Safe Space (2025) Movie Script
[tense accordion music]
[car engine revving]
[tire popping]
[mysterious accordion notes]
What are those?
It's probably what passes for
fun if you're doing meth at 3 a.m..
Are you sure you know what you're doing?
I just don't want you to get hurt.
It's a car tire, Monika.
It's not brain surgery.
You almost cut your finger off
last month unpacking a cat toy, so.
Do you want to fucking do it?
Do you want to?
Monika I didn't mean that...
Can you just forget it please?
I didn't mean it, okay, come back.
[discordant music]
Are you coming?
In a second.
[car door opens]
[door slams shut]
[knocking]
[unsettling music]
Yeah well, where's Monika,
did you leave her behind?
There she is, come on in.
Wow, this looks like
one of those spike strips.
Oh shit!
Your car's okay and everything?
Yeah, Stefan fixed it.
He's good at fixing things.
He sure is.
When is Josema getting here?
He's always late. Remember last Christmas?
He's on Spanish time.
Is he bringing anyone?
Is he still with that girl from the paella?
What was her name?
Was it Anna?
Ana... no no no but she
was the redheaded one.
I see how you'd remember her, she was hot.
Which redhead?
The fiery one.
Shayar, tell us about your big movie.
Yeah, you're a big shot editor now?
Additional editor.
You guys hear about the poly
stuff? Did he tell you about this?
No, what poly stuff?
Shayar's director is a
sex-crazed poly nymphomaniac.
Seriously?
I can't believe you didn't hear about this!
No.
She would trap Shayar in the room and
make him listen to all
her sexual conquests.
What do you mean, trap?
Let him tell it.
I mean that's pretty much the whole story.
Okay but what happened, exactly?
I got a crash course in polyamory.
How do you do this with
women Shayar, teach me.
I don't know.
We went to lunch a few times
during the first week of this movie,
and suddenly she starts telling me
about how she's had sex
with like 20 guys that month,
and how the woman she's married to
is totally cool with it.
She's married to a woman?
And she's just telling you this?
Yeah, after knowing
me for less than a week.
Poly people are kind
of like cross-fit people,
they never stop talking about it.
Maybe it's because you're
so friendly and unthreatening.
You don't have to emasculate him.
Being friendly isn't emasculating.
I meant the non-threatening part.
So to be masculine means
you have to be threatening?
No, I...
[sighs]
Can you help me out here please?
I'm digging myself a hole.
No, no, I am really enjoying this.
Oh, you are pretty deep
in the hole already, dear.
Stop digging, bud.
[motorcycle revving]
Ah, classic Josema.
Did he ride his bike up here?
Calm down, man.
Hey!
It's better late than never.
Huh?
How are you?
This is my friend Lindsay.
Hi.
Hi! Are you Shayar?
Uh, Shayar, yeah.
It's so nice to meet you!
I heard you're the most amazing cook
and I'm so excited to
try whatever you made.
Alright, well Josema, I like this one.
Come inside, we have
some hors d'oeuvres ready...
[laughing]
It's a joke!
Yeah, thanks bro.
So how did you two meet?
Can I tell it?
- Uh, floor is yours.
- Okay.
This is a really good story
and I think it'll help you
guys get to know me better.
So I was hitchhiking this morning
because I decided to
smoke a joint with these guys,
and the next thing I
knew I got out of the van
and I was face down on
concrete, just completely passed out
in Desert Hot Springs outside
this sushi place, it was crazy,
and I was barely wearing any
clothing, so I had to put my hand up
and wave someone down! It was really scary,
and Josema was the first one who
saved me.
Wow.
Yeah, I mean, you know, you find this thing
and you're like, yeah, this is for me.
No, man, she's kidding!
She's kidding. [Laughter]
No no no, we were just hanging
out at this thing in Palm Springs,
this film thing.
But we met at an ayahuasca ceremony.
That was the first time we actually met.
Was this last year, when you had the...
Yeah, a week after the motorcycle accident.
Yeah, yeah, so my friend Nico invited me
to this ayahuasca ceremony and, you know,
powerful psychedelic from the Amazon
and I am a mess.
I'm like in crutches,
limping, you know, and...
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,
so you felt sorry for him.
Okay, that was your first mistake.
I didn't feel sorry for him.
That was your first time, right?
That was my first time, yeah.
And, you know, these things are very quiet,
you know, very sacred in the dark
and, you know, there's a shaman,
so they give you the first cup
and I was like, I feel
totally fine, you know,
this is easy.
I take the second cup,
and like within 15 minutes,
I'm like, I'm gone.
I don't remember anything
from that moment on.
And apparently I started screaming!
At the top of my lungs,
I'm touching my neighbor,
This girl is like absolutely
terrified of this Spaniard...
And yeah, apparently the shaman,
she told me that they had to kick me out
and put me in a different room by myself.
You got kicked out of
an ayahuasca ceremony.
You were being so bad, I'm like,
honestly pretty surprised
they let you back in.
And so you saw this Spanish man screaming
and touching everyone and you thought,
oh yes, I'm into this.
Yeah, I was into it.
- I was really into it.
- Yeah.
It was really interesting.
He was this...
I've been doing ayahuasca
since I was a little girl.
And usually how it works,
if you guys don't know,
is you have your own experience
then you share it in group.
But with this guy, you
didn't need group anymore!
It was just like, totally out there.
It was like he was naked emotionally
and it was so sexy.
He was just an open book.
So you guys have been
together ever since then?
No, we haven't.
Yeah, so we do have some mutual friends
but nothing ever really happened.
Yeah, until last night.
And it was great.
[laughter]
Okay, so this is all very new.
Yeah, it's sorta new, but at the same time,
the moment that I met him,
I...
I knew that we were
great lovers in a past life.
That's a great story.
Certainly beats our courtship.
Ignore my husband, he's an idiot.
Can I tell you something?
They say that when love stops fighting,
it just comes to an end.
Oh, in our case it will be
because we kill each other.
[laughing] Yeah.
Uh, more wine, anyone?
More wine, more wine.
None for me.
Actually, we need
another designated driver.
We aren't gonna fit in one car tonight.
Where are we going?
Pappy and Harriet's?
Is it open mic night?
It's not Pappy's...
I'm not drinking.
Perfect.
- Okay...
- So how do you guys all know each other?
We all went to grad school for film.
Just the guys.
Yeah, we got dragged along.
Oh, you make it sound so bad.
Yeah, well they do have a support group
for wives and partners...
[laughter] I completely forgot about that.
So which school did you go to?
AFI.
Ah, I know some people who went to AFI.
Yeah, your face looks
really familiar to me.
Oh, maybe you know her from a past life.
Lindsay's an actress.
Tabitha, you guys were
saying something earlier?
Oh, yeah we have some news.
Uh oh.
Oh, are you kidding?
Are you?
Tabs got a job offer. In Amsterdam.
Uh, do you want to tell them?
- Congratulations.
- That's awesome!
Well, I haven't decided yet.
But it looks like we're
going to be moving there.
For how long?
Two years.
Wow.
At least, actually.
Well.
Cheers. That's exciting news.
- Cheers anyhow.
- Cheers.
- To indecision!
- Yes!
[laughter]
She's all over him.
It's pretty nuts.
Yeah, it's sweet.
Hey, what are you doing?
We'll deal with it.
I just want to make sure
you don't eat all the tiramisu.
- I'll bring it out to you in a second.
- No no no no!
You too, you've spent enough
time in the kitchen, get out.
You just stacked dirty dishes on top
of other dirty dishes. Now everything is
- dirty on every side.
- Where'd you go?
I'll clean them.
Yeah, I'm gonna clean them.
Hey guys.
Is that?
- You brought your own dessert?
- There you go.
What is it?
Do you remember those mushroom
chocolates I was telling you about?
You got them?
I got 'em.
This looks totally legit.
So what are the actual plans for tonight?
Is it an escape room?
Not an escape room.
Come on guys, don't worry
about it, okay? It's a surprise.
It's an escape room.
Out here?
Yeah, okay, don't worry about
it. It's gonna be totally awesome.
Then we should definitely
take some of these chocolates.
Do we know who's driving?
Yeah, me and Lindsay.
Oh god, how far away?
Patience.
Hey, let's put some on the tiramisu.
That's a terrible idea.
We want tiramisu!
It's coming!
["The First Six Months of Love" by
Michelle Gurevich plays in the background]
Oh, hey, save my piece for after.
No problem.
What's the dosage?
Uh...
Well, if we're supposed to
be solving puzzles tonight,
I guess we could do a gram each?
Yeah, great, I don't know.
What does that mean?
It means a good time.
What did you?
- Okay.
- Okay, cheers.
Cheers.
Cheers Shayar.
What were you guys talking about?
Nothing, what were you talking about?
Well, we just learned that.
Josema doesn't believe in monogamy.
No, it just slipped out
of my mouth, I'm sorry.
We walk out of the room
for two minutes, and...
I want to hear more about this.
Wait, he just told you that?
Yeah, and I appreciated the honesty.
Can you believe in
monogamy? It's not a religion.
Stop, stop digging yourself into these
holes. I don't know why you do this.
I think it's a choice.
So you're cool with that?
Yeah, of course, it's
not like we're dating.
At least you know what you're getting into.
Last Christmas, we stayed at this
little spa motel in Desert Hot Springs.
You don't have to talk about this.
And one evening, we're just
relaxing in one of the pools,
and out of the blue, he starts
talking about open relationships.
Oh boy.
I was just asking a question,
I didn't say I wanted anything.
I mean it's not like you
bring up the topic just for fun.
I was asking a question
about hypothetically,
would you think it was a,
you know, a workable situation.
Is he turning red?
Maybe it's all the beets.
I don't see why we can't
have the conversation.
Harry, what do you think?
No, don't bring me in on this.
[laughter]
Okay, come on guys, come on.
If you want other experiences,
then do what you have to do.
I just think it's unfair to
drag your partner into it.
So you're saying that cheating is better?
Not better but... kinder.
I agree with you. That is
the right kind of attitude.
Okay, this escalated quickly.
Let's talk about something else, huh?
Oh no! You brought it up.
I brought it up, a year ago,
and I'm bringing it back down.
Let's talk about wine.
Cheers. Great wine. You like it?
It's really nice.
Okay, just come out and tell
everyone what it's really about.
What? What is it about? I
don't know what it's about.
What do you want to talk about?
I want to have a family.
Yeah...
And Stefan wants to run around
having sex with other women.
Well, it's not like an either
or situation, necessarily.
Okay, and I didn't say that even if I did.
You just described every
monogamous relationship ever.
Are you guys sure you're not Spanish?
Monika, the movie you were on in Jamaica,
wasn't it about all this kind of stuff?
Oh yeah, you shot this in a
swingers resort, didn't you.
Oh yeah, yeah, it was awful.
Awful, why?
Those people did not look happy,
and they were having sex
all the time with everyone.
Yeah, that sounds terrible.
Oh man.
You didn't see them, it was sad.
You know, we did something
a little less crazy recently.
You guys ever heard of
these blindfolded dinners?
No, what's that?
Well it's like a private dinner party,
but you're blindfolded the whole time,
so you can't see what you're eating
or who you're sitting
next to, it's kind of...
Wow, that sounds interesting.
Yeah, it was interesting.
Uh, you definitely taste things differently
when you don't, when
your eyes aren't involved.
That's true.
I'm gonna step out for a smoke.
Does anyone want to keep me company?
I do, but I'm too cold, baby.
I'll have a cigarette.
Uh, just make sure you
guys are back in five minutes.
Yes, sir.
What's going on in five minutes?
We will be listening... to the radio...
So mysterious, Shayar.
So after you take off the blindfold,
what do you see, like a
little Grey alien or what?
No, no, no, but it's
this whole sensory thing.
I mean, just after dinner,
they set up this whole dungeon thing
where you go down to be, you know.
Dominated?
Something like that.
[laughter]
Tell me you went.
No, no, we skipped that one.
[laughter]
Are you feeling anything?
No.
I need some coffee. I think I need
a little perk before this next part.
Which is what?
Ahh...
I just have a hunch.
Yeah. Coffee. Good.
Great, I'll make a pot.
[enigmatic ambient music]
[mumbling]
[light switch clicks]
[water running]
[glass clinking]
You couldn't fucking put
it away? What the fuck is...
[sighs]
[Molly Nilsson's "We're
Never Coming Home" playing]
[sliding door closing]
We leave every party,
the last just like before
And we're so young in old places
And we have nothing but our young faces
Alright everyone, it's almost nine.
Monika, can you turn that off?
Do you guys know James Salter?
