and you handle the answers?
I'm here to help you.
Do you still have to do homework?
Not as much as l used to.
Since we started, l haven't gone to school much.
I've had so many auditions.
l don't have regular classes anymore.
What do you do?
They let me have my own study time...
my own reading time in the library.
That's pretty cool.
Do you have an agent, Stanley?
You should get one. I'm serious.
You could get a lot of stuff out of this.
Like what?
Like endorsements and shit!
Bite it, Cynthia. You can get free stuff...
from people who want you to endorse their product.
Commercials, a sitcom, an M.O.W. or something.
What's M.O.W.?
Hello! Movie of the week.
l went for one this morning with Alan Thicke and Corey Haim.
Was it a callback?
No. But I'll probably get a callback.
IF we beat the record, you might get a callback.
I'll get it because I'm a good actress, Richard.
-Saucy, saucy! -Guys, settle down.
-Cynthia? -What?
-l gotta go to the bathroom. -Can you hold it?
Yes siree!
That was absolutely fantastic, and l thank you very much.
As a matter of fact...
we may take you folks on the road with us...
That's my thing.
I'm serious. Milk and sports, man.
You never heard milk and sports?
Anything baseball or dealing with numbers...
when it comes to those or who broke whatever record.
Any kind of dairy product or dairy recipe.
Like goat milk, goat cheese, all that stuff.
Check this out over here.
So, guys, just work with me on that.
Excuse me, can you bring me low fat milk, please?
A couple of ice cubes.
They don't look so tough.
Do they look smart?
What are they going to do, beat us?
Maybe.
We're not going out two days before we set the record.
They want us done,they'll call in the Harvard SWAT team.
Ready to run.
-You smell like trouble. -l'm fucking hammered.
You OK?
Good. You have a chance to look those over?
It's the same fucking shit for thirty years, Burt.
You look like you have money in your pocket.
Maybe I'm just happy to see my friend Brad there.
Just throw some money around.
Money, money, money.
This sounds threatening.
Do you have love in your heart?
l have love all over.
l even have love for you, friend.
Is it real love?
The kind of love that makes you feel...
that intangible joy in the pit of your stomach...
like a bucket of acid and nerves running around...
making you hurt and happy and all over...
You're head over heels?
You lost me with the last couple of cocktail words...
but l believe it's that sort of love.
Sounds nice to me.
l have love.
A very chatty kind. indeed you do.
No, l mean I'm telling you.
l have love.
Yes, and I'm listening avidly,fellow.
My name is Donnie Smith, and l have lots of love to give.
Lots of stuff here, huh?
It's thirty seconds.
Got my eye on you. I'll be back.
What the fuck's going on over there?
l gotta go to the bathroom.
Jesus Christ, Stanley!
No,you cannot do that.
Let me explain something to you people.
You have to tone it. Don't be real aggressive.
You have to be subtly abusive so they don't know it.
"No,you're not going outside and play with your friends...
"until that entire room is cleaned floor to ceiling."
Julia's room's the same way.
Like a pigsty. But it's outfits now.
You should have seen what she had on walking out the door!
l said, "We're going to school, not a fashion show."
It's not a fashion show. It's school,for goodness sake!
Let's make some fucking money here, people.
You with me,Jimmy?
The book says, "We may be through with the past...
"but the past ain't through with us."
"We met upon the level, and we're parting on the square."
In my fucking sleep, Burt.
And five,four,three,two...
Live, from Burbank, California...
it's "What Do Kids Know?"
Going into our thirty-third year on the air...
it's America's longest-running quiz show...
and the place where three kids get to challenge three adults...
and in the end, we'll see who's the boss.
Moving towards their eighth consecutive week as champions...
we have the kids-- Richard,Julia, and Stanley!
And our new adult challengers are Mim, Luis, and Todd.
And me, I'm Dick Jennings...
and say hello to your favorite host and my boss...
Jimmy Gator!
Back again, again, again!
I'm Jimmy Gator, and believe it or not...
we are at the end of week seven, heading towards week eight...
with these three incredible kids who--hello, hello...
are just two days and two games away...
from the "What Do Kids Know?" record...
for the longest-running quiz show in television history.
Now,we are endorsed by the PTA...
and the North American Teacher's Foundation.
We do try to keep our standards high...
and that's why we are the longest-running quiz show...
in television history!
l want to say something about these kids.
These kids right here, they'll be here a while.
But today's a dangerous day because...
l have just met with the adult challengers backstage...
and let me tell you...
they are a terrific challenge for our kids.
So let's get this show up and away, shall we?
We want to know where your son is, Marcie.
Jerome Samuel Hall.
