[Sound]: SOUND OF A TRUCK
PASSING
[sound]: SOUND OF A TRUCK
PASSING
[sound]: OPENING SCORE -
MINIMALIST PIANO AND STRINGS
[sound]: INDISTINCT VOICES
[sound]: LAUGHTER
Mark: Oh hey. Listen, if a guy
named Teddy Gish friends you,
ignore it. Alright? Do not
accept.
Aaron: Uh-oh.
Mark: You already did.
Lea: Uh huh. You know he's in
town. Right?
Mark: What? Aaron: Why?
Lea: Yeah. He's dating this
Dartmouth grad student.
Lea: It's on his profile.
Aaron: No. I never go on there.
Gavin: Why don't you want to allow this
guy to play in your virtual sandbox?
Aaron: Mark never really liked
Teddy.
Mark: Nobody did.
Lea: Hey.
Aaron: Remember that time he hid
cards up his sleeve for poker?
Mark: Yeah. And he was always borrowing
money and never paying it back.
Aaron: Drinking your last beer.
Mark: Bogarting your joint.
Aaron: Hitting on your
girlfriend behind your back.
Gavin: Ah. There it is.
Lea: Oh Whose? Yours? Lisa? Mm
hmm.
Aaron: No.
Lea: What?
Gavin: What yours?
Mark: It was college. I was
experimenting.
Gavin: What is it with you Americans? Nobody
knows how to refill a goddamn wine glass.
Gavin: Aaron. Would you like
some more wine?
Aaron: Why yes. Gavin. Thank
you.
Mark: Mister Manners.
Gavin: Lea?
Lea: Yes please.
Lea: Well maybe he's changed.
Gavin: No. People don't change.
Not after adolescence.
Mark: The oracle has spoken.
Gavin: Nobody really knows anybody
anyway. Least of all themselves.
Mark: My god. Does anyone have
a pen?
Gavin: You only know what you want
to believe you know about me, my love.
Lea: I don't know. I think I've changed
a lot since college. So have you guys.
Mark: Believe me. This is not a guy
that we want back in our lives, okay?
Aaron: Yeah let's just keep it
online.
Mark: No. Not even online.
Aaron: Okay.
Gavin: So sorry. The loo is off
limits for the next 48 hours...
to anyone without a Hazmat suit.
Mark: That's nice. Dear.
Lea: So what's his twin like? [Sound]:
AARON ARGUES ON PHONE OFFSCREEN
Mark: Whose?
Lea: Teddy's.
Mark: He doesn't have a twin.
Lea: He's on his friend list.
Mark: What? What's his name?
Lea: Tom?
Mark: Yeah that's his brother.
But not twin.
Lea: They have the same
birthday.
Gavin: Maybe different years.
Lea: Did you ever meet him?
Mark: No. Do you know what the
odds of that are?
Gavin: Three hundred sixty five
to two?
Mark: No.
Aaron: (offscreen) Well there'sa big
difference between "it just doesn't feel right"
Aaron: And an actual problem
with the tracking.
Mark: Look, we'd definitely
know if Teddy Gish had a twin.
Gavin: Maybe he doesn't want
you to know.
Aaron: Oh, God! Fuck!
Aaron: Get the broom! Get the
broom!
[Sound]: SMALL WINGS
FLUTTERING
Mark: Here. [Lea screams]
Gavin: Get him to fly over here. Get him
to fly over here. [Sound]: WINGS FLUTTERING
Lea: Aaron! Don't hit it!
Aaron...
Gavin: It's still alive.
Mark: So put it out the window,
just... okay. Okay, okay...
Mark: O-kay.
Lea: Aaron.
Lea: You could have chased it
outside.
Aaron: It would've come back in.
Lea: Well, they're good. They
eat bugs.
Aaron: And carry rabies.
Aaron: What?
Lea: I thought I saw something.
[Sound]: CAR ENGINE STARTING
Lea: What?
[Sound]: CAR DRIVING AWAY
Lea: Oh, sorry. It's nothing.
Aaron: Or whatever it was, it's
gone.
Aaron: Or is it?
Lea: Aaron
Aaron: What was that?
Lea: Oh god! Stop it.
Aaron: Sorry.
Aaron: Do you have to work
tonight?
Lea: Ugh, yes.
Aaron: How's it going?
Lea: Well, it's not The Misfit.
Aaron: Really, it's the
Grandmother?
Lea: Nope.
Aaron: Who?
Lea: You'll see.
Lea: What was that?
Aaron: Northern. They're
threatening to cancel the new order.
Lea: Because of the tracking
thing?
Aaron: Yeah.
Lea: Well can they? What if
they do?
Aaron: We'll survive.
Lea: Well, we can't live off
Proem forever.
Aaron: I'll deal with it.
Lea: Okay. I know.
Lea: I'm sorry.
Aaron: Don't... tell your
parents yet.
Lea: Oh god no.
Aaron: As long as I'm out here.
Lea: Ugh. Mm mm. Well, brush your
teeth before you come to bed, mister.
Aaron: Yes ma'am.
[Music]
Katie: Did you get that
message? Teddy somebody?
Aaron: He came here in person?
Katie: He said he might stop by later.
I told him you'd be in this afternoon.
Aaron: If he comes again, tell
him I'm out.
Katie: He might see your car. And I don't
think lying is part of my job description.
Aaron: Well neither is telling the details
of my comings and goings to total strangers.
