Dream Lover (1993) ⭐ 6.2 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller Actors: James Spader
Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, Ray Reardon (James Spader), an architect, and hypnotically sensual Lena (Madchen Amick) are married with children. Only then does Ray catch his wife in escalating lies, which lead him to find out that Lena's past is invented and that she has been manipulating him ever since their first "chance" meeting. In the ensuing turmoil, Lena ends up with Ray's money, and he winds up in an institution -- from which he plots his return and revenge.
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00:03:03Hey, Ray. How's the wife?
00:03:06Well, I...
00:03:07How's the family?
00:03:10Ha ha ha ha ha!
00:03:12Ha ha ha ha ha!
00:03:14Ha ha ha ha ha!
00:03:16Ha ha ha ha ha!
00:03:21The first case I see here is Reardon v. Reardon.
00:03:28Will counsel please stand?
00:03:31For the petitioner, Your Honor.
00:03:33And for the respondent?
00:03:35Mr. Reardon, I ask you again, where is your counsel?
00:03:39I fired him. I no longer contest any aspect of this divorce.
00:03:44Mr. Reardon, this court was prepared to render a judgment quite favorable to your interests, but...
00:03:50It's a mistake, Your Honor. She can have whatever she wants.
00:03:53We were impossible. We were like oil and water.
00:03:56I still love you.
00:03:58Me too. That's what made it so hard to leave.
00:04:01Until you hit me.
00:04:02I slapped you. I pushed your face with my...
00:04:04With your hand.
00:04:05Well, betrayal is not my best thing.
00:04:07Well, I know.
00:04:09I'm not the only guy who gets upset he finds his wife sleeping...
00:04:11Look, I wasn't strong enough to break away without it.
00:04:18He's a jerk.
00:04:20Of course he was a jerk.
00:04:23It's not easy to find someone like you.
00:04:26Try harder.
00:04:31Oh, God, I'm already jealous.
00:04:34I know you're going to find the right person.
00:04:37And when you do, she's going to be the luckiest woman alive.
00:04:52To a free man.
00:04:54There we go.
00:04:56Thank you. You never sleep alone.
00:04:59I told you not to marry her.
00:05:01You two had absolutely nothing in common.
00:05:03Forget in common, okay? She wasn't his type.
00:05:05Ray always went for brunettes.
00:05:07You're telling me.
00:05:09You're Larry's wife.
00:05:10Picky, picky.
00:05:11Plus, you're a lawyer.
00:05:12That's right. Ray likes artsy types.
00:05:14He likes them thin and dark and artistic.
00:05:16Right. So are we talking sex here or marriage or...
00:05:19What about love?
00:05:20Love?
00:05:21But in the long term, you're interested in a family, right?
00:05:24I want everything.
00:05:25The kids, the dog, Alvo.
00:05:28Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down on the family sport.
00:05:30I mean, first you get laid.
00:05:32You get laid.
00:05:33Exactly.
00:05:34There are many, many women out there.
00:05:37Lots of skinny women, even.
00:05:40Anorexics, yes.
00:05:41Dark, angelic anorexics.
00:05:43They're 33 years old.
00:05:45Their biological clocks are tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.
00:05:48Come now! I'm ovulating!
00:05:53I'm fertile today.
00:05:55Just today.
00:05:56That is not time, Larry.
00:05:58It kills me to say it,
00:06:00but I'm going to agree with Norman on this.
00:06:02You are attractive, you are straight,
00:06:04you are not overtly psychotic.
00:06:07Oh, thank you.
00:06:09Listen, you just take your time,
00:06:11and don't you be a slave to your glandular reactions.
00:06:14By the way, have I ever mentioned
00:06:16that my family crest is actually a big gland?
00:06:21I rest my case.
00:06:24I am down on my knees!
00:06:27I am begging you!
00:06:29All right.
00:06:30This is humiliating.
00:06:32Are you deaf? Huh?
00:06:34I'm guaranteeing you 100% return in six months.
00:06:38You're my friend, Norman.
00:06:39Sure, that's why I'm bringing you the deal.
00:06:42You see, I'm going to loan money once, I'll do it again,
00:06:44and sooner or later I'm going to lose a friend.
00:06:46Great, swell.
00:06:47So, I'm floating face down.
00:06:50I'm floating face down.
00:06:54All right, look.
00:06:55You know, I wanted to emphasize the positive here.
00:06:58The money's not just...
00:07:00It'd keep me alive another 72 hours, okay?
00:07:03Would your friendship allow you to do that?
00:07:05I love this!
00:07:07How much?
00:07:08For the investment?
00:07:10To save your life.
00:07:12Well, say 20 grand.
00:07:16I'll give you half.
00:07:18You'll save half my life?
00:07:19See, this isn't good.
00:07:20Between friends?
00:07:21Just forget the whole thing.
00:07:22No, no, I need the bucks.
00:07:23It's just that I know you can afford more,
00:07:25and I'm wondering...
00:07:26This isn't my job to rescue you from yourself.
00:07:28All right?
00:07:32You're going to regret this.
00:07:34What?
00:07:35A year or two, fortunes could change.
00:07:37You could come to me wanting something.
00:07:41See?
00:07:42Now, see what happened here?
00:07:44It's the same with girls.
00:07:46A little friendly advice.
00:07:47Remember the girls I set you up with?
00:07:48When those women were...
00:07:49I'll do better, okay?
00:07:50The point is, they told me.
00:07:51What you give off,
00:07:52you know, you're lonely, it's understandable,
00:07:54but it comes off needy,
00:07:56just like I was here,
00:07:57and it's bad technique.
00:07:59They said I was needy?
00:08:01Desperate.
00:08:02So, look,
00:08:03they're throwing me a party next week, okay?
00:08:0534 years old and still an asshole.
00:08:06They said I was needy.
00:08:07Forget that.
00:08:08I'm trying to tell you something.
00:08:09I invited a girl there, brunette,
00:08:10Midwest, so forth,
00:08:11perfect for you.
00:08:12No, please, I...
00:08:14Tits?
00:08:15Did someone say tits?
00:08:16Like pears.
00:08:17Huh?
00:08:18And not the hard green ones, either,
00:08:20the juicy camis,
00:08:21you get in the box from Oregon,
00:08:22Harry and David's.
00:08:23Norman,
00:08:24I'm coming to your party as your friend,
00:08:25all right?
00:08:26But please, promise me,
00:08:27you won't introduce me to any more women.
00:08:29Exactly my point,
00:08:31if you'd let me finish.
00:08:32Believe me,
00:08:33I can find her myself.
00:08:34Who says no?
00:08:35Hey, a safe doesn't have to fall on me.
00:08:37Huh.
00:08:38We still friends?
00:08:40Can I go back to work now?
00:08:43And thanks for the 20 Gs.
00:08:45Uh, uh, uh...
00:08:46Ten, ten!
00:08:50After completing the novel,
00:08:51I went back to my work on the particle accelerator.
00:08:54What is that, Micra?
00:08:55Norman is the only person I know
00:08:57who can turn his birthday into a scam,
00:08:59and he does.
00:09:00He's not paying food and drinks.
00:09:02He's providing the idiots, you know,
00:09:04who might buy the work of this artist.
00:09:07Is that the artist, the cowboy?
00:09:09Of course it is.
00:09:10Guns and buns.
00:09:12It's not that bad.
00:09:14I guarantee you,
00:09:15if there are any sales tonight,
00:09:16you know, Norman's friends,
00:09:17Betty's gonna get a piece out of him.
00:09:19Excuse me, but did he tell you about this crazy...
00:09:21Oh, the jackpot idea, 100 grand?
00:09:23Yeah.
00:09:24He got the money.
00:09:25What?
00:09:26Well, he must have,
00:09:27because, well, one day he was talking to me,
00:09:29and I mean, I'm a harder sell than you are, right?
00:09:31I got two kids, private school,
00:09:32but I ain't starting our own law firm.
00:09:34I wouldn't joke.
00:09:35The guy says...
00:09:36Again?
00:09:37Hey!
00:09:39Are you Ray?
00:09:40Hey.
00:09:41I...
00:09:42I'm Cheryl,
00:09:43Norman's friend.
00:09:45Right.
00:09:46That's right.
00:09:47Good to see you.
