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Dream Lover is a 1993 American erotic thriller film written and directed by Nicholas Kazan and starring James Spader and Mädchen Amick, with Bess Armstrong, Frederic Lehne, and Larry Miller in supporting roles. The original music score was composed by Christopher Young.









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00:03:03Hey, Ray. How's the wife?
00:03:06Well, I...
00:03:07How's the family?
00:03:10Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
00:03:13Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
00:03:20GUNSHOT
00:03:22The first case I see here is Reardon v. Reardon.
00:03:28Will counsel please stand.
00:03:31For the petitioner, Your Honor.
00:03:33And for the respondent?
00:03:35Mr. Reardon, I ask you again, where is your counsel?
00:03:39I fired him. I no longer contest any aspect of this divorce.
00:03:44Mr. Reardon, this court was prepared to render a judgment quite favorable to your interests, but...
00:03:49It's a mistake, your honor. She can have whatever she wants.
00:03:53We were impossible. We were like oil and water.
00:03:56I still love you.
00:03:57Me too. That's what made it so hard to leave.
00:04:00Until you hit me.
00:04:02I slapped you. I pushed your face with my...
00:04:04With your hand.
00:04:05Well, betrayal is not my best...
00:04:06Yeah, well, I know.
00:04:09I'm not the only guy who gets upset he finds his wife sleeping...
00:04:12Luca wasn't strong enough to break away without it.
00:04:18He's a jerk.
00:04:20Of course he was a jerk.
00:04:23It's not easy to find someone like you.
00:04:26Try harder.
00:04:31Oh, God, I'm already jealous.
00:04:34I know you're gonna find the right person, and when you do...
00:04:40She's gonna be the luckiest woman alive.
00:04:52To a free man.
00:04:54Here we go.
00:04:56Thank you. You never sleep alone.
00:04:59I told you not to marry her.
00:05:01You two had absolutely nothing in common.
00:05:03Forget in common, okay? She wasn't his type.
00:05:05Ray always went for brunettes.
00:05:07You're telling me.
00:05:08You're Larry's wife.
00:05:09Picky, picky.
00:05:10Plus, you're a lawyer.
00:05:11That's right. Ray likes artsy types.
00:05:13He likes them thin and dark and artistic.
00:05:15Right, so are we talking sex here or marriage or...
00:05:18What about love?
00:05:19Love?
00:05:20But in the long term, you're interested in a family, right?
00:05:23I want everything.
00:05:24The kids, the dog, Alvo.
00:05:27Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down on the family sport.
00:05:29I mean, first you get laid, then you get laid.
00:05:32Exactly. There are many, many women out there.
00:05:35Lots of skinny women, even.
00:05:37Anorexics, yes. Dark, angelic anorexics.
00:05:41They're 33 years old.
00:05:42Their biological clock's a tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.
00:05:45Come now! I'm ovulating!
00:05:50I'm fertile today.
00:05:52Just today.
00:05:54That is not how you laugh.
00:05:55It kills me to say it,
00:05:57but I'm going to agree with Norman on this.
00:05:59You are attractive, you are straight,
00:06:02you are not overtly psychotic.
00:06:05Oh, thank you.
00:06:07Listen, you just take your time,
00:06:09and don't you be a slave to your glandular reactions.
00:06:12By the way, have I ever mentioned
00:06:14that my family crest is actually a big gland?
00:06:17I rest my case.
00:06:25I am down on my knees!
00:06:28I am begging you!
00:06:30I am begging you!
00:06:32All right. This is humiliating.
00:06:35Are you deaf? Huh?
00:06:37I'm guaranteeing you 100% return in six months.
00:06:41You're my friend, Norman.
00:06:42Sure. That's why I'm bringing you the deal.
00:06:44You see, I'm going to loan money once, I'll do it again,
00:06:47and sooner or later, I'm going to lose a friend.
00:06:49Great. Well, so...
00:06:51I'm floating face down.
00:06:54All right, look.
00:06:56You know, I wanted to emphasize the positive here.
00:06:58The money's not just...
00:07:00It'd keep me alive another 72 hours, okay?
00:07:03Would your friendship allow you to do that?
00:07:05I love this!
00:07:07How much for the investment?
00:07:10To save your life.
00:07:12Well, say, 20 grand.
00:07:16I'll give you half.
00:07:18You'll save half my life?
00:07:19See, this isn't good. Between friends.
00:07:21Just forget the whole thing.
00:07:22No, no, I need the bucks. It's just that...
00:07:24I know you can afford more, and I'm wondering...
00:07:26This isn't my job to rescue you from yourself.
00:07:28All right?
00:07:32You're going to regret this.
00:07:34What?
00:07:35A year or two, fortunes could change.
00:07:37You could come to me wanting something.
00:07:41See? Now, see what happened here?
00:07:44It's the same with girls.
00:07:46A little friendly advice. Remember the girls I set you up with?
00:07:48Norman, those women were...
00:07:49I'll do better, okay? The point is, they told me.
00:07:51What you give off...
00:07:52You know, you're lonely, it's understandable,
00:07:54but it comes off needy, just like I was here,
00:07:57and it's bad technique.
00:07:59They said I was needy?
00:08:01Desperate.
00:08:02So, look, they're throwing me a party next week, okay?
00:08:0434 years old and still an asshole.
00:08:06They said I was needy.
00:08:07Forget that. I'm trying to tell you something.
00:08:09I invited a girl there, brunette, Midwest, so forth,
00:08:11perfect for you.
00:08:12No, I'm... Please, I...
00:08:13Tits? Did someone say tits?
00:08:15Like pears.
00:08:17Huh?
00:08:19And not the hard green ones, either, the juicy camis.
00:08:21You get in the box from Oregon, Harry and David.
00:08:23Norman, I'm coming to your party as your friend, all right?
00:08:26But, please, promise me
00:08:28you won't introduce me to any more women.
00:08:30Exactly my point, if you let me finish.
00:08:32Believe me, I can find her myself.
00:08:34Who says no?
00:08:35Hey, a safe doesn't have to fall on me.
00:08:37Huh.
00:08:39We still friends?
00:08:41Can I go back to work now?
00:08:46And thanks for the 20 Gs.
00:08:48Uh, uh, uh...
00:08:49Ten, ten!
00:08:53After completing the novel,
00:08:55I went back to my work on the particle accelerator.
00:08:57What is that, microchip?
00:08:58Norman is the only person I know
00:09:00who can turn his birthday into a scam,
00:09:02and he's not paying food, drinks.
00:09:05He's providing the idiots, you know,
00:09:07who might buy the work of this artist.
00:09:10Is that the artist, the cowboy?
00:09:12Of course that's him.
00:09:14Guns and buns.
00:09:16It's not that bad.
00:09:18I guarantee you, if there are any sales tonight,
00:09:20you know, Norman's friends,
00:09:22he's on it.
00:09:23Excuse me, but did he come to you about this crazy...
00:09:25Oh, the jackpot idea, 100 grand?
00:09:27Yes.
00:09:28He got the money.
00:09:29What?
00:09:30Well, he must have,
00:09:31because, well, one day he was talking to me,
00:09:33and I mean, I'm a harder seller than you are, right?
00:09:35I got two kids, private school,
00:09:36and I ain't starting our own law firm.
00:09:37I wouldn't joke.
00:09:38The guy says...
00:09:39Again?
00:09:40Hey, where you going?
00:09:46Are you Ray?
00:09:48Hey, did you... I...
00:09:50I'm Cheryl.
00:09:51Norman's friend.
00:09:53Right, that's right.
00:09:55Good to see you.
00:09:56I'm... Norman told me.
00:09:58I know, I know.
00:09:59According to him, we're practically engaged.
00:10:02Yeah.
