"Montauk train on track "B."" "Random thoughts for valentine's Day 2004." "Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies..." "Last call-- to make people feel like crap." "I ditched work today." "Took a train out to Montauk." "Montauk train boarding on track "B."" "I don't know why." "I'm not an impulsive person." "I guess I just woke up in a funk this morning." "I gotta get my car fixed." "Hi." "Cindy?" "It's Joel." "Joel!" "Listen I don't feel very well today." "No food poisoning I think." "It's goddamn freezing on this beach." "Montauk in February.." "Brilliant Joel." "Page is ripped out." "Don't remember doing that." "It appears this is my first entry. in two years." "Sand is overrated." "It's just tiny little rocks." "If only I could meet someone new." "I guess my chances of that happening are somewhat diminished seeing that I'm incapable of making eye contact with a woman I don't know." "Maybe I should get back together with Naomi." "She was nice." "Nice is good." "She loved me." "Why do I fall in love with every woman I see... who shows me the least bit of attention?" "Hi." "I'm sorry?" " I just said hi." " Hi." "Hello." "Hi." "Okay if I sit closer?" "How far are you going?" "Uh Rockville Center." "Get out!" "Me too!" "Really?" "What are the odds?" "Do I know you?" "Do you ever shop at Barnes  Noble?" "Sure." "Sure." "That's it!" "Yeah?" "I've seen you man!" "Book slave there for like five years now." "Ah." "I would have thought I would've remembered you." "Jesus!" "Is it five years?" "It might be the hair." "What might?" "It changes a lot." "The color." "That's why you might not recognize me." "It's called Blue Ruin the color." "Right." "Yeah." "Snappy name huh?" "I like it." "Yeah." "Anyway this company makes a whole line of colors with equally snappy names." "Red" " Red Menace Yellow Fever Green Revolution." "That'd be a job coming up with those names." "You think there could possibly be a job like that?" "I mean how many hair colors could there be?" "Fifty maybe." "Someone's got that job." "Agent Orange!" "I came up with that one." "I apply my personality in a paste." "Oh I doubt that very much." "Well you don't know me so... you don't know do you?" "Sorry." "I was just-- I'm trying to be nice." "Yeah." "I got it." "My name's Clementine by the way." "I'm Joel." "Hi Joel." "Hey." "No jokes about my name." "Oh no you wouldn't do that." "You're trying to be nice." "I don't know any jokes about your name." "Huckleberry Hound." "I don't know what that means." "Huckleberry Hound?" "What are you nuts?" "It's been suggested." "Oh my darlin' oh my darlin' Oh my darlin' Clementine" "You were lost and gone forever" "Dreadful sorry Clementine" "No?" "I'm sorry." "Just-- It's a pretty name though." "It really is nice." "It's uh-- It means "merciful."" "Right?" "Clemency?" "Although it hardly fits." "I'm a vindictive little bitch truth be told." "Gee I-I wouldn't think that about you." "Why wouldn't you think that about me?" "I don't know." "I just" "I don't know." "I just uh" "You seem nice so" "Oh now I'm nice?" "Oh God." "Don't you know any other adjectives?" "I don't need "nice."" "I don't need myself to be it and I don't need anybody else to be it at me." "Okay." "Joel?" "It's Joel right?" "Yes." "I'm sorry I yelled at you." "I'm a little out of sorts today." "My embarrassing admission is" "I really like that you're nice right now." "I mean I can't tell from one moment to the next what I'm gonna like but right now..." "I'm glad you are." "I have so much stuff that uh I probably should uh" "Oh!" "I'm sorry." "Okay." "I-I'm writing and" "No no." "I just-- Sure." "No." "That's okay." "I just have-- You know this is-- Okay." " Ohh!" "Hey!" " Take care then." "Jesus!" "Hi." "I could uh give you a ride if you need." "It's cold." "Yeah." "Okay." "Yeah." "Yeah?" "It is frosty." "You're not a stalker or anything right?" "I'm not a stalker." "You're the one that talked to me." "Remember?" "That is the oldest trick in the stalker book." "Really?" "There's a stalker book?" "Okay." "I gotta read that one." "Look I'm sorry if I came off sorta nutso." "I'm not really." "Oh it's okay." "I didn't think you were." "Did you wanna have a drink?" "I have lots of drinks and I could um" "Um" "Never mind." "Sorry." "That was stupid." "I'm embarrassed now." "No no no no." "Good nightJoel." "Two Blue Ruins." "Thank you." "Drink up young man." "It'll make the whole seduction part less repugnant." "I'm just kidding!" "Come on." "You're kinda closed-mouthed aren't you?" "I'm sorry." "It's just you know my life isn't that interesting." "I go to work I come home." "Don't know what to say." "You should read my journal." "I mean it's just... blank." "Really?" "Does that make you sad or anxious?" "I mean I'm always anxious thinking I'm not living my life to the fullest taking advantage of every possibility making sure I'm not wasting one second of the little time I have." "I think about that." "Yeah?" "You're really nice." "God I have to stop saying that." "I'm gonna marry you." "I know it." "Um... okay." "Joel you should come up to the Charles with me sometime." "It gets frozen this time of year." "That sounds scary." "Exactly." "I'll pack a picnic." "A night picnic." "Night picnics are different." "And um we could" "Sounds good." "But I" " I should uh go." "Now." "You should stay." "No I really" " I'm" " I" "I have to get up so early." "I would like you to call me." "Would you do that?" "I would like it." "Yes." "Wish me a happy valentine's Day when you call!" "That'd be nice." "What took you so long?" "I just walked in." "You miss me?" "Yeah." "Oddly enough I do." "You said "I do." I guess that means were married." "I guess so." "Tomorrow night?" "Honeymoon on ice?" "It's really solid this time of year." "I don't know." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on come on." "Oh." "So beautiful." "Isn't it?" "Uh don't go too far." " Are you okay?" " Ouch!" "Fuck it." "Oh my ass!" "I think I should go back." "Come on." "Come on!" "What if it breaks?" " "What if"?" "Do you really care right now?" "Come here." "Please." "Come on." "Slidy-slidy." "Slidy-slidy." "This is good." "Here let me show you this one thing." "What are you doing?" "Come on." "Think I heard a crack." "It's not gonna crack or break or" "It's so thick." "Show me which constellations you know." "I don't... know any." "Show me which ones you know." "Okay." "Okay." "Oh." "Here's Osidius." "Where?" "Right there." "See?" "Sort of a swoop and a cross." "Osidius the Emphatic." "You're full of shit." "Right?" "Nope." "Osidius is right there." "Swoop and cross." "Shut the fuck up!" "Clementine." "Cock-a-doodle-doo." "Hey." "Hey." "Hey." "Sorry to wake you but we're... here." "Can I come over to your house... to sleep?" "I'm so tired." "Okay." "Um yeah." "Sure." "Let me get my toothbrush." "Yeah." "Just" "Yes?" "Can I help you?" "What do you mean?" "Can I help you with something?" "No." "What are you doing here?" "I'm not really sure what you're asking me." "Thanks." "I need your lovin'" "Like the sunshine" "Everybody's gotta learn sometime" "Every.body's gotta learn sometime" "Every.body's gotta learn sometime" "We're looking for 159." "What number's that?" "I don't know where that is." "Jesus Christ you'd think they'd light the number or at least put a number on" "Is that him?" "I think so." "Yeah that's him." "Wait." "That's him." "Hey Joel." "Frank." "Oh shit." "Jesus." "The only valentine's Day cards I get are from my mother." "How pathetic is that huh?" "You're lucky you have Clementine man." "She is way cool." "Hey you got any big valentine's Day plans with her?" "No." "Well it's only a day away." "Better make some reservations or something." "Don't want to end up at Mickey D's." "Right?" "McRomance!" "You want some fries with that shake?" "I have to uh go to sleep now Frank." "It's 8:30." "Patrick stop it." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "Showtime at the Apollo." "Quiet." "Hey Joel." "What's up?" "Oh." "Hi Frank." "I only get valentine's Day cards from my mom." "How pathetic is that?" "You're lucky you have Clementine Joel." "Hey you got uh any uh big valentine's Day plans with her?" "No." "It's only a day away." "Better make a reservation or something." "Don't wanna end up at Mickey D's." "Oh no!" "Yes!" "valentine's Day is three goddamn days away!" "I want it resolved." "I'm willing to be the one to resolve it." "So I call her and she's changed her number." "So I walked over to Antic Attic you know to get her something." "I thought I'd go over to work give her an early valentine and" "You won't believe it." "She's there with... this guy this really young guy." "And she looks at me like she doesn't even know who I am." "Excuse me?" "Can I help you find something sir?" "Hey Clem-ato." "Patrick!" "Baby boy." "What you doing here baby?" "Just came to surprise you." "Let me know if you need something sir." "You look good." " Hi." "How are you?" "Pretty good." "Pretty bored." "Pretty tired." "I so want what's in your suit." "Oh good." "Why?" "Why would she do that to me?" "Hey does anybody want a joint?" "Oh God Rob give it a rest." "Oh God." "She's punishing me." "I know honey." "For being honest." "It's horrible." "I should just go to her house." "No!" "No no no." "You don't wanna go there man." "You don't wanna go there." "Get off." "It's too" "Right." "Yeah." "I don't want to seem desperate." "Joel why don't you just see this as a sign make a clean break." "Right?" "Right?" "All rightJoel look man seriously." "Rob!" "Here's the deal." "Don't do that." "Rob what are you doing?" "No no no no." "What's your fucking suggestion Carrie?" "What's your brilliant reasoned solution?" "You're gonna make this about our shit now?" "This isn't about us." "I agree." "It's not about us." "It's about Joel who's an adult." "Okay?" "Not Mama Carrie's kid." " What are you" " That's your laundry!" "That's great." "That's good." "Okay." "What is it?" "I don't know." "It's some place that does a thing." "Good morning." "Lacuna." "No I'm sorry.." "That offer expired after the new year." "Yeah sure." "We can fit you in" "How about on the fifth?" "That's a Wednesday." "All right great." "Could you spell that please?" "Okay and we'll need a daytime phone number." "Great." "Have a nice day." "See you then." "May I help you?" "I'm Joel Barish." "Excuse me?" "I'm Joel." "Barish." "I have an appointment with Dr." "Mierzwiak." " Here." "Could you please fill this out?" " I just want to talk to him." "You still need to fill the form out sir." "Really?" " Thank you." " Great." "I don't have a pen." "There's a pen right there." "Good morning." "Lacuna." "Ohyeah that offer." "That's done now." "That expired after the new year." "Mr. Barish?" "How are we today?" "Not too good actually." "Noo!" "Oh my God!" "Stan!" "Sorry." "Sorry I was just-- I'm working!" "Sorry." "Sorry." "Here Doctor." "Thank you." "You should not have seen this." "I apologize." "This is a hoax right?" "I mean this is Clem" "I assure you no." "No." "There's no such thing as this." "Look our files are confidential Mr. Barish so I can't show you evidence." "Suffice it to say that Miss uh-- Miss Kruczynski was not happy and she wanted to move on." "We provide that possibility." ""Miss Kruczynski was not happy and wanted to move on." "We provide that possibility."" "What the hell is that?" "Nicest guy she ever went out with." "Fuck!" "God Rob!" "Give it a rest!" "It's okay." "It's all right." "Carrie I am making a birdhouse." "What can I sayJoel?" "You know Clementine." "She's like that." "She's impulsive." "She decided to erase you almost as a lark." "A lark." "Why?" "Why?" "Why?" "Why did you do that?" "Wait wait wait wait!" "I'm sorry Doctor." "He just barged right in here." "Okay." "I want it done." "I told him pre-valentine's Day is our busy time." " Oh th-th-that's-- that's okay Mary." " But there are people waiting." "Mr. Barish if you'd like to uh-- to come inside." "And Mary if you could take care of Mrs. Woo." "Good-bye Mrs. Woo." "Yes of course." "Now the uh-- the first thing we need you to do Mr. Barish is to go home... and collect everything you own that has some association with Clementine." "Anything." "And we'll use these items to create a map of Clementine in your brain." "Okay?" "So we'll need uh uh photos clothing gifts books she may have bought you CDs you may have bought together" "Journal entries." "We want to empty your home" "We want to empty your life of Clementine." "And after the mapping is done our technicians will do the erasing in your home tonight." "That way when you awake in the morning you'll find yourself in your own bed as if nothing had happened-- a new life awaiting you." "Wake up buddy!" "No I'm sorry Mrs. Sobel." "You can't have the procedure done three times in one month." "Well it's just not our policy-- How are you today Mr. Barish?" "Hello." "I'm right here." "I know it's an emergency and we'll do everything we can-- We can fit you in on the first of March." "Maybe you could talk to the doctor a-and he" "All right so let's make an appointment." "What day would you like to come in this week?" "Mr. Barish." "Um he's really busy this afternoon." "Maybe tomorrow would be better." "Around 12:15?" "Can you do that?" "February is very busy for us because of valentine's Day." "This is uh Stan Fink one of our most experienced and skilled technicians." "He'll be handling your case tonight." "Great to meet you Mr. Barish." "My name is Joel Barish and I'm here to erase Clementine Kruczynski." "very good." "Now tell me about uh Clementine." "Uh I was... living with this woman Naomi uh a couple years ago and my friends Rob and Carrie invited us to this party at the beach-- I don't like parties." "Naomi