02x05 - Exquisite Corpse

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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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02x05 - Exquisite Corpse

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1944.

I've been looking for you,
you little cocktease.

Hello, genetics.

Hmm.

Grandma, pretty good.

Ah-ha.

Hot off the presses, ink's still wet.

Excuse me!
I'm looking for Captain Marton Halász?

Probably dead.

I happen to know that he's alive in 1944.

Help me find him,
and I'll tell you the future.

Not your personal future,
more geopolitical history

with embarrassing holes
in all the usual places.

What's your name?

Vera Peschauer.

And I'm looking for Marton...

Erzebet!

We're late!

Sorry. She's crazy.

She keeps looking for her dead husband.

He d*ed at Voronezh, remember, Erzebet?

Your husband d*ed.

Let's go.

Be quiet, keep going.

Do we know each other?

Hurry up.

Nazis, Hungarians, Hungarian Nazis.

I wish I were selling Venn diagrams.
I'd make a mint.

Shh! What was that about?

If you're not careful,
you're going to wind up on the next train.

Huh. Bossy widow, strong choice!

We're not really widows, right?

Don't give anyone your name.

You're not Vera anymore.

You're Erzebet.

Ah.

And we're evidently
hunting vampires. Got it.

Uh, listen, I want what they took
from my family.

I've got a name and a number.

Vera!

Don't.

Keep your head down.

Do you want to wind up like your mother?

Sorry.

What do I know?

Maybe they're all fine.

Maybe you'll get a letter.

They're already gone?

If you're going to cr*ck up...

stay away from me!

Welcome to f*cking Budapest.

At least my Hungarian is getting better.

All right.

We're home, Grandma.

Oh.

Unlocked.

Cuckoo-cuckoo!

- Cuckoo-cuckoo!
- There a f*cking rooster in here?

Cuckoo?

Cuckoo-cuckoo!

Hey.

Hey! Do I know you?

Shh!

Holy sh*t.

Are you just going
to stand there like a princess?

Come on!

For strength.

Ah.

You're Delia.

f*cking A.

You never change.
Even backwards.

Thanks, man.

You speak English yet?

Shh, Vera! I know, I know.

Do you mind
if I ask you a question?

Delia, do you know anything
about where this, uh, gold train is?

What train?

It's warehouse, not train.

Everything Nazis stole
is in warehouse. Everything.

I know nothing of train.

Holy sh*t, of course.

The Russians aren't close enough yet.

Sons of b*tches!

We should learn Russian next.

Eh, easy on the Russian.
I shouldn't even speak Hungarian.

Look, everything in this warehouse

will be put on a train and moved west
once the Russians get here.

I'm here to intercept that sh*t
before that train arrives.

The Russians will save Budapest.

Ah. Well...

Uh, where exactly
is this so-called warehouse?

Should we go
to Café Gerbeaud?

Café Gerbeaud?

That sounds lovely!

Oh look, here comes a "widow."

You know,
they're dressing like widows now.

You can't tell who's a widow
and who's a Jew rat.

Psst, little girl!
What are you looking for?

Sorry, I'm lost.

Is this Café Gerbeaud?

You're wearing that to Gerbeaud?

What?

You're a pretty girl.

You want to wear something special?

You don't have to be a widow
every night, right?

Jewelry.

Hats.

Furs.

All from the Jews.

I guess it's never too early
for Christmas shopping.

Ugh.

Holy f*ck.

Yeah.

Jesus.

Get an
extra place setting. You never know.

Excuse me.

Uh, hi.

Have you seen
any numbers on this stuff?

Sorry?

There should be parcel numbers.

They told the families
they'd keep all their things together.

Why does it matter to you?

I just want to make sure
I'm getting a full set.

So... You're welcome.

So f*cked up.

f*ck.

f*ck my life, come on.

Huh.

Thirty-four.

Numbers, numbers, numbers.

One-four-zero-seven.

Seven. Seven-eight-two-two. Mmm.

Huh.

f*cking meth heads.

One-four-zero-seven, baby. Come on.

Oh Jesus!

Got an arm like Darryl Strawberry.

m*therf*cking things.

X marks the spot.

Stay there.

Oh f*ck.

f*ck.

Jesus f*cking Christ.

Take it easy.

Hello. How are you, sir? Uh...

Excuse me...

"The eagle does not catch flies."

Latin.

Welcome. I hope we can be
a comfort in your time of grief.

And when you think about it,
is there any other time?

Uh, so I'm looking
for a Father László Kiss.

Right behind you.

Ah, lucky me.

Ah! Great.
The man of the hour, in the flesh.

So my research shows that you are

a very decent person
with an impressive lifeline,

who has a soft spot for Jews,
aka "Kugel fever."

I'm sorry. Who are you?

Ah, I don't think
you want to peel that onion.

Call me Vera.

You are welcome to pray

in our house of worship.

Thanks for your time.

Nice guy. Uh...

I'm "tolerated."

Right?

People say "welcome"
when they mean "tolerated."

Anyway, uh...

I need you to mail this map

to Vera Peschauer Vulvokov
in New York City.

I thought you were Vera.

After the w*r.

After the w*r?

