Maze (2000) - full transcript

♪ when they beat ♪

♪ upon a broken guitar ♪

♪ and on the streets ♪

♪ they reek
of tropical charms ♪

♪ the embassies ♪

♪ lie in hideous shards ♪

♪ where tourists
snore and decay ♪

♪ when they dance ♪

♪ in a reptile blaze ♪

♪ you wear a mask ♪

♪ an equatorial haze ♪



♪ into the past ♪

♪ a colonial maze ♪

♪ where there's no more
confetti to throw ♪

♪ you wouldn't know
what to say to yourself ♪

♪ love is a poverty
you couldn't sell ♪

♪ misery waits
in vague hotels ♪

♪ to be evicted ♪

♪ you're out of luck ♪

♪ you're singing
funeral songs ♪

♪ to the studs
they're anabolic and bronze ♪

♪ they seem to strut
in their millennial fogs ♪

♪ till they fall down
and deflate ♪

♪ you wouldn't know
what to say to yourself ♪

♪ love is a poverty
you couldn't sell ♪



♪ misery waits
in vague hotels ♪

♪ to be evicted... ♪

Same thing, same thing

over and over and over
and over and over.

Same thing,
over and over and over.

Hey! Hey!

Good morning.

I'm Lyle.

- Lenna. How you doing?
- Good, good.

- I'm mainly a painter, but...
- I know.

- I've seen your work.
- Oh yeah?

- Yeah, I really like it.
- Oh, thanks.

The thing is,
I'm trying to re-inspire...

Trying to re-inspire myself,
so that the idea is

just to sketch you
and see if anything clicks.

Okay. Cool.

These little tics...
I have tourette syndrome.

It's not going
to bug you, is it?

- It's okay, I understand.
- Good.

Is there someplace
in here I can change?

- Yeah. Bathroom's right over here.
- Oh, cool.

Okay, go ahead.
Take your time.

I'll be out here.

Did you have a particular
pose in mind?

I don't know,
just, I think

whatever feels
comfortable is good.

That's good.
Just...

Just do a bunch of things
and something will click.

That's good, yeah.

I like that, yeah.
Can you hold that for awhile?

- Yeah, it's okay.
- Okay.

God.
I'm sorry.

- It's okay.
- I'm really sorry.

Now I have an original
Lyle Maze on my stomach.

That's good.

I'm sorry.

You can be my next show.
We'll split the profits.

Split the profits,
that's good.

- Oh!
- Jesus, I'm sorry.

Are you all right?
Did you get it in your eye?

I'm sorry. Want to go to
the bathroom?

Yeah. I just need
to rinse it.

Okay, okay,
here, come on.

Sorry.
Are you all right?

- Yeah, I'm okay.
- It's non-toxic,

just rinse it
with water.

Hello. Mom.

How's dad?

What'd the doctor say?

I can donate blood.

Wait a minute,
wait a minute.

Just tell me
what's going on.

All right,
all right.

Bye.

Hey, look, I don't think
this was a good idea.

I mean, I'm going
to pay you.

It's not your fault
or anything.

Maybe we can do it
another time or something.

I just don't usually
work this way,

- with another person.
- I understand.

- I'll just get dressed.
- Okay. Sorry.

I really do
like your work.

Oh, thanks.
That's nice.

Wasn't it considerate of Lyle
to donate his blood?

Do you remember
the last time we saw him?

He'd shaven his head.

Could use a little
trim now, I think.

I trimmed your father's hair
before we came...

He's not supposed
to get upset.

- It think maybe you should-
- Yeah, sure, I'll go.

I'll get the nurse.

Okay.

Having just a little too much
fun here, Mr. Maze.

Don't be silly. It's the
same blood as yours.

You can't get it
from blood.

Dr. Hopkins, please.

Mike, hey.

Hey, have a beer with me?

Nobody even wants to...
Wants to do it, you know?

Why do they
become doctors anyway?

Hell, I'll do it.

I'll go to the fucking jungle.

- So you're serious?
- Yeah, I'm serious.

- Going to Burundi?
- That's right.

What's up?
What is that?

It's just...
I gave blood for my dad.

Oh, shit, that's right.
I got to call her.

Yeah, you got to call.

Look, Lyle,
just relax.

I haven't even talked
to her about it yet.

That's okay, you can
call her from the plane.

I'll handle it, okay?

What about your dad?

Heart transplant.

Heart transplant?

I should call his doctor.
What's the name of the hospital?

- It's okay.
- You don't seem okay.

I'm fine.
It's just...

It was a little weird
seeing him, that's all.

Was your mother there?

Yeah.
Go call Callie.

I took off from work early
to come down here.

- You want to tell me what's going on?
- I'm fine.

I just wanted to have
a beer, that's all.

You know, I've been
tracking this new drug.

- They've had great success.
- Not interested. Yeah.

It's a whole different
world out there.

It's not like when
you took haldoparadol.

Yeah, like dropping an
atom bomb on an ant hill.

You can be so short sighted,
you know that?

Hey.

- What the fuck?!
- Sorry.

What is the goddamn problem?

I guess I just
find you really attractive.

Damn dope addict.

I ought to kick your ass.

I got to pick Callie up.
You want to come along?

Yeah.

Thanks.
Thanks a lot.

I don't know.
I don't know.

Maybe, we should have gone
with the King Kong thing.

The hunchwoman of Notre Dame?
Can we get away with that?

Is it too
on the nose?

Too on the hump?

What happened to that idea
about the "beauty and the beast?"

It's too obvious,
I know, but...

It has to be beautiful.

Hey.

Why don't we try
another one?

- Try a little more serious.
- Can we get a break?

What in the hell
do you think this is?

I cannot believe they spend
so much time and money

on this kind
of stuff.

What's it for?

Dog food or perfume.

That's good.

We're being summoned.

- Hey, Mike.
- Hey.

- Hey.
- Hi, honey.

Julianne Robinson,
Lyle Maze.

Hi. I'm a big fan.

