DTF St. Louis (2026) s01e05 Episode Script

Amphezyne

1
("FOREVER YOUNG"
BY BOB DYLAN PLAYING) ♪
May God bless
And keep you always ♪
May your wishes
All come true ♪
May you always do for others ♪
And let others do for you ♪
May you build a ladder
To the stars ♪
And climb on every rung
And may you stay ♪
Forever young ♪
Forever young ♪
Forever young ♪
May you stay ♪
Forever young ♪
DONOGHUE HOMER:
We're very sorry for your loss.
CAROL LOVE-SMERNITCH: Thank you.
HOMER:
Well, let me start, please.
Um, Floyd Smernitch held
a life insurance policy
we've discovered.
(SONG CONCLUDES) ♪
And it pays out to you,
one million,
one hundred thousand.
CAROL: Can you speak up, please?
- I'm sorry?
- Can you speak up?
No one can hear you.
(LOUDER) There was a policy.
Okay.
Uh, payable to you.
Okay.
And you had stated previously,
you stated to Detective Plumb
that you knew nothing
about this policy.
I knew of no such policy. No.
No way, Jose.
I mean, we had
to prioritize our expenses,
and a life insurance plan
would not have been a priority
for us at that time.
No way, Jose.
So, the fact that, indeed,
Floyd Smernitch's life
was insured, as the state
learned this morning,
that's been a surprise to you?
Totally. I mean, I'm like,
"Oh my God, what?"
You know, like, "Oh, what?"
Floyd Smernitch
never discussed it?
No.
No, I would not have been
on board with that.
No way, Jose.
"No way, Jose"?
Yeah, that was the thing that
Floyd and I used to say to each other.
Like a cute thing, you know?
Like, uh, he would say,
"Can we get a new TV?"
And I would say, "No way, Jose."
You know? Or like,
"Can we get that
martial arts pay-per-view show?"
And I would say, "No way, Jose."
It was just like
my cute way of saying
that there was not
going to be a discussion
because of our priorities.
Which were mortgage,
and school expenses,
and household-ish expenses,
and medications, and groceries,
okay, and stuff.
And then there wasn't really
any money after that.
It's like I was trying
to get us out of debt,
but it was,
like, fucking impossible.
Come on, you know?
I'm sorry.
Uh, I'm sorry,
it's F-ing impossible.
I'm sorry if I used
the wrong word there.
Just that
It's just F-ing hard
to get out from under, you know?
It's like, you know,
everybody has some at first.
And you think, "Oh, well,
I'll get a raise or a promotion",
and we'll counterbalance it,"
you know,
like a fresh start,
of course. And
And then they just don't come.
And so then you're left
kind of trying
to prioritize from then on,
and it's
You just know that you're going
to have to say "no way, Jose"
to a lot of things
for the rest of your life.
And a life insurance policy was
one of those things for us.
Do you have any secondary
mailing addresses
besides your office,
Mrs. Love-Smernitch?
Can you speak up, too?
(SCOFFS) Wow.
(LOUDER) Do you have
any secondary mailing addresses?
I do not. Thank you.
Date of birth?
August 1st, 1979.
HOMER: Place of birth.
Nerton, Missouri. Thank you.
You ever been convicted
of a crime?
Okay, so I don't have
to answer that.
There is a law that says
that I don't have to
answer that.
Thank you very much.
Oh, maybe you should know
more about the laws.
Well, which laws
should we learn more about?
Missouri. J-H.
2-6-17. Compliance Y-4.
- And that's the
- CAROL: That's the one
that I'm talking about.
The one that you should know.
Okay, let me get that.
J-H.
2
6?
CAROL: Yes.
17. Compliance.
Y-4.
Y Okay, that's what I meant.
- (CAR DOOR CLOSES)
- (SIGHS) Well, that was weird.
- That was weird.
- She was weird.
-She was weird.
-(IMITATES CAROL) "Uh, can you speak up?"
- Jeez, I mean, you could hear me fine.
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)
- I could totally hear you.
- Oh.
- (IMITATES CAROL) "Wow."
- What?
- "Wow!"
- (LAUGHS)
- Lots of wows with that lady.
- There's a lot of wows there.
- Oh-ho, that was weird. (SIGHS)
- It was weird.
Compliance Y-4?
- Here it is.
- What's it say?
