Sapiosexual (2023) - full transcript
Three people gather for an "uncoupling celebration" arranged by the aging narcissist Liam. Both Hannah and Freddie, Liam's guests as well as victims, have dark ties to his past and plenty of their own secrets. When the power goes ...
- Hi.
I'm sorry I'm late.
Oh, take me upstairs.
What?
What?
Why'd you stop?
Liam, what?
- Nothing.
- No, what?
What's wrong?
- Nothing.
Nothing.
- Liam-
- Nothing!
- Liam!
- Absolutely nothing.
- What happened?
- You don't get it.
Don't you understand?
- No, everything's fine.
What's wrong?
- This has never happened
before.
- What are you talking about?
- Oh, come on!
- What?
- Nothing is happening.
- Well, but I mean, it's-
- Look, I'm under a lot,
look, stop it!
I'm under a lot of pressure.
- Well, but it's okay, then, you
know-
- Hannah, would you stop it?
Goddamn it!
- But it's okay-
- I don't give a damn.
- Where are you going?
- I'm going to hell.
- Liam, this is crazy.
This is ridiculous.
You okay?
Hey, all good?
It's okay.
Okay?
What?
What?
Are you okay?
Do you want me to wait
downstairs, maybe?
- Yes.
Wait downstairs.
- I'm gonna just, I'm gonna get
my boots,
and I'll, I'll wait for
you downstairs, okay?
- Get your boots.
- Do you, do you want
me to make you some tea?
Or, or, or, or get you some
wine, or something like that?
- I think you can answer
that question yourself.
If you don't know what I want
by now, you'll never know.
- Okay.
Sorry.
- Yeah, you should be.
- He flipped a switch.
I'd never seen him like that
before.
He was like this person
that I'd never even met.
- You know um, maybe you wanna,
maybe you wanna talk to
someone about it, you know?
- I beg your pardon?
- I'm just saying, I don't know.
I was just trying to help.
- Would you like for me to
pour you your own glass?
- Nah, I like yours.
- You know, I've been thinking.
Maybe you might want to join
one of those dating apps.
- Are you kidding me?
- Why would I kid?
I don't want you to be lonely.
- I'm fine, really.
I've got a very full life.
I'm good.
- Are you?
- Mm hm.
- Why don't we go get some fresh
air?
Let's take a walk.
- I think that sounds
like a fabulous idea.
- I think you're gonna like
Freddie.
He's a very intelligent guy.
His book, little bit
scandalous by my taste.
But you know writers.
- What time does he arrive?
- Said he'd be here by dinner.
You know, when he called the
other day,
I thought he'd be the perfect
addition to our celebration.
- Celebration?
- What?
- I don't know, just seems kind
of silly.
I mean, dramatic maybe.
- Okay.
Not at all.
I think we're setting
an example for others.
- Others?
What others?
No one even knew that we were
together.
See, that's where it
gets a little strange.
This really doesn't have to
be some big uncoupling event.
- Well, I just thought it'd
be a nice way to wrap it up.
- Wrap it up.
- And what would you call it?
- This is your choice, so you
can call it whatever you want.
- Oh God, I thought we
weren't gonna go there.
- What?
- Animosity.
You knew what you were
getting into when we started.
- I did, but...
- What?
- I don't know.
I mean, you know, no matter
how many rules get laid out
at the beginning of
anything, we're still human.
- My wife!
No, no, she's been there
before and she's bounced back.
- You can only bounce back
from cancer so many times.
- Oh.
- Oh, come on.
Now that she's on her deathbed,
you're gonna get sentimental?
- You knew I was never
gonna leave my wife.
- Did I?
- Hannah...
- Did I, did I know?
- Of course you did.
Right from the start.
You knew I was never gonna leave
my wife.
- You never said that.
- Well, listen to me.
We had a wonderful moment,
way back when, long ago.
But we never made closure,
and we need closure.
Oh, Hannah, I thought about you
constantly
through these years.
Every time I look at my
children,
I wonder what would they be like
if you had been their mother?
On vacations, it was torture.
I just pictured us there
together.
But my wife has been a good
partner.
She's devoted everything to her.
I owe her.
- Being with me
didn't exactly make you
the doting husband, did it?
- Oh, good.
Maybe this wasn't such a good
idea.
What?
- No, I think, um, I think
you're right.
I think you're right.
You know what?
Why don't we just go
and check on that amazing
stew you made, okay?
- No more?
Okay?
- I will be as sweet as candy,
Liam.
- Good.
Do you remember the first
time I brought you here?
Three years ago.
- Yeah.
Three years ago.
I remember it very well.
You're so funny.
I missed your humor.
Wow.
- Mi casa.
- This is fabulous.
Oh, this is lovely.
- Got a little dining area.
- Oh, little.
- Up there.
- Great dinner.
- I'll show you the
den a little bit later,
but I wanna show you my
pride and joy, my kitchen.
- Oh, so nice.
And so pretty.
- Just a little country
kitchen, that's all.
- A little country kitchen.
Hardly.
- No, I know what you mean.
And the funny thing is, Nancy
never comes here anymore.
- Oh, that's a shame.
Why don't you guys just sell it?
You'd get a lot of money.
- I like to have a getaway.
- Get away from her?
- Yes, I like to get away from
Nancy.
- Oh, well, what does
she think you're doing
when you're here?
- Writing.
- Writing what?
- My novel.
- Oh, that's cool.
What, do you have a title yet?
- Yes.
"Son of the Narcissist."
- Wait a second.
Isn't that the same
one you were working on
when I was in high school?