Did he fight with your husband? Is this the Worm?
Maybe they had a fight. Maybe it was an accident.
Do they call him Worm?
We want to know where your son is, Marcie.
Do they call him Worm?
Help us help your son, Marcie.
Do they call him Worm?
Help us help your son, Marcie.
Your son and your grandson. Help us help them.
Is this the Worm?
Let's jump right in.
A quick recap for those who don't know.
Round One. Three categories. Steals are OK.
Point scale escalating from 25 to 250...
one of which is a conversation bonus.
That'll be 31.90.
The categories are...
"Authors, Chaos versus Super string...
"and Rub-a-Dub."
Max. Thanks.
Adults won a coin toss backstage...
so they get to pick first.
Team captain...Mim.
Got it.
First question for twenty-five.
This female author's most famous work--"O Pioneers!"
Willa Cather.
Willa Cather for twenty-five.
Best known for the Tragedy and Blood genre,this playwright...
Thomas Kyd.
This French playwright and actor joined the Bejart troupe...
Moliere.
I'm afraid I'm going to need a full name, Stanley.
Jean-Batiste Poquelin Moliere.
What the fuck is this?
God damn. My little fucker.
l have no idea where he gets this shit.
He's a fucking genius, really.
This is Chad. Can l have your phone number?
Hello. Great. This is "Seduce and Destroy"?
Yes, it is. Can l have your home phone number?
l don't want to order anything.
l have a situation that's just come up...
that's really pretty serious...
and l don't know who to talk to or what l should do...
but maybe you could put me in touch with somebody...
if l explain myself.?
We're really only equipped to take orders here, sir.
It's just us with the phones, and that's what we do.
Could you connect me with somebody else,you think?
What's the situation?
OK, great.
Let me try to explain myself. without it seeming crazy.
But here l go.
My name is Phil Parma...
and l work for a man named Earl Partridge...
Mr. Earl Partridge.
I'm his nurse. He's a very sick man.
He's a dying man, and he's sick...
and he's asked me to help him....
to help him find his son.
Hello? Are you there?
I'm here. I'm listening.
OK. You see...
Frank T.J. Mackey is Earl Partridge's son.
So where are you from originally?
-Around here. -Valley?
-Hollywood, mainly. -What did your parents do?
My father was in television.
My mother--This is going to sound silly to you.
-Try me. -She was a librarian.
Why does that sound silly?
l don't know. l guess it doesn't.
Does your mother still work?
No, she's retired.
Are you close?
She's my mother.
Yes, but she's a woman,too.
How does she feel about "Seduce and Destroy"?
What does she say?
Well, she says, "You go get them, honey."
What about your father?
My father. Unfortunately, he passed away.
I'm sorry. l had no idea.
No, please.
l wouldn't have brought that up if l had known.
It's a very hard thing.
Please. Yes, it is, but...listen.
You have to move forward. The past has its place.
It was a long time ago and people die.
Let's switch gears here.
According to your book, you ended up at UC Berkeley?
-'84-'89. -Psychology major.
-That's right. -Get your masters?
This close.
That's impressive in five years.
Cap, can l have some coffee?
Can l get you anything?
No, I'm good.
She's good. l need coffee.
Cats and dogs out there., huh?
Must have a lot going on for all that stuff back there.
You could...
You could have quite a party with all that stuff.
You been on Prozac long? Dexedrine?
l don't...
Interesting drugs.
Dexedrine's basically speed in a pill,you know?
But l guess a lot of the doctors...
are balancing out the Prozac with the Dexedrine.
That liquid morphine will knock you down, out...
around, up and down, someone's not careful.
You can't mix those up.
Strong stuff here, boy.
What exactly you have wrong, you need all this stuff?
-Mother fucker! -What?
What are you talking about?
You fucking asshole!
Who the fuck do you think you are?
l come in here...
you don't know who l am, what my life is...
and you have the balls, the indecency...
to ask me a question about my life?
Please, lady, why don't you just calm down?
Fuck you,too! Don't you call me lady!
l come in here, l give these things to you...
you check, you make your phone calls...
look suspicious, ask questions!
I'm sick!
l have sickness all around me, and you ask me my life?
What's wrong?
Have you seen death in your bed? In your house?
Where's your fucking decency?
And then I'm asked fucking questions.
What's...wrong?!
You suck my dick! That's what's wrong!
And you fucking call me lady?!
Shame on you!
Shame on both of you!
So why don't they have the same last name?
Because they don't have the same last name.
l know, and l can't really explain that.
But l have a feeling there is a situation between them...
like they don't know each other much or well.
Something like they don't talk much any more, even.
