1 00:00:01,434 --> 00:00:05,500 (CROWD CHEERING FAINTLY) 2 00:00:08,410 --> 00:00:11,770 (ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYING MELLOW SOLO) 3 00:00:30,630 --> 00:00:33,366 (CHEERING CONTINUES) 4 00:00:44,344 --> 00:00:45,812 Tamra is a legend. 5 00:00:45,812 --> 00:00:49,516 Yeah, yeah, she’s had two hitless albums back-to-back, 6 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:53,553 but someone else’s take isn’t the ticket. 7 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:54,721 We need hers. 8 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:58,858 We need someone who can get her to actually open up 9 00:00:58,858 --> 00:00:59,693 and be honest. 10 00:00:59,693 --> 00:01:05,398 Somebody who can get her to say something brutal or ****y, 11 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,433 whatever it actually is. 12 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:09,569 What does she still want from music? 13 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:11,710 What does she still think was, 14 00:01:11,710 --> 00:01:13,606 you know, missing from that last project? 15 00:01:13,606 --> 00:01:19,112 The only thing a story about a legend like Tamra Camden is missing 16 00:01:19,112 --> 00:01:22,615 is as much Tamra Camden as possible. 17 00:01:22,615 --> 00:01:23,783 STAN: Damn good point, Ariel. 18 00:01:23,783 --> 00:01:26,453 - (MURMURS OF AGREEMENT) - I’d read that. 19 00:01:26,453 --> 00:01:27,854 (CHUCKLES) Thank you. 20 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:29,823 Uh, I mean, I would love to maybe-- 21 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:31,591 What about Chris Wreath to write it? 22 00:01:31,591 --> 00:01:33,159 I mean, he would be inspired, right? 23 00:01:33,159 --> 00:01:37,130 Yeah, strong agree. I’ll send him a note. 24 00:01:37,130 --> 00:01:38,980 Done. 25 00:01:38,980 --> 00:01:39,966 Okay. Good job. 26 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:41,434 (PAPERS SHUFFLING) 27 00:01:41,434 --> 00:01:43,403 Moving on. (SIGHS) 28 00:01:43,403 --> 00:01:45,672 On to the M.O.B. 29 00:01:45,972 --> 00:01:48,775 (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 30 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:15,669 ARIEL: It’s just driving me ****ing nuts. 31 00:02:15,669 --> 00:02:18,738 I’ve been there for three years. 32 00:02:18,738 --> 00:02:19,606 Three years of my life, 33 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:22,976 and I haven’t written a single real story. 34 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:24,210 - Yes, you have. - No, I haven’t. 35 00:02:24,210 --> 00:02:25,211 What are you talking about? 36 00:02:25,211 --> 00:02:27,881 I loved that piece on that, uh... What was it? 37 00:02:27,881 --> 00:02:29,549 Blind martial arts instructor. 38 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:31,785 - Oh, yeah, okay. - How’d he do that three-finger thing? 39 00:02:31,785 --> 00:02:33,486 - Oh. Like... - It was like... 40 00:02:33,486 --> 00:02:35,550 (BOTH GRUNTING FIERCELY) 41 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:37,657 (BOTH LAUGHING) 42 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:41,828 - Wow, you look cute today. - Stop. (GROANS) 43 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:44,497 - Okay. - Okay. 44 00:02:44,497 --> 00:02:45,799 This is how I see it. 45 00:02:45,799 --> 00:02:47,600 Step one, 46 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:48,768 write about famous people 47 00:02:48,768 --> 00:02:51,104 because they’re inherently fascinating. 48 00:02:51,104 --> 00:02:52,939 That’s where I’m at right now. 49 00:02:52,939 --> 00:02:55,475 - Step two... - "Famous people." 50 00:02:55,475 --> 00:02:57,610 Okay. Step two, 51 00:02:57,610 --> 00:02:59,612 people start to find me fascinating 52 00:02:59,612 --> 00:03:01,915 ’cause I’m writing about fascinating people. 53 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:02,549 And then, three, 54 00:03:02,549 --> 00:03:07,253 take that goodwill and use it to write whatever the **** I want. 55 00:03:07,253 --> 00:03:07,921 What’s the... 56 00:03:07,921 --> 00:03:10,523 what’s the end goal of all that, though? 57 00:03:10,523 --> 00:03:11,524 Like, what’s the point? 58 00:03:11,524 --> 00:03:14,661 - Write a book. Like... - Mmm. 59 00:03:14,661 --> 00:03:16,129 Books, plural. 60 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:19,650 Then, show people that... 61 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:21,340 I don’t know... 62 00:03:21,568 --> 00:03:23,690 that I’m a good ****ing writer. 63 00:03:23,690 --> 00:03:24,537 Show them what I... I think 64 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:27,774 and... and... and feel, love, hate. 65 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:30,210 But at this rate, I’ll be, like, 35 66 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:32,879 before that ever happens, which is basically 40. 67 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:34,114 Sorry, no offense. 68 00:03:34,114 --> 00:03:37,830 Whoa, hold up. I’m... I... I’m only 32. 69 00:03:37,830 --> 00:03:39,619 - What the hell? - I’m like... I rounded up. 70 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:40,887 - That’s wack. - That’s my fault. 71 00:03:40,887 --> 00:03:41,888 - I... I rounded up. - Okay, also, 72 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:44,624 is this one of those vents where you just need to vent 73 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:48,940 or one of the rare vents where you actually want advice? 74 00:03:48,940 --> 00:03:49,996 Wow. Okay. 75 00:03:50,530 --> 00:03:51,698 The former. Right. 76 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:53,833 Can you pass me the... 77 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:54,701 I am open. 78 00:03:54,701 --> 00:03:57,537 I will take advice. I’m open. 79 00:03:57,971 --> 00:04:00,607 - For real? - Yeah, for real. 80 00:04:00,607 --> 00:04:01,608 Okay. 81 00:04:01,608 --> 00:04:04,544 Well, with love and compassion, 82 00:04:04,544 --> 00:04:07,947 I don’t think anyone gives a **** about what you feel 83 00:04:07,947 --> 00:04:09,150 or love or hate. 84 00:04:09,150 --> 00:04:11,251 Listen, you’re only 27 years old. 85 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:12,752 You didn’t grow up poor or rich. 86 00:04:12,752 --> 00:04:15,588 You have a good job, a perfect bill of health. 87 00:04:15,588 --> 00:04:16,723 No addictions, no enemies. 88 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:19,859 Hell, you’ve never let anyone in close enough, 89 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:23,997 present company included, to actually break your heart. 90 00:04:23,997 --> 00:04:26,866 And your parents are perfect, which is why you always shit on my mom. 91 00:04:26,866 --> 00:04:29,302 No, I always shit on your mom ’cause she’s ****ing crazy. 92 00:04:29,302 --> 00:04:31,604 Your problem is that you’re middle. 93 00:04:31,604 --> 00:04:33,206 Which is okay. Most people are. 94 00:04:33,206 --> 00:04:35,875 But it’s experience that gives people perspective, 95 00:04:35,875 --> 00:04:40,246 and it’s perspective that gives opinions their value, 96 00:04:40,246 --> 00:04:42,820 and yours is... 97 00:04:42,820 --> 00:04:44,217 it’s middle as ****. 98 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:47,253 Okay. 99 00:04:47,687 --> 00:04:49,220 (SIGHS) 100 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:51,124 This eel is delicious, by the way. 101 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:53,860 Yeah, it’s really good. No, it’s really, really good. 102 00:04:53,860 --> 00:04:55,128 - Are you okay? - (MUTTERS) 103 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:57,731 ’Cause I could... I could take that back. 104 00:04:57,731 --> 00:04:58,765 The eel is really good. 105 00:04:58,765 --> 00:05:01,801 - (PHONES RINGING) - (BUSY CHATTER) 106 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:02,302 EDITOR 1: So... 107 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:03,903 EDITOR 2: I mean, now is the time, then. 108 00:05:03,903 --> 00:05:05,380 EDITOR 1: But why? Why is now the time? 109 00:05:05,380 --> 00:05:06,639 EDITOR 2: I mean, all the pictures are dropping in. 110 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:08,675 Like, do you think he had a ton of work done to his face? 111 00:05:08,675 --> 00:05:11,644 Probably, but I’m calling bullshit on the whole thing. 112 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:11,978 What’s up? 113 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:14,214 There’s a rumor flying around that Moretti’s back. 114 00:05:14,214 --> 00:05:16,282 Like, "Moretti" Moretti? 115 00:05:16,282 --> 00:05:16,783 Oh, shit. 116 00:05:16,783 --> 00:05:19,352 I know. It’s a big day for me. Dina Simone was my first ringtone. 117 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:21,688 Dina Simone was everyone’s first ringtone. 118 00:05:21,688 --> 00:05:23,890 Well, don’t be a ****. 119 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:24,824 Ooh, Stan. 120 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:25,392 You hear? 121 00:05:25,392 --> 00:05:26,359 (SING-SONGY) Moretti’s back. 122 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:29,629 - STAN: Oh, my God. You, too? - (LAUGHS) I... 123 00:05:29,629 --> 00:05:30,163 Are we done? Huh? 124 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:32,832 I mean, if social media wants to freak out over every rumor, 125 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:35,268 so be it, but you guys are supposed to be journalists. 126 00:05:35,268 --> 00:05:39,973 Besides, no one has seen or heard from Moretti in 30 years. 127 00:05:39,973 --> 00:05:40,807 If there was an album, 128 00:05:40,807 --> 00:05:44,911 I am sure they’d release it the same way he always did. 129 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:48,648 Uh, his publicist, Soledad Yusef, 130 00:05:48,648 --> 00:05:51,184 would mail in a VHS of him 131 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:54,688 nonsensically just rattling off Moretti’s career highlights 132 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:58,124 and proclaiming that a new album was on the way. 133 00:05:58,124 --> 00:05:59,325 It was nauseating. 134 00:05:59,325 --> 00:06:01,610 - Look at this. - What’s this? 135 00:06:01,610 --> 00:06:03,329 SOLEDAD: (OVER COMPUTER) Hello, my loves. 136 00:06:03,329 --> 00:06:04,640 Hello. 137 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:05,980 STAN: Holy shit, that’s actually him. 138 00:06:05,980 --> 00:06:08,234 It’s been a long time since we’ve done this dance. 139 00:06:08,234 --> 00:06:09,402 (STAN WHISTLES, CHUCKLES) 140 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:13,106 But I think this dance we do is a timeless one. Don’t you? 141 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:14,240 (STAN LAUGHS) 142 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,444 SOLEDAD: A lot has changed in the last 27 years. 143 00:06:17,444 --> 00:06:18,411 Oh, my God. 144 00:06:18,411 --> 00:06:20,980 Can you believe it’s been 27 years? 145 00:06:20,980 --> 00:06:21,848 Look at me. 146 00:06:21,848 --> 00:06:24,818 I’m like a silver fox. (LAUGHS) 147 00:06:25,352 --> 00:06:27,200 Okay. I’m having too much fun. 148 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,189 - Enough about me. - (STAN CHUCKLES) 149 00:06:32,392 --> 00:06:34,160 Mr. Glam-boyant himself. 150 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,964 The Velvet Caller. Don Diva. 151 00:06:38,431 --> 00:06:42,535 he’ll be playing for a select group of people this weekend 152 00:06:42,535 --> 00:06:46,600 before he gives this new blessing unto the world. 153 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,641 And there is more to come. 154 00:06:48,641 --> 00:06:49,909 So much more. 155 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:52,645 ♪ Such a sweet little thing ♪ 156 00:06:52,645 --> 00:06:53,313 ♪ Dina ♪ 157 00:06:53,313 --> 00:06:56,316 ♪ And you deserve Million-dollar rings ♪ 158 00:06:56,316 --> 00:06:57,830 ♪ Simone ♪ 159 00:06:57,830 --> 00:07:00,860 ♪ I like Your tight little jeans ♪ 160 00:07:00,860 --> 00:07:00,620 ♪ Dina ♪ 161 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:03,560 ♪ And I love how She dress like a saint ♪ 162 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:04,157 (SINGING ALONG) 163 00:07:04,157 --> 00:07:05,392 ♪ Simone ♪ 164 00:07:05,392 --> 00:07:09,290 ♪ Hold me, baby Hold me tight ♪ 165 00:07:09,290 --> 00:07:10,196 ♪ Kiss me, girl ♪ 166 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:11,965 ♪ It’s Saturday night ♪ 167 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:13,199 ...Alfred Moretti. 