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00:00:00You
00:00:20Never underestimate the importance of nice weather nor should you ever take beauty for granted
00:00:26I
00:00:29Spend most of my day making stuff up
00:00:34I'm a dreamer with far too many dreams, but I'm a lucky guy. I
00:00:40Turn my dreams into a successful writing career
00:00:44But
00:00:46My career is falling off a cliff and I've not had a job in months
00:00:50Things are a little tight
00:00:52Well, not a little a lot and now all I think about is money
00:00:58After coal mining writing screenplays is the worst job in America. There's no glamour. No friends
00:01:05It's hard to get work and then every job is temporary
00:01:08But that's what I do what I chose what I love
00:01:12But without regular income great weather and beauty are not enough to overcome our money problems. I
00:01:18Have a few ideas to get out of this debacle, but my experience is the plans don't usually work out as well exactly as planned
00:01:26Anyway, we'll see. I
00:01:29Can tell you one goddamn truth about life that is not overrated and always works out
00:01:34evening cocktails, oh
00:01:37Sorry, I'm Nick McCoy
00:01:40Lana's husband
00:01:41Lana and I met when we were 17 and then separated for a little while in college and then
00:01:46We got married in our late 20s
00:01:50Where you been, I'll apply reading what you've been up to just taking some notes for my new script
00:01:56Well, you have to put it away cuz she'll be here any minute. Oh
00:01:59Sorry, I forgot make you a drink
00:02:02Yeah, something simple easy
00:02:05Martini, isn't it?
00:02:07My cocktail recipes never bury a drop and in that sense, you can say I'm a perfectionist a
00:02:13Little bit of perfection. It's you a lot of heaven. Are you talking to me?
00:02:18No
00:02:19to our new friends
00:02:21What are you talking about? What do you friends? There's nobody here
00:02:25Thank you
00:02:34Mmm, how is it a little bit of perfection?
00:02:38Mm-hmm
00:02:42What is that all right, all right
00:02:50It is
00:02:55Nick are you recording us? Not exactly. What are you doing? I'm streaming us
00:03:08You mean people are watching us online hopefully Nick
00:03:15Why didn't you say anything this is another one of your ideas, isn't it? Yes, of course it is. Why why well for money
00:03:24Let me explain what are you doing? Who are you talking to to our new guests? Oh our guests
00:03:32Lana is got a great smile. She's very photogenic. You need to explain this to me
00:03:38Nick. Yeah to you and to them
00:03:44As I mentioned I haven't made a dime in months nor has Lana
00:03:48So I found this streaming platform and people can watch us and we get paid by ads
00:03:54eyeballs
00:03:56People can chip in a few bucks. Okay, so they want to
00:04:02People are watching us right now, hopefully
00:04:08Let me see
00:04:1637
00:04:20Yeah, and the more people that watch the more money we make
00:04:28How much money I
00:04:32Don't really know
00:04:33It's just the first few minutes. We got to give it some time
00:04:36You know a few weeks a few weeks. No, no, no, no
00:04:42Yeah, it's too weird Nick. It's really not that odd people do this all the time on Facebook and
00:04:49Tick-tock and other places. I don't like it if you've got a better idea on how we can make some bucks real quick
00:04:56Have it
00:05:06Up
00:05:08Until recently
00:05:10Lana had a lot of regular commercial work. She sold yogurt and
00:05:16bank accounts and wine on TV a
00:05:20Lot of prescription drugs, too. I also used to be very good at stroking car hoods. Tell them that you just did
00:05:27It's okay
00:05:29Okay, if we're gonna do this, I
00:05:31Don't want to see the camera. Can you just hide it, please?
00:05:36You
00:05:46Okay
00:05:53Are there any more hidden cameras
00:06:06Oh there is that one? Yeah, it is
00:06:11There's another oh
00:06:16Another is
00:06:17You can barely see them
00:06:21Come on, just give it a try. I mean, what's the downside the loss of our privacy?
00:06:27Well, then I'll only stream for limited hours a few hours. Yes, not forever. No limited time. Yes, I
00:06:35Don't have time for this. She's gonna be here any minute. I have to change. I don't even know her name
00:06:39Her name is Emily Thatcher. Remember and why did we invite her over? Yes, I ran into her in the hallway
00:06:45She said she had something
00:07:05Bullets
00:07:07Bullets just don't disappear it landed out there somewhere
00:07:12She would have we found it
00:07:15Morning mrs. McQuoid
00:07:18Odd
00:07:21It has to be here
00:07:24So
00:07:25What do you think?
00:07:27All I know is that your neighbor is dead from a single gunshot that entered your condo after passing through her that
00:07:34You think you maybe heard two doors closed?
00:07:38Simultaneously, but you don't know which ones. Yeah, I think that I heard too, but I can't swear to it. Okay
00:07:47So
00:07:48You think the person who killed miss Thatcher's on this floor? I think that but then again, maybe not
00:07:56There are internal fire escape stairs right across the hall from her condo right next to yours
00:08:04And the killer could have slipped into those stairs and escaped do you think that
00:08:12No one will admit to that
00:08:14Yeah, but
00:08:15Do you think that I think?
00:08:18everything
00:08:21It's a mystery
00:08:24So you didn't know her no
00:08:27Just said hi when we passed in the hallway. You don't know why she wanted to come over
00:08:31Nope, she said that there were some things that were concerning her on the floor. She went to my thoughts
00:08:37And you have no idea
00:08:42I'll be in touch
00:08:54I don't like that guy what because he's lazy and stupid. He didn't find the bullet. He said where's his
00:09:02It's backup. I think San Diego's just short on cops. Nick. This is a homicide not a trespassing
00:09:10You don't even look
00:09:22Old-fashioned darling
00:09:32I
00:09:33Can I continue telling our guests about our backstory? How long are we gonna be doing this?
00:09:37How about until we see the first deposit?
00:09:39Fine, we're gonna do this. They need to know my side of the story my backstory
00:09:45How about it?
