1. - Do you recognize this form?
- Yes, it's a CFC, a Consent for Care Form.Copy !req
2. Hey, Freddie, no siren, okay? Thanks.Copy !req
3. - What purpose does this form serve?
- Um…Copy !req
4. It's an agreement between the patients,
the providers, the…Copy !req
5. Freddie. Siren.Copy !req
6. The patients, the providers, the company.Copy !req
7. It lists all the risks and side-effects
associated with the proposed treatment.Copy !req
8. Have you ever signed as a witness
on a CFC?Copy !req
9. - Yes, I have.
- And is this your signature?Copy !req
10. No, it's not.Copy !req
11. How about this one?Copy !req
12. No.Copy !req
13. And so on more forms.Copy !req
14. Why might someone forge your signature
on a CFC form?Copy !req
15. Objection. Speculation.Copy !req
16. Mr. Usher, in your opinion,Copy !req
17. what's a likely reason
to forge a signature on a CFC form?Copy !req
18. To make it look like the patient
knew the risksCopy !req
19. and made an informed decision
to join the trial.Copy !req
20. And also to shield the company
from liability.Copy !req
21. Jesus, Fred.Copy !req
22. Take a time out, yeah?Copy !req
23. - Can I get you some more tea?
- I'm fine.Copy !req
24. Hey, sweetie. I just put Tammy down.
What is the problem?Copy !req
25. We're rehearsing, and he's making noise.Copy !req
26. Can you take care of him?Copy !req
27. Kids make noise, Roderick.
That's how we know they're working.Copy !req
28. Sweetie, why don't you play
in Mommy's room?Copy !req
29. So sorry about your rehearsal.Copy !req
30. That's really no problem.Copy !req
31. I support what you're doing, I really do,Copy !req
32. but what about after?Copy !req
33. I mean,
with everything that he has turned over,Copy !req
34. is it really necessary
going on the record?Copy !req
35. Well, the documents aren't forged
unless he points and says,Copy !req
36. - "I didn't sign that."
- Mmm.Copy !req
37. So, without him, my case is…Copy !req
38. You can't blow the whistle
without a whistleblower.Copy !req
39. I wish it were otherwise. I truly do.Copy !req
40. He'll be fired.Copy !req
41. Yes.Copy !req
42. I'd like your word that when it's done,
we can count on your help.Copy !req
43. - Of course, I mean, in so much as-
- I would like your word.Copy !req
44. You have my word.Copy !req
45. You boys give them hell.Copy !req
46. Okay.Copy !req
47. Here's that tea.Copy !req
48. You're a lucky man.Copy !req
49. Yeah.Copy !req
50. What about you? You got some luck at home?Copy !req
51. I think so.
I'm never there, so who can say?Copy !req
52. Yeah, she puts up with a lot.Copy !req
53. So does he.Copy !req
54. Both of us lucky in one way, at least.Copy !req
55. Got good people at home
who love us anyway.Copy !req
56. Let's not let them down.Copy !req
57. Let's make this one worth it.Copy !req
58. Do you recognize this form?Copy !req
59. Yes, that is a Consent For Care form.Copy !req
60. Annabel Lee.Copy !req
61. You know,
I've thought about it over the yearsCopy !req
62. because I've got a good sense for people.Copy !req
63. I ask myself what went wrong.Copy !req
64. What malfunctioned with me back then
to make me trust you?Copy !req
65. And I figured it out. It was her.Copy !req
66. I trusted her, so I trusted you.Copy !req
67. I mean, if that woman loved you,Copy !req
68. if she trusted you,
fucking fool to lose her the way you did.Copy !req
69. Much as I lost after what you did,
and I lost a lot, damn near everything,Copy !req
70. it sustained me a bit…Copy !req
71. knowing you lost her.Copy !req
72. And this was the reason that long ago
In this kingdom by the seaCopy !req
73. A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel LeeCopy !req
74. You're the fucking wind, Shakespeare.Copy !req
75. So that her highborn kinsmen came
Bore her away from meCopy !req
76. To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom…Copy !req
77. - Oh, shut up.
- …by the seaCopy !req
78. Don't you ever get tired
of hearing yourself talk?Copy !req
79. Can't imagine how she
hung on so long, frankly.Copy !req
80. I say to people all the time,
"There's no such thing as a good Usher."Copy !req
81. But there was. One.Copy !req
82. Annabel Lee Usher.Copy !req
83. The only good Usher,
and you chased her away.Copy !req
84. Wrong. My granddaughter, Lenore.Copy !req
85. The best of us.Copy !req
86. And so like her grandmother too.Copy !req
87. All the best of Annabel Lee without…Copy !req
88. without the broken heart.Copy !req
89. Fuck it.Copy !req
90. Uh, I'm glad you liked Annabel…Copy !req
91. but she's gone,
she's been gone a long, long time,Copy !req
92. and I would be lying if I said
I never wonderedCopy !req
93. - how the fuck did this happen.
