WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:02:06.604 --> 00:02:08.779 student: "It is not chaos or death. 4 00:02:08.780 --> 00:02:11.348 "It is form and union and plan. 5 00:02:11.653 --> 00:02:13.089 "It is eternal life. 6 00:02:13.568 --> 00:02:14.873 "It is happiness. 7 00:02:15.831 --> 00:02:17.745 "The past and present wilt. 8 00:02:17.746 --> 00:02:19.660 "I have filled them, emptied them, 9 00:02:19.661 --> 00:02:22.403 "and proceed to fill my next fold of the future. 10 00:02:22.707 --> 00:02:25.014 "Listener up there! What have you to confide to me? 11 00:02:25.754 --> 00:02:28.669 "Look in my face while I snuff the sidle of evening. 12 00:02:28.670 --> 00:02:31.106 "Talk honestly, no one else hears you, 13 00:02:31.107 --> 00:02:32.847 and I stay only a minute longer." 14 00:02:32.848 --> 00:02:34.893 "Do I contradict myself? 15 00:02:36.243 --> 00:02:37.765 "Very well then, I contradict myself. 16 00:02:37.766 --> 00:02:40.594 I am large, I contain multitudes." 17 00:02:40.595 --> 00:02:41.770 My God. 18 00:02:43.250 --> 00:02:44.251 What is it? 19 00:02:45.643 --> 00:02:47.776 Clearly something more interesting than Whitman. 20 00:02:48.907 --> 00:02:51.605 California. There was another earthquake. 21 00:02:51.606 --> 00:02:54.999 A huge chunk's gone from Santa Barbara to Fresno. 22 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:56.566 - student 2: It's fucking crazy. - Into the ocean. 23 00:02:56.567 --> 00:02:57.916 - Just like that. - teacher: Alright, alright. 24 00:02:58.613 --> 00:02:59.570 Settle down. 25 00:03:01.268 --> 00:03:02.311 Got no connection. 26 00:03:02.312 --> 00:03:03.792 Anybody else have one? 27 00:03:04.271 --> 00:03:06.142 student: No. 28 00:03:09.101 --> 00:03:14.584 teacher: Oh, eh, sorry. Network's still down. 29 00:03:14.585 --> 00:03:16.239 I've got his file here, though. 30 00:03:16.935 --> 00:03:18.980 Uh, Dylan's been diving lately. 31 00:03:18.981 --> 00:03:20.547 I mean, this semester, he's gone 32 00:03:20.548 --> 00:03:22.897 from As and Bs to Ds. 33 00:03:22.898 --> 00:03:24.290 You keep hard copies? 34 00:03:24.291 --> 00:03:25.813 When the network started acting up, 35 00:03:25.814 --> 00:03:27.597 a lot of us started keeping hard copies. 36 00:03:27.598 --> 00:03:30.166 What do you think? I mean, you think it's coming back? 37 00:03:30.645 --> 00:03:32.646 Well, I don't, I don't know. 38 00:03:32.647 --> 00:03:34.517 Dylan's mom: I remember the world before the internet. 39 00:03:34.518 --> 00:03:35.997 Why is it so hard to imagine carrying on without it? 40 00:03:35.998 --> 00:03:37.520 It is, though, isn't it? 41 00:03:37.521 --> 00:03:39.740 How do we go back? How-- Can we go back? 42 00:03:39.741 --> 00:03:41.524 What if it's down for good this time? 43 00:03:41.525 --> 00:03:42.873 Internet's still down. 44 00:03:42.874 --> 00:03:44.310 teacher: Yeah, but lucky for us, 45 00:03:44.311 --> 00:03:45.876 I've got hard copies for each student. 46 00:03:45.877 --> 00:03:47.400 parent: I think this might be it. 47 00:03:47.401 --> 00:03:48.357 I don't think it's coming back this time. 48 00:03:48.358 --> 00:03:50.054 You might be right. 49 00:03:50.055 --> 00:03:51.491 But I do think we should talk about Emily. 50 00:03:51.492 --> 00:03:52.840 Her attendance has really fallen off. 51 00:03:52.841 --> 00:03:54.146 Her attendance? 52 00:03:54.495 --> 00:03:56.496 Absenteeism's at an all-time high 53 00:03:56.497 --> 00:03:57.888 all over the world. 54 00:03:57.889 --> 00:04:00.891 We got doctors and pilots and cops 55 00:04:00.892 --> 00:04:04.155 and everyone's just pissing the fuck off, right? 56 00:04:04.156 --> 00:04:06.941 But you, you want to talk to us about Emily? 57 00:04:06.942 --> 00:04:09.030 parent 2: How are they supposed to study, anyway? 58 00:04:09.031 --> 00:04:11.162 Web's been on the fritz for eight months. 59 00:04:11.163 --> 00:04:13.862 Half those sites are just garbled. 60 00:04:14.166 --> 00:04:15.950 I mean, I get it, sites go dark. 61 00:04:15.951 --> 00:04:17.778 But what about all that other stuff? 62 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:21.390 Like, sites are there, but all the punctuation's wrong. 63 00:04:21.391 --> 00:04:24.264 Words spelled wrong. How do you explain that? 64 00:04:25.743 --> 00:04:27.440 Well, I can't, 65 00:04:27.441 --> 00:04:30.573 but Brian can still prepare for class. 66 00:04:30.574 --> 00:04:33.576 I mean, the library's still here. Internet or not. 67 00:04:33.577 --> 00:04:34.796 Pornhub's down. 68 00:04:36.754 --> 00:04:38.060 Did you know that, Mr. Anderson? 69 00:04:41.150 --> 00:04:42.455 Yeah, I, uh, 70 00:04:42.456 --> 00:04:45.372 I, I, I had noticed that. Yeah. 71 00:04:45.894 --> 00:04:47.721 Sorry if Bri's been any trouble. 72 00:04:47.722 --> 00:04:50.506 It's just me now. His mom... 73 00:04:50.507 --> 00:04:52.334 she left, I don't know where. 74 00:04:52.335 --> 00:04:53.988 That's been happening a lot more I hear, 75 00:04:53.989 --> 00:04:55.773 people just ghosting. 76 00:04:56.731 --> 00:05:00.516 Hers was some star-crossed boyfriend from high school. 77 00:05:00.517 --> 00:05:01.605 They dated a month. 78 00:05:03.215 --> 00:05:05.304 Goddamn month. She's gonna throw 20 years 79 00:05:05.305 --> 00:05:07.307 in the trash to chase down a month. 80 00:05:09.047 --> 00:05:10.527 I guess she never stopped thinking about him. 81 00:05:12.007 --> 00:05:13.790 I guess we've all got someone like that. 82 00:05:13.791 --> 00:05:17.316 I mean, I get it, if it really is the end, 83 00:05:17.317 --> 00:05:19.666 like those kooks in the purple robes say, 84 00:05:19.667 --> 00:05:21.930 then who do you want to be with for it? 85 00:05:22.931 --> 00:05:24.019 But to leave her son? 86 00:05:28.023 --> 00:05:29.416 Uh, she says she'll be back. 87 00:05:30.982 --> 00:05:33.028 I don't know. Um... 88 00:05:37.511 --> 00:05:38.860 Fuckin' Pornhub. 89 00:05:40.122 --> 00:05:41.775 What if that never comes back? 90 00:05:41.776 --> 00:05:43.734 Fuckin' tragedy. 91 00:05:45.083 --> 00:05:48.173 I mean, even if it is the end of all things... 92 00:05:50.132 --> 00:05:51.525 that's just fuckin' mean. 93 00:05:57.922 --> 00:06:00.098 - Sorry. - Yeah. 94 00:06:02.274 --> 00:06:03.710 reporter: It's a scene of devastation 95 00:06:03.711 --> 00:06:05.451 and heartbreak in California, 96 00:06:05.452 --> 00:06:07.714 as rescue workers sift through what remains 97 00:06:07.715 --> 00:06:09.368 of the northern portion of the state. 98 00:06:09.369 --> 00:06:12.240 reporter 2: 350 dead in North Yorkshire 99 00:06:12.241 --> 00:06:13.589 as water levels continue to... 100 00:06:34.306 --> 00:06:35.785 narrator: The day Marty Anderson 101 00:06:35.786 --> 00:06:37.831 first saw the billboard 102 00:06:37.832 --> 00:06:41.138 was just before the internet finally went down for good. 103 00:06:43.751 --> 00:06:46.274 It had been wobbling for eight months, 104 00:06:46.275 --> 00:06:49.712 but other problems, like fires, earthquakes, 105 00:06:49.713 --> 00:06:52.672 and whole species of birds and fish dying off 106 00:06:52.673 --> 00:06:54.500 had taken priority. 107 00:06:54.501 --> 00:06:56.284 newscaster [on radio]: ...till today, thought to be 108 00:06:56.285 --> 00:06:57.504 the largest wildfire in United States history. 109 00:06:59.506 --> 00:07:00.854 ♪ Well, I feel so good 110 00:07:00.855 --> 00:07:02.770 ♪ Everything is getting high 111 00:07:03.379 --> 00:07:05.641 narrator: Ordinarily, Marty would've driven home 112 00:07:05.642 --> 00:07:08.470 by way of the Turnpike bypass, 113 00:07:08.471 --> 00:07:10.472 but that wasn't possible 114 00:07:10.473 --> 00:07:12.126 due to the collapse of the bridge 115 00:07:12.127 --> 00:07:13.607 over Otter Creek. 116 00:07:16.087 --> 00:07:18.088 ♪ So glad we made it 117 00:07:18.089 --> 00:07:19.046 ♪ You gotta 118 00:07:21.092 --> 00:07:23.006 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 119 00:07:23.007 --> 00:07:24.355 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 120 00:07:24.356 --> 00:07:26.357 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 121 00:07:26.358 --> 00:07:29.360 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' every day ♪ 122 00:07:34.366 --> 00:07:36.324 NPR host [on radio]: Well, with what happened in California, 123 00:07:36.325 --> 00:07:37.891 that officially makes Nevada one of the most 124 00:07:37.892 --> 00:07:39.762 populous states in the Union now. 125 00:07:39.763 --> 00:07:41.416 NPR host 2: The thing that must be said here is... 126 00:07:41.417 --> 00:07:43.418 narrator: Felicia Gordon is a nurse 127 00:07:43.419 --> 00:07:45.028 at City General. 128 00:07:45.029 --> 00:07:46.726 Though for the last few weeks, 129 00:07:46.727 --> 00:07:50.381 she's felt more like an undertaker. 130 00:07:50.382 --> 00:07:53.384 The staff, whose numbers have been dwindling 131 00:07:53.385 --> 00:07:55.952 since late summer, have begun referring 132 00:07:55.953 --> 00:07:58.912 to themselves as the Suicide Squad. 133 00:07:58.913 --> 00:08:00.827 NPR host [on radio]: We'll be back to talk more about this 134 00:08:00.828 --> 00:08:02.959 and, uh, also about the fires in the Midwest, 135 00:08:02.960 --> 00:08:05.528 speaking of water scarcity, back after this break. 136 00:08:10.533 --> 00:08:12.099 announcer [on radio]: We'd like to say thank you 137 00:08:12.100 --> 00:08:13.796 to Charles Krantz 138 00:08:13.797 --> 00:08:16.799 for 39 great years. 139 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:17.845 Thanks, Chuck. 140 00:08:21.936 --> 00:08:23.024 man: Hey. 141 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:25.460 Heard you got another one. 142 00:08:25.461 --> 00:08:27.157 Yeah. One more. 143 00:08:27.158 --> 00:08:29.465 nurse: Mine wasn't so lucky. Slit wrists, so... 144 00:08:30.292 --> 00:08:31.859 what were we supposed to do really? 145 00:08:32.337 --> 00:08:34.034 Hear about Marilou? 146 00:08:34.035 --> 00:08:35.775 No. What about Marilou? 147 00:08:35.776 --> 00:08:36.907 She left! 148 00:08:37.517 --> 00:08:39.648 - Her ex. Remember Pedro? - Mm-hm. 149 00:08:39.649 --> 00:08:41.607 He showed up, and I don't know what he said to her, 150 00:08:41.608 --> 00:08:43.305 but she walked out holding his hand. 151 00:08:44.219 --> 00:08:45.959 And I remember how bad that divorce was. 152 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:47.743 - Do you remember? - Yeah, I remember. 153 00:08:47.744 --> 00:08:49.353 Well, I guess that's all bridge water 154 00:08:49.354 --> 00:08:51.530 'cause off she went. 155 00:08:51.531 --> 00:08:52.879 reporter [on radio]: ...sinkholes that have been opening up. 156 00:08:52.880 --> 00:08:54.358 nurse: I wonder what the stats are. 157 00:08:54.359 --> 00:08:57.057 You think more people are splitting up 158 00:08:57.058 --> 00:08:58.407 or getting back together? 159 00:08:58.755 --> 00:09:00.451 I mean, do you think marriage rates are up 160 00:09:00.452 --> 00:09:01.715 - or divorce rates-- - Marriages. 161 00:09:02.977 --> 00:09:04.500 - You're an optimist. - No. 162 00:09:05.632 --> 00:09:06.980 Divorce takes way longer, 163 00:09:06.981 --> 00:09:08.721 and I don't think anyone's filing. 164 00:09:08.722 --> 00:09:10.766 Why bother? Six months of paperwork at least. 165 00:09:10.767 --> 00:09:11.941 Probably more. 166 00:09:11.942 --> 00:09:13.029 Marriage license is one page 167 00:09:13.030 --> 00:09:14.249 and it takes an hour or so. 168 00:09:15.467 --> 00:09:17.513 I'm gonna guess marriages. 169 00:09:18.688 --> 00:09:20.297 man [on TV]: Missed you for lunch, missed you for dinner. 170 00:09:20.298 --> 00:09:21.951 What's the matter? Don't you eat anymore? 171 00:09:21.952 --> 00:09:23.692 woman [on TV]: Well, I wasn't hungry tonight. 172 00:09:23.693 --> 00:09:25.259 man: Weren't you hungry this morning either? 173 00:09:25.260 --> 00:09:26.826 woman: Who stole my nylons? 174 00:09:26.827 --> 00:09:30.264 Egads! The very... Not very. 175 00:09:30.265 --> 00:09:32.527 man: Too much rehearsal last night, huh? 176 00:09:32.528 --> 00:09:33.963 woman: It was kind of a workout. 177 00:09:33.964 --> 00:09:35.269 man: That why you slept late? 178 00:09:35.270 --> 00:09:36.575 woman: Oh, I didn't sleep late. 179 00:09:36.576 --> 00:09:38.011 I went uptown. 180 00:09:38.012 --> 00:09:39.666 - man: Shopping? - woman: No. 181 00:09:42.712 --> 00:09:43.626 Hey. 182 00:09:45.672 --> 00:09:46.673 Felicia Gordon [on phone]: Hi. 183 00:09:49.327 --> 00:09:50.850 You hung up? 184 00:09:50.851 --> 00:09:52.200 Yeah. 185 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:54.681 But then I figured you probably saw it. So... 186 00:09:57.031 --> 00:09:58.032 How are you? 187 00:09:58.772 --> 00:10:00.686 Marty Anderson [on phone]: I'm okay, I guess. 188 00:10:00.687 --> 00:10:01.775 How are you? 189 00:10:02.514 --> 00:10:04.778 I was, um, thinking about you today. 190 00:10:05.866 --> 00:10:07.910 We were at work talking about marriages and divorces. 191 00:10:07.911 --> 00:10:09.477 Like, which are happening more now-- 192 00:10:09.478 --> 00:10:10.522 Marriages, I bet. 193 00:10:11.654 --> 00:10:13.221 Ain't nobody waiting on a divorce. 194 00:10:14.265 --> 00:10:15.527 What about remarriages? 195 00:10:17.878 --> 00:10:19.443 You want to buy a guy a drink first or... 196 00:10:19.444 --> 00:10:20.793 I bet those are happening. 197 00:10:20.794 --> 00:10:21.925 I mean, it makes sense. 198 00:10:22.709 --> 00:10:25.494 People wanting something comforting and... 199 00:10:26.364 --> 00:10:27.670 familiar. 200 00:10:28.976 --> 00:10:31.282 So... how was your day? 201 00:10:32.283 --> 00:10:34.111 You're just going right for it, aren't you? 202 00:10:34.764 --> 00:10:35.809 Humor me. 203 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:37.462 It was, um... 204 00:10:38.072 --> 00:10:42.075 It was a day, I guess. 205 00:10:42.076 --> 00:10:44.687 You know? Weird. 206 00:10:45.209 --> 00:10:46.470 Parent-teacher sessions, 207 00:10:46.471 --> 00:10:48.909 felt like pissing in the wind. 208 00:10:49.561 --> 00:10:51.040 You know about California, right? 