Ultrasonic (2012) - full transcript

[alternative guitar music]

*

- * Is that you weeping,
my love? *

* I never meant for that

* Ten sophisticated thumbs
in love *

* Is what I've been
blessed with *

* If salty cheeks
give you away *

* You don't have to say

* You can wrestle a dove,
I know, my love *

* But I'm built that way

*



I lost another student today.

We're making an album.

Full length, 12 songs.

- When?

- Soon.
As soon as we can.

- How much
is it gonna cost us?

- We're splitting it.

Five ways--it means
we're looking at, like...

two grand each.

- What are we gonna do?

- I don't know.

I can ask my Dad for it.

- You can't ask your Dad
for it, Simon.

He wouldn't
give it to us anyway.



- Any other ideas?

We can't ask
your parents for it.

They're stretched
to their limit with Jonas.

- What's all included in it?

- Whole thing.

Recording, mixing, mastering.

All of it.

We're gonna sell it online.

Only need to sell 800
and we'll get our money back.

- 800?

That's a lot of downloads,
honey.

- I know.

You know I'm doing this
for us.

For our family.

- I know.

- What am I gonna do?

- Check.

- Are you gonna bet or what?

- This has got
almost ten on it.

I'm gonna
put it in for five.

- No, no.
Cash only in the pot.

- This is cash, motherfucker.

It's got cash on it.

Call.

- You don't wanna
use those things.

They use those cards
to track you.

- Ain't nobody tracking me, man.

They are if you don't
switch cards every time.

The metro's full
of camera's, man.

And every time
you swipe that card,

your picture
gets matched up with--

- Shut the fuck up
with your bullshit, Jonas.

Next card coming.

Eight of Diamonds.

Pay is eight on the board.
- It's not bullshit.

I'm telling you
what's really going on here.

- Man, what the fuck we told you
about coming around here?

- Fucking come stand your ass
here every day

with this bullshit.

- I'm just saying...

you don't wanna be tracked,
don't use those things.

- Are you deaf too?

Get back to your shit
before you get hurt.

- Fucking sheep.

- Who's the fucking sheep?

- Hey.

What's up, Simon?

Didn't see you there.

- Not much.

Going to work
over on Fourth Street.

What's new with you?

- Same old shit.

Fucking assholes
don't wanna listen

when someone's trying
to help them.

- What else are you up to?

- I think I'm gonna
stick around here

a little bit more and, uh...

maybe work on
some writing later.

- Writing?

What have you been writing?

- Oh, you know...

just something
I've been working on.

- That's cool.

All right, man.

I'm gonna head to work.
I'll catch you later, huh?

- Uh, yeah, take it easy.

[playing Beethoven's Fur Elise]

*

[stops playing]

- Do you know
what overtones are?

- No.

- When you strike a key,
it's not just one frequency

that makes up the note
you hear.

Listen.

[hits single note]

You hear the E, right?

That's called
the fundamental note.

Now do you also hear
the higher pitched sounds?

Close your eyes and listen.

[hits single note]

They're above the note,
but still a part of the note.

[hits single note]

Can you hear that?

- Yeah.

I--I think so.

- No, you don't.

But if you keep listening,
you will someday.

He's doing great.

- That's wonderful, Simon.

- I want you to have this down
by next week, cool?

- Cool.

- And remember
it's not the quantity

of the practice time.

- I know, quality.

- And?

- Consistency.

- Good job.

- Simon, uh,
we've been very happy

with the lessons and Eric
really enjoys working with you.

- He's a great student,
I really enjoy--

- But, uh, due
to our financial situation

we're gonna
have to discontinue the lessons.

- Oh.

I'm sorry.

- Your payment for this week
will be sent to you,

as usual.

Best of luck with everything.

- Thank you.

- What the fuck is this?

Really?

- I had no part
in this, man.

- Simon, that is the opposite
of what we're trying to do here.

The point isn't to divide,
it's that we all have to

be on the same page.

- Honey, now
let's just calm down

and talk this through.

- Guys, come on over.

No one's trying
to divide anything.

- Damn it, Mom,
I'm just saying

we need to try
to show some unity

and solidarity for once.

- Now you know better
than to talk to your Mother

that way, Ruth.

- Jeez, Dad, I'm not ten.

And maybe if you
stopped treating us

like we're in middle school,
we wouldn't be so fucked up.