00:09:47Nick gets ideas
00:09:50Ideas our next job, but sometimes Nick's thoughts go and wander. He needs an editor me
00:09:57to the camera suite
00:10:02So
00:10:03Nick's thoughts can sometimes become eccentric sometimes extreme as in this case
00:10:10But Nikki does always come back to Center
00:10:15Well, usually
00:10:17Things always do work out. It can be trying not all that trying it can be trying but fun sometimes
00:10:25Before Lana's commercial work. She had a very lucrative and successful run on a daytime soap
00:10:29Yes, I had a huge following passionate loyal
00:10:34Then they wrote me out of the show and I will never understand why that's the way it goes in the biz up one day
00:10:41Forgotten the next but fortunately I managed to move into TV commercial work
00:10:48But she's been unable to even secure commercial work for months. It's been a year. Okay 12 months
00:10:56Nick has tried his hardest to shore up our finances. I
00:11:01Worked at ride-sharing. I even worked as a bartender, but I was too slow
00:11:07So as our fortunes declined we found that starting the night off at home with a
00:11:11Proper cocktail is the most delightful part of the day and having a cocktail here at home has been a huge money saver
00:11:19and
00:11:21With some well-timed music
00:11:24We are off to the races
00:11:26We also found that with some well-timed puffs
00:11:30We can take a simply delightful evening to crazy spectacular
00:11:44I want to talk about the murder Nick. Oh
00:11:50Come on it's important
00:11:53Let it go
00:11:55No, I will not I'm scared to death and I am so not kidding about the to-death part
00:12:01There is a murderer on this floor. Nobody knows why nobody knows who nobody knows anything
00:12:07He could get killed
00:12:10Now you're starting to think like me and I don't like it bring it in a little I don't trust this detective. He's a halfwit
00:12:17We don't have to like him
00:12:19It's not about like Nick it's about trust. I don't trust him finding the bullet after a murder is a basic
00:12:25He couldn't even do that. I
00:12:29Think we need to look into it ourselves
00:12:32the murder
00:12:34Yes, obviously, what have we been talking about?
00:12:37We don't have those skills
00:12:49Oh
00:13:19You
00:13:25Haven't told me what you're writing about
00:13:30It's called moonlight myth I
00:13:33Like the title
00:13:36And Peter West bit you remember him
00:13:38No, not really. No, he's an executive producer
00:13:42He's got a big fat wallet. Okay. Good. Excellent
00:13:46Excellent
00:13:48Yeah, he produced my last script. So I'm certain that he'll read this
00:13:56What's the story
00:14:02No
00:14:04What why?
00:14:07Nick you always tell me the story
00:14:10Not this one is too personal
00:14:13This is about your ex, isn't it a little mistake from your late 20s, that's why it's too personal, huh? No, isn't it?
00:14:22I'm struggling. I need some room to think it through. Okay
00:14:31Nick you're good. You're a good writer and you're our only hope right now
00:14:37You'll figure it out. You always do
00:14:40You'll figure it out you always do just let me read it before you send it
00:14:46Maybe
00:14:48God I have never seen you so hung up on a story before the story is tough. That's a Hail Mary
00:14:58Suppose it doesn't sell
00:15:00Yeah
00:15:04Can we talk about the murder have I not been clear on this one this is police work
00:15:09It's not Nick and Lana work. It is our business
00:15:13I'm scared Nick. Even the police said the murderer is probably on this floor. We have to do something, please
00:15:22Come on
00:15:24Give me one of those wacky ideas
00:15:27Contrary to what you think babe, babe. Oh, I am so north of 29
00:15:36You're the North
00:15:40I'm sorry, just wacky ideas aren't a dime a dozen. They take time not for you. They don't come on
00:15:45You're the hotshot writer. I'm the actor you tell me what to do flesh it out. Come on
00:15:51How are we gonna solve this mystery?
00:15:54Okay
00:15:56Let's take it back to ground zero. Yes, okay
00:15:59We need to rely on our single best most cultivated skill
00:16:07Getting high what
00:16:09We invite everybody over on the floor one by one and we give them drinks and we loosen them up
00:16:15Right cuz the cops can't do that. No, we grill them. Yes, exactly
00:16:19We'll get them nice and high dig deep ask the hard-hitting questions and then presto
00:16:23Somebody is going to confess. Yeah something like that, but we need a very specific plan
00:16:29Yes
00:16:32That is
00:16:33Let's play dumb
00:16:34Babe, it's too easy for you
00:16:37We'll say that we weren't here the night the murder occurred. Yes. Okay. So then when we ask them probing questions
00:16:42They're not gonna think it's so odd
00:16:44correct, so
00:16:47What are we gonna do about them
00:16:50Like a watch sir
00:16:52Stay tuned guests
00:16:55We're officially on the case now, you know what you wanted
00:17:00Yes
00:17:01Let's get started
00:17:06I
00:17:21We're doing I had to go straight didn't it
00:17:26Let's a hit something a ricochet I didn't even think of that. Yeah, but hit something could be anywhere
00:17:37Oh
00:17:44It was in the seat of the stool
00:17:49How hard was that those are the confident idiot
00:18:06Hey
00:18:20My pleasure Nick he's here. It's our condo
00:18:26Cocktails with Nick and Lana
00:18:30Sam Jones, sorry about the name. How's that? Uh, pretty boring Sam Jones a total
00:18:48What's in a name in my case tedium nice to meet you, I'm captain Jack Sparrow
00:18:54Good one
00:18:58Mixing up a new drink
00:19:01What's your could use one of those
00:19:04You had one before Nick just made it up
00:19:08No a date not doing all that. Well on a super singles
00:19:14I'm sure things will look up for you. I don't know been married four times and I'm beginning to think it's all on me
00:19:24Well
00:19:26The date night is bourbon grapefruit syrup and a touch of coconut water, okay
00:19:31sounds odd
00:19:34Sounds good, I guess
00:19:39You don't like it
00:19:48You know, it's hard to believe that we have never met I really don't know anyone on the floor Ross either
00:19:54How long have you lived here? Uh
00:19:56for
00:19:57Just over four years, but we've said hi
00:20:04Cheers
00:20:11What do you think good
00:20:14Hey, it's free, how can I complain?
