Silver Linings Playbook

PAT (CONT’D)
That’s true love.
See glimpses of Pat's room: mayonnaise jar filled with water,
black trash bag strewn on the bed, handwritten sign taped to
Pat's wall, "EXCELSIOR".
INT. PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY/ HALLWAY - DAY
PAT HURRIES DOWN THE STAIRS.
INT. PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY/ DISPENSARY - DAY
PAT HOLDS SMALL PAPER CONTAINER WITH PILL.
TIPS HIS HEAD BACK AND DUMPS THE PILL INTO HIS MOUTH.
DRINKS WATER, OPENS MOUTH WIDE AND STICKS HIS TONGUE OUT to
show he swallowed.
PAT WALKS, SPITTING OUT THE PILL. PILL LANDS ON FLOOR.
INT. PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY/ROOM - DAY
A GROUP OF PATIENTS SEATED IN A CIRCLE WITH A DOCTOR, HAVING
A GROUP THERAPY SESSION. PAT IS INCLUDED.
DANNY
Yeah, that’s when I had long hair.
People say I talk about my hair too
much.
DANNY SITS BETWEEN TWO OTHER MALE PATIENTS.
DANNY (CONT’D)
And it was just the way I wanted
it, but he cut it back too far. He
cut this side back too far trying
to even it up. I didn’t tell him to
do that. I said, “Just cut it the
way you cut it....”
PAT
Once you get in the right frame of
mind, I think anything’s possible.
I think we get, we so often get
caught in this state of negativity
and it’s a, it’s a poison like
nothing else.
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