All language subtitles for The Humbling 2014

Ten minutes to curtain.

Ten minutes.

All the world... all the world is a stage.

And all the men and women...

merely players.

They have exits.

And they have their entrances.

And they have their exits.

And they have their entrances.

And one man in his time
plays many parts.

His acts being seven ages.

Do you believe that?

Was that real for you?

No, be honest.

Was it honest?

Yes, it was, wasn't it?

No, it wasn't.

It wasn't honest?

Well, what was it then?

No, not very good, no.

I don't believe it.

Should I try it again?

The world is a stage

and all men and women
merely players.

How about that?
Any better?

They have their exits
and their entrances.

Were you affecting it
or were you really saying it?

And one, a man in his life

plays many parts.

Did that mean anything
to you or anyone

that ever existed
in the world?

Are you fooling yourself?

Were you not committing
to your own instincts?

What are you supposed to do?
Jump up and down?

You know, do a jig?

Just say your words.

Shakespeare will do the rest.
You know that.

Five minutes.

Five minutes.

Five minutes.

My face of masks.

My tragedy and my comedy.

Let's put these together
tonight, buddy.

I love you both.

Seven ages.

There are seven ages.

First...

his acts being seven ages.

Then the...
the whining school boy.

And the whining...

Sighing like an,
oh, sighing...

like a furnace.

What is a man?

No, that's Hamlet.

Hello?

Oh, no.

Open! Oh!

Thank God.

I just was...
I was just in here.

I was...
I got locked out.

I didn't see you come out.

I'm Simon Axler.
No, you're not.

I'm Simon Axler.

I have the dressing room
upstairs.

Do you need a dollar
or something?

I'm in the play!
Shh.

I got to be on stage.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You got to let me through.
No, no, no.

I'm in there.
I'm supposed to be on stage.

The play has already started.
You're going to have to...

I'm in the play!
Keep your voice down.

I'm Simon Axler.

I'm on the marquee.

I'm in the lobby.
The picture... like this.

Dressed like this.

I'm in the show.

Why would I be
dressed like this?

Please.
Uh-uh. No, no, no.

Outside.

I'm Simon Axler.

I'm Simon Axler.
I'm in the play.

All men... all men...

And all women...
are players.

All men... they're...
they are players.

They... they...
they have...

I'm on the marquee.

I play the lead.

I'm Simon Axler.

Three minutes.

Huh?

Did I miss my cue?

I missed my cue.

There is not one so young and
so villainous this day living.

I am heartily glad
I came hither to you.

I'll give him his payment.
God take your worship.

30 seconds.

I hope I shall see
an end of him.

For my soul,
yet I know not why,

hates nothing more...

The last scene of all...

that ends this...

strange eventful history...

is second childishness...

and mere oblivion...

sans teeth...

sans eyes...

sans taste...

sans everything.

The famous pianist,
sometimes actor,

and brilliant raconteur

Oscar Levant once said,

"There is a thin line
between genius and insanity."

And he had erased that line.

Ow, ow!

In a few minutes, we'll
get you something for the pain.

Did you believe that,

that moan I just did,

about my pain?

Did you believe that?

I did.

I didn't.

Can I try that again?

I think it can be
a little more subtle.

Ready?

Ow!
No, that's too much.

I can bring it down
a little bit.

As an actor...

I've come the realization

that I'm having trouble

separating a scene
from a play

with the realities
in real life.

I was out one day.
I was out, I think.

Did you believe that,
what I just did?

What I just said?

I thought I did that one.

Let me say it
as clearly as possible.

I will never
go on stage again.

I love this house.

14 years, it...

still...

looks like
you haven't moved in.

Oh, you...

you'll get some rest.

Please don't say that.

I don't sleep.

You know that.

I don't sleep.

So you don't have to say,

"Get some sleep."

Well, you know...

you'll call me...

if you...
if you get any bad ideas.

Well, when I got home
after the accident,

at the theater,
I never...

I couldn't remember
what happened.

Then I realized that
16 days had gone by.

I don't recollect anything
that happened in those days.

And did that scare you?

No, it didn't.

At the time, but now,

I don't know
when I think about it.

It's concerning.

You know, I didn't
have friends, really.

I didn't have
people I could...

I could talk to.

No family, of course.

Maybe... I don't know
how that happened.

No children.

No wife.

I always wondered
why I had a shotgun.

And it that moment,
I realized it.

It was because
of Hemingway.

Hemingway blew his brain's out
with a shotgun.

That had to be
the only reason I had it.

Because I'm not a gun person.

Hemingway must
have had longer arms.

Jerry.

Sorry to call you
this late.

It's Simon.

I think I'm in some
kind of trouble.

Yeah.

And that's how we met.

We're going to keep you
pretty busy here

- over the next 30 days.
- I like busy.

- Do I have a room?
- Yes, you've got a nice room.

Is it a single room?
Am I alone?

It will be a double room
for the first week.

A double room?
Oh, I don't know about that.

But look,
I'm famous, you know?

And I'm sorry, I know,
maybe you don't know who I am,

but I'm famous.
And I...

You got to not do that, doc,
because that just

is upsetting to me.

Not do what?
Write when I talk.

It's like, you're doing
a play, and all of a sudden

the audience is writing
in the program.

That's why I hate opening nights
because the fucking critics

go in there, they're writing,
they're writing in their pads,

and writing everywhere
and you see them.

You don't like it
when people write things?

Yeah, well, it bothers me.

Hello, Oliver.

How are you doing?
What are you doing?

Oh, these will
help you sleep.
No, no, that doesn't work.

No, trust me.

These are different.

Acting is what I do.

It always
came easy to me.

I never had
a problem with it.

You know,
it was just like...

They say,
"To the men are born."

I was born with it.

I love the stage.
I love being on the stage.

I was always,
like, myself.

You know,
and I was very...

natural, you know.

It was like home,
being on the stage.

The fall was a gradual one.

I think it really started

when I lost track of...

what I would call my craft.

There are a lot of things,
you know, you can deal with,

but your craft, I mean,
it's sort of like a musician

losing to ability to...

to play the keys.

I know it's happened to great
musicians before, but...

how about losing your ear?

And I don't mean like
Beethoven, I mean, like...

that's what I felt
about losing...

my... my gift...

my talent.

It just started to recede.

Mainly the desire, I think.

The appetite
to do it started to...

fade, or...
I don't know.

I lost track of it.

Anyway, you know, you...

you're not prepared
for that kind of thing.

It sort of... the writing's
on the wall for other things,

like you're going
to lose your friends.

You know, what do
they say about athletes?

First their legs go,

their knees,

then their money goes,
then their friends go.

So, you know
that stuff, but...

the inability to...

remember words...

How did that happen?

I mean, I actually
would be in a play,

just the other day...

and I...

I would be saying lines

from a play
I did ten years ago,

which was a totally
different play.

And of course,

that's really unsettling.

The audiences start to...

I'm not alone here.

You're listening
to what I'm saying.

Does this interest you
in any way?

So I can go on?

I feel like I'm...

hogging everything here.

I don't know
what else I can say

except that
it got really bad,

worse and worse.

When the audiences
started...

When the audiences
started to, you know,

recede
and not want to...

participate with me...
anymore.