168 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:14,567 ♪ See me watching ♪ 169 00:07:14,567 --> 00:07:16,302 ♪ Paint the town ♪ 170 00:07:16,302 --> 00:07:18,204 ♪ She’s with us ♪ 171 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:19,239 ♪ Queens and Crown ♪ 172 00:07:19,239 --> 00:07:22,750 ♪ All I want is you And diamonds on me ♪ 173 00:07:22,750 --> 00:07:26,279 ♪ Ooh, don’t you ever Show me mercy, ooh ♪ 174 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:30,160 ♪ I’m here alone With reservations for three ♪ 175 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:31,351 ♪ I need you ♪ 176 00:07:31,351 --> 00:07:34,220 ♪ You too, perfect, yeah ♪ 177 00:07:34,220 --> 00:07:36,956 ♪ Such a sweet little thing ♪ 178 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:37,357 ♪ Dina ♪ 179 00:07:37,357 --> 00:07:40,930 ♪ And you deserve Million-dollar rings ♪ 180 00:07:40,930 --> 00:07:41,261 ♪ Simone ♪ 181 00:07:41,261 --> 00:07:44,431 ♪ I like Your tight little jeans ♪ 182 00:07:44,431 --> 00:07:45,198 ♪ Dina ♪ 183 00:07:45,198 --> 00:07:47,500 ♪ And I love how She dress like a saint ♪ 184 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:48,401 ♪ Simone ♪ 185 00:07:48,401 --> 00:07:49,269 ♪ You chauffeur ’round ♪ 186 00:07:49,269 --> 00:07:52,138 ♪ All around the town In Cadillac Sedan de Villes ♪ 187 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:54,240 ♪ And *** Is your favorite thing ♪ 188 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,409 ♪ Cocaine and blue pills ♪ 189 00:07:56,409 --> 00:07:58,278 ♪ You, club ♪ 190 00:07:58,278 --> 00:07:59,612 ♪ You, ballet ♪ 191 00:07:59,612 --> 00:08:01,181 ♪ She, in the bedroom ♪ 192 00:08:01,181 --> 00:08:03,683 ♪ Her right here In the valet ♪ 193 00:08:03,683 --> 00:08:04,451 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 194 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:07,253 ♪ Bodies intertwine In the dark lights ♪ 195 00:08:07,253 --> 00:08:09,155 ♪ Our souls ♪ 196 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:09,556 Oh, shit. 197 00:08:09,556 --> 00:08:11,124 ♪ Exchange under The night sky ♪ 198 00:08:11,124 --> 00:08:14,627 ♪ Raging bulls Till we fall asleep ♪ 199 00:08:14,627 --> 00:08:17,397 ♪ The sun is coming for us ♪ 200 00:08:17,397 --> 00:08:18,598 ♪ Jealousy ♪ 201 00:08:18,598 --> 00:08:21,340 ♪ Such a sweet little thing ♪ 202 00:08:21,340 --> 00:08:21,468 ♪ Dina ♪ 203 00:08:21,468 --> 00:08:24,404 ♪ And you deserve Million-dollar rings ♪ 204 00:08:24,404 --> 00:08:25,710 ♪ Simone ♪ 205 00:08:25,710 --> 00:08:28,141 - (SONG ENDS) - He’s back, my babies. 206 00:08:28,141 --> 00:08:31,177 (LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER) 207 00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:33,130 Ugh. Classic. 208 00:08:33,130 --> 00:08:34,280 Truly a perfect album, 209 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:38,318 up there with Thriller, Hotel California, Nebraska. 210 00:08:38,318 --> 00:08:40,553 WOMAN: There’s a second one. 211 00:08:40,553 --> 00:08:42,989 This is for, uh... 212 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:45,191 Ariel Ecton. 213 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:47,527 - WOMAN: Who? - MAN: Seriously? 214 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:50,230 (OTHERS MURMURING) 215 00:08:50,563 --> 00:08:54,670 CLARA: (OVER TV) So, what do you think of the news of Moretti 216 00:08:54,670 --> 00:08:54,701 coming out of retirement? 217 00:08:54,701 --> 00:08:56,736 WOMAN: (OVER TV) Oh, my gosh, I mean, it feels like a dream, you know? 218 00:08:56,736 --> 00:09:00,106 I used to listen to him all the time as a kid, and now my kids 219 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:02,175 get their own Moretti album. 220 00:09:02,175 --> 00:09:03,209 (LAUGHING) 221 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:04,770 And you, sir? 222 00:09:04,770 --> 00:09:06,613 Moretti sleeps 12 hours a day, 223 00:09:06,613 --> 00:09:08,715 and then stands 12 hours a day. 224 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:11,510 Like, it’s a "balance of life" thing. 225 00:09:11,510 --> 00:09:12,519 This is my favorite rumor about this guy. 226 00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:17,757 Somebody’s trying to suggest that he bought Freddie Mercury’s teeth. 227 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:19,192 (LAUGHS) 228 00:09:19,192 --> 00:09:20,326 - And he might-- - Today’s top story, 229 00:09:20,326 --> 00:09:24,597 Alfred Moretti, arguably the biggest pop star of the ’90s, 230 00:09:24,597 --> 00:09:29,690 has resurfaced after a 30-year hiat... 231 00:09:32,605 --> 00:09:34,174 (CHUCKLES) 232 00:09:34,174 --> 00:09:37,430 (ENTHRALLING MUSIC PLAYING) 233 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:48,288 (BIRDS CALLING) 234 00:09:58,631 --> 00:10:00,133 STAN: Smell that desert air. 235 00:10:00,133 --> 00:10:01,835 ARIEL: Oh, yeah, it’s amazing. 236 00:10:01,835 --> 00:10:02,769 - STAN: Right? Oh. - ARIEL: Hello. 237 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:06,539 - Hello. Oh, okay. Okay. - ARIEL: Oh. (CLEARS THROAT) 238 00:10:08,241 --> 00:10:10,543 Ms. Ecton. Mr. Sullivan. 239 00:10:10,543 --> 00:10:13,780 Welcome to Green River, Utah. 240 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:16,783 It’ll be an absolute honor 241 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:18,785 to spend this weekend with you. 242 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:20,253 - Thank you. - Yeah. 243 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:20,587 Namaste. 244 00:10:20,587 --> 00:10:22,880 Uh, the other guests are waiting just this way. 245 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:27,494 Please follow me as we board the infamous Louise. 246 00:10:28,261 --> 00:10:30,196 Holy shit. 247 00:10:30,196 --> 00:10:31,131 Slow Lo. 248 00:10:31,131 --> 00:10:32,232 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 249 00:10:32,232 --> 00:10:35,435 So, uh, rumor had it that when Moretti toured, 250 00:10:35,435 --> 00:10:36,703 his outfits were so damn heavy that the-- 251 00:10:36,703 --> 00:10:39,639 Yeah, they would weigh the bus down, and they would have to, 252 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:44,678 uh, stop to fuel twice as much ’cause it was so slow and low. 253 00:10:44,678 --> 00:10:46,446 - Hence the name. - Yeah. 254 00:10:46,446 --> 00:10:47,814 - Yeah. - Yeah. 255 00:10:47,814 --> 00:10:49,549 ARIEL: I just... I did a little research. 256 00:10:49,549 --> 00:10:51,618 STAN: No, that’s impressive. That’s really impressive. 257 00:10:51,618 --> 00:10:54,654 - ARIEL: Thanks. - STAN: Yeah. Nice job, rookie. 258 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:55,422 ARIEL: Okay. 259 00:10:55,422 --> 00:10:57,524 - (ENGINE STARTS) - Well, lookie here. 260 00:10:57,524 --> 00:11:00,727 - Hey. Long time, huh? - (LAUGHS) 261 00:11:00,727 --> 00:11:02,295 - (LAUGHING) - CLARA: Hey. 262 00:11:02,295 --> 00:11:03,630 Oh, everybody, uh, meet Ariel. 263 00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:06,900 Some young blood from the magazine tagging along. 264 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:08,234 - Hi. - This is Clara, 265 00:11:08,234 --> 00:11:09,402 who you know of, I’m sure. 266 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:14,908 And, of course, Bianca Tyson, the top paparazza in the game. 267 00:11:14,908 --> 00:11:16,276 - Stan. - (STAN LAUGHS) 268 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:17,577 - Clara. Clara. - Stan. 269 00:11:17,577 --> 00:11:20,380 - CLARA: Stan. - (STAN AND CLARA LAUGH) 270 00:11:20,547 --> 00:11:22,549 STAN: I’m not sure who that is. 271 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:23,717 That is Emily Katz. 272 00:11:23,717 --> 00:11:25,852 - She’s an influencer. - STAN: Oh, Lord help us. 273 00:11:25,852 --> 00:11:28,688 Wait, sorry. Is she talking to Bill Lotto? 274 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:29,522 BIANCA: Oh, I know, right? 275 00:11:29,522 --> 00:11:33,760 You’d think some of the sheen would wear off after he pivoted to podcasts. 276 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,960 I’m surprised he even came, to be honest. 277 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,265 What do you mean? Why would he miss the event of the century? 278 00:11:39,265 --> 00:11:41,634 They hated each other. 279 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:44,137 Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to depart 280 00:11:44,137 --> 00:11:47,207 on our four-hour-and-eight-minute journey. 281 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:52,912 Please feel free to luxuriate until our arrival. 282 00:11:53,947 --> 00:11:55,749 CLARA: Thank you. 283 00:11:56,683 --> 00:11:57,500 (LAUGHS) 284 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:59,886 (BRAKES HISSING, ENGINE ACCELERATING) 285 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:04,290 (MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING) 286 00:12:22,609 --> 00:12:25,745 Oh, my God. Cindy Crawford is such a legend. 287 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:27,313 She’s my favorite of his girlfriends. 288 00:12:27,313 --> 00:12:28,848 CLARA: Oh, that is ***y. 289 00:12:28,848 --> 00:12:31,184 (LAUGHING) What are they doing? 290 00:12:38,992 --> 00:12:41,270 Stan, have you been reading this? 291 00:12:41,270 --> 00:12:42,362 Hmm? 292 00:12:42,796 --> 00:12:44,764 Oh, it’s from the basket, right? 293 00:12:45,699 --> 00:12:48,340 I haven’t. What’s the haps? 294 00:12:48,340 --> 00:12:52,380 I mean, the haps are very, uh, specific. They... 295 00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:55,742 Hey, so this is a good time to establish our game plan. 296 00:12:55,742 --> 00:12:56,910 Oh. Yeah. 297 00:12:56,910 --> 00:12:57,610 Okay. Yes, actually. 298 00:12:57,610 --> 00:13:00,180 I was, uh, writing some stuff down earlier. 299 00:13:00,180 --> 00:13:01,181 - Great. - Yeah. 300 00:13:01,181 --> 00:13:03,830 So, you know, obviously, 301 00:13:03,830 --> 00:13:05,251 I’ll be the one who writes the review and the piece, 302 00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:12,192 but what I could really use your help with is some note-taking. 303 00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:17,630 Okay. Yeah, um, I... I would... 304 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:20,934 - You know, I could share-- - Nah, just the note-taking. Anything you see. 305 00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:23,690 Weird books or, uh, 306 00:13:23,690 --> 00:13:24,938 I don’t know, orgies, whatever. 307 00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:25,939 Just, uh, write it down, 308 00:13:25,939 --> 00:13:30,100 and I’ll give it a look at the end of the weekend. Got it? 309 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:32,212 - Yeah. - Yeah. 310 00:13:32,212 --> 00:13:33,713 (STAN INHALES DEEPLY) 311 00:13:33,713 --> 00:13:36,850 You know, I’m... I’m really happy for you. 312 00:13:36,850 --> 00:13:38,685 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 313 00:13:39,686 --> 00:13:42,255 (MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING) 314 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:48,762 (WIND WHISTLING) 315 00:14:01,808 --> 00:14:04,144 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 316 00:14:11,785 --> 00:14:14,320 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 317 00:14:16,890 --> 00:14:19,392 (EXCITED SHOUTING) 318 00:14:27,133 --> 00:14:28,968 Who are these people? 319 00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:29,969 Moretti diehards. 320 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:32,472 They’ve been congregating since the announcement. 321 00:14:32,472 --> 00:14:35,975 I even heard a few have been sleeping in their cars. 322 00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:39,145 All hoping to get a glimpse of him. 323 00:14:39,145 --> 00:14:41,881 Some people really need a hobby. 324 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:43,450 (EMILY CHUCKLES) 325 00:14:45,785 --> 00:14:48,154 (CHEERING) 326 00:14:49,322 --> 00:14:51,424 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 327 00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:53,193 FAN: I love you! 328 00:15:02,969 --> 00:15:05,438 (BIRDS CALLING) 329 00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:15,315 (ENTHRALLING MUSIC PLAYING) 330 00:15:54,821 --> 00:15:56,890 CLARA: Oh, thanks, honey. 331 00:15:57,900 --> 00:16:00,160 I mean, had to wear the boots, right? 332 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,928 - JORG: Right this way. - STAN: They look perfect. 333 00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:04,931 - CLARA: Thanks. - STAN: Oh, my goodness. 334 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:09,235 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 335 00:16:09,235 --> 00:16:11,338 (CLARA LAUGHS) 336 00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:14,507 Welcome. 337 00:16:14,507 --> 00:16:17,444 Before you head to your respective rooms to freshen up, 338 00:16:17,444 --> 00:16:20,513 to ensure the integrity of this event, deposit your cell phones here. 339 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:24,984 We will return them Sunday after your experience is over. 340 00:16:25,185 --> 00:16:26,953 CLARA: No problem. 341 00:16:28,355 --> 00:16:29,956 STAN: Thank you. 342 00:16:31,124 --> 00:16:35,280 - (STAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - (CLARA LAUGHING) 343 00:16:35,929 --> 00:16:38,998 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 344 00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:40,467 Hey. 345 00:16:41,468 --> 00:16:43,470 Ms. Katz. (CLEARS THROAT) 346 00:16:48,241 --> 00:16:50,377 (CELL PHONE DROPS IN BASKET) 347 00:16:50,910 --> 00:16:52,312 Thank you. 348 00:16:55,448 --> 00:16:56,249 This is a gift. 349 00:16:56,249 --> 00:16:57,484 - STAN: Oh. - CLARA: Thank you. 350 00:16:57,484 --> 00:16:58,885 WOMAN: Welcome, Ms. Ecton. 351 00:16:58,885 --> 00:17:01,521 CLARA: It’s beautiful. 352 00:17:02,922 --> 00:17:05,291 - STAN: (WHISPERS) Ariel. - I’m gonna put this by my Emmy. 353 00:17:05,291 --> 00:17:08,528 - (STAN MOUTHING) - Okay. 354 00:17:08,895 --> 00:17:11,464 (MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING) 355 00:17:12,399 --> 00:17:15,268 (QUIET, INDISTINCT CHATTER) 356 00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:23,543 (BIRDS CHIRPING, CAWING) 357 00:18:08,388 --> 00:18:11,910 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 358 00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:18,665 (DOOR OPENS) 359 00:18:19,199 --> 00:18:21,968 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 360 00:18:26,439 --> 00:18:28,208 (DOOR CLOSES) 361 00:18:43,390 --> 00:18:47,560 Over the years, my concerts attracted 362 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,197 a, uh, veritable who’s who 363 00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:55,402 of the revered and the beatified. 