The Moment (2013) - full transcript

Hey, it's John. Leave a message.
Or don't

hey, it's me.

Um, I'm right outside.

Uh, will you pick up the
god damned phone please?

John, I can see your
truck, okay, so what,
are you hiding in there?

I need, I just...

I need my stuff.

John, I can't
believe you did this.

I really, I really hate you.

Alright.

My head is exploding
and I'm coming in.



You've got my cameras,
so I need them.

Happy birthday! Are you there?

I'll come by around six and
I'll bring some champagne.

I can let myself in
if you're not back.

John?

John?

John?

John, it's Adele. Where are you?

John, I really need my cameras.

My show is hung and I want
to photograph it today.

John, it's Lee. Call me.

It's Adele. If you don't
show up today, I'm going
to have to let you go.

Hey, it's me. Um, i'm
right outside, uh, will
you pick up the god damned

phone please?



John, I can see your
truck, okay, so what,
are you hiding in there?

I need, I just... I need
my stuff. John? I can't
believe you did this.

I really... I really hate
you. Alright. My head is
exploding and I'm coming in.

You've got my cameras,
so I need them.

People go missing all the time.

They all just want
to start over.

I don't think he's like that.

You want to describe him for me.

Of course. He's um, 5'10",

uh, he has light brown
hair, uh, green eyes.

Uh, he has a tattoo of a
bluebird on his right arm.

Good, that's going to help.

So, um, you went back
to his house to take
some more pictures.

No, I left my cameras there.

You left your cameras?

Something else you
want to tell me?

Um,

we went out for a few months.

Um, we broke up a couple weeks
ago. I haven't seen him since.

Maybe he just doesn't
want to see you.

Something's wrong.

Hi, great work.

Oh, thank you.

Jesse!

I'm so glad you're here.

I've missed you so much.

Dad made me come.

You look great.

No I don't.

I'm so glad you're here.

You just said that.

Jesse I hate that I hurt
you. I never meant it.

It doesn't matter what
you meant. It's just what
you do: You hurt people.

Jesse,

hey.

Hi. Sorry I'm late honey.

I know.

Congratulations.

Oh, thank you.

It's beautiful.

Well, here we are.

One big happy family.

Lee.

David.

Really beautiful work. I'll
be reviewing it next week.

Thank you David.

Um, do you know my husb-my
ex-husband Malik jamil?

Mr. Jamil, David Ramirez.
I'm a great fan of your work.

Thank you.

Of course.

This is our daughter, Jesse.

She's a very very
good photographer.

Perhaps you could do a
studio visit with her.

What kind of work
do you do Jesse?

Um, self portraits.

She does these grids of
self-portraits. They're amazing.

David's an art critic.

I know, I know.

Can we go now?

Why don't we look at
the show first, okay?

Okay.

It was nice meeting you.

You too.

Excuse me, David.

Of course.

Oh..

Do we know each other?

No, I'm sorry. I thought
you were someone else.

Sorry.

There you are.

Hey.

You look beautiful.

You're just saying that because
you want to have sex again.

No, it's true.

You are beautiful, and I
want to have sex again.

Mom!

It's okay, it's okay.

What medications are you taking?

She's taking anti-anxiety
medications and sleeping pills.

And she has been sleeping
most of the time,

and she hasn't spoken
since Saturday.

She hasn't spoken at all?

Not that I know of. I
have been taking care of
her since the incident.

Lee, you'll meet your
therapist tomorrow.

Would you like to
get some rest now?

Lee?

I'm Dr. Bloom. Very
nice to meet you. Come in.

I looked at your book.

You must have seen
a lot of suffering.

Your ex-husband told me that
you were injured in Somalia.

Perhaps it's hard to revisit
the photos after what happened.

I hear you've been having some
difficulties with your daughter.

Are you upset with
your daughter?

Somebody else?

What is it, Lee?

I think I killed someone.

Hello?

Somebody?

H-Hello?

Hey.

Hey. I need some morphine.

I'll get the nurse.

Ahh.

