TwoTwo (2023) Movie Script
1
[ethereal music]
[mystical whispering]
[mystical whispering]
[birds chirping]
[ethereal music]
[woman vocalizing]
[train swishing, hissing]
[tense music]
[tense music]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[phone vibrating]
[man over phone]
Hey, man, uh, I know
you left a couple of messages.
-Sorry about the job situation.
It's tough here too.
-[David sighs]
[Trisha over phone]
Hello, David, this is Trisha
from the leasing office
downstairs.
We didn't receive
the rent check last month.
If we don't hear from you
by the end of the day,
-we'll shave to start paperwork
for eviction.
-[doorbell rings]
[woman]
See, I told you he's home,
he's looking at us right now.
[suspenseful music]
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
[heart pounding]
[gulps]
[exclaims]
[breathing heavily]
[upbeat techno music]
[people laughing, murmuring]
[upbeat techno music continues]
[suspenseful music]
Tough night?
What?
[barfing]
From the looks of it,
I'd say so.
How long have I been here?
All night.
Second half of it.
After the party.
Mm.
Of course, you could have slept
in your...
...luxury doorman building
bachelor pad,
woke up there,
and came here for a nap.
Two types of gentleman like you
could wake up in the trash.
I wonder which one you are.
The first, uh,
party boy that overdid it.
The second type,
well dressed,
so he can pass as normal,
well-adjusted citizen
in temporary distress,
and then night comes,
and he's back here with us.
Shame of the city.
Thank the Downtown Goddess
of Skid Row.
Shit, I lost my phone.
[sighs] What time is it?
-You have to be somewhere?
-No!
Did you steal my phone?
Answer me. I need the phone.
[sighs]
Okay, come on, man, did you?
I didn't steal your phone.
In fact, I don't steal.
Stealing is not good for you.
I like to live clean.
[chuckles softly]
Well, of course for this,
the physicality of things.
Hard to keep that clean.
But don't matter, does it?
It's the inside that counts.
Where are you off to?
Won't you even say goodbye?
[upbeat music]
Goodbye.
[cats meowing]
What the fuck, man?
You following me?
I feel for you, man.
You're new, I can tell.
Takes a while to get used to it.
Get used to what?
[chuckles] Look,
you may have been to college,
and had a, a home, and a wife
and a job and all.
It's temporary.
Nothing to be ashamed of.
It can happen to anyone.
Crazy times.
Look, you're alive,
and life goes on, you know,
and things change.
You read me wrong.
You tell me I'm not right.
Things are tough right now,
aren't they?
Yes.
You hate your life,
you hate your world,
at least the latest version?
Correct.
You may even be hating yourself.
But there's hope.
[laughs sarcastically]
Correct.
You have a solution or anything?
For the self-hate?
Well, that will cost you
one dollar.
For what, your wisdom?
[chuckles softly]
Wisdom is free.
No, the one dollar
is for the "I hate myself" part.
Uh, so you don't feel
like a bad person all day,
walking around with regret,
because you know you did
a good thing and helped someone.
Very clever.
But I don't have a dollar.
Sorry, man.
Someone who was good company
and conversation in tough times?
Sorry, man, no cash.
-Not one small
tiny little dollar?
-No.
How about $78.44?
[suspenseful music]
How did you come up
with that exact number?
One like me knows things.
About my bank account?
And other unexplainable
mysterious things.
To become who I am
and know what I know,
I've made the ultimate
life-affirming sacrifice
and gave it all up,
to find it all, all over again.
To know what I know,
to see what I see,
I've traveled
through many worlds.
Paid the price...
...to find
what was waiting to be found.
[TwoTwo]
No need to cause a scene
or hurt anyone.
Let's try easy this time.
[Eighty]
I don't hurt people.
Have you ever seen me?
[TwoTwo]
Last week.
Unnecessary. And wasteful.
You need to learn
to conserve your energy.
-You don't need
to alter reality...
-[scoffs]
...every chance you get.
The definition of grace.
Look it up.
[both]
Smallest number of actions
needed to accomplish a task.
Yes. Got it.
Smallest number it is.
[gentle music]
Okay, so he's gonna go
to go to the back now.
And I'm gonna freeze
the cameras.
How's that?
Nice.
You can't bring anything in.
I know, I know.
No possessions or attachments
since last Monday.
I swear.
Absolutely not.
[chuckles]
[suspenseful music]
Grace!
Well, this wouldn't have
happened if I wasn't--
What are you saying?
Are you saying this is my fault?
Are you blaming me?
No, no, I'm not blaming you.
It's me. I just,
I lose focus when I'm not alone.
I get distracted.
Okay. Well, is this okay?
Because I need something
from Marty's.
Yeah.
[gentle music]
[scratch card ripping]
Fourteen, oh, nine...
The winning lottery ticket.
Oy, oy, oy...
[speaking Hindi]
[suspenseful music]
[man sighs]
Victor,
follow the rhythm
of what you see.
Be there with it.
[Victor]
Git it, got it.
Give me something else.
Not kids, please.
I don't do good with the kids.
[man]
I'm sorry, man,
that's all I got.
I gave you nothing
but easy ones,
and this is the last one.
[Victor sighs]
[suspenseful music]
[metallic clang]
[sighs]
[sighing]
[sighs]
[door closes]
[eerie music]
[groans]
[footsteps]
[computer dings]
This wasn't running
for half a session,
and you just totally
sent him home?
Don't worry about it, man.
I can read him blindfolded.
He's not going back in.
[panting]
-I have a problem.
-[man] Oh.
This new screening system...
[chuckles]
...you just came up with it
last night?
Revenge of the nerds?
I mean, everybody else seems
all right with it.
[scoffs] Yeah?
Well, everybody else is stupid.
Oh. Okay.
So you're now the gate keepers?
-No.
-Yes.
What we're actually doing here
isn't particularly
your business.
If you really want to know...
Sure, I'd like to know.
We receive a massive amount
of data throughout the day.
And we're trying to decipher it.
So far we don't know
what it means.
But when we're not doing that,
we're wasting our time
with people like you.
People who fucked up,
got kicked out,
and now they wanna go back in.
You see, it's up to us
to determine whether or not
they should go back in.
-[Victor] I see.
-Because it's not always
a good idea
-for them to go back in.
-[Victor] Great.
Then determine me back in.
[man]
Victor, listen,
-I have some bad--
-Don't call me Victor.
I'm 117.
[man]
Actually, Victor,
the bad news is,
your number isn't being
generated in the system anymore.
So technically,
117 doesn't exist.
You're back to being
regular Victor now.
Now, I don't know
if this is permanent,
or if things are gonna change,
but by the way
you're acting right now,
it doesn't look promising to me.
[Victor]
Let me in.
No, we can't.
It's actually not good for you.
We've seen some bad situations.
[Victor] We used to be able
to go in whenever we wanted.
From the beginning.
I don't know where to go.
I have no memory
of what or who I was
before I got pulled in.
I didn't choose
to leave everything behind
to pursue some sort
of fucking enlightening career.
This is something
that happened to me.
You can't just pluck people
out of their lives
and throw them back in
with nothing.
I need to get back in.
I need to get recharged.
First of all, I didn't pluck you
or anybody else, so...
[sighs]
...Victor, it seems to me
like you've lost that right.
I mean,
look back at what you had.
You had this amazing gift.
And what good did you do
with it?
Yeah. We heard all about it.
Bragging all over.
[scoffs] Bars, parties,
how you could get girls.
What was it,
the Vegas magic trick?
-All that money.
You had some fun, dude.
-I'll handle it.
So what?
I fucked up a little bit, right?
But-- But it's not like
I murdered anyone.
Whatever, there is no rules
that say that we actually have
to save the fucking world.
Isn't it that everyone's
different? That--
That we all have
a different calling?
[blows raspberry] A calling?
Like a calling for call girls?
Shut up, you shit little
sweaty computer mouse.
What the fuck do you know?
Siting there
typing on your computer,
looking at your TV monitors,
drinking
your chai latte pink tea
like this is some
fucking video game!
Slow down.
-No reason to get all worked up.
-[man] Vic--
-Victor.
Things are different now.
-[Victor sighs]
More people means
more responsibilities.
Find your Zen first,
and then you'll pass the test.
And then, maybe your number
-will start
being generated again.
-[Victor exclaims]
This is so fucking unfair.
This is
a total fucking catch-22.
I can't get any goddamn Zen
when I'm back on the outside
and I can't get back in
because I'm not already
some fucking Zen master?
-Easy, easy.
-[Roy] No, no--
-[Victor] No, no, no,
I need to get in.
-Hey, hey.
-[Roy] What are you doing?
No, no, stop.
-[cross talk]
-Because I need to get back in.
-Hey! Hey, hey!
-No, I need to get in.
You've got to--
-[cross talk]
-[Roy] It's dangerous.
It is dangerous!
-Stop!
Chill out! Chill out! Chill out!
Oh, oh, oh, shit. [panting]
-Jesus Christ!
-What was that?
[both sigh]
I'm trying to decide if I should
feel bad for this guy.
He really seems to want it.
[chuckles] I'd rather
put you in than him.
Wait. Seriously? When?
No. No.
