[inaudible talking on radio]
This is the first and only time in history
that any steel structure skyscrapers,
have ever collapsed due to the fire.
It has never before been recorded
in the history of structural engineering
before or since.
So, the government is asking us to believe that on this one day
nine eleven, as it were the laws of physics
were suspended and phenomenon never before
known to structural engineering, were taking place
just in this exact location.
It turns out that steel has--
[water running]
[door creaks]
-Hey, Hun. -Hey, you.
-You washing dishes? -Uh huh.
Oh, my sweetie.
I know, I am your sweetie.
Babe, why do you use hot water?
What do you mean? I'm washing the dishes.
What do you mean? I'm washing the dishes, uhh.
[man chuckles] Excuse me
for questioning
your doubts in my dish-washing capabilities, but
what do you mean? [He laughs]
You don't need to use hot water.
-Uh, sure I do. -No, you don't.
Babe, yes, I do. Hot water kills the germs.
That's not true.
-Yes, it does. -No, it's a myth, look it up.
OK, I'll look it up.
I will Google it.
Fine, Google it.
Babe, what are you suggesting I use, warm water?
Well, no, you can do cold water. But, yeah
-warm water's fine too. -Cold water, that's crazy.
What do you think cowboys and Indians
-did back in the day? -I think they died.
They all died young.
From the germs they got by improperly washing their dishes.
-I really don't believe you. I will look it up.
OK, fine, look it up.
Sorry, it just doesn't make any sense.
Aw shit.
-What? -God damn it.
What?
Nothing, I just forgot to do something at work.
-What? -What do you mean what?
-You don't care. -Hey.
I care, I'm asking what.
-What did you forget? -Oh OK, sorry.
I care. What happened?
It's stupid.
[She grumbles]
You know...
Uh, you don't communicate, it's like I, [sighs]
I'm asking you what happened. and you're saying
it doesn't matter. It's like you can't walk in here
and say, "Aw, shit," and have it not matter.
Like I said, it's just...
-it's stupid. -Well, let me decide
on whether it's important or not.
Alright, we're out of coffee.
At work?
[Woman laughing] Yeah.
And, why is it so funny?
-You know Peggy? -Yeah.
I don't know why for some reason when she gets anxious
she staples for some reason.
And she gets anxious
when she also doesn't get her coffee.
Yeah, well, I don't think
coffee is a proper solution
for somebody who gets anxious.
-Well, yeah. -Wait, you need this, right?
Yeah. But, anyways
she was just stapling everything
and she stapled this patient's chart.
And then Dr. Demi went to open it,
and couldn't, 'cause all down the side
were all these staples that she'd put.
[laughs] And he knew it was her and he was, like "Peggy"
"Why in the world would you staple a chart
multiple times?" [She laughs]
And she was just standing there and then, of course
he goes to get coffee, and sees that there's none,
and knows why it happened in the first place.
And so he said, "Paige, whatever you do,
before you leave, get coffee," of course.
And the coffee guy's name is Joe?
-Yeah. -That's weird.
Why?
Cup of Joe?
[chuckles] Yeah.
That sounds made up.
Alright.
How many of these things do you think I should make?
You know, like these cracker things?
I don't know, how many people are coming?
-I don't know. -Well, how many people
did you invite?
25, 30, but 30 people are not gonna show up.
30 people?
Paige, we cannot fit 30 people in here.
Babe, did you just hear me? 30 people never show up.
Probably five will come.
-How many did you invite? -I invited six.
So, I invited six, the only six people I know here.
Hmm, OK.
Let me guess.
Jerry, Samantha, Joel, Ethan.
Carrie.
-Carrie, really? -Yeah.
-Instead of who? -Joel's not comin'.
-Oh, why? -He can't make it.
-Oh, I like him. -He can't make it.
OK, so then, you invited eight people.
No, I didn't invite Joel,
because his sister's coming into town.
And so, we're outta luck.
Well, why didn't you just invite her too?
I did, she said no. Actually she's really odd.
She doesn't like to go out.
OK, well, then that means you invited eight people, not six
No, I didn't.
I wasn't actually expecting her to say yes,
-so I didn't count her. -Oh, so she was a pity invite?
Mm hmm.
So then, who are the other two?
It was Jerry, Ethan,
Chris, Samantha,
Joel, Grace, and Lynn.
What did they say?
-They said they were busy. -Uh huh, yeah.
-They were busy. -OK.
OK, they weren't busy, but as soon as I extended an invite
they got very busy trying to make better plans
-to spend their Friday night. -Sure.
