A Modest Killing (2026) Movie Script
1
(reel flickering and clacking)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(street bustling)
(birds chirping)
Hey.
I wasn't sure if
I should call out,
if I should have stopped you.
You and I (solemn jazz music)
(solemn jazz music continues)
You and I should be together
While worlds do
(Nora and Jay chuckling)
-(lighter flicking)
-So stupid.
(sighs) Tell me
something about yourself
I wouldn't know
from looking at you.
I don't know.
I don't like sushi.
Okay then.
I just washed out of med school.
I've been building
towards helping humanity
for as long as I can remember.
I was thinking about my
residency, school of my choice.
Got the loans,
and then I realized I just
didn't want it as much
as I thought I did.
But you led with sushi.
(Jay chuckles)
Oh, I think it's
too easy to lead with;
I lost all faith.
And you just moved here?
Correct.
Crashing on a couch,
slowly burning through
the savings account
I accumulated mowing
lawns back in New Zealand.
Hmm, and how long is
that gonna keep you afloat?
Well, I mostly just
walk around all day
and haunt public libraries,
so 10, 15 years.
(chuckles softly)
So why'd you get out?
The person that signed
on that dotted line
seems to be an
increasingly vague memory.
So what's your secret?
I'm deathly allergic to iodine.
You seem straight-laced in
a way I don't usually date.
What kind of doctor
were you gonna be?
Come again.
You were gonna be an ass doctor.
Were you gonna like undo gravity,
like with a little tuck and roll?
I don't know.
Do you think it
would have paid well?
(Jay chuckling)
(Nora laughing)
But seriously, what
are you gonna do now?
I don't know.
(sighs) I like to read,
well, at least I did.
That's not a job.
[Jay] You'd be surprised.
What do you do?
Make trouble when possible.
(lighter flickering)
(cat meowing)
Last call.
(Nora and Jay chuckle)
You up for another, or
are you drunk enough?
(Jay sighs)
At the crossroads of not
knowing the difference.
Are you ticklish?
-Am I what?
-Ticklish.
[Nora] Oh God, don't go there.
(Jay chuckles)
-(Nora chuckles)
-I was gonna
just spring it on
you, but... (chuckles)
But I find it-No.
-Slightly strange.
-(Nora chuckles)
Mm, do another fruit, either-or.
[Jay] Uh...
Oranges or mangoes?
[Nora] Mangoes.
[Jay] Mangoes, okay.
[Nora] Mm...
- What was that-
- Pineapple
-or mango.
-Oh, wait, wait, wait.
What was that song?
[Nora] Oh, um...
-The bar.
-Oh, the one at the bar?
-Buffalo or something.
-Old fashioned.
Buffalo girls Buffalo girls
Won't you come out tonight
Won't you come out tonight
Come out tonight,
come out tonight
Buffalo girls won't
you come out tonight
And dance by the
light of the moon
[Jay] That's the one.
(Nora chuckles)
(Nora sighs)
Well, this is me.
So can I come up?
Don't be mad.
I though about it,
but with the implication
of hanky-panky,
I'm sort of hesitant.
It's cool.
I should probably run
for a train anyways.
This was fun.
Me too.
What?
-What?
-What? (chuckles)
[Jay] Hey.
(lips smooching)
-(Jay chuckles)
-(chuckles) Holy shit.
Was that a goodnight kiss?
I didn't know I
was gonna do that.
I think you have a playbook,
that's what I think.
[Jay] I would like
to see you again.
Well, you know where I live,
come make an effort.
(street bustling)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(plastic bag crinkling)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(vehicles whooshing)
(lighter flickering)
(pedestrians chattering)
(vocalist vocalizing)
(birds chirping)
(vehicle whooshing)
(street bustling)
(birds chirping)
(birds chirping)
(vehicle whooshing)
(door latch clacking)
(door creaking)
You move fast.
[Jay] Here.
But it's cold now.
What's the worst
thing you ever did?
Again with the question.
We should get it out of the way.
Do we have to?
It's like pulling off a band aid,
just do it quick
and then we don't have
to revisit this later.
Well, if I was thinking about it,
the worst thing I
probably ever did
was to Josie Tagger.
I stood her up prom night,
junior year of high school.
Wait, you left her
standing there in her dress?
Mm-hmm, I got cold feet.
I bought the tux and everything.
[Nora] I don't cut it.
Hmm, it's hard to.
We met at fellowship.
She was a nice looking
girl, but had an overbite.
And she always tried to
impress everyone, everything.
Anyway, she asked me, I
felt really bad saying "No."
And all of a sudden, I
got this bad feeling,
like, that she was gonna
wanna sleep with me after.
It was needless.
I remember driving
up to her house-
Wait.
Wait.
You drove to her house
and gave her the bad news?
Yeah, of course.
(Nora chuckles)
I though if I did it
in person, it would seem
less like chicken-shit.
It was, it was worse.
Her father drove me off.
I thought
I was gonna ask her to
get a burger or something
so the night wouldn't
have been a waste.
What?
It's not funny, is it?
It's not, it's totally not.
(Nora chuckles)
(Jay chuckles softly)
(Nora laughing)
But at the same time,
what were you thinking?
That the poor thing
was gonna forgive you
if you went out and
bought her a whopper?
What about you?
(Nora sighs)
I probably should
have thought about this
before asking you that.
So?
I, uh, slept with my husband's
best friend at the time,
my ex.
Well, it was a cousin, really.
Oh.
Why'd you do that?
Because I was mad.
I was real mad at the time,
and it seemed like the perfect
way to get back at him.
They were always so competitive.
And then after, you can't
take it back, you know?
I've had problems with
impulse control in the past.
Yikes, right?
I think
it's important not to dwell
in the past sometimes.
(birds chirping)
You like movies?
[Jay] Yeah, sure.
You wanna come over
tonight and watch a movie?
You promise you'll let me in?
[Nora] I promise.
Then sure.
-(dramatic movie music)
-Now, remember this,
if two people are meant to meet,
and they both like a good Pinot,
then they are destined to
meet in le cerc vin rouge.
-Okay, I'll remember.
-(glasses clinking)
(explosions booming)
(dramatic music)
(person chattering indistinctly)
(lips smooching)
(door mechanism clacking)
Kim!
[Jay] Kim?
My roommate.
Put your shit back on.
Kim!
Hi!
-Hi?
-I...
I thought you weren't
coming back till later.
A pipe burst at the yoga studio.
I had to take a piss.
What's with the heavy?
Um, that's...
He's my friend, Jay.
Do you wanna meet him?
-Sure.
-Kim, this is Jay;
Jay, my roommate, Kim.
-Hi, nice to meet you.
-Nice to get to know
your apartment.
[Nora] Jay was just heading out.
I'm gonna walk him.
You don't have to leave.
-[Jay] (chuckles)
-Oh, like she said.
- Yeah-
- Nice to meet you.
[Nora] Yeah, nice to
know you there, guy.
Okay, bye!
Ooh, "Le Cercle Rouge."
(door creaking)
-(Jay chuckles)
-She came, well... (chuckles)
Oh my God. (chuckles)
(mellow upbeat music)
[Jay] You can help
me with something.
I'm looking for a place myself.
(mellow upbeat music continues)
(mellow upbeat music continues)
What do you think about
these curtains, Nora?
The frost could touch
The rooftops
Maybe a blue lantern
up there.
Touch my heart
[Jay] Just gotta bring it
closer...
'Cause the warmth
That you and I've got
Is more than just a spark
Time is always moving
Seasons come and go
I have a brother in
Florida, he's in the Navy,
and a sister in New Hampshire,
she stayed home and
married an asshole,
she works for an
insurance company.
My brother Johan just
moved to California,
he sends overly-sharing
Christmas emails.
I think he'll let my parents
come visit when he has kids;
I have no clue what he
does or when that'll be.
I want a family someday.
I want a big family,
kids swinging from
the rafters big.
The world is a better
place with people in it.
That's what all that
doctor shit was about,
putting yourself to
the service of others.
But I realize now
I could have just had that
stitched on a throw pillow
and saved myself all
the wasted effort.
I could see pushing
out a few fuckers.
I feel like the instructions
are in another language.
Well, they are,
it's, uh, Swedish.
I don't care how
good the furniture is,
if you can't put it together,
then what's the point?
I'll say this though,
we're gonna put all
this work to good use.
How's that?
'Cause we're having a party.
[Nora] Him?
[Jay] No.
[Nora] Uh...
What about him?
[Jay] Yeah, Jim Pearce.
He was my host brother,
real cool dude, mad bread.
I think we're
friends on Facebook.
[Nora] Oh, Jen McIntosh.
I used to work with her.
Okay that's enough.
[Jay] What?
You only have like
two, I have eight.
(mellow orchestral music)
(dice clacking)
(mellow orchestral music)
Watching the sunset
Two...
On Tennessee hills
"Do not pass go.
Do not collect $200."
(Amy chuckles)
Oh, some treatment
we get here, huh?
[Amy] Hmm.
It's good to see you, buddy.
It's good to see you too, man.
-(bottles clinking)
-Yeah, you guys
covered this already, you're
both happy to see each other.
Oh, I was just telling Amy
I was so glad to get the
email when we learned
that when you dropped off
the face of the Earth,
it was 'cause of a pretty girl,
not 'cause of heroin.
-(Jim and Jay laughing)
-That's not funny.
It, it's funny.
It's pretty funny.
-(Jay sighs)
-What a party though.
Yeah, it was good, we
should probably wrap it up.
No one even has
a color group yet,
we could be at this for days.
Exactly, that's why we should
pick this up later or never.
Let's play another hour.
We should go.
-You should.