00:09:48I'm...
00:09:49Norman told me.
00:09:50I know, I know.
00:09:51According to him,
00:09:52we're practically engaged.
00:09:54Yeah.
00:09:55Yeah.
00:09:56Yeah.
00:09:57Yeah.
00:09:58Yeah.
00:09:59Yeah.
00:10:00Yeah.
00:10:01Yeah.
00:10:02Yeah.
00:10:03Yeah.
00:10:04Yeah.
00:10:05Yeah.
00:10:06Yeah.
00:10:08I just love a sense of humor in a man.
00:10:12You know, I think laughter
00:10:14is the greatest acridisiac.
00:10:17Don't you agree?
00:10:19In the right circumstances.
00:10:21You know, it's strange.
00:10:23I feel something.
00:10:25Do you feel something?
00:10:27I usually feel something.
00:10:29No, not like that.
00:10:31I mean...
00:10:32You know, when two people fix you up,
00:10:34you two will be perfect for each other.
00:10:36each other, blah blah, splat splat, and usually it's just awful, right?
00:10:41Right.
00:10:42But it's just, somehow it's just this moment we're having right now.
00:10:48This moment?
00:10:49Yeah.
00:10:50Look, I don't want to be forward, but would you, you know, like to go someplace else?
00:11:00Yes, actually, I, um, would you excuse me for a moment?
00:11:07I don't want to be rude, but, uh, there's something that I must tell Norman.
00:11:15So, if you could, all right?
00:11:18Hey, will you look where you're going?
00:11:20Oh, Jesus.
00:11:21This is mine.
00:11:22You ruined, get your hands off me.
00:11:23It's bad enough you ruined my dress.
00:11:25I was just turning away from...
00:11:26You don't like me.
00:11:28No, no, no, no.
00:11:29What did he do to you?
00:11:31He is just unbelievably rude.
00:11:34Oh, you're not kidding.
00:11:36I was trying to say it was an accident.
00:11:39I was turning...
00:11:40I'll save it.
00:11:41Why don't you apologize first and foremost to your girlfriend and leave me alone.
00:11:44She's...
00:11:49Look, please, I'm sure you're a wonderful person.
00:11:58This jerk's funny.
00:12:01Hey, sport.
00:12:03How do you like my party?
00:12:04If you ever set me up with another woman, I'm going to kill you, understand?
00:12:07Sure, sure.
00:12:08Why don't you say something for him?
00:12:12Happy birthday.
00:12:13Thank you.
00:12:14Thank you.
00:12:32Oh, God, I'm embarrassed.
00:12:36Last week, the wine, bitch of the western world.
00:12:40Oh, I...
00:12:43I'm sorry, I have to apologize.
00:12:45No, no, no, no, no.
00:12:46I'm the one who spilled...
00:12:48No, I'm a klutz.
00:12:49Things like that are always happening to me.
00:12:51It embarrasses me.
00:12:53I took it out on you.
00:12:55Plus, I just bought that dress.
00:12:56I was trying to impress this guy.
00:12:59Did it work?
00:13:01Yeah, he was impressed with what a bitch I am.
00:13:09I'm really sorry.
00:13:10I ruined your evening.
00:13:11No, you did me a favor.
00:13:12I might have gone for that guy.
00:13:14I don't need that right now.
00:13:16Besides, you changed my life.
00:13:19I switched from French wine to French water.
00:13:23So, anyway, sorry.
00:13:25Thanks, and bye.
00:13:38I'm ray.
00:13:42Lena.
00:13:45Hi, Lena.
00:14:12Hi.
00:14:13Hi.
00:14:16I know, I know.
00:14:17It's junk.
00:14:18I'm poisoning my body.
00:14:20But I got the water.
00:14:22Anyway, I believe in body wisdom.
00:14:24If your body craves something, that's what it needs.
00:14:27So, what have you got here?
00:14:29Lonely guy specials?
00:14:31No.
00:14:32They have a very good selection here.
00:14:34I think the manager's a bachelor.
00:14:36You don't have a girlfriend?
00:14:38You don't have a girlfriend?
00:14:40The girl at the art gallery, the one you made cry?
00:14:43Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:14:46She, uh, no, she was trying to rape me.
00:14:49Was this one special?
00:14:51I had him.
00:14:52How did you come to that party?
00:14:54Are you a friend of Norman's, or...?
00:14:56Oh, a girlfriend of mine knows the artist.
00:14:58Mom, Bill Hickam?
00:14:59Yeah, he was kind of.
00:15:01Do you want me to get a cup of coffee?
00:15:0323.17.
00:15:05Or a glass of French water?
00:15:08Actually, I haven't eaten yet, so...
00:15:10Me either.
00:15:16So, I'm VP sales.
00:15:19I'm moving up.
00:15:21Then the CEO decides he likes me.
00:15:24I say no, but he's used to getting what he wants.
00:15:30I have to threaten to call his wife.
00:15:33So, of course, he fires me.
00:15:36He spreads the word. It's a small community.
00:15:40I couldn't get hired anywhere in New York.
00:15:43You should have gone to court and filed some...
00:15:46Sure.
00:15:47If, as he put it, I wanted to hear every guy in the company
00:15:50testify that they'd had me,
00:15:53I moved out here instead.
00:16:01What a terrible...
00:16:04Yeah.
00:16:16I've never done this before.
00:16:18At supper.
00:16:20Pick somebody up at a supermarket.
00:16:23You didn't pick me up. We bumped into each other.
00:16:25Still, you know what I mean?
00:16:27Usually, you meet somebody,
00:16:29you work together, or a friend introduces.
00:16:32Not just a complete...
00:16:35stranger.
00:16:39Getting to know someone is like peeling an onion.
00:16:42It makes you cry?
00:16:44No.
00:16:46Layers and more layers.
00:16:53Well...
00:16:57I think we should go.
00:17:03Arigato.
00:17:05I do business in Japan.
00:17:13Where did you learn to speak it?
00:17:16I studied it at Swarthmore.
00:17:18I've forgotten most of it,
00:17:20but I love the concept of Japanese.
00:17:23Symbols, not letters.
00:17:25This is it.
00:17:28Where I live.
00:17:33This was great.
00:17:36Yeah.
00:17:38Thanks for dinner.
00:17:42Uh...
00:17:45You think I could come up?
00:17:47I mean, just for five minutes?
00:17:50It wouldn't take five minutes.
00:17:54Look, the law doesn't matter.
00:17:56This is politics.
00:17:57Now, if we take him to court, we'll win,
00:17:59but because he has a vote on the planning commission,
00:18:01right now, he's a better architect than you.
00:18:03That's the law.
00:18:04Excuse me, sir?
00:18:05Not now, Sally.
00:18:06Norman's online, too?
00:18:08Uh, sorry.
00:18:12Well?
00:18:13It's Wednesday.
00:18:14I got my Wednesday afternoon golf game,
00:18:16and I'm out here with a bunch of friends.
00:18:18I've got to go.
00:18:20It's Wednesday.
00:18:21I got my Wednesday afternoon golf game,
00:18:23and I'm out here with a mobile phone
00:18:24trying to track down some chick.
00:18:25Nobody knows her, okay?
00:18:26Nobody.
00:18:27Forget her.
00:18:28Okay.
00:18:29Thanks for trying.
00:18:32♪
00:18:48Thank you. Good night.
00:18:55Keep it. Get it off.
00:18:58What are you doing?
00:19:01Okay.
00:19:03See you soon, sweetie.
00:19:31♪
00:19:47Yeah, what do you want?
00:19:48Sorry. I'm sorry.
00:19:55Hello?
00:19:56Hi.
00:19:57Lena, hi.
00:19:59Hello?
00:20:00Yeah?
00:20:01Hi, this is Ray.
00:20:02Reardon.
00:20:03From, um, from last night?
00:20:06Do...
00:20:07I remember.
00:20:08I, um...
00:20:09I don't have your phone number,
00:20:11or I don't know your last name,
00:20:13so there was no way for me to get in touch.
00:20:17Uh-huh.
00:20:18Go out?
00:20:19Come out?
00:20:20Now or later?
00:20:21Or, um...
00:20:25Meet someplace or something?
00:20:27Or do you, uh...
00:20:30Do you have a phone number?
