:07So you actually made the big time, huh? I'm a new staff writer.
01:10:10Oh, yes.
01:10:12Elizabeth is destined for big things indeed.
01:10:16Congratulations, honey.
01:10:18Yes. I was just telling Elizabeth about the apartment.
01:10:21Fascinating story of how I came about finding this place.
01:10:25I mean, I thought this place was Anne's.
01:10:28So did Anne. Little did she know she was sublin from me.
01:10:31Eric, I believe you know my wife, Anne. Do you not?
01:10:34Uh...
01:10:36Possibly.
01:10:38Oh, possibly.
01:10:40Funny.
01:10:41I thought for sure you and my wife were having an affair.
01:10:46Ugh.
01:10:48All right. Busy. This guy's out of his mind. Let's get out of here.
01:10:51Gah!
01:10:52Gah!
01:10:57Now, does that help refresh your memory?
01:11:02Remember those long, lingering afternoons at the Miramar Hotel with my wife?
01:11:07Or do you need to sit down and collect your thoughts?
01:11:16Put your pathetic ass in this chair.
01:11:20What is this bullshit? I don't know what the fuck you're talking about!
01:11:23See, he doesn't know anything.
01:11:28He doesn't.
01:11:33exhibit A, Anne's diary.
01:11:36Let me read a few passages.
01:11:39August 19th, just several months ago.
01:11:42Eric made such a funny joke today about that nitwit wife of his, the writer.
01:11:48The joke was, was she more inexperienced at making love or writing?
01:11:54God, did we laugh!
01:11:56You're lying! I never said that!
01:11:58It's all right here.
01:12:00No! No, you're lying!
01:12:01He's lying!
01:12:02Is this lying?
01:12:03All right.
01:12:10It happened before we met, I swear.
01:12:12Is that being a devoted husband, Eric?
01:12:16I think it's disgusting.
01:12:18Making fun of your lovely wife's dreams.
01:12:21I...
01:12:23I knew how long.
01:12:27All right, I had just about enough out of you, you fucking psycho!
01:12:31God!
01:12:33Death!
01:12:39The hell is wrong with this man?
01:12:42Why do people not believe when someone has a gun, they will use it?
01:12:46I have your wife and a gun, and I will use the gun again!
01:12:55You okay?
01:12:58The gun! Get the gun!
01:12:59The gun!
01:13:17Honey? Honey, you okay?
01:13:18Oh god.
01:13:21Oh fuck!
01:13:22I love you.
01:13:35Do you need to go?
01:13:52i'm a writer now a successful single writer eric and i tried to work it out but it was obvious
01:14:01there was nothing left to work out of course griff wasn't dead two weeks ago i heard that
01:14:06he'd escaped from the sanitarium they told me that he said that he lived only for me
01:14:11and it's funny because i always envy that i wish i felt that way about someone who knows maybe
01:14:17someday i will great book thank you
01:14:23thanks for coming and yes i am writing another one
01:14:34this is exciting the turnout is so great i'm so proud of you lizzie i'll get you some water
01:14:41congratulations elizabeth you've been able to satisfy a lot of people's fantasy
01:14:49how's that you shot the boss oh i'd love to take you to dinner i'm in town for a couple of days
01:14:59i don't think so um it's pressed towards killing me but thanks for the offer
01:15:07now that is one good looking man why didn't you accept
01:15:15laurie i'm not interested in anything casual
01:15:18and even the most innocent little affair can end in disaster i suppose you're right
01:15:27you can't run but you surely cannot hide
01:15:35i'm sorry
01:15:40are you all right what happened yeah i'm fine
01:15:44can i sign that for you yes please
01:15:49jacob
01:15:57what is destined to be
01:16:08shall be
01:16:10shall be
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