1 00:00:25,358 --> 00:00:26,893 [marker lid uncaps] 2 00:00:26,993 --> 00:00:28,962 [marker scribbling] 3 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:41,341 [Monk] Okay, let's begin. 4 00:00:47,180 --> 00:00:48,381 Who wants to start? 5 00:00:49,683 --> 00:00:50,750 Yes, Brittany, kick it off. 6 00:00:52,218 --> 00:00:54,721 I don't have a thought on the reading, 7 00:00:54,821 --> 00:00:57,724 I just think that that word on the board is wrong. 8 00:00:59,192 --> 00:01:01,728 Well, I think it still has two G's in it last I checked. 9 00:01:01,828 --> 00:01:02,829 [students chuckle] 10 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:04,330 [Brittany] It's not funny. 11 00:01:04,397 --> 00:01:06,533 We shouldn't have to stare at the N-word all day. 12 00:01:07,901 --> 00:01:08,902 Uh, listen, 13 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:12,720 this is a class on the literature 14 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:13,440 of the American south. 15 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:14,708 You're going to encounter 16 00:01:14,774 --> 00:01:17,444 some archaic thoughts, coarse language, 17 00:01:17,544 --> 00:01:19,245 but we're all adults here 18 00:01:19,346 --> 00:01:21,581 and I think we can understand it 19 00:01:21,648 --> 00:01:23,783 within the context in which it's written. 20 00:01:23,883 --> 00:01:26,920 Well, I just find that word really offensive. 21 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,422 With all due respect, Brittany, 22 00:01:29,522 --> 00:01:32,659 I got over it, I'm pretty sure you can too. 23 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:33,727 Well, I don't see why. 24 00:01:36,596 --> 00:01:38,264 [sighs in frustration] 25 00:01:38,865 --> 00:01:40,200 [Monk] Right. 26 00:01:40,266 --> 00:01:42,402 Now, does anyone else have any 27 00:01:42,469 --> 00:01:43,570 [yelling] thoughts on the reading? 28 00:01:43,636 --> 00:01:44,804 [gasps] 29 00:01:47,307 --> 00:01:50,143 Well, it made some of your students uncomfortable. 30 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:51,945 When did they all become so goddamn delicate? 31 00:01:52,450 --> 00:01:53,747 This wasn't an isolated incident. 32 00:01:53,813 --> 00:01:54,881 What? 33 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:56,416 [woman] Last month you asked a student 34 00:01:56,483 --> 00:01:58,418 if his family had been Nazis. 35 00:01:58,485 --> 00:01:59,986 Yeah, I did, he's German, 36 00:02:00,860 --> 00:02:01,554 we were reading The Plot Against America 37 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:04,124 and trust me, by the way he was squirming, they were. 38 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:05,425 Oh, my God. 39 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:08,294 Um, Monk, you are a very talented writer, 40 00:02:08,395 --> 00:02:10,296 we're fortunate to have you here. 41 00:02:10,397 --> 00:02:12,832 What? He hasn't published in years. 42 00:02:12,932 --> 00:02:14,467 I have written three novels 43 00:02:14,567 --> 00:02:16,690 since the last time you published. 44 00:02:16,269 --> 00:02:17,937 Yeah, this is true, and the speed with which you write 45 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:19,639 only proves that good things take time. 46 00:02:19,706 --> 00:02:22,750 - Oh, go to hell, Monk. - [chuckles] Relax, Mandy. 47 00:02:22,142 --> 00:02:23,610 Yeah, relax, Mandy. 48 00:02:23,677 --> 00:02:25,412 And anyway, my new book is with Echo 49 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:27,580 and my agent says they're very excited about it. 50 00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:29,416 Oh, that's great to hear. 51 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:32,118 - What's it about? - Can we stop stalling, Leo? 52 00:02:33,586 --> 00:02:34,721 [Leo] Um... 53 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:35,989 Listen, Monk, 54 00:02:38,258 --> 00:02:39,693 we'd like to give you a break. 55 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:44,664 What do you mean, break? 56 00:02:44,731 --> 00:02:45,965 Just some time off. 57 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:47,801 Mandatory time off. 58 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:50,470 It's just, you're already going to Boston for the festival, right? 59 00:02:50,537 --> 00:02:52,105 Why don't you just stay there for-- 60 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:54,400 Because I hate Boston, my family's there. 61 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:55,709 Well, you need some time to relax. 62 00:02:55,809 --> 00:02:57,277 You're on edge, man. 63 00:02:57,344 --> 00:02:58,812 You're under the impression that time spent 64 00:02:58,878 --> 00:03:01,147 with my family will take the edge off. 65 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:02,816 - I'm fine. - [Mandy] You're not fine. 66 00:03:02,882 --> 00:03:04,751 I saw you crying in your car last week. 67 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:06,486 He punched the steering wheel. 68 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:07,854 Oh, wow. 69 00:03:07,954 --> 00:03:11,658 You know, if you spent less time spying on me, 70 00:03:12,225 --> 00:03:13,193 you could 71 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:15,295 probably write a dozen more novels 72 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:16,896 that people buy at airports 73 00:03:16,996 --> 00:03:19,320 with their neck pillows and Cheez-Its. 74 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:21,634 Oh, here we go. Okay. You want to go, dirty doggy? 75 00:03:21,701 --> 00:03:23,236 Okay, well, enjoy Boston. 76 00:03:23,336 --> 00:03:25,572 You can... you can get my book at the airport. 77 00:03:25,672 --> 00:03:27,774 - Oh, and, good luck with Echo. - [door opens, closes] 78 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:29,776 ["Without You" by Ace Spectrum playing] 79 00:03:35,382 --> 00:03:37,751 ♪ Mm ♪ 80 00:03:40,153 --> 00:03:42,222 ♪ You turned my house ♪ 81 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,759 ♪ Into a home ♪ 82 00:03:48,161 --> 00:03:51,598 ♪ You made me feel love ♪ 83 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:54,234 ♪ I'm not alone ♪ 84 00:03:56,503 --> 00:03:57,704 {\an8}♪ And unafraid ♪ 85 00:03:58,538 --> 00:04:00,874 ♪ Yeah ♪ 86 00:04:00,940 --> 00:04:02,676 ♪ Of time to come ♪ 87 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:10,684 ♪ Proved... ♪ 88 00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:17,123 ♪ Then you taught me how ♪ 89 00:04:17,223 --> 00:04:20,760 ♪ What it means ♪ 90 00:04:20,827 --> 00:04:26,933 ♪ Can we wake Each and every morning Inside a dream? ♪ 91 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,935 [cell phone ringing] 92 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,205 Hello? 93 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:35,775 Welcome back. How's it feel to be home? 94 00:04:35,842 --> 00:04:37,610 [Monk over phone] Great. Already had a guy 95 00:04:37,711 --> 00:04:39,846 in a Bruins jersey ask me if I think I'm better than him. 96 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:41,781 [chuckles] That's good luck here. 97 00:04:41,848 --> 00:04:44,584 That's Boston's version of a ladybug landing on you. 98 00:04:45,385 --> 00:04:47,387 Any news? 99 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:49,856 Patrick at Echo is passing. But who ****ing cares? 100 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:51,858 He's an old alcoholic. 101 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:53,860 - What is that? Nine now? - [Arthur] He says, 102 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,262 "This book is finely crafted 103 00:04:56,329 --> 00:04:58,998 with fully developed characters and rich language, 104 00:04:59,990 --> 00:05:02,569 but one is lost to understand what this reworking of 105 00:05:02,635 --> 00:05:05,305 Aeschylus' The Persians has to do 106 00:05:05,405 --> 00:05:06,673 with the African-American experience?" 107 00:05:06,773 --> 00:05:07,807 [Monk] There it is. 108 00:05:07,874 --> 00:05:09,442 There it is. 109 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:10,577 [Arthur] They want a Black book. 110 00:05:10,643 --> 00:05:11,878 They have a Black book. 111 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:14,347 I'm Black, and it's my book. 112 00:05:14,447 --> 00:05:15,782 You know what I mean. 113 00:05:15,849 --> 00:05:18,351 [Monk] You mean they want me to write about a cop killing some teenager 114 00:05:18,451 --> 00:05:20,687 or a single mom in Dorchester raising five kids. 115 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:23,323 Dorchester is pretty white now. But yes. 116 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:25,291 Jesus Christ. You know, 117 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:27,594 I don't even really believe in race. 118 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:30,263 [Arthur] Yeah. The problem is that everyone else does. 119 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:35,268 Anyway, have fun at the book festival. 120 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:39,272 And just don't insult anyone important. Please. 121 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:42,420 [pleasant music playing] 122 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:45,612 [Wilson] Writing from a historical perspective 123 00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:47,781 doesn't mean that you can't 124 00:05:47,847 --> 00:05:49,549 {\an8}make work that doesn't resonate 125 00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:51,351 {\an8}with today's audiences. 126 00:05:51,451 --> 00:05:54,854 {\an8}Yeah, I think of things like Game of Thrones as proof that 127 00:05:54,921 --> 00:05:58,191 nerds like us can still find great success. 128 00:05:58,892 --> 00:06:01,194 [microphone feedback] 129 00:06:01,294 --> 00:06:03,229 {\an8}Unfortunately, we're going to have to end it there. 130 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:05,465 {\an8}Thank you to our authors 131 00:06:05,532 --> 00:06:07,701 and thanks to all of you for attending. 132 00:06:07,801 --> 00:06:08,735 [applauding] 133 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:10,670 [Monk] Um... 134 00:06:12,380 --> 00:06:14,174 Is it just me, or was this small 135 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:15,942 even for a book festival? 136 00:06:16,420 --> 00:06:18,411 Yeah, it's because we're up against Sintara. 137 00:06:19,450 --> 00:06:20,213 Who? 138 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:22,349 Sintara Golden. You haven't read her? 139 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:25,352 No, what's her book called? 140 00:06:27,754 --> 00:06:29,923 [moderator] Raves everywhere. 141 00:06:30,230 --> 00:06:32,225 {\an8}The Post, Bookforum. 142 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:33,827 {\an8}The London Review of Books said, 143 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:36,129 "We's Lives in Da Ghetto 144 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:39,432 is a heartbreaking and visceral debut." 145 00:06:39,532 --> 00:06:42,235 Plus a little birdie told me that perhaps 146 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:45,338 there's a TV adaptation in the works? 147 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,540 - No comment. [chuckles] - [audience chuckles] 148 00:06:47,607 --> 00:06:49,743 Okay, it was worth a shot. 149 00:06:50,710 --> 00:06:52,746 Tell us, what was your life like 150 00:06:52,846 --> 00:06:54,547 before you were an author? 151 00:06:54,614 --> 00:06:57,500 Well, I did undergrad at Oberlin 152 00:06:57,117 --> 00:07:01,870 and moved to New York the day after graduation 153 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:02,922 and a couple months later, 154 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:04,991 I was an assistant at a publisher. 155 00:07:05,910 --> 00:07:07,627 [moderator] And did that assistant experience shape your writing? 156 00:07:07,727 --> 00:07:11,731 Absolutely. Yeah, I was a first reader meaning 157 00:07:11,798 --> 00:07:14,634 I would read all the manuscripts in the slush pile 158 00:07:14,734 --> 00:07:17,737 and send them up the ladder if they were any good. 159 00:07:17,804 --> 00:07:20,407 Some of them were great, most were not. 160 00:07:20,473 --> 00:07:22,742 [audience chuckles] 161 00:07:22,809 --> 00:07:25,645 But the feeling I couldn't shake was that 162 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:28,648 no matter how good the books were, 163 00:07:28,748 --> 00:07:33,286 most every submission was from some white dude from New York 164 00:07:33,353 --> 00:07:34,421 going through a divorce, 165 00:07:34,487 --> 00:07:37,490 and too few of them were about my people. 166 00:07:38,625 --> 00:07:39,626 And so I think, 167 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:41,628 "Where are our stories?" 168 00:07:42,996 --> 00:07:45,980 You know, "Where's our representation?" 169 00:07:45,832 --> 00:07:47,367 And it was from that lack 170 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:49,302 that my book was born. 171 00:07:49,369 --> 00:07:50,904 [audience applauding] 172 00:07:50,970 --> 00:07:53,173 Would you give us the pleasure of reading an excerpt? 173 00:07:56,276 --> 00:07:57,277 Thank you. 174 00:08:02,682 --> 00:08:04,951 "'Yo, Cheranda, 175 00:08:05,180 --> 00:08:07,530 where you be goin' in a hurry likes that?' 176 00:08:07,153 --> 00:08:09,856 Donna aks me when she see me comin' out the house. 177 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,360 'Ain't none ya business, 178 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:16,629 but if'n you gots to know, I's goin' to the pharmacy.' 179 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:20,500 I looks back at the door to see if Mama comin' out. 180 00:08:21,768 --> 00:08:25,138 'The pharmacy? What for?' she aks. 181 00:08:26,306 --> 00:08:28,800 'You know', I says. 182 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:30,877 'Nah', she say. 183 00:08:32,245 --> 00:08:35,515 'Hell, nah! Girl, you be pregnant again?' 184 00:08:36,983 --> 00:08:38,785 'Might's be', I tells her. 185 00:08:39,719 --> 00:08:41,521 'And if I is, 186 00:08:41,621 --> 00:08:44,691 Ray-Ray's gonna be a real father this time around.'" 187 00:08:45,625 --> 00:08:47,227 [audience applauding, cheering] 188 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,950 Thank you. 189 00:08:50,964 --> 00:08:53,366 [applauding, cheering continues] 190 00:08:53,433 --> 00:08:54,567 Yes! 191 00:09:22,462 --> 00:09:24,397 [alarm blaring] 192 00:09:29,602 --> 00:09:31,371 [metal detector beeping] 193 00:09:36,643 --> 00:09:37,944 - [Monk] Hi... - [receptionist] Hi. 194 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:39,579 I'm here to see Lisa Ellison. 195 00:09:39,646 --> 00:09:40,714 Uh, do you have an appointment? 196 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:41,848 We're about to close. 197 00:09:41,915 --> 00:09:43,450 No, I'm her brother. 198 00:09:43,550 --> 00:09:44,584 - [door opens] - [receptionist] Oh. 199 00:09:44,651 --> 00:09:45,618 There she is. 200 00:09:50,623 --> 00:09:51,725 Hello, Monk. 201 00:09:54,627 --> 00:09:55,628 Hi, Lisa. 202 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:07,730 Okay, you're in a boat, the motor cuts out, 203 00:10:08,410 --> 00:10:09,743 but you're in shallow water, 204 00:10:09,809 --> 00:10:12,312 but you're wearing $600 shoes, but... 205 00:10:13,813 --> 00:10:15,648 your ride to the airport 206 00:10:15,749 --> 00:10:17,684 is just pulling away from the beach, 207 00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:21,354 why, oh, why is this a legal issue? 208 00:10:24,324 --> 00:10:25,325 I don't know. 209 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,628 It's a matter of row versus wade. 210 00:10:28,695 --> 00:10:29,896 Oh, my God. 211 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:30,964 [laughing] 212 00:10:31,931 --> 00:10:33,666 I think that's one of my best. 213 00:10:33,767 --> 00:10:34,768 Wow. 214 00:10:34,834 --> 00:10:35,835 [laughing] 215 00:10:36,803 --> 00:10:37,804 Okay. 216 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:43,643 - When did you start smoking again? - [Lisa] Mm... 217 00:10:45,612 --> 00:10:46,946 Right after the divorce. 218 00:10:48,682 --> 00:10:50,216 I always hated Larry. 219 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:51,551 Oh, I know. 220 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:52,919 You told me right when we started dating. 221 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:54,354 Do you remember how mad I got? 222 00:10:54,554 --> 00:10:55,689 [imitates Lisa] "It's not your business who I ****! 223 00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:57,357 Who I fellate." 224 00:10:57,457 --> 00:10:59,826 [laughs] I definitely did not say "fellate." 225 00:10:59,926 --> 00:11:02,128 I thought you did. That's how I heard it anyway. 226 00:11:03,697 --> 00:11:04,831 It's good to see you. 227 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:08,368 Yeah, it's good to see you too. 228 00:11:12,380 --> 00:11:13,106 How's work? 229 00:11:13,940 --> 00:11:15,241 It's not very glamorous. 230 00:11:16,710 --> 00:11:19,245 I go through a metal detector every day. 231 00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:22,649 Well, what you do is important. 232 00:11:22,716 --> 00:11:23,717 Well... 233 00:11:24,884 --> 00:11:26,720 Meanwhile, all I do is 234 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:28,488 invent little people in my head, 235 00:11:28,555 --> 00:11:31,257 then make them have imaginary conversations with each other. 236 00:11:31,358 --> 00:11:34,160 Books change people's lives. 237 00:11:34,227 --> 00:11:36,563 Did something I've written ever change your life? 238 00:11:36,663 --> 00:11:38,640 Absolutely. 239 00:11:38,832 --> 00:11:39,833 Absolutely. 240 00:11:41,601 --> 00:11:43,870 My dining room table was wobbly as hell 241 00:11:43,970 --> 00:11:45,271 before your last book came out. 242 00:11:45,372 --> 00:11:47,400 - Oh, my God. All right. - It was, like, perfect. 243 00:11:47,140 --> 00:11:48,375 - Yeah. Oh, God. - I'm telling you and-- 244 00:11:48,441 --> 00:11:50,100 Take me back to Logan, please. 245 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:51,378 - Logan cannot help you, Monk. - [sighs] 246 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:53,346 - Oh, my God! - [laughing] 247 00:11:54,247 --> 00:11:55,615 [Lisa] Welcome home, baby! 248 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:57,250 [Lisa and Monk laughing] 249 00:12:01,855 --> 00:12:03,890 Hello! 250 00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:05,225 Hello! 251 00:12:05,291 --> 00:12:07,227 - [Lorraine shrieks, claps] - [Monk chuckles] 252 00:12:09,596 --> 00:12:12,465 - Mr. Monk! - [Monk] Lorraine! 