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Daniel: I should have been
doing this for the last 20 years.
Miranda: What? Eating pain
au chocolat for breakfast?
No.
Living in Paris with you.
Aww, we were kids.
We weren't ready.
Yeah, well, I'm ready now.
What do you say we get the hell out of here
and work off some of these pastries?
I have to rehearse.
[Scoffs]
[Laugh] How much rehearsal
could you possibly need?
You could teach cello to yo-yo ma.
[Laughs]
Well, maybe you can
take some of that energy
and channel it into your writing.
Mm.
[Indistinct conversations]
Drexler: Dr.
Pierce.
Yes?
You'd be a lot easier to find
if you carried a cellphone.
If I carried a cellphone,
the government could track me.
Who are you?
Special agent Drexler.
I'm the FBI legate at the U.
S.
embassy.
Your government needs your help.
Help with what?
We should talk someplace more private.
I understand you're lecturing
tomorrow at the Sorbonne.
Is the FBI keeping tabs on me?
Actually, we arranged the lecture.
What do you mean, you arranged it?
A delegation of Chinese scientists
is visiting the Sorbonne.
They're under very tight security.
Chinese government minders
follow them everywhere.
A member of the delegation
A certain Dr.
Soong
Has been granted permission
to attend your lecture.
Afterwards, Dr.
Soong will approach you,
give you a pen, and ask you to sign a book.
We need you to keep the
pen and deliver it to us.
Why? What's so special about this pen?
That is on a strict need-to-know basis.
[Scoffs] Yeah, well,
here's what you need to know.
I'm not some government lackey
who blindly follows orders.
I'm sorry, Dr.
Pierce.
All I can say is that
the contents of that pen
are vital to national security.
I should just cancel the damn lecture.
Daniel, it's the Sorbonne.
It's one of the oldest, most prestigious
universities in Europe.
You've wanted to lecture there for years.
- Why would you cancel?
- Because I don't want to help the FBI
with some half-assed espionage scheme.
You'd like nothing better than
to be an international spy.
You're just mad because they won't tell
you what's so important about the pen.
It might have a poison tip, you know?
Or or or microfiche hidden inside.
I think there could be
something else going on entirely.
Really? What?
Did Miranda see this agent Drexler?
- Did anyone?
- Oh, y-you think I hallucinated him?
- No.
No way.
I'd know.
I-I
- Come on, Daniel.
This kind of spy plot is
classic paranoid fantasy.
You don't have Max around to
tell you who's real and who's not.
You have to consider the possibility
that you've deluded yourself
into thinking that you're
fine when you're not.
Who are you calling? Kate.
Kate.
She'll she'll confirm
that Drexler is real.
It's 6:00 A.
M.
in Chicago.
She's an early riser.
[Ringing]
[Cellphone ringing]
Is that yours or mine? [Sighs]
Who cares? Whoever it
is, they'll call back.
[Ringing continues]
Come here.
[Indistinct conversations]
Mr.
Lewicki, how are things?
I'm good, Dean Haley.
Thank you.
Well, I imagine you must be
living the high life these days,
- that big house all to yourself.
- It's pretty great, sir.
You know, I've got a lot
more time for my studies,
and the best part is not having to
wake up at 5:00 A.
M.
to slice grapefruit.
Things couldn't be better.
- You miss him, don't you?
- Is it that obvious?
We've got to get him back.
Look, doc made it pretty clear when he quit
that he's not interested
in a research position.
So unless the chancellor's
gonna let him teach again,
I don't think that's happening.
Kinney: "Flagrant violations
"of the Americans with disabilities act
"are more common than is widely known.
My own case is a perfect example.
"
What the hell is this, Paul?
It's an op-Ed piece that Daniel Pierce
is planning to publish in the star-herald.
He's claiming that CLMU
discriminated against him
and that you forced him out
because of his mental illness.
I offered him a research-only position.
And he told me, and I quote,
to "shove it up my ***.
"
I asked Daniel to hold off, but he said
he wanted this published
before he files the lawsuit.
