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(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
OVER HEADPHONES)
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(PEOPLE LAUGH)
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(MUSIC GETS LOUDER)
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♪ I'm in love, I'm in love,
I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love
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♪ Ooh
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♪ I feel love, I feel love,
I feel love, I feel love...
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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Hey!
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♪ I feel love
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♪ I feel love
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(SONG STOPS ABRUPTLY)
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(POUNDING DANCE MUSIC PLAY IN
CLUB)
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Ripped By mstoll
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(CAR HORN BLARES)
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Come on.
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Hey, guys.
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Um, I was just...
wanted to see if you're still up.
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But...
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(GULLS CRY)
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(FAINT PANTING)
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(MUSIC PLAYS OVER DIALOGUE)
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(FAINT PANTING)
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Are you OK?
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Me? I'm fine.
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You don't know me, but if you did,
you'd know I'm always fine.
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- What about your drink?
- You can keep it.
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(STEADY ELECTRONIC BEEPING)
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(RAPID BEEPING)
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COMPUTER VOICE:
Destination reached.
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Scanning successful.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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- Hello. Hi.
- Hi.
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(MAN SINGING ON TV)
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(CHEERING ON TV)
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(DISTANT POLICE SIREN)
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WOMAN:
No, no, no. No, no.
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Oh, no. (SIGHS)
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I'm going to stay in tonight.
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- You don't feel so good?
- I'm fine.
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(SAXOPHONE PLAYS IN THE DISTANCE)
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(DISTANT CHATTER)
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(ALARM BEEPS)
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(GULLS CRY)
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I wanted to say thank you.
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Oh.
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Which I didn't get to say... last time.
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I just had a... a hunch.
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Sometimes, you have to take a chance,
right? Otherwise, how do you know?
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(CHUCKLES)
Obviously, I got this wrong.
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Oh, sorry.
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(CHUCKLES) My name's Danny.
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My name is Joe.
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So, Joe, are you...
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Are...
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(CHUCKLES)
I've run out of questions. Um...
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Ask me... please.
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Are you out?
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No.
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If you want to go,
I can understand that reaction.
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I don't want to go.
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JOE: I work for an investment bank.
It's their apartment.
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Security is a concern.
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- (CHUCKLES)
- There's a terrace.
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If you want to smoke... I mean.
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I'm going to take a shower.
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(SHOWER RUNS)
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(DOOR OPENS)
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I'll let you get dressed.
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(DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES)
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(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
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- I can pay.
- No, it's fine, um...
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- I must be easy to read.
- You are.
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Is that bad?
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It makes a change.
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The people I work with...
are inscrutable.
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(INHALES DEEPLY)
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(CLEARS THROAT) I can be inscrutable.
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Did you look through my clothes?
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(CHUCKLES)
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See you.
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Has he rung?
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- DANNY: He will.
- A week.
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I've never been more certain
of anything in my life.
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- Why?
- Because... that can't be it.
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There's more. There has to be.
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(CHUCKLES) You love falling in love.
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The moment when
it's all possibilities and dreams.
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You think he's out of my league?
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The thought never crossed my mind.
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DANNY:
Where are we going to drink tonight?
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OLDER MAN: Somewhere dimly lit
and terribly old-fashioned.
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So, we're on the doorstep,
saying goodbye.
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I'm trying to give him Pavel's number
because I don't have a phone,
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except he doesn't write it down,
and I'm like...
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"If you don't want to...
If you don't want to see me again..."
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And then, he says, "Numbers, Danny,
I have no problem with."
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Like he could remember
every phone number in the world.
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- (CHUCKLES)
- And then, we shook hands.
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If you'd have told me a week ago
I'd be this happy with a handshake
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at the end of a date...
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I'm sorry.
I'll stop talking about him now.
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- It's alright. I understand.
- It's just the feeling, you know?
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I'll be unable to think
about anyone else.
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Yeah? (CHUCKLES) I know the feeling.
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DANNY: Yeah, of course.
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(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
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(KNOCKING CONTINUES)
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Otherwise, how do you know?
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So, at some point, you're going
to talk about yourself, right?
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Not your work, I understand.
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That's, uh, secret,
but, um, the other stuff...
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- Why?
- (CHUCKLES)
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Isn't that what you do
when you meet someone?
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I tell you stuff, you tell me stuff.
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JOE: This is us.
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(CAR BEEPS)
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DANNY: So grown up.
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You drink tea out of a thermos
and you go for country walks.
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I must seem young...
compared to the people you work with.
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You do.
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- You're not joking, are you?
- I started university when I was 15.
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So, you never... messed around?
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- In what sense?
- Any sense.
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I've been serious for a very long time.
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DANNY:
What made you change your mind?
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- About?
- About me.
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I wondered what it would be like
to do these walks with someone.