But you did say
that one day, that--
And when that day comes,
I will let you know.
But until then,
don't ask me about it.
So what-- What's gonna happen
to him now?
I don't know,
I'm not the one to decide.
But if he lost
his charging location,
he's gonna have to return
to some sort of normal life.
And I find
that's very hard for him to do,
after being like this
all those years.
It's hard to reintegrate.
[dramatic music]
[beeps]
[printer whirring]
[David]
I can only get 60 bucks
since all I have is 78,44.
[Joe]
We've already established
we know how much you have.
[David]
The machine only gives 20s.
Try 80.
-I've officially lost
the fucking plot.
-Hmm.
-Craziest thing
you've ever done.
-[machine beeps]
-Ha! It actually worked.
-[ATM clattering]
[beeping]
-Miracle.
-And I'm $1.56 overdrawn.
Proof of faith.
You'll get your money's worth
a hundred fold.
-Just when you think
things can't get any worse.
-[chuckles softly]
As they say about hitting
the bottom of the pool thing,
I'm your bottom of the pool,
and your push back up.
No need for more wisdom, Joe,
keep it for your podcast.
I'm all yours.
Brainwashed and empty and broke.
I would like that.
You know what sounds
better though?
Sunday brunch.
A date with a cute guy
and eggs Benedict and a Mimosa
on the rooftop
of the Miriam Hotel.
I was at a party there once.
[grunts] Or I think I was.
[sighs]
But I guess party days for us
are over, aren't they?
You can still go
to any party you want,
any time you want.
But you'll be an outsider.
You know,
my memory is messed up.
And I can't tell if I actually
live through something,
or if, I don't know,
I imagined it.
And that's what
the experience is,
like a false memory
or something.
[TwoTwo]
Once you'll get
the hang of it, trust me,
it's an amazing experience.
The thing is to learn
how to direct it.
[sigh] Yeah, whatever you say,
but it still doesn't make sense.
You know,
sometimes I still think
that I'm too young for this,
that maybe
I didn't quite get to live life,
and so it's kind of difficult
for me to sit here
and give up something
that I feel like
I never even got a taste for.
You really miss these things?
You know, the day before
the charge days... [sighs]
...I feel so uneasy.
And then I get my charge,
and then afterwards, it's,
um, I don't miss anything.
I'm like a whole new person
Um, and there is this downtime,
this gap, a day or two, and I--
And then I feel uneasy again.
And then I look around
at all the people,
all the girls
that are, like, my age
and I just feel like
maybe the normal life
isn't necessarily that bad.
I get it.
It takes a while
to get used to it.
But you'll feel more even,
-less ups and downs.
-Hmm.
I meant less downs actually.
Many more ups.
How many charges
have you had so far?
-Three?
-Four.
Yeah, I know.
It gets easier, trust me.
And you'll learn
to hold your energy
and not spend it so fast,
and you'll stay charged longer
and you won't be so starved
by the next one.
I think we are being followed.
Oh, what are you talking about?
Who?
I know them.
They lost their charge,
they're trying to get ours.
[suspenseful music]
[Eighty]
I don't think there is anyone.
-Are you sure?
-Don't turn so much.
[Eighty chuckles]
[Eighty]
Shit, we have to run.
[TwoTwo]
No, not yet.
We can't let them know
we saw them.
We'll keep the pace down
until we pass Redford.
And then we'll find a spot
to hide. If we run, they run.
Okay, why can't we just, I don't
know, hide in here or something?
I just really don't want
to end up like--
Stop talking.
Control your fear.
You've got to control your fear.
-We need to run. We need to run.
-Shit.
You should listen to me!
[tense music]
[Eighty groans]
-[grunts]
-Oh! No, please don't.
-No!
-[One-oh-three] Get the--
Yeah, I'm going
after the other one.
She, she's the most evolved.
[One-oh-three speaking
indistinctly]
Do I know you? One-oh-three,
what are you doing?
-No more numbers for us,
so you're gonna help us out.
-[pants]
[Eighty]
No, I cannot help you.
I cannot help you.
I cannot-- [muffled]
[muffled]
[tense music]
[music stops]
So.
So.
[sighs] Here I go.
Right door.
Gotcha.
And out the left door.
You're afraid?
See you on the other side.
Remember,
you can't ever tell anyone.
Ever.
Things go good
and it feels right...
...don't question it,
or you'll lose everything
and be thrown right back out
into your old world.
Or another world much worse.
I'm not sure.
You're not sure.
[suspenseful music]
[loud thud]
[suspenseful music continues]
[mystical whispering]
[car alarm beeps]
[tense music]
[panting]
-Drive! Please, please drive!
-[David] It, it's red,
-it's red! All right.
-Go, go!
[car tire screeches]
[David]
Uh, okay.
Um, just so you know,
my insurance is expired.
What's going on? Uh...
Like, is someone
trying to hurt you?
They took my friend.
I think she might be dead.
Shit.
Do you need to call the police?
I, I don't have my phone.
-Okay, what do we do?
-Nothing.
I think we lost them.
Thank you.
Yeah.
I'm almost home,
it's two more blocks.
Are you sure you don't need me
to take you somewhere?
No.
Well, great to meet you.
And to have been of help.
Uh...
Take care of yourself.
I'm gonna come up with you.
Uh...
Okay.
[car door shuts]
[elevator beeping]
[elevator bell dings]
Sorry about the mess.
I'm moving out.
I like this one.
Did you take it?
Yeah, there is actually a story.
Uh, we were in college,
and stayed up all night,
then the camera fell,
and, uh, we...
[inhales] ...might have
drank way too much.
So you just met a girl
and brought her home.
In record time.
Yeah, it's a...
...weird way to meet someone.
[inhales] I'm not sure
I'm making
the exact same decisions
I would have made a month ago.
Oh.
A little situation here.
Oh, yeah.
Uh, those, well, it, um...
Mm.
-Good thing you met me.
-Yeah.
What?
[sighs]
You can sit down, you know.
It's your home.
Um...
Do you want to know anything?
About me, I mean?
No.
Yeah.
Um, and you?
Do you have a home?
I have a few.
W-- what do you mean a few?
More than one.
Right. I got that.
But, um,
like most people usually--
Uh, you don't--
It's-- Whatever.
So who was following you?
I can't talk about it.
Of course.
[sighs]
-It's nice here.
-Yeah?
Yeah. Your place has
a particular quality.
-Sad looser quality.
-No.
Do you want a drink?
No.
Are you hungry?
No.
But I'll take a shower.
That would be nice.
[David]
There's some shampoo
and body wash on the floor.
[shower running]
I'm gonna need
something to wear.
Yeah. Okay.
[exhales]
[shower running]
I'm David, by the way.
-You need two towels?
-[chuckles softly]
-Two?
-Yes.
-Twenty-two?
-Yes.
We go by numbers,
but you can call me TwoTwo.
-Ah.
-[chuckles]
-I think I'll stay here tonight.
-Um...
Yeah. Sure. Cool.
[gentle music]
Mm.
[water dripping]
[music continues]
[suspenseful music]
Oh.
[eerie music]
[music intensifies]
[crackles]
[groans]
[whimpers]
[music stops]
[suspenseful music]
[whispers]
What's happening?
I don't know.
[suspenseful music]
[bed creaks]
[cutlery clinking]
[gentle music]
[suspenseful music]
-[thud]
-[exhales]
Fuck.
[sighs]
[suspenseful music]
Fuck. What the fuck
is that supposed to mean?
Is that supposed
to mean something?
Is it?
[light switches clicking]
[sobs]
[sobbing]
[music stops]
What's all this?
Where did you learn to do that?
I couldn't sleep.
[David]
So, you like books?
Alias walked out
of his apartment
holding the key in his pocket.
He closed the door behind him,
but started to have
second thoughts.
He didn't want to leave her
up there like that, but...
He thought about going back up.
But then he saw his friend Izmar
across the street.
It had been six days
since he'd last seen him,
and his hair was much longer,
and he had a dog.
How was this possible?
Izmar had never ever mentioned
wanting a dog.
[chuckles softly]
Don't be afraid, Julie,
the machine was made
to be there for you,
not you for her.
Count all the doors you have
to enter and exit in a day.
All the small decisions
you have to make,
and ask yourself,
if you were to go back
this morning,
would you still have
the peanut butter sandwich,
or would you make oatmeal?
The church was cold and quiet.
It smelled
like frankincense and myrrh.
All the way in the front row,
there was an old man.
He was seated
and you couldn't see his face,
but June knew
he was the one she had to ask.
He was the one
who knew everything.
All that's in those books?
I don't remember reading
any of it.
No, I just made it all up.
How about this one?
There was so much beauty in her,
he wanted to stop time
and be forever in the moment.
All things considered,
Kreuzberg was a good place
to fall in love.
[mellow music]
I have to leave now.
But I can come back.
Do you want me to come back?
Yes, I do.
I want you to come back.
It's the middle of the night
and this is downtown.
Where are you going this late?
[TwoTwo]
I'm gonna need a--
Can I borrow this jacket?
[car engine whirring]
Victor, why are you here?
[sighs] It's a, it's a--
[sighs]
I haven't seen you in a while.
You've been hiding.
Well, we're all hiding.
