00:44¡Oh! ¡Oh, yay!
00:47¿Are all your parts intact?
00:49You bet!
00:51Oh, I like your jacket.
00:52Thank you. Cynthia thinks it's douchey.
00:54Oh no, no, no, no, no...
01:06No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:26Cynthia basically had to hit me over the head with a frying pan to...
01:30Oh.
01:32Anyway, yes, I am a pretty buttoned-up fellow, don't you think?
01:37I mean, I don't know. I suppose I...
01:41I don't know you well enough.
01:48Are we not going to eat on Main Street?
01:50I thought we'd go a little further afield.
01:55As long as I'm back by five.
01:57Well, we'll see about that.
02:12Why are you blowing up?
02:13Sorry.
02:14Do you want me to...
02:14Oh, yes, if you could just grab my, uh...
02:17No, if you could just put it on my...
02:19Sure. Yeah, yeah, I too.
02:20Oh, yes, sorry.
02:22Um, oh, God, it's just a friend.
02:26Oh.
02:31I know the hearing's today.
02:34You do?
02:36I understand why you want to be somewhere else.
02:38Oh, thank you for saying that.
02:40Well, yeah, you need a break from it all.
02:42But you wouldn't say I deserve a break.
02:44No, I'm kidding.
02:45I'm not saying you...
02:45You're the only person I'd say deserves a break.
02:51Oh, well, I know you're gluten-free.
02:54I mean, when I'm being good.
02:56Are you being good today?
02:58I'm going to try.
02:59Hmm.
03:02Um, red or white?
03:04Cold.
03:05Wait, should we do glasses or a bottle?
03:07Will you drink more than one?
03:08I haven't gotten day drunk in many years.
03:12Oh, well, in that case,
03:13we are definitely getting a bottle.
03:16Um, hi.
03:16Could we possibly have this, uh, Montepulciano?
03:20Of course.
03:22Please.
03:22Thank you.
03:23Okay.
03:25You're fun.
03:28Let's see on our way to swim class.
03:30Aw.
03:30I take her every Wednesday.
03:32It's the best part of my week.
03:34Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
03:35Would now be a good time to talk about your book?
03:38Sure.
03:39Yeah, let's, let's, uh, let's pop the cherry.
03:41Oh.
03:42Sorry.
03:43Oh, no, no, no.
03:44Let's pop it.
03:47Well, first, I think you're a genius,
03:49and you're going to be very famous.
03:53Oh.
03:54I don't know about that.
03:56No, no, no.
03:56You'd be surprised.
03:58Things are going to happen for you.
03:59I know it.
04:01Wow, are those notes?
04:03Do you mind?
04:05No, I'm flattered.
04:07I mean, too much?
04:08No, no, no, no.
04:09No, please.
04:09Oh, should we, um, put our phones away?
04:13Yeah, I wish I could.
04:14It's just, you know, Cynthia might need me.
04:16I don't want to worry about her.
04:18She, uh, she's been...
04:20Distant?
04:23I don't want to talk about it.
04:24Um, you know what?
04:26I have a challenge for you, Vlad.
04:28What's that?
04:28How about we make this afternoon about you?
04:33Certainly be a change of pace.
04:34Well, what I find so remarkable about your book is that, um, you've created this, this character that has intense
04:44resistance.
04:44There's a rather tried and true way to seduce fellow writers, and that is to pay them some attention.
04:51I have found that there is nothing more irresistible than attention.
04:56Close reading, not only to the words, but to the person who wrote the words.
05:02And I think if Vlad can understand how deeply I see him...
05:07I could kiss you.
05:09Oh.
05:09I don't get feedback like that anymore.
05:12Cynthia's a good reader, but...
05:14You know, it's kind of like, this bit's too long, or that guy's too fake, and that's it.
05:19So, I'm not used to this kind of attention.
05:23I mean, your book just moves.
05:25I'm not sure I achieved that with mine.
05:28I'm offering a segue.
05:31Thank you.
05:32Um, do you have the time?
05:34Uh, uh, uh, yeah, it's 3.30.
05:37Uh, darn it, I, I wish we could hang out more.
05:41Um, I'll be back in a minute, sir.
05:42Can we get a sec?
05:49Oh, excuse me, excuse me.
05:50Hello, hello.
05:51Yes, can I help you?
05:52Yes, may we please have coffees, two fernabrancas, and please hold the chair, because it's his birthday.
05:58Okay.
06:03Tell me what happened.
06:05He was the chair.
06:06I went to him to ask for advice.