Lawsuit? What lawsuit?
I asked him the same question.
He wouldn't elaborate.
All right, he can have his job back,
but I have one condition.
Hmm?
Apologize? [Scoffs]
Doc is never going to apologize.
I did my job, Mr.
Lewicki.
Now you do yours.
You can be very persuasive
when you want to be.
[Sighs]
[Classical music plays]
I'm in Paris.
So, of course,
I'm being mocked by a mime.
What a cliché.
Could you, um, get lost?
Go, go.
G uh
Dispar disparaissez !
Drexler: Dr.
Pierce.
[Music stops] What do you want?
I've convinced my superiors
to let me tell you more
about the operation.
I'm listening.
The Chinese scientist that I
told you about Dr.
Soong
Is a neuropharmacologist.
He's developed a nootropic drug
that enhances learning and memory.
A smart pill?
No.
No, there there
There's never been
a nootropic compound that
could withstand the rigors
- of double-blind testing.
- Apparently this one has.
If that's true, it could help a lot of
people with neurological impairments.
Not if the Chinese government has its way.
They want to use the drug
for military purposes.
Oh, let me guess, to improve
the cognitive function
of their soldiers on the battlefield.
But Dr.
Soong wants the drug
to be available to everyone.
If you help us, my superiors
will do everything that
they can to make sure
that you're involved
in the clinical trials.
This sounds exactly like the kind of thing
I'd like to be involved in
Which makes me think
Natalie was right about you.
Dr.
Pierce, I hope you haven't
spoken to anyone about this.
This spy mission is nothing
more than a paranoid fantasy,
- and you are obviously not real.
- I beg your pardon?
- Hey, how was rehearsal?
- Hi.
[Smooches] So good.
Who was, uh, that guy you were talking to?
Are you okay?
I'll be right back.
Hey! Hey, you!
- Uh
- Serge.
What do I do with this pen once I get it?
On the north side of Notre
Dame, there's a bronze marker.
Point zero.
That's the
geographic center of Paris.
Walk 20 paces due west,
and you'll see a cobblestone
that's darker than the ones around it.
It's loose.
Hide the pen under it.
Notre Dame, point zero, 20
steps due west.
I got it.
[Indistinct conversation]
No, I won't hear of it.
Don't
worry.
François is the best.
It was an accident.
It's really okay.
You don't have to do that.
Oh, please.
It was entirely my fault.
But I'm sure François
will have your cello back
in plenty of time for our little trip.
I told you I-I can't do that.
Daniel! Oh, this is my
friend Serge Lombart.
He's with the French ministry of culture.
Ah.
Serge, Daniel Pierce.
Miranda's told me so much about you.
Oh.
She hasn't mentioned you.
Yes, well, uh trust me.
François will have this back to
you in no time at all, my dear.
It was a pleasure to meet you, Dr.
Pierce.
Hmm.
Mm-hmm.
What's with Gérard Depar-don't? [Chuckles]
Serge came to say hi after rehearsal.
He accidentally knocked over my cello.
Cracked the fingerboard.
Actually, I was wondering more about
that little trip he mentioned.
Daniel Pierce, are you jealous?
No.
Maybe.
A little.
Oh, serge invited me to play
on a cultural exchange tour he arranged.
When you showed up, I bowed out.
Why?
I waited a long time to be with you.
What did you expect me to do?
Jet off to the mideast and leave you alone
in the most romantic city in the world?
Miranda, I escaped the ivory tower.
There's nowhere I have to be.
I could have gone with you.
Oh, the tour goes through
Istanbul, Lahore, Tehran.
It took months to get the visas.
Okay.
So, why didn't you even mention it?
Because if you'd known,
you would have insisted that I go.
Look, I've been chasing
my career for 20 years,
and I'm through with that.
I am putting us first.
Daniel: "Paris is like
love or art or faith.
Can't be explained, only felt.
"
I was a kid when I first heard those words
in a movie a great movie.
Gene Kelly was my introduction
to this magical city.
Most people only know
Paris through art or poetry,
and this can create certain
idealized expectations
that become embedded
in our neural networks.