Katie: Total strangers?
Aaron: Tell him I'm in a
meeting.
Katie: With whom?
Aaron: Myself.
Katie: Happy Birthday.
Aaron: Katie, wait.
Aaron: That's very sweet.
Aaron: I'm sorry.
Katie: Sorry I befriended your
stalker.
Aaron: He's not my stalker.
Katie: If he comes back, you're
in a long meeting.
Aaron: Thank you.
Katie: Everything okay?
Aaron: Yeah.
Lea: He can't come home a day
early?
Cynthia: What do you want? He's
giving a speech.
Lea: A speech he agreed to give
on his son-in-laws 40th birthday?
Cynthia: Oh, he doesn't keep
track of birthdays. Ah ha.
Teddy: Lea? Teddy Gish.
Lea: Oh, hi.
Lea: Mom, this is Teddy.
Teddy, this is my mother.
Teddy went to college with
Mark and Aaron.
Cynthia: Nice to meet you,
Teddy.
Lea: Teddy and I are friends online
but we've never actually met in person.
Cynthia: I have no idea how
that's possible.
Teddy: No, no, we met.
Lea: Oh.
Teddy: Yeah, you came to visit
Mark senior year.
Lea: Oh. Right. Of course.
Cynthia: What brings you to the
area, Teddy?
Teddy: My girlfriends finishing
up her Ph. D at Dartmouth.
Cynthia: Oh really? Maybe you
know her.
Lea: What department is she in?
Teddy: Philosophy.
Cynthia: Oh. Lea teaches
Literature.
Teddy: I know.
Cynthia: And what do you do,
Teddy?
Teddy: Uh, I work from home.
Cynthia: I see. Well that's
convenient.
Lea: So, you're going to be
living here for a while?
Teddy: Yeah, yeah. For a couple months
at least. It's somebody's birthday?
Cynthia: Aaron's. But don't
tell. It's a surprise.
Teddy: Oh, how fun! When?
Cynthia: Tonight.
Lea: Actually Mom, it's not
a surprise anymore.
He heard me talking
about it with Mark.
Cynthia: Oh... He could have
pretended. Oh, hey, Teddy!
Why don't you come? You'll be
the surprise.
Bring your girlfriend.
Teddy: Oh.
Lea: I... I don't think we have
enough food, Mom.
Cynthia: Well...
Lea: Hmm. Yeah...
Teddy: I have been dying to
show off Simone.
Cynthia: Simone? What a pretty
name.
Teddy: Yeah, pretty face too.
Lea: Okay... well...
Teddy: Actually though, Uh...
Simone's a vegan. Lea: Oh.
Cynthia: Well there will be a salad
and we're having shrimp cocktail.
Teddy: No, unfortunately not
but... Lea: I don't think so, Mom.
Teddy: We can bring a
vegan dish.
Lea: Well it's not really a
potluck thing. Cynthia: Sure!
Lea: But you know, we could go
out to dinner sometime for vegan,
Teddy: No. You know what? She'll be fine.
She'll be fine. She eats like a bird anyway.
Lea: A vegan bird.
Teddy: Right.
[Sound]: JAZZ MUSIC ON THE
STEREO
Teddy: To old friends.
Teddy: And uh, new narratives.
Lea: And new friends.
Mark: And um... The birthday boy.
Teddy: Yes, the birthday boy.
Aaron: Thank you.
Cynthia: Aaron, you couldn't
just play along?
Aaron: She knew I heard. It was
too late.
Gavin: Sounds like a recipe for
a heart attack if you ask me.
Mark: Oh, did somebody?
Teddy: Well, I have a surprise,
actually.
Simone: No, Teddy.
Teddy: Uh, today is actually
Simones birthday too.
Aaron: Really?
Lea: Happy Birthday.
Mark: Happy Birthday, Simone.
Everyone: Happy Birthday.
Lea: Why don't you try it with
it going from inside and then out?
Gavin: It's going to look like
a dart board.
Lea: It's not going to look
like a dart board, don't worry.
Lea: Oh, hey... Thank you.
Simone: I am so sorry. He didn't tell
me it was your husbands birthday party.
Lea: Oh...
Simone: He said we were going
out for a surprise.
Lea: Oh, no don't worry about
it.
Simone: Um, maybe I should go.
Lea: What? No, no, no, no, no.
Hey, Happy Birthday, come here.
Lea: It's okay, you want a drink? How
about a beer? It's organic, and local.
Lea: Okay. Gavin, beer.
Simone: Thank you.
Aaron: Thanks for thinking of me Teddy, but
I'm kind of all-in with my kayaks right now.
Teddy: I heard there was a
problem with those.
Aaron: Where did you hear that?
Teddy: Hmm, I don't remember.
Teddy: Anyway, we're not talking
about a lot of money here, dude.
And it'd be first
in, first out.
Aaron: Fifty grand is a lot of
money.
Teddy: Really?
Aaron: It's just not the right
time.
Teddy: Just come by and see it.
The location,
un-fucking-believable. It just
needs a gut job.
Aaron: Well that'll cost more
than fifty grand.
Teddy: No shit. You're not the
only investor I'm talking to.
Teddy: You think Lea would be
interested?
Aaron: I speak for both of us.
Teddy: How about her parents?
Aaron: No.
Teddy: Well, Aaron... with all
that happened with me and Proem,
you don't think you
could throw a little my way?
Aaron: With you and Proem?
Teddy: You know.