06:09He offered to read my work, and then he asked if I would like to go to a bar later
06:15to discuss.
06:17The bar was in a hotel.
06:20I knew sex was on the table.
06:23Everyone knew that John slept with undergrads.
06:27We all knew that.
06:31My brothers are all in finance.
06:34Um, yeah, they think I'm homeless.
06:37Sorry, have you seen the waiter?
06:39Happy birthday to you.
06:42Happy birthday to you.
06:46Happy birthday, happy birthday.
06:49Happy birthday to you.
06:53Happy birthday to you.
06:53Wow.
06:57Thank you.
06:59How'd you know?
07:01Well, it's not your birthday.
07:03Did Cynthia tell you?
07:05Wait.
07:05It is your birthday?
07:08You came out for lunch with me on your birthday?
07:12I had no idea.
07:13It's not my birthday.
07:16It's not my birthday.
07:18I can put that in, Jack.
07:19No, no, no.
07:21I'll get it.
07:22I'll get it.
07:22Oh, no way.
07:23We'll split it.
07:23No, I am too old to split a check.
07:25I'll, uh, you'll owe me a lunch.
07:27I may never be let out of the house ever again.
07:31And I'm sorry that we couldn't stay longer.
07:34I need to sober up.
07:36Will you excuse me for a moment?
07:53He doesn't want to go.
07:57Huh.
08:00Oh, no.
08:02Oh.
08:12A cliche, but true.
08:15¿Qué es eso?
08:46¿Qué es eso?
09:18¿Qué es eso?
09:20¿Qué es eso?
09:22¿Qué es Cynthia?
09:22¿She told me to have fun?
09:24She is a cool wife.
09:29Do you ever find it hard in a marriage to understand that the other person wants you to be happy?
09:37Who can ever understand what another person wants?
09:39Truly.
09:45We're two minutes away.
09:50Is there cell service?
09:51Oh no, no cell service, no wifi, no distractions. Just us.
10:01Oh my God.
10:06How long have you had this?
10:13Yeah, it's perfect.
10:15I'm glad you like it.
10:17Oh no, is that a caperina?
10:20Mmm, I found this lime juice. I hope it's okay. Do you like them?
10:26Of course.
10:32Would you like to go and write? Now? You could use the bedroom.
10:39I think I'd rather just talk.
10:44Cheers.
10:45Cheers.
10:48I like Florence. I don't mean to be hard on her.
10:51No, I like her. She's definitely one of the most irritating persons on the planet.
10:55She's just, you know, she's a challenge.
10:58You're empty.
11:00Yeah, I always drink too fast.
11:03Stay here and I'll make you another one.
11:08Fuck it.
11:10Thanks.
11:13But he was so complimentary.
11:15I thought he was interested in me because he liked my writing.
11:21I felt chosen.
11:23And he was charming.
11:26Okay.
11:26Thank you.
11:28We will hear the remaining testimonies tomorrow.
12:09Oh, I was going to bring these out to you.
12:11Oh, it's okay. The sun was getting a bit too much.
12:14Got to protect the moneymaker.
12:17Oh, yeah.
12:18Crossing the safety.
12:21Stagner.
12:22What a writer.
12:23Oh, you like him, huh?
12:31I'm sorry, Vlad, but weren't we going to discuss each other's books?
12:37Oh.
12:38Ah, shit. Yeah.
12:40I mean, I'm sorry I didn't even bring it up, but wasn't that the plan?
12:43No, no, yeah, yeah, of course.
12:44Um, hold on.
12:45Uh, where is...
12:47Yeah.
12:51Yeah, I'm sorry.
12:52It's just, you know, you're a very, um, formidable person.
12:55Oh, please.
12:57Yeah, I felt a bit shy, so...
13:00Anyway.
13:04Here you are.
13:15Yeah, sorry about all the...
13:20What does this, um, a WIW mean?
13:25Wish I wrote.
13:30Yeah, I think I'm a little hot for your narrator.
13:34Yeah, it really spoke to me personally.
13:39In what way?
13:41All of one's different wants being in conflict with each other.
13:48That's how I feel.
13:49I never seem to make up my mind about what I want.
13:56Why can't I just come out with it?
14:06Um...
14:09You have records.
14:12What if I take a look?
14:14Oh.
14:15Of course.
14:20One, two, three.
14:22That's the basic step. It's good.
14:24How do you know how to do this?
14:24I used to go to a salsa club in Florida when I was 16.
14:28Very formative.
14:29How?
14:31I like dancing with the 30-year-old women.
