Mosaic

I looked over, and I'm like, "That's the face

from a book I worshipped."

Eric Neill. Hi.

Olivia Lake. - Yeah, of course.

You might be the reason I became an artist.

She's gonna show your stuff to people?

This is huge for me.

She makes me nervous.

You got my name from...

People familiar with your skills.

The owner has an unhealthy attachment

to the property. Get her to sell it.

You know when you'll know when I'm moving on?

When you're standing at my gravesite.

- Okay. - Okay?

What happens when he actually sees in?

- It's all about... - Trust.

- It's not much. It's 25K. - What is this?

I dated it for a couple days ago

so it doesn't seem like I wrote it

just for this meeting.

Sometimes with these money guys...

take it from a VC guy, former VC guy...

it helps to have skin in the game.

If it makes sense in the mood of the room,

pull it out, okay?

What if this is one of those Dennis Klein kind of things?

Wouldn't that be funny?

- ( laughs ) I know, right? - Right?

Hi. Eric Neill.

- Tom Davis. - Good to meet you.

- Hey, Tom. - Olivia. Please.

Thanks.

Tom: Michael, this is a man named...

- Eric Neill. - Eric Neill.

Please, have a seat.

- Hey. - Hi. How are you?

Tom: So, what is this amazing pitch about?

The idea is that since you guys

were the initial investors,

the seed angels, of Mosaic,

we thought we should give you the first chance

to get in on the ground floor of the expansion.

Well, your thoughts and points are very well taken

and we'll certainly look into what we can and cannot do.

- We'll talk to our guys. - Of course.

You look like the cat that ate the canary.

It's just funny.

Seriously. What, 30 years?

This is the least I've ever seen you talk in one sitting.

Well, you know, I've just... I've taken this really seriously

and I don't want to blow it by doing what I usually do,

which is saying one sentence too many

or talking one minute too long, so...

Uh, are you both...?

We've put in 25K to start.

He... he's put in,

but, you know, I'm considering my options.

Such as?

Well, I mean, we've all been in this since the beginning,

so, you know, things that were...

previously considered immutable...

You know, I have to think about it, but...

everything... everything is on the table.

Olivia: Changes.

- Joel: What do you mean? - Happening.

Not just the studio per se,

but the... the whole place in general.

I don't know, I haven't really thought it through.

I just... I don't like dishonesty.

That, I have thought through.

Okay.

Just... I find it interesting

that you never told me about your little girlfriend.

The meadowlark.

What, Laura?

She's cute.

She's bubbly, she's friendly.

You know,

I'm a big girl.

I've been around. I know the track.

All right, I still don't understand.

Come on, you pretended you were infatuated with me

when, really, you were just infatuated

with what you hoped you would be,

and you saw me as an avenue to get there.

You know, don't pretend

that you weren't throwing me all kinds of signals.

I mean...

I admit I fell for them, okay?

But that was sneaky.

You were sneaky.

You're a sneaky, sneaky boy, okay?

Oh, whatever.

Oh.

That's Eric.

He'll be moving into the main house.

You can help him get those drawers inside.

- Hey. - Hey.

He is... oof.

Joel, come here and meet Eric.

Joel, come on.

This is the guy I told you about.

- The boarder. - Oh.

Who is here to help you as instructed.

He is a sneaky, sneaky boy.

I really appreciate your help with this.

Yeah, sure. Where do we drop it?

Just down here at the end of the hall, but...

Yeah... okay.

Oh, hey, Joel,

that bench at the end of the trail,

it's, um, off-balance.

Would you put some of those, uh,

un-off-balancers under it?

- Got it. - Okay, thank you.

The guy's got an odd energy.

Yeah, pound puppies, you know.

Never know when they're gonna snap at you.

You know, $25,000...

I don't care how much money you got, that's incredibly generous.

It's all good. It's just money, right?

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Okay.

Olivia: Who here goes to Pine Canyon Elementary School,

and who just wet their pants?

- ( Gasps ) Oh! - ( Kids giggle )

Olivia: And who knows what this story is about?

Awesome! That's so nice.

All right, who wants to do the spinning?

- Boy: Me! - Oh, I think we'd better let Miss Markel do it.

Come on, let's let teacher go first.

Oh, teacher first.

Teacher first. Okay, great.

Now, I want you to be careful here as we go by the workman.

Okay, careful.

Come on. That's good.

Now, stop on the rock before here so that she can spin.

Even tall, stupid, dorky, overgrown children can come with us today.

- What?! Don't you laugh at that! - ( Kids laughing )

- Guh! - Olivia: Now, what's this story about?

- What animal? - Kids: A bear!

That's right.

Okay, now, if you know what this is about...

- Hey, yeah. - ...don't be afraid to read along...

- This is really not a good time. - ( Group reading )

I'll call you back.

No, there's no ETA.

The day after what?

I can't say I can hit that.

This is not a good time. I'll get you back.

- Group: "the monster was blue." - Olivia: Great job.

Now, who knows what glimpsed means?

Olivia: You wouldn't believe

the hoops we've had to jump through.

I mean, each state has its own...

well, Wyoming thinks that charitable purposes means one thing

and Arizona something entirely different.

We thought we'd have the paperwork done by summer.

- We were being stu... uh, optimistic. - ( Olivia laughs )

Well, in theory, each spoke becomes a hub,

and then the hubs kind of fan out and, well...

you know, your son is brilliant.

- Olivia: Uh-oh. - Eric: Oh, God.

There's a Latin phrase: In vino, veritas.

It means "in wine, truth."

And I've had maybe a glass and a half too much vino,

so you'll forgive me if there's perhaps

a glass and a half too much of veritas.

- Oh, my God. - Mm.

Eric...

you scared the hell out of me.

At first. Spooked me.

Because she fell hard fast.

Which I'm used to.

But she's always had this uncanny ability

to sprout... whatever... bat wings and then...

- ( imitates wings flapping ) - ( Laughter )

I believe the phrase "bat out of hell" was coined

to describe your relationship to relationships.

Hence my always available tub of Double Fudge Chunk.

But I think this will be the first tub I finish myself.

'Cause for the first time in 24 years,

no evidence of wings.

So, those arms of yours had better fucking be strong

and open and available.

Wow...

maybe it was two and a half glasses too much vino.

- ( laughter ) - Apologies.

Oh, I loved it.

Ho, ho, ho. Oh, thank you, darling.

- Here we go. - Hey, man. Oh!

One of those on the fire. Just dump the rest right there.

Let's keep it warm.

- ( Grunts ) - Thank you.

Hold on a sec. Um...

Uh, eh, you know what?

- Merry Christmas. - What?

Yeah, you work your ass off around here.