Sensing what
was happening...

it was just
too much to take. I...

I just didn't...

I lost something
that I had all my life.

It was gone.

Like, just gone,
like magic.

And I...

I couldn't have even
conceived of something

like that happening,
so...

what to do?
What to do?

Would you mind
cleaning the tables?

Yes. Okay.

First, leave me my drink.
What is wrong with you?

This is no good, you see.

Excuse me sir, we're doing
a survey on reactions.

Would you like to take part?

Yeah, sure.
Thank you.
That's two points.

Have you ever done
anything like this before?

No, never.
Thank you very much.

Do you like it?

That's another
two points.

Simon, would you be free
later today for a chat?

Oh, I have other plans.

Uh...

You know, I might be able
to fit you in next Thursday.

Thursday.

I was just joking.

Only joking.
Oh.

Of course I'll be able
to have a chat with you.

That was so convincing.

I was the perfect wife

for the perfect
20th century,

East Coast,
Ivy-league educated,

well-respected,

wealthy husband.

Our house was just
outside the city.

It was the perfect place
for us to celebrate

our perfect lives.

And we have two...

perfect children.

We have
a five-year-old boy

and a seven-year-old girl

to fit into
our perfect lives.

Then one afternoon,

I went into the city
to do some shopping

and halfway there
I realized

that I had left my wallet
back at the house,

and so I drove back home.

I could only see

the top
of my little girl's head

from the back of the sofa

and the TV was on

and the Saturday cartoons
were playing,

but that's what
she would have been watching

under any circumstances.

I'm sorry,
are you following me?

Oh, yeah. Sure.

So everything was in order

except I had to wonder why
the little cotton underpants

were lying on the arm
of the couch.

Now you probably see
where I'm going with this,

but when I got
to the back of the couch

and I looked over,

I was not prepared to see

my rich and powerful
husband's head out of sight

and under
my little girl's skirt.

You know, it's a terrible
thing to say, I know,

but while she's talking,
all I'm thinking about is

maybe this is some kind
of test, you know,

like they're testing me
to see if I buy this stuff.

Is this going
to make me better?

I mean, is this part
of the therapy?

You know...

the sick talking
to the sicker.

And I made
some kind of noise,

and my husband's head
appeared from...

from... from
where it had been,

and he looked at me,

and he says,

"Oh, hi.

Aren't you off
to the city?"

And I stood there frozen,

my heart turning over,

and my throat burning...

and I had nothing to say.

Nothing.

There she is
pouring her heart out

and all I can do is think
about how she's doing it.

I mean,
how she's performing it.

I don't know,
I would have... I would have...

been a little bit more
emotional at this point,

I had to remove myself.
You know what I'm saying?

And I'm watching her

like I'm watching
a Tennessee Williams play.

I need someone
to kill my husband.

Did you ask if she was ever
under psychiatric care before?

No.

Weren't you curious?

Well, to be honest,

it never
entered my mind.

I'm sure you can find...
you'll be able to find

somebody that can do that.

Well, you.

If I was a killer,
I would tell you this.

I'd do it pro bono.

I'd do it, but, you know,

I'm an out-of-work actor.

I'd botch the job, I'm sure.

So, you know...

Are you serious?
Are you serious?

Yeah. I mean, of course
I'm willing to pay.

Oh, no.

Sybil, Sybil, listen.

When you do a play,
do you ever ask about

the character's
background, past?

Of course, yeah.

But not in real life?

I saw you in that film

about the man who slaughters
all his neighbors.

Yeah, murders
the neighbor next door.

Yeah. You were
so convincing.

That was a fiction, Sybil.
Fiction.

You can't just
go around asking people

if they'd kill
your husband for you.

It's not done.

It's socially...

Socially awkward.

You know?
But you're not.

You're not people, Simon.

What?
You're my friend.

Yum, yum, yummy.

I lost my talent
for no good reason

and now just
as arbitrarily,

I'm losing the desire
to kill myself.

Or it's...
I mean, I lost it.

The most important thing
is you're leaving here

a stronger man.

And remember, we'll continue
our private sessions on Skype.

Oh, yeah, I got that
in my head, you know.

Yeah. Good.
All the instructions
in my head.

Well, you know,
my big worry is that

every time
I see a camera,

I sort of, you know,
I feel the need to perform.

It's a habit.
Don't expect any applause.
It's just us.

Hi.
Hi.

May I help you?

You don't remember me?

Oh, man, you're kidding.

Little Pegeen.

How are you?
Come on in. Wow.

It's a delivery
from my parents.

Oh, gee, thanks.

Wow. God.

I still have
this image of you

sucking at
your mother's breast.

Pure class.

Well...

You know, when I was, like,
8 and you were, like, 40,

I had a massive
crush on you?

You did? Whoa.

Big time.

Well...

Look at you now.
Yeah.

Do I have something on my face
or do you always space out

in the direction of people
you haven't seen in a while?

Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.

I was staring, wasn't I?

I was a little lost.
I'm sorry.

Simon Axler,

whose presence in a room
is as dazzling

as his presence on stage.

Simon Axler, with
the charisma that kills.

What happened?

Did you get shot?

What brings you here?

I live near you now.

I teach at Westcott.

You teach?

At Westcott Women's College?

Yeah.
There.

Theater, acting,
scenic design.

Family trade.

Precisely.

You know, your mother and I
co-starred when she played

Pegeen Mike
at the Bramford Theater.

Yes, I know.

I've heard
all of the stories.

Old theater friends.
Long before my time.

So...

Do you remember
the last time you saw me?

Yes.

You must have been
10, 11 years old.

You remember
what you gave me?

I gave you the wedding ring
I wore in Streetcar.

I slept with that wedding ring
under my pillow for...

What?

I thought that it meant
that you would marry me.

But then a couple
of decades went by

and you never showed up.

Well, you all moved
3,000 miles away, you know.

So, tell me,
how are you parents doing?

I don't know.
I mostly try to avoid them.

Why?

They don't approve
of who I'm living with.

Oh, yeah?

Who is he? What is he?

It's a she.

She? Whoa.

Well, that's okay.

Great.

Shit.

I got to take
this shit. Sorry.

Okay.

Hello?

Oh, hi, yeah.

No, I just... I stopped by
his house and we talked.

Yes, we're talking.
We're talking.

No, I just got back.

It's a nice house.
It's a really nice house.

Because basically it's none
of your goddamn business, okay?

Okay, I'll talk to you
when I talk to you.

I'll talk to you
when I talk to you. Okay, bye.

Oh, God.

Everything all right?

Yeah, it's just
someone's freaking out

about casting for Tuesday.

Oh. This is Sunday.

I know. They were
just being annoying.

Yeah.
Oh, you know,
maybe you could help.

We're doing a contemporary
adaptation of Macbeth

and I cannot think
of another actor...

No. Mm-mm.
I'd like to try it out
on more than you.

Not a good idea.
Why not?

I get anxious.

And here I was thinking

you were getting back
your killer charisma.

Oh, no.
This is all
very unlike you.

It is?
Yeah.

You know what's like me?

Yeah, I'm starting
to figure it out.

Well...

We should get this
to run all over the house.

Want to stay for dinner?

Yeah, okay.
Okay.

Oh!