God, does this sound weird?
l just don't understand why you're calling me.
There's no number for Frank in any of Earl's stuff...
and he's pretty out of it.
Like l said, he's dying...
dying of cancer. So...
-What kind of cancer? -Brain and lung.
-My mother had breast cancer. -I'm sorry.
-Is she all right? -She's fine now.
-That's good. -It was scary,though.
-It's a hell of a disease. -It sure is.
Wait, I'm sorry. So why call me?
l know this sounds silly, and l might sound ridiculous...
like this is the scene of the movie...
where the guy tries to get ahold of the long-lost son...
but this is that scene.
And l think they have those scenes in movies...
because they're true.
Because they really happen...
and you gotta believe me, this is really happening.
l can give you my number and you can go check with...
whoever you gotta check with and call me back...
but do not leave me hanging on this.
All right? Please.
I'm just--Please.
See...
this is the scene of the movie where you help me out.
You're great. These are great questions.
Good. l thought you grew up in the Valley.
Like l said...around.
You went to Van Nuys High?
l wouldn't say l went. I frequented.
l was misguided, pathetic.
Definitely not the Frank T.J. Mackey...
you're so eagerly wanting to put on national television.
Because l was swimming in what was...
as opposed to what l wanted.
-Where does that name come from? -My name?
It's not your given name?
It's my mother's name, actually.
That's good. Done your research.
-And Frank? -My mother's father.
That's why. See, l had some trouble...
locating your school records at UCLA and Berkeley.
It's your name change...
because they had no official enrollment for you.
No,they wouldn't.
No. Because l was never officially enrolled there.
-Was that unclear? -Kind of.
God, l wouldn't want that to be misunderstood.
My enrollment was totally unofficial.
Sadly, l couldn't afford to pay the tuition up there.
But there were three wonderful professors...
kind enough to let me to sit in their classes.
Macready, Horn, and Langtree, among others.
You're welcome to call them if you like.
l didn't get a free ride.
So what we're looking at here is a true rags-to-riches story.
That's why people respond so strongly to "Seduce."
Because at the end of the day...
"Seduce" may not be just about picking up chicks...
and sticking your cock in.
It's about finding out what you can be in this world...
defining it, controlling it, and saying...
"l will take what is mine."
And you just happen to get a little blow job out of it...
then, hey,what the fuck?
There you go.
End of Round One. Excellent work.
l think we should take a look at the scores here.
Kids are up a leg with 1,500...
and the adults are down a little bit with 1025.
So we'll be back for Round Two in a ring-dang-doo!
Hello, hello! Bonus musical question.
And the winner is...
Kids!
Kids are in the lead.
They get a chance to pull further and farther ahead...
if they answer the following secret bonus musical question.
Now what I'm going to do is read a line from an opera.
l want you to give me that line back...
in the language in which the opera was originally written.
And for a bonus 250--250...
you can sing it!
Here's the line.
"Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame.
"And it's all in vain to call it...
"if it chooses to refuse."
Well,that was in French...
and that was from the opera "Carmen..."
and that goes...
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Que nul ne peut apprivoiser
Et c'est bien en vain qu'on l'appelle
S'il lui convient de refuser
See you got some coffee brewing here.
Yeah, it's not-- It's been on for a bit.
l like iced coffee, generally...
but a day like today, with the rain and whatnot...
l enjoy a warm cup.
Do you want a cup?
Is that all right?
It's raining cats and dogs out there.
I'd just as soon not go back in it.
l don't know how fresh it's going to be.
I'm sure it's fine, Claudia.
Do you take cream or sugar?
That'd be fine.
So, Claudia, let me just say...
so l can get my role as an LAPD officer...
out of the way here before we enjoy our coffee.
l don't like to talk shop over coffee.
I'm not going to write you up.
I'm not going to give you a citation here...
but the real problem is that you got people around you...
people who work from home, trying to get work done.
And if you're listening to your music that loud...
they're inconvenienced by that.
IF you had a job, you'd probably understand...
but you like listening to your music.
That's fine.
Just want to keep an eye on the volume level.
Maybe memorize what number you see on the dial.
IF it's the middle of the day, that's what l do.
l just set it at two and a half...
and then l know that's a good listening level for me.
But you like listening to your music loud.
That's fine. That's cool.
It's good to rock out sometimes.
But you can't do it every day...
or else you risk damaging your ears. Seriously.
You listen to it all the time like that?
You're going to drive these people crazy.
Anyway,you get the point.
Cheers.
So this boyfriend bothering you?
l don't have a boyfriend.
The gentleman who was at the door...
He's not my boyfriend.
