Is that the international song for "got laid"?
No! Hardly.
Come on, throw me a bone. What happened last night?
It was fun.
So, are you going to see him again?
I don't know. Maybe.
May I just point out that you broke up with Tyler 72 hours ago
and now you're dating some other guy
who's not even gonna be in town for 72 hours?
Can I just point that out?
Okay, we're... We're not dating.
We just met and, you know, I like him.
We're just hanging out.
Well, just be careful.
Men are hairy.
Thank you for that.
LANE: Two minutes. Give him two minutes.
He gets called away for emergencies, you know.
"Her freckles frame eyes the color of mermaid's tears
"Her ears like waking up to the sound of children at play"
"My first five senses are reeling like an old-school cassette tape
"rewound and played electric relaxation all day"
"You and your phallus may run this world
"But this Amazon bitch will cut you down to size!"
Thank you.
That was slamming.
Thank you. I tried to mix up the iambic pentameter
with a little haiku motif.
Kick-ass, Mart. Drink?
Yeah, all around, on me.
And can we have more of the Istanbul Black Demon shisha, please?
Black Demon?
Thank you. So wicked. Want to try it?
Go ahead, try it. Okay.
"Try me."
Sure.
Shit. Excuse me for one second, will you?
Who is that man?
I beg you, please make sense of this.
I'm just enjoying a little local flavor.
Since when do you enjoy anything?
How did you even find me?
I'm Lane goddamn Marshall, okay?
You asked directions from your concierge.
What is going on here?
We're on the verge of the deal of the century here
and you're off playing Prince of Persia.
Drinks, gentlemen? No. Get out of here.
Hey, Lane.
No, thank you. Will you calm down?
I will not calm down.
Their CEO is coming in two days.
Do you have any idea the blood, sweat and tears
it's taken me to put this thing together?
You know, Unicom didn't even know your name six months ago.
I know and I appreciate it.
No, you don't. Yes, I do.
No, you don't! Lane.
Friend to friend,
do you not want this?
You can tell me.
Look, I'm ready.
Okay?
So, for the next two days, you're gonna be
where I tell you to be when I tell you to be there?
Yes. Scout's honor.
You with the scouting.
Oh, God.
Will you relax? You're gonna have a heart attack.
I had a heart attack. I had four heart attacks on the way here.
So, who are these fine folks that you're consorting with?
Just people I've met.
Yeah?
Her name's Eloise.
Well, what hath struck the earth? Details.
She's...
Yeah?
That's great. Yeah.
That's great.
So, I'm gonna get back.
Yeah, we'd better.
All right, yo, a pleasure to meet you guys. Welcome to the rainy city.
Should I belly dance?
It's tragic. They were so young.
It's just so sad.
I know.
I don't know how you deal with all that death every day.
Well, I have to deal with it no matter what.
I think that funerals are archaic and a waste of money.
Actually, funerals are an important ritual in the grieving process.
They don't just recognize that a life has ended.
They recognize that a life was lived.
My wife's funeral...
Burke, you don't have to.
No, it's okay. That's okay.
Which was actually here in Seattle, was a celebration.
It was a beautiful day in March,
St. Patrick's Day, actually.
And her family has a little plot,
so we set up chairs and candles.
And it had been raining for two weeks straight. Pouring.
But on that day, the sun came out.
The dahlias were blooming in the ground
as if they were welcoming her.
It was... It was magic.
That was a healing for my family.
Dahlias?
Dahlias.
Dahlias. That was her favorite flower.
Dahlias don't bloom here until the fall.
Well, maybe they were early that year.
It's getting late.
We should hit the road, Burke.
He didn't go, did he?
No.
Oh.
So beautiful here.
Look. Look, you can see my parents' house.
Right... Yeah, right there.
Okay, your turn.
Big smile. Time for that tourist snapshot.
It's gonna go right on the wall in the living room.
You're not smiling. Would you smile, please?
