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[train]

[clock ticking]

[heart beating]

[gunshot]

(Woman on TV) Don't be late, Jimmy.

(Man on TV) I won't.

[music from TV]

(Woman on TV) Jimmy! Jimmy!

Hey, he ain't no paper man!

Don't you know him?

That's Hot-Fingers Pirelli!

Boy, he really swings out with a mess of jive!

You want to dance?

Do I!

[thunder]

[squeaking]

[shaking table]

[earthquake]

[music]

I'll come back with your drinks, guys.

Thank you.

Hi guys, how are you doing?

Good.

Let me know if you need anything, alright?

Do you need anything?

No, thank you.

Okay good. I'll just keep wearing it.

[laughs]

Do I disappear into the background?

You do blend in!

Did your day entail emails too?

(Voiceover) My wife.

Emails, more emails...

(Voiceover) And the man she's talking to...

(Voiceover) That's me.

It's my Monday.

(Voiceover) Though I think about this night all the time,

I barely recognize myself.

I came across this really funny app.

It lets you send anonymous emails

to not so considerate coworkers.

You mean like spam?

No.

You can send things that say things like

you really need to wash your shirt.

We can smell that you wore it already but

we're just too shy to tell you.

Wow.

Okay sounds useful.

Well it got me thinking about some of my

more interesting coworkers.

Or bosses.

Can it be used for spouses too?

God!

Screw you!

I mean you're not smelly. But the snoring.

You said it was harmonious!

That it helps you sleep!

Really?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, that's true actually.

Seriously, does my snoring bother you?

I'm serious too. It doesn't. But...

You know, Just read the email.

Alright funny guy.

Well inconsiderate coworkers or not,

I'm really thinking about leaving.

Yeah, you've been saying that for a while.

What do you want to do?

I still don't know.

Something less soul-crushing.

So I've decided

I do want to go back to singing.

Like you know, on the weekends.

I really miss it.

And a fan base is starting

to listen to my old stuff.

Nolan?

Go on.

Tell me.

Why should I ever leave my home?

Nolan, anyone who's been through something

as traumatic as you have would certainly feel

I'm just saying, sell me.

Like why should I ever leave my home?

Home is where you hang your hat, right?

So what's the point in having a hat

if you never wear it.

Does that make sense to you?

But for now

it makes sense for me to just stay indoors.

What makes sense?

That if I live in an age

where I can make this work, then why not?

I mean it is home after all.

I mean under this roof, I got a bed, food

entertainment, even employment.

And I heard you're quite the accountant.

(Voiceover) What does that have to do with anything?

Food. You got entertainment.

You got employment.

Which are all extremely necessary, right?

But you're forgetting something

extremely important.

We have to talk about her, Nolan.

No.

I can't deal with that.

You don't have a choice.

Talking about her is going to change

your perspective on everything.

I politely say no.

She's the key, Nolan.

I mean

I just

Diane

No offense

I'm just here for the medication.

I don't you know

And my job is to help you heal yourself

so you no longer need the medication.

I'm healing just fine.

Nolan, are you being completely honest

with yourself?

Because we have been at this for months

and you still can't visit my office.

At least not in person.

It takes time.

Are you still imagining her?

[guitar music]

Yeah.

But I'm only imagining.

I haven't lost my mind yet.

Okay.

Is there someone else you speak to?

Someone in person.

Someone that you don't have to imagine.

I can't have anyone see me like this.

Like what?

(Nolan) You're going to make me say it?

I'm batshit.

I should've just let that earthquake

swallow me up last night.

What earthquake, Nolan?

(Voiceover) You're kidding?

It must've been like a 9 on the Richter scale.

Do the work, Nolan.

I'm doing the work.

I mean

Trust me, Diane.

I don't want to be here forever.

I? A fiend? I'm a soldier of our planet.

How's your puzzle going?

(Voiceover) That was Carla's puzzle.

It was a gift for her

when she first moved in.

(Diane) One day at a time, Nolan.

(Diane) Nolan?

Nolan, where you going?

[sounds of traffic]

Om shoun namaha.