364 00:18:55,402 --> 00:18:59,500 And after every show, it was customary 365 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:03,543 for me to invite some of them backstage to my green room 366 00:19:03,543 --> 00:19:09,182 to take photos and exchange pleasantries. 367 00:19:09,182 --> 00:19:14,754 And, one night, I had the unbelievable honor 368 00:19:14,754 --> 00:19:21,294 to welcome both Chuck Norris and Muhammad Ali. 369 00:19:22,162 --> 00:19:23,530 And as is always the case 370 00:19:23,530 --> 00:19:28,168 when two alpha males enter the same space, 371 00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:30,437 a competition ensued. 372 00:19:30,437 --> 00:19:33,573 And soon enough, Chuck Norris stood up 373 00:19:33,573 --> 00:19:38,780 and announced that his hands were so fast 374 00:19:38,780 --> 00:19:42,282 that he could chop a mosquito in half. 375 00:19:42,282 --> 00:19:45,618 And just as he had finished that sentence... 376 00:19:45,618 --> 00:19:46,119 Hi-ya! 377 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,723 - (MURMURING, CHUCKLING) - I looked down at the floor, and sure enough, 378 00:19:49,723 --> 00:19:53,626 there’s a mosquito chopped in half. 379 00:19:55,610 --> 00:19:57,464 Ali doesn’t skip a beat. 380 00:19:57,464 --> 00:19:58,465 He stands up, 381 00:19:58,465 --> 00:20:01,301 goes to the center of the room, 382 00:20:01,301 --> 00:20:03,536 kind of leans back a bit. 383 00:20:03,536 --> 00:20:05,472 (EXHALES SHARPLY) 384 00:20:05,472 --> 00:20:07,340 Double-jabs it. 385 00:20:08,410 --> 00:20:09,809 I look down on the floor, 386 00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:12,679 and there is a mosquito 387 00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:16,483 chopped into four tiny bits. 388 00:20:16,483 --> 00:20:18,752 The entire room applauds. 389 00:20:18,752 --> 00:20:23,490 But Chuck Norris, very determined, does not give up. 390 00:20:23,790 --> 00:20:27,494 He reclaims the center of the room. 391 00:20:27,494 --> 00:20:29,162 Locates one, and then... 392 00:20:29,162 --> 00:20:31,970 (GRUNTING FIERCELY) 393 00:20:31,970 --> 00:20:32,766 (SCATTERED LAUGHTER) 394 00:20:32,766 --> 00:20:37,170 I look down, and sure enough, there lay a little bloodsucker 395 00:20:37,170 --> 00:20:40,240 cut into six tiny portions. 396 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,377 And Ali, cool as a cucumber, he stands, 397 00:20:44,377 --> 00:20:48,314 scouring the room, locates a mosquito. 398 00:20:48,314 --> 00:20:49,182 - Whack. - (CLARA CHUCKLES) 399 00:20:49,182 --> 00:20:52,185 I look up, and that mosquito is still airborne. 400 00:20:52,185 --> 00:20:54,621 I say, "Ali, champ, 401 00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:57,791 "that mosquito is still flying around." 402 00:20:57,791 --> 00:21:00,560 Ali turns back to me, and he says, 403 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,563 "Yeah, he’s still flying around, 404 00:21:03,563 --> 00:21:06,833 "but he’ll never have children." 405 00:21:06,833 --> 00:21:09,402 (LAUGHTER) 406 00:21:13,273 --> 00:21:14,174 And so, 407 00:21:14,174 --> 00:21:19,379 let me be the first to congratulate all of you 408 00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:21,414 on being the first to hear 409 00:21:21,414 --> 00:21:27,821 my 18th studio album, Caesar’s Request. 410 00:21:27,821 --> 00:21:30,557 (APPLAUSE) 411 00:21:30,557 --> 00:21:32,759 Let’s dine, shall we? 412 00:21:34,494 --> 00:21:36,896 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 413 00:21:36,896 --> 00:21:39,833 - Hi. It’s so nice to finally meet you. - Pleasure. 414 00:21:39,833 --> 00:21:43,303 (CHATTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 415 00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:44,671 - It’s good to see you. - You, too. 416 00:21:44,671 --> 00:21:46,306 - Alfred. - Young man. 417 00:21:46,306 --> 00:21:46,906 - Mmm. - Pleasure. 418 00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:48,675 I’d like to start off by saying... 419 00:21:48,675 --> 00:21:51,311 - Water under the bridge. - Exactly. 420 00:21:51,311 --> 00:21:52,445 (CHATTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 421 00:21:52,445 --> 00:21:55,915 - BILL: You look good, man. - MORETTI: You look good, too. Not as good as me. 422 00:21:55,915 --> 00:21:58,151 - Oh. - Thanks, Ariel. 423 00:21:58,618 --> 00:22:00,587 Hey. I heard you’re from New York City. 424 00:22:00,587 --> 00:22:03,790 - Is that true? - Uh, yes, it is true. 425 00:22:03,790 --> 00:22:05,225 That’s so cool. 426 00:22:05,225 --> 00:22:07,193 - Thanks. - I like your hair. 427 00:22:07,193 --> 00:22:08,628 I like your hair, too. 428 00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:09,829 Uh, my name’s Ariel. 429 00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:10,630 Nice to meet you, Ariel. 430 00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:12,332 - I’m Maude. - Nice to meet you, Maude. 431 00:22:12,332 --> 00:22:14,668 Would you like to sit with me, Ariel? 432 00:22:14,668 --> 00:22:16,202 Yes. 433 00:22:16,202 --> 00:22:17,537 Yes, I would. 434 00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:19,172 (GLASS CLINKING) 435 00:22:19,172 --> 00:22:21,741 STAN: Now a toast, if I may. 436 00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:24,611 Because this, my old friend, does not happen anymore. 437 00:22:24,611 --> 00:22:29,249 This, we have missed, as we have missed you. 438 00:22:29,249 --> 00:22:30,183 Guys, this is my friend Ariel. 439 00:22:30,183 --> 00:22:31,851 - STAN: We’re honored to be here with you. - Hi. 440 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:32,652 How are you? I’m Joel. 441 00:22:32,652 --> 00:22:33,920 - Nice to meet you. - STAN: To Alfred. 442 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,623 - BILL: Alfred. - (DISHES CLINKING) 443 00:22:37,957 --> 00:22:40,860 (LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER) 444 00:22:42,362 --> 00:22:45,331 Hey. First Roll. 445 00:22:45,632 --> 00:22:48,401 OTHERS: First Roll. 446 00:22:49,402 --> 00:22:52,639 Take a bite and pass it across. 447 00:22:54,274 --> 00:22:56,743 (BREAD CRUNCHING) 448 00:22:57,510 --> 00:22:59,446 - BILL: There you go. - (CLARA LAUGHING) 449 00:22:59,446 --> 00:23:00,914 STAN: Whoa. You’re like a panther. 450 00:23:00,914 --> 00:23:03,917 CLARA: Are we gonna get to see you dance this weekend? 451 00:23:03,917 --> 00:23:07,387 MORETTI: Don’t fret, my dear. I’m still uncoordinated. 452 00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:08,655 (LAUGHTER) 453 00:23:08,655 --> 00:23:09,656 STAN: Come on, Clara. 454 00:23:09,656 --> 00:23:11,858 CLARA: What? Nobody moves like Moretti. 455 00:23:11,858 --> 00:23:14,794 (CHATTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 456 00:23:23,737 --> 00:23:25,705 (BREAD CRUNCHING) 457 00:23:25,705 --> 00:23:28,475 (UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING) 458 00:23:28,975 --> 00:23:31,277 (BREAD CRUNCHING) 459 00:24:16,790 --> 00:24:17,891 (QUIET MURMURING) 460 00:24:17,891 --> 00:24:20,527 STAN: Oh. Thank you. 461 00:24:23,630 --> 00:24:24,998 BILL: But it’s a pretty one. 462 00:24:24,998 --> 00:24:26,966 Indeed it is. 463 00:24:26,966 --> 00:24:28,902 Yeah. Thought so. 464 00:24:35,342 --> 00:24:37,577 Jorg, right? 465 00:24:38,712 --> 00:24:41,140 Ariel Ecton. (CHUCKLES) 466 00:24:41,140 --> 00:24:42,615 (CHUCKLES) 467 00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:44,751 This is amazing. 468 00:24:46,353 --> 00:24:48,722 (SIGHS) Um... 469 00:24:48,888 --> 00:24:53,360 Full disclosure, I’m a journalist here, 470 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,280 and we might be writing a piece 471 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,563 just about how amazing all this is, 472 00:24:56,563 --> 00:24:59,933 and, um, I just wanted to get, like, a little bit of background color, 473 00:24:59,933 --> 00:25:04,871 if you’re comfortable talking to me a little. 474 00:25:12,479 --> 00:25:14,647 I used to teach music 475 00:25:14,647 --> 00:25:19,452 at Harden High School in Charlotte. 476 00:25:19,452 --> 00:25:23,790 One semester, I picked my favorite musician... 477 00:25:23,790 --> 00:25:25,925 The Wizard of Wiggle himself, 478 00:25:25,925 --> 00:25:29,829 to be the primary focus for the kids. 479 00:25:33,660 --> 00:25:36,936 One day, I’m teaching second period 480 00:25:36,936 --> 00:25:38,104 when I get a phone call 481 00:25:38,104 --> 00:25:40,400 saying that Moretti wanted to meet me. 482 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,710 (CHUCKLING) And at first, I thought it was a prank, you know? 483 00:25:43,710 --> 00:25:44,944 - Mmm. - Of course. 484 00:25:44,944 --> 00:25:48,140 No one had seen Moretti in almost ten years. 485 00:25:48,140 --> 00:25:49,983 - Yeah. - Yeah. 486 00:25:49,983 --> 00:25:51,918 And then... 487 00:25:52,452 --> 00:25:54,721 he got on the phone... 488 00:25:55,755 --> 00:25:58,792 and that voice is... 489 00:26:00,527 --> 00:26:02,162 ...unmistakable. 490 00:26:03,563 --> 00:26:04,731 - Like, this ain’t no prank. - (CHUCKLES) 491 00:26:04,731 --> 00:26:08,835 That’s the mother****ing Debutante himself. (CHUCKLES) 492 00:26:08,835 --> 00:26:09,936 Wait, so... 493 00:26:09,936 --> 00:26:12,772 Moretti just, like, called you out of the blue? 494 00:26:12,772 --> 00:26:15,608 He told me not to tell anyone. 495 00:26:15,608 --> 00:26:17,911 Did he say what he wanted or... or... 496 00:26:17,911 --> 00:26:19,546 (LAUGHING) What? 497 00:26:19,546 --> 00:26:21,140 No need. No. 498 00:26:21,140 --> 00:26:23,583 I didn’t even tell my job. 499 00:26:23,583 --> 00:26:24,170 No call, no show. 500 00:26:24,170 --> 00:26:28,555 I... I was on a plane the next morning. 501 00:26:29,550 --> 00:26:29,622 (CHUCKLES) 502 00:26:29,622 --> 00:26:32,592 And now, I teach music theory to the children. 503 00:26:32,592 --> 00:26:35,862 Like, uh, you know, little Maudey there. 504 00:26:37,530 --> 00:26:40,330 And John here, uh, teaches phys ed, 505 00:26:40,330 --> 00:26:44,804 like, uh, you know, like, uh, track and archery. 506 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:52,178 "Teach them young, and the world will be yours." 507 00:26:52,579 --> 00:26:54,881 ARIEL: That’s from the book, right? The... 508 00:26:54,881 --> 00:26:56,716 the... the blue one that’s... 509 00:26:56,716 --> 00:27:00,153 - Meditations of Level. - ARIEL: Yeah. 510 00:27:00,153 --> 00:27:01,855 Is that, um... 511 00:27:01,855 --> 00:27:05,492 Sorry, I don’t... I don’t know how else to ask that. 512 00:27:05,492 --> 00:27:06,493 Are you... 513 00:27:06,493 --> 00:27:09,562 - you guys... - We’re Levelists. 514 00:27:11,310 --> 00:27:12,932 What do you, uh... 515 00:27:14,340 --> 00:27:18,171 What is that, I guess, to you or... 516 00:27:19,139 --> 00:27:20,774 you all? 517 00:27:23,430 --> 00:27:25,450 "The one and only holistic path 518 00:27:25,450 --> 00:27:27,147 "to prevent the obstruction of creativity 519 00:27:27,147 --> 00:27:34,540 "and ensure the protection of those divinely burdened to wield it." 520 00:27:44,230 --> 00:27:46,800 (FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING) 521 00:27:52,605 --> 00:27:55,108 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 522 00:28:09,756 --> 00:28:12,559 (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) 523 00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:23,136 Doesn’t "sycophant" have an "O"? 524 00:28:25,705 --> 00:28:27,707 Probably, yeah. Um... 525 00:28:27,707 --> 00:28:30,110 - Hi. - Alfred Moretti. 526 00:28:30,110 --> 00:28:31,845 Ariel Ecton. 527 00:28:31,845 --> 00:28:33,747 - Indeed you are. - (CHUCKLES) 528 00:28:33,747 --> 00:28:35,615 I was shocked to get the invite, 529 00:28:35,615 --> 00:28:38,985 but I’m truly honored and thrilled 530 00:28:38,985 --> 00:28:41,287 to get to be here this weekend. 531 00:28:41,721 --> 00:28:42,822 I hope so. 532 00:28:42,822 --> 00:28:45,859 - (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) - Don’t forget the "O." 533 00:28:46,626 --> 00:28:48,962 - Right. Yeah. - Rest well. 534 00:28:48,962 --> 00:28:50,630 ARIEL: You, too. 535 00:28:56,336 --> 00:28:59,739 (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) 536 00:29:05,612 --> 00:29:07,180 Congratulations, and welcome again 537 00:29:07,180 --> 00:29:09,820 to this once-in-a-lifetime gathering. 538 00:29:09,820 --> 00:29:11,918 For your comfort, we have assigned each of you 539 00:29:11,918 --> 00:29:13,653 a 24-7 concierge. 540 00:29:13,653 --> 00:29:16,656 If there are any accommodations that you may desire, 541 00:29:16,656 --> 00:29:19,192 please do not hesitate to ask them. 542 00:29:19,192 --> 00:29:21,628 None too big, none too small. 543 00:29:21,628 --> 00:29:23,630 Your concierge is here for you. 544 00:29:23,630 --> 00:29:26,320 STAN: Holy shit, the Moretti Museum. 545 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,802 - (LIGHT LAUGHTER) - I can’t believe it’s real. 546 00:29:28,802 --> 00:29:31,371 CLARA: Oh, the kids are doing a puppet show. 547 00:29:31,371 --> 00:29:33,673 I love puppet shows. 548 00:29:37,777 --> 00:29:40,130 (EXHALING RHYTHMICALLY) 549 00:29:46,619 --> 00:29:48,822 (RUMMAGING THROUGH BAG) 550 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:54,270 (BREATH TREMBLING) 551 00:30:06,272 --> 00:30:09,743 (SCOFFS, SIGHS) 552 00:30:09,943 --> 00:30:11,678 (LOUD POPPING) 553 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,725 (GUM POPS LOUDLY) 554 00:30:28,428 --> 00:30:30,300 (SIGHS) 555 00:30:38,338 --> 00:30:40,874 MORETTI: (OVER TAPE PLAYER) This song is titled 556 00:30:40,874 --> 00:30:42,676 Tomorrow, my love. 557 00:30:42,676 --> 00:30:44,244 Please enjoy. 