No.
Yes.
You know, it's easier
to make 100,000 believe than just one?
And now, the one,
the only, Simone!
I love you...
LA.
It's great to be here.
# Looking out #
# On the morning rain #
# I used to feel so inspired #
# And when I knew I had to face another day #
# Lord, it made me feel so tired #
# Before the day I met you #
# Life was so unkind #
# But you're the ke y to my peace of mind #
# 'Cause you make me feel #
# You make me feel #
# You make me feel like a natural woman #
# Oh, baby #
# What you've done to me #
# Done to me #
# You make me feel so good inside #
# Good inside #
# And I just wanna be #
# Wanna be #
# Close to you, you make me feel so alive #
# 'Cause you make me feel #
# You make me feel #
# You make me feel like a natural woman #
# You make me feel #
- # You make me feel # - # You make me feel #
# You make me feel #
# You make me feel like a real... #
# You make me feel #
# Feel like a... #
# You make me feel like a real... #
Thank you.
Never stop believing.
Yeah! Simone!
# What you've done to me #
# Natural woman. #
I said I didn't want to be disturbed!
Viktor.
My two favorite girls in all the world.
We just stopped by to congratulate Simone.
Well, you know...
she's lying down. She'sexhausted.
Yeah, I can imagine.
Listen, thank Simone for the tickets, okay?
That's a good color on you.
It was a great show, Dad.
I can't believe she's doing this.
Taking adv antage of him this way.
- It's cruel. - Why?
Obviously, this can't last. She's gonna dump him.
Viktor won't be able to take that, he's too sensitive.
This'll destroy him.
Elaine, do you realize
that you can't stop talking aboutviktor?
I have to talk to her.
I've been meaning to talk to you.
I'm starting to feel like I don'texist.
Dad?
Oh, hi, baby. Thank you.
So how's your love life?
I do okay.
What about you?
Well, you know me. Married to my work.
I noticed.
You know I don't like to get between you and mom,
but she's feeling down right now.
She broke up with Kent.
She thinks you're with Simone.
Ah, lainey. That's so ridiculous.
I don't have a relationship with Simone.
I know, I know, but Mom doesn't.
Maybe if Simone spoke to her she could
straighten things out. Dinner maybe.
Dinner?
I don't know about dinner.
That'd be difficult, I think.
- Maybe a phone call? - It's too impersonal.
The y have to meet face-to-face.
Well, I'll think of something.
Thees calating violence,
tragic loss of human life, and threat of all-out war
was overshadowed today by the announcement
of the Os car nominations.
- Hello? - Hello?
- Is thiselaine? - Who's this?
- Oh my God. Is that you, Simone? - Yes.
- You look beautiful today. - Thanks, I...
- Where are you? - I'm right here.
Beside you.
- Oh! - I borrowed Viktor's car.
- Hi! - Hi.
I'm really late. I would love to talk to you,
But I'm on my way to see Viktor right now.
Simone, I know what's going on between you two.
Oh? No. Oh, elaine,
there's absolutely nothing.
It's strictly a working relationship.
I just don't want to see Viktor get hurt.
Sounds to me like you still have feelings for him.
Well, we have a daughter together.
I don't love Viktor. I could never love anyone.
I'm in love with the camera.
Simone, I reognize the coat you're wearing.
I gave it to Viktor on his birthday.
Christ.
Elaine, I just...
Whoa.
God! Oh my God! I tell ya.
- Are you all right? - This does look awful. I know that.
But, Viktor, he's just so crazy about you.
Could you go to the Os cars with him?
No, no, no.
If you won't do it for him,
I ask you, please, do it for me.
Okay. Okay. For you.
For you I'll go.
Thank you. Well, here's myexit.
All right. I'm glad that we talked.
- Oh, yes. Bye. - Bye!
Goodbye.
Oh!
And, the winner of Best Actress...
is...
Oh, my goodness. We have a tie.
The winners are Simone for "Sunrise, Sunset"...
Thank you.
...and Simone for "Eternity Forever."
unfortunately, Simone cannot be with us here tonight
but thanks to the miracle of modern tehnology,
she joins us live from her Goodwill Tour of the third world.
Ladies and gentlemen, Simone!
Thank you. Oh, thank you.
This means so much to me.
I'm just sorry I couldn't be there with you.
First, I want to acknowledge my fellow nominees.
I don'teven feel I belong in the Best Actress category,
let alone with these wonderful human beings.
And I also wanna thank my co-stars
and the studio, of course.
And as always, I dedicate this to Hank,
without whom none of this would be possible.
I love you, Hank, wherever you are.
Thank you.
Who's Hank? Her agent?
- Her father. - Oh.
Why didn't she thank you?
She did.
Didn't she?
No.
And of course, I must thank my collaborator,
Viktor Taransky,
without whom none of this would be possible.
