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Tom (Grieco), who suffers from a rare DNA degenerative condition, becomes the subject of a secretive, inter-species experiment.
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00:19:43How does he do it?
00:19:57He doesn't even practice.
00:20:00And where has he been all these years?
00:20:02God, you just don't get it.
00:20:04He's possessed by the devil.
00:20:13I was able to limit myself to three entry points through the cranium.
00:20:37The viral solution from the source animal was designed to carry only the genetic strands I selected.
00:20:47But I knew that there was a substantial risk that other RNA strands could also be taxied by my viruses.
00:20:55Due to the rapid deterioration in Tom's condition,
00:20:59I did not have sufficient time to take what otherwise might be considered normal precautionary measures.
00:24:01They bonded to the DNA as expected, replacing the defective strands with the ones that I introduced.
00:24:08I could observe this happening with tissue samples I collected from Tom, and also in the positive effect that the new genetic material was having on his neurological functionality.
00:24:21I'm going to begin the test now, Tom.
00:24:25Can you raise your hand?
00:24:27Ready?
00:24:39Do you want to try it again?
00:24:52Man.
00:24:53Something's wrong, Jackie.
00:25:00Kill me.
00:25:06Please.
00:25:09There, there.
00:25:12You're doing fine, just fine.
00:25:16It's going to take time, and you're feeling a little depressed, that's all.
00:25:20Also, because of Tom's fragile mental state, I decided not to reveal to him the actual source of his new genetic material.
00:25:29Oh, shit.
00:25:43Oh, shit.
00:25:57Oh, shit.
00:25:58Oh, shit.
00:26:21Let's go.
00:26:51Evening, Dr. Pace. Seen any interesting TV programs lately?
00:27:03I just did.
00:27:06You looking for this?
00:27:11Who are you? Why are you doing this?
00:27:13Oh, I think you know exactly who I am and what I am.
00:27:16And I'm just having a good time. At your expense.
00:27:21I'm going to put a little pressure on you now, Dr. Pace.
00:27:28Are you crashing my scalp?
00:27:30Not yet. But soon.
00:27:34Jackie did this to you. I can help you.
00:27:38Help me? I don't need any help.
00:27:41I really feel sorry for Jackie for having to put up with you all this time, Dr. Pace.
00:27:52No! Please!
00:27:53Where have you been? Everybody else left ages ago.
00:28:15Committing some murder and mayhem. You know, having a good time.
00:28:18I'm starting to get worried.
00:28:23So where were you?
00:28:29You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
00:28:31I'm starting to get
00:28:45people on campus.
00:28:46I don't think so.
00:28:47Like somewhere?
00:28:47What do you want?
00:28:48What do you want me to do?
00:28:48Well, you don't know it.
00:28:49I don't know.
00:29:19This is not the feline sex club.
00:29:26No, this is a hotel.
00:29:31And?
00:29:33And I rented us a very nice room with a view.
00:29:39And I've ordered us a nice expensive bottle of champagne.
00:29:45Are you trustworthy?
00:29:49I am completely untrustworthy.
00:30:00Fuck!
00:30:06I fucking knew it!
00:30:21I don't have time for this anyway.
00:30:33Whenever I read a novel, I always identify with a character that goes completely out of control.
00:30:55And I has to make some tragic choice, like epic love stories.
00:30:59Then who do I choose for a boyfriend?
00:31:02Dale.
00:31:03Mr. Regular.
00:31:05The kind of guy every mom wants for her little Susie.
00:31:09Safety first.
00:31:11But not tonight.
00:31:13Excuse me.
00:31:14Where are you going?
00:31:18Where are you going?
00:31:18From up here, all those people look just the same.
00:31:42They are just the same.
00:31:43I bet a lot of them are pretty different, if you look closely.
00:31:48A little different, maybe.
00:31:50But not like me.
00:31:52I'm the only one like me.
00:31:54I've come to know that there are certain things about me lately that are definitely quite different, as compared to normal people.
00:32:04Would excessive vanity be an example?
00:32:09Justifiable excessive vanity.
00:32:12And I've become fond of high places, where you can see what's going on.
