The Super

- Ms. Daigle? - Oh.

- Mr. Johnson. - How's that brother of yours?

Good. Getting better.

- I dropped off rent this morning. - Yeah.

I stopped by to see if you'll be home tomorrow so we can change out your locks.

- Why? - A master key ring went missing.

Well, can you change them now?

No, no. No. We've gotta change the locks out on the whole floor.

- Oh. - Yeah.

Nothing for you to worry about. We'll surely keep an eye on you.

Yeah, I was wondering too if, uh,

you'd given any thought to my proposal.

Yes. Yeah, I did.

Um, thank you very much, but I cannot switch apartments right now.

Be less expensive for you.

Yeah, I know. I appreciate it a lot.

If anything changes, I'll let you know.

- Okay. - Okay. Bye, Mr. Johnson.

- Thank you, thank you. - Okay.

Ann, I'm home.

Ann?

Hey, Brad.

Brad?

Hey. There he is.

Hi. How was your day'?

Mine was okay. I think one of my students was sick.

Threw up on my shoes, that was super fun.

- No. - No?

- It's your favorite. - Uh-uh.

All right.

I'm gonna leave this right here.

Mm.

Maybe a little later.

I have a mountain of papers to grade.

See you later then.

Brad?

What's wrong? Sweetie?

Wait, let me turn the music back on.

What the hell happened to this thing?

Here. There we go.

See? It's all right.

Ow!

Mm.

Brad?

Brad, what's going on? Hey.

Brad, where did you get these?

Brad, where did you get these?

Brad, give me the keys.

Brad, give them to me, please.

Please, don't--

- Ah. - Get out!

Get out!

Get out!

Get out! Get out!

Get out! Get out!

Hello?

Hello?

I'm calling the police.

No!

No, please! No!

No! No!

No. No!

Help! Help me!

Help!

Help me!

Help me!

No!

No!

Hi. Uh, Phil Lodge here to see Mr. Johnson.

- I see you were here last week. - Yes, sir.

- Yeah, right over there. - Thank you.

- Daddy? - Yeah.

- Why can't I come in? - I'm just gonna be a second.

So you stay down here with your sister, okay?

Hey, Violet, I want you to keep an eye on Rose for me, okay?

Right this way.

Mr. Johnson, this is Mr. Lodge.

Coffee?

- No, thank you. - All right.

So, Sylvi didn't tell me. How'd you hear about the position?

Uh, one of my daughters. Her old teacher lives here.

She told me about an apartment.

I came to look at the place, Sylvi told me there might be a job available.

Six years with the Newburgh Police.

And Why'd you leave?

Uh, my wife passed away.

Oh, sorry.

Loved being a cop, but, uh...

couldn't risk having my daughters grow up without both of their parents,

so here we are.

Let's take a look.

Ah, Bernard Shaw.

Nice to see someone your age enjoying the classics.

The building was originally the headquarters

for Pete Moore Savings and Loan

until it went under in the Depression.

Depression put them under in '33.

There's more than one sub-basement that made up the old vault area.

Place is a maze.

I don't even go down there.

It's off-limits to tenants, of course.

Owners and high-end renters have access to the gym

the conference room, the lounges.

Get a good deal.

Well, we like to keep our more affluent residents happy.

You know, they pay very expensive maintenance fees.

Some pay for parking in our garage.

It's more than-- more than some of the tenants' rent.

This way, now.

Hey.

Give me one of those.

Thanks.

Who are you?

I'm Rose.

You don't belong here, Rose.

Well, not that it's part of your job,

but it'd be good to have someone on staff with your experience.

- Are there problems? - No, no. Heavens, no.

With the low-income tenants,

it's always good to have an extra pair of eyes.

I'm not familiar with furnaces.

- I'm pretty handy. - You know what? That's good.

That's one of the oldest working furnaces in all of New York City right there.

That's-- Look at that.

Pennsylvania Boiler Works, 1890.

Yeah, don't mind those photos over there.

Those belong to Walter.

Now, Walter's our most senior super.

Yeah, best to keep an eye on him.

He's into some Ukrainian psycho voodoo shit, but...

probably nothing to get excited about.

Well, this is-- There you go.

Usual staff quarters are all taken.

But, uh, well, this should do for now.

Have to call Conrad about that.

It's not much, I know.

No, it's, uh--

Uh, as long as it's only temporary.

Thank you for this.

Tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m. Bright and early.

- 7:00, it is. - Don't be late.

How many times do I have to tell you?

I'll get these myself.

I don't want you in my apartment alone.

I understand.

Excuse me. Uh, my daughters, one 14, one seven, have you seen them?

Do you mind?

Excuse me, I didn't see a seven-year-old,

but I saw a teenage girl a few minutes ago by that door.

I appreciate it. Thank you.

I doubt I'll still even be here when school starts, so...

I don't even wanna think about where I'm gonna go.

I told you to watch your sister.

Bye.

Bye.

- Give me the rest of the cigarettes. - He only gave me one.

He only gave you one?

Daddy?

Hey, there you are, baby.

I was looking for you.

Where do I get a ball like that, Daddy?

- Ball like what? - The one the boy had.

Everything all right?

It's great.

- I'm Beverly. - That's Violet.

She's my oldest. Thank you very much, by the way.

- Are you taking a place here? - Actually, I got a job here as the super.

So, next time you see me, I'll be in uniform.

- Phil Lodge. - Well, welcome aboard, Phil.

Thank you very much.

Can we leave now?

- Why? - I don't like it here.

If Mommy were here, she'd want to leave too.

You're gonna like it here.

Stop that.

Who's in here?

Don't think I won't use this.

Damn it, Murphy.

Boy, leave it alone.

That's not for you.

You all right, baby?

What's wrong, baby?

I'm sorry. I thought the room was empty.

Clearly it's not.

I'm Phil Lodge. Hi.

I just started working here. I live here, so--

Suppose they should've told you.

Did you need anything else?

Hey.

What do you think you're doing, man?

No, I'm just fucking around, dude. You can take that.

You can take anything you want. 38-C moved out.

She left all that.

I'm Julio.

Phil Lodge.

Hey, Phil, good to meet you.

Does this happen a lot? It's a lot of stuff.

Well, you know, some people donate stuff and some people, they just leave it.

I took a dresser.

So, is this your first gig as a super?