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..?
