Subtitles by explosiveskull
Early?
Yeah?
Mr. Mandam's here from the funeral home.
Early?
Okay.
Do you need some help?
No, I don't need any help.
Are you sure?
Well, that will happen.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
Yes, sir.
Can I have Mr. Landry call you?
Very good. You have a wonderful day.
He's checking his policy.
Dorothy's starting to lose her mind. He says.
But hasn't he already lost his?
I'm just saying.
Are you okay?
Fine.
Can I get you anything?
Not that I can think of.
Landry's Insurance. This is Diane.
Uh-huh.
Mm-hmm. I... yeah, hold on.
It's Mr. Hatton.
No, Mr. Landry's not in. I expect him after lunch.
I think he's doing about as well as can be expected.
It was tragic, yes, sir.
How's Mrs. Hatton doing?
Ms. Sachman?
Dr. Agee from Crane, Mississippi on line one.
I thought you were dead.
- Almost. - Not funny.
- Sort of. - No, not even a little.
I should have come sooner. I'm sorry.
You came when you could. It wouldn't have made any difference
when you came. Honestly.
Uh, I drove by Mama and Daddy's today.
Those fucking people let it go.
- Yeah, they have. - So trashy. It's sad.
It is.
So, we got two options here.
Dr. Agee said you can
go to the mental health facility in Tupelo,
which is not an option at all, really.
Or he releases you to my care
and I take you to L.A.
Tupelo or L.A.
I've got plenty of room.
And, you see, it's really not a choice, Early,
because I'm not letting them put you in that place.
Well...
I guess it's settled then.
No, he has to be there.
What part of "He has to be there, I'm not asking"
don't you understand?
Because I don't have a third act,
and if I don't have a third act, I don't have a movie.
Well, try and schedule Jeffrey for 1:00, the Germans for 2:30,
and I'm not asking. Thank you.
- Put the phone down! - Now!
Hey, Uncle Early! You want to come see my basketball game today?
No, he doesn't.
- Morning, Early. - Morning.
There's coffee and bagels.
Uh, thank you.
Oh.
Sleep well?
Like the dead.
Please, stop texting.
Uh... I have to go into the office
- this morning for a little bit. - Yeah, me too.
So, you'll be alone until till noonish.
- I can stay home if you want. - You have a trig test
- that you have to do very well on, young man. - Very well.
You know, I've gotten one B in my entire academic career.
You set the expectations too high too early.
So noon.
And then we'll have lunch?
- Are you going to be okay? - Of course.
You call me if you need me?
- He's going to be late. - Get your stuff together.
- Do you have my number? - Yes.
- See you later, Uncle Early. - Yes, you will.
I'll see you, Earl.
Ted.
I am in the middle of the red carpet,
not quite sure what I should be doing,
and Rita was off posing for the photographers,
and Meryl comes up to me.
She is shaking my hand and I look up,
and in the crowd, watching this spectacle, is Laura Donato.
The girl he took to his high school prom.
Mm-hmm. And she's waving at me.
Yeah, and he goes up to her and he starts reminiscing
with this woman for a good five minutes.
It was a couple of minutes. I hadn't seen her since that summer.
- How'd she look? - Heavy.
A little bit. A little bit.
So, here we are at the Oscars...
Laurette told me that your wife died.
Uh, that's right. She did. Yeah.
So did my husband.
Stomach cancer.
I'm sorry.
Uh... car wreck.
Julia just opened a...
a little boutique clothing store.
And it got a blurb in Vogue.
- Oh, wow! - Yeah!
- Really nice stuff. - Well, that's great.
It's wonderful stuff.
Why is Jack so quiet?
- He and Brittany are studying. - Oh!
At first I didn't love him.
He was 25 years older than me,
and I liked him because he wasn't stupid.
Well, do you think they're really studying?
That's the story and I'm sticking to it.
And then when he got sick, I remember thinking,
"That's what you get for marrying an old guy."
Were you and your wife the same age?
They grew up next door to each other.
That is amazing. Wha...
- You know, I really like your accent. - Thank you.
One day, I was shocked to realize that I did love him.
I didn't want to have sex with him.
But I loved him.
And I don't seem to be able to stop thinking about him.
Excuse me.
Hi.
No shoes?
Uh, I left them outside. They're full of sand.
- Good call. - You went to the beach?
Uh...
Yep.
It's 2:00 in the morning.
