Fear Itself (2008–2009): Season 1, Episode 12 - Echoes - full transcript
A friendly man discovers that he was a sadistic murderer in a previous life.
Steven?
Steven?
Yeah.
Hey.
Hey.
So, what do you think?
It's, um... It's big.
You have a family of 12
I don't know about?
Hmm?
Don't be a buzz kill.
Come on, take off
your jacket.
Help me unpack.
Boy. How much
is the rent?
You've looked at, like,
what, a hundred houses?
So why this one?
I don't know.
I just kind of had a feeling
about it, you know?
It's like I belong here.
Oh, hey, don't...
Don't touch that.
That's my dissertation research.
I still have to organize
all that stuff.
What's really
in this box? Porn?
You know what?
I feel like there should be
an art deco chair
and an oriental rug right there.
You ever have
really strong déjà vu?
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Ow! You're hurting me!
All done.
How the hell did that happen?
It took you long enough.
Hey, it's, um...
It's 10:00.
Can we order some pizza?
Uh, it's, uh...
I think it's getting
kind of late.
I should probably walk you home.
Wow. This is
a really nice bathroom.
What's wrong with you?
Why are you looking
at me like that?
It's nothing.
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Hello?
Karen?
Karen, is that you?
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Maxie.
Can we have a party, Maxie?
Karen?
Maxie, I'm bored.
I haven't been bent in a week.
Can we have a party?
Who is that?
Please, Maxie,
can we have a party, Maxie?
Please?
Karen?
How'd you get in?
♪ Say I'll move
the mountains ♪
♪ And I'll move
the mountains ♪
♪ If he wants them
out of the way ♪
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
♪ Crazy in love,
I'll say ♪
♪ I say I'll go
through fire ♪
♪ And I'll go through fire ♪
♪ As he wants it,
so it shall be ♪
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
♪ Crazy in love no... ♪
Okay, okay. Okay.
Uhh!
Help me.
Help me.
You look thinner.
How have you been sleeping?
How are things with, uh, Karen?
Great.
We're, uh... We're great friends.
And you're okay
with that, are you?
No.
How long have you two
been friends again?
Um, I first met her
about a year ago,
jogging across campus.
It was like...
I had been
waiting for her
my entire life
and she just finally arrived.
But you still haven't
been physical with her
in any way?
No.
I can't.
What do you think
would happen if you were?
It's strange. I...
I'll try to hold her hand
or lean in to kiss her,
and suddenly it's like
I can't breathe.
I get this horrible, uh,
tightness in my chest,
this pain.
A sense of guilt?
I don't know.
Maybe.
Anyway, I'm not here
to talk about Karen.
All right. Um... tell me
about the blackouts.
Oh, I'll be in the house,
and, uh, strange images
will appear.
Visions.
And I'll blink my eyes,
and an hour will have passed.
Scary images?
Not sexy ones like
the girl in the tub,
the one who looks like Karen?
We're back onto Karen?
Well, these things
could be related.
I mean, what if these visions
are merely repressed
childhood memories?
I had a very happy childhood,
and I've never had
any difficulties
with women before.
Okay. But we
do have blackouts,
sense of detachment.
I mean, what you're describing
is what we call
"dissociation."
So, I think we should
dig a little deeper.
As you breathe in,
feel the warmth spread
through your body.
You're going back,
Steven, back to a time
when something happened
that upset you,
something that you have
deliberately forgotten.
♪ I say I'll move
the mountains ♪
♪ And I'll move
the mountains ♪
♪ If he wants it
out of the way ♪
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
♪ Crazy in love,
I'll say ♪
What you lookin' at, Maxie?
♪ I say I'll go
through fire ♪
♪ And I'll go
through fire ♪
♪ If he wants it,
so it shall be ♪
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
♪ Crazy in love,
you'll see ♪
♪ I say I'll go
through fire ♪
♪ And I'll go
through fire ♪
♪ If he wants it,
so it shall be ♪
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
4, 3, 2, 1.
How are you feeling?
I feel good.
I was, uh, in my house.
It was different.
It was decorated
like it was the '20s.
It wasn't my face.
It was this...
this long face in a goatee.
There was a woman there.
I started recording the session
about halfway through.
And?
Listen.
What are you thinking?
I'm thinking for a priest,
you ask a lot
of nutty questions.
You seem angry.
What are you angry about?
Zelda.
Zelda's got my goat.
I could kill that little slut.
Things she says to me.
I could slice open her throat,
slip in my finger,
and pull out her tongue.
Who is that?
It's you.
If you don't mind terribly,
would you stop
callin' me Steven?
My name is Maxwell.
Okay. Tell me about
yourself, Maxwell.
There's not much to tell.
I was a boxer once.