We're hoping that it worked out for them, right?
-We are? No.
I hope they're doing nothing. Put these on wrong.
Why do you care so much?
I don't care, I was just...
it doesn't matter.
How many of these things do you think I should make?
-I didn't think you liked them. -I don't.
-OK, so why are you getting so upset about Grace and--
I'm not upset, I just wanna finish these.
How many do you think I should make of these?
OK, well, you're expecting five people.
Although, you invited 30.
[She laughs] I'm expecting five so let's say
what, about 12?
So, what, three each person?
Three? Babe, like four, five, or six.
-These are little. -Five.
OK, with everything else we're gonna make,
-four should be fine. -OK four, so that's what
four times twelve
48, that's a lot.
Well, it wouldn't be if you started helping.
I am helping, I'm helping.
I don't even know what to do. You're the food expert here.
Babe, just take the rolls there,
and just start slicing them thin you know what I'm making.
Slicing.
Thin, just like really, you know, like
-How thin? -Just little.
Like that.
Is that thin enough? That's thin.
-Yeah, that's good. -That's too thin.
-No, it's not. -No, that's as thin as I go.
Oh, well, lucky for me.
Ooh, what does what mean?
It doesn't mean anything, I was [He laughs]
Oh, my God. [He laughs]
♪[Suspenseful music]
I wanna do something amazing.
I have this feeling that...
I'm meant to do something really important.
Something...
big, something special.
I don't know, something...
Something really amazing.
Oh, babe.
If it's meant to be, it'll happen.
Like
I have this really positive...
It's almost a vibe, it's...
I don't know, I don't know how to
access it, or
what to do with it or even what it is.
but...
I don't know.
People have to do things. Things just don't happen
because they're meant to be.
I don't know like we have the power.
The power's in our hands.
Hmm. what do you mean by power?
What kind of power?
I don't know, the power to
-To do what? -To do something important.
Something amazing.
I mean, if you think about it.
I mean, the only reason we're here
is because people before us
acted on their feelings.
And they did things.
Doctors, and scientists,
and engineers, they...
They were inspired.
And they actually did something.
That's it, I mean, that's it. That's the key.
I mean, you have to...
You have to be inspired.
Where are you going?
I just, I just want some paper. If you think about it
I mean, everything great that's ever happened
starts with someone being inspired, and,
and, you know I'm not talking about
it doesn't have to be this huge thing, it can really
it can be small. It could
I mean, a smile. I mean think about
how small is a smile?
And that can completely change someone's mood.
And then that person, you know, feels inspired
to pass it on, and then, you know,
perform a new act of kindness
And so on, and so, I mean, it does happen.
It really, all the time, but...
But then the problem is, it doesn't happen all the time.
Because there's those people that, you know,
see the act of kindness, and keep it for themselves.
Or they don't see it.
You know, they're just, they're not open to it, and
And those are people that don't take action, and I don't
wanna be that person.
I'm not gonna be that person.
-I don't. -Yeah, you do, Hun.
-No, I work wanna do more. -You do plenty.
I'm gonna do more.
I just, I think if I get it all down
and I can see it,
then I'll know it's a possibility, and...
And then I can decide what I wanna do.
I don't know.
Oh, [laughs softly] you look so tired.
I'm sorry, I'm keeping you up.
I can just do this in the kitchen.
No, that's OK. I'll get it.
I gotta get up anyway, I forgot to brush my teeth.
Alright, OK. I'll just be in the kitchen.
[Voice from TV] Well, despite the wet weather here
it's nothing like the weather people are experiencing
in the mid-west and the east.
But in a rare occurrence, the bad weather to the east
is affecting us here in California,
as we are being asked to cut back on electricity.
Ground force Dan Kerman joins us here in the studio tonight
to explain his winter Flex Alert, Dan--
You are so cute.
-Are you watchin' the news? -Um, kind of.
Catchin' up on the world?
You can change it, Hun.
Who's this for?
Did you know we had a new neighbor?
-Next door? -Yeah.
You saw someone?
I didn't get a good look, but yeah, I mean,
somebody's there.
-This morning? -Uh huh.
Yeah, he was
he was outside looking up at the sky.
You didn't see him?
No, maybe he's a squatter.
[laughs] Out in the open, huh?
What are these lights?
[man sighs heavily]
It's a reflection in the mirror
that the subject is looking through.
-A mirror? -Um hmm.
Yeah.
That's me looking at a mirror.
So this is all a reflection?
Yep.
What's it mean? [She laughs softly]
-[He laughs] Paige. -What?