- Busted.
- That's a really long time
to be writing the same thing.
- Well, how did you expect me to
finish?
I needed my muse.
You're my muse.
I can't finish without my muse.
Sex and creativity, they go hand
in hand.
- Liam, um, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Hey, stop.
I, I just don't, I,
I thought we were just gonna
come here
and you were gonna show
me your country house,
and we were gonna have some
coffee and have a nice chat.
Right?
That's what we were gonna do.
- And that's that we're doing.
- Yeah, no, but I, I really,
do you really think it's such
a good idea to start again?
- Absolutely.
- No, Liam, Liam, Liam,
it took me years to get over
you.
- I know that.
- No, you don't know.
It took me years.
It was so hard.
It was so hard.
I went through so much.
- That's behind us now.
Here we are.
It's the now.
And we're together.
- I just, I-I just,
I-I-I-I think, I mean,
I don't, I really,
I don't know.
- Hannah.
- No.
- Hannah.
- What?
- Listen to me.
- Hmm?
- You know you want me.
And I want you.
I just want to make you feel...
- But I, I really don't know
if this is such a good idea,
Liam.
I really don't know.
You are absolutely right, you
know.
I think this is gonna be so, so
good
to just get this wrapped up.
- It must be Freddie.
Why don't you go let him in?
Hannah, let your hair down.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- You must be Hannah.
- Freddie?
- Yes.
- Come in.
- Thank you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you, too.
- So, welcome to the party.
- Thank you.
- Should I help you with your
coat?
- Oh, yes, please.
- Hannah, is that him?
- One for each of you.
- Oh, how lovely.
- Hannah?
- Thank you so much.
- Is it Freddie?
- Uh, yeah, yeah.
Uh, he's in the kitchen.
Do you wanna follow me?
- Sure, thank you.
- Okay, great.
- Liam?
Hey, Freddie's here.
- Freddie.
Great to see you again.
- You too.
It's been a while.
- Yes, it has, hasn't it?
Quite a while.
- Freddie brought me a signed
copy.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- I brought one for you, as
well.
- Look.
- Thank you, all right.
Yeah.
I'm good.
I read the reviews.
Well, I must tell you,
I am really thrilled
about having you two here
today for this celebration.
- The concept is fantastic.
- Yeah, the concept.
- I think our dear
Miss Hannah
is somewhat of a sore loser
tonight, hmm?
- I don't think so at all.
I think I have a different
way of looking at things.
Every ending is the start
of new beginnings, you know?
One door closes, another opens.
I always win in the end.
I am going to go and have a
nice look at my brand new book.
I think you guys should
just catch up, okay?
All righty.
- Apparently she has
some issues to deal with
from early adulthood.
It'll be okay.
- Uh, I dunno.
- What don't you know?
- I mean, this feels a little
awkward.
Are you sure you want me to be
here?
- Absolutely.
- I mean, we didn't exactly
part on good terms, you and I.
- Well, it's all the more
reason to have you here
for this celebration.
Look, why don't you just
go join Hannah right now,
and she knows where everything
is.
You guys can set the table and
I'll just tend to the stew.
- Sure.
- Hey.
Congratulations, Freddie.
- Thank you.
- It took a lot of courage.
- Yeah, it's presented as
fiction.
- Yeah, but you know the truth.
- I do.
- Massive storm tonight.
- I know.
- Really shouldn't drive in it.
- No, I shouldn't.
- Mm.
You know, um, there's a guest
bedroom
if you're interested.
- He wants us to set the table.
- Oh God, what a control freak.
Of course he does.
Well, I guess, you know,
we could do what he wants.
- Now.
- Yeah, for now.
Let's do it, come on.
- Drink, please.
- Mm, I'm good.
- You can't
expect me to enjoy this
all by myself now, can you?
Well, you like wine, don't you?
- Of course.
You taught me all about wine,
remember?
- Yes, I did, didn't I?
- You taught me many things.
- Yes, I did.
Many things.
- So, Freddie, are you
working on a new novel?
- Ah, yes.
Yes, I am.
- Can you tell us what it's
about?
- I could, but then I'd
have to kill you both.
So, Liam tells me you're
a therapist, Hannah.
- Yes, I am.
- What inspired
you to choose that path?
- Um, in my twenties,
I had some really bad things
happen,
and had some issues come up from
it,
and became suicidal.
- Twenty-something girls
are always so melodramatic.
- I'm so sorry.
- I'm not, actually,
I'm really glad it happened
because it put me on a path
where I had to get a ton of
therapy,
and it just inspired this thing
in me
that made me wanna return
the favor to the world
and try to help others who were
damaged.
- Oh, come on.
Isn't that just like saying
that you refuse to take
responsibility,
that it's easier to blame
other people for your actions?
- No, I don't agree at all.
I think what it is is
taking full responsibility
for any trauma that comes into
our life
and realizing that it's
about the way we react to it.
That's, that's the thing
that gives us back our power.
- So interesting.
- Right?
I mean, think about it.
You know, if everything is
all caught up inside of you,
and you're all, you
know, playing the victim,
and wanting to blame other
people and everything else,
that keeps you stuck in almost
depression,
where if you take action, that's
when you become the victor.
That's when you seize your life
and manifest your own destiny,
you know?
- Yes.
- Yeah.
- That's actually what
inspired me to write my novel.
- Exactly, see?
So you took something
that was really negative,
and you turned it into gold.
- Yes.
- Hmm.
- Well, then I guess it is
possible to shine a turd.
- Oh, Liam, you are a turd.
- Excuse me.