-Excuse me?
She's kidding,
she doesn't mean it.
No, I do.
What are you doing
with yourself these days?
I don't know.
Your turn.
It's oddly satisfying,
burning all the lifeboats.
Do you wanna buy Baltic?
(Jim chuckles)
I'm gonna go to bed.
-Come on, Nora.
-No, don't go yet, Nora.
[Amy] No, you can go.
-(bottle shattering)
-(gasps) Jesus, Nora!
I'm sorry about her,
she's just a little drunk.
More than a little.
You must be still
cleaning up with the cars?
Nah, I got in a fight with
my brother, things went south.
No one wanted to buy the
2019 Chevys and other stuff.
I'm in landscaping now.
[Jay] Oh, that's good.
You know, if you ever
wanna come try us on,
cut some lawns, you're welcome.
Okay, maybe, maybe, maybe.
Listen, I'm just
gonna go check on her.
Jay, should we just go?
No, no, no, it's okay, I'll be...
I'll be back in a sec.
Some things you can't control
What the fuck, Nora?
-What?
-You were just like
super rude to my friends.
I'm tired, I'm ready for bed.
Here, come to bed as
long as you're here.
My friends are out there,
plus we have a yard of
hoagie to dig out space for
in the fridge.
Your friend?
Come on, Jay, your friend or me?
My friend right now.
Why are you stranding
them out there.
No.
Oh, shut up, you
know you want to.
(Jay and Nora sighing)
Last chance, me or your friends?
It's friend over me,
(chuckles) good one.
I told you so.
Any minute.
(sighs) Maybe
I'll do some dishes.
Really?
Seems like you're allergic
to the dishwasher at home.
That's 'cause I'm looking
at my dishwasher right now.
(bottles clinking)
(tableware clacking)
(plastic bag crinkling)
(bottle thudding)
(tableware clacking)
(plastic bag crinkling)
(ice clinking)
(ice clacking)
(liquid trickling)
"Conserve," you always say.
(liquid trickling)
To Mr. Moneybags.
[Jay] Hey Jim, can you guys
let yourselves out, please?
(Jim chuckles softly)
Exactly.
They're playing our
song. (chuckles softly)
(Amy sighs)
(Jim gulping)
(cup clacking)
(birds chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
I'll be right back, lover.
I have to go powder my nose.
I'll be right back.
(Jay sighs)
[Bartender] Get
this out of your way?
Please.
[Bartender] Another drink?
Yeah, another shot, and
another beer for me, please.
[Bartender] Uh, and
a round for the lady?
No.
She said she wants to save
some for everyone else.
[Bartender] Huh.
She's a bit of a hot tamale, huh?
(Jay sighs)
The act is wearing thin.
[Bartender] The kind you
don't bring home to mother.
You gotta be around to meet mom.
[Bartender] Hmm.
Gimme, gimme, gimme
a man after midnight
Take me to the darkness,
to the break of the day
Yeah! (chuckles)
That was good.
Tell me something I
don't know about you.
This again?
[Nora] Well, tell me
a story or something.
A story?
Like an anecdote.
Well, my mother was
raised in the country,
and her family was
big on deer hunting.
(gasps) The poor bambis.
Oh, they're more of
a nuisance, really,
like, they were put
here to get hit by cars
and they turn into
breakfast sausages.
-Ugh.
-Just as God intended.
Anyway, one day after a hunt,
my uncle finds a tick
plastered to his balls.
-(chuckles) Oh no!
-(chuckles) Like,
like, the bugger took up
residence or something.
Ew!
He can't tweeze him off,
so he went to the ER so the
doctor could burn it off.
A few years past, this
is the stuff of legends,
my cousin wakes up one morning
with a tell-tale raised
welt on his arm, tick bite.
So he goes to the ER to get his
antibiotic shot and whatnot.
The doctor looks
over him gravely,
my cousin was quite concerned.
He said, "Am I
gonna be okay, doc?"
The doctor said, "It's not great",
but I wouldn't worry.
If you think this is bad,
you should have seen
the poor bastard
"that came in with a
tick stuck to his ball."
(Nora and Jay laughing)
[Nora] Oh my God!
(Jay and Nora laughing)
Oh my God!
(vehicle crashing)
(tires screeching)
(engine roaring)
(tires screeching)
(birds chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
(Jay sighs)
(birds chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
(lighter flickering)
(birds continue chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
I went out and got
a couple things.
There's some food outside.
You should shower.
There's nothing gained in
feeling sorry for yourself.
Go get cleaned up,
you'll feel better.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
I just got some picky stuff
mostly and comfort food.
(gasps) Will you look at
this rotisserie chicken?
I though we'd have it for dinner.
I feel sick.
[Nora] So go lie down.
I feel terrible.
I do, too.
What?
I do.
I may not be all
emotional like you,
but I'm not happy,
to say the least.
So what are we gonna do?
I already called
the windshield guys,
you know, like the ones who
come out and do it roadside.
I told them it was kids, we
had a sympathetic moment.
They came and took away
all the busted glass,
so that's been taken care of.
Jesus, what?
The hood is to get banged out,
but that'll be easy.
I mean, if it happens,
and they find us,
then we'll have
to take our lumps.
But I figure there's no
point in making it easier.
Do you wanna go to jail?
No.
Good, me neither,
so we're on the same page.
So if we don't wanna
go to the graybar,
then it follows that
we should do our best
to avoid that outcome, yeah?
I already looked at
the papers online,
and there's only a blotter item.
If they had some detail,
they'd be knocking on
the door right now.
A week or so, if we
haven't heard anything,
we should assume
we're in the clear.
Jump in any minute, I'm
dying to hear your take.
This is wrong.
Yeah, it is.
But the ugly truth
is that nothing we do
is gonna bring the guy back.
Nothing you say or do or feel
is gonna deliver this guy
whole back to his front door.
Your conscience is not
going to be cleansed.
So the only thing
you need to decide
is how right you wanna be.
What about his family,
the, the notion of justice?
Justice?
(scoffs) For all we know,
the guy was a penniless
alcoholic shut-in
working his way toward
a busted liver anyway;
and I don't wanna know
any more than that.
You're not gonna get
absolution from this.
Closure is not real.
But, hey, if you wanna be stupid,
then the door is that way,
go see how that plays out.
Hell, you were the driver.
(Jay sighs)
(sighs) When you're done
pouting, we can go for a walk.
(Jay sighs)
(birds chirping)
What did you wanna
be when you grew up?
What?
[Nora] You know, like
when you were a kid.
I don't know.
A fireman, maybe.
[Nora] A fireman?
Can't really
remember, to be honest.
You?
A trolley conductor.
[Jay] Come on.
Might be misremembering.
Hey, tell me something.
[Jay] Like what?
Like anything, dealer's choice.
When I was a kid,
I slept thinking there were
monsters behind my door
for way too long.
(birds chirping)
Look,
I've got some errands to run
so maybe we can catch up later.
You okay?
Is this where you ghost me?
[Jay] What?
No, of course not.
You have a good heart.
I'm just asking these inane
questions 'cause I'm scared.
But play it however you feel.
Hey, (sighs) look.
I just don't know how
I'm supposed to act.
Neither do I.
It's the same with everybody
when you're first
getting to know someone.
Look, what would a
normal couple do?
(Jay chuckles softly)
(ball clacking)
Wow, we're like
really good at this.
Yeah, I'm surprised
it didn't occur to me
to make this a vocation.
(ball clacking)
(birds chirping)
Ugh.
(ball clacking)
My family come from a long
line of country athletes,
we can fish and run and shoot
things, flip tires over stuff,
and swim really fast.
It's incredible.
Did you play sports in school?
Does chess club count?
No.
I also did track for a while.
[Nora] That's cool.
Yeah, it's a good life skill,
teaches you how to
run away from things.
[Nora] What distance did you run?
Mostly two miles,
but fast.
I also did the field event.
What's that?
[Jay] Like discus,
javelin, shot-put, whatever.
I played semi-pro in Turkey.
Is that true?
Not at all.
But I used to like to hoop some.
Watch this ace.
Okay.
Watching?
I am.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
-(ball thudding)
-Woo!
(Jay chuckles)
Promise you won't tell?
I can keep a secret.
Well, we're already
into conspiracy of two.
(ball clacking)
(street bustling)
(chiming ethereal music)
(intriguing medieval music)
(folklore music)
[Narrator] India, that
far away land of mystery,
beauty, and enchantment.
It was here over 10 centuries ago
that a series of
physical exercises
was developed to unify
the body and spirit
in perfect harmony.
In the ancient
language of Sanskrit,
this union was called yoga.
-Namaste.
-Namaste.
(bottles clacking)
(refrigerator door thudding)
(cap clinking)
Oh, bless you.
(bottles clinking)
I think we should have sex.
Uh, okay.
(lips smooching)
(Jay and Nora grunting)
Look at you all
proud of yourself.
A job ain't worth doing if
it ain't done well, I'd say.
What's up?
It's nothing.
Tell, uncle.
It's nothing, Nora.
Just guilty conscience.
Do me a favor.
I want you to do a thought
experiment with me, okay?
Okay.
Okay, sit up straight.
And close your eyes.
Okay, now just clear your
mind, same as in yoga.
If thoughts enter, don't
try to push them away,
just try to float and allow
your mind to naturally drift.
Do you hear that?
Listen closely.
Yes.
Do you hear what
your mind is saying?
Listen.
Do you hear it?
It's the sound of
nobody giving a fuck.
Can you hear it still?
'Cause I do, I can.
How do you make up
for something like this?
You can't, it's
an unpayable debt.
Even if you do the time
and pay the family,
it's only playing catch up.