253 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:15,568 Oh. 254 00:12:15,635 --> 00:12:17,771 You know how that makes me feel. It's just Monk. 255 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:19,239 Oh, don't do that to me, 256 00:12:19,305 --> 00:12:21,941 you know I'm too old to learn new names. 257 00:12:22,420 --> 00:12:24,440 - How you doing, Miss Lisa? - I'm good. 258 00:12:24,110 --> 00:12:26,946 - You look good, Mr. Monk. - Oh, I look fat. 259 00:12:27,470 --> 00:12:29,382 Oh, that's the California talking. 260 00:12:29,449 --> 00:12:30,917 I took you to Arkansas right now, 261 00:12:30,984 --> 00:12:32,419 - you'd be a beauty queen. - Ooh! 262 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:34,421 - [Agnes] Is that my Monkie? - That's frightening. 263 00:12:34,487 --> 00:12:35,488 [Lisa laughing] 264 00:12:36,256 --> 00:12:38,580 [Agnes chuckling] 265 00:12:39,793 --> 00:12:42,829 - [Monk] Hi, Mother. - [Agnes chuckles] Oh. 266 00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:46,399 - You look fat. - Ah, I know. 267 00:12:46,466 --> 00:12:48,680 [Lorraine] You ready to go to dinner, Mrs. Ellison? 268 00:12:48,134 --> 00:12:50,270 Uh, I just need my purse and my black cardigan. 269 00:12:50,337 --> 00:12:51,438 [Lorraine] All right, I'll get it. 270 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:53,106 - Are you all right? - Oh. 271 00:12:53,206 --> 00:12:54,908 You overeat when you're depressed. 272 00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:56,643 I'm not depressed, 273 00:12:56,743 --> 00:12:59,446 I've just been not sleeping well lately 274 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:01,214 and so, fell off my exercise routine. 275 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:02,349 - [Agnes] Mm. - Here. 276 00:13:02,449 --> 00:13:03,983 [Agnes] So you're not depressed. 277 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,120 You just wear all the hallmarks of depression. 278 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:08,221 [Monk groans] 279 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:10,256 I missed you. 280 00:13:11,157 --> 00:13:12,158 [Monk chuckles lightly] 281 00:13:12,926 --> 00:13:13,927 Is Larry coming? 282 00:13:15,528 --> 00:13:16,996 No, Mother. 283 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:20,767 Larry and I are separated, remember? 284 00:13:20,834 --> 00:13:23,370 - Of course, I remember. - Okay. 285 00:13:23,470 --> 00:13:25,939 I just thought he might join us. 286 00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:28,308 To see your brother. 287 00:13:29,900 --> 00:13:30,100 Okay. 288 00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:34,781 I mean, is it really such a big deal? 289 00:13:34,848 --> 00:13:36,490 Everyone forgets things. 290 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:37,650 Doesn't mean she's sick necessarily. 291 00:13:37,717 --> 00:13:39,252 People forget dentists' appointments. 292 00:13:41,287 --> 00:13:42,956 She forgets I'm not married anymore. 293 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:44,891 That's weird. 294 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:48,695 What do you suggest we do? 295 00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:49,996 Why do I have to decide? 296 00:13:50,196 --> 00:13:52,465 - Because you're a doctor. - [Lisa] So are you. 297 00:13:52,532 --> 00:13:53,733 I'm not that kind. 298 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:57,137 Okay, my point is, you are an intelligent adult. 299 00:13:58,371 --> 00:13:59,906 And I'm tired of being the only person 300 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:01,410 that takes care of her. 301 00:14:01,141 --> 00:14:02,275 Well, I don't recall anyone 302 00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:03,877 assigning you that responsibility. 303 00:14:03,977 --> 00:14:06,146 No, you and Cliff just fled west as soon as you could 304 00:14:06,212 --> 00:14:08,480 and left me as caretaker by default. 305 00:14:08,148 --> 00:14:09,549 My work's there. 306 00:14:09,749 --> 00:14:11,170 -"My work's there." Yeah. - Apologies that it prevents me 307 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,540 from keeping up with the family melodrama. 308 00:14:14,154 --> 00:14:16,423 If you lived up the block, you wouldn't know what was going on. 309 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:19,590 I'm stuck here taking care of that old house and finding 310 00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:21,940 love letters from Dad's affairs. 311 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:23,229 - His what? - [Lisa] His affairs. 312 00:14:23,329 --> 00:14:24,998 You didn't know he was having affairs? 313 00:14:25,650 --> 00:14:27,500 No. How did you? 314 00:14:27,567 --> 00:14:29,703 Well, he was an OBGYN 315 00:14:29,769 --> 00:14:31,237 that was traveling constantly, 316 00:14:31,338 --> 00:14:33,306 but his patients were in Boston. 317 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:34,774 He said he was going to conferences. 318 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:37,844 [scoffs] He was making house calls. 319 00:14:37,911 --> 00:14:40,460 Do you know that I saw him kiss a white woman 320 00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:41,748 in the park in high school? 321 00:14:42,515 --> 00:14:43,416 How white? 322 00:14:43,516 --> 00:14:44,718 What do you mean, "How white?" 323 00:14:44,784 --> 00:14:46,853 Like Brahmin white or Southie white. 324 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,723 I don't know. She had thin lips. 325 00:14:49,789 --> 00:14:51,124 She looked like a bad kisser. 326 00:14:52,692 --> 00:14:53,727 Did you tell Mother? 327 00:14:53,793 --> 00:14:56,529 No. I wasn't going to blow up our lives. 328 00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:58,264 [clears throat] She's coming back. Mom. Mom. 329 00:14:58,365 --> 00:14:59,332 Mom. Mom. 330 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:00,400 Hi. 331 00:15:03,203 --> 00:15:04,204 How you doing? 332 00:15:05,238 --> 00:15:07,140 Our waitress isn't wearing a bra. 333 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:08,808 Okay. 334 00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:10,377 I didn't notice. 335 00:15:13,747 --> 00:15:14,981 See this shit? 336 00:15:15,810 --> 00:15:16,750 This gonna take us out of the ghetto. 337 00:15:16,816 --> 00:15:18,318 But there are rules in the house. 338 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:21,870 Number one, never leave this product in the house. 339 00:15:21,154 --> 00:15:23,223 And number two, get your own crew. 340 00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:25,458 Number three, got to have discipline in your crew. 341 00:15:25,558 --> 00:15:28,610 Number four, don't praise a nigga too much. 342 00:15:28,128 --> 00:15:29,729 Otherwise he's gonna think you're soft. 343 00:15:29,796 --> 00:15:32,832 Rule number five, don't show no love. 344 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:34,634 - Love will get you killed. - [chuckles] 345 00:15:34,734 --> 00:15:37,137 See this, it's like a *****. 346 00:15:37,237 --> 00:15:40,106 You **** a *****, don't let a ***** **** you. 347 00:15:40,173 --> 00:15:42,750 You're a man who don't need nothing. 348 00:15:42,142 --> 00:15:43,476 No one will get you through. 349 00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:45,979 This *****? This ***** will take your soul. 350 00:15:47,147 --> 00:15:48,481 You niggas ain't got no fam... 351 00:15:48,581 --> 00:15:49,616 [movie turns off] 352 00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:54,154 [Monk mutters] 353 00:15:55,855 --> 00:15:58,458 Excuse me, uh, Ned. 354 00:15:58,525 --> 00:16:00,860 Do you have any books by the writer Thelonious Ellison? 355 00:16:05,265 --> 00:16:06,366 Yeah, this way. 356 00:16:10,704 --> 00:16:12,672 - Here you go. - Right. 357 00:16:12,772 --> 00:16:14,207 Yeah. 358 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:16,309 Wait a minute, why are these books here? 359 00:16:16,843 --> 00:16:18,440 [Ned] I'm not sure. 360 00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:22,482 I would imagine that this author Ellison is... Black. 361 00:16:22,549 --> 00:16:25,185 That's me. Ellison. Yeah. 362 00:16:25,285 --> 00:16:29,556 He is me, and he and I are Black. 363 00:16:29,656 --> 00:16:30,957 Oh, bingo. 364 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,159 No bingo, Ned, these books 365 00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:35,662 have nothing to do with African-American studies, 366 00:16:35,729 --> 00:16:37,300 they're just literature. 367 00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:38,998 The blackest thing about this one is the ink. 368 00:16:41,234 --> 00:16:43,703 I don't decide what sections the books go in. 369 00:16:43,803 --> 00:16:46,573 No one here does. That's how chain stores work. 370 00:16:47,374 --> 00:16:48,875 Right, Ned. 371 00:16:49,976 --> 00:16:51,644 You don't make the rules. 372 00:16:52,379 --> 00:16:54,800 Hm. 373 00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:56,549 I'm just going to put them back after you leave. 374 00:16:56,649 --> 00:16:58,318 Don't you dare, Ned. 375 00:16:58,385 --> 00:17:00,720 Do not you dare. 376 00:17:02,822 --> 00:17:03,990 Ned. 377 00:17:04,991 --> 00:17:06,493 [suspenseful music playing] 378 00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:09,290 [lively music playing] 379 00:17:11,998 --> 00:17:13,433 Monk, what are you doing? 380 00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:15,568 [books thud] 381 00:17:17,437 --> 00:17:18,738 [Lisa] Mom's only going to get worse. 382 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:22,242 They say mental exercise is good, 383 00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:23,710 that's why I got her that gardening book. 384 00:17:25,780 --> 00:17:27,247 Does growing cucumbers count as mental exercise? 385 00:17:28,140 --> 00:17:29,249 I hate when you do that. 386 00:17:29,349 --> 00:17:31,384 What? 387 00:17:31,451 --> 00:17:33,620 You share your condescending opinion as a question 388 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,455 trying to disguise the condescension. 389 00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:36,790 Why don't you just say 390 00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:38,240 that you think that gardening is idiotic? 391 00:17:38,224 --> 00:17:40,260 - Uh, because that's not what I was doing. - Bullshit. 392 00:17:40,627 --> 00:17:41,928 Bullshit. Bullshit. 393 00:17:44,531 --> 00:17:47,100 Maybe we can hire a nurse a few times a week. 394 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:48,134 Who's going to pay for that? 395 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:49,803 You... you can't afford it? 396 00:17:50,637 --> 00:17:52,405 Not after the divorce, I cannot. 397 00:17:54,374 --> 00:17:55,709 - [sighs] - Well, it will hurt, 398 00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:57,877 but we'll probably have to sell the beach house. 399 00:17:57,944 --> 00:18:00,547 Yeah, we definitely need to sell the beach house, 400 00:18:00,613 --> 00:18:01,915 but that money is going to go 401 00:18:01,981 --> 00:18:03,817 to pay back the reverse mortgage 402 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:05,985 that our mother took out on the other house. 403 00:18:07,887 --> 00:18:08,888 Yeah. 404 00:18:12,580 --> 00:18:13,159 Look, I can send some money home, 405 00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:14,327 but it's not going to be much. 406 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:15,662 Can't Cliff chip in? 407 00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:17,230 Cliff's not in a good place, okay? 408 00:18:17,297 --> 00:18:18,898 Who is? Okay? 409 00:18:18,965 --> 00:18:21,434 Monk, Becca took everything. 410 00:18:21,501 --> 00:18:24,237 And the kids are getting teased at school. 411 00:18:24,304 --> 00:18:25,472 - I didn't know. - [Lisa] Well... 412 00:18:26,272 --> 00:18:27,474 Maybe you should call him. 413 00:18:33,246 --> 00:18:35,248 I'm sorry I've always been so distant. 414 00:18:35,315 --> 00:18:37,283 [upbeat music playing faintly over speakers] 415 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:42,689 You couldn't help that. 416 00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:44,357 You were always Dad's favorite. 417 00:18:46,793 --> 00:18:48,261 And that made Cliff and I bond, 418 00:18:48,328 --> 00:18:49,462 and you resented us 419 00:18:49,529 --> 00:18:51,798 for having that bond, and then... 420 00:18:51,865 --> 00:18:53,700 {\an8}I don't know, you just became self-sufficient. 421 00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:57,804 You never talked about this. 422 00:18:57,871 --> 00:18:59,472 We never talked about anything. 423 00:19:01,675 --> 00:19:03,143 Is that surprising? 424 00:19:03,209 --> 00:19:04,678 Look at our parents. [scoffs] 425 00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:06,713 [Monk] Mm-hm. 426 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:09,849 The only emotions I remember from Dad... 427 00:19:12,519 --> 00:19:14,654 were boredom and rage. 428 00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:16,656 Is boredom an emotion? 429 00:19:16,723 --> 00:19:17,824 [Lisa chuckles] 430 00:19:17,891 --> 00:19:19,959 Great. It's Detective Dictionary. 431 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:22,328 - [both laugh] - [Lisa] Oh! 432 00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:23,830 You haven't called me that in forever. 433 00:19:23,897 --> 00:19:25,298 Oh, God! 434 00:19:26,299 --> 00:19:28,368 - What? Oh, come on! - [Lisa] Oh, God! 435 00:19:29,169 --> 00:19:30,203 [Lisa groans] 436 00:19:31,710 --> 00:19:33,540 - Lisa? You okay? Hey. - [groans] 437 00:19:34,407 --> 00:19:35,408 [Lisa groans] 438 00:19:36,476 --> 00:19:38,144 - Hey, help! Help! - [Lisa groaning] 439 00:19:38,211 --> 00:19:39,979 [doctors and nurses speaking indistinctly] 440 00:19:41,481 --> 00:19:43,216 [somber music playing] 441 00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:25,759 - [soft music playing] - [bird chirping] 442 00:20:32,899 --> 00:20:35,535 [waves lapping] 443 00:20:36,269 --> 00:20:38,405 [Monk] "If you are reading this 444 00:20:38,471 --> 00:20:41,741 it's because I, Lisa Magical Ellison... 445 00:20:43,276 --> 00:20:44,310 have died. 446 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:49,282 Obviously, this is not ideal... 447 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:52,819 but I guess it had to happen at some point. 448 00:20:54,921 --> 00:20:56,289 Hopefully, I... 449 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:01,761 Hopefully, I expired 450 00:21:01,828 --> 00:21:06,299 under the heaving thrusts of a sweaty Idris Elba 451 00:21:06,399 --> 00:21:09,102 or perhaps in a less dignified manner, 452 00:21:09,169 --> 00:21:12,906 under the heaving thrusts of a sweaty Russell Crowe." 453 00:21:12,972 --> 00:21:13,973 [chuckles] 454 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:16,176 "Irrespective of how I went, 455 00:21:16,276 --> 00:21:18,978 I ask that those closest to me... 456 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:22,515 not mourn all that much. 457 00:21:23,817 --> 00:21:25,685 I lived a life that made me proud. 458 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:27,921 I... 459 00:21:28,922 --> 00:21:30,190 I was loved... 460 00:21:31,858 --> 00:21:33,360 and I loved in return. 461 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,164 I found work that aroused my passions. 462 00:21:38,264 --> 00:21:40,967 I believe I gave more than I took. 463 00:21:41,340 --> 00:21:43,603 And I did my damnedest to help people in need. 464 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:46,506 And on top of all that, 465 00:21:46,606 --> 00:21:49,709 many a friend wrongly accused me of having Botox 466 00:21:49,809 --> 00:21:52,879 because of how tight my skin stayed well into my 50's. 467 00:21:54,470 --> 00:21:56,182 What more could someone ask of a life? 468 00:21:58,218 --> 00:21:59,219 I love you all. 469 00:22:00,487 --> 00:22:02,188 Thank you for being here today. 470 00:22:05,325 --> 00:22:06,326 Goodbye. 471 00:22:08,395 --> 00:22:09,562 Lisa." 472 00:22:15,702 --> 00:22:16,836 Cliff? 473 00:22:18,338 --> 00:22:19,339 [Cliff sighs] 474 00:22:42,595 --> 00:22:44,164 Are those human remains? 475 00:22:45,331 --> 00:22:46,566 You guys have a permit for that? 476 00:22:46,666 --> 00:22:48,335 Just shut the **** up, Phillip. 477 00:22:48,401 --> 00:22:50,103 Cliff, you don't talk to me like that. 478 00:22:50,203 --> 00:22:51,438 **** you. I just did. 479 00:22:51,538 --> 00:22:52,739 - [Phillip] What? - You want me to beat your ***? 480 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:54,740 - I'm just-- - Get the **** out of here. 481 00:22:54,174 --> 00:22:56,760 I will eat your sweater vest for dinner. 482 00:22:56,176 --> 00:22:57,677 - No-- Yep. - [Cliff] *****. Go. One. 483 00:22:57,744 --> 00:22:59,120 [Monk] Get the **** out of here, Phillip. 484 00:22:59,790 --> 00:23:00,513 - [Phillip] I'm just-- - Two. 485 00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:02,449 - Three. - [Monk] Always been a ****ing douche. 486 00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:04,718 [gentle music playing] 487 00:23:06,386 --> 00:23:08,288 [bell rings] 488 00:23:10,557 --> 00:23:11,891 [door opens] 489 00:23:11,958 --> 00:23:13,960 [piano playing] 490 00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:20,800 [Monk exhales] 491 00:23:21,735 --> 00:23:22,869 Where is everybody? 492 00:23:23,770 --> 00:23:25,405 They're exhausted. 493 00:23:25,472 --> 00:23:27,574 I gave Lorraine something to help her sleep. 494 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:28,775 Mother's taking a bath. 495 00:23:28,875 --> 00:23:29,976 Then I'm going to dose her too. 496 00:23:31,745 --> 00:23:34,547 You think maybe I can get some of that later tonight? 497 00:23:34,614 --> 00:23:36,416 Yeah. What, you're not sleeping well? 498 00:23:37,450 --> 00:23:38,718 Uh... 499 00:23:38,785 --> 00:23:41,121 Normally, I sleep fine, but just lately. 500 00:23:42,989 --> 00:23:44,758 Yeah. 501 00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:47,794 Does seeing a dead body ever become normal? 502 00:23:47,894 --> 00:23:49,429 I don't know. I haven't seen many. 503 00:23:49,496 --> 00:23:50,630 [Monk] Really? 504 00:23:50,730 --> 00:23:52,332 I'm a plastic surgeon. 505 00:23:52,432 --> 00:23:54,634 If I'm looking at a corpse, then something went very awry. 506 00:23:56,136 --> 00:23:57,137 Right. 507 00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:01,241 Yeah. Made me feel for Mother. 508 00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:05,645 Can't imagine what she must've gone through finding Dad... 509 00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:09,182 you know, like that. 510 00:24:09,282 --> 00:24:10,283 I know. 511 00:24:11,651 --> 00:24:13,860 So much death. 512 00:24:21,161 --> 00:24:23,630 When was the last time we were here together? 513 00:24:25,131 --> 00:24:26,599 Uh... 514 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:28,134 Maybe ten years. 