I don't know, it's...
it's art, I mean...
I can't tell you what it means.
What's it mean to you?
I mean, come on, it's gotta mean something to you.
You painted it for a reason.
I'm just trying to get inside your head.
I don't want you to get inside my head.
[He laughs] I want you to consider what's inside yours.
OK, so you're gonna tell me this isn't about you?
Uh, no.
It's...
bout the person looking at it.
-You're in it. -Uh huh.
It's a painting of you looking in a mirror at yourself.
But it isn't about you?
Babe, why are you getting so upset about this?
I'm not upset, I'm just confused.
Well, I think you're over-thinking it.
Whatever.
No, not whatever, Paige.
Yeah, I mean, it's art.
You can't over-analyze it, you have to experience it.
Whatever. [sighs]
Babe, I'm sorry if my answer upset you,
or frustrated you, or confused you, I just
Why Denise?
I don't know.
Is she gonna know what it means?
What does, what does that mean?
Hey, it's a simple question. I'm just asking.
I don't think you're asking something, Paige, I think
You might be implying something.
What am I implying?
I don't know, something pretty insane.
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah.
Well, how do I know, if you won't tell me what it means?
Don't you have something to do this morning?
OK, I'm not implying anything, I'm just curious.
Why Denise?
I'm not gonna go back and forth with you on this.
It's strange, that's all.
For a married man to give widow a painting of himself.
Well, that widow was married to my best friend.
Do you think I'd actually screw my best friend's wife?
Paige, after he shot himself?
-OK, don't-- -In the fucking head?
Don't yell at me. I'm just asking for some answers
Do you think I would actually do that to him or to you?
OK, I'm just, I'm confused, OK?
I'm sorry that it upset you.
No, you're not sorry.
You're actually thrilled to get a reaction like this, right?
Because it shows you that.
It shows you that I care.
You just can't take my word for it.
'Cause if you did, you'd save us both a lot of trouble.
Please, calm down, you want the whole fucking neighborhood
to know we're fighting?
You wanna calm down, just go.
Leave.
Fine, I'm leaving.
I'll leave you to your paintings.
Next time, give me a heads up
when you want to throw one of your jealous rants again.
I didn't throw a jealous rant in your face.
I asked you a question.
A question that you didn't have an answer to.
Now, does that make me question your loyalty?
Yeah, and am I sorry for your reaction?
Yeah, but am I still jealous
that you give other women paintings,
and not your own wife?
Yeah, sorry.
I can't help it.
Hey.
[He sighs heavily] Hey.
So, what you're saying that you're jealous
that I give my paintings to other people?
-Yeah, that's what I said. -OK.
I can see why that would upset you and I'm sorry.
But Paige, I wish, next time, you would just tell me that.
What do you want me to do, beg you for a painting?
I know you don't paint on command.
You don't even like my paintings.
I like that you paint.
So...
I don't just give my paintings to other women, you know.
-I know. -I gave one to Joel
-the last time, remember? -I know.
I don't know what this painting means to me, Paige.
I don't wanna know.
I thought I'd give it to Denise so
she can challenge herself, in some ways,
to take a look at herself.
But it's a painting of you.
I know, I'm just...
I'm saying we're a lot alike in some ways.
Yeah.
And Paul.
-You both had Paul. -Yeah.
[water running]
Hey, hun, did you get my text?
No, I'm sorry.
Oh, well, I was just asking
if you were OK with leftovers. I'm sorry, I just
Oh, I just did not have it in me
-to make anything. -It's OK.
Oh, my God, I'm so tired.
I know, I talked about lasagna all week.
But, you know, I'm just gonna have this chicken salad.
-You want anything? -No, I'm not hungry.
-Did you already eat? -Nope.
You know what tonight is.
Micheal J. Fox Show, new episode.
New episode?
Someone at work was saying Lea Thompson was gonna
guest star, but
I bet it's just an internet thing.
Like Eddie Murphy is supposed to host the Oscars.
That never happened.
You know what he should do?
I don't know why he hasn't done it, he should host SNL.
Has he? Has he done that before?
I don't think so.
He should do that, he's so funny.
Oh, my God.
Where are you? what is that for?
I think he was in Tower Heist.
Babe, that was so long ago.
-I'm talking about this year. -I don't know.
probably some kiddie movies.
You know what, everyone says that.
Everyone picks on him for doing kids' films.
So he's found a new audience, good for him.
He's certainly so funny, and he's,
I'm sure he's making a lot of money
and supporting his family. Good for him.
Babe, can I show you something?