A lot of times, in domestic abuse situations...
the young woman is afraid to speak out.
You don't have to be afraid to tell me anything.
And as a police officer, l can tell you...
it goes bad places.
Young woman's afraid to speak out...
next thing you know, I'm here on a 187.
What's a 187?
It's not good.
And it's where situations like this always lead.
It's not my boyfriend, and it's not anything.
It's over. Really. He won't come back.
l don't want to have to come back here...
You won't have to!
l wouldn't mind coming back.
You know, get a look at your pretty face again.
I'll be right back.
Here you go. Let's get the jacket off.
It'll help you to breathe.
l can't fucking do this.
I've--l...
l think I'm gonna throw up. l think.
l haven't thrown up since l was twenty years old.
-What's the problem? -l need to go to the bathroom.
Jesus Christ, Stanley. You can't go now.
You have exactly one minute before we're on the air.
Now is not the time to go to the bathroom!
Why does this fucking shit always happen, Stanley?
Excuse me, is there a problem?
Mind your own business!
You watch your mouth,young man!
Why don't you mind your own business?
Oh, no, she didn't!
Wait for the commercial break, then you can go.
Just hold it.
Don't taunt the kids.
-I'm trying to be helpful. -Don't start trouble.
You haven't seen trouble! Wait till next commercial break.
-What's the problem? -Nothing.
Lily! Please!
Get away from me,you shit head!
Watch out,watch out.
Don't eat these.
Here you go.
Out of the trash!
Phil, are you there? It's Chad.
I'm going to put you in touch with Janet, Frank's assistant.
And she'll see what she can do, all right?
Thank you., and good luck to you and your mother.
Thanks, man. You,too. Janet, are you there?
All right,Janet, you have Phil Parma.
l have cancer, Mary. l have about two months.
l have no time. It's in my bones.
l don't have a chance.
l'm fucked.
And fifteen seconds.
Ten seconds.
And five,four,three,two...
We're back, ready for Round Two!
And we're talking to our adult contestants here today.
Mim, it says here that you live in Chatsworth, California...
and that you have two kids.
That's right. l have a six-year-old...
Do you know who l am?
You're a friend. of the family, l presume.
What does that mean?
Nothing special. Just a spoke in the wheel.
You talk in rhymes and riddles and Rub-a-Dub.
But that doesn't mean anything to me.
See, l used to be smart.
I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith.
I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith from TV.
It might have been before my time.
l remember. In the Sixties, right?
-I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith. -Like you said.
Smart kid!
You got struck by lightning once.
So what?
-l heard about that. -Did it hurt?
But you're all right now. So what's the what?
-What? -That's right.
l used to be smart. Now I'm just stupid.
Brad, dear, who was it that said...
"A man of genius has seldom been ruined but by himself"?
It was the lovely Samuel Johnson.
Who also spoke of a fellow "who was not only dull...
"but a cause of dullness in others"?
"The cause of dullness in others."
Picky, picky!
Let me tell you this.
Samuel Johnson never had his life shit on...
and taken from him and his money stolen!
Who took his life and his money?
His parents? His mommy and daddy?
Make him live this life like this...
A man of genius who gets shit on as a child...
and that scars! That hurts!
Have you ever been hit by lightning?
It hurts. It doesn't happen to everyone.
It's an electrical charge.
It finds its way across the universe...
and it lands in your body and your head!
And as for ruined but by himself...
not if his parents took his freaking life...
and his money and tell you to do this...
and to do that, and if you don't...
Your parents took your money you won on that game show?
Yes! They did.
What does that mean, a spoke in the wheel?
Things go round and round, don't they?
Yes,they do. They do.
But I'll make my dreams come true.
Sounds sad as a weeping willow.
l used to be smart.
But now I'm just stupid.
Shall we drink to that?
l want to talk a little bit more about your background.
You made some references earlier...
to subjective human experiences and terrible things...
Actually, I'm confused about your past.
Is that still lingering?
It's so boring.
Just want to clear some things up.
Excuse me. Thank you., Muff.
It's a funny thing that...
This is an important element of "Seduce and Destroy..."
facing the past is an important way of not making progress.
This is something l tell my men over and over and over.
This isn't meant...
l try to teach my students to ask...
"What is it in aid of?"
Are you asking me that?
Well, in trying to figure out who you are...
In aid of what?
Frank, I'm saying that in trying to figure out...
l have more important things to put myself. into.
l think this is something important...
you might need to think about putting yourself into.
Not really.
It's not like I'm trying to attack you here.
This is how you want to spend your time, go, go, go.
But you'll be surprised at what a waste it is.