"Citizens with sealed
or expunged convictions
are not compelled
to acknowledge their cases."
(SOFTLY) Fuck me.
(SIGHS)
- She's got a sealed conviction.
- (SOFTLY) Yeah.
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR:
Swearing at surprising moments
can help
with conversation dominance.
Life Champions concluded.
Congratulations.
You are now equipped to make
a comprehensive assessment
of where the value is
in your surroundings.
Go out and identify
the dead weight in your life.
Cut yourself free from it.
Protect yourself and thrive.
Now plan, execute,
master the conditions
of your life.
HOMER: If it was her,
how did she get the bike?
(BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
FLOYD SMERNITCH: I rolled it
on a wipe out. I nailed the sprockets.
Yeah, your sprockets are nailed.
Were you okay?
Yeah. I took it in the face.
I, uh, use my hands
for my profession,
so I couldn't break my fall
with my hands, so I
EMPLOYEE: Well, you need
a new sprocket set.
It's gonna be a couple weeks.
What have you disclosed?
- CLARK FORREST: To them?
- Yes.
Uh, uh, various, um
About, uh,
Floyd's penis,
and, uh, and
And various, um
You know, uh, weight placement,
uh, sex events,
and, um, robot, uh
Signing up
Going on sex sites,
signing up for them.
And why did you ask for me now?
Because I don't want them
to know anything further.
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(IN ASL)
- (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
- (SIGHS)
You know, before anything,
it's okay.
It's just intimacy's
been missing for so long.
Um, things have been blue
around our house for so long.
You know, trying
to get to Richard and failing,
mostly, and with work,
debts, and
(SCOFFS) stuff.
It just seemed so simple
to me that her being happy
being with you.
Happy being with you sometimes.
It was okay with me.
I just, um
I have one question.
Yeah?
(IN ASL)
("LET THE SUNSHINE IN"
BY THE 5TH DIMENSION PLAYING) ♪
Let the sunshine ♪
Let the sunshine in ♪
The sunshine in ♪
Let the sunshine ♪
- Oh, let it shine ♪
- Let the sunshine in ♪
- Come on ♪
- The sunshine in ♪
Now everybody
Just sing along ♪
Let the sunshine ♪
And let the sunshine on in ♪
- Let the sunshine in ♪
- Open up your heart ♪
- The sunshine in ♪
- And let it shine on in ♪
- And when you are lonely ♪
- Let the sunshine ♪
- Hey, let it shine ♪
- Let the sunshine in ♪
You gotta open up your heart And
let it shine on in - The sunshine in ♪
And when you feel like
You've been mistreated ♪
Let the sunshine ♪
And your friends turn Their backs
upon ya - Let the sunshine in ♪
- Just open up your heart ♪
- The sunshine in ♪
Let it shine on in ♪
- You got to feel it ♪
- Let the sunshine ♪
- You got to feel it ♪
- Let the sunshine in ♪
Open up your heart And let it
shine on in - The sunshine in ♪
- You got to feel it ♪
- Let the sunshine ♪
- You got to feel it ♪
- Let the sunshine in ♪
- When you open up your heart ♪
- The sunshine in ♪
You got to let
The sun come in ♪
(SONG CONCLUDES) ♪
(BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(SIGHS)
FLOYD: You know, lately,
Clark, I've been
I've been kind of worried,
like the last couple months,
something funny will happen
between you two,
between you and Carol.
Like at the Quality Garden.
Like a lamp
will fall on you guys
while you're
fucking or something.
Or a cool bird
will fly into the room
when you're
having a quiet moment,
and you guys will be like,
"Oh my God, look,
there's a bird's nest
in the closet.
We never noticed."
And then when we talk about it,
I wouldn't really know it.
And (SIGHS) you know,
you could probably tell
that I wasn't part of it.
(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
PLAYING) - Because sex isn't
It isn't the sex.
What you really share is just
time alone from the world.
And, man, I don't have that.
I kind of just want
to be there, with you,
on the cool side
of the curtains.
It would just be
once in a while.
Just so I'm really part of it.
I got the, um
the Old Friends discount
at the Quality Garden.
I wanted to reciprocate
for all the,
for all that you've, uh
all that you've done for me.
I was
in the Old Friends program,
the frequent guest program.
- Welcome back.