The few, the proud.

Why don't you come
for a drink with us?

I'd love to,
but I can't.

Not that I wouldn't like
to talk to you, but...

- Maybe some other time.
- Thanks.

Mike told me you're going to start
working on some sculpture?

I was. I had a model
come in yesterday

which I knew was a mistake.

- It was pointless.
- Why?

Imagine me in
an intimate situation

with a naked woman.

Enough said.

You know, you probably
just need some time

to get used to having
someone in your studio.

Really, I don't
think it's right.

Julianne would do it.

- Who?
- Julianne.

You're like
proselytizers.

The height of human existence
is not coupling.

Oh, come on.

You know, if you
really get stuck,

I'd sit for you.

- That's generous of you, but...
- No, I'm serious.

You won't get
freaked out,

and if you do, you know,
I won't get freaked out.

- Lyle, do it.
- Really?

- Really.
- Yeah.

Really?
Really. Really.

Okay.

You know what I want to know?
I want to know what that woman

with the hunchback
was about?

- Oh, Mike.
- No, seriously.

Will you just
give me a break?

- How much does a shoot like that cost?
- Just stop!

Where are his arms?

- Huh?
- His arms. Where are they?

I don't know.

Am I allowed
to talk?

Yeah. Yeah, of course.

I'm pregnant.

Really?

I haven't told Mike yet.

Why?

It's complicated.

When did you find out?

This morning for sure,
but I knew.

I think you
should let him know.

I think you better
let him know.

I need a second
without it being his deal.

You know how
he takes over.

I need to get
a handle on how I feel first.

Yeah, it's just,
you know,

it just puts me
in a bad position.

I'm going
to tell him tonight.

Why tell me then?
I mean...

I don't know.

I don't know
if I'm ready.

And Mike, he wants to
save the world half the time.

I don't know what kind
of parents we'd be now.

I think he'd be a good father.

So do I.
When he's around,

he'd be a great father.

What do you mean?

You know him.

Yeah, but what are you
talking about?

I'm scared.

Tell Mike.

He doesn't like fear.

Hi.

Hi.

Why are you sitting
in the dark?

I didn't realize it.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Sit down.

I want you to listen and I need you
to hear the whole thing.

Okay.

I might be going away
for awhile again.

Uh huh.

Where?

Burundi.

Burundi?

You know, I got
to give you this,

- it's always interesting.
- It's Doctors Without Borders.

They send doctors
to the third world.

I know what they are.
You told me last year.

Why don't we just talk about
what's going on with us?

You don't know what's
going on with us.

You don't, trust me.

- I'm trying to discuss it with you.
- No, you're not.

You've already made
your decision.

I haven't signed
the contracts yet.

- How long is this one for?
- Seven months.

Can we even try to discuss this?

You already know you're going!
What is there to discuss?

Let's discuss what I'm supposed
to do during those seven months.

Why do I have
to tell you what to do?

- Is Eisenhower president?
- I can't compete with these causes.

You're saving people's lives,
for Christ's sake.

And what the fuck
am I supposed to do?

I don't want
to have to beg you.

- I don't want you to beg me!
- I would if I thought

it would
make a difference.

You're not available.

Nobody could
live with this.

Then what have we been
doing for the last four years?

I thought we were
working toward something.

And don't accuse me of wanting
some conventional kind of thing.

Why don't you take
a look around this place.

We have a pretty good
life here.

You see what
I see in a day...

Okay, that's it.

I have never met anyone
who I admire more than you.

But I don't know how to be with you
if you're not here.

Just because i'm
not here physically

- doesn't mean I'm not here!
- Yes, it does!

I can't do it anymore.

What does settled down
mean anyway?

I guess not going
to Africa for seven months.

The point is she woke up
one morning...

She just didn't
want to do it anymore.

One morning?
Mike, what are you talking about?

I hate to tell you,
this is nothing new here.

What is so fucking enlightening
about relationships.

Would you tell me?
It just all sounds like

bitching and moaning
24 hours a day.

There's more to it
than that.

If you say so.

I was brought up to...

Play the part
of being a man,

the part of being
a human being.

Just to fight
for something

and then come home.

Does that make me a bad guy?

I think it's the being
at home part she wants.

I guess at some point
you got to want to be home.

Yeah, but is that
what she really wants?

- It's an illusion.
- What do you want, Mike?

I honestly believe
that if I don't go,

I'm sacrificing myself.

Would you sacrifice
your work?

I'm not sure
that's what she's asking.

But would you?

You should go.

I want out.

Oh yeah,

here's that...

New drug I was
telling you about.

- Look, I told you...
- Lyle.

Here, I'm going to be away
for seven months.

If you change your mind
there it is.

Now she's going to stop eating.
I just know it.

♪ I didn't know
it could ♪

♪ be like this ♪

♪ I didn't know
it could go ♪

♪ so far ♪

♪ and I tried to reveal ♪

♪ the part of me
that you can't find... ♪

Hey.

You order a pizza?

♪ ...and I tell him
I'm feeling fine ♪

♪ and I cry
about you... ♪

So, he's gone?

Yeah.

Sculpting is so different from painting.

I don't think I've ever
captured all four sides.

I think I've definitely gotten
three... where I'm like, oh yeah.

But four...

There's always...

There's always one side
that's less interesting.

It's okay.

Thanks.
Sorry.

You want me to take off?

No.

Should we just be quiet?

Please don't stop talking.

Okay, okay.
Let's see...

I sculpted a lot when I was younger.
You know?

The other night I dreamt
that the one I'm working on...

Of your head...
That it had a body.

And it got up
and walked outside.

Uhhh...

Can I have some alcohol?

Yeah, yeah, of course.
What do you want?

Will you
have some, too?

Sure.

There's some vodka
in the freezer.

Okay.

So, we'll see you Monday at 10:00?

Yeah, right.

- That woman hates me.
- Lyle, what are you doing here?

It's a coincidence.
I go here, too.

We have the same
gynecologist?