The most useless thing in the world...
is that which is behind me. Chapter Three.
We talked earlier about your mother...
and about your father and his death.
l don't want to be challenging, but l have to ask.
l just want to clarify something that l understand...
I'm not sure l hear a question in here.
I'm trying to put this as delicately as l can.
What's the question?
Do you remember Miss Simms?
l know a lot of women. I'm sure she remembers me.
From when you were a boy. She lived in Tarzana.
That's my old stomping ground.
Is this the attack portion of the interview?
Is the girl coming in for the kill?
No. This is about getting something right...
and clarifying your answers to an earlier question.
What question?
l was told that your mother died, Frank.
That's what you heard.
Do you remember Miss Simms?
l talked to Miss Simms, your neighbor and caretaker...
after your mother died in 1980.
And in my research...
l have you as the only son of Earl and Lily Partridge.
And what l learned from Barbara Simms...
is that your mother, Lily, died in 1980.
So, it's my understanding that information supplied...
by you and your company and the answers...
to the questions I've asked is incorrect, Frank.
And if l want to get to the bottom...
of who you are and why you are...
then l think that your family history...
your actual family history...
Well,this is important.
What is your fucking question?
Well, l guess my question's this...
Why would you lie, Frank?
Kids...adults...
l would like you to put yourself at a picnic.
Place yourself there with your family and friends...
if you'd like.
You'll hear three musical notes, and you are to tell me...
what it might represent that you would find at a picnic.
The first three notes. Guys.
Yes,Todd.
Well,Jimmy, l know this.
l have perfect pitch, and that would be A-D-E...
and that would represent lemonade.
For 250. Next notes, please.
Got it. That's E-G-G, which would be egg.
For 500. And the third set of notes. Guys?
You don't want any water?
No. l just...
I'm so fucked up right now,Alan.
There's just so much, so many things.
Are you on drugs right now?
IF l tell you something, you're a lawyer, right?
You can't say anything, tell anybody.
It's like a privilege. Attorney/Client.
-You understand? -Not exactly.
Like a shrink.
IF l go see a shrink, I'm protected.
l can say things--Fuck!
l don't know what I'm doing.
Linda,you're safe. It's all right.
You're my friend. You and Earl are clients.
Whatever you want to say won't leave this room.
You have something you want to say to me?
l have to tell you something. l have something to tell you.
l want to change his will.
Can l change his will? l need to.
No,you can't change his will. Only Earl can.
No,you see, l never loved him.
l never loved him. Earl.
When l met him, I fucked him, and l married him...
because l wanted his money. You understand?
I'm telling you this...
I've never told anyone, l didn't love him...
but now, l know I'm in that will.
We made that fucking thing, and all the money I'll get.
l don't want it, because l love him so much now.
I've fallen in love with him now for real as he's dying.
l look at him, and he's about to go,Alan.
He's moments...
l took care of him through this. What now,then?
Let's listen.
Hello, Mary. How are you and the seven kids?
As you probably heard by now...
we sure gave that Pope a run for his money.
That would be Robert E. Lee.
His wife was Mary Parke Custis. l know he had seven children.
And he would be talking about Pope...
who he defeated at the Battle of Manassas.
Absolutely right, Miss Mim. Next question.
Come on. Snap out of it, man.
Come on, Stanley.
Bonjour,Josephine.
Maintenant je suis en Egypte.
Yes, Mim.
That would be Napoleon speaking to Josephine.
Absolutely right,for 500. Next voice.
l don't want him to die.
l didn't love him when we met...
and l did so many bad things to him that he doesn't know.
Things that l want to confess to him...
But now l do. l love him.
Linda,what kind of medication are you on?
This isn't any fucking medication talking!
Can you give me nothing? You have power of attorney.
Can you go in the final moments and change the will?
l don't want any money.
l couldn't live with myself. with this thing that I've done.
I fucked around. I fucking cheated on him.
There. You're his lawyer, our lawyer.
l am his wife. l broke the contract of marriage.
I fucked around on him many times.
l sucked other men's cocks.
Adultery is not against the law.
You can't use it in court to discredit the will.
-Linda, calm down. -l can't.
You don't have to change the will.
IF you want nothing, renounce the will when the time comes.
What does that mean? Where does the money go?
It goes to the nearest relative.
What's that? That's Frank?
No. That can't happen.
Earl doesn't want him to have anything.
That's what will happen.
This is so fucked up l can hardly stand it.
Linda, stop!
Now,you take a moment, you breathe...
and one thing at a time.
-Shut the fuck up. -Want me to help you?
-Shut the fuck up! -You need to sober up.
Now,you must really shut the fuck up.
