The Invasion

I'm sorry, Yorish. My humblest apologies. 402 00:26:29,215 --> 00:26:33,115 You have the honor of meeting one of Washington's most notorious diplomats. 403 00:26:33,515 --> 00:26:37,215 My friend and the source of this exquisite caviar... 404 00:26:37,415 --> 00:26:39,315 ...Russian Ambassador Yorish Kaganovich. 405 00:26:39,515 --> 00:26:43,115 - Nice to meet you, ambassador. - The pleasure is entirely mine. 406 00:26:43,315 --> 00:26:46,115 Henryk's guests are usually as old and as ugly as I am. 407 00:26:46,515 --> 00:26:49,015 I beg to differ. No one's as ugly as you are, Yorish. 408 00:26:49,115 --> 00:26:52,315 You know what "Czechoslovakia" means in Russian, doctor? 409 00:26:52,515 --> 00:26:54,115 It means a "doormat." 410 00:26:54,215 --> 00:26:57,215 Someone still speaks Russian? I thought it was a dead language. 411 00:26:58,115 --> 00:27:02,015 My cheeky friend and I pretend to enjoy ourselves, but secretly we are rivals... 412 00:27:02,215 --> 00:27:06,115 ...exploiting each other for personal gain. I am here to drink his champagne... 413 00:27:06,315 --> 00:27:09,315 ...and he invites me because I can get the real caviar. 414 00:27:09,615 --> 00:27:12,915 A veneer of civility hides our true self-interests. 415 00:27:13,115 --> 00:27:15,015 It's the nature of our world, yes? 416 00:27:15,215 --> 00:27:16,715 Yorish, be good. 417 00:27:16,715 --> 00:27:18,215 I'm only curious. 418 00:27:18,415 --> 00:27:21,615 I say that civilization is an illusion, a game of pretend. 419 00:27:21,715 --> 00:27:26,015 What is real is the fact that we are still animals, driven by primal instincts. 420 00:27:26,215 --> 00:27:28,515 As a psychiatrist... 421 00:27:28,715 --> 00:27:30,315 ...you must know this to be true. 422 00:27:30,415 --> 00:27:34,615 To be honest, ambassador, when someone starts talking to me about the truth... 423 00:27:34,815 --> 00:27:37,015 ...I hear what they tell me about themselves... 424 00:27:37,215 --> 00:27:39,315 ...more than what they say about the world. 425 00:27:39,515 --> 00:27:41,715 - Quite right. Well done. - Perhaps you are right. 426 00:27:41,915 --> 00:27:45,115 Perhaps being a Russian in this country is a kind of pathology. 427 00:27:45,315 --> 00:27:48,015 So, what do you think? Can you help me? 428 00:27:48,715 --> 00:27:50,415 Can you give me a pill? 429 00:27:50,515 --> 00:27:53,515 To make me see the world the way you Americans see the world? 430 00:27:53,815 --> 00:27:58,415 Can a pill help me understand Iraq, or Darfur, or even New Orleans? 431 00:27:58,615 --> 00:28:01,215 Don't be drawn in by his madness, doctor. 432 00:28:01,415 --> 00:28:04,415 He is Russian. He needs to argue like he needs to breathe. 433 00:28:04,415 --> 00:28:08,315 All I am saying is that civilization crumbles whenever we need it most. 434 00:28:09,715 --> 00:28:11,815 In the right situation... 435 00:28:12,015 --> 00:28:14,715 ...we are all capable of the most terrible crimes. 436 00:28:15,315 --> 00:28:17,615 To imagine a world where this was not so... 437 00:28:17,815 --> 00:28:20,515 ...where every crisis did not result in new atrocities... 438 00:28:20,715 --> 00:28:23,615 ...where every newspaper is not full of war and violence... 439 00:28:23,815 --> 00:28:29,315 Well, this is to imagine a world where human beings cease to be human. 440 00:28:29,715 --> 00:28:33,015 While I'll give you that we still retain some basic animal instincts... 441 00:28:33,215 --> 00:28:36,815 ...you must admit we're not the same animal we were a few thousand years ago. 442 00:28:36,915 --> 00:28:39,115 - True. - Read Piaget or Kohlberg... 443 00:28:39,315 --> 00:28:42,415 ...or Maslow, Graves, Wilber, and you'll see we're still evolving. 444 00:28:42,615 --> 00:28:44,615 Our consciousness is changing. 445 00:28:45,115 --> 00:28:47,915 Five hundred years ago, postmodern feminists didn't exist... 446 00:28:48,015 --> 00:28:50,015 ...yet one sits right beside you today. 447 00:28:50,115 --> 00:28:55,215 While that fact may not undo all the terrible things that have been done in this world... 448 00:28:55,415 --> 00:28:58,815 ...at least it gives me reason to believe one day things may be different. 449 00:28:59,815 --> 00:29:02,515 - Thank you, doctor. - You're welcome, ambassador. 450 00:29:02,915 --> 00:29:04,215 Excellent. 451 00:29:04,415 --> 00:29:07,115 Ben, of all the women you've brought into our home... 452 00:29:07,215 --> 00:29:09,515 ...this is the one we permit you to marry. 453 00:29:09,615 --> 00:29:10,815 Hey, now, look. 454 00:29:11,015 --> 00:29:13,515 I've been watching the way you look at each other. 455 00:29:13,715 --> 00:29:17,115 - Oh, so beautiful and smart. - You see, this is what happens. 456 00:29:17,315 --> 00:29:21,215 They say what they like in this household, and then they ...