00:32:16And what do you see?
00:32:30I see storm clouds on the horizon.
00:32:32I see storm clouds on the horizon.
00:32:46It's okay.
00:32:56Come on.
00:33:05Sometimes, I feel like doing certain things...
00:33:11that people don't normally do.
00:33:17Well, we all have a dark side, Tom, but...
00:33:31Do you want to push me off?
00:33:35Do you want me to push you off?
00:33:41Would you if I said yes?
00:33:51Ask me to and find out.
00:34:09Why don't you ask me to push you off?
00:34:11Go ahead.
00:34:16Push me.
00:34:31You do have a dark side, Tom.
00:34:33A very dark side.
00:34:37Tom is coming.
00:34:40Take it off on the other side.
00:34:42Take it off on you.
00:34:44Good aí graceship.
00:34:46Take it off on my side.
00:34:49Come here.
00:34:52Keep it off.
00:34:53Don't go.
00:34:55What happens when you make a fist?
00:35:19And when did this start?
00:35:23Two months ago, about.
00:35:25You can talk directly to the camera.
00:35:55You can talk directly to the camera.
00:35:57You can talk directly to the camera.
00:35:59The camera is on a Корb.
00:36:01The camera is anyone.
00:36:03The camera is on a Category Talk for you.
00:36:05This is an L.A.
00:36:07And you can talk directly to the camera.
00:36:09You can talk directly to the camera.
00:40:12Yes, that's right.
00:40:14You're a creature of habit now.
00:40:17When I first met you, you were still a human being.
00:40:20What were you doing?
00:40:22When?
00:40:22Back there in the club.
00:40:24Back there in the club.
00:40:30Working on some choreography?
00:40:32Tom, you were doing more than working on some choreography.
00:40:35I saw you.
00:40:38I mean, I really saw something there.
00:40:41No, you didn't.
00:40:43You just saw me being a little wayward.
00:40:44I apologize.
00:40:45It won't happen again.
00:40:46Very much.
00:40:47Tom, what's going on?
00:40:57I'm afraid, Tom.
00:40:58I'm afraid, Tom.
00:40:58All those nights, all those nights when you would disappear and then show up in the morning.
00:41:02What's happened to you?
00:41:05You tell me, Dr. Eddington.
00:41:06That's what I came here to do.
00:41:12Since the beginning, there were certain things that I kept from you.
00:41:16Things that I hope wouldn't matter.
00:41:17Go on.
00:41:22Do you believe in the soul, Tom?
00:41:26I don't know.
00:41:27I don't think so.
00:41:30Then you think we're just a connection of chemical processes, electrical signals in the brain, and that's it?
00:41:37You tell me, Dr. Eddington, it's your field.
00:41:40I want to believe that you have a soul, Tom.
00:41:44I didn't believe it.
00:41:45Well, your treatment, there were some things, I don't know, that I held back at the time.
00:41:54I mean, that I didn't think were right to tell you then.
00:41:59Go on.
00:42:00I'm curious.
00:42:01What are you doing?
00:42:05This isn't real.
00:42:07You're not real, Tom.
00:42:11I feel real.
00:42:13You're a different person.
00:42:15If you're still a person at all.
00:42:21My thoughts exactly.
00:42:29I'm a monster.
00:42:32A love monster.
00:42:34I can't control myself, Dr. Eddington.
00:42:53Do you want me to fuck you, Dr. Eddington?
00:42:57No.
00:43:02No.
00:43:06No.
00:43:07No.
00:43:08No.
00:43:12No.
00:43:13No.
00:43:13No.
00:43:14Oh, my God.
00:43:44You had defective genes in your brain. I replaced them.
00:43:55Where do you think I got the healthy ones from?
00:44:00From...
00:44:00A cat in your lab?
00:44:14It shouldn't have made any difference. Your problems were in the motor coordination center, the old brain. Humans and cats are hardly different in that area.
00:44:23You're not planning to break our little deal now, are you?
00:44:27Break our deal?
00:44:32I should have let you die.
00:44:36Then why didn't you?
00:44:38Because I thought I could beat nature.