Of course, Paris isn't always
what we see in the movies.
Waiters don't just burst into
song at the drop of a hat,
no matter how much I tip them.
[Laughter]
And, in extreme cases,
some tourists suffer a
bizarre pathological reaction
when their idealized version of this city
collides with the real thing.
They feel disoriented,
suffer feelings of delusion and paranoia.
Some even experience hallucinations.
This extreme form of culture shock
is known, appropriately, as Paris syndrome.
What does this sort of phenomenon teach us
about the brain's ability
or inability
To adapt to the strange and the unfamiliar?
Merci.
Merci.
Wonderful lecture,
Daniel.
Thank you, Henri.
We must have dinner soon.
Absolutely, perhaps somewhere French.
Bonjour.
[Clears throat]
[Indistinct conversations]
[Mumbling]
[Whistles]
Go away.
[Whistles] Non.
Allez-vous-en! Non, non.
Non.
Allez-vous-en.
Au revoir.
[Squeaks]
[Telephone ringing]
[Beep] Dr.
Pierce's residence.
Daniel: Lewicki, it's me.
Doc! [Chuckling] Hey.
How's Paris?
It's Paris, Lewicki.
That's a stupid question.
- Any mail?
- Just bills and junk.
But, doc, there is one thing.
So, Dean Haley has been
talking with the chancellor,
and Kinney has agreed to
reinstate you as a teacher.
All you got to do is call him, doc.
Why would I call that ***?
I think the chancellor
just wants to talk to you
about the way things went down, doc.
Oh, I know.
I know.
He wants me to apologize.
Well, he can forget it.
I'm not groveling in front
of that pompous airbag
for a job I don't even want.
Wait a minute, doc.
What do
you mean, you don't want it?
Why the hell would I want to come back?
I mean, I'm in the most
beautiful city in the world
with a gorgeous woman who adores me.
I'm writing in cafés.
I'm going to concerts.
I'm living the freaking dream, Lewicki.
- Got to go.
- Wait, but doc.
[Dial tone] [Sighs] [Beep]
[Sniffs]
[Tires screech]
[Tires squeal]
Please, don't don't
take that.
What are you
Hey! Don't! Take your hands off me!
Take your hands off me! What do you want?
What
Please don't touch anything.
Don't!
Qu'est-ce que vous voulez? I don't
- Where is it?
- Where is what?
Come, now, Dr.
Pierce.
You've taken something
that does not belong to you.
You're not gonna get away with
this.
I'm an American citizen.
You are an academic.
Your government was foolish
to involve you in this.
You realize that they're using you
because they consider you expendable.
I'm going to extend you
the following courtesy.
You have 24 hours to
return what you've taken.
If you don't comply
Then I cannot guarantee your safety.
[Tires screech]
Ohh!
Miranda?
Miranda?
Miranda!
[Cellphone rings] Oh.
Hey,
how did the lecture go?
Where wh-where are you? You all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Daniel, what's wrong?
Listen, I-I-I can't explain.
I need you to go to the
U.
S.
embassy right now.
The embassy? Daniel
J-just go straight there.
Don't come home.
I-I-I'll meet you at the main gate.
Okay.
I'm on my way.
[Beep]
Oh damn it.
My passport.
[Sighs]
[Dialing] [Elevator bell dings]
[Cellphone rings]
[Beep]
- Moretti.
- Kate, Kate, it's me.
Daniel! Comment ca va?
But before you answer that,
you should know that that's the only phrase
I remember from miss
Jackson's French class.
Kate, Kate, Kate, I need your help.
Yeah, sure, anything.
I need
you to call the legate's office
here here in Paris
and ask for agent Drexler.
I-I-I'm working with him on a case.
- What case?
- It doesn't matter.
Just tell him that my passport was stolen
a-and that I need embassy
security to let me in.
Are you in some kind of trouble?
[Scoffs] Yeah.
Yeah, you could say that.
A couple of Chinese thugs
threw me in the back of a laundry van
and threatened me with bodily harm
if I didn't give them their pen back.