-Well, is it gonna take long? -No.
You know, I wanna take my bath.
OK, but it's not gonna take long.
It's just about five minutes.
-OK, well, is it on that thing? -Yeah.
Well, do you have to set it all up and do all that
-No. -OK, well, what is it?
I can't explain it, it's...
OK, then what's the point?
The point is, I want you to watch it.
OK, Hun, what is it?
I can't explain it, Paige, I'd like for you to see it yourself.
Alright.
I'll take my bath and then I'll watch it.
Fine.
Are you mad?
I'm disappointed.
You're disappointed because
I won't watch the video right now?
What can be so important that it can't wait?
Why, does it have to be important to you
in order for you to be interested in watching it?
What, it can't be important to me,
in order for my wife to take interest in something
I wanna show her?
Hun, that's really selfish.
-What? -That's selfish behavior.
-That's not fair to me. -How is that selfish?
Babe, I wanna watch the video if you're interested in it,
but I don't feel like,
I feel like you're demanding right now.
-No, I did not say it like that -Watch this video.
I did not use that tone, I did not demand it.
I know you didn't, OK, but the reason that you're
acting like this is because I won't watch it right now.
I just wanna take a bath, and then I'll watch the video.
-Ok, fine, yeah whatever. -Is that alright, great.
Take your bath. Maybe you'll care
about my feelings after your bath.
Oh my God.
You know what, fine, let's do it
-What is it? -No, now you're just
trying to be spiteful. Now you're just
taking the higher ground so you can avoid
-the bigger subject. -If it's so important to you
-let's watch it now. -We'll watch later I don't want
-I want to see it now. -I don't want, Paige
-leave the thing along, Paige. -Just let me see it.
-break the God dammed camera. -I just wanna see it.
So, you don't want me to see it?
No, I don't want you to watch it.
It's not important.
Alright, fine.
I'm gonna go take my bath.
Hey there.
Evening.
It's a nice night.
Are you the neighbor that spies on me?
Uh, no. Actually we
didn't even know anyone lived here until recently.
-We? -Yes, my wife and I.
Married.
We bought the house in the fall.
You bought this house in the fall and you're only
coming around now to introduce yourself?
[laughs awkwardly] Yes.
Like I said, we didn't even know anyone lived here.
Do you know what astral projecting is?
Uh, excuse me?
Astral projecting.
It's glorious.
It happens when you're asleep at night.
Your soul goes hurdling outside of your body.
Goes flying up like the birds.
It goes with the birds.
It goes through clouds.
And then it's above everything.
It goes so fast, it's so beautiful.
You're beyond physicality.
Your soul can't grasp it.
And then it does, because it lets go of what the mind says.
You've never experienced anything like this?
I think my wife is calling me. I should get going.
Why did you come out here?
I just...
I just wanted to say hi.
Do you want something?
No.
Do you want some information?
Actually, did you see anything
unusual in the last couple of days?
It would be very unusual if I saw anything at all.
I'm sorry, I didn't know.
We're just two men
having a conversation in the dark.
One man can see.
One man can think.
Which one of the men is going to see the light?
Will it be you?
I don't...
My name is Griffin.
Can I come knock on your door someday and say hello?
Sure.
Nice to meet you.
-What are you doing? -Hey.
Where'd you go?
-I met our neighbor. -You did?
What are you doing down there?
I thought you were taking a bath?
I am, I just came to get a little wine.
Isn't your show on in an hour?
I'll make it.
Do you wanna watch it with me?
Uh uh.
What are you looking at?
The sky.
Is something wrong?
Why do you ask that?
You seem different.
You noticed?
What is it?
I saw something.
-What? -In the sky.
What?
It was an alien spacecraft.
OK, what did it look like?
It was a bunch of lights.
Blue, red, and amber.
Moving.
Like my paintings.
-The one for Denise? -Yeah.
So, you saw lights?
Moving.
-Flickering? -Flickering and moving.
Information.
So, what do you think it was?
A spacecraft.
I got it on video.
Do you wanna see it?
What do you think it means?
I'm gonna take a bath.
[soft knock]
Come in.
-I gotta pee. -OK.
[liquid splashes]
[toilet flushes]
[water running]
I wanna tell you something,
but I don't want you to get mad.
OK, you won't get mad?
[sighs dramatically]
OK, if I get mad, I won't show you that I'm mad.
OK.
Should I sit down for this?
You can.
Not everything's about you.
What?
Not everything is about you.
OK.
Where is this where is this coming from?
Four years of being married.
Two years of being engaged.
One year of working with you.