Aaron: No, Teddy, I don't.
Teddy: Really.
Teddy: Huh.
Teddy: You know, Neil told me
Teddy: Before he died, he said
some kind of interesting things.
Teddy: He was like, quoting a
lot of stuff.
Teddy: Like, he said, History
is the version of past events
that people have decided to
agree on.
Aaron: He was obsessed with
Napoleon.
Teddy: Yeah, but this was in the
context of Proem. And Version 2.0.
Aaron: How?
Teddy: I don't know. That
doesn't make any sense to you?
Aaron: Well, he was pretty
delusional at the end.
Teddy: Yeah, this was a little
before that though.
Teddy: He also said something about
Proem maybe not really being worth
what everybody
thought it was worth.
Aaron: It was worth what the
market said it was worth.
Teddy: No, it was more like, it wasn't
actually what the market thought it was.
Aaron: What does that mean?
Teddy: I don't know. I always
wondered about that.
Teddy: So, Mark's baby sister.
"Little Lee-Lee. "
Aaron: It's just Lea now.
Teddy: Quite the catch, man.
Aaron: I'm a lucky man.
Teddy: Mm hmm, you can say that
again.
Teddy: Hey, I heard you guys did
that whole weekend-long retreat thing,
Teddy: All that like, uh,
sharing and soul searching.
Aaron: Who told you that?
Teddy: Neil. He and Marnie did
it too.
Teddy: Yeah, he said it was great. Make
sure you both really know each other,
Teddy: That you both really know what
you're getting into and all that, right?
Aaron: That's the idea.
Teddy: Isn't that like a
Catholic thing?
Aaron: Uh, I think so,
originally.
Teddy: You think Simone and I
should do it?
Aaron: You're not engaged, are
you?
Teddy: No.
Aaron: Well I think the idea is to do it
before, you know, a lifelong commitment.
Teddy: So apparently you passed
muster.
Aaron: HaHa... Apparently.
Teddy: No major deal killers.
Aaron: Guess not.
Teddy: Or none you cared to
share, anyway. Or dared to.
Aaron: We shared everything.
Teddy: Even Gitta Glitter?
Aaron: Her last name was Girard.
Teddy: Yeah? Well, I'll always
remember her as Gitta Glitter.
Teddy: You didn't, did you?
Teddy: You know how she got
that nickname, right?
Teddy: Yeah, maybe you're
better off not knowing.
Aaron: Oh. Wow. Teddy.
Teddy: Sorry.
Teddy: Tell me you don't have a
Touch already.
Aaron: Actually, uh...
Mark: Yeah, hence the uh, Nano.
Teddy: No! I should've got more
intel.
Aaron: One for the office?
Lea: Oh, three iPods?
Gavin: Yeah. Like a good
American.
Cynthia: Or for your car.
Teddy: It's got my top ten Dead
shows on it.
Teddy: Fillmore East, 1970.
Oxford Speedway 88.
Mark: Weren't we at that one?
Teddy: Yeah, of course, sophomore
summer. I made it myself.
Aaron: Remember, everybody
thought Dylan was gonna sit in.
Mark: Yeah, who opened for them?
Teddy: Little Feet!
Aaron: Didn't Branford Marsalis
sit in?
Teddy: No. Nassau Coliseum 90.
You guys.
Simone: Wait, Branford Marsalis
toured with The Dead?
Teddy: Nah, he just sat in a
couple of times.
Aaron: He's never played this
for you? Simone: No.
Aaron: Well, Happy Birthday.
Teddy: She's never heard any of
that stuff.
Aaron: Well, now she can.
Simone: I've heard some of it.
Actually, um, thank you, but I couldn't.
Teddy: Yeah, nevermind, I'll just
take it back if you dont want it.
Mark: Shit, I'll take it.
Teddy: Or you could at least
give it to your wife.
Lea: Yeah, okay.
Aaron: It's not your birthday.
Mark: And you hate The Dead.
Teddy: I'll just take it back,
never mind.
Aaron: No, no, no. You know what,
I'd love to hear these in my car.
Aaron: Um, thank you Teddy.
It's way too much, but thank you.
Teddy: Nah, it's nothing.
Aaron: No, it's really nice.
Teddy: Kampai.
Simone: Japanese for "Cheers. "
Cynthia: Oh, I knew that.
Cynthia: Kampai. Gavin: Salud.
Teddy: Nazdrave.
Cynthia: Is that Russian?
Aaron: Czech.
Teddy: Very good. Good memory.
[Music]: FOREBODING MUSIC
[music]CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING
ON THE STEREO Lea Laughs
Aaron: What?
Lea: Come here.
Lea: Oh my god. Wow.
Lea: Teddy posted it.
Aaron: How do I delete it?
Lea: Uh, you can't.
Aaron: He didn't ask my
permission.
Lea: He doesn't have to.
Aaron: Well, how can I get my
fucking name off of it?
Lea: Just, untag yourself.
Aaron: How?
Lea: There will be a link next
to your name.
Lea: You have to log on as
yourself.
Aaron: So it's just sitting out
there. Forever.
Lea: You can ask him to delete
it.
Aaron: Teddy.
Lea: I thought you were going
to ignore his friend request.
Aaron: He wouldn't stop bugging
me.
Lea: By the way, you looked
totally hot.
Lea: Somebody touched a nerve.
Lea: So, who was Gitta Girard?
Aaron: Where is it?
Lea: Right there!