Too late?
- Yeah. - No.
Well, I was worried.
That probably makes me crazy
- or, uh, controlling, right? - I should have called.
- No. Not at all. No, no. - I think I should have.
Yeah. You should have.
I went swimming.
Naked?
Well... yeah. I guess.
I hope that visual isn't unnerving for you, Ted.
Not at all.
I'm going to bed.
Goodnight, Laurette.
Nudity is not allowed on the beaches around here.
Well, I figured. That's why that it was a good thing there was no one around.
Right. Good night.
Fresh paint.
Hardwood floors.
Quiet building.
$1400, plus utilities.
I'll take it.
Uh, mm...
- Hey. Hi. - Hello.
Hey, you want to go to Jack's basketball game tonight?
Sure, sure, sure.
Hey, your insurance company sold. $750,000.00
It's more than you thought. Right?
Oh, that's a good price. Thanks for taking care of it.
- Listen... - Should I put the house on the market?
Okay.
I can... I can take care of that.
I'll take care of it. I'll do it.
Thank you.
By the way, I found a place.
- What? - That's great. Where?
In Hollywood. I have a balcony.
Ah... You don't want to live in Hollywood.
- I think I do. - You might think you do
but you don't understand Hollywood.
- It's not that bad. - Ted.
Ted, no, he has enough money to live anywhere.
Hollywood's not for you.
- I think it is. - Well, you...
Why?
Why not Brentwood? Why not West Hollywood?
Be... be... because...
Hollywood...
is just far enough from you. And I mean that in the most loving way.
Is that fair?
No. But it's true.
Thanks.
You know what I mean.
No, I don't.
Because there's too much crime.
It's aesthetically very unpleasing!
I will be alright.
I'm scared.
I organized your toiletries.
Thanks.
And the cleaning stuff is under the sink.
And he's cute, right?
Yeah.
Why?
Keep you company.
You're allergic to cats...
- That's why. - Well...
Thanks. I think I'll call him Penny.
- That's good. - How long do they live?
- I don't know. - Bob and Jessica lived what,
- five, six years? - Don't remember.
So, if you start getting any of those...
feelings, if they start...
Hey, we can't talk about that.
I'm only twenty minutes away.
- I know that. - No, Early. No. You have to listen to me.
- No. No! - Yes.
I know how to get a hold of you.
The end. Period.
Okay.
Bye.
- Call me tonight. - Yeah.
Lock the door, please.
I don't fucking care what you want!
Fuck you! You fucking whore!
Don't you fucking call me, either!
Stop tapping on my wall!
Oh, who is it?
It's me. From next door.
Hi.
Evening.
I was wondering if you have some sucre I could borrow.
- I'm baking brownies. - Sure.
Can I come in?
Oh Lord! Lord! I'm sorry. Please. Please.
I thought you didn't want me in your apartment...
- No. - and that didn't seem like you at all.
No, no.
You look so neighborly.
Like Andy Griffith's sad brother.
I wonder how they got the smell out?
I beg your pardon?
Where are you from? Georgia?
- Mississippi. - Miss-a-fucking-pippi!
- Where there? - A little town called Crane.
Oh. It's the Deep South?
About as deep as you can get, I guess.
Good. Cause I like things deep, know what I mean?
Uh...
what smell?
Oh, they didn't tell you, obviously.
Fascists.
I thought I would do anything for a dollar...
but there are some people in this town
that will do anything for money or fame,
and you have to watch out for them
cause they will cut your sweet heart out. So beware!
I will.
Mr. Bobo Celerian died in here.
He used to look at me with great disapproval when he was sober,
but when he got a little wine in him he was capable of humping armoire's.
Know what I mean?
I think so.
This looks like the window of a furniture store in Topeka.
Uh, thank you?
Shouldn't there be doilies everywhere?
I should call you Miss Haversham.
I'm having fun with you.
I thought so.
Freda Von Rhenburg.
Early Landry.
Early?
You sure you don't want Haversham?
Mm, I'll stick with Early.
"I'll stick with Early."
I feel like I'm talking to Burl Ives...
without the Van Dyke.
That's cute. Where'd you get that?
Uh...
It was my great grandfather's.
I am surrounded by artifacts from the heartland.
Makes my sphincter tighten up like a drum.
Gotta run. So nice to meet you, Haversham.
Thank you.
I'll bring one of my special brownies over tomorrow.