209 00:10:51.041 --> 00:10:52.868 Yeah. 210 00:10:52.869 --> 00:10:54.478 I know they're saying most of it was already evacuated, 211 00:10:54.479 --> 00:10:56.480 but I heard today there are hundreds of thousands 212 00:10:56.481 --> 00:10:57.960 of refugees trekking east. 213 00:10:57.961 --> 00:10:59.266 Did you know Nevada is one of the most 214 00:10:59.267 --> 00:11:00.746 populous states in the Union now? 215 00:11:00.747 --> 00:11:02.791 I heard a, a scientist on NPR say 216 00:11:02.792 --> 00:11:05.099 California is peeling away like old wallpaper. 217 00:11:05.708 --> 00:11:08.493 And another Japanese reactor got inundated this afternoon. 218 00:11:08.929 --> 00:11:11.234 And they're saying, you know, it was shut down and all's well, 219 00:11:11.235 --> 00:11:13.236 but I just, I, I don't think I believe that. 220 00:11:13.237 --> 00:11:15.456 Cynic. 221 00:11:15.457 --> 00:11:17.240 Well, we're living in cynical times, Marty. 222 00:11:17.241 --> 00:11:20.505 I mean, some people think we're living in the last times. 223 00:11:21.028 --> 00:11:23.203 Not just the religious crazies either. Not anymore. 224 00:11:23.204 --> 00:11:25.901 And you are hearing that from a member in good standing 225 00:11:25.902 --> 00:11:28.383 of the City General Suicide Squad. 226 00:11:29.297 --> 00:11:30.601 That's what we call ourselves now. 227 00:11:30.602 --> 00:11:32.039 No lie. 228 00:11:32.343 --> 00:11:35.171 We lost six today, but there's 18 more 229 00:11:35.172 --> 00:11:36.912 we dragged back, mostly with naloxone. 230 00:11:36.913 --> 00:11:38.522 But supplies of that are getting very thin. 231 00:11:38.523 --> 00:11:40.481 And I heard the head pharmacist say 232 00:11:40.482 --> 00:11:43.006 we might be completely out by the end of the month. 233 00:11:43.877 --> 00:11:45.355 That sucks. 234 00:11:45.356 --> 00:11:47.097 Yeah. Yeah. 235 00:11:47.968 --> 00:11:49.752 Yeah, that sucks. It, it really sucks. 236 00:11:52.233 --> 00:11:54.190 The internet's down, and California's hanging 237 00:11:54.191 --> 00:11:55.496 by a thread. 238 00:11:55.497 --> 00:11:57.541 There's fires and famines 239 00:11:57.542 --> 00:11:58.673 and plagues and all the rest. 240 00:11:58.674 --> 00:12:00.022 I mean, it just 241 00:12:00.023 --> 00:12:01.285 the center doesn't hold. 242 00:12:03.157 --> 00:12:04.680 It just won't let up. 243 00:12:08.205 --> 00:12:09.946 How long is this gonna go on? 244 00:12:11.731 --> 00:12:13.341 How much can we take before the whole thing... 245 00:12:14.690 --> 00:12:16.474 before the whole thing goes apart, I mean. 246 00:12:21.828 --> 00:12:24.482 I'm teaching the kids Carl Sagan right now. 247 00:12:26.658 --> 00:12:28.835 You ever hear what he said about the cosmic calendar? 248 00:12:29.749 --> 00:12:32.795 Uh... I don't know. I don't think so. 249 00:12:33.100 --> 00:12:36.363 Well, the universe is 15 billion years old. 250 00:12:36.364 --> 00:12:37.973 And if you took all of that, 251 00:12:37.974 --> 00:12:41.324 all, all 15 billion years 252 00:12:41.325 --> 00:12:45.415 and compress them into a single calendar year, 253 00:12:45.416 --> 00:12:49.071 then the Big Bang happens in the first second, January 1st. 254 00:12:49.072 --> 00:12:50.900 And, and today, 255 00:12:51.640 --> 00:12:54.990 oh, right now, we're in the final millisecond 256 00:12:54.991 --> 00:12:56.732 of the last minute of the last day, 257 00:12:57.341 --> 00:12:58.820 December 31st. 258 00:12:58.821 --> 00:13:00.779 But if you go back to the start, 259 00:13:00.780 --> 00:13:03.303 if the, if the Big Bang happens 260 00:13:03.304 --> 00:13:05.088 at midnight, January 1st, 261 00:13:06.133 --> 00:13:08.003 then each month of this calendar 262 00:13:08.004 --> 00:13:10.223 is one and a quarter billion years long. 263 00:13:10.224 --> 00:13:12.529 Hey, nobody told me there was math on this exam. 264 00:13:12.530 --> 00:13:15.228 The universe starts January 1st, 265 00:13:15.229 --> 00:13:18.100 but the, uh, the Milky Way didn't form 266 00:13:18.101 --> 00:13:19.581 until May. 267 00:13:19.929 --> 00:13:21.538 Our sun and our earth, 268 00:13:21.539 --> 00:13:25.108 they don't show up until mid-September. 269 00:13:25.456 --> 00:13:27.676 Life appears soon after. But not us. 270 00:13:28.459 --> 00:13:31.592 No. No, no, we don't appear for guess how long? 271 00:13:31.593 --> 00:13:33.812 Again, I was told there'd be no math. 272 00:13:33.813 --> 00:13:35.031 December 31st. 273 00:13:36.119 --> 00:13:37.772 Last day on the calendar, 274 00:13:37.773 --> 00:13:39.774 and the very first human beings on Earth 275 00:13:39.775 --> 00:13:40.994 made their debut 276 00:13:41.733 --> 00:13:43.213 around 10:30 p.m. 277 00:13:44.345 --> 00:13:47.348 10:30 p.m. on the last day. 278 00:13:47.827 --> 00:13:50.524 And, um, every minute since then 279 00:13:50.525 --> 00:13:52.221 is 30,000 years. 280 00:13:52.222 --> 00:13:56.226 So, 11:46 p.m., 281 00:13:56.923 --> 00:14:00.752 only 14 minutes ago, humanity tamed fire 282 00:14:01.884 --> 00:14:04.234 and now we're out of minutes, we're into seconds. 283 00:14:05.932 --> 00:14:07.846 11:59 and 20 seconds, 284 00:14:07.847 --> 00:14:11.676 the domestication of plants and animals begin, 285 00:14:12.155 --> 00:14:14.941 an application for the human talent for making tools. 286 00:14:15.942 --> 00:14:18.335 11:59 and 35 seconds, 287 00:14:19.293 --> 00:14:21.294 agricultural communities 288 00:14:21.295 --> 00:14:23.297 evolved into the first cities. 289 00:14:25.081 --> 00:14:26.343 Our recorded history, 290 00:14:27.040 --> 00:14:29.259 everyone we've ever heard of, 291 00:14:29.781 --> 00:14:33.002 every single thing in any one of our history books... 292 00:14:35.091 --> 00:14:36.832 happens in the last 10 seconds. 293 00:14:39.487 --> 00:14:41.054 The last 10 seconds 294 00:14:41.968 --> 00:14:43.230 of the last minute 295 00:14:43.970 --> 00:14:45.885 of the last day on the calendar. 296 00:14:47.408 --> 00:14:48.888 December 31st. 297 00:14:53.849 --> 00:14:55.416 So how long is it gonna go on? 298 00:14:56.547 --> 00:14:57.897 I don't know, Fel. 299 00:14:59.289 --> 00:15:01.203 If you're right, and you might be, 300 00:15:01.204 --> 00:15:04.206 that this really is the, the last times 301 00:15:04.207 --> 00:15:06.383 and the universe is dying, 302 00:15:07.036 --> 00:15:08.689 and let's just say it's a fast death, 303 00:15:08.690 --> 00:15:10.517 even if all of this is happening in the, 304 00:15:10.518 --> 00:15:13.216 the last split second, 305 00:15:14.043 --> 00:15:15.349 microsecond, 306 00:15:16.002 --> 00:15:17.568 who knows how long that'll last. 307 00:15:18.178 --> 00:15:21.137 Maybe seconds, maybe eons. 308 00:15:21.442 --> 00:15:24.270 Maybe all this is happening as the cosmos burps out 309 00:15:24.271 --> 00:15:25.533 its last breath. 310 00:15:27.883 --> 00:15:29.711 Maybe it's all happening in the last 311 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.193 single solitary heartbeat. 312 00:15:38.111 --> 00:15:39.547 Jesus, Marty. 313 00:15:42.158 --> 00:15:43.246 Yeah. 314 00:15:49.731 --> 00:15:51.559 Listen, Fel, I should go. I've, um... 315 00:15:53.865 --> 00:15:55.911 I've got tests to grade. 316 00:15:57.652 --> 00:15:58.566 Marty... 317 00:16:00.611 --> 00:16:01.960 the world is going down the drain, 318 00:16:01.961 --> 00:16:03.657 and all we can say is, "That sucks." 319 00:16:03.658 --> 00:16:06.661 So, maybe we're going down the drain too. 320 00:16:07.618 --> 00:16:09.098 Maybe. 321 00:16:09.446 --> 00:16:11.752 But, you know, Chuck Krantz is retiring. 322 00:16:11.753 --> 00:16:13.493 So... 323 00:16:13.494 --> 00:16:16.148 ...I guess there's a gleam of light in the darkness. 324 00:16:16.149 --> 00:16:17.845 Yes. Thirty-nine great years. 325 00:16:17.846 --> 00:16:19.455 Oh, you saw that weird billboard? 326 00:16:19.456 --> 00:16:21.457 No, it was an ad on the radio that, um, 327 00:16:21.458 --> 00:16:23.372 that NPR show I was telling you about. 328 00:16:23.373 --> 00:16:24.939 If they're running ads on NPR, 329 00:16:24.940 --> 00:16:25.766 it really is the end of the world. 330 00:16:27.073 --> 00:16:28.769 Tell me, how does Chuck Krantz 331 00:16:28.770 --> 00:16:30.640 rate this kind of coverage? 332 00:16:30.641 --> 00:16:33.165 I mean... looks like an accountant. 333 00:16:33.166 --> 00:16:34.297 I've never heard of him. 334 00:16:35.385 --> 00:16:37.212 Used an old photo too, I guess. 335 00:16:37.213 --> 00:16:39.084 I mean, the guy barely looks 40 at all, 336 00:16:39.085 --> 00:16:41.434 let alone 40 years on the job. 337 00:16:41.435 --> 00:16:43.089 The world is full of mysteries. 338 00:16:45.004 --> 00:16:47.702 And, hey, no hard stuff, Marty. 339 00:16:48.050 --> 00:16:49.617 Okay? Have a beer instead. 340 00:16:52.011 --> 00:16:53.186 You got it. 341 00:16:57.146 --> 00:16:59.060 newsreader [on TV]: The Ohio EPA has now issued 342 00:16:59.061 --> 00:17:00.801 a code red air quality alert 343 00:17:00.802 --> 00:17:02.455 for Cleveland and its surrounding-- 344 00:17:27.524 --> 00:17:30.657 Oh, shit on a stick. 345 00:17:35.271 --> 00:17:36.750 announcer [on TV]: We'd like to say thank you 346 00:17:36.751 --> 00:17:38.143 to Charles Krantz 347 00:17:38.144 --> 00:17:41.233 for 39 great years. 348 00:17:41.234 --> 00:17:42.800 Thanks, Chuck. 349 00:18:10.437 --> 00:18:11.351 Gus! 350 00:18:12.613 --> 00:18:14.658 Oh. Hey, Marty. 351 00:18:15.311 --> 00:18:16.530 Where's your car? 352 00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:18.792 It's... it's on, 353 00:18:18.793 --> 00:18:20.228 it's on the sidewalk halfway down 354 00:18:20.229 --> 00:18:22.317 Main Street Hill with a hundred others. 355 00:18:22.318 --> 00:18:23.884 I finally just had to turn around. 356 00:18:23.885 --> 00:18:25.712 Fuck it, I walked... 357 00:18:25.713 --> 00:18:27.235 What do you think it is, like, three miles? 358 00:18:27.236 --> 00:18:28.759 I just walked three miles. 359 00:18:29.195 --> 00:18:31.413 Oh, you're going to school. Hold on a sec. 360 00:18:31.414 --> 00:18:35.243 Uh, real quick, you gotta, you gotta go, 361 00:18:35.244 --> 00:18:37.245 listen to me, you gotta go out Route 11 362 00:18:37.246 --> 00:18:39.595 and then hook back on, on, on 19. 363 00:18:39.596 --> 00:18:41.858 Yeah. There's gonna be plenty of traffic. 364 00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:43.338 You gotta go out at least 20 miles. 365 00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:44.818 You might make it before lunch. 366 00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:47.255 - I wouldn't count on it. - What happened? 367 00:18:47.256 --> 00:18:49.475 Giant sinkhole opened up on Market and Main. 368 00:18:49.476 --> 00:18:51.564 Man, the-the thing, it, uh, it's huge. 369 00:18:51.565 --> 00:18:53.827 All the rain probably had something to do with it, 370 00:18:53.828 --> 00:18:55.611 lack of maintenance maybe more so. 371 00:18:55.612 --> 00:18:57.918 But it's not my department, thank God. 372 00:18:57.919 --> 00:18:59.573 But, yeah, there's, there's gotta be 373 00:19:00.269 --> 00:19:01.965 20 cars at the bottom. 374 00:19:01.966 --> 00:19:03.793 And some of the people in some of those cars, 375 00:19:03.794 --> 00:19:05.360 they ain't comin' back. 376 00:19:05.361 --> 00:19:07.407 Jesus, I was, I was just there last night, 377 00:19:08.234 --> 00:19:09.756 backed up in traffic. 378 00:19:09.757 --> 00:19:11.062 Thank God you weren't there this morning. 379 00:19:12.542 --> 00:19:13.978 I assume you know about California. 380 00:19:15.154 --> 00:19:16.850 I didn't turn on the TV this morning. 381 00:19:16.851 --> 00:19:18.068 - Oh! - Is there something new? 382 00:19:18.069 --> 00:19:19.680 The, the rest of it went. 383 00:19:21.029 --> 00:19:23.683 I-I mean, th-they're saying that 20% of Northern California 384 00:19:23.684 --> 00:19:26.338 is hanging in there, which probably means, what, 10%? 385 00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:28.993 But the food-producing regions are-- they're gone. 386 00:19:30.517 --> 00:19:32.213 And with the Midwest turning to charcoal 387 00:19:32.214 --> 00:19:33.910 and Florida flooding, that's like 388 00:19:33.911 --> 00:19:35.696 all the food-producing regions 389 00:19:36.305 --> 00:19:38.393 in the country just gone. 390 00:19:38.394 --> 00:19:39.786 And the same thing with Europe. 391 00:19:39.787 --> 00:19:41.353 I mean, it's famine time in Asia. 392 00:19:41.354 --> 00:19:42.789 There's a million people dead. 393 00:19:42.790 --> 00:19:44.443 They're saying it's the bub-bublonic, 394 00:19:44.444 --> 00:19:45.618 - bubonic plague. - Bubonic. 395 00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:47.576 Bu-Bubonic plague. Yeah. 396 00:19:47.577 --> 00:19:49.883 And the bees, I mean, they were in trouble a decade ago, 397 00:19:49.884 --> 00:19:51.363 but they're completely gone now. 398 00:19:51.364 --> 00:19:52.581 I mean, there's a couple of hives or whatever 399 00:19:52.582 --> 00:19:54.061 down in South America, 400 00:19:54.062 --> 00:19:55.976 but there ain't no honey, honey. 401 00:19:55.977 --> 00:19:58.326 And without those little guys, like, what's gonna pollinate 402 00:19:58.327 --> 00:19:59.762 all the crops we have left? 403 00:19:59.763 --> 00:20:00.807 I mean, I can't do-- 404 00:20:00.808 --> 00:20:02.156 Excuse me. One sec. 405 00:20:02.157 --> 00:20:03.462 Yeah, yeah. That's-that's cool. 406 00:20:03.463 --> 00:20:05.333 A-Andrea? Are you, 407 00:20:05.334 --> 00:20:07.205 are you Andrea from Midwest Trust? 408 00:20:07.206 --> 00:20:09.250 I'm Felicia Anderson's husband. 409 00:20:09.251 --> 00:20:11.426 Ex, actually. 410 00:20:11.427 --> 00:20:12.949 I think you and Fel know each other. 411 00:20:12.950 --> 00:20:14.734 We met at a, a, a game night at David's. 412 00:20:14.735 --> 00:20:16.476 - A few game nights. - Yeah, sure. 413 00:20:17.216 --> 00:20:18.478 What do you want? 414 00:20:18.826 --> 00:20:21.088 I just had a long walk, and my car is stuck, 415 00:20:21.089 --> 00:20:22.482 and the bank is, 416 00:20:23.047 --> 00:20:24.048 it's leaning. 417 00:20:25.441 --> 00:20:26.442 Leaning? 418 00:20:27.008 --> 00:20:28.052 Yeah. 419 00:20:28.531 --> 00:20:29.924 It's on the edge of the sinkhole. 