HERE. TAKE MY PICTURE.
WHY?
HAPPY THOUGHTS.
FOR MY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG FRIEND.
I LOVE YOU, SWEETIE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
PIGGYBACK RIDE.
NO, RUBE SAID WE CAN'T GO WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
OPEN DOOR'S AN INVITATION.
GOT TO JUMP WHILE THE DOOR'S OPEN.
WHY DO I KEEP LOSING
ALL THE THINGS AND PEOPLE THAT I CARE ABOUT?
REAPERS COME AND GO. THAT'S LIFE.
IT'S DAISY, DAISY ADAIR.
DAISY'S ONE OF US. DAISY IS A REAPER.
I THINK I'LL CALL YOU GEORGIA.
[GEORGE]: I HATED HER INSTANTLY.
I HATED HER A LITTLE LESS.
I DIED DURING THE MAKING OF GONE WITH THE WIND.
I AM AN ACTRESS.
DO YOU MISS YOUR SISTER, REGGIE?
I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE COOKIES.
[CLANCY]: YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS PICK THE TIME
WHEN I'M MOST STRESSED TO GET INTO THIS SHIT.
REGGIE'S PRINCIPAL CALLED.
SHE'S BEEN CUTTING SCHOOL.
SEEMS THAT WAY.
[CLANCY]: WHERE THE HELL'S SHE GOING?
[ ♪♪]
[GEORGE]: I REMEMBER ONCE LEARNING
THAT THE AVERAGE HUMAN HEAD WEIGHS 20 POUNDS.
I KNOW A LOT OF THAT IS SKULL AND FLESH AND HAIR,
IF YOU'VE GOT HAIR,
BUT THAT STILL LEAVES
A COUPLE OF POUNDS OF PURE GRAY MATTER,
AND THAT MEANS TONS OF TINY NEURONS FIRING AWAY,
SENDING LITTLE MESSAGES TO EACH OTHER,
LIKE, "I LOVE TO DO THE SALSA."
OR TESTING OTHER NEURONS WITH QUESTIONS,
LIKE "WHY AM I ONLY HAVING SEX WITH MYSELF?"
AND WHILE WE WORK HARD MAKING OUR BRAINS WORK FOR US,
A LITTLE WAR IS QUIETLY UNDERWAY.
HALF OF THOSE BRAIN CELLS UP THERE
ARE TELLING THE OTHER HALF TO CHILL.
TOO MANY FIRINGS AT ONCE,
AND WE'D BE HAVING SEIZURES DAY AND NIGHT.
I WASN'T ABOUT TO TAKE THAT RISK.
[DELORES]: AHEM.
THIS IS FIONA.
SHE'S GOING TO BE JOINING US PART-TIME,
HELPING US GET A HANDLE ON THAT MESS IN DATA INPUT.
WELCOME ABOARD, FIONA.
THANKS.
I WAS HOPING YOU COULD BE FIONA'S MENTOR,
GET HER UP TO SPEED.
MENTOR?
MENTOR.
[GEORGE]: MENTOR... A PROMOTION WITHOUT A PAY RAISE.
BASICALLY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS PEEL OFF THESE EDGES
SO THAT THEY FIT NEATLY IN THE BOX,
AND ONCE YOU FILL THE BOXES,
THEY'RE TO BE FILED AWAY AND NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN,
UNLESS PEOPLE START TO EAT PAPER.
NO ONE'S EVER GOING TO LOOK AT THESE?
THEY DON'T EVEN BOTHER TO LABEL THE BOXES.
AT 12:30, YOU HAVE A 35-MINUTE LUNCH HOUR.
DON'T EVEN ASK.
DOES ANYONE EVER COME IN HERE?
NOT A LOT. WHY?
JUST FEELS LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO DO STUFF.
OKAY.
LIKE WHAT?
STUFF I LIKE TO DO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY TATTOOS?
NO.
DO YOU?
OH, YEAH. YEAH.
WHAT ARE THEY?
FLOWERS, THEY'RE ALL FLOWERS.
UH...
FIONA, I REALLY DON'T NEED TO SEE THE FLOWERS
JUST THIS SECOND.
COOL.
I'M GOING TO BE IN THIS STORAGE ROOM
ALL THE FUCKING TIME.
FIONA, I'VE BEEN AT HAPPY TIME FOR A LONG TIME,
AND IF I'M GOING TO BE YOUR MENTOR,
I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN REALLY...
BENEFIT FROM MY EXPERIENCE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I'M STEALING PENS.
WELL, THE REALLY GOOD ONES ARE UP THERE.
COOL.
[GEORGE]: SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
HALF YOUR BRAIN IS UP THERE TELLING YOU NOT TO DO STUFF,
AND FOR THE FIRST 18 YEARS OF MY LIFE,
I LISTENED...