She says she needs
some more morphine.

I love you mommy.

Nice dreams?

Out of water.

You're still here.

Well, I went to physical
therapy, but otherwise I've
been watching out for you.

Do we know each other?

You just looked like
you needed help.

Thank you.

Oh hey, you're awake.

Uh, barely.

I brought you this.

I know it looks really
aggressive, but deep
down it's really sweet.

You're still here?

You know what, uh,

I'll see you later.

Bye.

Who is that guy?

I really don't know.

They said I was injured in a
suicide bombing in Somalia.

I don't remember much.

Geez, that's terrible.

Yeah, how about you?
How'd you end up here?

I drove off Mulholland drive.

I was swerving to
avoid a coyote.

Oh, that's pretty terrible too.

No, that's not the same.

Why? We both almost died.

Yeah, but you almost
died for something.

I almost died for a lot
of reasons but they're
not all admirable.

Are you okay?

Mm.

I noticed Malik jamil
visiting you earlier.

That's pretty cool.
He's a great journalist.

Yeah, he's a great husband too.

You're married to him?

Not anymore. How about
you, you got anyone?

No. I kind of like being alone.

You don't want to have
kids, get married?

Well, I used to want that.

But...

I don't want it anymore.

That would be a great cover.

You're right.

You have such a good eye.

Who is this girl?

Hawa. She was my
translator in Mogadishu.

We were buddies.

Jesse, um,

I was thinking, i'm
going to make some big
changes in my life.

What do you mean?

Um, I don't want
to go away anymore.

Well, what are you going to do?

Oh, I talked to the times
about shooting some portraits.

Of like terrorists
and murderers?

Yeah, if the past is any
indication, then probably.

The main thing is I
want to be close to you.

That's a really cool bracelet.

It's cool.

That's from Mogadishu.

No, you should keep it.

Here, no, no, no. I
want you to have it.

Well, I don't think he
would just disappear.

Well, how could you know that?

You knew him what, three months?

I'm still a little bit confused.

You broke up with John, but
you're in love with him.

It wasn't right for me.

He had been through
too much stuff. He had
never been married.

So you left him because you
felt he couldn't commit to you?

Yeah, I guess.

Aren't we supposed to talk
about my parents or something?

We can talk about your parents.

Well, um, my dad was
basically an asshole.

How as he an asshole?

He worked for the FBI.

He was a mean guy.

He certainly was not
nice to my mother.

Luckily, he wasn't
around a lot, so...

John was nothing like my father.

Hey.

Um, I'm Peter. May I join you?

I have the appointment with
Dr. Bloom right before you.

It's a birthmark.

It's like a rorschach test.

A lot of people think it
looks like a barking dog.

I think it looks a little
more like Michigan, but...

So, may I join you?

Yes.

They stock these just for me.

I read three different studies
that said sardines are really
good for depression.

They also help with
anxiety and ocd and add.

You look a little s-a-d.

I am sad.

Well maybe you could get
outside, go for a little walk.

Hmm, about ten months?

Ten months?

Mhmm.

Do you ever want to leave?

Well I had to take a five-year
lease out on room 11e.

I tried to go back to work
after about four months, but
I kept having panic attacks.

That's why you're
here? Panic attacks?

No, I uh,

I had a client.

He was up for murder.

I managed to get him off.

And after a few weeks, he
showed up at my office.

He had become fixated
on my assistant.

And he followed her into the
bathroom and blew her head off.

And you feel responsible?

Well, I know it's not my
fault, but my unconscious
begs to differ.

I met your patient, Peter stone.

He seems normal, except
for the sardines.

He's been here ten months.

He must be about
to leave, right?

I can't discuss
my other patients.

Are you concerned that
he may be leaving soon?

I wasn't thinking
that. He seems nice.

He looks exactly like John.

Do you think that's maybe why
you responded to him? Because
he reminds you of John?

No, he's nothing like John.
He just looks like him.

Perhaps you want
to see him as John.

And how is he different, John?

He, every way.

Peter is friendly, he's warm.