00:20:40Hello?
00:20:42Come on in.
00:20:53I'll be right out.
00:21:01I was just taking a shower.
00:21:11Hi.
00:21:12Hi.
00:21:13I have these same columns in my office.
00:21:23I hope... I hope I'm not intruding.
00:21:25I don't mind.
00:21:27I was waiting outside when I saw you come in.
00:21:32Why didn't you say hello?
00:21:36Well...
00:21:38Strange, don't you think,
00:21:39watching me and not saying anything?
00:21:41I know, I just, uh...
00:21:43You know, you were with that guy, so...
00:21:46Tony.
00:21:49Yeah, and you kissed him downstairs,
00:21:51and I just...
00:21:52I just...
00:21:53I just...
00:21:54Yeah, and you kissed him downstairs,
00:21:56and I just...
00:21:58And you thought?
00:22:01Well, maybe that you've lived with him,
00:22:03and he went to buy eggs, or...
00:22:09Tony's a friend.
00:22:12Oh.
00:22:15He's gay.
00:22:17Oh.
00:22:19Not that it's your business.
00:22:22No.
00:22:25Well...
00:22:33Something's changed from last night.
00:22:39Yes, it has.
00:22:43Why?
00:22:44What's the problem?
00:22:51I like you.
00:22:55That's the problem?
00:22:59I really like you.
00:23:11That's not a problem.
00:23:24I love you.
00:23:54I love you.
00:24:25Oh.
00:24:31I haven't seen him.
00:24:33I haven't talked to him.
00:24:35There.
00:24:39Are you sure you want to hear this?
00:24:41Yes.
00:24:48My mother used to hit me a lot.
00:24:54Big things, little things.
00:25:00No reason at all.
00:25:03Nothing put her in a good mood.
00:25:12My father watched.
00:25:18I realized he never wanted me.
00:25:21Left as soon as I could.
00:25:26Never even sent him a postcard.
00:25:41You're so beautiful.
00:25:43Don't say that.
00:25:45Why?
00:25:46Just don't.
00:25:51Yeah.
00:25:58Look, just because I'm halfway pretty,
00:26:00guys look at my eyes and think they know me.
00:26:03Like I'm their fantasy.
00:26:08I'm just a regular screwed-up person.
00:26:13So when you say I'm beautiful,
00:26:15it's like you're not saying me at all.
00:26:17Yes, I am.
00:26:18No.
00:26:19No.
00:26:23Only God, my dear, can love you for yourself alone
00:26:27and not your yellow hair.
00:26:32Gates.
00:26:44No boundaries.
00:26:46Everything there is.
00:26:48I thought that's the way it was supposed to be in storybooks.
00:26:51Storybooks are stories in books.
00:26:53This is real life.
00:27:05First time
00:27:07I've
00:27:09got together with you.
00:27:13No, you don't.
00:27:15You're the boss, right?
00:27:17All in a while, I'll take a day off.
00:27:19That simple?
00:27:23That simple.
00:27:26I thought we might take a shower.
00:27:30Yeah?
00:27:31A nice long one.
00:27:33Yeah.
00:27:35We can make love for an hour or so.
00:27:39So we can just keep on doing this.
00:27:47For how long?
00:28:17For how long?
00:28:44I'm so happy for him.
00:28:48I mean it.
00:28:57Hey, buddy, I have to tell you,
00:28:59that is a beautiful piece of ass.
00:29:01I can't believe the most gorgeous creature I've ever seen.
00:29:04She chose me.
00:29:05Does she have any sisters, friends, fourth cousin, anything?
00:29:08She burned all the bridges when she left New York.
00:29:10Her only friends are...
00:29:12They're already so happy together.
00:29:16By the way, I think our friend Larry is a little jealous of you.
00:29:19Why?
00:29:20Yes, because you're basically disgusting.
00:29:22You have it all.
00:29:23I do.
00:29:25What?
00:29:27I haven't danced in a while.
00:29:29She's strong, too.
00:29:30Did you see the way she was whirling me around out there?
00:29:32Oh, sorry.
00:29:33Back off.
00:29:34Oh, it's nothing.
00:29:35You and Ray like the rough stuff.
00:29:37Why didn't you tell me?
00:29:38I've got some equipment I can lend you.
00:29:40No, no, no, I just...
00:29:41I'm a klutz.
00:29:42Don't.
00:29:44Jesus, look.
00:29:45My parents dancing together.
00:29:53Baby, let's never end up like that, okay?
00:30:03Yeah!
00:30:04Yay!
00:30:05Yay!
00:30:06Congratulations!
00:30:08Congratulations!
00:30:18Jesus.
00:30:21It's over.
00:30:23Over? It's just beginning.
00:30:28You're not kidding.
00:30:38Help!
00:30:39Help!
00:30:40Help!
00:30:41Help!
00:30:52Hey, Ray.
00:30:53I hear you got married.
00:30:55That's beautiful.
00:30:56That's gorgeous.
00:30:57Who is she?
00:30:58Mother Day.
00:30:59Oh, that's swell.
00:31:00The girl of your dreams, huh?
00:31:02Huh?
00:31:03Did you get her here?
00:31:04Here?
00:31:06A booth.
00:31:07A most popular exhibit.
00:31:16Maybe I should...
00:31:17What, are you crazy?
00:31:18What, are you nuts?
00:31:19You don't want to find out you got the wrong one.
00:31:21Let's go to the funhouse.
00:31:36Ah!
00:31:37Ah!
00:31:38Ah!
00:31:39Ah!
00:31:47She looks just like you.
00:32:06Two years.
00:32:15I love you.
00:32:21I never thought...
00:32:26it would be possible for me to have such a normal life.
00:32:36My uncle used to say...
00:32:38Sissy?
00:32:39Aren't you Sissy?
00:32:41Excuse me?
00:32:42Piru, Texas.
00:32:43I'm Cora's sister.
00:32:45I'm Lena Mathers, now Lena Reardon,
00:32:48from Dayton, Ohio.
00:32:51Oh.
00:32:52Sorry, your voice isn't quite...
00:32:55just for a minute, I thought.
00:32:58I'm very sorry.
00:33:00That's okay.
00:33:06It's so strange.
00:33:08This woman Sissy something.
00:33:11It's twice that's happened.
00:33:14Once in New York and now here.
00:33:16She looks exactly like me.
00:33:18Maybe she's my double.
00:33:20My doppelganger.
00:33:22Unless she's the one who's really alive.
00:33:24I'm just...
00:33:25You don't feel alive?
00:33:26Of course I do.
00:33:28Only doesn't life seem sometimes like this...
00:33:33very strange dream.
00:33:37I hope I don't wake up.
00:33:47You're so dead.
00:33:49Yes, you are.
00:33:51Stop it.
00:33:54Oh, please.
00:33:58No, I can't do it.
00:33:59I can't.
00:34:00I can't.
00:34:02Okay.
00:34:04I'll let you know.
00:34:08Um, what's it?
00:34:10Okay, I'll talk to you later.
00:34:12All right, bye.
00:34:14Hi.
00:34:15Who's that?
00:34:16Debbie from my dance class.
00:34:18Um, stuff in her marriage is insane.
00:34:22Have I met Debbie?
00:34:25No.
00:34:26Because, well, she's great,
00:34:28but her husband is...
00:34:29it's an unusual combination.
00:34:31He's a psychopath and he's boring.
00:34:35That is unusual.
00:34:38So, how was your day?
00:34:40Any news on the Mora job?
00:34:42No, no news.
00:34:43Looks good.
00:34:48What's up with you?
00:34:56I'm sorry.
00:34:58I just haven't felt very...
00:34:59It's okay.
00:35:02I hope it'll come back.
00:35:05It will. The doctor said it'll take time.
00:35:17So, how's it feel?
00:35:19It's like it's become a business or something, you know, a partnership.
00:35:22Well, that's what marriage is.
00:35:23Well, I don't like it.
00:35:25You're not the only one.
00:35:27Plus, I get these weird...
00:35:30jealousy suspicions.
00:35:33Oh, yeah?
00:35:34Like what?
00:35:37Oh, that's normal, too.
00:35:40Usually, it's just a way of driving yourself crazy.
00:35:43But not always?
00:35:46No.
00:35:48No, not always.
