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[distorted sounds and music]

[rain]

[sirens]

[gasps]

[water running]

[breathing hard]

[pills jangle]

[water running]

[tap squeaks, water stops]

[footsteps]

[whirring]

Russel?

[door squeaks]

[gasps]

[breathing heavily]

Russel, there's someone

in here!

Russel!

Honey, what's wrong?

What's wrong? What is it?

There was someone here.

I got you.

I got you. You're safe.

There's no one in here, Lauren.

I got you.

Hey.

We gotta get out of here.

I just want you to feel safe.

Okay?

- I love you.

- I love you too.

[Russel] Wow, look at

this place.

Lauren. Russel.

I'm Lance, sales agent.

Welcome to twenty-first

century living.

I'll like you to meet out

head concierge, Dominique.

Hi.

- And our service engineer, Ryan.

- A pleasure.

I hope you'll be joining us.

[Lance] Right, if you'd like

to follow me this way.

We have seven different scents

pumped into the lobby

and elevator.

We've recruited an acclaimed

interior designer,

lighting specialist,

acoustical scientist,

even a feng shui expert, to help

us create the ultimate comfort

and tranquility.

Now, our amenities include a

state-of-the-art fitness center,

outdoor pool, games room, 20

seat multimedia screening room.

All suites have access to

our 24-hour surveillance

of all key venues.

- [beep]

- Okay. Please follow me.

Wireless lighting, QED window

shades with sun control fabric,

and a fully integrated

telecommunications

cabling package.

Why don't you take your time?

Feel free to have a look around.

Go upstairs.

What do you think?

I think, uh,

no one deserves to

live this well.

Hey,

70-hour work weeks, three years

without a vacation.

We had two priorities:

security and serenity.

And unless you wanna move into

Fort Knox, we're not gonna get

more secure than this.

And as for serenity...

[sighs]

I think living outside of the

city would be great for us.

You know?

[sighs]

Whatever you decide.

[switch clicks]

[water running]

[dripping, static]

Let's do this.

Baby.

This is gonna be so good

for both of us.

It's, uh...

it's, uh, big, gorgeous,

modern, safe.

An embarrassment of riches,

really.

[Beatrice] And yet?

I don't know, I'm just...

I-I'm still so scared.

Scared to, uh, you know, to,

uh, join the world again.

Scared to pick up a paint brush.

That blank canvas.

But, um...

I think I'm mostly scared

because I know that if I don't

stop being scared I'm just

gonna lose everything.

Right?

[thunder]

Still working out the kinks.

You look beautiful.

If you get uncomfortable,

if this is a crushing bore,

we're an elevator ride

away from home.

- I know.

- Okay.

- I'll get my jacket.

- Okay.

[light clicks]

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, sweetheart.

- I'm Margo.

- Hi, Margo. Russel.

- Scott's wife.

- Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

- I'm Lauren.

- Hi Lauren.

Come on, let's ditch

the excess baggage.

[giggles]

Phillip Starks, 120.

Inherited his father's

Fortune 500 marketing

and advertising agency.

Brilliant. And about as close

to the ideal neighbor

as you can possibly ever find.

[glasses clink]

Gwendolyn Serota-Talal.

Married to a Saudi kazillionaire

who's never around,

leaving her with

far too much time

on her criminally

unflawed hands.

[laughs]

Tim Hoyle.

Something to do with geoscience.

Single, bit peculiar,

but perfectly harmless.

Oh.

Don't you stray far.

[woman humming

"Beautiful Dreamer"]

Well, I believe we have

two things in common.

- May I?

- Oh, please.

So word around the building

is you're a painter.

I am.

While I've never advanced beyond

the stick figure stage myself,

I do have an enthusiasm

for impressionism,

post-impressionism,

and expressionism.

[laughs]

And the second thing?

Well, we both harbor a keen

aversion to cocktail parties.

Oh.

Not to fret, the signs

are undetectable

to your regulation "cocktalian."

But as a charter member of

the save-me-from-idle-chatter

alliance, I've developed a nose.

Well, to kindred neighbors.

To kindred neighbors.

[glasses clink] -Cheers.

- Cheers.

[exhales]

[door rattles]

Someone's in here.

[rattling]

I had a bad dream.

Ali?

- What are you doing down here?

- I had a bad dream.

Oh, let's get you back upstairs.

You can tell me and

your mommy all about it.

So you and Margo seemed to get

along like a house on fire.

She's, um, refreshing.

What, like a line of coke

on a Tuesday?

Did you know they

have a daughter?

Ali.

Scott couldn't stop

gushing about her.

I'm just gonna go get some

water. Do you want some?

Sure.

[sighs]

[water pouring]

[static]

[water fountain gurgling]

[exercise machine whirring]

[man humming

"Beautiful Dreamer"]

[humming echoes and fades]

[shower running]

[dripping, static]

[snaps case closed]

[hissing from speaker]

[hissing gets louder]

[steam hissing]

[indistinct chatter]

[birds twittering]

[fountain gurgling]

[door closes]

[key beeps]

[scurrying]

[buzzing]

[chopping]

[male newscaster] Fighting broke

out the other night between...

[Russel] So I got approval on

the delisting, so we should

be able to file notification

for removal Thursday.

I seem to remember you saying

something about scaling back

on work once everything

was settled.

Gotcha. Phone down.

[newscaster] Initial reports claim

Israeli jet fighters bombed the guerila

base, killing at least 49

soldiers and 13 civilians.

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