420 00:20:31.447 --> 00:20:33.013 Guess that's the end of my job. 421 00:20:33.014 --> 00:20:34.667 Hey, I'm curious about the billboard 422 00:20:34.668 --> 00:20:36.190 on the bank building. 423 00:20:36.191 --> 00:20:37.496 - Have you seen it? - How could I miss it? 424 00:20:37.497 --> 00:20:40.456 And I saw the ads too, on TV. 425 00:20:40.891 --> 00:20:43.241 No more ads for cars or discount furniture. 426 00:20:43.242 --> 00:20:45.460 Just, "Charles Krantz, 427 00:20:45.461 --> 00:20:47.984 39 great years. Thanks, Chuck." 428 00:20:47.985 --> 00:20:49.551 So, he doesn't work at the bank? 429 00:20:49.552 --> 00:20:52.162 He's not retiring from the bank? 430 00:20:52.163 --> 00:20:54.035 I don't know Charles Krantz. 431 00:20:55.123 --> 00:20:57.386 I think it's just a prank. Performance art. 432 00:20:59.954 --> 00:21:00.955 Take care. 433 00:21:07.831 --> 00:21:09.311 They look like refugees. 434 00:21:10.530 --> 00:21:11.531 Yeah. 435 00:21:13.924 --> 00:21:15.491 No one looks that concerned. 436 00:21:16.405 --> 00:21:18.188 What good would that do? 437 00:21:18.189 --> 00:21:19.974 All was concerned at the start. 438 00:21:20.714 --> 00:21:22.541 Remember the protests? You remember... 439 00:21:22.542 --> 00:21:24.412 they knocked over the fence at the White House, 440 00:21:24.413 --> 00:21:26.327 and all those students got shot? 441 00:21:26.328 --> 00:21:28.068 - Yeah. - And the overthrow of the Russian government. 442 00:21:28.069 --> 00:21:30.679 You got the Four Day War between Pakistan and India 443 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:35.511 and the fucking... the volcano in Germany. 444 00:21:35.990 --> 00:21:38.993 There was a volcano in Germany. That's, that's crazy. 445 00:21:39.472 --> 00:21:41.995 And we just kept saying, "Oh, it's gonna blow over." 446 00:21:41.996 --> 00:21:44.172 That doesn't look to be happening, though, does it? 447 00:21:47.044 --> 00:21:48.480 No. 448 00:21:48.481 --> 00:21:50.744 I think that suicides will slow down. 449 00:21:52.354 --> 00:21:56.402 I think people will just... wait. 450 00:21:58.926 --> 00:22:00.319 For what? 451 00:22:01.102 --> 00:22:02.146 The end. 452 00:22:04.888 --> 00:22:06.281 This is the end of everything. 453 00:22:08.196 --> 00:22:09.718 I mean, we're, we're going through 454 00:22:09.719 --> 00:22:11.111 the five stages of grief. 455 00:22:11.112 --> 00:22:12.678 Don't you get it? I mean, we just, 456 00:22:12.679 --> 00:22:14.855 we just landed on the final stage. 457 00:22:15.464 --> 00:22:16.596 Acceptance. 458 00:22:18.598 --> 00:22:19.642 The waiting... 459 00:22:22.253 --> 00:22:23.690 I think that's the hardest part. 460 00:22:25.822 --> 00:22:28.650 And the whole thing, it just, it-it came out of nowhere, right? 461 00:22:28.651 --> 00:22:31.305 I mean, everyone knew there was trouble with the environment. 462 00:22:31.306 --> 00:22:33.394 I mean, I think even the right-wing nutjobs 463 00:22:33.395 --> 00:22:34.830 were secretly, they got it. 464 00:22:34.831 --> 00:22:36.224 But this... 465 00:22:37.834 --> 00:22:38.966 this... 466 00:22:39.532 --> 00:22:44.885 this is just 60 different varieties of shit. 467 00:22:45.451 --> 00:22:48.454 It's just so much shit that happened fast. 468 00:22:48.932 --> 00:22:51.370 It's like a year, man. Fourteen months. 469 00:22:53.197 --> 00:22:54.808 Sucks. 470 00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:02.423 Yeah. Sucks. 471 00:23:05.601 --> 00:23:06.559 Huh. 472 00:23:07.168 --> 00:23:08.343 Skywriting. 473 00:23:11.607 --> 00:23:14.044 I haven't seen one of those since I was a kid. 474 00:23:16.482 --> 00:23:17.613 Oh. 475 00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.355 What the fuck? 476 00:23:22.096 --> 00:23:25.839 My sentiments... exactly. 477 00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:02.440 Whoa, whoa, whoa, where have you been? 478 00:24:02.441 --> 00:24:03.616 Are you kidding? 479 00:24:04.051 --> 00:24:05.747 I had to run here. 480 00:24:05.748 --> 00:24:08.794 The traffic's insane, and half the cars are empty. 481 00:24:08.795 --> 00:24:09.925 Dr. Winston's MIA. 482 00:24:09.926 --> 00:24:11.623 - What? - Yeah. 483 00:24:11.624 --> 00:24:12.928 He walked in this morning, and he looked around 484 00:24:12.929 --> 00:24:13.973 and he walked out again. 485 00:24:13.974 --> 00:24:15.496 And now I can't find him. 486 00:24:15.497 --> 00:24:16.890 He dropped his pager when he walked out. 487 00:24:17.456 --> 00:24:19.761 Okay. I'll scrub in. 488 00:24:19.762 --> 00:24:21.068 The beds are empty. 489 00:24:22.112 --> 00:24:23.678 Most of them walked out. I-I-I transferred 490 00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:25.332 the last of the stable ones. 491 00:24:25.333 --> 00:24:28.074 But, Felicia, there's something weird. 492 00:24:31.208 --> 00:24:32.471 What is that? 493 00:24:45.266 --> 00:24:46.789 What's wrong with the monitor? 494 00:24:47.486 --> 00:24:49.488 That's the thing, it-it's, it's not just that one. 495 00:25:14.643 --> 00:25:17.254 I don't know, Fel. I don't know. 496 00:25:18.125 --> 00:25:21.258 I mean... I might want to get out of here. 497 00:25:22.608 --> 00:25:24.870 I might wanna go home. 498 00:25:24.871 --> 00:25:26.262 I don't think I need to be here anymore. 499 00:27:11.673 --> 00:27:12.805 You okay, sir? 500 00:27:13.719 --> 00:27:16.111 Yeah. Just taking a rest. 501 00:27:17.636 --> 00:27:20.899 I walked downtown to look at the sinkhole 502 00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:22.944 and take a few pictures with my phone. 503 00:27:22.945 --> 00:27:26.295 Thought one of the local TV stations might be interested, 504 00:27:26.296 --> 00:27:29.517 but they all seem to be off the air. 505 00:27:30.561 --> 00:27:32.346 Except for pictures of Krantz. 506 00:27:34.565 --> 00:27:37.220 All Krantz all the time. 507 00:27:38.482 --> 00:27:40.354 - Any idea who he is? - None. 508 00:27:41.311 --> 00:27:46.664 I've asked two dozen people, at least. Nobody knows. 509 00:27:46.665 --> 00:27:51.146 Our man, Krantz, is the Oz of the apocalypse. 510 00:27:51.147 --> 00:27:53.236 Our last meme. 511 00:27:53.933 --> 00:27:56.325 - Where are you heading? - Harvest Acres. 512 00:27:56.326 --> 00:27:58.328 Nice little enclave off the beaten track. 513 00:27:59.634 --> 00:28:00.896 I'm heading there myself. 514 00:28:02.071 --> 00:28:03.550 - My ex lives there. - Huh. 515 00:28:03.551 --> 00:28:04.899 Well... 516 00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:06.075 I can walk with you if you like. 517 00:28:07.468 --> 00:28:08.643 What do you do, Sam? 518 00:28:09.557 --> 00:28:11.211 If you still do anything, I mean. 519 00:28:12.995 --> 00:28:16.258 Owner and chief undertaker for Yarborough Funeral Home. 520 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.999 Oh, man! 521 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.261 Yeah. 522 00:28:19.262 --> 00:28:21.699 We had a boom. 523 00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:23.004 It's hard to feel good about it, 524 00:28:23.005 --> 00:28:24.223 but business was never better 525 00:28:24.224 --> 00:28:25.660 than it was a few weeks ago. 526 00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:31.535 But my real interest's meteorology. 527 00:28:32.798 --> 00:28:35.277 Dreamed of being a television weatherman 528 00:28:35.278 --> 00:28:37.628 in my salad days, maybe even one of the networks. 529 00:28:38.804 --> 00:28:40.327 But n-no. 530 00:28:41.067 --> 00:28:42.242 I keep up, though. 531 00:28:42.982 --> 00:28:44.330 Read the journals. 532 00:28:45.549 --> 00:28:47.073 And I can tell you 533 00:28:47.856 --> 00:28:50.292 something amazing if you want to hear. 534 00:28:52.121 --> 00:28:55.734 You know how people say there are 24 hours in a day? 535 00:28:57.126 --> 00:28:58.258 Well, they're wrong. 536 00:28:59.085 --> 00:29:02.565 There were 23 hours and 56 minutes 537 00:29:02.566 --> 00:29:03.742 in a stellar day. 538 00:29:11.532 --> 00:29:13.229 Plus a few odd seconds. 539 00:29:13.534 --> 00:29:15.100 There "were"? 540 00:29:15.101 --> 00:29:18.103 Based on my calculations, which I assure you 541 00:29:18.104 --> 00:29:19.932 I can back up, my math is good, 542 00:29:21.020 --> 00:29:25.807 there are now 24 hours and two minutes in a day. 543 00:29:26.416 --> 00:29:28.287 Do you know what that means? 544 00:29:28.288 --> 00:29:30.463 Well, you're saying the Earth's rotation is slowing down? 545 00:29:30.464 --> 00:29:31.726 Exactly. 546 00:29:33.075 --> 00:29:35.381 Lot of folks think all of these disasters 547 00:29:35.382 --> 00:29:37.209 are 'cause of what we've done to the environment. 548 00:29:37.210 --> 00:29:39.428 Not so. 549 00:29:39.429 --> 00:29:42.649 I'm the first to admit, we treated our mother, 550 00:29:42.650 --> 00:29:45.609 yes, she's our mother, all of us, very badly. 551 00:29:46.436 --> 00:29:48.874 Certainly molested her, if not outright raped her. 552 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:52.485 But... we're puny 553 00:29:52.486 --> 00:29:55.619 compared to the great clock of the universe. 554 00:29:56.882 --> 00:29:57.883 No. 555 00:29:58.361 --> 00:29:59.493 Whatever's happening 556 00:30:00.015 --> 00:30:02.975 is much larger than environmental degradation. 557 00:30:03.889 --> 00:30:05.107 The math says so. 558 00:30:06.587 --> 00:30:09.068 And, and math can do a lot of things. 559 00:30:09.546 --> 00:30:11.635 I mean, math can be art... 560 00:30:13.115 --> 00:30:14.247 but it can't lie. 561 00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:22.428 You know what? 562 00:30:22.429 --> 00:30:24.257 I think I'll sit 563 00:30:25.258 --> 00:30:27.173 and enjoy the sunset 564 00:30:27.738 --> 00:30:31.045 while I wait for the arthritis 565 00:30:31.046 --> 00:30:32.569 to settle a bit. 566 00:30:32.961 --> 00:30:34.006 You care to join me? 567 00:30:39.228 --> 00:30:40.273 I think I'll go on. 568 00:30:41.491 --> 00:30:44.842 The ex. I understand. 569 00:30:44.843 --> 00:30:48.194 Well, it was nice speaking with you, Mr. Anderson. 570 00:31:30.366 --> 00:31:31.367 Hey. 571 00:31:32.194 --> 00:31:33.326 Hey. 572 00:31:34.066 --> 00:31:36.806 Don't worry. I'm going to see my ex-wife, 573 00:31:36.807 --> 00:31:38.157 Felicia Anderson. 574 00:31:39.201 --> 00:31:41.290 I think she's back to Gordon now. 575 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:43.902 She lives on Fern Lane, number 19. 576 00:31:44.990 --> 00:31:46.948 Yeah, I know Miss Gordon. 577 00:31:48.863 --> 00:31:50.082 What are you doing out? 578 00:31:51.605 --> 00:31:53.128 I wanted to go skating. 579 00:31:55.826 --> 00:31:57.089 I used to love skating. 580 00:31:58.655 --> 00:31:59.918 Then you should go skating. 581 00:32:02.964 --> 00:32:04.530 Maybe I should. 582 00:32:04.531 --> 00:32:06.402 Why do you see Miss Gordon if she's your ex? 583 00:32:08.622 --> 00:32:09.840 I still like her. 584 00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:11.886 girl: Do you fight? 585 00:32:13.148 --> 00:32:14.236 We used to. 586 00:32:16.064 --> 00:32:18.065 We get along better now that we're exes. 587 00:32:18.066 --> 00:32:20.851 Miss Gordon gives us gingersnap cookies sometimes. 588 00:32:21.765 --> 00:32:24.158 I like Oreos better, but... 589 00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:26.769 That's just the way the cookie crumbles, right? 590 00:32:26.770 --> 00:32:28.293 Gingersnaps don't crumble. 591 00:32:28.294 --> 00:32:29.468 At least not until you crunch them-- 592 00:32:40.219 --> 00:32:41.655 You better go home, I guess. 593 00:32:44.571 --> 00:32:47.443 It's too dark for skating without streetlights. 594 00:32:48.923 --> 00:32:52.231 Is everything gonna be okay? 595 00:32:54.885 --> 00:32:56.104 Sure it is. 596 00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:32.532 Go home. 597 00:33:33.663 --> 00:33:35.839 Go home to your Mom and Dad. 598 00:33:38.146 --> 00:33:39.626 Do it now. 599 00:34:13.138 --> 00:34:14.095 Huh? 600 00:34:19.405 --> 00:34:21.929 Oh, thank God. Oh, thank God. 601 00:34:22.843 --> 00:34:24.670 - Thank God. - They, they just... 602 00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:31.111 They just, they just started showing up. 603 00:34:31.112 --> 00:34:32.548 No, I know, I know, I saw. 604 00:34:33.897 --> 00:34:35.116 Is it just here? 605 00:34:35.986 --> 00:34:37.292 I think it's everywhere. 606 00:34:39.903 --> 00:34:42.297 I think it's almost... 607 00:34:46.997 --> 00:34:47.998 Yeah... 608 00:34:49.174 --> 00:34:50.523 Yeah, I think it's almost... 609 00:36:32.277 --> 00:36:34.540 It's the brightest I've ever seen the stars. 610 00:36:40.198 --> 00:36:42.025 Just look at that. 611 00:36:44.419 --> 00:36:47.247 There's Aquila the eagle. 612 00:36:47.248 --> 00:36:48.206 Mm-hm. 613 00:36:49.207 --> 00:36:50.251 There's, uh... 614 00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:53.950 Cygnus the swan. 615 00:37:01.523 --> 00:37:02.742 You see it? 616 00:37:16.669 --> 00:37:17.974 And there's the North Sta-- 617 00:37:22.327 --> 00:37:23.415 Did you just see that? 618 00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.765 Yeah. 619 00:37:31.423 --> 00:37:33.033 There goes Mars. 620 00:37:48.527 --> 00:37:49.832 I'm scared. 621 00:37:53.445 --> 00:37:54.707 I am too. 622 00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:56.709 Chuck's wife: It's okay, honey. 623 00:37:59.102 --> 00:38:00.147 You go on. 624 00:38:02.932 --> 00:38:04.499 You go on ahead, okay? 625 00:38:10.897 --> 00:38:13.552 Just thirty-nine years. 626 00:38:20.341 --> 00:38:22.211 Thirty-nine great years. 627 00:38:30.395 --> 00:38:31.787 Thanks, Chuck. 628 00:38:42.624 --> 00:38:44.190 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 629 00:38:44.191 --> 00:38:46.410 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 630 00:38:46.411 --> 00:38:48.238 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 631 00:38:49.936 --> 00:38:52.199 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 632 00:38:58.074 --> 00:38:59.424 I love y-- 633 00:39:23.709 --> 00:39:25.840 narrator: With the help of her friend, Mac, 634 00:39:25.841 --> 00:39:27.494 who has an old van, 635 00:39:27.495 --> 00:39:30.192 Taylor Franck sets up her drum kit 636 00:39:30.193 --> 00:39:31.672 in her favored spot 637 00:39:31.673 --> 00:39:34.283 on the Eighth Street Promenade. 