[chuckles softly]
But not from your own.
-I'm one of you, TwoTwo.
-Not anymore.
-[exclaims]
-You fucked up.
Just leave,
I don't want to hurt you.
Listen, I just want to talk.
Seriously, I, I have--
I can't help you in any way
and I have nothing more to say.
Right, you got
a new boyfriend now, is that it?
Regular guy-type,
real fucking loser.
Your hair is nice, but I don't
know what the fuck this is.
I saw you two earlier.
He doesn't know what you are,
what you do, or what you would--
Stop it, Victor. Just go home.
Home? What home?
Do you have a home?
What do you want from me?
I need you to help me,
just this one last time.
[scoffs, sighs]
Look, I'm not getting
locations anymore, okay?
I'm not getting charged,
and I keep checking those spots
for these tickets
but they just stopped coming.
It's been over a month.
Oh, my God, it's been a month?
Some dudes
are now the gate keepers
and doing all sorts
of tests and shit.
You need to watch out,
'cause your hanging out
with this new guy
isn't exactly on the path
of non-attachment.
It will cloud your thinking.
You will start getting weaker
and end up like me.
-No.
-As you show
and teach him things,
you will start losing sight.
That's what happened to me.
No, no, it's not like you.
-I know what I'm doing.
-[scoffs]
He's different.
I can make him one of us.
I met people too,
and I got involved with them
and I knew it wasn't right.
-Uh...
-Yeah.
[suspenseful music]
I need you to help me.
Okay.
Just this one time.
Just this once.
[dramatic music]
What are you doing?
I need this.
-What are you doing?
-TwoTwo, I need this.
-Victor, what--
-I need this.
[moans]
You'll get more, I know.
For me, you're all I got.
Don't hate me, TwoTwo,
-I promise I'll pay you back.
-[groans]
[TwoTwo panting]
[continues panting]
[groans]
[sighs]
[panting]
[mysterious music]
[crickets chirping]
[doorknob clicks]
[dramatic percussive music]
[door creaks]
[music continues]
[mystical whispering]
[mellow music]
[ethereal music]
[music stops]
[bright music]
[Joe]
Proof of faith.
You'll get your money's worth
-a hundredfold.
-Yes! [exclaims]
Joe, you crazy sun of a bitch!
Yes! Oh, boy.
[laughs quietly]
Yeah!
[music continues]
[music fades out]
[doorknob clicks]
[footsteps]
[door closes]
[TwoTwo]
I'm back.
What are you working on?
Uh, nothing.
Thanks for cleaning up the desk.
It looks nice.
I lost your clothes.
You lost my clothes?
Well, actually no.
I just don't like
carrying things.
It's fine.
You look well rested.
I have to leave again soon.
-Like, to work?
-Something like that.
Hmm. I didn't expect someone
like you to have an actual job.
What is it you do?
Uh, where do you live?
Can you give me
at least some basics?
Do you realize
how absurd our friendship is?
You're at my house,
you spent the night,
went through my drawers,
uh, wear my clothes, and...
Uh, I like having you here,
I do,
but I don't know
anything at all.
I have a job. I'm sort of a,
how should I call this,
babysitter.
Really? You take care
of small kids?
Not small,
but I take care of them, yeah.
And where do you live?
Uh, I already asked that,
didn't I?
Monday, I'm at the Hilton,
Tuesday through Friday,
I'm at Lucy's studio
and then, on the weekends,
I go back and forth
between the Thompsons
in the Hills
who go to their weekend home
in Palm Springs
to Ginn Cha Lu
who lives actually, like,
two blocks from here.
He has a little apartment
that he rents out
to some business partners
once a month from China.
I have a few other places
that have a better view,
just depends on what
becomes available unexpectedly,
like, my favorite is
the Biscuit Building penthouse.
Hmm,
that's a little bit confusing.
But the kids I take care of,
they're all the same
in some ways,
they're great.
There is five of them.
I'll show you some if you want.
Would you want to?
[engine whirring]
One of my kids,
she's an artist,
really good.
She's actually a lot better
now that I--
Well, I don't want
to take credit
but she did get a lot better.
She paints so fast now.
I mean, she always runs out
of canvases and acrylics.
So I-- Well, you'll see.
[bubble gum pops]
[chuckles] All done.
Where should we go now?
I don't know.
Anywhere you want to go.
Try to read my mind.
-Just like that?
-Try it.
Um...
Let's see.
Um, something like...
Ah, I got it!
-This idiot
can't even read minds.
-[chuckles]
What the hell am I doing
wasting my time with him?
We need to go
to this artist's house.
See if you can feel
where she lives.
You don't know where she lives?
You said that--
Of course I know.
But this is for you.
I'm trying to teach you.
Sorry.
I don't think I have the talent.
I can't read minds.
Well, fine,
then get some guidance.
Guidance? From where?
From everywhere.
It's all around you.
Things,
people,
the air,
sounds.
The empty space isn't empty.
They say that
the whole universe,
everything is alive
You can reach out to it.
It'll talk to you.
All right.
Left.
No, right, right. Right?
[TwoTwo laughs]
Very good.
See, it did talk to you.
Let's see what this girl is
doing. I bet she's painting
white over her old canvases
-to make room for her new work.
-[David] So what exactly
happened there?
[TwoTwo] It's called
mail forwarding services.
Or redelivery.
[David]
So you saw the bird and put
your thoughts in its head.
You have a solution
for every situation?
[TwoTwo]
Hmm, yeah, I kind of do,
but every time is different.
I don't know what will happen
until it happens.
It's like, I know what to do
because it's the only thing
to do,
or what needs to be,
it was already there,
something like that.
-Don't think about it too much,
just trust it, go with it.
-[David] Yeah,
it's super easy,
don't think about it.
[TwoTwo]
Listen, you are a natural,
you demonstrated it.
[bells chime]
We have all day.
He'll be back in the night.
I have him leave the door
unlocked when I come by.
You have him?
The authentic
mid-century modern.
Yeah. This is really modern.
It's hard to find these days.
People improve
on the original design
and they mess it up.
But this one is well preserved.
Oh, I love this lamp.
I almost bought one last week.
Uh...
It was on sale at Kembrys
for $39.99.
No, no, you didn't,
this is an original ABNER.
It must be worth 20 grand.
Hmm. Looks the same though.
It's nice.
I'm gonna get
a bit of work done,
make yourself comfortable.
I need to help out Adam,
he's a little stuck.
[birds chirping]
[Joe on TV]
My grandma always used to say,
if you're buying something
at the store
and you cannot pronounce
the ingredients,
it's probably not good for you.
I like to make
my own mayonnaise.
That way you can control
the ingredients,
and the quality.
It's much more fun and rewarding
and you end up
with a superior product.
It's like magic.
Well, white magic,
not black magic,
because it will end up
pretty white.
But you'll need to know
some secrets.
Don't do it too quickly,
or pour the oil in too quickly,
or go in two directions
at the same time.
It will break.
This is like magic.
From chaos and separation
and disharmony,
to unity and beauty.
No shortcuts.
-Did you not hear the TV?
-Oh!
It's so good.
[exclaims]
Like, I love them all so much.
Adam has real talent.
I did help here and there
with some opportunities.
-What is this?
-But...
It's the language of music,
it's like, uh, math.
I'm fixing it.
[David]
You're fixing it.
But you don't listen.
Uh, I can hear it in my head.
Here, listen.
[melodic music
playing on computer]
[train rattling]
So you guys know what this is?
Are you gonna tell me
how to read it?
-Like--
-What the fuck is this?
Two pages?
-You're supposed
to bring us a hard drive.
-I'm working on it.
I wanted to make sure
you guys are legit first.
Oh, don't worry about us, just
bring me the fucking hard drive.
Well, just be careful, okay?
It's tricky getting that stuff
out of there.
If you get caught, I'm fucked.
They're gonna know it's me.
That's your problem,
it's not mine.
Hey, hey. Hey. I might be able
to get you
some more information, okay?
-I could stay on with you guys.
-[scoffs]
You'd have someone
on the inside.
I don't even like it over there.
Why don't we get
this right first
before we start talking
about a promotion?
Hey, the cash.
You want the rest,
quit fucking around
and bring us the hard drive.
Okay, fine, fine. I'll have it
by the end of the week.
[tense music]
[pants]
[thud]
Fuck.
Oh, fuck.
[panting]
[music intensifies]
[water lapping]
Why are you sad, David?
I can't remember the last time
I was sitting like this,
just careless, in nature,
by a pool.
They have one on my roof.
I went when I first moved,
but then I never had the time.
I'd wake up every day at 6:00,
go to the gym
'cause everyone does,
and then worked my ass off
all those years
for a promotion that never came.
The economy crashed.
And then I got
a personal trainer
and worked harder
to not think about it.
-I don't even know
what I'm gonna do next.
-Oh. [chuckles]
Don't think about it right now.
You'll miss what's
right in front of your eyes.
Isn't this just perfect?
Yeah, too perfect.
Makes someone almost think
that happiness is possible.
I was so miserable
just a few days ago,
then the weirdest thing
happened.
And, and I can't talk about it.
Then don't talk about it.
The truth is in the present.
All else is just an illusion.
