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(intense music)

(dramatic soaring music)

(radio interference beeping)

(birds honking)

(footsteps tapping)

(birds honking)

(footsteps tapping)

(knocking on door)

(slow gentle music)

(door clicking)

- Do that again.

Come up those stairs with no emotion or coldness.

You had too much warmth.

- Okay.

- Please.

(slow gentle music)

- [Phone Caller] Of course, Mr. Richard.

We can provide a companion capable

of dynamic emotional modulation.

She will adjust in real time.

The rate is $100,000 for the hour.

- That should be more than enough time.

Send her over.

(slow gentle music)

- [Phone Caller] For the first 20 minutes,

you may end the session without commitment.

Thank you, Mr. Richard.

(slow gentle music)

- That's better.

(slow gentle music)

(door gently thudding)

This way.

(slow gentle music)

(footsteps thudding)

(slow gentle music)

(footsteps thudding)

- The agency said you like strawberries.

(packaging rustling)

(slow gentle music)

(birds chirping)

(slow gentle music)

(slow gentle music continues)

(birds chirping)

- What's your name?

- Melina.

Um, my father, he liked Greek movies.

Especially with Melina Mercouri.

- "Never on Sunday." 1960.

It's a pretty name.

She played a prostitute.

- Um, I, I haven't watched that movie actually.

Do you like sci-fi movies, by the way?

I, my favorite is, is, oh my God, there's so many.

Do you like 'em, or..?

- Sci-fi movies, huh? - Yeah.

- Well, yeah, there's a lot of 'em.

Great sci-fi TV shows too. "Doctor Who."

- Yeah!

- [Richard] That's why I like "The Zone."

It had a lot of sci-fi in it.

- I know, yeah.

So um, do you wanna order the pizza and watch TV later

and just...? - No. No pizza.

No TV. Nothing.

Just, I need less emotion from you.

Your energy is too high.

- Okay, I'm sorry. Hm.

- Tell me more about yourself.

- Um.

- [Richard] Have you ever traveled anywhere?

- Yeah, I did.

Um, France, UK.

- Europe.

- Yeah.

- Many different cultures there.

What was your favorite?

What was your favorite country out of all of those?

- Mm. I guess, UK.

I love London.

It has a very special place in my heart.

- And why is it? Why is it special to you?

- Um, a little bit personal, I guess.

- Why was it personal?

(Melina sighs)

What's your answer?

Come on, answer me,

there's gotta be something in there

if you've traveled to so many places.

- Well, let's just say, um,

I met a special person there.

- A special person. Were they in the London fog?

Big Ben. The big clock.

You know what the Big Ben is?

- [Melina] Yeah.

- I bet you do.

Do you really know what the Big Ben is?

It's this!

You know, they don't train you very well anymore.

Or do they train you in at all?

Fish and chips. Too much vinegar.

Peas. Fries with ranch dressing.

Do you like bay shrimp?

Do you know what bay shrimp is?

How about bitter shandy?

Tikka masala?

It's called bitter shandy!

D Baby. That's where it is.

(Melina nervously giggling)

It's not funny.

Now that's enough about me and food.

Now tell me about yourself. What about yourself?

(Melina giggling)

Stop laughing! That's not funny.

You're too happy. This isn't Charlie Chaplin.

This is not "King of New York." This is the "Limelight."

We're talking Buster Keaton. Not smile.

- Okay. Well, you are a funny guy, you know?

I like your humor.

- Well, sometimes we just need to talk about things,

talk things over, and then, you know,

it can just blow away like, like all those old movies.

I mean, you think anyone ever remembers those movies?

Those comedians, they did their own stunts.

They would drive off cliffs.

They would do all this really crazy stuff

that nobody does anymore.

- Yeah, that's actually true.

(slow gentle music)

- Oh, you know, it's all in "A Day's Pleasure."

You know what that was?

It's a two-reeler, 20 minutes.

But you know about the minutes, don't you?

What's that, did you answer me?