John was, uh, more complicated.

Got it about eight years
ago in an optimistic moment.

Because blue birds are lucky?

Oh yeah, just not for me.

You're so pessimistic.

If you knew anything about
me, you wouldn't say that.

Sorry. I didn't mean
to be presumptuous.

Look, I didn't mean
to be so sharp.

I've just had some bad luck.

Religious differences have
precipitated countless wars.

Now, how can we explain all this
killing in the name of god?

I used to teach history
at a private school.

This student, Emma, she
was my best student.

One day she gave me a lift.

My car was in the shop and she
insisted on taking me home.

Why are we stopping?

Can we talk?

Well, why don't you come
in after class tomorrow?

I have to talk to someone now.

Carl broke up with me today.

I'm sorry, I...

I know how painful that can be.

But you've got to take me home.

I just need to talk to someone.

I'm in really bad
shape, okay? Please.

Will you just hold me?

I can't do that.

Okay. Okay.

Emma, you really, you
gotta go home now.

Will you fuck me?

Come on.

She never made it home.

Her body was found
the next morning.

Strangled.

They also found my phone,
and then later they found
my hair on her clothes.

I spent the next five
years in prison fighting
to reopen the case,

and then one day this woman
walks into the da's office and
turns in Emma's ex-boyfriend.

That's a horrible story.

Um, I was just thinking,
I was wondering, um,

maybe I could call
you when I get out.

I mean, I'm not asking
you out. It's not that, um

Your story,

just kind of blew me away,

and I was thinking
I maybe could photograph
you and try to communicate
what you've been through.

I've had my photo taken a lot.

I just thought I could
do something different.

I'll think about it.

Little more.

You're doing great. Could
you step to your, to
your left a little bit?

Little more?

Good.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Big place.

You have a lot of
stuff to protect.

How long have you worked here?

Uh, about a year and a half.

It's a good job.

For me, anyway. It's quiet.
I don't have to listen
to anyone's bullshit.

You're reading St. augustine?

I am.

So that's what you do in
your off time? You read?

Mhmm. Yeah, and I
write a little bit.

You write?

Mhmm.

Can I read something?

No.

Maybe someday?

I don't know, maybe, yeah.

Hey John,

hey man.

Who's that?

That is Thomas. He's an old
high school friend of mine.

He's staying in one of the
rooms. He lost his job and
he can't pay his rent, so,

hm.

Thomas?

Hey.

This is Lee. Lee, Thomas.

Hi, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. So
you're the photographer?

Yes.

I pictured you younger.

Thomas...

Well what did you, what
did you tell him about me?

Nothing. Just that you
were very persistent.

Yes I am.

May I take a picture of
the two of you together?

Yeah.

Sure.

Maybe sit down?

On the bed?

Yeah, that'd be great.

Nice.

Oh, that's not loaded. I just
use it to scare people off.

May I?

Sure.

Did you carry a gun when
you were covering wars?

No, never.

I had a Turkish boyfriend
who taught me how to shoot.

I killed him.

Look, Lee. Sometimes
people believe they've
committed a crime, and then
find out that it didn't

actually happen.

It happened.

Where's the body?

I don't remember.

Yeah, I read that one
of your photos helped close
an infamous afghani prison.

Oh, so you've been
reading about me.

Well, I'm a defense
layer. It's my job to
get the dirt on people.

Okay, and I'm a little
nosy. I had a guy at my
office do a search on you.

Well, at least you're honest.

Do you ever find missing people?

You know someone who's missing?

My ex-boyfriend.

I think he may
have been murdered.

I'm sorry, that's horrible.

Yeah, it is.

Why don't you let me
look into it for you.

Thank you. That would be...

That would be great.

Hope you've got room
for a giant camel.

Hey.

Hey, Jesse. I didn't
know you were coming.

Yeah, mom said I could store
some stuff in here, so...

I sent this to Jesse from
Egypt for her birthday.

Yeah, it's exactly what
a four year old wants.

You were seven.

I'm gonna go get another key.

