Solitary Man (2009) - full transcript

Ben.

There he is.
How're you doin', Chuck?

I can?t decide if
you look better in

person or on those commercials.

Smoke and mirrors, doc.
What can I tell you?

Hey. I got a new dealership. Right
across the bridge.

I cannot keep them on the lot.

Nancy was there for
the grand opening, you know.

It?s a tradition we?ve had
since, well, since, I guess she

was pregnant with Susan,
our, our second dealership.

Wow.



She just shook so
many hands, you know,

after we cut the ribbon?

Uh-huh.

And she sold three cars herself.

And she asked me for
a commission, right?

I mean, I thought she was
joking. She was serious.

So, I paid her. And
you know what she did?

She went out and she
bought me three suits.

Said I should look like a
businessman, not a car dealer.

Well, some things
you can?t change.

Which reminds me.

That lease comes up on your
wheelbarrow, you call me.

I?m gonna give you a
ride make you look like

a Madison Avenue doctor, okay?



We have to do this.

Lay it on me,
Chuck. Let?s go.

Okay.

Okay. I?ll see you in
a year, chuck, huh? Better yet,

why don?t we get a round of eighteen
in before the summer?

Uh, before that, I think. I,
I don?t love your EKG.

You don?t love it?

There?s an irregularity.

Could be serious so we,
we need a better look.

Uh, I?m gonna set you up
for this, uh, diagnostic

sixty-four slice. A new
kind of, uh, CAT Scan.

It?ll give us a peek of what?s
really going on in there.

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There he is. Dad!

Hey, Grandpa!

Dad!

Grandpa!

Dad?

Don?t call me that.

What?

Don?t call me Dad.

And you, you don?t
call me Grandpa. Not now.

What can I call you?

You, you can call me Dad.

No.

That?s what I call my Dad.

Well, then, I don?t know.
Call me Captain Ben.

Where?s this one?

Do, don?t look, don?t look. You?ll
screw things up.

The Miami blonde?

Yeah, she was checking
me out on my way in.

Hey, give me a hug. Maybe
she'll think we?re married.

Yuck. Dad!

I told you.
Don?t call me that.

Oh, yeah. She?s gonna
be really happy to see me.

My favorite
grandson. Hi, sweetie.

Mom.

And, you, I can?t believe
you have the time for us.

What happened to all the
divorcees on the eastside?

That's not fair, Nance.

No, that?s true. I
left out the widows.

Why is it still so
good to see him?

Why is it still so
good to see you?

Because you're not
married to me anymore.

That?s why. Why don?t
you sit down. Join us?

Uh, maybe I can stay
for a couple of minutes.

Benny, you?re too old for her.

I don?t know what
you're talking about.

Oh, deny, deny, deny,
all the time, deny.

How are you, folks?

Great, thank you.

May I take your order?

Yeah. Uh, yeah, I?ll have
a, uh, cheeseburger.

Have the turkey burger.

A cheeseburger.

Well, it?s just a matter of time
before I get that phone call.

You?ve been waiting for that
phone call for thirty years.

All right. I?ll have the chicken
paillard with a little salad.

Very good.

Uh, tuna
on toast, please.

Okay.
Young man?

Uh, grilled cheese, please.

Grilled cheese?
Be right back, folks.

Oh, dad, I?m gonna take
Scotty to the natural history

museum this weekend. Gary
has to work. You wanna come?

I can?t.

Oooh. Why not?

I?m sorry, Scotty.

Oh, you?re gonna love this one.

What?

I?m going up to our old
alma mater this weekend.

No. Oh, my gosh. What,
did they finally, uh,

convince you to see
the Kalmen Library?

No. Jordan and I are
taking her daughter

up for her college interview.

Doesn?t she have her own father?

Well, apparently
he?s got a life.

Why can?t she take
the kid herself?

Because of my
relationship with the dean.

Oh, do you even like
this Jordan person?

Dad, you?re
a sixty year old man.

I am not.

Almost. And you are
dating a woman

because of her
father?s connections.

No, I?m not going
up there alone. I?m not going.

You promised.

I promised to go with you.

Well, I?m sick.
I can?t go.

Well... reschedule.

Allyson can?t reschedule
her college interview

just because I have the flu.

I told you, you should
have taken the shots.

I hate shots.

Now you got the flu.

Mom, it?s fine.
I?ll fly up there myself.

In fact, I?d prefer that.

See that? She doesn?t
want me going with her.

I?d cramp her style.

That?s exactly why I want an adult up
there with her.

Her style could use
a little cramping.

Otherwise she might
come home pickled.

Mom, I stopped getting
drunk in eighth grade.

It doesn?t matter. You?re
not going up there alone.

Can I have a moment
with Benjamin, please?

I don?t think this
is a good idea.

Didn?t you retire from thinking?

Why, why can?t she
go with her father?

He?s in McLaughlin in some
factory or something.

Before I forget, I just got the
confirmation e-mailed to me.

I printed it out for you.

So it?s all set.

It is. So, think of this
as a family weekend.

First you?ll go to the meeting
my father had arranged for you.

Then you?ll take my daughter
on her college interview.

This is a hell
of an open point.

Nice traffic pattern.

Nice? It?s outstanding. With my
banking relationships, we?ll be

up and rolling in no time.
And this zip code, it spends.

Daughter graduates from high
school, SUV, six airbags.

Son moves into his own house,

little two seater
with a lot of zip.

Your, uh, old flagship.

It was north of here,
about, uh, twenty five miles.

But the, uh, family name is
good here in the community.

Yeah, well, the research
certainly shows that the name is

known in the community. But,
uh, the negative numbers.

Pete, I paid my fine.
Okay? Full restitution.

And you think that?s painful. You
should try it sometime.

You know, I?ll sponsor the
little league, football team,

uh, school carwash.
Negatives will disappear.

Mr. Kalmen, I?m gonna speak
freely, okay, out of respect.

I?m recommending you get the
dealership because the numbers

make sense, because my
first job was in the finance

department at one
of your old places.

I grew up watching your
commercials on TV.

"I?m Ben Kalmen, New
York?s finest car dealer."

You know, you probably
inspired me to go into

this business in
the first place.

Pete, I am honored.

But, I, I don?t think my
recommendation?s gonna do any

good. You know, the dealership
development committee?s not in

the habit of handing out open
points to people who have caused

the kind of public embarrassment
in the industry you have.

You put the recommendation
before the committee,

I?ll make sure about it
getting signed off.

Okay. Fair enough.

All right. Let me show
you the service area now.

You?re gonna like this.

No, no, I think it
went as well as it could but,

but Jordan. Please, you gotta
have your dad talk to the three

guys from Munich. The three
younger guys, you know

were, weren?t
there when I had my, uh.

Shall I lay out his
clothes out from him, too?

Or do you think
you can handle it?

Yes, sir... roger, I got
that, colonel, yeah.

Good. Dismissed.
Hey, I like this.

So, uh, about this weekend.

Yves? Would you turn the sauna up as
high it?ll go, please?

I wanna sweat this
thing out. Yeah?

Uh. Look, I don?t really
think Allyson wants me

up there with her, all right?

Oh, yes, she does.

Just like my father wants to
squander fifty years of goodwill

and connections as well as
his position on a board of

directors just to get an admitted
grifter a new

dealership after
he almost tanked

an entire company?s reputation.

Okay, Boston here I come.

I?d feel a whole lot better if
you would just turn and leave.