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For one minute, I was worried
that you were going to say
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it was because I made you laugh.
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I don't think you've ever made me laugh.
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- It's not that you won't.
- I understand.
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- I'm sure you will.
- I understand.
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So, you turn up on my doorstep,
which is wonderful,
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except I never told you where I live.
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And I was wondering... and I should say
in advance that I don't mind, but...
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did you carry out some kind
of background check on me?
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The way we met was unusual.
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(CHUCKLES) Right.
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So, you thought, "Stranger! Seduction!"
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Not that, um, I'm presuming
you're seduced by me.
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That's, um... process ongoing.
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Um, what was I saying?
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Um, yeah. So, you thought
our meeting was part of... a setup.
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It's fine. It's fine. I just...
I thought you said I was easy to read.
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JOE: That would have been the reason
you were selected.
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The appearance of innocence.
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DANNY: I'm not innocent.
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You might be the only
innocent person I know.
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Can you tell me
what your real name is, now?
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My name is Alex.
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I'd like you to come up...
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if you want, obviously.
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- And if you don't want, that's cool.
- I want to.
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I didn't mean to say "cool."
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You want to?
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(BOTH CHUCKLE)
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- But...
- (CHUCKLES)
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It's a little fast.
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Well, maybe next time.
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- You've got to stop shaking my hand.
- I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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OK.
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(KEYS JINGLE)
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Fuck!
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DANNY: It's normally tidier than this.
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It's never tidier than this.
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ALEX: Had you guessed?
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Hmm, I'd guessed you hadn't
slept with guys before.
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I thought maybe you'd slept
with a couple of women.
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Can I ask you a question?
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Hmm.
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What stopped you?
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You don't have to answer.
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How do you admit to someone...
you've never been in a relationship?
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Who wants to hear?
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And when they do,
who wants to stay?
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I do.
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In school, I was old.
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At university, I was young.
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(SNIFFLES)
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I've always been...
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out of step with the people around me.
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In the end,
I left it so late... I gave up.
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I told myself I was all about the mind,
and people found me odd.
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It grated on them.
I could see it in their eyes.
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And rather than change, I...
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I started playing the role,
more and more.
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I didn't need anyone.
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That's what I told myself.
I didn't want anyone.
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Did you imagine you'd spend
the rest of your life alone?
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Yes.
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I can't begin to understand
what that must feel like.
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- You always knew you'd find someone?
- Always.
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(CHUCKLES)
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I can't imagine...
what that must feel like.
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(CHUCKLES)
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ALEX: I'd like to try again.
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- We don't have to.
- You don't want to?
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(CHUCKLES)
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We can wait.
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I've waited long enough.
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ALEX: Drugs?
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I've been using them
to make me believe the sex was special.
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That the person I was with was special.
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But...
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I'd love to know
what it feels like for real...
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because I bet
it's the best feeling in the world.
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Will you stop worrying about me?
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Will you stop worrying about me?
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(GASPS)
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DANNY: You saw me.
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What I mean is, you saw "me."
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And you asked if I was OK.
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And not like most people ask it,
like they've...
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asked it a hundred times
that day already.
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You asked it as if...
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nothing else mattered to you.
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And I thought,
"How is it that this person
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who I've never seen before...
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how are they the only person
in the whole world who knows...
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that I'm not OK?"
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And I was sure if I could
just find out your name,
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if I could just find out who you were...
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then everything would be OK.
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What if everything... isn't OK?
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Then we tell each other
and we deal with it.
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Whatever it is, we... deal with it.
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Together.
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(CHUCKLES)
Is there something you want to tell me?
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No.
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(CAMERA WHIRS)
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(TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MUSIC)
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(WOMAN SINGS IN JAPANESE)
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I'm excited you two are going to meet.
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- I should have organized it sooner.
- Hmm!
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A month or two, I could understand.
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I'm not so old, I can't remember
what it's like to be smitten.
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But eight months listening to you
declare how wonderful he is
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while failing to introduce us
feels willful.
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DANNY: Sorry.
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(MUSIC ENDS)
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DANNY: Scottie, this is Alex.
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Alex, tell me...
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what did you make of her?
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Too much?
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That doesn't surprise me.
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Danny's always preferred his men
to be as straight as possible.
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A tedious form of self-loathing
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that I've unsuccessfully
tried to wean him off.
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Scottie, I was telling Alex...
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I hope you told him
this is where we first met.
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You must be wondering how
an old queer like me ended up friends
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with a handsome young man like him.
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Nineteen years old,
he walked through that door...
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00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,236
as lost as a person could be.
256
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:56,469
(SIGHS)
257
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,909
I saw him, in his tatty jeans,
258
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,793
with his cropped hair
and his puppy dog eyes.
259
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,398
I could guess his sad story
without hearing a word.