558 00:30:44,244 --> 00:30:47,180 (SLOW, MELANCHOLY INTRO PLAYING) 559 00:30:58,358 --> 00:30:59,926 (SIGHS) 560 00:31:00,193 --> 00:31:03,763 ♪ The last time I fell in love ♪ 561 00:31:03,763 --> 00:31:06,933 ♪ I was 16 ♪ 562 00:31:08,968 --> 00:31:15,342 ♪ A little ol’ boy With some big ol’ dreams ♪ 563 00:31:16,343 --> 00:31:23,717 ♪ Then she headed west For this Hollywood thing ♪ 564 00:31:25,719 --> 00:31:31,825 ♪ Love didn’t work out Like it seemed ♪ 565 00:31:32,392 --> 00:31:38,998 ♪ I begged her to stay But I had no means ♪ 566 00:31:39,165 --> 00:31:42,902 ♪ Stood there In my cowboy hat ♪ 567 00:31:42,902 --> 00:31:47,240 ♪ And my favorite jeans ♪ 568 00:31:48,274 --> 00:31:55,215 ♪ And every night at 8:00 She’s on TV ♪ 569 00:31:57,183 --> 00:31:57,951 ♪ But for me ♪ 570 00:31:57,951 --> 00:32:03,823 ♪ Things didn’t work out Like they seemed ♪ 571 00:32:03,823 --> 00:32:07,394 ♪ You deserve the best ♪ 572 00:32:07,394 --> 00:32:11,464 ♪ And I’ll miss you slow ♪ 573 00:32:11,464 --> 00:32:16,360 ♪ ’Cause life’s Moving faster ♪ 574 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,500 ♪ Faster than before ♪ 575 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:23,476 ♪ When we were young We had time ♪ 576 00:32:23,476 --> 00:32:27,947 ♪ Felt seconds last forever ♪ 577 00:32:27,947 --> 00:32:31,840 ♪ But what I never knew ♪ 578 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,355 ♪ Was how much time We’d have together ♪ 579 00:32:35,355 --> 00:32:40,293 ♪ How much time We’d have together ♪ 580 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,403 (SONG ENDS) 581 00:32:52,572 --> 00:32:54,974 (SIGHS) 582 00:32:54,974 --> 00:32:56,876 (DOOR OPENS) 583 00:33:00,547 --> 00:33:02,982 (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) 584 00:33:02,982 --> 00:33:04,984 (FOOTSTEPS) 585 00:33:05,385 --> 00:33:06,453 Hmm? 586 00:33:06,453 --> 00:33:09,422 - Ow! - MAN: There we go. Go. 587 00:33:09,856 --> 00:33:10,890 BILL: Hey, what are you doing? 588 00:33:10,890 --> 00:33:12,325 - MAN: Go ahead. - (CREAKING) 589 00:33:12,325 --> 00:33:13,126 (GRUNTING) 590 00:33:13,126 --> 00:33:15,610 What are... No, let go of me! 591 00:33:15,610 --> 00:33:16,162 (GRUNTING) 592 00:33:16,162 --> 00:33:19,265 - MAN: That’s it. - (TOOL WHIRRING) 593 00:33:19,265 --> 00:33:22,168 (SCREAMING) 594 00:33:23,603 --> 00:33:25,238 (SCREAMING STOPS) 595 00:33:25,238 --> 00:33:27,440 (BIRD CALLING) 596 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,849 (YAWNING) 597 00:33:38,885 --> 00:33:39,552 Morning. 598 00:33:39,552 --> 00:33:41,210 Good morning. 599 00:33:41,210 --> 00:33:42,989 Can I get you anything? 600 00:33:43,123 --> 00:33:47,127 No. I was just gonna go for a jog. 601 00:33:50,330 --> 00:33:53,933 (CHUCKLING) I can go for a jog, right? 602 00:33:55,235 --> 00:33:58,471 (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) 603 00:34:13,253 --> 00:34:15,321 (GRUNTS SOFTLY) 604 00:34:18,658 --> 00:34:20,260 (SIGHS) 605 00:34:20,493 --> 00:34:22,462 (EXHALES SHARPLY) 606 00:34:23,329 --> 00:34:26,433 (BIRD CALLING) 607 00:34:38,178 --> 00:34:41,681 - (FROG CROAKING) - (BIRDS CHIRPING) 608 00:35:34,434 --> 00:35:37,971 (ARIEL PANTING) 609 00:35:40,373 --> 00:35:41,975 MORETTI: Morning. 610 00:35:41,975 --> 00:35:43,430 ARIEL: Morning. 611 00:35:43,430 --> 00:35:46,579 How are you finding everything so far? 612 00:35:46,579 --> 00:35:48,481 Good. Yeah. 613 00:35:49,215 --> 00:35:51,985 How was your morning jog? 614 00:35:51,985 --> 00:35:52,752 It was good. 615 00:35:52,752 --> 00:35:54,621 I, um... I feel bad, though. 616 00:35:54,621 --> 00:35:59,125 My concierge had to jog with me the whole time. (CHUCKLES) 617 00:35:59,125 --> 00:36:01,995 You guys really go above and beyond with the service here. 618 00:36:01,995 --> 00:36:06,199 Oh, that’s the only thing you find above and beyond? 619 00:36:06,199 --> 00:36:08,100 The service? 620 00:36:08,334 --> 00:36:10,337 Yeah. Um... 621 00:36:11,371 --> 00:36:13,640 I mean, the song was amazing. 622 00:36:13,773 --> 00:36:17,344 Like, genuinely. It was... 623 00:36:18,311 --> 00:36:21,614 gorgeous and haunting and kind of funny. 624 00:36:21,614 --> 00:36:23,350 Funny? How? 625 00:36:23,350 --> 00:36:26,386 It’s just not really how I picture your heart, I guess. 626 00:36:26,386 --> 00:36:29,522 How did you picture my heart? 627 00:36:29,522 --> 00:36:31,558 (CHUCKLES) Um... 628 00:36:33,590 --> 00:36:34,194 I... 629 00:36:34,194 --> 00:36:34,561 Like Teflon, 630 00:36:34,561 --> 00:36:40,433 glitter-glazed and reinforced with a shit ton of cash and applause. 631 00:36:40,433 --> 00:36:41,134 Pardon my French. 632 00:36:41,134 --> 00:36:46,339 Well, don’t stop Frenching on my account, dear. Sit. 633 00:36:48,208 --> 00:36:49,609 ARIEL: Um... 634 00:36:49,609 --> 00:36:51,144 Really, though, I just... 635 00:36:51,144 --> 00:36:53,713 I found it really impressive. 636 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:54,748 Thank you. 637 00:36:54,748 --> 00:37:00,860 You’re able to sing about all that like it was yesterday, and... 638 00:37:00,620 --> 00:37:03,656 it was really kind of comforting 639 00:37:03,656 --> 00:37:05,825 that you hadn’t lost a step. 640 00:37:06,126 --> 00:37:09,195 Thank you. Well, yes, that would be a bummer. 641 00:37:09,195 --> 00:37:11,531 (CHUCKLING) Yeah, that’d be a huge bummer. 642 00:37:11,531 --> 00:37:14,100 Hi, Ariel. 643 00:37:16,336 --> 00:37:17,804 Um... 644 00:37:18,171 --> 00:37:20,373 not to get all Anderson Cooper on you 645 00:37:20,373 --> 00:37:21,808 - first thing in the morning... - Mmm-hmm. 646 00:37:21,808 --> 00:37:26,546 ...but, um, this place, this, um... 647 00:37:27,681 --> 00:37:30,817 religion, Level... 648 00:37:31,851 --> 00:37:34,621 ...how long ago was it since you founded it? 649 00:37:34,621 --> 00:37:38,358 Oh. (LAUGHING) 650 00:37:39,225 --> 00:37:41,361 Oh, no. I didn’t create it. 651 00:37:41,361 --> 00:37:42,829 You think I wrote all that? 652 00:37:42,829 --> 00:37:46,766 No, I’m just a simple songman. 653 00:37:46,866 --> 00:37:50,570 It existed long before me. 654 00:37:50,670 --> 00:37:51,838 But you are a member? 655 00:37:51,838 --> 00:37:56,142 Yes, I’m very committed to it. 656 00:37:58,745 --> 00:38:01,281 What is it that you guys do? 657 00:38:01,681 --> 00:38:03,616 What do you mean, what do we do? 658 00:38:03,616 --> 00:38:06,820 I mean, all religions do something. 659 00:38:07,153 --> 00:38:08,588 Catholics go to Mass. 660 00:38:08,588 --> 00:38:10,557 They drink the blood of Christ. 661 00:38:11,491 --> 00:38:12,959 Actually, you know what? 662 00:38:12,959 --> 00:38:15,962 There... there is... 663 00:38:16,363 --> 00:38:19,990 one thing we... we all do. 664 00:38:19,990 --> 00:38:21,340 Would you like to see? 665 00:38:21,340 --> 00:38:22,669 Yeah. 666 00:38:31,611 --> 00:38:34,714 (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) 667 00:38:43,323 --> 00:38:44,991 (CRACKING NEARBY) 668 00:38:44,991 --> 00:38:47,127 (CRACKING CONTINUES) 669 00:38:49,129 --> 00:38:50,300 (HUSHED) Sorry about the odor. 670 00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:54,634 I wish that I could say you get used to it, but you don’t. 671 00:38:55,669 --> 00:38:59,739 Now, this believer is engaged 672 00:38:59,739 --> 00:39:02,542 in a process we call Diving. 673 00:39:02,542 --> 00:39:07,247 That’s something we’re all called to do. 674 00:39:07,247 --> 00:39:09,716 "We all," including yourself? 675 00:39:10,283 --> 00:39:12,318 Absolutely. 676 00:39:16,723 --> 00:39:19,250 ARIEL: So, you eat them? 677 00:39:19,250 --> 00:39:23,290 For necklaces, we source only natural pearls, 678 00:39:23,290 --> 00:39:25,465 so that means we’re obligated to open 679 00:39:25,465 --> 00:39:28,334 oyster after oyster after oyster 680 00:39:28,334 --> 00:39:32,405 before we find one with a pearl in it. 681 00:39:32,639 --> 00:39:36,309 Well, in a hundred oysters, 682 00:39:37,110 --> 00:39:39,446 how often do you find a pearl? 683 00:39:39,446 --> 00:39:41,247 Not all that often, but distilling it 684 00:39:41,247 --> 00:39:46,186 into a chore of numbers is beside the point. 685 00:39:46,186 --> 00:39:48,722 Well, what’s the point, then? 686 00:39:54,594 --> 00:39:57,263 - (KNIFE SQUISHES) - (MAN GRUNTING) 687 00:39:58,164 --> 00:40:00,533 MAN: (SOFTLY) Oh, damn. 688 00:40:02,736 --> 00:40:04,471 We should probably... 689 00:40:04,471 --> 00:40:08,408 leave him to it, let him concentrate. 690 00:40:10,610 --> 00:40:12,312 (DOOR OPENS) 691 00:40:20,487 --> 00:40:23,189 (CHUCKLES) Um... 692 00:40:23,189 --> 00:40:27,600 forgive me if I’m missing something, but... 693 00:40:27,827 --> 00:40:29,429 what... 694 00:40:29,429 --> 00:40:33,633 (CHUCKLING) What’s the point of that, exactly? 695 00:40:34,768 --> 00:40:37,237 Well, the Meditations of Level 696 00:40:37,237 --> 00:40:40,507 teaches us that the worth of a single pearl 697 00:40:40,507 --> 00:40:45,512 surpasses the value of all empty shells 698 00:40:45,512 --> 00:40:49,149 and that balance, true balance, 699 00:40:49,149 --> 00:40:53,820 exists not in the notion that all things are equal 700 00:40:53,820 --> 00:40:56,890 but in the realization 701 00:40:56,890 --> 00:40:59,920 that all things are not... 702 00:41:00,293 --> 00:41:01,594 equal. 703 00:41:02,595 --> 00:41:04,397 True balance? 704 00:41:04,397 --> 00:41:04,664 Yes. 705 00:41:04,664 --> 00:41:09,135 Like someone who would sleep 12 hours a day 706 00:41:09,135 --> 00:41:12,605 and stay up for 12 hours, for example. 707 00:41:13,673 --> 00:41:15,375 MORETTI: Hmm. 708 00:41:15,542 --> 00:41:20,380 Did you really buy and wear Freddie Mercury’s teeth? 709 00:41:27,787 --> 00:41:29,289 (SHOWER RUNNING) 710 00:41:29,289 --> 00:41:30,824 (SHOWER STOPS) 711 00:41:35,562 --> 00:41:37,731 (KNOCKING) 712 00:41:45,372 --> 00:41:46,773 Okay. 713 00:41:53,146 --> 00:41:54,481 Hi. 714 00:41:56,316 --> 00:41:57,917 Oh, hello. 715 00:41:57,917 --> 00:42:00,720 It’s so great to finally meet you, Ariel. 716 00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:04,190 Uh, it’s nice to meet you, too... 717 00:42:04,190 --> 00:42:05,625 Rachel. 718 00:42:05,859 --> 00:42:08,294 - Okay. - Okay, um... 719 00:42:08,294 --> 00:42:09,863 (RACHEL SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY TO STAFF) 720 00:42:09,863 --> 00:42:12,399 Rachel. (CHUCKLES) 721 00:42:13,366 --> 00:42:15,268 - Rachel, hi. Yeah. - Hi. 722 00:42:15,268 --> 00:42:17,337 What... what is all this? 723 00:42:17,337 --> 00:42:18,638 Here. 724 00:42:18,805 --> 00:42:19,839 Oh, beautiful. Option three, 725 00:42:19,839 --> 00:42:22,776 with the olive foundation, like we talked about last week, okay? 726 00:42:22,776 --> 00:42:23,576 - Okay. - Thank you. 727 00:42:23,576 --> 00:42:25,445 No, I... I got one of these, actually. 728 00:42:25,445 --> 00:42:26,946 Um... just, like, what is this? 729 00:42:26,946 --> 00:42:31,351 Is this, like, the... the spa experience or... 730 00:42:32,185 --> 00:42:32,652 Right. Okay. 731 00:42:32,652 --> 00:42:36,723 We’re gonna make you look like the best version of you. 732 00:42:37,857 --> 00:42:39,893 Okay. Um... 733 00:42:41,628 --> 00:42:43,196 What number? 734 00:42:43,196 --> 00:42:45,465 Okay. Two dresses. 735 00:42:46,633 --> 00:42:48,868 Let me ask you this. 736 00:42:48,868 --> 00:42:50,503 Uh... 737 00:42:50,503 --> 00:42:53,373 did you receive a call out of the blue, maybe, 738 00:42:53,373 --> 00:42:57,744 from Moretti a few years ago, and that’s what brought you to this place? 739 00:42:57,744 --> 00:43:00,513 I’m sorry, my dear, the schedule. 740 00:43:00,513 --> 00:43:01,281 Let us do what we do, 741 00:43:01,281 --> 00:43:02,916 and I promise you will look and feel 742 00:43:02,916 --> 00:43:04,884 - like a million bucks. - Yeah. Okay. 743 00:43:04,884 --> 00:43:07,687 (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) 744 00:43:18,465 --> 00:43:20,266 Mmm. Mmm. 745 00:43:20,266 --> 00:43:22,802 You have Pam Grier’s bone structure. 746 00:43:22,802 --> 00:43:24,404 - Okay. - Ooh, truly gorgeous. 747 00:43:24,404 --> 00:43:26,973 Let’s not get carried away, now. 748 00:43:27,407 --> 00:43:28,742 Okay. 749 00:43:28,742 --> 00:43:30,276 It’s so weird. 750 00:43:30,276 --> 00:43:31,311 You guys do fast work. 751 00:43:31,311 --> 00:43:33,913 It’s like, one day you just look in the mirror 752 00:43:33,913 --> 00:43:35,849 and you’re both of your parents, you’re... 753 00:43:35,849 --> 00:43:37,984 (ELECTRIC RAZOR BUZZING) 754 00:43:39,252 --> 00:43:41,454 I mean, has the man ever told a joke that’s actually funny? 755 00:43:41,454 --> 00:43:43,490 - Well... - Hey. 756 00:43:43,490 --> 00:43:45,191 - Hey. - (GASPS) Wow, honey. 757 00:43:45,191 --> 00:43:46,626 - You look gorgeous. - (ARIEL CHUCKLES) 758 00:43:46,626 --> 00:43:47,761 Doesn’t she look gorgeous, Stan? 759 00:43:47,761 --> 00:43:51,598 - STAN: No objection here. - I mean, you guys look amazing. 760 00:43:51,598 --> 00:43:52,832 I love your hair, Clara. 761 00:43:52,832 --> 00:43:53,700 Well, it’s a wig. 762 00:43:53,700 --> 00:43:57,704 Yeah, she knows it’s a wig, Stan, you miserable ***. 763 00:43:57,704 --> 00:43:59,873 And they put it on a little bit too tight, 764 00:43:59,873 --> 00:44:00,874 but other than that, 765 00:44:00,874 --> 00:44:02,642 I think it looks fabulous on me. 766 00:44:02,642 --> 00:44:05,211 It does. This is a look. 767 00:44:05,478 --> 00:44:07,313 Um... 768 00:44:08,515 --> 00:44:11,484 Sorry, did... did... did your guys’s concierges 769 00:44:11,484 --> 00:44:13,687 stay with you all night? 