wanna miss this one.
KRA-TV is proud to present...
- Ten seconds.
- Have you seen Adam White's piece?
- No. Is it good?
- Y-You don't know about it?
- Five seconds.
Should I?
What's so amazing about gridlock?
On one.
If you drive, you know about it.
It's called gridlock.
It happens when traffic gets so congested,
not even a green light means move.
In this continuing series
on gridlock,
Adam White shows us how this
bumper-to-bumper disease...
is spreading
from town to town.
Alex, it is now clear
that gridlock is an epidemic.
No one can escape it. You are looking
at the proof here in Brentwood,
a shopping center
for the rich and famous.
This can be
particularly dangerous,
because paramedics can't even
make their way to help gridlock victims,
which in this case
turned out to be...
Zachary Hutton,
famous author and playwright.
The victim was lucky.
No serious injuries...
and a beautiful amateur nurse
who sells real estate in her spare time.
What do you bet
she sells him a house?
For a while there,
I thought, "This is it."
I was convinced
it couldn't get any better.
I should have known better.
Don't worry about it.
- It happens.
- Not to me.
Not being able to screw is as bad
as not being able to write.
Maybe you should
try writing again.
What the fuck
does that mean?
I don't know.
I'm not the burning bush.
I made a suggestion,
not a commandment.
- Hi, Jasper.
- Welcome, Mr. Hutton.
There he is.
Hey, Curt.
- I'm glad you could come.
- Curt Ames, Helena Walker.
- How are you?
- How's he been?
- Just adorable. Mm-hmm.
- That bad?
- Dear boy.
- Hi, Sparky.
Faulkner's one-time
heir apparent,
and all he can say
is "Hi, Sparky."
Never mind. It's nice
to see you again. Denise?
Helena. Helena Walker,
Leon Sparks.
- But we've met.
- No.
Oh, shit. I foozled your redheads.
Forgive me.
Well, you know what they say... once
you've seen one, you've seen them all.
I'm sure Zach,
as an expert on the subject,
would be the first
to denounce that canard.
But for the moment, dear boy, why
don't you do whatever is necessary...
to make yourself comfortable, while I
try to redeem myself with Helena...
by introducing her to some
clever people... more her age.
- Excuse me.
- Double vodka tonic.
I decided not to drink
to avoid arguments...
and to be alert to the narrative
possibilities of the evening.
Then, Alex arrived
with my stepson Greg.
Alex!
Dear girl, how wonderful.
- Greg, you're almost as tall as I am.
- Excuse me.
You told me he wasn't
going to be here.
He told me
he wasn't going to be here.
- I don't believe you.
- Ask him.
You know that we're...
Shit!
Ask me what?
Hello, Greg.
Come to give your old failed
stepfather a big hug?
- Ask me what?
- Nothing.
- You said she wasn't coming.
- I said she wasn't coming if you came.
- Nice.
- And you said?
I said, "Oh, in that case,
I wasn't coming."
Then, I called him back,
and said I changed my mind.
Yes, a little addendum
you neglected to mention.
If you were under 18,
I would have considered it relevant.
Now, children,
who is going to leave first?
Come on, Greg.
I'll buy you a drink.
You are such a prick.
Dear boy, some of
my best friends are pricks.
Some of your best pricks
are friends.
There was a time
when your wit was incisive.
but that riposte
was just a feeble jab...
from a routed ex-champion.
If you think I'm such a failure,
why do you keep on representing me?
That's like asking a heroin addict
why he keeps shooting up.
It's because he keeps hoping
for that first-time rush,
that cherry high, even though
he knows he'll never get it again.
He's hooked,
and he keeps hoping.
Watch out.
I may surprise you.
You watch out.
I'm beyond surprises.
Excuse me.
- Leon! Stop for a minute?
- No!
- At least let me...
- Aw, stop it! It's over!
- You cruel, graceless son

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