Altered Perception

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[music playing]

Not that you know of?

Oh, great.

That's very good.

Steve, you know that

I have trust issues.

And this b*tch is trying

to f*** my husband.

So forgive me for being upset

and wanting to talk about it.

You don't talk about it though.

You obsess about it.

I am f***ing sure.

He held me down, and

he f***ing raped me.

It is my past.

I can't change it.

Why are you so jealous?

I am not jealous.

You just reminded me

that I was arrested.

F*** outta my house!

Both of you need to stop.

Both of you just stop it!

But Reese knows that you

and Mike are best friends.

Did you f*** her?

Oh, my God.

I f***ing knew you'd

go there again.

Then why did you bring it up?

Because I clearly need

my f***ing head examined.

Yeah, you do.

I am not losing another job

because of your paranoia.

Help!

Help!

Help!

That's enough!

Shut up!

F*** you!

Get out of here!

I don't believe you!

[shouting]

Stop it!

Get the f*** out my house!

Knock that sh*t off!

I can't defend myself.

Get off, get off!

[gunshot]

[music playing]

OK, I know you've been sworn.

I have read your statements.

Isn't it true that during the

course of this study, the three

subject couples exhibited

increased levels of hostility?

Yes, we did notice

an increased pattern

of increased aggression.

But if I must...

And yet you thought that

was prudent and necessary

to continue?

We considered the risk

within an acceptable range.

An acceptable range?

Someone was murdered.

Where does your

unacceptable rage begin?

Excuse me, but I

think it bears noting

that all three of these couples

were dealing with some very

serious stability issues.

Violence is a common

occurrence in these types

of relationships.

Our duty is simply to

observe and document, not

make judgments as to

whether the side effects

outweigh the possible benefits.

How do you determine if a drug

is doing more harm than good?

At this point, I would like

to defer to Dr. Baxter.

Sure, let's hear

from the good doctor.

Clearly, people suffering

from mental illness

have a higher incidence

of aggressive behavior

than the general public.

They may try to harm others,

themselves, including

hospital healthcare

workers trying

to provide care for them.

Now our studies have

commonly reported

that a small

subgroup of patients

were responsible for the

majority of these incidents.

Doctor, what subgroups?

Primarily people in volatile

domestic relationships.

So when you look at results

for this kind of study,

you would take that

into consideration?

Correct.

Even though there are

incidents of aggression,

when you adjust for

the overall numbers,

we actually see improvement.

Would you be able

to discern something

like this during the trial?

No.

In fact, it would

take several studies

involving hundreds of patients

before we could even make

that kind of determination.

I have a question.

What were the possible

benefits of this drug?

We were contracted by Darba

to do pharmacological testing

on a chiral compound designed

to aid in conflict resolution

by altering the

sensory experience.

Give a person keen

personal insights

by allowing them to look

past preconceived ideas

and prejudices.

Isn't that the same as LSD?

No!

Ours was not synthesized

through a fungus.

Instead, it was synthesized

through stem cells

of the empathetic

bonobo chimpanzee.

Based on early tests of the more

violent African chimpanzees,

we believed that

this new compound

could have had far-reaching

outcomes for everyone,

from individuals with

post-traumatic stress

disorders to helping solve

geopolitical conflicts

around the world.

So in layman's terms,

you all thought

you had a drug on your hands

that would end hostility

around the globe?

Yes.

We'd sorted through

thousands of applicants

and found these three couples

that matched our criteria.

Their relationships were

being torn apart by conflict.

And you tested it

by giving drugs

to people that made

them more hostile.

Let's go for it.

The easiest way to say it is

there are issues about her past

that affect our relationship.

Basically what she used

to do for a living.

Lorie's great.

She's smart.

She's funny.

She makes me laugh.

She's got a great heart.

And usually, we get along great.

But sooner or

later, it comes up.

And we end up fighting about it.

I get so pissed sometimes.

Because everything is going

along so great, and then

Andrew just finds a way

to throw it in my face.

Lorie thinks that I'm jealous

about the men in her past.

Trust me, I'm not

jealous in the least.

I think that she's the

one with the issue.

And she's just

not addressing it.

I just want to know

that I'm not crazy.

And I want Andrew to start

to deal with his hangups.

And if there's something

that I need to deal with,

I'm fine with that.

I just want to know what

it is and figure it out,

so that we can just get

past this and move on.

I guess what I want

out of this is clarity.

There's something going

on in our relationship

that I'm just not seeing.

So why didn't you take the deal?

Well, technically, since

he spent the night in jail,

it's a priorable offense.

What does that mean?

Well, when you're arrested, if

you spend the night in jail,

the court will consider

that time served.

In other words, a jail sentence

if you're ever convicted,

which means if you're

arrested and convicted again,

then it will be a

mandatory jail sentence.

You mean like my

solicitation charge?

OK.

Yeah, sure, as an example.

You spent two nights in jail?

So if you're arrested

and convicted again,

you will do jail time.

OK, well, that's not

going to happen again.

So why did you have

to bring it up?

I was just answering

your question.

Why did you have to use

my case as an example?

I didn't, you did.

Andrew, are you kidding me?

You just did.

Lorie, I know what I said.

So do I.

Trust me, OK, I listen

to people's testimonies

for a living.

I think I would know.

And I'm just a whore,

so I'm an idiot?

I didn't call you

an idiot or a whore.

You just reminded me that I

was arrested for solicitation.

So that makes me a whore.

And apparently, I can't

have a simple conversation

without forgetting what I say,

so that makes me an idiot.

First of all, the two things

are mutually exclusive.

Secondly...

Don't do that.

You know I don't

know legal terms.

Why are you doing that?

What, mutually exclusive?

Yeah.

It's not a legal term.

Well, I don't know

what it means.

You don't know what

mutually exclusive means?

Lorie, just think

about it for a seconds.

Mutually exclusive.

Don't be condescending, Andrew.

How am I being

condescending right now?

F*** you.

That's how.

So what was your initial

professional assessment

after watching that footage.

The couple indicated to us

that this type of hostility

was common.

At this point, we didn't

see any cause for alarm.

But it escalated, didn't it?

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