He wrote this book of essays,
and he's got this great piece about
being the ideal weekend guest, okay?
Rule number one:
Don't arrive too early.
Yeah, you all got that one.
Rule number two:
Play all their games.
Perfect, so if we can just...
Rule number three:
Don't sleep in the wrong bed.
And number four
leave on time.
- We good?
- Yeah.
Okay, great.
Umm...
Wait, where'd Lindsay go?
What? Where did who go?
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Your nose.
Oh god.
Oh, ah...
I get nosebleeds, it's one
of the perks of being me.
You're fine?
- Yeah I'm totally fine.
- You sure?
Okay, great, umm...
Well, I just wanna say that
it has been a long, long time
since we all did something fun together
that wasn't just eating or drinking
or taking recreational drugs.
That actually sounds really fun to me.
Just tell us about the escape room already.
We're doing an escape room?
Yeah, it's not like any one
we've done before, okay?
It's totally different.
Is there a room?
Yeah there's probably a room.
Do we have to escape?
It's different!
Wait, wait, wait.
Is this the escape room, huh?
I've never done an escape room, is it fun?
It's super fun, if you're twelve.
Come on, you're the one who
conned us into the first one.
Guys, I don't think you're appreciating
how awesome this is gonna be.
The guy who created this experience,
he's like the Banksy of escape rooms.
That doesn't make any sense.
People come from all
across the world to do this.
You have no idea how
difficult it is to get these tickets.
What's it called?
It doesn't have a name.
So you can't just Google it or
anything, okay? You're not gonna find it.
It's like the Prince
unpronounceable symbol thing.
Exactly.
Yeah? Okay, you guys ready?
[radio static]
[radio static continues]
[clears throat]
Just give it a second, okay?
[radio beeps]
[transmission in foreign language]
It's Russian.
Numbers...
[transmission continues]
Three,
four,
three,
three,
seven,
minus one,
one,
six,
four,
nine,
five.
[radio static]
Well?
That was exciting.
I know, right?
So, now what?
Now we do escape room things.
Monika, you got those numbers, right?
Yes.
They totally ripped off the
whole numbers station thing.
Yeah from, from the John Cusack movie?
No, spies used to use it for
messaging during the cold war.
Wow, you are on a
mansplaining roll tonight.
Uh, explaining.
Mansplaining for sure.
So when a man explains something,
that means he's mansplaining?
If nobody asks for an
explanation, then yeah.
[laughter]
Minus eighty-two thousand,
one hundred fifty eight.
Guys...
They're coordinates.
Obviously, that's what they
are! They're coordinates.
Obviously.
No, no no, she's right,
you're totally right.
What do you mean?
Okay, do you know what geocaching is?
No.
I have a friend who's really
into it, she's weird, but like, um...
Let me see.
Okay, no, so you don't subtract.
You just have to map, yeah, map it.
Oh.
It's actually really close.
No, she didn't put a finger up my ass!
[laughing]
[low key instrumental rock music plays]
I'm not into that shit.
I've heard otherwise.
Is this the one? Is this the one,
are you serious about this one?
I mean...
Are you gonna settle
down, have some babies?
You guys really wanna know, huh?
Come on, bro, what do you
expect, we're like your family.
We wanna know what happens
with the girls you take home.
Maybe I just don't wanna be left out
of all the boring couples
shit you guys do without me.
Oh, what's that supposed to mean?
Well, I'm just saying, you know,
our get-togethers have
been like very couples-centric
since you both got married.
It's true.
Yeah, but we're all friends, aren't we?
[laughing]
I mean, sure, man, but...
But this, you know, this doesn't
happen with Tabitha and Monika.
I love them, I love them, but
it just changes the dynamic.
What's going to change the
dynamic is you guys leaving.
Is that final and everything?
We don't have tickets yet but I think so.
Cause the way she was
talking about it, it sounded like...
Guys, guys, I uh,
I have a confession to make.
What's up?
Spit it out.
I ate a whole tab of chocolate.
A whole tab?
What?
Dude!
- Dude!
- Dude, you are...
Yeah, that's like five grams.
I know, I know, I know!
Am I going to be okay or...
I mean, you won't die.
God, this is gonna be memorable.
Okay, real elephant in the room.
I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for
crashing your guys' party.
I know that you guys
are all old friends, and...
I didn't mean like, you
guys are old, I just meant,
you're old, that you've known each other...
Don't be silly, it's fine.
Yeah, it's good to have some fresh blood.
Thank you.
That's really nice of you to say.
I like being fresh blood, I like
being the young one, it's fun.
On the ride over here, I
was like freezing my ass off
and we were on this stupid motorcycle
just hanging on to each
other and I just thought,
Lindsay, this is a bad,
you're being a bad girl.
Looks like this is us.
This is it?
This is what the GPS said.
Huh...
[eerie atmospheric music]
[ominous music]
Oh, did you see that?
[phone ringing]
I wanna answer it! Stop, stop.
Hello?
My name's Dogbite, I got
999 channels on my TV.
They call me the legend,
'cause I got my skull
bashed in when I was 15.
Look, I'm looking for some escape room.
I got two women, a Mexican
woman and a white woman.
Uh, cool.
How many women you got?
I got one, I only got one.
In your party, friend, in your party.
We've got three.
Write this down.
I don't have a pen.
6625 Rocky Mesa Road.
[strange high-pitched noise]
What happened?
Oh my god! Listen to that.
I don't hear shit.
I gotta, I gotta get out of this...
Take pictures?
Yeah, he said there's,
uh, 6625 Rocky Mesa Road.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
[discordant music]
Hey, read those numbers to me.
These numbers?
Yeah.
Uh, zero nine eight.
Zero nine eight.
Nothing.
- This can't be, is this it?
- I'm going.
Apparently.
No, this is not a...
It's the way it's supposed to look.
Eight, one, four.
- Wait, Josema.
- No.
Baby, will you take this?
What is this, exactly?
It's mace.
Why don't you hold on to this.
Just take it, you're going in there.
Sorry.
Thanks...
Sorry.
Harry, what are you doing?
What?
Are they closed?
No.
Let's go...
Let's go.
Yeah, it's freezing, please.
Let's go to Pappy and Harriet's!
No, we're not going to
Pappy and Harriet's, alright?
I planned this for weeks, okay?
These tickets are impossible to get.
It's now or never.
Harry.
Harry, I don't like it. I don't like it.
Guys.
It's a little cold...
My name's Dogbite.
Hello, Dogbite.
How are you?
How many channels do I got on my TV?
Channels?
What? Hello?
Hello?
Channels?
Did he say anything about
channels on TV on the phone?
[laughing conspiratorially]
- Hey, Stefan...
- He's feeling it.
What'd he say on the phone?
TV.
Yeah, he's got 999.
999 channels, he's got
999 channels on his TV.
Are you okay?
[door unlocks]
Yes!
You guys ready?
Let's go in there.
Come on.
Come on.
[door squeaking]
Oh, this is so cool.
Alright.
- Not bad.
- Right?
This is pretty cool.
[unintelligible radio chatter]
Please, everyone, take a seat.
You are about to embark
on an unforgettable journey.
Lockers have been
provided for your belongings.
On each seat, you will find a waiver.
Please read it carefully
and sign at the bottom.
[theremin music playing]
This kind of reminds me
of being in high school.
Known allergies, that's...
I haven't seen that one before.
Guys, we're not skydiving, alright?
Just sign it.
Once everyone in your
party has signed a waiver,
Please place them in the illuminated
box to begin the experience.
So what was the deal
with my nosebleed earlier?
Am I doing coke to deal
with my social anxiety?
Or, is it just foreshadowing?
What?
Alright. You guys ready?
Sure.
Oh.
[burning sounds]
Good thing we signed that.
Is that real?
Yeah, it's hot.
Don't touch it.
[drum-roll]
[laughing]
[mysterious music]
Oh my god. It's him!
Who is this man?
It's Popov! Alexander Popov!
Bienvenue.
Willkommen.
[Lindsay cheering]
Welcome.
[dot matrix printer sounds]
[paper tearing]
Awesome.
Dude's awesome.
It's awesome.
[laughing]
A group of friends from
school gets together
for a long overdue reunion
in the high desert of California.
Their friend Shayar has organized
an unforgettable experience
for all of them.
Shayar has been lonely and
depressed for the past year,
feeling that all of his closest friends
have been drifting away from him,
focused on their own
lives and relationships.
He hopes that the group's
collective experience here
will clear certain blockages
that are present, and rekindle
the camaraderie they used to share.
Shayar...
Do you need a hug?
What do you think he means by blockages?
Oh!
Guys, I think this is just,
like, part of the whole thing.
You know?
[oohing and aahing]
This is a portal.
[laughing]
A passageway to another reality.
A higher truth.
Leave behind your expectations,
your reservations,
your cynicism.
They will not serve you here.
I invite each of you now, one at a time,
to pass through to the other side.
Alright, you guys ready?
Does anybody know where we are?
What do you mean?
I mean like if we all just disappeared,
would anyone know where to look for us?
I mean, they'll just dissolve
our bodies in acid and it'll be fine.
Guys, he said to leave behind all cynicism.
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
You know what?
I'm gonna go first.
I'm gonna go first.
Oh, Top Gun!
Harry...
- Top Gun.
- Alright Harry.
Please step on the scale.
Alright.
What is this?
Energies must be synchronized.
Mass times the speed of light, et cetera.
Ad infinitum.
Don't you have a penny?
Uh...
Thank you.
Tabs does say that I've
been getting a little soft.
Isn't that right, Tabs?
[coin drops with metallic ping]
[mechanical light clicks]
Alright, I'll see you guys in there.
[footsteps]
[lights flicker]
That was cool.
Harry, you okay?
Yeah, ah, it's pitch black.
Use your phone.
- Isn't that cheating?
- Yeah.
Ah, there we go.
It's a tunnel, it keeps going on.
Who's next?
Me.
[coin clinking]
[laughing]
That's a nice little
gimmick with the lights.
Cool.
[somber music]
[somber music continues]
Shayar, you okay?
Uh, yeah, I'm just a little excited.
Me, me first.
[coin dropping]
Please.
What the fuck?
What?
Hey, hello, hello?
Hey guys!
[water boiling]
[muffled footsteps]
This is so cool, guys.
Yeah, alright.
A kitchen.
Wow.
Oh, too bad we just ate.
I know these.
These are from Ikea.
Where's Harry?
Harry?
- Harry!
- Hey, easy.
Maybe he ended up in another room.
Remember when we did that other escape room
and we had to work together?
[screaming]
Hey, hey. Are you okay?
There's a hand in the soup.
Okay.
There's a hand in the
soup! There's a real, like...
I'm gonna check.
[screaming]
There is a hand in the soup.
Okay...
[oven door opening]
That's fake.
I mean, what do you expect?
If a hand pops out of the soup,
then you're gonna scream.
Whoa.
Harry?
Monika?
I told you this wasn't going
to be a normal escape room.
This guy's an artist.
Can you stop being a fanboy
for a second and just listen?
There's a wall here.
Where did everybody go?
Where'd he go?
This is even better than I ever expected!
Look.
What?
Goosebumps.
Okay psycho, I'm calling them.
Oh come on man, that's cheating.
I don't have any bars, can you check?
Just check.
Nothing.
Alright, I'm going outside.
Hold on. Why don't we take a moment
and try and figure this out, okay?
We're probably looking for a
button or a switch or something.
It's locked.
Well, it's an escape
room, what did you expect?
Why are you so relaxed about this?
I read the reviews.
[dot matrix printer noises]
Yo, check this out.
Hello?
Hello? Is anyone there?
[rotary phone dialing]
Hello?
Hey!
[television switching on]
[television static]
[tape noises]
Fuck, fuck.
What happened?
Flat tire?
Better tell the others
we're running a little behind.
[door clicking open]
That's weird.
What, what's weird?
Look at this.
Oh, wow.
[slams refrigerator]
Yeah.
There are no seams. Shayar
wasn't kidding about this guy.
Wait, where is Shayar?
I think we're stuck in here.
Maybe Shayar and Stefan are
in on this whole thing together.
Well the table's only
set for four people, so
[keyboard clacking] they
knew it would just be us in here.
Fuck.
What?
I think I broke this.
What did you do now?
I didn't do anything, I just pressed
enter and then the screen went black.
Umm...
Hey, look.
I think it's Harry.
What?
On the computer.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I just got dizzy for a second.
[keyboard clacking] Harry? Where are you?
Uh, he's stuck in a
different room. With a TV.
This is definitely one of
those work together things.
Ask if Stefan and Shayar are with him.
[keyboard clacking] Are
Stefan and Shayar with you?