Took a few too many
mitts to the head.
And what do you do now?
Well, I make do.
There's always work
for a big six who's
good with a shiv.
What's a shiv?
Cross me sometime,
and I'll show you.
Is that how you got
the money to rent
the old house?
Well, I lucked
into a couple grand.
Besides, this shack
is brand-new, buddy guy.
Brand-new.
When were you born, Maxwell?
1893.
What year is it now?
Excuse me?
It's 1928.
What, you been, uh,
nippin' at the wine
after mass?
You seem angry.
What are you so angry about?
Zelda.
Zelda's got my goat.
I could kill that little slut.
Things she says to me.
I could slice open
her throat, slip in...
Boo!
Aah!
Sorry. Sorry.
You sneakin' up on me?
No, I knocked and I called
your name, like, 30 times.
You didn't answer.
God, who does that?
Don't be mad.
I got you a house-warming gift.
Thanks for all the candles.
Mmm. Mm-hmm.
Let me ask you something.
Do you believe in reincarnation?
Oh, I don't know.
I mean, why is it
that everyone's
always Queen Elizabeth
in a past life?
You know?
No one's ever just
some ordinary peasant.
What about, uh, hypnosis,
past life regression,
people who speak
in other people's voices?
Mm-mmm. Don't even
get me started on
recovered memories.
I mean, those almost
always turn out to be false.
Or they're just, um...
fantasies that
are prodded out by
overzealous therapists.
Since when did you
become such a skeptic?
Oh, come on.
You know I've read a lot
of books on that stuff.
This one woman
recovered memories
of this whole plantation drama.
It turned out to be
from some Harlequin novel.
I mean, there's always
a logical explanation.
I know, I know.
You're right.
I don't... I don't
believe in it, either.
And I'm about to kick your ass.
Oh, yeah.
Oh.
Uh-huh.
Maybe in...
your next life.
I win.
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Maxie.
Let's have a party, Maxie.
Maxie, I'm bored.
I haven't been bent in a week.
You're drunk.
I am posilutely splificated.
Whoo.
You like my new kimono, Maxie?
Hmm?
What would you
want to dress like
you're Chinese for?
It's Japanese, you perfect ass.
And the statue ain't
Fatty Arbuckle, either.
It's the Buddha.
So does that mean, uh,
you believe
in reincarnation, then?
Sure, Maxie.
You've been learni"
some big words down
by the docks, huh?
Well, it would appear that way.
Maybe I was Cleopatra.
Maybe you've been
shacked up with the queen.
Well, now...
you may lie like a queen,
but you bluff like an old whore.
Don't ever call me that.
Ever!
Whoo!
Uh-oh.
And now it looks like
you about to get spanked.
Maybe in your next life, Maxie.
I win.
You cheat.
It ain't cheatin' if you
don't catch me doin' it.
Baby.
Mmm...
Did you forget
who you're talkin' to?
You gonna do it
this time, tough guy?
Hmm?
Or are you just gonna tease?
Hmm?
Mmm...
So in a past life,
you think you were Maxwell?
No, I think
I am Maxwell. Now.
Okay. Well, let's explore
that in the context
of what's happening
now with Karen.
5, 4,
3, 2, 1.
Maxwell, what do you see?
Zelda.
All hopped up again.
She's got her friends
over from the Babylon.
Threw some party for me.
♪♪
Hello, Zelda.
Hi.
Zelda!
Zelda, you look smashing!
Hey, Max.
Looking keen, my friend.
Ah, Zelda.
She got her
dragon lady dress on,
prancin' around
and beating her gums.
Is she making you angry?
If he don't quit pawing
at her bubs like that,
I'm gonna cut his eyes out
and stuff 'em down his throat.
Who?
Some high hat who wants
to be a sugar daddy.
I see him sniffin' around.
How many men have you killed?
That I was paid for?
Or just to see the blood?
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Hello, Maxwell.
Thank you.
Have you ever killed a woman?
Well, not yet.
But the party's
only just started.
When I was in Paris,
they asked me,
why produce Shakespeare?
Why produce Shakespeare?
Well, so I can play Juliet.
You know where I see you, Zelda?
Where?
New York City.
Broadway.
Oh.
Well, I'm gonna need
a place to stay.
Are you going to be
puttin' me up, Mr. Butler?
Mmm.
Hmm?
Max. Swell gin mill
you've got here.
Isn't that what
you kids call it?
Dance with me,
Mr. Butler.
Of course, my dear.
You're drunk.
I am posilutely splificated.
Whoo!
Whoo!
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Mr. Butler.
Ah, splendid party, old boy.
I hope you're not sore...
Ohh!
Do I touch the things
that belong to you, huh?
Get up!
