01x08 - Ariadne

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Russian Doll". Aired: February 1, 2019 - present.*
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Nadia, a game developer who repeatedly dies and relives the same night in an ongoing time loop and tries to solve it, leading to her finding Alan in the same situation.
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01x08 - Ariadne

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[knock on door]

["Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major,
Op. 58: III. Rondo: Vivace" playing]

["Gotta Get Up" overlapping]

[knocking on door]

♪ Gotta get up, gotta get out ♪

[knocking on door continues]

♪ What if I'm late? Got a big date ♪

♪ Gotta get home before the sun comes up ♪

♪ Up and away... ♪

Hey!

♪ Sorry, can't stay... ♪

Glasses!

- Hey!
- Hey.

Smoking.

♪ I gotta let the people know
I'm gonna be late... ♪

Come on.[gasps]

Fishes!

Hey! [laughs]

[man] What's up?

Oh, my God, there's a jacket.
So cool, that jacket!

- Hey.
- You all right? Hey!

[man] I love you, baby.

- [Nadia] You're so great.
- Hey, happy birthday.

Hey!

Yeah! Yeah!

High five! Yeah, high five!

[gasps] Hi! How are ya?

Whoops! [laughs]

Hey.

Hi. Hi.

[Maxine] Sweet birthday baby.

Maxine. Come here.

I f*cking love you so much.

Ooh, I love you, too. What's up with you?

I got to split.

♪ Gotta get home
Pick up the phone ♪

What the f*ck?

- I got to go find Alan.
- Oh, Alan, of course.

- Do you know Alan?
- No, I don't and I'm your best friend.

I put together this party for you
and your friends,

and you're just gonna leave?

Co-dependently speaking,
I'd love to lie to you

and tell you I'll be back in an hour,

but I think our friendship
can handle me being honest with you.

♪ Gotta get home
Pick up the phone ♪

- ♪ Gotta let the people know... ♪
- Don't leave.

Huh.

♪ Down by the sea
She knew a sailor who had been to w*r ♪

[both laugh]

♪ She never knew a sailor before ♪

♪ She never even knew his name... ♪

What the f*ck is wrong with you?
What the f*ck?

[Maxine] Oh.

Why did you do that to me?

I don't know.

I'll get you a shirt.
If you want, you can still go.

Okay.

♪ Gotta get up, gotta get out ♪

♪ Gotta get home
Before the morning comes ♪

♪ What if I'm late? Got a big date ♪

♪ Gotta get home before the sun comes up ♪

♪ Up and away, got a big day
Sorry, can't stay... ♪

It's back.

It's all back.

♪ Gotta get home, pick up the phone ♪

Please?

Please, please, please, please, please?
Please? Please?

Please, please, please, please?

Yes!

Yes!

[exhales]

I miss you, little buddy.

We f*cking cracked it.

[chuckles]

I want to give you extra to celebrate,

but we know that would swell
your swim bladder and k*ll you, so...

I gotta go find Nadia.

[Maxine] What's wrong?
You hate that shirt? Too much pirate?

It looks good.

Max, I can't go down those f*cking stairs.
I'm scared I could die.

Don't be crazy.
You're fine. You can do it.

Come on.

Hey, Mike. Good to see you're back.

- I'm on the phone.
- And you're still a d*ck.

Nadia, take my hand.

Take it.

Take it.

Let's go down together.

- Oh, whoa, sorry.
- Sorry.

Hi.

I haven't noticed you before.
Are you always here?

- [laughs] I think so.
- [Alan] Yeah.

[both laugh nervously]

All right, well, I'll see you around.

See you around.

[sighs]

[beeping]

[Nadia] Come on, man.

Come on.

f*cking open the f*cking door.

f*cking A, man.

Hey! Hey, can you let me in?

I'm Alan Zaveri's friend.

No.

Hey.

This is a no smoking building.

f*ck, how'd you move that quick?
What are you, a White Walker?

Will you put this g*dd*mn thing out?

My wife smoked a lot,
and she d*ed of cancer.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- Put it out, please.

Listen, listen, listen.

Between you and me,

I have recently encountered death
numerous times,

and I come bearing some good news.

Life is like a box of timelines.
You feel me?

No.

I don't understand what you mean.