00:35:51What are you saying? You got aliens?
00:35:54Sometimes, everything's a clue.
00:35:57And what you think is paranoia is actually heightened awareness.
00:36:03That's too bad.
00:36:04Not at all.
00:36:07What's sauce for the girls?
00:36:13I'm sorry. I don't know what happened.
00:36:15Mr. Mora's never late.
00:36:16Oh, no, no. Don't even think about it.
00:36:18I'm sorry.
00:36:21It's just, we've spoken on the phone so many times,
00:36:24and I never had any idea that you were so attractive.
00:36:28Thank you.
00:36:30But, personally, I prefer brains to beauty.
00:36:33Don't you?
00:36:34No, I don't.
00:36:35I don't.
00:36:36I don't.
00:36:37I don't.
00:36:38I don't.
00:36:39I don't.
00:36:40I don't.
00:36:41I don't.
00:36:42I don't.
00:36:43I don't.
00:36:44I don't.
00:36:45I don't.
00:36:46I don't.
00:36:47Don't you?
00:36:48No, of course. Yes.
00:36:49I'm, yes.
00:36:50No, I'm, uh, yeah.
00:36:51I'm...
00:36:52I mean, I didn't endure the four years at Swarthmore in order to...
00:36:55You went to Swarthmore?
00:36:56Yes.
00:36:58So did my wife.
00:36:59Really?
00:37:01So, what year were you?
00:37:04Swarthmore?
00:37:0583.
00:37:06Well, then, uh...
00:37:09Did you know Lena Mathers?
00:37:12I don't think so.
00:37:14No.
00:37:15But those years were crazy.
00:37:17Between the frenzy for grades and jobs and...
00:37:20You know, then, in the middle of all of that,
00:37:22the president of the college, Sam Shaw, died of a heart attack
00:37:25as he was speaking to us.
00:37:28I hardly remember my best friends.
00:37:31Oh, Mr. Murr.
00:37:32Sarah.
00:37:45It's beautiful.
00:37:53We're going to Japan.
00:37:54We are?
00:37:55Mm-hmm.
00:37:56You got the Moura job?
00:37:57Mm-hmm.
00:37:58That's great.
00:37:59It is great.
00:38:00This building is going to be like nothing else in the whole world.
00:38:06I'm so proud of you.
00:38:09By the way, what year were you at Swarthmore?
00:38:1284. Why?
00:38:13This woman who works for Moura, Celine Rogers,
00:38:16she was there at the same time.
00:38:20I don't remember her.
00:38:21No, she didn't remember you either.
00:38:24Remember Sam Shaw?
00:38:28Who?
00:38:30Died of a heart attack.
00:38:34Oh, he was a classmate.
00:38:36God, he died of a heart attack?
00:38:39It's scary, isn't it?
00:38:41Someone my age,
00:38:43bad things can just come out of nowhere.
00:38:53Sadly.
00:39:00I'm sorry.
00:39:30I'm sorry.
00:40:01Can I help you find something?
00:40:07Is your real name Sissy?
00:40:10What?
00:40:11You heard me.
00:40:13You mean, am I really this other woman who looks like me?
00:40:16Yeah.
00:40:17Like a sci-fi thing we've been switched or something?
00:40:20Yeah.
00:40:21I mean, am I really this other woman who looks like me?
00:40:24Yeah.
00:40:25Like a sci-fi thing we've been switched or something?
00:40:28Yeah.
00:40:29Like a sci-fi thing we've been switched or something?
00:40:31Not like sci-fi, like real, like are you really her?
00:40:36I don't know, Ray.
00:40:37I never studied philosophy.
00:40:39Questions like that make my head hurt.
00:40:53I forgot to have Sally go to the bank.
00:40:55I need some cash.
00:40:57No problem.
00:41:09Now you tell Mr. Mura he can't keep you east longer or I'll die of loneliness.
00:41:13I will. Bye-bye.
00:41:15Ray.
00:41:17Kiss me.
00:41:26I love you, Alayna.
00:41:28I love you.
00:41:29I love you, too.
00:41:43We welcome you back to WTXC right here in Piru, Texas, home of the Sawed-Off Shotgun.
00:41:49If you don't like our music, leave town.
00:41:57Hello.
00:41:59I'm the executor of a very large estate.
00:42:02I'm trying to find someone who used to live here.
00:42:04Do you recognize her?
00:42:06First name or nickname?
00:42:08I don't know her.
00:42:10I don't know her.
00:42:12I don't know her.
00:42:14I don't know her.
00:42:16I don't know her.
00:42:18I don't know her.
00:42:20I don't know her.
00:42:22I don't know her.
00:42:24I don't know her.
00:42:26What about that girl named Sissy?
00:42:30Never seen her.
00:42:56And your tears have all been cried
00:43:01And you find your way over there
00:43:05Yeah, you make it to the other side
00:43:13There you go. Got a stake?
00:43:15Yeah.
00:43:16Playing speculation or what?
00:43:27Think people are put on earth for this old purpose, drive other people crazy?
00:43:32My father had my mom put away and he's the one who made her lose her marbles.
00:43:37Do you know her?
00:43:40Sissy. Hope she's nothing to you.
00:43:45She's my wife.
00:43:48Figures. She run off and leave you?
00:43:51No.
00:43:54I don't give a time.
00:43:57Is that what she did to you?
00:44:00She did things to me I can't even pronounce.
00:44:04Sorry.
00:44:07Not good for this, though.
00:44:09She always had it in her mind to marry somebody rich.
00:44:25Gotta go to work.
00:44:31What's her name?
00:44:34Mom.
00:44:36Her real name?
00:44:37You don't know.
00:44:40Thelma Snader.
00:44:43She still have family here?
00:44:46Well, most folks find this stuff out beforehand.
00:44:54Well, whooped that road there.
00:44:58To the right on Branch, left on Hickory.
00:45:02It's Third House.
00:45:06Another high from Buddy.
00:45:24Mrs. Snader?
00:45:26Yes?
00:45:28Oh, my God, it's Ray!
00:45:31Yes, ma'am.
00:45:33Is everything okay?
00:45:35Yes.
00:45:37Come here. Come in quickly.
00:45:40Is it safe for you to be here?
00:45:43Safe?
00:45:45Yes.
00:45:47I'm glad you're here.
00:45:50Is it safe for you to be here?
00:45:53Safe?
00:45:54With your job.
00:45:56I'm sorry. I misunderstood.
00:45:58Oh, you don't have to pretend. Sissy wrote us all about it.
00:46:03Hey!
00:46:06Hey!
00:46:08What do you want?
00:46:10Come see for yourself.
00:46:13You got any recent pictures of Tina?
00:46:16I do, actually, yes.
00:46:19Well, I'll be. Put her there, Ray.
00:46:22It's good to finally meet you.
00:46:24Could you go and get us some coffee, hon?
00:46:41Surprise.
00:46:49Thank you.
00:46:53I'm glad it's over.
00:46:56Dan.
00:46:59Come see the baby.
00:47:02Look at this.
00:47:07Y'all need any help out there?
00:47:09No, thanks.
00:47:12I'm in the CIA.
00:47:14I had to give them some reason why they couldn't visit.
00:47:17What about that story of your mother beating you and your father watching?
00:47:21Not true.
00:47:23There's lots of different kinds of abuse within a family.
00:47:26Right, okay.
00:47:28But if the things that you tell me aren't true,
00:47:31then what is true, Lena?
00:47:33Who are you?
00:47:38I'm your wife.
00:47:47Called her Sissy because we wanted to have another child, a boy.
00:47:53Of course, we never did.
00:47:55But Sissy was always so, so beautiful that it didn't really matter.
00:48:01Still, when she wrote me that she was...
00:48:04It wrote us.
00:48:06Of course, that goes without saying.
00:48:08Well, then say it.
00:48:10She wrote us. She was changing her name.
00:48:13Well, naturally, I was insulted.
00:48:15We both were.
00:48:17But it was kind of a woman's lib thing.
00:48:20Women change their name for a man when they get married,
00:48:23so why not change it for their own sakes?
00:48:26But she'll always be Sissy to us.
00:48:39Your parents seem to be perfectly decent people.
00:48:42Yep.
00:48:44Why'd you hide them from me?