I can see how bad you want to.

Go to Foxes for the
weekend or the Hamptons,

you know, wherever.
Stay out of sight.

Come on.

That?s what you were
hoping for the whole time.

Just try not to catch anything you
might give to my mother

later because I don?t wanna
have to take care of her.

I don?t lie to your mother.

I call bullshit, Ben.

You call what?

That means ask me where I was
for drinks the other night.

I thought you said
you don?t drink.

I said I don?t get drunk.

Okay. Where were you for
drinks the other night?

The bar at the Warwick.

And what night was that?

The night you hope it wasn?t.

Cause you were in
the back booth with

that Eastern European web special.

That was my cousin Eva. She
was in town on business.

I don?t know, why didn?t you
just come by and say hello?

I was on my way over to.

And that?s when I saw you slip
your hand under her skirt.

I thought maybe you
dropped something.

But then she started squirming
in such a way I thought,

I don?t think he
dropped anything.

So that?s gin.

Yeah?

Means that you won that hand.

I don?t play cards.

Well, at least you didn?t
sell me out. Thank you.

I?d cheat on her if
she was my girlfriend.

Have a good weekend, Ben.

Okay. I?m gonna do this for you. Not
for your mother, for you.

I know the school.
I know the dean.

I always regretted never going
to Susan?s college interview,

I was always too busy.

Hmm. Yeah, momma said you used to
always be on MSNBC and CNN.

And that you had dealerships
in every town in Long Island

and New Jersey and Connecticut.

That?s a slight exaggeration.

She also said you fucked
it up six ways to Sunday.

No exaggeration there.

Look, I promise I will
not ruin your weekend.

You know, I?ll give you a tour
of the campus, take you over to

meet the dean, you know,
for your interview.

Smooth things out. Shake hands. And
then I?ll go back and crash

at the hotel and you can do whatever
the hell you want to.

And this time I
won?t say anything.

And you won?t treat
me like a kid, right?

Well, you?re not a kid, are you?

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Some guy?s supposed to meet us.

I don?t know where
the hell he is.

You know, I thought
you were an involved alumni.

Alumnus. Just means
I write the big checks.

How do you know the
dean of this place?

Uh, he comes visits me, or he
used to. And he?d always leave

my office with an endowed chair
in the English Department

or enough funding to break
ground on the library.

And what about now?

Courtesy calls
when he?s in town.

That?s nice.

Insurance, for when I can
write the big checks again.

Look out!

Hey, asshole. Let the
big dog hunt.

Let the big dog hunt.

Let the what?

Let the bi... look,
put the frisbee down.

We?re frolfing.
That was my drive.

You called me an asshole,
I?m gonna earn it.

Dickwad.

Oh, my god. Ben!

Ben!

Easy.
Easy, easy.

Ben, stop it.

Hey, hey, hey!

Stop all this.

Officer.

Uh, Ben Kalmen.

Uh, here to see dean Gittleson.

I.D.S.

Someone wanna tell me
what happened here?

We had a little
misunderstanding.

I?m willing to
forgive it if he is.

I?m willing.

Good.

Get outta here.

Not so fast.

I wanna know what you?re
doing on my campus.

He?s escorting me
for my interview.

She your daughter?

He goes out with my mother.

He tell you to say that?

No.

All right,
let?s see it.

Eighteen.

Kalmen.

You?re the donor of the, the
library and all that, right?

Support the college
any way I can, officer.

So you?re also the guy that sold
my cousin in Connecticut the

leased jeep, turned
out to be financed.

Cost him nine grand
on the backend.

We did have some
unscrupulous agents.

I take full responsibility.

Yeah, well, you do anything else
unscrupulous on my campus,

you?ll take more than the blame.

Yes, sir.

Wow.

Smooth.

Mr. Kalmen.

Uh, yes, that?s me.

Hey, I?m, uh, Daniel Cheston.

I?m the vice president
of the student senate.

Uh, dean Gittleson
sent me to find you.

Are you, you okay?

No, I?m, I?m fine, Cheston.
I couldn?t be better.

Hi, Edward, how are you?

Good, good. Rough, uh,
rough morning?

Uh. This is, uh,
Allyson Karsch.

Hello, Allyson.

Hi.

Allyson has my highest
recommendation.

Oh, well, I can scarcely
imagine a greater endorsement.

Uh-huh.

Here?s what we?re gonna do.

Mr. Cheston has agreed to get
you reacquainted with the

grounds. I thought you might
to see the Kalmen Library.

And then you can
come back and, uh,

meet Allyson at freeman hall.

Good. All right.

Look, Cheston, you
got anything else

to do besides
show me around, do it.

You don?t wanna see the library?

Why, because my name is on it?

Yeah.

No.

You know, you?re
walking kinda funny.

You wanna go to the school
clinic and get it checked out?

I don?t do doctors, not anymore.

You wanna at least clean
yourself up a little bit?

You can use my room.

Hi.

Cheston, you got a girl?

Cheston is actually
my last name.

My, my first name is Daniel.

Ah, that?s a shame. There are
a million Daniels in the world.

Anybody can be Daniel.
But you get to be Cheston.

Okay.

Anyway, about that girl.

Uh, yeah, I?m kind
of exploring that.

Can?t get laid, huh?

I didn?t say that.

Everything about you says it.

I mean, look at your
side of the room.

Anyone who?s got the time to
put hospital corners on his

college bed is not spending
his days the right way.

I didn?t even think
I did that today.

You had a girlfriend
in high school, right?

Yeah.

Right. You met her in, what,
uh, Model U.N. Program?

We were assistant directors of
the community outreach service.

Right. Then she went away to college.
She met some junior,

stormed the administration building,
the provost?s office.

Yeah, how did you
know he was a junior?

They?re always juniors.
And then you?re stuck trying

to figure out how
you lost, uh...

Laurie.

Diana.

Diana.

Let me tell you something.

Out there is nothing
but possibilities.

Hey, Cheston.

Come here.

What about that one?

Or that one? What?s
wrong with them?

Nothing they?re probably
just not interested.

Well, that?s because you don?t
know how to talk to them.

Wait we have to get... okay.

What the hell did you say?

We?re hanging out with ?em.

Tonight? No, I,
I can?t do that.

Uh, uh, tonight we?re gonna go
to a party where they?re gonna

be and girls just like them.

Cheston, someday
you?re gonna be my age.

You do not wanna regret
a night like this.

Hey, hold up.

Yeah.

I didn?t say anything.

No, I know.

Only saps really love this shit.

Anyway, it?s nice the bench
is still here, you know.

Onward.

I?ll take care
of you, don?t worry.

I?ll show you, I?ll
show you the ropes.

Sorry we?re late. I
tried to call you on the,

uh, cell phone. Uh,
couldn?t get an answer.

No problem. This is Ted.
He gave the tour.

Ted Loof.

Right.

I was telling Allyson she should
come by the house tonight.

We?re having a party, uh,
figured it?d give a good idea of

the social culture we
have here on campus.

Oh. Great. Great. That sounds like,
uh, it sounds like fun.

I told you those girls
were not gonna show up here.

Well, what does it matter? Huh?

I mean, look, look
at that one, huh?

And, and this one over here. Well,
we?re mixin?, man.

We re, we?re in here mixing.

No. Well, we?re standing by a keg
pouring for, pouring.

And I know you wanna be
right over there, don?t you?

No.

No, no, no, no, your
eyes are wandering over there.

