01x05 - Still Life with Cat and Canary

[bunniefuu]

Alba: What did you
do with his clothes?

- I burned them. Most of them.

Alba: What is this?

Batty: I don't know.

Alba: Make sure to sand it
down, it looks dreadful.

Make the bed first.

And bring me a lamp
from the living room.

I need light.

And then run me a bath.

Can you cook?

- A little. I like to.

- What can you cook?

- Fish soup.

Omelette.

Roast chicken.

Eggplant caponata.

- That's it?

- Avocado toast?

- I like Indian.

Palak paneer, biryani.

Korma.

Learn.

Mm-hm.

At first,
ruling over someone

feels perfectly natural.

Batty: Thank you.

For not turning me in.

I don't deserve it.

Thank you.

Thank you for letting me live.

Thank you.

Alba: Did you poison it?

Batty: No.

Alba: Which one is mine?

Drink it.

You have 30 seconds.

Now drink yours.
In one fell swoop.

I want to be alone.

Go swim in the ocean.

I'll watch you from here.

Try not to drown.

It would be so suspicious,

it would probably
get me arrested,

but you'd be dead, so
you couldn't enjoy it.

Cruelty
is underrated.

It's surprisingly easy
to order people around

and make them do
ridiculous things,

particularly monsters
who steal your husband,

your house, and your
entire identity.

- You have lovely hair.

Do you like it?

- No.

- What can I do better?

- I can write a whole
book about that.

- That's not very constructive.

Alba: Put this on.

Over your eyes.

Are you dizzy?
- Yes.

- Are you dizzier?

Batty: Yes.

Alba: Follow the
sound of my voice.

Come to me.

Are you afraid?

Are you afraid?

- Yes.

- Come to me.

Did I say stop?

- Settle down, Batty.

There's no need to shake.

You do not have
permission to shake.

- Mm-hm.

- Good.

Now come to me.

Alba: Stop.

Take one step backwards.

Down on your knees.

Crawl to me.

- Well done.

It helped
when she fought back.

It felt like validation.

I was on the right track.

- How did you sleep?

- Fine.

You?

- Fine.

- I know you love
your cold milk.

Lap it up.

Did you know about me
when you met Archie?

- Yes.

- You said he told you
it was over between us.

- But he didn't say that.

- What did he say exactly?

- He said you were
a capricious child

with zero interest in him,

a narcissist who took
pictures of yourself all day.

That making love had
become merely copulation,

the most unimaginative
activity on earth.

That he was suffocating.

- Oh.

But slowly,
the conundrum of repetition

begins to weigh on you.

You have to keep
upping the stakes

and it becomes a lot like a job

like the poor souls who
work at the post office

and go ballistic because

the mail simply keeps on coming.

- Would you like anything else?

- Sing.

Yes, little monkey. Sing.

Alba: I thought
about her day and night.

I considered her my friend.

Well, not a friend.

Not exactly.

I was in a state
of... confusion.

I dreamt about her constantly.

How did it happen?

- It's the heat.

- Where are your clothes?

This is so
embarrassing. Wear this.

It became clear

I had to bring the
game to a stop.

So I set a trap.

I would demand something she
couldn't possibly submit to.

I have devised a game.

I hope you will have
as much fun playing it

as I had devising it.

Have you noticed the
construction site

across from the market?

- Yes.

- You will go there.

You will pay three
workers 500 dollars apiece

to come home with you.

The biggest, meanest,
roughest ones.

You will f*ck all three of
them here in front of me.

- What if they
don't speak English?

- Repeat after me: Boys.

- Boys.

- I need you to
fill all my holes.

- I need you to
fill all my eggs.

- Holes.

- Holes.

- Means "holes".
Huevos means "eggs".

- Oh.

- Go on.

What
if you met someone

willing to do anything
you ask of them.

Anything at all.

Stop.

Stop.

I'm so sorry.

So terribly sorry.

I don't know why I did that.

This is not who I am.

Please forgive me.

- Maybe we're not
who we think we are.

- I'm so sorry.

- Maybe everybody thinks
they're someone they're not.

- Can I ask you a question?

- I don't know.

- Can I ask you a question?

- I guess.

- Do you ever say what you mean?

- Not very often. You?

- Do you like to
be told what to do?

- Is this another game?

- No.

- Is this another game?

- Come in.

- Just wanted to say good night.

- Good night.

Do you want to
sleep here with me?

- No.

- You could move into this
room for a little bit.

- Thank you.

I appreciate it.

Batty! Batty?

Stop that right now.

Batty!

Please don't do this.

Stop! Right! Now!

What are you doing?

- Let me go.

- Tell me what to do.

Please tell me what to do.

- Where did you find a Bible?

Where did you find this?

Did Inocencia leave this here?

- It makes no sense.

It makes perfect sense.