The distorted impression
on the mind.
A second ago, a few seconds ago,
it's, it's all a fantasy.
Your inner truth
knows continuity.
It's weird, isn't it?
To suddenly be so sure that...
...it was all a mistake?
Work, college,
the people
I was hanging out with,
all a faade,
all that time wasted.
Chasing a stupid lifestyle
that I bought into.
[clicks tongue]
The right path. The safe path.
I know the story.
It's usually the parents.
Yeah, when you're eight
or ten or 15,
and someone asks what you want
to be when you grow up.
You say, "I want to be
a painter, a writer, a dancer."
Then Mom or Dad goes,
"Oh, hun, that's a hobby.
Go to college first.
And then you can spend
your free time,
whatever is left,
pursuing your hobbies."
So, I went to Harvard.
What was it you wanted to be?
A photographer.
I've always felt that
behind the lens,
that was the one way
I could see the world
all around me and express it.
I felt that I had a way.
Yes.
You need to change your mind
right now,
it changes the way
you think about yourself.
If you were a photographer,
that would fulfill you.
Yeah, I am gonna buy a camera.
-I have to ask you something.
-Yeah.
But I need you to be 100% honest
with me. Can you do that?
Yes, absolutely.
I'll tell you everything
you wanna know about me.
Did you ever pee in a pool?
What?
Did you ever pee in a pool?
Um, yes.
Oof.
Never do that again, okay?
I swear.
-Ever?
-Ever.
Great, because it's not nice.
[car engine whirring]
[David laughs]
Oh, shit.
-Huh?
-Shit, he's back.
Is this
'cause I peed in the pool?
Where is my dress?
Victor was right.
-When I hang out with you,
I'm losing.
-Who's Victor?
[dramatic music]
Anyway, we got to go.
There's one more thing
we have to do tonight.
-Did you get it?
-[sighs] Get in the car.
Did he deliver? How did he do?
[sighs] No, as a matter of fact,
he gave me two sheets of paper.
-He claimed he had to verify
if we're legit.
-Ah, fuck that. Let me go.
-I'll go talk to him.
-No, let's just get out of here.
-It doesn't matter. Just--
-No, no, no, no, no,
I'll beat it out of him
if I have to.
Just calm the fuck down, Victor.
This is not your problem, okay?
At least he did better than you.
-You didn't get us shit.
-Better than me? Hey!
I'm the one that got you
the computer mouse guy.
-Fucking pieces of--
Fucking two sheets of--
-Are you fucking, fucking guy?
-Are you fucking--
-What the fuck!
-This sort of shit.
-What the fuck is this?
These guys are everywhere.
They're constantly watching us.
-You're gonna just let him--
-Oh, my God!
-Then go get him.
-Go get him!
-Are you fucking kidding me?
-[indistinct]
Get the keys.
Give me the fucking keys.
-Let's go.
-You have the keys.
-[Victor] Fucking crazy.
What the fuck!
-[One-oh-three] Come on,
-start the car. Let's get him.
-Let's go. Let's get him.
-[One-oh-three]
He's right there.
-[Victor] What the fuck, where?
-Where'd he go?
-You don't see him?
-No, where'd he go?
-Are you blind, man,
-just go straight.
-Go straight where?
-[One-oh-three]
Hit the fucking road! Come on!
-Ah, fuck that!
All right, let's go
fucking get him.
-Fuck this.
-Yes.
[One-oh-three]
Okay, now go up here.
I think he turned left.
He's up here someplace.
-[Victor] Where is he?
-Oh, my God...
[man]
Two weeks, three weeks?
[One-oh-three]
Probably three weeks.
And I'll check
on the shipment tomorrow.
[man]
I gave her a pretty big dose,
she should be up
in the next few hours
Wha-- What's the point?
I mean, she's got no power,
-she's got no ticket.
-Hey, don't worry about it,
I'll deal with it.
-[man] We should dump her.
-[One-oh-three]
We can't dump her.
She's seen our faces,
she knows the location.
Dump her dead.
I'll talk to Five.
[metallic door clinks, rattles
[whirring]
[TwoTwo whispers]
Be quiet.
Look.
[TwoTwo whispers]
We're decent.
[David]
Wait, I heard something.
-[doorknob clicks]
-[TwoTwo] Shh!
Oh, my God. Where is she?
I can feel
it's somewhere nearby.
What?
[eerie music]
It's fine, you can come down.
[David]
Okay.
-Wha-- When did you--
-[TwoTwo] Shh!
Here I am, let's go.
[breath shudders]
[inhales sharply]
[grunts]
[exclaims]
[suspenseful music]
[seagulls squawking]
[TwoTwo]
Imagine for a second
that everything you see
right now,
it's all there is.
[David]
I think it would be
the other way around. Uh...
Like, there is more to it
than what you see?
I want to show you something.
Close your eyes.
Look into the darkness
and remember the ocean
as you just saw it a second ago.
Then you start seeing it again
in your mind.
Be with it.
And with me.
This will be our moment.
Outside of time.
You can take it with you
in any world you go
You can close your eyes
and be right back here.
Don't question anything.
[David]
Am I dreaming?
How, how can you make
someone dream?
How do you do this?
-How come I'm flying?
-[TwoTwo] David, don't speak,
-don't think!
-[David] I want to open my eyes,
-but they are open.
-[TwoTwo] David, not now,
stay with me.
-[David] There are numbers
in the water.
[TwoTwo]
I took you too far
but I'm gonna fix it.
[David]
What's been happening to me
since I met Joe
and gave him my money?
How did I end up in this world?
-I need to know.
-You gonna get us both killed.
-I need to understand.
-David, stop!
-It's a trip. This is not real.
But when?
-David, not now.
-It's some kind of fucked up
good-bad trip.
-Don't do this!
[echoes] It's not real.
It's not real.
-David, stop!
-It's some kind of good
It's not real.
-[voices overlapping]
-[David screaming]
[splash]
[TwoTwo]
David!
[tense music]
[water splattering]
[suspenseful music]
[seagulls squawking]
[calm music]
[door lock clicks]
[switch clicks]
[suspenseful music]
[shower running]
[man]
That's it. Yes.
[man]
All right, I'm done.
[engine whirring]
[suspenseful music]
[music fades out]
[suspenseful music]
[man]
What's up, Boo?
No, you know, I mean,
I didn't have a great day,
starting off my glasses broke.
I don't wanna talk about it.
But, you know, how I don't care
about followers,
of course, right?
So I was looking today,
just to, you know, see,
how much more popular I got,
and I started getting
10,000 more per day.
And it gets better.
You'll never guess
who started following me.
David.
Yes! [laughs]
I know, I could, I was like,
"Okay, what did I even do
to having him
start following me?
No way!" And I went to his page,
I'm like,
"It's probably a fake one."
No, it's not, it really is him.
So look where I am now!
Hey! You know
where Venice and Hope is?
Uh, yeah.
You gotta take a right
and then another right.
-Well, thanks.
-Uh-huh.
[suspenseful music]
[music continues]
[door opens, closes]
Can I get you anything?
Yes.
Do you want to buy something?
Yeah, yes.
And what would that be?
Uh, whatever.
I, I want to buy something,
but I don't know what.
[chuckles] That's funny.
Yeah, it is.
How about you pick
something for me?
What kind of thing do you want?
Whatever. You pick something
and I'll pay for it.
Okay, uh...
I can make you a cappuccino.
We have juices.
Fresh bagels and muffins.
There are--
Oh, lottery tickets.
Uh, yeah, perfect.
Yeah? Oh, okay,
that's actually great,
'cause we've had them
for, like, a month,
we've only sold two, so...
Which one do you want?
You decide.
Is this one okay? Five dollars?
-Perfect.
-Okay.
[chuckles]
-[coin clinks]
-Winner.
New ticket.
-Okay.
-Good for you.
How about this next one,
I pick the ticket,
and if it's a winner,
we split the money,
and I get to ask you on a date.
-You get to ask me.
-Yeah.
You get to ask me.
Yeah. Deal?
You get to ask me and that's it.
Yes, that's it.
Okay, so...
You get to ask me,
doesn't mean I'm gonna say yes,
but you get to ask me.
[laughs]
Okay. Um...
How about maybe
you pick the ticket,
and then
you get to ask me on a date.
Wha-- Wait, what? [laughs]
Yeah, and I might say yes,
you know.
And, well, if I do,
then you absolutely
have absolutely go on a date,
-'cause you were that asked.
-[laughs]
You're the one that...
Let's see.
This one.
[laughs]
No fucking way!
Uh, sorry.
No fucking way!
That's just weird.
[chuckles] You're rich.
We have to split it.
And go on that date.
Something simple.
No pressure.
With money like this,
we have to keep it simple.
You might want to quit your job.
What?
Okay, how about...
It's a Saturday, you wanna go?
-Okay.
-Okay.
Okay.
I'll, I'll see you there.
Hey, Forty-nine?
What?
-Should I call you Forty-nine?
-What?
[TwoTwo laughs]
[chuckles]
Yeah, you can call me whatever.
Or, uh, David.
It's good to meet you.
What's your name?
I'll tell you Saturday.
