Joker: Folie à Deux

Joker! Joker! Joker!

Mmm?

Huh?

And now without further ado... Joker!

Tell me about it.

Knock, knock.

Morning, sir.

Nothing good about it.

Get up!

Let's go, get up.

Let's go boys. Let's get this show on the road.

Come on! Come on!

Come on, get out of bed.

Let's go, get up.

Clean this fucking mess up.

Hey, Jackie, I need a hand.

Put some clothes on.

Diaz, what the fuck?

You got a joke for me today?

Move!

All right, come on, let's go, guys.

Move your fucking ass. Move.

Don't test me, Walters.

Come on, boys.

Get him on the ground.

Move your fucking ass, Bullock.

Fuck you!

Get the fuck out my cell.

Leave me alone.

Hey, Arthur, you feelin' crazy today or what?

I don't wanna come out today.

Take him down to F Ward.

I don't wanna come out today.

You got a big day today. You better put on a happy face.

Get the fuck off me.

Let's not do this again, Beanie.

Shut up!

Let's go, Arthur.

Come on, Fleck.

Don't need your fancy lawyer blaming me if you're late.

She knows how much you like me, right?

Hey, Fleck, you got a joke for us today?

Yeah, it's been a while, hasn't it?

Move.

Right on the line.

Let's go!

Back the fuck up, Ken.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Go on, front of the line.

Fleck. Fleck's next, my dear.

Hey, stay in line.

Yeah, you heard him.

Hey, hey, hey, back up.

Freak bit me!

Go.

All that kid's done since he got here is fucking smile.

And today, all of a sudden, he bites Moran?

It's because nobody likes Moran.

He was at Gotham State for, like, eight years

before he got here, and he's still a fucking temp.

Hey, Fleck, you got a joke for us today?

I already asked him.

I got a joke for ya.

This guy's dog dies, right? And he really loved this dog.

So, he goes down to the church, and he asks Father Mulcahy

if he'd perform a funeral for him. Right?

And Mulcahy says, "Oh, no. I'm sorry my son,

we can't have a service for an animal in our church.

Uh, but, I bet if you go down

-to the veterinarian in town..." -Fuck.

"...he can do it for you. You see?"

Goddamn it, Arthur.

Uh, so the guy says, "Oh, thanks very much, Father."

And he says, "Do you think two grand

would be enough to cover the service?"

Father Mulcahy looks at him...

"Why didn't you tell me the dog was Catholic?"

Eh?

Clean yourself up.

You like that one, Arthur?

Let's go.

"Why didn't you tell me the dog was a Catholic?"

Look around, Arthur.

This is how the other half lives.

Could have been all yours

if you hadn't killed five people.

One live on national TV.

What the fuck is this shit?

Move, will ya? Moron.

Hey!

Come on. You fucking lunatic.

Jesus Christ, you couldn't get him a fucking umbrella?

Aw, come on, counselor,

you know we can't give these boys umbrellas.

It's for their own good.

Oh, don't give me your shit. He's soaking wet.

Well, those are the rules, counselor,

but I'll break them if you ask me.

I bet you would.

Mm-hm.

Oh, you're welcome, by the way,

for getting him all cleaned up for you.

Sit down.

Here, Arthur.

Today, we're meeting with Dr. Beatty.

Remember her?

She's gonna be videotaping you this time,

so we can show it at your competency hearing next week.

And if they find you competent,

and they will, they always do,

then we're going to trial.

You need to be in an actual hospital with actual doctors.

Not this Department of Corrections...

bullshit with these thugs.

Dr. Beatty thinks that with everything

that happened to you in your childhood,

it caused a split...

this fragmentation in you...

...to help you cope with your pain.

She believes you have another person living inside of you.

And it was this other person who committed those crimes.

Do you understand what that means, Arthur?

I'll be asking you a few questions today, Arthur, okay?

Maybe you don't remember some things?

Or you're confused about what you did?

I'm here to help you try and sort out what happened.

Arthur, I'm not here only to help with your defense.

I'm here for you.

But for me to do my job,

I need you to be candid with me.

Does that make sense?

Can I have a cigarette?

Of course you can.

Let's start with the first incident, okay?

The three men who accosted you on the subway, who bullied you,

did it feel like they triggered something painful?

From your past? Your childhood?

Do you remember any of what happened?

Did you... black out?

See bright lights?

Mm...

Okay.

How about Murray Franklin?

What, if anything, do you remember about that night?

The music.

That's good. Arthur, that is good.

Can I tell you what I remember about that night?

I remember you came out dressed as Joker.

And I remember Joker was dancing to that music.

Right?

I really liked his band.

My mom and I u-- used to watch the show together.

She liked Murray Franklin as well?

"He's so handsome.

Look at those sparkling white teeth."

Is that your mother's voice?

Mm.

Do you often hear her voice in your head?

All the time.

Did it change at all after she died?

What does that mean?

Did you...

this other part of you...

Joker...

Did it come out more after she died?

You lived together, right? In a one-bedroom apartment?

Maybe I could talk to Joker about it.

Would he like to talk to me?

Hey, Arthur.

Arthur.

I mean, he'll do anything. Anything.

The guards said you wanted to show me how to kiss.

But they said Joker's a really good kisser.

Nobody's ever gave me a kiss before.

Twenty bucks says he chokes him.

There you go.

Ricky don't know what hit him.

There was no hesitation.

Yeah, yeah.

Kinda like...

I gotta be honest with you, Arthur.

I wouldn't have took you for a hopeless romantic.

Can I have a cigarette?

Why not.

Oh, no, no, no. What are you doing?

He doesn't get a cigarette unless he tells a joke.

No, come on. He still makes us laugh, doesn't he?

Barely.

Hey.

Remember that music class we saw?

The other day? B Ward?

Remember, with all the singing?

I got you in. We're going next week.

Bullshit.

-The fuck you do that for? -Eh, eh. No, no.