770 00:44:13,887 --> 00:44:15,855 - Yep. - Yep. 771 00:44:15,855 --> 00:44:18,191 And did they, um... 772 00:44:18,324 --> 00:44:22,862 they shave you down... 773 00:44:22,862 --> 00:44:24,197 - Uh-huh. - Yeah. 774 00:44:24,197 --> 00:44:25,498 Okay. Cool. 775 00:44:25,498 --> 00:44:28,368 (LAUGHS) ****ing Moretti. 776 00:44:28,368 --> 00:44:29,769 CLARA: Yeah. 777 00:44:29,769 --> 00:44:30,603 (ARIEL CHUCKLES) 778 00:44:30,603 --> 00:44:32,305 - ARIEL: Oh, hey. - BIANCA: Hey. 779 00:44:32,305 --> 00:44:33,773 - ARIEL: Hey. - BIANCA: Hey. 780 00:44:33,773 --> 00:44:34,741 EMILY: Ooh. Wow. 781 00:44:34,741 --> 00:44:35,575 - Thank you. - Wow. 782 00:44:35,575 --> 00:44:37,377 - Bianca, look at this look. - This is great. 783 00:44:37,377 --> 00:44:38,244 - Stop. - You look beautiful. 784 00:44:38,244 --> 00:44:40,580 - I’ve never seen you look like this. - All right. 785 00:44:40,580 --> 00:44:42,982 Shall we head to the listening room? 786 00:44:42,982 --> 00:44:46,786 Um... we’re down one, though, right? 787 00:44:46,786 --> 00:44:48,855 Oh, yeah. Where is Bill? 788 00:44:48,855 --> 00:44:54,561 Mr. Lotto opted for a longer massage session. 789 00:44:54,561 --> 00:44:55,995 He’ll rejoin the group later. 790 00:44:55,995 --> 00:44:57,530 (SCOFFS) Typical. 791 00:44:57,530 --> 00:45:00,367 - *******. - He’s so indulgent. 792 00:45:05,505 --> 00:45:08,308 (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) 793 00:45:34,667 --> 00:45:38,380 (LIGHT LAUGHTER, QUIET CHATTER) 794 00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,289 MORETTI: I’ll only say this, 795 00:45:56,289 --> 00:45:58,358 humanity has been in debt 796 00:45:58,358 --> 00:46:02,328 ever since we found ourselves on this tiny rock. 797 00:46:02,328 --> 00:46:06,599 Every so often, there is a Michelangelo 798 00:46:06,599 --> 00:46:08,902 who paints a Sistine Chapel 799 00:46:08,902 --> 00:46:12,739 or a Tina Turner who covers Proud Mary, 800 00:46:12,739 --> 00:46:16,843 and humanity chips away at that debt. 801 00:46:16,843 --> 00:46:20,130 Now, I’m not saying this album, 802 00:46:20,130 --> 00:46:21,748 Caesar’s Request, 803 00:46:21,748 --> 00:46:24,417 will bring us into the black, 804 00:46:24,417 --> 00:46:29,456 but you can bet your *** it’ll bring us closer to it. 805 00:46:29,456 --> 00:46:31,240 (PULSING ELECTRONIC BEAT PLAYS) 806 00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:34,994 (UPBEAT ELECTRIC GUITAR LINE PLAYS OVER ELECTRONIC BEAT) 807 00:46:36,963 --> 00:46:38,598 (GRUNTS) 808 00:46:39,632 --> 00:46:41,334 Whoo, whoo. 809 00:46:42,502 --> 00:46:44,170 (COUGHING) 810 00:46:44,637 --> 00:46:46,473 (GASPING) 811 00:46:46,473 --> 00:46:48,441 MORETTI: Can we cut the music, please? 812 00:46:48,441 --> 00:46:50,510 - Honey, are you all right? - (SONG STOPS) 813 00:46:50,510 --> 00:46:53,680 - Can we get her some water? - (CLEARS THROAT, COUGHS) 814 00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:54,714 It’s probably a peanut allergy. 815 00:46:54,714 --> 00:46:58,918 I swear, that entire generation just woke up one day with a peanut allergy. 816 00:46:58,918 --> 00:47:02,422 - (COUGHS, GASPS) - It might be the altitude, actually. 817 00:47:02,422 --> 00:47:04,824 Rachel, can we get her an IV drip, maybe? 818 00:47:04,824 --> 00:47:07,961 And also, check with the kind folks in the infirmary. 819 00:47:07,961 --> 00:47:09,829 - Maybe give her a once-over. - Just breathe, Emily. 820 00:47:09,829 --> 00:47:13,633 You’re... you’re in great hands with... with Rachel. 821 00:47:13,633 --> 00:47:16,736 (EMILY COUGHS, CLEARS THROAT) 822 00:47:16,736 --> 00:47:19,139 Don’t worry. I’ve had worse reviews. 823 00:47:19,139 --> 00:47:20,807 (LAUGHTER) 824 00:47:20,807 --> 00:47:24,477 MORETTI: Maybe let’s all go get some fresh air 825 00:47:24,477 --> 00:47:28,748 and let the music decant a little bit, shall we? 826 00:47:28,748 --> 00:47:30,550 - Sure. - Yeah? 827 00:47:30,550 --> 00:47:31,951 Yeah. 828 00:47:33,530 --> 00:47:34,888 MORETTI: Thank you. I’m honored. 829 00:47:34,888 --> 00:47:37,490 It’s just so inspiring. 830 00:47:37,490 --> 00:47:39,492 - (CLARA GROANS) - Hey. You good? 831 00:47:39,492 --> 00:47:43,730 (CHUCKLING) Yeah. I’m just trying to loosen it. 832 00:47:45,565 --> 00:47:46,700 What’s crazier, 833 00:47:46,700 --> 00:47:50,770 the fact that Moretti has changed his wardrobe 834 00:47:50,770 --> 00:47:53,106 - six times in the last two days... - (CHUCKLES) 835 00:47:53,106 --> 00:47:57,811 ...or that he’s still the best entertainer in the world? 836 00:47:57,811 --> 00:47:59,779 - ARIEL: No, for sure, but-- - CLARA: Yeah. 837 00:47:59,779 --> 00:48:02,582 This whole thing’s a trip, man. 838 00:48:02,582 --> 00:48:05,518 Him, this place, like... 839 00:48:05,518 --> 00:48:09,656 The people here are weirdly talented 840 00:48:09,656 --> 00:48:12,158 and seem mostly happy. 841 00:48:12,158 --> 00:48:12,792 Yeah. 842 00:48:12,792 --> 00:48:14,661 The scars on the hands, though. 843 00:48:14,661 --> 00:48:15,762 I don’t know if I love that. 844 00:48:15,762 --> 00:48:19,199 - Huh. I hadn’t noticed. - Yeah. 845 00:48:19,199 --> 00:48:22,802 Um, you know Stan pretty well, yeah? 846 00:48:22,802 --> 00:48:24,537 Stan? Yeah. 847 00:48:25,205 --> 00:48:28,942 How apeshit do you think he’d go 848 00:48:28,942 --> 00:48:30,810 if I were to write a secondary piece, 849 00:48:30,810 --> 00:48:32,946 like, on the Levelists? 850 00:48:32,946 --> 00:48:35,115 Here’s the thing, Stan is an *******, 851 00:48:35,115 --> 00:48:37,684 but if you have a real story to tell, 852 00:48:37,684 --> 00:48:40,220 not even he can deny that. 853 00:48:40,653 --> 00:48:42,122 STAN: There’s something that unites them. 854 00:48:42,122 --> 00:48:44,791 And I... I’m not quite sure how to put it, but they... 855 00:48:44,791 --> 00:48:48,940 they’re all very different, but there’s something... 856 00:48:48,940 --> 00:48:51,231 It’s as if they’re all faces of the one. 857 00:48:51,231 --> 00:48:52,132 MORETTI: Mmm-hm. 858 00:48:52,132 --> 00:48:53,767 Well, you know, Level believes 859 00:48:53,767 --> 00:48:56,236 God is a temporary state of being 860 00:48:56,236 --> 00:49:00,840 and that divinity is accessible for all, 861 00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,243 but soon fades away. 862 00:49:03,243 --> 00:49:05,945 - STAN: Right. - For... for instance, 863 00:49:05,945 --> 00:49:07,681 when I created the bridge 864 00:49:07,681 --> 00:49:09,749 - on Live Without Love... - (STAN SIGHS) 865 00:49:09,749 --> 00:49:12,919 ...uh, in that moment, I was a god. 866 00:49:12,919 --> 00:49:14,540 - Capital "G" God. - You were. 867 00:49:14,540 --> 00:49:18,124 But only in the same way the... the person who, uh, 868 00:49:18,124 --> 00:49:23,960 created the horseshoe thousands of years ago was a god. 869 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,900 - That is really fascinating, Alfred. - Mmm. 870 00:49:26,900 --> 00:49:28,201 Do you think that... 871 00:49:28,201 --> 00:49:31,638 that that could be a little bit alienating, though? 872 00:49:31,638 --> 00:49:35,642 Just seeing as most people can’t 873 00:49:35,642 --> 00:49:38,912 and won’t ever create something 874 00:49:38,912 --> 00:49:40,880 truly perfect in their lifetimes? 875 00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,750 Actually, we believe it’s the exact opposite. 876 00:49:43,750 --> 00:49:48,210 That anyone can be a god at any moment. 877 00:49:48,210 --> 00:49:50,156 The opportunity is there for everyone, 878 00:49:50,156 --> 00:49:54,594 from the boss to the lowest on the masthead. 879 00:49:54,594 --> 00:49:56,796 Yeah, it makes sense, right? 880 00:49:57,630 --> 00:49:58,998 We are only vessels. 881 00:49:58,998 --> 00:50:02,302 Some of us have the goods, some of us don’t. 882 00:50:02,869 --> 00:50:04,637 (LAUGHS) 883 00:50:04,637 --> 00:50:06,390 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 884 00:50:06,390 --> 00:50:06,906 Thank you so much. 885 00:50:06,906 --> 00:50:10,100 - So, what’s the deal? How’s the note-taking coming? - Uh... 886 00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:11,378 No, it’s good. It’s good. 887 00:50:11,378 --> 00:50:12,450 - Okay. - Yeah. 888 00:50:12,450 --> 00:50:14,147 I’ve been finding a lot of really fascinating stuff. 889 00:50:14,147 --> 00:50:16,182 - Mmm-hmm. - I was thinking, you know, 890 00:50:16,182 --> 00:50:20,787 maybe I could write some sort of secondary... 891 00:50:20,787 --> 00:50:22,222 like, a... a companion piece to yours. 892 00:50:22,222 --> 00:50:24,858 - Secondary piece? - Uh, yeah. Secondary, completely secondary. 893 00:50:24,858 --> 00:50:27,360 (WHISPERING) Just on the Levelists. 894 00:50:29,329 --> 00:50:30,830 Stan. 895 00:50:31,310 --> 00:50:32,632 Be real with me. 896 00:50:33,633 --> 00:50:34,334 This is a cult. 897 00:50:34,334 --> 00:50:37,203 - (CHUCKLES) Well, yeah. - Or damn well near one. 898 00:50:37,203 --> 00:50:39,639 Like, this is insane. 899 00:50:39,639 --> 00:50:39,973 Yeah. So? 900 00:50:39,973 --> 00:50:42,976 So, I was talking to... - to Jorg last night. - Mmm-hmm. 901 00:50:42,976 --> 00:50:44,144 The backstories on the members... 902 00:50:44,144 --> 00:50:46,946 They’re all just so fascinating. I could just do a deep dive-- 903 00:50:46,946 --> 00:50:50,750 No, no, no, no. Let me stop you. Stop, stop. Let me stop you there. 904 00:50:50,750 --> 00:50:52,520 We are publishing one story. 905 00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:54,354 - (SCOFFS) - And you’re... you’re playing 906 00:50:54,354 --> 00:50:56,890 a... a vital role in it. 907 00:50:56,890 --> 00:50:57,900 But, you know, any and everything 908 00:50:57,900 --> 00:51:00,930 that’s interesting about this place will be in my story. 909 00:51:00,930 --> 00:51:01,428 - Okay. - Plus... plus... 910 00:51:01,428 --> 00:51:04,664 the... the... the weird groupies in blue, 911 00:51:04,664 --> 00:51:06,299 the ****ing vases, 912 00:51:06,299 --> 00:51:08,835 god damn dancing, none of that matters 913 00:51:08,835 --> 00:51:10,270 because it’s about the music. 914 00:51:10,270 --> 00:51:13,873 - That’s the story, you know? I mean... - (ARIEL GASPS) 915 00:51:13,873 --> 00:51:15,750 (GROANING) 916 00:51:15,750 --> 00:51:17,777 - Oh, my God. Stan. - STAN: Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 917 00:51:17,777 --> 00:51:19,790 Oh, somebody help! 918 00:51:19,790 --> 00:51:20,914 - What happened? - Have Charlan rush here. 919 00:51:20,914 --> 00:51:21,981 - (HYPERVENTILATING) - What happened? 920 00:51:21,981 --> 00:51:24,250 - Now! - Oh, my God. Take it out, take it out, take it out. 921 00:51:24,250 --> 00:51:25,385 - No! - CLARA: Oh, my goodness! 922 00:51:25,385 --> 00:51:26,252 - (SHUSHING) - (STAN GROANING) 923 00:51:26,252 --> 00:51:27,754 - Just breathe, just breathe. - CLARA: What’s going on? 924 00:51:27,754 --> 00:51:30,724 - JORG: It looks like it only hit his shoulder... - What the ****? 925 00:51:30,724 --> 00:51:31,257 ...but still hurry. 926 00:51:31,257 --> 00:51:33,393 ARIEL: Just breathe, just breathe, just breathe. 927 00:51:33,393 --> 00:51:37,130 - BIANCA: Don’t take it out. - (STAN GROANING) 928 00:51:38,198 --> 00:51:40,700 - Oh, my God. - Oh, it’s... 929 00:51:40,700 --> 00:51:41,468 I’m so sorry, mister. 930 00:51:41,468 --> 00:51:44,738 It was a mistake with my grip. It slipped. 931 00:51:44,738 --> 00:51:46,139 (STAN GROANING) 932 00:51:46,139 --> 00:51:48,341 STAN: Oh, my God. 933 00:51:48,341 --> 00:51:50,810 (GROANING CONTINUES) 934 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:54,114 STAN: Yes? 935 00:51:54,114 --> 00:51:57,500 ("DINA SIMONE" PLAYING INSIDE ROOM) 936 00:51:57,500 --> 00:52:00,153 Ariel. Come, have a drink. 937 00:52:04,190 --> 00:52:04,958 Ariel. 938 00:52:04,958 --> 00:52:06,260 We were just saying we... 939 00:52:06,260 --> 00:52:08,895 we should call over to your room and invite you over. 940 00:52:08,895 --> 00:52:11,297 - We were just saying that. - And here you are. 941 00:52:11,297 --> 00:52:12,832 There’s not a lot left, 942 00:52:12,832 --> 00:52:14,340 but you look like a lightweight, so... 943 00:52:14,340 --> 00:52:16,936 Oh, I remember when I used to look like a lightweight. 944 00:52:16,936 --> 00:52:18,905 Well, we all remember the ’80s, Bianca. 945 00:52:18,905 --> 00:52:19,906 - BIANCA: **** you. - CLARA: Okay. 946 00:52:19,906 --> 00:52:21,174 - STAN: **** you. - CLARA: To Moretti... 947 00:52:21,541 --> 00:52:22,876 - No doubt. - BIANCA: Moretti. 948 00:52:24,678 --> 00:52:25,412 Ariel, what’s wrong? 949 00:52:25,412 --> 00:52:29,349 Oh, this better not be about the ****ing article. I know that. 950 00:52:29,349 --> 00:52:31,217 Stan, is it possible 951 00:52:31,217 --> 00:52:34,220 that what happened to you wasn’t an accident? 952 00:52:34,220 --> 00:52:35,955 - CLARA AND STAN: What? - We’re here, 953 00:52:35,955 --> 00:52:37,257 in the middle of ****ing nowhere. 954 00:52:37,257 --> 00:52:39,359 They took our cell phones. They took our laptops. 955 00:52:39,359 --> 00:52:42,162 We have no way of communicating with the outside world. 956 00:52:42,162 --> 00:52:44,497 They’re surveilling us, watching us 24/7. 957 00:52:44,497 --> 00:52:48,301 They’re probably ****ing listening in to this room somehow. 958 00:52:48,301 --> 00:52:49,536 People are ****ing missing. 959 00:52:49,536 --> 00:52:51,638 - Let’s not forget about that. - What? 960 00:52:51,638 --> 00:52:53,173 Are you sure you haven’t been drinking with us? 961 00:52:53,173 --> 00:52:56,309 - (LAUGHING) - Because this is sounding a little crazy. 962 00:52:56,309 --> 00:52:58,545 - CLARA: Didn’t wanna say it. - STAN: Sorry. 