- How the fuck did this happen?Copy !req
94. We paid how much for security
standing right outside her fucking door?Copy !req
95. And he didn't think to knock
when he heard glass breaking?Copy !req
96. What about the launch?
You were in the fucking room.Copy !req
97. We had ten people.Copy !req
98. And not one of them could stop this woman
from leaving the building?Copy !req
99. Not one could stop my daughter
from smashing a TV and assaulting my wife?Copy !req
100. Not one single person lifted a finger
when she went home and…Copy !req
101. The home was secure, I can't explain it.Copy !req
102. I had my… my hands on her.Copy !req
103. I felt her go apart like cold steam.Copy !req
104. Fuck! Stop it. Stop. Stop it! Shut up!Copy !req
105. Fuck's sake!Copy !req
106. Think like professionals
for a goddamn minute. Please.Copy !req
107. The board's making its move.Copy !req
108. There's gonna be a vote.Copy !req
109. The board is just math.Copy !req
110. We've got blackmail material.
Strangle it in the crib.Copy !req
111. Oh, it's out of the crib,
it's starting college.Copy !req
112. Well, use the good stuff. Emergency.
Break glass. They'll fall in line.Copy !req
113. Some. Not all.Copy !req
114. Freddie is the swing vote.
Way I see it, he's key to the play.Copy !req
115. Get him in here.Copy !req
116. - He deserves better, Madeline.
- Hmm.Copy !req
117. I'm a realist,
and I agree he is compromised.Copy !req
118. But he is a great man.Copy !req
119. He has an untreatable, incurable disease
that impairs his judgment.Copy !req
120. Right there, that takes him out of play.Copy !req
121. I am close, Arthur,
my algorithm project is so close.Copy !req
122. Do you know what that means?Copy !req
123. We could take this company out of pills,
out of poison, into tech.Copy !req
124. AI. Artificial consciousness,
virtual immortality.Copy !req
125. You take that to the board.Copy !req
126. You tell them that if I'm in the chair,
I take this company into the future,Copy !req
127. leave all of this behind us.Copy !req
128. The whole rotten legacy
goes out with Roderick,Copy !req
129. and we rebrand as a tech company.Copy !req
130. I imagine they'd find that appealing.Copy !req
131. I imagine they would.Copy !req
132. And I imagine this isn't easy for you.Copy !req
133. It's the hardest thing
I've ever had to say out loud.Copy !req
134. Fred…Copy !req
135. Freddie.Copy !req
136. You must be feeling it a bit.Copy !req
137. Sweetie, you need to stop.Copy !req
138. Honey.Copy !req
139. No. Honey. Please, no. No. No.Copy !req
140. Works so fast, doesn't it?Copy !req
141. Oh.Copy !req
142. I heard Tamerlane killed herself
with a fireplace poker and,Copy !req
143. I swear to God, I can't…
I can't figure out what that means.Copy !req
144. I mean, how do you…
How do you even do that?Copy !req
145. I knew I wanted to marry you
the first time we met.Copy !req
146. Do you remember? At the photoshoot?Copy !req
147. You came up to me, and I'd been approachedCopy !req
148. and chatted up by grifters
and groupies before,Copy !req
149. but you smiled and it was so real.Copy !req
150. And I asked you why you did it,Copy !req
151. and you said that you saw me
standing there alone and you thought,Copy !req
152. "That looks like a guy
who could use a friend."Copy !req
153. And you were right.Copy !req
154. That smile.Copy !req
155. The smile stole my heart.Copy !req
156. Do you know what the headline was
that morning?Copy !req
157. When I took my board seat
from my predecessor?Copy !req
158. Business section of The Times.
"From ruthless to toothless."Copy !req
159. Is that how you see me?Copy !req
160. Toothless?Copy !req
161. Yeah.Copy !req
162. Yeah, yeah. Oh.Copy !req
163. Yeah. Now? Okay. Okay.Copy !req
164. It's an emergency.Copy !req
165. Dad needs me. I'll be back when I can.Copy !req
166. Maybe we'll talk then.Copy !req
167. Where did you put your wedding ring?Copy !req
168. It wasn't on your hand.
I saw footage from the party.Copy !req
169. I got some of your things back.
Your purse, your effects.Copy !req
170. Your… Your fucking phone.Copy !req
171. But no ring.
Where did you put the ring, Morrie?Copy !req
172. Don't move.Copy !req
173. - Don't make excuses!
- I am working on it.Copy !req
174. Apparently not.
The building is still standing.Copy !req
175. I've had other things on my mind, Dad.
Funerals-Copy !req
176. I told you, call the Jersey boys,
and get it done.Copy !req
177. I will. It's just a building,
I don't know why it matters.Copy !req
178. It matters because I have to count on you.Copy !req
179. It's a fucking crime scene
with our family's name all over it.Copy !req
180. Your brother's blood all over it.Copy !req
181. It matters because if I can't count on you
to do the building,Copy !req
182. then I can't count on you
for the little things,Copy !req
183. which means I can't count on you
for the big things,Copy !req
184. and I have to count on you, Freddie.
