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I know.
It's good. I'm good.
Yeah. We're, um... we're
just getting off the freeway.
Yeah?
Did, Hugh pick you up
at the office, or...
Yeah, he was coming in from Oakland.
He was late, of course.
Then I took him...
And then, he took me
to some lawyer bar.
A lawyer bar?
Yeah. A lawyer bar, kind of.
Yeah. I don't know. Everybody
there seemed like a lawyer.
I felt like I was the only
person without a tie.
Well, maybe we should get
you a tie for emergencies.
Yeah, wardrobe emergencies.
Yeah.
Anyhow, we tried to take
the freeway and...
Ke... Kevin?
I can barely hear you.
Is that better?
Not much.
Where are you?
Are you there yet?
Yeah, I... I'm just
pulling up right now.
I just got here. Um...
Yeah. I'm right here.
I... You know what? I need to parallel
park and I'm not on my earpiece.
Okay.
Are you good?
Yeah.
You know, we should
talk about, you know...
Maybe we can talk about, you know,
that little problem before
we get into the party.
Okay.
Is it something we should
talk about now, or...
Hello?
Kevin?
I lost you.
Oh.
Baby?
You gotta be kidding me.
I think olive oil would be good.
A little more maybe?
- A drizzle.
- A little more.
- Is this turning you on?
- That is hot.
Jesus Christ.
- Um...
- I want water or something.
Did you know that, um,
- Laurie is coming?
- There you go.
No.
- Laurie's coming?
- Yeah.
Look at the smile on your face.
- It's not a smile. It's not that smile.
- Oh, my God.
- Why is she coming tonight?
- Amir's bringing her.
Beats me, because
Amir's a total jackass.
Oh.
You know what? Put a quarter
into the swear jar.
So, who did he tell?
Well, we got the... Yeah.
We got an e-mail about it.
Just his plus one.
Plus one and then I
was, like, plus what?
I need to know tonight?
My editor needs to know how
to book hotels and flights.
I gotta do it. Let them know.
Gotta know tonight.
You know I-I... I can't...
I-I just need to think about it...
a little bit longer because...
I just don't want to
make the wrong choice.
What if you came for a shorter time?
Like a month, not the full four months.
Just come for a month.
It's still a very long time...
and I'm not saying no.
Babe, if you don't say
yes, it becomes a no.
We're cold and hungry.
Hello?
- Hello.
- Hi.
- Amir, you look great.
- Thank you.
- Hi.
- You remember Laurie?
Amir told me I wouldn't be...
- overdressed, now I'm feeling...
- No. No, no.
We're underdressed.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- How are you?
- I'm good.
- Beth, do you remember Laurie?
- Yes.
is not my husband."
And then police came over...
and they said,
"This is your husband,"
And she said, "No. This
is not my husband.
- I killed my husband yesterday.
- Awesome.
That's how I know it's not him."
But they couldn't arrest her,
because he was standing...
right there in front in them.
Do they have any theories of why?
Think how lucky she is.
She gets to kill him again.
Clearly she wants to kill this man.
- It's just the Finnish.
- The Finns.
The Finns or Finnish?
- You guys remember Halley's Comet?
- Yes.
I mean, it was such a big deal.
I remember at my school, we all had
to, like, reenact Halley's Comet.
So, they assigned each of us
something celestial to do.
My sister got to be Halley's Comet.
I was very jealous.
I've never met your sister.
Have you guys met her sister?
There's a picture of her right
over there on the mantel, but...
- She's only a fleeting comet.
- she looks a little ridiculous.
- That's your sister?
- But why did you put it...
It's the door to nowhere.
In feng shui, a useless door,
which this is obviously
a useless door,
you put a picture of someone...
you have unresolved issues with...
and it causes all of
this weird energy flow.
I don't even like being over here.
- It's freaky.
- You shouldn't be over there then.
- Every time you're...
- I'm sort of an empath.