00:20:19Well, the drinks are free but we do have a modest cover charge
00:20:24To cover expenses you understand that's a that's a crazy idea. Oh
00:20:30No, we do charge for our company
00:20:42We only take cash
00:20:44I
00:20:50Didn't even know her name much less what she looked like Barrett thinks the killer lives on this floor. Yeah, that's what he told me
00:20:59So that means you two are suspects cuz I sure as hell didn't do it
00:21:07I'll see you there. How do I know that?
00:21:09We weren't here, how do I know that I
00:21:17Mean really guys, how does anyone know anything?
00:21:25But you you were here that night I
00:21:27was
00:21:28But I'm way
00:21:30Way down the hall. I heard the shot
00:21:34But I thought it was outside. Well
00:21:37Bullet came right through my office wall
00:21:40Landed out here somewhere
00:21:50That's her bedroom wall it is
00:22:02She was murdered in her bedroom
00:22:04Well, how do you know that maybe the bullet went through two walls
00:22:23How about that laugh
00:22:25Mm-hmm
00:22:33There's a pretty obvious question
00:22:36Yeah, like he didn't know her. Mm-hmm, but he knows the location of a bedroom. Mm-hmm
00:22:43How do you know that
00:22:47We just had a first breakthrough probably
00:22:55Oh
00:23:07What are you doing
00:23:09She's gonna be here any minute. I don't want us to smell like weed. I want to smell like you
00:23:13She's not gonna be able to tell who smells like what?
00:23:17She will she won't
00:23:25I
00:23:34Spent years trying to forget about it and he made me remember
00:23:38It was the worst moment of my life horrid. We were just talking
00:23:43And I had no idea when you asked about my writing work. You brought it all back. I'm a writer. You're a writer
00:23:50I thought we had a connection. No
00:23:53You need to be more careful you need to not ask such questions I can only offer my sincerest apology
00:24:00How could I have known?
00:24:06If I had known that you were raped by your anger don't believe that for a moment you were methodical
00:24:13Unrelenting it was all designed to humiliate me again questions over and over again
00:24:18You are a hateful mean disgusting, man
00:24:24And mr. Shitty writer you smell like marijuana I
00:24:39Hope that you're all enjoying all of this
00:24:44What do you make of her
00:24:47Or crazy comes to mind
00:24:58It's gonna get better doesn't it? No, no it really doesn't
00:25:12I'm on my way home. Do we need anything?
00:25:15Just lines don't forget Rose is coming tonight. Wait. Yes
00:25:23I'm thinking about getting a dog a wired hair terrier. What do you think? Just hurry home Nick?
00:25:28Well, what if we rent a dog for a few weeks?
00:25:31Now
00:25:39You don't know this Lana, but I'm a huge fan of yours going back to when you first started on your soap
00:25:47Really? Yeah. Oh my gosh. It's so nice going back to the beginning. God. What was that?
00:25:53Ten years ago. Oh at least maybe more. Yes
00:25:56Nice to meet you Rose my ties, okay. Oh my god, love them, but aren't they complicated it's fine
00:26:04Nick is an amateur bartender. Did you just move in a few months ago? I love the building
00:26:12Mm-hmm
00:26:14Thank you so much
00:26:18Hmm
00:26:20Scrumptious you're a pro it can be a little bit of a pain in the ass
00:26:24You're a pro it can be a little bit. Um methodical obsessive. I
00:26:31Knew you were on this floor and I was just hoping I'd meet you
00:26:35You have no idea how big of a fan I am
00:26:41So sweet. Thank you. You know your old agent
00:26:45Lenny Schultz
00:26:46Yes, great guy. He was my nephew
00:26:50really
00:26:52Wow, what a coincidence
00:26:55But he was not good for you. What do you mean? He got a lot of offers
00:27:01For you to do feature films
00:27:05He never said anything of course not
00:27:10Okay, I don't understand your soaps were his bread and butter
00:27:15He didn't want to jeopardize his regular commissions with a chance that you
00:27:20Might fail on the big screen
00:27:25You were his meal ticket
00:27:30You need to call him Lana can't he's dead shot dead in the Hollywood Hills
00:27:46Do you want to have sex
00:27:50I'm a kitchen counter
00:27:56You don't remember that line do you
00:28:00No
00:28:02That's from episode 113 your best line ever out of the blue and so funny
00:28:12You said that to the district attorney right in front of your husband I
00:28:18Laugh so hard I peed myself
00:28:26So Rose new to the building we don't usually have murders
00:28:33Were you home that night? Oh, yes. I heard the shot and it scared me to death. I'm alone, you know
00:28:43Did you know miss Thatcher
00:28:46Not at all, did you know not really
00:28:51Earlier you said you found the bullet. Yes. I see
00:29:02Barrett said he didn't find the bullet
00:29:07Did you give him the bullet
00:29:10No, do you think we should?
00:29:14If you don't that means you're hiding evidence, doesn't it?
00:29:17No, we're not hi. Sorry Lana, but that makes you look a little shady. Oh
00:29:29I'm sorry. I'm a little loopy. It might be best. I leave before I embarrass myself. Can I ask a favor?
00:29:37Of course, can I have an autograph?
00:29:40And Nick, can you snap a pic of Lana and me?
