Mosaic (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Meet Olivia Lake - full transcript
Just gonna say a few
things that I know
and a few things I'd like
to find out about.
Anyhow...
I got out of a meeting
with forensics earlier today.
I made a copy of the report
for you to read later.
Maybe it'll jog
your memory or something.
The short of it?
Olivia, she got hit on the jaw
on the left side of her face
by someone
who was right-handed.
I don't know if you know this,
but Eric Neill is left-handed.
Your right hand was red,
bloody, and swollen.
Both when Tia
picked you up at midnight...
11:57 to be exact...
and then in the morning
when Frank got you in town.
And also Facebook.
You deleted photos of you
showing you wearing a T-shirt
that was found
buried with the body.
You asked Tia...
my son's in her class,
by the way...
to lie about
what happened that night.
And you asked Frank
to do the same thing.
Twice.
Back then and now.
And finally...
we had a guy
following you today, man.
As soon as you found out
the information
on what was found
with the body,
you left the hotel.
You went to Marcellus County.
That's where the gardener,
Horacio, lives.
He's the guy you sold the
truck to in a hurry when...
after the murder.
After Horacio,
you went to a gas
station on the I-80.
We've got some guys going
to the gas station now.
They've been instructed
to search the dumpsters.
You wanna tell me
what they're gonna find or...
should I wait for them
to tell me?
Joel!
What happens now?
Now I go back to the office
and I write up a warrant.
I bring it to the prosecutor
first thing,
and when he signs it, and
I do believe he will sign it...
then I go and I talk
to Judge Warren in chambers
and I tell her everything
I just told you.
And then she approves it,
and then I come back
to this hotel room...
and you and Laura are gonna have
to decide how to play this.
A double Don Julio plotted,
neat, lime, no salt.
Um, hello? Yeah.
Uh, excuse me.
Hi, everyone.
I'm Michael O'Connor.
Hello, everyone. How's it going?
Okay, so this is the part
of the annual fundraiser
where the host
gives an intro talk.
And this would be
the part of the talk
where I would say something
punchy or comical
to break up the tension.
So imagine that this is that.
I grew up with Olivia Lake.
Not just like you all did
reading her book,
but I... I literally grew up
up the hill from her.
I used to ride my Big Wheel
in her parking lot,
which is right down there.
She's like
a surrogate mom to me.
So, what else can I say
about Olivia Lake
that she hasn't already told me to say?
Wait, shoot.
"...about Olivia Lake
that she hasn't
already told me to say?"
What did I write?
But what...
oh, right, okay,
so, but why are we really here?
Because
this is the time of year
that we all have a chance
to make a real difference,
a difference in
the lives of children
not just in the Summit area,
but all throughout the entire
greater Salt Lake area as well.
So, Olivia Lake began her
career as a graphic designer
before illustrating several
children's books for other authors
when she awoke from a
dream with the idea
for "Whose Woods
These Are."
- Hi.
- I thought maybe
I should put both of us
out of your misery.
Oh, but first,
I'd like to pretend
that I'm not old enough
to be anybody's surrogate mom.
However, more sincerely,
I'd like to say you're kind of like
the son I never knew I really wanted.
But first, just look at this
beautiful, beautiful house,
and, um...
that you have offered us
for this event.
I mean, come on.
And the seed money
that you gave us
to start Mosaic
or we wouldn't even be here
to start with.
Michael is...
You are one of
the most sensitive people
I've ever had
the pleasure of knowing.
And that sensitivity has...
...turned into
being one of the most
acute collectors of art,
which you could all see
if you were lucky enough to
have a tour of the Red Room.
Hey, why don't we auction off
tours of the Red Room today
for, like, $1,000?
Uh, yeah, yeah, okay.
That sounds good.
- Okay, $1,000, anybody?
- Yes!
Oh, God, thank you.
- Make it 10!
- Yay! Thank you.
Because we really
do need those funds
to keep Mosaic going, and...
you know, it only takes one
person to change a life.
Hunky bartender...
your team or mine?
I'm wondering
the same thing myself.
Reconnaissance,
s'il vous plaît.
Yes, Captain.
So, Red Room?
- We're there!
- Really? Great.
- Thank you...
- Thank you.
Very much.
Really appreciate that.
Thank you.
Double Glenlivet
on the rocks with a splash.
Oh, actually, I
just wanted a single.
Well, I'm sorry.
I've been instructed to only
pour doubles this afternoon.
Oh, who could possibly
do a thing like that?
Someone who actually thinks I'm
gonna write her another check.
He could. I finally got a
pen that writes on rubber.
Pour me something
tall and muscular.
You got it.
A lesser nuanced host
might have said "stiff."
Okay, cue Bill Conti.
I think I'm being played off.
- Here you are.
- Thank you.
I'm sorry, I know you
probably get this a lot,
- but...
- Oh, I know.
I'm a little old
for a children's author.
You might be the reason
I became an artist.
Then I moved to New York to
get a publisher and an agent,
and then blew through half my savings
in the first couple of weeks.
And... and a buddy
told me about Summit.
Ah, so you thought, "There's all these
rich people blowing in and out here..."
- Yeah.
- "...so I'll come out, bank some cash."
- Bank it out.
- "And I'm from Minnesota..."
- Oh, yeah.
- "so I'll come out here and teach skiing."
A little skiing, a little
hunting, some tennis.
Oh, and then you
blew out your knee?
- Shoulder.
- Oh.
- Rotator cuff, actually.
- Oh.
In a car wreck, of all things.
Oh, I bet that tree just jumped right
out in the middle of the road.
Oh, you know, I think it was
a little more of an insurance scam.
You can never trust nature.
Why is that guy looking at you
like he's the boss of you?
I think it's because
he is the boss of me.
Oh, all right, then.
Better go do your thing.
Maybe if I see you next time,
I'll show you yours
if you show me mine.
Uh...
Okay, that sounds great.
Uh, excuse me.
Sorry, um, I saw online that
you guys do silk screen stuff?
Yeah, we do. We do the emulsion,
do the press, whole thing.
We got a bunch of T-shirts if
that's what you're looking for.
Oh, well, honestly,
I just wanted to make
a shirt of this.
You drew these?
- Yeah, I did.
- You drew these yourself?
Yeah.
These are just
all the ones that I've done
since, uh...
since I got here.
They're insane.
I mean, they're insane.
That's... okay,
okay, okay, okay.
- So...
- I'm sorry, we'll do it in a different place.
Let's... let's ask
some questions here.
Are you Kirby or
are you Moebius?
- Seriously?
- I'm dead serious.
Moebius.
Yeah, that's good.
Good.
- Are you '70s or are you '80s?
- '70s.
- "Métal Hurlant"!
- Yeah, nice!
- Oh.
- Mm.
So, you're not into
the whole, uh...
"Incal" stuff with Jodorowsky?
- Nah.
- Nah.
- Eh.
- Eh.
Well, that's appropriate.
That's appropriate.
Okay, so within
the "Métal Hurlant" era,
- are you "Arzach" or are you...
- "Airtight Garage"?
- "Arzach."
- Okay, but you got to admit
"Le Garage Hermétique,"
that was insane.