Om shoun namaha.

Om shoun namaha.

Om shoun namaha.

Om shoun namaha.

Om shoun namaha.

Om shoun namaha.

Om shoun.

Om shoun.

Aw fucking fuck.

Shamaham fuck.

[traffic grows louder]

[knocking]

[knocking]

Hello?

Hello, I'm from Path.

You didn't buzz.

Someone let me in.

Well you really should've buzzed.

Where's Jeff?

He's off today. I'm Sheldon.

Is that my bag?

Yeah.

You can just put it on the ground.

(Nolan) Thank you.

Did you sign the...?

Yes.

I signed it online.

Okay, have a good one.

You too.

[sighs]

(Grace) Then why don't you come here?

(Grace) I'll pay for the ticket.

I can't. I need to rest my mind.

I need to de-stress.

(Grace) You need to be around people.

So I'm going to stay here longer.

(Grace) What!?

Diane said it was okay.

(Grace) Diane?

Diane is the therapist.

I told you about her, sis.

(Grace) And she's okay with you

being shut in like this?

It's what I need right now.

As crazy as it sounds.

(Grace) You were shot at.

(Grace) The last thing you need is to be alone.

(Grace) It's been a whole two months.

(Grace) Are you getting out of

that old grungy apartment at all?

[crying victim]

(Crying Victim) Oh my God, Sandy!

(GRACE) Nolan?

(Crying Victim) Please somebody help us!

[gunshot]

(Grace) Nolan, are you still there?

[gunshot]

Yeah!

(Grace) What about money?

(Grace) Do you need money?

No, I'll be fine.

I...

I'm going to end my car lease.

And I'll be fine after that.

(Grace) But Nolan?

I got to go.

I--

(Grace) Nolan?

No, I'll be. Yeah. I got to go.

Talk soon.

She's just worried about you.

Yeah, I know.

Well, then let her come visit.

C'mon, let someone. Anyone. Visit you.

Not with my issues. You kidding me?

Issues?

Really, Nolan? This is far from normal.

I'm fully aware of that.

Yet, not aware enough to realize

how therapeutic real company can be.

C'mon, Nolan.

Just do me a favor and get over yourself.

(Neighbor) Oh common, will you be quiet!

(Neighbor) A little quiet, huh!

(Neighbor) There are other people in this building!

Quiet!

Will it help if I said please!?

(Neighbor) Stop!

(Voiceover) What the hell?

Om shoun namaha

Om shoun namaha

Om shoun namaha

Om shoun namaha

Om shoun namaha

Om shoun namaha

Om shoun namaha

Om shoun namaha

Om shoun

It's so quiet, right?

Mm-hmm, you going to sing a little tune?

No. That would just mess this up.

Why are we watching this right now?

It's the first Christmas Carol on film.

Oh yeah, it's the...

I mean it had to have been.

It's the only one made in the silent era.

It's the first one to ever be filmed, right?

Yeah. I think so.

Call Ally for me.

Ally. Who's Ally?

My friend, Ally. Ally and Ben.

Ally and Ben?

They just had the little baby.

We just went to their place!

Ally and Ben? They're your friends.

Why do you want me to call them?

That's why I said for me.

Alright.

Common. Please?

Alright, what do you want me to say?

Just say hi.

And see how they're doing.

Alright.

(Ally) This is Ally, Ben and Warren.

(Ally) We can't come to phone right now.

Please leave a message.

Leave a message, babe.

[beep]

Hi Ally and Ben.

I you know just wanted to say hello.

You know, I wanted to know if you got the

present me and Carla sent.

For you know, your baby Warren.

I mean Darren.

Warren.

I mean Warren.

This is Nolan by the way.

Just saying hello.

Thank you.

Wow. Oh my god that was so awkward.

That was pretty bad.

Don't make me do that again.

Oh man.

(Carla) Just finishing all this stuff.

(Nolan) Okay.

Your boss is okay with me sitting here?

Yeah I mean most people have already left.

(Nolan) Is that my birthday card?

(Carla) No.

(Carla) Your birthday isn't until next month.

