Complete Unknown Page #4

I mean, she's beautiful,

exciting, adventurous.

She is a keeper.

How does walking out

on everyone in your life

-make someone a "keeper"?

-Pay no attention to him.

Oh, so, if you stick

with something or someone

you're basically

not adventurous?

I don't think I'm quite ready

to propose to her yet.

Oh, but you need a woman

who knows

how to wipe the table clean.

That's not

even the expression.

You know-- Oh. Never mind.

-Ugh.

-Well, I like her, Clyde.

-I approve.

-Thank you.

[Mark] I love my Spanish name.

You should call me Marco.

I don't see you as a Marco.

Marco would be

so much fun, right?

Marco would speak Spanish,

he knows how to merengue.

[man]

Maybe Marco

would not drink so much?

I've had three glasses.

I think I need four.

[man]

So, Marco also has

a drinking problem.

[sighs]

[Alice clears throat]

It's a beautiful deck.

Jennie.

Jennie, come on, it's you.

Right?

This is crazy.

You're alive.

Yeah.

Thought I was dead?

I didn't know.

I mean, where--

where'd you go?

To Mexico?

What difference does it make

where I went?

Oh. Good point.

So you didn't go to Mexico.

It's just a story.

And you're from Denver

all of a sudden?

It's a part of who I am now.

You're kidding.

Please, tell me

you're kidding.

What is this?

You know what?

Actually, don't even bother.

Okay?

Just do me a favor.

I don't especially

want to explain this

to my wife and my friends.

What the hell?

I wanted to see you.

Jennie, it's been 15 years.

Yeah.

I'm married.

I mean, why didn't you just

pick up the phone

and call me?

Say what,

"Hi, this is Jennie,

only I'm not really Jennie

anymore."

Do you understand?

Your parents showed up

at my door.

Your father was bawling

his eyes out,

begging me to tell him

where you were.

They had no idea

what happened--

I let them know

I was alive.

But you didn't see them?

Or was that

just a story too?

I went to Canton.

Couldn't get out of the car.

My dad died two years ago

of a heart attack.

So...

What do you want?

[Brad]

Tom?

You guys ready for cake?

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Let's--

Let's do cake.

So, in other words,

it's my fault

-for making you binge?

-No, I'm saying maybe

that's the reason

she decided

she needed

to get the f*** away

from everybody for a while.

I'm sorry,

I thought step one

was accepting that

it is a disease.

That it doesn't go away.

Actually,

that's not step one.

At all.

People can still change.

Their behavior, maybe,

but not who they are.

At least people

still recognize

that they have

room to improve.

Yeah, I think everyone wants

to be a better person.

Guys, this is not

about improvement.

This is about running away.

I wouldn't call it that.

I'm sorry,

what would you call it?

Making a change.

Right, but wherever you go

there you are.

-Isn't that what they say?

-I think that's just what

people tell themselves

when they don't have

the courage to change.

[man]

What about you, Tom?

Maybe you can take up surfing

in California?

Grow a beard?

[Clyde]

Tom's not going anywhere.

-What?

-That's not exactly

what I said, Clyde.

-Really?

-What does that mean?

It's complicated.

Why is it complicated?

[Tom]

Look, I don't really want

to talk about it

right now. Okay?

[man speaking in Farsi]

I am not an idiot,

thank you.

No, wait, seriously,

what's going on, Ramina?

-You don't want her to go?

-No.

I'm the one

who pushed her to--

-Jesus Christ.

-[man] Is this about

your committee meeting

in September?

You can find someone else

to do that, no?

No, it's not.

We're figuring it out, okay?

Maybe she can...

go by herself.

-Ramina?

-[in Farsi]

[woman]

For two years?

Look, can we be permitted

to figure this out privately?

Not at my birthday party.

Thanks.

The candles are melting.

Who's Tony?

Oh, my God.

You weren't kidding.

That's amaz--

Okay. I guess we're not

singing "Happy Birthday"?

I bet they didn't have cakes

like that

during the potato famine.

[man]

The potato famine?

Uh, inside joke.

Oh, no, actually,

aren't we going dancing?

[Brad]

Oh, yeah,

I think maybe--

No. No, no, no.

Don't even think about it.

[electronic music playing]

That's wild whiskey.

-Let's do this.

-Yeah.

I'll be over--

I'll be over in a minute.

Excuse me, can I get

an Old Fashioned?

I thought

you wanted to dance?

Want to see something?

Watch the olive.

[Mark]

Hey.

What are you guys up to?

[man]

There you are.

[Mark mumbles]

She's good with the olives.

Where did you learn

to do that?

I used to let a guy

saw me in half.

You did not.

When I was 28

I toured China for a year

-as a magician's assistant.

-[Mark laughs]

What? A magician's assistant?

-That's awesome.

-You said you lived

in a Tasmanian marsh

from the age of 24.

[Mark]

No, that was Consuelo.

No, I saw a picture.

I mean...

Right? Why did you just say

that you were in China?

I was in China

before I was in Tasmania.

[woman]

Are you sure?

[man] So were you

really a magician?

[Clyde]

Do you really study frogs?

-Jesus, did you make--

-Stop.

...all of that up?

Were you actually

in Tasmania?

-Yes.

-[woman] And how do we know

that you're telling

the truth?

Well, how do I know anything

that you've said

tonight is true?

Because they all know me,

and you're

a pathological liar.

You're under complete

false pretenses.

[Tom]

All right, Sharon.

-Just calm down.

-Why are you defending her?

[muffled chattering]

[Ramina]

What is going on?

-I don't even know her.

-Jesus, Ramina.

Back off. Okay?

Well, it was nice

to meet you.

Happy birthday.

[Clyde]

Where are you going?

[Sharon]

Look I'm sorry, Clyde.

But that was horrible.

[Ramina]

Clyde, I am so sorry.

[Clyde]

No, I am sorry.

I had no idea.

I'd say you dodged

a bullet, buddy.

Okay, excuse me.

I need some air.

Jennie.

Jennie. Jennie.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Should I call you Consuelo?

Is that it? Hey, come on.

You completely disappeared

for 15 years,

and then you show up,

tell this crazy story,

turn around,

and run out the door.

Have you actually been

to Tasmania?

Or Australia?

-Or China?

-Yes, yes.

I was in China,

Hong Kong, and Singapore

for 11 months.

You're making

all this sh*t up.

Why'd you follow me out here,

to call me a liar?

I came out here...

because you were

about to run off.

Again.

You don't understand

the feeling.

I went to Portland.

And in Portland

I was a whole other person.

And...

I felt reborn.

But then, after a while,

it started to feel

too familiar.

And I realized

I could just step out of it.

I could just start again.

It was like

I had this skill.

This power.

I could be anyone I wanted.

And I could do it again

and again.

I could live

a thousand lives.

And every time it was like

she'd always existed.

She had her own history.

And I keep filling her in.

Until she felt finished.

Ready to move on.

I'd feel free to let go.

There's this moment...

when you're a blank slate.

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