1. So where are you?
You're in some motel room.Copy !req
2. You just—You just wake up,
and you're in a motel room.Copy !req
3. There's the key. It feels like maybe it's just
the first time you've been there,Copy !req
4. but… perhaps you've been there for a week,Copy !req
5. three months.Copy !req
6. It's kind of hard to say.
I don't—l don 't know.Copy !req
7. It's just an anonymous room.Copy !req
8. This guy.Copy !req
9. He's here already.Copy !req
10. Lenny!Copy !req
11. It's Leonard...
like I told you before.Copy !req
12. Did you?
I must have forgot.Copy !req
13. I guess I've already
told you about my condition.Copy !req
14. Oh, well, only every time I see you.Copy !req
15. - My car.
- This is your car.Copy !req
16. Oh, you're in a playful mood.Copy !req
17. It's not good for you to make
fun of someone's handicap.Copy !req
18. - Just trying to have a little fun.Copy !req
19. - Roll up your window.
- Hmm?Copy !req
20. It's broken.Copy !req
21. I can get that fixed for you.Copy !req
22. So where to, Sherlock?Copy !req
23. - I got a lead on a place.
- Oh, what the hell do you wanna go there for?Copy !req
24. - You know it?
- Yeah, it's just this fucked-up building.Copy !req
25. - Why do you wanna go there?
- Don't remember.Copy !req
26. Looks like somebody's home.Copy !req
27. Ah, that thing's
been here for years.Copy !req
28. What are you talking about?
These tracks are only a few days old.Copy !req
29. Tracks?
What are you? Pocahontas?Copy !req
30. Come on!Copy !req
31. Let's take a look inside.Copy !req
32. "Teddy."Copy !req
33. "Don't believe his lies.
He is the one. Kill him."Copy !req
34. I finally found him.
How long have I been looking?Copy !req
35. Find anything?Copy !req
36. Didn't think so.Copy !req
37. Let's go, huh?
Oh, fuck this.Copy !req
38. - You're gonna pay for what you did.Copy !req
39. - Beg forgiveness, and then you pay.
- Leonard.Copy !req
40. You don't have a clue,
you freak.Copy !req
41. Beg my wife's forgiveness
before I blow your brains out.Copy !req
42. Leonard, you don't know
what's going on.Copy !req
43. - You don't even know my name.
- Teddy.Copy !req
44. That's 'cause you read it
off a fucking picture.Copy !req
45. You don't know who you are.Copy !req
46. I'm Leonard Shelby.
I'm from San Francisco.Copy !req
47. That's who you were.
That's not what you've become.Copy !req
48. - Shut your mouth.
- You want to know, Lenny?Copy !req
49. Come on. Come on,
let's go down to the basement.Copy !req
50. Let's go down,
you and me, together.Copy !req
51. Then you'll know who you really are.Copy !req
52. No!Copy !req
53. It's just an anonymous room.Copy !req
54. There's nothing in the drawers.
But you look anyway.Copy !req
55. Nothing except the Gideon Bible,
which I, of course, read religiously.Copy !req
56. You know, you know who you are,
and you know kind of all about yourself.Copy !req
57. But just for day-to-day stuff,
notes are really useful.Copy !req
58. Sammy Jankis
had the same problem,Copy !req
59. but he really had no system.Copy !req
60. He wrote himself a ridiculous amount of notes,
but he'd get them all mixed up.Copy !req
61. You really do need a system if—
if you're gonna make it work.Copy !req
62. - Hi.
- Hi.Copy !req
63. - I'm Mr. Shelby from 304.
- What can I do for you, Leonard?Copy !req
64. - Um—
- Burt.Copy !req
65. Burt. I'm not sure.
I think I may have asked you to hold my calls.Copy !req
66. You don't know?Copy !req
67. I think I may have.
I'm not too good on the phone.Copy !req
68. Right. You said you like to look people
in the eye when you talk to them.Copy !req
69. - Yeah.
- You don't remember saying that?Copy !req
70. - Well, that's the thing. I have this condition.
- A condition?Copy !req
71. - It's my memory.
- Amnesia?Copy !req
72. No, no, no. It's different from that.
I have no short-term memory.Copy !req
73. I know who I am.
I know all about myself.Copy !req
74. Since my injury, I can't make new memories.
Everything fades.Copy !req
75. If we talk for too long,
I'll forget how we started.Copy !req
76. The next time I see you,
I'm not gonna remember this conversation.Copy !req
77. I don't even know if I've met you before.Copy !req
78. So if I seem a little strange
or rude or something, uh—Copy !req
79. I've told you this before, haven't I?Copy !req
80. Yeah. I mean, I don't mean to mess with you,
but it's so weird.Copy !req
81. - You don't remember me at all?
- No.Copy !req
82. - We've talked a bunch of times.
- I'm sure we have.Copy !req
83. Well, what's the last thing
you remember?Copy !req
84. My wife.Copy !req
85. What's it like?Copy !req
86. It's like waking.
It's like you just woke up.Copy !req
87. That must suck.Copy !req
88. I mean, it's all backwards.Copy !req
89. Like, maybe you get an idea
about what you want to do next,Copy !req
90. but you don't remember
what you just did.Copy !req
91. - I'm exactly the opposite—
- How long have I been staying here?Copy !req
92. - A couple of days.
- And you're holding my calls?Copy !req
93. - Like you said.
- Okay, but this guy's an exception.Copy !req
94. - Do you know this guy?
- Yeah, it's your friend, right?Copy !req
95. What makes you think
he's my friend?Copy !req
96. - I just saw you together, that's all.
- He's not my friend.Copy !req
97. - Okay.
- If he calls or if he shows up here,Copy !req
98. you give me a call in my room, okay?Copy !req
99. - What, his name's Teddy?
- Teddy, yeah.Copy !req
100. All right.Copy !req
101. Look, I hope my condition's
not gonna be a problem for you.Copy !req
102. No, not as long as you
remember to pay the bill.Copy !req
103. Yeah. Okay.Copy !req
104. - Forty.
- Forty.Copy !req
105. This guy—Copy !req
106. He's here already.Copy !req
107. Lenny!Copy !req
108. You really need a system
if you're gonna make it work.Copy !req
109. You kind of learn
to trust your own handwriting.Copy !req
110. That becomes an important part of your life.
You write yourself notes.Copy !req
111. And where you put your notes—
That also becomes important.Copy !req
112. You need a jacket that's got
like six pockets in it.Copy !req
113. Particular pockets for particular things.Copy !req
114. You just kind of learn to know where things go
and how the system works.Copy !req
115. And you have to be wary of other people
writing stuff for you that is not gonna make sense…Copy !req
116. or is gonna lead you astray.Copy !req
117. I mean, I don't know. I guess people try and
take advantage of somebody with this condition.Copy !req
118. If you have a piece
of information which is vital,Copy !req
119. writing on your body instead of on a piece of paper
can be the answer.Copy !req
120. It's just a permanent way
of keeping a note.Copy !req
121. Who is this?Copy !req
122. "Remember Sammy Jankis."Copy !req
123. Excuse me, sir.
You left these at your table.Copy !req
124. Thanks. Uh...
Lincoln Street?Copy !req
125. Oh, yeah, just go
straight out on Sixth Street.Copy !req
126. Hold on. I'm just
gonna write this down.Copy !req
127. - It's easy. Just go—
- Trust me. I need to write this down.Copy !req
128. "The Discount Inn."Copy !req
129. Discount Inn.Copy !req
130. Natalie.Copy !req
131. My car.Copy !req
132. Teddy.Copy !req
133. ”John Edward Gammell.”Copy !req
134. This guy told me
his name was Teddy.Copy !req
135. "Don't believe his lies."Copy !req
136. Yeah?
- Mr. Gammell?Copy !req
137. - Lenny, is that you?
- John Gammell?Copy !req
138. Lenny, it's Teddy. Stay there.Copy !req
139. - l'll be right over.
- Okay. I'll be waiting.Copy !req
140. “White. Male.”Copy !req
141. "First name John."Copy !req
142. "Last name: G" for Gammell.Copy !req
143. "Drugs. License plate."Copy !req
144. "SG13...Copy !req
145. 7lU."Copy !req
146. It's him.Copy !req
147. I found you, you fuck.Copy !req
148. You said we talked before.
I don't remember that.Copy !req
149. Yeah, but it's not amnesia.
I remember everything up until my injury.Copy !req
150. I just can't make new memories.
So I can't remember talking to you.Copy !req
151. What did we talk about?
Oh, Sammy Jankis.Copy !req
152. I guess I tell people about
Sammy to help them understand.Copy !req
153. Sammy's story helps me
understand my own situation.Copy !req
154. Well, Sammy wrote himself
endless amounts of notes, but he got mixed up.Copy !req
155. I have a more graceful
solution to the memory problem.Copy !req
156. I'm disciplined and organized.Copy !req
157. I use habit and routine
to make my life possible.Copy !req
158. Sammy had no drive,
no reason to make it work.Copy !req
159. Me? Yeah, I got a reason.Copy !req
160. "Today, 1:00 pm. Meet Natalie for info."Copy !req
161. "She has also lost someone.Copy !req
162. She will help you out of pity."Copy !req
163. - Natalie?