The only way would be to
trade a life for a life.
Look, you have a notion
of justice that I don't;
I just don't see it, it's
made up like a fairy tale,
and you certainly don't
find it in a courtroom.
Only you can give
yourself absolution.
I'm never gonna
get right by this,
if I do live to be a hundred.
I don't owe anyone anything.
(Jay and Jim laughing)
I'm glad you called.
I wasn't tickling
your balls when I said
we'd be glad to have you.
Yeah, I appreciate it.
It was perfect timing,
I was looking for something
a little different.
Oh, yeah,
so we can get you started next
week on Kelly's crew, 8 to 6.
Those guys are sharp,
you'll fit right in.
So, how's things otherwise?
Good, good, just taking
things a day at a time.
And how's Nora?
Are you guys still together?
[Jay] Yes, we are,
just taking things slow.
Oh, I'm glad to hear that.
She's a pistol.
You wouldn't believe
the things that come out
of her mouth sometimes.
That I would, I'm
sure. (chuckles)
Great party, though.
I wondered if you guys
would press on or...
Or what?
I don't know,
you're never one for the drama.
I'm thinking here of Jill Sobul.
Jesus, that was so long ago.
[Jim] No, I know, it...
It's just I know you
to be a firm hand
when it comes to matters of...
[Jay] What?
Look, I'm not gonna act like
I've walked in your shoes,
or what your experience
at med school was
or what happened there.
Permission to be candid?
You don't need to ask.
When you were at med school,
I know you said you were
trying to ground yourself
and get serious;
and coming out, I figured
it'd be the same, you know,
either stay in or find
something steady work-wise,
start a family, all
the important stuff.
I'm not sure I
follow, I'm here, right?
Yeah, sure, it's just...
(Jim sighs)
I mean, you know my way
was never perfect, right,
my mom being who she
was and all that,
and she got her name on the
big board at the Tam O'Shanter
as one of the all
time bar-ho greats.
I hope I'm not out of line in
saying that a girl like that,
she can get you in somewhere
sticky if you don't watch out.
Who says she hasn't already?
(Jim laughing)
You, you always
have a way. (laughs)
How do you make this shit up?
I... (laughs)
Oh. (laughs)
(Jim sighs and laughs)
(Jay sighs)
(finger tapping)
It's always good to
have a backup plan.
(door mechanism clacking)
Hello!
Congratulations are in order.
[Jay] Oh.
You're looking at the brand
new hostess at Il Invierno,
Tuesdays through Saturdays,
the evening shift,
4 to close.
[Jay] That is good news.
I even got us a decent
bottle of white to celebrate.
Pour us a couple of
glasses, would you love?
I have to poop.
What's all this?
(tableware clinking)
(tableware clacking)
(chuckles) You did all this?
Yes.
-You?
-Yes.
I had no idea.
A man who knows his way around
the kitchen is a keeper.
You even made the green beans
exactly how I like them.
I'm so happy to
hear you say that.
(green beans crunching)
Did you always keep your
money in the sock drawer?
[Jay] Yeah.
So when thieves look under
the mattress, it's not there.
You wanna try something with me?
What?
It's called amytal,
it's a barbiturate.
It's cool, it's like
everything's in slow motion,
and then your whole life
becomes like the most
awesome action scene
in any movie like
ever of all time.
This isn't the kind of stuff
that gets you in trouble,
this is different.
The case, it's like
camouflage, you know?
Down the hatch.
(cap popping)
(Jay gulping)
I don't feel anything.
Am I supposed to feel something?
You just have to wait.
My friend who I got them from
said it can take a while.
Friend?
Didn't know you had any of those.
Yuck, Jay, gross.
What a thing to say.
I didn't know this was
gonna be a bad trip.
I was kidding.
You weren't though.
I was.
How can I prove it to you?
You can't.
Yeah, you're right.
(Jay chuckles)
(Nora scoffs)
That would require me to
produce a friend of yours,
which I could not do.
Jay, you...
Fuck you.
(Jay chuckles)
That's not nice.
I'm trying to think what
the person would look like
that would play a friend of
yours in the movie about us.
Probably a guy with
like dreads and shit.
(Jay groaning)
(Nora grunting)
Oh my God. (chuckles)
(intriguing ethereal music)
(Nora chuckles)
Oh my God.
It's crazy.
It's wonderful.
I feel like we're the only
two people left on Earth.
Like, if we went outside,
the world will have ended
and we'd be the only
two people left.
Should we go make
sure that we're not?
Why would we wanna find out?
Yeah, I guess it doesn't
really matter anyways.
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(lips smooching)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(oil sizzling)
Never had fried bologna before.
Then you haven't lived.
Guess it's one of
those simple pleasures
that I just missed out on.
Your problem is that
you haven't given yourself
permission to be happy.
(oil sizzling)
(tongs clacking)
Wait, what the fuck
does that even mean?
I don't know.
Just...
It might be good for you to
sometimes not be so negative,
sometimes.
(oil sizzling)
(tongs clacking)
I didn't mean it like that,
Nora, it was just an idea.
(Jay sighs)
Well, what did you mean it like?
(oil sizzling)
Nora, let me make it up to you.
(alarm ringing)
Why?
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, man.
[Jim] What the fuck?
I'm sorry, man.
I know, I know.
Don't be sorry, just be on time.
[Jay] Sorry, man, I overslept.
We got a rash of lawns today.
(starter cranking)
(engine rumbling)
(water spraying)
(birds chirping)
(Jay retches and grunts)
(water spraying)
(door mechanism clacking)
Hey?
Hey.
I though you were
working tonight.
Yeah.
Felt like shit, so I called out.
Oh.
How'd that go?
Not so good.
[Jay] Hmm.
There's no more beers left?
No.
[Jay] You drank the last one.
Yeah, I guess I did.
[Jay] You could have texted.
Yeah, guess I could have.
(Jay sighs)
When you said "Not so good,"
what does that mean?
Catherine told me not to come in.
Tomorrow or ever?
I don't know.
I have to give her a call.
So you got shit-canned?
That's a pretty lame
way of looking at it.
Well, is it the truth?
No.
What it is
is I spent all of the morning
and most of the afternoon
puking up yellow bile
because we needed to finish
the whole bottle of Makers.
About 10 minutes ago was the
first I felt normal all day.
So leave me the fuck alone.
(door thudding)
(street bustling)
(police siren wailing)
(tense rock metal music in car)
Madeline!
Baby!
Baby, it's me, I came.
I'm not lying no more,
baby, I stopped doing that.
Maddy!
Maddy, baby, they're
lying to you, baby.
Maddy, it's me!
Baby!
Hey, baby girl!
Remember when I told you
I can put you in a
log cabin, bitch?
Let's go!
Maddy, I'm kidding.
I'm kidding, baby, I'm kidding.
Maddy!
Maddy!
Was someone screaming?
I can't do this.
-What?
-I can't do this.
I can't be with
someone who can't...
(Jay sighs)
What the fuck are we doing?
What do you mean?
We're supposed to be
partners, like Bonnie and Clyde.
How can you lose your job and
just be like this about it?
It's a job, I'll get another one.
Well, how will you know
you won't lose that one too?
I won't, I promise.
(laptop lid thudding)
Are we together, or are
we just playing chicken?
I don't know.
Well, why don't you know?
Because I've never
been with anyone
that I cared about before.
I don't know how I'm
supposed to feel.
Well, do you care
about any of this?
Sure.
Then we're supposed
to be in it together.
We can't be fighting
all the time,
and it can't be one person
worrying about money
and everything else.
We have to share all the
responsibilities, you know?
I think I'm tired.
I, I think I'm gonna go to bed.
(birds chirping)
(objects clacking)
(plastic crinkling)
(objects clacking)
(keys jingling)
(Nora sighs)
(keys jingling)
(object clacking)
(sighs) Stupid fucking keys.
(bottle clinking)
(birds chirping)
(vehicle engine rumbling)
Oh shit.
Sorry, I didn't mean to
jump-scare you. (chuckles)
It's cool.
What's up?
I'm Lee,
um, I'm going around the
neighborhood passing out flyers,
seeing if anyone has any
information on the hit and run
that happened a couple weeks ago.
What hit and run?
Oh, um, a man was hit on the
corner of Sunset and Utopia,
middle of the night,
driver took off.
Oh my God, that's awful.
Was that guy hurt?
He's dead.
Unfortunately, with
stuff like this,
police take it as sort
of like a dead end.
So they don't think
they're gonna find the guy,
so they don't put any
time or effort into it.
It's honestly really sad
how little real-life
is like law and order.
Did you know him?
I got the job through
the Gigfinder app.
If I had known how
sad it was gonna be,
I probably would have
asked for more money.
Um, if you could just
like tell anyone you know,
it'd be a really big help.
We're hoping that if
the word gets around,
someone will come forward;
that family's been through hell.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, people are selfish.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(objects clacking)
(objects clacking)
And the hits just keep on coming.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
[Jay] And you?
Married, I suppose.
No, (sighs) an accident.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
Ready?
I'm ready.
-Sure?
-Yes.
Last time you said you were
ready and you weren't, so...
I said I'm ready.
(hands smacking)
Fucker.
(Nora inhales deeply)
Tell me.
Why is your middle
name bush league?
You're not supposed to use
these whack psych out games,
it's cheating.
Stop being a baby, come on.
Okay.
(hands smacking)
(Nora chuckles)
(hands smacking)
(Nora chuckles)
It's your own fault.
You're making it too easy.
I'm sorry, I'm just
a little bit tired.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, from cleaning the house
and doing everything
else around here.
-(Jay chuckles)
-Asshole!