638 00:39:37.113 --> 00:39:39.201 It's Thursday afternoon. 639 00:39:39.202 --> 00:39:42.161 The weather is fucking gorgeous, 640 00:39:42.162 --> 00:39:43.945 and the streets are thronged with people 641 00:39:43.946 --> 00:39:46.121 looking forward to the weekend, 642 00:39:46.122 --> 00:39:49.081 which is always better than the weekend itself. 643 00:39:49.082 --> 00:39:51.127 - All good. Taylor? - Yeah, thanks. 644 00:39:51.563 --> 00:39:53.565 Ten percent is all the thanks I want, dude. 645 00:39:54.609 --> 00:39:56.915 narrator: Taylor, and Mac too, 646 00:39:56.916 --> 00:39:58.525 work part-time 647 00:39:58.526 --> 00:40:00.615 at Doctor Records on Castle Street. 648 00:40:01.399 --> 00:40:02.964 But on a good day... 649 00:40:02.965 --> 00:40:05.227 ...Taylor can make almost as much busking. 650 00:40:07.317 --> 00:40:10.450 Busk-drumming isn't what her parents saw for her 651 00:40:10.451 --> 00:40:12.887 when she enrolled at Juilliard, 652 00:40:12.888 --> 00:40:15.456 and they don't know yet that she dropped out. 653 00:40:16.457 --> 00:40:19.764 Juilliard wanted you to think about what you were doing, 654 00:40:19.765 --> 00:40:22.854 but as far as Taylor is concerned, 655 00:40:22.855 --> 00:40:27.249 the beat is your friend and thinking is the enemy. 656 00:40:32.691 --> 00:40:36.520 She starts warming up, going easy at first. 657 00:40:36.521 --> 00:40:38.784 Slow tempo, no cowbell, 658 00:40:39.437 --> 00:40:42.526 not minding that the magic hat stays empty 659 00:40:42.527 --> 00:40:44.615 except for her two crumpled dollars 660 00:40:44.616 --> 00:40:46.878 and a quarter flipped contemptuously 661 00:40:46.879 --> 00:40:48.662 by a dude on a skateboard. 662 00:40:50.404 --> 00:40:53.625 There is time. There is a way in. 663 00:40:54.234 --> 00:40:57.019 Finding the in is half the fun. 664 00:40:57.455 --> 00:40:59.456 Maybe even most of it. 665 00:41:01.371 --> 00:41:04.199 Janice Halliday is on her way home 666 00:41:04.200 --> 00:41:07.289 from seven hours at Paper and Page, 667 00:41:07.290 --> 00:41:09.336 and may walk all the way to the ocean. 668 00:41:10.468 --> 00:41:14.122 Her boyfriend of 16 months just broke up with her, 669 00:41:14.123 --> 00:41:16.473 and he did it the modern way. 670 00:41:16.474 --> 00:41:17.996 Motherfucker! 671 00:41:17.997 --> 00:41:19.606 narrator: It was totally unexpected, 672 00:41:19.607 --> 00:41:22.391 like having a door slammed in your face 673 00:41:22.392 --> 00:41:24.525 just as you were getting ready to walk through it. 674 00:41:25.047 --> 00:41:26.613 - It was... - Fucking bullshit! 675 00:41:26.614 --> 00:41:28.180 narrator: ...fucking bullshit. 676 00:41:28.181 --> 00:41:30.008 She isn't in love with him. 677 00:41:30.009 --> 00:41:32.445 Never even kidded herself that she was. 678 00:41:32.446 --> 00:41:34.316 - But still it... - Fucking sucks. 679 00:41:34.317 --> 00:41:36.668 narrator: ...is a dismaying shock just the same. 680 00:41:37.625 --> 00:41:40.018 She supposes she'll have some wine 681 00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:41.673 when she gets home and cry. 682 00:41:42.674 --> 00:41:45.414 Maybe queue up one of her big band playlists 683 00:41:45.415 --> 00:41:47.417 and dance drunk around the room. 684 00:41:48.114 --> 00:41:50.508 She loved to dance in high school. 685 00:41:50.899 --> 00:41:53.814 Maybe she can recapture a little of that happiness. 686 00:41:53.815 --> 00:41:56.208 - Fucking really?! - passerby: Excuse me. 687 00:41:56.209 --> 00:41:58.516 Sorry, sorry, sorry. Not you, not you. 688 00:41:59.342 --> 00:42:01.039 Fuck! 689 00:42:01.040 --> 00:42:03.521 barista: Got an oat milk latte for Chuck. 690 00:42:04.478 --> 00:42:05.958 narrator: Charles Krantz, 691 00:42:06.785 --> 00:42:08.307 Chuck to his friends, 692 00:42:08.308 --> 00:42:11.353 is dressed in the armor of accountancy. 693 00:42:11.354 --> 00:42:14.575 Gray suit, blue shirt, blue tie. 694 00:42:14.967 --> 00:42:19.014 His Samuel Windsor shoes are inexpensive but sturdy. 695 00:42:19.972 --> 00:42:22.408 He's here for a week-long conference 696 00:42:22.409 --> 00:42:25.804 titled "Banking in the 21st Century." 697 00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:29.981 He's been sent by his bank, Midwest Trust, 698 00:42:29.982 --> 00:42:31.374 all expenses paid. 699 00:42:31.897 --> 00:42:35.769 Chuck has enjoyed the speakers and the panels. 700 00:42:35.770 --> 00:42:37.336 He was on one panel 701 00:42:37.337 --> 00:42:39.425 and is scheduled to be on another 702 00:42:39.426 --> 00:42:42.384 before the conference ends at noon tomorrow, 703 00:42:42.385 --> 00:42:45.562 but has no wish to spend his off-duty hours 704 00:42:45.563 --> 00:42:48.261 in the company of 70 other accountants. 705 00:42:48.783 --> 00:42:50.523 He speaks their language, 706 00:42:50.524 --> 00:42:53.309 but likes to think he speaks others as well. 707 00:42:54.136 --> 00:42:55.876 At least he did, 708 00:42:55.877 --> 00:42:58.576 although some of the vocabulary is now lost. 709 00:42:59.968 --> 00:43:03.101 Now, his sensible Samuel Windsor Oxfords 710 00:43:03.102 --> 00:43:05.626 are taking him for an afternoon walk. 711 00:43:06.018 --> 00:43:07.888 His life is narrower 712 00:43:07.889 --> 00:43:10.064 than the one he once hoped for, 713 00:43:10.065 --> 00:43:11.676 but he's made peace with that. 714 00:43:12.459 --> 00:43:14.503 He understands that narrowing 715 00:43:14.504 --> 00:43:16.681 is the natural order of things. 716 00:43:17.812 --> 00:43:19.596 He has a wife, Ginny, 717 00:43:19.597 --> 00:43:22.424 to whom he is scrupulously faithful, 718 00:43:22.425 --> 00:43:24.818 and an intelligent, good-humored son 719 00:43:24.819 --> 00:43:25.864 in middle school. 720 00:43:26.560 --> 00:43:29.606 He also has only nine months to live, 721 00:43:29.607 --> 00:43:31.608 though he doesn't know that yet. 722 00:43:36.614 --> 00:43:39.877 Taylor has been on the job for 10 minutes now 723 00:43:39.878 --> 00:43:41.967 and has nothing to show for it. 724 00:43:44.970 --> 00:43:47.232 She sees a Mr. Businessman type 725 00:43:47.233 --> 00:43:48.929 coming toward her 726 00:43:48.930 --> 00:43:51.453 and something about him, God knows what, 727 00:43:51.454 --> 00:43:54.762 makes Taylor want to announce his approach. 728 00:43:56.590 --> 00:43:59.113 She slips first into a reggae beat, 729 00:43:59.114 --> 00:44:00.855 then something slinkier. 730 00:44:01.290 --> 00:44:05.380 And for the first time today, Taylor feels a spark 731 00:44:05.381 --> 00:44:08.471 and begins to whack the cowbell on the downbeat. 732 00:44:09.255 --> 00:44:10.560 It's pretty cool. 733 00:44:11.126 --> 00:44:13.824 The groove has arrived, 734 00:44:13.825 --> 00:44:17.437 and the groove is like a road you want to follow. 735 00:44:17.916 --> 00:44:21.701 She could speed the beat up, get some tom in there, 736 00:44:21.702 --> 00:44:24.051 but she's watching Mr. Businessman 737 00:44:24.052 --> 00:44:26.098 and that seems wrong for this dude. 738 00:44:27.186 --> 00:44:31.102 She believes Mr. Businessman will just go on past 739 00:44:31.103 --> 00:44:33.713 on his way to the business hotel, 740 00:44:33.714 --> 00:44:35.323 and when he's gone, 741 00:44:35.324 --> 00:44:37.370 Taylor will switch to something else. 742 00:44:39.894 --> 00:44:43.114 But instead of floating on by... 743 00:46:13.945 --> 00:46:15.033 onlooker 1: Woo! 744 00:46:23.781 --> 00:46:25.129 onlooker 2: Yeah! 745 00:46:57.031 --> 00:46:59.251 onlooker: Woo! 746 00:47:00.948 --> 00:47:01.862 Come on. 747 00:47:03.472 --> 00:47:04.517 Come on, little sister. 748 00:47:05.605 --> 00:47:06.735 Let's dance. 749 00:47:06.736 --> 00:47:08.346 Dance. 750 00:47:11.611 --> 00:47:13.525 Yeah! 751 00:47:13.526 --> 00:47:15.658 I'll lead you. I got you. 752 00:48:04.490 --> 00:48:05.665 Uh. 753 00:48:10.626 --> 00:48:13.891 It's okay. It's my glasses. It's my glasses. 754 00:49:54.861 --> 00:49:55.993 What are we doing? 755 00:49:56.776 --> 00:49:57.820 I don't know. 756 00:50:14.707 --> 00:50:16.230 Taylor Franck: No more today, folks. 757 00:50:16.883 --> 00:50:18.102 No more today. 758 00:50:18.841 --> 00:50:20.973 No more today. We gotta quit while we're ahead. 759 00:50:24.543 --> 00:50:26.370 Chuck Krantz: Do you need a-any help at all or... 760 00:50:26.371 --> 00:50:27.893 Here, can you, uh, take this? 761 00:50:27.894 --> 00:50:29.503 - Sure. - Just, just spin the thingy here. 762 00:50:29.504 --> 00:50:31.549 But watch out for your fingers. 763 00:50:31.550 --> 00:50:33.377 It'll, it'll, it'll get 'em good, you know what I mean? 764 00:50:33.378 --> 00:50:35.596 Yeah, yeah. 765 00:50:35.597 --> 00:50:37.772 Janice Halliday: What just happened? 766 00:50:37.773 --> 00:50:39.774 That was incredible. 767 00:50:39.775 --> 00:50:41.211 You dance for a living? 768 00:50:41.212 --> 00:50:42.951 No. Oh, no. I... 769 00:50:42.952 --> 00:50:44.953 - No, I do not, sir. - What do you do for a living? 770 00:50:44.954 --> 00:50:46.868 Oh, no, I think I-- Did I-- I didn't break it, did I? 771 00:50:46.869 --> 00:50:48.306 I think he broke, I think he broke it. 772 00:50:50.308 --> 00:50:51.917 Let's hit the pond. 773 00:50:51.918 --> 00:50:53.659 We'll never find parking by the Common. 774 00:50:54.529 --> 00:50:55.574 We will today. 775 00:50:56.923 --> 00:50:57.924 Today... 776 00:50:59.491 --> 00:51:00.622 is magic. 777 00:51:05.671 --> 00:51:07.107 Where did you learn to dance like that? 778 00:51:15.159 --> 00:51:17.421 Oh, no, no, no, that's yours. 779 00:51:17.422 --> 00:51:19.031 Nope, we split it even. 780 00:51:19.032 --> 00:51:20.206 By myself, I wouldn't have made half as much 781 00:51:20.207 --> 00:51:21.252 if I drummed till midnight. 782 00:51:32.437 --> 00:51:33.612 You okay? 783 00:51:35.657 --> 00:51:36.789 Yeah. 784 00:51:38.921 --> 00:51:40.706 Yeah. Just one of my headaches. 785 00:51:43.361 --> 00:51:45.840 Oh, no, no, no. Come on. I don't need it. You keep it. 786 00:51:45.841 --> 00:51:47.408 Come on, man, you earned it. 787 00:51:48.279 --> 00:51:49.844 Buy yourself dinner. 788 00:51:49.845 --> 00:51:52.065 Give it away. But I'm handing it to you. 789 00:51:57.636 --> 00:51:59.419 You could do this for a living, you know? 790 00:51:59.420 --> 00:52:01.378 I don't know about that. 791 00:52:01.379 --> 00:52:03.467 I really think we could busk our way to fame and fortune. 792 00:52:07.776 --> 00:52:10.214 What made you stop in front of me? 793 00:52:13.042 --> 00:52:14.305 Why did you start moving? 794 00:52:16.916 --> 00:52:19.657 narrator: He could say it was because he was thinking 795 00:52:19.658 --> 00:52:23.487 about his old half-assed band, The Retros, 796 00:52:23.488 --> 00:52:26.054 and how he liked to dance across the stage 797 00:52:26.055 --> 00:52:27.753 during instrumental breaks. 798 00:52:29.407 --> 00:52:30.451 But that's not it. 799 00:52:34.586 --> 00:52:35.717 I don't know. 800 00:52:39.504 --> 00:52:40.982 Taylor, we gotta roll, 801 00:52:40.983 --> 00:52:42.201 or you're gonna end up spending your take 802 00:52:42.202 --> 00:52:43.203 on my parking ticket. 803 00:52:44.987 --> 00:52:48.076 So, you guys don't want a career change? 804 00:52:48.077 --> 00:52:49.991 Career change? How... I mean... 805 00:52:49.992 --> 00:52:51.428 We'll make a name for ourselves. 806 00:52:53.387 --> 00:52:54.910 You got to get in here before you go. 807 00:52:55.998 --> 00:52:58.086 - Group hug. - Oh, oh, okay. 808 00:52:58.087 --> 00:52:59.479 - Group hug. - Okay. 809 00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:01.002 Go. 810 00:53:01.003 --> 00:53:02.266 Come on. 811 00:53:08.881 --> 00:53:10.274 Buskers forever. 812 00:53:10.883 --> 00:53:12.449 Yeah. Buskers forever. 813 00:53:12.450 --> 00:53:14.712 We gotta roll before the meter maid shows up. 814 00:53:20.936 --> 00:53:22.199 I'm so sorry. 815 00:53:23.069 --> 00:53:24.330 That sucks. 816 00:53:24.331 --> 00:53:26.290 It does suck. 817 00:53:26.942 --> 00:53:28.466 I thought he was a nice guy. 818 00:53:28.901 --> 00:53:31.164 He was a pretty good lover, and we had fun and all that. 819 00:53:32.687 --> 00:53:34.645 If I can find a video of us dancing, 820 00:53:34.646 --> 00:53:37.387 which I'm gonna look because I bet we go viral, 821 00:53:37.388 --> 00:53:39.606 I'm gonna send it to him with a text, 822 00:53:39.607 --> 00:53:42.957 a text that says, "This is what you're missing." 823 00:53:51.576 --> 00:53:52.838 You're gonna be fine. 824 00:53:55.057 --> 00:53:56.972 I don't know a lot, but I know that much. 825 00:54:00.411 --> 00:54:02.499 You got a bright sunbeam in front of you, 826 00:54:02.500 --> 00:54:04.719 and you're gonna step right into it, I can tell. 827 00:54:08.070 --> 00:54:09.115 But yeah. 828 00:54:11.422 --> 00:54:13.685 It sucks. Not much else to say. 829 00:54:16.644 --> 00:54:18.036 Everything goes down the drain, 830 00:54:18.037 --> 00:54:19.733 and all we can say is, "That sucks." 831 00:54:19.734 --> 00:54:21.475 Mm. Yeah. 832 00:54:23.042 --> 00:54:24.478 Maybe we're going down the drain too. 833 00:54:26.959 --> 00:54:28.221 Maybe. 834 00:54:30.658 --> 00:54:31.616 I'm this way. 835 00:54:34.575 --> 00:54:36.316 Uh, I'm that way. 836 00:54:42.235 --> 00:54:43.410 Thank you for the dance. 837 00:55:39.031 --> 00:55:40.510 narrator: As he passes the place 838 00:55:40.511 --> 00:55:42.381 where Taylor set up her drums, 839 00:55:42.382 --> 00:55:44.471 those two questions recur. 840 00:55:47.300 --> 00:55:49.389 Why did he stop to listen? 841 00:55:51.304 --> 00:55:54.046 And why did he start to dance? 842 00:55:57.049 --> 00:55:58.442 He doesn't know. 843 00:56:00.313 --> 00:56:02.881 And would answers make a good thing better? 844 00:56:06.232 --> 00:56:09.278 Later, he'll lose the ability to walk, 845 00:56:09.931 --> 00:56:12.411 never mind dancing with little sister 846 00:56:12.412 --> 00:56:13.674 on the promenade. 