I have to.Copy !req
185. You're it, you see?
You're the fucking swing vote.Copy !req
186. The board's swinging?Copy !req
187. They haven't called you yet.Copy !req
188. This is it, Freddie.Copy !req
189. They're all gone,
and it's all about to fall apart.Copy !req
190. So, I need to count on you.Copy !req
191. And when they call, and they will call,Copy !req
192. you just don't pick up,
that's the best message.Copy !req
193. And if they corner you in the street,
you tell them, "I'm Frederick Usher,Copy !req
194. I'm the repository of the hopes and dreams
of a fucking empire."Copy !req
195. "So take your
treacherous bullshit elsewhere."Copy !req
196. Can you do that?Copy !req
197. I can.Copy !req
198. I mean, this is a very unpleasant process.Copy !req
199. In fact,
for the symptoms you're describing,Copy !req
200. your husband would probably say
upping the dose would smooth you over.Copy !req
201. Not asking him. I'm asking you.Copy !req
202. I'm on what?
Two thousand milligrams of Ligodone a day?Copy !req
203. The second highest dose
you've ever heard of is…Copy !req
204. - Thirteen hundred.
- Thirteen hundred? Right.Copy !req
205. And then this happens
and they want to up it,Copy !req
206. and I know you work for Fortunato, I know,Copy !req
207. but you're still my doctor, right?Copy !req
208. Yes, of course.Copy !req
209. Do you have kids?Copy !req
210. - Yes.
- Stepkids?Copy !req
211. Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
212. They ever call you a junkie?Copy !req
213. No.Copy !req
214. Mine did.Copy !req
215. They're all gone now.Copy !req
216. You watch three coffins
being lowered into the ground,Copy !req
217. two more on the way,
and you can't help it.Copy !req
218. It just makes you think, you know,
life is so fucking short.Copy !req
219. And the thing I keep going back to…Copy !req
220. is that Ligodone is more like heroin
than any other drug I've ever been on.Copy !req
221. Well, Ligodone has a lower incidence
of addiction if used correctly.Copy !req
222. Come on. It's just me and you here.Copy !req
223. So, tell me, how do I get off this
perfectly safe, non-addictive drug?Copy !req
224. Very, very slowly.Copy !req
225. I see.Copy !req
226. Yes, well, I am the repository
of the hopes and dreams of an empire,Copy !req
227. so I'm happy you're
thinking of the future.Copy !req
228. Wow.Copy !req
229. It is happening.Copy !req
230. Hey, it's Fredso.Copy !req
231. Yeah, uh, listen,
I know we're all set for next week,Copy !req
232. but things are moving fast here,
and things are happening for me,Copy !req
233. and I really need that building
to come down.Copy !req
234. I need it done, like, today. Tonight.Copy !req
235. Well, I… I don't care about
the fucking blasting permit.Copy !req
236. Get me a ball and a fucking crane.Copy !req
237. Because I fucking asked you to.
Because I'm the Usher ascendant.Copy !req
238. Yeah. No…Copy !req
239. The Jersey boys listen to Roderick,
and the Jersey boys listen to me.Copy !req
240. Yes, I will be there.
I want to see that building come down.Copy !req
241. Okay?Copy !req
242. Ha!Copy !req
243. Did you hear how fast he changed his tune?Copy !req
244. It's amazing.Copy !req
245. My whole life, you know,
they won't take me seriously,Copy !req
246. and then, suddenly, you're the new CEO…Copy !req
247. …and everybody
is fucking so accommodating.Copy !req
248. Well, almost everyone.Copy !req
249. You, Morrie…Copy !req
250. You know one thing
Dad was really big about?Copy !req
251. It was a lesson that he taught us all.Copy !req
252. One of the first things he taught us.Copy !req
253. No! Frederick! No!Copy !req
254. If you wanna test a bond…Copy !req
255. - No!