Lea: So?
Aaron: What?
Lea: Gitta?
Aaron: It's all a bit of a blur.
Lea: Seems like she'd be pretty
hard to forget.
Teddy: I'm sorry I brought my
girlfriend to your birthday party.
Aaron: Nah, it was fun.
Teddy: I just thought it would be
a cool surprise. For both of you.
Aaron: It was.
Teddy: Thank you.
Aaron: But, I'm not a big fan
of being tagged in photos online.
Teddy: I thought you'd get a
kick out of that.
Aaron: I didn't.
Teddy: I bet Lea did.
Teddy: Okay, Mr. Old-fashioned.
Aaron: Well, I better
Teddy: You ever wonder what
happened to Gitta?
Aaron: Not particularly.
Teddy: You didn't keep in
touch? After you broke her heart?
Aaron: I didn't break her heart.
Teddy: I did.
Aaron: What?
Teddy: Kept in touch.
Aaron: Good for you.
Teddy: She's happily married
now too. Or married, anyway.
Teddy: In fact, she lives in
Montreal.
That's actually just a few hours
north of here, isn't it?
Aaron: Yeah, about three.
Teddy: You never wish it was
you?
Aaron: What?
Teddy: Happily married to Gitta
Glitter?
Aaron: I am happily married.
Teddy: 'Course you are.
Aaron: Gotta get to work.
Teddy: I'm sure she'd love to
hear from you.
She'd probably be too shy
to friend you though.
Teddy: Maybe you should friend
her.
Aaron: Maybe I will.
Teddy: Or I could tell her you said
it was okay for her to friend you.
Aaron: Enough! Okay?
[Music]
Teddy: Hey, look who's here!
Teddy: Did we miss much?
Gavin: No, they just started.
Teddy: Great
Lea: Do you guys want to join
us?
Teddy: Sure.
Simone: Thank you.
Simone: Oh! Don't worry, we can
sit on the ground.
Aaron: No, we've got another
one in the car.
Teddy: But you're gonna miss
the show.
Aaron: It'll just take a few
minutes.
Teddy: I'll come with you.
Aaron: No. No, it's okay.
Lea: Simone, sit down.
Teddy: You know if you just
hear me out on this thing, Aaron.
I think you'll see
its got mad potential.
Aaron: I'm just not looking for
something like that right now, Teddy.
Teddy: Like what? You don't
even know what it is.
Aaron: Teddy, how many different
ways do you want me to say no?
Teddy: Aaron, we all know what
Proem sold for.
Aaron: A long time ago.
Teddy: Don't you think the least
you could do is hear me out?
Considering all that
happened with me and Proem?
Aaron: You never worked for
Proem, Teddy.
- Teddy: Before it was Proem - when it
was just an idea. Our idea. In Prague.
Aaron: Even if you were, in fact,
there when we thought of it...
Teddy: I said what if? I
planted the seed.
Aaron: Everybody in the world said what if?
But we figured it out. Mark, Neil, and me.
Teddy: Yeah, after you pushed
me out.
Aaron: You were never in.
Teddy: Aaron, I know I could be
kind of difficult back then...
Aaron: No, Teddy - come on.
That's not...
Teddy: No it's okay. I know.
But, I've actually changed a lot.
Aaron: We all have.
Ever since Prague it seemed like you and
Mark didn't want to be my friend anymore.
Aaron: Come on Teddy! We never
were. Neil was.
Teddy: He didn't like you as much
as you think he did, you know.
Teddy: He once said you were a
non-player.
Aaron: Goddammit.
Katie: What?
Aaron: Nothing.
Aaron: Can I see your message
log?
Katie: Whose number do you need?
Aaron: Can I just see it,
please?
Aaron: Thank you.
Aaron: I'll give it back to you
in a minute.
Katie: Okay.
Aaron: Close the door.
Aaron: What do you want, Teddy?
Gitta: Come in.
Gitta: Aaron?
Gitta: You have some explaining
to do, mister.
Aaron: What are you doing here?
Gitta: You didn't expect me?
Gitta: Teddy told me that... He
told me that you wanted to see me.
Aaron: I'm gonna kill him.
Gitta: I am such a fool. I'm
sorry.
Aaron: Wait. Wait.
Gitta: Please just let me go.
Aaron: I have some explaining
to do?
Gitta: You just... disappeared.
Aaron: You never answered my
letter.
Gitta: What letter?
Gitta: What What letter?
Aaron: The day I left I left you a
letter. I asked you to come join me.
Gitta: No, you just disappeared.
Aaron: No, I gave it to Neil to
give to you.
Gitta: Why would you write such a
letter? What if I didn't receive it?
Gitta: You hoped that I wouldn't receive
it. That was your passive way out.
Aaron: No, I gave it to Neil
the day I left to give to you.
Aaron: Why didn't he give it to
you?
Gitta: You didn't want to be
with me.
Aaron: No, I did. I... I waited.
Gitta: You didn't know how to
explain me.
Aaron: No I... assumed.
Gitta: Then why would you do
such a thing, Aaron?
Gitta: It's so unlike you. What if I
didn't receive it? I didn't receive it.
Gitta: You look good.
Aaron: So do you.
Aaron: I'm married.
Gitta: Do you love her?
Aaron: Yes.
Gitta: Good for you.
Gitta: Why didn't you try
harder?
Aaron: I'm sorry. I'm sorry
Aaron: What?
Aaron: That, uh...