Ohh!
No, no!
I'm gonna teach you
some manners.
Uhh!
What's the matter,
Mr. Moneybags?
Eat it. Eat it!
5, 4,
3, 2, 1.
How did that make you feel?
I don't know.
Scared, I guess.
Scared of what I'm capable of.
What are you capable of?
Murder.
Well, uh...
think of it as a metaphor.
I mean, we all
have darker sides
to our characters.
It's pretty scary
for a frickin' metaphor.
♪♪
Don't be mad, Stefano.
It's a house-warming party.
Karen invited everyone.
Hey!
Hey!
Hi.
How's it goin'?
Hey. Thank you.
Hi.
Hey.
Hey, Karen!
Yo, Karen, rock that dress.
Whoo!
Oh, get flirty, baby!
Ah!
Whoo!
Great party, Karen.
Karen, you look divine.
Thank you, Doctor.
Oh, yeah!
Hi!
Oh, you look fabulous, darling.
Ah, very good!
On my, uh, book tour to Europe,
they asked me, "Why
write about history?"
Why write about history?
Well, because it repeats itself.
No, no, no.
That's precisely
not what Marcus
is trying to tell us.
I would love to.
In his last book...
Love to what?
Dance.
Hmm?
You're drunk.
I am ginormously drunk.
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Mmm.
You're so sexy.
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Ohh!
Unhh!
What are you doing in here?
God, Steven, you freak me out.
I feel like I've been
expecting you my whole life.
And then one day, you just...
you just finally arrived.
♪♪
Uhh!
I'm gonna take you out.
I love you.
Say it again.
I love you, Zelda.
I don't know what
I'd do without you,
Maxie.
Don't ever leave me.
You're so nice, baby doll.
Ain't nothin' ever
gonna keep us apart.
You're killin' me.
You know that?
You slay me every time.
Steven!
Huh?
Huh?
No.
Why are you calling me?
Just to see
if you're okay, I guess.
I don't really know
how to answer that.
So, uh, what happened
to your friend,
Professor Butler?
You're a mean drunk,
that's what happened.
I can't believe you.
Is he okay?
Yeah, I think he'll live.
I mean, is he... is he hurt?
Well, what you said
about his book was mean,
but it was true.
God, I'm so hung over.
I barely remember
anything from last night.
Where are you, by the way?
Mmhh. At my house.
It's completely destroyed.
You should see it.
Karen?
Hello?
Boo!
Ohh! God!
That time I did it on purpose.
What are you doing here?
You don't remember?
Any of it?
My God.
Wait. Wait,
wait, wait.
Karen.
No, forget it.
No, I get it. Okay?
It was what it was, right?
Let's just not make
a big deal about it.
Thank you.
Look, it's
not that I don't
remember anything.
It's just I'm
a little bit hazy
on the details.
You don't remember
anything that you said
to me last night?
Truthfully, no.
I'm not exactly sure
that it's me that said it,
but... what...
What did I say?
Nothing.
Forget about it.
Here. A souvenir!
You know, I just...
I thought I saw another side
to you last night, that's all.
Zelda, wait.
Let's talk about this.
Zelda?
Who's Zelda?
Okay, um, there's something
I need to explain
to you right now.
How did she react?
How do you think?
I must have sounded
completely insane.
Or at least
completely ridiculous.
Still, if you truly believe
that she was Zelda
in a past life,
it must have been
disturbing for her
to hear that you murdered her.
Well, I didn't
tell her that part.
Steven?
I'm sorry.
I didn't realize
that you were home.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to spook you.
Well, well, well.
What did you dig up?
Stuff about Zelda.
I mean, she was a real person.
Zelda Flemming was, like,
a minor celebrity in town.
She was a dance hall girl.
She did plays.
She sang.
She was like a walking scandal.
Yeah, that's her, all right.
She's a real dish, ain't she?
Steven, why are
you talking like that?
Oh, I just wish things
could've worked out
better for us.
Steven?
Do you know where
I found all this stuff?
Where?
In your box.
In your dissertation
research box,
the one that you
wouldn't let me open.
Well, I've never seen
any of that before.
Steven! No, look.
I see all your notes
and all your underlining
and all your highlighting.
It's right here in the margin...
I told you I never
read it before!
Hope I never read
another book
as long as I live!
I'm sick of wasting
my life on research!
You know, I don't know
if you heard...
but Professor Butler
was attacked
walking home from our party.
And he has no idea who did it.
Well, I guess he had it comin'.
Well, uh, there you have it.
That would be
a logical explanation.
No, this isn't something
that I made up, this is real.
Things that happened
to me in the past
are echoing in the present.
Look, I'd like to prescribe
some anti-anxiety medication...
No, no, no.
