"You're early today." "Usually I have to call and wake you up." "The more I read about all that can go wrong,   the more this seems like a vaginal 9/11." "Authors love to go overboard." "Or install indoor lawns, in your case." "I have to leave early today." "I have some things to ..." "take care of." "Right now my head is under water." "And I'm not sure which shore to swim to." "By the way." "WORLD'S BEST BIG BROTHER Do you think Leon would appreciate this?" "My mother." "That's where I was born." "Is that Grete?" "Come in." "Have a seat." "How are you doing?" "I don't know." "I think so much,   now that I don't drink anymore." "I have trouble sleeping." "My head spins in circles, round and round." "Like white noise." "A little too much reality." " Do you know what this is?" " A fancy Swedish cocktail?" "Swedish cocktail ..." "Berlin." "1890." "Or Kristiania, perhaps." "This is absinthe." "A drink that teaches you   that your perception of reality is about to change." "Is it for me?" "No." "Grete?" "What is reality to you?" "I don't know." "What I can   see?" "Touch?" "You interpret reality based on who you are." "On the life you have lived." "Maybe." "I mean, post the same question   to three different people:" "What is reality?" "You will get three different answers." "So reality is not something tangible." "You may be right, but it still feels real." "How long have you come here?" "Almost five years." "Do you feel you have gotten better?" " I don't drink anymore." " But you're still miserable." "You need to change your perception of reality." "Call her." "See if she can help you." "Is that all?" "Ernst?" "How are you really doing?" "Well ..." "About like you." "I just have a stronger defense." "I haven't been through what you have." "I've never told you this, but ..." "Thank you for sleeping with me that time." "You needed to be comforted." "You're a good man." " Hi." " Dag, have you heard from Benedikt?" "Yes, but I haven't returned his call." "You should call him." "He never picks up when I call." "He thinks I've betrayed him." " Have you?" " No." "He thinks I let Mia and Alexander move without doing anything." "That I didn't try to stop them." "But I couldn't tell him while he was in prison." "What could he do there?" "I thought it better to give him hope,   thinking someone was waiting for him on the outside." "But I was wrong." "Well, he shouldn't hear it from me." "OK." "Thanks." "Nothing." " Hello?" " Hi." "I'm in here." "Should you be up there?" "You could fall down." "Don't you worry, Dag." "I'm pregnant, not sick." "I bought some sushi." " Shouldn't you be at work?" " Yes." "But I thought it would be nicer to be here with you." "I need to ..." "That is, we need to ..." "Talk." " I thought." " Yes." "Yes." "All right." " Don't break my door down!" " Sorry." "Dag, I know this is too much to ask, but we need your help." "You're supposed to stay out of trouble." "I know." "But we have thugs after us,   and a handicapped woman on top of my car, and ..." " The same on you ...?" " She's my sister!" "Dorina, let me handle this." "Yes, the woman I fucked is in my ski box." "All she needs is a bed and her meds and ..." " In your ski box?" " Yes." " Could you take her?" " Your timing couldn't be worse!" "Please?" "Dammit!" "Fine, go get her." "Thank you so much, Dag." " Dammit!" " Thank you." "Get back inside!" "Hurry!" "Get in!" " What's going on?" " Badgers, Serbs, death threats ..." " Who is that?" " The death threat." "The kitchen window!" "Run!" "Give me a knife!" "Over here!" "Tanya's in the ski box." "Try not to inhale." " Come on." " Can you see them?" " What are you doing?" " Calling the cops." "Ow!" "Fuck!" "Benedikt, drive straight to the police or she dies." " And you'll go back in the slammer." " Look around you." "There are enough drugs in here to get me locked up for life." "At least drop us off, then you can play Bonnie and Clyde." "And I hope it ends the same fucking way!" "Just give me ten minutes before you call the cops." " Those guys won't follow us." " Why not?" " They're raiding your apartment." " Dammit to hell!" "I'm ... scared." "My sister can't see anything up there." "Are you all right?" "Sure." "Come here." "I need to have a word with you." "Sorry for strangling you." "I have a temper." "Tell me about it." "Are you OK?" "You can relax now." "I'm doing everything I can." "Stop complaining." "You know I love you, but this ..." " I love you too, Dag." " Do you?" "The thing is, my life consists of waking up,   going to work, coming home, and caring for those I care about." "So if you really care about me ..." "What the hell are you doing?" "What are you thinking?" "I don't know." "I keep screwing up." "I thought you could help me one last time." "By getting killed?" "I'm sorry." "Sorry." "Benedikt ..." "Sometimes sorry isn't enough." "You brought armed criminals into