Now who gets frazzled easily?
(Nora grunts)
Don't go away angry.
[Nora] Whatever.
Just go away.
Self-cleaning ovens?
Should make
self-cleaning apartments.
Ugh.
So you think you're
gonna fucking play me?
I don't think so.
Now that's the spirit.
"Clean, my servant.
Clean!"
Everyone pulling in the
same direction, right?
Ready?
-Yes.
-Go.
"The Hound of
the Baskervilles."
Holy shit, how did you do that?
(chuckles) I have magic powers.
Now the secret is
to ask questions
that you could reliably
guess the answer to.
Here, we'll...
I'm not really clear
on the point system.
Oh, don't worry about it.
It's, it's how many people at
the table I can make laugh,
if I get the answer wrong.
[Amy] Okay.
I'm making it up as we go along.
Who's the most
recognizable president?
Recognizable?
What do you mean, like iconic?
I mean, I guess the
most recognizable
is the one that's in Office.
Wait, do you mean living or dead?
Dead or alive, doesn't
matter, just go with it.
The most recognizable president,
like, uh, Jesus or Elvis,
if you showed a photo
of them to someone,
they would recognize them.
I guess...
Nixon, or anyone
on Mount Rushmore.
Stop. (sighs)
I should have said
George Washington.
Like, I could ask
you about TV shows,
but you wanna stay
away from taste.
Stay away from taste and stick
to matters of objectivity.
And you also lose points
if you force the
hand of the person,
like, um...
"Who wrote E equals MC squared?"
Um...
Okay, last one.
Who was your first
celebrity crush?
Chad Michael Murray.
(Jay chuckles softly)
There is no way.
What the fuck?
(Jay laughing)
What?
Schlong...
What does that even mean?
It's just
-a silly thing to say.
-That's ridiculous.
(Jay chuckles)
How are you holding
up over there, Nora?
We'll leave soon, babe.
Okay, babe.
You'll have to excuse her.
She just found out today
that Santa Claus doesn't
exist. (chuckles)
(bottle shattering)
This table is really not level.
What the fuck, Nora?
[Amy] It's really not a big deal.
I'll just pick up the big pieces,
it's, it's no big deal.
Yeah, Jay, it's not
like I killed somebody.
(Jay laughing hysterically)
(Nora sighs)
Look, I got the chunks
out of the carpet,
we'll spray it again.
Smell, I don't know,
hopefully that'll get better.
You...
Where do you get the nerve?
[Nora] Jay.
It's like you want
to fuck this up.
It's, (sighs) it's like
you hate me so much
that you want us to get caught.
You want people to find out
that we're fucking murderers?
Jay, calm down.
You're the only murderer.
You fucking parasite,
don't speak to me like that!
None of this would
have even happened
if you weren't a drunken whore,
whose essence is vomit!
You haven't had to
pay a dime to fuck me.
And somehow it's my
most expensive lay ever.
You know what, Jay?
You are a mental midget.
I'll tell you what,
if you're so guilt-stricken,
but not enough to actually
take responsibility,
why don't I go and do a killing,
and then we'll be even?
[Jay] Don't.
You don't, you don't...
This will make it right, right?
Because you can't handle
the idea of an accident,
I have to go and off someone
else just to placate you.
What fucking planet are you on?
Who should it be, huh?
If I got rid of you,
all my problems would be
wrapped up with a bow, yeah?
I can snap your neck
and they'll give me
self-defense in a breath.
You don't understand how
easy this shit is for me.
(solemn intriguing country music)
Hmm
(solemn intriguing
country music continues)
Hmm
(solemn intriguing
country music continues)
Hi, this is a concerned citizen.
I got a flyer about a hit
and run some weeks ago,
um, I think you should
look into Nora Chance.
She lives at 222 Blue Jay Way,
and she has a car with a
license plate number 555TUF.
Um, the car was damaged and
then fixed, I don't know how.
I'm just a concerned citizen.
(water swishing)
(water continues swishing)
(water continues swishing)
(water continues swishing)
(water continues swishing)
(plastic bag crinkling)
(ice crushing)
(ice clacking)
(Nora coughing)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
Wait, Jay.
Wait, just stop.
What's up?
(Nora sighs)
I'm sorry.
Don't get mad at me.
What is it?
I have to borrow $300.
(scoffs) What for?
It's for this job thing,
they're making us pay for
our uniforms up front,
and then we get it back
in our first check.
Why is this the first
I'm hearing about this?
Because I just heard
back from them yesterday,
it's for this catering company.
(scoffs) A catering
company needs a $300 uniform?
Come on.
Look, I'll give you the
money just don't lie to me.
If we're already going
to hell together,
what's the point in even lying?
Why can't you just trust me
that I'm doing the
right thing for us?
Why can't you just believe me?
Because I don't.
Jay.
Look, I have to go now,
we'll sort this whole
thing out when I get back.
Okay.
Okay.
Bye.
Bye.
(excavator engine rumbling)
(excavator engine rumbling)
How much more we gotta do?
[Jim] This is it.
Give me that.
Hey-hey, Johnny hustle!
(hands clapping)
(excavator engine rumbling)
(keys jingling)
(door latch clacking)
(door clacking)
Nora?
Nora?
(Jay sighs)
(Jay sighing and
breathing deeply)
(birds chirping faintly)
(can clacking)
Motherfucker!
(hand smacking)
(Jay huffing)
Motherfucker.
(test strip clacking)
(plastic bag crinkling)
(bottles clinking)
(water swishing)
(utensils clacking)
(objects clacking)
(bottle glugging)
(Jay sighs)
(Jay grunting and
breathing sharply)
(Jay grunting)
(toilet brush clacking
and scrubbing)
(door knocking)
(metal clinking)
Oh, hey.
(sighs) Detective
Frank Corso, NYPD.
And you are?
Jason Tomblad.
[Detective Frank] Do
you know Nora Chance?
No...
Yes.
I'm sorry?
Yes, I do know her.
-[Detective Frank]
-She live here?
Me and her are complicated;
she stays here sometimes.
Okay.
So, uh, I checked
with your super,
he says he sees her on a daily.
You guys together?
Yes, we are.
Sorry, is she alright?
How the hell would I
know if she's alright?
I mean, you live
with her, don't you?
No, I mean when a cop
shows up at your door.
Is she around?
No, she stepped out.
[Detective Frank] Work?
Yeah, between things.
Okay.
Well, Jay, does she own
a '98 burgundy Marquis?
She does.
Oh, she did.
Come again.
She did, she scrapped it,
sent the plates back
to, uh, New Hampshire
about two months ago.
You sure on that timing?
Yeah, I think so.
I'll ask her when she gets home.
Okay, make my life a lot easier.
We're just trying
to run a thing down.
It's probably nothing,
I, I don't wanna involve
any out-of-state DMVs.
You good?
Yeah, it's just...
I'm sorry about all
this, about everything.
Hey, don't worry
about it, alright?
I'm sure you're not at fault,
these things happen
every day, okay?
Be good, Jay.
(door thudding)
(birds chirping)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
-(chuckles softly)
-Well, now look
what you've gotten us into.
Nora.
I don't feel very good.
Can you open the door, please?
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(door clacking and creaking)
(door creaking)
(door latch clacking)
I have to pack a bag,
I gotta make a seven
o'clock Chinatown bus.
Will you help me?
Where are you going?
[Nora] Will you help me?
Of course.
[Nora] Just, uh, put
it in my overnight,
jeans, a lot of undies, and
some comfy pajama pants, please.
Where are you going?
To New Hampshire.
My father said he would meet me.
Do you have any money?
Yes.
Will you buy me a ticket?
I'm coming.
(sighs) No, you're not.
And we have to get a cab;
I think I'll puke on the subway.
Can you grab my toothbrush
from the bathroom, please?
And all the panty
liners you can muster?
(retches) No. (retches)
(Nora clears throat)
(Nora breathes deeply)
We should have talked about it.
There was nothing to talk about.
You know, I feel like a baby
makes people get
their shit together.
Of the three of us, it
was the simplest to do.
Do you want a hoodie?
Yeah, the green one's fine.
Thanks.
You want these?
No, the flowered ones.
More comfy?
Yeah, definitely.
(plastic bag crinkling)
(object clacking)
(zipper zipping)
(vehicle engine rumbling)
Left my fucking water
bottle on the train too.
I don't know how this
day could get any worse.
Will you call me and let me know
when you've got there safe?
Yeah, sure.
Do you think we've
paid enough now?
(street bustling)
(birds chirping)
We paid some, we paid enough.
Look, I don't need to think
about what might've been,
I just have faith that everything
comes around eventually.
I guess.
Mommy, ice cream!
Okay, love.
I promised this one a treat.
Well, it's nice to see you.
You too, Jay.
Can you say bye-bye
to mommy's friend?
Bye, bye.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(car door thudding)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(classic bright orchestral music)
Are you giving to
the world a smile
Sunny smile
Helping lessen
someone's dreary mile
Dreary mile
Do you greet the
world with song
As through life
you pass along
Cheering those you may
meet along life's way
Give the world
Give the world A smile
Each day
A bright smile every day
Helping someone on
Helping someone
Life's way
On life's dreary way
From the paths
Paths of sin Of sin
Bring the wonderer's in
Bring them in
To the master's fold
To His fold
To stay His forever to stay
Help to cheer
Help cheer the sad
The lone and sad
The lonely and sad
Help to make some pilgrim
Help make pilgrim
Glad Make somebody glad
Let your life
Life so be that So be that
That all the world might
see the joy of serving Jesus
With a smile
A bright sunny smile
(classic bright orchestral music)
Give the world
(reel flickering and clacking)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(street bustling)
(birds chirping)
Hey.