Daniel are you all right?
Just call Drexler.
Okay, I'll do it right away.
[Beep] [Breathing heavily]
Paul: What do you mean, he
doesn't want to come back?
Apparently he's tearing it up in old paree.
Says he's never been happier.
That's ridiculous.
Oh, he's just not willing to grovel.
What we need is for him
to think that the
chancellor is desperate
That the man is begging him to come back.
And how do we make that happen?
[Sighs]
- He wants a 15% raise.
- A raise?
And he's asking for
more money for research.
[Chuckles] I know what this is, Paul.
It's a shakedown.
Well, I'm not gonna kowtow
before that son of a ***.
Tell Pierce, "forget it.
"
There's no job for him here.
C-chancellor, look.
[Stammers]
[Cellphone vibrating] I'm sure
this is just a negotiating position.
You make a counteroffer, I'm
pretty sure Daniel would take it.
There's not gonna be any counteroffer.
Pierce had one chance to be reinstated,
- and he blew it by being greedy.
- No, no, no, no.
[Elevator bell dings] What
about Daniel's op-Ed?
A-a-and that That that lawsuit?
You don't want all of
that bad publicity, do you?
We'll weather it, and if Pierce sues,
I'll file a counter suit for defamation.
[Elevator bell dings]
Dr.
Pierce.
I understand you need to speak with me.
No, no, no, no.
There's
There's been a mistake.
I-I-I need to speak with the FBI legate.
- You're looking at her.
- No, I
I'm looking for a man agent Drexler.
I'm agent Drexler.
The imposter he had
credentials exactly like this.
We need to find this guy.
Impersonating an FBI
agent is a federal crime.
It's much bigger than that.
He asked me to act as
As as a courier to
deliver contraband to him.
- What sort of contraband?
- A smart pill from China.
Now, the the Chinese, they
They knew that Dr.
Soong
had had given it to me.
They threatened me in in a in a van.
They tore Miranda's
apartment up, looking for it.
You know, but this guy,
this fake Drexler, he's
He's probably an agent
for a foreign government.
Miss Stiles, I'd like you to accompany
one of my agents back to your apartment.
Make an account of the
damage while Dr.
Pierce and I
retrace his steps, see
if we can find this man.
Good.
Donnie: You're going to Paris tonight?
You should have heard him, Donnie.
He was convinced he was working on
some crazy investigation
with the legate's office,
only the legate was not
a man, like Daniel said.
It was a woman, and she told me that
she was not working on
any case with Daniel.
In fact, she'd never heard of
Daniel Pierce until I called,
so either he's caught up
in some kind of conspiracy
that the FBI knows nothing about, or
- Or he's cracking up.
- Yeah.
Either way, he needs my help.
- Kate
- Look, I know what you're gonna say
- That I'm overreacting.
It's possible.
- No, no.
All I was trying to say is
If you're worried about Daniel, so am I.
I'm going with you.
- This was it, I swear.
- You're sure?
Yes, yes.
It's got to be one of these.
- Maybe it was someplace else.
- No, no.
20 steps.
This is it.
You.
You!
Hey! Hey, you!
Hey, you.
Y-you were here all day.
Did you see anyone fiddling around
with the cobblestones o-on
the ground over there?
[Squeaks]
I know y-you can't talk.
But this is a police
matter.
Do you understand?
Vous comprenez ce que
je dis? C'est important.
Dites-moi ce que vous avez vu!
Dr.
Pierce, who are you talking to?
- We should go back to the embassy.
- No, don't.
I
I know how this looks, but I'm telling you
I spoke with a Chinese
scientist at the Sorbonne.
And and I can prove it.
I'm afraid I don't know
what you mean, Daniel.
There is no Chinese delegation
here that I'm aware of.
No, no.
No, no.
There
was a man Dr.
Soong.
I signed a book for
him.
I'm certain you did,
but if it was part of an official visit,
as the head of the department, I
would have been informed.
[Sighs]
Now, will you excuse me? I have a class.