What's so funny
about that?

What are you doing?

I just wanted to make sure
you were okay.

Thank you.

I'm going to cancel
my appointment.

She told me I could
do that pill.

RU-486.

How do you know?

I read a lot
of F.D.A. stuff.

Touretters get all the other diseases'
drug hand-me downs.

I can't believe I have to wait
until Monday. It's ridiculous.

RU-486.
Are you four eighty six?

Are you for eighty six?
Are you for eighty six?

As in nix?

It's subliminal
advertising.

I think I made a mistake.

Why? What?

I drew a line in the sand.

I... I don't... I...

I don't think you can
start blaming yourself.

Why?
It's my fault.

I kept blaming him.

I mean, if I had
half as much Patience

as he has courage
we'd be just fine.

So, maybe it's not over.

No, it's over.

I blew it.

And it really is,
it's my fault, Lyle.

It really is. I'm the one
who didn't stick it out.

Well, call him.

I can't call him.

It's not that simple.

We working tomorrow?

That's not why I came.

I know you're going
through a lot.

I think it might be
a good idea

for me to have something
to do this weekend.

♪ Tis a beautiful day
and you're welcome to stay ♪

♪ we can spend some time
and catch the matinee... ♪

Shit.
I'm sorry.

I didn't even realize
what time it was.

♪ ...we'll make it by,
when we get by with love ♪

♪ when we get by,
we'll make it by ♪

♪ when we get by
with love ♪

♪ when we get by
with love ♪

♪ we get by ♪

♪ we'll make it by ♪

♪ we'll make it by
with love ♪

♪ when we get by,
we'll make it by ♪

♪ when we get by
on love ♪

♪ I look in your eyes... ♪

Hello?

Hey, hey, Callie.
It's Lyle.

Hi.

Hi.

I never liked that
this whole room

was geared
around the TV.

You got your grocery shopping
out of the way, Lyle?

They're for you.

Why'd you buy
me groceries?

Mike said sometimes you
forget to eat when you're upset.

How would he know?

You don't even
own a TV, do you?

I just got
an answering machine.

Should I chuck
Mike's TV?

Do you want it?

Did you ever see someone
with obsessive/compulsive disorder

with a remote in their hand?

Here, will you help me
move this over there.

Hold on.

You know, fuck him!

Okay.

What?

Nothing.

No, I mean, fuck him.

I don't want to be
in a relationship

where i'm the only one there.

I think you guys were
good for each other.

Yeah, I learned how to be alone.

How do you know
he would have left

the fact that he's always
leaving is a problem.

If I told him and he stayed...

I mean, how long would that last?

I want a partner,

someone wanting
to be loved.

I mean, why is
that a weak thing?

I don't know how people
can have faith in anything.

They just seem to
disappoint each other

as far as I can see.

Maybe I'll be happier alone.

It's survival for me.

Well, I guess it's
survival for me, too.

Thanks for the groceries.

Hi, Mike here...

We're either screening you
and you're not rating or we're out.

You'll have to decide which.

You know what to do.

Hi, it's Callie.
Please leave me a message

and I'll get back to you
as soon as I can.

Thank you.

Hi, it's Callie.
Please leave a message

and I'll get back to you as
soon as I can. Thank you.

Latest setback for efforts
to end the civil war in Burundi.

Harare had been trying
to mediate an end

to the Central African
nations' six-year conflict,

which has left more than
100,000 people dead...

Hey, you're early.

I know.

Wake up.

Stop. Stop!

Hey!

Hey! Hey.

Hi.
You look tired.

I was up all night.

You should have called me.
I never sleep.

I think I'm going
to have the baby.

- Whoa.
- Is that crazy?

No. I mean...

I can't get my mind
around having an abortion,

and I think that's because
I'm not supposed to have one.

What about Mike?

What about him?

His loss.

So you would just
raise it on your own?

Yeah.

I can do that,
right?

I mean,
I can afford it.

Yeah.

What can I say?

Tell me
I can do this.

You can do it.

I'm not being selfish,
being a single parent?

I don't know.
My guess is,

it's more about love,
than anything.

Don't you think you should
at least call him, though?

No. I don't want him
running back here

because he suddenly
feels obligated.

If we get back together,
then fine.

He'll have missed
the hard part.

Oh, god.
What if I start showing

before you put
your show together?

I haven't even decided
if I'm going to leave

your head attached
to the things.

- Ahh!
- Ahh!

How'd your doctor's
appointment go?

Everything's
in the right place.

Are you going to find out if
you're having a boy or girl?

- I'm having a girl.
- They can tell this early?

No, but one
of the things

that made me finally decide
was this dream I had:

The most beautiful,
angelic baby girl

was looking up at me,
and she was smiling.

And it was like

she was mind-melding
with me,

reminding me that
we had an appointment,

and she planned
to be on time.

Empirical enough for me.

Then we don't have to have
the circumcision talk.

The first thing we go through
is to be held down,

while some giant,
wielding a shiny razor

carves out what's
going to give us

the most pleasure
in life?

I thought you weren't
suppose to feel it.

Who started
that big rumor?

Did you ever hear of a kid
smiling through one?

They say tourette can
come about because of

a traumatic experience
in childhood.

- Well, I didn't know that.
- It's true.

- Can you hold?
- Yeah.

- Hi.
- Hey, it's Julianne.

Oh, Julianne.
I'm on the line

with Lyle Maze.
Should I get off?

No, I just have a sec.

I wanted to tell you,
they love your idea

and we're going to go
ahead with it.

Excellent.
Excellent.

So, why don't you get back
to your cute friend?

I'm really glad
they liked it. Thanks.

- I'll talk to you later?
- Okay.

Hey, I got this job.

Can we work
Saturday, instead?

Yeah, no problem.

I think Julianne has
a crush on you.

Who's Julianne?

You met her when you came to
pick me up at work with Mike.

She's a fan.

She's beautiful.

Don't you think?

Whatever.

You know, I can
see through you.