And of course, I must thank my collaborator,
Viktor Taransky,
without whom none of this would be possible.
Why didn't I say it?
How could I forget to say it?
I wrote it.
And of course, I must thank my collaborator,
Viktor Taransky,
without whom none of this would be possible.
Excuse me, Mr. Taransky,
Are you ready for your casting session?
Nicola is here for the role of Simone's sister.
Viktor.
So much has happened since we last saweach other.
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
- Why don't you sit? - Thank you.
I never got a chance to properly apologize
for what happened on "Sunrise."
Oh, that's okay. I know. I understand.
When I saw what Simone did with the role,
I mean, I fired all my people.
I went into rehab.
I took some acting classes.
I changed my whole look.
She really, really inspired me.
Would you like me to read?
Oh, sure. That would be good.
Who do you think you are, Carlos,
coming in here like this?
My husband's sleeping in the next room.
You think I won't call out?
Do you think I'll just...
give in to you without a fight,
like I did the last time and the time before that?
I wish you were dead.
I wish we were both dead.
Oh...
that was just wonderful.
Wonderful acting.
Thank you.
You could play the lead.
Isn't that Simone's part?
Of course.
Of course it is.
You have such a beautiful line,
right, right there.
It's not a wrinkle, or anything,
it's like a dimple.
Right... when you smile it...
I was thinking of incorporating
something like that in Simone.
Cosmetically altering Simone to look like me?
Oh, yeah. That would be crazy.
Yes...
that would be nuts.
Would you like me to try something different with this, or do it again?
No, it's fine.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you, Viktor.
Happy birthday, lainey.
What do you think?
It's fantastic.
It's what she drove in "Eternity Forever."
- I know. - See?
- You have to thank her for me. - It's from both of us.
You know, you won't be able
to drive it till you get your permit,
but you can take it around the lot, okay?
Here.
What's the matter?
I can't accept it.
Why? Why, hone y?
I don't want a car, Dad.
What do you want?
I'll give you whatever you want.
The old Viktor Taransky.
I can't stand to see you like this,
clinging to Simone's coattails.
It used to be all about the work
and now it's all about her.
And then she's noteven grateful enough to thank you.
Oh, no, that was me.
There you go again, blaming yourself.
Can't you see what she's done to you?
She's taken advantage. Mocking you.
You deserve better than Simone.
- I have to go, Dad. - Okay.
Oh, sure. She comes in all the time.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
- Is she nice? - We've become very close.
She told me she wanted to look at my s cript next week.
- Jane? - Gotta go.
I'm leavingearly.
If anybody needs me, I'll be at the beach house
having dinner with a certain someone.
Elaine Christian, please.
Elaine.
hi.
I was in the neighborhood. I just thought I'd drop by.
You don't use the front door anymore?
U h... no.
When is she coming over?
- About now. - Oh.
Okay. I'll just stay until she gets here.
Well, she's...
already here.
What?
Elaine...
Simone is not coming over tonight
or any other night.
- I want you back, elaine. - I want you back, too.
Oh, Viktor!
Wait! Viktor!
This is crazy. Who are we kidding?
I can't compete with Simone.
- Well... - What woman can?
I'd rather have you than Simone.
- Believe me. - Oh.
That's so sweet.
No, but I can't let you do that,
make that kind of sacrifice.
- No. No. - God, this is strange.
You know, I have stabbed people in the back
and clawed and slept my way to where I am.
- But... - You have?
Well, it goes with the territory.
For some reason, I can't betray Simone.
I can't. There's a goodness to her, Viktor.
- No, there's nothing to her. - Oh, Viktor.
You say that now, but in the morning
you would go back to her.
- No. No. - You would, Viktor.
She's gonna retire. She'll never work again.
Of course she will. Her public will demand it.
- Not if I don't let her. - You?
- Yeah. - How can you stop her?
I'm gonna tell you a seret now, elaine.
Simone isn't a real person.
I invented her.
Every actor is an invention.
- Elaine... - Please.
You're lucky she's loyalenough to stay with you.
Maybe she's staying out of pity.
Who knows? I mean, she certainly doesn't need you.
Listen, she's thin air.
- She's pixels. - What?
Computer code molded by me
from a mathematicalequation
I inherited from a madman.
How much have you had to drink?
There's no Simone.
- I'm Simone. - You're Simone?!
I've done the impossible.
I have recreated
the infinite nuances
of a human being...
a human soul.
I have taken nothing,
and made it something.
I have breathed life into a machine.
- I made a miracle. - Viktor, please stop.
- Please. - I swear, elaine.
As God is my judge, I swear.
I made Simone. I made her.
- You made Simone? - Yes.
Viktor...
she made you.
You bitch.
I'll destroy you.
Bravo!
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Had a rough night?
Let's see if the y still love you after this.
You made me.