Go on. Go on over
and talk to her.

No, she...

She?s not the kind of person
you'd go up to at a party,

all right? She?s serious.
She?s studious.

She?s here, isn?t she? She?s
got a drink in her hand.

Yeah, because her
brother is a member of the

house, nobody hooks up with her.

If you?re not gonna go
over there and see her

then I?m gonna tell
you a story. Okay.

Now, this is a little
raw, but it?s all true

so I?m gonna have to ask
for your indulgence, okay?

All right, granted.

My first year,
when I was here

I wasn?t exactly what you?d
call one of the elite.

I mean, I never would have
been invited to a place,

uh, like this. Uh, I
actually had a job.

I was working my
way through school.

Yeah, me too.

No, I know. I sa, I
saw your wardrobe.

Um, so I wasn?t exactly what
you?d call, uh, an innocent

but I was intimidated by a
lot of what I saw, you know.

Especially the girls.

So, there was this one girl who
sat in front of me in, uh

English Composition. Her name was
Jennifer Angel. Really.

And every day I?d stare at
the back of this girl?s neck.

And once in awhile, you know,
she?d turn her head and I could

see her face. And she
was beautiful, you know.

She was so smart and clean and,
Cheston, I wanted her in the

worst way possible. But I couldn?t
figure it out. I just

couldn?t screw up the courage,
you know, to ask her out.

To me, she was like,
uh, an untouchable.

Yeah. Untouchable.

Yeah.

So, anyway, a few days
later, uh, I?m working.

I?m tending bar, you know,
at some college event.

And this prickass member
of the squash team

he comes up and he asks me
for a jack because his back is

hurting. So I said,
what happened?

And he says to me,
Jennifer Angel.

I said, how?

And Cheston,

his answer was like a Joe
Frazier left right to the belly.

He says, I?m fucking
her, right, hard.

And she?s begging me to
go harder and harder.

Finally, I?m banging her so
fucking hard my bed breaks and

it falls down and I twist my back.

Jesus Christ.

So, I mean, I lost my breath,
right there in front of the guy,

you know. I blushed and
I?m not the kind of guy

that gets embarrassed.
But you know what?

It was the best thing
that ever happened to me.

Knowing how she liked it

and that she liked it freed
me up to talk with her.

And the next week it was my
bed that was almost broken.

We close
in five minutes,

so if you want anything,
it?s to go.

Used to be I?d come in
Jimmy Marino?s joint,

I could stay in here all night.

Well, that?s when my
father ran the place.

Jimmy senior must have
liked you for some reason.

Some reason could have been
that I saved your ass in

every math class you ever took?

Oh, I seem to remember the
asssaving, but I was doing it.

Maybe not in class.

Yeah, I think
you're right. Yeah.

Yeah...

you know, I called you when
you got in all that trouble.

But I couldn?t get
past your secretary.

Oh, you know, she
had her orders.

But I, I got the message. I
appreciated it, Jimmy. I...

well, I didn?t expect a
call back. I just, uh,

I just figured I wanted you to know
that I called you.

No, no, I knew. And I hope
that you understand.

No, it?s important that I tell
you this because, uh, there were

a lot of unreturned phone calls
and I?m sorry about that.

If it was anybody I wanted
to see in this town,

it would have been you,
you know, when I was gone.

Yeah, you always said
you?d never come back.

Yeah.

And like you always
said, I?d never leave.

Well, you, yeah, you got
the, uh, the place here.

Yeah.

And now you?re here.

Now I?m here.

Is there something you need?

Can I get a sandwich to stay?

The usual?

Yeah.

Give me the usual after
thirty-five years, yeah.

The usual.

Ok, I gotta do this, but I
gotta make it without hair.

Okay?

Looks good though.

Looks good.

You?
Really?

Lacrosse has been
my passion lately. And, uh

coach says to me, you know,
I want you to play defense.

Yeah.

Yeah, so I
told the Lacrosse coach

I played
attack in junior high.

I was all county
attack in high school.

And there?s no way that
I?m playing defense.

So you?re playing
in the front line now or?

No, no, no.
He cut me.

But that?s not the
point of the story.

The point of the story is
that I stood up for myself.

I went after what I wanted.

And, uh, you know,
that?s what I always do.

I see what I want and
I take a run at it.

Are you regaling
her, young man?

It sure sounds like it.
Allyson?

Yeah, you look regaled.

Stories of what?

Glory.

Or its punitive
compatriot, noble failure.

Now, I say punitive
because, you know, and this,

this comes from a man

who?s failed in
starburst colors.

There is nothing noble in failure.

Don?t you agree, Tom?

Ted.
Ted.

Ted.

My parents named me after
Theodore Roosevelt and, uh,

it was he that said

"It?s not the critic that
counts, but the man who fails

while daring greatly."

But, yeah, he, he succeeded.

I mean, that?s why we know the
quote and he became president.

He bumped up against failure,
but he became a success.

That?s not quite what I gleamed
from your Lacrosse story.

Can I
get you anything?

Hi. Can I get a Dewar?s
on the rocks, please?

Sure.

I?m gonna go to the bathroom.

I?ll be right back.

Well, he, he seemed like one
thing, you know, on campus,

turns out he?s something else.

Well he?s not from the city.

I think he?s cute.

Why? You gonna stop me?

No, no. I m not stopping you.

You go ahead.
Do whatever you want.

You going to report
it in to my mother?

I told you that I
wouldn?t, Allyson.

I don?t even care
what she thinks.

I care what you think.

What do you think?

Well, I think it?s
a waste of time.

I think you?re gonna
put in a lot of effort

with very little reward.

Well, you, you mean
up in the room?

I don?t think I gotta
draw a map for you.

I mean, a guy like that with a,
um, girl who looks like you.

He?s gonna go simple.

He?s gonna get up there.

He?s gonna go through the process.

And he?s gonna, whrip, you
know, he?s gonna be gone.

And then what are you gonna
get out of the transaction?

Transaction?

Uh-huh.

I mean, that?s what
it is, isn?t it?

I mean, I know, I know
what he?s gonna get.

But what do you get?

I don?t know.
I need another drink.

Shh, shh!

Shit, here he comes.
What do I do?

You?ve got the information.

You?ve gotta decide.

What you said about what would
have happened in the room?

You know, it?s right.

I would have ended up staring
at the ceiling all night

while he slept like a log.

At least in New York
I could go home.

Has it always been like that?

Okay.

I?ll say it.

My first time, I was fourteen.

And it was, it was okay.

But it wasn?t, like, incredible.

You know, it?s never
really incredible.

And none of the guys
I?ve been with really know

what they?re
doing, I guess.

Well, why don?t you just tell ?em?

You really don?t have
to say much, you know.

You just have to kind of
take control of the situation

move them the way you
want them to move.

Take their hands and put
them where you want them.

And if that doesn?t work, then

show them, you know, yourself.

I promise you, they?re
never gonna forget it.

Ya, but it will make
me seem like a whore.

Well, you?re thinking
about it the wrong way.

When you?re with somebody that
you like, don?t you wanna know

what makes them feel good?

Well, does my mother
know what to do?

Allyson.

No, come on, tell me.

Yes, she knows what to do.

But, um...

but not like the Russian, right?

Well, it?s not her fault, you know.

She, she?s older.

And, um, your body changes.

There?s a, uh, a, a thickness when you.

Thickness?
She?s stick thin.

No one over forty?s
stick thin, not really.

Trust me.