AND THEN I DIED.
TRUTH IS, WHEN YOU FINALLY DO EAT IT
OR BITE IT,
OR GET HIT BY A FLAMING TOILET SEAT,
IT'S NOT THE BIG STUFF YOU REGRET,
YOU KNOW, THE "LIVE YOUR DREAMS" CRAP.
NEAR AS I CAN TELL,
IT'S THE SMALL STUFF,
LIKE NOT REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO NEEDED YOU MOST.
IMAGINE YOURSELF JOURNEYING THROUGH A WORLD
THAT IS DERANGED, EMPTY,
AND DEVOID OF ANCHORS TO REALITY.
THAT IS THE DAILY STRUGGLE
FOR THOSE SUFFERING SCHIZOPHRENIA.
I'M RONNIE DOBBS.
I'M A CAPRICORN.
I REALLY LIKE LONG WALKS IN THE RAIN AND STUFF.
[ LAUGHING ]
THAT'S YOUR BOY.
[RONNIE]: I'VE SEEN THEM, I'VE SPOTTED THEM,
I MADE CONTACT...
A STRUGGLE WHERE THEY CAN NO LONGER
DISTINGUISH WHAT IS REAL
FROM WHAT IS UNREAL.
I MIGHT BE LATE.
HE'S NOT QUITE RIGHT, IS HE?
SEE, THAT'S FOR YOU.
I GOT TO GO IN HERE.
WELL, THIS ONE'S MINE, OVER THERE.
OH, WELL.
COME ON.
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD, NO?
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL,
THAT ONE'S GOING TO FALL ON THIS ONE,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]
YEAH?
YEAH. IT SUCKS.
GEORGE, WAIT.
I HAVE TO GO AFTER HIM.
RUBE WANTS TO SEE YOU.
TELL HIM I'M BUSY.
HE SAID NOW.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "CLERICAL ERROR?"
[RUBE]: WHAT CAN I TELL YOU, PEANUT?
THEY HAD THE DATE WRONG.
SO THIS GUY, RONNIE DOBBS, IS NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE?
NO, HE'S SUPPOSED TO DIE.
JUST NOT TODAY.
SEE ANYTHING YOU LIKE?
NO.
I'VE NEVER OWNED A USED CAR.
I DON'T SEE MYSELF STARTING NOW.
MY FIRST CAR WAS AN 1898 SYSTEME PANHARD.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE BUGGY THAN CAR,
BUT IT HAD BEAUTIFUL LINES.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE JARRING ON MY NUTS.
USED CARS ARE FOR...
WELL, THEY'RE FOR OTHER KINDS OF PEOPLE.
IS THERE A PROBLEM THERE, PRINCESS?
THIS IS NOT SMALL-CURD COTTAGE CHEESE.
IT'S LARGE-CURD.
[MASON]: AND?
AND IT'S JUST TOO MUCH CURD.
I CAN'T EAT IT,
AND I WON'T.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ME.
I LIKE THE THINGS THE WAY I LIKE THEM,
AND I DESPISE BIG FAT GLOBULES OF COTTAGE CHEESE.
DOES THAT MAKE ME STRANGE?
A LITTLE BIT.
[GEORGE]: THIS RONNIE GUY GIVES ME THE CREEPS.
HE LOOKED AT ME AS IF HE KNEW WHAT I WAS UP TO.
HE GAVE ME THIS WEIRD LOOK.
THE GUY'S A SCHIZOPHRENIC. ALL HE HAS IS WEIRD.
[DAISY]: YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN IN A USED CAR.
[RUBE]: ONE FOR YOU, AND ONE FOR YOU.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER USED
ANYTHING USED.
MIND IF I LOOK AT THIS?
CONGRATULATIONS.
I HAVE SLEPT WITH MARRIED MEN.
OH, YEAH? HOW MANY?
CAN I GO AND WATCH
THE WINDOW WASHER FALL TO HIS DEATH?
[RUBE]: SURE. OH, CAN I COME?
[PSYCHIATRIST]: RONNIE, YOU CANNOT GO OFF YOUR MEDS AGAIN.
I'M YOUR PSYCHIATRIST.
I HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES HERE, OKAY?
RONNIE, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?
YEAH.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
WHY DON'T YOU LET ME BE THE ONE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD
THAT YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN TO, ALL RIGHT?
AND SINCE YOU'VE PROVEN TO ME THAT YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE TESTED TWICE A WEEK.
IT'S JUST URINE TESTS.
[ WINDOW WASHER SCREAMING ]
IT'S WEIRD HOW THEY ALWAYS FALL BUTTER-SIDE DOWN.
COME ON, MAN.
THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR COMING TO WORK WASTED.
DO YOU MEAN DRUNK?