Oh, no.

It's okay.
Oh, the waiter in me.

Have some.
Wow.

We're brilliant engineers

And we didn't even have
to employ abused labor.

So, what happened
with your acting?

I don't know.

Just it's just
too tedious to discuss.

Well, did something happen
or did you retire?

Would you... please
don't ask me about that.

You know,
I've been really...

spending, like, 30 days

talking about
nothing else, so...

Okay, well...
if we could just,
you know.

What do you want
to talk about?

Well, there's the...

the signing of...

I thought you slept
with women.

I do.

What do you think of her?

Well, she's
my friend's daughter.

And she's a lesbian.

You never
been with a man?

Not in 16 years.

Oh, well...

I haven't been with
a lesbian in 67 years.

That you know of.

Flirtatious lesbian,
I might add.

However that's possible.

You...

I don't know
what to say.

You're a... you're
with a woman now?

Yeah. Kind...

Yeah, pretty much.

Why do you...
why do you say that?

Well, she's a lesbian
and she's flirting with me.

Doesn't bother you,
the age difference?

I have been thinking
about you inappropriately

since it was
really inappropriate.

Well, you're
the psychiatrist.

How does that track
with you?

But who is this
who lies so very awake?

It was thus when I awoke.

So, what shall we
do with it, my lord?

For now I would say...

let it be.

Enjoy what time it has left.

Or perhaps...

we could...

just talk gentle to it

or...

maybe just keep it

warm and safe.

Yeah?

Be forewarned,

Mr. Famous.

Pegeen is desirable,

she's audacious,

and she's utterly ruthless.

Utterly cold-hearted,
incomparably selfish,

and completely amoral.

Hello?

Hi. I understand Louise

has been calling you
and I have to apologize.

Louise?

Louise Trenner,
the dean of Westcott College.

Oh, so that's what those
cryptic cell calls were about.

Little creepy hang-ups coming
in the middle of the night

waking me
out of my deep slumber.

- Hello?
- She will drain you.

She will diminish your
mental capacity to think.
Who is this? Who is this?

She will render you useless
and you will suffer.

Pegeen told me
where you live.

Is this Louise?

You stay away from her.

Louise?

Yes.
I know she's there.

Why won't you
put her on the phone?

Put her
on the phone right now.

Hello? Hello?
Where is she?
I just want to see her.

Louise, just...
what are you...
I just need to see her.
I just need to talk to her.

I need to look into her eyes
and just ask her why.
What are you doing?

Just ask her why.

Are you alone?

Oh, God. Oh.

Are you alone?
I'm sorry.

I'm alone.

Okay.

Miss...

Miss Trenner,
I presume?
Yes. And you...

You're older than I thought.

What do you think
you're doing here?
I know.
I'm trespassing.

Could you lower
your gun, please?

You're making me
very nervous.
You're making me
very nervous.

You're peeping
into my house.

I just wanted to see where
she was going every weekend.

She... she told me
she'd be with me forever

and then three weeks later
she was gone.

I don't know
why she left you for me.

- Don't you?
- No, I don't.

You're beautiful.
You're gorgeous.

You're a valkyrie.

What am I?
I'm an old man.

True.

Good. Why don't you
come inside for a minute?

Why?
So you could seduce me, too?

Is that your specialty,
Mr. Axler, converting lesbians?

Madam, it is not I
who is trespassing.

It is not I
who is a Peeping Tom.

It is not I who is making
anonymous phone calls

in the middle of the night
asking for a "Mr. Famous."

Oh, God.

Is she worth all this?

No. She's not even
that beautiful.

She's not that intelligent.

Okay.

She's unusually childish
for her age.

She's just a kid, really.

So, why don't you
come inside?

Why do you want me
to step inside?

Because of the triumph
it would be

to sleep with the woman
that Pegeen used to sleep with?

Because I'm being polite.

No.
Because it's cold out
and you...

You want to fuck me.

You think you're safe,
but you're not.

When she's through
playing with you,

she's going to...

take you apart like
a cheap Christmas toy.

I was up for the position
at Westcott

and Louise wouldn't
give me the job,

so I met with her and then
I turned on all the charm.

I was desperate. I had to.

She wasn't going
to give you the job?

No, that's what
I just said.

I know, but why?

Had she seen you before?
Was it something about...

It was possible that
I might not have been

the strongest candidate
that they were looking at,

but I had other things to offer,
which I let her know,

wink wink. She just wasn't
going to give it to me.

I wasn't their top candidate.

Well, how did...
how did she know that?

I had heard it through
the academic grapevine.

It's academia,
it's not the NSA.

Why are you
so obsessed with this, Simon?
No, I just want to know...
I just want to know.

Are you sure you don't like me
in my present uniform?

Let me just get this.

Why don't you go inside?
I'll meet you there.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Jerry.

Hi, what are you doing?

No, no, no, no.
No more acting.

No acting. No, no.

No acting. I just...

Why don't you get me a deal
writing my memoirs?

Well, isn't that what
washed-up actors do?

Why did you
take her shopping?

I don't know.

Did you want her
to become a woman

or just to look like one?

I mean, you know,

when you're enacting a role,

usually you dress accordingly.

Otherwise you confuse
the audience.

Is that what she wanted?

I don't know.

It's the way I saw it.

You've slept with her
at this point.

I think so.

I don't know.

Yeah.

Well...
I like it.

Well, I guess
this officially marks the end

of my 16-year mistake.

Yeah.

Did she actually say
"16-year mistake"?

I don't know.
I'm not sure. I mean...

Or is that
what you wanted to hear?

Well, I don't know.
I'm not sure.

I mean, there's a lot
of things she says

I'm not sure I'm hearing
what she's saying

or what I'm making up
that she says.

I mean, I don't know.

Half the ti... I don't
know how she thinks.

I don't know
what's on her mind.

She seems so detached.

She seems so removed.

And yet...

when I'm with her,

there's a feeling I have.

Yeah.
It's nice?

You look a little bit like
you're still on the hanger.

I think that works though
because you can...

I feel like a matador.

What... what's it matter?

I mean, three quarters
of the things we do in life

are mistakes.

I mean, you know,
my being an actor,

that's a fucking mistake.
Could be.

I mean, you get all
the awards, the accolades,

the special treatment,
all that stuff,

the adulation,
and what do you wind up doing?

Throwing yourself
off a stage.

Now, come on.

While trying to pull some
Hemingway-esque suicide.

I mean, you know, the other day
I'm watching television

and this commercial comes on,

and they're promoting
Hemingway furniture.

I mean, here's a guy,

blew the top of his head off

because he couldn't
take life anymore

and now you can get
a Hemingway bedroom set.

I don't know why
it makes me laugh.

You know?

He wrote books,
by the way.

I know you know that,
but I'm saying.

She seemed pleasant.

Who?

The woman's that been here
from time to time.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

There's been someone here,
hasn't there?

What?

There's been somebody here.

Yeah, I have someone
that comes in.

She comes in now and then,
you know, helps me.

With my recuperation.
Yeah.

Is she
a massage therapist?

Oh, no, no. No.

She just, you know, has...

Sometimes I could stretch it
for her, you know, she...

It's okay, though.
It's fine.
Oh.

Yeah. And she only just
comes here now and then.