I wasn't sure if
I should call out,
if I should have stopped you.
You and I (solemn jazz music)
(solemn jazz music continues)
You and I should be together
While worlds do
(Nora and Jay chuckling)
-(lighter flicking)
-So stupid.
(sighs) Tell me
something about yourself
I wouldn't know
from looking at you.
I don't know.
I don't like sushi.
Okay then.
I just washed out of med school.
I've been building
towards helping humanity
for as long as I can remember.
I was thinking about my
residency, school of my choice.
Got the loans,
and then I realized I just
didn't want it as much
as I thought I did.
But you led with sushi.
(Jay chuckles)
Oh, I think it's
too easy to lead with;
I lost all faith.
And you just moved here?
Correct.
Crashing on a couch,
slowly burning through
the savings account
I accumulated mowing
lawns back in New Zealand.
Hmm, and how long is
that gonna keep you afloat?
Well, I mostly just
walk around all day
and haunt public libraries,
so 10, 15 years.
(chuckles softly)
So why'd you get out?
The person that signed
on that dotted line
seems to be an
increasingly vague memory.
So what's your secret?
I'm deathly allergic to iodine.
You seem straight-laced in
a way I don't usually date.
What kind of doctor
were you gonna be?
Come again.
You were gonna be an ass doctor.
Were you gonna like undo gravity,
like with a little tuck and roll?
I don't know.
Do you think it
would have paid well?
(Jay chuckling)
(Nora laughing)
But seriously, what
are you gonna do now?
I don't know.
(sighs) I like to read,
well, at least I did.
That's not a job.
[Jay] You'd be surprised.
What do you do?
Make trouble when possible.
(lighter flickering)
(cat meowing)
Last call.
(Nora and Jay chuckle)
You up for another, or
are you drunk enough?
(Jay sighs)
At the crossroads of not
knowing the difference.
Are you ticklish?
-Am I what?
-Ticklish.
[Nora] Oh God, don't go there.
(Jay chuckles)
-(Nora chuckles)
-I was gonna
just spring it on
you, but... (chuckles)
But I find it-No.
-Slightly strange.
-(Nora chuckles)
Mm, do another fruit, either-or.
[Jay] Uh...
Oranges or mangoes?
[Nora] Mangoes.
[Jay] Mangoes, okay.
[Nora] Mm...
- What was that-
- Pineapple
-or mango.
-Oh, wait, wait, wait.
What was that song?
[Nora] Oh, um...
-The bar.
-Oh, the one at the bar?
-Buffalo or something.
-Old fashioned.
Buffalo girls Buffalo girls
Won't you come out tonight
Won't you come out tonight
Come out tonight,
come out tonight
Buffalo girls won't
you come out tonight
And dance by the
light of the moon
[Jay] That's the one.
(Nora chuckles)
(Nora sighs)
Well, this is me.
So can I come up?
Don't be mad.
I though about it,
but with the implication
of hanky-panky,
I'm sort of hesitant.
It's cool.
I should probably run
for a train anyways.
This was fun.
Me too.
What?
-What?
-What? (chuckles)
[Jay] Hey.
(lips smooching)
-(Jay chuckles)
-(chuckles) Holy shit.
Was that a goodnight kiss?
I didn't know I
was gonna do that.
I think you have a playbook,
that's what I think.
[Jay] I would like
to see you again.
Well, you know where I live,
come make an effort.
(street bustling)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(plastic bag crinkling)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(vehicles whooshing)
(lighter flickering)
(pedestrians chattering)
(vocalist vocalizing)
(birds chirping)
(vehicle whooshing)
(street bustling)
(birds chirping)
(birds chirping)
(vehicle whooshing)
(door latch clacking)
(door creaking)
You move fast.
[Jay] Here.
But it's cold now.
What's the worst
thing you ever did?
Again with the question.
We should get it out of the way.
Do we have to?
It's like pulling off a band aid,
just do it quick
and then we don't have
to revisit this later.
Well, if I was thinking about it,
the worst thing I
probably ever did
was to Josie Tagger.
I stood her up prom night,
junior year of high school.
Wait, you left her
standing there in her dress?
Mm-hmm, I got cold feet.
I bought the tux and everything.
[Nora] I don't cut it.
Hmm, it's hard to.
We met at fellowship.
She was a nice looking
girl, but had an overbite.
And she always tried to
impress everyone, everything.
Anyway, she asked me, I
felt really bad saying "No."
And all of a sudden, I
got this bad feeling,
like, that she was gonna
wanna sleep with me after.
It was needless.
I remember driving
up to her house-
Wait.
Wait.
You drove to her house
and gave her the bad news?
Yeah, of course.
(Nora chuckles)
I though if I did it
in person, it would seem
less like chicken-shit.
It was, it was worse.
Her father drove me off.
I thought
I was gonna ask her to
get a burger or something
so the night wouldn't
have been a waste.
What?
It's not funny, is it?
It's not, it's totally not.
(Nora chuckles)
(Jay chuckles softly)
(Nora laughing)
But at the same time,
what were you thinking?
That the poor thing
was gonna forgive you
if you went out and
bought her a whopper?
What about you?
(Nora sighs)
I probably should
have thought about this
before asking you that.
So?
I, uh, slept with my husband's
best friend at the time,
my ex.
Well, it was a cousin, really.
Oh.
Why'd you do that?
Because I was mad.
I was real mad at the time,
and it seemed like the perfect
way to get back at him.
They were always so competitive.
And then after, you can't
take it back, you know?
I've had problems with
impulse control in the past.
Yikes, right?
I think
it's important not to dwell
in the past sometimes.
(birds chirping)
You like movies?
[Jay] Yeah, sure.
You wanna come over
tonight and watch a movie?
You promise you'll let me in?
[Nora] I promise.
Then sure.
-(dramatic movie music)
-Now, remember this,
if two people are meant to meet,
and they both like a good Pinot,
then they are destined to
meet in le cerc vin rouge.
-Okay, I'll remember.
-(glasses clinking)
(explosions booming)
(dramatic music)
(person chattering indistinctly)
(lips smooching)
(door mechanism clacking)
Kim!
[Jay] Kim?
My roommate.
Put your shit back on.
Kim!
Hi!
-Hi?
-I...
I thought you weren't
coming back till later.
A pipe burst at the yoga studio.
I had to take a piss.
What's with the heavy?
Um, that's...
He's my friend, Jay.
Do you wanna meet him?
-Sure.
-Kim, this is Jay;
Jay, my roommate, Kim.
-Hi, nice to meet you.
-Nice to get to know
your apartment.
[Nora] Jay was just heading out.
I'm gonna walk him.
You don't have to leave.
-[Jay] (chuckles)
-Oh, like she said.
- Yeah-
- Nice to meet you.
[Nora] Yeah, nice to
know you there, guy.
Okay, bye!
Ooh, "Le Cercle Rouge."
(door creaking)
-(Jay chuckles)
-She came, well... (chuckles)
Oh my God. (chuckles)
(mellow upbeat music)
[Jay] You can help
me with something.
I'm looking for a place myself.
(mellow upbeat music continues)
(mellow upbeat music continues)
What do you think about
these curtains, Nora?
The frost could touch
The rooftops
Maybe a blue lantern
up there.
Touch my heart
[Jay] Just gotta bring it
closer...
'Cause the warmth
That you and I've got
Is more than just a spark
Time is always moving
Seasons come and go
I have a brother in
Florida, he's in the Navy,
and a sister in New Hampshire,
she stayed home and
married an asshole,
she works for an
insurance company.
My brother Johan just
moved to California,
he sends overly-sharing
Christmas emails.
I think he'll let my parents
come visit when he has kids;
I have no clue what he
does or when that'll be.
I want a family someday.
I want a big family,
kids swinging from
the rafters big.
The world is a better
place with people in it.
That's what all that
doctor shit was about,
putting yourself to
the service of others.
But I realize now
I could have just had that
stitched on a throw pillow
and saved myself all
the wasted effort.
I could see pushing
out a few fuckers.
I feel like the instructions
are in another language.
Well, they are,
it's, uh, Swedish.
I don't care how
good the furniture is,
if you can't put it together,
then what's the point?
I'll say this though,
we're gonna put all
this work to good use.
How's that?
'Cause we're having a party.
[Nora] Him?
[Jay] No.
[Nora] Uh...
What about him?
[Jay] Yeah, Jim Pearce.
He was my host brother,
real cool dude, mad bread.
I think we're
friends on Facebook.
[Nora] Oh, Jen McIntosh.
I used to work with her.
Okay that's enough.
[Jay] What?
You only have like
two, I have eight.
(mellow orchestral music)
(dice clacking)
(mellow orchestral music)
Watching the sunset
Two...
On Tennessee hills
"Do not pass go.
Do not collect $200."
(Amy chuckles)
Oh, some treatment
we get here, huh?
[Amy] Hmm.
It's good to see you, buddy.
It's good to see you too, man.
-(bottles clinking)
-Yeah, you guys
covered this already, you're
both happy to see each other.
Oh, I was just telling Amy
I was so glad to get the
email when we learned
that when you dropped off
the face of the Earth,
it was 'cause of a pretty girl,
not 'cause of heroin.
-(Jim and Jay laughing)
-That's not funny.
It, it's funny.
It's pretty funny.
-(Jay sighs)
-What a party though.
Yeah, it was good, we
should probably wrap it up.
No one even has
a color group yet,
we could be at this for days.
Exactly, that's why we should
pick this up later or never.
Let's play another hour.
We should go.
-You should.
-Excuse me?
She's kidding,
she doesn't mean it.
No, I do.