But she can get you off?

Yes, she can get me off.

That?s it!

That?s it.

That?s it!

You show me.

Show me.

Allyson?

Hello?

Allyson.

That was ahh...

it was fun.

We had a fun night.

Thanks for coming
up there with me.

I?ll just tell my mother that I
had to go back before you cause

I had some work to catch up on.

Well, when we see each
other back at the apartment.

What, you think I never
cheated with anybody at school

and had to see their
girlfriends? Don?t sweat it.

Don?t worry about
a thing. I?m cool.

You sure you never played cards?

Well, the
committee has met.

The official vote will be next week.

But I wanted to
give you a head start

on getting the zoning in order.

Yes, ah!

Yes. That?s great, Pete.

That?s really, really great.

Kalmen motors on the uptick.

Yeah. You suddenly had a lot
of friends in the right places.

Well, thank you. Looking forward to
working together, Pete.

As am I. You have found
a heck of a location.

I mean, it needs just the kind
of dealership you propose.

In fact, if they hadn?t approved you

I probably would have
recommended getting

another dealer to open
in that very spot.

If you don?t mind,
let me show you, uh...

Sure, yeah.

How many cars we?re
expecting you to floor plan

into the first couple of months.

It?s Ben Kalmen and we
have a lot of confidence.

So, this is a celebration
all around, isn?t it?

Getting your dealership on track.

Fantastic news.
About Allyson.

I can?t believe you were able to
get the information so quickly.

It?s fantastic.
Just fantastic.

Well, the dean, he reached out.

I mean, he telephoned me.

How sweet of you to say that.

I?m sure you did quite
a bit of lobbying.

Really, mom?

You think he had to pull on the
strings that hard to get me in?

You know how those things are.

You?re a suitable candidate,
but without Ben?s help...

We?re so lucky to have you
in our lives, right, Al?

Sure.

How about an after dinner drink?

Let?s go out on the
terrace. Nice evening.

Allyson, you can have a soda.

Or, actually, since you?re
going to be a college girl,

a little wine if you like.

No, it?s okay.
I?m going out.

I?ll see you later.

One drink first.

Allyson, come on.

I?ll get that.

Did you get my messages?

Are you crazy?

It?s so hard to talk here.

Yeah.
That?s right.

We can?t talk.

Come on, Ben.

You know what
it was in Boston.

It was, it was a kick.

It was really, really fun.

But, you know, now I can check
two things off my list.

Despite the end of daddy thing.

The daddy thing?

Yeah.

And I didn?t even know
it was on my list.

Or I had a list.

Now I know.

Come on.

I thought it was gonna be, you
know, the difference between

you and the guys my age.

You wouldn?t go simple, you know.

Be all clingy and stuff.

I?m not hanging onto
you. I just thought

maybe we?d spend a little
time together, that?s all.

Ben.

You need to
forget about it.

You know, I appreciate the
time you took to make me

up to the school and

and you spoke to the
dean on my behalf.

And I appreciate the
advice you gave me.

It?s already worked.

What advice?

Well, you taught me to
ask for what I want.

You know, last guy
I was with, easy.

I just gave him a blow job
first before anything else.

And then another one so he could
last when we finally did it.

And then I got on top of him and
I told him exactly what to do.

And... it was awesome.

Awesome.

Hey, you?re making this up.

Why would I make it up?

To put me off. To
put distance between us.

I mean, I use that
trick all the time.

But usually it?s because I
actually care about

someone and I.
Yeah, well, I?m not.

I just said what you told
me to do when you were trying

to get me up to the room.

I wasn?t trying to get
you up to the room.

It happened. I?ve got to go.

Mom, I?m going out.

Allyson.

Not yet.

Now, I?m a pretty cool customer.

You know what I do most nights?

Try to find somebody to take
home and never see ?em again.

Yeah, most nights
you?re not with her.

That?s beside the point.

I can?t stop replaying
our time together.

Not just in the room.

When I was talking to you, um,
listening, we were connecting.

I forgot you were eighteen.

You forgot no. That I...

No, I didn?t.

Everything all right?

No, of course.
Of course.

We slept together, mom.

In Boston.

Yeah.

We did.

Isn?t that fantastic?

Oh, dad, you didn?t.

Ask me was it worth it.

What?

Just ask me if it was worth it.

No.

Well, it was.

You?re actually gonna gloat about?

I?m not gloating about it.

I?m just stating something,
which is, as I sit here now,

it was worth it.

Suse, it was a night and a half.

I mean, the way an eighteen
year old body responds.

No.

No.

No way, Ben.

You can?t keep dragging
her into this nonsense.

Did we wake you, honey?

I?m sorry.

No. Forget about that.

I can?t have you listen
to this crap anymore.

I told you it was unhealthy.

Your shrink told you
it was unhealthy.

Gary, will you stay out of my
relationship with my daughter?

My wife.

Well, I?m both.

Sure.

Now you are.

Because you?re what he has.

But before he blew up his
life, what were you to him?

Gary.

That is a ballsy
thing to say, Gary.

Logical, but bitter
and, uh, a little small.

I would have hoped my daughter
would have been with a bigger,

bigger man.

You know what, Ben?
I take care of her.

I?m here for her, always.

You?re a great provider, Gary.

But she and I, we?ve
got something special.

We bleed the same.

Susan, let?s go back to bed.

I?ll be in, in a minute.

Honey.

He?s right about a lot
of that stuff, you know.

Guys like Gary are
right about everything.

That?s why he?s got clients
bringing him 450 an hour

and partners fast tracking
him and all that crap.

I mean, I, I never said your
husband wasn?t a smart man.

It s, just he, uh,
doesn?t take any risks.

I gotta hand it to him though.

You know, he had the balls
to come at me, you know,

and go toe-to-toe with me.

That took balls.

But he didn?t... stay there.

You didn?t used to talk like this.

Well, you know, I
used to shield you.

Now I don?t bother
shielding anybody anymore.

There?s no point to it.

I learned that when I was in jail.

You weren?t in jail.

You paid a fine and settled.

I know. Well, I was
in jail for a night.

And before I made the deal I
used to think about it, a lot.

We can have this
conversation another time.

But you came over this
late for a reason.

Yeah, it?s about my, uh, rent.

Uh, you know how close I am
to getting the dealership

and rolling up.

It hasn?t happened and my,
uh, income stream is short.

Um... Gary handles the checkbook.

I mean, I handle it,
but he goes over it.

It?s his money.

The money he earns
by not taking risks.

Um... here.

Mom gave this as a gift.

Half her commission
on a classic six.

I was gonna cash it tomorrow.

It should cover two months or so.

That?s all I can do.

It won?t be long.

Ben, this is
Pete Hartofilias. BMW.

Uh, no easy way to say this.

You didn?t get the dealership.

Someone, uh, moved the board

to vote seven to zero against you.

Seven to zero.

So, that?s that.

So the gal?s three down from the
one who looks like an Eskimo.

Tan bag.

I?m gonna say, uh,
divorced three years.

Kids are with the
dad tonight and, uh,

she?s looking to
play for all its worth.

FBI should hire
you out as a profiler.

If they were smart they, they would

but it?s not that difficult.

Look, she?s got no wedding ring on.

She?s showing her pictures in
her phone to the bartender.

By his reaction,
they gotta be of her kids.

This is why I was
so good on the lot.

I know exactly what kind
of car to put her in.

And I know what she?s looking for.

I imagine you do.