[bright music]
[door creaks, closes]
[mystical whispering]
[suspenseful music]
[music fades out]
[ethereal music]
[mystical whispering]
[mystical whispering]
[birds chirping]
[ethereal music]
[woman vocalizing]
[train swishing, hissing]
[tense music]
[tense music]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[phone vibrating]
[man over phone]
Hey, man, uh, I know
you left a couple of messages.
-Sorry about the job situation.
It's tough here too.
-[David sighs]
[Trisha over phone]
Hello, David, this is Trisha
from the leasing office
downstairs.
We didn't receive
the rent check last month.
If we don't hear from you
by the end of the day,
-we'll shave to start paperwork
for eviction.
-[doorbell rings]
[woman]
See, I told you he's home,
he's looking at us right now.
[suspenseful music]
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
[heart pounding]
[gulps]
[exclaims]
[breathing heavily]
[upbeat techno music]
[people laughing, murmuring]
[upbeat techno music continues]
[suspenseful music]
Tough night?
What?
[barfing]
From the looks of it,
I'd say so.
How long have I been here?
All night.
Second half of it.
After the party.
Mm.
Of course, you could have slept
in your...
...luxury doorman building
bachelor pad,
woke up there,
and came here for a nap.
Two types of gentleman like you
could wake up in the trash.
I wonder which one you are.
The first, uh,
party boy that overdid it.
The second type,
well dressed,
so he can pass as normal,
well-adjusted citizen
in temporary distress,
and then night comes,
and he's back here with us.
Shame of the city.
Thank the Downtown Goddess
of Skid Row.
Shit, I lost my phone.
[sighs] What time is it?
-You have to be somewhere?
-No!
Did you steal my phone?
Answer me. I need the phone.
[sighs]
Okay, come on, man, did you?
I didn't steal your phone.
In fact, I don't steal.
Stealing is not good for you.
I like to live clean.
[chuckles softly]
Well, of course for this,
the physicality of things.
Hard to keep that clean.
But don't matter, does it?
It's the inside that counts.
Where are you off to?
Won't you even say goodbye?
[upbeat music]
Goodbye.
[cats meowing]
What the fuck, man?
You following me?
I feel for you, man.
You're new, I can tell.
Takes a while to get used to it.
Get used to what?
[chuckles] Look,
you may have been to college,
and had a, a home, and a wife
and a job and all.
It's temporary.
Nothing to be ashamed of.
It can happen to anyone.
Crazy times.
Look, you're alive,
and life goes on, you know,
and things change.
You read me wrong.
You tell me I'm not right.
Things are tough right now,
aren't they?
Yes.
You hate your life,
you hate your world,
at least the latest version?
Correct.
You may even be hating yourself.
But there's hope.
[laughs sarcastically]
Correct.
You have a solution or anything?
For the self-hate?
Well, that will cost you
one dollar.
For what, your wisdom?
[chuckles softly]
Wisdom is free.
No, the one dollar
is for the "I hate myself" part.
Uh, so you don't feel
like a bad person all day,
walking around with regret,
because you know you did
a good thing and helped someone.
Very clever.
But I don't have a dollar.
Sorry, man.
Someone who was good company
and conversation in tough times?
Sorry, man, no cash.
-Not one small
tiny little dollar?
-No.
How about $78.44?
[suspenseful music]
How did you come up
with that exact number?
One like me knows things.
About my bank account?
And other unexplainable
mysterious things.
To become who I am
and know what I know,
I've made the ultimate
life-affirming sacrifice
and gave it all up,
to find it all, all over again.
To know what I know,
to see what I see,
I've traveled
through many worlds.
Paid the price...
...to find
what was waiting to be found.
[TwoTwo]
No need to cause a scene
or hurt anyone.
Let's try easy this time.
[Eighty]
I don't hurt people.
Have you ever seen me?
[TwoTwo]
Last week.
Unnecessary. And wasteful.
You need to learn
to conserve your energy.
-You don't need
to alter reality...
-[scoffs]
...every chance you get.
The definition of grace.
Look it up.
[both]
Smallest number of actions
needed to accomplish a task.
Yes. Got it.
Smallest number it is.
[gentle music]
Okay, so he's gonna go
to go to the back now.
And I'm gonna freeze
the cameras.
How's that?
Nice.
You can't bring anything in.
I know, I know.
No possessions or attachments
since last Monday.
I swear.
Absolutely not.
[chuckles]
[suspenseful music]
Grace!
Well, this wouldn't have
happened if I wasn't--
What are you saying?
Are you saying this is my fault?
Are you blaming me?
No, no, I'm not blaming you.
It's me. I just,
I lose focus when I'm not alone.
I get distracted.
Okay. Well, is this okay?
Because I need something
from Marty's.
Yeah.
[gentle music]
[scratch card ripping]
Fourteen, oh, nine...
The winning lottery ticket.
Oy, oy, oy...
[speaking Hindi]
[suspenseful music]
[man sighs]
Victor,
follow the rhythm
of what you see.
Be there with it.
[Victor]
Git it, got it.
Give me something else.
Not kids, please.
I don't do good with the kids.
[man]
I'm sorry, man,
that's all I got.
I gave you nothing
but easy ones,
and this is the last one.
[Victor sighs]
[suspenseful music]
[metallic clang]
[sighs]
[sighing]
[sighs]
[door closes]
[eerie music]
[groans]
[footsteps]
[computer dings]
This wasn't running
for half a session,
and you just totally
sent him home?
Don't worry about it, man.
I can read him blindfolded.
He's not going back in.
[panting]
-I have a problem.
-[man] Oh.
This new screening system...
[chuckles]
...you just came up with it
last night?
Revenge of the nerds?
I mean, everybody else seems
all right with it.
[scoffs] Yeah?
Well, everybody else is stupid.
Oh. Okay.
So you're now the gate keepers?
-No.
-Yes.
What we're actually doing here
isn't particularly
your business.
If you really want to know...
Sure, I'd like to know.
We receive a massive amount
of data throughout the day.
And we're trying to decipher it.
So far we don't know
what it means.
But when we're not doing that,
we're wasting our time
with people like you.
People who fucked up,
got kicked out,
and now they wanna go back in.
You see, it's up to us
to determine whether or not
they should go back in.
-[Victor] I see.
-Because it's not always
a good idea
-for them to go back in.
-[Victor] Great.
Then determine me back in.
[man]
Victor, listen,
-I have some bad--
-Don't call me Victor.
I'm 117.
[man]
Actually, Victor,
the bad news is,
your number isn't being
generated in the system anymore.
So technically,
117 doesn't exist.
You're back to being
regular Victor now.
Now, I don't know
if this is permanent,
or if things are gonna change,
but by the way
you're acting right now,
it doesn't look promising to me.
[Victor]
Let me in.
No, we can't.
It's actually not good for you.
We've seen some bad situations.
[Victor] We used to be able
to go in whenever we wanted.
From the beginning.
I don't know where to go.
I have no memory
of what or who I was
before I got pulled in.
I didn't choose
to leave everything behind
to pursue some sort
of fucking enlightening career.
This is something
that happened to me.
You can't just pluck people
out of their lives
and throw them back in
with nothing.
I need to get back in.
I need to get recharged.
First of all, I didn't pluck you
or anybody else, so...
[sighs]
...Victor, it seems to me
like you've lost that right.
I mean,
look back at what you had.
You had this amazing gift.
And what good did you do
with it?
Yeah. We heard all about it.
Bragging all over.
[scoffs] Bars, parties,
how you could get girls.
What was it,
the Vegas magic trick?
-All that money.
You had some fun, dude.
-I'll handle it.
So what?
I fucked up a little bit, right?
But-- But it's not like
I murdered anyone.
Whatever, there is no rules
that say that we actually have
to save the fucking world.
Isn't it that everyone's
different? That--
That we all have
a different calling?
[blows raspberry] A calling?
Like a calling for call girls?
Shut up, you shit little
sweaty computer mouse.
What the fuck do you know?
Siting there
typing on your computer,
looking at your TV monitors,
drinking
your chai latte pink tea
like this is some
fucking video game!
Slow down.
-No reason to get all worked up.
-[man] Vic--
-Victor.
Things are different now.
-[Victor sighs]
More people means
more responsibilities.
Find your Zen first,
and then you'll pass the test.
And then, maybe your number
-will start
being generated again.
-[Victor exclaims]
This is so fucking unfair.
This is
a total fucking catch-22.
I can't get any goddamn Zen
when I'm back on the outside
and I can't get back in
because I'm not already
some fucking Zen master?
-Easy, easy.
-[Roy] No, no--
-[Victor] No, no, no,
I need to get in.
-Hey, hey.
-[Roy] What are you doing?
No, no, stop.
-[cross talk]
-Because I need to get back in.
-Hey! Hey, hey!
-No, I need to get in.
You've got to--
-[cross talk]
-[Roy] It's dangerous.
It is dangerous!
-Stop!
Chill out! Chill out! Chill out!
Oh, oh, oh, shit. [panting]
-Jesus Christ!
-What was that?
[both sigh]
I'm trying to decide if I should
feel bad for this guy.
He really seems to want it.
[chuckles] I'd rather
put you in than him.
Wait. Seriously? When?
No. No.
But you did say
that one day, that--
And when that day comes,
I will let you know.
