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Why don't you pay the rent like everybody else?

Will you give me your wallet?

You know what the eighth wonder of the world is?

I'll tell you what the eighth wonder of the world is.

King Kraken Kong!

That's what the eighth wonder of the world is.

Give me that. Give me my bag.

Harry, give me my bag!

They like it. No, my groceries. Not my dance, Harry.

And neither do I, Harry.

Harry!

Give me that!

I cannot go through this with you every single night, you crazy fool!

Why don't you go back to the mental ward, Harry, and find yourself another

rattle brain to dance with, okay? That way you two winkies...

You can hallucinate yourselves into oblivion.

Are you going to play the piano?

Yes, Harry, I'm going to play the piano.

That's what I do. I write songs, okay?

I work. Normal people work.

Play mine.

No, Harry, I will not play yours. Stay mine. I cannot.

Harry! Harry!

Stop it! Play mine.

My plate.

That's my mother's room.

Your mother loves you?

I'm going to call the state authorities and I mean it this time. No, you can't

send me back there. I can't go back there.

My mother can't find me there.

What are you trying to do? Are you trying to squash me?

Did you get a message? Listen to the radio.

Don't you know you can't make it without me?

I'm the eighth runner of the world.

Are you hungry? Want a pea soup?

No, I don't want any pea soup. soup, you raging lunatic.

I want you out of my life.

Now you've made me miss my call.

It's your mother.

How do you know?

No one else calls.

This is your mother.

Do you need anything?

Don't forget to get the pea soup for Harry.

Goodbye.

Pea soup!

I need pea soup!

Get away from my door, you maniac!

Lost without you.

Lost without your... Lost without you.

Lost without your... Promise!

Get away from my door, you blinking, twitching nightmare!

Yes, this is Tom Lasky at 324 South Lowry Street, apartment 401.

I have a hysterical madman losing his mind at my door. Could you come and pick

him up, please? Yeah, easy. Thank you very much.

No!

Don't let them take me!

Please don't let them take me back there!

I can't hear you, Harry!

I can't hear you!

I can't leave my mother.

I can't leave my mother. Easy now, Harry. Everything is going to be all

No, I can't go back there.

Tell him he doesn't understand.

My mom won't find me there. She'll never find me.

And I can't leave Tom.

He'll never make it without me.

I can't go back there.

Please.

All your memories intact.

You change the course of your life.

You

are

a free agent in the universe.

Yeah. Yes?

Yeah.

Why, gee, well, set up a conference call, and I shall join you straight

away.

What was that?

Your mother.

Praying again.

She has a direct line?

Intervening on your behalf?

Well, what have I done wrong?

What have I done wrong? I was a good boy. I set the table. I folded the

I ushered the fools. The nutcase is in and out of our lives.

You see, Your Honor, it was a deep hurt. Growing up, Tom shared his mother with

every lost soul in town.

She was a charitable woman, which is good.

Good? Good for whom? Do you think those lunatics ever appreciated her?

Do you remember Mr.

Tomlinson?

They all blend together in my memory, Mother. Was he the one that used to eat

the nude?

No.

He's the one that gave you your first piano.

But he was a fool. He was a crazy old fool.

He who calleth his brother a fool shall suffer the fires of hell.

That lunatic was not my brother.

Mr. Lasky, do you remember anything your mother did for you that you

are thankful for?

Anything that you can... Sure.

Sure.

Wait, Your Honor.

What about Harry?

Oh, yes.

The trouble with Harry.

The trouble with Harry? What about me? I'm the dead guy. Me, remember?

Oh, him.

The eighth wonder of the world.

Yes. He was, wasn't he?

What do you mean, was?

Where is this? Angus Sheen Psychiatric Hospital. You sent Harry on his last

to the hospital.

What do you mean? What happened?

That fellow was so full of life, and he begged you not to make that call, not

to send him back.

I had no idea that that could happen.

I didn't know. I'm sorry. I just... I had no idea.

He said, sorry, Judge.

He was driving me crazy. I was trying to finish my musical. It's a frustrating

time.

I have no idea. I have no idea.

All right, Tom.

You go and keep yourself from making that fatal phone call.

You shall have three days, and three days only. What, you mean I can go back

stop myself from dying?

Yes.

