The Adderall Diaries

Okay, now are you ready?

- Yeah.

- Okay. We're gonna...

You gotta hold on tight.

Squeeze, squeeze.

You ready?

You're the one who should be

in front of the camera.

What are you doin'

hidin' back there?

There she is,

ladies and gentlemen,

the most beautiful woman

in the world.

Just like out of a fairy tale.

Wave to daddy.

- Daddy.

- Hi, daddy.

- Throw daddy a kiss.

Get off me.

Get the f*** off me.

I just wanna sleep.

Shut up!

Get up!

Help! Somebody help.

Hi.

Jen:
Pick up the phone!

I can't find it.

I got some news

you're gonna want to hear.

Oh, yeah, what?

Jen:
Penguin...

Loved the proposal.

Shut the f*** up!

We've got a deal.

- Are you serious?

- That's awesome!

- Yeah.

They're wiring the money today,

and I got you twice

what you asked me for.

What? You're the best!

Jen:

Yeah, I'm a miracle worker.

Holy sh*t!

That's great.

So why...

What now?

Jen:

So now you write it.

All they need is a 20-page

excerpt every month

and other than that

you're a free man...

Oh, and they wanna have

a party in a few weeks...

Black tie, canapes,

et cetera, et cetera.

Whoa! What?

Jen:
Go buy yourself

a nice suit.

All right!

Jen:
Okay, hon.

Talk later.

Pour it, when you pour it.

First bucket, baby!

- First bucket!

- No, no.

That's one, that's one,

that's one! Bam!

Yeah, yes, motherf***er!

I will ruin you!

Your kids will weep

at your funeral!

Man!

No, no, no!

No, no, no!

Come on, man!

That's what I'm talkin' about.

That's my money.

Give me that money!

You pay up, b*tch.

Gimme that money!

You son of a b*tch.

Really? What is this,

a down payment?

Hey, you missed everything.

I know, I know. I had to

go to the courthouse.

Yo, come on.

What are you doin'?

- It's over, right?

- No, we're watchin' the recap.

I gotta watch this real quick.

Woman on TV:

No body, no weapon.

Next week

Hans Reiser goes on trial

for the murder of his wife.

Big questions arise...

Did he kill her,

or did she simply

leave her family

to escape a bad marriage.

It's a haunting story

as the investigation of

Nina Reiser continues.

The direct

physical evidence against Hans

is limited,

but police have built

a detailed circumstantial case.

Police have confirmed they

believed Hans Reiser acted alone.

- According to some, Nina...

- What is this?

It's Hans.

He made the Linux

operating system...

Big nerd celebrity.

I'm profiling the case

for wired.

Hans says he lives for his kids.

In divorce court,

a critical ruling...

Hans lost legal custody

of his precious children.

His life was falling apart.

Man:

I don't know where Nina is.

All I know is that the woman

that I love is gone

and her children keep asking me

when she's coming back

and I don't know

what to tell them.

I'm just a husband and a father.

I'm a victim in all this.

No one took Nina,

no one hurt her.

She just left.

Nina left her family.

And with that,

the last man known

to have seen Nina alive heads

back to his cell.

Hey, can you get me in?

- To the trial?

- Yeah.

Why?

Where is Nina?

Sure.

Jen:

Hey, Stephen, it's Jen.

I know you know those pages

are due at penguin next week.

I hope it's going well.

Give me a call.

Hey, man. It's Josh.

I got you the Reiser interview.

You're welcome.

Call me.

Who are you?

I'm Stephen Elliott.

Uh, look,

I'm not talking to reporters.

I'm not a reporter.

I just want to write a book.

Well, that's kind of hard

to trust your kind of people.

Writers, they have a way

of spinning things

the way they want to.

Yeah, I know. I have a

lot of ex-girlfriends

who have accused me

of the same thing.

Well, what do you want to know?

Anything. I just...

I just want to hear

your story, that's it.

I'm not interested.

There's something there. He's sitting on

something, just waiting for a big reveal.

Like maybe he killed his wife.

Yeah, maybe,

but why is the question.

Hey, is anybody dead out there?

I want to pitch a book to Jen.

A true crime thing.

- Yeah.

- My in cold blood.

Yeah. Better.

Probably better.

What the hell is that?

Flip it.

That's my team, from down below.

Sniff it.

You gave me your team?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- You got any blueberry sauce?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Put it where it goes, though.

Yeah, yeah.

The key is to put

a little bit of butter

in the balls like so.

Then you put a nice sloppy

helpin' on there,

and then let the blood flow

right to the other part.

A little wet, and look at that.

Looks like sh*t.

All right.

Hot cakes are ready.

Get your asses

in here for some cakes.

Hey!

We cut my hair.

Whoa! Check out this haircut.

God damn it!

Oh-oh! Wow!

He's got it!

That is just...

- What do you... What do you think of it?

- You like it?

- I think it's awesome.

- I think it's pretty awesome.

I think it's awesome

that you feel awesome

for the last day of school, but I gotta

tell you, man, that looks terrible.

Hey, you know what though,

maybe you should put a shirt on.

Looking like a deranged little

ragamuffin with no shirt on.

Man:
This is not the kind of parent

who disappears without warning.

This is not a mother

who abandons her children.

Nina Reiser was president of her

school's parent-teacher association.

She chaperoned field trips.

She did the class laundry.

Nina's children

were her entire world.

She would have never,

ever left them willingly.

And she most certainly

wouldn't have left them

with her estranged husband

of whom she was afraid.

The police were called

to the Reiser house

three times during the months

leading up to the separation.

Hans appeared twice

in family court

for refusing to pay for

his children's medical expenses.

The last time

he appeared in court,

his request to have the children

for labor day weekend

was denied.

Twelve hours later,

Nina Reiser disappeared

from the face of the earth.

When he was arrested,

he was carrying $9,000 in cash,

two books about

unsolved homicides

and a three-page letter.

The letter begins...

"I've been telling you

about Nina and nobody listens."

"I may be a danger

to the worldview of some,

but I am no danger

to my children."

Hey.

You forgot your notebook.

This is where you say thank you.

Thank you.

How much did you read?

Nah, just a little.

I had to find your name.

I want to see

if I should be embarrassed.

I wrote, "Hans Reiser trial.

Get transcript

of letter thing."

With search terms like that,

should be a breeze.

Let me see what you wrote.

Whoa!

This is thorough.

So really inadequate.

Miss Lana Edmond.

I write for the times.

Are you covering the trial?

Not sure yet.

Do you want to get a drink?

Like right now or in general?

Right now.

I have to take a rain check.

I have to do something for work.

All right.

I totally understand.

It's a really big decision.

You have to

think about it a lot.

So you'll have plenty of time

to do that on our way there.

No f***ing way!

Is this your bike?

Yeah.

I'm driving.

That's Hans' mother's house.

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