- You don't remember me.Copy !req
164. I'm sorry. I should have explained.
I have this—Copy !req
165. You did explain, Lenny.Copy !req
166. Please call me Leonard.
My wife called me Lenny.Copy !req
167. - Yeah, I know. You told me.
- Then I probably told you how much I hated it.Copy !req
168. Yeah.Copy !req
169. Do you mind taking your glasses off?
It's hard for me to—Copy !req
170. Thanks.Copy !req
171. So you have information for me?Copy !req
172. - Is that what your little note says?
- Yeah.Copy !req
173. Must be tough living your life
according to a couple of scraps of paper.Copy !req
174. You mix your laundry list
with your grocery list,Copy !req
175. and you'll end up
eating your underwear for breakfast.Copy !req
176. I guess that's why you have
those freaky tattoos.Copy !req
177. Yeah, it's tough.
It's almost impossible.Copy !req
178. Look, I'm sorry I don't remember you.
It's nothing personal.Copy !req
179. I do have information for you.Copy !req
180. You gave me
a license plate number.Copy !req
181. Had my friend at D.M.V. trace it.Copy !req
182. Guess what name came up.Copy !req
183. John Edward Gammell.
John G.Copy !req
184. - Do you know him?
- No.Copy !req
185. But his face on his driver's license
looked really familiar.Copy !req
186. I think he's been in the bar, maybe.Copy !req
187. Here's a copy of his license,
his registration, photo and all.Copy !req
188. Are you sure you want this?Copy !req
189. Have I told you what this man did?Copy !req
190. - Yeah.
- Well, then, you shouldn't have to ask.Copy !req
191. But even if you get revenge,
you're not gonna remember it.Copy !req
192. You're not even gonna know
that it happened.Copy !req
193. My wife deserves vengeance.Copy !req
194. Doesn't make any difference
whether I know about it.Copy !req
195. Just because there are things I don't remember
doesn't make my actions meaningless.Copy !req
196. The world doesn't just disappear
when you close your eyes, does it?Copy !req
197. Anyway, maybe I'll take
a photograph to remind myself,Copy !req
198. get another freaky tattoo.Copy !req
199. Tell me about her again.Copy !req
200. Why?Copy !req
201. Because you like to remember her.Copy !req
202. She was beautiful.Copy !req
203. To me, she was perfect.Copy !req
204. No. Don't just recite the words.Copy !req
205. Close your eyes...
and remember her.Copy !req
206. You can just feel the details.Copy !req
207. The bits and pieces you never
bothered to put into words.Copy !req
208. And you can feel
these extreme moments...Copy !req
209. even if you don't want to.Copy !req
210. You put these together,
and you get the feel of a person.Copy !req
211. Enough to know
how much you miss them...Copy !req
212. and how much you hate
the person who took them away.Copy !req
213. I, um—I added
an address in here.Copy !req
214. It might be useful.
It's an abandoned place outside of town.Copy !req
215. A guy I knew used to do
bigger deals there.Copy !req
216. It's isolated.Copy !req
217. Sounds perfect.Copy !req
218. Do I owe you any—Copy !req
219. I wasn't helping you for money.Copy !req
220. - I'm sorry.
- It's okay.Copy !req
221. See, you have this condition.Copy !req
222. Oh, are you still staying
at the Discount Inn, room 304?Copy !req
223. You left it at my place.Copy !req
224. Yeah.Copy !req
225. - They treating you okay?
- I don't remember.Copy !req
226. You know what we have in common?Copy !req
227. We are both survivors.Copy !req
228. You take care, Leonard.Copy !req
229. "Remember Sammy Jankis."Copy !req
230. I met Sammy through work. Insurance.
I was an investigator.Copy !req
231. I'd investigate the claims
to see which ones were phony.Copy !req
232. I had to see through
people's bullshit.Copy !req
233. It was useful experience,
'cause now it's my life.Copy !req
234. When I meet someone, I don't
know if I've met them before.Copy !req
235. I have to just look in their eyes
and try and figure them out.Copy !req
236. My job taught me the best way to find out
what someone knew was just let them talk…Copy !req
237. and watch the eyes
and the body language.Copy !req
238. If someone scratches their nose while they're talking,
experts tell you it means they're lying.Copy !req
239. It really means they're nervous.
People get nervous for all sorts of reasons.Copy !req
240. It's all about context.Copy !req
241. Yeah, I was good.Copy !req
242. Sammy was my first
real challenge.Copy !req
243. Yo, Lenny!Copy !req
244. I thought you split for good.Copy !req
245. - Well, things change.
- So I see.Copy !req
246. - My name's Teddy.
- I guess I've told you about my condition.Copy !req
247. Only every time I see you.
Come on, I'll buy you lunch.Copy !req
248. - Have I told you about Sammy Jankis?
- Mm. Yeah.Copy !req
249. I'm sick of hearing about the guy.
What about John G.? You think he's still here?Copy !req
250. - Who?
- Johnny G., the guy you're looking for.Copy !req
251. - That's why you haven't left town, am I right?
- Maybe.Copy !req
252. - Leonard, look, you have to be very careful.
- Why?Copy !req
253. The other day you mentioned
that maybe somebody...Copy !req
254. was trying to set you up,
get you to kill the wrong guy.Copy !req
255. Well, I go on facts, not recommendations,
but thank you.Copy !req
256. Lenny, you can't trust a man's life
to your little notes and pictures.Copy !req
257. - Why not?
- Because your notes could be unreliable.Copy !req
258. - Memory's unreliable.
- Oh, please!Copy !req
259. No, really. Memory's not perfect.
It's not even that good.Copy !req
260. Ask the police.
Eyewitness testimony is unreliable.Copy !req
261. - Cops don't catch a killer by remembering stuff.
- Right—Copy !req
262. They collect facts, they make notes,
and they draw conclusions.Copy !req
263. Facts, not memories. That's how you investigate.
I know. It's what I used to do.Copy !req
264. Look, memory can change the shape of a room.
It can change the color of a car.Copy !req
265. And memories can be distorted.Copy !req
266. They're just an interpretation.
They're not a record.Copy !req
267. They're irrelevant
if you have the facts.Copy !req
268. You really want
to get this guy, don't you?Copy !req
269. He killed my wife.
He took away my fucking memory.Copy !req
270. He destroyed my ability to live.Copy !req
271. - You're living.
- Only for revenge.Copy !req
272. Well, then we'll get the bastard.Copy !req
273. Where are you staying?Copy !req
274. The Discount Inn.Copy !req
275. - I don't know what room. I haven't got my key.
- Probably left it in your room.Copy !req
276. Hi. I'm checked in here,
but I think I've misplaced my key.Copy !req
277. How you doing, Leonard?
Probably in the room, right?Copy !req
278. - I don't see my key anywhere.
- Oh, shit. This is the wrong room. You're in 304 now.Copy !req
279. - I'm sorry. I fucked up.
- This is not my room?Copy !req
280. - No. Come on, let's go.
- Why is this my handwriting?Copy !req
281. Well... this was your room,
but now you're in 304.Copy !req
282. - When was I in here?
- Last week.Copy !req
283. - But then I rented you another room on top of it.
- Why?Copy !req
284. Business is slow. I mean,
I told my boss about the—Copy !req
285. your condition and stuff, and he said,
”Try and rent him another room. “Copy !req
286. So how many rooms am I checked
into in this shit-hole?Copy !req
287. Just two, so far.Copy !req
288. Well, at least you're being
honest about ripping me off.Copy !req
289. Well, you're not
gonna remember anyway.Copy !req
290. You don't have to be
that honest, Burt.Copy !req
291. Leonard, always get a receipt.Copy !req
292. Oh, yeah.
I'm gonna write that down.Copy !req
293. - Hey, what time is it?
- Quarter to 1:00.Copy !req
294. You—Copy !req
295. Your room's—Copy !req
296. - Natalie?
- You don't remember me.Copy !req
297. I'd just become an investigator
when I came across Sammy.Copy !req
298. Mr. Samuel R. Jankis.
Strangest case ever.Copy !req
299. You know, the guy's a 58-year-old
semiretired accountant.Copy !req
300. He and his wife had been in this car accident.
Nothing too serious.Copy !req
301. But he's acting funny.
He can't get a handle on what's going on.Copy !req
302. The doctors find some possible
damage to the hippocampus.Copy !req
303. Nothing conclusive, but Sammy can't remember
anything for more than a couple of minutes.Copy !req
304. Can't work, can't do shit.
The medical bills pile up.Copy !req
305. His wife calls the insurance company,
and I get sent in.Copy !req
306. Now, this is my first big claims investigation,
so I really check into it.Copy !req
307. - Can I get you some coffee?
- Sammy can think just fine,Copy !req
308. but he can't make any new memories.Copy !req
309. He could only remember things
for a couple of minutes.Copy !req
310. He'd watch TV, but anything longer than
a couple of minutes was too confusing.Copy !req
311. He couldn't remember how it began.
He liked commercials.Copy !req
312. - They were short.