847 00:56:14.762 --> 00:56:17.678 Later, he'll lose the ability to chew food. 848 00:56:19.158 --> 00:56:21.639 Later, he'll forget his wife's name. 849 00:56:23.205 --> 00:56:26.556 Later, he'll lose his grip on the difference 850 00:56:26.557 --> 00:56:28.689 between waking and sleeping 851 00:56:29.168 --> 00:56:32.345 and enter a land of pain so great 852 00:56:32.824 --> 00:56:35.392 he will wonder why God made the world. 853 00:56:38.177 --> 00:56:41.092 What he will remember, occasionally, 854 00:56:41.093 --> 00:56:45.096 is how he stopped and dropped his briefcase 855 00:56:45.097 --> 00:56:48.579 and began to move his hips to the beat of the drums. 856 00:56:49.710 --> 00:56:51.319 And he will think 857 00:56:51.320 --> 00:56:53.801 that is why God made the world. 858 00:56:55.847 --> 00:56:56.978 Just that. 859 00:57:21.089 --> 00:57:22.612 narrator: Chuck was looking forward 860 00:57:22.613 --> 00:57:24.266 to having a baby sister. 861 00:57:24.963 --> 00:57:26.964 Of course, he was also looking forward 862 00:57:26.965 --> 00:57:28.966 to having parents, 863 00:57:28.967 --> 00:57:31.751 but none of that worked out thanks to a patch 864 00:57:31.752 --> 00:57:35.321 of well-hidden ice on an I-95 overpass. 865 00:57:38.585 --> 00:57:41.152 Chuck wasn't in the car when it happened 866 00:57:41.153 --> 00:57:43.937 because his parents were having a dinner date 867 00:57:43.938 --> 00:57:47.375 and he was being babysat by his grandparents, 868 00:57:47.376 --> 00:57:50.641 who, at the time, he was still calling Zaydee and Bubbie. 869 00:57:51.293 --> 00:57:52.859 He was seven years old. 870 00:57:52.860 --> 00:57:54.558 Excellent job. 871 00:57:55.210 --> 00:57:57.516 narrator: For a year and a half, it was a house 872 00:57:57.517 --> 00:57:59.519 of unadulterated sadness. 873 00:58:01.086 --> 00:58:03.957 Albie and Sarah Krantz had not only lost 874 00:58:03.958 --> 00:58:05.829 their son and daughter-in-law... 875 00:58:05.830 --> 00:58:07.744 Why're you not eating? 876 00:58:07.745 --> 00:58:09.485 narrator: ...they had lost the granddaughter 877 00:58:09.486 --> 00:58:11.661 who would've been born just three months later. 878 00:58:11.662 --> 00:58:13.359 young Chuck: What's going on? 879 00:58:13.794 --> 00:58:16.100 narrator: The name had already been picked out... 880 00:58:16.101 --> 00:58:18.537 - Her name is Alyssa. - narrator: ...Alyssa. 881 00:58:18.538 --> 00:58:22.062 When Chuck said that sounded to him like rain, 882 00:58:22.063 --> 00:58:24.849 his mother had laughed and cried at the same time. 883 00:58:26.154 --> 00:58:27.504 He never forgot that. 884 00:58:29.854 --> 00:58:31.898 Albie processed his grief 885 00:58:31.899 --> 00:58:34.814 by turning to his two absolutes, 886 00:58:34.815 --> 00:58:37.252 numbers and alcohol. 887 00:58:38.210 --> 00:58:40.733 Sarah, though, could find no joy 888 00:58:40.734 --> 00:58:42.562 in her usual pleasures. 889 00:58:43.128 --> 00:58:45.564 She loved the flavors of life, 890 00:58:45.565 --> 00:58:48.001 music, art, and food, 891 00:58:48.002 --> 00:58:50.526 but now, found the world quiet 892 00:58:50.527 --> 00:58:53.225 and gray and flavorless. 893 00:58:55.444 --> 00:58:57.489 Some of the good feelings came back 894 00:58:57.490 --> 00:58:59.883 into the house with time. 895 00:58:59.884 --> 00:59:01.537 There were a lot of takeout meals 896 00:59:01.538 --> 00:59:03.495 after the accident, 897 00:59:03.496 --> 00:59:05.453 but around the time Chuck turned 10, 898 00:59:05.454 --> 00:59:07.848 his grandma started cooking again. 899 00:59:08.762 --> 00:59:11.242 She liked rock-and-roll while she was cooking. 900 00:59:13.201 --> 00:59:15.725 Music Chuck would've thought much too young for her, 901 00:59:15.726 --> 00:59:17.815 but which she clearly enjoyed. 902 00:59:20.121 --> 00:59:22.384 ♪ Take your baby by the hand ♪ 903 00:59:24.691 --> 00:59:27.389 ♪ And make her do a high handstand ♪ 904 00:59:29.130 --> 00:59:31.698 ♪ And take your baby by the heel ♪ 905 00:59:34.048 --> 00:59:35.614 ♪ And do the next thing that you feel ♪ 906 00:59:37.225 --> 00:59:40.271 Come on, little brother, let's dance. 907 00:59:40.272 --> 00:59:43.100 ♪ We were so in phase 908 00:59:43.101 --> 00:59:46.583 ♪ In our dance hall days 909 00:59:47.714 --> 00:59:51.109 ♪ We were cool on craze 910 00:59:52.545 --> 00:59:54.981 ♪ When I, you 911 00:59:54.982 --> 00:59:58.116 ♪ And everyone we knew could believe ♪ 912 00:59:58.638 --> 01:00:01.509 ♪ Do and share in what was true ♪ 913 01:00:01.510 --> 01:00:02.642 ♪ Oh, I said 914 01:00:05.645 --> 01:00:07.386 ♪ Dance hall days, love 915 01:00:11.520 --> 01:00:13.871 ♪ Take your baby by the hair ♪ 916 01:00:16.308 --> 01:00:18.615 ♪ And pull her close and there, there, there ♪ 917 01:00:20.878 --> 01:00:23.620 ♪ And take your baby by the ears ♪ 918 01:00:25.534 --> 01:00:28.450 ♪ And play upon her darkest fears ♪ 919 01:00:29.669 --> 01:00:31.757 ♪ We were so in... 920 01:00:37.895 --> 01:00:39.461 Sarah Krantz: You could learn those moves, kiddo. 921 01:00:40.245 --> 01:00:41.246 You're a natural. 922 01:00:42.203 --> 01:00:43.813 Wh-Where did you learn? 923 01:00:43.814 --> 01:00:45.206 High school. 924 01:00:46.077 --> 01:00:47.469 What were you like in high school? 925 01:00:49.341 --> 01:00:51.690 I was a kusit. 926 01:00:51.691 --> 01:00:53.562 But don't you tell your Zaydee I said that. 927 01:00:54.128 --> 01:00:55.302 He's old school, that one. 928 01:00:58.567 --> 01:01:00.178 narrator: Chuck never told. 929 01:01:01.658 --> 01:01:03.789 His grandparents' house became 930 01:01:03.790 --> 01:01:05.791 every inch his home 931 01:01:05.792 --> 01:01:07.098 with one exception. 932 01:01:08.316 --> 01:01:10.057 The cupola on the roof. 933 01:01:13.234 --> 01:01:16.368 Chuck was forbidden to go into the cupola. 934 01:01:16.934 --> 01:01:19.283 That was his grandfather's rule, 935 01:01:19.284 --> 01:01:23.374 and it was absolute, emphatic. 936 01:01:23.375 --> 01:01:26.769 Albie wasn't a stern man in other matters. 937 01:01:26.770 --> 01:01:29.642 He was downright gentle in most respects. 938 01:01:30.077 --> 01:01:31.862 But on this point, he was rigid. 939 01:01:35.300 --> 01:01:37.431 Chuck asked about it, of course, 940 01:01:37.432 --> 01:01:38.607 and more than once. 941 01:01:39.260 --> 01:01:40.870 What was up there? 942 01:01:40.871 --> 01:01:43.263 What could you see from the high window? 943 01:01:43.264 --> 01:01:46.920 And the big question, why was the room locked? 944 01:01:48.530 --> 01:01:50.618 - Grandma said... - Because the floor isn't safe 945 01:01:50.619 --> 01:01:52.490 and you might go right through it. 946 01:01:52.491 --> 01:01:54.318 - narrator: Grandpa said... - There's nothing up there 947 01:01:54.319 --> 01:01:56.015 because of that rotten floor. 948 01:01:56.016 --> 01:01:58.104 And the only thing you can see through the windows 949 01:01:58.105 --> 01:01:59.976 is the shopping center. 950 01:01:59.977 --> 01:02:02.761 narrator: He said that until, one night, 951 01:02:02.762 --> 01:02:05.329 just before Chuck's 11th birthday, 952 01:02:05.330 --> 01:02:08.027 when he told at least part of the truth. 953 01:02:08.028 --> 01:02:09.812 Carl Sagan [on TV]: The cosmic calendar 954 01:02:09.813 --> 01:02:12.031 compresses the local history of the universe 955 01:02:12.032 --> 01:02:14.034 into a single year. 956 01:02:14.382 --> 01:02:16.602 If the universe began on January 1st, 957 01:02:17.124 --> 01:02:19.865 it was not until May that the Milky Way formed. 958 01:02:19.866 --> 01:02:22.738 narrator: Drinking is not good for secrets. 959 01:02:22.739 --> 01:02:25.088 And after the death of his son, 960 01:02:25.089 --> 01:02:28.178 daughter-in-law, and granddaughter-to-be, 961 01:02:28.179 --> 01:02:30.094 Alyssa, who sounds like rain, 962 01:02:30.877 --> 01:02:33.531 Albie Krantz drank a great deal. 963 01:02:33.532 --> 01:02:35.489 Everything humans have ever done 964 01:02:35.490 --> 01:02:37.448 occurred in that bright speck 965 01:02:37.449 --> 01:02:40.364 at the lower right of the cosmic calendar. 966 01:02:40.365 --> 01:02:42.192 I'll bet you could see 967 01:02:42.193 --> 01:02:44.150 way past the Westford Mall 968 01:02:44.151 --> 01:02:45.283 from the cupola. 969 01:02:46.980 --> 01:02:50.069 You gotta be able to see the whole town from up there, 970 01:02:50.070 --> 01:02:51.158 I bet. 971 01:02:52.377 --> 01:02:54.813 Albie Krantz: If you went up there, 972 01:02:54.814 --> 01:02:58.730 you might see a lot more than you wanted. 973 01:02:58.731 --> 01:03:00.298 That's why it's locked, Chucko. 974 01:03:00.994 --> 01:03:04.041 Every month is one and a quarter billion years long. 975 01:03:04.389 --> 01:03:07.173 Each day represents 40 million years. 976 01:03:07.174 --> 01:03:09.829 narrator: He wanted to ask what Grandpa meant. 977 01:03:10.351 --> 01:03:14.180 But the adult part of him, not there in person, 978 01:03:14.181 --> 01:03:17.444 no, not at 10, but something that had begun to speak 979 01:03:17.445 --> 01:03:19.925 on rare occasions, told him 980 01:03:19.926 --> 01:03:22.188 - to be quiet. - At this scale... 981 01:03:22.189 --> 01:03:24.844 narrator: Be quiet and wait. 982 01:03:25.802 --> 01:03:29.152 But all of human history would occupy an area 983 01:03:29.153 --> 01:03:30.328 the size of my hand. 984 01:03:31.242 --> 01:03:34.766 We're just beginning to trace the long and tortuous path 985 01:03:34.767 --> 01:03:36.376 which began with the primeval... 986 01:03:36.377 --> 01:03:38.510 You know what style of house this is? 987 01:03:39.511 --> 01:03:41.033 Victorian. 988 01:03:41.034 --> 01:03:42.079 That's right. 989 01:03:43.341 --> 01:03:45.298 And not pretend Victorian either. 990 01:03:45.299 --> 01:03:48.259 It was built in 1885. 991 01:03:49.390 --> 01:03:52.436 It's been remodeled half a dozen times since. 992 01:03:52.437 --> 01:03:56.049 But that cupola was there from the start. 993 01:03:57.355 --> 01:03:59.878 Been here since '71. 994 01:03:59.879 --> 01:04:02.576 And in all those years, I haven't been up 995 01:04:02.577 --> 01:04:05.275 to that damn cupola half a dozen times. 996 01:04:05.276 --> 01:04:07.104 'Cause the floor is rotted? 997 01:04:08.757 --> 01:04:10.672 'Cause it's full of ghosts. 998 01:04:12.239 --> 01:04:15.286 ...around 10:30 p.m. on December 31st. 999 01:04:15.939 --> 01:04:18.288 - Y-You remember Scrooge? - Yeah. 1000 01:04:18.289 --> 01:04:19.811 That Scrooge movie we watched? 1001 01:04:19.812 --> 01:04:21.291 I remember. 1002 01:04:21.292 --> 01:04:23.642 Do you think of that as a ghost story? 1003 01:04:24.948 --> 01:04:26.644 I-I-I guess so. 1004 01:04:26.645 --> 01:04:29.126 Heard someone say it was a ghost story. 1005 01:04:31.868 --> 01:04:33.826 Christmas Yet to Come. 1006 01:04:34.740 --> 01:04:36.524 11:59:20, 1007 01:04:37.090 --> 01:04:39.700 evening, last day of the... 1008 01:04:39.701 --> 01:04:41.790 Jefferies boy was a month later. 1009 01:04:43.880 --> 01:04:45.446 Henry Peterson, 1010 01:04:46.839 --> 01:04:48.101 that took longer. 1011 01:04:49.581 --> 01:04:53.366 Four... maybe five years on. 1012 01:04:53.367 --> 01:04:55.630 And by then... 1013 01:04:57.415 --> 01:05:00.070 I almost forgot what I saw up there. 1014 01:05:02.507 --> 01:05:03.900 Almost. 1015 01:05:06.990 --> 01:05:09.601 Said I'd never go back up there after that. 1016 01:05:11.646 --> 01:05:15.172 And I wish I hadn't because of Sarah. 1017 01:05:18.523 --> 01:05:21.352 Because of your Bubbie, Chucky. 1018 01:05:23.528 --> 01:05:25.225 Your sweet Bubbie. 1019 01:05:27.445 --> 01:05:28.794 And the bread. 1020 01:05:30.361 --> 01:05:32.624 Every person we've ever heard of, 1021 01:05:33.799 --> 01:05:35.017 somewhere in there... 1022 01:05:35.018 --> 01:05:36.671 It's the waiting, Chucko. 1023 01:05:39.109 --> 01:05:40.892 That's the hard part. 1024 01:05:40.893 --> 01:05:43.112 Everything in the history books 1025 01:05:43.113 --> 01:05:45.115 happened here 1026 01:05:45.985 --> 01:05:48.552 in the last 10 seconds of the cosmic calendar. 1027 01:05:48.553 --> 01:05:50.119 Ooh! 1028 01:05:50.120 --> 01:05:51.817 It's getting cold out there. 1029 01:05:52.252 --> 01:05:54.951 Vera says hi. She says thanks for the soup. 1030 01:05:56.735 --> 01:05:58.780 She laid the gossip on me, laid it good. 1031 01:05:59.303 --> 01:06:00.999 Of course... 1032 01:06:01.000 --> 01:06:02.392 that's why we have a Vera, isn't it? 1033 01:06:02.393 --> 01:06:04.394 So, what's the latest? 1034 01:06:04.395 --> 01:06:06.178 Well, I don't know if you've heard, 1035 01:06:06.179 --> 01:06:09.747 but Trish is saying Karen and Matty are in therapy. 1036 01:06:09.748 --> 01:06:12.141 - Again. - Who's Henry Peterson, Zaydee? 1037 01:06:12.142 --> 01:06:14.099 ...the universe that made us 1038 01:06:14.100 --> 01:06:17.364 or we can squander our 15 billion-year heritage. 1039 01:06:18.017 --> 01:06:19.975 And get some pancake mix. 1040 01:06:19.976 --> 01:06:22.238 Yellow box, not the orange box. 1041 01:06:22.239 --> 01:06:24.196 - You got all that? - I got it. 1042 01:06:24.197 --> 01:06:26.417 - Do you need me to write it down? - I got it. 1043 01:06:26.983 --> 01:06:28.331 Don't you think about driving. 1044 01:06:28.332 --> 01:06:30.115 The walk will sober you up. 1045 01:06:30.116 --> 01:06:31.595 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1046 01:06:49.744 --> 01:06:51.137 He'll be back with some groceries. 1047 01:06:52.486 --> 01:06:54.183 Then, how about tonight, 1048 01:06:54.184 --> 01:06:56.838 we do some s'mores in the fireplace? 1049 01:06:58.362 --> 01:07:00.233 - Yeah. - Yeah. 1050 01:07:02.366 --> 01:07:04.324 Was he blabbing to you about his ghosts? 1051 01:07:06.065 --> 01:07:07.414 The ones that live in the cupola? 1052 01:07:09.895 --> 01:07:10.983 Yeah. 1053 01:07:11.636 --> 01:07:13.029 Well, are there? 1054 01:07:15.074 --> 01:07:16.032 What do you think? 1055 01:07:17.424 --> 01:07:19.644 I wouldn't pay too much attention to Zaydee. 1056 01:07:20.079 --> 01:07:22.907 He's a good man. But, sometimes, 1057 01:07:22.908 --> 01:07:26.911 well, sometimes, he drinks too much. 1058 01:07:26.912 --> 01:07:28.391 Then he rides his hobby horses. 1059 01:07:28.392 --> 01:07:29.740 I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. 