Yeah, I guess, but, I mean,
"Arzach" is all drawing.
Like, I love that it's the
purest sequential storytelling.
No words.
Do you want another round?
Uh, yeah.
Let's go, two more.
Yeah, maybe it's...
maybe I'm just not
a words person.
Yeah, okay, but that's fixable.
You just gotta meet
somebody that, you know...
somebody that maybe is
a words person, you know?
That's easy.
High performance ch...
Chelation ion chromatography.
It detects trace
elements of rare metals.
What kind of rare metals?
All kinds.
Why are you showing this to me?
You remember when we had
those guys out here
a couple of weeks ago?
I told you I'd let you know
if they found anything.
Do you want me to fill you in
before your dad comes?
Why?
Well...
so you can fill him in.
He doesn't need
to know about this.
Well, it's good to see
all the homework you did.
It's nice to know
what all this is worth.
Mm-hmm.
And, uh...
and the offer,
what was that word
that you used?
Uh, the vig?
Yes, the 10% vig.
But, you know.
So... so, you're not
interested?
Uh, no.
You know, I was thinking,
you know my dad, you know how
much he loves this whole area,
how much he loves his views,
his pristine views.
But if there ever comes a time,
if ever, whenever you think, "Hey, you
know, it's time to move on from here"...
You know when you'll know
when I'm moving on?
When you're standing at my gravesite
with whatever's left of my mourners,
and then you can
negotiate with my dogs
or whoever I've left
this place to.
But, you know,
since I'm not dead,
why don't we take this precious moment
for me to offer you a piece of advice?
Why don't you stop dragging dead rats through
the cat flap to dump at your daddy's feet?
Okay?
- Okay.
- Okay?
- Okay.
- Okay.
Okay.
Okay. Okay.
Man, for me?
What are my influences?
Yeah. I mean,
other than the obvious.
Kirby, Frank Miller,
- Steranko, Eisner.
- So you know who they are?
- Well, yeah.
- Wow, uh...
No, I've always,
you know, believed in
"standing on the shoulders
of giants" sort of things.
It's a long
fucking way to fall.
If you're up there,
you better make sure
you've got something.
Oh, everybody's got
an imagination.
Everybody's got influences.
My question to you is what's
your own special take on it?
Well, um... well,
this place is a mess.
Glad we came up here.
We can clean it up.
Yeah.
Well, you seem strong.
Are you handy?
I'd like to think so, yeah.
Oof, is it the mirror or
did somebody steal my ass?
Mm.
Uh...
So, this is where
it all happens.
Well...
yeah.
Is the beryllium real?
Very.
So...
So...
some guys came to us
a couple years back...
about a year ago, actually.
Down in Redding,
a guy named Casey Delacroix
and his partner Eric Neill.
They were using pseudonyms.
I never met them, our guys did.
It was just an uninspired
attempt at a silver scam.
But I had Darenzo
dig a little deeper
into Delacroix and Neill.
Turns out he found a case
10 years back or so
involving a girl.
24 years old.
Eloise Brand.
A trust fund kid,
a ton of dough,
and she fell in love
with Neill.
- I'm not sure...
- Well, it turns out
it took Neill nine and a half
months to make that happen.
- So, he...
- He really worked her.
They were engaged.
And Neill doesn't deny
the relationship.
He says he got cold feet.
But according to Darenzo,
the girl's family came down
on him like a hammer.
But the charges were dropped
in some kind of bargain that
landed Neill's father in prison.
He sent his own father to jail?
In exchange for
his own freedom, yeah.
So, we have a guy
in Turks, John Clifford.
He owes us a little.
He's gonna reach out
to Neill later in the week.
So, what, you
gonna sleep in the hay?
Or are you gonna eat the hay
and sleep in the horseshit?
It's an apartment.
It just so happens
to be in a barn.
Oh, I see.
Well, I'm not arguing
against it.
I'm just saying
that here you have a bed,
you don't have to eat,
that's all.
Yeah, and it's free.
Well, I mean, I'm gonna have to
work in exchange for the rent,
but I'll have complete
access to her studio,
which I get to use...
Olivia Lake's studio.
And she's going to look at my stuff.
Look at your stuff
or look at your junk?
She's gonna
show it to her agent.
I... I still don't understand.
What do you mean?
She's gonna, like,
show your stuff to people?
- Be like a mentor?
- Yeah.
Why, is that weird?
Laura, this is...
this is huge for me.
And in exchange, all she wants
is help around the property?
Yeah.
Laura...
what are you so worried about?
- She makes me nervous.
- How?
I don't trust her.
Eric?
Eric, hey. Cliff Jones.
Good to know you.
I'm sorry, I didn't expect
the game to run this long.
- Do you have a bracket?
- No, I...
No, you have better things
to do with your time, right?
- Yeah.
- So, um, you got my name from...?
People familiar
with your skills.
Come on, we can't not go
all the way this year.
Come on!
So...
- Why are we here?
- Yeah.
Yes, the literal
million dollar question.
I represent a woman,
lives overseas.
Turns out there's a piece of
property she's had her eye on.
By "had her eye on," I mean
seems to be obsessed with.
She's made generous offers.
But the owner won't sell?
Well, the... the owner has
what those who know her call
an "unhealthy attachment"
to it.
Unhealthy 'cause
she's overextended.
But... but I'll tell you what,
those who love her
think she'd actually
be better off...
- Downsizing.
- Right.
In a way,
we're doing her a favor.
All right, fair enough.
But, long run, she will
be better off is my point.
So, what do you want me to do?
Get her to sell it.
And why do you think
that I'm particularly...
Eloise Brand.
With deep pockets comes
deep research, let's say.
What's my end?
Well, when I said it was
a million dollar question...
I wasn't kidding.
She must really love
this place.
Yeah, it's quite special.
When you see it,
you'll understand.
I get half up front.
You get 10% up front.
The rest on close of escrow.
Who handles my expenses?
What's in the bag is what you
have to work with, all right?
Hey, you do it with three
rubber bands and a sticky note?
The rest is yours.
My client trusts
you'll figure it out.
2:44, four down.
Come on!
We're recommitting
to the studio.
It's his idea.
Oh, he's gonna paint,
redo the deck.
We're gonna discuss
the rent, TBD.
- Tools are down in the barn.
Mm-hmm.
And the talent?
He's no Enzo, is he?
Voilà.
I'm a master chef.
Thank you.
Oh.
Okay?
- Good luck.
- It's you I love.
Knock, knock.
Come on in.
Oh, I guess it's hot in here.
- Yeah.
- Here, honey.
This was starting to get
a little stinky, so.
Well, it'll be our first rag.
Our first rag together.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Oh!
Hey, that looks nice.
Yeah, I just wanted
to make it a little bigger.
Some sketching space,
and, plus, you know,
room for two.
Oh, for me to...
pfft.
Why don't we drown that
thought in a margarita?
- Don't mind if I do.
- All right.
Oh.
Oh, she's early.
Hang on.
Uh, hey!
Hey, there!
Hi!
Hey.
Wow, this place is beautiful.
Right?
I knew you'd like it.
Come on.
Oh, wait!