Is this going to turn into a
let's-blame-Liam-for-everything
evening?
- Sorry.
- Excuse me?
- No, I'm so sorry.
- No, you're not sorry.
Look, if you two are
gonna behave like this,
why don't we just call it an
evening
and you two can kindly leave.
- Oh, Liam,
Liam, we're grownups here.
It's okay.
Shh.
It's okay.
Everything's fine.
Look, we're sorry, right
Freddie?
- Yes.
- We're so sorry.
- Won't happen again.
- I know what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna go make coffee
and get some dessert.
How's that?
- Perfect.
- Great.
And I didn't even start
drinking yet.
Oh, Liam.
- Thank you, my dear.
- Mm hm, sure.
- So how long have you two
been...?
- Three years, give or take.
- Oh, but you knew each other
before?
- Oh, yeah.
Her real mom had passed away
and her father remarried,
and, well, I spent some time
with the family one Christmas,
and over dinner one night,
I noticed there was a spark
between Hannah and myself,
and, well, one thing led to
another and,
we became romantically involved.
- So, wait.
Her father remarried your ex?
- Yeah, yeah.
- How old was she when?
- Seventeen.
- Seventeen?
- Mm hm.
- Jesus.
Did anyone find out?
- Oh, no.
- Your ex?
- No, we were, we were discreet
about it.
It was a unique romance.
And uh-
- But wait, wait, wait.
You said you spent time
with them over Christmas,
so this all happened in their
house?
- Yeah.
- Jesus.
- Yeah, yeah, carried
on for quite some time,
right through the summer
before she went off to
New York to attend NYU.
I missed her.
So I took a place in New
York and we kept going.
- Wow.
I had no idea.
- How could you?
You hardly know her.
- No, you're right.
I don't, I just...
Sorry, I guess it's all
a little bit shocking.
Learning all kinds of
interesting
things about you tonight.
- Stick around, the best is yet
to come.
- Right.
- Why don't you go help
Hannah in the kitchen?
- Okay, I'm just gonna clear the
table.
- Knock yourself out,
buddy.
- Fucker can't get a normal
French press or something.
- Making coffee?
- Well, I hope I'm making
coffee.
I can't get this dumb thing to
work.
Yeah, I mean,
there's only so much wine
in a human being can drink,
don't you think?
- Unless you're Liam.
- Got that right.
I give up.
- So how bad is his wife?
Nancy?
- Yeah, that's her name.
- Is it terminal?
- Um, I'm not sure.
I mean, I've actually never met
her.
That would be kinda awkward,
don't you think?
I can guarantee you one thing.
That chick is not going
anywhere.
She's got enough money, she can
go
and get the most expensive
alternative treatments,
and stem cells, everything.
She'll go to Mexico with a
suitcase filled with cash,
and she'll like, stay there
at some spa and get healed.
Yeah.
- Kinda got that from the
stories.
- Yeah, I mean, think about it.
Think about Liam and who he is.
He wouldn't hook up with anyone
for life
unless there was something
in it massively for him.
And probably financially.
Look at this place.
You think a professor could
afford something like this?
Really?
No.
- He was just telling me
your story, how you met.
- Really?
Yeah, I was pretty stupid
and young, you know?
- Was it force?
I mean...
- No, not really.
I mean, it was, it was strange.
See, I was, I was a bad girl.
I was a brat in high school,
like really bad, and kind of a
rebel.
Wore Doc Martens, little
emo, dark eyeliner.
And the guys in high school,
they were a little too
innocent for me, even though,
I mean, I wasn't getting with
anybody.
But then Liam comes along,
and he's in my house,
and kind of a family friend,
and he's this grownup, really
smart,
and attractive, and
alluring, and all that stuff.
And I just was so excited by the
fact
that he was actually
paying attention to me
and he wanted to talk to me.
And he seemed so into me,
and I was just so turned on
by the fact that, you know,
whatever.
And I think there was
also this thing of me
wanting to get back at my dad,
or my stepmom, but who knows?
I mean, I was 17, you know.
How can you figure out a
17-year-old girl's brain.
Fucked up.
- I was his assistant.
You know how close we were.
I mean-
- Yeah.
- You heard.
I just thought he,
I just thought he was the most
amazing,
alluring, interesting person I'd
ever met.
But there's that thing he's got,
you know,
I don't believe he feels
things the way others do.
Like there's some piece
missing, something deep inside.
Maybe that's the mysterious part
that makes him so fascinating.
I don't know.
I guess that's why I
had to write the book.
Just that feeling that I
got when I was around him,
it just stuck with me.
Made me want to dissect it, rip
it apart, and understand it.
- Kinda like a serial killer.
- Not quite.
- Oh, come on, it's okay.
You can, oh, so a little bit?
Just a little teeny bit?
It's okay.
I won't tell anyone.
- Are you okay?
- What do you mean?
- I just feel like maybe
you, you're not ready.
Not like this.
- I'm ready for the next part of
my life.
Seriously.
Here, could you take these in?
- Jesus!
- I know.
- Liam portions.
- Yes.
And this, so he loves
chocolate-covered almonds,
but these are special ones
that I brought from Manhattan.
I mean, like, don't you have one
of these.
- Oh.
- Okay?
Oh, what's that for?
- Just wanted to do it; I don't
know.
- I know.
Liam, I can't get your
damn coffee maker to work.
I'm gonna make tea, okay?
Fucker.
So why sapio?
- It's about a sapiosexual,
when people are attracted to
each other
for intellectual stimulation.
- Ah, yes.
- I like it.
- Liam, did you ever finish your
novel?