- FLOYD: Oh, thank you very much.
Uh, anyway, I was in the program
when I worked
for Pressmer Quill Supplies.
Um, perhaps, does that ring a
- No.
- FLOYD: I sold toner,
printer cartridges.
And I thought it might help me
feel a little more included.
Like, a little included.
Well, uh, I have been
frequently again.
My wife has been
at the Quality Garden
frequently again.
- MANAGER: Your family?
- FLOYD: Uh, yeah.
Yeah, some of them.
Some of them. And a friend.
And, um,
maybe we could be retroactive.
Old Friends.
Old Friends for new friends.
(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
This matter concerns
the ongoing investigation
of a murder case.
We discovered a bank account
that was used to pay
for multiple visits here.
This Quality Garden Suites?
Yes. There's a period
of reimbursements,
several in a series.
Can you explain this?
This would be
a retroactive application
of a frequent guest discount.
That was an unusual request.
So, yeah, I know what this is.
I remember this.
And this man made the request?
No, that man.
He made the request.
He would come sometimes
on some of those dates
as a member of that party.
He would come with this party?
MANAGER: Yes. And go.
They would come
and go together sometimes.
In a group of three? Together?
They would come
in a group of three, yes.
As a, um
threesome, if you will.
Threesome.
(INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
They all look alike.
Christ.
- Uh, I'm Donoghue Homer.
- (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
HOMER: I'm working
with Detective Plumb.
Wonder if I could have
a word with her, please?
Yeah, um, she's told me
a lot about you.
HOMER: Uh, all good I hope,
huh? (CHUCKLES)
Come on in.
I never lived in the suburbs.
I grew up in Chicago.
I worked Chicago for 26 years,
St. Louis for ten.
And I thought this case was
going to be open and shut,
'cause it's the suburbs,
it's regular people.
It's normal people.
Forrest has a thing
with the wife.
Uh, husband gets in the way,
husband winds up dead.
(BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Dark, but normal.
But Forrest says he had a thing
with the wife, okay.
Then he started
to have a little feeling
for the husband too,
that he would never hurt Floyd.
He's saying that he loved Floyd
in some way.
That's not real normal.
JODIE PLUMB:
I mean, no one's normal.
It just looks like that
from across the street.
Modern Love said that.
Where was the other bike
that early morning?
That's why I came here tonight,
the other bike.
What other bike?
Forrest said it wasn't him
at the pools
on that peculiar bicycle.
And it dawned on me,
maybe he's telling the truth.
- Because there were two.
- He owned two of them.
And we never asked where
the other one was that morning.
Hmm?
Wanna take a ride with me
over to Forrest's?
CLARK: Well, he
You know,
there's there's something
that I want to, um
I'm
I'm kind of embarrassed. I
I kind of can't say it.
- I wanna say it.
- CAROL: Scratch it on my back.
- Like in letters.
- CLARK: Oh.
- Yeah.
- CAROL: On my back.
- All right.
- CAROL: Yeah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Okay, ready?
- CAROL: Mm-hmm.
- R.
- Yeah.
- CAROL: I?
- CLARK: Mm-hmm.
("SUNSHINE HELP ME"
BY SPOOKY TOOTH PLAYING) ♪
CAROL: M?
CLARK: Yeah.
CAROL: Rim?
FLOYD: Rim job.
Funky lights
And timeless nights ♪
- FLOYD: Hey, my man!
- Crazy dreams ♪
- And mind-blowing schemes ♪
- FLOYD: Hey, my man!
Will get you
Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- So sunshine help me ♪
- FLOYD: Hey, my man!
- Hey, my man! Hey, my man!
- Sunshine help me ♪
- Take this haze away ♪
- FLOYD: Hey, hey, hey!
- CLARK: He can't hear.
- CAROL: (GASPS) Is he blind?
- FLOYD: My man! My man!
- CLARK: He can't hear anything.
- CLARK: Oh!
- CAROL: Oh, no.
Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
(SONG CONTINUES) ♪
(IN ASL)
(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- What are they saying?
- There's a dance at the hotel.
What is Floyd saying?
He's saying it
it's on the other side
of the hotel.
I I think the kid said
that his parents dropped him off
in the wrong parking lot.
He almost walked into the pool.
CLARK: Yeah.
CAROL: Well, Floyd got him.
- CLARK: Yeah.
