1 00:00:14,708 --> 00:00:16,291 Come on. Come on. 2 00:00:18,583 --> 00:00:20,791 Come on. Come back. 3 00:00:22,458 --> 00:00:24,375 Come on, Anya. Come on. 4 00:00:37,166 --> 00:00:38,166 Hey. 5 00:00:38,250 --> 00:00:39,125 Jesus, Anya. 6 00:00:39,208 --> 00:00:41,625 Hey, hey, hey. Are you okay? 7 00:00:42,541 --> 00:00:43,708 Are you okay? 8 00:00:45,833 --> 00:00:46,666 What's wrong? 9 00:00:48,958 --> 00:00:52,291 Do you see it? It's right there! 10 00:00:52,375 --> 00:00:53,208 It's right there! 11 00:00:59,416 --> 00:01:00,833 It was an overdose. 12 00:01:01,416 --> 00:01:03,291 She was apparently palming her pills. 13 00:01:03,958 --> 00:01:05,125 Self-medicating. 14 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,166 You didn't know this? 15 00:01:08,916 --> 00:01:11,541 Mark said when he got there… 16 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:17,416 I thought I heard him ask somebody about a do not resuscitate order. 17 00:01:18,625 --> 00:01:20,083 Did Anya have a DNR? 18 00:01:20,666 --> 00:01:23,500 -She didn't tell you about that. -Why didn't you tell me that? 19 00:01:24,750 --> 00:01:27,875 I'm her roommate. If anyone needs to know, it's… 20 00:01:30,291 --> 00:01:32,166 If I would have known, I wouldn't… 21 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:35,291 -I don't know. I would have… -Done the same thing, I hope. 22 00:01:37,708 --> 00:01:41,125 A DNR doesn't mean do not treat. 23 00:01:42,583 --> 00:01:46,583 I always say that Brightcliffe is about agency and it is. 24 00:01:47,291 --> 00:01:50,416 But, Ilonka, we won't stand by 25 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:53,291 and watch someone overdose on their own meds. 26 00:01:53,875 --> 00:01:56,000 I'm so glad you didn't either. 27 00:01:56,083 --> 00:01:57,541 You did the right thing. 28 00:02:04,208 --> 00:02:05,250 I'm sorry. 29 00:02:06,875 --> 00:02:07,916 I didn't know. 30 00:02:08,791 --> 00:02:11,583 I didn't know and I shouldn't have… 31 00:02:12,791 --> 00:02:14,166 I shouldn't have interfered. 32 00:02:14,250 --> 00:02:15,708 I'm sorry, Anya. 33 00:02:17,833 --> 00:02:19,041 It's okay. 34 00:02:19,875 --> 00:02:20,958 How are you? 35 00:02:23,208 --> 00:02:24,333 Are you okay? 36 00:02:26,083 --> 00:02:28,500 You know, I don't know if you remember, but… 37 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:33,458 you were really hysterical when you came to… 38 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:37,125 You asked me if I could see something. 39 00:02:38,250 --> 00:02:39,958 What did you see, Anya? 40 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:45,333 I was high. 41 00:02:46,541 --> 00:02:48,583 -I didn't see anything. -You did, though. 42 00:02:49,583 --> 00:02:53,166 You… You talked about something Rachel said toward the end. 43 00:02:53,958 --> 00:02:57,208 -Something about a shadow. -No… shadow. 44 00:02:58,166 --> 00:02:59,291 It's bullshit. 45 00:03:00,083 --> 00:03:01,208 You understand? 46 00:03:02,541 --> 00:03:03,625 I didn't see it. 47 00:03:05,291 --> 00:03:06,250 I was high. 48 00:03:16,250 --> 00:03:17,333 Ilonka. 49 00:03:22,208 --> 00:03:24,166 How are you doing? You okay? 50 00:03:27,125 --> 00:03:28,375 I don't know. 51 00:03:29,250 --> 00:03:31,416 I can imagine how you must feel right now. 52 00:03:33,041 --> 00:03:36,416 But you… you got to be kind to yourself. 53 00:03:37,666 --> 00:03:39,208 Yeah, it's easier said than done. 54 00:03:40,833 --> 00:03:42,083 Come here for a sec. 55 00:03:44,083 --> 00:03:46,083 Just a sec. It's cool. Come on. 56 00:03:58,958 --> 00:04:00,125 What was that? 57 00:04:00,708 --> 00:04:01,666 Nothing. 58 00:04:15,083 --> 00:04:19,250 The Paragon Diary belonged to a girl who called herself Athena. 59 00:04:20,458 --> 00:04:22,833 She was 16 when she escaped. 60 00:04:22,916 --> 00:04:24,541 And this is her story. 61 00:04:26,291 --> 00:04:29,666 Cults were a big thing in America in the '20s and '30s, 62 00:04:29,750 --> 00:04:31,750 and huge in the '40s. 63 00:04:31,833 --> 00:04:33,458 The Psychiana Movement, 64 00:04:33,541 --> 00:04:36,958 the Silver Legion and the I AM Sect got the headlines, 65 00:04:37,541 --> 00:04:40,666 but the Paragon was the most tragic of them all. 66 00:04:41,541 --> 00:04:44,666 It was started in 1931 by Regina Ballard, 67 00:04:44,750 --> 00:04:46,541 who would later call herself Aceso, 68 00:04:46,625 --> 00:04:48,416 after the Greek goddess of healing, 69 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:51,125 which makes a sad kind of sense. 70 00:04:51,208 --> 00:04:54,208 Her husband died of pneumonia and her son died of polio, 71 00:04:54,291 --> 00:04:57,416 so she started the group as a new age health philosophy, 72 00:04:57,500 --> 00:05:01,000 just a naturopathic alternative to the medical establishment. 73 00:05:01,083 --> 00:05:03,166 But it changed into something else. 74 00:05:03,250 --> 00:05:06,500 Aceso was obsessed with the ancient Greek goddesses, 75 00:05:06,583 --> 00:05:09,041 in particular the Five Sisters. 76 00:05:09,833 --> 00:05:12,791 Panacea, the goddess of universal health. 77 00:05:12,875 --> 00:05:15,625 Hygeia, goddess of cleanliness. 78 00:05:15,708 --> 00:05:18,583 Iaso, goddess of recuperation. 79 00:05:18,666 --> 00:05:21,125 Aglaea, goddess of beauty. 80 00:05:21,208 --> 00:05:26,000 And Aceso, her namesake, goddess of the healing process. 81 00:05:26,541 --> 00:05:28,041 With the right worship, 82 00:05:28,125 --> 00:05:32,583 Aceso thought she could accomplish more than healthy living and healing sickness. 83 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:35,041 She picked a symbol that represented time, 84 00:05:35,541 --> 00:05:37,083 the hourglass, 85 00:05:37,166 --> 00:05:41,416 which could be turned over again, and again, and again. 86 00:05:42,125 --> 00:05:45,916 Aceso chose which members would represent the five sisters. 87 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,041 Outside of herself, of course. 88 00:05:48,125 --> 00:05:52,666 So they dug deeper into the god and goddess worship of the ancient world. 89 00:05:53,250 --> 00:05:55,250 Prayer wasn't enough anymore. 90 00:05:55,333 --> 00:05:56,875 Offerings weren't enough. 91 00:05:57,458 --> 00:06:01,500 She finally crossed the line into true ancient ritual, 92 00:06:01,583 --> 00:06:02,958 blood sacrifice. 93 00:06:05,833 --> 00:06:07,833 Athena was freaked by what she saw. 94 00:06:08,416 --> 00:06:12,333 She wasn't just any member. Aceso was her mom. 95 00:06:12,916 --> 00:06:15,083 She had watched her dad and her brother die, 96 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:17,333 and now she's watching her mom lose her mind. 97 00:06:17,916 --> 00:06:21,333 Athena begged her to stop to see how crazy she was getting. 98 00:06:22,125 --> 00:06:24,000 She knew she had to stop her mom. 99 00:06:24,083 --> 00:06:27,833 So Athena gathered the other children and snuck out in the middle of the night. 100 00:06:27,916 --> 00:06:30,791 She led them almost a mile to the nearest neighbor, 101 00:06:30,875 --> 00:06:32,208 and called the police. 102 00:06:33,250 --> 00:06:37,083 The police went back but couldn't find anyone, anywhere. 103 00:06:37,666 --> 00:06:41,458 Until they finally listened to Athena and checked the basement. 