couldn't go but I went... and I uh met Clementine." "I'm sorry." "Let's start with your most recent memories... and work backwards from there more or less." "There's an emotional core... to each of our memories and when you eradicate that core it starts its degradation process." "By the time you wake up in the morning all the memories we've targeted will have withered and disappeared as in a dream upon waking." "Is there any risk of brain damage?" "Well uh technically speaking the procedure is brain damage but it's on a par with a night of heavy drinking." "Nothing you'll miss." "Comfortable?" "What we're doing here Mr. Barish is actually creating a map of your brain." "Okay let's get started." "If we want to get this procedure under way tonight we have some work to do." "I want you to react to these objects Mr. Barish if you will." "There's a good story behind this one" "Uh actually Mr. Barish I'll get a much better emotional readout... if you refrain from any sort of verbal description of the items." "Just try to focus on the memories." "Oh." "Sorry." "Okay." "Healthy activity up there again." "Healthy readouts. very. good." " Here's another object." "That's so" "Next item." "Okay." "Potato head." " Next item." "Okay." "Just focus on the memories." "Patrick do me a favor." "Hey Patrick do me a favor will ya?" "Yeah." "Can you check the voltage regulator?" "What do we got there?" "Uh voltage looks fine." "Really?" "Well I'm not wiping as clean as I like here." "I'm" "Well uh technically the procedure is brain damage." "Check the uh-- Check the connections please." "Oh there you are." "I " "Why am I -- I don't understand what I'm looking at." "Why am I standing here and" "Oh my God." "Déjà-vu." "Déjà-vu." "This is so" "All right we should get started." "If we're gonna get the procedure... underway tonight we have some work to do." "I'm in my head already aren't I?" "I suppose so." "Uh this is about right." "This is what it-- This is what it would look like." "very good." "We'll dispose of these mementos when we're done here." "That way you won't be confused later by their unexplainable presence in your home." "Ah there we go." "Patrick?" "Yeah?" "Patrick can you check-- Patrick?" "I'm getting some sort of readout of my own voice." "Patrick?" "Patrick?" " Why are there so many wires?" " A lot of equipment." " Does that help?" " Are you sure you set that thing up properly?" "How's that?" "How are you today Mr. Barish?" "There we are Mr. Barish." "All right that's better." " I don't know if I like this." " Think I might try this then." "We're almost done now." "Journal." "That would be invaluable." ""I met someone tonight." "I don't know what to do." "Her name is Clementine and she's amazing."" " Whoa!" "Jesus!" "What?" "What?" "Come on!" "Careful!" "Step back!" "Just take it easy." "That's fine." "Let's not roach the guy." "All right you got that one." "This place is sort of a dump don't you think?" "It's an apartment Patrick." "Patrick." "Well not a dump then but sorta plain." "Uninspired." "And there's sort of a stale smell." "Patrick can we just please get through this?" "We got a very long night ahead of us." "Come on." "Yeah." "Yeah." "This is the last time I saw you." "It's 3:00." "I kinda sorta wrecked your car." "Were you driving drunk?" "It's pathetic." "I was a little tipsy." "Don't call me pathetic." "Well it is pathetic." "It's fucking irresponsible." "Could've killed somebody." "Oh God." "Maybe you did kill somebody." "Should we turn on the news and see?" "Oh Christ!" "Should I check the grill to see if there's any children or small animals?" "I didn't kill anybody!" "It's just a fucking dent Joel." "You're like an old lady or something." "Well what are you like?" "A wino?" "A wino?" "Jesus are you from the '50s or something?" "A wino?" "Face it Joely." "You're freaked out because I was out late without you and in your little wormy brain... you're trying to figure out did she fuck someone tonight?" "No see Clem" "I assume you fucked someone tonight." "Isn't that how you get people to like you?" "I'm sorry.." "Okay?" "Clem I didn't mean it." "All right?" "Clem?" "Your keys." "I was just" " I was just-- I won't need them anymore." "Angry or annoyed or something I don't know." "Clem?" "Got it." "Mary's coming over tonight." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "Just thought you'd wanna know." "I like Mary.." "I like when she comes to visit." "I just don't think she likes me." "She likes you okay." "Maybe I should invite my girlfriend over." "I have a girlfriend now." "Do whatever you want." "Did I tell you I have" "Yeah." "Did I tell you I have a new girlfriend?" "We gotta focus here Patrick." "Yeah the thing is our situation is-- is a little weird." "My girlfriend situation." "I'm sure it is." "You gotta be" "Clem let me drive you home." "Get out of my face faggot!" "Look at it out here!" "It's all falling apart!" "I'm erasing you and I'm happy!" "You did it to me first!" "I can't believe you did this to me." "Goddamn it." "Clem!" "Can you hear me?" "By morning you'll be gone!" "The perfect ending to this piece-of-shit story!" "Is there something wrong with a girl being attracted to me?" "Is that a problem?" "No I think it's... funny." "So who do you think's better-looking me or this guy?" "Patrick let's focus buddy." "Remember that girl we did last week?" "The one with the... potatoes?" "That girl?" "That's this guy's girl." "Right." "Yeah." "Was." "We took care of that." "Oh God!" "Well uh..." "I kinda fell in love with her that night." "What?" "You little fuck" "What?" "She was unconscious man." "Well she was beautiful and..." "I stole a pair of her panties as well." "Jesus!" "What?" "It's not like" "I mean they were clean and all." "Don't tell me this stuff man!" "I don't wanna hear this shit!" "They were clean!" "What?" "D-Don't!" "Stop!" "Okay." "Yeah!" "All right!" "We got work to do." "Give me my papers." "There's um" "There's more." "After we did her I kind of... went to where she works and asked her out." "You what?" "Jesus." "Jesus Patrick!" "Do you have... any idea... how unethical" "It's not really that bad." "What?" "Get that look off your face." "What's wrong?" "Patrick you stole a girl's panties!" "There's someone here." "He stole your underwear." "I don't see anyone." "Joel?" "Where are my boots?" "Why are you showing me poisons?" "Can't you understand English?" ""Potions" I said." "Potions." "Love potion please." "I'm fucking crawling out of my skin!" "Should've left you at the flea market." "First thing to do is-- sift in a cup of powdered whale heart." "Wanna go?" "I want to have a baby." "Let's talk about it later." "No!" "I want to have a baby." "I don't think we're ready." "You're not ready." "Clem do you really think you could take care of a kid?" "What?" "I don't wanna talk about it here." "I can't hear you." "I can never