It's not my business.
It's not my business.
No, no. I don't...

No... it's... it's fair
to ask something like that.

I don't want to interfere.

She seems very pleasant.

Yeah.

Why? You...
you've been talking to her?

No, I just saw her.

You just exchanged
hellos and stuff?
Yeah.

Nothing more than that.

I mean, you didn't
ask her any questions?

No.
Just... just for my own...

Well, I wouldn't
say anything.

Yeah, because...
well, we like to keep it...

like we always keep it.

You mean me and you

or her and me and you?

I really don't understand.

I... I don't know,
you said, "we".

No, I meant in the...
you know, in the sort of...

In a general...
In the general way.

Well, you should have
someone nice

coming to take care
of you...

at your age.

Good morning.

What?

Good morning.

Okay. Okay.

I don't have Alzheimer's.

I'm not demen...
it's not dementia.

It's something else.

It's this inertia

when it comes to the...

We used to call it "the work".

You see,
so the abandonment is...

is so severe
and it causes such pain

because...
or it causes confusion, fear

as I don't know
where to go.

Dear Simon, how are you?
You look well.

I need to see you again.

You're my only friend.

Yours and hugs,
Sybil Van Buren.

Hey.

Look what I found.

The Seagull
starring Simon Axler.

Bootleg copy live
from The Globe.

Can we watch it, please?

I found this woman and somehow

there's an appetite.

I know it's...
it looks like it's tentative,

It looks like it's going
to slip away from me,

but at the same time, so what?

I don't know
what's right for me.

I don't know
what's wrong for me.

I have no idea,
nor does anyone, really,

when it comes down to it.

But I like that line
from Shakespeare,

you know,
"Perdition catch my soul."
"Perdition catch my soul."

"But I do love thee."
"But I do love thee."

And...

when I love thee not...

chaos is come again.

Okay, I'm going
to take that as a "no."

Simon!

Oh.

Hi.
Are you surprised?

That you're suddenly
here in my woods,

on my property?

I'm surprised. Yeah.

I would rather speak privately.

Do you know of someplace quiet
that we could go?

Quieter than the woods?

I mean...

The monster
is all alone with them.

Yeah.

That's terrible.

Have you given
any more thought to my offer?

No, I haven't.

Not at all?
No.

I haven't.

Okay.

Christening.

So...

Oh, gee.
What is that?

So, Edgar goes for a walk
in these gardens every night.

Okay, now, look...
look, look, look

how simple it would be
to climb...
No.

Simon, please.

Why are you
doing this to me?

Because you're
the only person that I trust.

Trust?
You don't know me.

I don't know you.
I just met...

I know you.

You're asking me
to do...

such a thing.

You understand?
Yes.

Why would you ask me
to do such a thing?

Because you have
experience, Simon.

What are you
talking about?

In the movies.
I know, but the movies,

they're not real.

So that's
not real experience.

Okay, but you've
held a real gun

and you've had training.

Not with real bullets.

Everything I do
in the movies,

any actor does,
is fake.

You understand?
It's not real.
Yes. But...

No, it's pretend.
But...

It's pretend.

But pretend that
your acting background

will help when it comes time
to talk to the police.

This is ridiculous.
Ridiculous, ridiculous.
Do not call me "ridiculous."

I'm not calling you...
I am not ridiculous.

I'm saying this is ridiculous.
I am ridiculous.

I've been called ridiculous
by my husband, by my family,

by my friends,
by lawyers, and doctors,

and everyone else but you.

Well, I'm ridiculous, too.

Simon, I just need your help.

I can't.

I'm sorry, I just...

I'm begging you.
I know, darling,
but I can't do it.

You're going
to have to go elsewhere.

Please. So, I have
to go back anyway.

I got things
I have to do.
Back where?

Well, I got
to go back to...
Where are you going?

To my house
and you go to your house,

wherever that is.

I don't know
where your house is.

I have no idea where you live.
Do you want to come over?

No, I don't want
to go to your house.
Wait...

You have to go
elsewhere, you know.

I can't...
I can't help you.

I'm sorry.

You're b... you're busy.
You sound busy, so we'll...

We'll do this later.
No, it's not about
being busy.

Right.
Go... come... you know,
maybe another time.

Later on, someday.
Pick it up. Right.

Someday, long time from now.

Thursday.
Maybe...

No, not Thursday.
Like Thursday?

No! Another time.
That's not Thursday.
What?

Thursday's now.
I mean later.

Simon, you're yelling.
I can't hear you.

Next century.
What?

As time went on,
I became more and more

dependent on her.

Always waiting for the sound
of that car

on that gravel driveway.

Hello.
Oh.

Hey.

Oh. Look at this.

This is Emily.
Aw, Emily.

Hey, beauty.

Here, let me take that.
Thank you.

Oh. Oh, my God.
Are you hurt?

Are you okay?

I got this.

I know. Look at
what happened to him.

What's in here?

Just some of my things,
isn't it, baby?

Some of my things.
You know...

I was thinking...

Don't you think it's time...

you told your parents
about us?

Oh, no, no, no.

My mother
can never know about...

What?
Anything.

Why? What do you mean?

Even if the two of you
hadn't had a thing

for each other
back in the day...

What thing?

Wait, wait, wait.
Wait a minute.

I'm just saying I could never...

I could not possibly
tell her or him.

Oh, God, think of
the look on Asa's face.

That would be terrible.

It'd just be
way too painful,

wouldn't it?
Oh, you want to go?

Let's get settled in.
Yeah.

I can't...
Oh, thank you so much
for trying to help.

Thank you.

I'll be okay.

Oh, yes.

Oh.

I've come to serve you.

Is your back
still hurting?

No, dear. No.

It's going to pass.

This is how you
played Richard III?

No, this was Igor

in Old Frankenstein .

Well, it's
very convincing.

Well, I got this far.

It's just getting it down
that I have to deal with.

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

We have arrived.

Cheers.

Cheers.

I'm not going
to make it to the bed.

That's fine.

So this will be
an all-nighter...

of watching.

And I'm going
to read out loud to you

from the medieval
miracle plays.

I'm in the middle
of Abraham and Isaac .

Abraham's just
told Isaac that God

told him to kill Isaac

and Isaac, weirdly,
is telling him that it's okay.

And he's saying,
"Ye have other children,

one or two,

"which ye should
love well by kind,

I pray you, father,
make ye no woe."

Hello, Mrs. Rutledge.
Good morning, dear.

You saw a man by the water?

Yeah.

Simon, you seem
to have a lot of people

showing up on your property.

There's a guy wandering
around my property.

See? See there?

You see him?
Oh, my.

Maybe it's a gardener.

A gardener?
No. He's a black man.

You wouldn't hire
a black gardener?

Of course I would,
but I don't have

a black gardener.

That's racist.

What?

A little racist.
Just saying.

Racist?

Oh, so Pegeen was also there.

Yes, she was there.

I didn't mention that,
but we went down

to the little bridge,
that small little bridge

by the river.

Oh, my God.

Priscilla?

Hey.

Priscilla?

Priscilla? I thought you said
it was a man by the water.

Jesus. I can't even
look at you like this.

I needed to see for myself.
I needed to be sure.