They're aphrodisiacs.
- Okay. - Lovely.
Night.
Morning.
I really love living near that park.
Don't go over there at night if you know what's good for you.
That's sad.
You're a do-gooder.
Not really. No.
That wasn't a question.
Larry left me for fat fuck.
He never had any taste, baby.
He had taste when he was with me, bitch!
Not that I saw. Never.
- Never, never. - Girl, he had the flash of a turnip.
- Cauliflower. - Yes, bitch. Fuck y'all.
Wait. What, girl. Wait.
He did have taste, girl. He did. Don't leave.
Girl, don't.
- She always doing this shit. - What? What?
Buy me a piece of pizza?
- Dine on your ass, Christmas. - Oh, okay. Alright.
Well, I have been there for you, Freda. Don't you remember?
I've been there too...
What you gonna do, girl?
You lucky I love you, bitch.
Why I always gotta be Mother Teresa for you all.
Bitch, because you wanted to play the role.
- Thank you, baby. - Yeah, you welcome.
- Okay. Okay. - Okay.
- I'm hungry too. - So share. Come on.
Bitch.
Evening.
Los Angeles has the most beautiful moons.
So, you save anyone today, superhero?
Not that I know of.
But you thought about it.
Maybe.
Do you know who lives under me?
- Hey. - Hey.
- How'd it go? - It went great.
Hi, I'm David.
Cracker.
Cracker? Really?
No, not really. My name's Early. How are you?
Not bad. Don't let her fuck with you. Really.
- Don't. - No.
Cool.
You coming?
Why not?
Ramirez the Mailman lives under you.
Why, was he singing again?
Yeah.
Yeah. He, uh, lost his wife three years ago.
Usually he gets drunk and sings.
Don't stay up all night drinking, Cracker.
Thanks, Mom.
If you were mine I'd be beating you with a two by four.
- David? - Yeah.
Early!
Oh my Lord!
Careful, careful, careful!
Here. Here. Okay, I got you, I got you, I got you.
Nice and easy.
Here.
Are you okay? Here.
Sit down right here. Right here, right here.
- What happened? - I got jumped.
- Why? - Why?
Because Hollywood is filled with criminals and addicts...
and deviant motherfuckers. That's why.
I'll get you some ice.
Did they steal anything from you?
$280 which I need to pay rent.
Oh, shit...
This'll take the swelling down.
Here.
Thank you.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Okay.
How do people hurt each other this way?
You clearly did not grow up in Hollywood.
I once rolled a trick...
and I told myself it was because I needed the money.
But it was partly because he had bad skin,
and just ruined my fucking day that way.
What did you do to him?
I cracked a bottle over his head and I punched him in the face.
And then I took his money!
Don't worry.
I won't hurt you, Haversham.
But a girl has got to take care of herself.
- Dammit! - Where does it hurt?
- It's here. In my ribs. - Yeah.
- So... fucking... - Here, how's this side?
- Yeah. - Okay.
It's okay.
- Easy, easy, easy... - It's okay.
Okay, they don't feel broken.
I could... I could, uh,
loan you some money.
- You can? - Sure.
No, Early, no. I know somebody I can borrow it from.
It's alright. It's alright, okay. It's not a big deal.
Here, let's get that ice on that eye, okay.
- There we go. - I got it. I'm fine.
Okay.
Yeah?
Uh, hi, it's me. Early.
What?
Uh...
What?
Hmm.
David.
Welcome.
Thanks.
- Wanna move? - Oh, yeah.
Uh, Ramirez the Mailman is singing again. So...
I wish he could hit a note. I really do.
This is a really sad fucking building.
- It's not that sad. No, it's not. - Yeah.
How's Freda doing?
Can you please not be an ass.
Hey.
Play Cracker that song.
- No. - Why? It's beautiful.
She wrote a song about you.
- Really? - Uh-huh.
It's not... it's not about you.
Just play it.
Play it for him. Why you gotta be so difficult? Hmm?
David...
Just play it.
♪ This feeling I have ♪
♪ I walk outside ♪
♪ Just as the day turns into night ♪
♪ See all the people ♪
♪ Come back from the dead ♪
♪ And pull up the drive ♪
♪ Walk through the door ♪
♪ And they always seem bored ♪
♪ Can I come inside ♪
♪ Just for awhile ♪
♪ I wanna know ♪
♪ How to be home ♪
♪ I bet you got a different light for every room ♪
♪ I bet you got a different smile for everyone ♪
♪ Can you really take it easy in that chair ♪
♪ Or do you stop and think about ♪
♪ The people who aren't there ♪
I told you it was good.
