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[0:07] Alistair Justin Black: Hello, I am your host, Alistair Justin Black, and welcome to Theatre in the Black.

[0:15] Alistair Justin Black: Theater in the Black in Kahoots with the Afro Existential Podcast welcomes your apprehensive listening.

[0:23] Alistair Justin Black: As we present Act Two of the audio podcast play DEAD WAIT: A Journey in Afro-Existentialism.

[0:32] Alistair Justin Black: It is a black comedy about an all-American family trying to move up in the world.

[0:38] Alistair Justin Black: And it was written especially for Theatre in the Black by Blaine Teamer.

[0:43] Alistair Justin Black: It is brought to you in part by new Afro-Existential fancy wine.

[0:49] Alistair Justin Black: Are you fancy? Then enjoy life.

[0:53] Alistair Justin Black: One sip at a time.

[1:38] Georgina: This place is spooky.

[1:40] Brady: Some people like to live dangerously.

[1:42] Georgina: Yes, why are you so jumpy tonight?

[1:45] Oliver Mulligan: You know what, guys? I'm gonna go back tomorrow.

[1:48] Georgina: Did you hear about the creature woman that attacked the father and son hunting down here?

[1:53] Brady: I don't see the case.

[1:54] Georgina: This place creeps me out.

[1:59] Oliver Mulligan: I think we should call the sheriff's office.

[2:17] Georgina: The only people missing or dead are brown people.

[2:22] Brady: There are all of us.

[2:26] Georgina: What do we do, Miana?

[2:28] Miana: We die.

[2:30] Georgina: But we take some of them with us.

[2:35] Miana: Oh yes.

[2:41] Georgina: Anywhere you go in the world, there will always be a certain place where people on their way up in the world cross paths with people on their way down in the world.

[2:54] Miana: Oh yes.

[2:55] Georgina: Now the family in this particular story, well, they've slipped down a bit, and now they're stuck somewhere in the middle.

[3:03] Miana: When last we saw them, Brady had choked on his chicken.

[3:08] Georgina: Oliver had called upon her ancestors via her old Ouija board to give her a sign.

[3:14] Miana: Oh yes.

[3:15] Georgina: However, the only sign Oliver needed was a big fat money sign.

[3:21] Miana: Georgina's sister Helen came out to the hood to borrow a priceless family heirloom for her daughter's wedding day.

[3:28] Georgina: Georgina came out and told Helen that she had hawked the family jewels for her son's college fees.

[3:34] Miana: And in a very emotional scene, Oliver came out of the closet as a proud, trans affluent man, and encouraged his mother to do the same.

[3:45] Georgina: And apparently, Colt is not the baby's daddy.

[3:52] Miana: Anything else?

[3:53] Georgina: Oh, yes.

[3:55] Alistair Justin Black: And now you're all caught up for Act Two of DEAD WAIT: A Journey in Afro-Existentialism.

[4:16] Helen: First thing out of Helen's big mouth was a crack.

[4:20] Georgina: I'm not gonna be eating any of that contaminated cake.

[4:24] Helen: How is that a crack?

[4:25] Georgina: I've never been healthier in my life.

[4:28] Helen: Weren't you pretending to be sick?

[4:30] Georgina: Not from Zika, Oliver.

[4:32] Helen: So I just generally look like I'm on death's door waiting to get in.

[4:37] Georgina: Is that what you two think? Then she kept saying I was making a box cake.

[4:42] Helen: How is that a crack?

[4:44] Georgina: Insinuating I can't make a real cake from scratch.

[4:48] Helen: You just had to be there. Tone is everything.

[4:51] Georgina: I know tone. I taught her tone.

[4:53] Helen: I thought it was more of a hobby.

[4:55] Georgina: You weren't there when she made that crack.

[4:57] Helen: You on the damn elevator when I told you to take the damn stairs.

[5:01] Georgina: You know, she always thought she was better than every damn body.

[5:07] Helen: Always.

[5:08] Georgina: You know she was my understudy, and then I got pre.

[5:12] Helen: Well, she was just at the right place at the right time.

[5:16] Georgina: What's in the huh?

[5:18] Helen: Oh, how would it look daddy choking to death at work on food from home if the food isn't there but still at home?

[5:25] Georgina: Nobody asked her how much their car cost.

[5:28] Helen: Who cares?

[5:29] Georgina: I asked her, remember.

[5:31] Helen: Speaking of cars, if I'm putting him in my van, you'll need to drive his car, and then I already have them here.

[5:38] Georgina: See? Devil is in the little details, Oliver. That's how they get caught.

[5:41] Oliver Mulligan: Who?

[5:43] Georgina: Those stupid women on Snapped.

[5:46] Oliver Mulligan: This elevator is so slow.

[5:49] Georgina: I know, but no one uses the service elevator this time of night, so it's better if we take him down this elevator.

[5:55] Oliver Mulligan: Never mind. Here it comes.

[5:57] Georgina: Yes, yes, yes. I'm still here.

[6:00] Oliver Mulligan: Look who forgot to take their medication again.

[6:03] Georgina: Is he talking to someone on an old rotary phone?

[6:06] Oliver Mulligan: That's not connected.

[6:08] Georgina: Well, I was just saying you must be very selective about the reality that you choose.

[6:16] Unknown speaker: Cognitive dissonance is a ghostly sedative.

[6:22] Unknown speaker: Well, well, well, I mean, yes, it works.

[6:29] Unknown speaker: Come in, come in, come in. I'm on the phone with the people from Fox News.

[6:34] Unknown speaker: They have me on hold.

[6:36] Unknown speaker: Pardon me, my bad.

[6:39] Unknown speaker: Yes, I'm still here. Where else would I be?

[6:45] Unknown speaker: What I was trying to say is when people are in unreasonable situations, their mind creates reasonable illusions.

[6:56] Unknown speaker: But it's not real, you see.

[7:05] Unknown speaker: Hello.

[7:07] Unknown speaker: Hello.

[7:10] Unknown speaker: Well, I lost them. But the truth be told, they were lost when I found them.

[7:19] Unknown speaker: Hmm. You two look so familiar.

[7:24] Unknown speaker: Have we met?

[7:26] Unknown speaker: We must, because I've been here since the beginning of time, it seems.

[7:31] Unknown speaker: Do we run in the same social loop?

[7:34] Unknown speaker: We see you every day.

[7:36] Unknown speaker: Don't engage with crazy.

[7:38] Unknown speaker: Oh. I engage with all sorts, my dear. Race, religion, political affiliation, age, income, sexuality.

[7:48] Unknown speaker: It doesn't matter to me.

[7:51] Unknown speaker: Now I do gossip.

[7:54] Unknown speaker: But I am not here to judge.

[7:59] Unknown speaker: Although just betwixt you and me, I find in the end they're all just clowns with no makeup.

[8:09] Unknown speaker: But in the end, aren't we all just clowns with no makeup?

[8:16] Unknown speaker: No.

[8:18] Unknown speaker: Is this your floor? Are you getting off today?

[8:22] Unknown speaker: Oh no, this is not my floor. We still have a few to go.

[8:26] Unknown speaker: This elevator is so slow. It's simply ghastly.

[8:30] Unknown speaker: And I can be late to her fair.

[8:34] Unknown speaker: Oh, everyone who's anyone will be there. And I don't want to get on her bad side.

[8:44] Unknown speaker: But everyone else says she can be quite the bitch.

[8:51] Unknown speaker: Who's a bitch?

[8:53] Unknown speaker: Lady Karma.

[8:55] Unknown speaker: Well, that's what they say.

[8:58] Unknown speaker: You're right. Everyone does say that.