- How long have
you guys been here?

- I don't know,
like, 45 minutes.

- Simon, Jonas...

would you mind
just taking a seat

so we can talk about
why we're here?

- Jonas, this is Dr. Rose.

Your Dad and I
have been meeting with him

for a little while now,
and he thought it might be good

if we all
got together and talked.

- I'm not
the crazy one here, Mom.

- Not the crazy one?

You're not the crazy one?

Look at yourself.

Look at all this crap
on your walls.

A normal person
doesn't spend his life

chasing down
paranoid delusions, Jonas.

A normal person
doesn't go to a park every day

like he's homeless,

trying to talk
to whoever or whatever

will listen to him.

Something's gotta change
or you're gonna find yourself

in some real trouble.

Not the crazy one...

- All right, I'm out of here.

- Jonas, wait.

Your father is just reacting
out of frustration.

How would you feel
about meeting with me

in my office tomorrow?

- I know you think
that was a bad idea.

- I do.

- I was just trying to help.

- I know.

But what he needs
is for you to be on his side.

For someone
to be on his side.

- Don't be fooled
by him, Simon.

He's not all innocent.

[dramatic music]

*

- How was practice?

- No practice, honey.

Richard bailed.

Nothing from Mario.
I went out for a while.

- You okay?

- Do you hear that?

- What?

- You don't hear
anything right now?

Listen.

You don't hear a sound?

- Nope.

[typing on keyboard]

- I thought I was
hearing it outside too.

- Your ears are ringing.

You're probably dehydrated.

You should have some water.

[dramatic music]

*

[water running]

[water stops]

So you're writing now?

- Yeah.

- Like...

like, a book?

- Like, uh, documentaries.

- Ugh, Simon.

- Yeah, sorry.

It's just...

- What?
What am I missing?

- Nothing, Simon just has
something wrong with his ears.

- Like what?

- Do you hear
something right now?

A sound?

Like, a low rumble
kind of sound?

With this--
- Honey.

- Wait, hold on.

Tell me about this sound.

You're hearing
something right now?

- Yeah, it's...

you know--
- Nothing, honey.

Years and years and years
of loud playing

have finally done this.

Just go to a doctor,
get it checked out.

- No, no, no,
tell me about this.

What does it sound like?

- It's just kind of...

quiet...

clear...

sound.

I can't believe
you're not

hearing it
right now, actually.

It has, like, a low-pitch
and a high-pitch.

And there's
this pattern to it.

Kind of like a wave,

like it's going
in and out of phase.

- Holy shit.

And you're
hearing this right now?

- Aw, come on, guys.
Just let it go.

Stop feeding it.

- I'm not feeding anything.

Something is clearly
happening to him.

So is this, like,
a constant thing?

Like, all the time?

- It seems that way.

Since last night anyway.

- All right, I think it's time
we should get going.

You can't let him get you
all wound up about this, honey.

- Wha--What?

- "What?"

I know you.

[typing on keyboard]

- Hello?

- Hey, what's up?
What do you got?

- Who are you?
- My name is Jonas.

I'm trying to get the truth out
about mind control.

- I'm also trying
to get the truth out, Jonas.

- About mind control?
- Secret experiments.

Secret experiments testing
new government technologies.

- What kind of technology?

- Psychotropic acoustics.

- Can't say I've heard of it.

- The CIA will pump noise
into a detainee's cell.

To cause him stress.
Deprive him of sleep.

- Yeah, that's no secret.

- But the noise they use is.

- It's called
psychotropic acoustics.

They wanted the most
efficient noise.

The one that would
break a man the fastest.

They found that different notes
and frequencies

stimulated different
emotional centers of the brain.

And that led to the experiments
that are happening now.

- How do you know about this?

- Let's say
I have an inside source.

- Inside source.

Just like everyone else
on this site

has an inside source.

Got it.

- You can believe
what you want to, Jonas.

I am not here
to convince you.

- What are the experiments?

- They are controlling
mood and behavior in people

that don't even know
they are part of the experiment.

You'd be amazed
at what happens to someone

exposed to the right note

at the right frequency.

Laughter.

Tears.

Homicidal rage.

- Where are the experiments
taking place?

Who are the subjects?

Listen, if you're legit,
we gotta get this story out.

I have a site.