Hey, daddy, come on through.
Come on, baby.
- Hello? - I have developed a rash
all over my belly.
You... Have you, um, changed your detergent?
Well, how should I know?
Well, ask Graciella.
It could be food related.
It is not attractive.
And my head's about to blow off with this wildlife fundraiser.
You know, I think it's fundraiser related.
It's not easy being a good person.
Aren't you a good person?
What are you doing?
Having drinks.
- With who? - With a... lady friend.
Um, are you drunk?
Maybe.
You know, you're not supposed to be drinking on your meds, Early.
You know, I'm gonna... I'm gonna say good afternoon.
Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
Okay.
Be right there.
Howdy, neighbor.
I brought you some southern haute cuisine food.
Donuts!
What every Southern boy needs to survive.
Thank you. I'll save at least one for dessert.
After my fried chicken and pig's feet.
Never thought I'd see you again.
Why wouldn't you see me again?
Donut?
Oh...
Oh, I see.
I borrow a little money from you, don't show up for a week
and you think, what, I ran off to Mexico or some shit?
Because I'm just some bottom
- No. - of the barrel girl with no morals...
or motherfucking scruples?
I have been working my ass to the bone to pay you back your $300.
But that's not good enough for Mr. Uptight Whitey.
"That white trash girl stole my money
and I never saw her again". Fuck you!
I didn't mean you were uptight whitey man, alright.
Although you have some of the tendencies, honey.
Look, I just...
I'm always on the lookout for people to treat me like shit
because I dress a certain way or my general thing.
Hey...
- Do you want a drink? - No, thank you.
It's just that today is Indian Paint Brush Day.
What the fuck is that?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
What is Indian Paint Brush Day?
They're my wife's favorite flower.
They're all over where I lived.
When I was 10, I picked a bunch for her.
How long were you married?
26 years.
Car wreck.
I knew...
I had to get the brakes fixed. I mean,
I knew they had to be fixed
because I do everything when it was supposed to be done.
Everything I do is when it's supposed to be done.
I mean, I'm in the insurance business for God's sake.
Drink.
Drink your tight ass away.
Here.
Look.
Give me your hands.
Okay.
- Give me your hands. - Okay.
Well, get the damn donut out of it.
Let me...
You don't have to do...
or be anything you don't want to be.
You understand?
Hide from those motherfuckers
or stick your twat in their face.
The only lie is the one that you say is a lie.
Invent yourself.
Be a little fucking creative.
Just keep a roof over your head
and a full belly.
These are the only rules.
There.
Now it looks like the biggest trauma you've had to deal with
is what color Dockers to wear in the mornings.
Wow!
Super cream. Rite-Aid.
Huh...
What are these?
Oh, no, they're, um...
They're... nothing.
Just tell me what they are, Haversham.
They're...
they're just...
letters from my wife when I was away in college.
Read one.
No, I can't.
Oh, why not? 'Cause I'm not sensitive enough
- or deep enough or some shit? - No.
Fuck it. I don't care.
I can't...
Uh...
This is my freshman year at Ole Miss.
"Dear Chim Chim."
The little monkey from Speed Racer.
- Just read and don't stop. - Oh.
Okay. "It's getting cold here, too.
I love it when it's cold.
Sunshine cuddles with me
and tells me how much she misses her Early."
Uh... Sunshine was this tabby that Lara had got.
You are bludgeoning the fucking mood, honey. Come on. Come on.
Okay.
"I can't wait for...
Saturday night.
Where are we going? Not that I care.
It's enough just to have you home.
If we don't have any special plans
we could go to the Homecoming Dance?
Please, please, please!
What about the game? We play McComb.
I have two tests to study for
but I am trying to get all my work done
before my Chim Chim comes back to me.
Can we fly a kite?
Jimmy's been asking about it all week and I said
maybe when Early comes home.
I miss you so much.
My heart aches that you might fall
for some sorority girl.
I know that's crazy.
I just know that Crane is empty without you.
Come home to me and teach me about the stars
in the middle of the graveyard.
Weirdo. Just kidding," in parenthesis.
"I love you... Mary."
I used to take her to graveyards.