Suffice to say
that while yes, on this plane,

your wife is dead and smoking kills,

somewhere she is alive and well

sipping a mai tai on a beach, uh...

on horseback, smoking a cigarette,
maybe with Fabio.

[laughs]

No Fabio.

God, you're making me jealous.

He's a very attractive man, Fabio.

You're still smoking.

- You're not gonna let me in, are you?
- No.

Don't be mad. You're very nice, though.

Thank you.

You're nice to look at too. Sorry.

Not so bad yourself, Joe.

[laughs]

All right. Thanks for watching out
for the neighborhood.

- You be careful, will you, please?
- Yeah, sure.

[Nadia] Sorry for your loss.

Stop smoking.

["Migas 2000" playing]

♪ Okay ♪

- Oh, you look like you're on a mission.
- I am.

- It's the best way to do a party.
- Hey, Lizzy.

Go with purpose.
Triggers people's curiosity.

- [Lizzy laughs]
- Have you seen Nadia?

I haven't for a while.
She probably caught some tail and left.

You know, she can do whatever she wants.
It's her birthday.

Let's be honest. It's not it.

She'll do whatever she wants
regardless of the day. [chuckles]

Oh, Jordana, this is...

I'm sorry. I didn't...
Uh, what's your name?

It's... It's fine. It's Alan.

- Alan. Hey.
- Hey.

I love the name Alan.

[giggles]

They don't have
any cranberry seltzer here.

- You want to go to the deli?
- Yeah.

I'll go with you.

Uh...

You... You know,
Nadia wanted me to tell you...

she regrets telling you that you
shouldn't adopt those mastiff puppies.

She said that?

Yeah. She thinks
you would be a great mother.

See? I told you.

Oh, my God. [chuckles]

Thank you. Thank you.

Oh, God, I'm sorry I'm so emotional.
I have... I have my period.

[chuckles]

I'm about to get mine. She's the alpha.

I'm gonna go change my tampon.
Thank you for telling me that.

Uh... yeah.

Take this.

It has good karma.

[chuckles]

Ah, f*cking A. Oatmeal?

Hey, man.

Hey.

Hey, Oatmeal.

Horse.

Yeah, Nadia. Oatmeal!

Oh, you think this is your cat.

This little f*cking slut belongs
to no one, but yes, that's my cat.

What's your deal?

[Nadia] What is anyone's deal?

Life is a f*cking nightmare, right?

Being a person is a f*cking nightmare.

And that is why I love
this little f*cking guy.

Come here.

- He wants to go to you.
- Yeah, he does.

- You choose her?
- That's right.

[Horse] You choose her?

- Hi, sweet one.
- I think he chooses you.

My little baby boy, you're back.

[Oatmeal meows]

- I owe you one.
- You let me cut your hair?

Well, I gotta go meet up
with my friend, but...

some other time.
We got time. We finally got time.

[Horse] I could really help you.

I know what I'm doing.

- Hey. Ferran, have you seen Nadia?
- [door chimes]

You know Nadia?

- Oh, no, no. No, it's not like that.
- [door chimes]

I mean, well...

Well, once, but, you know, it was...
it was casual.

Don't worry. Okay, look.
I just need to ask her a question.

Well, she'll be around
to check up on her cat.

Oatmeal, right?

Holy sh*t, man!

This totally out of character.

Yo, good for you, Alan.

Ooh, should I call you James Bond?

What? No. I'm not James Bond. I'm Alan.

[man] Yo. Hey.

Do you sell, um...

uh, nitrous oxide?

- Like full-on actual tanks?
- Do I look like a dentist?

[laughs] Yeah, okay.

- [laughing] You should look into it.
- [man 2] Come on.

- You hear what I just said?
- [man 2] Yeah, yeah, we heard you.

What's wrong with you?

Brrr.

- Shut up.
- You shut up.

[man 1] Let's get
whipped cream or some sh*t.

[man 2] You're out of control, dude.

- [man] f*ck off.
- [man 2] You're out of control.

Ow. Ow.

- [man 1] Dude, I am so pumped for tonight.
- [man 2] Yeah, yeah.

[man 3] Are we gonna call it
or are we gonna keep...

[man 2] I mean, if we can't get this...

- I can get us some blow.
- [man 3] I have a coke guy as well.