00:10:09I just love a sense of humor in a man.
00:10:12You know, I think laughter
00:10:15is the greatest aphrodisiac.
00:10:17Don't you agree?
00:10:19In the right circumstances.
00:10:21You know, it's strange.
00:10:24I feel something.
00:10:26Do you feel something?
00:10:28I usually feel something.
00:10:30No, not like that.
00:10:32I mean, you know, when two people fix you up,
00:10:35you two will be perfect for each other.
00:10:37Blah, blah, splat, splat.
00:10:39I mean, usually it's just awful, right?
00:10:42Right.
00:10:43But it's just, somehow,
00:10:45it's just this moment we're having right now.
00:10:48This moment.
00:10:49Yeah.
00:10:52Look, I don't want to be forward,
00:10:54but would you, you know,
00:10:56like to go someplace else?
00:11:00Yes, actually.
00:11:02I, um...
00:11:04Would you excuse me for a moment?
00:11:06What?
00:11:07I don't want to be rude,
00:11:09but, uh, there's something
00:11:12that I must tell Norman.
00:11:16So, if you could, all right?
00:11:18Shit! Will you look where you're going?
00:11:20Oh, Jesus.
00:11:21This is wine you've ruined.
00:11:22Put your hands off me!
00:11:23It's bad enough you ruined my dress.
00:11:25I was just turning away from...
00:11:27You don't like me.
00:11:28No, no, no, no.
00:11:29What did he do to you?
00:11:31He is just unbelievably rude!
00:11:34Oh, you're not kidding.
00:11:36I was trying to say it was an accident.
00:11:39I was turning...
00:11:40I'll save it!
00:11:41Why don't you apologize first and foremost
00:11:43to your girlfriend and leave me alone?
00:11:45She's...
00:11:49Look, please,
00:11:50I'm sure you're a wonderful person, but...
00:11:58This jerk's funny.
00:12:02Hey, sport!
00:12:03How do you like my paw?
00:12:04If you ever set me up with another woman,
00:12:06I'm gonna kill you, understand?
00:12:08Sure, sure.
00:12:09Why don't you say something before?
00:12:12Happy birthday.
00:12:13Thank you.
00:12:32Oh, God, I'm embarrassed.
00:12:36Last week, the wine,
00:12:38bitch of the Western world.
00:12:40Oh, right.
00:12:42I'm sorry, I have to apologize.
00:12:44No, no, no, no, no.
00:12:46I'm the one who spilled...
00:12:47No, I'm a klutz.
00:12:48Things like that are always happening to me
00:12:50and it embarrasses me and...
00:12:52I took it out on you.
00:12:54Plus, I just bought that dress.
00:12:55I was trying to impress this guy.
00:12:58Did it work?
00:13:00Yeah, he was impressed with what a bitch I am.
00:13:06Um...
00:13:08I'm really sorry.
00:13:09I ruined your evening.
00:13:10If you want me to pay...
00:13:11No, you did me a favor.
00:13:12I might have gone for that guy.
00:13:13I don't need that right now.
00:13:16Besides, you changed my life.
00:13:19I switched from French wine to French water.
00:13:23So, anyway, sorry.
00:13:25Thanks and...
00:13:27Bye.
00:13:28Bye.
00:13:38I'm Ray.
00:13:42Lena.
00:13:45Hi, Lena.
00:13:58Hi.
00:14:19I know, I know.
00:14:20It's drunk and poisoning my body.
00:14:22But I got the water.
00:14:24Anyway, I believe in body wisdom.
00:14:26I think that's what it needs.
00:14:29So, what have you got here?
00:14:31Lonely guy specials?
00:14:32No.
00:14:33They have a very good selection here.
00:14:35I think the manager's a bachelor.
00:14:38You don't have a girlfriend?
00:14:40The girl at the art gallery?
00:14:42The one who made Cry?
00:14:43Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:14:46She, uh...
00:14:47No, she was...
00:14:48She was trying to rape me.
00:14:49Was this one special?
00:14:51I had one.
00:14:53How'd she come to that party?
00:14:54Are you a friend of Norman's or...
00:14:55Oh, a girlfriend of mine knows the artist.
00:14:57Marlboro Hickam?
00:14:59Yeah, he was kind of.
00:15:01Do you want to get a cup of coffee?
00:15:0323.17.
00:15:05Or a glass of French water?
00:15:08Actually, I haven't eaten yet, so...
00:15:10Me either.
00:15:16So, I'm VP sales.
00:15:19I'm moving up.
00:15:21Then the CEO decides he likes me.
00:15:25I say no, but he's used to getting what he wants.
00:15:30I have to threaten to call his wife.
00:15:34So, of course, he fires me.
00:15:37He spreads the word. It's a small community.
00:15:41I couldn't get hired anywhere in New York.
00:15:44You should have gone to court and filed some...
00:15:46Sure.
00:15:47If, as he put it, I wanted to hear every guy in the company testify that they'd had me,
00:15:53I moved out here instead.
00:16:01What a terrible...
00:16:04Yeah.
00:16:16I've never done this before.
00:16:18Had supper.
00:16:20Pick somebody up at a supermarket.
00:16:23You didn't pick me up. We bumped into each other.
00:16:25Still, you know what I mean?
00:16:27Usually, you meet somebody,
00:16:29you work together, or a friend introduces.
00:16:32It's not just a complete...
00:16:35stranger.
00:16:39Getting to know someone is like peeling an onion.
00:16:42It makes you cry?
00:16:44No.
00:16:46Layers and more layers.
00:16:51Well...
00:16:55I think we should go.
00:17:01Arigato.
00:17:03I do business in Japan.
00:17:11Where did you learn to speak it?
00:17:14I studied it at Swarthmore.
00:17:16I've forgotten most of it, but...
00:17:18I love the concept of Japanese.
00:17:20Symbols, not letters.
00:17:23This is it.
00:17:26Where I live.
00:17:32This was great.
00:17:35Yeah.
00:17:36Thanks for dinner.
00:17:44You think I could come up?
00:17:46You think I could come up?
00:17:48I mean, just for five minutes?
00:17:51It wouldn't take five minutes.
00:18:01Look, the law doesn't matter.
00:18:03This is politics.
00:18:04Now, if we take him to court, we'll win.
00:18:06But because he has a vote on the planning commission,
00:18:08right now, he's a better architect than you.
00:18:10That's the law.
00:18:11Excuse me, sir?
00:18:12Not now, Sally.
00:18:13Norman's online, too?
00:18:15Sorry.
00:18:18Well?
00:18:19It's Wednesday.
00:18:20I got my Wednesday afternoon golf game,
00:18:22and I'm out here with a mobile phone
00:18:23trying to track down some chick.
00:18:24Nobody knows her, okay?
00:18:25Nobody.
00:18:26Forget her.
00:18:27Okay.
00:18:28Thanks for trying.
00:18:46Thank you.
00:18:47Good night.
00:18:54He wouldn't get it off.
00:19:02See you soon, sweetie.
00:19:15See you soon.
00:19:46Yeah, what do you want?
00:19:48Sorry, I'm sorry.
00:19:55Hello?
00:19:56Hi.
00:19:57Lena.
00:19:58Hi.
00:19:59Hello?
00:20:00Yeah?
00:20:01It's, hi, this is Ray.
00:20:02Reardon, from, um, from last night.
00:20:06Do...
00:20:07I remember.
00:20:08I, um...
00:20:09I don't, I don't have your phone number,
00:20:11or I didn't, I don't know your last name,
00:20:13so I, there was no way for me to get in touch.
00:20:17Uh-huh.
00:20:18Go out?
00:20:19Come out?
00:20:20Now or later or, um...
00:20:24Or meet someplace or something?
00:20:27Or do you, uh...
00:20:30Do you have a phone number?