1060 01:07:29.741 --> 01:07:31.612 Who was the Jefferies boy? 1061 01:07:36.400 --> 01:07:37.314 Well... 1062 01:07:38.358 --> 01:07:39.881 that was a very sad thing, kiddo. 1063 01:07:41.753 --> 01:07:43.797 He lived on the next block over, 1064 01:07:43.798 --> 01:07:46.148 and he got hit by a car 1065 01:07:46.149 --> 01:07:48.020 when he chased a ball into the street. 1066 01:07:49.326 --> 01:07:50.762 It happened a long time ago. 1067 01:07:53.678 --> 01:07:55.983 And if your grandpa says he saw it before it happened, 1068 01:07:55.984 --> 01:07:57.203 he's mistaken. 1069 01:08:02.382 --> 01:08:04.080 He just drinks too much. 1070 01:08:15.613 --> 01:08:19.095 You know, I could take those to Mrs. Stanley if you want. 1071 01:08:20.313 --> 01:08:22.314 Oh, that's very thoughtful of you. 1072 01:08:22.315 --> 01:08:23.664 I bet Vera'd love that. 1073 01:08:24.883 --> 01:08:25.884 Mm. 1074 01:08:26.885 --> 01:08:28.494 Just wonderful. 1075 01:08:28.495 --> 01:08:30.148 Your, your grandmother is an artist. 1076 01:08:30.149 --> 01:08:31.758 Thank you for bringing them over. 1077 01:08:31.759 --> 01:08:32.760 Was that your idea? 1078 01:08:33.326 --> 01:08:35.066 - Be honest. - It was. 1079 01:08:35.067 --> 01:08:36.590 Well, can I make you a cup of tea? 1080 01:08:37.156 --> 01:08:39.506 Um, I don't drink tea, but, um, 1081 01:08:40.116 --> 01:08:41.726 I wouldn't mind a glass of milk. 1082 01:08:43.771 --> 01:08:45.077 Well, your grandmother's a saint. 1083 01:08:46.165 --> 01:08:47.731 And what about your granddad? 1084 01:08:47.732 --> 01:08:49.472 Did he have that thing on his back looked at? 1085 01:08:49.473 --> 01:08:52.170 Yeah, the, the doctor took it off and had it tested. 1086 01:08:52.171 --> 01:08:53.346 Tell me everything. 1087 01:08:53.868 --> 01:08:55.435 It wasn't one of the bad ones. 1088 01:08:56.567 --> 01:08:57.829 Thank God for that. 1089 01:08:58.308 --> 01:08:59.222 Yeah. 1090 01:09:00.875 --> 01:09:03.094 He, um, he was talking to Grandma 1091 01:09:03.095 --> 01:09:05.750 about someone named Henry Peterson. 1092 01:09:07.621 --> 01:09:08.926 So awful. 1093 01:09:08.927 --> 01:09:10.623 You know, Henry was a bookkeeper, 1094 01:09:10.624 --> 01:09:11.930 just like your granddad. 1095 01:09:12.365 --> 01:09:14.192 He did a lot of the other businesses in town. 1096 01:09:14.193 --> 01:09:15.628 The ones that your Zaydee didn't do-- 1097 01:09:15.629 --> 01:09:17.065 How did it happen? 1098 01:09:19.720 --> 01:09:21.765 I don't think you want to hear about that stuff. 1099 01:09:21.766 --> 01:09:26.117 Um, w-w-well, Granddad said it was, uh, peaceful. 1100 01:09:26.118 --> 01:09:27.598 Peaceful? 1101 01:09:28.294 --> 01:09:30.514 He killed himself. Hung himself. 1102 01:09:31.210 --> 01:09:32.863 His wife, you see, she ran off 1103 01:09:32.864 --> 01:09:34.908 with this younger man, barely old enough to vote. 1104 01:09:34.909 --> 01:09:37.129 And she was in her 40s. What do you think of that? 1105 01:09:38.478 --> 01:09:40.044 - Wow. - Damn right, wow. 1106 01:09:40.045 --> 01:09:42.134 And then, I heard that-- 1107 01:09:48.009 --> 01:09:49.446 What's happening at school? 1108 01:09:51.187 --> 01:09:53.492 Who's smooching who? 1109 01:09:53.493 --> 01:09:56.582 teacher: "Talk honestly, for no one else hears you 1110 01:09:56.583 --> 01:09:58.802 and I stay only a minute longer." 1111 01:09:58.803 --> 01:10:01.066 "Do I contradict myself? 1112 01:10:01.806 --> 01:10:02.981 "Very well then, 1113 01:10:03.808 --> 01:10:05.070 "I contradict myself, 1114 01:10:06.593 --> 01:10:07.681 "I am large. 1115 01:10:08.987 --> 01:10:10.597 I contain multitudes." 1116 01:10:11.032 --> 01:10:13.338 narrator: On the last day of sixth grade, 1117 01:10:13.339 --> 01:10:14.948 Miss Richards, 1118 01:10:14.949 --> 01:10:17.081 a sweet, hippie-dippyish young woman 1119 01:10:17.082 --> 01:10:19.562 who had no command of discipline 1120 01:10:19.563 --> 01:10:21.781 and would probably not last long 1121 01:10:21.782 --> 01:10:24.436 in the public education system, 1122 01:10:24.437 --> 01:10:27.091 tried to recite for Chuck's class 1123 01:10:27.092 --> 01:10:31.357 some verse of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself." 1124 01:10:32.793 --> 01:10:35.318 "Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged. 1125 01:10:36.275 --> 01:10:38.451 Missing me one place, search another." 1126 01:10:52.335 --> 01:10:53.988 That went well, don't you think? 1127 01:10:55.163 --> 01:10:57.601 Yeah, I'm, I'm sorry about that. 1128 01:10:59.385 --> 01:11:03.433 What does he mean when he says, "I am large, 1129 01:11:03.955 --> 01:11:06.174 I contain multitudes"? 1130 01:11:09.395 --> 01:11:10.701 What do you think he means? 1131 01:11:11.745 --> 01:11:14.007 All the people he knows. 1132 01:11:14.008 --> 01:11:15.096 Yes. 1133 01:11:15.880 --> 01:11:17.316 But maybe he means even more. 1134 01:11:18.796 --> 01:11:20.276 Here. Come here. 1135 01:11:24.323 --> 01:11:26.759 What's in there? Between my hands? 1136 01:11:26.760 --> 01:11:28.587 My brain. 1137 01:11:28.588 --> 01:11:30.851 No, um, that's not exactly what I mean. 1138 01:11:31.809 --> 01:11:32.940 What's in there? 1139 01:11:33.506 --> 01:11:35.334 Right between my hands right now. 1140 01:11:37.031 --> 01:11:38.119 I don't know. 1141 01:11:38.685 --> 01:11:39.947 All the people you know? 1142 01:11:41.122 --> 01:11:42.123 I guess. 1143 01:11:42.820 --> 01:11:44.212 Just the people you know? 1144 01:11:46.824 --> 01:11:47.999 Everything you see. 1145 01:11:48.782 --> 01:11:50.175 Everything you know. 1146 01:11:51.481 --> 01:11:53.525 The world, Chuck. 1147 01:11:53.526 --> 01:11:56.311 Planes in the sky. Manhole covers in the street. 1148 01:11:56.312 --> 01:11:59.444 Every year that you live, that world inside your head 1149 01:11:59.445 --> 01:12:03.319 will get bigger and brighter and more detailed and complex. 1150 01:12:04.145 --> 01:12:07.017 You will build cities and countries and continents, 1151 01:12:07.018 --> 01:12:10.847 and you will fill them with people and faces, 1152 01:12:10.848 --> 01:12:12.283 real and imagined. 1153 01:12:12.284 --> 01:12:13.851 Do you understand? 1154 01:12:15.374 --> 01:12:16.809 Don't stop there. 1155 01:12:16.810 --> 01:12:18.942 You fill the whole thing 1156 01:12:18.943 --> 01:12:20.640 with everyone you ever meet, 1157 01:12:21.206 --> 01:12:22.555 everyone you ever know, 1158 01:12:23.121 --> 01:12:25.471 everyone you ever just imagine. 1159 01:12:26.603 --> 01:12:28.256 It'll be a universe. 1160 01:12:29.780 --> 01:12:33.305 A whole universe right between my hands. 1161 01:12:35.351 --> 01:12:37.875 You contain multitudes. 1162 01:12:41.182 --> 01:12:42.227 So... 1163 01:12:44.011 --> 01:12:46.884 what happens to that universe if someone... 1164 01:12:48.276 --> 01:12:49.756 I don't know, 1165 01:12:50.453 --> 01:12:53.760 hits a patch of ice and goes off an overpass or... 1166 01:12:56.937 --> 01:12:58.722 Don't worry too much about those things. 1167 01:12:59.810 --> 01:13:03.422 Just remember that you contain multitudes, Chuck. 1168 01:13:05.337 --> 01:13:06.599 Isn't that wonderful? 1169 01:13:09.167 --> 01:13:11.473 Now, go on. You were such a good boy. 1170 01:13:11.474 --> 01:13:13.345 I've really enjoyed having you in class. 1171 01:13:35.149 --> 01:13:37.150 narrator: Chuck did enjoy his summer 1172 01:13:37.151 --> 01:13:38.718 until August, 1173 01:13:39.458 --> 01:13:40.633 when Bubbie died. 1174 01:13:45.464 --> 01:13:47.291 It happened at the grocery store 1175 01:13:47.292 --> 01:13:49.467 down the street, in public, 1176 01:13:49.468 --> 01:13:52.165 which was a little undignified, 1177 01:13:52.166 --> 01:13:54.254 but at least it was the kind of death 1178 01:13:54.255 --> 01:13:55.865 where people can safely say... 1179 01:13:55.866 --> 01:13:57.345 Thank God she didn't suffer. 1180 01:13:59.086 --> 01:14:00.435 narrator: The other standby... 1181 01:14:00.436 --> 01:14:02.219 She had a long, full life. 1182 01:14:02.220 --> 01:14:04.222 narrator: ...was more of a gray area. 1183 01:14:05.136 --> 01:14:08.182 Sarah Krantz had yet to reach her mid-60s. 1184 01:14:12.056 --> 01:14:14.884 Once more, the house on Pilchard Street 1185 01:14:14.885 --> 01:14:17.670 was one of unadulterated sadness. 1186 01:14:19.106 --> 01:14:22.805 Albie wore his mourning band, and lost weight, 1187 01:14:22.806 --> 01:14:25.242 and stopped telling his jokes 1188 01:14:25.243 --> 01:14:28.768 and began to look older than his 70 years. 1189 01:14:36.341 --> 01:14:37.690 - That's it? - Yeah. 1190 01:14:39.387 --> 01:14:40.867 Buck 75. 1191 01:14:43.391 --> 01:14:46.612 Um, that lady who was in here a few weeks ago, 1192 01:14:47.570 --> 01:14:49.441 the one who died. 1193 01:14:50.355 --> 01:14:53.010 Where was she when it happened? 1194 01:14:53.489 --> 01:14:55.316 That's a little creepy, kid. 1195 01:14:57.362 --> 01:14:58.711 She was my grandma. 1196 01:15:01.018 --> 01:15:03.019 clerk: She was getting a loaf of bread. 1197 01:15:03.020 --> 01:15:04.847 Pulled down almost everything 1198 01:15:04.848 --> 01:15:06.589 on the shelf when she collapsed. 1199 01:15:07.415 --> 01:15:11.071 I'm sorry if that's too much information. 1200 01:15:12.769 --> 01:15:13.987 Nah. 1201 01:15:15.511 --> 01:15:16.686 I already knew that. 1202 01:16:12.437 --> 01:16:13.873 - No! - What?! 1203 01:16:15.179 --> 01:16:18.617 - Get away from there! You get away from there. - What? Hey, hey! 1204 01:16:41.988 --> 01:16:43.120 Give me that. 1205 01:16:45.383 --> 01:16:47.254 Give it to me. Give it to me. 1206 01:16:47.951 --> 01:16:49.125 Give me it. 1207 01:16:53.565 --> 01:16:54.913 Oh. 1208 01:16:54.914 --> 01:16:56.873 Oh, I'm sorry. 1209 01:16:57.438 --> 01:16:59.048 I'm sorry. 1210 01:16:59.049 --> 01:17:00.745 Are you okay? 1211 01:17:00.746 --> 01:17:02.356 What did you see? 1212 01:17:04.576 --> 01:17:06.664 What did you see? 1213 01:17:06.665 --> 01:17:09.581 I'm sorry. It's just, you can't. 1214 01:17:10.626 --> 01:17:12.671 You can't do that, Chucky. 1215 01:17:13.585 --> 01:17:15.281 You just can't. 1216 01:17:15.282 --> 01:17:16.805 Oh, I'm so sorry. 1217 01:17:16.806 --> 01:17:20.809 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. 1218 01:17:20.810 --> 01:17:23.028 I'm sorry. 1219 01:17:45.269 --> 01:17:46.400 Come on, little brother. 1220 01:17:47.314 --> 01:17:48.751 Let's dance. 1221 01:18:04.897 --> 01:18:07.682 teacher: Hello, twirlers, and hello, spinners. 1222 01:18:07.683 --> 01:18:10.336 What do you know? Three boys this year. 1223 01:18:10.337 --> 01:18:11.773 It's a new record. 1224 01:18:11.774 --> 01:18:13.470 You gentlemen might find yourselves 1225 01:18:13.471 --> 01:18:15.167 being teased for your new hobby. 1226 01:18:15.168 --> 01:18:17.692 I assure you, you are the smartest young men 1227 01:18:17.693 --> 01:18:19.041 in the whole school. 1228 01:18:19.042 --> 01:18:20.347 You'll soon see what I mean. 1229 01:18:21.087 --> 01:18:24.133 For those who don't know me, I am Miss Rohrbacher. 1230 01:18:24.134 --> 01:18:26.222 And when I'm not teaching the girls phys-ed, 1231 01:18:26.223 --> 01:18:28.790 I am what a few students have called, 1232 01:18:28.791 --> 01:18:30.488 "The Dance Monster." 1233 01:18:31.489 --> 01:18:33.316 Nothing? Alright. 1234 01:18:33.317 --> 01:18:34.839 You have chosen what might be 1235 01:18:34.840 --> 01:18:37.189 the best club this school has ever had. 1236 01:18:37.190 --> 01:18:38.930 'Cause if we didn't have girls volleyball, 1237 01:18:38.931 --> 01:18:40.279 we wouldn't have nothing. 1238 01:18:40.280 --> 01:18:42.368 No, no, no. 1239 01:18:42.369 --> 01:18:45.938 Back, Mr. Mulford, you are mine now. 1240 01:18:47.766 --> 01:18:49.681 Waltz. 1241 01:18:51.378 --> 01:18:52.728 narrator: Chuck knew it. 1242 01:18:56.470 --> 01:18:57.689 Cha-cha. 1243 01:18:59.517 --> 01:19:00.605 narrator: Chuck knew it. 1244 01:19:03.042 --> 01:19:04.826 Swing. 1245 01:19:04.827 --> 01:19:06.610 Triple step. Rock step. 1246 01:19:06.611 --> 01:19:08.307 - Triple step. Rock step. - narrator: Chuck knew it. 1247 01:19:08.308 --> 01:19:11.223 Triple step. Rock step. 1248 01:19:11.224 --> 01:19:12.965 Samba. 1249 01:19:15.968 --> 01:19:17.142 Don't know that one. 1250 01:19:17.143 --> 01:19:18.665 narrator: He was, by far, 1251 01:19:18.666 --> 01:19:20.406 the best dancer in the little club. 1252 01:19:20.407 --> 01:19:22.713 So, Miss Rohrbacher mostly put him 1253 01:19:22.714 --> 01:19:24.498 with the girls who were clumsy. 1254 01:19:24.977 --> 01:19:27.762 He understood she did it to make them better, 1255 01:19:27.763 --> 01:19:29.460 and he was a good sport about it. 1256 01:19:30.200 --> 01:19:32.767 Near the end of their two hours, however, 1257 01:19:32.768 --> 01:19:35.508 The Dance Monster would show mercy 1258 01:19:35.509 --> 01:19:38.120 and pair him with Cat McCoy, 1259 01:19:38.121 --> 01:19:39.948 who was an eighth grader 1260 01:19:39.949 --> 01:19:42.778 and the best dancer of the girls. 1261 01:19:43.909 --> 01:19:46.172 Chuck didn't expect romance. 1262 01:19:46.564 --> 01:19:48.565 Cat was not only gorgeous, 1263 01:19:48.566 --> 01:19:51.090 she was a full foot taller than he was. 1264 01:19:51.656 --> 01:19:54.266 But he loved to dance with her, 1265 01:19:54.267 --> 01:19:56.095 and the feeling was mutual. 1266 01:19:56.617 --> 01:19:58.968 ...three. Out, two, three. Switch. 1267 01:19:59.446 --> 01:20:00.534 And stop. 1268 01:20:01.274 --> 01:20:03.885 In, two, three. Out, two, three. 1269 01:20:03.886 --> 01:20:06.191 Turn. Now box. 1270 01:20:06.192 --> 01:20:11.936 One, two, three. One, two, three. 1271 01:20:11.937 --> 01:20:14.286 I don't know what that is. 1272 01:20:14.287 --> 01:20:15.897 Oh, my God. 1273 01:20:15.898 --> 01:20:18.725 Okay, 10 minutes freestyle. 1274 01:20:30.782 --> 01:20:33.828 ♪ Ooh, my little pretty one, my pretty one ♪ 1275 01:20:33.829 --> 01:20:36.395 ♪ When you gonna give me some time, Sharona? ♪ 1276 01:20:36.396 --> 01:20:38.310 Hey. Watch this. 1277 01:20:38.311 --> 01:20:40.574 ♪ Ooh, you make my motor run, my motor run ♪ 1278 01:20:44.230 --> 01:20:45.449 Show me how you did that. 1279 01:20:46.102 --> 01:20:47.580 Ready? 1280 01:20:47.581 --> 01:20:50.149 Slide, slide, slide. 