[9:01] Unknown speaker: I've seen her be perfectly vengeful in the most ghastly way for those who warrant it, of course.

[9:07] Unknown speaker: But I'm not here to judge. That is not my job.

[9:13] Georgina: Oliver, push the close button.

[9:15] Unknown speaker: Oh, be very careful which buttons you push, my dear. It never works the way you want it to.

[9:23] Georgina: Seems to be working now.

[9:25] Unknown speaker: So it is. But still, I wouldn't count on it too much if I were you.

[9:31] Unknown speaker: Uh, you're not him.

[9:33] Oliver Mulligan: Ollie, do you have your cell phone?

[9:36] Georgina: Always.

[9:37] Unknown speaker: A cell phone. I'm afraid there are no cell phones in hell.

[9:42] Georgina: You see, that's why I carry a landline.

[9:47] Unknown speaker: See? That's an old rotary phone.

[9:51] Georgina: How astute? You know what they say, everything old is new again.

[9:57] Unknown speaker: What's that long cord connected to?

[10:01] Georgina: This cord is connected to the cloud.

[10:06] Unknown speaker: Everything is in a cloud nowadays. Even our heads.

[10:13] Unknown speaker: Well, oh, this is my floor.

[10:16] Unknown speaker: Well, listen. Delight. Until we meet again.

[10:40] Unknown speaker: Hello.

[10:46] Unknown speaker: He died when he was digging that grave for that man.

[10:50] Unknown speaker: So I hope he dug two.

[10:53] Unknown speaker: I said I hope he dug two.

[10:56] Unknown speaker: Two graves.

[10:58] Unknown speaker: No, not two slaves. Who digs slaves anymore?

[11:01] Unknown speaker: I hope he dug two graves. One for that man and one for hello.

[11:09] Unknown speaker: Hello.

[11:14] Unknown speaker: The reality is.

[11:18] Unknown speaker: That accent. I heard he was from Compton.

[11:21] Unknown speaker: No cell phones in hell.

[11:22] Unknown speaker: God, that would be hell.

[11:24] Unknown speaker: Would be heaven to me.

[11:26] Unknown speaker: Maybe it would force people to send postcards again.

[11:29] Unknown speaker: What would the postcard say? Wish you were here.

[11:31] Unknown speaker: Oh, he pushed every button.

[11:35] Unknown speaker: Great. Now we're gonna stop at every floor.

[11:39] Unknown speaker: Okay, no worries. Anyone ask? We are just moving furniture to your van.

[11:45] Unknown speaker: It's the things we fret about the most that rarely end up happening.

[11:49] Unknown speaker: You know, I was so worried about getting my cake to church.

[12:02] Unknown speaker: No, not at all. I've come to that conclusion.

[12:06] Unknown speaker: We are whoever we were on our first day of kindergarten.

[12:10] Unknown speaker: I stole the milk money from my teacher's desk.

[12:12] Unknown speaker: That wasn't having second thoughts about doing this.

[12:21] Unknown speaker: I feel like I'm drowning in a sea of sadness.

[12:25] Unknown speaker: A sea of what?

[12:27] Unknown speaker: What I see is that this was all your idea.

[12:30] Unknown speaker: I said, call the coroner.

[12:32] Unknown speaker: Call the corner. Call the coroner.

[12:34] Unknown speaker: Then you should have called the coroner.

[12:36] Unknown speaker: You have free will, mother, don't you?

[12:38] Unknown speaker: Don't we all have it?

[12:40] Unknown speaker: No, we don't all have it. Because free will is not free, Oliver.

[12:44] Unknown speaker: It costs, Oliver. As a matter of fact, it's very expensive, Oliver.

[12:49] Unknown speaker: And sometimes, even if you can't afford it, Oliver, you can't have it.

[12:53] Georgina: Mother, he's dead. I think I'm just realizing he's dead.

[12:59] Oliver Mulligan: Oh, Daddy.

[13:01] Georgina: Really? When did that happen?

[13:03] Oliver Mulligan: We put him in the trunk.

[13:05] Georgina: Oh, you're being sarcastic, Mr.

[13:11] Unknown speaker: I can't do it. I'm sorry. I can't keep doing wrong and expect something right to happen, right? That's a sign of insanity.

[13:19] Unknown speaker: Let's just go back up, call the coroner, and call it a night. We can plan our staycation.

[13:24] Unknown speaker: Staycation.

[13:25] Unknown speaker: Oh, yes, fine.

[13:31] Unknown speaker: Oh, Ringy. Your father could never finish anything.

[13:35] Unknown speaker: He couldn't even finish chewing the food he started.

[13:38] Unknown speaker: The idiot choked on that. Why should I expect you to be able to finish anything either?

[13:40] Unknown speaker: Why should I expect anything from you?

[13:45] Unknown speaker: I guess you can't.

[13:47] Unknown speaker: I have to get off. Leave! You've got free will. Leave.

[14:00] Unknown speaker: You know? You didn't have to run all the way down and get back on the elevator with me.

[14:05] Unknown speaker: I know how you hate running. Oh, and did I tell you about how she said you could be a slum lord?

[14:12] Unknown speaker: I'm trying to help you, Judge.

[14:14] Georgina: We don't need that kind of help.

[14:16] Oliver Mulligan: I can do bad all by myself.

[14:18] Georgina: Why would you want to do bad at all?

[14:27] Oliver Mulligan: I don't care if she talks about me, but don't dare talk about my child.

[14:33] Georgina: What did she say about me?

[14:35] Oliver Mulligan: I'm not gonna even repeat it.

[14:38] Georgina: Just that you were a bad thief.

[14:40] Oliver Mulligan: Which is probably why I went to jail for stealing.

[14:48] Georgina: I said you were working on your writing, and she said, right what?

[14:52] Oliver Mulligan: Bad checks.

[14:54] Georgina: She's funny.

[14:55] Oliver Mulligan: As funny as a cry for help.

[14:58] Georgina: You know, the first time I was in jail, she came to see me.

[15:00] Oliver Mulligan: She said she'd never do it again.

[15:02] Georgina: See how she is?

[15:03] Oliver Mulligan: See?

[15:03] Georgina: But she still gave you money for my account.

[15:06] Oliver Mulligan: I told you that.

[15:08] Georgina: No, no, you didn't.

[15:10] Oliver Mulligan: How much?

[15:11] Georgina: Oh, it was nothing. I mean, you can only put a few dollars on it.

[15:14] Oliver Mulligan: It would have meant something to me.

[15:16] Georgina: That place was hell.

[15:17] Oliver Mulligan: And when you're in hell, you think everyone is forgotten.

[15:20] Georgina: She didn't.

[15:24] Oliver Mulligan: Daddy didn't tell you the reason he was kicking me out tonight, did he?

[15:28] Georgina: I told him I didn't want to know.

[15:30] Oliver Mulligan: Maybe you should know.

[15:31] Georgina: What I know is you need to stop writing bad checks.

[15:34] Oliver Mulligan: Clearly, you're not good at it.

[15:36] Georgina: Not that you should be good at it.

[15:37] Oliver Mulligan: But like my mother would tell me, at least do something wrong right.

[15:42] Georgina: You're right. I'm not good at it.

[15:44] Oliver Mulligan: Daddy found out that I'm better at photography.

[15:48] Georgina: Now it's photography?

[15:50] Oliver Mulligan: Well, you are very creative.

[15:52] Georgina: Still photography.

[15:54] Oliver Mulligan: Very still.

[16:00] Georgina: Did you feel that?

[16:02] Oliver Mulligan: Well, why can't you be a photographer now?

[16:06] Georgina: Did you ever love him?

[16:07] Oliver Mulligan: Who, Daddy?