Okay, three, two, one.
Say "cheese."
Recovery starts with acceptance, Olivia.
I think you're well on your way. Okay. Good.
Who's next? Anybody?
Come on, people, this is what these smaller sessions are for.
Let's get our hands up. Come on, participate.
Martha, please.
I don't know. I...
No, Martha, "I don't know" never got anybody anywhere.
So, please, this is your assessment.
Let's make the most of it, okay?
I think I'm coming to terms with some of my anger.
Good. And I'm gonna try
to stop projecting it onto others.
Fine. Work on that in group this afternoon.
All right? All right, next. Anybody.
Come on, people. Walter, how about you?
I feel I'm getting a lot out of the seminar.
Like what?
Come on, there's no right answer here. Open up.
Well...
It's just...
It still hurts.
Okay, that's a given, Walter. What are you doing about it?
I'm trying.
No, Walter. I don't think that you're trying hard enough.
I don't know how to try any harder.
You don't know how?
You don't know how? Have I not been up here the last three days?
Have you not been listening to me?
I mean, you don't know how, Walter?
No, I... Then spit it out!
Come on, what is it? What is it?
You want to know what?
He should be pitching Little League right now.
If he'd stayed in the car, he'd be playing video games,
he'd be spray-painting his skateboard,
he'd be pissing me off by being a kid,
but he's never gonna do any of that
because he's in a goddamn box!
Walter.
You're stuck.
You can't move forward because
you've got your eyes on the rearview mirror.
The death of your son has become the death of you,
your marriage, your job. Everything.
It's just...
I don't know how to get it back.
You're a contractor, right?
Build it.
One brick at a time.
Watch your step. Little field trip today.
Thank you. Hi. How you doing, Brenda?
Good. Trust me.
All right, follow me.
Wait right around the corner, Lorraine. Thanks.
Now, watch your step.
I'll see you out there, okay?
Okay. You all right there? Okay.
WOMAN: Thanks.
I'm not going out there.
I can't go out there.
Walter. You're not a janitor.
You're a contractor.
After you.
Now let's fill this thing up.
All right, gang, let's go.
He'd have gotten a kick out of this.
Thank you for reminding me.
You reminded yourself, Walter.
I couldn't hold him.
At the end, I couldn't hold him.
The paramedics said not to move him, so...
I want you to have this.
Beautiful boy, Walter.
If you ever need a remodel.
I'll be right there.
I didn't go to her funeral. And I...
Look, I haven't spoken to her parents since I...
Yeah, I didn't take care of Rocky.
I stopped talking to her friends.
I threw out everything that even smelled of her. I...
Listen, I wasn't judging you or trying to trip you up.
Can I say something?
And this comes from a place of total humility.
With the acknowledgment that my life
is a day-by-day experiment in really bad decisions.
But...
You're really messed up.
I mean, maybe you need someone
to nudge you to do these things that you don't want to do,
like talk to her parents or take care of Rocky,
whatever Rocky is.
What is Rocky?
It's a parrot.
Parrot?
Her parrot.
He's loud and he shits all over the place.
It's a parrot.
She made me promise
that if anything ever happened to her that I'd...
I mean, it sounds... It's crazy. What?
That I would release him into the wild.
And you haven't done that, have you?
No. No, her parents took him.
Didn't you say her parents live here?
Mmm-hmm.
Two birds, one stone.
Come on. Eloise, no.
Why? Because it's her...
Her father...
Hmm... No, you know...
It's just... It's more complicated than that.
I'm sure it's... I'm sure it's very complicated.
Eloise, no.
So, that's it.
That's it.
Do you want me to...
Do you want me to go with you or... No.
I don't think that would go over so well.
Look, you know what? I don't even know if they're home.
They probably didn't even keep the bird.
Burke.
Did I mention that her father is an ex-Marine?
Ex-Marine. Yeah.