- You don't really need to break it.Copy !req
256. No!Copy !req
257. You just crack it a little.Copy !req
258. Now, he put me one rung
higher on the ladder than TammyCopy !req
259. and he sat back and watched.Copy !req
260. Cracked, but it didn't break.
It did make it stronger.Copy !req
261. Second lesson Dad was big on
was getting your house in order.Copy !req
262. You don't have to be a tyrant,Copy !req
263. but if you don't want to be
consistently cruel,Copy !req
264. then you have to be sufficiently brutal
at least once to establish authority.Copy !req
265. Your fucking smile.Copy !req
266. I don't want to be consistently cruel,
that's not me.Copy !req
267. I won't break our bond.
You already cracked it.Copy !req
268. So I've just got to put our house
back in order.Copy !req
269. I'll strike one solid blow,
sufficiently brutal.Copy !req
270. So, let's do this once.Copy !req
271. Let's do it fast.Copy !req
272. Let's do it quiet.
And then we can start to heal.Copy !req
273. I've gotta go.Copy !req
274. I've got another house to put into order.Copy !req
275. Oh.Copy !req
276. While I'm there, I'll look for your ring.
Maybe it's still there.Copy !req
277. If not, I'll get you a new one.Copy !req
278. But if I do find it, I'll bring it home.Copy !req
279. And if you ever take it off again…Copy !req
280. I'll weld it to your fucking finger.Copy !req
281. Yeah? You good?Copy !req
282. Don't you fucking say that to me, Vinnie.Copy !req
283. That ball is gonna swing
at 8:00 p.m. tonight.Copy !req
284. That building is coming down
or else I'm gonna…Copy !req
285. I'm gonna come over there,Copy !req
286. and I'm gonna pull out your fucking teeth
with a pair of pliers.Copy !req
287. Dad. Where are you going?Copy !req
288. Got some work stuff to do.Copy !req
289. Can we talk first?Copy !req
290. Sure, peanut.Copy !req
291. I found this place. It's fantastic.Copy !req
292. Best in the country for burn treatments,
chemical burns.Copy !req
293. I mean, they've got top-notch
skin-graft work and everything on campus.Copy !req
294. Plus, I talked to one of the doctors.
They said they could take her.Copy !req
295. Why the fuck would you do that?Copy !req
296. I'm sorry, why the fuck
would you do that, sweetheart?Copy !req
297. She'd be better off someplace else.Copy !req
298. Lenore, we've talked about this.Copy !req
299. Where are they?Copy !req
300. Who?Copy !req
301. The specialists. The doctors.
Everyone you promised would be here.Copy !req
302. When you're at school,
they come here a lot of the time.Copy !req
303. - But she is fine.
- I don't believe you.Copy !req
304. And you're… You're not right, Dad.Copy !req
305. You smell like shit
and you look like shit,Copy !req
306. - and you're acting weird.
- Watch it.Copy !req
307. Do you know who you're talking to?Copy !req
308. Mom is not okay. You are not okay.
None of this is okay.Copy !req
309. And I found a place that can
actually take care of her,Copy !req
310. - and we can take her there tomorrow.
- I can't do this. You need to stop.Copy !req
311. - Stop it, please. Stop! Stop it!
- All you have to do is call.Copy !req
312. Stop fucking talking!Copy !req
313. If anybody spoke to me like this,
there would be repercussions!Copy !req
314. You do not get a free pass
because you're my daughter!Copy !req
315. I want to talk to her specialist.Copy !req
316. Your mother is resting,Copy !req
317. and you will leave her alone
while I'm gone.Copy !req
318. And I will deal with you later
when I get back.Copy !req
319. Ma? Ma, can you hear me in there?Copy !req
320. Look, I've got to tell you, those noises
are starting to really bother me.Copy !req
321. - You say that's Madeline.
- It is.Copy !req
322. I think we ought to go down
and make sure she's…Copy !req
323. - And let me guess. That's Lenore.
- Bingo.Copy !req
324. I don't know what you're playing at
with me tonight,Copy !req
325. - but I've just about had enough.
- We're almost there, Auggie.Copy !req
326. You know what? No.Copy !req
327. Uh, please. Sit down.Copy !req
328. I'm wondering
why you're dragging this out,Copy !req
329. why the cat and mouse,
and I know the answer.Copy !req
330. Because you're getting
something out of it.Copy !req
331. It's not like that.Copy !req
332. And if you're getting something out of it,
whatever it is,Copy !req
333. - I don't have to give it to you.
- Please.Copy !req
334. Goodnight, Roderick.
And good luck with the dementia.Copy !req
335. You'll have me on murder.Copy !req
336. That's where we're going.Copy !req
337. You'll have me dead to rights on murder.Copy !req
338. More than one, actually.Copy !req
339. And here's where I stop in my tracks,
slowly return to the chair,Copy !req
340. sit down and start the recorder again.Copy !req
341. That's what I do now, right Roderick?
In your little script.Copy !req
342. I mean, it'd be nice.Copy !req
343. But… that's the thing, isn't it?Copy !req
344. We've been here before,
you and me, right here. In fact-Copy !req
345. You see that too?Copy !req
346. You're trying to scare me.Copy !req
347. No.Copy !req
348. No.Copy !req
349. That's Freddie, I expect.Copy !req
350. They've been at me all night.
Make sure I get their stories right.Copy !req
351. Which is… It's fantastic.Copy !req
352. As my personal hell
is being micro-managed.Copy !req
353. No, what happens now, see,
is you start talking.Copy !req
354. And then all of a sudden
I spot a little hint of Freddie,Copy !req
355. but I try to ignore it
because you can't see him,Copy !req
356. and then he manages to get
a good jolt in thereCopy !req
357. for my benefit while you look at me
like I'm insane.Copy !req
358. I'm not insane.Copy !req
359. And while CADASIL is no picnic,
it certainly isn't this.Copy !req
360. No, I'm afraid you're ringside
for my reckoning, old friend.Copy !req
361. And any second,
Freddie is going to peek up from…Copy !req
362. behind the chair,
and show off his C-section-Copy !req
363. Honey!Copy !req
364. Hi.Copy !req
365. Daddy.Copy !req
366. Daddy.Copy !req
367. Oh.Copy !req
368. We had to come for your big day.
Wanted Freddie to see his daddy be a hero.Copy !req
369. Mama.Copy !req
370. You guys were gonna stay at home.Copy !req
371. I know, but these two thought Daddy
could use a little support.Copy !req
372. - Didn't we, Freddie?
- You should've stayed at home.Copy !req
373. - Hey! You guys made it.