And she still loved me.
Take me to a graveyard.
Tell me about the stars.
This is a May sky in Los Angeles.
I always try and orient myself by finding
Ursa Minor, which you would call the Little Dipper.
I do that because the North Star is the brightest star in the sky.
Hence, the easiest to find.
Now, in May, he would be here.
Are all the stars going to be he's?
Some of them are she's. Please try and concentrate.
If you follow the handle of the Dipper down, down, down,
- you come to the tip... - I thought this would be more romantic.
Less mind-suckingly dry.
You don't have much of an attention span.
Oh, did Mary have a long attention span?
I'm sorry.
That was wrong of me.
You just... You can't be cruel.
I know. I'm sorry. It won't happen again.
Now, at the bottom of the Dipper...
you get to the very bottom...
- Okay, can I say something? - Yes.
Of course.
You should know, I'm insecure.
And I might be naturally mean. I don't know.
But you can't run away like some baby
just 'cause I say something that's not up to your sense of good fucking taste
or whatever.
- Oh, Freda. - Fuck it.
- Freda, please. Don't take them. - Why not?
Because you're addicted to them.
Oh, I'm addicted, huh?
You can sit there and talk to me about being addicted to pills
when you're washing down Xanax with bourbon.
- You're right. - Thank you.
You are right.
Oh, hell no! Fuck that.
No!
You know how much these cost?
- Freda, give me your pills. - I'm not addicted, Early.
I have aches. And they help.
I don't care if I am addicted.
Fuck it! I don't.
No more pills. Come on.
I don't trust you.
Freda, I'm here.
I'm not going anywhere.
Come on.
You're supposed to... dissolve them in water
before you flush them down the toilet.
There's some fucking dolphins out there getting high as a kite
and here we are, fucking sober.
- I don't want to do this tonight! - ...them back to you, Freda.
- I don't want to do this tonight! - Freda!
Where is it, Early? Where are they?!
They're not in here, Freda.
- They're not in here. - You're a liar! Stop lying to me!
Come on.
Okay, Freda, I didn't put pills in the freezer.
- What are you looking for? - Frozen yogurt, bitch.
- You want some ice? - Shut up!
Freda...
Give me my pills or I will throw this fucking rat against the wall!
Freda, no!
Give me my fucking pills!
Yeah...
Yeah, despite all your love letters and your stars,
you really fucking hate me.
That's why you're killing me.
That's why you killed her.
Keep talking. Just keep saying whatever you want.
Just give me the pills, okay?
- The pills? - Please!
- Fine! - Just one, Early. Just one. One fucking pill.
- Okay. - No!
No! No!
No!
You threw them away!
♪ I could never see... ♪
♪ Tomorrow ♪
♪ I was never told about the sorrow ♪
♪ How can you mend ♪
♪ A broken heart ♪
- ♪ How can... ♪ - Shh.
Did I hurt you?
No, no.
You did threaten to gouge my intestines out through my anus.
- But that was just talk. - Sorry.
No. Don't, don't, don't.
When I was 10, I called my dad a cunt.
And what did he say?
Nothing.
He just closed the door.
Slowly.
He wanted me to study harder but my hormones were out of whack
so concentration was not my strong suit,
you know what I'm saying?
He just didn't know what to do with me.
I hope he's not dead.
Maybe...
call him.
I don't know.
Luckily, I had my gran.
My gran taught me how to garden.
She taught me all about roses and...
you know, ever since then I've wanted to be in a garden.
Taking care of things
and designing things.
I can do something else with my life.
I can do things.
Can't I?
When I first got here...
I had a pulse.
That was about it.
That, and a desire to die.
I didn't.
You've already done something.
Goodnight, Early.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Yes, there is.
I have a friend. I want you and Jack and Ted
to come over for dinner Saturday.
Really?
- What's her name? - Freda.
Freda?
What kind of a name is Freda? Is she a prostitute?
Yes. And she has Ebola and she's a war criminal.
8:00, Saturday?
Fine. What should we bring? Crack?
Or wine. Bye.
Bye.
Oh, my Lord!
Oh, Lord.
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord...
Brianna!
Brianna?
- David? - No, it's Early. Come on. All right.
I'm a mess.
Tonight.
Oh, come on.
Here we go.
Don't touch my lady parts.
Absolutely not.
Are you okay?
He doesn't love me.
Sleep.
He's such an asshole!