- Sammy.Copy !req
313. It's time for my shot.Copy !req
314. The crazy part was that this guy…Copy !req
315. who couldn't even follow the plot
of Green Acres anymore…Copy !req
316. could do the most complicated things…Copy !req
317. as long as he learned them
before the accident…Copy !req
318. and as long as he kept his mind
on what he was doing.Copy !req
319. - Be gentle.
- Now, the doctors assure me…Copy !req
320. there's a real condition called
anterograde memory loss, or short-term memory loss.Copy !req
321. It's rare, but legit.Copy !req
322. But every time I see him…Copy !req
323. I catch this look,Copy !req
324. this slight look of recognition.Copy !req
325. But he says
he can't remember me at all.Copy !req
326. Sammy, it's okay.
I got it. I got it.Copy !req
327. - Hi, Mr. Shelby.
- Hi, Mrs. Jankis.Copy !req
328. - Now, I can read people, and I'm thinking: bad actor.
- This is Mr. Shelby, Sammy.Copy !req
329. So now I'm suspicious, and I order more tests.Copy !req
330. Awake.Copy !req
331. Oh, where am I?Copy !req
332. Somebody's bedroom.Copy !req
333. Ah, it must be her room.Copy !req
334. But who is she?Copy !req
335. It's only me.Copy !req
336. - Did you sleep okay?
- Yeah. You?Copy !req
337. Yeah. Oh, shit. Shit!
I got to be someplace.Copy !req
338. - It's pretty weird.
- It's useful.Copy !req
339. You never write a phone number
on your hand?Copy !req
340. I, um—l should be able to talk to
my friend today about the license plate.Copy !req
341. - Yeah, the license plate.
- John G.'s license plate.Copy !req
342. You have it tattooed on your thigh.Copy !req
343. "Natalie."Copy !req
344. "She has also lost someone.Copy !req
345. She will help you out of pity."Copy !req
346. Mm, if it's registered in this state,Copy !req
347. it should only take a couple of seconds
to pull up his license and registration.Copy !req
348. I'll call you as soon as I talk to him.Copy !req
349. Do you think we could just arrange a meeting now?
I'm not too good on the phone.Copy !req
350. You know,
it's great that you—Copy !req
351. well, that you're
helping me like this.Copy !req
352. I'm helping you
because you helped me.Copy !req
353. So next time you see me,
will you remember me?Copy !req
354. I think you will.Copy !req
355. I'm sorry.Copy !req
356. Lenny, before you go, could I
have my shirt back, please?Copy !req
357. Yo, Lenny!
I thought you split for good.Copy !req
358. Sammy couldn't pick up
any new skills at all.Copy !req
359. But I find something
in my research: conditioning.Copy !req
360. Sammy should still be able
to learn through repetition.Copy !req
361. It's how you learn stuff like riding a bike.
You just get better through practice.Copy !req
362. It's a completely different part of the brain
from the short-term memory.Copy !req
363. So I had the doctors
test Sammy's response to conditioning.Copy !req
364. - Just pick up any three objects.
- That's a test?Copy !req
365. Hey, where were you guys
when I did my C.P.A.?Copy !req
366. Sorry.Copy !req
367. Ta-da!Copy !req
368. - Ow! What the fuck?Copy !req
369. It's a test, Sammy.Copy !req
370. Well, test this, you fucking quack.Copy !req
371. Some of the objects were electrified.Copy !req
372. They'd give him a small shock.
They kept repeating the test,Copy !req
373. always with the same objects electrified.Copy !req
374. The point was to see if Sammy
could learn to avoid the electrified objects...Copy !req
375. not by memory, but by instinct.Copy !req
376. Natalie, right?
Who the fuck is Dodd?Copy !req
377. Guess I don't have to worry
about him anymore.Copy !req
378. - What the fuck have you got me into?
- Shh. Come inside.Copy !req
379. - Who is he?
- Calm down. Okay?Copy !req
380. This is my problem. You offered to help.
It has nothing to do with your investigation.Copy !req
381. How did you get me into this?Copy !req
382. You offered to help me
when you saw what he did to my face.Copy !req
383. How do I know
he did that to your face?Copy !req
384. Because I came straight to you
after he did it.Copy !req
385. I showed you what he did,
and I asked you to help me.Copy !req
386. And I just take your word?Copy !req
387. - Yeah.
- Something doesn't feel right.Copy !req
388. I think someone's fucking with me,
trying to get me to kill the wrong guy.Copy !req
389. - Did you?
- What?Copy !req
390. - Kill him?
- Of course not!Copy !req
391. Hey, what—
Sit down, okay? Sit.Copy !req
392. This has nothing to do with you.Copy !req
393. You helped me out, and I'm grateful.Copy !req
394. You have to burn them.Copy !req
395. Leonard, you decided to help me.
Trust yourself.Copy !req
396. Trust your own judgment.
You can question everything.Copy !req
397. You can never know
anything for sure.Copy !req
398. - There are things you know for sure.
- Such as?Copy !req
399. I know what that's gonna
sound like when I knock on it.Copy !req
400. I know what that's gonna
feel like when I pick it up.Copy !req
401. See? Certainties.
It's the kind of memory you take for granted.Copy !req
402. You know,
I can remember so much.Copy !req
403. The feel of the world...
and her.Copy !req
404. She's gone.Copy !req
405. And the present is trivia,
which I scribble down as fucking notes.Copy !req
406. Hey, hey, come on.
Try and relax. Come on.Copy !req
407. - It's not easy for me to relax, you know?
- Shh.Copy !req
408. Come on.
Take your jacket off.Copy !req
409. Now. Come on.Copy !req
410. Hey.Copy !req
411. Didn't think you were the type.Copy !req
412. It's backwards.Copy !req
413. Come here. Come here!Copy !req
414. What about here?Copy !req
415. Maybe it's for when I find him.Copy !req
416. I've lost somebody too.Copy !req
417. I'm sorry.Copy !req
418. His name was Jimmy.Copy !req
419. What happened to him?Copy !req
420. He went to meet somebody.
He never came back.Copy !req
421. Who did he go to meet?Copy !req
422. A guy called Teddy.Copy !req
423. What do the police think?Copy !req
424. They don't look too hard
for guys like Jimmy.Copy !req
425. When you find this guy,
this John G.,Copy !req
426. what are you gonna do?Copy !req
427. I'm gonna kill him.Copy !req
428. Maybe I can help you find him.Copy !req
429. I don't even know
how long she's been gone.Copy !req
430. It's like I've woken up
in bed and she's not here...Copy !req
431. because she's gone to
the bathroom or something.Copy !req
432. But somehow I just—Copy !req
433. I just know she's never
gonna come back to bed.Copy !req
434. If I could just reach over...Copy !req
435. and touch her side of the bed...Copy !req
436. I would know that it was cold.Copy !req
437. But I can't.Copy !req
438. I know I can't have her back.Copy !req
439. But I don't want to wake up in the morning
thinking she's still here.Copy !req
440. I lie here not knowing
how long I've been alone.Copy !req
441. So how—Copy !req
442. how can I heal?Copy !req
443. How am I supposed to heal
if I can't... feel time?Copy !req
444. "She has also lost someone.Copy !req
445. She will help you out of pity."Copy !req
446. They kept testing Sammy
for months,Copy !req
447. always with the same objects
carrying the electrical charge.Copy !req
448. - Ow! What the fuck?Copy !req
449. - It's a test, Sammy.
- Test this, you fucking quack!Copy !req
450. Even with total
short-term memory loss,Copy !req
451. Sammy should have learned to instinctively
stop picking up the wrong objects.Copy !req
452. All the previous cases responded to conditioning.
Sammy didn't respond at all.Copy !req
453. It was enough to suggest that his condition
was psychological, not physical.Copy !req
454. We turned down his claim on the grounds
that he wasn't covered for mental illness.Copy !req
455. His wife got stuck with the bills,
and I got a big promotion.Copy !req
456. Conditioning didn't work for Sammy,
so he became helpless.Copy !req
457. But it works for me.
I live the way Sammy couldn't.Copy !req
458. Habit and routine
make my life possible.Copy !req
459. Conditioning.
Acting on instinct.Copy !req
460. Where am I?Copy !req
461. Motel room.Copy !req
462. Some anonymous motel room.Copy !req
463. Nothing in the drawers,
but I'll take a look anyway.Copy !req
464. Nothing except the Gideon Bi—Bible.Copy !req
465. - Lenny! Open up!Copy !req
466. Just a minute.Copy !req
467. Open the door.Copy !req
468. Lenny!Copy !req
469. Open the door!Copy !req
470. Come on!Copy !req
471. Hi, Teddy.Copy !req
472. Finished playing with yourself, Lenny?Copy !req
473. Oh, I get it.
Amorous neighbors.Copy !req
474. - What are you doing here?Copy !req
475. You called me.
You said you needed my help.Copy !req
476. You know, I've had
more rewarding friendships than this one.Copy !req
477. Although I do get to keep
telling the same jokes.Copy !req
478. What the fuck is that?Copy !req
479. - Who the fuck is that?
- You don't know him?Copy !req
480. No! Should I?
Wait a minute.Copy !req
481. - Is that John G.?
- I don't think so.Copy !req
482. You don't think so?
You didn't write it down?Copy !req
483. - I might've fallen asleep before I did.