Hey, I brought US all
sandwiches. I thought maybe
we could have lunch together.

That's great, I'm starving.

Oh, I'm good, thanks.

John?

What?

Okay, sure, yeah.

Coming through,

oh, oh, easy with that.

You got it?

Yeah.

Hey, there's a lot
more in the u-haul.

Back it up, back it up.

I was like stuck with my friend,
and I had to like, get on the
balance machine and like, figure

out how to gain my balance,
because I was about to be a
brontosaurus.

Are you gonna finish the
rest of your sandwich?

No no, you have it.

Mom!

What?

I'm eating.

Anyway, so on the back of
my neck, there was a tattoo
that said "brontosaurus"

so that meant that's
what I was going to be.

Which was cool, but I woke
up like, right before I
was about to transform, so,

I never really got to see
what it would be like to
be a dinosaur, which is...

Jesse, that's not cool.

What?

The joint.

It's not like we're going
to get caught, right?

Well, that's not a chance
I want to take, so.

Jesse, maybe just
wait 'til later.

Okay.

So John, how do you
like posing for my mom?

Jesse, I think you're
embarrassing John.

No I'm not.

Am I embarrassing you, John?

Maybe a little.

See, I told you.

Stop picking on me.

I'm not.

Yes you are.

Okay, I'm going outside.

Honey...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry she put you
on the spot like that.

I think sometimes she
wants me all to herself.

She's a little old for
that, don't you think?

I like that.

Yeah.

That's nice, I like that.

Mm.

I like these.

She's talented.

Yeah.

Since she's been at art school,
her work has really matured.

You should see the grid
portraits in person.
They're amazing.

I'd love to see them sometime.

Well I suppose we should
try to get some sleep.

Oh.

I'm so tired.

Yeah, me too.

Thanks.

Yeah, goodnight

and good morning.

Good morning.

Right.

You looked so young.

Innocent.

Hm.

I was a different person then.

You stand up. Just put it in
front of your chest, maybe?

Maybe better to sit down.

Maybe you'd be more comfortable.

Yeah, I think so

Hold on one second.

Now let's just hold it over
the lower half of your face.

Like that?

Yeah.

What's that sound?

That's peacocks. My
landlord raises peacocks.

Doesn't that drive you nuts?

Oh yeah.

Thanks John. Thanks
for all your time.

I think we've got some really
good photographs. I'll send
you some prints when I'm done.

So does that mean we're not
going to see each other anymore?

Hey.

Tell me what you want.

Let's not talk. Let's not talk.

I said it was good sex.
That's talking about it.

Was it different than
sex you'd had before?

I've had a lot of different
kinds of sex with a lot of
different kinds of guys.

Look, Lee, I'm not trying to
pry. You came in here convinced
that you killed this man.

I'm just trying to find out
where the fantasy came from.

You don't know that
it's a fantasy.

Why don't you tell me a
little bit more about your
relationship with John.

I thought maybe I should
have another shower.

No, it's great.
Beautiful. So moving.

Oh, sorry.

Hi honey.

Where are you?

At a friend's.

I have the flu. Will you
come take care of me?

Yeah.

Thanks mom.

I'll come now. Okay. I love you.

Jesse's sick.

I've gotta go.

Oh no, what's wrong with her?

I don't know, the flu?

And you haven't told
her about US yet, huh?

No she had critique at
school that didn't go well.

So when are you
going to tell her?

Soon.

I have to go. I'm taking this.

Okay.

Tell me more about
you and Jesse.

Um, I had her when
I was really young.

I had just started seeing
Malik and I got pregnant.

I stayed home for the
first 8 months, but

then I got a chance
to cover Afghanistan.

I couldn't, I couldn't say no.

That must've been a very
difficult decision for you.

That's the problem. It wasn't.

It wasn't a difficult decision.

I missed Jesse like crazy,
but I kept going away.

I don't think she'll ever
forgive me for not being around.

I don't blame her.
Why should she?

But you're trying to
make it up to her.

Isn't that what you've
been telling me?