[16:09] Georgina: Yes.

[16:09] Oliver Mulligan: Of course I loved him.

[16:11] Georgina: You say that, but.

[16:13] Oliver Mulligan: What?

[16:14] Georgina: Just because he's stuffed in a trunk, you think I didn't love your father?

[16:17] Oliver Mulligan: Huh?

[16:18] Georgina: Well, geez, Louise.

[16:20] Oliver Mulligan: Of course I loved him.

[16:21] Georgina: And he loved me.

[16:23] Oliver Mulligan: Really?

[16:23] Georgina: Yes, really.

[16:25] Oliver Mulligan: I mean.

[16:27] Georgina: Maybe not the way I needed to be loved.

[16:30] Oliver Mulligan: But what do you do then?

[16:32] Georgina: You're stuck.

[16:33] Oliver Mulligan: You took a vow to God, and you say for better or worse.

[16:37] Georgina: You don't say for 70% better and 30% worse.

[16:40] Oliver Mulligan: But if it goes the other way, peace out.

[16:43] Georgina: You're getting love confused with life.

[16:45] Oliver Mulligan: And trust me, love is different from like.

[16:47] Georgina: Did I always like him?

[16:49] Oliver Mulligan: Did you?

[16:50] Georgina: Hell no!

[16:51] Oliver Mulligan: I mean, how could I?

[16:52] Georgina: How could anyone always like somebody?

[16:57] Oliver Mulligan: Oh, sometimes though, I think would I have liked him more if he made more money?

[17:03] Georgina: Or more out of himself, or no, just more money.

[17:08] Oliver Mulligan: I definitely think I wouldn't have minded not liking him as much.

[17:11] Georgina: But I always loved him, Oliver.

[17:14] Oliver Mulligan: The best I could.

[17:15] Georgina: I guess I never have been an overachiever in that area.

[17:21] Oliver Mulligan: Oh no!

[17:22] Georgina: Oh my god!

[17:23] Oliver Mulligan: An earthquake!

[17:24] Georgina: We have to get off here quick!

[17:26] Oliver Mulligan: That felt like a five or six.

[17:27] Georgina: Push the emergency button.

[17:29] Oliver Mulligan: Oh god!

[17:35] Georgina: Wait, don't push that.

[17:36] Oliver Mulligan: Don't push that emergency button.

[17:38] Georgina: What if someone comes to rescue us and that's the general idea?

[17:43] Oliver Mulligan: Oh, we have daddy in the trunk.

[17:45] Georgina: That could look bad for us. Don't you think?

[17:48] Oliver Mulligan: Oh, how would they know he's in the trunk?

[17:50] Georgina: Think it through, Georgina.

[17:51] Oliver Mulligan: You got this.

[17:52] Georgina: Come on, think.

[17:53] Oliver Mulligan: Think.

[17:53] Georgina: I knew we should have gone back up.

[17:55] Oliver Mulligan: I should have just gotten off.

[17:56] Georgina: Left her on.

[17:57] Oliver Mulligan: I knew it.

[17:58] Georgina: Wait.

[17:58] Oliver Mulligan: Wait.

[17:59] Georgina: We don't know what is on the other side.

[18:02] Oliver Mulligan: Give me a minute.

[18:04] Georgina: We don't have a minute.

[18:05] Oliver Mulligan: It's not the earthquake that kills the most people.

[18:07] Georgina: It's the aftershock.

[18:08] Oliver Mulligan: How do they really know that?

[18:10] Georgina: By counting the dead bodies after they happen.

[18:13] Oliver Mulligan: Dead because of the earthquake.

[18:15] Georgina: That's it.

[18:16] Oliver Mulligan: If plan A doesn't work, just remember there are 25 other letters in the alphabet.

[18:21] Georgina: Help me take him out.

[18:21] Oliver Mulligan: Come on.

[18:22] Georgina: Do what?

[18:23] Oliver Mulligan: You have really lost it.

[18:24] Georgina: He died on the elevator during the earthquake.

[18:28] Oliver Mulligan: What?

[18:28] Georgina: Why?

[18:31] Oliver Mulligan: I'm telling you, it's God's mulligan.

[18:34] Georgina: The mulligans get a mulligan.

[18:36] Helen: Hello.

[18:38] Georgina: This is Helen.

[18:39] Helen: And it's a stupid message.

[18:42] Georgina: Who wants to keep here?

[18:44] Oliver Mulligan: Oh, Helen.

[18:46] Georgina: It's Georgina.

[18:47] Helen: The earthquake has the three of us stuck in the elevator at our apartment.

[18:51] Georgina: Send help if you can.

[18:53] Oliver Mulligan: Something is wrong with Brady, I think.

[18:57] Georgina: Did I sound distressed?

[18:59] Oliver Mulligan: Aren't you?

[19:00] Georgina: It was an earthquake, Oliver, not the end of the world.

[19:04] Oliver Mulligan: Oh no.

[19:05] Georgina: Oh, here we go again.

[19:07] Oliver Mulligan: Oh God!

[19:09] Georgina: Oh baby, no.

[19:12] Oliver Mulligan: Oh god, no, don't get us on.

[19:29] Georgina: Don't I deserve something more than nothing?

[19:31] Oliver Mulligan: Well, what about me?

[19:33] Georgina: Speak of the devil and I'm afraid there are no cell phones.

[19:37] Oliver Mulligan: And hell walks in.

[19:39] Georgina: Although just between you.

[19:41] Oliver Mulligan: What about me?

[19:42] Georgina: They were lost when I found them.

[19:45] Oliver Mulligan: Do we run in the same social loop?

[19:49] Georgina: We're trans Africa.

[19:50] Oliver Mulligan: You must be very selective about the reality of the true truths.

[19:56] Georgina: Don't I deserve something more than nothing?

[19:59] Oliver Mulligan: I'm afraid there are no cell phones in hell.

[20:02] Georgina: It never works the way you want it to.

[20:05] Oliver Mulligan: Seems to be working now.

[20:06] Georgina: Oh, be very careful which buttons you push.

[20:09] Oliver Mulligan: You get what you can get away with getting.

[20:13] Georgina: It never works the way you want it to.

[20:15] Oliver Mulligan: But in the end.

[20:16] Georgina: Why do we all just clown but we don't make out the buttons?

[20:22] Oliver Mulligan: Do we run in the same social loop?

[20:25] Georgina: We see.

[20:26] Oliver Mulligan: Don't I deserve something more than nothing?

[20:28] Georgina: What about me?

[20:29] Oliver Mulligan: Until we meet again.

[20:31] Georgina: And I'm sure we will.

[21:00] Oliver Mulligan: Georgina?

[21:02] Georgina: What where the hell are we?

[21:05] Brady: Brady.

[21:15] Oliver Mulligan: Did she just say Brady?

[21:18] Georgina: Well, to quote one of the greatest poets of all time.

[21:24] Oliver Mulligan: Don't call it a comeback.

[21:27] Georgina: But I hope you will after a brief message from our sponsor.

[21:36] Alistair Justin Black: Hello, I'm Alistair Justin Black.

[21:40] Alistair Justin Black: From Theatre and the Black. Playwright Blaine Teamer began writing dead weight in 2016.

[21:46] Alistair Justin Black: You finished it nearly four months later.

[21:50] Alistair Justin Black: The writing of the perfect line in a great play, or the making of a line of fine fancy wines.

[21:56] Alistair Justin Black: Takes time.

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[22:04] Alistair Justin Black: A red wine with notes of tang, green apple, tropical punch, black cherry, and invisible grape.

[22:12] Alistair Justin Black: It's a fancy wine for those fancy moments.