Did you answer me, do you know about 20 minutes?

I bet you do, you're always on the meter, aren't you?

(slow gentle music)

- Yeah.

- What was that?

- Yes, um, can you ask the question again?

- All right, well, how are we doing on the meter then?

Is time ticking away?

The lovely meter, with lovely Rita. (chuckling)

I mean, what's happening here, you know?

I mean, time is just seconds and seconds,

and then it's the minutes, and minutes goes to hours,

and we're on limited time.

Wouldn't you say we're on borrowed time now?

- You haven't told me your name.

- I'm Richard.

- Is it French?

- It is French.

And you've traveled to France before, you should know that.

- You're right?

- You know, like Richard Bohringer?

- Um, I have no idea.

- Don't you watch French movies?

- Yeah, I do. Not a lot though.

But sometimes. What about you?

- No, I like more like spaghetti westerns.

- Okay.

- Jacques Cousteau. Jean-Claude Carriere.

You know, he found the octopus in the water,

it would always be on the boat.

And there's 10 tentacles.

See, because if there's nine, it was normal,

but the tenth meaning abnormal.

- Um, I don't know.

Okay, where's this knowledge coming from?

Are you French?

- (chuckling) Oh, no, my parents were Swiss.

- Okay. - Came from Switzerland.

That region. On the Spanish side.

You know, Spaniard, bullfighters?

Have you ever heard of the Running of the Bulls?

I mean, you haven't lived until you've done

the Running with the Bulls.

It happens every year

in these really, these cobblestone narrow streets.

And just the general public!

The general public just get there

and they release the bulls behind them

and people just start running for their lives.

You haven't lived until you've gotten struck by a bull.

A horn right in the back.

- (chuckling) That's insane.

- People are running for their lives.

You do know what I'm talking about, don't you?

- No.

- You haven't? You haven't lived until that.

Let me, let me show you. Let me show you.

No, no, no, no. Sit back down.

Sit back down. I'll show you.

I mean, if you just imagine splinters and with knives

and stuff like that,

and there's 1,000 people in the street.

There's 10,000 people, and they come in the street,

and then they have the bulls behind this wooden gate.

The gate opens and the bulls come running out.

Kill people. Maim people.

People are just running for their lives.

It's amazing!

- [Speaker] She sat there while he spilled words.

Words that made no sense to her.

Words that sounded urgent, almost hysterical.

Yet meant nothing she could hold onto.

What held her attention was not what he said,

but how he moved.

His hands, his posture,

the nervous choreography of his body.

That was a language of its own.

One she understood. One that quietly amused her.

The more he kept talking, the more his tension rose,

the more frantic his movements became,

the more she felt she could see beyond a layer

that hadn't been there

when she first walked through the door.

His words, in truth, were hiding something else.

A vulnerability. A quiet trace of desperation.

And to her own surprise,

despite the fact that he had already crossed

certain physical boundaries,

she did not feel threatened by him.

- A Ginsu knife. Like, a hundred foot Ginsu knife.

It is just amazing! It's so amazing!

I mean, then all of a sudden you get the mud kicking up

and people are blinded,

go running downhill and they go faster and faster

and people are getting tramped.

And then everyone's always doing this and that.

And then all of a sudden it's like a Ginsu knife.

It's just really huge and really big.

And people just try to get down

and they can't, they can't get up again.

And sometimes, even pass away.

(Melina laughing)

So then all of a sudden, the wooden gate opens

and everybody just starts to come down the hill

because all of a sudden they see and they hear

this thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump,

these bulls getting closer and closer.

They kind of look over their shoulder

and some people run into each other

and they fall down and they start trampling each other.

It's not only the bulls that are killing,

they're killing each other, these people.

I mean, it's population, it's bills,

most go down, like, at least 800 people a year

after this event.

I mean, it is so crazy.

I don't even think,

I don't even think there's like

a meal after this thing.

Think this is funny? This is not funny.

(Melina laughing)

(suspenseful music)

(Melina laughing)

What? What?