Listen, Ben, I?ve always
enjoyed our dinners, but

I can?t let you out of here
without turning the conversation

into a different direction.

We will.
We will.

Uh, the lady at
the bar with the tan bag,

can you get two of
whatever she?s drinking

and, uh, tell her I?ll
be over there in just a second.

Yes, Mr. Kalmen.

You?ve been a private
banking client for...

one sec, let me just see this.

Sorry.
Okay.

So I can concentrate now.

The reason institutions like ours

have private banking
clients in the first place

is so that our highest net worth
individuals don?t have to deal

with financial minutia.

You?re kicking me out of the bank.

After all these years.

Must have been why you didn?t
eat your lobster cobb.

Bank usually sends a letter.

I wanted to tell you in person.

Well, I?m gonna try
to say this nicely.

Fuck you, Steve.

I don?t expect your sympathy.

But I have earned your faith.

I?ve been successful in business
since I was twenty two years old.

You had my belief.

That?s why when New York?s
honest car dealer decided

to engage in a scam

for planting phantom cars to
rip off the manufacturer

and got caught, we continued
to keep you and your family

in the bank. Continued
to steer deals your way.

I call bullshit.

I?m sorry, you call what?

That?s what they say. Bullshit!

The point is, you pretend to
defend your clients when they?re

going through tough times

when in fact you?re just
waiting to write off the debits.

We?re not the ones who changed.

You used to stay up ?til three
O?clock in the morning

reviewing business
plans and sales reports.

Now you can?t even get through
a meal without jumping up and.

I was yanking you, okay?
I know the lady.

She?s the mother of one of
Scotty?s friends in school.

Carol Salomonde.

I wasn?t planning to
take a roll with her.

I wanted to say hi.

You were yanking me?

Steve, come on.

Just give me a year
to get this together.

This is gonna cripple me.

We have to do this.

We?re finished.

Jason.

Yes, Mr. Kalmen.

Can I get a check, please?

About your house account.

All right.

He?ll pay for it. It?s
the least he can fucking do.

Baby aspirin, huh?

Uh-huh.

Did you have an incident or
are you, uh, just cautious?

Do I seem the cautious type to you?

Not the first word I?d use, no.

Yeah, no, I don?t
really know for sure.

Some doctor said he saw
something on an EKG,

he wanted me to get some tests.

What did he see?

I never went there.

God, I couldn?t live like that.

If you were my husband.

No, thank God for
all of us involved.

I mean, what do I
wanna know for anyway?

I just wanted to do the things
I wanted to do and only

the things I wanted to
do until it happens.

Whatever, you know, it is.

You seem to have infected
me with a little bit

of that spirit.

Oh, shit.

How did I even end up
here with the grandfather

of my son?s friend?

Because you?re in your
late thirties, Carol.

And if you were in your late twenties

you would have ended up
with a dissatisfied father

of one of your son?s friends.

Who even talks like that?

Everybody. They just say
that shit to themselves.

I let it fly.

And you think that?s a good thing.

I think that conversation
is not our long suit.

So maybe you ought
to get dressed.

Fine by me.

And I know, for sure, that
you?re not gonna share this

with Susan, right?

Believe me, that is
the last thing I want.

Can you do me a favor?

Can you just check on
the time on the clock?

The clock?

Yeah, it?s in the,
uh, in the drawer.

I threw it there last night so
the alarm wouldn?t wake us.

Isn?t that the idea?

I was drunk, you know,
what do you want?

It?s early.

Well, that?s good.

Yeah, I don?t have to
get the kids ?til two.

I?ve got another three hours.

It?s eleven?

Thirty.

Oh, shit.

Oh, great.

Hey.

Happy birthday, Scotty.

You missed the
party, Captain Ben.

I know, buddy.

I, you know, I had a
business meeting came up.

But, hey, I?m here now, huh?

Yeah. But the party?s over.

You didn?t get to
sing happy birthday.

You didn?t get any cake.

Capital work there, Ben.

Every time I lower
the bar of expectation,

you limbo right under it.

Thanks, Gare.

You know what?

We?ll have an after party party.

It?ll even be better than
your birthday party. I promise.

We will?

Definitely.

You going back to the apartment?

Come on, Scotty.
Let?s go, Susan.

Can he come over?

Please, mom?

No, there?s no room
in the cab, sweetie.

Suse, just put the
presents in the trunk.

I can ride there.

If you wanna come,
get yourself there.

And you better have a cake
and presents with you.

Yes, all right.

Good job.

Oh, we?re gonna save
that for after dinner.

But it?s my cake.

You already had cake.

Oh, come on.
It?s his birthday.

Let him have a bite.

At least let me see it, right?

Okay.

Prevent defense never works.

No, you keep throwing
those Hail Mary passes.

I mean, that?s a
short term strategy.

Nice.
My ball.

This is, uh, this is
the last quarter, guys.

We just started
on this game. No way.

How many games have
you already played?

Well, this is the last
game of the regular season.

But we?re only playing
three minute quarters,

so we?ll be done really soon.

Half hour more, you two.
That?s it.

We have to go to your
other grandparents house.

But I wanna stay with grandpa.

He said I can call
him that in private.

Well, daddy?s parents are
expecting us, so we have to go.

Touchdown!

Hey, no fair.

I was talking to my mom.

Hey, you snooze,
you lose, buddy.

I love ya.

Love you, too.

Okay.
Happy birthday.

I?m gonna say goodbye to grandpa.

You go get ready.

Okay.

I?m glad we got a
moment here alone.

I need another small loan from you.

Oh, you?re out of your mind.

Gary?s right. You?ve totally lost it.

What?

I?m not gonna give you
anymore money, especially

not after today?s performance.

Uh, didn?t Scotty have a great time?

He has a better time
with you than anyone.

That?s the problem.

He thinks you?re magic.

That?s how he should
think of his grandfather.

No, he should think
of his grandfather as

consistent and reliable.

Consistent is boring.

His other grandparents
are consistent.

He doesn?t wanna
go to their house.

But when he needs them,
he knows they?ll come running

and that makes him feel safe.

Oh, that?s illusion and you know it.

No one can protect anyone.

Look what happened to me.

You know, all of my high end
friends I cultivated

over the years and they
run for the hills.

I?m not gonna go back and
forth with you on this.

You missed his party. He had a smile
on his face cause

that?s the kind of kid
he is. But I know him.

He kept looking at the elevator
every time it opened hoping you

were gonna come walking out.

Mom and I must have tried
your cell phone six times.

I?m sorry I missed the party,
my alarm didn?t go off.

I know you?re sorry. I know. See,
this is what you do.

And you know whose
fault it really is?

Mine. If this happens
again, that?s it.

I?m not gonna keep putting him
in a position to get hurt when

you can totally prevent
it from happening.

What are you telling me?
You?re not gonna let me see my

grandson? You see the
way he looks at me?

Come on, I love that boy.

Either be in his life or don?t.

Antioxidants.
Good for you.

As important as the
future of my circulatory system

is, Nance it?s, uh, on the
top of my list right now.

Truth is, I can?t write you another
check, not now.

Uh-huh.

I need you to
float me some cash.

Well, Benny, I?m not gonna
let you starve. You know that.

Well, that?s very thoughtful of you

considering how many
meals I?ve given you,

how much cash has
flown from me to you...

Oh, stop. No. Come on. You are not
that guy. Don?t do that.

Yeah, you never even
made me take you to court.

