Joker: Folie à Deux

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[Looney Tunes fanfare playing]

[“Slap That Bass” by George and Ira Gershwin playing]

[people chanting] Joker! Joker! Joker!

[loud cheering, whistling]

Mmm?

[grunts]

[loud crash]

[grunting]

[punches landing]

[hammering on door]

[gasps, shrieks]

[exclaiming dizzily]

Huh?

[bone cracks]

[yells]

[guttural growling]

[emcee] And now without further ado… Joker!

[audience cheers]

[“What the World Needs Now” playing]

♪ What the world needs now ♪

♪ Is love, sweet love ♪

[crowd laughing]

♪ It’s the only thing ♪

♪ That there’s just Too little of ♪

♪ What the world needs now ♪

♪ Is love, sweet love ♪

[crowd laughing]

♪ No, not just for some But for everyone ♪

Tell me about it.

[people exclaiming]

♪ Lord, we don’t need Another mountain ♪

♪ There are mountains And hillsides ♪

♪ Enough to climb ♪

♪ There are oceans and rivers ♪

[cheering]

♪ Enough to cross ♪

♪ Enough to last ’til the end of time ♪

[humming cadence]

♪ What the world needs now ♪

[laughter]

[both] ♪ Is love, sweet love ♪

♪ It’s the only thing That there’s ♪

♪ Just too little of ♪

♪ Just too little of ♪

♪ What the world needs now Is love, sweet love ♪

[feedback squeals]

[audience cheers]

[grunting]

Knock, knock.

[grunting]

[Joker screaming]

[curtain pulleys squeaking]

[song ends]

[man whistling “When the Saints Go Marching In”]

[door locks clanking]

[lights buzzing]

[faint, echoing shouts]

[whistling continues]

Morning, sir.

Nothing good about it.

Get up!

Let’s go, get up.

[head guard] Let’s go boys. Let’s get this show on the road.

[guard 2] Come on! Come on!

[guard 3] Come on, get out of bed.

Let’s go, get up.

Clean this f***ing mess up.

[guard 4] Hey, Jackie, I need a hand.

[metal rattling]

Put some clothes on.

[Jackie whistling]

[guard 3] Diaz, what the f***?

[inmates moaning, chattering]

[keys jingle]

[lock clicking]

[guard 2] You got a joke for me today?

[man] Move!

[guard 2] All right, come on, let’s go, guys.

Move your f***ing ass. Move.

[guard 3] Don’t test me, Walters.

[guard] Come on, boys.

[guard 2] Get him on the ground.

[guard 4] Move your f***ing ass, Bullock.

[Bullock] F*** you!

[heavy struggling]

[Bullock] Get the f*** out my cell.

[can clattering]

[men grunting]

[Bullock] Leave me alone.

Hey, Arthur, you feelin’ crazy today or what?

[men fighting]

[Bullock] I don’t wanna come out today.

[Jackie] Take him down to F Ward.

[Bullock] I don’t wanna come out today.

You got a big day today. You better put on a happy face.

[Bullock] Get the f*** off me.

[guard] Let’s not do this again, Beanie.

[faint shouts, chatter]

[man] Shut up!

[Jackie] Let’s go, Arthur.

[guard 2] Come on, Fleck.

Don’t need your fancy lawyer blaming me if you’re late.

She knows how much you like me, right?

Hey, Fleck, you got a joke for us today?

[Jackie] Yeah, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?

[door lock buzzing]

[Jackie whistling “When the Saints Go Marching In”]

Move.

[inmate shuddering]

[faint shouts and yelling]

[guard] Right on the line.

Let’s go!

[Jackie] Back the f*** up, Ken.

[guard 2] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Go on, front of the line.

[Jackie] Fleck. Fleck’s next, my dear.

[guard] Hey, stay in line.

[young man] Yeah, you heard him.

[guard] Hey, hey, hey, back up.

[guard shouting in pain]

[guard] Freak bit me!

[overlapping shouts]

Go.

[guard] All that kid’s done since he got here is f***ing smile.

And today, all of a sudden, he bites Moran?

[Jackie] It’s because nobody likes Moran.

He was at Gotham State for, like, eight years

before he got here, and he’s still a f***ing temp.

[Jackie and guard laughing]

Hey, Fleck, you got a joke for us today?

[guard] I already asked him.

[Jackie] I got a joke for ya.

This guy’s dog dies, right? And he really loved this dog.

So, he goes down to the church, and he asks Father Mulcahy

if he’d perform a funeral for him. Right?

And Mulcahy says, “Oh, no. [stammering] I’m sorry my son,

we can’t have a service for an animal in our church.

Uh, but, I bet if you go down

to the veterinarian in town…”

[barber] F***.

[Jackie] “…he can do it for you. You see?”

[barber] Goddamn it, Arthur.

[Jackie] Uh, so the guy says, “Oh, thanks very much, Father.”

And he says, “Do you think two grand

would be enough to cover the service?”

Father Mulcahy looks at him…

“Why didn’t you tell me the dog was Catholic?”

[all laughing]

[razor clattering]

[Jackie laughing] Eh?

Clean yourself up.

You like that one, Arthur?

Let’s go. [chuckling]

[high voice] “Why didn’t you tell me the dog was a Catholic?”

[all laughing]

[thunder rumbling]

[sighing]

[faint chatter over P.A.]

[Jackie] Look around, Arthur.

This is how the other half lives.

[bearded guard] Could have been all yours

if you hadn’t killed five people.

[Jackie chuckles]

[bearded guard] One live on national TV.

[chorus] ♪ When you close your Earthly story… ♪

[older guard] What the f*** is this sh*t?

♪ Will you join them In their bliss ♪

[piano playing along] ♪ Will the circle Be unbroken ♪

[Jackie] Move, will ya? Moron.

[woman] Hey!

Come on. You f***ing lunatic.

[Jackie laughing]

[singing continues]

Jesus Christ, you couldn’t get him a f***ing umbrella?

Aw, come on, counselor,

you know we can’t give these boys umbrellas.

It’s for their own good.

Oh, don’t give me your sh*t. He’s soaking wet.

Well, those are the rules, counselor,

but I’ll break them if you ask me.

I bet you would.

[Jackie chuckles] Mm-hm.

Oh, you’re welcome, by the way,

for getting him all cleaned up for you.

[guards cracking up]

Sit down.

Here, Arthur.

[guards chattering faintly]

Today, we’re meeting with Dr. Beatty.

Remember her?

She’s gonna be videotaping you this time,

so we can show it at your competency hearing next week.

[guards chuckling faintly]

And if they find you competent,

and they will, they always do,

then we’re going to trial.

You need to be in an actual hospital with actual doctors.

Not this Department of Corrections…

bullshit with these thugs.

Dr. Beatty thinks that with everything

that happened to you in your childhood,

it caused a split…

this fragmentation in you…

[thunder rumbling]

…to help you cope with your pain.

She believes you have another person living inside of you.

And it was this other person who committed those crimes.

Do you understand what that means, Arthur?

[Dr. Beatty] I’ll be asking you a few questions today, Arthur, okay?

Maybe you don’t remember some things?

Or you’re confused about what you did?

I’m here to help you try and sort out what happened.

[tape recorder clicks]

Arthur, I’m not here only to help with your defense.

I’m here for you.

But for me to do my job,

I need you to be candid with me.

Does that make sense?

Can I have a cigarette?

[Dr. Beatty] Of course you can.

Let’s start with the first incident, okay?

The three men who accosted you on the subway, who bullied you,

did it feel like they triggered something painful?

From your past? Your childhood?

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