963 00:52:58,545 --> 00:53:01,147 Something is off. 964 00:53:01,147 --> 00:53:04,184 Is this not alarming to you at all? 965 00:53:04,184 --> 00:53:07,320 Like, is it weird or ****ing strange in the least bit? 966 00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:10,223 It’s less odd to me that Bill Lotto’s pretentious *** 967 00:53:10,223 --> 00:53:14,994 thinks that he’s too good to listen to the album with the rest of us 968 00:53:14,994 --> 00:53:19,320 than it is that the Alfred Moretti 969 00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:19,966 did all of this 970 00:53:19,966 --> 00:53:23,203 to steal our cell phones or something. I mean, come on. 971 00:53:23,203 --> 00:53:24,404 I don’t know why he ****ing did it. 972 00:53:24,404 --> 00:53:25,739 You said that they hated each other. 973 00:53:25,739 --> 00:53:29,743 Oh, yeah, they hate each other over something so silly. 974 00:53:29,743 --> 00:53:30,343 Years ago, 975 00:53:30,343 --> 00:53:33,130 Bill gave an interview where he sort of made fun of Moretti 976 00:53:33,130 --> 00:53:37,170 for getting his Doberman stuffed after it died. 977 00:53:37,170 --> 00:53:39,152 - BIANCA: Oh, Tucker. - STAN: That’s right. 978 00:53:39,152 --> 00:53:41,121 That’s right. Tucker. (LAUGHS) 979 00:53:41,121 --> 00:53:41,388 Oh. RIP. 980 00:53:41,388 --> 00:53:44,591 And then, of course, Moretti was shamed a little bit 981 00:53:44,591 --> 00:53:47,694 because everybody thought it was kind of strange, 982 00:53:47,694 --> 00:53:50,296 - because it’s kind of strange. - BIANCA: Mmm-hmm. 983 00:53:50,296 --> 00:53:53,233 This just doesn’t feel ****ing right at all to me. 984 00:53:53,233 --> 00:53:56,169 STAN: Okay, and that’s why you’re the one just taking notes. 985 00:53:56,169 --> 00:53:59,606 - Okay. (SCOFFS) - CLARA: Just calm... Hold on. 986 00:54:01,408 --> 00:54:04,711 - What is happening? - I don’t know. It’s... 987 00:54:04,711 --> 00:54:06,680 (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 988 00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:09,115 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 989 00:54:12,185 --> 00:54:14,187 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 990 00:54:14,187 --> 00:54:17,230 (MORETTI SOBBING) 991 00:54:17,757 --> 00:54:19,325 (LEVELISTS MURMURING) 992 00:54:19,325 --> 00:54:21,728 (SOBBING CONTINUES) 993 00:54:27,233 --> 00:54:32,772 The crowd... the crowd is oh so upset. 994 00:54:32,772 --> 00:54:34,808 (LEVELISTS GROANING) 995 00:54:34,808 --> 00:54:37,444 Upset that I’m not onstage. 996 00:54:37,444 --> 00:54:38,578 LEVELISTS: Yeah! 997 00:54:38,578 --> 00:54:40,814 The back row is half asleep. 998 00:54:40,814 --> 00:54:42,215 (LEVELISTS GROANING) 999 00:54:42,215 --> 00:54:47,530 But the front row is ready to rage. 1000 00:54:47,530 --> 00:54:47,787 LEVELISTS: Yeah! 1001 00:54:47,787 --> 00:54:50,390 The drummer was an hour late. 1002 00:54:50,390 --> 00:54:51,124 (LEVELISTS GROANING) 1003 00:54:51,124 --> 00:54:54,627 - He was in the back seat of a groupie’s car. - LEVELISTS: Yeah! 1004 00:54:54,627 --> 00:54:57,564 The spotlight just blew out. 1005 00:54:57,564 --> 00:54:58,498 (LEVELISTS GROANING) 1006 00:54:58,498 --> 00:55:03,203 But my sarong, it shines from afar. 1007 00:55:03,203 --> 00:55:04,571 LEVELISTS: Yeah! 1008 00:55:04,571 --> 00:55:07,640 The price of the ticket was low. 1009 00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:08,541 (LEVELISTS GROANING) 1010 00:55:08,541 --> 00:55:11,711 But we’re booked for another gig. 1011 00:55:11,711 --> 00:55:12,645 (CHEERING) 1012 00:55:12,645 --> 00:55:16,716 The microphone is tiny and cheap. 1013 00:55:16,716 --> 00:55:18,418 (LEVELISTS GROANING) 1014 00:55:18,418 --> 00:55:22,655 But it makes my bulge 1015 00:55:22,655 --> 00:55:24,257 look big. 1016 00:55:24,257 --> 00:55:27,293 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 1017 00:55:33,500 --> 00:55:35,168 MAN: Bravo! 1018 00:55:43,677 --> 00:55:46,479 (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) 1019 00:55:55,488 --> 00:55:57,490 (BIRD CALLING) 1020 00:56:10,904 --> 00:56:12,539 Ariel? 1021 00:56:14,774 --> 00:56:16,576 (KNOCKING) 1022 00:56:52,612 --> 00:56:56,216 (BELL TOLLING) 1023 00:57:06,693 --> 00:57:10,630 I love you all dearly. I hope to see you soon. 1024 00:57:10,630 --> 00:57:13,967 (QUIET CHATTER) 1025 00:57:19,305 --> 00:57:21,741 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1026 00:57:28,848 --> 00:57:31,317 (DOOR RATTLING) 1027 00:57:41,361 --> 00:57:43,730 (FLIES BUZZING) 1028 00:57:58,545 --> 00:58:00,580 (SCRATCHING RAPIDLY) 1029 00:58:01,815 --> 00:58:06,252 - (SCRATCHING CONTINUES) - (BREATHING HEAVILY) 1030 00:58:08,655 --> 00:58:10,557 (GROANS IN FRUSTRATION) 1031 00:58:10,557 --> 00:58:13,326 (SCRATCHING CONTINUES) 1032 00:58:16,563 --> 00:58:18,531 - Whoa. - RACHEL: Are you... Are you okay? 1033 00:58:18,531 --> 00:58:19,766 Don’t touch me. Don’t touch me. 1034 00:58:19,766 --> 00:58:21,935 What’s... what’s wrong? 1035 00:58:22,702 --> 00:58:24,504 - Just, wait a minute. - (CHUCKLES) 1036 00:58:24,504 --> 00:58:26,390 Let me explain, okay? 1037 00:58:26,390 --> 00:58:28,708 - I’m leaving. - Ariel. Ariel. 1038 00:58:28,942 --> 00:58:30,443 Ariel! 1039 00:58:31,911 --> 00:58:34,381 (PANTING) 1040 00:58:42,922 --> 00:58:44,491 Ariel. 1041 00:58:49,662 --> 00:58:50,363 I need to leave. 1042 00:58:50,363 --> 00:58:53,733 Why? What... what happened? What’s wrong? 1043 00:58:53,733 --> 00:58:55,100 (CHUCKLES) 1044 00:58:55,100 --> 00:58:57,404 Uh, where’s Bill Lotto? 1045 00:58:57,937 --> 00:58:58,438 Najee? 1046 00:58:58,438 --> 00:59:00,674 I would assume he’s getting dressed for dinner. 1047 00:59:00,674 --> 00:59:03,843 Wait, did Bill do something to you? 1048 00:59:03,843 --> 00:59:05,679 No, just, where is he? 1049 00:59:05,679 --> 00:59:07,414 Where’s... where’s Emily Katz? 1050 00:59:07,414 --> 00:59:08,810 NAJEE: I just left her. 1051 00:59:08,810 --> 00:59:11,418 She’s feeling much better and will join us at the children’s show. 1052 00:59:11,718 --> 00:59:13,530 Oh. Okay. 1053 00:59:13,530 --> 00:59:14,554 MORETTI: Ariel, you... 1054 00:59:14,554 --> 00:59:17,230 Can’t you tell me exactly what happened? 1055 00:59:17,230 --> 00:59:19,125 You seemed just peachy yesterday. 1056 00:59:19,159 --> 00:59:23,763 Um, no, I’m not, uh, explaining anything. 1057 00:59:23,763 --> 00:59:26,433 Just, uh, I want to go. 1058 00:59:26,433 --> 00:59:27,667 I’m gonna go. 1059 00:59:27,667 --> 00:59:28,535 I am going now. I’m leaving. 1060 00:59:28,535 --> 00:59:31,538 I’m sorry, but that simply isn’t possible right now. 1061 00:59:31,538 --> 00:59:35,408 A few of the believers took the Louise into town. 1062 00:59:35,408 --> 00:59:36,409 They should be back soon. 1063 00:59:36,409 --> 00:59:38,645 Okay, well, what about one of those? 1064 00:59:38,645 --> 00:59:40,580 NAJEE: Those will get you ten miles. 1065 00:59:40,580 --> 00:59:42,749 You’ll have to walk the other 40. 1066 00:59:42,749 --> 00:59:46,860 Okay. Well, we have to figure something out, ’cause I gotta go. 1067 00:59:46,860 --> 00:59:49,589 This is the opportunity of a lifetime. 1068 00:59:49,589 --> 00:59:51,491 If you’re too ungrateful to-- 1069 00:59:51,491 --> 00:59:52,559 Jorg. 1070 00:59:52,559 --> 00:59:54,828 (SCOFFS) Can’t you see she’s frightened? 1071 00:59:54,828 --> 00:59:58,998 And it’s obviously something we did or didn’t do, 1072 00:59:58,998 --> 01:00:03,803 so I would like to apologize for that and assure you 1073 01:00:03,803 --> 01:00:05,638 that we will get you out of here 1074 01:00:05,638 --> 01:00:08,541 as soon as we can possibly do so. 1075 01:00:08,541 --> 01:00:11,770 Najee, when is the bus returning? 1076 01:00:11,770 --> 01:00:12,645 40 minutes, max. I’ll call them now. 1077 01:00:12,645 --> 01:00:17,951 MORETTI: In the meanwhile, I want you to get a hold of Jeff and deal with the plane. 1078 01:00:17,951 --> 01:00:18,585 Get it fueled up. 1079 01:00:18,585 --> 01:00:22,722 Make sure it’s ready to go the second we get Ariel 1080 01:00:22,722 --> 01:00:24,240 to the airport, okay? 1081 01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:27,193 - No argument, top priority. - Yes, sir. 1082 01:00:27,193 --> 01:00:30,630 But what about the puppet show? 1083 01:00:30,630 --> 01:00:32,198 MORETTI: Well, she... she has to leave, 1084 01:00:32,198 --> 01:00:34,634 so she... she’ll miss it this time. 1085 01:00:34,634 --> 01:00:40,400 But we worked so hard, and you were supposed to sit next to me. 1086 01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:41,741 It’s not fair. 1087 01:00:41,908 --> 01:00:44,911 MORETTI: You know, maybe we can do this. 1088 01:00:44,911 --> 01:00:46,790 If Ariel agrees, 1089 01:00:46,790 --> 01:00:48,882 the children’s building is the closest one to the gate, 1090 01:00:48,882 --> 01:00:54,187 and she could stay and watch the show until the bus got here. 1091 01:00:55,255 --> 01:00:57,991 If you feel comfortable with that. 1092 01:00:59,659 --> 01:01:02,562 I could see the entrance from the building? 1093 01:01:02,562 --> 01:01:04,230 Like, I could see it? 1094 01:01:04,264 --> 01:01:05,650 (STAMMERS) 1095 01:01:05,650 --> 01:01:08,340 Cross my heart, hope to die. 1096 01:01:08,340 --> 01:01:09,536 (SCOFFS) 1097 01:01:12,539 --> 01:01:13,673 Yeah, fine. 1098 01:01:13,673 --> 01:01:15,975 - Yes! - ARIEL: Okay. 1099 01:01:19,946 --> 01:01:21,681 Jorg, if you could... 1100 01:01:21,681 --> 01:01:23,149 Thank you. 1101 01:01:31,825 --> 01:01:34,594 (MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING) 1102 01:01:35,695 --> 01:01:38,531 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 1103 01:01:56,490 --> 01:01:57,884 STAN: (SOFTLY) Yeah. 1104 01:01:59,319 --> 01:02:01,988 (QUIET CHATTER) 1105 01:02:02,922 --> 01:02:03,990 (SIGHS) 1106 01:02:03,990 --> 01:02:05,592 (CHUCKLING) 1107 01:02:09,290 --> 01:02:10,697 CLARA: Cute. 1108 01:02:14,634 --> 01:02:16,936 MORETTI: All right, children. 1109 01:02:17,871 --> 01:02:21,875 Presenting The Tragedy of Billie. 1110 01:02:21,875 --> 01:02:24,144 (APPLAUSE) 1111 01:02:24,144 --> 01:02:26,346 (SOMBER JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 1112 01:02:35,155 --> 01:02:38,892 (PUPPETS CHATTERING) 1113 01:02:45,198 --> 01:02:47,734 (PUPPETS LAUGHING) 1114 01:02:51,805 --> 01:02:53,773 (CHUCKLES) 1115 01:02:54,207 --> 01:02:57,277 (PUPPET CHATTER AND LAUGHTER STOPS) 1116 01:02:59,846 --> 01:03:01,915 BILLIE HOLIDAY: Okay. I’m ready. 1117 01:03:01,915 --> 01:03:04,784 - (PUPPETS CLAMORING) - PUPPETS: Lady Day! 1118 01:03:05,285 --> 01:03:07,787 Tell us, has the trauma in your childhood 1119 01:03:07,787 --> 01:03:10,560 helped you make such successful music? 1120 01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:13,126 Coming from where I’m from, to be where I’m at now, 1121 01:03:13,126 --> 01:03:15,662 well, I guess that’s a sweet song in itself. 1122 01:03:15,662 --> 01:03:17,931 But I wouldn’t wish my childhood on anyone, 1123 01:03:17,931 --> 01:03:20,660 - even for success. - Tell us about prison. 1124 01:03:20,660 --> 01:03:22,100 Did you perform any ditties in the slammer? 1125 01:03:22,100 --> 01:03:25,710 Well, I’m no saint. You already knew that. 1126 01:03:25,710 --> 01:03:27,273 And prison sure ain’t full of saints, 1127 01:03:27,273 --> 01:03:29,750 but neither is the rest of the world. 1128 01:03:29,750 --> 01:03:30,430 Are you still on smack? 1129 01:03:30,430 --> 01:03:34,800 I’m very pleased to announce that I’m 100% sober as I stand here 1130 01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:37,751 and plan to finish my days exactly that way. 1131 01:03:37,751 --> 01:03:38,952 I’m embarrassed and ashamed 1132 01:03:38,952 --> 01:03:41,210 of the mistakes I’ve made in my past 1133 01:03:41,210 --> 01:03:43,690 and ask my fans and family to forgive me 1134 01:03:43,690 --> 01:03:44,691 as best as they can. 1135 01:03:44,691 --> 01:03:46,326 I know I’m certainly trying to. 1136 01:03:46,326 --> 01:03:47,961 When did the weight gain start? 1137 01:03:47,961 --> 01:03:50,797 How do you feel about McKay blowing your fortune? 1138 01:03:50,797 --> 01:03:53,700 Are you flat broke? Reports say you’re flat broke. 1139 01:03:53,700 --> 01:03:57,904 Billie, when will we hear Strange Fruit again? 1140 01:03:57,904 --> 01:04:01,408 Do you think a former prostitute should be a role model? 1141 01:04:01,441 --> 01:04:02,776 Billie! Ms. Holiday! 1142 01:04:02,776 --> 01:04:04,911 (PUPPET REPORTERS CLAMORING) 1143 01:04:04,911 --> 01:04:07,180 PUPPET REPORTERS: Billie! Ms. Holiday! 1144 01:04:07,180 --> 01:04:09,249 PUPPET REPORTERS: Lady Day! 1145 01:04:09,249 --> 01:04:12,850 (PUPPET REPORTERS LAUGHING) 1146 01:04:12,252 --> 01:04:13,920 Something moved. Something moved. 1147 01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:16,156 What... what the **** is that? 1148 01:04:16,690 --> 01:04:17,123 (GASPS) 1149 01:04:17,123 --> 01:04:19,893 - What the ****? - Oh, my God. 1150 01:04:19,893 --> 01:04:21,795 STAN: Jesus. 1151 01:04:24,230 --> 01:04:27,133 STAN: Is... is this some kind of joke? 1152 01:04:27,267 --> 01:04:30,904 - CLARA: What? - STAN: Is there some... someone in there? 1153 01:04:30,904 --> 01:04:33,907 Oh, ****. Oh, my God. 1154 01:04:34,140 --> 01:04:36,242 What the ****? 1155 01:04:36,710 --> 01:04:38,445 Jesus Christ. 1156 01:04:39,145 --> 01:04:40,413 (EMILY GROANING) 1157 01:04:40,447 --> 01:04:42,349 CLARA: Oh, my God. 1158 01:04:42,882 --> 01:04:45,952 - STAN: Em? - (EMILY WHIMPERING) 1159 01:04:50,890 --> 01:04:53,159 - BIANCA: Oh, my God. - NAJEE: Time to go, children. 1160 01:04:53,159 --> 01:04:54,961 STAN: What the **** is wrong with her? 1161 01:04:54,961 --> 01:04:55,829 (EMILY GRUNTING, WHIMPERING) 1162 01:04:55,829 --> 01:05:00,400 Um, I promised I would be an open book, 1163 01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:02,135 and welshing ain’t cute. 1164 01:05:02,135 --> 01:05:03,169 Well done, kids. 1165 01:05:03,169 --> 01:05:05,238 Very... very charming. 1166 01:05:05,338 --> 01:05:07,440 Uh, so I’ll try and explain. 