00:20:40Hello?
00:20:41Hello?
00:20:43Come on in.
00:20:54I'll be right out.
00:21:05I was just taking a shower.
00:21:12Hi.
00:21:13Hi.
00:21:14I have these same columns in my office.
00:21:23I hope, I hope I'm not intruding.
00:21:25I don't mind.
00:21:28I was waiting outside when I saw you come in.
00:21:33Why didn't you say hello?
00:21:37Well, I...
00:21:40Well...
00:21:42Strange, don't you think,
00:21:44watching me and not saying anything?
00:21:46I know, I just, uh...
00:21:48You know, you were with that guy, so...
00:21:51Tony.
00:21:53Yeah, and you kissed him downstairs, and I just...
00:21:58And you thought?
00:22:01Well, uh, maybe that you've lived with him,
00:22:03and, uh, he went to buy eggs, or...
00:22:09Tony's a friend.
00:22:12Oh.
00:22:15He's gay.
00:22:17Oh.
00:22:19Not that it's your business.
00:22:22No.
00:22:34Something's changed from last night.
00:22:40Yes, it has.
00:22:43Why?
00:22:45What's the problem?
00:22:52I like you.
00:22:55That's the problem.
00:22:59I really like you.
00:23:09That's not a problem.
00:23:39I love you.
00:24:10I love you.
00:24:31I haven't seen him.
00:24:33I haven't talked to him.
00:24:35There.
00:24:39Are you sure you want to hear this?
00:24:41Yes.
00:24:48My mother used to hit me a lot.
00:24:54Big things, little things.
00:25:00No reason at all.
00:25:03Nothing put her in a good mood.
00:25:10My father watched.
00:25:16I realized he never wanted me.
00:25:20He left as soon as I could.
00:25:25Never even sent him a postcard.
00:25:40You're so beautiful.
00:25:43Don't say that.
00:25:45Why?
00:25:46Just don't.
00:25:51Yeah.
00:25:58Look, just because I'm halfway pretty,
00:26:00guys look at my eyes and think they know me.
00:26:03Like I'm their fantasy.
00:26:06I'm just a regular screwed up person.
00:26:11So when you say I'm beautiful,
00:26:12it's like you're not saying me at all.
00:26:15Yes, I am.
00:26:17No.
00:26:21Only God, my dear, can love you for yourself alone
00:26:25and not your yellow hair.
00:26:30Gates.
00:26:32Gates.
00:26:44No boundaries.
00:26:46Everything is.
00:26:48I thought that's the way it was supposed to be in storybooks.
00:26:51Storybooks are stories in books.
00:26:53This is real life.
00:26:54Yeah.
00:27:09Got to go.
00:27:13No, you don't.
00:27:16You're the boss, right?
00:27:18All in well, take a day off.
00:27:20That simple?
00:27:22That simple.
00:27:25I thought we might take a shower.
00:27:29Yeah?
00:27:30A nice long one.
00:27:32Yeah.
00:27:34We can make love for an hour or so.
00:27:38So we can just keep on doing this.
00:27:46For how long?
00:27:51I don't know.
00:28:00Oh, no.
00:28:01Great.
00:28:03Come on.
00:28:21Come on.
00:28:44I'm so happy for him.
00:28:51I mean it.
00:29:00Hey, buddy, I have to tell you.
00:29:01That is a beautiful piece of ass.
00:29:04I can't believe the most gorgeous creature I've ever seen.
00:29:06She chose me.
00:29:07Does she like have any sisters, friends, fourth cousin, anything?
00:29:10She burned all the bridges when she left New York.
00:29:11We're only friends.
00:29:14They were already so happy together.
00:29:17By the way, I think our friend Larry is a little jealous of you.
00:29:19Why?
00:29:20Yes, because you're basically disgusting.
00:29:22You have it all.
00:29:23I do.
00:29:27Oh, I haven't danced in a while.
00:29:28Whoa, she's strong, too.
00:29:30Did you see the way she was whirling me around out there?
00:29:32Ow.
00:29:33Oh, sorry.
00:29:34Back off.
00:29:35Oh, it's nothing.
00:29:36I just...
00:29:37You and Ray like the rough stuff.
00:29:38Why didn't you tell me?
00:29:39I've got some equipment I can lend you.
00:29:40No, no, no.
00:29:41I just, I'm a klutz.
00:29:42Don't.
00:29:44Jesus, look.
00:29:45My parents dancing together.
00:29:54Baby, let's never end up like that, okay?
00:30:04Yeah!
00:30:05Yay!
00:30:06Congratulations!
00:30:08Congratulations!
00:30:18Jesus.
00:30:21It's over.
00:30:23Over? It's just beginning.
00:30:28You're not kidding.
00:30:38Halt!
00:30:39Halt!
00:30:40Halt!
00:30:41Halt!
00:30:52Hey, Ray.
00:30:53I hear you got married.
00:30:55That's beautiful.
00:30:56That's gorgeous.
00:30:57Who is she?
00:30:58Mother Dane.
00:30:59Oh, that's swell.
00:31:00The girl of your dreams, huh?
00:31:02Huh?
00:31:03Did you get her here?
00:31:04Here?
00:31:06A booth.
00:31:07A most popular exhibit.
00:31:16Maybe I should...
00:31:17What, are you crazy?
00:31:18What, are you nuts?
00:31:19You don't want to find out you got the wrong one.
00:31:21Let's go to the funhouse.
00:31:36Oh!
00:31:48She looks just like you.
00:32:06Two years.
00:32:15I love you.
00:32:21I never thought...
00:32:26it would be possible for me to have such a normal life.
00:32:36My uncle used to say...
00:32:38Sissy?
00:32:39Aren't you Sissy?
00:32:41Excuse me?
00:32:42Piru, Texas.
00:32:43I'm Cora's sister.
00:32:45I'm Lena Mathers, now Lena Reardon,
00:32:47from Dayton, Ohio.
00:32:51Oh.
00:32:52Sorry, your voice isn't quite...
00:32:55just for a minute, I thought.
00:32:58I'm very sorry.
00:33:00That's okay.
00:33:06It's so strange.
00:33:08This woman Sissy something.
00:33:11It's twice that's happened.
00:33:14Once in New York and now here.
00:33:16She looks exactly like me.
00:33:18Maybe she's my double.
00:33:20My doppelganger.
00:33:22Unless she's the one who's really alive.
00:33:24I'm just...
00:33:25You don't feel alive?
00:33:26Of course I do.
00:33:28Only doesn't life seem sometimes like this...
00:33:31very strange dream?
00:33:35I hope I don't wake up.
00:33:40Oh, come on.
00:33:42Come on.
00:33:44You're so dead.
00:33:47Yes, you are.
00:33:49Stop it.
00:33:52Oh, please.
00:33:56No, I can't do it.
00:33:57I can't.
00:33:58I can't.
00:33:59I can't do it.
00:34:00I can't.
00:34:01I can't.
00:34:03Okay?
00:34:05I'll let you know.
00:34:09I won't say anything.
00:34:11Okay, so I'll talk to you later.
00:34:13All right, bye.
00:34:15Hi.
00:34:16Who's that?
00:34:17Debbie from my dance class.
00:34:20Stuff in her marriage is insane.
00:34:23Have I met Debbie?
00:34:26No.
00:34:27Because...
00:34:28Well, she's great, but her husband is...
00:34:30It's an unusual combination.
00:34:31He's a psychopath and he's boring.
00:34:35That is unusual.
00:34:38So, how was your day?
00:34:40Any news on the Moore job?
00:34:42No, no news.
00:34:44Looks good.
00:34:49What's up with you?
00:34:57I'm sorry.
00:34:59I just haven't felt very...
00:35:00It's okay.
00:35:02I hope it'll come back.