(Nolan) Oh but--

You crazy?

(Nolan) Everyday should be my birthday.

Mm-hmm.

Sorry. Sorry, Mark. Are we talking too loud?

No, you're fine.

I'm just waiting for Andrew to come here

for the morning.

Yeah yeah.

(Nolan) Okay.

(Nolan) Is Mark your boss?

No.

(Nolan) Okay.

You know that.

(Nolan) I don't know anything.

You just don't listen.

(Nolan) I have short term memory.

That's probably true.

No, you just don't listen.

You're a typical guy.

(Nolan) No.

Don't listen to anything.

[video feed stops]

IVY: HOW ARE YOU? HELLO?

(Voiceover) The last person I want to speak to.

Never mind her.

Wo.

Oh shit.

I'm going crazy.

Aw Jesus.

[sighs]

Jesus fucking Christ.

What the hell?

What the hell?

(Voiceover) Ladies and gentlemen, the bottom.

[guitar playing]

(Carla) What's wrong?

I think I'm losing my mind.

Why don't you come over and eat something?

Your brain doesn't work as well

on an empty stomach.

It's not empty.

Nolan, alcohol doesn't count.

Yeah, you're right.

What the?!

[Carla laughing]

It's just another mess!

Just blame it on the alcohol, hon.

You always do.

Oh my gosh.

Do you remember when we first started dating

and you brought me over to your place.

You had nothing in the fridge

so you offered me a hard boiled egg.

Which was super weird.

And then you proceeded to eat four in a row.

And I was so grossed out and it smelled so bad.

Maybe you're just sleep deprived.

So you're saying it's just lack of sleep?

It's not me going mental?

Oh no, you're crazy.

[laughs]

Just never enough to clean anything twice.

Well maybe we're just starting to see

how high that ceiling really is.

Talking to you aren't I?

[thumping]

(Neighbor) Oh common! Will you be quiet?!

Enough already!

(Neighbor) Stop it!

(Neighbor) Common!

(Neighbor) Common!

Everybody can hear you!

The neighbors can hear you in the next building!

Stop!

[ceiling trembling]

[distant traffic]

(Nolan) Who is it?

It's your neighbor, Otis.

(Nolan) What do you want?

I want to talk.

Otis, were you just pounding

on your ceiling right now?

(Otis) Yes!

(Nolan) Why?

Damn it.

Cause you guys are creating a racket up here!

It's like multiple TVs and

What?

(Otis) and chanting!

You know, I'm getting ready to call the police.

I don't know what you're talking about. It's just me.

No! I don't think so!

I'm hearing arguing and multiple footsteps all over

and and and some...

Arguing?

It's just me! I'm tell you.

It's like a stampede up here!

What do you got? Children?

No.

Could you just please be quiet?

Okay. Sure. Fine.

Have a little respect!

It's an old building!

And it's like old walls and floors!

(Carla) See?

It's all good.

(Inspirational Speaker) Help me.

Help me get rid of your negative thoughts.

There is a solution to every one of your problems.

So why would you want to throw in the towel?

I want you to envision your front door.

Now, just stare at it for me.

Stare at it until it's nothing more

than a piece of wood.

You see fear and anxiety are linked with

negative thoughts.

They run through our minds on an endless track.

So purge them out of your body.

Now I want you to walk towards the door

and turn the knob and open that piece of wood

just barely hanging off its metal hinges.

Step outside and take a look around.

It may be warm and colorful out.

Or it may be gray and harsh.

It doesn't matter.

You fully own the experience.

You can learn to enjoy the beauty in both.

Now continue walking outside.

And step out onto your neighborhood sidewalk.

If you are constantly seeing the ugly within yourself

and the outside world,

then you are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

It becomes difficult to see anything else.

Look around you.

Maybe you see some people.

Perhaps they're walking their dog.

Maybe there's some gas guzzling cars

and a hazy polluted skyline.

[distant screaming]

All of it and more may or may not bring

you some level of stress.

[distant screaming]

But it is small.

(Otis) Lower it to a five!

(Speaker) It is inconsequential to your happiness.