You are responsible for more than yourself, Mr. Lasky.

You are to save two lives, your own and Harry's.

He may not be your brother, but his life is now in your hands.

You will go back with your memory intact and no one will recognize you.

You are a free agent in the universe.

And when you leave here, it is with the blessing of God Almighty and his court.

Why don't you pay the rent like everybody else?

I don't

need it.

I'm a bum?

Be thankful for the kindness of strangers.

But he gave me three days. This is the night I die.

Within the hour, I'm a dead man.

Maybe.

Maybe not.

That's what second chances are all about.

Coming, I'm coming, I'm coming!

Wait, no, don't go in there!

I live here. I know, but if you go in there, you're going to make a phone call

that you will regret forever.

It's my mother.

No, I mean... After that. And I know because I'm you. And if you, me, go in

there, you're going to play the piano, you're going to make a call, and then

you're going to get yourself to death. And then you'll regret everything. What

is it about this building that attracts so many people from outer space?

It's the road, Bloom.

I went for my door, you maniac!

I know who you are.

Oh, Harry, you do?

You're the eighth wonder of the world.

Is he playing yet?

No.

He will.

Lost without you.

Lost without you.

Promise. Harry, listen.

Listen, Harry, I gotta get in here, okay? Because Tom... I'm in grave

I've got a marriage.

That was your secret?

Oh, my God.

I'm gonna die. Yes, you are, in about one hour, if you don't listen to me.

Stop. Wait a minute.

Wait a minute!

You're about to make a terrible mistake, one that can affect you for all

eternity. You have to help Harry.

Stop it, Harry.

What do you want, money?

You don't have any money.

How do you know?

I need pea soup.

There's no pea soup.

Look, I don't know what you want, but I'm a reasonable man. If you leave here

now, I'll forget this whole thing. You're lying. As soon as we leave here,

you're going to call the authorities.

You broke into my apartment and attacked me to keep me from calling the police.

Stop it, Harry.

You're hurting me.

Don't hurt him.

Oh, that hurts.

Oh, shut up. You're not hurting him, Vinnie.

Now stop it.

Just stop it right now.

You see, you shouldn't tie people up.

People don't like it.

Harry.

Harry, Harry, Harry. Harry, Harry, Harry, Harry, Harry.

Harry, stop.

Harry, stop, stop.

Harry.

Harry.

This is an emergency. I'm being attacked in my apartment by two raging maniacs.

324 South Lowry Street, apartment 3.

You see what you've done?

What do you have to say for yourself?

You're killing me, Harry.

I'd never kill you.

I don't even kill bugs.

If you don't get me out of here, I'm a dead man.

Are you thinking of suicide, Tom?

Your name's Tom, too? Yes.

I mean, no, no, no. I'm not trying to kill myself.

No, I'm trying to keep myself.

Killing myself.

I see.

No, don't give me that, okay? Don't give me that all -knowing, psycho -battling,

patronizing, I see, because you don't see.

You don't see. If you saw, you'd be trying to help me save my life. That's

exactly what I'm trying to do, Tom.

Why don't you tell me about it? That's what I've been trying to do.

Okay, now you have to wrap your mind around this concept. There is a man out

there. That would be you. Yes!

No.

Things aren't going so well. It's a disaster. You couldn't have given me a

little more time?

Who's your friend, Tom? Do you have a friend here?

Yes. Yes.

Ask him.

They can't see me when I'm dressed like this.

He's having an episode.

No, I do look insane.

Maybe this is a bad time.

Perhaps we can talk about this later, when you're a little more calm. How can

be calm?

If you won't wrap your pea brain around the idea that I'm going to die, okay?

Tom Lasky is going to die. Tom Lasky. Yes.

Right. Exactly. You know Beth.

Well, right now, Beth is baby boy. Even as we speak, this very moment is sucking

gas.

We'll come back later.

Harry? Do you know where there's a phone?

Hello? Mom, I want you to listen and listen like you've never listened

okay? Your son, Tom, is in grave danger, okay? If

I'm wrong, you'll have wasted a few moments on a wild goose chase. But if

right...

Go to Tom's apartment.

You'll find him unconscious at the piano.

The apartment's full of gas.

Open all the windows, shut the oven, and don't light anything, okay?

Harry and I are at Angus Sheen.