I don't want pills.
Steven, these people...
Zelda, Maxwell...
They are just symbols.
They're not symbols!
Maxwell was a real person.
And for whatever reason,
he's trying to do things
over again.
I have to figure out why.
Help me do that.
Please.
♪♪
What do you see, Maxwell?
She's late, as usual.
Comin' home after
a hard day of shoppin'.
Wonder whose pocket
she had her hand in
today.
And still,
I'm makin' her dinner,
waitin' on her like a servant.
Make-believin'.
♪♪
Oh, she's such a doll.
I ain't seen anything
like her... ever.
But she just couldn't behave.
She knows just what
to say to set me off...
just the right words,
and then all I see is red.
No!
Steven, sit down.
I'm gonna count
backwards from 10.
Oh, give me a break
with that crap,
would you?
You need to move
out of that house
right away.
No. No, no, no, no.
It's not the house.
Don't you see?
It's Maxwell.
I've been living with
Maxwell inside of me
my whole life.
Karen has been living
with Zelda inside of her
her entire life!
She just doesn't realize it yet!
Zelda is just an archetype,
a symbol in a dream.
No, don't you... Don't you see
what Maxwell is doing?
Huh? Why things
just keep on repeating
and repeating and repeating?
He wants to do it
all over again.
He wants me to do it
all over again.
For him.
Steven, put that back
and sit down.
You're still
in a hypnotic state.
Quit beatin' your gums,
you old fruit!
If you weren't a priest...
Uhh...
I'd gut you like a fish.
Hi.
Um, can't believe I'm back here,
but I think I left
my cell phone.
So I'm only gonna be a minute.
Yeah, come in.
I'm... I'm just cooking dinner.
Please, come on.
Come and sit down.
No, no.
Karen, I love you.
What?
I love you.
Say it again.
I love you.
I've been an ass
over and over and over again.
But I'm gonna make it
all up to you.
I don't know
what to say, Steven.
You're killin' me.
More wine for you, madam?
Please. You trying
to get me drunk?
I'm trying.
Is it working?
I could definitely
get used to this.
How lovely.
Um, don't do that.
I'm just...
I'm all sweaty.
Oh.
Well, do you...
you want to take
a bath?
Are you going to watch me?
Mmm.
You know what?
You were right.
I think I'm starting to feel it.
What?
Déjà vu.
Cigarettes.
I thought you said
smoking exploits
the underclass.
Isn't that what you always say?
I don't smoke.
No.
But he does, doesn't he?
Professor Butler
have a cigarette
after you sleep together
like some old movie?
You have no right
to talk to me like that!
Were you just with him?
Steven, why don't you have
another bottle of wine?
This is such a charming
side to you.
Oh, I thought you liked
my other side.
Yeah, why don't you
keep on drinking?
Maybe you'll work up
the courage to kiss me again.
He doesn't need a bottle of wine
to kiss you,
though, does he?
No, he doesn't.
Right there.
You actually showed
some human emotion.
Who else besides him?
What?
Since we met.
Who else? How many?
You mean,
in the History Department
or the whole faculty?
You know what?
You're nuts, Steven!
I'm just sick and tired
of waiting around for you
to get your fricking
head together!
I hate you!
You're not a man.
You're a self-indulgent
little boy
who's frightened
to death of women.
I'm not frightened anymore.
Answer me, you coward!
That's exactly wh... I hate you!
Don't cry, tough guy.
I'm just mean when I'm drunk.
Hey.
I said I was sorry.
Get out.
You don't live here no more.
Get out, you filthy slut.
I told you
never to call me that.
I said, get out!
Get out, whore!
I told you never
to call me that.
I warned you!
Get out.
I warned you.
I said, get out!
Get out, whore!
Aah!
Hey.
I guess we're both mean
when we're drunk.
I'm sorry.
Aah!
What are you reaching for?
My clothes, Steven.
My clothes.
Ow! You're hurting me!
Please.
You think you're gonna
stick that shiv in my heart?
Not this time.
No. What are
you talking about?
No tease, baby doll.
I'm gonna slice you open,
pull out your tongue.
Go ahead.
You say somethin'
I'm too dumb
to understand.
Aah!
Aah!
Uhh!
Aaahh!
Aah!
Uhh!
Uhh!
Maxie! I'm sorry!
I'm so sorry.
Maxie!
Steven!
Steven!
Maxie.
Steven, don't leave!
No!
Steven!
Maxie, I'm sorry!
Steven!
Maxie, I'm so sorry!
Steven!
Maxie!
♪ I say I go through fire ♪
♪ And I'll go through fire ♪
♪ If he wants it,
so it shall be ♪
Steven!
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
♪ Crazy in love, I'll say ♪
Steven?