It's Tabitha. I'm with Monika and...
Lindsay.
[whistles]
Plot twist!
Who's Tabitha?
Very funny.
Yeah, I think he's just fucking with us.
How do you even know it's him?
Good point.
[typing] How do I know it's you, Harry?
[typing] What is the
date of our anniversary?
[mysterious music]
Seriously?
[printing noises]
Who's Tabitha?
Hello?
Maybe we're missing something here.
How did Harry end up in a different room?
I told you, this guy's next level.
Seems like more of a psychopath
to me. Popov, he's Russian?
Uh, Ukrainian.
I read somewhere that his first
experience was in the Odessa catacombs.
Totally unofficial and underground.
Actually, I think someone died there.
What?
Yeah, in the Odessa catacombs.
There's this huge network
of tunnels underneath there,
so he created the whole escape room...
I know about the catacombs, but
what about someone dying down there.
Uh, I think that was just a
story. You know, for marketing.
Marketing.
Shayar, you're my friend
and I love you dearly, but...
[metal toolbox opening]
Did you find something?
[metal spikes clinking]
Wait, is that one of those...
Yeah.
[loud radio static]
[old music playing]
[otherworldly sound]
[strange pulsing]
What the fuck.
[creepy unintelligible transmissions]
This is so cool.
Shayar!
[distorted radio music]
[key code lock beeps]
[lock rattling]
[lock clicks open]
So...
How've you been?
I think maybe we should
talk about what happened.
I don't think we should talk about it.
Does he know?
Did you tell him?
[sighs]
I told him right after we left the dinner.
Wow, your face.
What?
You just cracked for a second.
It's kind of a turnoff.
No, I didn't tell him.
You'd know if he knew.
Since when do you smoke?
You're gonna get cold.
[heavy breathing]
Why'd you do it?
You're the one who walked in there.
I was blindfolded.
You knew it was me, you knew...
I was there with Harry.
Maybe...
I just wanted to know
how far you would take it.
[slaps face]
That's not how it works.
[crickets chirping]
How does it work?
Why don't you ask Harry?
What?
You guys know James Salter?
He wrote this book of essays,
and he's got this great piece about
being the ideal weekend guest, okay?
Rule number one: Don't arrive too early.
Yeah, you all got that one.
Rule number two: Play all their games.
Perfect, so if we could just...
Rule number three: Don't
sleep in the wrong bed.
[phone ringing]
And number four: Leave on time.
Hello?
Harry, Micah here, how are you buddy?
Micah?
Your agent. Ha ha. Come on.
Didn't wake you up I hope.
What are you... how are you calling here?
Listen. They want to bring in
a new director for the reshoots,
and they want you to get it to
where it needs to be on the page.
They're thinking of changing the title.
There's like ten Safe Spaces in
production right now, it's fucking crazy.
You watched the cut, right?
What the fuck, I mean I watched something,
I don't know what the fuck I watched,
I watched something but listen man...
Look, I don't know what's going on here!
It's a complete shitshow, right?
No shit!
This director, the guy's a mess,
everybody says the same thing,
nobody's gonna touch him after this.
Straight to director jail. If you can
save this thing, great, if not, you tried.
It's not like your name's gonna
be on it. Where are you right now?
Where am I? You're talking
fucking business? You called me!
I don't know where I am, I'm in the...
I'm in the desert, man!
I'm in a fuckin' room, man!
J-Tree, perfect, no distractions.
What?
I told them two weeks, that's
$20k for two weeks of work, buddy.
I got some title ideas
for you to think about.
Death Room, yeah? Or
Brain Box. Think about it.
Anything you need out
there, I got you covered,
I know this guy, his name's Dogbite.
Shit, this joker's calling me again.
You're gonna knock this
thing outta the park, I know it.
Dogbite? What are you talking about?
Micah?
Micah?
Micah!
[hangs up phone] Oh my god.
This is fucked up, man!
[television static] The
cosmic microwave background.
The static on the screen.
That's the echo of the Big Bang.
You think three acts of meat puppets with
some contrived objectives and obstacles
can top the song of all creation?
[screaming]
[soothing piano music playing]
Stefan?
Hey Chloe.
Hey.
Why aren't you wearing any pants?
Uh...
Why are you in a cage?
Uh, I'm in director's jail.
[cage squeaking]
What's with the extraterrestrial?
This is Albert.
He's my muse.
Bonjour.
Bonjour.
How's it going?
Fine, you?
Couldn't be better.
Cool...
I'm okay, thanks.
When are you getting out of there?
[lighter clicks] I'm not sure.
Hey, are you making
your micro budget feature?
Yeah, yeah.
I think this is some sort of Big
Lebowski style dream sequence.
I'm not really sure what
the point of it is though.
The smoking alien's kind of weird.
Maybe, but.
At least I don't have a small dick.
You're no Michael Fassbender.
Your muse is mean.
Hey dude. This is your dream.
You think I want to be here?
Okay but what does it all mean?
Uh...
Well, if you think of your
dick as your paintbrush,
then it probably has something
to do with creative insecurity.
That's kind of forward of you.
Well...
I guess I'm sorry about the cage.
Oh yeah, well.
You know, I think of it
as a compliment, right?
Like, you're so threatened by me,
you literally had to lock me away.
Okay, alright, alright, yeah. Um...
I'll see you later.
Bye.
Pet me, Chloe
[upbeat 8-bit music]
Sweet, now we're in a text-based adventure.
[loud typing]
What if that whole thing is a distraction?
You mean the computer? Like a red herring?
[keyboard clacking]
[keyboard clacking]
[Lindsay groaning]
Nothing!
So weird. I think every escape room
we've done had a clue under the table.
Which other escape room
had clues under the table?
Uh, the insane asylum?
You must be thinking of some
other girls you did escape rooms with.
Stefan's birthday, come on.
Are you sure it was an escape room
and you weren't actually committed?
Wow, you guys have terrible memory.
There is a time limit, right?
So if we just wait, they
will come in and kick us out.
[muffled noises outside the room]
[sounds inside refrigerator]
Harry!
Where... where have you been?
I thought we were all right behind you.
You alright? What's up?
[heavy breathing]
I got stuck in a room with a TV.
Okay...
There was this tape. This is
gonna sound really weird, but,
I think we're all in some
sort of movie or something.
I mean, somebody's filming us.
All escape rooms have cameras, right?
I'm not talking about this place.
I'm talking about this whole evening.
Back at the house. Before that. Everything.
Everything.
How much of the chocolate did you have?
Are you kidding me? You
guys had the chocolate
and you didn't even tell me about it?
Chocolate?
We had some shroom
chocolate after dinner. Sorry.
I saw you and Tabitha outside the house.
[foreboding music]
What is this shit?
Shayar!
[heavy scraping noises]
[gasping]
[door unlocking]
Do not be alarmed.
I'm not alarmed.
What are you, in cahoots with the Greys?
[quiet chuckling]
What do you want?
I am the designer.
[laughing]
Okay, Mr. Popov.
Your escape room sucks!
I'm sorry you feel that way.
You have to have a structure!
People come here expecting certain things.
You can't just do whatever
you want and call it art.
Says the man in the padded room.
Okay.
Where are my friends?
Friends, are they?
Look dude, you know, you
have to commit to a theme.
Aliens, asylums, creepy abandoned
gas stations, just pick one!
Stefan. Where do you
think you are, right now?
I'm in your stupid escape room.
My stupid escape room?
Yes.
Oh boy. We have a lot of work ahead of us.
Okay, stop. Stop.
Cut, okay, I'm done, I want to
get out of here, just let me go.
[gun slide racks]
Ah. I'm so scared.
Yikes! You've got a gun!
[gunshot echoes]
[melancholic music]
Stefan?
[groans]
Stefan?
[door rattling]
Come on!
[printer printing]
[quirky music]
What the?
See, I knew something's been going on.
You've been acting way for months.
Come on, honestly.
What did you see in this,
this movie that we're all in?
- You tell me. You tell me what I saw.
- Hello? Game over!
- How long has this been going on?
- Just because we suck at this...
How long?
How fucking long?
Come on man, like we're both
high, you're not thinking straight.
If you guys did something I
think it's totally understandable.
Hey, not helping, okay?
Sometimes you see something
and you need to have it!
Just shut up.
Guys...
Would you just shut up, shut up!
Guys!
What?
Interior. Kitchen Room. Night.
Harry and Josema stand on
opposite sides of the table...
It's all here!
Word for word.
I told you we're in a movie.
I mean, there's gotta be a hidden printer,
and if there's a microphone in
the room it'll be easy to just
just transcribe what we're...
- Just transcribe what we're saying
and spit it out into a drawer
where we might find it?
Yeah. That's... exactly
what I was going to say.
Yeah man, we know,
- she's reading your lines.
- She's reading your lines.
They all go silent.
[refrigerator door opens]
I might be high, but
I am not that high.
I don't wanna hear it.
Okay, so.
Since it doesn't look like I have a choice.
Okay, yeah, something happened.
Josema.
He deserves to know.
Don't!
Remember the blindfolded dinner party?
Remember when you said that you
didn't go into the playroom, after?
You lied.
What the fuck are you talking about?
I know you both went.
Just not together and not at the same time.
The guy who organizes those
dinners is a friend of mine,
and he asked me if I could
help out with the dungeon.
So yeah, I was the male dom.
You know what, I don't
think I want to hear about this.
Well I think you should, actually.
Because I'm not gonna lie.
You know, she was really into it.
Umm...
I was keeping it pretty tame with everyone,
and usually you get a sense
of how far people will go but,
but not her.
She was, I don't know man,
She just wanted more, and more, and more.
Josema, seriously. Shut up.
I'm not driving this thing, okay?
I'm just along for the ride, right?
Yeah, that part actually
isn't in the script.
[pages rustling]
Oh, no, I'm stupid.
It's right here.
I mixed up the pages.
Yeah, and it would've been
harmless, except she snuck a peak.
She saw it was me, and
then she saw you walking in.
You were blindfolded, had no clue,
and I thought, oh, she's
gonna just get up and leave,
and she didn't.
She just kept going. With
you right there in the room.
Why are you doing this to me?
You want this, right?
You want him to know.
This is what you want.
You think I don't understand
what this is? How you're using me?
What's he talking about?
What the fuck are you talking about?
I thought we were friends!
How do you do something like that?
Just calm down for a second!
I don't want you to come to Amsterdam.
What?
I want to go alone, Harry.
Why, because of him?
It has nothing to do with him.
Why didn't you say anything?
If there's something I'm not doing,
if there's something you want me to do,
I'll do it.
Just please don't run.
What do you want?
I don't know what I want.
I just...
I don't want this.
[sighs]
I don't buy it.
I know you.
I know you too well.
This isn't how this would happen.
It's right there on the page.
Don't you think that's a bit weird?
Yeah.
It's fucking weird.
Josema, didn't you tell me about
the playroom like a month ago?
I mean, maybe?
So why didn't you mention that
any of your friends were there?
Because you didn't know them yet.
The bottles...
The bottles!
Hey, you've been clean for a
month, I know it's stressful...
Open them. Josema just open them.
Holy shit, okay.
Three.
[bottle opening] Three.
Two.
Three, two...
Eight.
Eight.
[lock beeps]
Okay. Try eight two three.
Eight, two, three.
[lock opens]
[laughing]
Movie Stefan is dead.
That should make the rest of this easier.
I'm not dead. This is just a squib, man.
You're the real Stefan.
That other guy was a character
you invented for this ridiculous film.
What the fuck are you talking about?
You're a writer, aren't you?
If you could call this writing.
All the world's a stage.
You think this is funny?
This is some clever joke?
Alright, aren't we all just
playing some version of ourselves?
- What the fuck!
- Focus.
Fuck, that's a fucking real gun!
Of course it's real! The first round
was blank, the rest is perfectly fine.
This is fucking crazy,
okay, you're fucking nuts!
When my friends know what you're doing
they're, they're gonna call the police...
[laughing] That old chestnut!
Okay.
Ah!
Let's wait for your theater
puppets to come and save you.
[wristwatch ticking]
Okay...
It all makes sense, it makes perfect sense.
How much of that chocolate did you eat?
It's a perfect setup.
You keep me contained.
Away from them.
You tell me lies about my friends.
And then you feed me the last
fragments of reality that I can remember...
Is this the mothers hip?
Are you one of them?
[papers rustling]
Enough games.
You've got some explaining to do.
What the fuck?
Maybe we should just go
back to the kitchen now, guys.
Not the kitchen, I've had enough kitchen.
[door slams shut]
Hey, uh...
What did it say in that script?
