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of a collector myself,

and I'd actually

might be interested

in buying them from you.

Well, I'm sorry,

but you see,

they're not for sale.

Well, I'm sorry,

but you see,

they're not for sale.

Oh, well, I'm sure

we could come to some sort

of

understanding.

Not unless

you understand

that I'm not interested.

Well, could I at least

just see what he had?

No. I don't see

the point of it,

you know?

I-I'd like to know...

For my own peace of mind.

Well...

Never let it be said

that I denied anybody

his peace of mind.

Come on.

No humidity.

No light.

That's good.

Oh, god.

Goddamn it,

there he goes.

Ohh, this

doesn't look good.

Oh, goddamn it.

Sh*t!

Sh*t!

F***! Sh*t!

Goddamn it!

Jesus Christ!

I bet you he found her!

I see--

look at his face!

I bet you that

son of a b*tch

found her!

You know what

this about, Archie?

This is about that house

being a quarter of a mile

closer to his shop

than my f***ing shop!

A quarter of a f***ing mile!

What are you

going to do?

I don't know!

Mrs. cresswell?

Yes.

Hi. You just

saw my colleague?

Hi. You just

saw my colleague?

Your colleague?

My--I mean

my partner, um, Norman.

He said I should,

uh, introduce myself.

I don't know why.

I told him I wasn't

interested in selling them.

The comic books?

Well, what else

would I be talking about?

Oh, well, um...

See, Norman, uh, thought

I should--I should

take a look at them.

Look, I told him,

and I'm telling you

I don't want to sell

my son's things.

Oh, and I'm--

I'm sorry for your loss,

oh, and I'm--

I'm sorry for your loss,

but could I look at

the comic books anyway?

Your partner

already saw them.

I know, ok, but see,

he--I'm--he's not me.

And I'm...

I'm a collector,

and your son

was a collector.

And I have so much

respect for...

Uh... collecting.

Please?

Oh, well...

It's nice to hear

a gentleman say please.

Come on in.

Come on in.

Did you see them?

They're beautiful!

They're beautiful.

She won't sell,

you said. The end.

She won't sell,

you said. The end.

No.

That's it, Norman.

You had no right

to offer her our life savings.

We could offer her more.

We could take out a loan.

Are you high?

Maybe we could sell

that car. Who needs it?

Get something cheaper.

This is f***ing crazy.

don't swear.

I hate it when you swear.

Oh, well, I swear I'll

walk out that f***ing door

if you keep this up!

These collections

have pedigree.

We could charge more,

4, 5 times more

than

the comic book

price guide

says.

Old lady cresswell

is sitting on a gold mine.

She don't even know it.

She don't even know it.

I saw the complete runs

of marvel's and DC's,

some of them going back

to the golden age,

and all of them perfect.

All the ecs,

all the early

showcases

with the origin

of the flash,

the green lantern,

and the atom.

Look...

The guide says,

"$32, 000. $5, 500.

And $1, 500."

We could charge

4 times that,

and that's

just 3 comic books, honey.

The guy had thousands.

I'm serious. Thousands.

I'm serious. Thousands.

Here.

Bedtime reading for you.

Yeah, I'll kill you

with it in your sleep,

or I'll hit you

over the head.

Look, it's a gamble,

I admit it.

But if it pays off,

we can expand.

You can have a kid.

We could have it all.

Norman.

Norman,

honey, wake up.

What?

We have to get

those comics.

What happened?

Look,

man driving bus,

not funny.

Monkey driving bus,

chuckles a-plenty.

Man icing cake,

no laughs.

Monkey icing cake,

big laughs.

Man walking dog...

Hey.

What's with you?

Why aren't you

joining in?

You usually like

to take part in

this kind of stuff.

Provocative monkeys?

Yeah.

I don't know.

Excuse me

if I'm wrong. Um...

Excuse me

if I'm wrong. Um...

Weren't you the one who

tried to start the campaign

to get linda Hamilton

nominated for an Oscar

for

Terminator ii?

No, that was me.

I love that movie.

Me, too.

No, I was--

I was just thinkin'.

About the comics

at Mrs. cresswell's?

Um, no.

Just, like,

about the town.

What about it?

You know--nothin'.

Yeah, you know, lately

yeah, you know, lately

a lotta stuff's

been eatin' at me, too,

drivin' me crazy.

Booby.

Oh, hey, honey.

I was just thinkin'

about you.

Oh, yeah?

Warm thoughts, I hope.

Warm thoughts, I hope.

Is there any other kind?

Uh-uh.

I brought you lunch.

How's it goin' in here?

Well...

At least

another 4 months.

Really?

Why that long?

See that? It's damp.

Wall's rotten

with it.

That's work

I hadn't counted on.

That's work

I hadn't counted on.

Hmm.

Still I, uh...

Wish I didn't have

to sell this place.

You know, selling them

when they're fixed up

feels good, usually,

but I don't know.

This time...

I kinda feel like

I'm losin' somethin',

you know?

Really, baby?

Why this place?

Really, baby?

Why this place?

I don't know.

It feels right, somehow.

Is this room

gonna be the den?

If I have to sell it,

sure.

But I was figuring...

That if I put insulation

in the walls...

It'd make a pretty cool

studio for your music.

It'd make a pretty cool

studio for your music.

What do you think?

Well, I mean, you been

bustin' your ass

to afford

recording equipment.

I mean, at least now

we have somewhere

to put it, right?

We?

Mm-hmm.

You and me, baby...

Till death.

Mrs. cresswell.

Um... maybe.

I'm Judy.

Well, I'm happy

for you, darling.

Oh, no. Judy.

Norman's Judy?

The guy interested

in your comic books.

You mean my son's.

Mm-hmm. That's right.

Your son's comic books.

Mm-hmm. That's right.

Your son's comic books.

Um, I was wondering

if we could talk

about that.

I wasn't very interested

in talking to your

husband about them.

Right. And I was

just thinking that

maybe it was the way

my Norman brought it up

that you didn't like.

You know,

men.

And then there was

the real nervous one.

He said he was

with you, too.

He's a liar,

a terrible,

terrible liar.

A bit touched, too,

if you ask me.

So, listen, let's talk.

I mean, surely

there's a way

I mean, surely

there's a way

we can come

to an understanding.

Just us girls, huh?

That's right. Us girls.

Ok.

I--I love the garden.

I'm the gardener.

Oh, yeah?

I am the gardener.

Yeah.

I all but went down

on the old b*tch.

Nice goin'.

You know, I offered her

15 grand?

Yeah?

And then I upped it

to 20.

20 grand? Do we--

do we even have

that much?

20 grand? Do we--

do we even have

that much?

I mean, by that point,

I didn't care.

20 grand will keep

this rusted old woman

until she dies,

and she still

turned it down.

All right. It's ok.

Good job, sweetie.

Good try.

Uhh!

We'll figure

somethin' out.

Yeah.

It's ok.

Hey, it's ok.

You did a good job.

Mm-hmm.

I mean,

at least we're

workin' together

like a team.

There was a time

when I didn't even

think

our marriage was

gonna last anymore,

because we didn't

have anything

in common.

Hey...

Hey...

The way I feel

about you now,

I know that we're

gonna make it.

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