OK, so what do you mean not everything's about me?
-What is that? -I just...
I don't want you to get mad. I just wanna
bring up an issue that's been bothering me.
OK, what?
You.
-Me? -Yeah.
- Mm hmm.
-Babe, you just-- -I'm the issue?
Yeah.
I'm the whole issue?
Yeah, you...
-You make things about you, -OK, how?
when they're not.
How? Give me an example.
-Kim. -Mm hmm.
-Needed a sitter last week. -Yeah?
And we both agreed that we couldn't do it.
No, no, you
decided we couldn't go.
Yeah, we had a date.
We had plans to go bowling.
Yeah, we could have taken Jake with us.
Now, why would we do that? I mean we have the opportunity.
We're never alone, Paige.
So, we had the opportunity to have a date,
to go bowling.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
That's not being selfish.
But it's not always about us.
OK. I...
I disagree.
I find that ridiculous and invalid.
What about your signature?
-My signature? -Yeah, it's
What about it?
It's a complete mockery of any written language.
-It's illegible. -OK.
OK, but Babe
Why are you attacking me?
-I told you not to get angry. -I'm not angry.
I'm confused, OK.
You're attacking my signature.
You're calling me self-centered.
[sighs] I'm not that self-centered, Paige.
Nate, you paint paintings of yourself.
Need I say more?
What, so you're not gonna listen to me now?
Nate, don't walk...
Great, you're gonna walk away?
I do understand the Denise painting, you know.
But you paint yourself into every single painting.
It's because you see yourself in the center
-of every situation. -[laughs] OK.
Wow.
Who doesn't, Paige?
Who doesn't see themselves at the center?
Whose perspective am I supposed to experience?
What, yours?
Whose vision am I supposed to have?
Yours? Am I supposed to live life
the way Paige sees it?
No, you know what, I do, I have
I'm fucking selfish. I have my own
opinions about shit. And, that's because I
do have my own opinions about shit.
And my own thoughts, and my own feelings.
It's like, who else's experience
am I supposed to have? You're God Damn right, Paige.
You know what, you are absolutely God damn right.
I am self-centered. I am self-centered because
I care about what happens to me.
About what happens to my family
to my friends.
And to the people around me.
Yes, you are right.
Bing, bing, bing, bing, bing! I am self-centered.
What happens when Indian food
wins over Mexican, Paige?
Is it self-centered
of you to choose one over the other?
based on what you want?
-What are you talking about?. -Naw, is it,
is it self-centered of me
to allow you to decide
what we eat based on what your cravings are?
-We decide together. -Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I let you decide, because it matters more to you.
-So I step out of the way. -OK, can we--
You want to call that self-centered, is it
-self-centered, Paige? -We don't have to
-argue about this. -We don't have to argue
-about this, no OK, you're right -Great, good.
We don't have to argue about this.
-I want to discuss it. -OK.
-I don't want to discuss it. -I would.
No, you know, no, you know what?
I am self-centered, but so are you.
So are you, Paige.
I told you, I...
I just want to take a bath, OK? Please.
[He sighs]
Why'd you bring it up?
-Me being self-centered. -Nate.
I'm not asking in a defensive way.
I'm just wondering why you brought it up.
But I don't want to discuss it.
This is a completely new discussion.
It's not about me being self-centered.
I'm just asking why you brought it up.
I don't know.
I mean, what do you...
Were you bringing it up because you care?
I don't know.
I mean, you asked me not to get [He sighs]
angry, and I got angry.
But you, uh,
you still shared your feelings, and...
I reacted emotionally.
I'm sorry I didn't realize your intentions.
I don't know what my intentions were.
But I wasn't trying to hurt your feelings.
I will let you take a bath.
Can I get you a book...
-or something? -No, I'm fine.
-Some wine? -No.
♪[loud ominous chord]
[Inaudible voices on TV]
Reruns.
What are you doing?
Nothing.
-You wanna watch it with me? -No, I uh...
I think I'll go watch the news.
Maybe paint a little bit.
You know where to find me.
♪[eerie music]
[Voice from TV] We saw sporadic outages today.
And tonight, some people are still sweltering in the dark.
KCAL's Elsa Ramona's live tonight in Long Beach,
where some residents are steamed.
-Elsa? -Yeah, it was really frustrating
for some of these residents, here is this Long Beach
neighborhood, to see their neighbors with power.
and them go without. But Southern California Edison
has been out here working for the past several hours
to make sure they don't have to spend a night
uncomfortable without air conditioning.