Sorry, is that a bad topic?
- No, he um, he-he never did.
It's the, um, it's the
same one he was working on
when I met him when I was a
teenager.
- My life got in the way.
- Nothing should get in the
way of art, of creating.
- Oh, really?
How about supporting oneself?
Having a successful career as
a professor, raising children,
being a husband?
Do you ever consider that
maybe those little obstacles
might have hindered my progress?
- It sounds like a lot of
excuses.
- Excuse me?
- Not trying to start a fight.
I just know that if someone
has a story inside of them
that needs to be told,
bottling it up can end up
harming others.
- That's ridiculous.
- No, it's not.
I think that your general angst
and your need to seduce people
that you deem beneath you
is directly related to your
inability
to expel this creation from your
being.
- Really?
You seem to have a lot
of judgments about me.
- Not at all.
I have no judgment.
I just know that if you
don't get this out of you,
it will fester inside.
Writing "Sapio" helped me come
to terms
with what happened to me.
It doesn't bother me anymore.
- Whoa!
What happened to you?
You, you seem to make it sound
like what happened to you
was so horrific.
Well, if I remember
correctly, my dear lad,
you were more than motivated at
the time.
- I was young.
I was fascinated by you.
I thought it was so exciting
how you'd lived in Asia,
and you'd traveled, and were
so cultured and intelligent.
- I was.
And I'm not now?
- That's not what I meant and
you know it.
- Oh, really?
Got a lot of judgements
about me, don't you?
Yeah.
Why did you come here today?
- What?
- Why did you come here tonight?
What do you want?
Why did you call me?
- Liam, look, Liam.
It's, it's all good.
We're just talking here, really.
- Oh, it seems to me you
were just sitting there,
and weren't saying anything.
You were just listening.
- Well, I have nothing to say
about what happened
between you and Freddie.
- Oh, the therapist has no
comment
regarding his accusations.
- Accusations?
- Yes, accusations.
You seem to be implying
that there was some sort of rape
involved.
- No, I didn't.
- Oh, really?
Then why did you write a book
about that?
- It's fiction is not
verbatim as reality happened.
- Oh, then why didn't you
let the public know that?
Why?
I don't have to.
Oh, you mean to make you feel
better?
- Liam, Liam, I think
Freddie might have a point.
You know, you have this moment
where everything in your life
is getting wrapped up, you know?
Your kids are all grown up.
You and I are getting
all finished up here.
You and Freddie are having
this amazing meeting of minds.
I mean, this is the turning
point for you, really.
You have the ability
to do anything you want
in your life right now.
And think about it.
Your book is called "Son of a
Narcissist."
You know, finally coming
to terms with this
and getting this story out
of you and into the world
could be the single most healing
thing
you ever do for yourself.
- Really?
That's interesting.
- I'll get the next bottle.
- Okay, I've had a little bit
too much.
I think I'm gonna go to the
bathroom.
- I'll bring some
candles in.
Found these on the counter.
- I keep 'em ready in case.
Power's always going out here.
- I'll bring this into Hannah,
- Mm hm.
- I bring you light.
- Yes, you do.
- I definitely don't think
I can drive in this storm.
- I don't either.
It's so dangerous.
- Excuse me, but I have to take
a piss.
Let me have this light so I
don't pee all over myself.
- Good luck with that, Liam.
- Let me lead the way.
- Yes, please do.
- God, I hope that wasn't too
awkward.
How long do these outages
usually last?
- Not long.
Power's usually up by morning.
- Hopefully.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Hello, welcome to Liam's.
- So I don't think he even saw
us.
- I don't think so either.
- Oh, wow.
This storm is really nice.
- There he is.
- This storm is great!
- Isn't it beautiful,
Liam?
- My Bluetooth speaker's perfect
for this.
I think it has about six
hours of charge on it.
- Oh no, does it mean you
can dance for six hours?
Wow, look at you go.
My goodness, Liam.
- All right.
Oh, my eyes.
- Whoa!
Oh my goodness.
Goodness gracious.
- Now we have a Hannah sandwich.
- Oh Liam, I'm not a teenager
anymore.
Not by a long shot.
- We could pretend.
Freddie, my dear man.
What, pray tell, are you
drinking?
- Oh, I switched to vodka.
Wine gives me a headache.
- And vodka doesn't?
- Nope.
- Really?
Live and learn.
- Oh, so I was talking to
Freddie,
and I convinced him to stay the
night.
- Hmm?
- Yeah, I mean, he could stay
in the guest room, right?
- I don't want to impose, of
course.
- Not at all.
I have an idea.
Freddie, you like to dance?
- What?
- You like to dance.
- Be careful.
- Yeah, come on, come on, come
on.
Come on, come on.
Up, up, up!
- You're serious.
- What?
- I am serious.
- Ugh.
- Come on, up.
Join him, come on!
He can't dance alone.
- You didn't even ask
me if I like to dance.
- Well, come on, you know.
You know the rules.
You know the drill.
Let's go, let's dance.
Oh, come on now, dance.
No kidding around.
This is serious.
Put your arms around each other.
Oh, yes.
- This is weird.
- This is ridiculous.
- Oh, oh yeah.
- Stop laughing, this is not a
joke.
- Thought it was.
- Freddie, this is not a
joke.
Come on, now dance.
- We are.
- Yeah, yeah, Freddie, put your
hands,
put your hands on her hips.
Yes.
Yes, look at her.
Hannah?
Hannah?
- What are you doing?
Really?
I mean, this is getting kind of
weird now.
- Shh, shh!
It's not; it's beautiful.