All right, now. So, you add in some of these mega-mergers
that we're talking about. BHP...
That's right. Guess who.
You never thought you'd see me again, did you?
Another damn commercial. How about some fresh tea, hon?
Oh, thanks.
What the hell's going on with you?
Huh? What are you up to now?
What, honey?
I'm talking to Rocky.
Honey, don't tease him.
You know it gets him... I'm not teasing him.
He was doing the damn car alarm again.
Honey, could you get me some lemon, please?
What?
Could you get some lemon, please?
Yes, it's right here.
Shut up!
Just don't cut yourself when you're slicing it.
I won't cut myself. Don't worry.
Go! Go! Go!
Start it up, go!
What's going on?
Go. Just drive.
What?
Go. Just drive.
I'm going. I'm going. Just drive!
Come on, let's get out of here. Go, go!
Go, go, go go!
Jesus, what happened?
I got the bird. That's all that matters.
Oh, God. Were they... Were they that upset?
They will be.
What?
What happened to "two birds, one stone"?
One bird's all I could manage.
Eloise, they never would've given me that bird.
Trust me. You don't know that.
I cut my losses.
If she wanted this bird turned loose,
this is the way to get it done.
Okay. All right.
This isn't animal cruelty or something, is it?
It wasn't my idea. It was your idea.
It wasn't my idea. It was her idea.
Well, let's let him decide.
Okay.
This looks like a good place, so I guess this is goodbye.
Go on.
Come on, Rocky. Fly away.
Come on, let's go! Giddyup!
You'll see the world. Come on. Meet some girls.
No, come on.
Go on, get out of here.
No, Rock. Come on. Go.
Come here.
Fly away. Rocky, look at me.
Giddyup! Giddyup!
All right, now you're pissing me off.
You want to go back to Semper Fi's house?
All right, you know what? You're on your own.
How'd it go?
Mission accomplished.
Was he happy?
Are you happy?
It's a bird. I set it free.
Oh.
I need you to take me back to the hotel.
Okay.
I feel better for having done it, okay?
Listen, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. Really.
Just tell me what to say and I'll say it.
No.
I don't... I don't know. I'm not good...
I haven't thought this through.
You know, Burke, I like you. I like you.
Not the author.
Not the guy with the microphone.
And I just... I just want to help.
You know what, Eloise, I just...
I need you to take me back to the hotel, right now,
and I need you to respect that. Burke, I will...
Damn it! You just don't know when to quit, do you?
I asked you to stop and you just keep on.
Maybe you're the one who needs psychoanalysis.
Leave me alone, all right?
I can catch my own ride back.
It's about time.
Oh, my God! Where the hell have you been?
It's not important. Uh-huh.
Well, let me tell you something that is important.
You blew off dinner and Vernon's here.
I mean, Jesus, you have got to...
Lane!
I'll meet with him first thing in the morning, make sure he feels the love.
You, meanwhile, accept their offer,
but tell them the DVD rollout is too late.
I want it bumped up to next month.
Jesus.
What the hell happened to you, man?
I can't wait to get out of this city.
Hey!
Is everything cool?
Absolutely.
Yeah? Anything of note happen this afternoon?
Not particularly.
What about Eloise?
Stop! Wait! Listen to me.
You know, you can talk to me if you want to.
I know. I get all mixed up. I get caught up in this business shit,
but I want you to know
that I'm there for you if you need me to be.
She's gone.
She's gone? What do you mean, she's gone?
I don't know, man, I just...
I screwed it up.
I threw all my... All my bullshit in her face.
It could've been something.
Night, Lane. Burke.
Sleep well. Big day tomorrow.
Burke.
She'd be proud of you.
I didn't go to her funeral.
Hypocrite.
You're stuck.
You can't move forward because
you've got your eyes on the rearview mirror.
You're really messed up.
Swerved into a pole.
She died instantly.
When are you gonna stop lying, son?
Good morning, sire. This way.