the fuck understand what you're saying." "I don't wanna talk about this!" "Fucking ventriloquist!" "We're fucking gonna talk about it!" "I... don't... want... to" "You can't just say something like that and say you don't wanna talk about it!" "I'm sorry Clem." "I'd make a fucking good mother!" "I love children I'm creative and smart and I'd make a fucking great mother!" "Oh God" "It's you Joel." "It's you who can't commit to anything!" "It's going!" "It's going!" "You have no idea how lucky you are I'm interested in you!" "Maybe I should end this right hereJoel!" "Leave you at the flea market with this stupid costume jewelry!" "It's done." "This is crap." "Maybe you could find yourself an antique rocking chair to die in!" "All the pain confusion" "Oh." "Hi Patrick." "Hi Mary." "How's it goin'?" "Hey you." "Oh it's freezing outside." "Find us okay?" "Yeah." "Hot!" "Poor guy." "Don't you have anything real to drink?" "Uh we haven't really checked yet." "Patrick?" "Uh yeah." "Uh let me do the honors." "Mary hates me." "Never really had much luck with the ladies." "Maybe if you stop stealing their panties." "Stan." "Stan." "There's more." "No!" "Yes." "No!" "Hey hey!" "Oh you didn't want any did you Patrick?" "Uh no that's okay." "Wait." ""Blessed are the forgetful for they get the better even of their blunders."" "That's Nietzsche." "Beyond Good and Evil." "I found it in my Bartlett's." "What's your Bartlett's?" "It's a quote book Patrick." "It's a book of quotations." "I think Howard will be in Bartlett's one day." "Definitely." "Howard is pure Bartlett's." "God!" "Can you wake him up?" "You can't wake him up." "You don't tell me things Joel." "I'm an open book." "I tell you everything." "Every damn embarrassing thing." "You don't trust me." "Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating." "I don't do that." "I want to know you." "I don't constantly talk." "Jesus!" "People have to share thingsJoel." "That's what intimacy is." "I'm really pissed that you said that to me." "I'm sorry." "It just-- really just isn't that interesting." "I wanna read some of those journals you're constantly scribbling in." "What do you write in there if you don't have any thoughts or passions or... love?" "November 19 2003." "Dinner at Kang's again." "Are we like those poor couples... you feel sorry for in restaurants?" "Are we the dining dead?" "I can't stand the idea of us being a couple people think that about." "I like that." "How's the chicken?" "Good." "More?" "No." "No." "Thank you." "She's gonna be drunk and stupid now." "Hey would you do me a favor... and clean the goddamn hair off the soap when you're done in the shower?" "Yeah." "Oh." "Yeah." "It's really..." " Gross." " gross." " It's just" " Repulsive." "It's repulsive." "Patrick can we get through this?" "Patrick." "Hey Tangerine." "Oh Patrick it's you." "I'm so miserable right now." "Why?" "What's wrong?" "I don't know." "Excuse me?" "I'm so confused!" "Can I help you find something sir?" "Confused?" "What are you confused about?" "Everything's fine." "Baby come here." "Scared of what?" "Do you love me?" "Of course I do." "Where's the self-help section?" "Do you think I'm ugly?" "No!" "You're beautiful!" "Maybe I should come over." "No no." "I don't know." "I-I'm a mess Patrick." "Well just let me come over." "I'll cheer you up." "Okay." "Stan can I leave for a while?" "My girlfriend's really upset." "We're right in the middle of erasing this poor man's" "Let him go Stan!" "Let him go." "I'll help." "See?" "How hard can it be?" " She hates me." "She wants me to go." " Go." "All right." "I'll be right over Tangerine." "You like?" "Oh man!" "I matched my sweatshirt exactly." "I like it." "You do?" "You look like a tangerine." ""Clemen-teen" the tangerine." "Juicy!" "And seedless." "I like that." "I like tangerines!" "Can you see me doing ducks?" "Tangerine." "Joel." "Ducks." "Quack-quack." "How does he know to call you that?" "How did who know?" "Oh my God." "Clem?" "This is pretty cool." "That's what they called themselves." "The Clash-- the only band that mattered." "They called themselves that for a reason." "It's amazing isn't it?" "Like social justice-- Yeah it's totally incredible." "What Howard gives to the world." "Yeah." "To let people begin again." "It's beautiful." "You look at a baby and it's so pure and so free and so clean." "And adults are like this mess of sadness... and... phobias." "Howard just makes it all go away." "Oh my God." "Baby what's going on?" "I don't know." "I don't know!" "I'm lost I'm scared" "I feel like I'm disappearing." "Disappearing?" "My skin's coming off!" "." "I'm getting old!" "Nothing makes any sense to me!" "You're not getting old." "Nothing makes any sense." "Nothing makes any sense." "Ohh Tangerine." "Nothing makes any sense." "Nothing makes any sense Patrick." "It's okay." "It's okay." "Hey let's go out dancing." "Yeah?" "You wanna go out to Montauk with me?" "Montauk?" "Yeah." "No!" "Come up to Boston with me." "Sure." "Yeah." "We can go next weekend." "No no." "Now." "Now." "Yeah." "I have to go now." "I have to see the frozen Charles now." "Hi it's Joel." "Um leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you." "Pick up!" "Pick up man!" "Hold on hold on hold on." "Hello?" "Yeah what's up?" "I got into a little situation with the old lady." "Can you handle things tonight alone?" "I'm really sorry man." "Don't worry about it." "I got it under control man." "He's pretty much on autopilot right now anyway." "Thanks Stan." "I owe you big-time." "Dude I gotta go." "I gotta go." "Charles." "Come on Charles." ""Look!" "You and me on the Charles River." "I could die right now Clem." "I'm just happy." "I've never felt that before." "I'm just exactly where I want--"" "I'm so excited." "Yea." "I'm excited too!" "Cool." "Oh uh I uh" "I got you this..." "What?" "thing um" "Happy early valentine's Day." "Wow." "What is it?" "Uh I don't know." "Open it up." "It" " It's gorgeous!" " You like it?" " Yeah." "It's just my taste." "Really." "I've never gone out with a guy who bought me a piece of jewelry I liked." "Thank you." "Let's go." "Okay." "Joely?" "Yeah Tangerine?" "Am I ugly?" "When I was a kid I thought I was." "Can't believe I'm crying already." "Sometimes I think people don't understand how lonely it is to be a kid." "Like you don't matter." "So I'm eight... and I have these toys these dolls." "My favorite is this ugly girl doll who I call Clementine." "And I keep yelling at her:" ""You can't be ugly!" "Be pretty!"" "It's weird." "Like if I can transform her" "I would magically change too." "You're pretty." "Joely don't ever leave me." "Pretty." "Pretty." "Pretty." "Pretty." "Mierzwiak please let me keep this memory.." "Just this one." "I don't wanna hold your hand." "Come on." "Stop it!" "I could die right now Clem." "I'm just... happy." "I've never felt that before." "I'm