I don't know, it was just that scene.
Why don't we split up, some of us can...
No.
I've seen that movie.
Yeah, and I've literally
been in that movie. No.
No, we're not splitting up.
Okay, don't worry...
Please don't touch me!
Just stop touching me all the time!
All I see when I look at you is you
groping a bunch of random strangers.
I told you that story a month ago,
why are you making such a big deal...
I'm not making a big deal out of it!
It was abstract earlier.
I honestly don't think it
even happened that way.
It doesn't matter. It doesn't
matter what happened.
What matters is that I'm living
in the truth of the moment.
And in the moment I'm,
don't laugh at what I'm saying!
- Guys, guys...
- In the moment, I don't like you!
Hey, guys!
Cool.
Listen.
[bizarre, disturbing sounds]
Maybe we shouldn't...
Just wait.
[grotesque creature sexual noises]
[door slams]
Well, that explains a lot.
What was that?
Who even imagines something like that?
Monika, I don't think you should see this.
Monika.
Monika!
[squeaky door opens]
[baby crying]
[door slams]
[wet footsteps]
[wind whistling]
[new age whale song]
Hello, everyone.
Not everyone, but who's counting.
Congratulations on completing the room.
Welcome to Integration.
[water splashing]
I'd like for you to sit down.
And
go through some
breathing exercises with me.
Actually,
we're gonna go.
Yeah, I think we're done.
Uh, where's Monika?
And what happened to Stefan and Shayar?
I'd really like it if you would sit down
and do these breathing exercises with me.
It won't take long, I promise.
Josema.
I was thinking about it, and you
definitely told me that story earlier,
but it wasn't them, it
was a different couple.
Remember, we ran into them
outside the Japanese restaurant downtown?
I'm not sure, maybe...
So you're not mad at me anymore?
No, silly, I'm not mad at you.
I think Harry's a little mad at you,
but I'm not mad at you.
You know, no offense Josema
but like, you're not my type.
I know.
Anyway it just doesn't sound like
something that Harry and me would do.
Anyway.
I don't know.
I'm kind of into that European shit.
Even when we were together.
What do you mean?
Okay, ladies and gentlemen,
hold on your horses.
I want you to close your eyes.
And visualize the start of your day.
[Lindsay sighing]
Go back to waking up in bed
or wherever you woke up this morning.
Focus on the first thought
that came into your head.
[television clicks on]
If you have trouble doing that,
go forward to the first thing today
that you remember clearly.
It's not the TV, it's you.
Where did you come from?
It's my rodeo.
[metal chair slamming]
My rodeo!
Now turn your mind's eye inwards.
Try to tap into that inner monologue,
your voice inside, really try to listen.
It's all you now.
What are you talking about?
You've created these two-dimensional
representations of your friends
to live out your fantasies. Apologize.
Apologize for what?
Explain yourself!
Take some responsibility!
This is just a fake microphone.
Is it?
[microphone clicks]
[clears throat]
[distorted voice] Hey guys.
Whoa.
There's a talking brain.
Sorry.
Uh, Stefan?
Is that you?
Hey man, uh,
what happened to you?
It's me, I'm the real Stefan.
The real Stefan?
You're...
You're in there?
We all are.
Whatever you say, buddy.
Those shrooms wear off yet?
I need to tell you guys something.
Okay.
I need to apologize.
For what?
[printer noises]
Apologize?
Apologize for what?
[printer jams]
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Come on, come on. Apologize for what?
[birds chirping outside]
[costume head squeaking]
Whew.
[sighs]
Whoa!
Hey.
Hey.
Didn't mean to spook ya.
You didn't.
So sorry about this, I
saw the printer broke.
We've been having a ton
of problems with it lately.
Right.
Do you work here? Are
you part of the thing?
Yeah, I'm Reg.
Oh! Shayar.
Yeah, I work in this dump.
Oh man, I am so done with this creative,
genius, visionary, artist crap.
You think you can?
Oh, uh, yeah.
Thanks.
Yeah, at least no one cried today.
That's the worst.
Drugs and crying.
You're not high right now, are you?
No.
Were you in here this entire time?
You didn't find the switch?
Switch?
Wait a second, so,
I remember now.
I told you the story, not Lindsay.
I know, I'm... I'm sorry.
Well, sorry for what exactly?
I shouldn't have used you guys like this.
I didn't have the right to.
What do you mean, used us?
Harry, come on, snap out of it, okay?
I made this Harry up.
It's just a character based on you.
All of you.
Except you, Lindsay.
I invented you from scratch.
You're just a confabulating, confabulation.
I don't get it, what...
What is he talking about?
I made you up.
And the whole thing
between Tabitha and Josema,
I made that up too.
None of that happened.
I guess I just felt we were
missing some melodrama.
You know, actually, no.
I want to fuck your wife, Harry.
I've wanted to for a really long time.
Umm...
So I guess I should say sorry, but...
I'm not, not really.
I just dumped it all on you guys.
Instead of being honest with myself.
It's unfair. I'm a bad
friend and a bad husband.
So, you want Tabitha?
Anything happen?
Shouldn't Monika be here for this?
[taking a deep breath]
And that concludes Integration.
[water splashing]
Guys.
Can you hear me?
Hello?
Did you get that? I'm not done.
Did you hear all of that?
[bittersweet music]
Are you the real Monika
or the movie Monika?
What's the difference?
They're both just minor
characters in your little story.
That's not...
Did you even notice I
disappeared there for a while?
You could cut me out entirely and I
don't think it would affect your story.
No, that's not true.
I just had to explain
what this was to them.
I didn't even mean any of that, really.
No point in being ashamed.
She's hot.
Though if I was Harry, I'd
probably punch you in the face.
I don't think that's his style.
Hey.
We're almost at the end, and we
haven't had a single real moment.
Not even one.
You mean in the movie, or?
Sorry.
I don't really know
what you want me to say.
When I moved out last week.
Were you ever worried
that I wouldn't come back?
I think sometimes you can be dramatic.
Oh, no.
I honestly thought that...
Getting out of town,
getting everyone together,
that we'd be able to work through this.
Everything seemed fine, so...
They deal with enough of our shit as it is.
They're saints.
Okay, you're right.
I don't want to be right.
I just want to feel that you care!
Or if you don't anymore, then just say so.
[bittersweet music continues]
I can see it all on your face.
You're transparent.
I don't want to have this
conversation right now.
You don't want to have
this conversation, period.
You never want to have this conversation.
I have to force you to have it every time!
No, I just don't think
that this is the place.
I disagree.
I think it's exactly the right place.
I just think that we should
have this conversation in private.
In private?
You're joking, right?
You are the one who put
all of this into your movie.
You're not a writer.
You just transcribe.
Sometimes you have to dig deep...
Oh, wow.
Wow.
How about you dig deep right now for me?
I will be 40 next year.
So that's what this is about.
I can't keep waiting, Stefan.
I'm done waiting.
I always had this strong
intuition that I would have a family.
Since I was a teenager.
I wanted to be a mom.
And I lost that feeling recently.
When did that happen?
It doesn't matter, does it?
It just disappeared.
Evaporated.
It's gone.
I wanted to tell you that.
[water splashing]
This is a portal.
Please watch your heads on the way out.
You have to stay.
Why?
They are real people.
You're just a character.
But I feel real.
Lindsay is a compulsive
liar. She lies for the
love of it, not to sell her
soul for a shabby profit.
She has a need to do it
and gets a kick out of it.
But she starts to lose her
balance in the escape room...
Like he said, you're a
complete fabrication.
So then, okay, what am I supposed
to do? I'm supposed to stay here?
I don't like it here. I hate it
here, I don't want to stay here!
Don't worry about it.
You will disappear as soon as this ends.
So will I.
So will all of this.
I don't want to disappear.
I don't.
It's...
[melancholic music]
Painless.
I promise.
[insects buzzing]
[melancholic music continues]
I found you!
Where've you been?
I was back at the gas station.
So?
How was it?
What's with her?
Uh, this was a lot of fun, man.
Thanks for organizing this.
Tabs!
Tabs, wait up.
[lighter striking]
Hey. Where are Stefan and Monika?
That's a really good question.
Okay... should we wait for them, or?
You can, but,
I don't think they're
coming out anytime soon.
[footsteps on gravel receding]
[mysterious atmospherics]
[typewriter clacking]
Fuck you. Fuck you.
Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you!
Just calm the fuck down.
[paper tearing]
[deep breathing]
[typewriter resumes]
[lullaby playing]
[baby crying]
[singing in foreign language]
[singing continues]
[singing continues]
[baby crying]
[alien clicking noises]
[unintelligible mumbling]
[metal lighter clicks]
[lighter cap closing]
[ethereal piano music]
Well played.
Albert.
I thought you were an alien.
Aren't we all, in the
end, alien to one another?
Oh Jesus Christ...
I expected you to be younger.
I would offer you a cigarette, but...
[knocking on glass]
What are you doing
here? It's a little random.
Marriage is planting and defusing bombs.
Big bombs, little bombs,
all kinds of bombs.
And sometimes you have a long fuse,
and you light it,
watching as it burns...
Or there's a timer, but you
don't see the countdown.
You know what I think?
What?
I think you just want to blow something up.
[laughing]
Isn't that the point of all this?
Didn't you say marriage was unnatural?
That's what makes it interesting.
Well, my train is leaving soon.
So, remember.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
[mumbling]
What about the movie?
What about it?
Cinema is just people
walking in and out of rooms.
Pretty sure you never said that.
[sighing]
[typewriter paper feeding]
[typewriter clacking]
[intriguing melody]
Hey.
What?
I'm sorry about that earlier.
I love you.
Watch the road!
You're insane.
[jazzy music]
Look, I've been thinking about it, okay.
I'm ready.
We're ready.
I think we can do it, we'll figure it out.
What are you talking about?
Let's have a kid.
[typewriter clacking]
Wait a second, stop, stop.
You don't get to do that.
You don't get to decide.
Didn't you say that you wanted...
I meant every word I said.
Okay.
So what are we doing?
[phone buzzes]
Everyone's going to
Pappy's, it's open mic night.
What? No, no, it doesn't end like that.
Get out.
What?
Please, just get out of the car.
No, why?
What are you doing?
[car door slamming]
Get out.
- Seriously?
- Yes.
- You're just gonna leave me here?
- Yeah. Just get out of the car.
[car door closing]
What are you doing?
It's not that far. You
can use the exercise.
["Lovers Are Losers"
by Molly Nilsson playing]
I saw a late night movie on TV
And it felt just like it
was about you and me
And since it was me and you
I didn't watch it till the
end 'cause I didn't want it to
Lovers are losers
Lovers are losers
Losers
Lovers are losers
I watch the sports, then the news
Confuse the lingo they'll use
Cause winning's not why we're playing
That's the kinda neo-liberal
bullshit they're saying
Losers
Lovers are losers
Losers
Lovers are losers
A strike for the right kind
of battles that we choose
It'll feel like a win
every time that we lose
And I don't know what the care is
We're all fucking losers
from Miami to Paris
Losers
Lovers are losers
Losers
Lovers are losers
Lovers are losers
Lovers are losers
Lovers are losers
Cut!
[stage bell ringing]
[water splashing]
Alright guys, something's not working.
It's just, it doesn't
feel quite right to me.
What's exactly not working?
I mean, this guy just told you
that you're all his little fantasy puppets
and that your whole existence
chocks up to his amusement.
You think you'd have some animosity, anger,
some kind of fucking human emotion?
So you want us to play more angry?
- Can I talk to you for a sec?
- Yeah, absolutely.
Okay, so Lindsay is not real.
She, I don't exist.
That's...
Do any of us exist?
Do I exist?
Play with that, try it.
And you two, think about the first time
you started dating, right?
It's going well, you
realize you're super into her
and you realize she's super
fucking into you too, right?
And then think about the bad stuff.
First time you eat a meal
without talking to each other,
the first time you go to bed
without touching each other.
You know, channel that.
Channel that into some kind of like, eye...
- Like, just like?
- No, no, something small, you know.
Something with your, just a little like,
[Tabitha whispering] twitch
of the eye or, what was that?
I said, I said you're full of shit.
I'm sorry, I said you're full of shit.
Why would you make
us go through that again?
It's cruel.
I mean, what are you
trying to achieve here?
Like, what is the fucking
point of all of this?
What is the point? That's good,
channel that toward the brain.
Channel that towards Stefan!
- What?
- That was great.
What you just did to me
was better than anything
I've seen from you all fucking week.
Use that.
This is going great, guys.
We are so fucking close.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, boss, what about me?
Anything?
You're fucking fine, man.