What happened to you?
Went for a little run. It's refreshing.
You know, Vernon went for the international and DVD rollout.
Yeah. Old man likes what he sees and we are Rolls-Royce.
Get it done. First things first,
I need you to shake some hands with somebody here.
Mr. Vernon, it's a pleasure...
Lane goddamn Marshall.
Well,
this is unexpected.
I'm sorry.
Lane told me the truth.
You don't deserve what you put yourself through.
I hope that you can find a way
to somehow give yourself a break
because if you don't, this is... This is gonna be your life.
I just think that's...
That's just sad.
That's it. That's...
That's all I came to say.
So, just take care of yourself, okay?
How's about it, folks, huh?
Has it been a week of miracles or what?
How many of you can't get enough of Burke Ryan?
I bet that you would love to see him
in your living room from 3:00 p.m. To 4:00 p.m. Every day
on your local syndicated channel.
Huh? Yes!
We'll see what we can do about that.
Now, without further ado, the man of the hour, Burke Ryan.
Thank you. Please have a seat.
Thank you. Have a seat, please.
Gosh, I'm...
I'm feeling okay. How are you?
A-Okay!
Sir, I need to see your badge.
I'm sorry, what? Sir, your badge.
I got a badge. He's a damn thief, you know.
Son of a bitch broke into my house and took something.
There's your badge. You can keep it.
You keep it!
We have made a lot of progress in the last few days,
but don't forget,
it's just a foundation for the future.
Excuse me.
You know... Boy, I'm sorry.
I... I've...
I can't lie to you guys anymore.
You know, I stand here
and I watch you all confront your pain.
And I envy you
because
I haven't confronted mine.
I didn't want it to be my fault.
My wife's accident.
It was raining.
This dog
in the middle of the road.
We had been arguing
over paint colors for the kitchen.
Paint colors.
But what I haven't told you
Is that I was driving the car,
Not her.
I killed my wife.
I'm so sorry.
It was just an accident, son.
That's all it was.
There was nothing you could have done.
No.
No, it's true.
It was just one of those freak accidents.
Listen to me. We never blamed you.
Never.
All we really wanted to do was mourn with you, son.
We didn't know what to do. We couldn't find you.
That's been the worst part.
It's okay.
Hey. Come here.
I was thinking that maybe I should've had you do that a long time ago.
You gonna be all right?
Yeah, in time.
Mr. Ryan? Ted Vernon.
That was something.
Yeah, that was something, huh?
That was reality up there, Mr. Vernon.
And if you can't accept that for what it is,
then you can take your deal and you can shove it up your ass.
I found it refreshing and I respect you for it.
Thank you.
I'm sorry. Are we still...
We'll see.
This is why you keep firing me.
I'll be right back. Mr. Vernon?
There's something I don't think you ever realized.
As far as we were concerned,
we didn't just lose our daughter.
We also lost our son.
I'm sorry.
We understand.
And she would want you to just get on with your life.
And don't be a stranger.
But next time make sure you use the front door.
I will. I promise.
And listen. Thank you, son. Thank you.
Look, I should have done this a long time ago.
No, no, no, not about that.
For getting rid of that damn bird.
I love you, kid.
I love you, too.
Hey, I got your bear grass.
Oh, great. Thank you. Hi.
Hi.
Well, the thing is
you've spent the last few days
getting to know the part of me that...
That wasn't really available.
So, I was wondering, if I haven't screwed it up too bad,
if you would be interested in getting to know the part of me that is.
Yes, she would.
Marty!
Sorry.
Yes.
Chapter 15.
During your travels,
it's important to always keep one thing in mind.
When one thing ends, something else begins.
Jeez.
Is it yourself?
Yes, who else would it be?
Come on, climb on. Come on.
Hello. Hello.
I won't ask you where you've been, not that I care.
Hello. Hello.
Back to the salt mines, kid.
Hello. Hello.
Goodbye.