Laura, Laura.
I wanna introduce you
to someone.
Laura, this is Olivia.
Hi.
So, he said,
"If you could cook,
we could fire the chef."
And I said, "Ernie,
if you could fuck,
we could fire
the chauffeur."
What?
- Hey.
- Hi.
Miss Lake!
Dennis Klein.
Thank you for being
so kind and responsive.
I've been seating myself
for decades.
My ass goes here, right?
Yes, it does, and you want
to face the table.
At $124,000 for...
for the exploration,
I believe we'd be safe.
Of that, $10,000 is my fee,
which... I've given it
some thought
and I'm willing
to waive my fee.
You know, skin in the game.
So, now we're at 114.
And if what I suspect is true
turns out to, in fact, be true,
I would get 10%
of whatever your ultimate
reward turns out to be.
And we could reduce that
to... to 8 or even 7 1/2%
if the upside is where
it may end up being.
And, honestly,
5% is all I would...
um, I would need.
End of the day, you know,
all to be negotiated.
So, there you have it.
I mean, uh,
you have the material.
Uh, have a look at it.
Uh... and you have
my number.
Give it some thought.
And, uh... and I...
it was lovely to meet you,
and I hope... I hope to be
hearing from you soon.
Thanks.
Um, excuse me.
I looked over and I'm like,
"That's the face
from the book I worshipped."
And I'm really sorry,
but I heard
what your friend was saying.
May I?
I won't stay long.
I've got a 2:00.
Eric Neill. Hi.
- Olivia Lake.
- Yeah, of course you are.
Um, hmm.
You didn't trust what he said?
My guess is
if you Google him...
He's a geologist?
Professor of geology.
Right, so you'll
follow a few links
and they'll take you to a university
website, and there he'll be.
But let me guess...
does he have
a sick relative,
an ex-wife, or...?
- A daughter.
- Perfect.
So, you'll dig a little deeper
and you'll see something
about her car accident or...
anything... spina bifida,
some rare blood disease.
"Damn," you'll say,
"the poor guy
is telling the truth."
So then you'll Google... what was
the company he told you about?
- Ogden Ore.
- Right.
And you'll see ginormous
profits to Ogden Ore
for recommissioned
silver mines.
But you get a call.
He's having second thoughts.
He doesn't want to screw
his bosses at the school.
But in your brain, a tiny
voice will be whispering,
"Ogden Ore made... " whatever
figure he gave you.
72 million.
"Which buys a lot of brushes,"
you'll be telling yourself.
And so you'll say,
"The school will be fine.
They just made... " whatever
he said they made...
"on their own
consulting fees."
And that's when he knows
you're hooked.
And then he...
raises the prices.
He lowers them.
Because it's all about...
Trust.
And you know this because?
Oh, man.
This was my life growing up.
My father was a higher class
version of our friend here.
Meaning?
Ponzi stuff.
Horrible.
People's pensions,
college funds,
retirements.
Yeesh, it's 2:00 already.
Damn.
But that's my cross to bear,
and I hope I'm wrong
about, uh...
Dennis Klein.
Dennis Klein, yeah.
Anyway, it was a real pleasure.
Good luck.
His father was some
kind of Ponzi guy or something.
I think Eric feels like he has
some big karma to unravel.
Really?
Is that what Eric thinks?
What time does he think it is?
Or should I just
look at a clock?
There he is.
Right there.
What do you think?
You mean that dot
among all those other dots?
I'll let you know
when he gets a little closer.
Oh, no, you're not getting
any closer, not today.
Calm down.
I will be very subtle.
He's coming.
Okay, he's coming down.
Get out... no, wait.
What am I doing here?
I mean, on the premises?
Uh, how about
you were looking for him
and you wanted to talk
to him to thank him?
No, because everything he said about
Dennis Klein turned out to be true.
Believe it or not,
sometimes the best way
to sound like
you're telling the truth
is to actually tell the truth.
Dennis Klein turned out to
be a hell of a wingman.
I will give you
a very subtle signal.
No, no signals.
It will be very
discreet, I promissse.
Hey, Eric.
- Hi.
- Oh, hey.
Oh, my rear end should not
be this sore from four runs.
- How's it going?
- Good.
Well, I saw you
up there, and...
well, you were just right about
everything, so I wanted to tell you.
- You looked him up?
- Yeah.
I mean, I just had a hunch
and, you know, so I just
said to him up top,
like, what is up with you?
And normally, you would
have trusted that,
but the part of you that wanted
him so badly to be right...
- Overruled.
- Exactly.
That's what they do, man.
They ride you
through your own doubts
and come out the other
side like a surfer.
Hey, what was
the, uh, kid thing?
Oh, cancer.
- No.
- Yeah.
You'd think he could come up
with something more creative.
Right?
Like tick Lyme.
- Yeah, or pica.
- Wait, what is that?
Pica... it's the one where
people eat the nonfood things
like chalk or drywall
or ladders.
- I like that.
- Yeah.
- Or the one where you get old really fast.
- Exactly!
Pictures of the kid
at Disneyland
or meeting LeBron.
Well, you know,
you saved me a lot of money
and, um, I feel like I owe you,
so let's say I buy you
a drink or something.
- A drink would be great.
- Okay.
- How about now?
- How about now?
'Cause I'm freezing.
All right,
I love ski culture.
Nobody steals anything.
I don't know,
it sounds exciting.
I mean, a new company
every few years,
a fresh start,
learning new stuff.
You know, it sounds...
like imprinting,
like a duckling.
It is.
It was.
It's not, actually.
It's bad, what I do.
I mean, it's not illegal,
but it's...
at the end of the day, basically
I did four years of college
and two years of
business school to be a...
glorified Grim Reaper.
I find that hard to believe.
That's what restructuring
a company is.
You decide who lives
and who has to go home
and break the news
to the wife and kids.
That just doesn't seem like you.
I mean, it's my head, anyway.
Well, that's actually
why I'm here.
I'm trying to get away
and do a little rebooting,
which is why... I'm really
sorry, but I gotta run.
I'm meeting a headhunter
in Salt Lake
and I'm already...
Well, go.
Hunt those heads.
Um, but this was...
You know what?
I'm too hungry to
drive to Salt Lake.
How about you?
I could eat.
So, Eric says,
"He couldn't come up
with something
more original than that?"
Then we start riffing
on all these weird diseases.
I guess you had to be there.
Anyway, so, he's here
because he's gonna be
carving up some company,
but, you know,
he's kind of...
he's had a change of heart
and he wants to change his life.
So, I mean, that's what
he's doing here today.
He was gonna go to Salt Lake
City and meet this headhunter,
and...
but he cancelled it
so that he could
have dinner with me.
Yeah.
And... look, I gotta go.
Otherwise he's gonna think
that I have been
in the bathroom the whole time.
A mirror?
Well, no, you're more
like pieces of a mirror.
"Who does the public
see me as" is one piece.
"The socialite, life of the
party" is another piece.
Artist piece.
Confident, mature woman.
Vulnerable little girl.
The charity.
But what's behind it?
That's what I'm curious about.
Oh, well, there's a reason you
only hang a painting facing out.
