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Maybe if we'd had a rehearsal...

He'll be fine.

It's not him I'm worried about.

- Nice scene, Mike.

- Thanks.

Very funny.

- What the f*** happened;

- I'll talk to him.

He was great in rehearsal.

What the f*** happened to him;

Don't worry, Mike.

I'll make him a little subtler.

- Zach;

- Just a reminder.

- We lose the kid in 25 minutes.

- What;

We lose the kid in twenty-five minutes.

You're dropping your cell.

Still standing by, people!

Hey, so, congratulations on last night.

"Slut Wars".

- Thank you.

- That was a big number.

Well, let's face it, if you can't sell

14 sluts in the Caribbean...

you've got problems.

All right. Standing by, please!

F***ing cloud!

Five-six and a third.

And we're rolling!

Sound speed!

"A" mark.

Background!

All right, and really,

really focusing now!

Okay, Zach; Laurel; And...

Action!

Hey. Are you all right;

Yeah. I guess.

It's just that...

I've spent my whole life,

my whole life...

making sure I was always prepared,

you know;

But you can't prepare for something

like this, you know what I'm saying;

Maybe all that time

that you spend thinking...

maybe you prepare

for what you can...

and then you're more prepared

for the other stuff.

It's just that...

Chuckie was my hero!

You know what I'm saying;

And when the person

you look up to the most...

the person who taught you

about baseball and nipples...

when the guy you relate to

the most does this...

f***ing kills himself;

Then there's a part of you that wonders

maybe he knew something you don't know.

You know what I'm saying;

Look, I didn't know Chuck

very well...

but I know you.

A little.

And I think that there are

some things that you know...

that he didn't know.

Uncle Rob;

- Hey, Teddy.

- Can I hang with you for a while;

Yeah...

of course you can.

Cousin Bernie smells weird.

Yeah.

He does.

And we cut.

That's a cut!

Reminder, we lose Jared

in twenty minutes.

I'm gonna go talk to Zach.

Mind if I come with;

That was really great, guys.

Really;

Some good stuff there.

Really, 'cause it felt

a little odd to me.

Really;

Man, I love acting!

I'm sorry about the "f***", but

I was just, I was in it and...

you guys know.

I won't do it again.

I'll try not to do it again.

I don't know! I don't know!

We can always cut around that.

If we need to.

I felt like we had a really nice pitch

for this in the rehearsal.

I liked the rehearsal, too.

Yes. And I would love to try

to get back to that... area.

I don't even remember

what I was doing then.

Well, first of all, it felt to me like

you're doing a bit of an...

accent just then.

- What; An accent;

- A little bit.

- I was not doing an accent.

- A little bit, you were.

Well, you, whatever.

It just feels to me like...

it was very different from what

we were doing before.

Really;

I know this seems

pretty important right now...

but someday it'll just be a blip.

Thanks.

That's reassuring.

Working out the kinks.

Mike.

Could we have a word quickly;

So; You call your friend;

What;

Dinner!

No, we were shooting.

That's cool.

Whatever.

That was terrible, I know.

Zach does that sometimes

in the early takes, but...

Yes, we were just talking and...

Lenny had a thought that

we wanted to raise with you.

What if the brother

didn't kill himself;

Just hear me out on this. There's always

been a concern about this aspect of it...

and I always assumed you'd figure

this out in the execution.

But watching it just now,

I don't know...

it's really f***ing depressing.

And I had a thought...

What if the brother was still in prison

instead of committing suicide;

You know, the guy who plays the brother

in the flashbacks is so good...

I'd hate to cut him of the pilot.

Yes, and I've always planned on using

him in future episodes in flashbacks...

- just like we're doing in the pilot.

- I know, but just... what if;

We're at a funeral here.

Pretty clearly.

I know. And I had an idea about that,

too. Are you ready;

What if

it was the mother's funeral;

- I really don't see how that...

- Just think about it for a second.

Okay.

I think that it's a really big

change to make on the set...

just like this, and...

also to me, what has always made

the show most interesting, I think...

is the suicide.

Really. You see, to me, it's about these

wonderful characters you've written.

Right, but it's the way

these characters behave...

in this situation that

makes the show original, I think.

Well, it'll be original

no matter what you do...

and truthfully,

original scares me a little.

You don't want to be too original.

Richard, what do you think;

Well, I think it's interesting.

Do I wish we would've thought about it

a few weeks ago; Of course, but...

by the way,

it's my father-in-law's birthday.

I'm supposed to be at dinner

in half an hour.

You know, guys, this was working so well

twenty minutes ago, right; In rehearsal.

I wish you would've been here for that,

because you would've seen that it works.

You know, this is not

just an opinion here.

We have the research

from other shows.

Suicide is depressing to like

eighty-two percent of everybody.

What if we shoot it both ways;

Well, that's a great idea.

Yeah, just take a few minutes...

write up some new dialogue,

then shoot it both ways.

See what works

in the cutting room.

You mean, just write up

an alternate scene right now;

Just so we're covered

in case the suicide doesn't work.

- Yes, but the whole f***ing show is...

- Mike, we love the f***ing show!

Right, guys;

We love the show.

We're just here talking, you know,

about the life of a series and...

and what kind of show we're

gonna be making for the next five years.

I get that. It's just everything

we've shot so far...

has to do with Chuck's suicide.

I mean, they talk about it, the characters,

in almost every scene they do it.

So you loop it.

Every time he says "my brother"...

you just cut away and replace

the dialogue with "my mother".

You just cut around it.

If we end up going that way.

That's right. I mean, there's no reason

not to shoot it both ways.

The bummer version and my version.

Then we'll just see which one works best.

Well, I think we're all

on the same page here.

We're all just trying to make the best

possible show and get it on the air.

You know, Mike,

you are a great writer.

Take ten minutes, write some talk

where Rob's mother has died...

and the brother's alive

and in prison.

Maybe you prepare

for the stuff that you can...

and then you're more prepared

for the other stuff.

It's just that...

she was my mom, you know;

And now...

she's dead.

And when the person

who was your mom...

suddenly has a heart attack

and dies slightly before her time...

it just makes you think about

everything, you know;

I can only imagine.

And then there's my brother, Chuck.

He's not even here to mourn with me

because he's in prison.

Alive.

And he's the guy

I relate to the most.

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