- Jessica, look into her.
Come on.
- Come on, what do you want?
- I want you to see that
you want each other.
Look at him!
- What are you trying to do,
Liam?
- I'm trying to get you to
see that you want each other.
Don't you get it?
Look at her.
Beautiful.
Freddie?
- I did not expect anything like
this to-
- Kiss her.
- What?
- Kiss her.
Goddamn it, kiss her!
- My God, relax.
It's fine.
- Is it all right?
- Do you want play this game or
not?
- This is a game?
- Yes.
It's Liam Says.
Liam, go on.
- No, no!
Go on, kiss her.
- Okay.
- Nice.
That's nice.
- This is getting really weird.
- Freddie.
- We did.
- Kiss her.
- No, what?
This is like torture.
What are you doing?
- What do you mean torture?
You wanna talk-
- Liam.
- Don't.
Don't, Freddie.
I just wanted you to see
that it's all exciting.
I'm not wrong.
It wasn't wrong then, and not
wrong now.
It doesn't matter.
Age, male, female.
It's connection.
To pretend that some one
person's desires are wrong
and the other's is right,
you're not allowing
the human spirit to fly
to its full potential!
- It's okay, look, look, we're
okay.
We're okay.
All good.
- Hold him.
Hold him.
- Okay.
I don't know what he's gonna do.
- Oh, yeah, yeah.
- What are you gonna do?
I don't know.
I don't know.
Sorry.
- Whoa!
Whoa, hold it, hold it!
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold
it.
Stop it!
- What, I thought that's you
wanted?
- No, no, no.
- That's what you wanted.
- That's not the way it should
be, no!
- What?
- Don't; it's not right.
It's just not right.
It's always been about both
parties.
What both parties want.
You wanted me as much as I
wanted you.
And same with Freddie and
myself.
- I've come to believe that
sexuality
is more broad than people like
to admit.
And I also don't think that
any same-sex interaction
means anything in particular.
We're attracted to minds,
to individuals, you know?
Not necessarily about male,
female, that sort of thing.
So I understand what you're
saying, Liam.
- You know, actually, I,
I think two men together
is really exciting.
- Really?
- I've never admitted that to
anyone.
- How about two women together?
- What about it?
- Do you find that enticing?
- I find many things enticing.
- What stops you?
- Who says I stop myself?
- Hmm.
I've come to find you very
uptight and inhibited.
Hmm.
That's interesting.
Because that's just the
way I behave around you.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Oh, I am different with every
person.
I take my lead off whatever it
is
that I'm getting from the other.
- Oh, that sounds a
little bit sociopathic.
- Maybe.
I guess maybe we're all a
little bit on the spectrum.
- Yes, I think we all have
a little bit of sociopath in
each of us.
- Mm-hm.
- Have you ever...
- What?
- What, Liam?
- Have you ever...?
- Come on.
- Hey, I think I saw somebody.
- What?
- Look.
- What are you talking about?
- Liam, that's creepy.
- It's just us, Liam.
It's just the three of us.
- I think we got him.
- Really?
- Yeah, I think we did.
- We better, because I'm
not doing this ever again.
I think it's gonna be a long
time.
- Yeah, whatever you gave
him is fucking weird.
- I had no idea.
- He was acting so weird.
- Oh my gosh, he was crazy.
- What the fuck?
- I don't know.
I was getting scared.
- I know.
- On that note, I'm getting a
shower.
- I think that's a good idea.
- You're welcome to join me.
- I absolutely will.
- Me too.
- Thanks.
I'll deal with that thing, okay?
And then I'll meet you down
there.
Charlie, Charlie, hey.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Come on, I'll take you to the
front door.
- Hey, you Freddie?
- Yes.
You are?
- I'm Charlie.
- Charlie, nice to meet you.
- You too.
- Thanks for doing this.
- Yeah, sure.
- You sure you're up for it?
- Absolutely.
I've been friends with Hannah
forever.
- All right, perfect.
Let's go.
- Let's go.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Yeah, it's okay.
Hi!
, you look fabulous.
- You look great.
Go on up the stairs,
and it's the first door
on the right, okay?
Hey.
- It's wonderful to see you.
- Oh, it's so good to see you.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
Let me take your coat off.
It's done.
I gave the guy the money,
and then he took an Uber.
- He's good?
- Yeah.
- Me too.
- We're only halfway there.
- We can't stop now.
- We can.
- Do you want to?
Neither of us have what we
should have had in life.
This will help make it okay.
- Won't we be just like him,
then?
- No, we'll never be like him.
- For real?
- For real.
- I've got the coffee maker
working.
Do you want some?
- Yes, please.
- I got one for you already.
Here you go.
How do they look?
- Thank you.
Pretty damning.
- On your right.
Ooh, my God, it's good.
That's great.
- Can't believe he's still
asleep.
- Yeah.
- Glad the power came back.
- It always does.
- Hannah? Freddie?
- Down here.
- Make sure I'll take a shot.
- Oh, so that's where
my robe went.
Can't believe you two are up
already.
- We've been up for hours.
- So you drank a lot, huh?
- Yes.
- Mm hm.
As usual.
- Coffee? Please?
- Yes.
- Oh, man.
Crazy night last night, huh?
- Yes.
- Fantastic, though.
- Think so?
- Why wouldn't I?
- I don't know, it was kind of
uh...
- Scandalous?
- Well, it's not the word I
was looking for, but yeah.
More like unexpected.
- Good one.
- Whoa.
- Make sure you drink that
coffee up.
I left it black.
Give you lot of energy.
