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　　You knew it. You all do. It’’s part of it. Maybe the most important part.
　　
　　ON THE BEACH – NIGHT AND FOG
　　
　　Charlie’’s car pulls up. They get out and walk down toward the water. Maverick seems dazed. She is softly taunting.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　Where are we？
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Where are we？ You know where we are. It’’s called the beach. It’’s where life first crawled up out of the sea. I come here sometimes…… when I feel like crawling back in.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　You don’’t have to do this.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Do what， show you a good time？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　I’’m not good company. I should be alone.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　I don’’t think so， but if that’’s what you want……
　　
　　They stand there， not making a move.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　No.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　What do you want？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　I want it back.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　What？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　Yesterday.
　　
　　She turns， nods out， past the moon.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　You look way out there. Out past the date line. West becomes East， all things change. You cross the line…… today becomes yesterday…… or tomorrow， I forget which.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　That’’s what I want.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Of course the line’’s just imaginary. You can cross it twenty times…… nothing really changes.
　　
　　She turns and walks along the surfline.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　On the beach…… It’’s what they say when Navy men retire…… He’’s "On The Beach". I always liked that. I had a picture…… in my head…… all these old guys wandering around here， looking out into the past.
　　
　　He walks to the surf， kicks the sand with his bare feet.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　If we knew then， what we know now， we might never have come up out of there.
　　
　　He turns to her. She just looks at him.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　You don’’t believe that.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　Hardly ever.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Only when you’’re depressed. Then it passes.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　It does.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Everything passes. Immutable law of the Universe.
　　
　　He picks up a piece of flotsam， a twig， worn smooth.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　This too…… shall pass. You put as much life as you can between it and you. You start piling up experience between then and now.
　　
　　He turns and walks.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　What do you do when you come here？
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　I sit. I think. I play games.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　What kind of games？
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　I like to play "reality".
　　
　　She stops and turns.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　How do you play reality.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　It’’s strip reality， actually， like what the pilots always want to play.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　（this gets a small laugh）
　　Strip reality! How do you play that？
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　It’’s like strip poker， only， without the bluffing.
　　（he laughs again）
　　One person says something and if the other one accepts that it’’s true， the one who says it， gets to take one item of clothing off.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　You’’re crazy.
　　（she stops， he goes on， softer）
　　That’’s a pretty silly game.