What are you doing
with yourself these days?
I don't know.
Your turn.
It's oddly satisfying,
burning all the lifeboats.
Do you wanna buy Baltic?
(Jim chuckles)
I'm gonna go to bed.
-Come on, Nora.
-No, don't go yet, Nora.
[Amy] No, you can go.
-(bottle shattering)
-(gasps) Jesus, Nora!
I'm sorry about her,
she's just a little drunk.
More than a little.
You must be still
cleaning up with the cars?
Nah, I got in a fight with
my brother, things went south.
No one wanted to buy the
2019 Chevys and other stuff.
I'm in landscaping now.
[Jay] Oh, that's good.
You know, if you ever
wanna come try us on,
cut some lawns, you're welcome.
Okay, maybe, maybe, maybe.
Listen, I'm just
gonna go check on her.
Jay, should we just go?
No, no, no, it's okay, I'll be...
I'll be back in a sec.
Some things you can't control
What the fuck, Nora?
-What?
-You were just like
super rude to my friends.
I'm tired, I'm ready for bed.
Here, come to bed as
long as you're here.
My friends are out there,
plus we have a yard of
hoagie to dig out space for
in the fridge.
Your friend?
Come on, Jay, your friend or me?
My friend right now.
Why are you stranding
them out there.
No.
Oh, shut up, you
know you want to.
(Jay and Nora sighing)
Last chance, me or your friends?
It's friend over me,
(chuckles) good one.
I told you so.
Any minute.
(sighs) Maybe
I'll do some dishes.
Really?
Seems like you're allergic
to the dishwasher at home.
That's 'cause I'm looking
at my dishwasher right now.
(bottles clinking)
(tableware clacking)
(plastic bag crinkling)
(bottle thudding)
(tableware clacking)
(plastic bag crinkling)
(ice clinking)
(ice clacking)
(liquid trickling)
"Conserve," you always say.
(liquid trickling)
To Mr. Moneybags.
[Jay] Hey Jim, can you guys
let yourselves out, please?
(Jim chuckles softly)
Exactly.
They're playing our
song. (chuckles softly)
(Amy sighs)
(Jim gulping)
(cup clacking)
(birds chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
I'll be right back, lover.
I have to go powder my nose.
I'll be right back.
(Jay sighs)
[Bartender] Get
this out of your way?
Please.
[Bartender] Another drink?
Yeah, another shot, and
another beer for me, please.
[Bartender] Uh, and
a round for the lady?
No.
She said she wants to save
some for everyone else.
[Bartender] Huh.
She's a bit of a hot tamale, huh?
(Jay sighs)
The act is wearing thin.
[Bartender] The kind you
don't bring home to mother.
You gotta be around to meet mom.
[Bartender] Hmm.
Gimme, gimme, gimme
a man after midnight
Take me to the darkness,
to the break of the day
Yeah! (chuckles)
That was good.
Tell me something I
don't know about you.
This again?
[Nora] Well, tell me
a story or something.
A story?
Like an anecdote.
Well, my mother was
raised in the country,
and her family was
big on deer hunting.
(gasps) The poor bambis.
Oh, they're more of
a nuisance, really,
like, they were put
here to get hit by cars
and they turn into
breakfast sausages.
-Ugh.
-Just as God intended.
Anyway, one day after a hunt,
my uncle finds a tick
plastered to his balls.
-(chuckles) Oh no!
-(chuckles) Like,
like, the bugger took up
residence or something.
Ew!
He can't tweeze him off,
so he went to the ER so the
doctor could burn it off.
A few years past, this
is the stuff of legends,
my cousin wakes up one morning
with a tell-tale raised
welt on his arm, tick bite.
So he goes to the ER to get his
antibiotic shot and whatnot.
The doctor looks
over him gravely,
my cousin was quite concerned.
He said, "Am I
gonna be okay, doc?"
The doctor said, "It's not great",
but I wouldn't worry.
If you think this is bad,
you should have seen
the poor bastard
"that came in with a
tick stuck to his ball."
(Nora and Jay laughing)
[Nora] Oh my God!
(Jay and Nora laughing)
Oh my God!
(vehicle crashing)
(tires screeching)
(engine roaring)
(tires screeching)
(birds chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
(Jay sighs)
(birds chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
(lighter flickering)
(birds continue chirping)
(birds continue chirping)
I went out and got
a couple things.
There's some food outside.
You should shower.
There's nothing gained in
feeling sorry for yourself.
Go get cleaned up,
you'll feel better.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
I just got some picky stuff
mostly and comfort food.
(gasps) Will you look at
this rotisserie chicken?
I though we'd have it for dinner.
I feel sick.
[Nora] So go lie down.
I feel terrible.
I do, too.
What?
I do.
I may not be all
emotional like you,
but I'm not happy,
to say the least.
So what are we gonna do?
I already called
the windshield guys,
you know, like the ones who
come out and do it roadside.
I told them it was kids, we
had a sympathetic moment.
They came and took away
all the busted glass,
so that's been taken care of.
Jesus, what?
The hood is to get banged out,
but that'll be easy.
I mean, if it happens,
and they find us,
then we'll have
to take our lumps.
But I figure there's no
point in making it easier.
Do you wanna go to jail?
No.
Good, me neither,
so we're on the same page.
So if we don't wanna
go to the graybar,
then it follows that
we should do our best
to avoid that outcome, yeah?
I already looked at
the papers online,
and there's only a blotter item.
If they had some detail,
they'd be knocking on
the door right now.
A week or so, if we
haven't heard anything,
we should assume
we're in the clear.
Jump in any minute, I'm
dying to hear your take.
This is wrong.
Yeah, it is.
But the ugly truth
is that nothing we do
is gonna bring the guy back.
Nothing you say or do or feel
is gonna deliver this guy
whole back to his front door.
Your conscience is not
going to be cleansed.
So the only thing
you need to decide
is how right you wanna be.
What about his family,
the, the notion of justice?
Justice?
(scoffs) For all we know,
the guy was a penniless
alcoholic shut-in
working his way toward
a busted liver anyway;
and I don't wanna know
any more than that.
You're not gonna get
absolution from this.
Closure is not real.
But, hey, if you wanna be stupid,
then the door is that way,
go see how that plays out.
Hell, you were the driver.
(Jay sighs)
(sighs) When you're done
pouting, we can go for a walk.
(Jay sighs)
(birds chirping)
What did you wanna
be when you grew up?
What?
[Nora] You know, like
when you were a kid.
I don't know.
A fireman, maybe.
[Nora] A fireman?
Can't really
remember, to be honest.
You?
A trolley conductor.
[Jay] Come on.
Might be misremembering.
Hey, tell me something.
[Jay] Like what?
Like anything, dealer's choice.
When I was a kid,
I slept thinking there were
monsters behind my door
for way too long.
(birds chirping)
Look,
I've got some errands to run
so maybe we can catch up later.
You okay?
Is this where you ghost me?
[Jay] What?
No, of course not.
You have a good heart.
I'm just asking these inane
questions 'cause I'm scared.
But play it however you feel.
Hey, (sighs) look.
I just don't know how
I'm supposed to act.
Neither do I.
It's the same with everybody
when you're first
getting to know someone.
Look, what would a
normal couple do?
(Jay chuckles softly)
(ball clacking)
Wow, we're like
really good at this.
Yeah, I'm surprised
it didn't occur to me
to make this a vocation.
(ball clacking)
(birds chirping)
Ugh.
(ball clacking)
My family come from a long
line of country athletes,
we can fish and run and shoot
things, flip tires over stuff,
and swim really fast.
It's incredible.
Did you play sports in school?
Does chess club count?
No.
I also did track for a while.
[Nora] That's cool.
Yeah, it's a good life skill,
teaches you how to
run away from things.
[Nora] What distance did you run?
Mostly two miles,
but fast.
I also did the field event.
What's that?
[Jay] Like discus,
javelin, shot-put, whatever.
I played semi-pro in Turkey.
Is that true?
Not at all.
But I used to like to hoop some.
Watch this ace.
Okay.
Watching?
I am.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
-(ball thudding)
-Woo!
(Jay chuckles)
Promise you won't tell?
I can keep a secret.
Well, we're already
into conspiracy of two.
(ball clacking)
(street bustling)
(chiming ethereal music)
(intriguing medieval music)
(folklore music)
[Narrator] India, that
far away land of mystery,
beauty, and enchantment.
It was here over 10 centuries ago
that a series of
physical exercises
was developed to unify
the body and spirit
in perfect harmony.
In the ancient
language of Sanskrit,
this union was called yoga.
-Namaste.
-Namaste.
(bottles clacking)
(refrigerator door thudding)
(cap clinking)
Oh, bless you.
(bottles clinking)
I think we should have sex.
Uh, okay.
(lips smooching)
(Jay and Nora grunting)
Look at you all
proud of yourself.
A job ain't worth doing if
it ain't done well, I'd say.
What's up?
It's nothing.
Tell, uncle.
It's nothing, Nora.
Just guilty conscience.
Do me a favor.
I want you to do a thought
experiment with me, okay?
Okay.
Okay, sit up straight.
And close your eyes.
Okay, now just clear your
mind, same as in yoga.
If thoughts enter, don't
try to push them away,
just try to float and allow
your mind to naturally drift.
Do you hear that?
Listen closely.
Yes.
Do you hear what
your mind is saying?
Listen.
Do you hear it?
It's the sound of
nobody giving a fuck.
Can you hear it still?
'Cause I do, I can.
How do you make up
for something like this?
You can't, it's
an unpayable debt.
Even if you do the time
and pay the family,
it's only playing catch up.
The only way would be to
trade a life for a life.