[Otis shouting, distant]

(Speaker) The next time you hear that negativity in your head

(Speaker) I want you to drown it out with positive affirmation.

[Otis screaming]

Maron!

(Speaker) You have the power to do so.

(Speaker) You are so powerful.

-Asshole! -[Otis screaming]

(Otis) Will you please be quiet!

[gasp]

[heart beating]

[growls]

[electric hum]

[phone vibrates]

Hi Eddie.

(Eddie) Nolan.

(Eddie) How's life treating you, buddy?

I'm stellar.

(Eddie) Good, good. Look so,

(Eddie) I got a new court date for you.

(Eddie) Next Thursday. How does that sound?

That is really soon.

I can't do that.

That's just around the corner.

(Eddie) Too soon?

I'm just not ready yet.

(Eddie) Not ready?

Scared to see this psychopath's face again?

It's not that. It goes...

(Nolan) The event...

[TV Character speaking]

(Nolan) It triggered...

Agoraphobia?

You know what that is?

(Eddie) You need to be there alright?

(Eddie) I need you to come.

(Eddie) My hands are really tied.

Eddie, I'm really fucked up.

(Nolan) Surely, there's something we can do

for sick witnesses.

(Eddie) We're seriously out of options. Alright?

Fucking hell, Eddie! Don't they have enough?

(Eddie) It's important to have you there!

(Eddie) The jury needs to see your face.

Haven't I been traumatized enough?

(Eddie) You act like you were the only victim.

That doesn't comfort me.

(Eddie) At least you lived.

We owe this to the families

who've lost their loved ones

to this maniac who shot up the damn place.

Don't tell me about losing loved ones!

Have you forgotten?

(Eddie) You know what. Alright. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Eddie, listen

(Eddie) Tell me about this Agoraphobia condition.

What is that?

Sorry no.

IVY: NOLAN?

[knocking]

What the hell?

I want to talk to you.

I can see that!

You guys are making a racket up here.

Multiple TVs! Chanting!

I'm getting ready to call the police on you.

Like I said before, it's just me in here!

Before? What are you talking about?

Are you smoking something?

I'm talking about just an hour ago!

It's my first time up here.

You were just up here!

You said the exact same things!

Me?

Maybe you're pissing off some other neighbor.

No. It was you.

Well...

It is more quiet up here.

Listen, I cooked a bit!

I made a few phone calls!

Watched TV. Is this what you're hearing?

No. It's like a parade up here.

Listen, you have my permission to call the cops.

[sighs]

What was that all about?

Hopefully it's just a misunderstanding.

You know, he's probably just lonely.

There's a lot of that going around.

We should set him up with someone.

[gasps]

Oh my gosh!

What do you think about Beth for him?

God, I miss your voice.

Oh well, get in line.

Not many can carry a tune like I can.

What am I doing here, Carla?

What is wrong with me?

Hey

It's nothing a stroll through the neighborhood

can't cure.

Just go.

Go, Nolan.

I can't.

Because you're here.

Nolan.

Even if you leave this place, it doesn't mean

that our journey is over.

Journeys never end if you love someone.

I just can't be...

anywhere you're not.

But I'm not.

I'm not really here.

Nolan,

You deserve--

What?

(Nolan) It's like hot!

(Carla) Hot?

Yeah, you don't feel it?

[dripping faucet]

Oh my god!

Oh my god!

Oh my god!

[heartbeat]

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Diane?

No, this is her assistant.

Would you like to talk to her?

Yes!

May I ask who is calling?

Nolan Cruise.

(Assistant) Okay just one moment.

(Diane) Nolan?

Diane!

Hi! You told me I can call you any time, right?

Yes. I did.

So I have a problem.

There is somebody dead in my apartment.

Somebody here!

(Nolan) Here's the thing!

It's me!

I'm dead!

I'm dead in the apartment!

Excuse me.

I'm lying in the bathtub!

Like I'm just dead in the bathtub.

Nolan, what are you

(Nolan) And I'm seeing myself

and there's just blood everywhere!