260
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,876
I presumed if I bought him a drink,
there wouldn't be a single second
261
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,992
when he wasn't hoping
for someone better to come along.
262
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:22,078
But what can I say? I'm a soft touch,
so I bought him that drink.
263
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,431
And, to my surprise,
he talked to me for the whole night.
264
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,199
He didn't leave
even when others stalked him.
265
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,199
A small gesture,
but it meant a great deal.
266
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,276
And we've been friends ever since.
267
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,870
I'm the one he comes to
when times are tough,
268
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,639
and they often are.
269
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,958
Poor Danny has a terrible track record
for picking the wrong man.
270
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:50,593
He's an insufferable romantic,
one of the last.
271
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,397
Does it fall to me to say,
272
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,795
"Don't break his heart"?
273
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:02,798
I could never hurt Danny.
274
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,032
May I ask, as someone
who's been witness
275
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,674
to the breaking of many a heart,
276
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,360
how you can be so sure?
277
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,714
Because he is the only friend I have.
278
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,076
I'm pleased for you.
279
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:29,713
I'm pleased for both of you.
280
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,193
Had you two met before?
281
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,279
No.
282
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,076
(BICYCLE BELL RINGS)
283
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,554
DANNY: You know Scottie asked
if you knew how I became his friend.
284
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,592
ALEX: Danny, you don't need
to tell me anything.
285
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,151
I love you.
286
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,271
And I need you to know.
287
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,992
I was 19... like he said.
288
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,359
(SIGHS)
289
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:18,198
It was a bad time.
290
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,192
I'd left home,
I was doing a lot of drugs...
291
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:30,790
and one night... I was wired.
292
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:34,397
Not happy, not high.
293
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:38,312
I was numb.
294
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:44,429
And I posted an ad online,
295
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,028
saying that anyone could come around.
296
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,196
I mean anyone.
297
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,710
My only condition
was that they didn't speak.
298
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,312
And people showed up.
299
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:04,319
I didn't turn them away.
I didn't ask anything of them.
300
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,716
And they must have thought
they're luck was in, because...
301
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,398
they didn't make a sound.
302
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,193
(SIGHS)
303
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,070
And the next day,
I couldn't stop crying.
304
00:34:21,240 --> 00:34:23,196
And I went to see Scottie.
305
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:29,680
I didn't... know him very well.
I'd only met him a couple of times,
306
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,995
but he was the only person
I could trust.
307
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:36,635
And he took me straight to the hospital.
308
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:44,393
And I was put on a course of PEP,
which is, um, emergency medication.
309
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,829
I was on the drugs for 28 days,
310
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,394
and Scottie looked after me.
311
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,192
Sixteen weeks later,
I had an HIV test.
312
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,989
And I was clear. (CHUCKLES)
313
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,394
(CRIES) Sorry.
314
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:20,998
And we were friends.
315
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,989
I've never done
anything like that again.
316
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,273
I swear.
317
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,391
I was out of my mind.
318
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,995
I'm always safe. Always.
319
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,156
I don't know
what happened to me that night.
320
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,669
I look back,
I don't recognize that person.
321
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,398
And I've never cheated on you.
322
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,672
(SIGHS)
323
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,360
I don't want to have
any secrets from you.
324
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:16,514
I never want to have
any secrets ever again.
325
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,988
(CLASSICAL MUSIC ON THE RADIO)
326
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:45,951
Let's go away for the weekend.
327
00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:50,869
Sure.
328
00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,791
(TURNS VOLUME UP)
329
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,798
I have to buy a battery for my laptop.
330
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:06,991
I can't go without replacing it.
331
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:11,235
I understand.
332
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,748
(LOUD ROCK MUSIC PLAYING /
INDISTINCT CHATTER)
333
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:08,393
Has Alex called for me?
334
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:13,479
Has Alex called?
335
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:48,474
How long?
336
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:51,715
(SIGHS)
337
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:54,193
Eleven days.
338
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,477
SCOTTIE: What happened?
339
00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:01,996
- I told him...
- That you loved him?
340
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,230
DANNY: How you and I became friends.
341
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:06,554
That was a mistake.
342
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:10,070
Why didn't I shut my mouth?
343
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,391
Because you needed to know...
344
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,591
could he still you love you?
345
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,311
I fucked it up. I...
346
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:24,997
I'd fucked it up
before I'd even met him.
347
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,319
SCOTTIE: Have you tried everything?
348
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:31,998
(SIGHS)
349
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,595
Well, there's only one thing left to do.
Accept that it's over.
350
00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:40,234
- I can't.
- What other choice do you have?
351
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:44,549
You'll get over it.
352
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:49,190
Not quickly, not completely,
but enough to carry on.
353
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,472
Trust me on that.
354
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,398
But, now, I'm afraid you'll have
to excuse me. I have work to do.