Look, I saw rocks on your grave,

and anyone who's seen Schindler's List

knows that means you're a mensch.

Then again, is it Spielberg's best film?

No. That's the first episode of Columbo.

Who can say?

You saw my grave?

Ah, yeah.

You believe me?

Before you answer, remember,
you believe in "transubstantiation."

I believe you.

Do you trust me?

I do. Do you trust me?

Credo.

Hold on.

Not here.

I'll meet you at Keleti Station,
under the clock at 8:00 p.m.?

8:00 p.m., under the clock.

Was I old?

When you d*ed?

Super old.

Oh...

...and married.

Married.

sh*t.

All right, László.

f*ck this.

Ow!

sh*t.

f*ck. sh*t.

Vera Peschauer. Vera Peschauer!

Vera Peschauer!

Mail for Vera Peschauer!

Vera!

Vera Peschauer!

Vera Peschauer!

Mail for Vera Peschauer!

Vera Peschauer!

f*ck.

Hey!

Hey! Why are you running?
Come back, miss!

Mail it after the w*r.

- This'll change everything for my family.
- Where are you going?

Please!

It's not safe.

Just send it!

Delia.

Ooh!

Vera.

Sit down.

You are doing the right thing.

Yeah.

I'm doing the right thing.

I think I finally
f*cking changed what happened.

Which would change what happens to Vera,
which will change what happens to Nora,

which will change what happens to me.

I mean, it goes all the way
down the line like turtles.

You don't have to explain yourself.

Eh. Eh.

Eh, let me hold it. Come on.

It's okay.

- Mmm.
- All right. All right.

f*ck.

Hold your bag tight.

These f*cking
animal muggers.

f*cking metro.

Yeah, f*cking metro. I know.

The appraisers
are right by the hospital.

All right. Appraisers,
and then the f*cking stock market grew.

This is the security for her.

Her husband d*ed.
She's a single mother now.

This is unbelievable.

f*cking really did it, huh?

Hey, buddy, sir?

Uh, please with the yawning, all right?
A little respect for the butterfly effect.

You left something in here.

Bonds? Coins? Cash?

Oh yeah.

Krugerrands.

Wait.

I don't want Krugerrands.

Vera, we discussed this.
It's the most stable currency.

Remember the pengo?

Krugerrands.

I didn't do all this

just to end up
with the same f*cking Krugerrands.

Krugerrands. Is there a problem here?

It's okay.
It's just, uh, this means a lot to her.

In the w*r, she lost everything.

One day, she got a map from a stranger,

a priest, sending the mail.

Went back to Budapest.

In the wall of a sewer,
was her father's watch,

these earrings, the opal brooch.

Uh, how did such things happen?

But what good is jewelry for us now?

So we exchange for gold.

Krugerrands.

I can only hear you
when you press the button.

Bitch-face man.

So 150 coins
at 33.50 an ounce comes to...

$5325.

Now,
if those monsters ever come back,

we have exit strategy.

You never know what can happen.
That's what it means, this money,

a way out.

That's all there is, a way out.

♪ I found out too late, too late, too ♪

♪ I found out just a little bit... ♪

Mom!
I taught myself the choreography.

Uh, come over here.

Hi.

Uh,

so Mommy's gonna tell you a little story,

and

it's not gonna mean anything to you.

But hey, it's just a story, right?

Turns out, I was wrong about time.

You know how that goes. Uh...

See, I thought that
I could change things for us, you know?

If I just

went back far enough.

Uh...

And then, turns out,
I couldn't change anything at all.

So I... I can only do
what was always done, so...

Is this a riddle?

Fifteen years from now,

you'll get the idea to steal this gold.

I'll lose it.

In trying to right that wrong,

I'll only end up bringing you back

the same gold
that you steal 15 years from now.

Okay.

It's the dance of the tarantula.

Great.

Watch me.

Tell you this,

time's got a real
sick sense of humor, Nora.

We have to keep
stomping our feet

so the tarantula poison
doesn't go to our hearts.

You can't have that.

It's too much poison.

You're such a good dancer, Mom.

Come on, Mommy. Dance with me.

♪ Momma loves her baby ♪

♪ And daddy loves you too ♪

I'm gonna get some chicken.

♪ And the sea may look warm to you, babe ♪

I'm gonna keep this.

♪ The sky may look blue ♪

Let's get out of this car.

What the f*ck did you say?

Just let it go.

♪ Ooh, baby blue ♪

- Be careful.
- You okay, Nora?

Be careful, the baby.

Come sit down,
take a load off.

Nora.

We're almost there.

Nora.

♪ If you should go skating ♪

♪ On the thin ice of modern life ♪

♪ Dragging behind you
The silent reproach ♪

♪ Of a million tear-stained eyes ♪

♪ Don't be surprised
When a cr*ck in the ice ♪

♪ Appears under your feet ♪

♪ You slip out of your depth
And out of your mind ♪

♪ With your fear flowing out behind you ♪

♪ As you claw the thin ice ♪

i just... I just passed you.

Nora.

Yeah, okay.

f*ck!

The baby is coming!

- It's okay, Nora.
- Ah! Yeah!
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