1281 01:20:50.715 --> 01:20:52.585 Here, ready? 1282 01:20:52.586 --> 01:20:54.761 Try it with me. 1283 01:20:54.762 --> 01:20:56.981 ♪ M-m-m-my Sharona 1284 01:20:56.982 --> 01:20:59.375 - Um... - Uh, kick off your shoes 1285 01:20:59.376 --> 01:21:01.726 - and do it in your socks. - Aye-aye. 1286 01:21:03.902 --> 01:21:05.643 Now, slide. 1287 01:21:06.296 --> 01:21:07.558 Slide. 1288 01:21:08.080 --> 01:21:09.821 Yeah. There you go. 1289 01:21:10.648 --> 01:21:12.911 Hey! Show me. 1290 01:21:15.000 --> 01:21:18.569 Pop. Slide. Slide. Slide. 1291 01:21:19.178 --> 01:21:20.527 Yeah, again. 1292 01:21:21.572 --> 01:21:22.746 Pop. Slide. Pop. 1293 01:21:22.747 --> 01:21:24.139 ♪ Woo! 1294 01:21:24.140 --> 01:21:27.359 ♪ M-m-m-my Sharona 1295 01:21:27.360 --> 01:21:29.231 narrator: Twirlers and Spinners let out 1296 01:21:29.232 --> 01:21:31.233 half an hour late that day. 1297 01:21:31.234 --> 01:21:32.975 ♪ My Sharona 1298 01:21:33.323 --> 01:21:34.671 Cat McCoy: That's so rad. 1299 01:21:34.672 --> 01:21:36.281 You figured that out by yourself? 1300 01:21:36.282 --> 01:21:38.283 Well, I just kept rewinding and rewinding 1301 01:21:38.284 --> 01:21:39.895 til I figured it out. 1302 01:21:42.593 --> 01:21:43.811 We should do that at the Fling. 1303 01:21:45.944 --> 01:21:50.252 Uh, not as a date or anything. 1304 01:21:50.253 --> 01:21:51.907 I'm going out with Dougie Wentworth. 1305 01:21:52.908 --> 01:21:54.430 You know that, right? 1306 01:21:54.431 --> 01:21:55.606 Yeah. 1307 01:21:58.000 --> 01:21:59.565 But that doesn't mean we couldn't show them 1308 01:21:59.566 --> 01:22:00.915 some cool moves. 1309 01:22:02.395 --> 01:22:04.354 I really want to. Do you? 1310 01:22:05.224 --> 01:22:06.573 I-I don't know. 1311 01:22:07.009 --> 01:22:08.488 I'm a lot shorter. 1312 01:22:08.924 --> 01:22:11.404 I think people will laugh. 1313 01:22:27.072 --> 01:22:29.465 - That totally works. - It totally does. 1314 01:22:29.466 --> 01:22:31.771 - Are you sure? - Oh, yeah, I'm sure. 1315 01:22:31.772 --> 01:22:33.470 Well, they feel great! 1316 01:22:34.297 --> 01:22:36.386 Uh, just a little big. 1317 01:22:39.650 --> 01:22:41.259 That should be enough. 1318 01:22:41.260 --> 01:22:42.652 - Little more. - Maybe one more. 1319 01:22:42.653 --> 01:22:43.959 How's that? 1320 01:22:46.483 --> 01:22:49.051 Floor feels like ice. 1321 01:22:49.703 --> 01:22:51.095 You put scratches on that floor, 1322 01:22:51.096 --> 01:22:53.097 - the janitor is gonna beat y-- - Timmy. 1323 01:22:53.098 --> 01:22:54.881 There won't be no scratches. 1324 01:22:54.882 --> 01:22:56.667 He's too light on his feet to leave any. 1325 01:22:58.190 --> 01:23:00.279 Almost perfect. 1326 01:23:04.805 --> 01:23:06.372 Take another run at these two. 1327 01:23:08.635 --> 01:23:10.289 You don't need to sigh. 1328 01:23:10.855 --> 01:23:12.247 You're good at this, you know? 1329 01:23:12.248 --> 01:23:13.900 You're really good at it. 1330 01:23:13.901 --> 01:23:15.773 Yeah, but it's boring. 1331 01:23:16.469 --> 01:23:19.080 Boring? What, you mean math? 1332 01:23:19.081 --> 01:23:20.429 Yeah. 1333 01:23:20.430 --> 01:23:22.648 I wonder if maybe next semester 1334 01:23:22.649 --> 01:23:25.086 you might want to try Math League after school. 1335 01:23:25.087 --> 01:23:27.349 I did it all high school, in fact, 1336 01:23:27.350 --> 01:23:28.915 and it was so great. 1337 01:23:28.916 --> 01:23:30.744 I'm doing Twirlers and Spinners. 1338 01:23:32.224 --> 01:23:33.312 Yeah. 1339 01:23:35.184 --> 01:23:37.664 Hey, hey, put that down for a second, will you? 1340 01:23:38.665 --> 01:23:40.189 Just a little about math. 1341 01:23:41.059 --> 01:23:43.104 Because people start out thinking 1342 01:23:43.105 --> 01:23:44.409 it might be boring, 1343 01:23:44.410 --> 01:23:46.238 and that's their first mistake. 1344 01:23:46.978 --> 01:23:50.720 It's used in every career, in every job, 1345 01:23:50.721 --> 01:23:53.288 in every facet of life on this planet. 1346 01:23:53.289 --> 01:23:55.856 That's a fact. Hell, the planet. 1347 01:23:56.509 --> 01:23:58.859 How do you think we figure out how long a day is? 1348 01:23:59.817 --> 01:24:01.862 Everybody knows how long a day is. 1349 01:24:02.341 --> 01:24:04.691 - How long? - Twenty-four hours. 1350 01:24:05.170 --> 01:24:07.738 People say it's 24 hours, but they're wrong. 1351 01:24:08.434 --> 01:24:12.350 There are 23 hours and 56 minutes 1352 01:24:12.351 --> 01:24:13.917 in a stellar day. 1353 01:24:13.918 --> 01:24:16.703 Plus a few odd seconds. Math proves it. 1354 01:24:17.530 --> 01:24:19.966 How do we know how old the Earth is? 1355 01:24:19.967 --> 01:24:23.100 How old the universe is, how long people have been here? 1356 01:24:23.101 --> 01:24:25.494 Or how to build a bridge or a skyscraper 1357 01:24:25.495 --> 01:24:27.497 or how far apart the stars are? 1358 01:24:28.019 --> 01:24:29.846 How did we land on the moon? 1359 01:24:29.847 --> 01:24:31.674 The stars themselves. 1360 01:24:31.675 --> 01:24:33.850 Why they burn, why atoms split and fuse, 1361 01:24:33.851 --> 01:24:35.896 and all the rest is just math. 1362 01:24:37.855 --> 01:24:39.900 Hey, stars are just math. 1363 01:24:40.640 --> 01:24:42.554 When you look at the night sky, 1364 01:24:42.555 --> 01:24:44.643 you're seeing the greatest equation 1365 01:24:44.644 --> 01:24:46.255 in the universe. 1366 01:24:46.646 --> 01:24:49.474 Heck, your dancing, that's math too. 1367 01:24:49.475 --> 01:24:52.477 I mean, what's the language of dance? 1368 01:24:52.478 --> 01:24:55.611 How do you learn your steps? It's even in the name. 1369 01:24:55.612 --> 01:24:58.004 I mean, they call it "the count." 1370 01:24:58.005 --> 01:24:59.702 One and two and three and four. 1371 01:24:59.703 --> 01:25:02.531 What's a waltz? One, two, three, one, two, three. 1372 01:25:02.532 --> 01:25:04.751 Just numbers, just math. 1373 01:25:05.709 --> 01:25:06.884 And more than that, 1374 01:25:08.015 --> 01:25:09.495 there's an art to it. 1375 01:25:10.627 --> 01:25:13.107 What I do, all these files here, 1376 01:25:13.108 --> 01:25:14.500 all these folders, 1377 01:25:15.588 --> 01:25:18.286 these are all people's lives. 1378 01:25:18.287 --> 01:25:20.115 Every choice they made. 1379 01:25:20.985 --> 01:25:22.943 Last year, last 10 years. 1380 01:25:23.509 --> 01:25:25.554 Everything that's important to them. 1381 01:25:25.555 --> 01:25:28.731 Every weakness they have, every vice, every dream, 1382 01:25:28.732 --> 01:25:31.996 it's all here in numbers. 1383 01:25:32.692 --> 01:25:35.172 Some schmuck comes in, takes those numbers, 1384 01:25:35.173 --> 01:25:38.437 does the math without artistry, someone loses their house. 1385 01:25:39.177 --> 01:25:42.354 I take those numbers, do a little art, 1386 01:25:43.181 --> 01:25:44.574 I save someone's life. 1387 01:25:45.618 --> 01:25:46.663 That's what I do. 1388 01:25:47.272 --> 01:25:49.492 That's what accounting is. 1389 01:25:50.362 --> 01:25:52.581 Well, maybe they should teach that, 1390 01:25:52.582 --> 01:25:54.496 the cool stuff, 1391 01:25:54.497 --> 01:25:57.500 and not just all the boring stuff. 1392 01:25:58.283 --> 01:25:59.241 Hmm. 1393 01:26:06.770 --> 01:26:09.728 Math is something else too. 1394 01:26:09.729 --> 01:26:12.427 Some math, math that's called statistics 1395 01:26:12.428 --> 01:26:13.733 or probability, 1396 01:26:14.560 --> 01:26:16.954 it can tell you stuff about your future. 1397 01:26:18.477 --> 01:26:20.218 It could tell you, for example, 1398 01:26:21.611 --> 01:26:23.438 you're more likely to be drafted 1399 01:26:23.439 --> 01:26:25.483 by a major league sports team 1400 01:26:25.484 --> 01:26:28.052 than to make a real living as a dancer. 1401 01:26:32.056 --> 01:26:35.146 The world loves dancers, it truly does. 1402 01:26:35.799 --> 01:26:40.150 But it needs accountants, so there's much more demand, 1403 01:26:40.151 --> 01:26:42.719 so there's much more opportunity. 1404 01:26:44.024 --> 01:26:47.114 I know that might hurt, but it's the truth. 1405 01:26:48.072 --> 01:26:52.076 Math is truth. It won't lie to you. 1406 01:26:53.077 --> 01:26:55.818 It doesn't factor in your preferences. 1407 01:26:55.819 --> 01:26:57.690 It's pure that way. 1408 01:26:58.996 --> 01:27:01.346 Math can do a lot of things. 1409 01:27:03.000 --> 01:27:04.262 Math can be art. 1410 01:27:06.395 --> 01:27:08.135 But it can't lie. 1411 01:27:08.745 --> 01:27:09.702 So... 1412 01:27:11.443 --> 01:27:13.227 take another run at those two 1413 01:27:13.228 --> 01:27:14.403 because, Chucko, 1414 01:27:15.578 --> 01:27:17.406 you are good. 1415 01:27:18.537 --> 01:27:21.758 You... have art in you. 1416 01:27:28.112 --> 01:27:30.070 ♪ Hugging me like skin 1417 01:27:31.376 --> 01:27:33.203 ♪ And I'll sweat it clean 1418 01:27:33.204 --> 01:27:35.597 ♪ Until I can taste 1419 01:27:35.598 --> 01:27:38.427 ♪ The oxygen 1420 01:27:39.558 --> 01:27:41.604 ♪ Oh 1421 01:28:04.017 --> 01:28:06.192 Hey! You look great! 1422 01:28:06.193 --> 01:28:08.239 Thanks. Uh, you too. 1423 01:28:10.328 --> 01:28:12.329 Wanna show 'em how it's done? 1424 01:28:12.330 --> 01:28:14.985 Uh, I don't know. I kinda, um... 1425 01:28:16.160 --> 01:28:17.727 I kinda hurt my leg. 1426 01:28:19.381 --> 01:28:20.773 You hurt your leg? 1427 01:28:21.339 --> 01:28:23.602 Maybe, maybe let's, let's wait for a better song. 1428 01:28:33.482 --> 01:28:35.788 ♪ Today I changed the picture ♪ 1429 01:28:36.267 --> 01:28:38.530 ♪ In our old oak frame ♪ 1430 01:28:41.054 --> 01:28:44.362 ♪ To a painting I made of a photo inside... ♪ 1431 01:28:45.798 --> 01:28:46.930 Hey, kiddo. 1432 01:28:48.148 --> 01:28:49.193 Hey. 1433 01:28:51.238 --> 01:28:53.066 Thought you were gonna tear it up tonight. 1434 01:28:55.199 --> 01:28:56.505 I don't, I don't know. 1435 01:28:57.375 --> 01:28:59.245 My shoes feel all funny, 1436 01:28:59.246 --> 01:29:02.815 and... I hurt my leg. 1437 01:29:03.816 --> 01:29:05.383 Oh, you hurt your leg? 1438 01:29:06.689 --> 01:29:07.559 Yeah. 1439 01:29:08.212 --> 01:29:09.518 I'm sorry to hear that. 1440 01:29:11.346 --> 01:29:12.998 So, you came stag, huh? 1441 01:29:12.999 --> 01:29:14.784 - Hmm? - No date. 1442 01:29:15.524 --> 01:29:16.829 Nah, I... 1443 01:29:17.308 --> 01:29:20.049 That'll change. Believe me, it'll change. 1444 01:29:20.050 --> 01:29:21.747 Just give it some time. 1445 01:29:22.966 --> 01:29:24.184 None of this, none of-- 1446 01:29:24.794 --> 01:29:27.665 None of that out there really means anything. 1447 01:29:27.666 --> 01:29:30.364 It's all just, just a scrimmage. 1448 01:29:30.365 --> 01:29:32.017 Just a practice. 1449 01:29:34.499 --> 01:29:36.848 Hey, this is perfect. Come on. 1450 01:29:36.849 --> 01:29:39.198 Nah, I'm still, uh... 1451 01:29:39.199 --> 01:29:40.722 My leg's still wonky. 1452 01:29:40.723 --> 01:29:42.201 Chuck, come on. 1453 01:29:42.202 --> 01:29:43.681 We're gonna blow the roof off. 1454 01:29:43.682 --> 01:29:44.857 I'm sorry. 1455 01:29:45.902 --> 01:29:47.382 It really hurts. 1456 01:30:01.918 --> 01:30:05.225 You know, I've been dancing since I was eight, 1457 01:30:05.661 --> 01:30:07.053 and I teach PE, 1458 01:30:07.706 --> 01:30:10.142 and I've seen when my kids get hurt. 1459 01:30:10.143 --> 01:30:11.927 I see how their walk changes. 1460 01:30:11.928 --> 01:30:14.408 I see how their posture changes. 1461 01:30:14.409 --> 01:30:16.411 And don't mind me saying, but you look... 1462 01:30:18.238 --> 01:30:19.675 Well, you look fine to me, Chuck. 1463 01:30:21.416 --> 01:30:24.549 I'm not saying that you have to dance with the girl. 1464 01:30:25.158 --> 01:30:27.203 It's up to you. I'm just saying 1465 01:30:27.204 --> 01:30:29.467 dance or no dance, you don't have to lie. 1466 01:30:31.208 --> 01:30:32.470 Tell her the truth. 1467 01:30:35.473 --> 01:30:36.518 She can take it. 1468 01:31:41.017 --> 01:31:42.713 ♪ Well, my temperature's rising ♪ 1469 01:31:42.714 --> 01:31:44.933 ♪ And my feet on the floor ♪ 1470 01:31:44.934 --> 01:31:47.806 ♪ Crazy people knocking 'cause they're wanting some more ♪ 1471 01:31:48.198 --> 01:31:50.982 ♪ Let me in, baby, I don't know what you got ♪ 1472 01:31:50.983 --> 01:31:53.159 - You ready? - Yeah. Let's do it. 1473 01:31:54.465 --> 01:31:57.033 ♪ And I'm so glad we made it ♪ 1474 01:31:58.251 --> 01:32:00.339 ♪ So glad we made it 1475 01:32:00.340 --> 01:32:01.690 ♪ You gotta 1476 01:32:01.994 --> 01:32:03.386 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' ♪ 1477 01:32:03.387 --> 01:32:05.301 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 1478 01:32:05.302 --> 01:32:06.650 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 1479 01:32:06.651 --> 01:32:08.522 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 1480 01:32:08.523 --> 01:32:12.178 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' every day ♪ 1481 01:32:31.458 --> 01:32:33.503 ♪ Well, I feel so good 1482 01:32:33.504 --> 01:32:35.374 ♪ Everything is getting higher ♪ 1483 01:32:35.375 --> 01:32:37.028 ♪ You better take it easy 1484 01:32:37.029 --> 01:32:38.900 ♪ 'Cause the place is on fire ♪ 1485 01:32:38.901 --> 01:32:41.946 ♪ Been a hard day and I have so much to do ♪ 1486 01:32:41.947 --> 01:32:44.558 ♪ We made it, baby, and it happened to you ♪ 1487 01:32:44.559 --> 01:32:47.257 ♪ And I'm so glad we made it ♪ 1488 01:32:48.650 --> 01:32:50.825 ♪ So glad we made it 1489 01:32:50.826 --> 01:32:52.261 ♪ You gotta 1490 01:32:52.262 --> 01:32:53.697 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 1491 01:32:53.698 --> 01:32:55.699 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 1492 01:32:55.700 --> 01:32:57.005 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 1493 01:32:57.006 --> 01:32:58.920 ♪ Gimme, gimme some lovin' 1494 01:32:58.921 --> 01:33:00.443 ♪ Gimme some a-lovin' 1495 01:33:00.444 --> 01:33:02.010 ♪ Every day 1496 01:33:20.159 --> 01:33:22.117 ♪ Well, I feel so good 1497 01:33:22.118 --> 01:33:24.206 ♪ Everything is getting higher ♪ 1498 01:33:24.207 --> 01:33:27.123 ♪ You better take it easy 'cause the place is on fire ♪ 1499 01:33:27.471 --> 01:33:30.342 ♪ Been a hard day and nothing went too good ♪ 1500 01:33:30.343 --> 01:33:33.563 ♪ Now I'm gonna relax like-a everybody should ♪ 1501 01:33:33.564 --> 01:33:36.045 ♪ And I'm so glad we made it ♪ 1502 01:33:36.480 --> 01:33:37.611 ♪ Hey-hey 1503 01:33:37.612 --> 01:33:39.700 ♪ So glad we made it 1504 01:33:39.701 --> 01:33:41.571 ♪ You got to 1505 01:33:41.572 --> 01:33:43.138 ♪ Gimme some a-loving 1506 01:33:43.139 --> 01:33:44.618 ♪ Gimme, gimme some loving 1507 01:33:44.619 --> 01:33:45.923 ♪ Gimme some loving 1508 01:33:45.924 --> 01:33:47.839 ♪ Gimme, gimme some loving 1509 01:33:49.188 --> 01:33:51.321 ♪ Gimme, gimme some loving 1510 01:33:52.235 --> 01:33:54.411 ♪ Gimme, gimme some loving 1511 01:33:55.499 --> 01:33:57.631 ♪ Gimme, gimme some loving 1512 01:34:14.083 --> 01:34:16.737 all : One more time! One more time! 1513 01:34:16.738 --> 01:34:20.132 One more time! 1514 01:34:20.872 --> 01:34:22.699 narrator: They may have been young, 1515 01:34:22.700 --> 01:34:25.354 but they were smart enough to know when to quit. 1516 01:34:33.929 --> 01:34:35.407 Thank you, guys. 1517 01:34:35.408 --> 01:34:37.061 narrator: Six months before he died 1518 01:34:37.062 --> 01:34:40.717 of a brain tumor at the unfair age of 39, 1519 01:34:40.718 --> 01:34:43.982 and while his mind was still working, mostly, 1520 01:34:44.461 --> 01:34:47.550 Chuck told his wife the truth about the scar 1521 01:34:47.551 --> 01:34:48.900 on the back of his hand. 1522 01:34:50.772 --> 01:34:52.642 When they'd first started dating, 1523 01:34:52.643 --> 01:34:54.557 he told her he'd gotten it from a boy 1524 01:34:54.558 --> 01:34:56.559 named Doug Wentworth, 1525 01:34:56.560 --> 01:34:59.431 who was pissed about him dancing with his girlfriend 1526 01:34:59.432 --> 01:35:01.172 at a middle school formal 1527 01:35:01.173 --> 01:35:03.305 and pushed him into a chain link fence 1528 01:35:03.306 --> 01:35:04.523 outside the gym. 1529 01:35:04.524 --> 01:35:05.917 I lied about that, though. 