Keep doing the Jesus thing.
[car engine revving]
[tire popping]
[mysterious accordion notes]
What are those?
It's probably what passes for
fun if you're doing meth at 3 a.m..
Are you sure you know what you're doing?
I just don't want you to get hurt.
It's a car tire, Monika.
It's not brain surgery.
You almost cut your finger off
last month unpacking a cat toy, so.
Do you want to fucking do it?
Do you want to?
Monika I didn't mean that...
Can you just forget it please?
I didn't mean it, okay, come back.
[discordant music]
Are you coming?
In a second.
[car door opens]
[door slams shut]
[knocking]
[unsettling music]
Yeah well, where's Monika,
did you leave her behind?
There she is, come on in.
Wow, this looks like
one of those spike strips.
Oh shit!
Your car's okay and everything?
Yeah, Stefan fixed it.
He's good at fixing things.
He sure is.
When is Josema getting here?
He's always late. Remember last Christmas?
He's on Spanish time.
Is he bringing anyone?
Is he still with that girl from the paella?
What was her name?
Was it Anna?
Ana... no no no but she
was the redheaded one.
I see how you'd remember her, she was hot.
Which redhead?
The fiery one.
Shayar, tell us about your big movie.
Yeah, you're a big shot editor now?
Additional editor.
You guys hear about the poly
stuff? Did he tell you about this?
No, what poly stuff?
Shayar's director is a
sex-crazed poly nymphomaniac.
Seriously?
I can't believe you didn't hear about this!
No.
She would trap Shayar in the room and
make him listen to all
her sexual conquests.
What do you mean, trap?
Let him tell it.
I mean that's pretty much the whole story.
Okay but what happened, exactly?
I got a crash course in polyamory.
How do you do this with
women Shayar, teach me.
I don't know.
We went to lunch a few times
during the first week of this movie,
and suddenly she starts telling me
about how she's had sex
with like 20 guys that month,
and how the woman she's married to
is totally cool with it.
She's married to a woman?
And she's just telling you this?
Yeah, after knowing
me for less than a week.
Poly people are kind
of like cross-fit people,
they never stop talking about it.
Maybe it's because you're
so friendly and unthreatening.
You don't have to emasculate him.
Being friendly isn't emasculating.
I meant the non-threatening part.
So to be masculine means
you have to be threatening?
No, I...
[sighs]
Can you help me out here please?
I'm digging myself a hole.
No, no, I am really enjoying this.
Oh, you are pretty deep
in the hole already, dear.
Stop digging, bud.
[motorcycle revving]
Ah, classic Josema.
Did he ride his bike up here?
Calm down, man.
Hey!
It's better late than never.
Huh?
How are you?
This is my friend Lindsay.
Hi.
Hi! Are you Shayar?
Uh, Shayar, yeah.
It's so nice to meet you!
I heard you're the most amazing cook
and I'm so excited to
try whatever you made.
Alright, well Josema, I like this one.
Come inside, we have
some hors d'oeuvres ready...
[laughing]
It's a joke!
Yeah, thanks bro.
So how did you two meet?
Can I tell it?
- Uh, floor is yours.
- Okay.
This is a really good story
and I think it'll help you
guys get to know me better.
So I was hitchhiking this morning
because I decided to
smoke a joint with these guys,
and the next thing I
knew I got out of the van
and I was face down on
concrete, just completely passed out
in Desert Hot Springs outside
this sushi place, it was crazy,
and I was barely wearing any
clothing, so I had to put my hand up
and wave someone down! It was really scary,
and Josema was the first one who
saved me.
Wow.
Yeah, I mean, you know, you find this thing
and you're like, yeah, this is for me.
No, man, she's kidding!
She's kidding. [Laughter]
No no no, we were just hanging
out at this thing in Palm Springs,
this film thing.
But we met at an ayahuasca ceremony.
That was the first time we actually met.
Was this last year, when you had the...
Yeah, a week after the motorcycle accident.
Yeah, yeah, so my friend Nico invited me
to this ayahuasca ceremony and, you know,
powerful psychedelic from the Amazon
and I am a mess.
I'm like in crutches,
limping, you know, and...
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,
so you felt sorry for him.
Okay, that was your first mistake.
I didn't feel sorry for him.
That was your first time, right?
That was my first time, yeah.
And, you know, these things are very quiet,
you know, very sacred in the dark
and, you know, there's a shaman,
so they give you the first cup
and I was like, I feel
totally fine, you know,
this is easy.
I take the second cup,
and like within 15 minutes,
I'm like, I'm gone.
I don't remember anything
from that moment on.
And apparently I started screaming!
At the top of my lungs,
I'm touching my neighbor,
This girl is like absolutely
terrified of this Spaniard...
And yeah, apparently the shaman,
she told me that they had to kick me out
and put me in a different room by myself.
You got kicked out of
an ayahuasca ceremony.
You were being so bad, I'm like,
honestly pretty surprised
they let you back in.
And so you saw this Spanish man screaming
and touching everyone and you thought,
oh yes, I'm into this.
Yeah, I was into it.
- I was really into it.
- Yeah.
It was really interesting.
He was this...
I've been doing ayahuasca
since I was a little girl.
And usually how it works,
if you guys don't know,
is you have your own experience
then you share it in group.
But with this guy, you
didn't need group anymore!
It was just like, totally out there.
It was like he was naked emotionally
and it was so sexy.
He was just an open book.
So you guys have been
together ever since then?
No, we haven't.
Yeah, so we do have some mutual friends
but nothing ever really happened.
Yeah, until last night.
And it was great.
[laughter]
Okay, so this is all very new.
Yeah, it's sorta new, but at the same time,
the moment that I met him,
I...
I knew that we were
great lovers in a past life.
That's a great story.
Certainly beats our courtship.
Ignore my husband, he's an idiot.
Can I tell you something?
They say that when love stops fighting,
it just comes to an end.
Oh, in our case it will be
because we kill each other.
[laughing] Yeah.
Uh, more wine, anyone?
More wine, more wine.
None for me.
Actually, we need
another designated driver.
We aren't gonna fit in one car tonight.
Where are we going?
Pappy and Harriet's?
Is it open mic night?
It's not Pappy's...
I'm not drinking.
Perfect.
- Okay...
- So how do you guys all know each other?
We all went to grad school for film.
Just the guys.
Yeah, we got dragged along.
Oh, you make it sound so bad.
Yeah, well they do have a support group
for wives and partners...
[laughter] I completely forgot about that.
So which school did you go to?
AFI.
Ah, I know some people who went to AFI.
Yeah, your face looks
really familiar to me.
Oh, maybe you know her from a past life.
Lindsay's an actress.
Tabitha, you guys were
saying something earlier?
Oh, yeah we have some news.
Uh oh.
Oh, are you kidding?
Are you?
Tabs got a job offer. In Amsterdam.
Uh, do you want to tell them?
- Congratulations.
- That's awesome!
Well, I haven't decided yet.
But it looks like we're
going to be moving there.
For how long?
Two years.
Wow.
At least, actually.
Well.
Cheers. That's exciting news.
- Cheers anyhow.
- Cheers.
- To indecision!
- Yes!
[laughter]
She's all over him.
It's pretty nuts.
Yeah, it's sweet.
Hey, what are you doing?
We'll deal with it.
I just want to make sure
you don't eat all the tiramisu.
- I'll bring it out to you in a second.
- No no no no!
You too, you've spent enough
time in the kitchen, get out.
You just stacked dirty dishes on top
of other dirty dishes. Now everything is
- dirty on every side.
- Where'd you go?
I'll clean them.
Yeah, I'm gonna clean them.
Hey guys.
Is that?
- You brought your own dessert?
- There you go.
What is it?
Do you remember those mushroom
chocolates I was telling you about?
You got them?
I got 'em.
This looks totally legit.
So what are the actual plans for tonight?
Is it an escape room?
Not an escape room.
Come on guys, don't worry
about it, okay? It's a surprise.
It's an escape room.
Out here?
Yeah, okay, don't worry about
it. It's gonna be totally awesome.
Then we should definitely
take some of these chocolates.
Do we know who's driving?
Yeah, me and Lindsay.
Oh god, how far away?
Patience.
Hey, let's put some on the tiramisu.
That's a terrible idea.
We want tiramisu!
It's coming!
["The First Six Months of Love" by
Michelle Gurevich plays in the background]
Oh, hey, save my piece for after.
No problem.
What's the dosage?
Uh...
Well, if we're supposed to
be solving puzzles tonight,
I guess we could do a gram each?
Yeah, great, I don't know.
What does that mean?
It means a good time.
What did you?
- Okay.
- Okay, cheers.
Cheers.
Cheers Shayar.
What were you guys talking about?
Nothing, what were you talking about?
Well, we just learned that.
Josema doesn't believe in monogamy.
No, it just slipped out
of my mouth, I'm sorry.
We walk out of the room
for two minutes, and...
I want to hear more about this.
Wait, he just told you that?
Yeah, and I appreciated the honesty.
Can you believe in
monogamy? It's not a religion.
Stop, stop digging yourself into these
holes. I don't know why you do this.
I think it's a choice.
So you're cool with that?
Yeah, of course, it's
not like we're dating.
At least you know what you're getting into.
Last Christmas, we stayed at this
little spa motel in Desert Hot Springs.
You don't have to talk about this.
And one evening, we're just
relaxing in one of the pools,
and out of the blue, he starts
talking about open relationships.
Oh boy.
I was just asking a question,
I didn't say I wanted anything.
I mean it's not like you
bring up the topic just for fun.
I was asking a question
about hypothetically,
would you think it was a,
you know, a workable situation.
Is he turning red?
Maybe it's all the beets.
I don't see why we can't
have the conversation.
Harry, what do you think?
No, don't bring me in on this.
[laughter]
Okay, come on guys, come on.
If you want other experiences,
then do what you have to do.
I just think it's unfair to
drag your partner into it.
So you're saying that cheating is better?
Not better but... kinder.
I agree with you. That is
the right kind of attitude.
Okay, this escalated quickly.
Let's talk about something else, huh?
Oh no! You brought it up.
I brought it up, a year ago,
and I'm bringing it back down.
Let's talk about wine.
Cheers. Great wine. You like it?
It's really nice.
Okay, just come out and tell
everyone what it's really about.
What? What is it about? I
don't know what it's about.
What do you want to talk about?
I want to have a family.
Yeah...
And Stefan wants to run around
having sex with other women.
Well, it's not like an either
or situation, necessarily.
Okay, and I didn't say that even if I did.
You just described every
monogamous relationship ever.
Are you guys sure you're not Spanish?
Monika, the movie you were on in Jamaica,
wasn't it about all this kind of stuff?
Oh yeah, you shot this in a
swingers resort, didn't you.
Oh yeah, yeah, it was awful.
Awful, why?
Those people did not look happy,
and they were having sex
all the time with everyone.
Yeah, that sounds terrible.
Oh man.
You didn't see them, it was sad.
You know, we did something
a little less crazy recently.
You guys ever heard of
these blindfolded dinners?
No, what's that?
Well it's like a private dinner party,
but you're blindfolded the whole time,
so you can't see what you're eating
or who you're sitting
next to, it's kind of...
Wow, that sounds interesting.
Yeah, it was interesting.
Uh, you definitely taste things differently
when you don't, when
your eyes aren't involved.
That's true.
I'm gonna step out for a smoke.
Does anyone want to keep me company?
I do, but I'm too cold, baby.
I'll have a cigarette.
Uh, just make sure you
guys are back in five minutes.
Yes, sir.
What's going on in five minutes?
We will be listening... to the radio...
So mysterious, Shayar.
So after you take off the blindfold,
what do you see, like a
little Grey alien or what?
No, no, no, but it's
this whole sensory thing.
I mean, just after dinner,
they set up this whole dungeon thing
where you go down to be, you know.
Dominated?
Something like that.
[laughter]
Tell me you went.
No, no, we skipped that one.
[laughter]
Are you feeling anything?
No.
I need some coffee. I think I need
a little perk before this next part.
Which is what?
Ahh...
I just have a hunch.
Yeah. Coffee. Good.
Great, I'll make a pot.
[enigmatic ambient music]
[mumbling]
[light switch clicks]
[water running]
[glass clinking]
You couldn't fucking put
it away? What the fuck is...
[sighs]
[Molly Nilsson's "We're
Never Coming Home" playing]
[sliding door closing]
We leave every party,
the last just like before
And we're so young in old places
And we have nothing but our young faces
Alright everyone, it's almost nine.
Monika, can you turn that off?
Do you guys know James Salter?
He wrote this book of essays,
and he's got this great piece about
being the ideal weekend guest, okay?