You're gonna need it.
- Don't tell me
we're gonna do it again.
I don't think so.
You're pretty quiet
this morning, my friend.
- Yes.
- Guilty?
- Excuse me?
- You're feeling guilty.
- No, actually, not
even the slightest bit.
- Hey, what's, what's
going on with you two?
Huh?
- What, did you two slink
off and fuck all night?
- We didn't slink off.
- Amazing how someone so
intelligent
can be so crass at times, don't
you think?
- Absolutely.
- All right, all right, all
right.
What, you're acting like
a couple of teenagers.
What the hell is going on here?
- How funny is that?
Teenagers.
Considering that's his
favorite type of lay.
- Oh, all right, Hannah.
We said we weren't gonna to go
here again.
- Oh, don't worry, Liam.
Last time.
Never again.
- Last time, never again.
Well, let's just get this over
with then.
All right?
- You said you wanted to wrap it
up.
No problem.
- Wrap it up.
I wanna get it over with.
- Liam, I'm gonna take a shower.
I wanna be outta here by noon
time, so be ready, all right?
- I can give you a ride back
to the city, no problem.
- Oh, that would be, you know
what,
there's this amazing place
I really wanna show you-
- Hey, excuse me.
Excuse me!
- I really wanna show you-
- Excuse me, is this
not a language I speak?
Did you hear me?
- Jesus Christ, yes, we heard
you.
We're planning our exit.
- And after this morning,,
you will never see or hear
from either of us ever again.
I can assure you that.
Hurry up.
Lovely to spend some quality
time together before we go.
You hungry?
- Yes, starving.
- Bacon, sausage?
- Bacon, please.
- Okay.
Definitely put that one in,
okay?
- Yes.
- This is the final thing.
You have to confront
these people, you know?
- Yeah.
- Even if we don't get anything.
- We will.
- I gotta thank you guys for
last night.
You made me feel like a young
man again.
A moment I'll cherish forever.
- Liam, Freddie and I have
known each other a long time.
- 15 Years, actually.
- What the fuck are you...
- Right after Freddie
left as your assistant,
he started coming to see me.
As you know, I specialize in
victims of sexual predators.
- Liam's his name.
- Liam.?
What's his last name?
- Morris.
- How long ago was it now?
- Two years.
It was two years before you said
his name.
- That's right, two years.
It took two years before
I revealed who it was.
- That opened you up
into what you have love?
- That's what you call it.
- Well, what do you call it?
- Taking advantage of someone
beneath you.
- Ah, don't be
ridiculous.
I only had the best of
intentions for you.
- Did you?
It seems to me, after hearing
more of the story with Hannah,
that this is your thing.
- Don't be
ridiculous.
- You seduced her while
she was in high school.
- She was, what are you talking
about?
She was living with my ex.
- Your ex was her stepmother.
It's just so pedo.
- I-I was just 13 years older
than her.
That's normal in those places.
- Not when it's in her parents'
house,
and their bedroom is down the
hall.
- Oh, she wanted it!
- I was a teenager.
Teenagers want all sorts of
things.
If I wanted crack or heroin,
would you have just given it to
me?
- Oh, please.
- Would anybody?
Of course not.
- Wait a second.
I think there's a little bit
too much judging going on
around here, and not enough
dealing with reality.
- I think the reality is
perfectly clear.
- Well, let me tell you
something.
You think you know me?
You don't know me.
You write one novel
about our relationship,
and then you try to fabricate
it and call it fiction.
And you think whole world
has to know.
No.
You were trying to come on to
me.
- I was your assistant.
We were friends.
- All right, all right.
Well, you certainly seemed to
try hard
to make me think that you wanted
more.
- I did no such thing.
- No? Come on.
All the little innuendos,
touching my shoulder,
gazing into my eyes.
- You are imagining things.
- Oh, am I?
- What are you saying then?
- I'm saying you're
nothing but a con artist.
Yeah, you're just a con artist.
You openly talk to me about
bisexuality.
- Because...
- Because?
- Because I was young, I was
confused.
- I think not.
It was more than that.
- What?
- It was more than that.
You were trying to manipulate
me.
Yeah.
So that I would help you
professionally.
- That is absurd.
- Oh, it doesn't matter now.
You have your bestselling novel,
and all this other bologna,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
- You're jealous, aren't you?
- No, I'm disgusted.
- No, you're jealous because
I actually did something.
I took a chance, and you
just stayed on the safe path.
Typical marriage, typical
job, typical routine.
Never did a damn thing to
make your life special.
Not until you started your
little fling
with the girl whose virginity
you stole
in her parents' house!
- I know your type.
You're nothing but a
little street hustler.
You hit hard.
You lie your way into anyone's
life to get what you want.
You use your words now,
your words to convince people
to send the other thing.
You weaken them so you can crush
them.
Well, guess what, buster,
it ain't gonna work with me.
- Really?
- Really.
- Seems to me it already did.
- Oh, really?
- Show him.
- Sit down, Liam.
Sit down.
- You're gonna wanna listen to
her.
- Here, check it out.
See this?
I don't think Nancy's gonna
like me these too much, huh?
- I agree, Hannah.
- That's the kind of thing
that gets someone served divorce
papers virtually overnight.
- And usually the woman
would cut a guy off
from funds if it's her money and
all.
- Indeed.
Very true, Freddie.
- But, there's a way to
make everything right.
- You two are disgusting.
Both of you.
- We're just two damaged people
trying to protect the world
from a sociopathic narcissist.
- You set me up.
So-so who does that make
the real sociopath, huh?
