angry
about last night?
Last night?
Oh, last night.
I've forgotten
about last night.
Oh, good.
You coming with me tomorrow? No, thanks.
Oh.
Hmm.
Ohh.
Put me down! Put me down,
put me down, put me down!
Stop it! Are you crazy?
You're acting like an animal!
He started it.
Are you all right?
Yeah, it's just my body. I am so sorry.
I had no idea he'd react this
way, not in my lowest estimation.
ust give me a break. I didn't
kill the guy or nothin'.
How did you expect me
to feel?
Who is this faggot?
Max Birnbaum, Ernie Souchak. Max Birnbaum?
Max Birnbaum?
The Brooklyn Behemoth
Birnbaum?
The three-time All-American
at Michigan Birnbaum?
The number-one draft pick of
the Washington Redskins Birnbaum?
The defensive end who told the NFL
to shove it up their defensive end?
That Max Birnbaum?
Well, let me
shake your hand.
This is an honor.
May I have your autograph?
ust like that, Max.
8:35 into the third quarter,
and you walk out.
Eight, nine minutes.
'Round about that.
Exactly 8:35, with everything to
play for. No, everything to lose.
I wanted out.
One season of pro football.
No way I was gonna face a
second, let alone a whole career.
You were rookie of the year.
3.4 sacks a game. I'm going now.
A lot of things started
coming together in my head,
like my revulsion with the whole
system. I have the staff I forgot.
Huh? You know, the staff
that saved your life?
What was it, the coaches? The
owners? Rozelle? Bye. I'm leaving now.
She's really something. She didn't
tell me she had Ernie Souchak up here.
This guy's a big-shot writer. He's
just like I was, only a writer.
You want a laugh?
Yesterday she tells me she's
got a reporter here from chicago.
I used to read
this guy's stuff.
I guess you can't blame her. She's been
out of touch for the past four years.
I'll try not to be late.
Yeah.
You start playin' ball in grade
school, you know. You're just a kid.
You're innocent. Then you start
playin' ball with the big boys.
Ah, baby!
Oh.
You dig him,
don't you?
That's ridiculous. No,
it's okay. He's a good man.
That's got nothing
to do with it.
I just want us to-
Max?
It think it's maybe coming up
to 8:35 in the third quarter.
Is it 'cause we don't talk? I
don't mind you talkin' to him.
It makes no difference
to what we do.
No, it's not that.
As long as you're okay,
Nell.
And if you ever feel like
you kinda sometimes feel-
See you.
Uh-oh.
What?
Trouble.
Oh?
Am I allowed to mention you? Oh.
All I say is that he's your friend,
and I chanced to meet him because you-
We, re not friends exactly. No?
I mean... we've spoken
a few times.
Uh-huh.
Acquaintance, really.
Well... maybe friend.
Right.
Not close friend.
No.
I've never heard you so quiet
since you came here.
This is the f rst story I've written since
I came here. Fixing doors is just a hobby.
Ah. I assume that one ex-jock rates
higher than 2,000 bald eagles...
at the hicago sun-Times.
You want me to write
about eagles?
Ernest, I am trying
to work here.
If you wanna yell Max Birnbaum's
name from the treetops,
please do so quietly.
I'll check the facts with him
when he gets back.
He won't be back.
He won, t?
I'm too busy to have people
hanging around here!
Hmm.
When I was up here last spring,
they had two eaglets.
Bruno and Sarah.
I just hope Sarah didn't
murder her brother.
They do that? Mmm. To get his food.
Really?
The young female
is dominant.
Whoa!
Holy shit.
It's nature's way.
Where we're going
there are no trees.
chicago?
Watch out for loose rocks.
What beats me is not only someone
made this, not only someone sold it,
but that someone
actually bought it.
It flatters the wearer.
Is that right?
What do you think?
ery good looking, wouldn't you say? Mmm.
What are you doing? I'm
gonna get in there with you.
No. Please don't.
What, are you nuts?
No, look, there's no reason to
hurry. All the hurry is down below.
I'm still on chicago