Yes.

But I keep fucking it up, just
like all my relationships.

I like you.

A lot.

I shouldn't have said that.

I knew this was just casual.

It's not casual to me.

Then why are you acting all
weird all of the sudden?

Sorry I can't always
follow your protocol.

Look, um,

I don't think we should
keep seeing each other.

What?

Lee, I'm not a good guy.

Are you seeing someone else?

No, I'm not seeing
somebody else.

Then why aren't you a good guy?

I'm just not, okay. You just
have to take my word for it.

Okay, I'm going to go.

John, you spent five
years in prison for a
crime you didn't commit.

Maybe you should give
yourself a break.

So Adele made you
work an extra hour?

I just didn't think that was
very fair on my birthday.

It's not.

You're still taking morphine?

Every once in a while.

You're in that much pain?

Sometimes.

Why are you so concerned?

I love my fish.

Good.

Mm, wait wait wait,
don't put them down yet.

Okay. I love my
fish, I love my fish.

Okay, turn around. Smile for me.

Smile.

Oh, you want to do the
miserable one first?

What the fuck?

Jesse and I, we, um,

we went out for a month.

After the, after that day you
put your stuff in storage I
stopped seeing her.

You went out with Jesse.

No, Lee.

Oh, fuck.

Lee, when I...

Look, I wanted to tell both
of you, okay, but I couldn't.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Lee...

Lee!

Jesse, wait!

Please, I didn't know.

Jesse, please.

How could you do this to me?

I never would have,
I didn't know!

You didn't want to know.

It was so obvious
that I liked him.

I mean, why do you think I
visited you in the hospital
every day for hours?

Why?

C-Could you please, could
you just leave me alone
from now on, please?

Because you've never
been a real mom to me.

Ever.

You've never been there!

You just pretend like you
give a shit, but you don't!

All you do is care
about yourself.

Just stop, okay?

I wish that that fucking
bomb had killed you.

Lee.

Hey,

hey, look, it's okay, it's okay.

Hey, hey, hey, okay. Okay.

Lee.

I have some information
on John for you.

Oh.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Well, I'll give it to you later.

Right.

Lee?

What do you remember about what
happened between you and John.

I told you. We
fought, we broke up.

What else do you remember?

He was having an...
He had an affair with Jesse.

Did he know she
was your daughter?

And you found out that night?

Yes.

Well, there's a lot
to explore here.

I think you want to kill John.

He betrayed you, he hurt
Jesse, he ruined your
relationship with her.

You know, this is just a
lot of fucking bullshit.

There is not a lot
to explore here.

Hey.

I don't blame you anymore.

You didn't know.

And I know it was
his fault, and...

I just want to
forget him, you know?

We should just both forget him.

I love you.

I love you so much.

Me too.

I drove your car up, in
case you want to escape
every now and then.

As long as that's allowed.

It's allowed.

Dad's gonna pick me up later.

Who is it?

I'll get it.

Oh,

hello

you're Jesse, right?

Yes. I guess she's
been talking about me.

Well, only in a good
way. She adores you.

I'm Peter.

Hi.

Hi.

You know, if you actually
ate food that tasted good,
you might feel better.

You want to try?

Mm.

I feel better already.

Well good. If you started
eating food like this, you'll
be out of here in no time.

Actually, um, my shrink and I
were talking about terminating.

You're leaving?

Not yet, but... I could
always have a relapse.

Well I think you seem okay.

Okay.

She seems to care
a lot about you.

In spite of everything.

What do you mean?

I just haven't really
been there for her.

You said you had some
information on John?

Yeah, I...

I had a private investigator
do some digging around.

Apparently the situation
with John and his student
wasn't so clear cut.

What?

Well, John testifies that he
never had sex with the girl.

He, he told me that she came
on to him and he resisted.

That's not what the
girl's ex-boyfriend said.

In his confession,
he claims that he watched
John and the girl have sex,
and that's why he got so

enraged.

Apparently, John never really
got over his guilt for the girl.