515 00:24:28,201 --> 00:24:29,436 [Monk] Yeah. 516 00:24:29,502 --> 00:24:30,670 The kids were still little. 517 00:24:31,504 --> 00:24:32,505 Yeah. 518 00:24:35,375 --> 00:24:37,143 How is your family, by the way? 519 00:24:38,445 --> 00:24:40,146 You actually care? 520 00:24:40,213 --> 00:24:42,849 Of course. Why would I ask? Why would you ask me that? 521 00:24:42,949 --> 00:24:44,617 I don't know, Monk. You never really called. 522 00:24:44,684 --> 00:24:46,653 - I get busy. - Yeah, everybody gets busy. 523 00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:48,822 You drift away. 524 00:24:50,957 --> 00:24:52,459 You want to know how my family is? 525 00:24:53,159 --> 00:24:55,328 She took my house, half my practice. 526 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:57,864 My kids ****ing hate me. 527 00:24:59,232 --> 00:25:00,900 And I still live in ****ing Tucson. 528 00:25:03,169 --> 00:25:04,537 What was wrong with Tucson? 529 00:25:04,537 --> 00:25:06,573 One of them asked me if I was Tyler Perry. 530 00:25:07,507 --> 00:25:08,575 That's terrible. 531 00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:11,440 I mean, Tyler Perry lives in Atlanta, right? 532 00:25:11,111 --> 00:25:12,545 **** you, man. 533 00:25:12,612 --> 00:25:14,280 [both laugh] 534 00:25:14,381 --> 00:25:15,382 Shut up. 535 00:25:15,448 --> 00:25:16,449 [Monk] Nowhere near Tucson. 536 00:25:17,217 --> 00:25:18,685 [Cliff] Oh, boy. 537 00:25:21,588 --> 00:25:23,230 [Monk] Did you know Dad had affairs? 538 00:25:23,890 --> 00:25:24,557 Oh, for sure. 539 00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:25,859 How? 540 00:25:26,793 --> 00:25:28,762 You could just tell. 541 00:25:28,862 --> 00:25:31,698 Lisa told me she saw him kissing a white woman once. 542 00:25:31,765 --> 00:25:35,301 Why did I have no idea? Why am I the last to know? 543 00:25:35,402 --> 00:25:37,470 Because you loved him too much. 544 00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:39,873 Enemies see each other better than friends. 545 00:25:41,207 --> 00:25:43,443 [Lorraine snoring] 546 00:25:43,543 --> 00:25:44,944 [Monk] What the hell did you give her? 547 00:25:45,450 --> 00:25:47,580 It's oxycodone. But knocks them right out. 548 00:25:47,647 --> 00:25:49,149 You gave her opioids to sleep? 549 00:25:49,249 --> 00:25:51,840 Yeah. You ever seen a heroin addict? 550 00:25:51,151 --> 00:25:52,485 Those guys take naps standing up. 551 00:25:52,585 --> 00:25:53,720 It's dangerous. 552 00:25:54,540 --> 00:25:55,388 Look, I'm keeping an eye on her. I'm a doctor. 553 00:25:55,455 --> 00:25:56,623 - [Monk] So am I. - Right. 554 00:25:56,723 --> 00:25:58,925 Maybe if we need to revive a sentence. 555 00:25:58,992 --> 00:26:04,297 [mocks] Well, why do you have synthetic smack anyway? 556 00:26:04,397 --> 00:26:06,266 [water dripping] 557 00:26:08,601 --> 00:26:09,669 [Cliff] What is that? 558 00:26:15,842 --> 00:26:16,976 Oh. 559 00:26:19,179 --> 00:26:20,280 [Cliff] Oh, shit. 560 00:26:21,114 --> 00:26:22,820 [knocking at door] 561 00:26:22,148 --> 00:26:23,149 [Monk] Mother? 562 00:26:25,585 --> 00:26:26,586 Mother? 563 00:26:28,321 --> 00:26:29,589 - [grunts] - [water flowing] 564 00:26:31,958 --> 00:26:33,593 Hey. 565 00:26:33,660 --> 00:26:36,429 Hey. What are you doing? Hey. 566 00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:39,265 Mother. 567 00:26:40,967 --> 00:26:41,968 Hey. 568 00:26:48,842 --> 00:26:50,110 {\an8}Come on. 569 00:26:52,545 --> 00:26:53,546 Come on. 570 00:26:55,348 --> 00:26:57,450 [Monk] Well, I'm not sure, to be honest with you. 571 00:26:57,517 --> 00:26:59,520 It's going to depend on what the doctors say. 572 00:27:00,220 --> 00:27:02,550 Yeah, I'll touch base when I know more. 573 00:27:03,323 --> 00:27:04,958 Thanks so much for being understanding. 574 00:27:07,127 --> 00:27:10,630 Hey, um, Leo, one more thing. 575 00:27:10,697 --> 00:27:12,499 I was wondering if maybe we could treat this 576 00:27:12,565 --> 00:27:15,235 as a sabbatical as opposed to a leave of absence? 577 00:27:15,335 --> 00:27:16,403 Whatever happens with my mother, 578 00:27:16,503 --> 00:27:17,504 it's going to cost some money. 579 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:21,741 No, I understand. 580 00:27:22,542 --> 00:27:23,677 No, it's not your fault. 581 00:27:24,544 --> 00:27:25,845 I'll figure something out. 582 00:27:26,646 --> 00:27:27,647 Yeah. 583 00:27:28,248 --> 00:27:29,182 Thanks for your help. 584 00:27:29,649 --> 00:27:30,850 Okay. Bye-bye. 585 00:27:32,686 --> 00:27:33,586 [Coraline] Oh. 586 00:27:37,657 --> 00:27:38,658 Oh. 587 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:40,226 Uh... 588 00:27:40,326 --> 00:27:41,428 You don't have to do that. 589 00:27:41,528 --> 00:27:42,896 Oh, no. I do. 590 00:27:42,996 --> 00:27:44,731 It's tomato season. You can't let them go to waste. 591 00:27:44,831 --> 00:27:46,533 - Ooh. - A crime around here. 592 00:27:46,599 --> 00:27:47,867 [chuckles] 593 00:27:48,702 --> 00:27:50,300 [Coraline] Thank you. 594 00:27:50,700 --> 00:27:51,538 That's what neighbors are for, right? 595 00:27:51,604 --> 00:27:52,906 Welcome to the neighborhood. 596 00:27:54,441 --> 00:27:56,420 I thought the place was vacant. 597 00:27:57,100 --> 00:27:59,679 Uh, it has been for a while. 598 00:27:59,746 --> 00:28:01,247 We just got here last night. 599 00:28:01,348 --> 00:28:03,950 Oh. Figured the place was haunted. 600 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:07,200 They said some old man blew his brains out there a while back. 601 00:28:09,923 --> 00:28:11,570 Yeah. 602 00:28:13,927 --> 00:28:16,396 Oh, my God. I... 603 00:28:18,431 --> 00:28:19,733 I'm a ****ing idiot. 604 00:28:20,567 --> 00:28:21,801 Please forgive me. 605 00:28:21,901 --> 00:28:22,902 Well... 606 00:28:24,604 --> 00:28:25,972 Oh, I'm very sorry to hear that. 607 00:28:26,873 --> 00:28:27,874 What'd she do for a living? 608 00:28:28,641 --> 00:28:31,411 She was a doctor. Um... 609 00:28:31,478 --> 00:28:35,715 Most of my family, doctors. Basically, I'm the outcast. 610 00:28:35,782 --> 00:28:36,883 [Coraline chuckles] 611 00:28:37,984 --> 00:28:39,652 Um, what do you do for work? 612 00:28:39,753 --> 00:28:40,653 I'm a lawyer. 613 00:28:41,388 --> 00:28:43,123 Public defense. Quincy. 614 00:28:44,224 --> 00:28:45,258 Very honorable. 615 00:28:45,325 --> 00:28:49,162 Yeah. It's very hard, but can be rewarding. 616 00:28:50,463 --> 00:28:51,998 May I ask you something 617 00:28:52,980 --> 00:28:54,467 that I'm sure a lot of people ask you? 618 00:28:54,567 --> 00:28:56,936 How do I feel about defending guilty people? 619 00:28:57,470 --> 00:28:58,438 Yeah. 620 00:28:58,505 --> 00:29:00,740 - I love it. - Why? 621 00:29:00,807 --> 00:29:03,777 I have to. And they're all guilty. 622 00:29:04,844 --> 00:29:06,846 - Really? - Yes. But that's okay. 623 00:29:06,946 --> 00:29:08,848 People are more than their worst deed. 624 00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:12,185 I guess I agree with that. 625 00:29:12,285 --> 00:29:14,421 [Coraline] Mm. Sure you do. 626 00:29:14,487 --> 00:29:15,689 You're a writer. 627 00:29:15,789 --> 00:29:17,323 [Monk] I don't follow. 628 00:29:17,424 --> 00:29:20,126 Well, writers have to be non-judgmental. 629 00:29:20,193 --> 00:29:22,362 You can't write interesting characters 630 00:29:22,462 --> 00:29:24,764 and be critical of every bad decision they make. 631 00:29:24,831 --> 00:29:25,799 Right? 632 00:29:25,865 --> 00:29:27,000 Maybe you should be the writer. 633 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:28,368 I don't feel like much of one lately. 634 00:29:29,102 --> 00:29:30,203 You blocked? 635 00:29:32,138 --> 00:29:33,973 It's just... [chuckles] 636 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,476 I don't think anybody wants to buy what I write. 637 00:29:36,543 --> 00:29:37,644 [Coraline] That's not true. 638 00:29:37,711 --> 00:29:39,446 I didn't want to say anything, 639 00:29:39,512 --> 00:29:41,614 but, um, I actually read one of your books. 640 00:29:42,682 --> 00:29:44,384 Hm. Which? 641 00:29:44,484 --> 00:29:45,785 The Frogs. 642 00:29:45,852 --> 00:29:46,820 Oh, so you were the one. 643 00:29:46,886 --> 00:29:48,521 [chuckles] I liked it. 644 00:29:50,290 --> 00:29:51,291 You're talented. 645 00:29:51,891 --> 00:29:52,826 [car approaching] 646 00:29:58,331 --> 00:30:00,660 [Monk] You're expecting company? 647 00:30:01,701 --> 00:30:02,702 [Coraline] Yeah. 648 00:30:02,802 --> 00:30:04,637 - [keys jingling] - Oh. 649 00:30:05,572 --> 00:30:07,340 [door unlocking] 650 00:30:12,812 --> 00:30:14,470 Hello. 651 00:30:14,848 --> 00:30:17,250 - Hey. - Jelani, uh, this is Monk. 652 00:30:17,350 --> 00:30:19,819 He and his family own the house across the street. 653 00:30:19,886 --> 00:30:21,540 Nice to meet you. 654 00:30:21,654 --> 00:30:22,922 Yeah, it's a pleasure. 655 00:30:23,230 --> 00:30:23,923 Are you staying for dinner? 656 00:30:24,724 --> 00:30:25,725 [Monk] Uh... 657 00:30:25,825 --> 00:30:27,494 No, I need to go check in on my mother. 658 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:28,695 [Jelani] Cool. 659 00:30:29,262 --> 00:30:30,430 [Monk] Thank you, uh... 660 00:30:32,365 --> 00:30:33,533 [gulps] 661 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,602 For the wine, and... 662 00:30:36,603 --> 00:30:37,904 good night. 663 00:30:40,607 --> 00:30:41,608 Good night, Monk. 664 00:30:42,509 --> 00:30:44,377 [gentle music playing] 665 00:30:53,687 --> 00:30:55,555 [waves lapping] 666 00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:07,200 [gentle music continues] 667 00:31:11,871 --> 00:31:13,807 [seagull squawking] 668 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,890 [Cliff sniffles] 669 00:31:33,259 --> 00:31:34,761 What time's your flight? 670 00:31:34,828 --> 00:31:35,929 11:00. 671 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,834 You think, uh, maybe you could change it? 672 00:31:40,934 --> 00:31:42,268 Think it would be useful to have you 673 00:31:42,335 --> 00:31:43,636 at Mother's doctor's appointment today. 674 00:31:43,737 --> 00:31:44,904 I can't. I got to get home. 675 00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:48,942 Fine, but you think you can chip in 676 00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:50,477 for her care once we find out what's what? 677 00:31:50,577 --> 00:31:51,845 It's probably going to be pretty expensive. 678 00:31:51,945 --> 00:31:54,140 Things are tight right now, so... 679 00:31:54,114 --> 00:31:55,448 You thought about firing Lorraine? 680 00:31:59,190 --> 00:32:00,200 Lorraine is family. 681 00:32:00,820 --> 00:32:02,122 Well, shit, Monk. 682 00:32:02,188 --> 00:32:03,523 I don't know what to tell you, all right? 683 00:32:03,623 --> 00:32:04,824 So you can't do anything? 684 00:32:04,924 --> 00:32:06,693 [sighs] I will check with my accountant 685 00:32:06,793 --> 00:32:08,940 when I get back, all right? 686 00:32:08,862 --> 00:32:10,960 It's 8:00 in the morning. 687 00:32:10,163 --> 00:32:12,132 I'm not flying the ****ing plane, Monk. 688 00:32:16,703 --> 00:32:20,206 Well, do you think you could be so kind 689 00:32:20,306 --> 00:32:21,808 as to go inside and see 690 00:32:21,875 --> 00:32:23,309 if Mother is ready to head out? 691 00:32:23,376 --> 00:32:24,544 All right. Hey. 692 00:32:24,644 --> 00:32:25,945 - Mother! - Don't yell, man. 693 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:27,130 Be civilized. 694 00:32:27,113 --> 00:32:29,115 You're just like our dad, man. 695 00:32:29,182 --> 00:32:31,451 So you do right by me, Monk. I swear to ****ing God. 696 00:32:32,786 --> 00:32:34,387 [Monk] Clown. 697 00:32:34,487 --> 00:32:35,555 [Cliff] You want to see civilized? 698 00:32:35,655 --> 00:32:37,223 - [yelling] Mother! - [Monk groans] 699 00:32:41,394 --> 00:32:42,395 Morning. 700 00:32:44,464 --> 00:32:45,799 [Monk] Hey. Morning. 701 00:32:46,866 --> 00:32:48,468 Listen... 702 00:32:48,535 --> 00:32:50,337 - about last night, uh-- - Oh. 703 00:32:50,403 --> 00:32:51,638 It's okay. 704 00:32:51,838 --> 00:32:53,907 You don't have to explain. I had a good time. 705 00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:55,410 No, I... 706 00:32:56,743 --> 00:32:59,312 Jelani, he's my ex. 707 00:32:59,379 --> 00:33:00,513 Well, he's going to be. 708 00:33:01,915 --> 00:33:03,917 We're in the middle of breaking up and... 709 00:33:04,984 --> 00:33:05,985 it's hard. 710 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:08,521 I get it. 711 00:33:09,823 --> 00:33:10,824 I'd like to see you again. 712 00:33:12,325 --> 00:33:14,940 Do you think that you'll be 713 00:33:14,194 --> 00:33:15,195 around town next couple of days? 714 00:33:15,261 --> 00:33:17,864 You know, grab a drink? 715 00:33:19,332 --> 00:33:20,333 Yeah, I'd like that. 716 00:33:22,602 --> 00:33:23,603 Yeah, me too. 717 00:33:25,939 --> 00:33:26,940 Drive safe. 718 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:29,750 Thanks. 719 00:33:32,178 --> 00:33:33,179 [chuckles] 720 00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:55,301 [nurse] Mr. Ellison? 721 00:33:56,469 --> 00:33:57,470 We're ready. 722 00:34:01,741 --> 00:34:03,760 [Dr. Bulger] Her MRI shows 723 00:34:03,143 --> 00:34:05,578 early signs of neurodegeneration. 724 00:34:06,379 --> 00:34:07,614 There's a slight decrease 725 00:34:07,714 --> 00:34:09,449 in the size of the temporal lobe 726 00:34:09,549 --> 00:34:11,510 which suggest Alzheimer's. 727 00:34:13,860 --> 00:34:15,550 I'm very sorry, Mr. Ellison. 728 00:34:15,121 --> 00:34:16,456 But at some point, 729 00:34:16,556 --> 00:34:18,892 she'll probably require around-the-clock care 730 00:34:19,759 --> 00:34:21,428 for her own safety. 731 00:34:28,935 --> 00:34:30,904 [disquieting music playing] 732 00:34:46,820 --> 00:34:47,821 [chuckles] 733 00:35:20,854 --> 00:35:22,822 [siren blaring] 734 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,620 - Hey, young nigga. - Hey! 735 00:35:29,162 --> 00:35:31,464 Hey, whoa, whoa. 736 00:35:31,531 --> 00:35:33,199 Don't shoot me, partner. Come on now. 737 00:35:37,871 --> 00:35:38,872 Van Go. 738 00:35:39,706 --> 00:35:40,840 That you? 739 00:35:40,907 --> 00:35:41,908 Yeah, me, nigga. 740 00:35:43,243 --> 00:35:45,245 Shit. What, you drunk, mother****er? 741 00:35:46,646 --> 00:35:47,981 Where you running to? 742 00:35:49,916 --> 00:35:51,510 Just leave me alone, man. 743 00:35:52,185 --> 00:35:53,186 [grunts] 744 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:55,321 How your mama? 745 00:35:56,856 --> 00:35:57,824 What you say? 746 00:35:57,891 --> 00:35:59,826 I said, how your mama? 747 00:36:02,996 --> 00:36:04,397 Oh, shit. 748 00:36:05,365 --> 00:36:06,599 They ain't tell you, huh? 749 00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:08,601 What you talking about, punk? 750 00:36:08,702 --> 00:36:10,537 Hey, what you talking about? 751 00:36:12,739 --> 00:36:14,400 Think about it, Van Go. 752 00:36:15,342 --> 00:36:16,443 Look at my face. 753 00:36:18,278 --> 00:36:20,580 Look at my midnight black complex... 754 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,480 No, that's not right. 755 00:36:23,583 --> 00:36:24,584 What did you want to say? 756 00:36:25,919 --> 00:36:28,121 You can say it better than that, right? 757 00:36:28,221 --> 00:36:29,222 Come on. What do you want? 758 00:36:29,289 --> 00:36:31,391 [keyboard clacking] 759 00:36:33,793 --> 00:36:34,961 Think about it, Van Go. 760 00:36:36,262 --> 00:36:37,530 Look at my face. 761 00:36:38,465 --> 00:36:40,934 Look at my coal black skin. 762 00:36:41,340 --> 00:36:42,202 And then look at your own. 763 00:36:44,471 --> 00:36:46,606 Look at my black eyes. 764 00:36:46,706 --> 00:36:47,707 Now look at your own. 765 00:36:49,442 --> 00:36:51,244 Look at my big black lips. 766 00:36:51,311 --> 00:36:53,113 [chuckles] Now look at your own. 767 00:36:54,547 --> 00:36:56,149 I's your daddy whether you like it or not. 768 00:36:56,249 --> 00:36:58,718 Shut up, okay? Shut up, man! You lying! 769 00:36:58,785 --> 00:37:00,587 No, no, that's the truth, nigga. 770 00:37:02,322 --> 00:37:03,890 So, where you been, huh? 771 00:37:04,591 --> 00:37:05,725 Where you been? 772 00:37:05,792 --> 00:37:07,394 I've been where I always be. 773 00:37:08,395 --> 00:37:09,496 Surviving. 774 00:37:10,463 --> 00:37:12,432 You ain't worth a piss. 775 00:37:12,499 --> 00:37:14,000 Your mama ain't worth a piss. 776 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:15,769 So here I am. 777 00:37:16,436 --> 00:37:17,437 [sniffles] 778 00:37:17,504 --> 00:37:19,472 [sirens blaring distantly] 779 00:37:21,641 --> 00:37:23,610 [breathing heavily] 780 00:37:24,611 --> 00:37:26,613 What do I say now? 781 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:30,160 I think now will come some sort of, you know, 782 00:37:30,116 --> 00:37:31,918 dumb, melodramatic sob story 783 00:37:31,985 --> 00:37:34,254 where you, uh, highlight your broken interiority. 784 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,623 Something... something like, um, I don't know... 785 00:37:38,858 --> 00:37:40,827 [keyboard clacking] 786 00:37:41,928 --> 00:37:43,296 I hates this man. 787 00:37:44,931 --> 00:37:46,132 I hates my mama. 788 00:37:46,199 --> 00:37:47,434 And I hates myself. 789 00:37:48,201 --> 00:37:49,769 [panting] 790 00:37:50,970 --> 00:37:52,639 I've seen my face in his. 791 00:37:54,274 --> 00:37:55,775 I see the ape that all them stupid girls 792 00:37:55,842 --> 00:37:57,944 were afraid of, yeah. 793 00:37:58,110 --> 00:37:59,846 I can see my long arms hanging down. 794 00:38:00,780 --> 00:38:02,382 And I see eyes that don't care 795 00:38:02,482 --> 00:38:04,500 what happens tomorrow. 796 00:38:08,288 --> 00:38:09,389 I see myself 797 00:38:10,223 --> 00:38:11,358 rocking back on my heels, 798 00:38:11,458 --> 00:38:12,459 just like this, baby. 799 00:38:13,159 --> 00:38:14,627 Just waiting. 800 00:38:14,694 --> 00:38:16,730 And waiting, and waiting, and waiting, 801 00:38:16,830 --> 00:38:18,298 and waiting for something 802 00:38:18,365 --> 00:38:20,533 that I'm not even going to recognize when it comes! 803 00:38:21,301 --> 00:38:23,169 Death is my only cure. 804 00:38:24,700 --> 00:38:25,338 I heard that before. 805 00:38:27,340 --> 00:38:29,376 I've been hearing it, and I'm hearing it now. 806 00:38:32,345 --> 00:38:33,346 I see... 807 00:38:36,383 --> 00:38:37,851 I see my mama crying. 808 00:38:39,219 --> 00:38:41,855 I see her screaming in my dreams. 809 00:38:41,921 --> 00:38:43,189 I see my babies. 810 00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:45,250 I see my... 811 00:38:45,692 --> 00:38:46,726 I see my daddy. 812 00:38:49,329 --> 00:38:50,530 I see myself. 813 00:38:51,731 --> 00:38:52,899 - [gun fires] - [groans] 814 00:38:52,999 --> 00:38:54,670 What the ****? 815 00:38:54,167 --> 00:38:55,368 - [body thuds] - [groans] 816 00:38:57,370 --> 00:38:58,705 What the **** you do that for? 817 00:38:58,772 --> 00:39:00,730 Because you ain't shit, nigga. 818 00:39:00,173 --> 00:39:01,675 [breathing heavily] 819 00:39:03,430 --> 00:39:04,177 And you made me. 820 00:39:06,446 --> 00:39:09,115 So because you ain't shit, I ain't shit. 821 00:39:10,850 --> 00:39:13,420 Because you ain't shit, I ain't shit. 822 00:39:16,890 --> 00:39:17,457 [siren blaring] 823 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:21,795 I gots to bounce. 