00:30:03Turn the tables on us. She sure did
00:30:11We're not really withholding evidence
00:30:16We are but not really yeah, we are
00:30:31We play something
00:30:40I
00:30:55Love you, Nicky. I love you darling
00:31:10I
00:31:40Look Carl, I know why you probably can't shut up and pay
00:31:46I'm tired of you fucking around with me here. You're two months behind. I know I said I'd pay but
00:31:53Yeah, you told me that last time
00:31:58Come
00:32:01Just follow me
00:32:03Jason
00:32:06Right there you can see I've been writing it's my script and I can probably get Peter West Bay interested
00:32:13He's a big deal if he buys it'll be for a boatload and I pay you first all I'm hearing are probably
00:32:20Yes, Carl, I swear
00:32:34It's shit
00:32:35You only read two lines. I don't like it
00:32:38Don't look like nothing
00:32:41Look, I'm a patient man. I'll give you ten more days
00:32:46Guess what then what?
00:32:49teeth
00:32:51Do you like your teeth I
00:32:54I
00:33:02Borrowed $15,000 from him. It was a mistake
00:33:07Oh
00:33:21I'm with her. My world just got a lot funner. Well, I should be a little more funner. No
00:33:30Wizard oh, so I heard
00:33:33I'm thinking whiskey sour. Is that okay with you whiskey in it?
00:33:37I'm drinking it with a with a what if I make some egg white with it. It's frothy. Nice. It's not it's kind of sad
00:33:43I don't want no sad drinks
00:33:47Let's have a seat Nicky loves to make the drink when I love drinking drinks
00:33:56Unusual name you got there. Yeah, I got it when I was young. I used to piss like a fire hose
00:34:02We say piss
00:34:05All right good every now and then I like to drop in a fuck
00:34:09sometimes shit, too
00:34:10Yeah, I don't piss like I used to how about you Nick still piss with the same big you're doing your teenage years
00:34:17Can't say I remember my teenage toilet habits wizard
00:34:20Takes me a while to start a leak and even now it's just a dribble. Oh, yeah
00:34:25Take go max. You know it can't say I do
00:34:28Imagine after a lifetime and taking chemicals to get high and I gotta take chemicals to take a piss
00:34:42Got these weird side effects. Oh boy. What?
00:34:47Yeah, I better not say a little too weird
00:34:51But I will say this it tends to show up when you're having sex really
00:34:58Anymore so not much of an issue then how do you know about the side effects? I
00:35:05Do experiments Oh
00:35:14You guys smoke yes
00:35:28No
00:35:30Nick I wasn't actually a hippie as I said more like you'd say today. I was on the spectrum
00:35:43Summer of 69
00:35:46Jesus I
00:35:48Live in in San Francisco here Golden Gate Park
00:35:52the center of the universe
00:35:55By the best year of my life
00:35:58Nothing like it ever before I'm not gonna be anything like it ever again
00:36:04Where the world wanted to be what world wanted to be
00:36:10There's great music from there
00:36:14Janice Joplin
00:36:16Jimmy Hendrix
00:36:19Jefferson airplane
00:36:21Joy you're cooking. I don't know that one. This is Berkeley group that Janice overpowered and they were good, but she was
00:36:29great
00:36:35But didn't end well for any of them most of them died badly
00:36:42Became drunks
00:36:46And then
00:36:49There's now
00:36:51What do you mean the singular
00:36:56Mantra from 69
00:36:59Was do your own
00:37:04Thing
00:37:07Think about that
00:37:11Do your own
00:37:19Thing
00:37:21Seems simple enough, right? Sure. Yeah, it's not not simple because here's what it means
00:37:28Without regard
00:37:31Without concern without thinking
00:37:36Do whatever
00:37:40you
00:37:41want
00:37:42It's harmless in the 60s I even liberating after the 50. Yeah, really but those four words
00:37:51Launched a national philosophy that gave rise to millions of us
00:37:58Doing our own thing now
00:38:04And that's where we are now
00:38:08Everybody's an island
00:38:11Just everybody's doing their own thing
00:38:19I think my generation totally fucked things up
00:38:32Well
00:38:34What do we get from it? Nothing?
00:38:36I told you we're out of our league. You're the one who started asking about his life and that led him down hippie lane
00:38:42We need to stay focused on the murder
00:38:45I'll be asking these people about their person saying we don't know how to handle and I'm saying is that we need to target our
00:38:51questions
00:38:52Concentrate on the main point. Let's shut it down
00:38:55If you shut this down, I am spraying black paint all over your stupid cameras. That's our income
00:39:01How much are we made?
00:39:06How much
00:39:093347
00:39:14What are we gonna do I can't pay the mortgage
00:39:21I'll have to sell
00:39:23We have equity
00:39:26How much of that is gonna go to paying off our debt
00:39:29Chunk
00:39:32I
00:39:35Think everything does
00:39:39Circumstances most of it
00:39:41That and we weren't paying attention when the ground was shifting
00:39:45You can go back to LA work there maybe so
00:39:52By the way, my scripts ready to send over to West Bay read it first
00:39:59Maybe
00:40:02Maybe
00:40:04Maybe not
00:40:17My new friend
00:40:19Buenos noches
00:40:21Good
00:40:23Good to meet you
00:40:25Glad you could make it
00:40:27Nice nice
00:40:30What a view
00:40:34Views like this
00:40:39Condos with this view so easy and at a premium
00:40:47Thanks
00:40:48I'm thinking gin and tonics. No
00:40:51tequila
00:40:53my preference
00:40:55sure
00:40:57I'm sorry. I didn't get your name
00:41:00Fidela
00:41:01Beautiful name and what I expect from a woman and that is
00:41:07faithfulness
00:41:08And of course she is gorgeous
00:41:13Margaritas no shots just a bottle Fidela the same for her
00:41:25Great
00:41:27Let's go sit down
00:41:57I
00:42:19Could sell your condo in days for top dollar
00:42:27I
00:42:33Was in our condo once she wanted to sell a nice place but not nearly as good as yours
00:42:44Did you put it on the market no
00:42:48And she made me very angry I did a lot of work for her and nothing
00:42:55My time is valuable
00:42:58Yes, it is. Absolutely
00:43:01The bullet that killed her came right in our office wall. You can see it from here
00:43:11Were you here the night she was killed
00:43:17In our condo
00:43:20You know, I'm right next to her yes, I know
00:43:25After the shot, did you open the door and look out?