- [man 1] You both have coke guys?
- [man 2] Yeah.

- [man 3] Do you not have a coke guy?
- [man 1] I am a coke guy

[door chimes]

[whispers indistinctly]

Look who I found.

The wild one caught again.

Feral m*therf*cker.

Sweet as can be.

Here. Come here.

- How are you? I missed you.
- [door chimes]

- [Nadia] Hey, Ferran.
- Nadia.

Show us some of your best condoms.

Alan.

Alan, are you okay?

Hey. So happy to see you.
I'm so glad you're alive. [chuckles]

You know what?
Give me a little space, hippie.

- Nice scarf.
- [Mike laughs]

[both] Oh, f*ck.

[both] Oh, f*ck.

Nadia, you seriously don't remember me?

I'm sorry, man. I think I just have
one of those faces, you know?

No.

No, no, no, Nadia, you do know me. We...

We die, we come back,

and now we're trying to figure out
how to make it stop.

Oh, my God. All right, man, you're
starting to give me the heebie-jeebies.

[Alan breathes shakily]

If you're not the Nadia who remembers me,

you could die permanently.

I need you to remember me.
I need you to.

- Look, dude, dude, hold on, hold on.
- Man, I need you to back the f*ck up.

- Do you know this guy?
- No.

- I know her better than you do, Mike.
- Do we know each other?

- You're f*cking my girlfriend.
- I didn't f*ck her yet.

- Well, I'm not your girlfriend.
- Not her.

One of your grad students.

Oh, Jenny?

Oh, my God, you are
seriously a f*cking d*ck.

It's not a deal breaker for me.

- Okay.
- All right, come on.

- We didn't get the condoms.
- Also not a deal breaker.

[Nadia] Eh.

- Okay.
- Raw dog!

[Mike laughs]

[Nadia] This way.

Oh, f*ck me. Oh, God.

Alan! Alan! Be careful, dude.

What the hell?

Alan, you're just drunk, all right?
Let's go get you sobered up.

No.

No, n... nothing even matters anymore.

My failure is a failure is a failure.

Hey, look, man. I know you're wasted,
but I don't give a f*ck.

No, no, no, no. Beatrice!

Man, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck Beatrice, okay?

- You're the person I care about.
- Don't touch me.

- Don't!
- Hey. Hey, man.

- I'm trying to save your life.
- [man] Hey, Little Red Riding Hood.

Is this sad man messing with you?

You know, like, take a left at Disneyland.

Are you all right?

- I just broke it, man.
- That's okay. We'll take care of it.

- I'm sorry.
- Just... Just...

- [Nadia] Not you f*cking guys.
- But I'll fix it.

Are we gonna play this game all night
or are we leaving together?

Ah...

You are making me want to throw up,
Daffy d*ck. Get the f*ck out of here.

- She says that like it's a problem.
- Okay, that's it. Everybody out.

I gotta help my friend.
I'm sorry, you too, Nadia.

No, no, no. I don't think you understand.
He's my friend too. I know him.

- Look, you don't know him like I do.
- Alan.

He's in a bad way. Inner circle only.

Dude, I am inner circle.

No, you're not. Come on.
Give me five minutes.

- You're f*cking up, man.
- I'm f*cking up?

Alan, come on, man.

[door opens]

Nadia, I know.

I know. You're...
you're a skeptical person.

I respect that, but you are
making decisions tonight

that are putting your life in danger.

- My God, this guy doesn't give up.
- [Mike] I know.

Nadia, you're gonna get hit by a car
and die tonight.

Oh, my God, I'm sorry. Is this some kind
of a creepy Dead Zone scenario?

- You're actually harassing us, okay?
- [Nadia] Yes, you're harassing.

He's f*cking with you to f*ck with me

because I made his girlfriend
see God or something.

- Let's go.
- Wait, you make people see God?

- [Mike] Yeah.
- [Nadia] I'll take it.

What I do with my time
is my business, my choice, baby.

No, no, he is not a choice.

He is the hole where the choice should be.

You need to back the f*ck off, all right?

Ten feet or I'm not responsible
for what I might do.

[Nadia] Yeah.

- Yeah.
- I'm just trying to...

consensually screw
this young lady in peace.

Okay, looks like somebody's trying
to consensually screw

this young lady in peace.

