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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 d�j� 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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'.

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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?

D�j� 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 ?

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