00:43:33Why would I look out when there was obviously an act of violence just next door
00:43:41How did you know it was the next door
00:43:44It was next door was it not it was what did you do?
00:43:51We
00:43:54Went in the bathroom and locked the door you hid in the bathroom
00:44:04Are you calling me a coward I'm just saying what you're saying a moment of honesty
00:44:13This is not a business meeting is it I
00:44:18Don't know what you I'm asking Nick
00:44:21Lana can answer I
00:44:27Thought you wanted to sell and you were going to engage me tonight. No, just a neighborly chat with cocktails
00:44:41I'm tired of being taken advantage of by all you. What are you talking about? All you who is all
00:44:48Talking to your husband not you
00:44:53I'm not an idiot
00:44:55It's easy to see that. This wasn't just a real business invitation
00:45:00My time is valuable as is my pride
00:45:07Fuck you
00:45:11Fuck you, I know the killer
00:45:15And I know how and I know why who how why
00:45:21Why would I reveal that to you or the police so the police can go and do their job cares if an old lady got
00:45:28shot I
00:45:30don't
00:45:31My information is valuable and I'll make sure I'll tell the police
00:45:38I'll deny it
00:45:44Yes
00:46:01Do you think we can use what he said he said he denied if he does we look like fools
00:46:07Do you play something Nikki
00:46:13Here you go, do you want a sauerkraut do they play
00:46:22No, no, that's not Nick rocket, baby Nicholas
00:46:30Do you think the name machine gun Kelly is stupid, of course
00:46:37Do you think he really has a machine gun Nick everyone has a machine gun don't you watch the news
00:46:53Is it James or Jim I prefer the full Monty
00:46:57sergeant Russell a
00:47:00Damn sure well earned that title. Okay. Sure. You must be retired
00:47:0530 years next month. I was 18 when I got drafted six months later. I'm in Vietnam
00:47:12Hey, you got two thirsty girls in here few moments, sweetie
00:47:16Tell me about Vietnam
00:47:19It was tough
00:47:21No way around that how the guys I know got killed nothing good about it
00:47:35I
00:47:46Asked you a few questions about my stature who you cop
00:47:53You acting now, no, not unless I'm getting paid did you know her?
00:48:01Yeah
00:48:03We had a few situations
00:48:06situations, I don't take no guff
00:48:10So we had words
00:48:12About what about stuff? Okay
00:48:16Were you here the night she was murdered what is this an Inquisition?
00:48:21We were here, but
00:48:23Why did you say murder? I thought it was a suicide a suicide
00:48:28I hadn't even thought about that
00:48:31Nick
00:48:33There was no gun
00:48:35What do you mean?
00:48:37Barrett told me they didn't find a gun. Just miss that you're dead. Oh
00:48:43You didn't know that so not a suicide somebody did kill her, uh-huh, correct
00:48:48Who was it someone on the floor? Oh my god. Oh my god. Jesus. Calm yourself
00:48:59You pump this up for me
00:49:02You don't need no pumping honey our floor this floor
00:49:11I
00:49:13Wouldn't know those troops coming back from the Middle East they're heroes
00:49:19Country loves them. They're big deals, but not me
00:49:23Now my buddies who got killed
00:49:25No, we were spit on and now we're forgotten
00:49:31So not fair
00:49:33I
00:49:35Don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do
00:49:40I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do
00:49:42Unfair
00:49:47Unfair little lady
00:49:50It was a kick in the teeth I
00:49:53Just went to do what my country asked of me and I was dirt. I
00:50:01Was a hired killer
00:50:03And you just do what you got to do
00:50:12So, fuck you
00:50:19Let's go Bernice
00:50:24He has a temper I know sorry, excuse me
00:50:32For our sake I hope they find the killer cuz ain't him. That's what you're thinking
00:50:44That's what you're thinking isn't it that he did it
00:50:56Come on baby
00:51:02Oh
00:51:12What do you think
00:51:16Obviously Jimmy boy runs the temperature but other than that, I don't have a clue
00:51:23So frustrated
00:51:26You're preaching to the choir
00:51:29I
00:51:30Can't change the subject
00:51:33Please not about money. It's just one question. I'm gonna climb out of this financial hole
00:51:44We have our guests don't be bucks worth
00:51:49Wait, I have an idea what sue someone for what money?
00:51:59Say good night Nick. Good night, Nick
00:52:12Is that a camera up there, I don't know it's dark
00:52:17Love you, Nicky, and I love you Lana
00:52:24Nick McCord for Peter, please
00:52:29Hey Nick, it's been a while sure has look it's crunch time here. What can I do? I've got a script
00:52:35I want to send you it's the best work I've ever done
00:52:38Quickly, come on. Tell me the story one sentence man reunites with his ex and so recalls the best moment of his life
00:52:46Jesus age Christ. I've just separated from my wife. I know what leaving an ex is
00:52:50It can't be the best moment in anyone's life a drama. Yeah tough to sell dramas these days
00:52:56Doesn't sound good. Give me a quick synopsis a little more and I mean a little we open on a train approaching Paddington Station
00:53:04Stop London. Yeah. Come on, Nick. You know better. That's major bucks
00:53:10We can set it in LA it'd be cheaper
00:53:13Done
00:53:18Well, our protagonist gets stabbed in a strip club meanwhile his ex who's falling back in love with him waits for him at a cozy
00:53:24casino bar
00:53:26But he never shows he's dead he got murdered
00:53:31It's barely a maybe
00:53:33Okay, tell you what make those changes and email it. I'll have someone here read it best. I could promise consider it done. I
00:53:43Believe you just do me a favor
00:53:46Come on in detective, can I get your drink martinis tonight?
