Apartment 4E

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Woman:
WHAT DO YOU KNOW

ABOUT HER? HUH? THIS?

THIS IS THE BES THAT YOU COULD DO?

IT'S BULLSHIT!

( clanking )

OKAY.

I'M SORRY, PIPER.

JUST UNLOCK THESE HANDCUFFS.

I'LL LEAVE, I PROMISE.

YOU PUT THEM ON.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO.

HMM... COME ON, JOHN.

THIS IS WHY YOU CAME HERE.

WHAT? TO CHAIN MYSELF

TO YOUR BED?

OR TO CHAIN YOURSELF TO ME!

TO THROW YOURSELF

IN FRONT OF THIS...

LITTLE TRAIN WRECK.

SAVE ME.

PIPER, I'VE TOLD YOU

ALL THAT MATTERS.

SHE WAS WORRIED:

ABOUT YOU,

WORRIED WHAT YOU

MIGHT DO TO YOURSELF.

SO, SHE SENT YOU

TO LIE FOR HER?

NO, NO. SHE SENT ME

HERE TO TALK TO YOU.

FIRST RULE OF THERAPY:

DON'T UPSE A SUICIDAL SHUT-IN

BY LYING YOUR WAY

INTO HER APARTMENT.

YES, I'M SORRY THE WAY

THINGS TURNED OUT HERE.

OH... IMPRESSIVE BI OF ABDICATION THERE, JOHN.

THINGS DIDN'T JUS TURN OUT THIS WAY.

YOU MADE IT ALL HAPPEN.

YOU KNOCKED ON MY DOOR,

REMEMBER?

YOU MADE CHOICES,

AND YOU FOLLOWED THROUGH.

TAKE SOME CREDIT, JOHN.

THIS IS YOUR SHOW-

YOUR SHOW AFTER ALL-

AFTER ALL WE'VE

BEEN THROUGH.

WOULDN'T I FEEL BETTER IF...

YOU TOOK SOME RESPONSIBILITY?

( sighs )

IT WOULD BE SO F***ED UP,

IF I PULL THIS TRIGGER

RIGHT NOW, WOULDN'T IT?

PIPER, STOP IT.

WHAT WOULD YOU:

TELL MOLLIE?

( exhales deeply )

HERE COME THE LAST WORDS,

JOHN. READY?

PUT IT DOWN.

( breathing heavily )

STOP IT.

YOU MADE ME DO IT!

( acoustic guitar plays softly )

( "No Sorrow"

by Alex Paul plays )

( indistinct yelling )

( typing )

I AM... I AM...

( groans )

I AM-I AM...

OH, SH*T. ALWAYS ME.

ALWAYS ME.

HOW SELF-CENTERED.

SELF-CEN- HOW SELFISH.

SELFISH- LIKE-LIKE SELF.

HAVING THE APPEARANCE

OF-OF SELF.

AH, UH... AS-AS-AS IF SELF

AS IF SELF, AS IF A-AGREEABLE

TOWARDS SELF.

SELF- AS IF... HMM.

OH.

IF SELF.

( groans )

( indistinct muttering )

( doorbell buzzes )

( continues muttering )

( doorbell buzzes )

Piper:

WHO'S THERE?

UM... PIPER?

I ASKED WHO'S THERE.

YEAH, IT'S-IT'S-IT'S-IT'S

JOHN SHARP.

UM, I'M...

I'M, UH, I'M MOLLIE'S BROTHER.

MOLLIE'S-

M- MOLLIE WHO?

MOLLIE SHARP.

YOU ALONE?

WHAT? YES.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

UM, UH, SHE-SHE

SAID SHE MENTIONED ME,

MENTIONED SHE HAD A BROTHER.

YOU MET HER ONLINE.

MOLLY SHARP. SHE LIVES

DOWN IN VIRGINIA, OUTSIDE D.C.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I- COULD I COME UP?

I DON'T REMEMBER A BROTHER.