Monica O'Brien eagerly watches
Southern California Edison crews repair
the blown transformer just behind her house.
She's been without power since about 1:45.
And she's opened every window and door in her home,
but it's offered little relief.
Hopefully, you know, everything will be OK
Hey, mom, it's Nate.
I'm just callin' to catch up.
You're probably on that graveyard shift.
But, um...
I just wanted to see how you were doing.
Hey, Nate.
I need some cigarettes, I need a ride.
I would drive myself, but
I've been drinking too much
You seem like a nice guy, do you work at it?
What, being nice?
You seem nice, but we both know that you're not that nice.
I'm nice. I'm giving you a ride, aren't I?
Yeah.
Thank you very much, by the way.
You're welcome.
Very worthy cause, to get me booze and cigarettes.
So you're gonna stick to your nice-guy routine, aren't you?
What do you mean?
You're gonna stick to your nice-guy routine.
I don't understand.
No, you don't understand.
Why don't you explain it to me.
If I did, then it wouldn't be a surprise.
Can I ask you something?
Were you...
Were you looking up at the sky earlier?
I don't think so.
I'm sorry, I meant observing.
Did you observe anything in the sky earlier?
-Did you-- -Do you love your wife?
Do you respect her?
Do I love my wife?
Yes.
No, you don't.
I do.
You don't love your wife.
It's clear.
What?
Are you lying to yourself?
Or are you lying to me?
Because I can forgive you.
But I don't think that you can forgive yourself.
What are you talking about? I do love my wife.
But you don't respect her.
How do you know I don't?
How would you know I don't?
Because you told me.
-No I didn't. -Yeah, you did.
You told me that you don't love her.
You told me you don't respect her.
What?
Do I, I do respect--
You know, this is exactly what I'm trying to tell you.
You don't listen.
-Excuse me, I don't think-- -Shut up.
Just shut up.
What?
You're a lost cause.
Thank you for getting me cigarettes, I appreciate it.
I shouldn't smoke.
Babe?
What are you doing?
Watching the news.
It's really late.
So what?
So, when are you coming to bed?
When I'm ready to.
You can watch the news in there.
Well, I'm not really watching it.
OK, then why don't you come to bed?
Just not ready to.
Are you mad at me?
I don't think so.
You don't think so?
Is there something going on that I should know about?
You're unbelievable.
What?
I don't wanna deal with this right now.
Deal with what?
I don't wanna deal with this tonight.
Is there something you should know about?
Uh, yes.
Are you interested in it? No.
So what's the point of a conversation?
Why are you acting like this?
I'm gonna sleep down here tonight.
Why?
I'll tell you why.
I saw something in the sky, and you don't believe me.
I didn't say that.
I saw a spacecraft, and you don't believe me.
I didn't say that.
Without words, you did.
Without words? Come on, Nate.
You care more about your Michael J. Fox Show
than watching the video that proves what I saw, Paige.
It slipped my mind.
You know how much I love that show.
It was a rerun, Paige.
I still like the show.
I'm sorry if I was preoccupied.
Point is, you don't believe me.
No, I believe, I think you saw something.
I don't think you can explain what it was.
I saw a spacecraft.
And I needed you to believe me.
I don't believe you, Nate.
I need evidence.
Sorry if I rule in favor of the scientific method,
I'm gonna sleep here tonight.
You do whatever you want.
Why are you acting like this?
Because I'm disappointed.
In the way you've been acting.
Babe, I don't wanna fight.
I had a long day. I wanted to come home
and take a bath, and watch my show.
I didn't mean to brush you off but...
-I wanna understand what-- -Why?
Why do you wanna understand now, and you didn't before?
-Do you care about what I saw? -Yes.
I don't believe that you care.
You know, why do I have to care?
Is it my job as your wife to care
about every little interest you have?
Yes.
You don't care about all my interests.
Yes, I do.
You don't watch my shows with me.
No, but I care that you're interested
in watching them.
-Are you really? -Yeah.
-No. -You're a hypocrite.
Don't throw the camera.
I didn't throw it, I tossed it.
Don't toss the camera.
You are a hypocrite.
And you are insensitive.
You're also irrational.
-How am I irrational? -You're irrational.
-How? -You just do irrational things.
An example would be helpful.
Well, there's many
I can think of
and when I feel like coming up with an example,
-I'll let you know. -And, I'm insensitive?
How am I insensitive?
How am I irrational?
No, don't answer a question with a question.
You're avoiding what I asked. How am I insensitive?
I saw something tonight, Paige, and it scared me.
I don't know what it means.