- Yeah. Wouldn't miss it.Copy !req
374. Hey, remember in there,Copy !req
375. if you get scared or feel alone,
we are right here, okay?Copy !req
376. On the other side of the wall.
We're here with you.Copy !req
377. Yeah, why don't you come sit with me?
Let him get to it.Copy !req
378. Mmm.Copy !req
379. - You ready?
- Yeah.Copy !req
380. - You got this?
- Yeah. I got this.Copy !req
381. We are on the record at 1:32 p.m.Copy !req
382. Today is Thursday, December 20th, 1979.Copy !req
383. Mr. Usher, I'd like you to have a look
at Exhibits 2 and 3 here.Copy !req
384. Do you recognize that document?Copy !req
385. Objection.Copy !req
386. Go ahead.Copy !req
387. She's going to do that all day,
just getting it on the record.Copy !req
388. Doesn't matter with us.Copy !req
389. Uh, okay.
Um, it's a consent for care form. A CFC.Copy !req
390. And you deal with these routinely?Copy !req
391. I do. Since my promotion.Copy !req
392. And what purpose does the form serve?Copy !req
393. Objection.Copy !req
394. Uh…Copy !req
395. It… It's an agreement between the patient,
the provider and the companyCopy !req
396. that lists all risks and side-effects
associated with the proposed treatment.Copy !req
397. Anything strike you as unusual
about that document?Copy !req
398. Objection.Copy !req
399. Not particularly, no.Copy !req
400. I mean, just the fact that it's here.
These are confidential.Copy !req
401. These are property of the company.Copy !req
402. - Nothing at all unusual?
- No, it's pretty standard boilerplate.Copy !req
403. Um…Copy !req
404. It's unfortunate
we couldn't get a family memberCopy !req
405. to sign along with the patient,
given their age,Copy !req
406. but, as you can see here, it was witnessed
by a representative of the company.Copy !req
407. Have you ever signed as a witness
on a CFC?Copy !req
408. Yes, I have.Copy !req
409. And is this your signature?Copy !req
410. Yes, it is.Copy !req
411. How about this one?Copy !req
412. Yeah. That too. That's mine.Copy !req
413. To be clear,
you're telling us that you were aware ofCopy !req
414. and signed this form on this day?Copy !req
415. - Yes.
- Objection.Copy !req
416. He's your witness, Pam.Copy !req
417. Mr. Usher…Copy !req
418. Mr. Usher, did Rufus Griswold at any time
exert any pressure on you,Copy !req
419. written or verbal,
to sign or falsify documents?Copy !req
420. No.Copy !req
421. Has he spoken to you at all
about today's deposition?Copy !req
422. Not at all.Copy !req
423. Has anyone at Fortunato
spoken to you about today's deposition?Copy !req
424. No. Not at all.Copy !req
425. Mr. Usher, I will remind you,
you are under oath,Copy !req
426. you agreed to appear here today
as a witness for this office.Copy !req
427. Yes. Well…Copy !req
428. Um…Copy !req
429. Your man there wouldn't leave us alone.Copy !req
430. He stopped by my home
on multiple occasions pressing this issue.Copy !req
431. So, yes, I agreed to appear.Copy !req
432. Call me a witness,
call me a representative of the company,Copy !req
433. call me whatever you like,
I'd hope by appearing hereCopy !req
434. and verifying for the record
what I'd said to Mr. Dupin in privacy,Copy !req
435. that he would do me the kindness
of letting my family be in peace.Copy !req
436. Frankly, I didn't want to use this word,Copy !req
437. but the treatment of my family
in the name of whatever vendettaCopy !req
438. Mr. Dupin has for Rufus Griswold
borders on harassment.Copy !req
439. That's what I came here to say.Copy !req
440. Auggie.Copy !req
441. What's…Copy !req
442. Wait…Copy !req
443. - What's happening?
- Don't say anything.Copy !req
444. - What are they doing?
- Don't say anything.Copy !req
445. - Your husband's under arrest for perjury.
- Perjury?Copy !req
446. I told you to stay at home.Copy !req
447. Roderick!Copy !req
448. Don't say a word. Not another word.Copy !req
449. Not here. I will meet you at home.Copy !req
450. Hi. Madeline Usher.Copy !req
451. Do you have a minute? Can we talk?Copy !req
452. What the fuck?
You knew this was gonna happen?Copy !req
453. Of course.Copy !req
454. - My husband is in jail.
