Person to Person

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Benny:
Hello?

Paul:
Hi.

Gary gave me your number.

Thought you might be

the right guy to talk to.

I got the red vinyl

of "bird blows the blues."

You got "bird blows the blues"?

Paul:
Yeah, Charlie Parker.

I know, Charlie Parker.

You got the red one?

Paul:
Yep.

What kind of shape's it in?

Paul:
It looks perfect to me.

No scratches.

But there's no...

There's no cover.

Yeah, it was made before

they started to make the covers.

Paul:
I don't know anything

about records, but...

It's in the white record sleeve.

Okay.

I'm gonna want

to buy that from you.

Let me call you right back.

- $5.

- Hello?

- Hey, it's Benny.

That kid call you?

Yeah, he says he has

"bird blows the blues."

Gary:
That's why

I had him call you.

Where do you know this guy from?

Gary:
He comes in the shop

and he buys stuff.

He's a nice kid.

Benny:
You think he's legit?

I only know him from here,

but yeah.

I mean, he wouldn't try

to pull a fast one?

I mean, it could be

a fake or something.

Gary:
He's not that kind

of kid,

not from any of

my business with him.

So why don't you buy it off him?

My customers don't buy

that high-end stuff over here.

Um, he said he'd give me a slice

if I helped him find someone.

Okay, thanks, Gary.

I'll talk to you later.

I would highly appreciate it

if you would let me go back

to sleep for like,

- five minutes.

Is that possible right now?

By highly appreciate it,

I mean, like,

it'll make me really,

really happy.

Did you eat?

I'm having juice.

Juice isn't food.

Well, I'm not hungry.

"Russia's most recent move

intensifies the already

heated confrontation,

causing unpredictable gyrations

of the Moscow

stock exchange."

We can't keep skipping.

They called my mom.

Your mom's the most timid

little freak I've ever met.

What did she do, like

tell you not to do it again?

She told me she'd

take my phone away.

Yeah, for like ten minutes.

And she said that I was

disappointing her.

You could walk into a mall

and shoot like 100 people

and she'd never be

disappointed in you.

Come on, please?

Don't make that face.

You're trying

to make me feel guilty!

I'm hurting inside!

That's what you're seeing.

Ugh!

You know,

I've gained some weight

and I'm not saying I'm fat,

I'm just not like ultra-skinny.

You shouldn't be

ultra-skinny.

I'm not saying it's a bad thing

that I gained five pounds.

It sounds like that's exactly

- what you're saying.

- No, I'm stating a fact,

I have gained weight.

And you're terrified

of gaining weight.

No, I'm terrified of being fat.

If the scale said you've

gained five pounds, okay,

but I don't see

those extra five pounds

on your body.

New runner's here.

- Hi.

- Claire?

- Yeah. Hey.

- Phil. Hi.

- Nice to meet you.

- You, too.

- Come on back.

- Okay.

- Thanks for being on time.

- Yeah.

Today we're working on a story

that's either a suicide

or a murder.

Yeah.

A few days ago,

a man was found by his

wife in their bedroom.

He was shot in the head.

So we'll go down

to the apartment building,

maybe talk to some neighbors,

but our main goal...

Your main goal

is to talk to the wife.

Well, I... I didn't realize

that we were gonna be

jumping into something so big,

you know, right away.

It's big and it's not big,

depending on how you see it.

Terrible things happen

every day in this city.

After a while, you start

to see all of it

as a consistent, dependable,

and unavoidable pattern.

- Whoops!

I like to bang my head

a little in the morning

before coming into work.

Helps me get pumped for the day.

What kind of music do you like?

Claire:
Um...

Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan,

that kind of stuff.

So you probably

never listen to metal?

Claire:
Um, no.

Yeah.

It's not for everybody.

I mean, you can put it on

if you want. You listen to it.

- Phil:
I'll play a softer one.

- Okay.

Phil:
This is actually my band.

We're called cock killer.

I play bass.

Morning, ray.

Hey, I got a big day going here.

I might be on a big score.

"Bird blows the blues,"

Charlie Parker,

a red vinyl. Real beauty.

Hey, I got a new shirt.

It's a nice shirt,

but I don't know

if it's my style.

What do you think?

- It looks good on you.

- Yeah, we'll see.

I didn't clean the fridge.

Benny:
What?

Sorry,

I didn't clean the fridge.

Hey.

Listen.

I love you.

You're my good friend,

but you can't spend your

whole life on the couch.

You gotta promise me

you're gonna leave

the house today.

Even just a walk

around the block.

I can do that.

Good. Go take a shower,

take a walk.

We got fresh towels.

I washed the towels.

I said I could wash

my own towels.

I was washing the towels,

so I washed yours, too.

No problem.

Next time, you wash 'em.

Okay, thanks, Benny.

All right.

I'm gonna get us some coffees,

get us up on our feet.

Uh, two coffees.

Hey, what do you think

of this shirt I'm wearing here?

It's a good shirt.

Yeah, it's a good shirt.

I'd call it very fine.

But what matters is,

you know, how it fits me.

What it says about me.

Hey, Jo-Jo. What do you think

about the shirt on Ben?

It's a good shirt.

Benny:
Obviously good shirt,

but am I supposed to be

wearing this shirt?

I think so.

Okay, that helps.

If you're telling

the truth, that helps.

You should wear that shirt.

It look good on you.

All the time.

That's all I hear, is just

daddy this and daddy that.

He's a wonderful person.

You know what?

He's an all-right person.

He's the us ambassador

to Vietnam.

So what?

He's my hero!

I know.

What have you done

with your life?

Uh, let's see, I won

a Guggenheim fellowship.

Woman:
10 years ago.

Retire next year.

Because here's

the part I don't get.

It's okay... it's okay

for the fans

to boo another club.

Morning, Jimmy.

I got a haircut.

Looks good.

There's a new lady

at the place I go to.

She's not a bad lookin' lady.

I thought you were interested

in the lady that owns

the shop, as I recall.

I was, but this new lady

puts a hand on your head

while she uses

the other hand to cut,

and her hand is soft and tender.

Plus, the other lady

never gave me

a green light to make a move.

This new one?

She likes to wink and flirt,

kind of like we're in

on a joke together.

I'm captivated by the strength

of our attraction.

It might go somewhere.

And she's obviously very

talented at cutting hair.

Phil:
That guy is

your direct Nemesis.

He works for the post.

And those are the

detectives on the case.

You better hurry over there.

Okay.

Man:
Hey, fellas,

what's going on?

- Man:
Is she in there?

- Yeah. Can you just tell us

- come on, tell us.

- Any information.

Please, just uh, anything

- don't not tell us!

- That you can provide

- would be helpful to the...

- Come on, just

- a little something?

- Okay, anything, please.

- Something! Please?

- Can you please just...?

Bye.

Sorry, I wasn't fast enough.

Well, you tried.

So, let's say

this was a normal day.

You'd call me to tell me

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