I GOT A SWEET BEER-BONG
FOR MY BIRTHDAY, MAN.
YEAH?
NOW, THAT I'M DEAD, CAN I STILL GET HIGH?
WELL, HAVE YOU GOT SOME?
YEAH. YEAH, GREAT.
HEY. HEY.
SORRY FOR STICKING YOU WITH THAT JOB.
IF YOU NEED ANY HELP...
NO, THANKS. IT'S DONE.
REALLY?
YEAH.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR GUIDANCE.
HERE... HAVE A PEN.
[GEORGE]: THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED
MY FAVORITE TRAINEE WAS LAYING DOWN ON THE JOB.
I HAD BEEN A CARING AND COMPASSIONATE MENTOR,
AND SHE THREW IT BACK IN MY FACE.
UM, I CHECKED THE BOXES.
YOU CAN'T JUST STUFF THE PAPER IN LIKE THAT.
THE JOB WAS TO REMOVE THE PERFORATED EDGES.
HOW CAN YOU BE MAD?
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB.
BUT YOU SAID IT WAS ALL BULLSHIT.
SO? SO I BELIEVED YOU.
YOU SEEM LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
[GEORGE]: I WASN'T DISAPPOINTED.
IN FACT, I WAS KIND OF PROUD OF MYSELF.
I HAD CONVINCED HER, LIKE ME, NOT TO CARE.
I, GEORGE LASS, COULD BE A ROLE MODEL.
ARE YOU REPORTING ME?
NO, FIONA.
I DON'T THINK I WILL.
AND WITH THAT EPIPHANY,
LONG-IGNORED NEURONS WENT TO WORK
IGNITING NEW CONNECTIONS...
AND RECONNECTING OLD ONES...
LIKE THE MEMORY, THAT, WHEN I WAS A KID,
THE TOOTH FAIRY NEVER CAME TO MY HOUSE.
SURE, I LOST PLENTY OF TEETH,
AND, SURE, I STUCK THEM UNDER MY PILLOW,
EXPECTING A COOL REWARD LIKE CASH OR CANDY...
BUT MY MOM THOUGHT CASH AND CANDY WERE CRASS,
SO TOOTH AFTER TOOTH WAS, INSTEAD,
REWARDED WITH A THOUGHTFUL NOTE,
MEANT TO INSPIRE.
THIS SUCKS.
AT THE TIME,
I THOUGHT IT WAS A TOTAL RIPOFF.
LIKE I SAID,
IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS YOU REGRET.
THE NEXT TIME I LOST A TOOTH,
IT WAS STILL UNDER MY PILLOW IN THE MORNING,
AND THEN MY YOUNG BRAIN
STARTED PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER.
NO TOOTH FAIRY.
NO EASTER BUNNY.
NO SANTA.
AND I KNOW MY SISTER REGGIE MUST HAVE FELT THE SAME.
TIME TO EMBRACE THE GLORY AND BE FREE.
HEY.
I LOVE THE PARK.
ESPECIALLY ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS
YOU FIND IN IT.
IN CASE I HAVEN'T BEEN CLEAR,
I'M UNDEAD, NOT DEAD-DEAD.
ALL THOSE BIOLOGICAL URGES STILL APPLY.
I THINK I'VE SEEN YOU AROUND.
I'M RONNIE.
I'M JUST SITTING HERE,
YOU KNOW, AS IN,
YOU KNOW, AS IN NOT TALKING TO ANYONE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE SITTING HERE BECAUSE I WAS SITTING HERE.
OKAY, ANOTHER REGRET WAS,
I NEVER LEARNED TO FLIRT.
I GUESS IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FEAR OF REJECTION.
FORTUNATELY, FEAR'S GRIP LOOSENS
WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD.
I'M SORRY. THAT WAS RUDE.
I'M GEORGE.
WHAT DO YOU DO, GEORGE?
OFFICE WORK. YOU?
I TALK TO PRETTY GIRLS NAMED GEORGE.
OH.
THAT WAS LAME.
YEAH.
I'M SORRY.
I'M TRYING TO FLIRT WITH YOU.
IT'S NOT REALLY MY THING.
AND WITH THAT,
WE WEIRDLY BONDED.
THE ONLY THING STANDING IN THE WAY
OF EVEN MORE BONDING
WAS THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN HIS GRIM REAPER,
THAT I WAS AS CLOSE AS HE'S EVER BEEN TO DEATH.
DO YOU WANT SOME POPCORN?
NO, THAT'S OKAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S CRAZY?
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE HUMAN BODY
HAS OVER TWO POUNDS OF LIVING BACTERIA IN IT?
NOT HUMAN CELLS, BUT FOREIGN CELLS, OKAY?
LIKE, LIVING CREATURES
THAT SET UP ENTIRE COMMUNITIES
WITHIN OUR BODIES.