00:53:56Esteban Escoria was murdered late last night
00:54:03How not in the building no
00:54:07La Playa
00:54:09La Playa. Oh
00:54:12He was shot at close range in the face
00:54:16Brutal
00:54:17Really nasty. That's a rage murder something personal a
00:54:22Few nights ago. We invited him and his girlfriend by for drinks. Yeah, where did that go?
00:54:30As he was leaving he said he knew who killed miss Thatcher
00:54:35He didn't call me. No
00:54:38Why?
00:54:40He said he denied so what about his girlfriend?
00:54:43I've talked to her
00:54:45She went to Tijuana to see her mother the same day. We shot
00:54:50She's still there that checks with border officials
00:54:56Rules her out that rules are out of killing Esteban
00:55:02Now miss Thatcher
00:55:04That implies two murderers
00:55:19You
00:55:34William yes again
00:55:39Tonight it's Tiffany, but it's special nights. You can call me tip. Okay
00:55:45Okay, come on in
00:55:49Oh
00:55:59How you doing
00:56:01Just great. Super great. I'm making highballs
00:56:05Okay, I love highballs. Love them to death great. Let's
00:56:10Go sit in the lounge
00:56:16Please come in come in
00:56:19Thanks
00:56:28Special glasses for a special night
00:56:39Let's cheers, it's my coming-out party
00:56:50I
00:56:55Never done this before
00:56:58Yeah, Barrett talked to me but the shot was so muffled I wasn't certain
00:57:03What a bear to ask a lot of questions about her. Were you here? No
00:57:08No
00:57:10This case is weird. How's that? I don't know. It's like a murder and Barrett doesn't seem to care our take exactly
00:57:17Yes, then again the city is short cops
00:57:21No, it's a murder
00:57:24You would expect more you would yeah. Yeah Barrett told us that the killer probably lives on the floor
00:57:31Makes sense. Oh, but this neighborhood worries me
00:57:35Homeless and all I have a gun and I carry it with me all the time. Oh
00:57:41I don't take no shit. I can be a mean son of a bitch
00:57:48I
00:57:49Hate to cut this off early, but I have to transition back and it takes me a while to do that
00:57:55I have work tonight. What do you do? I'm a cop. Oh, I can't believe I said I'm a cop. You're not a cop
00:58:01No, I am a cop. Oh my god. I said it again
00:58:09Scale one to ten. How do you think?
00:58:14I got three
00:58:18I'm
00:58:21Cute dress
00:58:34I finished your script
00:58:37And
00:58:40It's
00:58:41deliciously
00:58:43heartbreaking
00:58:43Darling so the premise is interesting two people in search of their very best day ever
00:58:53It's kind of scary actually
00:58:58Scary how
00:59:00Who wants to think that their best day is behind them
00:59:04Nobody nobody wants to think that why is what's the point of going on with the future bingo?
00:59:10That's what I'm struggling with
00:59:19What was yours your best moment
00:59:31Private Jesus Christ Nicholas with all this privacy stuff all of a sudden. What are you afraid of them?
00:59:40No
00:59:47Doesn't include you
00:59:50It's fine
00:59:54Tell me anyway
01:00:00Tell them
01:00:05Okay
01:00:10I was 10 years old
01:00:12and
01:00:15My father who didn't really do much of anything with me
01:00:21Took me to my first baseball game
01:00:27And it was nighttime we walked into the stadium and
01:00:35It was just this riot of energy
01:00:40A man smoking cigars and down in bottles of beer
01:00:52The field was this bright green glow it was electric
01:00:58I
01:01:08Reached over and grabbed his hand
01:01:19I knew there'd never be another day like that
01:01:28Oh
01:01:31Oh
01:01:46Hey Nick Peter here got a few sure I got Sarah on with me
01:01:50Hi, Nick full disclosure Sarah works here used to be my secretary
01:01:54But now she works in script development because she's also my fiance. Oh, well
01:01:59Congratulations
01:02:01Thank you. Look I've skimmed your scripts. I read it all she likes it parts
01:02:05Anyway, it has potential but the ends brutal. I mean the lead dies the co-lead. What's her name? Carla?
01:02:12Yeah, Carla. She's lost her lover for a second time this time. He's murdered. That's the biggest part. I don't like
01:02:21Okay, I was just hoping you could soften the end just so it's happier not happier
01:02:28But more friendly somehow it can't be that kind of ending
01:02:33Fade Dunaway dies at the end of Chinatown Bonnie and Clyde diet
01:02:42Those are old movies we need new I
01:02:47Can rework it then do it
01:02:50No problem
01:02:51Okay, good. Okay work on it fix the end doesn't have to be Mary Poppins, but it can't be Chinatown
01:02:58Consider it fixed
01:03:00And leave the strip club murder in that scene fucking rocks work on it, and I'll read the whole thing. Okay
01:03:06The leads killed at the end and the strip club if you want happy you can't have that too
01:03:21Hmm how do I go with West Bay
01:03:24Well, the good is
01:03:26He had a few notes, so he's interested what were the notes
01:03:32He didn't read the scripts ah
01:03:35It's horror assistant did
01:03:40He was just freelancing God I hate this business. Yeah, I know
01:03:49Cocktails yes
01:03:52After all I've done after all I've done do you love me now do you love me now after all I've said
01:04:11Hey think about your teeth
01:04:15It wasn't wrong door
01:04:21Door yeah
01:04:44I'll get it
01:04:51We need to talk sure
01:05:09Mrs. McCoy afternoon, what can we do for you gentlemen?
01:05:14I'm just letting everyone on the floor know that William here is taking over the case. I'm overwhelmed
01:05:22Well, I'm just straight shooter hard-working honest what you see is what you get
01:05:29Okay
01:05:31Anything new remembrances ideas yeah
01:05:35we
01:05:37found this
01:05:38When'd you find it?