You make out like you're Mr. Cynical,
but you're a softy.

- Whatever. Saturday?
- Saturday.

I don't, I don't...

What?

There's something,
I don't know.

Try standing up and putting
your hands on your hips.

Yeah.

No.

How about if you
hold your arms out?

Like that?

I feel like Superman.

Okay.
Cross them.

- Cross them?
- Yeah.

Do you mind if I...

No, no.
Come, come.

Just cross them.

Yeah.

And maybe bend over.

Yeah, that's good.

♪ they expect us to swim ♪

♪ when we are
drowning within ♪

♪ don't ask how long ♪

♪ we're built for longing ♪

♪ don't ask how long ♪

♪ we're built for longing... ♪

- Are you okay?
- Yeah.

Yeah.

♪ ...we can fantasize... ♪

That's good.

♪ ...through our lives,
I think ♪

♪ maybe we're due ♪

♪ he may be all pink
and powder blue ♪

♪ don't ask how long ♪

♪ we're built for longing ♪

♪ don't ask how long ♪

♪ 'cause you are rich
with your songs ♪

♪ and you and me ♪

♪ will leave wanting ♪

♪ we're always gonna want
for something ♪

♪ you and me ♪

♪ were built for longing ♪

♪ me and you are always gonna
want for something... ♪

You must be in agony.

Tell me where to send
the chiropractor bills.

Okay, why don't we stop.

Oh, thank you.

You're a trooper.

I wish I had a tenth
of your concentration.

Nah, this whole place
could burn down

and I wouldn't
even know it.

Oh my god.

Hey, I'm starving.
Do you have any food?

Sure.

Very hot, very sweaty.
Listen to you.

No, it's just I think
I may have read this

in Penthouse Forum.

You're reducing my life
to Penthouse Forum?

There's nothing wrong
with Penthouse Forum.

I had some of my most romantic
evenings with that publication.

I'm not going
to pity you.

- You don't want a girlfriend.
- Or pity.

Okay, let's get back
to the story.

So, what were
you wearing?

Garter belts and
thigh-high boots.

Yes, yes.
The way I pictured it.

No.

Tee shirts
and underwear.

Tee shirts
and underwear.

Anyway, so she leaned over
and put her hand on my thigh,

and then she kissed me.

You mean,
really kissed you?

She really kissed me.

So what happened?

I told her I worshipped
at a different church.

You should have
seen her face.

Our friendship
basically evaporated.

How does love
just disappear?

Maybe you're right.

You don't let anybody in,
you don't get hurt.

No, no, that's me.
That's not everybody.

Why?

I don't know.
Because you're different.

No, I've seen it.

You walk in a room,

it's like you change
the temperature.

It's true.

You know,
you have such...

Beautiful hands.

Whenever we're working,
I always find myself staring at them.

Lyle.

- Oh, Jesus.
- No. Lyle!

Lyle!

I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.

- Lyle, relax.
- Maybe you should go.

- You should go.
- It's okay, I'm fine.

- No, I think you should go.
- Lyle.

I'm going to go see
if I can find a cab, okay?

- I'll meet you downstairs.
- Lyle.

Lyle!

♪ ...your life
is going nowhere fast... ♪

Can you ever
control yourself? Ever?

It's his girlfriend,

and she's pregnant
for Christ's sake.

What the fuck
is wrong with you?

♪ ...and I know that
you want to test... ♪

There's nothing
on TV tonight?

♪ ...you need a gimmick ♪

♪ you need a schtick ♪

♪ you need to change
something... ♪

Hi, I'm Julianne.

Julianne.
I'm Julianne.

Trying to remember.
What was it?

Hello?

Callie. Hey, what's
Julianne's last name?

Robinson, right.

Look, I really can't
talk right now.

No, I'm fine.
I just...

I mean, it's fine.
I can't talk.

Okay.

♪ ...so much better than
the old you ♪

♪ it's not the new you ♪

♪ it's the newer you ♪

♪ people ♪

♪ are finally
gonna notice you ♪

♪ yeah. I say,
who is that man? ♪

Be a man.
Be a fucking man.

Good, a machine.

I relate much better
to machines.

Julianne, we met when you were
working with Callie,

and I want to know
if you want to...

I want to know if you want
to get a drink...

Or something?
It's no big deal,

either way.
I'm sure you're pretty busy.

But if you want,
give me a call.

The number's 555-1921.

Or not.
I mean, whatever.

Okay, bye.

Fuck!
Do you have a name?

Fuck!

Fuck!

God, fuck.

Hi, it's Lyle Maze again.

And I don't think
I left my name.

I'm the guy who just called
about the drink.

I think I'll just
quit while I'm behind.

That went well.

Hello?

Hello? Hello?

- Hello?
- Fuck!

- Lyle?
- How'd you guess?

So what is it?

Is there a theme?

Huh?

Oh, no.
It's just a little house.

No, I was talking
about your show.

Yeah. Is there
some kind of concept?

I need some more.

So what were you saying?

Oh, the theme.

No, I just dive in.

I'm sure someone could say
it's this or that,

but it's usually
bullshit, you know?

I am in the magazine
business.

So...

When is this show?

Sir, I have plenty
of matches back here.

Oh, sorry.

Oh, shit.

I'm sorry, excuse me.

My house fell down.

Do you ever stay out at
the Four Seasons Hotel in L.A.?

Can't say I have.

Well, they...
They have these...

You'd probably know
who the artist is.

They're incredibly
realistic.

There's a guy
sitting on a bench,

reading a newspaper,
smoking a pipe.

And there's a woman
who's like, wearing a bikini,

you know,
lounging by a pool.

I've been staying there for years.

They always fake me out.

Yeah, I know what
you're talking about.

That stuff feels
dead to me.

It's just bodycasting.
It's like the sculptor

can't transcend the body's
own limitations.

It's the opposite of art.

You don't beat
around the bush, do you?

- What do you want me to do?
- Stop touching my wife.

