Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 Episode 7

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00:01This is the next phase in my therapeutic work and it is potentially an enormous breakthrough.

00:07This is the first time that I've had friends.

00:11Will you let me take you somewhere else?

00:13I've never experienced anything like that in my life before.

00:16More people need to experience this.

00:18She's on the edge of something that could change the world.

00:21If we accept his help, he needs to atone for what he has done.

00:25When are you going to tell her?

00:27I can't go on like this forever.

00:29Luckily I don't have forever left.

00:31I wanna go back to when I was little.

00:33I don't want you going there alone.

00:35You can go on this training with your daughter.

00:37Hey, hey, hey, hey.

00:39She has ALS.

00:40What?

00:41Martin, you went against my orders.

00:44I should not have been conducting this exercise alone.

00:47It's inexcusable what's happened.

00:49You came to me a broken woman, but I thought we managed to fix you.

00:52I was wrong.

00:53Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

00:56Helena, don't leave me.

00:58Leave me.

01:04It is my wish that you both share responsibilities for this place.

01:09It'll be good for you, Martin.

01:10Well, it's not good for this place.

01:12Just stop.

01:13Just stop and make it work.

01:15And make it work.

01:16Okay?

01:27Are you okay?

01:29Yeah, yeah.

01:30Fine.

01:32I didn't mean to inflame you.

01:33I'm fine.

01:34Mother, I...

01:38I don't like her.

01:48I don't trust her.

01:50I'll go to America.

01:51I'll get her here.

01:52But just tell me one thing.

01:53What if she fails?

01:54If she fails, then we fail.

01:56She won't fail.

02:02She won't fail.

02:04Because she doesn't fail.

02:07Unlike some people I know.

02:09She won't fail.

02:10She won't fail.

02:11She won't fail.

02:12She won't fail.

02:13She won't fail.

02:14Whatever.

02:15She won't fail.

02:30If she fails, she can't win.

02:32How is she doing?

03:00She's happier here.

03:02You're very good to me.

03:14You were very good to me.

03:16And I'm just happy to be back with you.

03:21Able to take care of you.

03:25I know this isn't how you remember this place.

03:29Or me.

03:30Take this.

03:34You're perfect.

03:40I want you to have it.

03:45What?

03:47Zabavaltz, I want it to be yours.

03:52But Martin, he's your son.

03:55He should inherit.

03:58Martin is a great scientist and I love him more than life.

04:03You know this.

04:03Of course.

04:04And in my eyes, he's perfect.

04:07But I have to be objective too.

04:09And when I look at him, honestly, we have rugs with more charm.

04:14I'm sorry, dear, but I have no time left to waste on being polite.

04:23Oh, nice.

04:24And he'll stick around and he'll be very helpful to you.

04:27But we're at a difficult chapter in this place as long as three.

04:30We need a leader, a leader with vision.

04:36If anyone can bring this place back to life, it's you, Marsha.

04:42It's you.

05:12Martin?

05:16Martin, are you all right?

05:27You know, it's been a long time since anyone asked me that.

05:40Are you?

05:42Well, I just put one of my patients in grave danger.

05:51I'd like to say it's because I was set up to fail,

05:54but really, it's because I follow orders.

06:03I think I made a little hell for myself

06:10through my own cowardice.

06:15You had, um, a crisis of faith?

06:22Yes?

06:23You could say that.

06:26What did it feel like?

06:28Oh, like the ground you'd been walking on is suddenly there.

06:43You're never really just standing or walking.

06:46You're, you're falling.

06:49You're just an empty vessel plummeting further and further away from yourself.

06:53I think I'm having a crisis of faith, sister.

07:02Am I a bad person?

07:03Martin.

07:04I feel incapable of doing anything good.

07:06You're not.

07:07Well, I did nothing good.

07:08I know that.

07:12What I'm trying to understand is am I capable of doing evil?

07:15Hey, is Victoria okay?

07:25Why does she have an entire medical team attending to her?

07:28Victoria had an adverse reaction to her medication.

07:33Hold up.

07:34The same medication that we've been taking?

07:37Yes.