You put in the years.
What was I gonna do?

Ah, what am I gonna do, huh?

What everybody else does.
What I did.

Things change, you move on.

I mean, who thought I would
be selling real estate?

And it turns that, uh, I?m
good at it and I love it.

And I love my wine classes
and I love my poker games

on Wednesday nights with my
friends and I love going

to see the Mets and the
Rangers and I love my view.

Look at this view.

Yeah, I know. You got the
best view in the city.

Absolutely. That?s
why I never sold it.

Uh-huh.

What do you mean, uh-huh?

Oh. I know that look.

What do you think, I?m holding
a vigil for your return?

I want everything exactly the
way it was for our reunion?

No, no, no. You made
that very clear when you

shacked up with that, uh
mark, the orthodontist.

Look, he was a good guy
and, you know you won?t

be satisfied ?til I go into a nunnery.

I just find it interesting that
you never changed the furniture.

Not a chair, couch, even the cushions.

Is that couch still comfy?

Most comfortable couch you ever sat on.

Well, I don?t change things
when they?re still working.

That?s your move.

So what d I tell you, Pete?

Is this a kickass location or what?

Ben, hi.

Hi, Ben Kalmen.

I know who you are. Ben Kalmen, New
York?s honest car dealer.

This is Bill Rallye.
It?s his dealership.

Welcome to Rallye motors.

Rallye motors. I like that. It?s got
a nice to ring to it, yeah.

Now, Ben, I told you
I love this spot.

No, look, I?m not here to protest.

I?m here looking for a job.

You wanna come work for me?

I can sell the hell
out of any car. Always could.

There?s no question about that.

Uh, Bill, do you mind
just, uh, stepping away,

give me a moment with Mr. Kalmen?

Not at all. My pleasure.

I?ll catch up with you,
Bill. Thanks.

Ben, I?m not sure corporate
would even let you buy a car

from us. You really crapped
the bed on this one. It?s like,

uh, I?ve never seen anyone turn
friends to enemies so fast.

I mean, understand. I saw the
paperwork. It was prepared.

You were in. I don?t know
what you did exactly.

But, uh, it, th, now
there?s no way. No way.

Pete, come on.

Come on, Pete, Pete, Pete, come
on. Let me into the house.

I promise you a really
nice parting gift.

I can?t do it.

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Mr. Kalmen?

Todd. Hello.

Mr. Kalmen, you?re
three weeks late.

You?ve only been here two
months. Now, when I let you move

in with your questionable
financials, you remember?

I remember.

You convinced me that
I could trust you.

You can, Todd.

Okay, well, then I need a check, okay?

Or else I have to start
removal proceedings.

By tomorrow morning my sense
of honor is not gonna allow.

Carol Salomonde. You
had to fuck a friend of mine.

Someone I see at school
every day. And then mock her

in the morning, never call
her, never return her calls.

You had to put me in that
position. You?re priceless, dad.

Ho, ho, hold on here, hold on.

I just dropped Scotty at
Sean?s house for a play date.

That?s Carol?s son. When I get there
she stops me and tells me

the story. Says her nanny?s gonna
bring Sean to the next

play date because it?s
just too awkward otherwise.

Well, what does she expect?
That I should pin her,

take her to the prom?
Just tell her to grow up.

It?s not what she expects,
it?s what I expect.

Expect that I should be
chaste, never have any sex

now that I divorced your mother?

I expect you to not fuck my friends.

Todd, e-e-excuse me.
Uh, maybe?

All right. Well,
I want it by tomorrow. Okay?

Cashier?s or certified or you?re gone.

Okay.

Pumpkin, come on, come on inside.

You?re not a kid anymore.

You have to realize you
can't change your daddy.

I?m still your child.

It?s time you realized
you?re my father.

How, what, what do
you want me to do?

I want you to get some help.

I don?t know. See someone,
maybe try medication.

Just something to get
your balance back.

Now, I, I?m not gonna do that.

Do it for me, dad.

For Scotty?

I never complained
about any of it, did i?

When you left mom, when you
blew up your franchises

when you spent all your money
trying to stay out of prison?

I didn?t say anything. You used to be
someone I could look up

to and now you?re just slutting
around Lexington Avenue.

I turn on the news, I
see you in handcuffs.

Well, you, as bad as it
may have been for you,

it was worse for me.

Come on.

I mean, what was it? Was it one
thing? What hit the switch?

Uh, what do you want me to tell you?

Actually, nothing.

Don?t tell me anything.

Because you?re just gonna say
whatever you think I need to

hear and then you?re gonna
do whatever you want anyway.

Suse, come on, Suse.

No. If you?re not gonna help
yourself, then just leave me,

my friends and my family alone.

I?m sorry to hear that.

But not sorry enough to
do something about it.

You?re really gonna let us
just walk out of your life?

Well, you?re making
the choice, not me.

Fine.

If that?s the way you
need to hear it

then, yes, I?m making it.

Stay away from us.

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Ben.

Hey, Jimmy.

Come on in.
Annie?s sleepin?.

I gotta serve breakfast early
in the morning tomorrow, so...

No, go, go.

You can stay in,
in this playroom.

It?s got a really good sofa.

And, uh, there?s some linens
in the closet and pillows.

Good night.

Good night.

Uh, Jimmy, um

listen, how do you, uh

how are you fixed for help at the deli?

Really?

I don?t know
how you get any

work done here with
all these distractions.

I look and go right
back to what I?m doing.

Uh-huh.

You?ve been married
how many years?

Thirty-four years this April.

And you never once took one of
these girls out for a picnic?

I?m married to Annie.

I know, you said that.
But not once, not even once?

It?s not like these girls are
throwing themselves at me.

These girls are into
economics, micro, macro.

They are, they don?t know
what 58k a year gives ya.

They?re looking to find
somebody their own age

or some rich asshole. No offense.

Why would I be offended?

All right. You want me to tell you
why it doesn?t bother me?

Yeah.

All right. When my father
gave me this place years ago

I used to dream about these girls.

Every night, dreams, all
kinds of dreams about ?em.

But then I?d see ?em coming
back after graduation.

They?d come to homecomings, ballgames.

They?d sit at the same
tables, eat the same food.

And I look at them and I notice,
they don?t stay like this.

None of ?em.

They put on years and
pounds and wrinkles.

And I got one like that at
home. So. And we can talk to

each other. I know her
and I?ll always know her.

There you are.
Five, six, seven.

Cheston.

Mr. Kalmen. Hey.
Great to see you.

Nice to see you.

I heard you were,
uh, working here.

Uh, I wanted to come
bring you your shirt back.

Ah. Even washed it.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Oh. De nada.

Oh. De nada?

Looks like you?re doing fine.

Yeah, I told you I was a good student.

Hey, uh, this is, uh, Maureen.

Hey.

Hello, Maureen. How are you?

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.
What would you like?

Um, can I have a black
and white shake, please?

You got it.

Uh, actually, uh, make it dos.

Dos?

Yeah.

Dos, huh? These
are on the house.

Hey, uh, Mr. Kalmen, we are
having a, uh, little house party

on Thursday night. We were wondering
if you, would come.

You?re having a party? Don?t you have
classes the next day?

Uh, yeah. So I won?t sleep
late and miss a class?

That really such a big deal?

Not if you?re sleeping late
at Maureen s, it?s not.

I?d love to come.
Yeah, that?d be great.

Um, mucho gracias por la invitaci?n.