- For Christ's sakes!Copy !req
484. Ask him.Copy !req
485. What's your name?Copy !req
486. Your name!Copy !req
487. - Dodd.
- And who did this to you?Copy !req
488. - What?
- Who did this to you?Copy !req
489. You did.Copy !req
490. Look, I'm not gonna help you kill that guy.Copy !req
491. No, just let me think for a minute.Copy !req
492. - Okay, Natalie.
- Who's Natalie?Copy !req
493. - Natalie who?
- Why?Copy !req
494. - Maybe I know her.
- Look, we gotta get him out of here.Copy !req
495. - All right, all right, all right, all right.Copy !req
496. He's gotta have a car, right?Copy !req
497. So we take him down to his car, we tell him
to get out of town or we're gonna kill him.Copy !req
498. We can't just walk him out of here
tied up and bleeding.Copy !req
499. - How the fuck did you get him up here?
- I don't know!Copy !req
500. You don't know.Copy !req
501. Yes, I do.
This is not my room.Copy !req
502. - It must be his room. Great! Let's go.
- No, no, no.Copy !req
503. - We can't just leave him here.
- Why not?Copy !req
504. Because the maid's gonna walk in.
She'll see him, call the cops. He can I.D. us.Copy !req
505. Okay. We untie him,
we clean him up...Copy !req
506. and we march him out of here
with a gun in his back.Copy !req
507. A gun.
Why would I have a gun?Copy !req
508. It must be his. I don't think they'd let
someone like me carry a gun.Copy !req
509. Fucking hope not.Copy !req
510. Which one?Copy !req
511. We should probably steal his car.
You know, teach him a lesson.Copy !req
512. Shut up.Copy !req
513. That's all right for you to say.
You're the one with the Jag.Copy !req
514. All right, get in.
I'm gonna ride with him. You follow us.Copy !req
515. Give me your keys.Copy !req
516. Take your own car.Copy !req
517. - So was he scared?
- Yeah. I think it was your sinister mustache.Copy !req
518. Fuck you. You should have
stolen his car.Copy !req
519. - Why? What's wrong with this one?
- Nothing. You want to trade?Copy !req
520. So what do you do now?Copy !req
521. I'm going to find out what
the fuck that was all about.Copy !req
522. Natalie, right?
Who the fuck is Dodd?Copy !req
523. Sammy's wife was crippled
by the cost of supporting him...Copy !req
524. and fighting
the company's decision.Copy !req
525. But it wasn't the money
that got to her.Copy !req
526. - I never said that Sammy was faking.
- Listen. I have an idea.Copy !req
527. Sammy, I have an idea
I want you to do for me.Copy !req
528. Just that his problem
was mental, not physical.Copy !req
529. I want you to have
a pen in your pocket, okay?Copy !req
530. You're gonna have a pad in your pocket.
She couldn't understand.Copy !req
531. - I did something wrong?
- You did something wrong!Copy !req
532. We're gonna deal with it.
We're gonna try harder—Copy !req
533. I mean, she looks into his eyes
and sees the same person.Copy !req
534. If it's not a physical problem,
he should just snap out of it.Copy !req
535. - Ellen called!
- Ellen called?Copy !req
536. - Ellen can't come today! Ellen can't come!
- Okay. I'm sorry!Copy !req
537. - I'm sorry. I'm trying. I'm sorry.
- Try harder!Copy !req
538. So good old Leonard Shelby
from the insurance companyCopy !req
539. gives her the seed of doubt...
just like he gave it to the doctors.Copy !req
540. But I never said that he was faking.
I never said that.Copy !req
541. Hmm, I don't feel drunk.Copy !req
542. Hello? Housekeeping.
- Oh, shit.Copy !req
543. - Not right now.
- Oh, I'm sorry.Copy !req
544. Okay.Copy !req
545. "Dodd. Put him onto Teddy...Copy !req
546. or just get rid of him for Natalie."Copy !req
547. Dodd.Copy !req
548. Get rid of him.Copy !req
549. Ask Natalie.Copy !req
550. Teddy, Teddy.Copy !req
551. Leave your number.
You know what to do.Copy !req
552. Yeah. This is a message for Teddy.Copy !req
553. I'm at the Mountcrest Inn
of Fifth Street, room six.Copy !req
554. I need you to come over
as soon as you get this. It's important.Copy !req
555. Oh, this is Leonard.
Thanks. Bye.Copy !req
556. Whew. Fuck.Copy !req
557. What Mrs. Jankis didn't understand was that
you can't bully someone into remembering.Copy !req
558. The more pressure you're under,
the harder it gets.Copy !req
559. Uh, well, then call me—
call me back?Copy !req
560. Okay, so what am I doing?Copy !req
561. Oh, I'm chasing this guy.Copy !req
562. No. He's chasing me.Copy !req
563. Fuck.Copy !req
564. "Dodd. White guy.Copy !req
565. Mountcrest Inn on Fifth Street."Copy !req
566. I'll get the jump on you,
you fucker.Copy !req
567. $9995, $98 a month.Copy !req
568. A '97 Toyota RAV-4,
$11,995, $110 a month.Copy !req
569. - Oh, fuck.
- A '96 Dodge Caravan, $8995, $95 a month.Copy !req
570. - Sorry.
- A '97—Copy !req
571. I need a weapon.Copy !req
572. This will do.Copy !req
573. Hmm, I don't feel drunk.Copy !req
574. Do I know this guy?Copy !req
575. - He seems to know me.Copy !req
576. What the fuck?Copy !req
577. - I like your car.
- Thank you.Copy !req
578. - Where'd you get it?
- Are you interested in buying one?Copy !req
579. What, I haven't made
a strong enough impression on you?Copy !req
580. I wouldn't be too hard on yourself.Copy !req
581. Okay, so what am I doing?Copy !req
582. Who is this?Copy !req
583. Ouch. Cut it out.Copy !req
584. - How can you read that again?
- It's good.Copy !req
585. Yeah, but you've read it,
like, a thousand times.Copy !req
586. I enjoy it.Copy !req
587. I always thought
the pleasure of a book...Copy !req
588. - was in wanting to know what happens next.
- Look, don't be a prick.Copy !req
589. I'm not reading it to annoy you.
I enjoy it.Copy !req
590. Just let me read, please.Copy !req
591. Probably tried this before.Copy !req
592. Probably burned truckloads
of your stuff.Copy !req
593. Can't remember to forget you.Copy !req
594. Yeah. Uh-huh.Copy !req
595. Well, sir, that'd certainly be in keeping
with some of my own discoveries.Copy !req
596. I was hoping for a little more on the drugs angle.
Can you hang on a sec?Copy !req
597. Now, the police report mentioned
the drugs found in the car outside my house.Copy !req
598. The car was stolen,
but his prints were all over it.Copy !req
599. I got friends in the department.
They gave me a copy of it.Copy !req
600. I dealt with the police a lot
in my insurance job.Copy !req
601. With my condition, it's really tough.
I can't keep it all in mind at once.Copy !req
602. I have to summarize the different sections.
And there's pages missing.Copy !req
603. I guess I've been trying
to log them all.Copy !req
604. I don't know why these are crossed out.Copy !req
605. But they weren't even looking for John G.Copy !req
606. The stuff they found in the car
just fit in with what they believed had happened,Copy !req
607. so they didn't chase any of it up.Copy !req
608. Honey.Copy !req
609. Honey, it's late.Copy !req
610. Everything okay?Copy !req
611. - You okay in there?Copy !req
612. Was it good for you?Copy !req
613. What? Was I supposed to lock the door?Copy !req
614. No.Copy !req
615. I'd like you to leave now.Copy !req
616. There's something about the drugs
stashed in the car that doesn't ring true for me.Copy !req
617. Because the police claim
the guy was an addict,Copy !req
618. needing money to score,
which I think is bullshit,Copy !req
619. 'cause he's not gonna go breaking into places
while he's still got a stash that big.Copy !req
620. Well, I think John G. left it there
or planted it there.Copy !req
621. How do you know that?Copy !req
622. Oh, shit, that's true. It fits.Copy !req
623. So he's a dealer.Copy !req
624. Hang on a sec.Copy !req
625. Now we're getting somewhere.Copy !req
626. "Discount Inn."Copy !req
627. Yeah, okay.Copy !req
628. Blonde's fine.Copy !req
629. Well, that's what they say.Copy !req
630. The Discount Inn. 304.Copy !req
631. Leonard.Copy !req
632. Well, what then?Copy !req
633. We just go to bed.
You wait for me to fall asleep.Copy !req
634. You go into the bathroom
and you slam the door.Copy !req
635. - Slam it?
- Yeah. Loud enough to wake me up.Copy !req
636. - And that's it?
- That's it.Copy !req
637. Uh…Copy !req
638. Yeah, first I just need you
to put these things around the room.Copy !req
639. Just pretend they're your things
and that this is your bedroom.Copy !req
640. - Should I wear it?