824 00:39:23,630 --> 00:39:25,265 [Willy whimpers] 825 00:39:26,866 --> 00:39:28,340 [Van Go] Peace, mother****er. 826 00:39:29,369 --> 00:39:30,370 Peace. 827 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:34,808 What the **** was that for? 828 00:39:39,946 --> 00:39:40,980 [woman on TV] You're watching 829 00:39:41,810 --> 00:39:44,484 Black Stories Month on WHN. 830 00:39:44,584 --> 00:39:46,753 [choir singing over TV] 831 00:39:46,820 --> 00:39:48,321 Celebrating the diversity 832 00:39:48,421 --> 00:39:49,756 of the African-American experience. 833 00:39:49,823 --> 00:39:50,990 [gun fires] 834 00:39:51,910 --> 00:39:53,590 Join us for more riveting cinema, 835 00:39:53,126 --> 00:39:55,428 - heartbreak, and drama. - [cell phone vibrating] 836 00:39:55,495 --> 00:39:56,629 - [man over TV] Mama! - [TV turns off] 837 00:39:58,298 --> 00:40:00,660 Hello? 838 00:40:00,133 --> 00:40:02,502 "I be standing outside in the night, 839 00:40:02,602 --> 00:40:04,137 a police chopper go by 840 00:40:04,237 --> 00:40:06,720 and shine some lights in some backyards 841 00:40:06,139 --> 00:40:09,843 and I think, 'Shine that light on me, mother****er, 842 00:40:09,943 --> 00:40:11,611 shine me some ****ing light 843 00:40:11,678 --> 00:40:14,114 so I can see where the **** I be at.'" 844 00:40:15,150 --> 00:40:16,182 Are you serious? 845 00:40:16,282 --> 00:40:17,517 You notice I didn't put my name on it. 846 00:40:17,617 --> 00:40:19,190 [Arthur] Yes, Stagg R. Leigh, 847 00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:20,954 I did notice that. Well done. 848 00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:22,422 But I still can't send this out. 849 00:40:22,489 --> 00:40:23,690 You said you wanted Black stuff. 850 00:40:23,790 --> 00:40:25,125 What's Blacker than that? 851 00:40:25,191 --> 00:40:26,993 It's got deadbeat dads, 852 00:40:27,930 --> 00:40:28,161 rappers, crack, 853 00:40:28,361 --> 00:40:30,196 and he gets killed by a cop in the end. 854 00:40:30,296 --> 00:40:33,466 I mean, that's... that's... that's Black, right? 855 00:40:34,768 --> 00:40:35,869 I see what you're doing. 856 00:40:36,102 --> 00:40:37,704 [Monk] Good, because it's not subtle. 857 00:40:37,804 --> 00:40:39,139 I mean, how's that book so different 858 00:40:39,205 --> 00:40:40,440 than some of the other garbage they put out? 859 00:40:40,507 --> 00:40:41,341 That's not the point. 860 00:40:41,441 --> 00:40:42,676 Well, it's my point. 861 00:40:42,776 --> 00:40:44,678 Look at what they publish. 862 00:40:44,778 --> 00:40:45,845 Look at what they expect us to write. 863 00:40:46,613 --> 00:40:47,947 I'm sick of it. 864 00:40:48,140 --> 00:40:51,217 And that's an expression of how sick I am. 865 00:40:51,317 --> 00:40:52,886 [Arthur] Monk, I'm trying to sell books, 866 00:40:52,986 --> 00:40:54,387 not be a part of some crusade. 867 00:40:55,689 --> 00:40:56,990 Who do you expect to publish this? 868 00:40:57,570 --> 00:40:58,725 No one. 869 00:40:58,825 --> 00:41:01,194 I just want to rub their noses in the horseshit they solicit. 870 00:41:02,529 --> 00:41:03,563 Okay. 871 00:41:03,663 --> 00:41:04,831 What do you want me to do? 872 00:41:04,898 --> 00:41:06,166 [Monk] I want you to send it out. 873 00:41:06,232 --> 00:41:07,667 Can I say it's performance art? 874 00:41:07,734 --> 00:41:10,360 No. Send it straight. 875 00:41:10,136 --> 00:41:12,339 If they can't take the joke, then **** them. 876 00:41:14,740 --> 00:41:15,408 All right, but I'm only sending it 877 00:41:15,508 --> 00:41:17,210 to a couple of places. This thing scares me. 878 00:41:17,310 --> 00:41:18,745 [Monk] Scares you? Why? 879 00:41:18,845 --> 00:41:20,146 Because white people think 880 00:41:20,213 --> 00:41:22,480 they want the truth, but they don't. 881 00:41:22,148 --> 00:41:24,317 They just want to feel absolved. 882 00:41:24,384 --> 00:41:26,986 Well, fortunately, that's not my problem. 883 00:41:27,987 --> 00:41:29,422 - Okay. - Bye. 884 00:41:30,156 --> 00:41:31,157 [cell phone beeps] 885 00:41:32,926 --> 00:41:34,928 [chuckling] 886 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,996 [instrumental music playing] 887 00:41:50,944 --> 00:41:52,112 I'm surprised you reached out. 888 00:41:52,212 --> 00:41:54,247 I thought you were just being nice. 889 00:41:54,347 --> 00:41:57,384 Oh, I'm never just being nice. I'm too old for that. 890 00:41:57,450 --> 00:41:59,219 You know, I like you so much, in fact, 891 00:41:59,285 --> 00:42:01,540 that I went out and got another one of your books. 892 00:42:02,122 --> 00:42:03,590 Really? Which one? 893 00:42:03,690 --> 00:42:04,691 The Haas Conundrum. 894 00:42:05,925 --> 00:42:06,926 What'd you think? 895 00:42:07,861 --> 00:42:08,962 I liked it. 896 00:42:09,963 --> 00:42:12,732 Susan has really great dialogue. 897 00:42:12,799 --> 00:42:15,268 And I love the aunt. 898 00:42:15,368 --> 00:42:17,270 Wow. I mean, you write women well. 899 00:42:18,104 --> 00:42:19,439 Oh, you think so? 900 00:42:19,539 --> 00:42:20,874 Yeah. They're not hothouse flowers. 901 00:42:20,940 --> 00:42:21,941 Thank you. 902 00:42:23,643 --> 00:42:26,460 - I appreciate that. - [Coraline] Mm. 903 00:42:26,112 --> 00:42:28,810 I could've done with less footnotes though. 904 00:42:28,148 --> 00:42:30,216 [both chuckling] 905 00:42:35,755 --> 00:42:36,990 I, uh... 906 00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:38,158 I got to run. 907 00:42:40,393 --> 00:42:41,728 Well, how's your mom? 908 00:42:42,796 --> 00:42:44,798 In and out. 909 00:42:44,898 --> 00:42:46,633 I'm afraid to be away for too long. 910 00:42:48,100 --> 00:42:49,102 - Yeah. - But, uh... 911 00:42:51,504 --> 00:42:52,572 I'll, uh... 912 00:42:54,474 --> 00:42:55,575 I'll call you. 913 00:42:57,644 --> 00:42:58,645 Hold on a minute. 914 00:43:04,984 --> 00:43:05,919 Sign my book. 915 00:43:05,985 --> 00:43:06,986 [Monk chuckles] 916 00:43:17,300 --> 00:43:18,310 What's your name again? 917 00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:20,330 [Coraline] Hm. 918 00:43:20,133 --> 00:43:22,102 [gentle music playing] 919 00:43:40,186 --> 00:43:41,654 [door creaking] 920 00:43:49,129 --> 00:43:51,640 [light switch clicking] 921 00:44:04,544 --> 00:44:05,545 [Lorraine] Mr. Monk? 922 00:44:10,483 --> 00:44:11,851 What's going on with the lights? 923 00:44:12,752 --> 00:44:14,721 Miss Lisa used to pay the bill. 924 00:44:15,855 --> 00:44:16,856 Did you? 925 00:44:17,991 --> 00:44:19,759 ["Don Quichotte" by Magazine 60 playing] 926 00:44:19,859 --> 00:44:20,860 [inhales] 927 00:44:21,995 --> 00:44:23,163 How much? 928 00:44:23,229 --> 00:44:24,431 [Monk over phone] Well, I can handle 929 00:44:24,531 --> 00:44:25,899 the electrical bills, 930 00:44:25,999 --> 00:44:27,600 but these care facilities are expensive. 931 00:44:28,568 --> 00:44:30,360 The best one nearby 932 00:44:30,103 --> 00:44:34,708 is $5,600 a month, and that's for a shared room. 933 00:44:34,774 --> 00:44:37,744 It goes up to $6,900 a month for a private room. 934 00:44:37,844 --> 00:44:39,450 Well, why you looking at the best one? 935 00:44:39,112 --> 00:44:40,547 She wasn't the best mother. 936 00:44:40,613 --> 00:44:42,282 Look, I'm not here to re-litigate our childhoods. 937 00:44:42,382 --> 00:44:44,250 Of course not, because yours was great. 938 00:44:44,351 --> 00:44:47,187 [Monk] Goddamn it! Are you going to help me or not? 939 00:44:47,253 --> 00:44:49,189 Won't Medicaid cover it or something? 940 00:44:49,255 --> 00:44:51,291 That's not how it works. You don't know this? 941 00:44:52,759 --> 00:44:54,928 ["Don Quichotte" continues] 942 00:45:09,376 --> 00:45:10,377 There you are. 943 00:45:10,477 --> 00:45:12,212 Traffic was insane. What's up? 944 00:45:12,846 --> 00:45:13,847 Sit down. 945 00:45:15,849 --> 00:45:16,850 [door closes] 946 00:45:18,551 --> 00:45:19,552 Have a seat. 947 00:45:24,557 --> 00:45:25,558 We sold your book. 948 00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:28,361 [laughs] 949 00:45:28,461 --> 00:45:30,530 Holy shit! 950 00:45:30,630 --> 00:45:32,999 - I thought it was DOA. - Not The Persians. 951 00:45:36,302 --> 00:45:37,170 No. 952 00:45:37,237 --> 00:45:39,806 - [chuckles] - Get out! 953 00:45:39,873 --> 00:45:41,808 Paula Betaman from Thompson-Watt. 954 00:45:41,875 --> 00:45:43,209 She always passes. 955 00:45:43,309 --> 00:45:47,914 Not this time. They want to preempt for $750,000. 956 00:45:48,140 --> 00:45:50,383 No one's ever offered that much to me. 957 00:45:50,483 --> 00:45:52,552 - This is you. - No, it's not, Arthur. 958 00:45:52,652 --> 00:45:54,320 - [Arthur] You wrote it. - As a joke. 959 00:45:54,387 --> 00:45:56,189 Well, now it's the most lucrative joke 960 00:45:56,256 --> 00:45:57,357 you've ever told. 961 00:45:57,557 --> 00:45:59,920 - [Monk] And I'm not selling. - Why not? 962 00:45:59,192 --> 00:46:01,394 Because it's trash, Arthur. 963 00:46:01,494 --> 00:46:04,640 You didn't even want to send it out the other day. 964 00:46:04,164 --> 00:46:07,767 Oh, but look who's suddenly overcome his fears. 965 00:46:07,867 --> 00:46:10,300 I know, I broke the first rule of sales. 966 00:46:10,700 --> 00:46:12,272 Never underestimate how stupid everyone is. 967 00:46:12,372 --> 00:46:16,900 Well, I'm not participating in making them any stupider. 968 00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:17,744 Well, you haven't thus far, 969 00:46:17,844 --> 00:46:20,580 which is admirable, but... 970 00:46:21,581 --> 00:46:23,830 you also haven't made any money. 971 00:46:26,519 --> 00:46:28,388 Doesn't your mom need help these days? 972 00:46:31,558 --> 00:46:32,459 Check this out. 973 00:46:32,559 --> 00:46:34,527 [perplexing music playing] 974 00:46:36,563 --> 00:46:38,798 I don't care how drunk we get, I'm not selling it. 975 00:46:38,898 --> 00:46:40,200 [Arthur] That's not what I'm doing. 976 00:46:42,736 --> 00:46:45,405 Johnnie Walker Red, 24 bucks. 977 00:46:45,472 --> 00:46:47,741 Johnnie Walker Black, 50 bucks. 978 00:46:48,575 --> 00:46:50,760 Johnnie Walker Blue... 979 00:46:51,211 --> 00:46:53,213 $160. 980 00:46:53,279 --> 00:46:54,280 You see the metaphor? 981 00:46:55,715 --> 00:46:56,916 No. 982 00:46:56,983 --> 00:46:59,419 These are all made by the same company. 983 00:46:59,486 --> 00:47:01,955 The Red is shit, the Black is less shit, 984 00:47:02,550 --> 00:47:03,723 the Blue is good. 985 00:47:03,790 --> 00:47:06,559 But fewer people buy the blue because it's expensive. 986 00:47:06,626 --> 00:47:07,761 And at the end of the day, 987 00:47:07,827 --> 00:47:08,995 most people just want to get drunk. 988 00:47:10,964 --> 00:47:13,133 For most of your career, your books have been Blue. 989 00:47:13,833 --> 00:47:16,200 They're good, complex. 990 00:47:16,770 --> 00:47:18,400 But they're not popular 991 00:47:18,104 --> 00:47:21,341 because most people want something easy. 992 00:47:21,441 --> 00:47:25,645 Now, for the first time ever, you've written a Red book. 993 00:47:25,745 --> 00:47:27,130 It's simple, prurient. 994 00:47:27,113 --> 00:47:28,615 It's not great literature, but... 995 00:47:30,150 --> 00:47:31,451 satisfies an urge. 996 00:47:33,286 --> 00:47:35,188 And that's valuable. 997 00:47:35,288 --> 00:47:37,257 What I'm trying to illustrate is that, 998 00:47:37,323 --> 00:47:39,359 just because you do Red 999 00:47:39,459 --> 00:47:42,262 doesn't mean you can't also do Blue. 1000 00:47:42,328 --> 00:47:43,329 You can do it all. 1001 00:47:44,330 --> 00:47:45,799 Like Johnnie Walker. 1002 00:47:45,865 --> 00:47:48,468 In fact, you got Johnnie Walker beat, because... 1003 00:47:48,535 --> 00:47:50,337 you don't even have to put your real name on it. 1004 00:47:51,638 --> 00:47:53,606 [perplexing music continues] 1005 00:47:54,474 --> 00:47:55,675 [groans] 1006 00:47:57,510 --> 00:47:58,778 Jesus. 1007 00:48:00,380 --> 00:48:01,715 Do we drink now? 1008 00:48:01,815 --> 00:48:03,783 - [glasses clink] - [phone line ringing] 1009 00:48:06,986 --> 00:48:07,854 [woman over phone] Hello? 1010 00:48:07,954 --> 00:48:09,155 Hello, Paula. 1011 00:48:09,222 --> 00:48:11,991 Arthur! So wonderful to hear from you. 1012 00:48:12,580 --> 00:48:15,662 Um, I hope that you are with the man of the hour. 1013 00:48:15,729 --> 00:48:17,897 I am, indeed. He's right here next to me. 1014 00:48:17,997 --> 00:48:19,632 Mr. Leigh? 1015 00:48:19,699 --> 00:48:20,967 [Monk] Uh, yeah, this is he. 1016 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:23,690 Oh, really? 1017 00:48:24,971 --> 00:48:26,390 [Monk sputters] 1018 00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:32,450 Uh... 1019 00:48:32,512 --> 00:48:34,848 Yeah, goddamn it. 1020 00:48:34,914 --> 00:48:37,183 - Right. Right. Okay. - [Monk] Mother****er. 1021 00:48:37,250 --> 00:48:40,153 Yeah, I was a little confused at first, but... [chuckles] 1022 00:48:40,220 --> 00:48:43,890 We're both very excited to discuss Thompson-Watt's offer. 1023 00:48:43,189 --> 00:48:44,557 Yes, well, first of all, let me just say 1024 00:48:44,657 --> 00:48:45,992 that all of us here at Thompson-Watt 1025 00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:48,561 are thrilled with My Pafology. 1026 00:48:48,661 --> 00:48:50,730 It is about as perfect a book 1027 00:48:50,830 --> 00:48:52,832 as I have seen in a long, long while. 1028 00:48:52,899 --> 00:48:56,903 Just... just raw and real. 1029 00:48:57,300 --> 00:49:00,273 And, Mr. Leigh, is this based on your actual life? 1030 00:49:02,375 --> 00:49:04,711 Yeah, you think some *****-*** college boy 1031 00:49:04,778 --> 00:49:06,120 can come up with that shit? 1032 00:49:06,790 --> 00:49:07,800 No, no. No, I don't. 1033 00:49:07,947 --> 00:49:10,183 No. You know, that kind of 1034 00:49:10,250 --> 00:49:14,870 [sighs] visceral energy cannot be taught, right? 1035 00:49:14,187 --> 00:49:17,230 Stagg... May I call you-- Now, is Stagg a pseudonym? 1036 00:49:18,458 --> 00:49:20,760 Yes, uh, it is. 1037 00:49:20,860 --> 00:49:22,962 Mr. Leigh can't use his real name 1038 00:49:23,630 --> 00:49:25,310 because he's a... 1039 00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:28,680 Well, he's a wanted fugitive. 1040 00:49:28,134 --> 00:49:30,303 [Paula] Oh, my God. Wow. 1041 00:49:30,403 --> 00:49:32,906 That's why this couldn't be a video conference. 1042 00:49:32,972 --> 00:49:35,108 Are you crazy? What if they fact check this? 1043 00:49:35,208 --> 00:49:37,243 I checked. There's barely money to pay editors anymore. 1044 00:49:38,780 --> 00:49:39,212 Just go with it. 1045 00:49:42,215 --> 00:49:46,820 Yeah, I did a 12-year bid, but no going back. 1046 00:49:48,540 --> 00:49:49,255 Know what I mean? 1047 00:49:49,322 --> 00:49:51,491 Yeah. Yeah, you know, um... 1048 00:49:52,325 --> 00:49:54,600 I've been reading a lot 1049 00:49:54,127 --> 00:49:56,620 about the prison abolition movement... 1050 00:49:56,129 --> 00:49:57,597 - Oh, God! - [Paula] I've... 1051 00:49:57,664 --> 00:49:59,666 Sorry to rush, Paula, but can we talk business? 1052 00:49:59,766 --> 00:50:02,168 Mr. Leigh values his time outside of a cell. 1053 00:50:02,268 --> 00:50:03,403 [Paula] Of course. 1054 00:50:03,470 --> 00:50:04,838 I'm sure you're both very, very busy 1055 00:50:04,938 --> 00:50:06,473 so I will get right to it. 1056 00:50:06,573 --> 00:50:08,975 Um, you'll notice that our offer is... 1057 00:50:10,310 --> 00:50:11,745 unusually large 1058 00:50:11,811 --> 00:50:14,781 and that is because we believe 1059 00:50:14,848 --> 00:50:17,150 Mr. Leigh has written a bestseller. 1060 00:50:17,250 --> 00:50:19,352 We think it is going to be the read of the summer. 1061 00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:21,755 Yeah, I'm sure 1062 00:50:21,821 --> 00:50:25,658 white people on the Hamptons will delight in it. 1063 00:50:25,759 --> 00:50:26,993 [Paula] Yes, we will. 1064 00:50:27,930 --> 00:50:30,497 They-- We-- It's going to be huge. Huge. 1065 00:50:31,364 --> 00:50:32,365 I love it. 1066 00:50:34,100 --> 00:50:36,360 [soft music playing] 1067 00:50:41,775 --> 00:50:43,843 [Maynard] Is that little Thelonious Ellison? 1068 00:50:46,479 --> 00:50:47,847 [Monk] My God! Maynard! 1069 00:50:49,182 --> 00:50:50,684 [Maynard chuckles] 1070 00:50:50,784 --> 00:50:52,986 Everyone still call you Monk? 1071 00:50:53,530 --> 00:50:54,120 [Monk] Well, 1072 00:50:54,187 --> 00:50:55,522 everyone but you. 1073 00:50:55,622 --> 00:50:58,240 [chuckles] Well, it's a beautiful name. 1074 00:50:58,124 --> 00:51:01,270 It seems simple not to use it whole. 1075 00:51:01,127 --> 00:51:03,630 Well, I'm glad someone appreciates it. 1076 00:51:04,631 --> 00:51:07,701 I heard about your sister. My condolences. 1077 00:51:07,801 --> 00:51:08,802 Thank you. 1078 00:51:09,969 --> 00:51:11,471 I don't think I've seen you since 1079 00:51:12,405 --> 00:51:13,907 before your father passed? 1080 00:51:14,700 --> 00:51:16,176 Yeah, it's been a while. I live in LA now. 1081 00:51:16,910 --> 00:51:18,478 Oh! Hollywood. 1082 00:51:18,545 --> 00:51:20,714 Hey, do you write for that NCIS? 1083 00:51:21,581 --> 00:51:23,183 Just books. 1084 00:51:23,249 --> 00:51:26,386 Well, you should try to write for NCIS. It's popular. 1085 00:51:26,486 --> 00:51:28,421 - Well, maybe I will. - [Maynard chuckles] 1086 00:51:28,521 --> 00:51:30,423 Hey, so, how you been? 1087 00:51:30,523 --> 00:51:32,225 Oh, I'm good. And you? 1088 00:51:32,325 --> 00:51:33,393 - Yeah... - Mr. Monk. 1089 00:51:33,493 --> 00:51:35,610 What would you like for dinner? 1090 00:51:37,931 --> 00:51:39,320 Maynard! 1091 00:51:39,990 --> 00:51:40,166 Hi, Lorraine. 1092 00:51:40,934 --> 00:51:42,535 It's been a dog's age. 1093 00:51:43,370 --> 00:51:44,738 Well, I guess it has. 1094 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:48,208 You look well. 1095 00:51:49,542 --> 00:51:50,910 You too. 1096 00:51:51,110 --> 00:51:52,946 [playful music playing] 1097 00:51:54,140 --> 00:51:55,615 Well, I best be getting back. 1098 00:51:55,715 --> 00:51:57,384 It's good to see you, Thelonious. 1099 00:51:57,450 --> 00:51:58,451 You too. 1100 00:52:01,870 --> 00:52:02,880 Lorraine. 1101 00:52:05,792 --> 00:52:06,960 Mm, mm, mm. 1102 00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:09,290 [playful music continues] 1103 00:52:10,630 --> 00:52:12,599 [chuckling] 1104 00:52:16,703 --> 00:52:17,804 Ain't nothing to smile at. 1105 00:52:17,904 --> 00:52:20,373 [chuckling] 1106 00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,942 - [knocking on door] - [Monk] Oh! There she is. 1107 00:52:23,430 --> 00:52:24,244 Behave yourself. 1108 00:52:31,651 --> 00:52:33,553 [Coraline] Hey. Hi. 1109 00:52:35,321 --> 00:52:37,490 - Got this for you. - [Monk] Oh, thank you. 1110 00:52:37,590 --> 00:52:39,993 - Lorraine, this is Coraline. - Oh. 1111 00:52:40,930 --> 00:52:41,394 - Hey. - Welcome. 1112 00:52:41,461 --> 00:52:42,495 - Yeah, hello. - Hello. 1113 00:52:42,595 --> 00:52:43,630 Mother, perfect timing. 1114 00:52:43,730 --> 00:52:45,165 This is Coraline. 1115 00:52:45,265 --> 00:52:47,467 Hello, dear, I'm Agnes. 1116 00:52:47,567 --> 00:52:49,636 Such a pleasure to meet you. I brought you these. 1117 00:52:49,736 --> 00:52:52,572 [gasps] Dahlias are my favorite. 