The Movie In Your Mind

"**The Movie in Your Mind**" is the second episode of the Paramount+ American erotic psychological thriller miniseries *Fatal Attraction*. It aired on April 30, 2023 alongside the other episodes "Pilot" & "The Watchful Heart" respectively. It is also the series premiere.

## Synopsis

*In the past, an intensely passionate connection turns sour when Dan realizes Alex wants more from him than the impression she's been giving. In the present Dan's loved ones reel from his reappearance in their lives; Dan and Mike are reunited and Ellen discusses her hopes for her relationship with Dan with her therapist.*

## Plot

Dan and Alex are mucking it up over dinner. One of the fellow attorneys comes over to ask him why he is busting his balls on a case. Upon his leaving, Alex leaves him a note saying she went to another bar. The two begin to peel back more layers of each other. Their dinner abruptly ends with sprinklers going off at the restaurant, leading them to head back to her place. Although he tries to leave, he quickly goes back to Alex’s place, where they have sex.

With Beth out of town, this affair continues with the duo heading to the beach only to return to her place for even more of a good time. After a weekend of fun, Beth and Ellen are back in town from their trip.

In the present, an older Ellen is talking to her therapist about her relationship with her father. She is uncertain how to feel or what to do with her confusing relationship.

In the past, one of the men on trial in Dan’s case is guilty, but Alex breaks the news to him. They leave his office to head to the top of the building, where they begin to kiss again until she proceeds to go down on him.

Present day Dan is talking to Mike about finding his case file and where he can find it. Of course, being very good friends, he is more than open to helping him. Mike heads over to talk with Ellen at Beth’s house. They sit down to discuss his plan to help Dan uncover the facts that prove he didn’t kill Alex. Beth questions why they have to help him but says Dan didn’t do it and hopes they can win this time.

In the past, Mike meets Alex for the first time while he and Dan are at dinner together discussing a case. He begins questioning his relationship with Alex, and Dan gets super defensive. After another time of sleeping together, Dan says that he should go, but Alex wants him to stay. He tries to tell her that he didn’t think this was how they were doing things (meaning anything more than a fling). Before he could go, she asks him, “How many do you think it would take?”

Of course, Dan is confused, but she reveals that she took multiple bottles of pills. He rushes her to the hospital and tells her they won’t be able to control what’s next. Alex’s games quickly turn against her because he mentions there is no turning back once they go through those doors. The police are called to them, revealing that if there are or aren’t any drugs in her system, either way, she will lose her job. He called her bluff, and she quickly revealed she just wanted to go home.

Ellen, as it turned out had been on her dad’s side of town, lurking around for him. While she starts to walk down the street and is listening to a podcast, she is hit by someone riding on a scooter. Her dad isn’t too far off in the distance and sees what happened and comforts her, which puts this massive smile on her face. After returning to Alex’s house, Dan asks her if she wants him to stay, but she tells him to go. Dan then takes a walk of shame out of the place, slowly realizing the massive mess that he has created.

## Cast and characters

### Starring

* Lizzy Caplan as Alex Forrest
* Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher
* Amanda Peet as Beth Gallagher
* Alyssa Jirrels as Ellen Gallagher
* Toby Huss as Mike Gerard
* Reno Wilson as Detective Earl Booker
* Brian Goodman as Arthur Tomlinson

### Guest-starring:

* Toks Olagundoye as Conchita Lewis
* David Sullivan as Frank Gallardo
* Vivien Lyra Blair as Young Ellen
* David Meunier as Richard Macksey
* Christina Kirk as Angela

### Co-starring:

* Jesse Mackey as Rodney Scanlon
* Jason Jia as Damien Habalo
* Ariel Llinas as Al Jollett
* Anthony L. Fernandez as Det. Suarez

## Gallery

### Promotional Videos

Fatal Attraction - Up Close And Personal With Episode 2 - Paramount+
## External links

* The Movie In Your Mind on the Internet Movie Database

## References

1. ↑ The Movie In Your Mind - Paramount Press Express
2. ↑ PARAMOUNT+ ANNOUNCES “FATAL ATTRACTION” ORDERED TO SERIES - Paramount Press Express
3. ↑ JOSHUA JACKSON JOINS PARAMOUNT+ ORIGINAL SERIES “FATAL ATTRACTION” - Paramount Press Express
4. ↑ ‘Fatal Attraction’: Amanda Peet Joins Lizzy Caplan & Joshua Jackson In Paramount+ Series - Deadline
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 ALYSSA JIRRELS, TOBY HUSS, RENO WILSON AND BRIAN GOODMAN JOIN PARAMOUNT+ ORIGINAL SERIES “FATAL ATTRACTION” - Paramount Press Express