The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Page #2

From Sean O'Connell...

who has never,

I'm told, been willing...

to speak with the executives here.

Well, he broke his long silence

and shared his thoughts with us...

through that old man.

Sean O'Connell.

"I expect full consideration

of negative 25 for cover.

"My most grand.

"The quintessence of life. "

What is that?

It means like the

fullest and most rich.

Okay. So our cover will probably

be the most famous ever...

because it really will have the

big quintessence of all time.

Very full and so rich.

So let's see this thing. Huh?

Let's see it.

Can we... What am I doing up here?

What's going on?

We'll receive it now

from Negative Assets.

This gentleman.

The last man in.

Negative Assets.

What's that?

Ah, Major Tom.

Can I get that?

It's being processed.

All right. Well, let's do it.

Let's process some quintessence.

Come on.

Go.

Now.

That's why I'm clapping.

When do we go to press?

Two and a half weeks.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm Walter.

Cheryl. Melhoff.

Mitty.

Yes.

You work in Photo Accounts, right?

I do.

Negative Assets.

Yes. I am.

You're processing the last cover photo.

That's a big deal.

Yeah, it's... there's a...

we have a glitch.

Mini, on that one right now.

I wanted to say, to you...

do you maybe have an address

for Sean O'Connell?

Um... It's not really

that easy with him.

He moves around so much. I don't.

Yeah, he's on a freelance.

I don't know where and

he doesn't have a phone.

No phone? He's old school.

Yeah.

But, you know, why don't

I check with Peg?

I know she just processed

a check for him.

And we could track his pay-out maybe.

Find him that way?

Cool. Very cool.

Okay.

Walter.

Yes.

I'm on it.

Thanks.

Yes. Are you coming?

Yes, I'm not.

Yes, I have to stay.

Here's the contact sheet.

What do you see?

This photo cluster.

These three.

They're the only printable ones.

He took them around the

same time he took 25.

They could give us a clue

to where Sean is.

Blow them up, all right?

Cool.

Hey.

Walter, right?

Yeah.

So, I called Peg about Sean.

She's gonna get back to me.

Oh! Hey, thanks.

Cool glasses, very Sand People.

These? No,

these are loupes.

They're for work.

They magnify the...

Is that 25? Can I see?

That's... No.

I can't quite find 25...

just now.

You can't find it?

Yeah. That's why

I'm trying to find Sean.

I'm trying to track him down

somehow with these other images.

His whereabouts?

Yeah.

I take this class,

Writing the Mystery Novel.

Anyway, they say the key

is to work backwards.

You connect the clues and then

scatter them so they seem unrelated.

There's like a whole

science to it.

May I?

Sure.

Okay. Thumb.

Yeah. It's an unknown thumb.

Okay. Water?

Just water, I guess?

Yeah, just water.

Okay.

And...

like a curved piece of...

some kind of, part of a thing.

But the thing with clues,

my teacher says...

is you really only need one good

one, and then they'll connect...

and you'll be like, "Oh, yes, of

course, unknown thumb, water...

"I should have seen this

the whole time. Ahh!"

Yeah, yeah, I'll be like...

Well, anyway, I should get

back and try not to get fired.

Hey, Cheryl.

I have something creative

I've been working on, too.

Oh.

Little side project.

Walter, it's amazing!

Walter?

I was just saying I'll let you

know when I hear back from Peg.

Okay. Thank you.

Okay.

Hey, Odessa.

What?

Is there a larger apartment

available the piano could fit in?

Because it's a memento of our mom's.

That's a really big...

Most people sell their really big

mementos before they move here.

My dad bought it for her

the year they were married.

It means a lot to her.

That's a villa. It's a

little more costly...

but it has a more generous, piano kind

of size living room for you though.

Yeah. Yeah,

this is good.

On move-in,

you'd need first month's,

last month's, and full deposit.

That's $4,700.

Great.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah, we'll take it.

I'll get the paperwork.

The new villa comes

open in three weeks.

I'm guessing.

Happy birthday.

Stretch Armstrong!

That's cool.

Yeah. Isn't that awesome?

This was your favorite thing when

we were little. Do you remember?

You want to do it?

Yeah, all right.

Come on, Stretch!

Good, good!

Come on, we got to go.

A villa, okay, but hey, I'm

not the Queen of Sheba.

You got to have

room for your piano.

You can stay at my place

until it's ready.

I won't be cramping your scene?

My scene? No.

And sorry we couldn't

get you in here today.

Walter!

Look what I found!

This is from you

and Tim Linderman.

Do you remember, we were

gonna backpack Europe?

That June Dad died?

Man! What is in here?

That's my Walter box.

Some of my Walter

knick-knacks and keepsakes.

You made the best mix tapes!

Oh, man.

What? What's that?

Travel journal Dad gave me.

Oh.

You should donate that, because

you never used it, to a poor kid.

A poor kid who's

gonna travel to Europe?

Look at you and your dad!

Is that my tournament one?

He was so proud of this.

Sharing your accomplishments

with the whole world.

It's from the Fairview

Smalltowner, Mom.

Well, I really

liked that nifty mohawk.

You know, when your daddy died...

and then you went to work

in that pizza place...

the one that was named after a father,

had that father kind of name.

Papa John's.

Yeah, delivery.

And I thought perhaps that

it was really sad for you...

working in a restaurant

named after a father

after your father just died.

I never even thought about that.

Probably because

I didn't call Dad "Papa. "

You had a weird style.

That wasn't my style.

That was a uniform. KFC.

My worker bee.

"Word in the water"?

Okay, you know what?

I got to go.

We're getting you into

a villa situation, okay?

Okay.

Good, everybody?

My worker bee...

and my performance artist bee!

Thank you, Mom.

Hernando.

Hey.

I don't see anything.

Upper middle.

It's faint. There's a

word in the water.

I'm getting nervous, Walter.

Hey, this is an ocean.

That's a boat.

"Erkigsnek. "

He was near this boat.

See you in a few.

I'll check the mailroom.

Final cover.

Big responsibility.

Oh, is that my quintessence?

No.

We're prepping the wetting agents

on that to start the process.

Really? Because it looks like

you're playing with toys.

No, this is a gift.

Yeah, the negative needs to

go through a very technical...

I'm sorry. I can't have a

professional conversation with you.

You and your little blonde pal.

Let's...

You can't walk through

the office with him.

Let's have it.

I'll put it away.

Give me the toy, man!

No!

Now.

This is a place of business,

not a place of jelly-man toys!

Get off it!

No, I'm taking it!

You can't just take my stuff!

It's mine!

Give it to me!

No!

Stop fiddling with sweets

and little men!

I'm trying to do my job!

Are you the Tin Man?

Need a little oil can?

Jesus.

Picture.

- Hello?

- Hey!

Hey.

What's up?

Who is this?

Todd.

From eHarmony.

Oh! Hi.

When I lost you there,

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