WE HOUSE THEM, WE, UH, FEED THEM, CARRY THEM AROUND.
IT'S A PRETTY SWEET DEAL FOR GERMS.
I'M NOT A REALLY A POPCORN PERSON.
I HAVE TO GO DO SOMETHING NOW.
HE'S GOING TO DIE.
THAT GUY OVER THERE...
DEATH'S COMING FOR HIM.
YOU KNOW IT, TOO, DON'T YOU?
I ADMIT HE'D CAUGHT ME OFF-GUARD,
SO I PLAYED DUMB.
I... I... I DON'T KNOW...
HUH?
REAL, REAL DUMB.
[MAN 1]: HEADS UP.
[MAN 2]: I GOT IT.
YOU GOT SLOPPY.
HE'S SEEN YOU ON THE SCENE ONE TOO MANY TIMES.
HE KNEW THE GUY WAS GOING TO DIE.
YOU SAID THE GUY ON THE BIKE DIED.
WELL, HE KNEW SOMEONE WAS GOING TO DIE.
SO YOU TALKED TO HIM?
HE TALKED TO ME.
I TALKED BACK.
A YOUNG FELLA?
YOUNG ENOUGH.
SLOPPY.
WHAT THE HELL WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?
NOT BE SLOPPY.
I KNOW THIS IS CLICHE
TO HATE YOUR BOSS,
BUT YOU'RE A REAL DICKWEED.
WHAT YOU'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW,
THE RAGE AND FRUSTRATION ALL KNOTTED TOGETHER,
BINDING EVERYTHING FROM YOUR HEAD TO YOUR DIGESTIVE TRACT?
THAT'S MY LIFE WITH YOU.
THE GUY TALKED TO ME.
WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?
STEER CLEAR OF PEOPLE.
WE'RE UNDEAD, PEANUT.
UNDEAD ARE MEANT TO EXIST ON THE FRINGE OF THE LIVING WORLD.
WE'RE FACILITATORS, NOT PARTICIPANTS.
THESE ARE AWFUL.
[GEORGE]: WHAT I DIDN'T TELL RUBE
WAS THAT I SHOULD BE GOOD AT THIS,
BECAUSE I'D SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE ON THE FRINGE.
I WAS DETERMINED NOT TO WASTE ANOTHER.
SHE'S STRANGE, CLANCY.
SHE'S A STRANGE 11-YEAR-OLD.
SHE'S JUST GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME.
SHE'S BEEN GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME
FOR 11 YEARS.
YES, WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT CHANGING SCHOOLS IS THE ANSWER.
IN FACT, IT'LL ONLY EXACERBATE THINGS.
I SPOKE TO HANK.
HE SAID WE COULD BORROW AGAINST YOUR PENSION.
WE MOVED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOL,
AND NOW YOU WANT TO SEND REGGIE TO PRIVATE.
IT SEEMS INCREDIBLY STUPID.
SO LET'S JUST PRETEND THAT WE HAVE A NORMAL CHILD.
LET'S JUST PRETEND THAT
GOING TO A HUGE PUBLIC SCHOOL WHERE SHE'S ALREADY ANONYMOUS
IS GOING TO CATER TO HER NEEDS, HUH?
SHE LOST HER SISTER.
AND SHE'S LOST.
SHE LIVES IN HER HEAD.
GOD KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE.
SHE'S INSCRUTABLE.
[ SIGHS ]
WHAT?
NOTHING.
I'M NOT DISAGREEING.
YEAH, WELL, I'D RATHER YOU DISAGREE.
AT LEAST FOR ONCE YOU'D BE COMMITTING TO SOMETHING.
LET'S TALK TO HER,
SEE HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT CHANGING SCHOOLS.
IT MAY NOT BE WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO.
SHE'S 11.
HOW ABOUT WE MAKE THE DECISIONS, HMM?
ACT LIKE THE PARENTS.
HEY, HONEY.
YOUR DAD AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU.
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
CHANGING SCHOOLS,
MAYBE GOING TO
ST. THERESA'S OVER ON HILLHURST?
I WANT TO RIDE A HORSE.
[GEORGE]: I WAS DOING MY BEST TO STAY ON THE FRINGE.
LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD FOLLOWED ME THERE.
WHY ARE YOU STALKING ME?
I'M NOT.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING WITH THAT WINDOW WASHER THE OTHER DAY?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YEAH, WHAT I SAY TO YOU RIGHT NOW,
THESE ARE PROBABLY THE LAST WORDS THAT I'LL EVER SPEAK.
I WAS PRETTY CONFIDENT IT WASN'T A PICK-UP LINE.
YOU SAW WHAT I SAW CLIMBING ON THAT BUILDING.