[Sighs]
The Chinese are covering their
tracks somehow.
[Cellphone rings]
[Beep] Drexler.
It's Collins.
I'm with miss
Stiles in her apartment.
False alarm here.
This guy's either a liar,
or he's got one hell of an imagination.
[Beep]
I understand you did
some very important work
at the Chicago field office.
That's why I took your
allegations seriously.
There are some very good
English-speaking doctors here
- who may be able to help.
- I don't I don't need a doctor.
- I'm not imagining this!
- There's nothing more I can do.
I'm sorry.
[Sighs]
The Chinese must have come
back a-and cleaned the place up.
- Why would anybody do that?
- To discredit me.
To make me look loony
tunes in front of the FBI.
That that lamp.
That lamp
was in a million pieces, I swear.
They they must have
found one exactly like it.
Daniel I think you
need to talk to someone.
Natalie: Daniel, she's right.
If you don't get a grip on yourself,
you're gonna lose the one
flesh-and-blood woman
who's actually willing
to have a relationship
- with someone like you.
- I am not imagining this.
Th-th-that that That fake Drexler
He was not a hallucination.
Miranda saw him, too.
Are you talking to Natalie?
Natalie: Come on,
Daniel for all you know,
that FBI agent just might have been
a tourist that stopped
to ask for directions.
So so, I just I-I-I somehow
conjured a-a fake FBI
agent who just happens to
have the same name as the real legate,
who I've never met or even heard of.
[Telephone rings] Don't don't
Don't don't touch it.
Hello?
Dr.
Soong: Professor
Pierce, this is Dr.
Soong.
- I need your help.
- I knew it.
I knew it.
Where are you?
I'm hiding under the Pont Neuf.
I got away from my handlers.
But they're after me.
I
need protection, asylum.
Pont Neuf.
I know it.
I-I'll be right there.
Professor Pierce, be careful.
Don't trust anyone, even
those closest to you.
[Receiver clicks]
Are you part of this?
Part of what?
I've got to go.
Go where? It's it's almost midnight.
Daniel, you need to see a doctor.
Please, let me take you to the hospital.
Daniel, listen to her.
If I didn't know better, I'd say
the two of you were working together.
[Door opens, slams]
[Siren wails in distance]
Dr.
Soong?
Aidez! Aidez! Aidez-moi!
Appelez une ambulance!
So, a man with fake FBI credentials
manipulated you into obtaining
an experimental drug
from this dr.
Soong.
Then Chinese government agents
grabbed you off the street
and threatened you.
Yeah.
And later, you found Dr.
Soong shot dead,
presumably killed by his own people
- for passing the drug to you.
- Thank you.
I-I knew I should have come to
the French authorities first.
Europeans are so much more
enlightened than Americans.
Yeah.
[Chuckles]
Dr.
Pierce
You enjoy running around Paris,
pretending to be an
international spy, don't you?
Hmm?
But when you told your
embassy what happened,
they didn't believe you, so you decided to
come up with some real
evidence to convince them.
What evidence? I think you sought
out a random Chinese person
and killed him to bolster
your ridiculous story.
I-I I-I didn't kill Dr.
Soong.
The victim's name is not Soong.
It's Lang.
He had ID In his jacket.
Mr.
lang is not a visiting Professor.
Actually, he's a migrant laborer
who is in France on a work visa.
Visa's a-and ID's can be faked.
The Chinese are trying to
make this man disappear.
And if you don't investigate this,
they're gonna get away with ***.
Let's start over from the beginning.
S'il vous plait.
[Tapping]
The truth this time.
[Sighs]
Max: So, what do we do now?
We are in academia, Mr.
Lewicki.
And what is the first rule of academia?
Hmm.
Don't have sex with your students?
The first rule is publish or perish.
So, I want you to drive this
over to the star-herald
and tell them that your
world-renowned employer
wants that to run in tomorrow's edition.
Okay, but doc didn't write this.
We did.
And if he finds out he will kill us.
Just take the damn letter and go, please.
Thank you.
Agent Moretti, thank God you're here.
