Remember Sunday Page #7

It's been two years!

I'm dying here. I'm dying!

Make him call me back.

Hi, this is Jolene, oh, and Molly.

Wait for the beep.

Molly, it's Gus. I really...

Don't call me again, Gus. Just

forget you ever met me, OK?

My girlfriend, Molly.

Are you not curious about your grade?

Oh, not really. This is my last

class, I have to drop out.

- I'm sorry to hear that's really disappointing.

- Well, I don't really have a choice, so...

Uh, why don't you check your paper?

I'll be honest, I did not think you had this

in you, but you did some terrific work, here.

And this flower shop thing? I mean,

you could really make this work.

Um... thanks, Professor Lawrence. I'll...

I'll... keep it in mind.

Who's there? Gus? Gus, is that you?

What's wrong, Gus?

Your tub! Your tub overflowed, it flooded

my place, with all of my system, everything...

I must have fallen asleep on the couch after I...

Ah, I'm so sorry! Whatever it

takes, I'll make this right!

- What do you need, Gus?

- I'm ruined. It's all ruined.

I'm so sorry!

- Molly Branford, 417.

- Just need a signature.

Thanks.

It came!

Wow! You actually made it happen! $234,000!

Enough to find my feet, start a life.

- Back to school?

- No. I'm gonna pay off my loans,

find my own apartment, a car that works

and find a space to open a flower shop.

No more stalling. No more excuses.

- Hello?

- Oh, girl! Huh, heart attack!

- Oh, you're Molly, right?

- Yes, um...

- What happened?

- Long story.

- I'm sorry, who are you?

- I'm Lucy, Gus's sister.

Oh, um, well, I'm just here to...

return something.

And um... I-I just wanted to tell

him that I'm leaving, or moving.

Could you maybe say goodbye to him for me... or,

- no, don't.

- He's in the hospital.

For observation. He'll be OK.

Do you wanna sit down?

He tried to tell me, I think.

He had to re-learn who I am, very day ?

It was March, of... '09...

Technically, his brain sustained a hippocampal

rupture of an anterior communicating artery.

Uh, in other words, he blew a fuse.

He lost everything, didn't he?

News Week, The New York Times, The London Times,

Washington Post, Keynote Speaker,

World Science Conference...

He was working on, "The Quintessence."

He still is. He was supposed

to be the next Einstein.

I wish you knew him then.

When did you say it was, again? March, 2009?

So, this is... where he left off?

His old memories are forever, but he

loses the new ones when he sleeps.

In the beginning, he would try

to stay awake, every night.

So... when he wakes up...

He has to start over with everyone

new in his life. Like you.

I found this, in the wastebasket, this morning.

Hey, I'm all out of butterscotch, Gus,

but I got you some nice tapioca, though!

Oh, thank you.

And I'm uh, supposed to give you this.

Thanks!

Press play.

Hi, Gus, this is Molly.

You won't remember me, but I'm your girlfriend.

At least... I was. We had a misunderstanding.

Or maybe, I did. But that's over now and

I think I know you a lot better. So, I hope

we can start over because I've

fallen in love with you and

I think you feel the same way.

That'll be me... on the recorder.

Hi... uh, Molly, from the recorder.

Uhh, s... have a seat, please.

I'm sorry, I do-I don't, I don't remember you.

Actually, you sort of, do.

- I made this about you?

- Yeah.

So that we could hold onto things and

even if we had to start fresh every day

- we could still keep moving our story forward and

- Build something?

Yeah.

Look... you should know that I've spent a lot of

time... waiting for things, in my life, and...

Maybe I even blamed a few

people for my problems, and

forgot that I was the one in charge.

But that's all done... and

I'm ready to take control of

things in my life, and...

I hope that it can be with you.

You realize that, um...

all I'll ever have... is today.

And a bunch of yesterdays, from a long time ago.

Not if you have me.

Could um...

- Could, could you, could you lean in a little?

- Why? Did it not record?

No.

How could I forget that?

Hi, Molly.

Hi.

- As I said, it's kind of a special occasion.

- Wow!

Yeah, you were sayin', so... out with it.

What's goin' on?

Well, I've discovered this...

possibility that's... kind of exciting.

Which is?

Well, there's this new laser surgery, and...

Well, let me just show you.

OK. This... is a picture... of a brain, that

looks, more or less, like yours, right?

Mmm, hmmm.

This is a picture of the same

brain, with the damage repaired.

Now, they haven't perfected the procedure

yet, but they're getting close.

They have a really high rate of success, and...

Gus, this could help you.

- I... I... don't know... are you sure about this?

- Well, you're the perfect candidate.

I mean, you're young, healthy, all we have

to do is... fill out some paperwork and...

- I could even pay for it.

- No.

There is nothing I want more in this world,

but I would never have you pay for it.

I mean, before you decide...

I'd take you away somewhere.

- Where?

- Sunday.

I want to take you somewhere, where we

can talk about it some more, and...

We're just... we're gonna go away!

Just the two of us. It's all set.

Gus... remember Sunday.

- OK?

- I will.

Remember to discuss potential

surgery and remember... to ask ...

- Molly?

- Hi, stranger!

Yeah, it's me, Molly.

- Hi.

- Hi!

So, where are you taking me?

I'm sorry, I'm taking you... somewhere?

No, ha, ha. Here.

Plane tickets... to... Los Angeles.

I wanna see where you're from. I

wanna know what you remember.

So this is it? This is where you worked?

Yeah, the big one, the Hooker Telescope.

I don't, uh, I don't, I don't, I don't,

I don't think I can go in there.

I-I thought I could, I thought I

could, but I don't, I really...

Why not?!

Please?

I can't... I can't. I'm sorry. Can we,

can we go back to the hotel, please?

I thought you'd wanna see this place again.

No, no, I-I, look! I-I-I don't need to see it!

I don't need to see it.

I see it every m-, every morning when I wake up.

I see it every night when I go to bed.

I can't stop seeing it, Molly! OK? I can't.

It represents... everything that I... that I

ever wanted, everything that I had to give up,

everything that was just ripped

from me, and now I'm just alone!

You're not alone any more!

I was, I was in there when it happened.

That's the last thing I remember, it's

the last thing I'll ever truly remember.

Oh, Gus, I'm sorry. I didn't know!

But, I need to. And if... we're

gonna have any shot at this,

I need to be the person you can tell that to.

Please, just show me around?

Don't make... my stomach...

OK. I'll see it by myself, then.

Hey, hey! Hey!

And it's awesome!

This is your office.

Yeah! This was my life!

Back then, everything I knew about the Cosmos

came through that hunk of glass, right there.

- Oh, where do you look through?

- In the...

- Hey!

- Hey, who's that?

Everybody, we're all here!

Bilmos? Lukrey?...

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