Rule number one:
Don't arrive too early.
Yeah, you all got that one.
Rule number two:
Play all their games.
Perfect, so if we can just...
Rule number three:
Don't sleep in the wrong bed.
And number four
leave on time.
- We good?
- Yeah.
Okay, great.
Umm...
Wait, where'd Lindsay go?
What? Where did who go?
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Your nose.
Oh god.
Oh, ah...
I get nosebleeds, it's one
of the perks of being me.
You're fine?
- Yeah I'm totally fine.
- You sure?
Okay, great, umm...
Well, I just wanna say that
it has been a long, long time
since we all did something fun together
that wasn't just eating or drinking
or taking recreational drugs.
That actually sounds really fun to me.
Just tell us about the escape room already.
We're doing an escape room?
Yeah, it's not like any one
we've done before, okay?
It's totally different.
Is there a room?
Yeah there's probably a room.
Do we have to escape?
It's different!
Wait, wait, wait.
Is this the escape room, huh?
I've never done an escape room, is it fun?
It's super fun, if you're twelve.
Come on, you're the one who
conned us into the first one.
Guys, I don't think you're appreciating
how awesome this is gonna be.
The guy who created this experience,
he's like the Banksy of escape rooms.
That doesn't make any sense.
People come from all
across the world to do this.
You have no idea how
difficult it is to get these tickets.
What's it called?
It doesn't have a name.
So you can't just Google it or
anything, okay? You're not gonna find it.
It's like the Prince
unpronounceable symbol thing.
Exactly.
Yeah? Okay, you guys ready?
[radio static]
[radio static continues]
[clears throat]
Just give it a second, okay?
[radio beeps]
[transmission in foreign language]
It's Russian.
Numbers...
[transmission continues]
Three,
four,
three,
three,
seven,
minus one,
one,
six,
four,
nine,
five.
[radio static]
Well?
That was exciting.
I know, right?
So, now what?
Now we do escape room things.
Monika, you got those numbers, right?
Yes.
They totally ripped off the
whole numbers station thing.
Yeah from, from the John Cusack movie?
No, spies used to use it for
messaging during the cold war.
Wow, you are on a
mansplaining roll tonight.
Uh, explaining.
Mansplaining for sure.
So when a man explains something,
that means he's mansplaining?
If nobody asks for an
explanation, then yeah.
[laughter]
Minus eighty-two thousand,
one hundred fifty eight.
Guys...
They're coordinates.
Obviously, that's what they
are! They're coordinates.
Obviously.
No, no no, she's right,
you're totally right.
What do you mean?
Okay, do you know what geocaching is?
No.
I have a friend who's really
into it, she's weird, but like, um...
Let me see.
Okay, no, so you don't subtract.
You just have to map, yeah, map it.
Oh.
It's actually really close.
No, she didn't put a finger up my ass!
[laughing]
[low key instrumental rock music plays]
I'm not into that shit.
I've heard otherwise.
Is this the one? Is this the one,
are you serious about this one?
I mean...
Are you gonna settle
down, have some babies?
You guys really wanna know, huh?
Come on, bro, what do you
expect, we're like your family.
We wanna know what happens
with the girls you take home.
Maybe I just don't wanna be left out
of all the boring couples
shit you guys do without me.
Oh, what's that supposed to mean?
Well, I'm just saying, you know,
our get-togethers have
been like very couples-centric
since you both got married.
It's true.
Yeah, but we're all friends, aren't we?
[laughing]
I mean, sure, man, but...
But this, you know, this doesn't
happen with Tabitha and Monika.
I love them, I love them, but
it just changes the dynamic.
What's going to change the
dynamic is you guys leaving.
Is that final and everything?
We don't have tickets yet but I think so.
Cause the way she was
talking about it, it sounded like...
Guys, guys, I uh,
I have a confession to make.
What's up?
Spit it out.
I ate a whole tab of chocolate.
A whole tab?
What?
Dude!
- Dude!
- Dude, you are...
Yeah, that's like five grams.
I know, I know, I know!
Am I going to be okay or...
I mean, you won't die.
God, this is gonna be memorable.
Okay, real elephant in the room.
I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for
crashing your guys' party.
I know that you guys
are all old friends, and...
I didn't mean like, you
guys are old, I just meant,
you're old, that you've known each other...
Don't be silly, it's fine.
Yeah, it's good to have some fresh blood.
Thank you.
That's really nice of you to say.
I like being fresh blood, I like
being the young one, it's fun.
On the ride over here, I
was like freezing my ass off
and we were on this stupid motorcycle
just hanging on to each
other and I just thought,
Lindsay, this is a bad,
you're being a bad girl.
Looks like this is us.
This is it?
This is what the GPS said.
Huh...
[eerie atmospheric music]
[ominous music]
Oh, did you see that?
[phone ringing]
I wanna answer it! Stop, stop.
Hello?
My name's Dogbite, I got
999 channels on my TV.
They call me the legend,
'cause I got my skull
bashed in when I was 15.
Look, I'm looking for some escape room.
I got two women, a Mexican
woman and a white woman.
Uh, cool.
How many women you got?
I got one, I only got one.
In your party, friend, in your party.
We've got three.
Write this down.
I don't have a pen.
6625 Rocky Mesa Road.
[strange high-pitched noise]
What happened?
Oh my god! Listen to that.
I don't hear shit.
I gotta, I gotta get out of this...
Take pictures?
Yeah, he said there's,
uh, 6625 Rocky Mesa Road.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
[discordant music]
Hey, read those numbers to me.
These numbers?
Yeah.
Uh, zero nine eight.
Zero nine eight.
Nothing.
- This can't be, is this it?
- I'm going.
Apparently.
No, this is not a...
It's the way it's supposed to look.
Eight, one, four.
- Wait, Josema.
- No.
Baby, will you take this?
What is this, exactly?
It's mace.
Why don't you hold on to this.
Just take it, you're going in there.
Sorry.
Thanks...
Sorry.
Harry, what are you doing?
What?
Are they closed?
No.
Let's go...
Let's go.
Yeah, it's freezing, please.
Let's go to Pappy and Harriet's!
No, we're not going to
Pappy and Harriet's, alright?
I planned this for weeks, okay?
These tickets are impossible to get.
It's now or never.
Harry.
Harry, I don't like it. I don't like it.
Guys.
It's a little cold...
My name's Dogbite.
Hello, Dogbite.
How are you?
How many channels do I got on my TV?
Channels?
What? Hello?
Hello?
Channels?
Did he say anything about
channels on TV on the phone?
[laughing conspiratorially]
- Hey, Stefan...
- He's feeling it.
What'd he say on the phone?
TV.
Yeah, he's got 999.
999 channels, he's got
999 channels on his TV.
Are you okay?
[door unlocks]
Yes!
You guys ready?
Let's go in there.
Come on.
Come on.
[door squeaking]
Oh, this is so cool.
Alright.
- Not bad.
- Right?
This is pretty cool.
[unintelligible radio chatter]
Please, everyone, take a seat.
You are about to embark
on an unforgettable journey.
Lockers have been
provided for your belongings.
On each seat, you will find a waiver.
Please read it carefully
and sign at the bottom.
[theremin music playing]
This kind of reminds me
of being in high school.
Known allergies, that's...
I haven't seen that one before.
Guys, we're not skydiving, alright?
Just sign it.
Once everyone in your
party has signed a waiver,
Please place them in the illuminated
box to begin the experience.
So what was the deal
with my nosebleed earlier?
Am I doing coke to deal
with my social anxiety?
Or, is it just foreshadowing?
What?
Alright. You guys ready?
Sure.
Oh.
[burning sounds]
Good thing we signed that.
Is that real?
Yeah, it's hot.
Don't touch it.
[drum-roll]
[laughing]
[mysterious music]
Oh my god. It's him!
Who is this man?
It's Popov! Alexander Popov!
Bienvenue.
Willkommen.
[Lindsay cheering]
Welcome.
[dot matrix printer sounds]
[paper tearing]
Awesome.
Dude's awesome.
It's awesome.
[laughing]
A group of friends from
school gets together
for a long overdue reunion
in the high desert of California.
Their friend Shayar has organized
an unforgettable experience
for all of them.
Shayar has been lonely and
depressed for the past year,
feeling that all of his closest friends
have been drifting away from him,
focused on their own
lives and relationships.
He hopes that the group's
collective experience here
will clear certain blockages
that are present, and rekindle
the camaraderie they used to share.
Shayar...
Do you need a hug?
What do you think he means by blockages?
Oh!
Guys, I think this is just,
like, part of the whole thing.
You know?
[oohing and aahing]
This is a portal.
[laughing]
A passageway to another reality.
A higher truth.
Leave behind your expectations,
your reservations,
your cynicism.
They will not serve you here.
I invite each of you now, one at a time,
to pass through to the other side.
Alright, you guys ready?
Does anybody know where we are?
What do you mean?
I mean like if we all just disappeared,
would anyone know where to look for us?
I mean, they'll just dissolve
our bodies in acid and it'll be fine.
Guys, he said to leave behind all cynicism.
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
You know what?
I'm gonna go first.
I'm gonna go first.
Oh, Top Gun!
Harry...
- Top Gun.
- Alright Harry.
Please step on the scale.
Alright.
What is this?
Energies must be synchronized.
Mass times the speed of light, et cetera.
Ad infinitum.
Don't you have a penny?
Uh...
Thank you.
Tabs does say that I've
been getting a little soft.
Isn't that right, Tabs?
[coin drops with metallic ping]
[mechanical light clicks]
Alright, I'll see you guys in there.
[footsteps]
[lights flicker]
That was cool.
Harry, you okay?
Yeah, ah, it's pitch black.
Use your phone.
- Isn't that cheating?
- Yeah.
Ah, there we go.
It's a tunnel, it keeps going on.
Who's next?
Me.
[coin clinking]
[laughing]
That's a nice little
gimmick with the lights.
Cool.
[somber music]
[somber music continues]
Shayar, you okay?
Uh, yeah, I'm just a little excited.
Me, me first.
[coin dropping]
Please.
What the fuck?
What?
Hey, hello, hello?
Hey guys!
[water boiling]
[muffled footsteps]
This is so cool, guys.
Yeah, alright.
A kitchen.
Wow.
Oh, too bad we just ate.
I know these.
These are from Ikea.
Where's Harry?
Harry?
- Harry!
- Hey, easy.
Maybe he ended up in another room.
Remember when we did that other escape room
and we had to work together?
[screaming]
Hey, hey. Are you okay?
There's a hand in the soup.
Okay.
There's a hand in the
soup! There's a real, like...
I'm gonna check.
[screaming]
There is a hand in the soup.
Okay...
[oven door opening]
That's fake.
I mean, what do you expect?
If a hand pops out of the soup,
then you're gonna scream.
Whoa.
Harry?
Monika?
I told you this wasn't going
to be a normal escape room.
This guy's an artist.
Can you stop being a fanboy
for a second and just listen?
There's a wall here.
Where did everybody go?
Where'd he go?
This is even better than I ever expected!
Look.
What?
Goosebumps.
Okay psycho, I'm calling them.
Oh come on man, that's cheating.
I don't have any bars, can you check?
Just check.
Nothing.
Alright, I'm going outside.
Hold on. Why don't we take a moment
and try and figure this out, okay?
We're probably looking for a
button or a switch or something.
It's locked.
Well, it's an escape
room, what did you expect?
Why are you so relaxed about this?
I read the reviews.
[dot matrix printer noises]
Yo, check this out.
Hello?
Hello? Is anyone there?
[rotary phone dialing]
Hello?
Hey!
[television switching on]
[television static]
[tape noises]
Fuck, fuck.
What happened?
Flat tire?
Better tell the others
we're running a little behind.
[door clicking open]
That's weird.
What, what's weird?
Look at this.
Oh, wow.
[slams refrigerator]
Yeah.
There are no seams. Shayar
wasn't kidding about this guy.
Wait, where is Shayar?
I think we're stuck in here.
Maybe Shayar and Stefan are
in on this whole thing together.
Well the table's only
set for four people, so
[keyboard clacking] they
knew it would just be us in here.
Fuck.
What?
I think I broke this.
What did you do now?
I didn't do anything, I just pressed
enter and then the screen went black.
Umm...
Hey, look.
I think it's Harry.
What?
On the computer.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I just got dizzy for a second.
[keyboard clacking] Harry? Where are you?
Uh, he's stuck in a
different room. With a TV.
This is definitely one of
those work together things.
Ask if Stefan and Shayar are with him.
[keyboard clacking] Are
Stefan and Shayar with you?