Aaron: That girl that was in the
photo with me that Teddy posted...
Lea: Yeah?
Aaron: She was actually my
girlfriend at the time. Sort of
Lea: Well what happened to her?
Aaron: I don't know.
Lea: I mean why did you break
up?
Aaron: It's just... It never
would have worked out.
I had to go back to
the States and...
Lea: And?
Aaron: She was...
Aaron: She was a call girl.
Lea: So she wasn't your
girlfriend.
Aaron: No, she was.
Lea: And she was a prostitute?
Aaron: It was complicated.
Lea: You really should have
told me about her, Aaron.
Aaron: I was too afraid.
Lea: I knew that there was something
you weren't sharing. I knew it.
Aaron: This is it. I swear.
Lea: You think that was easy for
me? Aaron: No. Lea: What I shared?
Aaron: I know.
Lea: That was the whole
point, Aaron. Aaron: I know.
Lea: Why would you need to go
see a prostitute?
Aaron: It was Neil and Teddy's
thing.
Lea: Thing?
Aaron: Yeah they found this place...
it was really hip and exciting.
Aaron: We were young. Neil had more
money than we knew what to do with.
Lea: So you decided to go buy
some women?
Aaron: This is the only thing that I
haven't told you about, Lea. I swear.
Lea: You loved her.
Aaron: No.
Lea: Yeah that's why it took
you so long to commit.
Aaron: No, it had nothing to do
with that.
Lea: What did that have to do
with?
Aaron: Lea...
Aaron: Still not talking to me?
Aaron: I think you're
overreacting.
Lea: I don't care what you
think.
Aaron: But he seems to think he
was pushed out somehow. From Proem.
Mark: Bullshit. You know he tried
that same crap with me at the reunion?
Aaron: Well that's what he
thinks.
Mark: You just need to stop
talking to him, dude.
I think he might know something
about you-know-what
Aaron: "You-know-what?"
Mark: Yeah I think Neil might have
told him about Plan B before he died.
Aaron: Plan B?
Mark: Where we all pretend that
you think Neil and I fixed the hole?
Aaron: But you did.
Mark: Oh come on Aaron. It wasn't
fixable. It was hide-able in the code.
Mark: Aaron?
Aaron: What would that mean if
that came out?
Mark: It's impossible to find,
trust me.
Aaron: Unless he knew where to
look.
Or he wouldn't be sniffing around
you for it he'd be using it.
Aaron: Using it? How?
Mark: Well he could... No,
that's not gonna happen.
Aaron: What if it did?
Aaron: Can't like couldn't or
can't like shouldn't?
Mark: Just stop talking to him.
Aaron: Just hear me out?
Lea: I'm parked over here.
Lea: Pretty.
Aaron: Please Lea. What do I do?
Lea: I guess what's done is
done.
Aaron: Meaning?
Lea: I don't know.
Aaron: I'm sorry.
Aaron: Nobody in the world
means more to me than you.
Aaron: Will you let me take you
to dinner?
Lea: That would be a start.
Lea: Yeah well. You know you
guys aren't getting any younger.
Well... You know what I
mean. Yeah.
Lea: Well. You know, maybe Dad's just
going to have to be more careful and
Lea: Maybe you're going to
have to be the one...
...that makes sure that
he and what did you say?
[Lea talks on Phone]
[Lea talks on Phone]
Lea: It's the truth. Yeah.
Well. I think Dad would take it a
lot better... Oh, hold on a sec, Mom.
Aaron: I have to go meet Teddy
for a beer.
Lea: Okay. Aaron: He's got some
investment thing he wants to talk about.
Lea: How long are you going to
be?
Aaron: I don't know... Uh.
Couple hours?
Lea: Okay. Drive safe.
Teddy: I thought you should
have that back.
Aaron: Why do you have this?
Teddy: Uh. Well, the day you
and Mark left Prague?
Uh, I was bored so I went over
to Madame K's for some fun.
Teddy: Neil gave it to me to
give to Gitta.
Aaron: He gave it to you?
Teddy: Yeah.
Aaron: And?
Teddy: Well. I was just going to
peek at it but then when I read it...
Teddy: I realized it was kinda the perfect
way to finally have a go with Gitta.
Teddy: Cause you weren't very
generous with her.
Aaron: How much do you want?
Teddy: I want to know about the
hole.
Aaron: What hole?
Teddy: The flaw in Version 2.0. What
Neil was talking about before he died.
Aaron: Neil was delusional.
Teddy.
Teddy: Yeah? No. I think it was
more like guilty conscience.
Aaron: I don't know what you're
talking about.
Teddy: I think you do.
Aaron: Did you have something on Neil
too? From freshman year or something?
Teddy: Have something?
Aaron: Or did he just see something
in you no one else the world could see?
Teddy: I was his best friend.
Teddy: Hey. You know Aaron? The
thing I never understood about Gitta?
Teddy: Why was she such a popular whore?
Considering what a terrible fuck she was?
Teddy: I mean. Right?
Aaron: Fuck.
[Crickets chirping]
Lea: Oh. Hey.
Lea: What's wrong?
Aaron: Total waste of time.
Lea: Well. I was surprised you
went.
Aaron: Coffee?
Lea: Book proposal. Due
tomorrow.
Aaron: Oh. Right.
Lea: You're gonna have time in
the morning to read it. Right?
Aaron: Yeah.
Lea: So what did he want?