14:34Oh.
14:34Oh, sorry.
14:35Sorry, sorry, sorry.
14:40There you go.
14:42Okay.
14:46All right, sorry.
14:47Okay.
14:50I'm gonna try and turn.
14:51Okay.
14:52Okay.
14:53Okay.
14:56That was good.
15:00Oops.
15:02Yeah.
15:05Oh, yeah.
15:05I meant to, um, I just forgot.
15:07I brought these for you.
15:09I think I wanted to return them.
15:16Should I put them on?
15:20No.
15:22You sure?
15:37You know, if I had a place like this to go, I don't know what I'd write about. I'm so
15:43lost.
15:43Well, that sounds hard.
15:47What's your new book about?
15:48I can't talk about it.
15:51You don't need to tell me the story, but, you know, what's it about?
15:57I suppose it's about desire, the spiritual imperative of desire, how sometimes in one's life wanting something can feel akin
16:12to holiness.
16:20I think I'm gonna take a swim and then go back to my real life.
16:26A swim?
16:28Since you brought my trucks.
16:30Gonna be quite cold in there.
16:32I'm rushing.
16:38It's fine.
16:41I'll drive him home and drop him off, and the next time we see each other, we'll pretend that nothing
16:47out of the ordinary has happened.
16:49We'll continue a friendly but distant relationship.
16:55Look down and smile when we pass each other in the halls, and one day I will look at him
17:01and wonder what I ever felt.
17:04It's better that way.
17:06It's just life.
17:09It was a nice afternoon.
17:18What did I expect?
17:20That he was gonna take my face in his hands and kiss me?
17:24I'm not a teenager anymore.
17:27I'm not even 35.
18:02I don't want him to go.
18:07I'm not even 35.
18:37¡SuscrÃbete al canal!
18:40¡Oh! ¡Oh!
18:43He might get very drunk and be in no state for a long drive.
18:47Um, you should get in the shower.
18:48I'm gonna, I'm gonna turn it on.
18:50Okay.
19:03The hot water's gonna run out.
19:11Oh, my God, you're, just, wait, let me, hold on.
19:21This is John's sweater.
19:23It's Irish wool.
19:24Okay, just stay there, I'll, I'll get you clothes.
19:54¡SuscrÃbete al canal!
19:57¡Oh, Dios mÃo!
19:59Perfecto.
19:59Ok, I'm just going to get you a little...
20:02Perfecto.
20:04Ok, just take a little...
20:06Maybe some water would be...
20:08You?
20:09Yeah.
20:11You're going to take advantage of me?
20:13Is that what you want?
20:15You're going to do it?
20:16Vlad!
20:17No.
20:18Vlad, is that what you want?
20:21Vlad!
20:22Ok, I'm just going to wake you up a little bit.
20:25Oh!
20:25Oh!
20:28God, I...
20:29I thought Russians could drink.
20:41In medieval, or even Elizabethan agrarian times,
20:45mothers would tie their babies to chairs
20:48to keep them safe and upright
20:50so they could go work in the fields.
20:53No!
20:53And I don't trust you, I can let you know!
20:55I've made a thing to the point like a desk to the...
20:56Chocolate nuts, coconuts, crazy amazing
20:58bull soup box, a creamy, awful luxury
21:01that made me, who knew you'd go fucking crazy!
21:04Crazy, gotta go crazy!
21:06All these hate-nash bitches go crazy!
21:07Like Daisy!
21:08Like Daisy, got him going crazy!
21:09All these hate-nash bitches go crazy!
21:12Crazy, huh?
21:14Love that crazy!
21:15Ah, ah, ah
21:17Thiat amor, ¡lito!
21:20Ah, ah
21:21Ah
21:22Ah
21:24Ah
21:25Ah
21:29Ah
21:31Ah
21:31Ah
21:31Ah
21:32Ah
21:34Ah
21:38Ah
21:44Ah
21:49It's just us.
22:28He'll be grateful he wrote this because of honesty.
23:04He dropped us the phone.
23:16When he wakes up I'll explain he drank too much and I couldn't move him.
23:33I'll just keep the job.
24:02I'll just keep the job.
24:30I'll just keep the job.
24:36I'll just keep the job.
24:42I'll just keep the job.
24:46I'll just keep the job.
24:53I'll just keep the job.
24:56I'll just keep the job.
25:28I'll just keep the job.
25:46I'll just keep the job.
26:13I'll just keep the job.
26:13Gracias.
26:43Gracias.
27:13Gracias.
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