Uh, yeah.

Speaks Spanish.

Okay.
Here you go.

Ben.

This is weird.

I didn?t chase you up here. Okay?

I don?t, uh,

I don?t know what to say.

Well, there?s really
nothing to say, you know.

This is weird.

I had to get out of the city.

Jimmy offered me a job and,
uh, that?s why I?m here.

And this is the best
job you could get.

It?s a job.

You had to have other options.

Well, your mom was
pretty effective about

eliminating all of them.

You must be so mad at me.

Not really. No. You know, you had an
opening. You took it.

Got a good clean shot in at your mom.

Boxing glove can?t
get mad at the fist.

So, you?re okay?

It?s what it is, yeah.

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Hello?

Gary, I wanna talk to my grandson.

He went, went to sleep,
like, six hours ago.

Ben, do you know what time it is?

I know, I know, it?s late. It?s late.

Just, just wake, wake him.
He?s gonna wanna talk to me.

Your father.

Dad, you can?t do this.

I, I gotta talk to him.

There?s things I gotta
tell him, Suse, you know.

No.

I, this is important stuff.

I?m not gonna be around
here forever, you know.

And who?s gonna show him?

This is hard for me, but
I?m hanging up now, dad.

No, no, no, no, no,
okay. I, I, look. It?s...

I?m sorry I called late.
Past his bed time, but...

I?m sitting here on the
bench where I met your mom.

I gotta pass this fucking bench
three times a day, you know.

I?m sorry.

No. I?ll call back in the morning.

He won?t be available then either.

He thinks you?re on a long trip
where there are no phones.

Which you are.

Yeah.

I?m going
to speak quickly and clearly

so that we don?t misunderstand
one another, Benjamin.

That would be fine.

It has been explained to me that
you are on Allyson?s campus?

I am at the school.
Yeah. I got a job here.

You are to leave that
campus immediately.

I will not have my daughter?s
environment threatened. This is

her college experience. I want her to
remember it fondly.

Has she complained to you?

That?s an irrelevant question.

I?ve never approached her.
Never tried.

Well, you?re mistaking
this for a conversation.

I don?t wanna have to tell
Allyson?s father about

everything that?s transpired,
but I will. And as you know,

he has a wide ranging group
of contacts and a far reach.

I?m sure he does.

Can?t we move on?

I have moved on.

The moment you put your hands on
my daughter, you ceased to exist

to me. It is now as if
you never existed. I believe

I?ve shown remarkable restraint
in taking this approach.

I take a great measure of
pride in it, actually

to be able to transcend the
influence of a life form such as

yours. But hear this. It certainly
isn?t the only

approach available to me. Tomorrow,
Ben, you get going.

Or this file moves from my
desk to Allyson?s father s.

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So I?m thinking, yeah, Allyson
was trying to get a rise from

her mother who was trying to
get my attention to her mother.

Right.

You see, see, see what I mean.

Yeah, yeah, dude. You?re trying to
understand her behavior

through, through Jungian archetypes.

That?s, that?s a slippery slope, Ben.

Well, you did some homework
today, didn?t you?

I did do some homework.
Yeah. I still have to do well.

Don?t worry. I told her
I was, um, crashing out after.

In the morning, wake me.

Yeah. Well played, man.
Well played.

But, anyway, getting
back to Allyson. I think she?s,

she?s trying to give me some kind of
message, you know?

Yeah. Yeah, I think you,
you got caught up in her.

I did, yeah.

Yeah, you did.
Which is interesting, actually.

Because, um, your
counsel to me was, uh.

I say a whole bunch
of shit, you know.

Some of it?s even the truth.

Oh, yeah.

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That?s good.

Yeah?

Yeah. Is this new?

Um, no. No, it?s old. It?s really,
actually, I think it?s

from when I was in eleventh grade or
something.

Hmm. It?s still good though.

Thank you.

Well done, huh, young man?
Well done.

Thank you.

All the way around.

Yeah, well, getting into an
eclectic house was, was really

great. But, um, being junior is just really

different than being a sophomore.

Yeah. But being a sophomore is a hell
of a lot better than being

a senior because you?ve
got it all in front of you.

Lumberjack.

What?

You?re Sunday breakfast.
Lumberjack special.

The two, the two, the two.
The cakes, the eggs, bacon.

You?re the guy from Marino?s.

I kept trying to figure
out who you were.

And I remember you
for two reasons.

One, you got the hair of
Bancroft, Mrs. Robinson.

She used to drive me nuts.
And I love the way that you eat.

You know, you don?t give a
fuck what anybody thinks.

You just, you know,
you just go for it.

Wow. I never thought about it that
much. I just like pancakes.

Yeah. That?s cool.

Right. So, um, I?ll
see you at Marino?s.

Okay. You?ll see me at Marino?s.

Hey.

Hi.

Hi. You want a drink?

No. Just some more ice.

Yeah.

Cheston, he s, he?s terrific, isn?t he?

He?s super. He loves you.

He thinks you?re
some sort of arch Dr. Phil.

Dr. Phil.

Yeah.

No, no, no. He?s a bozo.

When I give advice, it?s target specific.

And what advice did you give him exactly?

He?s very tightlipped about it.

Oh, well, I can?t reveal
all my confidences.

But you ought to know this
because I would never tell him

anything that you said
you know, or what I saw or,

you know what might gonna happen.

What?s gonna happen, Ben?

Well, it?s not really the
question of the moment, is it?

No.

No. No. The question of the moment is

what are you getting
out of the transaction?

What transaction?

Well, you know what I mean. Between
the, uh, the two of you.

I mean you got your little jokes,
you know, the Spanish

thing, interests are the
same, and the studying.

But, um, are you getting it,
you know, where it counts?

Oh, Ben. Cheston thinks
you care about him.

This has nothing to do with him.

He?s never gonna know about this.
Never.

Aren?t you a little old for all this?

You?re still standing here, aren?t you?

Yeah, cause I?m contemplating
throwing this drink in your

face. But I?m not going to because I
don?t want Cheston to

know what you just tried. So
you can just walk away. Please.

Nothing personal.

Hey.

That is it, actually. Since you asked,

that?s what I get from him.
Something personal.

Besides getting it done where
it counts, which he does

Cheston and I reach each other.
He?s tender and sweet and

smart and funny, a million
things that you aren?t.

I was once, honey.
It doesn?t last.

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I?m gonna
tell you a few things.

Then I?m gonna do a few things. Huh?
First, you?re not getting

robbed. Just stay there.
Second. My name is Nascarella.

Now, I?m giving you my
particulars so you understand

you can forget about going
to the cops with this.

I was on the job thirty years. They
give me a nice gold shield.

There?s no help there
for you, my friend.

Plus, I squared it
with campus security.

Seems, uh, you?ve thrown the
first punch before, huh?

Just like tonight?

The fu, fuck you
want from me, huh?

I picked up all my debts
in Vegas, AC, you now.

That?s damn good, pal. But
It?s got nothing to do with me.

I run security for
Allyson Karsch?s father.

And the third thing I
wanna tell you is, leave.

I mean, as soon as you can.

You were warned once
before but you ignored it.

Now, are you gonna ignore me?

No.

No. Uh, I?m gonna go.

You mean that? It is a promise?

I?m gonna go, I m
gonna go in the morning,

first thing, I?m gonna go.

Not sure you?ll be able
to get on your way that quickly.

What?

Come on, you can get up. Come on.

