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from the low income plan

because your bank account

exceeds the maximum.

I'm sure you're aware

that you have to

stay within certain

financial boundaries

to get a state subsidy

for your prescriptions.

Your bank account

is approximately

$70 over the maximum.

- [Dan's mom] Do something

fun with it... (echoes)

- Maybe what happened is

you were moved to

the default plan

and due to your

high prescription costs

that plan is already maxed out.

Not sure.

I do know that your

plan was switched.

Look I'm in a meeting, okay?

So, you're going

to have to pay 50%

of your drug costs until the

plan renews in a few months.

And then maybe you can get

back onto the low income status

that you were on.

- Okay.

I, uh, don't understand

most of what you're saying.

- Yeah, nobody understands.

- Half cost meds,

that's gonna run me about, uh,

$3,000 a month.

And, um, I'm running low.

And I really

really need them.

Because I have...

[MUSIC]

So, um,

I'm not gonna be able

to come up with $3,000.

I don't have $3,000.

what else can we do, Gregory?

What, wha--

Uh, isn't there something

else that we can do?

when is the next time

you get a bank statement?

- Uh,

That one was from

last week, so it'll be

three weeks.

- Well here's what I

can do for you.

I'm gonna put this

on hold right now.

You're gonna send me your

bank statement when you get it,

and if everyhting's in order,

you can get right back onto

the low income status

that you were on

and you can use your card

that very same day.

That's the best I can do.

- Uh, I'll be out of

drugs in a week, man.

- That's the best I can do.

I'm sorry.

- Okay.

Okay.

- Keep that card.

Did I give you a card?

[MUSIC]

- You gave me a card.

- [Gregory] Great.

Have a nice day.

Thanks for coming in.

- [Dan] My grandfather used to

have an old Chevy Malibu.

It had a big white stripe

down the left side of it

and a big white stripe

down the right side of it.

The stripes were from the

car scraping against the

sides of his garage.

He wouldn't bother flicking

the ashes of his Chesterfields

when he was driving.

They would just fall off

when it was their time.

I loved spending time with him.

He was a great guy.

When my grandfater died,

I was ten and no one had

ever died on me before.

All of a sudden

it hit me.

I'm never gonna see him again.

But, I was wrong.

I'll get into a car that

has that same stale

smokey scent.

And it all comes back to me.

I look forward to those

flashbacks of him.

And I wonder what

if anything,

will remind people of me.

I once dated this guy who

instead of having a tool box,

kept all of his tools in

a white wicker basket.

I'm sorry, but that's gay.

- Hi there.

- Oh, sh-- (laughs)

How you doing?

- Good, yeah.

[MUSIC]

- [Dan] Wow.

How much is this?

- Ah, Hanuman.

- The great monkey warrior.

Very sacred, very noble.

Valuable.

He's a rare one,

that little monkey.

- What do you want for him.

- 25 bucks.

- (sighs) 25.

Um...

Would you take...

Less?

[DOOR BUZZER]

- Did you forget your keys?

- No, I did not.

- (screams)

Oh, Jesus! What the f***!

- Don't just shove a little

plush animal at somebody.

What is that?

- It's a gift.

From me to you.

- That's nice, honey, but I,

he frightens me.

- Stop it. You two are

meant for each other.

Now take it. I'm gonna

be late, I have to go.

Take it, take it.

And love him.

- Um, thank, thank you.

- You're very welcome.

I'll see you later.

- Thanks for the monkey.

Um,

Okay. How about this?

Good boy.

Okay.

[MUSIC]

- (sighs)

- Old man.

You're sad.

Aren't you?

- Yes.

I'm sad.

- I can tell.

You can do anything

if you put your mind to it.

- Thanks for the advice, kid.

- Fortune?

Get your fortune told?

- No, thank you.

- Learn your death time, mister?

- Jesus Christ.

- I've got to go.

[CROW CAWS,

TREES RUSTLING]

[MUSIC]

- [Dot] Oh, that's nice.

Mmm.

(exhales sharply)

- How is everything?

- It's okay.

I'm okay.

- Yeah?

- How's Bob doing?

- (sighs) Not so good.

He misses you.

- Okay, enough of that.

Hey,

you got any pot?

[MUSIC]

Be sure that Bob

takes his pills.

What does he take pills for?

- Just old man stuff.

You know, Paula.

I love Bob.

I really do.

I love him so much.

With all my heart.

But sometimes

I just hate him.

I hate him.

(menacingly) I hate him.

- Isn't that normal?

- Mm-mm, I don't think so.

- I'm pretty sure it is.

- Ah.

[MUSIC STARTS AND STOPS]

(sighs)

[RADIO MUSIC]

(grunts)

- I'm so glad that

wasn't locked.

- Hey, Danny.

- Hi, Bob.

Was, uh,

in the neighborhood so

I figured I'd, you know,

swing by

God knows I don't spend

enough time here as it is.

So,

(sighs)

how's it going?

- Uh, I don't want

to talk about it.

- Okay.

Then I won't say another word.

- Now...

[BLUES MUSIC]

I win.

Eight bottles.

You're seven.

- Give me that.

One Daily Men's?

This is a multivitamin.

Multivitamins don't count.

Therefore,

tis a tie.

(both sigh)

- (grunts)

(laughs)

- [TV Narrator] Coming up

on National Justice

[SLAM]

brutal beatings caught on tape.

[DOOR OPENS]

- Don't forget to lock the door.

- I always lock the door.

[LOCK CLICKS]

- Mm-mm, not always.

- Do you want some cofffee?

- Oh I just made a fresh pot.

- You get me.

[MUSIC]

- Sorry about the sheet.

I'm just a little shy

around new people.

I hope you will understand

and not kill me.

Um...

How about that.

Yeah.

Better?

Okay.

(clears throat)

- [Dan] Mom, you

can't pay for them.

They're $3,000.

- [Mom] A year?

- A month.

- [Mom] That's bullshit.

Look, I don't want you

to worry about this, okay?

I never should have

brought it up.

Besides, I can take a little

break from the drugs

for like two weeks, and

believe me, I could,

I could use a break.

It's perfectly safe,

I can assure you.

- Hi Mrs. Schauble!

- Okay.

- [Mom] Say hi to Paula.

- [Mom] Bye honey.

- Talk to you soon.

- That'll be nice.

You get to take a little

break from the pills.

- (sighs) Are you crazy?

(laughs)

I can't go off meds.

I could go resistant

to something.

I don't have a lot of

treatment options anymore.

It's salvage therapy or bust.

- I can't believe Dan Shauble

lied to his mother.

- Believe me, it's

for her own good.

- So what are you gonna do?

- I guess I'll just keep going

down to the pharmacy

until someone makes a mistake.

- That doesn't sound like

a very good plan.

- It's actually not

a horrible plan.

They do make a lot of

mistakes down there.

They hardly ever check my card

until recently, of course.

I'll figure something out.

- Dan.

- Virginia says hi.

- What are you gonna do?

- Medical card please.

- Of course, yes,

that's the whole

- Gotta run the numbers

through the system.

- Here she is.

[PHONE RINGING]

- Paul?

[PHONE RINGING]

Can you get that?

Paul?

- Okay. Thanks.

- (scoffs)

- Hi. (chuckles)

I'm sorry about all this.

[MUSIC]

[SLOW MOTION GROWLING]

- Yes, uh, I hope so.

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