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(STAMMERS) I'll be there. I'll be there.

- Hey, how are ya?

- Eddie.

Good to see you again.

Sit down.

What do you know about Hank Atwood?

Atwood, um...

He's an iconoclast, um...

Owns about half of Colorado.

So this is prepared, Eddie?

Uh...

Is this Atwood 101?

Doesn't everybody know about Atwood?

Where was he two years ago?

- Hm?

- Nowhere.

Two years ago he wasn't

even on Forbes' radar.

That was a great leap forward, right?

I'm baffled by this guy.

He comes out of nowhere so strong.

Has me on the run before I can

even get to anybody in his camp.

(VOICE ECHOING) Beats me

out of two properties,

investing in countries with no oil.

Places I'd never go near...

(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV)

WOMAN ON TV:
We're here in front

of the hotel where a woman,

identified as Maria Winberg,

was found dead in her room last night,

a victim of foul play. Ms. Winberg

was a well-known socialite and model...

(INAUDIBLE)

...but was also known for her dedicated

charity work around the city.

Police spent hours questioning

hotel staff and patrons

and an eyewitness reported

seeing a man leaving the scene...

CARL:
...help me convince him that I can

raise his game. Got any ideas?

What do you think?

- Hm?

- Um...

MAN ON TV:
Hotel has adequate

security cameras...

You're not one of those

kind of guys, are you Eddie?

We lose you if there's

a screen in the room?

These are tectonic plates

that are shifting right under us.

Pardon me, one second.

EDDIE:
Was it possible?

Could I have killed someone?

Was it even me?

- (PHONE RINGS)

- (ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS)

MELISSA:
Eddie? This is Melissa.

Listen, Vernon hasn't been

giving you anything, has he?

Because that stuff is dangerous.

Melissa?

Melissa, hey, do you think

that we can meet somewhere?

- I really need to talk to you.

MELISSA:
We're talking now.

No, no, let's meet at, uh...

Billy's on Grant at noon?

MELISSA:
You can't see me, Eddie.

- No, no...

MELISSA:
Eddie, please.

- Please, please come, please come, I...

It's important, I really need to know

what you're talking about.

EDDIE:
I realized that there were

other people who might know about NZT.

Vernon's other clients.

(DIAL TONE)

(CLICKING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(LINE RINGING)

MAN:
Hi.

- Yeah, hi,

may I please speak with Jerry Brady?

MAN:
Jerry's in the hospital.

- He's what?

MAN:
Yeah, he's not doing well at all.

- Yeah, hello, is Paul Kaplan there?

WOMAN:
Uh, no. No, he's not.

Uh, Paul passed away three days ago.

Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.

MAN:
Yeah, he started getting headaches,

then he collapsed at work.

Now he's in the ICU.

OK, please give him my best.

Thank you.

EDDIE:
Of all the people I called...

three were dead and the rest were sick.

(LINE RINGING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

MAN:
Hello? Hello?

MAN:
Watch it, man!

(CAR HORN HONKING)

(GRUNTING)

- (TIRES SCREECHING)

- (WOMAN SCREAMS)

MAN:
Did you see that?

MAN:
Hey!

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

Go! Go!

(GROANING)

MELISSA:
Eddie.

Melissa.

Hey.

Don't tell me I look good,

'cause I know.

I didn't want you to see me this way.

You look good.

Oh, I, uh...

Yeah, I sorta got myself together.

NZT will do that to you.

- What do you mean?

- I mean, I took it, too.

Vernon didn't tell you

any of this, did he?

No.

Well, when he told me

about this amazing new drug,

I was like, down the hatch.

And it was. It was amazing.

I read Brian Greene's

The Elegant Universe in 45 minutes

and I understood it.

My work rate increased

just insanely overnight

and my boss started to hate me.

They offered me his job and then...

and then I got scared.

- Why?

- Why? Because I'm not stupid.

Nobody can operate at that level

of mental activity and not crash.

I stopped taking it.

- And?

- And I got sick. Headaches.

Throwing up.

So I went back to Vernon.

He told me about all the people

that were dying.

How much have you

been taking, Eddie?

I've been taking a lot.

Well, maybe... maybe they've

worked out the bugs. Maybe...

Maybe this is a different batch.

- Yeah.

- You're off it right now, aren't you?

- Just finish your story.

- Well...

...I didn't take any more

and I didn't die.

But after a while, I realized I

couldn't concentrate on anything

for longer than ten minutes.

I, uh... I missed deadlines,

got lazy, slow, so slow.

That was two years ago.

And I haven't been the same since.

(COUGHING)

Do you have some left? Good.

You go home and you take it. You take

the dose down, but you don't just stop.

You'll die if you just stop.

Try to taper off, otherwise

the headaches are just the beginning.

I have to go.

- Do you know who makes it?

- I don't know.

I have to go.

(CAR HORN HONKS)

Oh, sh*t. Listen, listen, listen.

Listen, listen, listen... OK.

- You forget about me, huh?

- No, no, no, no.

- I'm here now. Oh!

- Good.

- Come on, get going.

- I could write you a check.

Check. Check.

Are you out of your mind?

What do you think I am?

Some financial institution?

All right. You're right.

Look, we just need to go to a bank...

(GRUNTS)

What do you got there?

- What is it?

- No, it's just aspirin.

Don't look like no aspirin I ever see.

It's something good, huh?

(GRUNTS)

I feel good, man.

What's in this stuff?

It's just, uh, vitamins and aspirin.

You full of sh*t, Eddie baby.

Lindy. I wouldn't

have let him in, but...

I'm sorry... Tyler, I gotta go.

I'm sick.

I shouldn't... I'm sorry.

I couldn't make it home.

- Let's get you to a hospital.

- No, no, no, no, no. I don't need...

I need you to get...

It's really simple, babe.

I need my pills.

- Eddie, what pills?

- I don't... Babe, it's complicated.

What are you taking?

Are you on drugs?

They're... it's...

EDDIE:
I had no choice.

I told Lindy everything.

So all this energy of yours,

all this focus...

...has been a drug.

Well, it was supposed to be legal.

I have a... a supply stashed.

You want me to go get it.

- No. No, no, no. I'm gonna go get it.

- Give me your keys.

I'll go to your apartment.

It's not... in my apartment.

I moved it.

(LAUGHS) OK, so where did you move it?

In my house.

Unbelievable.

(SCOFFS)

(PHONE RINGS)

(GROANS)

Hey, have you got it?

Yeah.

There's someone following me.

Are you sure?

Yeah. He got into the cab behind me

and he's making every turn I'm making.

- Baby, call the cops.

- Can you go around him?

EDDIE:
Babe, what's happening?

We're stopped dead.

He's getting out.

Eddie, he's walking over here.

Lindy?

Oh, God!

Ow!

Help! Help!

This man's...

This man's chasing me!

(PANTING) He followed me from

my building. I don't know him.

- Please!

- Yo, buddy, let's leave her alone!

Are you deaf?

I said leave her alone.

Hey, buddy, are you

trying to piss me off?

MAN:
What are you doing, man?

(MAN GRUNTING)

- Are you still there?

- Yeah, I'm here. What happened?

(PANTING) I'm stuck. He'll find me.

EDDIE:
OK, stop talking. Don't move.

LINDY:
He killed two guys.

- What?

- He's gonna kill me, too.

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