Please come in.
Serge, yes.
I-I-I'm gonna have to call you back.
Okay.
Miranda, this is Donnie Ryan.
He works with Daniel, too.
Is is he here?
- He's at the police station.
- What happened?
Well, they say they found
him with a dead body.
- Guess you weren't overreacting.
- Listen, I'm really worried.
It's just I don't
know how to handle this.
It's gonna be all right.
We'll get him out.
Do you know what station he's in?
Dr.
Pierce is not going anywhere.
He's a material witness in a ***,
possibly even a suspect.
I know a little bit about the code civil
Dr.
Pierce has the right to council.
Monsieur, unless you are certified
to practice law in this country,
you can't see him.
[Chuckles]
Listen, detective, I'm
a cop, too, all right?
I know that you just
want to close this case,
and I can assure you that
Dr.
Pierce will cooperate
in every possible way.
Hell, he could probably even
help you solve this crime.
But what you need to understand
is that his mental state
is a little bit fragile.
What you're doing
Locking him away in a room,
questioning him for hours on end
- It could be detrimental to his health.
- Thank you.
That's very helpful.
What's that supposed to mean?
Well, now that I know he's crazy,
I can get a judge's order
to hold him for psychiatric evaluation.
- No.
He's not
- No, you don't understand.
Daniel is
not capable of violence.
[Telephone rings]
Allo?
Oui, c'est moi.
Bonjour, minister.
Oui.
[Speaking in French]
Merci.
[Receiver clicks]
[Sighs]
I guess Dr.
Pierce has
very important friends.
I've just been ordered to release him.
Okay, we need access to the
forensics from the crime scene,
and we need to figure out how the Chinese
- switched Dr.
Soong's identity.
- Good to see you, too, Daniel.
Maybe you can pull some
strings, go over Drexler's head,
get some cooperation from the state
department or, you know, maybe
- Maybe even the CIA.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, take it easy, buddy.
We can figure this out on the way home.
You you're not put me in a plane.
We're taking you home here, to Miranda's.
She's worried sick about you.
Are you going somewhere?
Um
Could we have a minute?
[Doors close]
[Sighs]
I'm taking a train to Berlin.
Berlin?
And from there, we're flying to Istanbul.
Oh, don't tell me you're going on tour
with with what's-his-name, pepé le pew.
Serge is a good man he's
The reason the police let you go.
What are you talking about?
He has a friend at the ministry of justice,
- and he made a call.
- Why?
To to score points
with his American mistress?
Are you sleeping with him?
Serge and I w Serge and I were lovers.
Oh, I knew it.
That toad.
Daniel, you and I had
the most amazing time in Chicago,
but I didn't know when or
if I'd ever see you again.
And then three weeks ago,
you showed up at my doorstep
[chuckling] Out of the blue, no phone call.
And even so, I-I I went to Serge,
and I told him that it was over.
[Voice breaking] I had
to give you and me a chance
because you you were
the one that got away.
So, why are you leaving with him?
Because of your symptoms
The talking to people that aren't there.
The the paranoia.
It scares me, and I thought I
was strong enough to deal with it,
and I'm I'm j I'm just not.
[Sniffles]
It would be easiest if I just left.
Your friends are here now,
and they can take care of you.
I am s [sniffles]
I am so sorry.
[Door opens]
[Horns honking]
[Sighs]
[Sighs] How are you feeling?
Like an idiot.
Fooled myself into thinking
there was a woman out there
who could actually put
up with how crazy I am.
Gee
Thanks a lot, Daniel.
[Chuckles]
I don't blame her for leaving.
I am out of my mind.
Hey, maybe you dreamt up some of this,
but you're not totally bonkers.
What about the dead guy? He was real.
Maybe he shot himself.
France has the highest
suicide rate in Europe.
So, at the same time that you cooked up
this big conspiracy
involving Chinese spies,
the suicide victim that you
just happened to stumble upon
- is also Chinese what are the odds?
- What what
What if you're right? I mean, what
What what can we do about it?
The same thing we'd do in Chicago.