Yeah.
Hey.
Hey.
So, what do you think?
It's, um... It's big.
You have a family of 12
I don't know about?
Hmm?
Don't be a buzz kill.
Come on, take off
your jacket.
Help me unpack.
Boy. How much
is the rent?
You've looked at, like,
what, a hundred houses?
So why this one?
I don't know.
I just kind of had a feeling
about it, you know?
It's like I belong here.
Oh, hey, don't...
Don't touch that.
That's my dissertation research.
I still have to organize
all that stuff.
What's really
in this box? Porn?
You know what?
I feel like there should be
an art deco chair
and an oriental rug right there.
You ever have
really strong déjà vu?
♪♪
♪♪
Ow! You're hurting me!
All done.
How the hell did that happen?
It took you long enough.
Hey, it's, um...
It's 10:00.
Can we order some pizza?
Uh, it's, uh...
I think it's getting
kind of late.
I should probably walk you home.
Wow. This is
a really nice bathroom.
What's wrong with you?
Why are you looking
at me like that?
It's nothing.
♪♪
♪♪
Hello?
Karen?
Karen, is that you?
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Maxie.
Can we have a party, Maxie?
Karen?
Maxie, I'm bored.
I haven't been bent in a week.
Can we have a party?
Who is that?
Please, Maxie,
can we have a party, Maxie?
Please?
Karen?
How'd you get in?
♪ Say I'll move
the mountains ♪
♪ And I'll move
the mountains ♪
♪ If he wants them
out of the way ♪
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
♪ Crazy in love,
I'll say ♪
♪ I say I'll go
through fire ♪
♪ And I'll go through fire ♪
♪ As he wants it,
so it shall be ♪
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
♪ Crazy in love no... ♪
Okay, okay. Okay.
Uhh!
Help me.
Help me.
You look thinner.
How have you been sleeping?
How are things with, uh, Karen?
Great.
We're, uh... We're great friends.
And you're okay
with that, are you?
No.
How long have you two
been friends again?
Um, I first met her
about a year ago,
jogging across campus.
It was like...
I had been
waiting for her
my entire life
and she just finally arrived.
But you still haven't
been physical with her
in any way?
No.
I can't.
What do you think
would happen if you were?
It's strange. I...
I'll try to hold her hand
or lean in to kiss her,
and suddenly it's like
I can't breathe.
I get this horrible, uh,
tightness in my chest,
this pain.
A sense of guilt?
I don't know.
Maybe.
Anyway, I'm not here
to talk about Karen.
All right. Um... tell me
about the blackouts.
Oh, I'll be in the house,
and, uh, strange images
will appear.
Visions.
And I'll blink my eyes,
and an hour will have passed.
Scary images?
Not sexy ones like
the girl in the tub,
the one who looks like Karen?
We're back onto Karen?
Well, these things
could be related.
I mean, what if these visions
are merely repressed
childhood memories?
I had a very happy childhood,
and I've never had
any difficulties
with women before.
Okay. But we
do have blackouts,
sense of detachment.
I mean, what you're describing
is what we call
"dissociation."
So, I think we should
dig a little deeper.
As you breathe in,
feel the warmth spread
through your body.
You're going back,
Steven, back to a time
when something happened
that upset you,
something that you have
deliberately forgotten.
♪ I say I'll move
the mountains ♪
♪ And I'll move
the mountains ♪
♪ If he wants it
out of the way ♪
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
♪ Crazy in love,
I'll say ♪
What you lookin' at, Maxie?
♪ I say I'll go
through fire ♪
♪ And I'll go
through fire ♪
♪ If he wants it,
so it shall be ♪
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
♪ Crazy in love,
you'll see ♪
♪ I say I'll go
through fire ♪
♪ And I'll go
through fire ♪
♪ If he wants it,
so it shall be ♪
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
4, 3, 2, 1.
How are you feeling?
I feel good.
I was, uh, in my house.
It was different.
It was decorated
like it was the '20s.
It wasn't my face.
It was this...
this long face in a goatee.
There was a woman there.
I started recording the session
about halfway through.
And?
Listen.
What are you thinking?
I'm thinking for a priest,
you ask a lot
of nutty questions.
You seem angry.
What are you angry about?
Zelda.
Zelda's got my goat.
I could kill that little slut.
Things she says to me.
I could slice open her throat,
slip in my finger,
and pull out her tongue.
Who is that?
It's you.
If you don't mind terribly,
would you stop
callin' me Steven?
My name is Maxwell.
Okay. Tell me about
yourself, Maxwell.
There's not much to tell.
I was a boxer once.
Took a few too many
mitts to the head.
And what do you do now?
Well, I make do.
There's always work
for a big six who's
good with a shiv.