(Diane) I understand. I understand. You're dead.

Nolan, I need for you to calm down.

(Nolan) I'm wigging out!

(Diane) I need you to breathe. I mean it.

Alright so let's do this together.

I need you to breathe in.

Fill your abdomen with air

and I need you to slowly breathe out.

Okay.

Now are you sure you saw what you think you saw?

I know what I saw. And it was me.

(Diane) So once again I need you to breathe.

And we're going back into the bathroom.

(Nolan) I'm not going back in there!

Yes, Nolan. You are.

(Diane) We'll do this together. You'll be fine.

Fucking Christ.

You can do this, Nolan.

Diane, I really can't.

Nolan, you have to confront this.

Now you're in a state.

So what do you think is more likely...

That you saw your physical body in a tub

or you're imagining it?

I honestly don't know.

Nolan.

[door creaks]

(Diane) Nolan?

I'm going to stay on the phone with you

and we're going to do this together.

It's me damnit!

(Diane) What?

It's me!

Nolan, breathe.

(Nolan) Diane, what the hell is going on?

Nolan, I need for you--

[scream]

[knocking]

(Nolan) Who is it?

(muffled) Lionel!

Lionel?

Yeah. Remember me, your landlord?

Of course I remember you. What's the problem?

(Lionel) Noise complaint.

Just a second!

(Voiceover) My phone!

Think you can open the door?

Yes!

Hey there, man. You okay?

Yeah.

Got a complaint from a neighbor of yours.

That son of a bitch.

He's been hearing a series of arguments

and flights coming from within your apartment.

(Nolan) There's no one.

I mean there's almost no one else here.

No one?

(Nolan) You know what! Come in!

It's alright. I'll take your word for it.

Please, just come in!

Please please.

It all started with the earthquake.

What did?

It's like the Sierra Desert in here.

That's what I'm talking about!

It's like

The noises Otis is hearing

Wait. Rewind. What earthquake?

You didn't feel it last night? It was huge!

Huge? I slept like a log last night?

Just before you came up here,

I saw a man in my bathroom!

[laughs]

(Nolan) I'm telling you.

Are you saying this place is haunted?

I'm telling you! I did! I swear!

I saw my own dead body in there!

Are you taking any drugs?

Prescribed by a doctor!

This is not a psychotropic effect!

So get out. Get some fresh air.

For god's sake, your car near leaves

its space in the garage, man.

I can't.

Okay. Stay at a relative's place. A friend's.

Okay. Fine. What would you like me to do?

I just need to know

that I'm not the only one seeing these things.

That I'm not going crazy!

Just bare with me!

Everything I'm seeing is starting from the bathroom!

What's gotten into you, man?

Everything that I'm experiencing here

started in there.

It's like

I can feel like the air is flexing.

Like it's about to swallow me up in a vacuum!

And this is where you saw the man?

[sigh]

(Nolan) Can you grab my phone while you're in there?

What?

I dropped it.

Sure.

Be careful.

Why is it so?

Never mind.

[electric sound]

No!

[song playing loud]

[strong winds]

Hey, what's going on over here?

[knife stab]

(Nolan) Oh no.

[Otis whimpering]

I'm so sorry!

Sorry? You stabbed me!

(Nolan) What the hell were you doing here?

I thought I saw myself at your apartment door.

I thought I saw myself at your door.

[Otis groaning]

(Nolan) What did you see?

Call 911.

I can't do that! I don't have my phone!

I can't get up. You cut me deep!

Go to my apartment! Use my phone.

Your apartment...

[Otis groaning]

God dammit. Your apartment...

I can't. I can't go to your apartment, Otis!

(Otis) I can't get up.

(Nolan) Stay there!

[Otis howls]

Have to stop the bleeding!

I need a hospital dammit!

You do.

(Otis) Call 911!

God dammit!

Shit!

Just let me think about it for a second.

(Otis) Just help me please.

I'm so sorry.

(Otis) Call someone.

Okay.

[Otis groaning]

Shit.

Shit.

Shit.

Shit!

[Nolan sighs]

Shit. Shit. Shit.