Sure of what?
That you were
sleeping with a man.

Oh, my God.

Am I missing something here?

Am I missing something?

Are you leaving
something out of this story?

No, well, I mean,
they were talking about...

they were talking
about health insurance

and that kind of stuff.
Healthcare.

Also, how expensive
the surgery was.

Are you all healed?

For the most part.

I go by Prince now.

Prince?
You got to be joking.

They were living,
I mean, I think they...

they were dating for
something like six years.

And at that time,

she was Priscilla.

Mm. And what happened then?

Well, come inside.

Simon,
put the gun down.

What is this?

He's my ex-girlfriend.

How's Em...
how's Emily?

She's good.
She misses Amy.

I miss her.

Who's Amy?

Our other cat. We had
to separate them when I left.

Poor things.

Who sat with you
during the surgery?

No one.

I wish I could say
I felt sorry for you.

I'm not asking
for your pity.

It was something
I had to do on my own.

Not to say it wasn't
lonely without you.

Still is.

What are you suggesting?

I miss you.

And?
And...

I thought now that
you're sleeping with men...

why not me?

I want you back.

No, no.
It's out of the question.

You just left
so abruptly

after you found the pills
and looked them up.

I can't believe that you
actually went through with it.

I can't even think about it
without cringing.

Breast removal?
And not to mention...

I can't even think about it.
I just cringe.

You mutilated
the body I loved.

You destroyed
the woman I loved.

Pegeen, please.

Try to understand
from my point of view.

Whose point of view?

Prince's? I don't know you.
I don't know Prince.

The woman I was with
doesn't exist.

Do you regret having
invited him in?

You know something?
I don't know what's worse.

When I was here alone
in my house,

I was so desperate,
you know.

And now...

I have these lunatics
showing up at my front door.

I think they know I'm here.

They smell me.

Oh!

Open up.

Lower the window.

Jesus.
Oh, it's true.

I've come to collect
my daughter.
Collect?

Get out of the car now.
No!

Get out of the car.
You're coming with me now.
No!

- Get out of the car, dear.
- Excuse me.

No! Pegeen.

Emily!

Oh, my God!

Emily!

Who's Emily?

Oh, Emily.

Look what you've done.

You sad, pathetic,
little old man.

What a mess
you've done.

How did you find out?
How did we find out?

I got a call
from Louise Trenner.

She began by saying
she was opportunistically

exploited and deceived by you.

Is that true, dear?

We have to go to the vet now!

Just imagine what it was like
to get a call like that.

I have absolutely no idea
what's going on in your life.

When did you break up
with Priscilla?

When Priscilla decided
that she wanted

to become a man,
Mother, okay?

And you don't think
that that was news

you want to share
with your own parents?

What else have you
been keeping from us?

Look, let's just get in.

What... is she all right?

Simon, you do not have a family.

You don't know what it's like

to find out who's sleeping
with your daughter.

Your daughter is a grown-up.

Yeah, and you're ancient.

How could you.
Your own goddaughter?

I mean, I know you've been
having mental issues,

but this is beyond insane.
Get in the car, honey.

What does he have
to offer you?

Is it money?

Oh, my baby.
Oh, sweet baby.

You know,
you look just so...

beautiful and so...

You mean feminine?

Yeah.
Yeah.

Feminine.

Hi.
Hi. Her leg got
run over by a car.

Okay, let's take her
in the back.
Okay. Okay.
Great. Thank you.

Oh, God.

Not again.
Oh, my God.

I'm afraid you're all going
to have to wait out here.

Do you have anything
that you could give him?

Like painkillers
or something?

No.
He's a person.

No, like what you'd give
a dog, but just for him.

Like ten times
more or something?

I don't think we should tell
anybody about this, Mr. Axler.

And the muscle relaxers start
to kick in rather quickly.

Oh, yeah.
A little discretion...

will be much appreciated.

I think you're
making a mistake.

You've been through
a breakdown

that led you
to being institutionalized.

Now, I know that she's had
these fantasies about you

since childhood.

I know she glorified you
and she...

cried about you and she...

she dreamt about you,
and she loved you.

And she's built up
these fantasies.

How would you know?

What?

What did he say?

How...
What?

How would you know?

How would you know?
How would you know?

How do you know
what he's saying?

How would I know what?
About my own daughter?

Because I'm her mother,
that's how I know.

That's how I know!
It's how I know!

You're getting older
by the day.

Oh, really?
You're 65 now.

And soon,
you'll be 66.

And then, 67.

And so on.

Oh.
It never stops.

And it won't be long
before they're just

wheeling you around
in a chair.

Well, if I had...

I have no idea
what he's saying.

If I had a child...

What are you...
what is he saying?

What is he saying?

Simon,
do you hear her?

I know you hear her.
Yeah.

And this is serious.

What is he saying?

You will stop...

seeing our daughter.

Yes.
As of tonight!

Yes.
I never said
I would not ever...

No. Simon. Simon,
listen. Simon.

It's not going
to be good for you.

Simon, it's not going
to turn out well.

And it's not going
to turn out

well for her.

You have to stop.

Okay.

Pegeen started talking
to her mother more and more.

Click. Click the pen.

No, everything's fine
with my classes.

I don't know why she would
take these Simon-bashing calls

under my own roof.

Okay. Anyway,
well, love you, too.

Talk to you later, Mom. Bye.

So, what did
your mother have to say?

Oh. The usual.
She thinks I'm starstruck.

Oh, but she couldn't
stop talking about

how pathetic you were
at the vet.

It's really
her favorite topic now.

She keeps using
the word "feeble."

And then, she says,

"He's a shell of a man.
A shell of a man."

It's really great.

It's like a whole new
routine she's got.

I wish I was there.

So, why'd you go upstairs?

I was just looking around
upstairs when she called.

Looking around?
Yeah.

It's great.
It's so big up here.

Why don't you ever use it?

I don't know. Just...

I'm not ready.

What do you mean
you're not ready?

You've lived here
for 14 years.

Yeah, but I like it
down here.

I like it.
This is like an apartment.

You know, like
a New York apartment.

It's like an apartment
with a pool.

Well, nothing's perfect.

So, tell me
about your mom.
I think it gives her
something to live for.

Her hating you...
Do you have any idea
why she cares so much

about what her parents think?

A lot of animosity?

No, but why
does this upset you?

Well, because
it's upsetting.

I mean, here she is...

shouldn't they be happy
that she's getting someone

who's achieved
something in life?

Who's done things,
who's lived,

who can
offer her something?

I mean, after all, she's
not getting any younger.

And why does she
act like this?

You know, Pegeen
and her transformation

is like this orgy
of spending and spoiling.

And I'm out of money.

I'm just...
I'm just, you know.

Simon, there's desperation
in your voice.

Well, I'm out of money,

I can't act anymore,

and what am I going to do?

How am I going to keep her?

You shouldn't have
to buy Pegeen's affection.

What if I do?

So I talked
to your accountant.

You're spending way too much
money on women's clothing.

Way too much money
on women's clothing.

Do you have any idea
what it costs

to heat a pool in Connecticut
in the dead of winter?

And on top of that, you're
giving her spending money.

I know I'm spending
too much money.

What about the book deal?

There's not
that much interest.

There won't be
enough advanced dollars.