How dare either of you judge me?
- Doesn't matter what
I dare.
- You need to pay us off, both
of us.
- Oh no.
N-never.
Get out!
- Hmm, you know, it's amazing.
Your internet is really
excellent, here.
Look at this.
I can get this zipped
file sent to Nancy in,
geez, like seconds.
Isn't that incredible?
- Yeah, with the speed of
technology,
she could probably have
the divorce papers drafted
before you even finish the
drive back to Manhattan.
- What do you want?
- What did we talk about?
Wasn't it everything?
Yeah, everything.
- No, no, you, give me a number.
- She already said everything.
She meant it.
- Look, you took away the
innocence of both of us.
I mean, who knows how many
others, right?
I was never able to have
any normal relationships
after you got done with me.
You took away everything from
me.
I was barely drinking age
by the time you got done.
You know, did you know that
you left me with an STD?
I've never been able to have
children,
and I'll never have children,
and it's all because of you.
- I didn't know.
- Hmm, yeah, of course you
didn't.
- And you took advantage of
a young, confused assistant.
It took years of therapy to
even begin to fix my shame
and self-loathing.
One way or another, it's
time to wrap this up.
- Hm, yeah.
He likes those words, doesn't
he?
Let's see what we got here.
Yeah, I think right about here.
Look.
Here you go.
- How the fuck did you get that?
- Hmm, I have my ways.
- You need to transfer
everything
from the special account
your wife set up for
you and give it to us.
50/50 split between myself and
Hannah.
- If you have access to my
account,
then why didn't you just do it
yourself?
- See, I'm a different kind of
person.
I actually wanted your
permission before I violated
you.
- Well, you, you have
to leave me something.
- You give us everything,
and Nancy doesn't find out.
- Yeah.
- You can rebuild and just
live the rest of your days
off your wealthy wife.
And when she dies, your
inheritance.
- Or we could send her the
zipped file
and you're on your own.
Doesn't sound like her or
her family would take to
all your dalliances,
and whatnot, you know?
- Here, all you have to do
is press this one button.
I set it all up for you.
It's really easy.
Do it.
Come on, Liam.
Just get it over with.
Don't be a little pussy.
Thank you.
He did it, wow.
Impressive.
All right.
Ready?
I think we're out of here.
Ready, Freddie?
- Ready.
Smile, Liam.
You're done with us for good.
- Oh my God.
I could have stopped him.
I could've saved you.
I'm so sorry.
- What did, what?
What?
- I knew him.
- What?
- I'm so sorry.
I should've stopped him.
I should've stopped him.
I'm so sorry.
I know exactly how you feel.
I know.
The same thing happened
to me for years and years.
Isn't this beautiful?
- Oh, it's gorgeous.
- I love it here.
Springtime is definitely
my favorite season.
- Yeah.
Season of new beginnings
and opportunities.
- Very true, yeah.
- Thank you for meeting me here.
- Yeah, well it took a little
convincing.
I have to tell you,
I have never, ever gone outside
my office with a client.
- Ah.
- Not even for coffee.
- Really?
- Yeah, really.
- Fruits of the forbidden tree.
- I suppose you can call
it whatever you want,
but it's true.
I keep very, very clear lines.
- I hope it's not making
you too uncomfortable.
I didn't mean that.
- No, I don't feel
uncomfortable.
But I just, you know,
I'm a little hypersensitive
after my whole experience
with Liam, you know?
- Understandable.
- I mean, kinda young.
- Well, that whole experience
is what made me feel
like I could trust you.
- Hmm.
- You just see me the way no one
has.
- Hm, it's true.
We do share that.
- Yes.
Fortunately or unfortunately.
- Yeah.
- Not sure yet.
- Yeah.
Do you wanna maybe have
dinner tomorrow night?
- I'd love that.
- I know this great place
by my office in the city.
- All right.
What time?
- Like, 6:00?
- Sounds perfect.
- I can't stay out too late.
I have a client early the next
morning.
- Right.
- But, okay.
- School night.
- Kind of.
Yeah, you can call it that.
Let me show you these over here.
It's like a Miyazaki film.
It's so gorgeous.
- All right.
- Do you know Miyazaki films?
- I don't.
- I'm gonna show you.
- You'll have to show me
sometime.
- Yes, okay.
So, do you think they
even know we're here?
- I don't know.
- I mean, they gave us this
bottle of wine at the bar.
- Yeah.
- And then they seated us.
But I mean, we didn't even
get menus or anything.
- No.
You would think that they would
be a little more attentive.
- A little.
- Wait, that guy.
Look at that guy.
- What?
- Wait, hey.
Oh.
- Nope.
- He went to the kitchen.
- Straight back to the kitchen.
We are not his table.
- Wow.
I mean, did we do something
wrong?
Did we piss somebody off?
- I don't think so.
At least we have good company.
- Yes, very much so.
- I like your necklace, by the
way.
- Oh, thank you.
It's moldavite.
- It's what?
- It's moldavite.
It's actually from outer space.
- Really?
- This is actually part of a
meteorite.
It's really dark green.
- Metals and-
- Yeah, yeah.
But the cool thing is like all
stones
have a certain power and an
energetic kind of vibration.
And this, trust me, it's true.
But this one-
- I'm not laughing, I promise.
- Oh great, yes you are.
But this one is actually
known to transform the wearer.
Like you put it on,
and immediately like your
life starts going crazy,
and all these things happen,
and it's pretty amazing, yeah.
- It's not just placebo effects?
- Maybe, but you know, I took
it off once for like a year
and life got really boring,
so I put it back on.