It seems he tried to kill
himself a few months ago.
He ran his car off the road.

No. He told me that
was an accident?

Well that's not what
the evidence suggests.

If you knew anything about
me you wouldn't say that.

I drove off Mulholland drive.

I was swerving to
avoid a coyote.

Her body was found the
next morning, strangled.

They also found my phone
and then later they found
my hair on her clothes.

Hey!

Hey, look,

hey, hey, okay, okay.

I can't believe you did this.

I had just gotten out of the
hospital and she called.

I was lonely.

You should've told me.

I wanted to. I tried to.

Why didn't you?

John?

John?

John?

He killed himself.

He was gone when I woke
up. The morphine was gone.

This may be another
fact, you see.

He was suicidal.
He'd tried before.

Alright. Let's say he
did commit suicide.

How would that make you feel?

How do you think it would make
me feel? Horrible. Guilty.

What would you
feel guilty about?

Everything.

I initiated
the relationship. I asked to
photograph him. I kissed him.
I made everything happen,

and I never saw that Jesse
liked him. I should've seen it.

She's trying to forgive
me. She was here yesterday.

Does she know that
John's missing?

No. I haven't told her.

It might be helpful to
bring her to a session.

She would never come.

You could ask her.

No.

No fucking way. No.

I think it might be good
for our relationship.

I don't have a problem with our
relationship. Do you have a
problem with our relationship?

No, no.

Then we have nothing
left to discuss.

There is one thing that
I was going to tell you.

I knew that you liked John.

What do you mean?

At the beginning,
at the rehab place.

I could tell that you liked him.

But then, I just thought,
maybe he liked me.

I mean, we had the same
sense of humor, we even
had the same initials.

We used to call each other jj.

I never thought that you
would ever see him again.

I mean, except
maybe as my mother.

And he was too young for you.

Okay, I see.

Okay, I'm sorry.

I'm a horrible person.

No, Jesse, no you're
not. You're not.

Really?

It's just a horrible situation.

You can't ever
tell anyone, okay?

Not Peter, not anybody.

Okay, I won't, I
won't. I promise.

If you do, I'll never
speak to you again.

I won't. I won't.

Do I look dead?

You do.

I thought that was what
you were going for.

That is good.

Hey.

Hi.

Happy birthday.

Yes, happy
birthday.

Thank you, thanks.

So, are you ready to hike?

Yes.

Let's go.

Um, I'm not going
to go. You guys go.

What? Are you serious?

Come on, Lee. It's beautiful up
there. It's not that strenuous.

It'll be exhilarating.

Yeah, I don't think i'm
quite up for exhilarating.

But you both go on. I'll see you
tonight and we'll celebrate.

We'll have cake with sardines.

Uh huh.

Are you sure you're okay?

Yes!

Okay.

Alright.

Okay, so...

Fine.

I'd like to do one
shot of the woman.

No, no. It is too dangerous.

Could you just ask her, please?

Wait.

Jesse?

Hey, where are you two?

It's after 8:30. Hope
you're on your way.

I think something's
happened to her.

Maybe she's upset with you.

No, Malik, it's not that.
We've been getting along fine.

Look, are you sure
you're not just...

I'm not imagining it!
Our daughter is missing!

Hi, um, it's Lee Johnson for Dr.
bloom. Could you just have her
call me as soon as possible?

Jesse? Are you alright?

We got lost. It was so scary.

Our phones wouldn't work,
and we finally found the
trail, but I'm really tired,
so I'll just call you in

the morning.

I'm just glad you're okay.

Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. I'm
fine. Okay, goodnight mom.

Good night.

Where's Peter?

He missed his session.

Peter wouldn't miss his session.

Why do you think you were so
frightened last night? Hasn't
Jesse come home late before?

I thought something bad
had happened to her.
We were supposed to
have dinner together.

You said she was hiking
and then she got lost?

She was with Peter.

So she wasn't hiking.

She was hiking.

I see.

What do you mean "I see?"

Do you think there's
something going on?

I didn't say that.

Do you think there's
something going on?

