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for the rest of your body.

Unfortunately your blood markers

are extremely high.

So, I would like to begin first round

of chemo, this morning.

I love the smell of chemo, In the morning.

A though little smell, right?

It makes me feel like victory.

- I'll check with you later.

- Alright.

- Hey Doc... Doc, you think you could just

take a look at...

I'm sorry, I'm running late...

who's your doctor?

- Doctor Given.

- I'll tell him.

Thank you!

A b*tch, ain't it?

What are Quarts?

How long you've been here?

Well, in and out over the past few months.

They've got me on a experimental treatment.

What is a Quadratic Equation?

How rough is it?

Chemo?

Not too bad, if you don't mind,

around the clock vomiting

Watching your veins turn black.

And feeling like, your bones are made of napalm.

- A day at the beach.

- That's a relieve.

All sorts of people, react to it differently.

You'll know by tonight.

Tonight?

Listen, huh... you don't mind my asking.

What is that contraption you've got over there?

It's a Craftier, it makes coffee...

What else does it do?

What else does it have to do?

Did you know that coffee was originally

discovered, by a shepherd in Ethiopia?

- You'll say.

- It's true.

It seems his goats were eating berries,

from an unfamiliar bush.

And not for long, they were jumping all

over the place, just having a gay old time.

So the shepherd, took some of the branches

to the local monastery.

Where the Abbots decided to roast them.

The berries started to burn, and the beans

inside gave of a pleasant aroma.

They brewed them in to a stew.

Stew, hah?

And over the next few hundred years,

it spread to Arabia, Europe...

even Sumatra, like that Pooch you got over there.

- It's called Kopi Luwak.

- I know what it's called.

You do?

You wont catch me drinking that sh*t.

- Have you ever tried it?

- No, I'm more of a instant coffee man.

Here... let me...

- Thanks.

- No problem.

You always had those freckles?

As far as I know.

Nice... freckles.

Okay, we've got some pochuto and melons...

some dorado mozzarella and a veal a la card.

I brought some biscuits and...

You sure you wanna eat all that?

That's the plan.

What?

You want Thomas to make you a plate?

- Tommy, fix a plate for...

- Carter.

- First name or last?

- First.

Really? Interesting.

So you want... white?

- No thanks, I'll pass.

- You sure?

Uh... yum, yum.

The best in L.A.

Ain't the best in L.A. no more.

Oh, my God.

I'm thinking it would be better,

just having a heart attack.

- Fellows.

- Mr.. Cole.

Don't pay any attention to me,

I'm just a thug, that's all.

From Kai.

Says, he wants to be a mechanic, like

his granddaddy when he grows up.

I hope you talked him out of that.

I've tried.

- What we got here?

- A Shelby... 350.

- I always wanted one of those.

- Yea, Kai remembered.

Mom seems to think, you're not getting enough rest.

She loves you, Pop.

Okay...

You know ah...

call, when you get the test results back.

If Given ever comes.

Take care.

- Is he your oldest?

- Yea.

- What's he do?

- Mark is a tax attorney.

Here

His brother Lee is an engineer.

Who's the pretty little lady?

That's Rachel, the youngest of the three.

- Big age deferents.

- Yea, well, she was a surprise.

I hardly got the boys out of the house,

when she came along.

She's an outstanding violinist.

You've got kids?

The bags... never stayed very long.

Oh, well... don't worry, I've been married

long enough for the both of us.

How's that going?

- It's going.

- That good... huh?

That's why they invented light switches.

Don't get me wrong, I love being married.

I've been there four times,

the problem is, I love being single too.

It's hard to do'm both, at the same time.

Nobody's perfect.

The only successful marriage I had,

was me and my work.

I started making money when I was sixteen.

And I was at it, never stopped.

I'll be damn.

I wanted to be a history professor.

Nobody's perfect.

I made it through two months of city college,

before Virginia gave me the news.

And then, you know... young, black, broke...

a baby on the way...

take the first decent job, that comes along.

I always mend to go back,

but 45 years goes by pretty fast.

Like smoke through a keyhole.

Why don't you do it, while I'm asleep,

It's such a waste...

Maybe she's trying to kill us both.

- Ever think of that?

- Gin.

What in the devil?

What if I'm losing my mind at last?

Jesus, no... no, no, Jesus...

that's not what I had in mind...

... it was something else.

What you think about suicide?

Suicide, me?

No way.

- Yeah, stage one.

- What?

- There're five stages.

- Denial...

Anger, Rebellion, Depression, Acceptance.

Well, of course you're not thinking of suicide.

You're in stage one... Denial.

- What stage are you in?

- Denial.

- You're thinking about suicide?

- Yea, okay it's just...

Well, it looks like, you wont be needing this anymore.

- That's it?

- Yea, fourth and final.

What's next?

We got to consider all the tests first,

see where we stand.

- For how long?

- It takes a while.

I think Dr. Given is getting them,

as soon as they seem okay.

- Hey! I'm on for another hour, anything you need?

- A clean bill of health, if you got one.

- Hang in there, Carter.

- That's what I do.

Hit the cutoff man, for crying out loud.

You see, that's the problem with

the game today.

No fundamentals.

You ever read the time of your life?

- William Saroyan.

- Yea, no foundation.

All the way down the line.

When we were growing up...

What're you doing?

Oh... fiddling.

- Scrippling, what?

- Nothing, just fiddling.

Oh, sure that's what you wanna do.

That's a slider, with a man on third.

These kids today.

Ear phones,

I'm talking to myself... again.

- Edward...

- What?

- How's it going, there?

- Dumb question.

I have the tests back.

Straight out, huh...

Six months.

A year if we're lucky.

Well, there is a experimental Program,

that we're thinking about getting you in on...

but I don't wanna get your hopes up,

but I think you would be an excellent candidate...

Hey... hey, Doc... listen.

You're blocking my view.

Oh... sorry.

You know Edward, if there's any questions,

day or night, you know where to find me.

- One question.

- Sure, of course.

Carter, you wanna ask Dr. Hahn something?

Oh, no, no no, I'm not familiar with Mr. Chambers...

Well get familiar!

I just wanted to know, how I stand, that's all.

Sure, I'm gonna go and look at your chart.

Thank you!

Edward?

Edward...

There was a survey once...

A 1000 people when asked, if they

could know in advance...

would they want to know the exact day

of their death.

I always kind of leaned, toward the other 4%.

I thought, it would be of liberating.

Knowing, how much time, we had

left to work with.

It turns out, it's not.

You wanna play cards?

I thought you'd never ask.

Rise and shine.

Not that.

Let me see that.

And ah... Thomas, call Marie at Christies,

tell her, I wont be bidding this season.

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