00:35:05It will.
00:35:06The doctor said it'll take time.
00:35:17So, how's it feel?
00:35:19It's like it's become a business or something, you know?
00:35:21A partnership.
00:35:22Well, that's what marriage is.
00:35:24I don't like it.
00:35:26You're not the only one.
00:35:28Plus, I get these weird...
00:35:30jealousy suspicions.
00:35:33Oh, yeah?
00:35:34Like what?
00:35:37Oh...
00:35:39That's normal, too.
00:35:40Usually, it's just a way of driving yourself crazy.
00:35:43But not always?
00:35:46No.
00:35:48No, not always.
00:35:51What do you say you do it?
00:35:52Elaine's?
00:35:56Sometimes everything's a clue.
00:35:58And what you think is paranoia
00:36:00is actually heightened awareness.
00:36:04That's too bad.
00:36:05Not at all.
00:36:08What's sauce for the girls?
00:36:14I'm sorry, I...
00:36:16don't know what happened.
00:36:17Mr. Moore's never like...
00:36:18Oh, no, no, don't even think about it.
00:36:19Don't...
00:36:21Mr. Belden, please pick up the phone.
00:36:24Mr. Belden, please pick up the phone.
00:36:32I'm sorry.
00:36:35It's just...
00:36:36We've spoken on the phone so many times,
00:36:38and I never...
00:36:39had any idea that you were so attractive.
00:36:42Thank you.
00:36:44But, personally,
00:36:45I prefer brains to beauty.
00:36:47Don't you?
00:36:48No, of course.
00:36:49Yes, um, yes.
00:36:50No, I'm, uh, yeah.
00:36:51I'm...
00:36:52I mean, I didn't endure
00:36:53the four years at Swarthmore
00:36:54in order to...
00:36:55You went to Swarthmore?
00:36:56Yes.
00:36:58So did my wife.
00:36:59Really?
00:37:01So, what year were you?
00:37:04Swarthmore?
00:37:05Eighty-three.
00:37:06Well, then, uh...
00:37:08Did you know Lena Mathers?
00:37:12I don't think so.
00:37:14No.
00:37:15But those years were crazy.
00:37:17Between the frenzy for grades and jobs,
00:37:19and, you know,
00:37:20then in the middle of all of that,
00:37:21the president of the college, Sam Shaw,
00:37:23died of a heart attack
00:37:24as he was speaking to us.
00:37:27I hardly remember my best friends.
00:37:30Oh, Mr. Murrow.
00:37:44It's beautiful.
00:37:52We're going to Japan.
00:37:54We are?
00:37:55Mm-hmm.
00:37:56You got the Murrow job?
00:37:57Mm-hmm.
00:37:58That's great.
00:37:59It is great.
00:38:00This building is gonna be like nothing else
00:38:02in the whole world.
00:38:06I'm so proud of you.
00:38:09By the way, what year were you at Swarthmore?
00:38:12Eighty-four. Why?
00:38:13This woman who works for Murrow,
00:38:14Celine Rogers,
00:38:16she was there at the same time.
00:38:19I don't remember her.
00:38:21No, she didn't remember you either.
00:38:24Remember Sam Shaw?
00:38:28Who?
00:38:30Died of a heart attack.
00:38:34Oh, he was a classmate.
00:38:36God, he died of a heart attack?
00:38:39It's scary, isn't it?
00:38:41Someone my age,
00:38:43bad things can just come out of nowhere.
00:38:48Ha!
00:38:53Sadly.
00:39:48♪♪♪
00:40:11Can I help you find something?
00:40:14Is your real name Sissy?
00:40:17What?
00:40:18You heard me.
00:40:20You mean, am I really this other woman who looks like me?
00:40:23Yeah.
00:40:24Like a sci-fi thing, we've been switched or something?
00:40:27Not like sci-fi, like real, like are you really her?
00:40:33I don't know, Ray. I never studied philosophy.
00:40:35Questions like that make my head hurt.
00:40:38I forgot to have Sally go to the bank.
00:40:40I need some cash.
00:40:43No problem.
00:40:51Hi.
00:40:53Hi.
00:40:54Hi.
00:40:55Hi.
00:40:56Hi.
00:40:57Hi.
00:40:58Hi.
00:40:59Hi.
00:41:00Hi.
00:41:01Hi.
00:41:02Hi.
00:41:03Hi.
00:41:04Hi.
00:41:05Hi.
00:41:06Hi.
00:41:10Now you tell Mr. Mura he can't keep you east longer or I'll die of loneliness.
00:41:13I will. Bye-bye.
00:41:15Ray.
00:41:18Kiss me.
00:41:27I love you, Elena.
00:41:29I love you.
00:41:30I love you, too.
00:41:36We welcome you back to WTXC, right here in Piru, Texas, home of the Sawn-Off Shotgun.
00:41:49If you don't like our music, leave town.
00:42:07Hey, just let it rise.
00:42:13Cause it ain't about pride now, it ain't about...
00:42:16Hello.
00:42:19I'm the executor of a very large estate. I'm trying to find someone who used to live here.
00:42:23Do you recognize her?
00:42:25First name or nickname is Sissy.
00:42:30Never seen her.
00:42:32On the other side of loneliness
00:42:37On the other side of the blues
00:42:42There really is a place like this
00:42:46Where the sun is gonna shine for you
00:42:52You feel that old restlessness
00:42:57And your tears have all been cried
00:43:02And you find your way over there
00:43:05Yeah, you make it to the other side
00:43:13There you go. Got a stake?
00:43:14Yeah.
00:43:15Playing speculation or what?
00:43:27Think people are put on earth for this old purpose, drive other people crazy?
00:43:33My father had my mom put away and he's one made to lose her marbles.
00:43:37Do you know her?
00:43:40Sissy.
00:43:42Hope she's nothing to you.
00:43:46She's my wife.
00:43:48Figures.
00:43:50She run off and leave you?
00:43:51No.
00:43:52I don't give a time.
00:43:55Is that what she did to you?
00:43:58She did things to me I can't even pronounce.
00:44:02Sorry.
00:44:04Not good for this though.
00:44:06She always had it in her mind to marry somebody rich.
00:44:23Gotta go to work.
00:44:28What's her name?
00:44:31Mom.
00:44:32Her real name?
00:44:33You don't know.
00:44:38Thelma Snader.
00:44:41She still have family here?
00:44:45Yeah.
00:44:47Most folks find this stuff interesting.
00:44:49Well.
00:44:51Most folks find this stuff out beforehand.
00:44:54Well.
00:44:56Up that road there.
00:44:58Right on Branch.
00:45:00Left on Hickory.
00:45:02It's third house.
00:45:06Tell her hi from Buddy.
00:45:07Yeah.
00:45:19Mrs. Snader.
00:45:20Yes.
00:45:22Oh my God.
00:45:23It's Ray.
00:45:25Yes Ma'am.
00:45:27Is everything okay?
00:45:29Yes.
00:45:30Come here.
00:45:31Come here quickly.
00:45:33You'll be all right.
00:45:34It's okay.
00:45:35It's just a cold.
00:45:37It's okay.
00:45:39It's okay.
00:45:41It's okay.
00:45:43It's okay.
00:45:44It's okay.
00:45:46It's okay.
00:45:47Come in quickly.
00:45:50Is it safe for you to be here?
00:45:52Safe?
00:45:53With your job.
00:45:56I'm sorry. I misunderstood.
00:45:57Oh, you don't have to pretend. Sissy wrote us all about it.
00:46:02Hey!
00:46:05Hey!
00:46:07What do you want?
00:46:09Come see for yourself!
00:46:13You got any recent pictures of Tina?
00:46:15I do, actually, yes.
00:46:18Well, I'll be! Put her there, Ray.
00:46:21It's good to finally meet you.
