Dead Ringers Page #4

I'm not a thing.

I mean people...

...experiences.

It's never bothered me before now.

It's different with me, is it?

Yes.

Yes, it is.

Is Elliot jealous of me?

Is he worried

I'll steal you away from him?

No, he offered to come

and talk to you for me...

...to patch things up.

That would've been amusing.

Why didn't he?

I wouldn't let him.

Were you afraid I might like him

as much as I like you?

Or maybe...

...when it came down to it...

...I couldn't see the difference.

No!

It doesn't work that way between us.

I think it does.

I think you two have

never come to terms...

...with the way it really

does work between you.

No! Not while he's here.

I don't want him to see us.

All right...

...I'll just... separate you.

Separate us?

What do you mean?

Ohh! Ohh! No! No! No! No!

What happened?

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was dreaming.

- What about?

- About Elliot.

- What happened?

- Oh, don't! Don't!

Don't... touch it.

Come to bed.

Oh, Claire...

...I don't want to dream that again.

I can't!

Take one of these.

- What's that?

- Seconal.

I guarantee you, you won't dream.

Don't let me dream that again.

The message that clearly emerges

from these complex encounters...

...between physician and patient...

...is that there is not only

a place in the clinic...

...but a demand for a philosophy.

A philosophy which mixes...

...compassionate curiosity

with social responsibility.

They'll discover they're gonna have to.

Yeah.

Yeah. Look, David, I've got to go.

I've got company.

All right, I'll talk to you tomorrow. Bye.

- Dr Elliot Mantle?

- Yes.

Special order from Escort Embassy.

I'm Mimsy...

...and this is my sister Coral.

Hi.

Would you like some of this?

Sure.

Listen, so that I know

which one of you is which...

...I'd like you...

- Coral.

- Coral.

...to call me Elly...

...and you, Mimsy...

...to call me Bev.

- Oh, sh*t!

- Watch it.

She's got it, Beverly.

- A near thing. You OK?

- Yes, I'm OK.

I thought you were

shaky there for a second.

Beverly, it's past nine.

You're late. You've gotta get up.

I need something to get me up.

You know where it is.

Claire, will you call Danuta...

...tell her to cancel my first three patients.

I'll never make it.

Can't eat.

- What's wrong?

- I don't know, I can't eat!

If you don't know, I do.

Too many sleepers last night,

that's what.

Look who's talking.

Maybe you ought to take a week off.

Just stop everything.

I'm serious.

I'll talk to Elly when he gets back.

- I couldn't do anything before then.

- Elliot is back.

He... called here for you

while you were in the shower.

You spoke to him?

Well, I couldn't help it, could I?

I explained to him that you were

staying here with me for a few days.

How did he react?

Civilised.

He apologised... for the scene in the bar...

...and I more or less...

accepted his apology.

Where are you going?

Leo's in town.

I told you about Leo...

...and my Georgia picture.

We're close to a deal.

Don't go. I want you to stay.

Beverly...

...I can't.

OK. Yeah.

Um, could you tell me

which is the make-up trailer?

- This one here?

- Who are you looking for?

- Miss Niveau.

- She expecting you?

Yes, she is.

Fascinating stuff.

Lucky old Bev.

He gets to rub up against the magic.

He seems totally uninterested.

Bev's not into art.

You are?

I'm into glamour...

...the art of glamour.

Well, here it is.

I was surprised you wanted to see me.

Give us a few minutes, please.

I like your brother very much...

...and I thought it would be good...

...for you and me... to be friends...

...if we can.

I think we can.

There's something else.

I'm going away to do another film.

I'm worried about leaving Bev alone.

Bev's not alone.

No, you're right, he's not alone...

...but he's lonely...

...even with me.

He's developing a serious drug problem.

Did you realise that?

I thought you had the drug problem.

It's an occupational hazard.

The same goes for Beverly.

You resent me tremendously, don't you?

You contribute...

...a confusing element

to the Mantle brothers' saga.

Possibly a destructive one.

It's not personal.

I think you're terrific.

But I just don't have a role

in the Mantle brothers' saga.

I suppose...

...if you liked us both...

...in the same way...

...it might make things easier.

It has been known to happen.

I'm sorry...

...but I can't.

Am I really that different from Beverly?

You really are.

Claire, let me come to the airport.

Beverly, please, no public goodbyes.

Ten weeks is such a long time.

I'll fly up...

...whenever there's a break.

Claire...

...let's not lose each other.

Birchall, will you please explain...

...to my director

and my wardrobe person...

...I am not about to do this movie

dressed like a 10-dollar hooker.

Miss Niveau is not about

to do this movie...

...dressed like a 10-dollar hooker.

Well...

Claire, you will admit, at least...

...your character thinks of herself

as a kind of emotional hooker.

Oh, I do more than admit it.

I'm the one who pointed it out

to this... wardrobe person.

But she's so bloody literal-minded.

Wardrobe person?

She called me "wardrobe person"!

I know, I know.

Hello. Niveau suite.

Hello?

Hello?

Have you examined her... c-carefully yet?

What? Who is this?

I'm her gynaecologist.

You're... what?

I'm Claire Niveau's gynaecologist!

Did you know that she was a trifurcate?

I'd have to classify that as a mutation.

What exactly is this?

Is that you, Byron?

Carefully lubricate the two

prime fingers of your right hand...

...and insert them...

...into Claire Niveau's vagina.

Instead of feeling one cervical head...

...you will feel three.

Basically, this means...

...that you have been f***ing a mutant!

Oh, Doctor, I'm sorry...

...I thought you were ready

to see Mrs Randall.

Mrs Randall, please come and sit down.

I don't think we've met.

Let me introduce myself.

I'm one of the Mantle twins.

The lesion, not surprisingly...

...causes diffuse enlargement

of the cervix...

...and, of course, our old friend,

leucorrhoea.

Until very recently...

...diagnosis tended to be done

after a histological examination...

...of the removed organ. A case of

throwing the baby out with the bath water.

I'm sorry, Doctor, but your brother

is waiting for you in your office.

I think you'd better go see him.

Bev, what are you doing here?

What's wrong?

I've been hiding out at Claire's.

I've been hiding from you.

Hiding?

What are you talking about?

I was afraid of...

I was af... afraid you wouldn't

let me have her.

Oh, that's crazy, Bev.

It is crazy because...

...yesterday...

...yesterday...

...I found out that she was having an affair.

She's unfaithful to me, Elly.

Bev, you mustn't take it so seriously.

She's a showbiz lady.

What can you expect?

I'm in love with her!

I have to take it seriously.

It can't be love

if it does this to you, can it?

It can't be love, Bev.

You're right, Elly.

I was hiding from the wrong person.

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