(dramatic music)

(gentle piano music)

Why does this make it anymore?

Damn it. Damn it.

Dammit!

Jesus, why is it this place is closing down on me,

these walls are closing down on me?

Where is Eugene?

(lighthearted orchestral music)

Where is Eugene?

Heinz, they don't make Heinz Ketchup anymore like that.

They just don't do that. They don't that.

I just want the Running of the Bulls.

I just want that action. I just want that danger.

I want that danger.

I want corned beef. I want a little hash browns.

(lighthearted orchestral music)

And a nice bun that just, the bun is so good.

So you get the mustard and you got, it's really grooving.

Grooving, like very happening.

But then you can't get, all about the faces.

(phone ringing)

(light orchestral music)

(phone continues ringing)

(light orchestral music)

- I'm wondering why it's missing 10 minutes.

(phone continues ringing)

Do you know?

(phone continues ringing)

Hey, I was talking to you. Do you know?

(door creaking)

Where is Eugene?

(light orchestral music)

Do you know? Do you know where you're going?

Where am I going?

It's okay. Come on.

(light orchestral music)

I wanna show you something. I'll show you something.

You're gonna like this. You are.

It's a little different now,

but look, look what I laid out for you.

Pick an outfit. Anyone you want.

They're all different.

Different styles. Different legacies.

Different eras.

(light orchestral music)

Nice, huh?

- Yeah, this is nice.

- Yeah, authentic.

(light orchestra music)

Talking about science fiction earlier. (chuckling)

- Where did you get these from?

- Oh, old collectors, over time.

Secret shops.

Here, what do you think about these?

What about this? What do you think about that?

- [Melina] Um, it's beautiful.

- Would you wear something like that?

(chuckling) Kind of a Greek goddess?

- [Melina] Um.

- Look at these patterns.

They can go with almost anything.

- Oh, I love this one.

Oh my God. Can I, can I wear this one?

- That one?

- Yeah.

- You wanna put that one on?

- It's Western. That's my favorite.

Oh, I don't know, I just always liked this style.

- Do you really wanna wear those?

- [Melina] Yes.

- That really makes you happy.

I mean, you think you wanna wear those,

but you don't want to, believe me.

- Why?

- [Richard] I don't want you to wear those.

- But you told me I can pick anything I want.

- [Richard] I know. I know I did.

But I'd rather have you in something like this.

This is gorgeous.

- [Melina] This?

- It's the Mona Lisa's bra.

It's got elegance, the future.

It's got everything.

I mean, this is sacred.

- What's so special about it?

- Because the, there's no limitations with space.

There's no limitations with something like this.

It's the future. It's the present.

Admiral Tokugawa of the Shingen Takeda wore this,

and he wanted you to wear it.

- Really?

- Yes.

Take it. Take it.

Take it. Take it.

Take it. Take it.

(mysterious music)

- Okay.

- You can have it.

(mysterious music)

This is from Shingen.

He gave us what we could be.

Do you know what that is?

(mysterious music)

(birds chirping)

It's a good summer's day, isn't it?

That was some hard iced tea.

(gentle piano music)

(clothing rustling)

(gentle piano music)

It'll be over soon, at least.

Time just keeps passing, I guess.

Tick, tick, tick, tick. It just...

You shouldn't have done this.

There wasn't any phone call or anything.

There's no coda, no conclusion.

It's just not with a whimper but with a bang.

Do you know what I mean?

Shakespeare. T.S. Eliot.

You know who that is?

Eugene O'Neill ring a bell?

Miranda Rights.

Oh, we'll just, we'll just get it done.

Have to get it done.

Every day it's getting better and better.

Every moment. (sighing) We can do this.

I can do this. I can do this.