1118 00:52:52,639 --> 00:52:54,240 There's a whole world inside them. 1119 00:53:00,246 --> 00:53:01,848 - Lorraine? - [Lorraine] Yes. 1120 00:53:02,682 --> 00:53:06,119 Mother, you sit here. 1121 00:53:08,210 --> 00:53:09,489 All right. 1122 00:53:09,589 --> 00:53:12,325 And, Coraline, why don't you sit across from Mother? 1123 00:53:12,425 --> 00:53:13,526 [Coraline] Oh, sure, sure. 1124 00:53:17,964 --> 00:53:18,965 [sighs] 1125 00:53:19,999 --> 00:53:21,468 [Monk] Okay. 1126 00:53:23,703 --> 00:53:25,305 I'm happy you're not white. 1127 00:53:26,339 --> 00:53:27,340 Me too. 1128 00:53:36,216 --> 00:53:38,184 [soft music playing] 1129 00:53:40,220 --> 00:53:41,721 [Monk] Yeah, it was pretty funny. 1130 00:53:42,956 --> 00:53:44,324 Well, I think you... 1131 00:53:45,492 --> 00:53:47,560 I think you remind her of my sister. 1132 00:53:48,461 --> 00:53:49,462 [Coraline] Mm. 1133 00:53:50,830 --> 00:53:54,300 Well, do you think we look alike? 1134 00:53:55,201 --> 00:53:56,302 No, but... 1135 00:53:57,504 --> 00:53:59,205 you're both self-assured... 1136 00:54:00,407 --> 00:54:01,675 and funny... 1137 00:54:03,900 --> 00:54:05,378 and you're both... 1138 00:54:06,513 --> 00:54:08,715 fantastic kissers. 1139 00:54:08,815 --> 00:54:11,251 - Oh. Ooh. [chuckles] - [chuckles] 1140 00:54:14,200 --> 00:54:15,488 Mrs. Ellison? 1141 00:54:17,857 --> 00:54:19,159 Mr. Monk! 1142 00:54:22,595 --> 00:54:25,398 Mr. Monk! 1143 00:54:25,498 --> 00:54:26,833 - I just... I just... - What's wrong? 1144 00:54:26,900 --> 00:54:28,535 I just stepped outside for a moment. 1145 00:54:28,601 --> 00:54:29,769 What's wrong? 1146 00:54:29,869 --> 00:54:31,400 Having a cup of coffee with Maynard, 1147 00:54:31,710 --> 00:54:32,505 I was right in front. 1148 00:54:32,572 --> 00:54:33,440 Where's Mother? 1149 00:54:33,540 --> 00:54:34,708 - I don't know! - What? 1150 00:54:34,774 --> 00:54:36,176 The backdoor was open. 1151 00:54:36,242 --> 00:54:37,844 - She gone. - What? 1152 00:54:37,911 --> 00:54:39,446 We should split up. Here. 1153 00:54:40,447 --> 00:54:41,948 I got more in the car. 1154 00:54:45,510 --> 00:54:46,520 [Monk] Mother! 1155 00:54:47,253 --> 00:54:48,254 Mother! 1156 00:54:49,556 --> 00:54:50,557 Mother! 1157 00:54:51,758 --> 00:54:52,759 Mother! 1158 00:54:53,693 --> 00:54:55,628 [solemn music playing] 1159 00:54:57,297 --> 00:54:58,298 Mother! 1160 00:55:00,533 --> 00:55:01,534 Mother. 1161 00:55:03,269 --> 00:55:04,971 [distantly] Mother! 1162 00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:08,475 Mother! Hey! 1163 00:55:09,943 --> 00:55:11,411 Mother! Mother! 1164 00:55:12,780 --> 00:55:13,747 Hey! Hey, stop! 1165 00:55:13,813 --> 00:55:15,482 Hey! Where are you going? 1166 00:55:15,582 --> 00:55:17,250 Lisa's out there 1167 00:55:17,317 --> 00:55:19,152 roughhousing with the cousins. Somebody's going to get hurt. 1168 00:55:19,953 --> 00:55:21,621 Stop. Um... 1169 00:55:21,721 --> 00:55:24,991 I will go tell her. Okay? 1170 00:55:25,910 --> 00:55:27,260 - Yeah, but then-- - I'll take you back to the house 1171 00:55:27,327 --> 00:55:28,395 and then I will go tell her. 1172 00:55:28,461 --> 00:55:29,496 But they're out there. 1173 00:55:29,596 --> 00:55:31,640 I know, I know. 1174 00:55:31,131 --> 00:55:33,660 - Okay, you sure? - I will tell her. 1175 00:55:33,133 --> 00:55:34,501 - Okay. - Now, come on. 1176 00:55:34,601 --> 00:55:35,769 It's too cold out here. 1177 00:55:35,835 --> 00:55:37,437 - [Agnes] You should... - [Monk] Okay. 1178 00:55:37,504 --> 00:55:39,139 [Agnes] Lisa doesn't swim very well. 1179 00:55:39,239 --> 00:55:40,740 [Monk] I know. I know. 1180 00:55:41,474 --> 00:55:43,243 Okay. Almost there. 1181 00:55:44,244 --> 00:55:45,245 All right. 1182 00:55:46,146 --> 00:55:47,147 [Coraline] Oh, good. 1183 00:55:47,914 --> 00:55:49,449 - Good. - Here we go. 1184 00:55:51,317 --> 00:55:52,318 [Monk] All right. 1185 00:55:53,860 --> 00:55:54,421 [Agnes] Okay, Monkie. 1186 00:55:54,487 --> 00:55:55,522 [Monk] All right. 1187 00:56:02,162 --> 00:56:04,698 And this is our library. 1188 00:56:04,798 --> 00:56:07,600 It's full of all the classics. And we try to get some 1189 00:56:07,667 --> 00:56:08,668 new releases too. 1190 00:56:11,938 --> 00:56:13,773 Do you like to read, Mrs. Ellison? 1191 00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:14,841 No. 1192 00:56:15,275 --> 00:56:16,810 That's not true. 1193 00:56:16,876 --> 00:56:18,845 She loves to read. She taught me to love reading. 1194 00:56:19,679 --> 00:56:20,680 Perhaps we can get 1195 00:56:20,780 --> 00:56:21,948 some of your son's books in here. 1196 00:56:22,150 --> 00:56:23,283 And you can lead a book club. 1197 00:56:23,350 --> 00:56:24,351 [Agnes] Hm. 1198 00:56:28,540 --> 00:56:29,656 Sorry. 1199 00:56:29,723 --> 00:56:31,825 It's fine. It's hard for a lot of the residents at first. 1200 00:56:31,891 --> 00:56:33,326 But she'll settle in. 1201 00:56:33,393 --> 00:56:34,527 Right. 1202 00:56:36,162 --> 00:56:37,897 I appreciate all your help, 1203 00:56:37,997 --> 00:56:40,633 but how soon do you think we can get her in? 1204 00:56:40,700 --> 00:56:42,302 Uh, in about a month. 1205 00:56:42,369 --> 00:56:44,471 You can start the paperwork today if you'd like. 1206 00:56:44,537 --> 00:56:46,239 - Great. I'd like that. - [cell phone ringing] 1207 00:56:47,707 --> 00:56:49,175 I'll go check on your mom, okay? 1208 00:56:49,242 --> 00:56:50,243 Thank you. 1209 00:56:50,343 --> 00:56:52,450 [cell phone ringing] 1210 00:56:52,145 --> 00:56:53,480 [pensive music playing] 1211 00:56:54,848 --> 00:56:56,750 - Hello? - [Carl] Hey, Thelonious. 1212 00:56:56,850 --> 00:56:58,485 How you doing? My name is Carl Brunt. 1213 00:56:59,185 --> 00:57:00,353 I am the director 1214 00:57:00,420 --> 00:57:02,220 of the New England Book Association. 1215 00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:04,591 Hi, Carl. I know who you are. 1216 00:57:04,691 --> 00:57:06,926 [Carl] Oh, good. Then perhaps you'll also know 1217 00:57:07,270 --> 00:57:09,290 that each year my organization bestows 1218 00:57:09,950 --> 00:57:12,832 the somewhat pretentiously named Literary Award. 1219 00:57:12,899 --> 00:57:15,735 Every writer knows the Literary Award, Carl. 1220 00:57:15,835 --> 00:57:17,704 Especially those of us who haven't won it. 1221 00:57:17,771 --> 00:57:20,840 [chuckles] Yeah. Yeah. 1222 00:57:20,907 --> 00:57:23,510 Well, that's sort of related to why I'm calling. 1223 00:57:23,576 --> 00:57:25,111 Like many American institutions, 1224 00:57:25,211 --> 00:57:26,946 mine was recently rattled by the notion 1225 00:57:27,470 --> 00:57:28,782 that our lack of diversity 1226 00:57:28,882 --> 00:57:31,184 had led to a blind spot in our work. 1227 00:57:31,251 --> 00:57:33,887 So, you know, we're kind of trying to remedy that. 1228 00:57:33,953 --> 00:57:35,210 And to that end, I was wondering 1229 00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:36,456 how you might feel 1230 00:57:36,723 --> 00:57:38,358 about being a judge in this year's award ceremony? 1231 00:57:39,592 --> 00:57:42,429 Um, let me say first, 1232 00:57:42,529 --> 00:57:44,731 Carl, that I'm honored you choose me 1233 00:57:44,798 --> 00:57:47,467 out of all the Black writers you could go to out of fear 1234 00:57:47,567 --> 00:57:48,702 of being called racist. 1235 00:57:48,768 --> 00:57:50,904 Yeah, you're very welcome. 1236 00:57:50,970 --> 00:57:54,607 But I think this sounds like a lot of work. 1237 00:57:54,708 --> 00:57:56,142 Yeah, I can't deny that. 1238 00:57:56,242 --> 00:57:58,144 I mean, you're going to have to read dozens of books. 1239 00:57:58,244 --> 00:58:00,246 We could offer you a modest stipend. 1240 00:58:01,147 --> 00:58:02,148 Even so, I'm not sure. 1241 00:58:02,782 --> 00:58:03,950 [Carl] Okay. 1242 00:58:04,500 --> 00:58:05,452 One of the crass perk I reference 1243 00:58:05,552 --> 00:58:07,153 when people are kind of on the fence like this 1244 00:58:07,253 --> 00:58:09,550 is that this will allow you the opportunity 1245 00:58:09,122 --> 00:58:11,291 to literally judge these other writers for once, 1246 00:58:11,391 --> 00:58:12,559 rather than just figuratively. 1247 00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:15,462 All right, I'm in. 1248 00:58:15,562 --> 00:58:16,896 [Carl] Well, fantastic. Okay. 1249 00:58:17,970 --> 00:58:19,632 Great. So you're going to be one of five judges. 1250 00:58:19,733 --> 00:58:22,302 Uh, the only one we have confirmed so far 1251 00:58:22,402 --> 00:58:23,670 is Sintara Golden. 1252 00:58:23,770 --> 00:58:25,105 Are you familiar with Sintara Golden's work? 1253 00:58:25,171 --> 00:58:26,506 [dramatic music plays] 1254 00:58:27,974 --> 00:58:29,442 Vaguely. 1255 00:58:29,509 --> 00:58:30,910 [Carl] Oh, she's great. You're going to love her, man. 1256 00:58:34,647 --> 00:58:35,915 [soft music playing] 1257 00:58:37,283 --> 00:58:40,186 [Lorraine] I brought you lunch, Mr. Monk. 1258 00:58:41,421 --> 00:58:42,489 Oh, wow. 1259 00:58:45,759 --> 00:58:47,127 To what do I owe the pleasure? 1260 00:58:47,193 --> 00:58:49,796 [Lorraine] Well, I have a favor to ask. 1261 00:58:52,499 --> 00:58:53,933 I was wondering if I might be able 1262 00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:55,502 to take the afternoon off. 1263 00:58:57,370 --> 00:58:58,972 Maynard just came in from the beach. 1264 00:58:59,390 --> 00:59:00,640 And we thought it might be nice 1265 00:59:00,707 --> 00:59:02,208 to visit a museum. 1266 00:59:02,308 --> 00:59:04,100 Yes, of course. 1267 00:59:04,110 --> 00:59:06,112 I'm free today, so I can look after Mother. 1268 00:59:11,518 --> 00:59:12,519 Lorraine. 1269 00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:14,554 [Lorraine] Hm? 1270 00:59:14,654 --> 00:59:15,655 You really like him, huh? 1271 00:59:18,358 --> 00:59:19,526 He's a fine man. 1272 00:59:20,293 --> 00:59:22,228 [gentle music continues] 1273 00:59:24,898 --> 00:59:26,866 [cell phone ringing] 1274 00:59:29,369 --> 00:59:30,370 Yeah. 1275 00:59:31,971 --> 00:59:33,807 [Arthur] Page seven. It's got like 12. 1276 00:59:35,141 --> 00:59:38,878 [chuckles] The guests of honor. 1277 00:59:38,978 --> 00:59:42,148 Hello, Mrs. Ellison. Looking beautiful as ever. 1278 00:59:42,215 --> 00:59:43,516 Hello, Arthur. 1279 00:59:46,860 --> 00:59:47,854 Layne, would you take Mrs. Ellison to the kitchen, 1280 00:59:47,921 --> 00:59:49,489 and set her up with some tea? 1281 00:59:49,556 --> 00:59:50,690 Right this way, ma'am. 1282 00:59:50,757 --> 00:59:51,758 Mother, I won't be long. 1283 00:59:52,592 --> 00:59:53,727 [Agnes] Take your time. 1284 00:59:55,610 --> 00:59:56,229 - Thank you. - [Layne] Mm-hm. 1285 00:59:57,163 --> 00:59:58,531 - Not the pods. - [exhales] 1286 00:59:58,598 --> 01:00:00,734 The good tea, for guests. 1287 01:00:03,690 --> 01:00:05,171 What is this? I told you to dress street. 1288 01:00:05,238 --> 01:00:07,741 - I did. - ****ing Sesame Street. 1289 01:00:09,209 --> 01:00:11,110 What's this guy's name? 1290 01:00:11,770 --> 01:00:13,346 - Willy? - Wiley. Wiley Valdespino. 1291 01:00:13,413 --> 01:00:16,182 He specializes in Oscar-baity "issue" movies. 1292 01:00:16,249 --> 01:00:18,718 He did the Middle Passage one last year. 1293 01:00:18,785 --> 01:00:20,200 [Monk] Somehow I didn't see that. 1294 01:00:20,860 --> 01:00:21,421 Of course, not. You're not lobotomized. 1295 01:00:21,521 --> 01:00:22,889 But if he adapts your book, 1296 01:00:22,956 --> 01:00:24,624 you stand to make a lot of money. 1297 01:00:24,724 --> 01:00:26,259 Why can't we just do a phone call? 1298 01:00:26,359 --> 01:00:28,128 Well, he said if he's going to cut a check this large, 1299 01:00:28,228 --> 01:00:29,863 then he needs to meet in person. 1300 01:00:29,929 --> 01:00:30,930 All right. 1301 01:00:31,765 --> 01:00:33,700 [sighs] What do I need to do? 1302 01:00:33,767 --> 01:00:34,801 Just make him like you. 1303 01:00:34,901 --> 01:00:36,136 When I talked to him, 1304 01:00:36,236 --> 01:00:37,904 he seemed thrilled that you're a fugitive. 1305 01:00:37,971 --> 01:00:39,305 Just, you know, play that up. 1306 01:00:39,406 --> 01:00:40,707 But what if he recognizes me? 1307 01:00:40,774 --> 01:00:41,908 - [Arthur] You? - Yeah, the real me. 1308 01:00:41,975 --> 01:00:44,144 Monk, you're not that famous. 1309 01:00:44,244 --> 01:00:45,645 And nobody in Hollywood reads. 1310 01:00:45,745 --> 01:00:47,447 They got their assistants to read things, 1311 01:00:47,547 --> 01:00:48,648 and then summarize them. 1312 01:00:48,748 --> 01:00:50,417 The whole town runs on book reports. 1313 01:00:51,985 --> 01:00:53,486 You sure you can look after my mother? 1314 01:00:53,586 --> 01:00:54,821 She won't leave my sight. 1315 01:00:54,921 --> 01:00:56,456 You'll just be across the street, anyway. 1316 01:00:57,724 --> 01:00:58,825 [Monk] Across the street. 1317 01:00:58,925 --> 01:00:59,926 You should go. You'll be late. 1318 01:01:00,894 --> 01:01:02,128 He's waiting for you. 1319 01:01:03,997 --> 01:01:05,765 Well... 1320 01:01:05,832 --> 01:01:09,402 if he, uh, wants the stereotype, 1321 01:01:09,469 --> 01:01:10,603 [clears throat] 1322 01:01:10,670 --> 01:01:11,771 maybe it's better I'm late. 1323 01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:14,974 [lively music playing] 1324 01:01:37,497 --> 01:01:38,865 Stagg, I presume? 1325 01:01:39,766 --> 01:01:40,767 That's me. 1326 01:01:40,834 --> 01:01:42,936 Hey, I'm Wiley. 1327 01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:44,400 Nice to meet you, brother. 1328 01:01:48,375 --> 01:01:49,376 [Monk clears throat] 1329 01:01:51,344 --> 01:01:53,130 Sorry about the bougie restaurant. 1330 01:01:53,113 --> 01:01:54,981 My assistant picked it. 1331 01:01:55,480 --> 01:01:57,283 We can go somewhere else if you're uncomfortable. 1332 01:01:57,350 --> 01:01:58,785 - This is fine. - Okay. 1333 01:02:00,487 --> 01:02:01,488 What are you drinking? 1334 01:02:02,322 --> 01:02:03,323 [Monk sighs] 1335 01:02:04,124 --> 01:02:05,625 I'll have a Chenin Blanc. 1336 01:02:05,692 --> 01:02:06,860 [server] All right. 1337 01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:07,961 Of your driest. 1338 01:02:08,628 --> 01:02:09,863 [chuckles] 1339 01:02:09,963 --> 01:02:11,998 [Monk] Well, what's funny? 1340 01:02:12,650 --> 01:02:13,867 Ah, it's just a strange order for a guy like you. 1341 01:02:14,667 --> 01:02:16,169 Why is that? 1342 01:02:16,236 --> 01:02:18,538 Well, you don't see many convicts drinking white wine. 1343 01:02:19,406 --> 01:02:21,574 You know many convicts? 1344 01:02:21,675 --> 01:02:22,809 You'd be surprised. 1345 01:02:22,876 --> 01:02:25,311 I spent a month in the joint myself. 1346 01:02:25,378 --> 01:02:26,680 It was some interstate commerce shit. 1347 01:02:26,746 --> 01:02:28,810 It was a short stay, but I'll tell you what, 1348 01:02:29,150 --> 01:02:30,817 that experience grounded me. 1349 01:02:30,884 --> 01:02:32,652 The people I met in there allowed me to see 1350 01:02:32,719 --> 01:02:35,188 a whole world of underrepresented stories 1351 01:02:35,255 --> 01:02:37,190 from underrepresented storytellers. 1352 01:02:38,825 --> 01:02:40,260 Can I ask what you were in for? 1353 01:02:40,360 --> 01:02:43,496 I don't like to talk about that. 1354 01:02:44,831 --> 01:02:45,832 You feel me? 1355 01:02:46,366 --> 01:02:47,367 Was it murder? 1356 01:02:48,234 --> 01:02:49,602 You said that, not me. 1357 01:02:50,870 --> 01:02:51,871 [Wiley sighs] 1358 01:02:52,839 --> 01:02:54,740 You know, 1359 01:02:54,174 --> 01:02:55,842 I got to tell you, before you showed up, 1360 01:02:55,909 --> 01:02:58,745 I was a little worried you might be a phony. 1361 01:02:58,845 --> 01:03:00,280 A lot of fakes in Hollywood. 1362 01:03:00,380 --> 01:03:01,781 Well, I'm not from Hollywood. 1363 01:03:01,881 --> 01:03:03,216 Yeah, yeah, no. That's obvious. 1364 01:03:03,283 --> 01:03:04,584 That's obvious. 1365 01:03:04,684 --> 01:03:06,853 Clearly, you're cut from a different cloth 1366 01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:07,921 than your average... 1367 01:03:08,922 --> 01:03:10,190 screenwriter. 1368 01:03:10,256 --> 01:03:11,458 - Let me ask you... - [distant siren wailing] 1369 01:03:11,558 --> 01:03:12,892 I know they sent you some of my stuff. 1370 01:03:12,959 --> 01:03:14,694 Did you have a chance to see any of my movies? 1371 01:03:17,197 --> 01:03:19,650 [hesitates] Sorry, what did you say? 1372 01:03:19,132 --> 01:03:20,133 Have you seen any of my movies? 1373 01:03:20,867 --> 01:03:22,635 Uh, no. 1374 01:03:22,736 --> 01:03:23,870 Okay. 1375 01:03:23,937 --> 01:03:25,271 Well, look, what I like to do 1376 01:03:25,372 --> 01:03:29,109 is I like to pair genre with real-world pathos. 1377 01:03:29,209 --> 01:03:30,744 It kind of elevates things. 1378 01:03:30,810 --> 01:03:31,978 You might be interested in this one 1379 01:03:32,780 --> 01:03:33,146 we're about to shoot actually. 1380 01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:35,882 It's about this white couple. 1381 01:03:35,949 --> 01:03:38,651 They get married on an old plantation in Louisiana. 1382 01:03:38,752 --> 01:03:40,420 Then all the slave ghosts come back, 1383 01:03:40,487 --> 01:03:41,588 and they murder everyone. 1384 01:03:41,654 --> 01:03:43,623 - Dear God. - [Wiley] I know. I know. 1385 01:03:43,723 --> 01:03:45,125 - It's great, right? - [siren wailing] 1386 01:03:45,225 --> 01:03:46,793 It's called Plantation Annihilation. 1387 01:03:46,893 --> 01:03:49,950 Ryan Reynolds is going to get decapitated 1388 01:03:49,162 --> 01:03:51,231 with an afro pick in the opening scene. 1389 01:03:51,297 --> 01:03:52,632 [gags] He's a friend. 1390 01:03:53,299 --> 01:03:54,300 [Monk] Got to go. 1391 01:03:57,170 --> 01:03:59,172 [frantic music playing] 1392 01:04:01,700 --> 01:04:02,909 [breathing heavily] 1393 01:04:05,345 --> 01:04:08,815 Mother. Mother. Mother. Mother! 1394 01:04:14,688 --> 01:04:16,690 [mellow music playing] 1395 01:04:20,694 --> 01:04:22,529 Some ad exec on the third floor 1396 01:04:22,629 --> 01:04:23,830 - had an aneurysm. - [urinating] 1397 01:04:23,930 --> 01:04:25,598 - Awful. - I know. 1398 01:04:25,665 --> 01:04:27,133 Imagine exploding your brain 1399 01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:29,350 trying to think of a toilet paper commercial. 1400 01:04:31,204 --> 01:04:32,706 I assume Wiley isn't interested. 1401 01:04:32,806 --> 01:04:35,775 I sprinted out of there like a complete maniac. 1402 01:04:35,842 --> 01:04:39,612 Actually, he's offering $4 million for the rights. 1403 01:04:39,679 --> 01:04:41,881 - What? - [chuckles] Yeah, man. 1404 01:04:41,981 --> 01:04:43,316 He called you the real deal. 1405 01:04:43,383 --> 01:04:44,651 Said you took off the moment 1406 01:04:44,718 --> 01:04:45,952 - you heard police sirens. - [zipper zips] 1407 01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:49,489 The dumber I behave, the richer I get. 1408 01:04:49,556 --> 01:04:51,958 Now you know why my parents moved here from Puerto Rico. 1409 01:04:53,293 --> 01:04:55,662 [urinal flushes] 1410 01:04:55,729 --> 01:04:57,831 [Wilson over screen] I mean, we can't be expected to read 1411 01:04:57,897 --> 01:05:00,867 every novel all the way through, right? 1412 01:05:00,967 --> 01:05:02,869 No, people have worked hard on these books. 1413 01:05:02,969 --> 01:05:04,137 And we have to respect that. 1414 01:05:04,204 --> 01:05:05,839 Well, hard work doesn't demand respect. 