00:44:45Because I was tired of being alone.
00:44:52Because I wasn't with you.
00:44:55In the very basis of your biology, you have some genes.
00:45:07Exactly which ones, I don't know.
00:45:10That no other human possesses.
00:45:15Meow.
00:45:15I could try and take you back.
00:45:18What if I don't want to be changed back?
00:45:21You don't get it.
00:45:22You are a Frankenstein's monster.
00:45:27And I am a Frankenstein.
00:45:29This cannot go on.
00:45:30You are a new species.
00:45:42Not human, not a cat, but something else.
00:45:47And you will pass whatever it is on to your children and all of their descendants and on and on and on.
00:45:55Well, that little factoid certainly raises the stakes, doesn't it?
00:46:00I used to be afraid of heights, you know.
00:46:16But you cured me.
00:46:23I guess this is our night of truth, Jackie.
00:46:30Nothing but the truth.
00:46:35Everything will be different after tonight.
00:46:38Pace has probably told half of the world by now.
00:46:41I don't think so.
00:46:46Did you do something?
00:46:47Dr. Pace got in a little accident.
00:46:55His car fell on his head.
00:46:58You know, I never saw a human brain before.
00:47:01Or at least a fresh one.
00:47:03I mean, you get to see them all the time.
00:47:06But unlike me,
00:47:08you probably never stop for a taste test.
00:47:10I'm going to let you know.
00:47:12I'm going to let you know.
00:47:16In spite of all this, I love you, Tom.
00:47:43I want you to know that.
00:47:46Just look good.
00:48:07Oh, my God.
00:48:37Oh, my God.
00:49:07Oh, my God.
00:49:37Oh, my God.
00:50:07Oh, my God.
00:50:37So, would you do this often?
00:51:05Hello?
00:51:06Hi, it's Imogen.
00:51:07Imogen!
00:51:08I was just thinking about you.
00:51:10Can you talk?
00:51:12You mean Jackie-wise?
00:51:14Yeah.
00:51:15Yeah?
00:51:16I had to call.
00:51:17I had to talk to you.
00:51:20That's very nice.
00:51:22I was just getting pissed off at you.
00:51:24Yeah, I know for leaving.
00:51:27Well, things finally got settled with Jackie.
00:51:30And I come back to the table and there it is.
00:51:32Empty.
00:51:33Fuck me, I thought.
00:51:35Im sorry.
00:51:36Im gonna stay.
00:51:37It's been quite a night.
00:51:38Yes, it has.
00:51:39I wish we were together right now.
00:51:40So, what's your address?
00:51:41Well, I dont really have an address.
00:51:42You dont have an address?
00:51:43You dont have an address?
00:51:44You did find your way home, didn't you?
00:51:45Well, look I'm new in town remember?
00:51:46It's not that easy to explain.
00:51:47Im sure I could find my way.
00:51:48I'm sure I could find my way.
00:52:20You dont want us to be together, but we can't tonight.
00:52:23It's too quick.
00:52:24Jesus, Imogen.
00:52:26We should be in the same room doing what people do when they feel like this.
00:52:35I wish we could.
00:52:36I wish we could.
00:52:38Oh.
00:52:39Where's your hand?
00:53:07Downtown, so give me the address.
00:53:17Imogen, give me the address.
00:53:27Imogen, give me the address.
00:53:31You can't come over here.
00:53:33Look, you want me to be there.
00:53:37Oh, yes.
00:53:39And are you going to tell me where you live?
00:53:43No.
00:53:49I can't.
00:53:51I can't do it here.
00:53:53It feels bad.
00:53:55Nights like this only happen once in a lifetime.
00:53:57And when it happens, you go for it.
00:53:59Please.
00:54:01Imogen.
00:54:05Goodbye, Tom. I'll call you tomorrow, okay?
00:54:07I'll call you back if you hang out.
00:54:09I'm going to unplug the phone.
00:54:11You'll have to.
00:54:13Bye, Tom.
00:54:15Goodnight.
00:54:19Shit.
00:54:21What city place?
00:54:33Seattle.
00:54:35Ah, Hotel Terminus.
00:54:39Please hold for the number.