Look, you have a notion
of justice that I don't;
I just don't see it, it's
made up like a fairy tale,
and you certainly don't
find it in a courtroom.
Only you can give
yourself absolution.
I'm never gonna
get right by this,
if I do live to be a hundred.
I don't owe anyone anything.
(Jay and Jim laughing)
I'm glad you called.
I wasn't tickling
your balls when I said
we'd be glad to have you.
Yeah, I appreciate it.
It was perfect timing,
I was looking for something
a little different.
Oh, yeah,
so we can get you started next
week on Kelly's crew, 8 to 6.
Those guys are sharp,
you'll fit right in.
So, how's things otherwise?
Good, good, just taking
things a day at a time.
And how's Nora?
Are you guys still together?
[Jay] Yes, we are,
just taking things slow.
Oh, I'm glad to hear that.
She's a pistol.
You wouldn't believe
the things that come out
of her mouth sometimes.
That I would, I'm
sure. (chuckles)
Great party, though.
I wondered if you guys
would press on or...
Or what?
I don't know,
you're never one for the drama.
I'm thinking here of Jill Sobul.
Jesus, that was so long ago.
[Jim] No, I know, it...
It's just I know you
to be a firm hand
when it comes to matters of...
[Jay] What?
Look, I'm not gonna act like
I've walked in your shoes,
or what your experience
at med school was
or what happened there.
Permission to be candid?
You don't need to ask.
When you were at med school,
I know you said you were
trying to ground yourself
and get serious;
and coming out, I figured
it'd be the same, you know,
either stay in or find
something steady work-wise,
start a family, all
the important stuff.
I'm not sure I
follow, I'm here, right?
Yeah, sure, it's just...
(Jim sighs)
I mean, you know my way
was never perfect, right,
my mom being who she
was and all that,
and she got her name on the
big board at the Tam O'Shanter
as one of the all
time bar-ho greats.
I hope I'm not out of line in
saying that a girl like that,
she can get you in somewhere
sticky if you don't watch out.
Who says she hasn't already?
(Jim laughing)
You, you always
have a way. (laughs)
How do you make this shit up?
I... (laughs)
Oh. (laughs)
(Jim sighs and laughs)
(Jay sighs)
(finger tapping)
It's always good to
have a backup plan.
(door mechanism clacking)
Hello!
Congratulations are in order.
[Jay] Oh.
You're looking at the brand
new hostess at Il Invierno,
Tuesdays through Saturdays,
the evening shift,
4 to close.
[Jay] That is good news.
I even got us a decent
bottle of white to celebrate.
Pour us a couple of
glasses, would you love?
I have to poop.
What's all this?
(tableware clinking)
(tableware clacking)
(chuckles) You did all this?
Yes.
-You?
-Yes.
I had no idea.
A man who knows his way around
the kitchen is a keeper.
You even made the green beans
exactly how I like them.
I'm so happy to
hear you say that.
(green beans crunching)
Did you always keep your
money in the sock drawer?
[Jay] Yeah.
So when thieves look under
the mattress, it's not there.
You wanna try something with me?
What?
It's called amytal,
it's a barbiturate.
It's cool, it's like
everything's in slow motion,
and then your whole life
becomes like the most
awesome action scene
in any movie like
ever of all time.
This isn't the kind of stuff
that gets you in trouble,
this is different.
The case, it's like
camouflage, you know?
Down the hatch.
(cap popping)
(Jay gulping)
I don't feel anything.
Am I supposed to feel something?
You just have to wait.
My friend who I got them from
said it can take a while.
Friend?
Didn't know you had any of those.
Yuck, Jay, gross.
What a thing to say.
I didn't know this was
gonna be a bad trip.
I was kidding.
You weren't though.
I was.
How can I prove it to you?
You can't.
Yeah, you're right.
(Jay chuckles)
(Nora scoffs)
That would require me to
produce a friend of yours,
which I could not do.
Jay, you...
Fuck you.
(Jay chuckles)
That's not nice.
I'm trying to think what
the person would look like
that would play a friend of
yours in the movie about us.
Probably a guy with
like dreads and shit.
(Jay groaning)
(Nora grunting)
Oh my God. (chuckles)
(intriguing ethereal music)
(Nora chuckles)
Oh my God.
It's crazy.
It's wonderful.
I feel like we're the only
two people left on Earth.
Like, if we went outside,
the world will have ended
and we'd be the only
two people left.
Should we go make
sure that we're not?
Why would we wanna find out?
Yeah, I guess it doesn't
really matter anyways.
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(lips smooching)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(intriguing ethereal
music continues)
(oil sizzling)
Never had fried bologna before.
Then you haven't lived.
Guess it's one of
those simple pleasures
that I just missed out on.
Your problem is that
you haven't given yourself
permission to be happy.
(oil sizzling)
(tongs clacking)
Wait, what the fuck
does that even mean?
I don't know.
Just...
It might be good for you to
sometimes not be so negative,
sometimes.
(oil sizzling)
(tongs clacking)
I didn't mean it like that,
Nora, it was just an idea.
(Jay sighs)
Well, what did you mean it like?
(oil sizzling)
Nora, let me make it up to you.
(alarm ringing)
Why?
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, man.
[Jim] What the fuck?
I'm sorry, man.
I know, I know.
Don't be sorry, just be on time.
[Jay] Sorry, man, I overslept.
We got a rash of lawns today.
(starter cranking)
(engine rumbling)
(water spraying)
(birds chirping)
(Jay retches and grunts)
(water spraying)
(door mechanism clacking)
Hey?
Hey.
I though you were
working tonight.
Yeah.
Felt like shit, so I called out.
Oh.
How'd that go?
Not so good.
[Jay] Hmm.
There's no more beers left?
No.
[Jay] You drank the last one.
Yeah, I guess I did.
[Jay] You could have texted.
Yeah, guess I could have.
(Jay sighs)
When you said "Not so good,"
what does that mean?
Catherine told me not to come in.
Tomorrow or ever?
I don't know.
I have to give her a call.
So you got shit-canned?
That's a pretty lame
way of looking at it.
Well, is it the truth?
No.
What it is
is I spent all of the morning
and most of the afternoon
puking up yellow bile
because we needed to finish
the whole bottle of Makers.
About 10 minutes ago was the
first I felt normal all day.
So leave me the fuck alone.
(door thudding)
(street bustling)
(police siren wailing)
(tense rock metal music in car)
Madeline!
Baby!
Baby, it's me, I came.
I'm not lying no more,
baby, I stopped doing that.
Maddy!
Maddy, baby, they're
lying to you, baby.
Maddy, it's me!
Baby!
Hey, baby girl!
Remember when I told you
I can put you in a
log cabin, bitch?
Let's go!
Maddy, I'm kidding.
I'm kidding, baby, I'm kidding.
Maddy!
Maddy!
Was someone screaming?
I can't do this.
-What?
-I can't do this.
I can't be with
someone who can't...
(Jay sighs)
What the fuck are we doing?
What do you mean?
We're supposed to be
partners, like Bonnie and Clyde.
How can you lose your job and
just be like this about it?
It's a job, I'll get another one.
Well, how will you know
you won't lose that one too?
I won't, I promise.
(laptop lid thudding)
Are we together, or are
we just playing chicken?
I don't know.
Well, why don't you know?
Because I've never
been with anyone
that I cared about before.
I don't know how I'm
supposed to feel.
Well, do you care
about any of this?
Sure.
Then we're supposed
to be in it together.
We can't be fighting
all the time,
and it can't be one person
worrying about money
and everything else.
We have to share all the
responsibilities, you know?
I think I'm tired.
I, I think I'm gonna go to bed.
(birds chirping)
(objects clacking)
(plastic crinkling)
(objects clacking)
(keys jingling)
(Nora sighs)
(keys jingling)
(object clacking)
(sighs) Stupid fucking keys.
(bottle clinking)
(birds chirping)
(vehicle engine rumbling)
Oh shit.
Sorry, I didn't mean to
jump-scare you. (chuckles)
It's cool.
What's up?
I'm Lee,
um, I'm going around the
neighborhood passing out flyers,
seeing if anyone has any
information on the hit and run
that happened a couple weeks ago.
What hit and run?
Oh, um, a man was hit on the
corner of Sunset and Utopia,
middle of the night,
driver took off.
Oh my God, that's awful.
Was that guy hurt?
He's dead.
Unfortunately, with
stuff like this,
police take it as sort
of like a dead end.
So they don't think
they're gonna find the guy,
so they don't put any
time or effort into it.
It's honestly really sad
how little real-life
is like law and order.
Did you know him?
I got the job through
the Gigfinder app.
If I had known how
sad it was gonna be,
I probably would have
asked for more money.
Um, if you could just
like tell anyone you know,
it'd be a really big help.
We're hoping that if
the word gets around,
someone will come forward;
that family's been through hell.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, people are selfish.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(objects clacking)
(objects clacking)
And the hits just keep on coming.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
[Jay] And you?
Married, I suppose.
No, (sighs) an accident.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
Ready?
I'm ready.
-Sure?
-Yes.
Last time you said you were
ready and you weren't, so...
I said I'm ready.
(hands smacking)
Fucker.
(Nora inhales deeply)
Tell me.
Why is your middle
name bush league?
You're not supposed to use
these whack psych out games,
it's cheating.
Stop being a baby, come on.
Okay.
(hands smacking)
(Nora chuckles)
(hands smacking)
(Nora chuckles)
It's your own fault.
You're making it too easy.
I'm sorry, I'm just
a little bit tired.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, from cleaning the house
and doing everything
else around here.
-(Jay chuckles)
-Asshole!
