I Heart Huckabees Page #8

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I can answer

these questions for you.

You can? Because I don't think

the other guys are doing such a hot job.

Believe me, I can.

You're the writer

Tommy's into?

Are you unhappy

with their work?

Yeah, I'm ready to

cross over to your side.

- Tell me about your case.

- Well, you seem to be following me pretty closely.

- Why don't you tell me about it?

- You are miserable.

Obsessed with

your strange coincidence.

Yeah. Yeah, but they just want

to talk about Brad Stand.

They betrayed you,

as he did.

- That's right.

- Betrayal embodies the universal truth you seek.

What truth?

Cruelty, manipulation...

meaninglessness.

Yeah.

- Did they follow you?

- No. I lost them on Route 4.

- Thanks for helping me out back there.

- No problem.

Glad you're here, Albert.

This is the place to be.

Once you realize the universe sucks,

you got nothing to lose.

- That's what gives you la force.

- The force?

- La force. It's French for strength.

- La force.

You guys got

a method here?

Yeah. Deconstruct your mind

to the blackness, okay?

Just accept it

for what it is. Nothing.

There's no glowing guys, no infinite mothers.

None of that bullshit.

My coincidence is

meaningless, isn't it?

Think, Albert. Have

you betrayed yourself?.

[ Albert ] Wait a second.

What are we doing here?

- I don't want to go to this building. Stop!

- [ Tommy ] Trust her, Albert.

- This is for you.

- Oh, thank you.

- Hey, hey, hey. What did she give you?

- No, stay away from me.

- I don't want to talk to you.

- Thanks, Steven.

- Well, this is a rare occasion.

- Where is she?

- Who?

- Caterine.

- Who's Caterine?

- The woman who's spying on me. Where is she?

I don't think

this is funny.

Oh, God, here we go again.

What's happening?

He's just making

a joke on me.

- Are you making fun of your mother?

- No.

Why can't you

get along with her?

- So, how's your poetry job?

- I got fired from it.

Oh, couldn't even

hold down a poetry job.

- [ Man ] Brenda, what the hell did you do?

- I didn't touch it.

Bullshit! I have this programmed

on my favorite stations on a timer.

Can I please have some time

with my son?

I want to show him an article I have here

on marketing internship. You see this?

- That's great, Mom. It's right up my alley.

- But it is. It's a new hot--

- I sent this to you. Why don't

you ever listen to me--

- Have you seen this system?

State of the art.

We got speakers all through the house.

- But listen to this.

- [ Country ]

- [ Ends ]

- It'll be easier to talk now.

- Where did she come from?

- What's going on?

- See, I wasn't making a joke.

- What's her name?

I would like to discuss

some curious findings.

- Who is this lady?

- I found here in your apartment...

a rather troubling

piece of evidence.

- [ Brenda ] What evidence?

- Do you recognize the

handwriting, Mr. Markovski--

- excuse me, Mr. Silver?

- [ Albert ] This is silly. Let's go.

No.

- i wanna go.

- Could you please read the date for me?

''November 1 7, 1 989.''

Albert was nine. This is his journal.

Would you mind

reading this out loud?

- No.

- Please.

This stuff doesn't matter.

Let's go.

Oh, my God.

''I came home from school.

Mom was in the kitchen with a strange lady.

''Mom told me to go back to my room.

I thought I was in trouble.

''She closed my door and said,

'Purree got hit by a car and killed.'

''And then she took me back

to the lady in the kitchen...

''and told me to spell words

to show how i'm a good speller.

''i said i had to go

to the bathroom.

''i climbed out the window.

i went down the block.

''i saw Barney playing punch ball.

He said i look sad.

''I told him what happened to my cat.

He said, 'That's sad.'

''Then I cried, but I tried not to show.

Some of the kids laughed.

Barney said he cried when his dog died.

And the kids stopped laughing.''

His cat died. He was sad.

What's your point?

- Nothing strikes you as odd?

- See? it's nothing. Let's go.

[ Chuckling ]

These things happen.

Oui. C'est vrai.

The universe is cruel.

But tell me this, Mrs. Silver, this lady

you gave the coffee to--

Was Helen's sister. I don't remember her name.

I met her the once.

Was there some painful thing

about this stranger...

that required

your immediate attention?

No. Helen wasn't home,

so I offered her sister a cup of coffee.

But you agree that Purree

meant a great deal to Albert?

[ Chuckles ]

You can't make a federal case out of the cat.

Answer the question, please.

I don't know much about the cat.

I traveled a lot for work.

We're not talking about this anymore.

It's embarrassing me.

- [ Caterine ] Precisely the point.

- [ Brenda ] What?

You were embarrassed for feeling sad

about the death of your cat.

It's painful enough

to feel sad, but on top of it...

to feel embarrassed for feeling,

that is the killer.

How is that my fault?

I didn't tell him to be embarrassed.

But you did. It was more important

to have a cup of coffee...

with a perfect stranger

than to talk to Albert...

- about what for a small boy is a large tragedy.

- This is ridiculous.

He climbed out his window,

a criminal in his own house.

- Why?

- I don't know.

- I think you do.

- I don't.

- Yes, you do.

- Oh, stop it!

- I think you should go.

- No, I will not go.

Albert has a place here,

a place you have denied.

This is my home.

I can tell him what I want.

- Yes,your home is a lie.

- What does that mean? I gave

my life to this selfish bas--

So he could be

an ornament to you, not a person.

- [ Doorbell Rings ]

- God, what are you, a b*tch?

You're a b*tch.

How many kids do you have, b*tch?

Listen. Listen.

This is your mother.

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

- You asked me to come up here?

- What does the doorman have to do with this?

He was orphaned by civil war.

You were orphaned by indifference.

This is but one part of your puzzle.

Do you see?

- [ Machine Clicks ]

- [ Rock ]

Oh, now the timer's

all f***ed up. Brenda.!

Gee, is it that hard?

Go ahead and do it.

- All I'm gonna do is listen--

- I spent what? I spent $2,000 on this?

I wanna listen

to a radio!

I wanna listen

to a radio!

[ Elevator Dings ]

Thanks. We'll meet you later

by the rock.

I'm sorry, man. I need, like, a minute

to figure this out.

- She had to get you to see.

- See what?

You were trained

to betray yourself right here.

That's why you betrayed

yourself by going to Brad.

Why didn't you fgure this out?

Why didn't you bring me here?

Because you lied to us.

You told us that the African guy...

was the-- the doorman at your friend's building,

not at your parents' building.

You encrypted the truth.

That's how good you are at betraying yourself.

- Right.

- I told you that he wasn't ready for infinity.

- Don't start with that

magic blanket bullshit, okay?

- It's not magic.

It's just the way things are. You and me

and the air are actually tiny particles...

that are swirling

around together.

- Look right here. You see?

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