- CAROL: (SOFTLY) Wow.
(SOFT PIANO
MUSIC OVERLAPPING) ♪
(IN ASL)
Nothing further.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Why?
Because
I
I loved him.
(SOFT PIANO
MUSIC OVERLAPPING) ♪
(IN ASL)
CLARA GILCHRIST:
You loved Floyd Smernitch?
Yes.
And the rest would hurt him.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
The rest of what?
Uh, the rest of the story.
It would, uh
HOMER: Uh,
so your husband purchased
two bicycles in the spring.
- EIMY FORREST: Yes.
- HOMER: Specialized.
- EIMY: Mm-hmm.
- HOMER: That way.
- And he kept them here?
- EIMY: Yes.
- HOMER: Both?
- EIMY: Mm.
HOMER: Well, we have one.
(LIGHTS BUZZING)
- Where's the other one?
- (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Was it moved?
I haven't seen it here
for a while.
I mean, since the bicycle trip
with Clark and Floyd.
I think I actually think
Clark said that it was damaged.
- Floyd damaged it.
- So it hasn't been here?
No, it hasn't been here
for a very long time.
Uh, I really don't know
where it is.
It's been out there
all this time.
- Yeah.
- (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
That could be the bike
from that night.
The account
that Clark Forrest used
to pay Floyd Smernitch's
life insurance.
Yeah, Canadian Bank.
His mom's account, yeah.
JODIE: I discovered
a series of charges.
You're going to think
it's unusual.
Well, unusual's becoming pretty
usual around here,
Detective, so tell me.
Floyd Smernitch
knew about the affair.
Yeah. But the text,
"You know, what you're doing
with Carol is not right, bro.
I want to meet
and get it figured out, bro."
No. Floyd knew about it.
Throughout.
- I think
- You think what?
I think Floyd liked to watch.
Watch what?
Watch Clark fuck his wife.
- (SCOFFS) Watch another man
- Yes.
(HOMER SIGHS)
What are you people
doing out here? (SIGHS)
(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Make sure you play by the rules.
CLARK: Ooh. Okay. Uh, a judge.
- No.
- No way.
Okay. Santa Claus?
EIMY: Mm. Nope. Mm-mm.
(CELL PHONE CHIMING)
This is the station.
I should take this.
Can you freeze my sand time?
GENEVIEVE FORREST:
How do we freeze it?
CLARK:
Uh, just put it on its side.
HOMER: If Floyd knew
about this affair,
was watching this affair,
then what the fuck is this?
(INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
(MUSIC FADES) ♪
CLARK: Where should my legs be?
FLOYD: Uh, outside Carol's.
But you've been doing it,
like, not where I told you.
- Like, wrong.
- Right.
Like, your legs
are on the inside?
- Mm-hmm.
- You should try it.
It's a different experience.
Okay, cool.
Just some
constructive criticism.
I hope that's okay.
- Yeah.
- (SIGHS)
Clark.
Yeah?
I wanna talk about being DTF
with our own wives again.
You know, being down
with our own wives,
just to get back to that.
You know? Hey.
- CLARK: Mm-hmm.
- You know? Hey.
- Yeah.
- Um
I have problems getting, like,
you know, full on.
Yeah, you know,
I was reading this thing.
You know,
they were saying that, uh,
sometimes boners, uh, like
We You know how
You know what
You need readers when, uh,
when we're at the age
that we are. You know?
It's hard to make out the words.
So, they're saying also,
you can't
you can't make out
the stimulating sexual details,
uh, like nipples,
or or whatever,
the same way that you
can't make out the words.
Like they're just
They're harder to see, you know.
You just can't see them as well,
so you don't get
the same reaction, you know.
You don't you can't
You don't have the same
solid, uh, boner going.
JODIE: Even if she got her hands
on the other bike,
how did she get her hands
on the Amphezyne?
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
There's this drug, Amphezyne,
to go full on.
And my doctor can't
What is it?
Uh, it's something that
helps you get full on,
but I take massive pills
for my curve.
And Viagra and heart medication,
you can't combo these too much.
It'll stop your heart
in the wrong amounts.
So, um, my doctor won't.
What do you find beautiful?
CLARK: About?
About Carol.
Can I ask that?
You get full on with Carol.
Yeah.
FLOYD:
What do you find beautiful?