Who wants to see all the
wires and tacks and framing?
- Me.
- Oh!
And I don't know for sure
because I'm not an artist,
but my sister is one.
Well, she wants to be, but
she wouldn't tell you that.
She'd tell you
she has no interest.
I don't believe you.
- About my sister?
- No, you. You.
You're an actor.
Okay, since we're baring all,
I once, in middle school,
did a one-man show.
So lame, but I learned
my lesson fast.
And my mother was a decorator.
Well, that's artisty.
And my dad, definitely not.
Wrong.
You told me yourself
he was a con...
Con artist.
Oh, my God, you're right.
He's probably the best
artist of all of us.
Ugh.
Where was I?
Uh... me.
That's right.
The biggest piece under the 85
million pieces of Olivia Lake...
loneliness is what I see.
That's the thing everything
else is covering up...
the desire to connect
and the inability to,
for whatever reason.
Am I close?
Too close?
Eric.
Tell me about your play.
Ah, I was too close.
We're changing the subject.
What was it called?
"The Impersonator."
I love that.
It was me doing a bunch
of lame impressions...
famous people,
other kids at the school,
some characters I made up,
but essentially they all ended
up sounding like vampires.
Why do you ask?
Because I think kids' art
is 100% a declaration
of who they are.
I think it's...
it's maybe the last time
we tell the truth.
That's probably true.
Oh, my God.
I think we're keeping
these people from going home.
I'm so sorry.
We'll take the check.
"She takes those
kids up the trail, like...
three times a day and tells
her story over and over.
- It's pathetic."
- Why would they write that stuff?
Because it was
like that for a while.
- Even I thought it was pathetic.
- Uh...
You know,
when I built these, I...
I felt like
that North Korean guy.
What?
Like I was building
a monument to my own ego.
No, you were just trying to make
something kind of permanent
out of what always felt
like a one-time, fleeting...
miracle, really.
I read somewhere
the whole story
came out of a dream.
Is that...?
I mean...
just look.
It was like a...
like a star just fell
down from the heavens
and I was holding a basket.
I wrote it all down
in 45 seconds
and drew it
in two weeks, and...
That was 26 years ago.
So, it doesn't feel
like it came from you.
'Cause if it did,
why can't you get there again?
But, hey, look,
it got you all this.
Which is insane.
And I'm guessing
it must be a...
a lot to maintain.
The land or the life?
Well, both.
Well, the land has a crew.
I've had to let
a lot of them go.
I've got a boarder
down in the barn.
He helps if I can get him
to do anything.
But, yeah, it's hard.
And the life?
What are we if not our life?
I'm trying to decide
if I should invite you in.
You know what I think?
Eric...
you gotta let me do this one.
The night lasts longer
if we don't.
That's what I want.
I appreciate that.
I would like
to call you, though,
if that's okay with you.
I would like that.
That's what I'm curious about.
Well, maybe that's why
you do art.
Like... I don't know,
I'm not an artist,
but maybe deep down
you're lonely
and your art is a way
to connect, to bridge.
I don't know.
Are you lonely?
That's the biggest take I get.
I'm just kind of wondering
if you're...
sort of all alone out here.
He says he
wants to see through all this,
but he doesn't.
You know that, right?
People don't.
They say they do,
but then they don't.
When they see
what's really there...
He won't... he won't want
to see it or...
ha, ha, fucking ha, he does.
And then he will.
And then what happens then?
What happens
when he actually sees in?
Report back? Okay, here's
what you're gonna report back.
Olivia Lake is not
a Nespresso machine.
You don't just punch in
a cartridge,
push a button,
and expect... boom.
And I'm working my ass off.
Who is this client, anyway?
She's a fucking
human being, okay?
And I'm beginning to wonder
if your precious client
actually isn't one.
Look, either just let me do my
job or give me the high sign
and she can have her money back
minus what I've already spent.
I'll talk to you later.
I'm working on it.
Jesus Christ.
Goodbye.
Stay the course.
You don't think
he's going soft?
Maybe.
There's a 9:15 out of Salt
Lake, connects in Dallas,
and then straight on
to Marseille.
Give my best to Thelma.
So, what...?
Oh, okay.
Ahem, um, look,
I can stay, ride him harder.
No, I don't want
to risk anything.
We'll give him some space.
Don't call him again
unless he calls you first.
Okay.
What about the rest of my end?
Your end is what
it all always was.
He converts, you get whole.
Either way, your debt's clear.
Um...
if I may, what's this
really all about?
My father just really
loved the pristine views
and I wanted to do
something nice for him.
Thanks for coming in on this.
Hi!
- You home?
- In the kitchen.
Oh, you look like you just
took a shit on my carpet
and wiped your ass
on the drapes.
- What gives?
- I can't tell you.
Really? You came
all the way over here
for something
you cannot tell me?
Fuck off.
Okay, I can tell you.
Eric spent two days
last week in Mosaic.
In the gallery.
Alyssa told me this.
It's a secret.
He was apparently grilling her
all about the business
schmegegge,
which is what
those VC guys call it
when they're not
out headhunting.
She thinks he wants
to pitch you on the idea
to take Mosaic and build it out
to a whole bunch of offices
in a whole bunch of cities.
You have to swear I didn't
say any of this to you.
Wow.
That is awesome
that Alyssa didn't tell me.
Oh.
So she gets kudos
for keeping this a secret?
I didn't say life was fair.
He's on his way over here.
You gotta go.
I'll just be
squatting under the table. Shh.
However much I wish
you could, beat it.
Hey.
I'm sorry I've been out of
touch the last few days.
I had some work stuff.
Well, I was intrigued
by your text.
- May I?
- Yeah.
Since we met, I've been
thinking about you,
about some stuff you said.
You said that the book
happened once
in 45 seconds, 26 years ago,
so my question to you is
what if the entire book
was only the first chapter
in what your actual legacy
turned out to be?
So, the story of the
legacy of Olivia Lake...
what is it?
From a dream Olivia
imagines a classic.
On the strength of that classic
she imagines a charity
where thousands of kids
have created things from
their own dreams already.
So, what's next?
I quit my job,
and there's no going back,
it would appear, which
ushers in chapter three.
I... I can't believe
you quit your job.
It's not about me.
So, chapter three.
I went by the gallery on Monday
and I see all these
groups of kids come in
and look at art and show
their own art and make art,
and I'm thinking, "Why are they
bussing them in from Salt Lake?
Why don't they just open one
right in Salt Lake?"
And then I think,
"Why just Salt Lake?"
So, my pitch to you is
what if chapter three
in the legacy of Olivia Lake
Five cities...
Salt Lake, Cheyenne, Denver,
Albuquerque, Phoenix.
Five-year plan.
20-year plan.
And just 'cause it was late
and I was getting punchy...
Told you I'm not an artist.
Thoughts?
What do you think?
My choices in men
every goddamn one of them,
liars, conmen and...
violent.
Oh, boy.
What did
Eric do this time?
You hit her?
Is that what she said to you?
No. Seriously,
that's not what happened.
You are
not coming back here.
You want me to give up,
so you can feel better
about yourself?
I don't even know who you are.