104 00:06:41,541 --> 00:06:44,833 The basement that had a secret button in the elevator. 105 00:06:48,916 --> 00:06:50,666 All of the adults were dead. 106 00:06:51,250 --> 00:06:53,666 Poisoned. All except one. 107 00:06:58,916 --> 00:07:01,458 Aceso swore it was an accident. 108 00:07:01,541 --> 00:07:05,416 Said she'd gathered the wrong plants for the tea they drank in their rituals. 109 00:07:06,458 --> 00:07:07,875 But that was just a story. 110 00:07:08,541 --> 00:07:11,666 Because Athena says her mom knew exactly what she was doing. 111 00:07:13,375 --> 00:07:15,750 Her mom told her something big was coming. 112 00:07:15,833 --> 00:07:18,458 A blood sacrifice the goddesses wouldn't ignore. 113 00:07:19,291 --> 00:07:23,625 The blood sacrifice that would give her a long, long life. 114 00:07:24,250 --> 00:07:25,458 Five goddesses? 115 00:07:25,541 --> 00:07:27,166 The five sisters. 116 00:07:28,375 --> 00:07:29,541 They're Greek? 117 00:07:29,625 --> 00:07:33,791 Well, these names are. Panacea, Iaso, Aceso. 118 00:07:33,875 --> 00:07:36,000 But see, in Rome, they were different. 119 00:07:36,083 --> 00:07:40,708 They were Carna, Feronia, Valetudo, Cardea, Fabrice. 120 00:07:41,333 --> 00:07:44,291 In Egypt, they were Sekhmet, Isis, Serqet. 121 00:07:44,791 --> 00:07:46,500 Same things, different names. 122 00:07:47,291 --> 00:07:49,083 It's fucked up is what it is. 123 00:07:50,250 --> 00:07:53,875 Poisoning people because of some bullshit old stories? 124 00:07:54,666 --> 00:07:57,166 Well, she really thought it could make her live longer. 125 00:07:57,250 --> 00:07:58,458 Did it work? 126 00:07:58,541 --> 00:08:02,291 Aceso dropped off the radar after and went to her real name, 127 00:08:02,375 --> 00:08:04,791 so I don't know how long she lived. 128 00:08:05,375 --> 00:08:06,625 What about her daughter, Athena? 129 00:08:07,291 --> 00:08:08,833 Well, that wasn't her real name either. 130 00:08:08,916 --> 00:08:12,041 And she definitely got out of here as fast as she could. 131 00:08:13,291 --> 00:08:14,583 But left the journal? 132 00:08:14,666 --> 00:08:18,541 And Julia Jayne found it, and read it, and hid it in the library 133 00:08:19,041 --> 00:08:21,916 and left those numbers for someone else to find it. 134 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:22,958 Why, though? 135 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:26,625 Well, we know that Brightcliffe was empty after the Paragon. 136 00:08:27,166 --> 00:08:29,541 Empty still Stanton bought it in '66. 137 00:08:30,041 --> 00:08:32,291 And she cleaned a lot of it out but missed some stuff. 138 00:08:32,833 --> 00:08:34,083 The journal, the basement. 139 00:08:34,166 --> 00:08:37,083 And along comes Julia Jayne and she finds both of them. 140 00:08:37,875 --> 00:08:39,750 She reads Athena's diary, which talks a lot 141 00:08:39,833 --> 00:08:41,333 about what they actually did. 142 00:08:41,416 --> 00:08:43,250 In pretty specific detail. 143 00:08:43,333 --> 00:08:45,541 She starts the Midnight Club in the basement 144 00:08:46,333 --> 00:08:47,833 and walks out of here, cured. 145 00:08:47,916 --> 00:08:48,916 I don't know. 146 00:08:49,625 --> 00:08:55,041 I mean, I've tried some crazy stuff. Like really crazy stuff. 147 00:08:56,458 --> 00:08:58,041 Honestly, I tried just about anything 148 00:08:58,125 --> 00:09:00,750 because I don't want to die any more than the rest of us do but-- 149 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:02,041 It isn't about believing. 150 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,583 I know that the Paragon was here in Brightcliffe. 151 00:09:06,666 --> 00:09:09,458 And they slept in our beds. They sat at our tables. 152 00:09:09,541 --> 00:09:10,916 They walked in our halls. 153 00:09:12,125 --> 00:09:14,291 And thanks to Athena, I know what they believed. 154 00:09:15,291 --> 00:09:17,333 I know that Julia found that journal. 155 00:09:18,708 --> 00:09:20,833 I know the Midnight Club met in the same place 156 00:09:20,916 --> 00:09:22,583 that the Paragon did the rituals. 157 00:09:23,708 --> 00:09:25,875 And I know Julia walked out of here, cured. 158 00:09:30,583 --> 00:09:31,791 So, what do you wanna do? 159 00:09:32,958 --> 00:09:36,000 Go gather some poisonous berries, throw in a couple of togas? 160 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,208 Togas aren't Greek. 161 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:45,708 Thank you. 162 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Hello, gorgeous. 163 00:09:54,666 --> 00:09:56,041 What did you get? 164 00:09:56,125 --> 00:10:00,291 My mom, she's shooting a movie right now, and she's working with Molly Blake. 165 00:10:00,375 --> 00:10:01,250 You know who that is? 166 00:10:01,958 --> 00:10:03,958 Is that an actress? 167 00:10:04,041 --> 00:10:06,666 Nope. She's a wig maker. 168 00:10:07,291 --> 00:10:09,291 And not just a wig maker. She's… 169 00:10:10,916 --> 00:10:12,833 the wig maker. 170 00:10:12,916 --> 00:10:16,375 She's made wigs that cost more than a hundred thousand dollars. 171 00:10:16,458 --> 00:10:19,000 And she just worships my mom. 172 00:10:19,083 --> 00:10:23,250 She's worn her stuff for like, four movies and, like, 400 red carpets. 173 00:10:23,333 --> 00:10:28,083 So I send her the sizes, and she resizes one of her showroom pieces… 174 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:31,166 and voila. 175 00:10:31,250 --> 00:10:33,375 -Wow, that's… -I know. 176 00:10:33,458 --> 00:10:36,500 And she did this one based on pictures of me before chemo. 177 00:10:37,083 --> 00:10:40,166 And this new one, it's even better, I think. 178 00:10:40,250 --> 00:10:43,916 -Uh, that's really great. -And I think, honestly, 179 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,500 you and me might be the only two people in the world 180 00:10:46,583 --> 00:10:49,416 who got an original Molly Blake without having to fly to Italy. 181 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:51,041 Wait. What? 182 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,541 Oh, yeah. This is for you. 183 00:10:55,541 --> 00:10:57,208 That's why I measured your head last week. 184 00:10:58,125 --> 00:11:00,250 And that's why I broke into your room while you were sleeping 185 00:11:00,333 --> 00:11:01,833 and stole those pictures of you. 186 00:11:03,083 --> 00:11:04,833 -Wait, you what? -Try it on. 187 00:11:07,666 --> 00:11:10,416 -Put your fingers up. -Like this? 188 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:11,458 There you go. 189 00:11:11,541 --> 00:11:13,416 Okay. You can let go. 190 00:11:15,708 --> 00:11:18,041 See that face? Beautiful face. 191 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,166 Oh, yeah. 192 00:11:21,875 --> 00:11:22,958 There it is. 193 00:11:30,375 --> 00:11:31,500 I… I don't… 194 00:11:32,708 --> 00:11:35,041 -I mean, I don't know how to thank you. -You're welcome. 195 00:11:39,583 --> 00:11:40,541 Why? 196 00:11:42,458 --> 00:11:43,708 Because you mentioned it. 197 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,375 You look great. 198 00:12:04,083 --> 00:12:08,625 We are gathered here today to celebrate Amesh's death day. 199 00:12:08,708 --> 00:12:10,666 -Yes! 200 00:12:11,916 --> 00:12:14,416 A day he was not supposed to reach. 