CLARK: Carol's got pretty hands.
- CAROL: Gotta get your robot pants off.
- (ZIP WHOOSHES)
(IMITATING ROBOT) Up.
She's got a nice voice.
- Do you like that?
- CLARK: Yes.
- CAROL: How about now?
- CLARK: Also, uh
What are these muscles called?
Uh, trapezius.
Carol's got
great trapezius muscles.
FLOYD: Yeah, she does,
from the back.
I haven't thought about that
in a while.
- Hey, Clark.
- CLARK: Hmm?
You want to hear the rest
of the story about my dick?
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
The, um
Yeah, the full story
with the whole
the curve deal,
and the ordeal with that.
The rest of the story.
Yeah, if you feel like
telling me
- Yes.
- the ordeal, yeah.
There was a car event
after the news interview.
(BIRDS SQUAWKING)
(TRAFFIC RUMBLING)
- (TIRES SQUEALING)
- (HORNS BLARING)
Floyd, do you consider yourself
a hero?
He Uh, I
No, I don't think that's
I don't think that's important.
I think
- I think what's important
- (SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
is that, like,
that guy's nuts, right?
You know, but he probably didn't
start out that way.
Like, he probably started out,
like, he had
uncles and pets and stuff.
He probably started out
pretty normal.
You know, his parents
probably had to come
to the heartbreaking realization
that something was probably
really wrong with him.
Something they couldn't fix.
But they never quit, you know?
They never gave up.
They're the heroes.
That's
They're the heroes, you know?
That's No doubt about that.
Yeah. Uh, all right.
S I gotta go.
- Thank you.
- Okay.
We probably won't use
any of that.
Oh, hey, when's this gonna air?
REPORTER: Uh, we don't know yet,
and it might not.
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
- (CAR HORN HONKING)
- DRIVER: Asshole!
- (TIRES SCREECHING)
- (INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
(MUSIC STOPS) ♪
(FLOYD GROANS)
(MUSIC RESUMES) ♪
CLARK: That smashed your dick?
FLOYD: No, it smashed my wrists.
The dick smash
happened after that.
After the wrist casts.
(MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
That smashed your dick?
FLOYD: No, no.
("RAINBOWS"
BY DENNIS WILSON PLAYING) ♪
Rainbows shining
On my shoulders ♪
Ooh, sunshine ♪
FLOYD: Now I'm back,
uh, on my way to the interview,
totally protected from the rain.
I'm in a suit that I feel
really good in,
that Carol got for me,
and I felt loved.
Man, I was ready.
And then,
my life changed forever.
Earth opens up
Its arms for me ♪
When you get the feelin' ♪
The feelin'
Everything's all right ♪
FLOYD: I never went into
the Board of Trade that day.
AUTOMATED VOICE: (OVER PHONE)
Now practice the sentence you have created.
And I want you to know ♪
(IN ASL)
I love you, I love you so ♪
Night and day ♪
(LOCK CLICKING)
Come on, baby, come on ♪
Don't miss our chance ♪
Oh, let it shine on you ♪
(SONG CONCLUDES) ♪
- What does that mean?
- FLOYD: It means, uh,
"Giving back is very important."
And, "We're all part
of a community."
CAROL:
And what about this, like,
- stretching gesture?
- Oh, the Uh, "very."
Isn't that cool?
No, because I can hear,
so you can just say it.
I just wanted to show you
I was good at it.
I just learned
all that on the train.
- (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- You're part of a family, too.
You know, you go to Chicago
to get a job
in financial trading,
you come home
with two broken arms
and some dumb-ass plan, Floyd?
How do you say that "every year
you don't pay your taxes,
you owe more money"?
They could take our house.
I did, um
You know, I don't
I didn't learn that much,
so I was just
starting to learn it
because I
You know, for the first time,
I realized what I wanted to do
and be in this world.
CAROL: Unbelievable.
CLARK:
So what happened to your dick?
FLOYD: Oh, that was
That was way after.
Oh, damn. I gotta go, Clark.
- Okay.
- FLOYD: Can I ask you something?
How often do you two
I mean, at home, is that
Is that cool?
Me and Eimy?
Um, not for like, uh,
like ten months.
Maybe more than that, a little.
Yeah. Same.
Maybe more.
I want to be full-on
on the cool side
of the curtains with Carol.
