Slipstream

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I was talking

to Noah last night.

You know, Noah,

my brother-in-law.

Yeah, and he was telling me

about this storm they were having,

and he said to me,

"Bette, Bette dear,

this is retribution

from on high."

Yeah, I know, I know.

What's that, dear?

Oh, yes, I heard.

Poor old Felix.

How are the boys taking it?

No, well, you never know, do you?

Yeah, you've gotta enjoy life.

You know,

when my little Ruthie died,

I started looking in the mirror

every morning...

You are bringing

the writer up here.

...and I'd say,

"Bette, Bette, honey, this is it, girl.

"The show's on the road,

and you've to get get up

and get at 'em."

Yeah...

Oh, it'll be lovely to see you again...

Well, do you think you'll ever

get out this way?

Oh, I'm going to Las Vegas.

Tomorrow. Going up to see

my sister-in-law...

my sister-in-law, Sandra, yeah.

And Gina, my niece...

well, I call her my niece...

is driving me up there

in the morning.

We're going to take Sandra

to a show.

Sandra's lived there all her life,

and she's never been to a show!

Isn't that something, huh?

Listen, I'll talk to you soon,

sweetie pie.

Bye.

Did you see that?

Felix?

Can we go now?

- What happened?

- It's over.

- It's over?

- Do a rewrite!

- Yeah?

- Let's get out of here.

Come on, Felix.

Come on.

One decaf, no sugar,

extra-foam latte.

- One iced tea.

- Thank you.

- Thanks, Lily.

- You're welcome.

How did the reading go?

My agent thinks I have a really

good chance, so who knows?

- You'll do fine.

- Thanks.

From your mouth to God's ear.

- Cut!

- This is my friend Felix.

Hi, Felix. Like the cat.

- That's funny.

- Felix the Cat.

Nine lives.

That's Lily. She's sweet.

She's from Russia

and wants to be in movies.

She's my new best friend.

Hello?

Hello? Hello?

Anyway, where was I?

Right, this woman Shelley.

She says you go back

through past lives, incarnations,

and you get in touch with everything

that makes you do stuff in this life.

Say you were an addict or nuts

or, like, stuck in old habits.

You have fears of elevators

and spiders and snakes

or stuff like clowns and opera singers,

anything freaky...

it all comes up through

past-life regression

so you get pulled back

through the slipstream.

It's karma... Indian stuff

from millions of years ago.

The Akashic records

or something like that.

This woman,

she is totally awesome.

It's awesome.

Totally awesome.

...past-life regression,

pulled through the slipstream.

...walk you through this stuff,

get you to clean your side of the street.

My yoga teacher told me about her.

You ought to try yoga.

You ought to try yoga,

and wheatgrass and colonics.

She charges $300 an hour.

She's got this place in Culver City.

Her name's Shelley something.

It's one of those names you can't say.

- Anyway, her first name's Shelley...

- Hello?

A poodle called Tiddles,

but you go into her place,

and she does this channeling,

these aura readings.

- Oh, she says that all this...

- Where was I?

...an illusion, a dream.

Felix? That's all it is.

"A dream within a dream."

What?

"A dream within a dream."

Edgar Allan Poe.

Sorry, I overheard you talking.

A dream within a dream.

That's so cool.

Anyway, she's got this really stinky dog,

but cute, called Tiddles.

Felix!

- What's your problem, man?

- No problem.

- What's your problem!

- No problem.

Get out of there.

What's your problem?

What's wrong with you!

Oh, my God.

We've lost the plot!

We've lost the plot!

We've lost the plot.

Hey, you! Get out of my car.

Call 911, please! Somebody help!

Do something, please!

Help, help.

No! We've lost the plot!

Watch out. My name's Gavin.

You mind? This is great!

Hey, this is digital, man.

Film is out. It's obsolete.

This is digital, man.

Welcome to America.

Oh, my God, this is insane.

Awesome.

Can you tell us what happened?

This is guy was getting out

of his car and going crazy.

...have any reason why,

he started shooting.

- He really...

- I was trying to call 911,

and no one was helping me.

Then these guys

came out of nowhere...

He got off a few shots.

Shooting mostly Democrats.

I mean, I didn't know what to do.

It was complete pandemonium

on this freeway, man,

and there was a man

sitting in a car, staring at...

Of course, I was terrified. I mean...

Can you describe what happened?

I saw the guy in this vehicle, the beat-up

one with Pennsylvania plates,

just get out and lose

his f***ing mind.

- La-la land.

- I was terrified.

- Thank you, sir.

- Thank you.

We're here.

We are?

Yeah.

What do they put in that stuff,

what is it, "blatte"?

What do you mean?

You've been out of it

for three hours, dead to the world.

I didn't sleep much last night.

- Felix?

- Wh...

Look at that sky.

Felix!

You want to come in?

No, I've gotta get back.

I've gotta get back.

Okay.

See you tomorrow.

Same time.

Same time.

- See you.

- Drive safe.

I will.

Hello?

What?

Channels four and seven.

Come on, you're not serious!

Oh, my God, I am on TV!

... and he shoots

this woman in a car,

and he's yelling something,

I don't even know what.

Police commended the men...

Oh, my God, I look horrible!

God! Not that bad.

Stormy!

Mommy's gonna be a movie star!

Look! Look, look.

Oh, listen, where are you?

Are you in the bar?

- Are you in there now?

- Gina!

Why didn't he wake me?

I can't believe you slept through it.

Who were you with?

- Felix Bonhoeffer.

- Who's he?

The older gentleman

in the red convertible Impala.

- Gina!

- Okay.

Listen, I've gotta go. Mort's being

a real pain in the butt tonight.

... shot him at point-blank range.

The gunman was heard

screaming at other drivers,

"We've lost the plot!"

I'm not going to be here next week

because I'm driving

my aunt up to Vegas.

I'll call you as soon as I get back.

Gina, would you come on

and get off the phone now?

Look, I'm sorry...

It's playing in there now?

... and that, folks,

is the way it happened.

Well, I'm not a crook.

Thanks so much forjoining me

and have a great night.

- Women!

- Yeah!

I need you here.

Hey, Gav, how's Brian?

How you feeling?

Right, this woman Shelley.

Good night.

Good night.

So, you taking off tomorrow?

Yeah, early, about 8:00.

All right. You know not

to get in no trouble.

- Yeah, I know.

- Try to drive safely, okay?

I'm a pretty safe driver.

I should charge you extra

for the security work, you know?

- Thank you. I appreciate it.

- Good night.

Good night.

- Are you Bette Lustig's niece?

- What?

Are you Bette Lustig's niece?

- Oh, my God!

- Are you Bette Lustig's niece?

What's your problem?

Why you bothering the lady?

I'm not bothering anyone...

You opened up her car door.

I would say that was bothering her.

- I want to talk to her.

- Wait a minute.

He was in the bar earlier.

Yeah, he was quiet, no trouble.

So what's the deal then, brother?

Is she Bette Lustig's niece?

Leave him, Mort.

It's okay. My name is Bonhoeffer,

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