I can get the word out,
but you gotta tell me more.

- I don't think you're ready
for the truth, Jonas.

- Man...

you gotta listen to me.

If you're legit, then
we have to get this story out.

Do you not get that?

Come on, man, what is it?

I first heard about
the experiments three years ago

when my test partner
told me about them.

- Test partner.

- When we were taken,
it was always two at a time.

But my test partner
was ex-CIA.

When we were on the ship,
we were in this portal.

I learned a lot about
what the CIA was up to

with their sound experiments.

- What are you
talking about, man?

What portal?
What ship?

- The aliens, Jonas.

I was abducted.

When they tested us,
it was always two at a time.

It was my test partner that was
part of the sound experiments.

- What, are you
fucking kidding me?

Are you fucking kidding me
with this shit?

- Far from it, Jonas.

You have got to believe me,
these things really happened.

Psychotropic acoustics.

This is happening now--

[clicks off chat]

[dramatic music]

*

[off-key buzzing]

[off-key buzzing]

[off-key buzzing]

[off-key buzzing]

- I don't know
what you're hearing,

but I don't hear it.

[pouring coffee]

Honey.

Simon.

Hey, you gotta
pull yourself together.

- Sorry.

- Look, I gotta go.

I'm not looking
forward to today.

There's no way I'm getting
out of there before 7:00.

- What am I gonna do
about my damn ears?

- Go see an ear doctor.
See what they say.

It's probably
the loud playing, honey,

just finally
catching up to you.

- I don't think
I'm losing my hearing.

- Just go see
a doctor about it. Today.

- It's not inside my head.

It's a B.

[birds chirping]

- Do you hear it all the time?

- Well, until I came here.

- So it's stopped now?

- Yeah, it faded out
by the time I got here.

- So it's different
levels of volume?

- Yeah, I guess.

It seemed much louder
last night at my house.

It sounded like the microwave
or washing machine buzzing,

but really loud.

- How long have you
been hearing it?

- It started about a week ago,
I guess.

But it was much quieter then.

- All right.

Just put those on.

- Mr. York.

Come on back with me.

- You have a very interesting
chart, Mr. York.

Have you experienced
any loud noises lately?

- No, not recently.

- The reason I ask
is one of the possible causes

is hearing damage.

But that brings us
to your test results.

And those results
don't show me the damage

for which I'd be looking.

Now you have some moderate,
mid-range hearing loss.

You might experience some
difficulty understanding

other people's voices.

But your ability
to hear lower

and particularly
upper ranges...

is far outside the norm.

Now it varies
from person to person,

but a man your age
typically hears

16,000, 17,000,
maybe 18,000 hertz.

But during your test,
you're hearing as high as

24,000 hertz.

Now my equipment doesn't even
test any higher than that.

It's not unheard of,
but you are the first patient

I have ever had
with that kind of ability.

- So is that
why it's happening?

- Well...

in your particular case,
I'm not able to rule out

something external.

However, given the fact
that it recently started,

it's much more likely
to be internal.

Even psychological.

It could perhaps
be something physical.

Something as simple
as a sinus infection.

It can also very likely
be a psychosomatic symptom

brought on by anxiety
or nervous tension.

Have you been experiencing
unusual stress lately,

Mr. York?

- No.

- No major life changes
or anything like that?

- Are you saying
I'm crazy, Doctor?

- No.

I'm not saying that,
Mr. York.

What I am saying
is that I've seen a lot of cases

of stress-related,
auditory hallucinations

in people that are otherwise
completely normal.

All right, here's
what I'm recommending.

Get plenty of sleep,
cut back on the caffeine

and the alcohol.

If the problem is physical,
that should help.

And try to limit the amount
of stress you're under.

That'll help
if it's psychological.

Come back and see me
in a few weeks

if it doesn't pass.

If that happens,
we'll take a look

at some other treatments,
okay?

- Okay.

They'll take care
of you out front.

- You did say it's possible
that it's something external.

If it is, then what?

- Well, I guess you just
find out where it's coming from.

[dramatic music]

*

[birds chirping loudly]

[car honking]

- What the fuck?
Is that a camera?

What the fuck,
you're fucking photographing me?

[engine revving]

Fucking cowards.

- All set, Simon?

Simon?

- Yeah, I'm good.

Can I help you?

- I'm doing just fine, Simon.