- He'll be out before dinner.Copy !req
455. You think Fortunato
is going to let him sit there?Copy !req
456. As of today he's the most
important employee at that company.Copy !req
457. They will have him out
before you can blink.Copy !req
458. He's charged with perjury.Copy !req
459. And that won't stick either.
He never signed an affidavit.Copy !req
460. It's Dupin's word against ours.Copy !req
461. What the fuck is wrong with you?Copy !req
462. Roderick was gonna do the right thing.
He was gonna be a hero.Copy !req
463. That's what I told my children.Copy !req
464. He did the right thing,
you fucking simpleton.Copy !req
465. The DA's embarrassed,
but he's not an idiot,Copy !req
466. and once he's staring down
the whole Fortunato legal machineCopy !req
467. without a single witness,Copy !req
468. his whole case is just
a handful of stolen documents.Copy !req
469. He will fold.Copy !req
470. Perjury too. He can't prove it.Copy !req
471. Right now, there is one nameCopy !req
472. on the mind of every board member,
investor and executive at Fortunato.Copy !req
473. Roderick Usher.Copy !req
474. He is a fucking hero.Copy !req
475. You're gonna be swimming in moneyCopy !req
476. and promotions and protections
by lunchtime tomorrow.Copy !req
477. You'll be in a new house by Christmas.Copy !req
478. You would have been on unemployment
tomorrow if we'd done it your way,Copy !req
479. and Fortunato would have sued you
into a fucking crater.Copy !req
480. Jesus.Copy !req
481. I thought it was an act.Copy !req
482. I figured you just played the housewifeCopy !req
483. so you could keep a roof over your head.Copy !req
484. Spread your legs or suck his dick
twice a week and you're set.Copy !req
485. You never have to work a day in your life.Copy !req
486. And I thought, "Good for her,
she found her angle," but…Copy !req
487. …this is really you.Copy !req
488. Isn't it?Copy !req
489. I thought you only existed in the movies.Copy !req
490. You are so…Copy !req
491. small, Madeline.Copy !req
492. Your baby's crying.Copy !req
493. All right, I know you're here.Copy !req
494. Have a seat.Copy !req
495. These aren't for us, technically.Copy !req
496. They're for the boys later on,
but I don't think they'll mind.Copy !req
497. Please.Copy !req
498. Can I get you a drink?Copy !req
499. No, thank you.Copy !req
500. He's been coming here a lot
over the last few weeks.Copy !req
501. Not sure he even knows why.Copy !req
502. And you should see the basement.Copy !req
503. He's got boxes of stuff down there.Copy !req
504. More every day.Copy !req
505. He just sits here and he drinks
and he cries sometimes.Copy !req
506. Sad to watch.Copy !req
507. A man like that reduced to such a cliché.Copy !req
508. It really is you.Copy !req
509. It's amazing how much I've denied.Copy !req
510. But it is you.Copy !req
511. And somehow I knew you'd be here.Copy !req
512. Well, I left you the address,
don't pat yourself too hard on the back.Copy !req
513. Go ahead. Say your piece.Copy !req
514. I want to ask you to stop.Copy !req
515. Come on. Ask me? That isn't you.Copy !req
516. And frankly,
I think you've forgotten what I am.Copy !req
517. Fine then. I want to renegotiate.Copy !req
518. - You can't.
- Why not?Copy !req
519. - The ink is dry.
- For him or for me?Copy !req
520. Madeline…Copy !req
521. Words got us into this,
words can get us out.Copy !req
522. You blaming Roderick or rhetoric?Copy !req
523. I want new terms,
and I shall have new terms.Copy !req
524. Or have you forgotten what I am?Copy !req
525. There she is. Ah, there's my Cleopatra.Copy !req
526. Everything has a price.Copy !req
527. Every negotiation's a point of entry.Copy !req
528. Every deal is simply
an expression of will. Mutual will.Copy !req
529. We can sort this.Copy !req
530. Woman to woman.Copy !req
531. I'm not a woman.Copy !req
532. You know what I am capable of.
You know what I have done.Copy !req
533. You know who I am.Copy !req
534. You're a collection of impeccable,
elaborate masksCopy !req
535. in orbit of a stunted heart.Copy !req
536. That was cruel. I apologize.Copy !req
537. There are certain things
one shouldn't have to face in life.Copy !req
538. Time enough for self-reflection after.Copy !req
539. Yes. I know who you are.Copy !req
540. And were.Copy !req
541. And who you could have been.Copy !req
542. I see all three.
Standing shoulder to shoulder.Copy !req
543. And together, they break my heart.Copy !req
544. Please. Sit.Copy !req
545. I apologize.Copy !req
546. Under the bridge.Copy !req
547. I was saying,
I know who you are, Madeline.Copy !req
548. You're one of my favorites.Copy !req
549. And I understand.
You find an adversary, you kill them.Copy !req
550. You find a hurdle,
you jump it or dismantle it.Copy !req
551. You find a locked door, you pry it open.Copy !req
552. Mom? Mom!Copy !req
553. This is insane.Copy !req
554. - Ludicrous. I won't hear anymore.