- Why don't I just move.
- Whatever you have to do.

I'd appreciate it.

I'm sorry.

I tend to eat early.

- Montepulciano for the lady.
- Thank you.

- And for you, sir.
- Yes.

- When in Rome, right?
- Of course.

Rome's always
a nightmare for me.

Really?

I have to go there
on shoots.

It's like
the Twilight Zone.

There's no logic
as to why things

- show up, or don't show up.
- Yeah?

For me it's
a city that has

statues silhouetted
against the sky.

At night, at sunset, you get
these spectacular colors.

It's like they come alive,
the whole city with these...

These people, these gods,
flying around.

- Oh, shit.
- Oh my god, oh my god.

I'm so sorry.

Oh my god.
I'll get soda water.

Hey, excuse me,
excuse me.

- Do you have soda water?
- Relax, I'll get it for you.

I'm so sorry.
They're getting soda water.

- Here's your soda water.
- I'll take care of it.

You know what? I might
just go to the ladies room.

Hey, hold it,
what about salt?

The mark of Lyle.

I just have to say,
I'm really sorry about...

It's okay, Lyle.
It's okay.

I just haven't gone on a date
in a long time.

That must be
a shocker, huh?

Really, it's okay.
You've got to stop apologizing.

- It must be hard.
- Whatever. You're a good sport.

Hey, I've got to go
in here for a sec,

- if you don't mind.
- Sure.

Just don't use
the salad bar.

I just need milk. I promise I won't
go anywhere near the salad bar.

It's for your own good.
Don't stand too close to it, either.

I'd like to take a Geiger counter
to one of those things.

Why you touch
all fruits?

- Hey, sorry.
- You buy?

- Okay.
- You touch, you buy.

- Okay.
- Hey.

- Sorry.
- You touch, you buy.

- All right man, chill out.
- You touch, you buy!

- Fine, okay.
- You touch, you buy.

I'll buy this, okay?
This make you happy?

You pay!
You pay!

Hey, hey, stop!
Stop, please.

He pay.
He pay.

I know him,
I know him.

It's okay.

♪ when I'm alone in my room
sometimes I stare at the wall ♪

♪ in the back of my mind
I hear my conscience call... ♪

♪ For the first time in my life
I can see I need love ♪

♪ "say no more," I whisper
in your ear ♪

♪ I say, "I love you,
and I will always be here..." ♪

Hey, Lyle.

It's Callie.

Why won't you call me back?

I hope you're okay.
All right, bye.

♪ ...i need love ♪

♪ girl ♪

♪ listen to me ♪

♪ if you're out there,
please... ♪

Hey, Lyle.

Come on, please pick up.

I know you're there.

Are you there?

Are you screening?

Is Lyle Maze
actually screening a call?

Who would have thunk it?

Well... whatever.

Maybe you're not there
and I'm making an ass of myself.

- I don't know.
- Hey.

I just feel
like a jerk.

Why?
Nothing happened.

- Are you sure?
- I was there.

No, I mean...

You know
what I mean.

Yeah, I know.

I don't feel any different about you.

Do you feel any different about me?

No, no.

- I feel the same.
- Good.

Slut.

Please note, because
of my diet of frequent

small meals of non-greasy,
non-spicy food,

who was it that
avoided morning sickness?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- What?

Yes. See, told me
to tell you,

in terms of food,
if it's bad for you,

it's twice as bad
for her.

Perfecto.
Symmetrical.

- What's that?
- Half the meal is eye appeal.

Yes, my point
exactly.

Water is to the body
as oil is to the engine.

I think you're going
to make somebody

a great husband
someday.

That makes one of us.

You deserve
to be happy.

I am happy.

You know what I mean.

No, I'm not sure I do.

Love.

I don't need to be
in love to be happy.

Don't you want to be?

Do we have to talk
about this?

I just think social interaction
as a whole is overrated.

I think tofu
is overrated.

It's good for you.
Just eat a little bit.

- You need protein.
- It's disgusting.

I don't care.
You have to eat it.

It looks like it fell
out of someone's nose.

Just eat the vegetables
and then a little bit of tofu.

I just can't stand it.

The machine'll get it.

- Okay.
- I swear all I do is pee now.

It's totally normal.

Thank you for keeping me
on the straight and narrow.

Someone has to.

Callie? Hello?

Callie, it's Mike,
are you there?

We're pretty close...

Mike? Mike!

Hey! How are you?
Are you all right?

No, no. No, I can't...
I can't hear.

No, no, I understand.

How is it over there?

No, what?

Mike, I can't...

I can't hear you.

No.

No, I...

No, I miss you, too.

Okay. I'm busy,
which is good.

No, I have not.

I haven't dropped
a ton of weight.

I'm gaining,
actually.

No, but...

Mike?

Hey, Mike,
you're breaking up.

Mi...
Are you...

Mi...

Shit.

There might be a problem
with the heart.

I don't want to say too much
right now because...

I can't see it.

No, wait...

No, I can't see it.

I need you to come back
in a couple of hours.

'Cause hopefully
the baby will have moved,

and then I'll be able to see.

I don't know what I'll do
if there's something wrong.

I love this baby
more than anything.

I think...
You just have to wait.

How do you make
a decision like that?

- Like what?
- Well, if there is...

If there is
something wrong,

do I go ahead
and have her?

I think we should just...

Gather all the information
and not get ahead of ourselves here.

I hope I didn't do
anything to harm her.

You didn't.
You didn't do anything.

You've been great.
I... I just...

I decided on a name.

Yeah?

Willa.

Willa?

That's a great name.

That's a beautiful name.

Look.

That's a little smile
on her face, isn't it?

What if they knew
you had tourette's

before you were born
and decided not to have you?

What would
have happened?

You are getting way ahead
of the situation, okay?

We just have to
go back and see.

Hi, can I have the country code
for Switzerland, please.

Hello, hi, uh... um...

Parlez vous francais?

No, what am I doing?

I don't speak French.
No, sorry.