But until then,
don't ask me about it.
So what-- What's gonna happen
to him now?
I don't know,
I'm not the one to decide.
But if he lost
his charging location,
he's gonna have to return
to some sort of normal life.
And I find
that's very hard for him to do,
after being like this
all those years.
It's hard to reintegrate.
[dramatic music]
[beeps]
[printer whirring]
[David]
I can only get 60 bucks
since all I have is 78,44.
[Joe]
We've already established
we know how much you have.
[David]
The machine only gives 20s.
Try 80.
-I've officially lost
the fucking plot.
-Hmm.
-Craziest thing
you've ever done.
-[machine beeps]
-Ha! It actually worked.
-[ATM clattering]
[beeping]
-Miracle.
-And I'm $1.56 overdrawn.
Proof of faith.
You'll get your money's worth
a hundred fold.
-Just when you think
things can't get any worse.
-[chuckles softly]
As they say about hitting
the bottom of the pool thing,
I'm your bottom of the pool,
and your push back up.
No need for more wisdom, Joe,
keep it for your podcast.
I'm all yours.
Brainwashed and empty and broke.
I would like that.
You know what sounds
better though?
Sunday brunch.
A date with a cute guy
and eggs Benedict and a Mimosa
on the rooftop
of the Miriam Hotel.
I was at a party there once.
[grunts] Or I think I was.
[sighs]
But I guess party days for us
are over, aren't they?
You can still go
to any party you want,
any time you want.
But you'll be an outsider.
You know,
my memory is messed up.
And I can't tell if I actually
live through something,
or if, I don't know,
I imagined it.
And that's what
the experience is,
like a false memory
or something.
[TwoTwo]
Once you'll get
the hang of it, trust me,
it's an amazing experience.
The thing is to learn
how to direct it.
[sigh] Yeah, whatever you say,
but it still doesn't make sense.
You know,
sometimes I still think
that I'm too young for this,
that maybe
I didn't quite get to live life,
and so it's kind of difficult
for me to sit here
and give up something
that I feel like
I never even got a taste for.
You really miss these things?
You know, the day before
the charge days... [sighs]
...I feel so uneasy.
And then I get my charge,
and then afterwards, it's,
um, I don't miss anything.
I'm like a whole new person
Um, and there is this downtime,
this gap, a day or two, and I--
And then I feel uneasy again.
And then I look around
at all the people,
all the girls
that are, like, my age
and I just feel like
maybe the normal life
isn't necessarily that bad.
I get it.
It takes a while
to get used to it.
But you'll feel more even,
-less ups and downs.
-Hmm.
I meant less downs actually.
Many more ups.
How many charges
have you had so far?
-Three?
-Four.
Yeah, I know.
It gets easier, trust me.
And you'll learn
to hold your energy
and not spend it so fast,
and you'll stay charged longer
and you won't be so starved
by the next one.
I think we are being followed.
Oh, what are you talking about?
Who?
I know them.
They lost their charge,
they're trying to get ours.
[suspenseful music]
[Eighty]
I don't think there is anyone.
-Are you sure?
-Don't turn so much.
[Eighty chuckles]
[Eighty]
Shit, we have to run.
[TwoTwo]
No, not yet.
We can't let them know
we saw them.
We'll keep the pace down
until we pass Redford.
And then we'll find a spot
to hide. If we run, they run.
Okay, why can't we just, I don't
know, hide in here or something?
I just really don't want
to end up like--
Stop talking.
Control your fear.
You've got to control your fear.
-We need to run. We need to run.
-Shit.
You should listen to me!
[tense music]
[Eighty groans]
-[grunts]
-Oh! No, please don't.
-No!
-[One-oh-three] Get the--
Yeah, I'm going
after the other one.
She, she's the most evolved.
[One-oh-three speaking
indistinctly]
Do I know you? One-oh-three,
what are you doing?
-No more numbers for us,
so you're gonna help us out.
-[pants]
[Eighty]
No, I cannot help you.
I cannot help you.
I cannot-- [muffled]
[muffled]
[tense music]
[music stops]
So.
So.
[sighs] Here I go.
Right door.
Gotcha.
And out the left door.
You're afraid?
See you on the other side.
Remember,
you can't ever tell anyone.
Ever.
Things go good
and it feels right...
...don't question it,
or you'll lose everything
and be thrown right back out
into your old world.
Or another world much worse.
I'm not sure.
You're not sure.
[suspenseful music]
[loud thud]
[suspenseful music continues]
[mystical whispering]
[car alarm beeps]
[tense music]
[panting]
-Drive! Please, please drive!
-[David] It, it's red,
-it's red! All right.
-Go, go!
[car tire screeches]
[David]
Uh, okay.
Um, just so you know,
my insurance is expired.
What's going on? Uh...
Like, is someone
trying to hurt you?
They took my friend.
I think she might be dead.
Shit.
Do you need to call the police?
I, I don't have my phone.
-Okay, what do we do?
-Nothing.
I think we lost them.
Thank you.
Yeah.
I'm almost home,
it's two more blocks.
Are you sure you don't need me
to take you somewhere?
No.
Well, great to meet you.
And to have been of help.
Uh...
Take care of yourself.
I'm gonna come up with you.
Uh...
Okay.
[car door shuts]
[elevator beeping]
[elevator bell dings]
Sorry about the mess.
I'm moving out.
I like this one.
Did you take it?
Yeah, there is actually a story.
Uh, we were in college,
and stayed up all night,
then the camera fell,
and, uh, we...
[inhales] ...might have
drank way too much.
So you just met a girl
and brought her home.
In record time.
Yeah, it's a...
...weird way to meet someone.
[inhales] I'm not sure
I'm making
the exact same decisions
I would have made a month ago.
Oh.
A little situation here.
Oh, yeah.
Uh, those, well, it, um...
Mm.
-Good thing you met me.
-Yeah.
What?
[sighs]
You can sit down, you know.
It's your home.
Um...
Do you want to know anything?
About me, I mean?
No.
Yeah.
Um, and you?
Do you have a home?
I have a few.
W-- what do you mean a few?
More than one.
Right. I got that.
But, um,
like most people usually--
Uh, you don't--
It's-- Whatever.
So who was following you?
I can't talk about it.
Of course.
[sighs]
-It's nice here.
-Yeah?
Yeah. Your place has
a particular quality.
-Sad looser quality.
-No.
Do you want a drink?
No.
Are you hungry?
No.
But I'll take a shower.
That would be nice.
[David]
There's some shampoo
and body wash on the floor.
[shower running]
I'm gonna need
something to wear.
Yeah. Okay.
[exhales]
[shower running]
I'm David, by the way.
-You need two towels?
-[chuckles softly]
-Two?
-Yes.
-Twenty-two?
-Yes.
We go by numbers,
but you can call me TwoTwo.
-Ah.
-[chuckles]
-I think I'll stay here tonight.
-Um...
Yeah. Sure. Cool.
[gentle music]
Mm.
[water dripping]
[music continues]
[suspenseful music]
Oh.
[eerie music]
[music intensifies]
[crackles]
[groans]
[whimpers]
[music stops]
[suspenseful music]
[whispers]
What's happening?
I don't know.
[suspenseful music]
[bed creaks]
[cutlery clinking]
[gentle music]
[suspenseful music]
-[thud]
-[exhales]
Fuck.
[sighs]
[suspenseful music]
Fuck. What the fuck
is that supposed to mean?
Is that supposed
to mean something?
Is it?
[light switches clicking]
[sobs]
[sobbing]
[music stops]
What's all this?
Where did you learn to do that?
I couldn't sleep.
[David]
So, you like books?
Alias walked out
of his apartment
holding the key in his pocket.
He closed the door behind him,
but started to have
second thoughts.
He didn't want to leave her
up there like that, but...
He thought about going back up.
But then he saw his friend Izmar
across the street.
It had been six days
since he'd last seen him,
and his hair was much longer,
and he had a dog.
How was this possible?
Izmar had never ever mentioned
wanting a dog.
[chuckles softly]
Don't be afraid, Julie,
the machine was made
to be there for you,
not you for her.
Count all the doors you have
to enter and exit in a day.
All the small decisions
you have to make,
and ask yourself,
if you were to go back
this morning,
would you still have
the peanut butter sandwich,
or would you make oatmeal?
The church was cold and quiet.
It smelled
like frankincense and myrrh.
All the way in the front row,
there was an old man.
He was seated
and you couldn't see his face,
but June knew
he was the one she had to ask.
He was the one
who knew everything.
All that's in those books?
I don't remember reading
any of it.
No, I just made it all up.
How about this one?
There was so much beauty in her,
he wanted to stop time
and be forever in the moment.
All things considered,
Kreuzberg was a good place
to fall in love.
[mellow music]
I have to leave now.
But I can come back.
Do you want me to come back?
Yes, I do.
I want you to come back.
It's the middle of the night
and this is downtown.
Where are you going this late?
[TwoTwo]
I'm gonna need a--
Can I borrow this jacket?
[car engine whirring]
Victor, why are you here?
[sighs] It's a, it's a--
[sighs]
I haven't seen you in a while.
You've been hiding.
Well, we're all hiding.
[chuckles softly]
But not from your own.