201 00:12:15,416 --> 00:12:18,416 A year ago, a bunch of doctors told him he had a year to live. 202 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:22,666 A year ago, today, and here we are. 203 00:12:23,375 --> 00:12:25,708 Here he is. Stubborn motherfucker. 204 00:12:25,791 --> 00:12:28,375 Don't adlib. Don't… Just read what's there. 205 00:12:31,166 --> 00:12:32,708 Sorry. I'm late. 206 00:12:34,125 --> 00:12:35,958 No, that's okay. We just got started. 207 00:12:39,833 --> 00:12:43,000 Amesh's brain has been eating itself for a long time. 208 00:12:43,083 --> 00:12:45,833 That glioblastoma is an asshole. 209 00:12:45,916 --> 00:12:48,541 Uh, you're just speaking from the heart spontaneously, aren't you? 210 00:12:48,625 --> 00:12:53,583 An asshole that took this beautiful, brilliant, handsome man 211 00:12:54,083 --> 00:12:55,750 and gave him all the seizures? 212 00:12:55,833 --> 00:12:58,750 If he drinks alcohol, he could have a seizure. 213 00:12:58,833 --> 00:13:00,916 If he takes an aspirin, he could have a seizure. 214 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,875 To be blunt, if this man breathes too hard, 215 00:13:02,958 --> 00:13:04,166 he could have a seizure. 216 00:13:04,250 --> 00:13:06,375 -His shit just don't work. 217 00:13:07,083 --> 00:13:08,083 And yet… 218 00:13:09,291 --> 00:13:10,416 He thrives. 219 00:13:16,333 --> 00:13:20,291 -And now, your funeral suit, please. -Oh, yes. 220 00:13:21,583 --> 00:13:24,458 -Oh, come on. -Whoo! 221 00:13:28,625 --> 00:13:30,166 -Yes! -Oh, wow. 222 00:13:32,083 --> 00:13:35,333 Look at those socks. It's all coming off. 223 00:13:35,416 --> 00:13:36,291 Nice. 224 00:13:37,208 --> 00:13:38,958 -Oh… 225 00:13:39,041 --> 00:13:40,041 So… 226 00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:56,541 I was gonna be buried in this suit today. 227 00:13:58,250 --> 00:13:59,541 Um… 228 00:13:59,625 --> 00:14:01,458 It's the one my parents picked, and… 229 00:14:02,791 --> 00:14:04,958 I'm told it's a nice one, but… 230 00:14:06,125 --> 00:14:08,041 I can tell, it's not me. 231 00:14:09,541 --> 00:14:10,750 Spencer. 232 00:14:16,375 --> 00:14:21,500 Oh, yes, this is the shirt that I would actually like to be sent off. 233 00:14:23,208 --> 00:14:24,041 So… 234 00:14:30,166 --> 00:14:31,208 See you later. 235 00:14:56,500 --> 00:14:58,000 Thanks for being you, Amesh. 236 00:14:58,791 --> 00:14:59,833 Hear, hear. 237 00:15:00,541 --> 00:15:01,875 Glad you're with us, my man. 238 00:15:05,750 --> 00:15:07,333 Well, that's done. 239 00:15:08,750 --> 00:15:09,875 Shall we party? 240 00:15:12,583 --> 00:15:16,000 These are really special… brownies. 241 00:15:16,541 --> 00:15:19,458 Getting high was on your BID list. 242 00:15:19,541 --> 00:15:21,708 Uh, we had to make it happen. 243 00:15:25,250 --> 00:15:26,250 Here you go. 244 00:15:28,083 --> 00:15:30,208 -What's this? -Open it, fool. 245 00:15:36,541 --> 00:15:37,541 What the… 246 00:15:39,958 --> 00:15:42,333 How did you… This isn't up for months. 247 00:15:42,416 --> 00:15:46,083 My dad's working in Japan right now, and he knows a lot of people at Sony. 248 00:15:46,166 --> 00:15:49,500 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 249 00:15:49,583 --> 00:15:51,125 -Oh! -Okay. Okay. 250 00:15:51,958 --> 00:15:53,833 Do you all think Stanton smokes weed? 251 00:15:53,916 --> 00:15:55,125 -Yes. -Yes. 252 00:15:55,208 --> 00:15:56,666 -You really think so? -Mm-hm. 253 00:15:56,750 --> 00:15:58,666 She bought this place. 254 00:15:59,666 --> 00:16:02,333 So, yeah, one's gotta have some kind of escape. 255 00:16:03,083 --> 00:16:06,583 And she doesn't strike me as a drunk, but weed, makes sense. 256 00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:08,708 Maybe she's super evil, 257 00:16:09,708 --> 00:16:13,083 and she really just started this place so she could watch other people suffer 258 00:16:13,166 --> 00:16:17,166 or maybe even siphon off our life force and put our souls into dolls. 259 00:16:17,250 --> 00:16:19,000 And late at night, she talks to those dolls, 260 00:16:19,083 --> 00:16:20,416 makes them do tricks, 261 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:23,416 and the dolls have to escape but they're way too short 262 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:24,666 to reach the doorknob. 263 00:16:30,541 --> 00:16:33,291 -Well, now, I'm thinking about it. -That is a good point. 264 00:16:34,916 --> 00:16:36,916 Do we really know where these bodies go? 265 00:16:37,666 --> 00:16:40,541 What if it's like Hansel and Gretel, but also like Sweeney Todd? 266 00:16:40,625 --> 00:16:43,458 And she… she lured us here with our sicknesses 267 00:16:43,541 --> 00:16:45,166 just to bake us into pies. 268 00:16:46,041 --> 00:16:48,458 -Sandra is high, y'all. 269 00:16:48,541 --> 00:16:50,875 Like, death pie high. 270 00:16:51,791 --> 00:16:55,125 Oh, my god. I'm going to tell a story called Death Pie High. 271 00:16:55,208 --> 00:17:00,250 And it's about a high school lunch lady catering a pep rally 272 00:17:00,333 --> 00:17:02,000 and getting revenge for a bake sale scandal, 273 00:17:02,083 --> 00:17:04,583 and holy shit, it is writing itself. 274 00:17:08,333 --> 00:17:10,250 I'm glad you finally emerged from your cave. 275 00:17:12,041 --> 00:17:14,583 Keep your distance. I'm sure I smell bad. 276 00:17:15,166 --> 00:17:16,833 Oh, you don't smell bad. 277 00:17:22,291 --> 00:17:25,083 Okay. You smell bad, but I… I've smelled worse. 278 00:17:25,750 --> 00:17:27,666 And I've smelled worse. 279 00:17:29,750 --> 00:17:31,000 I don't blame you, though. 280 00:17:31,875 --> 00:17:33,500 You've been in your room for a while. 281 00:17:35,291 --> 00:17:37,708 Dr. Stanton told me I have… 282 00:17:38,541 --> 00:17:40,208 like, clinical depression. 283 00:17:41,750 --> 00:17:42,958 I can't imagine why. 284 00:17:46,791 --> 00:17:49,125 My mom thought I was doing it for attention. 285 00:17:51,291 --> 00:17:52,250 Or… 286 00:17:53,541 --> 00:17:55,041 acting out because of my dad. 287 00:17:57,875 --> 00:18:01,333 I… I didn't know till I was here that 288 00:18:02,166 --> 00:18:03,583 there was a real name for it. 289 00:18:05,125 --> 00:18:08,708 Dr. Stanton told me, maybe that's why I have not… 290 00:18:09,916 --> 00:18:14,958 felt stuff sometimes or most times. 291 00:18:19,708 --> 00:18:24,333 I think with what happened to Anya that… 292 00:18:25,916 --> 00:18:27,208 it got me low again. 293 00:18:31,458 --> 00:18:34,875 I'm so fucking scared I'm gonna die before I see my parents again. 294 00:18:37,125 --> 00:18:38,791 I've been really scared all week. 295 00:18:40,291 --> 00:18:41,500 All month, actually. 296 00:18:43,208 --> 00:18:46,416 All about today. Like how I wouldn't make it. 297 00:18:49,291 --> 00:18:51,833 So, you're not dead. 298 00:18:54,083 --> 00:18:55,208 That's a good thing. 299 00:18:58,250 --> 00:18:59,375 What are you gonna do? 300 00:19:01,750 --> 00:19:04,083 There's only two things that I've actually… 301 00:19:04,916 --> 00:19:05,958 really… 302 00:19:07,541 --> 00:19:08,833 really wanted… 303 00:19:09,625 --> 00:19:12,458 is to get the girl and… 304 00:19:14,041 --> 00:19:15,125 save the world. 