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Hey, Ben.

Can you please not do that at the table?

He is.

This is an annoying client, that's

what this is. Dad is working.

What is it, your girlfriend?

RICH:
His what?

Girlfriend? Ben!

BEN:
It's just a friend.

You type away.

Now, is this

a friend from school?

It's from Ridgewood.

Freakwood.

Guys, come on,

you're boring your mother and I.

It's okay, I'm out, anyway.

- What? Come on.

- Yeah. Me, too.

Okay. Well, you're excused, both of you.

- Well, Ben's officially there, huh?

- Where?

He's at that age where

you have to pull every word out of him.

(PHONE BUZZING)

He's 15. Oh.

I gotta take this.

I was 17 before I started talking,

you know? Hey.

Henry, I understand that. Listen,

that's your job, okay? Yeah, exactly.

(INDISCERNIBLE CHATTER)

MAN ON TELEVISION:

So what do we talk about?

State Senator Crisswell, who's backing

plans to stop the sign program

and would join a dozen states

to stop using the sign.

(DOG BARKING DISTANTLY)

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

- Hey.

- DEREK:
Hey.

- How's El Paso?

- Oh, it's great.

Um, have you used

the MasterCard for something?

No.

Well, it got declined.

Did you max it out

or something?

No, of course not.

Is this why you're calling?

Well, yeah.

Yeah. I want to know

why the credit card isn't working.

- I don't know.

- Great.

So now I'm in El Paso

with no credit card.

I'm sure it's a mistake, Derek.

Just call the number

on the back of the card.

- All right. All right, I'll talk to you later.

- Okay.

- Bye.

- Bye.

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

MAN ON TELEPHONE: Can you verify a $5,300

charge at Best Buy yesterday?

That's not possible.

That's crazy.

There's gotta be a mistake.

A charge for $28

at Victoria's Secret two days ago.

Absolutely not!

Okay, Mrs. Hull,

we'll freeze that account.

What the f***?

Yeah, yeah, well,

listen, I did that.

I talked to the cops, I filled out that

report, and they told me to go...

No, they said because it's under

$10,000, I have to deal with you guys.

And now you're sending me back to

them and they're gonna say...

All right, so,

if you're gonna investigate this,

how am I gonna pay for sh*t

in the meantime? You...

You guys have my money.

That's it. That's it. That's all I have.

Yes, because my

automatic payments are bouncing right now.

In about a month.

Well, I can't wait a month

for an investigation.

Okay, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

I'll call you later.

These people are

f***ing useless.

What the f*** happened?

(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)

Dude, dude. There he is.

Dude, send him a message.

FRYE:
All right.

What?

Mom said

you were driving me home from school.

No, Tracy drove me today.

Take the bus.

I have my guitar.

That's not getting in my car.

I'm sorry.

He really is a tool, man.

I told him Jessica's mom died.

I think he really feels

f***ing sorry for her now.

You told him

that your mom died?

No, Jessica's mom died.

Are you kidding me?

Yeah, dude.

You gotta create empathy.

A whole back story.

It's weird, man.

Your mom died. Yes?

Yeah, dude, whatever,

just creating a story.

Okay. All right,

we have lift off.

You ready? I said,

"What are you up to?"

He says,

"Having lunch with friends."

JASON:
What a lying

sack of sh*t, dude. Let me see.

- This is f***ing awesome.

- Okay.

"Hey, Ben, are you horny?

"I always get horny

in the lunch room.

"Makes me wanna

send you a picture."

- "A picture"?

- "A pic."

- He trusts us, we need to step it up a bit.

- That's true.

Which pic would

you call a Jessica?

Oh, my... Mama!

This one? This one?

I'll do this.

- Yes.

- Send.

You sent it?

I sent it.

FRYE:
Here we go.

Dude, I think he just

pissed his pants, man!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

"How about

you send me one back?"

(MOANS)

You are amazing.

That was amazing.

(LAUGHS)

- Peter?

- Yeah?

I'm gonna ask you something

and you're going to say yes.

(LAUGHS LOUDLY)

What? What?

Is that what this is about?

(DOG BARKING)

BOY:
Nice.

- Yo.

- Hi.

Hi. You Nina?

- So, do you want to sit?

- Yeah, sure.

How's it going?

- Good. Yeah, good.

- Yeah? Good.

Well, anyway thanks

for coming to meet me.

Yeah, of course.

Um...

Let's do this. I know a place

right up the strip here, if you wanna go.

Listen, Kyle, there's something that

I didn't tell you about myself.

What, are you a dude?

(LAUGHS)

No. No. Wait, hang on.

Do I look like I could be a dude?

- No. No.

- Good.

No, I'm just...

I just think your story

is really interesting,

and I was wondering,

I don't know,

if you would let me

interview you.

What, for like a book?

Well, I work for

a small TV station, a news station.

And I'm a reporter.

- The news? You wanna interview me on TV?

- Yeah.

- Smoke? You have a smoke?

- No.

- Not right now, bro. Okay.

- Because you have a really great story.

You have a really great...

It's a really unique,

interesting story,

and I'd love to report it.

Um...

- It's special.

- Wow, I... I don't know. That's...

- Why not, Kyle?

- Really?

This is why you came down here.

No, but you see,

nobody would recognize you

because you'd be in shadow

and your voice would be distorted.

- I think I'm good, you know. Thank you.

- Totally anonymous.

Don't you want

something better than this?

Yeah, I wanted some money.

I came down here, honestly, because I

thought I was gonna get some cash.

And I'm really sorry

that I lied, but I knew you wouldn't...

I just want to get to know you,

so here's my card.

Here's my card.

Just, you just never know.

Call it.

And my e-mail's

on there as well.

Yo, bro, wait up.

Mike Dixon, please.

Hello, my name is Derek Hull,

and I was referred by a Detective Mantos.

Well, I'm calling

regarding a fraud case.

I'll just call again.

I'll call again.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

- Hey, good morning.

- Hey.

- Derek? Mike Dixon.

- Yeah, Derek. Derek Hull.

My pleasure. Thank you for coming so early.

I really appreciate it.

How about social

networking sites, you visit those?

Chat rooms, message boards?

No. No. Well,

she spends her life online, but I don't.

- CINDY:
I sell my artwork online.

- Thank you.

It's sort of my business.

Well, I go on

a chat site, sometimes.

What kind of chat rooms?

It's a...

It's a support group website.

Well, here's the thing,

someone out there has all your information.

All right,

here's what's gonna happen.

I am gonna clone

your hard drives,

and I'm gonna go through all the

information and the activity

and see if I can figure out

how and when this happened.

DEREK:
Is this really necessary?

Can't you just take the credit card

numbers and run that somehow?

No. This is very necessary.

Because right now

they could have

credit cards in your name,

take loans out.

They could have

your social security number.

They could commit crimes

in your name. Do you understand?

They can sell

this information to 20 more people.

This, this could

just be the beginning.

MIKE:
It's amazing

how clueless people are.

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