01:05:40today today
01:05:42Yeah, it was uh in the first hole today. Yeah
01:05:47Yeah
01:05:49Small caliber probably from a pocket pistol not very professional. I'll need to take it of course
01:06:07Hey Nick, how you doing? Hey Peter good good. You got a minute. Yeah
01:06:13You got a lot of really good things going on in the story the new end works perfect, but the story has two fatal flaws
01:06:21Let's hear it
01:06:23Scene 43 have a well-drawn crazy guy take the lead into the basement to fuck him in the ass
01:06:29But he's saved by a minor character
01:06:31Nobody I do
01:06:33First off that can't happen to the lead. He can't get drilled like that. He'd be humiliated big stars
01:06:39Don't get butt-fucked plus that makes the little guy. There's nobody the hero you have it backwards
01:06:44The lead is the hero fix it turn it around somehow
01:06:48Okay, second flaw
01:06:52Basically he talks him out of it wrong can't do that the guy's crazy Nick you did a great job creating this crazy character
01:07:00He's a certified loon. He's a whack job, but logic doesn't work with crazies
01:07:06Facts just don't work with crazies. No facts hardly work with us normals good
01:07:12Deal with the crazy like he is crazy fight crazy with crazy
01:07:18And when you do that, it'll all come into focus
01:07:22This could be great
01:07:24I'll think it through
01:07:32I
01:07:34Have a new idea about the murder what?
01:07:39Suppose that the killer does not live on this floor
01:07:43Suppose doesn't even live in the building
01:07:47Okay, so why do you think that?
01:07:51The building's internal fire escape stairs right across from miss Thatcher's unit Barrett mentioned it two three steps, okay
01:07:59Yeah, that's a quick way off the floor, so should we go check out the internal fire escape stairs
01:08:15What are you doing I'm gonna check all the floors why look for clues good luck buster, that's nine floors
01:08:30Find anything. Yep. What lipstick?
01:08:35Clue it's a woman
01:08:38Ballpoint pen
01:08:40Another clue I haven't a clue and this
01:08:45No name the address is all smudged Nick. That's not odd. That's weird
01:08:51Is there no name?
01:08:54This cake is calling me. Where did you find it third floor under the stairs?
01:09:00You
01:09:05What do you think of our clues
01:09:08Well
01:09:10Lipstick is the odd man out
01:09:12Why it's meaningless. What woman do you know is gonna take nine flights of creepy stairs? What about William could be his yeah, maybe
01:09:21He said that night that he came over. That was the first time that he got into his
01:09:25It could a lot maybe
01:09:27Yeah, all right, well
01:09:30Where are we now? I have another piece. Yeah when you tell me where we are I
01:09:36Don't know
01:09:37Should we open the package?
01:09:38No
01:09:40Doesn't belong to us. It's no one's there's no name
01:09:43Maybe it's yours. In fact, I declare it to be yours
01:09:57You
01:10:13Where you going, you know
01:10:27I
01:10:37Feeling better. Yeah, I've got an idea a very obvious one
01:10:43Yes
01:10:44We need to go back to basics
01:10:46We need to throw a big cocktail party
01:10:57I
01:11:07Decided to go after all good
01:11:10The evening and promises to be good
01:11:13If not revealing, I hope he doesn't talk to me. Oh, don't worry. He's terrified of you
01:11:18I'm sorry, everyone else is here. The loss of catching up to do I am
01:11:22Having a good time
01:11:28Tell him not to talk to me. Don't talk to her. Is him me?
01:11:33Oh, well stick around the fun's just beginning. Mm-hmm. Remember no matter what play along kiddo. Damn. I'm back, baby
01:11:43Drink it up. Come on, baby
01:11:46Wouldn't stop me. You're not a cop spoken like a cop
01:11:49The highball here looks like bourbon but it's apple juice if it makes a difference
01:11:54Cute. Okay. I got a joke for you. Okay capitalism
01:12:06You know, if it's free it's for me
01:12:09You know
01:12:18It's a cocktail party cocktails going sweetie everyone well watered everyone is well watered but not with well water
01:12:27Why don't you ever kiss me like that once in a while, huh Sarge, I
01:12:45I'm a huge fan of Lana
01:12:47for years and years a
01:12:50goddess
01:12:51the goddess of soaps
01:12:54really
01:12:55She's been on TV every day. I adore her
01:13:00You have no idea how happy I am to be near her. No kidding. No kidding. What about Nick? I
01:13:08Don't really know his work. I mean
01:13:12Who really cares about writers? They're just creepy hermits. He seems okay
01:13:18It's probably an act
01:13:20So he acts too
01:13:23More juice, I'm off the juice. Here you go. My very best bad liquor
01:13:37Exquisite
01:13:42Exquisite
01:13:43We're out of vodka. Then let them drink bourbon. It's nothing a cake, baby. Hey, do you have any more of that carrot cake?
01:13:49Would you like some carrot cake William? Oh, this is cheap bourbon
01:13:53Can't please all the people all the time. We're gonna be speaking in cliches all evening as much as possible
01:13:57It's less thinking. How do you buy that before you what brought that up?
01:14:00I'll marry couples say that eventually don't they if they love each other
01:14:06Let's get this party on the road. What do you think did it?
01:14:10Sergeant Russell
01:14:13Sam
01:14:15Wizard
01:14:18Maisie Boyd, oh, I wish she did it. You don't have a clue. Do you I did not you neither
01:14:23Wish me luck. I'm your co-pilot. I think that was God is my co-pilot
01:14:31Please everyone. Could I have your attention?