305 00:19:16,625 --> 00:19:17,541 Oh. 306 00:19:18,291 --> 00:19:19,666 Is that all? 307 00:19:19,750 --> 00:19:21,958 That's all. Yeah. 308 00:19:23,291 --> 00:19:24,958 And I don't know if I'll ever do that. 309 00:19:27,375 --> 00:19:28,500 I don't know if I can. 310 00:19:29,791 --> 00:19:32,708 I don't know if I should, you know. 311 00:19:59,416 --> 00:20:02,708 Okay. Time to fuck off, evil brownie. 312 00:23:05,208 --> 00:23:06,083 Hello? 313 00:23:07,750 --> 00:23:09,166 -Shit. -Jesus. 314 00:23:09,250 --> 00:23:11,041 -Shit. 315 00:23:14,416 --> 00:23:15,750 Are you okay? 316 00:23:15,833 --> 00:23:17,500 Did you just come in here? 317 00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:21,000 Yeah. 318 00:23:22,583 --> 00:23:23,708 Why? 319 00:23:27,041 --> 00:23:28,666 Because it's midnight. 320 00:23:31,250 --> 00:23:32,583 Fire's ready, folks. 321 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:39,916 Did you hear that music? 322 00:23:41,291 --> 00:23:43,875 -What music? -I don't know, actually. 323 00:23:43,958 --> 00:23:44,958 Well… 324 00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:50,000 you must have found a really, really special brownie. 325 00:23:50,750 --> 00:23:51,791 What did you see? 326 00:23:52,750 --> 00:23:53,958 There was a woman… 327 00:23:55,458 --> 00:23:56,958 standing over Anya. 328 00:23:57,041 --> 00:23:58,416 Oh, shit. 329 00:23:58,500 --> 00:23:59,916 You're still high. 330 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,458 I'm still high. 331 00:24:02,666 --> 00:24:04,875 I am. Sandra is almost asleep. 332 00:24:05,833 --> 00:24:06,916 I don't know, though. 333 00:24:07,833 --> 00:24:11,875 I didn't want to say anything just because, I don't know, 334 00:24:11,958 --> 00:24:13,833 I thought maybe I imagined it. 335 00:24:13,916 --> 00:24:15,750 But a few nights ago, 336 00:24:16,833 --> 00:24:19,625 I heard someone calling my name out of the intercom speaker 337 00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:21,000 in the recovery wing. 338 00:24:22,666 --> 00:24:24,166 I had Mark open the door. 339 00:24:25,750 --> 00:24:28,083 -No one was there. -What did it sound like? 340 00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:30,916 -Yeah, was it a voice you recognize? -I'm not even sure I heard it, 341 00:24:32,208 --> 00:24:36,625 and I didn't want to bring it up, and you know, sound all weird for nothing. 342 00:24:36,708 --> 00:24:38,041 Maybe it was a sign… 343 00:24:39,125 --> 00:24:40,916 telling me that you're okay. 344 00:24:42,416 --> 00:24:44,833 There's a heaven. There's a place to go. 345 00:24:46,333 --> 00:24:48,125 You guys know what Anya would say, right? 346 00:24:49,541 --> 00:24:53,750 She'd say, if it was a ghost or a sign, 347 00:24:54,541 --> 00:24:56,000 if they could say "Spence," 348 00:24:57,333 --> 00:24:58,875 they could say something else, too. 349 00:24:59,833 --> 00:25:01,250 I don't think she's coming. 350 00:25:03,083 --> 00:25:04,041 Really? 351 00:25:05,041 --> 00:25:06,625 She was asleep when I left. 352 00:25:06,708 --> 00:25:07,791 Should we even do this tonight? 353 00:25:07,875 --> 00:25:10,333 I mean, if we're still high and we're still freaked out, 354 00:25:10,416 --> 00:25:12,500 -then I totally understand. -Oh, we're doing it. 355 00:25:12,583 --> 00:25:15,958 You plan this day to the letter, and you said it ended in your story. 356 00:25:16,041 --> 00:25:18,041 And unless you want to hear Death Pie High 357 00:25:18,125 --> 00:25:20,166 which I'm totally committing to, by the way, 358 00:25:20,250 --> 00:25:21,791 I suggest you step up. 359 00:25:22,375 --> 00:25:26,083 So a little twist on the toast tonight. Um… 360 00:25:27,625 --> 00:25:29,041 I want a toast to… 361 00:25:31,291 --> 00:25:32,625 I want to toast to days. 362 00:25:34,375 --> 00:25:36,416 Thinking about the day that we've all had, 363 00:25:37,708 --> 00:25:39,833 the day that somebody told us that we were gonna die. 364 00:25:41,375 --> 00:25:47,000 I wanna toast to those days before and to those after. 365 00:25:48,666 --> 00:25:51,708 To those before, to those after. 366 00:25:52,416 --> 00:25:55,166 To these days now and to those days beyond. 367 00:25:55,875 --> 00:25:59,500 To these days now, and to those days beyond. 368 00:25:59,583 --> 00:26:01,750 Seen or unseen, here but not here. 369 00:26:02,583 --> 00:26:05,833 Seen or unseen, here but not here. 370 00:26:06,708 --> 00:26:07,791 To all those days. 371 00:26:09,666 --> 00:26:10,666 All of them. 372 00:26:21,916 --> 00:26:23,458 My story is called See You Later. 373 00:26:24,541 --> 00:26:28,458 And it doesn't have things that go bump in the night. 374 00:26:29,333 --> 00:26:32,583 But it does have things, a few things, in fact, 375 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:35,500 that scare me. 376 00:26:39,541 --> 00:26:43,583 Luke loves video games. Quite a programmer too. 377 00:26:43,666 --> 00:26:46,250 Already designing strategy games from his basement. 378 00:26:46,333 --> 00:26:50,166 But lately the only thing on his mind is the girl at the counter. 379 00:26:50,250 --> 00:26:52,375 He's come in every afternoon for the past two weeks, 380 00:26:52,458 --> 00:26:54,500 trying to find the guts to talk to her. 381 00:26:56,541 --> 00:26:58,500 And today's the day he's gonna talk to the girl. 382 00:27:00,291 --> 00:27:03,916 It's also the day he's gonna kill the whole world. 383 00:27:10,166 --> 00:27:12,291 I was wondering when you were gonna pull the trigger. 384 00:27:12,916 --> 00:27:14,083 You played it? 385 00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:16,333 Nah, I'm into strategy mostly. 386 00:27:16,416 --> 00:27:17,750 That's my thing, too. 387 00:27:18,458 --> 00:27:20,958 Then why are you buying Broadsword? 388 00:27:26,166 --> 00:27:27,458 Did you know I, um… 389 00:27:28,291 --> 00:27:30,833 -design games? -Yeah? 390 00:27:30,916 --> 00:27:32,458 Strategy games, actually. 391 00:27:32,541 --> 00:27:35,083 Um, I'm working on this one, Starlight Crystal. 392 00:27:35,166 --> 00:27:38,208 Um, I actually wanted to ask you 393 00:27:38,291 --> 00:27:41,375 if you wanted to go out, um, to a movie with me. 394 00:27:42,250 --> 00:27:45,333 Um, I'm actually seeing someone right now. 395 00:27:46,291 --> 00:27:49,375 We just made it exclusive a week ago, but I'm flattered. 396 00:27:50,458 --> 00:27:52,916 I'm Becky. It's nice to meet you. 397 00:27:54,708 --> 00:27:56,541 Nice to meet you too. I'm Luke. 398 00:27:57,125 --> 00:27:59,708 I'll put back Broadsword. 399 00:27:59,791 --> 00:28:01,375 -Don't want to buy this. 400 00:28:03,208 --> 00:28:04,708 Starlight Crystal. 401 00:28:07,083 --> 00:28:10,625 Sorry. I wasn't spying. I just overheard you. 402 00:28:11,208 --> 00:28:12,708 You said you design games. 403 00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:15,875 -Um, yeah, it's… -I don't mean to freak you out. 404 00:28:15,958 --> 00:28:18,416 No stranger danger. I'm Vincent from V-com. 405 00:28:19,875 --> 00:28:21,166 Sorry. I don't mean to intrude. 406 00:28:21,250 --> 00:28:22,791 It's just not every day I meet a high school kid 407 00:28:22,875 --> 00:28:24,375 who code strategy games. 408 00:28:25,458 --> 00:28:26,541 Tell me more. 409 00:28:26,625 --> 00:28:29,000 Vincent Beggs was a legend. 410 00:28:29,083 --> 00:28:31,666 Nobody ever knew what he looked like. Nobody ever saw him. 411 00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:36,958 He was just a coder, designer, hotshot, mysterious, genius, rock star, recluse. 