ERICA
Dr... Dr. Tom?
DR. TOM
Hey, is everything okay?
ERICA
I... I don't know what's going on. Am I... Time traveling?
Dr. Tom looks at his watch.
DR. TOM
Well, it's February, 2013. Ten o'clock.
ERICA
Ten o'clock. So... I'm not time traveling.
Dr. Tom laughs.
DR. TOM
Have a sit. Are you high?
I didn't get a warning sign that you were coming to my office.
DR. NAADIAH - O.C
That's because you are not connected to her.
Erica and Dr. Tom look at Dr. Naadiah. She's at the door.
DR. TOM
I'm not connected to Erica? Since when?
Dr. Naadiah, what do you mean?
DR. NAADIAH
This Erica is from another reality.
DR. TOM
Is she?
(To Erica)
So... What are you doing here?
ERICA
I... Don't know.
NAADIAH
I sent her here. She needs to gain some... Perspective.
This, Erica, is a reality in which
Dr. Tom didn't retire from therapy.
Goodnight.
Dr. Naadiah opens the door and goes away. Erica and Dr. Tom look at each other. Awkward silence.
DR. TOM
Dr. Naadiah and her mysteries, right?
ERICA
Look who's talking.
Dr. Tom laughs.
DR. TOM
Yeah, it's true. 'Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue', right?
ERICA
(Smiles)
Right.
DR. TOM
François de La Rochefoucauld knows it.
So, what seems to be the problem, lost soul?
ERICA
(Pretending to be bothered)
Lost soul, seriously?
DR. TOM
Don't worry. Every lost souls can find themselves.
ERICA
Who's that? Descartes?
DR. TOM
Nah. I just made that up. Please.
ERICA
Okay... It's... It's a long story.
Let's just say that I wanted to prevent Leo to be killed again.
I wanted to warn him about something and I spent days looking for a reality
in which he could be alive and now that I've found him...
DR. TOM
Have you already talked to him?
ERICA
Yes, but... I'm afraid that I couldn't open his eyes yet.
DR. TOM
And meanwhile you're closing yours.
And your also closing other people's eyes.
What did you do to Erica from the reality in which Leo is still alive?
Pause. Erica looks down, embarrassed.
ERICA
I... I didn't wanted to hurt her... I... I'm not like this.
DR. TOM
So...
(Leans forward)
Don't close your eyes.
But, conversely, you must close your eyes.
ERICA
Pardon?
DR. TOM
This is confusing, I know. I'm saying that...
You have to close your eyes to the reality
in which Leo is still alive and open them to your own.
ERICA
I can't abandon him.
DR. TOM
And yet you feel like you're not you. You feel tired.
What if Leo's life is not your responsibility?
ERICA
So... I just have to go away and accept things how they are?
DR. TOM
You need to live you life, Erica. You can't live other Erica's lives.
You know that what you're doing is wrong. But it's okay.
We all, sometimes, need to close our eyes for a moment and live the dream.
But this is not a dream. It's a reality that is not yours.
It's a life that belongs to another person. Another Erica.
And isn't she allowed to live her life too?
Erica has tears in the eyes.
ERICA
I just... Wanted...
DR. TOM
I know.
ERICA
Oh, God. This is really hard. In those realities, I... I had Kai, I was pregnant, I was successful...
DR. TOM
But I'm sure there were some negatives...
ERICA
Well, yeah. I had... A different personality.
Some moments were pretty awkward.
DR. TOM
That's good. So, you don't just have to go away and accept things how they are.
Try to look at your own life and try to change it in the best way possible.
Those things, what you've lived, left a mark.
And I'm sure you're going to leave a mark as well,
in the reality in which Leo is still alive.
Erica gets thoughtful. Smiles.
ERICA
Yes, I am. And I already know what to do.
Dr. Tom gets up, followed by Erica.
ERICA
Thank you, Dr. Tom.
Silence. Dr. Tom looks at her, thoughtful.
DR. TOM
It must have been so hard for me... Leaving you.
ERICA
I felt like... A part of me... Had died.
(Cries)
I still do.
Dr. Tom has tears in the eyes. tries to hold them.
DR. TOM
I... wish you all the best.
You deserve it. And don't worry about the other Erica you hurt.
I'll see what I can do for her.
Erica approaches to Dr. Tom and holds his hand.
ERICA
Thank you so much.
Erica walks to the door. Looks at the office and Dr. Tom, before leaving. Goes away.
44 int. Erica's old bedroom - night
The song 'I Don't wanna miss a thing', by Aerosmith starts. Leo is hurt. He's sleeping in the bed. Erica looks at him, delighted. Passes her hands on his face. Gets up. Goes to the middle of the room. She joins 4 other Ericas. They all look at the wall that was empty. Now, it is full of photos. One of them is the one that was on the fridge, in the reality where Erica was pregnant. The other photos are the ones that were in the reality in which Erica was living with Adam in the condo. In the middle of the pictures is the image that was on the wall of Erica's appartment, from the reality in which she was with Kai. The image says "Open Your Eyes". The Ericas smile, nostalgic.
ERICA - V.O
We use to think that the lives of the other people are better than our own.
And we wish that we could live them,
without first thinking of improve ours.
Erica opens the bedroom door and goes away.
45 int. Erica's appartment - night
ERICA walks in and looks around. Feels relieved. Takes a deep breath and goes to her bedroom.
ERICA - V.O
We must live in our own reality, but
always wanting to be a better person and trying to do better,
without forcing things to happen or distort life.
We have to be ourselves.
That's the only way we can improve it and move forward.
46 int. Goblins - day
JULIANNE and BRENT are putting everything in boxes. They're walking all over the place.
JULIANNE
Two people packing up these things is the same as
going to a Zumba class wearing a dress and heels:
The work gets more difficult.
The door is opened slowly. ERICA gets in. Julianne and Brent notice her.
BRENT
Erica?
Erica looks at all the boxes and the things that need to be packed up.
ERICA
(Unmotivated)
Oh, man!
END OF EPISODE 5X06 'TOO MANY ERICAS'