Camera Obscura

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Hello?

Hello.

Pizza man's here.

Hello.

F***!

I f***ing... sh*t!

Listen, man, the sign says

"driver only carries $20 cash."

Shut up. Don't talk. Just

take everything you want.

Just take the f***ing

pizza... back.

Okay, all right. You don't have to do this.

Go, go. Against the wall.

Against the wall!

Get on your knees.

Get on your knees.

Jack?

Walt? What the hell

are you doing here?

My job.

What 30-year-old

delivers pizzas?

What are you doing

with a gun, man?

Sh*t.

Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

Hey.

Jack. Jack, it's gonna

be all right, man.

Whoa!

Against the wall!

- No, no, no, no, no!

- Turn around. Get down on your f***in' knees.

Don't! No.

No, no, no, no, no.

Look at the wall.

Look at the wall.

Please, man.

Don't look at me.

The nightmare

is always the same.

I see this

black insect crawling.

I follow the trail of blood

and I find this little boy...

Holding his mother's body.

His eyes are filled with tears,

her body

is filled with shrapnel,

and he's...

Asking her to wake up.

He thinks it's

just a game.

And maybe he's right.

Life is...

Just a game.

Death always wins.

I should've taken the

little boy in my arms.

I should've taken him

to safety, but...

All I did...

All I could do

was to take out my camera...

Take his picture.

I was just doing my job.

This is definitely

a trigger for you, Jack.

Why do you keep coming back

to this story?

Jack?

Jack!

Oh.

Sorry about that.

Was that Claire?

Yeah.

She's probably just worried

about dinner or something.

How is that going?

She wants me to get a job.

You know.

She wants me to...

Get out of the house.

But, uh, I guess I'm still, uh,

having a hard time...

You know, getting adjusted.

These things take time.

But you've made the necessary steps.

I mean, you're progressing, Jack.

Eighteen months.

I think you're ready

for some new challenges,

step a bit

out of your comfort zone.

I guess moving back

to the Midwest

is still a bit

of a... transition.

Don't worry about how long it took you

to get here, just that you're here.

Hi. Sorry that

I missed your call.

I just, uh...

Just got out.

Hey, I'll be running

a little late.

They want me to stay

until the end of this.

- Do you mind taking care of dinner?

- Yeah, of course.

- I can do dinner.

- Can't wait. Love you.

You're free to take off

if you like.

I can inventory what's left

of the listing.

Up next, what was one of Mr. strung's

favorite pieces. Are you sure?

Yeah.

Yeah, I can handle it.

It's a reconstructed

film camera from the 1930s.

Doesn't Jack

collect old cameras?

Yeah, he used to. He gave all

that up when he got back.

We'll open the bidding at $50.

Yes, we have $50.

Do I have 75?

75? We have 75.

You understand vegetables.

I don't know.

How did your session go?

Uh, same old same old, you know.

It was...

It went well though.

Pretty well.

Okay.

Okay, I have a surprise for you.

Uh-oh.

Wait here.

Surprise?

Mmm.

It's your anniversary gift.

Our anniversary isn't until n...

Shh-shh-shh-shh-shh.

Just open up. Open up.

Okay.

Oh.

Uh... honey...

I...

I know, I know.

Just check it out. Maybe

start a new collection.

And this one's really unique.

It's, like, 80 years old, but it's

still in really good condition.

This is really special.

I love it.

Thank you. Wow.

Really? Yeah. Thank you.

You sure?

Thank you.

Okay.

Wow.

Okay, okay.

Vintage SLR, huh?

Well, if you want

to test it out,

there's... this gig at my work

I was telling you about.

Oh. The gig. Right.

Yeah. Ben's really excited about it.

He loves your work.

And he really needs someone with

a real photography background.

With all due respect, honey,

I'm used to shooting, you know,

sectarian conflicts, not condos.

We need some progress here.

Dr. Vogel said

that I am making progress.

I have a couple of job interviews

next week. I'm making progress.

I just know how much

you love photography.

Hello.

Just need some film developed.

Yeah, sure.

Um, so, we've got

ten rolls then?

Mm-hmm. All right,

I'll get this started.

I used to come here

all the time in high school.

Lots of people do.

You were still

the manager back then.

Uh, yeah, my career certainly has

taken off. Thanks for the reminder.

Uh... I didn't

mean it that way.

I just meant that it's...

exciting to be shooting again.

Yeah, that's exciting.

Okay.

Hey. How was your day? Hi!

Uh, a lot like work, actually.

How'd your big photo shoot go?

Well, not exactly Ansel Adams,

but I think it went pretty well.

Oh, my god.

I'm so proud of you.

That's great.

It felt great to shoot again.

It-it...

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, that's so great.

Back on the horse.

Okay, great.

I gotta run.

Literally.

Oh.

Are you okay?

No.

No, I'm not okay.

What? Some weirdo creeper

was following me.

What do you mean, following you?

I mean like

literally following me.

What?

I was running down the street

and he was keeping pace.

And then I turned to our road

to get to our street...

He... my god. He had

his hand in his pants.

Did he touch you? No, no, no, no.

He touched himself.

Well, where was he? No,

wait, wait, wait. Stop.

Where was he? Come on.

Come here.

No, he... h-he's gone.

He's gone.

He... he stopped chasing me

after a while.

- Well, had you seen him before?

- I don't know.

He was, like, this... This chubby

dude with glasses, wh-white shirt.

- Well, we're calling the police.

- He doesn't know where I live.

If he sees police cars, he will.

Honey, what if he does this

to a kid or something?

Baby, please.

Calm down.

I'm fine. Okay?

We're like affectionate roommates.

Oh, okay.

She's super open-minded. Hey, hey.

Give me a club soda?

Hey! There he is. Hey.

How's it goin', man?

Good, good, good.

Good. I'm feelin' good.

Feelin' good.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'll have another one too, please.

Thank you.

When are you gonna bring that beautiful

fiance of yours in instead of this cretin?

"Cretin"?

Yeah, it's been a while.

You guys are my favorite couple.

- We could be somebody's favorite couple.

- Uh... eew. Mm-mmm.

This is like our... we have a thing now,

like a Sam and Diane type situation.

Ah, yeah, this thing

where she, like, hates him.

How are you?

Uh, good.

What's new? Believe it or not,

I am actually shooting again.

Yeah? All right.

Yeah.

Well, I'm kind of shooting.

It's just a, uh... Like a

trial gig at Claire's work.

Well, good! Good. You're back

doing what you were meant to do.

Thought I was meant to win

the Robert Capa award.

Instead, I'm taking

pictures of real estate.

But it's a start.

I'm proud of you.

Cheers. Cheers.

Ah.

I promised myself I'd never

pick up another camera.

Let's take a walk.

Just out back. There's

something I wanna show you.

I don't know what you went

through over there. You know?

It's none of my business.

I know you're dealing with it

and you're processing it.

I can't imagine how hard it is.

But what I do know is that

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