[22:16] Alistair Justin Black: What was true nearly four months ago is true today.

[22:20] Alistair Justin Black: It's five o'clock somewhere.

[22:22] Alistair Justin Black: Take life one sip at a time.

[22:33] Georgina: It's okay, Georgina. Calm down.

[22:40] Oliver Mulligan: The elevator!

[22:42] Georgina: I can see that, Gina.

[22:43] Oliver Mulligan: Why?

[22:43] Georgina: What the hell happened?

[22:44] Oliver Mulligan: Yes.

[22:45] Georgina: What the hell happened?

[22:52] Oliver Mulligan: Is he?

[22:54] Georgina: He's still breathing.

[22:55] Oliver Mulligan: Was it an explosion?

[22:58] Georgina: Earthquake earthquake.

[22:59] Oliver Mulligan: Big.

[23:01] Georgina: The after shop.

[23:02] Oliver Mulligan: Elevator fell.

[23:04] Georgina: Crashed.

[23:05] Oliver Mulligan: I don't know how many floors.

[23:08] Georgina: I thought you were dead?

[23:10] Oliver Mulligan: Yes!

[23:11] Georgina: I swore.

[23:13] Oliver Mulligan: I swore you were.

[23:15] Georgina: It's okay.

[23:16] Oliver Mulligan: I'm still here.

[23:18] Georgina: You are still here.

[23:21] Oliver Mulligan: Oliver, wake up, honey.

[23:22] Georgina: Last thing I remember.

[23:23] Oliver Mulligan: Wake up!

[23:24] Georgina: Wake up!

[23:25] Oliver Mulligan: We were in the apartment.

[23:26] Georgina: Wake up, honey!

[23:27] Oliver Mulligan: Last thing I remember.

[23:29] Georgina: Oliver, wake up, honey!

[23:30] Oliver Mulligan: Wake up!

[23:30] Georgina: I was telling him to get the rest of his things and leave his key.

[23:34] Oliver Mulligan: That's the last thing you remember?

[23:35] Georgina: Yes.

[23:36] Oliver Mulligan: That's all.

[23:37] Georgina: Nothing else.

[23:37] Oliver Mulligan: Yes.

[23:38] Georgina: Nothing else.

[23:39] Oliver Mulligan: Yes, and then waking up here.

[23:40] Georgina: You don't remember anything else.

[23:41] Oliver Mulligan: Nothing else.

[23:41] Georgina: What are you?

[23:42] Oliver Mulligan: A parent?

[23:43] Georgina: No, why do you keep asking me that?

[23:45] Oliver Mulligan: Why is she a trunk in the service elevator?

[23:47] Georgina: The trunk?

[23:48] Oliver Mulligan: What's it doing in here?

[23:50] Georgina: Did you give it to him for his new place?

[23:53] Oliver Mulligan: The trunk?

[23:54] Georgina: Yes.

[23:55] Oliver Mulligan: Oh.

[23:56] Georgina: Oliver came back to the apartment.

[23:59] Oliver Mulligan: Oliver came back to the apartment to take it because I gave it to him for his new place, just like you just said.

[24:06] Georgina: Oh, thank God I did.

[24:09] Oliver Mulligan: If he hadn't, Brady, you would be dead.

[24:12] Georgina: You see, I had stepped out to get some eggs.

[24:15] Oliver Mulligan: You don't remember that?

[24:16] Georgina: Me getting the eggs for my cakes?

[24:17] Oliver Mulligan: No.

[24:18] Georgina: Then what happened?

[24:20] Oliver Mulligan: You must have choked eating your dinner.

[24:24] Georgina: But I don't know.

[24:25] Oliver Mulligan: I wasn't there.

[24:26] Georgina: I went to get eggs.

[24:27] Oliver Mulligan: Eggs.

[24:28] Georgina: You remember me getting eggs?

[24:30] Oliver Mulligan: You just said you went to get eggs for my cake?

[24:33] Georgina: For church.

[24:34] Oliver Mulligan: So I wasn't there.

[24:36] Georgina: I don't know.

[24:38] Oliver Mulligan: So when I came back, he said we have to rush you to the hospital.

[24:43] Georgina: Why didn't you two just call an ambulance?

[24:45] Oliver Mulligan: He said it would be faster if we took you to the hospital ourselves.

[24:49] Georgina: You know on this side of town you can't expect for the coroner to come quickly if at all.

[24:53] Oliver Mulligan: Coroner?

[24:54] Georgina: Was I dead or passed out?

[24:56] Oliver Mulligan: I'm an ambulance.

[24:58] Georgina: It's so hot in here.

[24:59] Oliver Mulligan: I must be having a hot flash.

[25:01] Georgina: We were in here when the earthquake happened.

[25:03] Oliver Mulligan: Then the aftershock came and the elevator plummeted down.

[25:06] Georgina: How did we survive that fall?

[25:09] Oliver Mulligan: He's coming too.

[25:10] Georgina: Ollie!

[25:11] Oliver Mulligan: Oh I'll take care of him.

[25:12] Georgina: Figure out how to get us out of here before another aftershock really kills us all.

[25:17] Oliver Mulligan: What happened?

[25:18] Georgina: Are you okay?

[25:20] Oliver Mulligan: Am I dead?

[25:20] Georgina: No.

[25:21] Oliver Mulligan: No, you're alive.

[25:23] Georgina: We all survived.

[25:27] Oliver Mulligan: You're in shock.

[25:28] Georgina: So don't try and speak.

[25:30] Oliver Mulligan: Just be still and listen, okay.

[25:36] Georgina: You were right about the aftershock.

[25:39] Oliver Mulligan: It was a doozy.

[25:41] Georgina: It's a miracle.

[25:42] Oliver Mulligan: We're all alive.

[25:44] Georgina: All of us.

[25:46] Oliver Mulligan: We have to get out before another.

[25:50] Georgina: I say it.

[25:51] Oliver Mulligan: Don't speak.

[25:52] Georgina: We're trapped.

[25:54] Oliver Mulligan: But your father is working on getting us out.

[25:57] Georgina: From heaven?

[25:58] Oliver Mulligan: From heaven.

[25:59] Georgina: Hell no.

[26:00] Oliver Mulligan: From right.

[26:03] Georgina: Did that boy just faint?

[26:04] Oliver Mulligan: Jesus.

[26:05] Georgina: We have to shock.

[26:07] Oliver Mulligan: You feel it?

[26:07] Georgina: Oh, Jesus.

[26:08] Oliver Mulligan: Now I do.

[26:09] Georgina: Hold on.

[26:12] Oliver Mulligan: Oh, oh no.

[26:13] Georgina: Oh no.

[26:14] Oliver Mulligan: Here we go.

[26:15] Georgina: Oh no, sir.

[26:17] Oliver Mulligan: There's another one.

[26:32] Georgina: How many aftershocks you think it's been?

[26:34] Oliver Mulligan: I lost count.

[26:36] Georgina: Save your father some of that chicken, please.

[26:38] Oliver Mulligan: We don't know how long we're gonna be stuck in here together.

[26:42] Georgina: I'm glad you had the time to pack a full course meal in your rush to get me to the emergency room.

[26:47] Oliver Mulligan: That's not what happened, Mr. Ungrateful.

[26:49] Georgina: But regardless of why, aren't you glad I did?

[26:52] Oliver Mulligan: Imagine we survived the aftershocks and died of starvation.

[26:56] Georgina: Well, we'd survive just like the Donner party.

[26:58] Oliver Mulligan: Or a Dahmer dinner party.

[27:00] Georgina: Get it.

[27:01] Oliver Mulligan: A Jeffrey Dahmer dinner party.

[27:03] Georgina: Can you imagine what he served on Thanksgiving?

