Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

750 00:35:07,207 --> 00:35:08,843 Wait, I-I'm confused. Does Ada represent 751 00:35:08,876 --> 00:35:11,512 our marriage or the safe zone? 752 00:35:14,247 --> 00:35:16,751 Suzie, uh, are those two things 753 00:35:16,784 --> 00:35:18,920 any different in your, in your mind? 754 00:35:18,953 --> 00:35:20,622 Are they separable? 755 00:35:21,522 --> 00:35:23,591 Now, please, don't look at me. 756 00:35:23,625 --> 00:35:24,759 Look at Ada. 757 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:27,227 Tell me what you see. 758 00:35:27,260 --> 00:35:29,831 -A dead cat. -What else? 759 00:35:29,864 --> 00:35:32,399 A stuffed dead cat. 760 00:35:32,432 --> 00:35:33,601 Yes. 761 00:35:33,635 --> 00:35:34,902 Wait, what does that mean? 762 00:35:36,203 --> 00:35:39,239 That our marriage is dead and stuffed? 763 00:35:39,272 --> 00:35:41,208 Is that what you mean? 764 00:35:41,241 --> 00:35:43,243 -Keane... -[Suzie] Oh. 765 00:35:43,276 --> 00:35:45,245 ...is that what it means? 766 00:35:46,279 --> 00:35:49,517 Well, it's true that Ada is dead and stuffed. 767 00:35:49,550 --> 00:35:51,318 Oh, my God, Suzie, 768 00:35:52,587 --> 00:35:55,523 when did we reach this point in our relationship? 769 00:35:56,490 --> 00:35:57,825 Can we talk to each other? 770 00:35:57,859 --> 00:35:59,393 Can you talk to each other? 771 00:35:59,426 --> 00:36:00,962 I'm just trying to understand the rules here. 772 00:36:00,995 --> 00:36:02,630 Can we talk to each other during our therapy session? 773 00:36:02,664 --> 00:36:04,932 You are in a safe zone now, so... 774 00:36:04,966 --> 00:36:07,935 Please, look at Ada, not me. 775 00:36:07,969 --> 00:36:10,203 This is what I'm doing. 776 00:36:13,273 --> 00:36:16,511 Suzie, what kind of cat do you think Ada was? 777 00:36:16,544 --> 00:36:17,845 I have no idea. 778 00:36:17,879 --> 00:36:20,782 Okay, then, Keane. No, no... 779 00:36:20,815 --> 00:36:22,416 Mm. 780 00:36:22,449 --> 00:36:24,819 What do you think Ada was? 781 00:36:28,589 --> 00:36:31,191 A gentle-hearted cat. 782 00:36:32,259 --> 00:36:35,262 Ada looks sad, so the kind of cat 783 00:36:35,295 --> 00:36:38,933 who didn't hide her emotions. 784 00:36:38,966 --> 00:36:41,468 And when you petted Ada, she would purr. 785 00:36:42,670 --> 00:36:44,806 Ada was free. 786 00:36:44,839 --> 00:36:47,374 She did as she pleased. 787 00:36:47,407 --> 00:36:50,878 At those boring events or those tedious dinner parties, 788 00:36:50,912 --> 00:36:54,448 Ada didn't seek the approval of others. 789 00:36:54,481 --> 00:36:56,884 Instead, she remained calm and collected. 790 00:36:57,919 --> 00:37:00,988 What I mean to say is that Ada was a cat unto itself. 791 00:37:01,022 --> 00:37:04,859 A cat who is just like a cat and nothing more. 792 00:37:05,860 --> 00:37:08,395 Or a cat that you had to go home to feed 793 00:37:08,428 --> 00:37:11,899 just as you were starting to enjoy yourself and feel alive. 794 00:37:11,933 --> 00:37:15,903 A cat that was dependent on you and always needed you to take care of it, 795 00:37:15,937 --> 00:37:19,372 like a constant ticking clock in your mind. 796 00:37:23,443 --> 00:37:26,647 Okay, I think we can wrap up today's session. 797 00:37:26,681 --> 00:37:28,348 Wait, what just happened? I didn't understand that. 798 00:37:28,381 --> 00:37:29,984 -What happened? -Uh, well, uh, 799 00:37:30,017 --> 00:37:31,886 we do have some time until our next session, 800 00:37:31,919 --> 00:37:34,421 so, uh, just think on it. 801 00:37:34,454 --> 00:37:36,624 And, uh, if it still doesn't make sense, uh, 802 00:37:36,657 --> 00:37:38,593 -we'll talk about it then. -It was a good session. 803 00:37:38,626 --> 00:37:39,927 [Keane] I think we made a lot of progress. 804 00:37:41,461 --> 00:37:43,531 There is no such thing as progress. 805 00:37:43,564 --> 00:37:45,666 Just plain, cold death. 806 00:37:46,667 --> 00:37:49,003 Thank you. See you next session. 807 00:37:50,605 --> 00:37:52,807 [footsteps departing] 808 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:54,542 Honestly, I was a bit surprised. 809 00:37:54,575 --> 00:37:56,611 You were really good, until the whole 810 00:37:56,644 --> 00:38:00,915 "no progress, only plain, cold death" thing. 811 00:38:00,948 --> 00:38:02,984 -You brought a sandwich? -Yeah. 812 00:38:03,017 --> 00:38:05,853 I haven't eaten all day. I'm starving. 813 00:38:05,887 --> 00:38:08,321 -You want it? -No. 814 00:38:08,355 --> 00:38:11,025 Do you know where we send the dead off to? 815 00:38:11,058 --> 00:38:13,460 Well, that's a bit dramatic. 816 00:38:13,493 --> 00:38:15,863 Well, do you know or not? 817 00:38:15,897 --> 00:38:17,665 Heaven. 818 00:38:17,698 --> 00:38:19,100 Hell? 819 00:38:19,133 --> 00:38:21,068 [fire truck horn blasting in distance] 820 00:38:21,102 --> 00:38:24,471 -Have you read anything about serial killers? -No. 821 00:38:24,505 --> 00:38:26,507 -Read any detective novels? -Mm-mm. 822 00:38:26,541 --> 00:38:29,577 -Do you watch any crime films? -Not really. 823 00:38:29,610 --> 00:38:32,379 -How about Gardner? -Gard