412 00:28:37,041 --> 00:28:40,000 So when Vince offered to give him a sneak peek at his newest game, 413 00:28:40,083 --> 00:28:41,750 Luke didn't even think twice. 414 00:28:41,833 --> 00:28:43,250 Holy shit. 415 00:28:44,125 --> 00:28:45,166 You live here? 416 00:28:45,250 --> 00:28:46,916 This? Nah. 417 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,166 No. This is a rental just to finish the game. 418 00:28:50,791 --> 00:28:53,000 Check this out. 419 00:28:54,750 --> 00:28:56,083 Holy shit. 420 00:28:56,166 --> 00:28:58,083 This isn't next-gen, this is next millennium. 421 00:28:58,166 --> 00:29:00,666 What… what are these graphics? What's the engine? 422 00:29:00,750 --> 00:29:02,958 Near-future battle strategy. 423 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:09,791 This thing is… it's basically risk on steroids. 424 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:13,125 Nuclear arsenal has been moved to orbit. 425 00:29:13,208 --> 00:29:18,333 USA, Russia, China, India, all have orbital arsenals. 426 00:29:18,416 --> 00:29:22,291 You could start World War III, you could end World War III. 427 00:29:22,958 --> 00:29:24,333 Or you could end the world. 428 00:29:27,916 --> 00:29:31,458 First of 10,000 decisions. And this, this is the only easy one. 429 00:29:31,541 --> 00:29:34,416 How many weapon stations do you spin up? 430 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:37,166 All nine at once or start smaller? 431 00:29:37,250 --> 00:29:39,250 Play it safe one at a time. 432 00:29:40,208 --> 00:29:41,666 Assuming they don't get shot down. 433 00:29:46,125 --> 00:29:47,000 Good luck. 434 00:30:17,541 --> 00:30:19,625 First game last less than ten minutes. 435 00:30:19,708 --> 00:30:21,666 Complex is an understatement. 436 00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:25,083 Sovereign nation simulated perfectly, with response times, 437 00:30:25,166 --> 00:30:27,708 wild cards, technical advantages, and glitches, 438 00:30:27,791 --> 00:30:30,291 and array of weaponry, unheard of in gaming, 439 00:30:30,375 --> 00:30:34,541 and a complex global ecosystem that overwhelmed him at every turn. 440 00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:38,416 By midnight, he's seen a hundred nuclear holocausts, 441 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:43,458 burned the planet, and obliterated the human race, again, again, and again. 442 00:30:43,541 --> 00:30:45,958 In short, this game is impossible. 443 00:30:46,041 --> 00:30:47,333 This game is impossible. 444 00:30:47,416 --> 00:30:50,625 It's almost not a game. It's a proper simulation. 445 00:30:50,708 --> 00:30:54,875 I… I got to factor in weather, fallout. It's… 446 00:30:54,958 --> 00:30:56,500 -It's not fun. 447 00:30:56,583 --> 00:30:59,166 It's, um… It's too real. 448 00:30:59,250 --> 00:31:02,208 I mean, it'd be a crazy useful training tool for the military or something, but… 449 00:31:02,291 --> 00:31:05,333 For ethicists too. Nuclear age morality. 450 00:31:05,875 --> 00:31:08,791 All of human strength meets all of human weakness. 451 00:31:10,625 --> 00:31:11,916 Checkmate for the planet Earth. 452 00:31:13,208 --> 00:31:14,500 This one's my opus. 453 00:31:15,916 --> 00:31:18,333 I'm sorry, I'm late. I got a bit carried away. 454 00:31:18,416 --> 00:31:20,208 Close at one restaurant, went for another… 455 00:31:20,833 --> 00:31:21,791 Oh. 456 00:31:22,791 --> 00:31:23,833 Hello there. 457 00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:25,958 Uh, this is Luke. 458 00:31:27,541 --> 00:31:29,666 -He's a programmer. -Yeah. 459 00:31:32,458 --> 00:31:34,166 Um… Hello, Luke. 460 00:31:34,250 --> 00:31:38,791 Um, it's nice to see you. I'm Kara. 461 00:31:42,750 --> 00:31:44,500 Luke's trying out Decision. 462 00:31:44,583 --> 00:31:46,958 Yeah, and I'm not doing so well. 463 00:31:47,041 --> 00:31:49,458 Well, it's difficult, that one. 464 00:31:50,625 --> 00:31:52,500 Almost impossible, that one. 465 00:31:55,750 --> 00:31:57,333 Vincent is a genius, isn't he? 466 00:31:59,041 --> 00:32:02,750 Well, you boys might want to take a break because I was just down on the beach 467 00:32:02,833 --> 00:32:05,250 and the stars tonight, and the moon… 468 00:32:05,333 --> 00:32:07,125 And you said we would see it pretty soon, right, Vince? 469 00:32:07,208 --> 00:32:08,250 Yeah, that's right. 470 00:32:09,916 --> 00:32:11,000 See what? 471 00:32:12,791 --> 00:32:14,000 Is that your girlfriend? 472 00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:16,875 Forget games, man. You won at life. 473 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:18,833 Game over. High score. 474 00:32:19,791 --> 00:32:21,583 You got to see this, Luke. 475 00:32:21,666 --> 00:32:23,041 When? How close? 476 00:32:23,125 --> 00:32:24,541 About 50 seconds or so. 477 00:32:24,625 --> 00:32:27,666 He says like it's normal to know something like that. 478 00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:29,708 In 50 seconds or so, 479 00:32:29,791 --> 00:32:33,250 you will be able to see the International Space Station. 480 00:32:37,333 --> 00:32:40,125 He can tell you when a planet is about to appear on the horizon. 481 00:32:40,875 --> 00:32:43,083 He's amazing with sidereal coordinates. 482 00:32:43,958 --> 00:32:45,833 Yeah, you can tell from the game. 483 00:32:45,916 --> 00:32:47,916 Really makes you consider the greenhouse effect 484 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,250 is just too much for anyone to keep track of. 485 00:32:50,333 --> 00:32:53,791 You can't beat a game like that. It's just… I don't know. 486 00:32:53,875 --> 00:32:56,166 -It's just too much going on. -Well… 487 00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:59,250 If you help me crack it, Luke, 488 00:33:01,041 --> 00:33:02,458 I'll split the advance with you. 489 00:33:03,458 --> 00:33:04,375 What? 490 00:33:04,458 --> 00:33:07,250 Yeah, take money off your list of things to worry about. 491 00:33:08,291 --> 00:33:09,291 What do you say? 492 00:33:11,208 --> 00:33:12,416 Uh, um… 493 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:13,416 There she is. 494 00:33:23,208 --> 00:33:24,375 Holy shit. 495 00:33:25,583 --> 00:33:26,416 Wow. 496 00:33:42,458 --> 00:33:43,291 Luke! 497 00:33:52,875 --> 00:33:55,541 Sorry. That was… that was weird. 498 00:33:56,916 --> 00:33:58,333 I'm okay now, I think. Yeah. 499 00:33:59,916 --> 00:34:01,166 I'm okay. 500 00:34:06,041 --> 00:34:07,375 Nothing weird about this. 501 00:34:07,458 --> 00:34:09,458 I totally drink whatever they handed me, 502 00:34:09,541 --> 00:34:11,583 especially after I blacked out for no reason. 503 00:34:11,666 --> 00:34:12,916 Uh, there is a reason. 504 00:34:14,375 --> 00:34:15,583 Luke has a bad heart. 505 00:34:16,666 --> 00:34:18,041 He's known it since he was a kid. 506 00:34:18,958 --> 00:34:20,916 He gets winded going up the stairs sometimes. 507 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,041 He could never play sports. 508 00:34:22,125 --> 00:34:25,166 That's… that's actually one of the reasons he found video games. 