I...
didn't know what to do with that feeling.
So I was hoping to share that feeling with my wife.
But she doesn't care.
She's not interested.
What if it's all in your head?
See?
There's the insensitive part.
I'm just asking a question.
Doesn't matter if it's in my head, Paige.
It's not the point.
Goodnight.
[phone buzzes]
Unbelievable.
[Newscaster] A meteor, I actually, I witnessed
not this one, but years ago, where they do change
colors through the sky. and they're a little slower
than an actual shooting star.
So, it sounds like that's what we're dealing with here.
Well, whatever we're dealing with,
it's certainly got everyone's attention, and our news room's
been flooded with emails from witnesses
who saw that object streaking across the night sky.
[phone buzzes] People describing it as a bright light.
Some say it looked like a falling star.
Others say it looked like a red comet with
[Inaudible voice from TV]
Thanks to everyone who wrote us on a night like this
we appreciate you very much.
Are you serious?
Wow.
You're texting me this from the other room, Paige?
Are you kidding me, nine eleven?
Are you kidding me?
No, I'm not kidding you.
You should know better, Paige.
Were you...
just tryin' to pick a fight with me now?
Once again, I don't know what you're talking about.
The last time I blew something out of proportion.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
So you're texting me this in the middle of the night.
-Cause you wanna pick a fight. -No.
I'm adding a point to earlier's argument.
So you're comparing tonight's incident
with my nine eleven theory?
And your Jesus sighting, and your Jane Austen book.
I never said I saw Jesus in the driveway.
-Yes, you did. -No, I didn't, I said it could
-have been him. -What's the difference?
The difference is, you don't listen to me.
[She sighs] I don't listen to you, Nate?
I don't listen to you when you tell me that
Jesus is walking his bike past our driveway?
And I don't listen to you when you tell me that
you found an autographed book from an author
that died before the book was published?
And I don't listen to you when you tell me that
the twin towers came down from explosions
inside the building?
I wonder why I don't listen to you, Nate?
You know what?
What?
Do you see a pattern?
Yeah, I see a pattern of you not giving a shit.
-You know what? -You're so simple minded.
You're so narrow-minded, you really are.
It's like you can't see outside
of your television reruns,
and your magazines. Live a little, Paige.
Go out and see the fucking world open up your eyes.
Don't believe everything that's spoon fed to you.
Your nine eleven theory,
it's bullshit.
It makes absolutely no sense at all.
No, see, if you followed politics,
and you understand how people in power work,
-it makes sense. -Oh.
You understand how people in power work.
So, you understand how the United States government
killed 3,000 of its American citizens?
A faction, a faction of the government did.
and that's why it's called a conspiracy, Paige.
It's bullshit. You know what, you're just
interested in the spectacle of it all.
No, I'm interested in the evidence.
I'm interested in the factsn and there is enough evidence
OK, but it's only you that can't open your eyes up to it.
OK, explain the Jane Austen book.
-I messed up. -You spend $250 dollars
-on a counterfeit artifact. -I said I fucked up.
You don't even like Jane Austen.
That's way besides the point.
OK, I fucked up, but at least I take chances, Paige.
What do you do, watch reruns, and smell your magazines.
-Don't be mean. -Don't be inconsiderate.
You know what, I don't care, OK?
This is absolutely ridiculous.
Yeah, which makes me ridiculous. Right?
Your Jesus sightings. Fuckin' UFO's
I mean, why does everything have to be a possibility with you?
I saw a spacecraft, Paige.
I saw it with my own eyes, and I have it on video.
But you don't wanna watch it. I saw it last week
and I saw it tonight.
I don't know if Jesus walked in our driveway.
I don't know if the Bush clan killed thousand of Americans OK?
But I know what I saw, and I saw a spacecraft.
And I don't know what to make out of it.
OK, can you just stop talking for once?
Why is everything about you? Why does the world
revolve around you?
-Huh? -You're so self-centered.
-Why is everything about you? -No.
-This is about us. -No.
-This is about the whole world. -No, no it's not, Nate.
It's about you. Because,
you saw some fucking UFO,
and now you need to tell the whole world about it.
You discovered the nine eleven conspiracy.
So, that's all you're gonna talk about
-for like three fucking months. -I didn't discover it.
And then you find some old book with a fake autograph in it
So you invested a fourth of our car insurance into it.
I said I fucked up.
I mean, it's all about you. I don't understand.
What, what is your life not as exciting as you'd like it to be?
Were you picked on as a kid, and you have no confidence,
and so the only way you can find happiness now,
is escaping into these fantasies?