00:46:23Could you go and get us some coffee, hon?
00:46:41Surprise!
00:46:46Thank you.
00:46:51I'm glad it's over.
00:46:54Dan.
00:46:57Come see the baby.
00:47:00Look at this.
00:47:05Y'all need any help out there?
00:47:07No, thanks.
00:47:10I'm in the CIA.
00:47:12You're in the CIA?
00:47:14I had to give them some reason why they couldn't visit.
00:47:17What about that story of your mother beating you and your father watching?
00:47:21Not true.
00:47:23There's lots of different kinds of abuse within a family.
00:47:26Right, okay.
00:47:28But if the things that you tell me aren't true,
00:47:31then what is true, Lena?
00:47:34Who are you?
00:47:38I'm your wife.
00:47:43Call her Sissy because we wanted to have another child, a boy.
00:47:48Of course, we never did.
00:47:51But Sissy was always so, so beautiful that it didn't really matter.
00:47:57Still, when she wrote me that she was...
00:48:00It wrote us.
00:48:02Of course, it goes without saying.
00:48:04Well, then say it.
00:48:06She wrote us. She was changing her name.
00:48:09She wrote us. She was changing her name.
00:48:12Well, naturally, I was insulted.
00:48:14We both were.
00:48:16But it was kind of a woman's lib thing.
00:48:19Women change their name for a man when they get married,
00:48:22so why not change it for their own sakes?
00:48:25But she'll always be Sissy to us.
00:48:30Your parents seem to be perfectly decent people.
00:48:33Yep.
00:48:35Why'd you hide them from me?
00:48:37They're stuck.
00:48:39In Texas, in poverty.
00:48:42Can't you feel it? They were this weight dragging me down.
00:48:45If I'd have stayed there, I would have married that guy,
00:48:48but I would have had his kids.
00:48:50I would have drunk beer every night till I got home.
00:48:53And I would have had my kids.
00:48:55I would have had his kids.
00:48:57I would have drunk beer every night
00:48:59till I got really fat, ugly, and bored.
00:49:02So I invented myself.
00:49:04I made up Lena Mathers, and I became her.
00:49:07They say you replace every molecule in your body every seven years.
00:49:11I changed my name eight years ago.
00:49:13No more Thelma Snyder.
00:49:17Aren't you going to give me credit for it?
00:49:20Doesn't it seem at least brave
00:49:22that I just became this completely different person?
00:49:25It makes me look at you in a completely different way.
00:49:28Me or you?
00:49:30Isn't the real question who are you?
00:49:32Are you really Ray Reardon,
00:49:34or is that the name your parents hung on you?
00:49:36You've always been a good boy.
00:49:38You've gone along with who Ray was supposed to be,
00:49:40done what Ray was supposed to do.
00:49:42But who are you? Where are you really from?
00:49:44What do you really want?
00:49:53I'm tired.
00:49:55I don't want to go to bed.
00:50:11I tried to tell you so many times, lying here like this.
00:50:17I'd say to myself,
00:50:21now Lena, tell him.
00:50:25I wish you had.
00:50:29I was afraid.
00:50:34If you knew the real me,
00:50:38I'd lose you.
00:50:41I'd lose you.
00:50:47There's a little girl now.
00:50:49Come and see her, Papa.
00:50:51She does.
00:50:53Goodbye, Papa.
00:50:58If you're not divorcing me, I'd like to send them money every month.
00:51:01Sure.
00:51:02And we're okay.
00:51:04Look at me.
00:51:11Tell me it's the truth.
00:51:14You know it is.
00:51:20No matter who you were, and no matter who you are,
00:51:22and no matter who you will be,
00:51:24I'm in love with you.
00:51:35From now on, better than ever.
00:51:40I love you.
00:51:42I love you.
00:51:44I love you.
00:51:50You're late, Ray.
00:51:52The show's already started.
00:51:54Ray!
00:51:56Ray, my boy!
00:51:58You're looking grand!
00:52:00You like these, huh?
00:52:02And this?
00:52:04Tell me, Ray.
00:52:06Tell me true.
00:52:08Tell me true.
00:52:10Am I the girl of your dreams?
00:52:12Actually.
00:52:14Of course not!
00:52:16Look! Lookie here.
00:52:18Some guys look at the eyes.
00:52:22Some guys look at the thighs.
00:52:26I just look at the purse.
00:52:28How about that? You like it, Ray?
00:52:30Sure you do!
00:52:32Recognize her yet, huh?
00:52:34And now, the moment we've all been waiting for.
00:52:37The moment which will determine Ray Ray's fate!
00:52:41Here she is, folks!
00:52:51And last but not least, it's Baby Bob!
00:52:55Yeah!
00:52:57For those of you who don't remember Bob Baby from last year's Cutie Pie contest,
00:53:00well, he wasn't born yet.
00:53:02Okay, and now, it's Tina, cute as ever.
00:53:05Yeah, and Lena, cuter than ever.
00:53:08That's right. All right, come on now, that's it.
00:53:10Don't save it, baby. Feel the burn.
00:53:12That a girl. Okay, and...
00:53:14Pinhead Ray, that's right. Pinhead Ray with the perfect life!
00:53:17He's got the perfect wife, the perfect family.
00:53:19Why, he's got everything a man could possibly want,
00:53:21except a Wednesday afternoon golf game and, well, a cute young mistress.
00:53:24But never mind that now. He doesn't have time for any of these things.
00:53:26Stop it, Norman. That's not funny.
00:53:28Exactly my point. According to the East German judge Lena, it's not funny.
00:53:31So now we come to our legal beagle, Elaine, and her client,
00:53:33Bernardo from West Side Story, and...
00:53:36a post. That is a great post, by the way.
00:53:39And now, let's turn the camera on.
00:53:41This guy, yes, this is a stupid guy.
00:53:44This is a guy who can't make a living.
00:53:46This is, this is, uh, a pain in the ass.
00:53:49Thank you, Ray, thank you.
00:53:51This is a guy who's going nowhere fast.
00:53:53This is, this is, uh, a pain in the ass again.
00:53:57Thank you, Ray, yes. A pain in the ass.
00:53:59Stop me? I can't be stopped.
00:54:01That's why somebody shoot the camera.
00:54:03One moment, for Christ's sake.
00:54:05Tell me twice.
00:54:07Hey, where's the beer?
00:54:10So, uh, how's everything since we talked this morning?
00:54:14Come on.
00:54:16No, come on, I haven't seen Lena in a while.
00:54:18She looks great. You're right, she looks great.
00:54:20Four months after giving birth, she looks really great.
00:54:22Very, very great, and I'll be honest with you...
00:54:24Yes?
00:54:26No, I won't, actually. I changed my mind, and I will not be honest.
00:54:29Because, uh, it's just that I, uh, I think I saw somewhere...
00:54:32where for them, giving birth is like having an affair.
00:54:35That's what I mean. It gives them a glow.
00:54:37A glow, yes.
00:54:39So she's alive again in a whole new way, and that's beautiful.
00:54:41A glow?
00:54:43You, by the way, can kiss my ass, and that'll make us both happy.
00:54:46You're the strangest thing. See for yourself.
00:54:49Well, Bernardo?
00:54:51Well, he doesn't look like him to me.
00:54:53Not at all.
00:54:55I rest my case. He doesn't look like either of his parents.
00:54:57I think he was switched in the hospital.
00:54:59Oh, I'm sorry.
00:55:01Is that what happened? Did some drunken nurse switch you?
00:55:07There you go.
00:55:09Good night.
00:55:11Good night.
00:55:13Good night, sweetie.
00:55:15Good night.
00:55:24I can't.
00:55:29Oh, I told you I couldn't.
00:55:32Of course I won't.
00:55:34It's just...
