The ten-week work-up shows abnormalities indicative of cancer.
PAUL: You don't just swoop in and cure the worst disease in human history.
You don't if you don't try.
PAUL (on phone): Are you okay?
PELL: It's an aortic aneurysm.
But now that we know about it, we can keep it from killing you.
Alice wants to go on a trip.
(car bumps) I just want to be with you.
Whatever happens, I think we're gonna see each other again.
(switches clicking) (knocks) Um, it's 9:30.
My God, I'm so sorry, go.
Are you sure?
Absolutely.
Because I'm, I'm more than happy to stay.
There's no need.
Anything I can do?
Yes, you can stop talking.
Right.
Sorry.
Good night.
Good night.
(mouse clicks) (exhales) (phone button clicks) (phone clicking) PAUL: Why do they make us do this?
Due diligence.
There are three billion DNA base pairs.
It's like a needle in a haystack, which is itself a needle in another haystack.
All we need is one that turns red.
Mm-hmm.
You use that app yet?
I've got an ethical problem with it.
What?
I don't think it's right to judge people based on a picture.
What?
Mm-- it's fascism.
It's the future.
It's also probably the least romantic thing I've ever heard of.
Is that really what you want to be telling your future children, "You exist because your mother and I both swiped right"?
I think you're getting ahead of yourself there.
Can't possibly be a healthy way to start a relationship.
No, you're right.
Much healthier to be rejected in person.
(chuckles) (people talking in background) (clears throat) Alice?
(laughs): Jack?
(chuckles): Yes.
Hi.
(chuckles) Well, your picture didn't lie.
Yours was an understatement.
Well, that's on purpose.
(birds chirping) JACK: So, what do you think?
It's not too far away.
The train was really fast.
Hm, it's like another world.
In a few weeks, the leaves will be 20 different colors.
She's never gonna see them, is she, Dad?
No.
But I'll see them.
You'll see them if you visit.
Yeah, I am gonna visit.
Good.
And I can tell her about it.
I think she'll like the idea.
Can we pick a spot?
Yeah, but, um, she said she doesn't want to be next to anyone dull.
(both laugh) How do you find out something like that?
I, I don't know.
I mean, we'll have to figure out a way.
I guess we find out who they were, Google them, interrogate their friends and family, you know?
(both laugh) If she ends up bored for the rest of eternity, she'll never forgive me.
I think the most important thing is that she's not alone.
Yeah-- come here.
ALICE (on voicemail): Hi, it's me.
Um, looking forward to our daily tryst.
Just calling to remind you of the new hospital rules: no flowers and no croissants.
I love you.
Bye.
PELL: Jack?
(footsteps approaching) Jack Caine?
PELL: Three-and-a-half centimeters.
So, bigger.
Only slightly.
What do we do?
Keep watching it.
Keep watching it get bigger?
Well, if it ever gets to five centimeters, we'll put on a Kevlar sleeve.
Any chance it explodes in the meantime?
Keep your heart rate below 160, avoid excessive stress and thoracic trauma, and you'll outlive us all.
That's true of anybody.
(chuckles) Yeah.
(door opens) No more flowers.
It's a standing order, I'm afraid.
Yeah, just save your money and buy a small island.
Are you hungry?
No, but thank you.
(breathes deeply) You look good.
Well, drink this in, baby.
(chuckles): 'Cause I'm gonna lose my hair on Tuesday.
They know that?
Weird.
Eyebrows and eyelashes, too.
Not a dead cert-- could go either way.
There's gonna be, like, massive tension around here.
(clears throat) How's your disease?
I don't have a disease.
I have a syndrome, and it's absolutely fine.
Are you doing what she said?
Yeah, doing everything she said.
'Cause, you know, I'm the one to die, I'm the one who put the work in.
Don't steal my (muted) thunder.
I wouldn't, wouldn't dare.
Good.
Can you come closer?
Yeah.
Can you scratch my back?
Yeah.
(chuckles) Okey-dokey.
You all right?
Mm-hmm.
Ready?
Mm-hmm.
(chuckles) (breathes deeply) (quietly): I think this is the thing I'm gonna miss the most.
(sniffs) Better get the right one.
(switch clicks) (both laugh) Don't turn off my life machine.
(laughs) Do you wanna get on the bed?
I can give it a shot.