You don't have the authority
to investigate crimes here.
We'll knock on a couple of
doors, ask some questions.
Look, any way you slice
it, there is a puzzle here,
and like you're always telling me,
the best therapy for
you is solving puzzles,
so let's solve this one.
[Speaking in French]
Oui, oui, oui.
Ms.
Liu says the victim moved
in to her building last year.
He was saving money from a factory job
and sending it home to
his family in Shanghai,
but he just he lost it all gambling.
Well, if he lost all of his money
gambling, maybe it was a suicide.
[Speaking in French]
[Speaking in French]
She says she saw him a few
days ago he seemed happy,
and he'd just been offered a job,
which was argent facile
It was easy money.
[Car door closes] Drexler: Agent Moretti?
Agent Drexler.
The French police have
complained that you're
conducting an authorized investigation
I'm shutting you down.
I suggest the three of you get
the next flight out of Paris.
You don't have the authority
to kick us out of the country.
Agent Moretti's been
ordered back to Chicago,
and if Dr.
Pierce is not
on that flight with her,
I've been authorized to
revoke his security clearance.
Yeah, well, I can't leave.
I don't have a
Passport.
Hot off the press.
Have a safe flight.
That son of a *** actually
went through with it.
Well, I-I tried to warn you.
[Groans]
The phone's been ringing
off the hook all morning.
Donors are threatening to pull their money.
The a.
C.
L.
U.
Is breathing down my neck.
I-I've heard the students are
planning a protest rally later.
- This is a disaster.
- What did you expect?
We have to fix this now.
I don't think it's gonna be
quite that simple, chancellor.
What do you mean?
Since we last spoke,
Daniel's price has gone up.
We finally get a solid
lead, and they shut us down.
[Sighs] Listen, Daniel,
I'm not gonna let this drop.
I'm gonna follow up with the
French police and interpol.
If Mr.
lang was murdered.
We're gonna find out who did it.
Taxi!
I know you're trying to tell
me something.
What is it?
I-I-I'm digging myself a hole? I-I don't
What? I you're walking.
You're, uh
I should walk away from this?
Or or I I shouldn't
I shouldn't walk away.
I don't know what I I don't
I don't know what that is.
Just
I don't have time to play games.
Just
tell me what you're trying to say!
You crazy American.
Get
the hell away from me.
You're driving away my customers.
Go back home, where you belong, you idiot.
Okay.
What was that about?
I've been hallucinating mimes.
Just so we're clear,
that was no hallucination, Daniel.
I know.
I know.
I know.
I thought he was, but he was real.
His performance was real.
What?
Come on.
We've got to hurry.
What's the rush? Our flight
doesn't leave for hours.
We're not going to the airport.
We got to catch a train.
[indistinct conversations]
Daniel: Miranda!
Miranda, don't get on that train!
Daniel, what are you doing here?
Okay, I-I thought there
were only two options.
Either I'm losing my mind,
or all of this was really happening,
and then I realized there
was a third possibility.
Dr.
Soong, the the the fake Drexler,
the Chinese thugs they
were all real people putting on
some kind of a performance
to make me look crazy.
- I don't understand.
- The the Chinese man whose body
I found He was recently offered a job.
I think that job was to
play the role of Dr.
Soong.
- And then he was killed?
- Yes.
Yes.
S-so I'd make more wild claims
and seem dangerous to you.
- Daniel, who would do that?
- Him.
That's ridiculous.
Can you tell me why I
would do such a thing?
Because you wanted Miranda
to go on tour with you,
but she decided to stay
here in Paris with me.
You had to make her want to leave me.
My dear, your friend is very ill.
He's also usually right.
I-I helped him get out of jail.
After Kate and I got here.
Daniel: You knew she wouldn't
leave me behind if I was
in jail or in the nuthouse.
You knew we'd take care of him.
And then Miranda would be
free to go on your little trip.
You did tell me that Daniel would be okay
now that his friends got here.
[Cello playing] Serge:
Okay, even if I were
trying to convince you to leave Daniel,
I could have stayed with you here in Paris.