just exactly... where I wanna be." "Clem?" "I wanna call it off." "I'll give you a sign." "I wanna call it off!" "." "Can you hear me?" "I don't want this any more!" "I wanna call it off!" "." "When you ain't got nothing to do" "I think I'll marry you" "Is anybody there?" "Clementine?" "Joel?" "Clement-- Joely?" "Clem!" "Joel?" "Clem!" "What?" "We gotta go." "We gotta go." "What?" "Where?" "I have an idea of how to stop this." "Stop what?" "Joely." "Come on Clem." "Smell my armpit!" "Smell my armpit!" "No!" "Don't tickle me!" "Don't make me smell you." "Smell my pits!" "No." "Good." "Concentrate Clem." "We gotta get back to the office." "There was a tape recorder." "No not the picture." "Not the picture." "Where is it?" "Back here." "Come on!" "Oh look at me." "Hey I look good there." "Look our files are confidential Mr. Barish so I can't show you evidence." "Suffice it to say that Miss uh-- Miss Kruczynski... was not happy and she wanted to move on." "Good." "Now tell me about Clementine." "Just tell me everything you remember." "That's what he said." "Then-- What did we see that day?" "No wait." "Oh look!" "Hey!" "Shit!" "We're going to see my grandma." "Joel why" " No I don't want to-- Joel please!" "We're not going on a train." "Don't make me run anymore." "Come on!" "Mierzwiak!" "Do we always have to run?" "Mierzwiak!" "Please." "So why don't we begin by you telling me... everything you can remember." "Mierzwiak!" "Wake me up!" "Oh I-I'm sorry Mr. Barish." "I thought you understood what was going on here." "I don't know." "You're erasing her from me." "You're erasing me from her" "I don't know." "You've got this thing." "I'm in my bed." "I know it." "I'm in my brain." "I'm part of your imagination too Joel." "How can I help you from there?" "Uh I'm inside your head too." "I'm you." "Sorry." "Look." "Who's that?" "Oh he-he works for us." "That's uh Pa-a-a-a-atrick baby boy." "He's stealing my identity." "He stole my stuff." "He's uh seducing my girlfriend with my words and my things." "He stole her underwear." "OhJesus Christ!" "He stole her underwear." "I could die right now Clem." "I'm just happy." "I've never felt that before." "I'm just exactly where I want to be." "I want to go home." "Hey." "What?" "Clem!" "Wait." "Clem!" "Clem?" "They're erasing you." "I'm here!" "Clem focus." "I hired them okay?" "I'm so stupid." "Sweetie calm down." "Enjoy the scenery." "I need it to stop before I wake up and I don't know you anymore." "Okay well you know just tell them to cancel it then." "What the hell are you talking about?" "I can't just cancel it." "I'm asleep." "Wake yourself up!" "Okay." "You want me to wake up?" "Okay." "Great." "All right." "Okay here we go." "This make you happy if I try?" "Yeah." "I'll try really hard." "Here we go." "That was a great idea." "Yeah." "Okay." "Boy that's working like gangbusters." "Don't!" "That tickles me!" "Oh my goodness." "Oh my God." "What is that?" "Jesus Christ!" "What the" "It's a birthmark!" "I t did work for a second but I couldn't-- I couldn't move." "See?" "Oh well isn't that just another one of Joel's self-fulfilling prophecies?" "It's more important to prove me wrong than to actually" "Look I don't want to discuss this right now okay?" "Fine." "Then what?" "I'm listening." "I don't know." "You erased me." "That's why I'm here." "That's why I'm doing this in the first place." "I'm sorry." "You" " You!" "You know me." "I'm impulsive." "That's what I love about you." "Joel?" "I have another idea for this problem." "This is a memory of me the way you wanted to have sex on the couch after you looked down at my crotch." "What?" "Joel the eraser guys are coming here so what if you take me somewhere else somewhere where I don't belong and we hide there till morning?" "Oh man." "I can't remember anything without you." "Tsk that's very sweet but try okay?" "Okay." "Row row row your boat gently down the stream" "Merrily merrily merrily merrily" "Row row row your boat gently down the stream" "Row row row your boat Merrily merrily merrily merrily" "Life is but a dream Merrily merrily merrily merrily" "Merrily merrily merrily merrily" "Life is but a dream Row row row your boat" " It's working!" "Row row row your boat" "Gently down the stream" " I'm a genius!" "Joel?" "Joel?" "Where'd you go?" "I'm supposed to come too!" "Listen I'm just gonna go get a salad bowl." "Can you stir the soup and keep an eye on Joel?" "Sure." "He just likes to be near me." "Absolutely!" "Clem?" "It worked." "My God look at this!" "It worked!" "Look!" "Look at this dress man!" "Oh my God!" "Look at it!" "I wish I could take it with me." "Who am I?" "Mrs. Hamlyn." "Right." "Mrs. Hamlyn." "I must be about four." "Oh my gosh." "Found the salad bowl so I'm serving salad and string beans." "Is he okay under there?" "Peanut are you all right?" "God honestly I feel like I could clean up all day." "Listen would you hate me if I asked you to clean some string beans?" "No not at all." "Oh my God." "I love this kitchen." "Thank you so much." "She's not looking at me." "She's busy." "She's not looking at me." "No one ever looks at me." "I want my mommy." "Oh baby Joel." "Hey Joely!" "Joely!" "Is every little peanut under there okay?" "He's fine." "Do you have something to drink?" "Would you drink a cocktail at this hour?" "I mean I know it's not 5:00." "I would die for a vodka." "Oh hang on." "Let me check if I have that." "Okay!" "I'm just gonna wait right here." "Joel!" "Hey no sweetie." "Uh Joely." "Your mother wants me to mind you." "Get back under the table." "Ice cream." "Ice cream." "No not until after you know you've had your dinner." "Come on Joel!" "Joel grow up!" "Don't leave me Clem." "Oh my God Clem." "This is sort of warped." "I'm scared." "I want my mommy!" "Don't cry baby Joel." "Baby Joel it's okay." "Joel." "Joely." "Joel!" "Stop it!" "Look I think it's working." "Look we're hidden Joel." "Look!" "Hey honey look." "Wait there." "My crotch is still here just as you remembered it." "Yuck." "It stopped." "What?" "It stopped erasing." "Oh shit." "This is terrible." "He's off the map." "He's off the map." "Where?" "I don't know where!" "What do you mean?" "I don't know where!" "This is bad." "This is very very bad news." "Where are my glasses?" "Okay." "Crap." "Okay." "What do we do?" "What do I do?" "What shall we do?" "I don't know what to do." "I don't know what to do." " What shall we do?" " Crap." "Crap." "I don't know!" " I just said that I don't know what to do." " I'm sorry." "What do we do?" "I don't know." "Now look you're freaking me out." "Mellow out." "Well you have to do something." "He could wake up all half-baked." "Quiet." "You're freaking me out." "All gooey and-- and half-baked." "Hmm that sounds so good." "Oh shit!" "I'm hungry." "Oh shit." "What?" "Oh!" "What what?" "What?" " We should call Howard." " No way." "No sir man." "This is