1530 01:35:09.051 --> 01:35:10.312 Oh, my. 1531 01:35:10.313 --> 01:35:12.618 A man of secrets, 1532 01:35:12.619 --> 01:35:13.838 even still. 1533 01:35:16.058 --> 01:35:17.885 Ginny Krantz: What happened, love? 1534 01:35:17.886 --> 01:35:19.931 When our fabulous dance was over, I... 1535 01:35:20.584 --> 01:35:22.804 I was sweaty and I was so hot. 1536 01:35:23.761 --> 01:35:25.893 I-I felt like my cheeks were gonna catch fire. 1537 01:35:25.894 --> 01:35:27.155 You were great. 1538 01:35:27.156 --> 01:35:28.592 - Thank you. - What a star. 1539 01:35:29.898 --> 01:35:31.202 All I wanted in that moment 1540 01:35:31.203 --> 01:35:33.509 was just darkness, 1541 01:35:33.510 --> 01:35:34.816 cool air, 1542 01:35:35.860 --> 01:35:37.253 and to be by myself. 1543 01:35:41.997 --> 01:35:43.868 There were millions of stars that night. 1544 01:35:45.740 --> 01:35:47.002 Millions of them. 1545 01:35:47.611 --> 01:35:49.308 And millions more behind them. 1546 01:35:50.353 --> 01:35:54.096 And sure, m-may-- Yeah, maybe they were just math. 1547 01:35:55.314 --> 01:35:57.838 But they also danced. 1548 01:35:57.839 --> 01:36:00.755 I know 'cause I saw one of them. 1549 01:36:02.887 --> 01:36:06.542 And I remember thinking, the universe is large 1550 01:36:06.543 --> 01:36:08.979 and, and it contains multitudes, 1551 01:36:08.980 --> 01:36:12.418 but it-it also contains me. 1552 01:36:13.593 --> 01:36:14.943 And in this moment... 1553 01:36:16.683 --> 01:36:18.250 I am wonderful. 1554 01:36:19.686 --> 01:36:22.210 And I have a right to be wonderful. 1555 01:36:22.211 --> 01:36:24.126 Oh! 1556 01:36:27.782 --> 01:36:29.392 Why lie about that, silly? 1557 01:36:31.176 --> 01:36:33.265 You're a strange wonder, my dear. 1558 01:36:35.093 --> 01:36:37.312 narrator: He doesn't offer more 1559 01:36:37.313 --> 01:36:40.664 because the scar was important for another reason. 1560 01:36:42.013 --> 01:36:44.581 It was part of a story he couldn't tell, 1561 01:36:45.190 --> 01:36:47.931 even though there was now an apartment building 1562 01:36:47.932 --> 01:36:50.194 on the site of the Victorian house 1563 01:36:50.195 --> 01:36:52.458 where he had done most of his growing up. 1564 01:36:53.764 --> 01:36:56.418 The haunted Victorian house. 1565 01:36:56.419 --> 01:36:57.420 Mm. 1566 01:36:57.986 --> 01:36:58.943 No reason. 1567 01:37:00.815 --> 01:37:02.338 Funny thinking, I guess. 1568 01:37:03.121 --> 01:37:05.166 narrator: The scar meant more, 1569 01:37:05.167 --> 01:37:07.169 so he had made it more. 1570 01:37:07.647 --> 01:37:11.477 He just couldn't make it as much more as it really was. 1571 01:37:12.087 --> 01:37:14.305 That made little sense. 1572 01:37:14.306 --> 01:37:18.049 But as the glioblastoma continued its blitzkrieg, 1573 01:37:18.702 --> 01:37:21.051 it was the best his disintegrating mind 1574 01:37:21.052 --> 01:37:22.183 could manage. 1575 01:37:54.912 --> 01:37:56.652 narrator: Chuck's grandpa, 1576 01:37:56.653 --> 01:37:57.784 his Zaydee, 1577 01:37:58.655 --> 01:38:00.395 died of a heart attack 1578 01:38:00.396 --> 01:38:04.486 five years after the Fall Fling dance. 1579 01:38:04.487 --> 01:38:07.054 Chuck was a junior in high school 1580 01:38:07.055 --> 01:38:10.187 singing in a band and dancing like Jagger 1581 01:38:10.188 --> 01:38:12.190 during the instrumental breaks. 1582 01:38:12.843 --> 01:38:14.845 funeral director: He made all the arrangements himself. 1583 01:38:16.238 --> 01:38:18.239 Came in a few weeks ago 1584 01:38:18.240 --> 01:38:20.589 just to make sure everything was to the letter, 1585 01:38:20.590 --> 01:38:22.635 which I thought was strange. 1586 01:38:23.419 --> 01:38:25.246 Not many people bother to do that. 1587 01:38:25.247 --> 01:38:26.856 Most people, 1588 01:38:26.857 --> 01:38:29.338 they come here once to set it all up. 1589 01:38:30.165 --> 01:38:31.862 They aren't anxious to come back again. 1590 01:38:33.429 --> 01:38:36.561 Next time I see 'em, they're in their Sunday best, 1591 01:38:36.562 --> 01:38:37.737 if you get me. 1592 01:38:39.957 --> 01:38:43.004 He was a great man and a good friend. 1593 01:38:44.570 --> 01:38:47.311 He's been doing our books for 23 years 1594 01:38:47.312 --> 01:38:49.661 and saved our skin more than once 1595 01:38:49.662 --> 01:38:50.925 when the tax man was coming. 1596 01:38:53.753 --> 01:38:56.320 So, do I owe you any money? 1597 01:38:56.321 --> 01:38:57.974 Not a penny. 1598 01:38:57.975 --> 01:39:01.195 He took care of that too. Settled his tab 1599 01:39:01.196 --> 01:39:02.632 that same visit. 1600 01:39:03.720 --> 01:39:04.721 You know... 1601 01:39:05.983 --> 01:39:07.332 the strangest thing. 1602 01:39:08.072 --> 01:39:10.857 And this will sound strange, so bear with me. 1603 01:39:11.423 --> 01:39:13.991 See, I, uh, 1604 01:39:14.513 --> 01:39:16.862 dreamed of being a television weatherman 1605 01:39:16.863 --> 01:39:18.125 in my salad days 1606 01:39:18.126 --> 01:39:19.605 with maybe one of the networks. 1607 01:39:20.867 --> 01:39:22.130 Wasn't in the cards for me. 1608 01:39:23.305 --> 01:39:26.917 But I did spend a summer at WKNB. 1609 01:39:28.136 --> 01:39:30.833 Well, there was a guy 1610 01:39:30.834 --> 01:39:32.966 at KNB who they said 1611 01:39:32.967 --> 01:39:34.968 could feel a storm coming 1612 01:39:34.969 --> 01:39:36.709 two solid weeks away 1613 01:39:37.232 --> 01:39:38.841 without the radar. 1614 01:39:38.842 --> 01:39:40.625 Had a sixth sense. 1615 01:39:40.626 --> 01:39:42.411 Damnedest thing I ever saw. 1616 01:39:43.064 --> 01:39:45.369 Uh, used to make this face, 1617 01:39:45.370 --> 01:39:48.851 this face when people talked about their travel plans, 1618 01:39:48.852 --> 01:39:50.940 if he knew something they didn't. 1619 01:39:50.941 --> 01:39:54.117 Not... not a smile, per se. 1620 01:39:54.118 --> 01:39:55.945 No joy in it. 1621 01:39:55.946 --> 01:39:59.080 Just a... knowing. 1622 01:40:00.385 --> 01:40:02.126 "Weatherman Stare," I called it. 1623 01:40:03.301 --> 01:40:05.999 And I didn't have it, not me. 1624 01:40:06.000 --> 01:40:08.350 So, I'm here, not there. 1625 01:40:11.222 --> 01:40:14.137 Your granddad had that same face 1626 01:40:14.138 --> 01:40:15.661 when he was in here. 1627 01:40:16.619 --> 01:40:20.057 Like... he knew it was gonna rain. 1628 01:40:20.753 --> 01:40:23.147 And I was just a guy selling him an umbrella. 1629 01:40:25.541 --> 01:40:26.846 Weatherman Stare. 1630 01:40:27.847 --> 01:40:29.327 I'm sure of it. 1631 01:40:30.850 --> 01:40:31.938 The strangest thing. 1632 01:40:34.202 --> 01:40:36.464 narrator: Albie left him everything. 1633 01:40:36.465 --> 01:40:39.685 More than enough to pay for his college education. 1634 01:40:40.164 --> 01:40:42.905 And later on, the sale of the Victorian 1635 01:40:42.906 --> 01:40:45.995 paid for the house he and Ginny moved into 1636 01:40:45.996 --> 01:40:48.390 after their honeymoon in the Catskills. 1637 01:40:50.479 --> 01:40:53.437 He flatly refused to move to Omaha 1638 01:40:53.438 --> 01:40:55.658 to live with his mother's parents. 1639 01:40:56.267 --> 01:40:58.181 - Look, I love you guys... - narrator: He said. 1640 01:40:58.182 --> 01:41:01.576 ...but this is where I grew up and want to stay till college. 1641 01:41:01.577 --> 01:41:03.187 I'm 17. I'm not a baby. 1642 01:41:03.709 --> 01:41:06.102 narrator: So, they, both long retired, 1643 01:41:06.103 --> 01:41:07.756 came to him 1644 01:41:07.757 --> 01:41:09.671 and stayed in the Victorian 1645 01:41:09.672 --> 01:41:12.543 for the 20-odd months before Chuck went off 1646 01:41:12.544 --> 01:41:14.546 to the University of Illinois. 1647 01:41:16.940 --> 01:41:20.161 They weren't able to be there for the funeral, however. 1648 01:41:21.684 --> 01:41:24.294 It happened fast, as Albie had wanted, 1649 01:41:24.295 --> 01:41:26.340 and his mom's folks had loose ends 1650 01:41:26.341 --> 01:41:28.125 to tie up in Omaha. 1651 01:41:29.344 --> 01:41:31.911 Chuck didn't really miss them, if he was honest. 1652 01:41:32.912 --> 01:41:35.088 His Zaydee hated a fuss 1653 01:41:35.089 --> 01:41:37.352 almost as much as he hated a crowd. 1654 01:41:41.704 --> 01:41:44.488 A day before they were scheduled to arrive, 1655 01:41:44.489 --> 01:41:46.925 Chuck finally opened the envelope 1656 01:41:46.926 --> 01:41:48.666 that had been sitting on the table 1657 01:41:48.667 --> 01:41:49.755 in the front hall. 1658 01:41:51.192 --> 01:41:53.889 It was from Sam Yarborough, 1659 01:41:53.890 --> 01:41:57.980 owner and chief undertaker at Yarborough Funeral Home, 1660 01:41:57.981 --> 01:42:02.290 and inside were Albie Krantz's personal effects. 1661 01:43:59.015 --> 01:44:01.799 narrator: In this room, Chuck's grandpa had seen 1662 01:44:01.800 --> 01:44:03.192 the Jefferies boy, 1663 01:44:03.193 --> 01:44:05.239 body broken by the car. 1664 01:44:07.023 --> 01:44:09.982 He'd seen Henry Peterson hanging from the ceiling. 1665 01:44:11.245 --> 01:44:13.943 He'd seen his own wife lying dead. 1666 01:44:14.378 --> 01:44:16.901 And likely, Chuck supposed, 1667 01:44:16.902 --> 01:44:20.079 perhaps the night Chuck had stolen his keys, 1668 01:44:20.993 --> 01:44:25.345 Albie had even seen himself crumpled to the floor, 1669 01:44:25.346 --> 01:44:27.348 still clutching his upper arm. 1670 01:44:28.914 --> 01:44:31.177 "It's the waiting," he'd said. 1671 01:44:32.570 --> 01:44:34.179 "That's the hard part." 1672 01:44:35.791 --> 01:44:38.228 Now Chuck's own waiting would begin. 1673 01:44:39.969 --> 01:44:41.666 How long would that wait be? 1674 01:44:42.928 --> 01:44:46.670 Exactly how old was the man in the hospital bed? 1675 01:44:51.981 --> 01:44:54.504 There was a final bip... 1676 01:44:54.505 --> 01:44:56.290 ...from the unseen monitor 1677 01:44:57.203 --> 01:44:59.031 and then that was gone too. 1678 01:45:01.991 --> 01:45:03.861 The man did not fade, 1679 01:45:03.862 --> 01:45:06.735 as ghostly apparitions did in the movies. 1680 01:45:07.649 --> 01:45:09.390 He was just gone. 1681 01:45:10.304 --> 01:45:13.481 Insisting he had never been there in the first place. 1682 01:45:15.396 --> 01:45:17.223 - He wasn't... - narrator: Chuck thinks. 1683 01:45:17.789 --> 01:45:19.400 ...and I will insist he wasn't. 1684 01:45:20.879 --> 01:45:24.361 And I will live my life until my life runs out. 1685 01:45:26.537 --> 01:45:27.756 I am wonderful. 1686 01:45:29.845 --> 01:45:31.368 I deserve to be wonderful. 1687 01:45:34.240 --> 01:45:36.112 And I contain multitudes. 1688 01:46:15.586 --> 01:46:18.720 ♪ Of all the money I ever had ♪ 1689 01:46:20.635 --> 01:46:24.639 ♪ I spent it in good company ♪ 1690 01:46:25.640 --> 01:46:29.426 ♪ And all the harm I've ever done ♪ 1691 01:46:31.210 --> 01:46:35.040 ♪ It was to none but me 1692 01:46:38.435 --> 01:46:40.568 ♪ And all I've done 1693 01:46:42.352 --> 01:46:44.702 ♪ For want of wit 1694 01:46:46.400 --> 01:46:51.056 ♪ To memory now I can't recall ♪ 1695 01:46:53.668 --> 01:46:58.281 ♪ So fill to me the parting glass ♪ 1696 01:46:59.064 --> 01:47:03.982 ♪ Good night and joy be to you all ♪ 1697 01:47:27.310 --> 01:47:31.880 ♪ Fill to me the parting glass ♪ 1698 01:47:32.620 --> 01:47:36.493 ♪ And drink a health whate'er befalls ♪ 1699 01:47:37.538 --> 01:47:41.846 ♪ Then gently rise and softly call ♪ 1700 01:47:42.673 --> 01:47:47.635 ♪ Good night and joy be to you all ♪ 1701 01:48:11.223 --> 01:48:15.140 ♪ Of all the friends I ever had ♪ 1702 01:48:16.098 --> 01:48:20.232 ♪ They're sorry for my going away ♪ 1703 01:48:21.277 --> 01:48:25.934 ♪ And all the sweethearts I ever had ♪ 1704 01:48:26.500 --> 01:48:30.678 ♪ They would wish me one more day to stay ♪ 1705 01:48:33.768 --> 01:48:35.900 ♪ Since it fell 1706 01:48:38.207 --> 01:48:40.035 ♪ Into my lot 1707 01:48:42.080 --> 01:48:46.520 ♪ That I should rise and you should not ♪ 1708 01:48:49.305 --> 01:48:53.527 ♪ I'll gently rise and softly call ♪ 1709 01:48:54.440 --> 01:48:59.707 ♪ Good night and joy be to you all ♪ 1710 01:49:23.034 --> 01:49:27.561 ♪ Fill to me the parting glass ♪ 1711 01:49:28.170 --> 01:49:32.261 ♪ Drink a health whate'er befalls ♪ 1712 01:49:33.131 --> 01:49:37.440 ♪ Then gently rise and softly call ♪ 1713 01:49:38.267 --> 01:49:42.967 ♪ Good night and joy be to you all ♪ 1714 01:49:43.577 --> 01:49:49.844 ♪ Good night and joy be to you all ♪