Yeah.
Actually there's a place that
I order from all the time.
Japanese restaurant.
Really great.
They deliver on time, all the
time,
and my apartment's just
like three blocks from here.
And I mean, I don't wanna be
like cheeky,
or creepy, or anything, but you
know,
we could always go to my
apartment and have some sushi.
I could show you a Miyazaki
film.
You said you never saw one.
- Yes.
No, I haven't.
- I mean, oh, you're missing
out on massive stuff.
- All right.
- Cool.
- Let's go.
- I'm so glad we got to do this.
- Me too.
- This is so fun.
- Me too.
- You're unique.
You're very special.
- Thank you.
So are you.
- Thanks.
All right, let's finish
this, and then we're off.
Beautiful view, isn't it?
- Yes, it is.
How are you feeling?
- Different than I thought I
would.
You?
- Yeah, same.
- We did the right thing, right?
- I think so.
- Okay.
Do you regret it?
- No.
- Good.
- You?
- Mm-mm.
- I think we needed that
more than we thought we did.
- Hmm.
Hopefully it's over.
- Yeah, hopefully.
I think we taught him a
pretty good lesson, don't you?
- I hope.
I can only hope, really.
I don't know if people are
capable of changing, you know?
- Yeah, who knows.
- Yeah.
We should go.
I've actually got something to
go to.
- Right, okay.
- Thanks for driving me back to
the city.
- No problem.
- Appreciate it.
- Wait, wait, don't you
have another appointment?
- Oh my gosh, what time is that?
Oh crap.
- Oh shit.
- Oh my gosh.
Oh my goodness.
Oh my goodness.
- It's a little unprofessional.
Wait, your dress.
- Thank you.
- Okay, you're good.
- I'm a mess now.
- You know I have to do this.
- I know.
I think it's really good,
actually.
You know, it's a great idea.
- Yeah, but as soon as
I finish I'll be back.
- I think you're gonna do great
things.
- Thank you.
- You don't have to thank me.
- No, this has changed my life.
- Me too.
- Now we know we're not broken.
- We are very broken.
We're very, very, very broken.
But at least we're not alone,
right?
- Yes.
All right.
- You need your shoes.
Yes, I do.
- Yes.
- You too.
- I do.
They make me look more
professional.
- Yes.
- All right, talk to you soon,
okay?
- Okay.
- When do I turn here?
- Oh, about five or six
more blocks down, I think.
- Okay.
How's the parking by where you
live?
- I don't know.
I don't really, I almost
never drive in the city.
So, yeah.
- I was just thinking maybe I
could come up for a nightcap.
- Oh, oh, I would love that.
But I'm, I'm not going home.
- Oh.
- My patient, she's been
texting me all weekend,
so I just wanna like go and
check on her
and make sure that, you
know, everything's okay.
- Okay.
- So you don't live around?
- No, I live in Tribeca now.
I used to live up here
back when we used to-
- Right.
- You know, hang out before.
You're gonna love my new place.
- Yeah?
- Oh yeah, definitely.
- I'd love to see it.
- Come over this week?
- Yeah?
- Yeah, yeah.
- We can have dinner, or
something.
- Or something.
Yeah, we'll figure something
out.
There's lots of good places down
there.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
You'll like them.
You'll like 'em a lot better
than that first place I took
you.
- They have waiters who'll
actually pay attention to us?
- Yes.
- Yeah, okay.
- Bonus.
- Is it right here?
- Uh, yeah, you can turn right
here.
Then we're gonna go up the West
End.
Thank you.
I really appreciate it.
- Of course, of course.
- You're so sweet.
- I hope there's nothing
serious with your patient.
- Hmm, yeah, me too.
- Hope I wasn't keeping you from
anything.
- What?
- No, nothing, I'm just...
- What's keeping me from-
- No, just hope she's okay.
- Oh yeah, me too, me too.
Who was keeping me from
something?
- Surely not me.
- No.
You are never an imposition.
- Well, it was nice seeing you,
even under the crazy
circumstances.
- Yeah.
Yeah, interesting way to get
back together
after all these years.
- Yes.
- So this week we're gonna
reel it in a little, okay?
- All right.
- Just me and you.
No one else.
No animals, nothing crazy, all
right.
- Okay.
- Yeah, I think it's best
to keep things simple.
- I agree.
- Yeah.
- I got one right over here.
- Okay.
- Yeah, just pull over.
- Right here?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- All right, so I'll talk to
you?
- Yes.
- All right, I'll see you.
- Okay, see you this week.
- Definitely.
Gimme a call.
- Absolutely.
- Careful.
- Bye.
- Nancy.
- My wife.
Nancy never comes here anymore.
I like to get away from Nancy.
- Is his wife, Nancy?
- Yeah.
I've actually never met her.
That'd be kind of awkward,
don't you think?
- Is it done?
- It's done.
- Oh, fantastic.
Fantastic.
Oh, it's really over.
- Yeah.
I'm so glad you're so healthy.
- How bad is his wife?
Is it terminal?
- My wife, she's been there
before, and she's bounced back.
- So healthy.
- So healthy.
If you want, I can um, I can
wire you the money right away.
No, seriously.
- No, no, no.
It would make me happy,
and all I wanna do is make you
happy.
- You already did.
- I know you have plenty of your
own,
but I just wanna give you
everything.
- I'm gonna go take a shower,
okay?
- Okay.
- You have no idea what I've
been through.
- Oh God.
Do I wanna know?
- Mm, no.
- All right, love.
Come back to me.
I miss you already.
- I'll be so fast, so fast.