After the Fall Page #2

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Oops. It's declined.

Um... I think that's a

mistake. Could you try it again?

Sorry, machine's showing

you no love today.

Do you have another card?

Um, not... not here. At home I do.

Um, I'll give you some cash.

You know what, don't

worry about it, Bill.

You look trustworthy. Pay

me next time you come in.

No, no... I...

Ruby, what the hell are you doing?

We got a line of customers.

Chop-chop, let's go.

Okay, Rick, I'm wrapping it up.

I'm sorry. It's my fault.

I'm sorry. It's my fault.

Next in line?

Just keep it moving,

all right? Quick quick.

You're a month behind on

your mortgage, Mr. Scanlon.

You've got such stellar payment

history, but we're concerned.

I know. I'm really sorry.

You guys should I know I'm good for it;

I've been banking here for 15 years.

Dad, can I get an iPad for Christmas?

Christmas is four months away.

But Dad, I really need one.

They're not expensive.

You took out a $40,000

home mortgage loan.

Is that something you can liquidate?

It went into a swimming pool.

I thought it would add equity.

Maybe we could refinance?

Papa, the pool smells like egg salad.

You live in a drought zone.

I know people who are

even filling in their pools

to make their properties

more appealing to buyers.

If you let it go past 30 days,

we're going to have to

start court proceedings.

I'm doing everything I

can to get this money.

You can help me out a little bit, right?

Whatever happened with the promotion.

Did you even talk to him?

Yeah, yeah...

Just been really busy. There's

a big spill in Pinewood.

Hey! Wait!

Hey!

Wait!

You're back. Hey.

How's it going?

What do you got?

40 bucks.

20 for the drill.

These are... look here. They're phony.

Phony? What are you talking about?

I got a room full of that junk.

This is a gift from

my father-in-law.

I don't need 'em.

What about this? Is that real?

Same

father-in-law?

I'll give you 1500 for this.

Um, I need to pick up my car.

TRV 3D2.

Thank you.

Dude, I'm telling you, I'm

about to jack this Buick, right?

And this huge guy slams

me up against the truck.

He's gonna crush me, right?

And so I'm like, "Please, man, please,

"my little girl just got

diagnosed with cancer.

I don't wanna take your car,

but I gotta. I need the job. "

And then I show him this picture.

And I go...

"Leukemia. "

I swear to god. He starts

blubbering, and he's hugging me,

he's like cracking my ribs, right?

And then he says, "I'll

pray for your little girl. "

And then he actually helps

me jack his own car up

to the f***ing tow truck.

Man, no way.

How is your daughter?

I don't have a f***ing

daughter, you moron.

Then who is that?

F*** if I know. I just pulled

it out of some frame at Wal-Mart.

Bad karma, man.

Jesus Christ!

Sorry.

Oh, my god...

Please don't hurt us.

Mine's in... it's in my

purse. I just went to the bank.

It's not a lot, but take it.

Thanks.

Should probably tie you

up or something, right?

No... You don't have to do that.

You have cell phones. You're

gonna call somebody, aren't you?

We're not gonna call anybody.

No, my husband can't know about this.

I'm not a... I'm not a bad guy.

So what's the answer?

I don't know the answer. You're

supposed to tell me the answer.

Dad, I really don't know the

answer, and I'm really tired.

Yeah?

I really wanna go to bed.

Well, I can't tell you the answer,

because if I tell you the answer,

you're not gonna learn

how great it feels

to get your own answers.

It would mean a good grade.

Someone gave me a good quote one time.

You know what intensity is? Yeah.

Intensity is doing something

you hate like you love it.

And to get through some things in life,

you have to be intense about it,

especially about the things

you hate. You gotta treat it...

All right, just get in.

Get in. Go, go, go. Go, go.

All right, I'm sorry.

Could you sit down on the

bed there, please. The bed.

Can you give me your wallet, please?

It's in my jacket.

- Hey, it's me.

- Where are you?

Teddy's about to bat.

Who the f*** are you?

Sh*t. Um, this is a robbery.

Yeah, you kidding, right?

Why is your phone going to voicemail?

Sit next to her. Come on.

You know there is gonna

be somebody else in here.

I don't usually do this.

This is just temporary.

Shut up. Don't tell me to shut up.

Hey, hey...

Hey, hey! Stop fighting.

Please, stop fighting.

I'm sorry, yeah, I was just,

um... just in this meeting.

Can you please just, um,

tell him that it couldn't be

helped, and I'm really sorry.

I know. I love you. Bye.

How bad is it? What do you think?

He's been talking about

this game for weeks.

I'm sorry. I was held up at

work. I'm gonna check on him.

What's going on?

Okay, listen, um...

I spoke to Larry, last week...

and I was tough on him.

I insisted on my promotion,

and I think I got

through to him this time,

because he said it's going under review.

So I've been giving it 110%.

Been going in early, staying late,

I've been making sure

I'm the last one to leave.

Why didn't you just tell me that?

Because, I... I didn't

want to disappoint you

if it didn't work out.

Okay, well, just... keep me in the loop.

You're right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Okay.

I'm gonna go check on Teddy.

Hey, buddy.

How was the game?

I'm sorry. I couldn't

get out of my meeting.

Come on, buddy. I'm really sorry.

Why do you promise things

if you don't mean it?

You're right. If you say you're

gonna do something, you do it.

It's just that work's

been really hard right now.

It's okay, Papa. I get it.

There an accident here?

This is a f***ing... ghost town.

Hey! Any of your reprobates

like some free beer?

I gotta get home.

You're kidding me.

I can't. Big day at work tomorrow.

Et tu, Brute?

Come on.

All right, that's a yes.

Boy, we had this guy...

bludgeoned his wife to death.

Chops her up into little pieces.

Puts her in the blender,

divides her up into a

bunch of Ziploc bags,

sticks her in the freezer

next to the Wavy Gravy.

I interviewed him.

Said his parakeet told him to do it.

The other night, when you

helped us out with Dave,

and you said you don't make judgments...

How do you not pass judgment

with something like that?

Figure the parakeet's

acting on instinct.

Morality's an illusion.

We invented god to stop

us taking each other's sh*t

and beating each other

to death with clubs.

That stopped working, so

now we have cops and guns

and the electric chair, prison.

It's a bunch of bullshit.

It's fear that keeps us in line.

It's not fear that keeps us in line.

I know the difference

between good and bad.

I have a conscience. I have

a soul. I'm not an animal.

Good for you.

There ain't no sin.

There ain't no virtue.

There's just things people do.

I can think of a few things

I'd like to do to her.

Hey...

You okay?

Yeah... Yeah.

All right.

Here? There. There.

I'm fine. Honest. I'm okay.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

Whoa...

Okay. You're a good guy. You know that?

Here it is.

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