No. No.

Now do guys like blow jobs
or that's a rumor?

Love 'em, love 'em, love 'em.

- Oh, yeah?
- Big fans.

I'll tell you what else too...

[camera shutter clicks]

[smooching]

- [Mike] I f*cking want you.
- [Nadia] Oh, okay.

[Mike] f*cking right here.

- I'll get at it right now.
- [Nadia laughs]

- [cell phone vibrating]
- Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

[scoffs] I'm just too busy. I can't.

Hi.

Hey, uh, I'm just gonna grab this two-top.

I'm trying to keep an eye
on that gentleman.

I'm worried he might k*ll himself,
but I got to keep it on the QT, cool?

- What you having?
- Cup of coffee. Thanks.

Hey, Alan.

Hey, Alan, are you awake?

- Mmm.
- [cell phone vibrates]

Oh.

f*ck, uh... I gotta take this.
It's my girlfriend.

Just give me two minutes, all right?
You stay put.

Hey, just grabbing some food with Alan.

- Yeah.
- [fork clatters]

[spoon clatters]

[spoon clatters]

Oh, yeah, thanks.

f*cking God damn it.

[sighs]

[door chimes]

- Do you have Nadia's number?
- Yeah.

- Can you call her for me?
- Why?

- Tell her I found her cat.
- I can't lie about Oatmeal.

Why don't you have her number?
I thought you knew her.

I do know her. I know her better
than she knows herself right now.

I do have her number.

Oh.

Yeah.

- [Mike breathing heavily]
- [jazz music playing]

Ah...

- We really skipped the condoms, huh?
- Yeah, we did.

[Nadia] Don't worry about it.

[cell phone vibrating]

Hey. Did Oatmeal show up?

No, but Alan's here
and he wanted me to tell you...

Who? Dead Zone? Nice f*cking guy.

You tell
this Cronenberg-looking m*therf*cker

that I don't like stalkers.

Mostly.

He said that you owe him $152,780.86.

All right, uh...

[sighs] I need cigarettes anyway.

[sighs]

[softly] What the f*ck?

She's on her way.

Ah.

[exhales]

- Hey.
- [Mike] Want me to go with you?

No, you lazy f*ck.

And you don't get points
for offering, either.

Listen, don't touch my stuff
while I'm gone.

- I'll know.
- [Mike] All right.

Oh, Jesus. f*ck.

- [breathing heavily]
- [messages chiming]

That's a lot of messages.

Hey, man, can you spare some change?

Spare some change?

- I can do better than that.
- Yeah?

You're supposed
to get down on one knee, aren't you?

[Alan laughs]

Let's... Let's... Oh, uh...

- [Alan laughs]
- [Horse] I thought you'd never ask.

- Yes!
- Yeah?

- Yes! Yes!
- Yes!

A hundred times yes!

[both laugh]

- [Horse] Whoo!
- [Alan laughs]

- Let me see this.
- [Alan laughs]

Wow.

- Here. Come with me.
- Yeah?

Uh, this way.

[Alan laughs]

[Horse] No funny business, okay?

- [Alan] I'm a married man.
- [Horse] Yeah.

We're, uh... We're true.

[woman] Hey, Horsey. [laughs]

We got one.

I bet you want a hit.

Yeah.

You gonna pay for that?

Yeah, of course.

Yeah, of course.

[woman] What's in that wallet?

You know what? Take... Take it all.

Take everything. I don't need any of it.

I don't need any of it anymore. No. Here.

Yeah. Take it.

All right. All right, enough.
Let's get out of here.

[Horse] Hey, haircut, is he with you?

- Yeah, man.
- [woman] f*cking loser.

- Okay, we're gonna keep his things.
- All right, good for you, man.

[door chimes]

Uh-huh.

Okay, man, you have got exactly as long
as it takes me to buy these cigarettes

to tell me what the hell is happening.

You told me that time is relative.

Actually, your buddy Einstein said that.

Metaphysically speaking, you and I
are intrinsically and inexplicably linked.

Mm-hmm.

And I'm convinced our true purpose
is to to connect with each other,

if not help save each other's lives.

In another world, hopefully
you are doing the same for me.

Time's up.

I know where Oatmeal is.

- Where?
- In the park.

Hmm.