Doctors without borders?

Doctares without borders?

Doctare? Doctares...?

Without... borders.
Er... lines.

Doctors with no divide...
No... with no...

Yeah, yeah.
Yeah! Yeah!

Could you tell me
the country code for Burundi?

Burundi.

B-u-r-u-n-d-i.

Burundi.

You're telling me
he's not in Bujumbura?

He's in Makumba?
Makumba?!

Where's Makumba?

How do you spell that?

Makamba, great.
Whatever.

Can you just give me an address
where I can write to him?

But that's in Switzerland.

Okay, fine, great.
Let me... hello?

Hello?

She's okay.
Her heart's okay.

Some people believe
that consciousness

starts at conception.

And that everything
that the mother

sees or feels
or hears

leaves like, a...
trace memory.

So we have to
expose Willa

to all the beauty
the world has to offer.

We're looking at
abstraction.

♪ ...sweeter than
a honeybee ♪

♪ baby, been sweet on me ♪

♪ sweeter than
a honeybee... ♪

Try this.
See, Vivaldi relaxes.

- You all right?
- Yeah.

I get so tired.
It's like my body isn't my own.

Welcome to my life.

- Hey...
- No! Enough.

This one here,
"the secret life of the unborn child."

Wait, wait, wait.
"The ways in which you"

"may affect his physical and emotional
well-being for the rest of his life."

It's like, my mother
spent a lot of time on those...

You know...
The...

- The roller coasters.
- She did not.

You're right,
this is good.

Listen to this...

"90% of all Bradley
graduates

go on to have
unmedicated births."

I've got to find
some of these classes.

I'd be like... "Give me the
fucking drugs or I'd kill you."

You? Mister "if it's bad for you,
it's twice as bad for the baby."

If you eat something
that makes your stomach rumble,

it's like...
It's like a Sonic blast to Willa.

I love that
you call her Willa.

I can see it now, you're going
to be one of those uncles...

She'd gonna confide in you
more than she does in me.

That's right. Willa's having an affair
with her geometry teacher.

And she's not going to
talk to you about it, so don't ask her.

You'll have to
come to me.

We're going to be friends
for a long time, huh?

Yeah.

Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait!

Wait!

Argh!

Got it.

I can't hold these things that long.

I've had coaches
that were friends,

fathers, mothers,
sisters, cousins,

you name it.

Do you have to have
a coach?

♪ happy feet,
da da da ♪

♪ happy feet,
da da da ♪

♪ happy feet,
oh, how I love it ♪

I completely understand,
if you don't want to do it.

I'm flattered,
it's just...

I don't think I'm necessarily
the best person for the job.

Trying to hold my hand is like
an exercise in target practice.

Lyle, I don't care
about that.

I don't even
notice your tics.

All right, give me
the hot sauce.

What?

What.

- Just a little.
- No, no.

- It won't hurt me.
- Give it to me.

♪ happy feet
da da da ♪

♪ happy feet
da da da ♪

♪ happy feet
oh, how I love it ♪

♪ happy feet
da da da... ♪

Hey...

I'd be honored
to be your coach.

What are you doing?

Shhh.

Okay.

We're at times six.

Okay, that's enough
for now.

Cool down period.

Still ticking, huh?

You're in fine shape. We just want to
steer clear of 140 beats per minute.

♪ happy feet
da da da ♪

♪ happy feet
da da da ♪

♪ happy feet
oh, how I love it ♪

♪ happy feet...
happy feet. ♪

Hey, how do you stop
plate tectonics?

Hey, good question.

Hey, Lyle,
how are you doing?

Hi, I'm just...
I can't get this tongue straight.

Someone could make a fortune inventing
something to keep tongues straight.

I mean, what are
they thinking?

I think like...
Like...

Not that I have that many...
Have something wrong with the tongue.

One or the other tongue is
always going to the side.

I mean,
it can't just be me...

My... my feet are fairly typical.

Is it like some vestige left over
from the first shoe designs?

'Cause you would think that
evolution would take care of that.

It's like the shoe is
stuck in the middle ages.

Maybe velcro...
Maybe velcro is the answer.

- Maybe velcro's the answer...
- Hey, Lyle? Slow down.

You're such a character.
This is Scott, my fiancé.

Ohhh.

That's a... congratulations.
That's great.

Don't let me keep you.
I could be here for hours.

No, no, we've just got to get
to a gallery before it closes.

Yeah, yeah, go, go. Buy art.
Buy lots of art. That's what I say.

- Good to see you, Lyle.
- Yeah, yeah.

- Nice to meet you.
- Congratulations again.

Lye...

I can't stop.

- What's going on?
- I said I can't stop.

- What do you mean?
- I mean...

I feel like if I don't...
Break every glass I have...

Something terrible's
going to happen.

Lyle, just stop.
You're scaring me.

What?
All of a sudden?

I've got to be
a fucking man!

Lyle, just talk to me.
What's going on?

I can't!
Don't you get it?!

I feel like
a fucking freak!

Exactly. I could never get
the fucking hands.

I'm so tired.

I'm so fucking tired.

I don't want
to take those pills.

What pills?

Mike left this supposed
new miracle drug,

but I'm scared it's going
to fuck up my work.

Oh god, you just
can't understand,

you just can't.
I itch so bad inside,

and I try so hard.

It's torture.

It's constant torture.

What are we doing?

What do you mean?

What's going on with us?

I keep thinking...

This is just Lyle,

my friend,

but I so love the way
you are with me.

I've been hoping...

We could just deal
with this after Willa's born.

I'd never be able
to get close to someone

like you if it
weren't for Mike.

Maybe being my coach
right now is just too much.

Maybe it's
just not fair.

You don't know how hard I tried
not to let this happen.

I can't help it.

I mean,
you're right there.

I can touch you.

Lyle...

It's your mother.

Would you call me right away?

Hello?