my-- I can handle this." "I can't call Howard." "He's an unbaked cookie." "He's" " There's no time to fuck around." "I got this under control." "What are you talking about?" "Stop fucking around!" "Okay I'll call Howard." "Hello." "Hello Howard?" "Hey it's Stan." "Um I'm working on this guy down here and we seem to have lost him for a moment and uh I can't-- I can't bring him back up." "Okay uh tell me what happened before he disappeared." "Well I wasn't sure really 'cause I was away from the monitor for a minute... and I had it on autopilot because I had to uh" "I had to pee." "Where's Patrick?" "Patrick?" "Patrick had to go home sick." "Ah geez." "Okay what's the address?" "I know." "I'm so sorry." "That's okay." "Come on." "I'm at 159 South village." "Yeah." "Apartment 1E." "Rockville Center." "Mary?" "He's coming right now." "Yeah?" "I'm staying." " Get your stuff Mary." " I'm staying." "I think you should go." "Hell no." "Mary" " Shit." "I am so stoned." "Please Mary." "You have to go." "Stop being stoned Mary." "I don't want him to see me stoned." "Mary you have no idea how much trouble we're gonna get into if Howard comes-- I look like shit!" "Joely stop it!" "Joel!" "Look!" "Hey Joel!" "Joel!" "I want her to pick me up." "It's weird how strong that desire is." "Joel look at me!" "Look." "You'll remember me in the morning and you'll come to me and you'll tell me about us and we'll start over." "Pat?" "I just" " Pat?" "I thought we could have a little cocktail." "That Patrick guy-- he's copying me." "What Patrick guy?" "That guy!" "What?" "He's here in my apartment." "He's one of those eraser guys." "He fell for you when they were doing you and now he's introduced himself like he doesn't even know you and you guys are dating." "Really?" "Is he cute?" "Clem there's nothing wrong with you." "You're the most wonderful person I've ever met." "You" " You're kind beautiful... and smart and funny... and... nice." "What?" "Okay." "All right." "Okay." "Move move move!" "Come on." "Let's go." "Careful careful." "Fine." "Oh my God." "I'm still stoned." "Those eyedrops you gave me didn't do shit." "Be cool." "Cool." "Hello Mary." "What are you doing here?" "Oh hi Howard." "She was just here to help out." "I wanted to understand as much as I could about the procedure as possible." "I think it's important for my job to understand the inner workings... of the work that we do." "Well not that I do but the work that is done... by people... where I also work the work of my colleagues." "All right well let's see if we can uh get to the bottom of this shall we?" "Uh yeah." "Um" "Well that's odd." "I already tried that." "Did you try going through the C-gate?" "Yeah of course." "I mean... yes." "Yeah." "All right." "You want to get linked up?" "Yeah." "All right." "I already" " I ran the utility programs and I had nothing there so I checked all the memories against the printed logs." "Here Howard." "Okay." "I got you a chair." "There you go." "Oh thank you." "You're welcome." "All right I'm gonna-- I'm gonna go through the entire memory see if something comes up." "Oh my darling Oh my darling" "Oh my darling Clementine" "You were lost and gone forever" " I love being bathed in the sink." "Dreadful sorry Clementine" " Such a feeling of security." "I've never seen you happier baby Joel." "There it is." "I don't understand why it's off the map like that." "What the heck was he doing there?" "His eyes are open." " Has this happened before with him?" " No." "Oh this is-- this is not good." "No." "I'm gonna have to" "I'm gonna have to give him this." "Can't you see I love you Antoine?" "Okay we're back in." "Wow." "That was beautiful to watch Howard." "Like a surgeon or a concert pianist or something." "Thank you Mary." "Um Howard you should get some sleep." "I-I think I'll be fine now." "Why can't you see I love you Antoine?" "Lucky me." "Lay one on me." "Don't call me Antoine." "My name is Wally." "Yes I know but how can a woman love a man with a name like Wally?" "Oh!" "Oh!" "What was that?" "Hey." "My God there's people coming out of your butt." "There is?" " Got it." " Tangerine!" "What Joel" " What are you doing?" "We gotta go." "Go on." "Please please go." "Please go!" "You can run but you can't hide." "Clem come on!" "There I am." "That truck." "Doc?" "Please." "All right let's begin by you telling me... everything you remember" "That's strange." "He's in a memory that we've already erased." "Oh well at least we know where he is." "He's back on track right?" "Come on Clem." "He seems to have developed some sort of resistance to the procedure." "I don't want to run anymore." "Shit." "Come on come on." "Hide me somewhere deeper somewhere really buried." "Where?" "Hide me in your humiliation." "Humiliation." "Come onyou big baby!" "I'm sorry okay?" "Let me drive you home." "No!" " Bye Howard." " No wait." "Howard." "He's disappeared again." "Oh dear." "I'm so sorry Howard." "Humiliation." "Humiliation." "Hu-mi-lia-- Joel." "I don't like it either." "I'm just trying to find horrible secret places to" "Joel honey I have a surprise-- I just" "Uh you know what honey?" "I'm just gonna ask you in the morning." "Good night sweetheart." "No." "I'm sorry Joel." "Joely." "Shut up." "Look!" "Joel!" "Joel look!" "What?" "Look where we are!" "Clem this isn't good." "Then hide me somewhere-- somewhere really buried." "Hit it!" "Hit it!" "I can't!" "I gotta go home." "I'll do it later!" "Come on you big sissy!" "Ooh he has a girlfriend!" "Wait." "What am I doing?" "You know something Freddy?" "And he loves her!" "You don't scare me anymore." "Joel!" "Joely get up." "Come on it's not worth it." "Hit him!" "Hit him!" "They're not worth itJoel!" "He's not listening!" "Come onJoel." "Stupid!" "I'm so ashamed." "It's okay." "You were a little kid." "Yeah?" "Come on." "That's where I live-- lived." "I wish I knew you when I was a kid." "Do you like my pink hat?" "Here look feel better." "You can really kill me this time." "It's my turn." "Go." "One two three." "I can?" "You're really gonna die though." "Okay." "One two three." "You're dead." "Oh my mom." "It's" " It's okay." "We're playing." "Hi Joel's mom." "He's killing me." "It's not real." "Okay are you dead yet?" "You're dead!" "Uh I think I got the hang of this." "I still don't understand it but I'm finding him quickly enough." "Clem!" "Clem!" "Jo--Joely?" "Are you okay Joel?" "Joel?" "Joel?" "Oh my God." "That was terrible." "Okay okay." "That was like three seconds." "All right." "Let me do it one more time." "One more then I get to go." "Okay." "Look at this." "This is so cool!" "Cool." "Look out!" "Look out!" "Shit!" "It's fluff." "Our house!" "Come on." "Come on." "Come on." "We gotta go!" "Come on!" "We gotta go." "Clem?" "We gotta go." "Come on!" "No!" "This is a really bad time for this!" "Get off me!" "Oh God!" "I don't even know where we're