Can I help you?

- You heard my name inside.

- I suppose I did.

[distant car alarm wailing]

- Hey, it's Simon.

What are you up to?

- Why'd you listen to Ruth?

Fuck doctors, man.

That's her answer
to everything.

They're either in on it,
or they're just interested

in your wallet.

You hear me?

- In on what, man?

[bell rings]

- [automated voice]
Step back, doors closing.

[doors close]

It's back.

- Is that it?

You're hearing it?
You're hearing it right now?

- All right,
describe it to me.

- Well, the note--it's a B.

It sounds like
there's low humming at first.

But the longer it goes on,

I hear these really high,
piercing overtones.

It goes in and out
of phase...

There's no break in it,
it's a constant sound.

- That's right.

A polyphonic sound
made up of a subsonic bass note

octaved with
its supersonic counterpart.

It's the blend that causes
the human reaction.

It's a B.

What does a B note do?

- What the fuck
do you know about this, man?

- I know you're not crazy.

- How's that?

- Because I know of these
experiments that are going on.

I know what it
is you're hearing.

[wind blowing]

[keys jangling]

[dramatic music]

*

- Are you hungry?

- Yeah.

- Did you go to the doctor?

- Yeah.

- And?

- Have you noticed
any unusual cars tonight?

Like any kind of odd cars
or trucks outside?

- Why?

- Because we should
always check for that.

Just to be careful.

- Why are you
bringing this up now?

- And be careful
who you talk to.

Be careful with strangers.

Be careful about
giving out our information.

- Whoa, whoa, slow down.

Why are you
bringing this up now?

What happened?

- Nothing.

Some weird run-ins.

- Run-ins?
What kind of run-ins?

- I'm talking about some
precautions for our safety.

It can't hurt, right?

- Well, I'm not so sure
about that, actually.

- This isn't a joke, Ruth.

- Well, of course I'm always
careful, you know that.

But you're
sounding paranoid, Simon.

- I'm just saying.

Can you do those things for me?
For my peace of mind.

- All right, I will.

Do you want to talk to me
about these run-ins?

What's been going on?

- It's probably nothing.

I just worry about you...

about you both.

I just want
to make sure you're...

Plus the sound--
it's getting worse.

I don't know.

I don't want to drag you
into something.

I don't know.

- You should sleep.

- I just saw your brother.

- Yeah?
What was he doing?

- Nothing.

- Come on, let's go to bed.

- You go ahead,
I'll see you in a minute.

- Simon?

- Oh, hey.

- What are you doing?

- Oh, this?
I'm just working on something.

- Why did you
take our microwave apart?

- Yeah, sorry about that.
I'll put it back together.

- But...why?

- When I was with Jonas,
he told me some things.

Some things,
some very specific things

about the sound.

About these experiments.

- Experiments?

- Then there's the fact
that it's just getting worse.

- Simon, I think
you should go see Dr. Rose.

I'm serious, baby,
I think we should just--

- Why are doctors
your answer for everything?

Hang out with your brother,
and now I'm crazy too?

- No, that's not what I meant.

I'm not saying that, honey,
I'm just saying you're stressed.

It's stress that's causing you
to hear this in your head.

- Don't you understand

it's not in my head?

It's coming from
somewhere out there.

- How do you know that, Simon?
How do you know?

Or do you
not want to go

because you're afraid
of what you might find?

- There's nothing
to find but the sound, Ruth.

I'm gonna find the sound,
is what I'm gonna find.

- Baby you're really
starting to scare me now.

You need to stop this.
You need to--

- I can't stop this!

I'm not making this shit up!

- I know.

I know, baby.

I know you're
not making this up.

I just think that something
is going on here

that we can't
deal with ourselves

and we need
some outside help.

I know things have
been hard with work,

with the baby.

I'm just saying
you're stressed.

And I don't like
seeing you stressed.

Can you stop this?

Let's go have some breakfast
and talk.

- I'm fine.

It's okay.

Go to work.

Everything will be fixed
when you get home.

I'm serious, go.

- What's up, man?

- What's up?

You ready?

- Yeah, man,
I've been ready.

[shuffling cards]

Hey, Jonas...

why don't you come join us
for a couple rounds?

- Oh, I can't,
I'm waitin' on someone.

He'll be here any minute.

- So sit until he gets here.
We're only playing one-two.