WELL, SHE SAID

SHE-SHE MENTIONED ME.

SHE SAID YOU MIGHT NOT REMEMBER.

SO, YOU EAVESDROP

IN CHAT ROOMS?

WHAT? NO, NO, NO, NO.

( chuckles )

MOLLIE'S MY SISTER.

THAT'S HOW I KNOW YOU.

UH, SHE SAID

SHE SENT YOU A BOOK.

A BOOK OF POETRY.

YOU GAVE HER YOUR ADDRESS,

THAT'S HOW I FOUND YOU.

WHAT IF I DON' WANT TO BE FOUND?

UH... THEN YOU WOULDN' HAVE GIVEN YOUR ADDRESS.

GOOD POINT.

HMM. WELL, WHY DIDN'T SHE COME.

I SENT HER-

I GAVE HER MY ADDRESS.

HELLO?

WHY DID I DO THAT? WHY DIDN'T-

WELL, WHY DIDN'T SHE-

WHY DIDN'T SHE COME?

I GAVE IT TO HER.

I GAVE IT TO HER. WHY-

UH, WHY DIDN'T SHE COME?

I LIVE NEARBY, IT WAS...

EASIER. OKAY?

NO, IT IS NOT OKAY.

IT'S NOT- IT'S-IT'S KNOTTED,

IT'S ALL TWISTED UP.

( sighs )

Y- Y-YOU'RE JUST GONNA

HAVE TO TRUST ME.

TRUST YOU?

I'M GONNA HAVE TO TRUST YOU?

THAT-THAT MOLLIE SENT ME.

THAT I'M A FRIEND.

THAT I'M HERE TO HELP.

HELP? WHO SAID I NEEDED HELP?

MOLLIE. MOLLIE SAID THAT YOU-

MOLLIE SAID.

HOW ARE YOU GOING

TO HELP ME, JOHN?

I DON'T KNOW YET, EXACTLY.

BUT SHE SAID THAT YOU

MIGHT NEED SOMEONE TO-

YOU DON'T KNOW?

WELL, THAT-THA YOU MIGHT NEED TO-

ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO HELP ME,

OR AM I SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU?

MAYBE THAT WE SHOULD TALK.

THAT I COULD HELP YOU

SORT THINGS OUT.

SORT THINGS OUT?

YOU MEAN LIKE PUT THINGS IN ORDER?

SORT THINGS INTO

NEAT LITTLE CATEGORIES,

GIVE THEM NAMES:

AND LABELS...

WHAT, DO YOU HAVE SOME

SPECIAL F***ING GIF FOR ORDERS AND SPECIAL TABS

FOR SORTING THINGS?

WHAT ARE YOU,

A LIFE COACH?

ARE YOU A THERAPIST?

HUH. F*** ME.

MOLLIE SENT ME A THERAPIST?

NO, I'M...

I'M HER BROTHER.

I JUST HAPPEN TO BE A THERAPIST.

GO AWAY.

PIPER? HELLO? PIPER?

SH*T.

( sighs )

( "Like Fools Do"

by Alex Paul plays )

( door buzzes )

( locks clicking )

HI, PIPER?

YOU'RE PIPER, RIGHT?

YOU'RE MOLLIE'S BROTHER?

YEAH. YES, I'M HER BROTHER,

I'M JOHN SHARP.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO

HELP ME SORT THINGS OUT?

I JUST WANT TO TALK.

HMM. YOU DON'T REALLY

NEED ME, DO YOU?

NO, NO. I MEAN I WOULD

LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

DOING RIGHT NOW.

COULD I COME IN?

YOU SEEM TO BE TALKING

JUST FINE OUT HERE... IN THE HALLWAY.

NO, I MEAN IT'S LATE.

I'VE BEEN DRIVING-

IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIAL-

IS THERE SOMETHING PARTICULARLY

LOQUACIOUS ABOUT MY APARTMENT?

LOOK, I'M NOT HERE

TO MAKE TROUBLE.