1415 01:05:05,905 --> 01:05:07,400 I mean, you know, 1416 01:05:07,240 --> 01:05:08,575 people worked hard on the Third Reich . 1417 01:05:08,675 --> 01:05:12,512 Yeah, well, I feel that we owe it to them 1418 01:05:12,579 --> 01:05:13,913 to read every page. 1419 01:05:14,140 --> 01:05:15,482 That is such horseshit. 1420 01:05:15,548 --> 01:05:17,217 I mean, most of it's going to be 1421 01:05:17,317 --> 01:05:19,586 that Knausgard auto-fiction crap, anyhow. 1422 01:05:19,686 --> 01:05:20,820 I tell you something right now, 1423 01:05:20,887 --> 01:05:22,355 I'm not reading 600 pages 1424 01:05:22,422 --> 01:05:24,900 about some pretentious jackwagon 1425 01:05:24,190 --> 01:05:25,492 discovering masturbation. 1426 01:05:25,558 --> 01:05:26,993 Sorry. 1427 01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:29,396 Okay, look, I think we're all experienced enough 1428 01:05:29,496 --> 01:05:30,864 to ***ess the general quality 1429 01:05:30,930 --> 01:05:32,732 of something within 100 pages. 1430 01:05:33,867 --> 01:05:35,235 If you want to read beyond that, 1431 01:05:35,335 --> 01:05:36,503 that's your prerogative. 1432 01:05:36,569 --> 01:05:39,720 [sighs] Well, how do you feel, Monk? 1433 01:05:39,172 --> 01:05:41,908 Um, I agree with Sintara, actually. 1434 01:05:42,800 --> 01:05:44,177 I think 100 pages is sufficient. 1435 01:05:44,244 --> 01:05:46,460 You know, this is all a crock, anyway. 1436 01:05:46,112 --> 01:05:48,682 I mean, pitting art against other art for awards, 1437 01:05:48,748 --> 01:05:50,417 like, it's not subjective. 1438 01:05:50,517 --> 01:05:52,118 It's absurd. 1439 01:05:52,218 --> 01:05:53,953 Then why did you agree to be a judge if you feel that way? 1440 01:05:54,540 --> 01:05:56,856 Well, because it's either me or some other Brooklyn hack 1441 01:05:56,923 --> 01:05:58,580 who doesn't think there's a world 1442 01:05:58,124 --> 01:05:59,726 beyond the Hudson River, Ailene. 1443 01:05:59,793 --> 01:06:03,463 It's the East River if you're in Brooklyn, Daniel. 1444 01:06:03,563 --> 01:06:04,397 [Sintara] You know what, 1445 01:06:04,464 --> 01:06:06,990 art is subjective. 1446 01:06:06,199 --> 01:06:08,802 But I think this is an opportunity 1447 01:06:08,902 --> 01:06:13,106 to highlight books that may otherwise be undervalued. 1448 01:06:13,206 --> 01:06:15,375 Book sales are plummeting right now. 1449 01:06:15,442 --> 01:06:17,811 So, perhaps this award can give someone 1450 01:06:17,911 --> 01:06:20,460 a real chance at a career in this industry. 1451 01:06:21,948 --> 01:06:22,949 Hear, hear. 1452 01:06:24,250 --> 01:06:25,585 Um... 1453 01:06:25,652 --> 01:06:27,120 Where do you want this, Mother? 1454 01:06:28,388 --> 01:06:29,756 Thought it might look nice here 1455 01:06:29,823 --> 01:06:30,890 with this natural light. 1456 01:06:31,825 --> 01:06:32,992 I don't care. 1457 01:06:33,930 --> 01:06:34,828 I never liked that painting, anyway. 1458 01:06:34,928 --> 01:06:36,730 [classical music playing over speakers faintly] 1459 01:06:36,796 --> 01:06:38,131 Okay. 1460 01:06:38,231 --> 01:06:41,101 Uh, well, I'll bring some more art 1461 01:06:41,167 --> 01:06:42,435 from home next week. 1462 01:06:42,502 --> 01:06:44,938 And you just tell me the pieces you like, 1463 01:06:45,500 --> 01:06:46,940 - and I'll bring them. - [knocking on door] 1464 01:06:47,700 --> 01:06:49,242 [orderly] We've got your lunch ready for you, Mrs. Ellison. 1465 01:06:50,343 --> 01:06:53,246 Oh, it looks great. What is it? 1466 01:06:53,313 --> 01:06:56,516 It's roasted turkey and Havarti on 12-grain. 1467 01:06:57,851 --> 01:06:59,419 Sounds delicious. 1468 01:06:59,486 --> 01:07:02,880 Mrs. Ellison prefers white bread. 1469 01:07:02,155 --> 01:07:03,490 And she doesn't like the crust. 1470 01:07:04,324 --> 01:07:05,692 As much as this place costs, 1471 01:07:05,792 --> 01:07:07,494 y'all should get the sandwiches right. 1472 01:07:07,594 --> 01:07:09,596 I'll make sure that we take care of that 1473 01:07:09,662 --> 01:07:10,830 from now on, okay? 1474 01:07:10,930 --> 01:07:13,199 And enjoy your lunch, Mrs. Ellison. 1475 01:07:16,269 --> 01:07:17,270 [door closes] 1476 01:07:23,610 --> 01:07:24,611 I'm getting married. 1477 01:07:25,478 --> 01:07:26,479 - Shut up. - What? 1478 01:07:28,948 --> 01:07:31,718 I didn't say nothing earlier. I was just so sad. 1479 01:07:31,818 --> 01:07:36,289 But Maynard asked me yesterday. 1480 01:07:36,356 --> 01:07:40,360 - [Monk chuckles] - Lorraine, that's amazing. 1481 01:07:40,460 --> 01:07:42,362 - I mean, let's celebrate. - [Lorraine] Mm-mm! 1482 01:07:42,462 --> 01:07:44,464 Just too much excitement. 1483 01:07:44,531 --> 01:07:46,566 I don't like being the center of attention. 1484 01:07:46,666 --> 01:07:48,501 Well, you deserve it, Lorraine. 1485 01:07:48,568 --> 01:07:50,837 And Maynard is a lucky man. 1486 01:07:50,904 --> 01:07:51,905 [chuckles] 1487 01:07:55,175 --> 01:07:56,643 Do you think you'd be willing 1488 01:07:56,710 --> 01:07:58,645 to walk me down the aisle, Mr. Monk? 1489 01:07:58,712 --> 01:08:00,714 [music playing softly] 1490 01:08:02,515 --> 01:08:03,516 I'd be honored. 1491 01:08:08,755 --> 01:08:11,524 Wow. Wow. [chuckles] 1492 01:08:14,594 --> 01:08:15,829 [Paula over phone] We are wildly excited 1493 01:08:15,895 --> 01:08:17,330 to help you get My Pafology out. 1494 01:08:17,397 --> 01:08:19,990 The marketing team has all kinds 1495 01:08:19,199 --> 01:08:21,201 of great ideas to help you sell it. 1496 01:08:21,267 --> 01:08:23,436 Great. We're excited to hear. 1497 01:08:23,536 --> 01:08:25,710 John Bosco is the head of the department. 1498 01:08:25,171 --> 01:08:26,206 I will let him tell you more. 1499 01:08:26,773 --> 01:08:27,774 Hi, Stagg. 1500 01:08:28,875 --> 01:08:29,943 Hello. 1501 01:08:30,430 --> 01:08:31,878 Nice to finally meet you, my man. 1502 01:08:32,579 --> 01:08:34,714 Listen, I love the book. 1503 01:08:34,781 --> 01:08:37,951 And we are going to sell many, many copies. 1504 01:08:38,510 --> 01:08:40,286 There's already so much buzz because of the movie deal. 1505 01:08:40,387 --> 01:08:42,622 And we just want to keep that momentum going. 1506 01:08:42,722 --> 01:08:44,457 I spoke to Wiley yesterday. 1507 01:08:44,557 --> 01:08:46,426 He says Michael B. Jordan is circling. 1508 01:08:46,526 --> 01:08:47,761 [Paula] We heard. 1509 01:08:47,861 --> 01:08:48,928 We think he would be absolutely perfect. 1510 01:08:49,290 --> 01:08:50,130 You know, this book, 1511 01:08:50,230 --> 01:08:52,198 it's awards-bait with a capital B. 1512 01:08:52,265 --> 01:08:54,670 And we're thinking that if Michael does sign on, 1513 01:08:54,134 --> 01:08:55,301 we want to put him on the cover 1514 01:08:55,402 --> 01:08:57,537 in one of those, um, scarves, 1515 01:08:57,604 --> 01:08:59,139 I guess you would call them, tied round his head. 1516 01:09:00,730 --> 01:09:01,307 A durag? 1517 01:09:01,541 --> 01:09:04,144 [John] Durag. That's it. Durag and a tank top 1518 01:09:04,244 --> 01:09:05,478 with the muscles showing. 1519 01:09:05,578 --> 01:09:06,946 Ooh, somebody call the fire department. 1520 01:09:07,470 --> 01:09:08,810 - [John] Yummy. - [John and Paula laughing] 1521 01:09:08,148 --> 01:09:09,282 [imitates gunshot] 1522 01:09:09,382 --> 01:09:11,451 Shit. Sorry. Your dad. Sorry. 1523 01:09:11,551 --> 01:09:13,820 [John] So listen, for a release date, 1524 01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:15,488 we're thinking of rushing it, 1525 01:09:15,588 --> 01:09:16,823 so that we can get it out in time 1526 01:09:16,923 --> 01:09:17,824 - for Juneteenth. - Yeah. 1527 01:09:17,924 --> 01:09:19,426 Juneteenth? 1528 01:09:19,492 --> 01:09:22,295 [John] We're thinking of making a big holiday push. 1529 01:09:22,395 --> 01:09:23,963 Black people will be celebrating, 1530 01:09:24,640 --> 01:09:25,632 white people will be feeling, 1531 01:09:25,732 --> 01:09:28,601 let's be honest, a little conscious-stricken. 1532 01:09:28,668 --> 01:09:30,737 We think it's going to be a huge moment for your book. 1533 01:09:30,804 --> 01:09:31,838 [Monk groans] 1534 01:09:31,938 --> 01:09:33,730 - [Paula chuckles] - So, Stagg, 1535 01:09:33,139 --> 01:09:34,507 are you so, so happy? 1536 01:09:36,760 --> 01:09:39,512 We think it's great, John, really. Amazing. 1537 01:09:40,914 --> 01:09:42,182 Yeah, it's, uh... 1538 01:09:43,316 --> 01:09:44,317 It's great. 1539 01:09:45,352 --> 01:09:48,621 And, you know, I've got an idea 1540 01:09:48,688 --> 01:09:50,690 I want to share with you two. 1541 01:09:50,790 --> 01:09:52,125 [Paula] Oh, well, 1542 01:09:52,192 --> 01:09:53,493 I mean, we always love to hear great ideas. 1543 01:09:53,593 --> 01:09:54,928 - [John] Oh, yeah, cool. - [Paula] Yeah. 1544 01:09:54,994 --> 01:09:56,329 I want to change the title. 1545 01:09:57,263 --> 01:09:58,365 Uh... 1546 01:09:58,465 --> 01:09:59,532 - I don't... - Okay. 1547 01:09:59,632 --> 01:10:01,101 Um, well, just to be clear, 1548 01:10:01,167 --> 01:10:02,769 we really do love 1549 01:10:02,836 --> 01:10:04,170 - My Pafology. - Love it. 1550 01:10:04,270 --> 01:10:06,373 It's got that whole Irvine Welsh 1551 01:10:06,473 --> 01:10:08,608 - proletarian vernacular thing. - Yeah. 1552 01:10:08,675 --> 01:10:10,343 [Monk] No, and that's why I think 1553 01:10:10,443 --> 01:10:12,645 you're going to love this new title even more. 1554 01:10:13,613 --> 01:10:14,948 Well, okay, you know what, 1555 01:10:15,150 --> 01:10:18,518 we're always happy to hear new ideas. 1556 01:10:18,618 --> 01:10:19,986 What did you have in mind? 1557 01:10:20,530 --> 01:10:21,540 ****. 1558 01:10:27,193 --> 01:10:28,161 [Paula stammers] 1559 01:10:28,228 --> 01:10:29,529 I'm sorry. Pardon me. 1560 01:10:29,629 --> 01:10:30,630 ****. 1561 01:10:31,965 --> 01:10:33,500 I want to call it ****. 1562 01:10:34,634 --> 01:10:36,703 [laughs nervously] 1563 01:10:36,803 --> 01:10:38,705 - What are you doing? - Screw these idiots. 1564 01:10:38,805 --> 01:10:39,973 - Stop it. - No. 1565 01:10:42,542 --> 01:10:45,545 [Paula] So, Stagg, what about, uh, like, Damn? 1566 01:10:45,645 --> 01:10:48,810 - [John] Mm-hm. - [Paula] Damn? Or Hell? 1567 01:10:49,820 --> 01:10:50,417 Nah. ****. 1568 01:10:50,517 --> 01:10:52,652 Okay, that's cool. Uh... 1569 01:10:52,719 --> 01:10:56,356 But maybe we could do that with a PH instead 1570 01:10:56,423 --> 01:10:57,524 because that would be more palatable... 1571 01:10:57,590 --> 01:10:58,825 - Yes. Yes. - ...to our sellers. 1572 01:10:58,892 --> 01:11:00,727 I don't care about all that. 1573 01:11:00,827 --> 01:11:03,997 And if you don't change the title, the deal is off. 1574 01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:05,532 - Oh, yeah. No. - Whoa, whoa, whoa. 1575 01:11:05,598 --> 01:11:08,501 - There's no need to be hasty. - No, no, no. 1576 01:11:09,235 --> 01:11:10,236 You know what? 1577 01:11:11,237 --> 01:11:12,105 Why don't we-- 1578 01:11:12,205 --> 01:11:13,239 Juts give us a second 1579 01:11:13,340 --> 01:11:16,900 and, um, a moment 1580 01:11:16,760 --> 01:11:17,911 and we will get right back to you, okay? 1581 01:11:18,678 --> 01:11:19,913 What are you doing? 1582 01:11:20,130 --> 01:11:21,381 What are you doing? This is ridiculous. 1583 01:11:21,448 --> 01:11:22,615 Do you know how much money we're talking about? 1584 01:11:22,716 --> 01:11:24,170 I don't care, I'm shutting it down. 1585 01:11:24,840 --> 01:11:25,418 - Shutting it-- Come on. - Shutting it down. 1586 01:11:25,518 --> 01:11:26,720 - [Paula] Are you there? - Please, just... 1587 01:11:28,588 --> 01:11:30,230 - [button clicks] - We're here. 1588 01:11:31,570 --> 01:11:32,580 Let's do it. 1589 01:11:32,859 --> 01:11:33,860 - What? - What? 1590 01:11:34,361 --> 01:11:35,462 Yeah. We discussed it, 1591 01:11:35,562 --> 01:11:36,696 and we think it is very in your face 1592 01:11:36,763 --> 01:11:38,264 in the best way possible. 1593 01:11:38,365 --> 01:11:39,933 [John] It is very, uh... 1594 01:11:41,134 --> 01:11:42,402 - [Paula stammers] - Uh... 1595 01:11:43,636 --> 01:11:45,105 - Black? - [John] That's it. 1596 01:11:45,205 --> 01:11:46,373 Yes, that's it. 1597 01:11:46,439 --> 01:11:47,774 I'm happy you said it, and not me. 1598 01:11:47,874 --> 01:11:49,609 [Paula and John laughing] 1599 01:11:49,709 --> 01:11:50,944 [Paula] Oh, ****. 1600 01:11:51,440 --> 01:11:52,245 - It's ****ing great, Stagg. - I love it. 1601 01:11:52,312 --> 01:11:53,880 - Yes. [chuckles] - Oh, my... 1602 01:11:53,947 --> 01:11:55,949 You know, it's so brave actually. 1603 01:12:01,888 --> 01:12:02,789 [Coraline] I'm exhausted. 1604 01:12:02,889 --> 01:12:04,124 Yeah, me too. 1605 01:12:05,225 --> 01:12:06,826 I got to stay up a few more hours 1606 01:12:06,926 --> 01:12:08,161 reading these books for... 1607 01:12:08,261 --> 01:12:10,230 [water splashing] 1608 01:12:19,973 --> 01:12:21,700 Hey. 1609 01:12:22,108 --> 01:12:23,109 Hey. 1610 01:12:24,511 --> 01:12:26,120 Hey. Hey! 1611 01:12:27,280 --> 01:12:29,315 [Cliff] Bro. Oh, shit. 1612 01:12:29,416 --> 01:12:30,417 What are you doing here? 1613 01:12:31,518 --> 01:12:33,860 What am I doing here? - What are you doing here? 1614 01:12:33,153 --> 01:12:34,154 What do you mean, what am I doing? 1615 01:12:34,254 --> 01:12:35,121 Why are you in town? 1616 01:12:35,188 --> 01:12:36,790 I came to see our mother. 1617 01:12:36,856 --> 01:12:39,250 Ain't that what you been calling me about for weeks now? 1618 01:12:39,125 --> 01:12:40,126 [Cliff breathing heavily] 1619 01:12:41,528 --> 01:12:42,495 What happened to your eye? 1620 01:12:42,595 --> 01:12:44,964 - I got into a fight. - Yeah. 1621 01:12:45,310 --> 01:12:46,499 Well, get out of the pool. 1622 01:12:46,599 --> 01:12:47,867 - You're making a mess. - I don't want 1623 01:12:47,967 --> 01:12:49,636 to get out of the pool. I'm a grown-*** man. 1624 01:12:49,703 --> 01:12:50,837 This your girlfriend? 1625 01:12:50,937 --> 01:12:52,806 Yeah, you scared the shit out of her. 1626 01:12:52,872 --> 01:12:54,507 I'm Coraline. 1627 01:12:55,442 --> 01:12:56,676 Hi, Coraline. 1628 01:12:56,776 --> 01:12:58,440 At least she's not white again. 1629 01:12:58,144 --> 01:13:00,180 - [Coraline chuckles] - Your wife was white. 1630 01:13:00,280 --> 01:13:02,150 My wife was a beard. Beards don't count. 1631 01:13:02,115 --> 01:13:02,982 Well, get out. 1632 01:13:03,490 --> 01:13:04,484 You ****ing menace. 1633 01:13:04,551 --> 01:13:05,652 You'll wake the neighbors. 1634 01:13:05,852 --> 01:13:06,720 [Cliff] You know, **** your neighbors! 1635 01:13:06,820 --> 01:13:08,388 And **** your clean pool! 1636 01:13:08,488 --> 01:13:10,990 It's all just a part of your superiority complex, anyway. 1637 01:13:11,570 --> 01:13:12,792 - [Cliff shouts] - [Monk] ****ing ***hole. 1638 01:13:15,495 --> 01:13:19,199 - [Cliff and Coraline laughing] - You are a goddamn child! 1639 01:13:20,567 --> 01:13:22,100 It's probably a bad time to tell you, 1640 01:13:22,680 --> 01:13:23,169 but I did piss down there. 1641 01:13:23,236 --> 01:13:24,237 ****. 1642 01:13:24,337 --> 01:13:25,338 [Coraline laughing] 1643 01:13:26,573 --> 01:13:27,874 [Monk] Oh, funny, huh? 1644 01:13:27,974 --> 01:13:29,750 [Coraline] I'm sorry, Monk. 1645 01:13:29,175 --> 01:13:30,176 Don't get mad. 1646 01:13:30,243 --> 01:13:31,378 [garbling] 1647 01:13:31,478 --> 01:13:32,679 Get out of here. 1648 01:13:33,880 --> 01:13:35,150 You want a piece of me? 1649 01:13:35,810 --> 01:13:37,417 [cheerful music playing] 1650 01:13:37,517 --> 01:13:39,519 [Cliff laughing] 1651 01:13:40,553 --> 01:13:41,554 It's funny, huh? 1652 01:13:43,156 --> 01:13:45,492 [Cliff] So I'm lying in bed with him, 1653 01:13:45,558 --> 01:13:48,610 butt-*** naked 1654 01:13:48,161 --> 01:13:50,697 and in walks Claude carrying the frozen yogurt. 1655 01:13:50,764 --> 01:13:52,499 - No. - Yeah, I forgot I'd shown him 1656 01:13:52,565 --> 01:13:53,867 where I keep the spare key. 1657 01:13:54,834 --> 01:13:57,871 So he just throws the yogurt at us 1658 01:13:57,937 --> 01:14:00,340 and then he wallops me right in the eye. 1659 01:14:02,509 --> 01:14:03,943 What was the other guy doing? 1660 01:14:04,440 --> 01:14:05,512 He couldn't stop laughing. 1661 01:14:05,578 --> 01:14:07,347 He said that's what he does when he gets nervous. 1662 01:14:07,414 --> 01:14:08,581 [Coraline chuckles] Okay. 1663 01:14:08,682 --> 01:14:10,417 You really going for it these days. 1664 01:14:10,517 --> 01:14:11,751 I got to make up for lost time. 1665 01:14:11,851 --> 01:14:13,753 Yeah. Well, good for you. 1666 01:14:13,853 --> 01:14:15,422 I mean, the whole world's falling apart. 1667 01:14:15,522 --> 01:14:16,923 Might as well have some fun. 1668 01:14:17,230 --> 01:14:18,425 - I appreciate that. - Yeah. 1669 01:14:19,459 --> 01:14:20,760 You know, you're quite beautiful. 1670 01:14:22,395 --> 01:14:23,396 Thank you. 1671 01:14:26,660 --> 01:14:27,701 What do you see in my brother? 1672 01:14:29,202 --> 01:14:31,710 - He's funny. - [Cliff] Mm. 1673 01:14:31,137 --> 01:14:33,973 - He's not funny. No. - No, not ha-ha funny. 1674 01:14:34,740 --> 01:14:36,710 - Like, sad funny. - [Cliff] Okay. 1675 01:14:36,776 --> 01:14:38,578 [Coraline] Like a three-legged dog. 1676 01:14:38,645 --> 01:14:40,780 I see it now. Like somebody dying on a toilet. 1677 01:14:41,548 --> 01:14:42,782 [Coraline] Exactly. 1678 01:14:42,882 --> 01:14:44,451 - Exactly. - Invariably, 1679 01:14:44,551 --> 01:14:47,530 - you go too far. - [Cliff] You think? 1680 01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:48,388 I don't think I go far enough. 1681 01:14:48,455 --> 01:14:49,556 It's becoming hurtful. 1682 01:14:49,622 --> 01:14:51,910 - [Cliff and Coraline] Aw. - See? 1683 01:14:51,157 --> 01:14:52,158 - See? - [Cliff as Monk] "You know, 1684 01:14:52,258 --> 01:14:53,590 - invariably..." - [Coraline] Oh. 1685 01:14:53,126 --> 01:14:55,261 "...you go too far." 1686 01:14:55,328 --> 01:14:57,297 - [Cliff laughs] - [Coraline kisses] Yeah. 1687 01:14:57,397 --> 01:14:58,598 - You got a kiss, man. - [Coraline laughs] 1688 01:14:58,665 --> 01:15:01,401 Look at you. Just by being pathetic. 1689 01:15:01,468 --> 01:15:02,602 - God bless you. - Hey. 1690 01:15:02,669 --> 01:15:04,304 - [laughing] - [Cliff] That is like 1691 01:15:04,404 --> 01:15:05,605 - a three-legged dog. - [Coraline] Hey. 1692 01:15:07,173 --> 01:15:08,942 [Cliff laughing] 1693 01:15:11,578 --> 01:15:14,147 Oh, this is nice. 1694 01:15:14,247 --> 01:15:15,315 Yeah, it's not bad. 1695 01:15:16,349 --> 01:15:17,851 What do you got there, pergola? 1696 01:15:17,951 --> 01:15:18,952 No, that's a gazebo. 1697 01:15:19,819 --> 01:15:20,920 [Cliff] Same difference. 1698 01:15:20,987 --> 01:15:21,855 - All right? - [Monk] To the left. 1699 01:15:21,955 --> 01:15:22,989 Oh. Excuse me. 1700 01:15:25,250 --> 01:15:26,260 Huh. 1701 01:15:27,527 --> 01:15:29,362 Hey, Monk? 1702 01:15:29,462 --> 01:15:31,197 How the hell can you afford this place? 1703 01:15:32,432 --> 01:15:33,433 I, um... 1704 01:15:35,168 --> 01:15:39,390 Well, there was some money Lisa left for Mother. 1705 01:15:39,139 --> 01:15:40,507 Thought the divorce cleaned her out. 1706 01:15:42,142 --> 01:15:44,878 Well, I'm not familiar with what her finances were like, 1707 01:15:44,978 --> 01:15:46,980 but if you're so interested in the bills, 1708 01:15:47,470 --> 01:15:48,948 perhaps I can start sending them to you? 1709 01:15:49,150 --> 01:15:50,717 Ah, it's fine. Where we going? 