I want to see those things
that you talked about,
like her hands and stuff.
Then, wear your readers, right?
Big deal.
- FLOYD: Yeah, maybe.
- Get the details?
Okay, I'll wear my readers,
but also Amphezyne.
I think I can
get back with that.
You know,
and get over this ump stuff.
I can be with her
the way she remembers
when she remembers.
We had some fun times, you know?
CLARK: Yeah.
Will you get me
this prescription?
- What's it called?
- Amphezyne.
CLARK: And it's dangerous?
No. It's only dangerous
in the wrong amounts.
You'd be careful?
Yeah, I'm only going to take
enough to get full on.
- That's not a lot?
- FLOYD: No.
(CHUCKLING) No, it's not a lot.
Look, my doctor's
just being overly cautious.
You can get it
Easily get a prescription
from any doctor.
They give it out for depression.
I just can't get it
'cause I got a weird dick.
(DIAL TONE RINGING)
- FLOYD: Hey, man.
- Hey, bro.
Uh
Yeah, I'll do it.
(SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
CLARK: (MUFFLED) Dude
you have life insurance now.
(TENDER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
CLARK: Raymond?
That's your middle name, huh?
Yeah, what's yours?
Raymond.
- No way.
- CLARK: Way.
Cosmic.
- Way.
- (FLOYD LAUGHS)
We're still learning
about each other.
CLARK: Way.
FLOYD: Hey, Clark.
I can't hear my heart.
It stopped. It's gone hush.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
("TOO MUCH RAIN" BY CAROLE KING
PLAYING) - If anyone asks you how I am ♪
Just say I'm doin' fine ♪
If you will do that for me ♪
I'll do the same
For you sometime ♪
I don't want my friends
To see me like this ♪
Maybe some other time ♪
Too much rain fallin' ♪
There's been
Too much rain fallin' ♪
There's just been
Too much rain fallin' down ♪
On me ♪
Yeah. Hmm.
(SONG CONCLUDES) ♪
(SIGHS) Thanks for listening
to all this.
Yeah, of course.
- Yeah.
- Hey.
(CHUCKLES) So, um
(SOFT PIANO
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
I think I'd like
to have that back
in my life, you know?
I think there'd
be a lot of happiness
- CAROL: Yeah.
- there, yeah.
I think
I'd find it peaceful, too.
Yeah.
You think we could
we could be like that again?
I'll probably have
to wear my readers.
CAROL:
You want to wear your glasses?
- FLOYD: Yeah.
- Of course.
Can we have a dream meeting
at the Quality Garden Suites?
- Yeah.
- FLOYD: Yeah?
I'd like that.
FLOYD: Yeah.
- What's your dream?
- My dream is just to
just to be there with you.
(CHUCKLES)
Again, and
one more thing.
(DOOR SLIDES OPEN)
CLARK: Hey, Carol.
Hey.
- Why is Clark here?
- It's complex.
Okay, well, try me out.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
Can Clark watch?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
I remember. Yeah,
we don't see those bikes really.
It was repaired here?
Yeah,
the sprockets were hammered.
May I see it?
EMPLOYEE: That recumbent bike
you're talking about?
Yeah.
EMPLOYEE: It was picked up.
By whom?
A woman.
We can't let the bike go
until we have the full,
- you know, payment.
- Which is a lot.
Which is 210, which is a lot.
Yeah, that's
that's what it is.
- That's a lot.
- Okay.
You know, I looked up sprockets,
and the ones I saw
were 40 dollars,
not 210, like on here.
You ought to look up sprockets.
I remember it pretty well.
She was intense.
Oh.
How's your, like, husband?
Or how's his face?
He said he took it in the face
when he wiped out.
Yeah, well,
that sounds like something
that my husband would do.
How's his face?
It's fine. His face is fine.
Did you say 210?
This is a lot.
Yeah, that's
That's what it is.
- CAROL: That's a lot.
- Okay.
- It's a lot.
- EMPLOYEE: Okay.
Well, can I get a receipt?
Oh?
Yeah.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
I I thought we'd just
talk about it, you know.
Maybe Clark can be there, uh,
where I experience, you know,
in the closet,
where I experience
Uh, it's just
we talked about it.