Is Harry with you?

Yes.

Is he all right?

Just save your son, Mom!

What happened?

Oh, my God.

It's a miracle.

What's going on? I don't know. I don't know.

But I'll tell you one thing.

There's a prophet living in Angus Sheen.

And his name is Tom.

Bingo! I got bingo!

I got bingo!

All right, everybody.

That's enough for today.

We'll pick up tomorrow.

It's time for entertainment.

Your social director's coming.

No.

A little poodle just like Phyllis. Take it home with you, baby.

a sign from God.

Mother?

I knew you'd come back.

It's okay, Harry.

Everything's going to be okay.

Gotta get me out of here.

I don't belong here. I'll go nuts if I have to stay in this bug house any

longer. I was supposed to go back in the past, but now I'm in the future. And

Harry thinks the best is his mom. It's insane.

You're exactly where you need to be, Tom. The present.

Well, where do I get to go?

Go where? I don't know.

Back home to my normal life.

Well, what about Harry? Who's going to look after him? Harry's here. This is

where he belongs. He's safe.

I'm the one that's stuck here in the limbo.

Now there's a match made in heaven.

You may be right.

What do you mean?

That's for you to discover, Tom.

This is your second chance, not mine.

Who are you, anyway?

I'm the entertainment.

Hey,

come back here. I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse.

Come here, buddy.

Tom, come and meet my mom.

Mom, this is my friend Tom.

You want to see my other friend Tom?

Tom, this is my mom.

Harry, I'm not your friend, and that is definitely not your mother.

Oh, that's okay, Tom.

We can share.

I'm sure Mr.

Tom would like a better mom than me. Right, Mr. Tom?

Uh, ma... Could I see you? Just one second.

Why are you telling Harry you're his mother?

I'm not.

But you're allowing him to believe that you are.

I'm being kind.

He associates my kindness with his mother's love. Right, but you're not his

mother.

Mother. I'll be your mother, too, Tom.

Sure.

Why don't you be the whole world's mother while you're at it? Calm down.

Now, Tom, have you had your meds today?

I am not crazy.

There she is.

I've tried to warn her.

Beth, we told you not to be alone with the patient.

Oh, he's all right. He just needs his meds. I don't need my meds. I just

need to get out of here.

How do you do it, Beth?

Year in, year out, you're here.

At least I get paid.

Oh, I do, too.

If you love the least of these.

He loved me.

You're right, son.

That's good, Tom.

My mother says that you saved my life.

Thank you very much.

He's not deaf, Tom.

He's... A nutcase, I know, Mother, like all your friends. All your friends are

nutcases. This nutcase saved your life. No, he didn't, Mother. You saved my

life, and I appreciate that, and that's why I'm here, but... Can we go now?

No. I want you to talk to Harry. No, Mother, please, please, please.

I don't want to talk to Harry, Mother. Heaven, to me, would be to never see

Harry again.

You're in great...

Yes, that's right. I'm a grape. She's a peach.

He's bananas and you're nuts. We've got a regular salad here. No, it's a grate.

Not grape, ingrate.

Finishing Tom's song.

Well, how do you know what to write?

I... Listen.

To voices?

No, silly.

To the music.

Don't I know it.

It's in your words, Harry.

Lost without you.

Lost without your promise, shadows

find me, wrap around me now.

Lost without you, cannot find

my way.

I can't take it without you

Lost without

you Cannot find my bearings

No hand to guide me Gently

glide me

Oh, not without you.

No lanterns light the tree.

I'll never make it without.

It's finally happened. You've finally lost your mind.

Just hear me out, Tom.

Please.

All he needs is someone to take care of him.

See that he gets his medication.

Wash his two pair of pants that he wears at the same time.

Do you know why?

Yes, because he's crazy.

He's embarrassed.

He's got a hole in him.

And he doesn't know how to fix it.

But I do.

I'm not a brilliant woman, Tom. I don't hold down a big job and I make a lot of

money. But I can fix things.

Like hole in a pair of pants.

A pea soup.

Oh, help mend a broken spirit.

Didn't you see all those men today?

Those weren't men, Mother. Those were maniacs.

All of them at one time was some mother's baby boy.

All of them need a kind hand and someone who

cares about them.

Everyone needs a mother.

