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

David exposes Limping Man’s fake nosebleeds; the couple beat him, Elizabeth urges her mother to kill him, and Limping Man lets him escape.

Scene 91 of 123 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Limping Man
Nosebleed Woman
Elizabeth
David

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:05 into a 1:28 film

The story so farBefore scene 91

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 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
David approaches two pier guards as they discuss handling complaints, then tranquillises them; both fall unconscious.
Scene 91
This scene

91INT. YACHT - EVENING

David climbs aboard the yacht. He carefully looks through the cabin window. Limping Man and Nosebleed Woman wear identical nautical striped outfits. His is stained with blood. Their child, Elizabeth, also sits with them.

LIMPING MAN

A basketball weighs between 550 and

650 grams. Did you know that?

NOSEBLEED WOMAN

No, I didn’t know that.

LIMPING MAN

Yes. It’s weight is different for

men’s and women’s games, but that’s

roughly how much they weigh. Do you

know how much a volleyball weighs?

ELIZABETH

No, but I’d love to find out.

David startles them, appearing behind the little girl. He sits down beside them at the table and places the gun next to him.

DAVID

Good evening.

He takes a glass from in front of Limping Man and the knife from next to the little girl’s plate and taps the glass with the knife.

DAVID (CONT’D)

I have an announcement to make. His

nose doesn’t really bleed on its

own. He bangs it against a wall or

a piece of wood or some other hard

surface, or else he cuts it with a

pen knife while you aren’t looking.

So the answer to the question “Are

you suited?” is 100% “No, you’re

not”.

ELIZABETH

Shut up. Dad, tell him to leave.

I’m sleepy.

DAVID

I’m sure that the stain on his t-

shirt is not blood but cherry juice

or tomato ketchup or red

watercolour paint or something like

that.

Limping Man and Nosebleed Woman get up and start to hit him.