[27:06] Oliver Mulligan: I know exactly what he served.

[27:08] Georgina: All dark meat, just legs and thighs.

[27:33] Helen: This is Helen.

[27:35] Helen: It's a great day.

[27:38] Helen: Leave a message.

[27:43] Georgina: We are still stuck down here.

[27:45] Oliver Mulligan: Why are you calling her?

[27:46] Georgina: Call 911.

[27:47] Oliver Mulligan: I am she was on speed out.

[27:55] Georgina: Damn it.

[27:56] Oliver Mulligan: I need something sharp.

[27:58] Georgina: For what?

[27:59] Oliver Mulligan: To unscrew these remaining screws.

[28:00] Georgina: Nail file, something.

[28:02] Oliver Mulligan: Get down off that trunk.

[28:04] Georgina: I think there's a little tooth kitten inside the trunk.

[28:16] Oliver Mulligan: Oh, here we go.

[28:17] Georgina: Here is my little screwdriver.

[28:19] Oliver Mulligan: How's this?

[28:20] Georgina: This is good.

[28:21] Oliver Mulligan: There should be a ladder to climb up in the shaft.

[28:23] Georgina: Then we can try and pry the door open.

[28:26] Georgina: Is that is this the necklace Aunt Helen was asking for?

[28:32] Brady: That's not what she was asking for.

[28:34] Georgina: Put it back.

[28:35] Brady: That's their fancy famous heirloom wedding necklace.

[28:38] Georgina: You told her you hocked it.

[28:40] Brady: When was this?

[28:41] Georgina: Tonight, when she came over.

[28:43] Brady: Where was I?

[28:44] Georgina: Before you got home, you're worried about some little white lie told your aunt.

[28:49] Brady: You humiliated me in front of her.

[28:51] Georgina: Oh, weren't you already humiliated when she saw you behind bars?

[28:55] Brady: My goodness.

[29:04] Georgina: You didn't know Lion is one of your mother's superpowers.

[29:08] Brady: She can shoot lies through your mind faster than a speeding bullet.

[29:11] Georgina: Lies more powerful than a locomotive.

[29:13] Brady: Make you think they are all your ideals with a single noun.

[29:16] Georgina: What have I ever lied to you about?

[29:19] Brady: You lied and told everybody I gambled your precious Hancock Park house away.

[29:23] Georgina: You know what the truth is.

[29:25] Brady: Oh my god, that is ancient history.

[29:27] Georgina: And don't we have bigger fish to fry?

[29:29] Brady: Like getting out of here alive.

[29:31] Georgina: You're right.

[29:32] Brady: Although you'd like that as long as he's here with you.

[29:36] Georgina: I'm sorry I fit.

[29:38] Brady: Of course, I will give her the necklace.

[29:41] Georgina: It is a family tradition.

[29:42] Brady: She just made me so mad.

[29:45] Georgina: I hope you forgive me.

[29:46] Brady: Like I'll always forgive you.

[29:50] Georgina: I bet after this, you'll be glad to move away from us.

[29:53] Brady: I was doing you a favor, and you ain't no.

[29:58] Georgina: Good thing you were taking his old truck with you tonight.

[30:00] Brady: It's a lifesaver.

[30:01] Georgina: Speaking of lifesavers, your mother told me you kinda saved my life.

[30:05] Brady: Kinda.

[30:06] Georgina: You either save a life or you don't.

[30:08] Brady: I know what he did, Georgina.

[30:10] Georgina: I know what you did, son.

[30:15] Brady: And I'll never forget it.

[30:19] Georgina: Don't thank me.

[30:20] Brady: I don't deserve it.

[30:21] Georgina: Oh, she's so modest.

[30:23] Brady: What do you mean?

[30:24] Georgina: I don't blame you for kicking me out.

[30:26] Brady: I think you've made up for it by saving his life.

[30:30] Georgina: I don't think I did make up for it. Did I?

[30:33] Brady: But I am gonna change my life around and do better.

[30:37] Georgina: I guess I'll believe it when I see it.

[30:39] Brady: I just wonder if you have any self-respect.

[30:42] Georgina: When they foreclosed on my house, what kind of self-respect did you have for yourself?

[30:48] Brady: I am so tired of you telling that same old sad story about how it was all my fault that we lost your house.

[30:53] Georgina: It's true.

[30:54] Brady: If you hadn't done all that gambling.

[30:56] Georgina: What's also true is that you wouldn't let me rest until I refinanced my stores to pay his bail, and then he was too coked up to show up.

[31:03] Brady: A hundred thousand dollars gone, but I guess if you told a full story, it would show what kind of person you really are.

[31:08] Georgina: Oh, what kind of person am I really, Brady? Enlighten me.

[31:12] Brady: The kind that was secretly refinancing your house just so you could try to outdo your sister.

[31:17] Georgina: Envy is one of those sins you always talk about, Gina.

[31:20] Brady: I never knew you thought you were fooling somebody or you were just fooling yourself.

[31:24] Georgina: Oh, and is it really your house if you swindle somebody out of it?

[31:27] Brady: Does that make it easier if you believe the lie?

[31:30] Georgina: Is that what helps you hide it more carefully?

[31:32] Brady: What is that supposed to mean?

[31:33] Georgina: Oh, never mind. Look, I don't want to know.

[31:36] Brady: We are at death's door, and you gotta shovel, digging up dust from the past.

[31:41] Georgina: Will you just get us out of this hellhole before everything else comes crashing down on us?

[31:47] Brady: See, son, she got dunked in that pool of holy water at that church, and your mother still can't come clean.

[31:53] Georgina: Come clean. I should just come clean.

[31:59] Brady: They were genuinely glad to see me.

[32:02] Georgina: Me. No one's been genuinely glad to see me in so long. I forgot what it felt like.

[32:06] Brady: Who?

[32:07] Georgina: Marissa's parents.

[32:08] Brady: When did you see them?

[32:10] Georgina: At Marissa's funeral.

[32:13] Brady: I don't know why people.

[32:15] Georgina: Oh, people know you have a good heart.

[32:18] Brady: My heart is rancid through and through.

[32:19] Georgina: But I can change what are you talking about?

[32:25] Brady: I took the picture of Marissa dead in the bathroom and took the picture of her in the casket and sold it to Celebrity Gossip News.

[32:32] Georgina: That's why he was kicking me out. He found out.

[32:38] Brady: Is that all?

[32:40] Georgina: I mean. Is that all? That's not enough for you.

[32:44] Brady: I think it's in very poor taste, but what?

[32:48] Georgina: I swear. Your delusions of adequacy in regard to him compared to your delusion to grandeur for yourself never cease to astonish me.

[32:55] Brady: Uh, let's not be hypocrites on top of everything else.

[32:59] Georgina: I mean, we all sit around watching shows like Celebrity Gossip News, feeding off of people's misery.

[33:04] Brady: Yes, me included.

[33:06] Georgina: It's become entertainment.

[33:08] Brady: And doesn't it somehow make us feel just a little better that someone is suffering more than we are?

[33:13] Georgina: It's the culture we all live in now.

[33:16] Brady: I mean, it's the reason we have a reality star in the White House.

[33:22] Georgina: Who the hell did I marry?

[33:24] Brady: Exactly. That show also it's horrible. Watching other people suffering is entertainment.

[33:30] Georgina: What I am trying to say is it's not illegal.

[33:34] Brady: You could even say it was a bit entrepreneurial.

[33:38] Georgina: Everyone does it.

[33:40] Brady: Hear that, son? Everyone does it.

[33:43] Georgina: Is that what they told you in prison the first time you had to take a shower?