00:55:38You just have to be patient.
00:55:41Yeah?
00:55:43Uh-huh.
00:55:46I absolutely guarantee it.
00:55:51Yeah, okay.
00:55:55Okay.
00:55:58Bye.
00:56:05Debbie.
00:56:08She wants me to go see those male strippers.
00:56:13That should be fun.
00:56:18Could you try her again, please?
00:56:20I just did, sir.
00:56:23Keep trying her every ten minutes until you reach her.
00:56:28Yes, sir, but it's Wednesday. I have that funeral tomorrow, so I'm leaving early.
00:56:34Just keep trying, please, until you go.
00:56:37Yes, sir, of course.
00:56:44Bye.
00:56:50I love these late dinners after the kids are asleep.
00:56:53You have a bruise on your leg.
00:56:55Christ.
00:56:57Where'd you get it?
00:56:59My shrink says I should...
00:57:01Why do I always have to go through this?
00:57:03I'm clumsy, I bruise easily, and I don't want to talk about it every time I bump into a chair.
00:57:07Did you cook this?
00:57:09No, it's takeout.
00:57:11What?
00:57:12Why didn't you cook?
00:57:14Because cooking gets boring. Why didn't you cook?
00:57:16I work all day.
00:57:18What's wrong with you?
00:57:38I hope you enjoy these psychotic episodes.
00:57:40So you go to his place?
00:57:42Excuse me?
00:57:43You fuck him at his place?
00:57:45What are you talking about?
00:57:54Open it up.
00:57:59Did your secretary tell you I called today?
00:58:03At noon. I was out on site.
00:58:07I called back all afternoon.
00:58:11I had this fantasy of coming to your office and screwing your brains out on top of your desk.
00:58:16I guess the fantasy was misplaced.
00:58:19When you weren't there, I went to my shrink's, and then I went to Debbie's.
00:58:23If you don't believe me, call Debbie.
00:58:25Want to call her?
00:58:31Go ahead.
00:58:40The machine.
00:58:42And you didn't leave a message.
00:58:46You won't leave a message here.
00:58:51You're sick. Get some help.
00:59:11Ray.
00:59:14What do you want, Ray?
00:59:20I know what you want.
00:59:26Pretend it's all a dream.
00:59:41Sorry I'm late, everybody.
00:59:45Are you the temp?
00:59:48Yes, sir. Alice Keller.
00:59:50I'm Ray Reardon. Did my... I guess my secretary left.
00:59:55Have we met?
00:59:57No, sir.
00:59:59I don't believe we have.
01:00:02Yes, we have.
01:00:04I'm Ray Reardon.
01:00:06I don't believe we have.
01:00:09Yes, we have. Wait, you're, um...
01:00:11You're friends with my wife, right? Lena?
01:00:15Sure you are.
01:00:17Lena Mathers. You were at our wedding.
01:00:21Tell me.
01:00:30What a nice idea to meet in a park.
01:00:32You recognize that woman?
01:00:46You hired a temp to be your friend?
01:00:48A person's supposed to have friends, right?
01:00:54Everyone has friends.
01:00:56When you told her what the job was,
01:00:58you were laughing at me, making fun of me.
01:01:00She didn't understand.
01:01:03See, it wasn't just that I became Lena
01:01:05and Lena happened to meet you.
01:01:09I chose you.
01:01:13I first saw you five years ago in New York.
01:01:19Party on the west side, riverside,
01:01:21in the 90s up there.
01:01:23I saw you, and somehow I knew...
01:01:26I knew you were it.
01:01:31I was still married.
01:01:33Then later I heard you'd left your wife.
01:01:37A friend of mine, Mimi Moore, knows Norman,
01:01:39and so she got information from him.
01:01:42Information?
01:01:44What kind of things you like, what kind of woman you like.
01:01:46Wait, wait a minute, wait a minute.
01:01:48So what you've pretended...
01:01:50Just a few things, just the outside.
01:01:52The inside.
01:01:54Just a few things, just the outside.
01:01:59It's like putting on new clothes or a new perfume.
01:02:02Personality is a perfume.
01:02:06Sure.
01:02:08Perfume's intended to attract somebody,
01:02:10but it's not the thing you fall in love with, is it?
01:02:14I don't know.
01:02:21Is this the end?
01:02:25I can't keep opening my heart to you and getting...
01:02:28Isn't that what love is?
01:02:31I don't mean passion.
01:02:33Love.
01:02:37Isn't it an act of faith?
01:02:39Loving someone despite having to put up with things which are intolerable.
01:02:47Opening your heart.
01:02:51Again.
01:02:54And again.
01:02:59She's right.
01:03:01I mean, are you perfect?
01:03:03No, but you want to be loved anyway, right?
01:03:05Love her anyway.
01:03:07It's how we save ourselves, by loving people.
01:03:10I mean, I could tell you some stories about Elaine, it's just...
01:03:13I feel like a fool.
01:03:15No.
01:03:17We're all fools in love.
01:03:19Aren't we?
01:03:22Follow your heart.
01:03:28Thanks, man.
01:03:30Yeah.
01:03:32This is what friends are for.
01:03:40Hal, they're being very generous.
01:03:42I just don't need the work.
01:03:44You should lower the pitch.
01:03:46All right.
01:03:48Okay, listen, on that other matter, just forget it, okay?
01:03:50Let's settle.
01:03:52Yeah, okay. He's always in the car.
01:03:54Just a very...
01:03:56Also, Sally, we should call Mr. Murr, please, all right?
01:03:58Yes, sir. Also, your wife's visa bill came here instead of the house.
01:04:02Lena handles the money. Why would they have sent...
01:04:04Apparently it's a new card, and I made a mistake.
01:04:06Okay, so pay it, and I'll ask her about it tonight.
01:04:09Do you want to look it over?
01:04:11No.
01:04:15Should I?
01:04:18No.
01:04:36What day of the week was May 27th?
01:04:38A Wednesday, sir.
01:04:49Would you call my house, please?
01:04:51I did, sir. She's not home.
01:04:55Try the Hotel Chanticleer.
01:04:57Yes, sir.
01:05:06Lena Reardon, please.
01:05:11She's checked out.
01:05:18Okay.
01:05:35You got the keys?
01:05:37Oh, good girl.
01:05:41Hi, sweetie. Be careful.
01:05:43Hi.
01:05:45I put a snack on the table.
01:05:48Hi.
01:05:52Hi.
01:05:59Jean, take the kids out.
01:06:01What?
01:06:02Take the kids outside, please.
01:06:04Where will I take them?
01:06:05Anywhere. The park.
01:06:06Yes, sir.
01:06:07Come on, Tina.
01:06:11Come on. Tina, come on.
01:06:18Is it really necessary to throw a scene every single day?
01:06:27What's that for?
01:06:47Come on.
01:07:12He threw away the bill.
01:07:14What bill?
01:07:16The Chanticleer, every fucking Wednesday.
01:07:21I throw it away.
01:07:39Let me ask you this.
01:07:41Why weren't you more careful?
01:07:43Why didn't you get a second diaphragm, or...
01:07:46I mean, leaving evidence around like this, it's sloppy.
01:07:49Why didn't you use a prophylactic?
01:07:51Sometimes we do use a prophylactic, and sometimes I just give him a blowjob.
01:07:57I always knew you were abusive.
01:07:59I do you, you do me.
01:08:01Who is it?
01:08:03Don't you know?
01:08:05Can't you guess?
01:08:08Debbie.
01:08:11Debbie's an answering machine.
01:08:13That's right. Just a woman's voice. Someone's saying they're Debbie.
01:08:16Who the fuck is it?
01:08:18You know him better than I do.
01:08:20Well, in some ways you know him better,
01:08:23and in other ways I know him better.