It's Tabitha. I'm with Monika and...
Lindsay.
[whistles]
Plot twist!
Who's Tabitha?
Very funny.
Yeah, I think he's just fucking with us.
How do you even know it's him?
Good point.
[typing] How do I know it's you, Harry?
[typing] What is the
date of our anniversary?
[mysterious music]
Seriously?
[printing noises]
Who's Tabitha?
Hello?
Maybe we're missing something here.
How did Harry end up in a different room?
I told you, this guy's next level.
Seems like more of a psychopath
to me. Popov, he's Russian?
Uh, Ukrainian.
I read somewhere that his first
experience was in the Odessa catacombs.
Totally unofficial and underground.
Actually, I think someone died there.
What?
Yeah, in the Odessa catacombs.
There's this huge network
of tunnels underneath there,
so he created the whole escape room...
I know about the catacombs, but
what about someone dying down there.
Uh, I think that was just a
story. You know, for marketing.
Marketing.
Shayar, you're my friend
and I love you dearly, but...
[metal toolbox opening]
Did you find something?
[metal spikes clinking]
Wait, is that one of those...
Yeah.
[loud radio static]
[old music playing]
[otherworldly sound]
[strange pulsing]
What the fuck.
[creepy unintelligible transmissions]
This is so cool.
Shayar!
[distorted radio music]
[key code lock beeps]
[lock rattling]
[lock clicks open]
So...
How've you been?
I think maybe we should
talk about what happened.
I don't think we should talk about it.
Does he know?
Did you tell him?
[sighs]
I told him right after we left the dinner.
Wow, your face.
What?
You just cracked for a second.
It's kind of a turnoff.
No, I didn't tell him.
You'd know if he knew.
Since when do you smoke?
You're gonna get cold.
[heavy breathing]
Why'd you do it?
You're the one who walked in there.
I was blindfolded.
You knew it was me, you knew...
I was there with Harry.
Maybe...
I just wanted to know
how far you would take it.
[slaps face]
That's not how it works.
[crickets chirping]
How does it work?
Why don't you ask Harry?
What?
You guys know James Salter?
He wrote this book of essays,
and he's got this great piece about
being the ideal weekend guest, okay?
Rule number one: Don't arrive too early.
Yeah, you all got that one.
Rule number two: Play all their games.
Perfect, so if we could just...
Rule number three: Don't
sleep in the wrong bed.
[phone ringing]
And number four: Leave on time.
Hello?
Harry, Micah here, how are you buddy?
Micah?
Your agent. Ha ha. Come on.
Didn't wake you up I hope.
What are you... how are you calling here?
Listen. They want to bring in
a new director for the reshoots,
and they want you to get it to
where it needs to be on the page.
They're thinking of changing the title.
There's like ten Safe Spaces in
production right now, it's fucking crazy.
You watched the cut, right?
What the fuck, I mean I watched something,
I don't know what the fuck I watched,
I watched something but listen man...
Look, I don't know what's going on here!
It's a complete shitshow, right?
No shit!
This director, the guy's a mess,
everybody says the same thing,
nobody's gonna touch him after this.
Straight to director jail. If you can
save this thing, great, if not, you tried.
It's not like your name's gonna
be on it. Where are you right now?
Where am I? You're talking
fucking business? You called me!
I don't know where I am, I'm in the...
I'm in the desert, man!
I'm in a fuckin' room, man!
J-Tree, perfect, no distractions.
What?
I told them two weeks, that's
$20k for two weeks of work, buddy.
I got some title ideas
for you to think about.
Death Room, yeah? Or
Brain Box. Think about it.
Anything you need out
there, I got you covered,
I know this guy, his name's Dogbite.
Shit, this joker's calling me again.
You're gonna knock this
thing outta the park, I know it.
Dogbite? What are you talking about?
Micah?
Micah?
Micah!
[hangs up phone] Oh my god.
This is fucked up, man!
[television static] The
cosmic microwave background.
The static on the screen.
That's the echo of the Big Bang.
You think three acts of meat puppets with
some contrived objectives and obstacles
can top the song of all creation?
[screaming]
[soothing piano music playing]
Stefan?
Hey Chloe.
Hey.
Why aren't you wearing any pants?
Uh...
Why are you in a cage?
Uh, I'm in director's jail.
[cage squeaking]
What's with the extraterrestrial?
This is Albert.
He's my muse.
Bonjour.
Bonjour.
How's it going?
Fine, you?
Couldn't be better.
Cool...
I'm okay, thanks.
When are you getting out of there?
[lighter clicks] I'm not sure.
Hey, are you making
your micro budget feature?
Yeah, yeah.
I think this is some sort of Big
Lebowski style dream sequence.
I'm not really sure what
the point of it is though.
The smoking alien's kind of weird.
Maybe, but.
At least I don't have a small dick.
You're no Michael Fassbender.
Your muse is mean.
Hey dude. This is your dream.
You think I want to be here?
Okay but what does it all mean?
Uh...
Well, if you think of your
dick as your paintbrush,
then it probably has something
to do with creative insecurity.
That's kind of forward of you.
Well...
I guess I'm sorry about the cage.
Oh yeah, well.
You know, I think of it
as a compliment, right?
Like, you're so threatened by me,
you literally had to lock me away.
Okay, alright, alright, yeah. Um...
I'll see you later.
Bye.
Pet me, Chloe
[upbeat 8-bit music]
Sweet, now we're in a text-based adventure.
[loud typing]
What if that whole thing is a distraction?
You mean the computer? Like a red herring?
[keyboard clacking]
[keyboard clacking]
[Lindsay groaning]
Nothing!
So weird. I think every escape room
we've done had a clue under the table.
Which other escape room
had clues under the table?
Uh, the insane asylum?
You must be thinking of some
other girls you did escape rooms with.
Stefan's birthday, come on.
Are you sure it was an escape room
and you weren't actually committed?
Wow, you guys have terrible memory.
There is a time limit, right?
So if we just wait, they
will come in and kick us out.
[muffled noises outside the room]
[sounds inside refrigerator]
Harry!
Where... where have you been?
I thought we were all right behind you.
You alright? What's up?
[heavy breathing]
I got stuck in a room with a TV.
Okay...
There was this tape. This is
gonna sound really weird, but,
I think we're all in some
sort of movie or something.
I mean, somebody's filming us.
All escape rooms have cameras, right?
I'm not talking about this place.
I'm talking about this whole evening.
Back at the house. Before that. Everything.
Everything.
How much of the chocolate did you have?
Are you kidding me? You
guys had the chocolate
and you didn't even tell me about it?
Chocolate?
We had some shroom
chocolate after dinner. Sorry.
I saw you and Tabitha outside the house.
[foreboding music]
What is this shit?
Shayar!
[heavy scraping noises]
[gasping]
[door unlocking]
Do not be alarmed.
I'm not alarmed.
What are you, in cahoots with the Greys?
[quiet chuckling]
What do you want?
I am the designer.
[laughing]
Okay, Mr. Popov.
Your escape room sucks!
I'm sorry you feel that way.
You have to have a structure!
People come here expecting certain things.
You can't just do whatever
you want and call it art.
Says the man in the padded room.
Okay.
Where are my friends?
Friends, are they?
Look dude, you know, you
have to commit to a theme.
Aliens, asylums, creepy abandoned
gas stations, just pick one!
Stefan. Where do you
think you are, right now?
I'm in your stupid escape room.
My stupid escape room?
Yes.
Oh boy. We have a lot of work ahead of us.
Okay, stop. Stop.
Cut, okay, I'm done, I want to
get out of here, just let me go.
[gun slide racks]
Ah. I'm so scared.
Yikes! You've got a gun!
[gunshot echoes]
[melancholic music]
Stefan?
[groans]
Stefan?
[door rattling]
Come on!
[printer printing]
[quirky music]
What the?
See, I knew something's been going on.
You've been acting way for months.
Come on, honestly.
What did you see in this,
this movie that we're all in?
- You tell me. You tell me what I saw.
- Hello? Game over!
- How long has this been going on?
- Just because we suck at this...
How long?
How fucking long?
Come on man, like we're both
high, you're not thinking straight.
If you guys did something I
think it's totally understandable.
Hey, not helping, okay?
Sometimes you see something
and you need to have it!
Just shut up.
Guys...
Would you just shut up, shut up!
Guys!
What?
Interior. Kitchen Room. Night.
Harry and Josema stand on
opposite sides of the table...
It's all here!
Word for word.
I told you we're in a movie.
I mean, there's gotta be a hidden printer,
and if there's a microphone in
the room it'll be easy to just
just transcribe what we're...
- Just transcribe what we're saying
and spit it out into a drawer
where we might find it?
Yeah. That's... exactly
what I was going to say.
Yeah man, we know,
- she's reading your lines.
- She's reading your lines.
They all go silent.
[refrigerator door opens]
I might be high, but
I am not that high.
I don't wanna hear it.
Okay, so.
Since it doesn't look like I have a choice.
Okay, yeah, something happened.
Josema.
He deserves to know.
Don't!
Remember the blindfolded dinner party?
Remember when you said that you
didn't go into the playroom, after?
You lied.
What the fuck are you talking about?
I know you both went.
Just not together and not at the same time.
The guy who organizes those
dinners is a friend of mine,
and he asked me if I could
help out with the dungeon.
So yeah, I was the male dom.
You know what, I don't
think I want to hear about this.
Well I think you should, actually.
Because I'm not gonna lie.
You know, she was really into it.
Umm...
I was keeping it pretty tame with everyone,
and usually you get a sense
of how far people will go but,
but not her.
She was, I don't know man,
She just wanted more, and more, and more.
Josema, seriously. Shut up.
I'm not driving this thing, okay?
I'm just along for the ride, right?
Yeah, that part actually
isn't in the script.
[pages rustling]
Oh, no, I'm stupid.
It's right here.
I mixed up the pages.
Yeah, and it would've been
harmless, except she snuck a peak.
She saw it was me, and
then she saw you walking in.
You were blindfolded, had no clue,
and I thought, oh, she's
gonna just get up and leave,
and she didn't.
She just kept going. With
you right there in the room.
Why are you doing this to me?
You want this, right?
You want him to know.
This is what you want.
You think I don't understand
what this is? How you're using me?
What's he talking about?
What the fuck are you talking about?
I thought we were friends!
How do you do something like that?
Just calm down for a second!
I don't want you to come to Amsterdam.
What?
I want to go alone, Harry.
Why, because of him?
It has nothing to do with him.
Why didn't you say anything?
If there's something I'm not doing,
if there's something you want me to do,
I'll do it.
Just please don't run.
What do you want?
I don't know what I want.
I just...
I don't want this.
[sighs]
I don't buy it.
I know you.
I know you too well.
This isn't how this would happen.
It's right there on the page.
Don't you think that's a bit weird?
Yeah.
It's fucking weird.
Josema, didn't you tell me about
the playroom like a month ago?
I mean, maybe?
So why didn't you mention that
any of your friends were there?
Because you didn't know them yet.
The bottles...
The bottles!
Hey, you've been clean for a
month, I know it's stressful...
Open them. Josema just open them.
Holy shit, okay.
Three.
[bottle opening] Three.
Two.
Three, two...
Eight.
Eight.
[lock beeps]
Okay. Try eight two three.
Eight, two, three.
[lock opens]
[laughing]
Movie Stefan is dead.
That should make the rest of this easier.
I'm not dead. This is just a squib, man.
You're the real Stefan.
That other guy was a character
you invented for this ridiculous film.
What the fuck are you talking about?
You're a writer, aren't you?
If you could call this writing.
All the world's a stage.
You think this is funny?
This is some clever joke?
Alright, aren't we all just
playing some version of ourselves?
- What the fuck!
- Focus.
Fuck, that's a fucking real gun!
Of course it's real! The first round
was blank, the rest is perfectly fine.
This is fucking crazy,
okay, you're fucking nuts!
When my friends know what you're doing
they're, they're gonna call the police...
[laughing] That old chestnut!
Okay.
Ah!
Let's wait for your theater
puppets to come and save you.
[wristwatch ticking]
Okay...
It all makes sense, it makes perfect sense.
How much of that chocolate did you eat?
It's a perfect setup.
You keep me contained.
Away from them.
You tell me lies about my friends.
And then you feed me the last
fragments of reality that I can remember...
Is this the mothers hip?
Are you one of them?
[papers rustling]
Enough games.
You've got some explaining to do.
What the fuck?
Maybe we should just go
back to the kitchen now, guys.
Not the kitchen, I've had enough kitchen.
[door slams shut]
Hey, uh...
What did it say in that script?
I don't know, it was just that scene.