But why does it have to be you, Mother? Why does it have to be you?

Because that's my gift.

I can't heal the world, but I can help Harry.

He doesn't have to live out his life in an insane asylum.

He needs a guardian.

This is incredible. You've checked into it already, but there's a catch.

They won't let you do it alone. They won't approve.

Just you.

I could care for him with your help.

I'd do all the work, Tom.

I'm still strong, but I'm getting older.

And I guess they're worried. They want to know I've got a backup.

All my life you've struggled to teach me to be my brother's keeper.

Is that such a terrible thing? Not for the Harrys of the world.

But let me ask you, have you ever asked yourself, Mother, who keeps the keeper's

kids?

Hi.

Harry.

Tom?

Can you get out?

Meet me at Knox Church.

So, you see, Harry, this isn't your mom.

This is my mom.

Your mother's.

Do you understand, Harry?

He'll take care of you at the hospital, Harry.

Why did you do it, Tom?

Why did I do what, Harry?

Why did you kill my mother?

I didn't kill your mother, Harry.

Who's going to make the soup now, Tom?

Who's going to get the flu?

We think it's catatonic.

What did you do?

I told him the truth.

You told him what truth?

That his mother is dead.

Okay, that she's dead.

No soup, no nothing.

She's dead.

I am not my brother's keeper.

I am not my brother's keeper!

He's going to be all right, right? He's going to come back tomorrow and rant and

rave and write all over the walls, right?

Do you care?

What? What are you saying? That I'm responsible for Harry?

Why?

Because you are your brother's keeper.

Where's my mom?

Dead. Where is she? She's supposed to be here by now. Harry needs her. Harry's

catatonic. There's nothing Beth could do. Oh, you don't know Beth.

I'm afraid Beth isn't volunteering anymore.

What are you talking about?

Nothing could keep Beth Lasky away from this place.

Well, something has.

But don't worry, Tom. There are others who come and read to you and talk to

Oh, no, no, no. You don't understand.

She has a gift.

Some people can fix clocks. Some people can fix cars. Some people can play.

The same song on the piano over and over again. Death fixes people. She has a

gift. She has a calling. I agree with you, Tom. But death won't come anymore.

Oh, this is great. This is perfect.

I finally showed her the light, didn't I?

I finally saw joy.

No,

no, Tom.

This is a family matter. It has nothing to do with you.

It has everything to do with me. I'm not paranoid. I'm not delusional.

I'm just so, so sorry.

I heard about your mom.

And all I can say is you can't always believe your eyes.

Your ears will deceive you and people will lie to you.

But you can't give up.

You can't stop believing.

Okay, Harry?

Because I can't make it without you.

It's time to go, Tom.

There's just one more thing I gotta do before I go. It's not for me. It's for

mom.

Come on, Jones. This is the woman that has a direct line to your boss,

After all the hours she's given for others.

I'm just asking for one hour for Bess, okay?

I'm about to be condemned for all eternity. What's one more hour?

This is kidnapping!

This is trespassing!

Well, it's better than soul -killing, isn't it? This is a crime! Well, let's

if we can steal that, shall we?

Looks like the writing's on the wall, doesn't it?

every piece of music you've ever written.

He may be crazy, but he's got a way with words, doesn't he?

no idea didn't your mother ever teach you anything i

gotta go now wait what do i do about all this you're

asking me i'm just another nutcase remember how would i know but if it was

i'd ask myself what would best do and then i'd pray that i had the courage to

accept the answer

Have you got any change? I'm a little tapped out.

No, you're not.

Spare some food?

Um, yeah.

Yeah, sure, here, take that.

Thank you, sir. Take both of them. God bless you, sir.

Uh -uh.

Here.

Uh, take this.

Now, I never could have bought pea soup.

You, uh, when I get back upstairs, I think you left something behind.

Like what?

Your life.

What's the eighth wonder of the world?

What's happening?

We need to share a time.

What's the eighth wonder of the world?

Did you buy it?

Did you buy it?

Hey, Mom!

Mom!

Tom brought the pea soup!

Come with me.

I can't.

It's all right. Seconds from now, you're not going to have any memories.

that, Harry?

That's Jones, silly. Who's Jones?

He's the ninth wonder of the world.

The ninth wonder?

Yeah. King Kong.

Harry.