-I'm one of you, TwoTwo.
-Not anymore.
-[exclaims]
-You fucked up.
Just leave,
I don't want to hurt you.
Listen, I just want to talk.
Seriously, I, I have--
I can't help you in any way
and I have nothing more to say.
Right, you got
a new boyfriend now, is that it?
Regular guy-type,
real fucking loser.
Your hair is nice, but I don't
know what the fuck this is.
I saw you two earlier.
He doesn't know what you are,
what you do, or what you would--
Stop it, Victor. Just go home.
Home? What home?
Do you have a home?
What do you want from me?
I need you to help me,
just this one last time.
[scoffs, sighs]
Look, I'm not getting
locations anymore, okay?
I'm not getting charged,
and I keep checking those spots
for these tickets
but they just stopped coming.
It's been over a month.
Oh, my God, it's been a month?
Some dudes
are now the gate keepers
and doing all sorts
of tests and shit.
You need to watch out,
'cause your hanging out
with this new guy
isn't exactly on the path
of non-attachment.
It will cloud your thinking.
You will start getting weaker
and end up like me.
-No.
-As you show
and teach him things,
you will start losing sight.
That's what happened to me.
No, no, it's not like you.
-I know what I'm doing.
-[scoffs]
He's different.
I can make him one of us.
I met people too,
and I got involved with them
and I knew it wasn't right.
-Uh...
-Yeah.
[suspenseful music]
I need you to help me.
Okay.
Just this one time.
Just this once.
[dramatic music]
What are you doing?
I need this.
-What are you doing?
-TwoTwo, I need this.
-Victor, what--
-I need this.
[moans]
You'll get more, I know.
For me, you're all I got.
Don't hate me, TwoTwo,
-I promise I'll pay you back.
-[groans]
[TwoTwo panting]
[continues panting]
[groans]
[sighs]
[panting]
[mysterious music]
[crickets chirping]
[doorknob clicks]
[dramatic percussive music]
[door creaks]
[music continues]
[mystical whispering]
[mellow music]
[ethereal music]
[music stops]
[bright music]
[Joe]
Proof of faith.
You'll get your money's worth
-a hundredfold.
-Yes! [exclaims]
Joe, you crazy sun of a bitch!
Yes! Oh, boy.
[laughs quietly]
Yeah!
[music continues]
[music fades out]
[doorknob clicks]
[footsteps]
[door closes]
[TwoTwo]
I'm back.
What are you working on?
Uh, nothing.
Thanks for cleaning up the desk.
It looks nice.
I lost your clothes.
You lost my clothes?
Well, actually no.
I just don't like
carrying things.
It's fine.
You look well rested.
I have to leave again soon.
-Like, to work?
-Something like that.
Hmm. I didn't expect someone
like you to have an actual job.
What is it you do?
Uh, where do you live?
Can you give me
at least some basics?
Do you realize
how absurd our friendship is?
You're at my house,
you spent the night,
went through my drawers,
uh, wear my clothes, and...
Uh, I like having you here,
I do,
but I don't know
anything at all.
I have a job. I'm sort of a,
how should I call this,
babysitter.
Really? You take care
of small kids?
Not small,
but I take care of them, yeah.
And where do you live?
Uh, I already asked that,
didn't I?
Monday, I'm at the Hilton,
Tuesday through Friday,
I'm at Lucy's studio
and then, on the weekends,
I go back and forth
between the Thompsons
in the Hills
who go to their weekend home
in Palm Springs
to Ginn Cha Lu
who lives actually, like,
two blocks from here.
He has a little apartment
that he rents out
to some business partners
once a month from China.
I have a few other places
that have a better view,
just depends on what
becomes available unexpectedly,
like, my favorite is
the Biscuit Building penthouse.
Hmm,
that's a little bit confusing.
But the kids I take care of,
they're all the same
in some ways,
they're great.
There is five of them.
I'll show you some if you want.
Would you want to?
[engine whirring]
One of my kids,
she's an artist,
really good.
She's actually a lot better
now that I--
Well, I don't want
to take credit
but she did get a lot better.
She paints so fast now.
I mean, she always runs out
of canvases and acrylics.
So I-- Well, you'll see.
[bubble gum pops]
[chuckles] All done.
Where should we go now?
I don't know.
Anywhere you want to go.
Try to read my mind.
-Just like that?
-Try it.
Um...
Let's see.
Um, something like...
Ah, I got it!
-This idiot
can't even read minds.
-[chuckles]
What the hell am I doing
wasting my time with him?
We need to go
to this artist's house.
See if you can feel
where she lives.
You don't know where she lives?
You said that--
Of course I know.
But this is for you.
I'm trying to teach you.
Sorry.
I don't think I have the talent.
I can't read minds.
Well, fine,
then get some guidance.
Guidance? From where?
From everywhere.
It's all around you.
Things,
people,
the air,
sounds.
The empty space isn't empty.
They say that
the whole universe,
everything is alive
You can reach out to it.
It'll talk to you.
All right.
Left.
No, right, right. Right?
[TwoTwo laughs]
Very good.
See, it did talk to you.
Let's see what this girl is
doing. I bet she's painting
white over her old canvases
-to make room for her new work.
-[David] So what exactly
happened there?
[TwoTwo] It's called
mail forwarding services.
Or redelivery.
[David]
So you saw the bird and put
your thoughts in its head.
You have a solution
for every situation?
[TwoTwo]
Hmm, yeah, I kind of do,
but every time is different.
I don't know what will happen
until it happens.
It's like, I know what to do
because it's the only thing
to do,
or what needs to be,
it was already there,
something like that.
-Don't think about it too much,
just trust it, go with it.
-[David] Yeah,
it's super easy,
don't think about it.
[TwoTwo]
Listen, you are a natural,
you demonstrated it.
[bells chime]
We have all day.
He'll be back in the night.
I have him leave the door
unlocked when I come by.
You have him?
The authentic
mid-century modern.
Yeah. This is really modern.
It's hard to find these days.
People improve
on the original design
and they mess it up.
But this one is well preserved.
Oh, I love this lamp.
I almost bought one last week.
Uh...
It was on sale at Kembrys
for $39.99.
No, no, you didn't,
this is an original ABNER.
It must be worth 20 grand.
Hmm. Looks the same though.
It's nice.
I'm gonna get
a bit of work done,
make yourself comfortable.
I need to help out Adam,
he's a little stuck.
[birds chirping]
[Joe on TV]
My grandma always used to say,
if you're buying something
at the store
and you cannot pronounce
the ingredients,
it's probably not good for you.
I like to make
my own mayonnaise.
That way you can control
the ingredients,
and the quality.
It's much more fun and rewarding
and you end up
with a superior product.
It's like magic.
Well, white magic,
not black magic,
because it will end up
pretty white.
But you'll need to know
some secrets.
Don't do it too quickly,
or pour the oil in too quickly,
or go in two directions
at the same time.
It will break.
This is like magic.
From chaos and separation
and disharmony,
to unity and beauty.
No shortcuts.
-Did you not hear the TV?
-Oh!
It's so good.
[exclaims]
Like, I love them all so much.
Adam has real talent.
I did help here and there
with some opportunities.
-What is this?
-But...
It's the language of music,
it's like, uh, math.
I'm fixing it.
[David]
You're fixing it.
But you don't listen.
Uh, I can hear it in my head.
Here, listen.
[melodic music
playing on computer]
[train rattling]
So you guys know what this is?
Are you gonna tell me
how to read it?
-Like--
-What the fuck is this?
Two pages?
-You're supposed
to bring us a hard drive.
-I'm working on it.
I wanted to make sure
you guys are legit first.
Oh, don't worry about us, just
bring me the fucking hard drive.
Well, just be careful, okay?
It's tricky getting that stuff
out of there.
If you get caught, I'm fucked.
They're gonna know it's me.
That's your problem,
it's not mine.
Hey, hey. Hey. I might be able
to get you
some more information, okay?
-I could stay on with you guys.
-[scoffs]
You'd have someone
on the inside.
I don't even like it over there.
Why don't we get
this right first
before we start talking
about a promotion?
Hey, the cash.
You want the rest,
quit fucking around
and bring us the hard drive.
Okay, fine, fine. I'll have it
by the end of the week.
[tense music]
[pants]
[thud]
Fuck.
Oh, fuck.
[panting]
[music intensifies]
[water lapping]
Why are you sad, David?
I can't remember the last time
I was sitting like this,
just careless, in nature,
by a pool.
They have one on my roof.
I went when I first moved,
but then I never had the time.
I'd wake up every day at 6:00,
go to the gym
'cause everyone does,
and then worked my ass off
all those years
for a promotion that never came.
The economy crashed.
And then I got
a personal trainer
and worked harder
to not think about it.
-I don't even know
what I'm gonna do next.
-Oh. [chuckles]
Don't think about it right now.
You'll miss what's
right in front of your eyes.
Isn't this just perfect?
Yeah, too perfect.
Makes someone almost think
that happiness is possible.
I was so miserable
just a few days ago,
then the weirdest thing
happened.
And, and I can't talk about it.
Then don't talk about it.
The truth is in the present.
All else is just an illusion.
The distorted impression
on the mind.