01:08:26What? Aren't I telling you what you've always suspected?
01:08:30What you've always wanted to hear?
01:08:34What else do you want to hear?
01:08:36Want to hear how good it was?
01:08:38Stop it.
01:08:39It was fucking great. His cock is so huge.
01:08:42He makes me cum and cum and cum.
01:08:47And the amazing thing is, really, all this time you never suspected.
01:08:51All the time?
01:08:52The whole time, Ray.
01:08:54Even before we were married.
01:08:56All my bruises.
01:09:00The whole time?
01:09:02What about the kids?
01:09:06Are they mine?
01:09:09Do you know?
01:09:10Of course I do.
01:09:14Whose are they?
01:09:19I loved them, and I raised them.
01:09:23Yes, you have.
01:09:27But I'm still not going to tell you.
01:09:40Ha ha.
01:09:46Is that all?
01:10:09No.
01:10:25Wednesday.
01:10:27Wednesday.
01:10:28No, man, it's fucking half game.
01:10:40Mr. Reardon.
01:10:41Who are you?
01:10:42I'm Dr. Steinlein, a psychiatrist.
01:10:44What the fuck happened here? Where's my wife?
01:10:46You called, she was hysterical. I am here to evaluate your mental state.
01:10:50My mental state?
01:10:51If you're a danger to your wife, we can have you committed for 72 hours observation.
01:10:55Get the fuck out of here, you son of a bitch.
01:10:57Officer! Officer!
01:11:04What the fuck's this?
01:11:06Take him away.
01:11:095150.
01:11:21You will be held for observation according to Welfare and Institutions Code 5150.
01:11:28You may use the telephone, wear your own clothes, and you may petition the court at any time for your release.
01:11:35I don't care what kind of law you practice, Al. I don't care who you're being, I don't care what it costs.
01:11:38I want out of here right now.
01:11:41The law? Fuck the law.
01:11:52And now, baby cakes, the moment you've all been waiting for.
01:11:56The moment which will determine Ray Reardon's fate.
01:11:59Here she is, folks.
01:12:02That's right, Ray. It wasn't your second wife, it was your first.
01:12:06You should have stayed with Martha.
01:12:08Come on down, come on. Give her one last dance.
01:12:31Come on.
01:12:54Hi, sweetie.
01:13:02How are the kids at Miss Slip?
01:13:05Just peachy. Want to go for a walk?
01:13:12I can't believe they let us out together.
01:13:15Oscar will protect me. Facility is expensive.
01:13:19What if I fly into a rage and attack you?
01:13:22You're sedated.
01:13:24I am? I don't feel sedated.
01:13:28That's because you're crazy.
01:13:31So, what are you doing here?
01:13:35Friday's your hearing. I wanted to tell you.
01:13:39Whichever way it goes. Whichever way it goes?
01:13:43I know it's dangerous. I know it's crazy.
01:13:45They aren't going to keep me in here.
01:13:49I just wanted to say...
01:13:52Ray...
01:13:58In spite of everything...
01:14:02I love you.
01:14:06I really, truly love you.
01:14:09Norma will be disappointed.
01:14:12Yeah. You've seen who I really am.
01:14:17You've seen more than anybody ever.
01:14:21And you kept on loving me.
01:14:32You're a psychopath.
01:14:37Probably.
01:14:40Psychopaths can still love somebody, can't they?
01:14:54Your Honor. Counselor.
01:14:56My client's been off medication for 36 hours?
01:14:58Yes, of course.
01:14:59His staff should be bringing him in any minute now.
01:15:18Mr. Reardon, you requested this writ hearing?
01:15:20Yes, Your Honor.
01:15:21You're being incarcerated against your will.
01:15:24And Dr. Spatz, the hospital recommends?
01:15:26Well, it's a perplexing case, Your Honor.
01:15:28I suspect an atypical psychosis, but I need more time to evaluate.
01:15:34180 days additional.
01:15:35Wait a minute.
01:15:38Well, considering the danger to his wife, yes.
01:15:40That's what I'd recommend.
01:15:43Mr. Reardon, you understand this is a legal proceeding.
01:15:46But I find it very useful if the patient testifies first.
01:15:50Your Honor, we prefer...
01:15:51I'm glad to hear it.
01:15:53You're saying that your wife created a character and identity
01:15:56so you would fall in love with her?
01:15:58Yes.
01:15:59And she was guided by your friend this Norman?
01:16:01Yes.
01:16:02Who she slept with throughout your marriage at this...
01:16:05Hotel Chanticleer.
01:16:07And she'd call him sometimes on the phone
01:16:09and pretend it was this fictitious girlfriend, Debbie.
01:16:13I mean, this sounds so crazy, but...
01:16:15No, no, no, not at all.
01:16:16But the discovery of all this in such a short time made...
01:16:26I hit her.
01:16:30I've never done that before.
01:16:32And the idea that I pose some sort of permanent danger to her
01:16:35is just ludicrous.
01:16:37I understand.
01:16:38I think any of us making that sort of discovery...
01:16:41Ah, right.
01:16:44Now, let's see what the other side has to say.
01:16:48I'd like to call Dr. Steen, please.
01:16:51Dr. Steen, as Mrs. Reardon's psychiatrist,
01:16:54do you find that her husband poses a threat to her life?
01:16:56I've thought so for some time.
01:16:59Mrs. Reardon has been seeing me for several years.
01:17:03And on many occasions, she's had visible and very alarming symptoms.
01:17:08When I asked her about them, she said that her husband hit her.
01:17:11That's bullshit, Mr. Reardon.
01:17:15I've advised Lena frequently to go and see the police.
01:17:21So when this latest incident occurred...
01:17:25Your Honor, may I?
01:17:27Al, I told you before, I never hit that high.
01:17:29She's done this to herself, look...
01:17:30I'll take care of this.
01:17:31She's a fucking freak.
01:17:32I'll take care of this.
01:17:33I'll look!
01:17:34I'll look.
01:17:35I'll take care.
01:17:38I'll look.
01:17:39I'll look.
01:17:40I'll look!
01:17:49No.
01:17:51I'm going to have to look.
01:17:52I'll look.
01:17:54I'll look.
01:17:55I'm so fucking afraid of him.
01:17:59Then Mr. Reardon's accusation is about you and his wife.
01:18:03Look, I'm an asshole, Your Honor. Can I say that?
01:18:07All right, see, I've always been an asshole, but this?
01:18:11Even if Lena wanted me...
01:18:15Well, I probably couldn't resist, to be honest.
01:18:19Once I could have. I mean, look at her.
01:18:22To carry on this long?
01:18:26Ray is my friend.
01:18:30Besides, every Wednesday afternoon for the last ten years,
01:18:34I've played golf.
01:18:38Oh, I brought some letters from my golf buddies.
01:18:42Some, uh...
01:18:46Then these bruises, have you seen them before?
01:18:50Sure.
01:18:54And are you aware of any other examples of violence, particularly towards women?
01:18:58What was that?
01:19:02Ray's first wife, Martha, when they broke up, he slapped her.
01:19:06I'm sorry.
01:19:10Your Honor, that was four and a half years ago.
01:19:14So noted, Counselor.
01:19:18And your name?
01:19:22Debbie Tribium.
01:19:26And what is your relationship?
01:19:30I'm just, uh... I'm a friend of Lena's from dance class.
01:19:34And she calls me on the phone sometimes.
01:19:38Have you met Mr. Reardon?
01:19:42Sure, a couple of times. I had dinner there once I dropped by.
01:19:46Debbie, you work for a temporary agency.
01:19:50Excuse me?
01:19:54Do you?
01:19:58I own a cookie shop on the north side. Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin.
01:20:02Uh, it's a penthouse apartment with, um, cathedral ceilings.
01:20:06Um...