01:14:35And
01:14:36Could we just gather around a bit? All right. Yeah, we're close enough
01:14:40First of all, thank you so much everyone for coming and for being such wonderful neighbors here
01:14:47here
01:14:49Thank you for the invitation, let's make this a weekly event. Let's not turn this into a love-in wizard
01:14:59The killer of Miss Thatcher's among us Jesus
01:15:05In just a few minutes I will reveal what are you saying? I'm saying I know who killed Miss Thatcher
01:15:11You're a twit. You're not smart enough to have a clue
01:15:15I'm not sticking around for any bullshit interrogation. I'm leaving you're staying everyone's staying
01:15:28I'm going to list a few odd occurrences that led me to discover who killed Miss Thatcher
01:15:33Poor choice of words darling. They were all odd occurrences
01:15:40First you William
01:15:43In your
01:15:45Personal life you possess the exact same weapon that killed Miss Thatcher, correct? Yeah
01:15:51That makes you a prime suspect wrong. Look you gotta do better than this. So I'm gonna let everyone go. Oh, I will
01:16:00Sergeant Russell what you got a nasty temper fuck you. That doesn't mean anything. Oh, I think it does
01:16:07His anger is a hair trigger and I believe dangerous
01:16:12He killed in Vietnam
01:16:14And he's admitted to having several arguments with Miss Thatcher
01:16:22Sam you said you didn't know Miss Thatcher
01:16:27yet
01:16:28You told Lana and me the exact location of her bedroom. I
01:16:37Know how the buildings laid out every unit
01:16:42That's hard to believe
01:16:43Well, it's true
01:16:46And let's have it all out right now
01:16:49You both lied to me. You told me
01:16:53That you weren't here the night of Thatcher's murder. Yes, we did lie
01:16:58But we did it to find the truth the killer the truth. We wanted to find the truth
01:17:05Fuck you
01:17:07You're not a cop. It's not your job
01:17:13Go ahead Nick, but you better step it up. Yeah, so who did it wise guy get on with it name him. You're right Jimmy
01:17:20There's no reason to drag this out
01:17:22but first I
01:17:24Have three tell-all clues that I found in the stairwell
01:17:30A very common ballpoint pen a
01:17:35Lipstick
01:17:38And
01:17:39This package with a smudged address and strangely there's no name on it
01:17:46This package is the key clue
01:17:53Lana and I opened the package and it was empty. Correct Lana, correct?
01:18:01And finally the most telling clue of all
01:18:05Sam
01:18:07You were right the killer lied when she said she wasn't here the night the murder occurred. She was in fact. Oh
01:18:14So it's a she yes, it's a she
01:18:26Lana you hired the delivery man to kill miss Thatcher and your plan was for him to escape down the internal stairs
01:18:33But Esteban saw the escape and like every one of us here, he knew the delivery man
01:18:41Esteban was blackmailing you wasn't he?
01:18:44And so you invited him to your favorite reading spot
01:18:47the very remote
01:18:49very private
01:18:51very quiet
01:18:53La Playa
01:18:55And you shot him in the face
01:18:58And for the two murders, you'll likely get life in prison and a
01:19:01$250,000 fine a fine which I personally know
01:19:05You cannot pay. I
01:19:08Knew she did it
01:19:11She has too many questions. She lied to me. I bet you put her up to it you weed hound
01:19:19Stop it
01:19:22You're all wrong
01:19:24No, I won't have it. She can't just go away not like this. I won't have it
01:19:34I've loved you Lana for years. I
01:19:39Only moved into this building to be with you
01:19:44I've loved you so much
01:19:47I
01:19:50Loved you so much so long
01:19:55You are a gentle soul sweet caring woman
01:20:07But only on TV I
01:20:11Loved you right now. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you
01:20:20You never returned my affections I
01:20:24Said hello to you in the hall and you barely dignified to me with a high
01:20:30just just a stupid lazy high I
01:20:35Recorded all of your shows
01:20:38hundreds
01:20:41I memorized your greatest lines. I wrote to you, but I got nothing back
01:20:49And I begged to meet you
01:20:53Nothing I started a fan club and for what nothing
01:21:03So I wanted you dead
01:21:07But they can't just take you away no, you can't just go away
01:21:13You
01:21:16Had it right Nick, but the delivery man I hired to kill Lana was just plain stupid and
01:21:23And he got the wrong unit, right Rose
01:21:27And he escaped down the stairs
01:21:31Yes, I buzzed him into the building and yes, he escaped down the stairs and as to bond
01:21:37He was mean
01:21:40What?
01:21:41What are you saying? He was blackmailing me. So, you know, buh-bye
01:21:48And while I'm at it, I shot my nephew too. He was mean to you Lana
01:21:54They were all mean
01:21:57But you've been mean to Lana all you had to do Lana was love me as much as I loved you, that's all
01:22:07You see Lana
01:22:09It's all your fault. I
01:22:14Don't know how you figure it Nikki
01:22:18Well, there was never any logic to the crime
01:22:23No facts nothing really no
01:22:29In the absence of logic it had to be crazy
01:22:33Yeah, and crazy always reveals itself
01:22:37Yeah, I'm not crazy. I'm just not
01:22:40Crazy
01:22:52Ready for rapid fire
01:22:54Yes, I am
01:22:57If our bodies 98 degrees, then why do we feel hot when it's 98 degrees outside?
01:23:01Shouldn't we feel cold when it's 72? Yes, we should shouldn't we shouldn't we why are there no Eskimos in Antarctica?
01:23:08Hey, so
01:23:12It's West Bay put it on speaker I'm in here
01:23:19Peter
01:23:22That's great, that's such a huge burden
01:23:28But I have an insurmountable problem I filed the company for bankruptcy
01:23:32I I know the markets tough, but I thought the market it's my ex-wife. She's forced this and I'm stuck. I
01:23:42See if you can hold on to the script I'll circle back when I can but
01:23:47Could be years. Got it
01:23:50Thanks
01:23:51Good luck
01:24:02That's the biz
01:24:08Our streaming deposit, yeah, hold on a second
01:24:16What
01:24:19What fifty three thousand seven hundred sixty seven dollars and eighty nine cents for just one week
01:24:25one week for one week
01:24:28total total
01:24:32I
01:25:03Close your eyes
01:25:18Such a wonderful
01:25:25All your dreams
01:25:33Such a wonderful
01:25:52Time to break out
01:25:56Do what you feel there's a killer on the loose
01:26:03I
01:26:27Such a wonderful
01:26:32Oh
01:27:02Oh
01:27:32Such a wonderful
01:27:52All your dreams