What's a shiv?
Cross me sometime,
and I'll show you.
Is that how you got
the money to rent
the old house?
Well, I lucked
into a couple grand.
Besides, this shack
is brand-new, buddy guy.
Brand-new.
When were you born, Maxwell?
1893.
What year is it now?
Excuse me?
It's 1928.
What, you been, uh,
nippin' at the wine
after mass?
You seem angry.
What are you so angry about?
Zelda.
Zelda's got my goat.
I could kill that little slut.
Things she says to me.
I could slice open
her throat, slip in...
Boo!
Aah!
Sorry. Sorry.
You sneakin' up on me?
No, I knocked and I called
your name, like, 30 times.
You didn't answer.
God, who does that?
Don't be mad.
I got you a house-warming gift.
Thanks for all the candles.
Mmm. Mm-hmm.
Let me ask you something.
Do you believe in reincarnation?
Oh, I don't know.
I mean, why is it
that everyone's
always Queen Elizabeth
in a past life?
You know?
No one's ever just
some ordinary peasant.
What about, uh, hypnosis,
past life regression,
people who speak
in other people's voices?
Mm-mmm. Don't even
get me started on
recovered memories.
I mean, those almost
always turn out to be false.
Or they're just, um...
fantasies that
are prodded out by
overzealous therapists.
Since when did you
become such a skeptic?
Oh, come on.
You know I've read a lot
of books on that stuff.
This one woman
recovered memories
of this whole plantation drama.
It turned out to be
from some Harlequin novel.
I mean, there's always
a logical explanation.
I know, I know.
You're right.
I don't... I don't
believe in it, either.
And I'm about to kick your ass.
Oh, yeah.
Oh.
Uh-huh.
Maybe in...
your next life.
I win.
♪♪
Maxie.
Let's have a party, Maxie.
Maxie, I'm bored.
I haven't been bent in a week.
You're drunk.
I am posilutely splificated.
Whoo.
You like my new kimono, Maxie?
Hmm?
What would you
want to dress like
you're Chinese for?
It's Japanese, you perfect ass.
And the statue ain't
Fatty Arbuckle, either.
It's the Buddha.
So does that mean, uh,
you believe
in reincarnation, then?
Sure, Maxie.
You've been learni"
some big words down
by the docks, huh?
Well, it would appear that way.
Maybe I was Cleopatra.
Maybe you've been
shacked up with the queen.
Well, now...
you may lie like a queen,
but you bluff like an old whore.
Don't ever call me that.
Ever!
Whoo!
Uh-oh.
And now it looks like
you about to get spanked.
Maybe in your next life, Maxie.
I win.
You cheat.
It ain't cheatin' if you
don't catch me doin' it.
Baby.
Mmm...
Did you forget
who you're talkin' to?
You gonna do it
this time, tough guy?
Hmm?
Or are you just gonna tease?
Hmm?
Mmm...
So in a past life,
you think you were Maxwell?
No, I think
I am Maxwell. Now.
Okay. Well, let's explore
that in the context
of what's happening
now with Karen.
5, 4,
3, 2, 1.
Maxwell, what do you see?
Zelda.
All hopped up again.
She's got her friends
over from the Babylon.
Threw some party for me.
♪♪
Hello, Zelda.
Hi.
Zelda!
Zelda, you look smashing!
Hey, Max.
Looking keen, my friend.
Ah, Zelda.
She got her
dragon lady dress on,
prancin' around
and beating her gums.
Is she making you angry?
If he don't quit pawing
at her bubs like that,
I'm gonna cut his eyes out
and stuff 'em down his throat.
Who?
Some high hat who wants
to be a sugar daddy.
I see him sniffin' around.
How many men have you killed?
That I was paid for?
Or just to see the blood?
♪♪
Hello, Maxwell.
Thank you.
Have you ever killed a woman?
Well, not yet.
But the party's
only just started.
When I was in Paris,
they asked me,
why produce Shakespeare?
Why produce Shakespeare?
Well, so I can play Juliet.
You know where I see you, Zelda?
Where?
New York City.
Broadway.
Oh.
Well, I'm gonna need
a place to stay.
Are you going to be
puttin' me up, Mr. Butler?
Mmm.
Hmm?
Max. Swell gin mill
you've got here.
Isn't that what
you kids call it?
Dance with me,
Mr. Butler.
Of course, my dear.
You're drunk.
I am posilutely splificated.
Whoo!
Whoo!
♪♪
Mr. Butler.
Ah, splendid party, old boy.
I hope you're not sore...
Ohh!
Do I touch the things
that belong to you, huh?
Get up!
Ohh!
No, no!
I'm gonna teach you
some manners.
Uhh!