00:54:41The number is 9835.
00:54:55Three, five, two, one.
00:55:13Hotel Terminus, how may I help you?
00:55:16This is Dale there.
00:55:17Dale who? This is a hotel, sir.
00:55:21Dale, Dale.
00:55:22I can't remember, but I know he's staying at the Hotel Terminus.
00:55:26He's sort of tall.
00:55:28He's really handsome, and he's a very big, big, big man.
00:55:34His car keys and everything are all left here.
00:55:37Oh, his car keys.
00:55:37Okay, let's see what I can find.
00:55:41Oh, we have a Mr. D. Strasburg from New York,
00:55:45and yes, a Dr. Dale A. Bramson, but he hasn't checked in yet.
00:55:49Bramson. Bramson.
00:55:52B-R-A-M-P-S-O-N.
00:55:58Thank you very much. I'll call back later.
00:56:01Thank you, sir.
00:56:02Thank you, sir.
00:56:16I'm sorry.
00:56:18Finally, I'm not sure who was going.
00:56:20He's trying to get his own husband.
00:56:22He was just learning how to take care of his wife.
00:56:26He's trying to explain to me,
00:56:29to a class of virality.
00:56:31He's not a car,
00:56:34but it's not a car.
00:56:39Look at that car.
00:56:41Here we go.
00:56:44Let's go.
00:57:14Dale, I don't ever tell you you are a beautiful human being.
00:57:30A beautiful human being.
00:57:33I don't ever tell you you're a freak of nature.
00:57:41Dale, do you love Imogen?
00:57:44Go ahead, Dale.
00:57:46Spill your guts.
00:57:49You better tell me what you were doing with her.
00:57:55Fucking most people call it.
00:57:56And in your bed, if you must know.
00:57:58It's me.
00:58:06Hey, you're it.
00:58:08What does he even do?
00:58:09What does he stand for?
00:58:13Asshole, perhaps?
00:58:14You son of a...
00:58:15Once I realized that my genetic alteration had changed more than just Tom's motor coordination
00:58:28center, I began to observe the behavior of the cat more closely, putting it through a
00:58:32number of situations that I thought might parallel Tom's experiences.
00:58:40My observations confirmed what I had feared.
00:58:45My observations began to confirm the worst.
00:58:48How long is that?
00:58:48How long is that?
00:59:03How long is that?
00:59:04some motherfucker you want to play some games huh play some games
00:59:26sure
00:59:33up
00:59:38up
00:59:41up
00:59:46up
00:59:49up
00:59:52up
00:59:58oh my dale you ruined your shirt
01:00:09what's the matter don't you want to play anymore
01:00:12i know that what i did was potentially very dangerous i've just made this tape for the record
01:00:29i'm considering confronting tom with the truth and i'm also considering showing this tape to
01:00:36someone i trust it could help me but i don't know who that could be
01:00:44i'm alone
01:00:47i hope i did the right thing
01:00:51you
01:00:54you
01:00:58you
01:01:00you
01:01:02you
01:01:04you
01:01:06you
01:01:08you
01:01:23you
01:01:25you
01:01:27you
01:01:29you
01:01:36until tonight
01:01:37i didn't know that the cat in jackie's lab was one of my parents
01:01:44genetically speaking
01:01:46so tell me
01:01:53why did you think of a flying cow
01:01:57after we made love
01:02:01i was thinking of a story i read when i was a child
01:02:07i was thinking of a story i read when i was a child
01:02:14it's a story about a cow that had wings
01:02:18but was afraid to fly
01:02:22and then one day its fields got flooded
01:02:25and it had to fly
01:02:27and then it realized that
01:02:29a cow with wings could only be happy if it flew
01:02:40so you felt like you were flying for the first time
01:02:48are you at all afraid you might be headed
01:02:52for a crash landing
01:02:57i think i have to go now
01:03:04dale could show up here at any time
01:03:19here i'll take that
01:03:20all right
01:03:23did you ever wonder why i could dance so well
01:03:25hardly ever rehearse
01:03:31so where are you gonna go
01:03:32i don't know
01:03:33cousins i think
01:03:39bad luck
01:03:40very bad luck
01:03:45well
01:03:46well
01:03:53there's been a real plague of flat tires lately
01:03:55you're gonna get in or you're gonna run behind me
01:04:10you're gonna get in or you're gonna run behind me
01:04:13you're gonna get in or you're gonna run behind me
01:04:14you're gonna run behind me
01:04:29swan lake is that okay
01:04:31I guess I'll take that for you, yes?