Started out promising enough but it turns
out he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Aaron: Hasn't thought it
through.
Lea: Are you sure you're okay?
Aaron: Just incredibly annoyed.
Lea: Well. I better get back to
it.
Lea: Oh god. 10:30 already?
Aaron: I'm gonna
Lea: Oh. Aaron, don't start
again.
Aaron: I already have.
Lea: I know. Why?
[Crickets]
[Aaron vomits]
[Garbage Bag ruffles]
[Phone rings]
Aaron: Why don't you get up
early?
Lea: Mmm. No I can't. I'm on a
roll.
Lea: Thanks. Honey.
Aaron: You'll be fresher in the
morning.
Lea: Mmm. I have to finish it tonight
so I can proof it in the morning.
Aaron: Okay.
Lea: Thanks. Aaron: Good luck.
Aaron: 'night
Lea: Good night
Aaron: I've gotta go to the
office.
Lea: Oh. Really?
Aaron: I've gotta take care of
this Northern thing.
Lea: Well. Are you gonna have
time to read this?
Aaron: Can you e-mail it to me?
Lea: I guess.
Katie: Oh my god! What are you
doing here?
Aaron: What are you doing here?
Katie: I have some stuff to
catch up on.
Aaron: I don't pay you to work
on Saturdays.
Katie: I know.
Aaron: Don't stay all day.
Katie: I won't.
Aaron: Did you call the police?
Simone: They won't even
consider him missing.
Simone: You know, if he were planning
to go somewhere, he'd bring his laptop.
Aaron: Do you have his computer?
Simone: Yeah. It's in the car.
Aaron: Well. I could try to get
into it, if you want.
Simone: Oh. Okay.
Aaron: Maybe we can find
something to convince them
to start looking for him
right away.
Simone: What did he want to ask
you about?
Aaron: Simone. I think Teddy
may be in trouble.
Simone: What kind of trouble?
Aaron: Last night he asked me to stake
him some money but for a drug deal.
Lea: Last night?
Simone: Oh. Teddy. Lea: So what do
you think could've happened to him?
Aaron: I don't know. But he
seemed pretty desperate.
I think he might've already owed
somebody some money.
Simone: So why didn't you lend
it to him?
Lea: Okay so you refused, and
left.
Simone: Okay. Uh, come with me,
and tell this to the police.
Simone: You know. Then maybe they
can start looking for him right away.
Aaron: What if- what
if he's not missing?
Lea: Aaron's right. I mean, what if you
go to the police, and he's not missing?
Aaron: Devil's advocate. If he's
not, if he doesn't want to be found,
Aaron: We could get him into a lot
of trouble if we go to the police.
Simone: But he's obviously
already in a lot of trouble.
Aaron: We don't know that for
sure.
Simone: Why is his car still
there?
Lea: Maybe he took a ride with
somebody.
Simone: Oh. God. Where? Who
with?
Aaron: If I could get into his
laptop maybe we can find a lead.
Simone: Okay.
Lea: It's gonna be alright,
okay? He's gonna turn up.
Lea: A drug deal?
Aaron: I figured the less you
knew, the better.
Lea: And I completely believed
you.
Aaron: I should go to the office. I
don't have the right software here.
Aaron: Oh! Your proposal.
Lea: I already submitted it.
Aaron: Shit. I'm sorry.
Aaron: Don't wait up. This could
take a while. It could be all night.
Lea: I won't.
[Sound]: TYPING ON COMPUTER
KEYBOARD
[music]: OMINOUS MUSIC
[sound]: SHOVEL DIGGING IN
DIR
[sound]: BODY FALLING IN GRAVE
[music]: OMINOUS MUSIC
Mark: So they don't have any
leads on these drug dealers?
Aaron: No.
Mark: And he never told you who
they were.
Aaron: Uh uh
Mark: No luck with his computer?
Aaron: Nope.
Mark: You?
Mark: Well. The police will get
into it.
Aaron: I hope so.
Mark: Fucking Teddy. Probably
got himself killed.
Not that that would be
such a bad thing.
Aaron: I'm gonna pretend I
didn't hear that.
[Music. Sound]: FOREBODING
MUSIC, BIRDS, CRICKETS
Mark: Lets do it.
Mark: What. Wednesday, you free
Wednesday?
Aaron: Uh. Wednesday or
Thursday, I forget which, um,
I have- I have an appointment
with Northern.
Mark: You own your own business
man. Just close up.
Mark: Get a couple of beers sit
down, kick our feet up
Mark: Hey.
Mark: Wow. Look who's back!
Simone: No. This is Teddy's
brother, Tom.
Mark: Oh. Wow.
Tom: Tom.
Lea: Tom. This is my husband
Aaron, and my brother Mark.
They both went to school with
Teddy.
Tom: Yeah. I know.
Aaron: Will you excuse me just
one moment.
Mark: Oh um. Hey have a seat.
[Sound]: AARON HYPERVENTILATES
Mark (o. S.): Yeah? Has there
been any word? Any leads?
Aaron: So are they calling him
a missing person yet?
Simone: Finally.
Aaron: We'll do anything we can
to help.
Tom: Uh. Can we uh, speak in
private?
Aaron: Sure. Um
Tom: Maybe outside? And then we
should be going.
Tom: I know he's dead.
Aaron: You do?
Tom: Yeah. It's hard to
explain. I just... I just know.
Aaron: I see.
