"God, I hate these things." " Ask that guy." " Manhattan?" "Excuse me." "Do you know what goes in a Manhattan?" "Hmm?" "I thought it was just whisky and cherry juice." "Cherry juice?" "Right?" "I was trying to tell her." "Ha-ha-ha!" "No." "Not at all." "You mind if I...?" "Go ahead, man." "I'm paid by the hour." "Heh-heh." "Thank you." "You mind?" "Just don't roofie me." "Not even a little bit?" "You used to bartend or something?" "Still do." "Whoa!" "Hey, okay." "That's a little..." "Doesn't knock you on your ass, it's not a Manhattan." "Where do you work?" "Uh, downtown." "The Trencherman." "What about you?" "ER, at County." "ER?" "You a doctor?" "I am, yeah." "Holy." "Okay, I'm slightly even more so out of my league than I thought I was." "Ha-ha!" "Please." "Heh-heh-heh." "What do you specialize in?" "Emergency." "Yar." "Yar." "Late night." "Emergency room." "Now it makes sense to me." "It's coming together." "You know, it's all right." "I think they made a show about that." "Um, I'm Jacob, by the way." "Avery." "Now this is officially... a Manhattan." "Just give it a whirl." "Mmm." "It's great on the lips." "Wow." "Jesus!" "Somebody put you to work?" "Heh." "Hey, bud." "Glad you made it, buddy." "Hey, come on." "I got some people I want you to meet." "Ah, no, no, no." "Not tonight." "All right." "Okay." "I gotta get going." "I gotta go check on King." "I just wanted to stop by, say hello." "How is King anyway?" "He's a pain my ass." "Yeah." "I bet." "Gotta take care, huh?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "All right, man, well, I'm just glad you stopped by." "You know, listen, I just, um..." "Just wanna help you out." "That's all." "That's all this is." "I'm good." "All right?" "Thank you." "Okay." "All right." "Freshly single, by the way." " Oh, fresh." " So, uh, be careful." "Thanks for that." "So how long have you known Max?" "Dorms at Stanford Engineering." "Stanford?" "Wow." "Whatever." "You didn't want to go into tech like the rest of these guys?" "On a napkin." "At his own party." "Is that douchey?" "See?" "You could've been a douche too." "Well, how do you know I'm not?" "I can tell." "You know, I could be putting on a really good show." "You know, like this is my alter ego." "Heh." "What, like a superhero?" "A douchey superhero." "Douche Man." "Yeah, that was a douchey joke." "Yeah, go ahead." "Hello?" "Hey, yeah." "What time?" "No." "Um..." "Yeah, I need it." "Okay." "A friend needs me to cover her shift at work." "Right now?" "I should probably go find my jacket." "You know, I was gonna jet anyway." "I'll help you." "Whoa!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "You sure you're okay to drive?" "And possibly wield a scalpel?" "A hundred percent." "I'm clumsy even when I'm sober." "That's reassuring." "Let me help you find your jacket." "Yeah." " That's amazing." " Do you think you can define douche by the furniture that you have?" "Because Max has..." "I just blew smoke in your face." "I'm really sorry." "I was actually gonna ask if I could bum one." "See, I don't believe you're a doctor." "I believe that this is against all rules." "I can fix myself, right?" "Sure." "I was really hoping that my car wouldn't come first." "Why?" "You know, uh..." "Turn around." "Excuse me?" "Turn around." "I'm not sure I like this game." "Might call you." "Thank you for the drink." "Cherry juice?" "Really?" "It's a fantastic pickup line." "Max, you dick." "Hey, Max, it's me." "Um..." "Well, it's a wonderful little prank you pulled." "Not sure what it's supposed to mean, but, um..." "Okay, look, I don't want the gun, all right?" "So just call me back." "Uh..." "Talk to you soon, buddy." "Bye." "Can I help you?" "I'm so..." "So sorry." "Whoa, whoa." "Whoa." "Stop, will you?" "Stop, stop!" "Stop." "Stop!" "Christ!" "Stop, stop, stop!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Wait, wait, wait!" "I'm sorry." "I have to." "No, you don't." "I have to!" "Just stop!" "Put down the gun!" "I can't put down the gun!" "I don't have a choice!" "Oh, no." "Oh!" "No!" "Fucked up." "Man." "Okay." "All clear." "Ellie?" "Honey?" "Hey." "Come on." "Okay." "All right." "Let's do this." "Oh..." "It's going to be okay, all right?" "Now I need you to hold still, okay?" "Don't move, all right?" "Hey, hey, hey." "Don't move, Ellie, okay?" "I don't want to cut you." "Stay still." "Okay." "Hey, Ellie!" "Ellie, honey." "Hey." "Listen..." "You can trust me, okay?" "Honey, everything's going to be fine from now on." "I promise, okay?" "I saw what you did... you and dad, to that man." "They made me watch." "I saw you hurt him." "Honey, come here." "Look..." "Ellie, Ellie." "El?" "Ellie?" "Sweetie, open the door." "El." "Holy shit." "911." "What's your emergency?" "Someone just tried to fucking kill me." "Was it exciting?" "What?" "Did it make you hard, holding a gun like that?" "Who is this?" "You now have 71 hours, 29 minutes and 38 seconds." "You now have 71 hours, 29 minutes and 21 seconds." "You okay?" "Yeah." "Was anybody here?" "Moochie came by with my shit." "No one else?" "What happened to you?" "You look like you just got fingered." "I just got to get to bed." "How was the party?" "You bring me some pussy?" "Maybe if you clean up the place." "Next time." "Jake." "Yeah." "I'm full." "All right, give me a minute." "Watch your legs." "I, uh..." "I talked to Moochie about that thing again." "He says I can make up to three grand a week." "You going to work the streets like this?" "Yeah, I mean, that's the thing." "That's what Moochie was saying." "No one's going to suspect the cripple." "I mean, at that rate, I figured it would only take about eight months to save up enough for the surgery." "Hey, do me a favor, all right?" "I don't want you hanging out with Moochie anymore." "So, what, I'm just supposed to sit here all day shitting in a bag?" "I'm trying to earn a living." "Okay?" "Properly." "Earn a living." "All you had to do was go work for Max." "Bank manager, huh?" "Hey, I got to go do something." "Pick me up some Stoli Vanilla?" "No." "Why not?" "Because you're 16." "Hypocrite." "In the low fifties, with a slight chance... will be reporting back to us with more on that story later." "We jump now to sports, where the Detroit Pistons... shots fired in the midcity area, in what the police determined was a domestic dispute." "Shit." "There's got to be something." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Miss." "Did you hear anything earlier tonight?" "Um, I wasn't here for that." ""That"?" "What's "that"?" "Some guy said there were some gunshots." "The police come?" "I don't know." "Is there someone else here I can talk to?" "A manager?" "Someone?" "We're closed." "Come on, you're not the only one still here." "I got to get back to work." "Sorry." "I'm not trying to cause you trouble." "I just need to know." "Stop." "Oh, no." "Please."