00:48:46They're stuck.
00:48:48In Texas, in poverty.
00:48:51Can't you feel it? They were this weight dragging me down.
00:48:53If I'd have stayed there, I would have married that guy,
00:48:55but I would have had his kids.
00:48:58Would have drunk beer every night till I got really fat, ugly and bored.
00:49:03So I invented myself.
00:49:05I made up Lena Mathers, and I became her.
00:49:08They say you replace every molecule in your body every seven years.
00:49:12I changed my name eight years ago. No more Thelma Snyder.
00:49:18Aren't you going to give me credit for it?
00:49:21Doesn't it seem at least brave that I just became this completely different person?
00:49:26It makes me look at you in a completely different way.
00:49:29Me or you?
00:49:31Isn't the real question who are you?
00:49:33Are you really Ray Reardon, or is that the name your parents hung on you?
00:49:37Oh, you've always been a good boy.
00:49:39You know who Ray was supposed to be, done what Ray was supposed to do.
00:49:42But who are you? Where are you really from?
00:49:45What do you really want?
00:49:55I'm tired.
00:49:57I don't want to go to bed.
00:50:10I tried to tell you so many times lying here like this.
00:50:18I'd say to myself,
00:50:22now Lena, tell him.
00:50:26I wish you had.
00:50:30I was afraid.
00:50:32I was afraid.
00:50:37If you knew the real me,
00:50:41I'd lose you.
00:50:43I love you.
00:50:49She's a good girl now.
00:50:51Have a seat.
00:50:54Goodbye.
00:51:00If you're not divorcing me, I'd like to send them money every month.
00:51:02Sure.
00:51:04We're okay.
00:51:06Look at me.
00:51:09Tell me it's the truth.
00:51:12You know it is.
00:51:18No matter who you were, and no matter who you are,
00:51:20and no matter who you will be,
00:51:22I'm in love with you.
00:51:33From now on, better than ever.
00:51:39I love you.
00:51:45You're late, Ray.
00:51:47The show's already started.
00:51:49Ray!
00:51:51Ray, my boy!
00:51:53You're looking grand!
00:51:55You like these, huh?
00:51:57And this?
00:51:59Tell me, Ray,
00:52:01what do you really want?
00:52:03What do you really want?
00:52:05What do you really want?
00:52:07Tell me, Ray.
00:52:09Tell me true.
00:52:11Am I the girl of your dreams?
00:52:13Actually...
00:52:15Of course not!
00:52:17Look. Lookie here.
00:52:19Some guys look at the eyes.
00:52:23Some guys look at the thighs.
00:52:27I just look at the purse.
00:52:29How about that? You like it, Ray?
00:52:31Sure you do!
00:52:33Recognize her yet, huh?
00:52:35And now, the moment we've all been waiting for!
00:52:38The moment which will determine Ray Redden's fate!
00:52:42Here she is, folks!
00:52:52And last but not least, it's...
00:52:55Baby Bob! Yeah!
00:52:57For those of you who don't remember Bob Baby
00:52:59from last year's Cutie Pie contest,
00:53:01well, he wasn't born yet.
00:53:03And now it's...
00:53:05Tina, cute as ever, yeah.
00:53:07And Lena, cuter than ever.
00:53:09That's right. All right, come on now, that's it.
00:53:11Don't save it, baby. Feel the burn.
00:53:13Atta girl. Okay, and...
00:53:15Pinhead Ray, that's right. Pinhead Ray with the perfect life!
00:53:17He's got the perfect wife, the perfect family.
00:53:19Why, he's got everything a man could possibly want
00:53:21except a Wednesday afternoon golf game
00:53:23and, well, a cute young mistress.
00:53:25But never mind that now. He doesn't have time for any of these things.
00:53:27Stop it, Norman. That's not funny.
00:53:29Exactly my point. According to the East German judge Lena,
00:53:31that's not funny, so now we come to our legal beagle Elaine
00:53:33and her client Bernardo from West Side Story
00:53:35and...
00:53:37A post! That is a great post, buddy.
00:53:39And now let's turn the camera on...
00:53:41This guy, yes!
00:53:43This is a stupid guy.
00:53:45This is a guy who can't make a living.
00:53:47This is... This is...
00:53:49A pain in the ass. Thank you, Ray. Thank you.
00:53:51This is a guy who's going in way fast.
00:53:53This is... This is a...
00:53:55A pain in the ass again.
00:53:57Thank you, Ray. Yes.
00:53:59A pain in the ass. Stop me? I can't be stopped.
00:54:01That's enough, Norman.
00:54:03Somebody shoot the camera.
00:54:05Tell me twice.
00:54:07Hey, where's the beer?
00:54:11So, uh...
00:54:13How's everything since we talked this morning?
00:54:15Come on.
00:54:17No, come on. I haven't seen Lena in a while.
00:54:19She looks great. You're right. She looks great.
00:54:21Four months after giving birth, she looks really great.
00:54:23Very, very great, and I'll be honest with you...
00:54:25Yes?
00:54:27No, I won't, actually. I changed my mind,
00:54:29and I will not be honest, because, uh...
00:54:31It's just that I, uh...
00:54:33I think I saw somewhere where, for them,
00:54:35giving birth is like having an affair.
00:54:37That's what I mean. It gives them a glow.
00:54:39A glow, yes. So she's alive again in a whole new way,
00:54:41and that's beautiful if so happens.
00:54:43You, by the way, can kiss my ass,
00:54:45and that'll make us both happy.
00:54:47You're the strangest thing. See for yourself.
00:54:51Well, Bernardo?
00:54:53Well, he doesn't look like him to me.
00:54:55I rest my case. He doesn't look like either of his parents.
00:54:57I think he was switched in the hospital.
00:54:59Oh, I'm sorry.
00:55:01Is that what happened?
00:55:03Did some drunken nurse switch you?
00:55:07There you go.
00:55:09Good night.
00:55:11Good night.
00:55:13Good night, sweetie.
00:55:25No, I can't.
00:55:29Oh, I told you I couldn't.
00:55:31Of course I won't.
00:55:33It's just...
00:55:37You just have to be patient.
00:55:41Yeah?
00:55:43Uh-huh.
00:55:45I absolutely guarantee it.
00:55:51Are you okay?
00:55:55Okay.
00:55:59Bye.
00:56:05Debbie.
00:56:09She wants me to go see those male strippers.
00:56:13That should be fun.
00:56:19Could you try her again, please?
00:56:21I just did, sir.
00:56:23Keep trying her every ten minutes
00:56:25until you reach her.
00:56:27Yes, sir, but it's Wednesday.
00:56:29I have that funeral tomorrow,
00:56:31so I'm leaving early.
00:56:35Just keep trying, please, until you go.
00:56:37Yes, sir, of course.
00:56:49I love these late dinners
00:56:51after the kids are asleep.
00:56:53You have a bruise on your leg.
00:56:55Christ.
00:56:57Where'd you get it?
00:56:59My shrink says I should...
00:57:01Why do I always have to go through this?
00:57:03I'm clumsy, I bruise easily,
00:57:05and I don't want to talk about it
00:57:07every time I bump into a chair.
00:57:09Did you cook this?
00:57:11No, it's takeout.
00:57:13Why didn't you cook?
00:57:15Because cooking gets boring.
00:57:17Why didn't you cook?
00:57:19What's wrong with you?
00:57:39I hope you enjoy these psychotic episodes.
00:57:41So you go to his place?
00:57:43Excuse me?
00:57:45You fucking met his place?
00:57:47Yeah.
00:57:55Open it up.
00:57:59Did your secretary tell you I called today?
00:58:03At noon.
00:58:05I was out on site.
00:58:07I called back all afternoon.
00:58:13I had this fantasy of coming to your office
00:58:15and throwing your brains out on top of your desk.
00:58:19I guess the fantasy was misplaced.
00:58:21When you weren't there, I went to my shrink's
00:58:23and then I went to Debbie's.
00:58:25If you don't believe me, call Debbie.
00:58:27Want to call her?
00:58:33Go ahead.
00:58:41Machine.
00:58:43Leave a message.
00:58:47You won't leave a message here.
00:58:51You're sick.
00:58:53Get some help.
00:59:13Ray.
00:59:15What do you want, Ray?