Let me help you.
That?s it. Good.

Good. That?s good.
Hey, you okay?

Yeah.

Okay.

Do not ignore me.

No broad is worth it.

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We gotta
go to the hospital.

No, no, no hospitals.
I just, oh, I wanna lie down.

I won?t let you close your eyes
until we get this looked at.

You won?t let me.

No. I mean, you could
have internal injuries.

You hit your head.
I mean, we need a doctor.

I don?t need a doctor.

Jesus Christ, you?re too
fucking good to be true.

What the fuck you care about
whether I get looked at or not?

You know, don?t start all
that, that friend bullshit.

Well, well, we are friends.

I haven?t seen you in
thirty years, all right?

That has nothing to do with this.

See, that?s where you and I, you
know, are a little different.

I don?t exactly have,
uh, faith in that racket.

What, the friendship racket?

Yeah.

You know, you had a lot of
friends when you were here, Ben.

A lot of friends.

Yeah, uh, I?ll tell you where
there?s a place for friends.

You know where it?s in that,
that, that, that midrange

you know, where everything is
comfortable, we?re all the same.

Right there in the middle. Huh? But
at your highest moments and

your lowest, you?re alone.

I?m on the cover of Forbes magazine,
right? I?m by myself.

I?m on the, uh, the front
of the Times Business,

uh, section In Handcuffs.
I?m, I?m there by myself.

That is not true.

Please, please. They pull
at you. They smile at you.

All they wanna do is kill ya.

Listen, they?d fucking
kill ya to take your place.

And I?m, I?m walking on
my, my way to court

thinking anybody?s asking, hey,
wonder what?s going on in, in

Ben?s mind, you know?
I couldn?t give a shit.

Hey, I remember Nancy. She would
never treat you that way. Never.

Cause Nancy was legit.

And I was legit to Nancy.

And when I couldn?t be
anymore, you know, I left.

If it means anything

when you were on the cover
of Forbes magazine

I was on the cover
of Forbes magazine.

I saved it and everything.

I believe you.

Good.

I just, I don?t how
to be like you, Jimmy.

I don?t really know
where to start.

Go start tomorrow.

Let?s go inside.

Aarg!

Shit.

Oh, I think, I think I
cracked a couple of ribs.

Suse?

Hey, dad.

At least I can understand myself now.

They lowered the painkillers. They
had to keep it high at

first so you wouldn?t move and cause
more internal damage.

You?re gonna be okay.

You came to see me?

Yeah.

You?re gold, Suse.

You?re pure gold.

How long can you stay?

For now.

Then I have to take off, but
I?ll sit with you ?til then.

I?m sorry about Carol Salomonde.
I shouldn?t...

don?t think about that now.

Just rest.

Thanks, pumpkin.

Here, let me help you.

You?re feeling quite nicely?

Yeah, well, it hurts like a beast.

Well, it?s gonna be
sore for sometime still.

The doctors will be
in after their rounds.

Now, I know that they spoke to
your doctor back in New York.

While you were under sedation
they ran a series of tests.

I know that we?re not supposed
to discuss results with you.

Well, what, what kind of tests?
Who, who, who told ?em?

You did.

And you signed consent
forms when you came in.

I don?t remember that.

Yeah, you wouldn t.
You know, the alcohol

and shock to your
system was pretty extreme.

So, what kind of tests?

They ran a series
concentrating on your heart.

Am I hooked up here to anything else?

Just to the I.V.

You wanna take this out, please?
Oooh.

That?s against doctor?s orders.

Well, if you don?t take it out,
I?m gonna take this with me,

because I?m leaving.

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Ben.

I did you wrong, kid.

I?m here to make it right.

Really.

Yeah, you know, you gave me back
my shirt and I never gave you

back the one I borrowed. So.

Uh, this isn?t my shirt.

No, no that particular shirt?s
in some storage box in New York,

so I bought you a new one.

And, you know, thought it
would look good on you.

All right. Thanks.

Also, it appears I
might have done you wrong

a couple of other ways, too.

Yeah. Yeah, I know.
I know. She told me.

She didn?t want to, but I saw
that something was bothering

her. She said that,
that you were drunk...

that I shouldn?t be mad,
that it was just kinda sad.

That that?s who you are.

See, she might be a good one.

I forgot to tell you
about the good ones.

You know, they re, they?re
different than all the others.

And, um... you know, they?re rare.

And when you get a good one
you don?t wanna fuck it up.

Yeah, I know. I, I
figured that out myself.

Figured you would.
You?re a good one, too.

Okay.

Hey.

Thanks for the shirt.

De nada.

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Okay, Nance.

When was the first
time that a doctor sent

you for a heart scan?

Hospital called you.

Called your daughter.

Uh, Dr. Steinberg
ordered up that test about

six and a half years ago.

And how long after that
did you start cheating?

That day.

And you never went back to
have the test done, did you?

No.

Can?t use that as an excuse though.
It was a factor.

But, uh, you know,
things were building up.

Building up?

Yeah.

I was becoming invisible.

Invisible?

Look, thirty years ago I would
walk into a room, that room

would change just
because I was there.

It was, you know, I was a
graduate, self made man, great

shape. I had the TV
commercials, all that stuff.

I remember. I was right next to the
camera when you shot them.

You know what it was like back then.

I was a lion. That?s
how people looked at me.

But then, you know,
things started to change.

And over the, uh, past ten or
twelve years, I?d walk into a

room and the only old people noticed
me. They knew who I am.

And to everybody else I?m invisible.

You were never invisible to me.

Well, that doesn?t count
because you were my wife.

Oh. Well. You know what,
Benny? If you?re lucky,

that?s what happens. You get old.

No, I, I accept it?s biological.

I just don?t accept
that it happened to me.

So, when, uh, Steinberg said he
thought he saw something on the

EKG, I got nervous. And when
he called up the heart scan,

uh, to see if there was any blockage...

I had every intention of walking
out of his office and going

right there to check on it.

But instead?

Instead I went into a bar and
grill on Lexington Avenue

had a couple of pops
to calm down and, uh

I picked up the first young girl
who said yes and took her back

to a suite at the Carlyle.

And what did that do for you?

The truth?

Did plenty.

See, I figured you?d see it on
my face, you?d know straight

off. But you didn?t. You
didn?t say anything, you know.

So, I kept right on going.

And then, uh, you know, awhile
after that I?m up in my shop at

white plains looking
at the books. And I say to

myself, why should I be New York?s
honest car dealer?

Then again, nobody said
anything. Nothing for years.

But you know, I, I still
don?t understand why you...

you didn?t go back and have
the test just to make sure.

I?m gonna go to a doctor and
give him that kind of power?

The, the when, the
where and the how?

There?s no, there?s no way.

You know what it?s like
when we get our age.

The best thing a doctor can say
is, uh, well, oh, the survival

rate is high... or,
uh, it?s a good cancer, or...

uh, hey, you know, no problem.
We got it early.

I don?t wanna hear any of that.

And I wasn?t gonna go
get some of those, uh...

those, those beta blockers and
all that crap that slow you down

and level you out. I was gonna live
my life the way I wanted

to until the fucking
thing in my heart exploded.

But you can?t cheat death,
Benny. Nobody can and

no matter how many 19 year
olds you talk into your bed.

I know that.
I know that now.

Well...

my car?s parked over there.

And I?d be happy to drive
you back to New York City...

if you?re ready.

Take a few minutes and...

you decide what you really want.

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