No. No, Peter's not her type.
He's way too conservative.

Something's wrong.

What do you think's wrong?

I don't know, but Peter
wouldn't miss his session.

Do you always
anticipate the worst?

What?

Well, you were worried
about Jesse last night.

Now you're concerned
about Peter.

Well, I guess maybe I
expect bad things to happen.

And they do.

All the time.

Look, I know you've seen a lot
of terrible things in your job,

but you're not in a warzone now.

I'll try to remember that.

Peter?

Ms. Johnson?

You looking for somebody?

This is a nice place.

Why are you here?

Well, things have gotten a
little more complicated.

I spoke to your
attorney. Nice guy.

Did you find anything?

Well, we finally got a
hold of Jackson's landlord.

He said the last time that
he saw Jackson was the same
night you last saw him?

Said he was with some
woman out on the road,
out in front of the house?

The woman hit him, and then
shoved him to the ground.

And then when they were gone, he
walked over and he found, um,

he found this laying
on the ground.

Have you ever seen this before?

No.

Okay, he said it was dark
and he couldn't recognize
it, but she looked young.

You look young for your age.

If it was dark, how did
she know it was John?

Recognized his truck.

Oh, I'm sorry. I have to go. I
have a doctor's appointment.

I'll keep you informed, okay?

Thank you. Bye-bye.

Bye.

Hi.

Who's that guy you
were talking to.

It's a cop. He was
looking for John.

Did they find him?

No.

Jesse? Did you see John again
that night after you left?

Yeah.

I was really fucked up, so
I couldn't really drive that
well,

so I pulled over on
the side of the road and he

just pulled up next to me.

Did anything happen?

Did you hit him, or...

No.

He grabbed my arm and,
and I was trying to get
away from him, but...

Why are you so
obsessed with him?

Why can't you just think
about me once in a while?

Okay, I'm going to go.

Peter?

You've never been
a real mom to me.

It was so obvious
that I liked him.

I wish that that fucking
bomb had killed you.

Hey, hey,

look, okay, okay, it's okay.

So John, how do you
like posing for my mom?

I can't believe you did this.

I was just out of the hospital.

She called, I was lonely.

You should've fucking told me.

I wanted to, I tried to.

Then why the fuck didn't you?

I'm going to find Jesse.

Stop fucking calling me!

Jesse, are you okay?

It's none of your
fucking business.

This is Jesse, leave a message.

Jesse, hey it's me.

Listen, um, um, I, I need to
talk to you in person, so i'm
going to come to your studio.

I should be there
in about an hour.

Okay? Call me when
you get this. Thanks.

Jesse?

Malik, it's Lee.

Have you seen Jesse? Call me.

Hi, it's Peter. Please leave
a message after the beep.

Peter, it's Lee. Where are
you? I'm going to John's.
I'm hoping it'll help
me remember what really

happened that night.

John?

Peter?

Lee.

Where are you?

I'm at my apartment.

Look, I need to talk to you.

Some thing, or things, made
you drive from Briggs,

to your daughter's,
then back to Mr. Jackson's?

You had me followed
from Briggs?

No. We followed you
from your daughter's

how'd you know I
was going there?

We didn't. We weren't
looking for you. We
were looking for her.

But when you showed
up, we thought you
might lead US to Jesse.

But you lead US back
to Mr. Jacksons.

I was just looking for anything
that would tell me where he was.

Then why did you go to
your daughter's first?

Because I wanted to see her.

You think she might
know where he was?

No, I just wanted to see her.

Where'd you find this?

I found it under
Mr. Jackson's bed.

Looked like he was
trying to hide it.

That's the same piece of jewelry
that I showed you before.

That's my bracelet, I... I
just loaned it to her that-

then why'd you tell me
you didn't recognize it?

I thought it would look
bad. I shouldn't have.

You're right. You
shouldn't have.

You know, John and I walked
down that road all the time.
It probably just fell off.

Sergeant Goodman?

I'm Peter stone.

My client isn't well, and i'm
taking her back to the hospital.