- Ludicrous?Copy !req
555. I'm talking about getting clean.Copy !req
556. Don't be stupid.
Can you imagine what that would look like?Copy !req
557. My own wife trying to get off my own drug.
It's a PR nightmare.Copy !req
558. I just want to be off it.Copy !req
559. Then you'll have no problem.Copy !req
560. It's not addictive.Copy !req
561. Okay then.Copy !req
562. It's not.Copy !req
563. But if you try to get off it,Copy !req
564. you can expect mood changes
and sleep changes and physical changes,Copy !req
565. flu symptoms, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea,
stomach cramping, reduced appetite,Copy !req
566. dilated pupils, blurry vision, shivering,Copy !req
567. goosebumps, rapid heartbeat,
high blood pressure,Copy !req
568. just imagine being so tired
you can't sleep.Copy !req
569. So exhausted that you can't relax.Copy !req
570. All soaked with feelings
of absolute desperation and dread.Copy !req
571. Basically, the closest analogy
I can think of is a fishCopy !req
572. being pulled out of water,
only at least the fish gets to die.Copy !req
573. I thought-Copy !req
574. Some people benefit
from rapid detox methodsCopy !req
575. like clonidine, naltrexone or rapid
withdrawal under general anesthesia,Copy !req
576. but not with your dose.Copy !req
577. With your dose,
you've got to take it slow.Copy !req
578. 10% reduction per month.Copy !req
579. You should be right as rain
in, um, three agonizing years.Copy !req
580. What the fuck have you done?Copy !req
581. Don't play me like that
or did I get you wrong?Copy !req
582. Haven't you sucked a few cocks
for a fix before we met?Copy !req
583. Or am I confusing you with somebody else?Copy !req
584. You're a monster, you know that?Copy !req
585. I married a monster.Copy !req
586. No, dear.Copy !req
587. I'm Victor Frankenstein.Copy !req
588. You're the monster.Copy !req
589. You are my perfect creation.Copy !req
590. What was left of you after that accident
was a corpse on a slab.Copy !req
591. And Ligodone was the lightning.
I threw the switch, you sat up and look…Copy !req
592. It's alive.Copy !req
593. I thought…Copy !req
594. I thought that you loved me.Copy !req
595. I… You are a miracle.Copy !req
596. Your body just… soaks it up.Copy !req
597. It's like nothing I've ever seen.
Like my drug is water and you're a flower.Copy !req
598. You are the most perfect
and beautiful thing I've ever seen.Copy !req
599. You know, a huge part of you is Ligodone.Copy !req
600. How could I not marry you?Copy !req
601. Three years?Copy !req
602. Okay.Copy !req
603. I can do three years.Copy !req
604. 'Cause yeah,
I've had a hard life at times.Copy !req
605. And I've made mistakes,
but that's what I thought you saw in me.Copy !req
606. Because that shit made me fucking strong.Copy !req
607. So, I will take three years of hell
over a lifetime with you.Copy !req
608. Easy.Copy !req
609. You should know there's common ground
between us.Copy !req
610. You, your brother and I,
we share something.Copy !req
611. I recognized it the moment
I laid eyes on you.Copy !req
612. Pain.Copy !req
613. You might accuse me
of being the broker of suffering.Copy !req
614. I could say the same of you.Copy !req
615. But I consider myself more its witness.Copy !req
616. You're in pain.Copy !req
617. You're exhausted. Uncertain. Frightened.Copy !req
618. For the first time in years.
I can't take that pain from you.Copy !req
619. But I can give you something for it.Copy !req
620. And it's not a drug.Copy !req
621. Years ago, I offered you certainty.Copy !req
622. Tonight, clarity.Copy !req
623. No strings.Copy !req
624. I doubt that.Copy !req
625. Your brother,
you know what he would have been?Copy !req
626. A poet.Copy !req
627. That's where his talent was.
A broke poet, sure.Copy !req
628. But frankly, is there another kind?Copy !req
629. He and I share that as well.Copy !req
630. We both understand that…Copy !req
631. language in its highest expression
is musical.Copy !req
632. So…Copy !req
633. Some clarity for you.Copy !req
634. What's a poem, after all,
if not a safe space for a difficult truth.Copy !req
635. Here's one.Copy !req
636. Came to me when you adorable little things
started building cities.Copy !req
637. I call it "The City in the Sea".Copy !req
638. Lo! Death has reared himself a throneCopy !req
639. In a strange city lying aloneCopy !req
640. Far down within the dim WestCopy !req
641. Where the good and the bad
And the worst and the bestCopy !req
642. Have gone to their eternal restCopy !req
643. No rays from the holy Heaven come downCopy !req
644. On the long nighttime of that townCopy !req
645. But light from out the lurid seaCopy !req
646. Streams up the turrets silentlyCopy !req
647. Up domes, up spires, up kingly hallsCopy !req
648. Up fanes, up Babylon-like wallsCopy !req
649. Up shadowy long-forgotten bowersCopy !req
650. Of sculptured ivory and stone flowersCopy !req
651. Resignedly beneath the sky
The melancholy waters lieCopy !req
652. Ah.Copy !req
653. But lo, a stir is in the air!Copy !req
654. The wave, there is a movement there!Copy !req
655. The waves have now a redder glowCopy !req
656. The hours are breathing, faint and lowCopy !req
657. And when, amid no earthly moansCopy !req
658. Down, down that town shall settle henceCopy !req
659. Hell rising from a thousand thronesCopy !req
660. Shall do it reverenceCopy !req
661. I thought you were offering clarity.Copy !req
662. Let it steep a moment. It'll come to you.Copy !req
663. Freddie. Hey.Copy !req
664. Um, listen, we've got a couple
of small charges in there to help,Copy !req
665. but, you know, if we get caught on that,
I will tell them that you insisted.Copy !req
666. See, isn't it amazing
what you can accomplishCopy !req
667. - when you pull your head out of your ass.