What's the matter,
Mr. Moneybags?
Eat it. Eat it!
5, 4,
3, 2, 1.
How did that make you feel?
I don't know.
Scared, I guess.
Scared of what I'm capable of.
What are you capable of?
Murder.
Well, uh...
think of it as a metaphor.
I mean, we all
have darker sides
to our characters.
It's pretty scary
for a frickin' metaphor.
♪♪
Don't be mad, Stefano.
It's a house-warming party.
Karen invited everyone.
Hey!
Hey!
Hi.
How's it goin'?
Hey. Thank you.
Hi.
Hey.
Hey, Karen!
Yo, Karen, rock that dress.
Whoo!
Oh, get flirty, baby!
Ah!
Whoo!
Great party, Karen.
Karen, you look divine.
Thank you, Doctor.
Oh, yeah!
Hi!
Oh, you look fabulous, darling.
Ah, very good!
On my, uh, book tour to Europe,
they asked me, "Why
write about history?"
Why write about history?
Well, because it repeats itself.
No, no, no.
That's precisely
not what Marcus
is trying to tell us.
I would love to.
In his last book...
Love to what?
Dance.
Hmm?
You're drunk.
I am ginormously drunk.
♪♪
Mmm.
You're so sexy.
♪♪
Ohh!
Unhh!
What are you doing in here?
God, Steven, you freak me out.
I feel like I've been
expecting you my whole life.
And then one day, you just...
you just finally arrived.
♪♪
Uhh!
I'm gonna take you out.
I love you.
Say it again.
I love you, Zelda.
I don't know what
I'd do without you,
Maxie.
Don't ever leave me.
You're so nice, baby doll.
Ain't nothin' ever
gonna keep us apart.
You're killin' me.
You know that?
You slay me every time.
Steven!
Huh?
Huh?
No.
Why are you calling me?
Just to see
if you're okay, I guess.
I don't really know
how to answer that.
So, uh, what happened
to your friend,
Professor Butler?
You're a mean drunk,
that's what happened.
I can't believe you.
Is he okay?
Yeah, I think he'll live.
I mean, is he... is he hurt?
Well, what you said
about his book was mean,
but it was true.
God, I'm so hung over.
I barely remember
anything from last night.
Where are you, by the way?
Mmhh. At my house.
It's completely destroyed.
You should see it.
Karen?
Hello?
Boo!
Ohh! God!
That time I did it on purpose.
What are you doing here?
You don't remember?
Any of it?
My God.
Wait. Wait,
wait, wait.
Karen.
No, forget it.
No, I get it. Okay?
It was what it was, right?
Let's just not make
a big deal about it.
Thank you.
Look, it's
not that I don't
remember anything.
It's just I'm
a little bit hazy
on the details.
You don't remember
anything that you said
to me last night?
Truthfully, no.
I'm not exactly sure
that it's me that said it,
but... what...
What did I say?
Nothing.
Forget about it.
Here. A souvenir!
You know, I just...
I thought I saw another side
to you last night, that's all.
Zelda, wait.
Let's talk about this.
Zelda?
Who's Zelda?
Okay, um, there's something
I need to explain
to you right now.
How did she react?
How do you think?
I must have sounded
completely insane.
Or at least
completely ridiculous.
Still, if you truly believe
that she was Zelda
in a past life,
it must have been
disturbing for her
to hear that you murdered her.
Well, I didn't
tell her that part.
Steven?
I'm sorry.
I didn't realize
that you were home.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to spook you.
Well, well, well.
What did you dig up?
Stuff about Zelda.
I mean, she was a real person.
Zelda Flemming was, like,
a minor celebrity in town.
She was a dance hall girl.
She did plays.
She sang.
She was like a walking scandal.
Yeah, that's her, all right.
She's a real dish, ain't she?
Steven, why are
you talking like that?
Oh, I just wish things
could've worked out
better for us.
Steven?
Do you know where
I found all this stuff?
Where?
In your box.
In your dissertation
research box,
the one that you
wouldn't let me open.
Well, I've never seen
any of that before.
Steven! No, look.
I see all your notes
and all your underlining
and all your highlighting.
It's right here in the margin...
I told you I never
read it before!
Hope I never read
another book
as long as I live!
I'm sick of wasting
my life on research!
You know, I don't know
if you heard...
but Professor Butler
was attacked
walking home from our party.
And he has no idea who did it.
Well, I guess he had it comin'.
Well, uh, there you have it.
That would be
a logical explanation.
No, this isn't something
that I made up, this is real.
Things that happened
to me in the past
are echoing in the present.
Look, I'd like to prescribe
some anti-anxiety medication...
No, no, no.
I don't want pills.
Steven, these people...
Zelda, Maxwell...
