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LENNY MEYER:

I'll put it out.

(Which he does)

The name's Lenny Meyer

Lenny sticks out his hand. Max responds with a small nod.

LENNY MEYER:

And you are?

MAX:

Max.

LENNY MEYER:

Max?

MAX:

Max Cohen.

LENNY MEYER:

Cohen!

(Judging)

Jewish?

Max shrugs and turns back to his work.

LENNY MEYER:

It's okay.

(Joking)

I'm a Jew, too.

(Serious)

Do you practice?

MAX:

No, I'm not interested

in religion.

LENNY MEYER:

Have you ever

heard of Kabbalah?

MAX:

No.

LENNY MEYER:

Jewish mysticism.

MAX:

I'm sorry, I'm very busy.

LENNY MEYER:

I understand...it's just that

it's a very exciting time in

our history. Right now is a

critical moment in time.

MAX:

(Sarcastic)

Really?

LENNY MEYER:

Yes, it's very exciting.

Have you ever put on Tefillin?

Max has no idea what Lenny's talking about. Lenny pulls a

leather box with black leather straps from his pocket.

LENNY MEYER:

Tefillin. You know Tefillin.

I know it looks strange.

But it's an amazing

tradition that has a

tremendous amount of power.

It's a mitzvah for all

Jewish men to do. Mitzvahs,

good deeds, are spiritual

food for our hearts and our

heads.

And then Max notices that his thumb is twitching He grabs it

self-consciously.

LENNY MEYER:

They purify us and bring us

closer to God. You want to try it?

Just then, Max pays his bill and prepares to leave.

MAX:

I gotta go...

LENNY MEYER:

Are you okay? Max? Max?

MAX:

I'm sorry, bye.

LENNY MEYER:

Well, maybe some other time.

INT. MAX'S BATHROOM - NIGHT

Max splashes water on his face.

MAX:

Please God, Let it be a

small one.

He pulls a metal vaccinating gun out of the medicine cabinet.

Then be loads it with a small bottle of medicine. He rolls up

his sleeve, dabs alcohol on his arm, and fires the gun into

his arm.

MAX (V.O.)

Sixteen thirty-five.

Second headache in under

twenty-four hours. They're

getting more frequent

now...more painful, too. Drugs

don't work, just take the

edge off of it. Just gotta

wait for the nosebleed.

Relief comes from my nose.

Next door, he hears Devi and her boyfriend talking.

FARROUHK (O.S.)

So I gotta make this drop off

in Harlem and on the way down

there's these three kids

hailing me.

Max slaps himself in the face a few times.

DEVI (O.S.)

You stopped?

FARROUHK (O.S.)

I was tight, so...

Max watches his thumb twitch. And then pain shoots through

him. He grabs the right side of his head, massages it, and

pushes it in with his fingers.

In the mirror, he examines the right side of his scalp. He

sees nothing

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