07:39Are we gonna need intensive medical care?

07:41I don't know.

07:42Do any of you have a serious medical condition that you didn't disclose to me?

07:46What's going on?

07:47Basically, Martin here dosed a terminally ill woman with heavy psychedelics.

07:51Wait, Victoria's terminally ill?

07:53What is going on is that Masha is running a madhouse.

07:57Well, we knew that.

07:58And that she's putting me and she is putting all of you in danger.

08:02What are you talking about?

08:03Maybe we should just ask her future business partner.

08:07How do you know that?

08:15Masha.

08:16Oh, Peter.

08:17Uh, I thought you were with Victoria.

08:20I was.

08:21She's, uh, she's resting.

08:24I heard that we're gonna be in business together.

08:26You and me and dad.

08:29It can be very convincing, Connie.

08:33You don't feel his heart is in it.

08:36Have you been spying on us, Martin?

08:38Let's stick to the topic.

08:39David wants to buy Zauberwalt.

08:41David and Masha want to rip it right out of my family's hands.

08:45It kind of reminds me of when I was younger.

08:48I was obsessed with magic.

08:51So much so that my parents, they hired my favorite magician to play at one of my birthday parties.

08:58I loved him.

08:59I kind of idolized him.

09:01He could do the impossible.

09:04But after the performance, my dad pulled him aside and convinced him to sell him his little book of magic tricks.

09:10He said it was a present for me, but, um, I think it was more for himself.

09:16Because he hated the wonder of it all.

09:19He hated the power that not knowing gave somebody over him.

09:24So he made it into something that he could buy.

09:28Something that he could own.

09:31This whole retreat, this entire thing has been about seducing an investor.

09:36Is that true?

09:38You know what?

09:39Maybe we should talk to my doctor to get you some nice, smooth benzos for your anxiety.

09:43Maybe throw in a few anti-psychotics while we're at it.

09:46Before you dive here.

09:47Would you like to speak German?

09:50We can do that too.

09:52I'd like to do that for you.

09:53This is insane.

09:54You see right now, my dad, he's impressed with you.

09:59And he's sticking around for you to tell him how to do your trick.

10:03And he will give you anything you want for him.

10:06Money, attention, apologies, even love.

10:11But you need to know what it is that you want from him.

10:15Because trust me, he's not gonna stick around for long.

10:27Look, I really haven't got time.

10:29All the incarnations stand around here arguing with Masha's assistant.

10:32Right, yes, assistant.

10:33Would you rather that I just stand like this and smile?

10:35Because that's all I am?

10:36Well, assistant's my best guest, because frankly, I don't know what purpose you serve here.

10:40I am here!

10:42I am here because this place has belonged to my family!

10:47For generations!

10:49And if Masha wouldn't have duped my mother on her deathbed,

10:54then I would be the one in charge.

10:57I watched over my mother throughout her illness.

11:00Hauled her to doctors, wheeled her around this crumbling place,

11:03and then this pop star she just swans into our home in her final days

11:08and supplants me.

11:10As her guardian angel,

11:13and my mother was in love with Masha's pain.

11:16But her own son,

11:18the one who diligently followed in her footsteps,

11:21I could never compete with the former patient she'd healed.

11:24I'm trying my best...

11:25Well, it's not good enough, Martin.

11:26I am trying to say...

11:27Stop!

11:28...that I am sorry, Mom!

11:30Mom!

11:36Masha came here for treatment after the death of her daughter.

11:41She was an absolute wreck.

11:43So my mother was very proud when she thought that she healed her.

11:46But my mother didn't work with her.

11:48I am working with her.

11:50So I have to address that she is just as unwell.

11:53Actually, I would say that she's a lunatic, and we have to point that out.

11:55Okay, okay, okay.

11:56I don't know about the rest of you.

11:57I now have some insight into exactly why your mother didn't want you running this place.

12:02Excuse me?

12:04I'm no doctor, but I know that a real mental health professional would never call a grieving woman a lunatic.

12:09And he definitely wouldn't disclose her confidential patient history in a shameful attempt to discredit her.