Oh. That's kind of
depressing.

Not that much interest
in my life.

Well, you're the one
who lost interest first.

Maybe some commercials?

Yeah, we'll talk again.

Hi.

Do you ever come out?

You should come in.

I don't know, you know.

I don't think
I'm dressed for it.

Yeah, but... guess what?

You don't even have
to be afraid to swim

because I'm a lifeguard.

Certified.
I could save your life.

You already have.

You already have.

Who is it?
Who is it?

It's your agent!

Look, Simon, be happy.

Your fan mail
has really picked up.

Really?
Yeah, I mean...

They're all
from the same woman,

this Sybil Van Buren woman,

but still...

Oh.

They're going
to offer you $150,000

to be the spokesperson.

You'll travel to Europe...
Spokesperson?
For what?

For a new
specialized technique.

It's called a "hair-ation."
Hair-ation?

It's a special technique
developed by a Dr. Kingsley

For?
for everything
in the general...

hair area.

So, a hair loss product.

Well, if you put it
like that...

Have you lost
your mind completely?

$150,000.

I don't care how much.

What does it matter?

What about my dignity?

I mean, what little
of it I have left.

Do something real then.
Take the role on Broadway.

What role?
The King Lear role on Broadway.

King Lear?
I've told you before.

I'm telling you again.
The King Lear...
You're telling me again?

Yes. Yes.
This is the first time
I'm hearing it.

No, it's...
no, well, King Lear...

They want you
for K ing Lear on Broadway.

Oh, they want me.

I mean, you love tragedy.

How many times?

What do I have to do?

Do you want me
to say it out loud?

There's a buzz about you.

They want to see you.

They want to see
if you'll jump again.

You know, like Spiderman.
People just went to see...

Where they're flying around
on all those cables...

if somebody would fall.
Sort of like the circus.

You've got to do something.
You have no money.

I've become a freak.

They're coming
to see the freak.
You got to...

Get me a commercial
that has hair in it.

My hair.

- Ooh! Ooh! Okay.
- Yeah. Yeah.

Almost.

No cigar.
Right.

All right.
Let me try one more time.

You know, I don't
think you should.

I think you should
really just rest it.

Maybe...

Maybe we try it on the side.

Let's just...
Okay. Okay.
All right.

Oh, Jesus!
Oh, oh, oh no.

Oh, gosh.
Oh, no.

Oh, this can't...
this can't be happening.

Well, it is.

Just give it a day
or so, you know.

This thing has to loosen up,
that's all.

Sure. Sure.
Of course.

You know, because..

sometimes it takes three days,
so I got one more day left.

Mm-hmm.

You know, I just got to get...

I got to get into
the exercise part of it.

Get into a routine
and just do it every day.

Lie there, you know.
Yeah.

Go through the stretches.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.
Mm.

You know that... that...

horse tranquilizer
that the vet gave me?

I mean, that...
that was pretty good.

Yeah, it was so good.

Yeah, it turned out okay
that night.

Uh-huh. Yeah.

Anything I can do to help here?

Mm-mm.

I don't think you fucked
the lesbian out of me yet.

Are you still sleeping
with women, Pegeen?

Just twice.
Twice?

Yeah.

Yeah?

With Louise?
Yeah. No.

No. Don't be crazy.

Well, with whom then?

Just a couple of
softball girls I found.

This isn't a love story.

This is an object
of my affection, okay?

A fucking cliche
is what it is.

That's what I've become.

I'm a love cliche.

She's a young woman.
That whole thing, you know.

At least she's a lesbian.

I wasn't that stupid.

I picked the right one
though, didn't I?

I mean, this one's
bound to leave me.

Bound to leave me,
but you know...

I do deserve it.

Everything I get, I deserve.
And you know what?

I go into it
with that open mind.

Because fuck it.

Give it to me.
Give me all you got.

I'll take it.
I wish for it.

I glory in it.

Pegeen turned her last
girlfriend into a man.

She turned me into
a half-crazed beggar.

Who knows what
she's turned you into.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Yes.

Jerry, it's me.

I'll do it.
Really?
That's fantastic, Simon.

I'll call
the Broadway producers

first thing in the morning.

Ever since that swan dive
into the orchestra,

they've been dying
for you to come back.

No, not King Lear.

The... the other one.

Oh.

Yeah, don't sound
too enthusiastic, please.

No, I am.
The hair product.

Yeah, right.

No, that's a good choice, too,

As long as you're
back out there, right?

Yes. Yeah.

Dr. Farr, you're not
going to believe this.

- Sybil showed up again.
- What do you mean she showed up?

She showed up. I'm on my way
to the commercial,

she's there, she's in
my driveway in the snow.

She's just, she's just,
she's just stalking me.

She keeps stalking me.
Not again.

Simon,
I'm a little confused.

Hold on one second.

Come on out.

Simon, I'm just
looking at a postcard

Sybil just sent me.

She seems to be
in Florida right now.

Here.

What's that?

Money.

Money? For what?

You know damn well
what it's for.

I refuse
to come near that.

Now, please stay away
with that money.

It's too late, Simon.
Oh, yeah?

Mm-hmm.
And why is that?

Because you've already
agreed to kill my husband.

You're an accomplice now.
No. No.

Yes.
No.

Yes.
No, no, no.

You saw pictures.

You are deep
into this, mister.

You and I have
an understanding.
We don't have anything.

You're going to be...
you know the play Harvey

when he has
an invisible rabbit?

Yes.
That's what you are.

I will you out of my life.
You're willed out.
Great.

Simon, I don't understand.

Why are you referencing
the play Harvey?

He was an invisible rabbit.

He existed in Elwood's mind.

Was Sybil there?

Or was she not there?

Sybil's a stalker.

She's crazy.

She somehow...

all the fan mail
and every...

she got it in her head.

What are you doing?

I am just trying to find
a place in your new life.
Well, there isn't one.

Why can't there be? We have
a beautiful history together.

What does he have
to offer you that I don't?

I'm younger than him
and more attractive.

And in some ways
more masculine.

Enough, Priscilla.
I am not a heterosexual woman.

I'll be right back.
I have to use the bathroom.

Which... which one?

Simon!

What is wrong with you?

I'm sorry.
I'm just, you know...

I don't see why we had
to invite your ex to lunch.

I'm not going to do
any commercials.

I'm going to stay home.

You're under no obligation to me
what you do when I'm not there.

It has nothing to do with
the reality you and I share.

That's indecipherable.

So what about you?
Are you going to take

a real business trip
one of these days to the stage

or are you just going
to keep wallowing

in your own angst
and self pity forever?

I'm sorry, that was mean of me,
what I said back there,

but I don't want
to be with somebody

who just gives up
on his career.

You don't have to go
out there every night,

face an audience
night after night

and lie to them.

I think you could try harder.

I think you could
try harder for me.

Show me the man that
is not passion's slave,

and I will wear him
in my heart.

Yes. In my heart of hearts.

When the mind's free,
the body's delicate,

the tempest in my mind
doth from my senses

take all feeling else.

Lear.

Let go.

What?

- Pegeen?
- Yes?

- She killed him.
- What?

Sybil Van Buren
killed her husband.

- I can't believe it.
- Really?