going." "It's gonna be fun." "Come on." "It's the best place." "No this way." "No this way." "No no no." "This way." "You're no help at all." "What's wrong with you?" "Let go of me Joel!" "I like watching you work Howard." "I guess uh" "I guess I'll go out for-- for some air if nobody minds." "It looks like you have everything under control here." "Yeah that's uh-- that's fine." "Do you like quotes Howard?" "What do you mean?" "Oh you know like famous quotes?" "I find reading them inspirational and in my reading I've come across some I thought you might like too." "Oh well I-- I'd love to hear some." "There's one that goes" ""Blessed are the forgetful for they get the better even of their blunders."" "That's Nietzsche right?" "Yeah." "And here I thought I could tell you something you didn't know." "Oh no." "It's" " It's a good quote." "I'm happy we both know it." "Yeah." "Oh and there's this other one I like." "It's by Pope Alexander and it goes" "Alexander Pope?" "Oh yeah." "Yeah shit." "It's just that I told myself not to say "Pope Alexander" and sound like a dope and then I go ahead and say it." "It's no big deal." "You're such a sweetheart." "The quote goes "How happy is the blameless vestal's lot?" "The world forgetting by the world forgot." "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind." "Each prayer accepted and each wish resigned."" "I want to be a great big huge elephant... with a huge trunk like that." "Clem?" "Clementine?" "I haven't heard that one." "It's lovely." "I just thought it would be appropriate maybe." "I really admire the work you do Howard." "I don't mean to be so familiar." "Oh it's fine." "It's fine." "I-I-I-I-I-- I'm happy to hear" "I'm sorry." "I've loved you for a very long time." "I shouldn't have said that." "Oh Mary no." "It's" " You're a wonderful girl." "But I" " You know I have a wife and kids." "You know I have a wife and kids." "Oh Mary." "Oh Mary we can't do this." "Well good morning Mrs. Mierzwiak." "What?" "Oh my God!" "Who is it?" "Uh" "Thank you Stan." "Thanks a lot." "Hollis." "Hollis!" "Hollis!" "Wait." "Wait wait wait." "Hollis." " I knew it Howard." " Hollis it didn't start out to be like this." "I came here to work." "Hollis this is a one-time mistake!" "I'm a stupid girl with a stupid crush!" "Yeah." "I swear I basically forced him into it!" "Don't be a monster Howard." "Tell the girl." "Tell me what?" "Oh you poor kid." "You can have him." "You did." "What?" "we have a history." "I'm sorry." "Y-You wanted the procedure." "You" "You wanted it done... so you could get past uh" "You could" " Yeah." "Um I have to uh finish the work in there." "It's almost morning." "We'll talk later." "Okay?" "Hey." "Let me give you a lift home." "Fuck this thing." "Damn it." "Hi." "Hi." "Didn't figure you'd show your face around me again." "I guess I thought you were... humiliated." "You did run away after all." "I just needed to see ya." "Yeah?" "I'd like to um take you out or something." "You're married." "Not yet." "Not married." "No I'm not married no." "Look man I'm telling you right off the bat I'm high maintenance so I'm not gonna tiptoe around your marriage... or whatever it is you've got going there." "If you wanna be with me you're with me." "Okay." "Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm gonna make them alive." "But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's looking for my own peace of mind." "Don't assign me yours." "I remember that speech really well." "I had you pegged didn't I?" "You had the whole human race pegged." "Probably." "I still thought you were gonna save my life even after that." "I know." "It would be different... if we could just give it another go around." "Remember me." "Try your best." "Maybe we can." "Okay so just tell me what you remember and uh then we'll take it from there." "Okay." "I liked you immediately." "You didn't come on to me at all." "I liked that." "I was so tongue-tied around you at first." "I wanted you to think I was smart." "I couldn't wait to come to work." "I had these fantasies of us being married... and having kids and... just" "Oh Howie I can't do this." "We agreed it's for the best Mary." "Yeah I know." "Oh God." "I'll take the bottom and you-- Uh-uh-uh!" "No no no." "Here." "I can take that." "So you want me to carry that?" "Help me with that." "Can you get the cooler?" "Honey the cooler is" "That's light huh?" "Oh I can get that." "You can get it." "No no no no!" "Don't take anything." "I can take the plane." "Put the thing up." "Put the gate back up." "This is the day we met." "You were down by the surf." "I could just make you out in the distance." "I remember being drawn to you even then." "I thought "Wow how odd." "I'm drawn to someone's back."" "You were in that orange sweatshirt that I would come to know so well... and even hate eventually." "But at the time I thought "How cool!" "An orange sweatshirt."" "Hi there." "Hi." "I saw you sitting over here... by yourself and I thought "Thank God." "Someone normal who doesn't know how to interact at these things either."" "Yeah." "I don't ever know what to say." "I'm Clementine." "Can I borrow a piece of your chicken?" "And then you just took it... without waiting for an answer." "It was so intimate like we were already lovers." "I'm Joel." "HiJoel." "So no jokes about my name." "You mean like-- Oh my darling oh my darling Oh my darling Clementine" "Huckleberry Hound that sort of thing?" "Yeah." "Like that." "Oh no jokes." "No jokes." "One of my favorite things when I was a kid was my Huckleberry Hound doll." "I think your name is magical." "This is it Joel." "It's gonna be gone soon." "I know." "What do we do?" "Enjoy it." "You married?" "No." "Let's move into this neighborhood!" "I do sort of live with someone though." "Male or female?" "What?" "Female." "Female." "At least I'm not barking up the wrong tree." "You know these people?" "No of course not." "Come on." "They might have a dog." "There's no dog." "What are you doing?" "It's freezing out." "I can't believe this." " Clementine!" " There we go." "Come on man." "The water's fine." "Nobody's coming here tonight." "Believe me." "It's dark." "So uh what's your girlfriend's name?" "Naomi but we're not really-- I mean" "We're-- Whatever." "So this is great." "Now I can look for um candles matches... and the liquor cabinet." "Oh God." "I think we should go." "There's no phone line." "What?" "I think we should go." "Why?" "It's our house..." "just for tonight." "We are "David and Ruth Laskin."" "Which one do you want to be?" "Uh" "I prefer to be Ruth but I can be flexible." "What are you do" "Alcohol!" "Oh boy." "So are you okay with wine?" "I don't know." "Well you choose the wine." "I'm gonna go find the bedroom and slip into something more..." "Ruth." "I'm Ruth-less at the moment." "I really should go." "I've gotta catch my ride." "So go." "I