- Thanks, I'm good.
Next time.

- Come on, man,
just one game.

- Yeah, c'mon, Jonas.

- Okay, I'll give you
one round.

- All right.

Yeah.

Check.

- Check.

- Bet.

- Cold.

- I'm out.

- Alright, gentlemen.

- That's it?

- That's one round.
I gotta go.

- Just gonna steal the money
and run, huh?

- Hmm.

All right, catch you later.

- Later, guys.
- All right, man.

- Give us a chance to win
our money back later, man.

- I didn't know you ever
joined in those games.

- Never have.

- It looked like you won.

The sound's louder here now.

- Really?

- Yeah, It's here.

It's about the same
intensity as my neighborhood.

- Got it.

- It's not here at all.

- Nothing?

- Absolutely nothing.

- Hey, there you are.

I just tried calling you.

Come here.

Oh, baby.

You must be so tired.

Why don't you
just crash early tonight?

- It's heavy at every stop
in the southeast.

The lightest coverage
is in northwest.

- If they're testing
some kind of new technology,

then why are they doing it
in the worst neighborhoods

before the best ones?

- Look at the pattern.

Whatever program they're doing,
it's about race.

It's about money.

It's about crime.

Prison walls.

- What, man?

- Prison walls.

They paint prison walls
pastel colors

because it calms the inmates.

It keeps them subdued.

I've started seeing the same
colors in bad neighborhoods,

on fences,
in playgrounds.

That's subliminal
visual mind control.

What you're hearing is
subliminal audio mind control.

It's why everyone's being
so damn nice all of a sudden.

- I don't know.

People are being nicer,
if people feel more relaxed,

maybe it's not all bad.

- It's all fake
is what it is.

And now that I know
that it's happening,

I can feel it affecting me.

I can't think as clearly.

It's putting me to sleep.

Which is exactly
what they want.

- I hate to say it,
but lately

it feels like Ruth
is different too.

Something is changing her.

- Of course it is.

It's probably affecting
everyone except maybe you.

They're gonna build this up
more and more

and you are gonna
be the last person left

who is not
in a trance.

Nice dog.

See that?

I never would have said
that shit normally.

- The other night
when I was walking home,

I followed it.

It was the loudest here.
It's still loudest here.

[indistinct voices speaking]

[indistinct voices continue]

[voices fade out]

- This is it, man.

This is the proof.

That fucking guy online
was for real.

We gotta find him.

Do you realize
what this means, man?

It's gotta
be government sanctioned.

How else would they get this
on street signs?

I mean, this...

this is some real,
end-of-the-world,

apocalyptic type shit
here, man.

It's fucking mind control.

This is so fucked up.

- No identifying markings.

No manufacturer.

No serial number.

Nothing.

- Of course.

- We got nothing to go on.

- That's not true.

We got you.

You can hear this shit.

They weren't counting on that.

- Who the fuck is they, Jonas?

- Well, that's what
we're trying to figure out.

- Yeah, no shit.
And we got nothing.

- Listen to me, Simon.

There's someone out there.

And they're trying to make it
so that we lose the freedom

to make our own choices.

And they're doing it in secret.

But we know about it, man.

Because you can hear this shit,
we know about it.

And that means we
can do something about it.

We have to do something
about this, Simon.

We have to tell people
that this shit is real.

That this is something
that is really happening.

- All right.

What are we gonna do?

- Okay, well, they know.

Whoever they are,
they know.

And they know
that we know.

- That we know what, man?

That there's this box,
possibly city property,

that we broke?

- That we're on to them.

Look, here are the facts.

Did you not hear a sound?

Did you not hear a sound?

- Yeah.

- Did that sound not disappear?

Did that sound not disappear
when we took that device down?

- Yeah, I think.

- Okay.

And what do you
think that means, Simon?

- It means someone
is planting devices

that make the sound.

- Okay, and why would somebody
be planting these devices?

- Because--
- That only you can hear.

I might add.

And that everyone else is
completely fucking oblivious to.

- Because the sound
does something.

- Exactly.

Because the sound
does something.

- Whenever you're ready,
guys, no rush.

- Plus, man, look,

with everyone's
strange behavior...

it's mind control.

Simon, is there any doubt?

I mean, shit, you're the one
that's hearing this.

They know
we're on to them.