He is a sneaky, sneaky boy.
things that I know
and a few things I'd like
to find out about.
Anyhow...
I got out of a meeting
with forensics earlier today.
I made a copy of the report
for you to read later.
Maybe it'll jog
your memory or something.
The short of it?
Olivia, she got hit on the jaw
on the left side of her face
by someone
who was right-handed.
I don't know if you know this,
but Eric Neill is left-handed.
Your right hand was red,
bloody, and swollen.
Both when Tia
picked you up at midnight...
11:57 to be exact...
and then in the morning
when Frank got you in town.
And also Facebook.
You deleted photos of you
showing you wearing a T-shirt
that was found
buried with the body.
You asked Tia...
my son's in her class,
by the way...
to lie about
what happened that night.
And you asked Frank
to do the same thing.
Twice.
Back then and now.
And finally...
we had a guy
following you today, man.
As soon as you found out
the information
on what was found
with the body,
you left the hotel.
You went to Marcellus County.
That's where the gardener,
Horacio, lives.
He's the guy you sold the
truck to in a hurry when...
after the murder.
After Horacio,
you went to a gas
station on the I-80.
We've got some guys going
to the gas station now.
They've been instructed
to search the dumpsters.
You wanna tell me
what they're gonna find or...
should I wait for them
to tell me?
Joel!
What happens now?
Now I go back to the office
and I write up a warrant.
I bring it to the prosecutor
first thing,
and when he signs it, and
I do believe he will sign it...
then I go and I talk
to Judge Warren in chambers
and I tell her everything
I just told you.
And then she approves it,
and then I come back
to this hotel room...
and you and Laura are gonna have
to decide how to play this.
A double Don Julio plotted,
neat, lime, no salt.
Um, hello? Yeah.
Uh, excuse me.
Hi, everyone.
I'm Michael O'Connor.
Hello, everyone. How's it going?
Okay, so this is the part
of the annual fundraiser
where the host
gives an intro talk.
And this would be
the part of the talk
where I would say something
punchy or comical
to break up the tension.
So imagine that this is that.
I grew up with Olivia Lake.
Not just like you all did
reading her book,
but I... I literally grew up
up the hill from her.
I used to ride my Big Wheel
in her parking lot,
which is right down there.
She's like
a surrogate mom to me.
So, what else can I say
about Olivia Lake
that she hasn't already told me to say?
Wait, shoot.
"...about Olivia Lake
that she hasn't
already told me to say?"
What did I write?
But what...
oh, right, okay,
so, but why are we really here?
Because
this is the time of year
that we all have a chance
to make a real difference,
a difference in
the lives of children
not just in the Summit area,
but all throughout the entire
greater Salt Lake area as well.
So, Olivia Lake began her
career as a graphic designer
before illustrating several
children's books for other authors
when she awoke from a
dream with the idea
for "Whose Woods
These Are."
- Hi.
- I thought maybe
I should put both of us
out of your misery.
Oh, but first,
I'd like to pretend
that I'm not old enough
to be anybody's surrogate mom.
However, more sincerely,
I'd like to say you're kind of like
the son I never knew I really wanted.
But first, just look at this
beautiful, beautiful house,
and, um...
that you have offered us
for this event.
I mean, come on.
And the seed money
that you gave us
to start Mosaic
or we wouldn't even be here
to start with.
Michael is...
You are one of
the most sensitive people
I've ever had
the pleasure of knowing.
And that sensitivity has...
...turned into
being one of the most
acute collectors of art,
which you could all see
if you were lucky enough to
have a tour of the Red Room.
Hey, why don't we auction off
tours of the Red Room today
for, like, $1,000?
Uh, yeah, yeah, okay.
That sounds good.
- Okay, $1,000, anybody?
- Yes!
Oh, God, thank you.
- Make it 10!
- Yay! Thank you.
Because we really
do need those funds
to keep Mosaic going, and...
you know, it only takes one
person to change a life.
Hunky bartender...
your team or mine?
I'm wondering
the same thing myself.
Reconnaissance,
s'il vous plaît.
Yes, Captain.
So, Red Room?
- We're there!
- Really? Great.
- Thank you...
- Thank you.
Very much.
Really appreciate that.
Thank you.
Double Glenlivet
on the rocks with a splash.
Oh, actually, I
just wanted a single.
Well, I'm sorry.
I've been instructed to only
pour doubles this afternoon.
Oh, who could possibly
do a thing like that?
Someone who actually thinks I'm
gonna write her another check.
He could. I finally got a
pen that writes on rubber.
Pour me something
tall and muscular.
You got it.
A lesser nuanced host
might have said "stiff."
Okay, cue Bill Conti.
I think I'm being played off.
- Here you are.
- Thank you.
I'm sorry, I know you
probably get this a lot,
- but...
- Oh, I know.
I'm a little old
for a children's author.
You might be the reason
I became an artist.
Then I moved to New York to
get a publisher and an agent,
and then blew through half my savings
in the first couple of weeks.
And... and a buddy
told me about Summit.
Ah, so you thought, "There's all these
rich people blowing in and out here..."
- Yeah.
- "...so I'll come out, bank some cash."
- Bank it out.
- "And I'm from Minnesota..."
- Oh, yeah.
- "so I'll come out here and teach skiing."
A little skiing, a little
hunting, some tennis.
Oh, and then you
blew out your knee?
- Shoulder.
- Oh.
- Rotator cuff, actually.
- Oh.
In a car wreck, of all things.
Oh, I bet that tree just jumped right
out in the middle of the road.
Oh, you know, I think it was
a little more of an insurance scam.
You can never trust nature.
Why is that guy looking at you
like he's the boss of you?
I think it's because
he is the boss of me.
Oh, all right, then.
Better go do your thing.
Maybe if I see you next time,
I'll show you yours
if you show me mine.
Uh...
Okay, that sounds great.
Uh, excuse me.
Sorry, um, I saw online that
you guys do silk screen stuff?
Yeah, we do. We do the emulsion,
do the press, whole thing.
We got a bunch of T-shirts if
that's what you're looking for.
Oh, well, honestly,
I just wanted to make
a shirt of this.
You drew these?
- Yeah, I did.
- You drew these yourself?
Yeah.
These are just
all the ones that I've done
since, uh...
since I got here.
They're insane.
I mean, they're insane.
That's... okay,
okay, okay, okay.
- So...
- I'm sorry, we'll do it in a different place.
Let's... let's ask
some questions here.
Are you Kirby or
are you Moebius?
- Seriously?
- I'm dead serious.
Moebius.
Yeah, that's good.
Good.
- Are you '70s or are you '80s?
- '70s.
- "Métal Hurlant"!
- Yeah, nice!
- Oh.
- Mm.
So, you're not into
the whole, uh...
"Incal" stuff with Jodorowsky?
- Nah.
- Nah.
- Eh.
- Eh.
Well, that's appropriate.
That's appropriate.
Okay, so within
the "Métal Hurlant" era,
- are you "Arzach" or are you...
- "Airtight Garage"?
- "Arzach."
- Okay, but you got to admit
"Le Garage Hermétique,"
that was insane.
