The Lobster · written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou · 2015

David approaches two pier guards as they discuss handling complaints, then tranquillises them; both fall unconscious.

Scene 90 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

30-Year-Old Waiter
50-Year-Old Waiter

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:04 into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 90

After his wife leaves him, David has 45 days to find a partner at a hotel or become an animal; he escapes, falls for a shortsighted loner, and must decide whether to surrender his sight so they can stay together.

Scenes 1–15
David moves from his broken home into the hotel, where couplehood is imposed as the norm.
Scenes 16–24
He must find a partner before the 45-day limit turns him into an animal.
Scenes 25–62
He participates in the hunt, attempts a false match, then escapes into the woods.
Scenes 63–84
He adapts to loner customs and cautiously begins a connection with Shortsighted Woman.
Just before
Scene 87
At the hotel grounds, David asks to take the pier assignment and the Loner Leader sends the teams off.
Scene 88
The loners interrogate a matching couple; the woman claims she can live alone but the man cannot, and she pulls an unloaded pistol’s trigger before they leave them.
Scene 89
David reaches a sign pointing toward the beach, pier, and mini golf.
Scene 90
This scene

90EXT. PIER - EVENING

Two waiters guard the yachts moored at the pier. Automatic rifles are slung across their backs. But they seem relaxed and not very alert. The light is on in one of the three yachts.

30-YEAR-OLD WAITER

The only thing that troubles me is

when someone orders something and

then they insist they ordered

something else. For example,

someone says they want an espresso

and then say they didn’t order an

espresso but a cappuccino and get

all rude about it and annoyed. I

find that quite troubling.

50-YEAR-OLD WAITER

In situations like that you need to

be polite and make them realise

their mistake. If this gets you

nowhere then take back their

espresso and bring them a

cappuccino, that way you avoid any

hassle. If the problem doesn’t go

away, if they use physical violence

or if they continue to change what

they asked you for, you just have

to speak with the manager.

Understood?

30-YEAR-OLD WAITER

Yes.

David walks towards them. He hides the tranquilliser gun behind his back.

50-YEAR-OLD WAITER

Room number and reason for being

out, please.

David swiftly shoots them both with the tranquilliser gun. They fall down unconscious.