♪ hand me down ♪

♪ my care and woe ♪

♪ here I go ♪

♪ singing ♪

♪ low ♪

♪ bye, bye ♪

♪ blackbird ♪

♪ where somebody ♪

♪ waits for me ♪

♪ sugar sweet ♪

♪ and so is she ♪

♪ bye, bye ♪

♪ blackbird ♪

♪ no one here ♪

♪ loves and understands me ♪

♪ oh, what hard luck stories ♪

♪ they all hand me ♪

♪ make my bed ♪

♪ and light the light ♪

♪ I'll be home ♪

♪ late tonight. ♪

Mom, this is
my friend Callie.

Hi.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

Mrs. Maze,
I want you to know

how sorry I am.

Thank you.

I wish you'd had
the chance to see him.

Lyle?

Fuck you, Iron Man.
Fuck your mother!

Lyle!

Fuck you, Iron Man!
Fuck your mother!

I can't help it!

You just be a fucking man!

Just be a man!

I'm sorry!
I can't help it!

Can you sleep?

No. You?

A lot of ghosts running
around your old room.

Change your mind?

I don't know what
to do anymore.

Come keep me company.

I always thought
that he would...

Eventually, that
he would get it.

He never believed
I couldn't control myself.

I know he died
thinking that.

It was that bad, huh?

He was such a fuck.

I didn't want to spend
my life hating him.

I didn't want to.

It was his loss.
He lost out.

They don't even know me.

I left when I was 16.

Yeah.

You never talk about it.

I mean, I was relatively
normal until I was eight.

They just didn't know
what to do.

I started spazzing out.

I went through this phase
of cursing.

It's called coprolalia.

I couldn't help it, but...

Man, I was his son.

I never met anyone who was
so different from his parents.

What?

Look where we are, Lyle.

We're in your
childhood bedroom.

I mean, who would
have thought.

Shh.

You're gonna get
me into trouble.

Shut up.

She's already confused
enough trying to figure out

what's going on with us.

Why should she
be any different?

Oh, wow.

Raring to go.

You're stretched out as far
as you can go, huh?

Is it all right
if you keep me warm?

Yeah.

Then get
under the covers.

I think our brains
weigh the same.

You okay, Helen?

I never knew why
he always carped

about retirement.

I always thought
there was something to do.

My whole life was about
taking care of him.

It was my job.

I have nothing
to do anymore.

Maybe you'll come
into the city.

I'm having a show
next month.

There's something
I'd like you to have.

These are the only
heirlooms we have.

This is the ring your father's father
gave to Nanna.

She so loved you.

I barely
remember her.

Are you sure you want
to do this?

Life didn't turn out
the way we planned, Lyle.

It seldom does, mom.

Your friend is
very nice.

Yeah.

I like her a lot.

I know.

I was on a job.

I don't even have
my toothbrush.

That's it.

You rock.

Don't go away, cam.
Stay here.

Come on, Callie,
remember all the work we did.

Fight the pain.

Just keep working toward
relaxing the muscles.

That's not part
of our birth plan.

It's only pitocin.

It's just used to contract
the uterus after birth.

No, we discussed this
with the doctor.

She'll be breast feeding.
That contracts it naturally.

Go, Lyle.

- It's okay.
- Breast is best.

That's right,
breast is best.

- That a girl.
- Yeah, there you go.

Come on.

- Nine centimeters.
- Keep making the sounds.

- Keep making the sounds.
- I can't, Lyle.

- Yeah, you can.
- I can't.

Just massage my back.

Just do that.
That felt good.

Okay, let's try
and push your baby out.

Push. Push.
Come on, push.

Fuck.

Okay, breathe through
the contraction, Callie.

With me, okay?

Beautiful, nice work.

Down and out.
Fantastic.

- Okay, long and gently.
- Oh my god.

Oh my god,
it burns.

Don't pull back,
it's coming, honey.

Give me a little baby now.
Push down for me.

- I'm trying.
- Little push.

- Breathe.
- Shut up! Shut up, Lyle!

- Shut the fuck up!
- Okay, it's crowning.

There's the head.

Come on, Willa!

Okay, one more push.

Stop pushing,
stop pushing.

Okay.

Hey, mommy.

Here's your healthy
new baby boy.

Hello.

Hi.

It's Will.

It's Will.

Good morning, Will.

Hold on, he just walked in.

Hey, buddy.

I'm going to come down there
and see you and...

Oh god, Jesus.
Yeah, what's his name?

Will.

It's Will.

I understand.

Okay.
Okay, bye.

Can you believe it?

I'm a father.
It's so good to see you.

It's so good
to see you.

- Hey, Mike. Hi.
- You must be exhausted.

- Yeah.
- You've been up all night.

So does he look
like me, or what?

- Huh?
- Yeah, Mike. He's...

- I owe you so big.
- No.

Yeah.

If you knew
how many babies

I delivered in the last
seven months...

Come on.

You know, just after
I got your letter,

I'm sitting on the side
of this hill,

looking down at the hospital,
and I'm trying to figure out,

"what in the hell
am I doing here?"

And no matter what I thought,
it all sounded like bullshit,

like a rationalization.

And then I had
this realization

that we don't choose
our own paths, you know?

Our paths choose us.

And there are certain
sign posts along the way,

like having a baby,
like being in war,

that make it crystal clear

exactly where you are.

You choose how to react,
and those reactions

make you who you are.
You know what I'm saying?

Mike, it's a mess.

I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.

What are you talking about?
You've been great.

You've been amazing.
Thank god for you.

You know what?
You gotta be the godfather.

Yeah?

Tell me,
is he beautiful?

- You know, is he...
- Yeah, he's...

I think he's the most beautiful
baby I've ever seen.

- You all right?
- Yeah, I just feel a little...

I feel...

Maybe you ought
to go home and crash.

Why don't you come up
and say hi first?

- She said to bring you.
- Okay.

♪ ...the wind it was
so insistent... ♪

I'm sorry.

I love you.
Marry me.