IT'S DEATH.
IT'S BEEN FOLLOWING ME AROUND.
IT'S COME TO COLLECT ME.
I KNEW BETTER.
I DIDN'T HAVE HIS POST-IT ANYMORE,
AND I SURE DIDN'T SEE ANY FAMILIAR FACES
LURKING IN THE SHADOWS.
IT JUST LIKES TO KEEP AN EYE ON US.
IT WATCHES ME ALL THE TIME, AND I'M STILL HERE.
♪ YEAH, I WANT TO BREATHE ♪
♪ AND I'M ON MY KNEES ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I NEED SOME BREATHING ROOM ♪
I LOVE MUSIC.
WELL, I LIKE LISTENING TO IT...
WORLD POP,
AND FRENCH CLUB SCENE.
I COULD BURN YOU A REALLY GREAT CD, IF YOU WANT.
WELL, UH,
HOW ABOUT YOU? WHAT DO YOU LIKE LISTENING TO?
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT HE WAS MENTALLY ILL
AND I WAS UNDEAD,
IT WAS STARTING TO FEEL LIKE A DATE.
I DON'T KNOW.
LOTS OF STUFF.
SO, DO YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND?
NOT REALLY... NO.
THAT'S SO STRANGE.
WHY IS IT STRANGE?
I MEAN, IT'S JUST REALLY COOL.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
IT'S PRETTY AMAZING...
THE TWO OF US FINDING EACH OTHER LIKE THIS.
HOW MANY BILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE THERE IN THE WORLD?
AND ONLY THE TWO OF US CAN SEE DEATH.
WE SHARE A GIFT.
YOU'RE NOT SEEING DEATH.
WELL, WHATEVER IT IS,
IT'S A LOT EASIER KNOWING THAT YOU SEE IT, TOO.
LISTEN, I HAVE A JOB.
I CAN'T STAY UP ALL NIGHT, SO...
I CAN'T SLEEP, SO...
I HAVEN'T SLEPT IN DAYS.
I'M KIND OF SELF-UNMEDICATING.
YOU'RE ON MEDICATION?
WAS.
VOICES.
SOMETIMES I SEE THINGS THAT AREN'T REALLY THERE.
SO, UM, DO YOU HEAR A LOT OF VOICES?
NO, JUST ONE.
I CALL HIM THE SHEPHERD.
DOES HE TELL YOU WHAT TO DO?
WELL, HE DOESN'T CONTROL ME.
HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME
YELLING AT ME AND MAKING ME FEEL STUPID.
HMM. MAYBE IT'S MY MOTHER.
IF I GAVE SPEED-RACER SOAP AND A TOOTHBRUSH,
THIS PLACE WOULD SHINE BY MORNING.
NOTHING TOO GNARLY,
JUST SOMETHING TO HELP ME SLEEP.
WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU IS INSOMNIA GOES WITH THE GIG.
IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE FORCED TO BREATHE IN ALL THAT DEATH,
LIKE WORKING AROUND ASBESTOS.
OH, THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
ONE?
IS ONE ENOUGH?
NO.
YOU'VE GOT THAT UNDEAD METABOLISM, REMEMBER?
WELL, HOW MANY WOULD A NORMAL PERSON HAVE TO TAKE?
HAVE YOU GOT A FELLOW IN THERE?
IT SAYS ONE.
YOUR PERVERSIONS ARE COMING INTO
DISTURBING FOCUS, GEORGIE, AND JUST DON'T...
[GEORGE]: THERE'S A THIN LINE BETWEEN "CRAZY" PEOPLE
AND THE REST OF US.
I MEAN, WE ALL HAVE VOICES IN OUR HEADS.
OUR PARENTS ARE IN THERE,
OUR DOUBTS, OUR FEARS, OUR DESIRES...
AND JUST LIKE "CRAZY" PEOPLE,
WE ALL STRUGGLE TO KNOW WHICH VOICE TO LISTEN TO.
MAYBE ONE TRICK TO SORTING IT ALL OUT
IS BEING CAREFUL WHICH VOICES YOU LET IN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
OH, UM...
I DIDN'T FEEL YOU UP OR ANYTHING,
I WAS JUST LOOKING.
I SLEPT GREAT.
WHATEVER YOU GAVE ME, IT WAS GREAT,
BUT I'M HUNGRY. ARE YOU HUNGRY?
WE COULD GO GET SOME BREAKFAST SOMEWHERE.
DO YOU LIKE WAFFLES?
I'M KIND OF OVER WAFFLES.
I'VE GOT TO GET TO WORK.
CAN I TAG ALONG?
UM... IT'S WORK.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT LOOKING AT HOTEL ROOMS TODAY...
GOING DOWN TO THE FOUR SEASONS.