Why don't we split up, some of us can...
No.
I've seen that movie.
Yeah, and I've literally
been in that movie. No.
No, we're not splitting up.
Okay, don't worry...
Please don't touch me!
Just stop touching me all the time!
All I see when I look at you is you
groping a bunch of random strangers.
I told you that story a month ago,
why are you making such a big deal...
I'm not making a big deal out of it!
It was abstract earlier.
I honestly don't think it
even happened that way.
It doesn't matter. It doesn't
matter what happened.
What matters is that I'm living
in the truth of the moment.
And in the moment I'm,
don't laugh at what I'm saying!
- Guys, guys...
- In the moment, I don't like you!
Hey, guys!
Cool.
Listen.
[bizarre, disturbing sounds]
Maybe we shouldn't...
Just wait.
[grotesque creature sexual noises]
[door slams]
Well, that explains a lot.
What was that?
Who even imagines something like that?
Monika, I don't think you should see this.
Monika.
Monika!
[squeaky door opens]
[baby crying]
[door slams]
[wet footsteps]
[wind whistling]
[new age whale song]
Hello, everyone.
Not everyone, but who's counting.
Congratulations on completing the room.
Welcome to Integration.
[water splashing]
I'd like for you to sit down.
And
go through some
breathing exercises with me.
Actually,
we're gonna go.
Yeah, I think we're done.
Uh, where's Monika?
And what happened to Stefan and Shayar?
I'd really like it if you would sit down
and do these breathing exercises with me.
It won't take long, I promise.
Josema.
I was thinking about it, and you
definitely told me that story earlier,
but it wasn't them, it
was a different couple.
Remember, we ran into them
outside the Japanese restaurant downtown?
I'm not sure, maybe...
So you're not mad at me anymore?
No, silly, I'm not mad at you.
I think Harry's a little mad at you,
but I'm not mad at you.
You know, no offense Josema
but like, you're not my type.
I know.
Anyway it just doesn't sound like
something that Harry and me would do.
Anyway.
I don't know.
I'm kind of into that European shit.
Even when we were together.
What do you mean?
Okay, ladies and gentlemen,
hold on your horses.
I want you to close your eyes.
And visualize the start of your day.
[Lindsay sighing]
Go back to waking up in bed
or wherever you woke up this morning.
Focus on the first thought
that came into your head.
[television clicks on]
If you have trouble doing that,
go forward to the first thing today
that you remember clearly.
It's not the TV, it's you.
Where did you come from?
It's my rodeo.
[metal chair slamming]
My rodeo!
Now turn your mind's eye inwards.
Try to tap into that inner monologue,
your voice inside, really try to listen.
It's all you now.
What are you talking about?
You've created these two-dimensional
representations of your friends
to live out your fantasies. Apologize.
Apologize for what?
Explain yourself!
Take some responsibility!
This is just a fake microphone.
Is it?
[microphone clicks]
[clears throat]
[distorted voice] Hey guys.
Whoa.
There's a talking brain.
Sorry.
Uh, Stefan?
Is that you?
Hey man, uh,
what happened to you?
It's me, I'm the real Stefan.
The real Stefan?
You're...
You're in there?
We all are.
Whatever you say, buddy.
Those shrooms wear off yet?
I need to tell you guys something.
Okay.
I need to apologize.
For what?
[printer noises]
Apologize?
Apologize for what?
[printer jams]
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Come on, come on. Apologize for what?
[birds chirping outside]
[costume head squeaking]
Whew.
[sighs]
Whoa!
Hey.
Hey.
Didn't mean to spook ya.
You didn't.
So sorry about this, I
saw the printer broke.
We've been having a ton
of problems with it lately.
Right.
Do you work here? Are
you part of the thing?
Yeah, I'm Reg.
Oh! Shayar.
Yeah, I work in this dump.
Oh man, I am so done with this creative,
genius, visionary, artist crap.
You think you can?
Oh, uh, yeah.
Thanks.
Yeah, at least no one cried today.
That's the worst.
Drugs and crying.
You're not high right now, are you?
No.
Were you in here this entire time?
You didn't find the switch?
Switch?
Wait a second, so,
I remember now.
I told you the story, not Lindsay.
I know, I'm... I'm sorry.
Well, sorry for what exactly?
I shouldn't have used you guys like this.
I didn't have the right to.
What do you mean, used us?
Harry, come on, snap out of it, okay?
I made this Harry up.
It's just a character based on you.
All of you.
Except you, Lindsay.
I invented you from scratch.
You're just a confabulating, confabulation.
I don't get it, what...
What is he talking about?
I made you up.
And the whole thing
between Tabitha and Josema,
I made that up too.
None of that happened.
I guess I just felt we were
missing some melodrama.
You know, actually, no.
I want to fuck your wife, Harry.
I've wanted to for a really long time.
Umm...
So I guess I should say sorry, but...
I'm not, not really.
I just dumped it all on you guys.
Instead of being honest with myself.
It's unfair. I'm a bad
friend and a bad husband.
So, you want Tabitha?
Anything happen?
Shouldn't Monika be here for this?
[taking a deep breath]
And that concludes Integration.
[water splashing]
Guys.
Can you hear me?
Hello?
Did you get that? I'm not done.
Did you hear all of that?
[bittersweet music]
Are you the real Monika
or the movie Monika?
What's the difference?
They're both just minor
characters in your little story.
That's not...
Did you even notice I
disappeared there for a while?
You could cut me out entirely and I
don't think it would affect your story.
No, that's not true.
I just had to explain
what this was to them.
I didn't even mean any of that, really.
No point in being ashamed.
She's hot.
Though if I was Harry, I'd
probably punch you in the face.
I don't think that's his style.
Hey.
We're almost at the end, and we
haven't had a single real moment.
Not even one.
You mean in the movie, or?
Sorry.
I don't really know
what you want me to say.
When I moved out last week.
Were you ever worried
that I wouldn't come back?
I think sometimes you can be dramatic.
Oh, no.
I honestly thought that...
Getting out of town,
getting everyone together,
that we'd be able to work through this.
Everything seemed fine, so...
They deal with enough of our shit as it is.
They're saints.
Okay, you're right.
I don't want to be right.
I just want to feel that you care!
Or if you don't anymore, then just say so.
[bittersweet music continues]
I can see it all on your face.
You're transparent.
I don't want to have this
conversation right now.
You don't want to have
this conversation, period.
You never want to have this conversation.
I have to force you to have it every time!
No, I just don't think
that this is the place.
I disagree.
I think it's exactly the right place.
I just think that we should
have this conversation in private.
In private?
You're joking, right?
You are the one who put
all of this into your movie.
You're not a writer.
You just transcribe.
Sometimes you have to dig deep...
Oh, wow.
Wow.
How about you dig deep right now for me?
I will be 40 next year.
So that's what this is about.
I can't keep waiting, Stefan.
I'm done waiting.
I always had this strong
intuition that I would have a family.
Since I was a teenager.
I wanted to be a mom.
And I lost that feeling recently.
When did that happen?
It doesn't matter, does it?
It just disappeared.
Evaporated.
It's gone.
I wanted to tell you that.
[water splashing]
This is a portal.
Please watch your heads on the way out.
You have to stay.
Why?
They are real people.
You're just a character.
But I feel real.
Lindsay is a compulsive
liar. She lies for the
love of it, not to sell her
soul for a shabby profit.
She has a need to do it
and gets a kick out of it.
But she starts to lose her
balance in the escape room...
Like he said, you're a
complete fabrication.
So then, okay, what am I supposed
to do? I'm supposed to stay here?
I don't like it here. I hate it
here, I don't want to stay here!
Don't worry about it.
You will disappear as soon as this ends.
So will I.
So will all of this.
I don't want to disappear.
I don't.
It's...
[melancholic music]
Painless.
I promise.
[insects buzzing]
[melancholic music continues]
I found you!
Where've you been?
I was back at the gas station.
So?
How was it?
What's with her?
Uh, this was a lot of fun, man.
Thanks for organizing this.
Tabs!
Tabs, wait up.
[lighter striking]
Hey. Where are Stefan and Monika?
That's a really good question.
Okay... should we wait for them, or?
You can, but,
I don't think they're
coming out anytime soon.
[footsteps on gravel receding]
[mysterious atmospherics]
[typewriter clacking]
Fuck you. Fuck you.
Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you!
Just calm the fuck down.
[paper tearing]
[deep breathing]
[typewriter resumes]
[lullaby playing]
[baby crying]
[singing in foreign language]
[singing continues]
[singing continues]
[baby crying]
[alien clicking noises]
[unintelligible mumbling]
[metal lighter clicks]
[lighter cap closing]
[ethereal piano music]
Well played.
Albert.
I thought you were an alien.
Aren't we all, in the
end, alien to one another?
Oh Jesus Christ...
I expected you to be younger.
I would offer you a cigarette, but...
[knocking on glass]
What are you doing
here? It's a little random.
Marriage is planting and defusing bombs.
Big bombs, little bombs,
all kinds of bombs.
And sometimes you have a long fuse,
and you light it,
watching as it burns...
Or there's a timer, but you
don't see the countdown.
You know what I think?
What?
I think you just want to blow something up.
[laughing]
Isn't that the point of all this?
Didn't you say marriage was unnatural?
That's what makes it interesting.
Well, my train is leaving soon.
So, remember.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
[mumbling]
What about the movie?
What about it?
Cinema is just people
walking in and out of rooms.
Pretty sure you never said that.
[sighing]
[typewriter paper feeding]
[typewriter clacking]
[intriguing melody]
Hey.
What?
I'm sorry about that earlier.
I love you.
Watch the road!
You're insane.
[jazzy music]
Look, I've been thinking about it, okay.
I'm ready.
We're ready.
I think we can do it, we'll figure it out.
What are you talking about?
Let's have a kid.
[typewriter clacking]
Wait a second, stop, stop.
You don't get to do that.
You don't get to decide.
Didn't you say that you wanted...
I meant every word I said.
Okay.
So what are we doing?
[phone buzzes]
Everyone's going to
Pappy's, it's open mic night.
What? No, no, it doesn't end like that.
Get out.
What?
Please, just get out of the car.
No, why?
What are you doing?
[car door slamming]
Get out.
- Seriously?
- Yes.
- You're just gonna leave me here?
- Yeah. Just get out of the car.
[car door closing]
What are you doing?
It's not that far. You
can use the exercise.
["Lovers Are Losers"
by Molly Nilsson playing]
I saw a late night movie on TV
And it felt just like it
was about you and me
And since it was me and you
I didn't watch it till the
end 'cause I didn't want it to
Lovers are losers
Lovers are losers
Losers
Lovers are losers
I watch the sports, then the news
Confuse the lingo they'll use
Cause winning's not why we're playing
That's the kinda neo-liberal
bullshit they're saying
Losers
Lovers are losers
Losers
Lovers are losers
A strike for the right kind
of battles that we choose
It'll feel like a win
every time that we lose
And I don't know what the care is
We're all fucking losers
from Miami to Paris
Losers
Lovers are losers
Losers
Lovers are losers
Lovers are losers
Lovers are losers
Lovers are losers
Cut!
[stage bell ringing]
[water splashing]
Alright guys, something's not working.
It's just, it doesn't
feel quite right to me.
What's exactly not working?
I mean, this guy just told you
that you're all his little fantasy puppets
and that your whole existence
chocks up to his amusement.
You think you'd have some animosity, anger,
some kind of fucking human emotion?
So you want us to play more angry?
- Can I talk to you for a sec?
- Yeah, absolutely.
Okay, so Lindsay is not real.
She, I don't exist.
That's...
Do any of us exist?
Do I exist?
Play with that, try it.
And you two, think about the first time
you started dating, right?
It's going well, you
realize you're super into her
and you realize she's super
fucking into you too, right?
And then think about the bad stuff.
First time you eat a meal
without talking to each other,
the first time you go to bed
without touching each other.
You know, channel that.
Channel that into some kind of like, eye...
- Like, just like?
- No, no, something small, you know.
Something with your, just a little like,
[Tabitha whispering] twitch
of the eye or, what was that?
I said, I said you're full of shit.
I'm sorry, I said you're full of shit.
Why would you make
us go through that again?
It's cruel.
I mean, what are you
trying to achieve here?
Like, what is the fucking
point of all of this?
What is the point? That's good,
channel that toward the brain.
Channel that towards Stefan!
- What?
- That was great.
What you just did to me
was better than anything
I've seen from you all fucking week.
Use that.
This is going great, guys.
We are so fucking close.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, boss, what about me?
Anything?
You're fucking fine, man.
Keep doing the Jesus thing.