Phil calls Tony and complains that he's hard to reach. Tony gets right to the point and asks Phil just to do business with him. Phil expresses his condolences, and Tony hangs up on him and tosses the phone aside.
AJ goes back to his shrink, back to wearing all black and speaking in monosyllables. The shrink asks what exactly happened this week to cause the change in demeanor, and AJ doesn't tell him about the beating. He scowls and says, "You know people walk around like this is all something. They're fucking laughing. Nobody takes even one second to think about what's really going on." The shrink thinks AJ sounds depressed again. AJ wonders how anyone could not be depressed, given how fucked up everything is. He starts crying and asks, "Why can't we all just get along?" Oh, AJ. Such a sensitive Rodney King soul.
Tony and Sonya take peyote in her apartment. While they wait for it to kick in, they start making out. Suddenly, Tony is in the bathroom, puking his guts out. He looks up at the light in the bathroom and grins.
Later, Tony and Sonya wander through the hotel lobby and casino, fascinated by the lights and noises. I don't have any experience with such things, but I would imagine a casino would be, like, the worst place to be while tripping. Tony focuses in one a picture of a devil on one of the machines. Hmm. What does that mean? Tony goes back to the roulette table, but to him, it seems like the wheel is spinning very slowly. He tells Sonya that "it's the same principle as the solar system." Tony keeps winning and winning, and his stack of chips grows and grows. Suddenly, Tony says, "He's dead!" And then he starts guffawing so hard that he falls on the casino floor. So are they saying that life is totally random chance, like a roulette wheel, and the only way to enjoy it is to medicate yourself?
A dump truck backs up to some wetlands at dawn. The driver dumps the asbestos-filled load into the marsh.
Tony and Sonya are sitting in the desert, watching the sunrise. Tony stares at the sun, which seems to pulse and blink at him. He stands up and yells, "I GET IT!" He starts laughing and crying at the same time. What does it all mean?













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