- No, no, no. Uh, just like you took it off or something.Copy !req
641. l-l don't want you to use it. I'm sorry.Copy !req
642. Just—I just mean put them
around the room, you know,Copy !req
643. as if they were your—your things.Copy !req
644. Whatever gets you off.Copy !req
645. I can't blame the cops
for not taking me seriously.Copy !req
646. This is a difficult condition
for people to understand.Copy !req
647. I mean, look at Sammy Jankis.
His own wife couldn't deal with it.Copy !req
648. I told you about how she tried
to get him to snap out of it.Copy !req
649. Eventually she came to see me at the office.
I found out all kinds of shit.Copy !req
650. She told me about life with Sammy,
how she treated him.Copy !req
651. Thank you for seeing me.Copy !req
652. It got to the point where she'd get Sammy
to hide food all around the house...Copy !req
653. and then she'd stop feeding him
just to see if his hungerCopy !req
654. would make him remember
where he'd hidden the food.Copy !req
655. She wasn't a cruel person.
She just wanted old Sammy back.Copy !req
656. Mr. Shelby, you know all about Sammy
and you've decided that he's faking.Copy !req
657. Mrs. Jankis, the company's position
isn't that Sammy is faking anything,Copy !req
658. just that his condition
can't be shown to be—Copy !req
659. I just wanna know what your
honest opinion about Sammy is.Copy !req
660. We shouldn't even be talking like this
while the case is still open to appeal.Copy !req
661. - I'm not appealing the decision.
- Then why are you here?Copy !req
662. Try to understand.
When I look at Sammy,Copy !req
663. I don't see some... vegetable.Copy !req
664. I see my same old Sammy.Copy !req
665. What do you think that's like for me...Copy !req
666. to suspect that he might be
imagining this whole problem…Copy !req
667. and that if I just could
say the right thing,Copy !req
668. he'd snap out of it
and go back to being normal?Copy !req
669. If I—Copy !req
670. If I knew that my old Sammy
were truly gone,Copy !req
671. then I could say good-bye
and start loving this new Sammy.Copy !req
672. As long as I have doubt,
I can't say good-bye and move on.Copy !req
673. What do you want from me?Copy !req
674. I want you to forget the company
you work for for 30 seconds…Copy !req
675. and tell me if you really believe
that Sammy's faking his condition.Copy !req
676. I need to know...
what you honestly believe.Copy !req
677. I believe that Sammy should be
physically capable of making new memories.Copy !req
678. Thank you.Copy !req
679. I thought I helped her.
I thought she just needed some kind of answer.Copy !req
680. I didn't think it was important
what the answer was,Copy !req
681. just that she had one to believe.Copy !req
682. - A car this nice you should look.
- Who the fuck are you?Copy !req
683. - Teddy, your buddy.
- Prove it.Copy !req
684. Sammy. Remember Sammy?
You told me about Sammy!Copy !req
685. - Geez!
- What the fuck are you doing in my car?Copy !req
686. What, your sense of humor
went with the memory?Copy !req
687. - Do you even know why you're here?
- Unfinished business.Copy !req
688. Lenny, let me inform you.Copy !req
689. Your business here
is very much finished.Copy !req
690. - You're still here because of Natalie.
- Who's Natalie?Copy !req
691. Schmuck, whose house
do you think you just walked out of?Copy !req
692. Oh, that's right. Take a look at your pictures.
I bet you got one of her.Copy !req
693. Oh, nice shot, Leibovitz.Copy !req
694. You'll wanna make a note.
You can't trust her.Copy !req
695. Oh, yeah? Why's that?Copy !req
696. Because by now
she's taken a look at this suit and the car...Copy !req
697. and she's starting to figure out ways
of turning the situation to her advantage.Copy !req
698. She's already got you staying with her,
for Christ's sakes.Copy !req
699. You can't go back in there.
Let me give you the name of a motel.Copy !req
700. You're lucky I ran into you.
That broad's bad news.Copy !req
701. What do you mean, "bad news"?Copy !req
702. She's involved with drugs.
All right, look. These. You see these?Copy !req
703. This is the bar where she works.Copy !req
704. Her boyfriend's a drug dealer.Copy !req
705. She takes orders for him,
arranges meets.Copy !req
706. He writes messages
on the back of these.Copy !req
707. Then she slips him the answers
when she serves him his drinks.Copy !req
708. - Why should I care?
- Because when she gets jammed up,Copy !req
709. - she's gonna use you to protect herself.
- From who?Copy !req
710. Guys are gonna wanna know
what happened to her boyfriend.Copy !req
711. Guys are gonna come after her.
Somebody's gotta pay, Lenny.Copy !req
712. Somebody always pays.
Maybe she'll make it you.Copy !req
713. Oh, yeah? Well, maybe she'll make it you.
Is that it?Copy !req
714. You worried that she's gonna
use me against you?Copy !req
715. - No.
- Why not?Copy !req
716. Because she doesn't know
who I am.Copy !req
717. - Why are you following me?
- Maybe I wanna help.Copy !req
718. She doesn't know anything
about your investigation, okay, Einstein?Copy !req
719. So write this down.Copy !req
720. When she offers to help,
it'll be for her own reasons.Copy !req
721. I'm not lying.
Take my pen. Write this down.Copy !req
722. Do not trust her.Copy !req
723. - There. You happy now?
- I won't be happy until you leave town.Copy !req
724. Why not?Copy !req
725. You ever wonder how long you can hang
around here before people start asking questions?Copy !req
726. What sort of questions?Copy !req
727. The same sort of questions
you should be asking yourself.Copy !req
728. - Like what?
- Like, how did you get this suit, the car?Copy !req
729. - I have money.
- From what?Copy !req
730. My wife's death. I used to work in insurance.
We were well covered.Copy !req
731. Oh!Copy !req
732. So in your grief
you wandered into a Jaguar dealership.Copy !req
733. You don't have a clue, do you?Copy !req
734. - You don't even know who you are.
- Yes, I do.Copy !req
735. I don't have amnesia.
I remember everything right up until the incident.Copy !req
736. I am Leonard Shelby.
I am from San Francisco—Copy !req
737. That's who you were.
You do not know who you are,Copy !req
738. what you've become since...
the incident.Copy !req
739. You wander around playing detective.Copy !req
740. You don't even know how long ago it was.Copy !req
741. Let me put it this way.Copy !req
742. Were you wearing designer suits
when you sold insurance?Copy !req
743. - I didn't sell insurance. I investigated it.
- Right. You're an investigator.Copy !req
744. - Well, maybe you should start investigating yourself.
- Thank you for the advice.Copy !req
745. Look, do me a favor.
Don't go back in there.Copy !req
746. Will you take the motel out of town?Copy !req
747. It's been fun, Lenny.Copy !req
748. "Do not trust her."Copy !req
749. "Don't believe his lies."Copy !req
750. Oh, fuck it.
I need my own place.Copy !req
751. No. She shouldn't have
given me that responsibility.Copy !req
752. I'm a claims investigator,
not a doctor.Copy !req
753. Yeah, yeah. I guess.Copy !req
754. But I've got all sorts
of other considerations.Copy !req
755. Legal responsibility,
large financ—Copy !req
756. Who is this?
[Receiver Clicks, Dial Tone]Copy !req
757. Write this down. Write down what happened.
Write it down. Write it down.Copy !req
758. Come on. Concentrate.
Keep it in mind. Find a pen—Copy !req
759. - What happened?
- What does it look like? He beat the shit out of me.Copy !req
760. - Who?
- Who?Copy !req
761. Fuck, Leonard. Dodd.
Dodd beat the shit out of me.Copy !req
762. - Why?
- Why? Because of you.Copy !req
763. Because I did what you told me to!
Go in and reason with him!Copy !req
764. Tell him about Teddy!
Great fucking idea!Copy !req
765. Calm down. Take it easy.Copy !req
766. You're safe. It's okay.Copy !req
767. Come on. Just sit down.Copy !req
768. Sit down.Copy !req
769. Here. Sit down.Copy !req
770. Okay. You're okay.Copy !req
771. I'll just get some ice for your face.Copy !req
772. Here.Copy !req
773. I did exactly
what you told me to do.Copy !req
774. I went to Dodd...Copy !req
775. and I told him that l—
I didn't have any of Jimmy's money...Copy !req
776. or the drugs,Copy !req
777. and that this Teddy
must have taken everything.Copy !req
778. And what did he say?Copy !req
779. He didn't believe me.Copy !req
780. He said if I don't have the drugs by tomorrow,
he's gonna kill me.Copy !req
781. And then he just—
he just started hitting me.Copy !req
782. Where is he?Copy !req
783. - Why?
- I'll go see him.Copy !req
784. - And?
- I'll give him some bruises of his own...Copy !req
785. and tell him to look for a guy called Teddy.Copy !req
786. Ah, he'll kill you, Lenny.Copy !req
787. My wife used to call me Lenny.Copy !req
788. Yeah?Copy !req
789. Yeah. I hated it.Copy !req
790. Oh, this guy—
this guy is so dangerous.Copy !req
791. - Let's just think of something else, okay?
- No, no.Copy !req
792. You just tell me what he looks like...
and where I can find him.Copy !req
793. - Have you got a pen?
- In my purse.Copy !req
794. He'll, um—
He'll probably find you.Copy !req
795. - What do you mean?