Yeah, I guess, but, I mean,
"Arzach" is all drawing.
Like, I love that it's the
purest sequential storytelling.
No words.
Do you want another round?
Uh, yeah.
Let's go, two more.
Yeah, maybe it's...
maybe I'm just not
a words person.
Yeah, okay, but that's fixable.
You just gotta meet
somebody that, you know...
somebody that maybe is
a words person, you know?
That's easy.
High performance ch...
Chelation ion chromatography.
It detects trace
elements of rare metals.
What kind of rare metals?
All kinds.
Why are you showing this to me?
You remember when we had
those guys out here
a couple of weeks ago?
I told you I'd let you know
if they found anything.
Do you want me to fill you in
before your dad comes?
Why?
Well...
so you can fill him in.
He doesn't need
to know about this.
Well, it's good to see
all the homework you did.
It's nice to know
what all this is worth.
Mm-hmm.
And, uh...
and the offer,
what was that word
that you used?
Uh, the vig?
Yes, the 10% vig.
But, you know.
So... so, you're not
interested?
Uh, no.
You know, I was thinking,
you know my dad, you know how
much he loves this whole area,
how much he loves his views,
his pristine views.
But if there ever comes a time,
if ever, whenever you think, "Hey, you
know, it's time to move on from here"...
You know when you'll know
when I'm moving on?
When you're standing at my gravesite
with whatever's left of my mourners,
and then you can
negotiate with my dogs
or whoever I've left
this place to.
But, you know,
since I'm not dead,
why don't we take this precious moment
for me to offer you a piece of advice?
Why don't you stop dragging dead rats through
the cat flap to dump at your daddy's feet?
Okay?
- Okay.
- Okay?
- Okay.
- Okay.
Okay.
Okay. Okay.
Man, for me?
What are my influences?
Yeah. I mean,
other than the obvious.
Kirby, Frank Miller,
- Steranko, Eisner.
- So you know who they are?
- Well, yeah.
- Wow, uh...
No, I've always,
you know, believed in
"standing on the shoulders
of giants" sort of things.
It's a long
fucking way to fall.
If you're up there,
you better make sure
you've got something.
Oh, everybody's got
an imagination.
Everybody's got influences.
My question to you is what's
your own special take on it?
Well, um... well,
this place is a mess.
Glad we came up here.
We can clean it up.
Yeah.
Well, you seem strong.
Are you handy?
I'd like to think so, yeah.
Oof, is it the mirror or
did somebody steal my ass?
Mm.
Uh...
So, this is where
it all happens.
Well...
yeah.
Is the beryllium real?
Very.
So...
So...
some guys came to us
a couple years back...
about a year ago, actually.
Down in Redding,
a guy named Casey Delacroix
and his partner Eric Neill.
They were using pseudonyms.
I never met them, our guys did.
It was just an uninspired
attempt at a silver scam.
But I had Darenzo
dig a little deeper
into Delacroix and Neill.
Turns out he found a case
10 years back or so
involving a girl.
24 years old.
Eloise Brand.
A trust fund kid,
a ton of dough,
and she fell in love
with Neill.
- I'm not sure...
- Well, it turns out
it took Neill nine and a half
months to make that happen.
- So, he...
- He really worked her.
They were engaged.
And Neill doesn't deny
the relationship.
He says he got cold feet.
But according to Darenzo,
the girl's family came down
on him like a hammer.
But the charges were dropped
in some kind of bargain that
landed Neill's father in prison.
He sent his own father to jail?
In exchange for
his own freedom, yeah.
So, we have a guy
in Turks, John Clifford.
He owes us a little.
He's gonna reach out
to Neill later in the week.
So, what, you
gonna sleep in the hay?
Or are you gonna eat the hay
and sleep in the horseshit?
It's an apartment.
It just so happens
to be in a barn.
Oh, I see.
Well, I'm not arguing
against it.
I'm just saying
that here you have a bed,
you don't have to eat,
that's all.
Yeah, and it's free.
Well, I mean, I'm gonna have to
work in exchange for the rent,
but I'll have complete
access to her studio,
which I get to use...
Olivia Lake's studio.
And she's going to look at my stuff.
Look at your stuff
or look at your junk?
She's gonna
show it to her agent.
I... I still don't understand.
What do you mean?
She's gonna, like,
show your stuff to people?
- Be like a mentor?
- Yeah.
Why, is that weird?
Laura, this is...
this is huge for me.
And in exchange, all she wants
is help around the property?
Yeah.
Laura...
what are you so worried about?
- She makes me nervous.
- How?
I don't trust her.
Eric?
Eric, hey. Cliff Jones.
Good to know you.
I'm sorry, I didn't expect
the game to run this long.
- Do you have a bracket?
- No, I...
No, you have better things
to do with your time, right?
- Yeah.
- So, um, you got my name from...?
People familiar
with your skills.
Come on, we can't not go
all the way this year.
Come on!
So...
- Why are we here?
- Yeah.
Yes, the literal
million dollar question.
I represent a woman,
lives overseas.
Turns out there's a piece of
property she's had her eye on.
By "had her eye on," I mean
seems to be obsessed with.
She's made generous offers.
But the owner won't sell?
Well, the... the owner has
what those who know her call
an "unhealthy attachment"
to it.
Unhealthy 'cause
she's overextended.
But... but I'll tell you what,
those who love her
think she'd actually
be better off...
- Downsizing.
- Right.
In a way,
we're doing her a favor.
All right, fair enough.
But, long run, she will
be better off is my point.
So, what do you want me to do?
Get her to sell it.
And why do you think
that I'm particularly...
Eloise Brand.
With deep pockets comes
deep research, let's say.
What's my end?
Well, when I said it was
a million dollar question...
I wasn't kidding.
She must really love
this place.
Yeah, it's quite special.
When you see it,
you'll understand.
I get half up front.
You get 10% up front.
The rest on close of escrow.
Who handles my expenses?
What's in the bag is what you
have to work with, all right?
Hey, you do it with three
rubber bands and a sticky note?
The rest is yours.
My client trusts
you'll figure it out.
2:44, four down.
Come on!
We're recommitting
to the studio.
It's his idea.
Oh, he's gonna paint,
redo the deck.
We're gonna discuss
the rent, TBD.
- Tools are down in the barn.
Mm-hmm.
And the talent?
He's no Enzo, is he?
Voilà.
I'm a master chef.
Thank you.
Oh.
Okay?
- Good luck.
- It's you I love.
Knock, knock.
Come on in.
Oh, I guess it's hot in here.
- Yeah.
- Here, honey.
This was starting to get
a little stinky, so.
Well, it'll be our first rag.
Our first rag together.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Oh!
Hey, that looks nice.
Yeah, I just wanted
to make it a little bigger.
Some sketching space,
and, plus, you know,
room for two.
Oh, for me to...
pfft.
Why don't we drown that
thought in a margarita?
- Don't mind if I do.
- All right.
Oh.
Oh, she's early.
Hang on.
Uh, hey!
Hey, there!
Hi!
Hey.
Wow, this place is beautiful.
Right?
I knew you'd like it.
Come on.
Oh, wait!
Laura, Laura.