I made you first.
Well, we're back on "Good Morning, Good Day,"
and we are here once again with the incomparable Simone.
Simone, before the break
you were taking a rather controversial position.
I just think allelementary s chools
should have a firing range.
How else can the children learn to defend themselves?
If there is a hole in the ozone layer,
how come I can't see it?
Immigration? God!
Isn't it crowdedenough?
But God created furry animals to be worn.
Have youever tasted dolphin?
Pan-fried with a little garlic and fennel.
Everybody always talks about the negatives of cigarettes.
But look at the benefits.
I mean, you don'teat as much.
And you've got something to hold in your hand.
We always knew Simone wasn't like other celebrities.
- Oh, no. - She speaks her mind.
She certainly does.
It's plastic, Hank.
I know that's the way you'd want it.
She killed you, Hank.
Now she's killing me.
She's a serial killer.
But I don't know how to stop her.
I mean, she's taken on a life of her own.
I can't just come clean,
you know, make some confession,
beause...
I've defrauded millions. The y'd turn on me.
I just can't put the genie
back in the bottle, beause...
if she suddenly stopped working,
you know, just dropped out of sight,
the y'd never let it rest.
I tried killing her career,
but the y like her even more.
What am I gonna do?
Not another word, Hank.
You are truly a genius.
Thank you, Hank.
Thank you.
What's the matter, Viktor?
You look so sad.
Don't you love me anymore?
It's over, isn't it?
I know what you're thinking, Simone.
This is a phone y-balone y world.
We're all living one big lie.
So, why shouldn't you live, too?
You're more authentic than all these people who worship you.
And that's the problem.
You're looking at the real fraud.
I told myself this was all about the work.
But if that were the truth,
it wouldn't matter to me
that you get all the attention.
And it does.
It does.
I'm sorry, Simone.
Here I was trying to convince
the whole world youexisted.
but what I was really trying to do
was convince them that lexist.
It's not that you aren't human.
It's that I am.
I'm sorry, Simone.
It is my sad...
and solemn duty...
to announce...
the tragic passing of Simone.
How did she die?
It was a rare virus she contracted
on her Goodwill Tour of the third world.
Did she suffer?
Mercifully, it was quick.
I feel awful.
It's a great loss.
You know, we're going to have to restructure your deal.
Can I see you later?
I mean, go away for the weekend?
How could you bring that up at a time like this?
One minute, Mr. Taransky.
Oh my God.
This has got to be a mistake.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
- You don't understand. - Viktor!
- It's a mistake! - I'll call my attorne y.
Dad!
Elaine, call Bernard!
That's why it was so light.
I heard him say,
" Die, bitch. I'll destroy you."
It was so strange.
He actually wanted to replace Simone with me
in his new movie.
He's a sick man.
He was a controlling madman.
She was a prisoner.
I blame myself.
I wishi had done more to stop it.
Forgive me, Mr. Taransky.
I'm just trying to understand here.
Now, all these films
and TV appearances and magazine covers
and internet interviews,
publicity photos, snapshots from her childhood...
All fake? H mm?
This is fake. This is fake.
Fake, fake, fake, fake, fake.
- All fake? - Yes.
You understand perfetly.
So, I will confess
to fraud but not to murder.
And a fan club with a worldwide membership
in the millions, that's also bogus?
No. No. The fan club's real.
It's just what the y were worshipping
is a computer code.
Ones and zeroes.
You couldn't have killed Simone beause there was no Simone.
- Right. Exactly. - And this Hank Aleno
that you keep talking about,
the renowned failure who also happens to be so conveniently dead,
now, perhaps this man that you claim helped invent Simone,
is an invention himself.
Oh, no. No.
This whole thing is insane!
There is no Simone!
Look. Even her name is fake.
It's not Simone.
It's "Sim One"...See?
"Simulation One"!
It's a computer code!
You really hated her, didn't you?
Perhaps you couldexplain this to me, Mr. Taransky.
Or is this tape doctored, too?
This is footage from the marina's closed-circuit camera
on the night in question... altered of course.
Can you tell us why you're disposing
of the body of a woman who doesn'texist?
Well, it's not her body.
It's her body of work.
Viktor, Viktor, Viktor.
Viktor.
I know. Look. Look. Look.
Why don't you just come clean? H uh?
Just tell the truth, you're gonna feel better afterwards.
I'm telling the truth, and I don't feel so good.
He y, we all know what happened.
In a fit of jealous rage,
you killed Simone and you dumped her body off the boat...
- Don't say that. ...that she bought for you.
I did... I can prove...
I can prove it to you.
Let me just take you there.
I'll take you to the spot.
I can prove it.
Here. Here. Come on.
We can just go there, can't we?
- Let's just go. I'll take you there. - Oh, Viktor.
Okay, good.
Thank you. Good work.