I'M A- I JUST...

COULD I JUST COME IN

FOR A FEW MINUTES.

SORRY, YOU HAVE TO

TRY HARDER THAN THAT.

PIPER!

( locks clicking )

John:
PIPER!

PIPER, LISTEN TO ME.

I'M NOT-I'M NO HERE AS THERAPIST.

I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE

YOU DO ANYTHING.

Piper:
WHY DO KEEP TELLING ME

WHAT YOU'RE NOT HERE TO DO?

AM I SUPPOSED TO GUESS

WHY YOU'VE COME?

IS THIS A GAME YOU LIKE

TO PLAY WITH STRANGERS?

NO! I'M ONLY HERE

BECAUSE MOLLIE CAN'T BE.

SHE KNEW YOU:

WOULD BE UPSET.

SHE KNEW THAT I WOULD

PROBABLY UPSET YOU.

AND PIPER... SHE TOLD ME.

I KNOW-I KNOW

YOU HAVE A HISTORY.

BUT SHE CAN'T BE HERE,

NOT NOW.

SHE SAID I SHOULD

BE PERSISTENT.

WHY? WHY SO PERSISTENT?

BECAUSE SHE WAS SCARED.

Piper:

SCARED OF WHAT?

SOMETHING YOU WROTE.

I- I GUESS.

SHE SAID YOU WERE PULLING AWAY,

PUSHING HER OUT.

SHE WAS SCARED BECAUSE YOU WERE

SCARED AND UPSET,

SHE COULD TELL.

SHE COULD TELL?

YES.

HMM.

I TOLD HER IT WAS CRAZY.

I MEAN, SHE HARDLY

EVEN KNOWS YOU,

BUT SHE SAID IT WAS

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH,

AND SHE KNEW:

WHAT THAT WAS LIKE.

Piper:

HUH.

SHE COULD TELL.

MY CONFIDENT PERSISTENT MOLLIE,

THE STORIES SHE COULD TELL.

PIPER?

TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW.

COULD I JUST COME IN?

TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT HER...

THAT I DON'T KNOW,

AND I'LL LET YOU IN.

John:
WHAT'S SOMETHING

YOU DON'T KNOW?

OKAY, UH...

HOW WILL YOU KNOW

IF IT'S TRUE?

Piper:

I'LL KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. UH...

I- DO YOU KNOW WHERE SHE WAS BORN?

BALTIMORE!

COME ON, JOHN! EARN IT!

UH, SHE WRITES POETRY,

BUT SHE WON'T SHOW IT TO ANYONE.

SHE SHOWED IT TO ME.

OKAY. UH, SHE-SHE LOVES DOGS

SO MUCH SHE REFUSES TO OWN ONE.

AND SHE TOLD EVERYONE THAT SHE

NEVER WANTED TO HAVE CHILDREN,

SOMETHING:

I DON'T KNOW, JOHN!

BUT THE TRUTH IS SHE

COULD NEVER HAVE THEM.

SHE WAS VERY SICK

WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE,

THEY HAD TO REMOVE HER...

OVARIES-

A GROWTH OR A TUMOR.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE NEVER ACTUALLY

TALK MUCH ABOUT IT.

BUT THEY SAID THAT SHE COULD

NEVER HAVE CHILDREN

SO SHE CONVINCED EVERYONE

THAT IT WAS HER CHOICE.

HER WAY OF MANAGING,

I GUESS.

BUT IT WASN'T HER CHOICE.

SHE MADE ME PROMISE

NOT TO TELL.

PIPER?

PIPER, ARE YOU THERE?

GOD, PIPER, PIPER?

LISTEN TO ME.

DON'T DO WHATEVER IT IS

YOU'RE THINKING OF DOING

WITHOUT AT LEAST TALKING TO ME.

MOLLIE TOLD ME.

MOLLIE TOLD ME:

ABOUT THE GUN.

SHE SAID IT WASN' THE FIRST TIME YOU PULLED AWAY,

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