[33:46] Brady: Bend over and spread them cheeks wide open.

[33:49] Georgina: But you're crying for a look. Everyone does it.

[33:50] Brady: Is that what they said to you? And did that make it feel okay?

[33:54] Georgina: You are a vulgar man.

[33:58] Brady: Anyway, people have won awards with the same thing.

[34:01] Georgina: I read online about this acclaimed photographer.

[34:04] Brady: Oh, what was his name?

[34:06] Georgina: He took a photo of a buzzard waiting for this poor starving child to die of starvation.

[34:11] Brady: He won the Pulitzer Prize.

[34:13] Georgina: What was his name?

[34:14] Brady: What, Kevin Carter?

[34:16] Georgina: They made a movie about him because Kevin Carter, yes, that's his name.

[34:20] Brady: They gave him the Pulitzer Prize.

[34:22] Georgina: A Pulitzer for that and a movie. See?

[34:26] Brady: I didn't know about the movie.

[34:27] Georgina: Look at that. He committed suicide because he didn't help that little girl.

[34:31] Brady: Oh, really? I didn't have time to read the whole article.

[34:35] Georgina: Facts are such horrid things.

[34:36] Brady: My point is, it's not right what you did. But perhaps something good can come out of it.

[34:43] Georgina: I know you should make a donation to my church, you know, to atone.

[34:48] Brady: You can bid on my cakes, anonymously, of course.

[34:51] Georgina: He got paid fifteen thousand dollars for selling those pictures of Marissa on the toilet and in her casket.

[34:56] Brady: He could make a nice donation, Gina.

[35:00] Georgina: Oliver, I think you should bid at least five thousand dollars.

[35:04] Brady: What?

[35:05] Georgina: Hell, for fifteen thousand dollars, I would have pulled out my phone and snapped some photos.

[35:11] Brady: Oh god, fifteen thousand dollars.

[35:15] Georgina: Five thousand. That would make a significant donation.

[35:20] Brady: Oh, wait, tell her what you did with it, son.

[35:22] Oliver Mulligan: I used it to buy cocaine.

[35:24] Georgina: I thought I could flip it, you know, like they do with the houses on HGTV.

[35:28] Brady: Unfortunately, instead of flipping it, he was sniffing it.

[35:31] Georgina: Oliver.

[35:32] Oliver Mulligan: It's not my fault. I have a drug problem. It's a disease.

[35:36] Georgina: No. You are the disease.

[35:40] Brady: A cancer. You're a lying, lazy, drug-addicted, incompetent drug dealer thief.

[35:48] Georgina: I mean, when you put it like that.

[35:50] Brady: You are the albatross around my neck.

[35:53] Georgina: Albatross? Like a piece of jewelry. A necklace.

[35:57] Brady: Just hateful and spiteful, just like your father was.

[36:01] Georgina: He wanted me to have an abortion and I should have listened.

[36:04] Brady: What?

[36:05] Georgina: I never said I wanted you to have an abortion.

[36:07] Brady: Huh?

[36:09] Georgina: I don't know why I said that. It's not true.

[36:12] Brady: See, you two are making me crazy. You're making me lose my mind. I need air.

[36:19] Georgina: Do you feel that?

[36:20] Brady: Oh.

[36:22] Georgina: Oh, ain't coming home. There's another one.

[36:34] Narrator: Will the three Mulligans be able to put their differences aside in order to escape?

[36:41] Narrator: Or three Mulligans one too many.

[36:45] Narrator: Find out after a brief word from our sponsor.

[36:50] Narrator: Okay, we are back in five, four, three, two, one.

[37:02] Narrator: Welcome back. Please welcome Brady.

[38:04] Brady: Two two. Hey, beep beep. If you get my 70s reverence.

[38:04] Narrator: Brady says his wife, Georgina, has consistently acted in bad faith over the course of their marriage.

[38:04] Narrator: And now he wonders if his son Oliver is actually his biological son.

[38:04] Narrator: Brady, after 25 years, why are you questioning if Oliver is yours?

[38:04] Brady: I love my wife. I've done everything I could to keep her in the lifestyle that she thinks she deserves, but it's never enough.

[38:04] Narrator: The Snooty Fox. For those of you not from Los Angeles, the Snooty Fox is a type of hotel establishment where you can rent by the hour.

[38:25] Brady: He was huge.

[38:26] Georgina: That's what she said.

[38:31] Brady: I let them use my parking lot for crap services. So I've been hiding the counter.

[38:35] Georgina: And the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen walked in.

[38:38] Brady: Georgina.

[38:39] Georgina: Hell no, Georgina was behind her.

[38:42] Brady: The beautiful girl was a regular at the Snooty Fox.

[38:44] Georgina: Georgina came to the county and wanted a box of Now Laters.

[38:47] Brady: I used to love Now Laters. My favorite was Black Cherry.

[38:51] Georgina: Black Cherry. That was the name of the girl from the Snooty Fox, but she was meeting a client.

[38:55] Brady: Don't look at me.

[39:04] Georgina: Well, then what happened?

[39:05] Brady: I chatted Georgina up instead, and I gave her the Now Laters, but in retrospect, now, I wish I would have told her later because Georgina had this long, sad story about how she just got replaced with the director's girlfriend, and now they just wanted her to shimmy in the background.

[39:19] Georgina: She said she had danced in a firebird or something, and she was real proud of that.

[39:23] Brady: I thought she was dancing in a Pontiac Firebird, but she said it was some ballet.

[39:27] Georgina: So the Firebird was asked to do the funky chicken at the Snooty Fox.

[39:38] Brady: After we started dating, I found out she was hired as an extra from the start.

[39:42] Georgina: Sounds like she was extra from the start.

[39:49] Brady: Okay. Let's bring out Georgina to hear her side of the story.

[39:59] Narrator: Georgina. America wants to know. Are you a firebird or a funky chicken?

[40:09] Georgina: Did I dance the lead in Stravinsky's Firebird?

[40:14] Brady: And he knows he's my baby daddy.

[40:18] Georgina: I mean, he knows he's a father of our child. I was a virgin when we met.

[40:23] Brady: A virgin of what?

[40:24] Georgina: After Snooty Fox.

[40:26] Brady: Yes, I was a professional dancer. He's just doing all this to humiliate me and drag me down to the gutter with him.

[40:35] Georgina: You see, when we met, I lived with my parents in Hancock Park. That's where I was raised. My father was a very well-known architect.

[40:45] Brady: When my parents passed away, I inherited the estate.

[40:49] Georgina: Once we were married, he gambled us into debt, and we lost the house my father designed, and Phil.

[40:57] Brady: It was tragic.

[40:59] Georgina: And then he moved us just south of Wilshire.

[41:05] Brady: Just south? I heard any further south of Wilshire, you would have needed a passport.

[41:10] Georgina: Hello!

[41:13] Brady: I was once a free ballerina.

[41:17] Narrator: You're actually the much older sister of famed premier ballerina, Helen Summer, right?

[41:24] Georgina: Uh, not that much older, Alex. But yes, we are sisters.

[41:30] Georgina: And it is true that with my ballet training, I was asked to dance for many artists' videos, and legendary Ecuadorian American rapper, actor, and singer Gerardo was among them.

[41:44] Narrator: Ooh, what was the song?

[41:47] Georgina: Huh?

[41:48] Narrator: The what?

[41:50] Georgina: What was the name of the song used in the video at the Snooty Fox?

[41:54] Georgina: Oh, it was so long ago. I can't remember the name.

[41:57] Georgina: It was called Make That Backdoor Booty Do, but his label never released it because it was so whack.

[42:02] Narrator: So it sounds like backdoor booty do laid a great big duty at the Snooty Fox.