509 00:34:25,958 --> 00:34:29,791 Because his heart had to work a little harder than most people's. 510 00:34:30,958 --> 00:34:33,000 The doctor said it might not run as long. 511 00:34:34,458 --> 00:34:38,875 It could actually, uh… quit on him any time, really. 512 00:34:39,708 --> 00:34:42,458 Meanwhile, Becky's new relationship only grows deeper. 513 00:34:42,541 --> 00:34:44,250 Her new beau is Ray. 514 00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:48,500 He's a son of a major politician. Rich, connected, and handsome as shit. 515 00:34:48,583 --> 00:34:51,125 He's got a bright, bright future. 516 00:34:51,708 --> 00:34:54,166 The kind of kid that could be anything when he grew up. 517 00:34:54,250 --> 00:34:56,083 The White House or Wall Street, you know? 518 00:34:56,166 --> 00:34:58,625 The kind of guy who always gets the girls' attention 519 00:34:58,708 --> 00:35:00,291 and is about to get some more. 520 00:35:00,375 --> 00:35:02,791 Oh, that is just the worst. 521 00:35:03,291 --> 00:35:05,833 And happening to such a beautiful machine. 522 00:35:08,041 --> 00:35:09,416 I've got a jack, cutie. 523 00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:11,500 You need help changing it? 524 00:35:12,625 --> 00:35:15,250 Meanwhile, Luke's over at Vincent's every day after school, 525 00:35:15,333 --> 00:35:16,500 trying to beat the game. 526 00:35:18,291 --> 00:35:19,541 It's not going great. 527 00:35:20,750 --> 00:35:23,208 Okay. I don't know what you're playing at here, but I did it. 528 00:35:23,291 --> 00:35:25,750 I triggered the evac before the bombs hit DC, 529 00:35:25,833 --> 00:35:27,916 and I'm still alive, so… 530 00:35:29,583 --> 00:35:31,875 I'm just stranded out on the space station now. 531 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:33,708 Yes, so now what? 532 00:35:33,791 --> 00:35:36,291 Well, I mean, is there another game that's supposed to start up here? 533 00:35:36,375 --> 00:35:38,000 I'm the only one left, there's no one here. 534 00:35:38,875 --> 00:35:40,083 What, am I supposed to sit here 535 00:35:40,166 --> 00:35:42,083 and breathe myself to death for a few months? 536 00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:45,208 What? What? What can I do? 537 00:35:45,291 --> 00:35:46,750 What's… Why isn't the game over? 538 00:35:46,833 --> 00:35:47,833 Exactly. 539 00:35:48,875 --> 00:35:49,833 Now, what? 540 00:36:01,416 --> 00:36:02,458 That's it? 541 00:36:02,541 --> 00:36:05,375 -That's it. -Okay, you got to change that. 542 00:36:06,125 --> 00:36:09,333 Um, I don't know what the deus ex machina is meant to be, 543 00:36:09,416 --> 00:36:10,375 but it's lame as fuck. 544 00:36:10,458 --> 00:36:14,166 Um, God, please don't tell me those are supposed to be aliens. 545 00:36:18,916 --> 00:36:22,166 Then one day, Becky just breaks down while she rings him up. 546 00:36:22,250 --> 00:36:24,583 Hey. Everything okay? 547 00:36:24,666 --> 00:36:26,541 Just cries her eyes out in the store. 548 00:36:28,125 --> 00:36:29,541 And Luke tries to help. 549 00:36:29,625 --> 00:36:31,125 Lipstick on his clothes. 550 00:36:31,208 --> 00:36:34,333 She tells him that Ray has been cheating on her with an older woman. 551 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,000 And though Ray denies it, Becky knows that it's true. 552 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:42,083 And that her heart has been broken. 553 00:36:44,166 --> 00:36:45,250 -Bye. -Bye. 554 00:36:47,083 --> 00:36:48,250 -See you. -Of course. 555 00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:03,500 -I know what you're doing. -What? 556 00:37:03,583 --> 00:37:04,958 Hey, back off. 557 00:37:05,541 --> 00:37:06,833 You set me up. 558 00:37:06,916 --> 00:37:09,458 He told me what you're doing, and it won't work. 559 00:37:09,541 --> 00:37:10,833 Honey, you're being crazy. 560 00:37:10,916 --> 00:37:13,166 Okay? We got caught. That's all there was to it. 561 00:37:13,250 --> 00:37:14,958 I never touched you, and you know it. 562 00:37:15,541 --> 00:37:16,541 You set me up. 563 00:37:17,708 --> 00:37:20,375 He told me everything. He told me. 564 00:37:21,375 --> 00:37:22,625 You stay away from me. 565 00:37:23,708 --> 00:37:25,541 Wait, who are you talking about? 566 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,458 Frederick. He told me. 567 00:37:35,916 --> 00:37:36,916 We have to go. 568 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:38,500 -What? -Now! 569 00:37:40,583 --> 00:37:41,625 Vincent! 570 00:37:42,416 --> 00:37:43,375 Vincent? 571 00:37:45,625 --> 00:37:47,958 Oh, no, no, no, no. 572 00:37:52,250 --> 00:37:53,375 Smell that? 573 00:37:54,458 --> 00:37:55,708 Formaldehyde. 574 00:37:57,083 --> 00:37:58,833 This… this is just a message. 575 00:37:58,916 --> 00:38:01,458 -Where's Vincent? -He's got him, I think. 576 00:38:02,375 --> 00:38:04,291 -This is his way of saying so. -What… 577 00:38:04,916 --> 00:38:05,916 What's happening? 578 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,541 I need you to hear this story. 579 00:38:08,875 --> 00:38:11,958 And don't judge me until I'm finished. 580 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:16,583 There was a girl who fell head over heels for the perfect boy. 581 00:38:17,583 --> 00:38:19,708 He was just destined for greatness. 582 00:38:20,833 --> 00:38:23,416 They got married too young. He rose up the ranks fast. 583 00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:24,958 Youngest senator out of New York. 584 00:38:25,041 --> 00:38:28,208 He even gave his wife's best friend a job. 585 00:38:28,916 --> 00:38:31,375 Writing code for the Department of Defense. 586 00:38:32,666 --> 00:38:34,583 Together, they made something… 587 00:38:35,708 --> 00:38:36,708 amazing. 588 00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:40,541 A global defense system based in space. 589 00:38:41,833 --> 00:38:44,250 They move the nuclear arsenal safely off the planet 590 00:38:45,708 --> 00:38:47,166 onto the space station. 591 00:38:49,291 --> 00:38:51,625 And then, her best friend, 592 00:38:52,291 --> 00:38:53,666 her sweet friend, 593 00:38:55,791 --> 00:38:58,333 who she could have been happy with in another life… 594 00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:01,583 Her friend died. 595 00:39:02,750 --> 00:39:04,041 He had a bad heart. 596 00:39:05,083 --> 00:39:06,833 On his 33rd birthday, he died. 597 00:39:06,916 --> 00:39:08,375 And five years later, 598 00:39:08,458 --> 00:39:11,583 her husband becomes President of the United States. 599 00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:15,125 And the world goes to hell. 600 00:39:16,208 --> 00:39:19,500 The Doomsday Clock goes to midnight and he spins up the arsenal. 601 00:39:19,583 --> 00:39:22,291 And he wants to drop a bomb to stop the bombs. 602 00:39:22,375 --> 00:39:24,333 That's what he said, and she holds him back. 603 00:39:24,416 --> 00:39:27,041 She begs him not to do it, and he… 604 00:39:28,541 --> 00:39:30,083 listens to her. 605 00:39:31,208 --> 00:39:32,416 He hesitates. 606 00:39:33,875 --> 00:39:35,708 And then the missiles fly anyway, 607 00:39:36,583 --> 00:39:39,666 and they evac to the space station into orbit. 608 00:39:40,541 --> 00:39:42,166 And then he pushes the buttons. 609 00:39:43,458 --> 00:39:44,791 But it's too late. 610 00:39:44,875 --> 00:39:47,416 His missiles fly down and their missiles fly up. 611 00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:49,541 And the world is burned to nothing. 