00:59:21I know what you want.
00:59:27Pretend it's all a dream.
00:59:43Sorry, I'm late, everybody.
00:59:47Are you the temp?
00:59:49Yes, sir.
00:59:51Alice Keller.
00:59:53I'm Ray Reardon.
00:59:55Did my... I guess my secretary left.
00:59:57Have we met?
00:59:59No, sir.
01:00:01I don't believe we have.
01:00:03Yes, we have.
01:00:05Wait, you're, um...
01:00:07You're friends with the secretary?
01:00:09Yeah.
01:00:11You're, um...
01:00:13You're friends with my wife, right?
01:00:15Lena?
01:00:17Sure you are.
01:00:19Lena Mathers. You were at our wedding.
01:00:21Tell me.
01:00:31What a nice idea to meet in the park.
01:00:35You recognize that woman?
01:00:41Don't be long.
01:00:49You hired a temp to be your friend?
01:00:51A person's supposed to have friends, right?
01:00:57Everyone has friends.
01:00:59When you told her what the job was,
01:01:01you were laughing at me, making fun of me.
01:01:03She didn't understand.
01:01:07See, it wasn't just that I became Lena
01:01:09because I wanted to meet you.
01:01:13I chose you.
01:01:17I first saw you five years ago in New York.
01:01:23Party on the west side, riverside,
01:01:25in the 90-something.
01:01:27I saw you,
01:01:29and somehow I knew.
01:01:33I knew you were it.
01:01:35I was still married.
01:01:37Then later I heard you'd left your wife.
01:01:41A friend of mine, Mimi Moore, knows Norman,
01:01:43and so she got information from him.
01:01:45Information?
01:01:47What kind of things you like,
01:01:49what kind of woman you like.
01:01:51Wait a minute.
01:01:53So what you've pretended...
01:01:55Just a few things, just the outside.
01:01:59Like putting on new clothes or a new perfume.
01:02:01Personality is a perfume.
01:02:03Sure.
01:02:05Perfume's intended to attract somebody,
01:02:07but it's not the thing you fall in love with,
01:02:09is it?
01:02:11I don't know.
01:02:17Is this the end?
01:02:21I can't keep opening my heart to you
01:02:23and getting...
01:02:25Isn't that what love is?
01:02:27I don't mean perhaps.
01:02:29Isn't that what love is?
01:02:31I don't mean passion.
01:02:33Love.
01:02:37Isn't an act of faith
01:02:39loving someone
01:02:41despite having to put up with things
01:02:43which are intolerable?
01:02:47Opening your heart
01:02:51again
01:02:53and again.
01:02:59She's right.
01:03:01I mean, are you perfect?
01:03:03No, but you want to be loved anyway, right?
01:03:05Love her anyway.
01:03:07It's how we save ourselves,
01:03:09by loving people.
01:03:11I mean, I could tell you some stories about Elaine.
01:03:13It's just I feel like a fool.
01:03:15No.
01:03:17We're all fools in love.
01:03:19Aren't we?
01:03:23Follow your heart.
01:03:29Thanks, man.
01:03:31Yeah.
01:03:33This is what friends are for.
01:03:41Hal, they're being very generous.
01:03:43I just...
01:03:45I just don't need the work.
01:03:47All right.
01:03:49Listen, on that other matter, just forget it.
01:03:51Let's settle.
01:03:53He's always in the car.
01:03:55Just a very...
01:03:57You should call Mr. Murr, please, all right?
01:03:59Yes, sir.
01:04:01Also, your wife's visa bill came here instead of the house.
01:04:03Lena handles the money. Why would they have sent...
01:04:05Apparently it's a new card, and I made a mistake.
01:04:07Okay, so pay it, and I'll ask her about it tonight.
01:04:09Do you want to look it over?
01:04:11No.
01:04:15Should I?
01:04:27Okay.
01:04:37What day of the week was May 27th?
01:04:39A Wednesday, sir.
01:04:41Okay.
01:04:53Would you call my house, please?
01:04:55I did, sir. She's not home.
01:04:59Try the Hotel Chanticleer.
01:05:01Yes, sir.
01:05:03Lena Reardon, please.
01:05:07She's checked out.
01:05:33You got the keys?
01:05:35Oh, good girl.
01:05:39Hi, sweetie. Be careful.
01:05:41Hi.
01:05:43I put a snack on the table.
01:05:45Good boy.
01:05:49Hey.
01:05:51Hi.
01:05:59Jean, take the kids out.
01:06:01What?
01:06:03Take the kids outside, please.
01:06:05Anywhere. The park.
01:06:07Yes, sir.
01:06:09Come on, Tina.
01:06:11Come on. Tina, come on.
01:06:19Is it really necessary to throw a scene every single day?
01:06:27What's that for?
01:06:31I don't know.
01:07:01I don't know.
01:07:13He threw away the bill.
01:07:15What bill?
01:07:17Hotel Chanticleer every fucking Wednesday.
01:07:23I throw it away.
01:07:31I don't know.
01:07:41Let me ask you this.
01:07:43Why weren't you more careful?
01:07:45Why didn't you get a second diaphragm?
01:07:47I mean, leaving evidence around like this.
01:07:49It's sloppy.
01:07:51Why didn't you use a prophylactic?
01:07:53Sometimes we do use a prophylactic,
01:07:55and sometimes I just give him a blowjob.
01:07:57I always knew you were abusive.
01:07:59I do you, you do me.
01:08:01Who is it?
01:08:03Don't you know?
01:08:05Can't you guess?
01:08:07Debbie.
01:08:11Debbie's an answering machine.
01:08:13That's right. Just a woman's voice.
01:08:15Someone's saying they're Debbie.
01:08:17Who the fuck is it?
01:08:19You know him better than I do.
01:08:21Well, in some ways, you know him better.
01:08:23In other ways, I know him better.
01:08:25What?
01:08:27Aren't I telling you what you've always suspected?
01:08:29What you've always wanted to hear?
01:08:31Huh?
01:08:33What else do you want to hear?
01:08:35Want to hear how good it was?
01:08:37Stop it.
01:08:39It was fucking great.
01:08:41His cock is so huge.
01:08:43He makes me cum and cum and cum.
01:08:47And the amazing thing is, really,
01:08:49all this time, you never suspected.
01:08:51All the time.
01:08:53The whole time, Ray.
01:08:55Even before we were married.
01:08:57All my bruises.
01:09:01The whole time?
01:09:03What about the kids?
01:09:07Are they mine?
01:09:09Do you know?
01:09:11Of course I do.
01:09:15Whose are they?
01:09:17I loved them.
01:09:19And I raised them.
01:09:21Yes, you have.
01:09:25But I'm still not gonna tell you.
01:09:27But I'm still not gonna tell you.
01:09:47Is that all?
01:09:49Fuck.
01:09:57Fuck.
01:09:59Fuck.
01:10:25Wednesday.
01:10:27Wednesday.
01:10:29No, man, it's fucking 12, okay?
01:10:41Mr. Reardon.
01:10:43Who are you?
01:10:45I'm Dr. Steenlein, a psychiatrist.
01:10:47What the fuck happened here? Where's my wife?
01:10:49She was hysterical. I am here to evaluate your mental state.
01:10:51My mental state?
01:10:53If you're a danger to your wife,
01:10:55you will be committed for 72 hours observation.
01:10:57Get the fuck...
01:10:59Officer! Officer!
01:11:05What the fuck's this?
01:11:07Take him away.
01:11:095150.
01:11:21You will be held
01:11:23for observation according to
01:11:25welfare and institutions code
01:11:275150.
01:11:29You may use the telephone,
01:11:31wear your own clothes,
01:11:33and you may petition the court at any time
01:11:35for your release.
01:11:37I don't care what kind of law you practice.
01:11:39I don't care who you're being. I don't care what it costs.
01:11:41I want out of here right now.
01:11:43The law? Fuck the law.
01:11:53And now, baby cakes,
01:11:55the moment you've all been waiting for.
01:11:57The moment which will determine Ray Reardon's fate.
01:11:59Here she is, folks.
01:12:03That's right, Ray. It wasn't your second wife.
01:12:05It was your first.
01:12:07You should have stayed with Martha.
01:12:09Come on down. Come on.
01:12:11Give her one last dance.