A second ago, a few seconds ago,
it's, it's all a fantasy.
Your inner truth
knows continuity.
It's weird, isn't it?
To suddenly be so sure that...
...it was all a mistake?
Work, college,
the people
I was hanging out with,
all a faade,
all that time wasted.
Chasing a stupid lifestyle
that I bought into.
[clicks tongue]
The right path. The safe path.
I know the story.
It's usually the parents.
Yeah, when you're eight
or ten or 15,
and someone asks what you want
to be when you grow up.
You say, "I want to be
a painter, a writer, a dancer."
Then Mom or Dad goes,
"Oh, hun, that's a hobby.
Go to college first.
And then you can spend
your free time,
whatever is left,
pursuing your hobbies."
So, I went to Harvard.
What was it you wanted to be?
A photographer.
I've always felt that
behind the lens,
that was the one way
I could see the world
all around me and express it.
I felt that I had a way.
Yes.
You need to change your mind
right now,
it changes the way
you think about yourself.
If you were a photographer,
that would fulfill you.
Yeah, I am gonna buy a camera.
-I have to ask you something.
-Yeah.
But I need you to be 100% honest
with me. Can you do that?
Yes, absolutely.
I'll tell you everything
you wanna know about me.
Did you ever pee in a pool?
What?
Did you ever pee in a pool?
Um, yes.
Oof.
Never do that again, okay?
I swear.
-Ever?
-Ever.
Great, because it's not nice.
[car engine whirring]
[David laughs]
Oh, shit.
-Huh?
-Shit, he's back.
Is this
'cause I peed in the pool?
Where is my dress?
Victor was right.
-When I hang out with you,
I'm losing.
-Who's Victor?
[dramatic music]
Anyway, we got to go.
There's one more thing
we have to do tonight.
-Did you get it?
-[sighs] Get in the car.
Did he deliver? How did he do?
[sighs] No, as a matter of fact,
he gave me two sheets of paper.
-He claimed he had to verify
if we're legit.
-Ah, fuck that. Let me go.
-I'll go talk to him.
-No, let's just get out of here.
-It doesn't matter. Just--
-No, no, no, no, no,
I'll beat it out of him
if I have to.
Just calm the fuck down, Victor.
This is not your problem, okay?
At least he did better than you.
-You didn't get us shit.
-Better than me? Hey!
I'm the one that got you
the computer mouse guy.
-Fucking pieces of--
Fucking two sheets of--
-Are you fucking, fucking guy?
-Are you fucking--
-What the fuck!
-This sort of shit.
-What the fuck is this?
These guys are everywhere.
They're constantly watching us.
-You're gonna just let him--
-Oh, my God!
-Then go get him.
-Go get him!
-Are you fucking kidding me?
-[indistinct]
Get the keys.
Give me the fucking keys.
-Let's go.
-You have the keys.
-[Victor] Fucking crazy.
What the fuck!
-[One-oh-three] Come on,
-start the car. Let's get him.
-Let's go. Let's get him.
-[One-oh-three]
He's right there.
-[Victor] What the fuck, where?
-Where'd he go?
-You don't see him?
-No, where'd he go?
-Are you blind, man,
-just go straight.
-Go straight where?
-[One-oh-three]
Hit the fucking road! Come on!
-Ah, fuck that!
All right, let's go
fucking get him.
-Fuck this.
-Yes.
[One-oh-three]
Okay, now go up here.
I think he turned left.
He's up here someplace.
-[Victor] Where is he?
-Oh, my God...
[man]
Two weeks, three weeks?
[One-oh-three]
Probably three weeks.
And I'll check
on the shipment tomorrow.
[man]
I gave her a pretty big dose,
she should be up
in the next few hours
Wha-- What's the point?
I mean, she's got no power,
-she's got no ticket.
-Hey, don't worry about it,
I'll deal with it.
-[man] We should dump her.
-[One-oh-three]
We can't dump her.
She's seen our faces,
she knows the location.
Dump her dead.
I'll talk to Five.
[metallic door clinks, rattles
[whirring]
[TwoTwo whispers]
Be quiet.
Look.
[TwoTwo whispers]
We're decent.
[David]
Wait, I heard something.
-[doorknob clicks]
-[TwoTwo] Shh!
Oh, my God. Where is she?
I can feel
it's somewhere nearby.
What?
[eerie music]
It's fine, you can come down.
[David]
Okay.
-Wha-- When did you--
-[TwoTwo] Shh!
Here I am, let's go.
[breath shudders]
[inhales sharply]
[grunts]
[exclaims]
[suspenseful music]
[seagulls squawking]
[TwoTwo]
Imagine for a second
that everything you see
right now,
it's all there is.
[David]
I think it would be
the other way around. Uh...
Like, there is more to it
than what you see?
I want to show you something.
Close your eyes.
Look into the darkness
and remember the ocean
as you just saw it a second ago.
Then you start seeing it again
in your mind.
Be with it.
And with me.
This will be our moment.
Outside of time.
You can take it with you
in any world you go
You can close your eyes
and be right back here.
Don't question anything.
[David]
Am I dreaming?
How, how can you make
someone dream?
How do you do this?
-How come I'm flying?
-[TwoTwo] David, don't speak,
-don't think!
-[David] I want to open my eyes,
-but they are open.
-[TwoTwo] David, not now,
stay with me.
-[David] There are numbers
in the water.
[TwoTwo]
I took you too far
but I'm gonna fix it.
[David]
What's been happening to me
since I met Joe
and gave him my money?
How did I end up in this world?
-I need to know.
-You gonna get us both killed.
-I need to understand.
-David, stop!
-It's a trip. This is not real.
But when?
-David, not now.
-It's some kind of fucked up
good-bad trip.
-Don't do this!
[echoes] It's not real.
It's not real.
-David, stop!
-It's some kind of good
It's not real.
-[voices overlapping]
-[David screaming]
[splash]
[TwoTwo]
David!
[tense music]
[water splattering]
[suspenseful music]
[seagulls squawking]
[calm music]
[door lock clicks]
[switch clicks]
[suspenseful music]
[shower running]
[man]
That's it. Yes.
[man]
All right, I'm done.
[engine whirring]
[suspenseful music]
[music fades out]
[suspenseful music]
[man]
What's up, Boo?
No, you know, I mean,
I didn't have a great day,
starting off my glasses broke.
I don't wanna talk about it.
But, you know, how I don't care
about followers,
of course, right?
So I was looking today,
just to, you know, see,
how much more popular I got,
and I started getting
10,000 more per day.
And it gets better.
You'll never guess
who started following me.
David.
Yes! [laughs]
I know, I could, I was like,
"Okay, what did I even do
to having him
start following me?
No way!" And I went to his page,
I'm like,
"It's probably a fake one."
No, it's not, it really is him.
So look where I am now!
Hey! You know
where Venice and Hope is?
Uh, yeah.
You gotta take a right
and then another right.
-Well, thanks.
-Uh-huh.
[suspenseful music]
[music continues]
[door opens, closes]
Can I get you anything?
Yes.
Do you want to buy something?
Yeah, yes.
And what would that be?
Uh, whatever.
I, I want to buy something,
but I don't know what.
[chuckles] That's funny.
Yeah, it is.
How about you pick
something for me?
What kind of thing do you want?
Whatever. You pick something
and I'll pay for it.
Okay, uh...
I can make you a cappuccino.
We have juices.
Fresh bagels and muffins.
There are--
Oh, lottery tickets.
Uh, yeah, perfect.
Yeah? Oh, okay,
that's actually great,
'cause we've had them
for, like, a month,
we've only sold two, so...
Which one do you want?
You decide.
Is this one okay? Five dollars?
-Perfect.
-Okay.
[chuckles]
-[coin clinks]
-Winner.
New ticket.
-Okay.
-Good for you.
How about this next one,
I pick the ticket,
and if it's a winner,
we split the money,
and I get to ask you on a date.
-You get to ask me.
-Yeah.
You get to ask me.
Yeah. Deal?
You get to ask me and that's it.
Yes, that's it.
Okay, so...
You get to ask me,
doesn't mean I'm gonna say yes,
but you get to ask me.
[laughs]
Okay. Um...
How about maybe
you pick the ticket,
and then
you get to ask me on a date.
Wha-- Wait, what? [laughs]
Yeah, and I might say yes,
you know.
And, well, if I do,
then you absolutely
have absolutely go on a date,
-'cause you were that asked.
-[laughs]
You're the one that...
Let's see.
This one.
[laughs]
No fucking way!
Uh, sorry.
No fucking way!
That's just weird.
[chuckles] You're rich.
We have to split it.
And go on that date.
Something simple.
No pressure.
With money like this,
we have to keep it simple.
You might want to quit your job.
What?
Okay, how about...
It's a Saturday, you wanna go?
-Okay.
-Okay.
Okay.
I'll, I'll see you there.
Hey, Forty-nine?
What?
-Should I call you Forty-nine?
-What?
[TwoTwo laughs]
[chuckles]
Yeah, you can call me whatever.
Or, uh, David.
It's good to meet you.
What's your name?
I'll tell you Saturday.
[bright music]
[door creaks, closes]
[mystical whispering]
[suspenseful music]
[music fades out]