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It's 'Sim one'... see?

'Simulation one'!

It's a computer code!

You really hated her

didn't you?

Perhaps you could explain this

to me, Mr Taransky.

Or is this tape

doctored, too?

This is footage from the marina's

closed-circuit camera

on the night in question...

altered of course.

Can you tell us

why you're disposing

of the body of a woman

who doesn't exist?

Well, it's not

her body.

It's her body...

of work.

Viktor, Viktor, Viktor.

Viktor, I know.

Look. Look. Look.

Why don't you just

come clean? Huh?

Just tell the truth, you're gonna

feel better afterwards.

I'm telling the truth

and I don't feel so good.

Hey, we all know

what happened.

In a fit of jealous rage

you killed Simone

and you dumped

her body off the boat...

- Don't say that.

...that she bought for you.

I did...

I can prove...

I can prove it

to you.

Let me just

take you there.

I'll take you

to the spot.

I can prove it.

Here. Here. Come on.

We can just go there

can't we?

- Let's go. I'll take you there.

- Oh, Viktor.

Okay, good.

Thank you.

Good work.

Now you'll see.

What is this?

No, there's drives

and discs.

Where are the discs? You have

to go back down and get them.

- That's where they are.

- We can't go back down there.

- There's discs down there!

- Calm yourself!

- Please!

- Sit him down.

You must go down

and get the drives.

Hey, you see what's

down there?

Plead guilty.

Plead guilty

and throw yourself

on the mercy

of the court.

It's the best deal

you're gonna get.

I could get

the death penalty.

Yeah. Yeah. You certainly will

if you go to trial.

A jury, in this kind

of ugly mood...

you killed an icon

for God's sake.

- Bernard, listen to me!

- Viktor!

Bernard

I didn't kill anyone.

Viktor, come on

it's in the paper.

There's no one

to kill.

Bernard

I'm a filmmaker.

I was trying

to say something.

I wanted recognition.

I wanted to be

appreciated...

so I created her.

Bernard, there's

no one to kill.

Do you understand?

An insanity defence.

Beautiful.

Fantastic.

- What are you doing?

- 'I created her. '

Viktor! Jesus!

Jesus Christ, Viktor!

What am I doing?

Oh, what am I doing?

- Get me out!

- Viktor!

Get me another lawyer.

I want another lawyer!

Why can't people just

take responsibility

for their actions

anymore, huh?

You know, I can almost

forgive him for killing her.

But to deny

her existence?

I can never

forgive that.

Because obviously

she existed, right?

I know it just as surely

as you're sitting there.

She was the most

vital woman I ever met.

So you did meet her?

Yeah... Lainey

what are you getting at?

I'm the head

of a major studio.

Do you think

I'm gonna make

a three-picture deal

with an actress I never met?

No. No. I mean, really meet her...

like in the flesh?

I know it's embarrassing

to admit it, Mum

but when I think about it

honestly, I haven't.

I've never really

seen Simone up close...

touched her.

Been in her physical presence.

Have you?

We don't want

to believe Daddy

because we don't want to believe

that we were taken in too.

But, Lainey...

there's no evidence

that Simone isn't real.

Listen to what

you're saying, Mum.

I mean, is there

any evidence that she is?

Do you have any idea

what you're doing?

- What's that?

- Part of Dad's story may be true.

Simone may have

contracted a virus.

Certain viruses

can be cured.

I have no idea

what you're talking about.

Listen to me.

There's a psychiatrist

in Ventura

well-respected

who is willing to testify

under oath that you have

diminished capacity...

due to the trauma

of your divorce

10 years of abject failure

in the movie business

and a bump on the head

you sustained as a child.

No more.

I can't go along

with this horseshit.

- Come on, Viktor.

- I did it.

No. No.

Viktor, come on.

- Tell them they can fry me.

- No, Viktor, please.

- I did it!

- Viktor, please.

It was premeditated!

- Can you please lower your voice?

- I strangled her...

I bludgeoned her...

I set her on fire

and then I killed her!

- I did it!

- Excuse me.

I think you better

see this.

Breaking news...

international media star Simone

is alive and well.

Her studio released

this footage, just minutes ago.

Simone reading today's edition

of 'The LA Times. '

Who says the only bad publicity

is your obituary?

Details at the top

of the hour.

She's indestructible.

He's coming.

Viktor.

Oh, Viktor.

Oh, honey.

I don't know what you did

or how you did it

- But thank you.

- Well, it was Lainey.

But don't thank us

too fast.

You know what we have

to do now?

What?

Well, why stop

at one character

when you can have

a whole cast?

You have to finish what you started.

We can do it together.

- Haven't we done enough?

- Could we go, please?

Where are we going?

Well, I was thinking...

how about you and Simone

moving in with me and Lainey?

That's wonderful.

- What do you think, Lainey?

- About you and Mum?

Well, about me

and Simone...

what I did... everything.

I'm sorry.

Your mistake wasn't

making something fake, Dad.

We're fine with fake...

as long as you don't lie about it.

Oh, come on, Viktor.

It's not a death sentence.

No. It's life.

Hey, Viktor

remember us?

We probably never met.

I'm Milton. How are you?

Max Sayer from 'The Echo. '

- Hi!

- It's life.

Just call. Five minutes.

All we need is five minutes.

Good evening

and welcome.

Simone, the question

on everybody's mind

is simply... 'Why? '

Frank, you know

as well as I do

living in this fish bowl...

the insatiable appetite

of the media...

with everything

that was going on in my life

I just needed to drop

out of sight for a while.

I needed time, and Viktor

bought me that time.

- I owe him so much.

- We all do.

But now I understand you're

eager to get back to work

and it's not the kind of work

we were all expecting.

It's true.

I can reveal I am considering

a career in politics.

And what, may I ask

brought this on?

I suppose this little man

had something to do with it.

- That beautiful baby?

- Yes.

You see, Viktor and I

are both very concerned

about what kind of world

our new son, 'Chip, '

is going

to grow up in.

Aren't you, Viktor?

Oh, yes.

Hi.

Oh yes.

She likes

chicken pot pie...

just like me.

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