Please, shut the fuck up.
l have to go.
-Let me call you a car. -Shut the fuck up!
Now, imagine that you are attending a jam session...
of classical composers...
and they have each done an arrangement...
of the classic favorite "Whispering."
Now,we have here the New World Harmonica Trio...
who are going to play...
three variations on the theme...
as three classical composers might have written it.
So you are to name the first composer.
Guys.
Yes,Todd.
That sounded like Brahms.
A bit like his "Hungarian Dance Number Six."
That is excellent,Todd. Next composer, guys.
Stanley the man.
l don't know the answer.
That is not right.
That's not right, Stanley.
The correct answer is Ravel.
Ravel.
And now I'm gonna have our three whistlers...
please to present the next musical...
There were three musical sections here...
and this'll be the third section that the whistlers...
and they'll play a piece that's...
It's very recognizable. Chopin, actually.
And it's in the style of "Marche Militaire."
It's a very recognizable piece.
So if you please just listen to this...
and I'm sure you can identify the...
I'm sort of giving away the answer here.
It's Chopin. l don't mean to give away the answer.
It's just--please just...
Well, sing us a ditty, guys. A Chopin ditty.
Let's have a Chopin ditty here. l can't...
Go to the fucking card.
Go to the card. Go.
Go to the card.
I'm back.
For not afresh cup, this is a good cup of coffee.
Thank you. What do you want to talk about?
l don't know.
Do you want to talk?
What's your name?
Jim Kurring.
-Call 911. -l think l had a stroke.
No, no, no. l'm fine. I'm all right.
l just want to finish the show.
No,we need to call an ambulance.
Get your fucking hands off me!
Let this guy help you.
I'll tell you what happened.
Call 911. Do it right now, Mary.
I fell down. l couldn't see for a minute, but I'm OK.
Get your hands off me!
-Did you piss your pants?! -Shut up!
-What's going on? -Nothing! Go away!
Don't tell me to go away, Stanley.
I'm the coordinator, and you will answer me.
Now,what is going on?
-What's the problem? -Nothing. l'm fine.
Why didn't you answer those questions?
-l didn't know the answer. -Bullshit!
You know the answer to every goddamn question.
l knew the answers, and I'm not half as smart as you...
so what the hell happened?
He pissed his pants.
You pissed your pants?
No, l didn't. l'm fine.
Stand up.
-l said l'm fine. -Stand up.
Jesus, Stanley,what the fuck did you do that for?
l just want to keep playing. l'm fine.
That's great.
You know that to a performer, that's food, right?
That shows that you love him, and I'm sure he appreciates it.
Everything's fine. Relax.
Relax, darling. Everything's fine.
I'm OK.
All right, see? I'm all right.
It's pretty fucking stupid, isn't it?
Jesus Christ.
What the fuck do they think out there.?
They must be laughing their asses off.
Tell them l got a bad knee or some fucking thing.
This is fucking funny.
-What do you want to do? -Just what l said.
Are we going to continue with this game?
All right,you look at me!
You are two days away from this record.
Nobody's ever done that.
You get through this, I'll get you anything you want.
You just got to get through this.
Now, hang in there, buddy.
I'm sorry l squeezed your arm. l love you.
-Are we doing this? -Fucking stupidity.
Why don't l put the medic on?
l need to go with him. Don't let him do this.
He's been doing it for thirty years.
You don't know how sick he really is.
It's a fucking game show, Mary.
Hear that?
Does that hurt?
-What is it? -It's in my ear.
It's TMJ.
It's what it's called. Technically.
How about they just call it, "Clicking Jaw"?
-Pain in the jaw,yeah. -How about that.?
Easier to remember.
Yeah. It gets...
l don't even know if l have it, actually.
15-L-27, I'm currently Code Seven.
I'm sorry. This is my job.
15-L-27, roger.
We were just getting warmed up.
Yeah. l gotta go.
Well, if this joker shows up again...
or you got your music up too loud...
maybe we can have another cup of coffee.
IF you're not here for a 187.
No. Do not joke about that.
l seen too many of those.
I'm sorry.
It's all right. You were kidding.
It's OK.
All right.
You keep your chin up and your music down, OK?
Yes, l will. It was nice to meet you, Officer Jim.
-Just Jim. -Good.
Bye-bye, Claudia.
Yeah,what is it? Did you forget something?
No, I'm...
l was wondering...
Man, l feel like a bit of a scum bucket doing this...
since l came here as an officer of the law...
and the situation and everything...
but l feel like I'd be a fool...
if l didn't do something l really want to do...
which is to ask you for a date.
You want to go on a date with me?
Please,yes.