If you tell me what
happened, you're going
to feel a lot better.

You know, I need to get
back to the hospital.

We found that under
Mr. Jackson's bed.

Peter...

I think John may be alive.

What?

I had the guy in my office do a
search on John's credit card.

The card was used to purchase
breakfast three days in a row
at the same diner in San Diego.

Why didn't you tell Goodman?

We don't know anything
for sure, yet. I think we
should just go down there,
and find out if anyone's

actually seen John.

Um, let me just reach Jesse.

She's asleep. She's
at my apartment.

Is that why you
left Briggs so suddenly?
Because of you and Jesse?

No, I left Briggs because
I found out Goodman had
evidence against you and I
didn't feel like defending

another murderer.

That's not how you
feel. Come on, you're here.
Things are okay between US.

No, things are
not okay. You and Jesse were
both fucking John. You don't
think I needed to know that?

I couldn't tell you.

I can't believe I didn't
have a fucking clue.

I promised Jesse.

Well she should've told
me. She told me everything
else about her life.

She's probably
afraid you'd run off.

Yeah, I should run off.

Come on.

This is it.

I don't recognize him.

Well maybe he, you know, cut
his beard or trimmed his hair?

Nope. Sorry.

Thank you.

Well, now what?

Let's just wait around
for a bit maybe,

maybe he'll show up.

I'm gonna grab a seat.

Mm.

Thomas?

Where's John?

I, I don't know.

What'd you do to him?

I didn't do anything to him.

You're using his card.

I...

Look, Adele kicked me
out of the storage unit.
I went to John's house.

I stayed there a couple of days.

I didn't, I didn't know
if he was coming back.

Like he, he left his wallet.
He used to let me borrow
his credit cards sometimes.

I was going to pay him back.

If he ever came back.

So you haven't seen him at all?

No. Not since he
was last at work.

Yes, sergeant Goodman please.

It's Peter stone.

He lived here for a couple
months.

There are more empty
units upstairs.

Jesus.

Oh, god.

Oh,

oh.

He left you a note.

It said that he was sorry.

It's my fault.

No, it's not your fault.

The guy tried to kill himself
before you even knew him.

The guy was damaged.

You didn't know him.

Hi.

Hey.

Sorry I'm late.

Not that bad, right?

Hey, how are you?

Hi mommy.

Hi, how are you?

I'm doing pretty good.

Yeah? You look good.

Well,

well I guess we'd
better get going.

Yeah

alright, let me
take your picture.

Okay.

Stoic.

Okay, we got the stoic.

Okay, that's enough I think.

Bye sweetie.

We'll see you soon.

Yes.

See you on the outside, huh.

Yes.

Bye.

Thank you.

Are you alright with that?

Yeah, I got it.

They don't look anything alike.

I, I can't trust
what I'm seeing.

I thought I was getting better.

You are getting better.

You no longer have
to see Peter as John.

That's great progress.

For a while, I even thought
that Jesse killed John.

I mean, how could I have
thought that about her.

Lee, you weren't well.

You thought you'd killed him.

That's different.

She couldn't have done it.

I could have.

It's okay.

She didn't want to
go, but I insisted.

Her name was hawa.

It means lucky.

Hello?

Jesse?

Hey mom.

Peter, hey!

I am starving. Can we eat?

I set the table on the roof.

Ah, how nice.

Why don't you go on up and
I'll organize the food.

Yeah, I set the
table upstairs,

okay, cool.

I got offered a couple of
assignments in the middle east.

Oh.

I... I thought you
wanted to work here.

It doesn't feel right anymore,
after everything that happened.

So you're just going
to go back to war?

Would you be okay with that?

I mean, I don't want you to go.

But I know you need to.

I'm a war photographer.
That's what I do.

Look, I wanted to tell both
of you, okay, but I couldn't.

Trade you her...

I can trust what I'm seeing.

I thought I was getting better.

Lee, I'm not a good guy.

It is too dangerous.

This might be another
fight, you see?

I couldn't say no.