I wouldn't need you to
go on tour with me, right?
[Playing continues]
You didn't need her.
You needed her cello.
You broke it so that you
could have it repaired.
He he couldn't just
hire another cellist.
It took months to get your visa, remember?
- Chérie, this man needs help.
- There'd be nothing suspicious
about Miranda carrying
her cello through customs.
It's the perfect way to smuggle
something across the border.
- Smuggle what?
- Let's find out.
Don't touch it! What are you doing?
Don't touch it! Daniel, what
are you doing?! Stop that!
Stop it! [Grunts]
Stop! Daniel! No! No!
Don't! Don't! Don't!
Oh, my oh!
Police! Arrêtez! Arrêtez cet homme!
Whoa, whoa.
Okay.
Kate: Wait a second.
[Police radio chatter]
What's this?
Did you put that in my cello?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Did didn't you say something
about flying to Tehran?
Advanced technology hidden
in a cello that's bound
for a country that's
developing a nuclear device?
It's perfect.
It's perfect.
Who better to set up
a fake espionage scheme than a real spy?
You're arresting the wrong man.
Arrest him.
[Shouting in french] [Sighs]
I am so sorry about your cello.
Oh, I had my eye on a new one anyway.
Oh, Daniel, I'm
The things I said, the
assumptions I made
I-I should have believed you.
Why would you?
The truth is I am crazy.
Someday, I'm gonna have
another break with reality.
And this time, it'll be for real.
Well, now we know it's something
you're not prepared to deal with.
That's good.
That's good
that we know that.
Kate: Tomorrow morning.
Yes, listen I'd really appreciate
if you could keep me updated on the
progress of the investigation.
Thank you.
Some news on Serge,
courtesy of agent Drexler.
French intelligence believes
he's an iranian double agent.
[Scoffs]
Looks like you were right, Daniel.
Serge must have masterminded
the entire thing.
Yeah.
Unless he didn't.
I guess well the Chinese guys.
Could have been the brain trust,
or the fake agent Drexler.
[Cellphone vibrating]
[Sighs]
Max.
[Clears throat]
We're in Paris.
We're in Paris.
[Glasses clink]
- Lewicki?
- Max: Doc.
Hey, hey, no, no.
Don't
hang up.
Don't hang up.
I got an update on that
thing that we talked about.
Not only is the chancellor
offering to reinstate you as a teacher
No questions asked, no apology
He's giving you a 35%
raise, new grant money,
and a parking spot, doc.
What the hell do I need
with a parking spot?
Doc, please.
Okay.
Look, you've got to come back, okay?
It's not the same here without you.
[Chuckles] Oh, I knew it.
I knew that weasel, Kinney,
would come crawling back
on his hands and knees.
You know what? Let him squirm for a while.
And then accept.
Yes!
Doc, when you get back, you and me,
we ought to hang out more, okay?
Like, we should be able
to talk about anything.
You and me, guy to guy.
Hey, maybe we can even, like,
you know doc? [Tone sounds]
- Doc, hello?
- Woman: If you'd like to make a call,
please hang up and try your number again.
Well, I think I'm gonna
head back to the hotel.
- Well, come on.
It's early.
- No.
You two enjoy the sights.
I'll see you in the morning.
There's nothing worse than losing the girl
you know in your heart
you're meant to be with.
Yeah, I feel bad for him, too.
I wasn't talking about Daniel.
[Sighs]
I lost you once.
I want to make sure
that never happens again.
Donnie, it's okay.
Really.
[Sighs]
Katherine Rose Moretti
Uh [chuckles]
Will you marry me?
Again?
Daniel: every time I look down
on this timeless town
whether blue or gray be her skies
whether loud be her cheers
or whether soft be her tears
more and more do I realize
that I love
Paris in the springtime
I love Paris in the fall
[Piano playing]
I love Paris in the winter
when it drizzles
I love Paris in the summer
when it sizzles
I love Paris every moment
every moment of the year
I love Paris
why, oh, why do I love Paris?
Because my love is near