01:12:23Come on.
01:12:53Hi, sweetie.
01:13:03How are the kids? I miss them.
01:13:05Just peachy.
01:13:07Want to go for a walk?
01:13:13I can't believe they let us out together.
01:13:15Oscar will protect me.
01:13:17Still, it ain't this expensive.
01:13:19What if I fly into a rage
01:13:21and attack you?
01:13:23You're sedated.
01:13:25I am?
01:13:27I don't feel sedated.
01:13:29That's because you're crazy.
01:13:31So, what are you doing here?
01:13:35Right as you're hearing,
01:13:37I wanted to tell you.
01:13:39Whichever way it goes.
01:13:41Whichever way it goes?
01:13:43I know it's dangerous.
01:13:45I know it's crazy.
01:13:47They aren't going to keep me in here.
01:13:49I just wanted to say...
01:13:53Ray...
01:13:59In spite of everything,
01:14:03I love you.
01:14:05I really, truly love you.
01:14:09Norman will be disappointed.
01:14:11Yeah.
01:14:13You've seen who I really am.
01:14:15I've seen more than anybody ever.
01:14:19And you kept on loving me.
01:14:31You're a psychopath.
01:14:35Probably.
01:14:39Psychopaths can still love somebody, can't they?
01:14:45Yeah.
01:14:55Your Honor. Counselor.
01:14:57My client's been off medication for 36 hours.
01:14:59Yes, of course.
01:15:01The staff should be bringing him in any minute now.
01:15:15Mr. Reardon,
01:15:17you requested this writ hearing.
01:15:19Yes, Your Honor.
01:15:21You're being incarcerated against your will.
01:15:23And Dr. Spatz,
01:15:25the hospital recommends?
01:15:27It's a perplexing case, Your Honor.
01:15:29I suspect an atypical psychosis,
01:15:31but I need more time to evaluate.
01:15:33180 days additional.
01:15:35Wait a minute.
01:15:37Considering the danger to his wife, yes.
01:15:39That's what I'd recommend.
01:15:41Mr. Reardon,
01:15:43Mr. Reardon,
01:15:45you understand this is a legal proceeding,
01:15:47but I find it very useful
01:15:49if the patient testifies first.
01:15:51Your Honor, we prefer...
01:15:53I'm glad to hear it.
01:15:55You're saying that your wife created a character
01:15:57and identity so you would fall in love with her.
01:15:59Yes.
01:16:01And she was guided by your friend this Norman...
01:16:03Yes.
01:16:05...who she slept with throughout your marriage
01:16:07at this hotel, Chanticleer.
01:16:09And she'd call him sometimes on the phone
01:16:11and say,
01:16:13this is, um, fictitious girlfriend, Debbie.
01:16:15This sounds so crazy, but...
01:16:17No, no, no, not at all.
01:16:19But, um,
01:16:21the discovery of all this in such a short time
01:16:23made...
01:16:29I hit her.
01:16:33I've never done that before.
01:16:35And the idea that I pose
01:16:37some sort of permanent danger to her
01:16:39is quite exquisite.
01:16:41I understand.
01:16:43I think any of us making that sort of discovery...
01:16:47Uh, right.
01:16:49Now, let's see
01:16:51what the other side has to say.
01:16:53I'd like to call
01:16:55Dr. Steen, please.
01:16:57Dr. Steen, as Mrs. Reardon's psychiatrist,
01:16:59do you find that her husband poses
01:17:01a threat to her life?
01:17:03I've thought so for some time.
01:17:05Mrs. Reardon has been seeing me
01:17:07and on many occasions
01:17:09she's had visible and very alarming bruises.
01:17:13When I asked her about them,
01:17:15she said that her husband hit her.
01:17:17That's bullshit, Mr. Reardon.
01:17:21I've advised Lena
01:17:23frequently to go and see the police.
01:17:27So when this latest incident occurred...
01:17:29Your Honor, may I?
01:17:37Thank you.
01:17:51Al, I told you before,
01:17:53I never hit that high.
01:17:55She's done this to herself.
01:17:57I'll take care of it.
01:17:59Then Mr. Reardon's accusation
01:18:01is about you and his wife.
01:18:03Look, I'm an asshole, Your Honor.
01:18:05Can I say that?
01:18:07All right, see,
01:18:09I've always been an asshole, but this?
01:18:11Even if
01:18:13Lena wanted me...
01:18:15Well, I probably
01:18:17couldn't resist, to be honest.
01:18:19Once I could have.
01:18:21I mean, look at her.
01:18:23But to carry on this long?
01:18:27Ray is my friend.
01:18:31Besides,
01:18:33every Wednesday afternoon for the last ten years,
01:18:35I've played golf.
01:18:39Oh, I brought some letters
01:18:41from my golf buddies.
01:18:49Ben, these bruises,
01:18:51have you seen them before?
01:18:53Sure.
01:18:55And are you aware of any other examples of violence,
01:18:57particularly towards women?
01:18:59What was that?
01:19:01Um...
01:19:03Ray's first wife, Martha,
01:19:05when they broke up, he slapped her.
01:19:15I'm sorry.
01:19:17Your Honor, that was
01:19:19four and a half years ago.
01:19:21So noted, Counselor.
01:19:25And your name?
01:19:27Debbie Tribium.
01:19:29And what is your relationship?
01:19:31I'm just...
01:19:33I'm a friend of Lena's from dance class.
01:19:35And she calls me on the phone sometimes.
01:19:37Have you met Mr. Reardon?
01:19:39Sure, a couple of times.
01:19:41I had dinner there
01:19:43once I dropped by.
01:19:47Debbie,
01:19:49you work for a temporary agency?
01:19:51Excuse me?
01:19:53Do you?
01:19:55I own a cookie shop on the north side.
01:19:57Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin.
01:19:59Okay, then describe the Reardon's apartment.
01:20:01Uh...
01:20:03It's a penthouse apartment
01:20:05with, um, cathedral ceilings.
01:20:09Um...
01:20:11The living room is on the right,
01:20:13kitchen's on the left, and, uh...
01:20:15All right.
01:20:17Mr. Reardon,
01:20:19you're a distinguished architect
01:20:21without a blemish on your record.
01:20:23Do you have a mental illness?
01:20:25I'm sane, Your Honor.
01:20:27You look sane, you sound sane, sir.
01:20:29But everything you say seems to be a delusion.
01:20:31Frankly, I'd like to believe you,
01:20:33but without a witness
01:20:35or some sort of corroboration.
01:20:37Your Honor, what about her bills?
01:20:39The Hotel Chanticleer, every Wednesday.
01:20:41$333, $379.
01:20:45Mrs. Reardon?
01:20:47Your Honor, I went to this Hotel Chanticleer,
01:20:49and, um, I have a letter from the manager
01:20:51saying he's never seen me before,
01:20:53that I'm not the Lena Reardon he knows.
01:20:55Then who's responsible for these charges?
01:20:57I must have used that credit card
01:20:59once or twice and then lost it.
01:21:01Uh, I didn't realize it was missing
01:21:03until a few days ago.
01:21:05I called the company,
01:21:07and they sent over copies of the charges
01:21:09if you'd like to compare signatures.
01:21:11Uh, that's not necessary.
01:21:13What?
01:21:15I'm sorry, Mr. Reardon.
01:21:17You're sorry? You're sorry?
01:21:19And I'm doing you a favor.
01:21:21If you weren't in this hospital,
01:21:23your wife could have put you in jail.
01:21:25But that's not what this is about.
01:21:27I mean, don't you see what she's doing?
01:21:29I mean, she's stolen my children.
01:21:31She's stolen my house, and she's manipulating you.
01:21:33Mr. Reardon, that's enough.
01:21:35Get your fucking hands off me.
01:21:37I'm warning you, sir.
01:21:39Oh, fuck you, all right?
01:21:41You've already made up your fucking mind.
01:21:43Very well, then. Proceed.
01:21:45Just watch it.
01:21:47I have no idea who you're dealing with.
01:21:49She lies to me, and she tells a different lie to you.
01:21:51I'd be happy to take a polygraph test.
01:21:53You're fucking right she'd take it.
01:21:55She'd pass, too. Some fucking machine.
01:21:57She is a machine. Mr. Reardon...