- Sort of an empath.
- And I can feel it. It's like a vortex.
When was the last time we
were all together like this?
I was thinking, right
before Thanksgiving,
most of us were there, but
not everybody could be.
I don't think Laurie... Laura?
- Laurie.
- Laurie.
- Career.
- You have your life.
It's a shame that it happened.
She doesn't hold a candle to you.
Then, here's to the
life that we do lead.
- Yeah.
- Well said.
- Here's to the comet.
- The comet. And the comet.
Anybody have a happier story?
Kevin, tell a crazy story, first
one that comes in your head.
No. All right.
Um... Sorry.
I was going out with Laurie.
We were drinking way
too much at a bar.
I passed out and I
started dreaming...
this big black bear...
was up on its hind legs
sort of mauling me.
Slowly. Tenderly.
Anyhow, we go to some party...
in Santa Cruz and as we walked in,
this huge dog comes
running straight at me.
Jumps up on its hind legs
and starts pawing me,
exactly like the dream,
and this guy yells,
- "Bear, get down, Bear."
- What?
Wow. You have a gift.
The way you told that
story, I thought...
somebody was going to die.
You know Bear is the
most common dog name.
Oh, that makes it a much
less interesting story.
Thanks for that, Lee.
Most common bear name? Henry.
- Look.
- Oh, my God.
- What?
- This is like your phone.
Oh, my God. That happened
to my phone tonight.
And I was just holding
mine in my hand.
- Exact same thing.
- Shattered?
Yeah. This is what they were
talking about on the news.
Yeah. Yeah.
It must be the comet.
- The chicken tastes like tuna.
- All right.
do with anything...
that we should be
fucking concerned with.
What did you see?
- It's not a big deal. I'll walk it back.
- Okay, fine.
Wait. Let me open it first.
No, Mike. What are you doing?
- What is it?
- I don't know. I don't know.
You don't want to talk about it
and you don't want to open...
Fine! Open the fucking box!
Open the box. What do I care?
What is wrong? Calm down.
What happened?
Holy shit, it worked.
I got it.
Open it away from your face.
- It's not a bomb.
- How do you know what the heck it is?
- Don't freak out.
- Be careful.
Oh, my God, It's a ping-pong paddle.
It's a ping-pong paddle.
- Well, what's that?
- What is going on?
- Oh, my God.
- What is it?
These are pictures of all of us.
These are...
- Somebody's marked us.
- I want to try to figure this out.
- This is insane.
- And there are numbers on the back.
- Hugh.
- Baby, what did you see?
- Hugh what did you see?
- What did you see?
Jesus Christ, man.
You can't stand there and not
say anything! What did you see?
Hugh!
There are pictures
of us in this box!
Hugh!
I went to the window,
and I looked in the window.
And I saw a table...
with wine glasses and candles...
and dinner set for eight people.
I saw...
Oh, my God.
Right. Okay, fuck you, Hugh.
- I saw...
- Bullshit.
- Did you guys come and fuck with this door?
- Fuck you, Kevin.
Did you come to the side door?
No. You went to the side
we do anything stupid,
and let's stick with
that we do know.
And what's smart? Just
sitting here? Doing nothing?
What we do know is that
we took this box. Right?
So, our first act should
be to return it. Yes?
Fuck that. No. We're not
returning that box.
I don't trust that house.
That stays here.
Wait, wait, wait.
What's got you so freaked out?
- Stupid, stupid question.
- You're right.
We're not at war with the
house down the street.
They might literally be
the same people as us.
Mike's saying come over
here and let's kill us.
That's right. If you do it first,
you know who you're gonna fight?
- Mike.
- You.
You're gonna run into you.
Who's gonna win that?
Who did you see in the
window when you went there?
- Did you see yourself?
- I did not see myself.
- I told you who I saw.
- Okay, okay.
But what if, in that over there,
that house, what if I'm drinking?
I mean, just think
about that for a sec.