612 00:39:50,208 --> 00:39:51,541 And they wait. 613 00:39:51,625 --> 00:39:55,333 Just a handful of people left on the space station. 614 00:39:55,916 --> 00:39:58,916 The air is running out, the food is running out, 615 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,041 and the world below them is dead. 616 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:04,416 And he's losing his mind. 617 00:40:05,125 --> 00:40:06,833 Her husband snaps. 618 00:40:06,916 --> 00:40:09,250 He goes manic and he's violent. 619 00:40:09,833 --> 00:40:12,000 He's driven insane by what he's done. 620 00:40:12,750 --> 00:40:14,208 And then they came. 621 00:40:16,125 --> 00:40:20,333 These, uh, bright lights like stars. 622 00:40:22,125 --> 00:40:26,125 Bigger and bigger, circling around the space station. 623 00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:28,250 Peering in the windows 624 00:40:28,958 --> 00:40:30,500 and then coming inside. 625 00:40:31,041 --> 00:40:32,208 Are they angels? 626 00:40:33,041 --> 00:40:36,041 The white lights, are they angels? 627 00:40:36,125 --> 00:40:37,666 Sandra's gonna Sandra. 628 00:40:38,250 --> 00:40:40,250 They're not, I call them… 629 00:40:41,166 --> 00:40:42,583 -the Alumini. -The Alumini. 630 00:40:43,958 --> 00:40:46,541 Beings from a galaxy far, far away. 631 00:40:46,625 --> 00:40:48,833 And they had been watching us. 632 00:40:49,708 --> 00:40:54,833 They could send us back, they said, into a point in our timeline. 633 00:40:56,625 --> 00:40:58,208 A chance to change something. 634 00:40:59,916 --> 00:41:01,583 A chance to change everything. 635 00:41:03,416 --> 00:41:04,375 Luke… 636 00:41:07,333 --> 00:41:08,666 I'm Becky… 637 00:41:09,541 --> 00:41:10,666 from the future. 638 00:41:12,750 --> 00:41:13,666 And Frederick… 639 00:41:13,750 --> 00:41:14,750 Who are you talking about? 640 00:41:14,833 --> 00:41:15,666 Frederick. 641 00:41:16,333 --> 00:41:20,125 …is Ray, my husband, and he's back here too. 642 00:41:21,125 --> 00:41:24,875 If you're Becky and this guy is Ray… 643 00:41:27,125 --> 00:41:28,291 then who's Vincent? 644 00:41:32,708 --> 00:41:33,916 Honey, that's you. 645 00:41:36,458 --> 00:41:40,458 He took the name Vincent Beggs because he knew you idolize that name. 646 00:41:40,541 --> 00:41:41,916 You trust him. 647 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,708 He also knew, more importantly, that you had no idea 648 00:41:44,791 --> 00:41:46,416 what the real Vincent Beggs looked like. 649 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:50,583 But I thought you said I died on my 33rd birthday long before the war. 650 00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:53,125 -You did. -Yeah. 651 00:41:53,208 --> 00:41:54,875 So, how, how did I end up here? 652 00:41:54,958 --> 00:41:56,833 I don't know exactly. Um… 653 00:41:57,375 --> 00:42:00,916 You haven't told me everything, but they sent you back too. 654 00:42:01,541 --> 00:42:04,416 You woke up here on the beach and they told you 655 00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:07,375 you had a purpose to teach yourself. 656 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:09,666 Something about the game, the code. 657 00:42:09,750 --> 00:42:12,500 You came back here to stop the war. 658 00:42:14,541 --> 00:42:15,750 And what about Ray? 659 00:42:18,208 --> 00:42:19,416 I've got to kill him. 660 00:42:21,958 --> 00:42:24,958 I got to say, I'm a little shocked to see you here. 661 00:42:26,791 --> 00:42:28,375 I mean, you weren't even there. 662 00:42:28,458 --> 00:42:31,041 You died, man, before the whole thing went down. 663 00:42:32,166 --> 00:42:33,750 Yeah, they brought me back anyway. 664 00:42:33,833 --> 00:42:35,250 Yeah, but why? 665 00:42:35,958 --> 00:42:40,791 I mean, with us, it was… They just told us that we could go back. 666 00:42:40,875 --> 00:42:43,125 A chance to save all of humanity. 667 00:42:43,208 --> 00:42:45,166 We could go back and change… 668 00:42:46,833 --> 00:42:47,916 something, I don't know. 669 00:42:48,583 --> 00:42:51,083 You're here to find Becky, why? 670 00:42:52,500 --> 00:42:53,708 She's messing with me. 671 00:42:54,541 --> 00:42:58,125 And I, I… I can see her in my memories and these new memories. 672 00:43:00,375 --> 00:43:02,625 I think that she is trying to kill me. 673 00:43:04,125 --> 00:43:06,666 She thinks killing me might stop the whole thing. 674 00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:07,958 Like it was my fault. 675 00:43:09,041 --> 00:43:10,750 This was her fault, you know? 676 00:43:12,458 --> 00:43:16,291 If she dies, maybe none of this happens at all. 677 00:43:16,375 --> 00:43:18,166 I won't tell you where she is. 678 00:43:19,250 --> 00:43:20,125 I won't. 679 00:43:22,916 --> 00:43:26,083 You always had a thing for her. I always knew that. 680 00:43:27,708 --> 00:43:29,875 Shit, I should have just let you have her, Luke. 681 00:43:32,625 --> 00:43:34,166 And I would have done it right. 682 00:43:35,166 --> 00:43:36,458 I would have won. 683 00:43:36,541 --> 00:43:37,541 You wouldn't have. 684 00:43:38,250 --> 00:43:39,791 That's not the way you beat the game. 685 00:43:39,875 --> 00:43:41,833 It's not a game, Luke. 686 00:43:43,208 --> 00:43:44,625 I know that, Ray. 687 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,458 You tell me where she is, right now! 688 00:43:53,958 --> 00:43:55,416 What did they look like… 689 00:43:58,250 --> 00:43:59,291 …when they came to you? 690 00:44:00,875 --> 00:44:03,708 I thought they were aliens at first. They… they had to be. 691 00:44:04,541 --> 00:44:10,125 Or some kind of incredibly advanced, telekinetic lifeform. 692 00:44:11,750 --> 00:44:14,541 I was there on the ground, dying. 693 00:44:16,250 --> 00:44:17,750 My heart wasn't beating. 694 00:44:19,833 --> 00:44:21,083 And the light came, 695 00:44:22,083 --> 00:44:23,625 and they told me I had one chance, 696 00:44:25,375 --> 00:44:26,958 one chance to come back… 697 00:44:27,625 --> 00:44:31,583 So, you came back here to try and get with the girl? 698 00:44:32,125 --> 00:44:33,541 I came back here to program. 699 00:44:35,291 --> 00:44:38,208 -I came back here to code. -The game? 700 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:40,250 What's the point? 701 00:44:41,583 --> 00:44:43,333 It worked pretty well. Sad to say. 702 00:44:43,416 --> 00:44:47,666 Not the game, the program, him. Me, I guess, I… 703 00:44:50,583 --> 00:44:51,958 I think it might have worked. 704 00:44:52,583 --> 00:44:54,208 You're not gonna tell me, are you? 705 00:44:54,875 --> 00:44:56,041 Do what you got. 706 00:44:57,375 --> 00:44:58,375 All right. 707 00:45:10,625 --> 00:45:13,000 So Luke dies for the second time in his life, 708 00:45:13,625 --> 00:45:17,958 but he isn't scared because he's felt it this whole time. 709 00:45:18,041 --> 00:45:20,833 Felt the idea taking root in his own brain. 710 00:45:22,541 --> 00:45:24,458 That's the thing about being from the future. 