355
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,995
- You want me to leave?
- I'd never ask you to leave.
356
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,634
Rest here, sleep, eat.
357
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,991
But, today, I can't play assistant
to your personal life.
358
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:14,997
Just out of curiosity...
359
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,516
did you ever wonder
what I might want?
360
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:20,794
What you want?
361
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:25,998
What do you want?
362
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:33,789
Do you want this?
363
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:38,068
Is this what you want?
364
00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:43,913
What do I owe you?
Five nights? Ten nights? Tell me!
365
00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,716
Scottie, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
366
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,315
- We should call the police.
- Nothing was taken.
367
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,396
We couldn't even give our stuff away.
368
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:19,999
(WOMAN SHOUTS)
369
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:49,788
(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)
370
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,437
COMPUTER VOICE: System rebooting.
371
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,436
Item for Danny Holt.
372
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:07,313
(STEADY BEEPING)
373
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:50,314
(RAPID BEEPING)
374
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,317
(STEADY BEEPING)
375
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,232
(RAPID BEEPING)
376
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,476
Destination reached.
377
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:48,879
(KEY TURNS IN LOCK)
378
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:54,114
Alex?
379
00:45:06,240 --> 00:45:07,593
Alex!
380
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:56,635
(LIQUID DRIPS)
381
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:41,229
Alex?
382
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:29,717
(MUSIC BOX PLAYS)
383
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:55,195
(MUSIC STOPS)
384
00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:57,554
(GASPS)
385
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:29,274
(GROANS)
386
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:48,916
(GASPS)
387
00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:03,796
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
388
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:17,113
(GASPS)
389
00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:19,196
(WATER RUNS)
390
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:24,154
(TURNS WATER OFF)
391
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:48,354
Police, please.
392
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:06,595
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
393
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:40,631
(SIRENS BLARE)
394
00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:48,033
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
395
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:58,912
(BUZZER)
396
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:03,477
Police. Can you open up, please?
397
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:13,154
(BANGING ON DOOR)
398
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:14,952
MAN:
Police! Open this door!
399
00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:16,308
(BANGING CONTINUES)
400
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:21,318
Open this door!
401
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:27,073
Step aside, sir.
402
00:53:41,320 --> 00:53:42,799
His name's Alex.
403
00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:47,399
He's my partner.
404
00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:51,788
It's his apartment.
405
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:54,915
He disappeared two weeks ago.
406
00:53:56,360 --> 00:53:58,157
Do you think it might not be him?
407
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:03,997
Tell me what you know about Alex.
408
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:20,199
He's a genius.
409
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:26,635
He went to university at the age of 15.
410
00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:33,794
He's got no family.
His parents are dead.
411
00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:40,193
Um...
412
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:43,191
He works for an investment bank.
413
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:49,598
What else do you need to know?
414
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:54,393
Do you know...
415
00:54:56,160 --> 00:54:58,071
this man?
416
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:00,952
Yes. This is Alex.
417
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:02,509
Your partner?
418
00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:04,471
(DANNY SIGHS)
419
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:07,069
Yeah.
420
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:09,634
WOMAN: What kind of relationship
did you have with him?
421
00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:12,513
- Did it involve sadism? Drugs?
- No.
422
00:55:12,640 --> 00:55:16,599
You see, it's hard for me to believe
you were in a serious relationship...
423
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:19,438
when you don't even know his name.
424
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:25,671
This man is called Alistair.
His parents are alive.
425
00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:28,515
He did not work for a bank.
426
00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:40,677
Is it possible you enjoyed
extreme sexual encounters
427
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:43,189
with someone who didn't want you
to know their name?
428
00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:47,752
Is it possible?
429
00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:52,916
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
430
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:56,791
This will stop right now.
431
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:10,395
(POLICE SIREN IN THE DISTANCE)
432
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:19,718
He lied.
433
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:22,393
About everything.
434
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:26,679
When you introduced us...
435
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:30,313
- You knew?
- Not exactly.
436
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:34,279
Our paths had never crossed,
but I recognized the type.
437
00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:38,314
I see them
in the corridors of Whitehall.
438
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:41,000
People with power and secrets.
439
00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:43,759
Their importance emanates
from them. I felt it.
440
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:47,075
He worked for Ml6.
441
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:50,638
He was a spy.
442
00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:26,199
But, Danny...
443
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:30,310
The police were concerned you might have
taken something from the crime scene.
444
00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:33,398
A personal item?
Something of sentimental value?
445
00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:35,476
You wouldn't have done that, would you?
446
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:39,998
- Of course not.
- No. Of course not.
447
00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:56,790
(TRAIN RUMBLES PAST)
448
00:58:31,120 --> 00:58:33,315
(STATIC)
449
00:58:35,500 --> 00:58:43,500
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