- What the hell are we
supposed to do about it, man?

We don't know for sure.

We don't know
any of it for sure.

- Exactly.

That is exactly
why it works.

Look, I know
what we have to do.

We have to get you on video,
we have to get this out there.

That's what
we have to do.

This is our job.

It is our job
to let the world know

that this is happening.

- No.

No, nothing like that, Mom.

Yeah, I mean, they've been
spending a lot of time together

it seems.

His site?
He has a site?

All right, all right.
I'm looking now.

How did you know about that?
Did Jonas tell you?

No,
he's just stressed and all.

I mean...

Conspiracy?

Jonas X?

- For decades, the government
has secretly researched

mind-control techniques
on unsuspecting populations.

One such experiment
is happening right now

in our nation's capitol.

There are small devices
being installed

around Washington, D.C.

They transmit a mysterious,
high-frequency pattern.

Most people can't hear it.

But I found one man who can,
and he's speaking out about it.

How long have you
been hearing the hum?

- I started hearing it
about a month ago.

At first it was quieter,
and just in a few locations,

but it grew every day.

- And you've identified
the source?

- I believe so.

- These boxes,
ladies and gentlemen,

they're hidden
atop street signs,

traffic signals,
and utility poles.

There are more of them
every day.

And the sound
is now being transmitted

over most of the city.

Only the wealthiest
of neighborhoods

are free of these devices.

Please describe
the sound for us.

- It sounds like
an electronic signal.

Almost like
a higher-pitched bee hive.

Or microwave.

But it oscillates
in and out.

- And you say you've noticed
changes in people's behavior

when they're exposed
to the sound?

- I believe so.

It's a subtle change,
but I've seen it.

People seem more docile.

I've seen it affect everyone.

Even my own wife.

- Corporations
use subliminal images

in advertising.

Retailers pump artificial odors
into stores to trick people

into consuming more.

Now the government has found
a new sense to attack

our psyches with.

And no one knows about it.

This is a mass
mind-control experiment

being perpetrated against
the American people

without our consent.

How much can they control us
with this technology?

What government agency
or corporation

is installing these devices?

How come the devices themselves
have no identifying marks?

Check your own city.

Look to the stoplights
and utility poles.

The signs are everywhere.

It's just a matter
of looking and listening.

Spread the word.

We must fight this
while there's still time.

Thank you for watching
a Jonas X production.

[echoing]
A polyphonic sound...

made up
of a subsonic bass note...

octaved with
its supersonic counterpart.

It's the blend
that causes the reaction.

- I'm home.

Did you eat yet?

You all right?

Is everything okay?

Ruth, did something happen?

- Were you ever
gonna tell me?

- Tell you?

- Yeah.

Tell me.

- [Jonas' voice echoing]
Look at the pattern.

It's about race.

It's about money.

It's about crime.

- Listen, honey...

I didn't wanna worry you.

I don't want
to involve you.

- Involve me?

You didn't
want to involve me?

I'm your wife, Simon.

I'm pretty fucking involved.

- You know that's
not what I meant.

- I'm so upset right now,
I can't even feel anything.

And I don't know what's worse,
you doing this with Jonas

or you doing this
without telling me.

- I did tell you.

You brushed it off
like it was nothing,

like I'm crazy.

- Have you seen the video?

I mean, "It's even
affecting my wife."

You don't think
what you're doing is

even the slightest bit abnormal?

- Absolutely it is.

Just like me hearing this
goddamn sound is abnormal.

- Please can you
just talk to me about this

without having to drink?

Are you completely clueless
of your behavior

these past few weeks?

[Jonas' voice
echoes indistinct]

You never went to see Dr. Rose,
you never took my advice.

Instead you started hanging out
with Jonas--Jonas!

And, honestly, you honestly
can't put two and two together?

What the hell did you think
was gonna come of

turning to Jonas for answers?

- Turning to Jonas for answers?

How about that Jonas
is the only person

that takes what
I'm going through seriously?

How about that my own wife
just swept it under a rug?

- Don't even--
don't you even.

How about that
I'm still here?

How about that you chose
to listen to Jonas' bullshit

instead of my advice?

- It's not bullshit.

He's right.

He knows what
he's talking about.

- Simon, please.
Think a moment.

Which is more likely,

that you're having
a personal problem

and you need help,

or that the grand conspiracy
that Jonas has come up with

is real?