Are you okay in there? (sighing)

(mysterious music)

(gentle guitar music)

♪ I could search the world ♪

♪ I'd be happier than now ♪

♪ What if I get hurt? ♪

♪ What if we don't work it out ♪

♪ It's not the way you look into my eyes ♪

♪ It's not the way you touch my hand and smile ♪

♪ I love you 'cause I want to ♪

♪ 'Cause I want to ♪

♪ Sometimes you make me mad ♪

♪ And then I make you sad with my words ♪

♪ You love my honesty ♪

♪ I hate your OCD but we work it out ♪

♪ It's not the way you hold me in your arms ♪

♪ It's not your laugh or charismatic charm ♪

♪ I love you ♪

♪ I love you ♪

♪ 'Cause I want to ♪

♪ 'Cause I want to ♪

- [Melina] I just had a memory.

- Of what?

- [Melina] I feel I was floating.

And there wasn't anything to grab me.

- Were you saved?

- [Melina] I didn't want to.

- What saved you?

- [Melina] I did. But I didn't wanna save myself.

- Why?

♪ I love you ♪

- [Melina] We don't always want to know the truth.

♪ I love you ♪

♪ 'Cause I want to ♪

♪ 'Cause I want to ♪

Can you feel it?

- What?

- [Melina] It's my heart beating.

♪ I want to ♪

(mystical music)

(gentle romantic music)

(romantic music swells)

(romantic music continues)

(romantic music continues)

(romantic music continues)

I felt something just now.

What do they call it?

An epiphany or something.

Have you ever felt it just like that?

I felt it just now.

(romantic music)

You're not breathing.

Do you feel?

- Yes.

(ominous music)

- There was this grocery store.

My mom used to take me every day at three o'clock.

They had everything.

Every candy you want in the world.

It was so colorful. So vibrant.

And the energy was there.

The man, I think his name was Tom or Thomas,

he took a liking to me.

And every day, I looked forward to seeing him.

He had these bright and shiny eyes.

You know, you could have the worst day in your life

and by just looking at him

you knew that everything will be okay.

And you know what? Things were okay in the end.

But then, but then he disappeared.

I never knew what happened to him.

My mom has never said it

but we knew that something dark has happened.

(gunfire blast)

And then ultimately, life went on.

But it wasn't the same though.

Is this what you wanted?

- I don't know.

Is this what you wanted?

(mystical music)

- We all want the same thing in the end, don't we?

The whole world.

We just wanna be loved.

(mystical music)

When I was young, I thought I could do anything.

There were no holds on hope.

Everything was possible.

She still bothers you, doesn't she?

It wasn't a good thing for you, isn't it?

No closure, right?

No yes's or no's. All in between, isn't it?

But don't you like living in tweens?

- No. I've trained my life to be full of definitions.

There's no in between for me. There's here or there.

- Do you like the silence?

Come listen.

(mystical music)

(heart beating)

Do you hear it?

(heart beating)

It's calling.

It's opening you up.

Sometimes I find it hard to open up myself too.

Because it's hard

Do you find it hard? Do you?

(gentle music)

(heart beating)

(Melina sobbing)

(heart beating)

(gentle music)

(Melina laughing and gasping)

(gentle music)

Do you love this moment?

- [Richard] In the end, it doesn't matter.

Time's up anyway.

(gentle music)

- It does matter.

These thoughts exist because they exist.

Come on. Come on!

(bright guitar music)

♪ Summer air ♪

♪ Waves through her long soft hair ♪

♪ Faces just stop and stare ♪

♪ Catching all eyes ♪

♪ So I'll hold you close ♪

♪ No matter where you go ♪

♪ Through all the rain and snow ♪

♪ I'll be close behind ♪

♪ And I'll hold on ♪

♪ These threads won't come undone ♪

♪ And if you're all worn down ♪

♪ I'll carry you home ♪

♪ Holes in my shoes ♪

♪ Walking in lines we drew ♪

♪ You said you're just passing through ♪

♪ Now six years have gone ♪

♪ So I'll hold on ♪

♪ These threads won't come undone ♪

♪ And if you're all worn down ♪

♪ I'll carry you home ♪

♪ So I'll hold on ♪

♪ These threads won't come undone ♪

♪ And if you're all worn down ♪

♪ I'll carry you home ♪

♪ Clothes on my back ♪

♪ It's yours if it's all I have ♪

♪ I meant every word I said ♪

♪ I'll carry you home ♪

(bright guitar music)

(slow gentle music)

(both laughing)

(door clicking)

(footsteps thudding)

(balls clattering)

(phone ringing)

- Is that your phone?