You don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
You're calling my life a fucking fantasy.
No, no, you're not listening to me.
I am saying that you need to escape into these fantasies.
What else would you call them?
Fake autographs, and UFO's,
and God knows what else.
You're life's a fucking piece of fiction, Nate.
You don't know what you're talking about, Paige.
You said I live in a big piece of fucking fiction
Which is living in a fantasy, which is what you said.
-You didn't say. -OK, I didn't mean it before,
-but I mean it now. -The point is you don't get me.
What the fuck is the deal about your point?
Who fucking cares?
Wow.
That's a stupid expression.
No, the look on your face is a stupid expression.
And you know what?
Before today, I actually did care.
Very much.
What are my three favorite books?
What?
I enjoy reading, is this a mystery to you?
[Nate chuckles lightly]
I don't think I'm gonna take your quiz right now.
Right, 'cause you'd fail.
Because you don't bother to read anything I recommend.
But you sure as hell have plenty of time to
say that I don't consider your obnoxious ramblings.
You don't see any contradictions here?
No, I'm not disputing the fact we have our difference, Paige
I don't wanna read your fucking books.
And you don't wanna hear my ramblings.
But it's not that we're both hypocrites.
The problem is, you're a bigger one.
-How? -How?
Yeah.
You make absolutely no effort
to care about the things that I'm interested in.
How far did you get with "Wuthering Heights?"
Please.
Oh, did you even finish the first chapter?
That's not the same thing.
I don't trash the books that you read.
I at least have respect for certain things that you like.
So what?
You trashed my nine eleven theory.
Why, because you can't think for yourself.
How is that not trashing me?
OK, I am trashing you.
And it's probably hurting my argument,
but it doesn't make my point any less valid.
The thing is...
You don't care about my interests, my thoughts,
my ideas.
And that hurts, Paige.
The point is, it's sad.
It's making me sad.
You are sad.
You constantly need this
artificial acknowledgment.
You know what, you want some company?
Why don't you try believing in something
that's based in reality?
Like owning a house, instead of renting one?
Like trading in our car for one that works?
Oh, there's a fantasy.
Oh, so I'm supposed to have practical ideas,
that practical people have, right?
I'm not supposed to have any sort of
fantastical ideas of exploration,
or wanting to think outside the box.
I'm supposed to think like everyday people.
Perhaps, something closer to home,
like starting a family?
It's so crazy, you know what? I used to have
thoughts like that.
Starting a family. Maybe,
having a kid.
What's your point?
My point it, all of a sudden,
we can afford to have a house,
but we can't afford a kid.
They're two completely different issues.
But you brought one up. So, why not bring up the other?
I don't wanna have your fucking kid.
I used to be on the fence about,
when I first met you, I though I actually
wanted to have your kid.
But then, I don't know why.
I guess I realized
that, why would I wanna have your kid,
when you're the fucking kid?
You think that's hurting me?
You think I actually give a fuck about the kid thing?
I don't wanna have a kid with you anymore either, Paige.
I haven't in a long time.
Of course you'd think it's wonderful.
You think you're wonderful. You're in
fucking love with yourself.
Yeah, I am.
Why is that a bad thing?
I think everybody should love themselves.
Don't fucking kid yoursel, I know how bad you want a child.
I know how bad you would love to chase UFO's,
and search for treasures
in hidden libraries.
You resent me for not having your kid.
I know it.
And that's probably where all the rest of this shit
is coming from.
You make me feel so fucking alone.
You don't love her.
I told you.
Maybe you did once, maybe
before you got to know her.
But you don't now, that's obvious.
Your actions reveal your character.
And your language reveals your soul.
You cannot love
without respect
And you have no respect for things
outside of your own universe.
You're a lost, scared
angry man.
You're the reason that love exists.
Faith, companionship, respect
are all facets of love
that are designed to destroy fear and anger.
They're not treasures you find in the sand.
They're things that are already within you.
They're supposed to be gifts, Nate.
From you to others.
The kind you share unconditionally.
And without prejudice.
The kind you give away without
expecting a return.
But we all fall into this trap.
We're all so easily distracted.
We're distracted now.
[Inaudible voice from TV]
Are you?
There's always something to pull us away from ourselves.
And from each other.
Nate, what do you do when you're faced with a challenge?
Do you demand answers?
Or do you ask questions?
Do you see differences as a threat or as an opportunity?
Do you reach out?
Or do you run?
[Sirens sound]
[Helicopter blades whir]
You were right.
Do you see it now?
I'm so sorry.
I love you.
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