Whispers in the Dark

( upbeat percussive theme playing )

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stare.

Uh, that was a lie. I did mean to stare.

Let's go, please.

Because you're pretty, in a real nice way.

Thanks.

After the opening of my show,

I went to Fantasia, the movie,

and, uh, I ate some Raisinets

and I started thinking about our last session together.

And I found myself becoming a child again,

like, before the age of reason, before the age of pubic hair.

An innocent feeling.

Yeah. Yeah.

I mean.

I haven't felt so pure since

before I went to jail.

Can I show and tell?

All right, but don't be critical,

because this is just a work in progress.

My latest paint job.

I call it Olivia's Travels III,

the last of a trilogy.

She looks like an angel.

Yeah. Yeah. That's exactly what she is.

We were at the Tavern on the Green

to have lunch, like we do every Wednesday.

God, that place, you know,

with the big windows and the trees outside.

You don't feel like you're in New York,

you feel like you're in another world.

An enchanted, mystical one.

And,

we fucked there.

I mean, um.

We fucked before they even sat us at our table.

I'd just gone to the ladies' room

and when I came out,

he was waiting for me.

With that look in his eye.

And he started kissing me.

and backed me into a maintenance room.

And started taking off my clothes.

I kept looking at the door,

wondering if it would open.

When we were naked,

we got on the floor

and started tasting each other.

Oh, um.

There's another moment I should mention.

Before we actually began

making love, he, um...

He noticed these pipes

running along the ceiling.

He said that he wanted to tie my wrists to them

and make love to me from behind.

And I came when he said that.

Spontaneously.

He hadn't even touched me.

I just.

Closed my eyes and.

Reached up on my toes.

And it happened.

Your cheeks are pink.

Aren't I the one who should be blushing?

I don't think I'm blushing, Eve,

but it is a sexy story.

You like my stories about him,

don't you?

Experiencing spontaneous orgasm

following her lover's telling her

he wanted to tie her wrists

to overhead pipes

and have intercourse with her in that position.

This is the first time her explorations

have extended into the bondage area.

Patient also indicated she thought therapist

may be responding to her sexual stories.

Patient seemed pleased by this.

I remember this patient I used to have.

Well, he was gorgeous. He looked like Richard Gere

and he would talk about his sexual explorations

with his girlfriend.

I mean, these people! They didn't eat,

they didn't sleep, they didn't work.

They just explored new ways to fuck.

After his session, I wouldn't be worth a damn.

Did you stop treating him? Hell, no.

I just rescheduled him for the end of the day

so I could run home and rape Leo.

You did not.

Sarah, I think this is more

than just a patient's stories bothering me.

Why don't you come over for dinner tonight.

Talk to Leo.

Yeah.

Yeah, we used to have a little mutt

when we lived on 14th Street.

Do you remember that? Alby?

What? The mutt was on 86th Street.

No. Remember, we had a mutt on...

When we had that little apartment on...

Wasn't even an apartment...

It was like a... 321 West 4th Street?

No, no, no, you lived there alone.

I didn't live there with you.

We had the mutt when we had the...

This man makes the best pot roast

in the city of New York. Now, that I agree with.

I'm having this recurring dream about her lover.

It's happening more and more.

Have you ever met him?

No.

So you really...

You really couldn't be dreaming about him, could you?

No, I guess not.

What else is happening in your life?

What about, uh... What about you and Paul?

What's going on there?

I'm so angry at him.

You wanna talk about that?

Paul and I haven't slept

in the same bed for six months.

He's drinking a lot.

Nothing's right. It never has been.

I don't... I just don't wanna be there anymore.

So, what are you gonna do about this?

I'm gonna confront him.

Tonight.

Goodbye. Thanks for dinner.

See you tomorrow.

You sure you don't want Leo to walk you home?

No. Okay.

I think you should call me

over the weekend if it doesn't get better.

It's a very difficult situation.

Leo, you know the work we did together back at school?

Yeah.

We got into some areas

I didn't really wanna explore at the time.

The whole trust business with men and...

Mm-hm.

I think I'm ready to explore

some of those things now.

With you.

Ann, that was seven years ago.

You were a medical student

and you got in trouble and I was your therapist.

But, I mean, a lot of time has gone by now. We're friends.

We're practically family.

Leo, I don't wanna go see somebody else.

All right. Give me a couple of days to think about it, okay?

Okay.

So where were you?

I had a bite with Leo and Sarah.

Thought you had a meeting. No, it was cancelled.

I wish you'd called.

1900 was playing at the Village

and I wanted to see it.

I'm sorry.

Paul.

Can we talk?

Sure, Ann, we can talk.

Only, before you get started,

I wanna tell you about a decision I've reached.

I've decided to move back into my own apartment.

Now, this decision has little to do with you.

To use a cliché,

I just need my own space for a while.

We can still see each other, of course.

Thanks for the compliment the other day.

It came at a really nice time.

Excuse me. My name's Doug McDowell.

You don't know me from Adam,

but would you consider having a cup of coffee with me?

Not now. Sometime, I mean.

I could supply references.

My sister will vouch for me anytime.

Just coffee.

You're not feeling verbal today?

See, I had this shitty impulse the other day

and it's just staying with me.

Okay, let's talk about it.

Well, you know the girl who has the sessions after me?

Well, I saw her as I was leaving last week.

and she.

She dug deep inside of me.

Haughty and pristine. That conceit.

I mean, who the fuck does she think she is?

Okay, first, let's change the day of your appointment.

It also might be a good idea for us to see one another

more than once a week.

For a while.

Okay.

Okay. I...

All I wanna do is just keep my head together and paint.

Saying that patient whose sessions follow his own

provoke fantasies of bondage, sexual subjugation, sadism.

He hasn't talked about these things in a long time.

Come in.