He's a musician, honey.
No. That can't be his excuse.
And all I want to do is just look at him and just ask him why,
but he wouldn't even know what I was asking him.
Fuck men.
Except for Early.
B...
you want to come in and listen to some records with me?
Is... Is that a...
is that a no?
Okay.
Freda, what about you?
You want to come in and listen to some records with me?
Oh, Daddy, you're just too much man, aren't you?
I'd rather get eaten by a shark, bitch. Okay?
So, let me ask you this,
have you fucked him?
No.
But you in love with him?
- It's better than that. - Oh, it better be a whole lot better.
Cause the Freda I know is a Santa Monica Boulevard ho.
And that's all, baby. Nothing more. That's you.
Love is a fiction, girl.
It's not for those who are me.
That's the first thing I agree with all goddamn night, okay.
And you know that bitch ain't got no sense.
- I want a life. - Bitch, I got one,
and you can make your own hours, okay.
Listen, I'm just saying we have to save ourselves
from those motherfuckers. Cause he ain't me or you, he is them,
and, bitch, you know that's right.
Girl! How are you going to afford the hormones?
What, you gonna get a 9-5 and move in with him or something?
Good luck, Christmas.
No. Good luck, Freda.
See you in a week or two.
I got a double-double yesterday, Uncle Early.
- Is that right? - Yeah.
Yeah, he can handle the ball. He's not quite the superstar
- in the classroom now, is he. - Is it one fucking B!
Excuse me?
So, what does Freda do?
You know, customer service, selling stuff.
Is she your girlfriend?
I don't know.
What's for dinner?
Hi.
Come on in. Come on in.
Hello.
Everybody, this is Freda.
- Hi. Ted Sachman. Hi. - Hi. Nice to meet you.
And this is my sister, Laurette.
- Oh, hi. - Hi.
- Heard a lot about you. - Oh no.
- Her son, Jack. - Hey, Jack.
- Hi. - How are you?
- Good. - Have a seat, Freda.
Whoo. We're packed in tight, here.
Um, Jack has his first boyfriend.
Girlfriend! Brittany.
How is she?
Great. You know, but possessive.
Isn't that the way.
It's all new to me.
- First love is great. - Well, I don't know if we're in love,
I mean, we haven't even slept together.
Quiet. I don't know where he gets this stuff from.
- It freaks me out. - Well, he's right.
How can you be in love if you haven't slept with the person?
Not that I'm condoning that.
It's way too young for sexual activity.
I was 19.
Sixteen, but really together. And it was a mistake.
Early says you like the Bon-Bons from Toucher.
I do. I do.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
I need to get that other chair from the bedroom.
I'll be right back. I'll be right back.
I'm gonna, um...
I'm gonna run to the restroom really quick. Excuse me.
Wow.
How about Uncle Early?
- Ow! - Laurette. Laurette...
- What?! - You need to hold it together
- for your brother, alright? - I don't need to do anything.
- Please. - I mean, I like her.
I mean, she brought you bon-bons.
I need you to be quiet. Do you understand me, Jack?
- Say nothing stupid. - Will you be cool?
In fact, say nothing.
So, you live next door?
- Yeah. - I love this building.
It's not bad.
I was glad when Early moved in.
Somebody normal.
- Wine, Freda? - That'd be great. Yeah.
- Thank you. - Red? White?
- Um, white, thank you. - White.
So, you work for the studios?
Laurette works for Sony in development.
I'm partners in a post-production house.
- Wow! - It's right here in Hollywood.
- Here you are. - Thank you.
- A toast? - Mmm.
To family and friends.
Cheers.
So, Freda, what do you do?
- What? - I...
Jesus...
- What? - Nothing.
- You okay? - Yeah.
Uh, I'm in-between things right now.
Early told us that you sold trinkets and baubles and things.
I do. Yeah. That's a sideline.
What are you looking for?
Astronaut work.
I'd like to be the first person on Mars.
You have to have a lot of math for that.
I'm kidding. I used to think I wanted to be an actress.
Well, why not?
- Lots of different people are actors. - Everybody's got a dream.
Oh, it's not really my dream.
Uh, Freda wants to go into landscaping.
- You know, I thought of that, too. - Really?
- When I was younger. - She has a green thumb.
Yeah. I have a thing for plants.
Uh, Brittany wants me to try out for Fiddler on the Roof at school.