Tom: Well. And he, he sent me this sort
of cryptic e-mail the day before he...
Tom: Disappeared saying that if
anything happened to him,
That it was all in a folder with
my name on his computer.
Aaron: Really?
Tom: I didn't wanna get into
this in front of Simone.
Aaron: Oh. No.
Tom: And he sent me his
password but it's not working.
Aaron: Hm.
Tom: You don't think you
might've locked it up or something
by trying and
failing too many times?
Aaron: No. I didn't even try to
guess it. I tried to bypass it,
but he had it set up so you
couldn't. Or anyway I couldn't.
Tom: I see. Well. The police have an expert
coming up from Concord to work on it, so...
Hopefully they'll get into it.
Aaron: Okay.
Tom: You don't know anything about the kind
of people he's doing this drug deal with?
Where they were from?
Aaron: Unfortunately. No.
Tom: Well look. Aaron,
Tom: If you're holding anything
back, like, because you're
thinking he's still alive, to
protect him, I understand.
Tom: He would've appreciated
that. But,
I think you should
tell them everything you know.
Aaron: Unfortunately. Like I said,
I left as soon as he brought it up.
I didn't want to know.
[Sound]: WHEELBARROW WHEELS.
CACAPHONY OF CRICKETS
Lea: It's just a dream. Aaron.
It's just a dream.
Lea: Okay. Shh. It's okay.
[Music]: PIZZICATO VIOLINS.
SLOW AND DELIBERATE
[sound]: OFFSCREEN VOICES -
INDISTINC
Katie: These detectives are
here to speak with you.
Aaron: Oh. Uh, okay.
Pond: I'm detective Pond. Major
Crimes, from Concord.
Miller: Detective Miller.
Aaron: Uh. In my office?
Pond: Thanks for your time.
Pond: Does the name Gitta
Girard mean anything to you?
Aaron: Yes.
Pond: You know her?
Aaron: Well I knew her. A long time
ago. In Europe, after college. Why?
Miller: When was the last time
you saw her?
Aaron: I don't even remember.
Pond: Recently?
Aaron: No.
Pond: Well. Is there anything else you
can tell us that relates to this drug deal?
Aaron: No. Like I said, I didn't
want to know anything about it.
Miller: Um. Why did you try to
hack into his computer?
Aaron: Well. Simone, his
girlfriend, say you guys, uh,
Aaron: So I was trying to
find some information...
...to convince you to
do something earlier.
Pond: We might have if we'd
known about this drug deal.
Aaron: Well. Like you,
I thought we should wait...
...a little bit to see if
he was really missing.
Miller: Give him some time to
close the deal?
Aaron: No.
Pond: We're just trying to find
your friend.
[Sound]: TYPING ON COMPUTER
KEYBOARD
Aaron: So. What did they ask
you about before I got here?
Katie: They said I shouldn't
discuss it with anyone else.
Aaron: I don't think they meant
me.
Katie: I think maybe they did.
Aaron: I think they meant
like friends and family.
People who aren't
involved in the case.
Katie: Am I involved?
Aaron: Well technically.
Through me because I know him,
and you met him when he came to
the office.
Katie: They asked me about that
Saturday.
The day after your friend, the
day after Mr. Gish disappeared.
Aaron: You told them I was
working at the office?
Katie: Yeah.
Aaron: Good.
Katie: And that you left as
soon as I got here.
Katie: And that you weren't
exactly thrilled...
...when he came by here
looking for you earlier.
Aaron: That's not really any of
their business.
Katie: Do you think he's dead?
Aaron: He'll turn up. Don't
worry.
Katie: How do you know?
Aaron: He may be in a lot of
trouble, but, he'll turn up.
Lea: The police were here looking
for you. Right after you left.
Aaron: I spoke with them at the
office.
Lea: What did they wanna know?
Aaron: Well. Since I was apparently
the last one who saw him ali...
I was the last person
to see him that night.
Lea: Alive? Aaron: Last
person to see him that night.
Lea: You think he's dead?
Aaron: Honestly, Lea? I wouldn't
be all that surprised if he was.
Lea: Oh my god, don't say that.
Aaron: Well given what he was
up to? Did they talk to you?
Aaron: About what?
Lea: What time you left and
came back.
Aaron: That's it?
Lea: And what I knew about your
relationship with Teddy.
Aaron: What did you tell them?
Lea: The truth.
Aaron: Which is what?
Lea: When did you guys first
meet Tom?
Aaron: I don't know. Uh...
freshman year I guess.
Lea: You know he's dead.
Aaron: What?
Lea: Yeah. That's why you were
so shocked to see Tom.
Aaron: No. Lea: You
didn't know he had a twin.
Aaron: Yes. I did.
Lea: No, neither did Mark,
not until I told him the other
night.
Aaron: No.
Lea: You were in the other room.
Mark said you guys didn't know.
Aaron: He doesn't know
everything I know.
Lea: You just said you guys
both met him in college.
Aaron: Maybe I was wrong. Maybe
Mark didn't meet him.
Lea: Aaron. Something is not...
Aaron: He must've forgotten.
Lea: Aaron. What is going on?
Lea: Whatever it is, you can
tell me.
Aaron: I killed him.
Aaron: By accident but nobody's
gonna believe that.
Lea: Oh my god.
Aaron: I... I punched him. And
he fell and hit his head.
Lea: Why did you punch him?
Aaron: He threatened you.
Aaron: He was trying to scare me
into giving him the money he wanted.