Oh, God. She told me
I was an accomplice.

We met at
a mental institution.

She gets out
of the hospital,

she comes to my town,

she sends me letters,
she comes to my house.

You know,
she became a stalker.

And each time I told her,
"Please go away.

I want nothing
to do with this."

Mrs. Van Buren said
that you encouraged her

to find someone else
to kill her husband.

Oh. That's not
the way I said it.

But you did say to her,

"You ought to find
a professional hitman"?

Well, yes.

Well, yes,
I said, but...

You were encouraging her to find
a way to kill her husband.

You're twisting the logic.
I'm sorry. I don't mean...
Am I correct?

impose on your work.

I mean, but that's not...

Pegeen?
Mm-hmm.

I mean, could you help me here?

That won't be necessary.

Okay.

Were you sexually
involved with Sybil?

No. Please. No.

I mean,
this is a young woman

in her early 30s
at best.

No. I just...

She was
a misguided fan.

That's what she was.

Before you go,
I want to let you know

I've been doing
some reorganization

of your playthings.
What playthings?
Playthings?

They shouldn't be
left laying around.

Yes, I agree,
Mrs. Rutledge.

The... the mechanical
electronic devices,

the magic wand,
the G-spot vibrator,

and the Jack rabbit,

they should be oiled
at least once a month.

Yeah, right.
That's true.

And the pigtail
butt plug and the...

the double dong,
and the fisting mitt,

they're going
in the washer.

You're absolutely right,
Mrs. Rutledge.

Have a nice evening.
Thank you.

Thanks, folks.
You have a great evening now.

You too.
Thank you.

I'm going to be right back.

Okay.

Oh, I should've known.
I should've known.

The minute Pegeen
got up from the table.

I should've known.

No, really?
Three times to quit.

That's so cute
to think of you
in a pick-up truck.

Are you ready?
I love that.

What?
You ready?

Oh, Simon.

This is Tracy.

Hi.
Yeah. Hi.

Wait. Are you that actor?

Wow. You were really great
in this movie

that I used to watch
when I was really little.

What was it called?

I don't know.

You know, the one
with the tarantula.

I've never made a movie
with a tarantula.

Are you sure?
No.

Yes he was.
Isn't she adorable?

Yeah.

Shall we?

Oh, actually, we're having
so much fun here.

I can... could I get
a ride home from you?

Yeah.
With your truck?

Yes.
She has a truck.

I drive a truck.
You can go on home
if you want.

I'll catch up later.

We'll be fine.

Hi.
Hi, Simon.

Hi, girls.
Have a nice time?

Yes.
Yes.

We had
a really nice time.

So you did.

I was going to give Tracy
the grand tour of the house.

Oh. Be my guest.

Well, I want you to come.

Yeah.
You know, go ahead.

No.
I don't know.
I'm doing all right here.

Why don't you do it?
No, come.

No, I want you to come.
Yeah, all right.
I will come.

Yay.
Come this way.

Go down this hallway.

Ooh.

What are we going to do?

Take human playthings
into our bed now?

Maybe.

Yeah.
Come on.

Don't be such a bore.

Live a little.

Look, I have
something for you.

Wow.

Hey, Simon.

Still trying to think
of the name of that movie.

What?

I was going to give Tracy
a tour of the house.

Okay.

Okay.
Okay. Bye.

Bye.

Isn't this great?

Hello, Doc, hi.

You'll never guess...

the turn of events.

Well...

she told me that

she wanted me to be
the father of her child.

I never heard you talk
about a child before.

I mean, Pegeen has been
planning our lives together.

Are you sure that's
what she actually said?

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

I don't like
the sound of this, Simon.

I want you
to come in and see me

for a face to face session.

To me honest,
I find the inconsistencies

of what you're telling me
to be very disturbing.

So, please,
come by my office.

Don't neglect this,
Simon.

I'm very concerned
about you.

I'm sorry, but I actually...

I'm having my sperm tested.

Well, this is dermatology.

Fertility
is three flights up.

Have a seat.
Thank you very much.

I'm sorry I'm late.

I got lost.

That's okay.

You're under
so much pressure.

Yeah.

Well, here it is.

You know,
I'm closing in on 70.

That's still young.

When this child is 10,
I'll be pushing 80.

Who knows, by that time...

I may not be your choice.

You'll always
be my choice.

Yeah. Well...

That's good to know.

That's really good to know.

I'm going to be bald
in a wheelchair

with this spine of mine.

Believe me,
I'll be in a wheelchair.

And then what?

Probably dead.

Maybe I'm not suited
to be a father.

Maybe...

it was too late.

Another missed opportunity.

I've missed so many
in my life.

You know,
I missed everything.

Gave up my life.

You didn't.
Here you are embracing life.

We're going to have a baby,
and you're going

to get back surgery,
and we're going to be in love

for the rest of your life.

I can't believe...

that you're saying
these things.

I mean, that everything...

would come to this.

Things would take on
this turn of events.

Yeah.

Well, here I am.

Ready to go back to work,
resume my career,

and if all goes well today...

impregnate you.

Right?

I am old now.

And these same crosses...

spoil me.

And these same crosses...

Hello?

Hello?

Who is this?

I want to say
some things to you, Simon.

Carol?

I want to say
some things to you.

What?
And then I want you
to stay away from my daughter.

Are you crazy?

Carol, I'm rehearsing here.

Do you have any idea
what I'm doing next week?

I'm opening.

Having trouble remembering
your lines, Simon?

It's not surprising since...

Why should you be able
to remember your lines

when you can't even
remember your life?

What's that supposed to mean?

Do you remember
what we were doing

the year before you and Asa
did Godot in New Jersey?

We were doing a play.

And Asa...
what was Asa doing?

Asa?
Asa, my husband,
your friend.

He was in the hospital.

And what were we doing,
Simon?

We?
You and I.

We were doing a play.

And what else?

What else?
I don't know what else.

We were screwing,
Simon.

Okay.
That's what
we were doing.

We were screwing.

Like rats or sailors.

Okay. We were just...
I mean...

I don't know.
It was...

the play was one night.

We were drunk and...

No, no. Eight times.

Eight times?
Eight times.

You were counting?
It's in my diary.

Carol, this was decades ago.
What are you talking about?

I mean, you know,
the play was over.

Yes, and we never
spoke about it, did we?

No.
No.

And then I had the lovely
baby girl I always wanted.

And Asa and I were...
we were all right.

Yes. It was a happy ending.

Except the lovely
baby girl

grew up to be a rather
eccentric creature.

A confused creature with
some troublesome traits.

You know,
probably genetic.

You should talk
to her father about that.

Bullshit.
My God, you're dense.

Bullshit.
You're so dense.

You know, whenever
people write about

what a brilliant
observer you are,

I tend to laugh
hysterically.

Have you never,
never noticed

the similarities?

I don't believe you.

I'll send you her DNA.

God. It's such a shame

that King Lear died
of a broken heart.

What do you mean?

Well, the ending
could have been

so much more
theatrical.

I knew you wouldn't have
the guts to do it yourself.

Good work.

Good work.

Simon, you okay?

Oh yeah.

That was good.

- Hello, this is Simon.
- Leave a message.

Simon?

Simon, are you li...

Oh, man.