(grunts, groans) It's not very big.
(exhales) (quietly): Can we stay like this?
Yeah.
You won't leave me?
You know, when I'm dead, you'll be able to get back in the game.
(exhales): I have been thinking that.
(laughs) Don't be stupid.
(laughing) I know, in all honesty, it is true that I don't want you to ever have any contact with any woman, ever again.
No?
Okay.
Yeah, you'll only live, like, what 50, 60 years max?
Provided your aorta doesn't disintegrate or whatever.
Jesus.
That's not long?
No-- no, no, no, it's fine.
Just keep your head down, do your work.
(chuckles) Think of me.
And have no contact with any other woman.
(quietly): Or I swear, I will find a way to come back to Earth and kill the both of you.
(laughs) I don't care who she is.
Okay.
I was thinking about giving up work, actually.
You can't do that, you'd just, you'd die.
Hm.
I think I'll be fine.
But you have a calling.
I used to believe that.
I used to believe in callings and causes.
You're my calling.
You're what I believe in.
The rest of it just doesn't matter.
(laughs) (chuckles) (waves crashing) (device alarm beeping) (alarm continues) Alice.
Alice-- Alice.
Oh, (muted)-- Alice, Alice?
(alarm continues) Here.
Alice-- no, no, no.
No, no-- no, no, not yet.
(stammering): Hello?
Hey, sorry, um... (stammering) The, the thing's not...
Uh, check pulses.
JACK: Hey, Alice, you're okay.
You're okay, Alice, you're all right.
Hey...
There's no pulse detected.
(alarm continues) What... Will you just get the doctor in?
Okay.
(alarm continues) (alarm stops) Um, they said she's gonna be okay for a few weeks, she's got... Just take your time.
(exhaling): What, what, what's... Is she-- has she passed?
I'm so sorry, my love.
Alice.
Alice.
Don't-- Alice, just... She's gone, isn't... Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Is this the last time I'll see her?
There's a viewing room downstairs.
You're more than welcome.
What's that for?
It's important, if we go past other patients, that they don't know.
(exhales) I should stop crying or I'll give the game away.
You do whatever you need to, sir.
It's all right.
(wheels rumbling) (elevator bell rings) WOMAN: Pasta just lays there in the middle of the day.
Tires me out.
MAN: You don't have to have pasta just 'cause it's an Italian restaurant.
I can never resist it, and then I'm mad at myself for having it.
Can I, uh, stay until the morning?
Yes, it's just a couple of hours.
(door opens) Thanks, thank you very much.
Of course.
(door closes) (softly): Hey, Alice.
ALICE: Do you live near here?
JACK: I work around the corner.
Are you suggesting we go to your office?
Oh, no, no, no, sorry, I wa-- no.
ALICE: We'll go to my apartment.
JACK: Already?
ALICE: Or we'll part as friendly acquaintances.
Either's fine by me.
That's not a choice.
ALICE: You're great.
You're kind and you're handsome, and you're a good lover.
You're wonderful.
I can see why you want me to go.
(chuckles softly) JACK: I'll call you.
ALICE: Thank you, but if it's okay with you, I'd rather you didn't.
JACK: Have you ever been with the same person twice?
Tonight will be the first time.
Be careful.
If I were careful with anything in this world, I would be careful with you.
I'm so sorry about everything.
JACK: It's not your fault.
ALICE: It's, like, completely and thoroughly my fault.
Jack...
If we were gonna try again...
...I'd want to take it really slow, be really sure-- start on really firm footing.
ALICE: If I would be with anyone in the world... ...it would be with you.
But it will end in ruins.
JACK: Shouldn't it be my choice, too?
Knowing the risks?
ALICE: No.
'Cause you know them, but you don't know them.
(sniffles) JACK: For those of you who have not spent a lot of time with Alice but are about to, be ready for nothing to make sense and yet for everything to make sense.
Do not be alarmed, my friends.
This is all perfectly normal.
It's not normal, it's... (guests chuckling) It is wildly better than normal, it's...
It's wonderful.
ALICE: Can I tell you what I think happened?
I did fall in love with Danny.
But you weren't there.
To provide context, you know?
JACK: It's exhausting, isn't it, being in love?
It's (muted) brutal.
(chuckles) (Jack exhales) ALICE: Not exactly how I expected the day going.