Shit.

Please call someone.

Just I need a hospital.

Yeah. Yeah, you do.

[Otis cries in pain]

God dammit.

Call for help.

You can.

Yes.

[kids playing]

[heart beating]

[car]

[heart beating]

Shit!

I can't do it! I can't even talk out there!

Listen!

We have to get you somewhere else for help.

Somewhere out of here.

[dripping faucet]

[electric sound]

[distant music]

[rain drops on ceiling]

[thunder]

[distant movie playing]

(Movie character) Another day. Better get started.

[music]

[rain pounding]

Is that all it has been since I inherited the world?

Only three years?

Seems like a hundred million.

[thunder]

[woman crying]

Oh my god, Sandy!

Sandy! Somebody help us!

Oh my god!

Oh my god, Sandy!

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[gasp]

[film playing, distant]

What is this?

Why have you tied me up?

Well why did you force me to tie you up?

[Nolan grunting]

Why are you in my home?

Why are you--

It's my home too!

[Nolan grunting]

(Nolan) Let me out! Right now!

You're trespassing!

I'm just fucking with you.

You're welcome.

[Nolan struggles]

You're welcome here.

[gunfire on tv]

[Nolan grunts]

You're not exactly a stranger.

Are you?

[Nolan struggles]

I've seen you...

now and then.

Over the years.

Popping in and out

What?

(Older Nolan) Like an apparition.

Years?

You almost gave me a heart attack.

A few summers ago.

When I saw you...

clear as day.

But that's when I realized...

you aren't a ghost.

I mean...

You're my ghost.

I'm not following.

Don't try to make sense of it.

You already know what you need to know.

That time and space...

have collapsed within this marvelous shithole.

And the only way out

is through the god damn bathroom.

You have to let me use it to get back.

Oh you can use the bathroom.

Just not for time travel.

(Nolan) Why not?

It's stocked up full of toilet paper.

None of this makes sense!

We aren't meant to understand jack shit.

I'm convinced...

something...

otherworldly is toying with us.

(Nolan) What is?

(Older Nolan) How should I know?

Don't you feel it?

[thunder]

How often do you leave this place?

I haven't stepped foot outside these doors...

for longer than I care to mention.

(Older Nolan) I guess it gets easier

the longer you live here.

Or maybe cause it's always raining.

Ever since you started appearing, it just

never stops raining.

(Nolan) Let me out of this!

The world is hell.

(Older Nolan) You know this.

No.

This is hell!

Knowing that my sad little existence

is just going to unfold into this endless misery

and I'm going to be okay with it!

Endless? No.

There's an end.

(Older Nolan) Everything ends.

So just shit, sleep and die, huh?

Are you aware...

Nolan...

how lucky we are?

You think you can let me out of this chair?

I asked you a question!

[thunder]

We're lucky?

Lucky, are you kidding me?

Cause we didn't die in the shooting?

We will die.

Some day.

This is what makes us lucky.

Countless people will never experience death...

cause they were never born.

Did you only 108 billion people

have ever lived on this planet?

It seems like a lot of people but...

it's nothing compared to the near infinite

amount of people that'll never come out of a womb...

that'll never fog up a mirror.

Compared to them, we belong to this

exceptionally limited club.

(Voiceover) Okay. So...

I'm either in the future...

an alternate reality...

or both...

(Older Nolan) Here you go.

(Voiceover) or I'm insane.

How am I supposed to drink this?

(Older Nolan) I'm going to untie you of course.

Just indulge me with a little bit of company.

Not a shot of gin?

That's right.

Don't I drink anymore?

To the good times we had.

To life.

To death.

[thunder]

[Older Nolan coughs]

Are you alright?

[Older Nolan coughs]

[mug hitting floor]

[Nolan coughing]

[baby crying on TV]

[gibberish]

[gasp]

What is this?

Why have you tied me up?

-You are in my home! -(Nolan) Let me out of this!

Let me out this!

You're trespassing!

I'm fucking with you.

You're welcome here.

You're not exactly a stranger...

(Older Nolan) To the good times we had.