[42:09] Georgina: Don't look at me.

[42:13] Narrator: But seriously, regardless of the outcome, I hope you two can work it out. Because this is the only family baby Oliver has known.

[42:22] Narrator: Are you ready? Here are the results.

[42:26] Narrator: When it comes to little Oliver. You are that baby's daddy.

[42:35] Georgina: I'm sorry.

[42:36] Brady: I'm sorry.

[42:36] Georgina: I was wrong.

[42:37] Brady: I'm sorry.

[42:39] Georgina: I told you.

[42:40] Unknown speaker: You took me through all this.

[42:42] Unknown speaker: I told you.

[42:43] Unknown speaker: I am so sorry.

[42:45] Unknown speaker: I always forget to put these reading glasses on.

[42:48] Unknown speaker: Oh, here we go.

[42:49] Unknown speaker: It says, you are not that baby's daddy.

[42:55] Unknown speaker: I knew it.

[42:59] Unknown speaker: I knew it.

[43:00] Unknown speaker: Oh my god.

[43:03] Unknown speaker: Where am I?

[43:05] Unknown speaker: I knew it.

[43:06] Unknown speaker: Where am I?

[43:17] Unknown speaker: Well, Cockle Doodle Doozy.

[43:21] Unknown speaker: When did the fire bird turn into the funky chicken?

[43:25] Unknown speaker: Or was it all a dream?

[43:28] Unknown speaker: Like something you'd read in word up magazine.

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[44:55] Unknown speaker: What?

[44:57] Unknown speaker: What?

[44:57] Unknown speaker: What?

[44:57] Unknown speaker: What?

[44:58] Unknown speaker: I'm okay.

[44:58] Unknown speaker: I'm okay.

[44:59] Unknown speaker: Hold on.

[45:01] Unknown speaker: Oh, I have the worst nightmare.

[45:03] Unknown speaker: He left off your pop.

[45:05] Oliver Mulligan: Dad!

[45:06] Unknown speaker: Did he leave us down here?

[45:08] Unknown speaker: Pop?

[45:09] Brady: What?

[45:09] Oliver Mulligan: There's a sliver of light, Oliver.

[45:11] Unknown speaker: I'm gonna need you up here with me.

[45:14] Unknown speaker: Get on my shoulders, I can horse you up the ladder, and you can pull me up.

[45:18] Unknown speaker: It's gonna take both of us to pull the door open once we get up there.

[45:21] Georgina: It's pitch black in here.

[45:23] Georgina: Is the light on your phone still working?

[45:26] Oliver Mulligan: No!

[45:27] Oliver Mulligan: It's out!

[45:28] Oliver Mulligan: It's dead!

[45:29] Unknown speaker: Okay.

[45:30] Unknown speaker: Okay, okay, we can make our way without it.

[45:32] Unknown speaker: We will just follow the light.

[45:33] Unknown speaker: Come on, Oliver.

[45:37] Georgina: Be careful!

[45:38] Unknown speaker: Okay, you sit tight.

[45:40] Unknown speaker: What's wrong with you?

[45:43] Oliver Mulligan: I'm afraid.

[45:44] Unknown speaker: Afraid of what?

[45:45] Unknown speaker: We'll be fine.

[45:47] Oliver Mulligan: Don't leave me down here by myself.

[45:50] Unknown speaker: Open the door and come right back.

[45:52] Unknown speaker: We'll be right back, Gina.

[45:54] Unknown speaker: Relax.

[45:57] Unknown speaker: I'm gonna hoist you up to that ladder.

[45:59] Unknown speaker: Okay, on three.

[46:00] Unknown speaker: One, two, three.

[46:04] Unknown speaker: Got it.

[46:05] Unknown speaker: Okay.

[46:06] Unknown speaker: Take my head.

[46:15] Unknown speaker: Okay, go up.

[46:16] Unknown speaker: I'm right behind you.

[46:19] Unknown speaker: Hurry up.

[46:25] Unknown speaker: How's it going?

[46:27] Unknown speaker: Okay, we're up.

[46:29] Unknown speaker: Okay.

[46:30] Unknown speaker: It's opening.

[46:52] Georgina: Oh Oliver.

[46:55] Brady: What happened?

[46:59] Unknown speaker: Help.

[47:01] Unknown speaker: How?

[47:03] Unknown speaker: Don't leave me.

[47:05] Unknown speaker: Don't leave me down here alone.

[47:07] Unknown speaker: Oh my god Somebody help me.

[47:12] Unknown speaker: Somebody help me.

[47:27] Unknown speaker: It's not your fault.

[47:29] Unknown speaker: The earthquake knocked you into him.

[47:31] Unknown speaker: He must have lost his balance in the dark.

[47:33] Unknown speaker: He fell.

[47:34] Unknown speaker: It is not your fault.

[47:36] Unknown speaker: Where'd you put it?

[47:38] Unknown speaker: How much is that now?

[47:39] Unknown speaker: How much is that?

[47:42] Unknown speaker: It is not your fault.

[47:44] Unknown speaker: I didn't push him.

[47:47] Unknown speaker: You didn't push who?

[47:48] Unknown speaker: You!

[47:49] Unknown speaker: You contemplating pushing me?

[47:51] Unknown speaker: Glad you thought about it, because I'll be the last person you ever pushed.

[47:54] Unknown speaker: I can guarantee you that much.

[47:55] Unknown speaker: I'd have no qualms about knocking you the fuck out.

[47:59] Unknown speaker: No!

[48:00] Unknown speaker: No, no, no!

[48:00] Unknown speaker: Not you!

[48:02] Unknown speaker: The trunk!

[48:03] Unknown speaker: How did it?

[48:04] Unknown speaker: I told you to be gone before your mother got back.

[48:07] Unknown speaker: Ma, she's coming back.

[48:09] Unknown speaker: It's gonna kill her when I tell her I just found some more of your stash.

[48:13] Unknown speaker: I just flushed it down the toilet.

[48:15] Unknown speaker: You just don't care about this family.

[48:17] Unknown speaker: You don't care about anybody except yourself.

[48:21] Unknown speaker: Jesus, are you high now?

[48:24] Unknown speaker: I told you when you said you were getting clean the last time.

[48:27] Unknown speaker: I said I don't mind carrying you, but don't drag your feet.

[48:29] Unknown speaker: That's all you do now.

[48:31] Unknown speaker: And you're not dragging us down with you.

[48:33] Unknown speaker: Like dead weight.

[48:34] Unknown speaker: That's what you are.

[48:35] Unknown speaker: Dead weight.

[48:37] Unknown speaker: Dragging everybody down.

[48:38] Unknown speaker: Dead?

[48:40] Unknown speaker: Wait, what's happening?

[48:42] Unknown speaker: I don't know what's wrong with me.

[48:44] Unknown speaker: You're a sociopath or a psychopath, whichever one is worse.

[48:47] Unknown speaker: That's what's wrong with you.

[48:49] Unknown speaker: You just feel free to go around doing whatever you want to whoever you want, don't give two fucks about the consequences.

[48:54] Unknown speaker: You got that honest.

[48:56] Unknown speaker: That's how your mother is.

[49:00] Unknown speaker: When you're done, leave your key.

[49:01] Unknown speaker: I want you out before your mother gets back.

[49:04] Unknown speaker: I don't want to see you.

[49:05] Unknown speaker: I don't want to hear from you.

[49:06] Unknown speaker: You're dead to me.

[49:10] Unknown speaker: I think you're right.

[49:12] Unknown speaker: I am.

[49:14] Unknown speaker: I just keep doing the same thing over and over.

[49:19] Unknown speaker: So let's get on with it.