That's a fucked-up Michael.
Oh, God.
I'm not gonna wait for a
fucking drunk Mike...
to come over here and kill me.
And kill you and kill
you and kill you.
I'm not waiting for that.
Wait, wait, wait a minute.
Who did you see when you were there?
I saw Amir, I saw Hugh,
and I saw Lee.
Okay. Lee's not here right now.
- She's taking a nap.
- What do you mean, she's taking a nap?
- So, it's different, then.
- Something's off. It's not the same.
In this reality, Lee's napping.
Maybe in that reality,
you're napping?
So, that's why Mike didn't see her.
Don't do this.
Mike, please? Why now?
Why not now, honey? Why not now?
- Where are Hugh and...
- We were in the kitchen.
Where's...
- Where's Hugh?
- Where's Amir?
More importantly, where's the box?
Oh, my God. They took the box.
Mike, where did they go?
I have no clue where they went.
You gotta be kidding.
You were in here. What happened?
Where's the book?
Where's the book?
Why would they bring
that to the other house?
They said they wanted to take it back
so they could make everything right.
They wanted to return it, so everything
would be fine from the beginning, but...
Why would they bring the book? It's
the one thing that we wouldn't...
- They took everything we have.
- Wait a minute.
We have to go get them.
Wait a minute. They were the
first ones to leave, right?
And then they... They came back.
They said they saw something.
They've been acting
weird ever since.
What are you implying?
Oh, my God.
- No, that's... Well, you guys left, too.
- Think about it.
I mean, everyone...
You left, too.
Amir came back and got
so quiet, Come on.
And then... and he didn't...
- Amir was being totally weird.
- I'll bring 'em back.
- I'll see what's going on.
- Baby, you're not...
- You're not going anywhere.
- I'll be back.
I'm just gonna go
bring them back...
and find out what
the hell's going on.
- No. You're not leaving.
- Baby, relax. What?
- No.
- It's fine. I'll be back.
I'm not gonna let you go.
It would be fucking crazy.
Okay. So, what are we gonna do?
I mean, they're out there, and I swear
- Hey.
- Everything okay?
Yeah. I just...
put this ring on that
you got me at the fair.
Remember? I know it's...
I know it's cheesy, but I
just wanted to have it on.
Cheeseball.
- It was a good day.
- It was a good day.
Are we okay?
- Yeah, babe.
- After that whole Laurie thing?
Yeah.
I don't know what the
hell she's thinking,
but yeah, we're good.
Come here. Hey.
Is everything okay with Hugh's car?
- What do you mean?
- Well, did they take anything?
You just checked on his car.
Did they take anything?
Doesn't make any sense at all.
Do you think it's just someone
trying to intimidate us?
Intimidate? No. I... It's...
None of this... It doesn't...
I mean, it's like they're
looking for something, and...
- But there's nothing in there.
- Exactly. There's nothing in there. So, why...
They could see that
there's nothing in there.
- We could see that there's nothing in there.
- I know.
Why break the window
if there's nothing there?
- That doesn't make any sense.
- None of this makes any sense.
Where were you?
I went and got this ring.
Nice.
All right, hold on.
Let's-Let's...
Let's just try and figure out...
why we would break into
a car... Hugh's car...
knowing that the book wasn't there.
Well, we're assuming that
the book is the motive.
What if the motive is
completely different?
- Did you hear something?
- What the hell is that?
It's outside. No, Mike,
Mike, Mike, Mike.
- Oh, shit! There's someone coming.
- What?
We are visitors.
Which means that this
Lee is not your wife.
Are you with me?
Well, there's more.
Because Hugh and Amir...
are from a third house.
He just showed me his phone.
It's not cracked.
Remember that dark area
that we walked through?
I have a feeling that whoever
walks through that...
is like they end up in the
middle of a roulette wheel,
and they will just end
up somewhere by chance.
And whoever walks through there...
will not return to the
house that they just left.