Yeah. That's just what you need, another extra-curricular.
Why?
'Cause I can sing.
Well, it's nice that she likes your voice.
Early sung to me once.
Ohh...
What'd you sing, Early?
- It's... - Don't be shy.
Tell them.
♪ How can you mend a broken heart? ♪
She stopped me after the first verse.
I had a headache.
A good singing voice is not necessary.
For what?
- Laurette... - What?
No. For what?
I'm sorry. I think this is ridiculous,
and I want to know for what.
For having sex?
Okay. That's enough, Laurette!
- Is it? - For God's sake, Laurette!
Oh Ted, I'm sorry. If you don't like it, tough.
- Take him outside, okay? - Stop it.
- Are you fucking my brother? - That is...
I'm sorry, are you having sex with my brother?
I don't understand what we're doing here.
This pretending? It's fucked up!
I don't... what are you going to be, my next sister-in-law?
- Or whatever! - Quiet, Laurette!
I have a right to know! It's a really simple question.
Just give me an answer!
Obviously, I am your worst fucking nightmare,
you uptight...
Westside freaking cunt!
Real nice! Very nice!
Very nice.
Freda.
- That was bullshit, Mom. - Don't talk to me like that.
That was bullshit, Laurette.
Freda.
Freda, please. Open the door, alright.
Freda.
I don't know how... aware he is.
And I will do anything to protect him. Anything.
- But isn't it just love? - Quiet!
The man is 55 years old.
Yeah. And he's just been through a terrifying trauma,
and tried to kill himself.
It's been nice having you.
There will be no dinner tonight.
You have to go wait in the car. I'm sorry.
No, I think... I think we can work this out.
- Go wait outside, son. - I'm sorry.
How is she, Early?
I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.
I am not leaving until I talk to you.
I don't want to talk to you.
Well, I want to know what you're doing
and I think I have a right to ask.
Who gave you that right? Hmm? Certainly not me.
- Uh. You're my brother! - I don't care about that, Laurette.
And I may never care about that again.
You hurt her, Laurette.
Are you gay?
- No! No! - Well, is this person you're with,
- does she have a vagina? - Oh my God!
I don't have to answer that question.
Have you lost your mind, Early?
Stop! Okay! Laurette, no more.
Okay?
Leave... my... house.
- Let's go. Come on. - You know the difference, Early.
I know you do.
- And you're not gay. - God dammit!
What, I don't care if he's gay!
Are you kidding me. He doesn't know what he's doing!
And one more thing...
what would Mary think?
Early? Are you home?
Anybody home?
You're not home.
Call me.
Did you go to Brentwood?
Fucking Brentwood.
Early, where are you?
Are you hiding out with your sister, the bitch from hell?
I'm just kidding.
Oh, fuck it!
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe you're just at the fucking Jiffy Lube or something.
I need you.
You're in your world, aren't you Early?
You made your choice.
Early, I'm going to San Francisco.
Yeah.
Going.
Gone.
Cracker! Oh my God, you look like shit.
What's wrong with you?
Early, this is, uh, Sonya.
You look like my dad.
What's up?
Speechless?
What's the matter, Crack?
What's going on?
He has a broken heart.
Oh, fuck.
Fuck.
I got just the thing for my man, then.
- No, you don't. - I think I do.
I think I do.
It's so funny, Early.
I say I love him,
but it's not actually true...
because how could I possibly
give up my whole life for this shit fuck.
Because I know he wouldn't for me.
You don't want that, Early. You don't want that.
People should do what they want to do.
If he wants to do it let him do it.
No, you don't want that.
David!
David! Stop!
Time to go home, Early.
Never...
never do that shit.
- Promise me. - I promise.
I promise, Brianna. I won't ever, ever do it.
I gotta get out of town.
Early.
David.
I'm sorry...
for trying to give you heroin.
That was clearly out of bounds.
Have you seen Brianna?
I think I messed that up.
Does it matter to you? I mean, does it really matter?
Yeah. Of course it matters.
But...
that shit scares me. You know?
- Hi, Uncle Early. - Jack.
- Everything okay? - It's okay.
- Grades are good, you know? - That's good.
Basketball's good.
Brittney and I did it.
You know what I mean?
Did you enjoy it?
It was great. But that's...
that's all I can think about now.
Yeah.
It's crazy that way.
I think I love her.
But I'm...
I mean, I'm not sure.