SOMETHING IN A SUITE WOULD BE NICE.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, DAISY.
I'M SURE YOU DO, GEORGIA.
IF YOU NEED A PLACE TO CRASH, YOU KNOW YOU CAN...
YEAH, NOT IN THAT LIFE, NOT IN THIS ONE, NOT EVER,
BUT THANKS. OKAY.
HI.
UM, HOW DID I SAY I WANTED MY EGGS?
YEAH, I THINK I SAID SOFT-POACHED.
THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY HARD-POACHED.
THEY'RE NOT RUNNY AT ALL, SO I CAN'T EAT THEM, AND I WON'T.
I THINK THEY'LL COME BACK RUNNY.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO SNEEZE ON THEM.
[RUBE]: OKAY, HERE WE GO, EVERYONE,
BECAUSE I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF YOUR SWEET, SWEET COMPANY,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE GROUP JOB TOMORROW.
ST. MICHAEL'S?
RUBE: YEAH, IT'S A WEDDING.
DOES ANY ONE ELSE FIND THIS FUCKED UP?
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH CHARLIE CHAPLIN, PEANUT?
THE SILENT MOVIE GUY?
I ONCE BLEW CHARLIE CHAPLIN.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN DEFINED THAT THIN LINE
BETWEEN COMEDY AND TRAGEDY.
SAY YOU SEE SOME POOR SLOB
GET HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BUCKET OF WET CEMENT,
FALL ON HIS ASS.
FROM 20 FEET AWAY, THAT'S FUNNY AS HELL,
BUT YOU GET TOO CLOSE,
YOU GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEE THAT PAIN,
AND... AND IT'S NO LONGER FUNNY.
OKAY.
SO IT'S LIKE THAT WITH JOBS LIKE THIS.
YOU GOT TO LEARN TO STEP BACK, LIKE THE REST OF US HAVE,
FAR ENOUGH TO SEE THE FUNNY IN EVERYTHING.
WELL, I'LL NEED A NEW OUTFIT.
YOU WANT TO COME SHOPPING?
NOT REALLY. MASON: YOU NEED TO BLEND IN.
I HAVE TO GET DRESSED UP FOR THIS?
YEAH.
WE GET TO SEE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE
ALL GUSSIED UP.
DO YOU KNOW THIS GUY?
NO.
WELL, HE DEFINITELY KNOWS ONE OF US.
HE'S CUTE, IN A CHECK-THE-OIL KIND OF WAY.
EXCUSE ME.
I THINK HE'S SNIFFED OUT YOUR BOY, GEORGIE.
HER BOY? NICE.
YEAH, GEORGIE GIRL HAS HAD HIM
STASHED AWAY IN HER FLAT.
GOOD FOR YOU.
YOU WORK WITH GEORGE?
SHE TOLD YOU THAT?
SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO WORK.
DOES IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE WORKING?
NO.
NO, WE JUST COME HERE TO TALK.
WE'RE SORT OF A GROUP,
AND I SORT OF LEAD IT.
YOU'RE A DOCTOR? YEAH.
THANK YOU.
I DARE YOU NOT TO LOVE IT.
SO, THAT'S, LIKE,
A GROUP SESSION OVER THERE?
YEAH, THAT'S MY GROUP.
HOW'S THE BEARCLAW?
IT'S GOOD.
I'M RUBE.
RONNIE.
THIS IS A LITTLE AWKWARD FOR ME, RONNIE,
AND I'M CHOOSING MY WORDS CAREFULLY,
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,
BEING GEORGE'S DOCTOR AND ALL.
EVEN THOUGH SHE'S LIVING ON HER OWN NOW,
AWAY FROM THE FACILITY,
I TRY TO KEEP CLOSE TABS ON HER.
I TRY TO GET A FEEL FOR THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE SHE HANGS OUT WITH.
I'M JUST SAYING, WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT PLANNED, BE CAREFUL.
SHE'S HAD A TOUGH ROW IN LIFE,
AND, FRANKLY, SHE CAN BE A DANGER TO HERSELF
WHEN STRESSED...
AND OTHERS.
YOU FOLLOW?
I THINK SO. GOOD.
YOU SEEM LIKE A GOOD KID.
I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU'D LEAVE NOW.
YOU'RE MAKING MY GROUP A LITTLE ANXIOUS.
OKAY.
SO, THROW IN AND HEAD OUT.
GEORGE AND I NEED TO TALK. I GOT TO MAKE A SISSY.
[ HORSE WHINNEYS ]
WELL, SHE'S STILL ON THE HORSE,
SO I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD THING.
I GUESS.
I DIDN'T JUST PICK THE GUY UP.
HE SAID HE COULD SEE GRAVELINGS.
YOU CAN'T GET MAD AT ME FOR THAT.
DO I LOOK MAD?
