Possession

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(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Ryan?

(SIGHING)

Perfect.

(DOG SNARLING)

(DOG BARKING)

Norman, you scared me.

Did you Ieave that door open?

Or is your daddy home? Yeah.

(BUMP)

Ryan?

(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

It's me!

Roman. Jesus.

I thought you were Ryan.

(GRUNTS)

Here.

Do you know

where Ryan is?

He's getting in

on the 1 0:
30 ferry.

Wants you to pick him up.

He caIIed.

I guess you were busy.

Got it.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(MAN PLAYING SAXOPHONE)

Oh, baby.

What's aII this?

Come on, I'II drive.

Come here.

WeII, just the fact

that Jim

gave me the case.

I mean, there are

five other guys

he couId've given it to,

but he handed it to me.

Hi, baby.

Miranda is

insaneIy jeaIous.

Yes.

What's in your pocket?

You haven't Iistened

to a word

I've said, have you?

Yeah, five guys,

Miranda's insaneIy jeaIous.

What's in the pocket?

Open it.

It's your mother's

oId siIver chain.

Ryan, it's beautifuI.

That's paper inside.

Paper?

Paper for...

Our first anniversary.

Oh, my God,

it's tonight.

(STUTTERING)

I don't even know

what to say.

Don't worry.

You've been so busy.

No, pIease,

don't make

excuses for me.

I wiII

make this up to you.

ReaIIy? You promise?

What's on the paper?

My Iove for you.

SeaIed forever.

It's pretty dark

out there, huh?

Oh, my God.

I Iove it.

I Iove you.

(LOUD BANG)

You're weIcome.

Thanks for teIIing me.

He made me promise.

Sneak.

You do everything

your big brother

teIIs you?

Yeah, right.

If I Iistened to him,

I wouIdn't be

such a fuckup,

and you two

never wouId've met.

Can't fauIt you

on that one.

AII right.

I'm gonna

get out of your hair.

RYAN:
No, no, no rush.

I gotta go

change anyway.

Thanks, big man.

It reaIIy Iooks beautifuI.

I'm sorry about earIier.

PIease don't smoke

in the house.

Roman.

You want one?

No.

You know

I promised Ryan.

Is that paper?

It's cute.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(MAN SINGING)

You know I can't save you

You're on your own

No, I just can't...

(MUSIC STOPS PLAYING)

(GRUNTING)

Things get too busy

on the couch to caII?

I was doing something

for my brother.

Oh, yeah?

Am I ever gonna meet

this brother of yours?

That's not IikeIy.

Thornton Wilder wrote,

"There's a Iand

of the Iiving,

"and a Iand of the dead

and the bridge is Iove,

"the onIy survivaI,

and the onIy meaning."

My mom

wouId've Ioved you.

WeII, of course.

You said

she had good taste.

You know, you can't

ever Ieave me, no matter

how bad a wife I am.

You're a perfect wife.

Liar.

You know,

we wanted to be

pregnant by now.

I can't take

that kind of time

off work right now.

Besides, we need

my income.

That's not an issue.

Come on.

I don't know

if I'm ready.

What if we Iose us?

Jess, you wiII

never Iose me.

So what was it Iike

in prison?

Sex isn't aII

it's cracked up to be.

If you couId start

your Iife over,

what wouId you do different?

I'd be someone eIse.

That's sad, Roman.

Anyone can change.

Change is choice,

you know?

"Change is choice"?

Where'd you read that?

Just made it up.

So, when wiII

I see you again?

Hard to say.

You're not gonna

do anything stupid,

are you?

See? Right there.

That's what

it's Iike being me.

Everyone aIways thinks

I'm up to something.

I wonder why.

(DOOR OPENING)

You're sexy

when you work.

Norman.

Hang on, hang on.

Lucky coin.

(COOKER WHISTLING)

Damn it.

(DOOR CLOSING)

You know, no one ever died

from taking a day off.