[49:26] Unknown speaker: We don't have no time.

[49:27] Unknown speaker: But told my boy, get out of here.

[49:32] Unknown speaker: And once again, the $300 million Powerball numbers are three and six.

[49:38] Unknown speaker: Everywhere.

[49:39] Unknown speaker: $21.

[49:39] Unknown speaker: Why always buy six item tickets?

[49:44] Unknown speaker: Don't wait to.

[49:46] Unknown speaker: And once again, the $300 million Powerball numbers are 3, 6, 21.

[49:53] Unknown speaker: I won.

[49:54] Unknown speaker: I won!

[49:56] Unknown speaker: I won.

[49:57] Unknown speaker: $300 million.

[49:59] Unknown speaker: Oh my god, I won.

[50:00] Unknown speaker: This is fabulous.

[50:01] Unknown speaker: I can't believe it.

[50:02] Unknown speaker: Oh my god, I won!

[50:03] Unknown speaker: I won!

[50:04] Unknown speaker: I won!

[50:05] Unknown speaker: Oh shit.

[50:05] Unknown speaker: Wait a minute.

[50:06] Unknown speaker: Wait a minute.

[50:07] Unknown speaker: Hold on.

[50:09] Unknown speaker: We're gonna have this ticket so Helen will find it with her snooping nosy ass.

[50:14] Unknown speaker: Here we go.

[50:15] Unknown speaker: This picture of her parents on top of the TV in her damn.

[50:18] Unknown speaker: Don't touch Brady Waterford glass frame.

[50:20] Unknown speaker: No, excuse me.

[50:21] Unknown speaker: Waterford crystal frame.

[50:23] Unknown speaker: Not like she ever dust anything around this anyway.

[50:30] Unknown speaker: Hello.

[50:31] Unknown speaker: Fiona, baby.

[50:32] Unknown speaker: Yeah.

[50:34] Unknown speaker: You sitting down?

[50:35] Unknown speaker: Yeah.

[50:35] Unknown speaker: Listen.

[50:36] Unknown speaker: I gotta talk real quick before Gina gets back.

[50:38] Unknown speaker: Wait, what's Gina?

[50:40] Unknown speaker: My wife, Gina.

[50:41] Unknown speaker: Come on, man.

[50:43] Unknown speaker: Who do you think this is?

[50:44] Unknown speaker: Well, let me tell you who it is.

[50:46] Unknown speaker: The man that just won the $300 million dollar Powerball.

[50:49] Unknown speaker: Are you gonna be able to do that?

[50:50] Unknown speaker: Yes.

[50:51] Unknown speaker: I swear for God.

[50:53] Unknown speaker: You lying.

[50:54] Unknown speaker: I'm not lying.

[50:55] Unknown speaker: I'm not lying.

[50:56] Unknown speaker: Stop screaming.

[50:57] Unknown speaker: Listen.

[50:58] Unknown speaker: Listen, baby doll.

[50:59] Unknown speaker: Listen, Fiona, I'm about to hang up on your ass.

[51:02] Unknown speaker: I need to hide this lotto ticket.

[51:03] Unknown speaker: Pack one suitcase and your passport.

[51:05] Unknown speaker: I'll pick you up at 9 a.m.

[51:07] Unknown speaker: We're getting the hell out of here forever, just you and me.

[51:11] Unknown speaker: I'll be ready.

[51:12] Unknown speaker: I'm telling you, man, God is good.

[51:14] Unknown speaker: All the time, you see.

[51:15] Unknown speaker: Yep.

[51:15] Unknown speaker: All the time.

[51:17] Unknown speaker: Yes.

[51:18] Unknown speaker: I gotta go.

[51:18] Unknown speaker: I hear him coming.

[51:27] Unknown speaker: Oh.

[51:33] Unknown speaker: You get your dinner.

[51:35] Unknown speaker: Churches.

[51:37] Unknown speaker: Help yourself.

[51:38] Unknown speaker: Oh.

[51:39] Unknown speaker: No, thank you.

[51:41] Unknown speaker: Ollie stuff is still here.

[51:43] Unknown speaker: Is he coming back?

[51:45] Unknown speaker: I'm gonna ask him to stay.

[51:48] Unknown speaker: I decided.

[51:49] Unknown speaker: You decided over my dead body.

[51:52] Unknown speaker: We have done everything we can for him.

[51:53] Unknown speaker: Do you know I just flushed a whole bag of.

[51:55] Unknown speaker: I told you.

[51:56] Unknown speaker: I don't want to know.

[51:57] Unknown speaker: And I don't care.

[51:59] Unknown speaker: He's our son.

[52:00] Unknown speaker: And we are not throwing him out.

[52:03] Unknown speaker: I do not care if you don't care.

[52:04] Unknown speaker: You're gonna hear what you're pressure.

[52:08] Unknown speaker: Brady?

[52:10] Unknown speaker: Are you okay?

[52:11] Unknown speaker: Oh my god.

[52:12] Unknown speaker: Let me get some water.

[52:19] Unknown speaker: You know, Brady.

[52:21] Unknown speaker: I wish you wouldn't always talk with fruity, you know.

[52:23] Unknown speaker: Nobody wants to see all that.

[52:25] Unknown speaker: No one is in that much of a hurry to hear anything you have to say.

[52:29] Unknown speaker: Trust me.

[52:30] Unknown speaker: You need to drink more water.

[52:32] Unknown speaker: I saw online that a man should drink 13 cups a day.

[52:36] Unknown speaker: Not beer or soda or tea, but water.

[52:42] Unknown speaker: Hey, do you know?

[52:43] Unknown speaker: I went all the way down to the market and forgot eggs.

[52:47] Unknown speaker: How can I make a cake without some eggs?

[52:50] Unknown speaker: Do you need anything while I'm out?

[52:53] Unknown speaker: Oh, you want the TV on?

[52:55] Unknown speaker: Okay.

[52:55] Unknown speaker: Sweetie.

[52:56] Unknown speaker: I'll be right back.

[52:58] Unknown speaker: If you think of anything you need, just text me.

[53:02] Unknown speaker: Oh, look.

[53:03] Unknown speaker: It's your program.

[53:04] Unknown speaker: Honestly, I don't know how you can watch these shows.

[53:07] Unknown speaker: I mean, when did other people's misery become entertainment?

[53:12] Unknown speaker: I'll be right there, baby.

[53:23] Unknown speaker: On this episode.

[53:25] Unknown speaker: Who the hell did I marry this time?

[53:32] Unknown speaker: No.

[53:36] Unknown speaker: Well, I must say, this has me all choked up.

[53:43] Unknown speaker: But do not fret.

[53:44] Unknown speaker: They get to keep on doing it over and over until they do it differently.

[53:50] Unknown speaker: A very wise man once said, cognitive dissonance is a ghastly sedative.

[53:55] Unknown speaker: Whatever did he mean by that?

[53:57] Unknown speaker: It's when we ignore the hard facts and take the blue pill so we can remain sedated in blissful ignorance.

[54:06] Unknown speaker: A perfect example.

[54:08] Unknown speaker: A long time ago, there was a man that told anyone that would come to his house that his uh elephant was still there?

[54:16] Unknown speaker: Even while he had the elephant in the house.

[54:19] Unknown speaker: He repeated it enough times until all the people that wanted to come to the house agreed.

[54:25] Unknown speaker: And it made them feel very uneasy.

[54:28] Unknown speaker: Until they were very angry.

[54:30] Unknown speaker: So much so they never ever mentioned the elephant that was in the room.

[54:36] Unknown speaker: Well, that's all for now.

[54:38] Alistair Justin Black: This has been Alistair Justin Black for Theatre in the Black.