- I told him about your car.Copy !req
796. Why?Copy !req
797. He was beating the shit out of me.
I had to tell him something.Copy !req
798. Just write it all down.Copy !req
799. Be careful.Copy !req
800. I'll be fine.Copy !req
801. - A car this nice you should look.
- Who the fuck are you?Copy !req
802. Front desk? Burt. Right.
This is Mr. Shelby in room 21.Copy !req
803. Yeah, that's the thing.
I don't want any calls.Copy !req
804. Nope. None at all.Copy !req
805. - What's wrong?
- Somebody's come already.Copy !req
806. - Who?
- He calls himself Dodd.Copy !req
807. What does he want?Copy !req
808. He wants to know what happened
to Jimmy and his money.Copy !req
809. - He thinks I have it. He thinks I took it.
- Oh. Well, did you?Copy !req
810. No.Copy !req
811. - What's this all about?
- Fuck!Copy !req
812. You don't have a fucking clue, do you?
You're just blissfully ignorant, aren't ya?Copy !req
813. - Look, I have this condition.
- Yeah, I know all about your condition, Leonard!Copy !req
814. Probably know more about it than you do.
You don't have a fucking clue about anything else.Copy !req
815. What happened?Copy !req
816. What happened is Jimmy went
to meet some guy named Teddy.Copy !req
817. He took a lot of money with him,
and he never came back.Copy !req
818. Jimmy's partners think I set him up.
I don't know if you know this Teddy, or how well.Copy !req
819. Neither do I.Copy !req
820. - Don't protect him!
- I'm not.Copy !req
821. - Help me.
- How?Copy !req
822. Get rid of Dodd for me.Copy !req
823. - What?
- Kill him. I'll pay you.Copy !req
824. What do you think I am?
I'm not gonna kill someone for money.Copy !req
825. What then? Love?
What would you kill for?Copy !req
826. - You'd kill for your wife, wouldn't you?
- That's different.Copy !req
827. - Not to me. I wasn't fucking married to her.
- Hey, don't talk about my wife.Copy !req
828. I can talk about
whoever the fuck I want!Copy !req
829. I can say whatever I want
and you won't remember.Copy !req
830. I could call your wife a fucking whore
and we could still be friends.Copy !req
831. - Calm down.
- Easy for you to say.Copy !req
832. You can't get scared.
You don't know how, you fucking idiot!Copy !req
833. - Take it easy. This has nothing to do with me.
- Maybe it does.Copy !req
834. How the fuck would you know?
You don't know a fucking thing!Copy !req
835. - You can't get scared, but can you get angry?
- Yes.Copy !req
836. Ah, you pathetic piece of shit.Copy !req
837. I can say whatever the fuck I want...Copy !req
838. and you won't have a fucking clue,
you fucking retard!Copy !req
839. - Shut your mouth.
- You know what? I'm gonna use you.Copy !req
840. I'm telling you now, because I'm gonna
enjoy it so much more...Copy !req
841. if I know that you could stop me
if you weren't such a fucking freak.Copy !req
842. Did you lose your pen?
Well, that's too bad, freak.Copy !req
843. Otherwise, you could
write yourself a little note...Copy !req
844. about how much Natalie
hates your retarded guts...Copy !req
845. and that I called your wife
a fuckin' whore.Copy !req
846. - Don't say another fuckin' word.
- About your whore of a wife?Copy !req
847. I read about your condition, Leonard.Copy !req
848. You know what one of the causes
of short-term memory loss is?Copy !req
849. Venereal disease.Copy !req
850. Maybe your cunt of a fucking wife
sucked one too many diseased cocks...Copy !req
851. and turned you into a fucking retard!Copy !req
852. You sad, sad...Copy !req
853. freak.Copy !req
854. I can say
whatever the fuck I want...Copy !req
855. and you won't remember.Copy !req
856. We'll still be best friends...Copy !req
857. or maybe even lovers.Copy !req
858. Fuck.Copy !req
859. I'll see you soon.Copy !req
860. Stay focused. Find a pen.Copy !req
861. Gotta write this down.
Gotta write it down.Copy !req
862. Concentrate.
Concentrate. Concentrate.Copy !req
863. Keep it in mind. Keep it in mind.
Keep it in mind.Copy !req
864. Come on. Gotta find a pen.
I gotta find a pen.Copy !req
865. Write this down.
Write this down, exactly what happened.Copy !req
866. Gonna write down exactly what happened.
Come on. Come on. Come on.Copy !req
867. I gotta find a pen.
Geez! Come on.Copy !req
868. Keep focused. Keep focused.Copy !req
869. Keep—Keep it in mind.Copy !req
870. Come on. Find a pen.
Write this note. Write down what happened.Copy !req
871. Write it down. Write it down. Come on.
Concentrate. Keep it in mind. Find a pen.Copy !req
872. - What happened?
- What does it look like? He beat the shit out of me.Copy !req
873. - Who?
- Who?Copy !req
874. Fuck, Leonard. Dodd.
Dodd beat the shit out of me.Copy !req
875. Hello?Copy !req
876. It's Burt, from the front desk.Copy !req
877. - Yeah?
- Uh, I know you said you didn't want any calls.Copy !req
878. But this guy called.
He's on the phone now. He says he's a cop.Copy !req
879. - A cop?
- Yeah. And, uh,Copy !req
880. he says you're really gonna wanna know
what he has to say, so—-Copy !req
881. I'm not too good on the phone.
I need to look people in the eye when I talk to them.Copy !req
882. Well, what—Copy !req
883. You can, um—
You can crash on the couch.Copy !req
884. It's comfortable.
Just have a seat.Copy !req
885. Thanks.Copy !req
886. - So how long do you think it's gonna take you?
- Hmm?Copy !req
887. You told me you were looking for
the guy who killed your wife?Copy !req
888. Oh, well, that depends on if he's
here in town or if he's moved on.Copy !req
889. I have my file here.Copy !req
890. Can I ask you something?
If you have all of that information,Copy !req
891. then why haven't the police
found him for you?Copy !req
892. - Well, they're not looking for him.
- Why not?Copy !req
893. They don't think he exists.
You see, I told them what I remembered.Copy !req
894. I was asleep.Copy !req
895. - Something woke me up.Copy !req
896. Her side of the bed was cold.
She'd obviously been out of bed for a while.Copy !req
897. There had to be a second man.
Somebody hit me from behind.Copy !req
898. I remember.
It's about the last thing that I do remember.Copy !req
899. Look, the police did not believe me.
If we check the police—Copy !req
900. How did they explain what you do remember?
The gun and stuff.Copy !req
901. John G. was clever.
He was clever.Copy !req
902. See, he took the dead man's gun,Copy !req
903. he replaced it with the sap
that he hit me with.Copy !req
904. He left my gun and he left the getaway car.
He gave the police a complete package.Copy !req
905. They found the sap with my blood on it
in the dead man's hand.Copy !req
906. And they only found my gun.Copy !req
907. They didn't need
to look for anybody else.Copy !req
908. I was the only guy who disagreed
with the facts, and I had brain damage.Copy !req
909. See, the cops are not gonna believe
someone in my condition.Copy !req
910. Leonard, you can stay here
for a couple of days if it'll help you.Copy !req
911. Oh. Well, thanks.Copy !req
912. I have to go back to work.Copy !req
913. So, um, just make
yourself at home.Copy !req
914. You can watch TV
or you can have some food,Copy !req
915. whatever you want, okay?Copy !req
916. - Make yourself at home.
- One thing.Copy !req
917. - Something to remember you by.
- My name is Natalie.Copy !req
918. "Natalie."Copy !req
919. - What's wrong?
- Somebody's come already.Copy !req
920. - On the house.
- Thanks.Copy !req
921. My, you really do have a problem.Copy !req
922. - Just like that cop said.
- Hmm?Copy !req
923. - Your condition.
- Well, nobody's perfect.Copy !req
924. What's the last thing
that you do remember?Copy !req
925. - My wife.
- That's sweet.Copy !req
926. Dying.
I remember my wife dying.Copy !req
927. Let me, um,
get you another one.Copy !req
928. I think this one's dusty.Copy !req
929. Why are you calling me?
What do you want?Copy !req
930. I know you're a cop, but what do you want?
Have I done something wrong?Copy !req
931. I don't know.
Something bad, maybe.Copy !req
932. Why are you asking me?Copy !req
933. I can't remember what I've done.
You wouldn't believe me anyway.Copy !req
934. Because of my condition.
You don't believe someone with this condition.Copy !req
935. Nobody believed Sammy!
I didn't even fucking believe Sammy!Copy !req
936. "Ferdy's Bar."Copy !req
937. "Come by after. Natalie."Copy !req
938. I'll have a beer, please.Copy !req
939. - What do you want?
- A beer, please.Copy !req
940. You can't just waltz in here
dressed like that and ask for a beer.Copy !req
941. - What, is there a dress code?
- Why are you here?Copy !req
942. - I'm meeting someone called Natalie.
- Well, that's me.Copy !req
943. Yeah. We met before, right?Copy !req
944. - Then why am I here?
- I don't know. Why don't you tell me.Copy !req
945. I don't remember.
I have no short-term memory. It's not amnesia.Copy !req
946. - Oh, you're the memory guy.