To life.

To death.

[gasp]

(Older Nolan) You're welcome here.

I've seen you now and then over the years...

popping in and out like an--

(Nolan) Apparition!

(Nolan) Yes?

Yes what?

I...

I don't know. I...

I knew you were going to say that.

That's because...

You're me.

We're linked within this space.

Would you like to have a drink with me?

I think I've had too many.

I'm only talking about tea.

[gasp]

[gasp]

[gasp]

[gasp]

I've seen you now and then over the years...

popping in and out like an apparition.

How have I heard these words before?

I've seen you before.

That's true.

[gasp]

[gasp]

How am I supposed to drink it? You got me tied up.

How am I supposed to drink it? You got me tied up.

How am I supposed to drink it? You have me tied up.

How am I supposed to drink it? You have me tied up.

How am I supposed to drink it?...

You have me tied up.

Well I'm going to have to untie you.

Of course.

(Carla) Hon.

You take another sip of that tea

and I'm going to severely hurt you.

Why?

You know why.

Why would I know...

Why?

Do you remember that movie you made me watch?

The one with Bill Murray?

I didn't want to watch it but...

you forced me to watch it anyways.

Ghostbusters?

No. No, the one I actually enjoyed.

Groundhog Day?

Yes!

Wait!

Holy shit!

How?

Don't ask me.

I'm not really here, remember?

(Older Nolan) That's right.

(Voiceover) My god!

(Voiceover) How often have I had this conversation?

To life.

(Voiceover) Ten? Twenty? A hundred times?

I think I'm going to pass.

Why?

I'm feeling pangs of dejavu here.

Dejavu? Well of course.

Look who you're talking to.

Listen, you have to help me get out of here.

A deal is a deal.

Grant me this perfect wish.

To have a drink with my past...

like a couple of fellas.

Before they depart to the next stage.

(Voiceover) I'm trapped in a chasm in time.

How often can one say that?

(Voiceover) What I thought was some kind of purgatory was actually...

hell.

Wait!

Have you...

Have we gone that far?

Why do you keep poisoning us?

(Older Nolan) Keep?

(Older Nolan) We're in a limited club.

Whose the third cup for?

Third cup?

Third cup is for Otis.

He arrived one day...

Stabbed. Dying.

I'm assuming from your reality.

I nursed him to health.

Isn't that right, Otis?

What are you doing?

I'm going to get out of here!

Don't you dare try to stop me.

I won't.

You know, I've got this...

recurring dream.

I'm standing...

on a boulder in the desert.

A storm is coming.

[thunder]

And I feel very heavy.

Like there's this weight on my shoulders.

And I realize...

It's all the regrets.

All the times I didn't act.

All those painful memories.

It's bearing down on me.

And then I see Carla.

Out there in the distance.

Weightless.

Graceful.

And she motions for me.

But until I can tear this weight off of me,

I can't really join her.

[thunder]

[thunder]

God dammit!

[TV playing]

Movie character: Hold it!

You freaks!

I'm a man!

(struggling) The last man.

[raining]

Emails, more emails, plus meetings.

The usual Thursday.

Nolan?

Why are we back here?

I don't know.

Maybe I could've saved you.

Saved them.

I think you could've seen less movies.

Bear with me.

What if...

I ran over here as soon as he dropped that satchel.

[music playing]

And did what? Spin kick him?

He's not a very big guy.

I mean I could've wrestled him to the floor!

-I could've taken the gun out of his hand! -Nolan.

So obvious something strange was going to happen.

I just...

I just sat there!

I did nothing.

And what if he was...

about to pull out a bouquet of flowers?

Huh?

(Nolan) Really?

You would've been charged for assault!

Are you joking? Are you serious?

Look at him!

Does he look like a florist to you?

No, I'm just saying that...

Look, hindsight is 20-20.

Maybe not flowers. Maybe...

I don't know. Maybe a bat!

In a bar?

Or laundry! Or whatever! Nolan, it doesn't matter!

It doesn't matter?

20-20 or not, just look at him!

It's obvious he was up to no good!