-Well, is that illegal? -Sort of.
Then I'd like to go. What do you want to do?
l don't know. l hadn't thought about it.
That's not true. l have thought about it.
I've been thinking about it since you opened the door.
Really?
l thought you were flirting with me a little.
You want to go tonight?
I'm off tonight,yeah.
-What time? -8:00.
-l don't get off until 10:00. -10:00.
Yeah. Fine.
Yeah. Bye.
Frank, I'm really not trying to attack you here.
l think if you have something that needs to be cleared up...
l was told that your father is Earl Partridge.
l was told that he left you and your mother...
and you took care of your mother during her illness...
that you took care of her while she struggled with cancer...
and that Miss Simms became your caretaker...
when your mother finally passed away.
Can you talk about your mother, Frank?
No, no, not true. And you know what?
Even if you don't get to pump her...
you still need to practice your skills on a feminist.
l will.
You need to do that. This is Doc.
Doc, it's Janet. l have to talk to Frank.
He's in the interview,Janet.
Interrupt him.
Get him on the phone with me right away.
What happened?
Doc, go get Frank and put him on the phone.
Come on, Frank.
What are you doing?
What am l doing?
I'm quietly judging you.
And five,four,three,two...
Oh, boy,what a day. What a round.
Back and in for me and...
and the final one-on-one round...
to determine who's who today.
Let's check the scores on the board, shall we?
Well,the kids have an even 2,000...
and the adults are way up with forty-seven.
Now,that doesn't mean that this game...
is out of reach for the kids.
Elders, who's the lucky so-and-so?
It's me,Jimmy.
Come on over, Mim.
l don't want to go. l can't do it this time.
What the fuck are you talking about?
You have to go, Stanley. You're the smartest.
l don't want to go. Why can't one of you do it?
IF you don't fucking stand up and get over there...
I'll beat your ass.
I'm sick of being the one, always has to do everything.
l don't want to be the one always.
Kids, l don't even have to ask.
Stanley, get your butt over here.
I'm sick.
I'm sick here now.
l confuse melancholy with depression sometimes.
You see?
Why don't you run along now, friend?
Your dessert is getting cold.
-I'm sick. -Stay that way.
I'm sick, and I'm in love.
You seem the sort of person who confuses the two.
That's right!
That's the first time you've been right.
l confuse the two, and l don't care!
l love you.
l love you, and I'm sick.
I'll talk to you tomorrow.
I'm getting corrective oral surgery tomorrow...
for my teeth.
l love you, Brad.
Brad the bartender.
IF you want to love me back, I'll be good to you.
I'll be goddamn good for you.
l won't be mad if you don't know who said what.
l won't punish you if you get the answer wrong.
l can teach and tell you...
You have a special secret crush over there, l think.
Don't treat him too lovely. He might get hurt.
You shut up! Mind your own business.
Gently, son!
Brad, l know you don't love me now.
It's a dangerous thing to confuse children with angels.
Want to know the common element for the entire group?
I'll tell you the answer, because l had that one.
l had that question.
Carbon. Carbon.
In pencil lead, it's in the form of graphite.
In coal, it's mixed up with other impurities.
And in the diamond, it's in hard form.
All we really wanted to know was the common element...
but thank you for all that unnecessary knowledge.
Kids. Heads so full of useless knowledge.
Thank you. Thank you.
And the book says, "We may be through with the past...
"but the past is not through with us!"
And...
no, it is not dangerous...
to confuse children with angels.
Well,that is what l wait for.
l wait for those calls. And l wait and l pray.
And sometimes Jesus says...
"Jim, l got a surprise for you today.
"l want you to meet this young lady, OK?
"Now,where it goes from there is up to you.
"And l don't think you're going to screw it up."
And, God, I'm telling you right now...
l will not screw it up.
You gave me an opportunity.
I'm going to treat this young lady right.
I'm a happy cop.
It's called jaywalking. Slow down.
I'm going to pass,Jimmy.
Stanley, passing to one of the other kids.
We want Stanley to go,Jimmy.
l don't want to go.
I'm walking towards the elevator,Janet.
Fine. Phil, are you still there?
Yeah, I'm here.
l want to ask you one question.
Phil, have you talked to anyone else about this.?
No, l haven't.
Good, let's keep it that way.
All the security and whatnot. You understand?
This is a delicate situation for Frank and the family.
What's going on,Janet?
Doc,fuck off.
Phil, hang in just one more minute.
-I'm putting you on hold. -Thank you.
How close are you, Doc?
Richard? Julia? Kids,what's going on?
l need a player here for one-on-one.