1167 01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:12,212 Whatever chemical compound she ingested, 1168 01:05:12,212 --> 01:05:13,813 uh... 1169 01:05:13,813 --> 01:05:18,952 Sorry, science is a bit of a "blah, blah, blah" to me. 1170 01:05:18,952 --> 01:05:19,919 Suffice it to say 1171 01:05:19,919 --> 01:05:24,791 that whatever is wet inside her body 1172 01:05:24,791 --> 01:05:26,993 is rapidly expanding. 1173 01:05:26,993 --> 01:05:29,396 Is... is that more or less accurate? 1174 01:05:29,396 --> 01:05:32,165 - More or less. - MORETTI: You see? 1175 01:05:32,165 --> 01:05:37,937 Wonders happen when we follow the science. 1176 01:05:37,937 --> 01:05:40,774 Wouldn’t you say, dear? 1177 01:05:40,774 --> 01:05:41,841 (EMILY GASPING) 1178 01:05:41,841 --> 01:05:43,443 STAN: Don’t... What the **** are you doing? 1179 01:05:43,443 --> 01:05:46,279 - CLARA: Oh, my God. Don’t touch her. - STAN: Jesus. 1180 01:05:46,279 --> 01:05:47,881 - (ALL GROANING) - (EMILY GRUNTS) 1181 01:05:47,881 --> 01:05:49,482 - (ALL GASPING) - STAN: Jesus Christ. 1182 01:05:49,516 --> 01:05:51,785 - MORETTI: Jorg, please. - STAN: He’s ****ing insane. 1183 01:05:51,785 --> 01:05:53,920 - MORETTI: A towel. - Move. 1184 01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:55,422 Move, you mother****ers! 1185 01:05:55,422 --> 01:05:57,323 No! Let me go! 1186 01:05:57,323 --> 01:05:59,426 - Get off of me! - (GRUNTING) 1187 01:05:59,959 --> 01:06:03,229 - LEVELIST: Nobody leaves! - BIANCA: I wanna go. 1188 01:06:03,229 --> 01:06:04,497 Let me go. 1189 01:06:04,497 --> 01:06:06,533 - Stay down. - Okay. 1190 01:06:08,134 --> 01:06:10,904 - ****! Look at that. - (STAN SOBBING) 1191 01:06:10,904 --> 01:06:13,390 I mean, will you look at that? 1192 01:06:13,390 --> 01:06:17,344 Why is it that waterproof foundation 1193 01:06:17,344 --> 01:06:19,379 is never truly waterproof? 1194 01:06:19,379 --> 01:06:20,513 - Why? - (MUFFLED GRUNTING) 1195 01:06:20,547 --> 01:06:21,815 JORG: Great question. 1196 01:06:21,815 --> 01:06:23,416 MORETTI: And, you know, I... 1197 01:06:23,416 --> 01:06:25,985 I must say something, I’m afraid. 1198 01:06:25,985 --> 01:06:28,388 - (CLARA SOBBING) - Um... (SNIFFS) 1199 01:06:28,388 --> 01:06:30,900 (CLARA MUTTERING) 1200 01:06:30,900 --> 01:06:31,991 MORETTI: Many of us here have worked 1201 01:06:31,991 --> 01:06:36,996 very hard to make this a once-in-a-lifetime event, 1202 01:06:36,996 --> 01:06:41,000 and I find that all of you are being 1203 01:06:41,000 --> 01:06:43,360 very, very disruptive. 1204 01:06:43,360 --> 01:06:45,572 - (GASPING, CRYING) - MORETTI: Excuse... excuse me. 1205 01:06:45,605 --> 01:06:48,241 - That’s dramatic. - CLARA: (CRYING) Let me go. 1206 01:06:48,241 --> 01:06:49,309 I just wanna go. 1207 01:06:49,309 --> 01:06:52,145 Excuse me. That’s dramatic. 1208 01:06:52,145 --> 01:06:55,949 Now, may we finally begin the Q and A 1209 01:06:55,949 --> 01:06:58,284 to discuss Caesar’s Request? 1210 01:06:58,284 --> 01:07:00,200 (YELLING) 1211 01:07:01,540 --> 01:07:03,490 (PANICKED SCREAMING) 1212 01:07:04,257 --> 01:07:06,920 NAJEE: Hey, hey, hey! 1213 01:07:07,527 --> 01:07:09,462 (WHIMPERING, SCREAMING) 1214 01:07:10,296 --> 01:07:11,197 LEVELIST: Sit! 1215 01:07:11,197 --> 01:07:14,200 - BIANCA: Oh, my God. - (WHIMPERING, SCREAMING) 1216 01:07:14,200 --> 01:07:15,301 BIANCA: Oh! 1217 01:07:15,301 --> 01:07:16,336 (CLARA SCREAMING) 1218 01:07:16,336 --> 01:07:17,904 STAN: Jesus Christ. 1219 01:07:17,904 --> 01:07:20,306 (SCREAMING) 1220 01:07:20,306 --> 01:07:21,574 MORETTI: Shut her up! 1221 01:07:21,574 --> 01:07:23,243 (SCREAMING STOPS) 1222 01:07:24,878 --> 01:07:26,379 (STAN GROANING) 1223 01:07:26,379 --> 01:07:27,313 (CLARA GASPING) 1224 01:07:27,313 --> 01:07:31,351 - LEVELIST: Sit her up. - MORETTI: Intermission is finished. 1225 01:07:31,351 --> 01:07:34,154 (BREATH TREMBLING) 1226 01:07:40,326 --> 01:07:42,162 What the **** is this? 1227 01:07:42,429 --> 01:07:44,197 "What the **** is this?" 1228 01:07:44,197 --> 01:07:47,233 That’s what you said? "What the **** is this?" 1229 01:07:47,233 --> 01:07:49,202 So, the first question 1230 01:07:49,202 --> 01:07:53,340 of my first interview in 30 years is, 1231 01:07:53,340 --> 01:07:56,376 "What the **** is this?" 1232 01:07:56,910 --> 01:07:57,477 (SIGHS) 1233 01:07:57,477 --> 01:08:02,482 You know, I... I think I could do better on my own, 1234 01:08:02,482 --> 01:08:05,452 - so let’s give it a try. - (FEEDBACK SQUEALS) 1235 01:08:05,452 --> 01:08:09,489 (IMITATING VALLEY GIRL) Uh, Mr. Alfred Moretti. 1236 01:08:09,489 --> 01:08:11,124 Question mark. 1237 01:08:11,124 --> 01:08:15,161 Why did you 1238 01:08:15,161 --> 01:08:20,266 name your new album, 1239 01:08:20,266 --> 01:08:24,637 like, Caesar’s Request? 1240 01:08:24,671 --> 01:08:28,800 (IN NORMAL VOICE) Thank you for the question. 1241 01:08:28,800 --> 01:08:30,977 And thank you, Billie, for the invite. 1242 01:08:30,977 --> 01:08:33,313 Well, it’s an interesting story. 1243 01:08:33,313 --> 01:08:37,384 One day, while summering on the Cape, 1244 01:08:37,384 --> 01:08:40,220 I was engrossed by an account 1245 01:08:40,220 --> 01:08:44,324 of the time that Julius Caesar was kidnapped. 1246 01:08:44,324 --> 01:08:48,628 Now, does anyone here happen to know 1247 01:08:48,661 --> 01:08:51,331 who kidnapped Julius Caesar? 1248 01:08:51,331 --> 01:08:53,366 (FEEDBACK SQUEALS) 1249 01:08:53,366 --> 01:08:55,635 (SOFTLY) Pirates. 1250 01:08:59,239 --> 01:09:00,607 Pirates. 1251 01:09:01,141 --> 01:09:03,309 From the mouths of babes. 1252 01:09:03,309 --> 01:09:06,446 You’re absolutely right, Ariel Ecton. 1253 01:09:06,446 --> 01:09:08,480 Now, let me ask you, 1254 01:09:08,480 --> 01:09:13,553 uh, do you happen to know how Julius Caesar responded 1255 01:09:13,553 --> 01:09:15,555 once he’d been freed? 1256 01:09:17,323 --> 01:09:19,592 He went back with his army. 1257 01:09:19,592 --> 01:09:21,528 MORETTI: To do what? 1258 01:09:21,628 --> 01:09:24,640 Don’t disappoint us, now. 1259 01:09:24,564 --> 01:09:28,735 He killed all of his kidnappers. 1260 01:09:28,768 --> 01:09:33,273 MORETTI: Um, he crucified them, actually. 1261 01:09:33,273 --> 01:09:35,442 Every single one of them. 1262 01:09:35,442 --> 01:09:38,345 No hyperbole, no foundational myth 1263 01:09:38,345 --> 01:09:42,480 about a man walking on water. 1264 01:09:42,480 --> 01:09:47,554 Just simple, actual crucifixion for all of them. 1265 01:09:47,554 --> 01:09:50,523 Now tell me, teacher’s pet, 1266 01:09:50,523 --> 01:09:54,527 on whom I’m about to place a big, big bet... 1267 01:09:55,261 --> 01:09:58,198 what’s the best part of the story? 1268 01:09:59,132 --> 01:10:00,467 (SOFTLY) Um... 1269 01:10:00,467 --> 01:10:03,470 - (ARIEL SHUDDERING) - Well, the best part 1270 01:10:03,470 --> 01:10:06,339 of the story is that 1271 01:10:06,339 --> 01:10:11,611 the pirates who kidnapped the Julius Caesar 1272 01:10:11,611 --> 01:10:14,681 thought he was a commoner. (CHUCKLES) 1273 01:10:14,681 --> 01:10:18,118 They thought they were his equal. 1274 01:10:18,118 --> 01:10:21,588 And because of this misconception, 1275 01:10:21,588 --> 01:10:25,158 they asked the same ransom for Julius Caesar 1276 01:10:25,158 --> 01:10:28,610 that they would’ve asked for any Joe Schmo Roman. 1277 01:10:28,610 --> 01:10:31,531 And this meant that Caesar was obligated 1278 01:10:31,531 --> 01:10:34,501 to demand a raise in his ransom 1279 01:10:34,501 --> 01:10:39,239 so that it would be commensurate with his position. 1280 01:10:40,540 --> 01:10:43,677 And what does that tell us? Well... 1281 01:10:44,444 --> 01:10:48,114 (WHISPERING) It tells us that royalty, 1282 01:10:48,114 --> 01:10:51,818 even when at the mercy of peasants, 1283 01:10:51,851 --> 01:10:55,522 is still royalty, doesn’t it? 1284 01:10:57,624 --> 01:10:59,292 Doesn’t it? 1285 01:11:00,393 --> 01:11:04,564 (IN NORMAL VOICE) Now, what about that story, kids? 1286 01:11:05,498 --> 01:11:08,468 And how about that puppet show? 1287 01:11:08,468 --> 01:11:13,273 (LAUGHING) The Tragedy of Billie. 1288 01:11:13,540 --> 01:11:15,809 I think that interview went rather well. 1289 01:11:15,842 --> 01:11:18,645 - JORG: Wonderful, wonderful interview. - BIANCA: No. 1290 01:11:18,645 --> 01:11:19,846 (CRYING) Please, please. 1291 01:11:19,879 --> 01:11:21,581 - Please let me go. - BIANCA: Stan. 1292 01:11:21,581 --> 01:11:23,817 Please. Please. 1293 01:11:25,285 --> 01:11:26,786 - No, no, please. - (CLARA WHIMPERS) 1294 01:11:26,820 --> 01:11:28,788 (CRYING) I’m sorry. 1295 01:11:28,788 --> 01:11:29,856 Please. 1296 01:11:29,889 --> 01:11:30,590 (GROANS) 1297 01:11:30,590 --> 01:11:33,326 BIANCA: (CRYING) Stan. No. 1298 01:11:33,460 --> 01:11:35,362 (STAN GRUNTING) 1299 01:11:35,562 --> 01:11:37,764 - (GRUNTING) - (BIANCA GROANING) 1300 01:11:37,764 --> 01:11:40,567 - (KNIFE STABBING REPEATEDLY) - (BELLE GRUNTING) 1301 01:11:46,639 --> 01:11:48,141 Belle. 1302 01:11:48,341 --> 01:11:50,577 (STABBING CONTINUES) 1303 01:11:50,577 --> 01:11:53,313 (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 1304 01:12:05,392 --> 01:12:07,427 (DOOR CLOSING) 1305 01:12:07,794 --> 01:12:10,230 ♪ Baby Jane, I lost my nerve ♪ 1306 01:12:10,230 --> 01:12:13,466 ♪ Hear my heart Please ignore my words ♪ 1307 01:12:13,466 --> 01:12:16,803 ♪ We jumped the broom That was the best of days ♪ 1308 01:12:16,803 --> 01:12:17,537 (STAN GROANS) 1309 01:12:17,537 --> 01:12:21,307 ♪ Since we broke up I’ve been in a daze ♪ 1310 01:12:21,307 --> 01:12:25,779 ♪ Baby Jane Please don’t take the cat ♪ 1311 01:12:26,546 --> 01:12:28,615 (GRUNTING VICIOUSLY) 1312 01:12:28,882 --> 01:12:31,651 ("BABY JANE" CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 1313 01:12:33,520 --> 01:12:35,321 RECORDED VOICE: Welcome to the Rhinestone Chalet, 1314 01:12:35,321 --> 01:12:37,590 Moretti’s childhood home turned interactive museum. 1315 01:12:37,590 --> 01:12:41,194 Did you know that Alfred’s roots come from Peoria, Illinois? 1316 01:12:41,194 --> 01:12:44,230 ...feel to you until that day. 1317 01:12:44,230 --> 01:12:44,931 I mean, until that moment. 1318 01:12:44,931 --> 01:12:49,569 - (STABBING CONTINUES) - (BELLE GRUNTING VICIOUSLY) 1319 01:12:49,836 --> 01:12:52,872 - (DOORKNOB RATTLING) - LEVELIST: Circle back around. 1320 01:13:20,967 --> 01:13:23,970 (DOOR CREAKING SHUT) 1321 01:13:24,537 --> 01:13:26,773 (FOOTSTEPS) 1322 01:13:30,677 --> 01:13:32,345 (BREATH TREMBLING) 1323 01:13:42,655 --> 01:13:44,457 (BIRD CALLING) 1324 01:13:45,792 --> 01:13:46,926 So jealous. 1325 01:13:46,926 --> 01:13:49,629 (BREATHING WEAKLY) 1326 01:13:51,731 --> 01:13:53,333 (BREATHING STOPS) 1327 01:13:53,333 --> 01:13:55,735 (CHIMES TINKLING) 1328 01:13:59,973 --> 01:14:02,375 You’re still pretty. 1329 01:14:04,644 --> 01:14:06,680 (BIRDS CALLING) 1330 01:14:11,985 --> 01:14:14,754 (CLATTERING DOWNSTAIRS) 1331 01:14:19,926 --> 01:14:22,562 (DOOR CREAKING) 1332 01:14:31,571 --> 01:14:34,307 (BREATH TREMBLING) 1333 01:14:40,460 --> 01:14:41,848 (FOOTSTEPS) 1334 01:14:44,918 --> 01:14:46,753 (DOOR RATTLING) 1335 01:14:46,753 --> 01:14:48,488 (RATTLING STOPS) 1336 01:14:52,492 --> 01:14:54,461 (FOOTSTEPS) 1337 01:14:55,762 --> 01:14:57,864 (BREATH TREMBLING) 1338 01:14:57,964 --> 01:15:00,700 (FOOTSTEPS FADING IN DISTANCE) 1339 01:15:15,949 --> 01:15:17,717 (GRUNTING) 1340 01:15:21,554 --> 01:15:23,957 (STRAINING) 1341 01:15:28,795 --> 01:15:30,830 (SCREWDRIVER CLATTERS ON FLOOR) 1342 01:15:39,390 --> 01:15:42,108 - (CLATTERING) - (PAINED GRUNTING) 1343 01:15:52,850 --> 01:15:53,420 (LOUD THUD) 1344 01:15:53,420 --> 01:15:55,488 (GRUNTING AND CLATTERING STOPS) 1345 01:16:12,872 --> 01:16:17,770 (DISTORTED VOICES SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 1346 01:16:26,986 --> 01:16:32,158 MORETTI: ...sacrifice of our beautiful creation. 1347 01:16:32,158 --> 01:16:36,129 See, we can’t, uh, un-paint a canvas 1348 01:16:36,162 --> 01:16:39,632 or un-play a chord. 1349 01:16:39,632 --> 01:16:42,469 And if a mistake has been made, 1350 01:16:42,469 --> 01:16:45,380 either yours or someone else’s, 1351 01:16:45,380 --> 01:16:47,107 the only way to rectify it 1352 01:16:47,140 --> 01:16:52,112 is to make something beautiful. 1353 01:16:52,846 --> 01:16:57,917 Now, I’ve studied at every temple of taste 1354 01:16:57,917 --> 01:16:59,853 in the entire world. 1355 01:16:59,853 --> 01:17:03,890 I’ve picked over every reliquary that exists. 1356 01:17:03,890 --> 01:17:11,197 But I’ve never seen anything as beautiful as you pearls. 1357 01:17:15,535 --> 01:17:19,773 We don’t know what tomorrow will bring. 1358 01:17:19,773 --> 01:17:21,207 Maybe we’ll all be together... 1359 01:17:21,207 --> 01:17:22,108 (ARIEL SHUDDERING) 1360 01:17:22,108 --> 01:17:23,877 (MORETTI CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY) 1361 01:17:23,877 --> 01:17:25,450 (RACHEL SHUSHING) 1362 01:17:25,450 --> 01:17:26,212 Listen to me. 1363 01:17:26,212 --> 01:17:30,160 When you get to the gate, make a right, okay? 1364 01:17:30,160 --> 01:17:30,650 (SHUSHES) 1365 01:17:30,650 --> 01:17:34,921 And then, go until you see the light, all right? 1366 01:17:35,689 --> 01:17:39,590 But let’s hope it’s something beautiful. 1367 01:17:39,590 --> 01:17:40,927 To our time in the sand. 1368 01:17:40,927 --> 01:17:43,730 LEVELISTS: To our time in the sand. 1369 01:17:43,730 --> 01:17:45,632 Push me. 1370 01:17:45,799 --> 01:17:47,233 Cheers. 1371 01:17:54,207 --> 01:17:56,760 (WHISPERS) Cheers. 1372 01:18:04,551 --> 01:18:06,186 (ARIEL GRUNTING) 1373 01:18:07,921 --> 01:18:10,190 - (GROANING) - (LEVELISTS SCREAMING) 1374 01:18:10,223 --> 01:18:13,126 (MORETTI GASPING FRANTICALLY) 1375 01:18:24,237 --> 01:18:26,720 (MORETTI WHIMPERING) 1376 01:18:29,609 --> 01:18:32,912 - (WHIMPERING CONTINUES) - (ATV ENGINE REVVING) 1377 01:18:32,912 --> 01:18:35,815 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 1378 01:19:07,213 --> 01:19:09,683 (GRUNTING) 1379 01:19:16,156 --> 01:19:17,657 (GROANS) 1380 01:19:22,195 --> 01:19:23,596 (YELPS) 1381 01:19:23,596 --> 01:19:25,198 (PANTING) 1382 01:19:37,777 --> 01:19:39,879 - Hey. - (TAPPING ON WINDOW) 1383 01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:41,470 Help, help, help! 1384 01:19:41,470 --> 01:19:42,782 - Who are you? - I was in the house. 