12:14I think your mother knew exactly what she was doing.

12:23Her only mistake was letting you stay on here as Masha's assistant.

12:28Because clearly even that job's above your pay grade.

12:30Jesus.

12:31The fuck?

12:41Jesus.

12:42The fuck?

12:54I told you, huh?

12:55Not now.

12:56Okay?

12:57I'm like a fucking oracle.

12:58Jesus Christ.

12:59I saw this.

13:00What do you want? You want a fucking medal?

13:01I would love a medal.

13:02I would love a fucking medal.

13:03I would love one.

13:08Martin.

13:13Be kind to yourself.

13:29I've got to be a medal.

13:30No.

13:31I have to go.

13:32I have to go.

13:33I have to go.

13:36I'm waiting for thehthalm for a while.

13:38He would love to have you.

13:39If you come back to the vorsész, I'm not going to miss.

15:12I can't understand why she didn't tell me this.

15:15How much did you talk with your mother in the last year?

15:18I don't know. I don't keep track.

15:22Three or four times.

15:23If you count texts, I mean, you'd think that she could work it into the conversation.

15:32Oh, by the way, maybe we should spend more time together, since it seems that I'm dying.

15:37Dying.

15:38It's like I said.

15:44She didn't think I could handle it.

15:48She wanted you to remember her like you always do.

15:51She didn't think she was fine.

15:57She didn't think I could handle it.

15:59But I don't know.

15:59I don't know.

16:00I don't know.

16:01It's like I said.

16:01I'm sorry.

16:02I don't know.

16:03I don't know.

16:04I don't know.

16:35I'm worried about Martin.

16:44Yeah?

16:45He said something to me.

16:47He wondered if he was capable of evil.

16:50What?

16:53What does that mean?

16:55I have no idea, but it put me back in a dark place.

16:59What do you mean?

17:00I've taken great care not to put myself in any situation

17:04where anyone relies on me.

17:06Aggie, listen.

17:07I haven't known you for long,

17:08and forgive me if this is, like, forward of me,

17:12but I got good instincts about people,

17:15and I would trust you with my life.

17:20Why?

17:21I said something wrong.

17:22No, no, no.

17:23You're very kind.

17:24No, no, I said something wrong.

17:25It's just that people did trust me with their lives,

17:28and some of them died.

17:37I think I need some time alone.

17:42Oh, okay.

17:43I just need space to think.

17:45Of course, of course.

17:46Is this a spa treatment?

18:16I don't.

18:24So what was the plan?

18:27Are you just going to call me once a month

18:28and tell me how wonderful gallivanting around Europe was

18:31while you were dying in a hospice?

18:37How long do you have?

18:40Possibly a few years, if I'm lucky.

18:43I'm very careful.

18:45Yeah, I noticed how carefully you've been selecting your wine,

18:47so that bodes well.

18:48I'm sorry, Emi.

18:55I've never been good at honesty.

18:57It's just too painful, too messy.

19:04This is a lot to process.

19:05It certainly is.

19:11In my session, I went back to the day that Dad died.

19:16It was too much.

19:18And I honestly don't know how I'm going to lose you, do you?

19:22Baby, listen to me.

19:25Listen to me.

19:26There's so much of me right there, right there inside of you.

19:35Whether you like it or not, you're never going to lose me.

19:38For as long as you live.

19:40I hadn't thought about it like that.

19:44Darling, we don't have a lot of it, but we do have some time.

19:50So, come on, let's just make the most of it.

19:54Take whatever time I can get.

20:00Did anyone ever tell you you look just like Ava Gardner?

20:04You.

20:05Whenever you're trying to get on my good side.

20:07So, can the doctor check in on her?

20:15Of course.

20:19Get some rest, okay?

20:20I mean, I can't even fathom how fucking inappropriate this whole thing is.

20:41It's like, we walk down to dinner, and you've got fucking Norman Bates screaming at Mr. Clean.

20:47I mean, it's, it, it, you can't write this shit.

20:54Babe.

20:55Hmm?

20:56Babe.

21:01What are you doing?

21:02Why are you over there?

21:05I'm reading.

