So where are you? You're in some motel room.
You just wake up, and you're in a motel room.
There's the key. It feels like maybe it'sjust the first time you've been there...
but... perhaps you've been there for a week...
three months.
It's kind of hard to say. I don't know.
It's just an anonymous room.
This guy.
He's here already.
Lenny!
It's Leonard...
like I told you before.
Did you? I must have forgot.
I guess I've already told you about my condition.
Only every time I see you.
- My car. - This is your car.
You're in a playful mood.
It's not good to make fun of someone's handicap.
Just trying to have a little fun.
Roll up your window.
- It's broken. - I can get that fixed foryou.
- So where to, Sherlock? - I got a lead on a place.
What the hell you wanna go there for?
- You know it? - Yeah. It'sjust this fucked-up building.
- Why do you wanna go there? - Don't remember.
- Looks like somebody's home. - That thing's been here for years.
What are you talking about? These tracks are only a few days old.
Tracks? What are you? Pocahontas?
Come on!
Let's take a look inside.
"Teddy."
"Don't believe his lies. He is the one. Kill him."
I finally found him. How long have I been looking?
Find anything?
Didn't think so.
Let's go.
Fuck this.
You're gonna pay for what you did.
- Beg forgiveness, and then you pay. - Leonard.
You don't have a clue, you freak.
Beg my wife's forgiveness before I blow your brains out.
Leonard, you don't know what's going on.
- You don't even know my name. - Teddy.
That's 'cause you read it off a fucking picture.
You don't know who you are.
I'm Leonard Shelby. I'm from San Francisco.
That's who you were. That's not what you've become.
- Shut your mouth. - You want to know, Lenny?
Come on.
Come on. Let's go down to the basement.
Let's go down, you and me, together.
Then you'll know who you really are.
No!
It'sjust an anonymous room.
There's nothing in the drawers. But you look anyway.
Nothing except the Gideon Bible, which I, ofcourse, read religiously.
You know who you are, and you know kind ofall about yourself.
Butjust for day-to-day stuff, notes are really useful.
Sammy Jankis had the same problem...
but he really had no system.
He wrote himself a ridiculous amount of notes...
but he'd get them all mixed up.
You really do need a system if you're gonna make it work.
- Hi. - Hi.
- I'm Mr. Shelby from 304. - What can I do for you, Leonard?
Burt.
Burt. I'm not sure. I think I may have asked you to hold my calls.
- You don't know? - I think I may have. I'm not good on the phone.
Right. You said you like to look people in the eye when you talk to them.
Yeah.
You don't remember saying that?
- That's the thing. I have this condition. - A condition?
- It's my memory. - Amnesia?
No, no. It's different from that. I have no short-term memory.
I know who I am. I know all about myself.
Since my injury, I can't make new memories. Everything fades.
If we talk for too long, I'll forget how we started.
Next time I see you, I'm not gonna remember this conversation.
I don't even know if I've met you before.
So, if I seem a little strange or rude or something...
I've told you this before, haven't I?
Yeah. I don't mean to mess with you, but it's so weird.
- You don't remember me at all? - No.
- We've talked a bunch oftimes. - I'm sure we have.
What's the last thing you remember?
My wife.
What's it like?
It's like waking. It's like you just woke up.
That must suck.
It's all backwards.
Maybe you get an idea what you want to do next, but you don't remember what you just did.
- I'm exactly the opposite... - How long have I been staying here?
- Couple of days. - And you're holding my calls?
- Like you said. - Okay, but this guy's an exception.
- You know this guy? - Yeah, it's your friend, right?
What makes you think he's my friend?
- I just saw you together, that's all. - He's not my friend.
- Okay. - If he calls or if he shows up here...
give me a call in my room, okay?
His name's Teddy?
- Teddy, yeah. - All right.
Look, I hope my condition's not gonna be a problem for you.
No, not as long as you remember to pay the bill.
Yeah. Okay.
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