Invasion of the Body Snatchers

There's some more flowers, kids.

Go pick 'em.

Yeah!

That's a pretty one!

- I don't have one.

- Well, go look for one, over there.

Oh, that's beautiful. Let me look at that.

Let me look at that!

Now you can take them home

to your parents. Don't they smell nice!

Hi.

Too much trouble to pick the mail up

off the floor, Geoffrey?

Hello?

Look at this flower.

All right! Attaway!

You know, I think I actually

found something rare.

What?

- This plant. I think it's a grex.

- A what?

G-R-E-X. That's when

two species cross-pollinate

and produce a third

completely unique one.

And listen to this:

"Epilobic, from the Greek epi: upon,

and lobos:
a pod."

"Many of the species are dangerous

weeds and should be avoided."

Dangerous?

In the garden.

See? Look how quickly it roots.

"Their rapid and widespread growth

was even observed

in many of the war-torn cities of Europe."

"lndeed, some of these plants

may thrive on devastated ground."

Why don't we go up to Vail

for the weekend? Fly up Friday, hm?

OK, maybe. Sure.

Geoffrey! I'm trying to read!

You're in a good mood.

Well, I got something

to look forward to tonight - playoffs.

Geoffrey.

- What?

- I'm reading.

OK! I'll put the earphones on.

There, see? Happy?

Never mind. I'll go downstairs.

Comment? Qui est l?

Who is it?

Department of Health.

Bonsoir, Monsieur Bennell.

How nice to see you.

What is that supposed to be?

It is cervelles en matelote.

In English, what would I be eating

if I ate that?

- Ah. Calves' brains in red wine.

- Red wine and what else?

Mais, c'est impossible. It's impossible.

It's a secret, Mr Bennell.

You don't have any secrets

from the Department of Health, Henri.

A good young Burgundy, brown stock,

thyme, parsley - just a sprig.

Capers,... a fresh bay leaf, and garlic.

- That's all?

- Oui. Yes.

- What is that?

- A caper.

No.

Do you presume to tell us

what is in this stock?

- It's a rat turd.

- A what?

A rat turd.

- A caper!

- A rat turd.

A caper!

If it's a caper,

eat it.

I'm gonna bring you up

for permit revocation, Henri.

You're charging way too much

to be serving crap like that in here.

But, Monsieur, it is an accident.

You know how careful we are.

Hello?

- Elizabeth?

- Yes.

- Wake you up?

- No. Hi, Matthew.

- They busted the window of my car.

- Oh, no!

Threw a bottle of wine at it -

not even good wine.

The Warriors won,

so I guess your household's happy.

Yes.

- What are you doing?

- Oh, nothing.

If you go to sleep now,

you can get up early.

Oh, Matthew...

If you can come in at 7.30,

you can run the tests before 8 o'clock.

Stop! Matthew... stop.

I'm not coming in before 8 o'clock

- in the morning!

- I gotta force the abatement hearing.

- Wednesday's their only free slot.

- No, Matthew!

I will not be there before eight!

I nominated you for

Civil Servant ofthe Year award.

It's true. I think you'll win.

OK, OK, OK. I'll be in at 7.30.

I'll run a salmonella test for you.

Thank you. See you in the morning.

Good night. I'll see you in the morning.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Geoffrey, my God!

How long have you been up?

Not long.

What are you doing?

Geoffrey?

I wanna throw the book at him. Those

scallops are just cut-up pieces of skate.

I'm sorry. I can start the tests right away.

It's OK...

And something's wrong with the potato.

Either the sour cream is phoney,

or the chives.

I'm sorry. I got up on time.

It was Geoffrey.

- What did the mad dentist do this time?

- I don't know. He was just weird.

He's crazy. All dentists are crazy.

- Are you late?

- No.

He was weird not the way he usually is.

That can only be an improvement.

Well, it's not. It's got me really nervous.

Tell him to shape up or get out.

- It's his house.

- Make him an offer.

- Here's something that'll cheer you up.

- What?

Ever seen one of these up close?

- What is it?

- What does it look like?

- A caper?

- A caper?

What is it?

- A rat turd, but the sauce was delicious.

- I got you a rat.

- Did you find one?

- I've got it. It was a biggie.

OK, we'll get a declaration

of "unsanitary" on him.

- I'll talk to you later, OK?

- OK.

- What can I do?

- Nothing. Don't worry. Go on.

I'm sorry.

Oh, I'm sorry.

- Hey, come on. Tell me what I've done.

- I understand today's plan.

Something's come up, Elizabeth.

I have to go back out again.

Now? Weren't we going to the game?

The Warriors.

I gave the tickets to a patient.

You're not gonna see tonight's game?

No choice.

Geoffrey, what is the matter with you?

I'm fine. I just have to go to a meeting.

Meeting? What kind of a meeting?

Elizabeth, I don't think

I have to justify my every move to you.

Geoffrey, this isn't like you.

Please, come on. I just want it to be nice...

Elizabeth, what's the matter with you?

Nothing.

Come in!

Hi.

How you doing?

Is it true that if you think

you're losing your mind, you're not?

Well, I hope so.

I know this is gonna sound insane.

What?

Geoffrey is not Geoffrey.

- How do you know?

- I know.

On the outside Geoffrey is still Geoffrey,

but on the inside

I can tell there is something different.

Something is missing.

- What?

- Emotion, feelings.

He's just not the same person.

Really, you know what I mean?

I know it sounds crazy.

Yeah. I know what you mean, I think.

Have you eaten?

- I'm not hungry.

- Have some celery.

- I'm not...

- Eat, eat, eat.

We can eat outside. It's a beautiful night.

Take that meat there, will you?

Chop it up.

And hand me the ginger,

the stuff that's chopped up there.

You wanna know something else?

This is really weird.

I went to see his sister Nora

to talk to her about it.

But I couldn't. I stopped myself.

She changed, too?

- Do you think I'm crazy?

- No.

D'you wanna go see

my friend David Kibner?

- The psychiatrist?

- Not like that.

Talk to him. He would

put things into perspective.

- I'm not crazy.

- No, no, no. I'm serious.

He would eliminate whether Geoffrey

was having an affair, or had become gay.

Whether he had a social disease,

or had become a Republican.

All the things that could have happened

to have made you feel he had changed.

D'you know what I mean?

You wanna go see him?

You think I'm nuts.

No, I don't.

Can you still do the thing with your eyes?

If you're not crazy,

you can do that thing with your eyes.

You're not crazy.

This is delicious.

You're a great cook.

What time is Geoffrey getting back?

He said not to wait up for him.

D'you want some more wine?

- Morning!

- Hello.

One, two... Mrs Teng,

this one's got a coffee stain on it.

Here.

- That's not coffee.

- That is coffee. I put it there myself.

Maybe not come out.

You doctor, right?

Me? No. Health Department. Civil servant.

Do you need a doctor?

My wife... sick.

- What's wrong with her?

- She wrong.

- She's not right?

- That not my wife.

You mean, she's...?

No, no. Different.

That not my wife!

How you doin', Harry?

Hey, pooch. How you doin', boy?

Where you been? You've been driving me

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