my apartment." "Into my home." "There is no room for such elements in my world." "This is your fault, Benedikt." "It's your fault." "I know it's my fault." "It's always my fault." "I'm perfectly aware of that." "But I can't ..." "I just don't want to go back to jail." "You don't want ..." "You are so selfish, it's incredible!" "Imagine if Leon had been in the apartment." "Imagine if there had been a little boy there." "Have you thought about that?" "I've had enough." "I'll call you later." "Say hi." "Your sister will pick up Leon at kindergarten." "Shit, the badger!" "Get in the car!" "Hurry!" "He's going through withdrawal!" "Shit!" " Hi." "Dag." " He's coming around the other side!" "Drive!" "What is hap-hap-happening..." " She can't see anything." " Just drive!" "Let's go to Malin's." "Who is she?" "Why?" "Because we have a handicapped girl on the roof   and a car full of amphetamine." "Seriously?" "Yes." "I'm going to help Benedikt." "One last time." " Hello?" " Hi, Malin, it's Dag." " Thanks for helping us." " This is pure research for me, Dag." "Could you buzz us in?" "I'll be right back out." "Are you all right?" "About like you, I imagine." "I'm fine." "We'll just see how this works out, and then ..." "Then we'll pick up Leon at Marianne's   and call the police on the way home." "That sounds like a plan." " Here you go." " Yes, here I go." "Wow, it sure is red in here." "And white." "I'm diametrically color blind." "I see red as white." "That's why everything here is red and white." "Or white and red." "She's actually pretty self-sufficient." "I'm thrilled to have company." "I used to have a fish, but it died." "Thanks anyway." "I hate to trouble you like this." "Absolutely no problem." "I can always use a good story." "Great." "Thank you so much." "There." "Is that good?" "Good." "Lovely." "Just lovely." "Thank you." "Great." "Cute!" "Wait here." "There." "Thank you." "I want ask any more favors." " Good." " I'm sorry." "I really am." "We're leaving now." "OK." "I have to go home and fix my door." "Call the insurance company." "Report the break-in." "Don't worry." "I won't mention your name." "I know that I promised I would take care of you." "But I'm not your father." "No." "And I'm going to be a father." "I know you don't care about anything that doesn't concern you directly." "But Eva is pregnant." "So I can't be a part of that chaos you call your life." "I understand." "Good for you." "Congratulations." "I can drive you ..." "In a car full of amphetamine?" "No." "Bye, Benedikt." "Don't call me, or come unannounced." "Stay away for a while now." "Bye." "Bye." "You'll regret it, if you did that for me." "I didn't do it for you." "I did it for me and for Benedikt." "Some day   he has to start taking responsibility for his own life." "We're going to get killed because of you." "Because of me?" "Why is all the misery in the world suddenly my fault?" " You insisted we save that badger." " You stuffed the bag in his mouth." "I wouldn't have, if you had told me what was in the bag." " You don't get it." " You only think abut yourself." "Do I?" "Why do you think I'm here?" "To make my life miserable?" "I'm sorry: more miserable." "Wrong." "You occupied my apartment." "People are trying to kill me." "My son is gone." "He and Mia have left the country." "My stepfather is a liar." "And my only friend is walking away from me!" "You promised to leave once your sister was safe." "Well, she's safe now, so fuck the fuck off!" "I'm here because I have to be." "You don't get it." "It's your baby." "Right." "Perfect." "Exactly." "That's how you work." "You're using the same line that Dag just used." "Suddenly you decide that the baby is mine." "You are clinically insane." "I've never seen the like." "You call me insane?" "Hi." "I've just been furloughed." "And I'm going around trying to clean up   earlier transgressions with certain people." "It's so I can start fresh when I finally get out, so .." "Sorry." "Sorry!" "You watching?" "Sorry." "Sorry!" "Sorry!" "Shit!" "That ... is ... my ... hat." " Why didn't you say anything?" " I was going to have an abortion." "Getting pregnant with your cousin's ex is nothing to brag about." "But Mia found out and moved back to Serbia." "Since things were so fucked up already, I decided to keep it." "So now you have to look out for me, whether you want to or not." "Right?" "Is that why Mia left?" "You and I aren't really good for anyone." " Where are you going?" " To buy stuff Tanya needs." "Is it smart to drive that car, pregnant and all?" "You going to start looking out for me now?" "Dorina?" " Dorina?" " Benedikt!" "Dorina ..." "Benedikt?" "Call for an ambulance!" "Benedikt!" "Enough." "Thanks for everything you have done for me." "I'm sorry." "This is Benedikt's voicemail." "Leave a message." "Enough." "Thanks for everything you have done for me." "I'm sorry."