01:04:39You know, I always thought if you had to choose one last piece of music to hear before you died,
01:04:45what would be better than Swan Lake?
01:04:47Especially if you were a dancer.
01:04:51So where are we going?
01:04:53Across the bridge.
01:04:57Nope. I don't think we'll be going there.
01:05:01What do you mean?
01:05:05Ask him.
01:05:08I think your cow has just crash-landed, Imogen.
01:05:14Now, now, don't jump to conclusions like Jackie did.
01:05:18Unwell!
01:05:19That's the thing of it, Imogen. I'm not unwell at all. I'm just different.
01:05:25Tom, you need help.
01:05:27There's no help in me. I am what I am.
01:05:31Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:05:33Fun, fun, fun.
01:05:36Oh, that was awesome.
01:05:38Let's make things a little more difficult.
01:05:40Let's make a little more difficult.
01:05:50In the front.
01:05:51Let's do it.
01:05:52We'll be, cool.
01:05:53I'm dead.
01:05:57So we're just there now.
01:05:57Let's get out of here.
01:05:58Welcome, now, The Glides.
01:05:58There's no more import of the mini-.
01:06:00You know what it is?
01:06:01We'll be海 CDC-CCT.
01:06:02You know, I tried to escape Dumas兄弟.
01:06:03I didn't even know what it is, though.
01:06:04I mean, you've got to go into the rightチャンネル.
01:06:05I 삼 contendlege
01:06:05You know what the rules.
01:06:06You know, he's going on.
01:06:07I mean, you know, you know what I gotta do.
01:06:07You hate me, don't you?
01:06:16No.
01:06:17I don't hate you.
01:06:22Run for it, Imogen.
01:06:24It's your only chance.
01:06:26I'll count to ten.
01:06:41One, two, three, seven.
01:06:56Cut you.
01:07:26I'll count to ten.
01:07:56You can run, but you can't hide.
01:08:18Isn't love a silly thing?
01:08:30Look what it brought you.
01:08:32Moo!
01:08:33Moo!
01:08:40Cats may sleep during the day, but they're always up at dawn and dusk.
01:08:47That's when they like to hunt.
01:08:49I like to be up at dawn and dusk.
01:08:55Meow!
01:08:57Wow.
01:09:01Meow.
01:09:04Scared?
01:09:06Huh?
01:09:09Is your heart pounding?
01:09:11You may kill me, but you're dead already.
01:09:18I don't want to end your life, Imogen.
01:09:21But you're the only one left who knows what I really am.
01:09:29Run for it, Imogen.
01:09:30Run for it.
01:09:31It may be your last chance.
01:09:39If you want to kill me, you kill me here, and you kill me now.
01:09:43Do I know?
01:09:46Okay, Tom.
01:10:12I'll play your little game.
01:10:14I'll run, and you can chase me.
01:10:18But you're going to have to give me enough time to get a head start.
01:10:25This is the last time.
01:10:29This is the last time.
01:10:42Get out of here!
01:10:48Help!
01:11:00Help!
01:11:12Help!
01:11:16Help!
01:11:18Help!
01:11:39Help!
01:11:41Let's go.
01:12:11Let's go.
01:12:41Let's go.
01:13:11Clever, Imogen.
01:13:41Clever, Imogen.
01:14:10Clever, Imogen.
01:14:20Surprise!
01:14:50Surprise!
01:14:53No!
01:15:20Oh, my God.
01:15:50Oh, my God.
01:16:20Oh, my God.
01:16:50Oh, my God.
01:17:20Oh, my God.
01:17:50Oh, my God.
01:18:20Oh, my God.
01:18:50Oh, my God.
01:19:20Oh, my God.
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