- What I'm hearing is real.

The evidence
I've seen is real, Ruth.

- What evidence?

Little streetlight boxes
you can supposedly hear?

People being nice
to each other?

Somehow you get
a government conspiracy

out of that, seriously?

- [Jonas' voice echoing]
Keeps them subdued...

- Simon...

- I know you're not crazy...

- Look, I know you're trying
to understand what's going on,

but Jonas can't
even help himself,

let alone you.

- Everything he's said...

everything we've seen,
it all fits.

- Does it?

Simon, that's what he does.

He puts unconnected things
together and turns them into

something that
makes him the center

of something important.

And that's
what he's done here.

He's made you believe it.

But it's never real,
it's not real this time.

You must know that.

- I know what it is
you're hearing...

- You needed
to go to Dr. Rose

when this first
started happening.

Precisely so it wouldn't
spin out of control,

so it wouldn't turn into
something like this.

Why do the two of you
have to be so fucking stubborn?

I mean, it's not impossible

that it's something
psychological, you know?

I mean, really just
going to a therapist

does not mean you're crazy.

God, and tearing down that box?
You could have been arrested.

- I know you're not crazy...

I know what it is
you're hearing.

- We've...

we've lost Jonas already.

I can't even have a normal
conversation with him.

And I couldn't bear it
if you sunk into those

paranoid delusions.

There is no coming back
from that.

- I know you're not crazy...

I know what it is
you're hearing.

What you're hearing is
subliminal audio mind control.

- Oh, my God.

- What you're hearing is
subliminal audio mind control.

You're already there.

- Hey. Hey!

I'm not anywhere except
right here with you,

you hear me?

I'm not anywhere except
right here with you.

You wanted to come with me?

- I think we should
see what he says.

If he thinks it's a good idea
for us to go together,

I'm happy to.

I just want you healed.

I want us to figure out
what's going on with your ears.

I just want things
to be like they were before.

- Me too, honey.

- So are you, um,
are not hearing it anymore?

- I am.

You look really nice.

- What, you like
the puffy-eyed look?

- You look beautiful.

- I am so sorry I didn't
take you seriously before.

And really, it means a lot
that you're willing to do this.

I don't care if we're broke,
if we're living in a shack.

I just want you
to do what you love,

I want us to be happy.

That's all I want.

What is it?

Hey.

- Say something.

- Hi, why
are we not walking?

- It stopped.

- What stopped?

- The sound.

- You're not
hearing it anymore?

- No, it's gone.

It just stopped.

Suddenly.

- Honey, are
you messing with me?

Do not mess with me
right now.

- No, I'm not kidding.

It's really gone.

It's faded out before,

but it's never just stopped
abruptly, mid-sound like that.

- Honey, this is great.

Whatever you're thinking,
whatever you're feeling,

just focus on that.

This is a good thing.

I am so sorry
we didn't do this before.

- I can't believe it.

- Come on, let's go home.

[suspenseful music]

Simon?

Simon?

Oh, my God.

It's back.

It's back, isn't it?

God, I knew it.

I knew it.

- It's different.

It's different now.

It's changed.

Yeah.
Hey, listen.

The note, it changed.

Somebody turned it off earlier,
and there was nothing.

Now it's back.

It's louder now.

And the noise changed.

It's an F-sharp now.

- F-sharp?

Uh...ah...

all right, man, look.

I have to think about
what this means.

I'm gonna go out and walk around
for a little while,

and I'll let you know
if I see anything weird

going on.

- What'd I tell you?

What'd I tell you
about coming around here?

- Yeah, we straight on that.

- The fuck we are.

You into me for $50.

- Yeah, and I got you back
last night.

You're so high
you don't even remember.

- The fuck I am!

If you got me back,
then what'd I do with it?

- How the hell do I know?

- What the fuck
you doin' here?

- Nothing, just walking.

- Little past your bedtime,
isn't it, Jonas?

Hey!

What, you got a camera?

What are you
fucking gonna do with that?

- This is Jonas X,
and I'm documenting

the events of the night
of March 15th.

I'm at the 18th street park.

So far things seem...

- What the fuck?
- What the fuck?

[loud punch]

- Filming me and shit.

Always knew you
were a fucking rat.

- Unh...