Aaron: He implied that bad things
might happen to you if I didn't.
Lea: Like what? Aaron: I don't
know. That's when I hit him.
Lea: Oh my god
Lea: Where is his body?
Aaron: It's better that you
don't know.
Lea: Aaron, we have to call the
police. You have to tell them.
Aaron: And go to prison?
Lea: You have to turn yourself in. You,
you've made this bad enough already.
Aaron: I'm not going to prison
because of that guy.
Lea: So the whole drug deal
thing? You just made that up?
Lea: Oh my god.
[Sound]: BEEPS - DIALING PHONE
Aaron: No.
[Sound]: BEEP - HANGING UP
PHONE
Aaron: They can't make you
testify against me.
Lea: You have to tell them,
Aaron.
They might not believe it
was an accident if you don't.
Lea: They're gonna figure it
out.
Aaron: How? He just disappeared.
After a while, no one will miss him.
Lea: What about Simone?
Aaron: She's better off without him.
Lea: His parents?
Aaron: They're dead.
Lea: His brother. Tom? Aaron:
No one will miss him, Lea.
Lea: How can you say that?
Aaron: We can do this.
Lea: Where did you put him,
Aaron?
[Sound]: PUTS PHONE BACK IN
CRADLE
Aaron: Do I deserve to go to
prison for defending you?
Lea: If you tell them now, you
might not have to.
Aaron: They won't believe it
was an accident.
Lea: Not if you wait for them
to figure it out.
Aaron: What's done is done.
He's not coming back.
Aaron: Please, just sleep on it.
Lea: Aaron, we cannot just
pretend like this never...
Aaron: Of course we can.
Aaron: Please, Lea. If you still want me to
turn myself in in the morning, I'll do it.
Aaron: We'll go in together.
Just one night. Please.
[Sound]: CRICKETS
[sound]: DISTANT CLANKING
SOUND
[sound]: THUD
Lea: I thought you were running
away.
Aaron: Cigarette.
Lea: Aaron.
Lea: You have to turn yourself
in.
Lea: You have to explain it to them the
way it really happened. It was an accident.
Lea: I can't. I just...
Lea: I can't.
Aaron: Okay.
Lea: I'm sorry. I just, I can't.
[Music]: SOMBER PIANO
Lea: Aaron. It's...
Lea: Aaron.
Lea: Aaron. Where are we going?
Aaron: I just need a head start.
Lea: Where are you taking me?
[Sound]: DOOR UNLOCKING
[sound]: CLICK. DOOR LOCKING
AGAIN
Aaron: Don't. You'll hurt
yourself.
[Sound]: THUNDER
[sound]: ENGINE SHUTS OFF [sound]:
KEYS JINGLE [sound]: MORE THUNDER
Lea: Aaron, please.
Aaron: I just need a head start.
Lea: To where?
Aaron: I don't know. Away.
Lea: Aaron. Please. This is
insane. They're gonna find you.
Aaron: I just can't do it. Sorry. I'm
not going to prison because of him.
Aaron: But I have to leave you
out here.
Lea: Oh god. (sobs)
Aaron: You'll be okay
Aaron: I brought food and water
for you. And a blanket.
Aaron: And if you go up the road, north
a couple of miles, there's a house.
Lea: (sniffles)
Aaron: I'm sorry.
Lea: You're right. We don't
have to tell. I won't tell.
I won't tell anyone. We'll
just...
Lea: He just disappeared. We'll just move
on. And, we can do this. You're right.
Aaron: I need... I need your
cellphone.
Lea: I didn't bring it.
Aaron: You'll be alright. The
house is just up a couple of miles.
Lea: You wanna frisk me?
[Sound]: MUFFLED RINGTONE -
BOUNCY DIXIELAND JAZZ
[sound]: RINGTONE MUSIC
BECOMES LOUDER. CLEARER
[sound]: RINGTONE MUSIC STOPS
[sound]: KEYS JINGLE. DOOR
UNLOCKS
Aaron: Leah! I'm not gonna hurt
you.
Aaron: I've got food and water.
Right here.
Just come back and get it, and
head north on this road.
[Sound]: THUNDER
[sound]: ENGINE STARTS
[sound]: ENGINE SLOWS DOWN
[sound]: QUIET SOBS
[music]: PLAINTIVE VIOLIN
[sound]: CRICKETS FADING IN
[music]: PLAINTIVE VIOLIN CONCLUDES
[sound]: CRICKETS AND PEEPER
FROGS
[sound]: TEDDY GRUNTS AND
GASPS
[sound]: MORE GASPS
[sound]: TEDDY'S FEET THUMP ON
THE FLOOR
[sound]: MUFFLED
GASPS
[sound]: SHOUTS AND GROANS
[sound]: AARON'S HEAVY
BREATHING
[sound]: SOUND OF A TRUCK
PASSING
[sound]: BOTTLE FALLS ON FLOOR
[sound]: Plastic bag ruffles
[sound]: Water Running
[sound]: LEA'S RINGTONE -
BOUNCY DIXIELAND JAZZ
[sound]: RINGTONE STOPS
[sound]: "HEY. IT'S LEA. PLEASE LEAVE A
MESSAGE AND I'LL CALL YOU RIGHT BACK." BEEP.
[Sound]: SOUND OF A TRUCK
PASSING
[music]: PLAINTIVE VIOLIN
[music]: SLOW. SOMBER SOLO
PIANO