- [Melina] Don't worry about it.

Are you okay?

- Are you gonna get it?

(phone ringing)

Who is it?

- [Melina] Oh, it's my brother.

Let's play. Come on.

- You know, I,

I don't feel like it. - You don't feel it?

- No.

- [Melina] What happened?

(footsteps thudding)

- It, it's not genuine.

It's not supposed to be.

The voices.

You know, I've spent my whole life building this up,

and what is there in the end?

All that time, all that anguish, not happiness.

Sometimes I, I walk around here

and I, I see her everywhere.

I feel her everywhere. Her presence.

It's just when she's not here, I, I miss her the most.

And when, when she is here, I, I can't stand her.

It's always like this.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

But you're right, there's no closure.

Why, why did she, why did she end it like this?

Give me a signal.

There, there's no text, no email, no phone call.

Just, just, it just ended with nothing.

And love continues even,

even after the relationship ends.

(slow gentle music)

- Do you believe that love is one continuous string?

- No.

- That it's continuous.

It never ends.

- But it does end.

- No. It doesn't.

(slow gentle music)

(slow gentle music continues)

(slow gentle music continues)

(slow gentle music continues)

(slow gentle music continues)

♪ I got a feeling ♪

♪ I see the sparks ♪

♪ It's spreading like a wildfire ♪

♪ Burning in the dark ♪

♪ I got a fever ♪

♪ Flowing through my veins ♪

♪ It's an electric buzz I crave ♪

♪ Do you wanna dance to the rhythm of your heartbeat ♪

♪ We could take a chance, leave the only world we know ♪

♪ This is the beginning of flying in the unknown ♪

♪ Tell me what you see, tell me where do you wanna go ♪

♪ We can be anything ♪

♪ We can be anything ♪

♪ We can be anything ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I'm seeing beauty ♪

♪ Glistening from above ♪

♪ I hear a million dreams ♪

♪ Calling in the name of love ♪

♪ Saying do you wanna dance to the rhythm of your heartbeat ♪

♪ We could take a chance, leave the only world we know ♪

♪ This is the beginning of flying in the unknown ♪

♪ Tell me what you see, tell me where you wanna go ♪

♪ We can be anything ♪

♪ We can be anything ♪

♪ We can be anything ♪

♪ We can be anything ♪

(footsteps tapping)

- Oh, well.

(doorbell ringing)

- Who's that?

(doorbell continues ringing)

(footsteps tapping)

(door creaking)

(door slams)

- Time to go.

- I called the agency. I wanted more time.

- (sighing) Richard did very well.

The restraint, jealousy, emotional timing.

With work, he will do wonders for humanity.

- What?

- [Speaker] He believed he was measuring the hour,

testing response, controlling distance,

but something in him answered without instruction.

What they shared, however brief, will not be erased.

Not as data, not as design, as memory.

(radio interference beeping)

- [Mystery Person] Okay. Let's go.

(door clicking)

(door creaking)

(bugs buzzing)

♪ Late nights sitting under start light ♪

♪ Searching for the meaning in the beauty that we see ♪

♪ Come take in the glow, oh ♪

♪ Back roads where the magic unfolds ♪

♪ Happiness is simple ♪

♪ All you need is to believe ♪

♪ Come jump in the glow, oh ♪

♪ Always in my head ♪

♪ Can never get enough ♪

♪ That summer feeling love ♪

♪ Oh, me and my friends ♪

♪ Dance until we drop ♪

♪ And the good times won't stop ♪

♪ The good times won't stop, oh ♪

♪ The good times won't stop ♪

(bright music)