- How do you know about me?Copy !req
947. My boyfriend told me about you.Copy !req
948. - Yeah? Who's your boyfriend?
- Jimmy Grants. Do you know him?Copy !req
949. No.Copy !req
950. Well, he knows you.
He told me about you.Copy !req
951. He said you were staying
at the Discount.Copy !req
952. In fact, a cop came by earlier,
was looking for you.Copy !req
953. Said he was looking for a guy
who can't remember anything,Copy !req
954. wouldn't know how he got here
or what he'd done.Copy !req
955. Said I get a lot of guys
around here like that.Copy !req
956. Well, you know, chronic alcoholism is
one cause of short-term memory loss.Copy !req
957. - Are you Teddy?
- No. My name's Leonard.Copy !req
958. - Did Teddy send you?
- I don't know.Copy !req
959. - What's happened to Jimmy?
- I don't know that either. Sorry.Copy !req
960. You don't remember anything?Copy !req
961. You don't remember
where you've been or what you've just done.Copy !req
962. No. I can't make new memories.
Everything just fades.Copy !req
963. - Then why did you come here?
- I found this in my pocket.Copy !req
964. Your pocket.Copy !req
965. Bar bet...
Care to contribute?Copy !req
966. - No, thanks.
- It's for a lot of money.Copy !req
967. Come on. Proceeds are going to charity.
Help me out.Copy !req
968. Thank you.Copy !req
969. - On the house.
- Thanks.Copy !req
970. It's completely fucked
because nobody believes you.Copy !req
971. It's amazing what a little brain damage
will do for your credibility.Copy !req
972. I guess it's some kind
of poetic justice for not believing Sammy.Copy !req
973. You know the truth
about my condition, Officer?Copy !req
974. You don't know anything.Copy !req
975. You feel angry, you don't know why.Copy !req
976. You feel guilty,
you have no idea why.Copy !req
977. You could do anything
and not have the faintest idea ten minutes later.Copy !req
978. Like Sammy. What if
I've done something like Sammy?Copy !req
979. I didn't tell you—
what happened to Sammy and his wife?Copy !req
980. Well, she came to see me at my office.Copy !req
981. I thought she was just
trying to catch me off guard,Copy !req
982. so I didn't tell her what I really thought,
but I never said that he was faking,Copy !req
983. just that his condition
was mental, not physical.Copy !req
984. I found out later that she went home
and gave Sammy his final exam.Copy !req
985. Sammy?
It's time for my shot.Copy !req
986. She knew beyond a doubt
that he loved her.Copy !req
987. So she found a way to test him.Copy !req
988. Sammy.
It's time for my shot.Copy !req
989. Hmm.Copy !req
990. - She really thought she'd call his bluff.
- There you go.Copy !req
991. Or she just didn't wanna
live with the things she'd put him through.Copy !req
992. Sammy.
It's time for my shot.Copy !req
993. It won't hurt.Copy !req
994. She went into a coma
and never recovered.Copy !req
995. Sammy couldn't understand
or explain what happened.Copy !req
996. Oh!Copy !req
997. He's been in a home ever since.Copy !req
998. He doesn't even know that his wife is dead.Copy !req
999. I was wrong about Sammy,
and I was wrong about his wife.Copy !req
1000. She wasn't interested in the money.Copy !req
1001. She just needed
to understand his problem.Copy !req
1002. His brain didn't respond to conditioning.
But he wasn't a con man.Copy !req
1003. You know, when she looked into his eyes,
she thought he could be the same person.Copy !req
1004. When I looked into his eyes,
I thought I saw recognition.Copy !req
1005. Now I know. You fake it.Copy !req
1006. If you think you're supposed
to recognize somebody, you just pretend to.Copy !req
1007. You bluff it to get a pat
on the head from the doctors.Copy !req
1008. You bluff it
to seem less of a freak.Copy !req
1009. What drug dealer?Copy !req
1010. - Hey, Lenny, how you doing?
- It's private back here.Copy !req
1011. - It's okay. We know each other. Right, kid?
- How'd you know I was in here?Copy !req
1012. The Jag's out front.
You should have put it around back.Copy !req
1013. What are you still doing here, Lenny?
There's plenty of tattoo parlors up north.Copy !req
1014. Well, I guess I just wanted to get
something down before it slipped my mind.Copy !req
1015. - Give me the keys. I'll move it for you.
- It'll be all right for a minute.Copy !req
1016. - Wait out there.
- Oh, for Christ—Copy !req
1017. Look, give me a minute.
I gotta get something for you.Copy !req
1018. Fact six:
Car license SG137IU.Copy !req
1019. Look. Wait a minute, will ya?Copy !req
1020. - All right, we gotta get you out of here.
- Why?Copy !req
1021. Aw, man. Come on, Leonard.
How many times I gotta tell you?Copy !req
1022. It's not safe for you
to hang around here anymore.Copy !req
1023. - Why not?
- Because that cop's looking for you.Copy !req
1024. Now, I gotta get you a new identity,
some new clothes.Copy !req
1025. A different car would do for now.
So put these on.Copy !req
1026. Whoa, whoa. What cop?Copy !req
1027. He's a bad cop. He's the one
that checked you into the Discount Inn.Copy !req
1028. He's been calling you for days,
telling you shit,Copy !req
1029. slipping envelopes under your door—
shit like that.Copy !req
1030. - How do you know this?
- He told me. He thinks it's funny.Copy !req
1031. - He's been laughing at you.
- You're full of shit.Copy !req
1032. No, I'm not. He knows you're no good on the phone,
so he's been calling you up.Copy !req
1033. Sometimes you don't answer the phone,Copy !req
1034. so he slips shit under your door
to scare you into answering the phone again,Copy !req
1035. giving you a line of crap
about John G. being some local drug dealer.Copy !req
1036. - Jimmy Grants.
- Who's Jimmy Grants?Copy !req
1037. Leonard, Jimmy's the drug dealer.Copy !req
1038. The cop wants to know
how his operation's run.Copy !req
1039. He's got some score in mind.
Somehow you're involved.Copy !req
1040. Uh-huh. How do you know him?Copy !req
1041. I'm a snitch.Copy !req
1042. He's a cop from out of town.
The local boys put us together.Copy !req
1043. If he knew I was helping you,
he'd fucking kill me.Copy !req
1044. So take these clothes, put them on
and get the fuck out of here.Copy !req
1045. Come on, Leonard. Just go.Copy !req
1046. You are full of shit.Copy !req
1047. "Come by after. Natalie."Copy !req
1048. "Ferdy's Bar."Copy !req
1049. Hey, Jimmy.Copy !req
1050. I'm sorry. I, uh,
thought you were somebody else.Copy !req
1051. Sorry.Copy !req
1052. That's okay.Copy !req
1053. So this Jimmy Grants deals drugs
out of the bar where his girlfriend works?Copy !req
1054. But he's not gonna bring her along.
He'll come by himself, right?Copy !req
1055. I always figured the drugs angle
would be the best way to get him.Copy !req
1056. No, Officer.
I'm as ready as I'll ever be.Copy !req
1057. You're in the lobby?
What do you look like?Copy !req
1058. I'll be right there.Copy !req
1059. Lenny.Copy !req
1060. Officer Gammell.Copy !req
1061. Yeah. Come on.Copy !req
1062. - Hey, smile.
- Oh, you know, uh— Not here.Copy !req
1063. Over here.Copy !req
1064. - Now, is it Officer or Lieutenant Gammell?
- You know what?Copy !req
1065. Don't write Gammell, just Teddy.Copy !req
1066. - Why?
- I'm undercover.Copy !req
1067. This is the directions where he's going.Copy !req
1068. - My number's on the bottom if you need me.
- You're not coming?Copy !req
1069. No. It wouldn't be appropriate.Copy !req
1070. Nice picture...
I look thin.Copy !req
1071. Hey, Lenny...
Make him beg.Copy !req
1072. Teddy!Copy !req
1073. Hey, Teddy!Copy !req
1074. Teddy!Copy !req
1075. Jimmy.Copy !req
1076. What the fuck
are you doing here?Copy !req
1077. You Jimmy Grants?Copy !req
1078. Expecting any other Jimmys out here,
Memory Man?Copy !req
1079. - Do you remember me?
- Yeah, I remember you.Copy !req
1080. Where the fuck's Teddy?Copy !req
1081. Well?Copy !req
1082. Motherfuck—
Fuckin' retard!Copy !req
1083. - Strip.
- You're making a big fucking mistake, pal.Copy !req
1084. Strip!Copy !req
1085. My associates are not the kind
of people you wanna piss off.Copy !req
1086. Don't say anything else.Copy !req
1087. - I knew I couldn't trust that fuck!
- Take it off.Copy !req
1088. Cocksucker.Copy !req
1089. - Your pants too.
- Why?Copy !req
1090. I don't wanna get blood on them.Copy !req
1091. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, wait, wait.
Did he tell you what I was bringing?Copy !req
1092. - Take your fuckin' pants off!
- I've got two-hundred grand stashed in the car!Copy !req
1093. - Just take it!
- What? You think you can bargain with me?Copy !req
1094. Just take the money and walk away!Copy !req
1095. I don't want your fuckin' money.Copy !req
1096. Then what?Copy !req
1097. - What do you want from me?
- I want my fuckin' life back!Copy !req
1098. Sammy.Copy !req
1099. He said "Sammy."
How does he know about Sammy?Copy !req
1100. Oh, fuck.Copy !req
1101. What have I done?Copy !req
1102. Hey, mister, I need help.
There's a guy in here, he's hurt bad.Copy !req
1103. - We gotta get him to a doctor.
- All right.Copy !req
1104. I don't know what happened.Copy !req
1105. - I've got this memory thing. Do I know you?
- No. Don't worry. I'm a cop.Copy !req
1106. - Is he still breathing?
- I don't know. Maybe.Copy !req
1107. What the hell were you guys
doing down here?Copy !req
1108. Well, I don't remember.
I have this condition.Copy !req
1109. Well, I hope it's not as serious as his,
'cause this guy's dead.Copy !req
1110. Owl Lenny! That shit kills!Copy !req
1111. So you remember me now, huh?
You are a fuckin' cop.Copy !req
1112. Yeah. And I'm the guy
that helped you find him.Copy !req
1113. Get up. Get up.Copy !req
1114. Lenny, you got the wrong idea.Copy !req
1115. Who is that? He knew me.Copy !req
1116. Of course he did. He raped your wife.
He fucked up your brain.Copy !req
1117. Bullshit.
He's not the guy.Copy !req
1118. His name is James F. Grants. John G.
Check your tattoos.Copy !req
1119. - What was he bringing the two-hundred grand for?
- What?Copy !req
1120. - What was it for?
- A load of amphetamines I told him I had.Copy !req
1121. - Is this a drug deal?
- No. Yeah, that and your thing.Copy !req
1122. Look, Leonard, Jimmy's your guy.Copy !req
1123. - I just figured we'd make a few dollars on the side.
- How did he know me?Copy !req
1124. The Discount Inn.
He dealt out of there.Copy !req
1125. The guy at the front desk let him know
if anybody came snooping around.Copy !req
1126. He called Jimmy the minute he saw you
taking a picture of the dump.Copy !req
1127. - You're fucking using me.
- No! You get half!Copy !req
1128. He knew about Sammy!
Why would I tell him about fuckin' Sammy?Copy !req
1129. You tell everybody about Sammy,
everybody who'll listen.Copy !req
1130. "Remember Sammy Jankis?"
"Remember Sammy Jankis?"Copy !req
1131. Great story.
Gets better every time you tell it.Copy !req
1132. So you lie to yourself to be happy.Copy !req
1133. There's nothing wrong with that.
We all do it.Copy !req
1134. Who cares if there's
a few little details you'd rather not remember?Copy !req
1135. - What the fuck are you talking about?
- I don't know.Copy !req
1136. Your wife surviving the assault.Copy !req
1137. Her not believing your condition.
The torment and pain and anguishCopy !req
1138. tearing her up inside.Copy !req
1139. The insulin.Copy !req
1140. That's Sammy, not me.
I told you about Sammy.Copy !req
1141. Yeah, right. Like you tell yourself
over and over again.Copy !req
1142. Conditioning yourself to remember.Copy !req
1143. - Learning through repetition.
- Sammy let his wife kill herself.Copy !req
1144. - Sammy ended up in an institution.
- Sammy was a con man, a faker.Copy !req
1145. I never said that Sammy was faking.Copy !req
1146. You exposed him for what he was—a fraud.Copy !req
1147. But I was wrong.
That's the whole point.Copy !req
1148. - See, Sammy's wife came to me.
- Sammy didn't have a wife.Copy !req
1149. It was your wife who had diabetes.Copy !req
1150. Ouch.Copy !req
1151. My wife wasn't diabetic.Copy !req
1152. You sure?Copy !req
1153. - Ouch. Cut it out.
- She wasn't diabetic.Copy !req
1154. You think I don't know my own wife?Copy !req
1155. What the fuck is wrong with you?Copy !req
1156. Well, I guess I can only make you
remember the things you wanna be true.Copy !req
1157. - Like old Jimmy down there.
- He's not the right guy.Copy !req
1158. He was to you.Copy !req
1159. Come on. You got your revenge.
Enjoy it while you still remember.Copy !req
1160. What difference does it make
whether he was your guy or not?Copy !req
1161. - It makes all the difference.
- Why? You're never gonna know.Copy !req
1162. - Yes, I will.
- No, you won't.Copy !req
1163. I will. Somehow I'll know.Copy !req
1164. - You won't remember!
- When it's done, I will know. It'll be different.Copy !req
1165. Well, I thought so too.
In fact, I was sure of it, but you didn't!Copy !req
1166. That's right.
The real John G.Copy !req
1167. I helped you find him over a year ago.
He's already dead.Copy !req
1168. - Don't lie to me anymore.
- Look, Lenny.Copy !req
1169. I was the cop assigned to your wife's case.
I believed you.Copy !req
1170. I thought you deserved
a chance for revenge.Copy !req
1171. I'm the one that helped you
find the other guy in your bathroom that night,Copy !req
1172. the guy that cracked your skull
and fucked your wife.Copy !req
1173. We found him.
You killed him.Copy !req
1174. But you didn't remember.Copy !req
1175. So I helped you start looking again,Copy !req
1176. looking for the guy you already killed.Copy !req
1177. Oh, yeah? So who was he?Copy !req
1178. Just some guy.
I mean, does it even matter who?Copy !req
1179. No reason, Lenny.
No conspiracy. Just bad fucking luck.Copy !req
1180. Couple of junkies too strung out
to realize your wife didn't live alone.Copy !req
1181. But when you killed him,
I was so convinced that you'd remember.Copy !req
1182. But it didn't stick.Copy !req
1183. Like nothing ever sticks.
Like this won't stick.Copy !req
1184. I took that picture…
just when you did it.Copy !req
1185. Look how happy you are.Copy !req
1186. I wanted to see that face again.Copy !req
1187. - Oh, gee, thanks.
- Fuck you.Copy !req
1188. I gave you a reason to live,
and you were more than happy to help.Copy !req
1189. You don't want the truth.
You make up your own truth.Copy !req
1190. Like your police file.Copy !req
1191. It was complete when I gave it to you.
Who took out the 12 pages?Copy !req
1192. - You, probably.
- No, it wasn't me. See, it was you.Copy !req
1193. - Why would I do that?
- To create a puzzle you could never solve.Copy !req
1194. Do you know how many—
how many towns?Copy !req
1195. How many John G.'s
or James G.'s?Copy !req
1196. I mean, shit, Lenny,
I'm a fucking John G.Copy !req
1197. - Your name is Teddy.
- My mother calls me Teddy.Copy !req
1198. My name's
John Edward Gammell.Copy !req
1199. Cheer up.Copy !req
1200. There's plenty of John G.'s
for us to find.Copy !req
1201. All you do is moan.Copy !req
1202. I'm the one that has to live
with what you've done.Copy !req
1203. I'm the one that put it all together.Copy !req
1204. You, you wander around, you're playing detective.
You're living a dream, kid.Copy !req
1205. A dead wife to pine for.
A sense of purpose to your life.Copy !req
1206. A romantic quest that you wouldn't end
even if I wasn't in the picture.Copy !req
1207. - I should kill you.
- Quit it. Lenny, come on.Copy !req
1208. You're not a killer.
That's why you're so good at it.Copy !req
1209. Come on. What are you doing?
You know what time it is?Copy !req
1210. It's beer o'clock. I'm buying.Copy !req
1211. Fuck.Copy !req
1212. I'm not a killer.Copy !req
1213. I'm just someone who wanted
to make things right.Copy !req
1214. Can I just let myself forget
what you've told me?Copy !req
1215. Can I just let myself forget
what you made me do?Copy !req
1216. You think I just want another puzzle to solve?
Another John G. to look for?Copy !req
1217. You're a John G.Copy !req
1218. So you can be my John G.Copy !req
1219. Do I lie to myself to be happy?Copy !req
1220. In your case, Teddy,Copy !req
1221. yes, I will.Copy !req
1222. Hey! Hey, that's not your car!Copy !req
1223. - It is now.
- Jesus Christ, you can't take it!Copy !req
1224. - Why not?
- Because the guy you just killed owns it!Copy !req
1225. Somebody'll recognize it!Copy !req
1226. You know, I think I'd rather be mistaken
for a dead guy than a killer.Copy !req
1227. I might hang on to this for a while.Copy !req
1228. Lenny. Look, don't—
Will you help me find the keys?Copy !req
1229. Help me find my keys.Copy !req
1230. Lenny!Copy !req
1231. Lenny!Copy !req
1232. I have to believe in a world
outside my own mind.Copy !req
1233. I have to believe that
my actions still have meaning,Copy !req
1234. even if I can't remember them.Copy !req
1235. I have to believe
that when my eyes are closed,Copy !req
1236. the world's still here.Copy !req
1237. Do I believe the world's still here?Copy !req
1238. Is it still out there?Copy !req
1239. Yeah.Copy !req
1240. We all need mirrors
to remind ourselves who we are.Copy !req
1241. I'm no different.Copy !req
1242. Now, where was I?Copy !req