1710 01:15:50,817 --> 01:15:51,818 Right here. 44. 1711 01:15:53,853 --> 01:15:55,155 Surprise! 1712 01:15:59,492 --> 01:16:01,461 We've had a difficult morning. 1713 01:16:05,465 --> 01:16:07,333 We had to sedate her after she tried to strike a nurse. 1714 01:16:08,334 --> 01:16:10,470 - Has she done that before? - No. 1715 01:16:10,537 --> 01:16:11,805 [record player clicks] 1716 01:16:11,871 --> 01:16:13,239 She has a different demeanor every day. 1717 01:16:14,700 --> 01:16:15,809 Sometimes every hour. 1718 01:16:15,875 --> 01:16:17,677 But maybe she'll feel better tomorrow. 1719 01:16:18,545 --> 01:16:20,180 I'm sorry, I need to go. 1720 01:16:20,246 --> 01:16:22,415 Yes, of course. Thank you. 1721 01:16:24,500 --> 01:16:25,151 The gardener cut these 1722 01:16:25,218 --> 01:16:27,387 right off the bush for your mom. 1723 01:16:27,487 --> 01:16:29,489 - Sweet, right? - Yeah, that's great. 1724 01:16:30,590 --> 01:16:32,192 How can you afford this place? 1725 01:16:32,826 --> 01:16:34,270 I mean, you're not 1726 01:16:34,940 --> 01:16:35,829 a drug dealer or something, are you? 1727 01:16:36,863 --> 01:16:38,498 No, I'm a writer. 1728 01:16:38,565 --> 01:16:41,340 And you're my girlfriend, not my bookkeeper. 1729 01:16:41,101 --> 01:16:43,690 ["Things You Are" by Tab Smith and His Orchestra playing] 1730 01:16:51,111 --> 01:16:53,913 ♪ Down a mountain ♪ 1731 01:16:55,348 --> 01:16:57,851 ♪ Do it with my bare hands ♪ 1732 01:16:57,917 --> 01:17:00,253 ♪ I crush the rocks to stone ♪ 1733 01:17:01,354 --> 01:17:03,223 ♪ And toss them up to heaven ♪ 1734 01:17:04,357 --> 01:17:07,460 ♪ The moment I was blue ♪ 1735 01:17:07,560 --> 01:17:10,764 ♪ I'd rush right home to you ♪ 1736 01:17:10,864 --> 01:17:15,468 ♪ If all these things I do for you ♪ 1737 01:17:17,771 --> 01:17:20,730 ♪ I would write a symphony... ♪ 1738 01:17:20,140 --> 01:17:22,776 I always knew you weren't a queer. 1739 01:17:24,911 --> 01:17:29,883 ♪ One that would make... ♪ 1740 01:17:31,284 --> 01:17:34,587 ♪ It would be a melody... ♪ 1741 01:17:34,654 --> 01:17:35,955 She doesn't know what she's saying. 1742 01:17:36,560 --> 01:17:37,223 I'm going to wait outside. 1743 01:17:44,464 --> 01:17:46,933 ♪ Make a notion ♪ 1744 01:17:48,768 --> 01:17:51,671 ♪ To search out my devotion ♪ 1745 01:17:51,771 --> 01:17:53,807 ♪ We didn't go Hand in hand... ♪ 1746 01:17:55,750 --> 01:17:57,100 [rain pattering] 1747 01:18:02,315 --> 01:18:03,583 [car approaching] 1748 01:18:08,855 --> 01:18:11,358 You sure you don't want to stay for Lorraine's wedding? 1749 01:18:11,458 --> 01:18:12,759 It's better if I go. 1750 01:18:18,980 --> 01:18:19,933 It was nice to meet you, Cliff. 1751 01:18:21,267 --> 01:18:23,203 [pensive music playing] 1752 01:18:24,504 --> 01:18:26,390 This family will break your heart. 1753 01:18:40,320 --> 01:18:41,821 [door opens] 1754 01:18:50,563 --> 01:18:52,966 [audience cheering and applauding] 1755 01:18:53,330 --> 01:18:54,234 [upbeat music playing] 1756 01:18:55,235 --> 01:18:57,370 Welcome back. I'm Kenya Dunston 1757 01:18:57,470 --> 01:18:58,972 and today, we're going to discuss 1758 01:18:59,390 --> 01:19:01,374 a new novel that just debuted at number one 1759 01:19:01,474 --> 01:19:03,677 on The New York Times bestseller list. 1760 01:19:03,743 --> 01:19:07,514 It is just a remarkable, special book, 1761 01:19:07,580 --> 01:19:09,416 and it's called... 1762 01:19:09,516 --> 01:19:11,551 Cover your kids' eyes and ears... [chuckles] 1763 01:19:12,352 --> 01:19:13,353 [censor beeps] 1764 01:19:13,420 --> 01:19:14,688 [chuckles] 1765 01:19:14,754 --> 01:19:16,220 We are lucky enough 1766 01:19:16,890 --> 01:19:17,924 to have the author with us today. 1767 01:19:18,240 --> 01:19:20,260 And for those of you who are just joining us, 1768 01:19:20,360 --> 01:19:21,995 please know that Mr. Stagg R. Leigh 1769 01:19:22,620 --> 01:19:24,431 is coming to us from an undisclosed location 1770 01:19:24,531 --> 01:19:26,666 as he is still on the run from authorities. 1771 01:19:26,733 --> 01:19:28,368 {\an8}[Kenya chuckles] 1772 01:19:28,435 --> 01:19:32,405 {\an8}Oh, Stagg, tell us, is this novel a true story? 1773 01:19:32,505 --> 01:19:34,207 {\an8}[Monk distorted] Not factually, 1774 01:19:34,274 --> 01:19:36,760 {\an8}but it's the true story of what it's like 1775 01:19:36,176 --> 01:19:39,790 {\an8}to be a Black man in America like me. 1776 01:19:39,179 --> 01:19:40,113 {\an8}And it ain't pretty. 1777 01:19:40,213 --> 01:19:41,448 Amen to that. 1778 01:19:41,548 --> 01:19:43,383 [Monk] During my time in prison, 1779 01:19:43,450 --> 01:19:46,386 {\an8}I learned that words belong to everybody. 1780 01:19:46,453 --> 01:19:48,288 {\an8}So this book is my contribution 1781 01:19:48,388 --> 01:19:50,190 {\an8}to this wonderful country of ours 1782 01:19:50,256 --> 01:19:52,359 {\an8}where a Black ex-con can become rich 1783 01:19:52,425 --> 01:19:55,528 {\an8}simply by telling the story of his unfortunate people. 1784 01:19:55,595 --> 01:19:57,970 [Kenya] Hm. 1785 01:19:57,197 --> 01:19:58,898 - Yes. Yes. - [audience cheers] 1786 01:19:58,965 --> 01:20:00,767 [cell phone ringing and vibrating] 1787 01:20:00,867 --> 01:20:02,302 [cell phone beeps] 1788 01:20:02,402 --> 01:20:03,536 - Yeah. - [Arthur] Get this. 1789 01:20:03,603 --> 01:20:05,271 The FBI called Thompson Watt today 1790 01:20:05,372 --> 01:20:07,107 to try to get Stagg R. Leigh's identity. 1791 01:20:07,207 --> 01:20:08,708 - What? - [Arthur] Don't worry. 1792 01:20:08,775 --> 01:20:10,477 They're not going to give him up. 1793 01:20:10,577 --> 01:20:12,645 Give who up? It's me, I haven't done anything. 1794 01:20:12,746 --> 01:20:14,247 They don't know that. 1795 01:20:14,314 --> 01:20:16,816 - Look, this has gone too far. - [Arthur] Relax. 1796 01:20:16,916 --> 01:20:18,840 The fugitive stuff's getting us 1797 01:20:18,151 --> 01:20:19,386 mountains of free press. 1798 01:20:19,452 --> 01:20:20,553 - [elevator dings] - Plus, as you said, 1799 01:20:20,620 --> 01:20:21,755 you haven't done anything. 1800 01:20:21,821 --> 01:20:23,423 It's not like they can arrest you. 1801 01:20:23,490 --> 01:20:25,959 I wish I could go back to not selling books. 1802 01:20:26,590 --> 01:20:27,600 - [elevator dings] - I don't. 1803 01:20:27,994 --> 01:20:29,229 Bye. 1804 01:20:29,295 --> 01:20:30,296 - [phone line disconnects] - [sighs] 1805 01:20:30,397 --> 01:20:32,298 [music playing softly] 1806 01:20:38,938 --> 01:20:39,939 [Monk sighs] 1807 01:20:43,443 --> 01:20:44,444 Is everything all right? 1808 01:20:45,578 --> 01:20:47,313 Yeah. 1809 01:20:47,414 --> 01:20:50,350 I'm just a little stressed out. This, uh. 1810 01:20:50,450 --> 01:20:52,419 book award stuff is a bit more work than I expected. 1811 01:20:53,319 --> 01:20:54,320 [Coraline] Hm. 1812 01:20:55,822 --> 01:20:56,823 - [fork thuds] - Mm. 1813 01:20:57,757 --> 01:20:58,792 Shit. 1814 01:21:00,126 --> 01:21:02,495 It's no biggie. Got more forks in the kitchen. 1815 01:21:09,200 --> 01:21:10,300 [fork clatters loudly] 1816 01:21:19,946 --> 01:21:20,947 What's this? 1817 01:21:21,140 --> 01:21:23,160 Mm. My friend got it for me. 1818 01:21:24,317 --> 01:21:25,285 Have you read it? 1819 01:21:25,352 --> 01:21:26,786 Of course not, have you? 1820 01:21:26,853 --> 01:21:27,854 [Coraline] Yeah. 1821 01:21:30,223 --> 01:21:32,158 And what did you think of it? 1822 01:21:32,225 --> 01:21:34,728 - I liked it. - What did you like about it? 1823 01:21:34,828 --> 01:21:37,297 - [Coraline] Um... - It didn't offend you? 1824 01:21:37,364 --> 01:21:38,365 You just said you didn't read it. 1825 01:21:38,465 --> 01:21:39,399 What's your problem? 1826 01:21:39,499 --> 01:21:40,967 No, you answer my question. 1827 01:21:41,340 --> 01:21:42,335 You answer mine. 1828 01:21:44,300 --> 01:21:47,640 {\an8}My problem is that books like this aren't real. 1829 01:21:48,508 --> 01:21:49,709 They flatten our lives. 1830 01:21:49,809 --> 01:21:50,910 What do you mean? 1831 01:21:51,110 --> 01:21:52,780 [Monk] I mean, that... 1832 01:21:52,178 --> 01:21:54,180 {\an8}you know, my life is a disaster, 1833 01:21:54,247 --> 01:21:55,849 {\an8}but not in the way you'd think reading this shit. 1834 01:21:56,649 --> 01:21:58,351 {\an8}These things reduce us 1835 01:21:58,418 --> 01:22:00,754 {\an8}and they do it over and over again because 1836 01:22:00,854 --> 01:22:03,823 {\an8}too many white people, and people apparently like you 1837 01:22:03,890 --> 01:22:06,426 devour this slop like pigs at a dumpster 1838 01:22:06,526 --> 01:22:09,290 to stay current at ****ing cocktail parties 1839 01:22:09,950 --> 01:22:10,430 - or whatever. - Okay, um... 1840 01:22:10,530 --> 01:22:12,980 You got a lot of opinions for someone 1841 01:22:12,198 --> 01:22:14,167 who hasn't published anything for years. 1842 01:22:14,234 --> 01:22:15,268 And you've published what exactly? 1843 01:22:15,368 --> 01:22:17,103 Okay, what is wrong with you? 1844 01:22:18,380 --> 01:22:19,105 Why are you acting like this? 1845 01:22:19,205 --> 01:22:20,540 I'm not acting like anything. 1846 01:22:20,607 --> 01:22:22,609 You've been acting like a weirdo for weeks. 1847 01:22:22,709 --> 01:22:24,611 You've been obfuscating, sneaking around. 1848 01:22:24,711 --> 01:22:26,179 You're ****ing unknowable. 1849 01:22:26,246 --> 01:22:28,548 Maybe you think being an enigma is chic and artsy. 1850 01:22:28,615 --> 01:22:30,383 I just think it makes you an ***hole. 1851 01:22:30,450 --> 01:22:31,785 [Monk] Well, um, 1852 01:22:31,885 --> 01:22:33,787 you don't understand my life, and you can't, 1853 01:22:33,887 --> 01:22:34,921 so just leave it at that. 1854 01:22:38,892 --> 01:22:40,260 One day, maybe you'll learn 1855 01:22:40,360 --> 01:22:42,395 that not being able to relate to other people 1856 01:22:42,462 --> 01:22:44,597 isn't a badge of honor. 1857 01:22:49,736 --> 01:22:50,970 I think you should leave. 1858 01:22:51,710 --> 01:22:52,380 Well, you know what I think? 1859 01:22:52,105 --> 01:22:53,940 You should leave, Monk. 1860 01:23:10,123 --> 01:23:11,424 [Monk] Nonsense. 1861 01:23:19,650 --> 01:23:20,633 [door opens, closes] 1862 01:23:20,734 --> 01:23:22,669 [music playing softly] 1863 01:23:35,915 --> 01:23:37,183 [Monk] You guys need any help with that? 1864 01:23:37,283 --> 01:23:38,318 Nah, we're good. 1865 01:23:40,320 --> 01:23:42,689 I thought you could use a little brawn. 1866 01:23:42,789 --> 01:23:45,792 - [mover] We got it. - [Lorraine] Mr. Monk. 1867 01:23:45,859 --> 01:23:47,327 You mind I keep the soda maker? 1868 01:23:47,427 --> 01:23:49,629 You don't like the bubbly water anyhow, right? 1869 01:23:49,696 --> 01:23:51,765 - It's all yours. - [Lorraine] Thank you. 1870 01:23:54,134 --> 01:23:56,970 Um... Hey, what about this? 1871 01:23:58,371 --> 01:24:01,410 No. I always hated that color. 1872 01:24:01,141 --> 01:24:03,900 It's just the one your father bought. 1873 01:24:04,277 --> 01:24:06,646 Thelonious, this just came for you. 1874 01:24:07,614 --> 01:24:08,682 Okay, thanks. 1875 01:24:08,782 --> 01:24:09,783 [Lorraine] This is the last of it. 1876 01:24:10,784 --> 01:24:12,520 Goodbye, Mr. Monk. 1877 01:24:15,722 --> 01:24:16,823 Bye, Lorraine. 1878 01:24:23,496 --> 01:24:24,564 Drive safe. 1879 01:24:24,664 --> 01:24:26,320 Guess I'll see you at the wedding. 1880 01:24:26,132 --> 01:24:27,133 All right. 1881 01:24:31,237 --> 01:24:32,238 [mover] I'll take that there. 1882 01:24:44,484 --> 01:24:46,820 [music playing] 1883 01:24:53,426 --> 01:24:56,696 Thompson Watt apparently raced to publish it. 1884 01:24:56,763 --> 01:24:59,990 Yeah, I heard that they ran 300,000 copies already 1885 01:24:59,199 --> 01:25:00,667 and they're reprinting more soon. 1886 01:25:00,734 --> 01:25:02,235 I mean, it's going like gangbusters . 1887 01:25:02,335 --> 01:25:03,737 Christ on a crutch! 1888 01:25:03,837 --> 01:25:05,438 It better be good. 1889 01:25:05,538 --> 01:25:07,741 Hey, I heard the writer's a fugitive. 1890 01:25:07,841 --> 01:25:09,275 Well, that would explain the title. 1891 01:25:09,376 --> 01:25:10,677 He didn't go to charm school. 1892 01:25:10,744 --> 01:25:13,747 No, I think that that background is a plus. 1893 01:25:13,847 --> 01:25:15,949 I am thrilled 1894 01:25:16,490 --> 01:25:19,285 to read a BIPOC man harmed by our carceral state. 1895 01:25:19,386 --> 01:25:21,921 [Daniel] Are you one of those defund the police nuts? 1896 01:25:22,220 --> 01:25:25,250 Yes, and I wouldn't expect you to understand. 1897 01:25:25,910 --> 01:25:27,894 Well, I hope someone you love doesn't get raped or murdered. 1898 01:25:27,961 --> 01:25:30,296 Can we not talk about this now, please? 1899 01:25:30,397 --> 01:25:32,265 Look, look, look. Criminal or not, 1900 01:25:32,365 --> 01:25:33,933 I don't think we should add it. 1901 01:25:34,340 --> 01:25:35,568 We're already weeks into the process, 1902 01:25:35,635 --> 01:25:36,970 and I don't know about any of you, 1903 01:25:37,700 --> 01:25:38,371 but I've got more than a dozen books 1904 01:25:38,438 --> 01:25:40,940 I haven't even opened yet. [clears throat] 1905 01:25:41,410 --> 01:25:42,742 It was published before the submission date, 1906 01:25:42,809 --> 01:25:44,277 I think we have to accept it. 1907 01:25:44,377 --> 01:25:45,578 [groans] 1908 01:25:45,645 --> 01:25:48,548 [Wilson] Yeah, it's just one more. And from the looks of it, it should be a quick read. 1909 01:25:48,615 --> 01:25:49,716 A quick ****. [chuckles] 1910 01:25:49,783 --> 01:25:51,117 [chuckles] 1911 01:25:51,217 --> 01:25:52,619 I've had a couple of those. [chuckles] 1912 01:25:54,154 --> 01:25:55,422 - Bye, guys. Bye. - [cell phone beeps] 1913 01:26:03,229 --> 01:26:05,165 [piano music playing] 1914 01:26:29,422 --> 01:26:31,157 [knocking on door] 1915 01:26:31,257 --> 01:26:32,492 Hi, Monkie. 1916 01:26:34,694 --> 01:26:35,795 You look beautiful. 1917 01:26:45,400 --> 01:26:46,639 [whisking] 1918 01:26:48,942 --> 01:26:50,910 Oh, hello. 1919 01:26:51,110 --> 01:26:53,847 Monkie, do we know these men? 1920 01:26:53,913 --> 01:26:56,820 No, Mother, this isn't the Alzheimer's, 1921 01:26:56,182 --> 01:26:58,284 these are actual strangers. Who are you people? 1922 01:26:58,385 --> 01:26:59,919 We're Cliff's friends. 1923 01:27:00,200 --> 01:27:01,521 Of course, you are. 1924 01:27:01,588 --> 01:27:03,523 We met him a few days ago. I'm Kenny, this is Alvin. 1925 01:27:03,590 --> 01:27:04,591 Are you Monk? 1926 01:27:04,691 --> 01:27:06,760 I am. How did you know? 1927 01:27:06,860 --> 01:27:09,629 Oh. Well, Cliff said Monk's a real tight-***. 1928 01:27:11,564 --> 01:27:12,732 Did he? 1929 01:27:12,799 --> 01:27:13,800 Delightful. 1930 01:27:14,467 --> 01:27:15,902 Mother, you sit here. 1931 01:27:17,470 --> 01:27:18,471 Lorraine? 1932 01:27:24,144 --> 01:27:25,311 [Alvin] Do you like scrambled eggs? 1933 01:27:25,412 --> 01:27:26,913 [Kenny] I love scrambled eggs. 1934 01:27:26,980 --> 01:27:28,314 What the hell are you doing here? 1935 01:27:28,415 --> 01:27:29,416 You first. 1936 01:27:32,850 --> 01:27:34,421 Oh, shit, the wedding. 1937 01:27:34,487 --> 01:27:35,989 - Ah. - [Cliff] Oh, ****! 1938 01:27:37,891 --> 01:27:39,225 I didn't go to the airport. 1939 01:27:39,292 --> 01:27:42,462 That day I left, I needed some time to myself. 1940 01:27:42,562 --> 01:27:45,265 Time to oneself implies by definition, time alone. 1941 01:27:45,331 --> 01:27:46,800 Oh, Christ, here we go. 1942 01:27:46,900 --> 01:27:49,135 - Detective Dictionary. - [Lorraine] Ah! 1943 01:27:49,235 --> 01:27:50,236 Mr. Cliff. 1944 01:27:50,303 --> 01:27:51,504 I'm sorry, guys, I'll handle it. 1945 01:27:51,604 --> 01:27:53,606 You need to leave. 1946 01:27:53,673 --> 01:27:55,275 Don't bother to clean up, just go. 1947 01:27:55,342 --> 01:27:57,100 Oh, no, it's all right, just... 1948 01:27:57,110 --> 01:27:58,144 Please stay. 1949 01:27:58,244 --> 01:27:59,679 It's a celebration. 1950 01:28:01,348 --> 01:28:02,582 It's good to see you, Cliff. 1951 01:28:03,817 --> 01:28:05,819 It's good to see you too, Maynard. 1952 01:28:05,919 --> 01:28:07,354 I, um... 1953 01:28:07,454 --> 01:28:08,755 I... I don't want to impose. 1954 01:28:08,822 --> 01:28:10,900 You can't impose. 1955 01:28:11,157 --> 01:28:12,158 You're family. 1956 01:28:12,258 --> 01:28:14,661 [music playing softly] 1957 01:28:27,440 --> 01:28:28,441 Okay. 1958 01:28:29,275 --> 01:28:30,810 I'll, uh... 1959 01:28:30,877 --> 01:28:32,112 I'll go clean up a bit, yeah? 1960 01:28:33,847 --> 01:28:35,648 Congratulations, you guys. 1961 01:28:41,154 --> 01:28:42,622 Can we make y'all some breakfast? 1962 01:28:42,689 --> 01:28:44,391 I can whip up a killer smoothie 1963 01:28:44,491 --> 01:28:46,159 and Alvin used to work the omelet station on a cruise ship. 1964 01:28:46,226 --> 01:28:48,962 [Lorraine] That sounds lovely. Thank you. 1965 01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:55,135 It's very kind of you to let them stay. 1966 01:28:55,201 --> 01:28:56,169 Oh. 1967 01:28:56,236 --> 01:28:57,637 It's always easier dealing 1968 01:28:57,704 --> 01:28:59,639 with other people's families than your own. 1969 01:28:59,706 --> 01:29:01,410 [Monk chuckles] 1970 01:29:01,141 --> 01:29:03,910 I regret to inform you that in a couple hours, 1971 01:29:04,100 --> 01:29:05,478 this will be your family. 1972 01:29:07,580 --> 01:29:10,250 ["Let Love Flow On" by Sonya Spence playing] 1973 01:29:13,420 --> 01:29:15,388 [inaudible] 1974 01:29:23,930 --> 01:29:26,660 [guests cheering and clapping] 1975 01:29:36,676 --> 01:29:38,712 [guests exclaim] 1976 01:29:43,160 --> 01:29:45,510 ♪ Let love flow on, baby ♪ 1977 01:29:45,118 --> 01:29:47,354 ♪ Let love be free ♪ 1978 01:29:47,420 --> 01:29:49,723 ♪ I reach for you Honey, yeah ♪ 1979 01:29:49,789 --> 01:29:51,858 ♪ You reach for me ♪ 1980 01:29:51,925 --> 01:29:56,363 ♪ We'll do the things together Only lovers do ♪ 1981 01:29:56,429 --> 01:29:58,932 ♪ Let love flow on, baby ♪ 1982 01:30:00,767 --> 01:30:05,138 ♪ We'll do the things together Only lovers do ♪ 1983 01:30:05,238 --> 01:30:07,907 ♪ Let love flow on, baby ♪ 1984 01:30:09,542 --> 01:30:11,444 ♪ Getting into each other ♪ 1985 01:30:11,544 --> 01:30:13,880 ♪ Let's reunite ♪ 1986 01:30:13,947 --> 01:30:15,949 ♪ And we let Love's vibrations ♪ 1987 01:30:16,490 --> 01:30:18,118 ♪ Lead us all right ♪ 1988 01:30:18,218 --> 01:30:22,489 ♪ We'll do the things together Only lovers do ♪ 1989 01:30:22,589 --> 01:30:25,910 ♪ Let love flow on, baby ♪ 1990 01:30:26,926 --> 01:30:31,297 ♪ We'll do the things together Only lovers do ♪ 1991 01:30:31,398 --> 01:30:34,000 ♪ Let love flow on, baby ♪ 1992 01:30:35,335 --> 01:30:37,303 [guests chattering] 1993 01:30:44,770 --> 01:30:46,120 [muffled upbeat music playing faintly over speakers] 1994 01:31:02,629 --> 01:31:03,630 Piss her off? 1995 01:31:08,468 --> 01:31:09,436 Yeah. 1996 01:31:09,502 --> 01:31:12,372 - Shut her out? - Yeah. 1997 01:31:14,400 --> 01:31:15,375 Dad shut everyone out too. 1998 01:31:16,309 --> 01:31:17,677 He lied all the time. 1999 01:31:18,778 --> 01:31:19,846 Look how that turned out. 2000 01:31:23,450 --> 01:31:24,684 I find myself 2001 01:31:25,885 --> 01:31:28,154 getting very angry these days like Dad. 2002 01:31:29,122 --> 01:31:30,123 These days? 2003 01:31:36,129 --> 01:31:38,665 I've been thinking a lot lately about 2004 01:31:42,335 --> 01:31:44,337 - I think he suspected it. - Mm. 2005 01:31:45,538 --> 01:31:46,539 He may have. 2006 01:31:47,407 --> 01:31:48,808 But he didn't know for sure. 2007 01:31:50,210 --> 01:31:52,846 He never knew the entirety of me. 2008 01:31:54,247 --> 01:31:55,248 And now he never will. 2009 01:31:57,830 --> 01:31:58,852 And that makes me... 2010 01:31:59,986 --> 01:32:01,254 It makes me real sad. 2011 01:32:04,591 --> 01:32:07,394 Well, what if he had known and rejected you? 2012 01:32:07,494 --> 01:32:10,163 At least he'd be rejecting the real me. 2013 01:32:12,999 --> 01:32:14,567 I know that sounds crazy, 2014 01:32:15,835 --> 01:32:17,370 but there'd be some relief in that. 2015 01:32:20,707 --> 01:32:22,609 It doesn't sound so crazy. 