A LITTLE.
THANK YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE LIVING
CAUGHT WIND WE WERE HERE
AMONG THEM, BREAKING BREAD?
IT WOULD UPEND THE WORLD.
BELIEVE ME, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THAT KIND OF BIBLICAL PANIC.
I DIDN'T TELL HIM ANYTHING.
YOU DIDN'T MENTION YOU WERE A REAPER?
NO. YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT GRAVELINGS?
I SAID THAT I COULD SEE THEM, TOO,
THAT'S ALL.
HE THINKS THEY'RE DEATH.
AND HE TOLD YOU HE'S SCHIZOPHRENIC?
HE SAID HE WAS ON MEDICATION
FOR SEEING THINGS.
WELL, MAYBE WHAT WE REALLY HAVE
IS A MENTALLY UNSTABLE YOUNG MAN
WHO THINKS YOU'RE THE CAT'S MEOW.
SO THIS IS ALL SOME PLOT ON HIS PART
TO GET IN MY PANTS.
PEANUT, ALL MEN ARE LIARS
WHERE PRETTY GIRLS ARE IMPLICATED.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR NOSES GROWING.
TRUST ME.
SO YOU THINK I'M PRETTY.
DO YOU LIKE CONVERTIBLES?
YEAH, I GUESS.
I ONCE GAVE ERROL FLYNN A HAND JOB
IN A CONVERTIBLE.
THAT'S A NICE STORY.
SO TELL ME ABOUT THIS GUY.
WHAT'S THERE TO TELL?
HE'S CRAZY AND HE SEES GRAVELINGS.
THAT'S A FIRST.
RUBE SAYS IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
WELL, THAT'S RUBE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
RUBE'S TOO SMART FOR HIS OWN GOOD.
IF HE CAN'T WRAP HIS BRAIN AROUND
SOMETHING WEIRD OR UNEXPLAINED,
IT DOESN'T EXIST. IT'S SAD, REALLY.
SO DO YOU LIKE HIM?
DID I MENTION HE'S CRAZY?
WHAT KIND OF CAR IS THAT?
I AM A SUCKER FOR PLATINUM.
[ TIRES SCREECHING ]
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
GETTING US A RIDE.
I LOVE YOUR CAR.
THANKS. I LOVE YOUR BREASTS.
DO YOU HAVE ROOM FOR TWO?
WE'RE TRYING TO GET DOWNTOWN.
UM...
SURE, JUST CLEAR THIS OUT OF HERE.
HEY, WHAT THE FUCK?
HEY! HEY!
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THIS MORNING,
SEEING YOU UP ON THAT HORSE.
HERE.
YOU KNOW, I USED TO RIDE
WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
THERE WAS A STABLE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE
OF GRANDMA PHYL'S HOUSE.
I DON'T WANT THIS.
EXCUSE ME?
I DON'T LIKE RIDING HORSES.
IT MAKES MY HIPS HURT.
OH...
I WANT THIS.
A DRUM SET.
YEAH.
WELL, MY JOB IS NOT TO GIVE YOU
YOUR EVERY DESIRE...
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THROW IT BACK IN MY FACE.
IN THE FUTURE, WHEN SOMEONE GIVES YOU A GIFT,
YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE THE COMMON DECENCY
TO SAY "THANK YOU,"
EVEN IF YOU HATE IT.
THANK YOU.
WHY DOES EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SUCH A STRUGGLE?
I DON'T KNOW.
RIGHT.
I DON'T.
YOU KNOW, GRANDMA PHYL WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MY LOVE OF HORSES.
SHE BOUGHT ME LESSONS.
EVEN BOUGHT ME A HANDMADE SADDLE FROM SPAIN.
I USED TO RIDE EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL
AND WEEKENDS.
SHE WANTED ME TO BE GOOD ENOUGH TO COMPETE,
WHICH I HATED.
AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT SHE WAS GIVING ME WHAT I WANTED.
I SUPPOSE YOU'LL BE ASKING FOR LESSONS.
I FIGURED I'D JUST TEACH MYSELF.
WELL, I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO YOUR FATHER.
YOU KNOW HOW HE LIKES A QUIET HOUSE.
[GEORGE]: I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF WEDDINGS, BUT A JOB IS A JOB.
SO I SAT THERE, WATCHING THOSE 50 HAPPY PEOPLE
GATHERED TO CELEBRATE A MARRIAGE,
DRESSED IN THEIR SUNDAY BEST,
ABOUT TO HEAR SOME PRIEST'S FLOWERY WORDS
ABOUT THE JOINING TOGETHER OF TWO SOULS,
UNITING AS ONE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH...
UNTIL DEATH DO THEM PART,
WHICH WOULD BE IN ABOUT 11 MINUTES.
HEY.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.