I wanna introduce you
to someone.
Laura, this is Olivia.
Hi.
So, he said,
"If you could cook,
we could fire the chef."
And I said, "Ernie,
if you could fuck,
we could fire
the chauffeur."
What?
- Hey.
- Hi.
Miss Lake!
Dennis Klein.
Thank you for being
so kind and responsive.
I've been seating myself
for decades.
My ass goes here, right?
Yes, it does, and you want
to face the table.
At $124,000 for...
for the exploration,
I believe we'd be safe.
Of that, $10,000 is my fee,
which... I've given it
some thought
and I'm willing
to waive my fee.
You know, skin in the game.
So, now we're at 114.
And if what I suspect is true
turns out to, in fact, be true,
I would get 10%
of whatever your ultimate
reward turns out to be.
And we could reduce that
to... to 8 or even 7 1/2%
if the upside is where
it may end up being.
And, honestly,
5% is all I would...
um, I would need.
End of the day, you know,
all to be negotiated.
So, there you have it.
I mean, uh,
you have the material.
Uh, have a look at it.
Uh... and you have
my number.
Give it some thought.
And, uh... and I...
it was lovely to meet you,
and I hope... I hope to be
hearing from you soon.
Thanks.
Um, excuse me.
I looked over and I'm like,
"That's the face
from the book I worshipped."
And I'm really sorry,
but I heard
what your friend was saying.
May I?
I won't stay long.
I've got a 2:00.
Eric Neill. Hi.
- Olivia Lake.
- Yeah, of course you are.
Um, hmm.
You didn't trust what he said?
My guess is
if you Google him...
He's a geologist?
Professor of geology.
Right, so you'll
follow a few links
and they'll take you to a university
website, and there he'll be.
But let me guess...
does he have
a sick relative,
an ex-wife, or...?
- A daughter.
- Perfect.
So, you'll dig a little deeper
and you'll see something
about her car accident or...
anything... spina bifida,
some rare blood disease.
"Damn," you'll say,
"the poor guy
is telling the truth."
So then you'll Google... what was
the company he told you about?
- Ogden Ore.
- Right.
And you'll see ginormous
profits to Ogden Ore
for recommissioned
silver mines.
But you get a call.
He's having second thoughts.
He doesn't want to screw
his bosses at the school.
But in your brain, a tiny
voice will be whispering,
"Ogden Ore made... " whatever
figure he gave you.
72 million.
"Which buys a lot of brushes,"
you'll be telling yourself.
And so you'll say,
"The school will be fine.
They just made... " whatever
he said they made...
"on their own
consulting fees."
And that's when he knows
you're hooked.
And then he...
raises the prices.
He lowers them.
Because it's all about...
Trust.
And you know this because?
Oh, man.
This was my life growing up.
My father was a higher class
version of our friend here.
Meaning?
Ponzi stuff.
Horrible.
People's pensions,
college funds,
retirements.
Yeesh, it's 2:00 already.
Damn.
But that's my cross to bear,
and I hope I'm wrong
about, uh...
Dennis Klein.
Dennis Klein, yeah.
Anyway, it was a real pleasure.
Good luck.
His father was some
kind of Ponzi guy or something.
I think Eric feels like he has
some big karma to unravel.
Really?
Is that what Eric thinks?
What time does he think it is?
Or should I just
look at a clock?
There he is.
Right there.
What do you think?
You mean that dot
among all those other dots?
I'll let you know
when he gets a little closer.
Oh, no, you're not getting
any closer, not today.
Calm down.
I will be very subtle.
He's coming.
Okay, he's coming down.
Get out... no, wait.
What am I doing here?
I mean, on the premises?
Uh, how about
you were looking for him
and you wanted to talk
to him to thank him?
No, because everything he said about
Dennis Klein turned out to be true.
Believe it or not,
sometimes the best way
to sound like
you're telling the truth
is to actually tell the truth.
Dennis Klein turned out to
be a hell of a wingman.
I will give you
a very subtle signal.
No, no signals.
It will be very
discreet, I promissse.
Hey, Eric.
- Hi.
- Oh, hey.
Oh, my rear end should not
be this sore from four runs.
- How's it going?
- Good.
Well, I saw you
up there, and...
well, you were just right about
everything, so I wanted to tell you.
- You looked him up?
- Yeah.
I mean, I just had a hunch
and, you know, so I just
said to him up top,
like, what is up with you?
And normally, you would
have trusted that,
but the part of you that wanted
him so badly to be right...
- Overruled.
- Exactly.
That's what they do, man.
They ride you
through your own doubts
and come out the other
side like a surfer.
Hey, what was
the, uh, kid thing?
Oh, cancer.
- No.
- Yeah.
You'd think he could come up
with something more creative.
Right?
Like tick Lyme.
- Yeah, or pica.
- Wait, what is that?
Pica... it's the one where
people eat the nonfood things
like chalk or drywall
or ladders.
- I like that.
- Yeah.
- Or the one where you get old really fast.
- Exactly!
Pictures of the kid
at Disneyland
or meeting LeBron.
Well, you know,
you saved me a lot of money
and, um, I feel like I owe you,
so let's say I buy you
a drink or something.
- A drink would be great.
- Okay.
- How about now?
- How about now?
'Cause I'm freezing.
All right,
I love ski culture.
Nobody steals anything.
I don't know,
it sounds exciting.
I mean, a new company
every few years,
a fresh start,
learning new stuff.
You know, it sounds...
like imprinting,
like a duckling.
It is.
It was.
It's not, actually.
It's bad, what I do.
I mean, it's not illegal,
but it's...
at the end of the day, basically
I did four years of college
and two years of
business school to be a...
glorified Grim Reaper.
I find that hard to believe.
That's what restructuring
a company is.
You decide who lives
and who has to go home
and break the news
to the wife and kids.
That just doesn't seem like you.
I mean, it's my head, anyway.
Well, that's actually
why I'm here.
I'm trying to get away
and do a little rebooting,
which is why... I'm really
sorry, but I gotta run.
I'm meeting a headhunter
in Salt Lake
and I'm already...
Well, go.
Hunt those heads.
Um, but this was...
You know what?
I'm too hungry to
drive to Salt Lake.
How about you?
I could eat.
So, Eric says,
"He couldn't come up
with something
more original than that?"
Then we start riffing
on all these weird diseases.
I guess you had to be there.
Anyway, so, he's here
because he's gonna be
carving up some company,
but, you know,
he's kind of...
he's had a change of heart
and he wants to change his life.
So, I mean, that's what
he's doing here today.
He was gonna go to Salt Lake
City and meet this headhunter,
and...
but he cancelled it
so that he could
have dinner with me.
Yeah.
And... look, I gotta go.
Otherwise he's gonna think
that I have been
in the bathroom the whole time.
A mirror?
Well, no, you're more
like pieces of a mirror.
"Who does the public
see me as" is one piece.
"The socialite, life of the
party" is another piece.
Artist piece.
Confident, mature woman.
Vulnerable little girl.
The charity.
But what's behind it?
That's what I'm curious about.
Oh, well, there's a reason you
only hang a painting facing out.
Who wants to see all the
wires and tacks and framing?