711 00:45:25,625 --> 00:45:27,875 You don't have to wonder if you change the past. 712 00:45:33,916 --> 00:45:36,166 If you did, you'll know it. 713 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:39,083 Because you'll change too. 714 00:45:45,958 --> 00:45:49,416 But despite his assurances, Becky refuses to believe 715 00:45:49,500 --> 00:45:53,875 that Luke can stop the world from ending by simply not writing the code. 716 00:45:54,458 --> 00:45:57,333 The only way to win is not to play, so I won't write the code… 717 00:45:57,416 --> 00:45:58,958 Because in her mind, 718 00:45:59,666 --> 00:46:02,000 there was only one way to change the future. 719 00:46:02,083 --> 00:46:03,541 To change everything. 720 00:46:05,666 --> 00:46:07,000 Just leave me alone. 721 00:46:07,083 --> 00:46:08,083 Killing Ray. 722 00:46:08,166 --> 00:46:09,916 -Get out. -Becky, don't do this. 723 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,583 -Get out. -Becky. Becky, please. 724 00:46:11,666 --> 00:46:12,666 Get out! 725 00:46:23,541 --> 00:46:24,750 Look out! 726 00:46:29,333 --> 00:46:30,250 Becky? 727 00:46:31,541 --> 00:46:32,458 Becky? 728 00:46:35,666 --> 00:46:39,041 -Becky. Hey, hey, hey. Look at me. -Luke. 729 00:46:39,125 --> 00:46:40,791 -Hey. -What have you done? 730 00:46:42,583 --> 00:46:44,166 Why you! 731 00:47:10,541 --> 00:47:11,833 Luke went on his way. 732 00:47:12,375 --> 00:47:15,833 He never did write the code, never ventured outside his games. 733 00:47:16,333 --> 00:47:18,708 If the world was gonna end, it wouldn't be because of him. 734 00:47:20,166 --> 00:47:21,416 No, he was careful. 735 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,291 Careful for the future and careful for his heart. 736 00:47:26,416 --> 00:47:28,125 Ray still became president, 737 00:47:28,208 --> 00:47:30,416 but he was changed by what happened that night. 738 00:47:31,375 --> 00:47:32,333 He was wiser. 739 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,416 He knew what death looked like. 740 00:47:35,416 --> 00:47:38,541 Luke, he lived a good life, living every moment. 741 00:47:39,958 --> 00:47:42,000 And he realized something else too. 742 00:47:42,083 --> 00:47:45,500 Whatever those lights were, whatever those beings were, 743 00:47:45,583 --> 00:47:47,375 they were probably not alien. 744 00:47:47,458 --> 00:47:51,833 No, they felt too human. Angels, he decided. 745 00:47:52,500 --> 00:47:56,000 The Alumini or whatever Becky called them, they were angels. 746 00:47:56,833 --> 00:47:59,000 And maybe that's what angels are, really. 747 00:47:59,083 --> 00:48:01,208 Maybe angels are just second chances. 748 00:48:07,541 --> 00:48:09,625 Years later, he went back to that beach. 749 00:48:10,416 --> 00:48:12,541 A normal Wednesday. Nothing special at all. 750 00:48:14,083 --> 00:48:17,500 Except it was the day after his 33rd birthday. 751 00:48:18,458 --> 00:48:21,208 The day after his death day, according to Kara. 752 00:48:22,666 --> 00:48:24,250 But his heart hadn't given out. 753 00:48:25,083 --> 00:48:27,541 No lights in the sky. No, Luke was alive. 754 00:48:28,916 --> 00:48:33,208 He didn't know if it'd be for another day or another year or what, 755 00:48:33,291 --> 00:48:36,250 but, hell, do any of us? 756 00:48:40,708 --> 00:48:41,833 Wow. 757 00:48:42,750 --> 00:48:45,041 Watch out, James Cameron. 758 00:48:45,541 --> 00:48:46,708 Guys, 759 00:48:47,541 --> 00:48:50,375 she's gonna be so mad. 760 00:48:51,416 --> 00:48:55,000 Weeks and weeks of angel porn, 761 00:48:55,083 --> 00:48:57,583 and she missed the one angel story that worked. 762 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:10,875 What are you doing? 763 00:49:12,583 --> 00:49:13,583 Fuck off! 764 00:49:15,416 --> 00:49:18,333 -I'm gonna help. -I said fuck off! 765 00:49:18,416 --> 00:49:20,500 How about you shut the fuck up and let me help you? 766 00:49:32,833 --> 00:49:34,125 I wet the fucking bed. 767 00:49:37,583 --> 00:49:40,375 Let's get you in the bath and I'll take care of the sheets. 768 00:49:51,875 --> 00:49:54,041 I… I killed my parents. 769 00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:04,375 Let's just start with the bath, 770 00:50:05,750 --> 00:50:09,541 then the sheets, and… then we can talk about your parents. 771 00:50:14,041 --> 00:50:15,458 Why did you end it like that? 772 00:50:16,875 --> 00:50:17,916 Like what? 773 00:50:20,250 --> 00:50:22,541 Becky kills herself. 774 00:50:23,708 --> 00:50:25,250 Luke doesn't get the girl. 775 00:50:28,708 --> 00:50:29,875 Right, yeah, well… 776 00:50:31,250 --> 00:50:32,458 You write what you know. 777 00:50:34,416 --> 00:50:35,666 I don't like that. 778 00:50:38,041 --> 00:50:42,333 It rang a little hollow for me because of that. 779 00:50:44,333 --> 00:50:46,083 I wanted them to be together. 780 00:51:02,875 --> 00:51:04,333 -Good night. -Night. 781 00:51:21,875 --> 00:51:23,166 See you later, Amesh. 782 00:51:27,125 --> 00:51:30,125 I was offered this chance. 783 00:51:30,208 --> 00:51:32,708 This big American ballet school 784 00:51:32,791 --> 00:51:34,416 was going to bring me all the way to the States. 785 00:51:34,500 --> 00:51:35,708 And they came with me. 786 00:51:37,125 --> 00:51:40,333 Gave up their whole lives just to give me a shot at mine. 787 00:51:41,666 --> 00:51:44,375 I don't know why I wanted to fuck that up so badly. 788 00:51:46,250 --> 00:51:47,166 I went… 789 00:51:48,625 --> 00:51:49,625 crazy. 790 00:51:52,166 --> 00:51:55,166 The one time they noticed I'd… I'd snuck out… 791 00:51:56,791 --> 00:51:57,833 One time… 792 00:51:59,083 --> 00:52:00,166 they noticed. 793 00:52:01,958 --> 00:52:03,333 They went looking for me. 794 00:52:07,166 --> 00:52:10,041 The police said they drove around for hours, 795 00:52:11,458 --> 00:52:14,458 and they hit some black ice. 796 00:52:14,541 --> 00:52:16,500 And they, uh… 797 00:52:20,416 --> 00:52:21,291 Hey. 798 00:52:22,750 --> 00:52:23,750 And there was the funeral. 799 00:52:23,833 --> 00:52:24,708 Uh… 800 00:52:25,458 --> 00:52:26,625 And the rest… 801 00:52:27,625 --> 00:52:29,625 And Rhett… 802 00:52:31,166 --> 00:52:33,125 My best friend, Rhett. 803 00:52:33,208 --> 00:52:36,750 Well, not my best friend anymore, I guess. 804 00:52:38,666 --> 00:52:40,916 After they died, I started doing H, 805 00:52:42,541 --> 00:52:45,958 and he tried to get me into a bunch of rehabs. 806 00:53:01,791 --> 00:53:03,125 He bought this for me. 807 00:53:07,208 --> 00:53:10,166 Then I threw it on his head when he told me 808 00:53:10,250 --> 00:53:12,500 that I was gonna die if I didn't get cleaned. 809 00:53:15,375 --> 00:53:20,375 And its leg broke off and Rhett fucked off. 810 00:53:22,125 --> 00:53:23,833 Two months later, I got diagnosed. 811 00:53:27,833 --> 00:53:31,333 Same goddamn leg. 812 00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:38,291 I think I know what it was. 813 00:53:39,583 --> 00:53:40,500 What? 814 00:53:41,833 --> 00:53:43,541 The thing I saw when I came to… 815 00:53:45,333 --> 00:53:46,291 The shadow. 816 00:53:50,166 --> 00:53:52,333 The only thing it can be in a place like this. 817 00:53:55,333 --> 00:53:56,375 Creeping. 818 00:53:57,125 --> 00:53:58,750 Darkness creeping, nothing. 819 00:54:01,375 --> 00:54:03,333 Coming for you when it's your time. 820 00:54:06,875 --> 00:54:08,541 Fucking with you until it is. 821 00:54:10,166 --> 00:54:12,583 I… 822 00:54:12,666 --> 00:54:14,958 I don't… I don't wanna die. 823 00:54:16,916 --> 00:54:19,875 I don't want to die, Ilonka.