NOT RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE?
HOW DID YOU FIND ME?
I WAITED OUTSIDE YOUR BUILDING,
AND THE REST WAS PRETTY EASY.
DID I SEE YOUR DOCTOR IN THERE?
DOC... DOCTOR?
RUBE.
OH, HE MIGHT BE.
WE'VE RUN IN THE SAME CIRCLE.
WHAT IS IT YOU HAVE TO SAY?
I JUST WANTED TO KISS YOU.
NO.
NO WAY. I CAN'T.
IT WAS MY FIRST
POST-DEATH KISS.
THAT ALONE MADE IT MEMORABLE.
ACTUALLY, I CAME TO SAY GOODBYE.
IT WAS ALSO MY FIRST POST-DEATH KISS-OFF.
I'M ON THE RUN.
OKAY...
I'VE GOT FRIENDS IN BOISE.
I CAN'T STAY IN THE CITY.
I'LL BE TESTED. I'LL HAVE TO STAY ON MY MEDS,
AND I WON'T DO THAT.
MY EYES HAVE BEEN OPENED.
I MEAN, LIKE YOU...
I'VE SEEN DEATH.
I CAN'T SHUT THAT OFF.
I DON'T WANT TO.
DID YOU, UH...
I DON'T... I CAN'T REALLY SAY.
HANG ON A SEC.
EVERYBODY OUT!
UH, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GET OUT, OR YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE.
YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.
[RONNIE]: WHOA, WHOA, WAIT.
YOU'RE NOT WELCOME IN THIS CHURCH, EITHER OF YOU.
PEANUT, YOU ARE REALLY TRYING MY PATIENCE.
WELL, WE HAVE TO WARN THEM. DON'T. STOP.
WHY WOULDN'T WE?
YOU WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.
TRUST ME, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT I WANT.
BUT YOU'RE... YOU'RE DEATH.
NO!
THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
DEATH TAKING THE FORM OF A BEAUTIFUL GIRL,
TRYING TO TRICK ME.
DON'T THINK I WAS GETTING ALL MUSHY
BECAUSE HE SAID I WAS BEAUTIFUL.
I'M NOT ALL THAT.
I'M JUST A COG.
I SORT OF WORK FOR DEATH.
RUBE?
HE'S DEATH? NO...
HE'S... MIDDLE MANAGEMENT.
BUT HE KNOWS ABOUT YOU,
WHICH MEANS UPPER MANAGEMENT KNOWS ABOUT YOU,
AND IN THIS CASE,
UPPER MANAGEMENT PROBABLY IS DEATH.
OH.
SO YOU MAY HAVE TO RUN FARTHER THAN IDAHO.
YOU MAY NOW KISS THE BRIDE.
[GEORGE]: I CAN'T EXACTLY TELL YOU WHY I NEEDED TO KISS HIM.
I JUST KNEW I'D REGRET IT IF I HADN'T,
AND THEN...
I DID MY JOB.
YOU SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM ME.
[ ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING ]
DID YOU DO IT?
GOOD GIRL.
YOU'RE NOT HER DOCTOR, ARE YOU?
AND YOU'RE NOT HIS PATIENT.
NO.
I'M NOT A DOCTOR.
SHE'S NOT MY PATIENT.
I THOUGHT I SAW DEATH COMING FOR ME.
I GUESS I WAS RIGHT, HUH?
[ GROWLS ]
[ SCREAMING ]
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BALI
FOR THEIR HONEYMOON, ARE THEY?
NO.
THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS
I'VE EVER HEARD.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO MIND.
YOU KNOW,
I REALLY LIKED KISSING YOU.
[GEORGE]: IN RONNIE'S HEAD, MAYBE HE THOUGHT HE COULD FLY,
OR THAT I HAD SOME KIND OF SPECIAL GIFT.
I GUESS HE WAS RIGHT. MAYBE I DO.
WE ALL CREATE, IN OUR HEADS,
WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE WANT OTHERS TO BE.
AND HOW WE VIEW OURSELVES...
HERO, VICTIM, LOVED, UNLOVED...
CHANGES OVER TIME.
THOSE LITTLE NEURONS SPARK ALONG,
WORKING OVERTIME, CREATING WHAT WE BELIEVE...
[ DRUMS PLAYING ]
SO IN THAT WAY,
THE MIND KIND OF WORKS LIKE MAGIC,
MAKING WHAT WE DESIRE HAPPEN.
AND IN THE END,
MAYBE THE TRICK TO SORTING IT ALL OUT
IS TRUSTING YOUR VOICE
AND BEING TRUE TO YOURSELF, CHASING YOUR BLISS.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE CLICHES-ON-PARADE CRAP,
LIKE MARCHING TO THE BEAT OF YOUR OWN...
WHATEVER.