They are just symbols.
They're not symbols!
Maxwell was a real person.
And for whatever reason,
he's trying to do things
over again.
I have to figure out why.
Help me do that.
Please.
♪♪
What do you see, Maxwell?
She's late, as usual.
Comin' home after
a hard day of shoppin'.
Wonder whose pocket
she had her hand in
today.
And still,
I'm makin' her dinner,
waitin' on her like a servant.
Make-believin'.
♪♪
Oh, she's such a doll.
I ain't seen anything
like her... ever.
But she just couldn't behave.
She knows just what
to say to set me off...
just the right words,
and then all I see is red.
No!
Steven, sit down.
I'm gonna count
backwards from 10.
Oh, give me a break
with that crap,
would you?
You need to move
out of that house
right away.
No. No, no, no, no.
It's not the house.
Don't you see?
It's Maxwell.
I've been living with
Maxwell inside of me
my whole life.
Karen has been living
with Zelda inside of her
her entire life!
She just doesn't realize it yet!
Zelda is just an archetype,
a symbol in a dream.
No, don't you... Don't you see
what Maxwell is doing?
Huh? Why things
just keep on repeating
and repeating and repeating?
He wants to do it
all over again.
He wants me to do it
all over again.
For him.
Steven, put that back
and sit down.
You're still
in a hypnotic state.
Quit beatin' your gums,
you old fruit!
If you weren't a priest...
Uhh...
I'd gut you like a fish.
Hi.
Um, can't believe I'm back here,
but I think I left
my cell phone.
So I'm only gonna be a minute.
Yeah, come in.
I'm... I'm just cooking dinner.
Please, come on.
Come and sit down.
No, no.
Karen, I love you.
What?
I love you.
Say it again.
I love you.
I've been an ass
over and over and over again.
But I'm gonna make it
all up to you.
I don't know
what to say, Steven.
You're killin' me.
More wine for you, madam?
Please. You trying
to get me drunk?
I'm trying.
Is it working?
I could definitely
get used to this.
How lovely.
Um, don't do that.
I'm just...
I'm all sweaty.
Oh.
Well, do you...
you want to take
a bath?
Are you going to watch me?
Mmm.
You know what?
You were right.
I think I'm starting to feel it.
What?
Déjà vu.
Cigarettes.
I thought you said
smoking exploits
the underclass.
Isn't that what you always say?
I don't smoke.
No.
But he does, doesn't he?
Professor Butler
have a cigarette
after you sleep together
like some old movie?
You have no right
to talk to me like that!
Were you just with him?
Steven, why don't you have
another bottle of wine?
This is such a charming
side to you.
Oh, I thought you liked
my other side.
Yeah, why don't you
keep on drinking?
Maybe you'll work up
the courage to kiss me again.
He doesn't need a bottle of wine
to kiss you,
though, does he?
No, he doesn't.
Right there.
You actually showed
some human emotion.
Who else besides him?
What?
Since we met.
Who else? How many?
You mean,
in the History Department
or the whole faculty?
You know what?
You're nuts, Steven!
I'm just sick and tired
of waiting around for you
to get your fricking
head together!
I hate you!
You're not a man.
You're a self-indulgent
little boy
who's frightened
to death of women.
I'm not frightened anymore.
Answer me, you coward!
That's exactly wh... I hate you!
Don't cry, tough guy.
I'm just mean when I'm drunk.
Hey.
I said I was sorry.
Get out.
You don't live here no more.
Get out, you filthy slut.
I told you
never to call me that.
I said, get out!
Get out, whore!
I told you never
to call me that.
I warned you!
Get out.
I warned you.
I said, get out!
Get out, whore!
Aah!
Hey.
I guess we're both mean
when we're drunk.
I'm sorry.
Aah!
What are you reaching for?
My clothes, Steven.
My clothes.
Ow! You're hurting me!
Please.
You think you're gonna
stick that shiv in my heart?
Not this time.
No. What are
you talking about?
No tease, baby doll.
I'm gonna slice you open,
pull out your tongue.
Go ahead.
You say somethin'
I'm too dumb
to understand.
Aah!
Aah!
Uhh!
Aaahh!
Aah!
Uhh!
Uhh!
Maxie! I'm sorry!
I'm so sorry.
Maxie!
Steven!
Steven!
Maxie.
Steven, don't leave!
No!
Steven!
Maxie, I'm sorry!
Steven!
Maxie, I'm so sorry!
Steven!
Maxie!
♪ I say I go through fire ♪
♪ And I'll go through fire ♪
♪ If he wants it,
so it shall be ♪
Steven!
♪ Crazy, he calls me ♪
♪ Sure, I'm crazy ♪
♪ Crazy in love, I'll say ♪