And I think that we need to find our way
back to our house before the comet passes...
because we... once it...
once it passes,
we might just be stuck
exact... here.
Wherever we are.
I don't want to be stuck here.
If your theory is true...
If we walk through the dark space,
and it is a roulette wheel,
there's no way we can be sure...
that we would go back
to our original house.
I think we just stay here.
I think we're stuck here.
I put it out near the gate.
Should be all right.
If we all stay here,
we should be okay.
Don't open it.
Who is that?
Oh.
- What is it?
- Mike.
Oh, fuck me. Oh, jeez.
"Mike, my friend, What is it?
Beth plus book equals Trinidad Club.
Don't let it happen,
whatever it takes, buddy."
What is this?
It's just this note.
It's... Mike had this...
He had this crazy idea that maybe
if he left this note out there,
it could stop them
getting the book.
It's nothing.
It was a stupid idea.
But our Mike didn't deliver it.
What is this?
Just some crazy other Mike
running around. It's nothing.
- You know what it is? What is this?
- We talked about it.
What is it?
Really, it's nothing.
- Just let it go, and...
- Then why can't you tell us?
Beth?
Mike, what is this? Oh, shit.
It's...
Nothing.
If it's nothing,
then why does my wife...
have a fucking nosebleed?
- Oh.
- Oh, honey. Oh, God. Oh, God.
- Beth, what the hell is this?
- I told you.
- I told you this was the worst.
- What is the idea?
12 years ago. Mike and Beth.
- You've gotta be kidding me.
- He was gonna blackmail himself...
- What is this?
- so they would not get the book.
This is bad. This is really bad.
- Wait. You never told Hugh?
- It was on my to-do list.
We have to just get
through the night, okay?
Let's just try. He told you.
He said he told you about it.
Why didn't you tell me?
- Because you didn't say anything about it.
- Who else knew about this?
Who else knew about this?
- Lee, did you know about this?
- Yes.
- Kevin, did you know?
- He told us. He told you. He...
- Everybody knew about this.
- We thought you knew.
Everybody knew about this except me?
Hugh, listen. It's...
It's not what it seems. It's...
- We don't even belong here.
- You are fucking too much, man.
- You are fucking too much.
- Listen. We're visitors here.
- This isn't our house.
- What are you talking about?
This is Lee and Beth's house.
You sleep with my wife, and
this is what you're telling me?
Check your phone.
Is your phone broken?
What the fuck does that
have to do with anything?
- Hey.
What are you doing?
We... Guys, she's in here.
We were looking for you.
- Oh, I was just, um, by my car.
- Oh.
- You okay, babe?
- Yeah, I just... Yeah.
- You got away from us.
- I did.
I guess worse things could
happen at a dinner party.
I went and got the... the ring.
No, I could stay here.
That's a good idea.
What were you doing out there?
Em. What were you doing out there?
Um, the view is really beautiful
of the comet out there.
- Oh.
- You came in that door?
- Yeah.
- What's wrong with that door?
That's the door to nowhere.
Don't you know?
Okay. Let's go take a look.
Let's check it out.
Everybody's sick of hearing
about the feng shui.
- God, it's freezing outside.
- Come on.
You mentioned it.
Let's look at it.
How come we never use this patio?
Well, we never have comets.
Oh, my God.
W-What's it doing?
It's breaking up.
- Is that what they do?
- Yeah, I guess so.
So, Em, is Katherine Meriss gonna understudy
your life while you're gone for a month?
Oh, no one can. Ooh.
- I like that.
- Oh, come on.
I wish we could roast
marshmallows on that meteor.
A long stick.
Yeah?
- Em? You okay?
- Yeah?
Yeah, I'm fine.
The toilet just got backed up.
You can't use that one. You
gotta use the main one, okay?
Okay. I'll be right out.
- Oh, my God.
- Em. Em.
Hey. You're up.
I'll make some breakfast. It'll