That's beautiful, Jack.
I miss you, Uncle Early.
Miss you, too.
So does Mom.
She's out in the car.
Can you talk to her?
It'll give us some breathing room around the house.
It's nightmarish.
Early?
Okay.
Thanks.
You know, I-I liked... I liked Freda.
Thanks.
She's so crazy.
- Oh, no. My mom. That's... - Oh.
Yeah. Sorry.
- Hi. - Point proven.
- Thank you, honey. - Yeah, okay.
Dinner, Saturday night?
Can't Saturday.
Raised 3.2 million
for that, uh, endangered, um,
species, uh, thing. That benefit.
So, I am capable of doing some decent things.
Uh, I thought it was going to kill me. But you know how I get
in party-planning mode. I get all Laurette-like. I'm sorry.
I'm crazy.
I know.
Um...
you should bring Freda to dinner.
Some night.
Is that an actual invitation?
You're actually inviting Freda to dinner?
- In your home? - Come on, Early.
- I just... I wasn't sure. - Sure about what?
I don't...
I don't know a lot of things...
but...
from the day I met Mary to this very day...
I know what it means to love someone.
That's the only thing I know.
You're in love?
Well, then, you're right.
Early, that much you do know.
All your life.
♪ How can you mend ♪
♪ A broken heart ♪
I trust you, Early. I'm just scared.
That is the saddest thing I have ever heard in my life.
This place is so depressing.
I'm sorry. It is.
Stop tapping on my wall, Early!
I can't hear you.
Come over for a cocktail.
Why were you knocking on my wall?
Well, I did it once before, remember?
- No. - You'd had a fight and you were crying,
and I tapped on the balcony wall.
I must have been fucked up.
Anyway, I've been in San Francisco.
- Doing what? - Living!
San Francisco is free.
No bourgeois judgment.
I can walk down the street and people get me there.
They don't freak out and run away.
Speaking of San Francisco...
I brought you this.
That's...
That's great.
- It's the Golden Gate. - I know.
The labia of America.
- The labia? - Yeah, to get to the vagina, America,
you have to pass through the labia, the Golden Gate.
I'll have to take your word for it.
Oh, never mind, Early! It's just a big opening to me.
But I probably got the metaphor wrong.
No, no, it works. No. No.
It's just symbolic of something, okay!
It is. It's a labia type structure.
What, um...
What were you doing in San Francisco?
Just wandered around the city.
Looking hot.
I thought about calling you.
I wish you would have.
I've been sitting here trying to figure things out.
What were your trying to figure out, Early?
I, uh...
made a list of what I am.
Let me see this.
"Southerner." Well there's nothing we can do about that.
"Heart attack candidate." Yeah.
Too much fried chicken. You eat like a child.
Tragic flaw.
"Lover of animals." A hamster is a rat.
"Uptight whitey." Yes.
"Charitable."
Yes, charitable. But why, that's the question.
"Sensual?"
I think so.
How could one possibly know?
Blah, blah, blah, blah...
Why the question mark?
Because, uh...
I don't know what I need to be to be with you,
and what I am doesn't seem to include you, so...
the heck with it.
Early?
People in Crane would think that my life is made up.
You can't take me to a dinner party
in El Segundo for that matter.
I like this part of town.
I've been a sex worker.
What did I say?
I've been a sex worker.
- Red is green. - Red is green.
- Blue is orange. - Blue is orange.
The sun comes up in the fucking west.
The sun comes up...
You will leave me one day.
You will leave me...
one day.
This is some weird fucking dream.
Is it?
When I was laying in the tub
with my wrists slit open...
the water turned this rich burgundy.
I remember liking that color for the water.
And then the light turned just...
soft lavender.
And I liked that too.
Colors seemed more appropriate.
And anyway...
that's what color they were.
So, who am I to quibble with reality.
It's not fucking poetry!
Why not?
Lists don't seem to work in our situation.
I don't trust you.
Would you like a bowl of chicken soup?
I could heat one up for you.
Is it fucking lavender or rich burgundy?
It's just good soup, Freda.
I missed you.
All your creepy warmth.
I missed that.
You're like... a portable pot-bellied stove with...
insinuating eyes.
Poetry.
I'll have a small bowl.
Fuck!
I love you.
So, um...
It's easy, Early.
And fun.
Well...
as long as it's fun.
Early?
Freda?
You promise me something.
Anything.
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