21:17I know what you're doing.

21:26What?

21:27I was pushing you away, so now it's your turn to push me away.

21:32It's cool.

21:34But can we, can we skip it and just go back to normal, please?

21:42That's really not what I'm doing, babe.

21:43It's not what I'm doing, babe.

22:11Hey there.

22:12Hey.

22:15What are you doing out here?

22:17Well, actually, I was, uh, I was waiting for you.

22:20Waiting for me?

22:22Yeah, I wanted to see how you were, and, um, how your mum was doing.

22:26But I'm very conscious about, you know, giving you your space, and I did think you would want

22:31to come out for air at some point, so.

22:33So, what the fire you've got there?

22:36I mean, you should have seen it about five minutes ago or so, uh, it was like a whole pyre of masculinity.

22:42So, did you get to spend some lovely quality time with your daddy?

22:52You know, in hindsight, um, I should have chosen the incredible woman that wanted to spend time

23:03with me, rather than the very shitty, shitty man that didn't.

23:09I really think he's a shitty, shitty man.

23:17Actually, I do, yeah.

23:18You know, I've spent most of my life scavenging for scraps of love and attention from him.

23:29And I thought that coming here would fix that somehow.

23:37And it hasn't.

23:44Do you know the real reason he's here?

23:47Scouting for a hostile takeover, just off the top of my head.

23:52I mean, there's not a shred of decency in that human anymore, is there?

24:04Well, can I interest you in a, an emotionally abusive mother whose hobbies include keeping

24:13her terminal illness a secret?

24:17Oh my god, Imogen, I'm so sorry.

24:22Are we going to be this crappy with our kids?

24:33Our hypothetical kids, of course, if we ever have any.

24:36Separately or otherwise.

24:37Okay.

24:39Thanks for clearing that up.

24:46I mean, you've got to admit, they'd be, um, they'd be pretty cute, though, wouldn't they?

24:52I mean, you're just going to be pretty cute.

24:54I mean, you're just going to be very cute.

24:54I mean, you're just going to be just a little bit.

24:59It's going to be pretty weird.

24:59Can't sleep?

25:22Oh, Jesus Christ.

25:24God, I thought I'd put you away.

25:27I don't like getting there.

25:29It's like a coffin.

25:31Yeah, well, you're an inanimate object.

25:34You can deal with it.

25:37You're thinking about what Agnes said, you.

25:41I might be.

25:44What business of yours is it?

25:47You're wondering if you're ever really, truly going to be healed.

25:50Are you here to make me feel better about myself, Jesse Bear, or to be an obnoxious little demon?

25:55You can't stop thinking about what happened to that kid you freaked out in front of.

25:58And to the thousands of other kids who looked up to you like a saint.

26:02Come on.

26:03It's probably healthy for them to take me off a pedestal.

26:08I mean, they had to learn that Santa Claus isn't real at some point, too.

26:12Well, you're not Santa Claus, Brian.

26:14And you're never going to be healed.

26:16You're always going to have that anger inside you.

26:18You're always going to backslide like the pathetic, fat, angry asshole that you are.

26:23That's why you need me.

26:25Because you're fucked up.

26:25Why are you doing this to me?

26:27I don't...

26:27I don't understand why you're always attacking me.

26:31I just...

26:32I can't do this.

26:33No, let me...

26:34I'm not listening.

26:36I don't want to hear.

26:37Now, fuck off.

26:38I'm not listening.

26:40La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

26:42Shut up!

26:42Come on.

27:42Mommy, please come to me.

28:12Mommy, please come to me.

28:42Mommy, please come to me.

29:12Mommy, please come to me.

29:19I have feelings!

29:26Can I come in?

29:38Can I come in?

29:50Can I come in?

30:02Hi.

30:14You sent for me?

30:16Are you all right?

30:19I'm fine.

30:20How are the others?

30:24How is Victoria?

30:26They're all, um...

30:28They're fine.

30:33What's that?

30:35It's my tea.

30:42I take it every day.

30:43It's a very carefully controlled dose.

30:46It opens a portal so I can communicate with the people that I've lost.