2016 01:32:22,709 --> 01:32:24,678 [piano music playing softly] 2017 01:32:27,781 --> 01:32:29,449 People want to love you, Monk. 2018 01:32:32,252 --> 01:32:34,921 I personally don't know what they see in you, but... 2019 01:32:36,890 --> 01:32:37,891 they want to love you. 2020 01:32:40,760 --> 01:32:42,395 You should let them love all of you. 2021 01:33:16,629 --> 01:33:18,231 [Daniel] It was dogshit. 2022 01:33:18,298 --> 01:33:20,467 I mean, some mollycoddled chump 2023 01:33:20,567 --> 01:33:22,969 faffing on about his dead mom... 2024 01:33:23,690 --> 01:33:24,971 Who cares? [scoffs] 2025 01:33:25,710 --> 01:33:28,141 Okay, so that means that Bury Me Standing is fourth. 2026 01:33:30,477 --> 01:33:31,911 Let's talk about ****. 2027 01:33:31,978 --> 01:33:33,313 Could we not? 2028 01:33:33,413 --> 01:33:35,582 [Ailene] Personally, I adored it. 2029 01:33:36,816 --> 01:33:39,753 It was like gazing into an open wound. 2030 01:33:39,819 --> 01:33:41,254 I agree. 2031 01:33:41,321 --> 01:33:43,490 I think it's the strongest African-American novel 2032 01:33:43,590 --> 01:33:45,291 I've read in a long time. 2033 01:33:46,926 --> 01:33:48,762 I mean, since yours. 2034 01:33:48,828 --> 01:33:51,498 - Of course, Sintara. - Thank you. 2035 01:33:51,598 --> 01:33:53,767 You know, I actually liked it 2036 01:33:53,833 --> 01:33:55,301 much more than I was expecting. 2037 01:33:55,368 --> 01:33:58,380 I mean, this is a gutsy piece of work. 2038 01:33:58,138 --> 01:34:00,106 And necessary for the times. 2039 01:34:01,107 --> 01:34:02,509 What did you think, Sintara? 2040 01:34:04,440 --> 01:34:07,280 I found it to be pretty pandering, actually. 2041 01:34:07,347 --> 01:34:08,348 You did? 2042 01:34:09,182 --> 01:34:10,617 Yes. Did you not? 2043 01:34:11,317 --> 01:34:12,719 I very much did. 2044 01:34:12,819 --> 01:34:16,222 I thought it was simplistic and meaningless. 2045 01:34:16,322 --> 01:34:18,358 Well, of course, it was simplistic. 2046 01:34:18,458 --> 01:34:21,461 I mean, it's the language of the gutter. 2047 01:34:21,528 --> 01:34:24,300 You know, not some prissy graduate thesis. 2048 01:34:24,130 --> 01:34:26,232 "Language of the gutter." Jesus Christ. 2049 01:34:26,332 --> 01:34:27,867 I think our blood sugar's low. 2050 01:34:27,967 --> 01:34:29,736 How about we take a break for lunch, huh? 2051 01:34:29,836 --> 01:34:31,404 - Fine by me. - [Wilson] Okay. 2052 01:34:31,504 --> 01:34:32,505 - [Sintara] Okay. - Really? 2053 01:34:33,340 --> 01:34:34,741 Okay. 2054 01:34:34,841 --> 01:34:36,810 [mellow music playing] 2055 01:34:39,512 --> 01:34:40,513 [Monk groans] 2056 01:34:45,985 --> 01:34:47,153 Oh, I'm sorry. 2057 01:34:47,220 --> 01:34:48,355 Oh, no, you're fine. 2058 01:34:48,421 --> 01:34:49,322 [Monk] What, I'm not interrupting? 2059 01:34:49,389 --> 01:34:51,570 - No. - [door closes] 2060 01:35:12,579 --> 01:35:13,580 [Monk] Sorry. 2061 01:35:21,187 --> 01:35:22,188 [Monk clears throat] 2062 01:35:29,729 --> 01:35:31,231 Do you mind if I ask you something? 2063 01:35:31,965 --> 01:35:32,966 Sure. 2064 01:35:33,967 --> 01:35:35,602 Um... 2065 01:35:35,702 --> 01:35:37,937 What about **** did you find pandering? 2066 01:35:38,638 --> 01:35:39,639 Oh, uh... 2067 01:35:41,141 --> 01:35:43,376 I can't really put my finger on it, but... 2068 01:35:44,978 --> 01:35:46,913 it's not different from some of what's out there, 2069 01:35:46,980 --> 01:35:48,480 but it just felt... 2070 01:35:49,883 --> 01:35:51,551 soulless... 2071 01:35:51,618 --> 01:35:53,953 is the word that I'm going to use. 2072 01:35:54,540 --> 01:35:55,255 You said you agreed, right? 2073 01:35:55,321 --> 01:35:57,123 Yeah, I do. I think it seems written 2074 01:35:57,223 --> 01:36:00,326 to satisfy the tastes of guilt-ridden white people. 2075 01:36:00,427 --> 01:36:02,796 Yeah, the kind of book critics call important 2076 01:36:02,896 --> 01:36:04,597 and necessary, but not well-written. 2077 01:36:04,664 --> 01:36:06,166 - [both chuckle] - [Monk] Exactly. 2078 01:36:10,470 --> 01:36:14,674 Okay, so... And please don't take offense at this, 2079 01:36:14,774 --> 01:36:17,410 but how is **** 2080 01:36:17,477 --> 01:36:19,913 so very different from your book? 2081 01:36:23,783 --> 01:36:25,852 Is that what this is about? 2082 01:36:25,952 --> 01:36:27,454 - You think my book's trash? - [Monk] No. 2083 01:36:27,520 --> 01:36:31,424 To be honest, I haven't read your book. 2084 01:36:31,491 --> 01:36:33,293 I've read excerpts 2085 01:36:33,360 --> 01:36:36,963 and it didn't seem so dissimilar. 2086 01:36:38,932 --> 01:36:41,835 I did a lot of research for my book. 2087 01:36:41,935 --> 01:36:44,170 Some of it was actually taken from real interviews. 2088 01:36:45,400 --> 01:36:46,306 Maybe you've been up 2089 01:36:46,373 --> 01:36:48,441 in your ivory tower of academia for so long 2090 01:36:48,508 --> 01:36:50,677 you've forgotten that some people's lives are hard. 2091 01:36:50,777 --> 01:36:51,811 Your life? 2092 01:36:54,314 --> 01:36:56,883 You went to an exclusive bohemian college. 2093 01:36:56,983 --> 01:36:59,520 You had a job at a fancy 2094 01:36:59,152 --> 01:37:00,820 publishing house in New York. 2095 01:37:00,887 --> 01:37:03,690 So what? I don't need to write about my life. 2096 01:37:03,790 --> 01:37:05,225 I write about what interests people. 2097 01:37:06,559 --> 01:37:08,695 You write what interests white publishers 2098 01:37:08,795 --> 01:37:11,464 fiending Black trauma ****. 2099 01:37:11,531 --> 01:37:13,199 They're the one buying the manuscripts. 2100 01:37:14,634 --> 01:37:16,736 Is it bad to cater to their tastes? 2101 01:37:16,836 --> 01:37:18,805 If you're okay feeding 2102 01:37:18,872 --> 01:37:20,340 people's base desires for profit-- 2103 01:37:20,407 --> 01:37:22,375 I'm okay with giving the market what it wants. 2104 01:37:22,475 --> 01:37:24,440 That's how drug dealers excuse themselves. 2105 01:37:24,144 --> 01:37:25,679 And I think drugs should be legal. 2106 01:37:30,383 --> 01:37:33,386 But you're not fed up with it? 2107 01:37:33,486 --> 01:37:35,755 You know, Black people in poverty? 2108 01:37:36,856 --> 01:37:38,258 Black people rapping? 2109 01:37:38,358 --> 01:37:39,726 Black people as slaves? 2110 01:37:39,826 --> 01:37:42,950 Black people murdered by the police? 2111 01:37:42,195 --> 01:37:43,196 Old soaring narratives about... 2112 01:37:43,263 --> 01:37:44,397 [Sintara] Okay. 2113 01:37:44,497 --> 01:37:46,366 Black folks in dire circumstances 2114 01:37:46,433 --> 01:37:49,269 who still managed to maintain their dignity before they die? 2115 01:37:49,369 --> 01:37:51,938 I mean, I'm not saying these things aren't real, 2116 01:37:52,380 --> 01:37:55,175 but we're also more than this. 2117 01:37:55,241 --> 01:37:58,244 And it's like so many writers like you can't envision us 2118 01:37:58,345 --> 01:38:00,547 without some white boot on our necks. 2119 01:38:00,613 --> 01:38:03,350 Do you get angry at Bret Easton Ellis 2120 01:38:03,416 --> 01:38:04,784 or Charles Bukowski 2121 01:38:04,884 --> 01:38:06,553 for writing about the downtrodden? 2122 01:38:06,619 --> 01:38:08,788 Or is your ire strictly reserved for Black women? 2123 01:38:08,888 --> 01:38:10,724 Nobody reads Bukowski thinking 2124 01:38:10,790 --> 01:38:12,625 his is the definitive white experience. 2125 01:38:12,726 --> 01:38:14,561 But people, white people, 2126 01:38:14,627 --> 01:38:16,796 read your book and confine us to it. 2127 01:38:16,896 --> 01:38:19,132 They think that we're all like that. 2128 01:38:19,232 --> 01:38:20,900 Then it sounds like your issue 2129 01:38:20,967 --> 01:38:22,969 is with white people, Monk, not me. 2130 01:38:23,690 --> 01:38:24,738 Well, maybe, but I also think 2131 01:38:24,804 --> 01:38:26,406 that I see the unrealized potential 2132 01:38:26,473 --> 01:38:27,640 of Black people in this country. 2133 01:38:30,944 --> 01:38:33,580 Potential is what people see when they think 2134 01:38:33,646 --> 01:38:35,415 what's in front of them isn't good enough. 2135 01:38:38,318 --> 01:38:39,619 [door opens] 2136 01:38:40,954 --> 01:38:41,955 [Sintara clears throat] 2137 01:38:43,890 --> 01:38:45,158 [door closes] 2138 01:38:45,258 --> 01:38:47,427 So, what are we talking about? 2139 01:38:48,561 --> 01:38:50,497 [mellow music playing] 2140 01:39:12,652 --> 01:39:13,653 [cell phone chimes] 2141 01:39:36,376 --> 01:39:37,444 [Ailene] We're starting again. 2142 01:39:37,510 --> 01:39:38,645 I'll be right there. 2143 01:39:50,323 --> 01:39:52,625 Hey, can I speak to Arthur? Yeah, it's Monk. 2144 01:39:55,662 --> 01:39:56,629 Hey. 2145 01:39:56,696 --> 01:39:58,131 I'm fine. 2146 01:39:58,198 --> 01:39:59,966 Listen, you think you can set up 2147 01:40:00,330 --> 01:40:01,334 another meeting with Wiley? 2148 01:40:02,402 --> 01:40:04,304 I've got a new idea for him. 2149 01:40:04,371 --> 01:40:06,172 Different kind of movie. 2150 01:40:06,239 --> 01:40:07,240 Thanks. 2151 01:40:21,588 --> 01:40:23,323 I think it's **** for me. 2152 01:40:23,390 --> 01:40:25,158 - Yeah, me too. - Yeah, I agree. 2153 01:40:25,225 --> 01:40:27,600 I disagree. I'm sorry. 2154 01:40:27,160 --> 01:40:29,429 I think it would be a mistake 2155 01:40:29,529 --> 01:40:31,931 to award this book anything. 2156 01:40:32,320 --> 01:40:33,566 Well, it's two versus three, so... 2157 01:40:34,701 --> 01:40:35,702 ****'s the winner. 2158 01:40:35,769 --> 01:40:37,203 [Ailene] **** is the winner. 2159 01:40:40,607 --> 01:40:43,176 You know, it's not just that it's so affecting, 2160 01:40:44,277 --> 01:40:45,912 I just think it's essential 2161 01:40:46,120 --> 01:40:47,547 to listen to Black voices right now. 2162 01:40:55,889 --> 01:40:56,890 [Monk] Mother. 2163 01:40:58,291 --> 01:40:59,292 Did you... 2164 01:41:02,729 --> 01:41:04,798 Did you know that Dad was cheating on you? 2165 01:41:06,320 --> 01:41:08,368 He was bad at keeping secrets. 2166 01:41:08,435 --> 01:41:10,804 Why didn't you leave him? 2167 01:41:10,904 --> 01:41:13,440 He would've been even more lonely without me. 2168 01:41:16,242 --> 01:41:17,477 You thought he was lonely? 2169 01:41:17,577 --> 01:41:19,446 You father was a genius. 2170 01:41:22,248 --> 01:41:25,218 Geniuses are lonely... 2171 01:41:26,586 --> 01:41:30,560 because they can't connect with the rest of us. 2172 01:41:32,125 --> 01:41:33,626 You're a genius, son. 2173 01:41:36,129 --> 01:41:38,631 Well, I certainly don't feel like one half the time. 2174 01:41:39,966 --> 01:41:41,167 That's because you've always been 2175 01:41:41,267 --> 01:41:43,136 so hard on yourself, Cliffy. 2176 01:41:50,343 --> 01:41:54,114 [Carl] And now for the final award for the evening. 2177 01:41:54,180 --> 01:41:57,684 I promise to leave you alone, let you eat after this. 2178 01:41:57,784 --> 01:41:59,285 But before I announce the winner, 2179 01:41:59,352 --> 01:42:00,987 I would like to acknowledge our judges, 2180 01:42:01,870 --> 01:42:03,230 our incredibly diverse group of judges 2181 01:42:03,123 --> 01:42:05,191 who've sacrificed valuable time, 2182 01:42:05,291 --> 01:42:06,926 so we could all celebrate here tonight. 2183 01:42:06,993 --> 01:42:07,994 So if you put your hands together, 2184 01:42:08,940 --> 01:42:09,596 they did a fantastic job. 2185 01:42:14,634 --> 01:42:15,635 Okay. 2186 01:42:16,336 --> 01:42:17,504 Without further ado, 2187 01:42:18,838 --> 01:42:21,374 this year's Literary Award goes to... 2188 01:42:22,609 --> 01:42:23,877 Oh, I knew it. 2189 01:42:23,977 --> 01:42:26,379 By Stagg R. Leigh, ****. 2190 01:42:26,479 --> 01:42:28,882 [crowd applauding and muttering] 2191 01:42:37,691 --> 01:42:40,260 Well, I'm not sure if Mr. Leigh is going to grace us 2192 01:42:40,126 --> 01:42:41,561 with his presence here tonight. 2193 01:42:41,661 --> 01:42:44,364 He's notoriously cagey about attention. 2194 01:42:55,642 --> 01:42:57,310 Oh, hold on. 2195 01:42:57,377 --> 01:43:00,130 Oh, okay. I see some business. 2196 01:43:00,800 --> 01:43:03,883 Someone's coming. Oh, Thelonious Ellison. 2197 01:43:03,983 --> 01:43:05,819 One of our esteemed judges. 2198 01:43:08,855 --> 01:43:10,690 Weirdly walking toward the stage. 2199 01:43:12,359 --> 01:43:13,927 No idea why. 2200 01:43:14,728 --> 01:43:15,595 Hey. 2201 01:43:15,695 --> 01:43:16,763 What's going on? 2202 01:43:18,431 --> 01:43:19,432 [Monk] Excuse me. 2203 01:43:20,767 --> 01:43:22,235 Excuse me. 2204 01:43:24,371 --> 01:43:26,339 [suspenseful music playing] 2205 01:43:38,551 --> 01:43:40,253 I have a confession to make. 2206 01:43:45,625 --> 01:43:47,527 [Wiley] Wait, wait, wait. Smash to black? 2207 01:43:48,528 --> 01:43:49,929 [bell rings] 2208 01:43:50,300 --> 01:43:51,631 No ****ing way, dude. 2209 01:43:51,731 --> 01:43:53,199 What's wrong with that? 2210 01:43:53,266 --> 01:43:55,802 There's no resolution here. What's he going to say? 2211 01:43:55,902 --> 01:43:57,771 I don't know. I think that's what's interesting about it. 2212 01:43:57,871 --> 01:43:58,938 No, he should say something. 2213 01:43:59,390 --> 01:44:00,440 What did you say? 2214 01:44:00,540 --> 01:44:02,709 Nothing. I walked out of the ceremony. 2215 01:44:02,776 --> 01:44:03,943 The next day I called you to say 2216 01:44:04,440 --> 01:44:05,412 I wanted to write this movie. 2217 01:44:05,478 --> 01:44:06,780 [Wiley] Well, Monk, the character 2218 01:44:06,880 --> 01:44:08,148 should say something. 2219 01:44:08,248 --> 01:44:10,250 [Monk] Well, I don't want him to make some 2220 01:44:10,316 --> 01:44:12,419 grandiose speech spoon-feeding everyone 2221 01:44:12,485 --> 01:44:13,787 the moral of the story. 2222 01:44:13,887 --> 01:44:15,889 There is no moral. That's the idea. 2223 01:44:15,955 --> 01:44:17,223 I like the ambiguity. 2224 01:44:17,290 --> 01:44:19,392 Okay, look. You're a good writer, 2225 01:44:19,459 --> 01:44:21,594 and this is almost there. 2226 01:44:21,661 --> 01:44:23,797 But novels aren't movies, okay? 2227 01:44:23,897 --> 01:44:25,832 Nuance doesn't put ***es in theater seats. 2228 01:44:25,932 --> 01:44:27,400 We need a big finish. What is this? 2229 01:44:28,501 --> 01:44:30,804 It's the seltzer you asked for. 2230 01:44:30,904 --> 01:44:31,971 Why is it all wet? 2231 01:44:33,473 --> 01:44:34,808 Condensation? 2232 01:44:34,908 --> 01:44:36,576 Condensation. Okay. 2233 01:44:36,643 --> 01:44:38,345 You're a ****ing weatherman now. 2234 01:44:38,445 --> 01:44:39,512 You want anything? 2235 01:44:39,612 --> 01:44:41,810 Uh, no, I'm fine. Thank you. 2236 01:44:41,147 --> 01:44:42,282 All right. This is Monk. 2237 01:44:42,349 --> 01:44:45,185 - We're going to make a movie with him if he can get the third act right. - Nice meeting you. 2238 01:44:45,285 --> 01:44:46,419 - You as well. - Get me a flat white. 2239 01:44:47,253 --> 01:44:49,890 And, hey, never again. 2240 01:44:51,291 --> 01:44:52,826 All right. 2241 01:44:52,926 --> 01:44:54,494 What other endings you got in that big brain of yours? 2242 01:44:58,331 --> 01:44:59,499 How about if... 2243 01:44:59,599 --> 01:45:02,350 This year's Literary Award goes to... 2244 01:45:02,969 --> 01:45:05,438 by Stagg R. Leigh, ****. 2245 01:45:05,505 --> 01:45:07,273 [captivating music playing] 2246 01:45:07,340 --> 01:45:09,420 [crowd applauding] 2247 01:45:42,108 --> 01:45:44,770 [captivating music continues] 2248 01:45:50,650 --> 01:45:52,419 I'd like to apologize. 2249 01:45:54,988 --> 01:45:56,890 I haven't been myself lately. 2250 01:46:18,478 --> 01:46:19,479 What about that? 2251 01:46:20,246 --> 01:46:21,281 Will she forgive him? 2252 01:46:22,782 --> 01:46:24,584 I don't know. 2253 01:46:24,651 --> 01:46:27,754 The real Coraline won't return my phone calls. 2254 01:46:27,821 --> 01:46:29,923 Maybe the movie Coraline is more forgiving. 2255 01:46:33,259 --> 01:46:35,280 No. It's too pat. 2256 01:46:35,128 --> 01:46:36,830 Makes the whole thing feel like a romantic comedy. 2257 01:46:36,930 --> 01:46:38,598 We don't want to make a romantic comedy. 2258 01:46:38,665 --> 01:46:40,166 We want to make something real. 2259 01:46:41,301 --> 01:46:42,302 Give me something real. 2260 01:46:47,140 --> 01:46:48,274 I mean, we could just... 2261 01:46:49,542 --> 01:46:51,440 Hey, what's going on? 2262 01:46:51,945 --> 01:46:52,946 [Monk] Excuse me. 2263 01:46:55,315 --> 01:46:56,316 Beat it. 2264 01:47:02,722 --> 01:47:04,691 [suspenseful music playing] 2265 01:47:08,695 --> 01:47:11,731 I have a confession to make. 2266 01:47:11,831 --> 01:47:13,867 - [door opens] - Stagg Leigh, on the ground now! 2267 01:47:13,967 --> 01:47:15,635 [officer 1] There he is! 2268 01:47:15,702 --> 01:47:17,537 [Monk] No, no. I'm not Stagg Leigh. 2269 01:47:18,705 --> 01:47:19,706 He doesn't exist. 2270 01:47:19,806 --> 01:47:21,875 I'm Monk. Thelonious Ellison. 2271 01:47:21,975 --> 01:47:24,100 You're a fugitive! On the ground now! 2272 01:47:24,770 --> 01:47:25,245 [Monk] No, no, no. 2273 01:47:25,345 --> 01:47:26,713 That was all a marketing gimmick. 2274 01:47:26,813 --> 01:47:28,648 - It was all a lie. - [officer 2] He's got a gun! 2275 01:47:28,715 --> 01:47:30,830 No, no! No, no! 2276 01:47:31,840 --> 01:47:33,190 [dramatic choral music playing] 2277 01:47:49,602 --> 01:47:52,939 [music crescendoes] 2278 01:48:02,549 --> 01:48:03,550 [Wiley] He's dead? 2279 01:48:04,951 --> 01:48:05,952 They smoke him? 2280 01:48:10,190 --> 01:48:11,191 It's perfect. 2281 01:48:12,926 --> 01:48:14,627 Yes! That is... 2282 01:48:15,895 --> 01:48:17,464 That is perfect. 2283 01:48:18,598 --> 01:48:20,700 Time to pick out your tux, my brother. 2284 01:48:20,767 --> 01:48:22,369 We're going to the big show. 2285 01:48:22,435 --> 01:48:24,637 Hey, come transcribe this. We got it. 2286 01:48:28,108 --> 01:48:29,109 ****. 2287 01:48:29,209 --> 01:48:31,144 [blues music playing] 2288 01:48:52,232 --> 01:48:53,233 [Cliff] Hey. 2289 01:48:56,169 --> 01:48:57,170 [Monk exhales] 2290 01:48:57,904 --> 01:48:58,905 So? 2291 01:49:00,807 --> 01:49:01,908 They going to make your movie or what? 2292 01:49:02,642 --> 01:49:04,244 Unfortunately, yes. 2293 01:49:04,310 --> 01:49:06,312 Hey! You know what? 2294 01:49:06,413 --> 01:49:09,182 Good luck finding someone handsome enough to play me. 2295 01:49:09,282 --> 01:49:10,617 I think they have. 2296 01:49:10,684 --> 01:49:11,685 Who they got? 2297 01:49:12,686 --> 01:49:13,687 Tyler Perry. 2298 01:49:13,787 --> 01:49:16,456 [both laughing] 2299 01:49:16,523 --> 01:49:17,524 You got me. That's good. 2300 01:49:19,759 --> 01:49:21,270 [engine starts] 2301 01:49:22,862 --> 01:49:23,997 [Cliff] All right. 2302 01:49:26,833 --> 01:49:28,802 [blues music continues] 2303 01:50:38,171 --> 01:50:40,106 [upbeat jazz music playing] 2304 01:52:49,803 --> 01:52:51,738 [classical piano music playing] 2305 01:53:56,936 --> 01:53:58,905 {\an8}[music continues]