Let's go get him.

[door chimes]

I mean, this is
a very particular challenge.

What's wrong?

Alan, I am worried about you

and I'd like to keep you
from hurting yourself.

Mmm-mmm. I feel terrific.

All right, Alan,
I... I know what you're up to, okay?

And I'm sure that you do feel fantastic

'cause that's how a lot of people feel
when they've decided to k*ll themselves.

The emotional buoyancy,
giving things to strangers,

proposing to gutter punks, et cetera.

[Nadia sighs]

I'm sorry. Can I lay down? Uh...
I just... My heart's palpitating.

Are you gonna put me to sleep?

Mmm.

Yes. Yes, I am.

Oh.

Mmm.

Would you like to hear a story?

Sure.

Okay.

There we go.

[Alan groans]

Did you ever hear the one

about the broken man
and the lady with a death wish

who got stuck in a loop?

Tell me.

Once upon a time...

there was a very special boy named Alan.

And one day...

life got to be too much for him.

So he decided to take a walk
off the side of the roof.

But on his way down,

a very tough lady,

who looked like if Andrew Dice Clay

and the little girl from Brave
made a baby,

she caught him in her crazy hair...

like it was a dolphins' net.

I love Brave.

And I love Dice...

which I'm sure
will eventually become problematic.

Anyway...

uh, even though the girl caught him...

well, now, you see,
she wasn't in such hot shape either.

You see, life was too painful.

Or they were too fragile.

But either way you slice it,
they just couldn't hack it.

And then one night...

something miraculous happened.

They made it through alive.

Yeah, he's... he's around here somewhere.

Yeah.

All right, man,
how'd you know about my college fund?

- You told me.
- Mmm.

Well, I never talk about sh*t from then,
so it seems weird

that I would've told somebody
that I don't know that.

I'm telling you we know each other.

Okay, great,
what else do you know about me?

It's your birthday.

That's why it's weird
that you said I would die tonight.

I've always been superstitious
about this particular birthday.

'Cause of your mother.

[Alan groans]

f*ck. Nadia!

Nadia, wait. Look, I'm... I'm sorry.

I'm not trying to freak you out
or anything.

Oh, sh*t, look who it is.

No, I know that guy.

He's self-destructive
and he's f*cking dangerous.

He does not seem to like you, huh?

Hey, he's mentally unstable. I'm serious.
Get away from him. The guy's crazy.

- Okay, then.
- [vehicle approaching]

- Whoa! Whoa! Hey! Wait!
- [horn honks]

- [Nadia gasps]
- Jesus Christ.

- Did you just save my life?
- Yeah.

Why?

I told you I know you.

I can't handle this sh*t, man.
This is just too much for me.

No.

[sighs]

[sirens wailing]

No.

[exhales]

[breathing heavily]

You damn dumb, dumb f*cking c**t.

f*ck.

[exhales]

[breathing heavily]

f*ck.

[cries softly]

What's wrong?

I am so f*cking happy
that you did not jump.

You promise
if I don't jump, I'll be happy?

I don't know, man.

Absolutely not.

But I can promise you
that you will not be alone.

Okay.

What now?

Now we get the f*ck off of this roof
before you change your mind.

["Alone Again Or" playing]

I'm sorry. This is all about me.

Uh, I was seeing this girl, right?

And, uh, it's early days,
but it could be something, you know?

And she told me she's got
this crazy boyfriend.

And I took that to be hyperbolic, but I
never imagined that it would... you know?

- What? What's the matter?
- Come on.

[Mike] Hey.

Whoa.

Nadia, where are you going?

Hey!

It's wild how they don't hit you
when you look both ways, huh?

[man laughs]

[man] We shall commence!

Yeah!

♪ Yeah ♪

[man] Follow me!

♪ I heard a funny thing ♪

♪ Somebody said to me ♪

Yeah!

♪ You know that I could be in love ♪

♪ With almost everyone ♪

♪ I think that people
Are the greatest fun ♪

♪ And I will be alone again tonight
My dear ♪

[excited chatter]

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I said it's all right ♪

♪ I won't forget ♪

♪ All the times
I've waited patiently for you ♪

♪ And you'll do ♪

♪ Just what you choose to do ♪

♪ And I will be alone again tonight
My dear ♪
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