- Yeah.Copy !req
668. She's gonna go down,
but it's going to be slow and rough.Copy !req
669. - She'll come down?
- Yeah.Copy !req
670. Are you ready?Copy !req
671. Yes, we're ready to go.Copy !req
672. Let me have your radio.Copy !req
673. I need five minutes inside,
I have to do something.Copy !req
674. Oh, come on, man.Copy !req
675. You scrambled us here,
don't keep us waiting.Copy !req
676. I need five minutes.Copy !req
677. Then I'll give you an all-clear signal
and you can do whatever you do.Copy !req
678. Okay? Fuck's sake. Have a little patience.Copy !req
679. What a fucking joke.Copy !req
680. Should have died here, honey.Copy !req
681. Would've made you an honest woman.Copy !req
682. Ah.Copy !req
683. Ah.Copy !req
684. Well, Prospero, my brother…Copy !req
685. one last thing to say to you.Copy !req
686. Rest in pee, fuck face.Copy !req
687. What the fuck!Copy !req
688. Oh, honey.
This is embarrassing.Copy !req
689. At least close your pants.Copy !req
690. Otherwise it's just… Well,
it's humiliating enough, isn't it?Copy !req
691. No? Gonna let it fly?Copy !req
692. You're the boss, right?Copy !req
693. That's the nightshade paralytic.Copy !req
694. You got a little carried away back there.Copy !req
695. And, strictly speaking,Copy !req
696. I try to never intervene
this directly, but…Copy !req
697. …the pliers got me thinking.Copy !req
698. Fuck it.Copy !req
699. Yeah? You good?Copy !req
700. More.Copy !req
701. More.Copy !req
702. More.Copy !req
703. Don't you fucking say that to me, Vinnie.Copy !req
704. That ball is gonna swing
at 8:00 p.m. tonight.Copy !req
705. That building is coming down
or else I'm gonna…Copy !req
706. I'm gonna come over there,Copy !req
707. and I'm gonna pull out your fucking teeth
with a pair of pliers.Copy !req
708. I don't normally like to get my hands
this dirty, but honey, you earned it.Copy !req
709. All clear, start the music.Copy !req
710. You clear?Copy !req
711. The fuck did I say? Swing it.Copy !req
712. All ready?Copy !req
713. A dentist.Copy !req
714. That's the funniest part.Copy !req
715. That's what you were gonna be
in the other life.Copy !req
716. You would have been a dentist.
And a pretty good one.Copy !req
717. And I don't know,Copy !req
718. I guess that made what you did
feel worse somehow.Copy !req
719. No need to panic.Copy !req
720. No need to worry
what's lurking around the corner.Copy !req
721. You've been scared your whole life.Copy !req
722. And now you get to put that down.Copy !req
723. It's here, Frederick.
I'm finally, finally here.Copy !req
724. The cool thing is, like,
nobody gets to see this.Copy !req
725. From this vantage point anyway.Copy !req
726. So, at least try to appreciate that.Copy !req
727. That's not good.Copy !req
728. You know, I could have done this
just about any way I wanted to.Copy !req
729. Could have had a heart attack in your car.
Coke would have teed that up nicely.Copy !req
730. Could have been hit by a bus.Copy !req
731. But then you had to bring her home.Copy !req
732. And you had to grab the pliers.Copy !req
733. I'm gonna head out.Copy !req
734. I've got an appointment with your dad.Copy !req
735. He did you wrong, Freddie.Copy !req
736. You only ever wanted to be loved by him.Copy !req
737. You only ever wanted his approval.Copy !req
738. And it's still no fucking excuse.Copy !req
739. Freddie's dead.Copy !req
740. That means there's just us left.Copy !req
741. You remember the deal.
You remember the terms.Copy !req
742. I know you do.Copy !req
743. "Into the world together,
out of the world togetherCopy !req
744. or there's no deal," that's what she said.Copy !req
745. There is only one way out.Copy !req
746. And I think you know that too.Copy !req
747. I love you.Copy !req
748. More than anyone in the world.Copy !req
749. And now I need you to be a hero again.Copy !req
750. I need you to be my brother.Copy !req
751. We need you… to be our hero.Copy !req
752. These are the 80s. Ligodone 80 mill.Copy !req
753. And here's the thing,
once you start you can't stop.Copy !req
754. You have to take 'em all at onceCopy !req
755. 'cause if you stop it can hurt,
as you well know.Copy !req
756. But if you take it fast,
you won't feel it.Copy !req
757. Your blood pressure will drop.Copy !req
758. And you'll just… just go to sleep.Copy !req
759. Um…Copy !req
760. No other way?Copy !req
761. There's not.Copy !req
762. I have run it all down.
Every possible scenario.Copy !req
763. You trust me, you have always trusted me.Copy !req
764. This is the only one. This is it.Copy !req
765. Go ahead. You can do it.Copy !req
766. Now, that's a legend.Copy !req
767. That's a king.Copy !req
768. You're saving us all.Copy !req
769. You're a legend.Copy !req
770. You're a king.Copy !req
771. You are saving us all.Copy !req
772. Can't let you out that easy.Copy !req
773. Hello again, handsome.Copy !req