- * So you feel
you're touched *

* Beneath your guise

* So you won't forget me
when I die *

* And so you feel
you're touched *

* Beneath your guise

* And so you won't forget me
when I die *

- [laughs]

Man, that fool is crazy.

[laughter]

- That's mine!

I need it back.

- [laughs]
Look at him!

- I said that's mine!

- So you didn't
get enough already, bitch?

- Look, you don't know
what's happening right now.

Something is messing
with your heads.

- What?

[loud punch]
- Oh!

- * So you won't forget me
when I die *

- Ain't nobody
messing with our heads, fool.

- * Say it isn't so

* Don't you remember

* How it feels

* To be alive

* Don't you remember

* How it feels to be--

- You two have gotten
to spend a lot of time together.

How long has it been
since the incident?

- A few weeks.

- And how are you feeling
about everything?

- I think I'm handling it
all right.

Things seem
to be going pretty well.

- How are things with Ruth?

- They're really good.

Better than they've been
in a long time.

That was good last night.

- What?

The movie?

- Oh, yeah,
the movie was good too.

- Oh, I see.

- What?

- You should have said,
"That was nice last night."

Since a movie
can't really be nice.

And, yes,
last night was very...

- Good?
- [giggles]

- Door-to-door service.

- Thank you, baby.

So I'll see you tonight?

- You will.

What?

I'm fine.

- Okay.

I love you.

Bye.
- Bye.

- Simon, do you realize
what happened to you

during the time
you spent with Jonas?

When the two of you
went looking for the sound,

before it stopped?

- I do, Doctor.

I experienced
a, uh, shared psychosis

with Jonas.

- That's correct, Simon.

What you experienced is called
induced delusional disorder.

It's a syndrome
in which symptoms

of a delusional belief
are transmitted

from one individual
to another.

When you were hearing the sound,
your psychological vulnerability

caused you
to latch on to Jonas.

It caused you to take on,
believe, and effectively live

in his reality.

It's not surprising, Simon,
that the sound stopped

these past few weeks,

without Jonas.

Without his influence.

- So when are you coming back
to see me again?

- I'll be back on Thursday.

What are you
going to do until then?

- I'm a good student, Doc.

- Jonas, what are you
going to do for me

before next time?

- I'm gonna walk around
this damn room

for 30 minutes every day.

- You can walk around
outside too.

It doesn't matter where,
as long as you do it

for 30 minutes a day.

- Knock, knock.
- Oh, come on in.

We're just finishing up.

[sighs]

All right, I'll see
you Thursday, Jonas.

- Thanks, Doc.

- Here, I got you something.

It's about these aliens
that come to Earth

and spawn with humans.

'Cause that's
the most logical way

of getting rid of them.

- [chuckles]

They breed them out.
- Yeah, it's crazy.

Give it a read.

What is it?

- Is it still gone?

- Yeah, man.

- I think whatever it was,
it's done.

- Whatever it was...

you and me both know
exactly what it was.

- Yeah, I know.

- We just scared some shit
into them, man.

We fucking did it.

I can't believe
we fucking did it.

- We did.

- Hell yes we did, man.

I mean, I bet those fuckers
knew you could hear that shit.

We would have exposed their shit
to the world.

When you heard
that note change,

it was some kind of beta test
or something.

I mean, I was feeling
angry as fuck that night.

For no reason.

Damn near got me killed too.

- Thank God it didn't, man.

- Yeah, no doubt.

So tell me again, man.

- Not much to tell.

Heard it change,
freaked out,

woke up the next morning--
ears clear as a bell.

Just silence.

- Well, at least
we're aware now.

I get back home,
we'll spread the word

about what we did.

Try and open people's eyes
to what's going on.

- Why don't you just focus on
getting yourself better for now,

huh, Jonas?

- Fair enough.

For now.

[The Translucents'
Is It Real?]

- * Do you feel

* If you feel it show it

* You just show it

* You just show it

* You just show it

* Very instrumentally

* I'm not here to hide

* I'm here to live

* Sometimes it feels like

* The least fashionable way

* So you feel

* Just like
you can break yourself *

* And remake yourself

* In a day

[harmonica playing]

* Is it real

* If it's real
then show it *

* Do you feel

* If you feel
then show it *

* I'm going

* Into this world
called crazy *

* Not so crazy

* Anymore

* Stop worrying

* About what people think