30:58It connects the past and the present, and memory and reality keeps my past alive.

31:03It's a tiptoe into the present and helps me feel less alone.

31:07Well, it's helped you develop a revolutionary new form of therapy.

31:12I don't know if you really appreciate how big this can be.

31:16I mean, we could start here at Zahmavad.

31:18This could be the pilot program.

31:20I could buy out that Austrian gremlin.

31:23I can give you complete ownership.

31:26So if you believe in this partnership, if you really believe in it, then why don't you give up the rest of your work?

31:32The military contracting and the media empire and all of these things that you do.

31:37And you could focus directly on this.

31:39You're not serious?

31:40Of course I am.

31:41Why wouldn't I be?

31:42Well, because the things you've just referred to constitute the core of my business.

31:46You don't have enough money?

31:48Well, they're the money makers.

31:50They will allow me to take risks.

31:54To invest in altruistic endeavors like this.

31:59Look, if you're worried about the PR angle, the connection to the military hardware and all that, I...

32:06It's easy.

32:09I can just, uh...

32:11I can set up a shell company and invest in you through that.

32:14Nobody needs to know who's backing you.

32:20Masha.

32:23Come on, talk to me.

32:26What is it?

32:27I want you to do something with me.

32:31What?

32:35I want to introduce you to her.

32:39To... to our daughter?

32:41Yes.

32:42I want you to meet her.

32:44How?

32:45We would take a dose together.

32:47A very large dose controlled.

32:49And I would walk you through the portal.

32:50And you can meet her.

32:51And we will see her and talk to her together.

32:53How does that work?

32:54Do you trust me?

32:55Me?

32:56Do you?

32:57I trust you.

32:58Great.

32:59I trust you.

33:00Great.

33:01Great.

33:02Oh.

33:03Oh.

33:04Oh.

33:05Oh.

33:06Are you ready?

33:07Yeah.

33:08Are you ready?

33:09Yeah.

33:10Are you?

33:11You look nervous.

33:12I'm excited.

33:13I'm excited.

33:14You look nervous.

33:15I'm excited.

33:16You look nervous.

33:17I trust you.

33:20Great.

33:31Are you ready?

33:33Yeah. Are you?

33:37You look nervous.

33:39I'm excited.

33:41Me too.

33:47This will be a larger dose

33:51than you are used to.

34:05It won't be easy. It might be painful.

34:07But you will grow from this.

34:13Close your eyes.

34:17Breathe in and out.

34:23Breathe in and out.

34:25Breathe in and out.

34:27Breathe in and out.

34:29Breathe in and out.

34:31Breathe in and out.

34:33Breathe in and out.

34:35Breathe in and out.

34:37Breathe in and out.

34:39Breathe in and out.

34:41Breathe in and out.

34:43Breathe in and out.

34:45Breathe in and out.

34:47Breathe in and out.

34:49Breathe in and out.

34:51So we're going through with it.

34:59Your grand final.

35:21Everyone, please meet me downstairs for an emergency meeting.

35:34There is nothing to panic about.

35:36Meet me downstairs for an emergency meeting.

35:39What time is it?

35:41Oh, what is it?

35:44I'm in it.

35:45Meet me downstairs for an emergency meeting.

35:51What the hell is going on?

36:10What's happening?

36:21What's happening?

36:51Jesus, it's nasty out. I haven't seen weather like this in decades.

36:57Hello.

37:00I've missed you.

37:14What's happening?

37:19Why is everybody looking at me?

37:22Good evening, David.

37:25And thank you all for joining us in this late hour.

37:35What is this? A trial?

37:39Trial? Hearing? Breakout session?

37:44Shared hallucinogenic experience?

37:48Sentencing?

37:49I've done nothing wrong.

37:51Then you have nothing to worry about.

37:53Thank you for participating.

37:55This won't be easy and it might be painful.

37:56But you will grow from this.

37:58Thank you for participating.

38:04This won't be easy and it might be painful.

38:07But you will grow from this.

38:10you will be above me.

38:12You will be able to leave.

38:17To be able to withdraw from this.

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