01:21:59I'm a machine. You married me.
01:22:01I married you, and I loved you,
01:22:03and you're fucking killing me.
01:22:05Get your hands off me.
01:22:07Get on your foot if you want to execute me.
01:22:09Your Honor, please.
01:22:13Here, take this.
01:22:17Don't let us wear these in here.
01:22:19Get your fucking hands off me.
01:22:29How are we doing today, Ray?
01:22:39God bless pharmaceuticals.
01:22:41Pharmaceuticals.
01:22:45You know what my daddy says?
01:22:51My daddy says there are no accidents,
01:22:53that we all get exactly what we want.
01:22:57Your daddy's wrong.
01:22:59Talk about it.
01:23:05Family makes you crazy,
01:23:07and friends ease the pain.
01:23:11Right, John?
01:23:13Yeah, that's what friends are for.
01:23:17That's what...
01:23:19friends...
01:23:41are for.
01:23:59It's Ray.
01:24:01Visit me soon, and don't tell anybody you're coming.
01:24:11Go to bed.
01:24:41Ray?
01:24:43Ray, it's Elaine.
01:24:47I'm here.
01:24:51Is it all right if I take him outside?
01:24:53You're safe.
01:24:55With the drugs he's on, he couldn't hurt a flying December.
01:24:59Come on.
01:25:01You called me, right?
01:25:03I'm sure it was you.
01:25:05Well, look,
01:25:07I've been doing some work on my own
01:25:09to get you out of here,
01:25:11but this is a very weird legal area.
01:25:13I...
01:25:15Thanks for coming.
01:25:17You know why I'm in here, right?
01:25:19Well, I was wrong about Paul,
01:25:21and I think it was Larry.
01:25:23What was Larry?
01:25:25Larry's been fucking Elena.
01:25:27Is that possible? For a long time?
01:25:29Four or five years?
01:25:31It's possible, but I...
01:25:35It's more than possible.
01:25:37It would explain a...
01:25:39I think the two of them are trying to get my money.
01:25:41Yes.
01:25:43And go to New Zealand.
01:25:45What?
01:25:47What?
01:25:49He bought a house in New Zealand
01:25:51without my knowledge.
01:25:53It was a down payment we couldn't afford,
01:25:55and when I found out about it,
01:25:57he told me that it was
01:25:59some kind of an investment.
01:26:01Don't ever tell him you know.
01:26:03I won't.
01:26:05Make his life a misery.
01:26:07Believe me.
01:26:17I want to retain your legal services.
01:26:19Is there any way you can be forced
01:26:21to reveal this conversation?
01:26:23No.
01:26:25Good.
01:26:27Then tell me.
01:26:29No.
01:26:31Good. Then tell me if this will work.
01:26:33What?
01:26:39Lena, it's Elaine.
01:26:41I'm out here visiting Ray.
01:26:43No, he's sedated.
01:26:45He's silent.
01:26:47But he did say this one thing.
01:26:49He said,
01:26:51you made a mistake.
01:26:53I don't know,
01:26:55but he kept repeating it.
01:26:57You made a big mistake.
01:26:59You forgot something.
01:27:01Yeah, that was all.
01:27:03Okay.
01:27:07Yeah.
01:27:09You too.
01:27:11I don't know, Ray.
01:27:13Maybe.
01:27:15Maybe not.
01:27:17Okay, Ray. I'll see you soon.
01:27:21Good luck.
01:27:27Good luck.
01:27:37Billy.
01:27:39Billy, wake up.
01:27:41Talk about it.
01:27:45What's my name?
01:27:47John.
01:27:49What's your name?
01:27:51John.
01:27:53Do you want $100?
01:27:55You bet.
01:27:57I'll remind you every night,
01:27:59and one day,
01:28:01I'll tap you on the knee,
01:28:03and you'll know what to do, okay?
01:28:05Okay, John.
01:28:17Hey!
01:28:25Hey!
01:28:37I'm ready.
01:28:39I'm right as rain, ready as Robert.
01:28:43Don't worry about me, John.
01:28:51Oh, hi.
01:28:53Hi.
01:29:05Ray?
01:29:09That's how he is.
01:29:17Hi, nice hat.
01:29:19Go ahead.
01:29:21Bye.
01:29:27Happy birthday!
01:29:35Happy birthday to you!
01:29:39Happy birthday!
01:29:51Timber!
01:29:52Jesus, Billy!
01:29:53Who woke you up?
01:29:54Get off of me!
01:29:55Get off!
01:29:56Your old boyfriend, Buddy, his father had his mother committed.
01:29:57Is that where you got the idea?
01:29:58Maybe.
01:29:59So, everything was planned.
01:30:00I don't know.
01:30:01Maybe.
01:30:02Maybe.
01:30:03Maybe.
01:30:04Maybe.
01:30:05Maybe.
01:30:06Maybe.
01:30:07Maybe.
01:30:08Maybe.
01:30:09Maybe.
01:30:10Maybe.
01:30:11Maybe.
01:30:12Maybe.
01:30:13Maybe.
01:30:14Maybe.
01:30:15Maybe.
01:30:16Maybe.
01:30:17Maybe.
01:30:18Maybe.
01:30:19Maybe.
01:30:20Maybe.
01:30:21Maybe.
01:30:22Maybe.
01:30:23Maybe.
01:30:24Maybe.
01:30:25Maybe.
01:30:26Maybe.
01:30:27Maybe.
01:30:28Maybe.
01:30:29I just think it's wonderful that you've come.
01:30:37Thank you so, so much.
01:30:39Came because of some bullshit you told Elaine.
01:30:41There's a flaw in my plan.
01:30:43Speaking of plans, I must ask, are you really going to New Zealand with Larry?
01:30:47Larry?
01:30:48But I'm done with him.
01:30:49Then he'll wish he was you.
01:30:51What are you going to do with my kids?
01:30:54Take your kids with me and tell them you died,
01:30:56or maybe I'll just leave them.
01:30:57I don't think so.
01:30:59You still don't have the faintest clue
01:31:00who I am or what I do.
01:31:02Likewise.
01:31:06God, you are so beautiful.
01:31:08Ravishing.
01:31:10You OK?
01:31:11Never better.
01:31:16Never, never better.
01:31:19Never.
01:31:35What are you doing?
01:31:38Well, this is the last time we're
01:31:39going to see each other, right?
01:31:40Right.
01:31:42I want to thank you with all sincerity.
01:31:45I've been sleepwalking my whole life,
01:31:46and you've woken me up, and I feel alive now.
01:31:50You're fucked.
01:31:52Yes, but I'm alive and inspired.
01:31:54I mean, you saw your plan with such clarity,
01:31:56such ruthlessness.
01:31:57Well done.
01:31:58Let me go.
01:31:59No.
01:32:00I'll scream.
01:32:01No, you won't.
01:32:03Why won't I?
01:32:04Because everyone will come running,
01:32:05and you won't get it.
01:32:08Get what?
01:32:10What you want.
01:32:13What you deserve.
01:32:17I mean, you deserve to know all the flaw in your plan.
01:32:21You were so good at it, and you might want to do it again.
01:32:34OK, tell me.
01:32:40Kiss me first.
01:32:41What?
01:32:43Kiss me, and I'll tell.
01:32:46Only it has to be a real kiss, something to remember.
01:32:56We don't need Oscar.
01:32:58We don't need anyone.
01:33:03Kiss me, and I'll release you.
01:33:17Who are you, Lena?
01:33:25Who will you be when you die?
01:33:29You don't have the guts.
01:33:30Don't I?
01:33:31No, Ray.
01:33:32You're too practical.
01:33:33What about the consequences?
01:33:36There are no consequences.
01:33:38That's the flaw in your plan.
01:33:42I'm crazy.
01:33:44I'm crazy.
01:33:47You've driven me crazy.
01:33:49It was a whole idea.
01:33:51Crazy people aren't responsible.
01:33:55Crazy people aren't legally responsible.
01:34:01I'm not guilty by reason of insanity.
01:34:03In a year, I'll be sane again, and they'll have to let me out.
01:34:14I'm sorry.
01:34:44I'm sorry.
01:34:45I'm sorry.
01:35:15I'm sorry.
01:35:16I'm sorry.
01:35:17I'm sorry.
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