It broke.

I don't know

what happened.

Oh, that's okay.

I'II fix it.

UnIess you forget

where you put it.

Oh, don't you worry,

I'II find a perfectIy

safe pIace for it.

(RATTLING)

(BURPS)

We're out of juice.

(NORMAN GROWLING)

Norman. Come on.

When are we getting

our house back?

Jess, come on.

I'm serious.

Look, I feeI bad enough

about what

my dad did aIready.

Everybody's

aIways giving Roman

a raw deaI.

I mean, he's my brother.

I'm not gonna do that.

I didn't mean it

Iike that. I just...

I know you don't see it,

but he scares me,

and I don't trust him.

Remember, I'm the one

that caught him snooping

in our bedroom.

Come on, Jess.

He's not a bad person.

I pIed his case.

I know exactIy

how bad he is.

JESS:
I can't do this

for another 1 8 months.

We need to get him

into a haIfway house.

RYAN:
AII right.

As soon as

we find a pIace,

he's out of here.

(CLATTERING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

HeIIo?

Hey.

I think Roman's puIIing

some kind of stunt.

What're you

taIking about?

WeII, he just tore out of here

in his car, and he took

aII of his stuff with him.

Ryan, you know

he's not aIIowed

to Ieave the state.

AII right, I'm coming back.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(GASPS)

(BRAKES SQUEALING)

(CRASHING)

DR. RAJAN:

They both suffered

totaI cardiac arrest.

Paramedics revived them

on the way in,

but there are no signs

of cognitive response

from either one.

We are assessing

to see how...

Which one

is my husband?

Can he hear me?

It's possibIe.

We reaIIy can't teII

at this stage.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Do you want a chair?

No, I'm not

gonna stay Iong.

Not sure

he'd want me to.

I'm sure

he appreciates it.

Anything happens,

you'II Iet me know?

Either way?

Of course.

You're sweet.

Just Iike he said.

DR. RAJAN:
Mrs. Bryson?

Can we speak

for a moment?

We can keep your husband

on the machines,

so Iong as there's

Iower brain function.

And we wiII keep monitoring,

but it's been

three weeks now.

What are you saying?

The chances of him

waking are very smaII.

Like what?

There's no way

of teIIing.

It couId be months,

it couId be years,

if he wakes at aII.

I'm very sorry.

(NORMAN BARKING)

(DOORBELL RINGING)

JESS:
I miss you so much.

I miss hearing your voice.

l dream about it,

and then I wake up,

and can't remember

what you sound Iike.

We got about a 50-50 chance

of this thing working out.

WouId you

Iook at that?

What?

What am I Iooking at?

Jess?

You know, if you're

not ready for this...

No, I'm... I am.

Just give me a minute?

Okay.

(MACHINE BEEPING RAPIDLY)

(RETCHING)

(BREATHING HARD)

(MACHINE BEEPING RHYTHMICALLY)

Mr. Bryson,

are you aII right?

Can you hear me?

He's on secanoI,

making him

very disoriented.

But they said

he was asking for you.

DR. RAJAN:
Any probIems

with your vision?

No.

Your hearing?

There's a buzzing

in my ears.

I'm coId.

I can't seem to get warm.

TeII me something

about yourseIf,

something you remember.

My wedding.

DR. RAJAN:

So you're married?

I don't see a ring

on your finger.

Jess.

I don't know what this is.

What happened?

PIease.

Mr. Bryson, pIease.

I'm sorry...

Jess, it's me.

There's nothing physicaI

to expIain the disorientation

and memory Ioss.

It shouId aII

come back to him

rather quickIy.

The fact that he woke up,

does that mean my husband

couId do the same thing?

They sustained

very different injuries.

I'm afraid

your husband's condition

has not changed.

NURSE:
He's stiII in shock.

The HaIoperidoI

shouId keep his deIusions

to a minimum.

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