♪ ...came a dryness
in my mouth ♪

♪ came a dryness
in my mouth ♪

♪ for then without rhyme
or reason ♪

♪ two birds
did rise up to fly ♪

♪ and where the two birds
were flying ♪

♪ I swear I saw
you and I ♪

♪ I swear I saw
you and I... ♪

♪ I walked out
this morning ♪

♪ it was like a veil had been
removed from before my eyes ♪

♪ for the first time
I saw the work of heaven ♪

♪ in the line where the hills
had been married to the sky ♪

♪ and out of the confusion ♪

♪ where the river
meets the sea ♪

♪ came things
I'd never seen ♪

♪ things I'd never seen ♪

♪ I was brought ♪

♪ to my senses ♪

♪ I was blind ♪

♪ but now that I can see ♪

♪ every signpost
in nature... ♪

You act like you
don't even regret it.

I can't regret it.
I can't.

What do you mean,
"you can't"?

I mean, I can't.

What am I supposed
to do with that?!

What are you supposed to do?
What am I supposed to do?

Wanna know how fucked up I am?
I think that kid is partly mine!

That's a problem, Lyle,
because he's not.

Yeah.

Goddamn,
I didn't realize

there was a statute
of limitations

before your best friend
moved in.

There are things in life
that are out of our control.

Believe me, it's the one thing
I know with any certainty.

- Hey, tell me about it.
- Look, I love Callie, okay?

It's beyond my control.
And you want to know something?

I've loved her since
the moment I laid eyes on her,

but never, never did I
allow myself to go there.

Then you owed it to me
to see it coming...

And to not let it happen.

It wasn't some grand plan.

Lyle,

who has accepted you
the way that I have?

Who besides me has put up
with all of your bullshit?

Callie.

You can't just take
whatever you want

because you've been dealt
a tough hand.

I can't help it because I love her
with everything that I am.

And the notion of losing her
feels like it's going to rip me apart!

You're just going to have
to forget it, Lyle.

No, I can't.
See that's the thing,

because I can't
just forget it.

I can't just... go off
to Africa and get away from it.

I didn't choose this.
I didn't.

You deserve to feel
sorry for yourself.

You're going to have
a very lonely life.

No, I may not be with Callie,
but I can tell you this...

You're wrong about that.

You're wrong.

It means a lot to me
that you came down, Robbie.

Thanks so much.

Hi.

It's amazing.

Amazing.
Thank you.

Nice suit.

It's very debonair.

It's a little eerie.

I'm sorry I haven't
called you back.

I've been a little
obsessed with the show.

He looks kind of wise,
doesn't he?

He does.
He looks smart, right?

And peaceful.

I'll never be able
to repay you, Lyle.

I could never have
done this without you.

Yeah, or Mike.

Why have you been
avoiding me?

I just wanted to know
you were okay.

No, I'm not okay.
You okay?

I just had a baby.

They pretty much force you
to think about them and them only.

Yeah, well, it's good that
Mike's there to help you.

- He's sleeping on the couch.
- Good. That's good.

What am I supposed to do?
He's Will's father.

- We had a history together.
- I don't know.

We were going to spend
our lives together.

Yeah, it's good.
I'm glad I was able

to help you get through
that period of figuring it out.

I didn't say I figured
anything out.

I didn't say that.

I have a baby who's crying
through the entire night.

My body is going
through hell, okay?

Your hormones are switching from
birthing mode to mothering mode.

And I miss my coach.

I'm right here.

I need some time.

I didn't have any time
to deal with him leaving,

now he's back
with the answer to life.

Come on.
You just need time

to rationalize yourself
back to him.

We said that we would deal
with what was going on

between the two of us
after I had the baby.

That looks like
the baby to me.

I don't know what i'm
supposed to do here.

You don't think I know
I was kidding myself?

I mean, I'm a freak!

Even when I imagined
us together,

I knew eventually I would
have driven you nuts.

But I would do it again
in a second.

'Cause I got close enough
to you to understand it.

I wanted to spend
my life with you,

and take care of you the way
you should be taken care of.

It's been a long time since I thought
that was even a possibility for me.

So I thank you,
and I love you.

- And you'll never know how much, but...
- Lyle.

I got to go inside,
I can't... I can't...

I have to deal
with these people.

Hi.
Thanks.

Hey, nice to see you.

I've been thinking about why
things happen the way they do.

I know now that things
could never have

worked out for us
given the circumstances.

But the good news
is that I know myself

much better as a result
of our time together.

You are such an important
part of me, of my life.

And I helped to bring
a person into the world.

There could be
no bigger accomplishment.

I assure you
that when I look back

at what happened
between us,

I have no regrets.

And I hope the same
is true for you as well.

So, happy birthday
to young Will.

I hope I can still get
to know him,

and that we can all
spend some time together

and enjoy each other
the way we used to.

Love, Mike.

"East Timor, Indonesia."

♪ things have been
going wrong ♪

♪ long enough to know ♪

♪ everything is right ♪

♪ been walking in the dark
long enough to know ♪

♪ I've finally seen
the light ♪

♪ been losing
long enough to know ♪

♪ when I find the one ♪

♪ and even a blind man
can tell ♪

♪ when he's walking
in the sun ♪

♪ I've cried enough tears
to know ♪

♪ this feeling called
a smile ♪

♪ I've been bottom row
long enough to know ♪

♪ when I'm doing it
in style ♪

♪ been runnin'
long enough to know ♪

♪ there's no more
need to run ♪

♪ and even a blind man
can tell ♪

♪ when he's walking
in the sun ♪

♪ oh, the wind
is at my back ♪

♪ and I'm sailing
on a ship ♪

♪ that's well overdo ♪

♪ well, I've blown
so many chances ♪

♪ I ain't gonna blow
this one with you ♪

♪ seen enough bad times
to know ♪

♪ good times have begun ♪

♪ and even a blind man
can tell ♪

♪ when he's walking
in the sun ♪

♪ even a blind man
can tell ♪

♪ when he's waking
in the sun ♪

♪ in the sun. ♪♪