I was just hoping that maybe
(BREATHING SHAKILY) - (SOF
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(SIGHS)
Sharing this experience
this summer has been
It's not not always been
easy for me.
And, um,
I didn't
I didn't always feel like Floyd.
Sometimes, I felt like
Like praying?
No, it's a sign.
For "small."
I feel small.
I told myself that we were,
all three of us,
just sharing this experience
this summer, but that's
I mean, we weren't
all really sharing.
You two were sh were sharing.
But if Clark can be there
with you and me
in the old ways,
and I can be full on,
and Clark can experience that,
then it can be like we were
all sharing an experience
this summer,
and I won't feel
those closet feelings,
and I can be full on.
And with the,
you know, Amphezyne
and self-respect
and, you know,
I think it would be good
for Clark, too.
- In what way?
- FLOYD: In the way that, like,
I worry that he
I mean, do you ever
Do you ever worry,
or do you feel bad
that you're making me feel
small or insignificant
because you're
sleeping with my wife?
Yeah. Yes.
I mean, I Yeah.
It's a totally
normal way to think about it.
FLOYD: Yeah,
so it'd be good for you, too.
For your self-esteem. You know?
Because I don't want you
to feel bad
that you're making me
feel small.
This could be something
that's just an experience
that we all share,
and then you could feel
good about it.
You're the sweetest guy.
That's why I fell
in love with you.
There's no one
anywhere like you.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
(IN ASL)
All right, can you guys
not do that, please?
- FLOYD: What?
- (SIGHS)
It's just, with your hands,
I can't understand
what you're saying.
It's rude.
Sorry, sorry, sorry. Yeah.
- What's Amphezyne?
- For my guy.
CAROL: For your guy, how?
FLOYD: For my guy. Get full on.
But you take blood thinners
for your curve,
so is that okay?
Mm, when the dose is
What if the dose is bigger?
(POIGNANT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
It would kill me.
Do you want a lemonade?
I do, sure.
(DOOR SLIDING OPEN, SHUT)
(MUSIC FADES) ♪
FLOYD: Uh, we we didn't have
any lemonade mix.
Um, so I thought I'd just,
you know, squeeze some lemons
and put some sugar in it.
But then we didn't have
any lemons.
Or sugar.
(BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
What is it you guys
are looking for?
Uh, the warrant is
for the space of
and the contents in the garage.
So, please, open the door.
Please open the door,
Mrs. Smernitch.
- Mrs. Love-Smernitch.
- Open the door! Please.
(GARAGE DOOR OPENING)
(MUSIC BUILDING) ♪
(MUSIC FALLING) ♪
HOMER: We know she had
the second bike now,
but is she capable of this?
Is she capable of murdering
her husband for money?
The sealed conviction of hers,
did you know that
if somebody fills out
an application
to a police department
that they are consenting
to the disclosure
of any criminal charge,
expunged, sealed, whatever?
- Full background check.
- (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
(CLEARS THROAT) Like
in Carol Love-Smernitch's case.
Her name simply
on an application
to a police department
they would send the contents
of her earlier conviction
to that department head.
You learned this in Chicago?
Yeah, I guess I did.
Aren't you Head
of Special Crimes in Twyla?
- Yes.
- Mm-hmm.
Then you could do that.
Just like that.
Maybe give it some thought.
("I WISH IT WOULD RAIN"
BY MARVIN GAYE PLAYING) ♪
Ow! ♪
(MOUSE CLICKS)
Oh, sunshine, blue sky ♪
Please go away ♪
My girl has found another
And gone away ♪
Oh, with her went my future ♪
And my life is filled
With gloom ♪
So day after day ♪
I stayed locked up
In my room ♪
I know to you
Oh, it might sound strange ♪
But I wish it would rain ♪
Ooh, I wish it would rain ♪
Ooh, 'cause so badly
So badly I wanna go outside ♪
But everybody knows ♪
That a man
Ain't supposed to cry ♪
Listen, true, I got to cry ♪
'Cause crying, crying, crying
Eases the pain ♪
Oh, yeah ♪
People, this hurt
I feel inside ♪
Words could never explain ♪
I wish it would rain ♪
Ooh, come on, rain ♪
Oh, oh, ooh, let it rain ♪
Oh, baby, let it rain ♪
Ooh, oh, nothin' ♪
(VOCALIZING) ♪
(SONG CONCLUDES) ♪
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