- Me.
- Oh!
And I don't know for sure
because I'm not an artist,
but my sister is one.
Well, she wants to be, but
she wouldn't tell you that.
She'd tell you
she has no interest.
I don't believe you.
- About my sister?
- No, you. You.
You're an actor.
Okay, since we're baring all,
I once, in middle school,
did a one-man show.
So lame, but I learned
my lesson fast.
And my mother was a decorator.
Well, that's artisty.
And my dad, definitely not.
Wrong.
You told me yourself
he was a con...
Con artist.
Oh, my God, you're right.
He's probably the best
artist of all of us.
Ugh.
Where was I?
Uh... me.
That's right.
The biggest piece under the 85
million pieces of Olivia Lake...
loneliness is what I see.
That's the thing everything
else is covering up...
the desire to connect
and the inability to,
for whatever reason.
Am I close?
Too close?
Eric.
Tell me about your play.
Ah, I was too close.
We're changing the subject.
What was it called?
"The Impersonator."
I love that.
It was me doing a bunch
of lame impressions...
famous people,
other kids at the school,
some characters I made up,
but essentially they all ended
up sounding like vampires.
Why do you ask?
Because I think kids' art
is 100% a declaration
of who they are.
I think it's...
it's maybe the last time
we tell the truth.
That's probably true.
Oh, my God.
I think we're keeping
these people from going home.
I'm so sorry.
We'll take the check.
"She takes those
kids up the trail, like...
three times a day and tells
her story over and over.
- It's pathetic."
- Why would they write that stuff?
Because it was
like that for a while.
- Even I thought it was pathetic.
- Uh...
You know,
when I built these, I...
I felt like
that North Korean guy.
What?
Like I was building
a monument to my own ego.
No, you were just trying to make
something kind of permanent
out of what always felt
like a one-time, fleeting...
miracle, really.
I read somewhere
the whole story
came out of a dream.
Is that...?
I mean...
just look.
It was like a...
like a star just fell
down from the heavens
and I was holding a basket.
I wrote it all down
in 45 seconds
and drew it
in two weeks, and...
That was 26 years ago.
So, it doesn't feel
like it came from you.
'Cause if it did,
why can't you get there again?
But, hey, look,
it got you all this.
Which is insane.
And I'm guessing
it must be a...
a lot to maintain.
The land or the life?
Well, both.
Well, the land has a crew.
I've had to let
a lot of them go.
I've got a boarder
down in the barn.
He helps if I can get him
to do anything.
But, yeah, it's hard.
And the life?
What are we if not our life?
I'm trying to decide
if I should invite you in.
You know what I think?
Eric...
you gotta let me do this one.
The night lasts longer
if we don't.
That's what I want.
I appreciate that.
I would like
to call you, though,
if that's okay with you.
I would like that.
That's what I'm curious about.
Well, maybe that's why
you do art.
Like... I don't know,
I'm not an artist,
but maybe deep down
you're lonely
and your art is a way
to connect, to bridge.
I don't know.
Are you lonely?
That's the biggest take I get.
I'm just kind of wondering
if you're...
sort of all alone out here.
He says he
wants to see through all this,
but he doesn't.
You know that, right?
People don't.
They say they do,
but then they don't.
When they see
what's really there...
He won't... he won't want
to see it or...
ha, ha, fucking ha, he does.
And then he will.
And then what happens then?
What happens
when he actually sees in?
Report back? Okay, here's
what you're gonna report back.
Olivia Lake is not
a Nespresso machine.
You don't just punch in
a cartridge,
push a button,
and expect... boom.
And I'm working my ass off.
Who is this client, anyway?
She's a fucking
human being, okay?
And I'm beginning to wonder
if your precious client
actually isn't one.
Look, either just let me do my
job or give me the high sign
and she can have her money back
minus what I've already spent.
I'll talk to you later.
I'm working on it.
Jesus Christ.
Goodbye.
Stay the course.
You don't think
he's going soft?
Maybe.
There's a 9:15 out of Salt
Lake, connects in Dallas,
and then straight on
to Marseille.
Give my best to Thelma.
So, what...?
Oh, okay.
Ahem, um, look,
I can stay, ride him harder.
No, I don't want
to risk anything.
We'll give him some space.
Don't call him again
unless he calls you first.
Okay.
What about the rest of my end?
Your end is what
it all always was.
He converts, you get whole.
Either way, your debt's clear.
Um...
if I may, what's this
really all about?
My father just really
loved the pristine views
and I wanted to do
something nice for him.
Thanks for coming in on this.
Hi!
- You home?
- In the kitchen.
Oh, you look like you just
took a shit on my carpet
and wiped your ass
on the drapes.
- What gives?
- I can't tell you.
Really? You came
all the way over here
for something
you cannot tell me?
Fuck off.
Okay, I can tell you.
Eric spent two days
last week in Mosaic.
In the gallery.
Alyssa told me this.
It's a secret.
He was apparently grilling her
all about the business
schmegegge,
which is what
those VC guys call it
when they're not
out headhunting.
She thinks he wants
to pitch you on the idea
to take Mosaic and build it out
to a whole bunch of offices
in a whole bunch of cities.
You have to swear I didn't
say any of this to you.
Wow.
That is awesome
that Alyssa didn't tell me.
Oh.
So she gets kudos
for keeping this a secret?
I didn't say life was fair.
He's on his way over here.
You gotta go.
I'll just be
squatting under the table. Shh.
However much I wish
you could, beat it.
Hey.
I'm sorry I've been out of
touch the last few days.
I had some work stuff.
Well, I was intrigued
by your text.
- May I?
- Yeah.
Since we met, I've been
thinking about you,
about some stuff you said.
You said that the book
happened once
in 45 seconds, 26 years ago,
so my question to you is
what if the entire book
was only the first chapter
in what your actual legacy
turned out to be?
So, the story of the
legacy of Olivia Lake...
what is it?
From a dream Olivia
imagines a classic.
On the strength of that classic
she imagines a charity
where thousands of kids
have created things from
their own dreams already.
So, what's next?
I quit my job,
and there's no going back,
it would appear, which
ushers in chapter three.
I... I can't believe
you quit your job.
It's not about me.
So, chapter three.
I went by the gallery on Monday
and I see all these
groups of kids come in
and look at art and show
their own art and make art,
and I'm thinking, "Why are they
bussing them in from Salt Lake?
Why don't they just open one
right in Salt Lake?"
And then I think,
"Why just Salt Lake?"
So, my pitch to you is
what if chapter three
in the legacy of Olivia Lake
Five cities...
Salt Lake, Cheyenne, Denver,
Albuquerque, Phoenix.
Five-year plan.
20-year plan.
And just 'cause it was late
and I was getting punchy...
Told you I'm not an artist.
Thoughts?
What do you think?
My choices in men
every goddamn one of them,
liars, conmen and...
violent.
Oh, boy.
What did
Eric do this time?
You hit her?
Is that what she said to you?
No. Seriously,
that's not what happened.
You are
not coming back here.
You want me to give up,
so you can feel better
about yourself?
I don't even know who you are.
He is a sneaky, sneaky boy.