What do you want me to say, Nolan?

What? That maybe you could've wrestled him? Or...

or talked him about of it? Or...

had any clue that he could've done what he did!

Nolan!

It doesn't matter how many times you come back here.

It'll always be for naught.

You couldn't have stopped this!

Then to hell with this.

What does that mean?

It means you're right. This isn't a movie.

There's no happy ending here.

Not for me. Not without you.

Everyone deserves a happy ending, Nolan.

Not me.

I refuse to have one.

Nolan...

You have to get out this place.

Never.

[raining]

[clock ticking]

(Voiceover) How long has it been?

Living the same moments endlessly.

How many times have I looked out this window?

Has it been months? Years?

I'd give anything to get out now.

To make the storm stop.

[panicked breathing]

[electric sounds]

[inaudible]

[inaudible]

[thunder]

[TV playing, distant]

(Older Nolan) Though it may be growing stronger on your side,

it's growing weaker here.

(Older Nolan) Seldom works.

[thunder]

(Nolan) How seldom?

(Older Nolan) Seldom...

The brief times you and I have met.

(Older Nolan) Sorry, bud.

(Diane) Because we have been at this for months.

And you still can't visit my office.

At least not in person.

(Nolan) It takes time.

(Diane) Are you still imagining her?

(Nolan) Yeah.

But I'm only imagining. I haven't...

- (Younger Nolan) A lot of shit in there. - [Carla laughs]

I don't even know if that's supposed to be the shirts or the pants.

I don't know. I think it's the second or third drawer. I don't remember.

I don't care.

(Carla) Oh...

I think I'm going to grab some sushi afterwards.

Okay.

Didn't you say there was a place off Wooding?

Can we talk about the fact that

we've already had sushi 3 times this week?

We're taking a risk here that we're going to get sick.

Like you know parasites.

(Carla) I cannot find my keys.

[Carla laughs]

Why are you talking about parasites?

Can't find your keys?

(Carla) No!

[Carla sighs]

(Nolan) Here you go.

Oh my god.

Seriously...

What would I do without you?

You'd always be searching--

You got the door open on the first try!

I'm doing so well!

Wait, wait! Where you going?

I need to go.

You have to say goodbye.

I know.

That felt great. Giving you the keys to my place.

Oh yeah?

Mm-hmm.

Wait until I redecorate it.

-Yaay! Alright. -[Carla laughs]

Look at this place.

I know. It needs a woman's touch.

I agree.

Let's get started tonight!

I have to go!

Okay.

Come back. One more.

-Babe! -Just one more.

I miss you already.

I want to stay. But seriously, that one made me late.

Are you sure? Alright.

-(Carla) I'll see you tonight! -Alright.

[Younger Nolan's phone vibrating]

Ivy, why you calling?

(Ivy) What do you mean why?

(Ivy) I called you cause I missed you.

(Younger Nolan) But I can't talk to you.

Like ever again.

(Younger Nolan) Even talking to you feels messed up.

(Ivy) Don't you miss me?

I can't see you again.

(Ivy) Why not?

(Younger Nolan) Because it's getting serious. This is...

(Ivy) So?

It's been serious for a while. And it didn't stop you that other time.

(Ivy) So?

So...

(Ivy) So what?

She's changed me a lot.

I mean I...

I don't drink like that anymore.

You weren't that drunk...

considering how many times you fucked me that night.

We have something special, Nolan.

(Younger Nolan) You going to make me say 'No' again?

I hate saying 'No' to you.

(Ivy) So don't.

(Ivy) Just meet me tonight after you leave the office.

(Ivy) Meet me at Laurent.

(Ivy) We'll just talk.

(Younger Nolan) Okay.

- [wooden impact] - [shriek of pain]

(Voiceover) Maybe I've been in this void too long.

But I fear this confession

is ultimately pointless.

(Voiceover) In purging my past, I've become indifferent to the present.

[earthquake]

And as this anomaly finally ends,

I feel no less hollow...

as I climb into the future.

[traffic grows louder]

[phone vibrates]

'CARLA HOME'

[phone vibrating]