Now you'll see.
What is this?
No, there's drives and dis cs.
Where are the dis cs?
You have to go back down and get them.
- That's where the y are. - We can't go back down there.
- There's dis cs down there! - Calm yourself!
- Please! Just... - Sit him down.
You must go down and get the drives.
He y, you see what's down there?
Plead guilty.
Plead guilty and throw yourself
on the mercy of the court.
It's the best deal you're gonna get.
I could get the death penalty.
Yeah. Yeah.
You certainly will if you go to trial.
A jury, in this kind of ugly mood.
You killed an icon, for God's sake.
- Bernard, listen to me! - Viktor!
Bernard, I didn't kill anyone.
Viktor, come on, it's in the paper.
There's no one to kill.
Bernard, I'm a filmmaker.
I was trying to say something.
I wanted reognition.
I wanted to be appreiated.
So I created her.
Bernard, there's no one to kill.
Do you understand?
An insanity defense.
Beautiful.
Fantastic.
- What are you doing? - "I created her."
Viktor! Jesus!
Jesus Christ, Viktor!
What am I doing? Oh, what am I doing?
- Get me out! - Viktor!
Get me another lawyer. I want another lawyer!
Why can't people just take responsibility
for their actions anymore, huh?
You know, I can almost forgive him for killing her.
But, to deny herexistence?
I can never forgive that.
Beause obviously sheexisted, right?
I know it just as surely as you're sitting there.
She was the most vital woman I ever met.
So you did meet her?
Yeah, lainey, what are you getting at?
I'm the head of a major studio.
Do you think I'm gonna make a three-picture deal
with an actress I never met?
No. No.
I mean, really meet her. Like in the flesh.
I know it'sembarrassing to admit it,
but when I think about it honestly, I haven't.
I've never really seen Simone up close...
touched her.
Been in her physical presence.
Have you?
Well...
we don't want to believe daddy
beause we don't want to believe that we were taken in too.
But, lainey,
there's no evidence that Simone isn't real.
Listen to what you're saying, Mom.
I mean, is there any evidence that she is?
Do you have any idea what you're doing?
What's that?
One part of Dad's story may have been true.
Simone may have contracted a virus.
Certain viruses can beured.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Listen to me.
There's a ps y chiatrist in Ventura,
well-respeted, who is willing to testify
under oath that you have diminished capacity
due to the trauma of your divorce,
1 0 years of abjet failure in the movie business
and a bump on the head
you sustained as a child.
No more.
I can't go along with this horseshit.
- Come on, Viktor. - I did it.
No. No. Viktor, come on.
- Tell them the y can fry me. - No, Viktor, please.
- I did it! - Viktor, please.
It was premeditated!
- Can you please lower your voice? - I strangled her.
I bludgeoned her!
I set her on fire
and then I killed her!
- I did it! - Excuse me.
I think you better see this.
Breaking news:
International media star Simone is alive and well.
Her studio released this footage, just minutes ago.
Simone reading today'sedition of "The LA Times."
Who says the only bad publicity is your obituary?
Details at the top of the hour.
She's indestructible.
He's coming.
Viktor.
Oh, Viktor.
Oh, hone y.
I don't know what you did or how you did it,
- But thank you. - Well, it was lainey.
But don't thank us too fast.
You know what we have to do now.
What?
Well, why stop at one character
when you can have a whole cast?
You have to finish what you started.
We can do it together.
- Haven't we doneenough? - Could we go, please?
Where we going?
Well, I was thinking...
how about you and Simone,
moving in with me and Lainey?
That's wonderful.
What do you think, Lainey?
About you and Mom?
Well, about me and Simone.
What I did.
Everything. I'm sorry.
Your mistake wasn't making something fake, Dad.
We're fine with fake.
As long as you don't lie about it.
Oh, come on, Viktor.
It's not a death sentence.
No. It's life.
Hey, Viktor, remember us?
We probably never met. I'm Milton.
How are you? Max Sayer from theeho.
- Hi! - It's life.
Just call. Five minutes.
All we need is five minutes.
Goodevening, and welcome.
Simone, the question
on everybody's mind is simply... why?
Frank, you know as well as I do,
living in this fish-bowl,
the insatiable appetite of the media,
with everything that was going on in my life,
I just needed to drop out of sight for a while.
I needed time, and Viktor bought me that time.
- I owe him so much. - We all do.
But now I understand you'reeager
to get back to work
and it's not the kind of work
we were all expeting.
It's true.
I can reveal I am considering a career in politics.
And what, may I ask, brought this on?
I suppose this little man had something to do with it.
- That beautiful baby. - Yes.
You see, Viktor and I are both very concerned
about what kind of world our new son, Chip,
is going to grow up in.
Aren't you, Viktor?
Oh, yes.
hi.
Oh yes.
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She likes chicken pot pie...
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