1385 01:19:42,782 --> 01:19:45,719 I was there, and people are dead, and we have to go. 1386 01:19:45,719 --> 01:19:48,855 - LEE: You were in there? - Yes, I was in there. 1387 01:19:48,855 --> 01:19:51,124 Holy shit, you’re bleeding. Are you hurt? 1388 01:19:51,124 --> 01:19:53,927 - Yes, I am hurt! - Is Moretti hurt? 1389 01:19:54,194 --> 01:19:56,129 Yes, he’s hurt, so we have to go. 1390 01:19:56,129 --> 01:19:57,931 - You met Moretti? - We have to leave. 1391 01:19:57,931 --> 01:19:59,666 LEE: Wait, did he do the wiggle? 1392 01:19:59,666 --> 01:20:00,700 I bet he did the wiggle. 1393 01:20:00,700 --> 01:20:02,702 Did you hear the new song... (GROANS) 1394 01:20:02,702 --> 01:20:04,671 ARIEL: I’m so sorry! 1395 01:20:05,205 --> 01:20:07,874 - (LEE COUGHING) - (ENGINE STARTS) 1396 01:20:12,178 --> 01:20:14,114 (LEE GROANING) 1397 01:20:25,992 --> 01:20:29,620 (BREATH TREMBLING) 1398 01:20:38,805 --> 01:20:40,707 (ENTRY BELL JINGLING) 1399 01:20:41,374 --> 01:20:43,443 (CASH REGISTER BEEPING) 1400 01:20:43,443 --> 01:20:47,647 INTERVIEWER: Do you think about why that Levelist helped you escape that night? 1401 01:20:47,647 --> 01:20:50,450 Or do you mentally try not to go back to that time? 1402 01:20:50,450 --> 01:20:52,519 (CLICKS TONGUE, SIGHS) 1403 01:20:52,519 --> 01:20:53,787 Maybe a mix of both. I don’t know. 1404 01:20:53,787 --> 01:20:56,756 I’m... This is, like, my millionth interview this month, 1405 01:20:56,756 --> 01:20:58,525 so you have to forgive me. 1406 01:20:58,525 --> 01:21:00,930 Book tours are... 1407 01:21:00,560 --> 01:21:00,994 BOTH: Exhausting. 1408 01:21:01,270 --> 01:21:04,397 - Yeah, exhausting. - (LAUGHING) Yes, I’m tired. 1409 01:21:04,397 --> 01:21:08,100 So, you know I gotta ask... 1410 01:21:08,340 --> 01:21:12,720 Is that how it really happened when you went back to the compound? 1411 01:21:12,105 --> 01:21:14,400 It’s... it’s exactly as I wrote it. 1412 01:21:14,740 --> 01:21:17,477 - (BIRDS CHIRPING) - (SIRENS WAILING) 1413 01:21:21,915 --> 01:21:24,818 (PIANO PLAYING GENTLE MELODY) 1414 01:21:58,151 --> 01:22:01,187 INTERVIEWER: And he was actually just sitting there alone, 1415 01:22:01,187 --> 01:22:04,591 still in the white suit, playing the piano? 1416 01:22:04,591 --> 01:22:09,662 I do feel like I’ve said this a million times at this point, 1417 01:22:09,662 --> 01:22:12,980 but it was, uh, surreal. 1418 01:22:12,132 --> 01:22:16,690 Cops haven’t been able to locate a single Levelist body. 1419 01:22:16,102 --> 01:22:18,905 They still haven’t found the fan who was at the gate. 1420 01:22:18,905 --> 01:22:20,640 - Just nothing. - Hmm. 1421 01:22:20,640 --> 01:22:22,909 - (PHONE BUZZING) - Um, sorry. 1422 01:22:24,110 --> 01:22:26,513 - Do you mind if I... - Oh, yeah. 1423 01:22:26,513 --> 01:22:28,140 Thanks. 1424 01:22:29,582 --> 01:22:31,151 Hello? This is Ariel Ecton. 1425 01:22:31,184 --> 01:22:31,851 Ariel. Guess who. 1426 01:22:31,851 --> 01:22:34,654 It’s Soledad Yusef calling from sunny Malibu, California. 1427 01:22:34,654 --> 01:22:38,240 And how do you find yourself this Monday morning? 1428 01:22:40,160 --> 01:22:40,894 My love? Hello? 1429 01:22:40,894 --> 01:22:45,699 - What do you want? - Ooh. Someone’s spicy this morning. 1430 01:22:46,320 --> 01:22:49,803 But I believe it’s more of what you want. 1431 01:22:49,803 --> 01:22:50,503 Didn’t you send in 1432 01:22:50,503 --> 01:22:53,730 six interview requests to sit down with Mr. Moretti for your novel? 1433 01:22:53,730 --> 01:22:56,910 Well, you’re in luck. Mr. Moretti would like to sit down this evening 1434 01:22:56,910 --> 01:22:58,778 at the high-risk state hospital in Reno. 1435 01:22:58,778 --> 01:23:00,814 It’s like a medieval torture chamber, if you ask me. 1436 01:23:00,814 --> 01:23:03,683 Honestly, these states should be tried for the way they treat people. 1437 01:23:03,683 --> 01:23:05,685 It’s just absolutely abhorrent. 1438 01:23:05,685 --> 01:23:07,153 ARIEL: Soledad, you are aware 1439 01:23:07,187 --> 01:23:08,588 that your client, Alfred Moretti, 1440 01:23:08,588 --> 01:23:11,791 pled guilty to the murder of five innocent people, 1441 01:23:11,791 --> 01:23:13,693 tried to kill me, and is suspected 1442 01:23:13,693 --> 01:23:17,564 of leading hundreds of Levelists to mass suicide? 1443 01:23:17,564 --> 01:23:18,965 He’s passionate. 1444 01:23:19,265 --> 01:23:22,635 Ciao, my darling. Take care of yourself. 1445 01:23:25,538 --> 01:23:27,941 (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) 1446 01:23:31,578 --> 01:23:33,913 (CELL DOOR BUZZING) 1447 01:23:35,615 --> 01:23:37,851 (DOOR CLANGS SHUT) 1448 01:23:37,851 --> 01:23:41,121 Salutations, as they say. 1449 01:23:58,905 --> 01:24:00,840 Oh, heavy. 1450 01:24:01,741 --> 01:24:03,710 Shall we get started? 1451 01:24:04,778 --> 01:24:06,246 (BEEPS) 1452 01:24:08,748 --> 01:24:09,716 Python. 1453 01:24:09,716 --> 01:24:13,820 - Excuse me? - Well, in your novel, you wrote that when... 1454 01:24:13,820 --> 01:24:15,288 the first day we met 1455 01:24:15,288 --> 01:24:19,225 that I was wearing cream-colored alligator boots, 1456 01:24:19,259 --> 01:24:22,729 but in fact, they were smoke-colored python boots. 1457 01:24:22,729 --> 01:24:27,200 Now, of course, that’s an easy mistake to make for an untrained eye, 1458 01:24:27,200 --> 01:24:30,904 but, uh, I would never. It’s unimaginable-- 1459 01:24:30,904 --> 01:24:33,239 In my "novel," you said? 1460 01:24:33,306 --> 01:24:36,760 In my 320-page non-fiction text, 1461 01:24:36,760 --> 01:24:39,746 your biggest gripe is with the material of your boots? 1462 01:24:39,746 --> 01:24:43,750 You know, it’s just, a little constructive criticism 1463 01:24:43,750 --> 01:24:46,886 never killed anyone, Ariel. 1464 01:24:49,923 --> 01:24:50,990 Okay. (SCOFFS) 1465 01:24:50,990 --> 01:24:53,693 - (RECORDER BEEPS) - Um... 1466 01:24:55,610 --> 01:24:58,965 I didn’t expect you to be remorseful like a normal person, 1467 01:24:58,965 --> 01:25:02,936 but I came here to try to report the truth 1468 01:25:02,936 --> 01:25:04,804 so that there’s closure for the families and-- 1469 01:25:04,804 --> 01:25:07,207 (WHISPERS) And to sell a few more books. 1470 01:25:07,207 --> 01:25:12,780 - Well... - Ariel, while you circle around and around 1471 01:25:12,780 --> 01:25:13,947 the one question 1472 01:25:13,947 --> 01:25:20,200 that you most assuredly came here to ask me... Very quickly... 1473 01:25:20,200 --> 01:25:22,689 Primitive man chose their leader 1474 01:25:22,689 --> 01:25:28,280 in the same way that animals chose their leader... 1475 01:25:28,228 --> 01:25:29,229 uh, brute strength. 1476 01:25:29,229 --> 01:25:32,980 Yeah, I... I’m familiar with Darwin’s theory. 1477 01:25:32,980 --> 01:25:37,137 Uh, what does that have to do with you being a murderer? 1478 01:25:38,138 --> 01:25:40,707 Man evolved. 1479 01:25:40,707 --> 01:25:41,775 Humanity evolved. 1480 01:25:41,775 --> 01:25:45,979 Um, it, uh, created government 1481 01:25:45,979 --> 01:25:47,347 and rules and law. 1482 01:25:47,347 --> 01:25:51,918 And with those things, then the criteria 1483 01:25:51,918 --> 01:25:55,121 for what was needed in a leader changed. 1484 01:25:55,121 --> 01:25:59,125 So, it went from this to left brain. 1485 01:25:59,125 --> 01:26:03,329 To be president, you have to go to an Ivy League school 1486 01:26:03,363 --> 01:26:06,166 and get a little Ivy League law degree 1487 01:26:06,166 --> 01:26:10,870 to signal to the rest of us, the peons, 1488 01:26:10,870 --> 01:26:13,873 uh, that this is the smart person. 1489 01:26:13,873 --> 01:26:15,308 But look at where we are. 1490 01:26:15,342 --> 01:26:17,977 Today’s world is burning, literally. 1491 01:26:17,977 --> 01:26:22,480 Illiteracy is at its highest. We’ve never been more divided. 1492 01:26:22,480 --> 01:26:25,850 We have permanent war, and the list goes on. 1493 01:26:25,850 --> 01:26:30,290 So, clearly, the metric, this left-brain metric, 1494 01:26:30,323 --> 01:26:32,959 failed miserably. 1495 01:26:32,959 --> 01:26:36,463 But there is an answer. 1496 01:26:36,830 --> 01:26:39,232 A new evolution. 1497 01:26:39,366 --> 01:26:46,720 So, won’t be this anymore or this left brain 1498 01:26:46,720 --> 01:26:47,774 but this right brain 1499 01:26:47,774 --> 01:26:51,211 where the most creative are in charge. 1500 01:26:51,211 --> 01:26:57,283 Look, I’m not just gonna sit here and act like I didn’t find Stan’s old article 1501 01:26:57,283 --> 01:27:00,120 where he referred to Tilt as overrated, 1502 01:27:00,120 --> 01:27:04,570 Bianca’s rather unflattering paparazzi shots. 1503 01:27:04,570 --> 01:27:05,910 Not good. Not too pretty. 1504 01:27:05,910 --> 01:27:08,940 And let’s not forget Clara’s digs about your bald head. 1505 01:27:08,940 --> 01:27:09,796 And even you can’t wiggle your way free 1506 01:27:09,796 --> 01:27:11,231 after murdering hundreds of people. 1507 01:27:11,231 --> 01:27:13,199 I didn’t murder hundreds of people. 1508 01:27:13,199 --> 01:27:16,136 You didn’t murder Stan Sullivan, Clara Armstrong, 1509 01:27:16,136 --> 01:27:19,390 Bianca Tyson, Emily Katz, and Bill Lotto? 1510 01:27:19,390 --> 01:27:21,408 Oh, yeah, I murdered them. 1511 01:27:21,808 --> 01:27:26,112 You should know your masterpiece, Ariel, 1512 01:27:26,112 --> 01:27:31,117 is also the introduction to our story. 1513 01:27:32,118 --> 01:27:34,521 No one will condone murder. 1514 01:27:35,880 --> 01:27:39,826 But if it’s scandalous enough, they’ll never stop talking about it. 1515 01:27:39,826 --> 01:27:43,290 Besides, you’re not gonna stop becoming Catholic 1516 01:27:43,290 --> 01:27:45,465 ’cause you read a book about the Crusades. 1517 01:27:45,465 --> 01:27:50,300 You’re serving a life sentence five times over. 1518 01:27:50,300 --> 01:27:53,373 Why not just tell us where the bodies are? 1519 01:27:53,373 --> 01:27:55,542 Where are the Levelists? 1520 01:27:56,343 --> 01:27:57,177 Around. 1521 01:27:57,177 --> 01:28:03,383 We’re spread out, but still connected to teach the young 1522 01:28:03,383 --> 01:28:05,552 and sprout new chapters, 1523 01:28:05,552 --> 01:28:08,880 to preserve dying crafts, 1524 01:28:08,880 --> 01:28:09,923 to inspire and comfort, 1525 01:28:09,923 --> 01:28:12,892 to fan the flames of raw enthusiasm, 1526 01:28:12,892 --> 01:28:19,399 to closely monitor those who obstruct the divinely burdened. 1527 01:28:19,399 --> 01:28:22,680 Not hiding but waiting. 1528 01:28:22,680 --> 01:28:24,700 Waiting to better tomorrow. 1529 01:28:24,700 --> 01:28:28,241 So, what was in the champagne glasses, then? 1530 01:28:29,542 --> 01:28:31,211 - Champagne. - (ARIEL SIGHS) 1531 01:28:31,211 --> 01:28:33,146 - Okay. - MORETTI: Oh. 1532 01:28:33,146 --> 01:28:35,515 With talent comes forgiveness. 1533 01:28:35,515 --> 01:28:37,217 The bigger the talent, 1534 01:28:37,217 --> 01:28:40,553 the more complete the forgiveness. 1535 01:28:41,210 --> 01:28:44,991 Level will grow and grow. 1536 01:28:46,192 --> 01:28:49,963 We just, uh... (SIGHS, CHUCKLES) 1537 01:28:49,963 --> 01:28:53,433 needed someone to get the ball rolling. 1538 01:28:53,466 --> 01:28:55,468 (SOFTLY) So, um... 1539 01:28:58,538 --> 01:29:00,507 Come on. You get it. 1540 01:29:00,540 --> 01:29:02,108 (SCOFFS) 1541 01:29:03,476 --> 01:29:04,878 So, why me? 1542 01:29:04,878 --> 01:29:06,346 Disco. 1543 01:29:08,948 --> 01:29:11,518 Two reasons, really. 1544 01:29:11,918 --> 01:29:14,287 One for us, one for me. 1545 01:29:14,287 --> 01:29:17,257 For us, we felt you were a pure vessel, 1546 01:29:17,257 --> 01:29:20,927 completely uncorrupted by success, 1547 01:29:20,927 --> 01:29:23,963 uncorrupted by cheap shots for clicks. 1548 01:29:23,963 --> 01:29:26,399 For me, while looking through your background, 1549 01:29:26,399 --> 01:29:31,938 I read a story you’d written about a school board lady. 1550 01:29:31,938 --> 01:29:33,573 - Remember that? - ARIEL: Carol Reggo? 1551 01:29:33,573 --> 01:29:38,578 That piece was less than 500 words. It was before I was even at J. 1552 01:29:38,578 --> 01:29:43,116 You wrote that her chin was 1553 01:29:43,116 --> 01:29:47,220 "delightfully inconspicuous." 1554 01:29:48,288 --> 01:29:52,459 And I needed my chin in good hands. 1555 01:29:55,395 --> 01:29:58,298 (MOUTHING) 1556 01:30:04,404 --> 01:30:08,308 TV HOST: Once in a generation, a tragedy so compelling occurs, 1557 01:30:08,308 --> 01:30:09,609 it grabs the entire world’s attention. 1558 01:30:09,609 --> 01:30:13,680 Most people condemn the horrific events that took place a few years ago, 1559 01:30:13,680 --> 01:30:16,583 while a growing minority sympathize with the guilty party. 1560 01:30:16,616 --> 01:30:22,355 After all, Caesar’s Request has sold millions of copies since its release. 1561 01:30:22,355 --> 01:30:24,657 But the one thing we can all agree on... 1562 01:30:24,657 --> 01:30:26,426 Our next guest is a star. 1563 01:30:26,426 --> 01:30:28,561 Her new book was an instant bestseller, 1564 01:30:28,595 --> 01:30:32,132 but unless you’ve been living on Mars, you already know that. 1565 01:30:32,132 --> 01:30:34,267 Ms. Ecton, good morning. Congratulations. 1566 01:30:34,267 --> 01:30:35,702 I’m so thrilled to be sitting down with you today. 1567 01:30:35,702 --> 01:30:39,706 I mean, Our Time in the Sand is such a daring, beautiful novel. 1568 01:30:39,706 --> 01:30:45,211 What does it feel like to have written the book that everybody’s talking about? 1569 01:30:46,460 --> 01:30:47,681 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 1570 01:30:51,170 --> 01:30:53,119 (WHISPERING) Ms. Ecton? 1571 01:30:56,623 --> 01:30:59,659 ( "DLZ" BY TV ON THE RADIO PLAYING) 1572 01:31:19,112 --> 01:31:20,880 (SONG ENDS)