Now who gets frazzled easily?
(Nora grunts)
Don't go away angry.
[Nora] Whatever.
Just go away.
Self-cleaning ovens?
Should make
self-cleaning apartments.
Ugh.
So you think you're
gonna fucking play me?
I don't think so.
Now that's the spirit.
"Clean, my servant.
Clean!"
Everyone pulling in the
same direction, right?
Ready?
-Yes.
-Go.
"The Hound of
the Baskervilles."
Holy shit, how did you do that?
(chuckles) I have magic powers.
Now the secret is
to ask questions
that you could reliably
guess the answer to.
Here, we'll...
I'm not really clear
on the point system.
Oh, don't worry about it.
It's, it's how many people at
the table I can make laugh,
if I get the answer wrong.
[Amy] Okay.
I'm making it up as we go along.
Who's the most
recognizable president?
Recognizable?
What do you mean, like iconic?
I mean, I guess the
most recognizable
is the one that's in Office.
Wait, do you mean living or dead?
Dead or alive, doesn't
matter, just go with it.
The most recognizable president,
like, uh, Jesus or Elvis,
if you showed a photo
of them to someone,
they would recognize them.
I guess...
Nixon, or anyone
on Mount Rushmore.
Stop. (sighs)
I should have said
George Washington.
Like, I could ask
you about TV shows,
but you wanna stay
away from taste.
Stay away from taste and stick
to matters of objectivity.
And you also lose points
if you force the
hand of the person,
like, um...
"Who wrote E equals MC squared?"
Um...
Okay, last one.
Who was your first
celebrity crush?
Chad Michael Murray.
(Jay chuckles softly)
There is no way.
What the fuck?
(Jay laughing)
What?
Schlong...
What does that even mean?
It's just
-a silly thing to say.
-That's ridiculous.
(Jay chuckles)
How are you holding
up over there, Nora?
We'll leave soon, babe.
Okay, babe.
You'll have to excuse her.
She just found out today
that Santa Claus doesn't
exist. (chuckles)
(bottle shattering)
This table is really not level.
What the fuck, Nora?
[Amy] It's really not a big deal.
I'll just pick up the big pieces,
it's, it's no big deal.
Yeah, Jay, it's not
like I killed somebody.
(Jay laughing hysterically)
(Nora sighs)
Look, I got the chunks
out of the carpet,
we'll spray it again.
Smell, I don't know,
hopefully that'll get better.
You...
Where do you get the nerve?
[Nora] Jay.
It's like you want
to fuck this up.
It's, (sighs) it's like
you hate me so much
that you want us to get caught.
You want people to find out
that we're fucking murderers?
Jay, calm down.
You're the only murderer.
You fucking parasite,
don't speak to me like that!
None of this would
have even happened
if you weren't a drunken whore,
whose essence is vomit!
You haven't had to
pay a dime to fuck me.
And somehow it's my
most expensive lay ever.
You know what, Jay?
You are a mental midget.
I'll tell you what,
if you're so guilt-stricken,
but not enough to actually
take responsibility,
why don't I go and do a killing,
and then we'll be even?
[Jay] Don't.
You don't, you don't...
This will make it right, right?
Because you can't handle
the idea of an accident,
I have to go and off someone
else just to placate you.
What fucking planet are you on?
Who should it be, huh?
If I got rid of you,
all my problems would be
wrapped up with a bow, yeah?
I can snap your neck
and they'll give me
self-defense in a breath.
You don't understand how
easy this shit is for me.
(solemn intriguing country music)
Hmm
(solemn intriguing
country music continues)
Hmm
(solemn intriguing
country music continues)
Hi, this is a concerned citizen.
I got a flyer about a hit
and run some weeks ago,
um, I think you should
look into Nora Chance.
She lives at 222 Blue Jay Way,
and she has a car with a
license plate number 555TUF.
Um, the car was damaged and
then fixed, I don't know how.
I'm just a concerned citizen.
(water swishing)
(water continues swishing)
(water continues swishing)
(water continues swishing)
(water continues swishing)
(plastic bag crinkling)
(ice crushing)
(ice clacking)
(Nora coughing)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
Wait, Jay.
Wait, just stop.
What's up?
(Nora sighs)
I'm sorry.
Don't get mad at me.
What is it?
I have to borrow $300.
(scoffs) What for?
It's for this job thing,
they're making us pay for
our uniforms up front,
and then we get it back
in our first check.
Why is this the first
I'm hearing about this?
Because I just heard
back from them yesterday,
it's for this catering company.
(scoffs) A catering
company needs a $300 uniform?
Come on.
Look, I'll give you the
money just don't lie to me.
If we're already going
to hell together,
what's the point in even lying?
Why can't you just trust me
that I'm doing the
right thing for us?
Why can't you just believe me?
Because I don't.
Jay.
Look, I have to go now,
we'll sort this whole
thing out when I get back.
Okay.
Okay.
Bye.
Bye.
(excavator engine rumbling)
(excavator engine rumbling)
How much more we gotta do?
[Jim] This is it.
Give me that.
Hey-hey, Johnny hustle!
(hands clapping)
(excavator engine rumbling)
(keys jingling)
(door latch clacking)
(door clacking)
Nora?
Nora?
(Jay sighs)
(Jay sighing and
breathing deeply)
(birds chirping faintly)
(can clacking)
Motherfucker!
(hand smacking)
(Jay huffing)
Motherfucker.
(test strip clacking)
(plastic bag crinkling)
(bottles clinking)
(water swishing)
(utensils clacking)
(objects clacking)
(bottle glugging)
(Jay sighs)
(Jay grunting and
breathing sharply)
(Jay grunting)
(toilet brush clacking
and scrubbing)
(door knocking)
(metal clinking)
Oh, hey.
(sighs) Detective
Frank Corso, NYPD.
And you are?
Jason Tomblad.
[Detective Frank] Do
you know Nora Chance?
No...
Yes.
I'm sorry?
Yes, I do know her.
-[Detective Frank]
-She live here?
Me and her are complicated;
she stays here sometimes.
Okay.
So, uh, I checked
with your super,
he says he sees her on a daily.
You guys together?
Yes, we are.
Sorry, is she alright?
How the hell would I
know if she's alright?
I mean, you live
with her, don't you?
No, I mean when a cop
shows up at your door.
Is she around?
No, she stepped out.
[Detective Frank] Work?
Yeah, between things.
Okay.
Well, Jay, does she own
a '98 burgundy Marquis?
She does.
Oh, she did.
Come again.
She did, she scrapped it,
sent the plates back
to, uh, New Hampshire
about two months ago.
You sure on that timing?
Yeah, I think so.
I'll ask her when she gets home.
Okay, make my life a lot easier.
We're just trying
to run a thing down.
It's probably nothing,
I, I don't wanna involve
any out-of-state DMVs.
You good?
Yeah, it's just...
I'm sorry about all
this, about everything.
Hey, don't worry
about it, alright?
I'm sure you're not at fault,
these things happen
every day, okay?
Be good, Jay.
(door thudding)
(birds chirping)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
-(chuckles softly)
-Well, now look
what you've gotten us into.
Nora.
I don't feel very good.
Can you open the door, please?
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(door clacking and creaking)
(door creaking)
(door latch clacking)
I have to pack a bag,
I gotta make a seven
o'clock Chinatown bus.
Will you help me?
Where are you going?
[Nora] Will you help me?
Of course.
[Nora] Just, uh, put
it in my overnight,
jeans, a lot of undies, and
some comfy pajama pants, please.
Where are you going?
To New Hampshire.
My father said he would meet me.
Do you have any money?
Yes.
Will you buy me a ticket?
I'm coming.
(sighs) No, you're not.
And we have to get a cab;
I think I'll puke on the subway.
Can you grab my toothbrush
from the bathroom, please?
And all the panty
liners you can muster?
(retches) No. (retches)
(Nora clears throat)
(Nora breathes deeply)
We should have talked about it.
There was nothing to talk about.
You know, I feel like a baby
makes people get
their shit together.
Of the three of us, it
was the simplest to do.
Do you want a hoodie?
Yeah, the green one's fine.
Thanks.
You want these?
No, the flowered ones.
More comfy?
Yeah, definitely.
(plastic bag crinkling)
(object clacking)
(zipper zipping)
(vehicle engine rumbling)
Left my fucking water
bottle on the train too.
I don't know how this
day could get any worse.
Will you call me and let me know
when you've got there safe?
Yeah, sure.
Do you think we've
paid enough now?
(street bustling)
(birds chirping)
We paid some, we paid enough.
Look, I don't need to think
about what might've been,
I just have faith that everything
comes around eventually.
I guess.
Mommy, ice cream!
Okay, love.
I promised this one a treat.
Well, it's nice to see you.
You too, Jay.
Can you say bye-bye
to mommy's friend?
Bye, bye.
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(car door thudding)
(birds chirping)
(street bustling)
(classic bright orchestral music)
Are you giving to
the world a smile
Sunny smile
Helping lessen
someone's dreary mile
Dreary mile
Do you greet the
world with song
As through life
you pass along
Cheering those you may
meet along life's way
Give the world
Give the world A smile
Each day
A bright smile every day
Helping someone on
Helping someone
Life's way
On life's dreary way
From the paths
Paths of sin Of sin
Bring the wonderer's in
Bring them in
To the master's fold
To His fold
To stay His forever to stay
Help to cheer
Help cheer the sad
The lone and sad
The lonely and sad
Help to make some pilgrim
Help make pilgrim
Glad Make somebody glad
Let your life
Life so be that So be that
That all the world might
see the joy of serving Jesus
With a smile
A bright sunny smile
(classic bright orchestral music)
Give the world