We want Stanley to go,Jimmy, and we're not sure why he won't.
l always answer the questions...
and l don't want to do it anymore.
What the fuck is he doing? What's wrong with him?
l have no idea.
I'm getting off of the elevator, Janet.
Good. Good boy.
I'm walking down the hall.
This kid ain't getting up, we don't have a show.
Live television, ladies and germs.
Little prick.
What's this, a point? A game?
What the hell's he doing?
Get the fuck up, kid, come on.
Time's up.
So that's what you did? You sat it out?
You wanted my time. l gave ti you.
You called me a liar. You made accusations.
You said, "Well, if l had known...
"then l wouldn't have asked."
So it's not an attack.
l don't want to be the sort who doesn't keep his word.
So l gave you my fucking time, bitch.
Now,fuck...
It's fucking Janet.
There's a situation on the phone.
The indecision of a child, ladies and germs.
This isn't funny.
This isn't cute.
See,the way we're looked at?
Because I'm not a toy.
I'm not a doll.
The way we're looked at because you think we're cute?
Because--What?
I'm made to feel like a freak...
if l answer questions...
or I'm smart...
or l have to go to the bathroom?
What is that,Jimmy?
What is that?
I'm asking you that.
I'm not sure, Stanley.
15-L-27, l need help.
We have shots fired.
It's Hamletto Claudius.
"The sins of the father laid upon the children..."
is "Merchant of Venice."
But borrowed from "Exodus" 25.
I'm sorry, Frank.
l didn't know what else you wanted me to do.
l asked him all the right questions.
He's his nurse. He's sitting there with him.
l heard your father's voice in the background.
Wait. He's there at their house?
They're at the house.
l asked him the exact address, and he gave it.
l know this is really hard for you right now.
IF you're gonna give me things, give me the information.
l want the information. That's what l want.
What did he say?
Because l am not taking care of him.
What does he want?
Frank,what the fuck do you want me to do?
What l want you to do,Janet...
is l want you to do your fucking job!
l am doing my fucking job!
You fucking get on the phone.
I'm not a doll! I'm not silly and cute!
I'm smart, so that should make me something...
something so people can watch how silly it is he's smart!
l know. l know things.
l know--l know...
l know l have to go to the bathroom and l asked...
Take us off the air. Go to the credits.
Roll the credits.
God fucking damn it! Son of a bitch!
What the fuck?! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
Stanley, don't do this to me!
l got to find that gun.
Where is it, now?
Where is it?
All right, let's go.
Where is it? Find it.
Find it!
Find the gun,Jim!
What the fuck more do you want me to say?
You need to make a decision.
Look,just give me a second.
Give me a second.
What the fuck, Frank?
What do you want me to do?
-What are you doing? -l got Frank, Earl's son.
-Hang up the phone. -No, he asked me...
Put the fucking phone down!
-Hang it up! -l can't!
Frank, are you there?
l want you to talk to him.
I'm going put him on.
Hang it up! You don't do that!
You don't call him. You don't know.
To get involved in this business of his--my family.
This is the family. Me and him. Understand?
There's no one else. No one else!
That man--that beautiful man...
his son does not exist. He's dead.
Who asked you to do that?
-Earl did. -Bullshit!
Bullshit! He didn't ask you!
He doesn't want to talk to him!
So fuck you that he asked that!
There's no one but me and him! No one!
He asked me.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Mary,take me out of here. l got to go home to Rose.
Mary,take him home.
-In the back. -Did we win or lose?
l don't know, Richard.
You lost. They go to the score the time they called it.
That's not an official rule, Luis.
That's an official rule, baby.
That's bullshit, and you know it!
Who says that? In what rule book?
This is different! It's a game show!
They don't go by fucking sports rules!
Richard, shut it and cut it out.
IF he hadn't pissed his pants...
we would have won this little mother fucker!
We had it!
What'd you do with my goddamn kid, Burt?
Get your fucking hands off me, you boy producer punk.
Oh, Lord, why is this happening to me?
God, please help me figure it out.
I'm lost out here.
l don't understand why it's happening, God.
Please, God.
Whatever it is l did, I'll fix it.
I'll do the right thing.
Please, God, help me find the gun.
Listen, Phil.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry l slapped your face.
l don't know what I'm doing.
l don't know how to do this.
l do things, and I fuck up.
I fucked up.
Can you forgive me?
It's all right.
Can you tell him I'm sorry...
for the things I've done, that I fucked up?
I'm sorry.
I'm going to turn away and walk away...
and not look at him, and not see my man, my Earl.
And tell him...
"It's OK. I'm OK."
Tell him, "Thank you for taking care..."
The whole thing's OK with me.
And l know.