did." "I thought maybe you were a nut but you were exciting." "I wish you'd stayed." "I wish I'd stayed too." "Now I wish I'd stayed." "I wish I'd done a lot of things." "Oh God I wish I had" "I wish I'd stayed." "I do." "Well I came back downstairs and you were gone." "I walked out." "I walked out the door." "Why?" "I don't know." "I felt like a scared little kid." "I was like-- It was above my head." "I don't know." "You were scared?" "Yeah." "Thought you knew that about me." "I ran back to the bonfire trying to outrun my humiliation I think." "Was it something I said?" "Yeah." "You said "So go"... with such disdain you know?" "Oh I'm sorry." "It's okay." "Joely?" "What if you stayed this time?" "I walked out the door." "There's no memory left." "Come back and make up a good-bye at least." "Let's pretend we had one." "ByeJoel." "I love you." "Meet me in Montauk." "I didn't crash the plane." "The plane crashed." "I didn't crash the plane." "You were operating the plane with the remote control and then it crashed." "It was fucking windy." "Come on man." "You're stoned and you're driving." "Yeah the pot balances it out." "The pot brings you back up." "That's why I smoke it." "If I'm going to be drinking then I'll smoke it." "It does." "That's a medical fact." "It was proven on the Science Network." "Honey just watch the road." "I can't see shit." "I saw you talking to somebody pretty." "She was nice." "Yeah man." "Who was that?" "She was um just a girl." "Okay." "So I gotta-- I gotta drop the van off." "Thanks Stan." "Thanks." "We'll talk." "Hey!" "Hey." "You got a lot of your stuff there I see." "Yeah that's right." "My stuff." "I take it you're not coming back." "I wouldn't come back if I was you either." "Do you swear you didn't know?" "I-I swear." "So you didn't do the erasing?" "Of course not." "God no." "And you never even suspected we were together?" "Once maybe." "I was coming back from a job and you were at his car." "I saw you two talking." "So I waved to you and you giggled you know." "How'd I look?" "You looked happy." "Happy with a secret." "And after that?" "I never saw you two together again like that so I just" "I don't know." "I just figured I was imagining things." "Montauk train now boarding on track "B." All aboard." "I really like you Mary Svevo." "You know that?" "Thanks." "Let me get my toothbrush." "Yeah." "Just" "Where are you Clem?" "I'm worried." "I feel like you're mad at me and I don't know what I did." "What did I do?" "I love you so much." "I'll do anything to make you happy." "Tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it." "Listen I'm gonna stop by this morning just to make sure you're okay." "Vamonos senor." "I-I had a really nice time last night." "Nice?" "I had the best fucking night of my entire fucking life... last night." "That's better." "This is weird." "To all patients of Dr. Howard Mierzwiak." "My name is Mary Svevo." ""We've met but you don't remember me." "I worked for a company you hired to have part of your memory erased."" "I have since decided that this is a horrible" " Some kind of teaser ad or something." "In order to correct this I'm sending everyone's file back to them." "My name is Clementine Kruczynski." "I'm here to erase Joel Barish." "What is this?" "I don't know." "He's boring." "Is that enough reason to erase someone?" "I've been thinking lately how I was before and how I am now and it's like he changed me." "I feel like I'm always pissy now." "I don't like myself when I'm with him." "I don't like myself anymore." "I can't stand to even look at him." "That pathetic wimpy apologetic smile." "That sort of wounded puppy shit he does you know?" " What are you doing?" " I'm not doing anything." "The bloom is certainly fucking off the rose at this point." " Are you screwing with me?" " No!" " You are screwing with me." "Joel I'm not!" " You clearly are." " Look let's just take a minute and" "Patrick get the fuck away." "Oh sweetheart-- Get the fuck away from me!" "Can we talk about it?" "No!" "Get the fuck away!" "Joel Barish." "Hey Clementine." "Hey." "Nice to see you." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Really very educated." "I mean she's smart I think but not educated." "I couldn't really talk to her about books you know?" "She's more of a magazine-reading girl." "Her vocabulary leaves something to be desired." "Sometimes-- I was embarrassed in public..." " Hi." "because she would pronounce..." "Library "libary."" " Hi." "Libary." "Li-berry." "Look what I found." "I think if there's a truly seductive quality about Clementine it's that her personality promises to take you out of the mundane." "You made me look skinny." "Amazing burning meteorite... will carry you to another world where things are exciting." "But what you quickly learn is that... it's really an elaborate ruse." " I'm sorry I yelled at you." " It's okay." "So flashy in a kind of obvious way." "But still it seduces you." "J- oel I really like you." "I hate that I said mean things about you." " Let me turn this off okay?" " Hey it's-- it's only fair." "Where's the real Clementine?" "I mean the whole thing with the hair-- it's all bullshit." " I really like your hair." " Thank you." " I really like your hair." " Thank you." "I do." "The world's a goddamn mess." "Is it some kind of a revolt?" "Change your hair color." " You want a drink or something?" "Do you have any whiskey?" "No I don't think her sex is... motivated." "I saw it clearly the last night we were together." "It wasn't sex." "It was just sad." " Hey." "Sorry." "I thought there was more." "The only way Clem thinks she can get people to like her... is to fuck 'em... or at least dangle the possibility of getting fucked in front of 'em." "And she's so desperate and insecure... that she'll sooner or later go around fucking everybody." " I don't do that." " I wouldn't think that about you." " Because I don't." " I know." "Because it really hurts me that you said that because I don't do that." " I'm so sorry." " I'm sorry about all this." "I'm gonna... go." "I'm a little confused." "I don't really think I can be here." "Um... bye." "Bye." "I thought I knew her so well." "It was nice meeting you and all." "But I don't know her at all." "What a loss to spend that much time with someone only to find out that she's a stranger." "Wait." "What?" "I don't know." "Just wait." "Just wait." "What do you want Joel?" "I don't know." "I want you to wait for..." "just a while." "Okay." "Really?" "I'm not a concept Joel." "I'm just a fucked-up girl who's looking for my own peace of mind." " I'm not perfect." " I can't see anything that I don't like about you." "Right now I can't." "But you will." "But you will." "You know you will think of things and I'll get bored with you and feel trapped... because that's what happens with me." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay."