Don't Worry. I Taped it for You.

Stathis Borans :

 I should have known it.

Veronica :

What are you doing here?

Stathis Borans :

I followed you. Psychology Today, my ass.

You stayed with Brundle all night.

....Why didn't I believe

you, I wonder?

Oh, yeah. Yeah. I think

he'd look great in this.

Don't you? Hmm?

Hmm? I mean, for your

Time Magazine cover...

You've got to look good, right?

Veronica :

Don't you get it? 

I'm finally onto something 

that's big. Huge.

Stathis Borans :

Yeah? What, his cock?

Veronica :

Crude, Stathis. 

Very crude.

Stathis Borans :

You're too perfect to believe.

You're a goddess.

Thank you for making my most

paranoid fantasies come true.

Veronica :

I don't have to report

to you, you creep.

Stathis Borans :

Ronnie, you've got

to talk to me.

Veronica :

I don't have to do anything.

We're finished, remember?

I'll spend the night anywhere 

I damn well please.

********

Seth :

Sorry. Uh, I'll take this too.

I think it's time for champagne.

Veronica :

Oh, God, Seth. It's

really happened.

You did it. You'll never

have to get carsick again.

Or airsick or seasick.

Seth :

Mm, I know, I know.

Or tricycle-sick.

Veronica :

What's next?

Seth :

Well, I'll send The Baboon 

out for tests -- see if 

he's really okay.

Veronica :

How long will that take?

Seth :

....Could be weeks.

Veronica :

Really?

Seth :

Yeah, why?

Veronica :

Well, I was thinking...

that we could take A Holiday.

Seth :

We could?

Veronica :

Yeah. You know, like

an old married couple.

Old man's got a couple

of weeks off...

so they go to Florida,

someplace warm.

Seth :

Just you and me?

Veronica :

Yeah, why? Is there someone else

you're thinking of bringing along?

Seth :

No, no, I just, um...

.....is this A Romance we're

having? Is that what it is?

Veronica :

Yeah. It could be 

A Romance.

Seth :

Come here.

I have a great idea.

Do you like Chinese food?

Veronica :

Yes.

Seth :

We're going to have a very

romantic dinner right here.

Veronica :

Hey, what's this?

Seth :

Oh, yeah.

From your editor. Sorry. 

Somebody sipped it 

under the door.

(on the phone ) 

Hello, Victor? Yeah,

it's Seth Bundle.

Oh, yeah, I'll wait.

Veronica :

Oh, no.

What? What's that?

Veronica :

Nothing. It's just, uh,

personal bullshit.

Seth :

I thought old married couples

shared all their personal bullshit.

That's how they stayed

old and married.

Veronica :

Uh, listen. Seth, 

don't rush it.

Seth :

What are you taking about?

Veronica :

Look, I have to go 

out for a few hours.

Seth :

Now? No. Ronnie, uh, spicy

eggplant, champagne.

Veronica :

Just for a few hours.

I still have the residue

of another Life, you know.

I have to... scrape

it off My Shoe...

and get rid of it

once and for all.

Stathis Borans :

Uh, hi...

Veronica :

What's this supposed to mean?

Stathis Borans :

It means that I'm Your Editor, and I'm

shaping your material into A Story.

Veronica :

You're the one who told

me there was no story.

You said Brundle was a con man.

Stathis Borans :

I've decided to Trust your

journalistic instincts.

Veronica :

Thanks very much, but

this is not your story.

It's mine.

Stathis Borans :

Says who?

I sent you to the Bartok party

to see what you could find.

Your discovery is my discovery.

I have a lot of background on Brundle.

He's been working on this

thing for six years.

There's material out there

to find if you dig deep.

I dug.

Veronica :

Stathis...

Everything that has to do with

transportation will become obsolete.

And I am right there

in the middle of it...

the only recorder of the

event from the inside out.

Stathis Borans :

Okay.

Okay.

Look, uh... just keep

me informed, all right?

As A Friend?

As a professional confidant?

Veronica :

That's all?

Stathis Borans :

I don't want you to

disappear from my life.

Veronica :

Okay.

Stathis Borans :

(making it Easy for her)

.....What about sex?

I'm not saying love or affection,

just stress-relieving sex.

You and me.

Veronica :

You're disgusting, as always.

Stathis Borans :

Wouldn't want to 

disappoint you.

********

Seth :

'Residue' means her old

boyfriend, doesn't it?

Stathis Borans is

her old boyfriend.

'From the desk of

Stathis Borans.'

How about, 'under the

desk of Stathis Borans'?

She's working for

her old boyfriend.

Now she runs out late

at night to see him.

What is this, 

The Ronnie Game?

I'm catching on.

I'm catching on.

(picks up and talks to 

The Baboon who Lived)

I didn't mean to

kill your brother.

But he didn't die in vain, if

that's of any comfort. And...

As The General said...

'There's nothing I'd ask you to do

that I wouldn't do myself, boys.'

Hey, you're alright.

From lookin' at you, 

I can tell you're okay.

What are we waiting

for? Let's do it.

(picks up The Survivor-

Baboon) How you doing?

Now, you tell me...

Am I different somehow?

Is it Live, or is it MeMorex?

....It's too bad Ronnie missed it.

*******

Seth :

I missed you last night.

Veronica :

It's still night. I came back.

You had to celebrate without me.

I'm sorry.

Seth :

I went through last night.

Veronica :

You went through?

Without testing 

The Baboon?

Seth :

I was... drunk. I

was a bit upset.

Veronica :

You could have 

killed yourself.

Seth :

Are you sleeping

with Stathis Borans?

Veronica :

What are you talking about?

Seth :

I... I don't know. I just,

um, get that feeling.

Veronica :

That's why you were upset?

Seth :

I got jealous.

Veronica :

Oh, god. Seth... you don't

 have to be jealous.

He's an old boyfriend.

He was teaching at college.

I was a science major.

He got me started 

in journalism.

Seth :

Is he still in love with you?

....How could he not be?

Veronica :

Hey, what about our deal?

You went through,

and I wasn't there.

Seth :

Don't worry. 

I taped it for you.

Veronica :

You did..?