I can't believe this.

They're waiting for the freak
to show up again.

Stop reading that.
Seriously, put it away.

Those guys are jerks.

You're going to be
amazing tomorrow.

Don't read those people.

And we, too...

I don't know the words.

I don't know the words.

Oh.

What are you doing?

What do you mean
what am I doing?
What's...

What are you doing?
I'm, like, five minutes late.
Why are you mad?

This is... the car's been
waiting here for half an hour.

Oh, are you
fucking kidding me?

What'd you do with your hair?

I don't want to talk about it.
It doesn't matter.

But it looks different.

Yeah, well...

It's not easy for me
to go shopping

for this kind of dress alone.

It's not easy for me
to look into the mirror

and wonder if this is
who I am now.

Oh. So you choose this time
to have an identity crisis.

Yes.
At this moment?

Yes.
Well, that's
thoughtful of you.

Sybil Van Buren continues
to express disappointment

with stage actor
Simon Axler,

a friend, who, according
to Mrs. Van Buren,

promised to help,
but never quite came through.

Mrs. Van Buren had
accused her husband

of improper treatment
of their daughter,

although she has
never specified

what she meant by that.

She has said she won't give
any further comment

until she receives
a visit from Simon Axler.

Simon, please tell us,

do you think you'll be able
to pull off this comeback

after your emotional
breakdown on stage?
I got to get backstage.

I got to get backstage.
What's your relationship
with Sybil Van Buren?

How do you feel knowing
that he may be involved

with another woman?
Repeatedly shown disregard
for anything I want.

What the hell
do you mean by that?

Are you asking
for an example?

Sure.

You brought that girl
to my house.

Did you consult me?

What, I'm supposed to ask
for your permission now?

Why don't you just suck
the fun and spontaneity

out of everyone's life?

Permission?

You didn't even ask me
what I thought.

My opinion.

It's...
the frustrating thing

is that I was
so looking forward

to sharing my news
with you.

That's... that's
what's frustrating.

What news?

"What news"?

That's what I mean.

You know?
That's what I...

You don't
even remember.

Remember?
I had a surprise.

What is it?

Forget it.
I... I... I...

It's just
not the right time.

What is it?

I had my sperm tested.

What the fuck?

I can have a baby.

I can have a child.

Oh, my God.

I can have a baby.

Are you kidding me?

No.

What's going on?
What is this?

You gave me a pamphlet

that tells me that
you can have a baby?

No, it told me
I could have a baby.

Where did you
get this idea from?
You.

I mean you clearly
wanted a child.

No, I don't.
I never said that.

I never said that.

You never said that?
No.

Okay.
I'm not ready.
I don't want to.

Oh, well.

You know,
you are something.

You know,
I always thought...

that you had it in you
to be selfish.

What?
But this...

This is, as they say,
it beats the clock.
Are you kidding me?

Are you kidding me
with this shit?
That's all you are
is about yourself.

Your fucking brochure that
tells you you can have babies,

I'm supposed to suddenly...
The brochure
doesn't tell me...

Fuck this. I'm not going
to be someone I'm not for you.

I'm done pretending
to be that person.
What was I?
What was I?

Was I an experiment?
I can't believe you're even
asking me this question.

It's so dumb.
Was I some
out-of-town try-out?

What was I?
Oh, you're leaving?

Oh, that's great.
Yeah.

That's great.
It's my opening night.

Okay.
I just can't keep doing this.

I can't keep doing
this act for you.
I'm supposed to stop you
from leaving now.

Is that it?
No.

Please don't
stop me from leaving.
Don't, don't.

I don't want you to stop me from
leaving because I'm leaving.

No, you're not leaving.
You can't do that.
Yes, I am. Yes, I am.

You're delusional.

Seriously.
Oh, no, I'm not.

Why? Because I turned you
into something

that is close
to being a woman?

Oh, my God.
Fuck you.
Okay.

Fuck you and your show.
Back at you.
Back at you.

You know what?
I don't even... it's not even...

It's not worth it. Okay? Bye.
It's not worth...
Don't leave me. Pegeen.

What?
Do not leave this theater!

You can't leave me.

Yes, I can.
You can't leave me!
I'm opening tonight!

I'm sorry.
I'm going out on stage!
I'm going to do King Lear !

I'm doing Shakespeare!
Did you ever hear about...
Why are you yelling at me?

William Shakespeare!
Why are you
yelling at me like this?

Oh, my God.
I never want
to see you again.

Bye. You are
a destructive force!

This is the most energy
I've ever seen you have,

so congratulations,
use it for Lear.
Why don't you go
in front of the house,

in the audience and
you'll see real energy?

I wouldn't waste it.
I keep it for the stage.

I keep it for out there.

Go out there tonight
and see me...

see me and you'll see
real emotion.

You just keep
telling yourself that.

You know what? I am more...
Real love!

than just a baby maker,
by the by.

I am also a professor,
and a woman,

and I don't give a shit what
your weird, old man needs are.
You're not a woman.

You're a baby pony!

Oh, shut up, a baby pony?
You're a furlong!

That doesn't even make sense.
You know what?

I can't...
I'm blowing my voice!
I can't even believe people...

I can't believe people
are paying to watch you.
I'm blowing my voice!

I would pay someone
to not be with you ever again.
You belong in a zoo!

You know what?
Good luck with your great sperm.

Come back!

Come back!

Shane!

Come back, Shane!

No, no, no.

Let us away to prison.

We two alone...

will sing like
birds in the cage.

And when thou dost
ask of me blessing...

I will kneel down
and ask of thee forgiveness.

And...

so we'll live...

and pray...

and sing...

and tell old tales...

and laugh.

And we will take upon us

the mystery of things

as if we were God's spies.

And we'll wear out,

in a walled prison, packs
and sects of great ones...

that ebb and flow
by the moon.

We will take upon us
the mystery of things...

as if we were God's spies.

A plague upon you,
murderers...

traitors all.

I might have saved her.

Now...

Cordelia, stay a little.

Her voice was ever soft,

gentle...

Thou'lt come no more.

Oh, thou'lt come no more.

Never, never, never...

never, never, never.

I pray you, sir...

undo this button.

Thank you, sir.

Heh...

Do you see this?

Look on her...

Look...

her lips.

Look there...

Look there.

That's not in the play.

This is who he is.

This is why he is who he is.

No, he's dying.

He's not dying.

This is a genius.
You're looking at a genius.

I'm telling you, the genius
is killing himself.

There is no knife in this scene.

King Lear dies of grief.

It doesn't matter.

He's taking it
to a whole other level.

What the hell
is going on here?

What comfort to this
great decay may come...

shall be applied.

For us, we will resign.

During the life
of this old majesty....

to him our absolute power.

I've never seen anything
like this in my life.

Yes! Yes!

Bravo! Bravo!

It's okay.

My lord...

My lord.

Look up, my lord.

Vex not his ghost,
oh, let him pass.

He hates him much...

that would upon the rack
of this rough world

stretch him out longer.

He is gone indeed.

The wonder was he hath
endured so long...

he but usurped
his life.

The weight of this sad time
we must obey.

Speak what we feel,
not what we ought to say.

The oldest hath borne most.
We that are young...

shall never see so much,
nor live so long.