01:20:10The living room is on the right, kitchen's on the left, and, uh...
01:20:14All right, all right.
01:20:18Mr. Reardon, you're a distinguished architect without a blemish on your record.
01:20:22There's no history of any mental illness. I'm sane, Your Honor.
01:20:26You look sane, you sound sane, sir. But everything you say seems to be a delusion.
01:20:30Frankly, I'd like to believe you, but without a witness or some sort of corroboration.
01:20:34Your Honor, what about her bills?
01:20:38The Hotel Chanticleer, every Wednesday. $333, $379.
01:20:42Mrs. Reardon?
01:20:46Your Honor, I went to this Hotel Chanticleer, and, um, I have a letter from the manager
01:20:50saying he's never seen me before, that I'm not the Lena Reardon he knows.
01:20:54Then who's responsible for these charges?
01:20:58Mr. Reardon had a credit card once or twice and then lost it.
01:21:02I didn't realize it was missing until a few days ago.
01:21:06I called the company and they sent over copies of the charges if you'd like to compare signatures.
01:21:10Uh, that's not necessary. What?
01:21:14I'm sorry, Mr. Reardon. You're sorry? You're sorry?
01:21:18This is my wife we're talking about. I'm aware of that, sir, and I'm doing you a favor.
01:21:22If you weren't in this hospital, your wife could have put you in jail.
01:21:26Do you see what she's doing? I mean, she's stolen my children.
01:21:30She's stolen my house, and she's manipulating you.
01:21:34Mr. Reardon, that's enough. Put your fucking hands off me. I'm warning you, sir.
01:21:38Oh, fuck you. All right? You've already made up your fucking mind.
01:21:42Very well, then. Proceed.
01:21:46Just watch it. You have no idea who you're dealing with.
01:21:50She lies to me, and she tells a different lie to you.
01:21:54She passed you. Some fucking machine. She is a machine. Mr. Reardon...
01:21:58I'm a machine. You married me. I married you, and I loved you, and you're fucking killing me.
01:22:06Your Honor, please.
01:22:12Here, take this.
01:22:16Don't let us wear these in here.
01:22:20Let's go.
01:22:28How are we doing today, Ray?
01:22:40God bless pharmaceuticals.
01:22:44You know what my daddy says?
01:22:50My daddy says there are no accidents.
01:22:54That we all get exactly what we want.
01:22:58Your daddy's wrong.
01:23:02Talk about it.
01:23:06Family makes you crazy, and friends ease the pain.
01:23:10Right, John?
01:23:14Yeah, that's what friends are for.
01:23:18Friends.
01:23:48It's Ray.
01:23:52Visit me soon, and don't tell anybody you're coming.
01:24:04Go to bed.
01:24:18Good night.
01:24:42Ray?
01:24:46I'm here.
01:24:50Is it all right if I take him outside?
01:24:54You're safe. With the drugs he's on, he couldn't hurt a flying December.
01:24:58Come on.
01:25:02You called me, right? I'm sure it was you.
01:25:06Well, look, I've been doing some work on my own to get you out of here,
01:25:10but this is a very weird legal area.
01:25:14Thanks for coming. You know why I'm in here, right?
01:25:18Well, I was wrong about Pullman, and I think it was Larry.
01:25:22What was Larry?
01:25:26Is that possible? For a long time? Four or five years?
01:25:30It's possible, but I...
01:25:34It's more than possible. It explains...
01:25:38It would explain a...
01:25:42And go to New Zealand.
01:25:46What?
01:25:50He bought a house in New Zealand without my knowledge.
01:25:54It was a down payment we couldn't afford, and when I found out about it,
01:25:58he told me that it was some kind of an investment.
01:26:06Don't ever tell him you know. I won't.
01:26:10Make his life a misery.
01:26:14Believe me.
01:26:22I want to retain your legal services.
01:26:26Is there any way you can be forced to reveal this conversation? No.
01:26:30Good. Then tell me if this will work.
01:26:34Lena, it's Elaine.
01:26:38I'm out here visiting Ray.
01:26:42No, he's sedated. He's silent.
01:26:46But he did say this one thing. He said,
01:26:50you made a mistake. I don't know,
01:26:54but he kept repeating it. He said, you made a big mistake.
01:26:58You forgot something.
01:27:02Okay.
01:27:06Yeah, you too.
01:27:10I don't know, Ray, maybe.
01:27:14Maybe not. Okay, Ray, I'll see you soon.
01:27:18Good luck.
01:27:32Billy.
01:27:36Billy, wake up.
01:27:40Talk about it.
01:27:44What's my name? John.
01:27:48What's your name? John.
01:27:52Do you want $100? American money?
01:27:56You bet. I'll remind you every night,
01:28:00I'll tap you on the knee, and you'll know what to do.
01:28:04Okay? Okay, John.
01:28:16Amazing!
01:28:30I'm ready.
01:28:34I'm right as rain, ready as Robert.
01:28:38Don't worry about me, John.
01:28:46Oh, hi. He's over there.
01:29:00Ray?
01:29:04That's how he is.
01:29:14Go ahead.
01:29:30Happy birthday.
01:29:34Happy birthday.
01:29:38Happy birthday.
01:29:42Timber!
01:29:50Timber!
01:29:54Jesus, Billy, who woke you up?
01:29:58Get off of me!
01:30:06Your old boyfriend, Buddy,
01:30:10his father had his mother committed.
01:30:14Is that where you got the idea?
01:30:18Maybe.
01:30:22So everything was planned.
01:30:26Well done.
01:30:34I just think it's wonderful that you've come.
01:30:38I came because of some bullshit you told Elaine.
01:30:42Speaking of plans, are you really going to New Zealand with Larry?
01:30:46Larry? When I'm done with him, he'll wish he was you.
01:30:50What are you gonna do with my kids?
01:30:54Take your kids with me and tell them you died, or maybe I'll just leave them.
01:30:58I don't think so. You still don't have the faintest clue who I am or what I do.
01:31:02Likewise.
01:31:06You're ravishing.
01:31:10You okay?
01:31:14Never better.
01:31:18Never, never better.
01:31:22What are you doing?
01:31:26Well, this is the last time we're gonna see each other, right?
01:31:30Right.
01:31:34I want to thank you with all sincerity.
01:31:38I've been sleepwalking my whole life, and you've woken me up, and I feel alive now.
01:31:42You're fucked.
01:31:46Yes, but I'm alive.
01:31:50Yes, but I'm alive and inspired.
01:31:54I mean, you saw your plan with such clarity, such ruthlessness. Well done.
01:31:58Let me go. No. I'll scream.
01:32:02No, you won't. Why won't I?
01:32:06Because everyone will come running, and you won't get it.
01:32:10Get what? What you want.
01:32:14What you deserve.
01:32:18There's a flaw in your plan.
01:32:22You were so good at it.
01:32:26And you might want to do it again.
01:32:34Okay, tell me.
01:32:38Kiss me first.
01:32:42What? Kiss me, and I'll tell.
01:32:46Only it has to be a real kiss.
01:32:50Something to remember.
01:32:54We don't need Oscar.
01:32:58We don't need anyone.
01:33:02Kiss me.
01:33:06And I'll release you.
01:33:16Who are you, Lena?
01:33:24Who will you be when you die?
01:33:28You don't have the guts.
01:33:32No, no. No, Ray. You're too practical. What about the consequences?
01:33:36There are no consequences.
01:33:40That's the flaw in your plan.
01:33:44I'm crazy. You've driven me crazy.
01:33:48It was a whole idea.
01:33:52Crazy people aren't responsible.
01:33:56Crazy people aren't legally responsible.
01:34:00I'm not guilty by reason of insanity.
01:34:04In a year, I'll be sane again, and they'll have to let me out.
01:34:14Kiss me.
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