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　　EVELYN
　　Then you know， I have only done what is right for you- for her.
　　JOBU
　　"Right"？ "Right" is a tiny box invented by people who are afraid. And I know what it feels like to be forced in that box.
　　
　　92-2 FLASHBACK: INT. LAUNDRY RV - Evelyn and Joy are in a car parked on the side of the highway after a tense conversation.
　　Neither of them speak. Until finally Evelyn continues driving.
　　JOBU （V.O.）
　　（cruel）
　　To share a piece of myself that I was so scared to share only for you to say nothing， drive away， go on
　　with your life as if nothing happened.
　　
　　92-3 FLASHBACK: From earlier today， the moment Becky meet’s Gong Gong. We linger on Joy’s face.
　　EVELYN
　　No…… it’s not like that. It’s Gong Gong. He is from a different generationJOBU You can stop hiding behind him. You Should feel relieved， you don’t have to choose anymore.
　　EVELYN
　　Choose？
　　JOBU
　　Between loving me or hating me. You can do both at the same time， now that you’re just like me.
　　They are getting closer to the veil. The Followers pull visors over their eyes， and begin parting the curtains that hide the Bagel. The RUMBLE intensifies.
　　EVELYN
　　No…… No I’m not like you. You are young， your mind is always changing. I still know who I am.
　　JOBU
　　You have no idea what you’ve done.
　　You’re stuck like this forever.
　　Just. Like. me.
　　EVELYN
　　No. I am going to go back with my Joy， my family， and live my life. A happy life.
　　Jobu looks her straight in the eye. There is a trace of Sympathy in her expression.
　　JOBU
　　Okay. Good luck with that.
　　Jobu rips open the final Veil. The RUMBLE is deafening.
　　Evelyn glances at the Bagel and is immediately transfixed.
　　Her eyes grow wide.
　　Through the swirling Bagel Black Hole， we can see guests arriving to the party-
　　
　　93 VARIOUS UNIVERSES: STARING INTO THE BAGEL
　　
　　[We glimpse the meaninglessness of all of Evelyn’s lives， Swirling in the bagel.]
　　TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT - On autopilot， Evelyn hugs and greets guest after guest， introducing them to Gong Gong with a strained smile on her face.
　　She sips from a drink as she nods along to a mundane conversation. Rick， their creepy regular， leans into Evelyn and inhales deeply.
　　Her phone rings: INCOMING CALL FROM DEIRDRE. Oops.
　　
　　93-1 ACTION UNIVERSE: Evelyn lies dead on the floor. One Alpha Jumper sees the map of Evelyn’s mind still has dots spreading further. His eyes go wide-
　　
　　93-2 HOT DOG UNIVERSE: Evelyn stares at Deirdre who is giving Evelyn one final plea through tears-
　　
　　93-3 CHEF UNIVERSE: Evelyn accidentally overshoots a shrimp and hits a customer in the face. The customer looks pissed-
　　
　　93-4 MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: Waymond is smoking a cigarette with Evelyn reminiscing.
　　WAYMOND （CEO）
　　之前你⼀直在問關於我們的⼥兒.真的太瘋狂了.但也讓我開始在想， 如果…當年你跟我⼀起⾛的話…
　　WAYMOND （CEO）
　　Before， you were asking about "our daughter". It’s crazy.
　　But it really got me thinking. What if…… you had come with me…… all of those years ago……
　　
　　93-5 TAXES UNIVERSE: Deirdre drones on as Evelyn watches the men’s choir sing and drink to Gong Gong’s health.
　　DEIRDRE （O.S.）
　　…… the amount of disrespect…… To not even show up this evening……
　　EVELYN
　　Shut up.
　　DEIRDRE （O.S.）
　　What did you just say to me？
　　EVELYN
　　I said shut up. You don’t matter.
　　This doesn’t matter.
　　DEIRDRE （O.S.）
　　MRS. WANG， I am through withEvelyn hangs up. That felt good.
　　
　　93-6 CHEF UNIVERSE: The customer she hit with the shrimp is now talking to Evelyn’s boss. She throws shrimp at her boss.
　　As she storms out of the restaurant， she casually pulls off Chad’s hat， revealing Racaccoonie.
　　
　　93-7 ACTION UNIVERSE: Alpha Gong Gong looks from the phone to Evelyn who gets up. Not dead. His worst nightmare.
　　Evelyn recognizes a receipt on the ground as one of her own.
　　She picks it up and stares at it.
　　
　　93-8 TEMPLE UNIVERSE: Evelyn’s eyes begin to turn BLACK.
　　
　　93-9 TAXES UNIVERSE: Evelyn now holds a microphone as if she is about to perform karaoke. Waymond （half dressed as a Chinese dragon） looks on anxiously from the office doorway.
　　EVELYN
　　（slurring）
　　新年快樂.（Happy New Year） Thank you for coming. Another year…… wow……
　　what do I even say？
　　
　　93-10 ACTION UNIVERSE: One of the Verse Jumpers approaches Evelyn.
　　
　　She nonchalantly grabs him and we hear the RUMBLING of the multiverse. The man begins to scream in horrible pain. POP!
　　He is now a sack of potatoes.
　　ALPHA JUMPER
　　She turned Sanders into potatoes!
　　ALPHA GONG GONG
　　We’re too late……
　　WAYMOND
　　Evelyn! Please calm downWaymond reaches out to stop her. She shrugs him off-
　　
　　93-11 MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: Evelyn stares out at the city traffic with unfocused eyes.
　　EVELYN （MOVIE STAR）
　　Sweet， sweet Waymond.
　　你想知道那個【假如】的結局嗎？每天， 我們會在⼀間⼩到快要倒閉的洗⾐店醒來.
　　EVELYN （MOVIE STAR）
　　Sweet， sweet Waymond. You want to know what would have happened？ "What if？" We’d
　　wake up everyday in a tiny apartment over a failing laundromat.
　　
　　93-12 TAXES UNIVERSE: Evelyn is talking through her microphone at all of her guests who are aghast at what she is saying.
　　EVELYN （CONT’D）
　　Another year…… and we are still keeping our heads high， pretending we know what we’re doing. But
　　really we’re just running around in circles. Doing laundry and taxes.
　　Laundry and taxes……
　　She pulls out the divorce papers and hurriedly signs them.
　　EVELYN （CONT’D）
　　No more running in circles.
　　Jobu nods in excitement. She is finally seeing it.
　　The door opens. Deirdre is flanked by two policemen.
　　DEIRDRE
　　Mr. and Mrs. Wang， you have given me no choice but authorize the Seizure of both your personal and
　　business assets. You have 48hrs to vacate your home， otherwise we will have to remove you by force.
　　The cops begin to put locks on the laundromat doors.
　　GONG GONG
　　搞乜⻤啊？（In Cantonese）
　　GONG GONG