(Jack chuckles) No.
ALICE: I think I'm getting good at it.
JACK (on phone): You're good at what?
Like, real life.
If that's something that you're interested in, or anything that you want to take a risk over.
Oh.
Can we think about it?
When have we ever not thought about it?
Never.
Whatever happens... (both laughing) ...I think we're gonna see each other again.
JACK: You think so?
ALICE: Mm-hmm.
Do you think I'm absolutely crackers for believing that?
JACK: No.
Do you remember that first night that we met?
I do remember the first time we met, yeah.
Do you remember what I asked you?
Yeah, you asked me (muted) everything.
You asked me everything, all in a row, like this.
(laughs) Do you remember when I asked you if you were religious?
Mm-hmm.
I asked you back.
You never answered.
So, are you religious now?
No!
May, I mean... Maybe, I don't know.
I mean, it's hard to find proof, isn't it?
(exhales) But I think there are hints.
You're saying you've had a hint?
I am saying that, yeah.
And what was the hint?
I'm looking at him.
(singing softly) (door opens) Sorry.
It's all right.
I'm just, um... (clicks tongue) Oh, yeah, Robby told me.
Yeah-- I didn't catch his name, sorry.
I, I've sort of got to get to work.
Okay.
I can help if you want, or...
I've got to do it-- it's just legal reasons.
Can I have just one, one moment with her?
Of course.
Yeah.
Thanks.
(door closes) (breathes deeply) Okay, Alice.
(inhales deeply): I'm getting kicked out.
So, I'm gonna give you one more kiss, 'cause two would be deviant, and then I'm gonna go, okay?
And I'll see you soon, darling.
To be continued.
(breathes deeply) (sniffs, clears throat) (breathes deeply) (phone buttons click) (inhales) (sniffs) (phone button clicks) (phone calling out) CELIA (on voicemail): Hey, it's Celia.
Sorry I missed your call.
Phone back later?
Hey, Celia, it's Dad.
Um, I'm sorry to say this in a message, but you can probably hear it in my voice anyway.
Uh, Alice passed away last night.
Ahead of schedule, as always.
Um, I'm very sorry.
Maybe you could ask your mam if I could have dinner with you tonight if, if you're free.
I would be very grateful.
Um, I love you, darling.
Alice did, too.
(exhales) (pants) (exhales slowly) (exhales) (breathing heavily) (breath trembling) (panting) (coughs softly) (breathing rapidly) (people talking in background) (gulls calling) ALICE: Jack?
(panting) (waves lapping) (laughing) Oh!
(exhales) (laughing): Did you know I was here?
No.
So, that's not why you came, then?
No.
(both laughing) See, I wondered how this would all happen.
How what would?
How we'd meet up.
I mean, it's not like this is ever gonna end, is it?
I hadn't realized that.
When we're not in touch, it's just... ...the time in between.
(camera shutter clicks) ("Tonada de Luna Llena" by Simn Daz playing) (camera shutter clicks) Hmm.
(man whistling) (camera shutter clicks) (camera shutter clicks) (whistling continues) Yo vi de una garza mora Dndole combate a un ro As es cmo se enamora Tu corazn con el mo Yo vi de una garza mora Dndole combate a un ro As es cmo se enamora As es como se enamora Tu corazn con el mo (photo printer whirs) Tu corazn con el mo Luna, luna, luna llena Menguante Luna, luna, luna llena Menguante Luna, luna, luna llena (guitar strums) Menguante (vocalizes) (song fades) JACK: Do you think it's been different this time?
ALICE: Yeah, I think it has been different.
But it's not like, you know, real life.
It's like fantasy.
You look very beautiful in this light.
Well, a bowl of (muted) would look beautiful in this light.
Oh, for... No.
No, it wouldn't.
Yeah.
You know the way some people say that they peaked in school?
Or they peaked in their 20s, or they peaked whenever?
Yeah, I was never really worried about peaking.
I was all, just, always just sort of, like, you know, trying to stay away from the valleys.
Hold that thought-- can you scratch my back?
Yeah.
Do you remember how to do it?
Yeah.
(laughs) (clears throat) Are you ready?
I am so ready.
(both laugh) Okay.
(chuckling) Okay, so when did you peak?
(clicks tongue): I peaked just now.
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